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Lesson 4 - The Person of Jesus

This document provides an overview of the person of Jesus, including his human and divine natures, names, titles, and symbols. It discusses that Jesus has both a human and divine nature, as he is fully God and fully man. It outlines several important titles of Jesus like Savior, Son of God, Good Shepherd. It also examines symbols of Jesus like the Ichthys symbol (fish), the lamb, and names/titles like Alpha and Omega. The document is intended to help demonstrate an understanding of who Jesus is.

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Lesson 4 - The Person of Jesus

This document provides an overview of the person of Jesus, including his human and divine natures, names, titles, and symbols. It discusses that Jesus has both a human and divine nature, as he is fully God and fully man. It outlines several important titles of Jesus like Savior, Son of God, Good Shepherd. It also examines symbols of Jesus like the Ichthys symbol (fish), the lamb, and names/titles like Alpha and Omega. The document is intended to help demonstrate an understanding of who Jesus is.

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Lesson 4:

THE PERSON OF JESUS

Genie U. Pedrosa
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St. Augustine’s Prayer
to the Holy Spirit

Breathe in me, O Holy Spirit, that my


thoughts may all be holy. Act in me, O
Holy Spirit, that my work, too, may be
holy. Draw my heart, O Holy Spirit, that I
love but what is holy. Strengthen me, O
Holy Spirit, to defend all that is holy. Guard
me, then, O Holy Spirit, that I always may
be holy. Amen.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son


and to the Holy Spirit….as it was in the
beginning is now and will be forever.
Amen.
St. Augustine…pray for us.
St. Nicholas of Tolentino…pray for us.
St. Ezekiel Moreno…pray for us.
What’s in a
Name
The meaning of my name…
Interview your parents about the
history/meaning of your name.

Each of us has our own name given by our


parents. Our names speak of our own
person. The name of Jesus also reveals His
own person and mission.
DOCTRINE:

Demonstrate understanding of:


A. Person of Jesus
B. Human and Divine Natures of Jesus
C. Name and Titles of Jesus
D. Symbols of Jesus
MORAL:

Value one’s name and the name of others


by living out its meaning as Jesus did

WORSHIP:

Write a prayer using a particular title of


Jesus relevant to one’s life experience
“Though He was in the form of God, He did
not regard equality with God, something to
be grasped. Rather, He emptied Himself,
taking the form of a slave, coming in human
likeness; found human in appearance, he
humbled himself, becoming obedient to
death, even death on a cross.”
-Philippians 2:6-8
A. THE NAME JESUS

Our Catholic faith teaches that


Jesus is the Second Person of
the Blessed Trinity. Jesus is His
personal and human name.

How did Mary and Joseph know


that the boy is to be named
Jesus? (Mt 1:18-25/Lk 1:26-38)
The name Jesus is a
Greek translation of
the Hebrew name
Joshua which means
“Savior” or
“salvation”.
B. THE TITLES OF JESUS

Prophet
•He answers a call from God
•Explains all dimensions of events
•Suffers a martyrs death
•Proclaims God’s Word with
authority
SUFFERING SERVANT
• He voluntarily accepts humiliation
• Offers vicarious atonement for sins

HIGH PRIEST

• He has intercessory and mediatory roles


• Offers a sacrifice
Teacher (Rabbi)
•Rabbi means master; connotes
respect and honor; wandering
preacher and religious teacher
(through the power of the Holy
Spirit); chooses disciples and
commissions them
•Unique features: God
as Father; uses the word
Amen; teaching on love; coming
of the Kingdom of God; uses
parables
SHEPHERD
• What is a shepherd?
• Good Shepherd – mediator
between God and man
• Doorway of the sheep to
the pasture
• Knows and love the
sheep
CHRIST
•Messiah (Hebrew)
– Anointed One
•The title of Jesus which
captures his threefold
mission (priest, prophet and
king)
SON OF MAN

• Appeared 40 times in the New Testament


• Activities include: authority to forgive sins; master
of the Sabbath; coming in the clouds with power
and glory; serves and lays down his life for the
sheep
JUDGE
•Derived from the Greek word which means to condemn
•He is sent to save the world, not to condemn the world
• Rev 20:12 – He judges not according to
appearance but to one’s good works
•Will judge the living and the dead
LORD
•Implies ownership or master
of something that attributes
honor, dignity and respect
•Greek kyrios; Hebrew
Adonai
•Thomas the Apostle: “My
Lord and my God.”
•He is the master and owner
of our lives
SAVIO
R
•Greek word Soter and Hebrew Yeshua (Yahweh saves)
•He is a healer and liberator through his redemptive
act of love
ROCK
• Greek word lithos and Latin
petros
• Strong foundation of our
lives and Christian faith
• Strength and source of
divine favor
WORD
• Greek word Logos; the Word is a voice or a sound that
represents an idea
• As Word of God, Jesus is the fullness of God’s message
and the perfect messenger
SON OF GOD
•The unique sonship of Jesus: The
Baptism at the Jordan River (Mk
1:11) and Transfiguration at Mt.
Tabor (Mk 9:7)
“This is my Beloved Son, listen to
him.”
•States the position of Jesus in the
Blessed Trinity
C. THE HUMAN AND
DIVINE NATURES OF
JESUS
The Lord Jesus Christ is a perfect God
and a perfect man. As perfect man, He
can empathize with us in our
problems.

As perfect God, He gave


Himself up on the cross for
the sins of the world.
The Human Nature of Jesus
a.Hepossesses the essential
elements of the humannature (Lk
24:39)
b.Hehas humanparents (Mt 1:18-
19)
c.Hehas human appearance
d.Hehas humanemotions (felt
e. He has humansinless infirmities or
limitations:
• Fatigue
• Hunger (Mt 4:2)
• Thirst (Jn 19:28)
• Fear (Mt 26:36-
46)
• Pain
f. Hepossesses human
char•acteristics: and Love (Jn
Humility
13:14)
• Meekness (Mt 26:52-53)
g. He is a man of profound
sensitivity, compassion and mercy:
• He calmed Peter, James
and John (Mt 17:1-8)
• He touched lepers (Mt
8:1-4)
• He sadly gazed at Peter with
love and forgiveness (Lk
22:61)
• He was moved with the
faith of a woman (Lk 8:1-
11)
• He displayed great
courage to stop stoning
the woman to death (Jn
8:1-11)
• He forgave a sinful woman who broke
into the house of Simon the Pharisee (Lk
h. Heperformed human
activities:
• Praying (Mk
1:35)
• Working (Jn 5:17)
• Learning
i. Hetook part in the social life of his
day:

• Wedding at Cana (Jn 2:1ff)


• Passover Celebration ( Lk
2:41ff)
• Paying of Taxes
• Sabbath Worship at Synagogue
The Divine Nature of Jesus
A.Hewas virginally conceived (Lk
1:35)
B.Hepossessed divine
characteristics:
•Eternal
•Omnipresence
• Omniscience •Omnipotence
C. Heperformed divine
ac
• tivit
Heiescreated
: (John 1:1-3; Col 1:16)
• He forgave sin (Mt 9:1-8)
• He exercised judgement (2 Tim
4:1)
• He was worshipped (Jn 14:13-14)
THE SYMBOLS OF JESUS

• First and last letter


in the Greek
alphabet
•“I am the Alpha and
the
Omega, who is, who was
and who is to come, the
Almighty” (Rev 1:8)
• Oldest known monogram for
Christ
• Christogram – dates back to
2nd C Emperor Constantine
•First 3 letters of Christ or
Christos in the Greek alphabet
Chi (x=ch) and Rho (p=r)
IHS •Ancient monogram or
letter symbol for Jesus
• Derived from the first
three letters of the
Greek word Jesus
•Used by early persecuted Christians as a secret symbol
•The Greek word for fish (ichthus) also forms the
acronym, Jesus Christ, God’s Son, Savior.
•Fish frequently appeared in Christ’s ministry
•Jesus Christ is the sacrificial lamb
to atone for man’s sin.
•He did not open his mouth, he was like a
lamb ready to be slaughtered
•John the Baptist said: “Look, the Lamb of
God who takes away the sins of the world
(Jn 1:29).
SILENCE AND REFLECTION
ACTIVITY 02
Write a SHORT prayer
using a particular
TITLE of Jesus relevant
to one’s life experience.
SONG PRAYER

What a Beautiful
Name (Hillsong)

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