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Explaining Jesus Christ, Part I
Notes taken on a lesson given by Don Barnett
Sunday School 4/3/83
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| Who was named Jesus—the man or the deity? |
| | Understand first who Christ is—the terms “Jesus” and “Christ” are not synonymous. |
| | christos—anointed—LXX translates it “messiah” |
| | | refers partic. to the priests—anointed w/holy oil |
| | | PS 105:15 Lev. 4:3,5,16 |
| | | kings of Israel referred as God's “christ”: I Sam. 2:10 |
| | | used of Cyrus—Is. 45:1 |
| | the greater anoints the lesser. |
| | “Christ” is the official title of Jesus as of his baptism & the descent of the HSA upon him there at the Jordan. Christ was the legal age of becoming a priest—30 yrs old. |
| | “Christ” speaks of Jesus' humanity. |
| | Jesus was a true man: |
| | | called the Son of Man, the son of David, the lamb of God, the last Adam: he was put to death in the flesh.
| the Son of Man—the son of anthropos, anthropos is generic: “mankind.”
the Son of God—that wh. comes forth fr. God—also shows Jesus' humanity.
| - Job 2:1—Angels are called sons of God yet they are not divine.
- Ex 4:22 Israel called the son of God
- 2 Sam 7:14—Solomon called the son of God
- 1 Jn 3:2—we are called the sons of God |
God is eternal—God cannot come fr. someone else—there is no “God the Son” |
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| | Jesus means “Yahweh the Savior”—the humanity of Christ was not God |
| Was the deity of Jesus alone called “Jesus” No—Mt. 1:21 |
| | Mt. 1:23—“shall be called...”, not “is” because God was never a child—God is an eternal spirit. the child was called God because he was also God. |
| Was only the combination—God-man—called “Jesus”? No, although strictly speaking this wd. be properly so. God, before he took on the robe of flesh, was never called Jesus—Jesus was a revelation name—revealed a further aspect of God's nature |
| | (Moses by revelation recognized Joshua as a type of X) |
| God and the man Jesus Christ together saved the world—both were needed—the sacrifice fully yielded and the one who makes the sacrifice (cf. Abraham & Isaac) |
| but people called the man Jesus whether they understood that he was also God or not |
| Was Jesus two persons—one of humanity & one of deity? |
| | Jesus was a human person
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- he had a body, soul, and and spirit.
- (James 1:13 God is not tempted) Jesus was tempted.
- was not merely a human shell—he also had a soul & spirit—the soul is what is tempted.
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| | (see Rotherham appendix "The Personality of the HS") |
| | Biblically, we cannot say Jesus is a person—but as the Bible pictures him, we can say Jesus is both a human and a divine person. |
| | Phil 2:7 |
| Was Jesus two beings? |
| | Yes—he was God in being and he was man in being. He is two beings. Being just means “to be” something. |
| | Jn 17:22 |
| | Is 9:6—Jesus was the everlasting Father |
| | the fusion of God and man does not take away from either the human or the divine. It means the two are moving as one being, operating as one being. |
Explaining Jesus Christ, Part II
Notes taken on a lesson given by Don Barnett
Sunday School 4/10/83
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| Did Jesus have 2 natures? |
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- nature—the intrinsic characteristics or qualities of a person or thing |
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- Jesus had the intrinsic characteristics of both God and man; hence he had 2 natures |
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- Jesus had the characteristics of man: |
| | | he thirsted; he called ‘God My God, My God’ (a person of God wdn't need to pray); he was tempted; he was limited in knowledge; he prayed for the cup to pass from him, if possible—he feared. |
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- Jesus had the characteristics of God: |
| | | he said ‘I am’ & the soldiers fell to the ground; etc. |
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- Jesus sometimes spoke as both God & man |
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- another definition of nature—‘man's natural state’ |
| | | Jesus had only one human state—not a schizophrenic—did not have two souls—but besides being man, he is also God. |
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| Were there 2 seats of consciousness in Jesus? |
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- definitely—a divine and a human. |
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Phil 2:5,6,8 |
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Mark 13:32—(Alpha, Beta, retain this passage
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I Tim 2:5 |
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| The deity of Jesus was the Father |
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Is 9:6 / “I and My Father are one” / “the Father which dwelleth in me he doeth the works.” |
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Also, ‘the son’ speaks of Jesus' humanity—speaks of a beginning, |
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someone who was begotten. God cannot be a son. God the Son is an unscriptural term—found nowhere in the Bible |
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John 14:5-10 |
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Was Jesus God at his birth, but fully God at his baptism? |
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No such distinction is possible—the growth of the the man had nothing to do w/the deity within. |
Explaining Jesus Christ, Part III
Notes taken on a lesson given by Don Barnett
Sunday School 4/17/83
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| God is one—He is an invisible spirit—In heaven we won't see 3 separate |
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invisible spirits—(we can't see a spirit anyway)—We shall see Jesus, glorified. We we will only see God in the glorified man Jesus Christ. God has taken on a permanent residence in Jesus Christ. |
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God is not a quantity—there was not one inside of Jesus while he was on |
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earth and one up in heaven. Jesus did not have God by measure. He was God, but only in a certain manifestation. God and man are so fused in Jesus that there is perfect harmony between the two. |
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We know nothing literal about heaven—we only know it by symbols. The |
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spiritual realm is entirely different fr. the physical realm. We will have a celestial body in a spiritual world. When we see Jesus we'll know he is God and also recognize he is the man, now glorified, who died for our sins. |
Explaining Jesus Christ, Part IV
Notes taken on a lesson given by Don Barnett
Sunday School 4/24/83
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re: our communion w/Jesus in heaven- millions will not have to stand in line waiting to see Jesus—this wd. make heaven essentially w/o Jesus for us
- heaven is a different realm—it has different laws than the physical realm—we will not necessarily have the same limitations.
- the glorified man X can hear all of us at once—he is in a different realm
Rev 21:22 Rev 22:4
Who is the heavenly bridegroom—X or God? |
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Rev 19:7—the marriage of the Lamb is come..."
the Lamb = X. |
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2 Cor 11:2—“one husband—Christ” |
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Eph 5:23-24 X is the head of the church... |
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Rom 8:17—“joint heirs w/X” |
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SS—Solomon's a type of X, not of God |
| We will be married to the Son of God, Jesus Christ, but X is the image of |
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the invisible God & in him is all the fulness of the Godhead (Col 1:15, Col 2:9). X is a fusion of God and man. |
| We will be one w/X and therefore one w/God |
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