Who is Jesus Anyways?

I am currently looking into who Jesus actually is. I’m in a group that is exploring what the bible really says about the God-Man and as I delve deeper into the subject I’m beginning to realize that most of my thoughts about the man that I love and serve and have given my entire life to….are based more on culture and tradition or even human sentiment than the actual truth of the person.

There are things that I know Jesus is not. And this is where my thoughts start; He is not the Father’s errand boy. Jesus isn’t the guy who did the will of the Father because no one else would or because He had to make His Father proud or to avert the Father’s wrath. Though there are elements of these realities that may have aspects of truth, Jesus was and is God himself. Jesus is the image of the Father and the fullest expression of His heart. He is the co-equal, co-creating, co-nature of the Father, or as the saints of old have said, He is the only Begotten Son of the Father. He is equal and like Him in every way because He is Him in every way.

Also, Jesus is not superhuman. And my head just exploded. What does it mean to be fully God and fully man? It is difficult to say both aspects with clarity at the same time, so I’m just focusing on the “fully man” part. You want to know what this makes me think of? Poopy diapers. Really, Jesus was a baby and did all the things babies do. Which just makes me think of how much He really does delight in His creatures, that he would become one. And though poopy diapers is in no way the best description of what it means to be “fully man”, it is a thought provoker on the topic that is helpful in moving us out of stuffy traditions that may be hard for the common person to relate to. By the way, Hebrews says that He became like us in every way just so He could relate to us as we are, hence my boldness in saying that He needed to be changed as a kid.

I’ll stop here for now just because I’m getting the sense that this will be a series of posts with much meandering along the way, bunny trails in abundance as it were. Feel free to weigh in on these matters as well. One thing is for certain, we could spend years searching and mining these ideas and thoughts and I may just well do that. If there is one thing that is wise time management it is searching out who Jesus is.

I’ll leave now with this thought from saint John, the so termed “disciple whom Jesus loved”: “And there are also many other things that Jesus did, which if they were written one by one, I suppose even the world itself could not contain all the books that would be written. Amen.” John 21:25