THE JOURNEY PART #3

THE JOURNEY

3-1-Jesus Is The Way To God and We Are Created In His Image

JESUS CHRIST IS THE UNION OF GOD AND MAN.

HE IS TRUE GOD AND TRUE MAN, CONCEIVED OF THE HOLY SPIRIT AND BORN OF THE VIRGIN MARY.

HE LIVED A SINLESS LIFE AND DIED ON THE CROSS AS A SACRIFICE FOR THE SINS OF ALL MEN.

HE AROSE BODILY FROM THE DEAD, ASCENDED INTO HEAVEN AND IS PRESENTLY SEATED AT THE RIGHT HAND OF THE FATHER AS OUR HIGH PRIEST AND ADVOCATE

John 11:25-26 - Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life; he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live.

3-2-We Are Created In His Image

MAN WAS CREATED IN THE IMAGE OF GOD, BUT FELL INTO SIN, WHICH RESULTED IN HIS SPIRITUAL DEATH AND SEPARATION FROM GOD.

Romans 3:10 - As it is written, There is none righteous no, not one.

Romans 3:23 - For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God.

ONLY THROUGH REGENERATION BY THE HOLY SPIRIT CAN SALVATION AND SPIRITUAL LIFE BE OBTAINED.

Romans 5:8 - But God commandeth His love toward us. In that, while we were sinners, Chris died for us.

Romans 6:23 - For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

THIS PROCESS OF REGENERATION, REFERRED TO AS BEING “BORN AGAIN” IN THE WORD, TAKES PLACE THROUGH A COMBINATION OF FAITH AND CONFESSION.

AS A PERSON MAKES THE DECISION TO BELIEVE IN THE DEATH AND RESURRECTION OF JESUS CHRIST AND CONFESSES WITH HIS MOUTH THE LORDSHIP OF JESUS IN HIS LIFE, A MIRACLE OF REGENERATION BY THE HOLY SPIRIT TAKES PLACE.

Romans 10:9-10 - That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.

Romans 10:13 - For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

A NEW CHRISTIAN IS BORN INTO THE KINGDOM OF GOD.

FOR HIM, OLD THINGS ARE PASSED AWAY AND ALL THINGS ARE NEW!

2 Corinthians 5:17 - Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

Jesus Is The Way To God and We Are Created In His Image.

THE JOURNEY PART #2

THE JOURNEY

2-THERE IS ONE GOD, THE CREATOR OF ALL THINGS.

THERE IS ONE GOD, THE CREATOR OF ALL THINGS, WHO IS INFINITELY PERFECT AND ETERNALLY EXISTENT IN THREE PEOPLE; THE FATHER, THE SON AND THE HOLY SPIRIT.

- Father, Son, and Holy Ghost make up the Godhead.
1 John 5:7
For there are three that bear witness in heaven: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit; and these three are one.

- He is perfect.
Numbers 23:19
God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?

- He is the creator of all things.
Isaiah 40:28
Have you not known? Have you not heard? The everlasting God, the LORD, The Creator of the ends of the earth, Neither faints nor is weary. His understanding is unsearchable.

- There is One God
1 Timothy 2:5
For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus,

- Have no other Gods.
Ephesians 4:6
one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.

THE JOURNEY PART #1

THE JOURNEY

1-The Bible is Gods Word Front To Back
(2 Tim. 3:13; 1 Thess. 2:13; 2 Peter 1:21)

-THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS ARE THE INSPIRED, INFALLIBLE AND AUTHORITATIVE WORD OF GOD.

2 Tim. 3:13
But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.
-How do we keep ourselves from being deceived?

1 Thess. 2:13
because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.

-When we keep the word of God as THE INSPIRED, INFALLIBLE AND AUTHORITATIVE we keep ourselves from being deceived.

-GODS WORD IS WHERE THE POWER COMES FROM.

-IN THE WORD, WE FIND THE REVELATION OF GOD’S ETERNAL AND UNCHANGING WILL FOR MAN OF ALL AGES.

2 Peter 1:21
For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.

-THE WORD IS THE DIVINE AND FINAL AUTHORITY FOR THE CHRISTIAN LIFE.

1- Keeps us from deception.
2- Gives us power and authority.
3- Shows us Gods eternal and unchanging plan.
4- Divinely inspired.