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How Hunar was Jsus How Hunar was Jsus How Hunar was Jsus How Hunar was Jsus? ?? ?
V|rtag Jsus, w| 2 V|rtag Jsus, w| 2 V|rtag Jsus, w| 2 V|rtag Jsus, w| 2
Cotorr 1b, 200c
lastor lar| Or|soo||

"T| v|rg|r w||| r w|t| o|||o aro w||| g|v r|rt| to a sor, aro t|y w||| oa|| ||n lnnaru|"
w||o| nars, "Ooo w|t| us."
latt|w 1.23

Last w| w an|ro t| o|ty ot Jsus ry arswr|rg t| ust|or, "ls
Jsus t| or|y Ooo?" T||s w| w w||| an|r t| |unar|ty ot Jsus ry
arswr|rg t| ust|or, "How |unar was Jsus?"
T| |ssu ot Jsus' o|v|r|ty aro |unar|ty |as rr or ot t| nost
oortrovrs|a| aro oortus|rg |ssus |r a|| ot C|r|st|ar t|o|ogy. lr 4b1, t| Couro||
ot C|a|ooor |ssuo t| C|a|ooor|ar Cro, w||o| o|aro up nary |rs|s.
lr sun, |t oo|aro t|at Jsus C|r|st |s or prsor w|t| two raturs (|unar aro
o|v|r) aro |s rot| tu||y Ooo aro tu||y nar. T|o|og|oa||y, t| trn tor t| ur|or ot
rot| raturs |r Jsus C|r|st |s |ypostat|o ur|or. T| oonnor |argor tor t|
sooro nnrr ot t| Tr|r|ty rtr|rg |rto ||story as a |unar r|rg |s t|
|roarrat|or (tron t| Lat|r nar|rg "roon|rg t|s|"), |t |s a r|r||oa| ooropt
(Jo|r 1.14, l||||pp|ars 2.bc, Co|oss|ars 2.3, 1 Jo|r 4.2). T| C|a|ooor|ar
sunnary ot t| |roarrat|or |s t| pos|t|or ot a|| C|r|stroon, |ro|uo|rg Crt|ooo,
Cat|o||o, aro lrotstart C|r|st|ars.
Cr ot t| ways t|at t| E|r| spa|s ot Ooo |s |r trns ot H|s attr|ruts.
T| E|r| a|so says t|at Jsus posssss a|| ot t| attr|ruts ot Ooo roaus H
|s Ooo. For anp|.
Jsus |s t| l|rg w|o |s trra|, |nnorta|, |rv|s|r|, aro t| or|y Ooo (1
T|not|y 1.17).
Cr|y Ooo |s a||-prsrt (lsa|n 133.712) aro Jsus |s t|at onr|prsrt
Ooo (latt|w 2B.20).
Cr|y Ooo |s oonp|t|y uro|arg|rg (la|ao|| 3.c) aro Jsus |s t|at
|nnutar| Ooo (Hrrws 13.B).

Yt w|r w an|r t| ||t ot Jsus w s a nar w|o oos rot appar
at t|rst g|aro to r Ooo. lsa|a| b3.2 says, "H |ao ro rauty or na|sty to attraot
us to ||n, rot||rg |r ||s appararo t|at w s|ou|o os|r ||n." Jsus o|ar|y
appars to r a rgu|ar |unar r|rg.
Eorr ot a wonar (Oa|at|ars 4.4)
Hao a rorna| rooy ot t|s| aro rors (Lu| 24.33)
Orw up as a roy (Lu| 2.b2)
Hao a tan||y (latt|w 13.b4bB, 1 Cor|rt||ars 3.b)
Cryo H|s parrts (Lu| 2.b1)
vors||ppo Ooo (Lu| 4.1c) aro prayo (lar| 1.3b, c.4c)
vor|o as a oarprtr (lar| c.3)
Oot |urgry (latt|w 4.2, 21.1B) aro t||rsty (Jo|r 4.7, 13.2B)
/s|o tor |rtornat|or (lar| 3.1c21, Jo|r 11.34, 1B.34)
vas strsso (Jo|r 13.21)
vas astor|s|o (lar| c.c, Lu| 7.3)


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vas |appy (Lu| 10.2124, Jo|r 1b.11, 17.13, Hrrws 12.2, 22)
To|o |o|s (latt|w 7.34, c, 23.24, lar| 4.21)
Hao oonpass|or (lar| 1.41, Lu| 7.13)
Hao na| aro tna| tr|ros H |ovo (Jo|r 11.3b)
Oav roourag|rg oonp||nrts (lar| 12.4144)
Lovo o|||orr (latt|w 13.131b)
C|rrato |o||oays (Lu| 2.41)
vrt to part|s (latt|w 11.13)
Lovo H|s non (Jo|r 13.2c27)

Cpt|or 1. Cpt|or 1. Cpt|or 1. Cpt|or 1. Ory t| tu|| o|v|r|ty ot Jsus as |as rr oor ry |rt|os suo| as t|
Lr|or|ts, ||rra|s, /r|ars, J|ova|'s v|trsss, lornors, Furot|ora||sts,
/oopt|or|sts, lrot|os, /po|||rar|ars, aro T| Oa V|ro| Coo. lr|aps t| nost
tanous prsor |o|o|rg t||s pos|t|or |r rort ||story was lrs|ort T|onas
Jttrsor, w|o sat oowr |r t| v||t Hous w|t| a razor aro o|to t| E|r| |rto
"T| l|||osop|y ot Jsus ot Nazart|." Cr|y arout or |r tr vrss surv|vo. No
n|rao|s nao |t, aro Jsus was |tt as a nr nar aro sag tao|r. Son
yars |atr, t| Jsus Sn|rar sa|o t|at or|y 1B prort ot Jsus' say|rgs |r t|
E|r| wr ||||y H|s, rot or say|rg tron Jo|r was t|oug|t to r tru roaus
t|y portrayo Jsus as Ooo. T| rsu|t |s t|at Jsus oarrot r our no|ator (1
T|not|y 2.b) roaus H |s rot Ooo.

Cpt|or 2. Cpt|or 2. Cpt|or 2. Cpt|or 2. Ory t| tu|| |unar|ty ot Jsus as |as rr oor ry |rt|os suo| as
Ooot|sts, Nw /grs, Lutyo||ars, lorop|ys|ts, aro t| Furoanrta||sts w|o
portray Jsus as a sort ot Suprnar or|y o|sgu|so as a n||o-narrro C|ar|
lrt. T| rsu|t |s t|at Jsus oarrot r our no|ator (1 T|not|y 2.b) roaus H
|s rot |unar.

Cpt|or 3. Cpt|or 3. Cpt|or 3. Cpt|or 3. Rta|r rot| t| tu|| o|v|r|ty aro tu|| |unar|ty ot Jsus C|r|st ry s|rg
t|at H o|o rot o|arg H|s |ort|ty as Ooo rut rat|r o|argo H|s ro| |r
roon|rg a nar. /s suo|, Jsus ||vo nost ot H|s ||t as a rorna| |unar r|rg
|r r|at|ors||p w|t| Ooo t| Fat|r aro t| Ho|y Sp|r|t, a|t|oug| | o|o
oooas|ora||y us son ot H|s o|v|r attr|ruts. l||||pp|ars 2.b11 says.
"Your att|tuo s|ou|o r t| san as t|at ot C|r|st Jsus. v|o, r|rg |r
vry ratur Ooo, o|o rot oors|or ua||ty w|t| Ooo sont||rg to r
graspo, rut nao ||ns|t rot||rg, ta||rg t| vry ratur ot a srvart,
r|rg nao |r |unar |||rss. /ro r|rg touro |r appararo as a nar,
| |unr|o ||ns|t aro roan oro|rt to oat| vr oat| or a
oross! T|rtor Ooo a|to ||n to t| ||g|st p|ao aro gav ||n t|
ran t|at |s arov vry ran, t|at at t| ran ot Jsus vry |r
s|ou|o row, |r |avr aro or art| aro uror t| art|, aro vry torgu
oortss t|at Jsus C|r|st |s Loro, to t| g|ory ot Ooo t| Fat|r."

T| E|r| tao|s t|at Jsus C|r|st |s tu||y Ooo w|o roan a nar aro |s
"lnnaru|," w||o| nars, 'Ooo w|t| us.' (latt|w 1.23). T||s |s t| oppos|t ot
nary r||g|ors t|at tao| t|at nr aro wonr oar roon Ooo. Jsus C|r|st
|unr|o H|ns|t aro rtro |rto |unar ||story as a nar to |ort|ty w|t| us as


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our |unr| srvart. /s rot| Ooo aro nar, Jsus a|or oar rooro|| us to Ooo
as our no|ator.
Eoaus Jsus' ||t |s t| prtot |unar ||t aro t| ||t t|at w ar
supposo to ||v, |t |s |nportart t|at w a|so an|r t| |unar ||t ot Jsus. T|
/post|s' Cro says t|at Jsus "was ooro|vo ot t| Ho|y Sp|r|t, rorr ot t|
V|rg|r lary, suttro uror lort|us l||at, was oruo|t|o, o|o, aro was rur|o."
Cur|ous|y, t||s oro ssrt|a||y says rot||rg arout Jsus' ||t as a nar or t|
art| aro u|o||y novs tron H|s r|rt| to H|s oat|. T|ar|tu||y, t| E|r| |as
nuo| nor to say arout t| ||t ot Jsus, spo|a||y t| pa|r ot Jsus. lsa|a| b3.3
osor|rs t|at "H was osp|so aro r|oto ry nr, a nar ot sorrows, aro
tan|||ar w|t| suttr|rg."
Cr ot t| nost astor|s||rg t||rgs arout Jsus |s t|at, as Ooo, H aotua||y
o|os to oon |rto our ta||r, s|o|, tw|sto, ur|ust, v||, oru|, pa|rtu| wor|o aro r
w|t| us, to suttr ||| us aro tor us. lary pa|rtu| anp|s ot t||s oar r touro |r
t| E|r|. Our|rg H|s ||t, Jsus was.
Tnpto (latt|w 4.110)
loor (2 Cor|rt||ars B.3)
R|ppo ott (Jo|r 12.c)
Lrar| to pay tas (latt|w 17.27)
Hon|ss (latt|w B.20)
T| sur|ot ot ||s aro v|o|ous runors (latt|w 2c.b7c0)
l|ys|oa||y aruso (latt|w 2c.c7cB)
loo|o aro sp|t or (latt|w 27.2731)
Lor|y (lar| 14.3234, 1b.34)
Op|y sorrowo (latt|w 2c.37)
L|austo (latt|w B.24)
Sao to t| po|rt ot wp|rg (Lu| 13.41, Jo|r 11.3b)
/rarooro ry tr|ros |r t|ns ot or|s|s (latt|w 2c.3c4c)
Etrayo ry a o|os tr|ro (latt|w 2c.47b0)
Or|o ry tr|ros, w|o turro t||r rao|s or H|n (latt|w 2c.c37b)
Not supporto ry ||s tan||y (Jo|r 7.b)

/ro H.
O|o rot |av a|| H|s prayrs arswro as H |opo (latt|w 2c.42)
E|o (Lu| 22.44, Jo|r 13.34)
O|o (Lu| 23.4c)
Forgav t|os w|o ostroyo H|n (Lu| 23.34)

/naz|rg|y, Jsus C|r|st |tt H|s trra| t|ror |r |avr to osoro |rto
t| ||||s| ourso wor|ot| wor|o t|at H orato vry gooo rut w s|rrrs
|av nao vry rao. /s a rsu|t, t| woros ot Hrrws 4.141c rva| to us a
Jsus w|o tru|y oar nrrao us, |ao us, aro npowr us or our oar|st oays.
"T|rtor, s|ro w |av a grat ||g| pr|st w|o |as gor t|roug| t| |avrs,
Jsus t| Sor ot Ooo, |t us |o|o t|rn|y to t| ta|t| w protss. For w oo rot
|av a ||g| pr|st w|o |s urar| to synpat||z w|t| our wa|rsss, rut w
|av or w|o |as rr tnpto |r vry way, |ust as w aryt was w|t|out


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s|r. Lt us t|r approao| t| t|ror ot grao w|t| oort|oro, so t|at w nay
ro|v nroy aro t|ro grao to ||p us |r our t|n ot ro."






N NN Nt w|. t w|. t w|. t w|. v|at o|o Jsus aooonp||s| or t| oross?