1 Timothy 1:15
I want to zero in on the middle part of this verse, "...Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners..." I remember the first time it hit me that Jesus was actually God Himself. It was a really big "WHOA...it all makes more sense now" moment that happened to me about 12 years ago. I had just started my walk with God and didn't know much. I wasn't that I didn't believe Jesus was God, but that I had never really thought about it.
During our High School Mission Trip to St. Louis, one of the youth from another church we were teamed up with was teaching about Jesus and His deity and I really liked the way He put it. He asked the kids in our Day Camp if they knew who Jesus was and then asked them to describe Him. The kids described the earthly Jesus. The youth then responded with something like, "Jesus wasn't a man, He was God who became a man." This put the whole emphasis on His deity and takes away from the questions about who He might possibly be; a teacher, a prophet, a rabbi, a messenger from God...
"...Jesus came into the world..."
Putting the emphasis on His humanity first can take away from who He really was. Not the man-God, but God who became a man. The incarnation of Christ is beyond comprehension, but of primary importance to our salvation. Only God could save His creation, and He did it as a man.
During our High School Mission Trip to St. Louis, one of the youth from another church we were teamed up with was teaching about Jesus and His deity and I really liked the way He put it. He asked the kids in our Day Camp if they knew who Jesus was and then asked them to describe Him. The kids described the earthly Jesus. The youth then responded with something like, "Jesus wasn't a man, He was God who became a man." This put the whole emphasis on His deity and takes away from the questions about who He might possibly be; a teacher, a prophet, a rabbi, a messenger from God...
"...Jesus came into the world..."
Putting the emphasis on His humanity first can take away from who He really was. Not the man-God, but God who became a man. The incarnation of Christ is beyond comprehension, but of primary importance to our salvation. Only God could save His creation, and He did it as a man.
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