The Person of Jesus Chris
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Intro
Intro
Three things we need to know about Jesus
He is God
He became a man
He is the savior
Read John 1:1-17
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. 4 In him was life, and the life was the light of men. 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. 6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. 7 He came as a witness, to bear witness about the light, that all might believe through him. 8 He was not the light, but came to bear witness about the light. 9 The true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world. 10 He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world did not know him. 11 He came to his own, and his own people did not receive him. 12 But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God, 13 who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God. 14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth. 15 (John bore witness about him, and cried out, “This was he of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me ranks before me, because he was before me.’ ”) 16 For from his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace. 17 For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
Jesus is God
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. 4 In him was life, and the life was the light of men. 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
Jesus was in the beginning
He was God
He created all things
15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. 16 For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him. 17 And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together. 18 And he is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent. 19 For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell,
We see a similar statement just made more clear
He is the image of the invisible God
The perfect image
The perfect representation
We are created in the the image of God
He is the image
We are flawed we have some likeness to but we are not
HE is perfect exact representation
Jesus is the creator
He does what only God can do creates from nothing
Not only does he create but he is in all things
All things were made by him
All things were made through him
He holds all things together
This sounds a lot like an attribute of God we looked at last week
Omnipresent
Omnipotent
Jesus does what only God can do because Jesus is God
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
Jesus Was Man
11 He came to his own, and his own people did not receive him. 12 But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God, 13 who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God. 14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.
The word became flesh vs. 14
He came to his own
6 who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, 7 but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. 8 And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.
Jesus was in the form of God
But he emptied himself of all that he was due
He was found in human form
16 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
God gave us his son in the form of a man
So that he could do what only God could which is to save us from our sin
Only God makes a way but its through the God man Jesus Christ
Remember its the offspring of the women that will crush the head of the serpent
A man
17 For if, because of one man’s trespass, death reigned through that one man, much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and the free gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man Jesus Christ. 18 Therefore, as one trespass led to condemnation for all men, so one act of righteousness leads to justification and life for all men. 19 For as by the one man’s disobedience the many were made sinners, so by the one man’s obedience the many will be made righteous.
Notice the one man
Paul does not say here by God’s doing but the act of a man
It is so important for us to know that Jesus was a man tempted in every way we are yet without sin
He has come to dwell among us so we have one who can sympathize with us
15 For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin.
Jesus as God emptied himself and took on the form of a human so that he can do what inly he could do
Save us
Jesus is savior
Go back to Romans 5:17-19
17 For if, because of one man’s trespass, death reigned through that one man, much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and the free gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man Jesus Christ. 18 Therefore, as one trespass led to condemnation for all men, so one act of righteousness leads to justification and life for all men. 19 For as by the one man’s disobedience the many were made sinners, so by the one man’s obedience the many will be made righteous.