• I John 3:18 - Love is an action.
• He took the first step.
  • I John 4:19
  • Romans 5:6-8
• He worked a plan (I Peter 1:10
• He gave His Son! (I John 4:9-10
• He makes us His children (I John 3:1

• God loves you and you need to love Him back!
  • Hosea 11:1-8
  • Hebrews 6:4-6
  • I John 4:20-5:3
  • Luke 15:8-10 - parable of the lost coin

“Moses … struck the rock”

Numbers 20:7-13 - Moses and Aaron sinned by not treating God as holy. Because of this, they were not allowed to enter the promised land.

Numbers 20:24 - Moses did not “almost:” follow God’s ommand. God called his act rebellion.

Deuteronomy 3:24-29 - Moses pleads with God to allow him to enter the promised land.

Deuteronomy 34:1-6 - God did not relent and let Moses enter the promised land.

Moses was not held to a higher standard. God commands all men to live to His standard. See II Samuel 6:1-7.

What lessons do we learn from Moses in this story?

We can never be so right with God that we cannot fall.

We must always watch ourselves and show humility before God.

Do what God says like God says!

Some believe that Jesus divested Himself of the characteristics and qualities of deity and lived on earth as a man.

One cannot be God without the powers and prerogatives of God.

Some teach that Jesus had both human and divine attributes, but never used any of His divine attributes while on earth.

Jesus, while on earth, was fully God and fully man.

Proof that He was fully man: John 1:14

Proof that He was fully God: John 10:36

Proof that He used His own attributes of deity:

He forgave sins (Mark 2:5

He received worship (Matthew 8:2

He gave the apostles power over unclean spirits and to heal the sick (Mark 6:7

He knew He was the Son of God (John 10:36

He knew what was in man (John 2:25

His miracles proved He was the Son of God - deity

No Holy Spirit empowered apostle could:

Forgive sins. Jesus did.

Walk on water, except Peter for a while by the power of Jesus’ word. Jesus did.

Control the sea. Jesus did.

Say “I give you power over unclean spirits.” Jesus did.

Say “I have power to lay down my life and I have power to take it again.” Jesus did.

Say He was in heaven. Jesus did.

John 20:30-31

Of what did He empty Himself? Philippians 2:7-8

He did not empty Himself of authority and power.

If He did not have the attributes of God He was not fully God.

Colossians 2:9 - These passages being true, how could anyone think He emptied Himself of any divine attribute?

Does “all authority hath been given Me” prove that He did not have authority while He worked on earth?

He did not say this relative to His work on earth, but just before ascending into heaven.

Ephesians 1:20-22

Daniel 7:13-14 teaches the same thing by prophecy.

This is speaking of beginning His reigning as king.

Acts 2:30-36 - And Peter so applied it.

What about passages that say the Father or the Holy Spirit did a work by Jesus?

John 17:20-23 answers this question.

These passages show harmony, not distinctiveness.

Creation illustrates this. The Father created the world by His Son.

Hebrews 1:1-3

John 16:7 - Jesus talks about the Father sending the Holy Spirit in Jesus’ name.

Jesus never used His attributes to overcome trials and tribulations.

He used the same avenue that are available to us. Matthew 4:1-10

But when it did not get in the way of His being the servant and example He came to be, He did use His powers to prove that He was whom He claimed to be!