Thanks again to all of you for participating in the small group discussions in Sunday School this morning. I know it is a bit painful to separate and regroup during class so thank you for your patience as we use that format. It was a wonderful Sunday morning with seeing how God is both personal and infinite, separate (above) as well as involved, Holy and Righteous, and part of the Trinity (or at least our view) of His 3 persons in one and helps bring us closer to Him in our lives. We also discussed the one outstanding item that is separate FULLY from God which is sin. This morning I had some extra time between services and was able to study more on chapter 6 which we will get to in a few weeks. The entire chapter is devoted to sin. I found it great how God used this morning to talk to us both in service and sunday school about His name and how it is fully NOT related to sin which is one of the big reasons we can praise Him - 1 John 1:5 and Malachi 1.
Next week, October 19th, promises to be a great week as we look at Jesus, our Lord and Savior, what we believe about Him, and what His promises are to us. Having the payment for our sin taken care of by Christ He is the central point of all human exisitence and the only payment that will do for our sin and the progression from our study this morning should be great.
Please read chapter 3 of the book (Know what you believe) in prepraration for the questions below and the study next week. I will ensure to have the correct page numbers for both versions of the book. If you do not have a book we still have some left so please pick one up in the classroom or let me know and we will try and get one to you.
Study Questions for October 19, 2008 -
Why did Jesus come? Gal 4:4-5 and Rom 8:3
When it says that Jesus was born of a woman does this mean that Jesus could be anything but human?
Matt 1:18-20 - Explain what does it mean that there was a virgin birth?
If he was fully Holy how can he be human? Was he really fully human? Luke 2:7, Luke 2:40, Luke 24:42, Luke 24:46, Luke 24:39
Jesus also had a human mind - Luke 2:52 and Hebrews 5:8-9
Mary was not sinless (Romans 3:23) - So how can Christ be fully man and fully Holy? Luke 1:35, Luke 4:13, John 8:46, John 8:29, John 18:38
It was not that Jesus wasn't tempted - Heb 4:15, Heb 2:18, Luke 4:2
Jesus had to be fully man and fully God - 1 John 4:2-3 - God was concerned with saving men, not saving angels or something else. To be the propitiation He had to be fully man. Beyond that He is also our high priest as a man and an example for our lifes (1 John 2:6 and 1 Peter 2:21).
In what ways did Jesus show us that He was also fully God?
Matt 8:26-27
Matt 14:19
John 2:1-11
John 8:58
Rev 22:13
Mark 2:8
John 6:64
John 2:25, 16:30
Matt 28:20
Mark 2:5-7
Phil 2:9-11
Heb 1:6
Jesus also did not say "thus says the Lord" as prophets in the Old Testament - He said "But I say to you" as God... Matt 5:22, 28, 32, 34, 39, 44.
Did Jesus give up His divine attributes while on the earth? Col 1:19, col 2:9, Matt 1:23
Read John 1:14
Have a great week!
Andy
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