So there was a divine glory in the incarnate Christ for those who had eyes to see. When He was here upon the earth Jesus was all knowing, or omniscient, yet He did not know the time of His Second Coming. 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 (Hebrews 4:15). He veiled His glory, and He chose to occupy the position of a slave. Let me read the verses so that we all have it in front of us. He was always God the Son. 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Jesus says, “Father, glorify me in your own presence with the glory that I had with you before the world existed.” So, John had already said in John 5:18 that the Jews recognized that Jesus was making himself equal with God. Historical Books Jesus is the Word who was God and was with God and was made flesh (John 1:1, 14). He lived a perfectly sinless life, and then laid that life down as an eternal payment for your sins. Luke-Acts Far from Jesus losing his Divinity or giving up Divine attributes, in verse 6 Paul indicates that Jesus’ Divinity continues (he uses the present participle, ’being in very nature God’). Therefore, he grew up through the stages of childhood like other humans, yet without sin. ", The one who says he abides in him ought himself to walk in the same manner as he walked (1 John 2:6). Johannine Writings He could feel pain, bleed, and die. I think the best clue for how to think about the emptying probably comes from John 17:5. Major Prophets From what he had heard about him, he hoped to see him perform a sign of some sort. He is fully divine and fully man. When He came to earth, “he gave up his divine privileges” (NLT). There are some who believe that Jesus did not give up any of His divine attributes while here on earth but rather gave up His divine self-consciousness - He did not know He was God. For if he were to ever give up any of his divine attributes, he would cease being God. Scripture speaks of Jesus being filled with the Spirit after His baptism. GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select an Ending Point Jesus was still God while He was here upon the earth. Those who say that Jesus ceased being God when He came to earth attempt to make Him into a fallible human being with limitations just like the rest of us. If he was a holy man who was not divine, he would have stopped people from worshipping him. He placed His faith in the Father. Jesus had to veil His glory in order to accomplish His mission on the earth. Although He was all-powerful, or omnipotent, He prayed to God to raise Lazarus from the dead. “Then Jesus said to his disciples, ‘Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. Therefore, in this advent season, let us do exactly what Hebrews 4:16 says: “Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.” We have a great divine and human savior. According to this teaching, when Jesus was on earth–though He was fully God—He voluntarily gave up the use of His divine powers and did all His miracles as a mere human being through the power of the Holy Spirit. 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Jesus gave definitive refutations of the bogus charge of violating the Sabbath on more than one occasion (e.g., Matthew 12:1-14; John 7:21-24). "You see the people crowding against you," his disciples answered, "and yet you can ask, 'Who touched me?'" Paul says in 1 Timothy 2:5, “There is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man” — the human — “Christ Jesus.” So, in his divine nature, Christ was fully God. Major Prophets The passage speaks of Christ "emptying Himself." John Piper is founder and teacher of desiringGod.org and chancellor of Bethlehem College & Seminary. Pauline Epistles -------------------- Major Prophets One of the things Christ emptied himself of was omniscience.’ Later, regarding the attributes of God, you said, ‘They were his potentially, and thus he was God; but he surrendered their use absolutely, and so he was man.’ My question is, how do you now understand Philippians 2:6–8 and Luke 2:52? Pauline Epistles That Christ gave up the “Independent exercise of the divine attributes” (Strongs Systematic Theology p.382). We’re never going to be God. In other words, he didn’t empty himself of deity. If Jesus was God, as the Scripture teaches, it is hard to imagine that He could somehow rid Himself of these qualities and still be God. In addition, Jesus always knew He was God and possessed these divine attributes - He was not ignorant of who He was or what He could do. A. Col 2:9: the fullness of deity. This means Christ laid aside aspects of His equality with God or the form of God (Thayer’s Greek Lexicon). Pentateuch -------------------- “Dear Pastor John, thank you for all your work over the years in ministry. Minor Prophets But the indirect evidence of Scripture is equally compelling. Imagine, for a second what an amazing thing that is that He did. The Gospels He could not exchange His Deity for His humanity. Jesus willingly limited Himself while here upon the earth. Being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross (Philippians 2:5-8). Misconception 4: Jesus Acted As Though He Did Not Possess Divine Attributes. No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. We read in the Book of Revelation. The Blue Letter Bible ministry and the BLB Institute hold to the historical, As John the Baptist said concerning Jesus, “He must become greater; I must become less” (John 3:30). Most people in the world have no experience of lasting joy in their lives. This can be seen in three ways. Jesus did not know who from the crowd touched His clothes. The answer, Christ did not give-up any of His divine attributes on earth He only self-limited Himself in the use of them. The implication of this teaching is that there was nothing unique about Jesus’ ability to do miracles. Jesus chose rather to live the life as a servant who put His trust in His heavenly Father. Though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. Misconception 3: Jesus Did Not Know That He Was God. In the second chapter of the letter to the Philippians the Apostle Paul made the following statement about Christ. -------------------- Scripture says that Jesus was completely aware of who He was and what He could do. Prophets Error: Passwords should have at least 6 characters, Error: Usernames should only contain letters, numbers, dots, dashes, or underscores. Now, I know that sounds weird; that sounds strange. To be worshipped is one such right. -------------------- Historical Books In that sermon on Luke 2:52 you state, ‘Our text has important implications for understanding the divinity of Christ. The question comes from Matthew in Vienna, the capital of Austria. It should be, But emptied (or, stripped) Himself of His glory by having taken on Him the form of a slave and having been made (or, born) in likeness of men. But some say that Jesus gave up or took on limitations to his powers of deity so as to fully experience being a human. 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Isa.2:6-9). And he placed his right hand on me, saying, "Do not be afraid; I am the first and the last (Revelation 1:17). Paul says in 1 Timothy 2:5, “There is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man” — the human — “Christ Jesus.”. All the attributes of Deity remained with Him but He simply was not aware of them. -------------------- Please see Blue Letter Bible's Privacy Policy for cookie usage details. Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness. He could only be at one place at a time. While Christ didn’t relinquish His divinity, He limited Himself in the full use of the divine attributes He possessed. The Bible does not say that God changed into a human being but rather than God became a human being without ceasing to be God. 11 Then Herod and his … Consequently believers are told to "walk as He walked. He also said that three days after being buried he would come back to life. I have finished the work which you have given me to do. It helps us understand what Paul meant when he said, “Though he was in the form of God, he did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant” (Philippians 2:6–7). Prophets My small group recently considered the subject of Jesus’s divinity and humanity. I think omniscience is an essential divine attribute. The Greek word for this is kenosis. He was able to live a sinless life by trusting the Father at all times. And that’s the mind-set we’re supposed to have as we serve others. However He took upon Himself an additional nature - that of a human. Then, when humans are back under the loving authority of God, nature will be back under humans’ loving authority. (7) But made himself . No book stresses the humanity of Christ for the sake of his sympathy with our weaknesses like Hebrews does: “We do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin” (Hebrews 4:15). Blue Letter Bible is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. He needed to eat, rest, and sleep. The kenosis was a self-renunciation, not an emptying Himself of deity. The Bible instructs believers to examine themselves, but does it tell us to what extent or how often we should question our salvation? The upshot of it is that Christ is very God and very man. Wisdom Literature When in Matthew 24:36 Jesus says that not even the Son knows the time of Jesus’s return, I take him to mean that the Son — Jesus Christ, considered in his human nature — operates with a kind of limitation. -------------------- He is author of. Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year. Misconception 2: Jesus Set Aside Some Of His Divine Attributes. The apostle John teaches how denying that Jesus is man is of the spirit of the antichrist (1 John 4:2; 2 John 7). This position holds that Jesus still retained all of His divine attributes when He was here on earth but that He acted as though He did not possess them. . However, on earth Jesus intentionally put himself into the hands of his own creation. ( J ) 10 The chief priests and the teachers of the law were standing there, vehemently accusing him. Usernames should only contain letters, numbers, dots, dashes, or underscores. Jesus was the eternal God who became human. The question is what did Jesus empty Himself of when He came to earth? This is inconsistent with the pure, holy character of God. “What Jesus Gave Up At Christmas Philippians 2:5-11 The focus of the Christian’s confession The core of the Christian faith Our message in a nutshell is: The transcendent God - Omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient o All powerful, present everywhere, all knowing - The One who is: o Holy, power, truth,… But then, again I need to qualify and say it would be a mistake to say that he laid aside all of the divine glory in becoming man. This position holds that Jesus gave up the use, not the possession of His divine attributes. Share this page using one of these tools: Email / username or password was incorrect! It is strange because the union of two natures in one person, one divine and one human, is beyond our experience and will always be beyond our personal experience. The Whole Bible Today we move to a question about what divine attributes were necessary for Christ to lay down in order to take up his humanity. The Bible does teach that there were certain things that Jesus did not know. Misconception 1: Jesus Set Aside His Deity This view holds that Jesus ceased to be God when He came to earth. He turned around in the crowd and asked, "Who touched my clothes?" Luke-Acts Jesus Is Divine In Substance. In Isaiah 53:12, God speaks of the suffering servant of the Lord, who, as a result of his selflessness, is willing to give up all that he possesses in the service of God. He willingly took on the limitations of humanity. And now, O Father, glorify me together with yourself, with the glory which I had with you before the world was (John 17:4,5). 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So I don’t think he emptied himself of anything that constitutes the essence of deity. -------------------- So they removed the stone. who being the brightness of His glory and the express image of His person, and upholding all things by the word of His power, when He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down at … Therefore Jesus answered and was saying to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of himself, unless it is something he sees the Father doing; for whatever the Father does, these things the Son also does in like manner (John 5:19). Rather than drawing the only logical conclusion, i.e., that Jesus is God, the Jews persecuted Jesus on the basis of His having healed the man on the Sabbath. Jesus paid the price for our salvation and paved the way for our walk of faith. So how then do I understand Philippians 2:6–7 and the emptying of himself? He’s not empty. Johannine Writings Jesus chose to submit to the will of God the Father in every word and in every deed. In other words, Jesus has two distinct natures: divine and human. For 33 years, he served as pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church, Minneapolis, Minnesota. But Jesus kept looking around to see who had done it (Mark 5:30,32). So in verse six, you have the preexistent Christ before incarnation in the form of God, which the next phrase defines as equality with God. The Bible says that God is the God of all comfort. He Experienced The Limitations Of A Human Being. 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Wisdom Literature We read, "When he had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, into your hands I commend my spirit - and having said this, he gave up the spirit" ().There is a depth of meaning, no doubt, in these words that we cannot understand. It is not possible that God can deceive people about anything. I don’t think it means that Christ, in his divine nature, became less than fully divine. Jesus emptied Himself in at least three different ways. His knowledge of divine mysteries would have been no better than any other human of His day. Consequently Jesus performed His miracles by the power of the Holy Spirit. Cookie Notice: Third, He gave up the independent use of His relative attributes (all-knowing, all-powerful, everywhere present, etc.). -------------------- He thus became our Savior and our highest example of faith. In between those two statements, you have this famous phrase “he emptied himself.” What does that mean? Just by way of conclusion, no book in the Bible exalts the deity of Christ better than the book of Hebrews: “But of the Son he says, ‘Your throne, O God, is forever and ever’” (Hebrews 1:8). Blue Letter Bible study tools make reading, searching and studying the Bible easy and rewarding. Then Jesus raised his eyes, and said, Father, I thank you that you have heard me. He moved from such height to such shameful degradation on our behalf. Yet, He gave all of that up, to come down to Earth, and to live exactly as we do. The Son of God, the King of Glory, the firstborn of all creation, for whom, by whom, and through whom all things are made, who holds everything together by the word of His power, who was in the beginning, the Chief End of all things, the Divine Purpose of all things; He gave up His glory to come to the corrupted earth as a man. On the other hand, there were aspects of his glory which he had laid aside. The Old Testament His moral attributes, such as love, holiness, truth were not set aside in any sense. There are a number of common misconceptions about what Christ emptied Himself of when He became a human being. He said, “For in him” — in Christ — “the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily.” You even wonder whether he used the word fullness there partially to say, “He didn’t empty himself of that. None of this was a surprise to Jesus. Born into a borrowed feed trough in a borrowed stable, he gave up the trappings and furnishings of God. The only thing I would say now with regard to Luke 2:52, which was mentioned in the question — that “Jesus increased in wisdom and in stature and in favor with God and man” — the only thing I’d say there is that Jesus was, in his human nature, fully man. Rather than stay on His throne in heaven, Jesus “made himself nothing” (as the NIV translates Philippians 2:7). Thank you for registering. Jesus could not empty Himself of His Deity - He could not stop being God. Jesus chose not to independently exercise of His relative attributes. These attributes were always with Him - He simply chose not to use them apart from the will of the Father. Pauline Epistles (Philippians 2:6–7). Poetical Books I think just as the term “form of God” in verse six does not mean “less than God” — because of the phrase “equality with God” — in the same way, the phrases “form of a servant” and “likeness of man” in verse seven do not mean “less than human,” but rather “equal with all humans.” That is a real human nature. The writer to the Hebrews acknowledged. -------------------- This glory that belong to Jesus was veiled. Pentateuch Answer: Christian theology is saying that Jesus gave up a temporary earthly life as a god-man to return to his role in heaven, where, as part of the Trinity, he reigns as God. Jesus accepted worship, after saying that only God is worthy of worship (Matthew 4:10). 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Likewise, our hope as created humans is to one day be "robed with the divine nature" (2 Peter 1:4) Regardless of what Christ gave up at the incarnation, he will always be uncreated God and although clothed in a body that is of a type indistinguishable from Christ's, we will always be creatures. All that Jesus claimed about his deity … This was His claim: "For this reason the Father loves me, because I lay down my life that I may take it up again. He gave up His essential attributes of Deity when He became a human. In verse 7, the emptying is given particular expression: taking the form of … He did not give His perfect morality but He did give up any independent use of His mighty power. When arrested in the Garden of Gethsemane Jesus stated that He could summon legions of angels and stop those taking Him. Historical Books Hence, it is claimed that Jesus is god … of Scripture. Poetical Books The emptying could not have been with regard to His attributes as God, because, by definition, God cannot cease being God. Jesus is God by nature but became submissive in His office. In other words, Jesus was a mere human when He was on the earth and nothing more. It was the love of God that caused Jesus to voluntarily humble Himself and lay aside some of the rights that He had as God. I have glorified you on the earth. After His Ascension His glory was no longer veiled. John 3:16, Jesus faith love), The Whole Bible I do not seek my own will but the will of the Father who sent me (John 5:30). in the resource materials are not necessarily affirmed, in total, by this ministry. For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will find it’” (Matthew 16:24–25, New International Version).It seems like an incredible contradiction, but we will only find life when we quit pursuing it. As a human being, Jesus chose to be guided by the Holy Spirit. In his human nature, he was fully man. At the same time He kept other of His attributes such as holiness, love, and truth. conservative Christian faith, which includes a firm belief in the inerrancy Wisdom Literature That’s why he’s praying, “Father, restore to me the glory I had with you before the foundation of the world.”. Jesus Himself said. Johannine Writings Second, His glory was hidden from the people. Before He became a man He had no such restrictions. General Epistles Many times, prior to his crucifixion, Jesus told his disciples that he was going to be arrested, beaten, crucified. A verification email has been sent to the address you provided. He gave up His essential attributes of Deity when He became a human. When Jesus came to earth He laid aside or emptied Himself of something. Friend, make no mistake about it: the Lord Jesus Christ is Deity. New Living Translation We know what real love is because Jesus gave up his life for us. We’re on a mission to change that. Since the text and audio content provided by BLB represent a Jesus willingly gave Himself up to His Father’s will that a people be saved from sin, and He volunteered within the Trinity to give Himself as the one and only Saviour from sin. Pauline Epistles Jesus, as God, was everywhere present, or omnipresent, but He could only be at one place at a time. The Old Testament He did not set aside any of the attributes that were rightly His. I looked through Desiring God’s resources and found a sermon that you delivered way back in 1981. Misconceptions About Jesus Emptying Himself. The Gospels General Epistles This could only be possible if Jesus walked in faith as a human being. The "glory" is the "glory which He had with the Father before the world was" (John 17:5; comp. Finally we come to the reason why Jesus imposed these self-limitations upon His Person. 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Moreover Jesus allowed the people to know that He had such powers. While He was fully God during His time here upon the earth He did not use any of these divine attributes. This is described as, He “made Himself nothing” (or “emptied Himself” ESV, HCSB, NET). So, in his divine nature, Christ was fully God. It's been described that Jesus emptied out His divine powers and lived exactly as we do. The Deity of Jesus Christ The Bible directly states that Jesus is God in a number of passages. When we say things about Jesus Christ after the incarnation of the eternal divine Son, we have to be careful not to give the impression that the divine nature of Christ has the same limitations that the human nature of Christ does. 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