Expert: Rev. Stuart Woodward - 6/24/2011

Question
ear sire
i knew that jesus spoke  his words in the earth given by his father god.
but sometimes i hear that jesus spoke as a man and sometimes as a god and i refuse this idea because (i though that jesus was a messenger and reciever all his words from his father).
jesus said (The words that you hear is not mine, but the Father who sent me).
so this confirm my idea that jesus declare to all people that he was a MESSENGER  he was sent from his father and spoke as a messenger not as a man or god.
so my ask how jesus spoke his words from his god and some say once he spoke as a man and some say he spoke as a god with that all words from god ?
so no two description(god or man)but god alone.
so all jesus words from his god and he didnt speak as aman or god but recive wodrs of his father on the earth as a messenger.
thank you

Answer
Hello Jon,
Thank you for your question. One of the basic teachings of Christianity is that Jesus was fully man and fully God. When God the Son came to earth and was born to the virgin Mary He became a human being. He chose to lay aside all the powers of His deity and lived as a human. So He had to learn as a child. He had to develop but the key thing that made Him different to us was that He did not have sinful nature and did not sin. He revealed God to us in ways that we could understand. He exercised His ministry in the power of the Holy Spirit who came upon Him at His baptism, the same Holy Spirit who now lives in those who put their trust in Him.
The scriptures tell us that He only did what He saw His Father doing. The words He spoke were always the words of who He was, a human being, but a human being who was also God and spoke as the Holy Spirit led Him so His words were always the words of God as well.
I hope these comments are of some help and pray God will bless you and lead you in all your understanding.
Stuart Woodward