Participants: Doug Batchelor
Series Code: AFP
Program Code: AFP000102
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00:03 AMAZING FACTS MINISTRY.
00:11 >>WHEN I THINK ABOUT 'HOW DO YOU CONCENTRATE GOD INTO A BABY?' - 00:19 YOU CAN'T WRAP YOUR MIND AROUND THAT - HOW YOU CAN FIT 00:23 ALL OF GOD INTO A BABY. 00:29 >>FOR OVER 40 YEARS AMAZING FACTS HAS BEEN DEDICATED TO 00:33 SHARING GOD'S WORD THROUGH MEDIA. 00:35 THIS PROGRAM FEATURES HIGHLIGHTS FROM SOME OF OUR 00:38 BEST TELEVISION BROADCASTS. 00:40 WE INVITE YOU TO SIT BACK AND ENJOY THIS EDITION 00:43 OF AMAZING FACTS PRESENTS. 00:50 >>WELL IT'S GOOD TO SEE EACH OF YOU HERE. 00:52 WE'RE VERY THANKFUL THAT YOU ARE WORSHIPING GOD WITH US TODAY. 00:55 ONE WAY WE DO THAT - ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT WAYS WE DO THAT 00:59 IS THROUGH THE STUDY OF HIS WORD. 01:02 AND REALLY, THE SUBJECT OF CHRIST'S FIRST COMING IS ONE OF 01:08 THE MOST MARVELOUS BIBLE STUDIES IN SCRIPTURE. 01:15 AND SO WE'VE TITLED THE MESSAGE FOR TODAY 'GOD WITH US.' 01:19 'GOD WITH US.' WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT THAT 01:21 MEANS - THAT GOD CAME INTO OUR WORLD AND ENTERED THE DOMINION 01:27 WHERE WE EXIST AND BECAME ONE OF US TO REACH US, IT IS 01:32 A MARVELOUS THOUGHT. 01:34 IT IS SOMETIMES REFERRED TO AS THE TRUTH OF THE INCARNATION. 01:39 THE INCARNATION MEANS 'INCARNE' - CARNE - WELL YOU WHAT CHILE 01:44 CON CARNE IS. 01:46 CARNE MEANS 'WITH FLESH' AND GOD TOOK ON HIMSELF FLESH OF MAN AND 01:56 CAME INTO OUR WORLD AND BECAME ONE OF US TO SAVE US. 01:59 WHEN I THINK ABOUT 'HOW DO YOU CONCENTRATE GOD INTO A BABY?' 02:07 - YOU CAN'T WRAP YOUR MIND AROUND THAT - HOW YOU CAN FIT 02:12 ALL OF GOD INTO A BABY. 02:15 AND YET, THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED WHEN JESUS CAME INTO OUR WORLD. 02:19 THE BIBLE TEACHES THAT. 02:22 COLOSSIANS 2, VERSE 9, "FOR IN HIM DWELLS A PARTICLE OF THE 02:28 FULLNESS OF GOD" - THAT'S NOT WHAT IT SAYS. 02:31 "IN HIM DWELLS ALL OF THE FULLNESS OF GOD BODILY." 02:38 ALL THE FULLNESS OF THE GODHEAD BODILY DWELLS IN CHRIST. 02:43 NOW THAT'S A MARVELOUS THOUGHT WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT. 02:46 YOU SEE, JESUS CAME INTO OUR WORLD TO RECONCILE US WITH GOD. 02:52 THERE IN THE MEMORY VERSE IN MATTHEW 1:23, "BEHOLD A VIRGIN 02:55 WILL CONCEIVE AND BEAR A SON AND HIS NAME WILL BE CALLED IMMANUEL 03:01 - IMMANUEL, WHICH IS TRANSLATED 'GOD WITH US.'" 03:07 TO SAVE US GOD NEEDED TO COME INTO OUR WORLD AND BE WITH US. 03:13 NOW I'VE GOT TO BACK UP AND EXPLAIN WHY THIS WAS NECESSARY. 03:16 WE ARE SEPARATED FROM GOD BECAUSE OF SIN. 03:20 IN ISAIAH 59:1, "BEHOLD THE LORD'S HAND IS NOT SHORTENED 03:24 THAT IT CANNOT SAVE, NOR IS HIS EAR HEAVY THAT HE CANNOT HEAR. 03:29 BUT YOUR INIQUITIES HAVE SEPARATED YOU FROM GOD AND YOUR 03:33 SINS HAVE HIDDEN HIS FACE FROM YOU." 03:36 YOU SEE, IN THE BEGINNING GOD DIDN'T RUN FROM MAN, HE WANTED 03:40 TO BE WITH MAN. 03:41 HE WOULD WALK WITH MAN IN THE COOL OF THE DAY. 03:43 BUT AFTER MAN DISOBEYED, MAN RAN FROM GOD. 03:47 WHEN WE ARE SEPARATED FROM GOD IT'S USUALLY BECAUSE WE ARE 03:49 CLINGING TO SIN. 03:51 MICAH 3, VERSE 4, "THEN THEY'LL CRY TO THE LORD BUT 03:54 HE'LL NOT HEAR THEM. 03:55 HE'LL EVEN HIDE HIS FACE FROM THEM AT THAT TIME BECAUSE OF THE 04:00 EVIL IN THEIR DEEDS. 04:01 NOW IT'S NOT THAT GOD DOESN'T WANT TO BE WITH US. 04:06 HE'S NOT SAYING, 'WELL, YOU'VE BEEN BAD SO I'M LEAVING YOU.' 04:09 WHAT HAPPENS IS BECAUSE OF OUR SIN, HE IS FORCED TO SEPARATE 04:13 HIMSELF FROM US BECAUSE THE GLORY OF GOD IS SO PURE AND SO 04:18 POWERFUL AND SO PERFECT THAT IF WE WERE EXPOSED TO HIS UNVEILED 04:22 GLORY, IT WOULD CONSUME US. 04:25 SO TO PROTECT US HE SEPARATES, BUT HE WANTS TO BE WITH US. 04:30 SO HE DEVELOPED A UNIQUE PLAN: 'IF I COULD BECOME ONE OF THEM, 04:34 I COULD DWELL WITH THEM TO SAVE THEM.' 04:37 BUT IF GOD IN HIS GLORY APPEARS TO US RIGHT NOW, WE COULDN'T 04:40 BEAR IT. 04:42 SO WE'RE RESTORED THROUGH GOD THE SON WHO BECAME A MAN. 04:47 RESTORATION COMES THROUGH JESUS. 04:50 MATTHEW 18, VERSE 12, THE LORD SAID, "WHAT DO YOU THINK? 04:54 IF A MAN HAS A HUNDRED SHEEP AND ONE OF THEM GOES ASTRAY, DOESN'T 04:58 HE LEAVE THE NINETY AND NINE IN THE MOUNTAINS AND TO GO SEEK 05:01 THAT ONE THAT IS STRAYING?" 05:03 THAT'S REALLY TALKING ABOUT OUR WORLD. 05:06 GOD HAS ALL THESE UNFALLEN WORLDS OUT THERE AND ANGELS AND 05:09 HE'S LEFT ALL OF THEM TO COME TO THIS WORLD TO BECOME ONE OF US 05:13 TO SAVE US - BECAUSE HE WANTS TO BE WITH US. 05:16 EPHESIANS 2:16, "AND THAT HE MIGHT RECONCILE THEM BOTH TO GOD 05:22 IN ONE BODY THROUGH THE CROSS." 05:24 JESUS CAME TO RECONCILE US TO GOD. 05:27 "THEREFORE PUTTING TO DEATH THE ENMITY. 05:29 AND HE CAME AND HE PREACHED PEACE TO YOU WHO WERE FAR OFF 05:33 AND THOSE WHO WERE NEAR; FOR THROUGH HIM BOTH HAVE ACCESS BY 05:37 ONE SPIRIT TO THE FATHER." 05:38 SO THOSE THAT ARE SEPARATED ARE BROUGHT TOGETHER BY GOD. 05:41 NOW WHEN YOU ARE THINKING ABOUT THIS, I ALWAYS THINK ABOUT 05:45 2 CORINTHIANS 5:19, "THAT GOD WAS IN CHRIST" - YOU MIGHT WANT 05:52 TO UNDERSCORE THAT BECAUSE I'M GOING TO COME BACK TO THAT - 05:54 THAT'S GOING TO BE THE CENTRAL POINT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. 05:57 "GOD WAS IN CHRIST" - IN JESUS - "RECONCILING THE WORLD TO 06:02 HIMSELF, NOT IMPUTING THEIR TRESPASSES TO THEM" - HE DOESN'T 06:07 GIVE US CREDIT FOR OUR SINS BECAUSE JESUS CAME TO TAKE THEM 06:13 - HE RECONCILES THE WORLD - "NOT IMPUTING THEIR TRESPASSES TO 06:16 THEM AND HE'S COMMITTED TO THEM THE WORD OF RECONCILIATION." 06:21 JESUS REALLY, AND HIS ROBE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, SORT OF PROVIDES 06:24 US WITH THAT RADIATION-PROOF GARMENT. 06:27 YOU EVER SEE THESE PEOPLE THAT ARE WORKING IN THE NUCLEAR LABS? 06:30 THEY'RE WEARING THESE SPECIAL SUITS THAT CAN RESIST BOTH HEAT 06:33 AND RADIATION? 06:35 WELL, THE GLORY OF GOD IS LIKE THAT RADIATION AND JESUS, 06:39 THROUGH HIS DEATH, HE PROVIDES US WITH THESE ROBES WHERE WE CAN 06:42 SURVIVE AND ENDURE IN THE PRESENCE OF A HOLY GOD. 06:48 NOW, HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT AT WHAT POINT DID JESUS REALIZE 06:51 WHO HE WAS? 06:53 HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED THAT? 06:55 WELL I HAVE TOO. 06:57 I THINK IT REALLY BEGAN WHEN HE WAS TWELVE YEARS OLD. 06:59 IF YOU ARE IN THE GOSPEL OF LUKE THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THE RED 07:02 LETTERS REALLY APPEAR. 07:04 IN LUKE CHAPTER 2, VERSE 49 - WHEN DID JESUS FIRST REALIZE HE 07:09 WAS GOD'S SON? 07:12 YOU REMEMBER WHEN HIS PARENTS TOOK HIM TO THE TEMPLE? 07:15 KIND OF LOST TRACK OF HIM - HE WAS FILLED WITH AMAZEMENT AS HE 07:19 SAW THE PASSOVER. 07:21 NOW WHEN A JEWISH BOY GOT TO BE TWELVE HE BEGAN ATTENDING THE 07:23 FEASTS WITH HIS FATHER AND HE WENT AND HE WAS TRYING TO TAKE 07:26 IN THE MEANING OF ALL THIS - HE HAD READ THE SCRIPTURES - AND 07:29 ALL OF A SUDDEN THE HOLY SPIRIT BEGAN TO TALK TO HIM AND SAID, 07:32 'YOU ARE THIS LAMB.' AND HE BEGAN TO REALIZE WHAT 07:35 THAT MEANT AND IT WAS A DIVINE REVELATION THAT CAME TO HIM. 07:39 NOW, THIS IS THE MAIN POINT OF WHAT I WANT TO SAY: 07:43 WAS JESUS GOD? 07:48 JOHN 5, VERSES 17 AND 18, THROUGHOUT THE MINISTRY OF 07:53 JESUS, HE WAS NEARLY STONED BECAUSE HIS ENEMIES UNDERSTOOD 07:59 HE WAS CLAIMING DIVINITY. 08:02 NOW HE WAS EITHER MAD OR HE WAS TELLING THE TRUTH, BUT HE DID 08:09 CLAIM TO BE MORE THAN JUST A MAN. 08:12 HE SAID, "MY FATHER HAS BEEN WORKING UNTIL NOW 08:15 AND I AM WORKING. 08:17 THEREFORE, THE JEWS SOUGHT ALL THE MORE TO KILL HIM." 08:19 NOT ONLY BECAUSE THEY THOUGHT HE BROKE THE SABBATH, BUT THAT HE 08:22 SAID THAT HIS FATHER WAS GOD, MAKING HIMSELF EQUAL WITH GOD. 08:27 NOW, THEY THOUGHT JESUS WAS MAKING HIMSELF EQUAL WITH GOD. 08:31 DID HE CORRECT THEM? NO. 08:34 HE ALLOWED THEM TO THINK THAT - WHY? BECAUSE IT'S TRUE. 08:38 JESUS ACTUALLY NEVER CAME - THIS IS WHAT THROWS PEOPLE - YOU KNOW 08:41 JESUS NEVER CAME OUT ANYWHERE AND SAID, 'I AM GOD.' 08:45 HE NEVER SAID IT THAT WAY. 08:46 BUT HE SAID IT EVERY OTHER WAY SO THAT WE WOULD STUDY IT AND 08:50 REALIZE IT. 08:52 YOU KNOW, YOU APPRECIATE A TREASURE OF TRUTH WHEN YOU 08:53 STUDY IT. 08:54 SO HE SAID THINGS ALL AROUND IT. 08:56 HERE'S ANOTHER ONE: CHRIST REFERRED TO HIMSELF AS THE GREAT 08:59 'I AM'. 09:01 NOW YOU REMEMBER IN THE OLD TESTAMENT IN EXODUS 3 WHEN MOSES 09:06 SAID TO GOD, 'WHOM SHALL I SAY IS SENDING ME?' 09:11 AND GOD ANSWERED AND SAID, 'I AM WHO I AM' 09:16 HE SAID. 'THUS YOU SHALL SAY TO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, 09:19 'I AM HAS SENT ME TO YOU.'' IN OTHER WORDS, 'I'M NOT JUST 09:23 ONE OF THE OTHER GODS' - YOU KNOW THE EGYPTIANS - THEY HAD 09:26 THE GODS OF THE RIVERS AND THE PAGANS HAD THE GODS OF THE TREES 09:28 AND THE BUSHES AND THE SUN AND THE AIR AND THE WIND AND THE 09:30 RIVERS AND - ALL THESE DIFFERENT GODS AND IT'S ALMOST LIKE HE'S 09:33 SAYING, 'WHICH GOD ARE YOU THAT I'LL SAY?' 09:36 AND HE THOUGHT, 'BOY, THIS IS REALLY MIND BENDING.' 09:39 HE SAID, 'MOSES, I AM THAT I AM.' 09:44 I AM NOT A GOD OF A CERTAIN TERRITORY, I AM THE 09:49 SELF-EXISTENT ETERNAL ONE THAT EVERYTHING ELSE IS MADE OUT OF. 09:54 I AM.' THAT SORT OF SUMS IT UP. 09:57 YOU TELL ME IF YOU THINK IT'S JUST CODE HOW OFTEN JESUS USED 10:01 THE 'I AM' TO REFER TO HIMSELF. 10:04 JOHN 6:35, "I AM THE BREAD OF LIFE." 10:08 YOU'VE GOT THEM UP THERE ON YOUR SCREEN. 10:11 IT'S NOT ALL THAT YOU'LL FIND IN THE BIBLE. 10:14 BUT NOTICE THE EMPHASIS ON 'I AM'. 10:16 IT'S GOD WHO GIVES US THAT BREAD OF LIFE. 10:18 JESUS IS THE WORD. 10:19 JOHN 8:12, "I AM THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD." 10:23 JOHN 10, VERSE 9, "I AM THE DOOR." 10:27 JOHN 10, VERSE 11, "I AM THE GOOD SHEPHERD." 10:31 JOHN 10:36 - THIS IS AS CLOSE AS HE COMES TO SAYING 'I AM GOD.' 10:35 HE SAYS, 'I AM THE SON OF GOD.' JOHN 11:25, "I AM THE 10:40 RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE." 10:43 JOHN 46, "I AM THE WAY, THE TRUTH, AND THE LIFE." 10:49 JOHN 15, VERSE 1, "I AM THE TRUE VINE." 10:54 ALL THROUGH THE NEW TESTAMENT JESUS STATES HIMSELF AS THE 10:59 GREAT SELF-EXISTENT ONE. 11:02 THEN YOU GO TO JOHN 10:30 - YOU'VE GOT ANOTHER STORY. 11:05 JESUS SAID, "I AND MY FATHER ARE ONE." 11:08 THE JEWS TOOK UP STONES AGAIN TO STONE HIM. 11:10 BECAUSE, HERE NOW, CHRIST IS QUOTING FROM WHERE MOSES SAID, 11:13 'HEAR, O ISRAEL, THE LORD OUR GOD IS ONE.' 11:17 AND HERE JESUS IS SAYING, 'I AND THE FATHER ARE ONE'. 11:19 HE'S NOT TALKING ABOUT ONENESS LIKE A MAN AND A WIFE AND 11:21 A MARRIAGE, HE'S SAYING 'WE ARE ONE AND THE SAME.' 11:24 THAT WORD THERE IN GREEK MEANS 'WE ARE OF THE SAME ESSENCE - 11:28 WE ARE THE SAME.' "I AND MY FATHER ARE ONE." 11:32 THE JEWS KNEW WHAT HE WAS SAYING AND IF YOU DOUBT IT, NOTICE - 11:35 "THEY TOOK UP STONES TO STONE HIM. 11:38 JESUS ANSWERED, 'FOR MANY GOOD WORKS I'VE SHOWN YOU 11:41 OF MY FATHER. 11:42 FOR WHICH OF THESE DO YOU STONE ME?'" 11:44 WHAT A PERFECT TIME FOR CHRIST TO SAY, 'I DIDN'T MEAN THAT. 11:46 THAT'S NOT WHAT I MEANT GUYS. 11:48 PUT THE ROCKS DOWN.' HE DIDN'T CORRECT THEM. 11:51 HE DID MEAN WHAT HE SAID. 11:54 "'FOR WHICH OF THOSE DO YOU STONE ME?' THE JEWS ANSWERED, 11:56 'FOR A GOOD WORK WE DO NOT STONE YOU BUT FOR 11:58 BLASPHEMY BECAUSE'" - NOTICE - "'YOU, BEING A MAN, 12:03 MAKE YOURSELF GOD.'" HE DIDN'T CORRECT THEM BECAUSE 12:07 HE WAS GOD. 12:09 LOOK AT SOME OF THE CRITERIA THAT DEFINES GOD AND SEE IF 12:11 JESUS MEETS THOSE CRITERIA. 12:14 FOR ONE THING, ONLY GOD CAN FORGIVE SIN. 12:17 NOW YOU MIGHT OFFEND ME AND I CAN SAY I FORGIVE YOU, BUT 12:21 THAT'S DIFFERENT THAN ME FORGIVING YOUR SINS IN GENERAL - 12:25 ME FORGIVING SIN IN YOUR LIFE. 12:26 I CAN'T DO THAT, ONLY GOD CAN FORGIVE YOUR RECORD OF SIN. 12:30 DO WE ALL AGREE? 12:31 AND, OF COURSE, THE VERSE IS ISAIAH 43:25, "I, EVEN I AM HE 12:37 WHO BLOTS OUT YOUR TRANSGRESSIONS FOR MINE OWN SAKE 12:41 AND I'LL NOT REMEMBER YOUR SINS." 12:43 MARK 2, VERSE 5, "THEN JESUS SAW THEIR FAITH. 12:46 HE SAID TO THE PARALYTIC, 'SON, YOUR SINS ARE FORGIVEN.' 12:49 AND SOME OF THE SCRIBES WERE SITTING THERE AND THEY REASONED 12:52 IN THEIR HEARTS, 'WHY DOES THIS MAN SPEAK BLASPHEMIES LIKE THIS? 12:56 WHO CAN FORGIVE SIN BUT GOD ALONE?'" 12:58 THEY WERE RIGHT, THEOLOGICALLY, ONLY GOD 13:00 CAN FORGIVE SIN. 13:01 COULD JESUS FORGIVE SIN? 13:03 IF ONLY GOD CAN FORGIVE SIN AND IF JESUS COULD FORGIVE SIN, THEN 13:06 JESUS MUST BE GOD. 13:08 DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? 13:10 FINISH THIS VERSE FOR ME: 'IN THE BEGINNING'...WHAT DID 13:17 GOD DO? 13:18 HE CREATED THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH. 13:22 NOW WAS JESUS THE CREATOR? 13:25 COLOSSIANS 1, VERSE 16 - NOTICE - "FOR BY HIM ALL THINGS THAT 13:31 ARE CREATED" - SPEAKING OF JESUS - "THAT ARE IN HEAVEN, THAT ARE 13:34 ON THE EARTH, VISIBLE AND INVISIBLE, WHETHER THRONES OR 13:39 DOMINIONS OR PRINCIPALITIES OR POWERS, ALL THINGS WERE CREATED 13:43 THROUGH HIM AND FOR HIM." 13:45 ALL THINGS WERE CREATED BY HIM. 13:48 AND AGAIN, WE ALL KNOW, IN JOHN 1, VERSE 3, "ALL THINGS WERE 13:53 MADE THROUGH HIM. 13:54 WITHOUT HIM WAS NOTHING MADE THAT WAS MADE." 13:58 IN THE BEGINNING GOD CREATED. 14:00 IT SAYS THAT GOD CREATED. 14:01 IT SAYS THAT JESUS CREATED ALL THINGS. 14:02 THEN JESUS MUST BE GOD. 14:04 YOU STILL WITH ME? 14:05 DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? 14:07 MATTHEW 4, VERSE 10, "FOR IT IS WRITTEN" - JESUS EVEN QUOTED 14:11 THIS TO SATAN - "YOU SHALL WORSHIP THE LORD YOUR GOD AND 14:14 HIM ONLY SHALL YOU SERVE." 14:16 THE ONLY ONE WHO DESERVES OUR WORSHIP IS GOD. 14:19 IT IS A SIN TO WORSHIP A MAN OR EVEN AN ANGEL. 14:24 YOU CAN READ IN REVELATION 19, VERSE 10, WHEN JOHN IS HAVING 14:27 THE VISION OF REVELATION THIS ANGEL - THIS POWERFUL ANGEL IS 14:30 SENT AND HE IS SO OVERWHELMED WITH THE POWER AND THE GLORY OF 14:33 THIS ANGEL, HE FALLS DOWN TO WORSHIP THE ANGEL - WHAT DOES 14:36 THE ANGEL SAY? 14:38 "I FELL AT HIS FEET TO WORSHIP HIM BUT HE SAID, 'SEE THAT YOU 14:41 DO NOT DO THAT.'" HE WAS SINNING RIGHT UP HERE 14:44 IN A HEAVENLY VISION. 14:45 "'DON'T WORSHIP ME. 14:47 I AM OF YOUR FELLOW SERVANT AND OF YOUR BRETHREN WHO HAVE THE 14:51 TESTIMONY OF JESUS. 14:52 WORSHIP GOD.'" ONLY TO WORSHIP GOD. 14:57 BUT EVEN THE ANGELS WORSHIPED JESUS. PRETTY PLAIN. 15:02 HEBREWS 1:6, "BUT WHEN AGAIN HE BRINGS HIS FIRSTBORN INTO THE 15:06 WORLD HE SAYS, 'LET ALL THE ANGELS OF GOD WORSHIP HIM.'" 15:10 WHEN THE ANGELS SANG AT THE BIRTH OF CHRIST TO THE 15:13 SHEPHERDS, THEY WERE WORSHIPING CHRIST. 15:18 SO, IF THE BIBLE SAYS YOU'RE TO ONLY WORSHIP GOD, AND IF WE'RE 15:22 TOLD TO WORSHIP JESUS, THEN JESUS MUST BE GOD. 15:26 IS THE EVIDENCE MOUNTING, FRIENDS? 15:29 IT TELLS US THAT GOD IS OUR JUDGE, IN THE BIBLE. 15:34 1 SAMUEL 2, VERSE 10, "THE LORD WILL JUDGE THE ENDS 15:38 OF THE EARTH." 15:40 'ALL WILL SIT BEFORE THE JUDGMENT SEAT OF GOD' PAUL SAID. 15:43 PSALM 98, VERSES 8 AND 9, "LET THE RIVERS CLAP THEIR HANDS. 15:46 LET THE HILLS BE JOYFUL TOGETHER BEFORE THE LORD, FOR HE IS 15:49 COMING TO JUDGE THE EARTH WITH RIGHTEOUSNESS. 15:52 HE WILL JUDGE THE WORLD AND THE PEOPLE WITH EQUITY." 15:56 NOW, WHAT DOES IT SAY ABOUT JESUS? 15:58 JOHN 5:22, "FOR THE FATHER JUDGES NO ONE." 16:02 SO THIS GOD THAT'S GOING TO BE DOING THE JUDGING IN THE LAST 16:04 DAYS AND JESUS SAID, "THE FATHER JUDGES NO ONE BUT HAS COMMITTED 16:08 ALL" - HOW MUCH? - "ALL JUDGMENT TO THE SON." 16:13 IF IT SAYS THAT GOD IS OUR JUDGE AND GOD THE FATHER IS JUDGING NO 16:17 ONE AND ALL JUDGMENT IS DONE BY GOD THE SON, IS JESUS GOD? 16:24 DON'T EVER BE ASHAMED ABOUT THAT. 16:26 DON'T EVER BE HESITANT ABOUT THAT. 16:29 THAT'S WHAT MAKES THE EVENT OF HIS BIRTH SO UNIQUE. 16:32 HE WASN'T JUST A CHILD WITH A BRIGHT FUTURE. 16:34 HE WASN'T JUST A VERY INTELLIGENT SPEAKER. 16:38 YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE POINT THAT CHOKES MUCH OF THE WORLD. 16:43 IF YOU GO AND LISTEN TO THE NEWS COMMENTATORS TALK, OR YOU WATCH 16:47 SOME PROGRAM FROM HISTORY OR DISCOVERY OR NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 16:51 ABOUT JESUS THEY SAY, 'HE WAS A VERY INTRIGUING TEACHER. 16:55 HE WAS A VERY PROFOUND SPEAKER. 16:59 HE WAS CAPTIVATING. 17:00 GREAT COMMUNICATOR. 17:01 KNEW HOW TO SIMPLIFY THINGS.' THEY HAVE NO PROBLEM ADMITTING 17:05 HE LIVED. 17:06 THEY HAVE NO PROBLEM TALKING ABOUT THE WONDERFUL JOB HE DID 17:08 TEACHING - HOW HE MOVED PEOPLE - WHAT A UNIQUE INDIVIDUAL 17:10 HE WAS - WHAT AN EXTRAORDINARY CHARACTER - 17:13 WHAT AN INTERESTING PERSON. 17:16 BUT WHEN YOU SAY, 'WELL, YOU KNOW, HE WAS GOD.' 17:19 THAT'S WHERE THEY GAG. 17:21 THAT'S WHERE THEY CHOKE. 17:24 THAT'S WHERE THEY GET NERVOUS AND RESTLESS BECAUSE THAT'S 17:27 DIFFERENT THAN JUST AN INTERESTING PERSON. 17:31 I'VE GOT A LOT OF JEWISH FAMILY AND WHEN I SAY, 'WHAT DO YOU 17:35 THINK OF JESUS?' 'OH, HE WAS A GOOD MAN. 17:36 HE WAS A PROPHET. 17:37 HE WAS A GOOD MAN.' YOU CAN TALK TO MUSLIMS AROUND 17:42 THE WORLD - 'OH JESUS WAS A PROPHET. GOOD MAN.' 17:44 NOW WHAT'S THE PROBLEM FOR ME IS HOW CAN YOU SAY THAT YOU BELIEVE 17:49 THAT JESUS WAS A PROPHET AND WHEN HE SAYS, 'I'M THE MESSIAH' 17:53 THEY SAY, 'WELL, THAT'S THE ONE PLACE WHERE THAT PROPHET LIED.' 17:57 IF YOU BELIEVE HE'S A PROPHET THEN BELIEVE WHAT HE SAID AND HE 17:59 SAID THAT 'I AM THE SON OF GOD.' AND SO THAT'S WHY WE MUSTN'T 18:04 LOSE SIGHT OF THIS TRUTH. 18:05 HE WASN'T JUST AN INTERESTING PERSON. 18:08 THE BIRTH OF CHRIST IS THE EVENT THAT TRANSCENDS EVERY OTHER 18:12 HUMAN BIRTH IN HISTORY BECAUSE, ULTIMATELY WE'RE ALL CREATED BY 18:19 GOD, BUT HERE YOU HAVE THE CREATOR BECOMING THE CREATION TO 18:26 SAVE THE CREATION. 18:30 REVELATION 1:8, CHRIST SAID, 'I AM THE ALPHA AND THE OMEGA, THE 18:35 BEGINNING AND THE END' SAYETH THE LORD, 'WHICH IS AND WAS 18:40 AND IS TO COME, THE ALMIGHTY.' HERE'S THE LORD SPEAKING. 18:46 HE SAYS, 'I AM THE ALMIGHTY.' ALL THROUGH THE BIBLE, WHENEVER 18:48 YOU TALK ABOUT OR READ ABOUT THE ALMIGHTY GOD - HIS NAME WILL BE 18:52 CALLED 'WONDERFUL, COUNSELOR, THE MIGHTY GOD, THE EVERLASTING 18:56 FATHER, THE PRINCE OF PEACE.' THAT'S JESUS - THE ALMIGHTY GOD, 19:01 JEHOVAH, ENTERED INTO THIS BABY. 19:08 WHEN WE READ JOHN 3:16 AND IT TALKS ABOUT THE ONLY BEGOTTEN 19:13 SON - WE ALL KNOW THAT VERSE - "FOR GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD HE 19:18 GAVE HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON THAT WHOSOEVER BELIEVES IN HIM MIGHT 19:22 NOT PERISH BUT HAVE EVERLASTING LIFE." 19:25 SO WHY IS JESUS CALLED 'THE ONLY BEGOTTEN'? 19:27 WHAT DOES THAT MEAN IN THAT PHRASE? 19:30 THAT WORD BEGOTTEN THERE MEANS THE ONLY TIME THAT GOD WAS BORN 19:35 AS A MAN. 19:38 WHEN DID JESUS BECOME THE ONLY BEGOTTEN SON OF GOD? 19:42 IT WAS WHEN HE WAS BORN INTO OUR WORLD. 19:44 HE WAS ALWAYS THE SON OF GOD. 19:47 THEY ALWAYS HAD THIS RELATIONSHIP THAT YOU AND I 19:49 CAN'T UNDERSTAND. 19:51 AND THE CLOSEST TERMS THAT GOD CAN GIVE US FOR YOU AND I 19:54 TO RELATE TO IS THE POWERFUL LOVE BETWEEN A FATHER, OR 19:58 A MOTHER EVEN, AND THEIR CHILD. 20:01 AND THERE SEEMS TO BE A STAGGERING AUTHORITY BETWEEN GOD 20:04 THE FATHER AND GOD THE SON, BUT THEY'RE ALL - THEY'RE GOD 20:08 IN THE SPIRIT. 20:11 ONLY BEGOTTEN SON IS THE ONLY TIME THAT GOD WAS BORN AS A 20:15 HUMAN IS WHAT THAT'S SAYING, WAS IN JESUS. 20:20 BUT HE WAS GOD - ALWAYS, ALL THE TIME, HAD ALWAYS EXISTED. 20:24 YOU KNOW, THIS IS A MYSTERY. 20:27 1 TIMOTHY 3:16 - KIND OF LIKE JOHN 3:16 - 1 TIMOTHY 3:16, 20:33 "WITHOUT CONTROVERSY, GREAT IS THE MYSTERY OF GODLINESS. 20:37 GOD WAS MANIFEST IN THE FLESH." 20:40 WHO WAS MANIFEST? 20:42 WHEN JESUS CAME INTO - WHEN GOD CAME INTO A HUMAN FORM, HOW THAT 20:48 ALL HAPPENED IS A MYSTERY. 20:50 "GOD WAS MANIFEST IN THE FLESH, JUSTIFIED IN THE SPIRIT" - HE 20:55 LIVED A RIGHTEOUS LIFE - "SEEN BY ANGELS, PREACHED AMONG THE 20:59 GENTILES, BELIEVED ON IN THE WORLD, RECEIVED UP INTO GLORY. 21:04 IT WAS GOD THAT CAME INTO OUR WORLD. 21:08 THIS IS SO - THIS IS SO AMAZING - AND YOU KNOW WHY HE DID IT? 21:12 BECAUSE HE WANTS US TO LIVE AND HE WANTS TO BE WITH US 21:15 IN ETERNITY. 21:17 YOU KNOW, IN THE BEGINNING OF THE BIBLE IT TELLS HOW, THROUGH 21:19 SIN, MAN WAS SEPARATED FROM GOD. 21:23 THEN GOD HAD A PLAN - HE SENT HIS SON. 21:26 IN THE END OF THE BIBLE IT SAYS, 'AND GOD, HIMSELF, WILL BE 21:29 WITH THEM. 21:31 THEY'LL CALL HIS NAME EMMANUEL - GOD WITH US.' 21:35 WE ARE SEPARATED FROM GOD NOW. 21:38 DOES GOD LOVE US LESS THAN ANY MAN LOVES HIS BRIDE OR A BRIDE 21:46 HER GROOM? 21:48 HOW MUCH DOES HE WANT TO BE WITH US? 21:51 HE YEARNS FOR IT SO MUCH THAT HE MADE AN EMERGENCY TRIP 21:56 TO THIS WORLD. 21:57 HE ACTUALLY DECIDED, 'I AM GOING TO SEPARATE MYSELF FROM MY 22:02 HEAVENLY FATHER AND THE ANGELS AND GLORY AND MY KINGDOM, COME 22:06 INTO THIS SINFUL DARK WORLD' - AND YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW DARK IT 22:08 IS UNLESS YOU'VE SEEN GLORY - 'TO BECOME ONE OF THEM TO SAVE 22:14 THEM SO THAT THEY CAN BE BACK WITH ME AGAIN.' 22:17 THE WHOLE IDEA IS THAT WE CAN BE WITH HIM. 22:19 HE WAS WITH US SO WE CAN BE WITH HIM. 22:25 YOU KNOW, THERE'S AN INTERESTING STORY - IT ACTUALLY GOES BACK A 22:29 NUMBER OF YEARS - I THINK IT WAS IN 1991 OR SOMETHING - THAT THIS 22:34 YOUNG LADY, ANISSA AYALA OF LOS ANGELES, HAD LEUKEMIA AND SHE 22:42 NEEDED A BONE MARROW TRANSPLANT TO SAVE HER FROM LEUKEMIA. 22:46 NOW HER PARENTS WERE 44 AND 42 AND DAD HAD A LITTLE PROCEDURE 22:53 TO ENSURE THEY WEREN'T GOING TO HAVE ANY MORE CHILDREN. 22:56 THEIR BROTHER DID NOT HAVE THE BLOOD TYPE, NEITHER PARENT HAD 22:59 THE BLOOD TYPE FOR A MATCH FOR A BONE MARROW - HER ONLY CHANCE AT 23:02 LIFE - IT WAS CHRONIC - SHE WAS GOING TO DIE UNLESS SHE GOT THIS 23:06 BONE MARROW TRANSPLANT. 23:08 SO THE PARENTS, IN DESPERATION, THEY DID A REAL 'HAIL MARY' - 23:12 PARDON THE PUN - LONG SHOT. 23:16 THE DAD HAD A SURGERY TO REVERSE HIS VASECTOMY. 23:21 THEY HAD A BABY WITH A LESS THAN 25% CHANCE THAT BABY WOULD HAVE 23:25 THE RIGHT BLOOD TYPE. 23:28 THE BABY DID HAVE THE RIGHT BLOOD TYPE - THEY GAVE BIRTH TO 23:31 A LITTLE GIRL NAMED MARISSA - HER OLDER SISTER IS ANISSA - AND 23:36 THEY WAITED UNTIL SHE WAS EIGHT MONTHS OLD AND THEN THEY DID THE 23:39 BONE MARROW TRANSPLANT AND IT TOOK AND HER SISTER LIVED AND 23:44 SHE LIVES A VERY PRODUCTIVE, HEALTHY LIFE. 23:47 THEY BASICALLY HAD A BABY TO SAVE THEIR DAUGHTER. 23:51 NOW THIS CREATED ALL KINDS OF MORAL QUESTIONS THAT PEOPLE WERE 23:56 ANALYZING, BUT FOR THE PARENTS THEY SAID, 'IT WAS NEVER A 23:59 QUESTION FOR US. 24:00 IF IT WAS THE ONLY WAY THAT WE COULD SAVE OUR DAUGHTER WAS BY 24:03 HAVING A BABY, WE WERE GOING TO LOVE THEM BOTH.' 24:07 AND SO IT'S INTERESTING, YOU HEAR THE TWO GIRLS ARE 24:11 VERY CLOSE. 24:12 MATTER OF FACT, THE OLDER ONE KIND OF MOTHERS THE YOUNGER ONE 24:14 AND SHE SAYS, 'YOU KNOW, IF IT WASN'T FOR MY YOUNGER SISTER 24:17 I WOULDN'T BE ALIVE.' AND SHE ALSO SAYS, 'IF IT WASN'T 24:21 FOR ME, SHE WOULDN'T BE ALIVE.' HAVING A BABY TO GIVE LIFE. 24:30 WELL, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE ESSENCE OF THE GOSPEL. 24:32 THE LORD LOVES US SO MUCH THAT HE GAVE THAT WE MIGHT HAVE NEW 24:37 LIFE AND HE GAVE - THE BIGGEST THING ANYONE CAN GIVE 24:41 IS THEIR LIFE. 24:43 >>STAY TUNED. 24:44 PASTOR DOUG WILL BE RIGHT BACK WITH THIS WEEK'S SPECIAL 24:46 FREE OFFER. 24:54 >>JESUS IS CALLED THE BREAD OF LIFE. 24:55 HE SAID, 'I AM THE BREAD THAT CAME DOWN FROM HEAVEN.' 25:01 JESUS WAS CLAIMING THE ATTRIBUTES OF DIVINITY. 25:06 JESUS WROTE HIS AUTOBIOGRAPHY BEFORE HE WAS BORN. 25:15 WAS HE MAD OR WAS HE TELLING THE TRUTH? 25:20 >>LIFE'S A CURIOUS THING. 25:22 I MEAN, JUST WHEN THINGS SEEM UNDER CONTROL, WHAM! 25:26 YOU'RE HIT WITH SOMETHING NEW. 25:28 YOUR MARRIAGE IS GOOD - SUDDENLY IT'S ON THE BRINK OF DIVORCE. 25:32 THAT JOB'S GREAT AND THEN IT'S GONE - AND SO'S YOUR 25:36 LIFE SAVINGS. 25:38 YOU FEEL HEALTHY THEN YOUR DOCTOR GIVES THE BAD NEWS. 25:42 WHAT'S COMING NEXT? 25:45 YOU COULD LOOK TO THE STARS BUT THEY DON'T HAVE THE ANSWERS. 25:49 BUT THIS DOES. 25:50 THE PROPHECY STUDY BIBLE BY AMAZING FACTS. 25:54 THIS BIBLE IS SPECIAL. 25:55 ITS 27 PERSONAL STUDY GUIDES LEAD YOU ON A LIFE-CHANGING 25:59 JOURNEY THROUGH GOD'S WORD TO DISCOVER REAL ANSWERS TO LIFE'S 26:03 QUESTIONS - FROM HEALTH AND RELATIONSHIPS TO FAMILY 26:06 AND THE FUTURE. 26:08 THE HOPE'S IN HERE. 26:10 >>GET YOUR AMAZING FACTS PROPHECY STUDY BIBLE TODAY BY 26:14 CALLING 800-538-7275 OR VISIT 'AFBOOKSTORE.COM'. 26:20 >>YOU'RE MOVING AHEAD, MAKING IMPORTANT LIFE DECISIONS. 26:24 BUT ARE YOU ON THE ROAD YOU PLANNED? 26:26 'DARE TO FOLLOW' - A NEW BOOK BY PASTORS DOUG BATCHELOR, IVOR 26:29 MYERS, JONATHAN HENDERSON AND DAVID STEWARD REVEALS HOW 26:32 THESE MEN MADE GOD THEIR ULTIMATE PURPOSE. 26:35 THROUGH PERSONAL TESTIMONY 'DARE TO FOLLOW' 26:38 ANSWERS QUESTIONS TOO. 26:39 WHAT IS TRUTH? 26:40 WHAT IS GOD'S WILL IN MY LIFE? 26:42 AND WHY WE FALL. 26:44 'DARE TO FOLLOW' AVAILABLE AT THESE LEADING OUTLETS OR AS AN 26:47 E-BOOK AT 'AFBOOKSTORE.COM'. 26:54 >>I READ ONE TIME ABOUT A PASTOR THAT DID SOME RESEARCH AND HE 26:57 CAME TO THE CONCLUSION THERE ARE OVER 300 REFERENCES TO THE 27:01 SECOND COMING OF JESUS IN THE BIBLE. 27:04 OBVIOUSLY, IF THE RETURN OF CHRIST IS SUCH A PRIORITY 27:06 WITH GOD, IT SHOULD BE AMONG HIS FOLLOWERS. 27:10 WE NEED TO KNOW THAT JESUS IS COMING, THAT HE'S COMING SOON, 27:13 AND SOMETHING ABOUT HOW HE'S COMING BECAUSE THE BIBLE SAYS 27:16 THAT THE DEVIL IS GOING TO ATTEMPT TO IMPERSONATE 27:19 CHRIST'S RETURN. 27:20 WE NEED TO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE. 27:22 THAT'S WHY WE'VE PREPARED THIS SPECIAL STUDY GUIDE FOR YOU 27:24 CALLED 'THE ULTIMATE DELIVERANCE'. 27:27 IF YOU'D LIKE A COPY OF THIS FREE STUDY GUIDE, JUST GO TO THE 27:30 WEB ADDRESS ON YOUR SCREEN - IT'S 'AMAZINGFACTS.ORG' - OR 27:34 CALL THE PHONE NUMBER AND ASK FOR OFFER #105. 27:38 WE'LL SEND IT TO YOU RIGHT AWAY. 27:39 I CAN PROMISE YOU YOU'LL NEVER BE THE SAME AND YOU WILL BE 27:42 ENCOURAGED AND COMFORTED BY THIS STUDY. 27:45 AND THAT'S WHY WE DO WHAT WE DO HERE AT AMAZING FACTS, BECAUSE 27:48 GOD'S MESSAGE IS OUR MISSION. 27:52 >>THIS IS YOUR LAST CHANCE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS WEEK'S 27:55 SPECIAL FREE OFFER. 27:56 THERE IS NO COST OR OBLIGATION. 27:58 JUST CALL THE TOLL-FREE NUMBER ON YOUR SCREEN AND BE SURE TO 28:01 NOTE THE OFFER NUMBER WHEN YOU MAKE YOUR REQUEST. 28:23 >>THIS PRESENTATION IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE FRIENDS OF THE 28:26 AMAZING FACTS MINISTRY. |
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