When discussing the fourth doctrine to be rejected in the BASF ("That Christ was born with a 'free life'"), Peter Hemingray and Peter Bilello noted that:
The traditional view of
Christadelphians is that Christ, like a High Priest, under the Law of Moses,
sacrificed first for himself, then for the people—not that he had committed
actual sin, but that, being human, he possessed a sin-prone nature—and that
Christ died as an example to his followers both of how to follow God’s
commandments, and of what the weaknesses of human nature merited, namely annihilation.
“He also himself likewise took part” of the nature we bear, a nature related to
death and producing temptations to sin (Heb 2:14). Had he chosen not to offer
himself so that we could have hope of life, death would still have claimed him;
his own salvation from death could not be considered apart from ours. Hence
Jesus’ life was not “free” from the condemnation placed upon Adam and all his
descendants, as has been claimed by those who allege that, unlike us, Jesus
received his life direct from God, and it was never possible for him to die as
a result of his own sin. (Peter Hemingray and Peter Bilello, Doctrines to Be
Rejected: A Study in the Second Section of the Birmingham Amended Statement of
Faith [Simi Valley, Calif.: The Christadelphian Tidings Publishing Co.,
2023], 71)
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