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Chapter 9: More Questions about Jesus Christ

Connect …

I love the song that we sing at Christmas called, “Mary, did you know?” The song is about asking Mary
questions about her little son born in a manger. One line in the song says, “Mary did you know that
when you kissed your little baby, you kissed the face of God?” And that was so very true. Jesus was God
in flesh, Emmanuel, God with us. Mary and Joseph got to hold Him, love Him, and take care of Him.
What an amazing privilege!

By faith we believe that Jesus is God and will be coming back to us very soon. He will come in flesh, just
as he came the first time. He came as a lamb to pay the penalty for sin. Next time He will come as King
of Kings, and Lord of Lords. We have a lot to look forward to….

Objectives …

1. The student will be able to answer the question whether Jesus was deluded or insane about who He
was.

2. The student should be able to cite several verses from the Bible that clearly say that Jesus was and is
God in the flesh.

3. The student should be able to show that hundreds of prophecies in the Old Testament are fulfilled in
the person of Jesus.

4. The student must be able to communicate the importance of the resurrection of Christ.

The Lesson …

Could it be that the claims were false, and Jesus knew this?

At his trial, He was asked if He was the Christ, the Messiah. If he knew that He was not, yet answered in
the affirmative by deliberately lying, then He also knew that such an answer would result in crucifixion.

He held that He was God in flesh to the last breath. That is very unlikely if he was lying and knew it.

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