3: Jesus Is Compelling • Matthew chapter 11 verses 1 to 24 • Simon Chaplin

3: Jesus Is Compelling

Matthew chapter 11 verses 1 to 24 • Simon Chaplin

 

INTRODUCTION

IF JESUS IS SO COMPELLING WHY DON’T MORE PEOPLE BELIEVE?

1)  We have wrong _________________     (verses 2-3)

2)  We want to be in _________________   (verses 7-15)

3)  We want more _________________     (verses 20-24)

WHY JESUS IS COMPELLING

1)  He fulfils _________________

Matthew 11:3-4 & Isaiah 35:5-6, Isaiah 61:1

Isaiah. 35:5-6
Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf unstopped; then shall the lame man leap like a deer, and the tongue of the mute sing for joy.

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.

Matt 11:5
The blind receive sight, the lame walk, those who have leprosy are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is proclaimed to the poor

2)  God’s word is _________________

Isaiah 61:1, 1 Corinthians 12:3, 1 Thessalonians 1:4

– what are we compelled to ?

3)  God’s word show us his _________________ in the _________________

2 Corinthians 5:14

– what are we compelled to ?

CONCLUSION

 

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