Who Do You Say That I Am?: Is Jesus Just A Good Man?

Luke 18:18And a ruler asked him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” 19 And Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good except God alone. 20 You know the commandments: ‘Do not commit adultery, Do not murder, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honor your father and mother.’”21 And he said, “All these I have kept from my youth.” 22 When Jesus heard this, he said to him, “One thing you still lack. Sell all that you have and distribute to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.” 23 But when he heard these things, he became very sad, for he was extremely rich. 24 Jesus, seeing that he had become sad, said, “How difficult it is for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God! 25 For it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God.” 26 Those who heard it said, “Then who can be saved?” 27 But he said, “What is impossible with man is possible with God.” 28 And Peter said, “See, we have left our homes and followed you.” 29 And he said to them, “Truly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or wife or brothers or parents or children, for the sake of the kingdom of God, 30 who will not receive many times more in this time, and in the age to come eternal life.”

 

4 Questions that many people have:

  1. How does Jesus relate to God the Father?
  2. How do we tell the difference between the Father and the Son?
  3. Is Jesus fully God?
  4. Can we trust the New Testament documents that tell us about Christ?

 

Creator                                               Creation                                

Father

 

 

 

 

How do we know that Jesus is God?

  1. Jesus has always existed

 

  1. There are names given to Christ that only given to God

 

  1. There are attributes of Christ that are only attributes of God

 

 

  1. There are works that Jesus does that only the Father can do.

 

  1. Jesus receives worship, which only God can.

 

6. Jesus claims things that only God can claim

 

 

  1. How do we know the New Testament documents are true?

 

Monday: Read Matt. 4

Question: While here on the earth, was Jesus a human who committed sins like other people? Explain your answer.

 

Tuesday: Read 1 Peter 3:18 and John 10:10.

Question: Why did Jesus become a man?

 

Wednesday: Read Isaiah 53:3; Mark 3:5; and Luke 22:44.

Question: Describe the emotional life of Jesus. What emotions did he have?

 

Thursday: Read John 4:6; Matt. 8:24; Heb. 5:8; and Luke 22:43.

Question: What limitations did Christ have as a man?

 

Friday: Read Phil. 2:1-11.

Question: What does it mean in verse 7 that Christ emptied himself? Does this mean he gave up his divinity while on earth?

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