[UntoHim]

Originally Posted by ZNPaaneah

1. Did God need Ananias to go speak to Paul? If not what is the correct term to use?

If you're referring to Acts chapter 5 then it was Peter (not Paul) that went to got speak to Ananias (not the other way around). In any case I can't see how God needed anything here. It was to serve as a warning to the newly established Church.

2. Did God need Mary in order for Jesus to be incarnated? If not what is the correct term to use?

Mmmm, don't think I've ever thought of it in this way. The Messiah was to come from the line of David so I suppose that in a way God "needed" to be incarnated through the human line of this family tree. But I don't see how this fits into the kind of "need" we are talking about in this thread.

3. If the church is the Body of Christ, does Christ need His body? If not what is the correct term to use?

Ok, this may be getting a little closer to the kind of need we are talking about. There is a Christian contemporary song out there in which the chorus goes: "But if we are the Body, then why aren't his arms reaching, why aren't his hands healing, why aren't his words teaching. And if we are the body, why aren't his feet going, why is his love not showing them there is a way" (from one my favorite Christian groups Casting Crowns) Hey, Cassidy you will really like this one too! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAWeHo8E70E
Anyway, this is not talking about some kind of intrinsic or internal need that God actually has. I suppose we can have a little back and forth about this though.