(3) Jesus & The Limits of Humanity

Like Adam and Eve, scripture tells us that Jesus lived under human limitations. We’ll look at a few of these more closely, but for now let’s just list them.

Jesus was born and grew, “And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in strips of cloth and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn.” (Luke 2:7 NET) “And Jesus increased in wisdom and in stature, and in favor with God and with people.” (Luke 2:52 NLT)

Jesus got hungry and thirsty. “And after He had fasted forty days and forty nights, He then became hungry (Matthew 4:2 NAU)” “Later, knowing that all was now completed, and so that the Scripture would be fulfilled, Jesus said, "I am thirsty."(John 19:28 NIV)

Jesus got tired and had to sleep, “Jesus, tired from the long walk, sat wearily beside the well about noontime. (John 4:6 NLT) “But he was in the stern, asleep on the cushion. And they woke him and said to him, "Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?" (Mark 4:38)

Jesus could not be in more than one place at a time. He traveled and moved about just like every other human being. And, Jesus lived within time and was constrained by time. “So when Jesus came, He found that he had already been in the tomb four days. . . . Martha then said to Jesus, "Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died. (John 11:17,21 NAU)

Jesus felt pain. Jesus died.

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