CHAPTER TWO

IN HIS INCARNATION

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Scripture Reading: Matt. 1:21, 23; Rom. 8:3; 1 Pet. 1:19-20; Heb. 9:26, 28, 12; 2:14; 1 Tim. 1:15; 1 John 4:9

OUTLINE

5. The issue of the incarnation:
1. Jesus—Jehovah our Savior—Matt. 1:21.
2. Emmanuel—God with us—Matt. 1:23.
3. The God-man—the complete God and the perfect man.
6. The purpose of the incarnation:
1. To bring God into man.
2. To make God man that man may become God in life and nature but not in the Godhead.
3. To mingle God with man that God and man may be one.
4. To accomplish God's redemption for man—Rom. 8:3; 1 Pet. 1:18-20; Heb. 9:26, 28, 12; 2:14.
5. To carry out God's salvation in man—1 Tim. 1:15.
6. To impart the divine life into man—1 John 4:9.