{"id":1082,"date":"2014-08-23T21:09:05","date_gmt":"2014-08-24T04:09:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobart-community-church.org\/?p=1082"},"modified":"2014-08-23T21:58:32","modified_gmt":"2014-08-24T04:58:32","slug":"beholding-god-in-the-face-of-jesus-dvd-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/hobart-community-church.org\/?p=1082","title":{"rendered":"Beholding God in the Face of Jesus \u2013 DVD 4"},"content":{"rendered":"

Beholding God in the Face of Jesus \u2013 DVD 4<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Adult Sunday School is in a new series that is based on DVD\u2019s and the name of the series will be at the head of every lesson.\u00a0 It is not easy to transcribe an entire lesson from the lecture on DVD, but I\u2019ll attempt to take notes and let you know the primary topics and main points in every message.\u00a0 From there, you will have to fill in the blanks.<\/p>\n

It will generally take two weeks to cover each DVD since there is the message, which is about 45 minutes, and there is a practical application, which will be covered the following week.\u00a0 I will make notes of some of the more memorial quotes and if this sounds interesting to you, you might do some research and find the series online.\u00a0 The primary instructor is John Snyder.<\/p>\n

Email Intro<\/strong>: Since I have found myself feeling fairly good lately, I tend to find projects to do.\u00a0 Between you and me, I’m driving my wife nuts but not on purpose.\u00a0 I’m well intentioned, I assure you.\u00a0 Well, today I resolved to solve the problem of the blinds in the study.\u00a0 One of them broke a few weeks ago and I never really liked them anyway.\u00a0 So I went out, found what I wanted and purchased my replacements.\u00a0 (Why do they call it faux wood, instead of fake wood?\u00a0\u00a0 Everyone knows it’s fake wood!)\u00a0 Anyway, every home project seems to turn into an adventure, but I’ve hung blinds before. Not that I remember the details, but things were going pretty good but the day was warm, so rather than do the smart thing (why should this project be any different) I left the ceiling fan on.\u00a0 Didn’t get in my way for the first blind but when I pulled the second old blind off, I heard something that I wondered – hmm what is that? An instant later, that rebellious fan whacked me right in the side of the head.\u00a0 Guess what the first thing I did after that?\u00a0 I turned the fan off.\u00a0 I guess you could say getting whacked in the head made me smarter.\u00a0 Yep, now I realized the cost of being hit in the head by the fan was greater than the pleasure of the cool air generated by the fan.\u00a0 I knew before I got hit that the danger was there, and yet I ignored it.\u00a0 Before you smile and say to yourself, – That Bob, what a dope!\u00a0 Remember that many of us are ignoring dangers all around us by permitting the world or our personal wants to define who Jesus is.\u00a0 This danger (of trying to hold onto a non-biblical Jesus) has a much greater danger than a bump on the side of the head.\u00a0 Maybe the bumps of life are there to remind us – we’re not as clever as we think we are?<\/em><\/p>\n

Week Four \u2013 Beholding God in the Face of Jesus<\/strong><\/p>\n

Week one begins with a biography about Samuel Rutherford.\u00a0 Some of the high and low points of his life and a little about what drove him.\u00a0 Pastor in Scotland in 1627, his focus was the beauty and majesty of Christ.\u00a0 In the early years of the ministry, he lost his children and his wife was very sick.\u00a0 He fell out of favor with the crown and was banished from the pulpit but during his banishment, he wrote many letter and these have been gathered together and published to show his teaching about Christ.<\/p>\n

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The Lesson: Beholding God in the Face of Jesus<\/strong><\/p>\n

It is important to use the resources that God has provide to get the proper understanding of the Himself. \u00a0Those are:<\/p>\n

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  1. The Scriptures<\/li>\n
  2. The Person of His Son<\/li>\n
  3. The Work of His Son<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Psalms 45:1-2 – My heart overflows with a good theme; I address my verses to the King; My tongue is the pen of a ready writer. You are fairer than the sons of men; Grace is poured upon Your lips; Therefore God has blessed You forever<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

    Isaiah 9:6-7 – For a child will be born to us, a son will be given to us; And the government will rest on His shoulders; And His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace. There will be no end to the increase of His government or of peace, On the throne of David and over his kingdom, To establish it and to uphold it with justice and righteousness From then on and forevermore. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will accomplish this<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

    Gal 2:20 – I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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    St. Ignatius \u201cApart from Christ, let nothing dazzle you\u201d<\/p>\n

    Spurgeon \u2013 \u201cI\u2019d rather be blind, deaf and dumb and lose my taste and smell than not to love Christ. \u00a0To be unable to appreciate Him is the worst of all disabilities.\u201d<\/p>\n

    John Snyder – \u201cYou do not know the person of God unless the person of Christ is dear to you.\u201d<\/p>\n

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    Books that are popular reflect the health of the church at that particular time, both positively and negatively. \u00a0Christianity that was focused on Christ used to be the norm. \u00a0But in our day, books appear to be mainly focused on what we can get from Christ, not about the loveliness of Christ. \u00a0\u00a0He mentioned several books from the past that focus on Christ including 1) Christ in Song by Philip Schaff; \u00a02) Looking Unto Jesus by Isaac Ambrose; 3) Rejoicing in the Lord Jesus by Robert Asty; and 4) Christ All in All to Believers by Philip Henry.<\/p>\n

    Why are the top sellers of our day not about Christ? \u00a0Knowing Jesus is not an important PART of the Christian life, IT IS THE CHRISTIAN LIFE.\u00a0 What we tend to hear is what Christ can do for us, not about who Christ is. \u00a0We must pray to God to reveal Christ to us!\u00a0 These books of our modern day are not evil, but it shows us where we are focused. \u00a0We are focused not on Christ, but rather on what Christ can do for me.<\/p>\n

    A lowered view of God cannot occur without it affecting your view of Christ. \u00a0The church is uninterested in Christ and at times to the point of bored with Christ. \u00a0And with our small view of God, it is no surprise that we are not assured that we need Him in our life. \u00a0If we have a small view of God, and the fullness of the deity dwells in Christ, is it any wonder that we are not dazzled by Christ? \u00a0We appear that we are big enough to know all of God \u2013 but that is because our God is too small.<\/p>\n

    John 1:18 – No one has seen God at any time; the only begotten God who is in the bosom of the Father, He has explained Him<\/strong>.\u00a0 2 Cor. 4:6 – For God, who said, \u201cLight shall shine out of darkness,\u201d is the One who has shone in our hearts to give the Light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

    Have you asked yourself the question:\u00a0 What have I learned about Christ this day, this week, this month, or this year? \u00a0We should expect the Church, the bride of Christ to spend more time looking to Christ than gazing in a mirror.<\/p>\n

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    1. We must determine to not have a narrow view of Jesus.<\/li>\n
    2. We don\u2019t want a Jesus of our own invention. \u00a0We want the Christ of the Bible. \u00a0We don\u2019t want a diminished view but a living, real knowledge of Him.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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      Do we determine to know Christ not matter the cost?<\/p>\n

      Do we determine to know Christ better than anyone else.<\/p>\n

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