04 The Doctrine Of Christ Pt. 2 (The Incarnation) — Olaopa Olajide Michael

Okay. Father, we thank you for giving us the privilege to study your word once again. Thank you for the grace you have given us to continue in this series. We say blessed be your name. We are exalted, Lord. So Lord, we ask that as we go into this study, you open our eyes of understanding. Give us revelation and give us insight into your word. We pray that your word will bear fruit in our hearts in the name of Jesus. Thank you, Father, in Jesus name I've prayed. Amen. So, I welcome us to another part of this series on the basic doctrines of the Bible. So, today we would continue from where we stopped on the doctrine of Christ, and what we would be considering today is the incarnation, the incarnation. Uh, we've looked at so many other things about Christ, and today we are moving into the incarnation. So, um, we might end the parts on the doctrine of Christ on this note, or we might continue depending on how the Lord leads us into this. So, let's, um, let's give, or let's go deep into let's go deep into what the Lord has for us on incarnation without wasting much time. So, what is the incarnation? The incarnation is, uh, probably a word that some of us might have heard before. Some of us might not have heard this before. Uh, whichever case, this is still a good place for us to, you know, study to better For those of us who have heard this before, um, this will look like a refresher. And for those who are not familiar with the word, this is going to be an interesting time to learn more about scripture teachings. So, the word incarnation, that word incarnation is derived from a Latin word. It is a Latin word. The Latin word is incarnato. i-n-c-a-r-n-a-t-o, incarnato or incarnato, whichever one. And it literally means the act of being made flesh. The act of being made flesh. Now, what that means is that this word incarnato means that something has become has become flesh or something has taken flesh. That is what it means in its literal sense. Okay? So, now in Christian doctrine, in Christianity, when we discuss the doctrine of incarnation, we are simply saying that God became flesh in the person of Christ Jesus. Remember that in our previous, uh, conversations, in our previous series, we had to talk about how the fact that Jesus is God. Jesus is God. So, in this part, we are looking at one of those things, um, that I believe that the incarnation is one of the proof that Jesus is actually God. So, uh, in the flesh. So, that's basically what this will try to establish as far as, um, as much as possible, that the person of Jesus is actually God in the flesh. And Jesus is not like every other man that has walked upon the face of the earth. That Jesus is, uh, Jesus is God in the flesh. And the process as which, um, the acts by which God took on flesh is what we refer to as incarnation. You know, when we talk about the resurrection, for example, we are talking about the fact that God raised Christ from the dead. But when we are talking about the fact that God took on flesh, we refer to that act, that act, the action that God took as the incarnation, the act of incarnating, the act of taking on human flesh. That is what it is basically. So let us look at, um, certain scripture: John chapter 1 verse 14. John chapter 1 verse 14. Um, in John chapter 1 verse 14, we would realize that the Bible told us that, um, Christ came in the flesh. However, before we go to John chapter 1 verse 14, I want us to start with John chapter 1 verse 1. So John chapter 1 verse 1 says that in the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. Like we all know, it's a very, very, very popular, um, scripture, very, very popular passage of the Bible. Now, the issue is that we might not realize the significance of what Apostle John was trying to do here. Now, if you take John 1:1, it says that in the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. Now, if you go down to John chapter 1 verse 14, it now says that, "And the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld his glory, the glory as of only as of the only begotten of the Father full of grace and truth." Now, Apostle John is simply saying that in verse 1, in the beginning was the Word. There's this entity, there's this being called the Word, and this word was with God and his word was God. And this word, in verse 14, became flesh. This word that is God took on flesh in in verse 14, Apostle John is reporting towards that this word took on flesh and they beheld his glory, and he dwelt among us. Simply put, Apostle John is introducing us to Jesus, uh, in this passage. And you know, he he said so many things that points us to the fact that the one that is describing in this passage through this introduction is Jesus Christ of Nazareth. And this is very important because he said, "The word became flesh," meaning that Jesus that uh, that related with that base was not just any man, was different from every other man that has walked the surface of the earth in the sense that this man is not just a mere man, is God who took on flesh. Who took on flesh. And we'll look again to Hebrew chapter 2, um, Hebrew chapter 2 verse, verse 14. So he says, "For as much as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same, that through death he might destroy him who had the power of death, that is the devil." Now, what the scripture is also showing us is that talking about Jesus that um, uh, the children, at least those that Christ came to deliver, the Bible says that we are partakers of flesh and blood, that is, our makeup, how we exist is by flesh and blood. The Bible now says that he also himself likewise took part of the same, that through death he might destroy him who had the power of death, that is the devil. We'll come back to all of this. Um, this scripture is simply saying that Christ partook in flesh and blood with us. That is physically what he's saying, that Christ came into this world and partook in flesh and blood, and if you remember what we were trying to establish um, in previous, um, teaching that, one of the reasons why, uh, one of the reasons why this is very, very significant for us to believe is not just a theory in our head, it is something that affects our Christian walk, affects how we view Christ, affects how we think about Christ. So, if if the Bible is saying here that Christ, you know, partook in flesh and blood, why? So that he might be able to destroy him, that, uh, have the power of death, that is the devil. You know? So, he has to be explicit in writing that we saw him. We have to be explicit, explicit in saying that in the beginning was the Word that this Christ is the Word, and the Word, and he became flesh like we've seen in the epistles of John. In the epistles of John, he was he was, you know, in his epistle of John, he was actually telling us that, we saw him, we touched him, we beheld him, you know? So, he was real to us, he was not just a phantom, he was not just a miracle, like some people say that, he was just a spirit walking on the earth, did not really have a real body. Apostle John is trying to establish the fact that we saw him, we touched him, we relate with him our hands, we handled him. And that is also repeated in the epistles of Paul, where he talks about that, he was manifested in the flesh, justified in the spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, and received up into glory. So, you can see that both Paul and John are echoing the same thing, that the incarnation is a reality. And without the incarnation, redemption would not have been possible. Redemption would not have been possible. The whole idea of being saved, being saved and having received salvation, would not have been possible if there was no incarnation. And I mentioned it earlier by saying that, without the incarnation, redemption would not have been possible. Redemption would not have been possible. The whole idea of being saved, being saved, and having received salvation would not have been possible if there was no incarnation. And I mentioned it earlier by saying that without the incarnation, redemption would not have been possible. Redemption would not have been possible. The whole idea of being saved, being saved, and having received salvation would not have been possible if there was no incarnation. And I mentioned it earlier by saying that without the incarnation, redemption would not have been possible. Redemption would not have been possible. The whole idea of being saved, being saved, and having received salvation would not have been possible if there was no incarnation. And I mentioned it earlier by saying that without the incarnation, redemption would not have been possible. Redemption would not have been possible. The whole idea of being saved, being saved, and having received salvation would not have been possible if there was no incarnation. And I mentioned it earlier by saying that without the incarnation, redemption would not have been possible. Redemption would not have been possible. The whole idea of being saved, being saved, and having received salvation would not have been possible if there was no incarnation. And I mentioned it earlier by saying that without the incarnation, redemption would not have been possible. Redemption would not have been possible. The whole idea of being saved, being saved, and having received salvation would not have been possible if there was no incarnation. And I mentioned it earlier by saying that without the incarnation, redemption would not have been possible. Redemption would not have been possible. The whole idea of being saved, being saved, and having received salvation would not have been possible if there was no incarnation. And I mentioned it earlier by saying that without the incarnation, redemption would not have been possible. Redemption would not have been possible. The whole idea of being saved, being saved, and having received salvation would not have been possible if there was no incarnation. And I mentioned it earlier by saying that without the incarnation, redemption would not have been possible. Redemption would not have been possible. The whole idea of being saved, being saved, and having received salvation would not have been possible if there was no incarnation. And I mentioned it earlier by saying that without the incarnation, redemption would not have been possible. Redemption would not have been possible. The whole idea of being saved, being saved, and having received salvation would not have been possible if there was no incarnation. And I mentioned it earlier by saying that without the incarnation, redemption would not have been possible. Redemption would not have been possible. The whole idea of being saved, being saved, and having received salvation would not have been possible if there was no incarnation. And I mentioned it earlier by saying that without the incarnation, redemption would not have been possible. Redemption would not have been possible. The whole idea of being saved, being saved, and having received salvation would not have been possible if there was no incarnation. And I mentioned it earlier by saying that without the incarnation, redemption would not have been possible. Redemption would not have been possible. The whole idea of being saved, being saved, and having received salvation would not have been possible if there was no incarnation. And I mentioned it earlier by saying that without the incarnation, redemption would not have been possible. Redemption would not have been possible. The whole idea of being saved, being saved, and having received salvation would not have been possible if there was no incarnation. And I mentioned it earlier by saying that without the incarnation, redemption would not have been possible. Redemption would not have been possible. The whole idea of being saved, being saved, and having received salvation would not have been possible if there was no incarnation. And I mentioned it earlier by saying that without the incarnation, redemption would not have been possible. Redemption would not have been possible. The whole idea of being saved, being saved, and having received salvation would not have been possible if there was no incarnation. And I mentioned it earlier by saying that without the incarnation, redemption would not have been possible. Redemption would not have been possible. The whole idea of being saved, being saved, and having received salvation would not have been possible if there was no incarnation. And I mentioned it earlier by saying that without the incarnation, redemption would not have been possible. Redemption would not have been possible. The whole idea of being saved, being saved, and having received salvation would not have been possible if there was no incarnation. And I mentioned it earlier by saying that without the incarnation, redemption would not have been possible. Redemption would not have been possible. The whole idea of being saved, being saved, and having received salvation would not have been possible if there was no incarnation. And I mentioned it earlier by saying that without the incarnation, redemption would not have been possible. Redemption would not have been possible. The whole idea of being saved, being saved, and having received salvation would not have been possible if there was no incarnation. And I mentioned it earlier by saying that without the incarnation, redemption would not have been possible. Redemption would not have been possible. The whole idea of being saved, being saved, and having received salvation would not have been possible if there was no incarnation. And I mentioned it earlier by saying that without the incarnation, redemption would not have been possible. Redemption would not have been possible. The whole idea of being saved, being saved, and having received salvation would not have been possible if there was no incarnation. And I mentioned it earlier by saying that without the incarnation, redemption would not have been possible. Redemption would not have been possible. The whole idea of being saved, being saved, and having received salvation would not have been possible if there was no incarnation. And I mentioned it earlier by saying that without the incarnation, redemption would not have been possible. Redemption would not have been possible. The whole idea of being saved, being saved, and having received salvation would not have been possible if there was no incarnation. And I mentioned it earlier by saying that without the incarnation, redemption would not have been possible. Redemption would not have been possible. The whole idea of being saved, being saved, and having received salvation would not have been possible if there was no incarnation. And I mentioned it earlier by saying that without the incarnation, redemption would not have been possible. Redemption would not have been possible. The whole idea of being saved, being saved, and having received salvation would not have been possible if there was no incarnation. And I mentioned it earlier by saying that without the incarnation, redemption would not have been possible. Redemption would not have been possible. The whole idea of being saved, being saved, and having received salvation would not have been possible if there was no incarnation. And I mentioned it earlier by saying that without the incarnation, redemption would not have been possible. Redemption would not have been possible. The whole idea of being saved, being saved, and having received salvation would not have been possible if there was no incarnation. And I mentioned it earlier by saying that without the incarnation, redemption would not have been possible. Redemption would not have been possible. The whole idea of being saved, being saved, and having received salvation would not have been possible if there was no incarnation.…