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III THE INCARNATION OF CHRIST INTRODUCES US
TO CHRIST AS THE SECOND MAN

A. INCARNATION: THE GOD-MAN; GOD IS PUT
BACK IN THE MAN
B. HOW DOES JESUS DESCRIBE THE LIFE HE
LIVED IN HIS INCARNATE BODY AS THE
SECOND MAN?
1. HE DESCRIBES IT AS LIVING ON EARTH
BY THE GIFT OF GOD’S GLORY (JOHN
17:22-23; REVELATION 21:23)
2. HE DESCRIBES GLORY AS “UNION WITH
HIS INDWELLING FATHER ( JOHN 17:21;
JOHN 17:23)
3. HE PROMISED TO GIVE HIS CHILDREN
THE SAME GLORY HIS FATHER GAVE
HIM (JOHN 17:21; JOHN 17:23)
C. WHAT DID IT LOOK LIKE WHEN HE LIVED BY
THE GLORY OF HIS FATHER?
1. HE INITIATED NOTHING (JOHN 8:28-29)
2. HE HAD NO PRIVATE WILL BUT DID
THE WILL OF THE FATHER (JOHN 6:38;
MATTHEW 26:39)
3. THE FRUIT OF HIS LIFE WAS THE
WORKS OF THE FATHER (JOHN 10:37-38;
JOHN 14:10)
4. HE SOUGHT ONLY THE FATHER’S
GLORY (JOHN 8:50; JOHN 7:18; JOHN
12:27-28)
5. HE ONLY SPOKE BY REVELATION (JOHN
14:24; JOHN 12:49)
6. HIS GREAT CONFESSION: (JOHN 14:9;
JOHN 12:45)

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