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THE PERSON OF THE RESURRECTION
INTRODUCTION:
OVER THE PAST SEVERAL WEEKS, WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT SOME OF THE KEY EVENTS IN THE LIFE OF JESUS, AS RECORDED IN THE BOOK OF JOHN.
THIS MORNING, WE LOOK AT ONE OF THE MOST PIVOTAL EVENTS NOT JUST IN THE LIFE OF JESUS, BUT FOR THE LIFE OF EVERY PERSON WHO CLAIMS FAITH IN JESUS.
TAKE YOUR BIBLE AND TURN WITH ME TO THE GOSPEL OF JOHN, CHAPTER 20.
WE’LL READ VERSES 1 THROUGH 18.
AND TODAY, AS WE CELEBRATE THE RESURRECTION, I WANT US TO THINK ABOUT THE PERSON OF THE RESURRECTION, JESUS CHRIST.
READ - PRAY
(ESV) – 17 AND IF CHRIST HAS NOT BEEN RAISED, YOUR FAITH IS FUTILE AND YOU ARE STILL IN YOUR SINS.
THE TRUTH IS THAT MOST PEOPLE KNOW JESUS IN A HISTORICAL SENSE.
THAT IS, THEY KNOW SOME THINGS ABOUT JESUS, BUT FOR MANY THAT IS AS FAR AS IT GOES.
BUT JESUS NEVER ASKED US TO BE ABLE TO QUOTE INFORMATION ABOUT HIM.
ILLUSTRATE – MARRIAGE
THINK ABOUT HOW BAD YOUR MARRIAGE WOULD BE IF YOU ONLY KNEW SOME THINGS ABOUT YOUR SPOUSE.
THERE WOULD BE NO INTIMACY, NO COMPASSION FOR THE OTHER PERSON, NO DESIRE TO PLEASE YOUR SPOUSE.
IF ALL I COULD DO IS TELL YOU SOME THINGS ABOUT MY WIFE, I WOULD OF ALL MEN BE MOST MISERABLE.
SAY, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU ASKED ME TO DESCRIBE KIMBERLEY TO YOU, AND ALL I COULD GIVE YOU WAS INFORMATION THAT ANYONE ELSE COULD KNOW, YOU WOULD PROBABLY QUESTION THE DEPTH OF OUR RELATIONSHIP.
THE SAME IS TRUE IN OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS.
THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE NEED TO KNOW ABOUT JESUS, BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS TO ACTUALLY KNOW JESUS, ON A DEEPLY PERSONAL LEVEL.
TO LET HIS LIFE AFFECT OUR LIVES.
TO KNOW HIM, NOT JUST AS SOME HISTORICAL FIGURE, BUT AS THE ONE IN WHOM THE BIBLE SAYS “WE LIVE AND MOVE AND HAVE OUR BEING” ( ESV)
SO THIS MORNING, LET ME SHARE WITH YOU SOME THINGS THAT YOU MAY KNOW, BUT THAT POSSIBLY YOU’VE NEVER QUITE TAKEN THE TIME TO DEEPLY CONSIDER AND ACT UPON.
SOME THINGS THAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE PERSON OF THE RESURRECTION.
HERE’S THE FIRST THING…IF YOU ARE A NOTE-TAKER, YOU CAN WRITE THIS DOWN.
1. HE KNOWS YOU.
a. HERE’S WHAT YOU NEED TO GET THIS MORNING…
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JESUS DOESN’T JUST KNOW OF YOU, HE KNOWS EVERYTHING ABOUT YOU.
c. THIS TRUTH ANSWERS THE QUESTION, IS JESUS REALLY GOD?
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LET ME PROVE THIS TO YOU.
e. THE BIBLE TEACHES US THAT JESUS POSSESSES EVERY ATTRIBUTE THAT GOD THE FATHER POSSESSES.
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THINGS LIKE OMNIPRESENCE, OMNISCIENCE, AND OMNIPOTENCE.
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AS A MATTER OF FACT, THERE IS BIBLICAL EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT THESE CLAIMS.
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HE IS OMNIPRESENT.
i. HE IS EVERYWHERE, ALL THE TIME.
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(ESV) – 20 FOR WHERE TWO OR THREE ARE GATHERED IN MY NAME, THERE AM I AMONG THEM.”
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AND IN (ESV) – “…AND BEHOLD, I AM WITH YOU ALWAYS, TO THE END OF THE AGE.”
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CAN I TELL YOU THAT THIS MEANS MUCH MORE THAN THE WAY WE USE PHRASES LIKE THIS TODAY.
1. WE SOMETIMES SAY THINGS LIKE, “I’M THERE FOR YOU,” OR “WHEREVER YOU ARE, I’LL BE WITH YOU.”
2. AND WE USE THEM TO COMMUNICATE THE FACT THAT WE WILL DO EVERYTHING THAT WE POSSIBLY CAN TO SUPPORT OR HELP THE PERSON WE ARE SPEAKING TO.
3. BUT THE REALITY IS THAT WE CANNOT “BE THERE” ALL THE TIME, NO MATTER WHERE SOMEONE IS.
4. TRUTH IS THAT IF OUR SON HAS A PROBLEM IN JAMESTOWN, IN ORDER FOR ME TO BE ANY HELP TO HIM, I MUST FIRST GO THERE IN ORDER TO BE THERE.
5. BUT NOT SO WITH JESUS.
6. HE SAID “I AM THERE,” AND “I AM WITH YOU.”
7. AND HE MEANT EXACTLY WHAT HE SAID.
8. BECAUSE HE IS OMNIPRESENT.
i. HE IS OMNISCIENT.
i. HE IS ALL-KNOWING.
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THREE TIMES IN THE GOSPELS, THE WRITERS REFER TO JESUS “KNOWING THEIR THOUGHTS.”
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JESUS IS OMNISCIENT.
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HE IS OMNIPOTENT.
i. HE IS ALL-POWERFUL.
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HE DISPLAYED HIS POWER OVER THE ELEMENTS WHEN HE CALMED THE STORM IN .
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HE DISPLAYED HIS POWER OVER DEATH WHEN HE RAISED THE WIDOW’S SON IN .
iv. HE DISPLAYED HIS POWER OVER SATAN WHEN HE CAST THE DEMON OUT OF THE MAN IN .
v. HE IS ALL-POWERFUL.
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SO JESUS POSSESSES ALL THE ATTRIBUTES OF GOD THE FATHER.
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AND IN (ESV) - 30 I AND THE FATHER ARE ONE.
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THEN IN (ESV) - 9 WHOEVER HAS SEEN ME HAS SEEN THE FATHER.
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SO KNOWING THIS, WE CAN THEN UNDERSTAND HOW JESUS CAN EXPLAIN TO US THAT HE KNOWS US COMPLETELY AND THAT WE ARE OF GREAT VALUE TO HIM.
o. (ESV)
p. 28 AND DO NOT FEAR THOSE WHO KILL THE BODY BUT CANNOT KILL THE SOUL.
RATHER FEAR HIM WHO CAN DESTROY BOTH SOUL AND BODY IN HELL.
29 ARE NOT TWO SPARROWS SOLD FOR A PENNY? AND NOT ONE OF THEM WILL FALL TO THE GROUND APART FROM YOUR FATHER.
30 BUT EVEN THE HAIRS OF YOUR HEAD ARE ALL NUMBERED.
31 FEAR NOT, THEREFORE; YOU ARE OF MORE VALUE THAN MANY SPARROWS.
32 SO EVERYONE WHO ACKNOWLEDGES ME BEFORE MEN, I ALSO WILL ACKNOWLEDGE BEFORE MY FATHER WHO IS IN HEAVEN, 33 BUT WHOEVER DENIES ME BEFORE MEN, I ALSO WILL DENY BEFORE MY FATHER WHO IS IN HEAVEN.
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BECAUSE HE IS GOD, JESUS KNOWS YOU.
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HE KNOWS YOU BETTER THAN YOU KNOW YOURSELF.
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BUT HERE’S THE SECOND THING...
2. HE KNOWS WHERE YOU ARE.
a. NOT ONLY DOES HE KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT YOU; YOUR HEIGHT, YOUR WEIGHT, THE COLOR OF YOUR EYES, HOW MANY HAIRS YOU HAVE…LEFT!
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BUT HE KNOWS YOUR SITUATIONS.
i. HE KNOWS THE HURTS THAT YOU CARRY.
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THE PAIN THAT YOU ENDURE.
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HE KNOWS HOW YOUR ENEMIES SEEK TO DESTROY YOU.
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HE KNOWS WHAT’S GOING ON IN YOUR MARRIAGE.
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