THE WORK OF JESUS

Silvia MendezMid-America Christian UniversityTHEO 2303

INTRODUCTION During Jesus’s Ministry He not only taught the Word of God in parables and instructed/corrected the people, healed the sick and cast out demons, but by doing all these things He fulfilled the prophecies about Him and was Righteous to the end.

Jesus overcame Temptation and obeyed God’s mission for Him, which would result in Atonement for sins for all who

believe

Justification by faith

Propitiation~ reconciliation

Redemption~ Deliverance from sinIncarnation~ Jesus is God in the flesh

ATONEMENT FOR SINS FOR ALL WHO

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• “The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!” John 1:29

• “And suddenly a voice came from heaven, saying, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.” Matthew 3:17

• And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?” that is, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?” Matthew 27:46

JUSTIFICATION

BY FAITH

ADAM, MAN We are all sinners Judgment comes to those who sin~Condemnation to death

Jesus, Son of GodRighteous Atoning sacrifice, Free gift~Justification of life

“For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.” John 3:16

PROPITIATION~RECONCILIATION

Romans 8:15 For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, “Abba, Father.”

Galatians 3:26 For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.

Ephesians 1:5-6 having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will, to the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He made us accepted in the Beloved.”

1 John 3:1 Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! Therefore the world does not know us, because it did not know Him.

REDEMPTION

“And for this reason He is the Mediator of the new covenant, by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions under the first covenant, that those who are called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance.”• Hebrews 9:15 New King James Version

Deliverance from sin

INCARNATION~ JESUS IS GOD IN THE

FLESH The question then becomes how did Jesus prove who He was?

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.” John 1:1-5

“And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth. John bore witness of Him and cried out, saying, “This was He of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me is preferred before me, for He was before me.’” And of His fullness we have all received, and grace for grace. For the law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.  No one has seen God at any time. The only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has declared Him. John 1:14-18

RECOMMENDATIONS TO LIVE MORE LIKE CHRIST

• Study the Word

Follow Jesus

• Pray often/daily

Speak to God

Help others

Love all

Walk in peace

Be lowly in mind

REFERENCES

Deffinbaugh, B. L. (2004, May 18). The Sin Offering (Leviticus 4:1-5:13; 6:24-30). Retrieved from https://bible.org/seriespage/sin-offering-leviticus-41-513-624-30

Got Questions Ministries. (n.d.). Why did God require animal sacrifices in the Old Testament? Retrieved from http://www.gotquestions.org/animal-sacrifices.html

Stafford, G. W. (2012). Theology for Disciples. Second edition. Anderson, IN: Warren Press