God’s Christmas Plan Part 2: Predicted Pain for Our Gain
Isaiah 53:1-6
December 14, 2014
Isaiah 53:1-6
December 14, 2014
Isaiah
53:1-6
-God intended all along to save us from our sins
-He revealed this over 500 years before
Jesus came into the world
Luke 24:25-27 Jesus used the Old Testament to explain that his suffering was predicted
Acts 8:34-35 Philip explains the Good News with the Old Testament scriptures
-The first New Testament writings didn't exist at that time!
Modern
“Appearances” of Jesus
People trust the craziest "appearances"
-5 picture examples of the "image of Christ": a wall, iron, another wall, toast, and a toasted cheese sandwich.
-5 picture examples of the "image of Christ": a wall, iron, another wall, toast, and a toasted cheese sandwich.
-these are some freaky phenomenons that have gained many devotees.
Personally, my faith is based on far
more solid evidence than burnt images in modern day items that resemble the
picture of Jesus that doesn’t even exist!
History
or Hoax?
Highlighted
in The Case for Christ by Lee Strobel
Altered
Stories
-did writers fabricate details to make
it appear that Jesus fulfilled OT?
-the gospels would have been corrected
by all the eye witnesses
-why would Matthew have allowed himself
to be put to death for a lie?
Intentional
Fulfillment
-did Jesus maneuver His life in a way to
fulfill prophecy?
-example: ride donkey into Jerusalem, others
-but, impossible to manipulate “30
pieces of silver, birth date
Daniel 9:24-26 predicted when Jesus would arrive!
Taken
Out of Context
-do Christians cherry pick OT verses to
prove Jesus is the Messiah?
-this is a tired argument dismisses
countless scholars and historians
-over 2000 years and we haven’t found
any true basis for this theory
Coincidence
-did Jesus “accidentally” fulfill all
these prophecies?
-could there be, or have there been
others who fit the predictions?
-read excerpt from Case for Christ, page
183
-it is a staggering mathematical impossibility for even 8 prophecies to be fulfilled in one mane to be merely coincidence!
-Jesus fulfilled over 100 clearly identifiable Old Testament prophecies!
God’s
Christmas Plan: Predicted Pain for Our
Gain
Isaiah
53:6
“We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has
turned to his own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of
us all”
-Every one of us was a born sinner,
straying from what is right
-We are all unable to find our way apart
from divine intervention
-Jesus entered the world to take away
all of our sins
-God’s plan was bear the punishing pain
of crucifixion for our gain, to be our substitute!
Have
I examined God’s plan?
How
do my plans compare?
Am
I ready to trust God’s plan?
-For seekers: Surrender my life to Jesus Christ
-For beleivers: Repent and return to Jesus Christ
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