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Written by Pastor David Kochsmeier
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Saturday, 16 January 2010 |
We Believe - Jesus Christ
We believe Jesus Christ was with God before the creation of the world.
John 1:1-3 “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2He was with God in the beginning.3Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.
Colossians 1:15-17 “He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16For 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. 17He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.”
We believe Jesus Christ was born of a virgin.
Isaiah 7:14 “Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel.”
Luke 1:34-35 “How will this be,” Mary asked the angel, “since I am a virgin?” 35The angel answered, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you.”
We believe Jesus Christ was fully human and fully divine.
Philippians 2:5-8 “Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness.
And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself
and became obedient to death—even death on a cross!”
Hebrews 4:15 “For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet was without sin.”
We believe Jesus Christ died on the cross as a sacrifice for our sins.
Mark 10:45 “For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
I Corinthians 15:3-4 “For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, 4that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures”
I Peter 2:24 “He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; by his wounds you have been healed.”
We believe Jesus Christ is the only way to eternity with God.
John 3:16 “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.”
John 14:6 “Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”
We believe Jesus Christ rose again.
Matthew 28:7 “Then go quickly and tell his disciples: ‘He has risen from the dead and is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him.’”
We believe Jesus Christ ascended into heaven.
Luke 24:50-51 “Then he had led them out to the vicinity of Bethany, he lifted up his hands and blessed them. 51While he was blessing them, he left them and was taken up into heaven.
Acts 1:9 “After he said this, he was taken up before their very eyes, and a cloud hid him from their sight.”
We believe Jesus Christ sits at the right hand of God and intercedes for us.
Romans 8:34 “Who is he that condemns? Christ Jesus, who died—more than that, who was raised to life—is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us.”
Hebrews 1:3 “The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. After he had provided purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven.”
We believe Jesus Christ will return again to judge the world.
Acts 1:11 “Men of Galilee,” they said, “why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen him go into heaven.”
Matthew 25:31-32 “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his throne in heavenly glory. 32All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats”
We Believe - God
David K. Kochsmeier, Pastor (c) 2010
Over the next number of weeks, I will be teaching a series of programs titled, “We Believe”. During this time we will gain a better understanding of what we believe or should believe concerning such fundamental topics like God, Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit, the Bible, Creation, Salvation and the Church to mention just a few.
It is extremely important for the follower of Jesus Christ to know what they believe and why they believe it. Our beliefs serve as the foundation of our character, values and behaviors.
Today, our focus is on God. For the human mind to conceptualize and describe “God” is like trying to explain every characteristic of a watchmaker by only examining the watch he crafted.
When we think of God, we can readily identify some of God’s attributes. God is creator of the universe; He is holy and just; God is eternal; God is love, mercy and compassion; God is jealous; full of wisdom; perfect is all He does.
I want to highlight several of God’s attributes which form the basis of how we encounter God.
God is the one and only true Living God - As God reveals Himself He uses phrases like “I AM WHO I AM” (Exodus 3); “You shall have no other gods before me, for I am a jealous God.” (Exodus 20); “Hear, O Israel, the LORD our God, the LORD is one.” (Deut. 6:4)
God is all-powerful
Job 42:1-2 “Then Job replied to the LORD:
“I know that you can do all things; no plan of yours can be thwarted.”
Gen. 18:14 “Is anything too hard for the LORD? I will return to you at the appointed time next year and Sarah will have a son.”
Matthew 19:26 “Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”
God is all-knowing
I John 3:20 “For God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything”
Ps. 147:5 “Great is our Lord and mighty in power; his understanding has no limit.”
Ps. 139:1-3 “O LORD, you have searched me and you know me.
You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar.
You discern my going out and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways.”
God is all-present
Ps. 139:7-10 “Where can I go from your Spirit?
Where can I flee from your presence?
If I go up to the heavens, you are there;
if I make my bed in the depths, you are there.
If I rise on the wings of the dawn,
if I settle on the far side of the sea,
even there your hand will guide me,
your right hand will hold me fast.
Jeremiah 23:23-24 “Am I only a God nearby,” declares the LORD,
“and not a God far away?
Can anyone hide in secret places so that I cannot see him?”
declares the LORD.
“Do not I fill heaven and earth?” declares the LORD.
Acts 17:24-28 “The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples built by hands. 25And he is not served by human hands, as if he needed anything, because he himself gives all men life and breath and everything else. 26From one man he made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he determined the times set for them and the exact places where they should live. 27God did this so that men would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us. 28‘For in him we live and move and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are his offspring.’
To illustrate these attributes of God, I call your attention to a story found in II Kings 6-7, the siege of Samaria, the capital city of the northern kingdom of Israel.
Due to the fact that Israel had not kept the commands, statutes and decrees of God, he punished their sin.
The Israelites had been attacked by the army of Aram. They had surrounded the city of Samaria, nothing went in and nothing went out. Their situation was so bad that some resorted to cannibalism. They eat donkey head’s and dove’s dung.
Elisha, the prophet of God, had told the king of Israel to just wait on God to act on behalf of His people. The king’s patience grew thin with Elisha and the fact he needed to just wait on God. The king went to kill Elisha because of his great distress.
Elisha prophesied that within 24 hours the siege would be over and that food would be abundant. The king’s assistant mocked those words by saying, “If God were to throw open the floodgates of heaven that couldn’t happen.” To which Elisha responded that he would see this happen, but he would not benefit from it.
There were four lepers living in huts outside the city wall of Samaria who decided that they had nothing to lose by going to the enemies camp. As they approached the Arameans camp, the Lord had caused the Arameans to hear the sound of a mighty army and they fled for their lives.
The lepers went and yelled their good news to the gatekeepers to in turn shouted the good news and it was reported in the palace.
After the scouting report came back confirming what the lepers said, the people were allowed to go out to the enemies camp and plunder it.
In the process, the king’s assistant was trampled to death.
The words of the prophet were fulfilled.
Why is it important to believe these four attributes (one and true God; all powerful; all knowing and all present) of God?
Because there will be times the enemy may lay siege against an aspect of your life
and you need to believe that God already knows more about that than you do
and you need to believe that God is present with you; He has not abandoned you
and you need to believe that God’s power is mighty to demolish that stranglehold
and that there is only one true living God who is able to accomplish this.
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Written by David Kochsmeier
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