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Jesus Friend of Sinners
Jesus! what a Friend for sinners! Jesus! Lover of my soul; Friends may fail me, foes assail me, He, my Savior, makes me whole. These words by Wilbur Chapman in 1910 (hear the music and sing along with
Continue reading...Jesus’ Zeal for God
I can get fairly zealous about a University of Memphis basketball game. Perhaps you get fairly zealous about someone you love or about a political platform you endorse or a ministry you support. Zeal!
Continue reading...Jesus Full of the Holy Spirit
Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the desert (Luke 4:1). One of the most important factors in Jesus’ earthly life was His dependence upon the Holy
Continue reading...Jesus Filled with the Holy Spirit
Jesus was not only full of the Holy Spirit (characterized by the Spirit’s holy qualities because of countless hours spent in His presence and depending upon Him), he was also filled with the Spirit on
Continue reading...Jesus the Teacher (Part 1)
His disciples said after a particularly hard message from Jesus, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life.” (John 6:68) Two disciples who got a personal lesson from the resurrected
Continue reading...Jesus the Teacher (Part 2)
I pride myself on being a teacher, but when I compare myself to Jesus I’m not even in the ballpark. There are several reasons for this. One, he is the Son of God. Two, he has no internal sin issues
Continue reading...Jesus the Discipler
It is fascinating to me that one of the very first things Jesus did upon beginning his public ministry was to draft disciples. Jesus knew that his time on earth was short and that he was not going
Continue reading...Jesus the Friend
Jesus told his disciples, “Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends. You are my friends if you do what I command. I no longer call you servants, because a servant
Continue reading...Jesus the Apologist
An apologist is someone active in defending the truthfulness of any viewpoint. Jesus chose at times to defend what he was teaching. When he was accused of casting out demons by the Devil (Matthew 12:22-29),
Continue reading...Jesus the Fulfiller of Prophecy
The prophecies Jesus fulfilled can be broken down into (1) the prophecies about Jesus’ lineage, (2) those describing the attributes of God that Messiah would bear, (3) those about what Messiah would
Continue reading...Jesus the Prophet
“Who do people say the Son of Man is?” They replied, “Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, Jeremiah or one of the prophets.” (Matthew 16:13,14) Jesus did what a prophet
Continue reading...Jesus the Priest
Only those of the tribe of Levi and descendants of Aaron are allowed to be priests in Israel. Jesus is from the tribe of Judah, the kingship tribe. But a prophecy in Psalm 110 indicates that David’s
Continue reading...Jesus as King
Above his head they placed the written charge against him: THIS IS JESUS, THE KING OF THE JEWS. (Matthew 27:37) As a descendant of David with regard to his human nature, Jesus has the lineage and legal
Continue reading...Jesus, the Alpha and Omega
Jesus was not part of a Greek fraternity, but if he had been it would have to be Alpha Omega. These are the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet and a title given to both God the Father (Revelation
Continue reading...Jesus, the Lamb of God
I saw a Lamb, looking as if it had been slain, standing in the center of the throne, encircled by the four living creatures and the elders. He had seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits
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