Dual Nature of Christ
To understand Christ's dual nature, first you must STOP trying to prove what you believe!
If a man for the first time heard of God and seen a Bible what would he believe? With no preconceived ideas or religious teaching he must be open minded for truth or he will never receive it. The Bible says that "the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God for they are foolishness unto him".
Christ while on earth had two natures. The first was a human nature and number two a divine nature.
He did many things as a man and he did many things as God. Sometimes the Bible refers to him as human but other times it refers to him as God. What you must do is understand which nature is being referred to. If a nature to you is a person then you will have at least two persons of God. In doing this you also will make yourself two persons! If you have the Holy Ghost then you have a divine nature but at the same time you are reminded daily that you have a human nature.
Here are a fews things Jesus did as a man.
- He was born
- He slept in a boat
- He ate
- He wept
- He died
- He was buried
Here are a few things Christ did as God.
- He spoke to the storm and it stopped
- He multiplied the fish
- He raised Lazarus from the dead
- He made the blind to see
- He walked on water
- He raised himself from the dead
The examples can go on and on but I think you get the point. We also received a "divine nature" the Bible says. So when you "walk" in the Spirit as Paul taught, you are walking in that divine nature. In that divine nature miracles are bound to happen! As Jesus did miracles as a man through his divine nature we also can do miracles through that divine nature dwelling in us. As Jesus was the son of God here on earth, we also are sons and daughters of God in this world, we are the physical body of Christ in this world today.
Notice the terminology the Bible uses about Jesus. There are terms for the human nature and terms for the divine nature.
Terms for the human nature.
- flesh
- lamb
- son
- man
Terms for the divine nature
- Spirit
- God
- Holy Ghost
- Father
The terms "flesh, lamb, son and man" point to Jesus' humanity.
The terms "God, Spirit, Holy Ghost and Father" point to Jesus' deity.
Jesus said in John "the works I do I do not of myself, it is the Father that dwelleth in me , he doeth the works." Understand that your flesh cannot do a miracle. Jesus was saying that even about himself. It was the Father in him doing the miracles. Jesus said "the flesh profiteth nothing, it is the Spirit that quickeneth." The two natures fused into one person. Jesus said in John 3, he that is born of the Spirit is Spirit and he that is born of the flesh is flesh".
We at some point get born again and we immediately have two natures. We are born with the nature of flesh but the new birth gives us that divine nature!
John 4:24 tells us that "God is a Spirit". That Spirit (God) spoke a seed into the womb of Mary and this baby to be born was the son of God. When this baby was born, he was born with two natures. He did not have to be born again. Yes, Jesus was born with a human nature and a God nature. 1 Timothy 3:16 says that "God was manifest in the flesh". Who was manifest in the flesh? Jehovah God was! God was revealed in a human body! The invisible Jehovah God was made known to us as a man and we call him the Son of God! This Son of God was Jehovah God of the Old Testament revealed in human form!
Jesus the man was at the same time Jehovah God! Jesus had two natures, one was divine and the other was human. One nature was temporal and the other was eternal. One nature was Spirit and the other was flesh!
If you would like to speak with me on this subject call 1-219-763-2909. Pastor Charles A. Rhodus
Jesus did not have to be born again because he never sinned. Sin is the first death which only reaches its fleshly fulfillment when the spirit leaves the dead body. However the person, though appearing to be alive is dead to God and is reckoned so. The Lord will not allow anything dead into His eternal kingdom and thus reveals that we must be born again before we are able to enter in.
Jesus is God the Son, the scripture is clear on that and no amount of twisting will ever alter it.
love, earl
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earl,
The term,"God the son" is an extra biblical term.The term mostly used is the son of God, which refers to Christs' humanity. I do believe that Jesus was God in the flesh.
Blessings,
Frank
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where do you get this dual nature terminology from? i believe he is a dual person but not dual nature. there were 2 there in the same person. God, the Father and His Son, manifest in the same person, not 2 natures. God and His Son were yoked together in the self-same person
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“And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth. ” (John 1:14, ESV)
Here the Bible says that Jesus CAME from the Father not that he is the Father in disguise!
“No one has ever seen God; the only God, who is at the Father’s side, he has made him known. ” (John 1:18, ESV)
Here Jesus is saying that he is the only one to have seen the Father. in order for this to be said Jesus MUST be a different person.
“The Father loves the Son and has given all things into his hand. ” (John 3:35, ESV)
Do you really think that Father God is saying He is in love with Jesus and has given all things into his hand, both facts clear and simply said, and yet we are to believe that they are one and the same?
“But Jesus answered them, “My Father is working until now, and I am working.” ” (John 5:17, ESV)
“This was why the Jews were seeking all the more to kill him, because not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God his own Father, making himself equal with God. ” (John 5:18, ESV)
Even the Jews could see that Jesus was revealing something new to them.
Here we see the modalists god with a split personality, “The Father judges no one, but has given all judgment to the Son, ” (John 5:22, ESV)
“Do not labor for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For on him God the Father has set his seal.” ” (John 6:27, ESV)
How can this be misunderstood? God the Father set His seal upon His Son!
and I could go on for page after page where those who want to see the truth of God can but they must have a humble heart and not be proud for God Himself resists you when you continue on that path. It is written plainly so that all who want to see can.
love, earl
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Isaiah 9:6 really explains the fact that Christ had a dual nature.. it says.. "for unto us a child is born(human nature), and unto us a son is given(human nature): and the goverment shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God,(divine nature) The everlasting Father,(Divine Nature) The Prince of Peace." Jesus was the Son of God (according to the flesh, in his humanity) and he was the Almighty Father,(in his deity)... So Jesus could say " He that hath seen me, hath seen the Father" John 14:9.. no man can see God at anytime... (in his Divine nature that is) because God is Spirit in his Divinity, and a Spirit doesn't have flesh and bones... So Jesus being the image of the invisible God... Hebrews 1:3... So the son (humanity) was the physical manifestation of the Invisible Father (Spirit).. So therefore subjects such as the prayers in the Garden of Gethsemane (John 17) were not 2 Divine separate person(s) in the Godhead conversing..(if it were then you have to "redefine" One God.. But it was humanity conversing with Deity...
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