What Does it Mean to Believe in Jesus?

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What Does it Mean to Believe in Jesus?

• What does it mean to believe in Christ? (Heb 116)

2
What Does it Mean to Believe in Jesus?

• What does it mean to believe in Christ? (Heb
  116)
• (Hebrews 116 NKJV) "But without faith it is
  impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God
  must believe that He is, and that He is a
  rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.

3
What Does it Mean to Believe in Jesus?

• Far too many people are offended by those who
  have questions in these areas.

4
What Does it Mean to Believe in Jesus?

• Far too many people are offended by those who
  have questions in these areas.
• Those who are offended often think that belief in
  Christ should just be automatic, like being born.
  This is false!

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What Does it Mean to Believe in Jesus?

• Far too many people are offended by those who
  have questions in these areas.
• Those who are offended often think that belief in
  Christ should just be automatic, like being born.
  This is false!
• For any man to have faith they must go through a
  reasoned process of examining evidence! There are
  no exceptions. (Heb 111 Jn 536 Jn 1025)

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What Does it Mean to Believe in Jesus?

• (Hebrews 111 NKJV) "Now faith is the substance
  of things hoped for, the evidence of things not
  seen.

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What Does it Mean to Believe in Jesus?

• (John 536 NKJV) ""But I have a greater witness
  than John's for the works which the Father has
  given Me to finish the very works that I do
  bear witness of Me, that the Father has sent Me.

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What Does it Mean to Believe in Jesus?

• (John 1025 NKJV) "Jesus answered them, "I told
  you, and you do not believe. The works that I do
  in My Father's name, they bear witness of Me.

9
What Does it Mean to Believe in Jesus?

• Rather than being offended, we should welcome
  such questions and be ready with answers!
  (1 Pet 315)

10
What Does it Mean to Believe in Jesus?

• (1 Peter 315 NKJV) "But sanctify the Lord God
  in your hearts, and always be ready to give a
  defense to everyone who asks you a reason for the
  hope that is in you, with meekness and fear

11
What Does it Mean to Believe in Jesus?

• We are facing a society that is increasing in its
  unbelief and ignorance of God's word.

12
What Does it Mean to Believe in Jesus?

• Sadly those who claim faith in Christ are quick
  to retreat in the face of questions. Some say
  "Because the Bible says so" and leaves it at
  that.

13
What Does it Mean to Believe in Jesus?

• Sadly those who claim faith in Christ are quick
  to retreat in the face of questions. Some say
  "Because the Bible says so" and leaves it at
  that.
• When you give reasoned answers many are surprised
  greatly!

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What Does it Mean to Believe in Jesus?

• Sadly those who claim faith in Christ are quick
  to retreat in the face of questions. Some say
  "Because the Bible says so" and leaves it at
  that.
• When you give reasoned answers many are surprised
  greatly!
• There are good opportunities waiting! (UAB
  Discussion)

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What Does it Mean to Believe in Jesus?

• There are some who use doubts as a shield against
  a root moral problem. (Jn 319-20)

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What Does it Mean to Believe in Jesus?

• (John 319-20 NKJV) ""And this is the
  condemnation, that the light has come into the
  world, and men loved darkness rather than light,
  because their deeds were evil. 20 "For everyone
  practicing evil hates the light and does not come
  to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed.

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What Does it Mean to Believe in Jesus?

• Another result of these studies will produce a
  greater faith in us.

18
What Does it Mean to Believe in Jesus?

• Another result of these studies will produce a
  greater faith in us.
• There are times where we must lay out the
  evidence for our own good. At these times we
  must respond like Peter. (John 666-68)

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What Does it Mean to Believe in Jesus?

• (John 666-68 NKJV) "From that time many of His
  disciples went back and walked with Him no more.
  67 Then Jesus said to the twelve, "Do you also
  want to go away?" 68 But Simon Peter answered
  Him, "Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the
  words of eternal life.

20
What Does it Mean to Believe in Jesus?

• Do you "know the certainty" of these things?
  (Luke 11-4)

21
What Does it Mean to Believe in Jesus?

• (Luke 11-4 NKJV) "Inasmuch as many have taken
  in hand to set in order a narrative of those
  things which have been fulfilled among us, 2
  just as those who from the beginning were
  eyewitnesses and ministers of the word delivered
  them to us,

22
What Does it Mean to Believe in Jesus?

• 3 it seemed good to me also, having had perfect
  understanding of all things from the very first,
  to write to you an orderly account, most
  excellent Theophilus, 4 that you may know the
  certainty of those things in which you were
  instructed."

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Because of the Character of the witnesses

• They are accurate in things we can check.

24
Because of the Character of the witnesses

• They are accurate in things we can check.
• Consider the known history and geography of the
  region. The Bible makes several statements
  concerning these things. (Luke 15 Acts 1128)

25
Because of the Character of the witnesses

• (Luke 15 NKJV) "There was in the days of Herod,
  the king of Judea, a certain priest named
  Zacharias, of the division of Abijah. His wife
  was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was
  Elizabeth.

26
Because of the Character of the witnesses

• (Acts 1128 NKJV) "Then one of them, named
  Agabus, stood up and showed by the Spirit that
  there was going to be a great famine throughout
  all the world, which also happened in the days of
  Claudius Caesar.

27
Because of the Character of the witnesses

• Consider the testimony of one historian, Sir
  William Ramsay.

28
Because of the Character of the witnesses

• "So far is such from being the case, however,
  that the greatest of all New Testament
  archaeologists, Sir William Ramsay, who made the
  most extensive studies anyone has ever undertaken
  on the authenticity of these data recorded in
  Acts, finally said (even though he began his
  studies as a skeptic),

29
Because of the Character of the witnesses

• Luke is a historian of the first rank not
  merely are his statements of fact trustworthy he
  is possessed of the true historic sense, In
  short this author should be placed along with the
  very greatest of historians.

30
Because of the Character of the witnesses

• Listen to the challenge of another writer.

31
Because of the Character of the witnesses

• "On the contrary, no statement in the New
  Testament has to this date been refuted by an
  unquestioned find of science or history. This in
  itself is a unique testimony to the amazing
  accuracy and authenticity of the New Testament
  records.

32
Because of the Character of the witnesses

• This shows that these men were there. They were
  acquainted with the facts and were not imaginary
  men produced by some future writer far
  removed from the events. (1 John 11-3)

33
Because of the Character of the witnesses

• (1 John 11-3 NKJV) "That which was from the
  beginning, which we have heard, which we have
  seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon,
  and our hands have handled, concerning the Word
  of life 2 the life was manifested, and we have
  seen, and bear witness, and declare to you that
  eternal life which was with the Father and was
  manifested to us

34
Because of the Character of the witnesses

• 3 that which we have seen and heard we declare
  to you, that you also may have fellowship with
  us and truly our fellowship is with the Father
  and with His Son Jesus Christ.

35
Because of the Character of the witnesses

• Testimony of History concerning the life and the
  Resurrection of Christ.

36
Because of the Character of the witnesses

• The existence and crucifixion is shown by the
  Roman Historian Tacitus. "Christus, the founder
  of the name, had undergone the death penalty in
  the reign of Tiberius, by sentence of the
  procurator Pontius Pilatus, and the pernicious
  superstition was checked for a moment, only to
  break out once more, not merely in Judaea, the
  home of the disease, but in the capital itself
  Annals (1544)

37
Because of the Character of the witnesses

• You will not find knowledgeable atheists
  disputing this fact!

38
Because of the Character of the witnesses

• You will not find knowledgeable atheists
  disputing this fact!
• Jesus is no myth! Who is he?

39
Because of the Character of the witnesses

• You will not find knowledgeable atheists
  disputing this fact!
• Jesus is no myth! Who is he?
• Consider what the non-Christian, Jewish historian
  Josephus said

40
Because of the Character of the witnesses

• The Jewish historian Josephus, who lived from
  A.D. 37 to 95, wrote about the administration of
  Pilate in his Antiquities. Here is what he had to
  say about Jesus in .3.3.(63)

41
Because of the Character of the witnesses

• There was about this time Jesus, a wise man, if
  indeed it be right to call Him a man for He was
  a doer of marvelous works, a teacher of men who
  received the truth with pleasure and He won over
  to Himself many Jews and many of the Greek race
  also. This one was the Christ.

42
Because of the Character of the witnesses

• And when, upon accusation of the leading men
  among us, Pilate had condemned Him to the cross,
  those who had loved Him at the first did not
  cease for He appeared to them alive again on the
  third day, as the divine prophets had spoken
  these and ten thousand other wonderful things
  concerning Him. And even until now the sect of
  Christians, named after this one man, has not
  ceased.

43
Because of the Character of the witnesses

• Consider the challenge of two modern historians.

44
Because of the Character of the witnesses

• Consider the challenge of two modern historians.
• Thomas Arnold, formerly Professor of History at
  Rugby and Oxford, one of the worlds great
  historians, could say

45
Because of the Character of the witnesses

• I know of no one fact in the history of mankind
  which is proved by better, fuller evidence of
  every sort, to the understanding of a fair
  enquirer, than the great sign which God hath
  given us that Christ died, and rose again from
  the dead.

46
Because of the Character of the witnesses

• Consider the conclusion of Simon Greenleaf, the
  developer of the Harvard Law School.

47
Because of the Character of the witnesses

• It was therefore impossible that they could have
  persisted in affirming the truths they have
  narrated, had not Jesus actually risen from the
  dead, and had they not known this fact as
  certainly as they knew any other fact.

48
Because of the Character of the witnesses

• The Motive and lives of the witnesses.

49
Because of the Character of the witnesses

• The Motive and lives of the witnesses.
• There was nothing to gain by these men making up
  lies. (1 Cor 1530-32)

50
Because of the Character of the witnesses

• (1 Corinthians 1530-32 NKJV) "And why do we
  stand in jeopardy every hour? 31 I affirm, by
  the boasting in you which I have in Christ Jesus
  our Lord, I die daily. 32 If, in the manner of
  men, I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what
  advantage is it to me? If the dead do not rise,
  "Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!"

51
Because of the Character of the witnesses

• These men all died a martyr's death, except John.

52
Because of the Character of the witnesses

• "The crowning proof of sincerity is, of course,
  the fact that the New Testament authors were
  willing to suffer and die for their convictions.
  They did indeed suffer the loss of all things
  and all except John died as a martyr because of
  their testimony. Men may occasionally be willing
  to die for an unworthy cause which is false but
  never if they know it to be so.

53
Because of the Character of the witnesses

• It is impossible that all these would gladly
  sacrifice their lives for what they knew to be a
  gross deception."

54
Because of the Testimony of the Old Testament
Prophets

• Jesus said the prophets spoke of Him. (John
  539 Luke 2427 44)

55
Because of the Testimony of the Old Testament
Prophets

• (John 529 NKJV) "and come forth those who have
  done good, to the resurrection of life, and those
  who have done evil, to the resurrection of
  condemnation.

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Because of the Testimony of the Old Testament
Prophets

• (Luke 2427 NKJV) "And beginning at Moses and
  all the Prophets, He expounded to them in all the
  Scriptures the things concerning Himself.

57
Because of the Testimony of the Old Testament
Prophets

• (Luke 2444 NKJV) "Then He said to them, "These
  are the words which I spoke to you while I was
  still with you, that all things must be fulfilled
  which were written in the Law of Moses and the
  Prophets and the Psalms concerning Me."

58
Because of the Testimony of the Old Testament
Prophets

• This point is also made by New Testament writers.
  (Acts 318)

59
Because of the Testimony of the Old Testament
Prophets

• (Acts 318 NKJV) ""But those things which God
  foretold by the mouth of all His prophets, that
  the Christ would suffer, He has thus fulfilled.

60
Because of the Testimony of the Old Testament
Prophets

• All of these writings were in existence before
  the birth of Christ. The Dead Sea scrolls prove
  this.

61
Because of the Testimony of the Old Testament
Prophets

• All of these writings were in existence before
  the birth of Christ. The Dead Sea scrolls prove
  this.

62
Because of the Testimony of the Old Testament
Prophets

• All of these writings were in existence before
  the birth of Christ. The Dead Sea scrolls prove
  this.
• Consider the descriptions of the death of Christ.

63
Because of the Testimony of the Old Testament
Prophets

• Here is a detailed description of Christ's
  crucifixion. (Psa 221, 6-8, 14-18)

64
Because of the Testimony of the Old Testament
Prophets

• (Psalms 221 NKJV) "My God, My God, why have You
  forsaken Me? Why are You so far from helping Me,
  And from the words of My groaning?

65
Because of the Testimony of the Old Testament
Prophets

• (Psalms 226-8 NKJV) "But I am a worm, and no
  man A reproach of men, and despised by the
  people. 7 All those who see Me ridicule Me
  They shoot out the lip, they shake the head,
  saying, 8 "He trusted in the LORD, let Him
  rescue Him Let Him deliver Him, since He
  delights in Him!"

66
Because of the Testimony of the Old Testament
Prophets

• (Psalms 2214-18 NKJV) "I am poured out like
  water, And all My bones are out of joint My
  heart is like wax It has melted within Me. 15
  My strength is dried up like a potsherd, And My
  tongue clings to My jaws You have brought Me to
  the dust of death.

67
Because of the Testimony of the Old Testament
Prophets

• 16 For dogs have surrounded Me The
  congregation of the wicked has enclosed Me. They
  pierced My hands and My feet 17 I can count
  all My bones. They look and stare at Me. 18
  They divide My garments among them, And for My
  clothing they cast lots.

68
Because of the Testimony of the Old Testament
Prophets

• Look at the account of the New Testament writers.
  (Matt 2735, 41-46)

69
Because of the Testimony of the Old Testament
Prophets

• (Matthew 2735 NKJV) "Then they crucified Him,
  and divided His garments, casting lots, that it
  might be fulfilled which was spoken by the
  prophet "They divided My garments among them,
  And for My clothing they cast lots."

70
Because of the Testimony of the Old Testament
Prophets

• (Matthew 2741-46 NKJV) "Likewise the chief
  priests also, mocking with the scribes and
  elders, said, 42 "He saved others Himself He
  cannot save. If He is the King of Israel, let Him
  now come down from the cross, and we will believe
  Him. 43 "He trusted in God let Him deliver Him
  now if He will have Him for He said, 'I am the
  Son of God.'"

71
Because of the Testimony of the Old Testament
Prophets

• 44 Even the robbers who were crucified with Him
  reviled Him with the same thing. 45 Now from
  the sixth hour until the ninth hour there was
  darkness over all the land. 46 And about the
  ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice,
  saying, "Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?" that is,
  "My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?""

72
Because of the Testimony of the Old Testament
Prophets

• There are many examples like this! (Isa 53)

73
Because of the Miracles of Christ

• Jesus pointed to these without contradiction.
  (John 536 1025)

74
Because of the Miracles of Christ

• (John 536 NKJV) ""But I have a greater witness
  than John's for the works which the Father has
  given Me to finish the very works that I do
  bear witness of Me, that the Father has sent Me.

75
Because of the Miracles of Christ

• (John 1025 NKJV) "Jesus answered them, "I told
  you, and you do not believe. The works that I do
  in My Father's name, they bear witness of Me.

76
Because of the Miracles of Christ

• The bind man Jesus healed could see the
  implications. (John 932-33)

77
Because of the Miracles of Christ

• What other answer is possible?

78
Because of the Miracles of Christ

• What other answer is possible?
• Jesus predicted his own resurrection to his
  enemies. (John 219-21 Matt 2763-64)

79
Because of the Miracles of Christ

• (John 219-21 NKJV) "Jesus answered and said to
  them, "Destroy this temple, and in three days I
  will raise it up." 20 Then the Jews said, "It
  has taken forty-six years to build this temple,
  and will You raise it up in three days?" 21 But
  He was speaking of the temple of His body.

80
Because of the Miracles of Christ

• (Matthew 2763-64 NKJV) "saying, "Sir, we
  remember, while He was still alive, how that
  deceiver said, 'After three days I will rise.'
  64 "Therefore command that the tomb be made
  secure until the third day, lest His disciples
  come by night and steal Him away, and say to the
  people, 'He has risen from the dead.' So the last
  deception will be worse than the first.

81
Because of the Miracles of Christ

• This made the enemies work harder to prevent it.

82
Because of the Miracles of Christ

• This made the enemies work harder to prevent it.
• This was "the sign" to all unbelievers. (Matt
  1239-40)

83
Because of the Miracles of Christ

• (Matthew 1239-40 NKJV) "But He answered and
  said to them, "An evil and adulterous generation
  seeks after a sign, and no sign will be given to
  it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. 40
  "For as Jonah was three days and three nights in
  the belly of the great fish, so will the Son of
  Man be three days and three nights in the heart
  of the earth.

84
Because of the Miracles of Christ

• Conclusion "But who do you say that I am?" (Matt
  1615)

85
Because of the Miracles of Christ

• (Matthew 1615 NKJV) "He said to them, "But who
  do you say that I am?"

86
Because of the Miracles of Christ

• Yes we can know! Are you willing to weigh the
  evidence?

87
Because of the Miracles of Christ

• Yes we can know! Are you willing to weigh the
  evidence?
• When we do believe, this should change our lives.
  (2 Cor 413-18)

88
Because of the Miracles of Christ

• (2 Corinthians 413-18 NKJV) "And since we have
  the same spirit of faith, according to what is
  written, "I believed and therefore I spoke," we
  also believe and therefore speak, 14 knowing
  that He who raised up the Lord Jesus will also
  raise us up with Jesus, and will present us with
  you.

89
Because of the Miracles of Christ

• 15 For all things are for your sakes, that
  grace, having spread through the many, may cause
  thanksgiving to abound to the glory of God. 16
  Therefore we do not lose heart. Even though our
  outward man is perishing, yet the inward man is
  being renewed day by day. 17 For our light
  affliction, which is but for a moment, is working
  for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of
  glory,

90
Because of the Miracles of Christ

• 18 while we do not look at the things which are
  seen, but at the things which are not seen. For
  the things which are seen are temporary, but the
  things which are not seen are eternal."

91
A Powerful Servant is Coming

• Isaiah 395 through Isaiah 397 (NKJV) - Then
  Isaiah said to Hezekiah, Hear the word of the
  Lord of hosts 6Behold, the days are coming when
  all that is in your house, and what your fathers
  have accumulated until this day, shall be carried
  to Babylon nothing shall be left, says the
  Lord. 7And they shall take away some of your
  sons who will descend from you, whom you will
  beget and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of
  the king of Babylon.

92
A Powerful Servant is Coming

• Israels restoration was also spoken of through
  Cyrus. (Isa 4428)

93
A Powerful Servant is Coming

• Isaiah 4428 (NKJV) - Who says of Cyrus, He is
  My shepherd, And he shall perform all My
  pleasure, Saying to Jerusalem, You shall be
  built, And to the temple, Your foundation shall
  be laid.

94
A Powerful Servant is Coming

• These events while unparalleled in human history
  would pale in comparison to the coming servant.

95
A Powerful Servant is Coming

• These events while unparalleled in human history
  would pale in comparison to the coming servant.
• We need to see the incredible power of the word
  of God and how He works His ways. (Isa 446-8)

96
A Powerful Servant is Coming

• Isaiah 446-8 (NKJV) - Thus says the Lord, the
  King of Israel, And his Redeemer, the Lord of
  hosts I am the First and I am the Last Besides
  Me there is no God. 7 And who can proclaim as I
  do? Then let him declare it and set it in order
  for Me, Since I appointed the ancient people. And
  the things that are coming and shall come, Let
  them show these to them.

97
A Powerful Servant is Coming

• 8 Do not fear, nor be afraid Have I not told you
  from that time, and declared it? You are My
  witnesses. Is there a God besides Me? Indeed
  there is no other Rock I know not one.

98
A Powerful Servant is Coming

• I challenge the unbeliever and the believer alike
  to look into this powerful message.

99
A Powerful Servant is Coming

• I challenge the unbeliever and the believer alike
  to look into this powerful message.
• To the human eye that child born in a manager
  seemed less than insignificant.

100
A Powerful Servant is Coming

• I challenge the unbeliever and the believer alike
  to look into this powerful message.
• To the human eye that child born in a manager
  seemed less than insignificant.
• You need to look again at what the servant of God
  can do.

101
The Fullness of Time

• Isaiah 421-7 (NKJV)

102
Have you seen this man?

• 3 A bruised reed He will not break,
• And smoking flax He will not quench
• He will bring forth justice for truth.
• 4 He will not fail nor be discouraged,
• Till He has established justice in the earth
• And the coastlands shall wait for His law.

103
Have you seen this man?

• 5 Thus says God the Lord, Who created the heavens
  and stretched them out, Who spread forth the
  earth and that which comes from it, Who gives
  breath to the people on it, And spirit to those
  who walk on it 6 I, the Lord, have called You
  in righteousness, And will hold Your hand I will
  keep You and give You as a covenant to the
  people, As a light to the Gentiles,

104
Have you seen this man?

• When God tells us to behold we need to stop and
  look carefully.

105
Have you seen this man?

• When God tells us to behold we need to stop and
  look carefully.
• Who could have ever imagined that 1000 years
  later that Pilate would display a
  bloody prisoner that would be this very servant!
  (Jn 195, 13-14)

106
Have you seen this man?

• John 195 (NKJV) 5 Then Jesus came out, wearing
  the crown of thorns and the purple robe. And
  Pilate said to them, Behold the Man!

107
Have you seen this man?

• John 1913-14 (NKJV) - When Pilate therefore
  heard that saying, he brought Jesus out and sat
  down in the judgment seat in a place that is
  called The Pavement, but in Hebrew, Gabbatha. 14
  Now it was the Preparation Day of the Passover,
  and about the sixth hour. And he said to the
  Jews, Behold your King!

108
Have you seen this man?

• What do you think of when you hear one described
  as a servant?

109
Have you seen this man?

• What do you think of when you hear one described
  as a servant?
• In the Roman mind you think of weakness and
  shame.

110
Have you seen this man?

• What do you think of when you hear one described
  as a servant?
• In the Roman mind you think of weakness and
  shame.
• In the Jewish mind a servant was not a desired
  position. Sitting on the right and left hand of
  the king was considered far better.
  (Mt 2020-21, 24-28)

111
Have you seen this man?

• Matthew 2020-21 (NKJV) - Then the mother of
  Zebedees sons came to Him with her sons,
  kneeling down and asking something from Him. 21
  And He said to her, What do you wish? She said
  to Him, Grant that these two sons of mine may
  sit, one on Your right hand and the other on the
  left, in Your kingdom.

112
Have you seen this man?

• Matthew 2024-28 (NKJV) 24 And when the ten heard
  it, they were greatly displeased with the two
  brothers. 25 But Jesus called them to Himself and
  said, You know that the rulers of the Gentiles
  lord it over them, and those who are great
  exercise authority over them.

113
Have you seen this man?

• 26 Yet it shall not be so among you but whoever
  desires to become great among you, let him be
  your servant. 27 And whoever desires to be first
  among you, let him be your slave28 just as the
  Son of Man did not come to be served, but to
  serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.

114
Have you seen this man?

• What do you think of when you hear one described
  as a servant?
• In the Roman mind you think of weakness and
  shame.
• In the Jewish mind a servant was not a desired
  position. Sitting on the right and left hand of
  the king was considered far better.
  (Mt 2020-21, 24-28)
• Are we any different in out thinking?

115
God upholds this servant (Isa 421)

• If God uphold you then you have infinite power on
  your side.

116
God upholds this servant (Isa 421)

• If God uphold you then you have infinite power on
  your side.
• You never want to oppose the hand of the Lord.
  (Isa 1916-17 2510-12)

117
God upholds this servant (Isa 421)

• Isaiah 1916 -17 (NKJV) 16 In that day Egypt will
  be like women, and will be afraid and fear
  because of the waving of the hand of the Lord of
  hosts, which He waves over it. 17And the land of
  Judah will be a terror to Egypt everyone who
  makes mention of it will be afraid in himself,
  because of the counsel of the Lord of hosts which
  He has determined against it.

118
God upholds this servant (Isa 421)

• Isaiah 2510-12 (NKJV) - For on this mountain
  the hand of the Lord will rest, And Moab shall be
  trampled down under Him, As straw is trampled
  down for the refuse heap. 11 And He will spread
  out His hands in their midst As a swimmer reaches
  out to swim, And He will bring down their pride
  Together with the trickery of their hands.

119
God upholds this servant (Isa 421)

• 12 The fortress of the high fort of your walls He
  will bring down, lay low, And bring to the
  ground, down to the dust.

120
God upholds this servant (Isa 421)

• If God uphold you then you have infinite power on
  your side.
• You never want to oppose the hand of the Lord.
  (Isa 1916-17 2510-12)
• The truly wise man sees how frail and weak he
  really is.

121
God upholds this servant (Isa 421)

• Gods power is only for a certain path.
  (Psa 175)

122
God upholds this servant (Isa 421)

• Psalm 175 (NKJV) - Uphold my steps in Your
  paths, That my footsteps may not slip.

123
God upholds this servant (Isa 421)

• Gods power is only for a certain path.
  (Psa 175)
• Those that pursue integrity God will uphold. (Psa
  4112-13)

124
God upholds this servant (Isa 421)

• Psalm 4112-13 (NKJV) - As for me, You uphold
  me in my integrity, And set me before Your face
  forever. 13 Blessed be the Lord God of Israel
  From everlasting to everlasting! Amen and Amen.

125
God upholds this servant (Isa 421)

• Gods power is only for a certain path.
  (Psa 175)
• Those that pursue integrity God will uphold. (Psa
  4112-13)
• How is it possible for rebellious man to walk in
  the path determined by God?

126
God upholds this servant (Isa 421)

• Jesus became totally dependant upon the Father.
  (Ps 2210-11)

127
God upholds this servant (Isa 421)

• Psalm 2210-11 (NKJV) - I was cast upon You from
  birth. From My mothers womb You have been My
  God. 11 Be not far from Me, For trouble is near
  For there is none to help.

128
God upholds this servant (Isa 421)

• Jesus became totally dependant upon the Father.
  (Ps 2210-11)
• Here is the level of His commitment. (Jn 519)

129
God upholds this servant (Isa 421)

• John 519 (NKJV) - Then Jesus answered and said
  to them, Most assuredly, I say to you, the Son
  can do nothing of Himself, but what He sees the
  Father do for whatever He does, the Son also
  does in like manner.

130
God upholds this servant (Isa 421)

• Jesus became totally dependant upon the Father.
  (Ps 2210-11)
• Here is the level of His commitment. (Jn 519)
• That dependency was severely tested.
  (1 Pt 223)

131
God upholds this servant (Isa 421)

• 1 Peter 223 (NKJV) - who, when He was reviled,
  did not revile in return when He suffered, He
  did not threaten, but committed Himself to Him
  who judges righteously

132
God upholds this servant (Isa 421)

• Jesus became totally dependant upon the Father.
  (Ps 2210-11)
• Here is the level of His commitment. (Jn 519)
• That dependency was severely tested.
  (1 Pt 223)
• Have you ever struck back at another because of
  their evil?

133
God upholds this servant (Isa 421)

• Jesus became totally dependant upon the Father.
  (Ps 2210-11)
• Here is the level of His commitment. (Jn 519)
• That dependency was severely tested.
  (1 Pt 223)
• Have you ever struck back at another because of
  their evil?
• Do you trust God this much? Only His servant
  would do this.

134
God upholds this servant (Isa 421)

• If you want to have God uphold you then you must
  commit yourself to His Path.

135
God upholds this servant (Isa 421)

• If you want to have God uphold you then you must
  commit yourself to His Path.
• The greatest test of this for Jesus is found in
  the garden. (Mt 2639)

136
God upholds this servant (Isa 421)

• Matthew 2639 (NKJV) - He went a little farther
  and fell on His face, and prayed, saying, O My
  Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from
  Me nevertheless, not as I will, but as You will.

137
God delights in this servant (Isa 421)

• This delight was no accident. He sought the
  pleasure of His Master. (Jn 829)

138
God delights in this servant (Isa 421)

• John 829 (NKJV) - And He who sent Me is with Me.
  The Father has not left Me alone, for I always do
  those things that please Him.

139
God delights in this servant (Isa 421)

• This delight was no accident. He sought the
  pleasure of His Master. (Jn 829)
• A revealing statement is made about Jesus and His
  work. (Isa 5310)

140
God delights in this servant (Isa 421)

• Isaiah 5310 (NKJV) - Yet it pleased the Lord to
  bruise Him He has put Him to grief. When You
  make His soul an offering for sin, He shall see
  His seed, He shall prolong His days, And the
  pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in His hand.

141
God delights in this servant (Isa 421)

• This delight was no accident. He sought the
  pleasure of His Master. (Jn 829)
• A revealing statement is made about Jesus and His
  work. (Isa 5310)
• The phrase "pleasure of the Lord" is the same
  thing as saying "the will of God.

142
God delights in this servant (Isa 421)

• This delight was no accident. He sought the
  pleasure of His Master. (Jn 829)
• A revealing statement is made about Jesus and His
  work. (Isa 5310)
• The phrase "pleasure of the Lord" is the same
  thing as saying "the will of God.
• As a servant of God this should be the prime
  motivation of my life! (Gal 110)

143
God delights in this servant (Isa 421)

• Galatians 110 (NKJV) - For do I now persuade
  men, or God? Or do I seek to please men? For if I
  still pleased men, I would not be a bondservant
  of Christ.

144
God delights in this servant (Isa 421)

• This term is used to express the power of earthly
  kings.

145
God delights in this servant (Isa 421)

• This term is used to express the power of earthly
  kings.
• A letter was sent to the Persian king Darius.
  (Ezra 517)

146
God delights in this servant (Isa 421)

• Ezra 517 (NKJV) - Now therefore, if it seems
  good to the king, let a search be made in the
  kings treasure house, which is there in Babylon,
  whether it is so that a decree was issued by King
  Cyrus to build this house of God at Jerusalem,
  and let the king send us his pleasure concerning
  this matter.

147
God delights in this servant (Isa 421)

• This term is used to express the power of earthly
  kings.
• A letter was sent to the Persian king Darius.
  (Ezra 517)
• The authority of Joseph was expressed this way.
  (Psa 10521-22)

148
God delights in this servant (Isa 421)

• Psalm 10521-22 (NKJV) - He made him lord of his
  house, And ruler of all his possessions, 22 To
  bind his princes at his pleasure, And teach his
  elders wisdom.

149
God delights in this servant (Isa 421)

• This term is used to express the power of earthly
  kings.
• A letter was sent to the Persian king Darius.
  (Ezra 517)
• The authority of Joseph was expressed this way.
  (Psa 10521-22)
• In a dictatorship you are under the absolute
  mercy of the king's "pleasure."

150
God delights in this servant (Isa 421)

• God wants each of us to know that we are
  absolutely dependent upon "His pleasure.

151
God delights in this servant (Isa 421)

• God wants each of us to know that we are
  absolutely dependent upon "His pleasure.
• We must know this about our God!
  (Isa 469-11)

152
God delights in this servant (Isa 421)

• Isaiah 469-11 (NKJV) - Remember the former
  things of old, For I am God, and there is no
  other I am God, and there is none like Me, 10
  Declaring the end from the beginning, And from
  ancient times things that are not yet done,
  Saying, My counsel shall stand, And I will do
  all My pleasure,

153
God delights in this servant (Isa 421)

• 11 Calling a bird of prey from the east, The man
  who executes My counsel, from a far country.
  Indeed I have spoken it I will also bring it to
  pass. I have purposed it I will also do it.

154
God delights in this servant (Isa 421)

• God wants each of us to know that we are
  absolutely dependent upon "His pleasure.
• We must know this about our God!
  (Isa 469-11)
• God named the king Cyrus before his birth as the
  one who will order the Jew's return from
  captivity. (Isa 4428)

155
God delights in this servant (Isa 421)

• Isaiah 4428 (NKJV) - Who says of Cyrus, He is
  My shepherd, And he shall perform all My
  pleasure, Saying to Jerusalem, You shall be
  built, And to the temple, Your foundation shall
  be laid.

156
God delights in this servant (Isa 421)

• God wants each of us to know that we are
  absolutely dependent upon "His pleasure.
• We must know this about our God!
  (Isa 469-11)
• God named the king Cyrus before his birth as the
  one who will order the Jew's return from
  captivity. (Isa 4428)
• God's judgment of Babylon is also described in
  these terms. (Isa 4814)

157
God delights in this servant (Isa 421)

• Isaiah 4814 (NKJV) - All of you, assemble
  yourselves, and hear! Who among them has declared
  these things? The Lord loves him He shall do His
  pleasure on Babylon, And His arm shall be against
  the Chaldeans.

158
God delights in this servant (Isa 421)

• The only issue in my life is if I find myself in
  the "Pleasure of the Lord."

159
This servant shall reach out to the Gentiles

• There was an old man that God allowed to see that
  servant. (Lk 225-32)

160
This servant shall reach out to the Gentiles

• There was an old man that God allowed to see that
  servant. (Lk 225-32)
• Imagining one to bring together both Jew and
  Gentile seemed impossible.

161
This servant shall reach out to the Gentiles

• There was an old man that God allowed to see that
  servant. (Lk 225-32)
• Imagining one to bring together both Jew and
  Gentile seemed impossible.
• Over and over this theme is repeated by the
  prophets. (Isa 496)

162
This servant shall reach out to the Gentiles

• The Gentiles were in fact a powerless and
  helpless people before God.

163
This servant shall reach out to the Gentiles

• The Gentiles were in fact a powerless and
  helpless people before God.
• The Jews had a greater advantage and blessing.

164
This servant shall reach out to the Gentiles

• The Gentiles were in fact a powerless and
  helpless people before God.
• The Jews had a greater advantage and blessing.
• The Servant of God would be known for helping
  those who were despised and
  helpless. (Isa 611-2, 9)

165
This servant shall reach out to the Gentiles

• Isaiah 611-2 (NKJV) - 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,

166
This servant shall reach out to the Gentiles

• The Gentiles were in fact a powerless and
  helpless people before God.
• The Jews had a greater advantage and blessing.
• The Servant of God would be known for helping
  those who were despised and
  helpless. (Isa 611-2, 9)
• Imagine being in this audience when the Servant
  of God read this very passage! (Lk
  416-21)

167
This servant shall reach out to the Gentiles

• Luke 416-21 (NKJV) - So He came to Nazareth,
  where He had been brought up. And as His custom
  was, He went into the synagogue on the Sabbath
  day, and stood up to read. Then He closed the
  book, and gave it back to the attendant and sat
  down. And the eyes of all who were in the
  synagogue were fixed on Him. 21And He began to
  say to them, Today this Scripture is fulfilled
  in your hearing.

168
This servant shall reach out to the Gentiles

• The Gentiles were in fact a powerless and
  helpless people before God.
• The Jews had a greater advantage and blessing.
• The Servant of God would be known for helping
  those who were despised and
  helpless. (Isa 611-2, 9)
• Imagine being in this audience when the Servant
  of God read this very passage! (Lk
  416-21)
• What was the response of the audience?

169
This servant would be gentle (Isa 422-3)

• Isaiah 422-3 (NKJV) - He will not cry out, nor
  raise His voice, Nor cause His voice to be heard
  in the street. 3 A bruised reed He will not
  break, And smoking flax He will not quench He
  will bring forth justice for truth.

170
This servant would be gentle (Isa 422-3)

• Contrast Jesus with the leaders of His day. (Mt
  1215-22)

171
This servant would be gentle (Isa 422-3)

• Matthew 1215-22 (NKJV) - But when Jesus knew
  it, He withdrew from there. And great multitudes
  followed Him, and He healed them all. 16 Yet He
  warned them not to make Him known, 17 that it
  might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the
  prophet, saying 18 Behold! My Servant whom I
  have chosen,

172
This servant would be gentle (Isa 422-3)

• 20 A bruised reed He will not break, And smoking
  flax He will not quench, Till He sends forth
  justice to victory 21 And in His name Gentiles
  will trust. 22 Then one was brought to Him who
  was demon-possessed, blind and mute and He
  healed him, so that the blind and mute man both
  spoke and saw.

173
This servant would be gentle (Isa 422-3)

• Contrast Jesus with the leaders of His day. (Mt
  1215-22)
• To trust Jesus means that you open your heart and
  let Him in.

174
This servant would be gentle (Isa 422-3)

• Contrast Jesus with the leaders of His day. (Mt
  1215-22)
• To trust Jesus means that you open your heart and
  let Him in.
• He can take the weakest and most fragile
  individual and sustain him.

175
This servant would be gentle (Isa 422-3)

• John 1014 (NKJV) - I am the good shepherd and I
  know My sheep, and am known by My own.

176
This servant would be gentle (Isa 422-3)

• John 1027-30 (NKJV) - My sheep hear My voice,
  and I know them, and they follow Me. 28 And I
  give them eternal life, and they shall never
  perish neither shall anyone snatch them out of
  My hand. 29 My Father, who has given them to Me,
  is greater than all and no one is able to snatch
  them out of My Fathers hand. 30 I and My Father
  are one.

177
This servant would be gentle (Isa 422-3)

• Jesus was always successful to those who stay
  with Him. (Jn 1014, 27-30)
• We tend to avoid the weak and praise the strong.

178
This servant would be gentle (Isa 422-3)

• Jesus was always successful to those who stay
  with Him. (Jn 1014, 27-30)
• We tend to avoid the weak and praise the strong.
• Where do you find Jesus the great Physician? (Mt
  912-13)

179
This servant would be gentle (Isa 422-3)

• Matthew 912-13 (NKJV) - When Jesus heard that,
  He said to them, Those who are well have no need
  of a physician, but those who are sick. 13 But go
  and learn what this means I desire mercy and
  not sacrifice. For I did not come to call the
  righteous, but sinners, to repentance.

180
This servant would be gentle (Isa 422-3)

• Jesus was always successful to those who stay
  with Him. (Jn 1014, 27-30)
• We tend to avoid the weak and praise the strong.
• Where do you find Jesus the great Physician? (Mt
  912-13)
• What is needed to restore the weak? (Consider the
  woman at the well!)

181
This servant will bring forth Justice (Isa 423-4)

• Isaiah 423-4 (NKJV) - A bruised reed He will not
  break, And smoking flax He will not quench He
  will bring forth justice for truth. 4 He will not
  fail nor be discouraged, Till He has established
  justice in the earth And the coastlands shall
  wait for His law.

182
This servant will bring forth Justice (Isa 423-4)

• This servant would have justice taken away from
  Him in the courts of men. (Acts
  222-23 833)

183
This servant will bring forth Justice (Isa 423-4)

• This servant would have justice taken away from
  Him in the courts of men. (Acts
  222-23 833)
• His justice was taken away but in His hands
  justice will never fail.

184
This servant will bring forth Justice (Isa 423-4)

• This servant would have justice taken away from
  Him in the courts of men. (Acts
  222-23 833)
• His justice was taken away but in His hands
  justice will never fail.
• The need of justice is emphasized in Gods word.
  (Ex 232Deut 1619 Psa 3728)

185
This servant will bring forth Justice (Isa 423-4)

• Gods law is based upon principles that are true
  and if applied will result in justice. (Psa
  1036 Amos 515, 24)

186
This servant will bring forth Justice (Isa 423-4)

• Amos 524 (NKJV) - But let justice run down like
  water, And righteousness like a mighty stream.

187
This servant will bring forth Justice (Isa 423-4)

• Gods law is based upon principles that are true
  and if applied will result in justice. (Psa
  1036 Amos 515, 24)
• The sacrifice of this servant will satisfy the
  justice of God. (Rom 326)

188
This servant will bring forth Justice (Isa 423-4)

• Romans 326 (NKJV) - to demonstrate at the
  present time His righteousness, that He might be
  just and the justifier of the one who has faith
  in Jesus.

189
This servant will bring forth Justice (Isa 423-4)

• Gods law is based upon principles that are true
  and if applied will result in justice. (Psa
  1036 Amos 515, 24)
• The sacrifice of this servant will satisfy the
  justice of God. (Rom 326)
• Many will be released from the prison house (Isa
  427)

190
This servant will bring forth Justice (Isa 423-4)

• Isaiah 427 (NKJV) - To open blind eyes, To bring
  out prisoners from the prison, Those who sit in
  darkness from the prison house.

191
This servant will bring forth Justice (Isa 423-4)

• Gods law is based upon principles that are true
  and if applied will result in justice. (Psa
  1036 Amos 515, 24)
• The sacrifice of this servant will satisfy the
  justice of God. (Rom 326)
• Many will be released from the prison house (Isa
  427)
• This justice will be found in a great law that
  will be spread.

192
This servant will be our covenant. (Isa 426)

• Consider the awesome privileges of a covenant
  with God.

193
This servant will be our covenant. (Isa 426)

• Isaiah 426 (NKJV) - I, the Lord, have called
  You in righteousness, And will hold Your hand I
  will keep You and give You as a covenant to the
  people, As a light to the Gentiles,

194
This servant will be our covenant. (Isa 426)

• Consider the awesome privileges of a covenant
  with God.
• A certain relationship with God (Ps 1058-9)

195
This servant will be our covenant. (Isa 426)

• Psalm 1058-9 (NKJV) - He remembers His covenant
  forever, The word which He commanded, for a
  thousand generations, 9 The covenant which He
  made with Abraham, And His oath to Isaac,

196
This servant will be our covenant. (Isa 426)

• Consider the awesome privileges of a covenant
  with God.
• A certain relationship with God (Ps 1058-9)
• Gods mercy (Deut 79)

197
This servant will be our covenant. (Isa 426)

• Deuteronomy 79 (NKJV) - Therefore know that the
  Lord your God, He is God, the faithful God who
  keeps covenant and mercy for a thousand
  generations with those who love Him and keep His
  commandments

198
This servant will be our covenant. (Isa 426)

• Consider the awesome privileges of a covenant
  with God.
• A certain relationship with God (Ps 1058-9)
• Gods mercy (Deut 79)
• We can know the secret of the Lord.
  (Ps 2510, 14)

199
This servant will be our covenant. (Isa 426)

• Psalm 2510 (NKJV) - All the paths of the Lord
  are mercy and truth, To such as keep His covenant
  and His testimonies.

200
This servant will be our covenant. (Isa 426)

• Psalm 2514 (NKJV) - The secret of the Lord is
  with those who fear Him, And He will show them
  His covenant.

201
This servant will be our covenant. (Isa 426)

• What are we doing with our covenant?

202
This servant will be our covenant. (Isa 426)

• What are we doing with our covenant?
• Those who despise the covenant will suffer wrath.
  (Heb 1029-31)

203
This servant will be our covenant. (Isa 426)

• Hebrews 1029-31 (NKJV) - Of how much worse
  punishment, do you suppose, will he be thought
  worthy who has trampled the Son of God underfoot,
  counted the blood of the covenant by which he was
  sanctified a common thing, and insulted the
  Spirit of grace?

204
This servant will be our covenant. (Isa 426)

• 30 For we know Him who said, Vengeance is Mine,
  I will repay, says the Lord. And again, The
  Lord will judge His people. 31 It is a fearful
  thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

205
This servant will be our covenant. (Isa 426)

• What are we doing with our covenant?
• Those who despise the covenant will suffer wrath.
  (Heb 1029-31)
• It is through the blood of the covenant that
  Jesus is able to lead us. (Heb 1320-21)

206
This servant will be our covenant. (Isa 426)

• Hebrews 1320-21 (NKJV) - Now may the God of
  peace who brought up our Lord Jesus from the
  dead, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through
  the blood of the everlasting covenant, 21make you
  complete in every good work to do His will,
  working in you what is well pleasing in His
  sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory
  forever and ever. Amen.