Who is Jesus of Nazareth?
According to the Bible, this question is of
surpassing significance. So important, that your eternal destiny rests
upon what you believe concerning who Jesus Christ is (John 8:24). Just
who is he? Jesus consistently drew attention to the question of His
own identity. For example he asked his own disciples, “But what
about you?”... Who do you say I am?” (Matt. 16:15). The
Bible unequivocally presents Jesus as the long awaited Messiah of Israel,
the Savior of lost humanity. But these titles only take on true significance
in light of the astounding revelation of his own identity. Scripture
reveals Jesus of Nazareth to be none other than God in human flesh (John
1:1, 14).
The Scriptures reveal that Jesus Christ existed
in eternity as God the Son; that He was begotten, not made; that He
was, in fact, God incarnate. (Isa. 9:6; Mic. 5:2; John 17:5). The Latin
term incarnation actually means “becoming in flesh.” This
eternally divine person, without diminishing His deity, took upon himself
a truly human nature. Christs’ deity is seen in His personal claims
to be equal with God (John 5:17-18; 8:58). But also, because He performed
miracles, forgave sin, and raised Himself from the dead — thus
demonstrating that he was, in fact, God.
At the same time, Scripture depicts Jesus
as fully human. The fact that he experienced birth, growth, development,
and ultimately death actually bore eloquent testimony to his humanity
(Luke 2:40-52; 22:63; Heb. 5:8). To be precise, Jesus Christ was and
is the theanthropos — the God Man. The Bible clearly teaches that
Jesus was both fully God and fully man. He was one in substance (homoousios)
with the Father in regard to His divine nature, and one in substance
with humanity in regard to His human nature. The two natures were perfectly
united in the one person of Jesus Christ.
To quote the Creed of Chalcedon, the Lord
Jesus Christ is “one person in two natures, unmixed, unchanged,
undivided, inseparable.” And remember, every single cult and world
religion compromises the deity of Christ. So don’t be fooled —
you must believe in the real Jesus not a counterfeit Christ.
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