Welcome to Steadfast Baptist Church. We're gonna go to 259. 259 Jesus Saves. Number 259. Alright, sing it out!
The waves on what is our Lord's command Jesus saves waft it all in time to say
the same tell to say say say sing you see go back shanker shall keep her
jubilee say above straw say the slice say it's all secret and try your force
say say give the way for the sands now it's all the same shout salvation free
deepest care this awesome let's pray I pray you please keep blessing the
service and you help us to sing with understanding Lord these words these
great hymns pray you please bless brother Dylan later on with the message
and you give us a word the word that we need to hear Lord and you open our
hearts father for it and we thank you in Jesus name amen two pages behind look
and live 257 number 257 look and live 257 look and live I have a message from
the Lord hallelujah the message unto you while gift is recorded in his word
hallelujah it is only that you look and live look and live brother live to Jesus
now where recorded his word that you look at it's full of love
let loose edge oh my friend forces from above he's a said it and I know it's
true to Jesus now is recorded in his word let look at you look again life is
offered unto to let look eternal life that soul shall have your own look to
him hallelujah to Jesus who alone can say look at this now is recorded his
word that you look at you how came hallelujah to Jesus when he made me whole
believing on his name let loose trust it and he saved my soul sing it out look at
this now is recorded in his word that you look at amen welcome back to a
steadfast Baptist Church if you need a bulletin if you raise your hand nice and
high brother Salvador can get that to you we've got our service times and our
soul winning times listed there at the top and we had a total of five
salvations this afternoon so we'll add that to our totals and so praise God for
all those who were saved keep up the good work and soul winning we've got our
list of expecting mothers that we want to continue to be in prayer for miss
Rochelle Hill miss Carrie Shelley and then a new addition to the list is miss
Brie Gilham and us we want to be in prayer for each one of those ladies
throughout the week miss Isabel Leah Reed was born May 25th and she was born
five pounds ten ounces ten inches long and so really excited for the Reeds and
the addition to their family and so be in prayer for them as they venture these
new waters together and hopefully you know won't be too much longer and then
they'll be back here with us and then some up to upcoming dates to keep in
mind pastor Shelley he's gonna be here June 10th which is a Thursday and then
June 27th which is a Sunday and so be in prayer for him and his family and then
we are on week number three of our Bible memory passage second Thessalonians
chapter number three and so we are memorizing the entire chapter of second
Thessalonians chapter number three and we just finished chapters one and two and
so we are almost finished with this book I'm really excited to reach and attain
the goal of memorizing this whole book so it's a great book to have to memory
of course we heard a good sermon this morning in regards to the chapter
number two so it was right up our alley fresh on our minds and so be diligent to
memorize the scriptures throughout the week and then also in commemoration of
anti-pride month we are also gonna be memorizing Romans chapter number one and
so very fitting chapter to memorize this time of year and really just to have
memorized in your memory all times of the year and so there will be a special
prize for memorizing chapter one and so be diligent to do that I'm gonna be
right there along with you so it's about one verse per day and so you got to have
a little bit faster of a pace than what we've been doing with second
Thessalonians chapters one and two so just be ready for that and then our more
soul winning event is going to be June 12th and there's a sign up sign up sheet
in the back on the back table if you have not signed up for that please do so
so we can get a headcount an idea of how many people are going to be attending
that there will be a morning and then an afternoon soul winning time and so if
you can't make the morning and you can make the afternoon just let us know or
vice versa and we would love to have you just even come for just the one you know
one of those sessions so it'll be a lot of fun Ardmore is you know I think it'll
be a pretty receptive city probably very similar to Wichita Falls and so if you
can make it to that you don't want to miss that and then Zach and Madison's
wedding is July 31st and that's gonna be in Bartlesville we'll get the exact
location address times for that in the coming weeks as well so it's exciting
for for them and their future family that you know they're gonna have so be
in prayer for them and and for that date and then October 6th through the 10th is
gonna be the fire breathing Baptist Fellowship and this is the second annual
conference that pastor Shelley has hosted and so really excited for this
there's gonna be a lot of great preachers that are gonna be traveling to
Fort Worth to preach for that conference and we'll get some more
information as that time approaches as far as the dates the times of each one
of those preaching sermon or services and then I believe on Saturday there's
gonna be a special event as well and so it'd be a lot of fun you definitely
don't want to miss that we won't have any service that Thursday the week of
that conference because hopefully most of us all be down there in Fort Worth so
with that that's all the announcements we'll go to our next song him number
257 turn in your hymnals to him number 256 I said that wrong 256 look to the
Lamb of God 256 look to the Lamb of God few from sin or longing to be free look
to the Lamb of God he to redeem you died on Calvary look to the Lamb of God
the lamb tempts and doubts and fears assail strength shall overall prevail
they seem long the voodoo song sheds on your pathway for this is all in all
Isaiah chapter 9 Isaiah chapter 9 Isaiah 9 the Bible reads nevertheless the
dimness shall not be such as was in her vexation when at first he lightly
afflicted the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali and afterward did more
grievously afflict her by the way of the sea beyond Jordan in Galilee of the
nations. The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light. They
had dwelt in the land of the shadow of death upon them hath the light shined.
Thou hast multiplied the nations and not increased the joy. They joy before thee
according to the joy according to the joy and harvest and as men rejoice when
they divide the spoil. For thou hast broken the yoke of his burden and the
staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, as in the day of Midian. For
every battle of the warrior is with confused noise and garments rolled in
blood, but this shall be with burning and fuel of fire. For unto us a child is
born, unto us a son is given, and the government shall be upon his shoulder,
and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, the Mighty God, the
Everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government and
peace there shall be no end upon the throne of David and upon his kingdom to
order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth
even forever. The zeal of the Lord of Hosts will perform this. The Lord sent a
word unto Jacob, and it hath lightened upon Israel, and all the people shall
know, even Ephraim and the inhabitants of Samaria, that say in the pride and
stoutness of heart, "The bricks are fallen down, but we will build with
hewn stones. The sycamores are cut down, but we will change them into cedars.
Therefore the Lord shall set up the adversaries of reason against them, and
join his enemies together. The Syrians before and the Philistines behind, and
they shall devour Israel with open mouth. For all this his anger is not turned
away, but his hand is stretched out still. For the people turneth not into
him that smiteth them, neither do they seek the Lord of hosts. Therefore the
Lord will cut down off from Israel head and tail, branch and rush in one day. And
the ancient and honorable he is, the head and the prophet that teacheth lies,
he is the tail. For the leaders of his people cause them to err, and they that
are led of them are destroyed. Therefore the Lord shall have no joy in their
young men, neither shall have mercy on their fatherless and widows. For every
one is an hypocrite, an evildoer, and every mouth speaketh folly. For all this
his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still. For
wickedness burneth as the fire, and it devour the briars and thorns, and shall
kindle in the thickets of the forest, and they shall mount up like the lifting
up of smoke. Through the wrath of the Lord of hosts is the land darkened, and
the people shall be as the fuel of the fire. No man shall spare his brother, and
he shall snatch on the right hand and be hungry, and he shall eat on the left hand,
and they shall not be satisfied. They shall eat every man of his own arm.
I'm sorry, they shall eat every man the flesh of his own arm. Menasseh, Ephraim,
and Ephraim, Menasseh, and they together shall be against Judah. For all this his
anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still. Let's pray. Heavenly
Father, Lord, we just thank you so much for this day. Lord, we thank you for the
souls that were won to the kingdom today. Lord, we just pray that you'd be with
them and throughout their life and just pray that they'd find a good church. Lord,
we at this time we just pray that you'd be with brother Dylan as he gives the
word and just fill him with your spirit, Lord, and and just give him give him
wisdom. Lord, I just pray you keep distractions to a minimum and and just
fill our just help us to open our hearts and our ears to your word and we love
you and we give you thanks in Jesus precious name. Amen. All right well good
to see everyone again tonight and thank you as always for all the hospitality.
My wife and family and I have had a really great time being up here with
you guys and looking forward to that Ardmore marathon and seeing you guys all
again soon for sure. But we're here in Isaiah chapter 9. The title of my sermon
tonight is the deity of Christ. The deity of Christ. And we're gonna be doing a
Bible study tonight about the subject of that the Lord Jesus Christ is God. Lord
Jesus Christ is not just a good prophet. He's not just a good man. He's not just
a person that was on this earth to do miracles like a lot of people teach. But
in fact Jesus Christ is God and he always has been God. The reason I'm
preaching this sermon is recently I was I was preaching the gospel to this guy
and he was getting a lot of points about the gospel. When I got to the point of
Jesus being God he could not accept that truth. And this was not a Muslim, this was
not Jehovah's Witness, this is a guy who was professing to just be a Christian.
And I was showing him verse after verse in the Bible and because he was one of
these guys that just believed in all the Bible versions, every time I showed him
a clear scripture it was like well I you know I read a different version or a
different version says something different. But you know if you believe
the Bible, if you believe the King James Bible, you cannot walk away from
scripture with any other conclusion than that Jesus Christ is God. You know we
need sermons like this today because we have a lot of false religions that don't
teach this doctrine. You have the Jehovah's Witnesses that deny the deity
of Christ, that deny the Trinity. You have the Mormons who deny the deity of
Christ. You have Islam, one of the world's biggest religions, that deny the
deity of Christ. You have of course the Jews who deny everything about Christ,
including of course his deity. You know like Jehovah's Witnesses teach that
Jesus was actually Michael the Archangel. There's just all this false
doctrine about Jesus Christ and his deity, and so basically I have five
points tonight that's gonna prove that Jesus Christ is God. I'm gonna prove
that Jesus is God by the pronouncement of scripture, by his pre-existence, by his
physical birth, by his power, and by his presence. All five of these things prove
without a doubt that Jesus Christ is God. So number one, we're here in Isaiah
chapter 9, the pronouncement of scripture proves that Jesus is God. What do I mean
by that? Meaning the Bible just plainly telling us, the Bible just pronouncing to
us, just telling us that Jesus Christ is God. Here's a great verse that that
proves that Jesus is God. Isaiah chapter 9, look at verse number 6, "For unto us a
child is born unto us a son is given." No one debates that this verse is talking
about Jesus Christ. "And the government shall be upon his shoulder and his name
shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, the Mighty God, the Everlasting Father, the
Prince of Peace." That's a clear verse right there. That's the Bible just
pronouncing to us, just telling us, "Hey, Jesus is God." And this is not a New
Testament doctrine only. We're here in the Old Testament in Isaiah chapter 9,
and all the way in Isaiah chapter 9, the Bible is telling us about the Messiah
that He is God, that Jesus Christ is God. Let's go to Colossians chapter 2. We're
going to be looked through a lot of scripture tonight. Colossians chapter
number 2. Here's another clear pronouncement in scripture. It says, "Beware
lest any man spoil you." In verse number 8, Colossians 2-8, "Beware lest any man
spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit after the tradition of men, after
the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ. For in Him, who we are
referring to, Christ dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead bodily." So the
Bible says that all the fullness of the Godhead dwells bodily in who? The Lord
Jesus Christ. So Jesus Christ is 100% God. All the fullness of the Godhead is
dwelling in the Lord Jesus Christ. It's not like Jesus Christ is one-third God.
No, He's all of God. God the Father is 100% God. God the Holy Spirit is 100%
God, and the Lord Jesus Christ is 100% God. In Him dwells all the fullness of
the Godhead. Godhead is just God-ness. God-ness dwells in the Lord Jesus Christ.
Now this is what the New World Translation translates this verse to say,
which the New World Translation is the Bible version that the Jehovah's Witnesses
use. What their verse says here, it says, "Because it is in Him that all the
fullness of the divine quality dwells bodily." So that verse is way less clear,
right? In the King James, all the fullness of the Godhead dwells in Him.
But in the New World Translation, it's just the fullness of the divine quality.
So He's got the quality of divinity, according to the New World Translation.
But it's not saying that He's actually divine. It's not saying He actually has
the fullness of the Godhead. It's much less clear. So good reason to be King
James only. The King James Bible is very clear on the subject of the deity of
Christ. Go to Titus chapter 1. Titus chapter 1. We'll be flipping between
Titus and Isaiah. Titus chapter 1, it says in verse number 2, "In hope of
eternal life, which God that cannot lie promised before the world began, but
hath in due times manifested his word through preaching, which is committed
unto me according to the commandment of God our Savior." Now keep that phrase in
mind as we read verse 4. "To Titus, my known son after the common faith, grace,
mercy, and peace from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Savior." So in
the book of Titus, God is called our Savior and the Lord Jesus Christ is
called our Savior. No one can get around that. Now in Isaiah chapter 43, if you
kept your finger there, otherwise I could just read it for you. Isaiah 43 verse 10
says, "Ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord, and my servant whom I have chosen that
ye may know and believe me and understand that I am he. Before me there
was no God formed, neither shall there be after me. Even I am the Lord and beside
me there is no Savior." So in the Old Testament the Bible says there's one
Savior, it's God, it's the Lord, that is the Savior. And in Titus God is called
the Savior and the Lord Jesus Christ is called the Savior. Why is that? Because
Jesus Christ is God. Jesus Christ is divine and before him there was no
Savior. There's not gonna be any God before Jesus Christ, there's no God after
Jesus Christ, he is the only Savior. Now the Mormons like to teach that you can
become a God someday, that if you get married in the temple and you live a
really good Mormon life and you follow all their doctrines and covenants that
you can be exalted to deity, but the Bible says that before him there's no
God form. After him there's not gonna be any God form. There's one God and Jesus
Christ is that God. Titus 2 verse 11 says, "For the grace of God that bringeth
salvation hath appeared to all men, teaching us that denying ungodliness and
worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present
world, looking for that blessed hope and the glorious appearing of the great God
and our Savior, Jesus Christ." So that Savior that Isaiah 43 talks about is the
great God who is Jesus Christ. The Bible is very, very clear on this subject. Now
the New World Translation in Titus 2 verse 13 says, "While we wait for the happy
hope and the glorious manifestation of the great God and of our Savior, Jesus
Christ." So, you know, in the rapture there's only one person coming down from
heaven, it's the Lord Jesus Christ. God the Father and Jesus Christ aren't
coming down together, it's the Lord Jesus Christ that's coming down. But the New
World Translation tries to make this verse like it's saying, "Oh God and our
Savior Jesus Christ and of our Savior Jesus Christ." It tries to separate those
two things but it's not, it's not separate right here in Titus in the
King James Bible. This is pointing out to us a great, it's a great proof text that
Jesus is God. Let's go to 1st John chapter number 3, 1st John chapter
number 3. Here's another really excellent proof verse and remember this
is point number one, the pronouncement of Scripture, the Bible just telling us
that Jesus is God. 1st John 3 16 it says, "hereby perceive we the love of God
because he laid down his life for us and we ought to lay down our lives for the
brethren." Who is it that died for us? God did and what's his name? Jesus Christ.
Jesus Christ is the one that died on the cross. Jesus Christ is one that was
buried and rose again. Hey I'm sorry Manly Perry, yes God did die for us. Oh
you're gonna kill God? How are you gonna say you can kill God? God laid down his
life for us. His name is Jesus Christ. I thought that was like the foundation of
our faith. I thought that's what all Christians believe, that Jesus died for
our sins. The Bible says that God laid down his life for us. If you have a King
James Bible, here's what the New World Translation says, "By this we have come
to know love, because that one surrendered his life for us." Doesn't say
God. Doesn't say God laid down his life for us. Just one did. One person. Here's
the ASV, "Hereby know we love, because he laid down his life for us." Who? Tell me
who? King James says that it's God. The ESV says, "By this we know love, that he
laid down his life for us." The New American Standard says, "We know love by
this, that he laid down his life for us." The NIV says, "This is how we
know what love is. Jesus Christ laid down his life for us." You know the King James
is a lot more strong when it says, "God laid down his life for us." The New King
James says, "By this we know love, because he laid down his life for us." So you know
what, since Manly Perry has so many extra Jehovah's Witnesses in his church, why
doesn't he just get a New World Translation? Since it says the same thing
he believes anyways. Because the King James says that God laid down his life,
but all these other versions aren't very clear. So you know, if you believe the
King James Bible, the Bible pronounces very clearly that Jesus Christ is God.
I'll read for you Hebrews 1-8, it says, "But unto the Son he saith, 'Thy throne, O
God, is forever and ever.' A scepter of righteousness is the scepter of thy
kingdom." I showed this verse to this guy
also and I was like, "See, the Bible calls the Son God." And he's like, "Yeah, you
know, I don't think that's what it's saying." And it's like, that's not my
interpretation. It's just what the words actually say. It's like, if you speak
English, that's what it says. It's not my interpretation. So number one, the
pronouncement of Scripture proves that Jesus is God. Number two, Jesus's
pre-existence proves that he is God. Hey, if someone existed before time, if
someone existed before there was matter, someone existed before anything physical
ever existed, wouldn't that person be God? Well, the Bible says Jesus was
pre-existent. Go to John chapter number one. John chapter number one. John 1. Very
famous verses in John chapter number one. Look at verse one. It says, "In the
beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." The same
was in the beginning with God. Now, some people read this and they agree
with it, but they're saying, "Who is the Word?" The Bible answers that in verse 14.
"And the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory. The
glory is of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth." Who's
that? The Lord Jesus Christ. Who, what person of the Godhead was manifest in
the flesh? Jesus Christ. So the Bible says that in the beginning was Jesus
Christ, and Jesus Christ was with God, and Jesus Christ was God. Because
the Lord Jesus Christ is God. Why? Because He preexisted in the beginning.
Just like Genesis 1, in the beginning Jesus. In the beginning Jesus. Go to John
chapter number 8. John chapter number 8, and we'll see another proof that Jesus's
pre-existence proves that He is God. We'll start reading in verse number 53.
"Art thou greater than our father Abraham, which is dead and the prophets are dead?
Who makest thou thyself?" Jesus answered, "If I honor myself, my honor is nothing. It
is my father that honoreth me, of whom ye say that he is your God. Yet ye have
not known him, but I know him. And if I should say I know him not, I shall be a
liar like unto you. But I know him and keep his saying." Your father Abraham
rejoiced to see my day, and he saw it and was glad. Then said the Jews unto him,
"Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham?" Jesus said unto
them, "Verily, verily, I say unto you, before Abraham was, I am." That's powerful
right there. He's saying not only did Abraham just see my day, not only was he
rejoicing and glad in it, he's saying before Abraham was, I am. Why? Because
Jesus Christ has eternally existed. Jesus Christ is God. And look at their
reaction. I find this so funny. Verse 59, "Then took they up stones to cast at him,
but Jesus hid himself and went out of the temple, going through the midst of
them, and so passed by." What was their reaction to this doctrine? What was their
reaction to finding out that the Lord Jesus Christ is God? They wanted to
stone him. And isn't it funny how demonic people and people that hate God
and false religions that hate God hate the doctrine of the deity of Christ? How
many times out soul-winning have you started getting to the deity of Christ
and the demons are just coming out of these people that hate God? And at this
point they want you gone, they're cursing you out, they're cursing God,
blaspheming his name. Hey, because devils don't like this doctrine. Makes me wonder
about the people that translated all these Bible versions that are attacking
the deity of Christ. Because the Jews that hated God, these reprobates, they
wanted to stone Jesus Christ. Makes me wonder about these people. John 14. Here's
why, here's why people attack the deity of Christ. Go to John 14. Here's why these
Bible versions change passages about the deity of Christ. Verse number 17. Jesus
answered and said unto them, "If a man love me, he will keep my words." You want to
know why these Bible versions are not keeping the words of God? Because they
don't love Jesus. That's why. In fact, they actually hate him. They actually hate
the doctrine of the deity of Christ. And a lot of these people who are on these
translation committees, like I know the NIV translation committee, had an open
sodomite. Had a lesbian on their translation committee. The Bible tells us
that they hate God in Romans chapter 1. And they're translating the Bible? You
know, if any man, what do you say, "If a man loved me, he will keep my words." These
people that translate these false versions do not love Christ. Go to John
chapter 17. John chapter 17. Again, we're talking about how Jesus's
pre-existence proves that he is God. Look at verse 5. He's praying to God the
Father. He says, "And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self, with the
glory which I had with thee before the world was." Jesus Christ is praying to God
the Father, and he says, "I shared glory with you before the world even existed."
How can you say that Jesus Christ is not God when he shared glory with the Father
before the world was even created? Jesus's pre-existence proves that he is
God. Look at verse 24 of the same chapter, John 17.24, "Father, I will that
they also whom thou hast given me be with me where I am, that they may behold my
glory which thou hast given me, for thou lovest me before the foundation of the
world." So what happens? Jesus Christ shared glory with God the Father before
the foundation of the world and God the Father loved Jesus Christ before the
foundation of the world. Why is that? Because Jesus existed before the
foundation of the world. Because Jesus is God and he is pre-existent. Go to
Revelation chapter number one. Revelation chapter one. We'll get another great
passage proving his pre-existence. John is getting a vision and in verse 12 he
says "and I turned to see the voice that spake with me and being turned I saw
seven golden candlesticks and in the midst of the seven candlesticks one
likened to the Son of Man clothed with a garment down to the foot" it's not a
wedding dress by the way Bo Ballard "and girt about the paps with a golden
girdle. His head and his hairs were white like wool as white as snow and his
eyes were as a flame of fire. His feet like undefined brass as if they had
burned in a furnace and his voice as the sound of many waters. He had in his
right hand seven stars and out of his mouth when a sharp two-edged sword. His
countenance was as the Sun shineth in his strength. When I saw him I fell at
his feet as dead and he laid his right hand upon me saying unto me, 'Fear not I
am the first and the last. I am he that liveth and was dead and behold I am
alive forevermore amen and have the keys of hell and of death.' That doesn't sound
like just a good teacher to me. It doesn't sound like just a good man. A guy
who just taught some good principles. A guy who just lived a pretty good life
who did some miracles. No that sounds like God to me. That sounds like God
Almighty to me. Someone who has the keys of hell and death. Someone who is the
first and the last proving what? His pre-existence. Let's go to actually I'll
stay there I'll read for you. Go to 2nd Corinthians 5 and I'll read for you
Isaiah 44 6 says thus saith the Lord the king of Israel and his Redeemer the
Lord of hosts. Just just listen to this again. Thus saith the Lord the king of
Israel and his Redeemer the Lord of hosts. I am the first and I am the last
and beside me there is no God. Hey the Lord and his Redeemer who is that
talking about? Jesus Christ and in Revelation 1 he said I am the first and
the last and in Isaiah 44 he said I am the first and the last. Why? Because Jesus
is pre-existent. It proves that Jesus is pre-existent. Number three, Jesus's
physical birth proves that he is God. Jesus's physical birth proves that he is
God. You're in 2nd Corinthians 5 verse 21 says for you have made him to be sin
for us who knew no sin that we might be made the righteousness of God in him. So
one thing that we know about the Lord Jesus Christ and one thing that's very
important to tell people when you're out soul winning is that Jesus Christ never
sinned. He never ever sinned. He never told a lie. He never stole anything. He
never looked upon a woman with lust. He never committed sin. He became sin for us.
He became a curse for us on the cross when he bore our iniquities in his own
body but while he was on this earth in his ministry he knew no sin. He never
sinned. How is that possible? How is it possible that Jesus Christ never sinned?
Well it's because he had no sin nature. That's why the Lord Jesus Christ had no
sin nature. See you and I every single person in here we have a sin nature. We
have an old man and that old man is never gonna stop sinning until the day
we're either raptured or we die and go to heaven. Jesus Christ did not have this
sin nature. Why is that? It's because of his physical birth. The fact that he was
born of a virgin he did not have a sin nature. Let's go to Matthew chapter
number one. Matthew chapter number one. And let's refresh ourselves with the
birth of Jesus Christ and why it was special to begin with. This is something
else out soul-winning I always mention to people every single time. I don't turn
here every single time but I make sure that they believe in the virgin birth
of Jesus Christ. Matthew chapter one look at verse 18. Now the birth of Jesus
Christ was on this wise. When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph
before they came together she was found with child of the Holy Ghost. Then
Joseph her husband being a just man and not willing to put to make her a public
example was minded to put her away privily. But while he thought on these
things beholden the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream saying
Joseph thou son of David fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife for that
which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost. So why was the birth of Jesus
Christ special? Because he was not conceived by human relationship. He was
conceived by God. He was made by God in the womb. And you think about Adam. Adam
was literally made by God. Physically made by God. First man right? Jesus
Christ is that second Adam. He was made by God in the womb. His mother never
knew a man. And so that is a that is a miracle in case you didn't know. That's a
miracle to be born without a father, an earthly father, okay? Now go ahead and
turn to Romans 5 while I read for you. 1st Corinthians 15 says, "For since by
man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam
all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive." So what I believe and what
I've heard virtually every preacher in my life teach is that the sin nature is
passed on from the Father, that we get our sin nature from our Father because
in Adam all die. Romans chapter 5, let me turn there myself really quickly, in
Romans chapter 5 and let's look at verse number 12. Bible says, "Wherefore as by
one man sin entered into the world and death by sin and so death passed upon all
men for that all have sinned." I think the reason Jesus Christ did not have a sin
nature is because he did not have that lineage of Adam's blood. He had
God's blood. He didn't have man's sinful tainted blood. He was conceived of the
Holy Ghost. Because of that, he had no sin nature. He never ever sinned. Look at
verse number 14. It says, "Nevertheless death rained from Adam to Moses even over
them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam's transgression, who
is the figure of him that was to come." Like I previously mentioned, you know,
both of their physical bodies were created by God. Of course, Jesus Christ
has eternally existed and it pre-existed, but his physical body was created by God
in Mary's womb. It's a miracle. Just like Adam's physical body was created on this
earth, but since he was born of the Virgin, he did not receive Adam's sin
nature. And so Jesus Christ was sinless. I'll read for you Luke 18, 18 says, "And a
certain ruler asked him, saying, 'Good master, what shall I do to inherit eternal
life?' And Jesus said unto him, 'Why callest thou me good? None is good, save one that
is God.'" Want to know why Jesus Christ was that one that is good? Because he's
God. Bible says there is none good. No, not one, but there is one. It's the Lord
Jesus Christ. It is God. He was, he was not man, or he is man, but I'm sorry, he
does not have that sinful man nature that we have. Because of what? Because of his
physical birth makes the Lord, it proves, the deity of Jesus Christ. Number four,
Jesus's power proves that he is God. Let's go back to John chapter one, John
chapter number one. Jesus's power proves that he is God. John chapter one says in
the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was with, was
God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him, and
without him was not anything made that was made. Here's something that's not
really an insignificant point at all to prove that Jesus Christ is God. He's the
creator of everything. Wouldn't that make you God? If you're the creator of
everything? If nothing exists without you? Because that's what the Bible says. God
spoke this world into existence, and what is Jesus Christ? The Word of God. By him
was not anything made that was made without him. Colossians chapter one, if
you want to turn there, Colossians chapter number one tells us the same
thing that Jesus Christ is the Creator. In verse 13 says, "Who hath delivered us
from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his
dear Son, in whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness
of sins. Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every
creature. For by him were all things created." By who? By Jesus Christ. All
things were created that are in heaven, and that are on earth, visible and
invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers.
"All things were created by him and for him, and he is before all things, and by
him all things consist." I mean that's some strong scripture right there, showing
the power of the Lord Jesus Christ, that all things were created by him, all
things were created for him, whether it's things that are seen or unseen. Powers,
principalities. The Lord Jesus Christ is the author of life. Pastor Shelley just
preached a really good sermon recently about the author of life, and that author
of life is Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ is the creator of all that there is. Here's
another thing that shows the power of God. How about his miracles? You know,
we're talking about how Jesus's power proves that he is God. We're not gonna
turn all these places, but let me just remind you of some of the great miracles
that the Lord Jesus Christ did. He fed over 5,000 men with five barley loaves
and two fishes. Let me know what man can do that. Can any man in here do that? No.
But his power proves that he is God, because only God can do that. Jesus
Christ turned the water into wine. Obviously it's not talking about alcohol,
but that is a miracle. To be able to turn water, I mean how cool would it be if
this water just turned into 100% fruit juice? That'd be a miracle.
Lord Jesus Christ did that. The Lord Jesus Christ healed the impotent man
which had an infirmity for 38 years. Lord Jesus Christ raised Lazarus from the
dead. Person was dead and he spoke him back to life. He didn't give him the EKG,
he didn't, you know, give him CPR. He just spoke him back to life. That's
amazing. Only God can do that. He healed the blind. He cast out devils from people
just by his own just words. Just sending devils into herds of swine. We're talking
about God in the flesh here. This is not just any man. His power proves that he is
God. And I do want to turn to one story that shows the power of Jesus Christ in
John chapter number six. John chapter number six. This is amazing story in John
chapter number six verse 16. When even was now come his disciples went down
unto the sea and entered into a ship and went over the sea toward Capernaum and
it was now dark and Jesus was not come to them and the sea arose by reason of a
great wind that blew. So when they had rode about five and twenty or thirty
furlongs they see Jesus walking on the sea and drawing nigh unto the ship and
they were afraid. Yeah I could see why they were afraid because that's not
something man can do. Just walking on water. You know we just we read these
stories so much and we're just like yeah Jesus walked on the water but
sometimes we need to stop and actually think about how amazing that is. I mean
God didn't just put these stories in the Bible just for us to be like Jesus
walked on the water next chapter. It's just like wow he's God. Jesus Christ
walked on the water in the midst of the storm. Verse 20, "But he saith unto them,
"It is I, be not afraid." Then they willingly received him into the ship. Yeah
exactly. And immediately the ship was at land whether they went. Did you catch
that? Jesus Christ got in the ship and the second he stepped foot in that ship
immediately they're on the land. I mean instantaneous travel? Any man figured
that out? No, but Jesus Christ is God. He just stepped foot on that ship and
immediately they go from being in the middle of the sea to on land. That's God.
That's amazing. Verse, let's go to Matthew chapter 9. Matthew chapter 9, I
will show you a couple more where we're talking about the power of Jesus Christ
proving that he is God. Matthew chapter number 9. I love these stories. Verse 1,
"And he entered into a ship and passed over and came into his own city and
behold they brought to him a man sick of the palsy lying on a bed and Jesus
seeing their faith said unto the sick of the palsy son be of good cheer thy
sins be forgiven and behold certain of the scribes said within themselves this
man blasphemic and Jesus knowing their thoughts said wherefore think he evil in
your hearts here's another good proof that Jesus is God he can literally read
people's minds I mean the word of God is the discerner of the thoughts and
intense of the heart and Jesus Christ is the word of God and he could look at
these scribes murmuring within themselves saying that he's blaspheming
and he could just know their thoughts at any time why because he's God he knows
all of our thoughts he knows all of human beings thoughts at all time that's
ever existed and he knows them all because he's God he knows all of our
thoughts it's amazing said wherefore think he evil in your hearts for whether
is easier to say thy sins be forgiven thee or to say arise and walk but that
ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins then say
if he to the sick of the palsy arise take up thy bed and go unto thine house
hey we're talking about how the Jesus's power proves that he is God how about
that he has the power to forgive sins does man have the power to forgive your
sins can I can I let's just say I was unsaved can I just walk up to one of you
and say hey will you forgive me of my sins so I can go to heaven is that how
it works no but Jesus Christ has power to forgive sins why because he's God
that's why I'll read for you John chapter number 10 verse 17 he says
therefore doth my father love me because I lay down my life that I might take it
again no man taketh it from me but I lay it down of myself I have power to lay it
down and I have power to take it again this commandment have I received in my
father hey you want to talk about the power of Jesus Christ how about the
resurrection of Jesus Christ how about the fact that Jesus Christ willingly
laid down his life but guess what he had the power to take it up again he had the
power to conquer death and hell and rise again from the dead can any man achieve
that nope but God can number five let's go to John chapter number three number
five Jesus's presence proves that he is God Jesus's presence proves that he is
God John chapter number three verse 13 says and no man have ascended up to
heaven but he that came down from heaven even the son of man which is in heaven
so Jesus Christ is on earth talking to Nicodemus and he's saying no man has
ascended up into heaven but he that came down from heaven even the son of man
which is in heaven so Jesus Christ is on earth and he's also saying that he's in
heaven now don't ask me to if I can understand this verse because that that's
mind-blowing to me but it does tell me that Jesus Christ is omnipresent he's
talking to Nicodemus he says by the way I'm in heaven it's like don't ask me to
understand that I don't understand it you know I've tried to and and maybe you
know if you have an explanation for what that means I would really like to hear
it but it's amazing I know that I know that it shows the power of God and I
know that it shows that the presence of God also proves that he is God presence
of Jesus Christ proves that he is God let's go to Matthew chapter 18 see
another verse that proves this point that the presence of Jesus Christ proves
that he is God Matthew 18 18 says barely I say unto you whatsoever ye shall bind
on earth shall be bound in heaven and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall
be loosed in heaven again I say unto you that if two of you shall agree on
earth as touching anything they shall ask it shall be done for them of my
father which is in heaven for where two or three are gathered together in my
name there I am in the midst of them that's pretty amazing that when two or
three are gathered together in the name of Jesus Christ that he is there with us
in the midst I believe that Jesus Christ is in the midst of the church
tonight I do believe that where two or three are gathered together I don't
believe he's here physically in flesh and blood in the human realm where I
can see him but I believe that Jesus Christ spiritually is here tonight in
this building I do believe that because that's what the Bible says where two or
three are gathered together hey Jesus Christ's presence proves that he is God
hey is Allah here is Buddha here tonight is Muhammad here tonight no I don't
think so is Joseph Smith here tonight no but you know who is here the Lord Jesus
Christ he's here tonight our God is here tonight with us that's amazing to me
Matthew 28 Matthew chapter number 28 look at verse 19 Matthew 28 19 talking
about the presence of Jesus Christ go you therefore verse 19 and teach all
nations baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the
Holy Ghost teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I've commanded you and
lo I am with you all the way even unto the end of the world amen hey Jesus
Christ his presence proves that he's got you know why because no matter where we
are the Bible says Jesus said that he will be with us he will be with us and
that should give us great confidence to fulfill what Jesus Christ asked us to do
here to fulfill the Great Commission it sounds like a very hard task which it is
reaching the whole world with the gospel getting the whole world to be
baptized and teaching them all things whatsoever Christ has commanded them but
guess who's with us God is with us the Lord Jesus Christ is with us his
presence proves that he is God now I showed you many points of why we believe
that Jesus Christ is God there's many proofs of why Jesus Christ is God now
how can we apply this let's go to Romans chapter number eight Romans
chapter number eight we just heard Jesus Christ tell us that no matter what no
and to the end of the world he will be with us here's some application for this
truth you say what's the sermon tonight Jesus is God I have one point Jesus is
God that's the main point that we need to understand from this sermon but
because of that here's something that we can apply to us look at verse number
number 31 says what shall we then say to these things if God before us who can
be against us he that spared not his own son but
delivered him up for us all how shall he not with him also freely give us all
things who shall lay anything to the charge of God's elect it is God that
justified who is he that condemneth it is Christ that died he rather that is
risen again who is even at the right hand of God who also maketh intercession
for us who shall separate us from the love of Christ shall tribulation like we
talked about this morning or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or
peril or sword as it is written for thy sake we are killed all the day long we
are counted as sheep for the slaughter nay in all these things we are more than
conquerors through him that loved us for I am persuaded that neither death nor
life nor angels nor principalities nor powers nor things present or things to
come nor height nor depth nor any other creature shall be able to separate us
from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord hey here's the
application of this truth that Jesus is God when Jesus said he'll be with us
even into the end of the earth it's that nothing can stop us the Bible lists all
these external forces and Paul asked the rhetorical question can any of these
things separate us from God can any of these things separates from the love of
Christ the answer is obviously no why because if God before us if Jesus
Christ before us who can be against us if Jesus Christ the same person that
walks on water the same person that just instantaneously makes a ship land
on the shore the same person that could speak the world into existence the same
person that could speak Lazarus from the dead back to life the same person that
could conquer death in hell the same person that's gonna rapture us again
someday is the same person that's with us every single day we have God with us
you know other religions don't have that you know that other religions they said
you know of course it's all about God that's what all religions are but you
know that only those of us that are saved actually have God the Mormons
don't have God the Jehovah's Witnesses don't have God the Jews don't have God
none of these false religions have God but we have God with us and there's no
external force that can come against us and stop us in what we're trying to
accomplish for him hey if God before us who can be against us so what's the
sermon the sermon is hey Jesus Christ is God but we can also take a great truth
from that that hey if God before us if Jesus Christ is on our team what do we
have to be scared of what do we have to worry about nothing Jesus Christ is on
our side and the Lord Jesus Christ is God and with that let's have a word of
prayer Lord thank you so much for this day and Lord thank you so much for
sending your son and for just all that you do for us I just pray that you'd
give us boldness in the faith and just to realize that if you're for us nothing
can be against us God and we love you so much I pray that you bless this church
that they would continue to do great exploits for you that they would
continue to fulfill the Great Commission and in Jesus name we pray amen.