Jesus The Christ - Part 3

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Jesus The Christ

Isaiah 61:1–2 NKJV
1 “The Spirit of the Lord God is upon Me, Because the Lord has anointed Me To preach good tidings to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to the captives, And the opening of the prison to those who are bound; 2 To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, And the day of vengeance of our God; To comfort all who mourn,
Confession of Faith
I am not moved by what I see or by what I feel. I am moved by what I believe. I believe the WORD of God! The victory is mine! I have it now! I can see it through the eyes of my faith!
1.

Don’t Be Afraid

Matthew 14:22–27 NLT
22 Immediately after this, Jesus insisted that his disciples get back into the boat and cross to the other side of the lake, while he sent the people home. 23 After sending them home, he went up into the hills by himself to pray. Night fell while he was there alone. 24 Meanwhile, the disciples were in trouble far away from land, for a strong wind had risen, and they were fighting heavy waves. 25 About three o’clock in the morning Jesus came toward them, walking on the water. 26 When the disciples saw him walking on the water, they were terrified. In their fear, they cried out, “It’s a ghost!” 27 But Jesus spoke to them at once. “Don’t be afraid,” he said. “Take courage. I am here!”
There is Power in the Presence of Jesus
Jesus can Calm the Storm in your life
We are mere people. We get tired so frequently; exhausted so often; tempted so much; pressured so tightly; strained so painfully. We fight to keep our minds on Christ and struggle to maintain a moment by moment consciousness of His presence
2 Corinthians 10:5 NIV
5 We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.
It is impossible to remain strong and faithful to Christ without getting alone for prayer and renewal. Such is the way God has chosen to teach us to trust. We are not self-sufficient. If we want the assurance of His presence and if we are going to do what He has sent us into the world to do, we must spend time alone with Him.
2.

Don’t Doubt Me

Matthew 14:28–31 NKJV
28 And Peter answered Him and said, “Lord, if it is You, command me to come to You on the water.” 29 So He said, “Come.” And when Peter had come down out of the boat, he walked on the water to go to Jesus. 30 But when he saw that the wind was boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink he cried out, saying, “Lord, save me!” 31 And immediately Jesus stretched out His hand and caught him, and said to him, “O you of little faith, why did you doubt?”
When Jesus Christ is present - there is hope! Peter's hope was stirred up!
There is physical and mental exhaustion when you are struggle for survival in a storm; When you are a condition like that all you want is to be saved and delivered from danger. Peter knew Jesus, both His power and His love:
“Lord, if it is You, command me to come to You on the water.”
Jesus' command was, "Come." The word is strong; Jesus was not merely giving Peter permission to come; He was commanding Peter.
When you see that Jesus can save you - the command is there: "Come."
Matthew 11:28 NKJV
28 Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
But , Peter lost his faith Peter
He knew Jesus cared and loved and had the power to save him. He had his eyes upon Jesus. It was when he took his eyes off Jesus and focused back on the storm that his faith began to weaken and he began sinking.
1 Peter 1:5 NLT
5 And through your faith, God is protecting you by his power until you receive this salvation, which is ready to be revealed on the last day for all to see.
2 Timothy 4:18 NLT
18 Yes, and the Lord will deliver me from every evil attack and will bring me safely into his heavenly Kingdom. All glory to God forever and ever! Amen.
3

Talk The Talk and Walk The Walk!

Matthew 15:8–9 NLT
8 ‘These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. 9 Their worship is a farce, for they teach man-made ideas as commands from God.’”
There are and always have been two basic religions in the world.
There is the religion that focuses the outside of a person and the religion that focuses on the inside of a person.
⇒ External religion says be physically and morally clean. Internal religion says be spiritually regenerated and made into a new creature.
⇒ External religion says that if a person keeps the outside clean then the inside will be clean. Internal religion says that if a person is clean on the inside then he will keep the outside clean.
⇒ External religion develops a system of laws to govern behavior. Internal religion behaves out of a heart of love and respect for God and man.
⇒ External religion says be faithful to religion (the church) and its practices and moral teachings and you will be clean. Internal religion says be cleansed within by Christ and you will be faithful to the church and live justly.
⇒ External religion is a man-made religion of ritual, ceremony, laws, and works. Internal religion is God's religion based upon His Son Jesus Christ who changes or recreates the heart of man. This act of recreation gives man a new heart, a heart that reaches out to both God and man in love and respect.
Matthew 15:1–6 NLT
1 Some Pharisees and teachers of religious law now arrived from Jerusalem to see Jesus. They asked him, 2 “Why do your disciples disobey our age-old tradition? For they ignore our tradition of ceremonial hand washing before they eat.” 3 Jesus replied, “And why do you, by your traditions, violate the direct commandments of God? 4 For instance, God says, ‘Honor your father and mother,’ and ‘Anyone who speaks disrespectfully of father or mother must be put to death.’ 5 But you say it is all right for people to say to their parents, ‘Sorry, I can’t help you. For I have vowed to give to God what I would have given to you.’ 6 In this way, you say they don’t need to honor their parents. And so you cancel the word of God for the sake of your own tradition.
4.

Know Who Jesus Is For Yourself

Matthew 16:13–20 NLT
13 When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” 14 “Well,” they replied, “some say John the Baptist, some say Elijah, and others say Jeremiah or one of the other prophets.” 15 Then he asked them, “But who do you say I am?” 16 Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.” 17 Jesus replied, “You are blessed, Simon son of John, because my Father in heaven has revealed this to you. You did not learn this from any human being. 18 Now I say to you that you are Peter (which means ‘rock’), and upon this rock I will build my church, and all the powers of hell will not conquer it. 19 And I will give you the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven. Whatever you forbid on earth will be forbidden in heaven, and whatever you permit on earth will be permitted in heaven.” 20 Then he sternly warned the disciples not to tell anyone that he was the Messiah.
⇒ There are some people who think that Jesus was only a great man of righteousness who was martyred for His faith. Therefore, He leaves us a great example of how to live and stand up for what we believe.
⇒ There are other people who think that Jesus was only one of the great teachers and prophets of history.
⇒ There are still others who think that Jesus was only a great man who revealed some very important things to us about God and religion. Therefore, He can make a significant contribution to every man in their search for God.
⇒ There are some others who think that Jesus was just a great man and prophet sent to the people (Jews) of His day. We can learn about Him by studying His life.
Your confession must be based on a personal trust in Jesus Christ.
"But you, who do you say that I am?"
"You are the Christ, the Son of the living God"
—a simple and yet huge confession arising from a personal conviction. It is the confession that saves the soul and the confession that lays the foundation for the church. The very life and survival of a man's soul and of the church as a whole rests upon this simple, yet profound conviction.
⇒ Jesus is The Christ: the Messiah, the annointed One of God!
Matthew 10:32–33 NKJV
32 “Therefore whoever confesses Me before men, him I will also confess before My Father who is in heaven. 33 But whoever denies Me before men, him I will also deny before My Father who is in heaven.
5.

Make Disciples

Matthew 28:19–20 NKJV
19 Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.
Jesus commissioned His followers. to Seek and Save The Lost
Luke 19:10 NLT
10 For the Son of Man came to seek and save those who are lost.”
Jesus went after the lost, those who were willing to commit their lives to Him.
And when He found such a person, He saved that person.
When Jesus Christ found a person who was willing to commit his life, He attached Himself to that person.
Jesus began to mold and make that person into His image.
The word attach is the key word. It is probably the word that best describes discipleship.
Christ made disciples of men by attaching Himself to them; and through that personal attachment, they were able to observe His life and conversation; and in seeing and hearing, they began to absorb and assimilate His very character and behavior.
They began to follow Him and to serve Him more closely.
In simple terms this is what our Lord did. This is the way He made disciples. This was His mission and His method, His obsession: to attach Himself to willing believers.
Next Steps:
Read the book of Hebrews
Invite someone to Church for Easter
Volunteer for a project or ministry at the church!
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