Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Chapter 5- Who is This Jesus Guy?

Matthew 3:16 NKJV When He had been baptized, Jesus came up immediately from the water; and behold, the heavens were opened to Him, and He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting upon Him. 17 And suddenly a voice came from heaven, saying, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”

John 1:1 NKJV In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. 4 In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. 5 And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it. 14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth. 15 John bore witness of Him and cried out, saying, “This was He of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me is preferred before me, for He was before me.’” 16 And of His fullness we have all received, and grace for grace. 17 For the law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. 18 No one has seen God at any time. The only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has declared Him.

Matthew 1:23 NJKV “Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and bear a Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel,” which is translated, “God with us.”

John 1:29 NKJV The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!

Matthew 20:18 NKJV “Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be betrayed to the chief priests and to the scribes; and they will condemn Him to death, 19 and deliver Him to the Gentiles to mock and to scourge and to crucify. And the third day He will rise again.”

(Read Psalm 22 & Isaiah 53 for more prophecies about Jesus' crucifixion)

Galatians 1:4 NKJV who gave Himself for our sins, that He might deliver us
from this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father,
                      
Ephesians 1:7 NKJV In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace

Colossians 1:20 NKJV and by Him to reconcile all things to Himself,
by Him, whether things on earth or things in heaven, having made peace
through the blood of His cross.

Jesus Christ is God’s Son and Sacrificial Lamb. God needed a way to free mankind from the bondages of Satan’s control and sin’s penalty which is eternal separation from God and an eternity in Hell. He needed a pure and holy sacrifice, a sinless sacrifice, a Lamb without spot or blemish which is according to the Old Testament pattern.

Genesis 3:14 NLT Then the Lord God said to the serpent, “Because you have done this, you are cursed more than all animals, domestic and wild. You will crawl on your belly, groveling in the dust as long as you live.15 And I will cause hostility between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring. He will strike your head, and you will strike his heel.”

1 Peter 1:19 NKJV but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot. 20 He indeed was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you

God had a plan all along even before the foundation of the earth to bring forth Jesus Christ because He is all knowing, Omniscient and knows the beginning from the end.

Hebrews 4:15 NKJV For we do not have a High Priest (Jesus Christ) who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin.

Romans 8:2 NKJV For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death. 3 For what the law could not do in that it was weak through the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, on account of sin: He condemned sin in the flesh, 4 that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.

Jesus was tempted by Satan himself and in every way imaginable but didn't sin and completely obeyed God and His Law. All Jesus did fulfilled the requirements of the law on our behalf, as a Man, God coming down In human flesh.

Romans 5:17 CEV Death ruled like a king because Adam had sinned. But that cannot compare with what Jesus Christ has done. God has been so kind to us, and he has accepted us because of Jesus. And so we will live and rule like kings.18Everyone was going to be punished because Adam sinned. But because of the good thing that Christ has done, God accepts us and gives us the gift of life. 19Adam disobeyed God and caused many others to be sinners. But Jesus obeyed him and will make many people acceptable to God.

It's because of Jesus' obedience He was the acceptable sacrifice of all of our sins who would receive Him.

Hebrews 9:22 NKJV And according to the law almost all things are purified with blood, and without shedding of blood there is no remission. 23 Therefore it was necessary that the copies of the things in the heavens should be purified with these, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. 24 For Christ has not entered the holy places made with hands, which are copies of the true, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us;

Jesus died on the cross, shedding His blood, rose from the dead then went into heaven and presented to God His Father, Himself and His blood as a sacrifice for all of mankind’s sins. Mankind’s only way back to God the Father is through Jesus Christ because of His sacrificial death on our behalf.

John 6:44 NKJV No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him; and I will raise him up at the last day. 65 And He said, “Therefore I have said to you that no one can come to Me unless it has been granted to him by My Father.”

John 10:9 NKJV I (Jesus Christ) am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will
be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture.

John 14:6 NKJV Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one
comes to the Father except through Me.

I know all this might be hard for many to swallow. The truth is that Jesus is really the only way of escape from the wrath to come because the Bible tells us that. Then you have my radically transformed life as proof all this is real and really works. This I can promise you if your willing to meet His requirements for your great escape. I had a split second choice that night I was being chocked and if I had not chosen God and His way I wouldn’t be writing this right now. This is how serious this message is to those who are reading it. Literally, your life is hanging in the balance between heaven and hell all based on the decision you are making right now as you read this. Indifference or no decision is saying a big fat NO! to God. Here’s the problem with a non decision or saying that you will wait.

2 Peter 3:8 CEV Dear friends, don't forget that for the Lord one day is the same as a thousand years, and a thousand years is the same as one day. 9The Lord isn't slow about keeping his promises, as some people think he is. In fact, God is patient, because he wants everyone to turn from sin and no one to be lost. 10The day of the Lord's return will surprise us like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a loud noise, and the heat will melt the whole universe. Then the earth and
everything on it will be seen for what they are.

2 Thessalonians 2:9 CEV When the wicked one appears, Satan will pretend to work all kinds of miracles, wonders, and signs. 10Lost people will be fooled by his evil deeds. They could be saved, but they will refuse to love the truth and accept it. 11So God will make sure that they are fooled into believing a lie. 12All of them will be punished, because they would rather do evil than believe the truth.

God is telling us here that most will be caught off guard at His coming. Those that are still alive at this time will be fooled and deceived so bad that they wont be able to turn to the truth and be able to escape the wrath that is happening then in their face by. Also not one of us has any grantee we will live a long life. We could die at any time and meet God. If that is you are you willing to gamble with your eternal life? I hope not.

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