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<center><b><i><font color="#400040"><font size=+3>Introduction to Jesus</font></font></i></b>
<br><b><i><font point-size="8">by Tim Greenwood</font></i></b>
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<p><b><font color="#400040"><font size=+3>W</font></font><font point-size="12"><font color="#000099">hat
you are about to study will help you to understand who and what Jesus was
and is. It is my desire that once you have taken in the head knowledge
about Jesus -- getting to know <i>about</i> Jesus, that it will make it
easier to take the more important step to take Jesus into your heart --
getting to really KNOW Jesus, a relationship and fellowship which can only
come through the Holy Spirit. Now, here's Jesus... </font></font></b>
<p><font face="Arial">Mat 11:28 <b><i><u><font size=+1>Come</font></u></i></b>
unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.</font>
<p><font face="Arial">Mat 11:29 Take my yoke upon you, and <b><i>learn
</i><u><font size=+1>of</font></u>
me</b>; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and <b><i><u>ye shall find rest
unto your souls</u></i></b>.</font>
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<td><font color="#000099"><i><font face="Arial">(He did not say learn <b>from</b>
me or learn <b>about</b> me, he said learn <b><u><font size=+1>of</font></u></b>
me.)</font></i> </font>
<p><i><font color="#000099"><b><u>OF</u></b> = Connects to God, (i.e. Angel
of the Lord = Holy Angel)</font></i><font color="#000099"> </font>
<p><b><i><font color="#000099"><u>FROM</u> </font></i></b><font color="#000099"><i>=
Separates from God, (i.e. Angel from the Lord = Fallen Angel)</i> </font>
<p><i><font color="#000099">We are people <b>OF</b> God not FROM God.</font></i><font color="#000099"> </font>
<p><i><font color="#000099">Learn <b>OF</b> me, and <u>ye shall find rest
unto your souls</u>.</font></i><font color="#000099"> </font>
<p><font color="#000099"><font face="Arial">He is the key to rest for your
soul.</font> </font>
<p><font face="Arial"><font color="#000099">He wants to be your teacher,
he wants you to come and sit at his feet and learn!</font></font></td>
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<p><b><font face="Arial">There can be no fellowship without revelation.</font></b>
<p><font point-size="8"><font face="Arial">[Paraphrased]</font> </font>
<br><font face="Arial">Ezek 40:3 (Describes Jesus as a man that had the
appearance of brass)</font>
<p><font face="Arial">Ezek 40:4 And Jesus says, look, hear and desire all
that I <b><u>reveal</u></b> to you; for it is my intent to bring you here
so that <b><i>I might </i><u>reveal</u> them to you!</b></font>
<p><font face="Arial"><i>(Revelation is always the result of </i><b><u><font size=+1>fellowship</font></u></b>.)</font>
<p><b><font face="Arial">Here are 10 revelations of Jesus:</font></b>
<dir><b><font face="Arial">1. He is creator.</font></b>
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<dir><font face="Arial">Col 1:16 <b><i><u>For by him were all things created</u></i></b>,
that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether
they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things
were created by him, <b><i><u>and for him</u></i></b>:</font></dir>
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<p><br><b><font face="Arial">2. All things were created for him.</font></b>
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<p><b><font face="Arial">3. He IS (not was, IS), before all things.</font></b>
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<dir><font face="Arial">Col 1:17 And <b><i><u>he is before all things</u></i></b>,
and <b><i><u>by him all things consist</u></i></b>.</font></dir>
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<p><br><b><font face="Arial">4. By him all things consist, (he <u>holds</u>
together, sustains all things).</font></b>
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<p><b><font face="Arial">5. He is the HEAD, No. 1, the ALPHA, the AUTHOR,
the beginning, and the preeminence.</font></b>
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<dir><font face="Arial">Col 1:18 And <b><i><u>he is the head</u></i></b>
of the body, the church: who is <b><i><u>the beginning</u></i></b>, the
firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have <b><i><u>the
preeminence</u></i></b>.</font></dir>
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<p><br><b><font face="Arial">6. Everything dwells in him.</font></b>
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<dir><font face="Arial">Col 1:19 For it pleased the Father that <b><i><u>in
him should all fulness dwell</u></i></b>;</font></dir>
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<i><font face="Arial">(We just get introduced to him here in this life,
Heaven is where we will receive full revelation of him.)</font></i>
<p><b><font face="Arial">7. All things will be reconciled to him (that
are not now his).</font></b>
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<dir><font face="Arial">Col 1:20 And, having made peace through the blood
of his cross, by him to <b><i><u>reconcile all things unto himself</u></i></b>;
by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven.</font></dir>
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<p><br><b><font face="Arial">8. He is the SOURCE of wisdom and knowledge.</font></b>
<dir>
<dir><font face="Arial">Col 2:3 <b><i><u>In whom are hid all the treasures
of wisdom and knowledge</u></i></b>.</font></dir>
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<p><br><b><font face="Arial">9. He is the fullness of the Godhead bodily.</font></b>
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<dir><font face="Arial">Col 2:9 For in him dwelleth all the fullness of
the Godhead bodily.</font></dir>
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<i><font face="Arial">(The Father and Holy Spirit have form and shape,
but they do not have a body like Jesus; a glorified spiritual body; and
all the fullness of the Godhead dwells in that body.)</font></i>
<p><b><font face="Arial">10. He is the head of all principality and power.</font></b>
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<dir><font face="Arial">Col 2:10 And ye are complete in him, which is the
head of all principality and power:</font></dir>
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<i><font face="Arial">(At his Name every knee shall bow!!!)</font></i></dir>
<font face="Arial">John 1:1 In the <b><i>beginning</i> (eternal past)</b>
was the <b>Word</b> (lima = revelation), and the Word was with God, and
the Word was God.</font>
<p><i><font face="Arial"><font size=+1>(no angels, no heaven, no earth,
no planets, no moon, no sun, no galaxy, no universe, no time, no space,
nothing, <u>only</u> God, The Word, [the express image or <b>revelation</b>
of God] and The Spirit of God; Just God)</font></font></i>
<p><i><font face="Arial"><font size=+1>(Even The Father did not exist,
as the Father, until the Word became the Son)</font></font></i>
<p><i><font face="Arial"><font size=+1>(So, Jesus always was there, even
before he became Jesus)</font></font></i>
<p><b><font face="Arial">Nine Revelations of Jesus as the Word:</font></b>
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<blockquote><b><font face="Arial">1. The preexisting Word.</font></b>
<br>John 1:2 The same was in the beginning <u>with</u> God.
<p><b>2. The personal Word.</b>
<br><b>John 1:3 All things were made <font face="Arial"><i><font size=+1>by
him</font></i></font></b><font face="Arial">; and without him was not any
thing made that was made.</font>
<p><b><font face="Arial">3. The creative Word.</font></b>
<br><font face="Arial">(He is also the doer of all that God wants to do
<b><i><font size=+1>by
him</font></i></b>.)</font>
<p><b><font face="Arial">4. The life-giving Word.</font></b>
<br><font face="Arial">John 1:4 In him was life; and the life was the light
of men.</font>
<br><i><font face="Arial">(Anyone that receives LIFE from him also receives
LIGHT (revelation) <u>of</u> him. Anyone that COMES to him, he will reveal
himself to them.) (The key here is to COME, [<b><u>fellowship</u></b>],
not just showing up.)</font></i>
<p><b><font face="Arial">5. The light-giving Word.</font></b>
<br><font face="Arial">John 1:5 And the light shineth in darkness; and
the darkness comprehended it not.</font><font face="Arial"></font>
<p><b><font face="Arial">6. The illuminating Word.</font></b>
<br><font face="Arial">John 1:9 That was the true Light, which lighteth
every man that cometh into the world.</font><font face="Arial"></font>
<p><b><font face="Arial">7. The saving Word.</font></b>
<br><font face="Arial">John 1:12 But as many as received him, to them gave
he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:</font><b><font face="Arial"></font></b>
<p><b><font face="Arial">8. The incarnate Word.</font></b>
<br><font face="Arial">John 1:14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt
among us, (and we beheld his glory <i>(he is the totality of God?s Glory),</i>
the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and <b><i><u><font size=+1>truth</font></u></i></b>.</font>
<p><i><font face="Arial">(You can?t have truth without grace, you can?t
have grace without truth.)</font></i><b><font face="Arial"></font></b>
<p><b><font face="Arial">9. The gracious Word.</font></b>
<br><font face="Arial">John 1:16 And of his fullness have all we received,
and grace for grace.</font><b><font face="Arial"></font></b>
<p><font face="Arial">We receive truth when we COME in continuous fellowship
[dining, supping, and staying] by <i>living it</i>. <i>(We are talking
about prayer here!) </i>When you live it, you have liberty!</font>
<p><font face="Arial">John 8:31 Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed
on him, <b><i><u>If ye continue in my Word</u></i></b>, then are ye my
<b><i><u>disciples</u></i></b>
indeed;</font>
<p><font face="Arial">John 8:32 And <b><i><u>ye shall know the truth</u></i>
(Who will reveal the truth? Jesus!), (what will the truth give you? Freedom!)</b>,
and <b><i><u>the truth shall make you free</u></i></b>.</font></blockquote>
<b><font face="Arial">Here are 7 results of COMING to him.</font></b>
<dir><b><font face="Arial">1. Prayer is answered instantly.</font></b>
<br><font face="Arial">John 15:7 <b><i><u>If ye abide in me</u></i></b>,
<i>(if
you come and the fellowship continues),</i> and <i>(then)</i> <b><i><u>my
Words abide in you</u></i></b>, <b><i><u>ye shall ask what ye will, and
it shall be done unto you</u></i></b>.</font>
<p><b><font face="Arial">2. You will bear fruit for him.</font></b>
<br><i><font face="Arial">(If you read the Bible but do not fellowship
with God in prayer, the Bible will have NO EFFECT on your life!)</font></i>
<p><font face="Arial">John 15:8 Herein is my Father glorified, that <b><i><u>ye
bear much fruit</u></i></b>; so shall ye be my disciples.</font>
<p><b><font face="Arial">3. You will continue in his love.</font></b>
<br><font face="Arial">John 15:9 As the Father hath loved me, so have I
loved you<b><i><u>: continue ye in my love</u></i></b>.</font>
<p><b><font face="Arial">4. You will remain joyful.</font></b>
<br><font face="Arial">John 15:11 These things have I spoken unto you,
that
<b><i><u>my joy might remain in you</u></i></b>, and that your joy
might be full.</font>
<p><b><font face="Arial">5. It is now possible to love others as God loves
you.</font></b>
<br><font face="Arial">John 15:12 This is my commandment, That <b><i><u>ye
love one another, as I have loved you</u></i></b>.</font>
<p><b><font face="Arial">6. Fullness of revelation.</font></b>
<br><font face="Arial">John 15:15 Henceforth I call you not servants; for
the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends;
<b><i><u>for
all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you</u></i></b>.</font>
<p><b><font face="Arial">7. Our fruit will remain permanently.</font></b>
<br><font face="Arial">John 15:16 Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen
you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and <b><i><u>that
your fruit should remain</u></i></b>: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the
Father in my name, he may give it you.</font>
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