Christ Alone Sermon Study Guide

Christ Alone Sermon

- All world religions try to claim Jesus for themselves o Jesus became a Buddhist monk o Jesus became a Hindu o Jesus was a Muslim o All Christian cults obviously o Secularist, Jesus was a wise teacher

 We love those things Jesus said

• Love one another

• Golden rule: Do unto others what you want others to do to you

• No greater love has one than to lay down his life

• Judge not lest you by judged

• Pretty much anytime Jesus tells people to forgive a sinner

Jesus claims about himself:

1. The Son of God- Matt 26:63-64: But Jesus remained silent. And the high priest said to him, “I adjure you by the living God, tell us if you are the Christ, the Son of God.” 64 Jesus said to him, “You have said so. But I tell you, from

The Son of Man- Matt 16:13-17: “Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” 14 And they said, “Some say John the Baptist, others say Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.” 15 He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” 16 Simon Peter replied, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” 17 And Jesus answered him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in

 John 5:23, To reject Jesus is to reject the Father

 John 3:36. Rejecting Jesus results in God’s wrath

 John 5:26-27, Jesus will be man’s judge

 Matthew 24: 4-5 There are many false saviors

• Most importantly our text for today o Acts 4:11-12, “This Jesus is the stone that was rejected by you, the builders, which has become the cornerstone. 12 And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.”

 Why only his name?

• Explain Creation, Fall, redemption (requires a mediator) o 1 Tim 2:5, “For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,”

- The same Jesus who said all those lovely things that people like from religions and irreligious spaces also said these things o This is where our sermon title comes from today, it comes from C.S