Knowing Whom I have Believed

Knowing Whom You Believe

John 2:19 Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up. 20 Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days? 21 But he spake of the temple of his body. 22 When therefore he was risen from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this unto them; and they believed the scripture, and the word which Jesus had said.

I. We need to know the Person Jesus Christ

      A. He came to be the Sacrifice of God,the  Lamb God John 1:29 The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.

      B. He came came as the Son of Man John 1:30 This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before me: for he was before me.

This means that He was completely human.  He was still completely God, but he had to also be completely man.  He did not lose His divine nature in the incarnation.  But He did have to be a complete man in order to be the kinsman redeemer.  Only a man could redeem the creation that was forfeit in Adam's sin.

      C. The Spirit’s Baptizer of the Church John 1:33 And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize with water, the same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he which baptizeth with the Holy Ghost. 34 And I saw, and bare record that this is the Son of God.

Jesus baptizes us with the Holy Ghost at the moment that we are saved.  He gives us the presence and power of the spirit in the moment we place our faith

      D. The Son of God (Jn. 1: 34) Jn.5:18 “Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God.”

II. Power Matthew 28:18 And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. 19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: 20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, [even] unto the end of the world. Amen.

III. Plan Hebrews 13:20 Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant,21 Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is wellpleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom [be] glory for ever and ever. Amen.

IV. Place

A. Special Place Deuteronomy 12:5 But unto the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, [even] unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come:

B. Savior’s Presentation John 1:18 No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared [him]. (John 2:19)

C. Saints: I Corinthians 3:16 Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? 17 If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.

V. Persuasion (John 2:22) II Timothy 1:12 For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day.

from Getting through Mike griff 6/19/09; apg October 16, 2009sm