CONFIDENCE IN CHRIST

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CONFIDENCE IN CHRIST

• CENTRAL TRUTH
• BECAUSE OF WHO JESUS IS, WE CAN HAVE CONFIDENCE
  IN HIM FOR SALVATION
• FOCUS
• TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT OUR HOPE OF SALVATION IS
  BASED ON THE NATURE AND WORK OF CHRIST AND PUT
  OUR CONFIDENCE IN HIM
• GOLDEN TEXT HEBREWS 29

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2. WHAT DO WE HAVE CONFIDENCE IN?

• STOCK MARKET
• BANK
• GOVERNMENT
• PENSION PLAN
• OUR CAR
• ETC

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3. CROWNED WITH GLORY AND HONOR

• HOW WAS CHRIST MADE A LITTLE LOWER THAN ANGELS?
• CHRIST WENT TO THE CROSS FOR YOU AND ME
• CHRIST SUFFERED THE AGONY OF A HORRIBLE DEATH

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4. HEBREWS 27

• LOOK AT THE CONTRAST
• FIRST CHRIST SUFFERED EXCRUCIATING PAIN AND
  SUFFERING
• THEN IT SAYS THAT HE IS CROWNED WITH GLORY AND
  HONOR
• NOTE- HE SUFFERED ALL FOR US

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5. HEBREWS 25

• Living Bible And the future world we are talking
  about will not be controlled by angels. 6. Not,
  for in the book of Psalms David said to God,
  What is mere man that you are so concerned about
  him?
• IF CHRIST RULES THE WORLD, WHERE DO HIS PEOPLE
  FIT IN?

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6. WHERE IN THE BIBLE DOES IT SPEAK OF EARTHLY
DOMINION GIVEN TO HIS PEOPLE?

• GENESIS128
• DOMINION- AUTHORITY
• SUBDUE- BRING UNDER CONTROL
• 2. MATTHEW 2514-23
• 3. 1 CORINTHIANS 61,2

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7. HEBREWS 210

• LIVING BIBLE AND IT WAS RIGHT AND PROPER THAT
  GOD, WHO MADE EVERYTHING FOR HIS OWN GLORY,
  SHOULD ALLOW JESUS TO SUFFER, FOR IN DOING THIS
  HE WAS BRINGING VAST MULTITUDES OF GODS PEOPLE
  TO HEAVEN FOR HIS SUFFERING MADE JESUS A
  PERFECT LEADER, ONE FIT TO BRING THEM INTO THEIR
  SALVATION.

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8. WHAT DOES IT MEAN WHEN IT SAYS, JESUS WAS
MADE PERFECT THROUGH SUFFERING?

• PERFECT MEANS COMPLETE
• ON THE CROSS, HIS MISSION WAS COMPLETED
• BECAUSE OF HIS DEATH AND RESURRECTION, WE CAN
  FACE DEATH WITH CONFIDENCE

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9.CHRIST IS EXALTED

• BEING THAT CHRIST IS NOW AT THE RIGHT HAND OF
  GOD, HOW DOES THAT EFFECT US?
• ACTS 232,33
• JOHN 1412,13
• EPHESIANS 118-22

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10. CHRIST OUR MERCIFUL HIGH PRIEST

• SINCE CHRIST IS OUR HIGH PRIEST, HOW DOES THAT
  AFFECT OUR LIVES?
• NOTE THE DUTIES OF THE HIGH PRIEST
• CHRIST UNDERSTANDS WHEN WE ARE PUT TO THE TEST.
• AS WE ASK, HE GIVES POWER TO OVERCOME

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11. HEBREWS 31-4

• APOSTLE AND HIGH PRIEST
• CHRIST CAME TO BRING GOOD NEWS
• THE MESSAGE OF SALVATION
• AS HIGH PRIEST, CHRIST PLEADS OUR CAUSE BEFORE
  THE FATHER

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12.CHRIST, A FAITHFUL SON

• ONE WHO RULES OVER THE HOUSEHOLD
• THE FOLLOWERS OF CHRIST MAKE UP THE HOUSEHOLD OF
  GOD
• HE RULES IN LOVE AND COMPASSION
• LEADING BY THE SPIRIT

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13.LIFE RESPONSE

• SOME VOICES TODAY MINIMIZE CONFIDENCE IN CHRIST
• IT DOESNT MATTER WHAT YOU BELIEVE THEY TELL
  US, AS LONG AS YOU ARE SINCERE.
• OTHERS SAY THAT ALL RELIGIONS LEAD TO GOD

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13. OUR CONFIDENCE

• IN THE WORD OF GOD
• JOHN 146 JESUS SAID, I AM THE WAY.
• ACTS 412 THERE IS NONE OTHER NAME UNDER HEAVEN
  GIVEN AMONG MEN, WHEREBY WE MUST BE SAVED.

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THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

• IF ONE CANNOT DO GREAT THINGS, ONE CAN DO SMALL
  THINGS IN A GREAT WAY

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