A Follower’s Messiah

“Take A Stand!”

Take A Stand!

I. Two Examples of Taking A Stand

II. Take A Stand Against Ungodly Culture

III. Take A Stand By Sharing God's Truth

IV. Take A Stand For Righteousness

V. Summary = Holiness

I. Two Examples of Taking A Stand

A. A Modern Example

B. A Biblical Example

D. Hebrews 6:16-20

B. A Biblical Example – Daniel 3

Is God Real?Is Jesus Real?Is the Bible True?Secularism/HumanismDo All Roads Lead To Heaven?How Can A Good God AllowSuffering?Why Not Evolution?Does Life Have Meaning And Purpose?

B. A Biblical Example – Daniel 3

Is God Real?Is Jesus Real?Is the Bible True?Secularism/HumanismDo All Roads Lead To Heaven?How Can A Good God AllowSuffering?Why Not Evolution?Does Life Have Meaning And Purpose?

II. Take A Stand Against Ungodly Culture

Daniel 3:12-15

Daniel 1:8, 15-16

1 John 2:15-17

III. Take A Stand By Sharing God's Truth

Daniel 3:16-18

1 Peter 3:15

How Can A Good God AllowSuffering?

IV. Take A Stand For Righteousness

Daniel 3:12, 15, 19-24

1 Peter 3:8

How Can A Good God AllowSuffering?

IV. Take A Stand For Righteousness

It “…Ain’t Easy!”

Daniel 3:24

Is Jesus Real?

Matthew 28:20

B. A Biblical Example – Daniel 3

Is God Real?Is Jesus Real?Is the Bible True?Secularism/HumanismDo All Roads Lead To Heaven?How Can A Good God AllowSuffering?Why Not Evolution?Does Life Have Meaning And Purpose?

V. Summary = Holiness

1 Peter 1:1-18

Daniel 1:15-21, 3:30

Does Life Have Meaning And Purpose?

V. If It Doesn’t Kill You It Makes YouStronger

A.James 1:1

B. 2 Corinthians 4:16-17

B. THE RESURRECTION!

1. Matthew 28:1-20, Luke 23, 35-49

2. I Cor. 15:3-8

3. I Cor. 15:14-19, I Peter 1:1-7

II. Is Jesus who He said He is?No Middle Ground!

A Quote From C.S. Lewis

"A man who was merely a man and said the sort ofthings Jesus said would not be a great moralteacher. He would either be a lunatic--on the levelwith a man who says he is a poached egg--or hewould be the devil of hell. You must take yourchoice. Either this was, and is, the Son of God, orelse a madman or something worse. You can shuthim up for a fool or you can fall at his feet and callhim Lord and God. But let us not come with anypatronizing nonsense about his being just a greathuman teacher. He has not left that open to us.

What Did He Say About Himself?

•I came from Heaven!

•I am the Messiah

•I am God

–Same work

–Same ability to give life

–Same authority

–Same honor

–Same will

What Did He Say About Himself?

•I am the bread of life

•I existed before Abraham

•I am the eternal God, Creator of the Universe

•I am the door to salvation

•I am equal to God

•I am the resurrection and life itself

•I am the way, the truth, and the life

•I am the only way to God

Josh McDowell puts it this way;

•His claims are either True

•or they are False

•Evidence That Demands A Verdict

Jesus: His Claims Were Either

False

True

Assume they are False

•Then He either Knew they were False

•Or He believed they were True

Jesus: His Claims Were Either

False

True

He didn’t know

HeKnew

Assume He Knew they were False

•Then He is not a great moral teacher

•He is a liar

•Hypocrite

•Demon

•Fool

Jesus: His Claims Were Either

False

True

He didn’t know

HeKnew

DeliberateMisrepresentation

Liar

Hypocrite

Demon

Fool

Assume He believed they were true

•He was sincerely deluded

•He was a lunatic

Jesus: His Claims Were Either

False

True

He didn’t know

HeKnew

He was deluded

He was aLunatic

DeliberateMisrepresentation

Fool

Demon

Hypocrite

Liar

But what if He is God?

•He Is LORD

•You have only two choices

•Accept Him and His Lordship

•Reject Him

If You Accept Him

He offers you Eternal Life

If You Reject Him

You must expect Eternal Punishment

Jesus: His Claims Were Either

False

True

Reject

He isLORD

He didn’t know

HeKnew

He was deluded

He was aLunatic

DeliberateMisrepresentation

Fool

Demon

Hypocrite

Liar

EternalLife

EternalPunishment

John 3:18

(*)

But what if He is God?

•He Is LORD

•You have only two choices

•Accept Him and His Lordship

(*) His Lordship demands obedience!

But what if He is God?

•Reject Him and be forever lost!

What About A Believer?

•Can we claim He is our Savior and rejectHim as our LORD?

•(*) His Lordship demands obedience!

III. How is Jesus' identity“proven” today?

A. You are His Witnesses – Luke 24:48

B. John 17:20

C.Walk Worthy of His Calling

(Eph 4:1, I Thes 2:9-12, Col 1:10-12)