I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brothers, one like you, and will put My words in His mouth. And He shall speak to them all that I shall command Him. (Deuteronomy 18:18)

So, the Lord Himself shall give you a sign. Behold, the virgin will conceive and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call His name Immanuel. (Isaiah 7:14)

Now the birth of Jesus Christ was this way (for His mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph) before they came together, she was found to be with child by the Holy Spirit.

And she shall bear a son, and you shall call His name JESUS: for He shall save His people from their sins.
Now all this happened so that might be fulfilled that which was spoken of the LORD by the prophet, saying,
"Behold, the virgin shall conceive in her womb, and will bear a son. And they will call His name Emmanuel," which being interpreted is, God with us. (Matthew 1:18, 21-23)

And you, Bethlehem Ephratah, you being least among the thousands of Judah, out of you He shall come forth to Me, to become Ruler in Israel, He whose goings forth have been from of old, from the days of eternity. (Micah 5:2)

And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God into a city of Galilee, named Nazareth,
to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. And the virgin's name was Mary.
And the angel came in to her and said, Hail, one receiving grace, the Lord is with you. Blessed are you among women.
And when she saw him , she was troubled at his saying, and considered what kind of greeting this might be.
And the angel said to her, Do not fear, Mary, for you have found favor with God.
And behold! You shall conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call His name JESUS.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
He was in the beginning with God.
And the Word became flesh, and tabernacled among us. And we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and of truth. (John 1:1-2, 14)

For truly He did not take the nature of angels, but He took hold of the seed of Abraham.
Therefore in all things it behoved him to be made like His brothers, that He might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make propitiation for the sins of His people. (Hebrews 2:16-17)

JESUS' UNIQUE WORKS

HIS AUTHORITY OVER NATURE

And taking leave of them, He went away to the mountain to pray.
And when evening had come, the boat was in the middle of the sea, and He was alone on the land.
And He saw them toiling in rowing, for the wind was contrary to them. And about the fourth watch of the night He came toward them walking on the sea, and would have passed by them.
But when they saw Him walking on the sea, they supposed that it was a phantom, and cried out.
For they all saw Him and were troubled. And immediately He talked with them, and said, Be of good cheer. I AM! Do not be afraid.
And He went up into the boat to them. And the wind was cut off. And they were very much amazed within themselves beyond measure, and marveled. (Mark 6:46-51)

And there arose a windstorm, and the waves beat into the boat, so that it was now full.
And He was in the stern of the boat, asleep on a headrest. And they awakened Him and said to Him, Master, do You not care that we perish?
And He awakened and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, Peace! Be still! And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.
And they feared exceedingly and said to one another, What kind of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey Him? (Mark 4:37-39, 41)

And great crowds came to Him, having with them the lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others. And they cast them down at Jesus' feet. And He healed them,
so much so that the crowd wondered when they saw the dumb speak, the maimed sound, the lame walk, and the blind see. And they glorified the God of Israel. (Matthew 15:30,31)

And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people. (Matthew 9:35)

And rising up from the synagogue, He entered into Simon's house. And Simon's wife's mother was being seized with a great fever. And they asked Him for her.
And standing over her, He rebuked the fever. And it left her. And immediately she arose and served them.
And the sun sinking, all, as many as had sick ones with different kinds of diseases brought them to Him. And laying hands on each of them, He healed them.
And also demons came out of many, crying out and saying, You are the Christ, the Son of God! And rebuking them , He did not allow them to speak; for they knew Him to be the Christ. (Luke 4:38-41)

When they could not come near to Him because of the crowd, they unroofed the roof where He was. And digging through, they let down the cot on which the paralytic was lying.
And seeing their faith, Jesus said to the paralytic, Child, your sins are forgiven to you.
But so that you may know that the Son of man has authority upon earth to forgive sins, He said to the paralytic,
I say to you, Arise, and take up your cot, and go to your house.
And immediately he arose and took up his cot and went out before all. So that all were amazed and glorified God, saying, We never saw it this way. (Mark 2:4-5, 10-12)

And a certain man was there, who had an infirmity thirty-eight years.
When Jesus saw him lying, and knowing that he had spent much time, He said to him, Do you desire to be made whole?
Jesus says to him, Rise, take up your bed and walk.
And immediately the man was made whole and took up his bed and walked. And it was a sabbath on that day. (John 5:5-6, 8-9)

And as He entered into a certain village, ten leprous men met Him, who stood afar off.
And they lifted voice and said, Jesus, Master, pity us!
And seeing them , He said to them, Go show yourselves to the priests. And it happened, as they went, that they were cleansed. (Luke 17:12-14)

And behold, two blind men were sitting by the wayside. When they heard that Jesus passed by, they cried out, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, Son of David!
And the crowd rebuked them, saying that they should be silent. But they cried the more, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, Son of David!
And Jesus stood still and called them, and said, What do you desire that I should do to you? (Matthew 20:30-32)

And behold, there was a woman who had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and she was bowed together and was not able to be completely erect.
And when Jesus saw her, He called and said to her, Woman, you are delivered from your infirmity.
And He laid His hands on her. And instantly she was made erect, and she glorified God. (Luke 13:11-13)

And He called His twelve disciples together and gave them power and authority over all demons and to cure diseases.
And He sent them to proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal the sick.
And He said to them, Take nothing for your journey, neither staffs, nor a bag, nor bread, nor money, nor each to have two tunics.
And whatever house you enter into, abide there and depart from there.
And whoever will not receive you, when you go out of that city shake off the very dust from your feet for a testimony against them.
And they departed and went through the towns, proclaiming the gospel and healing everywhere.
And Herod the tetrarch heard of all the things happening by Him. And he was perplexed, because it was said by some that John had risen from the dead; (Luke 9:1-7)

And evening coming on, they brought to Him many who had been possessed with demons. And He cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were sick
so that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying, "He took on Himself our weaknesses and bore our sicknesses." (Matthew 8:16-17)

Then Jesus came again to Cana of Galilee, where He made the water wine. And there was a certain nobleman whose son was sick at Capernaum.
When He heard that Jesus had come out of Judea into Galilee, he went to Him and begged Him that He would come down and heal his son, for he was at the point of death.
Then Jesus said to him, Unless you see signs and wonders you will not believe.
The nobleman said to Him, Sir, come down before my child dies.
Jesus said to him, Go, your son lives. And the man believed the word that Jesus had spoken to him, and he went away.
And as he was now going down, his servants met him and told him , saying, Your son lives.
Then he asked of them the hour when he began to get better. And they said to him, Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him.
So the father knew that it was at the same hour in which Jesus said to him, Your son lives. And he himself believed, and his whole house. (John 4:46-53)

And drawing near the gate of the city, even behold, one having died was being carried out, an only son of his mother, and she was a widow. And a considerable crowd of the city was with her.
And when the Lord saw her, He had compassion on her and said to her, Do not weep.
And He came and touched the bier. And the ones who bore him stood still. And He said, Young man, I say to you, Arise!
And the one who was dead sat up and began to speak. And He delivered him to his mother. (Luke 7:12-15)

And behold, a man named Jairus came, and he was a synagogue-ruler. And he fell down at Jesus' feet and begged Him that He would come into his house.
For he had an only daughter, about twelve years of age, and she lay dying. But as He went, the people thronged Him.
He was still speaking when someone came from the synagogue-ruler, saying to him, Your daughter is dead, do not trouble the Teacher.
But when Jesus heard, He answered Him, saying, Do not fear, only believe and she shall be healed.
And coming into the house, He allowed no one to go in, except Peter and James and John, and the father and the mother of the girl.
And He put them all out. And He took her by the hand and called, saying, Little girl, arise!
And her spirit came again, and she arose immediately. And He commanded that food be given her to eat. (Luke 8:41-42, 49-51, 54-55)

Jesus said, Take away the stone. Martha, the sister of him who died, said to Him, Lord, by this time he stinks. For it is the fourth day .
Jesus answered her, Did I not say to you that if you would believe you would see the glory of God?
Then they took away the stone where the dead was laid. And Jesus lifted up His eyes and said, Father, I thank You that You have heard Me.
And saying these things, He cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, Here! Outside!
And he who had died came out, bound hand and foot with sheets, and his face was bound with a cloth. Jesus said to them, Untie him and let him go! (John 11:39-41, 43-44)

HIS AUTHORITY OVER EVIL SPIRITS

And behold, a man cried aloud from the crowd, saying, Teacher, I beseech You, look on my son, for he is my only-born son.
And lo, a spirit takes him, and he suddenly cries out. And it throws him into convulsions, with foaming, and with pain departs from him, bruising him.
And as he was still coming, the demon violently convulsed and tore him . And Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit and healed the child and delivered him again to his father. (Luke 9:38-39, 42)

As they went out, behold, they brought to Him a dumb man, who had been demon-possessed.
And when the demon had been cast out, the dumb one spoke. And multitudes marveled, saying, Never was it seen like this in Israel! (Matthew 9:32-33)

And one of the crowd answered and said, Teacher, I have brought my son who has a dumb spirit to You.

And seeing that a crowd is running together, Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to him, Dumb and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him and enter no more into him!
But Jesus took him by the hand and lifted him up, and he arose. (Mark 9:17, 25, 27)

(for then He must have suffered often since the foundation of the world), but now once in the end of the world He has appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself. (Hebrews 9:26)

For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins.
Therefore when He comes into the world, He says, "Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but You have prepared a body for Me. (Hebrews 10:4-5)

Therefore My Father loves Me, because I lay down My life so that I might take it again.
No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down from Myself. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it again. I have received this commandment from My Father. (John 10:17-18)

Do you think that I cannot now pray to My Father, and He shall presently give Me more than twelve legions of angels?
But how then shall the Scriptures be fulfilled, that it must be so? (Matthew 26:53-54)

Then he delivered Him up to them that He might be crucified. And they took Jesus and led Him away.
And bearing His cross, He went out to a place called, The Place of a Skull (which is called in the Hebrew, Golgotha)
where they crucified Him, and two others with Him, one on either side, and Jesus in the middle.
But when they came to Jesus and saw that He was already dead, they did not break His legs.
But one of the soldiers pierced His side with a lance, and instantly there came out blood and water. (John 19:16-18, 33-34)

Surely He has borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed Him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
But He was wounded for our transgressions; He was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement of our peace was on Him; and with His stripes we ourselves are healed.
All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned, each one to his own way; and the LORD has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.
He was oppressed, and He was afflicted; yet He opened not His mouth. He is brought as a lamb to the slaughter; and as a sheep before its shearers is dumb, so He opened not His mouth.
He was taken from prison and from judgment; and who shall declare His generation? For He was cut off out of the land of the living; for the transgression of My people He was stricken.
And He put His grave with the wicked, and with a rich one in His death; although He had done no violence, nor was any deceit in His mouth.
He shall see the fruit of the travail of His soul. He shall be fully satisfied. By His knowledge shall My righteous Servant justify for many; and He shall bear their iniquities.
Therefore I will divide to Him with the great, and He shall divide the spoil with the strong; because He has poured out His soul to death; and He was counted among the transgressors; and He bore the sin of many, and made intercession for transgressors. (Isaiah 53:4-9, 11-12)

He went to Pilate and begged the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be delivered.
When Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in clean linen,
and laid it in his new tomb, which he had cut out of the rock. And he rolled a great stone to the door of the tomb and departed.
Pilate said to them, You have a watch. Go and make it as secure as you can.
And going they made the tomb secure, sealing the stone along with the guard. (Matthew 27:58-60, 65-66)

But late in the week, at the dawning into the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to see the tomb.
And behold, a great earthquake occurred! For coming down from Heaven, and coming up, an angel of the Lord rolled back the stone from the door and was sitting on it.
His countenance was like lightning, and his clothing white as snow.
And the keepers shook for fear of him and became like dead men .
And the angel answered and said to the women, Do not fear, for I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified.
He is not here, for He has risen, as He said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay.
And go quickly and tell His disciples that He has risen from the dead. And, behold, He goes before you into Galilee. There you shall see Him. Lo, I have told you.
And they quickly departed from the tomb with fear and great joy, and ran to bring His disciples word.
But as they were going to report to His disciples, behold, Jesus also met them, saying, Hail! And they came and held Him by the feet and worshiped Him.
Then Jesus said to them, Do not be afraid; go tell My brothers that they should go into Galilee, and there they will see Me. (Matthew 28:1-10)

And as they spoke this, Jesus Himself stood in their midst, and said to them, Peace to you!
But they were terrified and filled with fear, for they thought they saw a spirit.
And He said to them, Why are you troubled, and why do thoughts arise in your hearts?
Behold My hands and My feet, that I am He! Handle Me and see, for a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see Me have.
And when He had spoken this, He showed them His hands and feet.
And while they still did not believe for joy, and wondered, He said to them, Have you any food here?
And they handed to Him a piece of a broiled fish and of a honeycomb.
And He took it and ate before them.
And He said to them, These are the words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all things must be fulfilled which were written in the law of Moses and in the Prophets and in the Psalms about Me.
And He opened their mind to understand the Scriptures.
And He said to them, So it is written, and so it behoved Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead the third day,
and that repentance and remission of sins should be proclaimed in His name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
And you are witnesses of these things. (Luke 24:36-48)

For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received, that Christ died for our sins, according to the Scriptures,
and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures;
and that He was seen by Cephas, then by the Twelve.
Afterward He was seen by over five hundred brothers at once, of whom the greater part remain until this present day, but also some fell asleep.
Afterward He was seen by James, then by all the apostles.
And last of all He was seen by me also, as one born out of time. (1 Corinthians 15:3-8)

JESUS' UNIQUE ASCENSION INTO HEAVEN

And He led them out as far as Bethany. And lifting up His hands, He blessed them.
And it happened as He blessed them, He withdrew from them and was carried up into Heaven. (Luke 24:50-51)

And saying these things, as they watched, He was taken up. And a cloud received Him out of their sight.
And while they were looking intently into the heaven, He having gone, even behold, two men in white clothing stood beside them,
who also said, Men of Galilee, why do you stand gazing up into the heaven? This same Jesus who is taken up from you into Heaven, will come in the way you have seen Him going into Heaven. (Acts 1:9-11)

But this Man, after He had offered one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down on the right of God, (Hebrews 10:12)

For God is one, and there is one Mediator of God and of man, the Man Christ Jesus, (1 Timothy 2:5)

we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. (1 John 2:1b)

Therefore He is able also to save to the uttermost those who come unto God by Him, since He ever lives to make intercession for them.
For such a high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners and made higher than the heavens, (Hebrews 7:25-26)

JESUS' UNIQUE CLAIMS

HIS UNIQUE AUTHORITY

I came forth from the Father, and have come into the world. Again I leave the world and go to the Father. (John 16:28)

Then Jesus spoke again to them, saying, I am the Light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life. (John 8:12)

I am the door. If anyone enters in by Me, he shall be saved and shall go in and out and find pasture.
The thief does not come except to steal and to kill and to destroy. I have come so that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
I am the Good Shepherd. The Good Shepherd lays down His life for the sheep. (John 10:9-11)

I am the Living Bread which came down from Heaven. If anyone eats of this Bread, he shall live forever. And truly the bread that I will give is My flesh, which I will give for the life of the world. (John 6:51)

Jesus said to her, I am the Resurrection and the Life! He who believes in Me, though he die, yet he shall live.
And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die. Do you believe this?
She said to Him, Yes, Lord, I have believed that You are the Christ, the Son of God, who has come into the world. (John 11:25-27)

I am the True Vine, and My Father is the Vinedresser.
Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself unless it remains in the vine, so neither can you unless you abide in Me.
In this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit, so you shall be My disciples. (John 15:1, 4, 8)

Jesus said to him, I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life; no one comes to the Father but by Me. (John 14:6)

And Simon Peter answered and said, You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.
Jesus answered and said to him, You are blessed, Simon, son of Jonah, for flesh and blood did not reveal it to you, but My Father in Heaven. (Matthew 16:16-17)

Jesus said to them, If God were your father, you would love Me, for I went forth and came from God; for I did not come of Myself, but He sent Me. (John 8:42)

For I came down from Heaven, not to do My own will but the will of Him who sent Me. (John 6:38)

Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and finding him, He said to him, Do you believe on the Son of God?
And he answered and said, Who is He, Lord, that I might believe on Him?
And Jesus said to him, You have both seen Him, and it is He who is speaking with you.
And he said, Lord, I believe. And he worshiped Him. (John 9:35-38)

For let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus,
who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God,
but made Himself of no reputation, and took upon Himself the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men.
And being found in fashion as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. (Philippians 2:5-8)

The one who does not love has not known God. For God is love.
In this the love of God was revealed in us, because God sent His only begotten Son into the world that we might live through Him.
In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation concerning our sins. (1 John 4:8-10)

But God commends His love toward us in that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us. (Romans 5:8)

being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus;
whom God has set forth to be a propitiation through faith in His blood, to declare His righteousness through the passing by of the sins that had taken place before, in the forbearance of God;
for the display of His righteousness at this time, for Him to be just and, forgiving the one being of the faith of Jesus. (Romans 3:24-26)

And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifested in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen by angels, preached among nations, believed on in the world, and received up into glory. (1 Timothy 3:16)

And there is salvation in no other One; for there is no other name under Heaven given among men by which we must be saved. (Acts 4:12)

But Peter said, Silver and gold have I none, but what I have I give you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk!
And taking him by the right hand, he lifted him up. And immediately his feet and ankle-bones received strength.
And leaping up, he stood and walked and entered with them into the temple, walking and leaping and praising God. (Acts 3:6-8)

And as we went to prayer, it happened that a certain girl possessed with a spirit of divination met us, who brought her masters much gain by divining.
The same followed Paul and us and cried, saying, These men are the servants of the Most High God, who are announcing to us the way of salvation.
And she did this many days. But being distressed, and turning to the demonic spirit, Paul said, I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her! And it came out in that hour. (Acts 16:16-18)

Therefore God has highly exalted Him, and has given Him a name which is above every name,
that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of heavenly ones, and of earthly ones, and of ones under the earth;
and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. (Philippians 2:9-11)

and the Living One, and I became dead, and behold, I am alive for ever and ever, Amen. And I have the keys of hell and of death. (Revelation 1:18)

And I saw a great white throne, and Him sitting on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away. And a place was not found for them.
And I saw the dead, the small and the great, stand before God. And books were opened, and another book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. (Revelation 20:11-12)

And as it is appointed to men once to die, but after this the judgment, (Hebrews 9:27)

But Jesus cried out and said, He who believes on Me does not believe on Me but on Him who sent Me.
And he who sees Me sees Him who sent Me.
I have come as a Light into the world, so that whoever believes on Me should not remain in darkness.
And if any one hears My words and does not believe, I do not judge him, for I do not come to judge the world, but to save the world.
He who rejects Me and does not receive My words has one who judges him; the Word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day. (John 12:44-48)

And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, All authority is given to Me in Heaven and in earth.
Therefore go and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, (Matthew 28:18-19)

Therefore I said to you that you shall die in your sins, for if you do not believe that I AM, you shall die in your sins. (John 8:24)

because He has appointed a day in which He is going to judge the world in righteousness by a Man whom He appointed, having given proof to all by raising Him from the dead. (Acts 17:31)

MEANING OF BEING GREATER THAN A PROPHET

I will not break My covenant, nor change the thing that has gone out of My lips. (Psalm 89:34)

The counsel of the LORD stands forever, the thoughts of His heart to all generations. (Psalm 33:11)

Forever, O LORD, Your word is settled in the heavens. (Psalm 119:89)

His name shall endure forever; His name shall be continued as long as the sun; and men shall be blessed in Him; all nations shall call Him blessed. (Psalm 72:17)

And He shall reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of His kingdom there shall be no end. (Luke 1:33)

And dominion and glory was given Him, and a kingdom, that all peoples, nations and languages, should serve Him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion which shall not pass away, and His kingdom that which shall not be destroyed. (Daniel 7:14)

Scripture taken from the Modern King James Version of the Holy Bible
Copyright © 1962 - 1998
By Jay P. Green, Sr.
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