God The Son, The Executor of the Plan

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God The Son,The Executor of the Plan

• His Incarnation

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His Incarnation

• Christ became at the same time and in the
  absolute sense very God and very man.
• In becoming flesh He, though laying aside His
  glory, in no sense laid aside His deity.

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His Incarnation

• If He were not man,
• He could not die
• If He were not God,
• His death would not have had
• infinite value.

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His Incarnation

• John states that Christ who was one with God and
  was God from all eternity,
• John 11
• became flesh and tabernacled among us.
• John 114
• Paul likewise states that Christ, who was in the
  form of God, took upon Himself the likeness of
  men
• Philippians 26-7

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His Incarnation

• God was manifest in the flesh
• 1 Timothy 316
• and He who was the full revelation of Gods glory
  was the exact image of His person.
• Hebrews 13
• Luke, in greater detail, presents the historical
  fact of His incarnation, as to both His
  conception and His birth
• Luke 126-38
• Luke 25-7

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His Incarnation

• He was weary - John 46
• yet He called the weary to Himself for rest.
• Matthew 1128
• He was hungry - Matthew 42
• yet He was the bread of life. - John 635
• He was thirsty - John 1928
• yet He was the water of life. - John 737

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His Incarnation

• He was in agony - Luke 2244
• yet He healed all manner of disease
• and soothed every pain.
• He grew, and waxed strong in spirit
• Luke 240
• yet He was from all eternity. - John 858
• He was tempted - Matthew 41
• yet He, as God, could not be made to sin.

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His Incarnation

• He became self-limited in knowledge
• Luke 252
• yet He was the wisdom of God.
• He said (with reference to His humiliation, being
  made for a little time lower than the angels) -
  Hebrews 26-7
• My Father is greater than I, - John 1428
• yet also he who has seen me
• has seen the Father, - John 149
• and I and my Father are one - John 1030

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His Incarnation

• He prayed, - Luke 612
• yet He answered prayer. - Acts 1031
• He wept at the tomb, - John 1135
• yet He called the dead to arise - John 1143
• He asked, Whom do men say that I the son of man
  am?, - Matthew 1613
• yet He needed not that any should testify of
  man for he knew what was in man
• John 225

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His Incarnation

• He said, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken
  me?, - Matthew 2746
• yet it was the very God to whom He cried Who was,
  at that moment in Christ, reconciling the world
  unto himself.
• 2 Corinthians 519
• He died,
• yet He is eternal life.
• He was Gods ideal man,
• and mans ideal God.

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The Fact of Christs Humanity

• 1. The humanity of Christ was purposed from
  before the foundation of the world.
• 2. Every type and prophecy of the Old Testament
  concerning Christ was an anticipation of the
  incarnate Son of God.
• 3. The fact of the humanity of Christ is seen in
  His annunciation and birth.
• Luke 131-35

Ephesians 311
Ephesians 14-7
Revelation 138
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The Fact of Christs Humanity

• 4. His life here on earth revealed His humanity
• by His human names
• by His human parentage

The man Christ Jesus
The son of man
The Son of David
seed of David
the fruit of the loins
of this mans seed
seed of Abraham
made of a woman
her firstborn
sprang from Judah
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The Fact of Christs Humanity

• 4. His life here on earth revealed His humanity
• by the fact that He possessed a human body, soul,
  and Spirit
• by His self-imposed human limitations.

Matthew 2638
John 1321
1 John 42, 9
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The Fact of Christs Humanity

• 5. The humanity of Christ is seen in His death
  and resurrection.
• 6. The fact of the humanity of Christ is seen in
  that He ascended to heaven and is now, in His
  human glorified body, ministering for His own.
• 7. When He comes again it will be the same
  Jesus coming as He went, in the same body
  (though glorified) in which He became incarnate.

Acts 19
1 John 21
Acts 110-11
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Reason for the Incarnation

• He came to reveal God to men
• He came to reveal man.
• 1 Peter 221
• He came to provide a sacrifice for sin.
• Hebrews 101-10

John 149
Matthew 1127
Romans 58
1 John 316
John 118
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Reason for the Incarnation

• He came in the flesh that He might destroy the
  works of the Devil.
• He came into the world that He might be a
  merciful and faithful high priest in things
  pertaining to God.

John 1231
Hebrews 214
Colossians 213-15
John 1611
1 John 38
Hebrews 216-17
Hebrews 81
Hebrews 911-12, 24
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Reason for the Incarnation

• 6. He came in the flesh that He might fulfill the
  Davidic covenant
• In His glorified human body He will appear and
  reign as KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS, and
  will sit on the throne of His father David.

2 Samuel 716
Acts 230-31, 36
Romans 158
Luke 131
Luke 132
Revelation 1916
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Reason for the Incarnation

• 7. As incarnate, He becomes Head over all things
  to the church, which is the new creation, the new
  humanity.

Ephesians 122
1 Corinthians 1545
Philippians 321
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His Incarnation

• The eternal Son, Jehovah-God,

The Son of Mary
The boy of Nazareth
The teacher and healer of Judea
The guest of Bethany
The Lamb of Calvary
The King of Glory
The Savior of men
The High Priest
The coming Bridegroom and Lord.
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• 1. What two important truths must be realized in
  understanding the incarnation of the Son of God?
• Christ became at the same time and in the
  absolute sense very God and very man
• In becoming flesh He, though laying aside His
  glory, in no sense laid aside His deity.
• 2. Why is it important to uphold both the full
  deity and the full humanity of Christ?
• If He were not man, He could not die
• If He were not God, His death would not
  have had infinite value.

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• What evidence is there that Christ had a full
  humanity?
• What evidence is there that Christ had normal
  human experiences?

John 114
Philippians 27
Luke 25-7
Luke 126-38
He was weary - John 46
HE DIED
He grew, and waxed strong in spirit - Luke 240
He wept at the tomb, - John 1135
He was thirsty - John 1928
He asked, Whom do men say that I the son of man
am?
He became self-limited in knowledge - Luke 252
He said, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken
me? Matthew 2746
He prayed, - Luke 612
He was tempted - Matthew 41
He was in agony - Luke 2244
He said (with reference to His humiliation, being
made for a little time lower than the angels) -
Hebrews 26-7 My Father is greater than I, -
John 1428
He was hungry - Matthew 42
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• 5. How is the fact of His deity also asserted
  even while Christ was on earth?

He called the weary to Himself for rest. Matthew
1128
He was from all eternity. John 858
He answered prayer. Acts 1031
He was the bread of life. John 635
He, as God, could not be made to sin.
He called the dead to arise John 1143
He was the wisdom of God.
He needed not that any should testify of man
for he knew what was in man John 225
He was the water of life. John 737
He said he who has seen me has seen the
Father, John 149
It was the very God to whom He cried Who was, at
that moment in Christ, reconciling the world
unto himself. Corinthians 519
He healed all manner of disease and soothed every
pain.
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• 6. How is the incarnation related to Gods
  revelation to man?
• Every type and prophecy of the Old Testament
  concerning Christ was an anticipation of the
  incarnate Son of God. He came to reveal God to
  men.
• 7. How is the incarnation related to Christs
  sacrifice for sin?
• He came to provide a sacrifice for sin.
• Hebrews 101-10

Romans 58
Matthew 1127
1 John 316
John 149
John 118
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• 8. What is the relationship between destroying
  the works of the devil and the incarnation?
• He came in the flesh that He might destroy the
  works of the Devil.
• 9. How is the incarnation related to Christs
  office as High Priest?
• He came into the world that He might be a
  merciful and faithful high priest in things
  pertaining to God.

John 1611
John 1231
1 John 38
Colossians 213-15
Hebrews 214
Hebrews 911-12, 24
Hebrews 216-17
Hebrews 81
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• 10. What is the relationship of the Davidic
  covenant to the incarnation?
• He came in the flesh that He might fulfill the
  Davidic covenant
• 11. How is the position of Christ as Head over
  the church related to the incarnation?
• As incarnate, He becomes Head over all things
  to the church, which is the new creation, the
  new humanity.
• Ephesians 122

2 Samuel 716
Luke 131
Acts 230-31, 36
Revelation 1916
Romans 158
Luke 132