John Wells- December 19, 2021 - a podcast by NBC Podium

Celebrating the birth of Christ, Is he The Messiah : John Wells - December 19, 2021

Luke 1: 30-33 /2:11

“ You shall call his name Jesus . Her will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High. And the LORD God will give unto him the throne of his father David, and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever and of his kingdom there will be no end.”

Is He the Messiah ?
Did He fulfill Old Testament scripture?
Is He alive ?
Is He worthy of your trust ?

I Timothy 1:15

“ This is a faithful saying, (is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance) that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the foremost”.

The coming of Jesus Christ into the world puts meaning into history.
It’s true, it’s historical, it’s reliable, it’s personal

Did he fulfill the OT Scriptures ?

Isaiah 53:3 “ he is despised and rejected” hated not esteemed …
they plotted his death ”
Matt 2:16 King Herod killed all male children in Bethlehem under 2 yrs
Luke 2:7 …when her time came to give birth …No room for him in the Inn
John 1:11 “ He came unto his own people (Israel) … would not receive him”
- John 15: 25 “ They hated me without a cause” …fulfilment of the scriptures
Matt 21:42 Jesus said “ The Stone which the builders rejected …Fulfilling OT
Luke 4:18 “ In the synagogue in Nazareth “ Isa 61…” this scripture is fulfilled
In Gethsemane “ put your sword away…I can called legions, but how then would scriptures be fulfilled ….ALL THIS WAS DONE THAT SCRIPTURES be fulfilled”

OT Scriptures concerning his death and resurrection

Betrayed of Judas - that scripture might be fulfilled, “ the one who eats bread with me…l”
John 17;12 “ I’ve lost none but son of destruction that the scriptures might be fulfilled”
John 19:24 “ soldiers gambled over his clothes … that scriptures might be fulfilled”
Mark 15: 28 “ scripture was fulfilled … “ He was numbered with transgressors - 2 thieves”
John 19:28 “ knowing all things ..accomplished Jesus said “ I THIRST” scripture fulfilled
John 19;34 “ they pierced his side …, BLOOD flowed, …and John saw it …. No Bone was Broken …..THAT SCRIPTURE MIGHT BE FULFILLED
In John 20:9 Peter, John and Mary are at the TOMB witnesses …JESUS HAS RISEN early first day week Jesus standing calls Mary by name … “ AS YET THEY KNEW NOT THE SCRIPTURE THAT HE MUST RISE FROM THE DEAD !
Matt 26:56 “ ALL THIS WAS DONE THAT THE SCRIPTURES of the Prophets might be FULFILLED concerning him.
Luke 24:45 Jesus walks with them ..and beginning at Moses, and all the prophets he expounded unto them in all the SCRIPTURES the things CONCERNING HIMSELF .He opened their understanding that they might understand the scriptures.

Is He worthy of your trust ?

The overwhelming evidence is:

He is the Messiah
He fulfilled all the OT scriptures
He is alive , He is the Almighty God
He is worthy of your trust


Revelation 1:18

“ I AM the LIVING ONE, I died, and behold I am ALIVE forevermore and
I have the keys of death and Hell “

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