THE DEITY OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST
Sunday, September 07, 2008
MY ABSOLUTES—THE THINGS I CANNOT
COMPROMISE
THE DEITY OF THE LORD JESUS
CHRIST
Foundation Scriptures: John
1:1-2; John 8:58; John 10:30
In the beginning was
the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
John 1:1-2 NKJV
Jesus said to them, "Most assuredly,
I say to you, before Abraham was, I AM." John 8:58
NKJV
I and the Father are One. John 10:30
AMP
His
Virgin Birth.
- Isaiah 7:14
AMP—Therefore the Lord Himself shall give you a sign: Behold, the young
woman who is unmarried and a virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and
shall call his name Immanuel [God with us].
- Luke
1:26-38—The angel visits Mary
- Matthew 1:18-23—The
angel comes to Joseph in a dream: Joseph, son of David, do not be
afraid to take to you Mary your wife, for that which is conceived in
her is of the Holy Spirit.
His Sinless
Life.
- Isaiah 53:9 AMP—And
they assigned Him a grave with the wicked, and with a rich man in His
death, although He had done no violence, neither was any deceit in His
mouth.
- 1 John 3:5 NKJV—And you know that He was
manifested to take away our sins, and in Him there is no sin.
- Hebrews 7:26-28—Jesus, our perfect High
Priest.
- 1 Peter 2:22 AMP—He was guilty of no sin,
neither was deceit (guile) ever found on His
lips.
His
Miracles.
- Acts 2:22 AMP—You
men of Israel, listen to what I have to say: Jesus of Nazareth, a Man
accredited and pointed out and shown forth and commended and attested
to you by God by the mighty works and [the power of performing] wonders
and signs which God worked through Him [right] in your midst, as you
yourselves know.
- Acts 10:38 KJV—How God anointed
Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about
doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God
was with him.
- John 2:11
- John
2:23
- John 3:1-2
- John 11:47
- John 20:30-31 NKJV—And truly Jesus did many other
signs in the presence of His disciples, which are not written in this
book; 31 but these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the
Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in His
name.
His
Substitutionary Work at the
Cross.
- 2 Corinthians 5:21
NKJV—For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might
become the righteousness of God in Him.
- Hebrews
9:28a NKJV—So Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many.
- 1 Peter 2:24a NKJV—Who Himself bore our sins in
His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for
righteousness.
- 1 John 2:2 NKJV—And He Himself is
the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the
whole world.
- 1 John 4:10 NKJV—In this is love, not
that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the
propitiation for our sins.
- Propitiation: an
atonement; to render favorable; favorable, gracious, kind. The earliest
recorded form of the word is propitiatorium: the mercy seat, place of
atonement.
- Colossians 1:22 AMP—Yet now has [Christ,
the Messiah] reconciled [you to God] in the body of His flesh through
death, in order to present you holy and faultless and irreproachable in
His [the Father's] presence.
- Hebrews 2:17
NKJV—Therefore, in all things He had to be made like His brethren, that
He might be a merciful and faithful High Priest in things pertaining to
God, to make propitiation for the sins of the
people.
- Romans 4:24b-25—Jesus—betrayed and put to
death because of our misdeeds and raised to secure our justification.
- 2 Timothy 2:11 AMP—The saying is sure and worthy
of confidence: If we have died with Him, we shall also live with Him.
- Colossians 1:13-14 NKJV—He has delivered us from
the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of
His love, 14 in whom we have redemption through His blood, the
forgiveness of sins.
- Revelation 1:5-6—Him who loved
us and washed us from our sins in His own blood.
His Bodily
Resurrection from the
Dead.
- Matthew 28:5-6 NKJV—But
the angel answered and said to the women, "Do not be afraid, for I know
that you seek Jesus who was crucified. 6 He is not here; for He is
risen, as He said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay. Luke
24:36-43—Jesus shows Himself alive to His disciples after the
resurrection.
- 1 Corinthians 15:3-4—He was buried,
and rose again the third day.
- Acts 2:23-28—God
raised Jesus from the dead, because it was not possible for death to
hold Him.
His Exaltation to the Right Hand of
God.
- Acts 1:9-11—This same
Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will so come in like
manner as you saw Him go into heaven."
- Acts
2:32-36—Jesus was exalted to the right hand of God.
- Hebrews 1:1-3—Jesus appointed Heir of all things.
- Philippians 2:9-11 NKJV—Therefore God also has
highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name, 10
that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven,
and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, 11 and that every
tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God
the Father.
Recent:
Righteous Now
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. 2 Corinthians 5:17 KJV
Therefore if any person is [ingrafted] in Christ (the Messiah) he is a new creation (a new creature altogether); the old [previous moral and spiritual condition] has passed away. Behold, the fresh and new has come! 2 Corinthians 5:17 AMP
“Therefore if any man be in Christ…” What does it mean to be “in Christ”? Galatians 3:27 says, “For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.” You are baptized into Christ when you receive Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior. Romans 10:9-10 says, “That if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.” And Romans 10:13 says, “For whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.” The moment
Defeating Strife
These six things the Lord hates, indeed, seven are an abomination to Him: 17 A proud look [the spirit that makes one overestimate himself and underestimate others], a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, 18 A heart that manufactures wicked thoughts and plans, feet that are swift in running to evil, 19 A false witness who breathes out lies [even under oath], and he who sows discord among his brethren. Proverbs 6:16-19 AMP
Faith Facts
Faith is persistent
Luke 11:9-10 AMP
So I say to you, Ask and keep on asking and it shall be given you; seek and keep on seeking and you shall find; knock and keep on knocking and the door shall be opened to you. 10 For everyone who asks and keeps on asking receives; and he who seeks and keeps on seeking finds; and to him who knocks and keeps on knocking, the door shall be opened.
John 16:24 AMP
Up to this time you have not asked a [single] thing in My Name [as presenting all that I AM]; but now ask and keep on asking and you will receive, so that your joy (gladness, delight) may be full and complete.
Faith is single-minded
James 1:5-8 AMP
If any of you is deficient in wisdom, let him ask of the giving God [Who gives] to everyone liberally and ungrudgingly, without reproaching or faultfinding, and it will be given him. 6 Only it must be in faith that he asks with no wavering (no hesitating, no doubting). For the one who wavers (hesitates, doubts) is like the