JESUS CHRIST: GOD-MAN - Vital Christianity

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Jesus is repeatedly called and known as a "man."
● He was known as a man (Jn 7:27; 9:29; 1 Ti 2:5).
● He applied the term to Himself (Jn. 8:40).
● Others called Him man (Jn. 1:30; Ac 2:22; 13:38; 1 Co 15:21,47).
● He was known as a Jew (Jn 4:9).
● He was accused of blasphemy for calling Himself but a man (10:33).
● He was still known as a man after the resurrection (20:15; 21:4,50).
● Today he exists as a man (1 Ti 2:5).
● In glory He is known as a man (Col 2:9; 1 Ti 2:5).
● When He comes again He comes as a man (Mt 16:27-28; 26:64-65; 28:31).
● He will judge the world as a man (Ac 17:31).
HUMAN EMOTIONS
Our emotional lives as well as our bodily experiences are a very important part of our
being human. And Jesus had emotions just like all other people. He was joyful (Jn 15:11; 17:13;
Heb. 12:2). He was sorrowful (Mt. 26:37). He was astonished at the faith of the Centurion (Lk
7:9) and at the unbelief of the people of Nazareth (Mk 6:6). At times He could be grieved to
the point of anger (Mt 15:7; 23:27,33; 15:14; Jn 8:44) and even indignation ("deeply moved
and troubled"—Mt 9:30; Mk. 1:43; 10:14; 14:5). And the emotion most frequently attributed to
Jesus is compassion or pity. This is His expression of deep love when confronted by the
desperate need of fallen men and women whether those needs were physical (Mt 20:34; Mk
1:41; 8:2-3; Lk 7:13) or spiritual (Mt 9:36; 14:14; Mk 6:34).
Some of the most human aspects of Jesus' personality is found in those passages where
He is troubled or distressed in one way or another. John tells us that at the tomb of Lazarus He
"groaned in the spirit" (King James Version) or was "deeply moved and troubled" (New
International Version). The verb used here is one that is used of horses snorting. Jesus was
deeply hurt, grieved and angry. John also adds that on this sad occasion Jesus wept (Jn 11:35).
Jesus also wept aloud over the stubborn unbelief of the city of Jerusalem (Lk 19:41).
Jesus was also deeply troubled at the prospect of His death. Luke speaks of Him as being
"under constraint" or "distressed" (New International Version) until His sufferings should be
accomplished (Lk 12:50). John says that His soul was "troubled" (Jn 12:27). In Gethsemane
Jesus longed for human companionship (Mt 26:37f.). As He prayed in the Garden He was in
"anguish" and as He prayed earnestly "sweat like drops of blood" fell to the ground (Lk 22:44).
On the cross Jesus voiced a cry of human desolation as He cried out, "My God, My God, why
have You forsaken Me?" (Mk 15:34). It is a very human Jesus that we see undergoing these
experiences.