2. Megalomaniac, Philosopher, Schizophrenic OR MESSIAH
PART 3 – HIS LEGACY

3. Our response to Jesus hinges
much on who we think HE IS…
• Philosopher = we consider His sayings
• Teacher = we consider His teachings
• Schizophrenic = we pity Him
• Manipulator = we disdain Him
• MESSIAH = we believe in HIM

4. The Big Idea:

5. The Big Idea:
The best way to know a person is to examine:

6. The Big Idea:
The best way to know a person is to examine:
1. His Words

7. The Big Idea:
The best way to know a person is to examine:
1. His Words
– God loves God gives, We believe, We receive

8. The Big Idea:
The best way to know a person is to examine:
1. His Words
– God loves God gives, We believe, We receive
1. His Deeds

9. The Big Idea:
The best way to know a person is to examine:
1. His Words
– God loves God gives, We believe, We receive
1. His Deeds
– He offers us forgiveness, salvation and eternal
life

10. The Big Idea:
The best way to know a person is to examine:
1. His Words
– God loves God gives, We believe, We receive
1. His Deeds
– He offers us forgiveness, salvation and eternal
life
1. His Legacy

11. What is Legacy?

12. What is Legacy?
Something that it passed on…. Leave behind

13. Legacy Trivia

14. Legacy Trivia

15. Legacy Trivia
Margaret Thatcher

16. Legacy Trivia
Margaret Thatcher
Iron Lady

17. Legacy Trivia

18. Legacy Trivia
Abraham Lincoln

19. Legacy Trivia
Abraham Lincoln
Abolish Slavery

20. Legacy Trivia

21. Legacy Trivia
Mahathir

22. Legacy Trivia
Mahathir
Father of modern
Malaysia

23. Legacy Trivia
Mahathir
Father of modern
Malaysia
Ketuanan Melayu

24. Legacy Trivia

25. Legacy Trivia
Mother Teresa

26. Legacy Trivia
Mother Teresa
Humanitarian work

27. Legacy Trivia
Mother Teresa
Humanitarian work
Redefined what it
means to be
charitable

28. Legacy Trivia

29. Legacy Trivia
Princess Diana

30. Legacy Trivia
Princess Diana
Raise millions for
the poor

31. Legacy Trivia
Princess Diana
Raise millions for
the poor
Cultural icon

32. Legacy Trivia

33. Legacy Trivia
Nelson Mandela

34. Legacy Trivia
Nelson Mandela
First apartheid
president

35. Legacy Trivia
Nelson Mandela
First apartheid
president
Fought for social
justice

36. Legacy Trivia
Nelson Mandela
First apartheid
president
Fought for social
justice
Children with AIDS

37. Legacy Trivia

38. Legacy Trivia
Alexander Graham Bell

39. Legacy Trivia
Alexander Graham Bell
Invented the Phone

40. Legacy Trivia

41. Legacy Trivia
Mao Ze Dong

42. Legacy Trivia
Mao Ze Dong
Establishing
communist party/
revolution

43. Legacy Trivia

44. Legacy Trivia
Albert Einstein

45. Legacy Trivia
Albert Einstein
E = MC2

46. Legacy Trivia

47. Legacy Trivia
Thomas Edison

48. Legacy Trivia
Thomas Edison
Light Bulb

49. Legacy Trivia

50. Legacy Trivia
Walter Disney

51. Legacy Trivia
Walter Disney
Disney World

52. Legacy Trivia
Walter Disney
Disney World
Mickey Mouse

53. W is Jesus’ legacy:
hat

54. W is Jesus’ legacy:
hat
• Great Commission

55. W is Jesus’ legacy:
hat
• Great Commission
• Love Others

56. W is Jesus’ legacy:
hat
• Great Commission
• Love Others
• Servant Leadership

57. W is Jesus’ legacy:
hat
• Great Commission
• Love Others
• Servant Leadership
• Watch your heart

58. W is Jesus’ legacy:
hat
• Great Commission
• Love Others
• Servant Leadership
• Watch your heart
• Forgive your enemies

59. W is Jesus’ legacy:
hat
• Great Commission
• Love Others
• Servant Leadership
• Watch your heart
• Forgive your enemies
• I am coming Back soon…etc

60. Jesus’ Legacy:

61. Jesus’ Legacy:
He left with us what it means to have a LIFE
WITH GOD – RELATIONSHIP

62. John 17
After Jesus said this, he looked toward heaven
and prayed: “Father, the hour has come.
Glorify your Son, that your Son may glorify
you. 2 For you granted him authority over all
people that he might give eternal life to all
those you have given him. 3 Now this is eternal
life: that they know you, the only true God,
and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.

63. Instead of RELATIONSHIP,
many get RELIGION

64. Instead of RELATIONSHIP,
many get RELIGION
John 15:15
15
I no longer call you servants, because a servant
does not know his master’s business. Instead,
I have called you friends, for everything that I
learned from my Father I have made known to
you.

65. Relationship with God is the
centrality of Jesus’ life …

66. Relationship with God is the
centrality of Jesus’ life …
• He walks

67. Relationship with God is the
centrality of Jesus’ life …
• He walks
• He talks

68. Relationship with God is the
centrality of Jesus’ life …
• He walks
• He talks
• He ministers

69. Relationship with God is the
centrality of Jesus’ life …
• He walks
• He talks
• He ministers
• He loves

70. Relationship with God is the
centrality of Jesus’ life …
• He heals

71. Relationship with God is the
centrality of Jesus’ life …
• He heals
• He weeps

72. Relationship with God is the
centrality of Jesus’ life …
• He heals
• He weeps
• His trust

73. Relationship with God is the
centrality of Jesus’ life …
• He heals
• He weeps
• His trust
• His death

74. Everything about Jesus centers around His
relationship with GOD

75. Our challenge is to dethrone US / ME and
enthroned GOD!!

76. Our challenge is to dethrone US / ME and
enthroned GOD!!
When ME is the centrality, Christianity is a
RELIGION, because it’s getting GOD to do
what you want

77. How do I know I have a LIFE with
GOD?

78. How do I know I have a LIFE with
GOD?
A life with His Presence

79. How do I know I have a LIFE with
GOD?
A life with His Presence
Matt 28:20
…. And surely I am with you always, to the very
end of the age.”

80. God’s Presence

81. God’s Presence
• Adam / Eve – they walked with Him

82. God’s Presence
• Adam / Eve – they walked with Him
• Cain – came out from His presence

83. God’s Presence
• Adam / Eve – they walked with Him
• Cain – came out from His presence
• Exodus – only Priest can handle God’s
presence

84. God’s Presence
• Adam / Eve – they walked with Him
• Cain – came out from His presence
• Exodus – only Priest can handle God’s
presence
• Tabernacle – Gods’ presence dwelling among
us

85. God’s Presence
• Ichabod at Shiloh – God’s presence left

86. God’s Presence
• Ichabod at Shiloh – God’s presence left
• Restoring of Tabernacle – David

87. God’s Presence
• Ichabod at Shiloh – God’s presence left
• Restoring of Tabernacle – David
• Ps 51 – do not take your Presence away

88. God’s Presence
• Ichabod at Shiloh – God’s presence left
• Restoring of Tabernacle – David
• Ps 51 – do not take your Presence away
• Jesus death, the veil was torn

89. God’s Presence
• Ichabod at Shiloh – God’s presence left
• Restoring of Tabernacle – David
• Ps 51 – do not take your Presence away
• Jesus death, the veil was torn
• Today, God dwells in men’s heart and not in
tabernacle

90. Our misconception:

91. Our misconception:
• Presence of God is ONLY when we
triumph

92. Our misconception:
• Presence of God is ONLY when we
triumph
– Peter

93. Our misconception:
• Presence of God is ONLY when we
triumph
– Peter
– Stephen

94. When we worship, we enthroned His presence

95. A life with His Providence

96. A life with His Providence
Providence – God’s sovereign, divine foresight
His going before us that foresees, forethought, ..
to prepare what’s ahead of us!!

97. Gen 50:20
20
As for you, you meant evil against me, but God
meant it for good in order to bring about [a
]this present result, to preserve many people
alive.

98. A life with His Promises

99. A life with His Promises
2 Pet 1:4
For by these He has granted to us His precious
and magnificent promises, so that by them
you may become partakers of the divine
nature, having escaped the corruption that is
in the world by lust.

100. A life with His Purpose

101. A life with His Purpose
Jesus demonstrated His battle between His will
vs God’s Will at the Garden of Gethsemane

102. John 4:34
Jesus *said to them, “My food is to do the will of
Him who sent Me and to accomplish His work.

103. Luke 22:42
saying, “Father, if You are willing, remove this
cup from Me; yet not My will, but Yours be
done.”

104. Megalomaniac, Philosopher, Schizophrenic OR MESSIAH
PART 3 – HIS LEGACY