Adam was neither perfect nor God. There is no comparison.
No, Christ had free will and could have rejected the Cross
Christ is perfect God and perfect Man. Therefore His human nature is perfectly united with the Divine nature. Adam's nature was potentially perfect and potentially fallen. Christ was never in that predicament.
The temptation was for Christ to use His own Deity and not to depend on the Father
Christ's deity is not "His" own. The Godhead has only one divine essence, shared equally, and eternally by all Three Hypostases.
That was a mystery revealed to the church (Col.2:9)
As much as it is tempting to agree with +Paul's statement, I believe he did not mean it the way it is often interpreted.
Adam was neither perfect nor God. There is no comparison.
Ofcourse Adam was created perfect and the comparsion is made in Romans 5.
No, Christ had free will and could have rejected the Cross
Christ is perfect God and perfect Man. Therefore His human nature is perfectly united with the Divine nature. Adam's nature was potentially perfect and potentially fallen. Christ was never in that predicament.
Christ had two natures and two wills, thus His human will just as able to fall as was the first Adam, that is to reject the Father's Plan to go to the Cross as an obedient son.
The temptation was for Christ to use His own Deity and not to depend on the Father
Christ's deity is not "His" own. The Godhead has only one divine essence, shared equally, and eternally by all Three Hypostases.
The Trinity is made up of three persons who share the same divine essence.
Christ did not use His own Deity when on Earth but depended on the Father. (Jn.6:57, Phil.2:4-8)
That was a mystery revealed to the church (Col.2:9)
As much as it is tempting to agree with +Paul's statement, I believe he did not mean it the way it is often interpreted.
Well ofcourse not, you have your own personal theological system going, that rejects what the Bible says and what your own Church teaches.
As I said in the beginning, you are a god in your own mind (Gen.3)