1. Showing from Scripture that
Acts 18:24-28

4. To demonstrate the truth of who Jesus is!

5. Prophecies that speak to His birth, His Life, His ministry, His purpose, and
His second coming.

7. “10 Of this salvation the prophets have inquired and searched carefully, who prophesied of the grace that would come to you, 11 searching what, or what manner of time, the Spirit of Christ who was in them was indicating when He testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ and the glories that would follow. 12 To them it was revealed that, not to themselves, but to us they were ministering the things which now have been reported to you through those who have preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven--things which angels desire to look into.
1 Peter 1:10-12

8. I. Prophecies Regarding His Birth

11. Isaiah 7:14 (NKJV) 14  Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a Son, and shall call His name Immanuel. Matthew 1:18 (NKJV) 18  Now the birth of Jesus Christ was as follows: After His mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Spirit.

14. Nothing in Jesus’ Life
happened by chance!

15. 14 I am the good shepherd; and I know My sheep, and am known by My own
14 I am the good shepherd; and I know My sheep, and am known by My own. 15 As the Father knows Me, even so I know the Father; and I lay down My life for the sheep. 16 And other sheep I have which are not of this fold; them also I must bring, and they will hear My voice; and there will be one flock and one shepherd. 17 Therefore My Father loves Me, because I lay down My life that I may take it again. 18 No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down of Myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This command I have received from My Father."
John 10:14-18

16. We believe that His children will not be forsaken,
GOD IS IN CONTROL
We believe that His children will not be forsaken,
We will choose to remember and not be shaken. There is no power above or beside Him, we know, Oh God is in control!

17. “The spirit of the Lord has come upon me because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the afflicted. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to captives, and freedom to the prisoners to proclaim the favorable year of the Lord and the day of vengeance of our God,
Isaiah 61:1-2

18. II. Prophecies Regarding His Life

22. 1 "Behold, I send My messenger, And he will prepare the way before Me
1 "Behold, I send My messenger, And he will prepare the way before Me. And the Lord, whom you seek, Will suddenly come to His temple, Even the Messenger of the covenant, In whom you delight. Behold, He is coming," Says the LORD of hosts.
Malachi 3:1

24. III. Prophecies Regarding His Ministry

27. “He will come and save you… The eyes of the blind shall be opened, And the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped. 6 Then the lame shall leap like a deer, And the tongue of the dumb sing.”
Isaiah 35:5-6

31. Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion, shout in triumph O daughter of Jerusalem, Behold, your king is coming to you; He is just and is endowed with salvation, humble and mounted on a donkey, even on a colt, the foal of a donkey.

32. Psalm 16:10 “You did not abandon my soul to Sheol, neither will you allow your Holy One to undergo decay”
Psalm 49:15 “God will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol, He will receive me.”

33. IV. Prophecies Regarding His Purpose

34. "Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take to you Mary your wife, for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit. 21 And she will bring forth a Son, and you shall call His name JESUS, for He will save His people from their sins." 22 So all this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying: 23 "Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and bear a Son, and they shall call His
Matthew 1:20-23

35. V. Prophecies Regarding His Return
Yet to be fulfilled

38. 3
“When will these things be? And what will be the sign of your second coming, and the end of the age?”

41. “These things were written in the Scriptures so long ago, for our instruction, that through endurance and through the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.”
Romans 15:4 ESV