Back To The Basics - Jesus Series

Back to the Basics - Jesus

April 22, 2012 Morning Service

Immanuel Baptist Church, Wagoner, OK

Rick Boyne

Message Point: Jesus is God in the flesh and is the only way of salvation for mankind.

Focus Passage: John 1:1-14

Supplemental Passage: He *said to them, "But who do you say that I am?" Simon Peter answered, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God." And Jesus said to him, "Blessed are you, Simon Barjona, because flesh and blood did not reveal this to you, but My Father who is in heaven. (Matthew 16:15-17 NASB)

For a child will be born to us, a son will be given to us; And the government will rest on His shoulders; And His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace.

(Isaiah 9:6 NASB)

Introduction: I believe in God, the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth. And in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, and born of the virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died and was buried. He descended to the dead. On the third day He rose again. He ascended into heaven and sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty, from where He will come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy Christian church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen. (A blended Apostles’ Creed from the Lutheran Tradition to suit the Baptist Tradition being that the Baptists are NOT a creedal people)

I. Jesus Is Eternal

a. Jesus has always existed, but not always in the form we know as Jesus

i. Then God said, "Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; " (Genesis 1:26a)

b. Jesus took on the fleshly body of a human

i. In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth. (John 1:1-2, 14 NASB)

ii. Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. (Hebrews 13:8 NASB)

c. Jesus will always exist

i. "I am the Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord God, "who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty." (Revelation 1:8 NASB)

II. Jesus Is God

a. "If you had known Me, you would have known My Father also; from now on you know Him, and have seen Him." Philip *said to Him, "Lord, show us the Father, and it is enough for us." Jesus *said to him, "Have I been so long with you, and yet you have not come to know Me, Philip? He who has seen Me has seen the Father; how can you say, ’Show us the Father’? (John 14:7-9 NASB)

b. All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being. (John 1:3 NASB)

c. "I and the Father are one." (John 10:30 NASB)

III. Jesus Is Man’s Only Hope for Salvation

a. Jesus *said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me. (John 14:6 NASB)

b. "And there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men by which we must be saved." (Acts 4:12 NASB)

c. He made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him. (2 Corinthians 5:21 NASB)

d. "For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life. (John 3:16 NASB)

IV. Jesus Will Return

a. "If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself, that where I am, there you may be also. (John 14:3 NASB)

b. "For just as the lightning comes from the east and flashes even to the west, so will the coming of the Son of Man be. (Matthew 24:27 NASB)

c. "Therefore be on the alert, for you do not know which day your Lord is coming. (Matthew 24:42 NASB)

d. He who testifies to these things says, "Yes, I am coming quickly." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus. (Revelation 22:20 NASB)

Invitation: He *said to them, "But who do you say that I am?" Simon Peter answered, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God." And Jesus said to him, "Blessed are you, Simon Barjona, because flesh and blood did not reveal this to you, but My Father who is in heaven. (Matthew 16:15-17 NASB) - Who do YOU say Jesus is? Is He the object of your devotion or merely another god on the shelf of your life? Is He your Lord or merely someone you call on when you’re in trouble? “we beg you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.” (2 Corinthians 5:20b)