Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Jesus-powers

Philippians 2 says Jesus emptied Himself of His Jesus-powers (or divine powers, or what God can do) and became like a man... therefore He did all His miracles through the power of the Holy Spirit
but that confuses me!
How did He get the waves to quiet?
Or tell the woman @ the well that she had had 5 husbands?
or better yet: how did He die for our sins if He didn't have His Jesus-powers?
d oes that mean i can accomplish these things? can i die for people's sins?
NO
i think the thing is that Jesus + sinless + Holy Spirit = Jesus' miracles/death/resurrection

whereas we are:
flesh + sin = failure

and then after salvation:
redeemed + sin still within us + Holy Spirit = the will of God

when it boils down to it, we wont be able to do certain things Jesus did because our bodies are corrupted with sin.
its tough because it does "dumb" down Jesus to an extent and makes Him less of a God, more of a man.
right now i am trying to understand Christology and who the person of Jesus is.
but i trust in Christ because He is God and man all divine... whereas i don't trust in man because prophets/apostles are men led by God.
there's another key i am missing to understand this whole Jesus without the Jesus-powers

Jesus! without the Jesus powers! was able to die for our sins... :::scratches head:::