God the Son, Student Workbook, SW10

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G O D T H E S O N

2. To pay the penalty as a sacrifice in our place

a. 1 Pet. 3.18

b. Titus 2.14

c. Heb. 9.28

3. To set us free from the power of sin’s dominion , Rom. 6.6-11

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4. To deliver us from the kingdom of Satan, Col. 1.13

If Christ was only man, how did he say, “Before Abraham was, I am?” For no man can be before someone from whom he himself has descended. Nor can it be that anyone could have been prior to him of whom he himself has taken his origin. Yet, Christ, although he was born of Abraham, says that he is before Abraham. . . . . How can it be said that “I and the Father are one,” if he is not both God and the Son? ~ Novatian (c. 235, W), 5.624, 625. Ibid. p. 99.

5. To reassert God’s right to rule in his universe, Mark 1.14-15

II. Jesus of Nazareth, the God-man: the Unity of Jesus’ Personhood

A. His Godhood: Christ was conceived of the Holy Spirit.

1. The biblical evidence

a. The visitation to Mary, Luke 1.31-35

b. Matthew’s account of Joseph’s dilemma, Matt. 1.18-25

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