Several years ago, after church one Sunday, I was teaching Sunday school, and we were talking about Christology, the doctrine of Christ.

And I asked my congregation, the people that were there for Sunday school, is Jesus a divine person or a human person?

And when I did, I could see the wheels begin to turn in their minds. And I said, okay,

if you think he's a divine person, raise your hand. If you think he's a human person, raise your

hand. If you think maybe he's both, he's a divine person and a human person, raise your hand.

And it was quite the mix in terms of responses. And I was thinking to myself as a pastor,

okay, we got some work to do as a church

because actually there is one right answer to that question and it gets us into the doctrine

of the incarnation. I'm Pastor Adriel Sanchez, and today we're talking about how Jesus can be truly God and truly man.

There are so many wonderful passages in the New Testament that talk about the incarnation of the Son of God.

I want to just read a couple from the book of Hebrews. This is in Hebrews

chapter 2, verse 17. Therefore, Jesus had to be made like his brothers in every respect so that

he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in the service of God to make propitiation

for the sins of the people.

Just a couple of chapters later in Hebrews chapter four, and in verse 14, we read,

Since then we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the son of God,

let us hold fast our confession, for we do not have a high priest who is

unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are,

yet without sin.

It was the conviction of the early church that the eternal son of the Father, Jesus, the Word

of God, had assumed humanity everything everything it means to be human, taking

humanity from the womb of the Virgin Mary, conceived of the Holy Spirit.

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