The Humanity of Christ

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HE HAD A HUMAN BIRTH</b></div> <div> <B>He Was Born Of A Woman</b>. He was born of Mary according to the</div> <div> Gospels and Galatians 4:4. He was born of a virgin as well. We will cover</div> <div> this in more detail in the incarnation. (Matthew 1:18-2:12, Luke 1:30-38;</div> <div> 2:1-20) Evans has a paragraph that would be good for consideration if</div> <div> there is any doubt in the mind as to the validity of the virgin birth. </div> <bR> <div> <B>II. HE HAD HUMAN TERMS APPLIED TO HIM</b></div> <div> <B>He Was Called The Son Of David</b>: Matthew 1:1, Matthew 12:23,</div> <div> Matthew 15:22. To be a true son of David, He would have to have been of</div> <div> the seed of David, and human.</div> <div> <B>He Was Called The Son Of Abraham</b>: Matthew 1:1. The same applies</div> <div> here as in the previous comment.</div> <div> <B>He Was Born Of The Seed Of David</b>: Romans 1:3. This passage adds</div> <div> proof to the previous two points. The thought of seed indicates a physical</div> <div> relationship.</div> <div> <B>He Was A Descendent Of Adam</b>: Luke 3:23-38 shows the genealogy</div> <div> tracing back to Adam. This is another proof of the physical, human aspect</div> <div> of Christ’s nature.</div> <div> <B>This Fulfilled A Promise To</b>: Eve, Genesis 3:15 and Ahaz, Isaiah 7:14.</div> <div> Again this strong physical, human link to man is seen.</div> <div> Jesus is the Greek form of the Hebrew name Joshua: He had a human name</div> <div> as well as physical descendency.</div> <div> <B>He Was Called A Carpenter</b>: Mark 6:3 Along with his human name,</div> <div> descendency we see that He was involved in a physical occupation, that of</div> <div> a carpenter. If only God why would He need to subject Himself to such</div> <div> things. Indeed, if only God, why go through the process of birth, growing,</div> <div> learning, and the other mundane things of human life?</div> <div> <B>He Was Called A Man</b>: 1 Timothy 2:5 The apostle Paul was quite in</div> <div> error if this Jesus were only God.</div> <div> <B>He Was Flesh And Blood</b>: Hebrews 2:14 To be flesh and blood, is to be</div> <div> human. We have no other creature on earth that has flesh and blood that</div> <div> are not animal or human. With all of the characteristics of a human, then</div> <div> He must have been human.</div> <bR> <div> <B>III. HE HAD HUMAN DEVELOPMENT</b></div> <div> <B>He Was One Of The Early Home Schoolers</b>: Luke 2:40,</div> <div> “And the child grew, and became strong in spirit,</div> <div> filled with wisdom; and the grace of God was upon him.”</div> <div> <B>He Matured As Other Humans Mature</b>: Luke 2:52, “And Jesus</div> <div> increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man.”</div> <div> <B>He Was Taught But Probably Not In Schools</b>: There is a possibility</div> <div> that he had some teaching in the synagogue. Luke 4:16 shows that he could</div> <div> read in the synagogue. John 7:15 mentions that the Jews marveled at his</div> <div> knowledge.</div> <div> 343</div> <div> <B>He Visited The Temple</b>: Luke 2:41,46,47 tells us that he visited in a big</div> <div> way and shocked a few teachers.</div> <div> <B>He Knew The Scriptures</b>: Luke 4:17 tells us that he had a working</div> <div> knowledge of the Scriptures. Enough of a knowledge to find a certain</div> <div> passage in Isaiah</div> <div> “And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet, Isaiah. And</div> <div> when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written,”</div> <div> Matthew 4:4 and the context are the testing in the wilderness and it shows</div> <div> that he had a good understanding of the Scripture.</div> <div> His knowledge of the Scriptures may well have come from a combination</div> <div> of three things, His teaching from His parents, His own personal study</div> <div> and His communion with the Heavenly Father.</div> <bR> <div> <B>IV. HE HAD ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF HUMAN NATURE</b></div> <div> <B>He Had A Human Body</b>: Hebrews 10:5 mentions his body. Hebrews</div> <div> 10:10 tells us that we are sanctified by the offering of His body. “By</div> <div> which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus</div> <div> Christ once for all.” Matthew 26:12 tells of Jesus body being anointed.</div> <div> John 2:21, “But he spoke of the temple of his body.” Hebrews 2:14</div> <div> mentions he had flesh and blood.</div> <div> <B>He Had A Human Body After The Resurrection</b>: His body was human,</div> <div> even though it was glorified. Luke 24:39, “Behold my hands and my feet,</div> <div> that it is I myself; handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones,</div> <div> as ye see me have.</div> <div> <B>He Had A Soul</b>: Matthew 26:38 Indeed it sorrowed. John 12:27, Act.</div> <div> 2:27,31.</div> <div> <B>He Had A Spirit</b>: Mark 2:8, “And immediately, when Jesus perceived in</div> <div> his spirit that they so reasoned within themselves, he said unto them, why</div> <div> reason ye these things in your hearts.” Mark 8:12, Luke 23:46, John 13:21.</div> <div> Since it has been shown that He had a human body, a human soul, and a</div> <div> human spirit, then He must have been human.</div> <bR> <div> <B>V. HE HAD THE INFIRMITIES OF THE HUMAN BODY</b></div> <div> <B>He Became Tired</b>: John 4:6,</div> <div> “Now Jacob’s well was there. Jesus, therefore, being wearied with</div> <div> his journey, sat by the well; and it was about the sixth hour.”</div> <div> He became tired and weary, just as we.</div> <div> <B>He Became Hungry</b>: Matthew 4:2,</div> <div> “And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was</div> <div> afterward hungry.” (Also Matthew 2118)</div> <div> <B>He Became Thirsty</b>: John 19:28,</div> <div> “After this Jesus, knowing that all things were now accomplished,</div> <div> that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst.”</div> <div> <B>He Slept</b>: Matthew 8:24,</div> <div> “And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that</div> <div> the boat was covered with the waves; but he was asleep.”</div> <div> <B>He Was Tempted</b>: Hebrews 2:18, “For in that he himself hath suffered</div> <div> being tempted, he is able to help them that are tempted.” Hebrews 4:15.</div> <div> <B>He Was Limited In Knowledge</b>: Mark 13:32,</div> <div> “But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels</div> <div> who are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father.”</div> <div> Mark 11:13 tells of Him approaching a fig tree with leaves to see if there</div> <div> was fruit on it. Mark 5:30-34 mentions the woman that touched his</div> <div> garment. He asked who touched his clothes. Some might suggest that this</div> <div> was a rhetorical question or that he wanted her to identify herself and that</div> <div> He really knew who it was. John 11:34 relates that Christ asked where</div> <div> they had laid Lazarus when He came to raise him. “And said, Where have</div> <div> ye laid him....”</div> <div> Since all of these be human traits, it seems very logical to assume that He</div> <div> too was human.</div> <bR> <div> <B>VI. HE WAS KNOWN AS A MAN</b></div> <div> <B>He Was Called A Man By Himself</b>: John 8:40, “But now ye seek to kill</div> <div> me, a man that hath told you the truth....” If He were less than a man, then</div> <div> He is a liar.</div> <div> <B>He Was Called A Man By John The Baptist</b>: John 1:30,</div> <div> “This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man who is</div> <div> preferred before me; for he was before me.”</div> <div> John was related to Him, indeed, possibly grew up playing with Him.</div> <div> Surely He would know if He were human or not.</div> <div> <B>He Was Called A Man By Peter</b>: Acts 2:22,</div> <div> “Ye men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a man</div> <div> approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which</div> <div> God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know;”</div> <div> <B>He Was Called A Man By Paul</b>: Acts 13:38,</div> <div> “Be it known unto you, therefore, men and brethren, that through</div> <div> this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins;”</div> <div> 1 Corinthians 15:21, 1 Corinthians 15:47, Philippians 2:8.</div> <div> <B>He Was Known As A Man</b>: John 7:27, “Nevertheless, we know this</div> <div> man....” John 10:33.</div> <div> <B>He Was Known As A Jew</b>: John 4:9,</div> <div> “Then saith the woman of Samaria unto him, How is it that thou,</div> <div> being a Jew, askest drink of me, who am a woman of Samaria? For</div> <div> the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans.”</div> <div> <B>He Was Thought To Be Older Than He Was</b>: John 8:57 (around 30 at</div> <div> this time.)</div> <div> “Then said the Jews unto him, Thou art</div> <div> not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham?</div> <div> <B>He Was Accused Of Blasphemy For Calling Himself Other Than</b></div> <div> <B>Man</b>: John 10:33,</div> <div> “The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not, but</div> <div> for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God.”</div> <div> If the Jews did this they were assured in their own minds that He was a</div> <div> man.</div> <div> <B>He Had The Appearance Of A Man Post-Resurrection</b>: John 20:15</div> <div> relates that Mary took Him for a gardener. John 21:4,5 tells that the</div> <div> disciples didn’t know who He was when He was standing on the shore.</div> <div> <B>He Appeared In Human Form In Glory</b>: 1 Timothy 2:5,</div> <div> “For there is one God, and one mediator</div> <div> between God and men, the man, Christ Jesus,”</div> <div> <B>He Will Come In The Same Form</b>: Matthew 16:27,28; 25:31 mentions</div> <div> his coming again, and Acts 1:10-11 mentions that He will come as He</div> <div> went. The disciples saw him go in bodily form.</div> <div> <B>He Appeared In His Bodily Form In Power</b>: Matthew 26:64,65,</div> <div> “...Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the</div> <div> right hand of Power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.”</div> <div> <B>He Will Judge The World As A Man</b>: Acts. 17:31,</div> <div> “Because he hath appointed a day, in which he will judge the world</div> <div> in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; concerning</div> <div> which he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised</div> <div> him from the dead.”</div> <div> If He were not a man, then He was one of the great tricksters of all time.</div> <div> He fooled people from, close friends to acquaintances, from uneducated to</div> <div> highly educated, and from low class to high class. Such an accomplishment,</div> <div> if He were not human, was nothing short of trickery and falsehood.</div> <bR> <div> <B>VII. HE DISPLAYED THE EMOTIONS OF A HUMAN</b></div> <div> I will list some references and the emotion/emotions that are mentioned.</div> <div> Matthew 26:36-44 tells of His being depressed, His sorrow, His weakness</div> <div> of the flesh, and most likely disappointment in his disciples.</div> <div> 347</div> <div> Mark 3:5, “And when he had looked round about on them with anger....”</div> <div> (He is angry with the jews because they were waiting to see if He would</div> <div> heal on the Sabbath.)</div> <div> Luke 10:21 tells us that He “rejoiced in the Spirit”.</div> <div> Luke 22:44, “And being in an agony, he prayed more earnestly....” (This is</div> <div> the agony in the garden.)</div> <div> John 11:35, “Jesus wept.”</div> <div> John 12:27 tells us that His soul was troubled.</div> <div> John 13:21 — troubled in spirit.</div> <div> John 13:23 — loved.</div> <bR> <div> <B>VIII. HE NEEDED SPIRITUAL HELP</b></div> <div> He prayed: Mark 1:35,</div> <div> “And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went</div> <div> out, and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed.</div> <div> Luke 22:44, “And being in an agony, he prayed more earnestly....”</div> <div> The thought of needing help gives added meaning to the disciples going to</div> <div> sleep in the garden just before His arrest. How saddened He must have</div> <div> been when His best friends would not pray with or for him.</div> <div> I have a number of times been in prayer meetings and asked for prayer for</div> <div> a real burden. The real burden usually came when no one prayed for my</div> <div> request. I wonder at times when a pastor asks for requests in a worship</div> <div> service, and people respond with real needs and hear him pray briefly for,</div> <div> “these requests of your people.” Yes, God hears and He will probably</div> <div> answer, but there must be some disappointment.</div> <div> He was empowered by the Holy Spirit: Acts. 10:38,</div> <div> “How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit, and</div> <div> with power; who went about doing good, and healing all that were</div> <div> oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.”</div> <div> If Christ needed to be empowered then surely He must have been human.</div> <bR> <div> <B>IX. HE NEEDED TO BE A MAN</b></div> <div> There is seldom reference to any need of His humanity, but it was a</div> <div> necessary requirement within God’s overall plan. Paul mentions in I</div> <div> Corinthians 15:20-23.</div> <div> “But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of</div> <div> them that slept. For since by man came death, by man came also the</div> <div> resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ</div> <div> shall all be made alive. But every man in his own order: Christ the</div> <div> firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ’s at his coming.”</div> <div> Not only does this text declare Christ’s humanity, but it points out the</div> <div> need of that humanity.</div> <div> Without humanity, Christ could not provide the perfect life to sacrifice.</div> <div> Without humanity, Christ could not provide the sacrificial death on the</div> <div> cross. Without humanity, Christ could not provide the resurrection of the</div> <div> saints.</div> <div> As man fell by representation in Adam, so man had to be represented by</div> <div> man in the plan of redemption.</div> <div> It would seem that His humanity is of great necessity.</div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>