Why do we believe that Jesus Christ is human?

Explicit Points: (Formal declaration as article of faith)

1) Christ himself said that he is man.

John 8:40
Jesus said “But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I have heard of God: this did not Abraham.”

2) Apostles said that Christ is man.

a. 1 Tim 2:5,
“For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;”
This is a very strong declaration as proof that Christ is human.

b. Acts 2:22,
“Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know:”

c. 1 Cor 15:21-22,
“For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.”

d. Rom 5:15,
“But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many.”

e. 1 Cor 15:47,
“The first man is of the earth, earthy; the second man is the Lord from heaven.”

f. Acts 13:38,
“Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins:”

g. Hebrew 7:24,
“But this man, because he continueth ever, hath an unchangeable priesthood.”

h. Hebrew 10:12,
“But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God;”

i. Acts 17:31
“Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.”


3) The prophecy concerning Christ says about a man.
Isaiah 53:3
“He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.”

4) A healed believer testified that Christ is man.
John 9:11
“He answered and said, A man that is called Jesus made clay, and anointed mine eyes, and said unto me, Go to the pool of Siloam, and wash: and I went and washed, and I received sight.”

5) A woman expected Christ, the messiah as man.
John 4:29
“Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ?”