
Introduction
Sometimes seeing clearly means changing our lenses
The concept behind Jesus humanity and divinity is
Three inadequate views of the person of Christ (Wayne Grudem)
a.
b.
c.
The Chalcedonian Definition of AD 45. 1,
“We, then, following the holy Fathers, all with one consent, teach men to confess one and the same Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, the same perfect in Godhead and also perfect in manhood; truly God and truly man, of a reasonable soul and body; consubstantial (same nature) with the Father according to the Godhead, and consubstantial (same nature) with us according to the Manhood; in all things like unto us,(yet) without sin; begotten before all ages of the Father according to the Godhead, and in these latter days, for us and for our salvation, born of the Virgin Mary, the Mother of God, according to the Manhood; one and the same Christ, Son, Lord, Only-begotten, to be acknowledged in
Scriptural Evidence of Jesus Humanity
1) He was
2) Jesus had human
27 “Now is my soul troubled. And what shall I say? ‘Father, save me from this hour’? But for this purpose I have come to this hour.
3) Jesus was a
The Temptation of Jesus
1 Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. 2 And after fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. 3 And the tempter came…
People near Jesus thought that he was a
For not even his brothers believed in him. – John 7:5
Jesus’ Full Humanity was necessary because
1) He
2) We needed a
3) We needed a
4) God wanted to fulfill his
5) We needed an
6) We needed an example of our
7) We needed a
Story
Three Scriptural evidence of Jesus Divinity
A) The word
John 1:1, 1:18, 20:28; Romans 9:5; Titus 2:13, Heb 1:8, 2Peter 1:1
B) The Word Lord
Luke 2:1, Luke 2:18, Luke 1:43, Matthew 3:3, Matthew 22:44, 1 Cor 8:6, Heb 1:10-12, Rev 19:6
C) Jesus claim that he was
John 8:57-58
Why was Jesus Deity necessary?
1) Only someone who is
2) Salvation is from the
3) Only one who was
Hypostatic Union of Christ:
Scripture has concluded that Jesus was fully God and fully human in one person. His deity was affirmed through explicit verses that calls him God and Lord and is verified by his actions and words that is only consistent of God Himself. In addition his divine nature is permanently united to his human nature and he lives forever not just as the second person of the trinity but also the man who was born of Mary and as Christ the Messiah and saviour of His people.
What will be your Response…
1) Commit your
2) Commit your
3) Commit your