Transcript Jesus is The Center - Pisgah Church of Christ

IS THE CENTER
(Phil 1:20-21 KJV) According to
my earnest expectation and my
hope, that in nothing I shall be
ashamed, but that with all
boldness, as always, so now
also Christ shall be magnified in
my body, whether it be by life,
or by death. {21} For to me to
live is Christ, and to die is gain.
(Gal 2:19-20 KJV) For I through
the law am dead to the law,
that I might live unto God. {20}
I am crucified with Christ:
nevertheless I live; yet not I,
but Christ liveth in me: and the
life which I now live in the flesh
I live by the faith of the Son of
God, who loved me, and gave
himself for me.
IS THE CENTER OF CHRISTIAN LIVES
(John 14:6 KJV) Jesus
saith unto him, I am
the way, the truth, and
the life: no man
cometh unto the
Father, but by me.
(1 Tim 2:4-6 KJV) Who will have
all men to be saved, and to come
unto the knowledge of the truth.
{5} For there is one God, and one
mediator between God and men,
the man Christ Jesus; {6} Who
gave himself a ransom for all, to
be testified in due time.
IS CENTRAL IN OUR RELATIONSHIP
WITH GOD
(John 1:1-3 KJV) In the
beginning was the Word,
and the Word was with
God, and the Word was
God. {2} The same was in
the beginning with God.
{3} All things were made by
him; and without him was
not any thing made that
was made.
(Eph 3:9 KJV) And to make
all men see what is the
fellowship of the mystery,
which from the beginning of
the world hath been hid in
God, who created all things
by Jesus Christ:
CENTRAL IN CREATION
EVIDENCES
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EVERYTHING BEFORE CHRIST LOOKED FORWARD TO CHRIST
(Eph 1:4-5 KJV) According as
he hath chosen us in him
before the foundation of the
world, that we should be
holy and without blame
before him in love: {5}
Having predestinated us
unto the adoption of
children by Jesus Christ to
himself, according to the
good pleasure of his will,
(1 Pet 1:19-21 KJV) But with the
precious blood of Christ, as of a
lamb without blemish and without
spot: {20} Who verily was
foreordained before the
foundation of the world, but was
manifest in these last times for
you, {21} Who by him do believe in
God, that raised him up from the
dead, and gave him glory; that
your faith and hope might be in
God.
IS THE CENTER OF TIME
GOD IS OUTSIDE OF TIME
EVERYTHING AFTER CHRIST LOOKED BACK TO CHRIST
(Heb 1:1-2 KJV) God,
who at sundry times
and in divers manners
spake in time past unto
the fathers by the
prophets, {2} Hath in
these last days spoken
unto us by his Son,
whom he hath
appointed heir of all
things, by whom also he
made the worlds;
(Eph 2:13 KJV) But now
in Christ Jesus ye who
sometimes were far off
are made nigh by the
blood of Christ.
IS THE CENTER OF TIME
GOD IS OUTSIDE OF TIME
PRACTICAL ILLUSTRATIONS SHOWING
CHRIST AS THE CENTER OF EVERYTHING
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CHRIST AS THE CENTER OF EVERYTHING
(John 8:12 KJV) Then
spake Jesus again
unto them, saying, I
am the light of the
world: he that
followeth me shall
not walk in darkness,
but shall have the
light of life.
(John 1:4 KJV) In
him was life; and
the life was the
light of men.
(John 1:9 KJV) That
was the true Light,
which lighteth
every man that
cometh into the
world.
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(Col 1:16-17 NIV) For
by him all things were
created: things in
heaven and on earth,
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were created by him
and for him. {17} He is
before all things, and in
him all things hold
together.
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