November 19, 2024 Who Is Jesus?

 

WATCH VIDEO SESSION 1: WHO IS JESUS?

OPENING

1. The most “audacious claim” that Jesus made about himself is that He is fully man and fully God (John 10:30 and Philippians 2:6-7).

 

2. The central claim of Christianity is that God became a man so that He can enter our world to rescue us.

 

DISCUSSION

To help us grasp the significance of God the Son becoming a man, J.D. used an ant illustration to show that God had to do something radical to save humans—he had to become a human. What does the fact that Jesus became a human reveal about our inability to save ourselves?

Jesus, during his time on earth, took “the loftiest name of God in the Old Testament”—I AM—“and claimed it for himself, attach[ing] that name to our greatest places of brokenness and need.”

• Read John 6:35: To those who hunger, he says: “I am the bread of life.”
• Read John 8:12: To those in darkness, he says: “I am the light of the world.”
• Read John 10:9: To those in need of protection or shelter or refuge, he says: “I am the door” (ESV).
• Read John 10:11: To those who feel lost or abandoned, he says: “I am the good shepherd.”
• Read John 14:6: To those who are confused, he says: “I am the way.”
• Read John 14:6 again: To those who fear death, he says: “I am the life.”

Which of these struggles do you most relate to right now? How could you ask Jesus to meet those places of need for you?

As J.D. noted, “Everything that we’re missing, everything that we need, everything that we’ve ever felt like we lacked, everything we’ve always looked for is in Jesus.” Nothing else will fill those holes. Where have you looked for purpose and meaning other than Jesus? In what ways have they failed to deliver what you were seeking? What steps can you take to seek purpose and meaning in Jesus and not elsewhere?

Last Word

“Who is Jesus?” is a simple question. But answering the question—if we answer it correctly—leads us to one of the most profound realities in all the world: Jesus is the God-Man.

 

The way we answer, “Who is Jesus?” is one of the most important things about us. It determines what we think about God and what he’s like, what we think about the world and what it all means, and what we think about ourselves and how we can find the thing we’re all looking for: true life. That life is found in one place—in Jesus himself. So, who do you say Jesus is?