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My Bro Jesus• Today we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ of Nazareth• When he came back from the dead it proclaimed to the world that he was God in the Flesh and indeed had the power to forgive the sins of Men• People who are Christians now put their faith in Jesus and believe that they will have eternal life by believing in him• But that wasn’t always the case for Jesus- he had many disbelievers in his life-• One of his greatest disbelievers was his natural born brother.• Can you imagine what it must have been like being the brother of Jesus?• The Bible says that Jesus lived a sinless life- Think about the stuff that Jesus mother could have said to James- “why can’t you be like your brother” “James, we both know who did this”• Think of how it was for James- always second place. Jesus got first place in everything. Always varsity. Always doing things perfectly.• James Mother was Mary and Joseph was his father- He was technically Jesus half brother. (Matt 13:55)• John 7:5 For even His brothers did not believe in Him.• Here’s Jesus- sent from heaven above, doing his ministry and even his brothers don’t believe in him• These are his brothers they are the ones who have seen him grow up, seen him be the person that he has been and they look at his life and say “you’re not the one”

1. You are who God says that you are- not who others say you are• Here’s the truth- Jesus is the savior of Mankind- Jesus IS the chosen one that provides forgiveness from Sin and life everlasting• Just because his brothers said he wasn’t doesn’t mean that he wasn’t. HE WAS the ONE• Why? Because GOD SAID THAT HE WAS- whoever God says you are YOU ARE• The Bible is very Clear that Jesus was GOD- He is worshiped (Matt. 2:2, 11; 14:33) He was called God (John 20:28; Heb. 1:8) He was called Son of God (Mark 1:1) He is prayed to (Acts 7:59) He is sinless (1 Pet. 2:22; Heb. 4:15) He knows all things (John 21:17)He gives eternal life (John 10:28) All the fullness of deity dwells in Him (Col. 2:9)• Think about this- At the point at which his blood brothers were denying his deity- Jesus had already performed a bunch of miracles• He had healed a man at a pool who couldn’t walk. He did the miracle of the loaves and fishes, where food was miraculously multiplied to feed 5000 people. He had even walked on water at this point• His brother James? I’m not really feeling it. He doesn’t seem like the savior we’ve been waiting for-• Now Jesus was sinless, but my nature I’d be like “HEY MAN- WHAT MORE DO I HAVE TO DO?”• Miracles, miracles, miracles, and I’m still not good enough- I’m sure he didn’t that’s why he is the savior and not me. I know what its like to have someone not believe in me. But I’m not GOD

• What does it mean to you?• You are who God says that you are not who you think you are or what others say that you are• I used to think I was a pretty Good guy. I used to tell myself that. It made me feel good to maximize the little good stuff I did and minimize the bad stuff I did.• This is America- we maximize what others do and minimize what others do• United Airlines had a pretty bad week. But how many people did you destroy with your thoughts and tongue this week? What if your thoughts were a meme? Who would ride your airline?• What I told myself about myself didn’t change what God said about who I was.• It didn’t even matter what others said about me- Its not that hard to hold it together for a few hours• There’s 2 types of people in this room- people that are enemies of God and people that are friends of God• Who are the enemies of God? People who don’t walk according to the scriptures Phil 3:18

• Romans 5: 8 But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners,