I. Introduction
Jesus had a hand in the creation of the
physical universe , of space and time:
II. Birth and Early Life of Jesus and John
the Baptist
There are just hints that John will
preach the need for repentance and that Jesus will die on
the cross to pay the penalty for our sins.
III. Ministry of John the Baptist -
c. A.D. 25-27
John, like Jesus, did not learn his
mission until he was thirty years old.
John clearly tells everyone his call to
repentance of sin is not enough. They must look to his
cousin Jesus to pay the penalty for their sin:
IV. Ministry of Jesus - Beginning -
c. A. D. 27
Jesus himself admits He needs the baptism of John.
He repents of His sin, and wishes to be
baptized in the Jordan by John as a public
declaration of His repentance.
After He and all the rest of those in the crowd who repented
were baptized by John, Jesus prayed and this triggered His
second baptism, His born again experience, His baptism of
the Holy Ghost.
God's voice from heaven let's all know
Jesus is now the perfect sacrifice for all sin.
Jesus learns of his mission to die for
our sins during forty days of fasting.
He does not reveal this mission publicly,
only in private.
V. Northern Ministry of Jesus - A. D.
27-29
Jesus performs all thirty seven recorded
miracles to establish himself to all who witnessed them that
he was their predicted Messiah.
It was time for a change. The Messiah
was needed.
The currant temple leaders were a
generation of vipers; they were not doing their God
given job of teaching and preaching God' word.
Jesus' reason for holding back the revelation of His person
and message to the Jewish religious leaders
was that the more He reveals, the more they seek to
kill Him. But the time for his sacrifice
on the cross had not yet come.
It will take two years of training before
his twelve apostles are ready to be sent out with the
complete message of God's plan of salvation for the entire
world.
For two years they will be taught with parables which will
takes special spiritual discernment to understand, will
witness miracles which confirm the divinity of Jesus, and
they will witness His death, burial and resurrection.
And at the end of their training period, as a
graduation ceremony at Pentecost, they will receive the
indwelling of the Holy Spirit.
VI. Southern Ministry of Jesus - Oct.
A.D. 29 - A.D. 30
Now Jesus is shouting His message of salvation not just in
private to individuals, to His chosen ones, His disciples
and apostles. Now He is shouting
it to all Jews in hearing distance.
VII. Final Week at Jerusalem - Spring
A. D. 30
Jesus devotes His last words to His disciples to strengthen
their courage through His death, burial, and resurrection.
He tells them:
1. He will care for them and prepare a place for them in
heaven.
2. God will meet their needs through prayer.
3. They will have the indwelling of The Holy Spirit for
their constant guidance.
4. They have been specially selected by God to perform their
duties as disciples.
5. The Jewish religious leaders will have completely
revealed their hatred for God and His Messiah.
6. Shortly after His death, He will resurrect and teach them
not with parables but with words of meaning clear to all.
Now the guilt of the high priest is complete. He has
received it right from the Son's mouth that He is what He
claims to be and the high priest has rejected Him.
Just as with the high priest Caiaphas, the rest of the
council proves their unfitness for their jobs. They reject
the very God they were appointed to serve.
The fact that God the Father would forsake God the Son as He
died on the cross was predicted by David a thousand years
before the event. This is just
one of dozens of examples of how Jesus fulfilled Old
Testament prophesies for the coming Messiah:
Psa 22:1
VIII. The Resurrection though the
Ascension - A.D. 30
The resurrection is the most
important event in the Gospels.
Without it, as Paul says: "...your faith is vain; ye are yet
in your sins."
After reestablishing fellowship with His Father, Jesus is
quick to return to earth to begin the process of spreading
the Good News. Jesus teaches two
ordinary disciples how He has fulfilled Old Testament
prophesy concerning the Messiah. These two immediately
relate their experience to the apostles.
This is a living example to His apostles and to all
His missionaries of what and how to teach the world.
And just after we might have thought that Thomas deserved
the title of world champion doubter, we have it from Matthew
that some apostles continued to doubt their very own eyes
that Jesus had conquered death.
But the hope of the world rests on those who do believe,
accept the power as promised, and go out and teach as
instructed.
HOW TO BE SAVED
God LOVES you and offers a
wonderful PLAN for your life. (John 3:16; John 10:10]
Man is SINFUL and SEPARATED from
God. Therefore, he cannot know and
experience God's love and plan for his
life. We must ask God to forgive our sins
and turn away from them (repentance).
(Romans 3:23; 6:23,1 John 1:9)
Jesus Christ is God's ONLY
provision for man's sin. Through Him you can know and
experience God's love and plan for your life. (Romans 5:8;
John 14:6)
We must individually RECEIVE Jesus
Christ as Savior and Lord; then we can
know and experience God's love and plan
for our lives. (John 1:12, Ephesians
2:8-9; John 3:1-8, Revelation 3:20)
You can receive Christ right now by faith.
God knows your heart and is not so
concerned with your words as He is with
the attitude of your heart. If this is
the desire of your heart, we invite you to
pray right now and ask Christ to
come into your life.
Want to grow as a Christian?
Read your Bible, pray every day.
Find a good Bible believing church and go to it.
Do you need more information,
amherstbiblechurch.org/
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