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CHRIST IS FULLY MAN
THURSDAY, APRIL 3
Luke 1:1-4

1 John 1:1-3

 

“…our hands have handled…

the Word of life.”

 

CHRIST IS FULLY MAN
 
Jesus, when He was on earth, did not live in isolation. He did not station Himself in some desert place or high mountain, dispensing heavenly wisdom only to those who would take the trouble to go to Him. Jesus mingled with the people. He walked with them, ate with them, listened to them, talked to them, lived with them. His every movement was observed by a select group of 12 whom He chose to be His disciples. They were eyewitnesses to all the things that had happened. Jesus, in living so closely with the people, proved that He was totally human. They saw Him hungry, thirsty, and tired. He was no different from them, except for the fact that He was without sin.
 
Interestingly, in Luke 1:2, the disciples of Christ were called “ministers of the word (logos).” Luke, like John, referred to Jesus as the Word. Luke was thus telling his readers that he was speaking of the same Jesus, of whom John also spoke. Although both were speaking of the same Person, they presented Him from their own distinctive angles. John, for instance, emphasises the deity of Christ, while Luke stressed His humanity. Luke preferred calling Jesus “Son of Man” (26 times). John, on the other hand, was the only one who recorded the seven definitive “I am” statements of Jesus (Exod 3:14; John 8:58 cf. 6:35; 9:5; 10:7,9,11,14; 11:25; 14:6; 15:1,5). Seven in biblical numerology is the number of deity. Jesus is Jehovah. He is God.
 
Although Luke and John have their distinctive emphases on the two natures of Christ, both are nonetheless mindful that Jesus is both God and Man.
 
THOUGHT: Why must Jesus be both God and Man to save us from our sins?

PRAYER: “O Master let me walk with thee, in lowly paths of service free.”

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