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Don’t Christ’s Miracles Obviate Him Becoming Human?

Question:

Don’t the miracles performed by Christ obviate the point of God putting the Son of God as a regular human on Earth like us?

Answer:

Not at all. The point of the Son of God taking on a human nature was to show forth the perfection of human nature and the power of God working in human nature. Thus, the miracle-working power that was already visible in some of the prophets of the Old Testament was also possessed by him, but in his case by nature as the Son of God using his humanity, personally united to him as the instrument of God’s power. He was in a true sense not a statistically “regular” human being but the greatest of human beings.

This being said, it is important to note that he did not use his power for his own convenience or to wow his audience but to bear witness to the truth. By enduring the cross, most of all, he showed that he did not use his power for himself but submitted himself to the limitations and sufferings of our existence according to the will of his heavenly Father.

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