Post on 23-Jun-2015
Megalomaniac, Philosopher, Schizophrenic OR MESSIAH
PART 1 – HIS WORDS
Who do you think Jesus is?
Our response to Jesus depends much on who we think He is…
Who do you think Jesus is?
Our response to Jesus depends much on who we think He is… •Moslem – prophet
Who do you think Jesus is?
Our response to Jesus depends much on who we think He is… •Moslem – prophet •Hindu – another deity / guru
Who do you think Jesus is?
Our response to Jesus depends much on who we think He is… •Moslem – prophet •Hindu – another deity / guru •General Public – good moral man
Who do you think Jesus is?
Our response to Jesus depends much on who we think He is… •Moslem – prophet •Hindu – another deity / guru •General Public – good moral man•Buddhist – another pilgrim trying to achieve nirvana
Who do you think Jesus is?
Our response to Jesus depends much on who we think He is… •Moslem – prophet •Hindu – another deity / guru •General Public – good moral man•Buddhist – another pilgrim trying to achieve nirvana •Atheist – liar, crazy man, hunger for power
Who do you think Jesus is?
Our response to Jesus depends much on who we think He is… •Moslem – prophet •Hindu – another deity / guru •General Public – good moral man•Buddhist – another pilgrim trying to achieve nirvana •Atheist – liar, crazy man, hungry for power•Christian – God
Who do you think Jesus is?
• Who do people say I am
Jesus once asked that polling question to His disciples …
• Who do people say I am• Who do YOU say I am ..
Jesus once asked that polling question to His disciples …
• Who do people say I am• Who do YOU say I am ..
Jesus once asked that polling question to His disciples …
This series is to help you to answer the 2nd question, who do
YOU say He is.
• More investigative / historical / more factual pathway OR
Few ways to tackle this question:
• More investigative / historical / more factual pathway OR
• More personal / more heartfelt
Few ways to tackle this question:
The best way to know a person is to examine:1.His Words
The Big Idea:
The best way to know a person is to examine:1.His Words2.His Deeds
The Big Idea:
The best way to know a person is to examine:1. His Words2. His Deeds3. His Legacy
The Big Idea:
WORD TRIVIA:
“I have a dream”
WORD TRIVIA:
“I have a dream”
WORD TRIVIA:
– Martin Luther King
“That’s one small step for a man, a giant leap for mankind”
WORD TRIVIA:
“That’s one small step for a man, a giant leap for mankind”
WORD TRIVIA:
– Neil Armstrong
“Life is like a box of chocolates”
WORD TRIVIA:
“Life is like a box of chocolates”
WORD TRIVIA:
– Forrest Gump
“You must be the change you wish to see in the world”
WORD TRIVIA:
“You must be the change you wish to see in the world”
WORD TRIVIA:
– Gandhi
“May the force be with you”
WORD TRIVIA:
“May the force be with you”
WORD TRIVIA:
– Star Wars
“The biggest disease today is not leprosy or tuberculosis, but rather the feeling of being unwanted”
WORD TRIVIA:
“The biggest disease today is not leprosy or tuberculosis, but rather the feeling of being unwanted”
WORD TRIVIA:
– Mother Teresa
“You jump, I jump”
WORD TRIVIA:
“You jump, I jump”
WORD TRIVIA:
– Titanic
“Ask not what your country can do for you--ask what you can do for your country”
WORD TRIVIA:
“Ask not what your country can do for you--ask what you can do for your country”
WORD TRIVIA:
– John F Kennedy
“With great power comes with great responsibility”
WORD TRIVIA:
“With great power comes with great responsibility”
WORD TRIVIA:
– Spiderman
“The unexamined life is not worth living”
WORD TRIVIA:
“The unexamined life is not worth living”
WORD TRIVIA:
– Socrates
Few famous sayings of Jesus:
1.“But whoever slaps you on your right cheek, turn the other to him also” – (Matt 5:39)
Few famous sayings of Jesus:
1.“But whoever slaps you on your right cheek, turn the other to him also” – (Matt 5:39)
2.“But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you” – (Matt 5:44)
Few famous sayings of Jesus:
1.“But whoever slaps you on your right cheek, turn the other to him also” – (Matt 5:39)
2.“But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you” – (Matt 5:44)
3.“So do not worry about tomorrow; for tomorrow will care for itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own – (Matt 6:34)
Few famous sayings of Jesus:
4. “Do to others as you would have them do to you” – (Luke 6:31)
Few famous sayings of Jesus:
4. “Do to others as you would have them do to you” – (Luke 6:31)
5. “Do not judge, or you too will be judged – (Matt 7:7)
Few famous sayings of Jesus:
6.“Whoever wants to be a leader among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to be first among you must be the slave of everyone else. For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve others and to give his life as a ransom for many.” (Mark 10:42-45)
Few famous sayings of Jesus:
7. “I am the way, the truth and the life; no man come to the Father, except through me” (John 14:6)
Few famous sayings of Jesus:
But the single MOST IMPACTFUL saying of Jesus is …
John 3, 1Now there was a Pharisee, a man named Nicodemus who was a member of the Jewish ruling council. 2He came to Jesus at night and said, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the signs you are doing if God were not with him.”
But the single MOST IMPACTFUL saying of Jesus is …
John 3, 3Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again.”4“How can someone be born when they are old?” Nicodemus asked. “Surely they cannot enter a second time into their mother’s womb to be born!”
But the single MOST IMPACTFUL saying of Jesus is …
John 3, 5Jesus answered, “Very truly I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless they are born of water and the Spirit. 6Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit. 7You should not be surprised at my saying, ‘You must be born again.’
But the single MOST IMPACTFUL saying of Jesus is …
John 3, 8The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.”9“How can this be?” Nicodemus asked.
But the single MOST IMPACTFUL saying of Jesus is …
John 3, 10“You are Israel’s teacher,” said Jesus, “and do you not understand these things? 11Very truly I tell you, we speak of what we know, and we testify to what we have seen, but still you people do not accept our testimony. 12I have spoken to you of earthly things and you do not believe; how then will you believe if I speak of heavenly things?
But the single MOST IMPACTFUL saying of Jesus is …
John 3, 13No one has ever gone into heaven except the one who came from heaven—the Son of Man. 14Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up, 15that everyone who believes may have eternal life in him.”
But the single MOST IMPACTFUL saying of Jesus is …
John 3, 16For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
But the single MOST IMPACTFUL saying of Jesus is …
John 3, 17For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. 18Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.
But the single MOST IMPACTFUL saying of Jesus is …
John 3, 16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
John 3, 16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
God loves, God gives …
John 3, 16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
God loves, God gives …We believe, We receive
God Loves, God Gives
God Loves, God Gives God has often been equated to:
God Loves, God Gives God has often been equated to:•Distance
God Loves, God Gives God has often been equated to:•Distance •Disinterested
God Loves, God Gives God has often been equated to:•Distance •Disinterested •Disengaged
God Loves, God Gives God has often been equated to:•Distance •Disinterested •Disengaged •Disciplinarian
God’s kind of Love (Agape)
God’s kind of Love (Agape) •Everlasting
God’s kind of Love (Agape) •Everlasting •Unconditional
God’s kind of Love (Agape) •Everlasting •Unconditional •Forgiving
God’s kind of Love (Agape) •Everlasting •Unconditional •Forgiving •Sacrificial
We Believe, We receive
We Believe, We receive All other belief systems say: “we behave, we receive…”
We Believe, We receive All other belief systems say: “we behave, we receive…”
Jesus says “you believe, you receive”
John 19, 38Later, Joseph of Arimathea asked Pilate for the body of Jesus. Now Joseph was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly because he feared the Jewish leaders. With Pilate’s permission, he came and took the body away. 39He was accompanied by Nicodemus, the man who earlier had visited Jesus at night. Nicodemus brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds.
John 19, 40Taking Jesus’ body, the two of them wrapped it, with the spices, in strips of linen. This was in accordance with Jewish burial customs. 41At the place where Jesus was crucified, there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb, in which no one had ever been laid. 42Because it was the Jewish day of Preparation and since the tomb was nearby, they laid Jesus there.
Megalomaniac, Philosopher, Schizophrenic OR MESSIAH
PART 1 – HIS WORDS