A. L. Graebner
99 - Duality of Natures
From Outlines of Doctrinal Theology.
Graebner Text
99 - Duality of Natures
1.Of the two natures personally united in Christ, the one, the divine nature, is and ever was truly and essentially divine,
John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word … and the Word was God.
John 17:5 And now, O Father, glorify Thou Me with Thine own self with the glory which I had with Thee before the world was.
John 8:58 Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.
2. and the other, the human nature, is and from its conception was essentially human,
I Timothy 2:5 There is one God, and one Mediator … the Man Christ Jesus.
Luke 9:56 For the Son of Man is not come to destroy men’s lives, but to save them.
Romans 9:5 Of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came.
3. consisting of a human body
Luke 24:39 Behold My hands and My feet, etc.
Matthew 26:12 For in that she hath poured this ointment on My body, she did it for My burial.
John 2:21 But He spake of the temple of His body.
Matthew 21:18 As He returned into the city, He hungered.
4. and a human rational soul,
Matthew 26:38 My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death.
Luke 23:46 Father, into Thy hands I commend My spirit: and having said thus, He gave up the ghost.
5. with its own human intelligence and will,
Luke 2:52 And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man.
Luke 22:42 Father, if Thou be willing, remove this cup from Me: nevertheless not My will, but Thine, be done.
6. there being in the one person a union and not a mixture of natures.
Matthew 16:13, 16 Whom do men say that I, the Son of Man, am? (16) And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.