The Person Of Jesus

The Person Of Jesus

1. LESSON 1 - JESUS THE TEACHER AND MIRACLE WORKER

   • Rabbi means teacher
   • A miracle worker would cause things to happen that would not usually happen
   • Rabbis travel around towns and villages teaching the old testament not changed at all.
   • There are 3 types of miracles.
     • 1. Healings - Jesus was often seen as showing compasion as well as power.
     • 2. Exorcisms - demons were responsable for metal illness
       • Authority from god - Jesus tried not to spread as part of the messianic secret
       • He himself was a supernatural being
       • Satan? - scribes thought this.
     • 3. Nature miracles - Jesus' power over nature e.g. the calming of the storm
   • The 3 types of miracles and the refernces
     • Healings - Healed Jairus daughter, Healed Blind Bartimaes, Healed man with the withered hand
     • Exorcisms - Jesus heals a boy with an evil spirit
     • Nature miracles - The calming of the storm.

2. KEY STORIES

   • THE CALMING OF THE STORM
     • 1. In the evening and wanted to cross a lake
     • 2. they got in a boat and suddenly, a strong wind blew.
     • 3. waves began to spill into the boat, about to fill it
     • 4. Jesus was sleeping with his head on a pillow
     • 5. disciples questioned and asked if he had cared about them
     • 6. Jesus questions their faith to him.
   • THE FEEDING OF THE 5000
     • 1. Jesus crossed the river via boat to the other side
     • . 2. The crowd followed them via island
     • 3. Jesus felt pity for them.
     • 4. He taught them and fed them with only 5 loaves of bread and 2 fish

3. LESSON 2 - THE FEEDING OF THE 5000

   • His heart will fill with pity for them - Jesus was Human. He was filled with compassion and felt sorry sorry the people around him.
   • like as sheep with no shepherd - This referred back to the old testament metaphor for the future messiah.
   • 5 loaves of bread and 2 fish - the 5 books of Jewish law and the 2 tablets on where the commandments were written.
   • Green grass show it was an eyes witness account.
   • The remaining twelve baskets were the twelve tribes of Israel
   • The groups of 50 and 100 were army groups in the OT. Thus possibly showing that people felt like a new army

4. LESSON 3 - THE FEEDING OF THE 5000 (2)

   • christian perspectives
     • Nothing is impossible as Jesus is the SOG
     • mark's Gospel is divinely inspired and thus represents the historical truth
     • A miracle had happened though many had exaggerated
   • What was Manna? - representative of the torah or jewish law.
   • does it matter if the feeding of the 5000 actually happened?
     • Yes - can lead to the reliability of other stories
     • no - it is the symbolism rather than the accuracy that matters

5. LESSON 4 - JESUS CHRIST/MESSIAH

   • What does christ mean - the leader promised to the Jews
   • What does Messiah Mean - the person whom God will send to save humanity
   • Why were kings annointed - to mark them as chosen by God and to give strength to do god's work
   • Why did Jews believe that the messiah would be a desendant of King David - since he was such a good king, they thought he would have similar characte

6. LESSON 5 - JESUS CHRIST/MESSIAH (2)

   • Jesus did not call himself messiah due to the fact that religious authorities and Romans may not like the thought of the KOG starting in short notice
   • Why he didn't want his identity as messiah to be known
     • He wanted to teach and heal without being popular. He wanted time to train his disciples and establish his mission
     • Jesus didn't want the Romans to think he was trying to cause trouble and planning a war to establish the KOG
     • the transfiguration account Jesus doesn't want his disciples to share the importance of who he was with everyone.
   • Christians prefer the title messiah because it is a historical figure
     • He would be a desendant of David.
       • Would fulfill the OT predictions if a leader that would be anti-selfish
         • Jesus was the person that established the KOG

7. LESSON 6 - JESUS: SON OF MAN

   • He used the title himself
     • Used of a heavenly being from God.
       • He used the title to stress on the fact that he was more than just a human being and that he came with authority form GOD
   • The title, Son of Man falls into three main areas.
     • Jesus as a Man
     • Jesus as being a vunerable being
     • Jesus as a glorious being

8. LESSON 7 - JESUS:SON OF MAN (2)

   • 2 occasions that Jesus used the title Son of Man
     • When the paralysed man came through the roof - The son of man has authority to forgive sins
     • When he spoke about the sabbath - The son of man is lord, even of the sabbath
   • He said that death was not the end as god would raise him to glory and he would come back with the establishment of the KOG
   • Advantages and disadvantages of the SOM for chirstians
     • It points his future glory
     • It is a Jewish title with additional meaning found only if you know it's meaning in the OT
   • The three main aspects of the meaning of the SOM for Jews
     • Humanity
       • Vulnerability
         • Future glory

9. LESSON 8 - JESUS: SON OF GOD

   • Faithful Jews were called this.
     • as well as old testament kings
       • The nations of Israel
   • Jesus didn't use this title to show readers that Jesus' relationship with God was unique
   • The baptism of Jesus showed that Jesus was aware of his unique relationship with God and the mission top which he had been called as
     • mark contrasts the faith of the high priest who does not recognize Jesus as the SOG with the faith if a gentile who does recognize it.
   • Christians believe that the SOG is a GOOD title for Jesus because...
     • It clearly states what christianity teaches
       • It has no political links and it not tied to a particular culture
         • It shows the closeness of Jesus and God
           • Reminds us of Jesus' power to heal and save
   • Christians believe that the title SOG for Jesus is a BAD title for Jesus because...
     • Doesn't suggest that Jesus is human
     • Difficult to relate to a supernatural being
     • SOG seems quite remote
     • Other titles are best suited to him.