to make intercession for them" (Hebrews 7:25).
C. He is a personal Savior: "If you confess with your mouth the Lord
Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes to righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made to salvation" (Romans 10:9–10). The Consummation of His Work
1. He shall return again to this earth (John 14:3; Acts 1:11; Hebrews 10:37).
2. Believers in Christ shall be physically resurrected to begin a new, everlasting life (1 Corinthians 15:51–58; 1 Thessalonians 4:17–18).
3. He will reign as King of kings and Lord of lords over His new creation (2 Peter 3:10–13; Revelation 22:3–5).
Helping Strategy
The greatest response we can make to Jesus Christ and His claims is to:
1. Receive Him as Lord and Savior. Ask the inquirer if he or she has done this. Share "Steps to Peace with God," page 11.
2. Enthrone Him as Lord of our life: "These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me" (Matthew 15:8, NIV). "Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God—this is your spiritual act of worship. Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will" (Romans 12:1–2, NIV).
3. Witness for Him as He commands: "That which we have seen and heard we declare to you, that you also may have fellowship with us; and truly our fellowship is with the Father and with His Son Jesus Christ" (1 John 1:3). "You shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth" (Acts 1:8).
Scripture His Deity:
John 1:1–3; 8:56–59; 10:30–33; 17:5; Philippians 2:6–11; Colossians 1:15–19; 2:8–9; Revelation 5:12–14.