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justification against denial or censure

to prove to be right!

VINDICATION

How dare you say that your religion is the right religion?

Every religious founder of every other major religion says, “I’m a prophet who has come to show you the way to find God.”

But of all the major religions of the world, only Christianity has a founder who has the audacity to say “I am God, and I have come to find you.”

The Resurrection of Jesus Christ

Old Testament Prophecy

What evidence supports the claims of Jesus?

Jesus Comes as Servant

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Jesus Comes as

King

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Isaiah

Nation of Israel

Isaiah 40-66 was written by someone else

“The Servant” of Isaiah 53 is not Jesus Christ

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How does Isaiah describe the Suffering Servant?

Does the story of Jesus include VINDICATION?

Does our story include VINDICATION?

10 Yet it was the LORD'S will to crush him and cause him to suffer, and though the LORD makes his life a guilt offering, he will see his offspring and prolong his days, and the will of the LORD will prosper in his hand.

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Followed by LIFE: Relational, Long, Prosperous

DEATH: Intentional, Intense, Substitute

11 After the suffering of his soul, he will see the light of life and be satisfied;

by his knowledge my righteous servant will justify many, and he will bear their iniquities.

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Explanation of Suffering:Substitution - Atonement

Blessing Follows Suffering:LIFE follows DEATH

12 Therefore I will give him a portion among the great, and he will divide the spoils with the strong,

because he poured out his life unto death, and was numbered with the transgressors.

For he bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.

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Exaltation AND Victory

Cause and Effect Sequence

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I Corinthians 15:3-53 For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance : that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, 4 that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, 5 and that he appeared ….

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Ephesians 1:19-2019 … That power is like the working of his mighty strength, 20 which he exerted in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms, …

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9 Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, 10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow,in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11 and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

How does Isaiah describe the Suffering Servant?

Does the story of Jesus include SACRIFICE?

Does our story include VINDIATION?

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Romans 8:18I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us.

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1 Thessalonians 4:14We believe that Jesus died and rose again and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him.

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?1 Corinthians 15:42So will it be with the resurrection of the dead. The body that is sown is perishable, it is raised imperishable;

1 Corinthians 15:57-5857 But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. 58 Therefore, my dear brothers, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain. D

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REJECTIONSACRIFICE

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I ignore the Accuser.

I adapt to temporal losses.

I persevere in service.

Indicators:

Christianity is either far better or far worse than other religions, but it is not the same.

Only Christianity has a founder who has the audacity to say “I am God, and I have come to find you.”