The PerfectHumanity ofJesus ChristDoctrinal Bible Study: Lesson 9

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Doctrinal Bible Study Lesson 9: THE PERFECT HUMANITY OF JESUS CHRIST

AN OVERVIEW OF THE STUDY:A. JESUS CHRIST Partook of Perfect HumanityB. JESUS is called a ManC. JESUS CHRIST had the Appearance of a ManD. JESUS Experience all the Infirmities of Man

Except SinE. JESUS CHRIST was Tempted in Every PointF. As a Man He was the SonG. There was a Purpose in CHRIST’S Humanity

and Sonship

Hebrew 2:14 “Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil.”

A. JESUS CHRIST PARTOOK OF PERFECT HUMANITY

In Jesus Christ we see perfect humanity. Jesus Christ was God-man:

• Very God – 100% God• Perfect Man – 100% Man

We do not use the word “perfect” with Deity, for there are no degrees of perfection with God. But there are degrees of perfection with man. According, we say that Jesus was very God and perfect man.

Jesus was a perfect man, but such statements as “Mary was the mother of God Almighty” and “The blood of Calvary was the blood of God” are incorrect and must be qualified.

There is a truth embraced in such statements, for God was manifested in the flesh which was born and which died, and the Word-Incarnate was God. However, God Almighty could neither be begotten nor die. There is no Scripture to prove that the flesh of Jesus was not the same as ours, only in the stated fact that He was sinless. The Scriptures clearly state that the Lord took on flesh and blood like His children (Hebrews 2:14). This passage proves that the Father, the eternal Spirit, manifested Himself in flesh in order to save His children.

Matthew 2:11 “And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense and myrrh.”

Philippians 2:8 “And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.”

B. JESUS IS CALLED A MAN

I Timothy 2:5 “For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.”

No less than eighty (88) times in the Gospels does Jesus call Himself the Son of Man.

References are made to:1.The seed of Abraham2.The seed of David3.The lineage of David4.The seed of the woman

Luke 24:18 “And the one of them, whose name was Cleopas, answering said unto him, Art thou only a stranger in Jerusalem, and hast not known the things which are come to pass there in these days?”

John 4:9 “Then saith the woman of Samaria unto him, How is it that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria? for the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans.”

C. JESUS CHRIST HAD THE APPEARANCE OF A MAN

John 20:15 “Jesus saith unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? whom seekest thou? She, supposing him to be the gardener, saith unto him, Sir, if thou have borne him hence, tell me where thou hast laid him, and I will take him away..”

In these Scriptures we see that Jesus looked like a Jew, a stranger and a gardener. Actually, no one knows what Jesus looked like. The verse that possibly describes Him more than any other is …

Isaiah 53:2 “For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.”

Matthew 4:2 “And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungered.”

Matthew 8:24 “And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the ship was covered with the waves: but he was asleep.”

Matthew 26:38 “Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me.”

D. JESUS EXPERIENCED ALL THE INFIRMITIES OF MAN EXCEPT SIN

John 4:6 “Now Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well: and it was about the sixth hour.”

John 11:35 “Jesus, wept.”

John 19:28 “After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst.”

Hebrews 4:15 “For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.

In these Scriptures we read that Jesus was hungry and thirsty, weary, tired and slept like any other man. There is only one main difference – Jesus never suffered defeat. He never yielded to temptation. He lived without sin and was victorious.

Hebrew 4:15 “For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.”

Hebrew 2:18 “For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succour them that are tempted.”

E. JESUS CHRIST WAS TEMPTED IN EVERY POINT

The Bible clearly states Jesus was tempted in every point in which man is tempted. This show that Jesus Christ was a perfect man, for it was His humanity that was tempted. Deity cannot be tempted. “For God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempted he any man” (James 1:13)

In the wilderness Jesus was tempted in a three-fold manner:

1. Lust of the flesh2. Lust of the eyes3. Pride of life

This temptation might be classified in another way:4.Temptation to use His power to minister

to Himself5.Temptation to make a display of His

power6.Temptation to use His power to gain

more power

Undoubtedly Jesus was tempted on numerous occasions throughout His life and ministry, but His greatest temptation was in the Garden of Gethsemane. The fact that Jesus was tempted in every way that any man can be tempted proves that He was a complete man, a perfect man, subject to all the weaknesses of the flesh, yet without sin.

Sonship denotes beginning, also a relation to time and place. Only as He became a man was He able to become the only begotten Son (John 3:16). Not an eternal son or a created son, but a son that was conceived in the womb of Mary. As a son He grew and matured and was subject to the Father. As a son He tasted of our infirmities and weaknesses and was tempted in every point.

F. AS A MAN HE WAS THE SON

A study of the following Scripture reveals Jesus in His humanity as the Son:As a son He learned obedience Hebrews 5:8

As a son He prayed John 17

As a son He was less great than the Father John 14:28

As a son He knew not Mark 13:32

As a son He was made of a woman Galatians 4:4

As a son He died Galatians 2:20

The purpose of the Sonship was as follows:

1.That He might become our Redeemer.• The necessity of the atonement

demanded that there be a sinless sacrifice offered up in our stead. Only God could provide such sacrifice (Hebrew 2:14).

2. That He might become our Mediator.• Our Mediator knows our weaknesses

through His omniscience, and also by way of actual experience (Hebrew 4:15).

G. THERE WAS A PURPOSE IN CHRIST’S HUMANITY AND SONSHIP

3. That He might become our King.• In order to have a kingdom, there must

be a king. He reigns now in our hearts, but soon He shall come to reign on this earth (Matthew 26:64)

4. That He might be our Judge.• Acts 17:31 “Because he hath appointed

a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.”

GOD BLESS…