The Lord's Day Bible Message Outlines
October 11,
2009
Pastor Dana Johnson
"...Jesus, the
author and finisher of our faith...." -Hebrews
12:2
Looking unto Jesus, the author and
finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before
Him endured the cross,
despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of
the throne of God.
1. Consider the
progress of our study emphasizing "Christ Alone":
a. First, we
have seen how Christ alone purged our sins through the
sufficient provision of His atoning death.
b. Next, we shall
see how Christ alone secures our salvation through the
specific effects of His atoning death.
2. Christ secures our
salvation as the "author" of our faith.
a. Word
meaning: chief leader.
b. As the Captain
of our salvation Christ has received orders from His
father to bring many sons to glory.
Hebrews
2:10 - For it was fitting for Him, for whom are all
things and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons
to glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect
through sufferings.
1) Christ
takes responsibility for each one the Father has given
Him.
Hebrews
2:13 - And again: "I will put My trust in Him." And
again: "Here am I and the children whom God has given
Me."
John 6:37-39 - "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.
2) Christ loves
each one given to Him.
Hebrews
2:11 - For both He who sanctifies and those who are
being sanctified are all of one, for which reason He
is not ashamed to call them brethren.
3) Christ shared
in the nature and experiences of those He came to
save.
Hebrews
2:14 - 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.
4) Through His
death Christ destroyed the cruel and merciless captor
of His people.
Hebrews
2:14 - 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.
5) Through His
death Christ made a propitiation for the sins of His
people.
3. Christ secures our
salvation as the "finisher" of our faith.
a. Word
meaning: complete or perfect.
b. As the finisher
of our faith Christ has secured, through His death,
everything necessary for the eternal salvation of those
entrusted to Him.
1) He
secures their complete salvation by the offering of
His body in obedience to the Father's will
Hebrews
10:5-7 - Therefore, when He came into the world, He
said: "Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, But
a body You have prepared for Me. 6In burnt
offerings and sacrifices for sin You had no pleasure.
7Then I said, 'Behold, I have come; In the
volume of the book it is written of Me; To do Your
will, O God.'"
2) Through that
offering He sanctified His people.
Hebrews
10:10 - By that will we have been sanctified through
the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for
all.
3) Through that
offering He has perfected forever all those who, one
by one, are being sanctified.
Hebrews
10:14 - For by one offering He has perfected forever
those who are being sanctified.
(All
Scripture quoted is from the New King James
Version)
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