Intro.: Last week I looked at "Palms" we need to give to Christ. I dealt with our need to have a servant attitude toward Him. This week I want to look at things we need to have from Him. Things we need to receive from Him. When Christ arose, He had some things that He wanted us to have. Last week I said we needed to get away from the "Gimme, gimme, gimme" attitude. This does not mean we do not need to run from the things Christ wants us to have.
69 Hereafter shall the Son of man sit on the right hand of the power
of God.
Mat 10:31 Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many
sparrows.
32 Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven.
10:33 But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before
my Father which is in heaven.
Luke 4:18 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed
me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted,
to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind,
to set at liberty them that are bruised,
John 2:19 Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple,
and in three days I will raise it up.
John 20:22 And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith
unto them, Receive ye the Holy host:
Mat 28:18 And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power
is given unto me in heaven and in earth.
7 If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from
henceforth ye know him, and have seen him.
John 20:16 Jesus saith unto her, Mary. She turned herself, and saith
unto him, Rabboni; which is to say, Master.
Lu. 24: 13 And, behold, two of them went that same day to a village
called Emmaus, which was from Jerusalem about threescore furlongs.
14 And they talked together of all these things which had happened.
15 And it came to pass, that, while they communed together and reasoned,
Jesus himself drew near, and went with them.
16 But their eyes were holden that they should not know him.
17 And he said unto them, What manner of communications are these that
ye have one to another, as ye walk, and are sad?
18 And the one of them, whose name was Cleopas, answering said unto
him, Art thou only a stranger in Jerusalem, and hast not known the things
which are come to pass there in these days?
19 And he said unto them, What things? And they said unto him, Concerning
Jesus of Nazareth, which was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God
and all the people:
20 And how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him to be condemned
to death, and have crucified him.
21 But we trusted that it had been he which should have redeemed Israel:
and beside all this, to day is the third day since these things were done.
22 Yea, and certain women also of our company made us astonished, which
were early at the sepulchre;
23 And when they found not his body, they came, saying, that they had
also seen a vision of angels, which said that he was alive.
24 And certain of them which were with us went to the sepulchre, and
found it even so as the women had said: but him they saw not.
25 Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all
that the prophets have spoken:
26 Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into
his glory?
27 And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them
in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.
28 And they drew nigh unto the village, whither they went: and he made
as though he would have gone further.
29 But they constrained him, saying, Abide with us: for it is toward
evening, and the day is far spent. And he went in to tarry with them.
30 And it came to pass, as he sat at meat with them, he took bread,
and blessed it, and brake, and gave to them.
31 And their eyes were opened, and they knew him; and he vanished out
of their sight.
32 And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us,
while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the scriptures?
21 But we trusted that it had been he which should have redeemed
Israel: and beside all this, to day is the third day since these things
were done.
John 14:1 Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God,
believe also in me.
2 In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would
have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive
you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.
4 And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know.
Acts 1:11 Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing
up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven,
shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.
Answer these questions today:
Was Christ the Son of God? Y/N ________
Did He die on the cross? Y/N ________
Did He die for Me? Y/N ________
Do I have the hope I need in my life? Y/N ________
I will accept Christ and his sacrificial death for me in my life!
Y/N ________
Gary Marcum - East 38th Street Free Will Baptist Church - 042300am-Easter