Lesson 11: The Deity of Christ

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Lesson 11The Deity of Christ
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• If Jesus did claim to be God, He was the ____
  leader of a major world religion to do so.

only
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I. Christs Claims During His Ministry
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A. He claimed to be the I AM of the Old Testament

• John 858 Before Abraham was,
• ____.
• John 824 If you do not believe
• that ____, you shall die in your
• sins.

I AM
I AM
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B. He claimed to be One with God the Father.

• Declaration by Jesus I and My
• Father are ____.
• Response of the Jews Took up
• stones to stone Him.
• gtWhy? You, being a ____, make yourself to be
  ____
• (John 1030).

One
man
God
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C. Christ claimed to possess divine attributes.

• Omnipresence
• Eternity

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D. Christ claimed power to perform divine acts.

• To ______ sins
• To ________ those who believe in Him
• To give _________

forgive
resurrect
eternal life
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II. Christs Claims at the Trial
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• A. The question Mark 1461Are you the Christ,
  the Son of the Blessed?

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B. The Answer Mark 1462I am

• Jesus claims to be the ________.
• Jesus claims to be the __________.
• Jesus claims to be the __________.

Messiah
Son of God
Son of Man
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• I was watching in the night visions, and behold,
  One like the Son of Man, coming with the clouds
  of heaven!

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• C. The Conviction Jesus was not convicted for
  what He did or said He did. He was convicted for
  who He said He ____.

was
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III. Conclusion Jesus claimed to be ____.
God
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Skeptics Letter

• Dear Christian,
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•       Thanks for your last letter. I want to
  continue to talk about the issues you have
  brought up.
• I respect you and your beliefs, but I cannot
  understand why you persist in your assertion that
  Jesus claimed to be God.  I have read through
  most of the gospels, and I do not remember Jesus
  ever standing up to declare I am God!  I am
  confident that later followers of Jesus exalted
  him far above what he would have wanted them to. 
  Lets not put words in Jesus mouth.  Jesus did
  not claim to be God  he only said that he was in
  God.
• Your friend,
• Dubious
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IV. Application of Lesson
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• Finish writing your letter, explaining to someone
  why you believe that Jesus claimed to be God. Use
  appropriate Scripture verses.