Whom Do You Seek…Jn 18:4-8…?
(4) Jesus therefore, knowing all things that should come upon him, went forth, and said unto them, Whom seek ye?
(5) They answered him, Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus saith unto them, I am he. And Judas also, which betrayed him, stood with them.
(6) As soon then as he had said unto them, I Am he, they went backward, and fell to the ground.
(7) Then asked he them again, Whom seek ye? And they said, Jesus of Nazareth.
(8) Jesus answered, I have told you that I Am he: if therefore ye seek me, let these go their way:
Whom Do You Seek?
The Wise men…Matthew 2:1-2
(1) Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,
(2) Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him.
Whom Do You Seek?
Herod the king…Matthew 2:7-8
(7) Then Herod, when he had privily called the wise men, inquired of them diligently what time the star appeared.
(8) And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search diligently for the young child; and when ye have found him, bring me word again, that I may come and worship him also.
Whom Do You Seek?
Mary and Joseph…Luke 2:41-49
(41) And His parents went to Jerusalem every year at the Feast of the Passover.
(42) And when He was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem according to the custom of the Feast.
(43) And fulfilling the days, as they returned, the boy Jesus stayed in Jerusalem. And Joseph and His mother did not know.
(44) But they, supposing Him to have been in the company, went a day's journey. And they looked for Him among the kinsfolk and acquaintances.
(45) And when they did not find Him, they turned back to Jerusalem, seeking Him.
(46) And it happened that after three days they found Him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the teachers, both hearing them and questioning them.
(47) And all who heard Him were astonished at His understanding and answers.
(48) And seeing Him, they were amazed. And His mother said to Him, Child, why have you done so to us? Behold, your father and I have looked for you, greatly distressed.
(49) And He said to them, Why did you look for Me? Do you not know that I must be about My Father's business?
Whom Do You Seek?
John the Baptist…John 1:29-37
(29) The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, "Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
(30) This is he of whom I said, 'After me comes a man who ranks before me, because he was before me.'
(31) I myself did not know him, but for this purpose I came baptizing with water, that he might be revealed to Israel."
(32) And John bore witness: "I saw the Spirit descend from heaven like a dove, and it remained on him.
(33) I myself did not know him, but he who sent me to baptize with water said to me, 'He on whom you see the Spirit descend and remain, this is he who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.'
(34) And I have seen and have borne witness that this is the Son of God."
(35) The next day again John was standing with two of his disciples,
(36) and he looked at Jesus as he walked by and said, "Behold, the Lamb of God!"
(37) The two disciples heard him say this, and they followed Jesus.
Whom Do You Seek?
Andrew and Philip…John 1:40-45
(40) One of the two which heard John speak, and followed him, was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother.
(41) He first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, We have found the Messiah, which is, being interpreted, the Christ.
(42) And he brought him to Jesus. And when Jesus beheld him, he said, Thou art Simon the son of Jona: thou shalt be called Cephas, which is by interpretation, A stone.
(43) The day following Jesus would go forth into Galilee, and findeth Philip, and saith unto him, Follow me.
(44) Now Philip was of Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter.
(45) Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.
Whom Do You Seek?
Mary Magdalene, Joanna and Mary the mother of James and the other women with them…
Luke 24:1-11
(1) But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they went to the tomb, taking the spices they had prepared.
(2) And they found the stone rolled away from the tomb,
(3) but when they went in they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus.
(4) While they were perplexed about this, behold, two men stood by them in dazzling apparel.
(5) And as they were frightened and bowed their faces to the ground, the men said to them, "Why do you seek the living among the dead?
(6) He is not here, but has risen. Remember how he told you, while he was still in Galilee,
(7) that the Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men and be crucified and on the third day rise."
(8) And they remembered his words,
(9) and returning from the tomb they told all these things to the eleven and to all the rest.
(10) Now it was Mary Magdalene and Joanna and Mary the mother of James and the other women with them who told these things to the apostles,
(11) but these words seemed to them an idle tale, and they did not believe them.
Whom Do You Seek?
Mary Magdalene, Peter and John…John 20:1-10
(1) Now on the first day of the week Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb.
(2) So she ran and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved, and said to them, "They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid him."
(3) So Peter went out with the other disciple, and they were going toward the tomb.
(4) Both of them were running together, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first.
(5) And stooping to look in, he saw the linen cloths lying there, but he did not go in.
(6) Then Simon Peter came, following him, and went into the tomb. He saw the linen cloths lying there,
(7) and the face cloth, which had been on Jesus' head, not lying with the linen cloths but folded up in a place by itself.
(8) Then the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, also went in, and he saw and believed;
(9) for as yet they did not understand the Scripture, that he must rise from the dead.
(10) Then the disciples went back to their homes.
Whom Do You Seek?
Mary Magdalene…John 20:11-18
(11) But Mary stood weeping outside the tomb, and as she wept she stooped to look into the tomb.
(12) And she saw two angels in white, sitting where the body of Jesus had lain, one at the head and one at the feet.
(13) They said to her, "Woman, why are you weeping?" She said to them, "They have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid him."
(14) Having said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing, but she did not know that it was Jesus.
(15) Jesus said to her, "Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you seeking?" Supposing him to be the gardener, she said to him, "Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him away."
(16) Jesus said to her, "Mary." She turned and said to him in Aramaic, "Rabboni!" (which means Teacher).
(17) Jesus said to her, "Do not cling to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to my brothers and say to them, 'I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.'"
(18) Mary Magdalene went and announced to the disciples, "I have seen the Lord"--and that he had said these things to her.
Whom Do You Seek?
Some today are seeking a fairy tale; a “warm fuzzy-feeling god that would never condemn anyone to eternity in the lake of fire.
Others are seeking Jesus still on the cross or in the tomb…
on the cross still suffering for their sins waiting until they get to heaven and before God they will “plea-bargain” their case, but then it’s too late this is sentencing day and He will pronounce the judgment; “Depart from Me you worker of iniquity, I never knew you.
and in the tomb so that if He is dead then all of this “Christianity” stuff is just like all of the other religions…empty and void of the power needed to reconcile us back to God.
1 Corinthians 15:1-8…
(1) Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;
(2) By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.
(3) For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures;
(4) And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the Scriptures:
(5) And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve:
(6) After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep.
(7) After that, he was seen of James; then of all the apostles.
(8) And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time.
Just in the first two verses; notice five basic things about the gospel:
(a) it is to be preached,
(b) it must be received,
(c) those who receive it must stand on it,
(d) by this reception of the gospel sinners are saved, and
(e) we must "hold fast," or "keep in memory" the gospel, "unless (we) have believed in vain."
Verse 3…according to the Scriptures…
2Co 5:21
(21) For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.
1Pe 2:22-25
(22) Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth:
(23) Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously:
(24) Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.
(25) For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.
Rom 5:6-10
(6) For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.
(7) For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die.
(8) But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
(9) Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.
(10) For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.
1Pe 3:18
(18) For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:
Mat 20:28 & Mar 19:45
(28) Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
1Ti 2:3-6
(3) For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior;
(4) Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.
(5) For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;
(6) Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.
Gal 3:13-14
(13) Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:
(14) That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.
Col 2:13-15
(13) And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses;
(14) Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;
(15) And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a show of them openly, triumphing over them in it.
Whom Do You Seek?
Verse 4…According to the Scriptures…
Psa 16:10
(10) For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
Mat 12:38-40
(38) Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign from thee.
(39) But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonah:
(40) For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
Mar 8:29-31
(29) And he saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? And Peter answereth and saith unto him, Thou art the Christ.
(30) And he charged them that they should tell no man of him.
(31) And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders, and of the chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.
Mar 10:32-34
(32) And they were in the way going up to Jerusalem; and Jesus went before them: and they were amazed; and as they followed, they were afraid. And he took again the twelve, and began to tell them what things should happen unto him,
(33) Saying, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be delivered unto the chief priests, and unto the scribes; and they shall condemn him to death, and shall deliver him to the Gentiles:
(34) And they shall mock him, and shall scourge him, and shall spit upon him, and shall kill him: and the third day he shall rise again.
Luk 24:36-49
(36) And as they thus spake, Jesus himself stood in the midst of them, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.
(37) But they were terrified and affrighted, and supposed that they had seen a spirit.
(38) And he said unto them, Why are ye troubled? and why do thoughts arise in your hearts?
(39) Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have.
(40) And when he had thus spoken, he showed them his hands and his feet.
(41) And while they yet believed not for joy, and wondered, he said unto them, Have ye here any meat?
(42) And they gave him a piece of a broiled fish, and of a honeycomb.
(43) And he took it, and did eat before them.
(44) And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me.
(45) Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the Scriptures,
(46) And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behooved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day:
(47) And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
(48) And ye are witnesses of these things.
(49) And, behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high.
Whom Do You Seek?
He’s Coming Back Again Soon!!!
Acts 1:11
(11) Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.
Joh 14:1-4
(1) Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.
(2) In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
(3) And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.
(4) And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know.
1Th 4:13-18
(13) But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.
(14) For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.
(15) For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.
(16) For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
(17) Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
(18) Wherefore comfort one another with these words.
1Th 5:1-11
(1) But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you.
(2) For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.
(3) For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
(4) But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.
(5) Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.
(6) Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.
(7) For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.
(8) But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for a helmet, the hope of salvation.
(9) For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,
(10) Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.
(11) Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.
NAILED TO THE CROSS…
Col 3:1-10
(1) If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.
(2) Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.
(3) For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.
(4) When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.
(5) Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:
(6) For which things' sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience:
(7) In the which ye also walked some time, when ye lived in them.
(8) But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.
(9) Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;
(10) And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:
Gal 5:19-21
(19) Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
(20) Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,
(21) Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
Eph 4:29-31
(29) Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.
(30) And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.
(31) Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:
Whom Do You Seek?
Friend, today whom are you seeking?
-1 Tim 1:15, “Christ came into the world to save sinners”
-Luke 19:10, “For the Son of Man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.”
-2 Peter 3:9, “The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.”
-Romans 2:4, “Or do you despise the riches of His kindness, and the forbearance and long-suffering, not knowing that the kindness (goodness) of God leads you to repentance?”
-Acts 3:19, “Therefore repent and convert so that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord.”
-Acts 17:30-31, “Truly, then, God overlooking the times of ignorance, now He strictly commands all men everywhere to repent. Because He has appointed a day in which He is going to judge the world in righteousness by a Man whom He appointed, having given proof to all by raising Him from the dead.”
-John 3:16-18, “For God so loved the world that He gave His only-begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but so that the world might be saved through Him. He who believes on Him is not condemned, but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only-begotten Son of God.”
-Romans 10:9-10, “Because if you confess the Lord Jesus, and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you shall be saved. For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth one confesses unto salvation.”
Won’t you surrender your life to Jesus today…come…come...He is all that you have ever wanted or will ever need.
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