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• Jesus Christ


  The Second Person of the Blessed Trinity, because he existed from eternity as God-the-Son, in unity with the Father and the Holy Spirit

  
• Incarnated Son of God


  He became a man in the womb of the Virgin Mary
• Old Testament prophecies concerning Jesus Christ

  • The Messiah from a woman
  • The Messiah born of a Virgin Mother
  • The Messiah from Israel
  • The Messiah from Bethlehem

  
• IXTHUS


  The Greek word for "Fish", and an acrostic for the Greek words: "Iesous Xhristos THeou Uios Soter" (Jesus Christ God's Son Savior)
• Jesus


  Means "Yahweh is salvation" or "God saves" because his mission was to save humankind
• Three Fundamental Truths about the Person of Jesus

  • Jesus is True God
  • Jesus is True Man
  • Jesus is One Person
• Augustine of Hippo: '"The first way accords with the fact that he is God because, before his incarnation, in accordance with his Godhead, he is alike in being and alike eternal with the Father."'
• Augustine of Hippo: 'Christ after the incarnation, when the same person who is God, is also man … mediator and head of the Church.'
• Incarnation


  The doctrinal belief that the Second Person of the Blessed Trinity - God the Son, became human like everyone except sin. Jesus is God-made-man sent by the Father.

  
• The word "Incarnation" expresses the fact that Jesus Christ is not merely a man, a perfect man, or even a saint, but God Himself become man for our salvation.

  
• Why was Jesus born?

  • To save us from the slavery of sin and reconcile us with God
  • To know God's great love for us
  • To be our model of holiness
  • To share in His divine nature
• Jesus progressed steadily in wisdom and age and grace before God and men
• Jesus experienced hunger, thirst, temptation, deep emotions, and great pity for people
• The death of Jesus: The ultimate demonstration of the human nature of Christ is his death on the cross, because God cannot die; only humans do.
• Hypostatic union


  The union of the two natures, human and divine, in the one divine person of Jesus Christ, declared by the Council of Ephesus (431 AD)
• Christ


  The Greek translation of the Hebrew word Messiah which means anointed or covered with oil
• Son of God


  Jesus is the Son of God because He is the second person of the Blessed Trinity

  
• Son of Man


  A title of the Messiah that also indicates the humanity of Jesus

  
• Lord


  A title that means God, which applies to the three persons of the Blessed Trinity, but in particular to Jesus Christ
• Immanuel


  A Hebrew title which means God-Is-With-Us, because with his incarnation, God made his dwelling among us
• Redeemer


  Jesus is the Redeemer because he paid for us the debt of sin
• Christ


  A title which identifies Jesus' mission

  
• This title was revealed by God the Father during Jesus' baptism at the Jordan River and later confirmed at Transfiguration

  
• Luke 19:10: 'For the Son of Man came to seek and save the lost'
• Lord


  God's ineffable Hebrew name Yahweh translated to Kyrios in Greek and Dominus in Latin, applying to the three persons of the Blessed Trinity, but in particular to Jesus Christ
• Immanuel


  A Hebrew title meaning God-Is-With-Us, because with his incarnation, God made his dwelling among us
• Redeemer


  Jesus is the Redeemer because he paid for us the debt due to our sins
• Pantocrator


  A Greek title meaning Almighty, because Jesus is all-powerful, as he declared before his ascension
• King of the Universe


  Jesus is referred to as the King of the Universe, because "all things were created through him and for him"
• The inscription placed over the cross, which was intended to mock Jesus, became a profession of faith
• The I.N.R.I. is the Latin abbreviation for "Iesus Nazarenus Rex Iudaeorum" (Jesus the Nazarene, King of the Jews)
• It was placed by Pilate above Jesus' head on the Cross
• Jesus chose to live 2,000 years ago in a country in the Middle East called Palestine
• Palestine


  Derived from the people called Philistines, who settled on the coastal plain of Canaan during the Old Testament times
• Palestine, the land promised by God to His chosen people, is the heart of the Ancient Orient where most of the great events in the Bible took place
• Jewish Provinces


  • Judea
  • Galilee
  • Perea
• Non-Jewish Provinces


  • Samaria
  • Decapolis
  • Phoenicia
  • Philip's Tetrarchy
  • Idumea
• Socio-Economic Setting


  • Supported by agriculture, trade, and government building projects
  • Large disparity between rich and poor
  • Upper class, middle class
• The atmosphere in Palestine during the time of Jesus was tense, with Jews under Roman rule and suffering from heavy taxation
• Tax collectors were local employees considered to be outcasts and traitors