Finding Fulfillment
Introduction- Helping Young People Find Fulfillment
"Fulfillingness' First Finale"
According to Maurice J. Elias
According to Matthew Jones @ Inc.com
Transition To Body- Greatness of God’s Word (Jesus fulfills it)
Fulfill in the Opening Chapters of the Gospel of Matthew
22 All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet:
23 “Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son,
and they shall call his name Immanuel”
(which means, God with us).
This was to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet, “Out of Egypt I called my son.”
Then was fulfilled what was spoken by the prophet Jeremiah:
18 “A voice was heard in Ramah,
weeping and loud lamentation,
Rachel weeping for her children;
she refused to be comforted, because they are no more.”
23 And he went and lived in a city called Nazareth, so that what was spoken by the prophets might be fulfilled, that he would be called a Nazarene.
14 so that what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled:
15 “The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali,
the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles—
16 the people dwelling in darkness
have seen a great light,
and for those dwelling in the region and shadow of death,
on them a light has dawned.”
From that Time On
Body- We Find Fulfillment (in Jesus Christ) with a
Elevated Appreciation of the WORD
A Scripture is Breathed Out by God & Profitable
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We Find Fulfillment (in Jesus Christ) with a
Elevated Appreciation of the WORD and when we become a
Faithful Practitioner of the WORD
Moses taught
Paul taught
Jesus Taught!
Jesus obeyed the Law Himself
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We Find Fulfillment (in Jesus Christ) with a
Elevated Appreciation of the WORD, when we become a
Faithful Practitioner of the WORD, and we embody a
Righteous Application of the WORD
the quality or characteristic of upright behavior, uprightness, righteousness
Warning Concerning Viper Christians
that which has been produced or born of a living creature—‘offspring, brood, child
species of poisonous snakes—‘asp, cobra, viper.’
Poisonous Snakes Are Everywhere- even within the Church
and since at least some type of poisonous snake occurs in practically all parts of the world, there is usually little difficulty involved in finding an appropriate term.
Out of the Abundance of the Heart……
The LORD Search the Heart & Test the Mind……
The scribes & Pharisees outwardly appear righteous to others,
How does Exceeding the righteousness of scribes & pharisees look?
Perfect as Your Heavenly Father is Perfect
Evident by our Attitude
Evident by our Desires
Evident by our Ambitions
Evident by our Relationships
Our Options Are Limited!
One must be born of water & spirit in order to enter the kingdom of God
The LORD will give us a new heart an a new spirit within us
The LORD will put the law within us & write it on our hearts
We Can Not Do It- The LORD Works It & We Can See It!
The Gift of Salvation
Transition To Close
Close- Christ Fulfilled Our Debt in Full!
Jesus did what the law was unable to do
Christ is the end of the Law
We Were Dead in Your Sins- Jesus nailed to the Cross!
what a person has done in transgressing the will and law of God by some false step or failure—‘transgression, sin.