The Son
There are three main issues that the Bible teaches which leads to the logical conclusion of the trinity, here are the 3 key issues we will be working with during this series
-There is one God (The Bible teaches Monotheism, one God)
-God is three persons
-Each person is fully God
One God Verses O.T. Isaiah 45:5-6, N.T. Romans 3:30
Trinity Verses Isaiah 6:8 “who will go for US” Matthew 28:19 unifies them under one name
The trinity in essence is love, if God were not triune there will be no love because before creation God would not encompass love because there would be no one to love. John 16:13-15 & 17:20-24 “before the foundation of the world”
C.S Lewis calls the trinity a dance within itself of mutual submission and joy the Godhead exists for one another.
When the art of real dancing happens
Tim Keller expounds upon this idea in his book “The Reason for God”
Read quotes from book and expound (with paper)
Sin is us trying to make other people revolve around us and because of sin God so chooses to pour out this mutual love He has for the Son and Spirit to us.
When Jesus came He was bringing us back to the position we needed to be in a life centered around God and others and also bringing us in unity with the Trinitarian God.
That is why Jesus says to find your life you must lose it Mark 8:35, and the greatest command is to Love God and others. He knows we find joy, purpose and fulfillment living for Him and others rather then ourselves, that what He does.
For the duration of the message I am going to talk about the person of Jesus as deity Isaiah 9:6, and how He applies to our lives.
I have an acronym
What He was while He was here…
S- Sacrifice John 10:11-18 shepherd
“If Jesus Christ be God and died for me, then no sacrifice can be too great for me to make for Him.” C.T. Studd
T- Teacher Matt 19:17, Jesus was not only being recognized as a teacher but He used the opportunity to say that He was God
Transition illustration Mrs. Satorski
E- Example 1 Peter 2:20-22, Jesus went through life and an excruciating death without sinning, that is the example that we need to follow
What He is now…
A- Advocate 1 Tim 2:5, 1 John 2:1, when we sin Jesus stands before the Father and reminds that He paid for those sins
What He will be…
K- King, Rev 19:15-16, This helps us to understand what the future brings for us. That is why we worship and stand in reverence because He is the King
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
"Three to the Power of One" Trinity Part 1
“Three to the Power of One” For the next three weeks we will take an in depth look at an important doctrine called the Trinity. This is a doctrine that is frequently attacked and misunderstood. The first and most common line of attack is that the bible itself never actually says the word “trinity”
The earliest known use of the word is by the church father Tertullian in about 200ad is first credited with use of the name. About a century later, in 325, the First Council of Nicaea established the doctrine of the Trinity as orthodoxy and adopted the Nicene Creed.
Wayne Grudem defines the doctrine of the Trinity as follows: “God eternally exists as three persons, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, and each person is fully God, and there is one God”
Why? Community, taste of that through marriage Gen 2:24
And through the church 1 Cor 12:27
There are three main issues that the Bible teaches which leads to the logical conclusion of the trinity, here are the 3 key issues we will be working with during this series
-There is one God (The Bible teaches Monotheism, one God)
-God is three persons
-Each person is fully God
We must accept all three of these because they are all truths taught in the Scripture
If we do not we fall into heresies
-Unitarians-One God and one person
-Modalists the Father, Son and Holy Spirit is God in different Modes ex when He is the Father there is no Son. There are series problems with this, one being the baptism of Jesus Mark 1:10-11
-Tritheism-there are three gods
All of these are based on some Scriptures but ignore others, as Christians we need to look at the entirety of Scriptures.
Each week I am going to give you verses that support that there is One God, Trinitarian verses (three persons) and then we will explore each person of the Trinity and their personal Deity and what their function is in toward us.
-One God Verses
Duet 6:4 the shama, Isrealites said this 3 times a day, Duet 4:35 “there is no one else besides Him”
-Trinitarian Verses
Genesis 1:1-3 (compare with John 1), Gen 1:26 3:22
Genesis 19:24 Jehovah used two times, When you are refuting a Jehovah’s Witness a verse like this helps to show that Jesus is Jehovah
Father OT 15 times, Father in NT 245 times
Function of the Father in our lives
1. Authority: Psalm 147:4, Philippians 2:5-11 and Matt 28:18 The Father gives Jesus Authority
Isaiah 64:8 In control or Authority “we are clay and He is potter”
In life we don’t take well to authority, the role of God the father teaches us that there is someone we have to answer too. We will also see in the coming weeks how Jesus and the Holy Spirit respond to the authority of the Father which gives us an example on how we should live.
Sometimes when we have authority we throw it around and abuse it.
App. Questions 1. What authority do you hold in life? Do you use it in a Biblical way? 2. Do you respond in a biblical way to authority in your life?
The earliest known use of the word is by the church father Tertullian in about 200ad is first credited with use of the name. About a century later, in 325, the First Council of Nicaea established the doctrine of the Trinity as orthodoxy and adopted the Nicene Creed.
Wayne Grudem defines the doctrine of the Trinity as follows: “God eternally exists as three persons, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, and each person is fully God, and there is one God”
Why? Community, taste of that through marriage Gen 2:24
And through the church 1 Cor 12:27
There are three main issues that the Bible teaches which leads to the logical conclusion of the trinity, here are the 3 key issues we will be working with during this series
-There is one God (The Bible teaches Monotheism, one God)
-God is three persons
-Each person is fully God
We must accept all three of these because they are all truths taught in the Scripture
If we do not we fall into heresies
-Unitarians-One God and one person
-Modalists the Father, Son and Holy Spirit is God in different Modes ex when He is the Father there is no Son. There are series problems with this, one being the baptism of Jesus Mark 1:10-11
-Tritheism-there are three gods
All of these are based on some Scriptures but ignore others, as Christians we need to look at the entirety of Scriptures.
Each week I am going to give you verses that support that there is One God, Trinitarian verses (three persons) and then we will explore each person of the Trinity and their personal Deity and what their function is in toward us.
-One God Verses
Duet 6:4 the shama, Isrealites said this 3 times a day, Duet 4:35 “there is no one else besides Him”
-Trinitarian Verses
Genesis 1:1-3 (compare with John 1), Gen 1:26 3:22
Genesis 19:24 Jehovah used two times, When you are refuting a Jehovah’s Witness a verse like this helps to show that Jesus is Jehovah
Father OT 15 times, Father in NT 245 times
Function of the Father in our lives
1. Authority: Psalm 147:4, Philippians 2:5-11 and Matt 28:18 The Father gives Jesus Authority
Isaiah 64:8 In control or Authority “we are clay and He is potter”
In life we don’t take well to authority, the role of God the father teaches us that there is someone we have to answer too. We will also see in the coming weeks how Jesus and the Holy Spirit respond to the authority of the Father which gives us an example on how we should live.
Sometimes when we have authority we throw it around and abuse it.
App. Questions 1. What authority do you hold in life? Do you use it in a Biblical way? 2. Do you respond in a biblical way to authority in your life?
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Easter "Big Moments"
Big Moments in your life that are memorable they may be good, riding a two wheeler, first girlfriend or boyfriend, you won something, you learned something that made life easier, you got your drivers license, your wedding day, the birth of your first child for some it may even be the birth of your grandchild.
-These are the type of moments that sometimes bring tears of joy and great comfort and happiness to your heart
Sometimes those moments may be bad, falling off your first two wheeler, getting dumped by your girlfriend, you lost something important to you, you found out something that made life harder, you got into your first car accident, you got a divorce, someone you love passed away.
-These are the types of moments that bring tears of sadness and leave an emptiness and a pit in your heart and stomach
Big moment good or bad can be very defining of who we are and what we choose to do with our lives.
This reminds of an e-mail story that my dad sent me about a high school freshmen
A terrible story that ended in something amazing
The biggest moment in history starts with a terrible and brutal murder of Jesus, imagine the pit in the stomach and hurt in the hearts of those who followed Jesus when they saw the nasty event happen
But the story does not end there
Resurrection facts from 1 Corinthians 15
Vrs 3-4 This is the Good News in entirety about Jesus. “According to the Scriptures” Prophesy, The Life death and resurrection is what the Scriptures foretold.
Vrs 5-7 The ones who saw Him, when Paul wrote this these people were living and could be questioned about the facts. It never fails every year around this time Archeologists and scientists try to say Jesus did not rise from the dead.
Vrs 14-15 Paul is saying that if this seemingly unbelievable miracle did not happen we have nothing to hang our hat on.
Vrs 17-19 Paul is saying if Jesus was not risen we are not forgiven of our sins and pathetic for believing what we believe.
Vrs 20-26 Jesus’ resurrection is a prototype of what will happen to us
Through Adam we all sin and deserve spiritual separation from God, but through trusting in Jesus we can live. Not only can we live but the future promise we have will be no more death
Vrs 32 and the purposelessness of life apart from a risen Savior named Jesus because we have nothing to look forward to. That is why people don’t care what they do in life because they have no hope and think this is all life is, eat drink and be merry.
A Muslim who became a Christian in Africa. "Some of his friends asked him, 'Why have you become a Christian?' He answered, 'Well, its like this. Suppose you were going down the road and suddenly the road forked in two directions, and you didn't know which way to go, and there at the fork in the road were two men, one dead and one alive--which one would you ask which way to go?'"
This is the “biggest moment of a person’s life” So for direction, purpose and salvation who would you ask? Ask Jesus
Challenge for the believers
Vrs 34 Wake up, there are people around that don’t know Jesus, tell them about Him and His love for them. “I say this to your shame”
By telling someone about Jesus you can be a part of the “Biggest moment of their life” The moment they pass from death to life
-These are the type of moments that sometimes bring tears of joy and great comfort and happiness to your heart
Sometimes those moments may be bad, falling off your first two wheeler, getting dumped by your girlfriend, you lost something important to you, you found out something that made life harder, you got into your first car accident, you got a divorce, someone you love passed away.
-These are the types of moments that bring tears of sadness and leave an emptiness and a pit in your heart and stomach
Big moment good or bad can be very defining of who we are and what we choose to do with our lives.
This reminds of an e-mail story that my dad sent me about a high school freshmen
A terrible story that ended in something amazing
The biggest moment in history starts with a terrible and brutal murder of Jesus, imagine the pit in the stomach and hurt in the hearts of those who followed Jesus when they saw the nasty event happen
But the story does not end there
Resurrection facts from 1 Corinthians 15
Vrs 3-4 This is the Good News in entirety about Jesus. “According to the Scriptures” Prophesy, The Life death and resurrection is what the Scriptures foretold.
Vrs 5-7 The ones who saw Him, when Paul wrote this these people were living and could be questioned about the facts. It never fails every year around this time Archeologists and scientists try to say Jesus did not rise from the dead.
Vrs 14-15 Paul is saying that if this seemingly unbelievable miracle did not happen we have nothing to hang our hat on.
Vrs 17-19 Paul is saying if Jesus was not risen we are not forgiven of our sins and pathetic for believing what we believe.
Vrs 20-26 Jesus’ resurrection is a prototype of what will happen to us
Through Adam we all sin and deserve spiritual separation from God, but through trusting in Jesus we can live. Not only can we live but the future promise we have will be no more death
Vrs 32 and the purposelessness of life apart from a risen Savior named Jesus because we have nothing to look forward to. That is why people don’t care what they do in life because they have no hope and think this is all life is, eat drink and be merry.
A Muslim who became a Christian in Africa. "Some of his friends asked him, 'Why have you become a Christian?' He answered, 'Well, its like this. Suppose you were going down the road and suddenly the road forked in two directions, and you didn't know which way to go, and there at the fork in the road were two men, one dead and one alive--which one would you ask which way to go?'"
This is the “biggest moment of a person’s life” So for direction, purpose and salvation who would you ask? Ask Jesus
Challenge for the believers
Vrs 34 Wake up, there are people around that don’t know Jesus, tell them about Him and His love for them. “I say this to your shame”
By telling someone about Jesus you can be a part of the “Biggest moment of their life” The moment they pass from death to life
Sunday, April 5, 2009
Know the Son Series: "Pray for the Christians" 1 John 5:13b-21
Pick up next week 13b “continue to believe” is not suggesting that a person would stop believing for salvation but it is transitioning to the next passage which is talking about prayer.
Vrs 14-15 This passage is teaching us about prayer.
The moment you wake up each morning, all your wishes and hopes for the day rush at you like wild animals. And the first job each morning consists in shoving it all back; in listening to that other voice, taking that other point of view, letting that other, larger, stronger, quieter life come flowing in. C.S. Lewis
1. Confidence
A tale is told about a small town that had historically been "dry," but then a local businessman decided to build a tavern. A group of Christians from a local church were concerned and planned an all-night prayer meeting to ask God to intervene. It just so happened that shortly thereafter lightning struck the bar and it burned to the ground. The owner of the bar sued the church, claiming that the prayers of the congregation were responsible, but the church hired a lawyer to argue in court that they were not responsible. The presiding judge, after his initial review of the case, stated that "no matter how this case comes out, one thing is clear. The tavern owner believes in prayer and the Christians do not."
It is crucial for a Christian to view prayer as priority
If I should neglect prayer but a single day, I should lose a great deal of the fire of faith. Martin Luther
2. According to His will, how do we know it is His will?
One day Ivan a prisoner in a Soviet prison camp is praying with his eyes closed when a fellow prisoner notices him and says with ridicule, "Prayers won't help you get out of here any faster." Opening his eyes, Ivan answers, "I do not pray to get out of prison but to do the will of God."
The idea of knowing and praying God’s will in your life, simply is being willing to be open to whatever God has for your life when you pray.
3. He hears us, A common misconception about God is that He is not hearing us. He hears us but He does not have to listen to us. Meaning we don’t tell Him what to do. As I mentioned a few weeks ago, don’t expect God to meet your needs if you are not willing to listen to Him
4. Petitions (for others) This is how we can truly love our fellow
O divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console, to be understood as to understand, to be loved as to love; for it is in giving that we receive it; it is in pardoning that we are pardoned; it is in dying that we are born to eternal life. Francis of Assisi
Christ went more readily went to the cross, than we go to the throne of grace. Thomas Watson
Vrs 16 First lets deal with the Theology “sin leading to death” what is it?
This is an in house prayer
Praying for Christians-we can bring their struggle with sin and their needs to Jesus too. A Christians sin no longer leads to spiritual death because we are forgiven by Jesus but the sin we commit or live in still has to be dealt with, pray for the struggles.
It is strange that, while praying, we seldom ask for change of character, but always a change in circumstance.
Praying for non-Christians-that they trust Jesus, you don’t bring a non-believers sin to the Lord
So John in this passage is saying “I am not talking about praying for the ones who you thought were Christians but are apostate, I am talking about a petitioners prayer for Christians” He is also not discouraging prayer for non-believers he is just clarifying his teaching.
If someone is an unbeliever don’t pray for their sin problems but pray for their sin condition, they need Jesus
Vrs 17 All things wrong are sin but when a believer sins they are spared spiritual death because of Jesus, that does not change the fact that a goal is Sanctification to overcome that sin in their life.
This is not who you should be you should not be sinning.
Vrs 18 The regenerated heart wants to and does follow Jesus, we have to live to that heart not our old nature. Through Jesus we can have victory over sin, in ourselves we cannot have victory.
Vrs 19 There are two groups those who belong to Jesus and those who do not. Those who do not, the world is under the influence of Satan
Satan is like a shady salesperson, he makes you think you need what he has and then when you buy in you realize it is junk, a waste of time and is destructive
To get more scary, what do predators do to deceive children? They act as if they have something better for the child so the child will follow them and trust them.
That is what Satan does, “you asked your heavenly Father for this or that and He did not give it to you, but I can” This can stem from us having a warped view of prayer.
Vrs 20 How do we combat Satan deceiving us, cling to truth. When it comes to truth we have to counter act false teachings of what some say God will do for you and look at the truth Jesus. Because if we buy the lie “God is supposed to be good but He has not been good to me” Satan gets a foothold in our lives
Lets take a look at Jesus. Jesus was not rich, Jesus was homeless, Jesus was not good looking, Jesus mourned the death of friends, Jesus was tempted Jesus was betrayed, Jesus was abandoned by friends and family, Jesus was mocked, Jesus suffered, Jesus died. So if the God of this universe came and that was His life, how can we expect anything different?
But Jesus rose again and had victory.
So expect that life will not be a walk in the park but we can also claim the victory in Jesus
Then John ends this great letter with a seeming change in subject
Vrs 21 what keeps us from clinging to that truth is having idols, our lives become consumed with the things that we worship, money, power, relationships, selfishness, position/popularity.
These all become functional saviors because we cling to them to stay away from what we don’t want to be or what we are afraid will happen to us.
Be confident in who you are in Jesus and don’t get your self worth or security from anything else, what you look like, what you can do, who likes you.
Find truth and life in Knowing the Son, Jesus
Vrs 14-15 This passage is teaching us about prayer.
The moment you wake up each morning, all your wishes and hopes for the day rush at you like wild animals. And the first job each morning consists in shoving it all back; in listening to that other voice, taking that other point of view, letting that other, larger, stronger, quieter life come flowing in. C.S. Lewis
1. Confidence
A tale is told about a small town that had historically been "dry," but then a local businessman decided to build a tavern. A group of Christians from a local church were concerned and planned an all-night prayer meeting to ask God to intervene. It just so happened that shortly thereafter lightning struck the bar and it burned to the ground. The owner of the bar sued the church, claiming that the prayers of the congregation were responsible, but the church hired a lawyer to argue in court that they were not responsible. The presiding judge, after his initial review of the case, stated that "no matter how this case comes out, one thing is clear. The tavern owner believes in prayer and the Christians do not."
It is crucial for a Christian to view prayer as priority
If I should neglect prayer but a single day, I should lose a great deal of the fire of faith. Martin Luther
2. According to His will, how do we know it is His will?
One day Ivan a prisoner in a Soviet prison camp is praying with his eyes closed when a fellow prisoner notices him and says with ridicule, "Prayers won't help you get out of here any faster." Opening his eyes, Ivan answers, "I do not pray to get out of prison but to do the will of God."
The idea of knowing and praying God’s will in your life, simply is being willing to be open to whatever God has for your life when you pray.
3. He hears us, A common misconception about God is that He is not hearing us. He hears us but He does not have to listen to us. Meaning we don’t tell Him what to do. As I mentioned a few weeks ago, don’t expect God to meet your needs if you are not willing to listen to Him
4. Petitions (for others) This is how we can truly love our fellow
O divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console, to be understood as to understand, to be loved as to love; for it is in giving that we receive it; it is in pardoning that we are pardoned; it is in dying that we are born to eternal life. Francis of Assisi
Christ went more readily went to the cross, than we go to the throne of grace. Thomas Watson
Vrs 16 First lets deal with the Theology “sin leading to death” what is it?
This is an in house prayer
Praying for Christians-we can bring their struggle with sin and their needs to Jesus too. A Christians sin no longer leads to spiritual death because we are forgiven by Jesus but the sin we commit or live in still has to be dealt with, pray for the struggles.
It is strange that, while praying, we seldom ask for change of character, but always a change in circumstance.
Praying for non-Christians-that they trust Jesus, you don’t bring a non-believers sin to the Lord
So John in this passage is saying “I am not talking about praying for the ones who you thought were Christians but are apostate, I am talking about a petitioners prayer for Christians” He is also not discouraging prayer for non-believers he is just clarifying his teaching.
If someone is an unbeliever don’t pray for their sin problems but pray for their sin condition, they need Jesus
Vrs 17 All things wrong are sin but when a believer sins they are spared spiritual death because of Jesus, that does not change the fact that a goal is Sanctification to overcome that sin in their life.
This is not who you should be you should not be sinning.
Vrs 18 The regenerated heart wants to and does follow Jesus, we have to live to that heart not our old nature. Through Jesus we can have victory over sin, in ourselves we cannot have victory.
Vrs 19 There are two groups those who belong to Jesus and those who do not. Those who do not, the world is under the influence of Satan
Satan is like a shady salesperson, he makes you think you need what he has and then when you buy in you realize it is junk, a waste of time and is destructive
To get more scary, what do predators do to deceive children? They act as if they have something better for the child so the child will follow them and trust them.
That is what Satan does, “you asked your heavenly Father for this or that and He did not give it to you, but I can” This can stem from us having a warped view of prayer.
Vrs 20 How do we combat Satan deceiving us, cling to truth. When it comes to truth we have to counter act false teachings of what some say God will do for you and look at the truth Jesus. Because if we buy the lie “God is supposed to be good but He has not been good to me” Satan gets a foothold in our lives
Lets take a look at Jesus. Jesus was not rich, Jesus was homeless, Jesus was not good looking, Jesus mourned the death of friends, Jesus was tempted Jesus was betrayed, Jesus was abandoned by friends and family, Jesus was mocked, Jesus suffered, Jesus died. So if the God of this universe came and that was His life, how can we expect anything different?
But Jesus rose again and had victory.
So expect that life will not be a walk in the park but we can also claim the victory in Jesus
Then John ends this great letter with a seeming change in subject
Vrs 21 what keeps us from clinging to that truth is having idols, our lives become consumed with the things that we worship, money, power, relationships, selfishness, position/popularity.
These all become functional saviors because we cling to them to stay away from what we don’t want to be or what we are afraid will happen to us.
Be confident in who you are in Jesus and don’t get your self worth or security from anything else, what you look like, what you can do, who likes you.
Find truth and life in Knowing the Son, Jesus
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