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HUMANITY OF CHRIST (JESUS IN HUMAN FORM)
(Christology: Doctrine Of Christ)
SECTION 1: HIS VIRGIN BIRTH
1. If Jesus Was Not From Miraculous Virgin Born, Then Jesus Is Born With Sin
Psalms 51:5 Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.
2. Whenever A Person Is Born, They Are Born With Sin
Psalms 58:3 The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.
SECTION 2: SCRIPTURAL CERTAINTIES OF THE VIRGIN BIRTH
1. Prophecy Proves The Virgin Birth
Isaiah 7:14 Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
2. Jesus Has A Unique Birth, Its Both Human And Both God
Isaiah 9:6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
* unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given => that shows his human side
* his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace => that shows His side as God
3. Before Joseph Even Married Mary, She Was Already Pregnant, The Angel Told Joseph That What's Inside Mary's Womb Was Jesus
Matthew 1:19-21 Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a publick example, was minded to put her away privily.
20 But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost.
21 And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.
* Joseph was not even married to Mary yet
* Joseph wanted to break off his wedding with Mary privately because Mary told Joseph she was pregnant
* The punishment for being pregnant before marriage during Moses law was stoning to death and the people will say that she commited fornication
* The angel of the Lord told Joseph in that dream that Mary was pregnant with Jesus. Joseph eventually married Mary after that
4. Joseph Never Had Sexual Relations With Mary Until Jesus Was Born
Matthew 1:25 And knew her not till she had brought forth her firstborn son: and he called his name JESUS.
* So this proves the virgin birth of Christ
5. Mary Was Questioning The Angel How Can She Give Birth To Jesus Seeing She Never Had Sex With A Man? And The Angel Explains That God Is Going To Be Inside Her Womb And God Is Going To Be The One Miraculously Working That Process To Give Birth To Jesus. Nothing Is Impossible With God
Luke 1:34-38 Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?
35 And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.
36 And, behold, thy cousin Elisabeth, she hath also conceived a son in her old age: and this is the sixth month with her, who was called barren.
37 For with God nothing shall be impossible.
38 And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her.
* Also noticed the author of this book is Luke. He is a medical doctor. Won't a doctor think a virgin birth is insane? Every medical doctor knows that there's gotta be sex involved so that one can give birth to a child. Even a medical doctor supports the virgin birth of christ
* So this proves the virgin birth of Christ
6. Even The Pharisees Knew That Jesus Birth Was Unique Not Natural
John 8:41 Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God.
* We be not born of fornication: they were accusing Jesus was born through fornication
7. Jesus Understood That His Birth Is Unique Not Natural
Matthew 22:41-46 While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them,
42 Saying, What think ye of Christ? whose son is he? They say unto him, The Son of David.
43 He saith unto them, How then doth David in spirit call him Lord, saying,
44 The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool?
45 If David then call him Lord, how is he his son?
46 And no man was able to answer him a word, neither durst any man from that day forth ask him any more questions.
* Jesus said David called Him Lord
8. Jesus Corrected His Mother Pointing Out Joseph Is Not His Father And That God Is His Father
Luke 2:48-49 And when they saw him, they were amazed: and his mother said unto him, Son, why hast thou thus dealt with us? behold, thy father and I have sought thee sorrowing.
49 And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me? wist ye not that I must be about my Father's business?
* Father's business
SECTION 3: WRONG IDEAS ABOUT THE VIRGIN BIRTH
1. Virgin Means Young Woman Not Literally Virgin
* They will say the word virgin in the hebrew old testament its translated as "alma mater" (young woman) not literally a virgin
Debunk (1): A Virgin Shall Conceive
Isaiah 7:14 Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
* The problem is they are picking and choosing a definition
* In reality in the hebrew dictionary there are several different definitions behind that - there's a "virgin", "alma mater", "young woman"
* How do we know its "virgin" not "alma mater" or "young woman"?
* We look at the bible - see the next verse Mat 1:23
Debunk (2): A Virgin Shall Be With Child
Matthew 1:23 Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.
* Matthew is quoting from Isaiah
* Matthew used the word "virgin"
* Matthew, he originally wrote this in greek and the greek word for that its actually "Parthenos" and it can only be translated as "virgin". It can never be translated to "alma mater" or "young woman"
* So, thats why we can confirm that in Isaiah 7:14 the definition is "virgin"
2. Roman Catholics Believe That Mary Has Always Remained A Virgin
Debunk (1): Joseph Never Had Sexual Relations With Mary Until Jesus Was Born
Matthew 1:24-25 Then Joseph being raised from sleep did as the angel of the Lord had bidden him, and took unto him his wife:
25 And knew her not till she had brought forth her firstborn son: and he called his name JESUS.
* knew her not till she had brought forth her firstborn son Jesus
Debunk (2): Jesus Had Brothers And Sisters
Mark 6:3 Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joses, and of Juda, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended at him.
* the brother of James, and Joses, and of Juda, and Simon?
* and are not his sisters here
3. Paul Never Talked About The Virgin Birth
Debunk: Paul Says Jesus Was God's Son, Born Of Flesh From David's Line
Romans 1:3 Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh;
* Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord
* made of the seed of David
* according to the flesh;
4. Mormons Believe God The Father Left Heaven, Had Sex With Mary And Gave Birth To Jesus
Debunk (1): The Holy Spirit Was Involved In Jesus Birth
Luke 1:35 And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.
* The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee
Debunk (2): Spirit Does Not Have Flesh And Bones: How Can God A Spirit Have Sex With Mary?
Luke 24:39 Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have.
* spirit hath not flesh and bones
5. Its Unscientific Because It Cannot Be Proven By Science
Debunk: Godliness Is A Great Mystery
1 Timothy 3:16 And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.
* We shouldn't be surprised if God does something that we don't understand
* We can't go by science, we gotta go by the bible because the bible is God's word which is above the word of man
* God's word always prevail above man
SECTION 4: JESUS IS PURELY MAN AND PURELY GOD
* Jesus is complete as a man and complete as God
* He is not mixture of half God and half man
1. Jesus Christ Is Known As The Son Of Man And The Son Of God
a. Jesus Is The Son Of Man
Luke 12:8 Also I say unto you, Whosoever shall confess me before men, him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God:
* How is He son of man? - its through Mary His mother
b. Jesus Is The Son Of God
John 10:36 Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God?
* How is He son of God? - its through God The Father
SECTION 5: JESUS BRIDGES THE GAP BETWEEN MAN AND GOD
* because Jesus is both purely a man and purely a God
* Jesus truly understands both the nature of man and nature of God
1. Jesus Is The Only Way For Man To Go To Heaven
John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
2. Jesus Is The Mediator Because He Is Both Man And God
1 Timothy 2:5 For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;
* there is one God - Jesus is God
* the man Christ Jesus - Jesus is a man
SECTION 6: RELATIONSHIP OF THE SON TO THE FATHER
* many people say Jesus is not God, He is just the son, or He is just a smaller God
1. God Made Mankind Lower Than The Angels
Hebrews 2:6-7 But one in a certain place testified, saying, What is man, that thou art mindful of him? or the son of man, that thou visitest him?
7 Thou madest him a little lower than the angels; thou crownedst him with glory and honour, and didst set him over the works of thy hands:
* madest him a little lower than the angels
2. Jesus Lowered Himself Lower Than The Angels When He Came As A Man
Hebrews 2:9 But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.
* was made a little lower than the angels
3. Jesus In The Form Of God Is Equal To God
Philippians 2:5-6 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:
6 Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:
* being in the form of God,
* equal with God:
4. Jesus In The Form Of God, He Lowered Himself To Be In The Form Of Man
Philippians 2:7-8 But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:
8 And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.
5. Jesus In The Form Of Man Is Lower Than God The Father
John 14:28 Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father: for my Father is greater than I.
6. Jesus Can't Do Anything Until God The Father Tells Him To Do Something
John 5:19 Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise.
7. Jesus In The Form Of Man Obeys The Commandments Of God The Father
John 10:18 No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father.
8. The Head Of Jesus Christ Is God
1 Corinthians 11:3 But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.
* Its because He is God the Son
9. Jesus In The Form Of Man Has A God
John 20:17 Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God.
* Jesus was still on earth as a man at this time because He had not ascended yet. As a man, He is supposed to be subservient and to worship God.
10. Jesus Is Subject To The Father
1 Corinthians 15:27-28 For he hath put all things under his feet. But when he saith, all things are put under him, it is manifest that he is excepted, which did put all things under him.
28 And when all things shall be subdued unto him, then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all.
* The Son cannot be above the Father
11. Begotten Means Born Through Mary
John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
* Begotten means He is not born from God the Father in heaven long time ago: its because He was born through Mary
SECTION 7: THE HUMANITY OF CHRIST
1. Jesus Understand Us, He Went Through Temptations
Hebrews 4:15-16 For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.
16 Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.
2. Jesus Understand Us, He Went Through The Worst Temptation From Satan
Matthew 4:1-11 Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.
2 And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.
3 And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.
4 But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
5 Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple,
6 And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.
7 Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
8 Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;
9 And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.
10 Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
11 Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him.
3. Jesus Has Human Ancestry
a. Jesus Has A Mother
Luke 2:7 And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.
Galatians 4:4 But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,
b. Jesus Lineage From Adam To Joseph
Luke 3:23-38
4. Jesus Took Upon A Physical Nature
John 1:14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
Hebrews 2:14 Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;
5. If We Do Not Believe Jesus Came In The Flesh, We Have The Spirit Of Antichrist
1 John 4:3 And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.
6. Jesus Has A Body
Matthew 26:12 For in that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she did it for my burial.
7. Jesus Is Human: He Is Subject To The Laws Of Human Development
a. Jesus Had To Mature And Grow Up
Luke 2:40 And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, filled with wisdom: and the grace of God was upon him.
b. Jesus Asked Question
Luke 2:46 And it came to pass, that after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, both hearing them, and asking them questions.
c. Jesus Increased In Wisdom
Luke 2:52 And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man.
d. Jesus Had To Learn Obedience
Hebrews 5:8 Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered;
e. Jesus Suffered
Hebrews 2:18 For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succour them that are tempted.
f. Jesus Worked As A Carpenter
Mark 6:3 Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joses, and of Juda, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended at him.
g. Jesus Hungered
Matthew 4:2 And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.
h. Jesus Got Thirsty
John 4:7 There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto her, Give me to drink.
John 19:28-29 After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst.
29 Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar: and they filled a spunge with vinegar, and put it upon hyssop, and put it to his mouth.
i. Jesus Got Weary
John 4:6 Now Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well: and it was about the sixth hour.
j. Jesus Got Tired
Matthew 8:24 And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the ship was covered with the waves: but he was asleep.
k. Jesus Cried Tears
John 11:35 Jesus wept.
l. Jesus Prayed
Matthew 14:23 And when he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into a mountain apart to pray: and when the evening was come, he was there alone.
SECTION 8: THE SINLESSNESS OF CHRIST
1. He Finished What God Gave Him To Do
John 17:4 I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do.
2. Jesus Separates From Sin
Hebrews 7:26 For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;
3. Jesus Is So Sinless That He Is Without Blemish And Spot
1 Peter 1:19 But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:
SECTION 9: TESTIMONIES OF THE SINLESSNESS OF CHRIST
1. His Birth
Acts 4:27, 30 For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together,
30 By stretching forth thine hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be done by the name of thy holy child Jesus.
2. The Devil
Luke 4:34 Saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art; the Holy One of God.
3. A Governor (Pilate)
John 18:38 Pilate saith unto him, What is truth? And when he had said this, he went out again unto the Jews, and saith unto them, I find in him no fault at all.
4. A Thief
Luke 23:41 And we indeed justly; for we receive the due reward of our deeds: but this man hath done nothing amiss.
5. A Woman
Matthew 27:19 When he was set down on the judgment seat, his wife sent unto him, saying, Have thou nothing to do with that just man: for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him.