Disciple Bob
THE MAN JESUS
1 John 4:2
“This is how we know if they have the Spirit of God: If a person claiming to be a prophet acknowledges that Jesus Christ came in a real body, that person has the Spirit of God” (New Living Translation)
“The test by which you may recognize the Spirit of God is that every spirit which acknowledges that Jesus Christ has come as man is from God.” (Weymouth New Testament)
“This is how you can recognize God’s Spirit: Every person who declares that Jesus Christ has come as a human has the Spirit that is from God.” (God’s Word Translation)
“I say this because many deceivers, who do not acknowledge Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh, have gone out into the world. Any such person is the deceiver and the antichrist.”
Scripture shows that Jesus Christ was a true human being. It is clear from the verses below that he was and is indeed a man although now a resurrected immortal, glorified man!
Acts 2:22 “Men of Israel, listen to this: Jesus of Nazareth was a man accredited by God to you by miracles, wonders and signs, which God did among you through him, as you yourselves know.”
Acts 2:23 “This man was handed over to you by God’s set purpose and foreknowledge; and you, with the help of wicked men, put him to death by nailing him to the cross.”
Acts 17:31 “For he has set a day when he will judge the world with justice by the man he has appointed. He has given proof of this to all men by raising him from the dead.”
1 Timothy 2:5 “For there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.”
Romans 5:15 “But the gift is not like the trespass. For if the many died by the trespass of the one man (Adam) how much more did God’s grace and the gift that came by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, overflow to the many!”
The Greek word for “man” in these verses is Anthropos.
The Greek word Anthropos means “a human being, whether male or female, generically, to include all human individuals, to distinguish man from beings of a different race or order.”
Anthropos is used to describe Adam, the first man. In the same verse (Romans 5:15) it is used to describe Jesus Christ. If words mean anything, one must believe that Jesus Christ was a flesh and blood human being just like Adam.
On the other hand, Scripture says “God is not a man.”
Numbers 23:19 “God is not a man, that he should lie, nor a son of man…”
Numbers 23:19 (NRSV) “God is not a human being, that he should lie, or a mortal…”
Hosea 11:9 “For I am God, and not man– the Holy One among you.”
Jesus Christ is now a glorified, immortal man. He is the only man who is our Savior, our Redeemer, our Mediator, our Lord, our constant Companion, our Best Friend, our Big Brother, the Light of our lives, our Peace, our Joy, and our Mentor in the art of faith.
He is the Lover of our souls, and that is why we love him and confess him as Lord (Rom. 10:9).
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