All of Jesus - 2 Peter 1:1-2
Posted by Calvary Chapel Fremont at 3/21/2010 6:21 PM 
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Tags: Pastor Tim Brown Calvary Chapel Fremont Jesus Peter
Pastor Tim Brown, Calvary Chapel Fremont, Sunday March 21, 2010
All of Jesus
2 Peter 1:1-2
Peter had tasted the bitterness of saying 'No' to Jesus. He knew what it's like to be out of step w/ the Lord. He experienced denying the truth that he was convinced was from God. He was aware of the crushing of the soul/destruction that came in wake of saying 'No' to Jesus. So when Peter heard that there were those teaching the church to say ‘No’ to Jesus, he got all fired up.
Cf. 2:1 - false teachers deny Jesus. Deny = to say ‘no’/disregard/ reject. This is exactly what Peter did in the courtyard – he said ‘No’ to Jesus. He knows the devastation/brokenness of denial. Peter may have denied Jesus once, but he has spent the rest of his life declaring who He is/what He has done. He writes this letter not only to declare Jesus to the church but also to defend the church from those who would diminish Jesus.
Four declarations concerning Jesus: God/Savior/Christ/Lord.
The most precious possession of the church/our most valued treasure/that w/o which the church cannot be the church/ that w/o which you cannot be saved is Jesus Christ. Take away Christ and the church crumbles. Do away w/ Jesus and be done w/ salvation.
The most treasured possession of the church is not the Bible/our most valued boast is not our good works/not our doctrine about Jesus Christ/not 2,000 years of church tradition and history/not the bread and the wine/not the baptismal pool – the most treasured possession of the church is Jesus Christ. Take away the Bible/creeds/traditions/ sacraments/buildings – and I still have Christ. Give me the Bible/ creeds/traditions/sacraments/ bands/buildings/budgets – but leave out Christ, I have nothing. It is a fatal mistake to leave out Jesus. This is why Peter writes for this is what the false teachers do.
The false teachers teach some of Jesus, but not all of Jesus. They build a bridge ½ way over a chasm and then send you out on it. I want/need all of the bridge. I want/need all of Jesus. I need a bridge that meets bedrock on this side and the other side. I need One who is fully man and fully God – who has taken hold of man and taken hold of God and can bring me safely to God.
There are those who would tell us that Jesus isn’t God/Savior/Christ /Lord. They are walking your neighborhoods/knocking on your door/distributing their literature/wanting to enter your home and do a Bible study w/ you. Their goal is to take Jesus from you and make you twice the son of hell that they are. This is like someone taking the transmission out of your car. Yes, from the outside it looks the same/on the inside it feels the same. You can hear the hum of the engine/stereo system/heat & AC/recline in leather seats. It looks/feels the same except when you shift n2 gear, it doesn’t go anywhere. It might look good/feel good, but it doesn’t go anywhere. A church where Jesus isn’t God/Savior/Christ/Lord is a church that may look real good/feel good…but not going anywhere – not even to heaven.
Would you stand by and let someone steal your transmission? Peter isn’t going to stand by and watch as someone guts the church. He insists that Jesus is God/Savior/Christ/Lord. He anticipates the attacks coming upon the church and moves in to bring strength.
Jesus is God – Father/Son are co-eternal/co-essential
* For the Mormon/JW/Muslim/Jew/Hindu (in any meaningful way)/ Buddhist/atheist/secularist/humanist/relativist/New Ager/ Scientologist/agnostic– Jesus is not God.
Since He is not God in these religions, they do not honor Him as we honor Him. And since He’s not God, there is something/someone of greater value than Jesus Christ. But if Jesus is God, He’s deserving of our highest worship/deepest commitment. If He is God and other religions don’t honor Him as God but recognize something/someone as having greater authority/higher place, this is idolatry.
“You say Jesus is God and I say Jesus was a great moral teacher. So what? Big deal!” Here’s the so what/big deal – ideas have consequences. The Bible teaches/history demonstrates that when man diminishes God, man diminishes man.
The 20th century is the bloodiest century in history. 86 million were killed in wars, and another 120 million have been slaughtered in government sponsored mass murder. All this was occurring at a time when some of our most prominent theologians were telling us that mankind itself is evolving – we are getting better and better – less brutish and more enlightened. We are? The 21st century opened with a bang on 9-11. And off we are to war again. Let’s face it – man is not getting better and better, man remains the same – we are stuck in a rut. Man’s heart is selfish, proud, and fearful because of … sin. Sin has us tied up in knots. No amount of education, government subsidy, or moral training will rid humanity of their sinful heart. Here is our problem - we don’t know God!
When man turns from God, man turns on man. But when man turns to God, man is for man. “But doesn’t the church have blood on its hands in Jesus’ name.” Yes/shameful. They did it in Jesus’ name, but not in Jesus’ Spirit. Do damage to man and to own soul.
The Bible insists that Jesus is God.
Book recommendation: Putting Jesus in His Place | Robert Bowman Jr. and J. Ed Komoszewski | Kregel. In this book they make a case for the deity of Jesus Christ. The chapters are arranged in the form of an acrostic – HANDS. Jesus is God because He is given the same:
Honor – they worshiped Jesus as they worshiped God
Attributes – fullness of deity in bodily form/before Abraham I AM
Names – I AM/King of kings and Lord of lords
Deeds – raises the dead/judges all mankind
Seat - Thy throne, O God…/seated at right hand (blasphemy)
Jesus is Savior - saved us from our sins 1:9
Jesus is not only God, He is Savior/Deliverer. This says two things – that God is our Savior and that it took God to save us. This tells us how good God is and how great our sin is.
TV commercial about a phone/forgot to turn off lights/do it remotely from the phone. Why didn’t God just forgive our sins from heaven? He could not do it remotely and satisfy His justice. If your son was murdered, would you just say, “I forgive you”? Would you let your son’s murderer come in your house and watch TV and would you ask him if he wanted popcorn!? Of course not. A price has 2b paid. A sacrifice had 2b made/man not a worthy sacrifice/a substitute had 2b brought forward - that substitute is our Savior. Undercover Boss/ Undercover God
Jesus is the Christ
Genesis 3:15. OT: Someone is coming. NT: Someone has come. Jesus - promised anointed one of the OT who is revealed in the NT – fulfilling the OT prophecies.
Jesus is Lord
Kurios = one having authority. When it 1st emerged, this word meant the owner of a slave/legal guardian of a wife or a girl. The word came to mean one who has full authority.
Therefore let all the house of Israel know for certain that God has made Him both Lord and Christ—this Jesus whom you crucified. Acts 2:36
Lord – Lord is Greek OT’s title for yhwh. All four gospels apply Is. 40:3 prepare ye the way of the Lord (yhwh) and apply it to John the Baptist and Jesus. Mt. 3:3; Mk. 1:3; Lk. 3:4; Jn. 1:23.
This full bodied understanding of Jesus is important to the church because what Peter joins together here in vv1-2, the false teachers will try and separate in C2. Many attacks on Jesus today – atheists/ skeptical scholarship/popular literature Da Vinci Code/Last Templar reducing him to a mere man.
Jesus as God is to be worshiped
Jesus as Savior is to be loved
Jesus as the Christ is to be trusted
Jesus as Lord is to be obeyed
Jesus wants to fill you
Grace is God treating you better than you deserve.
Peace is the experience of your soul being at rest.
Grace/peace multiplied 2u – an overabundance. If you are at an auction and you have $1M w/ you, and you know for a fact that the most cash flush person only has $100, you have a great peace that anything you want to bid on is yours. But if you don’t know, there might be some anxiety when others begin to bid against you. If you really know Jesus, you know that there is no one who can out-spend Him. You’ll never say, “Uh-oh, I think my circumstances are greater than Jesus.” I have a glorious assurance that whatever fix I am in, Jesus is greater/sustain me.
How? Through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord. Do you know Jesus as Jesus longs 4u2 know Him? This isn’t school knowledge, this is street knowledge. This isn’t knowledge that informs you, but knowledge that forms you. Have you taken all of Jesus for yourself?
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All of Jesus
2 Peter 1:1-2
Peter had tasted the bitterness of saying 'No' to Jesus. He knew what it's like to be out of step w/ the Lord. He experienced denying the truth that he was convinced was from God. He was aware of the crushing of the soul/destruction that came in wake of saying 'No' to Jesus. So when Peter heard that there were those teaching the church to say ‘No’ to Jesus, he got all fired up.
Cf. 2:1 - false teachers deny Jesus. Deny = to say ‘no’/disregard/ reject. This is exactly what Peter did in the courtyard – he said ‘No’ to Jesus. He knows the devastation/brokenness of denial. Peter may have denied Jesus once, but he has spent the rest of his life declaring who He is/what He has done. He writes this letter not only to declare Jesus to the church but also to defend the church from those who would diminish Jesus.
Four declarations concerning Jesus: God/Savior/Christ/Lord.
The most precious possession of the church/our most valued treasure/that w/o which the church cannot be the church/ that w/o which you cannot be saved is Jesus Christ. Take away Christ and the church crumbles. Do away w/ Jesus and be done w/ salvation.
The most treasured possession of the church is not the Bible/our most valued boast is not our good works/not our doctrine about Jesus Christ/not 2,000 years of church tradition and history/not the bread and the wine/not the baptismal pool – the most treasured possession of the church is Jesus Christ. Take away the Bible/creeds/traditions/ sacraments/buildings – and I still have Christ. Give me the Bible/ creeds/traditions/sacraments/ bands/buildings/budgets – but leave out Christ, I have nothing. It is a fatal mistake to leave out Jesus. This is why Peter writes for this is what the false teachers do.
The false teachers teach some of Jesus, but not all of Jesus. They build a bridge ½ way over a chasm and then send you out on it. I want/need all of the bridge. I want/need all of Jesus. I need a bridge that meets bedrock on this side and the other side. I need One who is fully man and fully God – who has taken hold of man and taken hold of God and can bring me safely to God.
There are those who would tell us that Jesus isn’t God/Savior/Christ /Lord. They are walking your neighborhoods/knocking on your door/distributing their literature/wanting to enter your home and do a Bible study w/ you. Their goal is to take Jesus from you and make you twice the son of hell that they are. This is like someone taking the transmission out of your car. Yes, from the outside it looks the same/on the inside it feels the same. You can hear the hum of the engine/stereo system/heat & AC/recline in leather seats. It looks/feels the same except when you shift n2 gear, it doesn’t go anywhere. It might look good/feel good, but it doesn’t go anywhere. A church where Jesus isn’t God/Savior/Christ/Lord is a church that may look real good/feel good…but not going anywhere – not even to heaven.
Would you stand by and let someone steal your transmission? Peter isn’t going to stand by and watch as someone guts the church. He insists that Jesus is God/Savior/Christ/Lord. He anticipates the attacks coming upon the church and moves in to bring strength.
Jesus is God – Father/Son are co-eternal/co-essential
* For the Mormon/JW/Muslim/Jew/Hindu (in any meaningful way)/ Buddhist/atheist/secularist/humanist/relativist/New Ager/ Scientologist/agnostic– Jesus is not God.
Since He is not God in these religions, they do not honor Him as we honor Him. And since He’s not God, there is something/someone of greater value than Jesus Christ. But if Jesus is God, He’s deserving of our highest worship/deepest commitment. If He is God and other religions don’t honor Him as God but recognize something/someone as having greater authority/higher place, this is idolatry.
“You say Jesus is God and I say Jesus was a great moral teacher. So what? Big deal!” Here’s the so what/big deal – ideas have consequences. The Bible teaches/history demonstrates that when man diminishes God, man diminishes man.
The 20th century is the bloodiest century in history. 86 million were killed in wars, and another 120 million have been slaughtered in government sponsored mass murder. All this was occurring at a time when some of our most prominent theologians were telling us that mankind itself is evolving – we are getting better and better – less brutish and more enlightened. We are? The 21st century opened with a bang on 9-11. And off we are to war again. Let’s face it – man is not getting better and better, man remains the same – we are stuck in a rut. Man’s heart is selfish, proud, and fearful because of … sin. Sin has us tied up in knots. No amount of education, government subsidy, or moral training will rid humanity of their sinful heart. Here is our problem - we don’t know God!
When man turns from God, man turns on man. But when man turns to God, man is for man. “But doesn’t the church have blood on its hands in Jesus’ name.” Yes/shameful. They did it in Jesus’ name, but not in Jesus’ Spirit. Do damage to man and to own soul.
The Bible insists that Jesus is God.
Book recommendation: Putting Jesus in His Place | Robert Bowman Jr. and J. Ed Komoszewski | Kregel. In this book they make a case for the deity of Jesus Christ. The chapters are arranged in the form of an acrostic – HANDS. Jesus is God because He is given the same:
Honor – they worshiped Jesus as they worshiped God
Attributes – fullness of deity in bodily form/before Abraham I AM
Names – I AM/King of kings and Lord of lords
Deeds – raises the dead/judges all mankind
Seat - Thy throne, O God…/seated at right hand (blasphemy)
Jesus is Savior - saved us from our sins 1:9
Jesus is not only God, He is Savior/Deliverer. This says two things – that God is our Savior and that it took God to save us. This tells us how good God is and how great our sin is.
TV commercial about a phone/forgot to turn off lights/do it remotely from the phone. Why didn’t God just forgive our sins from heaven? He could not do it remotely and satisfy His justice. If your son was murdered, would you just say, “I forgive you”? Would you let your son’s murderer come in your house and watch TV and would you ask him if he wanted popcorn!? Of course not. A price has 2b paid. A sacrifice had 2b made/man not a worthy sacrifice/a substitute had 2b brought forward - that substitute is our Savior. Undercover Boss/ Undercover God
Jesus is the Christ
Genesis 3:15. OT: Someone is coming. NT: Someone has come. Jesus - promised anointed one of the OT who is revealed in the NT – fulfilling the OT prophecies.
Jesus is Lord
Kurios = one having authority. When it 1st emerged, this word meant the owner of a slave/legal guardian of a wife or a girl. The word came to mean one who has full authority.
Therefore let all the house of Israel know for certain that God has made Him both Lord and Christ—this Jesus whom you crucified. Acts 2:36
Lord – Lord is Greek OT’s title for yhwh. All four gospels apply Is. 40:3 prepare ye the way of the Lord (yhwh) and apply it to John the Baptist and Jesus. Mt. 3:3; Mk. 1:3; Lk. 3:4; Jn. 1:23.
This full bodied understanding of Jesus is important to the church because what Peter joins together here in vv1-2, the false teachers will try and separate in C2. Many attacks on Jesus today – atheists/ skeptical scholarship/popular literature Da Vinci Code/Last Templar reducing him to a mere man.
Jesus as God is to be worshiped
Jesus as Savior is to be loved
Jesus as the Christ is to be trusted
Jesus as Lord is to be obeyed
Jesus wants to fill you
Grace is God treating you better than you deserve.
Peace is the experience of your soul being at rest.
Grace/peace multiplied 2u – an overabundance. If you are at an auction and you have $1M w/ you, and you know for a fact that the most cash flush person only has $100, you have a great peace that anything you want to bid on is yours. But if you don’t know, there might be some anxiety when others begin to bid against you. If you really know Jesus, you know that there is no one who can out-spend Him. You’ll never say, “Uh-oh, I think my circumstances are greater than Jesus.” I have a glorious assurance that whatever fix I am in, Jesus is greater/sustain me.
How? Through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord. Do you know Jesus as Jesus longs 4u2 know Him? This isn’t school knowledge, this is street knowledge. This isn’t knowledge that informs you, but knowledge that forms you. Have you taken all of Jesus for yourself?
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