ESSENTIAL 40 #3 – JESUS CHRIST THE GOD/MAN
VERSES
AGAINST DOCETISM:
I John 4:2,3 - "This is how you can recognize the Spirit of God: Every spirit that acknowledges that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, but every spirit that does not acknowledge Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming and even now is already in the world."
II John 7 - Many deceivers, who do not acknowledge Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh, have gone out into the world. Any such person is the deceiver and the antichrist."
HE IS GOD:
Matthew 1:23 - "The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel---which means, 'God with us.'"
John 1:1 - "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God."
John 8:58 - "'I tell you the truth,' Jesus answered, 'before Abraham was born, I am!'"
John 20:28 - "Thomas said to him, 'My Lord and my God!'"
Colossians 1:16 - "For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him."
HE IS MAN:
Matthew 1:23 - "The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel---which means, 'God with us.'"
Luke 1:35 - "The angel answered, 'The Holy Spirit will come upon you and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God."
John 1:14 - "The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth."
Matthew 4:2 - "After fasting for forty days and forty nights, he was hungry."
John 19:28 - Later, knowing that all was not completed, and so that the Scripture would be fulfilled, Jesus said, 'I am thirsty."
John 4:6 - "Jacob's well was there, and Jesus, tired as he was from the journey, sat down by the well."
Matthew 8:24 - "Without warning, a furious storm came up on the lake, so that the waves swept over the boat. But Jesus was sleeping."
John 11:35 - "Jesus wept."
Matthew 9:36 - "When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd."
John 11:33 - "When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come along with her also weeping, he was deeply moved in spirit and troubled."
John 12:27 - ""Now my heart is troubled and what shall I say? 'Father, save me from this hour? No, it was for this very reason I came to this hour."
John 13:21 - "After he had said this, Jesus was troubled in spirit and testified, 'I tell you the truth, one of you is going to betray me.'"
Luke 2:52 - "And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men."
Mark 13:32 - "No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father."
Hebrews 5:8 – "Although he was a son, he learned obedience from what he suffered"
HIS KENOSIS:
Philippians 2:7 - "Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus: Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness."
"Voluntary non-use [of His Divine attributes] means that He personally willed not to exercise them on most occasions while He was on earth." Kenneth Boa
Matthew 24:36 - "No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father."
Mark 1:35 - "Very early in the morning while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where he prayed."
Acts 10:38 - "how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and power, and how he went around doing good and healing all who were under the power of the devil, because God was with him."
HIS SINLESSNESS:
Hebrews 2:18 - "Because he himself suffered when he was tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted."
Hebrews 4:15 - "For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are---yet without sin."
Luke 1:35 - "The angel answered, 'The Holy Spirit will come upon you and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God."
Hebrews 7:26 - "Such a high priest meets our need---one who is holy, blameless, pure, set apart from sinners, exalted above the heavens."
Hebrews 9:14 - "How much more, then, will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences from acts that lead to death, so that we may serve the living God!"
I Peter 1:19 - "but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect."
John 8:46 - "Can any of you prove me guilty of sin? If I am telling the truth, why don't you believe me?"
II Corinthians 5:21 - "God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God."
I Peter 2:22 - "He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in his mouth."
I Peter 3:18 - "For Christ died for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive by the
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Essential 40#3 Jesus Christ the God-man