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Lead:

Why did the God-Man Jesus need to have a fully human nature? Today, three reasons.

Intro:

Last night I had the good pleasure of going to see Casting Crowns, and truth be known, at several times I just cried. The person I was with asked if I was having a good time. I was, but it was in a sense of deep contemplation and pain and love and grace and worship. At one point the lead singer told a story and made a point that struck me: “Your feelings are valid, but it doesn’t mean they’re true.”

Today we hear more of the section of Luke where Luke has assembled various nuggets not only about what is true, but ultimately about who is Truth. I pray that our time together will give you a sense of just being with Him, and then in our All Our Minds segment I’ll share with you three reasons why Jesus, who is fully and eternally God, had to also be fully and completely human.

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Bible Segment:

Passage: Luke 14-16
Translation: NASB (New American Standard Bible)
Verses: 98
Words: ~2095

All Our Minds Segment:

Kevin Lewis points out three reasons Jesus had to be fully human:

In order for Christ to be able to be a substitute for the human race, he had to be a true human being. He needed an immaterial, rational substance to experience spiritual suffering and punishment (e.g., Spiritual Death). He needed a physical substance (i.e., a body) to experience physical suffering and punishment (Physical Death).
He had to be a human to be our great high Priest.
He had to be of the Davidic Line to make a rightful claim to the throne of Israel. (cf. Kingly Office).(1)

The bottom line

Lewis goes on to point out that this means Jesus would have “true human body, soul, spirit, mind, heart, will, emotions, et cetera.”(2) And to tie it into Psalm 91 where you will hear one of the verses the devil used when tempting Jesus, Jesus would also then be able to be fully tempted. (How He did not sin will just have to wait for another day).

Wisdom Segment:

Passage: Psalm 91
Translation: NASB (New American Standard Bible)
Verses: 17
Words: ~279

Love you!

-R

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Sources and resources:

(1) Kevin Alan Lewis, “Christology Par II: The Humanity of Christ” (class handout at Talbot School of Theology, Biola University), page 1, accessed March 1, 2019 http://www.theolaw.org.

(2) Ibid, p. 1.

I didn’t cite this, but I love the notes in this —> D. A. Carson, NIV Zondervan Study Bible: Built on the Truth of Scripture and Centered on the Gospel Message, ed. D. A. Carson (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2015), 2634. Thank you in advance — when you purchase NIV Zondervan Study Bible: Built on the Truth of Scripture and Centered on the Gospel Message using this affiliate link, you support this ministry.

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