July 29, 2013

The Atonement

John 1:

29 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!

Look, the Lamb of God, Who Takes Away the Sin of the World!

1. The Wonderful Person

Psalm 49:8 the ransom for a life is costly, no payment is ever enough—

9 so that they should live on forever and not see decay.

    

1 John 1:7 He came as a witness to testify concerning that light, so that through him all might believe.

    

1 Corinthians 6:20 you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies.

    

Hebrews 7:26 Such a high priest truly meets our need—one who is holy, blameless, pure, set apart from sinners, exalted above the heavens.

    

1 Peter 2:23 When they hurled their insults at him, he did not retaliate; when he suffered, he made no threats. Instead, he entrusted himself to him who judges justly.

Isaiah 53:7  He was oppressed and afflicted,

    yet he did not open his mouth;

he was led like a lamb to the slaughter,

    and as a sheep before its shearers is silent,

    so he did not open his mouth.

2. The Glorious Work of the Messiah

Exodus 12:24 “Obey these instructions as a lasting ordinance for you and your descendants. 25 When you enter the land that the Lord will give you as he promised, observe this ceremony. 26 And when your children ask you, ‘What does this ceremony mean to you?’ 27 then tell them, ‘It is the Passover sacrifice to the Lord, who passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt and spared our homes when he struck down the Egyptians.’” Then the people bowed down and worshiped. 28 The Israelites did just what the Lord commanded Moses and Aaron.

    

1 Corinthians 5:7 Get rid of the old yeast, so that you may be a new unleavened batch—as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.

Luke 1:77 

to give his people the knowledge of salvation

through the forgiveness of their sins,

78 because of the tender mercy of our God,

 by which the rising sun will come to us from heaven

79 to shine on those living in darkness

    and in the shadow of death,

to guide our feet into the path of peace.”

    

1 Peter 1:19 but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect.

    

July 27, 2013

The Virgin Birth

Luke 1:

³⁰ But the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary; you have found favor with God. ³¹ You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to call him Jesus. ³² He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David, ³³ and he will reign over Jacob’s descendants forever; his kingdom will never end.”

³⁴ “How will this be,” Mary asked the angel, “since I am a virgin?”

³⁵ The angel answered, “The Holy Spirit will come on 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. (NIV)




The Wonderful Message of the Angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary Tells Us:

1. Of the miraculous conception of our Lord Jesus Christ;

Isaiah 7:14 Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel.

    

 Matthew 1:21 She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.”

22 All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: 23 “The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel” (which means “God with us”).

    

 Isaiah 9:6 For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace Of the greatness of his government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on David’s throne and over his kingdom, establishing and upholding it with justice and righteousness from that time on and forever. The zeal of the Lord Almighty will accomplish this.

Isaiah 16: 5 

In love a throne will be established;

    in faithfulness a man will sit on it—

    one from the house[a] of David—

one who in judging seeks justice

    and speeds the cause of righteousness.

     

Jeremiah 23: 5 

“The days are coming,” declares the Lord,

    “when I will raise up for David[a] a righteous Branch,

a King who will reign wisely

    and do what is just and right in the land.

     

Philippians 2:10  that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow,

    in heaven and on earth and under the earth,

     

1 Timothy 6:15 which God will bring about in his own time—God, the blessed and only Ruler, the King of kings and Lord of lords

2. Of the glorious purpose of His conception.

Psalm 89:3 You said, “I have made a covenant with my chosen one,
    I have sworn to David my servant, 4 ‘I will establish your line forever
    and make your throne firm through all generations.’”

     Isaiah 9:7 

Of the greatness of his government and peace

    there will be no end.

He will reign on David’s throne

    and over his kingdom,

establishing and upholding it

    with justice and righteousness

    from that time on and forever.

The zeal of the Lord Almighty

    will accomplish this.

Jeremiah 33:17 For this is what the Lord says: ‘David will never fail to have a man to sit on the throne of Israel

     

Daniel 2:44 “In the time of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it be left to another people. It will crush all those kingdoms and bring them to an end, but it will itself endure forever.

    

 Hebrews 1:8 But about the Son he says,

“Your throne, O God, will last for ever and ever;
a scepter of justice will be the scepter of your kingdom.

 Matthew 1:20 But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.

     

Mark 1:1 The beginning of the good news about Jesus the Messiah, the Son of God,

     

John 1:34 I have seen and I testify that this is God’s Chosen One.”

John 20:31 But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.

     

Romans 1:4 and who through the Spirit of holiness was appointed the Son of God in power by his resurrection from the dead: Jesus Christ our Lord.




July 25, 2013

The New Birth

1 Peter 1:22 Now that you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth so that you have sincere love for each other, love one another deeply, from the heart. 23 For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.

The New Birth

1. You have been born again.

1 Peter 1:3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great  mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.

John 3:3 Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again.

James 1:18 He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of all he created.

2. Not with perishable seed.

John 1:13 children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God.

3. You were born again with the living and abiding Word of God.

Hebrews 4:12 For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.