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Carl Westerlund :: Romans 1:2-3 - Old Testament Promises Point To Jesus As Messiah

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Romans in Outline No. 5

1.1  THE PREDICTION: Prophetic promises

2.1  The source: Prophets - Hebrews 1:1

2.2  The form: The Holy Scriptures

1.2  THE FOCUS: His Son Jesus Christ our Lord

2.1  His names

3.1  HIS SON

3.2  JESUS

3.2  CHRIST

3.4  LORD

Conclusion: Jesus is the Christ who is Lord of all

2.2  Jesus' claim to be Messiah (3x)

3.1  1st CLAIM - John 4:25-26

3.2  2nd CLAIM - John 17:3

3.3  3rd CLAIM - Mark 14:61-62

2.3  Others recognized Him as Messiah

3.1  PETER - Matthew 16:26

3.2  MARTHA - John 11:25-27

1.3  THE MANIFESTATION: In flesh proving humanity

1.4  THE EVIDENCE: David's descendant

God's ability to foretell future events separates Him from false gods

Isaiah 45:21; Isaiah 48:3; Isaiah 48:5

Concentric circles like an archery target

2.1  From the seed of the woman

(Part of humanity) - Genesis 3:15

2.2  From the seed of Abraham

(Part of a particular people) - Genesis 12:1-3

3.1  FROM JACOB

(Part of a particular line) - Genesis 28:13-15

3.1  FROM JUDAH

(Part of a particular tribe) - Genesis 49:10

2.3  From the seed of David

(Part of a particular family) - 2 Samuel 7:16; Jeremiah 23:5-6

2.4  Marks of the bulls eye:

3.1  DAVID'S LINEAGE

4.1  The legal line - Matthew 1:6-16

Matthew 1:16  "…of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ."

4.2  The birth line - Luke 3:23-31

In the New Testament named as Son of David a dozen times

3.2  DAVID'S TOWN - Micah 5:2

3.3  DANIEL'S TIMELINE - Daniel 9:24-26

2.5  The confirmation by the Gospel writers that the bull's eye has been hit

NB: Luke 1:1  πληροφορέω plerophoreo "to bring in full measure" thus "to fulfill, accomplish"

Matthew 2:23; 26:54; 26:56; 13:35; 27:35

Mark 14:49; 15:28

Luke 4:21; 24:44

John 13:18; 15:25; 17:12; 19:24; 19:28; 19:36

ISAIAH - Matthew 1:22; 4:14; 8:17; 12:17; 13:14; John 12:28

HOSEA - Matthew 2:15

JEREMIAH - Matthew 2:17; 27:9

ZECHARIAH - Matthew 21:4

CONCLUSION:
The prophets hit the mark in predicting that Jesus would be Christ and Lord
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