40 Days with Jesus

Malcolm Duncan is the Founder and Director of Church and Community. He is on the Board of Spring Harvest and is the Senior Pastor of Gold Hill Baptist Church. He regularly helps the British government and other groups to understand the role of church in society. He is deeply committed to serving the poor and excluded. Malcolm is a passionate communicator and over the past ten years has regularly written, broadcast, taught and lectured on the themes of mission and Christian engagement with society.

Contents
Acknowledgments 11
Introduction 13
A Word About Language 16
1. Beautiful Beyond Words John 21:25 17
2. God’s Plan A Acts 2:23–24 21
3. Jesus Reflects God to Us Hebrews 1:1–4 25
4. Jesus, Son of Mary Luke 2:7 30
5. The Messiah John 1:40–42; John 4:25–26 34
6. God’s Only Son John 3:16–17 38
7. Our Lord Philippians 2:9–11 42
8. Conceived by the Holy Spirit Matthew 1:18–20 46
9. Born of the Virgin Mary Matthew 1:23; Isaiah 7:14; Luke 1:34 49
10. The Promised King John 1:49 52
11. Fulfilled the Scriptures Matthew 5:17; 2 Corinthians 1:20 55
12. Faithful Jew Matthew 1:1 58
13. Sinless Life 1 John 3:5; 2 Corinthians 5:21 61
14. Friend of Sinners Luke 15:1–2 65
15. The Teacher John 6:68 68
16. The Saviour 1 John 4:14 72
17. The Healer Mark 1:32–34 76
18. He Suffered Hebrews 5:8; 1 Peter 2:21 80
19. He Challenged the Self-righteous Matthew 23:33 84
20. He Embraced the Broken Matthew 11:28–30 88
21. He is Our Strength Psalm 46:1–3 91
22. He Established His Kingdom John 18:36–38 96
23. He Was Crucified Luke 23:33 100
24. He Bore God’s Wrath Romans 5:9 103
25. He Satisfied the Law Romans 10:4 107
26. He Was the Perfect Sacrific 1 John 2:2; 4:10 112
27. He Overcame Satan 1 John 3:8 116
28. He is the Great Promise-keeper 2 Corinthians 1:20 121
29. He Defeated Sin 1 Peter 2:22–25 126
30. He Embodies the Gospel for Us 1 Corinthians 15:3–5 130
31. He Descended to the Dead Luke 23:52–53; Ephesians 4:8–10; 1 Peter 3:18-20 134
32. He Defeated Death By Resurrection John 20:1–2, 11–14; 1 Corinthians 15:20–22, 26, 54–57 138
33. He Ascended to Heaven Acts 1:8–11 142
34. He is by His Father’s Side Acts 7:56; Ephesians 2:4–7; Colossians 3:1; Hebrews 7:23–25 146
35. He is the Baptizer in the Holy Spirit Joel 2:28; Ezekiel 36:26; John 1:33–34; Acts 1:4–5 150
36. He is All We Long for 2 Peter 1:3–4 154
37. He is the Returning King Acts 1:11; 1 Thessalonians 4:13–18; Revelation 22:7, 20 159
38. He is Our First and Last Word Genesis 1:3; John 1:1; Revelation 22:13 163
39. He is Our Groom and We are His Bride Revelation 19:6–8 167
40. He Will Judge the Living and the Dead 2 Timothy 4:1; Matthew 25:31–46 171
Thank You 176