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Jesus didn't just claim to know the way - He claimed to BE it, along with two other things.
The Way, the Truth and the Life
The whole gospel in one sentence: Jesus _______ _______ _______ _________.
Jesus died for our sins.
Micah named this tiny town as the Messiah's birthplace centuries earlier.
Bethlehem
Ephesians 6 says our fight is not against flesh and blood, but against.....
Spiritual forces (rulers, authorities, powers of darkness)
1 Peter 3 says that between his death and resurrection, Jesus went and did this to the spirits in prison.
preached a sermon
2 Corinthians says if anyone is in Christ, they're a new...
New creation
Shortest verse in the Bible
Jesus wept.
This one-word Greek title means "anointed one" and is basically Jesus's last name to most people - except it is not a last name at all.
Christ
Three days after the crucifixion, the stone was rolled away and the tomb had this very disappointing (for Rome) feature:
It was empty.
Isaiah 53 describes a suffering servant pierced for our transgressions - written roughly 700 years before this method of execution was even Rome's go-to.
Crucifixion
This fallen angel's whole resume is deception, and Jesus calls him the father of.......
Lies
Isaiah saw Lucifer "the morning star" cast down from heaven --- and centuries later --- Jesus says he personally watched Satan fall like lightning from the sky. Why was he cast down? Why did he fall?
He thought he could exalt himself above the Most High God. Pride.
This Pharisee went from persecuting Christians to writing half the New Testament after one radical encounter.
The Great Commission tells believers to do this to all nations...
make disciples.
Fully God, fully human, zero percent metaphor - theologians call this the doctrine of the _________.
The incarnation
This term means Jesus took the punishment that was supposed to be ours.
Substitutionary atonement
This Old Testament book of prophecy is quoted so often in the New Testament it's basically the gospel's highlight reel.
Isaiah
The Bible says these beings are "ministering spirits sent to serve" believers.
Angels
This theory proposes a mysterious gap of time - and even a catastrophic judgment between Genesis 1:1 and 1:2. Where ancient earth fits into the prophetic timeline of the Bible?
Gap Theory. (Ruin-Reconstruction Theory)
Galatians 5 lists "nine of these", evidence that the Holy Spirit has moved in?
Fruit of the Spirit.
This meal - Jesus said do it forever...
communion
In John 8, Jesus drops a name so loaded the religious leaders grab rocks - He says "before Abraham was, ___ ________?
I AM
Without this event, Paul says our faith is futile and we are still in our sins.
Resurrection
Psalm 22 opens with words Jesus quotes word-for-word from the cross - 'My God....
My God, my God, why have you forsaken me.
Paul lists this gear in Ephesians 6, helmet of salvation, breastplate of righteousness, feet shod with peace, sword of the spirit, etc.
The armor of God
Jeremiah mentions God's storehouses of snow and ice, and 2 Peter says the ancient world was formed out of water and later wrecked by it.
Frozen firmament. Ice Age.
For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith - and .....
not by works.
if you call on the name of the Lord you shall be
saved
Jesus asked his disciples "who do people say I am, "then flipped it personal - Peter's answer became the rock the whole faith stands on.
You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.
The curtain in the temple tore top to bottom the moment Jesus died, symbolizing this dramatic change in access.
Direct access to God for everyone, no more separation.
Dozens of these fulfilled in one person's life as evidence Jesus wasn't just a good teacher who got lucky.
Messianic Prophecies
When Jesus cast out demons, he said it proved this kingdom had already crashed the party.
The Kingdom of God
The day after Jesus was crucified, he went to the place where the righteous and unrighteous were resting to preach a sermon. What are the names of the two places?
Abrahams bosom, Hades
one-word transaction, God swapping our sin for Christs righteousness, The Great Exchange.
Justification
Jesus's actual last words to his disciples before ascending, promised this was not goodbye, I will be with you until the end of ......
the age.