Throughout history people have tried to portray Jesus as mostly human or mostly divine. Jesus was not only fully God; he was also fully human. If Jesus were not fully human he could not have represented us on the cross. If Jesus were not fully human he could not be the High Priest who comforts and strengthens us. As a man Jesus went through our human experience so He fully understands and sympathizes with our human condition.
John 8:40 – But now you seek to kill Me, a Man who has told you the truth which I heard from God. Abraham did not do this.
Acts 2:22 – Men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a Man attested by God to you by miracles, wonders, and signs which God did through Him in your midst, as you yourselves also know.
Philippians 2:7 (Jesus) – But made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men.
By revelation we know the mystery of heaven that Jesus was both God and man. When Jesus was conceived of woman by the Holy Spirit that same Holy Spirit never left Him. The Holy Spirit not only prepared His humanity, the Holy Spirit also kept the unborn child free from the taint of a mother’s sin. Jesus was without sin from conception. The Holy Spirit remained with Jesus throughout all the temptations and sufferings of His life, even to death on the cross. It was the Holy Spirit that continually gave light, comfort and strength to Jesus’ human soul which He needed to accomplish His task.
That Holy Spirit shared the eternal counsels of the Godhead with Jesus to unify the consciousness of Christ so that there could be no possibility of division or dualism within Him. That’s why Jesus always knew what God wanted done and said what God wanted said. In light of that gracious ministry we can understand, in some measure, how the divine nature was acting under human conditions and how the human nature was acting in the fullest unity with the divine.