Thursday, April 20, 2006
Its a bleary Thursday morning and yet i am still up. I should be resting ,but as the exam's loom nearer im forced to burn the midnight oil. But on a lighter note, I cant wait for this Saturday as Manchester United will kick Chelsea's ass. Its been two weeks since my last post. Lack of inspiration the root cause. I hope you guyz find this intresting/inspiring and doubt clearing. Bear with me, I'm going to try to explain a mystery that no one seems to really understand, especially not me. And the reading I've
done has shown me that some of the greatest theological minds cannot really explain this unity of two exceedingly different natures in
one Person, yet I'm still going to try! (I'm either presumptious or very foolish, I guess...)
Jesus is fully God and fully Man. He did not leave His God nature behind in heaven when He became flesh and dwelt among us; He somehow
perfectly joined His human nature with His divine nature. He did not develop a Multiple Personality Disorder by doing so, either,
because these two disparate Natures were PERFECTLY and seamlessly joined within His Person.
When we read of His life and His death and His resurrection, we must remember these two Natures.
As God, He is worshiped (see Matthew 2:2,11 and 14:33). As man, He worshiped the Father (see John 17).
He was called God (see John 20:28 and Heb. 1:8). He was called man (see Mark 15:39 and John 19:5).
He was called Son of God (see Mark 1:1). He was called Son of Man (see John 9:35-37).
As God, He is prayed to (see Acts 7:59). As man, He prayed to the Father (again, see John 17).
Because He is God, He is sinless (see 1 Pet. 2:22 and Heb. 4:15). Yet as man, He was tempted (see Matthew 4:1, Hebrews 4:15).
As God, He knows all things (John 21:17). And as a human child, He grew in wisdom (see Luke 2:52).
As a man, He wept at the death of a friend (see John 11:35); as God, He called his friend from the tomb to life (see John 11:43-44).
As a man, He prayed that the cup He was given pass from Him; as God, He knew that His perfect plan of salvation had to be fulfilled and
so He subjected His human nature to His divine nature (see Matthew 26:39).
Because He is God, He is gives eternal life (see John 10:28).
Because He became man, His physical body died (see John 19:30 and Romans 5:8).
As a man, He laid down His life in perfect obedience (see John 15:13). As God, He took it up again (see Matthew 26:6-7).
All the fullness of deity dwells in Him (see Colossians 2:9), His body was of flesh and bones (see Luke 24:39).
As God, He knew no sin. As man, He became the perfect sin offering FOR US, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him (see 2
Corinthians 5:21).
As a man, He was the curse FOR US (for it is written, "Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree"); as God, He redeemed us from that
curse (see Galatians 3:13).
There are no contradictions in God's Word, only imperfect understanding on our part. Because this perfect unity of two very different natures within one perfect Person really is a mystery, I would seriously suggest we pray and ask the Holy Spirit to give us a measure of understanding. That's one of His many jobs,and He does it well!
I hope you people out there do benefit from this! If it has benefited you in any way please do leave a comment! @@
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