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Explore Session 2 Poached egg or devil from Hell? – exploring who Jesus is

Explore Session 2 Poached egg or devil from Hell? – exploring who Jesus is. Part 1 Who do they say I am ? . Who is Jesus?. Who is Jesus?. God / Son of God (understood literally, mythically or metaphorically) second Person of Trinity pre-existent ‘Logos’ (wisdom figure)

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Explore Session 2 Poached egg or devil from Hell? – exploring who Jesus is

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  1. Explore Session 2 Poached egg or devil from Hell? – exploring who Jesus is

  2. Part 1 Who do they say I am?

  3. Who is Jesus?

  4. Who is Jesus? • God / Son of God (understood literally, mythically or metaphorically) • second Person of Trinity • pre-existent ‘Logos’ (wisdom figure) • Lord of cosmos • saviour • king • Jewish prophet • Spirit-possessed healer • preacher / Teacher • Zealot • magician • wise man/ Sage

  5. Who is Jesus? • champion of the oppressed • son of a virgin • son of Joseph • illegitimate son of a peasant girl • a swear word • rabbi • Galilean charismatic • philosopher • revolutionary peasant • deluded misfit • superstar (thanks to Andrew Lloyd Webber) • liberator

  6. Who is Jesus? “A man who was merely a man and said the sort of things Jesus said would not be a great moral teacher. He would either be a lunatic – on a level with the man who says he is a poached egg – or else he would be the Devil of Hell. You must make your choice. Either this man was, and is, the Son of God; or else a madman or something worse. You can shut him up for a fool, you can spit at him and kill him as a demon; or you can fall at his feet and call him Lord and God. But let us not come with any patronizing nonsense about his being a great human teacher. He has not left that open to us. He did not intend to.” C. S Lewis 1898 - 1963

  7. Who is Jesus? • Is Jesus God? • If Jesus IS God, • what does that mean • for us?

  8. PART TWO Who does the Bible say Jesus was?

  9. Who is Jesus? • Singing hymns about and to Jesus • Prayer to Jesus and in his name • Ritual use of Jesus’ name in public rituals of worship such as baptisms, etc. • Participation in the corporate sacred meal, “the Lord’s Supper”; • Ritual “confession”...of Jesus as lord • Prophecy uttered in Jesus’ name • Larry Hurtado

  10. Who is Jesus? PART THREE

  11. Who is Jesus? PART FOUR

  12. “The most human humanbeing …” • What does it mean to be human? • How human was Jesus? • How can Jesus’ humanity • help us?

  13. How was Jesus Human? • intellect work • physique • lifestylesexuality • morality • emotions

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