1. He was born of flesh - Mt. 1:1; Psa. 132:11; Gal. 4:4; Rom. 1:3; 9:5

2. He became flesh, that is, took on human nature - Jn. 1:14; 1 Tim. 3:16; 1 Jn. 4:2; 2 Jn. 7

3. He went through the same growth process as all humans - Lk. 2:40

4. He had normal human physical needs. List some of these based on the following: Mt. 4:2; Jn. 4:7; 19:28; Jn. 4:5-6; Mt. 8:24; 14:23.

5. He had and felt human emotions. List some of these based on the following: Lk. 10:21; Jn. 15:11; Mt. 26:37; Jn. 12:27; Mk. 3:5; 10:21; Mt. 9:36; Jn. 11:35

6. He endured temptation as a human - Jas. 1:13; Heb. 4:15; Mt. 4:1-11; Lk. 4:1-13

7. He suffered and died as a human - 1 Pet. 3:18; 4:1; 1 Jn. 5:5-7

8. In the Bible he is often called a "man" - Jn. 1:30; 8:40; 19:5; Acts 2:22; 17:31

1. Undermines the atonement. Mankind sinned, thus mankind owes a debt to God. As a representative of mankind, himself human, Jesus paid our debt.

2. Undermines Jesus' role as mediator and high priest. Because he was human he is able to understand and sympathize with our difficulties. As one of us he is able to represent us to God. We need no other mediator, not Mary, not the saints. As Lorraine Boettner said, the New Testament reveals Jesus as "the most approachable of men" - Heb. 2:17-18.

1. Implications from his birth - Lk. 1:35

2. Possession by Christ of attributes or prerogatives of deity. List some of these based on the following: Mk. 2:5-11; Jn. 1:1, 3; 2:25; 5:24-25, 27-29; 8:58; 14:13-14; 16:30; Col. 1:17; Heb. 1:2-3; Mt. 14:32-33; 18:20; 28:20

3. His resurrection - Rom. 1:4; Acts 2

4. Plain statements of fact - Col. 1:15, 19; 2:9

5. He is called not only Lord and the Son of God, but also God - Jn. 1:1; 20:28; and maybe Rom. 9:5; Tit. 2:13; Heb. 1:8; 2 Pet. 1:1

6. How does the Jehovah's Witnesses translation of the Bible render Jn. 1:1? Try to find out what is incorrect in this regard in their translation.

7. See if you can find information on Granville Sharp's rule for Greek grammar and its significance for Tit. 2:13 and 2 Pet. 1:1.

1. Christ's past work as co-creator

2. Christ's work as redeemer who atones for our sins

3. Christ's work as mediator in the present

4. Christ's future second coming and his role as judge

5. Christ as an object of our worship and faith

1. He was not God only while in this world

2. He was not man only while in this world

3. He was not a body with two persons inside, one divine and one human

4. He was not deity only in mind and spirit and human only in body

5. He was not some sort of intermediary being, e.g. angel, but neither God nor human

1. During his incarnate life Christ was fully human.

2. During his incarnate life Christ was fully divine.

3. Christ was one, singular, unified person. His humanity was not diminished by his deity and visa versa. He was the God-man.

1. What was the nature of temptation for Jesus? God can not sin. Could Jesus have sinned? If he could not, would temptation have been real temptation? Did his divine nature give him extra power rendering him unable to sin?

2. How much did Jesus himself understand about who he was? At what point did he begin to understand these things?

3. These and other questions will continue to strain our abilities to understand since in Christ the infinite and the finite are joined.