Cornerstone Curriculum, Official Certification Edition

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Please take as much time as you have available to answer these and other questions that the video brought out. In many ways, the humility and lowliness of our Lord constitutes the heart and soul of our personal ethic of the Kingdom of God. We are called to suffer with him, to bear our cross daily, and follow him. Only if we experience the fellowship of his sufferings can we fully be liberated as his vessels of worship and witness. The significance of the cross cannot be overestimated for Christian leadership or effective urban ministry. Answer the following questions with an eye to apply these truths as the Spirit leads. Be clear and concise in your reasoning and support your answers with biblical proofs. 1. What is the meaning of the phrase “self-emptying of Jesus Christ?” In other words, what specifically did Jesus “empty” himself of in his Incarnation and ministry on earth? 2. How did the life and ministry of Jesus demonstrate his servanthood, humility, and lowliness? What are the implications of this for our own lives of discipleship and ministry today? 3. What is the relationship between Jesus humbling himself and him surrendering the “independent use” of his divine attributes while on earth? 4. Why is the death of Jesus so important for an overall understanding of Incarnation? 5. How are we to understand the death of Jesus as a ransom sacrifice for the world? Explain your answer. 6. What does it mean that Jesus’ death is a propitiation for our sins? 7. In what ways does Jesus’ death parallel for us the meaning of the Passover and substitutionary sacrifice? 8. What are the characteristics of conflict and struggle shown between Jesus’ death and the devil, in other words, in what way did the death of Jesus destroy the devil’s work? 9. How does the death of Jesus reconcile God with his creation and with humankind, even as both have been so dramatically affected by sin and the curse?

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