1. Key Truth Review Lesson #5
Lesson Five
Sin entered the world when________ tempted Adam and Eve and they disobeyed God. Because of sin we’re born sinful (_____________), we commit sins every day (____________), we deserve God’s ____________ and we should suffer and die. God said sin must be __________, but a Saviour would take the ____________ for us. God said we must be ________, but a Saviour would be ________ for us. We call this “God’s Great ____________.”

2. Key Truth Answers Lesson Five
Sin entered the world when SATAN tempted Adam and Eve and they disobeyed God. Because of sin we're born sinful (ORIGINAL sin), we commit sins every day (ACTUAL sin), we deserve God's PUNISHMENT and we should suffer and die. God said sin must be PUNISHED, but a Savior would take the PUNISHMENT for us. God said we must be HOLY, but a Savior would be HOLY for us. We call this “God's Great EXCHANGE.”

3. Opening Prayer
Dear Jesus, no one else could do what you did for me. And it had to be done. Help me to appreciate who you are and what you do. Even though I know what you've done for me, I sometimes live like it really doesn't matter. Forgive me for that. It does matter. Because you came to earth and became a human being who could live and die in my place, now I know that I never have to die and my life is really worth something. You bought and paid for me...and you don't buy junk! Be with us as we study your word. Amen.

4. Batter Up!
Introduction – Suppose your school’s baseball team is playing for the state championship. It’s the last half of the last inning. The bases are loaded. There are two outs. Your team is down by three runs, and your team’s poorest hitter is up. Your team’s best hitter is on the bench because he had a bad ankle and can’t play shortstop as he usually does. But he has his uniform on so he can pinch-hit if he is needed.
What will your coach most likely do? Why? (He will substitute the pinch hitter because it will give the whole team a better chance to win the championship.) In what ways is the substitute hitter just like the player he pinch-hits for, and in what ways is he different? (He belongs to the same team, and he is about the same age. But he is a better hitter.)

5. GOD SENT HIS SON TO SAVE MANKIND
LESSON 6
GOD SENT HIS SON TO SAVE MANKIND
In a similar way, we have a “pinch hitter” who stepped in and won salvation for all of us. We could never win salvation for ourselves, so Jesus became our substitute and did that for us. In our next lessons, we are going to look more closely at Jesus in order to learn what he did as our pinch hitter. But first we want to see what the Bible tells us about Jesus himself.

6. WHAT KIND OF A SAVIOR DO WE NEED?
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7. Romans 6:23
23For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
[Have your youth read the passage]
Question: According to this passage what is the payment that all people deserve because of their sin?
Answer: All people deserve death as a payment for sin.
Therefore we need a Savior who would pinch hit for us - one who would die for our sins.
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8. WHAT KIND OF A SAVIOR DO WE NEED?
1. One who could remove the curse of sin (death)
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9. Matthew 5:48
48Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
[Have your youth read the passage]
Question: According to this passage, what does God want us to be?
Answer: He wants us to be as perfect as he is.
Therefore we need a Savior who would pinch hit for us by being perfect for us.
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10. WHAT KIND OF A SAVIOR DO WE NEED?
1. One who could remove the curse of sin (death).
2. One who could give us perfection or holiness as a gift.
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11. Galatians 4:4-5
4But when the time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under law, 5to redeem those under law, that we might receive the full rights of sons.
[Have your youth read the passage]
Therefore, the Savior we needed had to be both Man and God.
Question: According to this passage how did Jesus become Man.
Answer: He was born of a woman.
Question: Since he was a man under what was he obligated to live according to verse 4.
Answer: He was obligated to live under the law for us.
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12. WHAT KIND OF A SAVIOR DO WE NEED?
1. One who could remove the curse of sin (death).
2. One who could give us perfection or holiness as a gift.
Therefore, the Savior we needed had to be
1. Man
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in order to
live under the Law in our place.

13. Hebrews 2:14
14Since the children have flesh and blood, he too shared in their humanity so that by his death he might destroy him who holds the power of death--that is, the devil
[Have your youth read the passage]
Question: Jesus shared our humanity and had flesh and blood. What was he able to do as a man in order to destroy the power of the devil.
Answer: He was able to die in our place.
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14. WHAT KIND OF A SAVIOR DO WE NEED?
1. One who could remove the curse of sin (death).
2. One who could give us perfection or holiness as a gift.
Therefore, the Savior we needed had to be
1. Man
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in order to
live under the Law in our place and die in our place.

15. Psalm 49:7-8
7 No man can redeem the life of another or give to God a ransom for him- 8 the ransom for a life is costly, no payment is ever enough-
[Have your youth read the passage]
Question: According to this passage can one man simply make a bargain to trade his life for another? (For example could one pray, “God, punish me for the sins of my friend”?)
Answer: No – the ransom is costly!
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16. 2 Corinthians 5:14
For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that one [Christ] died for all.
[Have your youth read the passage]
Question: According to this passage, who was able to pay the penalty of death for all?
Answer: Jesus died for all.
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17. WHAT KIND OF A SAVIOR DO WE NEED?
1. One who could remove the curse of sin (death).
2. One who could give us perfection or holiness as a gift.
Therefore, the Savior we needed had to be
1. Man
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in order to
live under the Law in our place and die in our place.
But He also had to be
2. God
in order to
have His perfect life and His suffering and death count for everyone.

18. WHO IS
JESUS CHRIST?
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19. John 1:1
1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
[Have your youth read the passage]
Question: In the introduction to his Gospel, John identifies Jesus as the “Word who became flesh.” What does this passage call the “Word who became flesh”.
Answer: It calls him God.
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20. WHO IS JESUS CHRIST?
1. The Bible calls Him
God;
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21. Hebrews 13:8
8Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.
[Have your youth read the passage]
Question: According to this passage does Jesus ever change?
Answer: No – he is the same.
He never changes; he is eternal – without beginning and without end. These are all characteristics of God.
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22. WHO IS JESUS CHRIST? 1. The Bible calls Him God; tells that He has the
characteristics of
God;
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23. John 2:11
11This, the first of his miraculous signs, Jesus performed in Cana of Galilee. He thus revealed his glory, and his disciples put their faith in him.
[Have your youth read the passage]
Question: This passage describes what happened after Jesus performed his first miracle – changing water into wine. What did he reveal to his disciples ever time he did a miracle?
Answer: He revealed his glory – the fact that he was God.
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24. WHO IS JESUS CHRIST? 1. The Bible calls Him God; tells that He has the
characteristics of
God;
shows that He does the
works of
God (miracles);
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25. GOD WHO IS JESUS CHRIST? Therefore JESUS CHRIST IS
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GOD

26. 1 Timothy 2:5
5For there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,
[Have your youth read the passage]
Question: According to this passage, besides a mediator and God, what else does this passage also call Jesus?
Answer: It calls him a man
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27. WHO IS JESUS CHRIST?
2. The Bible calls Him
Man;
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28. Hebrews 2:14-16
14Since the children have flesh and blood, he too shared in their humanity so that by his death he might destroy him who holds the power of death--that is, the devil-- 15and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death. 16For surely it is not angels he helps, but Abraham's descendants.
[Have your youth read the passage]
Question: Jesus became a man. According to the first half of verse 14, what did Jesus have which showed that he was a man?
Answer: He had flesh and blood.
Scripture also describes Jesus getting tired and being thirsty.
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29. WHO IS JESUS CHRIST? 2. The Bible calls Him Man; tells that He has the
characteristics of
man;
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30. MAN WHO IS JESUS CHRIST? Therefore we know that JESUS CHRIST IS ALSO
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MAN

31. WHO IS JESUS CHRIST? GOD MAN 2. The Bible calls Him Man;
tells that He has the
characteristics of
man;
3. Jesus Christ is the Savior we all need, both
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GOD
MAN
AND

32. Combined in one person by the
Who Is Jesus Christ?
Jesus’ Person
True Man
True God
Combined in one person by the
virgin birth
so he could
Just walk through the diagram from top to bottom. As you do so note that if Jesus was just a man, at best he would have lived and died. But since he was also true God he is our only Savior.
be under law
keep law perfectly
die
die for all
SAVIOR

33. Jesus - True God / True Man in One Person
Illustration: In the early centuries of the church, a false teacher named Arius arose who claimed that Jesus wasn’t truly God. Arius confused many people . When they read the Bible, they saw passages that seemed to teach that Jesus was an ordinary man. But they also read other passages that seemed to teach that Jesus was eternal, almighty God. In their confusion they turned to Pastor Augustine for help, asking, “Could Jesus be both God and man?”
Pastor Augustine helped them understand who Jesus was with an illustration. He noted that when you put a piece of iron into a fire, it heats up until it glows red hot. The iron remains iron and the fire remains fire. But the two have become one. Augustine explained that it works the same way with our Lord. Just as the iron is still iron and the fire is still fire even though they are joined together. Jesus is still a man and He is still God even though God and man have come together in Him. For our salvation, God and man joined together in one person of Jesus Christ.

34. Application Questions
Evaluate. One way some people explain Jesus’ divine and human nature is to say that like an actor who plays two parts in the same movie, Jesus acted like God on some occasions and like man on other occasions.
This diminishes the fact that he was true man and true God. He didn’t just play the part.
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35. Application Questions
Agree or disagree? The truth that Jesus is both true God and true man is a miracle which we really can’t understand.
Agree – while we can begin to explain and illustrate it. It ultimately is just a miracle that is beyond our human reason and understanding. Note this truth does help us understand some things that Jesus says in the gospels. (I.e. "No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.” Mt 24:36) As true man Jesus really did not know when the end of the world would come.
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36. Application Questions
Agree or Disagree? If Jesus had not been true God and true man in one person he could not have saved us.
Agree – If he was just a man then he would not have been perfect and he could only have died for himself. If he was just God he could not have lived under the law and he could not have died.
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37. OUR SAVIOR’S NAME
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38. Matthew 1:21
21She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins."
[Have your youth read the passage]
Question: This passage helps us understand what the name Jesus means. According to this passage, what would he do for his people.
Answer: He would save them from their sins.
This is what the name Jesus means – “The Lord saves”
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39. OUR SAVIOR’S NAME
JESUS:
Savior (Deliverer)
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40. Matthew 1:23
23"The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel“ --which means, "God with us."
[Have your youth read the passage]
Question: According to this passage, what is another name which Jesus would be given?
Answer: Immanuel.
Question: What does the name Immanuel mean?
Answer: It means “God with us.”
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41. OUR SAVIOR’S NAME JESUS: Savior (Deliverer) IMMANUEL: God with us
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42. Exodus 3:14
14 God said to Moses, "I am who I am . This is what you are to say to the Israelites: 'I AM has sent me to you.' "
[Have your youth read the passage]
Question: In the Old Testament, God revealed his name to Moses. According to this passage, what was that name?
Answer: The name was “I AM.”
When written in Hebrew this name should be pronounced Yaweh. “Jehovah” is a spelling that developed from combining the consonants of the name with the vowels of a word for “Lord” (Adonai).
In the New Testament Jesus was also called LORD.
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43. OUR SAVIOR’S NAME JESUS: Savior (Deliverer) IMMANUEL: God with us
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LORD (Jehovah):
Name for God meaning “I Am”

44. John 1:41
41The first thing Andrew did was to find his brother Simon and tell him, "We have found the Messiah" (that is, the Christ).
[Have your youth read the passage]
Question: According to this passage, whom did Andrew tell Simon he had found?
Answer: He said that he had found the Messiah or the Christ.
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45. OUR SAVIOR’S NAME JESUS: Savior (Deliverer) IMMANUEL: God with us
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LORD (Jehovah):
Name for God meaning “I Am”
CHRIST:
Anointed One (Greek)
MESSIAH:
Anointed One (Hebrew)

46. Application Questions
Many people who call themselves Christians deny that Jesus was born of a virgin. Go back through our lesson for today, and think about the part Jesus’ virgin birth plays in God’s plan to save us from sin. Then answer this question: Is the doctrine of the virgin birth an important truth to believe? Why or why not?
God tells us that Jesus’ birth by the virgin Mary was the way he became true God and true man in one person. If we don’t believe God when he tells us this, then we have to believe (a) that in some unknown way, Jesus became the God-man; or (b) that Jesus isn’t really true God and true man together in one person. Either option is a hopeless one. The first (a) means that we have to make up our own ideas of how Jesus became both. The second (b) means that we don’t believe that our lesson is true.

47. Application Questions
Agree or disagree: God died.
We could say that and be understood correctly if our listeners knew that we were referring to Jesus. But it would be more accurate, and it would avoid any possible misunderstanding, if we would say, instead, “Jesus the God-man died.”

48. Application Questions
Luther once said that the devil would really be able to put a lot of doubt about salvation in our minds when we are close to dying if he could come to us and say “Jesus can’t be your Savior because he is only a man!” or “Jesus can’t be your Savior because he is only God!” How would Satan be able to put a lot of doubt about our salvation in our minds if he could say either of those things to us when we are near death?
If Jesus had been only a man, then he could not have kept God’s law perfectly for us nor could his death have paid for the sins of the world. If Jesus were only God, then he wouldn’t have been subject to God’s law, he couldn’t have been the substitute for humans in keeping God’s law, and he couldn’t have died as the payment of our sins.

49. A secretary in the office of a small company has a lot of different jobs. She types letters, answers the phone, orders supplies, and checks inventory. She’s even responsible for taking care of some of the financial records. She has to do all these jobs because the company is rather small and can’t afford to hire a number of people to do them.
Jesus also has a number of different “jobs” to do as our Savior. He does all these jobs – not because God couldn’t afford to hire a number of people to do them – but because he is the only one who is able to do them. In this part of our lesson we want to find out: What three offices (jobs) did Jesus perform while he was here on earth?

50. OUR SAVIOR’S OFFICE

51. Acts 10:38
38how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and power, and how he went around doing good and healing all who were under the power of the devil, because God was with him.
[Have your youth read the passage]
Question: Anointing someone’s head with oil was a way that a person was specially designated to do a specific job. In the Old Testament, the prophets, kings and priests were often designated this way. This happened in a very unique way to Jesus at his baptism. According to this passage, with what was Jesus anointed?
Answer: He was anointed with the Holy Spirit.
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52. OUR SAVIOR’S OFFICE
As the Christ, or Messiah (Anointed One), He was anointed with the
Holy Spirit
to serve as our
High Priest
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Prophet
King

53. OUR SAVIOR’S OFFICE 1. As our High Priest, Jesus
Now let’s take a look at how Jesus carried out his office as a high priest.
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54. Hebrews 7:25-27
25Therefore he is able to save completely[1] those who come to God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them. 26Such a high priest meets our need--one who is holy, blameless, pure, set apart from sinners, exalted above the heavens. 27Unlike the other high priests, he does not need to offer sacrifices day after day, first for his own sins, and then for the sins of the people. He sacrificed for their sins once for all when he offered himself.
[Have your youth read the passage]
Question: In the Old Testament the High Priest performed an important job by offering sacrifices for sins. He did this day after day for his own sins and the sins of others. According to verse 27, how did Jesus do the job of a priest?
Answer: He sacrificed for their sins.
Question: However, the passage also describes an important difference. While the Old Testament priests offered animals as sacrifices, what did Jesus offer as a sacrifice?
Answer: He offered himself as the sacrifice.
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55. OUR SAVIOR’S OFFICE 1. As our High Priest, Jesus
- sacrificed Himself for our sins, once for all
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56. Hebrews 7:25
25Therefore he is able to save completely those who come to God through him, because he [Jesus] always lives to intercede for them.
[Have your youth read the passage]
Question: Another important duty the Old Testament priests performed was praying to God on behalf of the people of Israel. According to this passage, what does Jesus live to do for believers?
Answer: He lives to intercede for them.
Another word for this is a mediator. A mediator is a person who acts as a “go between.” In fact 1 John 2:1 describes this work of a mediator well
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57. 1 John 2:1
If anybody does sin, we have one who speaks to the Father in our defense – Jesus Christ, the Righteous One.
[Have your youth read the passage]
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58. OUR SAVIOR’S OFFICE 1. As our High Priest, Jesus
- sacrificed Himself for our sins, once for all
- intercedes for (prays for) us
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59. OUR SAVIOR’S OFFICE
2. As our Prophet, Jesus
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60. Hebrews 1:1-2
1In the past God spoke to our forefathers through the prophets at many times and in various ways, 2but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom he made the universe.
[Have your youth read the passage]
Question: An important duty which the Old Testament prophets performed was to be spokesmen for God. In the last days of the New Testament, God chose to speak through someone else. According to verse 2 who was that?
Answer: God chose to speak through his Son – Jesus.
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61. OUR SAVIOR’S OFFICE 2. As our Prophet, Jesus
- preached God’s Word in public while on earth
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62. Luke 10:16
16"He who listens to you listens to me; he who rejects you rejects me; but he who rejects me rejects him who sent me."
[Have your youth read the passage]
In this passage Jesus was speaking to his disciples. When the disciples spoke Jesus’ words it was as if Jesus was speaking through them. Therefore anytime God’s Word is shared, Jesus is speaking.
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63. OUR SAVIOR’S OFFICE 2. As our Prophet, Jesus
- preached God’s Word in public while on earth
- preaches God’s Word today through the Bible and other believers
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64. OUR SAVIOR’S OFFICE
3. As our King, Jesus
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65. Luke 17:2; 1 Colossians 3:15 The kingdom of God is within you.
Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts.
[Have your youth read the passages]
Question: According to these passages, where does Jesus rule as a king?
Answer: He rules in our hearts.
Jesus brings peace to human hearts as the Holy Spirit works through the Gospel. The good news of forgiveness reminds people about the greatest peace on earth – peace between God and man!

66. OUR SAVIOR’S OFFICE 3. As our King, Jesus
- rules in our hearts and lives with His Word and Spirit
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67. Ephesians 1:20-23
20which he exerted in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms, 21far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every title that can be given, not only in the present age but also in the one to come. 22And God placed all things under his feet and appointed him to be head over everything for the church, 23which is his body, the fullness of him who fills everything in every way.
[Have your youth read the passage]
Question: Jesus rule is not limited to believers’ hearts. When Jesus completed his work on earth, God gave him a position of authority. According to verse 22, what has Jesus been appointed as a head.
Answer: He has been appointed as a head over everything.
Question: According to verse 22, for whose benefit does he rule all things.
Answer: He rules all things for the benefit of his church.
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68. OUR SAVIOR’S OFFICE 3. As our King, Jesus
- rules in our hearts and lives with His Word and Spirit
- rules the whole universe for our good
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69. Application Questions
Agree or Disagree? Every time we read about an Old Testament prophet, priest, or king, we can think about Jesus Christ in the New Testament.
Agree. They accounts about Old Testament prophets, priests, and kings are included in the Bible to tell us how God in his love carried out his plan of salvation down through the many years of the Old Testament. But for us to think about Jesus each time we read about an Old Testament prophet, priest or king would also be proper because each of them was in one sense a picture of what the Messiah to come would do for all people.

70. His Word in My Life
For sharing – Describe how you first learned about Jesus and how your understanding has changed over time.

71. JESUS’ THREE ROLES PROPHET PRIEST KING
ANNOINTED BY GOD
JESUS’ ROLE
Teach God’s Word while he was on earth. Send out you and I to teach God’s Word today.
OLD TESTAMENT
The prophets job was to go where God sent them and to share with
Israel God’s Word of truth.
PROPHET
OLD TESTAMENT
The priest offered sacrifices for Israel’s sins, prayed and interpret God’s Word for the people. The priest was a
mediator between God and the people.
JESUS’ ROLE
Jesus represented the whole world before God and offered himself as a one time sacrifice for sin. Jesus also serves as a mediator between God and man.
PRIEST
OLD TESTAMENT
The job of the king was to govern the people. He was also to lead the army into battle to protect his people from their enemies.
JESUS’ ROLE
Jesus governs the church and the nations with his almighty power. He went into battle as an army of one and defeated our enemies—sin, death and the devil.
KING

72. Closing Prayer
Dear Savior, by serving as my High Priest, Prophet, and King, you have made me sure that I can come to you at any time, that you still speak to me in your Word, and that you are now ruling all things for my good! Thank you ! Help me to grow in my faith as I apply your Word to my life. In your name I pray. Amen.
Dear Savior, by serving as my High Priest, Prophet, and King, you have made me sure that I can come to you at any time, that you still speak to me in your Word, and that you are now ruling all things for my good! Thank you ! Help me to grow in my faith as I apply your Word to my life. In your name I pray. Amen.

73. ASSIGNMENT FOR NEXT WEEK
Study carefully the notes you have taken in class; be sure you understand them.
Study questions in the Catechism.
Complete the “Working with God’s Word” section.
Memorize these Bible verses:
John 5:23 – “All should honor the Son just as they honor the Father. He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father, who has sent Him.”
Galatians 4:4-5 – “ When the time had fully come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under law, to redeem those under law, that we might receive the full rights of sons.”
John 1:29 – “Look, the lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!”

74. ASSIGNMENT FOR NEXT WEEK
Memorize the entire 2nd Article of the Apostles’ Creed and What Does This Mean? Up to “suffering and death.”
Memorize in order the names of the following Old Testament books:
Hosea Johan Zephaniah
Joel Micah Haggai
Amos Nahum Zechariah
Obadiah Habakkuk Malachi
7. Complete Worksheet #6
Parents, don’t forget to correct the worksheet.

75. Key Truths
Lesson Six
In order to obey God's laws for us, our Savior had to be a ________________. In order to live and die in our place, our Savior had to be ________________. The Bible calls Jesus ________________ and ________________. As the perfect High Priest, Jesus offered ________________. As the perfect Prophet, Jesus ________________ while he was on earth and does so today through his Word. As the perfect King, Jesus ________________ in our hearts and ________________ all things for our good.

76. Key Truths
Lesson Six
In order to obey God's laws for us, our Savior had to be a MAN. In order to live and die in our place, our Savior had to be GOD. The Bible calls Jesus GOD and MAN. As the perfect High Priest, Jesus offered HIMSELF. As the perfect Prophet, Jesus PREACHED while he was on earth and does so today through his Word. As the perfect King, Jesus RULES in our hearts and RULES all things for our good.