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• WHO IS CHRIST?
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Christ is the savior sent from God to
the world to solve the problems of human life.
He is the embodiment of the Triune God.
"For in Him dwells all
the fullness of the Godhead bodily."
(Colossians 2:9)
He is also God incarnated:
"The Word was God... The
Word became flesh and tabernacled among us... full of grace and
reality."
(John 1:1, 14)
Therefore, He is both the complete God
and the perfect man.
He is more than a good man!
He is more than a great man!
He is more than a moral man!
He is more than a holy man!
He is the GOD-MAN!
• THE DEATH OF THE GOD-MAN•
This God-man was nailed to the cross to
accomplish the work of redemption. He died with three statuses:
As the Lamb of God, He died to take away
man's sin.
"...the Lamb of God who takes away
the sin of the world."
(John 1:29)
As the brass serpent that had been lifted
up, He died to crush the old serpent, Satan, and to deal with the
serpent's poison within man-his sinful nature.
"And as Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up.."
(John 3:14)
As the grain of wheat, he died to release
the divine life.
"... a grain of wheat...
dies, it bears much fruit."
(John 12:24)
NOW:
His death has taken away the sin which
man has but should not have! His death imparts into man the life
which he needs but does not have!
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