Sermon Tone Analysis

Remember back when you were in school, and there was always someone who messed up the curve.

Imagine sitting in class with Jesus.

Talk about messing up the curve!!! try beating him in geography… he created everything.

Imagine trying to beat him in bible drill… he wrote it… What kind of a pitcher would he be?

It brings up a question.

What kind of human was Jesus?

Was he like being around superman?

Imagine with me for a moment.

Imagine sitting in class with Jesus.

NO!!!

He was human like you and I.

When he hit his thumb with a hammer, it hurt him like it does you and I.

He might not have said some of the things that we might have said, but it hurt all the same.

Jesus was fully God… and fully man.

How do we know that Jesus was a man?

How do we know he was really human?

1. Jesus had a human birth.

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Jesus came into the world just like you and I did… he was born as a baby… helpless, vulnerable, dependent.

2.

He showed human growth.

Jesus grew intellectually.

Jesus grew physically.

Jesus grew spiritually.

Jesus grew socially.

Jesus was born with some superhuman baby brain, full of knowledge from the beginning.

He had to learn it just like we do.

He had to memorize the OT…eventhgough he wrote it.

Jesus experienced human emotions.

Most movies don’t show Jesus with emotions, but as a human, he had them.

Jesus felt grief.

(John 11:35)

John 11:35

Jesus grew up in a culture that knew how to express emotions.

When Jesus wept, it wasn’t a drip… trickling down his cheeks.

He wept openly and they wailed loudly.

They even tore their robes.

Jesus felt Sorrow.

(Matt 26:38)

Jesus felt amazement.

Jesus felt love.

Love for an unbeliever.

(Mark 10:21)

Love for his friends.

(John 11:5)

John 11:5

Love for his disciples.

(John 13:1)

Love for his mother.

(John 19:26-27)

Jesus felt wonder.

(Mark 6:6)

Jesus felt distress.

(Mark 14:33)

Mark

Jesus felt compassion.

(Mark 1:41)

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Jesus felt anger.

(Mark 3:5)

Anger is an emotion, not a sin.

What we do with our anger determines if it is a sin or not.

Jesus was angry but he did not sin.

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He had human experiences and needs.

He got tired.

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John 14:6

He got tired.

He got hungry.

(Matt 4:2)

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He got thirsty.

(John 19:28)

He was in agony.

(Luke 22:44)

He was tempted.

Matt 4:1-11

He died.

(Luke 23:46)

Luke

He experienced something we will all experience - death.

Why did he go through all of that?

Why did Jesus leave the perfection of heaven to become a man?

Because He Loves You!

The incarnation means “in the flesh” and it describes Jesus.

When he was born in Bethelhem, it was the incarnation of God into this world… God becoming flesh.

The conclusion: Jesus is fully man and fully God.

The council of Chalcedon was a group called together in 451 AD to deal with false teaching in that day about the nature of Jesus.

This council countered the false teachings of

Arius said that Jesus was not God… that he was a created being.

Apollinarius said Jesus was not human.

Nestorius distinguished between the divine and human nature of Jesus.

Council of Chalcedon

The council determined that Jesus exists in two natures which exist without confusion, without change, without division, without separation, the difference of the natures having in no wise taken away by reason of the union, but rather the properties of each being preserved and both continuing in one person.

Basically,

Jesus was 100% God & 100percent man 100 percent of the time

Jesus was not God indwelling a man.

He was not a man who became a god.

Nor was he God appearing to be a man.

He combined in one personality the two natures: God & man.

This is called

Hypostatic Union

It’s the union of undiminished deity & perfect humanity forever in one person.