#god-man

There’s a story about a pilot of a small plane who lost his way in a thick fog, and in a state of panic sent out a distress call. “May Day, May Day . . . can anyone out there hear me?” The duty officer in a nearby control tower responded, and, after identifying himself, asks, “What is your present height and position?” “I’m 6 feet tall and I’m sitting in the front seat of the plane!” Misapplying…

“But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God;” (Hebrews 10:12) (See also Hebrews 1:3). In the past I have spoken on the meaning of Jesus being at the right hand of God, but some newer believers, perhaps, have not grasped the meaning of this wonderful truth. To say that Jesus is at the Right Hand of God is to use anthropomorphic language…

It is a stunning fact to grasp that it was God Himself who undertook and accomplished our redemption. Has that truth yet warmed our hearts? William Romaine, that most excellent and wise 18th century Bible scholar said; “There was no Saviour but Jehovah: therefore, Jehovah and Jesus are one. We read in Isaiah 49:26, “All flesh shall know that I Jehovah am thy Savior and thy Redeemer, the mighty…

The doctrine of the hypostatic union is one of the most vital truths in Christology. Jesus Christ is one Person with two natures—undiminished deity and true humanity—inseparably united without mixture or loss of identity. Scripture testifies, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God” (John 1:1), and further declares, “And the Word became flesh, and dwelt…

It’s not enough to believe that, as one preacher said, ‘Christ did something or other, which, somehow or other, had some connection or other with salvation.’ What a ridiculous statement. The poor man had no clue about the Gospel and Christ’s Finished Work. He and his congregation were going nowhere. Why? Because real faith, gospel faith, comes through the unadulterated preaching of the gospel.…

‘For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.’ (1 Timothy 2:5). The truth of salvation could scarcely be more beautifully expressed than in this one scripture, 1 Timothy 2:5. What a verse! If we were to meditate on it, we would find that it contains a vast volume of truth in a very little space. For example, it declares that God is One and that we need a…

In Christ Jesus, the sovereign majesty of deity meets with the perfect man. Christ Jesus is both God and perfect man . . . one person with two natures. If Jesus was only the great all-powerful God but not also man, we would feel very nervous about going near Him. And rightly so. But what does Isaiah say of this mighty God? The great prophet says that the coming King (Christ) would be a man who…