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God also demonstrates that perfect environment is not the solution to man's problem. The solution resides in man's mental attitude, in his thought pattern, and in his resultant decisions all directed toward relationship with God.p>Yes.

It's a nice reminder whenever some get too enthralled by worldly or carnal luxuries without faith in God (not appealing to either asceticism or a frantic search for counterfeit happiness, but simply occupied with how how Lord Christ Jesus gave us the perfect example of how we all shoulf solve problems in all our thinking and approaches to all situations.

Again, yes. There was never an instance when I sincerely asked Our Lord how I should handle something and was not given an unequivocal reply.

Thanks for the response, by the way, and I have a question. As the Gospel of John notes:

In the beginning was the Word: and the Word was with God: and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him: and without him was made nothing that was made.

Did Satan know Christ, when he rebelled? I realize this is not really an answerable question, I guess what I'm really asking is has it been speculated upon as to whether Lucifer's knowledge of Christ was part of the reason he rebelled?

I don't mean to jump in uninvited, AG, but to answer your question -- yes, there is speculation that Satan gained foreknowledge that the Son would become Incarnate as a lower being than an angel, and that this caused his rebellion. This is, of course, pure speculation since God does not reveil why Satan fell from God's grace.

It is obvious, however, that the nature of angelic sin is different because of the lack of flesh nature and associated passions that we are subject to. It is also to be noted that that the nature of angelic punishment for their fall is wihtout redemption, unforgivable.

One can only speculate as to why this is, but obviously the angls are held to a higher standard than men.