“But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth
His Son, born of a woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under
the law, that we might receive the adoption as sons.” Galatians 4:4-5
“Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus,
who, being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with
God, but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and
coming in the likeness of men. And being found in appearance as a man, He
humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of
the cross.” Phil. 2:5-8
Jesus has two natures:
Divine and human. Jesus is fully God and also fully man while here on
the earth.
Jesus say "The Father is greater than I" in John
14:28 whilst saying He is the great “I AM” in John 8:58
Jesus said the Father was greater than He NOT because Jesus
is not God but because Jesus was also fully man; and as a man, he was in a
lower position. See Philippians 2:5-8, Hebrews 2:9 and Galatians 4:4-5 Jesus
was speaking in reference to his human nature.
The nature of the incarnation when God became man. See 1
John 4:2 & 2 John 1:7 “By this you
know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come
in the flesh is from God;” 1 John 4:2 “For many deceivers have gone out into
the world who do not confess Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh. This is a
deceiver and an antichrist.” 2 John 1:7
“But we see Jesus,
who was made a little lower than the angels, for the suffering of death crowned
with glory and honor, that He, by the grace of God, might taste death for
everyone." Hebrews 2:9
However, Jesus is fully Divine (See John 1:14 “And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.”) too. By taking on human nature, Jesus did not relinquish His Divine nature—God cannot stop being God.
When Jesus, God the Son, took on human form, something amazing occurred. Christ
“made himself nothing.” In essence, what it means is that Jesus voluntarily
relinquished the prerogative of freely exercising His divine attributes and
subjected Himself to the will of the Father while on earth. God the Son is
fully Divine yet fully human.
Jesus was restricted as man - restricted to one location at
a time, got tired, needed sleep, got hungry, needed food, got exhausted, needed
rest, etc. Jesus suffered all things as a man; He emptied Himself of the
Godhead to be made flesh, to be made sin, to die.
It was however a temporary measure, He now has the glory He
had with the Father before He came to the earth; He has been restored to the
fullness of the Godhead. This is why scripture says Jesus thought it not
robbery to be equal with God but took on the form of a servant in Philippians
2:6
God the Father said of God the Son in Hebrews 1:8a "But to the
Son He says: “Your throne, O God, is forever and ever;"
Jesus of Nazareth is God in the flesh, the Creator – fully
God and fully man. Christ Jesus is the second “person” of the Triune God – One
God in 3 “persons” – the blessed Trinity.**
** "..The Lord our God, the Lord is one!” Deuteronomy 6:4 Then
God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them
have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the
cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the
earth.” Genesis 1:26 “I am the Lord, and there is no other; There is no God
besides Me.” Isaiah 45:5 Notice it is not no God besides us.
“For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men,
the Man Christ Jesus,” 1 Timothy 2:5
God refers to Jesus “But to the Son He says:
“Your throne, O God, is forever and ever;” Hebrews 1:8a
Jesus said to His disciples. “Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,”
Matthew 28:19 Jesus spoke clearly of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Nevertheless, if you read this verse attentively, you will see that the Three have just one name. It says, “baptizing them into the name” (not names) “of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.” There are Three with one name. This is the Triune God, the Trinity.
ONE God in 3 “Persons” not and NEVER 3 Gods. We cannot understand the
Trinity fully but that is how God reveals Himself to mankind – both “I and Us”.
Don’t forget we are finite and God is infinite – we may not fully comprehend
God. BUT what God has revealed is sufficient for our salvation.