WHICH MAN IS THE MAN?

 

2 Sam. 12:1-7

Pastor Rick Jackson

 

I. THE MAN YOU ARE:

1. Is a Sinner by Birth [Ps. 51:5]

Behold, I was shapen in iniquity,; and in sin did my mother conceive me.

2. Is a Sinner by Choice [2 Sam. 12:7, 9]

-And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man. Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul;

-Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the LORD, to do evil in his sight? thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.

3. Is a Saint by Reception [Rm. 4:4-8, Jn. 1:12]

Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt. But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness. Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works, Saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered. Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin.

 

II. THE MAN OF SIN: [2 Th. 2]

1. Revealed Between the Rapture and the Touchdown Coming [2 Th. 2:1-3, 5-8a]

2. Revels in Self and Rebellion [2 Th. 2:3a-4]

3. Ruins Himself and Others by Following Satan [2 Th. 2:8-12]

 

III. THE MAN YOU NEED:

1. Christ is The Man by Incarnation [Phil. 2:4-8]

Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others. Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.

2. Christ is The Man by His Vicarious Death [1 Tm. 2:5-6]

For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.

3. Christ is the Man by His Victorious Resurrection [1 Cor. 15:12-23]

Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead? But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen: And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain. Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God; because we have testified of God that he raised up Christ: whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead rise not. For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised: And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins. Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished. If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable. But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept. For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming.