Learning to Be More Like Jesus

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Learning to Be More Like Jesus
Learning to Be More Like Jesus
Lesson 3 His Love for Scripture
Wednesday Nights Dec. 2006 - Feb. 2007
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To Love Scripture As He Did

• Jesus Believed the Scriptures
• Believed they were from God
• Matt. 2231-32 Mark 79-10, 13 1236

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To Love Scripture As He Did

• Jesus Believed the Scriptures
• Believed they were from God
• Believed they were true, accurate historically
  valid (Jn. 1717)
• Creation the first couple (Matt. 191-9 Mk.
  106)
• Noah the flood (Matt. 2437-38 Luke 1726-27)
• The destruction of S G (Matt. 1015 Lk. 1012
  1728-32)
• Ten Commandments from God (Matt. 1514 1917)
• Moses burning bush (Mk. 1226 Lk. 2037)
• Miracle of manna (John 649, 58)
• David the Psalms (Luke 2042)

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To Love Scripture As He Did

• Jesus Believed the Scriptures
• Believed they were from God
• Believed they were true, accurate historically
  valid (Jn. 1717)
• David eating showbread (Matt. 123-4 Mk.
  225-26 Lk. 63-4)
• Solomons wealth wisdom (Mt. 629 1242)
• Elijah, the famine the widow (Luke 425-26)
• Cleansing of Naamans leprosy (Luke 427)
• Isaiahs prophecies (Mark 76)
• Daniels prophecies (Matt. 2415)
• Story of Jonah swallowed by great fish (Matt.
  1239-41 Luke 1130)

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To Love Scripture As He Did

• Jesus Believed the Scriptures
• Believed they were from God
• Believed they were true, accurate historically
  valid (Jn. 1717)
• Believed they were THE authority for Gods people
  (Matt. 151-9)
• It is written Have you not read?
• What did Moses command you? (Mark 103)
• Keep the commandments (Matt. 1917 Mk. 1019)
• Offerwhich Moses commanded (Mk. 144)
• What is written in the law? (Luke 1026)
• They have Moses and the prophets (Lk. 1629-31)
• To be like Him, we must believe the Scriptures!

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To Love Scripture As He Did

• Jesus Believed the Scriptures
• Jesus Knew the Scriptures
• Knew how to find passages/references
• Knew how to use the scrolls to find passages
  (Luke 416-19 cf. Isa. 611-2)
• Knew passages and could quote from memory
• When tempted by Satan (It is written Matt.
  41-11 cf. Deut. 83 616 613)
• When asked about the great commandment (Matt.
  2236-40 cf. Deut. 64-5 Lev. 1918)
• Quoted from David, Isaiah, Hosea, etc.
• But not just selective or superficial knowledge.
• Knew could show the big picture throughout
  Scripture (putting it all together) Lk. 2427,
  44-45

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To Love Scripture As He Did

• Jesus Believed the Scriptures
• Jesus Knew the Scriptures
• Knew how to find passages/references
• His knowledge came the same way as ours study,
  desire hard work!
• Luke 252
• At age of 12 in temple (Luke 246-47)
• His custom - regularly at the synagogue (Lk.
  416)
• Jesus exhibited the deep desire of Matthew 56.
• No formal education (John 715), but He still
  knew!
• To be like Him, we must know the Scriptures!
• Matt. 2229

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To Love Scripture As He Did

• Jesus Believed the Scriptures
• Jesus Knew the Scriptures
• Jesus Respected the Scriptures (cf. Luke 416)
• Respected its eternal, abiding nature
• Every letter (Matt. 517-18)
• Every word (John 518 1033-36)
• Every verb tense (Matt. 2223-33)
• Recognized it was unbreakable
• Old Testament (John 1035)
• New Testament (Matt. 2435)

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To Love Scripture As He Did

• Jesus Believed the Scriptures
• Jesus Knew the Scriptures
• Jesus Respected the Scriptures (cf. Luke 416)
• Respected its eternal, abiding nature
• Respected its all-authoritative nature
• Power to deal with sin (Matt. 41-11 Eph.
  616-17)
• Guide to daily living (Matt. 84 127)
• Answer for questions like MDR (Mt. 194 Mk.
  103)
• Source of eternal life (John 539 Matt. 1917)

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To Love Scripture As He Did

• Jesus Believed the Scriptures
• Jesus Knew the Scriptures
• Jesus Respected the Scriptures (cf. Luke 416)
• Respected its eternal, abiding nature
• Respected its all-authoritative nature
• Respected its authority in/over His own life
• Longed to do the will of God
• Before His earthly presence (Heb. 105-7)
• As a young boy (Luke 249)
• As an adult (John 638 829 Luke 443)

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To Love Scripture As He Did

• Jesus Believed the Scriptures
• Jesus Knew the Scriptures
• Jesus Respected the Scriptures (cf. Luke 416)
• Respected its eternal, abiding nature
• Respected its all-authoritative nature
• Respected its authority in/over His own life
• Respected its infallible nature, the personal
  application it had directly to His life (cf. Mt.
  2231) the necessity upon Him to fulfill its
  demands
• Must Matt. 1621 Mark 912 Luke 2236-37
  Matt. 2653-54 Luke 246-7, 24-25, 44

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To Love Scripture As He Did

• Jesus Believed the Scriptures
• Jesus Knew the Scriptures
• Jesus Respected the Scriptures (cf. Luke 416)
• Respected its eternal, abiding nature
• Respected its all-authoritative nature
• Respected its authority in/over His own life
• Respected its infallible nature, the personal
  application it had directly to His life (cf. Mt.
  2231) the necessity upon Him to fulfill its
  demands
• To be like Him, we must respect the Scriptures!
• 1 Cor. 46 110 1 Pet. 411 Gal. 16-9 Rev.
  2218-19

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To Love Scripture As He Did

• Jesus Believed the Scriptures
• Jesus Knew the Scriptures
• Jesus Respected the Scriptures
• Jesus Obeyed the Scriptures (previous lesson)
• Jesus Shared the Scriptures (future lesson)