Fully God & Fully Man
JESUS
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God came in flesh and dwelt among us.
His name was Jesus. It is difficult for us
to understand how this could be but
Jesus was truly fully man and fully God.
The big question however is this. Was
Jesus born knowing everything? Did
He awake to consciousness knowing
the names of everyone around Him and
what their very thoughts were? It is clear
from Scriptures that Jesus laid aside His
God powers to live as an equal among
men with no inherited advantage.
As a human child, He had to learn like
every other child (Heb. 5:8). He learned
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to walk, talk and most importantly, to
hear the voice of His Father (John 8:28
& 14:24). Luke 2:52 “And Jesus grew in
wisdom and stature, and in favor with
God and man.”
Here the Scriptures clearly reveals that
Jesus wasn’t born all knowing. He grew
in wisdom and in favour etc. in fact, at
no point was He all knowing. As a man
Jesus was dependent. He needed the
Holy Spirit to lead Him and depended
on His Father to teach Him. Jesus lived
as a man to show us how to live.