Friday, June 30, 2017

"What Christians Get Wrong About Jesus"

On the BeliefNet Website, there is an interesting article entitled


I don't think there is anything that an informed Latter-day Saint (or even Evangelical or Catholic for that matter) would disagree with. However, there is a very important point made about how the true humanity of Jesus is forgotten or given short shrift by those within the broad Christian spectrum (at least those who do not hold to a Socinian Christology):

Forgetting Jesus Was Fully Human


Too often, as Christians, we get caught up in the deity of Jesus that we forget about the humanity of Jesus. Jesus was born as a human being while still being completely divine. The concept of the humanity of Jesus co-existing with His deity is difficult for our mind’s to comprehend, but Jesus’ nature – wholly man and wholly God – is biblical fact. There are those that reject these biblical truths and declare that Jesus was a man, but not God. There is also the view that Jesus was God, but not human. Both viewpoints are unbiblical and false.

The fact that Jesus was born as a human being is important for several reasons. Galatians 4:4-5 says, “But when the time had fully come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under law, to redeem those under law, that we might receive the full rights of sons.” Only a man could be born under a law. No animal or angelic being is “under the law.” Born under the law of God, all humans are guilty of transgressing that law. Only a perfect human – Jesus Christ – could perfectly keep the law and perfect fulfill the law, thereby redeeming us from that guilt. Jesus accomplished our redemption on the cross exchanging our sin for His perfect righteousness (2 Corinthians 5:21). The humanity of Jesus enables Him to relate to us in a way the angels and animals never can. “For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are – yet was without sin” (Hebrews 4:15).