1. WELCOME TO 12:13! Need to use the bathroom? Need to borrow a pen?
Ask one of the parent volunteers.
Need to borrow a pen?
Loan the parent volunteers a shoe and they will loan you a pen!
Need to talk with your friend?
Before or after class is OK, but not during.

2. HELPING AT THE HARVEST PARTY!
Kids 12 & under -- come enjoy the games and candy prizes!
Kids in 7th & 8th Grades -- Brittany Kauflin at if you want to help out by selling refreshments or pushing the candy carts!

3. OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 15
90 BOXES OR BUST!

4. Level 2: Core Convictions About GOD
FOOTHOLDS FOR MY FAITH
Level 2:
Core Convictions About GOD

5. STORY TIME…

6. INFINITELY DIVINE, INCREDIBLY HUMAN
Big Idea
Without giving up his deity, Jesus took on our humanity to be the mediator between God and man.

7. INFINITELY DIVINE, INCREDIBLY HUMAN
Biblical Truth
“Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel” (which means, God with us). (Matthew 1:23)

8. INFINITELY DIVINE, INCREDIBLY HUMAN
Important Terms
Virgin Birth
Jesus was conceived in Mary’s womb by the Holy Spirit without a human father
Incarnation
The act of God the Son in which he took to himself a human nature

9. INFINITELY DIVINE, INCREDIBLY HUMAN
Basic Points
Jesus is fully God
Biblical proof
John 1:1, John 8:58-59
Colossians 2:9
Supernatural power
Calms the storm
Multiplies bread/fish
Knows man’s thoughts
Why is it so important?

10. INFINITELY DIVINE, INCREDIBLY HUMAN
Basic Points
Jesus is fully man
Biblical proof
Human body
Human mind
Human emotions
Human reputation
One big difference
No sin!
Why is it so important?

11. INFINITELY DIVINE, INCREDIBLY HUMAN
Basic Points
Four pictures of the person of Christ
#1: Apollinarianism
Human body
Divine mind/spirit
WRONG!

12. INFINITELY DIVINE, INCREDIBLY HUMAN
Basic Points
Four pictures of the person of Christ
#2: Nestorianism
Two separate persons in the one person of Christ
WRONG!
HUMAN
PERSON
DIVINE PERSON

13. INFINITELY DIVINE, INCREDIBLY HUMAN
Basic Points
Four pictures of the person of Christ
#3: Monophysitism
Mixture of Christ’s human nature and divine nature, resulting in a new (hybrid) nature
WRONG!
NEW NATURE
HUMAN NATURE
DIVINE NATURE

14. INFINITELY DIVINE, INCREDIBLY HUMAN
Basic Points
Four pictures of the person of Christ
#4: Chalcedonian Definition
Human nature and divine nature united in one person
RIGHT!
DIVINE NATURE
HUMAN NATURE F S
PERSON OF CHRIST HS

15. INFINITELY DIVINE, INCREDIBLY HUMAN
Bottom Line
Jesus is Immanuel -- “God with us”
Because Jesus is fully God, he can pay our full debt and save us from sin
Because Jesus is fully man, he can identify with our weakness and die as our substitute

16. INFINITELY DIVINE, INCREDIBLY HUMAN
“For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus…” (1 Timothy 2:5)

17. Starting Point Class Set-Up -- Revised 10/2/09
14 chairs
14 chairs
podium
Table for water/OJ
table
14 chairs
14 chairs
14 chairs
14 chairs
14 chairs
14 chairs
Table for coffee
Starting Point Class Set-Up -- Revised 10/2/09