Short Essay

Name: Kathy Taylor

Writing Style Used: APA

Course and Section Number: Theo 201 D10

Essay on the topic Christology

I believe in Jesus Christ. I believe he was a man that changed the world when he walked upon this earth for a brief time. He was very direct with his message of salvation and challenged the status quo of that time period. He came from humble parents, had a Jewish lineage, but claimed to be the Son of God. This statement seems harmless to this generation, but to the Jews of that time, it was blasphemous. Jesus left a message of hope, salvation, but he also left questions.

Jesus was a human being. He was hungry, thirsty, tired, disappointed, angry, sad. Mark 14:33. And Luke 4:1-13. His deity is because he was born of a virgin. This is referred to as the immaculate conception. He was conceived by the Holy Spirit. Matthew 1:18

And The miracles he performed. Find scriptures

John 1:14: The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory the glory of the one and only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth

The term hypostatic union attempts to explain how Jesus can be both Man and God at the same time. It states the Jesus existed with God and he has always existed (John 8:58, 10:30). He became God’s son when he was conceived by the Holy Spirit. When Jesus was conceived, he became a human being in addition to being God (John 1:1, 14).When he took on human nature, he still had his divine nature.

What does it mean for Jesus to be both God and Man?

John 1:14-18. Jesus is God on earth. This is called incarnation. God chose to come to earth in human form to experience humanity, to show us how to overcome sin. Because Jesus was conceived by the Holy Spirit, he was born without the sin of Adam and Eve. He did not sin while he walked the earth, Luke 1:35. Jesus walked the earth, died on the cross, triumphed over death, rose again after three days and rejoined the father. He now...