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Revelation 1:4-6 I. Jesus and you are kings who make God known to the world. A. The seven churches of Asia (vs. 4) faced the hostility of Roman power and the seduction of Roman wealth. But their main task was the same as our main task: to make disciples. To make God known in the…
1 Corinthians 1:30 & Romans 8:18-25 I. You have hope that you will have freedom from death. A. Jesus and you are both redeemed (1 Corinthians 1:30). Jesus did not need to be redeemed from sin. What did Jesus need to be set free from? Death. Hebrews 13:20: “Now may the God of peace who brought again from the dead our Lord…
1 Corinthians 1:30 & Romans 6:1-14 I. You must be holy as a Christian because you are united with Christ. A. Our union with Christ as Christians is stated in 1 Corinthians 1:30. Sanctification in this verse means holiness. Jesus is holy, and because we are united with Jesus, we are holy. The Christians in Corinth had already been…
1 Corinthians 1:28-31 & Romans 4:23-25, 8:31-34 I. Your righteousness in Christ means you can be confident God loves you. A. We Christians are in Christ Jesus (1 Corinthians 1:30). We are united with the resurrected Jesus so that what is true of Jesus is now true of us. One thing that is true of Jesus is that…
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 1:28-31 & Colossians 2:1-3, 3:1-4 I. Your wisdom is revealed in seeking Christ. A. If Colossians 2:3 is correct that in Christ are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge, that tells us who we Christians are to be. We are to be archeologists. We dig for the treasure of wisdom that is hidden in Christ. The…
Scripture: John 2:18-22 and Ephesians 2:18-22 I. You can go into God’s presence through faith in Jesus. A. The Jewish leaders wanted Jesus to give them some great sign to show that He had such authority to cleanse the temple (John 2:18). Jesus says that if you tore down the temple, he could rebuild it in 3…
Scripture: Matthew 2:13-15 & Galatians 3:23-29 Jesus is the True Israel He came up out of Egypt “This was to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet, ‘Out of Egypt I called my son.’” Matthew 2:15 (Hosea 11:1) He passed through the waters“And when Jesus was baptized, immediately he went up from the…
Scripture: Matthew 3:13-17 & Romans 8:9-17 A child of God has the Spirit of God “And when Jesus was baptized, immediately he went up form the water, and behold, the heavens were opened to him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming to rest on him; and behold, a…
Scripture: Daniel 7:13-14 / Romans 5:12-19 I. In union with Jesus, you are a victorious king. A. In Daniel 7:13, the prophet Daniel has a vision of one like a son of man, and he came to the Ancient of Days and was presented before him. The title son of man is used of Jesus in…
Scripture: John:24-29 I. Your union with Jesus means you have eternal life. A. Jesus answers the question right away about how you get eternal life in John 5:24. By hearing the Good News Jesus preaches and believing Him who sent Jesus. God the Father sent Jesus. Jesus and the Father are united as one. They both…
