Jesus In Every Book Of The Bible

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Jesus In Every Book Of The Bible

Part 20 - The Gospels

August 4, 2021 • Pastor Bracken Christian

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JESUS IS…
“THE SEED” IN GENESIS
“THE LAMB” IN EXODUS
“THE HEAD COVERING OF THE PRIEST (MITRE)” IN LEVITICUS
“THE FIRE” IN NUMBERS
“THE WORD” IN DEUTERONOMY
“OUR FLAG OF VICTORY” IN JOSHUA
“THE RIGHTEOUS JUDGE” IN JUDGES
“OUR KINSMAN-REDEEMER” IN RUTH
“THE MOUTH & PROPHETS” IN 1, 2 SAMUEL, 1,2 KINGS & 1,2 CHRONIC
“OUR RESTORER” IN EZRA & NEHEMIAH
“OUR MEDIATOR” IN ESTHER
“A REVELATION OF RIGHTEOUSNESS” IN JOB
“THE SON OF GOD” IN PSALMS
“WISDOM” IN PROVERBS
“THE GREAT SHEPHERD” IN ECCLESIATES
“THE LOVER OF OUR SOULS” IN SONG OF SOLOMON.
“THE SIGN” IN ISAIAH
“THE BRANCH” IN JEREMIAH
“THE MAN OF SORROWS” IN LAMENTATIONS
“THE LORD IS THERE” IN EZEKIEL
“THE GREAT STONE” IN DANIEL
“OUR HUSBAND” IN HOSEA
“THE BAPTIZER IN THE HOLY SPIRIT” IN JOEL
“THE PLUMB LINE” IN AMOS
“RULER OF THE NATIONS” IN OBADIAH
“THE RISEN PROPHET” IN JONAH
“THE BETHLEHEMITE” IN MICAH
“THE LORD OF HOSTS” IN NAHUM
“SALVATION” IN HABAKKUK
“THE RETURNING KING” IN ZEPHANIAH
“JESUS IN THE TEMPLE” IN HAGGAI
“THE PIERCED ONE” IN ZECHARIAH
“THE MESSENGER” IN MALACHI

33 PICTURES OF JESUS IN 39 BOOKS

THE NEW TESTAMENT (27 Books) (8 AUTHORS)

THESE BOOKS ARE MARKED OFF IN SECTIONS; GOSPELS, HISTORY, LETTERS, PROPHECY

THE OLD TESTAMENT IS PREPARATION FOR JESUS, WHILE THE GOSPEL ACCOUNTS REPRESENT HIS MANIFESTATION ON THE EARTH. NEXT, THE BOOK OF ACTS IS THE PROCLAMATION OF HIS MESSAGE AND THE EPISTLES ARE THE EXPLANATION OF ALL THAT HE ACCOMPLISHED. FINALLY, THE REVELATION UNVEILS THE CONSUMMATION OF HIS KINGDOM.

THE BIBLE (GOD) REFERS TO AS THE FULLNESS OF TIME.
Gal 4:4 But when the fullness of the time came, God sent forth His Son…

THE ACCUSATION MADE AGAINST THE EARLY CHURCH LEADERS.

Acts 17:5 But the Jews who were not persuaded, becoming envious, took some of the evil men from the marketplace, and gathering a mob, set all the city in an uproar and attacked the house of Jason, and sought to bring them out to the people. 6 But when they did not find them, they dragged Jason and some brethren to the rulers of the city, crying out, “These who have turned the world upside down have come here too.

GOSPEL MEANS; GOOD NEWS.

MATTHEW WAS WRITING TO A JEWISH AUDIENCE, SO HE INCLUDES A LOT OF QUOTES FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT.

MARK WAS WRITING TO A ROMAN OR NON-JEWISH AUDIENCE.

LUKE WAS A PHYSICIAN AND HE IS VERY DETAILED & WROTE ACTS

JOHN WAS ONE OF THE 3 DISCIPLES CLOSEST TO JESUS

MATTHEW
EACH GOSPEL HAS A PICTURE OF JESUS CONNECTED WITH THE FOUR CREATURES AT THE THRONE IN Revelaton 4:6 and before the throne there was something like a sea of glass, like crystal; and in the center and around the throne, four living creatures full of eyes in front and behind. 7 The first creature was like a lion, and the second creature like a calf, and the third creature had a face like that of a man, and the fourth creature was like a flying eagle.

OUR PICTURE OF JESUS IN MATTHEW IS “A LION”

JESUS IS THE LION OF THE TRIBE OF JUDAH.

HE WALKED IN AUTHORITHY.
“He taught them as one having authority” (7:29)

MARK
THE PICTURE OF JESUS IN MARK IS “AN OX”

AN OX IS A SACRIFICAL ANIMAL.

LUKE
THE PICTURE OF JESUS IS “A MAN”

HE WAS A MAN ANOINTED BY GOD AND HE WAS TEMPTED AS A MAN IN ALL ASPECTS.

HE IS A HIGH PRIEST WHO CAN BE TOUCHED WITH THE FEELINGS OF OUR INFIRMITY.

THERE IS MORE ABOUT PRAISE AND PRAYER IN THE GOSPEL OF LUKE THAN THE OTHERS BECAUSE AS MEN AND WOMEN THESE ARE THE THINGS WE NEED TO DO AS HUMANS.

JOHN
THE PICTURE OF JESUS IN JOHN IS “THE EAGLE”

JOHN HAS THE 7 “I AM’S OF JESUS”

THESE 4 PICTURES OF THE GOSPELS REVEAL THE FOUR-FOLD MINISTRY OF JESUS, THE MESSIAH AND WHO HE IS TO US TODAY.

THE GOSPELS REVEAL THE PERFECTLY BALANCED MINISTRY OF JESUS IN OUR LIVES.

YOU CAN LEARN TO PRAY WITH AUTHORITY.

THINK OF MATTHEW AND THINK OF YOUR AUTHORITY.

IN MARK JESUS IS THE OX, A SERVANT ANIMAL.

JESUS LIVED TO SERVE AND DIED AS A SERVANT… HIS ATTITUDE (Phi 2)

JESUS HAD A BALANCED MINISTRY AND HE LIVES IN US.

IN LUKE WE SEE JESUS AS THE PICTURE OF A MAN. WE ARE TO BE SOUL WINNERS.

PEOPLE WANT TO SEE SOMEBODY THEY CAN RELATE TO.

IN JOHN WE SEE THE DIVINITY OF JESUS (EAGLE) AND WE ALWAYS SEE A DEMONSTRATION BEFORE THE “I AM”

IN John 2 HE TURNED THE WATER INTO WINE AND IN John 15 HE SAID, “I am the vine.”

IN John 4 A MAN COMES TO JESUS AND ASKS HIM TO HEAL HIS SON AND JESUS TELLS HIM TO, “Go your way, your son lives”

John 14 JESUS SAID, “I AM THE WAY THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE”.

John 5 JESUS ASKED THE MAN, “DO YOU WANT TO BE MADE WHOLE?”

THIS WAS A DEMONSTRATION OF “JESUS AS THE DOOR”

HE SAID IN John 10: “I AM THE DOOR”

John 6
THE LITTLE BOY WHO COMES WITH 5 LOAVES, 2 FISH. HE DIDN’T ASK GOD TO MULTIPLY IT. HE JUST GAVE THANKS AND BLESSED IT.

PRAISE IS THE BIGGEST EXPRESSION OF FAITH.

JESUS PROCLAIMS; “I AM THE BREAD OF LIFE”

JESUS SENT THE DISCIPLES ACROSS THE SEA, AND IN THE NIGHT HE COMES WALKING ON THE WATER. HE GETS IN THE BOAT AND IMMEDIATELY THEY ARE ON THE OTHER SIDE.

John 10, “I AM THE GOOD SHEPHERED”

John 8 WOMAN WHO IS CAUGHT IN THE ACT OF ADULTRY AND THEY THROW HER AT JESUS FEET.

JESUS SAY’S, “I AM THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD.

John 11 LAZARUS DIES.

JESUS SAID, “I AM THE RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE”.

THERE’S AN EAGLE INSIDE OF YOU…

The Book of Ruth

September 18, 2024 • Pastor Brody Christian • Ruth 2

IN THE LAST FIVE DECADES, MARRIAGE RATES IN THE U.S HAVE DROPPED BY 60% 63% OF MEN UNDER THE AGE OF 30 ARE CHOOSING TO BE SINGLE 77% OF MILLENNIALS PREFER TO LIVE WITH THEIR PARTNER BEFORE MARRIAGE. 50% OF MARRIAGES END IN DIVORCE IF YOU DO WHAT MOST PEOPLE DO – YOU’LL GET WHAT MOST PEOPLE GET RUTH CHAPTER TWO – FIND THE LOVE YOU WANT RUTH 1:16 NIV But Ruth replied, “Don’t urge me to leave you or to turn back from you. Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God. WHEN YOU TURN AWAY FROM MOAB, YOU’LL FIND GOD’S BLESSINGS IN BETHLEHEM RUTH 2:1 NIV Now Naomi had a relative on her husband’s side, a man of standing from the clan of Elimelek, whose name was Boaz. RUTH 2:2-3 NIV And Ruth the Moabite said to Naomi, “Let me go to the fields and pick up the leftover grain behind anyone in whose eyes I find favor.” Naomi said to her, “Go ahead, my daughter.” 3 So she went out, entered a field and began to glean behind the harvesters. VS. 3 3 So she went out, entered a field and began to glean behind the harvesters. As it turned out, she was working in a field belonging to Boaz, who was from the clan of Elimelek. PROVIDENCE OF GOD – WHEN GOD USES NATURAL CIRCUMSTANCES TO BRING ABOUT HIS SUPERNATURAL PLANS. RUTH 2:4 While she was there, Boaz arrived from Bethlehem and greeted the harvesters. “The Lord be with you!” he said. “The Lord bless you!” the harvesters replied. PEOPLE TALK ABOUT FIRST WHAT THEY VALUE THE MOST DON’T LET YOUR PAST TALK YOU OUT OF THE FUTURE GOD HAS FOR YOU RUTH 2:5-7 Then Boaz asked his foreman, “Who is that young woman over there? Who does she belong to?” 6 And the foreman replied, “She is the young woman from Moab who came back with Naomi. 7 She asked me this morning if she could gather grain behind the harvesters. She has been hard at work ever since, except for a few minutes’ rest in the shelter.” 4 THINGS WE SEE SHE’S FAITHFUL TO GOD. SHE’S LOYAL TO HER FAMILY. SHE’S A HARD WORKER. SHE HONORS GOD MORALLY. RUTH 2:8-9 Boaz went over and said to Ruth, “Listen, my daughter. Stay right here with us when you gather grain; don’t go to any other fields. Stay right behind the young women working in my field. 9 See which part of the field they are harvesting, and then follow them. I have warned the young men not to treat you roughly. And when you are thirsty, help yourself to the water they have drawn from the well.” RUTH 2:12 May the Lord, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge, reward you fully for what you have done.” QUALITIES IN BOAZ HE HONORS HER. HE PROTECTS HER. HE PROVIDES FOR HER. HE PRAYS FOR HER. RUTH 2:14 At mealtime Boaz said to her, “Come over here. Have some bread and dip it in the wine vinegar.” When she sat down with the harvesters, he offered her some roasted grain. She ate all she wanted and had some left over. WE ARE A LOT LIKE RUTH 1. SHE WAS A MOABITE AND SHE SINNED AGAINST GOD 2. SHE CAME EMPTY HANDED 3. BOAZ BLESSED RUTH WITH MORE THAN SHE EVER EXPECTED 4. BOAZ INVITED RUTH TO HIS TABLE VS. 3 As it turned out, she was working in a field belonging to Boaz, who was from the clan of Elimelek.

What's Next?

September 15, 2024 • Pastor Brody Christian

2 CORINTHIANS 3:16-18 Whenever, though, they turn to face God as Moses did, God removes the veil and there they are—face-to-face! They suddenly recognize that God is a living, personal presence, not a piece of chiseled stone. And when God is personally present, a living Spirit, that old, constricting legislation is recognized as obsolete. We’re free of it! All of us! Nothing between us and God, our faces shining with the brightness of his face. And so we are transfigured much like the Messiah, our lives gradually becoming brighter and more beautiful as God enters our lives and we become like him. GALATIANS 5:1 NIV It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery. WORLDLY FREEDOM TELLS YOU TO DO WHAT YOU WANT BIBLICAL FREEDOM IS TO ACCOMPLISH WHAT HE HAS FOR YOU BURDENED – GREED WORD - ENECHO – ENTANGLED OR TO BE ENSNARED WHAT PUTS US ENTANGLED 1. OLD MINDSETS - PERFORMANCE MINDSET - MY PERSPECTIVE OF GOD o MARTIN LUTHER – “ My temptations is this: that I think I don’t have a gracious God. This is because I am still caught up in the law. It is the greatest grief, and It produces death.” ROMANS 8:6 CSB 6 Now the mindset of the flesh is death, but the mindset of the Spirit is life and peace. ROMANS 12:2 NIV Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will. 2. WORLDLY EXPECTATIONS GALATIANS 5:7 7 You were running a good race. Who cut in on you to keep you from obeying the truth? 3. MY SIN HEBREWS 12:1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, HOW DO WE GET OUT OF BEING ENTANGLED AND FIND FREEDOM? GALATIANS 5:13 You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh; rather, serve one another humbly in love. CALLED – GREEK WORD – KALEO – INVITED OR TO BE CALLED BY NAME 1. ACCEPT GODS’ INVITATION MATTHEW 11:28 “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. 2. TRUST GODS’ AUTHORITY MATTHEW 11:29 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. GALATIANS 5:17-18 17 For the flesh desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are in conflict with each other, so that you are not to do whatever you want. 18 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law. PSALMS 9:10 Those who know your name trust in you, for you, Lord, have never forsaken those who seek you. (ISAIAH 26:3 NKJV) You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You. 3. KNOW WHAT JESUS DID ON THE CROSS WAS ENOUGH! ROMANS 8:1-3 Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, 2 because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death. 3 For what the law was powerless to do because it was weakened by the flesh, God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh to be a sin offering. THE WHIP: FREEDOM IN MY BODY. 1 PETER 2:24 “He himself bore our sins” in his body on the cross, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; “by his wounds you have been healed.” THE THORNS: FREEDOM IN MY MIND. JOHN 14:27 Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid. THE NAILS: FREEDOM IN MY HANDS. HEBREWS 8:12 “For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more.” HEBREWS 9:14 NLT Just think how much more the blood of Christ will purify our consciences from sinful deeds so that we can worship the living God. THE SPEAR: FREEDOM IN MY HEART. (PSALM 147:3) He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds. 1 CORINTHIANS 11:23-26 The Lord Jesus, on the night he was betrayed, took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, “This is my body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of me.” In the same way, after supper he took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood; do this, whenever you drink it, in remembrance of me.” For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes. JAMES 5:16 16 Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective. YOU WILL ALWAYS STAY AS SICK AS YOUR SECRETS

Identified In Christ

September 11, 2024 • Jensen Christian

We were made in His image so the more we know Him, the more we become ourselves and who we are meant to be WE ARE TO BE A REFLECTION OF THE FATHER AS JESUS WAS! How do we come to know who we are? Know God, know His Word If you don’t know whose you are You’ll never discover who you are ROMANS 8:29-30 29 For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters.30 And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified. Once you know how God sees you, You can become the vision that God has set before you It’s not a destination, it’s a journey! ephesians 1:3-8 3 All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms because we are united with Christ. 4 Even before he made the world, God loved us and chose us in Christ to be holy and without fault in his eyes. 5 God decided in advance to adopt us into his own family by bringing us to himself through Jesus Christ. This is what he wanted to do, and it gave him great pleasure. 6 So we praise God for the glorious grace he has poured out on us who belong to his dear Son.[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=ephesians%201&version=nlt#fen-nlt-29173b] 7 He is so rich in kindness and grace that he purchased our freedom with the blood of his Son and forgave our sins.8 He has showered his kindness on us, along with all wisdom and understanding. YOU HAVE BEEN ADOPTED! IT GIVES GOD GREAT PLEASURE TO CALL YOU HIS CHILD! AS SOON AS YOU BECOME A NEW CREATION, EVERYTHING YOU NEED HAS ALREADY BEEN PLACED INSIDE OF YOU! YOU HAVE THE HOLY SPIRIT!! Colossians 2:8-10 8 Don’t let anyone capture you with empty philosophies and high-sounding nonsense that come from human thinking and from the spiritual powers[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=colossians%202%3a8-10&version=nlt#fen-nlt-29463a] of this world, rather than from Christ. 9 For in Christ lives all the fullness of God in a human body.[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=colossians%202%3a8-10&version=nlt#fen-nlt-29464b] 10 So you also are complete through your union with Christ, who is the head over every ruler and authority. YOU ARE LOVED You are boldly, uniquely, unconditionally, relentlessly loved! GOD DOES NOT LOVE HIS CHILDREN EQUALLY, HE LOVES US UNIQUELY. Galatians 6:14-15 14 As for me, may I never boast about anything except the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ. Because of that cross,[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=galatians%206&version=nlt#fen-nlt-29163c] my interest in this world has been crucified, and the world’s interest in me has also died. 15 It doesn’t matter whether we have been circumcised or not. What counts is whether we have been transformed into a new creation. Romans 5:8-11 8 But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. 9 Since we have now been justified by his blood, how much more shall we be saved from God’s wrath through him! 10 For if, while we were God’s enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through his life!11 Not only is this so, but we also boast in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation YOU ARE REDEEMED REDEEMED FROM DEATH, SIN, YOUR OLD WAYS, FROM HELL! THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CONDEMNATION AND CONVICTION Conviction is from the Holy Spirit Condemnation is from the enemy Conviction leads you to repentance and brings you back to God Condemnation keeps you hiding from God in your mess IT IS NOT HUMBLE OR MEEK TO STAY IN CONDEMNATION OR SHAME IT IS US SAYING WHAT JESUS DID ON THE CROSS WAS NOT ENOUGH! IF GOD WHO IS PERFECT CAN FORGIVE YOU… WHO ARE YOU NOT TO FORGIVE YOU (OR OTHERS) THE DEVIL WANTS YOU ISOLATED HE WANTS TO KEEP YOU IN SHAME WHEN WE HIDE IN OUR SHAME, WE LOSE SIGHT OF JESUS AND WHERE HE IS TAKING US INSTEAD HIDE IN THE SHADOW OF HIS WING So many times we let down or defenses to the enemy because we don’t know who we are! We open the door to fall victim to sin, strife, bitterness, etc., when we don’t know who we are in Christ! JUST LIKE PAUL KNEW HIS RIGHTS AS ROMAN CITIZENS WE SHOULD KNOW OUR RIGHTS AS CITIZENS OF HEAVEN AS CHILDREN OF THE ONE TRUE GOD AS JOINT HEIRS WITH JESUS Don’t take things that aren’t yours… The enemy can only have what you allow Him to Don’t let the enemy or even yourself put things on you that you were never meant to carry The very same power that raised Jesus from the dead Is alive on the inside of His children 1 john 4:4 But you belong to God, my dear children. You have already won a victory over those people, because the Spirit who lives in you is greater than the spirit who lives in the world. When you know who you are in Christ - you won’t be led by emotion - You don’t let others or society define you - you aren’t moved by circumstance - you are confident and know you are complete - You keep the enemy exactly where he belongs – under your feet WHEN YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE YOU SEE YOURSELF THE WAY GOD SEES YOU Get ahold of this picture in your heart: You are a treasure hunter's greatest dream. You have the treasure map. "X" marks the spot for the hidden treasure, but this time you don't have to go searching for the hidden treasure because the "X" is written on you! You are the hiding place for God's greatest treasure — the third Person of the Godhead, the Holy Spirit! - So meditate on this truth today: You are valuable and precious in God's sight. Even though in the natural you may seem weak, fragile, and valueless, God has chosen your human body as the place to hide His greatest treasure. Now you can say, "When God looks at me, 'X' really does mark the spot." 2 corinthians 4:7 I am pursued I am holy I am anointed I am righteous I am justified I am redeemed I am loved I am valuable I am approved I am a joint heir with Christ I am more than a conqueror I am citizen of Heaven I am a child of the king I am a new creation I am whole and complete I am chosen I am bold and brave as a lion I am made in the image of God I am/have enough because He is more than enough!! David knew God intimately So then he could declare him publicly and boldly Stop looking for the streams of living water when it’s already on the inside of you waiting to bust out