A. Introduction - Everybody Worldview acknowledges a problem and a need for salvation.
Plato -- Problem: The reason is not in the lead. Salvation: Philosopher Kings/Educating the reason Marx -- Problem: Alienation from work and inequality Salvation: Equality, State-less Society Eastern Mystics -- Problem: Distinctions Salvation: Meditation, apprehending oneness Freud -- Problem: Guilt, Id overwhelmed by the Super ego Salvation: Psycho-analysis Sartre -- Problem: Bad Faith, No Free Actions Salvation: Saved by Authentic choices. Skinner - Problem: Illusion that man is free Salvation: Manipulation of the environment
EVERY SINGLE PERSON CRIES OUT FOR SALVATION!!! -- Man is in rebellion. He will not define the problem and the solution in God’s terms.
B. Great Expectations - 1 Pet. 1:10 1. Jesus is the fulfillment of 4000 years of Old Testament Prophesy. All the expectations of the prophets and the men of faith of OT - fulfilled in Jesus Christ.
Gen. 3:15 Speaking to the serpent, the devil: “And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.” Abraham: “In your seed shall all the nations of the world be blessed.” Gen. 22:18 Isaac: Gen. 21:22 “Through Isaac your seed will be called.” (Not Ishmael…) Jacob: Num 24:17 “A star shall come forth from Jacob and a scepter shall arise from Israel… to crush the forehead of Moab (ungodly)” Judah: Gen. 49:10 “The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, until Shiloh comes.” Jesse: Is. 11:1 “then a shoot shall spring forth from the stem of Jesse, and a branch from his roots will bear fruit… and the spirit of the Yahweh shall rest upon him… with righteousness shall he judge…there shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek.” David: Jer. 23:5 “The days are coming, declares Yahweh, when I shall raise up for David righteous branch: and He will reign as king and act wisely and do justice and righteousness.”
Is. 7:14 “A virgin shall be with child and bear a son, and she will call his name, Immanuel.” Son of a Virgin.
Ps: 2:7 - “He said to me… thou art my son, today I have begotten thee.” Son of God.
Micah 5:2 “As for you Bethlehem too little to be among the clans of Judah, from you One will go forth for Me to be ruler in Israel. His goings forth are from long ago, from the days of Eternity.” Herod knew it and was threatened.
Other Prophecies about Jesus in the Old Testament: He would be called Lord - Ps. 110:1 He would be called Immanuel. Is. 7:14 He would be a prophet. Deut. 18:18 I will raise up a prophet from among you… He would be a priest (forever after the order of Melchizedek). Ps. 110:4 He would be Judge. IS. 33:22 He would be King upon Zion. Ps. 2:6 The Spirit of the Lord would rest on him. Is. 11:2 He would be preceded by a messenger. Is. 40;3 His ministry would begin in Galilee. Is. 9:1 He would do many miracles. Is. 35:5 He would enter Jerusalem on a donkey. Zech. 9:9 He would be a stone of stumbling to the Jews. Ps. 118:22 He would be a light to the Gentiles. Is. 60:3 God would raise him from the dead. For Thou wilt not abandon my soul in Sheol. Ps. 16:10 He would ascend on high. Ps. 68:18a He would sit on the right hand of God. Ps. 110:1 He was betrayed by a friend. Ps. 41:9 He would be sold for 30 pieces of silver. Zech. 11:12 He would suffer. Is. 53:7 He would be humiliated and spit upon. Is. 50:6 He would be mocked. Ps. 22:7,8 His hands and feet would be pierced. Psalm 22:16 He would be crucified with thieves. Is. 53:12 His loved ones and friends would stand afar off. Ps. 38:11 His garments were parted and lots cast for them. Ps. 22:18 He would be given vinegar and gall to drink. Ps. 69:21 Not one of his bones would be broken. Ps. 34:20 He would be pierced through with a spear. Zech. 12:10 He would be buried in a rich man’s tomb. Is 53:9
2. They could look forward to a Saviour who would come. What we see in 4000 years of history… is a building of expectations.
III. Why Jesus Came. - Three Simple Points: A. Jesus came for a people. His people. Deut. 28:9-10 1. God intends to have a people called by his name. 2. Jesus came to save the world, but not every person in the world. John 3:16, Luke 16:22-23 3. Jesus will pull it off. John 6: “All that the father gives me, I will lose nothing, but will raise them up at the last day. All that the father giveth to me shall come to me. No man can come to me unless the father which hath sent me draw him and I will raise him at the last day.”
B. Jesus came to SAVE his people.
C. Jesus came to save us from our SINS. 1. Sin is the transgression of the law. 2. Jesus came to save all kinds of sinners from their sin.
From which sin, will Jesus save you? ________________________________________
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