male identity and their own egalitarian commitments?
Third, women need not fear that since Christ did not come as a woman he cannot
human natures common to men and women alike. Much perhaps too much is made today of
differences between men and women, and I don`t deny that much of this discussion is true.
However, we must never forget the common human identity we all share, and with that, the
common kinds of fears, hopes, longings, aspirations, anxieties, weaknesses, limitations, etc. that
we share as human beings. Christ the man shared our (common) human nature, so that men and
women alike can have full confidence that he understands our plight (e.g., Heb 2:18; 4:15-16).
So, while Scripture clearly indicates Christ came as a man, and while our translations must
continue to render accurately the masculine references to Christ everywhere these are found, we
also realize that his coming as a man was therefore also as a human. As a man, he partook of our
nature to live a human life and bear our sins. Christ the man, yes. But, Christ in the human
nature of every man and woman, also, yes.