The Life of Christ

The Life of Christ

Part 2 Lessons 1 ? 12

Heb 13:8 Jesus Christ the same yesterday,

and to day, and for ever.

(KJV)

By Angela Wisdom

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The Life of Christ

Lesson 1

Introduction:

Heb 13:8 Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.(KJV)

As we read the verse above, we need to ask ourselves, " Who is this Jesus?" The answer to this question is what our study will be about. To understand who Jesus is, we must understand some things about the Godhead. Godhead means deity, or the state of being God.

Genesis 1:1 states: In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. The word "God" in Gen. 1:1 is the Hebrew elohim, the plural form of the Hebrew word el. When we read John 1: 1- 2 we learn that there was more than one person at creation. John 1:1-2 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. (NKJ)

The Godhead is made up of three persons: the Father, the Word (also called the Son, or Jesus Christ), and the Holy Spirit. They are united in purpose, making them ONE. Yet, each one of them has different functions and roles. Each person in the Godhead worked to accomplish the same plan and purpose. The Father directed the plan that the Word come to earth in the flesh as a servant and die for the sins of all of mankind. The Holy Spirit's role was to bring about by miraculous works the conception of the Word, testify, by miraculous works, that He was the Christ, and to give us inspired scripture so that we can know the mind of Christ. The role of the Word was to come to earth in the fleshly body of a servant and to die for all of mankind.

Although each person in the Godhead had different duties to perform, they did their duties as one, together. They worked in unison toward man's redemption. This is illustrated in John 14: 26 and John 16: 13 ? 15 that Jesus spoke:

John 14:26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.(KJV)

John 16:13-15 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come. He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you. All things that the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shall shew it unto you. (KJV)

All three persons in the Godhead functioned in unity to bring about man's redemption, and at times their functions overlapped.

When Jesus was conceived in an earthly mother by the Holy Spirit, He did not change who He was. He never stopped being God. While on earth, Jesus lived perfectly. He claimed equality with God, He accepted worship from others here on earth, He forgave sin, He remembered that He had come from heaven, why He was here and when and how He would die. Because Jesus created us (remember, He was at creation with the Father and Holy Spirit ? Gen. 1:1; John 1:1) He knows all about us. It is because He knows and understands us that He came here to earth. ( Ps 145:8-9 The LORD is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy. The LORD is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works. KJV Ps 78:38-39 But he, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, and destroyed them not: yea, many a time turned he his anger away,

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and did not stir up all his wrath. For he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again (KJV)

His work here on earth was not done by Him alone. It included the other two persons of the Godhead. The position and authority of the Father was glorified by Jesus while He was here on earth.

As Jesus taught here on earth, some of the Jews realized who He was (Example: John 3:2, Nicodemus; John 9:33 Blind man, etc. ), but some of the Jews saw Jesus as just a man. However, Jesus did not have to prove that He was God on His own. (John 5:31-36 If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true. There is another that beareth witness of me; and I know that the witness which he witnesseth of me is true. Ye sent unto John, and he bare witness unto the truth. But I receive not testimony from man: but these things I say, that ye might be saved. He was a burning and a shining light: and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light. But I have greater witness than that of John: for the works which the Father hath given me to finish, the same works that I do, bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent me. KJV) John the Baptist, the Father, the works He did, and the Holy Spirit all bore witness of the fact that He was God.

There are some people who may argue that being called "the Son of God" makes Christ a lesser being than God the Father, but it does not. "Son" is not used to describe Jesus as the offspring of parents, but rather is used to refer to Him as equal or the same with the Father ( John 5:17-18 But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work. Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God. KJV) "Son" is equal with the other terms that identify God in Isaiah 9:6: Wonderful, Counselor, the mighty God, the everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace.

Jesus is also called the Father's "only begotten Son". "Only begotten" refers to Jesus being one of a kind, unique and of the same nature as another. Jesus was of the same nature as the Father.

As we study, remember the verse we started out with: Hebrews 13:8. God the Word never changed who He was ( Mal. 3:6; Heb. 1: 10 ? 12). How did He become flesh and remain God at the same time? There are some things known only to God: Deut 29:29 The secret things belong unto the LORD our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law. (KJV) Our responsibility is to have the faith, from evidences shown in the scripture, that it is so!

? PERIODS OF JESUS' LIFE: ? Years of Preparation

? Beginning of His Ministry ? The Great Galilean Ministry ? The Periods of Retirement ? The Close of His Ministry ( This is where we begin with our study.)

? The Last Week ? The Resurrection and Exaltation

LESSON TEXT: John 7: 1 ? 8: 20

SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT BEFORE YOU BEGIN...

When the scriptures refer to "the Jews" in these passages, they are talking about the Jewish leaders at that time ( i.e. Authorities, Pharisees, Saducees, Chief Priests, the ruling elite.)

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"The People" refer to the common Jewish people of the day. This lesson takes place in the fall of the year. Jesus finished His Galilean ministry about six months ago, and He is to the close of His periods of retirements. It is time for the Feast of Tabernacles. The Feast of Tabernacles was a time of thanksgiving and celebration for the harvest that God had given the Jews (Lev. 23: 39; Deut. 16: 13 ? 15). They were to remember the years that they had spent in the wilderness, and they did this by dwelling in booths made of tree branches ( Neh. 8:15 ? 16). All Jewish men were told to go to the Feasts in the Law of Moses ( Ex. 23:14, 17; 34:23; Deut. 16:16). Jesus would have a good reason to be at the Feast of Tabernacles because the Law of Moses was still in effect while He was here on earth. Remember that He came to establish a new law or covenant.

USE YOUR BIBLE

Read the scripture given and answer the following questions.

John 7: 1 ? 31

1. Why did Jesus not want to walk and teach openly in Judea? ________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________

2. Did His brothers believe in Him? _____________________________________________________________

4. What was Jesus' reason for not going into Judea openly? __________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________

5. What did the people have to say about Jesus at the feast? __________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________

6. What had Jesus done on the Sabbath that made the Jews angry? ___________________________________

7. Jesus said, "He who sent Me is true, and Him you do not know." Who was Jesus talking about? ___________________________________________________________________________________________

John 7: 32 ? 52

8. What was Jesus talking about in verse 33 - 34? ________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________

9. On the last day of the feast, Jesus said, " If anyone thirsts let him come to Me and drink." What did Jesus mean by this statement? _______________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________

10. Were the people united in their opinion of Jesus? _______________________________________________

John 8: 1 ? 11

11. Who did the scribes and Pharisees bring before Jesus? ___________________________________________

12. What question did they ask Jesus concerning the Law of Moses? ___________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________

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13. What did all the woman's accusers do? _______________________________________________________ 14. What was God's law concerning the sin of adultery? Deut. 17: 5 ? 7 ________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ John 8: 12 ? 20 15. What did Jesus call Himself? _______________________________________________________________ 16. What did the Pharisees say about Jesus bearing witness about Himself? ______________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 17. Jesus told the Pharisees, " If you knew Me, you would know my Father also." Who is Jesus referring to as His Father? _________________________________________________________________________________ 18. Why did no one arrest Him? ________________________________________________________________

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19. How many persons are in the Godhead? _________ What is the role of each? ________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________

Places to find on your map...

Galilee Judea Jerusalem Mount of Olives

MEMORY WORK Luke 12:22

Then He said to His disciples, "Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat; nor about the body,

what you will put on.NKJ

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