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2006 - Touchet Baptist Church, Touchet, Washington - Pastor Mike Paulson - 2006
Expounding the way of God more perfectly - Acts 18:26 - with the Scriptures Rightly Divided - II Timothy 2:15

 
Rightly Dividing
The Flesh
Part II
Jesus and His Flesh

I Timothy 3:16
John 1:1,14

Jesus as a man: hungered, thirsted, became weary, slept, had compassion and love, became angry, grieved, was sorrowful, trusted, wept, prayed, etc.

Jesus - earthly name:

Son of Man
81x - Gospels
4x - Paul's epistles

Jesus
600 x - Gospels
40x  - Paul's epistles

Christ
50 x - Gospels
300 - Paul's epistles

Jesus Christ
5x - Gospels
144x - Paul's epistles

Christ Jesus
0 - Gospels
58x - Paul's epistles

Lord Jesus Christ
0 - Gospels
132x - Paul's epistles


While in the Flesh...

Power over flesh
John 17:2 (1-4)

Abolished enmity
Ephesians 2:15 (14-17)

To present us holy and unblameable...
Colossians 1:22 (19-25)

Made peace through the blood
Colossians 1:20

Made in likeness of men
Philippians 2:6-8

Pleased not himself
Romans 15:3

Deliver us from this present world
Galatians 1:4

Gave himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God...
Ephesians 5:2

Redeem us - purify unto himself...
Titus 2:14

Was made a curse for us
Galatians 3:13 - Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:


FACTS "FOR" US!

Took part of the same...
Hebrews 2:14-18

Jesus learned through obedience by the things which he suffered (Catholics try to do that today)
Hebrews 5:7-9

Jesus grew in wisdom and stature
Luke 2:52 - And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man.

Suffered in the flesh
I Peter 4:1a

Once suffered for sins - put to death in the flesh
I Peter 3:18

Isaiah 53


While in the flesh:
Matthew 27:27-31
Mark 14:65
Mark 15:16-20
Luke 22:63-65
John 19:15-18

...and what was his response through all that? Mark 15:3


After risen:
His flesh was clean!
John 20:17 compared with Matthew 28:19 - see Hebrews 9:12 for explanation!

Will appear again - without sin!
Hebrews 9:28

For us:
Romans 5:8
Romans 8:34
II Corinthians 5:21
Galatians 3:13
I Thessalonians 5:10
Titus 2:14

Because of His past, our future status is His present status:
Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body,
according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself.
Philippians 3:21