GOD BECAME A MAN

According to Scripture, Jesus came in the 'likeness of men'. Our salvation depends on the fact that His incarnation was complete in every way. The Son of God was 'fully human' and thus qualified to bear the sins of a lost and dying world ... 

And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth. (John 1:14)

Christ's 'humanity' did not countermand His 'divinity'. Our finite minds struggle to understand how He could be wholly man and wholly God at the same time. Yet, it was His dual nature that made redemption possible ... 

For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin. (Hebrews 4:15)

In order to be mankind's Savior, Jesus had to be born under the Law and perfectly obey it on our behalf ...  

Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill. (Matthew 5:17)

The only way that Christ's obedience could be credited to your account was for Him to pay a debt He did not owe. On Calvary's cross, He willingly exchanged His righteousness for your iniquity ...

For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him. (2 Corinthians 5:21)

The Lord gave His life to redeem all who would ever believe in Him. Without the 'incarnation', this would have been impossible. Christianity is defined by it ... 

Every spirit that acknowledges that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, but every spirit that does not acknowledge Jesus is not from God. (1 John 4:2-3)

Jesus came in 'human' flesh, experienced 'human' frailties, and shed 'human' blood for your sin ... this is the foundation upon which the Gospel rests.