The Two Natures Of Christ

Jesus had to be fully God and fully man to die for the sins of the world, and here is why: "If the sharing between the divine nature and the human nature does not or cannot occur, then the blood that Jesus shed at the cross that we are told repeatedly cleanses us from all sins can't cleanse us from all sin, it's just human blood. The reason that some random man can't die for our sins is two-fold: One is because he has to die for his own sins, and two, if he is just a man and is actually sinless, then he could die for one other person, but we needed a redeemer who could die for all of us and that requires more. If Jesus' human nature doesn't share in the divine power, then Jesus can't be a substitute for all of our sins; there has to be a divine power that extends the merits of that death to all people; otherwise, the Redemption doesn't exist."

-Dr. Jacob Corzine

Words Of Institution

"The natural understanding of the words of institution 'This is my body; this is my blood,' and you extend that then also the words, 'Do this in remembrance of me,' already provide a proper understanding of the Lord's Supper. Because you can't do what Jesus is doing with His disciples if you can't repeat that; if you can't do the same thing He is doing with them. So when Jesus says, 'This is my body,' of course, we take Him at His word that it is His body, and it has to be His body down the road in the future. So then, the natural understanding of the words already creates a proper understanding of the Lord's Supper."

-Dr. Jacob Corzine