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The Story of Jesus: Birth, Life, Expiry, Resurrection

Delight consider this cursory written report of who Jesus is, what He did, and how He lived and died. Nosotros discuss His birth, including His eternal existence, Virgin Birth, and fulfillment of prophecy.

The summary of His life describes His baptism, temptation, teaching, and the prove for His claims. We conclude with a report of His betrayal, trials, death by crucifixion, burial, resurrection, and ascension.

Introduction:

Two of our best-loved hymns talk about "telling the story" of Jesus. One is entitled "Tell Me the Story of Jesus." The other is "I Love to Tell the Story." Both of them emphasize the fact that everyone needs to know the story of who Jesus is, what He did, and what He teaches.

one Corinthians 15:1-v says that the truth about Jesus is the foundation of the gospel. And Jesus is the central theme of the Bible. So everyone needs to hear the story of Jesus.

People who are not Jesus' disciples need to hear the story of Jesus.

One of the songs says: "I beloved to tell the story, For some take never heard, The message of salvation, From God'due south own holy Discussion."

Many Bible examples evidence that, when teaching people who do not know or understand the life and grapheme of Jesus, true-blue gospel preachers always taught them about these basic truths (encounter Acts chaps. 2,3,8,10, etc.).

So, knowing about Jesus' life and character is admittedly fundamental to fellowship with God. People who are not Jesus' disciples need to hear about Jesus, because they must believe and obey the gospel message to be saved (Rom. ten:17; John 20:30,31).

People who are Jesus' disciples also need to hear the story of Jesus.

Some other verse in the vocal says: "I beloved to tell the story, For those who know it all-time, Seem hungering and thirsting, To hear information technology like the residual."

God's children need to be reminded of the life and graphic symbol of Jesus (2 Peter 1:12,13). We demand to be reminded of the evidence on which our religion is based (Rom. ten:17), of God'due south great dear for us (1 John 4:9,19), and of the perfect example Jesus gear up (1 Pet. 2:21ff).

Understand that "the story of Jesus" is non just Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. And preaching Jesus is not but preaching almost things He did. Preaching Jesus includes preaching what He taught, including the teachings He inspired His apostles and prophets to teach. In curt the entire New Testament is the story of Jesus.

Simply the focus of this study volition emphasize what Jesus did and who He is. We volition use the verses of "Tell Me the Story of Jesus" to outline of our main points. The questions I hope y'all volition ask yourself as nosotros study are: (1) Do you honey to hear the story of Jesus? And (2) Do you lot love to tell the story of Jesus? If and so, how diligent are you in telling it to others? Do you seek opportunities to talk to people well-nigh the gospel of Christ?

Note Verse one - Jesus' Birth

Consider the following facts about Jesus that we demand to understand based on the Bible instruction about His birth:

A. He Existed from Eternity (the Creator).

Jesus' existence did not brainstorm with His birth. He existed from eternity with God the Father and the Holy Spirit.

His eternal nature

Micah 5:2 - From Bethlehem would come a ruler, whose goings forth accept been from of old, from everlasting. This passage is practical to Jesus in Matt. two:4-6. He was born in Bethlehem, but He existed from eternity.

John 1:ane,2 - The "Word" (Jesus - v14) was in the start with God, and was God. He is a separate Being or Individual from the Father (He was "with God"), but He possesses the nature of Deity merely every bit the Male parent does (He "was God").

[Psa. ninety:one-4; 93:2; 55:19; Heb. 1:12; cf. Psa. 102:24-27 with Heb. 1:8-12; Isa. 9:6; John 8:58]

His work in Creation

John 1:3 - All things were fabricated through Him, and null was made without Him. Non only did Jesus exist from eternity, but He is the eternal Creator of all created things.

Colossians 1:16 - Past Jesus were all things created. If Jesus made everything that was created, then He Himself must not have been created. He is eternal - the eternal Cause of all that exists. Surely the eternal Creator must possess Deity, and so these verses assert Jesus' Deity.

And then, the offset affair to know nigh Jesus is that His life on earth was not the offset of His existence. He existed from eternity with the Heavenly Father, and He was, in fact, the eternal Creator of the entire universe.

[Cf. Heb. 1:2.]

B. He Left Heaven to Live on Earth.

Philippians 2:5-viii - Though He existed in sky in the form of God, Jesus did not insist on holding to the honour and blessings He had there. He emptied Himself to live on earth as a man, and humbled Himself even to the point of dying on the cross

2 Corinthians 8:9 - He had great riches (in Heaven), but He gave this up and became poor (when He came to globe). As a result of this sacrifice, we tin become rich.

Jesus had the glory and privileges of being honored as Deity in Heaven. Simply He gave that up that honour to come to earth to live equally a human. Deity took the identify of homo - God in the flesh. We will see why every bit we keep.

[Cf. Heb. 2:14-17; John 17:v.]

C. His Coming Was Promised to Great Old Testament Men.

The promise to Abraham

Genesis 12:3 - As role of i of the greatest promises in the Bible, God told Abraham that his descendant would bring a blessing on all families of the globe.

Acts 3:25,26 - Jesus fulfilled this promise by offering the cede by which all men can exist saved from their sins. God planned from earlier Jesus was ever born, that His coming would bless every nation of people on earth in fulfillment of a central Divine promise.

The promise to David

God besides promised King David that his descendants would continue to rule God'due south people (2 Sam. 7:12-sixteen; Jer. 23:5). The One-time Testament frequently predicted the coming of the kingdom that would be subject to this Anointed Ruler (the Messiah or Christ) (Dan. 2, etc.).

Luke 1:32,33 - The affections told Jesus' female parent Mary that He would take the throne of David and would reign over His kingdom forever.

Matthew 1:1-16 (note v17)- Jesus' genealogy is traced dorsum through David, to show He was David's heir (cf. Luke iii:23-38 Acts 13:22,23).

By correct of inheritance, Jesus deserved to rule equally King. We will acquire more of this as we proceed.

D. He Was Built-in of a Virgin.

Some people today deny the Virgin Birth. Simply this view denies a primal proof of Jesus' nature and also denies the inspiration of the Bible, for the Bible clearly affirms it.

Luke ane:26-35 - Mary is conspicuously described as a "virgin." An angel told her that she would conceive and bear a son. She did non understand, since she had no relations with a human; and so, the angel explained that this would occur by the power of the Holy Spirit.

Matthew 1:18-25 - She was matrimonial to Joseph, just she conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit before she and Joseph were united (he did not "know" her sexually till after Jesus was born). An angel assured Joseph that this had occurred by the power of God, not every bit an act of immorality; so Joseph proceeded to take her every bit married woman.

God brought Jesus into the earth by a miracle. At the very first of His earthly being, God used a supernatural event to show that Jesus was no ordinary human being.

This miracle too symbolizes Jesus' dual nature: His conception and nascence by a woman shows His human being nature. His formulation by the Holy Spirit (Deity), without a human father, shows He is not just human merely is also Divine. The nature of man and the nature of God were united in Jesus.

E. He Was Born in Humble Circumstances.

Though He came to be a King and was in fact the Eternal Creator, yet Jesus was built-in and lived in the about humble of circumstances.

Luke 2:1-18 - Jesus was born in a stable and laid in a manger. Yet, angels announced that He would be the Savior, the Christ (Anointed One), and Lord (master, ruler). This miraculous event also proved the special grapheme of the One who was born.

Matthew two:13-23 - Having been honored by the wise men, Jesus had to escape death at the hands of Herod. And so, Joseph and Mary took Him to Arab republic of egypt, so later returned to Nazareth, one of the well-nigh humble of cities (John 1:46). Hither He grew up every bit a carpenter's son (Matt. 13:55; Marking vi:3).

This is the story of Jesus' birth. Practise you believe this story to exist true? Do you love to tell the story to others? What efforts take you lot made to give others the opportunity to hear and believe?

Note Verse two - Jesus' Life

We could spend hours discussing Jesus' life and teachings. Nosotros will concentrate on but a few events that demonstrate His character and His purpose for coming.

A. His Baptism

Jesus' baptism shows the importance of obedience and of baptism.

Matthew three:13-17 - Jesus was baptized to "fulfill all righteousness" (v15). The gospel teaches that nosotros today need to be baptized to receive remission of sins (Acts 2:38). But Jesus had no sins to be forgiven, so He was not baptized for the same reason as u.s.a.. Simply He still had to be baptized to obey God's will.

Hebrews 5:8,9 - Jesus learned the pregnant of obedience from personal experience. People tend to recollect that other people don't understand us: kids think parents don't understand, wives think husbands don't understand, etc. And then, we might likewise think that God does not sympathize us but just sits in an ivory tower making rules. But past living, suffering, and dying as a human being, Jesus assures us that God does sympathize and cares nearly us.

[Luke seven:thirty]

Jesus' baptism shows the human relationship betwixt the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit

Every bit Jesus was existence baptized, the Holy Spirit came in the actual grade of a dove, and the Begetter spoke from heaven. This shows that the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are three singled-out Beings or individuals.

Just though Jesus is a split individual, yet the Father and the Holy Spirit affirmed their unity with Jesus and their blessing of Him. The miraculous voice of the Father and the miraculous appearance of the Spirit constitute Divine proof that Jesus was the Son of God.

Simply equally God miraculously demonstrated Jesus' special nature when Jesus was born, He once again demonstrated Jesus' special character at the offset of Jesus' public ministry building.

B. His Temptation

Matthew 4:1-xi - Jesus fasted in the wilderness twoscore days and nights. Satan then came to tempt Him. This teaches usa:

Nosotros tin resist Satan by relying on God's discussion.

Jesus answered every temptation saying, "It is written." Nosotros should do the same.

1 Corinthians 10:13 - We can overcome every temptation, but every bit Jesus did. There is always a way of escape, so there is never an excuse for sin.

Ephesians 6:10-18 - Using the armor God provides, we are able to stand up against Satan, and quench all his fiery darts.

Jesus' temptation shows us we tin can overcome Satan, and shows usa how to do it: by trusting in God's word.

Jesus lived a sinless life.

Only as Jesus overcame Satan's temptations in this case, and so He did throughout His life. Though Satan tried repeatedly to defeat Him, Jesus overcame every time.

ane Peter two:21,22 - He lived without sin, setting a perfect example for us to follow. Though we have sinned and need forgiveness, this was never true of Jesus. His life set an example and a goal for united states of america to strive for: we should strive to live above sin every bit He did.

Hebrews 4:15,16 - Jesus was tempted in all points like we are, just He did not sin. Again, this shows that God understands what we go through when nosotros face temptation. If Jesus' had not suffered as we practice, we might remember that God demands too much. But Jesus' life proves God does understand and sympathize, but there is still no excuse for sin.

Jesus was the only man ever to live without committing even one sin, so He is the only ane who truly deserves to exist counted righteous before God. Subsequently we will see that this sinless life was necessary for Him to be a perfect sacrifice for our sins.

[Cf. Matt. 10:25]

C. His Teaching

We volition non spend much fourth dimension hither because the specific content of Jesus' didactics, only we tin can notice some general points near it.

Jesus' teachings reveal God's volition to man.

Matthew 17:1-5 - At the Transfiguration, God once more affirmed that Jesus is His Son so we must heed to Him. God once more miraculously demonstrated His Divine approval of Jesus' teaching.

Matthew 28:18-xx - We must notice all Jesus' commands, because He had dominance to command men to obey.

Jesus' teachings were not human stance or human wisdom. They were the absolute will of God. Jesus came equally God in the flesh to reveal a message to man from God.

[Heb. 1:1,2; Acts 3:22,23]

Jesus' teachings are essential to our salvation.

John 6:63,68 - Jesus' words are spirit and life. He has the words of eternal life.

John 14:6 - He is the way to the Father. No one can come to the Father except by Him.

Acts four:12 - No one but Him tin provide salvation.

Jesus' teachings are not optional. We must accept and obey them, both because they come from God, and because they show us the only style to receive eternal life. No one should say he believes in Jesus but sees no demand to follow His teachings. Following Jesus' pedagogy is the but fashion to benefit from Jesus' life and death.

[Cf. 1 John 5:eleven,12; John 12:48]

Jesus' apostles and prophets delivered His teaching later on His rising.

Luke 10:16 - Jesus sent the disciples to speak His volition, then we can be certain they spoke truth from God, even every bit Jesus Himself had done.

John 16:12,xiii - Specifically, Jesus sent the Holy Spirit to guide them to speak truths that Jesus did non reveal during His lifetime, because the fourth dimension was non notwithstanding right. But all truth would be revealed to the apostles through the Holy Spirit.

1 Corinthians 14:37 - The Holy Spirit guided these men to speak and write the will of God. The result is that the written word we take in the New Attestation today constitutes the very commands of Jesus Himself.

Jesus non only spoke for God merely He enabled His apostles and prophets to speak for Him and for God. You and I tin can know God's will for us today through the message these inspired men wrote.

[Cf. Matt. x:19,xx; Acts 1:eight; 2 Timothy 3:sixteen,17]

To benefit from Jesus' teaching, we must believe and obey it.

Matthew 7:21-27 - To enter the kingdom of heaven, information technology is not enough to just believe in Jesus or fifty-fifty to confess Him equally "Lord." We must also obey the will of the Father, which Jesus revealed. To be truly wise, we must both hear and do what Jesus taught.

Mark 16:15,sixteen - Jesus said His gospel must exist preached to all. He who believes and is baptized volition exist saved. But he who disbelieves will be condemned.

Hebrews 5:9 - Jesus is author of eternal salvation to all who obey Him.

Those who truly believe in Jesus must not but believe in His miraculous birth and sinless life, they must as well believe that He was the Son of God and a Divine spokesman from God. And we must recognize our need to believe and obey His teachings every bit the only way to receive eternal life. His teachings are revealed for u.s. in the Scriptures.

[See as well John eight:24,31,32; Luke 6:46; ii John 9; 1 Pet. i:22-25; Rom. 6:17,18.]

E. His Evidence

How practice we know that the claims made about Jesus in the Bible are actually true? Anyone tin can claim to come from God or to speak for God. What proof is at that place? From the many proofs available, we volition consider just 2 categories.

Jesus fulfilled Former Attestation prophecy.

Claims that Jesus fulfilled prophecy

Luke 24:25-27,44 - Jesus affirmed that events in His life fulfilled Onetime Testament prophecy.

1 Corinthians xv:1-4 - Jesus' apostles besides affirmed His life fulfilled prophecy.

Men can predict the distant futurity in detail merely if God guides them. And so if men predict in detail that someone would come up to be a ruler of God's people and an inspired spokesman for God, and then someone comes and fulfills those prophecies, we must conclude that person actually did come from God. So, nosotros should heed to His bulletin.

[Cf. John 5:39; Acts 2:25-36; 3:xviii-26; 10:43; 13:27-39; etc.]

Some examples of prophecies Jesus fulfilled:

** Born in Bethlehem (cf. Micah 5:ii to Matt. 2:i-6)

** Descendant of David (cf. Jer. 23:5 to Acts 13:22,23)

** Prophet from God (cf. Deut. eighteen:17-xix to Acts iii:20-23)

** Fore-runner to prepare His manner (cf. Isa. 40:3,4 to Luke 3:2-v)

** Death by crucifixion for others' guilt (cf. Psa. 22:xvi-18; 34:20; Isa. 53:4-12 to John 19:18-37 and one Pet. 2:21-25.)

** Resurrection (Psa. 16:10 cf. Acts 2:24-32)

Jesus did miracles, including the resurrection.

Jesus' miracles proved He was from God.

Miracles sometimes accomplished various purposes, merely the i purpose always accomplished past Jesus' miracles was to demonstrate that God was working through Him.

John 5:36 - Jesus' works testified He was from God.

Acts two:22 - Jesus was canonical of God past miracles.

John 20:30,31 - Nosotros have not seen the miracles today, but we believe on the footing of the eyewitness testimony in the Scriptures that Jesus did miracles.

[Cf. John 11:47,48; four:48.]

Examples of miracles that confirm who Jesus is

We take already read about some of these miracles:

** Virgin birth - Matt. 1:18-25; Luke 1:26-35

** God'southward testimony at His baptism and the Transfiguration - Matt. 3:13-17; 17:1-5

** Raising the dead - John xi:17-44

** Walking on h2o and calming a storm - Matt. xiv:22-33; eight:23-27

** Feeding thousands with a few loaves and fishes - Matt. 14:13-21; fifteen:32-39

** The resurrection - Rom. one:4

God purposely planned for Jesus to give prove sufficient for any honest person to be convinced who Jesus actually is. If you seek to know the validity of the Bible'southward claims about Jesus, you need to consider the bear witness with an honest desire to know the truth.

This is the story of Jesus' life. Do you believe this story to be true? Practice you love to tell the story to others? What efforts have you fabricated to requite others the opportunity to hear and believe?

Verse 3: Jesus' Expiry, Burial, Resurrection, and Ascension

A. Predictions Of Jesus' Death and Resurrection

We learned that fulfilled prophecy and Jesus' miracles are two of the greatest proofs that He really was from God. The nearly important of the miracles that occurred was His resurrection from the dead. If Jesus actually arose from the dead, that would exist astonishing. But even more amazing is the fact that His resurrection was predicted alee of time.

Old Testament predictions

Luke 24:44-46 - Jesus explained that His resurrection fulfilled the predictions of the prophets.

Acts 13:34-38 - For case, David predicted ane whose flesh would not see corruption and his soul would not remain in Hades. This could be true only if ane arose from the dead.

Isaiah 53:7-12 - He would die, but "He shall see His seed, He shall prolong His days" (v10). How could this be? Simply by resurrection.

[Cf. 1 Cor. xv:1-4; Acts ii:23-31; 17:2,iii.]

Jesus' own predictions

John two:18-22 - Jesus' predicted that the Jews would destroy His body (temple), just He would rebuild it in iii days.

Matthew 16:21 - Jesus plainly told the disciples that He would exist killed and would ascension again the third day.

Imagine a human being making such a prediction. If he were a fake, shortly afterwards his decease, anybody would know he was a fake. But Jesus fabricated the prediction; and instead of losing His following, we will come across that many people testified that they personally saw Him alive again after He had died.

[Cf. Matt. 17:9,23; 20:19; 26:32; 27:63; Mk. 8:31; 9:nine,10,31; x:34; fourteen:28; Luke 18:33; 24:iv-seven.]

B. Betrayal and Abort

Matthew 26:1-4,14-xvi - Jewish leaders determined to impale Jesus, because He had revealed their sins to the multitudes. Judas, i of Jesus' disciples, was also a thief. He agreed to beguile Jesus to His enemies for 30 pieces of silver.

Matthew 26:36-41 - After teaching His disciples how to partake of the Lord's Supper in memory of His death, Jesus went to Gethsemane. There He prayed that He might avoid the suffering of the cantankerous, merely even and then He was willing to obey the Father'south will.

Matthew 26:47-56 - Judas came bringing soldiers to capture Jesus and showed the soldiers which man to arrest by kissing Him. When Jesus refused to allow His disciples to defend Him, they all forsook Him and fled. Later Peter denied Him three times, just as Jesus had before predicted he would.

Nearly of us can only imagine how terrible this would be. But if yous have ever had a friend plough his back on you, so you accept a tiny taste of what Jesus experienced. He had left the joys of Heaven, had come to earth, and had spent years teaching His disciples. Yet when it appeared that His enemies were most to defeat Him, i of His disciples betrayed Him for money, another denied Him three times, and all the others forsook Him. Yet He accepted all this and then He could relieve them and united states from sin.

C. Trials and Crucifixion

We will not hash out many details, just consider some of the prove that Jesus was innocent and non worthy of decease.

Matthew 26:57-67 - In the Jewish trials, Jewish leaders sought grounds to kill Jesus, but could not find valid proof even with the help of many simulated witnesses. Finally they convicted Him of blasphemy because He claimed to be the Christ. But information technology was piece of cake to prove that He claimed to be the Christ. The question was: Was the merits true or fake? The Jews never even considered that. They only ignored all the testify that he was the Christ and bedevilled Him of making a blasphemous claim!

Matthew 27:iii-five - Judas admitted He had betrayed an innocent person, and hanged himself.

Luke 23:1-11 - Jesus was taken before the Roman governor Pilate, where the Jews accused Jesus of education people not to pay tribute to Caesar, despite the fact that they knew He had actually taught but the reverse (Matt. 22:xv-21).

Luke 23:8-11 - Pilate sent Jesus to Herod, who mocked Him and sent Him back to Pilate. Pilate (vv thirteen-sixteen) and so told the people that neither he nor Herod found whatsoever error in Jesus worthy of expiry.

Matthew 27:15-26 - Pilate repeatedly stated that Jesus was innocent and tried to release Him, only the Jews refused. Pilate's wife sent him a message saying she knew Jesus was innocent. Merely the Jews said they and their children would bear responsibility for His death, so Pilate called for Jesus to be crucified.

Matthew 27:27-54 - Read Matthew's account of the actual crucifixion.

John 18:31-34 adds that Jesus' side was pierced with a spear to guarantee He was dead.

So no one ever proved Jesus was guilty of any wrongdoing. His betrayer, two of His judges (Pilate and Herod), and even a wife of i of the judges all declared Him to exist innocent. Yet He was crucified equally a criminal.

D. Burial

Matthew 27:57-60 - Jesus' disciples prepared the trunk for burial and placed information technology in the cavern tomb of Joseph of Arimathea.

Matthew 27:62-66 - The Jews remembered that Jesus had promised to rise from the dead. And so with Pilate'due south permission, they sealed the stone over the entrance and placed guards outside to make sure the body did non leave the tomb.

Eastward. Reasons for His Expiry

Everyone dies eventually. To many people, Jesus' decease may not seem extraordinary. But His was the most important death ever to occur. In fact, it is essential to our conservancy.

Hebrews 2:nine - Jesus tasted death for every man. He did not die for His own sins - He didn't have whatever sins. Nor was His decease only a miscarriage of justice. Jesus died for our sins.

1 Peter ii:24 - He diameter our sins on the cross, and then we could live to righteousness. He was a cede. He was the sinless Son of God dying as a penalty for those of us who were guilty, so we could get free.

Romans 5:6-9 - It would be amazing to discover someone willing to requite his ain life in the place of a righteous person, simply Jesus died for u.s.a. while we were sinners.

2 Corinthians 5:21 - He did not commit sin, merely was made to be sin on our behalf. This is why it was essential that Jesus live a sinless life. If He had sinned, He would take to exist punished for His own sins. Merely because He lived a sinless life and did not deserve to die, He was able to suffer for others who did deserve to die.

Amazing as all this is, it is even more amazing to realize that He came to globe knowing all along that He would take to die for the sins of others. The Creator took the form of that which He had created, in lodge to endure as a sacrifice to relieve His own creatures. If Jesus had not died, none of united states could be forgiven of sins. Nosotros would all have to die for our ain sins (Rom. six:23). Nosotros tin be saved but because Jesus died for u.s..

[Cf. John 3:16; Rom. 4:25; ane John 4:nine; etc.]

F. Resurrection and Appearances

1 Corinthians 15:16,17 - If Jesus had simply died without being raised, Satan would accept been the victor. He would have defeated Jesus, and we would all withal be in our sins. In order to defeat Satan and thereby justify u.s.a., Jesus had to arise from the expressionless.

Matthew 28:1-10 - All 4 of the gospel accounts affirm that Jesus was raised. All iv record accounts of eyewitnesses who saw Him alive after His expiry. Dissimilar writers record unlike appearances. No one writer gives a complete list of all the appearances.

one Corinthians 15:5-8 - Paul lists several of Jesus' appearances, including the appearance to Paul himself on the road to Damascus.

John 20:24-31 - This case shows the factual, historical nature of Jesus' appearances. Thomas had said he would not believe Jesus had been raised until he personally saw Him live. When Jesus gave Him the proof, Thomas confessed Him to be "my Lord and my God." John affirms that all of us must believe this too, but we don't have to see to believe.

John 19:35; 20:30,31; 21:24 - Here is how we can believe. The testimony of the eyewitnesses has been recorded in the Scriptures. Their testimony says Jesus did do miracles, He did die, and He did live over again afterwards He died.

Romans 1:four - God proved Jesus to be His Son past raising Him from the dead. The resurrection is the virtually basic and cardinal of all Jesus' miracles. The only way you can exist saved from sin is to believe it to be true (Rom. 10:9,x).

Jesus showed Himself alive by "many infallible proofs" (Acts i:3). What will you do with this proof? Honest people must investigate and reach an honest verdict.

[1 Pet. 3:21; Heb. 2:14; Rom. 4:25]

K. Ascension and Establishment of His Church building

Acts one:2-11 - Having appeared to His disciples over a period of 40 days, and having discussed with them about His kingdom, Jesus ascended to sky. Angels promised He would anytime return in the same way.

The kingdom had been a major theme of Jesus' education. He had promised to build His church, which is His spiritual kingdom (Matt. xvi:xviii,19). He said this kingdom would come with power in the lifetime of His disciples (Marker 9:1). Here He promised that the power would come up when the Holy Spirit came but a few days afterwards.

Acts two:29-38 - The Holy Spirit did come in Jerusalem on the 24-hour interval of Pentecost. It gave the apostles ability to speak in other tongues (vv 1-4). Peter preached that Jesus is now on David's throne every bit Lord and Christ. But to do this, Jesus had to be raised from the expressionless.

To be saved from our sins, we must believe in Jesus equally our cede and our Lord, and nosotros must repent of sins and exist baptized. Those who do this are added to Jesus' church (v47), which is His kingdom (Col. 1:thirteen,18).

Philippians 2:9-11 - Because Jesus accomplished all these great works on our behalf, God has exalted Him to a position of honor and potency, above all other potency (Eph. ane:21-23). To be saved we must submit to His authority and confess His greatness.

Decision

This is the story of Jesus' earthly life, decease, and resurrection.

But this is non the end of the story. Jesus volition return!

Matthew 25:31-46 - When Jesus ascended, the angels said He would return. He will not return in society to brainstorm ruling every bit King; He began ruling every bit King when He ascended, and He volition continue ruling till He comes over again (one Cor. 15:21-26). He will render as our judge to reward us for how we have served Him. Those who serve faithfully volition receive eternal life; those who do not serve volition receive eternal punishment (vv 41,46).

Acts 17:30,31 - To prepare for this judgment, we must repent of our sins. To apologize means we must "alter our minds" nigh sin, deciding to turn from it and live for Jesus. As nosotros learned earlier, we must then confess Christ and be baptized so His blood tin can forgive us, and and then nosotros must alive a faithful life.

The story of Jesus is the greatest story ever told.

The lesson for united states of america to acquire from this story is that Jesus is our Creator, Savior, and Principal. How you and I react to that story will determine our eternal destiny. We accept a choice to serve Him and receive eternal life, or turn down to serve Him and receive eternal punishment.

This (very briefly) is the story of Jesus. Do you love to hear this story? Do y'all beloved to tell the story? If you empathise, believe, and appreciate what Jesus has done for you, you need to make a delivery to serve Him. Then you need to tell the story to others. What is your pick?

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