Divinity Thoughts

I see some problems that arise by the doctrine of the Divinity of Christ in his earthy time. 

First, it robs Christ of his humanity. Jesus was born by a woman just like you and I. He grew as a boy and he lived as a man. When he went to the cross he did it as a man. Not as God.

Second, it robs the church of it's power. If Jesus did what he did because he was God, we can not do the same things because we are not God. But if Jesus did what he did as a man used by God, we can do what he did. The greater works. We too can be used by God.

The doctrine of the Divinity of Christ on earth focuses on the wrong thing. Yes, Christ is exalted and he sits at the right hand of God today. But he was fully man on earth. He had to be human to pay for man's sins.

Claiming Christ as God means that we rely on human creativity and charisma to do anything for God today. Jesus said that he had to leave so that it would not all depend on us.

The same people who make Jesus divine also dismiss speaking in tongues and divine healing.

Just saying.