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Call to Worship

Say: Let us now begin to worship the Father the Son, the Holy Spirit, Our Call to worship Comes to us from

Revelation 1:17–18 ESV
17 When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. But he laid his right hand on me, saying, “Fear not, I am the first and the last, 18 and the living one. I died, and behold I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of Death and Hades.

Who is Jesus?

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My Main Questions for you today is who is Jesus and what does he do?

Many say his name, and many have a lot to say about him but who is he?
Today Jesus’s name is becoming increasingly taboo. It is becoming costly to speak of him. It can get you fired, it can get you in trouble at school, it can cause difficulty at home. This is the devil’s plan coming to fruition. Jesus is taking lightly, reserved fro when you hit your hand, when your surprised, to add extra weight to a point that you or I are trying to make. his name is used in movies no different then any other 4 letter word.

So the question is who is he?

According to the Bible, we are going to Christmas y’all, an angel told Joseph and Mary separately that they were to call Mary’s son “Jesus.”
The angel who spoke to Joseph explained why: “for he will save his people from their sins” (Matt. 1:21; cf. Luke 1:31).
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The name Jesus means “Jehovah saves,” and the angel’s comment assumes an awareness of this meaning.
Since the angel said that “he,” meaning in context Jesus, would save his people, the implication is that Jesus somehow is Jehovah.
His name demonstrates his actions to us. John 1:29
John 1:29 ESV
29 The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
John the baptist new what Jesus was to do, this saviour nature of Jesus is in the very person he is Jesus is the God man who came to save people from their sin.
Sin is breaking God’s law that is things such as (list the ten commandments).
In his very nature he is God, uncreated, a saviour.

That is who Jesus is so what does he do?

I’m going to talk about the three offices that Jesus’ holds. These 3 offices are what he does.
Jesus occupies 3 offices the prophet, priest, and king. As a n image if you have seen the movie or read the book in the Lord of the rings, Tolkien broke this office into 3 characters, Aragon the king who lead the charge into the black gates, Gandalf he rose from the dead proclaiming what is to come, and Frodo who carried the evils of the ring on his person to bring it to destruction.
We are going to look at a text in the Bible this morning to demonstrate these offices.

Text Mark 10:32-34

Mark 10:32–34 ESV
32 And they were on the road, going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was walking ahead of them. And they were amazed, and those who followed were afraid. And taking the twelve again, he began to tell them what was to happen to him, 33 saying, “See, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and the scribes, and they will condemn him to death and deliver him over to the Gentiles. 34 And they will mock him and spit on him, and flog him and kill him. And after three days he will rise.”
Now You maybe saying this isn’t the traditional Easter texts. I’d say that you’re correct. We as a church have a commitment to preaching God’s word line by line, precept by precept. God in his sovereignty has set it up in such a way that this text in which the Lord predicts his crucifixion would be the one for Easter this year. We believe that the Bible is God’s very word for mankind, that it is completely true and that every thing it teaches is useful and good to live by. It is the source of ultimate truth because it is written by God who cannot lie as the Bible says.
Numbers 23:19 (ESV)
19 God is not man, that he should lie,
And so when I or any Christian reads this book we know that the Bible says tis about itself
2 Timothy 3:16–17 ESV
16 All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, 17 that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.
The Bible Testifies to it being breathed out by God. You may say that sounds like circular reasoning, but I’d push back on you and say who did you hear that from? Are they completely trust worthy that you would bet your life on them? The Christian Bible isn’t a line of men I have to trust completely, it is a line that goes straight back to God.
So when we look at this text in detail and it describes the actions and person of Jesus this is God testifying to us about himself. Let’s look at the first office.

King Jesus

Mark 10:32  And they were on the road, going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was walking ahead of them.
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What is a king?

This I contend to you demonstrates the kingly office of Jesus. They walked to Jerusalem- this is the king leading his men into battle from the front. He was walking into a battle with his enemies, with the devil, and death.
I believe in this context we see Jesus as demonstrating his connection to David the king of Israel. Jesus was the prophesied decedent of David who would reign on his throne forever.
2 Samuel 7:16 ESV
16 And your house and your kingdom shall be made sure forever before me. Your throne shall be established forever.’ ”
Jesus was leading his disciples, like David lead his mighty men, in the protection of his people. This very act of leading and walking into danger is kingly.
Let me expand on this, and you’re going to need to use your
The Bible calls the devil a dragon and Jesus is going to the home of the dragon who he knew was plotting to kill him. In my mind I see Jesus seeing a city with a dragon only he could see that he knew he must fight. We today rightfully thank police, soldiers, firemen for going into harms way. Jesus is the ultimate example of this. He is a warrior king going in to fight the ultimate evil, to ransom us from it with his own blood He Bible says this. Life for a friend. (John)

Application.

For this is what it means to be a king: to be first in every desperate attack and last in every desperate retreat, and when there’s hunger in the land (as must be now and then in bad years) to wear finer clothes and laugh louder over a scantier meal than any man in your land.”
― C.S. Lewis
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I don’t know many leaders today that I would believe would walk willingly into danger to save another, most just pass the buck, abdicate, pivot, use it to fund-raise but never actually do anything, this is true no matter your political thoughts. Jesus on the other hand does so you can trust him. Do you worry about your family, you can trust him. Jesus looks danger in the face. He doesn’t blink nor squirm. In the Bible there is the true story of Jesus stopping the storm in the middle of the night. If you’re from florida we know a thing about when a storm rages through the night. When a hurricane comes through their is nothing you can do. You can try to get away, you can ride it out, but you must deal with it.
Jesus on the other hand marches into the danger and confronts it. He stopped the storms, he went to fight and he defeated the devil on the cross, his power is undone. So you can trust him in the midst of your storms. Jesus looks to Jerusalem, the place of his death and marches in. When you’re in trouble Jesus see it in the face and does not fail he will conquer the trouble and save you from it. You can trust him.
Men: when you look at the kingship of Christ this must be your example. This is the only way to lead, but you can only do it in Christ. You are called to be a king but you must have a king of kings over you that will be Jesus or chaos who is really Satan. Is your family, life, business gone off the rails? Who is the king of kings in your life? Are you modeling yourself after Jesus or really Satan? (Repent)
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Prophet

V33 he told them what must happen. Jesus the prophet

What is a prophet?

You need to understand this, he knew the future. How many people can claim this? Jesus saw the future he accurately described what would happen and it did (Give verse) Jesus’ knowledge of the future demonstrates that he is God. This connects him to the traits we see in the OT. (Go to Genesis 3, isisiah)

He then reveals the very near future

We can look at section and once again learn something from the context.
Jesus knows the future, he explains in simply and clearly

It should now be obvious that the extent of God’s knowledge is universal. God controls the whole course of nature and history (see above and chaps. 4, 14, and 15) and controls everything by a wise plan (chap. 16). He is the “author” of the text of history (chap. 8). His wise plan constitutes knowledge—knowledge of everything, omniscience.41 His knowledge is just as extensive as his lordship. As we saw in the last section, his control, authority, and presence are universal and therefore presuppose universal knowledge.

Our confession of God’s omniscience is not based only on the above arguments. Scripture states it quite explicitly and often:

Great is our Lord, and mighty in power;

his understanding has no limit. (Ps. 147:5)

[Peter] said, “Lord, you know all things; you know that I love you.” (John 21:17; cf. 2:24–25)

For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart. Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of him to whom we must give account. (Heb. 4:12–13)

For God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything. (1 John 3:20)

Application:

You can trust God with tomorrow, with your life, God is not surprised, God is a safe tower to draw to.
Jesus being the 2nd member of the trinity shares this with his father and is trustworthy with your life

Jesus the priest

What is a priest?

A Priest is one that carries the burdens of thew peiople before the Lord. He goes to the Lord in behalf of the people The Bible records this
Hebrews 4:14–5:3
14 Since then we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. 15 For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin. 16 Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
5 For every high priest chosen from among men is appointed to act on behalf of men in relation to God, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins. 2 He can deal gently with the ignorant and wayward, since he himself is beset with weakness. 3 Because of this he is obligated to offer sacrifice for his own sins just as he does for those of the people.
Jesus can relate to us and so we can see in our text today him doing just this:

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33 saying, “See, wwe are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and the scribes, and they will xcondemn him to death and ydeliver him over to the Gentiles. 34 And they will zmock him and aspit on him, and flog him and kill him. And bafter three days he will rise.”

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The blood sacrifice

When you read these words they read of a man allowing these things to happen to him. God could have prevented the murder of his son, yet he didn’t. This text read like a person who had these things done to him.
Jesus literally allowed this to happen to him on our behalf. This God was walking on the water, healing and being ministered by angels and now he is being taken in hand by wicked men.
Look at those who did these actions, “the elders, and the chief priests, and the scribes” these men should have been the ones leading the way to crown him, but instead they were used of God to kill our Lord
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He looked upon his death only as a martyrdom, like that of the prophets, which he thought might be prevented, if either he would take a little care not to provoke the chief priests, or to keep out of the way; but he knew not that the thing was necessary for the glory of God, the destruction of Satan, and the salvation of man, that the Captain of our salvation must be made perfect through sufferings, and so must bring many sons to glory.

Psalm 118:22–23 ESV
22 The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. 23 This is the Lord’s doing; it is marvelous in our eyes.
Acts 4:11–12 ESV
11 This Jesus is the stone that was rejected by you, the builders, which has become the cornerstone. 12 And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.”
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God crushed his own son for you and me. Jesus was willing to suffer on our behalf, willing to be rejected on our behalf, willing ot die on our behalf.
We do everything in our power to not suffer, we do everything in our power to not feel rejection, we do everything to prevent death. Yet God didn’t spare his son such afflictions because of his love for you and I
You know what rejection feels like, so does Jesus. The very people who should loved him most wanted him dead, his own blood family tried to stop his ministry
EXPLAIN THE PENAL SUBSTITUTION NEEDED

Application:

1. Love for us

A penal substitutionary understanding of the cross helps us to understand God’s love, and to appreciate its intensity and beauty. Scripture magnifies God’s love by its refusal to diminish our plight as sinners deserving of God’s wrath, and by its uncompromising portrayal of the cross as the place where Christ bore that punishment in the place of his people. If we blunt the sharp edges of the cross, we dull the glittering diamond of God’s love.

So we are to do likewise and love one another with this kind of love.

2. Truthfulness of God

A Second application is that by Christ saying he was going to do this and he did we can know that God is trurthfuk

In this way, the cross of Christ establishes that all of God’s word is true. If God refused to break his word in this most extreme of cases, we can trust him in every other situation. The torment of the cross stands as a monument to the unchanging truthfulness of God’s word:

Psalm 33:4 ESV
4 For the word of the Lord is upright, and all his work is done in faithfulness.

3. Legally Righteous

You are now covered in the righteousness of God. Think of it this way you’re clothed in Christ’s righteousness.
You’re legally declared sinless before God. The punishment has been met out for you, you can never experince God’s wrath

4. Gives a real understanding or our sin

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Benediction

Say: As we close our service of worship dear brother and sister please stand for our benediction and receive by faith this blessing from God

Ephesians 3:20–21 ESV
20 Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, 21 to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen.
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