THE REALITY OF HIS HUMANITY SABBATH SCHOOL LESSON
“THE REALITY OF HIS HUMANITY” SABBATH SCHOOL LESSON 3 APRIL 12 -18, 2008
MEMORY TEXT ( Yohanes 1: 14 ) “Firman itu telah menjadi manusia, dan diam di antara kita, ” ( LAI Jakarta) Και ο λο γος γι νομαι σα ρξ και σκηνο ω ε ν η μι ν ( Greek ) The Word became a human being and lived here with us. ( CEV) And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us. ( KJV) The Word became a human being and, full of grace and truth, lived among us. (TEV ) Gabe daging ma Hata i jala maringan di tonga ni hita on. ( Toba ) Gabe daging ma Hata in, anjaha marianan itongah-tongahta. ( Simalungun ) Kata e enggo jadi manusia, janah Ia ringan i tengah-tengahta. ( Karo ) Enggo gabè jelma kata idi janah merrian i tengah-tengahta. ( Pakpak Dairi )
ALLAH FIRMAN MENJELMA MENJADI MANUSIA Allah Bapa Father “Yang Lanjut Usianya” “Firman itu telah menjadi manusia, dan diam di antara kita, dan kita telah melihat kemuliaan-Nya, yaitu kemuliaan yang diberikan kepada-Nya sebagai Anak Tunggal Bapa, penuh kasih karunia dan kebenaran. ” ( Yohanes 1: 14 ) Allah Anak Firman The Word Logos Hata Kata Allah Firman menjadi manusia Yesus EARTH’S PLANET Roh Kudus Holy Spirit Comporter Rom 8: 3 ”What the Law could not do, because human nature was weak, God did. He condemned sin in human nature by sending his own Son, who came with a nature like man's sinful nature, to do away with sin. ”
ALLAH FIRMAN MENJELMA MENJADI MANUSIA ROH KUDUS HOLY SPIRIT “Tetapi setelah genap waktunya, “ maka Allah mengutus Anak-Nya, yang lahir dari seorang perempuan dan takluk kepada hukum Taurat. ” ( Galatia 4: 4 ) Allah Firman menjadi manusia Yesus EARTH’S PLANET "Dia, yang telah menyatakan diri-Nya dalam rupa manusia, “ dibenarkan dalam Roh; yang menampakkan diri-Nya kepada malaikat-malaikat, diberitakan di antara bangsa -bangsa yang tidak mengenal Allah; yang dipercayai di dalam dunia, diangkat dalam kemuliaan. “ ( 1 Tim 3: 16 )
UNTUK APA YESUS MENJELMA MENJADI MANUSIA? ROH KUDUS HOLY SPIRIT Allah Bapa 1. UNTUK MENGGENAPKAN RENCANA PENEBUSAN YANG TELAH DICANANGKAN SEBELUM PENCIPTAAN DUNIA “Dia yang diserahkan Allah menurut maksud dan rencana-Nya, telah kamu salibkan dan kamu bunuh oleh tangan bangsa-bangsa durhaka. ” ( Kisah 2: 23) Allah Firman menjadi manusia Yesus EARTH’S PLANET “Ia telah dipilih sebelum dunia dijadikan, tetapi karena kamu baru menyatakan diri-Nya pada zaman akhir. ” ( 1 Pet 1: 20 )
UNTUK APA YESUS MENJELMA MENJADI MANUSIA? ROH KUDUS HOLY SPIRIT 2. UNTUK MENYATAKAN KEPADA DUNIA TABIAT ALLAH BAPA “Barangsiapa telah melihat Aku, ia telah melihat Bapa. ” (Yoh 14: 9) Allah Firman menjadi manusia Yesus EARTH’S PLANET “ Tidak seorang pun yang pernah melihat Allah; tetapi Anak Tunggal Allah, yang ada di pangkuan Bapa, Dialah yang menyatakan-Nya. ” ( Yoh 1: 18 )
UNTUK APA YESUS MENJELMA MENJADI MANUSIA? ROH KUDUS HOLY SPIRIT 3. UNTUK MENJADI IMAM BESAR BAGI UMAT MANUSIA “Itulah sebabnya, maka dalam segala hal Ia harus disamakan dengan saudara-Nya, supaya Ia menjadi Imam Besar yang menaruh belas kasihan dan yang setia kepada Allah untuk mendamaikan dosa seluruh bangsa. ” ( Ibrani 2: 17) Allah Firman menjadi manusia Yesus EARTH’S PLANET ”Sebab oleh karena Ia sendiri telah menderita karena pencobaan, maka Ia dapat menolong mereka yang dicobai. ” ( Ibrani 2: 18 )
UNTUK APA YESUS MENJELMA MENJADI MANUSIA? ROH KUDUS HOLY SPIRIT 4. UNTUK MENJADI TELADAN KITA DAN MENGANGKAT HARKAT KEMANUSIAAN KITA “Sebab untuk itulah kamu dipanggil, karena Kristus pun telah menderita untuk kamu dan telah meninggalkan teladan bagimu, supaya kamu mengikuti jejak-Nya. ” ( 1 Petrus 2: 21 ) Allah Firman menjadi manusia Yesus EARTH’S PLANET ”Untuk memberikan teladan bagaimana seharusnya manusia hidup, Kristus harus menghayati hidup yang tidak berdosa sebagai mahkluk manusia. ” ( Uraian Doktrin Dasar, 62 )
UNTUK APA YESUS MENJELMA MENJADI MANUSIA? ROH KUDUS HOLY SPIRIT 5. UNTUK MENGHANCURKAN SETAN ( IBLIS) DAN PEKERJAANNYA, MELALUI KEMATIAN-NYA Aku akan mengadakan permusuhan antara engkau dan perempuan ini, antara keturunanmu dan keturunannya; keturunannya akan meremukkan kepalamu, dan engkau akan meremukkan tumitnya. “ ( Kejadian 3: 15 ) Allah Firman menjadi manusia Yesus EARTH’S PLANET Ibrani 2: 14 Karena anak itu adalah anak-anak dari darah dan daging, maka Ia juga menjadi sama dengan mereka dan mendapat bagian dalam keadaan mereka, supaya oleh kematian-Nya Ia memusnahkan dia, yaitu Iblis, yang berkuasa atas maut”
UNTUK APA YESUS MENJELMA MENJADI MANUSIA? ROH KUDUS HOLY SPIRIT 6. UNTUK MATI GANTI KITA DAN MEMBEBASKAN KITA DARI KUTUK DOSA YAITU MAUT/KEMATIAN KEKAL “Sebab inilah darah. Ku, darah perjanjian, yang ditumpahkan bagi banyak orang untuk pengampunan dosa. ” ( Matius 26: 28 ) Allah Firman menjadi manusia Yesus EARTH’S PLANET “Tetapi dia tertikam oleh karena pemberontakan kita, dia diremukkan oleh karena kejahatan kita; ganjaran yang mendatangkan keselamatan bagi kita ditimpakan kepadanya, dan oleh bilur-bilurnya kita menjadi sembuh. ” ( Yesaya 53: 5)
UNTUK APA YESUS MENJELMA MENJADI MANUSIA? ROH KUDUS HOLY SPIRIT 7. UNTUK MENGHAPUS DOSA DUNIA, MELALUI PERSEMBAHAN DARAH-NYA Yoh 1: 29 Pada keesokan harinya Yohanes melihat Yesus datang kepadanya dan ia berkata: "Lihatlah Anak domba Allah, yang menghapus dosa dunia. Allah Firman menjadi manusia Yesus EARTH’S PLANET “Barangsiapa yang tetap berbuat dosa, berasal dari Iblis, sebab Iblis berbuat dosa dari mulanya. Untuk inilah Anak Allah menyatakan diri-Nya, yaitu supaya Ia membinasakan perbuatan -perbuatan Iblis itu. ” ( 1 Yoh 3: 8)
UNTUK APA YESUS MENJELMA MENJADI MANUSIA? ROH KUDUS HOLY SPIRIT 8. UNTUK MEMPERSATUKAN MANUSIA DENGAN ALLAH DALAM IKATAN KASIH SELAMA-LAMANYA “Dalam mengambil sifat kita, Juruselamat telah mengikatkan diri-Nya kepada manusia dengan ikatan kasih yang tidak pernah putus. Sepanjang zaman yang kekal Ia dihubungkan dengan kita. ” ( A & O jilid 5, 20; Pel. SS, hlm. 34 ) Allah Firman menjadi manusia Yesus EARTH’S PLANET “Allah mengaruniakan Anak-Nya yang tunggal itu untuk menjadi anggota keluarga umat manusia , untuk selama-lamanya memiliki sifat kemanusiaan-Nya. ” Alpha & Omega, jilid 5, hlm. 21
APA ARTI “ ALLAH ANAK MENGOSONGKAN DIRI-NYA”? ROH KUDUS HOLY SPIRIT “Hendaklah kamu dalam hidupmu bersama, menaruh pikiran dan perasaan yang terdapat juga dalam Kristus Yesus, yang walaupun dalam rupa Allah, tidak menganggap kesetaraan dengan Allah itu sebagai milik yang harus dipertahankan. ” ( Fil 2: 5 -6) Allah Firman menjadi manusia Yesus EARTH’S PLANET “melainkan telah mengosongkan diri-Nya sendiri, dan mengambil rupa seorang hamba, dan menjadi sama dengan manusia. Dan dalam keadaan sebagai manusia, Ia telah merendahkan diri-Nya dan taat sampai mati, bahkan sampai mati di kayu salib. ” ( Fil 2: 7 -8 )
APA ARTI MENGOSONGKAN DIRI? ROH KUDUS HOLY SPIRIT “Before Christ left heaven and came in to the world to die , He was taller than any of angels. He was majestic and lovely. But when His ministry commenced, He was but little taller than the common size of men then living upon the earth. ” ( 2 SP 39 ) Allah Firman menjadi manusia Yesus EARTH’S PLANET “He who was Commander in the heavenly courts laid aside His Royal robe and kingly crown, and clothing His divinity with humanity, came to this world to stand at the head of human race as the pattern of man. He humbled Himself to suffer with the race, to be afflicted in all their afflictions. ( MS 76, 1903 )
ALLAH (100%) MANUSIA ( 100 % ) Divine Nature: 1. Maha Tahu 2. Maha Kuasa 3. Maha Hadir ( Hadir di mana ) 4. Immortal ( Tidak dapat mati) 5. Infinite ( Tidak Terbatas) 6. Royal Robe (Jubah Kerajaan) 7. Kingly Crown 8. Glory 9. Creator Human Nature: 1. Pengetahuan terbatas 2. Tidak punya kuasa 3. Hadir di satu tempat 4. Mortal ( Dapat mati/fana) Divinity & 5. Finite ( Terbatas ) Humanity 6. Merasa lapar, Haus & Capek blended together 7. Lebih rendah dari Malaikat 8. Have no Glory 9. Creation being The Man of Jesus Christ ( 100 % ) 1. Tubuh manusia 2. Memilih Tidak Maha Tahu 3. Tidak menggunakan Kuasa Ilahi-Nya 4. Tidak Maha Hadir 5. Mortal ( Dapat mati/fana) 6. Lebih rendah dari malaikat 7. Finite ( terbatas ) 8. Jubah Kemiskinan 9. Mahkota Duri 10. Tidak punya kemuliaan 11. Merasakan lapar, haus dan capek
“yang walaupun dalam rupa Allah, tidak menganggap kesetaraan dengan Allah itu sebagai milik yang harus dipertahankan, melainkan telah mengosongkan diri -Nya sendiri, dan mengambil rupa seorang hamba, dan menjadi sama dengan manusia. ( Filipi 2: 6 -7 ) “Laying aside His royal robe and kingly crown, Christ clothed His Divinity with humanity, that human being might be raised from their degradation, and placed on vantage-ground. Christ could not have come to this earth with the glory that He had in the heavenly courts. Sinful human beings could not have borne the sight. He veiled His divinity with the garb of humanity, …. . ” ( EGW, R & H, June 15, 1905 ) Allah Anak: 1. Maha Tahu 2. Maha Kuasa 3. Maha Hadir ( Hadir di mana-mana ) 4. Immortal ( Tidak dapat mati/baka) 5. Infinite ( Tidak Terbatas) 6. Royal Robe (Jubah Kerajaan) 7. Kingly Crown 8. Glory 9. Creator Manusia Yesus Kristus: Human Nature: 1. Mengenakan tubuh manusia Pengetahuan terbatas 2. 1. Memilih Tidak Maha Tahu 2. menggunakan Tidak punya. Kuasa kuasa 3. Tidak Ilahi-Nya 4. Tidak Maha Hadirmati ) 3. Mortal ( Fana/Dapat 5. Mortal ( Dapat mati/fana) 4. Finite ( Terbatas ) 6. 5. Tidak Merasa lapar, haus & Capek memiliki kemuliaan 7. Lebih rendah dari malaikat 6. Ciptaan 8. Finite ( terbatas ) 7. 9. Merasa & Haus Jubah lapar Kemiskinan 8. 10. Merasakan capek Mahkota Duri 9. Lebih rendah 11. No Glory dari malaikat
“This union of the Godhead with humanity ---of the Infinite with the finite, the Creator with the creature, in order that Divinity might be revealed in humanity – passes our human comprehension. Christ united heaven and earth, God and man, in His own Person through this provision. ” (COD, 50 ) “Furthermore, at His incarnation Christ became what He was not before. He took upon Himself a human bodily form, and accepted the limitations of human bodily life, as the mode of existence while on earth among men. Thus Deity was wedded to humanity in one Person, as He became the one and only God-man. ” ---COD, 51 Allah Anak: 1. Maha Tahu 2. Maha Kuasa 3. Maha Hadir ( Hadir di mana-mana ) 4. Immortal ( Tidak dapat mati/baka) 5. Infinite ( Tidak Terbatas) 6. Royal Robe (Jubah Kerajaan) 7. Kingly Crown 8. Glory 9. Creator Manusia Yesus Kristus: Human Nature: 1. Mengenakan tubuh manusia Pengetahuan terbatas 2. 1. Memilih Tidak Maha Tahu 2. menggunakan Tidak punya. Kuasa kuasa 3. Tidak Ilahi-Nya 4. Tidak Maha Hadirmati ) 3. Mortal ( Fana/Dapat 5. Mortal ( Dapat mati/fana) 4. Finite ( Terbatas ) 6. 5. Tidak Merasa lapar, haus & Capek memiliki kemuliaan 7. Lebih rendah dari malaikat 6. Ciptaan 8. Finite ( terbatas ) 7. 9. Merasa & Haus Jubah lapar Kemiskinan 8. 10. Merasakan capek Mahkota Duri 9. Lebih rendah 11. No Glory dari malaikat
“He clothed His divinity with humanity. He was all the while as God, but He did not appear as God…. He was God while upon earth, but He divested Himself of the form of God, and in its stead took the form and fashion of a man. He walk the earth as a man. For our sakes He became poor, that we through His poverty might be made rich. He laid aside His glory and His majesty. He was God, but the glories of the form of God He for a while relinguished. ” RH, July 5, 1887 “Divinity and humanity were mysteriously combined, and man and God become one. It is in this union that we find the hope of our fallen race. Looking upon Christ in humanity, we look upon God, and see in Him the brightness of His golry, the express image of His person. ” Signs of the Times, July 30, 1896. Allah Anak: 1. Maha Tahu 2. Maha Kuasa 3. Maha Hadir ( Hadir di mana-mana ) 4. Immortal ( Tidak dapat mati/baka) 5. Infinite ( Tidak Terbatas) 6. Royal Robe (Jubah Kerajaan) 7. Kingly Crown 8. Glory 9. Creator Manusia Yesus Kristus: Human Nature: 1. Mengenakan tubuh manusia Pengetahuan terbatas 2. 1. Memilih Tidak Maha Tahu 2. menggunakan Tidak punya. Kuasa kuasa 3. Tidak Ilahi-Nya 4. Tidak Maha Hadirmati ) 3. Mortal ( Fana/Dapat 5. Mortal ( Dapat mati/fana) 4. Finite ( Terbatas ) 6. 5. Tidak Merasa lapar, haus & Capek memiliki kemuliaan 7. Lebih rendah dari malaikat 6. Ciptaan 8. Finite ( terbatas ) 7. 9. Merasa & Haus Jubah lapar Kemiskinan 8. 10. Merasakan capek Mahkota Duri 9. Lebih rendah 11. No Glory dari malaikat
“Christ took upon Himself humanity, that He might reach humanity …. It required both the divine and the human to bring salvation to the world. ” ( The Desire of Ages, 296 ) “Taking humanity upon Him, Christ came to be one with humanity and at the same time to reveal our heavenly Father to sinful human being. He was in all thing made like unto His brethren. He became flesh, even as we are. He was hungry and thirsty and weary. He was sustained by food and refreshed by sleep…. Tempted and tried as men and women today are tempted, yet living a life free from sin. ” 8 T 286 Allah Anak: 1. Maha Tahu 2. Maha Kuasa 3. Maha Hadir ( Hadir di mana-mana ) 4. Immortal ( Tidak dapat mati/baka) 5. Infinite ( Tidak Terbatas) 6. Royal Robe (Jubah Kerajaan) 7. Kingly Crown 8. Glory 9. Creator Manusia Yesus Kristus: Human Nature: 1. Mengenakan tubuh manusia Pengetahuan terbatas 2. 1. Memilih Tidak Maha Tahu 2. menggunakan Tidak punya. Kuasa kuasa 3. Tidak Ilahi-Nya 4. Tidak Maha Hadirmati ) 3. Mortal ( Fana/Dapat 5. Mortal ( Dapat mati/fana) 4. Finite ( Terbatas ) 6. 5. Tidak Merasa lapar, haus & Capek memiliki kemuliaan 7. Lebih rendah dari malaikat 6. Ciptaan 8. Finite ( terbatas ) 7. 9. Merasa & Haus Jubah lapar Kemiskinan 8. 10. Merasakan capek Mahkota Duri 9. Lebih rendah 11. No Glory dari malaikat
YESUS MENGOSONGKAN DIRI-NYA? ROH KUDUS HOLY SPIRIT 2. TURUN KEPADA DERAJAT YANG LEBIH RENDAH DARI MALAIKAT Tetapi Dia, yang untuk waktu yang singkat dibuat sedikit lebih rendah dari pada malaikat-malaikat, yaitu Yesus, kita lihat, yang oleh karena penderitaan maut, dimahkotai dengan kemuliaan dan hormat, supaya oleh kasih karunia Allah Ia mengalami maut bagi semua manusia. ( Ibrani 2: 9 ) “ Allah Firman menjadi manusia Yesus EARTH’S PLANET
DENGAN CARA APA YESUS MENGOSONGKAN DIRI-NYA? ROH KUDUS HOLY SPIRIT DENGAN MENJELMA MENJADI MANUSIA DAN MENJADI SAMA DENGAN MANUSIA “Hendaklah kamu dalam hidupmu bersama, menaruh pikiran dan perasaan yang terdapat juga dalam Kristus Yesus, yang walaupun dalam rupa Allah, tidak menganggap kesetaraan dengan Allah itu sebagai milik yang harus dipertahankan. ” ( Fil 2: 5 -6) Allah Firman menjadi manusia Yesus EARTH’S PLANET “melainkan telah mengosongkan diri-Nya sendiri, dan mengambil rupa seorang hamba, dan menjadi sama dengan manusia. Dan dalam keadaan sebagai manusia, Ia telah merendahkan diri-Nya dan taat sampai mati, bahkan sampai mati di kayu salib. ” ( Fil 2: 7 -8 )
BAGAIMANAKAH PENJELMAAN ITU TERJADI? Allah Bapa Father “Yang Lanjut Usianya” Allah Anak Firman The Word Logos Hata Kata Roh Kudus Holy Spirit Comporter “Penjelmaan Allah Anak itu merupakan sebuah misteri. Kitab Suci menyebutkan Allah yang dinyatakan dalam bentuk daging sebagai “Rahasia ibadah kita. ” ( 1 Tim 3: 16 ) – Uraian Doktrin Dasar, hlm. 55 Allah Firman menjadi manusia Yesus EARTH’S PLANET
SIFAT KEMANUSIAAN YANG DIMILIKI YESUS? Allah Bapa Father “Yang Lanjut Usianya” Allah Anak Firman The Word Logos Hata Kata Roh Kudus Holy Spirit Comporter YESUS BENAR-BENAR MENJADI MANUSIA “Ketika mengambil wujud “hamba” Ia mengesampingkan hak-hak istimewa Keilahian-Nya Ia menjadi hamba Bapa-Nya ( Yes 42: 1 ), untuk melaksanakan kehendak Allah ( Yoh. 6: 38 ) (Mat 26: 39, 42 ) Uraian Doktrin Dasar, 59 Allah Firman menjadi manusia Yesus EARTH’S PLANET “Kristus tidak berpura-pura mengambil sifat manusia. Dia benar-benar mengambilnya. Dia melakukannya sebagai kenyataan suatu pemilikan sifat manusiawi. ” ( EGW, Lift Him Up, hlm. 74 / Pel. SS, hlm 32 )
SIFAT KEMANUSIAAN YANG DIMILIKI YESUS? Allah Bapa Father “Yang Lanjut Usianya” Allah Anak Firman The Word Logos Hata Kata Roh Kudus Holy Spirit Comporter IA MENGESAMPINGKAN HAK-HAK ISTIMEWA KEILAHIAN-NYA “Ketika mengambil wujud “hamba” Ia mengesampingkan hak-hak istimewa Keilahian-Nya Ia menjadi hamba Bapa-Nya ( Yes 42: 1 ), untuk melaksanakan kehendak Allah ( Yoh. 6: 38 ) (Mat 26: 39, 42 ) Uraian Doktrin Dasar, 59 Allah Firman menjadi manusia Yesus EARTH’S PLANET “Kristus tidak berpura-pura mengambil sifat manusia. Dia benar-benar mengambilnya. Dia melakukannya sebagai kenyataan suatu pemilikan sifat manusiawi. ” ( EGW, Lift Him Up, hlm. 74 / Pel. SS, hlm 32 )
SIFAT KEMANUSIAAN YANG DIMILIKI YESUS? Allah Bapa Father “Yang Lanjut Usianya” Allah Anak Firman The Word Logos Hata Kata Roh Kudus Holy Spirit Comporter DIA MEMILIKI SEMUA ORGAN TUBUH MANUSIA “ nature of “The human Christ was like unto ours, and suffering was more keenly felt by Allah Firman Him; for His spiritual menjadi nature was free from manusia Yesus every taint of sin. ” EARTH’S PLANET {5 BC 1103. 8} “When Jesus took human nature, and became in fashion as a man, He possessed all the human organism. “(Letter 32, 1899). {5 BC 1130. 2}
SIFAT KEMANUSIAAN YANG DIMILIKI YESUS? Allah Bapa Father “Yang Lanjut Usianya” Allah Anak Firman The Word Logos Hata Kata Roh Kudus Holy Spirit Comporter DIA MEMILIKI KEPERLUAN YANG SAMA SEPERTI KITA “The human“ nature of Christ was like unto ours, and suffering was more keenly felt by Him; for His spiritual nature was free from every taint of sin. ” {5 BC 1103. 8} Allah Firman menjadi manusia Yesus EARTH’S PLANET “His necessities were the necessities of a man. He had bodily wants to be supplied, bodily weariness to be relieved. “(Letter 32, 1899). {5 BC 1130. 2}
SIFAT KEMANUSIAAN YANG DIMILIKI YESUS? Allah Bapa Father “Yang Lanjut Usianya” Allah Anak Firman The Word Logos Hata Kata Roh Kudus Holy Spirit Comporter SECARA ALAMIAH TIDAK MEMILIKI KUASA YANG LUAR BIASA “Alkitab mengatatakan Yesus Seorang “yang untuk waktu yang singkat dibuat sedikit lebih rendah dari pada malaikat-malaikat” (Ibrani 2: 9 ), Kemanusiaan. Nya secara alamiah dibuat dan tidak memiliki kuasa yang luar biasa. ” ( Uraian Doktrin Dasar, 58 ) Allah Firman menjadi manusia Yesus EARTH’S PLANET “Kristus telah menjadi manusia yang sesungguhnya; ini menjadi sebagian dari pada misi. Nya. Untuk memiliki sifat manusia Ia harus menjadi manusia dalam “darah dan daging” (Ibrani 2: 14 )
SIFAT KEMANUSIAAN YANG DIMILIKI YESUS? Allah Bapa Father “Yang Lanjut Usianya” Allah Anak Firman The Word Logos Hata Kata Roh Kudus Holy Spirit Comporter SECARA FISIK, MENTAL DAN PERASAAN, DIA SAMA DENGAN KITA “Dalam segala hal, ” Kristus telah dijadikan “disamakan” dengan sesama-Nya manusia ( Ibrani 2: 17 ). Secara fisik dan mental Ia memilikinya sama seperti manusia lainnya: Dalam soal lapar, dahaga, letih dan cemas. ” ( Uraian Doktrin Dasar, 58 ) Allah Firman menjadi manusia Yesus EARTH’S PLANET “Dalam pelayanan-Nya untuk orang-orang lain Ia memperlihatkan kelembutan, amarah yang tepat, dan dukacita. Sering Ia merasa susah dan berdukacita, bahkan juga menangis. Ia berdoa dengan tangisan, butir-butir air mata, juga sampai mengeluarkan keringat darah ( Luk 22: 44) – Uraian Doktrin Dasar, 58.
APAKAH “HUMAN NATURE KRISTUS BERAKHIR PADA SAAT KEMATIAN-NYA? ROH KUDUS HOLY SPIRIT TIDAK! ITU TETAP DIPAKAI KRISTUS SELAMA-LAMANYA “Allah telah memakai sifat kemanusiaan dalam diri Anak-Nya, dan telah membawa sifat itu ke langit yang tertinggi. ” ( A & O jilid 5, hlm. 21; Pel. SS, hlm. 34 ) Allah Firman menjadi manusia Yesus EARTH’S PLANET “Kristus terangkat ke surga, membawa kemanusiaan yang suci dan kudus. Dia membawa kemanusiaan ini sampai ke istana surga, dan sepanjang zaman kekekalan Dia akan tetap memilikinya sebagai Seorang yang telah menebus setiap umat manusia di dalam kota Allah. ” EGW, SDA BC. Jilid 6, hlm. 1054.
• SEMOGA DENGAN PEMAHAMAN KITA TENTANG KEAJAIBAN KASIH KRISTUS MELALUI PENJELMAANNYA MENJADI MANUSIA, KITA AKAN LEBIH MENGASIHI DIA DAN MENYERAHKAN HIDUP KITA SEPENUHNYA KEPADA-NYA, YANG TELAH MENYERAHKAN HIDUP-NYA BAGI KITA.
SIFAT KEMANUSIAAN YANG DIMILIKI YESUS? Allah Bapa Father “Yang Lanjut Usianya” “Dalam segala hal, ” Kristus telah dijadikan “disamakan” dengan sesama-Nya manusia ( Ibrani 2: 17 ). Secara fisik dan mental Ia memilikinya sama seperti manusia lainnya: Dalam soal lapar, dahaga, letih dan cemas. ” ( Uraian Doktrin Dasar, 58 ) Allah Anak Firman The Word Logos Hata Kata Allah Firman menjadi manusia Yesus EARTH’S PLANET Roh Kudus Holy Spirit Comporter “Dalam pelayanan-Nya untuk orang-orang lain Ia memperlihatkan kelembutan, amarah yang tepat, dan dukacita. Sering Ia merasa susah dan berdukacita, bahkan juga menangis. Ia berdoa dengan tangisan, butir-butir air mata, juga sampai mengeluarkan keringat darah ( Luk 22: 44) – Uraian Doktrin Dasar, 58.
DENGAN CARA APA YESUS MENGOSONGKAN DIRI-NYA? ROH KUDUS HOLY SPIRIT DENGAN MENJELMA MENJADI MANUSIA DAN MENJADI SAMA DENGAN MANUSIA “Hendaklah kamu dalam hidupmu bersama, menaruh pikiran dan perasaan yang terdapat juga dalam Kristus Yesus, yang walaupun dalam rupa Allah, tidak menganggap kesetaraan dengan Allah itu sebagai milik yang harus dipertahankan. ” ( Fil 2: 5 -6) Allah Firman menjadi manusia Yesus EARTH’S PLANET “melainkan telah mengosongkan diri-Nya sendiri, dan mengambil rupa seorang hamba, dan menjadi sama dengan manusia. Dan dalam keadaan sebagai manusia, Ia telah merendahkan diri-Nya dan taat sampai mati, bahkan sampai mati di kayu salib. ” ( Fil 2: 7 -8 )
SAAT YESUS MENJADI MANUSIA, DIMANAKAH TUBUH KEILAHIAN-NYA? ROH KUDUS HOLY SPIRIT “Hendaklah kamu dalam hidupmu bersama, menaruh pikiran dan perasaan yang terdapat juga dalam Kristus Yesus, yang walaupun dalam rupa Allah, tidak menganggap kesetaraan dengan Allah itu sebagai milik yang harus dipertahankan. ” ( Fil 2: 5 -6) Allah Firman menjadi manusia Yesus EARTH’S PLANET “melainkan telah mengosongkan diri-Nya sendiri, dan mengambil rupa seorang hamba, dan menjadi sama dengan manusia. Dan dalam keadaan sebagai manusia, Ia telah merendahkan diri-Nya dan taat sampai mati, bahkan sampai mati di kayu salib. ” ( Fil 2: 7 -8 )
ALLAH FIRMAN MENJELMA MENJADI MANUSIA Allah Bapa Father “Yang Lanjut Usianya” “Firman itu telah menjadi manusia, dan diam di antara kita, dan kita telah melihat kemuliaan-Nya, yaitu kemuliaan yang diberikan kepada-Nya sebagai Anak Tunggal Bapa, penuh kasih karunia dan kebenaran. ” ( Yohanes 1: 14 ) Allah Anak Firman The Word Logos Hata Kata Allah Firman menjadi manusia Yesus EARTH’S PLANET Roh Kudus Holy Spirit Comporter “Kristus tidak berpura-pura mengambil sifat manusia. Dia benar-benar mengambilnya. Dia melakukannya sebagai kenyataan suatu pemilikan sifat manusiawi. ” ( EGW, Lift Him Up, hlm. 74 / Pel. SS, hlm 32 )
“yang walaupun dalam rupa Allah, tidak menganggap kesetaraan dengan Allah itu sebagai milik yang harus dipertahankan, melainkan telah mengosongkan diri -Nya sendiri, dan mengambil rupa seorang hamba, dan menjadi sama dengan manusia. ( Filipi 2: 6 -7 ) “Laying aside His royal robe and kingly crown, Christ clothed His Divinity with humanity, that human being might be raised from their degradation, and placed on vantage-ground. Christ could not have come to this earth with the glory that He had in the heavenly courts. Sinful human beings could not have borne the sight. He veiled His divinity with the garb of humanity, …. . ” Divine Nature: 1. Maha Tahu 2. Maha Kuasa 3. Maha Hadir ( Hadir di mana-mana ) 4. Immortal ( Tidak dapat mati/baka) 5. Infinite ( Tidak Terbatas) 6. Royal Robe (Jubah Kerajaan) 7. Kingly Crown 8. Glory 9. Creator His Divinity blended with humanity: Human Nature: 1. Memilih Tidak Maha Tahu 1. Pengetahuan terbatas 2. Tidak menggunakan Kuasa Ilahi-Nya 2. 3. Tidak kuasa Tidakpunya Maha Hadir 3. 4. Mortal ( Fana/Dapat mati ) Mortal ( Dapat mati/fana) 4. 5. Finite( (Terbatas terbatas )) 6. Jubah Kemiskinan 5. Tidak memiliki kemuliaan 7. 6. Mahkota Ciptaan. Duri 8. Tidak punya 7. Merasa laparkemuliaan & Haus 9. Merasakan lapar, haus dan capek 8. Merasakan capek 10. Lebih rendah dari 9. Lebih rendah dari Malaikat malaikat 11. Memiliki tubuh manusia
“yang walaupun dalam rupa Allah, tidak menganggap kesetaraan dengan Allah itu sebagai milik yang harus dipertahankan, melainkan telah mengosongkan diri -Nya sendiri, dan mengambil rupa seorang hamba, dan menjadi sama dengan manusia. ( Filipi 2: 6 -7 ) “Laying aside His royal robe and kingly crown, Christ clothed His Divinity with humanity, that human being might be raised from their degradation, and placed on vantage-ground. Christ could not have come to this earth with the glory that He had in the heavenly courts. Sinful human beings could not have borne the sight. He veiled His divinity with the garb of humanity, …. . ” Divine Nature: 1. Maha Tahu 2. Maha Kuasa 3. Maha Hadir ( Hadir di mana-mana ) 4. Immortal ( Tidak dapat mati/baka) 5. Infinite ( Tidak Terbatas) 6. Royal Robe (Jubah Kerajaan) 7. Kingly Crown 8. Glory 9. Creator His Divinity blended with humanity: Human Nature: 1. Memilih Tidak Maha Tahu 1. Pengetahuan terbatas 2. Tidak menggunakan Kuasa Ilahi-Nya 2. 3. Tidak kuasa Tidakpunya Maha Hadir 3. 4. Mortal ( Fana/Dapat mati ) Mortal ( Dapat mati/fana) 4. 5. Finite( (Terbatas terbatas )) 6. Jubah Kemiskinan 5. Tidak memiliki kemuliaan 7. 6. Mahkota Ciptaan. Duri 8. Tidak punya 7. Merasa laparkemuliaan & Haus 9. Merasakan lapar, haus dan capek 8. Merasakan capek 10. Lebih rendah dari 9. Lebih rendah dari Malaikat malaikat 11. Memiliki tubuh manusia
UNTUK APA YESUS MENJELMA MENJADI MANUSIA? ROH KUDUS HOLY SPIRIT 8. UNTUK MEMPERSATUKAN ALLAH BAPA DENGAN MANUSIA SELAMANYA MELALUI DIRI-NYA Allah Firman menjadi manusia Yesus EARTH’S PLANET “He ( Christ ) vanquished Satan in the same nature over wich in Eden Satan obtained the victory. The enemy was overcome by Christ in His human nature, relying upon God for power. ” ( Youth Instructor, April 25, 1901 )
• Humanity has in itself no light. Apart from Christ we are like an unkindled taper, like the moon when her face is turned away from the sun; we have not a single ray of brightness to shed into the darkness of the world. But when we turn toward the Sun of Righteousness, when we come in touch with Christ, the whole soul is aglow with the brightness of the divine presence. {MB 40. 1}
• As Christ is the channel for the revelation of the Father, so we are to be the channel for the revelation of Christ. While our Saviour is the great source of illumination, forget not, O Christian, that He is revealed through humanity. God's blessings are bestowed through human instrumentality. Christ Himself came to the world as the Son of man. Humanity, united to the divine nature, must touch humanity. The church of Christ, every individual disciple of the Master, is heaven's appointed channel for the revelation of God to men. Angels of glory wait to communicate through you heaven's light and power to souls that are ready to perish. Shall the human agent fail of accomplishing his appointed work? Oh, then to that degree is the world robbed of the promised influence of the Holy Spirit! {MB 40. 2}
• But Jesus did not bid the disciples, "Strive to make your light shine; " He said, "Let it shine. " If Christ is dwelling in the heart, it is impossible to conceal the light of His presence. If those who profess to be followers of Christ are not the light of the world, it is because the vital power has left them; if they have no light to give, it is because they have no connection with the Source of light. {MB 41. 1}
• 6 (John 1: 1 -3, 14; Phil. 2: 5 -8; Col. 2: 9; Heb. 1: 6, 8; 2: 14 -17; 4: 15). Deity Did Not Die. --Was the human nature of the Son of Mary changed into the divine nature of the Son of God? No; the two natures were mysteriously blended in one person--the man Christ Jesus. In Him dwelt all the fullness of the Godhead bodily. When Christ was crucified, it was His human nature that died. Deity did not sink and die; that would have been impossible. Christ, the sinless One, will save every son and daughter of Adam who accepts the salvation proffered them, consenting to become the children of God. The Saviour has purchased the fallen race with His own blood. {5 BC 1113. 2} • This is a great mystery, a mystery that will not be fully, completely understood in all its greatness until the translation of the redeemed shall take place. Then the power and greatness and efficacy of the gift of God to man will be understood. But the enemy is determined that this gift shall be so mystified that it will become as nothingness (Letter 280, 1904). {5 BC 1113. 3}
• (Matt. 28: 5, 6; Luke 24: 5, 6; John 2: 19; 10: 17, 18; Acts 13: 32, 33. ) When the voice of the angel was heard saying, "Thy Father calls thee, " He who had said, "I lay down my life, that I might take it again, " "Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up, " came forth from the grave to life that was in Himself. Deity did not die. Humanity died, but Christ now proclaims over the rent sepulcher of Joseph, "I am the resurrection, and the life. " In His divinity Christ possessed the power to break the bonds of death. He declares that He had life in Himself to quicken whom He will. {5 BC 1113. 4}
• Contrast this with the riches of glory, the wealth of praise pouring forth from immortal tongues, the millions of rich voices in the universe of God in anthems of adoration. But He humbled Himself, and took mortality upon Him. As a member of the human family, He was mortal; but as a God, He was the fountain of life to the world. He could, in His divine person, ever have withstood the advances of death, and refused to come under its dominion; but He voluntarily laid down His life, that in so doing He might give life and bring immortality to light. He bore the sins of the world, and endured the penalty, which rolled like a mountain upon His divine soul. He yielded up His life a sacrifice, that man should not eternally die. He died, not through being compelled to die, but by His own free will. This was humility. The whole treasure of heaven was poured out in one gift to save fallen man. He brought into His human nature all the life-giving energies that human beings will need and must receive. {5 BC 1127. 1}
• Wondrous combination of man and God! He might have helped His human nature to withstand the inroads of disease by pouring from His divine nature vitality and undecaying vigor to the human. But He humbled Himself to man's nature. He did this that the Scripture might be fulfilled; and the plan was entered into by the Son of God, knowing all the steps in His humiliation, that He must descend to make an expiation for the sins of a condemned, groaning world. What humility was this! It amazed angels. The tongue can never describe it; the imagination cannot take it in. The eternal Word consented to be made flesh! God became man! It was a wonderful humility. {5 BC 1127. 2}
• "I lay down My life, that I might take it again. No man taketh it from Me, but I lay it down of Myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. " While as a member of the human family He was mortal, as God He was the fountain of life for the world. He could have withstood the advances of death, and refused to come under its dominion; but voluntarily He laid down His life, that He might bring life and immortality to light. He bore the sin of the world, endured its curse, yielded up His life as a sacrifice, that men might not eternally die. "Surely He hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows. . He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon Him; and with His stripes we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on Him the iniquity of us all. " Isa. 53: 4 -6. {DA 484. 1}
• Phil. 2: 7). Stronger Than Human Desire. --The human nature of Christ was like unto ours, and suffering was more keenly felt by Him; for His spiritual nature was free from every taint of sin. Therefore His desire for the removal of suffering was stronger than human beings can experience. How intense was the desire of the humanity of Christ to escape the displeasure of an offended God, how His soul longed for relief, is revealed in the words, "O my Father, if this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it, thy will be done. " {5 BC 1103. 8}
• 11. Holy Humanity Taken to Heaven. --Christ ascended to heaven, bearing a sanctified, holy humanity. He took this humanity with Him into the heavenly courts, and through the eternal ages He will bear it, as the One who has redeemed every human being in the city of God (RH March 9, 1905). {6 BC 1054. 1}
• Christ's humanity was united with divinity; He was fitted for the conflict by the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. And He came to make us partakers of the divine nature. So long as we are united to Him by faith, sin has no more dominion over us. God reaches for the hand of faith in us to direct it to lay fast hold upon the divinity of Christ, that we may attain to perfection of character. {DA 123. 3}
• And how this is accomplished, Christ has shown us. By what means did He overcome in the conflict with Satan? By the word of God. Only by the word could He resist temptation. "It is written, " He said. And unto us are given "exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust. " 2 Peter 1: 4. Every promise in God's word is ours. "By every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God" are we to live. When assailed by temptation, look not to circumstances or to the weakness of self, but to the power of the word. All its strength is yours. "Thy word, " says the psalmist, "have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against Thee. " "By the word of Thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer. " Ps. 119: 11; 17: 4. {DA 123. 4}
• Nearly two thousand years ago, a voice of mysterious import was heard in heaven, from the throne of God, "Lo, I come. " "Sacrifice and offering Thou wouldest not, but a body hast Thou prepared Me. . Lo, I come (in the volume of the Book it is written of Me, ) to do Thy will, O God. " Heb. 10: 5 -7. In these words is announced the fulfillment of the purpose that had been hidden from eternal ages. Christ was about to visit our world, and to become incarnate. He says, "A body hast Thou prepared Me. " Had He appeared with the glory that was His with the Father before the world was, we could not have endured the light of His presence. That we might behold it and not be destroyed, the manifestation of His glory was shrouded. His divinity was veiled with humanity, --the invisible glory in the visible human form. {DA 23. 1}
• This great purpose had been shadowed forth in types and symbols. The burning bush, in which Christ appeared to Moses, revealed God. The symbol chosen for the representation of the Deity was a lowly shrub, that seemingly had no attractions. This enshrined the Infinite. The all-merciful God shrouded His glory in a most humble type, that Moses could look upon it and live. So in the pillar of cloud by day and the pillar of fire by night, God communicated with Israel, revealing to men His will, and imparting to them His grace. God's glory was subdued, and His majesty veiled, that the weak vision of finite men might behold it. So Christ was to come in "the body of our humiliation" (Phil. 3: 21, R. V. ), "in the likeness of men. " In the eyes of the world He possessed no beauty that they should desire Him; yet He was the incarnate God, the light of heaven and earth. His glory was veiled, His greatness and majesty were hidden, that He might draw near to sorrowful, tempted men. {DA 23. 2}
• When Jesus took human nature, and became in fashion as a man, He possessed all the human organism. His necessities were the necessities of a man. He had bodily wants to be supplied, bodily weariness to be relieved. By prayer to the Father He was braced for duty and for trial (Letter 32, 1899). {5 BC 1130. 2}
• 14 (Phil. 2: 6 -8; Col. 1: 26, 27; 2: 9; Heb. 1: 3; 2: 14 -18; see EGW on Luke 2: 40, 52). The Incarnation an Unfathomable Mystery. --In contemplating the incarnation of Christ in humanity, we stand baffled before an unfathomable mystery, that the human mind cannot comprehend. The more we reflect upon it, the more amazing does it appear. How wide is the contrast between the divinity of Christ and the helpless infant in Bethlehem's manger! How can we span the distance between the mighty God and a helpless child? And yet the Creator of worlds, He in whom was the fullness of the Godhead bodily, was manifest in the helpless babe in the manger. Far higher than any of the angels, equal with the Father in dignity and glory, and yet wearing the garb of humanity! Divinity and humanity were mysteriously combined, and man and God became one. It is in this union that we find the hope of our fallen race. Looking upon Christ in humanity, we look upon God, and see in Him the brightness of His glory, the express image of His person (ST July 30, 1896). {5 BC 1130. 5}
• (Heb. 2: 14; 3: 3. ) The Wonderful Condescension of God. --The doctrine of the incarnation of Christ in human flesh is a mystery, "even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations. " It is the great and profound mystery of godliness. "The Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us. " Christ took upon Himself human nature, a nature inferior to His heavenly nature. Nothing so shows the wonderful condescension of God as this. . {5 BC 1130. 6}
• Christ did not make-believe take human nature; He did verily take it. He did in reality possess human nature. "As the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same. " He was the Son of Mary; He was of the seed of David according to human descent. He is declared to be a man, even the man Christ Jesus. "This man, " writes Paul, "was counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as he who hath builded the house hath more honor than the house" (RH April 5, 1906). {5 BC 1130. 7}
• 43 (Mark 14: 40; Luke 22: 45). Picture of a Sleeping Church. --In this fearful hour of trial Christ's human nature longed even for the sympathy of His disciples. A second time He rose from the earth and went to them and found them sleeping. This was not a deep sleep. They were in a drowse. They had a limited sense of their Lord's suffering and anguish. In tenderness Jesus stood for a moment bending over them, and regarding them with mingled feelings of love and pity. In these sleeping disciples He sees a representation of a sleeping church. When they should be watching, they are asleep (Sufferings of Christ, pp. 19, 20). {5 BC 1104. 2}
• The tempter can never compel us to do evil. He cannot control minds unless they are yielded to his control. The will must consent, faith must let go its hold upon Christ, before Satan can exercise his power upon us. But every sinful desire we cherish affords him a foothold. Every point in which we fail of meeting the divine standard is an open door by which he can enter to tempt and destroy us. And every failure or defeat on our part gives occasion for him to reproach Christ. {DA 125. 2}
• • • (See EGW on Rom. 5: 12 -19; 1 Tim. 2: 5; Heb. 1: 1 -3. ) The Human Characteristics of Jesus. --Jesus was the Commander of heaven, one equal with God, and yet He condescended to lay aside His kingly crown, His royal robe, and clothed His divinity 1131 with humanity. The incarnation of Christ in human flesh is a mystery. He could have come to earth as one with a remarkable appearance, unlike the sons of men. His countenance could have shone with glory, and His form could have been of remarkable grace. He could have presented such an appearance as to charm the beholder; but this was not according to the plan devised in the courts of God. He was to bear the characteristics of the human family, and the Jewish race. In all respects the Son of God was to wear the same features as did other human beings. He was not to have such beauty of person as would make Him singular among men. He was to manifest no wonderful charms by which to attract attention to Himself. He came as a representative of the human family before heaven and earth. He was to stand as man's substitute and surety. He was to live the life of humanity in such a way as to contradict the assertion that Satan had made that humanity was his everlasting possession, and that God Himself could not take man out of His adversary's hands (ST July 30, 1896). {5 BC 1130. 8}
• Veiled Glory of Christ. --Had Christ come in His divine form, humanity could not have endured the sight. The contrast would have been too painful, the glory too overwhelming. Humanity could not have endured the presence of one of the pure, bright angels from glory; therefore Christ took not on Him the nature of angels; He came in the likeness of men. {5 BC 1131. 1}
• (Gen. 3: 15; Matt. 8: 17; 2 Cor. 5: 21; Heb. 4: 15; 1 Peter 1: 19. ) Perfect Sinlessness of Christ's Human Nature. --In taking upon Himself man's nature in its fallen condition, Christ did not in the least participate in its sin. He was subject to the infirmities and weaknesses by which man is encompassed, "that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses. " He was touched with the feeling of our infirmities, and was in all points tempted like as we are. And yet He "knew no sin. " He was the lamb "without blemish and without spot. " Could Satan in the least particular have tempted Christ to sin, he would have bruised the Saviour's head. As it was, he could only touch His heel. Had the head of Christ been touched, the hope of the human race would have perished. Divine wrath would have come upon Christ as it came upon Adam. Christ and the church would have been without hope. {5 BC 1131. 3}
• We should have no misgivings in regard to the perfect sinlessness of the human nature of Christ. Our faith must be an intelligent faith, looking unto Jesus in perfect confidence, in full and entire faith in the atoning sacrifice (ST June 9, 1898). {5 BC 1131. 4}
• 18. Manifestation of the Father. --What speech is to thought, so is Christ to the invisible Father. He is the manifestation of the Father, and is called the Word of God sent His Son into the world, His divinity clothed with humanity, that man might bear the image of the invisible God. He made known in His words, His character, His power and majesty, the nature and attributes of God. Divinity flashed through humanity in softening, subduing light. He was the embodiment of the law of God, which is the transcript of His character (MS 77, 1899). {5 BC 1131. 6}
• There is no one who can explain the mystery of the incarnation of Christ. Yet we know that He came to this earth and lived as a man among men. The man Christ Jesus was not the Lord God Almighty, yet Christ and the Father are one. The Deity did not sink under the agonizing torture of Calvary, yet it is nonetheless • 1130 • true that "God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. " {5 BC 1129. 7}
• In every possible way Satan sought to prevent Jesus from developing a perfect childhood, a faultless manhood, a holy ministry, and an unblemished sacrifice. But he was defeated. He could not lead Jesus into sin. He could not discourage Him, or drive Him from the work He had come to this earth to do. From the desert to Calvary the storm of Satan's wrath beat upon Him, but the more mercilessly it fell, the more firmly did the Son of God cling to the hand of His Father, and press on in the blood-stained path (MS 140, 1903). {5 BC 1130. 1}
HUMAN NATURE OF CHRIST • When Jesus took human nature, and became in fashion as a man, He possessed all the human organism. His necessities were the necessities of a man. He had bodily wants to be supplied, bodily weariness to be relieved. By prayer to the Father He was braced for duty and for trial (Letter 32, 1899). {5 BC 1130. 2}
• Many are deceived today in the same way as were the Jews. Religious teachers read the Bible in the light of their own understanding and traditions; and the people do not search the Scriptures for themselves, and judge for themselves as to what is truth; but they yield up their judgment, and commit their souls to their leaders. The preaching and teaching of His word is one of the means that God has ordained for diffusing light; but we must bring every man's teaching to the test of Scripture. Whoever will prayerfully study the Bible, desiring to know the truth, that he may obey it, will receive divine enlightenment. He will understand the Scriptures. "If any man willeth to do His will, he shall know of the teaching. " John 7: 17, R. V. {DA 459. 1}
14 (chs. 3: 6, 14; 10: 23; see EGW on Rev. 3: 3). Questions to Ponder. --[Heb. 4: 14 quoted. ] What is our profession? We profess to be following Christ. We claim to be Christians. Do we, then, reveal the Christlikeness? Do we serve the Saviour intelligently? Does the love of God continually flow from us to others? Do we, in word and action, confess our Redeemer? Do we conform our lives to His holy principles? Are we pure and undefiled? Christians must hold the beginning of their confidence firm unto the end. It is not enough to profess the faith. There must be a • 929 • patient endurance of all trials and a brave resistance to all temptations. Faith can be maintained only by bringing the Christian religion to the test of practice, thus demonstrating its transforming power and the faithfulness of its promises (MS 42, 1901). {7 BC 928. 12} •
PHASES OF CHRIST’S PRIESTHOOD • 14 -16 (chs. 2: 17; 7: 24 -26; Rom. 8: 34; 1 John 2: 1). Phases of Christ's Priesthood. --[Heb. 4: 15 quoted. ] The Son of God. . . has fulfilled His pledge, and has passed into the heavens, to take upon Himself the government of the heavenly host. He fulfilled one phase of His priesthood by dying on the cross for the fallen race. He is now fulfilling another phase by pleading before the Father the case of the repenting, believing sinner, presenting to God the offerings of His people. Having taken human nature and in this nature having overcome the temptations of the enemy, and having divine perfection, to Him has been committed the judgment of the world. The case of each one will be brought in review before Him. He will pronounce judgment, rendering to every man according to his works (MS 42, 1901). {7 BC 929. 1}
• The Obedience of a God or a Man? --Christ's overcoming and obedience is that of a true human being. In our conclusions, we make many mistakes because of our erroneous views of the human nature of our Lord. When we give to His human nature a power that it is not possible for man to have in his conflicts with Satan, we destroy the completeness of His humanity. His imputed grace and power He gives to all who receive Him by faith. {7 BC 929. 5}
• The Obedience of a God or a Man? --Christ's overcoming and obedience is that of a true human being. In our conclusions, we make many mistakes because of our erroneous views of the human nature of our Lord. When we give to His human nature a power that it is not possible for man to have in his conflicts with Satan, we destroy the completeness of His humanity. His imputed grace and power He gives to all who receive Him by faith. {7 BC 929. 5}
• The obedience of Christ to His Father was the same obedience that is required of man. Man cannot overcome Satan's temptations without divine power to combine with his instrumentality. So with Jesus Christ; He could lay hold of divine power. He came not to our world to give the obedience of a lesser God to a greater, but as a man to obey God's holy law, and in this way He is our example. The Lord Jesus came to our world, not to reveal what a God could do, but what a man could do, through faith in God's power to help in every emergency. Man is, through faith, to be a partaker in the divine nature, and to overcome every temptation wherewith he is beset. {7 BC 929. 6}
• The Lord now demands that every son and daughter of Adam, through faith in Jesus Christ, serve Him in human nature which we now have. The Lord Jesus has bridged the gulf that sin has made. He has connected earth with heaven, and finite man with the infinite God. Jesus, the world's Redeemer, could only keep the commandments of God in the same way that humanity can keep them (MS 1, 1892). {7 BC 929. 7}
• (Ch. 2: 14. ) Christ Kept the Level of Humanity. -Satan thought that by his temptations he could delude the world's Redeemer to make one bold move in manifesting His divine power. . • 930 • {7 BC 929. 8}
• It was a difficult task for the Prince of life to carry out the plan which He had undertaken for the salvation of man, in clothing His divinity with humanity. He had received honor in the heavenly courts, and was familiar with absolute power. It was as difficult for Him to keep the level of humanity as for men to rise above the low level of their depraved natures, and be partakers of the divine nature. {7 BC 930. 1}
• Christ was put to the closest test, requiring the strength of all His faculties to resist the inclination when in danger, to use His power to deliver Himself from peril, and triumph over the power of the prince of darkness. Satan showed his knowledge of the weak points of the human heart, and put forth his utmost power to take advantage of the weakness of the humanity which Christ had assumed in order to overcome his temptations on man's account (RH April 1, 1875). {7 BC 930. 2}
• No Particular Adaptation for Obedience. --We need not place the obedience of Christ by itself, as something for which He was particularly adapted, by His particular divine nature, for He stood before God as man's representative and was tempted as man's substitute and surety. If Christ had a special power which it is not the privilege of man to have, Satan would have made capital of this matter. The work of Christ was to take from the claims of Satan his control of man, and He could do this only in the way that He came--a man, tempted as a man, rendering the obedience of a man (MS 1, 1892). {7 BC 930. 3}
• (2 Cor. 5: 19) God Endured Temptation in Christ. --God was in Christ in human form, and endured all the temptations wherewith man was beset; in our behalf He participated in the suffering and trials of sorrowful human nature (SW Dec. 10, 1907). {7 BC 930. 4}
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