This post is written in response to anyone who teaches or believes that Jesus was a man just like us in every way. Hebrews 2:17 is the verse that is used to say that Jesus could be tempted to sin and was capable of sin and that when faced with his death he did not want to go through with it.
Both of these ideas are assumptions based on carnal thinking and not understanding scripture.
In every way. This would mean he was born into sin and was child of the devil as we all are when we are born into this world. Acts 26:18 Jesus would be as weak as we are and ignorant of spiritual things. Jesus would have been cut off from God and in need of a messiah just like we are. Ephesians 2:12 It should be obvious that Jesus was not like us in every way but how then are we to interpret Hebrews 2:17 ? It should be clear that we should not take “in every way” in the way many have. Hebrews 2:17 is only saying Jesus was a human being, he was a soul composed of body and human spirit and biologically exactly the same as we are, in every way physically. It is the human spirit of Jesus, that while definitely human, that was created by his God and Father as our spirits will be when we are in the kingdom of God.
Let’s review and compare the human spirit of Jesus to any other human.
When was the last time someone worshipped you ? Matthew 14:33. When was the last time you said I and my Father are one ? John 10:30. When was the last time you said, if you have seen me you have seen the Father ? John 14:9. Were you born of a virgin ? Isaiah 7:14 Are you being used to heal the sick or raise the dead ? Are you a mediator between God and men ? When was the last time you walked on water ? Can you tell me that in your entire life you have never sinned ? Are you worthy of the same honor as God ? John 5:23. Do you have direct access to God without a mediator ? Have you been righteous since your mothers womb ? Psalm 22:10 Could you go head to head one on one with Satan and win ? John 14:30 Does this sound like an ordinary man ? According to scripture there has never been a righteous man, Romans 3:10-12 , Isaiah 53:11 , Jesus was the first and only righteous man who has ever lived. The unrighteous are you and me and because of what God did through the man Jesus you and I can have the righteousness of God imputed to us because of faith in what Jesus did. Do you know of anyone else that could have done all these things ? Do you still think Jesus was exactly like us in every way ? Hebrews 1:3 describes Jesus the man as the brightness of Gods glory and the express image of Gods person and Peter in 2 Peter 1:4 The divine nature, the nature of the Father was in the Christ and in the future will be in us when we enter the kingdom of God. This is why it says in Revelation 3:14 , Jesus was the beginning of the creation of God. This is not about Genesis and Adam but of Genesis 2 and the second Adam. All of the first Adams children are dead but all of the second Adams children are alive. Jesus was not of the first Genesis, this world or creation but was the second Adam of what Gods will is for humanity. John 8:23 , John 3:31 , John 17:14 , Hebrews 9:11 , 2 Corinthians 5:1 God’s ultimate will for man is to be recreated in the image of His son, Jesus the man, who is our example and model to follow. Jesus is the first human to fulfill what God said in Genesis 1:26 , to truly be created, not recreated like you and me need to be, but created from his mothers womb the very first new man, the beginning of what God is doing. You and I must follow this new man, put him on like a garment, Ephesians 4:22-24 , Colossians 3:2-4 , to say Jesus was exactly like us in every way is to assassinate his God given character. We are to be transformed to be in the image of this man Jesus so then how can he be exactly like us in every way? We need a change in both body and spirit to enter the kingdom. Jesus only needed a change in body because his human spirit was already kingdom quality. In the process of proving Jesus is not God but human men have gone to far and make the Christ himself one of those he came to save. They make Jesus to much like us spiritually. Biologically Jesus was exactly like us in every way but spirituality Jesus was obviously far above us. Can you not see this when reading the scriptures about him ? Yes, Jesus was not God, but he was created in the image of the invisible God, Colossians 1:15, Jesus had the divine nature, character of his God that we hope to achieve by faith in Jesus. Romans 8:29 We are to have the mind of this man Jesus who had the mind of his God. To not understand these things is to not fully know the gospel , Christ or God. Jesus was born a true son of God, you and I were not. We must be recreated in the image of Jesus who was created in the image of the invisible God and have faith to believe this to have hope in our salvation.
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