Transcript The Claims of Jesus © John Stevenson, 2011 All four Gospel Accounts begin with a Statement of the True Identity of Jesus Matthew The record.

The Claims of Jesus
© John Stevenson, 2011
All four Gospel Accounts begin
with a Statement of the True
Identity of Jesus
Matthew
The record of the genealogy of Jesus
the Messiah, the son of David, the son
of Abraham (1:1)
Luke
The beginning of the gospel of Jesus
Christ, the Son of God (1:1).
…the holy Child shall be called the Son
of God (1:35).
John
…and the Word was with God, and the
Word was God (1:1).
Mark
Luke 4:16
And He came to
Nazareth, where He had
been brought up; and as
was His custom, He
entered the synagogue
on the Sabbath, and
stood up to read.
Luke 4:17-19
And the book of the prophet Isaiah
was handed to Him. And He opened the
book and found the place where it was
written, 18 “The Spirit of the Lord is upon
me, because He anointed me to preach
the gospel to the poor. He has sent me
to proclaim release to the captives, and
recovery of sight to the blind, to set free
those who are oppressed, 19 to proclaim
the favorable year of the Lord.”
Luke 4:20-22
And He closed the book, gave it
back to the attendant and sat down; and
the eyes of all in the synagogue were
fixed on Him. 21 And He began to say to
them, “Today this Scripture has been
fulfilled in your hearing.” 22 And all were
speaking well of Him, and wondering at
the gracious words which were falling
from His lips; and they were saying, “Is
this not Joseph's son?”
Luke 4:23
And He said to them, “No doubt
you will quote this proverb to Me,
‘Physician, heal yourself! Whatever we
heard was done at Capernaum, do here
in your hometown as well.’”
Luke 4:24-26
And He said, “Truly I say to you, no
prophet is welcome in his hometown. 25
But I say to you in truth, there were
many widows in Israel in the days of
Elijah, when the sky was shut up for
three years and six months, when a
great famine came over all the land; 26
and yet Elijah was sent to none of them,
but only to Zarephath, in the land of
Sidon, to a woman who was a widow.”
Luke 4:27
“And there were many lepers in
Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet;
and none of them was cleansed, but
only Naaman the Syrian.”
Luke 4:28-30
And all the people in the
synagogue were filled with rage as they
heard these things; 29 and they got up
and drove Him out of the city, and led
Him to the brow of the hill on which their
city had been built, in order to throw Him
down the cliff. 30 But passing through
their midst, He went His way.
He began to
teach again by
the sea. And such
a very large
crowd gathered
to Him that He
got into a boat in
the sea and sat
down; and the
whole crowd was
by the sea on the
land. (Mark 4:1).
On that day, when evening came,
He said to them, “Let us go over to
the other side.” (Mark 4:35).
Leaving the crowd, they took Him along
with them in the boat, just as He was; and
other boats were with Him. (Mark 4:36).
And there arose a fierce gale of
wind, and the waves were breaking
over the boat so much that the boat
was already filling up. (Mark 4:37).
Jesus Himself was in the stern, asleep on
the cushion; and they woke Him and said to
Him, “Teacher, do You not care that we are
perishing?” (Mark 4:38).
And He got
up and
rebuked the
wind and said
to the sea,
“Hush, be
still.” And the
wind died
down and it
became
perfectly
calm. (Mark
4:39).
They
became very
much afraid
and said to
one another,
“Who then is
this, that
even the
wind and the
sea obey
Him?” (Mark
4:41).
Mark 4:35-41
Mark 6:45-52
Stilling of the storm
Walking on the
water
The wind was
against them
Jesus had remained
behind to pray
The wind stopped
when Jesus entered
the boat
Fierce gale of wind
Jesus had been
sleeping in the boat
Jesus rebuked the
wind and it became
calm
Mark 2:1-2
When He had come back to
Capernaum several days afterward, it
was heard that He was at home. 2 And
many were gathered together, so that
there was no longer room, not even
near the door; and He was speaking the
word to them.
Mark 2:3-4
And they came, bringing to Him a
paralytic, carried by four men. 4 Being
unable to get to Him because of the
crowd, they removed the roof above
Him; and when they had dug an
opening, they let down the pallet on
which the paralytic was lying.
Mark 2:5-7
And Jesus seeing their faith said to
the paralytic, “Son, your sins are
forgiven.” 6 But some of the scribes were
sitting there and reasoning in their
hearts, 7 “Why does this man speak that
way? He is blaspheming; who can
forgive sins but God alone?”
Mark 2:8-9
Immediately Jesus, aware in His
spirit that they were reasoning that way
within themselves, said to them, “Why
are you reasoning about these things in
your hearts? 9 Which is easier, to say to
the paralytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven'; or
to say, 'Get up, and pick up your pallet
and walk’?”
Mark 2:10-11
“But so that you may know that the
Son of Man has authority on earth to
forgive sins” -- He said to the paralytic,
11 “I say to you, get up, pick up your
pallet and go home.”
Mark 2:12
And he got up and immediately
picked up the pallet and went out in the
sight of everyone, so that they were all
amazed and were glorifying God,
saying, “We have never seen anything
like this.”
Luke 6:1
Now it happened that He was
passing through some grainfields on a
Sabbath; and His disciples were picking
the heads of grain, rubbing them in their
hands, and eating the grain.
Luke 6:2
But some of the Pharisees said,
“Why do you do what is not lawful on
the Sabbath?”
Luke 6:3-4
And Jesus answering them said,
“Have you not even read what David did
when he was hungry, he and those who
were with him, 4 how he entered the
house of God, and took and ate the
consecrated bread which is not lawful
for any to eat except the priests alone,
and gave it to his companions?”
Luke 6:5
And He was saying to them, “The
Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.”
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I am the bread of life (6:35).
Before Abraham was, I am (8:58)
I am the light of the world (9:5)
I am the door (10:7)
I am the good shepherd (10:11)
I am the resurrection and the life (11:25)
I am the way, and the truth, and the life
(14:6)
Luke 7:18-19
The disciples of John reported to
him
about
all
these
things.
19 Summoning two of his disciples, John
sent them to the Lord, saying, “Are You
the Expected One, or do we look for
someone else?”
Luke 7:20
When the men came to Him, they
said, “John the Baptist has sent us to
You, to ask, ‘Are You the Expected One,
or do we look for someone else?’”
Luke 7:21
At that very time He cured many
people of diseases and afflictions and
evil spirits; and He gave sight to many
who were blind.
Luke 7:22-23
And He answered and said to
them, “Go and report to John what you
have seen and heard: the blind receive
sight, the lame walk, the lepers are
cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead
are raised up, the poor have the gospel
preached to them. 23 Blessed is he who
does not take offense at Me.”
Say to those with anxious
heart,
“Take courage, fear not.
Behold, your God will come
with vengeance;
The recompense of God will
come,
But He will save you.” (Isaiah
35:4).
Then the eyes of the blind
will be opened
And the ears of the deaf will
be unstopped.
6 Then the lame will leap like
a deer,
And the tongue of the mute
will shout for joy.
For waters will break forth in
the wilderness
And streams in the Arabah.
(Isaiah 35:5-6).
The Spirit of the Lord GOD
is upon me,
Because the LORD has
anointed me
To bring good news to the
afflicted;
He has sent me to bind up
the brokenhearted,
To proclaim liberty to
captives
And freedom to prisoners
(Isaiah 61:1).