The Applegate Family

“The eternality and deity of Christ are inseparably linked together. Those who deny His eternality also deny His deity.” Moody

The Person of Christ

• Christ’s Humanity - Must be noted that Christ had a human body YET WITHOUT SIN. (Hebrews 4:15)
• Born of a Virgin – (Matthew 1:23; Isaiah 7:14)
• Body of Flesh and Blood
• Characteristics of a normal baby – (Luke 1-2)
• Recognizable as a Jew – (John 4:9)
• Suffering of a human – (John 19:1, 19:18)
• Normal Human Development – (Luke 2:52)
• Characteristics of a Human Hunger – (Matthew 4:2)
• Tired – (John 4:6)
• Thirsty – (John 4:7)
• Wept – (John 11:34-35)
• Compassion – (Matthew 9:36)
• Had human names
• Son of David – (Matthew 1:1)
• Jesus – (Matthew 1:21)
• Christ’s Deity – “He is declared, in the most express manner possible, to be all that God is, to possess the whole fullness of attributes which make God God.” B.B. Warfeild
• Jesus Christ is the Son of God, the second person of the Godhead – (Psalm 2:7; Daniel 3:25; Matthew 16:16)
• Jesus Christ has eternally existed. (Isaiah 9:6; John 1:1; 8:58; Hebrews 1:8)
• Jesus Christ is the Creator. (John 1:3; Colossians 1:16)
• Jesus Christ proclaimed Himself to be God. (John 8:24, 58; 10:30) Scripture proves that Jesus Christ is God. (Isaiah 9:6; John 1:1-5, 14; Philippians 2:6; 1 Timothy 3:16)

The Works of Christ

Past Works of Christ

• Miracles of Christ – (Matthew 8:23-27; 14:15-21; 14:26; Luke 5:1-11; John 2:1-11; 11:1-44)
• Death of Jesus Christ
• Jesus’ blood paid for all our sin. (Matthew 26:28; Hebrews 9:22, 28)
• Jesus is our Substitute. (Isaiah 53:5-6; John 3:16; II Corinthians 5:21; I Peter 2:24; 3:18)
• Jesus is our reconciliation. (Romans 5:10; II Corinthians 5:18-20; Ephesians 2:16; Colossians 1:20)
• Jesus is our propitiation. (Romans 3:25; I John 2:2)
• Jesus is our ransom payment. (Matthew 20:28; I Timothy 2:6)
• Resurrection of Jesus Christ – (I Corinthians 15:3-4, 20)
• Exaltation of Jesus Christ – (I Corinthians 15:42-44)

Present works of Christ

• Christ is building His church.
• Formation of the body – (Acts 2:47)
• Nurture of the body - (Ephesians 5:29-30)
• Cleansing of the body – (Ephesians 5:25-27)
• Giving gifts to the body – (Ephesians 4:11-13)
• Christ is praying for believers. (Romans 8:34; Hebrews 7:25)
• Christ is preparing a heavenly abode for us. (John 14:1-3)
• Christ is producing fruit in the lives of believers. (John 15:1-7)

Future works of Christ

• Jesus will return (Acts 1:11)
• Jesus will reign (Revelation 20:1-6)
• Jesus will reward faithful believers. (Revelation 22:11-12)