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Today's question is, how can Jesus be both God and man at the same time?

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In this video I'll answer that question from a biblical perspective. Then afterwards, as always,

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I'll share some helpful resources, so stick around until the end. The Bible teaches that Jesus Christ is both

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God and man. Many Christians are understandably confused when it comes to understanding how Jesus can be

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God and man at the same time. How could our divine Creator become a human?

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How could a first -century Jewish man really be God? While a certain amount of mystery will always accompany this issue, both

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Scripture and, to a lesser extent, church tradition, provide for us important distinctions to help us make sense of this matter.

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While previous church councils had deliberated over issues pertaining to the nature of Christ and His relationship to the

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Father, it was the Council of Chalcedon in AD 451 that affirmed that Christ is the same perfect in divinity and perfect in humanity, the same truly

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God and truly man. This statement is not true simply because the Council taught it. Rather, the

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Council's declaration was authoritative only insofar as it aligned with what the Bible teaches on the subject.

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Scripture is clear that Jesus is God, John 20, 28, and it is equally clear that He is truly human,

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Romans 1, 2 -4. Jesus claimed the divine name, John 8, 58, and did things only

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God can do, Mark 2, 1 -12. But Jesus also displayed the weaknesses and vulnerabilities common to humanity,

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John 19, 28. The belief that Jesus is both God and man is of fundamental importance.

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The apostle Paul wrote that an affirmation of the divinity of Jesus is required to be saved,

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Romans 10, 9. And the apostle John provided a somber warning that those who deny

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Christ's true humanity are promoting the doctrine of the Antichrist, 2 John 1, 7.

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The triune God of the Bible has existed and reigned from all eternity, and the second person of the

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Trinity, the Son, took on human flesh at a particular point in time, Luke 1, 35.

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God the Son added a sinless human nature to His eternally existent divine nature. The result was the

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Incarnation. God the Son became a man, John 1, 1, 14.

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Hebrews 2, 17 gives the reason that Jesus had to be both God and man.

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He had to be made like them, fully human in every way, in order that He might become a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God, and that He might make atonement for the sins of the people.

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The Son of God took on human flesh to provide redemption to those under the law, Galatians 4, 4 -5.

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At no time did Jesus ever cease to be God. Although He was made fully human, there was never a point when

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He abrogated His divine nature, see Luke 6, 5, 8. It is equally true that after becoming incarnate, the

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Son has never ceased to be human. As the apostle Paul wrote, for there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man

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Christ Jesus, 1 Timothy 2, 5. Jesus is not half -human and half -divine, rather He is the

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Anthropos, the God -man. The Lord Jesus Christ is one eternally divine person who will forever possess two distinct yet inseparable natures, one divine and one human.

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