OUR AWESOME LORD

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OUR AWESOME LORD By Frank G. Tunstall
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Foreword Chapter One Lesson 1
The Incarnation Strategy
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The Song of Solomon

• is a poetic love story
• about courtship. It is
• also a great allegory
• about Israels Messiah
• and His love relation-
• ship with the children
• of God in His church.

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Philippians 25-11 is the singularly most
insightful summary in the Bible showing how Jesus
Christ triumphed over all foes and became the
great redeemer of all mankind. Hence, the author
has made it the theme of this book.
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Father Joseph Damien (1840-89)Missionary to
Hawaii

• What does Father Damiens testimony say to you
  about the incarnation?

Joseph Damien 1840-1889
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What does Jesus support system in the Trinity
say about your support system, as you mature in
Christ?
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The Birth of Jesus
The birth of Jesus was planned in eternity as a
sinless incarnation, and establishes the Deity of
Jesus Christ.
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How does what Thomas Aquinas gave up compare or
contrast with what Jesus surrendered?
Thomas Aquinas 1225-1274
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JESUS DIVINE Attributes(Cited in Our Awesome
Lord)

• OMNIPOTENCE
• OMNISCIENCE
• OMNIPRESENCE
• IMMUTABILITY
• ETERNALITY
• HIS GLORY

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JESUS ATTITUDE OR MINDSET In the Incarnation

• Implicit trust in His Father summarizes the over
  arching attitude that explains the earthly life
  of the Nazarene. That confidence is
  foundational to His accomplishing the plan of
  salvation.

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JESUS ATTITUDE AND YOU

• What does Jesus
• attitude toward His
• Father say about your
• attitude toward God?
• How does this
• understanding help you work out
• your own salvation?

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Chapter One Lesson 2
Lesson Two
The Incarnation Strategy
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The Self-Emptying Strategy Making Himself
Nothing

• The significance of the kenosis, or this
  self-emptying strategy, is that when the time
  came, Jesus set aside the prerogatives of Deity
  and took on the status of a slave.
• What does this say to you about what you may have
  to surrender to serve the spiritual needs of lost
  and dying people?

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The fact that Jesus emptied Himself in this way
is the essence of implicit trust.
To what extent have you placed implicit trust in
Jesus Christ?
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Acts 1038

• God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy
  Spirit and power, he went around doing good and
  healing all who were under the power of the
  devil, because God was with him.
• How does this verse summarize the kenosis, or the
  method by which Jesus did His ministry in His
  incarnation?

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Jesus goal was not to coerce people to make the
right choice, but to show them so much love they
would realize their need and freely choose the
gift of eternal life.
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DEFINING AGAPE LOVE

• Servant is a cherished value in the Godhead,
  while the concept of independence is not in the
  divine vocabulary and character. Gods Son
  stepped into time and space as the loving servant
  of all (Philippians 25-7).

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DEFINING AGAPE LOVE, Cont.

• The term, agape, defined as the love of God,
  expresses the core value of the Godhead. Grace is
  its synonym in the Scriptures
• What are some of the qualities of agape love the
  author lists?

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DEFINING AGAPE LOVE, Cont.

• How are agape love and implicit trust linked?
• The world thinks of agape, or selfless love, as
  being weak and the value system of losers. How
  does the cross of Jesus show that to be a very
  false conclusion?

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So many fathers go to their job every day, work
hard, bring their paychecks home, and give all of
it to their families, keeping very little for
themselves.
How are these fathers examples of agape love?
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THE HIGHEST GOAL OF CHRISTIAN MATURITY

• is for a believer to vest implicit trust in
  the lowly Nazarene. That attitude is prerequisite
  for working out ones salvation so that Christ
  can be formed in you.

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• Why is Jesus Christ understood as the firstfruits
  of Spirit filled men?

Why is Jesus Christ understood as the
firstfruits of Spirit filled men?
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Jesus made His strategy succeed by watching,
listening and talking with His Father, by His
total dependence on the Scriptures, and with His
active prayer life.
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Depending on the Old Testament Scriptures

• What does Jesus total knowledge of the
  Scriptures say to you about your own habits of
  Bible study?

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A Spirit-Guided Ability to Discern
Why does Jesus deserve the title of the perfect
judge?
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THE GREAT LESSON

• An attitude of implicit
• trust in God, that is
• anchored in the written
• Word,
• 2) seasoned with an active
• prayer life, and that
• 3) walks in the Spirit, is the highway to
  successful
• Christian living.

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• Based on your study in this chapter, how would
  you summarize the incarnation strategy Jesus
  followed, that began at His conception in Marys
  womb?
• A.
• B.
• C.
• D.
• E. etc.

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THE INCARNATION AS A PRINCIPLE OF LIFE

• The author believes in the virgin birth of Jesus
  Christ as a historical event.
• In addition, he believes in the incarnation as a
  principle of life. What is meant by his use of
  the term, incarnation principle?

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My lover thrust his hand through the
latch-opening my heart began to pound for him
(Song of Solomon 54).
How does that statement fit the message of
Chapter 1?
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MEASURING IMPLICIT TRUST IN THE HEAVENLY
FATHER

• At the beginning of this study, please mark
  where you think you fit on this scale with 1 as
  the lowest and 10 the highest
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• 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
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