Jesus Is Still #1
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Introduction
Introduction
Illustration: Competitiveness of our family
Boggle - Niara and Pastor Nikki
Scrabble - Pastor Nikki
Mario Bros. - Azana and Daivon
Heads up- Azana
Uno - Journie
5 Second Rule - Pastor Charles
Monopoly- Pastor Charles and Azana
Just Dance- Pastor Nikki & Niara
Running up the escalator at the Prudential Center in Boston- Pastor Nikki
Running the 400meter- Azana
Checkers- Pastor Charles
Scattegories - Pastor Charles
Illustration: Yesterday Aaron Rogers surpassed Brett Favres’s all time Green Bay Packer’s touch down passing record
But Tom Brady…Most Regular-Season Completions, NFL History- 7156 vs. 7142
Most Passing Touchdowns, Postseason Included, NFL History- 700 vs. 608
Most Touchdown Passes, Single Season, Buccaneers History- 40 vs. 36
2021 NFL Leaders in Touchdown Passes- 36 vs. 30
2021 NFL Leaders in Passing Yardage- 4134 vs. 3926
#1 in over 100 NFL records
Now adding oldest player to most of those awards
Transition To Body
Transition To Body
13 He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son,
14 in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.
domain
Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament based on Semantic Domains 37.13 ἐξουσία, ας
a state of control over someone or something
Body
Body
Jesus Christ: Portrait of the Invisible God- vv15-16
Jesus Christ: Portrait of the Invisible God- vv15-16
15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.
16 For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him.
Illustration: JESUS: HUMAN-SIZED GOD
Dale Bruner, theologian, “Is Jesus Inclusive or Exclusive? “ Theology, news, and notes of Fuller Seminary ( October 1999), p. 4
Origin, in the third century, had a great analogy. He told of a village with a huge statue- so immense you couldn’t see exactly what it was supposed to represent. Finally, someone miniaturized to statue so one could see the person it honored. Origin said, “that is what God did in his son. “Paul tells us Christ is the self-miniaturization of God, the visible icon or image of the invisible God. In Christ we have God in a comprehensible way. In Christ we have God’s own personal and definitive visit to the planet.
Original Intent & Image Of God in Humanity
Original Intent & Image Of God in Humanity
26 Then 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 birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”
27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.
28 And God blessed them. And God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”
What God Creates/Makes is Good!
What God Creates/Makes is Good!
31 And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.
13 For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother’s womb.
14 I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well.
portrait- especially : a pictorial representation of a person usually showing the face
17 And he said to him, “Why do you ask me about what is good? There is only one who is good. If you would enter life, keep the commandments.”
But No one is good But God
But No one is good But God
18 And Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good except God alone.
5 Thomas said to him, “Lord, we do not know where you are going. How can we know the way?”
6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
7 If you had known me, you would have known my Father also. From now on you do know him and have seen him.”
8 Philip said to him, “Lord, show us the Father, and it is enough for us.”
9 Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you so long, and you still do not know me, Philip? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?
10 Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on my own authority, but the Father who dwells in me does his works.
11 Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father is in me, or else believe on account of the works themselves.
Jesus Christ: Preeminent Redeemer Over All Creation- vv17-20
Jesus Christ: Preeminent Redeemer Over All Creation- vv17-20
17 And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together.
18 And he is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent.
19 For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell,
20 and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross.
eminence- a position of prominence or superiority
prominence- important or well known or easily seem
preeminence- to hold the highest rank in a group, be first, have first place
choiceness, distinction, excellence, excellency, first-rateness, greatness, perfection, primeness, superbness, superiority, supremacy
Jesus Christ: Reconciling Presenter Of God’s Faithful People- vv21-23
Jesus Christ: Reconciling Presenter Of God’s Faithful People- vv21-23
21 And you, who once were alienated and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds,
22 he has now reconciled in his body of flesh by his death, in order to present you holy and blameless and above reproach before him,
23 if indeed you continue in the faith, stable and steadfast, not shifting from the hope of the gospel that you heard, which has been proclaimed in all creation under heaven, and of which I, Paul, became a minister.
Illustration: Presentation
the giving of something to someone, especially as part of a formal ceremony.
Presenter- a person who formally presents an award or honor to someone.
10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.
Transition To Close- Making Peace Through His Blood
Transition To Close- Making Peace Through His Blood
Illustration: Art Linkletter was a Canadian-born American radio and television personality. He was the host of House Party, which ran on CBS radio and television for 25 years, and People Are Funny, which aired on NBC radio and television for 19 years. He became a naturalized United States citizen in 1942.
Old clips from Linkletter's House Party program were later featured as segments on the first incarnation of Kids Say the Darndest Things. A series of books followed which contained the humorous comments made on-air by children.
Once Art Linkletter saw a small boy drawing a picture. He inquired “What are you drawing?” The small boy replied, “A picture of God.”
Linkletter told the lad that no one knows what God looks like, to which the boy confidently responded, “They will when I get through”
When Jesus got through painting the portrait...
When Jesus got through painting the portrait...
15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.
Mystery of Godliness
Mystery of Godliness
14 I hope to come to you soon, but I am writing these things to you so that,
15 if I delay, you may know how one ought to behave in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, a pillar and buttress of the truth.
16 Great indeed, we confess, is the mystery of godliness: He was manifested in the flesh, vindicated by the Spirit, seen by angels, proclaimed among the nations, believed on in the world, taken up in glory.
A Body Prepared for Me...
A Body Prepared for Me...
5 Consequently, when Christ came into the world, he said, “Sacrifices and offerings you have not desired, but a body have you prepared for me;
What does God look like?
What does God look like?
How does it feel to experience God incarnate in flesh?
How does it feel to experience God incarnate in flesh?
Close- Jesus is the exact imprint of
Close- Jesus is the exact imprint of
God’s nature
God’s nature
3 He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power. After making purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,
imprint, representation, engraving
produced as a representation, reproduction, representation, fig., of God
4 As you come to him, a living stone rejected by men but in the sight of God chosen and precious,
5 you yourselves like living stones are being built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
6 For it stands in Scripture: “Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone, a cornerstone chosen and precious, and whoever believes in him will not be put to shame.”
7 So the honor is for you who believe, but for those who do not believe, “The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone,”
8 and “A stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense.” They stumble because they disobey the word, as they were destined to do.
9 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.
20 and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross.
23 And he said to all, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.
10 According to the grace of God given to me, like a skilled master builder I laid a foundation, and someone else is building upon it. Let each one take care how he builds upon it.
11 For no one can lay a foundation other than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
12 What I mean is that each one of you says, “I follow Paul,” or “I follow Apollos,” or “I follow Cephas,” or “I follow Christ.”
13 Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were you baptized in the name of Paul?
14 I thank God that I baptized none of you except Crispus and Gaius,
15 so that no one may say that you were baptized in my name.
16 (I did baptize also the household of Stephanas. Beyond that, I do not know whether I baptized anyone else.)
17 For Christ did not send me to baptize but to preach the gospel, and not with words of eloquent wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power.
If indeed you continue in the faith
If indeed you continue in the faith
20 and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross.
21 And you, who once were alienated and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds,
22 he has now reconciled in his body of flesh by his death, in order to present you holy and blameless and above reproach before him,
23 if indeed you continue in the faith, stable and steadfast, not shifting from the hope of the gospel that you heard, which has been proclaimed in all creation under heaven, and of which I, Paul, became a minister.
Now Faith is the substance...
Now Faith is the substance...
1 Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.
2 For by it the people of old received their commendation.
3 By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things that are visible.
6 And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.
7 By faith Noah, being warned by God concerning events as yet unseen, in reverent fear constructed an ark for the saving of his household. By this he condemned the world and became an heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.
8 By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to a place that he was to receive as an inheritance. And he went out, not knowing where he was going.
9 By faith he went to live in the land of promise, as in a foreign land, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, heirs with him of the same promise.
10 For he was looking forward to the city that has foundations, whose designer and builder is God.