LET’S TALK ABOUT JESUS
MEMORY VERSE: John
14:6 (NKJV) 6 Jesus said to him, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
Scriptures: 1 Peter 1:17–25
Introduction:
Matthew 17:14–16; Mark 9:17; John 12:20–22; Matthew 6:33
“Worship
is the celebration of God’s existence.”—Prof. Yesufu Ameh Obaje.
1. He is the Remarkable Redeemer
1
Peter 1:18; Cf. John 3:16;
Galatians 4:4–5;
Eph 4:17
“… that we have not been redeemed
by the aimless conduct received by the tradition from our fathers.” -- Paul A. Cedar and Lloyd J.
Ogilvie
Greek
“mátaios”
means vain, empty, aimless, and futile.
“… these
people thought their lives were “full” and “happy,” when they were really empty
and miserable. Unsaved people today are blindly living on substitutes.”--
Warren W. Wiersbe
2. He is the Spotless Sacrifice
1 Peter 1:19; 1 John 3:5; Hebrews
4:15; 1 Peter 2:22; Leviticus 22:19–20; Hebrews 10:14; Hebrews 10:17–22; John 1:29; John 10:18;1
Pet. 2:22; Mal. 1:8; Hebrews 9:13–14
Illustration:
From The
Lion, the Witch,
and the Wardrobe by C.S.
Lewis
3. He is the Predestined Propitiation
1 Peter 1:20; Ephesians 1:4;1
John 2:1–2; Acts 4:27–28; Matthew 1:21–23
Latin praedestināre “to resolve beforehand.”—Dictionary.com
Propitiation
is “The satisfaction of
the righteous demands of God in relation to human sin and its punishment
through the sacrificial death of Jesus Christ upon the cross, by which the
penalty of sin is cancelled and the anger of God averted.” -- Dictionary of Bible Themes by Martin H. Manser
4. He is the Exclusive Entrance
1 Peter 1:21; John 10:9; John
14:6;1 Peter 3:18; Acts 4:12; Matthew 7:13–14
Conclusion: John 1:12–13
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