I Jesus was sent by the Father as His representative A He came to put a face on God John 114 819 1245 1479 B He came to speak the Fathers words John 716 124950 1410 24 ID: 485277
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Jesus, the Very Heart of the Father
I. Jesus was sent by the Father as His representative.
A. He came to put a face on God (John 1:14; 8:19; 12:45; 14:7-9).
B. He came to speak the Father’s words (John 7:16; 12:49-50; 14:10, 24).
C. He came to work the Father’s
works
(John 5:19, 36; 9:4; 10:32, 37-38; 14:10-11).Slide3
D. He came to be about His Father’s
business (Luke 2:49; John 4:34; 17:4; 19:30).
E. He came to fulfill the will and purpose of the Father (John 5:30; 6:38).Slide4
II. Jesus was sent by the Father with a specific purpose in mind (Eph. 3:11).
Jesus declared the various aspects of the purpose of God for His life.
A. He came to seek and save that which was lost (Luke 19:10).
B. He came to
call sinners
to repentance (Mark 2:17; Luke 5:32).
C. He came to
preach
the kingdom of God (Mark 1:38; Luke 4:43).Slide5
D. He came to
bear witness to the truth of God (John 18:37).
E. He came to fulfill all of the law and the prophets (Mt. 5:17-18).
F. He came to destroy the works of the devil (Heb. 2:14; I John 3:8b).
G. He came to bring
separation
between honest and hard hearts (John 9:39; Mt. 10:34-39).Slide6
H. He came to
suffer and die for our sins (John 12:27; Acts 2:22-24).
I. He came to bring light and life to all men (John 1:4-9; 6:51; 8:12; 10:10b; 12:46).
J. He came to bring true joy to those who follow Him (Luke 2:10; John 15:11; 16:22-24; 17:13).
K. He came to bring
salvation
and everlasting life (Mt. 1:21; John 3:17; 6:39-40).Slide7
III. Jesus was sent by the Father to reveal the heart of the Father toward man.
A. A heart of
love (John 15:9; 17:26).
1. This heart was seen in the Father (John 3:16; Eph. 2:4; I John 4:8, 10, 19).
2. This heart was seen in the Son (Mark 10:21; John 13:1; 15:13; Gal 2:20; Eph. 5:2; Rev. 1:5).Slide8
B. A heart of mercy and
compassion
1. This heart was seen in the Father (Ps. 78:38; 86:1-5, 15; 111:4; 145:8).
2. This heart was seen in the Son (Mt. 9:36; Mark 6:34).
a. He had compassion for the
hungry
(Mt. 15:32; Mark 8:2).
b. He had compassion for the
sick
and infirm (Mt. 14:14).Slide9
c. He had compassion for the
blind (Mt. 20:29-34).
d. He had compassion for the untouchables in society (Mark 1:40-42).
e. He had compassion for the demon-possessed (Mark 5:18-20).
f. He had compassion for the
grieving
(Luke 7:12-17).
g. He had compassion for the
poor
(Mt. 11:5; Luke 4:18; 14:13).Slide10
h. He had compassion for the
prodigal (Luke 15:20).
i. He had compassion for those carrying the debt of sin (Mt. 18:26-27).Slide11
C. A heart of
forgiveness
1. This heart was seen in the Father (Ex. 34:6-7; Neh. 9:17; Mic. 7:18-19).
2. This heart was seen in the Son (Mt. 9:1-8: Mark 2:5-10; Luke 5:20-26; 7:36-50; John 8:11).Slide12
Conclusion: In the same way that Jesus revealed the heart of the Father to the world, we are also to reveal that same heart to the world.