God the Son, Student Workbook, SW10

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G O D T H E S O N

Now is the time for you to beginning planning your own ministry project, as well as determining what Scripture passage you will use for your exegetical project. It is important that you neither postpone nor procrastinate in selecting both your ministry and study projects. The sooner you determine what you want to do, the more time you will have to prepare, and the better (and hopefully, more informative and inspiring) your projects will be! In this lesson we explored the integrity of Jesus’ human nature, and the unity between Jesus’ divine and human natures. Conceived by the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary, Jesus is he whose divine and human natures are intact, perfectly united in his one person. We also considered the three key biblical motifs that comprised Jesus’ life and Messianic ministry on earth. As the Baptized One, Jesus identified with the sinners he came to redeem. As the Proclaimer of the Kingdom of God, Jesus inaugurated the reign of God and reasserted God’s right to rule over creation. Finally, as the Suffering Servant of Yahweh, Jesus fulfilled the OT prophecies of God’s anointed servant, preaching good news to the poor, doing justice among the people, and giving his life as a ransom for many. In our next lesson entitled, Jesus, the Messiah and Lord of All: He Died , we will consider the significance of the humiliation of Jesus Christ, to use Oden’s language, in both his lowliness in life and his sacrifice in death for the world.

Looking Forward to the Next Lesson

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