Before his death, was Jesus Christ a common man?

Question

It is not clear to me that while Jesus was alive, was he lord or a common man? And at what point was a decision made to give him devinity?

Answer 1

'Common', according to the dictionaries, implies 'one of, or being closely associated with, the great masses of people'.
Before His demise, Jesus was most certainly 'common' in this sense of the term - for He was always in close association with His people - while vociferously advising them NOT to follow any 'organised' religion !
It was almost 300 years after His demise, that the Roman emperor Constantine I ('Flavius Valerius Constantinus' - 306-337 A.D.) decided that the worship of Christ should itself be 'organised' !
So, Constantine ordered for a conference, which is now known as the First Ecumenical Council of the church. The opening session was held on 20 May 325 in the great hall of the palace at Nicaea, Constantine himself presiding and giving the opening speech.
It was this council which formulated a creed which, although it was revised at the Council of Constantinople in 381-382, has become known as the Nicene Creed.
Only then was Jesus Christ bestowed with divinity - which was the final insult that anyone who claimed to be His follower could give to a man who insisted that 'we are ALL children of God' !

Answer 2

Well, it wouldn't surprise me if you don't get an answer that satisfies you. As with almost all things religious, it depends on what you believe, the way you interpret the Bible. Nobody can really tell you an exact, precise answer that is backed up by proof.

However, I would never use the word "lord" to describe Him. I think common man would be much closer to what you'd read in the Bible--although obviously He was different, He lived as a common man.

The phrase "give him divinity" could be interpreted differently:
1. God made Jesus divine from birth.
2. After His death, the Church held a council where they officially decided how to teach about Jesus; that is, they decided that He was both man and divine.

Answer 3

Jesus the Christ was always a common man. He just happened to be perfect. He was not a God-man in any way. WHY?

Because, it was a MAN that lost our perfection and ONLY A MAN could be sacrificed to EQUAL that and pay for Adam's sin. If a God-man were sacrificed it would be MORE than our sins were worth and be invalid and unworthy in Gods eyes of us. In other words, Jesus' sacrifice would have been "too good for us." It was only by dying as an equal to Adam that he redeemed us. That is what makes HIS sacrifice so special, that a Heavenly creature of His stature would sacrifice his place in Heaven and become a mortal in order to ransom us as a common man. That's love.

Answer 4

Christ was born divine. He lived as a "common" man (as opposed to being royalty, not saying that he was "average" or "common" in the traditional sense), exhibiting that divinity was not about money, standing or anything else. What Christ did in His life was to show love for others, which God could only really impart to humans (because humans were incapable of understanding his divine message) by sending another human as example.

So, the best I can answer is this: Christ was born divine - he lived commonly - his death was the beginning of a widespread belief that he was divine. Hope this helps.

Answer 5

Jesus is and always has been God. On the cross and while on earth, he was fully man and God. His divinity has never been in question. He put aside his authority to call on all heaven and earth to come to his aide, so that he might fully experience the fullness of mankind in the flesh. So that his blood spilled is the propitiation for sin. His blood is the pure undefiled unregenerated atonement for God's requirement of the sacrifice. That is why Paul talks about in Hebrews that Christ is the second Adam. Had Adam not eaten of the tree of knowledge of Good and Evil, he would have been in a position to atone with his life for eve, just as Christ did for you,and me. The point at which you choose to believe that Jesus is God and allow him to have full rein of your life is the point that he becomes LORD of your life.

Answer 6

My understanding is that He, Himself, decided to come into this world as a baby, and to suffer and live his life as an ordinary human being. He was Jesus of Nazareth, until, John baptized Him, at which moment, the symbolic dove landed on his shoulder and he became the Christ. Filled with the Holy Spirit. He was always meant to be the Christ. He was a hollow reed God used to speak through to communicate with us. He was God's microphone, Messenger, Divine Educator. When He was anointed by John the Baptist, he became the Christ.

Answer 7

Until the age of 30 He did carpentry work(construction) which was the trade of Joseph, Mary's huaband. As is Hebrew custom a boy reachs manhood at the age of 30. It was then that He set out to preach the Gospel. Though He led the life of a common man, He is much more. His divinity was always intact, though even to this day some refuse to see it.

Answer 8

He was not a common man, He was God in the flesh. He was not given divinity at some point in time, he was born with it. That is why the wise men folowed the star all that way just to see the new King!

Answer 9

History says that he was not a common man, but not a divine one either. He was of royal blood, so he was pretty popular while alive. In about 300AD, Constantine decided that Jesus should be considered a divine man and that's when the bible was written.

Answer 10

He was a common man with uncommon ability. The decision was made from the begining of time, but he was not granted divinity until after his death. He had to die common with the sin of man on him, which is why he cried "God, why have you forsaken me?" as he died. He was too unclean for God to look at.