The following table was taken and adapted from Robert M. Bowman & J. Ed Komoszewski’s superb book, Putting Jesus in His Place – The Case for the Deity of Christ, Part 2. Like Father, Like Son: Jesus Shares the Attributes of God, Chapter 10. He’s Got What It Takes, pp. 122-123 (Kregel Publications, Grand Rapids, MI 2007).
It is a helpful way of demonstrating how God’s inspired Word, the Holy Bible, expressly and emphatically teaches that Christ is both God and man at the same time, having all of the essential attributes of Deity and humanity (except for sin) simultaneously.
| God … | But Christ … | And Yet Christ … |
| Is eternal (Neh. 9:5; Ps. 90:2, 93:2; Isa. 57:15) | Was born (Matt. 1:18; 2:1-6; Luke 2:4-16) | Always existed (John 1:1-3; 8:58; 17:5; Col. 1:17) |
| Is immutable (Ps. 102:25-27; Malachi 3:6) | Grew and changed (Lk. 2:40, 52; Heb. 5:8) | Is also immutable (Heb. 1:10-12; 13:8) |
| Is omnipresent (Ps. 139:7-12; Jer. 23:23-24) | Was one place at a time (John 11:21, 32) | Is omnipresent as well (Matt. 18:20; 28:20; John 1:45-49; 14:20-21, 23; 15:4-5; 17:23, 26; 2 Cor. 13:5; Eph. 1:22-23; 4:7, 10; Col. 1:27; 3:11) |
| Knows all things (1 Kgs. 8:39; Job 37:16; Ps. 139:1-6; 147:4-5; Jer. 17:10; 1 John 3:20) | Did not know the day or hour (Matt. 24:36; Mark 13:32) | Knows everything/is omniscient (Matt. 9:4; 17:27; Mark 2:8; 7:29 [24-30]; John 2:23-25; 14:13-14; 16:30-31; 21:17; Acts 1:24; 1 Cor. 4:5; Rev. 2:23) |
| Is not a man (Num. 23:19; 1 Sam. 15:29; Hos. 11:9) | Is a man (Acts 17:30-31; 1 Tim. 2:5) | Is also God (Isa. 9:6; John 1:1, 18; 20:28; Rom. 9:5; Heb. 1:8; Tit. 2:13; 2 Pet. 1:1) |
| Is Spirit/incorporeal (Isa. 31:3; John 4:24) | Has a body (John 1:14; Luke 24:36-43; John 20:24-29; Acts 2:30-32; Col. 2:9) | Is a life-giving Spirit who is invisible (1 Cor. 15:45; 1 Tim. 6:16) |
| Cannot be tempted and caused to sin (James 1:13) | Was tempted (Heb. 4:15) | Could not sin (John 5:19) |
| Does not get tired (Ps. 121:3-4; Isa. 40:28) | Got tired (John 4:6) | Gives rest to the weary (Matt. 11:28-30) |
| Cannot die (1 Tim. 1:17) | Died (Phil. 2:8) | Raised himself from the dead and could not have his life taken away (John 2:19-22; 10:17-18) |
We also suggest that the readers consult the authors’ chart in the Appendix of their book since it is filled with references proving that the NT writers believed that Jesus Christ is God in the flesh: Review Tables
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