Sixth Grade Lessons, Block 3, Week 12: Christ’s Incarnation and Human Living

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Sixth Grade Lessons, Block 3—The Savior-God

Week 12
Christ’s Incarnation and Human Living

Reading Reference: A Lesson Book, Level 2: The Triune God—the Triune God and the Person and Work of Christ, Lesson 14; John 1:1, 14; Matt. 1:20-23; Luke 2:21; Rom. 8:3; 5:12, 19; 2 Cor. 5:21

Memory Verse: In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God… And the Word became flesh… (John 1:1, 14a)

Suggested Songs: Hymns, #82

Scripture Reading: John 1:1,14; Matt. 1:20-23; Luke 2:21; Rom. 8:3; 5:12, 19; 2 Cor. 5:21

Points to Emphasize


  • Christ being God incarnated—Matt. 1:20-23; Luke 2:21

Incarnation is the first major step that Christ took to accomplish God’s purpose. When we say God was incarnated we mean that God became a man; He took on flesh and blood. This was a tremendous event, the greatest in all of human history. The mighty God who existed in eternity became a lowly man in time. That little baby born in Bethlehem was the God of the whole universe! (John 1:1, 14).

The Lord’s incarnation is that it occurred through Mary, a human virgin. This gave Jesus the human essence. He was one hundred percent man. He was God who had become a man. But He did not become a man suddenly. He stayed in a woman’s womb like any other baby. Imagine that! God was confined in a woman’s womb for nine months!

  • Christ becoming flesh yet without sin—Rom. 8:3; 5:12, 19; 2 Cor. 5:21

From His birth to His death the Lord lived on the earth for about thirty-three and a half years. The Lord’s life described in the four Gospels shows us that He lived as a genuine man.

Although the Lord became flesh, He was without sin. Christ was made in “the likeness of the flesh of sin” (Rom. 8:3), but He did not participate in the sin of the flesh. All of Adam’s descendants have inherited Adam’s sinful nature (Rom. 5:12, 19); everyone is born in sin in Adam. This is why the Lord’s virgin birth is very important. Although the Lord had the likeness of Adam, He did not inherit the sinful nature of Adam. He was not born in Adam. He was conceived of the Holy Spirit in the virgin Mary.

It was necessary for Christ to know no sin (2 Cor. 5:21) and to be without sin in order for Him to accomplish redemption.

 

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