" JESUS CHRIST THE MAN "

Good Morning All,

 This week we will be looking at Jesus Christ the Man. Do you think that you would you have the courage to do what Jesus did for his fellow man (that's you and me)? My dictionary defines Manhood as: The condition of being an adult male (2) manly qualities: courage (3) an adult male servant or employee.

OK lets get into it; because Jesus was born of a woman, he was a human being.  But as the Son of God, Jesus was born without any trace of human sin. JESUS IS BOTH FULLY HUMAN AND FULLY DIVINE. Christ alone holds the answers to the meaning of life, because He is Life. Christ is the unique source of knowledge and power for the Christian life. No Christian needs anything in addition to what Christ has provided to be saved. We are complete in Him. Jesus is like us because He experienced a full range of temptations throughout His life as a human being. We can be comforted knowing that Jesus faced temptation and He can sympathize with us. We can be encouraged knowing that Jesus faced temptation without giving in to sin. He shows us that we do not have to sin when facing the seductive lure of temptation. Jesus is the only perfect human being who has ever lived.

As alluded to earlier, because Jesus lived as a man, we know that He fully understands our experiences and our struggles. Because He is God, He has the power and authority to deliver us from sin. It's OK to tell Jesus all our thoughts, feelings, and needs. He has been where we are now, and He has the ability to help. In the garden Jesus was agonizing, do you believe that He was trying to get out of His assignment? It is never wrong to express our true feelings to God. Jesus exposed His dread of the coming trials, but He also reaffirmed His commitment to do what God wanted. The cup He spoke of meant the terrible agony He knew that He would have to endure. Not only the horror of the crucifixion but, even worse: the total separation from God that He would have to experience in order to die for the world's sins.

The Book of Luke tells us that Jesus' sweat resembled drops of blood. Jesus was in extreme agony, but He did not give up or give in. He went ahead with the assignment for which He had come. Please keep in mind that Jesus is fully man and fully God. Now the cup that Jesus was referring to was also the agony of alienation from God, His Father at the the cross. I can't shake the thought of, could I love someone or something so much as to sacrifice as Christ. Jesus' prayer emphasizes the terrible suffering He had to endure, an agony so much more magnified because He had to take on the sins of the world.

I Praise God, for " Jesus Christ the Man. "

Until Next Time...

 Jim