Wednesday after the Fourth Sunday after Epiphany, 1/31/01

John 20: 19 When therefore it was evening, on that day, the first day of the week, and when the doors were shut where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in their midst, and said to them, "Peace be with you." --NASB

In the name of the One Who brings peace, amen.

Yesterday we saw that the person of Christ is able to do some amazing things because He is both God and man. Today we see that He is able to pass through solid objects. Many people have stumbled at this fact and others like it, because they don't think a limited human body is capable of containing the limitless God. They picture Christ like a glass holding water where the glass is the human nature, and the water is the divine nature. They mistakenly think that the divine nature can only go where the human nature is capable of carrying it. But in reality, the human nature is taken into the divine so that, much like sugar dissolved in water is carried anywhere the water goes, the human nature is carried with the divine nature.*

Because of this wonderful fact, Jesus is able to go anywhere with both His divine and human natures together. The great thing about this is that it means that nothing can come between us and our Savior. He is able to be with us no matter where we are. Amen.

Prayer: Dear Lord Jesus, we praise and glorify You because You have taken our humanity into Yourself in such a way that Your human nature goes wherever Your divine nature does. Be with us always, amen.

*There was a false view of Christ that said the human nature was lost in the divine like a drop of honey is lost in the ocean. We understand that the human nature is not lost in the divine, but keeps its characteristics.

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