Lesson 3: Christianity Has a Better Apostle: Jesus Christ 1:12:18Part 2

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Lesson 3 Christianity Has a Better Apostle
Jesus Christ (11-218)--Part 2

• LESSON 2 (Review)
• Overview (11-3) This spokesman is
• son/heir, creator, deity, savior, and ruler.
• Son/heir
• Deity
• Creator
• LESSON 3
• Ruler
• WARNING DONT DRIFT HEED THE WORD FROM THE
  BETTER MESSENGER.
• Savior

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Jesus Christ is Ruler (113-14 13)

• (Heb 113 NKJV) But to which of the angels has
  He ever said Sit at My right hand, Till I make
  Your enemies Your footstool?
• (Heb 13 NKJV) when He had by Himself purged
  our sins, sat down at the right hand of the
  Majesty on high,
• Psalm 1101 is often applied to Jesus. (Matt.
  2242-46, Acts 232-36, I Cor. 1524-28)
• When did Jesus assume power? (Acts 232-36)
• When will His reign cease? (I Cor. 1524-28)

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Jesus Christ is Ruler (113-14 13)

• (Psa 1101 NKJV) The LORD said to my Lord, "Sit
  at My right hand, Till I make Your enemies Your
  footstool."
• (Mat 2242 NKJV) saying, "What do you think
  about the Christ? Whose Son is He?" They said to
  Him, "The Son of David."
• (Mat 2243 NKJV) He said to them, "How then does
  David in the Spirit call Him 'Lord,' saying
• (Mat 2244 NKJV) 'The LORD said to my Lord, "Sit
  at My right hand, Till I make Your enemies Your
  footstool"'?
• (Mat 2245 NKJV) "If David then calls Him
  'Lord,' how is He his Son?"
• (Mat 2246 NKJV) And no one was able to answer
  Him a word, nor from that day on did anyone dare
  question Him anymore.

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Jesus Christ is Ruler (113-14 13)

• (Acts 232 NKJV) "This Jesus God has raised up,
  of which we are all witnesses.
• (Acts 233 NKJV) "Therefore being exalted to the
  right hand of God, and having received from the
  Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, He poured
  out this which you now see and hear.
• (Acts 234 NKJV) "For David did not ascend into
  the heavens, but he says himself 'The LORD said
  to my Lord, "Sit at My right hand,
• (Acts 235 NKJV) Till I make Your enemies Your
  footstool."'
• (Acts 236 NKJV) "Therefore let all the house of
  Israel know assuredly that God has made this
  Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Christ."

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Jesus Christ is Ruler (113-14 13)

• (1 Cor 1524 NKJV) Then comes the end, when He
  delivers the kingdom to God the Father, when He
  puts an end to all rule and all authority and
  power.
• (1 Cor 1525 NKJV) For He must reign till He has
  put all enemies under His feet.
• (1 Cor 1526 NKJV) The last enemy that will be
  destroyed is death.
• (1 Cor 1527 NKJV) For "He has put all things
  under His feet." But when He says "all things are
  put under Him," it is evident that He who put all
  things under Him is excepted.
• (1 Cor 1528 NKJV) Now when all things are made
  subject to Him, then the Son Himself will also be
  subject to Him who put all things under Him, that
  God may be all in all.

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Jesus Christ is Ruler (113-14 13)--Contd

• (Heb 113 NKJV) But to which of the angels has
  He ever said "Sit at My right hand, Till I make
  Your enemies Your footstool"?
• (Heb 114 NKJV) Are they not all ministering
  spirits sent forth to minister for those who will
  inherit salvation?
• (Heb 114 NASB) Are they not all ministering
  spirits, sent out to render service for the sake
  of those who will inherit salvation?
• Do angels minister to or for us?
• What are angels?

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WARNING DONT DRIFT HEED THE WORD FROM THE
BETTER MESSENGER. (21-4)

• (Heb 21) Therefore we must give the more
  earnest heed to the things we have heard, lest we
  drift away.
• (Heb 22) For if the word spoken through angels
  proved steadfast, and every transgression and
  disobedience received a just reward,
• (Heb 23) how shall we escape if we neglect so
  great a salvation, which at the first began to be
  spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed to us by
  those who heard Him,
• (Heb 24) God also bearing witness both with
  signs and wonders, with various miracles, and
  gifts of the Holy Spirit, according to His own
  will?

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WARNING DONT DRIFT HEED THE WORD FROM THE
BETTER MESSENGER. (21-4)--Contd

• (Heb 21) Therefore we must give the more
  earnest heed to the things we have heard, lest we
  drift away.
• (Heb 21 KJV) Therefore we ought to give the
  more earnest heed to the things which we have
  heard, lest at any time we should let them slip.
• What special danger is in that word
  drift/slip?
• How many ways can a Christian drift?
• Are we like the recipients of this book? Could
  this happen to us?
• What can we do to help prevent it? (Heb. 21,
  Heb. 1025 see Heb. 1023-1325 for Admonitions)

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WARNING DONT DRIFT HEED THE WORD FROM THE
BETTER MESSENGER. (21-4) -Contd

• Danger Signals of Drifting
• (How do you know the relationship is in trouble?)
• Communications break down.
• You dont talk.
• You dont listen.
• You dont spend time together.
• You dont enjoy doing things together.
• You become more critical.
• You just dont care (have compassion).

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WARNING DONT DRIFT HEED THE WORD FROM THE
BETTER MESSENGER. (21-4)--Contd

• Danger Signals of Drifting
• Communications break down.
• You dont talk. What is your attitude toward
  prayer?
• You dont listen. How do you feel about reading
  the Bible?
• You dont spend time together. Do you want to
  worship?
• You dont enjoy doing things together. Are you
  doing the Lords work?
• You become more critical. What is your attitude
  toward God?
• You just dont care (have compassion). Do you
  care about Gods children? Do you seek and save
  the lost?

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WARNING DONT DRIFT HEED THE WORD FROM THE
BETTER MESSENGER. (21-4)--Contd

• Doctrinal Drift
• You can drift...
• From holding on to (preserving) the doctrine?
• From holding forth (preaching) the doctrine?
• From hold to (practicing) the doctrine?

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WARNING DONT DRIFT HEED THE WORD FROM THE
BETTER MESSENGER. (21-4)--Contd

• (Heb 22) For if the word spoken through angels
  proved steadfast, and every transgression and
  disobedience received a just reward,
• (Heb 23) how shall we escape if we neglect so
  great a salvation, which at the first began to be
  spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed to us by
  those who heard Him,
• (Heb 24 NASB) God also bearing witness with
  them, both by signs and wonders and by various
  miracles and by gifts of the Holy Spirit
  according to His own will.
• Why do Christians have a greater obligation than
  those under the Law of Moses to keep the law God
  gave them?
• What do verses 3-4 indicate about the author?

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WARNING DONT DRIFT HEED THE WORD FROM THE
BETTER MESSENGER. (21-4)--Contd

• (Heb 23) how shall we escape if we neglect so
  great a salvation, which at the first began to be
  spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed to us by
  those who heard Him,
• (Heb 24) God also bearing witness both with
  signs and wonders, with various miracles, and
  gifts of the Holy Spirit, according to His own
  will?
• How was Gods message revealed? (I Cor. 29-13)
• To whom was the message revealed? (Eph. 35)
• How was the message confirmed? (Mark 1615-18)

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WARNING DONT DRIFT HEED THE WORD FROM THE
BETTER MESSENGER. (21-4)--Contd

• How was Gods message revealed? (I Cor. 29-13)
• Paul describes the exact mechanism by which God
  gave His messages to man words.
• (1 Cor 212 NKJV) that we might know the things
  that have been freely given to us by God.
• (1 Cor 213 NKJV) These things we also speak,
  not in words which man's wisdom teaches but which
  the Holy Spirit teaches.
• Observe
• They (the prophets) were taught things by the
  Holy Spirit.
• They were taught those things in words--words
  that they could then speak.

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WARNING DONT DRIFT HEED THE WORD FROM THE
BETTER MESSENGER. (21-4)--Contd

• To whom was the message revealed? (Eph. 35)
• The Holy Spirit communicated with prophets.
• Paul wrote to the Ephesians about his...
• (Eph 34-5 NKJV) knowledge in the mystery of
  Christ), which in other ages was not made known
  to the sons of men, as it has now been revealed
  by the Spirit to His holy apostles and prophets
• New information had been revealed to prophets
  (including Apostles) by the Spirit.
• Prophets were part of the miraculous age (I Cor.
  1228-29, 1429-32 Eph. 411-15).

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WARNING DONT DRIFT HEED THE WORD FROM THE
BETTER MESSENGER. (21-4)--Contd

• How was the message confirmed? (Mark 1615-18)
• Signs, wonders, and miracles confirmed prophetic
  messengers and their messages.
• (Mark 1620 NKJV) And they went out and preached
  everywhere, the Lord working with them and
  confirm-ing the word through the accompanying
  signs. Amen.
• (Heb 24 NKJV) God also bearing witness both
  with signs and wonders, with various miracles,
  and gifts of the Holy Spirit, according to His
  own will?
• The Holy Spirit provided confirmation/witness
  using events that could be perceived through the
  five senses.

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Jesus Christ is Savior (25-18 13)

• (Heb 26 NKJV) But one testified in a certain
  place, saying What is man that You are mindful
  of him, Or the son of man that You take care of
  him?
• (Heb 27 NKJV) You have made him a little lower
  than the angels You have crowned him with glory
  and honor, And set him over the works of Your
  hands.
• (Heb 28 NKJV) You have put all things in
  subjection under his feet. For in that He put
  all in subjection under him, He left nothing that
  is not put under him. But now we do not yet see
  all things put under him.
• Who is man (a son of man) that does not now
  have all in subjection to him?
• Over what did man lose his power?
• How will man gain power over that thing again?

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Jesus Christ is Savior (25-18 13)--Contd

• (Heb 29 NKJV) ... Jesus, who was made a little
  lower than the angels, for the suffering of death
  that He, by the grace of God, might taste death
  for everyone.
• (Heb 217 NKJV) Therefore, in all things He had
  to be made like His brethren, that He might be a
  merciful and faithful High Priest in things
  pertaining to God, to make propitiation for the
  sins of the people.
• Why did Jesus have to take an earthly form to be
  our savior?
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