the real Jesus

1. the realJesus

2. mystery

3. 1 Timothy 3:16 Beyond all question, the mystery from which true godliness springs is great:He appeared in a body, was vindicated by the Spirit,was seen by angels,was preached among the nations,was believed on in the world,was taken up in glory.

4. mystery

5. Baruch Spinoza (1632-1677) We may say of Christ that he is finite and infinite; that he is ignorant and omniscient; that he is less than God and equal with God; that he existed from eternity and that he was born in time; that he created all things and that he was a man of sorrows.

6. Philip Schaff The incarnation or the union of the infinite divinity and finite humanity in one person is, indeed, the mystery of mysteries.

7. mystery

8. Jesus… • was David’s son, • was chosen of God and elect, • was born King of the Jews, • was the chief cornerstone, • was priceless, • was wounded and pierced, • died, • is David’s Lord. • was despised by people. • was rejected by the Jews. • was a rock of offense. • was sold for 30 pieces of silver. • not a bone of his was broken. • he lives forever!

9. Jesus king

11. Matthew 21:1-3

13. Matthew 21:3 If anyone says anything to you, say that the Lord needs them, and he will send them right away.

14. Jesus as King mystery of self-limitation

18. The Creator and ownerof everythingpossesses nothingand borrows everything

19. how does God do whatever God doesin the world?

21. OCC seeks to developa community of disciples who experienceGod loveone another and partner with Christ to bring healing to the world

22. Matthew 21:4-8

23. Jesus as King mystery of self-limitation mystery of hiddenness

27. wavingof palm branches is declaration that Jesus is King,not Caesar

28. Matthew 21:5 “Say to Daughter Zion, ‘See, your king comes to you, gentle and riding on a donkey,and on a colt, the foal of a donkey.’”

29. Matthew 12:40 For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of a huge fish,so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

30. Jesus as King mystery of self-limitation mystery of hiddenness

33. Jesus as King mystery of self-limitation mystery of hiddenness mystery of prayer

34. Matthew 21:9 The crowds that went ahead of himand those that followed shouted, “Hosanna to the Son of David!”“Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!”“Hosanna in the highest heaven!”

36. have you ever prayed and prayed and prayed for somethingand gotten exactly the oppositeof what you prayed for?

37. because of sin… • alienation • broken relationships • addiction • bondage

38. Ephesians 3:20-21 [God]is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine,according to his powerthat is at work within us,to him be glory in the churchand in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.

39. more than we can imagine

40. Jesus as King mystery of self-limitation mystery of hiddenness mystery of prayer mystery of suffering

42. Jesus kingsuffered

43. Tim Keller Lord of history… vulnerable one who became subject to its darkest forces seems absent… experienced the searing pain of that absence a King… but went not to a throne but a cross. glorious… but he laid his glory and power aside and became weak

44. every kind of evil – cowardice, lies, injustice, violence, nationalism, racism, Satan himself – yet Jesus our King bore it all to save you and me • abandoned • left utterly alone • betrayed • denied by friends • tried unjustly • spit in his face • beaten • tortured • stripped naked • nailed to a cross • victim of injustice

45. Sylvia DunstanChristusParadox

46. the realJesus