19. Matthew, Mark, Luke, and Peter are
witnesses to Peter, James and John’s
experience on the mountain of
Transfiguration. There they not only
saw Jesus talking with two Old
Testament heavy hitters, Elijah and
Moses, but also heard God declare
Jesus as His Son, and someone who
better be paid attention to.
20. Let us go back, all the way to the
Virgin Birth and find more
witnesses.
Matthew records Joseph as a
witness to God’s angel declaring
the yet to be born of a virgin son as
God’s Savior and in fact God with
us.
24. Luke records God’s angel Gabriel
informing a virgin, Mary, she would
be made pregnant by God’s Spirit
and give birth to The Son of The
Highest, The Holy Son of God.
29. Luke also records another witness,
Mary’s relative Elizabeth, filled with
the Holy Spirit, wonders how she
could be so blessed to be visited by
the mother of her Lord.
34. Simeon was promised by the Holy
Spirit
. When Jesus
was brought into the Temple to fulfill
the law of Moses, Simeon knew he
could now be released to die because
.
37. Matthew tells us of a reluctant
witness, King Herod.
When the Scholars from the East ask
for directions to where they could find
the .
Herod knew they were in search of the
Messiah.
38. We know this because he ask the
We know these scholars of the East
did in fact become witnesses when
the star they had been following
came to rest over the place where
Jesus was.
45. Matthew, Mark, & Luke testify that
John the Baptizer witnessed God
the Father declaring Jesus as His
son when He was baptized and God
the Spirit came down on Him in the
form of a dove.
46. In fact God had let John the
Baptizer in on His planned
announcement sometime before
Jesus’ baptism.
He had been waiting & watching for
the Spirit to verify God's Chosen
One!
47. Can you imagine John’s excitement
when Jesus came up out of the
water & the dove flew down & lit on
Jesus?
I see a huge smile on his face as
he’s bursting at the seams!
He couldn’t help but tell everyone,
48. Why have I taken time to point out
all these witnesses?
God’s Law declares two or more
witnesses are required to prove
something true.
53. Do we need to pray for our doubts, our
unbelief, pray for true conviction?
54. Let’s count the witnesses mentioned
today; 1 Matthew, 2 Mark, 3 Luke, 4
Peter, 5 James, 6 John, 7 God the
Father, 8 Joseph, 9 God’s angel, 10
Gabriel, 11 Mary, 12 God the Spirit, 13
Elizabeth, 14 God’s angel, 15+
shepherds, 16 Simeon, 17 King Herod,
18+ Scholars from the East, 19 John
the Baptizer, 20 Father of mute son
61. The Scriptures say on the word of 2
or 3 the truth can be determined.
Here we’ve mentioned 20+
witnesses.
We’ve not considered Old
Testament prophetic witnesses,
the numerus folks he healed,
the thousands he fed, Apostle Paul
or John’s Revelation!
We have OVERWHELMING PROOF
Jesus is who He said He was!