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*LESSON THREE*
*WHAT DID GOD DO ABOUT THE PROBLEM?*
/We have seen in the Bible that God, the Creator, made human beings and wants to fellowship with them.
But they deliberately chose to reject and disobey God, and by doing so were cut off from direct contact with God, the source of life.
Man is therefore responsible for the death he brought on himself, but God promised a solution, saying it would be given through a descendant of the woman./
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/God must have been deeply hurt when the people he had made turned against him and caused estrangement and death for the whole human race.
And love for them would cause him to search for ways to reestablish contact and communicate with them, and to rescue and restore them.
In this lesson we will begin to see what God's solution to the problem is, and also how he communicated with us./
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| *John 1* |
*I - JESUS CHRIST, "THE WORD" -- *
/To begin with, think a moment about "words."
How would you define "word"?
What is the purpose or function of words?/
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/With that in mind, consider the following part of the Bible which talks about a certain "Word."/
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| *John 1:1-4, 10-11* |
1.
What facts do verses 1-4 give about this special "Word"?
2.
According to verses 10-11, what was the response of people to this person when he came into the world?
| *John 1:14-18* |
3.
a.
In what form did the Word come into the world, according to the beginning of verse 14?
b.
After becoming a man, whom did Jesus Christ, "the Word," make known (v.18)?
c.
How is this role related to the fact that he is called “the Word”?
/The Gospel of John uses this explanation about the Word as the introduction to writing about Jesus Christ.
Calling him the Word, this is saying that Jesus Christ is God, the Creator, and that he became a man and "made known" (communicated) God to us.
Calling him Christ (which means Messiah) is a claim that he is the promised "seed of the woman" who is to conquer Satan and solve the enormous problem of sin and its disastrous effects./
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/These are astonishing claims to make.
It is a matter of historical record that Jesus was born as a human being about 2000 years ago, that he lived about 33 years and was put to death on a Roman cross.
But is there any evidence that he was more than an ordinary human being?
In this lesson we will examine the Bible record of what he was like, what he said about himself, and some of what he did to substantiate what he said.
Let's see what brought John to the conclusion that Jesus was God, the Creator, become a man to reveal God to us./
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*II - WHAT JESUS CLAIMED ABOUT HIMSELF *
| *John 8:56-59 * |
/As you read this passage remember that Abraham lived about 2000 B.C., long before Jesus said these things./
1.
a.
In verse 58, as Jesus compares himself to Abraham, who does he say lived first?
b.
What, then, is Jesus claiming about himself?
2. How did the Jews react to that claim of Jesus?
/In the Old Testament one of the names by which God identifies himself is the "I AM." Jesus is using that name for himself in this sentence (v.58).
The Jews were shocked and outraged at what seemed to them blasphemy, the Biblical penalty for which was death by stoning./
| *John 10:30-38* |
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3. What do the Jews understand Jesus to be claiming?
4. According to Jesus, what do his "works" (i.e.
miracles) reveal about himself?
(v.37-38)
| *John 14:6-11* |
/In this section Jesus is talking with his disciples, who wanted to understand what he said, rather than the people who were opposing him/.
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5. What did Jesus claim about himself in verse 6?
6.
What does Jesus say in these verses about the relationship between the Father (i.e.
God) and himself)?
/These words of Jesus mean he claims to be the God of Genesis 1. Who beside Jesus ever claimed that?
Neither Mohammed nor Buddha nor any other person ever has.
But Jesus Christ clearly did./
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*III - HOW JESUS PROVIDED EVIDENCE FOR HIS CLAIMS*
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| *I Peter 2:22* |
/Peter was one of Jesus" disciples and knew him well from being with him for over three years./
1.
What does Peter say about Jesus here?
2.
Why is this unusual?
| *Mark 1:30-34, 40-42* |
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3. In these verses, over what kinds of things did Jesus demonstrate power?
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/These are just examples from the many accounts in the four gospels where Jesus showed that he had power over diseases and demons./
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| *Mark 4:35-41 * |
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4. a.
When were the disciples most frightened?
b.
What were the surrounding conditions when they were "terrified"?
(v.
41)
c.
Why do you think they would suddenly fear Jesus so much?
5.
a.
What method did Jesus use to calm the storm?
b.
What method did God use when he created the universe?
Compare Genesis 1:3,6,9,etc.
/Since God created the universe by "speaking," it is not surprising that Jesus, who is claiming to be God, could influence and control nature by speaking.
Many of Jesus' miracles were done in this way./
| *John 11:17-27,38-48, 53* |
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6.
What did Jesus claim about himself in verse 25?
7.
What evidence did he give to support that claim?
8.
a.
By what method did he raise Lazarus from the dead?
b.
In his prayer, what did Jesus say this miracle would reveal to the people who were watching?
/The Jewish leaders admitted (v.47) -- indeed could not refute the fact -- that Jesus was doing miracles, which is a clear indication that they really happened.
The leaders, however, decided to murder Jesus rather than face up to the implications of those miracles.
We need to consider if we are being like the Jewish leaders, determined not to believe regardless of the evidence, or like the disciples, who asked, "Who then is this?" and were looking and listening receptively./
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| *Mark 8:31, 9:31,10:33-34* |
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9. a.
What does Jesus predict will happen to himself?
b.
How will he die?
c.
What does he say will happen afterward?
10.
If what he has predicted does NOT happen, can we trust the other statements he made?
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\\ *IV - THE RESURRECTION OF JESUS CHRIST*
/With so much hatred obviously building up against him, it was not necessarily supernatural for Jesus to predict his murder.
But resurrection?
Preposterous, if he was an ordinary man.
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