What does it mean to say that Jesus is “fully God and fully man”? Give at least two theological reasons why we should believe this doctrine.

without this belief, we have no Christian faith

The Incarnation, this mysterious miracle at the heart of historic Christianity, is central in the New Testament witness.

Jesus’s humanity

It is also helpful to think of Jesus as a very complex person

It is important to think of the initiative of the incarnation as coming from above, asit were, rather than from below.

In thinking about the incarnation, we must begin not with the traditional conceptions of humanity and deity, but with the recognition that the two are most fully known in Jessu Christ.

The union of the two natures meant that they did not function independently.

The incarnation was more an additon of human attributes than a loss of divine attributes

Basic Tenets of the Doctrine of Two Natures in One Person

faith in Jesus’ deity is basic to Paul’s theology and religion.

Council of Chalcedon (A.D. 451)

The Scandal of the Personal

Christopher Watkin, Biblical Critical Theory: How the Bible’s Unfolding Story Makes Sense of Modern Life and Culture (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Academic, 2022), 341–370.

Jesus and his relationship to the Holy Spirit

Jesus’ faith and prayer life

How human was Jesus?

He had a human soul and emotions

Jesus had a human mind

His resurrected body

Human weaknesses and limitations

It is equally proof of his humanity; he was the son of Mary.

Biblical facts about humanity of Jesus

If Jesus were not fully man he could not be our substitute.

Why is this important?

Jesus only appeared to have a body

If Jesus is not God, the claim of the Christian faith and of the Church is not only false; it would mean that Christianity is a sham and that we are all deceived.

Why are the words, ‘Jesus is God,’ not to be found?

Demonostration of omnipotence

Evidence of Jesus’ deity

When was Jesus conscious of his true identity?

Jesus asked Peter, ‘Who do you say I am?’ (Matt. 16:15).

Jesus’ reference to his origin and pre-existence.

Jesus referring to himself as the Son of Man.

What Jesus himself claimed as to his own Deity

John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

Explicit references to the Deity of Jesus

Jesus did not have an earthly feather

a. Mary’s reaction to the promise of the angel Gabriel that she would become pregnant: ‘ “How will this be,” Mary asked the angel, “since I am a virgin?” ’ (Luke 1:34). (1) Gabriel said she would give birth to a son and his name would be Jesus (Luke 1:31). (2) Gabriel added: ‘He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High … So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God’ (Luke 1:32–35). b. This would take place by the Holy Spirit who ‘will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you’ (Luke 1:35). (1) This means that Mary was impregnated by the Holy Spirit. (2) ‘For nothing is impossible with God’ (Luke 1:37).

Using the term ‘Son of God’ is the same as saying Jesus is God.

The Jews saw it this way.

a. The claim to be the Son of God was the same as the claim to deity. (1) Jesus’ testimony to being the Son of God was the ammunition the Jews needed to justify their crucifying him. (2) ‘They all asked, “Are you then the Son of God?” He replied, “You are right in saying I am.” Then they said, “Why do we need any more testimony? We have heard it from his own lips” ’ (Luke 22:70–71. Cf. Mark 14:61–64). b. The purpose of the Gospel of John is summed up: ‘But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name’ (John 20:31). (1) The contents of his Gospel included: ‘In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God’ (John 1:1). (2) ‘ “We are not stoning you for any of these,” replied the Jews, “but for blasphemy, because you, a mere man, claim to be God” ’ (John 10:33). c. ‘For this reason the Jews tried all the harder to kill him; not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God his own Father, making himself equal with God’ (John 5:18). (1) The New Testament, as well as the ancient Jews, made no distinction between the two terms. (2) ‘Son of God’ meant the same as being God, that is, God the Son.

Is Jesus God?

What the Bible claims about the Deity of Jesus Christ

The purpose of this study is to examine the following

At the end of the day the ultimate issue regarding the person of Jesus is whehter or not he was—and is—God

The Millennium Challenge: who is Jesus?

John 14:6 Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

The most offensive claim of the Christian faith is that Jesus is God, and that the only way to Heaven is by Jesus Christ.

If he is less than God—in our estimation—we are not Christians.

“Jesus is God”, the deity of God