WHO IS THIS JESUS?

WHO IS THIS JESUS? I. HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE “JESUS CHRIST” TO SOMEONE WHO HAD NEVER HEARD ABOUT HIM BEFORE? A. WHICH VERSES IN THE BIBLE WOULD YOU USE TO HELP YOUR FRIEND BETTER UNDERSTAND YOUR SAVIOR JESUS? B. HEBREWS 1:1-4 II. JESUS WAS A “PROPHET-LIKE” HUMAN, WHO SPOKE TO MAN REVEALING HIS FATHER’S MASTER PLAN OF SALVATION AND WILL. A. JESUS WAS MUCH MORE THAN A PROPHET. B. MATTHEW 16:13b-16 C. JESUS IS THE CHRIST, “MESSIAH,” GOD INCARNATE, SON OF THE LIVING GOD! III. JESUS IS ALSO “ANGEL-LIKE” OR SPIRIT IN NATURE. A. JESUS IS RESPONSIBLE FOR CREATING THE UNIVERSE. B. COLOSSIANS 1:15-16 C. WHEN YOU SAW JESUS YOU WERE SEEING GOD: JESUS WAS THE RADIANCE OF GOD’S GLORY, THE IMAGE OF THE INVISIBLE GOD. D. JOHN 14:9b-11 IV. JESUS IS GOD’S ONLY BEGOTTEN SON, WHOM THE FATHER APPOINTED HEIR OF ALL THINGS. A. JOHN 1:14 B. JESUS WAS PERFECT, WITHOUT SPOT OR BLEMISH. C. JOHN 3:16 V. JESUS OFFERED HIS BODY AS A SACRIFICAL LAMB FOR THE SINS OF THE WORLD. A. 1 CORINTHIANS 5:7c JOHN 16:28 B. JESUS REVEALED “WHO” HE WAS, “WHERE” HE WAS FROM AND “WHERE” HE WAS RETURNING TO. C. JESUS IS THE “CHRIST,” GOD’S ONLY BEGOTTEN SON, WHO IS AN EQUAL PART OF THE TRINITY; WHO CAME FROM HEAVEN TO EARTH, TAKING A HUMAN BODY, WHO LIVED LIKE A PROPHET AND SPOKE GOOD NEWS. JESUS SUFFERED AND DIED, AND ROSE AGAIN, ASCENDING TO HEAVEN AND SITS AT THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD THE FATHER. D. REVELATION 3:20