Partakers Bible Thought 21 September 2021 – Jesus the Christ: So what?

Partakers Bible Thought 21 September 2021

6 For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor,
Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. 7 Of the greatness of his government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on David’s throne and over his kingdom, establishing and upholding it with justice
and righteousness from that time on and forever.
The zeal of the LORD Almighty will accomplish this. (Isaiah 9:6-7)

11 For the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all people. 12 It teaches us to say “No” to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age, 13 while we wait for the blessed hope—the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, 14 who gave himself for us to redeem us from all wickedness and to purify for himself a people that are his very own, eager to do what is good. (Titus 2:11-14)

In the last two podcasts, we looked at Jesus being fully human and then looked at Jesus being fully God. We concluded with a question: “Why would Jesus be fully man and fully God and so what?” Today we seek to engage with that question and answer it, albeit briefly.

One of the Church Father’s, Anselm, wrote that God’s salvation plan for humans’ involved triumphant victory over sin, death and the grave. However no person could be found that was eligible or capable to do this. Because of this, God stepped into the human history, so that this victory could be achieved. This God-man would be fully human, so as to live every feature of humanity, including suffering and death. This God-man would also need to remain fully God, so as to defeat sin, death and the grave. Jesus, being sinless, was this God-man. Why? Because Jesus Christ consisted of two complete natures: the God nature and the human nature. So what does all that mean!

Together we explore questions such as: How can somebody have both natures – the God nature and human nature? What do we mean we say that Jesus Christ was both fully God and fully human? Why would Jesus be fully God and fully human? What does all this mean for us today? Listen or download the mp3 podcast to find out more about Jesus Christ: so what?

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