JESUS LIVED A LIFE OF PERFECTION
(Message by Tanny Keng)
1. What Jesus Did
a) There are three words that we can easily commit to memory: perfection, punishment, price; which outline the wonderful things that Jesus did by dying on the cross. These are necessary things which we could not possibly have done for ourselves.
2. Jesus Lived A Life Of Perfection
a) Jesus, however, made himself an exception. He said, "Be perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect" (Matthew 5:48) and he practiced what he preached. He lived a perfect life. He was tempted in all points as we are, yet without sin (Hebrews 4:15). Unlike the rest of us, he remained "holy, blameless, pure, set apart from sinners" (Hebrews 7:26).
b) Jesus was tempted in a special way by the devil in the wilderness (Matthew 4:1). However that was not the end of his temptations. The devil left him only "until an opportune time" (Luke 4:13). All through life, Jesus was tempted. Looking back on his life, he said to his disciples, "You stood by me in my temptations" (Luke 22:28). Jesus never yielded, and came to the cross with a perfect life behind him.
c) As he came to his death, he was sorely tempted still. "His sweat became like great drops of blood" (Luke 22:44). He could have called more than twelve legions of angels to rescue him from death (Matthew 26:53). Even in his agony on the cross he was tempted and taunted, "If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross!" (Matthew 27:40). Yet Jesus yielded to nothing, except the will of his Father (Luke 22:42).
The End ...
1. What Jesus Dida) There are three words that we can easily commit to memory: perfection, punishment, price; which outline the wonderful things that Jesus did by dying on the cross. These are necessary things which we could not possibly have done for ourselves.
2. Jesus Lived A Life Of Perfection
a) Jesus, however, made himself an exception. He said, "Be perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect" (Matthew 5:48) and he practiced what he preached. He lived a perfect life. He was tempted in all points as we are, yet without sin (Hebrews 4:15). Unlike the rest of us, he remained "holy, blameless, pure, set apart from sinners" (Hebrews 7:26).
b) Jesus was tempted in a special way by the devil in the wilderness (Matthew 4:1). However that was not the end of his temptations. The devil left him only "until an opportune time" (Luke 4:13). All through life, Jesus was tempted. Looking back on his life, he said to his disciples, "You stood by me in my temptations" (Luke 22:28). Jesus never yielded, and came to the cross with a perfect life behind him.
c) As he came to his death, he was sorely tempted still. "His sweat became like great drops of blood" (Luke 22:44). He could have called more than twelve legions of angels to rescue him from death (Matthew 26:53). Even in his agony on the cross he was tempted and taunted, "If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross!" (Matthew 27:40). Yet Jesus yielded to nothing, except the will of his Father (Luke 22:42).
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