THE HUMANITY OF CHRIST 

A. Jesus Was Fully Man 
 
1.	Jesus was born into this world as a human: 
Matthew 1:1 "... Jesus Christ the son of David, the son of Abraham" 
Romans 1:3 "... as to his human nature was a descendant of David" 
Romans 9:5 "... and from them is traced the human ancestry of Christ" 
 
2.	Although Jesus was born as other children are born, the Bible makes plain that His 
conception was different from that of any other child. Mary, the mother of Jesus, was a 
virgin, and Jesus was conceived through the power of the Holy Spirit. (See Luke 1:26-35) 
This was a fulfilment of the prophecy in Isaiah 7:14 "... the virgin will be with child 
and will give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel." 
 
3.	Jesus grew up just as normal children do: 
Luke 2:40 "And the child grew and became strong ..." 
Luke 2:52 "Jesus grew in wisdom and stature ..." 
 
4.	Jesus was educated at home by his mother, and by his father in the carpenters shop, and 
although he did not attend the schools of his day (see John 7:15), he became very well 
educated (see Luke 2:46,47). 
 
5. Jesus had the same physical and emotional characteristics as we do: 
 
Matthew 4:2	Jesus needed food	John 4:6	He got tired 
Matthew 8:24	He needed sleep		John 19:28	He got thirsty 
John 11:35	He cried		John 11:36	He loved 
John 11:33,34	He got annoyed		Heb. 12:2	He experienced joy & shame 
Mark 1:13	He was tempted		Heb. 2:18	He suffered 
 
B. Jesus Was Sinless 
 
Jesus was made like us in every way except that he never sinned: 
1 Peter 2:22 "He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in his mouth." 
Hebrews 4:15 "(Jesus) ... has been tempted in every way, just as we are - yet was without 
sin." 
Matthew 4:1-11 In this account of Jesus' temptation by the devil, we see that though he 
was tempted much more severely than we have been, he did not sin. 
2 Corinthians 5:21 "God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might 
become the righteousness of God." 
 
C. Why did the Son of God have to become the Son of Man? 
 
1.	So that God could understand what it is like to be human: 
Hebrews 2:17 "he had to be made like his brothers in every way, in order that he ... might 
make atonement for the sins of the people." 
Hebrews 4:15 "For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our 
weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are - yet was 
without sin." 
2.	So that we could understand what God is like: 
Matthew 1:23 ... they will call him "Immanuel" - which means "God with us". 
Matthew 11:27 "... no-one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son 
chooses to reveal him." 
John 1:14 "The Word became flesh and lived for a while among us. We have seen his glory, 
the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth." 
Hebrews 1:3 "The Son is the radiance of God's glory and the exact representation of his 
being ..." 
3.	To save us from our sins: 
Matthew 1:22 "... you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from 
their sins." 
Matthew 18:11 "The Son of Man came to save what was lost." 
1 Peter 3:18 "For Christ died for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to 
bring you to God..." 
4.	To show us how to live: 
John 13:15 "I have set you an example that you should do as I have done for you.