First Baptist Church of Cambridge Springs
Unprecedented!
- Christ’s Authority, Command, & Presence are Unprecedented so believe, obey, & depend on Him!
Matthew 28:16–17 ESV Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them. And when they saw him they worshiped him, but some doubted.1- We Believe in Christ’s Unprecedented Authority!Matthew 28:18 ESV And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.Daniel 7:13–14 ESV “I saw in the night visions, and behold, with the clouds of heaven there came one like a son of man, and he came to the Ancient of Days and was presented before him. And to him was given dominion and glory and a kingdom, that all peoples, nations, and languages should serve him; his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom one that shall not be destroyed.By these words the missionary office is bound upon the Church through all ages, till every part of the earth shall have been evangelized.Philippians 2:9–11 ESV Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.Revelation 7:9 ESV After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands,Matthew 8:26 ESV And he said to them, “Why are you afraid, O you of little faith?” Then he rose and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm.Matthew 4:23–24 ESV And he went throughout all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom and healing every disease and every affliction among the people. So his fame spread throughout all Syria, and they brought him all the sick, those afflicted with various diseases and pains, those oppressed by demons, those having seizures, and paralytics, and he healed them.Matthew 8:32 ESV And he said to them, “Go.” So they came out and went into the pigs, and behold, the whole herd rushed down the steep bank into the sea and drowned in the waters.Matthew 9:2 ESV And behold, some people brought to him a paralytic, lying on a bed. And when Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, “Take heart, my son; your sins are forgiven.”Matthew 16:24–25 ESV Then Jesus told his disciples, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.Matthew 25:31–33 ESV “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne. Before him will be gathered all the nations, and he will separate people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. And he will place the sheep on his right, but the goats on the left.Revelation 5:9–10 ESV And they sang a new song, saying, “Worthy are you to take the scroll and to open its seals, for you were slain, and by your blood you ransomed people for God from every tribe and language and people and nation, and you have made them a kingdom and priests to our God, and they shall reign on the earth.”Snuffer/Candle- Barnhouse 65Matthew 24:14 ESV And this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.He must have supreme and truly divine dominion, who commands eternal life to be promised in his name, the whole world to be reduced under his sway, ...And certainly the apostles would never have been persuaded to attempt such an arduous task, had they not known that their Protector and Avenger was sitting in heaven, to whom supreme dominion had been given.2- We Obey Christ’s Unprecedented Command!Matthew 28:19 ESV Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,Matthew 4:19 ESV And he said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.”Acts 1:8 ESV But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”huperretal/row under-Barnhouse 65Baptism is a mere ceremonial and initial act of obedience to Christ, which should be followed by a lifelong obedience to all his commandments. The person who is discipled and baptized is only started in a course of Christian living.Titus 1:9 ESV He must hold firm to the trustworthy word as taught, so that he may be able to give instruction in sound doctrine and also to rebuke those who contradict it.3-We Depend on Christ’s Unprecedented Presence.We are not to invent anything new; nor to change anything to suit the current of the age; but to teach the baptized believers to observe “all things whatsoever” our Divine King has commanded. -CH SpurgeonMatthew 1:23 ESV “Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel” (which means, God with us).Matthew 28:20 ESV teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”Ephesians 3:20 ESV Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us,“Expect great things from God; attempt great things for God!” William CareyRevelation 22:4 ESV They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads. Daniel 7:13–14ESV
Revelation 7:9ESV
Matthew 8:26ESV
Matthew 4:23–24ESV
Matthew 8:32ESV
Matthew 9:2ESV
Matthew 16:24–25ESV
Matthew 25:31–33ESV
Revelation 5:9–10ESV
Matthew 24:14ESV
Matthew 28:19ESV
Matthew 4:19ESV
Acts 1:8ESV
Titus 1:9ESV
Matthew 1:23ESV
Matthew 28:20ESV
Ephesians 3:20ESV
Revelation 22:4ESV
First Baptist Church of Cambridge Springs
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