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Jesus Defies All

34 "How will this be," Mary asked the angel, "since I am a virgin?"

35 The angel answered, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God. 36 Even Elizabeth your relative is going to have a child in her old age, and she who was said to be barren is in her sixth month. 37 For nothing is impossible with God."

Luke 1:34-37

Jesus Defies all human Reasoning

We can’t comprehend talking to angels.

We can’t comprehend having a baby without having something else first. (sex for all you who are trying to figure it out.)

We can’t comprehend being chosen by God to raise his son.

Jesus defies all human Reasoning.- If you are trying to reason yourself to heaven you will soon become very frustrated! Because Jesus is beyond our comprehension. Jesus Defies All!

Jesus Defies all human Rationale

We will never understand why Jesus even cares about us.

14 When Jesus landed and saw a large crowd, he had compassion on them and healed their sick.

Matthew 14:14

We will never understand why Jesus would die on the cross.

39Going a little farther, he fell with his face to the ground and prayed, "My Father, if it is possible, may this cup be taken from me. Yet not as I will, but as you will."

Matthew 26:39

We will never understand why Jesus forgives us.

34 Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing." And they divided up his clothes by casting lots.

Luke 23:34

9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.

1 John 1:9

Jesus defies all human rationale- If you are trying to put Jesus in a box and limit him by your finite mind like some mathematical equation. You will soon become very frustrated! Because Jesus is beyond our understanding. Jesus Defies All!

Jesus Defies All Human Possibility

Jesus fulfilled over 60 major prophecies and 270 extensions of those 60.

Born in Bethlehem: Predicted in Micah 5:2 Fulfilled in Matthew 2:1 & Luke 2:4-7.

He would be From The House Of David: Predicted In Isaiah 16:5 Fulfilled In Matthew 1:1

To be born of a Virgin: Predicted in Isaiah 7:14 Fulfilled in Matthew 1:18 & Luke 1:26-35.

Time of his birth: Predicted in Daniel 9:25 fulfilled Luke 2:1:

Slaughter of the Innocent children: Predicted in Jeremiah 31:15 fulfilled in Matthew 2:16-18.

Flight to Egypt: Predicted in Hosea 11:1 fulfilled in Matthew 2:14-15.

He shall be called a Nazarene: Predicted in Judges 13:5 fulfilled in Matthew 2:23.

His ministry would include healing: Predicted in Isaiah 29:18 and Isaiah 35:5-6 fulfilled in Luke

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The Odds for these 8 Prophecies To Be Fulfilled By One Man Is Beyond Human Possibility.

The Odds are 1 in 100 Quadrillion, That’s 1 Followed By 17 Zeros.

For Jesus to have filled 48 it would be a 1 followed by 157 Zeros. The largest place value I found on line was 1 followed by 99 Zeros-Duotrigintillion.

Lee Strobel says. The odds of fulfilling just eight of these prophecies would be the equivalent of tiling the entire planet with tile one-and-a-half inches by one-and-a-half inches square. On the bottom of one would be a gold star. Then have a person walk the planet, but he could only bend down one time and he could pick up only one square. What would be the odds that it would be the square with the star on the bottom? The same odds as fulfilling only eight of these prophecies.

By the way if you played powerball last night which had an estimated 57 million dollar price pay, you had a 1 in 146,107,962 chance to win the Grand prize.

In all of history, with the chances being almost infinitely small that any single person could possibly fulfill all the Jewish predictions about the coming Messiah, Jesus of Nazareth fulfilled every one of them.

Jesus did what is humanly impossible. Before the beginning, he not only predicted the beginning, he fulfilled what he predicted. John 1:1 and verse 14

So what is the purpose of this message?

Well if you are sitting there today thinking this Jesus guy doesn’t make since. This message is for you- Because it doesn’t we can comprehend it.

And if you are sitting there today saying that this Jesus stuff doesn’t add up, the formula doesn’t equate. Then this message is for you- Because it is beyond Rationale.

And if you are sitting there today saying that it is humanly impossible for one man to fulfill all the predictions in the Bible. This message is for you- Because it is.

I guest what this message is about is Jesus defied all the things that make us human. And by doing these things he proved he was God. For nothing is impossible with God.

Jesus came to this earth, and by the very things he did he proved he was God.

Now it’s up to you- Do you believe He is God? Do you believe He came to die for you? And Do you believe he will forgive you of your sins.

If you do- It is time to ask Him to do it! Because Jesus Defies All!