Did Jesus Fart?

I was driving my kids to school this morning, when my three children got on to the subject of farting.  My youngest daughter then asked me, “Did Jesus fart?”  

These are the deep theological discussions you have with pre-teen children!  

I responded, “Yes, honey Jesus farted.” 

She says, “But I thought Jesus was perfect?”

I then made a statement that I think a lot of Christians don’t understand: 

“Jesus was sinless, not perfect!”  

How do I back up this statement?

“For we do not have a high priest incapable of sympathizing with our weaknesses, but one who has been tempted in every way just as we are, yet without sin.” Hebrews 4:15

This one verse gives us an accurate snapshot of who Jesus is. 
100% human and 100% divine. 

I think it is so easy for us to diminish one of these two aspects.

On the one hand we diminish his humanity.  If just the title to this blog offended you then you probably diminish his humanity.  This view is reflected in the songs we sing.  Such as this popular Christmas Carol “Away in a Manger.”   The cattle are lowing, The baby awakes, But little Lord Jesus, No crying he makes!  

What? Jesus took on all of our weaknesses, even crying!  As I heard a preacher once say, “Jesus was like all babies, demand at one end and a problem at the other! 

Can you wrap your brain around that one?  The Creator of the universe takes on our weakness to the point that he must have someone else change his dirty diapers! 

That is the beauty of the Incarnation “God with us!”

The flip side of this coin is to deny Jesus divinity. 

“Come on, there is no way Jesus lived for 33 years and never once sinned!”

Statistics tell us that 1 out of 3 Christians believe that Jesus sinned. 

The huge problem with believing that Jesus sinned is that his death was for his own sins and not yours and mine.

It seems difficult to believe in someone who was 100% human and 100% divine. 
The math just doesn’t make sense!

But a savior who took on 100% of our weaknesses and yet was 100% sinless is exactly what we need.

It is also what the gospel writers portray for us. 

John says: “We proclaim to you the One who existed from the beginning.  We saw him with our own eyes and touched him with our own hands.”

Very early in Christianity people began to teach false ideas diminishing either Jesus’ humanity or divinity.  John wrote this letter to bring people back to the truth.  He says, “I was there. I experienced his humanity and his divinity.  Don’t deny either aspect!”

Why does this matter to you and I in 2015? 

Because no matter how deep of a pit of weakness you find yourself in, 

Jesus is there wrapping his arms around your weaknesses!  

He took on ALL of our humanity.

The beauty is that because he is God, he can also pull you out of that pit!