God the Son, Mentor's Guide, MG10

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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

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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.”

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