Just because one cannot sin doesn't mean that he doesn't have to go through his death, life, death, and bearing our sin, and so on.

But the main reason for he could not is tied to the nature of the incarnation, is that it's not a human nature or a human alone. No, from the moment

of conception, the divine sun has added to himself a body and a soul, a human nature. Yet his experience

of temptation, living in this fallen world, all that we experienced, not in terms of sin,

but he lived in a fallen world and experienced this world and the hatred of this world

and sin of this world and the bacteries of this world. I mean, that was real even though he could

not fail.

Christians and non-Christians alike would acknowledge Jesus Christ's central importance to history. And yet, confusion abounds when it comes to who he really was and what he accomplished.

The reality is that many people, including many believers,

hold to myths and misconceptions about Jesus

that obscure his true significance for history

and for our own lives.

Today, we're going to dig into some of those myths

and explore why Jesus is far better,

far more glorious than we could ever imagine. In our interview today, I'm

talking with Stephen Wellum, professor of Christian theology at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

in Louisville, Kentucky, and the author of The Person of Christ, an Introduction from Crossway.

Let's get started.

Well, Stephen, thank you so much for joining me today on the Crossway podcast. Oh, it's a great, it's a delight to be with you, Matt.

So in our conversation today, we're going to talk a lot about some common myths and misconceptions about Jesus, held by both believers and unbelievers alike.

But on that first category of believers, you recently wrote an article for Crossway where you noted

that even within the evangelical church, there is, quote, rampant confusion regarding the person

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