Jesus Christ Is God
About this sermon
In “Jesus Christ Is God,” Pastor Dean Odle presents a Scripture-centered message about faith, family discipleship, the authority of Scripture. Drawing especially from 1 Corinthians 11, 1 Corinthians 5, John 14, John 7, the teaching emphasizes that biblical faith trusts God’s character and acts upon His promises. Odle connects that foundation with the conviction that faithfulness in the home requires instruction, loving correction, protection, and a consistent Christian example.
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Odle focuses on faith. The message argues that biblical faith trusts God’s character and acts upon His promises. It connects this with the conviction that Scripture is presented as the standard for doctrine, discernment, and daily obedience. The practical emphasis is to trust God’s promises and refuse decisions governed by fear.
Odle focuses on faith. The message argues that biblical faith trusts God’s character and acts upon His promises. It connects this with the conviction that the believer must answer fear with trust in God, sober judgment, and faithful action. The practical emphasis is to trust God’s promises and refuse decisions governed by fear.
Odle focuses on family discipleship while working through John 14, John 7, John 1. The message argues that faithfulness in the home requires instruction, loving correction, protection, and a consistent Christian example. It connects this with the conviction that God’s judgment is treated as righteous, certain, and a reason to repent while mercy is offered. The practical emphasis is to trust God’s promises and refuse decisions governed by fear.
Odle focuses on family discipleship while working through John 14, John 1. The message argues that faithfulness in the home requires instruction, loving correction, protection, and a consistent Christian example. It connects this with the conviction that biblical faith trusts God’s character and acts upon His promises. The practical emphasis is to trust God’s promises and refuse decisions governed by fear.
Odle focuses on family discipleship. The message argues that faithfulness in the home requires instruction, loving correction, protection, and a consistent Christian example. It connects this with the conviction that the promise of eternal life directs believers toward hope, holiness, and perseverance in Christ. The practical emphasis is to trust God’s promises and refuse decisions governed by fear.
Odle focuses on family discipleship while working through Isaiah 9, John 1. The message argues that faithfulness in the home requires instruction, loving correction, protection, and a consistent Christian example. It connects this with the conviction that biblical faith trusts God’s character and acts upon His promises. The practical emphasis is to trust God’s promises and refuse decisions governed by fear.
Odle focuses on the authority of Scripture while working through Acts 20, 1 Timothy 3, John 2. The message argues that Scripture is presented as the standard for doctrine, discernment, and daily obedience. It connects this with the conviction that biblical faith trusts God’s character and acts upon His promises. The practical emphasis is to trust God’s promises and refuse decisions governed by fear.
Odle focuses on salvation. The message argues that salvation is presented as God’s work in Christ that produces a changed life and continuing faith. It connects this with the conviction that biblical faith trusts God’s character and acts upon His promises. The practical emphasis is to seek God in prayer and act on what Scripture requires.
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hallelujah father we worship you this morning we worship you lord we praise your name we thank you lord for everything god we just stand in awe of you this morning god that you took on a human body that you died on the cross you willingly lay down your life for our sins and iniquities and just the evil and wickedness in us lord and you you paid the price for our sin and then you rose from the dead lord we we are just in awe lord that you would do that for us that while we were yet sinners christ died for us and we thank you so much for that we ask you lord to just help us to never lose sight and to to be appreciative and to be thankful and to take what you did on that cross and what you did in your death and resurrection take it very seriously we worship you today it's in jesus name we pray amen amen you may be seated this morning hallelujah well we welcome everyone firing grace church this morning we welcome those listening by blog talk radio i want everybody to just first turn in your bibles we're going to go to second corinthians chapter 11 first first corinthians chapter 11. i'm sorry i meant ii corinthians i don't know what i'm thinking second corinthians 11 this is a familiar passage of scripture for our church but i want you to see the reality of where we are and for those of you are listening this morning and can't see what i have up on the screen uh april 5th well i guess this was four days ago they posted this article but worldnetdaily posted an article most americans now say jesus actually a sinner the barna research group and i'm going to scroll down here and this is just so disturbing to me that as i kept praying about what to do today and what the lord would want us to do i was just disturbed about this and it just kept being stirred in me that the church in america has failed
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30 years of seeker-sensitive watered-down numbers driven money-driven big programs big building driven theology or philosophy of ministry has not passed the true christian faith to the next generation of americans and when i say that you will look at this article but they talk about the millennials you know i'm i'm a generation x guy my dad he was a baby boomer they got names for all of our generations and so the generation born from about 1984 to about 2002 they call the millennials or generation next but you're going to see we're going to read some of this article but you're just going to see that for the people they call that the the even older like my parents and older um most still believe in the older generations the sound biblical doctrine that jesus christ of nazareth was and is god in the flesh now i know i've spoken about this a lot in our church and emphasize this and we're going to look at some different aspects of it today but jesus christ being god in the flesh the fullness of the godhead bodily this is foundational to christianity and if you don't believe this truth you are not a christian i'm going to make this very clear if you do not believe what the word of god says about jesus christ who he is then you are nothing more than a mormon or a jehovah witness you are no different than a new ager or a buddhist or a hindu or even a muslim because all those false religions and all those cults that call themselves part of christianity all of them have one thing in common and that is they deny the deity the godhood of jesus christ because they failed to understand the trinity properly they failed to understand the biblical teaching of the trinity [Music] and this i am i'm just i guess being you know passover weekend celebrating and remembering
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the death of jesus christ on the cross his resurrection from the dead i just thought you know how can we be at this place in america where the majority of americans now not only do they not believe jesus is god but they believe jesus is a sinner that jesus sinned this is another doctrine that's foundational to christianity that jesus was the perfect spotless lamb of god that he never sinned this is clearly taught in the scriptures it's clearly taught in the new testament by the apostles so but now we have a majority of americans in the most christian nation on the face of the earth now a majority do not believe jesus is god and they believe jesus sinned you know why i believe that i believe that is because the church in america has tried so hard to make jesus look like everybody else he's just one of us not too long ago there was a youth pastor nearby who made out that god was like an old guy sitting around watching football in his tighty whities like the rest of us i'm sorry but seeker sensitive lukewarm watered down what's his name bill hybels rick warren joel osteen christianity has destroyed the faith and and really hindered many people from coming to know the true jesus christ now i want to read well let's read this scripture here first and then we'll look at this because folks if you don't know who jesus is then you're going to believe in a in a false jesus a counterfeit jesus and if you believe in a false jesus or a counterfeit jesus or a different jesus then you cannot be saved you cannot be born again you cannot have your sins washed away you cannot have the promise of eternal life because it is required that you both believe who he is and you believe what he has done you understand this is fundamental this is why the devil has attacked these foundational doctrines of christianity every from every angle and direction he can attack them because
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faith in these certain principles of who jesus is and what he's done is how you are born again it's how you are saved it's how your sins are washed away it's how you will inherit eternal life this is paramount paramount to christianity and it's paramount that we preach this it's paramount that we teach this and we teach this to our children and the reason we've we've let them play in youth groups and not taught them the fundamentals of the faith and then and then the pastors pretty much play in church and give little sermonettes for christianettes but we have not taught the faith of jesus and the consequences of not being grounded and settled in the word of god and in the faith of our christianity and it is being hijacked by everybody who claims to be a christian like from roman downing to the pope [Music] to even the through even the muslims are trying to hijack our jesus no if you don't believe that our jesus was sinless never sin if you don't believe he is fully god almighty the creator who came in the flesh if you don't believe he died on the cross if you don't believe his blood was spotless and sinless and the blood of god as the scripture says if you don't believe he rose from the dead on the third day you are not a christian and you are not born again and you are not headed to heaven for all eternity that's why this is so serious we we we've had a whole several decades now of all almost people in the church were going it really doesn't matter what you believe doctrine is not the big thing you need to have an experience folks you can have an experience with all kind of spirits there's all kind of spirits and counterfeit angels of light out there man you can have visions and trances and dreams and goosebumps and all kinds of things miracles that are not from god it's getting quite scary how far we've come let's let's let's read this we're going to say we're going to read second corinthians 11 verse 1 paul the apostle paul under the inspiration of the holy spirit writes to the
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