This same Jesus who was crucified – He has risen from the dead. And it is God’s public declaration that Jesus of Nazareth was the Son of God and that His death on that tree satisfied justice once and for all. And this Jesus has ascended up and sat down at the right hand of God. And He is King of kings and He is Lord of lords. All the empires of this world come and go like the wind.…
Welcome to our series Looking Unto Jesus. I want to remind you that that title, it didn’t originate with me, but it comes from Isaac Ambrose’s work on the Gospel of Jesus Christ. And I strongly recommend the work. He spent a great portion of his life simply studying and meditating upon the person and work of Christ, and you will greatly benefit from what he has written.
Let’s open up our Bibles again to Matthew 16, and let’s just read verse 13 on down a bit. “Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, He was asking His disciples, ‘Who do people say that the Son of Man is?’ And they said, ‘Some say John the Baptist; and others, Elijah; but still others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets.’ And He said to them, ‘But who do you say that I am?’ Simon Peter answered,…
It is a great privilege for me to be here this evening with you. And in a way it is a great blessing that you cannot see me, some of you. And it is for this reason: You do not need to see a man, nor do you need to see the movements of a man. You need to see Christ.
Romans chapter 1 verse 16: “For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.” Let’s go to the Lord in prayer.