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Was Jesus like us?

moorea944

Well-Known Member
Let's start with Heb 4v15 "For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin."

He had human nature; he shared every one of our sinful tendencies (Heb. 4:15), yet he overcame them by his commitment to God's ways and seeking His help to overcome sin. This God willingly gave, to the extent that "God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto Himself" through His very own Son (2 Cor. 5:19). God was working thru His son. The fact that Christ had to plead with God to save him from death rules out any possibility of him being God in person. After Christ's resurrection, death had "no more dominion over him" (Rom. 6:9), implying that beforehand....... it did.

He had to be Son of man in order to inherit the consequences of Adam's transgressions, a weak and mortal nature "prone to sin", so that he might condemn sin. He had to be tempted in all points like us and yet be sinless in order to be the Saviour. Sin could only be condemned by one possessing the same flesh with its tendency to sin. He put to death sin in the flesh on the cross. The perfect sacrific.


"Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also - himself - likewise - took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil" What has the power of death? It is sin. For the wages of sin is death. Jesus put to death a sin nature and is now glorified.

Heb 5v8 "Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered;
9 And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him," God suffers????? No, but a man does.


That's why he is a perfect representive for us. He knows what we go thru in our lives. He went thru temptations just like us. If he was God, what would the point of that be?

If he was God, that Atonement would go right out the window. Wouldnt even make sense.
 

Brickjectivity

Turned to Stone. Now I stretch daily.
Staff member
Premium Member
Hello. There is a caveat I want to mention:
We have much to say about this, but it is hard to make it clear to you because you no longer try to understand. In fact, though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you the elementary truths of God’s word all over again. You need milk, not solid food! Anyone who lives on milk, being still an infant, is not acquainted with the teaching about righteousness. But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained themselves to distinguish good from evil. -- Hebrews 5:11-14

Therefore let us move beyond the elementary teachings about Christ and be taken forward to maturity,...And God permitting, we will do so. --Hebrews 6:1..3
This is pretty much the way it has been in perpetuity, where people keep having to learn the basics repeatedly. For that reason it is almost impossible to use Hebrews to determine whether Jesus is like us or not. I mean, you might if you are deeply familiar with the texts that Hebrews refers to, but otherwise it isn't very useful. In Hebrews Jesus is here and he is there. He's a human, then he's superhuman and then he's human again and so on; and the discussion about him is merely a pretext for the complicated ideas about priesthoods which which almost no practising Christians are familiar today. Half of the conversations about the book Hebrews are about looking up the word 'Melchizedek' to find out what it means. Few are aware of what priests do, what sacrifices are for etc. Few people want to spend time in Hebrews or any of its prerequisites. The author of Hebrews specifically says that Hebrews is covering advanced material, so lets be real about it. It isn't like something you should skim and quote mine, because its just going to be misunderstood at least in essence if not its literal wording. Books are written about this letter to analyse what its talking about and for good reason: because it isn't meant to be read by just anyone.
 
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