1. The Works of Jesus
The Incarnation

2. What was actually accomplished in the Incarnation?

3. The Big Picture GOD GOD and Man* GOD and Man* Man vs. GOD
GOD and a chosen People
GOD and a chosen People
The GOD-Man*

4. Genesis 1:26-31, 3:8a
“They heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day,”

5. The Big Picture GOD GOD and Man* GOD and Man* Man vs. GOD
GOD and a chosen People
GOD and a chosen People
The GOD-Man*

6. The Big Picture GOD GOD and Man* GOD and Man* Man vs. GOD
GOD and a chosen People
GOD and a chosen People
The GOD-Man*

7. Then, man said “no”
Genesis 3:6-7
Romans 1:18-25
1 John 2:16

8. The Big Picture GOD GOD and Man* GOD and Man* Man vs. GOD
GOD and a chosen People
GOD and a chosen People
The GOD-Man*

9. Romans 5:10
10 For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life.

10. This is a BIG Problem
remember that you were at that time separate from Christ

11. What we needed
But now in Christ Jesus you who formerly were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ. (Eph. 2:13)
This happened First in the Incarnation itself!

12. The Big Picture GOD GOD and Man* GOD and Man* Man vs. GOD
GOD and a chosen People
GOD and a chosen People
The GOD-Man*

13. “Behold, the virgin shall be with child and shall bear a Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel,” which translated means, “God with us.”
Isaiah 7:14 & Matthew 1:23

14. The Names
Immanuel means “God With Us”
Jesus (Yeshua) means “To Save”

15. Jesus in the Incarnation reconciles God and Man, generally speaking
Jesus is The GodMan
Jesus in the Incarnation reconciles God and Man, generally speaking

16. The Works of Jesus
The Seven Signs

17. Two Terms Synoptics Gospels (Matt., Mark, Luke) John Miracle dunamis
Sign
seimion

18. Marks of a “sign”
(1) Is a given work performed by Jesus as part of his public ministry?
(2) Is an event explicitly identified as a “sign” in John’s Gospel?
(3) Does the event, with its concomitant symbolism, point to God’s glory displayed in Jesus, thus revealing Jesus as God’s true representative?

19. Sections in John
Book of Signs: 1-12
Book of Glory: 13-21

20. The Seven Signs of John Sign Meaning Better Covenant/ purification
(1) The turning of water into wine at the wedding in Cana (2:1–11)
(2) Clearing the Temple (2:13-25)
(3) The healing of the official’s son (4:46–54)
(4) The healing of the lame man (5:1–15)
(5) The feeding of the multitude (6:1–15)
(6) The healing of the man born blind (chap. 9)
(7) The raising of Lazarus (chap. 11)
Better Covenant/ purification
Purity in Worship/ Jesus is the Place
God’s glory displayed in Jesus
Christ is the Bread of Life
Sickness not of this world
Christ is the resurrection and the Life

21. The Miracles
4 Jesus answered and said to them, “Go and report to John what you hear and see:
5 the blind receive sight and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.
6 “And blessed is he who does not take offense at Me.”
Matthew 11:4-6

22. The Works of Jesus
The Cross

23. He was “lifted up” The OT connection is Numbers 21:1-9
The “lifted up” has a double-meaning:
Crucifixion
Exaltation
John 3:11-15
John 8:21-30
John 12:27-43

24. The Death/Life Seam: Romans 5:10
For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life.

25. The Works of Jesus
The Resurrection

26. The Resurrection 1 Corinthians 15 Christ really . . .
1-2: The Gospel named
3-11: The Gospel “event” told
12-19: Resurrection must be real
20-28: The details of resurrection
29-57: The qualities of resurrection
The encouragement of resurrection
Christ really . . .
Lived
Died
Rose from the Dead
The resurrection is empirical - verifiable
The resurrection affects us
The resurrection is what everything hangs on – everything (15:14 &17)

27. 1 Corinthians 15:17
“. . . and if Christ has not been raised, your faith is worthless; you are still in your sins.”

28. Truly . . .
It was life that we were given back That is, sin separated us from God – killed us. We were meant to live.

29. The Incarnation, Signs, Miracles, Death & Resurrection
The Works of Jesus
The Incarnation, Signs, Miracles, Death & Resurrection