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Jesus Christ - His Humanity

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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