Because He poured out Himself to death, And was numbered with the transgressors; Yet He Himself bore the sin of many, And interceded for the transgressors.. % 2: it shall come to pass in the latter days that the mountain of the house of the lord shall be established as the highest of the mountains, and shall be raised above the hills; and all the nations shall flow to it, 3: and many peoples shall come, and say: "come, let us He was still speaking when, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and a voice from the cloud said, This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased; listen to him.. After his resurrection, Jesus himself interpreted to them the things about himself in all the Scriptures. I might be puzzled with various theories of the atonement, but I can believe in Jesus himself: I might be staggered by the divers mysteries which concern theology, and overpower even masterminds, but I can confide in Jesus himself. Will not the poets words be true, Millions of years my wondering eyes, M The circumstances around the births of Moses and Jesus were very similar. This is better balm than that of Gilead, Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses; For in that he himself hath suffered, being tempted, he is able also to succour them that are tempted. Pain, hunger, thirst, desertion, scorn, and agony Jesus himself has borne. He wasnt even in the running for homecoming king. Change), You are commenting using your Facebook account. And not in bodily form alone shall we be like unto him whose eyes are as the eyes of doves, and whose cheeks are as beds of spices; but in spirit and in soul shall we be perfectly conformed to the Well-beloved. Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. WebJesus is the Greek form of a Hebrew name, Jeshua or Jehoshua (Joshua in English), commonly interpreted Yahweh saves.. WebOverview: prophecy and biblical scholarship. Again the high priest asked him, Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?, For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.. To trifle with truth is to despise Jesus as our Prophet. He appeared to his disciples, calling the 50 Names and Titles of Jesus: 1. Not because God was against Him, not because of His own sins, but to atone for our sins. And endless ages Ill adore And the Spirit of God said to Philip, Go up and join that chariot. And by the providence of God, the passage of Scripture the Eunuch happened to be reading was Isaiah 53. Both were born under foreign rule. We defy unbelievers to imagine another like him. How can you say, Show us the Father? They gather each a flower, but our divine plant of renown has all the beauty, and all the fragrance, of all that they can gather; and without the thorns which are so apt to grow on their peculiar roses. What we read Him doing publicly in this passage came about because of what He had been doing Yet here comes the marvel We shall be like him like Jesus Christ himself. We can and do trust in Jesus himself. The world will be amazed at what becomes of this tortured marred servant of God. He was a seeker of God. In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. Lets look at one more passage Im pretty sure Jesus pointed out to His apostles when He was explaining the Scriptures to them. I in them, said he, and again, I am the life. For we are dead, and our life is hid with Christ in God. He that hath the Son hath life, and he that hath not the Son hath not life. It is not passing through baptism, nor bearing the name of Christ, it is having Jesus himself in our hearts that makes us Christians, and in proportion as he is formed in us and the new life grows we become more and more like him. And blessings more than we can give, What an ocean opens up before me! The bystanders complained of waste, but there can be no waste in anything that is done for Jesus. When Jesus was a baby, Herod commanded all the baby boys in the Bethlehem vicinity under 2 years old to be killed. If not, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place, unless you repent. II. Cite this page: Editor: Stephen Smith. Daniel declared, I saw in my vision by night, and behold, the four winds of heaven were stirring up the great sea. Then he and another rich man named Nicodemus took down the body from the cross, bound it in burial wrappings with about a 100 pounds of expensive spices and buried Him in a brand new tomb. We bear this upon our hearts in the heat of the conflict, for this is our breastplate and coat of mail. 16 This is according to all that you asked of the Lord your God in Horeb on the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear again the voice of the Lord my God, let me not see this great fire anymore, or I will die. 17 The Lord said to me, They have spoken well. Her biggest joy is coaching people in their personal relationships and helping them reach their God-given potential. He wrote the Gospel of Mark; the shortest of the Gospels.Barnabas & Mark were *Cousins (see the notes under Barnabas). Saying, Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from me. We shall be holy even as he is holy, and happy as he is happy. The more of Christ in our testimony the more of light and life and power to save. Scriptures. When used correctly, the Word of God is so powerful it pierces to our innermost 96. Most will not believe this marred servant is the arm of the Lord, the power of the Lord, to save us. An angel of God told Philip to go to the road that descends from Jerusalem to Gaza, and so he went to that road. He would not spend it, we are quite sure, in any unhallowed manner, or in any trifling sort. Jesus saith saith unto him, Thou hast said (or said so), nevertheless, I say unto you, Hereafter shall ye see the Bon of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven. Matthew xxvi. There was John the Baptist before Jesus public ministry, who the people were convinced was a prophet, and he kept preaching, After me is coming the one whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie. It was evident God was with Him; all the miracles Jesus came performing, curing every kind of sickness and handicap, even raising the dead and multiplying a little boys lunch to feed thousands. Is he talking about himself or someone else? And it says, Philip beginning from that Scripture preached Jesus to him. Then very soon after, that high official of Ethiopia was baptized into Christ. I bet they said, Ah man! She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lords feet listening to what he said. While the eternal answer is: We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write, Jesus of Nazareth. She and her husband have been married over 46 years. WebAll things which touch upon his kingdom are to be treated reverently by us for the sake of himself: his book, his day, his church, his ordinances, must all be precious to us, Did Christ, my Lord, suffer, and shall I repine?. Scripture: WebThe basic text of the Translators Copy of the scriptures (06897) can also be derived from these files. Their scroll of Samuel we have made into 1st and 2nd Samuel. After making purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high. To know him is our beginning of wisdom and our crown of wisdom. It is from heaven that he shall shortly come, and when he cometh, when Christ himself shall put forth all his might, then shall the wilderness rejoice and the solitary place be glad. Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your Law, I said, you are gods? God answered, I AM WHO I AM. Change). If you want to know what Jesus taught, know himself. 2 They found the stone rolled away from the tomb; 3 but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. Pharaohs daughter took little Moses in as her son. In Jesus, we get the life that the No one has ever seen God; the only God, who is at the Father's side, he has made him known. We have copies of those 22 scared scrolls, but we have them further divided into 39 books. Sandy recently joined noted business development expert, best-selling author and speaker, Brian Tracy, along with a select group of the world's leading experts, to co-author the book titled, Transform: The World's Leading Entrepreneurs and Professionals Get to the Heart and Soul of Transforming your Life, Business & Health. And to the angel of the church in Thyatira write: The words of the Son of God, who has eyes like a flame of fire, and whose feet are like burnished bronze. WebThe resurrection of Jesus (Biblical Greek: ) is the Christian belief that God raised Jesus on the third day after his crucifixion, starting or restoring his exalted life as Christ and Lord. One lay on a gridiron, with the hot fires beneath him; but amidst the flames he challenged his tormentors to do their worst, and laughed them to scorn, for his Lord was there. What a joy to think that Jesus is risen risen to die no more: the joy of resurrection is superlative. All things have been handed over to me by my Father, and no one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal him. To-day thou art wrinkled with old age, scarred with the marks of disease and pain, and perhaps deformed by accident, or blanched with consumption, but none of these shall blemish thee then. Sandy Lawson serves as a Care Pastor at Element Church, in Wentzville Missouri, one of the fastest growing churches America. Both reflected the glory of God in unique ways (Exodus 34:29-35; II Corinthians 4:6). Ive selected just four passages of the preaching in Acts for us to look at. In studying the Scriptures for himself, he had found himself in them everywhere (John 5:39, 40)' (Godet). The things concerning himself. And this is our prospect for eternity, that we are to be with him and like him, for when he shall appear, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is. Think of him, you that mourn your imperfectness to-day think of Jesus Christ himself, and then be assured that you are to be like him. Here lies the grandest joy of his expectant church. Whatever service we do for his church, and for his truth, we do for his sake, even if we can only render it to the least of his brethren we do it unto him. Is he not always so described in Scripture? Be it ours to follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. Another Psalm I think Jesus pointed out to them was. And it mentions how He will not only be a king, but also a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek. Web33 I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. Moses would come down the mountain after talking with God and it says His face would be shinning (Exodus 34:29-35). Before He would cast demons out of people, the demons would cry out, I know who you are, the Holy One of God, the Son of God. So the Jewish people were divided in their opinions about Jesus. Sarah Young, author of the bestselling 365-day devotionals Jesus Calling and Jesus Always, has sold more than 40 million books worldwide. Let us make him the pole star of our religious life in all things. You see this, I am persuaded, without my enlarging upon it. N 11 for all the signs and wonders which the Lord sent him to perform in the land of Egypt against Pharaoh, all his servants, and all his land, 12 and for all the mighty power and for all the great terror which Moses performed in the sight of all Israel. There hadnt been a prophet who performed such an abundance of extraordinary miracles and wonders and signs in the sight of all Israel. She's had the privilege of serving on staff at three mega churches prior to Element Church. 11 You will make known to me the path of life; In Your presence is fullness of joy; In Your right hand there are pleasures forever. So this Psalm speaks of someone who has a great relationship with God. They cannot do so by railing at him, for they have no material for accusation. Lets just look at the last few verses, verses 8-11, I have set the Lord continually before me; Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken. He now for awhile concealeth himself in the ivory palaces of glory, but when he is manifested in that day his chariot wheels shall bring victory to his church militant. Their scroll called The Twelve we have made into 12 separate books that we call the minor prophets. WebMark John Mark or Marcus. Peter uses this one in Acts 2 and Paul uses it in Acts 13. 42 When he was twelve years old, they went up to the festival, according to the custom. III. He is the end of the law and the soul of the gospel, and when we have preached his word to the full, we may close by saying, Now, of the things which we have spoken this is the sum, we have an high priest who is set on the right hand of the throne of the majesty in the heavens.. OpenBible.info Brownsville Bishop Daniel E. Flores revealed on Twitter this week that he had received a personal letter from Pope Francis himself, in which the pontiff thanked 1 a But at daybreak on the first day of the week they took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb. Joseph and Mary took Jesus down to Egypt, until it was safe to return to Palestine. The empty string is the special case where the sequence has length zero, so there are no symbols in the string. WebThe Holy Scriptures tell us the personal name of the FatherJehovah. Writer and speaker Sandy Lawson recently hit two Amazon.com best-seller lists with the new business book, "Transform," co-authored with best-selling author and speaker Brian Tracy. The book was released on September 18, 2014 by CelebrityPress - a leading business book publisher. Moses established the Passover and others, and Jesus, the Lords Supper. K From: Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit Volume 23, JESUS CHRIST himself is to occupy all our thoughts this morning. Yet He was with a rich man in His death I think that refers to the fact that a rich man named Joseph of Arimathea summoned up the courage to ask Pilate for the body of Jesus. The Lord Jesus claims Himself as the bread of life and he who seeks him will never remain hungry. They have been weary, very weary, of such vain repetitions; but to this day I never heard of anybody against whom the complaint was urged that he preached Christ too much, too often, too earnestly, or too joyfully. But I have this against you, that you have abandoned the love you had at first. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is just, because I seek not my own will but the will of him who sent me. %PDF-1.3 If it be all a forgery, will they be so good as to show us how it is done? Wouldnt you have loved to have been able to sit in on that Bible study and hear Jesus explain the Scriptures? What a picture! More insights from your Bible study - Get Started with Logos Bible Software for Free! And greater works than these will he show him, so that you may marvel. 43 After the festival was over, while his parents were returning home, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem, but they were unaware of it. Change), You are commenting using your Twitter account. Indeed the efficacy of his sacrifice lies there; hence the apostle in the Hebrews speaks of him as having by himself purged our sins. This purging was wrought by his sacrifice, but the sacrifice was himself. 14 And they were talking with each other about all these things which had taken place. David was a prophet who was inspired by the Spirit of God, and He was talking about the resurrection of the Messiah, that the Messiah would not be left in the realm of the dead and His body would not undergo decay. An indicator of that is in this last chapter you read about Moses death. But these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name. His words are effective when we trust him and follow him. a 2 Now there is in Jerusalem at the Sheep [Gate] * a pool called in Hebrew Bethesda, with five porticoes. We know some in whom the slightest variation from their system arouses their indignation, even though they admit that the brother is full of the Spirit of Christ. Fourthly, our Lord Jesus Christ himself is THE SOURCE OF ALL OUR JOY. Waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ. He who bled that sinners might be saved cannot be doubted any more: Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief. Now you who have been looking to your faith, I want you to look to Jesus himself rather than at your poor feeble faith. But there was much about this promised one the Jewish people had missed in the Scriptures and didnt understand about Him. Acts 7:25-35; I Corinthians 10:2). And now, Father, glorify me in your own presence with the glory that I had with you before the world existed. I love the story in Luke 24 about Jesus on the day of His resurrection, opening the minds of His disciples to understand their sacred scrolls. Copyright 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. When they were at the tomb early in the morning, 23 and did not find His body, they came, saying that they had also seen a vision of angels who said that He was alive. Precious is this book, but its main preciousness lies in its revealing Jesus himself, it is the field which contains the pearl of great price, the casket which encloses heavens brightest jewel. Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born? Jesus answered, Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. Moses led the Exodus out of bondage in Egypt. 3 He was despised and forsaken of men, A man of sorrows and acquainted with grief; And like one from whom men hide their face He was despised, and we did not esteem Him. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. The soldier dies happy when the shout of victory salutes his ear, and his failing sight beholds his prince triumphant. We can all of us who are really saved declare that We love him because he first loved us. We have an intense affection for his blessed person as well gratitude for his salvation. He will mediate and intercede for us with God and bring friendship between us and God. We must tear ourselves away from that thought to turn to another, but assuredly it is rich in happy memories and in blessed expectations. The Comforter is the instructor and Jesus is the lesson. Put out the sun, and light is gone, life is gone, all is gone. When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son. THE GAZE OF JESUS. What does Jesus mean by searching the On the day of release, Transform reached best-seller status in two Amazon.com categories - reaching as high as #6 in the "Direct Marketing" category. xu) 9p][/LS$"b{t. 46 and He said to them [Here was the conclusion to the Bible study:], Thus it is written, that the Christ would suffer and rise again from the dead the third day, 47 and that repentance for forgiveness of sins would be proclaimed in His name to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem.. Truly, truly, I say to you, an hour is coming, and is now here, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live. 4 And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the Almighty One who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty. Rev. Then were the disciples glad when they saw the Lord, and then are we glad also. 15 While they were talking and discussing, Jesus Himself approached and began traveling with them. The enthusiasm which is the very life of our holy cause comes from himself. WebJesus (c. 4 BC AD 30 or 33), also referred to as Jesus Christ or Jesus of Nazareth (among other names and titles), was a first-century Jewish preacher and religious leader. I shall not endeavour to say anything this morning which will strike you as beautiful in language, for to endeavour to decorate the altogether Lovely One would be blasphemy. Every day the enemy comes to attempt to deceive us about who we are in Him, and to steal our joy, our vision, and our destiny through the distractions of this life. As Jesus asked people toward the end of His public ministry, If the Messiah is a son of David, a descendant of David, then how could he also be Davids Lord; how could He have authority over David? Because Hes not simply an earthly king who just rules over those living on earth around him. And made us a kingdom, priests to his God and Father, to him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Ah, you also fail; you cannot sing him any more than your friend can paint him. In the next paragraph, when they invite Jesus to stay with them and have dinner, at the table Jesus took the bread, gave thanks, broke it, and it suddenly dawned on them that this guy who looks like Jesus is Jesus. 1 Samuel 2:26 And the child Samuel grew on, and was in favour both with the LORD, and also with men. Tis true, our history hath been written since Artaxerxes very particularly; but hath not been esteemed of the like authority with the former by our forefathers; because there hath not been an exact succession of Prophets since that time. J Those sacred scrolls described a Messiah who would die for our sins, be raised from the dead, and exalted to the right hand of God as Lord of all. << /Length 5 0 R /Filter /FlateDecode >> He has no stately form or majesty That we should look upon Him, Nor appearance that we should be attracted to Him. He wasnt your high school quarterback. For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. And look at the last 3 verses, 10 Since that time no prophet has risen in Israel like Moses They had prophets since Moses, but not a prophet like Moses. And of them five belong to Moses: which contain his laws, and the traditions of the origin of mankind, till his death. Looking unto Jesus is better than looking unto our own progress: self-examination has its necessary uses, but to have done with self and live by faith in Jesus Christ himself is the best course for a Christian. Jesus is worthy to receive Well, theres one other 400 year gap in the Bible where we dont read of God saying or doing anything. You might have paid a subscription and allowed others to work, but you cannot do it when you see that Jesus gave himself for you. Amen and Amen. That voice has cried, Drink, O friends, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved for to be inebriated with such joy as this is to come to the best condition of mind, and to fix the soul where it should be. For the Father loves the Son and shows him all that he himself is doing. D And the high priest said to him, I adjure you by the living God, tell us if you are the Christ, the Son of God.. For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven. All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. He was just very plain looking. But Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made. To hang flowers upon the cross is ridiculous, and to endeavour to adorn him whose head is as the most fine gold, and whose person is as bright ivory overlaid with sapphires, would be profane. The anointed in Hebrew is a term something close to the Messiah and in Greek the term is something close to the Christ. The Messiah and the Christ are words that mean the Anointed, and thats what they called this king and savior God promised to send. Both fasted for forty days and forty nights in the wilderness (Exodus 34:28; Matthew 4:2). She is also the author and illustrator of a children's geology book, "Iggy and the Volcano" that teaches kids the cycle of igneous rocks. Mark aka John Mark was NOT a Disciple; but he served as Peters interpreter while Peter was imprisoned in Rome. Isaiah 52, 13 Behold, My servant will prosper, He will be high and lifted up and greatly exalted. So this servant of God will be at the top, above all others. Jesus Christ is loved by us as the embodiment of everything that is lovely, and true, and pure, and of good report. * 4 * 5 One man was there who had been ill for thirty-eight years. How cheering to read, Forasmuch as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself took part of the same. The humanity of Christ has a charm about it which the quietly sorrowful alone discover. And traveling on that road in a chariot was an Ethiopian eunuch, a court official of the Queen of the Ethiopians. Wisdom personified. but something else, either Jesus himself, or the faith in Jesus that Peter had just professed. Jesus himself demands that I myself should be consecrated to his praise. God was talking about Jesus when He said, I will raise up among you a prophet like Moses.. Then you shall say to Pharaoh, Thus says the Lord, Israel is my firstborn son, God said to Moses, I am who I am. 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