The Scriptures clearly present Jesus as fully human and fully divine. He is one person, but he has two natures: one human and the other divine. Affirming the full humanity of Christ is critical to the Christian faith.
You use what "manner of" to suggest that the person or thing you are about to mention is of an unusual or unknown kind and there is much curiosity about what manner of man he was. It simply means that He was indescribeable, and unfanthomable.
Jesus has always been a man surrounded by controversy. The Disciples beheld His power first hand and were forced to ask, "What manner of man is this?" I have experienced Him at work in my life, as many of you have, and I am still asking "What manner of man is this?".
But the men marvelled, saying, What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him! The New International Version translates the passage as: The men were amazed and asked, "What kind of man is this? Even the winds and the waves obey him!"
In particular, they show that the personality of Jesus is marked by both compassion and justice. Jesus felt love and expressed anger. His love was directed toward those who suffered. His anger was aimed at religious hypocrisy and hardness of heart.
Will you now trust, believe and follow him?
By Olagunju Success Taiwo
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