THE CHRISTIANS JOURNEY

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THE CHRISTIANS JOURNEY
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WHEN DOES THE CHRISTIAN JOURNEY BEGIN?

• The Christians journey begins when a lost sinner
  hears that Jesus is Gods Son, Who came into this
  world to save sinners died on the cross as a
  sacrifice for their sins and rose again from the
  dead. The instant a lost sinner acts on this
  knowledge and reaches out to Jesus Christ in
  sincere faith, asking Him to save him or her, and
  believing Him to do it, that lost sinner is born
  into Gods family. Jesus is their Savior God is
  their Father.

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Spiritual Insight Grows Sharper and Stronger

• The new Christian may not have a clear
  understanding of Gods work of salvation at
  first, but as they read Gods word and sit under
  the teaching and preaching of mature Christians,
  the following truths become crystal clear

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• Jesus is Gods Son come in the flesh.
• In the beginning was the Word and the Word was
  with God and the Word was GodAll things were
  made through Him, and without Him nothing was
  made that was madeAnd the Word became flesh and
  dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the
  glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full
  of grace and truth.
• John 11, 2, 14. (See also Hebrews
  11-3).

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• 2) Jesus lived a sinless life.
• And you know that He was manifested to take away
  our sins ,and in Him there is no sin.
• 1st John 35 (See also 2nd Corinthians 521
  Hebrews 415 1st Peter 222).

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• 3) Jesus accepted the sins of all mankind to be
  laid on Him.
• The prophet Isaiah revealed, All we like sheep
  have gone astray, We have turned, every one, to
  His own way And the Lord has laid on Him the
  iniquity of us all. Isaiah 536.
• The Apostle Paul confirmed, For He (God, the
  Father) made Him (Jesus) who knew no sin to be
  sin for us, that we might become the
  righteousness of God in Him. 2nd Corinthians
  521.

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• 4) Jesus received the full punishment for all
  sin (past, present, and future)
• by His sacrificial death on the cross.
• Isaiah also revealed, Surely He has borne our
  griefs and carried our sorrows Yet we esteemed
  Him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted. But
  He was wounded for our transgressions, He was
  bruised for our iniquities the chastisement for
  our peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are
  healed.
• Isaiah 534, 5. (See also Romans 425 Hebrews
  926, 28 1st Peter 224 1st John 22.).

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• 5) Jesus arose from the dead and ascended to His
  Heavenly Fathers right hand.
• The resurrection of Jesus Christ is one of the
  most well established facts of history

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• a). The Old Testament Prophesied His
  Resurrection
• Psalm 169, 10 Therefore my heart is glad,
  and my glory rejoices My flesh also will rest in
  hope. For You will not leave my soul in Sheol,
  Nor will You allow Your Holy One to see
  corruption.
• These verses were quoted by Peter at Pentecost
  and by Paul in the synagogue in Pisidia.
• (Acts 226, 27 Acts 1335).

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• Psalm 27 - I will declare the decree The
  Lord has said to Me, You are My Son, Today I have
  begotten You. Quoted by Paul at Antioch in Acts
  1333
• (See Hebrews 15 55 Colossians 118
  Revelation 15).
• Isaiah 2619. Your dead shall live Together
  with my dead body they shall arise. Awake and
  sing, you who dwell in the dust For your dew is
  like the dew of herbs, And the earth shall cast
  out the dead.

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• b). Jesus foretold His death and/or His
  resurrection six times.
• From that time Jesus began to show His disciples
  that He must go to Jerusalem, and suffer many
  things from the elders and chief priests and
  scribes, and be killed, and be raised the third
  day. Matthew 1621.
• (Also recorded in Mark 831 and
  Luke 922).

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• Now while they were staying in Galilee Jesus
  said to them, The Son of Man is about to be
  betrayed into the hands of men, and they will
  kill Him, and the third day He will be raised
  up. And they were sorrowful. Matthew 1722,
  23.
• (Also recorded Mark
  99, 10).
• Now Jesus, going up to Jerusalem, took the
  twelve disciples aside on the road and said to
  them, Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and
  the Son of Man will be betrayed to the chief
  priests and to the scribes and they will condemn
  Him to death, and deliver Him to the Gentiles to
  mock and to scourge and to crucify. And the
  third day He will rise again.
  Matthew 2018, 19

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• After His teaching on the Mount of Olives Jesus
  said to His disciples, You know that after two
  days is the Passover, and the Son of Man will be
  delivered up to be crucified. Matthew 261, 2.
  
• And when they had sung a hymn, they went out
  to the Mount of Olives. Then Jesus said to them,
  All of you will be made to stumble because of Me
  this night, for it is written, I will strike the
  Shepherd, And the sheep will be scattered. But
  after I have been raised, I will go before you to
  Galilee. Mark 1426, 28

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• The first time Jesus drove the money changers and
  merchandisers from the Jerusalem Temple the Jews
  asked, What sign do you show us, since You do
  these things? Jesus answered,
• . . .Destroy this temple, and in three days I
  will raise it up. But He was speaking of the
  temple of His body.
• John 219, 21,22.

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• c). There are twelve recorded appearances of
  Jesus
• after His resurrection
• Mary Magdalene and another Mary
• Matthew 281, 9 Mark 169
  John 2018.
• Other women Matthew 289 Luke 2410.
• Simon Peter Luke 2434
• The two disciples walking to Emmaus
• Luke 2413-31.
• Ten apostles (Thomas absent) John
  2019-24.
• Eleven apostles (Thomas present) John 2026.
• Seven apostles at Sea of Tiberius John 211

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• Eleven apostles on a mountain of Galilee
• Matthew 2816, 17.
• Over 500 believers at once
• 1st Corinthians 156.
• James (step-brother of Jesus)
• 1st Corinthians 157
• The apostles and believers on the Mount of
  Olives
• at His ascension back to Heaven
• See the parallel records of Mark 1619
• Luke 2445-51 Acts 14-9.
• The apostle Paul Acts 91-12
  1st Corinthians
  158.

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• The power of the above evidence is better
  understood when we realize that no other person
  at this period of time has half as much
  documented eye witness that they even lived.

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• 6). The supreme ministry of Jesus through the
  church age is being High Priest Mediator between
  God and man.
• For there is one God and one Mediator between
  God and men, the Man Christ Jesus. 1st Timothy
  25.
• But now He has obtained a more excellent
  ministry, inasmuch as He is also Mediator of a
  better covenant, which was established on better
  promises.
• 
  Hebrews 86.

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• How much more shall the blood of Christ, who
  through the eternal Spirit offered Himself
  without spot to God. Cleanse your conscience
  from dead works to serve the living God? And for
  this reason He is the Mediator of the new
  covenant, by means of death, for the redemption
  of the transgressions under the first covenant
  
• Hebrews
  915, 16.
• But you have come. . .to Jesus the Mediator of
  the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling.
  . .
• Hebrews
  1222-24.

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• The word mediator means a go-between. It
  describes a person who mediates between two
  parties for the purpose of producing peace.
• In regard to Jesus it points out that Jesus
  possessed the nature of sinless deity Who
  satisfied the holiness and justice of God and
  also the nature of sinless humanity by which He
  provided cleansing from sin by the shedding of
  His blood on the cross.

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• The great value of Jesus being our High Priest
  Mediator is explained beautifully in Hebrews
  414-16.
• Seeing then that we have a great High Priest who
  has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of
  God, let us hold fast our confession. For we do
  not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with
  our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as
  we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore come
  boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain
  mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

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• A clear understanding of the above truths
  provides a strong foundation for a successful
  Christian journey. There is a great profit in
  learning these truths well.

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