Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1912-03-16


He was not only the Supreme God,
but that He was also man in the full
est sense of the word. "The Son OF
God, when the fullness of time was
come, took upon Him mans nature,
with all the essential properties and
common infirmities thereof, yet with
out sin, so that two whole, perfect
and distinct natures-the God-head
and the manhood-were inseparably
joined together in one person, with
out confusion; which person is very
GCd and very man, yet the Christ,
the only mediator between God and
man"
The scriptures clearly set forth the
human side of Christ's life. John
1-14, And the word was made flesh
and dwelt among us. The word is
Christ; His being made flesh express
.es his taking on the human form.
John vi-53-56: Then said Jesu
unto them, Verify, verify, l say unto
you, except We eat the flesh Of the
Son of Man and drink his blood, We
have no lie in you; whose eateth
my flesh and drinketh my blood hath
eternal life, ard l will raise him up
at the last day For my flesh is meat
indeed, and my blood is drink indeed
He that eateth my flesh and drinketh
my blood dwelleth in me, and | in
him." In this passage Christ GER
atinly speaks OF his body and blood
in a figurative sense; but the figure
was derived from a fact-the exist
ence of that body and blood. The ex
istence ct these is proof of his hui
manity. They were a part OF his
humanity.
Phil. ii-5-8 Let this mind be in
you, which was also in Christ Jesus;
" no, being in the form of God, thot
it not robbery to be equal with God;
out made himself OF no reputation,
and took upon him the form of ser
want. ard was made in the likeness
of man and being found in fashion as
man, he humbled himself, and be-
came obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross" In this passage
we see the human humiliation OF
Christ. He thought it not robbery tc
be equal with God, but he took up
On him the form of a servant,
and was made in the likeness Of
man.; was found in fashion as a ma
and became obedient unto death, even
the death CT the cross" All these
were conditions of humanity and he
who fulfilled such conditions must
nave been human.
Tie history of his birth, life and
death is unanswerable proof thai
Christ was man. Christ was born
lived and died essentially in the SAL
manner as other men. He increased
\ in wisdom and in stature. He WORKED
| with his hands, for he was a carpen
Jer's son. and he worked some at his
fathers profession. He ate, dram
and slept as other men. He felt the
need of food, drink, and refreshing
sleep as other men, when it was nee
essary to be without them. The Who'll,
history CT his life is history o.
labors, privations and self-sacrifice
His affections were the affections
Of human. He wept and groaned il
his spirit when surrounded by those
who were mourning and in trouble
He wept also in the prospect of hi
doom at Jerusalem. His soul wal
troubled when contemplating his owa
sufferings and death. He was filled
with compassion when he saw thu
multitude as sheep without shep
herd All these were human affec
tioDs and indicate that He who hat
them possessed a human nature. H,
was in all tempted as we are; that
the human part was tempted. Tha
he was tempted shows that he wa'
human. But he was strong human
a man in the highest sense Of thu
l'word; fer in all his human tempta
lions he was without sin, able to owe
come temptation.
Christ is said to have increased II
wisdom. Divinity needs NO increase
in wisdom. The mind therefore whicl
IL creased in wisdom was a human
mind. Jesus said i'm prospect of hi
suffering, my soul is exceeding sor
rowful unto death" The Divinit.
could not tie subject to such an al
fection. This sorrow was the sor
row of human soul
Although he was a human being, h
was a perfectly holy human. In thi
respect he is practical model ant
presents to us a most beautiful am,