What’s the Nature of Jesus?

▸ Jesus is both wholly ____________ and fully ____________

John 3:16 – For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. (New King James Version)

John 1:1 – 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. . . . 14 And the Word became flesh and lived among us, and we have seen his glory, the glory as of a father’s only son, full of grace and truth. (New Revised Standard Version)

Hebrews 1:3 – The Son radiates God’s own glory and expresses the very character of God, and he sustains everything by the mighty power of his command. When he had cleansed us from our sins, he sat down in the place of honor at the right hand of the majestic God in heaven. (New Living Translation)

What Did Jesus Come To Do?

1 Corinthians 15:3-8 – 3 I passed on to you what was most important and what had also been passed on to me. Christ died for our sins, just as the Scriptures said. 4 He was buried, and he was raised from the dead on the third day, just as the Scriptures said. 5 He was seen by Peter and then by the Twelve. 6 After that, he was seen by more than 500 of his followers at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have died. 7 Then he was seen by James and later by all the apostles. 8 Last of all, as though I had been born at the wrong time, I also saw him. (New Living Translation)

▸ Jesus came to _____________ for your sins

Romans 5:8 – But God proves His own love for us in that while we were still sinners Christ died for us! (Holman’s Christian Standard Bible)

Romans 6:23 – For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. (English Standard Version)

Important terms to know:

• Propitiation – On the cross, Jesus died to _________________ the just demands of God against sin

• Atonement – God overcame sin through Jesus’ obedience and death to _______________________ you to right relationship with God

• Substitutionary – Jesus died in ____________ ____________, paying the price for your sins

What Will You Do with Jesus?

▸ It is necessary to ________________________ in Him

▸ Each individual must _______________________ Him

John 14:6 – Jesus answered, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. The only way to the Father is through me.” (New Century Version)

Acts 4:12 – Only Jesus has the power to save! His name is the only one in all the world that can save anyone. (Contemporary English Version)

▸ You and I must __________________ Him

2 Corinthians 5:18-20 – 18 And all of this is a gift from God, who brought us back to himself through Christ. And God has given us this task of reconciling people to him. 19 For God was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself, no longer counting people’s sins against them. And he gave us this wonderful message of reconciliation. 20 So we are Christ’s ambassadors; God is making his appeal through us. We speak for Christ when we plead, “Come back to God!” (New Living Translation)