Following this course, we find that the plan of God everywhere appears harmonious and beautiful.
[172]The adversary takes advantage of an honest desire on the part of some and leads them into error.

Every conscientious and reverential mind desires to honor God.

For fear they might dishonor him, they are easily led into failure to give proper consideration to plain statements of the Bible.

Some have been induced to believe that should they say that Jesus when on earth was a man and not God, such would be a dishonor to God.
We should not permit ourselves to be beguiled or misled by sophistry or theories, but should follow the plain teachings of the Bible and then reach a conclusion in the light of that revealed Word after a full examination.
[173]The record concerning Jesus' prehuman existence, his being begotten and his birth, entirely disproves the theory that he was incarnated.

The Scriptures above cited plainly show that he was begotten in the womb of a woman, Mary, by the holy spirit, the power, energy or influence of Jehovah; that thereafter he was born in the same general manner that other children are born of a woman (Luke 2:9-11); that he grew to manhood's estate and increased in wisdom and stature and in favor with God and man.