Jesus Christ and the Everlasting Gospel - Adult Religion Classes · 2018-01-12 · of the Old...
Transcript of Jesus Christ and the Everlasting Gospel - Adult Religion Classes · 2018-01-12 · of the Old...
Jesus Christ and the Everlasting GospelJesus Christ was the Jehovah of the Old
Testament
In testifying of the Savior Jesus Christ, modern prophets have
declared: “He was the Great Jehovah of the Old Testament” (“The Living
Christ: The Testimony of the Apostles,” Ensign or Liahona, Apr.
2000, 2).
Jesus Christ, as Jehovah, established Heavenly Father's everlasting gospel on the earth in every dispensation of time in order to gather in every one of
God's children who were lost. Our faith in Jesus Christ can be strengthened as we come to
recognize His unchanging nature and His everlasting gospel.
“All Things Bear Witness”
• 2 Nephi 11:4• Moses 6:63• Alma 34:14• He was born in Bethlehem: house of bread• Born the Lamb of God, he was later the Good
Shepherd• His birth was identified by a “bright and
morning star” pointing to his role as the “light of the World”
• Living Water, Bread of Life, etc. etc. etc.• Given all of this, how did they miss him?
FALSE TRADITIONS: Deuteronomy 18:15
JEWISH MESSIAH1. 2ndMoses was first2. Messenger, not “Son”3. Military leader ending
Gentile rule4. Miraculously feed
people like Moses (with bread and water)
5. No one would know his parents/family (John 6:42)
6. Mortal with supreme powers—walking on water = Moses/Red Sea; feeding thousands = Moses/Manna
TRUE MESSIAH1. 1st and only Messiah2. God’s Son3. Prince of Peace—
”Give Caesar his”4. He would provide
resurrection and eternal life
5. Born of Mary in Bethlehem
6. Half-mortal, half God with supreme power
True vs. False Doctrine Matthew 16:121. Matthew 16:13-14—
not one example is true
2. Matthew 16:21-23—Peter himself falling victim to Jewish traditional belief of “Messiah”
Matthew 16:15-17
1. Peter not the first one to say this: shepherds, 2 at temple, apostles, even devils
2. Matthew 16:24-26 with JST
1 The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the
meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the
prison to them that are bound;2 To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;
Isaiah 61
18 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the
captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,
19 To preach the acceptable year of the Lord.
Luke 4
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Types, Shadows,
and Symbols of Jesus
Christ
Modern prophets have declared that Jesus Christ “instituted the sacrament as a
reminder of His great atoning sacrifice” (“The
Living Christ: The Testimony of the Apostles,” Ensign or Liahona, Apr. 2000, 2). In addition to the ordinance of the
sacrament, the scriptures tell us of many events, circumstances, objects, and people
that were intended to remind us of and instruct us regarding the mission and
ministry of Jesus Christ.
1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.