We are using the 1st 4
books of the Bible (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John) as our witness. They tell the story from 4 perspectives.
His Birth
·
He was conceived
o Somewhere
4-6 BC (Dionysius Exiguus miscalculated)
o Born to
Mary who was probably 15 or 16yo
§ Was
engaged to Joseph
o Angel
Gabriel told her she would bear a child from the Holy Spirit (Luke 1)
§ Also told
Joseph
§ Mary was a
virgin
o Fulfilled prophesy
§ Therefore
the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin shall conceive and
bear a Son, and shall call His name Immanuel. (Isaiah 7:14)
·
He was born
o Caesar
Augustus decreed a census, so they went to Bethlehem
o No room in
the inn (Luke 2)
§ Born in a
stable in a manger
o Wise man
looking for King because of star in the East
§ Probably
before he was 2yo
o Herrod was
the Roman governor of Judea
§ Massacre
of the Innocents (Matthew 2)
·
Killed all boys under 2 in Bethlehem
·
Fearing an insurgence of the Jews looking for
their king
o Joseph
& his family fled to Egypt
§ An angel
told him to leave
§ Then he
told him to come back when Herod died
o Jesus grew
up like any person
§ He had to
learn in the temple
§ But he was
filled with wisdom
His Life
·
Synoptic gospels tell the tale
o Apostles:
Matthew, Mark (Peter), & John
o Luke - physician
and a disciple of Paul
·
Key early events
o Jesus
baptized
§ Heaven opened
& the Spirit descended on him(Matthew 3)
§ Starts his
ministry at around 30
o 40
days/nights of fasting in the wilderness
§ Temptation
by Satan
o Jesus’ disciples
§ Fisherman,
said they would be fishers of men
§ Tax
collectors, the lowest of the low
o First
miracle (John 2)
§ Turned
water to wine at a wedding
o Went home
to the temple
§ Read he
fulfilled the law & they chased him out
·
Teachings
o Sermon on
the Mount
§ Likely a
collection of sermons
§ Reset the
way they thought of the law
·
The standard was so high that it could not be
met
·
Established even the ‘holy’ as sinners
o Parables
§ Taught in
the form of stories
§ Good for
the oral culture of the day
§ Used a lot
of agrarian metaphors
o Miracles
§ Too many
to capture
§ Feeding
the 5000
§ The
Transfiguration (Moses & Elijah)
§ Healing,
casting out demons, raising Lazarus from the dead
o Greatest
is the least
§ Countercultureal
§ Pharisees
& Sadducees hated this
His Death & Resurrection
·
The beginning
o Judas sold
him out
o Peter denied
him
o Pharisees
orchestrated with Pilate
o Jesus went
to pray in the garden & sweat blood
·
The crucifiction
o Greatest
for of Roman torture
§ No one
ever survived
o Meant to
embarrass
o Old
testament blood sacrifices
§ He took
the punishment for our sins
·
The resurrection
o On the 3rd
day
o The
impossible nature of it
§ Roman
guards
§ Dead is
dead
o Appeared
for 40 days before he went to heaven
o 'Sold out' the apostles
§ All died
as martyrs
