Transcript The Authority of Jesus © John Stevenson, 2012 All four Gospel Accounts begin with a Statement of the True Identity of Jesus Matthew The record.

The Authority of Jesus
© John Stevenson, 2012
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.
Matthew 10:1
Jesus
summoned His
twelve disciples
and gave them
authority over
unclean spirits, to
cast them out,
and to heal every
kind of disease
and every kind of
sickness.
Mark 3:14-15
Luke 6:13
And He
And when
appointed
day came,
twelve, so that He called
they would be
His
with Him and disciples to
that He could
Him and
send them out
chose
to preach,
twelve of
15 and to have them, whom
He also
authority to
named as
cast out the
apostles
demons.
Matthew 10
Mark 3
Luke 6
Simon Peter
Simon Peter
Simon Peter
Andrew
James
Andrew
James
John
James
John
Andrew
John
Philip
Philip
Philip
Bartholomew Bartholomew Bartholomew
Thomas
Matthew
Matthew
Matthew
Thomas
Thomas
James
James
James
Thaddaeus
Thaddaeus
Simon
Simon
Simon
Judas
Judas Iscariot Judas Iscariot Judas Iscariot
Matthew 10:5-6
These twelve Jesus
sent out after instructing
them: “Do not go in the
way of the Gentiles, and
do not enter any city of
the Samaritans; 6 but
rather go to the lost
sheep of the house of
Israel.
Matthew 10:7-8
“And as you go, preach, saying,
‘The kingdom of heaven is at hand.’
8 Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse
the lepers, cast out demons. Freely you
received, freely give.”
Matthew 10:9-10
“Do not acquire gold, or silver, or
copper for your money belts, 10 or a bag
for your journey, or even two coats, or
sandals, or a staff; for the worker is
worthy of his support.”
Matthew 10:11-13
“And whatever city or village you
enter, inquire who is worthy in it, and stay
at his house until you leave that city. 12 As
you enter the house, give it your greeting.
13 If the house is worthy, give it your
blessing of peace. But if it is not worthy,
take back your blessing of peace.”
Matthew 10:14-15
“Whoever does not receive you, nor
heed your words, as you go out of that
house or that city, shake the dust off your
feet. 15 Truly I say to you, it will be more
tolerable for the land of Sodom and
Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for
that city.”
• Given to a specific
group of men
• They are given a
specific localized
mission
• The mission to them
will be superseded at
a later date
Mark 2:23-24
And it happened that He
was passing through the
grainfields on the Sabbath,
and His disciples began to
make their way along while
picking the heads of grain. 24
The Pharisees were saying to
Him, “Look, why are they doing
what is not lawful on the
Sabbath?”
Mark 2:25
And He said to them,
“Have you never read what
David did when he was in
need and he and his
companions became
hungry…”
Mark 2:26
“…how he entered the house
of God in the time of Abiathar
the high priest, and ate the
consecrated bread, which is
not lawful for anyone to eat
except the priests, and he also
gave it to those who were with
him?”
Mark 2:27-28
Jesus said to them, “The
Sabbath was made for man,
and not man for the Sabbath.
28 So the Son of Man is Lord
even of the Sabbath.”
Mark 3:1-2
He entered again into a
synagogue; and a man was
there
whose
hand
was
withered. 2 They were watching
Him to see if He would heal
him on the Sabbath, so that
they might accuse Him.
Mark 3:3-4
He said to the man with
the withered hand, “Get up and
come forward!” 4 And He said
to them, “Is it lawful to do good
or to do harm on the Sabbath,
to save a life or to kill?” But
they kept silent.
Mark 3:5-6
After looking around at
them with anger, grieved at
their hardness of heart, He said
to the man, “Stretch out your
hand.” And he stretched it out,
and his hand was restored. 6
The Pharisees went out and
immediately began conspiring
with the Herodians against
Him, as to how they might
destroy Him.
Now there is in
Jerusalem by the
sheep gate a pool,
which is called in
Hebrew Bethesda,
having five
porticoes (John
5:2)
In these lay a
multitude of those
who were sick, blind,
lame, and withered
(John 5:3)
And a certain man was
there, who had been
thirty-eight years in his
sickness. 6 When Jesus
saw him lying there, and
knew that he had
already been a long
time in that condition,
He said to him, "Do you
wish to get well?" (John
5:5-6)
The sick man answered Him,
"Sir, I have no man to put me
into the pool when the water
is stirred up, but while I am
coming, another steps down
before me." (John 5:7)
John 5:8-10
Jesus said to him, “Get up, pick up
your pallet and walk.”
9 Immediately the man became
well, and picked up his pallet and began
to walk. Now it was the Sabbath on that
day. 10 So the Jews were saying to the
man who was cured, “It is the Sabbath,
and it is not permissible for you to carry
your pallet.”
John 5:16-17
For this reason the Jews were
persecuting Jesus, because He was
doing these things on the Sabbath. 17
But He answered them, “My Father is
working until now, and I Myself am
working.”
John 5:18
For this reason therefore the Jews
were seeking all the more to kill Him,
because He not only was breaking the
Sabbath, but also was calling God His
own Father, making Himself equal with
God.
John 7:22
“For this reason Moses has given
you circumcision (not because it is from
Moses, but from the fathers), and on the
Sabbath you circumcise a man. 23 If a
man receives circumcision on the
Sabbath so that the Law of Moses will
not be broken, are you angry with Me
because I made an entire man well on
the Sabbath? 24 Do not judge according
to appearance, but judge with righteous
judgment.”
How are we to apply the
teachings of Jesus regarding
the Sabbath for today?
Matthew 11:2-3
Now when John, while imprisoned,
heard of the works of Christ, he sent word
by his disciples 3 and said to Him, “Are
You the Expected One, or shall we look
for someone else?”
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Matthew 11:2-3
Now when John, while imprisoned,
heard of the works of Christ, he sent word
by his disciples 3 and said to Him, “Are
You the Expected One, or shall we look
for someone else?”
Matthew 11:4-6
Jesus answered and said to them,
“Go and report to John what you hear
and see: 5 the blind receive sight and the
lame walk, the lepers are cleansed and
the deaf hear, the dead are raised up,
and the poor have the gospel preached to
them. 6 And blessed is he who does not
take offense at Me.”
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).
Matthew 11:7-9
As these men were going away,
Jesus began to speak to the crowds
about John, “What did you go out into the
wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the
wind? 8 But what did you go out to see? A
man dressed in soft clothing? Those who
wear soft clothing are in kings’ palaces! 9
But what did you go out to see? A
prophet? Yes, I tell you, and one who is
more than a prophet.”
Matthew 11:10
This is the one about whom it is
written, ‘Behold, I send My messenger
ahead of you, who will prepare your way
before you.’”
“Behold, I am going to
send My messenger, and
he will clear the way
before Me. And the Lord,
whom you seek, will
suddenly come to His
temple; and the
messenger of the
covenant, in whom you
delight, behold, He is
coming,” says the LORD
of hosts. (Malachi 3:1).
Matthew 11:11
“Truly I say to you, among those
born of women there has not arisen
anyone greater than John the Baptist! Yet
the one who is least in the kingdom of
heaven is greater than he.”
Matthew 11:12
“From the days of John the Baptist
until now the kingdom of heaven suffers
violence, and violent men take it by
force.”
Matthew 11:12
“From the days of John the Baptist
until now the kingdom of heaven suffers
violence, and violent men take it by
force.”
“From the days of John the Baptist
until now, the kingdom of heaven has
been forcefully advancing, and forceful
men lay hold of it.” (Matthew 11:12, NIV).
Matthew 11:12
“From the days of John the Baptist
until now the kingdom of heaven suffers
violence, and violent men take it by
force.”
a`rpa,zousin auvth,n
3rd person plural of a`rpa,zw
(harpazo).
Matthew 11:13-15
“For all the prophets and the Law
prophesied until John. 14 And if you are
willing to accept it, John himself is Elijah
who was to come.” 15 He who has ears to
hear, let him hear.
Behold, I am going to send
you Elijah the prophet before
the coming of the great and
terrible day of the LORD. 6
He will restore the hearts of
the fathers to their children
and the hearts of the children
to their fathers, so that I will
not come and smite the land
with a curse. (Malachi 4:5-6).