The Works of Jesus

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The Works of Jesus

• The Incarnation

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What was actually accomplished in the Incarnation?
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The Big Picture
GOD
GOD and Man
GOD and Man
Man vs. GOD
GOD and a chosen People
GOD and a chosen People
The GOD-Man
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Genesis 126-31, 38a

• They heard the sound of the Lord God walking in
  the garden in the cool of the day,

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The Big Picture
GOD
GOD and Man
GOD and Man
Man vs. GOD
GOD and a chosen People
GOD and a chosen People
The GOD-Man
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The Big Picture
GOD
GOD and Man
GOD and Man
Man vs. GOD
GOD and a chosen People
GOD and a chosen People
The GOD-Man
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Then, man said no

• Genesis 36-7
• Romans 118-25
• 1 John 216

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The Big Picture
GOD
GOD and Man
GOD and Man
Man vs. GOD
GOD and a chosen People
GOD and a chosen People
The GOD-Man
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Romans 510

• 10 For if while we were enemies we were
  reconciled to God through the death of His Son,
  much more, having been reconciled, we shall be
  saved by His life.

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This is a BIG Problem

• remember that you were at that time separate from
  Christ

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What we needed

• But now in Christ Jesus you who formerly were
  far off have been brought near by the blood of
  Christ. (Eph. 213)
• This happened First in the Incarnation itself!

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The Big Picture
GOD
GOD and Man
GOD and Man
Man vs. GOD
GOD and a chosen People
GOD and a chosen People
The GOD-Man
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Behold, the virgin shall be with child and shall
bear a Son, and they shall call His name
Immanuel, which translated means, God with us.

• Isaiah 714 Matthew 123

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The Names

• Immanuel means God With Us
• Jesus (Yeshua) means To Save

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Jesus is The GodMan

• Jesus in the Incarnation reconciles God and Man,
  generally speaking

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The Works of Jesus

• The Seven Signs

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Two Terms

• Synoptics Gospels (Matt., Mark, Luke)
• Miracle
• dunamis
• John
• Sign
• seimion

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Marks of a sign

• (1) Is a given work performed by Jesus as part of
  his public ministry?
• (2) Is an event explicitly identified as a sign
  in Johns Gospel?
• (3) Does the event, with its concomitant
  symbolism, point to Gods glory displayed in
  Jesus, thus revealing Jesus as Gods true
  representative?

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Sections in John

• Book of Signs 1-12
• Book of Glory 13-21

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The Seven Signs of John

• Sign

• Meaning

• (1) The turning of water into wine at the wedding
  in Cana (2111)
• (2) Clearing the Temple (213-25)
• (3) The healing of the officials son (44654)
• (4) The healing of the lame man (5115)
• (5) The feeding of the multitude (6115)
• (6) The healing of the man born blind (chap. 9)
• (7) The raising of Lazarus (chap. 11)

• Better Covenant/ purification
• Purity in Worship/ Jesus is the Place
• Gods glory displayed in Jesus
• Gods glory displayed in Jesus
• Christ is the Bread of Life
• Sickness not of this world
• Christ is the resurrection and the Life

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The Miracles

• 4 Jesus answered and said to them, Go and
  report to John what you hear and see
• 5 the blind receive sight and the lame walk, the
  lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear, the dead
  are raised up, and the poor have the gospel
  preached to them.
• 6 And blessed is he who does not take offense
  at Me.
• Matthew 114-6
• TRULY THE MIRACLES EXISTED TO POINT US TO HIM,
  BUT . . .

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The miracles and signs and EVERYTHING exist to
explain Him . . .

• LUKE 2427
• THE STRANGER ON THE ROAD TO EMMAUS

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The Works of Jesus

• The Cross

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He was lifted up

• The OT connection is Numbers 211-9
• The lifted up has a double-meaning
• Crucifixion
• Exaltation

• John 311-15
• John 821-30
• John 1227-43

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The Death/Life Seam Romans 510

• For if while we were enemies we were reconciled
  to God through the death of His Son, much more,
  having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His
  life.

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The Works of Jesus

• The Resurrection

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The Resurrection

• 1 Corinthians 15
• 1-2 The Gospel named
• 3-11 The Gospel event told
• 12-19 Resurrection must be real
• 20-28 The details of resurrection
• 29-57 The qualities of resurrection
• 58The encouragement of resurrection

• Christ really . . .
• Lived
• Died
• Rose from the Dead
• The resurrection is empirical - verifiable
• The resurrection affects us
• The resurrection is what everything hangs on
  everything (1514 17)

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1 Corinthians 1517

• . . . and if Christ has not been raised, your
  faith is worthless you are still in your sins.

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Truly . . .

• It was life that we were given back . . . That
  is, sin separated us from God killed us. We
  were meant to live.

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The Works of Jesus

• The Incarnation, Signs, Miracles, Death
  Resurrection