“WHO DO YOU SAY THAT I AM?” Jesus “WHO DO YOU SAY THAT I AM?”

JOURNAL QUESTION Pretend that over Christmas break you will be travelling in a remote part of China, a place where no one has ever heard of Christianity. If you had only three sentences to describe who Jesus is, what would you say?

JESUS AS A SACRAMENT “Jesus Christ is the fullest, most complete sacrament” (p. 78). Why? Sacraments make God’s presence REAL and TANGIBLE and reveal God on earth Christians believe that people experience God BEST in/through Jesus Christ

THE PERSON OF JESUS Through the Incarnation, Christians believe that Jesus is FULLY HUMAN and FULLY DIVINE HUMANITY DIVINITY JESUS TWO natures, ONE person

HERESIES ARIANISM GNOSTICISM From an early heretic named Arius This belief emphasized Jesus’ HUMANITY and downplayed his divinity From the Greek word, “gnosis,” meaning “to know” This belief emphasized Jesus’ DIVINITY and downplayed his humanity HUMANITY DIVINITY DIVINITY HUMANITY

“New Way to Be Human” by: Switchfoot Everyday it's the same thing Another trend has begun Hey kids, this might be the one It's a race to be noticed And it's leaving us numb Hey kids, we can't be the ones With all of our fashion We're still incomplete The God of redemption Could break our routine

“New Way to Be Human” by: Switchfoot CHORUS: There's a new way to be human It's nothing we've ever been New way to be human

“New Way to Be Human” by: Switchfoot And where is our inspiration? When all the heroes are are gone Hey kids, could we be the ones? 'Cause nobody's famous And nobody's fine We all need forgiveness We're longing inside

“New Way to Be Human” by: Switchfoot There's a new way to be human It's nothing we've ever been It's spreading under my skin Where divinity blends With a new way to be human New way to be human

“New Way to Be Human” by: Switchfoot You're throwing your love across my impossible space You've created me Take me out of me into... A new way to be human To a new way to be human

“New Way to Be Human” by: Switchfoot You're a new way to be human Where my humanity bends To a new way to be human Redemption begins You're the only way to be human