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May 16, 2013 · Jesus became a man, not an angel, because He came to save men (2:16). The author is wrapping up his argument that he began in 2:5, that God put man on the earth to rule, and that the role of angels is “to render service for the sake of those who will inherit salvation” (1:14).
Dec 8, 2016 · How fascinating would it be to know what life was like for the boy Jesus? Did he plainly outpace his peers in learning? Did his sinlessness infuriate fallen siblings?
- Jesus Became Flesh in Order to Defeat Death. “Therefore, since the children share in flesh and blood, He Himself likewise also partook of the same, that through death He might render powerless him who had the power of death, that is, the devil, and might free those who through fear of death were subject to slavery all their lives” (Hebrews 2:14-15).
- Jesus Became Flesh to Identify with Our Human Frailties. “For we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who has been tempted in all things as we are, yet without sin.
- Jesus Became Flesh to Fulfill the Demands of God’s Laws for Humanity. “For what the Law could not do, weak as it was through the flesh, God did: sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and as an offering for sin, He condemned sin in the flesh” (Romans 8:3).
- Jesus Became Flesh to Fulfill Prophecy. “Concerning His Son, who was born of a descendant of David according to the flesh” (Romans 1:3). “’Behold, the days are coming,’ declares the Lord, ‘When I will raise up for David a righteous Branch; and He will reign as king and act wisely and do justice and righteousness in the land.
Dec 15, 2016 · “The Scriptures plainly affirm that Jesus both knows all things as God and doesn’t know all things as man.” Throughout the Gospels, Jesus clearly displays human emotions. Here it begins to get a little more difficult for us. When Jesus heard the centurion’s words of faith, “he marveled” (Matthew 8:10).
Dec 24, 2021 · Yet even though Jesus was supremely powerful, wise, and glorious, he came to earth as a weak infant, born to a poor family, and lived a sinless human life during which he would grow in wisdom, stature, and favor with God and man. Paul described Christ’s attitude in the Incarnation in this way:
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Jan 4, 2022 · Philippians 2:1–11 is a helpful summary of what Jesus was like and how we should imitate Him: “Therefore if you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any common sharing in the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion, then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being ...
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Sep 28, 2023 · Here are nine powerful parables which express Jesus compassion and His call to us to emulate Him through compassionate acts. When the multitudes followed Jesus, He showed compassion by healing their sick and by feeding them. He performed a miracle by feeding five thousand men (plus women and children) from five loaves and two fish.
