As Man He could be hungry, thirsty and weary, that He might be a sympathetic High Priest.
As God He could still the winds and the waves, raise the dead and open the disciples’ understanding. He could and did communicate power. He knew the thoughts of those about Him and He could and did foretell the manner of His death. He is the eternal I Am (John 8:58).
To deny the full Godhead glory of the Lord Jesus Christ is to turn one’s back on the only Saviour. Those who do so will die in their sins (John 8:24). The Scripture says, “None . . . can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him” (Psa. 49:7). The Lord Jesus was perfect God and perfect Man as He walked here on earth. It is His person (God the Son) that gives value to the work of atonement He accomplished when lifted up on the cross (John 3:14). Thus we see that in order to have the knowledge of salvation as in John 3:16, one must believe in the person and the work of the Lord Jesus Christ. (See John 3:36.)
H. E. Hayhoe