Jesus

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Jesus
The Master Teacher
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Jesus at Temple in Jerusalem
If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink
Jn. 737
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Jesus at Temple in Jerusalem

• Jn. 737
• Contingency (if)
• Universality (anyone)
• Satisfaction of a need (thirst)
• Recognition of decision (let him come)
• Source of relief (to Me the Savior)
• Remedy (and drink)

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Chief Priests and Pharisees Concerned

• Temple Guards Not sent to
• Investigate
• Interrogate
• Evaluate
• v. 46 Never man so spoke

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Chief Priests and Pharisees Concerned

• Response of Temple Guards
• United
• Courageous
• Intelligent and Honest
• Credible
• v. 46 Never man so spoke

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v. 46 Never man so spoke

• Demosthenes (4th BC)

• Cicero (1st BC)

• Daniel Webster

• William Gladstone (1809-1898)

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• Jesus words in Matthew, Mark, Luke, John
• People who know nothing of Bible influenced by
  Good Samaritan, Prodigal Son, Golden Rule
• Writings of the Lords critics are all now just
  obscure writings

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• Focus of guards was upon Jesus words
• Christ came to reveal the mind of God by words
• Jesus is called the divine Word Jn. 11

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v. 46 Never man so spoke
God, who at various times and in various ways
spoke in time past to the fathers by the
prophets, has in these last days spoken to us by
His Son Heb. 11
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The words that I have spoken to you are spirit
and are life Jn. 663
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• Jesus did not teach as an ordinary man
• from above He whom God has sent speaks the
  words of God
• Jn. 331

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• My teaching is not Mine, but His who sent Me
  Jn. 715-16
• - He was Deity in the flesh! Jn. 11,14

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• Jesus was the only person to exist prior to His
  own bodily conception Jn. 11,14
• - He knew of the glory He shared with
  the Father before the world existed
  Jn. 175

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• Jesus was the only person to exist prior to His
  own bodily conception Jn. 11,14
• He who comes from above is above all he who is
  of the earth is earthly and speaks of the earth.
  He who comes from heaven is above all. And what
  He has seen and heard, that He testifies. Jn.
  331-32

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• 2. His Speaking Was Authoritative

• - He corrected common Jewish misconceptions
  concerning the Law
• Adultery, Lust Matt. 527

• Hate your enemy Matt. 543
• Good Samaritan Lk. 1030-37

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• 3. With divine wisdom, Jesus exercised tenderness
  toward the sinful

• Eating with tax collectors and
  sinners Lk. 734
• Adulteress Woman Jn. 8
• Rebuke Pharisees Matt. 23

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Jesus and Salvation
Jn. 824 Therefore I said to you that you will
die in your sins for if you do not believe that
I am He, you will die in your sins Lk. 133
unless you repent you will all likewise
perish Matt. 1032-33 whoever confesses Me
before men, him I will also confess before My
Father who is in heaven. But whoever denies Me
before men, him I will also deny before My Father
who is in heaven Mk. 1616 He who believes and
is baptized will be saved