For Jesus to qualify as the perfect sacrifice on the cross for our sins he had to be fully human down to every last detail. Jesus had the same type of body, soul and spirit that we have. At conception God gave Jesus a piece of himself just like he did with you and me. The human spirit of Jesus is totally separate from the divine Spirit of Jesus that also entered the new embryo. From conception Jesus has had two spirits inside him, one I’ll call the human spirit and the other is the divine essence of Almighty God. All believers right now have the same thing. We have the spirit we were born with plus we have the Holy Spirit of God who took up residence inside us the moment we were saved unto eternal life. Jesus is inside you right now because Jesus is God just like the Holy Spirit is God. When the Bible talks about our being indwelt it uses Jesus and the Holy Spirit interchangeably.
Luke 23:46 – And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, He said, “Father, into Your hands I commit My spirit.”
In the above verse note the word spirit is not capitalized since it isn’t the divine Spirit of Jesus he’s giving up to God at his death but his human spirit. Jesus’ whole life is an example for us follow and in this instance it also let’s us know what happens to the spirit of the believer when they die. Jesus was fully human in life and he was fully human in death. Jesus’ human spirit wasn’t given any special privileges at death. Jesus’ spirit went back to the God that gave it to him to show us that’s exactly what happens to us as well. Each human being is born with a sin nature from Adam’s fall so we’re condemned already. Then we all sin against God during our lifetime because we can’t help it. We live in a sin-filled world under the sway of Satan and he does his best to corrupt us every day. Satan is very good at getting us to sin.
Jesus came to reconcile us to God. Jesus’ death gave us the right to be forgiven of our sins by God if we believe in Jesus and ask for our sins to be forgiven. Removing our sins is critical because God doesn’t allow sin in heaven. We can’t enter heaven with our sins. You can do the greatest works the world has ever known but that won’t help you get to heaven. Our sins must be forgiven for us to get into heaven and that only happens through faith in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. Without forgiveness of sin our spirit remains unclean because our sins clings to our spirit like a leach that’ll ultimately drag our eternal soul down to hell if we don’t expel those sins. Have you noticed in the Bible Jesus often referred to demons as unclean spirits? They are invisible spirit beings without form so how can they be unclean? Spirits can’t get dirty in the typical way we’re familiar with. They are unclean because their sins cling to their spirit just like it does to ours. We can’t see the sin but it’s there just the same because God says it is and God cannot lie. It’s all about our unseen and unforgiven sin which makes any spirit unclean and unacceptable to a holy God who is without sin; a God who hates sin; a God who will not allow sin to be where he is.
Jesus never gave up his divine powers but he also never used them during during his lifetime. Jesus totally depended on the power and wisdom of the Holy Spirit during his life and ministry here on earth. This is significant because as believers indwelt by the same Holy Spirit we should be able to do exactly what Jesus did. Jesus said as much in the Bible. We see an example in the Apostle Peter who performed miracles, healed the sick and raised the dead just like Jesus. We just don’t seem to have the confidence and faith to pull that off today. When Jesus rose from the dead in his resurrected body his human spirit returned to him. The divine Spirit of Jesus also returned to take up residence in Jesus’ resurrected body. Both spirits will remain with Jesus forever. After all, Jesus’ human spirit became separate and eternal at conception and has to go somewhere for eternity and back home in Jesus’ resurrected body is the only place that could be. That’s one of the reasons Jesus will retain his human body going forward forever. In heaven Jesus will be wholly human and wholly God just like he was here on earth.
Just like Jesus, we’ll also receive an immortal resurrected body at some point after we die and our spirit will return to that new body. We’ll all be indwelt by the Holy Spirit in heaven just like we are here on earth which is the reason we’ll be unable to sin in heaven. Our sin nature will be gone and the Tempter will be chained in the bottomless pit. God has the responsibility for making sure we can’t sin in heaven. Anyone who doesn’t believe Jesus is the Son of God, that Jesus is God in the flesh, is a fool. That’s not me talking. God says that in the Bible. Respond gently to those making such a claim so as to not offend them. Pull out the Bible and prove them wrong. The deity of Jesus Christ is shown in the Old Testament witness of King David, the prophets Isaiah and Daniel, and God himself.
Psalm 14:1 – The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none who does good.
Psalm 110:1 – The Lord said to My Lord, “Sit at My right hand, till I make Your enemies Your footstool.”
Isaiah 9:6 – For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given; and the government will be upon His shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
Daniel 7:13-14 – I was watching in the night visions, and behold, One like the Son of Man, coming with the clouds of heaven! He came to the Ancient of Days, and the brought Him near before Him. Then to Him was given dominion and glory and a kingdom, that all peoples, nations, and languages should serve Him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and His kingdom the one which shall not be destroyed.
Throughout all four New Testament gospels of Jesus Christ there are repeated references to the omnipotence, omnipresence, and omniscience of Jesus. In the New Testament epistles the giants of the Christian faith testify to the deity of Christ. We hear it from the Apostles Peter, John and Paul. Two of Jesus’ brothers, James and Jude, also testify that Jesus was God. If you believe in God and the Bible you must believe Jesus is the Son of God and that Jesus is God. The evidence for God and Jesus is conclusive and overwhelming.