7.

From conception, the Son limited his divine life in such a way that he did not
override the limitations of his human nature.

As a result of the incarnation, the divine Son lives as a true man with the normal
physical, mental, volitional, and psychological attributes and capacities of
original humanity. As the incarnate Son, he experienced the wonder and weaknesses
of a completely human life. He grew in wisdom and physical stature (Luke 2:52),
experienced tears and joy, and suffered death and a glorious resurrection for his
people’s salvation (John 11:33, 35; 19:30; 1 Cor. 15:3–4).

8. But the Son was not limited to his human nature alone since he continued to act
in and through his divine nature.

This truth is best demonstrated in the incarnate Son’s continuing to sustain the
universe (Col. 1:16–17; Heb. 1:3), alongside Christ’s other divine actions during
his life and ministry. In Christ, there are two natures that remain distinct and
retain their own attributes and integrity, yet the Son is able to act through both
natures. For this reason, the Son is not completely circumscribed by his human
nature; he is also able to act outside of it in his divine nature.

When and how the Son acts through both natures is best explained in terms of
Trinitarian relations worked out in redemptive history for the sake of our
salvation. The Son, who has always inseparably acted from the Father and by the
Spirit, continues to do so but now as the obedient Son acting as our covenant
representative and substitute. In the incarnation, neither the Son’s deity nor his
humanity is diminished.