The Lord's Day Bible Message Outlines
December 6,
2009
Pastor Dana Johnson
"Christ Jesus came
into the world to save sinners...."
-1 Timothy
1:15
This is a faithful saying and
worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the
world to save sinners, of whom I am
chief.
1. Let us not forget
that Christ literally and historically came into the
world.
a. He came as
the eternal, pre-existent Son of God.
Romans
8:32 - He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered
Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely
give us all things?
b. He came through
the miracle of the virgin birth, thus being both God and
man.
Luke
1:34-35 - Then Mary said to the angel, "How can this be,
since I do not know a man?" 35And the angel
answered and said to her, "The Holy Spirit will come upon
you, and the power of the Highest will overshadow you;
therefore, also, that Holy One who is to be born will be
called the Son of God.
John 8:41-42 - "You do the deeds of your father." Then
they said to Him, "We were not born of fornication; we
have one Father; God." 42Jesus 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.
c. He came at great
personal sacrifice.
Philippians
2:5-7 - Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ
Jesus, 6who, being in the form of God, did not
consider it robbery to be equal with God, 7but
made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a
bondservant, and coming in the likeness of
men.
d. He came with a
commitment to fully accomplish the specific work His
father gave Him to do.
John
6:37-40 - "All that the Father gives Me will come to Me,
and the one who comes to Me I will by no means cast out.
38For I have come down from heaven, not to do
My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.
39This is the will of the Father who sent Me,
that of all He has given Me I should lose nothing, but
should raise it up at the last day. 40And this
is the will of Him who sent Me, that everyone who sees
the Son and believes in Him may have everlasting life;
and I will raise him up at the last day."
Hebrews 10:9-10 - Then He said, "Behold, I have come to
do Your will, O God." He takes away the first that He may
establish the second. 10By that will we have
been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus
Christ once for all.
2. Notice the specific
purpose of Christ in His first coming: to save.
a. It is the
gospel purpose.
Luke
2:10-11 - Then the angel said to them, "Do not be afraid,
for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy which
will be to all people. 11For there is born to
you this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ
the Lord."
b. It is the
purpose of divine love.
John
3:16-17 - "For God so loved the world that He gave His
only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should
not perish but have everlasting life. 17For
God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the
world, but that the world through Him might be
saved."
3. Thankfully, for us,
Christ came to save sinners. Sin entered the human race at
the time of the Fall. To understand how thoroughly sin has
infected the individual human, consider the condition of
Paul's former fellow Pharisees.
a. The human
intellect does not understand who Christ is.
John
8:43-44 - "Why do you not understand My speech? Because
you are not able to listen to My word. 44You
are of your father the devil, and the desires of your
father you want to do. He was a murderer from the
beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there
is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from
his own resources, for he is a liar and the father of
it."
b. Human emotion
hates Christ.
John
7:7 - "The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me because
I testify of it that its works are evil."
c. The human will
chooses not to seek Christ.
John
5:40 - "But you are not willing to come to Me that you
may have life."
(All
Scripture quoted is from the New King James
Version)
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