Tent of Meeting: Jesus Christ

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Thursday 14 April 2011

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The reality is that Christ trumps everything. All scripture testifies of him. The Father exults him. The Spirit magnifies him. The angels worship him. The early church knew him as her passion, her message, and the unction of her life. Christ was her speciality. He was her bridegroom and head. She specialised in nothing else.

The Jesus Manifesto


Colossians 1:15-20

The Supremacy of the Son of GodThe Preeminence of Christ


the number of times Paul refers to Christ in the first

chapter of Colossians


The New Testament writers were totally consumed with Christ. He was their message, their teaching, their proclamation, their very life. And everything else flowed out of intimate fellowship with him.

The Jesus Manifesto


Verse 15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.


Verse 15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.


Verse 16-17 For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him. And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together.


Verse 18 And he is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent.





Colossians 1:28Him we proclaim, warning everyone and teaching everyone with all wisdom, that we may present everyone mature in Christ.

Acts 5:42And every day, in the temple and from house to house, they did not cease teaching and preaching Jesus as the Christ.

Philippians 3:10I want to know Christ



Acts 5:42And every day, in the temple and from house to house, they did not cease teaching and preaching Jesus as the Christ.




Verse 19-20 For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross.


Long my imprisoned spirit lay,

Fast bound in sin and nature’s night;

Thine eye diffused a quickening ray—

I woke, the dungeon flamed with light;

My chains fell off, my heart was free,

I rose, went forth, and followed Thee.


The Christian’s QueenNo powerLooks goodRespectedFigurehead


The Christian’s QueenNo powerLooks goodRespectedFigurehead

Is Jesus living and reigning in your life, is he really Lord and God?


A Snapshot of Jesus


The [image of]

Jesus I hate...


Healing


Forgiving, Loving, Restoring


Interceding


Interceding


Grace

“Sin didn’t, and doesn’t, have a chance in competition with the aggressive forgiveness we call grace. When it’s sin versus grace, grace wins hands down. All sin can do is threaten us with death, and that’s the end of it. Grace ... invites us into life - as life that goes on and on, world without end.”

Romans 5:20,21 The Message

“Grace is the empowering presence of God enabling me to be what God created me to be and to do what God has called me to do.”

James Ryle

G - God’sR - RichesA - AtC - Christ’sE - Expense

“The amazing grace of the Master, Jesus Christ, the extravagant love of God, the intimate friendship of the Holy Spirit, be with you all.”

2 Cor. 13:14


Grace




James Ryle

G - God’sR - RichesA - AtC - Christ’sE - Expense


Grace




James Ryle


Grace


Romans 5:20,21 The MessageThursday 14 April 2011

Bold, Strong


Matt 15:30-31 Great crowds came to him, bringing the lame, the blind, the crippled, the mute and many others, and laid them at his feet; and he healed them. The people were amazed when they saw the mute speaking, the crippled made well, the lame walking and the blind seeing. And they praised the God of Israel.

Amazing Jesus

Matt 13:54 Coming to his hometown, he began teaching the people in their synagogue, and they were amazed. “Where did this man get this wisdom and these miraculous powers?”

Matt 8:25-27 The disciples woke him, “Lord, save us! We’re going to drown!”He replied, “You of little faith, why are you so afraid?” Then he got up and rebuked the winds and the waves, and it was completely calm.The men were amazed and asked, “What kind of man is this? Even the winds and the waves obey him!”



Amazing Jesus

Matt 13:54 Coming to his hometown, he began teaching the people in their synagogue, and they were amazed. “Where did this man get this wisdom and these miraculous powers?”



Amazing Jesus


The reality is that Christ trumps everything. All scripture testifies of him. The Father exults him. The Spirit magnifies him. The angels worship him. The early church knew him as her passion, her message, and the unction of her life. Christ was her speciality. He was her bridegroom and head. She specialised in nothing else.

The Jesus Manifesto


...for JesusThursday 14 April 2011

...to know Jesus


...devoted to Jesus


‘I belong to Jesus. He must have the right

to use me without

consulting me’Mother Theresa


...committed to Jesus


“If I had 1,000 lives, I'd give them all for

China”

Hudson Taylor


He is no fool to give

what he cannot keep to

gain what he cannot

lose.Jim Elliot


...for the Spirit of Jesus


...following Jesus


“I Have But One Passion it is He, it is He alone.”

Count Zinzendorf

...following Jesus


“I Have But One Passion it is He, it is He alone.”

Count Zinzendorf

...following Jesus

Our greatest fear should not be of failure, but of succeeding at something

that doesn’t really matter.


“The old cross is a symbol of death. It stands for the abrupt, violent end of a human being. In Roman times, the man who took up his cross and started down the road was not coming back. He was not going out to have his life re-directed. He was going out to have it ended.”

A.W. Tozer


Revelation 2:5-6

But I have this against you, that you have abandoned the love you had at first. Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent, and do the works you did at first. If not, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place, unless you repent.

A Reminder


Revelation 2:5-6

But I have this against you, that you have abandoned the love you had at first. Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent, and do the works you did at first. If not, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place, unless you repent.


When the music fades And all is stripped away And I simply come Longing just to bring Something that's of worth That will bless your heart


I'll bring You more than a song For a song in itself Is not what You have required You search much deeper within Through the ways things appear You're looking into my heart


I'm coming back to the heart of worship And it's all about You All about You, Jesus I'm sorry Lord for the thing I've made it When it's all about You It's all about You Jesus


King of endless worth No one could express How much You deserve Though I'm weak and poor All I have is Yours Every single breath


I'll bring You more than just a song For a song in itself Is not what You have required You search much deeper within Through the way things appear You're looking into my heart


I'm coming back to the heart of worship And it's all about You All about You, Jesus I'm sorry Lord for the thing I've made it When it's all about You It's all about You Jesus


Make Christ the centre.



Make him the circumference.



Make him the circumference.And fill in the

difference with him as well.


This is taken from

The Jesus Manifesto

by Sweet and Viola


the mystery of God is this...that the one who is the invisible image of God;the one in whom all the fulness of the Godhead dwells;the one who is the living residence of the Trinity;


the one in whom eternity lives, breathes and has its being;the one who is before time;the A to Z, alpha and omega, beginning and end;the firstborn of the created universe, who rose from the dead never to die again;


the conqueror of death, sin and the grave;the creator, redeemer, saviour and forgiver;the one who holds all creation together in himself;the one who is the power of glory and might;


the head, authority and source of the church;the one through whom and for whom all things were created;the one in whom all things find their meaning and reality;the one who reconciled all things in heaven and earth to God;


the one who nailed to his bloody cross every law, every rule, and every regulation that would condemn the beloved people of God;the one who is supreme in every realm and holds the first place in all things - the Son of the Fathers love;


the one whose significance is unmatched in human history;the one who holds the title deed to the universe...


this glorious, limitless, amazing, incredible, expansive, incomparable, marvelous, stunning, staggering, majestic, mighty, matchless, spectacular, outstanding, tremendous, infinite...


...vast, grand, triumphant, victorious, precious, radiant, peerless, wonderful, magnificent Christ has chosen to place all of his fullness where?


Inside of you!


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