Stephen Nichols: Why the God-Man: The Mystery of the Incarnation

Jesus is the eternal Word of God in human flesh. In the opening of John's gospel, we learn that the Son of God became something He was not-a man. At the same time, He remained what He always was-the second person of the Trinity. As the God-Man, Jesus is one person with complete yet distinct divine and human natures. The biblical account of the incarnation raises one of the most important questions ever to be asked: Why the God-Man? In this session, Dr. Stephen Nichols unpacks the central role of the incarnation for understanding the person and work of Christ.
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  • @harrybeach8538
    @harrybeach85387 жыл бұрын

    Colossians 2.9 For in Him (Jesus) all the fullness of the Godhead dwells in bodily form.

  • @harrybeach8538
    @harrybeach85387 жыл бұрын

    John 3.35 The Father loves the Son and has given all things into His hands. Yeah. We are saved by Jesus obedience to the Father. Thank you Lord.

  • @OurHumbleLife

    @OurHumbleLife

    7 жыл бұрын

    WHO is Jesus' Father? GOD is. ALL of GOD is The Father.

  • @rev.terrycase4127
    @rev.terrycase41274 жыл бұрын

    Matthew 28:18 ---Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. ---The Father gave Jesus all authority in heaven and in earth!

  • @manuelteixeira2496
    @manuelteixeira24962 жыл бұрын

    God's Authority derives from His Character Of Love Who sacrifices Himself for all His children!

  • @manuelteixeira2496
    @manuelteixeira24962 жыл бұрын

    I truly thank you pastor stephen Nichols, my brother in Jesus with abraham an martin luther who all belive on Christ's inparted Justice for me individualy, especialy when a may fall by words or thoughts or deeds. Let's not running after sin, by the holy's Spírit Power, brothers.

  • @manuelteixeira2496

    @manuelteixeira2496

    2 жыл бұрын

    Martin Luther.

  • @manuelteixeira2496

    @manuelteixeira2496

    2 жыл бұрын

    Ámen! Maranata! Abraham believed and that was imarted in for Justice, Jesus's Justice.

  • @manuelteixeira2496
    @manuelteixeira24962 жыл бұрын

    Very wel put, pastor Stephen Nichols! I, sincerely, apreciated your presentation of Jesus's revelation on The Father God Head, as The Merciful Loving and Just, THE SPÍRIT, Whose GLORY, stands in front of All The Universe, by The mérits of Begotten Son Jesus Christ, The Son of man, Emanuel and Michael. Thank you! To God be The glory! The obstacle and impingement, that satan tryed to impose to God's as The Ruler Of The Universe, is the acusation adressed to God, of being unfair and injust, towards his creatures, for imposing The Law upon them who are saints. In Jesus, God gives His answer to all The Universe and saves man, being Fair, Just and Merciful. Áleluiah! It's writen « Is there anything too much dificult to Me? says The Lord God Almighty! Let's adore Only God, and Jesus His Begotten Son, and live a sinful life, by The power Of The Holy Spírit. Ámen! I may fall into accidental sin, but in that situation, Jesus is there on Heaven's Sancuary to interceed for me, bacause being on this world, and although not desiring living in sin, I may fall in satan's traps. How Amazing is God's Love and Mercy in Jesus! Of course it's a mystery, and it was hiden since before creation, like an antivenon serum for the ancient serpent, satan, God's adversary, after iniquity's appearence in him, through pride's mystery, based on his free wil decision. God assuered, that Sin wil not rise again. To God be The Glory! Aleluiah! Maranata! Ámen!

  • @manuelteixeira2496

    @manuelteixeira2496

    2 жыл бұрын

    God's Authority!

  • @manuelteixeira2496

    @manuelteixeira2496

    2 жыл бұрын

    God's Authority, was seen on Christ, Who forgave sins!!

  • @manuelteixeira2496

    @manuelteixeira2496

    2 жыл бұрын

    Let´s leave a sinful life and live a sinless one in Christ's Holy Spírit! Pardon me for my poor inglish, please.

  • @Mike65809
    @Mike658094 ай бұрын

    Isn't rather odd that so many thought Jesus had two natures? Does the Bible does present him that way? Weren't his miracles from the Father working in and through him? He never took credit for his miracles, but always deferred it to the Father. "Do not believe me unless I do the works of my Father. But if I do them, even though you do not believe me, believe the works, that you may know and understand that the Father is in me, and I in the Father” (John 10:37-38). Wasn't he given the Holy Spirit without measure, so the Father worked through the Holy Spirit? The Kenosis theory is more accurate in that he left his divine attributes when he became a man. What was deity in Jesus? His identity as the Logos did not change in the Incarnation, so wasn't he always deity? Now in his exalted state doesn't he have all attributes back again?

  • @asifmuniruniverse7732
    @asifmuniruniverse77322 жыл бұрын

    Hi, because God made convent with descendants of Adam not with angels

  • @kiwihans100
    @kiwihans100 Жыл бұрын

    Sorry but this is a totally FALSE teaching! To claim that the 2nd person ( God's Son) remained as he always was" Denies the very words of Jesus "I came down from heavan" " God sent forth his only begotten Son" "Though he was rich he became poor for our sakes" All testimony from, not an u tube preacher, but from God's word! ( John 6:41. John 3:16,1`7. 2 Cor 8:9. God's Son actually, totally & completely came down from heavan proving the Father's & The Son's true self sacrificing love for mankind

  • @mitchellc4
    @mitchellc42 жыл бұрын

    Hello Jesus is the Messiah The Son of God The Son of David The Son of man The man God has chosen to be his anointed king The man God will judge the world through The man God raised from the dead Jesus has a God There is no triune god in scripture Jesus said the Father is the only true God! John 17 3 And this is eternal life, that they know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent.

  • @52RGD
    @52RGD8 жыл бұрын

    Jesus is not the 2nd person of the Trinity! He is not God the Son nor a God-Man... Nothing of these can be found in the scriptures...

  • @Person-hf4zy

    @Person-hf4zy

    8 жыл бұрын

    Mark 1:1 The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

  • @harrybeach8538

    @harrybeach8538

    7 жыл бұрын

    John 10.30 "I and my Father are one" John 14.9 "If you have seen me you have seen the Father" There are ma ny more scriptures but it would be better if you read them for yourself. May God open your eyes.

  • @52RGD

    @52RGD

    7 жыл бұрын

    +Tormentor11, {{Mark 1:1 The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.}}=> your response to me Does this verse say that Jesus is the 2nd person of the Trinity, or God the Son, or God-man? You people never used your brain that God has given you, You depend so much from the false teachers who are also blind to the truth, Jesus said, the blind leading the blind and they will both fall into the ditch...

  • @52RGD

    @52RGD

    7 жыл бұрын

    +Harry Beach, {{John 10.30 "I and my Father are one" John 14.9 "If you have seen me you have seen the Father" There are ma ny more scriptures but it would be better if you read them for yourself. May God open your eyes.}}=>your response to me Nothing of the verses that you gave say that Jesus, is the 2nd person of the Trinity, or God the Son, or God-Man.... It's your eyes that should be opened, You are totally blind from the truth because you depend so much to the false teachers...

  • @Person-hf4zy

    @Person-hf4zy

    7 жыл бұрын

    +52RGD “Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I am." So they picked up stones to throw at him, but Jesus hid himself and went out of the temple.” ‭‭John‬ ‭8:58-59‬ ‭ESV‬‬ Why did the Jews pick up stones to throw at him? Is it because he used the same title that God uses, I am. Were the Jews going to stone him for blasphemy? Was it because he claimed to be God? Jesus uses many I am stamens when describing himself in the gospels. Is it because he wants to make it clear that he is God. “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made.” ‭‭John‬ ‭1:1-3‬ ‭ESV‬‬

  • @adamyeoadamyeo4694
    @adamyeoadamyeo46946 жыл бұрын

    He is quite a lousy preacher.... No depth.No insight. No revealation. He is just narrating the story again...... Will the paralized man glorify GOD if He is not healed? Thats what people want to know and hear from pastors..

  • @artcurious807

    @artcurious807

    5 жыл бұрын

    Adam Yeo Adam Yeo , you should watch the video before you comment.

  • @adansalazar3291

    @adansalazar3291

    2 жыл бұрын

    I don’t care for the messenger but the message only. You look at men, not God.