The Foundation

(2 Timothy 4:3) For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear.

(Ephesians 4:11-5) So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers, 12 to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up 13 until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ. 14 Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of people in their deceitful scheming. 15 Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of him who is the head, that is, Christ.

(Matthew 16:13-17) When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say the Son of Man is?” 14 They replied, “Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, Jeremiah or one of the prophets.”15 “But what about you?” he asked. “Who do you say I am?” 16 Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.” 17 Jesus replied, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, for this was not revealed to you by flesh and blood, but by my Father in heaven.

1. Jesus is the one true

(Colossians 2:9) For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form.

(John 1:1-2) In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was with God in the beginning.

(John 3:16-17) For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.

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2. Jesus was Born of a  

(Isaiah 7:14) Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel.

(Luke 1:31-35) You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to call him Jesus …  34 “How will this be,” Mary asked the angel, “since I am a virgin?” 35 The angel answered, “The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God. 

(Romans 5:12-17) When Adam sinned, sin entered the world. Adam’s sin brought death, so death spread to everyone, for everyone sinned … 17 For the sin of this one man, Adam, caused death to rule over many. But even greater is God’s wonderful grace and his gift of righteousness, for all who receive it will live in triumph over sin and death through this one man, Jesus Christ.

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3. Jesus Lived a Life 

(Hebrews 4:15) “For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet he did not sin.”

(1 Peter 2:22) “He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in his mouth.”

(Leviticus 4:3) If the anointed priest sins, bringing guilt on the people, he must bring to the Lord a young bull without defect as a sin offering for the sin he has committed. 

(1 Peter 1:19) Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect. 

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4. Jesus Willingly Became Our Atoning

(2 Corinthians 5:21) God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

At the very heart of Christianity is not self-improvement, but .

(1 John 2:2) “He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.”

(John 14:6) Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

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5. Jesus was from the Dead

(1 Corinthians 15:14) And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is useless and so is your faith.

(1 Corinthians 15:3-4) “… Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day…”

(Matthew 28:6) “He is not here; He has risen.”

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6. Jesus is the Soon Returning

(Acts 1:11) “This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen him go into heaven.”

(Revelation 19:16) “King of kings and Lord of lords”

(Matthew 24:42-44) “Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come. … 44 So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.

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Who do you say that I am?

(Romans 10:9 ) If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.