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Pope Leo put it this way, � �It is as dangerous an evil to deny the truth of the human nature in Jesus as to refuse to believe that His glory is equal to that of the Father.� � And then John Knox would add, � �Unless it is agreed that Jesus as truly man, it does not greatly matter what else can be said of Him.� � In other words, it is better to over emphasize His humanity than it is His deity, which is what the church has done.
like God at least says something, and something important. To say that Jesus was not man, but like man is to condemn his entire life as a charade.� �

Are you getting the drift here?

It� �s nonsense to say that Jesus was fully human unless we interpret His life as though He were (are you ready?) fully human!. I like Marcion in many ways, but his docetism was way off the charts for me. In Christianity, Docetism (from the Greek- to seem) is the belief that Jesus� � physical body was an illusion- the opposite of the point I� �m stressing. (http://www.lrchouston.com)

Justin Martyr put it this way, � �Jesus had the body, soul, and spirit of a man. All the parts are found, and the specimen is judged to be a fair representative of the species in question. � �

Bottom line, while Jesus rose from Son of man to Son of God, he came as no cosmic visitor, but rather as one of us! And therein we have HOPE!