The Son of God
Bible Text: Luke 22:63-71, Daniel 7:9-14 | Preacher: Andrew Love | Series: Easter Services | Introduction
It is wonderful to proclaim the death, resurrection and exhortation of the Lord Jesus
We shall consider – who is this Person?
The resurrection is the centre of Christianity
The very centre of Christianity is the person of Jesus Christ
Luke 22:70 – the Son of God
He declares that He is the Son of God
Now is the time to declare it
Overview:
What the passage says about human nature
What the passage says about the Lord Jesus
What the passage demands as a response from you and me
Human Nature (v63-65)
Remember who Jesus is
The men mock and beat Him
There are many injustices in the world
Example of Billy Vunipola
The greatest injustice was the treatment of the Son of God
The only one who was truly innocent
We must remember our own sin …
… but He was sinless
The foolishness of men
They blindfolded Him …
… the Man who could see into the hearts of men
They struck Him and called Him to Prophesy …
… even though they had fallen at His feet when the came to arrest Him
Human nature is anti-God and anti-Christ
The men have made up their own minds (v67-68)
They had just seen a miracle in the healing of the High Priest servant’s ear
A blind unbelief
Example of the parable
Feeble excuses – ‘can not’ is ‘will not’
They were stiff necked and resisted God
Example of the parable of the Vineyard
The Pharisees were offended at His teaching
Unbelief is an offense against God
The Lord Jesus
Tremendous condescension
Example & explanation
Jesus reminds the religious leaders that He is the Son of Man
The leaders understood the prophecy of Daniel
Jesus said that He was the Messiah
Dan 7:13-14
Jesus is convinced of His destiny
Do we recognise who He is?
Jesus is openly declaring He is the Son of God (v70b)
At His birth He was Emmanuel
At His baptism the Lord spoke from Heaven
At His transfiguration the Lord spoke from Heaven
Consider His miracles
His ability to forgive sins proved that He was the Son of God
He accepted worship – a declaration that He was Divine
Now He is openly declaring He is the Son of God
The cross proclaims His Divinity
Only the God Man could bear the sins of men
He rose triumph from the dead after three days
What is your verdict?
Our Response
What should be our response?
We should worship Him and honour Him
Every area of our life should come under His Lordship
A continual sacrifice of praise
A joyful people
We are to flee from sin
We are to put on Christ
We are to be holy like Him
We are to know we have an advocate at the right hand of God
Love, praise and obedience
We cannot only do this with His help
We must be people of prayer