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WHAT BAPTISTS BELIEVE

Part 3 - THE LORD JESUS CHRIST

I. INTRO

1. We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ was and is and ever shall be the eternal Son of God;

2. that He was with the Father and the Holy Ghost in the beginning;

3. that He was God in the flesh;

4. that while here on earth He lived a sinless and spotless life;

5. that He died a supernatural and vicarious death upon the cross for the sins of mankind;

6. that He bodily arose from the dead the third day;

7. that He ascended to the right hand of God to make intercession for the saints;

8. that He will return in the air for the saints and to the Mount of Olivet with His saints to rule and reign for a thousand years on earth;

9. that He hath been given a name that is above every name and all enemies will be put under his feet;

10. and that He will reign eternally. (John 5:23)

II. EXPOSITION

1. Sonship of Jesus
a. (Mt 3:17) “This is my beloved Son,”
b. (Jn 3:16) “He gave his only begotten Son”
c. (Heb 7:3) “Without father, without mother, without descent, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life; but made like unto the Son of God “
d. (Rev 1:8) “Alpha & Omega”
e. (Jn 1:1) “In the beginning was the Word”
2. Second person of the Godhead
a. (Jn 1:1) “And the Word was with God, and the Word was God”
b. (Gen 1:26) Let us make man in our image
c. (Mt 28:19) Name of Father, Son & Holy Ghost
3. Servant-hood of Christ (Jesus was God in the flesh)
a. (Jn 1:14) “And the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us”
b. (Lk 1:31-35) Jesus’ virgin birth
c. (Heb 2:14)
d. (Col 2:9) “In him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily”
4. Sinless life of Jesus
a. (Heb 4:15) “but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin”
b. (2 Cor 5:21) “who knew no sin”
c. (1 Pet 1:19) (1 Pet 2:22)
d. (1 Jn 3:5) “he was manifested to take away our sins, and in him is no sin”
5. Sacrificial Death of Jesus
a. (John 19:30-35)
b. (Rev 13:8) “The Lamb slain from the foundation of the world”
c. (1 Tim 2:5-6)
d. (Col 1:14) (Col 2:14-15)
6. Savior’s Bodily Resurrection
a. (Mt 28:1-8)
b. (1 Cor 15:1-8)
c. (Lk 24:39)
7. Seen Ascension of Jesus
a. (Acts 1:1-4, 9-11)
b. (Heb 10:12)
c. (1 Pet 3:22)
d. (Rom 8:34)
8. Second Coming of Jesus
a. Rapture. (1 Thes 4:13-18)
b. Return to earth (Rev 19:11-21)
c. Rule & Reign in Millenium (Rev 20:1-10)
d. Saints rule w/Jesus (Rev 1:6) (Rev 5:10)
9. Something about the name of Jesus
a. (Phil. 2:5-11)
b. (Acts 4:10-12)
c. (Heb 10:12-13)
10. Sovereign Reign of Jesus for eternity
a. (Heb 1:8-12)
b. (Rev 21:1-7)
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