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“Who Does Jesus Think He Is?”

 

Hello, I’m Doug Apple…with Apples of Gold.

The instruments of death were in their hands.

“We are going to kill you, right here and right now.”

“Why?”

“For the crime of blasphemy.  You, a mere man, claim to be God.”

“So you accuse me of blasphemy because I claim to be God’s Son?”

At this, they rushed Him, but He slipped away.

It wasn’t the first time the Jewish leaders tried to stone Jesus.

They were proud descendants of Father Abraham, so Jesus said, “Your father Abraham rejoiced at the thought of seeing my day; he saw it and was glad.”

In John 8:57 they replied, “You are not yet fifty years old, and you have seen Abraham!”

“I tell you the truth,” Jesus said, “Before Abraham was born, I am!”

And once again, the instruments of death were in their hands.  They were going to kill Jesus, by stoning, but Jesus “hid Himself,” the Bible says, “slipping away from the temple grounds.”

Well, in a way, I guess you can’t blame the Jewish leaders.  Jesus certainly did make some whopping claims about Himself; but instead of being blasphemous and worthy of death, they were actually true.

So let’s take a look at some of these whopping claims.

In John 3:13     Jesus said that He came down from heaven.

In John 8:42     He said He came from God.

In John 3:16     He said He was God’s one and only Son.

In John 17:5     He said that He had glory with the Father before the world began.

In John 16:15   He said that all that belonged to His Father was His.

In John 14:10   He said that He was in the Father and that the Father was in Him.

In John 10:30   He said that He and the Father are one.

In John 14:9     He said that anyone who had seen Him, had seen the Father.

In John 3:17     He said that God sent Him here to save the world.

In John 12:49   He said that God commanded Him both what to say and how to say it.

In John 15:10   He said that He had obeyed His Father’s commands.

In John 8:54     He said that God glorifies Him.

In John 4:26     He said He was the Messiah.

In Mark 2:10    He said that He has authority on earth to forgive sins.

In Matt. 26:28 He said His blood was poured out for the forgiveness of sins.

In John 10:18   He said that He had authority to lay down His life, and to take it up again.

In John 14:6     He said that no one comes to the Father except through Him.

In John 5:23     He talked about people honoring Him just as they honor God the Father.

In John 6:27     He said that God the Father had placed His seal of approval on Him.

In John 17:4     He said that He completed the work God gave Him to do.

In John 17:2     He said that God gave Him authority over all people.

In Matt. 28:18 He said that all authority in heaven and on earth had been given to Him.

In Matt. 11:27 He said that all things had been committed to Him by His Father.

In Matt. 16:27 He said He is going to come in His Father’s glory with His angels.

In Matt. 24:30 He said He will come on the clouds of the sky with power and great glory.

In Matt. 19:28 He said He will sit on His glorious throne.

And In Matthew 25:32 He said He will sit on His throne in heavenly glory, and all the nations will be gathered before Him.

And just who does Jesus say that He is?

In Matthew 23:10         He is the Teacher.
In John 10:14               He is the Good Shepherd.
In John 3:13                 He is the Son of Man.
In John 14:27               He is the Peace Giver.
In John 15:11               He is the Joy Giver.
In John 6:33                 He is the Life Giver.
In John 15:1                 He is the True Vine.
In John 6                      He is the Living Bread, the Bread of Life and the Bread of God.
In Matthew 12:8           He is the Lord of the Sabbath.
In John 8:12                 He is the Light of the World.
In John 4:25                 He is the Messiah.
In John 11:25               He is the Resurrection and the Life.
In John 14:6                 He is the Way, the Truth and the Life.
In John 10:28               He is the Giver of Eternal Life.
In John 3:17                 He is the Savior of the World.
In John 18:37               He is the King.
In John 5:27                 He is the Judge.
In Matthew 16:16         He is the Christ, the Son of the Living God.
In Revelation 1:8 and 22:13 He is the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End, who was and who is and who is to come, the Almighty!

And that, my friend, is who Jesus is!


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May God bless you today!  With Apples of Gold…I’m Doug Apple.


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