Jesus

{JESUS, THE MESSIAH}

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1. The Anointed Son - (Jesus is the anointed Son of God. From the start, his life was characterized by the empowering presence of the Spirit) - {PDF Copy}
2. His Name is Jesus - (The name Jesus means ‘Yahweh saves.’ In the Nazarene, the salvation promised to Israel has arrived in all its glory) - {PDF Copy}
3. The Unrecognized Savior - (Jesus is revealed as the Savior of Mankind in his sufferings and self-sacrificial death for others, including his enemies) - {PDF Copy}
4. Lord and Messiah - (The New Testament applies messianic promises from the Psalms to Christ’s present reign. He is the Lord and our Messiah!) - {PDF Copy}
5. Life-Giving Spirit - (Jesus dispenses the Life-Giving Spirit without which there is no enduring life. His words are spirit, and they are life) - {PDF Copy}
6. Servant of the LORD - (At his baptism in the Jordan, the voice from heaven identified Jesus as the Son of God and the Servant of Yahweh) - {PDF Copy}
7. The Son of Man - (The one like a Son of Man in Daniel is the source of Christ’s self-designation as the Son of Man and his authority to reign) -{PDF Copy}
8. God has Spoken! - (God has spoken His definitive word in His Son. All previous words given by the prophets were preparatory, promissory, and partial) - {PDF Copy}
9. Superior to the Angels - (Having purified sins, the Jesus of Nazareth inherited a more excellent name than even the angels of God - namely - Son) - {PDF Copy}
10. The Son of Abraham - (Jesus is the Son of Abraham and the heir of the promises, the One who fulfills and implements the inheritance for his people) - {PDF Copy}
11. The Son of David - (Jesus is the son of David and heir to the Messianic Throne, the beloved Son of God, and the Suffering Servant of Yahweh) - {PDF Copy}
12. Rend the Heavens! - (The Spirit of God and the voice from heaven confirmed the calling and identity of Jesus – Son, Messiah, and Servant of the LORD) - {PDF Copy}
13. His Exceptional Kingdom - (Jesus proclaimed a new reality, the Kingdom of God, and it bears little resemblance to the political systems of this evil age) - {PDF Copy}
14. Mysteries Revealed - (The previously hidden mysteries of God are revealed in Jesus of Nazareth, and especially in his Death and Resurrection) - {PDF Copy}
15. Living and Life-Giving - (Jesus is the Word made flesh in whom the glory of God is revealed, the same word by which God created all things) - {PDF Copy}
16. The Word Made Flesh - (The fullness, grace, and truth of God are found only in the Word made Flesh, Jesus, who alone has seen the unseen God – John 1:14-18) -{PDF Copy}
17. The Light of the World - (Jesus is the only true light in the World, one that shines all the brighter in the darkness and reveals life for men and women) - {PDF Copy}
18. Jesus is the Center - (Jesus is the key that unlocks the Hebrew Scriptures and reveals the nature and redemptive purposes of the God of Israel) - {PDF Copy}
19. Grace and Truth - (The fullness, grace, and truth of God are found only in the Word made Flesh, namely, Jesus of Nazareth) - {PDF Copy}
20. Tabernacling Among Us - (Jesus is the Greater Tabernacle in whom the presence and glory of God reside and manifest for all men to behold – John 1:14) - {PDF Copy}
21. The Divine Glory - (Ever since the Word became flesh, the Divine Glory has been manifested in Jesus of Nazareth and all who follow him behold it – John 1:14) - {PDF Copy}
22. The Suffering Servant - (Disciples are summoned to adopt the same mind that Jesus had when he poured out his life unto death for the sake of others – Philippians 2:5-11) - {PDF Copy}
23. Fulfilled in Him - (The promises of the Hebrew Bible are fulfilled in the Son of God and Messiah of Israel, Jesus of Nazareth) - {PDF Copy}
24. The Final Temple - (Jesus is the True and Final Sanctuary in which the glory of Yahweh dwells, the substance foreshadowed by the ancient Temple – John 2:13-22) - {PDF Copy}
25. The Human High Priest - (The Son qualified to become our High Priest forevermore by participating fully in human nature, including suffering and mortality) - {PDF Copy}
26. Merciful High Priest - (Jesus is well-equipped to be our faithful and sympathetic High Priest, having participated fully in humanity’s deadly plight) - {PDF Copy}

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