Cornerstone Curriculum, Official Certification Edition

LESSON 3 | GOD THE SON: JESUS, THE MESSIAH AND LORD OF ALL – HE DIED / 219

God the Son Jesus, the Messiah and Lord of All – He Died

LESSON 3

page 119 & 1

Welcome in the strong name of Jesus Christ! After your reading, study, discussion, and application of the materials in this lesson, you will be able to: • Articulate with Scripture and concrete examples the significance of the humiliation of Jesus Christ, that is, his descent in his divine person and glory to come to earth and die on our behalf. • Illustrate and state the major points of Jesus’ humiliation in his Incarnation and in his life and ministry. • Elaborate with Scripture and clear reasons how this humiliation of Jesus is specifically revealed in his death. • Expand upon some of the key historical perspectives on Jesus’ death and the way in which these dimensions enable us to understand the blessing our Lord’s death was for humankind. • These include the view of his death as a ransom for us, as a propitiation for our sins, as a substitutionary sacrifice in our place, as a victory over the devil and death itself, and as a reconciliation between God and humankind. • Elaborate on how the Nicene Creed unequivocally confesses that our Lord Jesus Christ died and was buried, and how this act was the culmination of our Lord’s humiliation upon earth in his descent from his heavenly, preexistent glory. The Iniquity of Us All Isa. 53.1-12 – Who has believed what they heard from us? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? [2] For he grew up before him like a young plant, and like a root out of dry ground; he had no form or majesty that we should look at him, and no beauty that we should desire him. [3] He was despised and rejected by men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief; and as one from whom men hide their faces he was despised, and we esteemed him not. [4] Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted. [5] But he was wounded for our transgressions;

Lesson Objectives

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T heology and E th i c s

Devotion page 120 & 2