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The Saviours Identity

Kah Wor Enjoying the Bible 2/19/2013

The Saviours Identity

Table of Contents
Foreword Synopsis The Saviours Identity Note from the Author

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The Saviours Identity

FOREWORD
I am a Christian beginning to realize that God is my loving Father in heaven as proven by the death of His only Beloved Son as Jesus the Christ. In the unfolding pages, all negative connotations have been made in reference to me. I do not speak for or of others. This is a result of personal experiences and observations. This is by no means a sermon of any sort nor does it serve to generalize the Christian experience. I am no Bible teacher or pastor. I am the beloved child of God getting to know (as a privilege) Him as a loving Father. If you have been blessed by this e-book, let all the glory and praise redound to my loving Father in heaven in Jesus Name. If you find anything amiss, let God judge my heart.

Foreword

Synopsis

The Saviours Identity

Note from the Author

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The Saviours Identity

Synopsis
Comparing what the Old Testament says about what the true Messiah will suffer with what Jesus the Man has suffered as recorded in the New Testament is the way to prove that Jesus the Man is the Promised Messiah. This is the reason our Lord Jesus allowed things to happen to Him so that what the Old Testament said about Him could be fulfilled as proof of His identity as the Promised Saviour. I believe this was what the Apostle did as can be seen from Acts 9:22, But Saul increased all the more in strength, and continued to confound and put to confusion the Jews who lived in Damascus by comparing and examining evidence and proving that Jesus is the Christ (the Messiah). What God said would happen to the Promised Saviour in the Old Testament was fulfilled in the Person of Jesus the Man. Hence our Lord Jesus said in John 5:36, But I have as My witness something greater (weightier, higher, better) than that of John; for the works that the Father has appointed Me to accomplish and finish, the very same works that I am now doing, are a witness and proof that the Father has sent Me.

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The Saviours Identity

God promised to send a Saviour in Genesis 3:15. And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her Offspring; He will bruise and tread your head underfoot, and you will lie in wait and bruise His heel. The Person of the Promised Saviour was hidden in the Old Testament and revealed in the New Testament. The Jews of His day expected the Saviour to overthrow the Roman regime and re-establish the Davidic dynasty. This is evident from Acts 1:6, So when they were assembled, they asked Him, Lord, is this the time when You will reestablish the kingdom and restore it to Israel? That was the expected sign of the Promised Saviour. The Jews did not believe that Jesus was the Christ. This can be seen in Luke 24:19, About Jesus of Nazareth, Who was a Prophet mighty in work and word before God and all the people. They regarded Jesus as one of the Prophets in the Old Testament. Our Lord Jesus revealed in Luke 24:26 the manner in which the true Messiah was to be identified, that it was necessary and essentially fitting that the Christ (the Messiah) should suffer all these things before entering into His glory (His majesty and splendor). Hence, comparing what the Old Testament says about what the true Messiah will suffer with what Jesus the Man has suffered as recorded in the New Testament is the way to prove that Jesus the Man is the Promised Messiah.
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The Saviours Identity I believe this was what the Apostle did as can be seen from Acts 9:22, But Saul increased all the more in strength, and continued to confound and put to confusion the Jews who lived in Damascus by comparing and examining evidence and proving that Jesus is the Christ (the Messiah). We prove the identity of Jesus the Man as the Messiah, the Christ, Gods Promised Saviour from the scriptures. Then having proven that identity, we look to His death as the show and proof of Gods great and everlasting love for us all [Romans 5:8]. This is the reason our Lord Jesus allowed things to happen to Him so that what the Old Testament said about Him could be fulfilled as proof of His identity as the Promised Saviour. Matthew 26:56 - But all this has taken place in order that the Scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled. Then all the disciples deserted Him and, fleeing, escaped. Mark 14:49 - I was with you daily in the temple [porches and courts] teaching, and you did not seize Me; but [this has happened] that the Scriptures might be fulfilled. John 5:46, For if you believed and relied on Moses, you would believe and rely on Me, for he wrote about Me [personally]. John 15:25 - But [this is so] that the word written in their Law might be fulfilled, They hated Me without a cause.

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The Saviours Identity John 17:12 - While I was with them, I kept and preserved them in Your Name [in the knowledge and worship of You]. Those You have given Me I guarded and protected, and not one of them has perished or is lost except the son of perdition [Judas Iscariotthe one who is now doomed to destruction, destined to be lost], that the Scripture might be fulfilled. John 19:36 - For these things took place, that the Scripture might be fulfilled (verified, carried out), Not one of His bones shall be broken; Jesus said in John 5:39, You search and investigate and pore over the Scriptures diligently, because you suppose and trust that you have eternal life through them. And these [very Scriptures] testify about Me! To paraphrase John 5:39, you study the scriptures diligently to find out the identity of the Promised Saviour. All that the scriptures said would happen to the Promised Saviour are happening to me. Yet you dont recognise me as the Promised Saviour. What dah?!? Our Lord Jesus summed it up in John 5:36, But I have as My witness something greater (weightier, higher, better) than that of John; for the works that the Father has appointed Me to accomplish and finish, the very same works that I am now doing, are a witness and proof that the Father has sent Me. What God said would happen to the Promised Saviour was fulfilled in the Person of Jesus the Man.

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The Saviours Identity The Pharisees and scribes of Jesus day were experts in the Old Testament. Yet, they missed the fact that whatever the scriptures said would happen to the Promised Saviour was actually happening to Jesus the Man. If they had seen the fulfillment of the Old Testament in the Person of Jesus the Man, they would have known that He is the Promised Saviour. The Pharisees and Scribes had their focus misplaced. I believe they were more interested in displaying their knowledge and holiness or spiritualism. They missed the whole purpose of studying the scriptures to identity the Promised Saviour. Mark 4:12, You search and investigate and pore over the Scriptures diligently, because you suppose and trust that you have eternal life through them. And these [very Scriptures] testify about Me! Matthew 13:13, This is the reason that I speak to them in parables: because having the power of seeing, they do not see; and having the power of hearing, they do not hear, nor do they grasp and understand. Matthew 13:14, In them indeed is the process of fulfillment of the prophecy of Isaiah, which says: You shall indeed hear and hear but never grasp and understand; and you shall indeed look and look but never see and perceive. Isaiah 6:9, And He said, Go and tell this people, Hear and hear continually, but understand not; and see and see continually, but do not apprehend with your mind.

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The Saviours Identity At the time of Jesus earthly ministry, many claimed to be the Messiah (in Hebrew) or the Christ (in Greek). God revealed to John the Baptist: John 1:32-34 32 John gave further evidence, saying, I have seen the Spirit descending as a dove out of heaven, and it dwelt on Him [never to depart]. 33 And I did not know Him nor recognize Him, but He Who sent me to baptize in (with) water said to me, Upon Him Whom you shall see the Spirit descend and remain, that One is He Who baptizes with the Holy Spirit. 34 And I have seen [that happenI actually did see it] and my testimony is that this is the Son of God! John the Baptist was tasked to point the Jews to the one and only Promised Saviour. Yet the ultimate witness or conclusive evidence of Jesus the Man as the Promised Saviour is found in John 5:36, But I have as My witness something greater (weightier, higher, better) than that of John; for the works that the Father has appointed Me to accomplish and finish, the very same works that I am now doing, are a witness and proof that the Father has sent Me. Again in John 14:11, Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father in Me; or else believe Me for the sake of the [very] works themselves. [If you cannot trust Me, at least let these works that I do in My Fathers name convince you.]; those very works which had been foretold in the Old Testament.

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The Saviours Identity To state the obvious, the New Testament was not yet written when Jesus resurrected three days after His death. When our resurrected Lord Jesus expounded on all the scriptures the things concerning and referring to Himself to the two disciples on the road to Emmaus, I believe He was in fact unveiling part of the New Testament to them, that is, the four Gospels. The first four Books of the New Testament reveal the completion of the God-appointed tasks given to Jesus the Man as concrete proof of His identity as the Promised Saviour. The Promised Saviour Who is the only Beloved Son of the Living God was sent to die on the Cross as Jesus the Man. This is how God has chosen to show and prove His great and everlasting love for us all! John 3:16, For God so greatly loved and dearly prized the world that He [even] gave up His only begotten (unique) Son, so that whoever believes in (trusts in, clings to, relies on) Him shall not perish (come to destruction, be lost) but have eternal (everlasting) life.

Foreword

Synopsis

The Saviours Identity

Note from the Author

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The Saviours Identity

Note from Author

Anyone can interpret the scriptures in favour of an adopted stand [2 Peter 3:16]. I find that the only constant in the Bible is Gods love for me. I find the love of God is beyond any doubt the crimson thread running through the Bible from cover to cover. Therefore, I have chosen to read and interpret the Bible in the greater context of His love for me. God is love [1 John 4:8]. His Spirit is therefore love. To read the Bible in the Spirit is to read it in His love for me. This is my personal conviction. This is how I enjoy my Bible. This is my stand. When the Lord returns, He will weigh my stand according to my heart [1 Samuel 16:7]. I am the beloved child of God that Jesus the Christ has made me to be [2 Corinthians 5:21] in the process of getting to know Gods love for me. If you have been blessed by this literature, let all the glory and praise redound to our loving Father God. If there is anything you find amiss, let God judge my heart. If you would like to support the declaration of Gods great love, you can do so HERE. This has been brought to you by Enjoying the Bible. 1 Timothy 4:13, AMP, Till I come, devote yourself to [public and private] reading, to exhortation (preaching and personal appeals), and to teaching and instilling doctrine.

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