 There's no audio. Should I repeat all of that? I'm so sorry. All that I was saying is that it was necessary for Jesus to be fully human, but it was also equally necessary for Jesus not to have the human sin nature, which would be inherited through man. So we looked at Romans chapter 5 verse 12, Romans chapter 5 verse 12, which indicates that sin entered the world through one man. So the sinful human nature is transmitted through the man, not the woman. So it was necessary that Jesus should be fully human, but at the same time he should not have a human father. If he has a human father, then he would inherit the sinful nature. And so because of that, while God chose Mary to be the person who will give birth, Jesus did not have a human biological father. The Holy Spirit himself would have created the genetic material required for a human sperm to be created. So the female cell would be taken from Mary's body, but there was no male person involved in the reproductive process. So God himself would have used human genetic material to create a male cell which can be fused with the female cell which is there in Mary's body so that the embryo begins to grow. And so the embryo which began to form was 100% human. It came from a God created human male cell and it came from the human female cell of Mary. So in every way Jesus was 100% human. So that is why he could be a representative of the human race. However, because there was no human father involved, the sinful nature was not inherited. So that's very briefly just to repeat what was said earlier. And Colossians 2.9 if someone could read out. Colossians 2.9. What do you mean by the form of the body? Yeah, you know like it says in the NIV, all the fullness of the deity lives in bodily form. So the entire fullness of the deity came down and entered that little embryo which had been created. So that human embryo was 100% human but you have the entire divinity of Jesus, of the Godhead coming down from heaven to inhabit, to indwell this little human embryo that has been created. So Jesus Christ could be the perfect representative for humans without having inherited that sin nature. However, even though Jesus Christ did not have the sin nature, was it possible for him to get tempted? That was the question which we were about to look at. Yes, one of the students is talking about a piece of cloth that was supposed to have been found which they say probably had a spot of blood belonging to Jesus Christ and they're talking about the DNA structure of that spot of blood. And there are all kinds of things said about these things but 20 years down the line, if somebody comes along and is able to conclusively prove that that piece of cloth had nothing to do with Jesus times, it would create a lot of confusion. So till we can get conclusive, very clearly established scientific proof about these things, better not to speculate too much. Let's just leave it at that because we do not know for sure who came up with that piece of cloth. Is it really genuinely the cloth which was used to bury Jesus in? Let's not go there. He was talking about the DNA strand and all of that which is a good argument but we don't really know the details so let's not spend too much time reflecting on that. So if Jesus was born without a human sinful nature but did he have the ability to sin if he had wanted to? Could he sin? So in that context we were about to look at Hebrews chapter 4 verse 15. If someone could read out Hebrews 4 15. It says here that he was tempted in every way just as we are yet he did not sin. So Satan comes to Jesus in the wilderness to tempt him. Why? Because Jesus has the ability to sin if he wishes to. Otherwise Satan would not even have bothered to come and tempt him. Where's the point in trying to tempt someone who cannot be tempted? Just to use a very silly example. What if I would try really hard to tempt that table? I would be like really wasting my time because that table does not have the ability to get tempted. But Jesus if he wished to he could have sinned but he made a conscious choice not to sin. So Jesus did not have the sinful human nature because he was virgin born. But at the same time just like all human beings he had the free will to choose either good or choose evil. And Jesus Christ always chose to please the Father. So he made a conscious choice to never sin. We have a lot of scriptures which talk about that. 1 Peter 2 22 says he committed no sin. 1 John 3 5 says in him is no sin. In 2 Corinthians 5 21 says God made him who had no sin to become sin for us, to become a sin offering for us. All of that. So there are scriptures which talk about how Jesus could sin. He had the ability to do it but he made a conscious choice to live in victory to overcome temptation. Go ahead. 1 Peter 2 22, 1 John 3 5, 2 Corinthians 5 21 and of course the previous verse that we talked about Hebrews 4 15. All of these verses are clearly stating that Jesus did not sin which means he could have made the choice to sin but he chose not to do that. So we looked at how Jesus is fully human but he does not have the sinful nature and we also looked at he did have the ability to sin and he chose not to be chose to overcome. He chose to live in victory. So the significance of that for us is important. Being our representative, being born fully 100% human he was able to represent us in many different ways. So the first thing of course is that because he was our human representative he could redeem us. So we will look at Romans chapter 5 verse 19 in this context. Romans 5 19. So Adam, he was 100% human and he represented the entire human race and what did he do? He led humans into sin. Now Jesus Christ was also equally 100% human as we have established now. So Jesus Christ was also equally 100% human so he too could be our representative. So while Adam led us into sin Jesus Christ leads us out of sin. So he reverses the entire process for the human race. So if we place our faith in him, he can make that a reality in our lives. We can start overcoming sin. So because he was fully 100% human he could also be our substitute sacrifice. You can't take someone who is only partially human and say he will be the substitute for the human race. Jesus Christ had to be fully 100% human to be a substitute. So because he was that he could become our substitute and that is what it talks about in Hebrews chapter 2 verses 16 to 17. If someone can read out Hebrews 2, 16 and 17. So here it says in verse 17, he had to be made like them fully human in every way. And it says in the last part that he might make atonement for the sins of the people. So if he had not been fully human in every way he would not have been able to make atonement for humans. So he had to be a perfect substitute for that he needed to be fully human. A third thing that we see, a mediator. He could be a mediator between God and humans because he was fully human. Because of his divinity, he could be a representative before God. God was divine, he was divine. But what about humans? How can he be a perfect representative from our side and be a mediator for us? For that he had to be fully human as well. Only then he could be a mediator on our behalf. So because of his full divinity and his full humanity, he was the perfect mediator to stand between God and us. And of course the fourth thing about his humanity because he was the perfect human who did not sin even once. Now he is able to help the rest of the humans to be able to walk in that, to learn to start overcoming sin, to start living in victory. So we are now able to follow his example in our responses to different situations in the way we speak to people, in the way we spend time with God. In all of those things now we choose to imitate this perfect human because he went through all the difficulties that we did. He didn't have an extra luxurious VIP lifestyle, no. In fact he was born in a poor household. That household was so poor that they couldn't even afford a lamb for the eighth day after the baby is born. They would take the baby to the temple and get that baby dedicated. At that time these people didn't even have a lamb to sacrifice. They took a dow and they went over there because it says in the Old Testament those who cannot afford a lamb they are allowed to bring a pigeon or a dow and so they actually go with a dow because they are that poor. So Jesus was not born into luxury. He knew what life is like. He knew what temptations can come to a person who is struggling. He knew all of that and he chose not to sin. So now he sets an example for us and shows us how we can imitate him and be like him in living in victory over sin. So these are all the important aspects that come out with regard to our lives with regard to his humanity. So we have looked at the divinity of Jesus and the humanity of Jesus and now to kind of try to understand how he could be fully human and fully God. We will not be able to fully understand this because this is something like the trinity. It goes beyond our understanding. So to an extent we can try to understand but just like in the case of the doctrine of trinity we would ultimately have to say because scripture is saying this I choose to believe it even though I don't fully understand. So to an extent it's a matter of faith. We cannot logically explain it in detail. So Philippians chapter 2 verses 6 to 7 they say that these two verses are actually they are taken out of a hymn which those people used to sing in those days. So Philippians was written by Paul just a few years, maybe 20 or 30 years after the resurrection of Jesus. It's a very, very early writing and so at that time the people were already singing songs about Jesus Christ as being divine. So let's look at what this song says Philippians chapter 2 verses 6 to 7. So it says over here in this ancient song which those Christians used to sing the wording says he made himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant being made in human likeness. So he made himself nothing. Now some people wrongly understand this phrase and they say, oh when Jesus became human he set aside his divinity and he chose to be human. But no, when it says over here that he made himself nothing it's not saying that he set aside his divinity. He continued to remain fully divine. You know when we talked about how God formed that human embryo and we see in Colossians 2 9 the entire fullness of divinity indwelt that little embryo. So he never set aside his divinity he continued to be fully divine but he did something extra he put on humanity as well. So we need to think of it in this way how did he make himself nothing instead of just displaying his glory in all of its wonderful gloriousness he was fully divine but he wrapped himself in humanity and made himself nothing because humans are nothing compared to divinity. So being fully divine knowing who he was he chose to wrap himself to put on humanity as well. Okay, so see some heretics they say that Jesus was born a human a normal human just like everyone else and then later he became divine that theory cannot really work because how can something which is human which is finite which is limited how can it put on and absorb infinity something which is finite will not have the capacity to put on and absorb something which is infinite. On the other hand if you think of it in the other way someone who is already infinite who is limitless, he is infinite for him it is easy to put on human attributes. So what Jesus Christ would do is even though he is fully divine he would choose to function only out of his humanity he would not make use of his divinity he would only restrict himself to using only the human attributes in his daily functioning. The question being raised over here is did Jesus always know that he was divine or is it something that he learned over time and so when we were looking at the humanity of Jesus and we were looking at all of those verses we also saw that he had to develop mentally and physically just like all human babies so the moment that he was born he did not already know all of the scriptures by heart he could not open his mouth and start talking and giving sermons. He was just a human baby just like all little babies he had to learn how to talk he had to learn how to think abstract thoughts just like all of us so these are things which he had to start learning so at what age did his mind develop his human mind develop to an extent where God could start revealing to him who he was not sure maybe he was 3 years old maybe he was 4 years old don't know but at some point of time when a baby is old enough to start understanding things at that time God would have started revealing to him who he is so by that age of 12 he already knew very very clearly who he is and that is why when he goes to Jerusalem with his family he is very excited he is saying wow now I am getting to visit my father's house he is very very happy to be over there he sits down among the teachers and he is having discussions and he kind of assumes that his parents also know who his father is and so he is very surprised when they come hunting for him and then they scold him and say how could you do this this is my father's house this is where I am meant to be and then they explain to him and they say to him you know they must have explained you can't just walk off and do things on your own you are a 12 year old things can happen to a 12 year old you still need a lot of teaching and all that and it says in the next verse it's so beautiful that Jesus understood what they are trying to say it says he went home and he was obedient to them so there are things which Jesus didn't automatically know he had to learn his parents told him okay this is the way it is then in that case I will obey so he was always obedient never sinned the ideal child to have yeah so Jesus because he was infinite he had to just put on humanity and restrict himself to his human attributes which means he never used his divine ability to do any of the miracles every single miracle that he did he only did what God helped him to do it was through his humanness that he did the miracles he never used his divinity you know so which is why when he was hungry after his time of fasting he could have easily turned those stones into bread he did not do that because he has made a conscious choice to come down to the earth and be fully human if he starts going making bread out of stones then how is he fully human he is not allowing himself to be restricted by his human attributes right but he on the other hand once he made his choice that he would restrict himself to the human attributes even though he was so hungry you know just like all other human beings he waited until God came and provided the food he did not make the food for himself you know miraculously so which is what we see about his miracles let's look at what Acts chapter 10 verse 38 says acts 10 38 so it says over here in Acts 10 38 it was God who anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and power and because God anointed him he was able to go around doing good he was able to heal all who were under the power of the devil and why was he able to do all of this because God was with him God was enabling him to do all of this okay so Jesus chose to operate out of his humanity rather than just simply using his divinity now we have a person over here who has raised a hand I am not sure whether that will work if you know if you were to speak would I be able to hear you why don't you maybe you can unmute and ask your question if I am able to hear then I will try to answer please go ahead whoever raised the hand for the question or if it was just accidental and you didn't really mean to click on that that's fine yeah just a minute I have kind of got all my notes mixed up yeah alright so here are some things that yeah I think that person didn't really mean to raise a hand alright this is actually from your notes alright it talks about how there are two words that are used for Jesus in the New Testament and the first is Teos you know that's the word for God which is generally used for God the Father and that same word is used also for Jesus Christ and then your notes also says there is a word Kurios that is used that would be Lord and then there are some scripture references which talk about that I think we will just close with this I mean we've covered most of the important aspects so yeah we will just close with this if you have any doubts you can see this one more person who says they have raised a hand if you're sitting over here why do you need to raise your hand over there looking at you so sorry yeah go ahead there are questions being asked over here and the basic question is about the sinful nature not being inherited by Jesus Christ so the explanation that I offered was based from Romans and so I said sin came through one man it didn't say sin came through Eve even though Eve was the only one the only one who initiated the whole sin it does not say that sin came through Eve rather it says sin came through one man in the same way even when the redemption comes it will be through one man so which is why we kind of said that maybe this indicates that the sinful human nature is transmitted through the man so it does not mean that women are sinless they too have the sinful human nature but when it is passed on to the next generation we say that it is passed on through the man that is an assumption that we are making based on the way that scripture is written because it says that sin came through one man it doesn't say that sin came through Eve so maybe God kind of set up that order a spiritual order of man being the spiritual head so he would pass on the spiritual aspects to his descendants and over here he was spiritually dead on the inside and he passed on that spiritual deadness to his to his future generations so Mary as a human being definitely was a normal human being with a sinful nature she too needed to accept Jesus as Lord and Saviour to get saved she was not sinless because as we all know there are some denominations which will say that Mary was immaculate the term that they used basically it means that she is sinless she has no sinful nature in her but then there is nothing in scripture to indicate that because she was born the way all human beings are born so her sinful father who has a sinful human nature would have passed that on to her as well so the human egg through which Jesus was formed that came from a human being from Mary but because we look at Romans that particular reference in Romans which seems to indicate that sin came through one man we assume that the sinful nature is transmitted through the man who is supposed to be the spiritual head of each household in that sense so he passes it on to his future descendants and then they pass it on to their future descendants and it's always through the male lineage so we are not in any way indicating that Mary was sinless yeah why was Eve not held responsible for the sin why did it say that sin came through one man why does it not say that sin came through Eve that is again just because of the I know it says in Paul is the one who talks about the order of creation which God has established so according to the order of creation the man is considered the head of the home and so he is held accountable for the decisions that they take as a couple that they take as a family so the man cannot push off the blame on to the wife and say she is the one who instigated the whole thing because he as the head of the home is responsible and he has to choose so Adam had the freedom to say no we will not do this and he could have asserted himself and imposed his spiritual authority he did not do that rather in fact he chose to participate with her but God held him accountable so did that mean that Eve was not held accountable yes even she too was but for the whole process of sin coming into the world he was held as accountable because he was the one appointed as the spiritual head and he did not take his status seriously he neglected his responsibility yeah we have a question over here I kind of need to first of all read that you had you put up your hand okay yeah the question that Nina is asking is if Jesus never used his divinity and he was always relying upon God for all the miracles that he did does that mean that he never made use of his divinity yes as far as his role on earth was concerned during that entire phase from the time that he chose to come down and indwell that human embryo from that point on he would have restricted himself to just using only his human attributes because only then would he be able to say that he was fully human at any point during that entire phase if he had reverted to his divinity and made use of that then he would no longer be a perfect representative because you know it says over there in that Hebrew passage in every way he was made human like us so that he can be an atonement for us he could not have been an atonement for us if he had at any point of time stopped being our representative and just used his divinity used his divine powers so it was very important for him to stay our human representative throughout and then of course once he had finished his work on the cross you know he says when I know give me back the glory that was mine you know he says to the father when he is praying so yes he would have got back his full divinity and made full use of it got back his full divinity no he always had it I meant to say he got back the glory that goes with the divinity that he had laid aside for a while and now he once more takes on that glory yeah yes I hope that clarifies yeah anything else yeah you talk about Yahweh Teos and Churios which is there in your notes huh T-H-E-O-S the Churios is K-U-R-I-O-S that would be master or lord so Teos, T-H-E-O-S was just a normal word which meant God I mean all religions would be using that word Teos to talk about what they regard as their gods but of course when the Jewish community used the word Teos they would be thinking specifically about Yahweh alone the living God K-U-R-I-O-S again was a term that could be applied to human masters but wherever the New Testament writers use this word K-U-R-I-O-S for Jesus they are bringing out that word Yahweh so the Greek translation of the Hebrew word Yahweh K-U-R-I-O-S as the translation so Yah Yah what is that? E-E-Ego I-Me Jesus used that term seven or eight times in the book of John alone I think it is seven or eight times that he says I am in different contexts we looked at two of them when we were starting off our session and then you have this I am the bread I am the life and all of those passages where he uses that term so in John itself he uses that term Ego I-Me a whole bunch of times and then even Matthew does not use that term at all but then in the other Gospels we do find one or two places where he uses that term so and that Ego I-Me is basically your Exodus 314 if you are reading the Greek Old Testament of course in the Hebrew Old Testament you would have the Hebrew wording so um yah if you are out of questions we can you know maybe just close right yah so let's just close with the word of prayer Lord we just thank you so much for all the things that we could learn today in our class we thank you O Lord that even though you always remained fully divine you chose to restrict yourself to just your human attributes so that you could be our representative so that you could atone be the atoning sacrifice for us and so that you could be our perfect substitute so O Lord you chose to make yourself nothing even though you were fully divine so we thank you O Lord for this great sacrifice that you have done on our behalf and now that you have done this so that we can become like you help us to take our responsibility seriously and Lord not continue living in our um in our flesh but Lord enable us to make a conscious choice to start becoming like you you made a great sacrifice to be like us and now you are asking us to make many sacrifices to be like you and we pray O Lord that we would honour that and we would genuinely attempt to walk in you and become like you thank you Lord in Jesus name amen yes thank you so much you could just hold on is that a question you know if sorry so we see is fully human nature being expressed you know there are still 6 minutes okay so we can just hold on so we have many many scriptures in the New Testament which talk about his fully humanness where he did not use his divine attributes and where he chose to remain fully human but which you know which scriptures are there in the New Testament which kind of bring out his divinity do we see any acts of his which bring out his divinity no because he restricted himself completely to his human attributes to stay fully human so that he can be our human representative but in his being he continues to declare I am you know I am divine I am God I and the father are one Jesus so he talked about it but he didn't openly demonstrate it okay so whenever he did anything divine he would say look at my works these are the works of my father he would say he would never say these are my own works he would say the father is enabling me to do them okay so in that sense he never utilized his divinity because then he would no longer be our perfect representative and so is his divinity expressed by the fact that he was born through the Holy Spirit I don't know whether his he descended into that embryo and you know began to indwell it in all the fullness of his deity so in that sense yes he was divine he was the full divinity he had a human embryo so he didn't but yeah he never did anything that was that was that made use of his divine aspects while he was our human representative I know that's not very clear but I hope that has helped yeah okay she says yes thank you yeah so you are free to go yeah go ahead