Jesus made many claims including the claim that He is God. What were His claims and how does His resurrection provide validation to what He claimed?

2. Moreover, brethren, I declare
to you the gospel which I
preached to you, which also
you received and in which you
stand, 2 by which also you are
saved, if you hold fast that
word which I preached to
you—unless you believed in
vain.

3. 3 For I delivered to you first of
all that which I also received:
that Christ died for our sins
according to the Scriptures, 4
and that He was buried, and
that He rose again the third
day according to the
Scriptures,

4. that I may know Him and the
power of His resurrection,
and the fellowship of His
sufferings, being conformed
to His death,

6. 1 Paul, a bondservant of
Jesus Christ, called to be an
apostle, separated to the
gospel of God 2 which He
promised before through His
prophets in the Holy
Scriptures,

7. 3 concerning His Son Jesus
Christ our Lord, who was
born of the seed of David
according to the flesh, 4 and
declared to be the Son of
God with power according to
the Spirit of holiness, by the
resurrection from the dead.

8. For I am not ashamed of the
gospel of Christ, for it is the
power of God to salvation for
everyone who believes, for
the Jew first and also for the
Greek.

9. 1) The Christ, the Son of God (Matt. 1:16-20)
16 And Jacob begot Joseph the husband
of Mary, of whom was born Jesus who is
called Christ… 18 Now the birth of Jesus
Christ was as follows: After His mother
Mary was betrothed to Joseph, before
they came together, she was found with
child of the Holy Spirit.

10. 2 Alternatives
Claims Were FALSE Claims Were TRUE

11. If His Claims Were FALSE
2 Alternatives
He KNEW His claims
were false
He DID NOT KNOW His
claims were false
He made a deliberate
misrepresentation
He was a LIAR
He was a HYPOCRITE
He was a DEMON
He was a FOOL for He died for His lie
He was sincerely DELUDED
He was a LUNATIC

12. If His Claims Were TRUE
2 Alternatives
He is LORD & GOD
You can ACCEPT Him You can REJECT Him

13. “I am trying here to prevent anyone saying
the really foolish thing that people often say
about Him: ‘I’m ready to accept Jesus as a
great moral teacher, but I don’t accept His
claim to be God.’ That is the one thing we
must not say. A man who was merely a man
and said the sort of things Jesus said would
not be a great moral teacher. He would either
be a lunatic – on a level with the man who
says he is a poached egg – or else he would
be the Devil of Hell. You must make your
choice. Either this man was, and is, the Son
of God: or else a madman or something
worse.”

14. “You can shut Him up for a fool, you can spit
at Him and kill Him as a demon; or you can
fall at His feet and call Him Lord and God.
But let us not come up with any patronizing
nonsense about His being a great human
teacher. He has not left that option open to
us. He did not intend to.”
C. S. Lewis

15. 2) Sent by God (John 8:42)
Jesus said to them, “If God were your
Father, you would love Me, for I
proceeded forth and came from God;
nor have I come of Myself, but He sent
Me.

16. 3) One with the Father (John 10:30)
“I and My Father are one.”

17. 4) Equal to the Father in honor (John 5:22-23)
22 For the Father judges no one, but has
committed all judgment to the Son, 23
that all should honor the Son just as they
honor the Father. He who does not
honor the Son does not honor the Father
who sent Him.

18. VALIDATES HIS CLAIMS THAT HE IS…
5) Able to forgive sins (Matt 9:2-6)
2 Then behold, they brought to Him a
paralytic lying on a bed. When Jesus saw
their faith, He said to the paralytic, “Son,
be of good cheer; your sins are forgiven
you.” 3 And at once some of the scribes
said within themselves, “This Man
blasphemes!”

19. 5) Able to forgive sins (Matt 9:2-6)
4 But Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said,
“Why do you think evil in your hearts? 5 For
which is easier, to say, ‘Your sins are
forgiven you,’ or to say, ‘Arise and walk’? 6
But that you may know that the Son of
Man has power on earth to forgive sins”—
then He said to the paralytic, “Arise, take
up your bed, and go to your house.”

20. 6) Lord of the temple (John 2:14-22)
14 And He found in the temple those who
sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the
money changers doing business…. 16 And
He said to those who sold doves, “Take
these things away! Do not make My
Father’s house a house of merchandise!”

21. 6) Lord of the temple (John 2:14-22)
17 Then His disciples remembered that it
was written, “Zeal for Your house has
eaten Me up.” 18 So the Jews answered
and said to Him, “What sign do You show
to us, since You do these things?” 19
Jesus answered and said to them,

22. 6) Lord of the temple (John 2:14-22)
“Destroy this temple, and in three days I
will raise it up.” 20 Then the Jews said, “It
has taken forty-six years to build this
temple, and will You raise it up in three
days?” 21 But He was speaking of the
temple of His body.

23. 6) Lord of the temple (John 2:14-22)
22 Therefore, when He had risen from the
dead, His disciples remembered that He
had said this to them; and they believed
the Scripture and the word which Jesus
had said.

24. 1) The Christ, the Son of God
2) Sent by God
3) One with the Father
4) Equal to the Father in honor
5) Able to forgive sins
6) Lord of the temple

25. Genesis 3:15 And I will put enmity
Between you and the woman, and between
your seed and her Seed; He shall bruise
your head, and you shall bruise His heel.”
John 12:31-32 Now is the judgment of this
world; now the ruler of this world will be cast
out. 32 And I, if I am lifted up from the earth,
will draw all peoples to Myself.”

26. I John 3:8 He who sins is of the devil, for
the devil has sinned from the beginning.
For this purpose the Son of God was
manifested, that He might destroy the
works of the devil.

27. Hebrews 2:14-15 Inasmuch then as the
children have partaken of flesh and blood,
He Himself likewise shared in the same,
that through death He might destroy him
who had the power of death, that is, the
devil, 15 and release those who through
fear of death were all their lifetime subject
to bondage.

28. Daniel 2:44 And in the days of these
kings the God of heaven will set up a
kingdom which shall never be destroyed;
and the kingdom shall not be left to other
people; it shall break in pieces and
consume all these kingdoms, and it shall
stand forever.

29. Daniel 7:13-14 “I was watching in the night
visions, and behold, One like the Son of
Man, coming with the clouds of heaven!
He came to the Ancient of Days, and they
brought Him near before Him. 14 Then to
Him was given dominion and glory and a
kingdom, that all peoples, nations, and
languages should serve Him. His dominion
is an everlasting dominion, which shall not
pass away, and His kingdom the one
which shall not be destroyed.

30. Matthew 3:1-2 In those days John the
Baptist came preaching in the wilderness
of Judea, 2 and saying, “Repent, for the
kingdom of heaven is at hand!”
Matthew 12:28 But if I cast out demons
by the Spirit of God, surely the kingdom
of God has come upon you.

31. Acts 1:9-11 Now when He had spoken
these things, while they watched, He was
taken up, and a cloud received Him out of
their sight. 10 And while they looked
steadfastly toward heaven as He went up,
behold, two men stood by them in white
apparel, 11 who also said, “Men of Galilee,
why do you stand gazing up into heaven?
This same Jesus, who was taken up from
you into heaven, will so come in like
manner as you saw Him go into heaven.”

32. Ephesians 1:19-23 and what is the
exceeding greatness of His power toward
us who believe, according to the working
of His mighty power 20 which He worked in
Christ when He raised Him from the dead
and seated Him at His right hand in the
heavenly places, 21 far above all principal-
ity and power and might and dominion,
and every name that is named, not only in
this age but also in that which is to come.

33. Ephesians 1:19-23 22 And He put all
things under His feet, and gave Him to be
head over all things to the church, 23 which
is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all
in all.

34. Romans 8:34 Who is he who condemns?
It is Christ who died, and furthermore is
also risen, who is even at the right hand of
God, who also makes intercession for us.

35. Hebrews 2:16-18 For indeed He does not
give aid to angels, but He does give aid to
the seed of Abraham. 17 Therefore, in all
things He had to be made like His
brethren, that He might be a merciful and
faithful High Priest in things pertaining to
God, to make propitiation for the sins of
the people. 18 For in that He Himself has
suffered, being tempted, He is able to aid
those who are tempted.

36. Hebrews 7:16 who has come, not according
to the law of a fleshly commandment, but
according to the power of an endless life.
Hebrews 7:24-25 But He, because He
continues forever, has an unchangeable
priesthood. 25 Therefore He is also able to
save to the uttermost those who come to
God through Him, since He always lives to
make intercession for them.

37. Revelation 21:5 Then He who sat on the
throne said, “Behold, I make all things new.”
And He said to me, “Write, for these words
are true and faithful.”
Colossians 1:18 And He is the head of the
body, the church, who is the beginning, the
firstborn from the dead, that in all things He
may have the preeminence.

38. Romans 6:9 knowing that Christ, having
been raised from the dead, dies no more.
Death no longer has dominion over Him.
Acts 13:34 And that He raised Him from the
dead, no more to return to corruption, He
has spoken thus: ‘I will give you the sure
mercies of David.’

39. I Corinthians 15:19-23 If in this life only we
have hope in Christ, we are of all men the
most pitiable. 20 But now Christ is risen from
the dead, and has become the firstfruits of
those who have fallen asleep. 21 For since by
man came death, by Man also came the
resurrection of the dead. 22 For as in Adam all
die, even so in Christ all shall be made alive.
23 But each one in his own order: Christ the
firstfruits, afterward those who are Christ’s at
His coming.

40. I Peter 1:3-5 Blessed be the God and Father
of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to
His abundant mercy has begotten us again to
a living hope through the resurrection of
Jesus Christ from the dead, 4 to an inherit-
ance incorruptible and undefiled and that
does not fade away, reserved in heaven for
you, 5 who are kept by the power of God
through faith for salvation ready to be
revealed in the last time.

41. Acts 17:30-31 Truly, these times of
ignorance God overlooked, but now
commands all men everywhere to repent, 31
because He has appointed a day on which
He will judge the world in righteousness by
the Man whom He has ordained. He has
given assurance of this to all by raising Him
from the dead.”

42. I Corinthians 6:19-20 Or do you not know
that your body is the temple of the Holy
Spirit who is in you, whom you have from
God, and you are not your own? 20 For you
were bought at a price; therefore glorify God
in your body and in your spirit, which are
God’s.

43. John 5:24 “Most assuredly, I say to you, he
who hears My word and believes in Him who
sent Me has everlasting life, and shall not
come into judgment, but has passed from
death into life.

44. Ephesians 2:4-7 But God, who is rich in
mercy, because of His great love with which
He loved us, 5 even when we were dead in
trespasses, made us alive together with
Christ (by grace you have been saved), 6
and raised us up together, and made us sit
together in the heavenly places in Christ
Jesus, 7 that in the ages to come He might
show the exceeding riches of His grace in
His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.

45. I John 3:14 We know that we have passed
from death to life, because we love the
brethren. He who does not love his brother
abides in death.

46. I Corinthians 15:50-53 Now this I say,
brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit
the kingdom of God; nor does corruption
inherit incorruption. 51 Behold, I tell you a
mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall
all be changed—52 in a moment, in the
twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet.

47. I Corinthians 15:50-53 For the trumpet will
sound, and the dead will be raised
incorruptible, and we shall be changed. 53
For this corruptible must put on incorruption,
and this mortal must put on immortality.

48. II Corinthians 4:14 knowing that He who
raised up the Lord Jesus will also raise us
up with Jesus, and will present us with you.

49. HE IS RISEN INDEED!
HE IS RISEN!

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