[Peter Debelak]

Originally Posted by djohnson

Ohio no I don't think I'm straining gnats in asking for a working definition of "humanity" and I am surprised that you would think so. Why? Because I am a human and it's complicated. Is Christ's humanity just a matter of his physical body i.e. his flesh? Is that the definition? Because as a human I would find that to be quite superficial and trite. And if it is not the complete definition then what is?

Should we just repeat things by mindless rote or should we ask some questions about it before jumping to conclusions. I choose the latter.

While not a definition of "humanity," here are some thoughts from Spurgeon:

As He grows up, the very growth shows how completely human He is. He does not spring into full manhood at once, but He grows in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man. When he reaches man’s estate, He gets the common stamp of manhood upon His brow. "In the sweat of thy brow shalt thou eat bread" is the common heritage of us all, and He receives no better. The carpenter’s shop must witness to the toils of a Savior, and when He becomes the preacher and the prophet, still we read such significant words as these—"Jesus, being weary sat thus on the well." We find Him needing to betake Himself to rest in sleep. He slumbers at the stem of the vessel when it is tossed in the midst of the tempest. Brethren, if sorrow be the mark of real manhood, and "man is born unto trouble as the sparks fly upward," certainly Jesus Christ has the truest evidence of being a man. If to hunger and to thirst be signs that He was no shadow, and His manhood no fiction, you have these. If to associate with His fellow-men, and eat and drink as they did, will be proof to your mind that He was none other than a man, you see Him sitting at a feast one day, at another time He graces a marriage-supper, and on another occasion He is hungry and "hath not where to lay His head" (C. H. Spurgeon).