MEMORY VERSE: “ And a cloud came and overshadowed them; and a voice came out the cloud, saying, “This is My beloved Son.Hear Him!” Mark 9:7
BIBLE PASSAGE: Mark 9:2-8
INTRODUCTION
Jesus the Son Of God, was given to us by Father as the propitiation for our sins that we may be reconciled unto Him. He came to His own human creation, and they knew Him not. Only those to whom the Father revealed Him to can know Him Matthew 16:13-17. Jesus Christ the Son of God can only be personally encountered in the place of intimacy alone, just as Peter, James and John experienced as He was transfigured before them. We must hear Him as instructed by the Father Luke 9:34-35.By so doing, we learn of Him and become more like Him.
OUTLINE
1.JESUS: SON OF GOD REVEALED
2. JESUS: FIRSTBORN AMONG MANY BRETHREN
JESUS: SON OF GOD REVEALED
Jesus Christ reveals Himself as the Son of God, and He declares His Sonship to whom He wills. We can only know Him as the Son of God by revelation Matthew 11:27. Jesus declared Himself as the Son of God by referring to God as His Father in Heaven Matthew 7:21; 10:32. The Father also declared Jesus as His Son publicly before all Hebrews 5:5. The Scriptures tell us that Jesus learned obedience by the things He suffered. even as a Son Hebrews 5:8. A prophetic declaration was made by an audible voice during His baptism saying, “This is My beloved Son, in whom am well pleased.” Matthew 3:17.
JESUS: FIRSTBORN AMONG MANY BRETHREN
The love of God the Father for the world made Him give up His Son for the redemption of our sins John 3:16. God forsook Jesus who knew no sin when He took upon Himself the sins of us all 2 Corinthians 5.21. Now that Jesus has died for our sins, all believers must live for righteousness 1 Peter 2:24. Jesus Christ is the firstborn among many brothers and sisters who have become the righteousness of God in Him, and who are predestined to be conformed to His image Romans 8:29. Jesus is the Son of God, and all to whom this is revealed are to come to Him, learn of Him, that they may find rest for their souls Matthew 11:27-29.
CONCLUSION
As God’s redeemed saints who have been washed in the blood of the Lamb: Jesus Christ, we must dedicate our life to living righteously daily and always. Hebrews 1:8-9.