By Olubunmi Oyebami
Minister, R.C.C.G Green Pastures Santuary, El Paso, TX
http://www.rccggpselpaso.org/
Natalie Grant sang a song title
“Your Great Name”. At the name of Jesus the enemy has to leave, and Son of God
and Man you are higher and lifted up, all the world will praise your great
name. She called Jesus Son of God and Man. To really understand the deep
meaning of Son of God and Son of Man we need to have understanding of nature
and characteristics of God and Man.
Characteristics
of God
He
is the creator of the created Gen 1:1
He
is all knowing and the Alpha and Omega
Rev 1:8 Jer 3:3
He
can do all things and nothing is
impossible for Him Luke 1:37
He
is unlimited Job 42:2 ,Ps 78:41
He
does anything He likes Job 37:12-13
He
is unquestionable
God
is a Spirit and nobody knows the numbers of His year Job 36:26
God
is the judge Job 36:39 and Job 37:23
God
is not afraid or fearful Job 40:22
God
cannot be condemned Job 40: 8
God
will not faint, weary, tired, sleep, slumber, hungry or thirsty Ps121: 4-5
God's
wisdom, understanding, love and knowledge cannot be fathom
The
food of God is praise and thanksgiving Ps 50: 12-14
God
operates in faith
Characteristics
of Man
Man
is the created
Man
does not know the beginning or the ending of himself or situations
Man
is limited
Man
can be affected by situation which can make him to be fearful, faithless,
limited,
hindered, unreasonable,
cries, tired and weary.
Man
can be hungry, thirsty Matt 21:18
Man's
level of understanding, wisdom, love and knowledge is limited
Man
must sleep Luke 8:22-24
In
view of this understanding, Jesus came to this world as the Son of God and as
the Son of Man. He operated as God and Man. He showed us that He is God and as
God, He came to dwell among us so that He can experience what it is to be a man.
He came and He was able to have victory over the flesh and world. Therefore, we
do not have excuse as man. There are many examples in the scripture where Jesus
shows himself as the Son of man:
1. After fasting for 40 days and 40 nights, He was
hungry Luke 4:2 in comparison with God
He doesn't eat His food is praises, worship and thanksgiving.
2. When He met the Samaritan women at the well the
bible stated that Jesus was weary because of His journey. Luke 4: 6 while God
is never weary rather He gives strength and power to the weak.
3. There was a time he slept on the boat and storm was beating aganist the boat Mark 4:38 but God will not sleep or slumber, He watches over us.
3. There was a time he slept on the boat and storm was beating aganist the boat Mark 4:38 but God will not sleep or slumber, He watches over us.
4.
He wept at the tomb of Lazarus His friend Jh
10:35 but God wipe away tears Isaiah 25:8
5.
They question Jesus on many occasion such as should will pay tax to Caesar Matt
22:15-22
6.
He does not have a place to lay His head Matt 8:20
7. He does not have money to pay for His tax Matt 17: 24-27 while God says silver and gold are mine. Haggai 2:8
8.
They called Him Mary and Joseph's son, a Nazarite
and nothing good can come out of Nazareth John 1:46 while God is a spirit he
doesn't have a father and mother.
9.
He prayed and cried when He saw the death He
will go through and He wanted to reject the will of God but He later changed
His prayer to let your will be done. He was also tempted Matt 26:42
10.
On the cross He asked God why do you want to
forsake Him
11.
On the cross, He asked for water because He was
thirsty Matt 25: 35
12.
A lot of people were offended by Him, the
Pharisee and Saducee because of the doctrine He brought was different Matt 11:6
The acts of the son of God
1. He walked on the sea
2. He rebuked the storm and the wind
3. He turned water into wine
4. He rose from the dead on the
third day
5. He came to the world through the
Holy Spirit
6. He has authority over sin, death,
sickness and diseases.
7. He multiply food two loaves of
bread and five fishes. He demonstrated His ability of provision.
8. He knew Peter will deny Him while
Judas will betrayed Him
9. he humbled Himself to the death
on the cross
10. He could not be stopped by
death, problem, hunger and thirst
11. He prayed and is sweat was
compared to blood
12. He commanded the demon to leave
the man of Gadarenes Mark 5: 8
13.
He demonstrated His creative ability by spitting
on a clay and rubbed on the eye of the man that was born blind John 9: 6-7 and fixes the ear of the high
priest servant when they came to arrest Him Luke22:50-51.
14.
He knew what will happen in future so He told us
that He will send Holy Spirit to be our helper, guidance, counselor, teacher
and comforter. When Lazarus died He knew what will happen that Lazarus is going
to the raised up from the dead. He decided to tarry four more days before going to Bethel. When the woman with
issue of blood touched Him and got her healing, He knew immediately that power
has gone out of Him.
15.
He demonstrated Godly wisdom when they came to
ask Him unreasonable questions about paying taxes to Caesar.Matt22:15-21
He came as son of man so that He can
experience how it is to be a man, He was angry man times and beat up people
that were trading in the temple. Yet He sin not. We many times He was hungry
and could not find anything to eat. He went through all these so that we will not
have any excuse because problem, hunger, trouble are not issues with God so we
are without excuse. God demanded we be sons of God because that is who we are
and if so, we should live in the spirit so that we will not fulfill the lost of
the flesh.
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