<TITLE>06. Par 23-27</TITLE>L-23 Now, then the first One to introduce the message of--or the faith would be our Lord Jesus Christ. John just introduced the Lord Jesus, and Jesus was the product of what God intended for us to contend for. He was. The--the whole of the Christian faith laid in Jesus Christ, in our faith in Him.
Now, if we can only understand what kind of a faith He taught, what kind of a faith He practiced, then we could see by that if the early church practiced the same thing. Then we should earnestly contend for that type of faith. For it's to commission to us to continue. Hold until He comes.

L-24 Now, the first thing we find that when Jesus was born, and we know the story until it comes to the place of His--His great miraculous works setting in, or when He begin to teach after His baptism. And if we'll notice, quickly closely that God was in Christ reconciling Himself or the world to Himself.
The Bible said that God Himself dwelt in Christ Jesus." Jesus said, "The Father dwelleth in Me. So if you can find out what God thinks about mankind, you'd find out what Jesus said about mankind, and you'll know what the Father thinks about Me."
Even the Father Himself on Mount Transfiguration said, "This is My beloved Son, hear ye Him." Don't hear nothing else but Him.
Now, that... Then we'll have to find out what--what God's attitude towards... If we can find out through the life of Jesus Christ, what God's attitude was to the sinner, to the sick, to the prostitute, to the gambler, to the beggar, we can find out what God's permanent attitude is towards the same matters today.

L-25 For if He was God's expression, you believe that? God was expressing His attitude towards His fallen creation through the Lord Jesus Christ. He expressed Hisself that way.
And now, I think Peter on the 2nd chapter, very well gives an example of what to think when he said there, "Ye men of Israel, Jesus of Nazareth, a Man approved of God among you by signs and wonders, which He did in your midst, which you yourself are witnesses... "See? Peter said, "Ye men ought to have known that this was God's message to the people." For God was with Him, giving out His message to the people and proving what His attitude was towards Adam's fallen race.

L-26 I think Peter explained it good to the church. I think Nicodemus gave a very good description of what the Sanhedrin thought of the Lord Jesus. Nicodemus, the man, the ruler who came to Him by night...
Many people laugh because he came by night. But he finally arrived. That's the main thing. You who laughed at him, have you done as good as he did? He finally arrived there. He came by night, and he said to the Lord, "Master, we (Who? Who's we? The Jews, the Sanhedrin.) we know that Thou art a Teacher come from God, For no man could do the miracles that You do, except God be with him. We know it." But because of prejudice, because of church affiliation, because of superstition, because of lack of spiritual knowledge, they could not accept Him. "We know that Thou art a Teacher (We know it.) come from God for no man can do the things that You do, except God be with him." That well describes the attitude of the Sanhedrin to the public.

L-27 Now, notice we'll find out what Jesus presented. In the beginning of His ministry He wasn't a Man of great dress. He wasn't a Man to make Himself conspicuous, any different from any other man. He dressed so much like other people, He could walk among men and they didn't know Who He was.
So if we was going to look for the right Jesus in Phoenix tonight, we could not look to a person that's dressed some different in a clerical way. He'd be dressed like an ordinary man. Is that right? He'd just walked among men. We couldn't looked for some great theologian and scholar, with some great amount of honorary degrees and so forth behind His Name, because He never had one.


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