The “Everyman Jesus”

The “Everyman Jesus”

The Series at a Glance…

1. The “”…

a. The Jesus who was us, just and than us.

b. The purpose of this version of Jesus was to be nothing more than an to all of us.

c. The teachers of this version of Jesus focus upon the biblical passages where the of Jesus is on full display… (Galatians 4:4; Luke 2:52; John 4:6; Matthew 21:18; John 19:28; Hebrews 2:18)

2. The Jesus…

a. Jesus a , but Jesus was a .

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God and the Word was God…

And the Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us.” (John 1:1,14)

“In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus:

Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage; rather, he made himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to death – even death on a cross!” (Philippians 2:5-8)

Word Study…

“Nature” (morphe): the of a thing; the of a thing.

b. According to the Apostle Paul, Jesus is, by “very nature – !”

Today’s Big Idea…

“The real Jesus was not .

The real Jesus is .”