Jesus Is Both Almighty God, And Man Our Saviour (Message 3 Of 5) Series

Sermon Series: The Five Most Important Teachings of Scripture

Message 3 of 5:

“JESUS IS BOTH ALMIGHTY GOD, AND MAN OUR SAVIOUR”

September 03, 2023—Greenmount and O’Leary Churches of Christ

Video Link to this Sermon:

https://youtu.be/6-IAuPwnJFs?si=HovSck2uYzOmVJX_

INTRODUCTION:

1) We have been looking at what I have called the Five Most Important Teachings of the Word of God.

A.) Two weeks ago we saw that “A Loving God Created This World.”

B) Last week we saw that “Man Needs A Saviour.”

C) In this third message I want us to see that “Jesus is both the Almighty God, and Man the Saviour.

ca.) I think sometimes when we think on such a thing, we tend to think that Jesus is 50% man, and 50 % God.

caa.) That would be a mistaken concept as Jesus while on this earth was 100% man and 100% God.

.01) From our perspective and from the means of an equation we would say that if he is 100% man and 100% God there would have to be two separate beings as 100% is the total number there could be for one person.

.02) But in some manner which we are not capable of understanding Jesus is both 100% man and 100 % God all the time, and yet the total of this combined being is still 00% not 200 %

D) Let us look at Jesus as both the Almighty God and as man our Saviour.

I) THE DIVINITY AND HUMANITY OF JESUS WAS PROPHESIED IN THE OLD TESTAMENT.

1) Isaiah prophesied his birth would be both God and man.

A) Isaiah 7:14

aa.) Isaiah prophesied that a virgin would conceive and give birth to a child.

aaa.) That should set off some alarm bells as it was impossible in that day, and without medical tampering in a lab it is also impossible today.

.01) Even today if pregnancy occurs in a lab, it still requires both the human male and the human female to produce and to fertilize that egg.

.02) Science may bring those elements together but science cannot cause a pregnancy to happen if there is only the egg and no male to sperm to be united with that egg.

ab.) Also note the name that Isaiah prophesied for this child: “Immanuel.”

aba.) If you look at the “El” ending of the name, it refers to God.

.01) Anytime in Scripture where you see that “El” ending it always refers in some way to God.

.011) Let me illustrate this:

.0111) Israel= “One Who struggles with God”

.0112) Bethel = “House of God.”

.0113) One of the Babylonian captives who later became a prophet of God was named Daniel =

“God is my Judge”.

.0114) The Angel Gabriel = “God is my strength.”

(02) In the same way when Isaiah prophesied the coming of Jesus, he called him: “Immanuel.”

.021) So whatever this name means it must have something to do with God.

2) Isaiah proclaimed both the humanity, and the divinity of this one to be born “Immanuel.”

A) Isaiah 9:6a.

aa.) He is a child; He is a son.

aaa.) In the first half of this verse Isaiah declared his humanity that he would be a human being.

.01) I guess that should not be a surprise as that description could be put on any baby boy that had been born.

B) Isaiah 9:6b

ba.) The second half of this verse gives us several other names for Immanuel.

bb.) These additional names are names that declare him to be not only man, but also the Almighty Living God.

bba.) “And He will be called Wonderful.

bbb.) “Counselor”

bbc.) “Mighty God”

bbd.) “Eternal Father”

bbe.) “The Prince Of Peace”

C) Even before Jesus had been born, Isaiah prophesied that this coming Immanuel would be both Man and God.

3) Matthew’s account of the birth of Jesus refers us to this title of “Immanuel”.

A) The birth of Jesus occurred 700 to 800 years after this prophecy, Matthew translated the meaning of the word for our benefit.

aa.) By the time of the birth of Jesus the Hebrew and Aramaic languages were still spoken by the Jewish people.

ab.) At the same time though the Greek, Latin, and other languages where the Jewish people had gone were also being spoken around Palestine, and by some of the Jewish people.

aba.) For that reason, and for those like us who do not know Hebrew, Matthew added a bit of a footnote to explain it for our benefit.

.01) Matthew 1:22-23

II) THE DIVINITY AND HUMANITY OF JESUS WAS PROCLAIMED BY JESUS HIMSELF.

1) Jesus declared his deity and his humanity as a child.

A) We find the account in Luke 2:41-52.

aa.) I believe we are all familiar with that account.

ab.) To quickly summarize the account Mary, and Joseph were with Jesus to the Passover feast when Jesus was twelve years of age.