The Importance of the Incarnation: Part 3 Hebrews 2:14-18

Hebrews 2:14-18 Big Idea: In the incarnation, Jesus identifies with mankind so that mankind might identify with Jesus. Hebrews 2:14 (NASB95) — 14 Therefore, since (redundant) the children share in flesh and blood, He Himself (redundant) likewise also (redundant) partook of the same… Luke 1:26-28 Jesus _____________________ Human Nature Hebrews 2:14 (ESV) — 14 Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood, he himself likewise partook of the same things… Luke 4:1–2 (ESV) — 1 And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness 2 for forty days, being tempted by the devil. And he ate nothing during those days. And when they were ended, he was hungry. Matthew 8:23–24 (ESV) — 23 And when he got into the boat, his disciples followed him. 24 And behold, there arose a great storm on the sea, so that the boat was being swamped by the waves; but he was asleep. Hebrews 2:9-10 Everything in this verse screams not only of Jesus dying in the flesh, but of his experience of that dying. Pascho = Jesus was not a dispassionate automaton. He did not only experience what it means to live in a physical body but also what it means to live as an embodied spirit. Hebrews 4:14-15, 12:2 Jesus ________________ the Penalty and Power of Death 17 Therefore he had to be made like his brothers in every respect, so that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in the service of God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people. 18 For because he himself has suffered when tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted. Jesus identified with us so that we might identify with him. Hebrews 4:14–15 (ESV) — 14 Since then we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. 15 For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin. Jesus became a man, and overcame death so that we as men, might be able to overcome the experience of death in His victory. 1 Corinthians 15:56–57 (ESV) — 56 The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. 57 But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. You know longer have to look to the Garden of Eden for the reality of your defeat, you can look to the garden of Gethsemane for the reality of your victory. Questions to Consider What does it mean that Jesus took on human flesh? Is it important that Jesus not only took on skin and bone but that he took on the experience of mankind? Why or Why not? What does this mean for our justification, sanctification, and glorification? Why is it so hard for us to believe what Christ has accomplished for us?