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Series 3 - God Saves His People

Review Chapter 22“The Birth of the King”

Series 3 - God Saves His People

I. The Announcement

John the Baptist – a voice in the wilderness – Matthew 3

Baptism of repentanceFulfillment of Isaiah’s prophecy (40:3-5)Prepare the way for the Lord’s comingHe will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire

Jesus is baptized

The Spirit of God settled on himGod’s announcement – “this is my dearly loved son, who brings me great joy”

II. The Rematch The temptation of Adam and Eve (Genesis 3:1-6)

Jesus, the last Adam (I Corinthians 15:45)

Matthew 4 - Jesus led by the Spirit to be tempted by the devil

Not ignorant of his schemes - 2 Corinthians 2:11 (NLT) 11  so that Satan will not outsmart us. For we are familiar with his evil schemes.1 John 2:15-16 (NLT) 15  Do not love this world nor the things it offers you, for when you love the world, you do not have the love of the Father in you. 16  For the world offers only a craving for physical pleasure, a craving for everything we see, and pride in our achievements and possessions. These are not from the Father, but are from this world. (2 Cor. 4:4 – Satan, the god of this world)

1 John 2:16

Craving for physical pleasure

Craving for everything we see

Pride in our achievement

s and possessions

Temptation of

Adam and Eve

Goodfor food

Pleasant to the eyes

Like God

Temptation of Jesus

Stonesinto

bread

Showed him the kingdoms of the

world

Jump off the

temple

Eve – “God said…”Jesus – “It is written…”Hebrews 4:15 (NLT) 15  This High Priest of ours understands our weaknesses, for he faced all of the same testings we do, yet he did not sin.

III. The Message

The Message of Good NewsLuke 4:14-21

Fulfilled prophecy of Isaiah 61Anointed to bring good newsFulfilled this day

The Message of the KingdomContrast with Jews view of earthly kingdomParables – the kingdom of God is like…

The Message in demonstration

The Message of Re-birth – John 3:1-17

Unless you are born again you cannot see the kingdom of GodThe Holy Spirit gives birth to spiritual life

God loved the world so much that he gave his only sonWhoever believes will not perish but have eternal lifeJesus came, not to condemn the world, but to save the world

2 Corinthians 5:19-21God was in Christ reconciling the world to himselfNo longer counting people’s sins against themHe gave us this wonderful message (Good News) of reconciliationWe plead – come back to GodJesus took our sin so we could be made right with God through Christ