24 December 2020 - Jesus’ Legal Claim to the Throne of David - Pastor Joseph Prince Sermon Notes - New Creation Church Sermon NotesPastor Joseph Prince taught that Jesus, the prophesied "woman's seed", has a double claim to the throne of David through Mary and Joseph. A legal claim through Mary, and a regal claim through Joseph. Praise and Worship songs performed: 1. Joy to the World 2. Angels We Have Heard on High 3. O Come, All Ye Faithful 4. O Holy Night 5. Ding Dong Merrily on High 6. For All That You Done 7. First Christmas (The Meaning of it All) - Decibel Worship and Michael Davis As a child, Jesus was born. As a Son, He was given. Jesus became our kinsman redeemer, like how Boaz became Ruth’s kinsman redeemer by marrying her and taking care of her. Boaz was willing, wealthy (able) and a relative (of Naomi)—these are the qualifications a kinsman redeemer must have. In order for Jesus to redeem us, He had to become like one of us—a man. Luke 4:18 - Jesus went about doing these, in obedience to the Father’s will. ““The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to heal the broken hearted, to proclaim release to the captives, recovering of sight to the blind, to deliver those who are crushed,” (Luke 4:18 WEB) Death was never God’s will for man. He wants us to be part of His family and enjoy eternal life with Him. Death came in because Adam sinned. The whole earth fell with Him. Adam was appointed as the ruler of the earth and when he fell, his whole kingdom fell with him. Adam bowed his knee to Satan, an outlaw spirit, and committed high treason against God. Matthew 2:2 - In the Old Testament, the first question asked after man fell was “Where are you Adam?” In the New Testament, the first question asked is, “Where is He who is born the King of the Jews?” That is because Jesus is the solution to man’s fall. ““Where is he who is born King of the Jews? For we saw his star in the east, and have come to worship him.”” (Matthew 2:2 WEB) Genesis 3:15 - The woman’s “offspring” is in the singular tense. It is referring to Jesus who would defeat the devil. The word offspring can also be translated as “seed”. A woman does not have seed, so it is a prophecy about the virgin birth. “I will put hostility between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring. He will bruise your head, and you will bruise his heel.”” (Genesis 3:15 WEB) Isaiah 7:14 - The virgin would conceive and bear a son—this is a sign to identify the prophesied woman’s seed. “Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin will conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.” (Isaiah 7:14 WEB) Matthew 1:20-23 - Why the necessity for a virgin birth? God the Father sent His Son into Mary’s womb and she conceived Him. Mary had sin in her blood, so how is it possible that Jesus was born sinless? Today we know though scientific study that the mother’s placenta does not give blood to the baby in the mother’s womb. The placenta only brings food, nutrients and oxygen from the mother’s bloodstream to the baby, and removes waste and carbon dioxide away from the baby. Jesus has blood, but it is His own divine, precious blood. “But when he thought about these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, don’t be afraid to take to yourself Mary, your wife, for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit. She shall give birth to a son. You shall call his name Jesus, for it is he who shall save his people from their sins.” Now all this has happened, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, “Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and shall give birth to a son. They shall call his name Immanuel”; which is, being interpreted, “God with us.”” (Matthew 1:20-23 WEB) Why did God make the tree of the knowledge of good and evil? It is because God did not want to create robots. He wants man to choose to obey and love Him out of man’s free will. God planted that tree there for a real opportunity for man to exercise his free choice. Look at the abundance of goodness that God gave to Adam. Adam could have freely eaten from every tree in the garden except for that one tree. Leviticus 17:11 - It is blood that makes atonement for sin because a being’s life is in the blood. “For the life of the flesh is in the blood; and I have given it to you on the altar to make atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that makes atonement by reason of the life.” (Leviticus 17:11 WEB)
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