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To: O'Hara who wrote (800)	10/24/1999 2:02:00 PM
From: O'Hara	Respond to of 4775

><>...JESUS the CHRIST...><> A. His Person. Understanding Christ's person is no easy task, but there is general agreement on most aspects of the nature of Christ and His personality. Five titles of Jesus reflect something significant of His person and/or work. The name Jesus (which is identical with Joshua and means “God is Savior”) emphasizes His role as the Savior of His people (Matt. 1:21). Christ is the New Testament equivalent of Messiah, a Hebrew word meaning “anointed one” (cf. Acts 4:27; 10:38). This title emphasized that Jesus was divinely appointed to His mission, that He had an official relationship to God the Father—that is, He had a job to do and a role to discharge at the Father's appointing. Son of Man was the title used almost exclusively by Jesus Himself (cf. Matt. 9:6; 10:23; 11:19). Some feel He used it because it most clearly distinguished His Messiahship from the erroneous ideas of His time. The name Son of God was also applied to Jesus in an official or messianic sense (cf. Matt. 4:3, 6; 16:16; Luke 22:70; John 1:49). It emphasized that He was a Person of the triune Godhead, supernaturally born as a human being. Lord was alternately applied to Jesus as a simple title (somewhat like “Mr.”), a title of authority or ownership, or (sometimes) an indication of His equality with God (e.g., Mark 12:36–37; Luke 2:11; Matt. 7:22). Today Christians believe that Jesus is both God and man—i.e., that He has two distinct natures united “inconfusedly, unchangeably, indivisibly, inseparably” in His one person (Chalcedonian Creed, a.d. 451). This doctrine is not built on human reason, but on biblical revelation. There is much scriptural proof that Jesus is divine. Scripture states that there is only one God and no lesser gods (cf. Ex. 20:3–5; Is. 42:8; 44:6), yet it clearly affirms that Jesus is God (e.g., John 1:1; Rom. 9:5; Heb. 1:8). The Bible reports that Jesus was worshiped at God's command (Heb. 1:6), while lesser spiritual beings refuse to be worshiped (Rev. 22:8–9) because worship was to be rendered only to God. Only the divine Creator may be worshiped by His creatures. But Jesus Christ, God's Son, is cocreator with His Father (John 1:3; Col. 1:16; Heb. 1:2); therefore both must be worshiped. Again, Scripture declares that Jesus was the Savior of His people (Matt. 1:21), even though Jehovah was the only Savior of His people (Is. 43:11; Hos. 13:4). It states that the Father Himself has clearly called Jesus God (Heb. 1:8). Scripture also teaches the true humanity of Jesus. The Christ of the New Testament is no illusion or ghost; He is human in every sense. He called Himself man, as did others (e.g., John 8:40; Acts 2:22). He lived in the flesh (John 1:14; 1 Tim. 3:16; 1 John 4:2). He possessed a human body and mind (Luke 23:39; John 11:33; Heb. 2:14). He experienced human wants and sufferings (Luke 2:40, 52; Heb. 2:10, 18; 5:8). However, the Bible emphasizes that Jesus did not partake of the sin that characterizes all other human beings (cf. Luke 1:35; John 8:46; Heb. 4:15). Nelson's illustrated manners and customs of the Bible All praise and honor be unto God!

To: O'Hara who wrote (800)	10/24/1999 2:06:00 PM
From: O'Hara	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 4775

><>...JESUS the CHRIST...><> B. His Personality Christ has two distinct natures but is a single person, not two persons under one skin. He is the eternal Logos (divine Word), the second person of the Trinity, yet He assumed human nature in such a way that there was no essential change in the divine nature. We can address Christ in prayer using titles that reflect both His human and divine natures, although His divine nature is the ultimate basis of our worship. The incarnation manifested the triune (three-in-One) God by showing us the relationship between Father, Son, and Spirit (cf. Matt. 3:16–17; John 14:15–26; Rom. 1:3–4; Gal. 4:4–5; 1 Pet. 1:1–12). Because Jesus is one Person, and because the unity of His personal life embraces all His character and all His powers, Scripture speaks of Him as being both divine and human. It ascribes divine acts and attributes to Christ the eternal Son of God (Acts 20:28). Nelson's illustrated manners and customs of the Bible All praise and honor be unto God.

To: O'Hara who wrote (800)	10/24/1999 2:09:00 PM
From: O'Hara	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4775

><>...JESUS the CHRIST...><> C. His Position As we seek to understand Christ, we should examine His position before the Law. He humbled Himself before it; as a result, God exalted Him over it. This is an interesting irony. The Son laid aside His divine majesty and assumed human nature. He submitted Himself to all the sufferings of His earthly life, including death itself. He did this to accomplish God's plan to redeem mankind from sin. When the divine Logos became flesh He did not cease to be what He was before. By the same token, the incarnation as such—that is, the Word's bodily existence—continues as He sits at the right hand of God. Christ was surrounded by sin. The devil repeatedly attacked Him. His own people hated Him and refused to believe He was the Savior. His enemies persecuted Him. Finally, at the end of His earthly life, He endured all the wrath of God against sin. No other person has suffered as intensely as Jesus did. God the Father exalted Christ by raising Him from the dead, taking Him away to heaven, and seating Him at His own right hand. Christ will return from that place of honor to judge the living and the dead. Nelson's illustrated manners and customs of the Bible. All praise and honor be unto God!