>>THIS PRESENTATION IS BROUGHT
TO YOU BY THE FRIENDS OF THE
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AMAZING FACTS MINISTRY.
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>>WHO WAS JESUS? WAS HE A LIAR?
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WAS HE A LUNATIC?
OR WAS HE THE LORD?
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>>OUR MESSAGE THIS MORNING
PROBABLY COULD BE CLASSIFIED AS
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IMPORTANT AS ANYTHING I
COULD TALK ABOUT BECAUSE I'M
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REMINDED, AS EVERY NOW AND THEN
I MINGLE WITH THE PEOPLE IN OUR
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CULTURE, THAT A LOT OF FOLKS,
WHILE THEY MAY HEAR THE NAME OF
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JESUS FROM TIME TO TIME, THEY
REALLY HAVE NO IDEA WHO JESUS
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IS. AND I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE
VALUABLE AND APPROPRIATE TO TALK
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A LITTLE BIT - AND SOMETIMES
WE NEED REMINDING - ABOUT THAT
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SUBJECT: 'WHO IS JESUS?' I
WASN'T SURE HOW TO TITLE THE
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SERMON BECAUSE WHEN YOU SAY 'WHO
IS JESUS' IT SOUNDS LIKE HE'S
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PRESENT TENSE AND SOME PEOPLE
THINK YOU SHOULD TITLE IT 'WHO
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WAS JESUS?' BUT
EITHER WAY YOU WORD IT,
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PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW 'WHO IS HE?
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WHERE DID HE COME FROM?'
SOMEONE WROTE THIS BEAUTIFUL
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PASSAGE ONE TIME WHERE THEY
SAID, 'ALL THE ARMIES THAT HAVE
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EVER MARCHED AND ALL THE NAVIES
THAT HAVE EVER SAILED, ALL THE
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PARLIAMENTS THAT HAVE EVER SAT
AND ALL THE KINGS THAT HAVE EVER
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REIGNED PUT TOGETHER HAVE
NOT AFFECTED LIFE UPON EARTH AS
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POWERFULLY AS THIS ONE SOLITARY
LIFE.' WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE
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WAY THAT JESUS WAS BORN - IN
COMPARATIVE OBSCURITY - AND HE
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NEVER DID ALL THE TYPICAL THINGS
THAT USUALLY DENOTE GREATNESS -
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HE NEVER LED AN ARMY INTO
BATTLE OR HE NEVER LED A NAVY.
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IT DOESN'T TELL US
THAT HE EVER WROTE A BOOK.
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HE DIDN'T DO ANY OF THE THINGS
THAT YOU TYPICALLY THINK OF WITH
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GREATNESS. WE DON'T
KNOW WHAT HE LOOKED LIKE.
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THERE ARE A LOT OF ARTISTS
RENDITIONS OF WHAT JESUS LOOKED
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LIKE BUT THERE'S NOTHING
CONTEMPORARY FROM HIS DAY.
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AND YET, HE
CHANGED ALL OF HISTORY.
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WHILE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
HISTORY - YOU'VE GOT A.D. AND
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B.C. - AND THEY USE NEW TERMS
TODAY, BUT WE USED TO CALL THAT
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BEFORE CHRIST AND AFTER
DEATH OR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD.
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ALL OF HISTORY IS DATED FROM HIS
DEATH SO HOW CAN YOU DOUBT THAT
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HE LIVED? IF YOU
LOOK IN THE ENCYCLOPEDIA
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IT DOESN'T CAST ANY DOUBT
ON WHETHER OR NOT HE LIVED.
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SO WE KNOW HE LIVED. THE
REAL QUESTION YOU'VE GOT TO
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DECIDE: WAS HE A
LIAR? WAS HE A LUNATIC?
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OR WAS HE THE
LORD? WHO WAS JESUS?
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DID GOD COME TO OUR EARTH IN
THE FORM OF A MAN TO SAVE US?
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OH, I WANT TO READ
SOMETHING FIRST BY A.W. TOZIER.
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HE SAID, 'CHRIST IS NOT ONE
OF MANY WAYS TO APPROACH GOD.
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HE'S NOT THE BEST OF SEVERAL
WAYS. HE IS THE ONLY WAY.'
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ANYONE WHO COMES TO GOD
MUST COME THROUGH CHRIST.
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AND WHILE BUDDHA MAY HAVE SAID
A NUMBER OF PROFOUND THINGS AND
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YOU MIGHT HAVE SOME PROFOUND
SAYINGS FROM KRISHNA AND
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MOHAMMAD AND THE DIFFERENT
RELIGIONS OF THE WORLD, NOBODY
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SPOKE LIKE JESUS AND NONE
OF THEM DIED AS A SACRIFICE
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FOR THE SINS OF THE WORLD.
THERE'S SOMETHING VERY CLEARLY
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DIFFERENT ABOUT JESUS.
JESUS IS THE ONLY REDEEMER WITH
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GOD. HE'S THE
ONLY MEDIATOR WITH GOD.
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CHRIST IS THE BRIDGE
BETWEEN HEAVEN AND EARTH.
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JESUS SAID TO NATHANAEL,
'HEREAFTER YOU'LL SEE THE ANGELS
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OF GOD ASCENDING AND DESCENDING
ON THE SON OF MAN.' NONE OF THE
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OTHER RELIGIOUS LEADERS OF THE
WORLD SAY, 'I AM THE WAY, THE
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TRUTH, AND THE LIFE' TO GOD.
HE DIDN'T SAY, 'I'M ONE OF THE
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WAYS.' HE SAID, 'I AM
THE WAY.' HE DIDN'T SAY,
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'I'M ONE OF THE TRUTHS.
ALL RIVERS LEAD TO THE OCEAN.
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I'M JUST ONE OF THEM.'
HE SAID, 'I AM THE TRUTH.
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I AM THE LIFE.' SO
WHY DID JESUS COME?
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SO WHERE DO WE LOOK TO
GET THE INFORMATION FOR THIS?
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THERE ARE OVER 300 OLD TESTAMENT
PROPHECIES THAT TALK ABOUT WHAT
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TO EXPECT WHEN
THE MESSIAH COMES.
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WE'RE NOT GOING TO LOOK AT ALL
300 BUT WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT
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SOME BASIC CATEGORIES
TO FIND OUT WHO IS JESUS?
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ESPECIALLY YOU'LL
FIND A LOT IN THE PSALMS.
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OVER 300 OLD TESTAMENT
PROPHECIES REFERENCE THE
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ANOINTED. THE FIRST
PROPHECY YOU'RE GOING
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TO FIND IN THE BIBLE REGARDING
THE MESSIAH COMING IS ACTUALLY
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IN GENESIS 3:15. WE'LL
PUT THAT ON THE SCREEN.
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HERE IS SAYS, WHEN GOD WAS
SPEAKING TO ADAM AND EVE AFTER
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THE FALL, HE SAID, "AND I WILL
PUT ENMITY" - THAT'S SIMILAR TO
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THE WORD 'ENEMY' - IT MEANS
THERE'S ANIMOSITY - THERE'S
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FRICTION - THERE'S AN
ADVERSARIAL RELATIONSHIP -
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"BETWEEN YOU AND THE WOMAN,"
HE WAS TALKING TO THE SERPENT -
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"BETWEEN HER
SEED AND YOUR SEED."
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- THE SEED OF THE WOMAN -
TALKING ABOUT THIS PROMISED SEED
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THAT WAS GOING TO COME THROUGH
HUMANITY - WAS THE MESSIAH -
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"HE" - THE SEED OF THE WOMAN -
"SHALL BRUISE YOUR HEAD," - GOD
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SAYS TO THE SERPENT OR DEVIL
THAT THE SEED OF THE WOMAN,
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CHRIST, WOULD BRUISE YOUR HEAD
- A MORTAL WOUND TO THE HEAD -
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"AND YOU SHALL BRUISE HIS
HEEL." - YOU WILL IMPEDE HIS
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PROGRESS OR SLOW HIS WALK DOWN.
SO THIS FIRST PROPHECY IS FOUND
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RIGHT THERE IN GENESIS CHAPTER
3. THEY WERE LOOKING FOR A
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SAVIOR - THE SEED OF THE
WOMAN THAT WOULD COME THAT WOULD
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DEFEAT THE SERPENT THAT CAUSED
THE FALL OF MAN AND THE LOSS OF
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PARADISE. THROUGH
CHRIST PARADISE IS RESTORED.
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SO LET'S LOOK AT
SOME OF THOSE PROPHECIES.
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FOR ONE THING, IN JOHN 1, VERSE
45, AFTER PHILIP FOUND JESUS HE
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THEN GOES AND HE TELLS
NATHANAEL, "WE HAVE FOUND HIM OF
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WHOM MOSES IN THE LAW, AND ALSO
THE PROPHETS, WROTE - JESUS OF
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NAZARETH, THE SON OF JOSEPH."
HE SAID MOSES AND THE PROPHETS
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AND THE LAW ALL
TALKED ABOUT THIS MAN.
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IT ALL POINTED TO
THIS ONE INDIVIDUAL.
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WHERE DID JESUS COME FROM?
NOW WE ALLUDED TO THAT THERE IN
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JOHN CHAPTER 8 BUT LET'S
LOOK AS SOME OTHER VERSES.
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JOHN 19, VERSE 8 - MATTER OF
FACT, PONTIUS PILATE, DURING THE
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TRIAL OF JESUS, HE
ASKED THAT VERY QUESTION:
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'WHERE ARE YOU FROM?
WHERE DID YOU COME FROM?'
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JESUS SAID, IN JOHN 6, VERSE
38, "FOR I HAVE COME DOWN FROM
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HEAVEN." NOW, IF
I SAID THAT TO YOU,
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YOU'D PROBABLY ASK ME
TO GET SOME COUNSELING.
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SO ARE - THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT
THERE WHO WOULD THINK I SNUCK
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AWAY FROM AREA 51 IN NEVADA -
AS AN ALIEN - BUT JESUS WASN'T
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TALKING ABOUT BEING
AN EXTRA TERRESTRIAL.
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HE WAS SAYING HE CAME FROM THE
FATHER. HE MADE THAT VERY CLEAR.
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WE READ JUST A MOMENT AGO
HE SAID, 'I'M GOING BACK TO THE
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FATHER.' THIS IS A MESSAGE - AND
WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE FATHER,
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WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT A GOD
OF A CERTAIN SOLAR SYSTEM OR A
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CERTAIN GALAXY, BIBLICALLY, WHEN
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE FATHER
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YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT
THE GOD OF EVERYTHING.
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THINK ABOUT THE IMMENSITY OF
SPACE AND HOW BIG GOD MUST BE -
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HOW AWESOME GOD IS. AND
WHEN JESUS SAYS, 'I MADE ALL
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THAT AND I AM THE SON OF
GOD AND I'VE COME FROM GOD.'
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WOW, THAT'S A PRETTY BOLD CLAIM.
THAT'S A PRETTY AMAZING CLAIM
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THAT HE CAME FROM GOD.
AGAIN, JESUS ANSWERED AND SAID,
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"MY KINGDOM IS
NOT OF THIS WORLD."
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HE TOLD PILATE, 'IF MY KINGDOM
WAS OF THIS WORLD THEN WOULD MY
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CITIZENS FIGHT. BUT
MY KINGDOM IS NOT NOW OF
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THIS WORLD.' DID
JESUS CLAIM TO BE GOD?
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DID HE CLAIM DIVINITY? IS
HE JUST ANOTHER MAN OR WAS HE
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THE CO-MINGLING OF
THE DIVINE AND HUMAN?
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JOHN 8, VERSE 58 - "JESUS SAID
TO THEM, 'MOST ASSUREDLY, I SAY
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TO YOU, BEFORE ABRAHAM WAS,
I AM.'" YOU REMEMBER WHEN MOSES
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WAS TALKING TO GOD AT THE
BURNING BUSH AND HE SAID, 'SO
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EXACTLY WHICH GOD ARE
YOU? WHAT'S YOUR NAME?
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WHAT SHALL I SAY TO
THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL?
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WHO ARE YOU THAT ARE SENDING ME?
DO YOU HAVE A BUSINESS CARD?'
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HOW DID GOD
INTRODUCE HIMSELF TO MOSES?
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HE SAID, 'I AM THAT I AM.' IT'S
NOT THAT I ONCE WAS OR WILL BE.
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THE PHRASE 'I AM' MEANS 'I
AM EVERLASTING TO EVERLASTING.
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I AM THE SELF-EXISTENT
ONE. I AM ETERNAL.' CHRIST WAS
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CLAIMING TO BE
GOD AND TO BE ETERNAL.
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IT SAYS THERE WOULD BE SOMETHING
UNIQUE ABOUT HIS BIRTH.
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NOW EVERYBODY ALIVE WAS BORN AT
SOME POINT BUT JESUS WAS BORN IN
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A VERY UNIQUE WAY AND A PROPHECY
TOLD THIS WAS GOING TO HAPPEN
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500 YEARS BEFORE THE EVENT.
ISAIAH 7:14, "THE LORD HIMSELF
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WILL GIVE YOU A SING: BEHOLD,
THE VIRGIN SHALL CONCEIVE AND
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BEAR A SON, AND SHALL
CALL HIS NAME IMMANUEL."
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NOW THAT DOESN'T
HAPPEN VERY OFTEN, DOES IT?
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WAS JESUS BORN OF A
VIRGIN? DOESN'T IT SAY THAT?
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YOU CAN READ THE NEXT VERSE HERE
IN MATTHEW CHAPTER 1, VERSE 18,
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"NOW THE BIRTH OF JESUS CHRIST
WAS AS FOLLOWS: AFTER HIS MOTHER
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MARY WAS BETROTHED TO JOSEPH,
BEFORE THEY CAME TOGETHER."
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THIS WAS NOT SOME
LABORATORY INSEMINATION.
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IT SAID THAT THE HOLY
SPIRIT WOULD OVERSHADOW HER.
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BEFORE JOSEPH AND MARY CAME
TOGETHER SHE WAS FOUND TO BE
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WITH CHILD OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.
AND GOD SAID THAT WOULD HAPPEN.
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THE BIBLE RECORDS
THAT IT DID HAPPEN.
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THE PLACE OF HIS
BIRTH IS IDENTIFIED.
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NOW WE'RE GETTING VERY SPECIFIC
BECAUSE IT IS GOING TO MENTION
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THE TOWN OF BETHLEHEM AND YOU
CAN READ THIS PASSAGE IN MICAH
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CHAPTER 5, VERSE 2, HE
INTERROGATED THE SCRIBES AND HE
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SAID, 'WHERE IS THE MESSIAH
SUPPOSED TO BE BORN? AND THEY
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SAID, 'WE KNOW EXACTLY WHERE
HE SUPPOSED TO BE BORN. HE'S
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SUPPOSED TO BE BORN IN
BETHLEHEM. AND SO THERE WAS
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NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT.
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NOW BETHLEHEM - THERE ARE
ACTUALLY TWO TOWNS IN ISRAEL
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CALLED 'BETHLEHEM'. I
DIDN'T KNOW HOW MANY THERE ARE
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BUT I KNOW THERE ARE SCORES
OF TOWNS IN NORTH AMERICA CALLED
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FARMINGTON. YOU KNOW
WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT?
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THERE'S A LOT OF - SOME TOWNS
THAT HAVE VERY COMMON NAMES YOU
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CAN FIND ALL OVER NORTH
AMERICA. I THINK WE'VE GOT A FEW
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JAMESTOWNS AND YOU'VE GOT A FEW
TOWNS CALLED PARIS - THERE'S A
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PARIS, MAINE AND
THERE'S A PARIS, TEXAS.
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I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU'D COME TO
AMERICA AND NAME ANYTHING PARIS
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BUT ANYWAY, THEY DID.
WELL IN THE PROMISED LAND THE
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WORD 'BETHLEHEM' MEANS 'HOUSE OF
BREAD' AND THERE WERE A COUPLE
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OF BETHLEHEMS. BUT YOU
NOTICE IT SPECIFIES THE
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BETHLEHEM WHERE RACHEL DIED
GIVING BIRTH TO BENJAMIN, WHICH
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WAS BETHLEHEM EPHRATHAH,
WHICH IS JUST OUTSIDE JERUSALEM.
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SO THIS PROPHECY IN MICAH
NOT ONLY TELLS WHAT TOWN, IT
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DELINEATES SPECIFICALLY WHICH
BETHLEHEM JESUS WAS GOING TO
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COME FROM. MATTER OF
FACT, IT WAS SO CLEAR
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THAT WHEN KING HEROD SAW THE
WISE MEN COMING HE INTERROGATED
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THE SCRIBES AND SAID, 'WHERE
IS THE MESSIAH SUPPOSED TO BE
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BORN?' AND THEY
SAID, 'WE KNOW EXACTLY
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WHERE HE'S SUPPOSED TO BE BORN.
HE'S SUPPOSED TO BE BORN IN
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BETHLEHEM.' AND SO THERE
WAS NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT.
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NOW THERE'S A VERY
INTERESTING PROPHECY.
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THIS REALLY COULD BE A PROPHECY
THAT ALSO TELLS THE TIME OF HIS
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BIRTH. IN MATTHEW - I'M SORRY,
IN DANIEL CHAPTER 9 - DANIEL 9,
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VERSE 25 - THERE'S A PROPHECY
- IT'S THE 490-YEAR PROPHECY.
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PART OF THAT PROPHECY IS CALLED
THE 483-YEAR SEGMENT AND THAT'S
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WHERE IT SAYS IN VERSE 25, "KNOW
THEREFORE AND UNDERSTAND, THAT
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FROM THE GOING FORTH OF THE
COMMAND TO RESTORE AND BUILD
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JERUSALEM" - WHICH
WAS GIVEN IN 457 B.C.
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BY KING AHASUERUS - "UNTIL
MESSIAH THE PRINCE, THERE SHALL
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BE SEVEN WEEKS
AND SIXTY-TWO WEEKS."
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SO IT'S ACTUALLY THE DECREE
OF ARTAXERXES - I WAS GETTING
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ESTHER MIXED UP WITH NEHEMIAH.
KING ARTAXERXES IN 457 B.C.
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GAVE THAT DECREE. SEVEN
WEEKS, IN JEWISH PROPHECY
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- A DAY EQUALS A YEAR. NOW
YOU'LL SEE A FEW REFERENCES
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FOR THIS - EZEKIEL 4:6, 'I'VE
APPOINTED YOU EACH DAY FOR A
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YEAR.' YOU CAN ALSO READ
THAT PRINCIPLE IN NUMBERS 14:35.
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EVEN THE WORDS OF JESUS, IN A
PARABLE HE TELLS, IN LUKE 13:32
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HE MAKES IT CLEAR THAT IN A
PROPHECY YOU USE THE PRINCIPLE
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OF A DAY FOR A YEAR. SO
WHEN YOU GO AND YOU ADD UP
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THE TIME PERIOD HERE IN DANIEL,
WHERE HE SAYS SEVEN WEEKS AND
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SIXTY-TWO WEEKS - SEVEN
PLUS SIXTY-TWO IS HOW MUCH?
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SIXTY-NINE. SIXTY-NINE - A
WEEK HAS GOT HOW MANY DAYS?
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A WEEK HAS HOW MANY DAYS? I
GAVE YOU AN EASY ONE, COME ON.
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HELP ME. SEVEN DAYS - SO
YOU ADD THAT UP AND YOU'VE GOT
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483 YEARS. 69 WEEKS - 483 DAYS
- A DAY IS A YEAR - 483 YEARS.
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IF YOU COUNT FROM THE START OF
THE DECREE TO REBUILD JERUSALEM
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- 457 B.C. - GIVEN
BY ARTAXERXES - AND THEN
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YOU GO 483 PROPHETIC YEARS -
OR REGULAR YEARS - TO A.D. 27,
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THAT'S EXACTLY
WHEN JESUS WAS BAPTIZED.
00:12:54.14\00:12:57.77
AND YOU CAN READ
ABOUT THAT IN JOHN 1.
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WHEN JESUS CAME TO THE JORDAN
RIVER HE KNEW HIS TIME HAD COME
00:12:59.71\00:13:03.78
AND RIGHT AT HIS 30TH
BIRTHDAY HE WAS BAPTIZED.
00:13:03.81\00:13:08.08
JOHN THE BAPTIST SAID - HE
SAW JESUS COMING - "BEHOLD!
00:13:08.12\00:13:11.22
THE LAMB OF GOD WHO TAKES
AWAY THE SIN OF THE WORLD!"
00:13:11.25\00:13:14.79
JESUS WAS THAT LAMB THAT
THEY HAD BEEN LOOKING FOR.
00:13:14.82\00:13:17.69
ABRAHAM SAID TO ISAAC
WHEN ISAAC SAID, 'FATHER,
00:13:17.73\00:13:20.93
WE'VE GOT THE
WOOD. WE'VE GOT THE FIRE.
00:13:20.96\00:13:23.73
BUT WHERE IS THE SACRIFICE?'
ABRAHAM SAID, 'MY SON, GOD WILL
00:13:23.77\00:13:27.10
PROVIDE HIMSELF
A LAMB.' FINALLY.
00:13:27.14\00:13:29.54
THEY'RE ALL LOOKING FOR THE
LAMB OF GOD - THE ANOINTED -
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THE MESSIAH. JOHN
SAYS, 'THERE HE IS.
00:13:31.47\00:13:34.64
THIS IS THE LAMB THAT
TAKES AWAY THE SIN OF THE WORLD.
00:13:34.68\00:13:36.58
THIS IS THE SEED OF THE WOMAN.
00:13:36.61\00:13:38.08
THIS IS THE ONE WE'VE BEEN
LOOKING FOR ALL THIS TIME.' AND
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HE IDENTIFIED HIM SEVERAL TIMES
AND THAT'S WHY PHILIP AND PETER
00:13:41.55\00:13:44.59
AND NATHANAEL ALL BEGAN TO
FOLLOW HIM THEN BECAUSE HE HAD
00:13:44.62\00:13:47.79
BEEN FLAGGED BY JOHN THE
BAPTIST AS THE LAMB OF GOD.
00:13:47.82\00:13:51.66
NOW, I TOLD YOU, YOU COULD
ACTUALLY FIGURE FROM DANIEL'S
00:13:51.69\00:13:56.16
PROPHECY, WHEN JESUS WAS BORN.
00:13:56.20\00:13:58.60
BY THE WAY, THERE WERE A COUPLE
THAT WERE LOOKING FOR HIS BIRTH
00:13:58.63\00:14:02.74
- MAYBE BECAUSE OF DANIEL'S
PROPHECY - BECAUSE THEY KNEW
00:14:02.77\00:14:06.04
THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE
483 YEARS FROM THE COMMAND TO
00:14:06.07\00:14:09.58
REBUILD JERUSALEM UNTIL THE
MESSIAH WAS ANOINTED AND BEGAN
00:14:09.61\00:14:13.15
HIS MINISTRY. THEY
COULD UNDERSTAND THAT A
00:14:13.18\00:14:16.69
PRIEST COULD NOT BEGIN
TO TEACH UNTIL HE WAS 30.
00:14:16.72\00:14:19.99
KING DAVID DID NOT BEGIN
TO REIGN UNTIL HE WAS 30.
00:14:20.02\00:14:23.36
JOSEPH WENT OUT TO ADMINISTRATE
OVER EGYPT WHEN HE WAS THIRTY.
00:14:23.39\00:14:28.10
SO ALL THEY HAD TO DO WAS
COUNT BACK 30 YEARS FROM A.D.
00:14:28.13\00:14:31.40
27 AND FIND THE BIRTH
OF CHRIST AROUND 4 B.C.
00:14:31.43\00:14:36.14
SO EVEN FROM THAT SAME PROPHECY
YOU COULD HAVE CALCULATED ABOUT
00:14:36.17\00:14:38.97
THE TIME OF HIS BIRTH.
00:14:39.01\00:14:40.74
>> HI FRIENDS,
DON'T GO ANYWHERE.
00:14:41.31\00:14:42.64
IN JUST A MOMENT
WE'LL BE BACK TO COMPLETE
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TODAY'S PRESENTATION.
00:14:44.41\00:14:46.18
HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED
ABOUT THIS ENIGMATIC CHARACTER
00:14:46.21\00:14:48.65
IN THE BIBLE CALLED
MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL?
00:14:48.68\00:14:51.45
WELL, THAT'S THE TITLE OF A BOOK
WE'D LIKE TO SEND YOU FOR FREE.
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MICHAEL SUDDENLY
APPEARS IN THE OLD TESTAMENT.
00:14:55.26\00:14:57.89
HE'S WORSHIPPED BY JOSHUA.
00:14:57.93\00:14:59.59
IN ANOTHER PLACE, HE'S
INVOLVED IN THE RESURRECTION.
00:14:59.63\00:15:02.03
THE BIBLE SAYS HE'S CONNECTED
WITH THE SECOND COMING.
00:15:02.06\00:15:04.57
THE LORD HIMSELF
WILL DESCEND FROM HEAVEN
00:15:04.60\00:15:06.43
WITH THE VOICE OF THE ARCHANGEL.
00:15:06.47\00:15:08.77
YOU EVEN FIND MICHAEL FIGHTING
WITH THE DEVIL IN REVELATION.
00:15:08.80\00:15:11.34
TO GET YOUR FREE COPY, CALL
THE PHONE NUMBER ON YOUR SCREEN
00:15:11.87\00:15:14.54
AND ASK FOR OFFER NUMBER
170, OR VISIT THE WEB ADDRESS.
00:15:14.58\00:15:19.28
AND AFTER YOU READ
THIS INCREDIBLE RESOURCE,
00:15:19.31\00:15:21.32
MAKE SURE AND
SHARE IT WITH A FRIEND.
00:15:21.35\00:15:22.95
WELL, LET'S GET BACK NOW TO
TODAY'S PRESENTATION AND LEARN
00:15:23.49\00:15:25.79
SOME MORE AMAZING
FACTS FROM THE WORD OF GOD.
00:15:25.82\00:15:28.12
>> SO THERE'S PROPHECIES THAT
TOLD WHEN HE WOULD BE BORN AND
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WHAT DID IT SAY WOULD
HAPPEN? HE WOULD BE ANOINTED.
00:15:32.59\00:15:35.73
YOU CAN READ THERE IN ACTS
CHAPTER 10, VERSE 38 HOW "GOD
00:15:35.76\00:15:40.17
ANOINTED JESUS OF NAZARETH WITH
THE HOLY SPIRIT AND WITH POWER,
00:15:40.20\00:15:43.84
WHO WENT ABOUT DOING GOOD AND
HEALING ALL WHO WERE OPPRESSED
00:15:43.87\00:15:47.34
BY THE DEVIL, FOR
GOD WAS WITH HIM."
00:15:47.38\00:15:49.78
WHEN JESUS WAS BAPTIZED, THE
HOLY SPIRIT CAME DOWN AND HE WAS
00:15:49.81\00:15:52.65
ANOINTED WITH THE HOLY
SPIRIT. HE WAS THE ANOINTED.
00:15:52.68\00:15:55.92
YOU DON'T HEAR ABOUT THE
MIRACLES OF JESUS UNLESS YOU'RE
00:15:55.95\00:15:58.35
READING SOMETHING APOCRYPHAL.
YOU DON'T READ ABOUT THE
00:15:58.39\00:16:00.82
MIRACLES OF JESUS BEFORE HE
WAS 30. FOR THE FIRST 30 YEARS
00:16:00.86\00:16:04.19
OF HIS LIFE HE LIVED AS A MAN
AMONG MEN, JUST AS YOU AND I DO.
00:16:04.23\00:16:09.50
AND THEN HE WAS ANOINTED AT
HIS BAPTISM. HE BEGAN HIS PUBLIC
00:16:09.53\00:16:12.63
MINISTRY, TURNED THE WORLD
UPSIDE DOWN IN THREE AND A HALF
00:16:12.67\00:16:15.57
YEARS AND THEN THAT WOULD BE
PART OF THAT 490-YEAR PROPHECY.
00:16:15.60\00:16:22.18
AND THEN IT TELLS THE
NATURE OF HIS MINISTRY.
00:16:22.21\00:16:25.18
MATTER OF FACT, JESUS QUOTES
THESE VERY WORDS IN NAZARETH
00:16:25.21\00:16:28.02
WHEN HE BEGAN HIS VERY MINISTRY.
ISAIAH 61, VERSE 1 - CHRIST
00:16:28.05\00:16:31.99
STOOD UP IN THE
SYNAGOGUE OF NAZARETH.
00:16:32.02\00:16:33.79
HIS HOMETOWN CHURCH, IN GALILEE
AND HE SAID, 'THE SPIRIT OF THE
00:16:33.82\00:16:37.86
LORD GOD IS UPON ME; BECAUSE THE
LORD HATH ANOINTED ME" - HE IS
00:16:37.89\00:16:41.50
THE ANOINTED - "TO PREACH GOOD
TIDINGS UNTO THE MEEK.; HE HATH
00:16:41.53\00:16:45.30
SENT ME TO BIND UP THE
BROKENHEARTED, TO PROCLAIM
00:16:45.33\00:16:47.70
LIBERTY TO THE CAPTIVES, AND THE
OPENING OF THE PRISON TO THEM
00:16:47.74\00:16:50.61
THAT ARE BOUND; TO PROCLAIM THE
ACCEPTABLE YEAR OF THE LORD, AND
00:16:50.64\00:16:54.18
THE DAY OF VENGEANCE OF OUR
GOD; TO COMFORT ALL THAT MOURN."
00:16:54.21\00:16:57.65
FURTHERMORE, IT TELLS US
THAT HE WOULD SPEAK AND TEACH IN
00:16:57.68\00:17:01.68
PARABLES. KING DAVID
SAID, IN PSALM 78, "I
00:17:01.72\00:17:05.35
WILL OPEN MY MOUTH IN A PARABLE;
I WILL UTTER DARK SAYINGS OF
00:17:05.39\00:17:09.06
OLD, WHICH WE HAVE HEARD AND
KNOWN, AND OUR FATHERS HAVE TOLD
00:17:09.09\00:17:11.93
US." REGARDING
CHRIST, IT SAID THAT
00:17:11.96\00:17:14.36
HE SPOKE AND HE
TAUGHT THEM IN PARABLES.
00:17:14.40\00:17:17.73
WITHOUT A PARABLE
HE DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING.
00:17:17.77\00:17:19.67
HE OFTEN TAUGHT IN ALLEGORIES
AND ILLUSTRATIONS AND THOSE THAT
00:17:19.70\00:17:23.64
HEARD HIM TALK SAID, 'NEVER,
EVER DID A MAN SPEAK LIKE THIS
00:17:23.67\00:17:28.58
MAN.' THERE'S NO MAN
THAT COULD TEACH LIKE JESUS.
00:17:28.61\00:17:32.55
PEOPLE WHO WENT TO ARREST HIM
CAME BACK AND SAID, 'WOW, NOBODY
00:17:32.58\00:17:35.98
SPEAKS LIKE THIS MAN.' IT GOES
ON AND IT TELLS US ABOUT HIS
00:17:36.02\00:17:41.22
BETRAYAL. FOR
INSTANCE, PSALM 41, VERSE 9,
00:17:41.26\00:17:46.16
"EVEN MY OWN FAMILIAR FRIEND
IN WHOM I TRUSTED, WHO ATE MY
00:17:46.19\00:17:49.83
BREAD, HAS LIFTED UP
HIS HEEL AGAINST ME."
00:17:49.86\00:17:53.37
DID JESUS EAT A MEAL
WITH BREAD WITH JUDAS?
00:17:53.40\00:17:57.57
AND JUDAS WALKED RIGHT OUT THAT
DOOR AND WENT TO THE PRIESTS AND
00:17:57.61\00:18:00.31
THEN LED THEM TO CHRIST.
00:18:00.34\00:18:02.38
IT GIVES US EVEN MORE DETAIL
ABOUT THE BETRAYAL OF JESUS.
00:18:02.41\00:18:05.98
ZECHARIAH 11, VERSES 12 AND 13,
"THEN I SAID TO THEM, 'IF IT IS
00:18:06.01\00:18:11.29
AGREEABLE TO YOU, GIVE ME MY
WAGES; AND IF NOT, REFRAIN.' SO
00:18:11.32\00:18:14.96
THEY WEIGHED OUT FOR MY
WAGES THIRTY PIECES OF SILVER."
00:18:14.99\00:18:18.16
NOT ONLY TELLS THAT HE WAS
SOLD FOR THE PRICE OF A SLAVE,
00:18:18.19\00:18:21.46
IT TELLS WHAT KIND OF METAL.
IT COULD HAVE BEEN COPPER, IT
00:18:21.50\00:18:23.83
COULD HAVE BEEN GOLD, IT COULD
HAVE BEEN BRONZE OR SILVER.
00:18:23.87\00:18:26.27
IT SAYS IT WAS SILVER.
IT TELLS HOW MANY PIECES OF
00:18:26.30\00:18:28.94
SILVER. "AND THE
LORD SAID TO ME, 'THROW
00:18:28.97\00:18:31.94
IT TO THE POTTER' - THAT
PRINCELY PRICE THEY SET ON ME.
00:18:31.97\00:18:35.78
SO I TOOK THE THIRTY PIECES OF
SILVER AND THREW THEM INTO THE
00:18:35.81\00:18:38.95
HOUSE OF THE
LORD FOR THE POTTER."
00:18:38.98\00:18:40.75
NOW I DON'T HAVE TIME TO READ
IT ALL BUT ALL THE VERSES IN
00:18:40.78\00:18:44.12
MATTHEW 27, VERSES 3 TO 7 -
YOU CAN LOOK THAT UP - MATTHEW
00:18:44.15\00:18:47.46
27:3-7 - IT TELLS HOW, DURING
THE TRIAL OF CHRIST, JUDAS,
00:18:47.49\00:18:51.43
OVERWHELMED WITH A SENSE OF
GUILT - YOU KNOW, ONCE THE DEVIL
00:18:51.46\00:18:54.63
HAD USED HIM HE DIDN'T NEED
JUDAS ANYMORE AND JUDAS, FINALLY
00:18:54.66\00:18:58.03
REALIZING WHAT HE HAD
DONE, CAME TO HIS SENSES.
00:18:58.07\00:19:00.20
HE BETRAYED THE SON OF GOD AND
THEY WERE PREPARING TO CRUCIFY
00:19:00.24\00:19:03.71
HIM. HE JUST WAS
CRUSHED BY A SENSE OF HIS GUILT.
00:19:03.74\00:19:06.88
HE WENT INTO THE OUTSKIRTS
OF THE TEMPLE WHERE HE WAS BEING
00:19:06.91\00:19:11.65
TRIED. THE SANHEDRIN WAS
MEETING. HE SAID, 'I'VE BETRAYED
00:19:11.68\00:19:15.72
INNOCENT BLOOD.' HE THREW DOWN
THE THIRTY PIECES OF SILVER.
00:19:15.75\00:19:19.09
THEY DIDN'T WANT TO TAKE IT
BECAUSE IT WAS BLOOD MONEY, THEY
00:19:19.12\00:19:21.72
CALLED IT, SO THEY BOUGHT
A 'POTTER'S FIELD' TO BURY
00:19:21.76\00:19:24.03
STRANGERS IN WITH THE MONEY.
THAT'S ALL IN THE NEW TESTAMENT.
00:19:24.06\00:19:27.13
YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF I'M
- LET ME JUST SAY SOMETHING HERE
00:19:27.13\00:19:30.97
AT THE OUTSET, JUST
TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA.
00:19:31.00\00:19:32.97
ALRIGHT, HERE WE'VE GOT - I'VE
GOT THE BOOK OF MATTHEW - HERE'S
00:19:33.00\00:19:35.24
THE NEW TESTAMENT,
THIS IS THE OLD TESTAMENT.
00:19:35.27\00:19:38.57
OLD TESTAMENT, OF
COURSE, STARTS WITH MOSES.
00:19:38.61\00:19:40.74
NEW TESTAMENT DOESN'T
BEGIN UNTIL THE BIRTH OF JESUS.
00:19:40.78\00:19:43.55
THESE PROPHECIES I'M READING TO
YOU ABOUT THE MESSIAH, THEY COME
00:19:43.58\00:19:47.15
FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT.
NOT ONLY DO THEY COME FROM THE
00:19:47.18\00:19:49.82
OLD TESTAMENT, EVEN THOUGH
THERE'S NO PAGE HERE, THERE
00:19:49.85\00:19:53.02
OUGHT TO BE A PAGE IN YOUR BIBLE
THAT SAYS, '400 YEARS' - ONE
00:19:53.05\00:19:56.49
PAGE THAT JUST SAYS '400 YEARS
OF SILENCE.' THERE ARE 400 YEARS
00:19:56.52\00:20:00.53
BETWEEN ALL THESE PROPHECIES
AND WHEN JESUS FINALLY COMES.
00:20:00.56\00:20:05.07
THAT PROPHECY I JUST READ TO YOU
FROM ZECHARIAH - THEY COULDN'T
00:20:05.10\00:20:08.00
HAVE CONCOCTED AND MADE
THAT UP - 400 YEARS WENT BY.
00:20:08.04\00:20:10.94
WE KNOW FROM THE DEAD SEA
SCROLLS THAT THESE THINGS WERE
00:20:10.97\00:20:13.54
WRITTEN BEFORE JESUS WAS BORN.
00:20:13.58\00:20:15.84
HOW CAN YOU FABRICATE - HOW CAN
YOU COUNTERFEIT - HOW COULD YOU
00:20:15.88\00:20:20.18
MANUFACTURE THAT THAT PROPHECY
WOULD BE FULFILLED - THAT JESUS
00:20:20.22\00:20:25.02
WOULD BE BETRAYED BY A FRIEND,
WHO ATE BREAD WITH HIM, FOR
00:20:25.05\00:20:27.96
THIRTY PIECES OF SILVER
WHO WOULD THEN THROW IT TO THE
00:20:27.99\00:20:30.56
POTTER'S FIELD AND
THE HOUSE OF THE LORD?
00:20:30.59\00:20:32.93
I MEAN, THAT'S
JUST ONE OF THOUSANDS.
00:20:32.96\00:20:36.53
OH, ACTUALLY 300 -
I GOT CARRIED AWAY.
00:20:36.56\00:20:39.77
PROPHECIES - THERE MIGHT BE MORE
BUT SOMEONE COUNTED 300 AND I
00:20:39.80\00:20:42.54
BELIEVE IT. IT TELLS
ABOUT THE MANNER OF HIS DEATH.
00:20:42.57\00:20:46.68
THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE PROPHECY.
YOU READ IN PSALM 22, "THE
00:20:46.71\00:20:50.41
CONGREGATION OF THE
WICKED HAS ENCLOSED ME.
00:20:50.45\00:20:52.35
THEY PIERCED MY
HANDS AND MY FEET.
00:20:52.38\00:20:54.48
THEY DIVIDE MY GARMENTS AMONG
THEM, AND FOR MY CLOTHING THEY
00:20:54.52\00:20:57.79
CAST LOTS." THIS WAS
PROPHESIED NEARLY 800
00:20:57.82\00:21:01.42
YEARS BEFORE JESUS WAS
BORN. HOW COULD YOU KNOW THAT?
00:21:01.46\00:21:05.86
AND THAT'S ALL
IN THAT ONE PSALM.
00:21:05.89\00:21:07.60
AND THERE ARE MANY PSALMS.
PSALM 34, "HE GUARDS ALL HIS
00:21:07.66\00:21:10.67
BONES; NOT ONE
OF THEM IS BROKEN."
00:21:10.70\00:21:12.53
THEY BROKE THE BONES OF THE
THIEF ON THE RIGHT AND THE LEFT
00:21:12.57\00:21:15.64
OF JESUS - BECAUSE JESUS WAS
THE PASSOVER LAMB AND THEY WERE
00:21:15.67\00:21:18.41
NEVER TO BREAK THE
BONES OF THE PASSOVER LAMB -
00:21:18.44\00:21:20.84
THEY DIDN'T
BREAK ANY OF HIS BONES.
00:21:20.88\00:21:23.31
JUST AS THE PROPHECY HAD
SAID, HE GUARDS MY BONES.
00:21:23.35\00:21:26.78
JESUS ALSO CLAIMED TO BE THE SON
OF GOD - NOT IN THE SENSE THAT
00:21:26.82\00:21:32.09
WE ARE ALL SONS OF GOD, BUT IN
THE UNIQUE SENSE THAT HE IS THE
00:21:32.12\00:21:35.09
ONLY BEGOTTEN SON OF GOD AND HE
CLAIMED TO HAVE THE PREROGATIVES
00:21:35.12\00:21:39.86
OR THE POWERS OF THE
DIVINE. HE CLAIMED TO BE GOD.
00:21:39.89\00:21:43.23
NOW THOSE ARE SOME
PRETTY BOLD CLAIMS.
00:21:43.26\00:21:46.77
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO WITH
WHAT JESUS SAYS ABOUT HIMSELF?
00:21:46.80\00:21:49.80
C.S. LEWIS PUTS IT THIS WAY,
"A MAN WHO WAS MERELY A MAN AND
00:21:49.84\00:21:53.24
SAID THE SORT OF THINGS THAT
JESUS SAID WOULDN'T BE A GREAT
00:21:53.27\00:21:55.64
MORAL TEACHER, HE'D BE A LUNATIC
ON THE LEVEL OF A MAN WHO SAYS
00:21:55.68\00:21:59.15
HE'S A POACHED EGG OR
ELSE HE'D BE THE DEVIL OF HELL.
00:21:59.18\00:22:02.82
YOU MUST MAKE YOUR CHOICE.
EITHER THIS MAN WAS AND IS THE
00:22:02.85\00:22:05.72
SON OF GOD OR ELSE HE'S A
MADMAN OR SOMETHING WORSE."
00:22:05.75\00:22:09.66
SOMEONE ELSE PUT IT THIS WAY,
"CHRIST WAS EITHER A CONSCIOUS
00:22:09.69\00:22:13.09
DECEIVER, DELUDED, OR DIVINE.
HE IS EITHER LUNATIC, LIAR, OR
00:22:13.13\00:22:19.33
LORD. THERE IS
NO ESCAPING ONE OF
00:22:19.37\00:22:21.94
THESE THREE OPTIONS." YOU
KNOW THERE'S THREE PRINCIPAL
00:22:21.97\00:22:25.04
REASONS JESUS CAME - FIRST,
HE CAME TO BE OUR EXAMPLE.
00:22:25.07\00:22:30.35
HE SAYS IN JOHN 13:5 - SORRY,
JOHN 13:15, "FOR I HAVE GIVEN
00:22:30.38\00:22:35.92
YOU AN EXAMPLE, THAT YOU
SHOULD TO AS I HAVE DONE."
00:22:35.95\00:22:38.95
PART OF THE REASON JESUS LIVED
FOR THIRTY-THREE AND A HALF
00:22:38.99\00:22:41.56
YEARS AMONG MEN IS HE SAID, 'I
WANT TO SHOW YOU HOW TO LIVE -
00:22:41.59\00:22:45.26
HOW TO LOVE EACH
OTHER - HOW TO FORGIVE.
00:22:45.29\00:22:47.30
I'M NOT JUST GOING TO TELL
YOU TO TURN THE OTHER CHEEK, I'M
00:22:47.36\00:22:49.80
GOING TO SHOW YOU HOW IT'S
DONE.' AND HE DID, DIDN'T HE?
00:22:49.83\00:22:52.97
WHEN HE WENT THROUGH HIS TRIAL?
'I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU HOW TO
00:22:53.00\00:22:56.30
LOVE AND FORGIVE EACH
OTHER' - THE WAY HE FORGAVE.
00:22:56.34\00:22:58.97
HE CAME - POINT #2 -
TO REVEAL THE FATHER.
00:22:59.01\00:23:04.01
THIS WORLD IS VERY
CONFUSED ABOUT WHO GOD IS.
00:23:04.05\00:23:08.48
YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHY
IT IS THAT AS I INTERMINGLE WITH
00:23:08.52\00:23:14.36
PEOPLE I HEAR JESUS' NAME BEING
USED IN PROFANITY SO FREQUENTLY.
00:23:14.39\00:23:19.46
I'VE NEVER HEARD PEOPLE GET
MAD AND HIT THEIR FINGER WITH A
00:23:19.49\00:23:22.83
HAMMER AND SAY, 'OH
BUDDHA!' I DON'T HEAR THEM CITE
00:23:22.86\00:23:27.00
MOHAMMAD'S NAME
OR ALLAH OR KRISHNA.
00:23:27.04\00:23:32.01
WHY IS IT THERE'S THIS
DIABOLICAL FOCUS TO ESPECIALLY
00:23:32.04\00:23:37.65
SCORN THE NAME OF JESUS?
THAT IN AND OF ITSELF OUGHT TO
00:23:37.68\00:23:41.45
TELL YOU THERE'S A
SPIRITUAL BATTLE OUT THERE.
00:23:41.48\00:23:44.22
THE WORLD DOESN'T
KNOW WHO THE FATHER IS.
00:23:44.25\00:23:45.82
JESUS CAME TO SHOW US
WHAT THE FATHER IS LIKE.
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HE SAID, "HAVE I BEEN WITH YOU
SO LONG AND YOU DON'T KNOW ME,
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PHILIP? HE THAT HAS
SEEN ME HAS SEEN THE
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FATHER." BY THE
WAY, THAT'S JOHN 14:9.
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AND THEN, MOST IMPORTANTLY,
JESUS CAME TO TRADE PLACES WITH
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US. WE ARE ALL UNDER A DEATH
00:24:01.84\00:24:03.77
SENTENCE BECAUSE OF OUR
SIN AND OUR SELFISHNESS.
00:24:03.81\00:24:06.74
AND CHRIST DOES NOT WANT TO LOSE
US. HE LOVES US AND HE SAID,
00:24:06.78\00:24:09.84
'I WILL COME. I WILL
TAKE THE PENALTY FOR YOUR
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SIN AND NOT ONLY TAKE IT, I WILL
GIVE YOU MY STRENGTH AND POWER.
00:24:12.75\00:24:16.42
I AM GOING TO
BE YOUR SUBSTITUTE.
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I WILL TRADE PLACES WITH YOU.'
HE SAID, 'I WILL GIVE YOU MY
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GOODNESS AND I
WILL TAKE YOUR BADNESS.
00:24:21.92\00:24:23.79
I WILL GIVE YOU MY STRENGTH
AND I'LL TAKE YOUR WEAKNESS.
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I WILL GIVE YOU MY LIFE
AND I WILL TAKE YOUR DEATH.
00:24:27.50\00:24:30.27
I WILL GIVE YOU MY PEACE AND
I WILL TAKE YOUR SUFFERINGS AND
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YOUR MISERY.' HE'S OFFERING THAT
ALL AS A GIFT THAT WE RECEIVE BY
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FAITH. BUT YOU
NEED TO BELIEVE THAT HE
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IS WHO HE SAID HE IS.
DO YOU KNOW HIM, FRIENDS?
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HAVE YOU ACCEPTED
HIM? YOU CAN RIGHT NOW.
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"HIS EXAMPLE" - MARTIN LUTHER
SAID, IN HIS LIFE "IS SHOWING US
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HOW TO LIVE. IN HIS
DEATH HE IS A SACRIFICE
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SATISFYING FOR OUR SINS.
IN HIS RESURRECTION HE IS A
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CONQUEROR. IN HIS
ASCENSION HE IS A KING.
00:24:59.23\00:25:02.03
IN HIS
INTERCESSION HE IS A PRIEST.
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HE IS EVERYTHING THAT WE NEED."
IN THE VOLUME OF THE BOOK IT IS
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WRITTEN OF HIM. WHEN WE
SEE ABRAHAM GOING UP THE
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HILL WITH ISAAC WE SEE JESUS.
WHEN WE SEE MOSES LEADING A
00:25:11.71\00:25:15.01
NATION FROM
SLAVERY, WE SEE JESUS.
00:25:15.04\00:25:18.08
WHEN WE SEE JOSEPH FORGIVING HIS
BROTHERS FOR MISTREATING HIM WE
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SEE JESUS. WE SEE
JESUS IN SAMPSON WHEN HE
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STRETCHES OUT HIS ARMS TO DEFEAT
THE ENEMIES OF GOD'S PEOPLE.
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WE SEE JESUS IN GIDEON DEFEATING
THE ENEMY WITH THIS SMALL GROUP.
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ALL THROUGH THE BIBLE
I SEE JESUS EVERYWHERE.
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THIS IS ALL ABOUT HIM. HE
WANTS YOU TO KNOW WHO HE IS.
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GOD BECAME A MAN
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WHEN SUSAN'S AND
MICHAEL'S WHIRLWIND RELATIONSHIP
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LED TO A WEDDING,
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THEY HAD NO IDEA HOW
HARD MARRIED LIFE COULD BE.
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BEFORE THEY KNEW IT
THEY WERE ON THE STORMY PATH
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TOWARDS DIVORCE, BUT
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AND THERE THEY SAW THE
BIBLICAL VIEW OF MARRIAGE
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AS PRESENTED IN KNOWING JESUS.
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FINALLY, THEY UNDERSTOOD WHAT
IT MEANT TO LOVE SACRIFICIALLY
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LIKE CHRIST AND TODAY, SUSAN
AND MICHAEL ARE JOYFULLY MARRIED
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