John 1:1-5 and Revelation 1:5-8 “Fully Identifying with Jesus”
"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without him was not anything made that was made. In him was life; and the life was the light of men. And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not".
Revelation 1:5-8: "Jesus The Faithful Witness"
"And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood, And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen. Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindred of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty".
"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without him was not anything made that was made. In him was life; and the life was the light of men. And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not".
Revelation 1:5-8: "Jesus The Faithful Witness"
"And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood, And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen. Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindred of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty".
Introduction: What Ministers Traditionally Preach and Teach Concerning Jesus:
Many times when we hear someone preaching, teaching, or expounding on the life and ministry of Jesus Christ whoever the person is generally talks about many of those things mostly pertaining to the earthly life and ministry of Jesus Christ. …From the 4 Gospel writers…we are given 4 different perspectives on His life…His teachings… and the things He did…
The 4 Gospels: Jesus from 4 Writers' Perspective:
From the Gospel of Matthew “perspective”, He comes forth as a Prophet and a Proclaiming King….The Son of David..…The Seed of Abraham… The Promised Messiah…The Perfect Sacrifice….proclaiming that All POWER… in Heaven and earth ….is in HIS hands…
In the Gospel of Mark, we see Him as the Son Of God… the perfect workman… The miracle worker… working the works of HIM that sent Him while it is day… telling us when night comes…no man can work…
Whenever a message is pulled from the Gospel of Luke, Jesus comes forth as the Son of Man…The Second Adam…the “quintessence” of humanity… the “consummate” Savior…. showing love and compassion everywhere he goes…showing us that we can cast all of our cares upon Him…for HE cares… about each and every one of us…that He identifies with our suffering and our sorrows…so much so…that HE was wounded for our transgressions… bruised for our iniquities….the chastisement of our peace was upon HIM… and with HIS stripes… we are healed…He shows us…that He identifies with our joys…our pains… our sunshine and our times of rain…HE shows HIMSELF… as the Seeking Savior.. who came to seek and to save …that which was lost….
And by the time we get to the Gospel of John,we get the vivid picture of Jesus…The Son Of God… The Messiah…bridging the gap….between “sin corrupted” HUMANITY… and a HOLY SOVERIGN MERCIFUL GOD… In the Gospel of John, we come face to face with the Great I AM THAT I AM. We come in contact with the “LIVING WORD” and find out that the WORD was with God… and the WORD was God…that all things were made by Him and without HIM not one thing was made that was made… How God so loved the world that He sent Jesus…His only begotten Son…
"Why we preach the way we do"
It’s understandable why we as messengers of God do this. We do this, because it is important for the saints of God to identify with Jesus’ earthly days …to know that our hope,…our salvation and resurrection and regeneration are all wrapped up in what Jesus ultimately did in his earthly days. John 1:14 identifies his earthly days as when the “Word became flesh and dwelled among us”… and we beheld His glory as the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth…And because of HIS “PHI” days, that is, the days of His virgin birth, when HE was born in Bethlehem…wrapped in swaddling clothes… and lying in a manger. We identify with Jesus Christ… It’s because of His 3 year ministry…We identify with his love…His baptism….His miracles…His teachings…and ultimately…his crucifixion…and ultimately we identify with God the Father….because as Jesus said….no man…. can come to the father…but by ME..but….if you have seen ME…you have seen the Father… and so because of John…
We identify with his shed blood…. We identify with the nails in his hands and the nail in his feet…we identify with his pierced bleeding side.. ..the thorny crown that was pushed down on his head….and we thank the Lord for the cleansing blood for us he shed….because without the shedding of Jesus blood…there would not be any remission for our sins…we identify with his death…and his burial… his resurrection and his ascending…the Holy Ghost power and His powerful promise…that He’s gone to prepare a place for us and because He has gone to prepare that place….that one day….He was coming back to receive us unto Himself … that where He is…one day we will be there also…
Yet, we aren't fully identifying with HIM
Yet my brothers and sisters, the premise I bring before us on this worship experience is, sometimes we forget that there’s more to Jesus than what he did for us on the earth! Don’t get me wrong! There is nothing wrong with us identifying with Jesus ‘earthly days, But if that’s all we do, we’re doing ourselves a disservice by relating to Jesus in only this way. That’s just 1/3rd of the total relationship we can have in Jesus. We can’t forget and must never forget that Jesus is more than an “earthly Jesus”….
We need to remember that:.He is the “eternal” Christ… He’s the second person in the Trinity… He is Alpha and Omega….The beginning and the ending…The first and the last….The One…who is…who was and who is to come…In Revelation 13:8 …Apostle John said: Jesus is the “Lamb” that was slain before the foundation of the world….This meant, in reality…that Calvary took place in heaven… long before there was a garden of Eden on earth….long before man was made in the image and likeness of God…and long before an “earthly Calvary” took place on Golgotha’s Hill outside the city of Jerusalem….
But as we close the door on 2013 and step into the foyer of 2014…I admonish each and every one of us to draw nearer to Jesus. And get to know Him up close and on a more personal basis. Why?
It’s doesn’t make sense to associate Jesus only by the atonement work on the cross. You ask why? Because Calvary was only the “centerpiece” and not his total work! As important as Calvary is to us. it was just one phase of the “total work” of Jesus. The songwriter put it this way: At the cross, at the cross where I first saw the light and the burden of my heart rolled away. It was there by faith I received my sight and now I am happy all the day. His atonement work reconnects us to our Heavenly Father who loves us but sin brought separation between us. The "finished" work on the cross allowed Jesus to lay down the "Prophet's mantle and put on His "Priestly robe and began to function in the role of the Priesthood as Our Great High Priest. His earthly work, as Important as it was doesn’t fully account for the “Priest Work”…that work of constant intercession in behalf the saints of God, as the effectual fervent prayers of the righteous goes up toward the throne room of heaven…or what happens when He takes off that robe of intercession and puts on the robe of final judgment and comes back as King of Kings and Lords of Lords.
How can we fully identify with Jesus Christ?
Well, I’m glad you asked…There are 2 other ways we can fully identify with Jesus…
The “first” way is to identify with the “Alpha Jesus”….,
The “Alpha” Jesus, Who is HE?s… That’s the “In the beginning God Jesus” because in the Beginning Jesus in the Godhead helped create the heavens and the earth...That's the Jehovah-Elohim Jesus, who is the Creator, Revealer, and Our Redeemer The Alpha Jesus is the EL-SHADDAI JESUS. who is The Almighty God. The Alpha Jesus is The YAHWEH- JEHOVAH JESUS, who is the I AM the Lord Jesus…The Alpha Jesus is the JEHOVAH- ELYON JESUS, because He is The Lord is God ./The Alpha Jesus is the Jehovah- Jireh Jesus, because He is the Lord My Provider Jesus… The alpha Jesus is the Jehovah-Reheka Jesus, because He is the Lord Our Healer Jesus. The Alpha Jesus is the Jehovah- Tsidqenu Jesus, that's because, He the Lord of Rrighteousness …The Jehovah-Tsdebaoth Jesus, because He is the Lord of Host . I come by to tell you there’s Power in the Alpha Jesus….The Jehovah-Nissi Jesus…because HE is the conquering Lord Jesus…The Jehovah-Shalom Jesus….because HE is The God of Peace …
And when you spend time with the Alpha Jesus …you can understand more and more why Isaiah 9:6 and following verses said: Unto us a child is born. Unto us, a Son is given a. And the government shall be upon His shoulders. And His name shall be called Wonderful….Counselor…The Mighty God…The Everlasting Father….and the Prince of Peace…It was in the Alpha age... the Creative Stage…“that Jesus” reveals HIS “oneness” with the Father….I heard Jesus say…If you have seen Me….You have seen the Father… because ”I and the Father are one”….. The Alpha Jesus isThe “Creative Jesus” because “ all things were made by Him and for Him…and without him was nothing made.. ..that was ever made.. … The Alpha Jesus is The “let there be” light Jesus …..because this Jesus is the light of the world...The Alpha Jesus is the Living WORD…The WORD that was with God and the same WORD that was God…..The WORD bears witness to us in heaven and on earth
The "Omega" Jesus
Then finally…after you identify with the Alpha Jesus and combine that with the “right now Jesus… we need to identify with the “Omega Jesus” …Our soon coming King.. Our conquering King… Jesus said in John 14:1 let not your heart be troubled….you believe in God ..believe also in me for in my Father’s house are many mansions…and it is wasn’t so I would have told you…I go to prepare a place for you and if I go to prepare a place for you…I will come again to receive you unto myself that where I am…there may you be also..We know him as our Savior…We know him as our mediator…He’s our advocate and our great High Priest…..but one of these days …He’s going to take off his priestly robe and put on his royal crown and come back to get his church without a spot or a wrinkle….The Bible says the Lord will 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 …And we who are alive and remain at his coming shall be changed in a moment and a twinkling of an eye and be caught up together with them that rose first from the dead and meet the Lord in the air Hallelujah Yeah……I heard the songwriter say when we all get to heaven…what a day of rejoicing that will be…when we all see Jesus we’ll sing and shout the victory….
The same king that will one day throw Satan in the bottomless pit and in the lake of fire….that same king that will one day wipe the tears from our eyes and do away with these wicked demons..
When we all get to heaven…What a day of rejoicing that will be…When we all see Jesus….We’ll sing and shout the victory…
Dr. William Edward Boddie
Many times when we hear someone preaching, teaching, or expounding on the life and ministry of Jesus Christ whoever the person is generally talks about many of those things mostly pertaining to the earthly life and ministry of Jesus Christ. …From the 4 Gospel writers…we are given 4 different perspectives on His life…His teachings… and the things He did…
The 4 Gospels: Jesus from 4 Writers' Perspective:
From the Gospel of Matthew “perspective”, He comes forth as a Prophet and a Proclaiming King….The Son of David..…The Seed of Abraham… The Promised Messiah…The Perfect Sacrifice….proclaiming that All POWER… in Heaven and earth ….is in HIS hands…
In the Gospel of Mark, we see Him as the Son Of God… the perfect workman… The miracle worker… working the works of HIM that sent Him while it is day… telling us when night comes…no man can work…
Whenever a message is pulled from the Gospel of Luke, Jesus comes forth as the Son of Man…The Second Adam…the “quintessence” of humanity… the “consummate” Savior…. showing love and compassion everywhere he goes…showing us that we can cast all of our cares upon Him…for HE cares… about each and every one of us…that He identifies with our suffering and our sorrows…so much so…that HE was wounded for our transgressions… bruised for our iniquities….the chastisement of our peace was upon HIM… and with HIS stripes… we are healed…He shows us…that He identifies with our joys…our pains… our sunshine and our times of rain…HE shows HIMSELF… as the Seeking Savior.. who came to seek and to save …that which was lost….
And by the time we get to the Gospel of John,we get the vivid picture of Jesus…The Son Of God… The Messiah…bridging the gap….between “sin corrupted” HUMANITY… and a HOLY SOVERIGN MERCIFUL GOD… In the Gospel of John, we come face to face with the Great I AM THAT I AM. We come in contact with the “LIVING WORD” and find out that the WORD was with God… and the WORD was God…that all things were made by Him and without HIM not one thing was made that was made… How God so loved the world that He sent Jesus…His only begotten Son…
"Why we preach the way we do"
It’s understandable why we as messengers of God do this. We do this, because it is important for the saints of God to identify with Jesus’ earthly days …to know that our hope,…our salvation and resurrection and regeneration are all wrapped up in what Jesus ultimately did in his earthly days. John 1:14 identifies his earthly days as when the “Word became flesh and dwelled among us”… and we beheld His glory as the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth…And because of HIS “PHI” days, that is, the days of His virgin birth, when HE was born in Bethlehem…wrapped in swaddling clothes… and lying in a manger. We identify with Jesus Christ… It’s because of His 3 year ministry…We identify with his love…His baptism….His miracles…His teachings…and ultimately…his crucifixion…and ultimately we identify with God the Father….because as Jesus said….no man…. can come to the father…but by ME..but….if you have seen ME…you have seen the Father… and so because of John…
We identify with his shed blood…. We identify with the nails in his hands and the nail in his feet…we identify with his pierced bleeding side.. ..the thorny crown that was pushed down on his head….and we thank the Lord for the cleansing blood for us he shed….because without the shedding of Jesus blood…there would not be any remission for our sins…we identify with his death…and his burial… his resurrection and his ascending…the Holy Ghost power and His powerful promise…that He’s gone to prepare a place for us and because He has gone to prepare that place….that one day….He was coming back to receive us unto Himself … that where He is…one day we will be there also…
Yet, we aren't fully identifying with HIM
Yet my brothers and sisters, the premise I bring before us on this worship experience is, sometimes we forget that there’s more to Jesus than what he did for us on the earth! Don’t get me wrong! There is nothing wrong with us identifying with Jesus ‘earthly days, But if that’s all we do, we’re doing ourselves a disservice by relating to Jesus in only this way. That’s just 1/3rd of the total relationship we can have in Jesus. We can’t forget and must never forget that Jesus is more than an “earthly Jesus”….
We need to remember that:.He is the “eternal” Christ… He’s the second person in the Trinity… He is Alpha and Omega….The beginning and the ending…The first and the last….The One…who is…who was and who is to come…In Revelation 13:8 …Apostle John said: Jesus is the “Lamb” that was slain before the foundation of the world….This meant, in reality…that Calvary took place in heaven… long before there was a garden of Eden on earth….long before man was made in the image and likeness of God…and long before an “earthly Calvary” took place on Golgotha’s Hill outside the city of Jerusalem….
But as we close the door on 2013 and step into the foyer of 2014…I admonish each and every one of us to draw nearer to Jesus. And get to know Him up close and on a more personal basis. Why?
It’s doesn’t make sense to associate Jesus only by the atonement work on the cross. You ask why? Because Calvary was only the “centerpiece” and not his total work! As important as Calvary is to us. it was just one phase of the “total work” of Jesus. The songwriter put it this way: At the cross, at the cross where I first saw the light and the burden of my heart rolled away. It was there by faith I received my sight and now I am happy all the day. His atonement work reconnects us to our Heavenly Father who loves us but sin brought separation between us. The "finished" work on the cross allowed Jesus to lay down the "Prophet's mantle and put on His "Priestly robe and began to function in the role of the Priesthood as Our Great High Priest. His earthly work, as Important as it was doesn’t fully account for the “Priest Work”…that work of constant intercession in behalf the saints of God, as the effectual fervent prayers of the righteous goes up toward the throne room of heaven…or what happens when He takes off that robe of intercession and puts on the robe of final judgment and comes back as King of Kings and Lords of Lords.
How can we fully identify with Jesus Christ?
Well, I’m glad you asked…There are 2 other ways we can fully identify with Jesus…
The “first” way is to identify with the “Alpha Jesus”….,
The “Alpha” Jesus, Who is HE?s… That’s the “In the beginning God Jesus” because in the Beginning Jesus in the Godhead helped create the heavens and the earth...That's the Jehovah-Elohim Jesus, who is the Creator, Revealer, and Our Redeemer The Alpha Jesus is the EL-SHADDAI JESUS. who is The Almighty God. The Alpha Jesus is The YAHWEH- JEHOVAH JESUS, who is the I AM the Lord Jesus…The Alpha Jesus is the JEHOVAH- ELYON JESUS, because He is The Lord is God ./The Alpha Jesus is the Jehovah- Jireh Jesus, because He is the Lord My Provider Jesus… The alpha Jesus is the Jehovah-Reheka Jesus, because He is the Lord Our Healer Jesus. The Alpha Jesus is the Jehovah- Tsidqenu Jesus, that's because, He the Lord of Rrighteousness …The Jehovah-Tsdebaoth Jesus, because He is the Lord of Host . I come by to tell you there’s Power in the Alpha Jesus….The Jehovah-Nissi Jesus…because HE is the conquering Lord Jesus…The Jehovah-Shalom Jesus….because HE is The God of Peace …
And when you spend time with the Alpha Jesus …you can understand more and more why Isaiah 9:6 and following verses said: Unto us a child is born. Unto us, a Son is given a. And the government shall be upon His shoulders. And His name shall be called Wonderful….Counselor…The Mighty God…The Everlasting Father….and the Prince of Peace…It was in the Alpha age... the Creative Stage…“that Jesus” reveals HIS “oneness” with the Father….I heard Jesus say…If you have seen Me….You have seen the Father… because ”I and the Father are one”….. The Alpha Jesus isThe “Creative Jesus” because “ all things were made by Him and for Him…and without him was nothing made.. ..that was ever made.. … The Alpha Jesus is The “let there be” light Jesus …..because this Jesus is the light of the world...The Alpha Jesus is the Living WORD…The WORD that was with God and the same WORD that was God…..The WORD bears witness to us in heaven and on earth
The "Omega" Jesus
Then finally…after you identify with the Alpha Jesus and combine that with the “right now Jesus… we need to identify with the “Omega Jesus” …Our soon coming King.. Our conquering King… Jesus said in John 14:1 let not your heart be troubled….you believe in God ..believe also in me for in my Father’s house are many mansions…and it is wasn’t so I would have told you…I go to prepare a place for you and if I go to prepare a place for you…I will come again to receive you unto myself that where I am…there may you be also..We know him as our Savior…We know him as our mediator…He’s our advocate and our great High Priest…..but one of these days …He’s going to take off his priestly robe and put on his royal crown and come back to get his church without a spot or a wrinkle….The Bible says the Lord will 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 …And we who are alive and remain at his coming shall be changed in a moment and a twinkling of an eye and be caught up together with them that rose first from the dead and meet the Lord in the air Hallelujah Yeah……I heard the songwriter say when we all get to heaven…what a day of rejoicing that will be…when we all see Jesus we’ll sing and shout the victory….
The same king that will one day throw Satan in the bottomless pit and in the lake of fire….that same king that will one day wipe the tears from our eyes and do away with these wicked demons..
When we all get to heaven…What a day of rejoicing that will be…When we all see Jesus….We’ll sing and shout the victory…
Dr. William Edward Boddie
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