"He is Not Just a Man…"

Last Christmas one of the gifts I received was a CD of Christian hymns and songs. I was immediately struck by the message of the second song, titled "He is Not Just a Man."*
The lyrics express the good news that Jesus Christ is one with humankind and one with the Godhead:

The greatest gift to man from the Father
Would change us all in ways we’ve never seen;
Yet His first moments were in a manger,
And soon every living thing would call Him King,
yes they would.

Though we didn’t know it then, we would soon understand
That His life would reveal God’s perfect plan.

He is not just a man (He is God)
He is not just a baby (He is King)
No, He is not just a lamb
But the Lion of Judah, Savior and Ruler of all.

We’ve tried our very best to perceive Him.
Sometimes I think it way beyond our reach;
Will I guess that’s why He asked us to receive Him
With a childlike heart only believe;
And I hear Him ask again
Who do men say that I am?
And I feel the need to make the whole world see

He is not just a man (He is God)
He is not just a baby (He is King)
No, He is not just a lamb
But the Lion of Judah, Savior and Ruler of all.
But the Lion of Judah, Savior and Ruler of all, all
But the Lion of Judah, Savior and Ruler
He is not just a man -- He is God!
--Kim Rutherford and Charles Lester

In the centuries-old controversy over the person of Jesus, the Council of Chalcedon (A.D. 451) marked a significant milepost. Essentially, it agreed and proclaimed that Jesus Christ is fully God and fully man: ". . . we all with one voice teach that . . . our Lord Jesus Christ is one and the same God, the Same perfect in Godhead, the Same perfect in manhood, truly God and truly man, . . .[one] with the Father as to his Godhead, and . . .[one] with us as to his manhood; in all things like unto us, sin only excepted. . . ." —Cited in Justo L. Gonzalez, A History of Christian Thought, vol. 1 (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1970) p. 390.

For we have not an high priest

which cannot be touched
with the feeling of our infirmities;
but was in all points tempted like as we are,
yet without sin.
Hebrews 4:15

*I could not find the same artist that is on my CD, but here is the song on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4xaLgLpvLk

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