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The Paradoxical Person of Jesus – CORRECTION

Writer: goldenstateservicesj
goldenstateservicesj
Apr 20, 2021
2 min read

One of the books I have been reading this week is Robert M. Bowman Jr.’s and J. Ed Komoszewski’s Putting Jesus in His Place. It is a robust defense of the deity of Jesus Christ.

In Chapter 10 of the book, the authors are explaining how Jesus is beyond us – how He is incomprehensible. They call Him a “paradoxical person” (pgs. 122-123).

A paradox is a seemingly contradictory statement that, when further investigated, proves to be true.

How is Jesus a “paradoxical person?” Here is how the authors explain it.

  • God is eternal (Ps 90:2; Isa 43:10), but Christ was born (Matt 1:18), and yet He always existed (John 8:58; Col 1:17).

  • God is immutable (Ps 102:26-27), but Christ grew (Luke 2:40, 52), and yet He is also immutable (Heb 1:10-12).

  • God is omnipresent (Ps 139:7-10), but Christ was in one place at a time (John 11:21, 32), and yet He could act from afar (John 4:46-54).

  • God knows all things (Isa 41:22-23), but Christ did not know the day or hour (Mark 13:52), and yet He knew all things (John 16:30; 21:17).

  • God is incorporeal (John 4:24), but Christ has a body (John 2:21; Col 2:9), and yet He cannot be seen (I Tim 6:16).

  • God is not a man (Num 23:19), but Christ is a man (I Tim 2:5), and yet He is also God (John 20:28).

  • God cannot be tempted (Jas 1:13), but Christ was tempted (Heb 4:15), and yet He could not sin (John 5:19).

  • God does not get tired (Isa 40:28), but Christ got tired (John 4:6), and yet He did all God’s will (John 17:4).

  • God cannot die (I Tim 1:17), but Christ died (Phil 2:8), and yet He could not have his life taken (John 10:18).

Why does any of this matter? It shows His preeminence. It shows His uniqueness. It shows His transcendence.

 
 
 

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