Bible Teaching About Jesus

In previous podcasts we’ve talked about the Bible teaching about God and the Holy Spirit. Now the Bible Bard turns our attention to Jesus. The first teaching about Jesus in this literature is that in his humanity, Jesus is subordinate to the Father. This means that while living on earth, Jesus lived under the authority and willing control of God. This is important because the texts describe Jesus as fully human. The human Jesus has no more spiritual power than other humans even though Jesus is related to the Father God in a unity that is above that of metaphor. Yet, as completely subordinate, he lives as no other human ever has, he is completely obedient to God the Father! So, texts that we read say that Jesus was dependent upon God in a way that a human child is dependent upon their parents to meet their needs. These sample texts indicate that Jesus was just like us in our own human limitations.