Hebrews 10:5-7, 5 Therefore, WHEN CHRIST CAME INTO THE WORLD, HE SAID: “Sacrifice and offering you did not desire, but a body you prepared for me; 6 with burnt offerings and sin offerings you were not pleased. 7 Then I said, ‘Here I am—it is written about me in the scroll . . .
Psalm 40:6, Sacrifice and offering you did not desire—but my ears you have opened . . .
Revelation 13:8, . . . “the Lamb who was slain from the creation of the world.”
Romans 1:20, For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.
How do we Know that God is as Jesus Spoke of Him?
- Fulfilled Prophecy
Isaiah 42:8-9, 8 “I am the Lord; that is my name! I will not yield my glory to another or my praise to idols. 9 See, the former things have taken place, and new things I declare;
before they spring into being I announce them to you.”
Isaiah 7:14; Micah 5:2
2. Divine Miracles
Acts 2:22, Fellow Israelites, listen to this: Jesus of Nazareth was a man accredited by God to you by miracles, wonders and signs, which God did among you through him, as you yourselves know.
• These miracles are to continue in His church today.
John 14:12
3. God’s Word
Romans 10:8 (MSG), It’s the word of faith that welcomes God to go to work and set things right for us. This is the core of our preaching.
Hebrews 10:10; Daniel 9:20-26
Galatians 4:4-5, 4 But when the set time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, 5 to redeem . . .
How God’s Word Brings the Blessings of Salvation into Our Lives
Stage 1 – The New Birth
1 Peter 1:3, Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.
1 Peter 1:23, For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.
- The first work of God’s Word is to make us a new person who lives with new hopes.
1 Thessalonians 2:13 (NLT), Therefore, we never stop thanking God that when you received his message from us, you didn’t think of our words as mere human ideas. You accepted what we said as the very word of God—which, of course, it is. And this word continues to work in you who believe.
Genesis 3; Matthew 4
Stage 2 – Saving Faith
Romans 10:17 (NKJV), So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
Hebrews 8:6
Ways God’s Word brings saving Faith
- It births new hopes – James 1:18
- It judges my thoughts and attitude – Hebrews 4:12
- It matures me so I can inherit blessing – Acts 20:32
- It washes away what makes me unholy and unhealthy – Ephesians 5:26
- It brings me the whole counsel of God – Acts 20:27
Proverbs 4:20-22
Stage 3 – Victorious Faith
1 John 2:14, I write to you, dear children, because you know the Father. I write to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God lives in you, and you have overcome the evil one.