CadyandZoe
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The term deity connotes several aspects of God that distinguish him from his creation: eternality, infinity, immutability, self-sufficiency, omnipotence, omniscience, omnipresence, and transcendence.How can you deny the deity of Christ but still insist He is NOT God? How do you define the deity of God?
Jesus, as a man, lacks the divine qualities that distinguish God from his creation. He walked the earth, ate bread, cried, didn't know the times or seasons, grew from childhood to adulthood, needed his mother's care, needed his father's protection, traveled from city to city, and died for our sins. These are human attributes and limitations.
But Jesus is not like other men. He is sinless, and he is God's image in a way that no other human being can be. He is the exact representation of God's character and his will. No other human being will be God incarnate as Jesus is.