According to the doctrine, Jesus is ...

• A. Spirit Only
• B. God and Man
• C. Angel and Man
• D. Human Only

Answer: (B)

The main idea here is the doctrine of the person of Christ: Jesus is both fully God and fully man in one person. This is the ancient belief called the Incarnation, where God the Son took on human nature without losing His divine nature. He is God because He is the eternal Son, involved in creation and worthy of worship, and He is man because He was born of Mary, lived a real human life, experienced temptation, suffered, died, and rose in a bodily form. This combination—divine and human in the same person—is what makes Jesus uniquely able to accomplish salvation.

Seeing Jesus as God and Man helps explain why He could reveal God to us and also represent humanity to God. If He were only Spirit, He couldn’t fully bear human experiences or die for humanity. If He were only an angel and a man, He wouldn’t be the Creator of angels or possess the divine nature needed to atone for sin. If He were only human, He wouldn’t have the divine authority and power to redeem us. The correct view, Jesus as God and Man, harmonizes both aspects of who He is and why His life, death, and resurrection accomplish the work of salvation.