Jesus: The Man

So much attention has been paid to Jesus’ divinity that we have overlooked His humanity. He was born fully human, just like the rest of us. He was fully a man. He was tested in the same ways that all of us are tested. But, He transcended His humanness and opened the way to self-mastery by recognizing His Oneness with God.

This self-mastery was a progressive enfoldment, always growing, always expanding. One can see it in His reluctance to begin His ministry at the marriage feast in Cana (Jn.2:4), in His working through His anger in the temple (Mt.21:12), and in His initial snub of the Canaanite woman who asked help for her daughter (Mt.15:22-28). It is apparent that Jesus was always working to identify and experience His own spirituality. His teachings and healings are ample testimony to the continual expansion of His consciousness.

We can do it, too!

Jesus audaciously insisted that whatever He did, each of us can do. “He (she) who believes in me will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these will he (she) do” (Jn.14:12). This is a crucial statement, absolutely central to your transformation, because, it tells you that you can experience the same spiritual insights that Jesus had. He is promising you conscious communion with God if you will search the spiritual depth within yourself.