Jesus: Made Perfect Through Suffering – Hebrews 2:10-13
Jesus, the author of our salvation, was made perfect, as a savior, through his suffering on the cross. The perfect lamb sacrificed for us.
Jesus
A Chosen and Precious Cornerstone – 1 Peter 2:6-8
What is your life built around? What is the cornerstone of the church you are a part of? If the answer is not Jesus, then you are heading in the wrong direction. Align your life, and your relationship with God, around Jesus as the cornerstone. If he is your cornerstone, you have no reason to be ashamed. If he is not, then you are stumbling around in the dark.
Tearing Down Walls – Ephesians 2:11-22
In Christ it makes no difference whether we are Jew or Gentile. We are all one body in him because of grace. It is by faith in what Jesus did that we come into relationship with God now; not by adherence to the commands and regulations of the law. Because observance of the law as a means to righteousness has been replaced by God’s grace, we are all equally able to stand before God, not because of what I have done, but because of what he did.
Don’t Stumble Over Jesus – Luke 7:23
Jesus warns us not to stumble over him. To not let our expectations for what a savior should be keep us from him. It is all too easy to want something other than what Jesus offers us. But to reject his offer of salvation will lead us to ruin.
The Person of Jesus Christ
Who is Jesus? The orthodox position in Christianity on the person of Jesus is that Jesus is fully God as well as fully human. He was God from eternity past and will be into eternity future. But at his incarnation, he took on human flesh and became like one of us.
Tell Them How Much the Lord Has Done for You – Mark 5:19
As a believer, I am called to be a witness to what the Lord has done for me. I am not expected to make a deeply theological presentation as I share the gospel. Instead I need to simply tell them how much the Lord has done for me. Be a witness to others of the love of Christ in your own life.
Who Is This Man that Can Calm Wind and Wave? – Mark 4:41
Who is this man who is able to calm the wind and the waves by command? Jesus is more than just a teacher and healer. He is creator and God.
What is Truth – John 18:37-38
What is truth? Jesus is the ultimate truth on which all other truths stand. All other ‘truths’ should be judged by his truth.
The Only Way – John 14:6
That Jesus is the only way is not popular in our culture and is considered to be too exclusive. There are many ‘other ways’ advertised all around us: other religions or philosophies; being good enough; or even denying that the Father’s house even exists. But Jesus doesn’t say here that he is ‘a way’, but that he is ‘the only way’. All of the other ways will end in disaster for the one who travels them. Follow Jesus along the narrow path that leads to life; all other roads lead to destruction (Matt 7:13-14).
The Great I AM – John 8:58-59
I have had several people tell me that Jesus never claimed to be God; that claims for his divinity were a later embellishment of the church. But these verses makes clear that Jesus saw himself as God.