Matthew 3:13-17

The Baptism of Jesus, year A.

Questions

1) What is made manifest to you in these early stories of Jesus’s life?

2) How does Church manifest (make clear, make obvious) God to you in a way which you find helpful? Is that the role of Church?

3) How is God’s humanity made manifest (to you? to others?) in living out your faith?

4) How is God’s divinity made manifest (to you? to others?) in living out your faith?

5) How would your answers change If you substituted the name “Jesus” for “God” in the last three questions?

6) What meaning does Incarnation have without Resurrection? Resurrection without Incarnation? Which influences your faith more?