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Once again, that's the Bold Faith Hawaii Cruise, June 12th through the 19th, 2027. For more information, go to jackhibbs.com. That's jackhibbs.com. On today's edition of Real Life Radio. Pastor Jack continues in his series called The Life and Times of Jesus Christ and a message titled Christ and His Earthly Work.
This is a series about who Jesus really is, not the Jesus of popular opinion. But the Jesus of the Bible, God himself, who stepped into our world. And here we'll discover his earthly work before the cross and before the resurrection. Jesus walked among ordinary people, making a difference everywhere he went. and to everyone he met.
Now you see, when someone asks us why Jesus came, the answer is found right here in his everyday work. He went about teaching the truth, proclaiming the good news, and healing the broken. And Christ is still doing that very same work today.
So today, Pastor Jack teaches us that when Jesus taught, he spoke with an authority that drew people in instead of pushed them away. His teaching whispered obedience, painted pictures, and brought assurance to everyone who heard him speak. Before we get into the message, I had a chance to sit down with Pastor Jack and talk about it with him.
So let's get into that. Uh As we continue now with our Life and Times of Jesus Christ series, Christ and his earthly work, Pastor Jack, nobody taught like him, really. I mean, think about it. No. You talk about how Jesus talked with these vivid word pictures, you know, the millstone, the whitewashed tombs, all that.
That's good stuff, don't you think?
Well, first of all, Jesus himself spoke truth perfectly because he was truth in human skin. And, you know, the Bible tells us that Jesus went all around the Galilee. where his earthly ministry was mostly conducted, And there he did miracles. He preached the gospel of the kingdom, and he healed. all kinds of sickness and disease, he raised the dead?
And what he did was he brought the power of the kingdom. Into this dark world. And so, if you want to know what God the Father is like, then read all about Jesus. If you want to know what the Holy Spirit's like, then read all about Jesus. The truth is, for God so loved the world, that's you and I, friend.
that he sent That has gifted us His only begotten Son, only glorified Son, that whosoever would believe on Him. Would not perish, but have everlasting life. Friends, the only person that can exclude you from that promise. is you. And so don't do that.
Trust him, believe him, listen to his incredible words of love. uh that he has articulated And you'll never go wrong if you follow Jesus ever. The series, Life and Times of Jesus Christ and Christ and His Earthly Work. Let's jump into that. Matthew's Gospel chapter 4, verse 23 says, Now Jesus went about all Galilee.
Teaching in their synagogues, listen carefully now, preaching the gospel of the kingdom and. Healing all kinds of sickness and all kinds of diseases among the people. Three things I want you to notice. Verse 23, Matthew, or chapter 4. It says, now Jesus went about all Galilee teaching.
Then it says that he went about preaching. Then it says that he went about healing. We're going to look at the very important topic this morning in our series regarding the life. In the times of Jesus Christ, and that is his earthly work, that it was predominantly made up of three things.
So, if somebody asks you, why did Jesus come? The response that you can give is that Jesus came teaching. We'll look at what that means in a moment. He came preaching. There's a big difference, you know.
There's a lot of churches today that are saying that they're preaching or saying that they're teaching, they're not doing one or the other. And it also says that Jesus came healing. And we'll take a closer look at that this morning. If you're joining us for the first time, we're looking at a series. In fact, it's a 16-part series of the life and times of Jesus Christ.
And last time together, we looked at the purpose of his mission. The mission of Christ. And we saw last time together that the very purpose of his mission was that he might fulfill all that was written about him. Remember that? We looked at that last time.
Also, we looked at the fact that his purpose for coming and his great mission was that he might redeem or ransom Israel. Oh, that's a fact. The Bible makes it very clear. Jesus Christ came first to ransom Israel, as the Christmas hymn says. But also he came to give the gospel to Israel first.
Why? Because Israel is his chosen people. He or they are his chosen ones. And that is true today. And we talked a little bit about the rise of anti-Semitic feelings or anti-Jewish sentiments or feelings in the world today.
That is a sign, by the way, as you see it in your news, it's prophetic. Of our day and age, that we are living in times of increased demonic activity. Whenever you see a nation or a people come against the Jewish nation, You are seeing a satanic force at work, very, very pronounced. Regarding the purpose of his mission, we also saw that he came to save us Gentiles too. that unlike or untrue to the Declaration of many Orthodox.
who say Gentiles are created for fuel. For how? which the Bible doesn't teach. The Bible says, though, in the book of Isaiah, that we who are not his people shall be called his people. And we who knew not God will call him our God.
And the Lord is working that true in your life. The second thing we saw last week regarding his mission is that it had a great scope. That the scope of his mission was, first of all, to bring temporal Liberation. That is, Jesus Christ brought peace between God and man. The Bible says that there's one go-between.
People will say, Will you pray for me? Or they might ask you, Will you pray for me? Yes, we can pray for you. But know this, when it comes to your sin being forgiven, We'll cover this more in the redemption. of Christ in that study forthcoming.
That the fact of the matter is we can pray for you and we can intercede for you and we can fast for you, we can weep for you, but the fact of the matter is the Bible teaches clearly there is one mediator. That is the word go-between. between God and mankind, and that is Christ Jesus. And he has come to liberate us and give us peace with God. Also, regarding the scope of his mission, Christ provided physical relief.
We'll talk more about that today, but he brought about healing and liberation to those who were physically distressed. Also, finally, we saw regarding the scope of his mission, that he provided eternal freedom for all those who would trust in him. What a story, what a message we have as Christians, that our God, Jesus Christ, offers to the world forgiveness of sins and eternal life, an abundant living both now and forevermore. I challenge you, go and search any religious proposal that's out there on the table. That can even come close to what Jesus Christ has offered.
Free eternal life. You don't change your life. and then come to Christ. He says, come to me just as you are. You come as a broken down, messed up, strung out, arrogant, prideful, whatever your case might be.
Come as a sinner, and he embeds the Holy Spirit in your life and he begins to do the work. I love saying Someday I need to write a book on this saying of ours here. If you're doing Christianity, And it hurts, you're doing it wrong. Christianity should not hurt. Christianity, yes, in some respects, is bloody in that God will say to you, I want you to give up your will, I want you to give up your agenda, I want you to give up your thing, and let me lead, let me guide.
But there's this strange paradox when you let Christ At the controls, things go easier. Life goes better. There used to be a saying, it's Pepsi or Coke, forgive me. But things go better with Coke, I think is what they used to say. And I've seen his t-shirt that says things go better with Christ.
That's so true. Life has a meaning and a purpose. We saw regarding the mission in that he executed his mission. Jesus did that by performing all that was necessary for us, he went to the cross for us. We also looked at Jesus Christ directing all that was important.
That the Holy Spirit was to come and to teach us. And then finally, last week, we saw that He imparted to us all that we need, and that is the powerful works of the Holy Spirit. in our lives today. We saw last time, and I want to just... Uh Provide this for you again.
We saw last time that the very mission of Jesus Christ. Also, dovetails into the earthly work, and that the scripture tells us it was for this very purpose Christ came into the world. He came for us. He came for all mankind. And what an unselfish declaration is made there in John's Gospel.
Jesus said, And for this reason came I into the world. What reason? To save sinners, to give people hope. To give them life. Not for religion, none of that.
Yeah. But to give us True life. The Bible says in John chapter 12 verse 32, Jesus said, if I be lifted up from the earth, I will draw all men to myself. That means that every person on the face of the earth has got to consider Jesus Christ. Isn't that awesome to think?
that Jesus Christ declared himself that every human being must consider him before they depart this earth. In some way, some shape, some form, even to the one who's in the deepest, darkest of India or Africa, who's never heard the gospel, Romans chapter 1 tells us that God will reveal himself to that person so that they are without excuse. They will be able to hear somehow. even without a missionary. God will somehow speak to the heart of every man or every woman, even in the most remote places of the world, that he is the Creator God.
Every person must be confronted with the fact of God. And by the way, everybody is. Everybody does. In our following study, we're going to get into Christ and creation. We're going to talk about some evolution things and some recent claims, which are absolutely hilarious.
And we're going to look at those. But the fact of the matter is, the Bible says that God has revealed his existence to all that he has created, even nature itself. Jesus said, if I be lifted up, I will draw all men to myself. You're not getting out of this world, friend, without having to consider Jesus Christ. You may not bow your knee to him.
In this life, you may refuse him. And you may reject him and thereby purchase tickets for hell, which you shouldn't have to buy. But every person must consider Christ. You're listening to Real Life with Pastor Jack Hibbs. To learn more about this ministry or to catch up on some previous episodes, go to jackhibbs.com.
That's jackhibbs.com. And now let's get back to today's message. Once again, here's Pastor Jack. Jesus is certainly, get a load of this, is certainly the most. Famous human being that has ever lived on Earth.
Did you know that? I know the Beatles once said they were. But that's not true. Jesus is He has been, he is now, he always will be. And in fact, Jesus is the number one most written about person in all of human history.
Not only that, but the annual bestseller since it came out. The Bible every year. You know, the Bible is sold more than any other book every year. Every year. It sells.
The Bible is sold more. More people buy Bibles than any other book every year that they don't even post it now on the all-time best-selling list annually. Whatever is posted is second. to the Bible because it's always been that way. Jesus, of course, the Bible is written all about him.
But more people have written books, either pro or con, doesn't matter, about Jesus Christ than any other person on earth. In fact, Jesus Christ over the ages have had tens of millions of people follow him, if not billions. And it's estimated that right now, at the close of the millennium, In a few months. At the end of the 20th century, It is estimated that Jesus has on this earth living one billion followers. Isn't that something?
That's according to statistics. 1 billion Followers. He is the most famous person that has ever Ever come. into the world. And that is the case, and that's what it will be, until this world is done away with.
The Bible tells us that Jesus had his beginnings really in ministry regarding his teaching the disciples in the northern Galilee region, as you can see, very beautiful, very lush. They're up in northern Israel. And the scriptures tell us there in Matthew chapter 4, verse 23. And Jesus went about all Galilee. You're just seeing a fragment.
You're seeing the western shore of the sea there. That city that lies in the distance. That's Tiberias. Jesus went all around Galilee. teaching in the synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all kinds of sickness and disease.
Jesus' earthly work can be summed up in that wonderful verse in Matthew chapter 28, verse 18 and 19. Jesus said, go therefore into all the world and make disciples of all nations.
Well, that began in Jerusalem, or excuse me, in Galilee, there north of Jerusalem. In that region, that's where it began. Jesus began to spread his message and. Create disciples. And that message was to go out into all the world.
When he says in Matthew chapter 28, 19, all nations, the word is ethnos. Go into all the world and bring about disciples. From all ethnos, from all nations of various, and here's what the word means: colors. All the various colors. All the various people, the gospel transcends.
and looks into their hearts and their lives and brings them hope.
So the first thing that we'll see this morning, jut it down if you would. Very, very important is this, that we are looking. That Jesus Christ came to earth to teach. Jot that down if you would, that he came to teach. Jesus Christ came.
Why teaching? Because when Jesus taught, and it must have been awesome to hear him teach, and literally to see him teach. When he taught He was unlocking to the hearts and minds of mankind Secrets and mysteries that have been held forever, spiritually held back. When Jesus came teaching, as the scripture says in Matthew 4, 23, That he went about. That was his earthly work to go about teaching.
You might say, well, it's so big about teaching. It's all important. We as humans learn by being taught. Could be by visual manifestation or by maybe some sort of tutorial care. or maybe some sort of apprenticeship where we got hands-on.
We'd learn by hearing, by seeing. And by doing. Jesus taught. He gave always a good message, and a good message well taught. should result in the listeners being a people that are affected in at least four ways.
Very important. Jot it down in your note-taking if you would. that a teaching Message should affect me in four ways as a believer.
Well, why should we even ask that question or make that statement? Because when Jesus taught, people were affected. And when the Holy Spirit moves in a message, people will be affected. 2 Timothy 3:16, very important verse. 2 Timothy 3:16 says, All scripture is given by inspiration of God.
That means God breathed out the Bible.
Well, you know. Harriet told me that man wrote it. Man did not write the Bible. God possessed men. Who, under the possession of the Holy Spirit, wrote the Bible, he incorporated their personality, he incorporated some aspects of their intellect.
Examples, some biblical authors wrote. According to their Customs, where they lived. or their education. But the entire Bible is without contradiction, it is absolutely perfect, it is flawless, and it is accurate scientifically, linguistically. And in every way.
How did that happen? Because God breathed. The scriptures. He wrote them. Using men, yes, but he wrote them.
In 2 Timothy 3:16, he says four very important things, and we'll look at them this morning regarding teaching that the gospel or the Bible, I should say, is profitable for number one, doctrine. That is useful teaching, teaching that you can use. Number two, for reproof. That word means to make us realize. Oh what's wrong in our lives.
Number three, for correction, that is. The Bible straightens out our lives. It has that power to do it. We'll visit these things later. In more detail.
Number four, That the scriptures are helpful to us and that they instruct us in righteousness. That is, the Bible teaches us what we should be doing right.
So, the first thing is doctrine, the teaching of the Way We can put it of Christianity, reproof that is showing us what is disapproving to God. Correction, that is to straighten out our life, and instruction to give us practical knowledge. The Bible says in Micah chapter 6, verse 8: great old verse. Many of us remember this. Verse Many years ago.
It was a very popular song. It says, he has shown thee, O man. What is good and what the Lord requires of you. And this is it, but to do justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God. How does that come about in your life and in my life?
Through teaching.
So the first thing that we see this morning is very, very important. And it is this, his teaching whispered obedience. Jesus's teaching whispered in it obedience. Example, when Jesus taught There had to be an explosive vitality about his teaching. Why?
Because in Matthew chapter 7, verse 29, The Bible says, for he taught them as one having authority. and not like the scribes or Pharisees.
Well, the scribes and Pharisees would go like this. They would open up the Old Testament, they would say, And Isaiah said, That my word shall go forth and accomplish what I've sent it out. It will not return to me void. Then they would close the book and they would say, Rabbi Hallel says. and they would quote Hillel, and Rabbi Shamal says, and then Rabbi Kaplan says, and they would quote all these ancient rabbis.
And people would be falling asleep. It happened for millenniums. Jesus comes onto the scene, opens up the Old Testament, and explodes with vitality. He spoke with one having authority. When he taught the Bible, people sat up and it came to life.
Why? Because he spoke from what he knew. When he taught the Bible, the Holy Spirit took the truth of the Word of God and through the messenger, in this case Jesus, brought the Word of God alive. to the listeners. That is extremely important.
Jesus taught as one having authority. But listen to this. Very much unlike the scribes and Pharisees. Quickly, I don't want to make a big deal of this, but watch this. Biblical authority is an awesome thing to be around and to embrace.
Did you hear me, everyone? You and I live in a culture that when we mention the word authority, we get all bent out of shape.
Sometimes we're justified in getting bent out of shape. You want to know why? We have been given a very ill representation of what authority is. Biblical authority. draws you to it.
You are Invited to come and enjoy it.
Well, Jack, I was in a ministry and there was authority all right, but I was beat to death by it. I'm not talking about worldly authority. No, no, no. This was in a church. I'm not talking about worldly authority.
When Jesus exercised authority, people gathered around him. Isn't that an exciting and encouraging thing to know? When Jesus is in control, you want to get closer to him. The scribes, what did they do? They pounded on their pulpit.
They put yokes upon people that they themselves wouldn't dare bear or try to even attempt to carry. They were men who were insecure and men who imposed authority. Jesus taught in such a way that he caused the Bible to come to life and to light. and they saw it in front of them. Listen, excellent teaching is when the Bible is being taught and there are graphic representations to it.
Pastor and Bible teacher Jack Hibbs. Here on Real Life Radio. and his message called Christ and His Earthly Work. Thanks for being with us today. You know, this message is part of Pastor Jack's series called The Life and Times of Jesus Christ.
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