Jesus is the Answer Sermon

Friends, Jesus is the answer and he answers the questions of our lives. Who am I? Where did I come from? Where am I going? Why is there evil in the world? Is there a God? What do I do with my life? How am I supposed to live? What do I do with regrets? What happens after death? Can I just tell you his name is Jesus? And, he is the Lord who saves us from sin. His name is Messiah. He is the promise keeping anointed God who came in flesh to forgive us and make us new, only things that God can do. He is the son who gives us his spirit and empowers us to live abundant and eternal life now and forevermore. He is truly the savior of the world. [00:30:36] (46 seconds)  #JesusIsTheAnswer

The son of God gave us the spirit of God so that we wouldn't just pray a prayer one time and not be it. He fills us with the same spirit that raised Jesus from the dead so that we wouldn't fall away from Jesus, that we would stay in love with Jesus, that we would live out the things that he has called us to live out. Why? Because he actually wants abundant and eternal life for you right here and right now and forevermore. Amen? People are asking, how do I live? What do I do? What is my purpose? And, the son gives us his spirit to answer that question in our lives. He is the son. [00:26:13] (35 seconds)  #SpiritEmpowersLife

Only God can take those who are far off and bring them near. Only God can take those who are broken and heal them and make them whole. Only God can step into the grave on our behalf and take those who have no breath in their lungs and fill them with breath and hope a new life. Amen? And can I tell you, Jesus is God? He is God, and he renews us and he offers life in his name. He declared, it is finished that we might live fully and eternally in him. Amen? [00:23:22] (31 seconds)  #GodGivesNewLife

I think if you were to look around the world right now, there's some pretty big questions that people are asking. Right? Questions about identity, questions about purpose and meaning in life, questions about what do we do with evil in the world and brokenness in society and wars and turmoil. What do we what do we do about these things? Is there a God? What happens after death? How am I supposed to live? There are so many questions, but as we celebrate this morning, Jesus is the answer. And the answer is found in his name. [00:13:15] (29 seconds)  #AnswerFoundInHisName

This is why he wrote it, so that for those of us who have questions that feel far off, that feel full of death and hopelessness and no breath in our lungs, he can meet us and show us, I am Jesus, the Messiah, the Son of God that will save you and bring life to your body. Amen? Amen. In fact, John uses specific language. You can see some of those phrases. Jesus, Messiah, Son, God. He's gonna bring life through his name. He's the savior of the world. [00:10:38] (31 seconds)  #MessiahBringsLife

He meets us in the exile and brokenness of our lives. He reaches into the bondage of slavery and death. He sees the shame that we're dealing with, the isolation that we experience, the darkness of our world, and he meets us so that we can have healing from our brokenness and be filled with his spirit. He secures it not just for a temporary time, but for all of eternity, friends. All eternity. And in fact, this is what was declared about Jesus when he was born in Luke two. Today in the town of David, a savior has been born to you. He is Messiah, the Lord. [00:27:54] (33 seconds)  #HealsAndRestores

And, he connects his name to the saving act of saying, I've heard the misery of my people stuck in bondage, stuck in slavery in Egypt, and I will take them out and move them forward through the seas and move them into a life that is full of hope, and promise, and freedom in a new land. And can I tell you that when Jesus says, I am, he's doing that for us as well? He sees us in the misery of our bondage, and slavery, to death, and sin, and he leads us from that place of brokenness into a new life of hope and freedom in his promise. Amen? [00:22:12] (34 seconds)  #FreedomFromBondage

He is divine. He came in flesh as a real human being named Christ Jesus of Nazareth. Paul talked about in Colossians two, said, all the fullness of the God had dwelt in his body. Mark chapter two, Jesus heals a man who's been paralyzed since birth, and he does it by forgiving his sins. The religious leaders look and say, but only God can forgive sins. And you know what? They're right. Only God can forgive sins. Only God can provide not only temporary healing, but eternal healing. And can I tell you that is who Jesus is? Amen? [00:20:24] (34 seconds)  #JesusIsGod

Only God can lead us from death to life. Amen? Only God can take a sinner and make them a saint. Only God can take those who are far off and bring them near. Only God can take those who are broken and heal them and make them whole. Only God can step into the grave on our behalf and take those who have no breath in their lungs and fill them with breath and hope a new life. Amen? And can I tell you, Jesus is God? He is God, and he renews us and he offers life in his name. He declared, it is finished that we might live fully and eternally in him. Amen? [00:23:15] (38 seconds)