Who Do You Say That I Am?
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INTRODUCTION
INTRODUCTION
New Series: Absolutes
New Series: Absolutes
WHO HAS BEEN TO HOPECITY INTRO IN THE PAST 2 YEARS?
3 VIDEOS - ABC’S OF CHRISTIAN FAITH
THIS SERIES IS THE “A” ABSOLUTES OF CHRISTIAN FAITH
SLIDE: WHAT IS ABSOLUTE TO CHRISTIAN FAITH?
SLIDE: WHAT IS ABSOLUTE TO CHRISTIAN FAITH?
SOMETHING THAT STANDS ON ITS OWN; OTHER BELIEFS ARE BUILT UPON THEM.
AN ABSOLUTE IS FOUNDATIONAL AND IRREFUTABLE.
ABSOLUTE TOPIC: THE DIVINITY OF JESUS
OR WE BELIEVE JESUS IS GOD
TRANSITION: TO BE A CHRISTIAN IS TO BELIEVE JESUS IS GOD. JESUS ADDRESSES THIS BELIEF IN MATTHEW 16:15
TRANSITION: TO BE A CHRISTIAN IS TO BELIEVE JESUS IS GOD. JESUS ADDRESSES THIS BELIEF IN MATTHEW 16:15
READ: MATTHEW 16:15 [ESV]
READ: MATTHEW 16:15 [ESV]
SLIDE: WHO DO YOU SAY THAT I AM?
SLIDE: WHO DO YOU SAY THAT I AM?
THIS QUESTION REVEALS A PROBLEM IN ALL OF US
THIS QUESTION REVEALS A PROBLEM IN ALL OF US
HOW MUCH OF GOD WAS JESUS DURING HIS MINISTRY ON THE EARTH?
HOW MUCH OF MAN WAS JESUS DURING HIS MINISTRY ON THE EARTH?
THE CHRISTIAN ANSWER TO BOTH OF THESE QUESTIONS IS: YES
THE CHRISTIAN ANSWER TO BOTH OF THESE QUESTIONS IS: YES
IF WE’RE NOT CAREFUL WE WILL MAKE JESUS IN OUR OWN IMAGE…
IF WE’RE NOT CAREFUL WE WILL MAKE JESUS IN OUR OWN IMAGE…
TALLADEGA NIGHTS TABLE SCENE…
TALLADEGA NIGHTS TABLE SCENE…
EACH PERSON SHARES (RIDICULOUSLY) HOW THEY IMAGINE JESUS WHEN THEY PRAY.
THIS SCENE IS NOT FAR FROM THE TRUTH OF HOW PEOPLE THINK ABOUT JESUS.
THIS SCENE IS NOT FAR FROM THE TRUTH OF HOW PEOPLE THINK ABOUT JESUS.
WHO IS DEFINING JESUS FOR YOU?
WHO IS DEFINING JESUS FOR YOU?
TIKTOK SAYS JESUS IS…
TIKTOK SAYS JESUS IS…
YOUTUBE HAS A VIDEO THAT SAID THE COUNCIL OF NICEA MADE THIS UP…
YOUTUBE HAS A VIDEO THAT SAID THE COUNCIL OF NICEA MADE THIS UP…
A LEADING NEW TESTAMENT SCHOLAR (WHO HAPPENS TO BE AT A UNIVERSITY IN NC) TEACHES THAT THE DISCIPLES LATER WROTE IN THAT JESUS IS GOD.
A LEADING NEW TESTAMENT SCHOLAR (WHO HAPPENS TO BE AT A UNIVERSITY IN NC) TEACHES THAT THE DISCIPLES LATER WROTE IN THAT JESUS IS GOD.
TRANSITION: MY GOAL IS NOT TO GIVE AN EXHAUSTIVE ANSWER, BUT SOME EFFECTIVE TOOLS TO UNDERSTAND WHY WE BELIEVE JESUS IS GOD.
TRANSITION: MY GOAL IS NOT TO GIVE AN EXHAUSTIVE ANSWER, BUT SOME EFFECTIVE TOOLS TO UNDERSTAND WHY WE BELIEVE JESUS IS GOD.
SLIDE: HOW DID WE COME TO BELIEVE THIS?
SLIDE: HOW DID WE COME TO BELIEVE THIS?
ANSWER: BECAUSE JESUS SAID HE IS GOD.
ANSWER: BECAUSE JESUS SAID HE IS GOD.
SLIDE: HANDS SLIDE
SLIDE: HANDS SLIDE
EXAMPLES AND COMMENTARY
EXAMPLES AND COMMENTARY
READ MATTHEW 7:21-22 [ESV]
READ MATTHEW 7:21-22 [ESV]
LORD, LORD
LORD, LORD
THE NEW TESTAMENT IS OVERWHELMINGLY WRITTEN IN GREEK.
THE GREEK TRANSLATION OF THE HEBREW BIBLE EXCLUSIVELY REPLACES THE DIVINE NAME, YAHWEH, WITH THE DESIGNATION “LORD, LORD.”
THERE IS NEVER AN INSTANCE IN THE SEPTUAGINT WHERE LORD, LORD IS USED FOR ANYONE OTHER THAN GOD.
READ MARK 2:1-12 [ESV]
READ MARK 2:1-12 [ESV]
FORGIVENESS OF SINS
FORGIVENESS OF SINS
VS 7
READ LUKE 8:39 [ESV]
READ LUKE 8:39 [ESV]
TELL WHAT GOD HAS DONE FOR YOU
TELL WHAT GOD HAS DONE FOR YOU
SUMMARIZE THE STORY [HIPOS]
THIS IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE SURFACE READING.
JESUS SAYS TELL HOW MUCH “THEOS” HAS DONE AND THE NEXT LINE COULD HAVE BEEN AMBIGUIOUS AND SAID “HE WENT AWAY PROCLAIMING HOW MUCH HE (GOD) HAD DONE” BUT LUKE IS SPECIFIC TO CLARIFY THE TESTIMONY OF THIS MAN IS WHAT JESUS HAD DONE. IN THE GREEK IT HAS BOTH THE WORD THEOS FOR GOD AND JESUS NAME TOGETHER.
READ JOHN 8:51 [ESV]
READ JOHN 8:51 [ESV]
KEEPS MY WORD
KEEPS MY WORD
CROSS REF TO PSALM 119:105-107 [ESV]
JESUS CLAIMED HIS TEACHINGS ARE EQUAL TO GOD’S WORD
HEBREW LETTER NUN = SERVANT
LISTEN TO THIS FAMILIAR PASSAGE IN LIGHT OF THIS CLAIM
LISTEN TO THIS FAMILIAR PASSAGE IN LIGHT OF THIS CLAIM
READ HEBREWS 12:1-2 [ESV]
READ HEBREWS 12:1-2 [ESV]
English Standard Version Chapter 12
Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, 2 looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.
TRANSITION: JESUS IS THE FOUNDER AND PERFECTER OF OUR FAITH. JESUS IS GOD WHO PUT ON FLESH AND DWELT AMONG US.
TRANSITION: JESUS IS THE FOUNDER AND PERFECTER OF OUR FAITH. JESUS IS GOD WHO PUT ON FLESH AND DWELT AMONG US.
CONCLUSION
CONCLUSION
THIS BELIEF IS AN ABSOLUTE TO OUR FAITH BECAUSE IF JESUS IS ONLY A MAN THEN WE ARE STILL DEAD IN OUR SINS.
THIS BELIEF IS AN ABSOLUTE TO OUR FAITH BECAUSE IF JESUS IS ONLY A MAN THEN WE ARE STILL DEAD IN OUR SINS.
IF HE WAS ONLY A MAN, THEN HIS DEATH ON THE CROSS, HIS BLOOD SHED FOR THE FORGIVENESS OF THE SINS OF THE WORLD IS NOT ETERNAL. IT IS NO DIFFERENT THAN THE BLOOD OF BULLS AND RAMS OFFERED.
IF HE WAS ONLY A MAN, THEN HIS DEATH ON THE CROSS, HIS BLOOD SHED FOR THE FORGIVENESS OF THE SINS OF THE WORLD IS NOT ETERNAL. IT IS NO DIFFERENT THAN THE BLOOD OF BULLS AND RAMS OFFERED.
HEBREW 10:9-10 SAYS:
English Standard Version Chapter 10
then he added, “Behold, I have come to do your will.” He does away with the first in order to establish the second. 10 And by that will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
HOW DO WE RESPOND?
HOW DO WE RESPOND?
JESUS ASKS US: WHO DO YOU SAY THAT I AM?
JESUS ASKS US: WHO DO YOU SAY THAT I AM?
TODAY I INVITE YOU TO PLACE OUR FAITH IN JESUS, WHO IS GOD.
TODAY I INVITE YOU TO PLACE OUR FAITH IN JESUS, WHO IS GOD.
FAITH IN JESUS THAT IN HIM WE ARE MADE RIGHT BEFORE GOD.
FAITH IN JESUS THAT IN HIM WE ARE MADE RIGHT BEFORE GOD.
NOT THE JESUS YOU’VE IMAGINED HIM TO BE OR THAT OTHERS HAVE DEFINED FOR YOU.
NOT THE JESUS YOU’VE IMAGINED HIM TO BE OR THAT OTHERS HAVE DEFINED FOR YOU.
JESUS, REVEALED IN THE BIBLE, VINDICATED AS GOD BY HIS RESURRECTION FROM THE DEAD, WHO FORGIVES OUR SINS AND HAS JUSTIFIED US BEFORE GOD.
JESUS, REVEALED IN THE BIBLE, VINDICATED AS GOD BY HIS RESURRECTION FROM THE DEAD, WHO FORGIVES OUR SINS AND HAS JUSTIFIED US BEFORE GOD.
JESUS INVITES US TO ANSWER THE QUESTION WITH OUR WORDS AND OUR LIVES.
JESUS INVITES US TO ANSWER THE QUESTION WITH OUR WORDS AND OUR LIVES.
PRAY
PRAY
DISMISS
DISMISS