Putting Jesus in His place!

"But who do you say that I am" Mark 8:29

Allow me to begin by asking you two crucial questions.

 #1) Who is Jesus Christ? (and)
 #2) Do you know Him?

 Upon these two crucial questions rests your eternal destiny. You can not be wrong about these two questions and be right with God. Please understand, the salvation of your soul hangs in the balance. Everything you believe about salvation, justification, sanctification, and glorification hinge on your view of Jesus Christ. It does matter what you believe! One day you will stand before the God of Glory, and just before the gavel of God falls in judgment, Jesus Christ will call command you to give an account of your life. Therefore, how you view Jesus Christ is vitally important. Who do you say that He is? Who is Jesus Christ to you?

 The world may be divided over this issue, astute scholars may be divided over the issue and even religions may be divided over the issue of Christ’s deity, but the Bible is not! The Apostle Paul testified that he was, “looking for the blessed hope and the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Christ Jesus” (Titus 2:13). Simon Peter also testified of the, “righteousness of our God and Savior, Jesus Christ” (2 Peter 1:1). Luke records Paul's words to the Ephesian elders in Acts 20:28 where he reminds them that they are overseers of, "the church of God which he purchased with His own blood." 

The erroneous misconception that Jesus is not God and therefore not divine, usually arises from the uniqueness of His divine nature. After all, God the Father is Spirit, but Christ is God in the flesh. There are obvious differences in the roles of the Father and Son. Christ, the Son of God, carried out the sacrificial act of redemption on the cross. He was born, He grew, experienced hunger, thirst, and even pain. Yet, the Bible also declares that He is completely perfect and without sin. He existed before all creation in eternity past. As the Son of God, He is omnipotence, omniscient, omnipresent, which is analogous with the Father. He is absolutely beyond our comprehension! The doctrine of the hypostatic union¹ has been the subject of much controversy over the centuries. However, the Word of God is crystal clear that Jesus Christ is both human and divine. He is 100% man and 100% God all at the same time.  He is God of very God. Try as they might, they will never be able to remove Jesus off His throne, nor out of our hearts. Yet, there are two vital questions that remain, "Who do you say that He is, and do you know Him?"            
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1. Hypostatic Union- Jesus has two complete natures—one fully human and one fully divine. What the doctrine of the hypostatic union teaches is that these two natures are united in one person in the God-man. Jesus is not two persons. He is one person. The hypostatic union is the joining of the divine and the human in the one person of Jesus.