apostle's creed (jesus his identity & birth)
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I believe in God the Father Almighty,maker of heaven and earth;
And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord:who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,
born of the Virgin Mary,
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• Arianism : Jesus was the greatest of God’s creation
• Adoptionism : Jesus was adopted @ His baptism
• Metaphoric-ism : the incarnation = just a metaphor
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• God’s only Son, our Lord
• conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin
• God breaking the traumatic silence
~ 400 years after Malachi, 600 years after Isaiah
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• ‘homoousis’
~ same substance, co-eternal with the Father
• Lord ~ He’s Creator, Savior.
~ even in His birth (conception)
• the Messiah
~ Anointed One, Deliverer, Ruler
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Matthew 1:1-25; Luke 3:23-37
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• God’s sign (Isa 7:14) ~ miraculous conception
• a scandalized beginning for Mary & Joseph
• the salvation offered by God is supernatural
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• an awesome genesis (pedigree) : David, Abraham
• goes back via the line of Solomon & Nathan
• includes 4 Gentile women & heroes of faith
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• a son of Abraham ~ father of Israel (Gen 12,17)
• a son of David ~ messianic title (ruler of nation)
• a son of Adam ~ promise of crushing Satan (Gen 3)
~ representing all humanity
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Luke 2:1-20; Matthew 2:1-12; John 1:1-14
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• the unsterile manger
• the unprepared Chief Priests & Scribes
• the hostile neighbourhood
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• the outcast & lowly shepherds
• the outside & pagan magi ~ gold for a king, frankinsense for a God, myrrh for the dead
• the absent Jewish community
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• entering the neighborhood, walking in our shoes
• shining amidst the ugly, devouring darkness
• unwavering in Truth, overflowing in Grace
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Matthew 2:13-23; 3:13-4:11
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• an Idumean’s plot ~ Herod threatened
• becoming an Egyptian refugee
• returning to the backwaters of Nazareth
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• God’s declaration of fatherhood
• Jesus’ Bar Mitzvah (“My Beloved Son”)
• Jesus’ credentials (sonship, approved, loved)
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• misleading insinuations ~ “If you are …”
• hijacking power ~ calling to popular messianics
• thwarted tempter ~ the Son of God kept faithful
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1. Examine your own ideas about JESUS &
His TOTAL SONSHIP, His MIRACULOUS
CONCEPTION. What is your response?
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1. What is your response to God, Who disregards
SCANDALS & ABSURDITIES to come in His own
way?
2. The Messiah has MOVED INTO OUR DARK
NEIGHBORHOOD. What grace & truth does He
speak into your situation?