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Jul 24, 2023 · The Bible teaches that Jesus Christ is both God and man. Many Christians are understandably confused when it comes to understanding how Jesus can be God and man at the same time. How could our divine Creator become a human? Could a first-century Jewish man really be God?
- Council of Chalcedon
The Chalcedonian Definition affirms the truth that Jesus...
- Why is The Humanity of Jesus Important
The blood of animals, although acceptable on a temporary...
- Is The Deity of Christ Biblical
God the Father says regarding Jesus: “Your throne, O God,...
- What is The Hypostatic Union
The hypostatic union is the term used to describe how God...
- Trinity
The Father is God, the Son is God, and the Holy Spirit is...
- Council of Chalcedon
- Jesus Has Two Natures — God and Man
- Each Nature Is Full and Complete
- Each Nature Remains Distinct
- Christ Is only One Person
- Conclusion
- Notes
The first truth we need to understand is that Jesus is one Person who has two natures: a divine nature and a human nature. In other words, Jesus is both God and man. We will look at each nature accordingly.
Having seen the biblical basis that Jesus is both God and man, the second truth that we must recognize is that each of Christ’s natures is full and complete. In other words, Jesus is fully God and fully man. Another helpful way to say it is that Jesus is 100% God and 100% man.
The truths of Christ’s two natures — his full manhood and full Godhood — are pretty well understood and known by Christians. But for a right understanding of the incarnation we must go even further. We must understand that the two natures of Christ remain distinct and retain their own properties. What does this truth mean? Two things: (1) They do n...
What we have seen so far about the deity and humanity of Christ shows us that Christ has two natures— a divine nature and a human nature — that each nature is full and complete, that they remain distinct and do not mix together to form a third kind of nature, and that Christ will be both God and man forever. But if Christ has two natures, does this...
We have seen the biblical evidence for the fact that Christ is God the Son, that he has both a divine and human nature, that each nature is full and complete, that each nature remains distinct, that Christ is nonetheless one Person, and that things which are true of one nature are true of the Person. The relevance of these truths to us should go wi...
1 J.I. Packer, Knowing God (Downers Grove, Illinois: InterVarsity Press, 1993 edition), p. 53. 2 Wayne Grudem, Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Biblical Doctrine (InterVarsity and Zondervan Publishing, 1994), p. 556. 3 Packer, p. 57. 4 Grudem, p. 554. 5 Grudem, p. 556. 6 Chalcedonean Creed, quoted in Grudem, p. 557. 7Grudem, p. 560.
Mar 2, 2021 · After Jesus was found in the Temple by Mary and Joseph, and returned home with them, St. Luke writes: “And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man” (Luke 2:52). How can we understand this?
Dec 10, 2022 · Jesus Christ, according to the Bible, is the very essence of God. Jesus is the express image of God, and the Bible says that "in Him all things consist" ( Colossians 1:17. ). But we are also told that He emptied Himself in order to become a man (see Philippians 2:5-8. ).
The Bible teaches that two thousand years ago God the Son became a human being. Jesus Christ, in one body, was both God and human. The great truth of the New Testament is that the eternal God came to our earth like one of us, fully human. This is known as the “communion of attributes.”.
Nov 19, 2019 · Although its technical language might seem overwhelming at first, the gist of the Creed can be summed up like this: Jesus Christ is simultaneously fully God and fully man. He’s not 50% God and 50% man.
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This doctrine that Jesus Christ was both God and man simultaneously is known as the “hypostatic union.” “Hypostatic” is derived from two Greek words, huper which means, “under,” and histayme which means, “to stand.”
