One of the most significant areas of misunderstanding about Jesus Christ and who he was --and is-- arises from not realizing that Jesus was one person who had two natures: the nature of God and the nature of man. So --about 2000 years ago-- the eternal Son of God took on genuine human nature when the baby Jesus was conceived by the Holy Spirit. If this fact is not kept in mind, then people are prone to believe and to promote false teaching about Christ.

Down through the centuries, biblical-thinking believers have come to understand that Christ's two natures (God & human) are distinct from each other and are not mixed or confused with each other, and yet they are inseparably and eternally united in one person. Along with this, most of the best Christian thinkers have maintained that along with his two natures, Christ had two centers of consciousness (two intelligences) and two wills --the human one being finite and fallible and the divine being infinite, unchanging and perfect.

--With this in mind, let us lay out two columns which compare the attributes of Jesus's God-nature, and then of his human-nature, in order to give us a better understanding of the life and ministry of Christ.