190 - Les Feldick Bible Study Lesson 3 - Part 2 - Book 16 - Closing of John's Gospel - Part 2

https://lesfeldickbiblestudy.com Through the Bible with Les Feldick LESSON 3 * PART 2 * BOOK 16 CLOSING OF JOHN'S GOSPEL That thrills our hearts, because the only reason I teach is to help people understand this Book while they do their own studying. In this lesson we are going to look at Christ in the forty days of post-Resurrection. From the time He was raised from the dead, until in Acts Chapter 1 He ascends back to glory. Let's just look at that one verse: Acts 1:3 Let's talk about the infallible proofs. If there is one doctrine in Scripture that throws a curve at people (including preachers) it's the Resurrection. Some may have problems with the virgin birth, but maybe they can swallow that a little easier than the Resurrection and that He arose from the dead bodily. If I had to have proof, and I don't, I would look at Peter and these other disciples. How did they react when Christ was first arrested? What did Peter do? He denied Christ three times. Why? Always remember that. Luke 24:13 Remember way back in Christ's earthly ministry as they were up there in northern Israel at the head waters of the Jordan River: Luke 18:31-34 "Then he took unto him the twelve, and said unto them, `Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and all things that are written by the prophets concerning the Son of man shall be accomplished. God didn't let them know He was about to be crucified. God can do this. Luke 24:17-27 "And he (Jesus) said unto them, `What manner of communications are these that ye have one to another, as ye walk, and are sad?' The Old Testament was full of prophecy concerning the coming Messiah. Luke 24:28-31 "And they drew nigh unto the village, whither they went: and he made as though he would have gone further. We are so programmed to physics and chemistry as we understand it. Luke 24:32-34 Saying, `The Lord is risen indeed,...'" Luke 24:36 "And as they thus spake, Jesus himself stood in the midst of them, and saith unto them, `Peace be unto you.'" No, here He was bodily, not in a spirit. Luke 24:38,39 "And he said unto them, `Why are ye trouble? and why do thoughts arise in your hearts? In our new resurrected bodies we will have flesh and bone, but without a blood circulatory system. Luke 24:41-43 That for eternity we will have a body that can still enjoy food. Those of you who love to eat, take heart. God never intended it to be that way. Anyway, we were talking about Christ's resurrected body. Zechariah 12:10 Now Chapter 13. Zechariah 13:6 "And one shall say unto him, `What are these wounds in thine hands?' So here you have a visible, physical, manifestation of His Resurrection even in the Old Testament. Turn to II Corinthians, Chapter 4. "In whom (lost people) the god of this world (Satan) hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who (Christ) is the image of God, should shine unto them." God knew that. So He permitted Himself to become visible, so man could no longer say, "I can't worship an invisible god, I have to have a god I can see." We have a God that men have seen! Paul says over 500 at one time saw Him in His Resurrection body. So we have ample proof that He arose from the dead bodily. So Paul makes it so plain here that Christ is the very image of God. Philippians 3:20 "For our conversation (citizenship) is in heaven (already, if you are a believer); from whence (from Heaven) also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:" Philippians 3:21 "Who shall change our vile body (corrupt, prone to disease, suffering), that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body (we will be made in the same likeness of His resurrected body), according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself." Come back to Romans Chapter 8. It's a passage that I'm afraid few people understand. Romans 8:18-20 For the earnest expectation of the creature (creation)waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God (that's you and I). Romans 8:21-23 "Because the creature (creation) itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. Soul, Body, and Spirit, and we are going to have all three in the eternal state. Colossians 1:12-14 "Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath (past tense) made us meet (prepared us) to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light: Who (The Father) hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath (past tense) translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son (we are already citizens of that Kingdom): In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:" The Bible is God-breathed. Now verse 15: Colossians 1:15 "Who (speaking of the Son in verse 13) is the image of the invisible God,..." That's what Christ is. He is the visible, manifestation, in the flesh, bodily of the invisible God. #LesFeldick #BibleStudy #Bible