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Jan 4, 2022 · Some claim that the Old Testament proves that Jesus cannot be God because of Numbers 23:19a, which says, “God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent” (KJV). The reasoning is that, if God is not a man, then the Christian claim that Jesus, a man, is God is false.
- In The Flesh
Jesus is fully God and fully man, and the fact of His...
- Son of Man
The author of Hebrews used a reference to the “son of man”...
- Hypostatic Union
Jesus always had been God (John 8:58, 10:30), but at the...
- Was Jesus Created
He said that He was “Lord of the Sabbath” (Mark 2:28), and,...
- Did Jesus say He is God?
Answer. It is true that Jesus never said the exact words, “I...
- In The Flesh
- 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.
May 6, 2024 · Answer. It is true that Jesus never said the exact words, “I am God.”. He did, however, make the claim to be God in many different ways, and those who heard Him knew exactly what He was saying. For example, in John 10:30, Jesus said, “I and the Father are one.”. The Jews who heard Him make that statement knew well that He was claiming ...
Jul 24, 2023 · Ultimately, the paradox of Jesus being fully God and fully man calls us to a deeper faith in the wisdom of God. It reminds us that God’s ways are higher than our ways, and His thoughts are higher than our thoughts (Isaiah 55:9). Thus, we are invited to embrace the mystery and wonder of who Jesus is rather than attempting to reduce Him to a ...
Mar 7, 2024 · Adoptionism: This belief says that Jesus started as a man, but God adopted him into divinity at the baptism. This would make Christ sort of a demi-god, which doesn’t work at all because he wouldn’t be fully divine. This would put the Father over him in order of importance, which doesn’t work with a Trinitarian model.
Jesus is the eternal God who became flesh and blood. Jesus became a man at a point in time in history. He did so without giving up His oneness with God. He became a human being without a sin nature. "In flesh" means more than Jesus had a physical body - He was a complete human personality. Jesus Took On A New Nature.
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Dec 8, 2016 · Jesus Grew in Stature. The ancient creed confesses his full humanity, in both body and inner person. Jesus is both “truly God and truly man, of a reasonable soul and body ” (Chalcedon, AD 451). Having a “true human body,” Jesus was born, he grew, he thirsted, he hungered, he wept, he slept, he sweated, he bled, and he died.
