The promise finds its goal and fulfillment in Christ (Lessons 44-45)
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Scheme of Redemption
Scheme of Redemption
The Promise finds its goal and fulfillment in Christ (Lessons 44-45) 2/18/25
Introduction:
Introduction:
* Last week we looked at the promise as seen throughout the Old Testament.
* Today we are going to see the promise will be seen in light of its New Testament fulfillment
Aim:
Aim:
* To give understanding that the New Testament declares that the fruition and fulfillment of the promise is realized in Christ Jesus.
* To look at sections of the New Testament that stress the promise and emphasize Jesus of Nazareth as the ultimate and goal.
Outline:
Outline:
Peter declares Jesus is the goal and the fulfillment (Act2:11-26)
11 Cretans and Arabs—we hear them in our own tongues speaking of the mighty deeds of God.” 12 And they all continued in amazement and great perplexity, saying to one another, “What does this mean?” 13 But others were mocking and saying, “They are full of sweet wine.” 14 But Peter, taking his stand with the eleven, raised his voice and declared to them: “Men of Judea and all you who live in Jerusalem, let this be known to you and give heed to my words. 15 “For these men are not drunk, as you suppose, for it is only the third hour of the day; 16 but this is what was spoken of through the prophet Joel: 17 ‘And it shall be in the last days,’ God says, ‘That I will pour forth of My Spirit on all mankind; And your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, And your young men shall see visions, And your old men shall dream dreams; 18 Even on My bondslaves, both men and women, I will in those days pour forth of My Spirit And they shall prophesy. 19 ‘And I will grant wonders in the sky above And signs on the earth below, Blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke. 20 ‘The sun will be turned into darkness And the moon into blood, Before the great and glorious day of the Lord shall come. 21 ‘And it shall be that everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.’ 22 “Men of Israel, listen to these words: Jesus the Nazarene, a man attested to you by God with miracles and wonders and signs which God performed through Him in your midst, just as you yourselves know— 23 this Man, delivered over by the predetermined plan and foreknowledge of God, you nailed to a cross by the hands of godless men and put Him to death. 24 “But God raised Him up again, putting an end to the agony of death, since it was impossible for Him to be held in its power. 25 “For David says of Him, ‘I saw the Lord always in my presence; For He is at my right hand, so that I will not be shaken. 26 ‘Therefore my heart was glad and my tongue exulted; Moreover my flesh also will live in hope;
(v.13) God has glorified His servant: Jesus
(v.14) - You disowned the Holy and Righteous One
(v.15) - He is the prince of life, whom God raised from the dead and you have seen.
(v.18) - Again God declared through the prophets about His Christ.
(v.20) - Jesus the Christ was appointed
(vv.22-23) - Peter affirms Jesus is the prophet that Moses prophesied.
(vv.25-26) Finally, Peter again shows that in the fulfillment of the promise made to Abraham, Jesus is God’s servant.
Paul declares that Jesus is the goal and fulfillment of the promise (Act13:23-39)
23 “From the descendants of this man, according to promise, God has brought to Israel a Savior, Jesus, 24 after John had proclaimed before His coming a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel. 25 “And while John was completing his course, he kept saying, ‘What do you suppose that I am? I am not He. But behold, one is coming after me the sandals of whose feet I am not worthy to untie.’ 26 “Brethren, sons of Abraham’s family, and those among you who fear God, to us the message of this salvation has been sent. 27 “For those who live in Jerusalem, and their rulers, recognizing neither Him nor the utterances of the prophets which are read every Sabbath, fulfilled these by condemning Him. 28 “And though they found no ground for putting Him to death, they asked Pilate that He be executed. 29 “When they had carried out all that was written concerning Him, they took Him down from the cross and laid Him in a tomb. 30 “But God raised Him from the dead; 31 and for many days He appeared to those who came up with Him from Galilee to Jerusalem, the very ones who are now His witnesses to the people. 32 “And we preach to you the good news of the promise made to the fathers, 33 that God has fulfilled this promise to our children in that He raised up Jesus, as it is also written in the second Psalm, ‘You are My Son; today i have begotten You.’ 34 “As for the fact that He raised Him up from the dead, no longer to return to decay, He has spoken in this way: ‘I will give you the holy and sure blessings of David.’ 35 “Therefore He also says in another Psalm, ‘You will not allow Your Holy One to undergo decay.’ 36 “For David, after he had served the purpose of God in his own generation, fell asleep, and was laid among his fathers and underwent decay; 37 but He whom God raised did not undergo decay. 38 “Therefore let it be known to you, brethren, that through Him forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you, 39 and through Him everyone who believes is freed from all things, from which you could not be freed through the Law of Moses.
(v.23) Descendants of “this man” (David, v.22) is Savior, is Jesus.
(vv.32-33) Jesus, God’s Son, This supports that claim that Jesus was the realization and fulfillment
* (v.35) He is God’s Holy one, So we have Peter said it, now Paul says it.
* (vv.38-39) Through this man (Jesus) is forgiveness of sins and in some versions it may use the word justification of sins.
* For your notes and further study on your own you can note down Act26:6-23, 28:23-31).
* Staying with Paul a little longer (Gal3:6-9, 13-14, 26-20, 3:15-19, 22)
* Back in (v.1) staying in context Paul clearly speaks of Jesus the Crucified one is “Jesus the Christ”
* The Christ, or Jesus the Christ, or Christ Jesus is used in all the verses you just noted down.
* Now in (Gal3:15-19) Paul comes to a crescendo, the peak of his discourse, when he identifies the seed, singular, from Abraham’s loins bring redemption to all nations through Christ.
* Paul is quoting from (Gen22:18) in (v.16)
* Remember we have looked at the seed promise in the Old Testament and we are seeing that that promise, seed, singular, was fulfilled in Jesus the Christ.
Conclusion:
Conclusion:
* From the promise, the covenant entered into with Abram some 2,000 years before, Jesus is the Christ the fulfillment of the promise.
* In this, Jesus is Man’s Salvation and Redemption, for whether Jew or Gentile (Act2:38-39, 10:1ff) it is in Christ that the blessing of forgiveness of sins and eternal life is found.
* Note down Heb6:17-20; Rom11:25-29, Gal3:15-18) for your notes to further see the basis of Gods immutable and irrevocable promise!
The promise is the basis of that which gives hope (Lesson 45)
The promise is the basis of that which gives hope (Lesson 45)
Introduction:
Without hope man cannot survive. He lives and dies in hope.
Think about what is the definition of hope? Where do you get that definition?
Hope, as is used in the word, in the revealed truth means, earnest desire and expectation (Heb11:1; differing translations)
Aim:
To show that the promise is that which gives us hope, to those who have faith.
To realize that this hope is found in Christ in whom we must trust and obey .
Outline:
Abraham, the Father of the faithful (Rom 4:1-25)
(vv.1-9) it was Abrahams faith that accounted him as righteousness
(vv.10-11) This righteousness was accounted hundreds of years before the law of Moses. It was even before circumcision. That he might be the father of many nations. To them that believe.
(v.12) Both Jews (the circumcised) and the Gentiles (uncircumcised) are accounted as righteousness, those who walk in the faith of Abraham
(vv.13-15) The promise was not through the Law, but through the righteousness found in faith.
(vv.16-22) It was of faith that it might be according to grace; that it may be sure to all the seed.’ (ref: Gal3:28-29 too)
(vv.23-25) Righteousness is reckoned also to all who believe on Him that raised Jesus from the dead.
Christ, the hope of the faithful (Heb6:13-14, 17-20, also note down 11:39-40, 12:1-2)
(vv.13-17) This hope is based on God’s promise to Abraham
(vv.18-20) -This hope is an anchor of the soul being founded upon God’s oath and promises.
(11:38-39; 12:1-2; 1Tim1:1) - Jesus is the author and perfecter of our faith, and Jesus is our hope.
Conclusion:
God’s eternal purpose and promise is assured in hope to those who have obedient faith (Tit1:1-4)
It is the Christ in you, which is the hope of glory (Col1:24-29)
If man does not have His hope set in Christ, who is man’s only hope, He has no hope at all.
Note down Act4:12; 1Pt1:3; 1The5:1-11; and Col1:3-5)
