Was Jesus fully man and fully God at the same time?
Scripture presents Jesus Christ as both totally man and totally God at the same time. Philippians 2 describes Him being found in fashion as a human being, yet without sin, humbling Himself and becoming obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. He did not become a sinner but took the sinner's place as substitute, remaining who He was.
Les explains from Philippians 2 that Jesus was found in fashion as a man—totally man—but was also totally God. His humanity did not erase His deity. In His substitutionary work, He took upon Himself all the sins of the human race without becoming a vile sinner, just as the ram in Abraham's account became the substitute for Isaac without becoming Isaac. Les says this is the bedrock of salvation: it is beyond human comprehension, yet simple enough that God asks us to believe it.
But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:
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