The Person of Jesus
1. The Human Jesus
God’s meaning of “Human”: man’s fellow — two meanings of word human — original meaning — natural limitations.
The Hurt of sin: sin’s added limitations.
Our Fellow: Jesus truly human — up to first standard — His insistence — perfect in His humanness — fellowship in sin’s limitations — hungry, Matthew 16:5. John 4:6-8. — tired, John 4:6. Mark 4:38. — poverty, Matthew 13:55. Mark 6:3. — hard toil, John 19:25-27. — homeless, Luke 4:16-30. Matthew 8:20. Luke 9:58. — discipline of waiting.
There’s More of God since Jesus Went Back: the Nazareth home — fellowship with His brothers — “In the shop of Nazareth” — a Man on the throne.
2. The Divine Jesus
Jehovah-Jesus: John 1:1-18. the intimacy of John, John 13:23. 19:26. 20:2. 21:7, 20. “with Jesus,” John 18:15. — John writes of Jesus — when he wrote — getting the range — his literary style — the beginning — the Word — this was Jesus — the tragic tone.
God’s Spokesman: the Creator was Jehovah — Jehovah is Jesus — the Spokesman — Old Testament revelations, Adam, Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Moses, the elders of Israel, Isaiah, Ezekiel, — Whom these saw — various ways of speaking — John’s Gospel a battlefield — finding the Man. Whom Moses Saw: Jesus’ own standpoint — “down from heaven,” John 3:13, 31. 6:38. 8:42. would go back again, John 6:62. John 16:5, 10. 13:1. come on an errand, then going back, John 16:28 13:3. He only had seen the Father, John 6:46. only begotten Son, John 3:16, 18. His own Father, John 5:17, 18. 10:32-33. 19:7. — Jesus’ answer to Jews’ objection, John 5:19-47. — “He wrote of Me,” the true meaning — I and the Father one, John 10:30. — the Father in Me, John 10:38. the name Father in Old Testament, 2 Samuel 7:14. 1 Chronicles 17:13. 22:10. Psalm 68:5. 89:26. 103:13. Isaiah 63:16. 64:8. Jeremiah 3:4, 19. Malachi 3:17. — Jehovah the common name — trace Jesus’ use of Father about 180 times — manna, John 6:32.
Jesus is God Wooing Man: “Abraham — saw and was glad,” John 8:33-59 — supposed meanings — natural meaning — “I am” — Jesus is Jehovah come Himself to woo man.
3. The Winsome Jesus
The Face of Jesus: Jesus drew crowds, men, women, children, bad people, enemies — His personality — face — impress of experiences — the glory of God in that face, 2 Corinthians 4:6. Hebrews 1:3.
The Music of God in the Voice of Jesus: the eye — Jesus’ eyes, Luke 4:16-30. John 8:59. 10:31. 7:32, 45, 46. 18:6. Mark 10:32. 9:36. 10:13-16. Luke 19:48. — His voice, Matthew 26:30. personal touch, Matthew 8:3, 15. 9:29. 17:7. 20:34. Mark 1:41. 7:33. Luke 5:13. 22:51. (John 14:16-20). His presence irresistible. Moses’ request, Exodus 33:18. Jesus draws men — yielding to His power.