LET’S TALK ABOUT JESUS [Part 3]

                                                                                         REVELATION 1:4-18

 

Pastor Rick Jackson

 

I. BECAUSE OF JESUS WE KNOW WE HAVE A TRUSTWORTHY TESTIMONY [v. 5, 10-11, 16, 19]

 

1. We have a Book That Warns [Ezek. 3:17-20, Acts 20:31, 1 Corinthians 4:14, Col. 1:28, 1 Th. 5:14]

 

2. We have a Book That Washes [v. 5, Ephesians 5:26, Titus 3:5]

 

3. We have a Book That Works [Isaiah 55:11, 1 Pet. 1:23-25]

Unbeliever- “We can’t Believe any book where the author is unknown”

Believer-“ Do you know who wrote the multiplication table? No? Then I suppose you don’t believe it?”

Unbeliever- “Well, I believe it because it works!”

Believer- “So does the Bible!”

 

II. BECAUSE OF WHO JESUS IS WE HAVE A SUFFICIENT SAVIOUR [v. 5-6, 17-18, John 6:37] “him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.”

 

1. “him”= any him, rich/poor, weak/strong, cultured/vulgar, male/female, any “race,” any language, from anywhere

2. “that cometh”= not worketh, not payeth, not joineth, not “is baptized” – this breaks pride

3. “to Me”= Jesus! Not Buddha, Confucius, Sun Myung Moon, Joseph Smith, L. Ron Hubbard, Steven Hawking

4. “I will”= receive not cast out. Jesus can say “I will” because “He would” and “He did”

5. “in no wise cast out”- no way, no-no!, Once in- in for good Rm. 5:8-11

 

III. BECAUSE OF WHO JESUS IS WE HAVE A CONQUERING CHRIST [v. 7-8, 13-18]

 

1. He is Sufficient to Destroy the Works of the Devil [1 John 3:8]

 

2. He is Sufficient to Do Away with the Wages of Sin [Romans 3:19-26, 6:22-23; 1 John 2:2, 4:10]

 

3. He is Sufficient to Deliver Us from the World [Galatians 1:4, 4:3, 6:14]