How can Jesus be both God and human? It's a question that most of us have had to sort through at some point and this chapter brings more truth to add. The people from Nazareth, the hometown of Jesus, saw Him as only human. They knew He was the son of a carpenter. They knew His family memebers. Some, we might assume, knew Him as a child playing, growing, and being friends with their kids. It was impossible for some of them to make the transition from His being a man to also being their Savior. They only saw one side of who Jesus really was and to see only one side is to miss it all.
It strikes me how both are so important. In being a man Jesus experienced what we do each day. He faced temptations and hardship, but did not sin (Heb 4:14-16). There had to be a sacrifice for sin. Someone who could come and face the law with a perfect life. That being said, Jesus is also God. He and the Father are one.
How gracious our Father was to send us a Savior that was both God and man. Jesus, you gave your life that we might live.
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