Given all the disasters, maybe there is value in refocusing. JESUS WAS AND STILL IS THE CHRIST, THE SACRIFICIAL LAMB OF GOD THE FATHER, THE HOLY MESSIAH, OUR RESURRECTION AND OUR LIFE, THE SAVIOR OF THE WORLD. A MIGHTY FORTRESS IS OUR GOD WHO SOON WILL COME!

Given all the disasters, maybe there is value in refocusing. JESUS WAS AND STILL IS THE CHRIST, THE SACRIFICIAL LAMB OF GOD THE FATHER, THE HOLY MESSIAH, OUR RESURRECTION AND OUR LIFE, THE SAVIOR OF THE WORLD. A MIGHTY FORTRESS IS OUR GOD WHO SOON WILL COME!

1. A Mighty Fortress Is Our God
2. Text by Martin Luther.

2.1.        A mighty fortress is our God,

2.2.        A tower of strength ne’er failing.

2.3.        A helper mighty is our God,

2.4.        O’er ills of life prevailing.

2.5.        He overcometh all.

2.6.        He saveth from the Fall.

2.7.        His might and pow’r are great.

2.8.        He all things did create.

2.9.        And he shall reign for evermore.

3. CHRIST.
4. CHRIST THE LAMB.
5. CHRIST OF GOD.

6. He is Christ. 
7. He is the Christ. 
8. He is The Christ of God.
9. (Luke 9:20)
10. He is The Anointed One. (Greek)
11. He is The Messiah. (Hebrew) 
12. “Jesus, who is called Christ,
13. is the firstborn of the Father in the spirit
14. and the Only Begotten of the Father in the flesh. 
15. “He is Jehovah,
16. and was foreordained to his great calling
17. in the Grand Councils
18. before the world was. 
19. “He was born of Mary at Bethlehem,
20. lived a sinless life,
21. and wrought out a perfect atonement
22. for all mankind
23. by the shedding of his blood
24. and his death on the cross. 
25. “He rose from the grave
26. and brought to pass the bodily resurrection
27. of every living thing
28. and the salvation
29. and exaltation
30. of the faithful. 
31. “He is the greatest Being
32. to be born on this earth —
33. the perfect example —
34. and all religious things
35. should be done in his name. …
36. “He will come again
37. in power and great glory
38. to dwell on the earth,
39. and
40. “[He] will stand as Judge of all mankind
41. at the last day.” 

(Bible Dictionary, Christ, pg. 633.)

42. LAMB.
43. LAMB OF GOD.
44. LAMB WITHOUT BLEMISH.
45. SACRIFICIAL LAMB OF GOD.
46. He is the Lamb.
47. (Revelation 21:9,14,22,27; 22:1,3;
48. Revelation 5:6,8, 12-13; 6:16; 7:9, 14, 17; 12:11; 14:1,4,10;
49. 15:3; 17:14; 19:7,9). 
50. He is the Lamb without blemish and without spot.
51. (1 Pet. 1:19)  
52. He is the Lamb of God. 
53. (John 1:29,36)
54. He was and is the Sacrificial Lamb of God.
55. LIVING BREAD.

56. He is the Living bread (John 6:51). 
57. The sacramental bread of life. 
58. “Verily, verily, I say unto you,
59. Moses gave you not that bread from heaven;
60. but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven. 
61. For the bread of God
62. is he which cometh down from heaven,
63. and giveth life unto the world. 
64. Then said they unto him,
65. Lord, evermore give us this bread. 
66. And Jesus said unto them,
67. I am the bread of life:
68. he that cometh to me shall never hunger;
69. and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.” 
70. (John 6:32-35)
71. “I am the living bread
72. which came down from heaven:
73. if any man eat of this bread,
74. he shall live for ever:
75. and the bread that I will give is my flesh,
76. which I will give for the life of the world.” 
77. (John 6:51)

78. MESSIAH.
79. MESSIAS.

80. He is the Messiah.
81. He is the anointed one.
82. (Daniel 9:25)
83. He is the Messias.
84. He is the King and Deliverer.
85. He is the Messiah
86. whose coming the Jews eagerly expected..
87. (John 1:41; 4:25)
88. Messiah is fairer than the children of men. 
89. Messiah is anointed with the oil of gladness
90. above his fellows. 
91. Messiah is blessed forever. 
92. Messiah is remembered in all generations. 
93. (Psalm 45)
94. “Only the faithful were able [and are able]
95. to see in Jesus of Nazareth
96. the true Suffering Servant of Isaiah 53.” 
97. (Bible Dictionary, 731.) 
98. “There is only one Messiah. (2 Nephi 25:18)
99. And his status as the Anointed One,
100. as the promised Savior,
101. is what constitutes his Messiahship.  
102. Others do not
103. and cannot
104. attain a status of Messiahship
105. (for they are not born,
106. as Christ was,
107. inheriting life in themselves from an Immortal Parent),
108. though others may become joint-heirs
109. with him in his Father’s kingdom.” 
110. (MD p. 489)
111. (Genesis 49:10; Isaiah 10:27; 11:1; John 1:49;
112. Acts 3:15; 5:31; Hebrews 2:10; 12:2; 2 Nephi 20:27;
113. Doctrine & Covenants 58:22; Moses 4:2; Abraham 3:27)

114. RESURRECTION.
115. RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE.

116. He is the Resurrection.
117. He is the Ressurection and the Life for each of us.
118. (John 11:25)
119. “The resurrection consists in
120. the uniting of a spirit body with a body of flesh and bones,
121. never again to be divided. 
122. The resurrection shall come to all,
123. because of Christ’s victory over death. 
124. Jesus Christ was the first to be resurrected on this earth. …
125. Others had been brought back from death,
126. but were restored to mortality … ,
127. whereas a resurrection means to become immortal,
128. without blood,
129. yet with a body of flesh and bone. 
130. All will not be raised to the same glory
131. in the resurrection … ,
132. nor will all come forth at the same time …. 
133. Christ was first;
134. the righteous have precedence over the wicked,
135. and come forth in the first resurrection,
136. whereas the unrepentant sinners
137. come forth in the last resurrection … 
138. The New Testament gives ample evidence
139. that Jesus rose with his physical body:
140. He ate fish and honey… ;
141. he said he had flesh and bones …;
142. the people touched him …;
143. the tomb was empty …;
144. and the angels said he had risen … 
145. One of the most fundamental doctrines
146. taught by the Twelve
147. was that Jesus was risen from the tomb,
148. with his glorified, resurrected body, … 
149. To obtain a resurrection
150. with a celestial, exalted body
151. is the center point of hope in the gospel of Jesus Christ. 
152. The resurrection of Jesus
153. is the most glorious of all messages
154. to mankind. 
155. Latter-day revelation
156. confirms the reality of the resurrection of Christ
157. and of all mankind, … .”
158. (Bible Dictionary, p. 761) 
159. Yes, He raised Lazarus, yet Lazarus died. 
160. He will raise us once and for all
161. and we shall live forever more.

162. SAVIOR.
163. SAVIOR OF ALL MANKIND.
164. SAVIOR OF THE WORLD.

165. He is The Savior. 
166. (Matthew 1:21; Luke 2:11;
167. Acts 5:31; 13:23; Philip. 3:20) 
168. He is our Savior.
169. (1 Timothy 2:3; 2 Timothy 1:10;
170. Titus 2:10, 13; 3:6) 
171. He is The Savior of our body.
172. (Ephesians 5:23).
173. He is The Savior of Israel.
174. (Acts 13:23) 
175. He is The Savior of the World
176. (John 4:42; 1 John. 4:14)
177. We can never be thankful enough
178. that He is the Savior of our spirits and our bodies.

179. A Mighty Fortress Is Our God
180. Text by Martin Luther.

180.1.                     A mighty fortress is our God,

180.2.                     A tower of strength ne’er failing.

180.3.                     A helper mighty is our God,

180.4.                     O’er ills of life prevailing.

180.5.                     He overcometh all.

180.6.                     He saveth from the Fall.

180.7.                     His might and pow’r are great.

180.8.                     He all things did create.

180.9.                     And he shall reign for evermore.

      

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