CHAPTER THREE

IN HIS HUMAN LIVING

Scripture Reading: 1 Tim. 3:16; Phil. 2:7-8; John 3:17; Matt. 9:10-13; Luke 4:19-22a; Acts 10:38; Isa. 53:2; Luke 2:7, 12, 40, 52, 42, 46-47, 49; 3:23; Isa. 53:3; Matt. 13:55-57; Luke 4:28-30; Matt. 26:4, 16; 4:1, 11

OUTLINE

1. God manifested in the flesh—1 Tim. 3:16:
1. Taking the form of a slave, becoming in the likeness of men, found in fashion as a man—Phil. 2:7-8.
2. To express the eternal, infinite, invisible, glorious, omnipotent, omniscient, and omnipresent God through the mortal, finite, visible, inglorious man, limited in power, knowledge, and presence:
1. Divinity unveiled in humanity.
2. The divine attributes shown in the human virtues.
3. The divine life mingled with the human life to have one living without a third entity.
3. In mercy, love, and grace, and not in the condemnation of the law—John 3:17:
1. Exhibiting that God desires mercy—Matt. 9:10-13.
2. Proclaiming God's acceptable year of jubilee through the words of grace proceeding out of His mouth—Luke 4:19-22a.
4. Under the anointing of the Holy Spirit and the divine power with the presence of God—Acts 10:38:
1. To declare the Triune God in doing good.
2. To show people the power of God.
3. To heal the people oppressed by the devil.
2. In the stages of human life:
1. Growing before Jehovah as a tender plant and as a root out of dry ground—Isa. 53:2.
2. In babyhood—Luke 2:7, 12:
1. Wrapped in swaddling clothes.
2. Lying in a manger.
3. In boyhood:
1. Growing in wisdom and stature, in the grace of God, and in favor with God and men—Luke 2:40, 52.
2. Caring for the things of God at the age of twelve—Luke 2:42, 46-47, 49.
4. In maturity:
1. To begin His ministry for God at the age of thirty—Luke 3:23.
2. To be a man of sorrows, suffering the despising, rejection, and persecution of man—Isa. 53:3; Matt. 13:55-57; Luke 4:28-30; Matt. 26:4, 16.
3. To be tempted by the devil:
1. Led by the Spirit—Matt. 4:1.
2. Defeating the devil and being ministered to by the angels—Matt. 4:11.