God with us I
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· 1 viewJesus did not just die for us He came to live and show us the way to honour and glorify God. Having experienced first hand the humiliation of sin
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Introduction
Introduction
The whole plan from inspection is that man be with Him and have dominion over the earth and all things He created. However, because of since man lost that privilege which God in His mercies restored through His only begotten Son Jesus Christ.
He archived this not just by dying for us, He stood with us and experienced the burden of sin as we do, but without Sinning against God.
For the purpose of this teaching, though our focus will be on the humanity of Jesus, but for proper context of who Jesus is we will have a mention of His Divinity as well.
“With” is a function word used to indicate a participant [Jesus] in an action, transaction or arrangement.
Divinity of Jesus
Divinity of Jesus
He originated from God
No one has seen God at any time. The only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has declared Him.
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.
“He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
In this the love of God was manifested toward us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through Him.
He who believes in the Son of God has the witness in himself; he who does not believe God has made Him a liar, because he has not believed the testimony that God has given of His Son.
The key word being “begotten” which means originated from God.
It is important for us to understand that though Jesus is God, He walked this earth as Human who went through all we will every go through.
Seeing then that we have a great High Priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession.
For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin.
Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
The humanity of Jesus
The humanity of Jesus
Then Herod, when he had secretly called the wise men, determined from them what time the star appeared.
And he sent them to Bethlehem and said, “Go and search carefully for the young Child, and when you have found Him, bring back word to me, that I may come and worship Him also.”
When they heard the king, they departed; and behold, the star which they had seen in the East went before them, till it came and stood over where the young Child was.
When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceedingly great joy.
And when they had come into the house, they saw the young Child with Mary His mother, and fell down and worshiped Him. And when they had opened their treasures, they presented gifts to Him: gold, frankincense, and myrrh.
Then, being divinely warned in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed for their own country another way.
Now when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying, “Arise, take the young Child and His mother, flee to Egypt, and stay there until I bring you word; for Herod will seek the young Child to destroy Him.”
When he arose, he took the young Child and His mother by night and departed for Egypt,
Now when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,
saying, “Arise, take the young Child and His mother, and go to the land of Israel, for those who sought the young Child’s life are dead.”
Then Jesus came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. And Pilate said to them, “Behold the Man!”
Though he was God, he did not think of equality with God as something to cling to.
Instead, he gave up his divine privileges; he took the humble position of a slave and was born as a human being. When he appeared in human form,
he humbled himself in obedience to God and died a criminal’s death on a cross.
More than a problem solver
More than a problem solver
There is no doubt that man have a sin problem as expressed by Apostle Paul Rm 7:21-25
I have discovered this principle of life—that when I want to do what is right, I inevitably do what is wrong.
I love God’s law with all my heart.
But there is another power within me that is at war with my mind. This power makes me a slave to the sin that is still within me.
Oh, what a miserable person I am! Who will free me from this life that is dominated by sin and death?
Thank God! The answer is in Jesus Christ our Lord. So you see how it is: In my mind I really want to obey God’s law, but because of my sinful nature I am a slave to sin.
He stood with us to show us how to live free from the bondage of sin.
God, for whom and through whom everything was made, chose to bring many children into glory. And it was only right that he should make Jesus, through his suffering, a perfect leader, fit to bring them into their salvation.
So now Jesus and the ones he makes holy have the same Father. That is why Jesus is not ashamed to call them his brothers and sisters.
For he said to God, “I will proclaim your name to my brothers and sisters. I will praise you among your assembled people.”
He also said, “I will put my trust in him,” that is, “I and the children God has given me.”
Because God’s children are human beings—made of flesh and blood—the Son also became flesh and blood. For only as a human being could he die, and only by dying could he break the power of the devil, who had the power of death.
Only in this way could he set free all who have lived their lives as slaves to the fear of dying.
We also know that the Son did not come to help angels; he came to help the descendants of Abraham.
Therefore, it was necessary for him to be made in every respect like us, his brothers and sisters, so that he could be our merciful and faithful High Priest before God. Then he could offer a sacrifice that would take away the sins of the people.
Since he himself has gone through suffering and testing, he is able to help us when we are being tested.
This is why when he called us out to live a Holy life He said .... Just as i have been .... 1 Peter 1:16
because it is written, “Be holy, for I am holy.”
False Charges
False Charges
And the soldiers twisted a crown of thorns and put it on His head, and they put on Him a purple robe.
Then they said, “Hail, King of the Jews!” And they struck Him with their hands.
Pilate then went out again, and said to them, “Behold, I am bringing Him out to you, that you may know that I find no fault in Him.”
Then Jesus came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. And Pilate said to them, “Behold the Man!”
Therefore, when the chief priests and officers saw Him, they cried out, saying, “Crucify Him, crucify Him!” Pilate said to them, “You take Him and crucify Him, for I find no fault in Him.”
The Jews answered him, “We have a law, and according to our law He ought to die, because He made Himself the Son of God.”
He was humiliated with the crown of thorns hailed King yet presented to the crowd as a man “Behold the Man!”
Falsely accused of blasphemy Rev 2:10
Then I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, “Now salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of His Christ have come, for the accuser of our brethren, who accused them before our God day and night, has been cast down.
Treason John 19:12
From then on Pilate sought to release Him, but the Jews cried out, saying, “If you let this Man go, you are not Caesar’s friend. Whoever makes himself a king speaks against Caesar.”
These accusation form the very heart of sin against God
Blasphemy is cursing or undermining a being in this context God.
Treason is the crime of attacking a state authority to which one owes allegiance. The claim that He is king is seen as an affront to the Roman authority which as a matter of fact where oppressive and no love lost on either side.
In Gen 3 when saw Satan’s interaction whit man when the serpent quote God correctly by saying “...... you shall not eat it, nor shall you touch it, least you die”
The women went ahead and state the consequence, to which the serpent encourage her to doubt God’s word and act ion disobedience to that instruction.
The serpent undermined God and encouraged Eve to do likewise, and consequently attacked the authority of God’s word.
The consequence being death “… d You shall not eat it, nor shall you touch it, lest you die.’ ”
d Ex. 19:12, 13; Rev. 22:14
The New King James Version (1982). Nashville: Thomas Nelson, p. Ge 3:3.
Conclusion
Conclusion
Jesus is God that became man for our sake He was falsely accused and humiliated, experiencing all the predicament of sin that we will go through yet without sin. Showing us that we can and taking the burden away from us that believe.
He did not just tell us how to, He showed and lived how to live.
Questions
Questions
Have you been falsely accused?
Have you been falsely accused?
How did you go about it particularly where the cost of the accusation is very high?
Why did you think Jesus did not defend Himself
Have you found yourself ever having to act against your conscience?
Have you found yourself ever having to act against your conscience?
What are the factors that influenced your decisions?
Looking back do you think you could have acted otherwise.
If Jesus was by your side would you have taken the decision and why?
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