God the Son, Student Workbook, SW10

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G O D T H E S O N

Jesus, the Messiah and Lord of All He Rose and Will Return

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: • Explain with Scripture and worthy arguments the various aspects and implications of two events which mark the exaltation of Christ, the resurrection and the ascension. • Elaborate the key points which show how the resurrection serves as a vindication of Jesus’ Messiahship and position as God’s Son. • Articulate the importance and significance of Jesus’ ascension which grants to our Savior a position of dignity and authority that allows him to fill all things with his glory. • Show how the Nicene Creed and its confession gives a clear and persuasive summary of the teaching of the Scriptures on both the resurrection and the ascension, and give the major implications of these great events. • Outline the final three Christological events referred to in the Nicene Creed on the present and coming ministry of the exalted Christ. • Argue from both the Scriptures and the Creed about the Second Coming of Christ in glory, and lay out its character and its significance for us in ministry. • Defend the biblical and creedal affirmations about Jesus’ judgment of the nations, and the main elements in the coming reign of Jesus. • Elaborate the key issues and implications of Christ’s return and reign for us as we do ministry in the city.

Lesson Objectives

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A Vision to Live By

Devotion

Rom. 13.8-14 - Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law. [9] The commandments, “You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal, You shall not covet,” and any other commandment, are summed up in this word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”