Christians, How Can you Believe Jesus was %100 God and %100 Human?

Question

If he was human, hed have human desires and that would mean that he wasnt God.

If he was %100 human that would mean that like any other human, he could not be resurrected twice, but only once during Judgement Day.

How do you reconcile this teaching in your mind? Does your common sense not interfere at all?

Am just really boggled by this belief. And I need answers.

Personally, the 50-50 is the only thing that makes sense here. sigh even that is problematic

The silence is defeaning.

Answer 1

God Is Three Persons. The fact that God is three persons means that the Father is not the Son; they are distinct persons. It also means that the Father is not the Holy Spirit, but that they are distinct persons. And it means that the Son is not the Holy Spirit. In addition to the fact that all three persons are distinct, the abundant testimony of Scripture is that each person is fully God as well. Scripture is abundantly clear that there is one and only one God. The three different persons of the Trinity are one not only in purpose and in agreement on what they think, but they are one in essence, one in their essential nature. In other words, God is only one being. There are not three Gods. There is only one God.

The duality of Christ's nature, human and divine, cannot be fully and definitively answered. If we could, we would possess divine minds ourselves. That said, we theologians have made progress at trying to understand the concepts of the Trinity of God and God the Son's role in that Trinitarian doctrine. There are three persons in the Godhead, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost; and these three are one true, eternal God, the same in substance, equal in power and glory; although distinguished by their personal properties. Jesus clearly stated his divinity in

Joh 8:58: Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I am."

Or

Mar 14:61 But he remained silent and made no answer. Again the high priest asked him, "Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?"
Mar 14:62 And Jesus said, "I am, and you will see the Son of Man seated at the right hand of Power, and coming with the clouds of heaven."
Mar 14:63 And the high priest tore his garments and said, "What further witnesses do we need?
Mar 14:64 You have heard his blasphemy. What is your decision?" And they all condemned him as deserving death.

As you can see, the high priest fully understood that Jesus was claiming that He was in fact God. Some knowledge of the original Greek is warranted here, particularly the term, "Son the blessed". But there is no doubt that Christ was claiming to be God. The Jews hearing his claim understood exactly what He was saying and planned to stone Him.

In short, Jesus’ human nature could be tempted. He thirsted, hungered, and at times was full of righteous anger. Yet He never sinned. If He did, we are all lost and God is not God. Christ also was God with all of God's attributes, and these two natures existed in a hypostatic (fundamental state) union.

I doubt I can improve upon the discussion of Christ's dual nature that is found at http://www.carm.org/doctrine/2natures.htm

I suggest you start there to dig deeper into this topic

Answer 2

Jesus Christ is not and never was the same as Jehovah God. The Doctrine/concept of the Holy Trinity, which teaches that God consists of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost/Spirit, is actually a Babylonian concept that was incorporated into Catholicism in the third or fourth century under the rule of Constantine, who was not actually a Christian himself (but was baptized just before his death). The concept of them being the same defies logic because if God died, nobody could have resurrected him. If he resurrected himself, he was never really dead in the first place and the sacrifice would be an invalid and empty show.

Answer 3

your point? A human doesn't mean you'll only be raised on judgement day. where'd you get this? there will be a time where God's people vanish completely, body and all. and that's before judgement day. Elijah and Enoch never died, so they aren't going to be resurrected.

and Jesus was ressurected once, and went to Heaven soon after, just as we'll do (not the ressurection part for all of us).

Jesus was 100% God and 100% man. He had God actually as his soul, and was still a member of the Godhead: 100% God. He had a soul, spirit and body; he had human neccessities and temptations: 100% man.

sounds 100% logical to me...

Answer 4

The question indicates somehow that God can't. Why can't God have done this?

Jesus was tempted, multiple times, likely thousands of times. Temptation and sin are not the same thing, in my view anyway.

Why do you suppose, if God is infinite, all knowing, with no origin and no end, that he will be 100% understood by man?

People can't come to agreement on the simplest things - what is 'common sense' is a good place to start - and somehow we, in our finite being can understand God?

Why do you think it needs to make any sense at all to be true? It doesn't, not in our mindset anyway.

Peace to you.

Comment on the Trinity - it's origins are in the name which God calls himself in Exodus 3:14 '...I AM WHO I AM..'

Answer 5

Jesus faced every temptation man faces when He was on Earth. Your assertion that having human desires means he wasn't God is wrong. Why would that be, it's so God could experience the same temptations we face that He sent His son. To show us how to deal with temptation. I didn't realize you had a rule book on how God is supposed to act. By the way, He returns on Judgement Day, He was resurrected 3 days after His death. Actually read the Bible and you might learn that.

Answer 6

I do not have a problem with Jesus Christ being both fully God and fully man. I read the entire Bible and understood it completely. You can prove it for yourself by reading the Bible.

Can water be in three different forms? Sure. A liquid state, a solid state and a gaseous state. Yet these three are still water. So it is with God in three persons; Father, son and holy spirit.

Answer 7

If you believe in the trinity, the Bible contradicts itself multiple times. Google it, or better yet, read the book. Jesus is God is the Holy Ghost. The promise is unto us and our children and so many as the Lord shall call forth. Matthew 1 says that Mary was found with child of the Holy Ghost. It says this not once but multiple times. If the Holy Ghost is the Father of Jesus, and Jesus is the Father, how can we believe in the trinity? Ephesians 4 tells us that there is one body, one mind, one spirit, and one baptism. Jesus said that no one can reach heaven unless it is through Him. Jesus' name is the name that paved the long & narrow path to the narrow gate. God is a spirit. if He appeared unto men, they would not act as they did with "another man." He gave Himself a name- Jesus. I don't think much of this percentage... Jesus couldn't say that He was God. No one would be okay with that. Don't take my word for it, or any other persons. Read the bible. Research. Man invented thetrinity.

Answer 8

Physically - 100% Human
Spiritually - 100% God

Answer 9

Well, you're thinking in 'either-or'. This only works in 'both-and'. Also, He won't be resurrected twice. He was already resurrected. He is called the first-born of the dead. To understand this passage, you'll have to become amenable to the idea of paradox. They both can exist without cancelling each other out.

Answer 10

Can God be in two places at once?
Can God be in two persons at once?
Can one person be here on earth while another is in heaven?

Ok, so it's possible.

How do you know it happened?
You have to believe the Bible is the true word of God.
The bible says he was born of a woman (he was human)
Jesus said of himself: "Before Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, I AM" (using the name God used for himself to Moses)

Therefore, we see 2 truths: He is man. He is God.

So we know it is possible.
Then we know that the Word of God proclaims him as both.

So there you have it.

BTW, he was tempted, but did not sin.