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MAIN IDEA Jesus Christ is both God and the Son of God. While Jesus was on earth, He showed people what His Father, God, is like and did things that only God could do. Jesus had to be fully God to save us from our sins because only God is without sin. ESV

MEMORY VERSE HEBREWS 1:3 He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of His nature, and He upholds the universe by the word of His power. After making purification for sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high. ESV

Share what you wrote about or drew in Start Here. INTRODUCTION Share what you wrote about or drew in Start Here. ESV

How do we know what God can do? INTRODUCTION How do we know what God can do? How did people who believed Jesus is God while He was alive on earth know He was God? ESV

MAIN LESSON 1. Jesus is both God and the Son of God. He is the exact imprint, or exactly like, His Father. ESV

MAIN LESSON Hebrews 1:3 He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of His nature, and He upholds the universe by the word of His power. After making purification for sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high. ESV

MAIN LESSON 2. Jesus showed He was God when He lived on earth by doing things and teaching things that only God could do or know. ESV

MAIN LESSON Matthew 14:13-21 Now when Jesus heard this, He with-drew from there in a boat to a desolate place by Himself. But when the crowds heard it, they followed Him on foot from the towns. When He went ashore He saw a great crowd, and He had compassion ESV

MAIN LESSON Matthew 14:13-21, continued on them and healed their sick. Now when it was evening, the disciples came to Him and said, "This is a desolate place, and the day is now over; send the crowds away to go into the villages and buy food for themselves." But Jesus ESV

MAIN LESSON Matthew 14:13-21, continued said, "They need not go away; you give them something to eat.” They said to Him, "We have only five loaves here and two fish." And He said, "Bring them here to Me." Then He ordered the crowds to sit down on the grass, and taking the ESV

MAIN LESSON Matthew 14:13-21, continued five loaves and the two fish, He looked up to heaven and said a blessing. Then He broke the loaves and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds. And they all ate and were satisfied. And they took up twelve ESV

MAIN LESSON Matthew 14:13-21, continued baskets full of the broken pieces left over. And those who ate were about five thousand men, besides women and children. ESV

MAIN LESSON 3. Jesus has always been alive. The world was created through Jesus and now He holds the universe together. ESV

MAIN LESSON Colossians 1:16-17 For by Him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through Him and for Him. And He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together. ESV

4. Only Jesus could save us from our sins because He is a sinless God. MAIN LESSON 4. Only Jesus could save us from our sins because He is a sinless God. ESV

MAIN LESSON 2 Corinthians 5:21 For our sake He made Him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God. ESV

Who are the three persons of God? Are they all the same one God? FAITH IN ACTION Who are the three persons of God? Are they all the same one God? Is Jesus God? If you know Jesus as your Savior, what can you do to show Jesus is God in your life? ESV

SUM IT UP Jesus is both God and the Son of God. He is the exact imprint, or exactly like, His Father. ESV

SUM IT UP Jesus showed He was God when He lived on earth by doing things and teaching things that only God could do or know. ESV

SUM IT UP Jesus has always been alive. The world was created through Jesus and now He holds the universe together. ESV

Only Jesus could save us from our sins because He is a sinless God. SUM IT UP Only Jesus could save us from our sins because He is a sinless God. ESV

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