Jesus’ Earthly Ministry
- Three Views of Jesus’ Ministry
- Pre-Calvary Son of Man Demonstration
- At Calvary Son made sin Substitution
- Post Calvary Son of God High Priest
- Why Study Jesus’ Life?
- God in the flesh –the “express image of His person…” Hb. 1:3
- Do what Jesus did and you’ll see what Jesus saw.
- What Jesus began, the Church is to complete. Ac. 1:1
- The Miracles of Jesus
- Survey of the 36 recorded miracles:
- Healing and deliverances 26
- Healings for desperate parents 5
- A friend brought them to Jesus 12
- Occurred in obedience to unusal request 8
- Occurred due to their focused faith 9
- Occurred in a synagogue 3
- Occurred “along the way” 32
- Jesus never turned away anyone requesting a miracle.
- Performed miracles to show Father God’s heart of people.
- Survey of the 36 recorded miracles:
- The Teachings of Jesus
- Sermon on the Mount – Foundational – 60 topics Mt. 5-7
- Thirty-one parables – read one each day for a month
- His pattern: teach, preach, heal Mk. 8:35, Mt. 7:28
- Five Reasons Jesus Came
- To change man’s perspective of God Hb. 1:3
- To pay mankinds’ debt of sin “once for all” Hb. 7:27
- To restore mankinds’ position as sons and daughters of God
- To teach us how to bring heaven to earth Mk. 11:23, Mt. 18:19
- To demonstrate and give us authority over Satan. I Jn. 3:8
The Son of God became the sin of man.