SEEING AND SAVORING JESUS CHRIST

THE EXCELLENCE OF JESUS

• An admirable conjunction of diverse excellencies
• Prime example: A lion-like a Lamb and a lamb-like Lion.

THE WISDOM OF JESUS

• His wisdom and knowledge are unsurpassed
• He knows all things that will ever happen
• He knows God perfectly

THE SUFFERING OF JESUS

• No one has ever deserved less suffering, yet received so much.
• Aspects of his suffering: anxiety, humiliation, scourging, mocking, publicly stripped, nailed to a crucifix, abandoned.
• By his suffering accomplished our salvation and God's glorification