The Humanity of JesusI was reading an interesting perspective from theologian Kirk L. Willingham on the humanity of Jesus and he states:
"Too often we try to present Jesus as superman which misses the point of his humanity, his walk of the common man on earth, the unsuspecting character who lived among men and yet did not sin. My friend, that involves human willpower, driven by the Spirit in him, available to us now. But to subscribe to the doctrine of Jesus as Action Hero does not ring true. He allowed the Spirit to work miracles through him, miracles defined as those acts that the rest of us humans cannot produce on an everyday basis. Yet, he was a man, subject to hunger, thirst, and sleep, which we should not deny when explaining His life."
I also googled Jesus' humanity and found this at Theopedia:
"The humanity of Jesus is as essential to the Christian faith as his deity. The New Testament teaching and the orthodox Christian position regarding the Person of Christ is that Jesus is truly God and truly man in the fullest sense of the terms. In His Person is a union of two distinct natures -- human and divine. In this union the two natures did not combine or confuse so as to produce a unique, third kind of nature; nor was there a dual personality. Rather, the product was a single unique Person, a Person with two natures. Jesus is truly human in every essential aspect. Indeed, Jesus, being sinless, is the most authentic human being who ever lived."
That's a brief look at some stuology running through this sleep-deprived brain over the Easter/Masters weekend. And just when did the Masters ever get the notion to have the tournament on Easter weekend???

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