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Sunday Sermon

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Who is Jesus?
Arrty Rude
July
2, 2006
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WHO IS JESUS?
What name did God call Himself to Abraham?
Then the LORD said to Moses, "Now you will see what
I will do to Pharaoh: Because of my mighty hand he will let them go;
because of my mighty hand he will drive them out of his country."
God also said to Moses, "I am the LORD. I appeared to Abraham, to
Isaac and to Jacob as God Almighty, but by my name the LORD I did
not make myself known to them. -- Exodus 6:1-3
What name did God call Himself to Moses?
Moses said to God, "Suppose I go to the Israelites
and say to them, 'The God of your fathers has sent me to you,' and
they ask me, 'What is his name?' Then what shall I tell them?" God
said to Moses, "I am who I am . This is what you are to say to the
Israelites: 'I AM has sent me to you.' " God also said to Moses,
"Say to the Israelites, 'The LORD, the God of your fathers—the God
of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob—has sent me to
you.' This is my name forever, the name by which I am to be
remembered from generation to generation. -- Exodus 3:13-15
Who did Jesus claim he was?
"Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God;
trust also in me. In my Father's house are many rooms; if it were
not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place
for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back
and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am. You know
the way to the place where I am going." Thomas said to him, "Lord,
we don't know where you are going, so how can we know the way?"
Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one
comes to the Father except through me. If you really knew me, you
would know my Father as well. From now on, you do know him and have
seen him." Philip said, "Lord, show us the Father and that will be
enough for us." Jesus answered: "Don't you know me, Philip, even
after I have been among you such a long time? Anyone who has seen me
has seen the Father. How can you say, 'Show us the Father'? Don't
you believe that I am in the Father, and that the Father is in me?
The words I say to you are not just my own. Rather, it is the
Father, living in me, who is doing his work. Believe me when I say
that I am in the Father and the Father is in me; or at least believe
on the evidence of the miracles themselves. I tell you the truth,
anyone who has faith in me will do what I have been doing. He will
do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father.
And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Son may bring
glory to the Father. You may ask me for anything in my name, and I
will do it. "If you love me, you will obey what I command. -- John
14:1-15
Who did God say Jesus was?
While he was still speaking, a bright cloud
enveloped them, and a voice from the cloud said, "This is my Son,
whom I love; with him I am well pleased. Listen to him!" -- Matthew
17:5
Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ
Jesus: Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with
God something to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the
very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. And being
found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient
to death—even death on a cross! Therefore God exalted him to the
highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, that
at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth
and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is
Lord, to the glory of God the Father. -- Philippians 2:5-11
Who did Peter say Jesus was?
When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi,
he asked his disciples, "Who do people say the Son of Man is?" They
replied, "Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still
others, Jeremiah or one of the prophets." "But what about you?" he
asked. "Who do you say I am?" Simon Peter answered, “You are the
Christ, the Son of the living God.” -- Matthew 16:13-16
Who do you say Jesus is?

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