TEN Bible Lessons - Lesson 7

Jesus Does Not Have Inherent Power or Authority

Jesus consistently claims to have no power, no authority, and no initiative of his own.  Both he and the Apostles teach that Jesus was "God", not Jesus, who was the originator of his works.

John 8:28

“I do nothing of my own initiative.”

John 5:30

“By myself I can do nothing…”

John 5:27

“and He (God) gave him authority to execute judgment, because he is the Son of Man.”

Matthew 28:18

“all authority has been given to me…”

John 14:10

…the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.

Acts 2:22

"Men of Israel, listen to these words: Jesus the Nazarene, a man attested to you by God with miracles and wonders and signs which God performed through Him in your midst, just as you yourselves know..."

Acts 17:31

"For he (God) has set a day when he (God) will judge the world with justice through the man he has appointed. He has given proof of this to everyone by raising him from the dead."

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TEN Bible Lessons - Lesson 6

Jesus is Subordinate to God

The Doctrine of the Trinity says that the Father, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit are co-equal.  The Bible says Jesus is not equal with God, but is subordinate to him, even after Jesus' exaltation to God's right hand.

John 14:28

… The Father is greater than I.

1 Corinthians 11:3

But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.

1 Cor 3:22-23

whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or things present or things to come; all things belong to you, and you belong to Christ; and Christ belongs to God.

1 Cor 15:24,27-28

Then the end will come, when he [Jesus] hands over the kingdom to God the Father after he has destroyed all dominion, authority and power… For he [God] “has put everything under his [Jesus'] feet.” Now when it says that “everything” has been put under him [Jesus], it is clear that this does not include God himself, who put everything under Christ. When he has done this, then the Son himself will be made subject to him [God] who put everything under him, so that God may be all in all.

Jesus Does Not Do His Own Will

Jesus submits to the will of "God"

Luke 22:42

… not my will but Yours be done.

John 5:30, John 8:42

"… I do not seek my own will, but the will of Him who sent me..." "God sent me."

Mark 14:36

"Abba, Father," he said, "everything is possible for you. Take this cup from me.  Yet not what I will, but what you will."

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TEN Bible Lessons - Lesson 5

God Cannot Be Tempted, But Jesus was Tempted in Every Way, as we are

The Bible clearly tells us that Jesus was tempted, and was tempted in every way like we are.  Since the Bible teaches that God cannot be tempted, if Jesus is God, then Jesus was not truly tempted.  To be tempted means there is the possibility that evil may be chosen, which is impossible for God.

James 1:13

“… for God cannot be tempted by evil”.

Hebrews 4:15

“For we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who has been tempted in all things as we are, yet without sin.”

Luke 4:2

… for forty days, being tempted by the devil.

God Cannot Die, Jesus Died

Romans 1:23

 “and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images made to look like mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles.”

1 Timothy 6:16

“God, who alone possesses immortality…”

Mark 15:44-45

Pilate wondered if He was dead by this time, and summoning the centurion, he questioned him as to whether He was already dead.  And ascertaining this from the centurion, he granted the body to Joseph.

1 Corinthians 15:3

For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance; that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures.

Romans 5:10
while we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son

Revelation 1:18

I am the Living One; I was dead, and now look, I am alive for ever and ever! And I hold the keys of death and Hades.

Romans 6:9

Knowing that Christ, having been raised from the dead, is never to die again; death no longer is master over Him.

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TEN Bible Lessons - Lesson 4

 Jesus Prayed to God

How and why would Jesus pray to God if he is God?  The Bible says Jesus prayed with loud tears to “God", and "God" heard his prayers because of his piety.

Luke 6:12

One of those days Jesus went out to a mountainside to pray, and spent the night praying to God.

Hebrews 5:7

In the days of his flesh, he offered up both prayers and supplications with loud crying and tears to the One able to save him from death, and he was heard because of his devotion to God.

Mark 1:35

Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where he prayed.

Matthew 26:39

Going a little farther, he fell with his face to the ground and prayed, "My Father, if it is possible, may this cup be taken from me. Yet not as I will, but as you will."

Matthew 11:25-26

At that time Jesus said, "I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth,"

Matthew 14:23

After he had dismissed them, he went up on a mountainside by himself to pray.

Luke 22:32

But I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith may not fail.

John 12:27

"Now my heart is troubled, and what shall I say? 'Father, save me from this hour'? No, it was for this very reason I came to this hour. Father, glorify your name!"

Jesus Learned and Had to Be Taught

Jesus is supposedly fully God, and therefore omniscient.  But the Bible demonstrates that Jesus had to be told things that he didn't know, and that Jesus even learned lessons that made him wiser.  Jesus even admits that God knows some things that he doesn't.

Hebrews 5:8-9

"Although he was a son, he learned obedience through what he suffered.  And, once made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him."

John 8:28

"… I do nothing on my own authority, but speak just as the Father taught me."

Matthew 24:36

"But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone."

John 8:40

"but now you are seeking to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God."

John 4:1

"Now when Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing…"

Luke 2:52

"And Jesus kept increasing in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men."

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TEN Bible Lessons - Lesson 3

 God is Not a Man, Jesus is a Man

God tells us plainly that he is not a man, nor the son of man.  But these are some of the Bible's favorite descriptions for Jesus.

Numbers 23:19

God is not a man, that He should lie, Nor a son of man, that He should repent...

Hosea 11:9

I will not execute My fierce anger; I will not destroy Ephraim again.  For I am God and not man, the Holy One in your midst, And I will not come in wrath.

1 Samuel 15:29

Also the Glory of Israel will not lie or change His mind; for He is not a man that He should change His mind.

Job 9:32

“For He is not a man as I am that I may answer Him, that we may go to court together.”

Acts 2:22

“Men of Israel, listen to this: Jesus of Nazareth was a man accredited by God to you by miracles, wonders and signs, which God did among you through him, as you yourselves know.

Acts 17:31

For he has set a day when he will judge the world with justice by the man he has appointed. He has given proof of this to all men by raising him from the dead.

John 8:40

“but now you are seeking to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God”

Luke 22:69

"But from now on, the son of man will be seated at the right hand of the mighty God."

1 Timothy 2:5

For there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.

Romans 5:15

But the gift is not like the trespass. For if the many died by the trespass of the one man (Adam) how much more did God’s grace and the gift that came by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, overflow to the many!

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