Who is Jesus

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Who is Jesus?

• Discovering Jesus series part 1
• John 11-14 and Selected

Pastor Dave Martin Cross Creek Community Church
April 25, 2004
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• The name JESUS is found 929 times in the N.T.
• 85 Americans Identify themselves as Christian
• 41 Americans say Jesus was sinless

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JESUS -- IS GOD!

• John 11-2 In the beginning was the Word, and the
  Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was
  with God in the beginning.

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JESUS --- IS GOD!

• Jesus EXISTED in Eternity Past!

John 175 And now, Father, glorify me in your
presence with the glory I had with you before the
world began. John 858 "I tell you the truth,"
Jesus answered, "before Abraham was born, I am!"
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JESUS --- IS GOD!

• Jesus CREATED all things!

John 13 Through him all things were made
without him nothing was made that has been made.
Col. 116 For by him all things were created
things in heaven and on earth, visible and
invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or
authorities all things were created by him and
for him.
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JESUS --- IS SAVIOR!

• Acts 412 Salvation is found in no one else, for
  there is no other name under heaven given to men
  by which we must be saved."

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JESUS --- IS SAVIOR!
JESUS --- IS SAVIOR!

• Jesus is the SOURCE of LIFE!
• John 14 In him was life, and that life was the
  light of men.
• John 1125 Jesus said to her, "I am the
  resurrection and the life. He who believes in me
  will live, even though he dies

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JESUS --- IS SAVIOR!

• Jesus is the REVEALER of TRUTH!
• John 19 The true light that gives light to every
  man was coming into the world.
• John 812 When Jesus spoke again to the people,
  he said, "I am the light of the world. Whoever
  follows me will never walk in darkness, but will
  have the light of life."

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Our Options Concerning His Identity...

• He knew He was not God, but He lied...
• Hes a LIAR.
• He mistakenly thought He was God...
• Hes a LUNATIC.
• Jesus is who He claims to be...
• Then Jesus is LORD!

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JESUS --- IS LORD!

• YOUR RESPONSE!
• REJECTION (Lunatic or Liar)
• John 110-11 He was in the world, and though the
  world was made through him, the world did not
  recognize him. He came to that which was his own,
  but his own did not receive him.
• OR

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JESUS --- IS LORD!

• YOUR RESPONSE!
• RECEPTION (Lord)
• John 112-13 Yet to all who received him, to
  those who believed in his name, he gave the right
  to become children of God-- children born not of
  natural descent, nor of human decision or a
  husband's will, but born of God.

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Jesus is either a liar, a lunatic, or Lord and
God.

• You must make a choice...
• Your Eternal Destiny is in the Balance!
• John 2031 But these are written that you may
  believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God,
  and that by believing you may have life in his
  name

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