WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.540 All right, friends, we're going to go ahead and get started. 00:00:05.960 --> 00:00:06.780 Good morning. 00:00:07.660 --> 00:00:09.800 Thanks for coming out to Adult Sunday School. 00:00:11.140 --> 00:00:14.740 So if you were expecting this class to be John Hinkson, 00:00:14.980 --> 00:00:16.859 talking about how to share your faith, 00:00:17.699 --> 00:00:19.980 that's not what we're going to do this morning. 00:00:20.140 --> 00:00:22.500 So if you want to just slip out and do something else, 00:00:22.559 --> 00:00:23.940 go get a cup of coffee, that's fine. 00:00:24.000 --> 00:00:26.859 I know Tyler mentioned he announced that a couple weeks ago 00:00:26.859 --> 00:00:28.980 as the hospitality class was underway. 00:00:28.980 --> 00:00:31.320 But we made a little bit of a shift in the schedule. 00:00:31.560 --> 00:00:33.759 So John's actually going to teach that class 00:00:33.759 --> 00:00:36.000 on how to share your faith starting in the new year. 00:00:36.359 --> 00:00:40.039 So kind of mid-January when we kick Sunday school back up for the year, 00:00:40.100 --> 00:00:40.840 he's going to teach that. 00:00:40.899 --> 00:00:43.140 That will just give him a little more time to do that class. 00:00:44.659 --> 00:00:46.620 So instead, what we're going to do, 00:00:46.700 --> 00:00:49.100 which seems very fitting this time of year, 00:00:49.380 --> 00:00:52.060 is that we are going to do a class about the incarnation. 00:00:52.659 --> 00:00:56.780 We're going to do a class about Jesus Christ and the person of Christ. 00:00:56.780 --> 00:01:00.280 So for those of you, I think I know most of you in the room. 00:01:00.340 --> 00:01:01.760 For those of you who don't know me, my name is Nick. 00:01:01.980 --> 00:01:03.060 I'm one of the pastors here. 00:01:04.460 --> 00:01:06.760 And what we're going to do over the next three weeks 00:01:06.760 --> 00:01:15.060 is look at what is really the central reality of Christianity. 00:01:15.560 --> 00:01:18.760 The thing that makes Christianity, Christianity. 00:01:18.760 --> 00:01:22.340 And really, what we're going to look at over the next three weeks 00:01:22.340 --> 00:01:28.740 is the kind of central and most glorious work that God has done 00:01:28.740 --> 00:01:31.859 and that we will spend eternity praising God for, 00:01:32.640 --> 00:01:36.900 which is this, as John says in John chapter 1. 00:01:37.840 --> 00:01:38.640 John writes, he says, 00:01:38.640 --> 00:02:00.060 And then John goes on to say a few verses later, he says, 00:02:00.060 --> 00:02:04.980 And that word became flesh and dwelt among us. 00:02:05.560 --> 00:02:10.240 And we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, 00:02:10.979 --> 00:02:12.539 full of grace and truth. 00:02:12.920 --> 00:02:14.300 The word became flesh. 00:02:14.360 --> 00:02:18.080 So we're going to spend three weeks basically just unpacking that half of a verse. 00:02:18.580 --> 00:02:19.740 The word became flesh. 00:02:19.840 --> 00:02:22.360 So how are we going to do that over these next few weeks? 00:02:22.740 --> 00:02:27.640 So today, we're going to look at the humanity of Jesus. 00:02:27.639 --> 00:02:27.759 Jesus. 00:02:28.319 --> 00:02:32.979 And then next week, we're going to look at the deity of Jesus, his divine nature. 00:02:33.299 --> 00:02:34.979 And then in our third week together, 00:02:34.979 --> 00:02:38.519 we're going to consider that Jesus is both of those at the same time. 00:02:40.419 --> 00:02:43.979 So that's a bit of where we're going to go in this class. 00:02:44.459 --> 00:02:47.879 So with that being said, with all the introductory bits out of the way, 00:02:48.279 --> 00:02:50.239 let me pray for us and then we'll dive in. 00:02:52.399 --> 00:02:56.000 Father in heaven, we thank you for the opportunity to be together this morning. 00:02:56.000 --> 00:03:03.639 God, thank you that this time of year is a time when we remember the incarnation of your Son. 00:03:04.659 --> 00:03:08.360 Father, in the way in which you came in the person of your Son, 00:03:08.520 --> 00:03:10.919 dwelt in our midst, full of grace and truth, 00:03:11.319 --> 00:03:17.539 and took on our humanity, assumed it in its fullness for us and for our redemption 00:03:17.539 --> 00:03:19.780 and for the rescue of the whole world. 00:03:19.780 --> 00:03:22.439 God, we pray that you'd be with us in this class. 00:03:22.539 --> 00:03:29.039 Help our minds to comprehend, as much as our finite minds are able, 00:03:29.740 --> 00:03:31.240 this great truth of what you've done. 00:03:32.060 --> 00:03:33.659 Jesus, we pray in your mighty name. 00:03:34.139 --> 00:03:34.379 Amen. 00:03:35.860 --> 00:03:41.539 Okay, so this morning, we're talking about the humanity of Jesus. 00:03:41.740 --> 00:03:43.860 Now, I think it's the reasonable question to ask. 00:03:43.860 --> 00:03:46.820 Isn't Jesus' humanity obvious? 00:03:47.600 --> 00:03:51.020 Who disputes the fact that Jesus was a real human being? 00:03:51.500 --> 00:03:54.020 It's kind of interesting that a number of years ago, 00:03:54.140 --> 00:03:57.480 there were some scholars and then there were some people who kind of like 00:03:57.480 --> 00:03:59.900 did some half-baked conspiracy theories to say that like, 00:04:00.380 --> 00:04:02.100 the person of Jesus never existed. 00:04:03.300 --> 00:04:05.240 But all that's been pretty much debunked. 00:04:05.240 --> 00:04:10.180 Even utterly secular scholars like a guy like Bart Ehrman from North Carolina, 00:04:10.240 --> 00:04:13.280 if you're familiar with him, who doesn't believe in God in any way, 00:04:13.560 --> 00:04:16.439 wrote a whole book called Why Jesus Existed. 00:04:17.240 --> 00:04:23.000 You know, so the very kind of brute fact of the person of Jesus is sort of obvious. 00:04:24.460 --> 00:04:31.460 But, however, there was an early danger in the early church. 00:04:31.459 --> 00:04:40.939 There were some people who fell into the trap of thinking that maybe Jesus wasn't fully human. 00:04:41.859 --> 00:04:46.240 Listen to this verse from a book maybe a lot of us are familiar with, a book of 1 John. 00:04:46.899 --> 00:04:47.740 John says this, 00:04:47.740 --> 00:04:50.060 By this you know the Spirit of God. 00:04:50.919 --> 00:04:57.379 Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God. 00:04:57.379 --> 00:05:03.600 And every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God. 00:05:04.639 --> 00:05:05.819 Did you catch what John's saying there? 00:05:06.019 --> 00:05:11.639 There are some people who are saying that this person we're looking to, the Christ, 00:05:12.040 --> 00:05:15.399 that he wasn't in the flesh, right? 00:05:15.699 --> 00:05:23.000 That Jesus was maybe a spirit, maybe a kind of spiritual being, but wasn't a human being. 00:05:23.000 --> 00:05:29.480 And that kind of error, that kind of thinking, came to be called docetism in the early church. 00:05:29.959 --> 00:05:34.879 And you saw this especially as the gospel began to spread into more sort of Gentile areas. 00:05:35.500 --> 00:05:41.000 And the word docetism comes from a Greek word doceo, which means to appear or to seem. 00:05:42.120 --> 00:05:46.439 So this was the kind of thinking that Jesus only appeared to be human. 00:05:46.759 --> 00:05:48.199 He wasn't really human. 00:05:49.399 --> 00:05:52.180 Now you think, okay, well, is that really the danger for us today? 00:05:52.180 --> 00:05:55.160 Do we only think that Jesus was like, just seemed to be human? 00:05:55.439 --> 00:05:59.900 Don't we sort of fall into the other trap of thinking that Jesus was only human and not really God? 00:05:59.959 --> 00:06:01.319 Well, we'll get to that next week, right? 00:06:01.319 --> 00:06:02.060 We are going to get to that. 00:06:02.120 --> 00:06:04.280 That probably is more of the danger for us today. 00:06:04.920 --> 00:06:12.899 However, I do think that there is maybe some latent docetism in our thinking today. 00:06:12.960 --> 00:06:17.439 Maybe some latent thinking that maybe Jesus wasn't fully human. 00:06:19.220 --> 00:06:20.220 Think about it this way. 00:06:20.220 --> 00:06:31.220 Some church traditions, there's a lot of emphasis on mediators between us and the ascended risen Christ. 00:06:32.000 --> 00:06:35.040 That we need to sort of to approach God. 00:06:35.160 --> 00:06:41.920 We need to go through sort of other humans who maybe are a little closer to God so that we can get to them. 00:06:41.920 --> 00:06:42.540 Right? 00:06:42.540 --> 00:06:42.640 Right? 00:06:43.140 --> 00:06:51.740 In some traditions, even Mary, who is obviously a wonderful figure of the faith, and we're, you know, we love Mary. 00:06:52.160 --> 00:06:58.080 But some traditions would say you actually have to pray to Mary to get Jesus' sort of attention. 00:06:58.079 --> 00:07:06.939 Now, I think what's going on there is an exaltation of Jesus to such a high degree that suddenly he's unattainable. 00:07:07.479 --> 00:07:10.579 That we need other humans to kind of bend his ear to us. 00:07:11.839 --> 00:07:16.899 We're forgetting that Jesus is fully human, just like us. 00:07:18.079 --> 00:07:19.299 Okay, that's maybe one danger. 00:07:19.300 --> 00:07:26.240 I think another danger today is maybe the view that sees Jesus sort of just as a myth. 00:07:26.780 --> 00:07:27.780 Now, what do I mean by that? 00:07:27.980 --> 00:07:37.199 I mean that some people sort of talk about Jesus as if he's important kind of for what he stands for or for what he represents. 00:07:38.120 --> 00:07:38.319 Right? 00:07:38.319 --> 00:07:46.240 And what's underneath this is, I think, on one hand, an attempt to try to consider Jesus as very important today. 00:07:46.240 --> 00:07:59.019 But sometimes it seems to be an attempt to separate the kind of ongoing meaning of Jesus for today from his historical material existence. 00:08:00.100 --> 00:08:05.920 That we can kind of separate ourselves from all the kind of nitty-gritty details of his very material historical existence. 00:08:06.300 --> 00:08:10.259 And some of the things that maybe historically we find a little uncomfortable. 00:08:10.259 --> 00:08:15.680 Like maybe the virgin birth or the bodily resurrection or some of his miracles or some of the things that we're like, oh, I don't know what to do with that. 00:08:15.680 --> 00:08:21.740 So we can extract from the human Jesus a supposedly kind of timeless Christ. 00:08:23.540 --> 00:08:26.759 And that kind of thinking goes all the way back into the early church. 00:08:27.259 --> 00:08:30.620 It's really kind of a form of Gnosticism, if you're familiar with that. 00:08:30.879 --> 00:08:37.480 Gnosticism said that, you know, Jesus the human wasn't really what was important, but kind of the spirit of Christ that came upon him. 00:08:37.779 --> 00:08:39.860 And we just have to connect with that spirit of Christ. 00:08:39.860 --> 00:08:47.480 But you can see how that's kind of a denial or at least a downgrading of Jesus' real human historical personhood. 00:08:49.080 --> 00:08:49.480 Okay. 00:08:50.440 --> 00:08:52.519 It's super easy to point fingers at other people, right? 00:08:52.840 --> 00:08:58.960 How do we, maybe in some of our circles, kind of downgrade Jesus' humanity? 00:08:59.940 --> 00:09:00.840 Well, it's very interesting. 00:09:00.960 --> 00:09:06.100 When you look at the book of 1 John, where it seems like this issue first starts to crop up in the New Testament, 00:09:06.759 --> 00:09:08.539 John talks about a lot of things in that book. 00:09:08.539 --> 00:09:13.319 He talks about Jesus being our assurance of our standing before God. 00:09:13.659 --> 00:09:16.000 He talks about Jesus as our future hope. 00:09:16.860 --> 00:09:22.519 He also talks about Jesus as our present meaning for how to live, right? 00:09:23.319 --> 00:09:24.980 And let's reflect on our own lives. 00:09:25.959 --> 00:09:29.419 Do we live in a deep assurance of God's favor for us? 00:09:30.319 --> 00:09:34.860 Do we live with a deep sense of robust, anchored hope for the future? 00:09:34.860 --> 00:09:39.139 Do we live with a robust sense of meaning and purpose now? 00:09:40.100 --> 00:09:43.740 I think if we're all honest, we're from time to time pretty shaky about all that stuff. 00:09:44.080 --> 00:09:49.680 And what's interesting for 1 John is all those things are rooted in the humanity of Jesus. 00:09:50.360 --> 00:09:53.259 The fact that the word became flesh. 00:09:53.259 --> 00:09:57.519 Now, we're going to unpack that as we go along. 00:09:57.700 --> 00:10:04.559 But first, before we come back to that kind of deep meaning and the necessity of Jesus' humanity and why it's important for us, 00:10:05.580 --> 00:10:14.120 why don't we take a step and we're just going to walk through this morning the kind of scriptural support for Jesus' full humanity. 00:10:14.120 --> 00:10:22.200 We're just going to walk through and look at how, particularly the Gospels, present Jesus as fully human. 00:10:24.500 --> 00:10:35.159 So, as we come to the Gospel writers in particular, we see undoubtedly that Jesus had a human body. 00:10:35.159 --> 00:10:49.079 So, think about some passages. 00:10:49.839 --> 00:10:55.439 Think about the fact that Jesus was born and grew up, right? 00:10:56.159 --> 00:10:57.399 Think about Luke 2, right? 00:10:57.419 --> 00:10:59.480 A familiar passage we think about this time of year. 00:10:59.600 --> 00:11:00.579 Luke 2, 4-7. 00:11:00.580 --> 00:11:28.840 Jesus was born just like everyone in this room, I'm supposing. 00:11:28.840 --> 00:11:31.740 Is anyone here not born? 00:11:32.180 --> 00:11:34.019 Because I guess you're... 00:11:34.019 --> 00:11:34.620 I can't remember. 00:11:34.879 --> 00:11:35.560 That's right. 00:11:36.100 --> 00:11:38.399 Jesus might be the only one who remembers his birth, actually. 00:11:39.680 --> 00:11:40.700 You know, think about that. 00:11:40.780 --> 00:11:43.259 You know, we sing these songs during Christmas time. 00:11:43.340 --> 00:11:45.580 You know, the little Lord Jesus, no crying he made. 00:11:46.720 --> 00:11:47.720 Was that true, I wonder? 00:11:48.100 --> 00:11:55.840 Was Jesus not crying in that moment when he took his first gasp of air upon, you know, leaving the womb of the Virgin Mary? 00:11:57.840 --> 00:11:58.200 Yeah? 00:11:58.200 --> 00:11:59.980 Okay, so Jesus was born. 00:12:00.300 --> 00:12:02.120 Interesting, Jesus also grew up. 00:12:02.500 --> 00:12:03.400 We don't have to think about this. 00:12:03.440 --> 00:12:05.780 There's not a lot in the Gospels about Jesus' early years. 00:12:06.259 --> 00:12:08.480 But in Luke 2, verse 40, Luke writes, 00:12:09.120 --> 00:12:16.140 And the child grew and became strong, filled with wisdom, and the favor of God was upon him. 00:12:16.259 --> 00:12:18.140 Jesus knew what it was like to grow up. 00:12:18.139 --> 00:12:26.100 And then one of the only stories we have about Jesus before his kind of public ministry in his adult years is found in the rest of Luke 2. 00:12:26.100 --> 00:12:31.879 In Luke 2, verse 42, where we read about Jesus when he was 12 years old. 00:12:31.879 --> 00:12:37.700 When he was 12 years old, they went up to Jerusalem according to custom for the festival. 00:12:37.700 --> 00:12:41.140 And that was where Jesus went to the temple and was teaching with the religious leaders. 00:12:41.259 --> 00:12:42.420 And then his parents lost him. 00:12:42.480 --> 00:12:43.879 And then they went back and they were really worried. 00:12:44.000 --> 00:12:45.940 And then Jesus said, okay, I'll come with you. 00:12:46.020 --> 00:12:46.820 And he obeyed them. 00:12:47.259 --> 00:12:47.440 Right? 00:12:47.440 --> 00:12:47.480 Okay. 00:12:48.360 --> 00:12:56.940 So there's this picture of Jesus, fully human, being born, growing up, navigating life with parents, you know. 00:12:58.160 --> 00:12:58.600 Okay. 00:12:58.700 --> 00:13:01.840 What else do we see about Jesus' human body in the Gospels? 00:13:01.900 --> 00:13:05.760 He wasn't just born and he grew, but Jesus also got tired. 00:13:07.440 --> 00:13:09.060 John 4, 6, we see that. 00:13:09.480 --> 00:13:10.440 In John 4, we read, 00:13:10.440 --> 00:13:14.280 Jesus left Judea, departed for Galilee, and he had to pass through Samaria. 00:13:14.279 --> 00:13:20.759 So he came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the field that Jacob had given to his son Joseph. 00:13:21.159 --> 00:13:22.159 Jacob's well was there. 00:13:22.360 --> 00:13:27.620 So Jesus, wearied as he was from his journey, was sitting beside the well. 00:13:28.360 --> 00:13:29.879 It was about the sixth hour. 00:13:30.480 --> 00:13:31.539 Wearied from his journey. 00:13:31.779 --> 00:13:32.699 Jesus was wearied. 00:13:32.799 --> 00:13:34.000 He knew what it was like to grow tired. 00:13:34.399 --> 00:13:35.860 Anyone remember what happens in John 4? 00:13:37.500 --> 00:13:38.480 What happens in John 4? 00:13:40.220 --> 00:13:41.439 He meets the woman at the well. 00:13:41.539 --> 00:13:41.860 That's right. 00:13:41.919 --> 00:13:42.980 He meets the Samaritan woman at the well. 00:13:42.980 --> 00:13:43.480 That's right. 00:13:45.019 --> 00:13:48.439 Another instance of Jesus displaying tiredness. 00:13:48.759 --> 00:13:49.279 Mark 4. 00:13:49.399 --> 00:13:51.600 On that day, when evening had come, he said to them, 00:13:51.899 --> 00:13:53.579 let's go across to the other side. 00:13:53.639 --> 00:13:57.659 And leaving the crowd, they took him with them in the boat, just as he was. 00:13:57.699 --> 00:13:58.699 And other boats were with them. 00:13:58.720 --> 00:14:00.139 And a great windstorm arose. 00:14:00.480 --> 00:14:03.879 And the waves were breaking into the boat, so that the boat was already filling. 00:14:04.699 --> 00:14:06.240 But where was Jesus in that moment? 00:14:07.100 --> 00:14:09.259 He was in the stern, asleep. 00:14:09.860 --> 00:14:10.039 Right? 00:14:11.339 --> 00:14:11.699 Weary. 00:14:11.700 --> 00:14:17.000 We see not just that Jesus became tired, but that he also experienced hunger. 00:14:17.759 --> 00:14:23.060 In Matthew chapter 4, Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. 00:14:23.160 --> 00:14:24.940 We'll come back to Jesus' temptation. 00:14:25.440 --> 00:14:28.220 And after fasting 40 days and 40 nights, what was true of Jesus? 00:14:29.220 --> 00:14:30.000 He was hungry. 00:14:30.480 --> 00:14:31.259 Experienced hunger. 00:14:31.259 --> 00:14:37.340 And then we know in John 19 that Jesus also experienced thirst on the cross. 00:14:37.399 --> 00:14:38.980 He said, I thirst. 00:14:39.580 --> 00:14:43.679 So they fed him some sour wine on a hyssop branch. 00:14:44.059 --> 00:14:44.179 Right? 00:14:44.179 --> 00:14:49.399 So there's Jesus experiencing fatigue and hunger and thirst, just like us. 00:14:50.339 --> 00:14:55.019 Interestingly, Jesus also experienced wounding and weakness. 00:14:55.859 --> 00:15:00.799 We see this especially in the narratives of Jesus' passion. 00:15:01.579 --> 00:15:03.319 Here's one from Mark 15. 00:15:03.320 --> 00:15:08.100 And the soldiers led him away inside the palace, that is the governor's headquarters. 00:15:08.900 --> 00:15:12.480 And they called together the whole battalion and they clothed him in a purple cloak and 00:15:12.480 --> 00:15:16.700 twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on him and they began to salute him. 00:15:17.120 --> 00:15:18.300 Hail, King of the Jews. 00:15:18.660 --> 00:15:24.720 And they were striking his head with a reed and spitting on him and kneeling down in homage 00:15:24.720 --> 00:15:26.160 to him, obviously mocking him. 00:15:26.159 --> 00:15:30.240 And when they mocked him, they stripped him of the purple cloak and put his own clothes 00:15:30.240 --> 00:15:30.620 on him. 00:15:31.139 --> 00:15:32.719 And they led him out to crucify him. 00:15:33.000 --> 00:15:38.139 And then interestingly, Mark and some of the other gospel writers say, and they compelled 00:15:38.139 --> 00:15:44.240 a passerby, Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country, the father of Alexander 00:15:44.240 --> 00:15:46.620 and Rufus, to carry his cross. 00:15:47.039 --> 00:15:49.620 Why would they compel someone to carry Jesus' cross? 00:15:53.179 --> 00:15:54.399 Because he couldn't do it. 00:15:54.399 --> 00:15:55.600 Because he was weak. 00:15:56.159 --> 00:15:58.000 He'd experienced wounding and weakness. 00:15:59.699 --> 00:16:03.059 And then, of course, we know from all the gospel writers that Jesus died. 00:16:03.639 --> 00:16:05.879 He experienced death in his human body. 00:16:08.199 --> 00:16:09.559 Here's Luke's account of that. 00:16:10.379 --> 00:16:14.299 It was now the sixth hour and there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour, while 00:16:14.299 --> 00:16:17.620 the sun's light failed and the curtain of the temple was torn in two. 00:16:18.139 --> 00:16:22.139 And Jesus, calling out with a loud voice, said, Father, into your hands I commit my spirit. 00:16:22.360 --> 00:16:25.480 And having said this, he breathed his last. 00:16:26.159 --> 00:16:29.179 So Jesus had a fully human body. 00:16:29.259 --> 00:16:29.819 He was born. 00:16:29.939 --> 00:16:30.360 He grew. 00:16:30.519 --> 00:16:35.120 He experienced tiredness, weakness, hunger, thirst, wounding, even death. 00:16:36.299 --> 00:16:37.579 Now, here's what's very interesting. 00:16:37.580 --> 00:16:49.160 When we think about Jesus' human body, one of the things that the scriptures teach us is that Jesus is fully God and fully human. 00:16:49.159 --> 00:16:52.799 And he will be both for eternity. 00:16:52.799 --> 00:17:03.159 Because when we continue to follow the gospel story, we see that Jesus, now still thinking about his human body, Jesus was risen. 00:17:03.500 --> 00:17:05.619 He rose in a body, right? 00:17:06.159 --> 00:17:07.639 This is one of my favorite passages. 00:17:08.180 --> 00:17:09.980 I think I preached on this last Easter, didn't I? 00:17:09.980 --> 00:17:14.779 As they were talking about these things, Jesus himself stood among them and said to them, peace to you. 00:17:15.319 --> 00:17:18.279 But they were startled and frightened and thought they saw a spirit. 00:17:18.640 --> 00:17:20.680 And he said to them, why are you troubled? 00:17:21.740 --> 00:17:23.539 And why do doubts arise in your hearts? 00:17:23.980 --> 00:17:26.819 You got to think, in that moment, did Jesus sort of have a smile on his face? 00:17:26.819 --> 00:17:29.639 Like, I mean, they'd all watched him die. 00:17:30.339 --> 00:17:31.799 He came and stood among them. 00:17:32.000 --> 00:17:32.759 And they're all freaking out. 00:17:32.799 --> 00:17:33.599 He's like, why are you freaking out? 00:17:34.279 --> 00:17:37.159 I mean, he probably knew a little bit of why they were freaking out, right? 00:17:38.159 --> 00:17:39.000 Why are you troubled? 00:17:39.099 --> 00:17:40.359 Why do doubts arise in your hearts? 00:17:40.779 --> 00:17:44.179 See my hands and my feet, that it is I myself. 00:17:45.139 --> 00:17:46.240 Touch me and see. 00:17:46.980 --> 00:17:52.179 For a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see I have. 00:17:52.579 --> 00:17:54.480 And when he said this, he showed them his hands and feet. 00:17:54.480 --> 00:17:58.200 And while they still disbelieved for joy and were marveling, he said to them, 00:17:58.279 --> 00:17:59.319 have you anything here to eat? 00:18:00.200 --> 00:18:03.440 They gave him a piece of broiled fish and he took it and ate it before them. 00:18:03.920 --> 00:18:05.740 So Jesus was risen in a body. 00:18:06.799 --> 00:18:10.579 And then also, what we see as we continue the story of the Gospels, 00:18:11.099 --> 00:18:13.380 is that Jesus ascended in a body. 00:18:14.620 --> 00:18:20.680 And thereby, I think the point of the, one of the many points of the Ascension stories, 00:18:20.759 --> 00:18:22.960 the way they're told to tell us what happened, 00:18:22.960 --> 00:18:28.420 was that Jesus continues in his body, even in heaven. 00:18:29.579 --> 00:18:31.279 So think about Luke 24, 50. 00:18:31.340 --> 00:18:34.299 And he led them out as far as Bethany and lifting up his hands, he blessed them. 00:18:34.600 --> 00:18:37.259 While he blessed them, he parted from them and was carried up into heaven. 00:18:38.299 --> 00:18:40.819 And they worshiped him and returned to Jerusalem with great joy. 00:18:41.539 --> 00:18:44.380 And then in Acts, we see kind of a second account of that same event. 00:18:44.700 --> 00:18:46.640 When Jesus had said these things as they were looking on, 00:18:46.720 --> 00:18:48.960 he was lifted up and a cloud took him out of their sight. 00:18:48.960 --> 00:18:53.640 And while they were gazing into heaven as he went, behold, two men stood by them in white robes and said, 00:18:54.019 --> 00:18:55.940 Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into heaven? 00:18:56.059 --> 00:19:02.559 This Jesus, who is taken from you into heaven, will come in the same way as you saw him go into heaven. 00:19:02.559 --> 00:19:08.599 So Jesus continues forever in his human body. 00:19:10.379 --> 00:19:15.179 The incarnation, in other words, wasn't just sort of like a temporary flash in the middle of history, 00:19:15.179 --> 00:19:23.579 but God did something in the incarnation that will have permanent, eternal outcomes. 00:19:23.579 --> 00:19:26.159 Okay. 00:19:26.879 --> 00:19:28.359 So Jesus had a human body. 00:19:28.759 --> 00:19:30.980 That much seems clear from the New Testament. 00:19:31.879 --> 00:19:38.439 But, you know, was Jesus's body just sort of like a shell for his divine nature, right? 00:19:38.919 --> 00:19:46.819 Was it just kind of like an earth suit that he put on whereby God the sun could kind of come to earth, right? 00:19:47.079 --> 00:19:48.639 Think about astronauts in space, right? 00:19:48.659 --> 00:19:49.339 What do we need to do? 00:19:49.339 --> 00:19:53.419 Well, I'm not an astronaut, so I don't need to do it, but I've seen. 00:19:54.039 --> 00:19:55.799 Astronauts, they have to put on space suits, right? 00:19:55.919 --> 00:20:00.279 So they can like exist in space without, I don't know what happens if you don't have a space suit on. 00:20:00.559 --> 00:20:03.339 According to Guardians of the Galaxy, you like get really cold and you turn into ice. 00:20:04.119 --> 00:20:06.899 So is that, was that what was happening in the incarnation? 00:20:07.720 --> 00:20:11.199 Was God just sort of putting on a space suit, an earth suit to come down? 00:20:12.659 --> 00:20:14.859 Actually, no. 00:20:14.859 --> 00:20:14.939 No. 00:20:16.359 --> 00:20:28.199 We see that Jesus didn't just have a fully human body, but he also had a fully human mind and a fully human will, fully human emotions. 00:20:29.419 --> 00:20:33.039 That Jesus actually had all that part of our human nature as well. 00:20:33.039 --> 00:20:37.579 So think about Jesus' human mind. 00:20:38.319 --> 00:20:46.859 So in Luke 2, 52, back in Luke 2, kind of picking up the end of that story when Jesus is 12 years old, 00:20:47.359 --> 00:20:51.759 we see that Jesus went through a learning process, just like all children. 00:20:51.899 --> 00:20:54.899 So thinking about Jesus' mind, his human mind grew. 00:20:55.039 --> 00:20:57.379 Luke 2, verse 51 through 52. 00:20:57.380 --> 00:21:16.360 So Jesus' human mind grew in wisdom, right? 00:21:16.359 --> 00:21:22.799 And here's one thing, we're going to come back to this verse in a later session, but in Jesus' human nature, 00:21:23.699 --> 00:21:27.000 Jesus' knowledge was limited, actually. 00:21:27.379 --> 00:21:31.319 He knew what it was like in his human nature to not know everything. 00:21:32.779 --> 00:21:34.740 Mark 13, 32, Jesus says, 00:21:34.740 --> 00:21:59.599 Now, like I said, we're going to talk about that verse further when we talk about Jesus' divine nature, 00:21:59.700 --> 00:22:03.620 because that's one of those verses where it's like, wait, how could Jesus be God if he doesn't know something, right? 00:22:03.619 --> 00:22:08.779 But I think what we see there is Jesus in his divine nature, or excuse me, in his human nature saying, 00:22:09.299 --> 00:22:11.139 there are things in my human nature I don't know. 00:22:11.419 --> 00:22:13.239 Of course, in his divine nature, he was omnipotent. 00:22:14.379 --> 00:22:16.199 So that's Jesus' mind. 00:22:16.779 --> 00:22:18.019 What about Jesus' emotions? 00:22:20.479 --> 00:22:22.699 Well, in Jesus' I should probably write some of this stuff down. 00:22:23.659 --> 00:22:24.339 Forget about it. 00:22:24.419 --> 00:22:27.199 You guys, my handwriting is so bad, it won't matter if I write it down anyway. 00:22:28.459 --> 00:22:31.359 Jesus had human emotions, not just a human mind, but he had human emotions. 00:22:31.359 --> 00:22:33.139 Think about Mark 1, 41. 00:22:33.619 --> 00:22:37.619 Where it says Jesus was moved with compassion, moved with pity. 00:22:39.399 --> 00:22:40.899 And this is what Mark says, he says, 00:22:41.000 --> 00:22:44.039 And a leper came to him, imploring him, and kneeling said to him, 00:22:44.599 --> 00:22:46.439 If you will, you can make me clean. 00:22:47.479 --> 00:22:49.139 And then Mark writes about Jesus, says, 00:22:49.319 --> 00:22:51.579 Moved with pity, or moved with compassion, 00:22:52.299 --> 00:22:54.899 Jesus stretched out his hand and touched him and said, 00:22:55.000 --> 00:22:56.479 I will be clean. 00:22:56.480 --> 00:23:03.220 We also read in the Gospel of Luke that Jesus marveled. 00:23:04.279 --> 00:23:06.559 He wasn't just moved with compassion, but he marveled. 00:23:07.360 --> 00:23:10.279 So this is the story when the centurion comes. 00:23:10.519 --> 00:23:12.039 Do you remember the story about the centurion? 00:23:12.579 --> 00:23:13.480 He comes to Jesus. 00:23:13.900 --> 00:23:15.120 And what does the centurion want? 00:23:15.160 --> 00:23:15.500 Do you remember? 00:23:15.500 --> 00:23:22.920 His servant. 00:23:23.079 --> 00:23:23.640 Yes, his servant. 00:23:23.720 --> 00:23:23.980 That's right. 00:23:24.039 --> 00:23:24.519 His servant. 00:23:25.019 --> 00:23:25.220 Yeah. 00:23:25.900 --> 00:23:27.279 So come heal my servant. 00:23:28.200 --> 00:23:30.119 And then, okay, let's pick it up. 00:23:31.039 --> 00:23:32.200 So Jesus went with him. 00:23:32.259 --> 00:23:36.259 So actually, the centurion kind of sends some people to tell Jesus his son is sick. 00:23:36.420 --> 00:23:37.099 And then they come. 00:23:37.680 --> 00:23:40.279 And they're like, this centurion is a really good guy, Jesus. 00:23:40.359 --> 00:23:41.279 You should do this for him. 00:23:41.579 --> 00:23:42.859 He's been a real friend to us. 00:23:42.859 --> 00:23:44.519 So Jesus is like, okay, I'll go. 00:23:46.279 --> 00:23:46.859 And it says, 00:23:46.959 --> 00:23:50.139 When Jesus was not far from the house, the centurion sent friends saying to him, 00:23:50.259 --> 00:23:54.479 Lord, don't trouble yourself, for I'm not worthy to have you come under my roof. 00:23:55.240 --> 00:24:00.740 Therefore, I did not presume to come to you, but say the word and let my servant be healed. 00:24:01.379 --> 00:24:04.699 For I, too, am a man set under authority with soldiers under me. 00:24:04.740 --> 00:24:05.599 And I say to one, go. 00:24:05.639 --> 00:24:06.219 And he goes. 00:24:06.579 --> 00:24:07.339 And another, come. 00:24:07.379 --> 00:24:08.000 And he comes. 00:24:08.519 --> 00:24:09.679 And to my servant, do this. 00:24:09.699 --> 00:24:10.359 And he does it. 00:24:10.359 --> 00:24:15.419 When Jesus heard these things, he marveled at him. 00:24:16.139 --> 00:24:17.299 He was surprised. 00:24:17.740 --> 00:24:18.139 Why? 00:24:18.299 --> 00:24:23.579 Turning to the crowd that followed him, Jesus said, I tell you, not even in Israel have I found such faith. 00:24:25.019 --> 00:24:28.759 And when those who had been sent returned to the house, they found the servant well. 00:24:28.759 --> 00:24:35.019 So there's Jesus marveling, experiencing that human emotion. 00:24:35.019 --> 00:24:42.700 But Jesus didn't experience things like compassion or pity or sort of marvel and surprise in his fully human nature. 00:24:42.779 --> 00:24:45.819 But he also experienced anger and sorrow. 00:24:47.160 --> 00:24:48.319 Listen to John 11. 00:24:48.460 --> 00:24:49.960 Do you remember what happens in John 11? 00:24:51.119 --> 00:24:52.359 Sort of a little bit of Bible quiz. 00:24:52.539 --> 00:24:53.420 What happens in John 11? 00:24:53.940 --> 00:24:55.539 For those of you who are familiar with John's gospel. 00:24:55.539 --> 00:24:58.019 It's okay. 00:24:58.059 --> 00:24:59.099 If you have a Bible, you can cheat. 00:24:59.480 --> 00:25:00.680 It's an open book exam. 00:25:01.740 --> 00:25:02.779 What happens in John 11? 00:25:05.599 --> 00:25:05.960 Yes. 00:25:06.259 --> 00:25:08.139 What happens before he was raised, though, John? 00:25:08.559 --> 00:25:09.200 He dies. 00:25:09.319 --> 00:25:09.500 Okay. 00:25:09.619 --> 00:25:10.539 So Lazarus dies. 00:25:10.759 --> 00:25:11.200 That's right. 00:25:11.299 --> 00:25:11.519 Thanks. 00:25:13.039 --> 00:25:13.759 Lazarus dies. 00:25:14.279 --> 00:25:14.440 Yep. 00:25:15.180 --> 00:25:21.980 And people come to Jesus and say, well, what happens first is people come to Jesus and say, hey, your friend, our friend, Lazarus, is sick. 00:25:21.980 --> 00:25:24.039 And Jesus says, well, let's wait a little bit. 00:25:24.839 --> 00:25:26.559 And then Lazarus dies and he goes. 00:25:27.120 --> 00:25:27.220 Right? 00:25:29.420 --> 00:25:34.860 And then when he goes, he meets with, he sort of sees Mary and Martha, Lazarus' sisters. 00:25:35.839 --> 00:25:38.079 And anyway, we'll pick up the story in verse 33. 00:25:38.400 --> 00:25:45.559 When Mary saw, sorry, when Jesus, when Jesus saw Mary weeping and the Jews who had come with her also weeping, 00:25:46.779 --> 00:25:50.299 John says, Jesus was deeply moved in spirit. 00:25:50.299 --> 00:25:54.940 Now, that's a very interesting word, deeply moved in spirit. 00:25:55.639 --> 00:26:00.379 In fact, in other places where that same word is translated, it means Jesus was indignant. 00:26:02.359 --> 00:26:05.500 It almost has overtones of being angry. 00:26:06.419 --> 00:26:09.319 And, of course, the great question is, who's Jesus angry at in John 11? 00:26:10.139 --> 00:26:10.419 Right? 00:26:11.500 --> 00:26:13.519 Is he angry at Mary for crying? 00:26:13.599 --> 00:26:13.779 No. 00:26:13.859 --> 00:26:17.000 Is he angry at, you know, the other fellow Jews who were there? 00:26:17.119 --> 00:26:17.399 No. 00:26:17.400 --> 00:26:17.440 No. 00:26:18.080 --> 00:26:24.519 It seemed that Jesus is indignant at death itself, at this invader into God's creation because of sin. 00:26:26.140 --> 00:26:28.940 Jesus is indignant in his spirit and greatly troubled. 00:26:30.019 --> 00:26:30.360 Okay. 00:26:30.900 --> 00:26:31.780 The rest of the story goes on. 00:26:31.880 --> 00:26:32.980 Jesus said, where have you laid him? 00:26:33.019 --> 00:26:34.240 And they said to him, Lord, come and see. 00:26:34.720 --> 00:26:36.640 In verse 35, Jesus wept. 00:26:36.640 --> 00:26:41.860 So the Jews said, see how he loved him. 00:26:43.040 --> 00:26:49.240 But some of them said, could not he who opened the eyes of the blind man also have kept this man from dying? 00:26:51.000 --> 00:26:54.400 And, of course, in the rest of the story, Jesus raises Lazarus from the dead. 00:26:54.400 --> 00:26:57.340 But isn't that interesting? 00:26:57.519 --> 00:27:02.320 Jesus goes from indignation to weeping all in that moment. 00:27:02.720 --> 00:27:05.300 And if any of you have lost a loved one, you know what that's like, right? 00:27:05.360 --> 00:27:08.140 To move from indignation to weeping and back again very quickly. 00:27:08.600 --> 00:27:11.740 Sort of the natural parts of our human emotional experience. 00:27:12.519 --> 00:27:14.220 And Jesus himself experienced that. 00:27:14.220 --> 00:27:27.759 We also read that Jesus was troubled, which is sort of this word that means, sort of a word that the New Testament writers use when people are kind of suddenly surprised by danger or when they're even anxious. 00:27:27.759 --> 00:27:32.460 Like in John 12, when Jesus says, now my soul is troubled. 00:27:33.299 --> 00:27:34.660 For what shall I say? 00:27:34.759 --> 00:27:37.960 Father, save me from this hour, but for this purpose I have come to this hour. 00:27:38.079 --> 00:27:40.200 Father, glorify your name. 00:27:40.200 --> 00:27:44.279 Then a voice came from heaven, I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again. 00:27:44.340 --> 00:27:46.779 Jesus there, of course, looking ahead to his crucifixion. 00:27:48.039 --> 00:27:54.900 And then in John 13, when he's gathered his disciples, right on the night before he was betrayed and crucified, 00:27:55.660 --> 00:28:00.519 Jesus was troubled in spirit and said, truly, truly, I say to you, one of you will betray me. 00:28:01.120 --> 00:28:03.860 And the disciples looked at one another, uncertain of whom he spoke. 00:28:03.859 --> 00:28:10.539 So there's Jesus experiencing that sense of troubledness, that danger or threats. 00:28:11.859 --> 00:28:14.679 Matthew 26, we read that Jesus was sorrowful. 00:28:16.799 --> 00:28:18.039 This is Matthew 26. 00:28:18.139 --> 00:28:21.379 Then Jesus went with them to a place called Gethsemane and said to his disciples, 00:28:21.699 --> 00:28:23.119 sit here while I go over there and pray. 00:28:23.879 --> 00:28:29.740 And taking with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, he began to be sorrowful and troubled. 00:28:29.740 --> 00:28:33.180 Then he said to them, my soul is very sorrowful, even at death. 00:28:33.460 --> 00:28:35.440 Remain here and watch with me, pray with me. 00:28:37.099 --> 00:28:37.460 Okay. 00:28:38.240 --> 00:28:42.839 So Jesus experienced the depths of our human emotional life, too. 00:28:45.200 --> 00:28:47.000 From the heights to the lows. 00:28:48.960 --> 00:28:50.900 Jesus had human emotions. 00:28:52.859 --> 00:28:54.620 Last then, Jesus had a human will. 00:28:55.039 --> 00:28:56.779 Now, this is something we don't often think about. 00:28:58.039 --> 00:28:59.359 Yes, Beth, you have a question? 00:29:00.420 --> 00:29:00.859 Or a comment. 00:29:00.859 --> 00:29:06.079 One, as a camp counselor, I have two young girls asking a question, which I want you to speak to. 00:29:06.759 --> 00:29:07.299 If you could. 00:29:07.900 --> 00:29:14.740 If Jesus was without sin, we experience deep emotional shame and guilt and divorce. 00:29:15.299 --> 00:29:21.700 And if he didn't actually come to a place where he personally needed to repent as he was growing. 00:29:22.220 --> 00:29:22.420 Yeah. 00:29:22.920 --> 00:29:29.380 What is it like for his human nature to engage with our sin experience? 00:29:29.740 --> 00:29:30.319 As human. 00:29:30.859 --> 00:29:31.120 Is that right? 00:29:31.119 --> 00:29:31.919 Yeah. 00:29:31.959 --> 00:29:37.839 Is your question, how can Jesus know what it's like to be fully human if he never sinned? 00:29:38.259 --> 00:29:38.839 Yeah. 00:29:39.000 --> 00:29:39.759 Is that your question? 00:29:39.799 --> 00:29:40.419 I'm not going to say that. 00:29:40.519 --> 00:29:40.779 Yeah. 00:29:40.779 --> 00:29:41.180 Yeah. 00:29:41.259 --> 00:29:42.599 Yeah, that's a really good question. 00:29:44.319 --> 00:29:46.339 So I think there's two things to think about there. 00:29:47.039 --> 00:29:48.519 And that's a really good question, actually. 00:29:48.899 --> 00:29:52.859 I think it's one of the kind of like ways in which we feel maybe a distance from Jesus. 00:29:52.859 --> 00:29:56.039 It's like, well, he doesn't know what it's like to veil like I do. 00:29:56.039 --> 00:29:59.920 So one thing, though, what are we affirming in the incarnation? 00:30:00.079 --> 00:30:03.019 We're affirming the incarnation that Jesus took on human nature, right? 00:30:03.759 --> 00:30:05.059 Now, what do we know? 00:30:05.059 --> 00:30:13.180 We know that sin is not an essential part of human nature, right? 00:30:13.720 --> 00:30:19.980 When God created Adam and Eve, when he created the first humans, they were fully human, right? 00:30:20.799 --> 00:30:22.600 But they were without sin. 00:30:24.180 --> 00:30:30.320 So sin, fallenness, that kind of curving in on ourselves that we kind of all experience as a result of the fall, 00:30:30.700 --> 00:30:33.860 that's not an essential feature of what it means to be a human being. 00:30:34.240 --> 00:30:38.980 Philosophically, you'd say that's accidental to human nature, meaning it's something that comes afterwards, 00:30:38.980 --> 00:30:41.259 that if you take it away, you're still human. 00:30:41.740 --> 00:30:48.420 So Jesus' sinlessness, by definition, doesn't mean he doesn't know exactly what it's like to be human. 00:30:49.099 --> 00:30:51.740 But I think there's a deeper question you're asking, Beth, which is, 00:30:52.480 --> 00:30:57.640 how can he really know what it's like to be in my shoes if he's never experienced sin, right? 00:30:57.640 --> 00:30:58.539 If he never sinned. 00:30:58.539 --> 00:31:03.559 Now, here's what's interesting, and we'll get to this in a little more detail. 00:31:03.559 --> 00:31:12.379 But on the cross, what are we told about what happened to the sinless human Jesus? 00:31:15.740 --> 00:31:16.799 That's right. 00:31:17.559 --> 00:31:22.440 In 2 Corinthians, Paul says, he became sin for us. 00:31:22.960 --> 00:31:31.019 And in Galatians 3, 2, 3, 3, it says he became a curse for us. 00:31:31.019 --> 00:31:42.639 So even though Jesus himself did not commit a sin, he actually knows what it's like to bear the weight of sin. 00:31:43.619 --> 00:31:52.440 And actually, he knows what it's like to bear sin actually to a degree that none of us have experienced. 00:31:52.440 --> 00:31:59.559 Because what Jesus experienced on the cross wasn't just, like, the weight of some sin, right? 00:32:00.100 --> 00:32:08.960 But of complete sin, of all the sin of everyone who would ever believe in Jesus was experienced in that moment. 00:32:09.519 --> 00:32:14.240 And the full wrath of God against that sin. 00:32:14.240 --> 00:32:24.819 So there's a level at which Jesus knows what it's like to be a sinner more than any of us do. 00:32:26.180 --> 00:32:27.059 Does that make sense? 00:32:30.900 --> 00:32:31.740 Any other questions? 00:32:33.460 --> 00:32:34.140 Yeah, Franklin. 00:32:34.140 --> 00:32:35.020 Yeah. 00:32:35.040 --> 00:32:39.300 When all of these things you're mentioning are experienced in your marriage. 00:32:39.880 --> 00:32:40.180 Yeah. 00:32:40.380 --> 00:32:54.740 And when we get to Matthew, Mark, and John, when he's driving out the money chain, his emotions have now taken him to the next level. 00:32:55.220 --> 00:32:59.200 That's one of the few times that that seems to be pointed out in the Gospel. 00:32:59.400 --> 00:33:00.380 Yeah, yeah, yep. 00:33:00.380 --> 00:33:07.100 not really a question, but we're, it's a human. 00:33:07.520 --> 00:33:10.600 Yeah, I think you see indignation in that moment, 00:33:10.700 --> 00:33:12.720 similar to Jesus at the tomb of Lazarus. 00:33:13.200 --> 00:33:15.800 I think what's interesting about that point, though, 00:33:15.800 --> 00:33:17.540 is that I think sometimes we can look at that and be like, 00:33:17.640 --> 00:33:19.240 whoa, Jesus lost his cool. 00:33:20.320 --> 00:33:22.160 Doesn't Paul say be angry and sin not? 00:33:22.280 --> 00:33:24.100 Did Jesus just not do that? 00:33:25.440 --> 00:33:26.920 I actually think that moment, 00:33:27.320 --> 00:33:30.160 I think Jesus was actually very controlled in that moment, 00:33:30.160 --> 00:33:31.660 and he knew exactly what he was doing. 00:33:31.800 --> 00:33:32.420 Quite intentional. 00:33:32.660 --> 00:33:34.019 Very intentional, yep. 00:33:34.400 --> 00:33:37.300 And you think about it, the temple courts were massive, right? 00:33:37.779 --> 00:33:40.900 So there was a level at which what Jesus was doing 00:33:40.900 --> 00:33:46.019 was as much a demonstration as it was a like, 00:33:47.519 --> 00:33:50.600 actual cleansing of the temple of everything 00:33:50.600 --> 00:33:52.160 that was wrong with it, right? 00:33:52.160 --> 00:33:57.019 To flip a money changer's table and to drive those animals out. 00:33:57.019 --> 00:34:02.420 It was a prophetic act, much like the... 00:34:02.420 --> 00:34:05.980 Yeah, that's right. 00:34:06.339 --> 00:34:07.299 Yeah, that's right right now. 00:34:08.099 --> 00:34:08.679 That's right. 00:34:08.699 --> 00:34:09.599 He knew those consequences. 00:34:09.820 --> 00:34:10.300 That's right. 00:34:10.739 --> 00:34:10.980 Yep. 00:34:11.659 --> 00:34:11.900 Yeah. 00:34:12.139 --> 00:34:12.739 Very good. 00:34:13.039 --> 00:34:13.159 Yeah. 00:34:13.360 --> 00:34:13.500 Yeah. 00:34:13.500 --> 00:34:13.699 Yeah. 00:34:13.699 --> 00:34:16.000 So, um, Jesus as the man of sorrow. 00:34:16.480 --> 00:34:16.739 Yeah. 00:34:17.679 --> 00:34:17.839 Yep. 00:34:20.759 --> 00:34:20.919 Mm-hmm. 00:34:23.179 --> 00:34:24.359 Yeah, that's right. 00:34:24.519 --> 00:34:25.039 That's right. 00:34:25.039 --> 00:34:27.039 Is it like a cultural maybe improved? 00:34:27.039 --> 00:34:27.379 Yeah. 00:34:28.379 --> 00:34:30.019 I don't know if he was very sarcastic. 00:34:30.480 --> 00:34:31.419 Yeah, that's right. 00:34:32.419 --> 00:34:33.059 That's right. 00:34:33.239 --> 00:34:33.799 That's right. 00:34:34.259 --> 00:34:34.500 Yeah. 00:34:34.500 --> 00:34:36.820 Yeah, that's a really good question. 00:34:36.920 --> 00:34:38.260 I've thought about that. 00:34:38.340 --> 00:34:40.699 And, you know, I wonder if there are moments 00:34:40.699 --> 00:34:44.940 when Jesus is experiencing joy with his disciples 00:34:44.940 --> 00:34:48.380 and yet they're just not written about in the Gospels. 00:34:48.619 --> 00:34:50.179 And I'm not sure why that is. 00:34:50.239 --> 00:34:52.059 I don't think Jesus was a joyless person. 00:34:52.820 --> 00:34:56.480 In fact, I think Jesus was probably the most joyful person 00:34:56.480 --> 00:34:58.719 who ever lived in a sense, right? 00:34:59.320 --> 00:35:01.679 Having, experiencing complete communion with his father, 00:35:01.679 --> 00:35:04.119 knowing exactly why he had come, right? 00:35:05.119 --> 00:35:07.079 And yet, yeah, you don't see sort of moments 00:35:07.079 --> 00:35:08.659 where Jesus is sort of like, 00:35:09.779 --> 00:35:11.659 hamming it up with the disciples, right? 00:35:11.819 --> 00:35:11.960 Yeah. 00:35:12.420 --> 00:35:13.619 And yet, isn't it interesting? 00:35:13.759 --> 00:35:14.819 Isn't it interesting, though? 00:35:15.079 --> 00:35:17.139 What is one of the things that Jesus is criticized for 00:35:17.139 --> 00:35:19.339 by his opponents? 00:35:20.779 --> 00:35:21.480 Do you remember? 00:35:23.460 --> 00:35:25.699 What was one of the chief complaints 00:35:25.699 --> 00:35:27.119 about Jesus early on in his ministry? 00:35:32.119 --> 00:35:33.639 Okay, so yeah, eventually, 00:35:33.639 --> 00:35:35.019 they really didn't like him 00:35:35.019 --> 00:35:37.219 because it seemed like he was making himself equal with God, right? 00:35:37.239 --> 00:35:38.000 We'll get to that next week. 00:35:38.379 --> 00:35:38.619 Ivor? 00:35:40.400 --> 00:35:40.799 Yeah! 00:35:42.259 --> 00:35:44.639 There's John the Baptist fasting all the time 00:35:44.639 --> 00:35:46.599 and there's Jesus partying all the time. 00:35:47.460 --> 00:35:48.879 What's that all about, right? 00:35:48.980 --> 00:35:52.099 He's a friend of tax collectors and sinners, right? 00:35:52.099 --> 00:35:56.219 So, I think there's a sense in which, you know, 00:35:57.259 --> 00:36:01.819 I think Jesus wasn't just sort of a dour, you know, 00:36:04.039 --> 00:36:04.759 what was it? 00:36:04.940 --> 00:36:06.420 Who was it that said that, you know, 00:36:06.980 --> 00:36:08.500 we have this idea of the Puritans, 00:36:08.619 --> 00:36:10.739 that they're the people who are really worried 00:36:10.739 --> 00:36:13.179 that someone somewhere might be having fun, you know? 00:36:13.179 --> 00:36:16.059 So, that wasn't Jesus. 00:36:16.440 --> 00:36:17.440 Yeah, yeah. 00:36:18.279 --> 00:36:20.219 So, good. 00:36:20.759 --> 00:36:23.119 Okay, let me mention just a couple more things 00:36:23.119 --> 00:36:24.579 and then we'll move on. 00:36:24.759 --> 00:36:26.659 I mean, I think the point is made here, right, 00:36:26.699 --> 00:36:28.239 of these kind of verses upon verses. 00:36:28.440 --> 00:36:30.019 The last thing I just want to point out 00:36:30.019 --> 00:36:33.139 is that Jesus had a human will, right? 00:36:33.419 --> 00:36:34.519 He just had a human will, 00:36:34.779 --> 00:36:36.960 not just a body and a mind and emotions, 00:36:37.019 --> 00:36:38.359 but he also had a human will like ours. 00:36:39.019 --> 00:36:41.039 Interestingly, in Hebrews 5, 00:36:41.559 --> 00:36:43.800 and we see this in those passages from Luke, 00:36:43.840 --> 00:36:44.440 I pointed out too, 00:36:44.500 --> 00:36:46.559 but in Hebrews 5, it says it very explicitly. 00:36:47.240 --> 00:36:49.039 This is verses 7 and 8 of Hebrews 5. 00:36:49.120 --> 00:36:50.220 In the days of his flesh, 00:36:50.780 --> 00:36:52.480 Jesus offered up prayers and supplications 00:36:52.480 --> 00:36:53.800 with loud cries and tears 00:36:53.800 --> 00:36:55.820 to him who was able to save him from death 00:36:55.820 --> 00:36:57.360 and he was heard because of his reverence. 00:36:57.800 --> 00:36:58.720 Okay, we talked about that. 00:36:58.780 --> 00:37:00.440 Jesus experienced the depth of human emotion. 00:37:00.579 --> 00:37:02.539 But then, the writer of Hebrews says this, 00:37:03.120 --> 00:37:04.099 although he was a son, 00:37:04.579 --> 00:37:06.019 he learned obedience 00:37:06.019 --> 00:37:07.599 through what he suffered. 00:37:08.360 --> 00:37:09.519 Interesting, right? 00:37:10.300 --> 00:37:11.980 The writer of Hebrews is looking back 00:37:11.980 --> 00:37:13.760 on the life of Jesus and saying 00:37:13.760 --> 00:37:16.640 that Jesus learned obedience. 00:37:16.860 --> 00:37:19.980 His human will was trained over time 00:37:19.980 --> 00:37:21.579 through what he experienced 00:37:21.579 --> 00:37:24.940 towards ongoing obedience. 00:37:25.800 --> 00:37:29.000 His moral ability as a human actually increased. 00:37:29.200 --> 00:37:30.320 Not that he ever sinned, 00:37:30.640 --> 00:37:33.200 but his capacity to obey continued to grow. 00:37:34.500 --> 00:37:35.840 And then, of course, we also see 00:37:35.840 --> 00:37:37.940 along the same line of Jesus having a human will, 00:37:37.940 --> 00:37:39.559 that Jesus was tempted. 00:37:40.820 --> 00:37:41.000 Right? 00:37:41.320 --> 00:37:44.019 We see that in Mark and in Matthew and in Luke. 00:37:44.880 --> 00:37:46.980 All those moments of Jesus' temptation. 00:37:48.500 --> 00:37:49.159 And then lastly, 00:37:49.740 --> 00:37:51.360 we see that Jesus, 00:37:51.679 --> 00:37:53.880 we see explicitly Jesus submitting 00:37:53.880 --> 00:37:55.340 his human will 00:37:55.340 --> 00:37:57.340 to the Father's divine will 00:37:57.340 --> 00:37:59.220 in the Garden of Gethsemane. 00:37:59.880 --> 00:38:00.039 Right? 00:38:00.320 --> 00:38:01.840 Matthew, this is Matthew's version of that 00:38:01.840 --> 00:38:02.740 in Matthew 26. 00:38:02.739 --> 00:38:04.079 Going a little farther, 00:38:04.539 --> 00:38:05.779 Jesus fell on his face and prayed, 00:38:05.959 --> 00:38:06.099 saying, 00:38:06.259 --> 00:38:06.439 Father, 00:38:07.079 --> 00:38:07.879 if it be possible, 00:38:08.019 --> 00:38:09.279 let this cup pass from me. 00:38:09.359 --> 00:38:09.659 Nevertheless, 00:38:09.979 --> 00:38:10.979 not as I will, 00:38:11.279 --> 00:38:12.179 but as you will. 00:38:13.179 --> 00:38:14.139 And he came to the disciples 00:38:14.139 --> 00:38:15.099 and found them sleeping. 00:38:15.219 --> 00:38:15.779 He said to Peter, 00:38:16.239 --> 00:38:18.139 So could you not watch with me one hour? 00:38:18.439 --> 00:38:19.219 Watch and pray, 00:38:19.579 --> 00:38:21.139 that you may not enter into temptation. 00:38:21.319 --> 00:38:22.339 The spirit indeed is willing, 00:38:22.399 --> 00:38:23.219 but the flesh is weak. 00:38:23.699 --> 00:38:24.839 Again, for the second time, 00:38:24.899 --> 00:38:25.959 Jesus went away and prayed, 00:38:26.599 --> 00:38:26.879 Father, 00:38:26.979 --> 00:38:29.019 if this cannot pass unless I drink it, 00:38:29.479 --> 00:38:30.699 your will be done. 00:38:30.699 --> 00:38:33.019 So there we see Jesus 00:38:33.019 --> 00:38:34.279 in his human nature, 00:38:34.779 --> 00:38:35.719 with his human will, 00:38:36.439 --> 00:38:37.739 actively submitting it 00:38:37.739 --> 00:38:38.679 to the Father's will. 00:38:42.699 --> 00:38:43.059 Good. 00:38:43.500 --> 00:38:44.639 Now I want to talk a little bit 00:38:44.639 --> 00:38:45.500 about the importance 00:38:45.500 --> 00:38:47.259 of Jesus' humanity. 00:38:47.599 --> 00:38:48.619 We spent a lot of time 00:38:48.619 --> 00:38:50.079 just looking at how that's presented 00:38:50.079 --> 00:38:50.939 in the Gospels. 00:38:52.079 --> 00:38:53.039 But I want to talk 00:38:53.039 --> 00:38:54.179 for maybe the next, 00:38:54.699 --> 00:38:55.439 with the rest of the time 00:38:55.439 --> 00:38:55.939 that we have together, 00:38:56.019 --> 00:38:56.879 and I'll pause for some questions 00:38:56.879 --> 00:38:57.819 about the importance of it. 00:38:58.279 --> 00:38:59.179 And these I did write down 00:38:59.179 --> 00:38:59.879 because I knew we'd probably 00:38:59.879 --> 00:39:00.659 be running out of time. 00:39:00.699 --> 00:39:03.480 So when you look across 00:39:03.480 --> 00:39:04.339 the rest of the New Testament, 00:39:04.779 --> 00:39:06.399 why is Jesus' humanity 00:39:06.399 --> 00:39:07.460 so important? 00:39:08.419 --> 00:39:09.559 Why is it essential 00:39:09.559 --> 00:39:10.659 to what we believe? 00:39:11.519 --> 00:39:12.799 Well, it comes up 00:39:12.799 --> 00:39:15.259 in so many aspects. 00:39:17.159 --> 00:39:18.599 In this first column, 00:39:18.679 --> 00:39:19.239 we might say 00:39:19.239 --> 00:39:20.199 that it's essential 00:39:20.199 --> 00:39:22.919 to Jesus being our Redeemer. 00:39:27.159 --> 00:39:27.679 Redeemer. 00:39:28.019 --> 00:39:28.460 There we go. 00:39:28.460 --> 00:39:31.519 In 1 Timothy 2.15, 00:39:31.679 --> 00:39:32.159 Paul says, 00:39:33.659 --> 00:39:35.519 there is one God, 00:39:36.199 --> 00:39:37.840 and there's one mediator 00:39:37.840 --> 00:39:39.539 between God and men, 00:39:39.820 --> 00:39:41.659 the man, Christ Jesus, 00:39:42.019 --> 00:39:43.099 who gave himself 00:39:43.099 --> 00:39:44.159 as a ransom for all, 00:39:44.679 --> 00:39:45.480 which is the testimony 00:39:45.480 --> 00:39:46.720 given in its proper time. 00:39:47.420 --> 00:39:49.679 So the thing that reconciles, 00:39:49.679 --> 00:39:51.380 the one who reconciles us 00:39:51.380 --> 00:39:54.440 to God must be a human being. 00:39:54.619 --> 00:39:55.400 We'll see next week 00:39:55.400 --> 00:39:58.260 that he must also be fully God as well. 00:39:58.260 --> 00:39:59.860 But the humanity of Jesus 00:39:59.860 --> 00:40:00.599 is essential. 00:40:01.300 --> 00:40:02.280 Why is that, right? 00:40:02.360 --> 00:40:04.760 Why is Jesus the one mediator 00:40:04.760 --> 00:40:07.220 between us and God, right? 00:40:08.099 --> 00:40:09.920 Well, on the one hand, 00:40:10.240 --> 00:40:13.320 we see that Jesus' full humanity 00:40:13.320 --> 00:40:16.480 meant that he could offer up 00:40:16.480 --> 00:40:18.539 a representative obedience 00:40:18.539 --> 00:40:19.500 on our behalf. 00:40:19.500 --> 00:40:22.519 In other words, 00:40:23.980 --> 00:40:25.719 Jesus obeyed 00:40:25.719 --> 00:40:27.920 where Adam failed 00:40:27.920 --> 00:40:29.159 and disobeyed. 00:40:30.860 --> 00:40:32.920 Think about this from Romans 5. 00:40:33.579 --> 00:40:35.139 Romans 5 is a great passage 00:40:35.139 --> 00:40:36.000 that captures this. 00:40:36.059 --> 00:40:37.500 This is just a little snippet of it. 00:40:37.920 --> 00:40:38.300 Paul writes, 00:40:38.300 --> 00:40:38.740 Therefore, 00:40:39.360 --> 00:40:41.180 as one trespass 00:40:41.180 --> 00:40:43.019 led to condemnation 00:40:43.019 --> 00:40:44.180 for all men, 00:40:44.860 --> 00:40:47.120 so one act of righteousness 00:40:47.120 --> 00:40:48.620 leads to justification 00:40:48.620 --> 00:40:50.360 in life for all men. 00:40:51.280 --> 00:40:52.440 For as one man, 00:40:52.560 --> 00:40:53.660 for as, 00:40:53.780 --> 00:40:55.800 by the one man's disobedience, 00:40:55.940 --> 00:40:57.100 the many were made sinners. 00:40:57.180 --> 00:40:58.019 That's Adam, right? 00:40:58.500 --> 00:40:59.320 In Adam, 00:40:59.480 --> 00:41:00.600 we've all fallen. 00:41:02.720 --> 00:41:03.240 So, 00:41:03.560 --> 00:41:05.980 by the one man's obedience, 00:41:05.980 --> 00:41:08.360 the many will be made righteous. 00:41:09.820 --> 00:41:10.179 You see, 00:41:10.300 --> 00:41:11.639 God's covenant with Adam 00:41:11.639 --> 00:41:13.119 and his covenant then 00:41:13.119 --> 00:41:13.920 with the rest of humanity 00:41:13.920 --> 00:41:14.619 in Adam 00:41:14.619 --> 00:41:17.059 was broken by Adam's disobedience. 00:41:18.079 --> 00:41:19.460 So now all humans 00:41:19.460 --> 00:41:20.740 are in Adam 00:41:20.740 --> 00:41:21.900 and we're under sin and death, 00:41:21.960 --> 00:41:22.179 right? 00:41:23.199 --> 00:41:23.719 So, 00:41:23.900 --> 00:41:24.719 what's going to get us 00:41:24.719 --> 00:41:25.539 out of that conundrum? 00:41:26.920 --> 00:41:27.440 Well, 00:41:27.960 --> 00:41:29.039 there's a new Adam. 00:41:29.639 --> 00:41:30.780 Jesus is the new Adam 00:41:30.780 --> 00:41:32.599 and establishes a new covenant 00:41:32.599 --> 00:41:33.300 and by Jesus' 00:41:33.539 --> 00:41:34.980 human obedience, 00:41:34.980 --> 00:41:37.500 we can be reckoned righteous 00:41:37.500 --> 00:41:38.280 before God 00:41:38.280 --> 00:41:40.219 and live 00:41:40.219 --> 00:41:41.440 if we're in him 00:41:41.440 --> 00:41:42.039 through faith. 00:41:43.300 --> 00:41:43.800 So Jesus, 00:41:43.960 --> 00:41:44.539 as a human, 00:41:44.619 --> 00:41:45.579 is able to offer up 00:41:45.579 --> 00:41:47.280 that human obedience 00:41:47.280 --> 00:41:49.000 to reestablish 00:41:49.000 --> 00:41:50.039 a new covenant with God. 00:41:50.780 --> 00:41:51.699 But it's not just 00:41:51.699 --> 00:41:52.519 representative obedience, 00:41:52.699 --> 00:41:53.300 it's also 00:41:53.300 --> 00:41:54.539 Jesus was our substitute 00:41:54.539 --> 00:41:56.880 to pay for our sins. 00:41:56.920 --> 00:41:57.880 Listen to Hebrews 2. 00:41:58.940 --> 00:41:59.159 It says, 00:41:59.679 --> 00:42:00.559 since therefore the children 00:42:00.559 --> 00:42:01.760 share in flesh and blood, 00:42:01.820 --> 00:42:02.240 that's us, 00:42:02.300 --> 00:42:02.740 we're humans, 00:42:02.840 --> 00:42:03.740 we share in flesh and blood, 00:42:03.739 --> 00:42:05.119 Jesus himself likewise 00:42:05.119 --> 00:42:06.659 partook of the same things, 00:42:07.299 --> 00:42:08.099 that through death 00:42:08.099 --> 00:42:09.299 he might destroy 00:42:09.299 --> 00:42:09.859 the one who has 00:42:09.859 --> 00:42:10.579 the power of death, 00:42:10.619 --> 00:42:11.479 that is the devil, 00:42:12.079 --> 00:42:13.179 and deliver all those 00:42:13.179 --> 00:42:14.479 who through fear of death 00:42:14.479 --> 00:42:15.319 were subject 00:42:15.319 --> 00:42:16.239 to lifelong slavery. 00:42:16.299 --> 00:42:16.599 Now you think, 00:42:16.719 --> 00:42:17.739 how does that happen? 00:42:17.819 --> 00:42:18.819 How does Jesus' death 00:42:18.819 --> 00:42:19.659 deliver us 00:42:19.659 --> 00:42:21.319 from slavery to death 00:42:21.319 --> 00:42:23.239 and the fear of death? 00:42:24.319 --> 00:42:25.000 Hebrews goes on, 00:42:25.379 --> 00:42:26.859 for surely it's not angels 00:42:26.859 --> 00:42:27.719 that he helps, right? 00:42:27.779 --> 00:42:28.399 Jesus didn't come 00:42:28.399 --> 00:42:29.899 to save super spiritual beings. 00:42:30.159 --> 00:42:30.779 He came to help 00:42:30.779 --> 00:42:31.719 the offspring of Abraham, 00:42:31.719 --> 00:42:32.439 humans. 00:42:33.699 --> 00:42:34.879 Therefore Jesus had to be 00:42:34.879 --> 00:42:35.659 made like his brothers 00:42:35.659 --> 00:42:36.799 in every respect 00:42:36.799 --> 00:42:38.779 so that he might become 00:42:38.779 --> 00:42:40.099 a merciful and faithful 00:42:40.099 --> 00:42:40.619 high priest 00:42:40.619 --> 00:42:41.679 in the service of God, 00:42:42.239 --> 00:42:43.000 and here it is, 00:42:43.439 --> 00:42:44.699 to make propitiation 00:42:44.699 --> 00:42:46.599 for the sins of the people. 00:42:48.219 --> 00:42:49.299 That's how Jesus 00:42:49.299 --> 00:42:50.339 rescues us 00:42:50.339 --> 00:42:51.939 from the fear of death 00:42:51.939 --> 00:42:54.000 and slavery 00:42:54.000 --> 00:42:55.159 to the fear of death. 00:42:55.859 --> 00:42:57.879 Because what is 00:42:57.879 --> 00:42:59.099 the sting of death? 00:42:59.099 --> 00:43:00.039 Why is death 00:43:00.039 --> 00:43:01.480 such a fearsome thing? 00:43:03.259 --> 00:43:04.619 Because on the other end 00:43:04.619 --> 00:43:05.139 of death, 00:43:05.380 --> 00:43:06.179 for sinners, 00:43:06.360 --> 00:43:07.779 is the very wrath of God 00:43:07.779 --> 00:43:09.000 against sin. 00:43:10.019 --> 00:43:11.420 But Jesus went down 00:43:11.420 --> 00:43:12.400 into death 00:43:12.400 --> 00:43:14.639 and bore the wrath of God 00:43:14.639 --> 00:43:15.199 in our place 00:43:15.199 --> 00:43:15.800 on the cross 00:43:15.800 --> 00:43:17.579 as a human, 00:43:18.159 --> 00:43:19.380 dying for humans 00:43:19.380 --> 00:43:21.019 so that now 00:43:21.019 --> 00:43:22.659 there's no more penalty 00:43:22.659 --> 00:43:24.039 for those who trust in him. 00:43:25.079 --> 00:43:26.460 That that cup 00:43:26.460 --> 00:43:27.460 that Jesus talked about 00:43:27.460 --> 00:43:28.039 in the garden 00:43:28.039 --> 00:43:29.340 has been taken from us 00:43:29.340 --> 00:43:30.119 and given to him 00:43:30.119 --> 00:43:32.860 so that the just demands 00:43:32.860 --> 00:43:34.840 of God's holy hatred 00:43:34.840 --> 00:43:35.559 against sin 00:43:35.559 --> 00:43:37.119 have been satisfied in him. 00:43:38.400 --> 00:43:39.840 So Jesus doesn't just 00:43:39.840 --> 00:43:41.259 offer up a perfect obedience 00:43:41.259 --> 00:43:42.139 that's now as ours 00:43:42.139 --> 00:43:42.860 because our obedience 00:43:42.860 --> 00:43:43.360 is broken. 00:43:43.579 --> 00:43:45.099 He also pays for all the things 00:43:45.099 --> 00:43:45.880 we've done wrong 00:43:45.880 --> 00:43:47.380 because he's fully human. 00:43:49.259 --> 00:43:49.659 Okay. 00:43:50.559 --> 00:43:51.900 But it's not just 00:43:51.900 --> 00:43:53.500 that Jesus reconciles us 00:43:53.500 --> 00:43:53.880 to God 00:43:53.880 --> 00:43:55.099 in some kind of spiritual way, 00:43:55.159 --> 00:43:55.320 right? 00:43:55.320 --> 00:43:56.539 Because if we just stopped there, 00:43:57.140 --> 00:43:57.800 wouldn't it sort of be like, 00:43:57.860 --> 00:43:58.220 okay, great. 00:43:58.740 --> 00:43:59.320 When we die, 00:43:59.440 --> 00:44:00.340 we're good, right? 00:44:00.400 --> 00:44:01.640 I have sort of a relationship 00:44:01.640 --> 00:44:02.320 with God now. 00:44:02.440 --> 00:44:03.160 When I die, 00:44:03.640 --> 00:44:04.980 I won't face condemnation. 00:44:05.039 --> 00:44:05.760 I'll face life. 00:44:06.740 --> 00:44:08.080 But here's what's fascinating. 00:44:09.160 --> 00:44:10.880 Because Jesus was fully human 00:44:10.880 --> 00:44:12.260 in a fully human body 00:44:12.260 --> 00:44:13.440 in his resurrection, 00:44:14.559 --> 00:44:16.620 his resurrection ensures 00:44:16.620 --> 00:44:19.080 our own resurrection 00:44:19.080 --> 00:44:22.220 to bodily life, right? 00:44:22.219 --> 00:44:22.839 And you see this 00:44:22.839 --> 00:44:24.039 in 1 Corinthians 15 00:44:24.039 --> 00:44:26.319 where Paul talks about Christ 00:44:26.319 --> 00:44:27.919 being the first fruits 00:44:27.919 --> 00:44:29.039 of those who will be raised. 00:44:31.299 --> 00:44:32.559 This is 1 Corinthians 15. 00:44:32.639 --> 00:44:33.079 But in fact, 00:44:33.179 --> 00:44:34.259 Christ has been raised 00:44:34.259 --> 00:44:34.759 from the dead. 00:44:35.559 --> 00:44:36.459 The first fruits of those 00:44:36.459 --> 00:44:37.379 who have fallen asleep. 00:44:38.199 --> 00:44:39.539 For as by a man came death, 00:44:39.619 --> 00:44:40.259 that's Adam, 00:44:40.699 --> 00:44:41.859 so by a man 00:44:41.859 --> 00:44:43.239 has come also 00:44:43.239 --> 00:44:44.480 the resurrection of the dead. 00:44:45.079 --> 00:44:46.139 For as in Adam 00:44:46.139 --> 00:44:47.159 all die, 00:44:47.959 --> 00:44:49.379 so also in Christ 00:44:49.379 --> 00:44:50.980 shall all be made alive. 00:44:50.980 --> 00:44:52.880 But each in his own order. 00:44:53.280 --> 00:44:54.519 Christ, the first fruits. 00:44:54.619 --> 00:44:56.280 He was the first one to do it. 00:44:57.159 --> 00:44:57.980 Then it is coming 00:44:57.980 --> 00:44:59.420 those who belong to Christ. 00:45:00.159 --> 00:45:01.320 Then comes the end 00:45:01.320 --> 00:45:02.940 when he delivers the kingdom 00:45:02.940 --> 00:45:04.219 to God the Father 00:45:04.219 --> 00:45:06.079 after putting down every rule 00:45:06.079 --> 00:45:07.240 and every authority and power. 00:45:08.260 --> 00:45:08.579 You see, 00:45:08.719 --> 00:45:10.519 something ontological 00:45:10.519 --> 00:45:11.559 has happened 00:45:11.559 --> 00:45:12.820 in human existence 00:45:12.820 --> 00:45:14.579 because of what Jesus has done 00:45:14.579 --> 00:45:15.619 in his death and resurrection. 00:45:16.159 --> 00:45:18.960 That our very material life 00:45:18.960 --> 00:45:20.320 has been rescued. 00:45:20.980 --> 00:45:22.280 And will be rescued 00:45:22.280 --> 00:45:24.579 through Jesus' resurrection. 00:45:26.519 --> 00:45:27.920 There was a late 00:45:27.920 --> 00:45:29.500 fourth century theologian 00:45:29.500 --> 00:45:31.139 named Gregory of Nazianzus 00:45:31.139 --> 00:45:32.539 who said, 00:45:33.280 --> 00:45:36.219 what Jesus did not assume, 00:45:36.780 --> 00:45:38.300 he did not redeem. 00:45:38.539 --> 00:45:39.659 Speaking about the importance 00:45:39.659 --> 00:45:40.760 of the incarnation here. 00:45:41.340 --> 00:45:42.460 And the word assume there 00:45:42.460 --> 00:45:43.119 doesn't mean like 00:45:43.119 --> 00:45:44.139 you kind of guess at something. 00:45:44.519 --> 00:45:45.380 The word assume means 00:45:45.380 --> 00:45:46.639 to like take something up, 00:45:46.860 --> 00:45:47.760 to embrace it, 00:45:47.960 --> 00:45:49.059 to take it on, right? 00:45:49.059 --> 00:45:49.420 Actually, 00:45:50.639 --> 00:45:51.119 the full quote 00:45:51.119 --> 00:45:52.159 of what Gregory says is, 00:45:52.599 --> 00:45:54.400 for that which 00:45:54.400 --> 00:45:56.519 Jesus has not assumed, 00:45:56.940 --> 00:45:57.820 he has not healed, 00:45:58.500 --> 00:45:59.320 but that which 00:45:59.320 --> 00:46:00.400 is united 00:46:00.400 --> 00:46:01.340 to his Godhead 00:46:01.340 --> 00:46:02.659 is also saved. 00:46:03.599 --> 00:46:04.099 So you see what 00:46:04.099 --> 00:46:04.980 Gregory's saying there? 00:46:06.239 --> 00:46:07.659 Jesus' full humanity 00:46:07.659 --> 00:46:09.019 is utterly essential 00:46:09.019 --> 00:46:10.739 because if God 00:46:10.739 --> 00:46:11.900 is going to save it, 00:46:12.199 --> 00:46:13.559 he needs to assume it. 00:46:13.559 --> 00:46:15.320 in all those passages 00:46:15.320 --> 00:46:16.559 we just spent 45 minutes 00:46:16.559 --> 00:46:17.480 looking at how Jesus 00:46:17.480 --> 00:46:18.900 is a body and a mind 00:46:18.900 --> 00:46:20.759 and a will and emotions, 00:46:21.199 --> 00:46:22.179 he took all of that 00:46:22.179 --> 00:46:22.799 into himself. 00:46:23.759 --> 00:46:24.779 And so we'll redeem 00:46:24.779 --> 00:46:25.880 and heal all of it. 00:46:26.059 --> 00:46:27.199 Our full humanity 00:46:27.199 --> 00:46:29.219 is being healed 00:46:29.219 --> 00:46:30.039 because of Jesus' 00:46:30.279 --> 00:46:30.960 full humanity. 00:46:32.360 --> 00:46:33.880 Okay, I really got to hurry now 00:46:33.880 --> 00:46:34.599 because I know we need 00:46:34.599 --> 00:46:35.360 to clear out the room. 00:46:36.320 --> 00:46:37.480 Just a few more things 00:46:37.480 --> 00:46:38.159 about the importance 00:46:38.159 --> 00:46:39.380 of Jesus' full humanity. 00:46:39.380 --> 00:46:42.099 You see also 00:46:42.099 --> 00:46:43.039 that Jesus doesn't work, 00:46:43.240 --> 00:46:44.260 just kind of come 00:46:44.260 --> 00:46:44.960 as our redeemer 00:46:44.960 --> 00:46:45.960 in his humanity, 00:46:46.119 --> 00:46:47.820 but he also sort of comes 00:46:47.820 --> 00:46:50.160 as our king 00:46:50.160 --> 00:46:50.900 or even better, 00:46:51.000 --> 00:46:51.660 our pattern. 00:46:54.340 --> 00:46:55.200 Because of Jesus' 00:46:55.360 --> 00:46:56.320 full humanity, 00:46:56.460 --> 00:46:57.340 the gospel writers 00:46:57.340 --> 00:46:58.920 will say things like, 00:46:59.599 --> 00:47:01.519 follow his example 00:47:01.519 --> 00:47:02.160 in your life. 00:47:03.180 --> 00:47:04.680 Live like Jesus lived. 00:47:05.579 --> 00:47:06.240 Now here's what's 00:47:06.240 --> 00:47:07.039 even deeper than that. 00:47:07.099 --> 00:47:08.200 When you look at 00:47:08.199 --> 00:47:10.779 why God made humans 00:47:10.779 --> 00:47:11.739 in the first place, 00:47:12.279 --> 00:47:13.159 why did he make us? 00:47:13.259 --> 00:47:13.939 Why did he put us 00:47:13.939 --> 00:47:14.439 in creation? 00:47:15.639 --> 00:47:16.779 Well, in Genesis 1 and 2, 00:47:16.839 --> 00:47:17.299 you see that God 00:47:17.299 --> 00:47:18.259 put us in creation 00:47:18.259 --> 00:47:20.500 to be co-regents 00:47:20.500 --> 00:47:21.359 over creation, 00:47:21.599 --> 00:47:22.359 to be rulers 00:47:22.359 --> 00:47:23.079 and stewards 00:47:23.079 --> 00:47:24.019 of this created order. 00:47:24.419 --> 00:47:24.879 And of course, 00:47:24.939 --> 00:47:25.879 we've made a total mess 00:47:25.879 --> 00:47:26.719 of that, haven't we? 00:47:27.460 --> 00:47:28.159 And yet, 00:47:28.819 --> 00:47:29.460 through Jesus' 00:47:29.679 --> 00:47:30.439 full humanity, 00:47:30.619 --> 00:47:31.859 God actually fulfills 00:47:31.859 --> 00:47:32.460 the purpose 00:47:32.460 --> 00:47:33.919 for which he made us 00:47:33.919 --> 00:47:34.639 because Jesus 00:47:34.639 --> 00:47:35.719 in his full humanity 00:47:35.719 --> 00:47:38.739 is that perfect ruler 00:47:38.739 --> 00:47:39.959 and steward of creation. 00:47:40.639 --> 00:47:41.519 And in his resurrection 00:47:41.519 --> 00:47:41.939 and ascension, 00:47:42.059 --> 00:47:42.739 he's enthroned 00:47:42.739 --> 00:47:43.739 as that perfect ruler. 00:47:44.279 --> 00:47:45.119 And now we, 00:47:45.279 --> 00:47:45.939 as humans, 00:47:46.539 --> 00:47:47.919 following his lead, 00:47:48.500 --> 00:47:49.699 are following him 00:47:49.699 --> 00:47:50.919 in this kingdom life. 00:47:51.399 --> 00:47:51.779 It's one of the reasons 00:47:51.779 --> 00:47:52.079 why you've been 00:47:52.079 --> 00:47:53.059 sending the Sermon on the Mount 00:47:53.059 --> 00:47:54.739 on Sundays, right? 00:47:55.279 --> 00:47:55.899 What does it mean 00:47:55.899 --> 00:47:57.759 to live in this kingdom 00:47:57.759 --> 00:47:58.899 that Jesus, 00:47:59.179 --> 00:48:00.379 our perfect human king, 00:48:00.959 --> 00:48:01.679 has established 00:48:01.679 --> 00:48:02.480 and inaugurated? 00:48:03.139 --> 00:48:03.859 He shows us. 00:48:03.860 --> 00:48:05.420 So I think this is profound 00:48:05.420 --> 00:48:06.559 because when we think 00:48:06.559 --> 00:48:07.940 of Jesus not as human, 00:48:08.000 --> 00:48:08.400 we think of him 00:48:08.400 --> 00:48:09.720 just as God, right? 00:48:09.720 --> 00:48:10.400 As fully God. 00:48:10.460 --> 00:48:10.740 We think, 00:48:11.120 --> 00:48:11.740 well, whatever he did 00:48:11.740 --> 00:48:12.920 is just out of reach, right? 00:48:13.280 --> 00:48:14.400 It's this impossible thing 00:48:14.400 --> 00:48:15.099 I can't do. 00:48:16.500 --> 00:48:17.180 But friends, 00:48:17.340 --> 00:48:18.380 Jesus came to model 00:48:18.380 --> 00:48:19.280 a life for us 00:48:19.280 --> 00:48:20.400 that we're meant to live, 00:48:21.200 --> 00:48:21.480 right? 00:48:21.720 --> 00:48:23.320 The truly human life 00:48:23.320 --> 00:48:23.980 that he lived 00:48:23.980 --> 00:48:24.740 we're meant to live. 00:48:26.920 --> 00:48:27.320 Okay. 00:48:28.240 --> 00:48:29.059 But we also know 00:48:29.059 --> 00:48:30.180 we like aren't perfect 00:48:30.180 --> 00:48:31.120 at that either, right? 00:48:31.440 --> 00:48:32.059 Who here lives 00:48:32.059 --> 00:48:33.599 the perfect kingdom-centered life? 00:48:33.860 --> 00:48:34.800 None of us, right? 00:48:35.460 --> 00:48:37.019 So here's the last thing 00:48:37.019 --> 00:48:37.440 we'll say 00:48:37.440 --> 00:48:38.320 that the New Testament 00:48:38.320 --> 00:48:39.380 points to. 00:48:41.760 --> 00:48:43.180 Jesus in his full humanity. 00:48:44.019 --> 00:48:45.400 One of the most beautiful things 00:48:45.400 --> 00:48:46.019 about Jesus 00:48:46.019 --> 00:48:47.680 in his full 00:48:47.680 --> 00:48:48.599 and utter humanity 00:48:48.599 --> 00:48:49.559 is that 00:48:49.559 --> 00:48:51.039 he is the one 00:48:51.039 --> 00:48:52.099 who can truly 00:48:52.099 --> 00:48:53.300 sympathize with us, 00:48:53.820 --> 00:48:54.539 as Hebrews says, 00:48:54.579 --> 00:48:55.660 as our great high priest. 00:48:56.760 --> 00:48:57.940 Hebrews 2.18 says, 00:48:57.940 --> 00:48:59.460 for because 00:48:59.460 --> 00:49:00.740 Jesus himself 00:49:00.740 --> 00:49:01.579 has suffered 00:49:01.579 --> 00:49:02.820 when tempted, 00:49:03.320 --> 00:49:04.400 he is able 00:49:04.400 --> 00:49:05.039 to help those 00:49:05.039 --> 00:49:05.800 who are being tempted. 00:49:07.440 --> 00:49:08.820 And then in Hebrews 4, 00:49:09.480 --> 00:49:10.059 since then, 00:49:10.139 --> 00:49:10.980 we have 00:49:10.980 --> 00:49:12.139 a great high priest 00:49:12.139 --> 00:49:12.659 who has passed 00:49:12.659 --> 00:49:13.240 through the heavens. 00:49:13.440 --> 00:49:13.700 Jesus, 00:49:14.000 --> 00:49:14.780 the Son of God, 00:49:15.360 --> 00:49:16.079 let's hold fast 00:49:16.079 --> 00:49:16.840 to our confession. 00:49:17.840 --> 00:49:18.740 For we don't have 00:49:18.740 --> 00:49:19.280 a high priest 00:49:19.280 --> 00:49:19.900 who's unable 00:49:19.900 --> 00:49:20.639 to sympathize 00:49:20.639 --> 00:49:21.380 with our weaknesses, 00:49:21.380 --> 00:49:22.720 but one who 00:49:22.720 --> 00:49:23.860 in every respect 00:49:23.860 --> 00:49:24.539 has been tempted 00:49:24.539 --> 00:49:25.220 as we are, 00:49:25.579 --> 00:49:26.460 yet without sin. 00:49:27.240 --> 00:49:28.079 Let us then 00:49:28.079 --> 00:49:29.220 with confidence 00:49:29.220 --> 00:49:30.300 draw near 00:49:30.300 --> 00:49:31.300 to the throne of grace 00:49:31.300 --> 00:49:33.340 that we may receive mercy 00:49:33.340 --> 00:49:34.840 and find grace 00:49:34.840 --> 00:49:35.340 to help 00:49:35.340 --> 00:49:36.599 in time of need. 00:49:38.240 --> 00:49:38.760 Friends, 00:49:38.800 --> 00:49:40.039 isn't it a wonderful thing 00:49:40.039 --> 00:49:41.380 that the God 00:49:41.380 --> 00:49:42.660 who created the universe, 00:49:43.460 --> 00:49:45.140 the one who upholds 00:49:45.140 --> 00:49:45.980 everything 00:49:45.980 --> 00:49:47.519 by his powerful word, 00:49:48.019 --> 00:49:49.059 became a human, 00:49:49.400 --> 00:49:49.900 was tempted, 00:49:50.480 --> 00:49:50.820 suffered, 00:49:51.380 --> 00:49:51.820 died, 00:49:52.220 --> 00:49:53.200 knows exactly 00:49:53.200 --> 00:49:54.059 what it's like 00:49:54.059 --> 00:49:56.000 in every respect 00:49:56.000 --> 00:49:56.720 to walk 00:49:56.720 --> 00:49:58.340 the human road 00:49:58.340 --> 00:49:59.119 that we've walked. 00:49:59.820 --> 00:50:00.960 So when we turn 00:50:00.960 --> 00:50:01.700 to God, 00:50:02.200 --> 00:50:03.420 we're not turning 00:50:03.420 --> 00:50:03.920 to a God 00:50:03.920 --> 00:50:05.200 who's some far-off, 00:50:05.800 --> 00:50:06.960 distant deity 00:50:06.960 --> 00:50:07.940 who knows nothing 00:50:07.940 --> 00:50:08.640 about us, 00:50:09.099 --> 00:50:10.059 but one who knows 00:50:10.059 --> 00:50:10.700 us intimately 00:50:10.700 --> 00:50:11.280 and deeply 00:50:11.280 --> 00:50:11.780 and says, 00:50:12.360 --> 00:50:12.980 I've come 00:50:12.980 --> 00:50:14.640 to sympathize with you 00:50:14.640 --> 00:50:15.940 and to give you help, 00:50:16.380 --> 00:50:17.440 to be with you 00:50:17.440 --> 00:50:18.559 in that journey. 00:50:18.559 --> 00:50:23.619 Okay. 00:50:24.519 --> 00:50:25.000 The humanity 00:50:25.000 --> 00:50:25.480 of Jesus. 00:50:26.320 --> 00:50:27.239 We just scratched 00:50:27.239 --> 00:50:27.779 the surface. 00:50:28.960 --> 00:50:29.460 Why don't I close 00:50:29.460 --> 00:50:29.940 this in prayer 00:50:29.940 --> 00:50:30.679 and then, 00:50:31.360 --> 00:50:31.659 Susan, 00:50:31.699 --> 00:50:32.259 do you have instructions 00:50:32.259 --> 00:50:32.759 for us 00:50:32.759 --> 00:50:34.039 to clear the room? 00:50:34.039 --> 00:50:36.980 Leave the room. 00:50:36.980 --> 00:50:37.500 Okay. 00:50:38.259 --> 00:50:38.659 Yes. 00:50:38.820 --> 00:50:39.019 Okay, 00:50:39.059 --> 00:50:39.239 great. 00:50:41.920 --> 00:50:42.320 Great. 00:50:42.739 --> 00:50:43.199 We'll pray 00:50:43.199 --> 00:50:43.980 and we'll leave. 00:50:44.179 --> 00:50:44.800 Sound good? 00:50:45.099 --> 00:50:45.599 Let me pray. 00:50:46.320 --> 00:50:46.719 Lord Jesus, 00:50:46.880 --> 00:50:47.739 what a wonderful 00:50:47.739 --> 00:50:49.059 mystery it is 00:50:49.059 --> 00:50:50.079 that you, 00:50:50.199 --> 00:50:51.039 the eternal word, 00:50:52.199 --> 00:50:52.820 God the Son 00:50:52.820 --> 00:50:53.659 from all eternity, 00:50:53.940 --> 00:50:55.340 assumed our human nature. 00:50:57.300 --> 00:50:57.500 Jesus, 00:50:57.659 --> 00:50:58.279 thank you for this 00:50:58.279 --> 00:50:59.099 great good news 00:50:59.099 --> 00:51:00.119 that you've redeemed us, 00:51:01.000 --> 00:51:01.799 you lead us 00:51:01.799 --> 00:51:02.839 and you help us. 00:51:04.319 --> 00:51:04.599 Lord, 00:51:04.839 --> 00:51:06.139 help our love for you, 00:51:07.019 --> 00:51:08.339 our wonder 00:51:08.339 --> 00:51:09.199 at who you are 00:51:09.199 --> 00:51:10.339 and our deep trust 00:51:10.339 --> 00:51:10.900 in you to grow 00:51:10.900 --> 00:51:11.699 as we contemplate 00:51:11.699 --> 00:51:12.279 these things. 00:51:12.920 --> 00:51:13.699 In your mighty name, 00:51:13.699 --> 00:51:13.759 we pray. 00:51:13.759 --> 00:51:13.819 Amen. 00:51:13.819 --> 00:51:14.319 Amen. 00:51:14.319 --> 00:51:14.819 Amen. 00:51:14.819 --> 00:51:14.940 Amen. 00:51:14.940 --> 00:51:15.000 Amen. 00:51:15.000 --> 00:51:15.259 Amen. 00:51:15.259 --> 00:51:15.319 Amen. 00:51:15.319 --> 00:51:15.380 Amen.