Except
for the sinful nature, Christ had all the characteristics of man. The humanity
of Christ is as important as His deity, why? Several reasons come to mind:
(1) If He was not fully human, then the Bible
cannot be trusted since it clearly teaches that He was.
(2) If He was not human, then He couldn’t have
possibly died a substitutionary death and made propitiation for our sins.
Although
He was conceived miraculously (Matt. 1:20 ),
He had a normal birth, like everybody else’s. He was born of a virgin (1:23 ) and had a human body (Matt. 1:18 ; Luke 2:52 ; Gal 4:4), He referred to Himself as a
human and everybody He ever came in contact with recognized Him as such (John 8:40 ; 1 John 1:1). Remember, He was
fully human, which means that He not only possessed a human body but that He
also possessed a human soul and spirit. His humanity included both the material
and immaterial aspects (Matt. 26:38; Luke 23:46 ). He manifested other human characteristics: He was
hungry (Matt. 4:2), He grew tired (John 4:6), He was thirsty ((John 19:28 ), He had a normal development
(mental, physical, spiritual, and social) (Luke 2:52 ). He experienced and expressed human emotions: love
(Mark 10:21 ), anger (Mark
3:5), sorrow (Luke 13:34 ),
compassion (Matt. 9:36 ), He
wept (John 11:35 ). He had
human names such as “son of David” (Matt. 1:1), and Jesus (Matt. 1:21 ).
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