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BIG IDEA

• Follow the action.

• Jesus is the Son of God.

The Son of God Announced vv. 9-11

• Jesus is like us

• Jesus is not like us

ISAIAH 11:2

And the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord.

ISAIAH 42:1

Behold my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen, in whom my soul delights; I have put my Spirit upon him; he will bring forth justice to the nations.

ISAIAH 61:1

The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound;

PSALM 2:7

I will tell of the decree: The Lord said to me, “You are my Son; today I have begotten you.”

The Son of God Victorious vv. 12-13

• The battle was not accidental

• The victory was not accidental

The Son of God Announces the Kingdom vv. 14-15

• The kingdom is here

• Are you loyal or treasonous?

• The command is an invitation.

• The invitation is a command.

• Be repenting.

• Be believing.

PSALM 103:19

The Lord has established his throne in the heavens, and his kingdom rules over all.

LUKE 17:20-21

20 Being asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, he answered them, “The kingdom of God is not coming in ways that can be observed, 21 nor will they say, ‘Look, here it is!’ or ‘There!’ for behold, the kingdom of God is in the midst of you.”

PSALM 2:7-8

I will tell of the decree: The Lord said to me, “You are my Son; today I have begotten you. Ask of me, and I will make the nations your heritage, and the ends of the earth your possession.

REVELATION 21:1-4

Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. 2 And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. 3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God. 4 He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.”

1 CORINTHIANS 15:3-4

3 For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, 4 that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures,

ACTS 2:37-38

37 Now when they heard this they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?” 38 And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

ACTS 16:30-31

30 Then [the jailer] brought [Paul and Silas] out and said, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?” 31 And they said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household.”

ACTS 17:30

The times of ignorance God overlooked, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent,

ACTS 20:18-21

“You yourselves know how I lived among you the whole time from the first day that I set foot in Asia…how I did not shrink from declaring to you anything that was profitable, and teaching you in public and from house to house, testifying both to Jews and to Greeks of repentance toward God and of faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.