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How was the life of Jesus different to all of us? |
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Why is Jesus such a fa................. person? The ca...................... is based upon his life, our l.......... quote His teachings and He is the most written about man in h...................y.
The answer is that he lived a life of h.................. and p............... never seen b...........e or since. His sinless l............., the mighty m.......................s, the beautiful t.......................g, the astounding c.............s to be God, show us He was God on earth.
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Jesus wants us to be like Him.
"I have given you an e.....................e, that you should do as I have done to you." John 13:15
"A new c........................................t I give to you that you l................ one another as I have loved
............." John 13:34
Jesus indentifies with our needs. He has been through life too, yet without s.............
"He was tested in all points as we are, yet without sin. So let us come boldly to the throne of grace so that we may get m....................." Hebrews 4:15-16
Why is Jesus called the 'Son of Man'?
Jesus called Himself the Son of Man so many times it is recorded over 80 x in the gospels.
Jesus is the perfect man - man as God intended man to be. He is man as we shall become one day if we are C........................s.
"We shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is." 1 John 3:2
Jesus used the Son of Man title when talking about doing things only ............. can do.
"The Son of Man has come down to search for those who are lost." Luke 19:10
"You shall see the Son of Man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven." Matthew 24:30
So He is reminding us He is God as well as man.
Jesus called Himself the Son of God.
Jesus often claimed to be God's Son and was condemned to death for b............................. because He did so. The Old Testament has many prophecies that the M.................... (the chosen One) would be the Son of God.
"Thou art My Son, this day have I begotten Thee." Psalm 2:7
Many disciples called Him the Son of God. John the Baptist said: "I saw and recorded that this is the Son of God." John 1:34.
Even the Roman centurion at the cross said, "Truly this man was the son of God." Mark 15:39
Don't believe the lie that Jesus was only a man who had great teachings. Read the gospel of John. Jesus is definitely the Son of God.
How was His teaching different?
By common consent Jesus was the g......................t teacher who ever lived. The Sermon on the Mount, the parables of the Kingdom, the Olivet discourse and the glorious messages in John's gospel stand out as the w...............t most p......................l teachings of all time.
Even his enemies said, "No one ever spoke like this ..............!" John 7:46
But He was never formally educated, just a c...................r in a country town. He never wrote a book or taught in a school.
Did He perform miracles?
People of all different types saw Him perform miracles and knew God must be in Him.
Nicodemus, a Jewish leader, said, "No man can do these miracles unless ........... is with Him." John 3:2
The times were skeptical and learned times. Miracles were not ex................d. They were what
made Jesus f.........................s.
"His fame went all through Syria and they brought Him all sick people and possessed people and He healed them" (Matthew 4:24).
Unlike some 'faith-healer' healings today, these miracles were medically imp.....................e, per................t and for ev............e. Other miracles that amazed people were turning water into wine, calming the sea, restoring dead to life, etc.
He used miracles to give hard -........................... people an opportunity to believe in Him. He said,
"If I don't do the Father's works then don't believe. If I do the Father's works, though you don't believe Me, believe the works." John 10:37-38
He would not do miracles as a sign like a m........................n. He refused to perform before King Herod at His trial even to save His life. He never asked for money or personal gain.
His claims are different
No one ever claimed to be God and proved it except Jesus.
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In the face of such evidence we can only say with the once doubting Thomas, "My Lord and m... God." John 20:28, after he saw the nail prints in hands and feet.
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