SON OF GOD AND SON OF MAN

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.

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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jesus, our ark of the Covenant,

Text: Hebrew 9:1 -28

 

By Olubunmi Oyebami

 

 

God is always in the business of making provision and protection for the safety of the Human race since the beginning of creation.   He was able to keep the human race by the ark, He told Noah to build “And, behold, I even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and everything that is in the earth shall die. But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou and thy sons, and everything that is in the earth shall die” Gen 6:17-18. Moses's mother by the leading of the Holy Spirit was able to get him an ark of bulrushes because she knew by the leading of the Holy Ghost that Moses was a child of destiny “ And when she could no longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid it in the flag by the river’s brink” Exodus 2:3.

 

 The main purpose Moses was born, was to deliver and bring  the Israelites out of the bondage of the Egyptians. Moses was protected inside the ark until the moment Pharaoh’s daughter got him out, and paid his mother to take care of him for her. Moses got his name from Pharaoh’s daughter which means because "I drew him out of the water." This exactly was what Moses will do, to bring the people of God out of the land of Egypt. These were divinely arranged by God so that His purpose for the Israelites can be fulfilled. Moses was also instructed by God to build an ark of the covenant.

 

God moved from the level of putting mankind in the ark to the level of following them with an ark of  the covenant. Anytime, the Israelites showed up with the ark of  the covenant into the camp of the enemy, the enemy will begin to curse themselves because they knew that they were in trouble  for there will not be anybody that can withstand the presence of the ark of covenant. The ark was housed in a tabernacle and the ark was a 2 and half by 1 and a half cubit rectangular wooden chest with its lid being the mercy seat with the cherubim of glory facing one another with wings outstretched. When the Israelites crossed the Jordan,  the ark went before them Joshua  3:10-17

 Inside the ark of covenant contain 3 things Hebrews 9: 4
2 unbroken tablets – the Ten Commandments
A golden pot containing an omer of manna this represents God’s provision
Aaron's  budded rod represents Christ priesthood
It was carried in the tent for many years and later King David brought the ark into the city of Zion and later King Solomon built a temple. God decided to become flesh and dwell among us.
The ark was a picture of Jesus Christ which symbolizes the glory of God, the presence of God, the grace of God and the mercy of God.

From the beginning of creation, God has shown interest in the human race by protecting them from the enemy. He gave us a name that is above every other name “ Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things under the earth and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father ”Phil 2: 9-11. Anytime a believer shows up with the name of Jesus, the enemy will begin to fear. The name of the Lord is a strong tower, the righteous runs into it and they are saved.

The name of Jesus Christ can withstand
Water – Matthew 14: 24-27
Flood- Genesis 6: 17-18
Fire\Flame - Daniel 3: 24-25
War
Death- Luke 7:11-17
Storm – Matthew 8: 23-27
Sickness\Diseases- Matthew 8:13
Poverty

Now, God has moved to the level that makes Jesus Christ reside in our heart that is, He said in Rev 3:20 “Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hears my voice, and open the door, I will come in to Him, and will sup with him, and he with me” The ark of covenant was where God's justice and judgment toward the sins of man were satisfied “ But Christ became a High priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not of this building; neither by the blood of bulls and of goats and calves, but by His own blood, He enters once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us”Hebrew9:11-14
The same way that Noah’s ark became the salvation of Noah’s family so Christ was sent as an ark and anyone that believes in  Him shall be saved.