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Edwin Elisha James is an Evangelist whose commitment to preach wherever the Lord leads him has fructified in bringing hundreds of souls to the Lord - a dream and a desire that he has harboured for the longest time!

Saturday, February 20, 2016

Christ coming in the flesh.

Evidences for the Humanity of Christ:

His human genealogy. Who was..a descendant of David.

Romans 1:3

3 concerning His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who was born of the seed of David according to the flesh,

His human appearance. The Samaritan woman said, “You are a Jew…”

John 4:9

9 Then the woman of Samaria said to Him, “How is it that You, being a Jew, ask a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?” For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.

His human personality -

His had a body. “My body…”

Matthew 26:12

12 For in pouring this fragrant oil on My body, she did it for My burial.

He had a soul. “My soul…”

Matthew 26:38

38 Then He said to them, “My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death. Stay here and watch with Me.”

He had a spirit. He…spirit.

John 11:33  

33 Therefore, when Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her weeping, He groaned in the spirit and was troubled. 

His human fame. His mother said him, “Son…”

Luke 2:48

48 So when they saw Him, they were amazed; and His mother said to Him, “Son, why have You done this to us? Look, Your father and I have sought You anxiously.”

His human needs. Jesus was hungry.

Mark 11:12

12 Now the next day, when they had come out from Bethany, He was hungry.
His human limitations. “No-one knows about that day…even the Son.”

Mark 13:32

32 “But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.

His human suffering. He learned obedience from what he suffered. 

Hebrews 5:8  

8 though He was a Son, yet He learned obedience by the things which He suffered.

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