“The I AM – All That We Lack – Jesus IS!” | December 20, 2020

I.  “I AM!”
 
 (Isaiah 7:14; 9:6 - J.D. Grear video – “Advent”)
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Exodus 3:1-14 (3:8, 3:14)
Exodus 15:26, Leviticus 20:8
Jeremiah 23:6, Ezekiel 48:35
Psalm 23:1, Genesis 22:14, Isaiah 44:6
John 6:35, 7:37-38, 8:12, 10:9, 10:11, 14:6
2 Peter 1:4, Ephesians 3:6, Colossians 1:27
John 1:12
 

II.  “Who Gave Jesus Authority?”
 
John 1:12
John 1:1-5
Genesis 28:10-22
Genesis 12:7-8

Word Study Greek –

“the Word”- Logos- “the pre-existent nature of Christ”; God: Theos: “Deity, Supreme Divinity;

Made: ginomai: to cause to be: of the works of creation

Life: zoe: life without end; Eternal Life

Light: phos: to illuminate: moral and spiritual light

Darkness: scotia: dimness, obscurity: moral darkness

Overcome: katalambano: make one’s own, perceive

Believed: pisteuo: to have faith, to entrust

Right: exousia: actual physical and mental power; the ability and strength given by Jesus which he either possesses or exercises to become a child of God.
 

III.  “Who is This Jesus?”
 
 John 1:43-51
Acts 4:8-12
 
The OT - Jesus Concealed; the Gospels - Jesus Revealed;
The Epistles - Jesus Explained; Revelation - Jesus Expected.