Christ in the books of Proverbs and Ecclesiastes
He is Our Wisdom

Solomon was young and inexperienced when he came to the throne inherited from his father David. Yet he was expected to assume the full reponsibilities of the great kingdom.

Solomon loved the Lord and was waiting before Him when the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream and said, "Ask what I shall give thee." Solomon felt his total dependence upon God, saying, "I am but a little child: I know not how to go out or come in....give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad". ( 1 Kings 2:5, 7, 9).

Solomon's request pleased God very much. He not only granted Solomon's unselfish request but also gave him "fringe benefits" of riches and honor for which he did not even ask! Solomon was a living example of the truth Jesus taught: "Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you" (Matthew 6:33). There was none like unto Solomon in wisdom, riches, and splendor.

When Jesus preached to the multitude He said, "Behold, a greater than Solomon is here" (Luke 11:31). Those who would seek wisdom will go to Jesus Christ, "in whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge" (Colossians 2:3).

The importance of wisdom in the believer's every day life cannot be overestimated. For, like Solomon, we are run up against problems that we cannot solve within ourselves. But God was not parital to Solomon. The Bible says "If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God..... and it shall be given him" (James 1:5)

Bless-(signs)
Pastor CeCe

Christ in every book of the Bible - Psalms

 

In PSALMS - He is the Lord, Our Shepherd

David is sometimes called the shepherd king. He said, "The Lord is my
shepherd; I shall not want" (Psalm 23:1). Note the words "my shepherd."
David based his relationship with God on a personal experience with the
Lord. He communed with God as he led his father's sheep to pature, and he
would sing psalms and rejoice in the Lord.

Shepherds are close to their sheep. David knew his sheep and called each of
them by name. They knew his voice and they responded to him. Jesus said, "I
am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine" (John 10:14).
Salvation through the Lord, our Shepherd, is a personal experience... one
where Christ knows you by name and you know Him. You walk hand-in-hand
together and you speak with one another with familiarity and understanding.
From your heart you can say, "The Lord is MY Shepherd. MY personal Savior,
and Lord of MY life."

I shall not want! A good shepherd provides for ALL the needs of his flock.
So many people think that you get saved only to go to heaven.... someday.
But the Lord knows that we Live between now and heaven-going time!

"I used to think," confessed one man, "that God was interested only in my
soul--that nebulous area of our human makeup that no one is able to
describe, and yet everyone has. I wondered, doesn't Jesus have anything to
say about what I eat or what I wear or the work I do?

The ministry of Jesus, our Shepherd, is geared to meet the needs of the
whole man in any area of his life. Philippians 4:19 says: "MY God shall
supply ALL your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus!"

When the man with a withered hand came to Jesus with a physical need, Jesus
did not say "I want to teach you something spiritual. I will give you grace
to bear it." Jesus said, "Stretch forth thine hand," and the man's hand was
restored.

Confronted with the hungry multitude, Jesus didn't attempt to teach them
some spiritual law. He took the lad's lunch, blessed and multiplied it, and
used it to satisfy their hunger.

Likewise, when Christ meets us in the area of our spirit, He does not leave
us bound. He steps over to where we are and says, Thy sins be forgiven.

Jesus as the Lord, our Shepherd, is the Great Provider of all of life.

Bless-(signs)
Pastor CeCe

Christ in every book of the Bible - Job

In JOB, He is our ever-living Redeemer

Since the dawn of time, one of the most important questions confronting man
has been, does life continue after death?

In the abyss of Job's affliction, loss, and ridicule, he uttered words that
thrill us to the very depth of our being:  "I know that my redeemer liveth,
and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth: and though after
my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see Goed: whom I
shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another" (Job
19:25-27)

Job looked throught the eyes of faith and saw his own resurrection and the
second coming of our Ever-living Redeemer, the Lord Jesus Christ.

Jesus said, "I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me
though he were dead, yet shall he live: and whosoever liveth and believeth
in me shall never die" (John 11:25,26).

Like Job, the Spostle Paul also knew that there is a hope beyond this life.
He said, "If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men
most miserable. But now is Christ risen from the dead"! (1 Corinthians
15:19,20).

The resurrection of Christ from the dead is the greatest miracle of all
time. But it is only a fact of history unless we take hold of its power for
our everyday lives. Jesus said, "Because I live, ye shall live also" (John
14:19)
He meant this to apply to newness of life in living as well as to our final
victory over the grave.

The Resurrection is more than resurrection of the body at the end time. The
Resurrection is every day. The mighty power which God wrought in Christ when
He raised Him from the dead can operate in our lives this moment...in the
NOW... to deliver us from the problems of life that would hold us down.

Jesus said, "Unless I die I will be alone--a single seed. But my death will
produce many new what kernals--aplentiful harvest of new lives" (John 12:24,
TLB). The resurrection of Jesus Christ was not an accident. Jesus seeded for
the miracle! You don't get something for nothing. Miracles come because you
have put the seed of faith (Matthew 17:20). Every time you love, that's a
seed of faith. Every time you give, that's a seed of faith. Every time you
pray for someone, that's a seed of faith.

When you sow a seed of faith, you sow a seed of resurrection from the
problem you are facing. There is victory for every moment of Christian
living through Christ's resurrection.

Outline:
I.  Historical setting and background 1:1-3:26

II. Job's dialogue with his three friends  4:1-31:40
    A.  How is God related to Job's suffering?  4:1-14:22
    B.  Do wicked people always suffer  15:1-21:34
    C.  Is Job guilty of secret sins?  22:1-31:40

III. Elihu asserts God's justice 32:1-37:24

IV. Speeches of the Almighty  38:1-41:34

V.  Job's restoration  42:1-17

Bless-(signs)
Pastor CeCe

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Christ in every book of the Bible - Esther

IN ESTHER - He is our Mordecai

Mordecai refused to bow and give reverence to Haman, a proud and wicked man.
Angered, Haman used his influence with the king to send out a decree to put
to death all the Jewish people of that nation, thus getting rid of Mordecai
and his people.

When Mordecai heard this he "rent his clothes, and put on sackcloth with
ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and cried with a loud and a
bitter dry" (Esther 4:1)

Mordecai revealed Haman's vile plot to the king through Queen Esther.
Providentially, Haman died on his own gallows which he had prepared for
Mordecai, and Mordecai was exalted to the second place in the kingdom.

Mordecai was not thinking so much of himself as of his people when me
mourned and fasted for their deliverance. His was a sorrow of godly man
moved with compassion. His compassion moved him into the dynamic action
which saved his people.

Christ has paralleled compassion. It is written, "And Jesus went forth, and
saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion toward them, and he
healed their sick" (Matthew 14:14).

Now compassion is different from sympathy. Sympathy causes you to feel sorry
for someone and say, "I wish I could do something for you." But it has
little power to help anybody. Compassion is what Jesus felt when He healed
the sick. It moves you to action.

Christ was so full of compassion for the suffering and the needs of others
that He felt He must take their place, and He must deliver them. Matthew
8:17 says Christ "himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses." He
took them! Willingly! Chrikst who had never been weak or sick took our
infirmities and our sicknesses upon His strong, healthy body. He also took
our sins. God "made him to be sin for us, who knew not sin/ that we might be
made the righteousness of God in him" (2 Corinthians 5:21)

Such Compassion is God's love in action. Jesus Christ is our compassionate
Lord, our Mordecai!

Bless-(signs)
Pastor CeCe

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Christ in Every Book of the Bible:  Deuteronomy

In Deuteronomy, He is the Prophet like unto Moses

God told Moses, "I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethern,
like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto
them all that I shall command him". (Deuteronomy 18:18)

God fulfilled this promise. Philip said of Jesus, "We have found him, of
whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write, Jesus of Nazareth! (John
1:45)

In all His lifetime Christ never lost sight of His relationship with His
Father. "I am in the Father, and the Father in me," He said. It was a
consciousness of this relationship with God that mae Jesus the irresistible
force that He was on earth. When He stretched out His hand to touch the
afflicted, the blind, the maimed, the deaf. He radiated His faith that the
Father's hand was in His hand. Christ never doubted, never feared. In
meeting the crises of life His attitude was, "I speak and My Father speaks
with Me. I and My Father are one." Read John 5:19, 43; 8:28; 10:25.

In so many ways, Moses and Jesus were alike. "Moses was very meek, above all
the men which were upon the face of the earth" (Numbers 12:3). Jesus said,
"I am meek and lowly in heart" (Matthew 11:29).

Meekness is not weakness as some people believe, but an attribute of
spiritual strength. Neither is it being a dishrag or something for people to
tread upon. Meekness is dynamic, positive action. Meekness closes a mouth in
time of temper. It forgives an insult. Meekness is submission to God, so
that He can do His migthty works throught you. Moses--who courageously
delivered the judgments of God to the mighty Egyptian Pharaoh....who lead
the Israelites 40 years in the wilderness...and who spoke with God
face-to-face was anything but a weakling. And certainly there was nothing
weak about Jesus. His strong faith and His perfect contact with heaven
filled His entire being with Power.

Moses delivered the Israelites out of Egyptian bondage. Jesus is our
promised Deliverer. He came "to preach deliverance to the captives (people
in bondage). and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them
that are bruised" (Luke 4:18)

Moses saw God work many miracles by his hand. Yet in far greater measure
Jesus wrought miracles after miracle. He "went about doing good, and healing
all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him" (Acts 10:38).

Bless-(signs)
Pastor CeCe

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