GOD WAS IN CHRIST: JESUS FORGAVE SINS
(Message by Tanny Keng)
1. God Was In Christ
a) Occasionally you will hear objection to the statement that Jesus acted as God while on earth. Some interpret the words, "God was in Christ" (2 Corinthians 5:19) by inserting commas: “God was, in Christ, reconciling the world to himself ” which takes the punch out of the phrase "God was in Christ", suggesting that Jesus Christ was merely a tool of God, and not God himself.
b) People also try to water down the idea that God was in Christ by saying something like, "Well, when we say of a boy, “you can see his father in him”, we don't literally mean that his father is actually in him. We simply mean that he takes after his Father." The scriptures however do not permit of such an interpretation, and we are about to see why.
c) We notice actions of Jesus on earth that show that quite literally God was in Christ. He was God in the flesh and acting as God. There are certain things in which Jesus would have acted presumptuously if he were not God in this world.
2. Jesus Forgave Sins
a) We know that God was in Christ because he forgave sins. Only God has the authority to forgive sins. If God was in Christ (in the sense that Christ was God in the flesh) then Christ could forgive sins. Jesus claimed this authority on earth showing himself to be God on earth (Luke 5:18-26).
The End ...
1. God Was In Christa) Occasionally you will hear objection to the statement that Jesus acted as God while on earth. Some interpret the words, "God was in Christ" (2 Corinthians 5:19) by inserting commas: “God was, in Christ, reconciling the world to himself ” which takes the punch out of the phrase "God was in Christ", suggesting that Jesus Christ was merely a tool of God, and not God himself.
b) People also try to water down the idea that God was in Christ by saying something like, "Well, when we say of a boy, “you can see his father in him”, we don't literally mean that his father is actually in him. We simply mean that he takes after his Father." The scriptures however do not permit of such an interpretation, and we are about to see why.
c) We notice actions of Jesus on earth that show that quite literally God was in Christ. He was God in the flesh and acting as God. There are certain things in which Jesus would have acted presumptuously if he were not God in this world.
2. Jesus Forgave Sins
a) We know that God was in Christ because he forgave sins. Only God has the authority to forgive sins. If God was in Christ (in the sense that Christ was God in the flesh) then Christ could forgive sins. Jesus claimed this authority on earth showing himself to be God on earth (Luke 5:18-26).
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