Bodle
Street Green, Dallington & Warbleton - Apostles’ Creed Lent Course 2012 –
Session 2
“I
believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy
Spirit,
born
of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was
crucified, died, and was buried; he descended to the dead.”
Some
relevant Bible passages
“Jesus”
Matthew 1:21 – “…you are to give him the name
Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins."
“Christ”
1 Samuel 24:6 – “the LORD’s anointed”
Matthew 2:2 - "Where is the one who has
been born king of the Jews? We saw his star in the east and have come to
worship him."
Matthew 2:6 - `But you, Bethlehem, in the land
of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for out of you will
come a ruler who will be the shepherd of my people Israel.'"
“born
of the Virgin Mary”
Isaiah 7:14 – “Therefore the Lord himself will
give you a sign: The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son,
and will call him Immanuel.”
Matthew 1:18-25
Luke 1:34-35 - "How will this be,"
Mary asked the angel, "since I am a virgin?" 35 The angel
answered, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most
High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of
God.”
Hebrews 4:15 - For we do not have a high priest
who is unable to sympathise with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been
tempted in every way, just as we are--yet was without sin.
Romans 8:3 - For what the law was powerless to
do in that it was weakened by the sinful nature, God did by sending his own Son
in the likeness of sinful man to be a sin offering. And so he condemned sin in
sinful man
1 Timothy 2:5 - For there is one God and one
mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,
John 1:18 - No-one has ever seen God, but God
the One and Only, who is at the Father's side, has made him known.
Isaiah 45:21-22 - there is no God apart from me, a
righteous God and a Saviour; there is none but me. 22 "Turn to
me and be saved, all you ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no
other.
Romans 5:12-20 – Jesus and Adam compared
1 Corinthians 15:21-22 - For since death came through a man, the
resurrection of the dead comes also through a man. 22 For as in Adam
all die, so in Christ all will be made alive.
1 Corinthians 15:45-49 - So it is written: "The first
man Adam became a living being"; the last Adam, a life-giving spirit. 46
The spiritual did not come first, but the natural, and after that the
spiritual. 47 The first man was of the dust of the earth, the second
man from heaven. 48 As was the earthly man, so are those who are of
the earth; and as is the man from heaven, so also are those who are of heaven. 49
And just as we have borne the likeness of the earthly man, so shall we bear the
likeness of the man from heaven.
Genesis 1:26-28 - Then God said, "Let us make
man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea
and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all
the creatures that move along the ground." 27 So God created
man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he
created them. 28 God blessed them and said to them, "Be
fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the
fish of the sea and the birds of the air and over every living creature that
moves on the ground."
Psalm 8
Hebrews 2:5-9 - It is not to angels that he has
subjected the world to come, about which we are speaking. 6 But
there is a place where someone has testified: "What is man that you are
mindful of him, the son of man that you care for him? 7 You made him
a little lower than the angels; you crowned him with glory and honour 8
and put everything under his feet." In putting everything under him, God
left nothing that is not subject to him. Yet at present we do not see
everything subject to him. 9 But we see Jesus, who was made a little
lower than the angels, now crowned with glory and honour because he suffered
death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone.
Hebrews 2:14 - Since the children have flesh and
blood, he too shared in their humanity so that by his death he might destroy
him who holds the power of death--that is, the devil--
Hebrews 2:17-18 - For this reason he had to be made
like his brothers in every way, in order that he might become a merciful and
faithful high priest in service to God, and that he might make atonement for
the sins of the people. 18 Because he himself suffered when he was
tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted.
Mark 3:31; 6:3 – Jesus’ brothers and sisters
Matthew 1:25 - But he had no union with her
until she gave birth to a son.
Luke 1:47 – Mary calls God her Saviour
“suffered”
Accounts of the crucifixion etc. e.g. Mt 27
Mt 27:46 - About the ninth hour Jesus cried
out in a loud voice, "Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?"--which means,
"My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"
“crucified”
Matthew 27:45 – From the sixth hour until the
ninth hour darkness came over all the land.
Ps 105:28 - He sent darkness and made the
land dark--for had they not rebelled against his words?
Ex 10:21-22 – plague of darkness over Egypt
Matthew 27:51 - At that moment the curtain of the
temple was torn in two from top to bottom.
Ex 26:31-35 – the curtain in front of The Most
Holy Place
Dt 21:23 quoted in Gal 3:13, Christ redeemed us from the curse
of the law by becoming a curse for us, for it is written: "Cursed is everyone
who is hung on a tree."
Rm 3:25 - God presented him as a sacrifice
of atonement [KJV, ESV: propitiation], through faith in his blood. He did this
to demonstrate his justice, because in his forbearance he had left the sins committed
beforehand unpunished
1 Jn 2:2 - He is the atoning sacrifice [propitiation]
for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.
1 John 4:10 - This is love: not that we loved
God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice [propitiation]
for our sins.
Rm 5:9-11 - Since we have now been justified
by his blood, how much more shall we be saved from God's wrath through him! 10
For if, when we were God's enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death
of his Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through
his life! 11 Not only is this so, but we also rejoice in God through
our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.
Eph 1:7 - In him we have redemption through
his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God's
grace
Rm 3:24 - and are justified freely by his
grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus.
Rev 5:9 - And they sang a new song:
"You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals, because you were
slain, and with your blood you purchased men for God from every tribe and language
and people and nation.
Mk 10:45 - For even the Son of Man did not
come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.
Jn 15:13 - Greater love has no-one than
this, that he lay down his life for his friends.
Rm 5:8 - But God demonstrates his own love
for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
Col 2:13-15 - When you were dead in your sins
and in the uncircumcision of your sinful nature, God made you alive with
Christ. He forgave us all our sins, 14 having cancelled the written
code, with its regulations, that was against us and that stood opposed to us;
he took it away, nailing it to the cross. 15 And having disarmed the
powers and authorities, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over
them by the cross.
1 Pt 2:21ff - For to this you have been called,
because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you might
follow in his steps. 22 He committed no sin, neither was deceit
found in his mouth. 23 When he was reviled, he did not revile in
return; when he suffered, he did not threaten, but continued entrusting himself
to him who judges justly. 24 He himself bore our sins in his body on
the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you
have been healed. 25 For you were straying like sheep, but have now
returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.
“dead”
Rm 6:23 - For the wages of sin is death,
but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Mk 15:44-45 - Pilate was surprised to hear that
he was already dead. Summoning the centurion, he asked him if Jesus had already
died. 45 When he learned from the centurion that it was so, he gave
the body to Joseph.
Jn 19:31-35 - Now it was the day of Preparation,
and the next day was to be a special Sabbath. Because the Jews did not want the
bodies left on the crosses during the Sabbath, they asked Pilate to have the
legs broken and the bodies taken down. 32 The soldiers therefore
came and broke the legs of the first man who had been crucified with Jesus, and
then those of the other. 33 But when they came to Jesus and found
that he was already dead, they did not break his legs. 34 Instead,
one of the soldiers pierced Jesus' side with a spear, bringing a sudden flow of
blood and water. 35 The man who saw it has given testimony, and his
testimony is true. He knows that he tells the truth, and he testifies so that
you also may believe.
“buried”
Is 53:9 - He was assigned a grave with the
wicked, and with the rich in his death, though he had done no violence, nor was
any deceit in his mouth.
Mt 27:57-60 - As evening approached, there came
a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who had himself become a disciple of
Jesus. 58 Going to Pilate, he asked for Jesus' body, and Pilate
ordered that it be given to him. 59 Joseph took the body, wrapped it
in a clean linen cloth, 60 and placed it in his own new tomb that he
had cut out of the rock. He rolled a big stone in front of the entrance to the
tomb and went away.
“he
descended to hell / the dead”
Jn 19:30 - When he had received the drink,
Jesus said, "It is finished." With that, he bowed his head and gave
up his spirit.
Lk 23:43 - Jesus answered him, "I tell
you the truth, today you will be with me in paradise."
Luke 23:46 - Jesus called out with a loud
voice, "Father, into your hands I commit my spirit." When he had said
this, he breathed his last.
Heb 9:24-26 - For Christ did not enter a
man-made sanctuary that was only a copy of the true one; he entered heaven
itself, now to appear for us in God's presence. 25 Nor did he enter
heaven to offer himself again and again, the way the high priest enters the
Most Holy Place every year with blood that is not his own. 26 Then
Christ would have had to suffer many times since the creation of the world. But
now he has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to do away with sin by
the sacrifice of himself.
Acts 2:27 - because you will not abandon me
to the grave [hades], nor will you let your Holy One see decay.
Rm 10:6-7 - But the righteousness that is by
faith says: "Do not say in your heart,`Who will ascend into heaven?'"
(that is, to bring Christ down) 7 "or`Who will descend into the
deep?'" (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead).
Eph 4:8-9 - This is why it says: "When
he ascended on high, he led captives in his train and gave gifts to men." 9
(What does "he ascended" mean except that he also descended to the
lower, earthly regions?
1 Pt 4:6 - For this is the reason the gospel
was preached even to those who are now dead, so that they might be judged
according to men in regard to the body, but live according to God in regard to
the spirit.
1 Pt 3:18-20 - For Christ died for sins once for
all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to
death in the body but made alive by the Spirit, 19 through whom also
he went and preached to the spirits in prison 20 who disobeyed long
ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ark was being
built. In it only a few people, eight in all, were saved through water,
Luke 16:19-31 – Parable of the Rich Man and
Lazarus
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