2. Steve Petch Sunday 22 nd December 2013 The Coming King Part 2: Jesus Is Born

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16. Jesus Is Born Luke 1 v 26 – 38 He would be born as a baby He was to be named “Jesus” (saviour) He would be the Son of God He was the promised Messiah His Kingdom would never end His Father would be God Most High

17. Jesus Is Born Luke 2 v 1 – 7 “No place for them in the inn” Shame/stigma Who believed their story? Who puts a new baby in an animals feeding trough? Teenage parents Forced to travel – then to flee

18. Jesus Is Born Why does the birth of Jesus matter to us? Jesus is fully human and fully God “Fully Human”

19. Jesus Is Born Why does the birth of Jesus matter to us? Jesus is fully human and fully God “Fully God”

20. Heresy Checker … 1. Apollinarianism Human Body Divine Spirit & Mind

21. Heresy Checker … 2. Nestorianism Human Person Divine Person

22. Heresy Checker … 3. Monophysitism/Eutychianism

23. Heresy Checker … 4. Ebionism

24. Heresy Checker … 5. Docetism

25. Jesus Is Fully Human and Fully God

26. Why does the birth of Jesus matter to us?

27. It tells us that our physical bodies are good and not evil Fully human, fully God

28. Why does the birth of Jesus matter to us? It means that Jesus went through what we go through Fully human, fully God

29. Why does the birth of Jesus matter to us? It meant that Jesus could become our saviour Fully human, fully God

30. Why does the birth of Jesus matter to us? It gives us hope for the future Fully human, fully God

31. Jesus’ birth matters to us: He was fully human and fully God!