Discipleship 101
LESSON 5
JESUS CHRIST – Who He Was
Who was JESUS of Nazareth?
How was JESUS different from other humans?
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- He had a divine nature, even while He had a human nature.
- NOTE: He was NOT half-God & half-man.
- He was fully God, even while He was fully human.
What does the Bible tell us about Jesus birth?
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- He had a human mother, but no human father.
- His father was God.
Why was Jesus called “Emmanuel”?
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- “Emmanuel” means “God with us”.
- Jesus was God with us – God incarnate.
What does the “incarnation” mean?
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- “incarnate” means having a physical or bodily form, especially human.
- “incarnation” means taking on a human or animal shape.
- In religion, “incarnation” is usually used to refer to a god or spirit taking on a human or animal form or shape
What does the Bible tell us about the Word?
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- John 1:1-2 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God.
- John 1:14 And the Word became 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.
- The Word was God … and the Word became flesh.
- In other words, God (The Word) became a human.
According to the Bible, what did the Word do?
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- The Word became flesh (a human)
Whom did the Word come to earth as?
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- Yeshua … a.k.a Jesus of Nazareth … Jesus Christ … Jesus, the Christ.