We're so happy tonight
that we have Elder Jack Blanco.
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Dr. Blanco is our speaker.
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Told you a little
bit about him last night
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about his early life. And you
read that in that book "Jack"
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that he wrote. It's
just a tremendous book.
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And by the way,
all of his writings
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including the Clear Word
Bible which he translated...
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He did that whole
Clear Word Bible translation
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from Genesis to Revelation.
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That began as his
devotional reading.
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Taking the original language
in the Hebrew and the Greek
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and the Aramaic and sitting
down with those languages
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and translating those,
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and translating it as
more of a study Bible.
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I don't think He's preaching
out of the Clear Word himself.
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I haven't checked what
he's preaching out of, but
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it would be all right if he did.
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I've preached out of
the Clear Word before.
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But I usually don't. I
usually use it for study
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because it gives me insights.
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And this man... this
was his devotional life.
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And all of the
proceeds from that go to help
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ministerial students at
Southern Adventist University.
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Isn't that tremendous?
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And I think that this is
a man that's given his heart
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to the Lord. I
mentioned earlier about
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his sharing with us last night
the final hours of his son.
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Only 51 years old, dying
with Lou Gehrig's disease
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and what a terrible
experience that was.
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And how as a father he couldn't
help, but how much it hurt
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the father. And
tonight his subject will be
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The Humble One.
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And we're looking forward to
that presentation this evening.
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Before he comes to speak to us
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we have the honor of some
music from Dr. Yvonne Lewis.
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I first met her when I was
pastoring in Dallas, Texas.
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And Anita, I see you over there.
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You know that
every once in a while
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Dr. Lewis would
come over to our church
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and sing for us. And it was
always a tremendous blessing.
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And so I was so happy when
I got here and found out that
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she was good friends with C.A.
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He and I kept
talking about a singer
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and I didn't know we were
talking about the same person.
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And he kept telling me:
"We've got to get Yvonne Lewis
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here to sing for
us some weekend. "
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And I kept saying:
"Well that's fine, but
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there's another lady... " And
I couldn't think of her name.
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And I found out that the
two ladies were the same lady.
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And the Lord has
gifted her in such a wonderful
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and beautiful way.
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Right now she's going to sing
for us: "With All My Heart. "
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In this quiet place with You
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I bow before Your throne.
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I bare the deepest part of me
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to You and You alone.
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I keep no secrets
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for there is no
thought You haven't known.
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I bring my best and all the rest
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to You and lay them down.
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With all of my heart
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I want to love you, Lord.
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And live my life
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each day to know You more.
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All that is in me
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it's Yours completely.
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I'll serve You only
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with all my heart.
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You faithfully supply my needs
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according to Your plan.
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So help me,
Lord, to seek Your face
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before I seek Your hand.
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I trust You to
know what's best for me
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when I don't understand.
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Sometimes I don't understand,
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but I'll follow in obedience
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in every circumstance.
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With all my heart
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I want to love You, Lord.
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And live my life
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each day to know You more.
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All that's in me
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Lord is Yours...
is Yours completely.
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I'll serve You only
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with all my heart.
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Why good evening. Good evening.
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Praise the Lord!
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You know the
Sabbath has begun, right?
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Yes. The sun has
set; Sabbath has begun.
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We're going to talk a little
bit about the Lord Jesus Christ
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and the Sabbath.
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But you know, last night
we focused on the Father,
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didn't we? His
compassion, His love.
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His forgiveness; His
gentleness and kindness.
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Tonight we want
to focus on the Son:
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His person; His
character; His actions...
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in contrast with Lucifer.
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Let's bow our heads for prayer.
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Father in heaven,
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as we focus on
Your Son this evening
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we pray that through Your
Holy Spirit You will be here
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to guide and direct
our hearts, our thoughts.
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May we sense Your
presence as never before.
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We pray in Jesus' name, Amen.
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My text for this
evening is Philippians
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the second
chapter verses 5 to 8.
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Philippians the
second chapter verses 5 to 8.
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Verses that you
are familiar with.
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It says: "Let
this mind be in you
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which was also in Christ Jesus
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being in the form of
God thought it not robbery
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to be equal with God
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but made
Himself of no reputation
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took upon Him
the form of a servant
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and was made in
the likeness of men.
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And being found
and fashioned as a man
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He humbled Himself
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and became obedient unto death,
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even the death of the cross!
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Wherefore God
hath highly exalted Him
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and given Him a name
which is above every name
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that at the name of Jesus
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every knee should bow
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of things of
heaven, things of the earth,
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things under the
earth and every tongue
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should confess that
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Jesus Christ is Lord... "
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And that is the key.
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That Jesus Christ is
Lord to His own glory?
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"to the glory of
God the Father. "
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You know Jesus said that when
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the prince of
this world cometh to me
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uh, he finds nothing in Me.
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So this sermon could also
be entitled The Empty One.
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The Humble One... The Empty One.
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Completely emptied
of anything self...
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even that which is legitimate.
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So let's look at eternity past
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and then we'll look at eternity
present and eternity future.
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Eternity past. Of
course, you know that text
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in John the first
chapter and verses 1 to 3
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where it talks about Jesus.
"In the beginning was... "
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"the Word and
the Word was with God
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and the Word was God. "
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And in the original language
there is no article in front of
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that word God
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which emphasizes the quality
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not only the God pointing to God
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but the quality of God. So
"In the beginning was the Word
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and the Word was with God
and the Word was fully God. "
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Totally, all the qualities.
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In Him is life, original,
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unborrowed and underived.
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Some people say:
"Well, it's borrowed...
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it's bestowed. "
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No. It's life
original, unborrowed,
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underived.
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"In the beginning was the
Word and the Word was with God
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and the Word was God.
All things were made by...
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Him and without Him was
nothing made that was made. "
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Fully God.
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Well now if
everything was made by Him,
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all the angels were
created also, right?
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By Him?
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How about Lucifer?
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What is Lucifer's name?
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Son of the Morning.
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The first rays of the sun...
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Lucifer was the
first one created.
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When he opened his eyes,
yes, there was the Son of God
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looking at him.
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And as we mentioned last night
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in Ezekiel: "Thou was
perfect in all thy ways
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until iniquity
was found in thee. "
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The mystery of God. There
are two mysteries in the Bible:
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the mystery of godliness
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and the mystery of iniquity.
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You can't explain
the mystery of iniquity
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because if you can explain
it then you can excuse it.
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Until iniquity
was found in him, yes.
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And of course, the Son of
God's other name is Michael:
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the archangel, the one
in charge of all the angels.
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And wherever He went
throughout the universe
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the angels
welcomed Him and honored Him
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and bowed before Him.
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And Lucifer become jealous.
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"How come He gets so
much honor and praise? "
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"How come I'm neglected? "
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Sound familiar? "How
come I'm neglected? "
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"I've been around
as long as He has. "
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Now how would the
angels know any different?
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How would they know any
different? If Lucifer was the
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first one created, how
would they know any different?
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They wouldn't. "I've
been around as long as He has
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so why shouldn't I
receive the same recognition
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and honor and so on? " Yes.
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How did Christ respond to that?
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Now as the Son of God I
mean He was like in charge of
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the family business
and here is this employee
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that's
complaining about the boss.
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Sorry to use that analogy.
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What do you do?
What does the boss do?
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Put him in his
place? Talk to him?
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Stop him? Fire him?
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Challenge him?
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No, we are told
that Christ said nothing.
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He could have
defended His own right, right?
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It was His right to be Lord...
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to be in charge of the angels.
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He says nothing.
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That reminds you, of course,
when He was before Pilate,
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right?
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What did Pilate say? "Don't
You have anything to say? "
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Or like Isaiah 53
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"Like a sheep before his
shearers is dumb... " What?
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"He opened not His mouth. "
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The Son of God "opened not
His mouth" but He just gradually
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withdrew from His own domain.
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And after while the
angels missed Him and said:
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"You know, God's Son hasn't
been to see us for some time. "
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No, Christ gradually
withdrew - quietly withdrew -
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and let the
Father speak for Him.
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And as we mentioned last night,
the Father called a meeting.
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He made it clear to
everyone who His Son was:
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equal with Himself.
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Whatever He said, His
words were the Father's words.
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And also it was
announced in that first meeting
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the plan of creation.
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Father, the Son,
the Holy Spirit. Yes.
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They would go ahead
with their plan of creating
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a unique and
distinct order of being.
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But Lucifer could
have no part in it.
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He wanted to have a part in it.
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He would like to
have had a part in it
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but he could not
because he also was what?
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A created being.
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And so he bows and worships,
and as we said last night
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he bowed and worshiped
but in his heart hatred grew
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even more intense.
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A good illustration of how sin
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can distort intelligence.
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And he bows, yes, but
hatred grows in his heart.
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Did God know his heart?
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Of course.
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Why didn't Lucifer realize this?
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He should have.
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But that shows what sin can do.
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And so he goes out and he
continues his quiet rebellion.
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Notice what I
said: "quiet rebellion. "
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And he reasons with the angels.
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I want you to notice his logic.
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"Aren't we perfect beings? "
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The answer is what? Yes.
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"Do we have
perfect minds? " Yes.
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"Can perfect beings
make mistakes? " No.
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"Can perfect beings know
what is good and bad? " Yes.
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Notice the logic.
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Logic is not the answer.
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You can say,
you know: a equals b
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and b equals c
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so therefore
what? a equals c, right?
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And logic is good for science
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but it is not the answer
to faith and spirituality.
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Reason must bow
to the great "I AM. "
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Reason must bow to scripture.
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And so this quiet
rebellion continued
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and the Father calls a second
meeting and now decision time
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has come. And as we
alluded to last night
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Lucifer took his stand
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and verbally
pointed his finger at God.
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I said: "verbally
pointed his finger at God"
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by saying: "I
will defend my position
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by force! "
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So who started the war?
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"I will not have the authority
of Christ rule over me.
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I will defend my
position in heaven by force. "
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And there was war in heaven.
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You see, brothers and
sisters, that is the issue:
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is Jesus Lord?
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You can accept Jesus
Christ as your Savior
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but do you
accept Him as your Lord?
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What's the difference?
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When you accept Him as
Lord that means obedience.
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No one will be in heaven
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who does not accept
Christ as Lord and King!
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Right? True?
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The Lordship of Jesus Christ
which Satan never accepted.
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And of course there was war
in heaven and he was cast out.
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You get a little
glimpse of this play on words
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in Genesis chapter 1, 2, and 3.
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And I'm just
going to allude to it.
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Of course we have in Genesis
1 "In the beginning God created
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the heavens and
the earth. " Right?
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Elohim... plural.
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"God created the
heavens and the earth. "
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And it goes all the way through.
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"And God said:
'let there be light'
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and God did this
and God did that, right?
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"God saw that it was good. "
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"God created man
in His own image. "
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Then in chapter 2 it goes on:
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"And the seventh day...
God blessed the seventh day"
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and so on. But then it changes
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and it begins to talk about
"these are the generations. "
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So you have...
chapter 2 gives clarification
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to chapter 1. Are you with me?
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Chapter 2 says yes,
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"these are the generations
of the heavens and the earth
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when they were created in
the day that the Lord God... "
00:23:10.20\00:23:13.70
Oh, "the Lord God made
the earth and the heavens
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and every plant. And
the Lord God formed man
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of the dust of the ground. "
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Oh.
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Jesus comes into the
picture more fully now.
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The Lord God.
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"And the Lord God made every
tree to grow... " and so on.
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And you know, you can read
this chapter yourself sometime.
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"And the Lord God
said: 'It's not good that man
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should be alone... ' "
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And the Lord God, of
course, made a companion
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and blessed them.
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And then chapter 3.
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"Now the serpent was more subtle
than any beast of the field
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which the Lord God had made.
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And the serpent said to
Eve: 'Hath God said? ' "
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Now he didn't say: "Lord God. "
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He said: "God said ye
shall not eat of every tree? "
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Oh. And the woman
said: "Oh, yeah, we may eat
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of the fruit of the
tree" and so on, you know.
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And she refers to what
God said because the serpent
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asked: "What did God say? "
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Didn't say Lord.
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He does not want
to use the word Lord.
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And the woman said: "Yeah,
it's good for food" and so on.
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You know the rest of the story.
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"And they heard the
voice of the Lord God
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walking in the garden
in the cool of the day.
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And Adam and his wife
hid themselves from the
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presence of the Lord God. "
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And interesting play on words.
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God in chapter 1.
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Lord God in chapter 2.
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Then the serpent only uses
the word "God" not "Lord God. "
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Then of course
the story goes on.
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When you come to the seventh day
and the creation of the Sabbath,
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creation of this world and
the blessing of the Sabbath,
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it talks about the Lord God.
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"Remember the
Sabbath day to keep it holy.
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Six days shalt thou labor
and do all thy work... " Right?
00:25:38.66\00:25:41.13
"The seventh day
the Lord God created. "
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What is it? What does it
say? "Lord God created. "
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See brothers and sisters, I
mentioned this one other time
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on 3ABN:
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the Sabbath has to do
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with the
position of the Son of God
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in the Godhead
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which Lucifer rejected.
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"I will be like the Most High. "
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The great controversy
between Christ and Satan
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is over what issue?
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Not over Christ's power
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but rather over His position
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as the Son of
God in the Godhead.
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And so the Sabbath
has to do about Him.
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Sabbath is not about us.
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The Sabbath is not
about Seventh-day Adventists.
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The Sabbath is about Him.
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Who He is and His
position in the Godhead.
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Creator. Son of God.
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Him in whom is life
original, unborrowed, underived.
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"All things were made by Him,
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and without Him was not
anything made that was made. "
00:27:26.36\00:27:29.60
So if some authority
some day would ask me
00:27:34.23\00:27:37.66
"Why do you keep
the seventh day? "
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you know what I'm going to say?
00:27:39.20\00:27:41.36
"Because it's all about Him. "
00:27:42.66\00:27:44.70
I'm not going to say: "Well,
it's because of my conscience. "
00:27:45.10\00:27:48.06
"It's because I keep
the Ten Commandments. "
00:27:48.36\00:27:50.50
"It's because I'm a
Seventh-day Adventist. "
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I'm going to say:
"It's all about Him. "
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And then what
question will they ask?
00:27:54.46\00:27:56.06
"What do you mean
'all about Him? ' "
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And that will give me a chance
to talk all about Him. Amen!
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You see the Sabbath points,
as I already said 2 or 3 times,
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to Christ's
position in the Godhead.
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It's not about His resurrection.
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You talk about resurrection...
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there were others
also who resurrected.
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What about Elijah
and the little boy?
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He prayed to God
and God heard his prayer
00:28:52.70\00:28:57.90
and answered it and
raised the boy to life.
00:28:58.10\00:29:02.20
What about Elisha? Hmmm?
00:29:04.13\00:29:09.83
He prayed and the Lord heard
00:29:10.10\00:29:14.43
and the little boy that
was dead - what? - was raised
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to life.
00:29:19.03\00:29:21.20
And when Jesus stood
before the tomb of Lazarus
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He prayed to the Father
00:29:27.26\00:29:30.16
and the Father
heard and answered, right?
00:29:30.46\00:29:33.26
"I thank you Father
that You have heard Me
00:29:33.56\00:29:35.96
that they may know
that You sent Me. "
00:29:36.26\00:29:38.96
And the Father heard
and Lazarus was resurrected.
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And the body of
Moses was taken to heaven
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like it tells you in Jude.
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The issue is not
Christ's resurrection.
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The issue with the
Sabbath has to do with
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His position in the Godhead.
00:30:03.60\00:30:06.20
Who He is... not just creation.
00:30:06.40\00:30:10.03
Creation, yes,
is a sign of power.
00:30:10.33\00:30:12.90
But it is more than
that. That is one issue
00:30:12.90\00:30:15.73
but the key issue
is who Jesus Christ IS!
00:30:15.93\00:30:20.20
Which worshiping on
another day cannot make
00:30:24.63\00:30:28.10
that same statement...
00:30:28.30\00:30:30.66
as much as we honor
Christ's resurrection.
00:30:36.36\00:30:40.16
And so Christ, yes,
00:30:46.43\00:30:49.56
quietly carried out
His Father's wishes.
00:30:49.86\00:30:52.96
Could the Father
have created this world?
00:30:53.46\00:30:56.46
Mankind? Of course. Why
did He let the Son do it?
00:30:56.76\00:31:00.76
Well, some say: "Well,
the Father was the supervisor.
00:31:00.96\00:31:04.26
You know, like a
building contractor
00:31:04.66\00:31:06.90
and of course
Jesus was the worker. "
00:31:07.20\00:31:09.36
Well you know I'm not
going to dispute that...
00:31:09.70\00:31:13.20
whatever... but
there's more to it than that
00:31:13.50\00:31:16.03
because the Father was
giving his Son an opportunity
00:31:16.43\00:31:21.96
to display to the universe -
00:31:22.16\00:31:27.00
after Satan had
brought all these accusations -
00:31:27.30\00:31:31.50
to display to the
universe who He was.
00:31:31.80\00:31:36.26
He spoke and it was.
00:31:36.56\00:31:40.00
He commanded and
it stood fast. Amen!
00:31:40.30\00:31:44.33
That's what it's all about.
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Brothers and sisters,
that's what we're all about:
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to uplift Jesus Christ.
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Not only Calvary, not only
His resurrection, but who He is.
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He is Lord.
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Over and over you go through
the epistles and Paul says,
00:32:04.50\00:32:07.90
talks about our Savior and Lord.
00:32:08.10\00:32:11.46
Ah, the Humble
One... the Quiet One...
00:32:17.10\00:32:20.83
the Empty One.
00:32:21.13\00:32:24.20
Let's look at this
a little more closely.
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Revelation the 12th chapter
which you know so very well.
00:32:27.83\00:32:32.66
Revelation the 12th
chapter verses 1 to 9.
00:32:32.86\00:32:35.86
Revelation the 12th chapter
gives us a little glimpse of
00:32:41.13\00:32:46.20
the... what I call the
Hebrew way of thinking.
00:32:46.20\00:32:51.26
The Hebrew way of thinking.
00:32:51.56\00:32:53.90
And you know how it begins.
"And there was a great wonder
00:32:55.66\00:32:58.50
in heaven: a woman
clothed with the sun... "
00:32:58.70\00:33:00.23
Moon under her feet. Twelve
stars, the child was there.
00:33:00.43\00:33:03.73
And another wonder appeared
in heaven: a great red...
00:33:04.03\00:33:07.33
dragon.
00:33:07.63\00:33:09.43
Satan's hatred of
Christ had grown to the extent
00:33:11.03\00:33:16.60
where he had
turned into a dragon.
00:33:16.80\00:33:20.16
You know, when you and I
have hatred in our hearts
00:33:20.46\00:33:24.00
if through the Holy Spirit's
power we don't get rid of that
00:33:25.40\00:33:29.26
hatred grows exponentially,
00:33:30.70\00:33:34.13
and this is an example.
00:33:35.96\00:33:37.76
"I'm neglected. " "How
come He keeps going around
00:33:40.43\00:33:44.96
and asking us what to
do and trying to guide us
00:33:45.16\00:33:49.36
when we are perfect
beings and we know what
00:33:49.80\00:33:52.06
is right and wrong? "
00:33:52.26\00:33:53.93
"I don't like
this interference. "
00:33:54.23\00:33:56.26
Me... my, huh? Focus.
00:34:00.36\00:34:03.63
And that little hatred and
dissatisfaction grew and grew
00:34:03.93\00:34:07.70
and grew until Lucifer
turned into a dragon...
00:34:07.70\00:34:11.50
ready to kill the Son of
God as soon as He was born.
00:34:12.00\00:34:17.86
And then you go down to verse 7
00:34:25.00\00:34:28.03
"And there was war in
heaven. Michael and His angels
00:34:28.03\00:34:31.66
fought against the dragon,
and the dragon prevailed not
00:34:31.86\00:34:34.40
and he was cast out. The
old serpent called the devil and
00:34:34.60\00:34:37.63
Satan... " and so on. Now
why does John as the author
00:34:37.83\00:34:43.30
of Revelation, the
writer of Revelation,
00:34:43.50\00:34:45.83
why does he begin
with the baby Jesus
00:34:46.13\00:34:50.80
and then he goes down and he
talks about the war in heaven?
00:34:51.00\00:34:54.40
Because
00:34:58.30\00:35:00.06
Hebrew thinking always
puts the most important
00:35:02.83\00:35:08.66
thing first.
00:35:08.96\00:35:11.20
Greek thinking is cyclical.
00:35:11.80\00:35:16.03
Sort of a uniformitarian theory
00:35:16.33\00:35:19.83
whatever goes
around comes around.
00:35:20.13\00:35:21.66
That's an oversimplification.
00:35:21.96\00:35:23.53
Yes. Goes around comes around.
00:35:23.83\00:35:26.76
Hebrew thinking is linear.
00:35:28.76\00:35:31.00
Has a beginning
and there's an end.
00:35:31.30\00:35:33.70
And God can break
into that cyclical motion
00:35:36.16\00:35:41.23
of history or whatever.
And God steps into history
00:35:41.53\00:35:47.16
and He controls it. And that
is the most important thing.
00:35:47.36\00:35:51.63
And Hebrew thinking always
puts the most important thing
00:35:51.83\00:35:55.33
FIRST and then
fills in the blanks.
00:35:55.53\00:35:58.40
Now what does that tell us?
00:36:00.30\00:36:02.30
Whatever we look at,
whatever thinking we do,
00:36:05.60\00:36:09.56
we need to put the
most important things first
00:36:09.86\00:36:15.76
in our lives, you know.
00:36:16.66\00:36:18.56
That's...
that's Hebrew thinking.
00:36:19.83\00:36:23.23
That's the way Israelites think.
00:36:23.53\00:36:27.06
We think differently
than the secular world.
00:36:30.60\00:36:33.60
Oh yes. And
then, of course, Jesus
00:36:38.00\00:36:41.20
allowed Himself to
become a human being.
00:36:44.03\00:36:47.66
In the scale of the universe,
00:36:50.80\00:36:53.23
we are, the Bible says,
"as little grasshoppers. "
00:36:55.36\00:37:00.56
As I tell my students:
"You need to stop and think.
00:37:03.46\00:37:07.66
It is neither
painful nor fatal to think! "
00:37:07.96\00:37:10.86
I mean, please think.
00:37:13.40\00:37:16.90
And so, you know, you think
of the God of the universe...
00:37:20.33\00:37:23.06
If any of you have done
any reading or whatever,
00:37:23.26\00:37:26.73
have been
familiar with astronomy
00:37:26.93\00:37:29.36
and all the
galaxies in the universe
00:37:29.66\00:37:33.40
with billions of
stars and planets in each
00:37:33.70\00:37:38.16
and our little... our
little earth is like a...
00:37:43.63\00:37:49.40
an atom.
00:37:49.60\00:37:52.50
You know,
somebody loaned me a video
00:37:52.80\00:37:55.73
a couple of months
ago on astronomy and I...
00:37:56.03\00:37:58.13
all these photographs.
Wow! Just a little speck.
00:37:58.43\00:38:03.10
Why not just step
on this grasshopper?
00:38:05.10\00:38:08.86
Then the Son of
God... willing to come down -
00:38:14.10\00:38:18.56
and I say this respectfully -
00:38:18.86\00:38:21.43
willing to be a grasshopper?
00:38:23.06\00:38:25.40
Talk about
humility and humbleness
00:38:31.73\00:38:35.93
and emptiness. And even
when He was 12 years old
00:38:36.23\00:38:40.33
what'd He tell His parents?
00:38:40.53\00:38:41.76
"I must be about My
Father's business. "
00:38:41.96\00:38:46.96
Just the opposite of Lucifer.
00:38:47.26\00:38:50.00
You see, Lucifer did
not believe the Father.
00:38:50.30\00:38:53.30
He did not believe God
when God said: "My Son is equal
00:38:53.60\00:38:56.43
with Myself"
00:38:56.43\00:38:58.40
and even through
creation gave a demonstration
00:38:58.60\00:39:01.00
of what His Son
could do and who He was.
00:39:01.20\00:39:03.96
No. Didn't believe it.
00:39:04.26\00:39:07.33
But Jesus as a
12-year-old: "I must be about
00:39:10.06\00:39:13.00
My Father's business. "
00:39:13.20\00:39:14.50
And then, of course,
you have the baptism.
00:39:14.70\00:39:16.80
John says: "No! Me baptize You?
00:39:18.80\00:39:23.63
I'm a sinner. "
And Jesus said: "No.
00:39:23.93\00:39:29.43
Permit it to be so now. "
00:39:29.73\00:39:32.96
And He humbly
lets John baptize Him.
00:39:33.26\00:39:37.56
The Son of God
letting a sinner baptize Him?
00:39:41.03\00:39:45.13
I mean, excuse the
expression brethren,
00:39:45.43\00:39:48.26
"Give me a break. "
00:39:48.46\00:39:50.10
Then the Holy
Spirit descending upon Him.
00:39:55.03\00:39:57.23
The Father said what?
"This is My beloved Son
00:39:57.53\00:40:00.50
in whom I am well pleased. "
00:40:00.70\00:40:01.93
Then where does
the Spirit lead Him?
00:40:04.86\00:40:08.13
You have here an
example of Jesus obeying
00:40:10.50\00:40:16.10
the Holy Spirit.
00:40:16.10\00:40:17.70
Now if Jesus can
obey the Holy Spirit
00:40:19.80\00:40:21.66
surely we should
be able to obey. OK?
00:40:21.86\00:40:23.83
Listen to the Holy
Spirit and obey the Holy Spirit.
00:40:24.03\00:40:25.80
And the Holy Spirit
leads Him into the wilderness
00:40:27.93\00:40:30.33
to be tempted. Or a better
way to express it: to be tested.
00:40:30.63\00:40:34.86
To be tested.
00:40:35.16\00:40:38.00
Jesus, of course,
fasted for 40 days
00:40:38.30\00:40:41.76
and nights and ate nothing.
00:40:41.96\00:40:46.30
How many of you have
gone without meals for a day?
00:40:46.60\00:40:50.06
You know what I mean.
How about 2 days and 3 days?
00:40:52.93\00:40:55.90
And after a while you say
what? "Whew! " Or a week? What?
00:40:56.30\00:41:01.10
"Give me
something to eat, " right?
00:41:01.10\00:41:02.66
Forty days.
00:41:03.16\00:41:06.60
And then Satan comes
and appears as an angel.
00:41:09.03\00:41:13.03
Appears as an angel
and, of course, tests Christ.
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He taunts Him.
00:41:21.63\00:41:24.73
"Oh You? You are the
head of the angels? "
00:41:24.93\00:41:30.30
No. "You are Lord and King? "
00:41:30.60\00:41:35.23
"What? I mean, look
at You... look at You,
00:41:36.73\00:41:39.73
just look at You. "
00:41:39.93\00:41:42.00
And he goes on and on and on.
00:41:42.30\00:41:45.80
"Look at me... look at You. "
00:41:46.10\00:41:50.26
"Now if You really are
the Son of God, then why don't
00:41:51.16\00:41:54.50
You turn these stones into
bread and then I'll know? "
00:41:54.50\00:41:57.93
If somebody hasn't eaten
for 40 days and He had the power
00:42:01.23\00:42:04.10
to turn stones into bread, isn't
that a legitimate thing to do?
00:42:04.10\00:42:06.93
I want you to notice:
the temptation was legitimate
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as far as hunger is concerned.
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But if Christ would have
used His power to demonstrate
00:42:19.70\00:42:24.50
His Godhead, His Lordship,
00:42:24.70\00:42:30.16
His Sonship to Lucifer,
00:42:30.46\00:42:33.56
He would have obeyed Lucifer.
00:42:35.13\00:42:40.40
Are you with me?
00:42:41.56\00:42:43.36
"To him whom you
yield yourselves to obey
00:42:43.76\00:42:48.36
his servants you are
00:42:48.56\00:42:50.70
to whom you yield
yourself to obey. "
00:42:50.90\00:42:52.90
There's more at
stake than just hunger.
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No, He refused. And you
know the other temptations.
00:43:03.56\00:43:08.46
"Throw Yourself down from
the pinnacle of the temple
00:43:08.76\00:43:10.83
and I'll give you... " Or
the other one on the mountain:
00:43:10.83\00:43:13.56
"I'll give You all the world
and save You a lot of trouble. "
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But what I want to mention
here, brothers and sisters,
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is that Jesus Christ
had a temptation here
00:43:22.90\00:43:26.80
that overshadows
any temptation we know.
00:43:27.10\00:43:31.16
When it says: "He was tempted
in all points like as we are
00:43:31.46\00:43:35.70
yet without sin, "
you need to understand
00:43:36.00\00:43:39.26
the bigger
picture... the underlying issue.
00:43:39.26\00:43:42.26
Christ was not tempted
in all the little things
00:43:43.90\00:43:48.86
we're tempted with.
00:43:48.86\00:43:50.63
Did He drink alcohol and
was tempted to continue to drink
00:43:56.73\00:43:59.63
alcohol?
00:43:59.63\00:44:01.30
Was He ever tempted with drugs?
00:44:02.76\00:44:05.30
Did He have some of
the same family temptations
00:44:07.13\00:44:10.50
that we have?
00:44:10.80\00:44:14.16
Family relations?
Raising children and all that?
00:44:15.73\00:44:20.30
Did He have all that? No.
00:44:20.30\00:44:23.00
He didn't know what
it was to have a family.
00:44:23.20\00:44:24.93
What do you mean "He
was tempted in all things? "
00:44:25.33\00:44:28.63
You have to get the
bigger view of scripture.
00:44:30.46\00:44:34.06
He was tempted to use a power
that you and I do not have.
00:44:36.50\00:44:41.86
When Jesus came and
became a man, He did not give up
00:44:45.56\00:44:48.70
His divinity.
00:44:48.70\00:44:51.36
He did not use His divinity.
00:44:51.66\00:44:54.06
He still had it.
00:44:54.56\00:44:57.03
He could have used it. He could
have turned stones into bread.
00:44:57.33\00:45:00.06
You see, it's when you
have power under the hood
00:45:03.56\00:45:07.20
that brings the temptation.
00:45:07.50\00:45:09.80
When you buy a Porsche
that you can drive 200 mph
00:45:10.76\00:45:16.70
that's when the
temptation comes...
00:45:17.00\00:45:18.93
not when you have a little VW
bug that has only 50 horsepower.
00:45:19.13\00:45:23.60
So if you can
control the 500 horsepower,
00:45:31.40\00:45:36.96
whatever, you have
been tempted in all things.
00:45:37.16\00:45:41.80
Because there's nothing
more powerful than divinity.
00:45:42.10\00:45:47.06
Are you with me? Amen.
00:45:47.36\00:45:50.20
Yes. "Show me Your power. " No.
00:45:56.86\00:46:01.20
Ah, the Humble
One, the Empty One.
00:46:01.60\00:46:04.80
The Meek One.
00:46:07.53\00:46:09.20
"Even if I have
to die from hunger
00:46:11.13\00:46:13.86
I will not use My power. "
00:46:14.06\00:46:17.83
We don't have power
like He had. Never will have.
00:46:26.60\00:46:30.06
Incomprehensible.
00:46:32.73\00:46:35.23
During His ministry He said:
"No, I have not come to do My
00:46:36.66\00:46:39.70
will but My Father's will. "
00:46:39.90\00:46:41.43
Then of course when you come
down to the Garden of Gethsemane
00:46:43.00\00:46:46.86
"Father... " What? "Not
My will but Thine be done. "
00:46:47.06\00:46:51.93
After Satan tempted
Christ in the wilderness
00:46:55.16\00:47:01.10
and did not succeed
00:47:01.30\00:47:04.33
he called a meeting of
the angels and reported it.
00:47:04.53\00:47:07.50
And the angels were disappointed
and angry that they failed.
00:47:07.70\00:47:13.60
So they decided: "No, let's
try a more subtle approach. "
00:47:13.90\00:47:19.06
You know, that was the
temptation of the angels
00:47:21.76\00:47:24.30
in heaven...
the subtle approach.
00:47:24.50\00:47:26.50
"Why don't we try
to instill in the minds
00:47:28.33\00:47:32.36
of the Hebrew people doubt
00:47:32.86\00:47:36.93
that Jesus is the Messiah? "
00:47:37.23\00:47:41.50
"Why don't we get
them to reject Him? "
00:47:43.46\00:47:46.80
"Why don't we get
them to turn against Him?
00:47:49.50\00:47:53.86
And hopefully this
will discourage Him.
00:47:55.66\00:47:59.50
And if He realizes
that there are so few
00:47:59.70\00:48:05.03
who believe and
accept He may say:
00:48:05.23\00:48:08.86
'It's not worth it. '
00:48:09.16\00:48:10.60
So why don't we try
that subtle approach? "
00:48:10.90\00:48:14.86
And so they
did... but it didn't work
00:48:15.16\00:48:18.60
because Jesus would
have died for one if need be.
00:48:21.30\00:48:27.03
When you think about the
suffering and the beatings
00:48:29.90\00:48:34.30
and the scourgings... no wonder.
00:48:34.50\00:48:39.30
And Jesus knew what
crucifixion was like, didn't He?
00:48:39.50\00:48:42.33
"Father, please. " "No. "
00:48:43.76\00:48:47.06
"But nevertheless...
" The Humble One.
00:48:47.36\00:48:50.06
"But
nevertheless... " The Empty One.
00:48:50.26\00:48:52.80
"Nevertheless... " The Meek One.
00:48:53.10\00:48:55.20
"not My will
but Thine be done. "
00:48:55.50\00:48:57.20
The scourging...
the crown of thorns.
00:49:04.10\00:49:07.80
And the scourging... You
know, sometimes we don't always
00:49:08.10\00:49:11.50
realize it. As you know,
they would get the biggest
00:49:11.70\00:49:15.50
Roman solider they could get.
00:49:15.70\00:49:17.43
You know, the stick and
the long leather strips.
00:49:17.83\00:49:23.83
Then at the end glass and metal.
00:49:24.13\00:49:26.90
And then, of
course, strip the prisoner.
00:49:27.10\00:49:30.20
And then they would come
down at a 45-degree angle.
00:49:30.50\00:49:33.93
Now sometimes they
would go horizontally
00:49:36.76\00:49:40.26
and it would wrap
around the abdomen
00:49:40.56\00:49:43.06
and they would rip back until
they ripped the abdomen open
00:49:43.06\00:49:46.43
and the
intestines would fall out
00:49:46.43\00:49:48.83
and they didn't have to
take the person to be crucified.
00:49:49.03\00:49:53.26
But not with
Christ. "Crucify Him! "
00:49:53.56\00:49:57.26
"Let's see how
much He can take. "
00:50:01.60\00:50:03.50
And so they...
scourging: a 45-degree angle.
00:50:03.80\00:50:07.50
Rip the back open
00:50:13.10\00:50:15.03
and take Him up there
and stretch out His hands.
00:50:17.30\00:50:19.96
"Nail Him to a piece of wood
00:50:20.26\00:50:23.06
and set Him up there
00:50:25.00\00:50:26.90
and let's see what He will do. "
00:50:27.23\00:50:29.56
And what did Jesus
say after hours of agony?
00:50:30.86\00:50:34.46
I don't want to go on with
a description of crucifixion.
00:50:34.76\00:50:39.26
What did He say?
"Father, into... " What?
00:50:39.56\00:50:43.10
"Thy hands I
commend My spirit. "
00:50:43.40\00:50:47.10
Yes. "My God, My God,
why hast Thou forsaken Me? "
00:50:47.40\00:50:52.60
"But into Thy hands
I commend My spirit. "
00:50:52.90\00:50:56.46
Now how much more
humble can a person get?
00:51:01.30\00:51:03.86
How much more meek
when He has the power?
00:51:04.16\00:51:07.80
What did He? How
was He challenged?
00:51:13.26\00:51:16.03
"If you are the Son of
God, why don't You come down? "
00:51:16.33\00:51:18.03
Could He have come down?
00:51:18.53\00:51:20.93
Absolutely. But He didn't.
00:51:21.23\00:51:22.93
He stayed there
for you and for me.
00:51:23.13\00:51:25.66
That puts a great
value on you and me
00:51:28.53\00:51:32.86
which we'll talk about tomorrow.
00:51:33.06\00:51:35.26
And so He died.
00:51:39.30\00:51:41.63
Friday. What time
Friday? Friday afternoon, right?
00:51:41.93\00:51:47.06
And it was still time
for after He was buried
00:51:48.40\00:51:51.50
for the ladies to go back
and prepare for the Sabbath.
00:51:51.70\00:51:55.76
So it was still a
couple hours before the Sabbath
00:51:56.10\00:52:00.10
that He died and was buried.
00:52:00.10\00:52:02.63
Could He have been resurrected
before the Sabbath started?
00:52:07.20\00:52:10.86
Why did He stay in
this tomb on the Sabbath?
00:52:11.16\00:52:14.30
Well some people say: "Well,
He had to keep the Sabbath. "
00:52:14.60\00:52:16.90
Well I'm not
going to dispute that.
00:52:17.20\00:52:21.63
No.
00:52:21.93\00:52:23.86
He stayed in the
tomb until Sunday morning.
00:52:24.46\00:52:30.13
Parts of three days.
00:52:32.66\00:52:34.73
Until the angel came down
and rolled away the stone.
00:52:39.00\00:52:41.90
And what did the angel say?
00:52:43.90\00:52:45.93
"Son of God, Your
Father calls You. "
00:52:46.23\00:52:51.13
Oh, even obedient in death
00:52:52.06\00:52:57.13
when He could
have raised Himself.
00:52:57.53\00:53:00.30
I mean, if that's not
obedience I don't know what is!
00:53:02.43\00:53:05.40
Stayed dead until
the Father called.
00:53:08.40\00:53:13.16
Then of course: "I
am the Resurrection, "
00:53:17.53\00:53:20.76
and He comes
forth from the tomb.
00:53:20.96\00:53:23.00
Mary sees Him,
wants to worship Him.
00:53:23.20\00:53:24.90
He says: "No, I
need to see My Father. "
00:53:25.10\00:53:27.50
Hadn't seen Him for how
long? Thirty three years.
00:53:27.80\00:53:30.53
"Got to see Him. "
00:53:32.00\00:53:33.80
Got the approval of the Father.
Came down 40 days, right?
00:53:34.10\00:53:38.03
Forty days with
the disciples. Yes.
00:53:38.33\00:53:41.03
And then the resurrection. Wow!
00:53:41.30\00:53:44.33
Ah, the resurrection
is so vividly described
00:53:45.80\00:53:50.63
in Psalm the 24th chapter.
00:53:50.93\00:53:53.60
Psalm 24.
00:53:54.10\00:53:57.46
The angels welcomed Him as
He ascended the Mount of Olives,
00:53:59.20\00:54:03.53
right?
00:54:03.53\00:54:05.40
The disciples looked up:
"This same Jesus will come again
00:54:05.70\00:54:08.70
as you have seen Him go. "
00:54:09.00\00:54:10.50
And the angels took
Him out of their sight.
00:54:10.80\00:54:13.00
And other angels, a group
of angels, stayed at the city
00:54:13.30\00:54:17.63
gate, the gates
of New Jerusalem.
00:54:17.83\00:54:19.90
And the angels
that accompanied Him
00:54:21.36\00:54:24.53
in verse 7- Psalm
24:7- "Lift up your heads
00:54:24.73\00:54:28.80
O ye gates and be ye
lift up, ye everlasting doors,
00:54:29.00\00:54:32.53
that the King of
Glory may come in. "
00:54:32.83\00:54:35.40
And they say: "Who
is this King of Glory? "
00:54:35.70\00:54:38.20
I mean, don't they know?
00:54:38.40\00:54:39.56
Why do they ask the question?
00:54:39.86\00:54:41.70
Because they want to hear!
00:54:42.00\00:54:44.13
"Who is this King of Glory? "
00:54:44.43\00:54:46.90
"Oh, the Lord... the
Lord, strong and mighty,
00:54:47.20\00:54:52.16
mighty in battle. " But
then that's not the full answer
00:54:52.36\00:54:56.93
so they say: "Lift up
your gates; lift up your heads.
00:54:56.93\00:54:59.56
Be lift up, you
everlasting doors.
00:54:59.76\00:55:01.96
King of Glory. Who
is this King of Glory?
00:55:02.16\00:55:04.10
The Lord of Hosts. "
The Lord of all the angels.
00:55:04.10\00:55:09.56
"The Lord of Hosts...
He is the King of Glory. "
00:55:09.90\00:55:12.86
And so they open the
gates and He goes in.
00:55:12.86\00:55:16.13
And they are ready to
bow down and worship Him,
00:55:16.33\00:55:19.03
and He stops them.
00:55:19.23\00:55:21.10
Doesn't He
deserve to be worshiped?
00:55:26.16\00:55:28.36
He's Lord... He's King.
00:55:30.56\00:55:33.26
He's returning home.
00:55:33.56\00:55:35.33
The Son of God.
00:55:35.63\00:55:37.83
OK. And so He
waves them back until
00:55:40.50\00:55:45.43
He goes to the Father and
the Father gives permission...
00:55:45.63\00:55:48.76
the Father gives permission.
00:55:48.96\00:55:51.63
Said: "Let all the
angels of God worship Him. "
00:55:51.83\00:55:55.80
Oh, THEN He accepts the worship.
00:55:56.30\00:55:59.43
Only because the Father said so.
00:55:59.63\00:56:01.36
And if you could fast forward to
I Corinthians the 15th chapter
00:56:02.93\00:56:07.90
after Christ has put
down all sin, all authority,
00:56:08.10\00:56:13.03
and it's all over with,
it says in I Corinthians 15
00:56:13.23\00:56:17.10
that He Himself
will be subject unto God.
00:56:17.30\00:56:21.16
He himself will be
subject unto God that God
00:56:21.36\00:56:24.70
may be all in all in all.
00:56:24.90\00:56:27.50
All through eternity He
will be subject unto God.
00:56:27.80\00:56:31.10
He will have His human
nature forever and ever.
00:56:31.50\00:56:34.56
The scars in His
hands and His feet.
00:56:34.96\00:56:38.13
The scars on His forehead.
00:56:38.43\00:56:40.96
A scarred forehead will
be there forever and ever:
00:56:41.30\00:56:45.50
the Humble One, the Meek One.
00:56:45.50\00:56:48.10
And so that's when the
Father said: "Yes, every knee
00:56:48.60\00:56:52.70
should bow in
heaven and in earth...
00:56:52.90\00:56:56.70
confess that
Jesus Christ is Lord
00:56:57.00\00:57:01.03
to the glory of the Father. "
00:57:01.33\00:57:03.93