SF405 - WHO DO YOU SAY THAT I AM (Matthew 16 13-20)

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@TITLE = WHO DO YOU SAY THAT I AM?

@LEVEL ONE = Matthew 16:13‑20

@LEVEL ONE = INTRODUCTION

@LEVEL TWO = Scriptural Background

@LEVEL FOUR = Peter's confession

@LEVEL FOUR = Beginning to NT church

@LEVEL TWO = Sermon Background

@LEVEL THREE = Nothing is more significant that what we believe about Jesus

@ILL TITLE = Sounds Like Jesus

@ILL TEXT = During the children's sermon the minister said to the youngsters "I'm going to describe something to you and I want you to tell me what it is. This thing I have in mind is bushy tailed, it eats nuts and runs up an down trees. What is it?"

@ILL TEXT = "After a long pause, a young fellow in back raised his hand. 'Well it sounds a lot like a squirrel to me, but I've been around here long enough to know that the right answer always is Jesus."'

@LEVEL ONE = 1A. WHO JESUS IS

@LEVEL TWO = He is the infinite God‑Man

@LEVEL TWO = 1B. He Is Fully God

@LEVEL THREE = 1C. His eternal existence

@SCRIPTURE = John 1:1 (NIV)  In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

@SCRIPTURE = Genesis 1:26‑27 (NIV)  Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground." 27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.

@SCRIPTURE = Revelation 13:8 (NIV)  ... the Lamb that was slain from the creation of the world.

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@LEVEL THREE = 2C. His incarnation

@SCRIPTURE = John 1:14 (NIV)  The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.

@SCRIPTURE = Luke 1:35 (NIV)  The angel answered, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God.

@SCRIPTURE = Galatians 4:4 (NIV)  But when the time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under law,

@LEVEL THREE = 3C. His nature

@SCRIPTURE = John 10:30 (NIV)  I and the Father are one."

@SCRIPTURE = John 14:9 (NIV)  ... Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, 'Show us the Father'?

@LEVEL TWO = 2B. He Is Fully Man

@LEVEL THREE = 1C. Physically

@SCRIPTURE = Matthew 4:2 (NIV)  After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry.

@SCRIPTURE = John 4:6 (NIV)  Jacob's well was there, and Jesus, tired as he was from the journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour.

@SCRIPTURE = Luke 2:40 (NIV)  And the child grew and became strong; he was filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was upon him.

@LEVEL THREE = 2C. Emotionally

@LEVEL FOUR = Laughed ‑ little children

@LEVEL FOUR = Cried ‑ Lazarus

@LEVEL FOUR = Angry ‑ money changers

@LEVEL THREE = 3C. Spiritually

@LEVEL FOUR = Prayed

@LEVEL FOUR = Worshipped

@SCRIPTURE = Hebrews 4:15 (NIV)  For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are‑‑yet was without sin.

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@LEVEL ONE = 2A. WHAT JESUS DID

@LEVEL TWO = 1B. Jesus Died On The Cross

@LEVEL THREE = 1C. Paid the penalty for our sins

@SCRIPTURE = Isaiah 53:6

@SCRIPTURE = 1 Peter 3:18 (NIV)  For Christ died for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God...

@LEVEL THREE = 2C. Fulfilled God's purpose

@SCRIPTURE = Luke 19:10

@SCRIPTURE = John 19:30 (NIV) "It is finished."

@LEVEL TWO = 2B. Jesus Was Raised From The Dead

@LEVEL THREE = 1C. To purchase a place in heaven for us

@SCRIPTURE = Romans 4:25 (NIV)  He was delivered over to death for our sins and was raised to life for our justification.

@LEVEL THREE = 2C. To give us a victorious life now

@SCRIPTURE = Romans 8:28 (NIV)  And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.

@LEVEL ONE = 3A. WHAT JESUS WILL DO

@LEVEL TWO = 1B. He Will Return For His Own

@SCRIPTURE = John 14:1‑3 (NIV)  "Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God ; trust also in me. 2 In my Father's house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you. 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am.

@LEVEL TWO = 2B. He Will Come Quickly and Victoriously

@SCRIPTURE = 1 Corinthians 15:51‑52 (NIV)  Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed‑‑ 52 in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet....

@LEVEL TWO = Who Do You Say He Is?