Truth in the Scriptures
I have a very tough job today, my job today is to show you the revelation of Jesus and I only have a short time to do it.
1 TIM 3: 14-16
(14) These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly: (15) But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.
(16) And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.
Joh 1:16-17
(16) And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace.
(17) For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
John 14:6
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
➢ If you recall, Jesus was having a discourse with His disciples in this context.
He was preparing them for a transition from the Old Testament to a New.
Although in our Bibles we have this blank page between Matthew and Malachi that says the New Testament on it, that is not where the New Testament starts.
In the Book of Hebrews it says there must be a death of a Testator
Heb 9:16-17
16 For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator.
17 For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth.
Before Jesus’ death the New Testament was not in force.
Everything the Scripture and Jesus was saying before His death, burial and resurrection was possible, but not yet available.
Many believers miss this fact. And it shows more of an unbelief than faith in God.
T.L. Osborn said there are two kinds of prayer God will never answer:
1) Asking God to do what He already accomplished through Christ’s sacrifice
2) Asking Him to do what He already commissioned US to do.
➢ One minister made a post on Facebook: and he posted one of those little pictures that said
“The Bible says: you shall not surely die”
and within a few hours he’s had hundreds of people liking it and commenting “Amen! Hallelujah!” “Praise the Lord” and so on...
What many of those precious likers and commentators missed is WHO SAID THOSE WORDS, who is that lord they say should be praised fr those words..
It was satan, saying those very words in Genesis 3:4
➢ We need to remember and teach others that everything in the Bible is truly stated, but not everything in the Bible is the statement of truth.
The story I just told you about shows this point perfectly.
was “YOU SHALL NOT SURELY DIE” truly stated?
BUT was it a statement of truth?
➢ We will never know who we are meant to be until we know who Jesus is.
And when we know and believe Him, He said
(32) And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
(31) Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed;
Joh 8:31-32
Continue in His word...
Do not continue in the World if you want to be made and remain free…
There is a perfect law of liberty
Where the Spirit of the Lord is there’s liberty
1 Tim 2:3-6.
(3) For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour;
(4) Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.
(5) For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;
(6) Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.
When we come to the knowledge of The Truth, Who is the Way and the Life; Who is the Word that was in the beginning with God, Who is The Word that was God, Who is the Image of the invisible God, by Whom all things were made and consist, Who upholds all things by the word of His power, of Whom Apostle John accurately noted
John 21:25
(25)And there are also many other things which Jesus did, the which, if they should be written every one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written. Amen
➢ It is of Him the Prophets of the Old Testament wrote.
➢ It is in His image and by His Word and Spirit we were predestined to be conformed from the Beginning.
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Rom. 8:29
28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.
Gen 1:26-27.
(26)And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
(27)So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
➢ That first Man in verse 26 is Christ.
➢ And in verse 27 it speaks of Man-kind and a New Creation in Him.
➢ There is no other place in the Scripture that can remotely indicate that any person is madein the image of God.
it’s ONLY JESUS that could be affirmatively said of.
Heb 2:6-9
(6) But one in a certain place testified, saying, What is man, that thou art mindful of him? or the son of man, that thou visitest him?
(7) Thou madest him a little lower than the angels; thou crownedst him with glory and honour, and didst set him over the works of thy hands:
(8) Thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet. For in that he put all in subjection under him, he left nothing that is not put under him. But now we see not yet all things put under him.
(9) But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.
Heb 12:2
(2) Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
➢ We see Jesus.
➢ Looking unto Jesus… means looking away from Moses, David, from Elijah and whoever else
Joh 1:45
(45) Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.
➢ When we have found Him for Who He is we are transformed.
Mt 16:13-18
➢ Altho He wasnt lost, we were
➢ When we see Jesus we are never the same
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Jn. 5:39
(39) Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.
(40) And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life.
➢ Someone said when we’re looking for His face we will see His hand
➢ But when we’re looking for His hand we miss His face.
Jesus is not means to an end, He is the Beginning and the End.
Lk. 24:13-31
13. And, behold, two of them went that same day to a village called Emmanus, which was from Jerusalem about threescore furlongs.
14. And they talk together of all these things which had happened.
15. And it came to pass, that, while they communed together and reasoned, Jesus himself drew near, and went with them.
16. But their eyes were holden that they should not know him.
17. And he said unto them, what manner of communications are these that ye have one to another, as ye walk, and are sad.
18. And the one of them, whose name was Cleopas, answering said unto him, Art thou only a stranger in Jerusalem , and hast not known the things which are come to pass there in these days?
19. And he said unto them, what things? And they said unto him, Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, which was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people:
20. And how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him to be condemned to death, and have crucified him.
21. But we trusted that it had been he which should have redeemed Israel: and beside all this, to day is the third day since these things were done.
22. Yea, and certain women also of our company made us astonished, which were early at the sepulcher;
23. And when they found not his body, they came, saying, that they had also seen a vision of angles, which said that he was alive.
24. And certain of them which were with us went to the sepulcher, and found it even so as the women had said: but him they saw not.
25. Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken:
26. Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory?
27. And Beginning as Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.
28. And they draw nigh unto the village, whither they went: and he made as though he would have gone further.
29. But they constrained him, saying, Abide with us; for it is toward evening, and the day is far spent. And he went in to tarry with them.
30. And it came to pass, as he sat at meat with them, he took bread, and blessed it, and brake, and gave to them.
31. And their eyes were opened, and they knew him; and he vanished out of their sight.
Luk 24:32-53
(32) And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the scriptures?
(33) And they rose up the same hour, and returned to Jerusalem, and found the eleven gathered together, and them that were with them,
(34) Saying, The Lord is risen indeed, and hath appeared to Simon.
(35) And they told what things were done in the way, and how he was known of them in breaking of bread.
(36) And as they thus spake, Jesus himself stood in the midst of them, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.
(37) But they were terrified and affrighted, and supposed that they had seen a spirit.
(38) And he said unto them, Why are ye troubled? and why do thoughts arise in your hearts?
(39) Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have.
(40) And when he had thus spoken, he shewed them his hands and his feet.
(41) And while they yet believed not for joy, and wondered, he said unto them, Have ye here any meat?
(42) And they gave him a piece of a broiled fish, and of an honeycomb.
(43) And he took it, and did eat before them.
(44) And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me.
(45) Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures,
(46) And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day:
(47) And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
(48) And ye are witnesses of these things.
(49) And, behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high.
(50) And he led them out as far as to Bethany, and he lifted up his hands, and blessed them.
(51) And it came to pass, while he blessed them, he was parted from them, and carried up into heaven.
(52) And they worshipped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy:
(53) And were continually in the temple, praising and blessing God. Amen.
Jesus never left His church…
His Promise, The Promise of the Father is fulfilled when we believed the Gospel
When Luke wrote this account, he meant it to be read together with the eyewitness account of Acts
Act 1:6-8
(6) When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel?
(7) And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.
(8) But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
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2 Tim 3:15
(15)The sacred Scriptures that you were raised with from your mother’s womb dynamically pointed you to the explicit clarity of salvation! God’s belief was always wrapped up in Christ Jesus!
(16) Jesus Christ and his work of salvation is the theme of Scripture. The value of scripture in its most complete context is always found in God’s prophetic voice inspiring a thorough education in the revelation of righteousness! This is what carries the breath of God and gives substance and proof to accurately gauge what is being taught.
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Mar 12:24 And Jesus answering said unto them, Do ye not therefore err, because ye know not the scriptures, neither the power of God?