SEEKERS: JESUS PROMISES TO YOU
(Message by Tanny Keng)
1. Seekers
1. Seekers
a) Are you searching for answers that you cannot find within yourself? Well, you are heading in the right direction! Jesus Christ intentionally left heaven to live among us and not only teach us, but also to experience everything that we do.
b) You may have said, “but Jesus doesn’t understand my situation” or “how can Jesus understand my pain?”
c) Well, He understands more than you’ll ever know.
i) He understood fear. “Abba, Father, all things are possible for You. Remove this cup (reference to His approaching crucifixion/wrath of God upon Him) from me.” (Mark 14:36)
ii) He understood failures from friends. While He prayed in the Garden of Gethsemane, He only asked for His friends to stay awake and keep watch for Him. Three times Jesus approached them and woke them up. (Mark 14:32-42)
iii) Jesus experienced rejection by one of His dearest friends, Peter. (Mark 14:66-72)
iv) Jesus experienced hatred from people: “if the world hates you, know that it has hated Me before it hated you.” (John 15:18) Jesus experienced temptation at its highest after He fasted in the wilderness for 40 days and nights. (Matthew 4:1-11)
v) Jesus experienced sadness: “Jesus wept.” (John 11:35)
d) You see, Jesus understands your situation because He experienced all of the things that you do. He knew fear, anxiety, rejection, sadness, the feelings of temptation and disappointment. What a better Savior to have then one who really understands you!
b) You may have said, “but Jesus doesn’t understand my situation” or “how can Jesus understand my pain?”
c) Well, He understands more than you’ll ever know.
i) He understood fear. “Abba, Father, all things are possible for You. Remove this cup (reference to His approaching crucifixion/wrath of God upon Him) from me.” (Mark 14:36)
ii) He understood failures from friends. While He prayed in the Garden of Gethsemane, He only asked for His friends to stay awake and keep watch for Him. Three times Jesus approached them and woke them up. (Mark 14:32-42)
iii) Jesus experienced rejection by one of His dearest friends, Peter. (Mark 14:66-72)
iv) Jesus experienced hatred from people: “if the world hates you, know that it has hated Me before it hated you.” (John 15:18) Jesus experienced temptation at its highest after He fasted in the wilderness for 40 days and nights. (Matthew 4:1-11)
v) Jesus experienced sadness: “Jesus wept.” (John 11:35)
d) You see, Jesus understands your situation because He experienced all of the things that you do. He knew fear, anxiety, rejection, sadness, the feelings of temptation and disappointment. What a better Savior to have then one who really understands you!
2. Jesus Promises To You
a) When you obey the words of Christ, He has promised God’s love for you and a home with Them!
John 14:23
a) When you obey the words of Christ, He has promised God’s love for you and a home with Them!
John 14:23
“Jesus answered him, ‘If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and We will come to him and make our home with him.’”
b) When you show allegiance to Christ before men, Christ will personally tell God that you are His brother and friend when you pass away from this earth. Your place in Heaven awaits you.
Matthew 10:32
“So everyone who acknowledges me before men, I also will acknowledge before my Father who is in Heaven.”
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b) When you show allegiance to Christ before men, Christ will personally tell God that you are His brother and friend when you pass away from this earth. Your place in Heaven awaits you.
Matthew 10:32
“So everyone who acknowledges me before men, I also will acknowledge before my Father who is in Heaven.”
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