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What does it matter that Jesus was fully God and fully human?

Jesus lived as a human made in God’s image without the corruption of sin so that he could restore the image of God in our humanity.

If God is all-powerful, couldn’t he have saved the world without becoming human? Given what we know about the frailty of human beings, could there have been a better way? Was the incarnation, Jesus becoming human, even necessary? Did Jesus have to leave heaven to be born as a helpless infant? 

These are challenging and fascinating questions. 

Following Adam and Eve’s sin, all humans were born marred by sin. But they weren’t originally created that way. In Plan 2, “The Fall,” we talked about how Adam and Eve did not do what they were supposed to do. They disobeyed God and sin entered the world. Because of that, God told them that their children would be born with a sinful nature, but he would make a way for them to be saved. He did this through the person of Jesus.  

Sin put a wedge between Adam and Eve and God and it puts a wedge between us and God. But back in the garden when it all went wrong, God promised Adam and Eve that he would make a way for restoration. He would rescue us from sin and death so that we could be with him forever. That way was Jesus. 

Jesus came to earth to redeem and restore us. Jesus conquered sin and death forever when He died on the cross and rose again. 

In Jesus, not only can we be forgiven from all our sins, but God offers us the opportunity to become his children and to be a part of his family forever. As children of God we have the hope of eternal life spent with the Father and the Son. 

Spend some time today reflecting on the gift of salvation offered through the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus, and ask God to make you more like him.