Jesus was born without original sin, without a sin nature, by virtue of the fact that He was virgin-born, without a human father. It is true that Jesus Christ was not a hybrid, half God and half man. He was a true man and true God, without being a mixture of the two natures. The two natures of the Saviour were separate and distinct in every respect. The manhood of Jesus is essentially one with ours. It is a distinctive human phenomenon. He was an ideal man. He was a perf

StartFragmentIn order to be the Saviour, Jesus had to be not only Divine and virgin-born, but He must also be a true man. He was like us in every respect, except He had no sin. 1 Timothy 2:5 For, There is one God and one Mediator who can reconcile God and humanity—the man Christ Jesus. Hebrews 2:17 Therefore, it was necessary for him to be made in every respect like us, his brothers and sisters, so that he could be our merciful and faithful High Priest before God. Then he co

StartFragmentMany cults deny the deity of Christ. They say Jesus is a son of God, but not God. As God, Jesus in His pre-incarnate state was, is, and always will be equal with God the Father. However, in His incarnate state, He is subservient to the Father. A study of the pre-incarnate Christ will help us to appreciate what the Son emptied Himself of in order to become our Saviour (Philippians 2:5-8). Download the lesson EndFragment