Hello, friends,
welcome to another edition
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of A Sharper Focus.
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As you know, this
is Wednesday night
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and it's time to
get into our Bibles,
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and we'd like to
welcome you with a hearty amen.
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Can we all say amen? Amen.
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A hearty amen. Amen.
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And wherever
you're joining us from,
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we thank you
for taking the time.
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You know you need to
Bibles, you need your pens,
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invite your
family and your friends
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for the next almost hour
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as we continue our topic
on the truth about Jesus.
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Now we're ready, we are here,
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but before we
sing our theme song,
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before we talk about
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how you can get a
copy of the lesson,
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we'd like to begin
with a word of prayer.
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Let's bow our heads together.
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Loving Father in heaven,
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we thank You that
as we open Your Word,
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Your Spirit begins
to work on us and in us,
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come Holy Spirit now
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to be the power
of this lesson study,
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to be the one
that continues to speak
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to our hearts and our minds,
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and may we not only
learn the truths of Your Word,
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but may we find the
strength and the fortitude
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and the willing heart
to trust You and serve You
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because of Your Word.
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In Jesus' name we pray, amen.
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Now we're finishing
up lesson number 36.
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So everybody should
have lesson number 36
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in front of them.
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If you don't have a copy
of it, go to this website.
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It is ASF.3ABN.org,
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that's ASF.3ABN.org
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and download lesson number 36
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and lesson number 37,
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which is dealing with anger.
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We're going to go onto
a practical lesson series.
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You know, the
thing about studying is
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there's some practical
aspects of Christianity
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we often leave out.
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Now we talk about the Sabbath,
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we talk about what
happens when you die,
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we talk about the sanctuary,
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we talk about the
state of the dead,
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we talk about tithing, prophecy,
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the mark of the beast,
the change of the Sabbath,
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all those are very important,
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but we're going
to begin a new series
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on the practical
walk of Christianity.
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Do Christians get angry? Yes.
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Do Christians have trials? Yes.
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And we're going to
start with those two topics.
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But if we get
through this one tonight,
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we will go ahead and begin,
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we don't really always get
through all of our questions,
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but you already know that
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if you've watched
this program before.
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But you should have
lesson number 36 and number 37
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at the website I
gave to you, ASF.3ABN.org.
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Also, at that website,
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you can look at
all the prior lessons,
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you can look at
the prior videos.
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I think we have about
140 or 180 videos there,
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and each of
those is an hour long.
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So that's a lot of videos.
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And there are other
presenters like Shelley Quinn,
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Pastor CA Murray, John Dinzey,
and a few, Jill Morikone.
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But I'm so glad to be
back here in the saddle
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to present this wonderful topic.
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Before we go any
further, what do we do?
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We sing. We sing our theme song.
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Let's sing our
theme song tonight,
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Victory In Jesus.
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I heard an old, old story
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How a Savior came from glory
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How He gave His life on Calvary
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To save a wretch like me
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I heard about His groaning
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Of His precious blood's atoning
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Then I repented of my sins
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And won the victory
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O victory in Jesus
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My Savior forever
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He sought me and bought me
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With His redeeming blood
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He loved me ere I knew Him
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And all my love is due Him
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He plunged me to victory
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Beneath the cleansing flood
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I heard about a mansion
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He has built for me in glory
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And I heard about
the streets of gold
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Beyond the crystal sea
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About the angels singing
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And the old redemption story
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And some sweet
day I'll sing up there
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The song of victory Key change.
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O victory in Jesus
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My Savior forever
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He sought me and bought me
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With His redeeming blood
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He loved me ere I knew Him
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And all my love is due Him
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He plunged me to victory
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Beneath the cleansing flood
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He plunged me to victory
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Beneath the cleansing flood
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Amen.
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Tonight, the topic is,
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let's say it
together, it's on the screen,
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The Truth About
Jesus, The Truth About Jesus.
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You know, there are so
many topics in the Bible,
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but just a few days ago,
we had some meetings together
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and one of the questions
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that I asked a group
of pastors and teachers,
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"How do you keep the
main thing the main thing?"
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And so we could talk about
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a number of topics in the Bible,
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but who's the main
character of the Bible?
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Jesus. It's all about Him.
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John 5:39,
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He said to the
religious leaders of His day,
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He said, "You search
the scriptures for in..."
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Let's go to
that text. John 5:39.
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I like to let
you see it yourself.
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He said, "You
search the scriptures..."
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John 5:39, notice what He says.
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Okay, here it is.
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And I have the New
King James version,
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whatever translation
you have is just fine.
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John 5:39 He says,
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"You search the
scriptures, for in them you,"
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what's the next word?
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Think.
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"Think you have eternal life
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and these are they
which testify of..."
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Of me. "Of Me."
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So now here's the
point He just made.
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You can study the
Bible on any topic,
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you can study the Bible
on finances, on anything.
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I mean, my mind right now is...
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You know, when I
think of all the topics
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covered in the Bible,
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sometimes I come up with a blank
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when I try to
mention all the topics.
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But you can study
the Bible on any topic,
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but if you miss
the main character,
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if you miss the
focus of the story
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of the scriptures...
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I said to someone once when...
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I say this as we
travel sometimes,
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we meet people, and they say,
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"Oh, give us your
signature" or whatever.
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I always put a Bible verse.
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I say, "Because if
you forget my name,
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you've lost nothing.
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But if you forget
Jesus, you've lost everything."
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So I always try
to put a Bible verse
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because really in the
spectrum of John versus Jesus,
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we are all on the same
level at the foot of the cross.
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So the main focus,
Jesus said to them,
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"You search the scriptures..."
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And here's a
very important point,
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you know, every
story in the Bible
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reveals something about Jesus,
even in the Book of Esther
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where God is
never mentioned once
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reveals something about God.
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Now my good
friend, Doug Batchelor,
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Pastor Doug Batchelor
said, "When you study the Bible,
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you find three
things all the time,
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what it says about the
devil, what it says about God,
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and what
challenge it extends to us."
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Every story in the
Bible has a challenge
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it extends to us.
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So it's never
just about information.
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So what would the
challenge be in this verse?
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"You search the scriptures,
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for in them you think
you have eternal life."
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You can search the
Bible all day long,
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but if you miss Jesus,
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you really don't
have eternal life.
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And the reason why
Jesus mentioned this
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because the religious
leaders of His day rejected Him
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but hung onto the
scriptures, they rejected Him,
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but they studied the Torah,
they studied the Pentateuch,
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they kept all
the ceremonial laws,
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they kept all the feast
days, but they missed Jesus.
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So tonight, we're
going to talk about Jesus
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and what we've been covering
is prophecy and fulfillment.
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Let's say that together.
Prophecy and fulfillment.
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The Bible talks about the
prophecy concerning Christ
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and the fulfillment.
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Now I would love
to be able to predict
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what's going to
happen next year.
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But I can't.
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What's amazing about
studying about the prophecies
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concerning Christ
and the fulfillment
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is some of these prophecies
go all the way back to Genesis,
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3,000, 4,000 years
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before they were ever fulfilled,
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some 500 years, some
800 years, some 700 years.
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And what is amazing about that,
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it comes from various
Bible writers like Moses,
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you have Isaiah,
you have Malachi,
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you have Jeremiah,
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and just go through all
the list of the prophets
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and the minor
prophets, and each one of them
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says something
different about Jesus,
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a prophecy and
then a fulfillment.
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You have them in
the Old Testament,
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the Old Testament,
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then you have the fulfillment
in the what testament?
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The new.
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So the Old Testament is
the New Testament concealed
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and the New Testament,
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you've heard me say this before,
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the New Testament is
the Old Testament what?
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Revealed.
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So when you read
the New Testament,
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it'll send you
right back to the old
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because you'll
find the words over,
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and over, and
over, and over again.
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It happened this way to fulfill
what the prophets have said,
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and that you find many
times in the life of Jesus.
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Now as we go to
question number 21,
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I'm going to go
ahead and bring that up
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and just lay
some foundation here.
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Look at question number
21 is where we begin tonight.
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Here's what the question is.
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Through what details
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is the mission
of Jesus described?
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Through what details
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is the mission
of Jesus described?
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Now as we go to Isaiah 61,
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we're going to look first
at the prophecy, at the what?
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The prophecy.
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And then we're going to
look at the fulfillment.
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Now very, very important text
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that Isaiah the
Prophet shares with us, okay?
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This is the prophecy.
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In other words,
what this is saying is
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when Jesus begins His
work, there is going to be...
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Well, I don't want to jump
ahead of myself, let's read it,
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and then we'll go
back and emphasize.
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Isaiah 61, here it is.
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"The Spirit of the
Lord God is" where?
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Let's bring that text,
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"The Spirit of the
Lord God is," where?
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"Upon Me.
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Because the Lord has" done what?
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"Anointed Me to preach
good tidings to the poor,
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He has sent Me to heal
the brokenhearted," what else?
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"To proclaim
liberty to the captives,
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and the opening of the
prison to those who are," what?
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"Bound," that's prison ministry,
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not only prison
ministry but spiritual prison,
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"To proclaim the
acceptable year of the Lord,"
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and not only that,
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"And the day of
vengeance of our God,
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then to comfort
all who," what else?
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"Mourn."
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So if you look at that
list, it's an amazing list,
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it goes back...
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First of all, I want
to begin with this one.
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So write the answer down.
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The prophecy is...
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Well, you could
put so many things
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in Isaiah 61:1-2,
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since it's your lesson,
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I'll let you put
whatever you want, all right?
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But it starts by saying,
"The Spirit of the Lord."
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Now years ago,
before I came to St. Louis,
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I heard about the
spirit of St. Louis.
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Have you heard
about that before?
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The spirit of St. Louis
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was not the
spirit of the community
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but was an airplane
called The Spirit of St. Louis.
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But now if you look at
the climate of our world,
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you have the spirit of war,
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you have the spirit of fear,
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you have the
spirit of uncertainty.
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I'm going to resist
talking about politics
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because this program
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could cover a
number of other areas.
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But there's a spirit
even in the political arena.
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And there's a good side to that
and there's a bad side to that.
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But, the Lord, what the Bible
in essence is saying here is
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when Jesus comes, look
for Him to do these things
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that Isaiah said He will do.
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In other words, these things
are the point of His identity.
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So if you said to
somebody, "What do you do?"
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And they say, "Well,
I preach to the poor,
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I came to heal
the brokenhearted,
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to proclaim
liberty, to open the prison,
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to proclaim the
acceptable year."
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And so when these
things are proclaimed,
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they are intended...
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Hear me carefully,
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they are intended to get
the ears of the listeners
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that have been reading
the prophets for a long time.
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So when Jesus came...
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Let's now go to the
fulfillment, Luke 4:18,
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When Jesus showed up and
He proclaimed these things,
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you would think if I had
read about this for 1,500 years,
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all my ancestors read about
this 1,500, 1,800 years ago,
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and then the next generation,
and the next generation,
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and the next
generation, you would think that
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if this was told to me
00:14:35.67\00:14:37.01
from generation to
generation to generation
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that by the time I'm
alive and I hear it again,
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and I hear somebody saying,
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"The spirit of
the Lord is upon me,"
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I might say, "Wait a minute,
00:14:48.58\00:14:50.99
my grandfather
told me about that,
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and his grandfather
told him about that,
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and his grandfather told him,
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'Look for the
person who says that,
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and then follow him to see
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if that in fact is what he does,
00:15:00.83\00:15:03.03
and if that in fact
matches his identity,
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then he is..."' who?
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He is who He says he is.
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"He's the messiah, He's
the Christ, He's Jesus."'
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And it's a good answer you gave.
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He is who He says he is
because different people
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thought Him to be
somebody different.
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But look at now,
Jesus is saying these words.
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And let's go to Luke 4.
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Many of you are already there,
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but I want to get
the context of this.
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Okay.
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Now I'm in Luke 4.
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And...
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I am at verse 18 and verse 19.
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And by the way, if
you read verse 16...
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Before they bring the text up,
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let's look at verse 16
because this is important,
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you got to
understand when He said this.
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Jesus said this
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when more of His people
would be gathered together,
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so He would figure,
"If I'm going to say this
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in the hearing of all
these people on this day,
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they might get it."
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Look at the setting, verse 16.
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"So He came to Nazareth
where He had been brought up
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and as His custom was,
He went into the" what?
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Synagogue.
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"Synagogue on the Sabbath
day and stood up to read.
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And He was handed the
book of the prophet" who?
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"Isaiah.
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And when He had opened the book,
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He found the place
where it was written."
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Now let's, before you bring
the text up, look at what...
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So He's in the
synagogue on the Sabbath,
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where would the religious
people be on the Sabbath?
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In the
synagogue. In the synagogue.
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And by the way,
there was no argument,
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there was no other day
of worship for Christians,
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there was no other
day of worship at all.
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There was never a contention
about the day of worship,
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so they're all in the
synagogue on the Sabbath,
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and then Jesus
walks up as it were
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or stands up in their midst,
00:16:54.78\00:16:56.61
and the book of
Isaiah is handed to Him.
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He didn't have a Bible,
00:17:00.95\00:17:02.28
but the book of Isaiah
in scroll is handed to Him
00:17:02.32\00:17:06.22
and He begins to
read in the first person.
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He doesn't say,
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"The Spirit of the
Lord will be upon Him."
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He says these words,
let's read this together,
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here it is on the screen.
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Together, let's read the screen,
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"The Spirit of
the Lord is," what?
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"Upon Me because
He has anointed Me,"
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to do what?
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"Preach the gospel to the poor,
also He has sent me to," what?
00:17:29.78\00:17:36.35
"Heal the brokenhearted,
00:17:36.38\00:17:38.52
to proclaim
liberty to the captives,
00:17:38.55\00:17:42.36
and recovery of
sight to the blind,
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to set at liberty
those who are oppressed,
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to proclaim the
acceptable year of the Lord."
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Now what's left
out, if you read that?
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The day of vengeance.
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He didn't bring that up yet.
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He didn't bring up
the day of vengeance yet
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because He was just
getting introduced to the scene.
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And if you notice,
Jesus was a man of tact.
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He did not want
to create a stir.
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And so for a long
time, He would say,
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"The kingdom of
heaven is at hand."
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But as He got further on
in His ministry, He says,
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"The kingdom of God is at hand."
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He tried to keep it aloof
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until His
ministry was established.
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And after John the
Baptist passed off the scene,
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He changed the way He
spoke, "The Spirit of..."
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And so He left certain
things to be revealed later on.
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So we have the
prophecy in Isaiah 61
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and we have the
fulfillment in Luke 4:18.
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If you were to summarize this,
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if you were to summarize
Luke 4:18 and Isaiah 61,
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what would you say
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the most important components
of both of these verses are?
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Huh?
00:19:01.64\00:19:05.17
Because the question
was... Let me go back to that.
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The question was,
"Through what detail
00:19:08.11\00:19:12.08
is the mission
of Jesus described?"
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Who would be the active
power in the mission of Jesus?
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The Holy Spirit.
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That's right,
without the Spirit of God...
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Remember now, He's
in the form of a man.
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He's not coming with
this preconceived notion that,
00:19:24.99\00:19:28.03
"Hey, I have all the
power I need to do this."
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He needs...
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And what's beautiful
about this, He's saying,
00:19:31.47\00:19:33.10
"What I need to
accomplish my mission,
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you need to
accomplish your mission."
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So notice the comparison
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the Spirit of
the Lord was upon Him
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and then what did
He say to His disciples
00:19:43.58\00:19:46.05
when He was about
to go back to heaven?
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What did He say that
they should wait for?
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Wait for the Holy Spirit.
00:19:50.69\00:19:52.29
"Before you begin your ministry,
00:19:52.32\00:19:54.26
the Holy Spirit's
going to come upon you
00:19:54.29\00:19:56.32
because the Holy
Spirit came upon Me.
00:19:56.36\00:19:58.73
I needed the power,
you need the power."
00:19:58.76\00:20:01.73
And that's why at His baptism,
00:20:01.76\00:20:03.26
the Spirit of God descended
on Him in the form of a dove.
00:20:03.30\00:20:06.67
Okay, let's go to
number 22. The number 22.
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Less
explanation, more questions.
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Here we go.
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What does prophecy forecast
00:20:13.78\00:20:15.41
concerning the
reception of Jesus?
00:20:15.44\00:20:17.91
What does prophecy forecast
00:20:17.95\00:20:19.95
concerning the
reception of Jesus?
00:20:19.98\00:20:24.19
I have a sneaking suspicion
00:20:24.22\00:20:25.55
we're not going to get
through all these tonight.
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That's okay.
00:20:28.32\00:20:29.66
We will do it next week.
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Isaiah 53:3, prophecy.
00:20:31.16\00:20:36.26
What does it say about
the reception of Jesus?
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Here we are.
00:20:43.07\00:20:45.41
Together, "He is
despised and rejected by men,
00:20:45.44\00:20:51.35
a Man of sorrows and
acquainted with grief.
00:20:51.38\00:20:55.88
And we hid, as it
were, our faces from Him.
00:20:55.92\00:21:00.36
He was despised, and we," what?
00:21:00.39\00:21:02.82
"Did not esteem Him."
00:21:02.86\00:21:05.19
So you know what it means
00:21:05.23\00:21:06.56
when it says we
hid our faces from Him?
00:21:06.59\00:21:08.93
We don't want to see Him.
00:21:08.96\00:21:10.47
I don't want to see Him.
00:21:10.50\00:21:11.83
Not only that,
thank you, Dr. Anderson.
00:21:15.77\00:21:18.14
Always have Dr. Anderson.
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I don't want to see Him
00:21:20.28\00:21:21.61
and I don't want
to identify with Him.
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They only identified
00:21:26.72\00:21:28.05
with the religious
leaders of the day.
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They figured if
the religious leaders
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and the established...
00:21:32.19\00:21:34.72
Crazy word.
00:21:34.76\00:21:36.99
And the established
religious mindset of the day,
00:21:37.03\00:21:40.26
if they didn't accept
Him, then the people did not go
00:21:40.30\00:21:43.03
against their religious leaders.
00:21:43.06\00:21:45.70
They said, "Let's not accept Him
00:21:45.73\00:21:49.40
unless they say He's
the one we should accept."
00:21:49.44\00:21:52.67
And do you know the
same thing happens today?
00:21:52.71\00:21:55.58
There are a lot of people
that are exposed to the truth
00:21:55.61\00:21:58.11
and you know they say?
00:21:58.15\00:21:59.48
"Let me find out
what my pastor says.
00:21:59.51\00:22:02.48
What does my church say?"
00:22:02.52\00:22:04.42
Well, the question is
what does the Bible say.
00:22:04.45\00:22:08.22
Thus says the Lord,
what does the Word of God say
00:22:08.26\00:22:12.19
'cause a lot of people...
00:22:12.23\00:22:13.56
Jeremiah 23
talks about the pastors
00:22:13.60\00:22:16.00
that destroy and scatter
the sheep of His pasture.
00:22:16.03\00:22:20.00
So make sure
that the Word of God
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is what guides you.
00:22:21.60\00:22:22.97
So that's the prophecy.
00:22:23.00\00:22:24.34
Now let's go to John 1:11.
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John 1:11.
00:22:27.81\00:22:32.65
Very easy book to find.
00:22:32.68\00:22:35.12
You know what's
amazing about this,
00:22:35.15\00:22:36.48
not only prophecy, fulfillment,
prophecy, fulfillment.
00:22:36.52\00:22:39.65
But even to this very day,
00:22:39.69\00:22:42.96
you would think that
in this modern setting
00:22:42.99\00:22:45.73
that one would dare,
and I'm going use the word
00:22:45.76\00:22:48.36
"One would dare" to pause
and start studying God's word
00:22:48.40\00:22:52.20
and they would say,
"Well, you know what,
00:22:52.23\00:22:55.04
I don't necessarily
espouse to the name of Jesus,
00:22:55.07\00:22:57.31
I don't necessarily
accept Him as the Christ,
00:22:57.34\00:22:59.64
but let me just peek and see
00:22:59.67\00:23:02.31
since the world
is living in 2016,
00:23:02.34\00:23:05.38
Anno Domini, the
year of our Lord,
00:23:05.41\00:23:07.25
let me see what
there is about Him
00:23:07.28\00:23:09.22
and see if
there's any legitimacy
00:23:09.25\00:23:10.69
about this man they call Jesus."
00:23:10.72\00:23:12.65
Because if you
study the Old Testament
00:23:12.69\00:23:14.66
and all the
prophecies concerning Christ,
00:23:14.69\00:23:16.62
there is no way that you
can come to the conclusion
00:23:16.66\00:23:18.29
that He is not the
Christ because it's a fact.
00:23:18.33\00:23:21.66
I mean, there are many
holidays in our world today
00:23:21.70\00:23:24.53
that are all about Christ.
00:23:24.57\00:23:26.17
Can you think of some of them?
00:23:26.20\00:23:28.40
Can you think of two major ones?
00:23:28.44\00:23:32.14
Christmas and Easter,
00:23:32.17\00:23:33.68
which is known
all over the world.
00:23:33.71\00:23:36.08
Worldwide, they are
known, Christmas and Easter,
00:23:36.11\00:23:38.85
whether you are atheist or not.
00:23:38.88\00:23:42.45
That was fast.
00:23:42.48\00:23:44.22
He just left. He
reached his demise.
00:23:44.25\00:23:49.26
That's another way of
saying I just killed an insect.
00:23:49.29\00:23:52.03
Whether you are atheist or
not and Christmas comes around,
00:23:52.06\00:23:55.16
that's why they try to
take Christ out of the season,
00:23:55.20\00:23:58.73
they wanted it to be
Xmas or happy holidays.
00:23:58.77\00:24:03.64
Now once again, I
said this earlier,
00:24:03.67\00:24:06.81
if you miss the man,
you've missed everything.
00:24:06.84\00:24:10.35
Okay? And then Easter.
00:24:10.38\00:24:11.91
Well, we don't necessarily
look at bunny rabbits
00:24:11.95\00:24:13.75
and Easter eggs
and all that stuff,
00:24:13.78\00:24:15.52
you know, and the
fertile, you know, the fertile,
00:24:15.55\00:24:18.89
all the things, the fertility,
egg, the symbol of fertility,
00:24:18.92\00:24:21.69
the bunny
rabbits, all that stuff,
00:24:21.72\00:24:24.39
hot Cross Buns, all
that stuff, ridiculous.
00:24:24.43\00:24:27.70
But Jesus did rise again.
00:24:27.73\00:24:29.36
Amen. Amen.
00:24:29.40\00:24:30.73
That's the fact of that story.
00:24:30.77\00:24:32.20
He rose again, and
because He rose, we can.
00:24:32.23\00:24:35.14
So with all these
facts, let's look at John 1:11.
00:24:35.17\00:24:38.17
Here's what the Bible says.
00:24:38.21\00:24:39.77
It says, "He came
to His own," and what?
00:24:39.81\00:24:44.15
"His own did not receive Him."
00:24:44.18\00:24:47.82
It's like knocking on the
door saying, "Mom, I'm home."
00:24:47.85\00:24:50.82
She's like, "And who are you?"
00:24:50.85\00:24:53.29
I mean, really, can
you think about that?
00:24:53.32\00:24:55.29
"I'm your daughter."
00:24:55.32\00:24:56.66
"I'm your son. Remember me?"
00:24:56.69\00:24:59.46
"I sent you a letter
after letter after letter
00:24:59.49\00:25:01.96
after letter after letter.
00:25:02.00\00:25:04.80
And I told you I
was coming home."
00:25:04.83\00:25:07.40
"Home? This ain't your house."
00:25:07.44\00:25:10.31
And they slam the door.
00:25:10.34\00:25:12.37
He came to His own
00:25:12.41\00:25:14.28
and they slammed
the door in His face.
00:25:14.31\00:25:17.15
I mean, that is sad.
00:25:17.18\00:25:18.98
And today, you know,
somebody talked about atheists.
00:25:19.01\00:25:24.02
Well, atheists are...
00:25:24.05\00:25:25.82
At least atheist
stand on what they stand on.
00:25:25.85\00:25:29.59
They say, "We don't
believe that God exists
00:25:29.62\00:25:31.46
and we're going to do everything
00:25:31.49\00:25:32.83
we can to prove
that He doesn't."
00:25:32.86\00:25:34.20
Well, that's kind of a
ridiculous organization.
00:25:34.23\00:25:36.40
Why fight against
somebody who doesn't exist?
00:25:36.43\00:25:40.04
Right?
00:25:40.07\00:25:42.84
But even more than that,
00:25:42.87\00:25:44.21
there are those who
say they are Christians
00:25:44.24\00:25:47.24
but act like
Jesus doesn't exist.
00:25:47.28\00:25:50.65
That's another kind of atheism.
00:25:50.68\00:25:52.45
He came to His
own, write that down,
00:25:52.48\00:25:54.42
and His own did not receive Him.
00:25:54.45\00:25:57.25
So far, we're
batting a thousand.
00:25:57.29\00:25:59.59
We're seeing exactly
prophecy and fulfillment,
00:25:59.62\00:26:02.92
prophecy and fulfillment.
00:26:02.96\00:26:04.29
We talked about
the Spirit upon Him,
00:26:04.33\00:26:06.56
we talked about His reception.
00:26:06.59\00:26:08.16
But there's something
else that's very important
00:26:08.20\00:26:09.90
about the role that
Jesus is in right now.
00:26:09.93\00:26:12.50
Let's go to question number 23.
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How does the Bible describe
the priesthood of Jesus?
00:26:15.84\00:26:20.91
How does the Bible describe
the priesthood of Jesus?
00:26:20.94\00:26:27.42
Psalms 110:4. I love this.
00:26:27.45\00:26:30.95
I was sharing this
with somebody last week
00:26:30.99\00:26:33.92
about the priesthood of Jesus.
00:26:33.96\00:26:36.22
Now when you think about
the priesthood, somebody,
00:26:36.26\00:26:39.19
I'm going to give you a chance,
00:26:39.23\00:26:40.56
I know you talk to
me every now and then,
00:26:40.60\00:26:41.96
we can hear you,
00:26:42.00\00:26:43.33
but the priesthood
according to the 12 tribes,
00:26:43.37\00:26:46.63
what tribe was appointed
the work of the priesthood?
00:26:46.67\00:26:50.77
Somebody tell me. The Levites.
00:26:50.81\00:26:54.01
And what kind of
priesthood was it called?
00:26:54.04\00:27:00.98
The Levitical priesthood.
00:27:01.02\00:27:03.72
Or in other words, the Aaronic
priesthood according to Aaron,
00:27:03.75\00:27:07.32
Levi, Aaron, the Aaronic
or the Levitical priesthood.
00:27:07.36\00:27:12.13
But look at something
that's even more important
00:27:12.16\00:27:14.03
because let me ask
you the question today.
00:27:14.06\00:27:18.17
Are priests still taking
the lives of lambs today?
00:27:18.20\00:27:22.10
No.
00:27:22.14\00:27:23.74
Are they burning sacrifices? No.
00:27:23.77\00:27:26.34
Even in Jerusalem,
this is really crazy,
00:27:26.37\00:27:28.88
even in Jerusalem
00:27:28.91\00:27:30.25
where they don't
accept the Messiah,
00:27:30.28\00:27:32.38
they don't have
the sacrificial system.
00:27:32.41\00:27:34.92
They're not burning,
00:27:34.95\00:27:36.28
they're not cutting
the throat of lambs,
00:27:36.32\00:27:38.82
they're not
offering bullocks, and doves,
00:27:38.85\00:27:40.92
and calves, and goats.
00:27:40.96\00:27:44.03
They're not doing that.
00:27:44.06\00:27:46.19
They sell it to eat,
but they're not doing that.
00:27:46.23\00:27:51.67
But look what the prophet,
00:27:51.70\00:27:53.90
look what the
Psalmist David wrote.
00:27:53.94\00:27:56.27
Psalms 110:4.
00:27:56.30\00:27:58.64
Here it is,
00:27:58.67\00:28:00.28
"The Lord has sworn and," what?
00:28:00.31\00:28:02.88
"Will not relent,"
00:28:02.91\00:28:04.91
speaking of Jesus,
"'You are a,"' what?
00:28:04.95\00:28:08.38
"'Priest,"' how long?
00:28:08.42\00:28:10.45
'"Forever according
to the order of,"' what?
00:28:10.49\00:28:14.82
"Melchizedek."'
00:28:14.86\00:28:16.22
Now somebody might
say, "Who on earth is that?"
00:28:16.26\00:28:20.00
Let's go to the second portion
00:28:20.03\00:28:21.50
so we can get the
second half of that.
00:28:21.53\00:28:23.13
So Jesus is a
priest for how long?
00:28:23.16\00:28:26.10
Remember that,
He's a forever priest.
00:28:26.13\00:28:28.97
He's not a priest
according to the Levites,
00:28:29.00\00:28:30.81
not the Aaronic priesthood,
00:28:30.84\00:28:32.17
He's a priest
according to Melchizedek.
00:28:32.21\00:28:34.01
And Melchizedek
wasn't appointed as a priest.
00:28:34.04\00:28:39.65
Melchizedek's
priesthood preceded
00:28:39.68\00:28:43.18
the Levitical priesthood.
00:28:43.22\00:28:45.35
And so Jesus is a priest
00:28:45.39\00:28:47.32
according to the
order of Melchizedek.
00:28:47.36\00:28:50.53
We'll see that. It's in Genesis.
00:28:50.56\00:28:52.13
I'll show you a piece
of that in a moment here.
00:28:52.16\00:28:55.00
But now Hebrews 5, Hebrews 5,
00:28:55.03\00:28:59.40
I'm going to turn there with you
00:28:59.43\00:29:01.77
because I'll give
you some extra portions,
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Hebrews 5.
00:29:03.17\00:29:04.77
And verse 5 and 6. Okay.
00:29:09.11\00:29:12.58
Before we get to verse 5,
00:29:12.61\00:29:13.95
before the slide
comes up on the screen,
00:29:13.98\00:29:16.55
I'm going to give you
the background of it, okay?
00:29:16.58\00:29:19.32
I want to give you
the background of it.
00:29:19.35\00:29:20.69
Let's start with verse one.
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"For every high priest
taken from among," where,
00:29:23.46\00:29:29.00
"Men is appointed for men
00:29:29.03\00:29:32.30
in things pertaining to God,
00:29:32.33\00:29:34.70
that he may offer both
gifts and sacrifices for," what?
00:29:34.74\00:29:38.77
"For sins."
00:29:38.81\00:29:40.14
In other words, these
men are appointed by men
00:29:40.18\00:29:42.84
to do the work of God,
00:29:42.88\00:29:44.21
but what are
they appointed to do?
00:29:44.25\00:29:46.38
To offer gifts and
sacrifices for sins.
00:29:46.41\00:29:49.72
"He can have compassion
00:29:49.75\00:29:51.39
on those who are
ignorant and gone astray,
00:29:51.42\00:29:54.69
since he himself is
also beset by weakness."
00:29:54.72\00:29:58.66
In another words,
speaking about this high priest.
00:29:58.69\00:30:00.86
He can have compassion
because he's beset with what?
00:30:00.90\00:30:03.70
So in other words,
he's subject to weakness.
00:30:07.34\00:30:10.07
So the priest that officiated
in the temple services,
00:30:10.11\00:30:13.98
they were working to help people
00:30:14.01\00:30:18.65
offer sacrifices for their sins.
00:30:18.68\00:30:21.85
But they had to
deal with their sins.
00:30:21.88\00:30:25.12
He said, "They're
just like the people
00:30:25.15\00:30:26.49
they're working for."
00:30:26.52\00:30:28.49
Let's keep going.
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Verse 3, "Because of this,
00:30:30.79\00:30:33.76
he is required as for the people
00:30:33.80\00:30:37.93
so also for himself
to offer for," What?
00:30:37.97\00:30:41.30
"For sins, and no man
takes this honor to himself
00:30:41.34\00:30:47.01
but he was called by
God just as Aaron was."
00:30:47.04\00:30:52.51
Now let's bring the
slide up, here it is.
00:30:52.55\00:30:56.95
Hebrews 5: 5-6,
00:30:56.99\00:30:59.15
"So also Christ
did not glorify Himself
00:30:59.19\00:31:04.66
to become High Priest
00:31:04.69\00:31:07.03
but it was He who said to Him,"
00:31:07.06\00:31:09.86
the Father said to the
Son, and what did He say,
00:31:09.90\00:31:13.54
"'You are My Son,
Today I have done,"' what?
00:31:13.57\00:31:17.74
'"Begotten You."'
00:31:17.77\00:31:19.11
And also in verse 6, He says,
00:31:19.14\00:31:21.14
"As He also says
in another place,
00:31:21.18\00:31:25.15
'You are a priest for
ever according to the," what?
00:31:25.18\00:31:29.55
"Order of Melchizedek."'
00:31:29.58\00:31:32.09
Now you might ask
yourself the question,
00:31:32.12\00:31:34.09
what is the difference
between the Aaronic priesthood,
00:31:34.12\00:31:38.16
which is the
Levitical priesthood,
00:31:38.19\00:31:39.69
and the Melchizedek priesthood?
00:31:39.73\00:31:42.40
Melchizedek's
priesthood was a priesthood
00:31:42.43\00:31:44.37
that had a forever tinge to it,
00:31:44.40\00:31:47.44
that had forever
application to it.
00:31:47.47\00:31:50.24
But the Levitical
priesthood was only to last
00:31:50.27\00:31:53.34
until Jesus was to come.
00:31:53.38\00:31:55.31
Go to Galatians
4:4. Go to Galatians 4:4.
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Okay. Okay.
00:32:02.35\00:32:05.39
We're going to
read Galatians 4:4
00:32:19.57\00:32:21.14
and then we're going
to read Galatians 3:19.
00:32:21.17\00:32:26.04
This priesthood that dealt
with the sacrifice of lambs,
00:32:26.07\00:32:29.08
and bulls, and goats,
and bullocks, and gifts,
00:32:29.11\00:32:30.68
and offerings, and sacrifices,
00:32:30.71\00:32:32.55
drink offerings, meat offerings,
00:32:32.58\00:32:33.92
trespass offerings
00:32:33.95\00:32:35.28
only had a particular
timeframe appointed to them.
00:32:35.32\00:32:38.12
And when the timeframe
appointed them was fulfilled,
00:32:38.15\00:32:41.22
there was no more a
need for the priesthood.
00:32:41.26\00:32:44.09
But look at verse 4,
00:32:44.13\00:32:45.59
"But when the
fullness of time had come,
00:32:45.63\00:32:48.43
God did," what?
00:32:48.46\00:32:49.93
"Sent forth His
Son, born of a woman,
00:32:49.96\00:32:52.57
born under the law
00:32:52.60\00:32:54.90
to redeem those who are," what?
00:32:54.94\00:32:57.24
"Under the law
that they might receive
00:32:57.27\00:32:59.47
the adoption as," what?
00:32:59.51\00:33:01.18
"As sons."
00:33:01.21\00:33:02.78
Now the law that's
being talked about here
00:33:02.81\00:33:05.38
was in fact the ceremonial law.
00:33:05.41\00:33:08.98
Let's look at Galatians 3:19.
00:33:09.02\00:33:12.25
Galatians 3:19 gives it context.
00:33:12.29\00:33:17.53
And it says, "What purpose
then does the laws serve?
00:33:17.56\00:33:23.80
It was," what is
the next word? Added.
00:33:23.83\00:33:26.27
"Added because of transgression
00:33:26.30\00:33:29.60
till the seed should come
to whom the promise was made
00:33:29.64\00:33:34.64
and it was
appointed through angels
00:33:34.68\00:33:37.85
by the hand of a mediator."
00:33:37.88\00:33:40.45
Now let's pause.
00:33:40.48\00:33:41.82
"It was added because
of" what? Transgression.
00:33:41.85\00:33:45.22
In other words,
00:33:45.25\00:33:46.96
you know, what
happens every year in Congress
00:33:46.99\00:33:49.86
is they entertain bills.
00:33:49.89\00:33:52.46
They call it bill...
00:33:52.49\00:33:53.83
You know, whatever
the bill, bill 137,
00:33:53.86\00:33:57.17
whatever they
preface it by saying,
00:33:57.20\00:33:58.97
House bill, HB, or
HR or house represent,
00:33:59.00\00:34:01.17
whatever they preface it,
00:34:01.20\00:34:02.54
I'm just speaking on
the level of ignorance.
00:34:02.57\00:34:04.17
But every year, new
bills are added to Congress
00:34:04.21\00:34:06.68
or introduced in Congress,
discussed by the congressmen,
00:34:06.71\00:34:10.35
then discussed by the
senators, then it's voted on
00:34:10.38\00:34:12.98
and it's either
passed or voted down.
00:34:13.01\00:34:15.48
And you'll say, "Well, how
many more laws do we need?"
00:34:15.52\00:34:18.35
Well, I've been
hearing recently, both camps,
00:34:18.39\00:34:21.12
both candidates saying,
00:34:21.16\00:34:23.73
"We need to get rid of the IRS."
00:34:23.76\00:34:28.03
I'm opening one eye.
00:34:28.06\00:34:30.77
And, you know what,
who would miss the IRS
00:34:30.80\00:34:33.74
if they no longer existed?
00:34:33.77\00:34:37.84
Nobody raised their
hands here by the way.
00:34:37.87\00:34:40.44
Would you miss them?
00:34:40.48\00:34:42.04
Every year,
they have new laws...
00:34:42.08\00:34:46.78
to prevent the
laws they made last year
00:34:46.82\00:34:48.72
from being misused.
00:34:48.75\00:34:51.09
So they keep adding,
and adding, and adding,
00:34:51.12\00:34:52.89
and adding, and adding,
I would love to go back,
00:34:52.92\00:34:55.89
this is just my own peppy...
00:34:55.92\00:34:57.93
I would love to
go all the way back
00:34:57.96\00:35:00.26
when this taxation system...
00:35:00.30\00:35:02.20
Remember the Boston Tea Party?
00:35:02.23\00:35:04.33
You ever study
about that in history?
00:35:04.37\00:35:07.10
And then when
taxes were introduced,
00:35:07.14\00:35:10.11
they said it's
not going to be long.
00:35:10.14\00:35:13.88
Depends what
the word long meant.
00:35:13.91\00:35:16.01
You know, a long journey
could be from here to Benton,
00:35:16.04\00:35:19.05
a long journey could be
from here to California,
00:35:19.08\00:35:21.68
a long journey
could be from here,
00:35:21.72\00:35:23.62
for a person who's
having a difficult time walking,
00:35:23.65\00:35:25.65
it could be a
very difficult thing
00:35:25.69\00:35:27.02
for a person who's handicap
00:35:27.06\00:35:28.59
to walk from here
to the front door,
00:35:28.62\00:35:30.33
it's a long walk.
So it's all relative.
00:35:30.36\00:35:33.70
These laws were added
continually to, continually to,
00:35:33.73\00:35:37.80
but the commandments of God,
00:35:37.83\00:35:39.20
there was nothing added to that.
00:35:39.23\00:35:41.54
Deuteronomy 5:22. Go
there with me very quickly.
00:35:41.57\00:35:45.07
So Jesus was the one to
whom the law was pointing.
00:35:45.11\00:35:51.41
And when He came,
00:35:51.45\00:35:52.78
this seed talked
about in Genesis 3,
00:35:52.81\00:35:55.95
when the seed came,
00:35:55.98\00:35:57.49
there was no
more need for the law.
00:35:57.52\00:36:00.82
Now where did I
just tell you to turn?
00:36:00.86\00:36:02.99
Deuteronomy 5:22.
00:36:03.02\00:36:04.69
I want to make it very clear
00:36:04.73\00:36:06.06
because there
are some people that,
00:36:06.09\00:36:07.43
for whatever reason
in their fellowship,
00:36:07.46\00:36:08.80
they've been taught
that the Ten Commandments
00:36:08.83\00:36:11.33
and the
ceremonial law are the same.
00:36:11.37\00:36:13.54
They're not the
same. They're not the same.
00:36:13.57\00:36:16.64
All right? Look
at Deuteronomy 5:22.
00:36:16.67\00:36:19.11
And by the way, Exodus 20
00:36:19.14\00:36:21.11
is where the
Ten Commandments are
00:36:21.14\00:36:22.74
and the other
place is Deuteronomy 5.
00:36:22.78\00:36:25.28
Most people don't
go to Deuteronomy 5
00:36:25.31\00:36:27.12
to read the Ten Commandments.
00:36:27.15\00:36:28.48
We always go to Exodus
20, but it's also here,
00:36:28.52\00:36:31.45
with an addition added to it.
00:36:31.49\00:36:33.96
Verse 22,
00:36:33.99\00:36:36.12
"These words the Lord
spoke to all your assembly
00:36:36.16\00:36:41.16
in the mountain from
the midst of the fire,
00:36:41.20\00:36:45.10
the cloud, and
the thick darkness,
00:36:45.13\00:36:48.50
with a loud voice,
and He added, " what?
00:36:48.54\00:36:52.21
"No more." "No more.
00:36:52.24\00:36:54.31
And He wrote them
on two tablets of stone
00:36:54.34\00:36:57.51
and gave them to me."
00:36:57.55\00:36:58.91
So when the Ten Commandments
00:36:58.95\00:37:00.28
were written on
two tablets of stone,
00:37:00.32\00:37:01.68
was anything added to it?
00:37:01.72\00:37:03.28
No. No, not at all.
00:37:03.32\00:37:06.19
It was already
perfect. It was already perfect.
00:37:06.22\00:37:08.52
It was complete,
nothing was added to it.
00:37:08.56\00:37:11.36
But because that law was broken,
00:37:11.39\00:37:13.90
then Galatians 3:19 says...
00:37:13.93\00:37:15.96
Let's go back there.
00:37:18.10\00:37:21.24
Here it is, Galatians.
I'll just read it for you.
00:37:21.27\00:37:23.17
Galatians 3:19 says,
00:37:23.20\00:37:24.61
"What purpose then
does the law serve?
00:37:24.64\00:37:27.34
It was added because
of," what, "Transgressions."
00:37:27.38\00:37:31.75
Transgression of
what? The commandments.
00:37:31.78\00:37:35.75
The commandments were
broken so another law was added
00:37:35.78\00:37:39.82
because that one
kept being violated.
00:37:39.85\00:37:41.96
And what's the wages of sin?
00:37:41.99\00:37:43.32
Tell me. Death.
00:37:43.36\00:37:44.69
So every time
the law was violated,
00:37:44.73\00:37:46.29
a lamb had to
die, a bull had to die,
00:37:46.33\00:37:48.96
a goat had to
die, a dove had to die,
00:37:49.00\00:37:51.13
some death because the law
that was being transgressed...
00:37:51.17\00:37:55.14
added to it
through the ceremonial law,
00:37:58.97\00:38:01.38
the penalties
of that broken law.
00:38:01.41\00:38:04.98
But it was only to
happen until Jesus came.
00:38:05.01\00:38:09.05
Galatians 3:19 says,
"Till the seed should come."
00:38:09.08\00:38:13.15
So when the seed
came... Let's go to John 1.
00:38:13.19\00:38:16.36
"When the seed came..."
00:38:16.39\00:38:19.69
John 1, those of
you that are theologians
00:38:19.73\00:38:23.26
know where I'm headed.
00:38:23.30\00:38:25.53
Job 1 this dynamic
announcement was made in Job 1.
00:38:25.57\00:38:31.21
Here it is.
00:38:31.24\00:38:32.57
John chapter 1. I
heard myself say Job.
00:38:35.14\00:38:38.81
I heard that in my right ear,
00:38:38.85\00:38:40.18
but in my left ear I heard John.
00:38:40.22\00:38:41.55
John 1:29,
00:38:46.22\00:38:48.79
"The next day,
John saw," Who? Jesus.
00:38:48.82\00:38:52.93
"Jesus coming
toward him and said..."
00:38:52.96\00:38:55.60
Let's read this together.
00:38:55.63\00:38:57.50
"Behold the Lamb
of God that," what?
00:38:57.53\00:39:00.80
"'Taketh away the'"
what? '"Sin of the world."'
00:39:00.84\00:39:04.14
He said, "Sin of the world."
00:39:04.17\00:39:06.37
Sins are what
happen as a result of sin.
00:39:06.41\00:39:12.75
Did you get that?
00:39:12.78\00:39:14.25
The broken, the faulty
nature we have is the sin.
00:39:14.28\00:39:18.72
What the nature
does is the sins.
00:39:18.75\00:39:21.82
You know, it's like a car
00:39:21.86\00:39:23.19
that you drive behind a car
that has a bad transmission,
00:39:23.22\00:39:26.56
you see oil all over the ground,
00:39:26.59\00:39:28.30
that's the sins.
00:39:28.33\00:39:29.93
The sin is the
broken transmission.
00:39:29.96\00:39:31.80
See?
00:39:31.83\00:39:33.17
The loose screws,
the messed up gasket,
00:39:33.20\00:39:35.67
that's the sin,
00:39:35.70\00:39:37.04
but the evidence is
all over the ground.
00:39:37.07\00:39:38.97
How do you know your car is bad?
00:39:39.01\00:39:40.44
Look at the ground.
00:39:40.48\00:39:41.91
How do you know
your kids are bad?
00:39:41.94\00:39:43.28
Listen to them.
00:39:43.31\00:39:45.31
You know, that's
the oil on the ground,
00:39:45.35\00:39:48.12
but the bad transmission.
00:39:48.15\00:39:49.68
So we have bad
mouth, bad words, see?
00:39:49.72\00:39:52.82
So everybody says
they use only words,
00:39:52.85\00:39:54.79
don't believe it.
00:39:54.82\00:39:56.26
Now the last one, I
want to show you here.
00:39:56.29\00:39:58.73
Go to
Ephesians. Go to Ephesians.
00:39:58.76\00:40:02.16
I just want to
give you just kind of
00:40:02.20\00:40:03.53
a little education here
because it's very important,
00:40:03.57\00:40:06.10
you know, with Jesus coming.
00:40:06.13\00:40:08.70
Okay.
00:40:08.74\00:40:11.67
Ephesians 2. Okay.
00:40:11.71\00:40:14.54
And now this is where Jesus
00:40:18.11\00:40:22.48
comes to fulfill this law
00:40:22.52\00:40:29.46
and to put it to rest.
00:40:29.49\00:40:32.19
Ephesians 2. All right.
00:40:32.23\00:40:36.73
Starts with verse 13,
00:40:36.77\00:40:40.37
actually goes
back for the content.
00:40:40.40\00:40:42.44
But let's start with verse 13.
00:40:42.47\00:40:44.34
"But now in Christ Jesus,
you who were once," where?
00:40:44.37\00:40:50.61
"Far off have been made
near by the blood of Christ,
00:40:50.65\00:40:56.12
for He Himself is our" what?
00:40:56.15\00:40:58.82
You've heard the
song "He is our peace."
00:40:58.85\00:41:02.29
That's where it comes from,
00:41:02.32\00:41:04.13
"He Himself is our
peace who has made both one
00:41:04.16\00:41:08.16
and has broken down,"
let's say it together,
00:41:08.20\00:41:10.77
"The middle wall of division
or separation between us."
00:41:10.80\00:41:17.37
What was that
middle wall of separation?
00:41:17.41\00:41:19.44
This is huge.
00:41:19.47\00:41:21.44
This middle wall of separation,
00:41:21.48\00:41:23.11
the context, I'm
reading the next verse
00:41:23.14\00:41:25.08
and talk about the
middle wall of separation.
00:41:25.11\00:41:26.65
You see the Jews were
separated from the gentiles.
00:41:26.68\00:41:29.38
There was a wall
keeping them separated.
00:41:29.42\00:41:31.35
Jesus said, "I got to
break that wall down."
00:41:31.39\00:41:34.26
Let's read about the wall
00:41:34.29\00:41:36.02
and I'll show you
where He broke it down.
00:41:36.06\00:41:38.99
It says, "For He
Himself is our peace,
00:41:39.03\00:41:42.56
who has made both
one and has broken down
00:41:42.60\00:41:45.47
the middle wall of
separation between us,
00:41:45.50\00:41:48.64
having abolished in
His flesh the" what?
00:41:48.67\00:41:53.07
"Enmity,
00:41:53.11\00:41:54.44
that is the discomfort, the sin,
00:41:54.48\00:41:56.91
that is the law of commandments
00:41:56.95\00:42:01.28
contained in ordinances."
00:42:01.32\00:42:05.55
If it is stopped on
the law of commandments,
00:42:05.59\00:42:07.49
you can say He got
rid of the commandments.
00:42:07.52\00:42:09.56
But He said, "Wait a minute,
00:42:09.59\00:42:10.93
the ones that were
contained in ordinances."
00:42:10.96\00:42:13.09
And in Hebrews 8 and 9,
00:42:13.13\00:42:14.46
it talks about these ordinances,
00:42:14.50\00:42:17.13
meets, and foot
washing, and I mean,
00:42:17.17\00:42:21.04
it just talks
about all the ordinances.
00:42:21.07\00:42:23.74
But it goes on to finish,
00:42:23.77\00:42:26.07
"So as to create in Himself
one new man from the two,
00:42:26.11\00:42:30.38
thus making peace,
00:42:30.41\00:42:32.01
and that He might
reconcile them both to God
00:42:32.05\00:42:36.02
in one body through the cross,
00:42:36.05\00:42:38.69
thereby putting
to death the enmity."
00:42:38.72\00:42:42.69
So what happens now
is you have the Jews,
00:42:42.72\00:42:45.39
you have the gentiles,
00:42:45.43\00:42:46.80
and what kept them separated
for so long was the Jews said,
00:42:46.83\00:42:50.33
"In order to be
a part of our walk,
00:42:50.37\00:42:52.80
you got to first be circumcised,
00:42:52.83\00:42:54.84
then you got to
keep the ceremonial law."
00:42:54.87\00:42:59.67
And even when the New
Testament church started,
00:42:59.71\00:43:03.31
those who rejected
Jesus tried to enforce
00:43:03.35\00:43:06.31
this very teaching on
the Corinthian believers.
00:43:06.35\00:43:12.15
But Paul dealt with...
00:43:12.19\00:43:13.52
Let's go to 1 Corinthians 7.
00:43:13.56\00:43:16.39
The Lord is putting
this all in my head.
00:43:16.42\00:43:17.76
Thank you, Lord.
00:43:17.79\00:43:20.16
It's just...
It's pouring in there.
00:43:20.20\00:43:23.37
We're going to get
to the next question.
00:43:23.40\00:43:26.03
1 Corinthians 7. This
issue was a huge issue.
00:43:26.07\00:43:30.01
So today, when people
put it in the wrong context,
00:43:30.04\00:43:34.18
they think that somehow
00:43:34.21\00:43:35.61
Jesus came to get
rid of the commandments.
00:43:35.64\00:43:38.08
He said, "I
didn't come to do that."
00:43:38.11\00:43:41.08
Another text just came up,
00:43:41.12\00:43:42.45
and I'll show
you that in a moment.
00:43:42.48\00:43:44.05
And so this is how
He dealt with this issue
00:43:44.09\00:43:46.59
that was just
really separating them.
00:43:46.62\00:43:49.32
Let's start with verse
17. We'll end at verse 19.
00:43:49.36\00:43:53.26
All right?
00:43:53.29\00:43:54.63
"But as God has
distributed to each one
00:43:57.03\00:44:00.50
as the Lord has called each one,
00:44:00.54\00:44:02.74
so let him walk.
00:44:02.77\00:44:04.37
And so I ordain
in all the churches.
00:44:04.41\00:44:07.81
Was anyone called
while circumcised?
00:44:07.84\00:44:11.05
Let him not
become uncircumcised.
00:44:11.08\00:44:13.88
Was anyone called
while uncircumcised?
00:44:13.92\00:44:16.89
Let them not be circumcised."
00:44:16.92\00:44:18.85
In other words,
00:44:18.89\00:44:20.22
if you were a
Jew, you were what?
00:44:20.26\00:44:21.66
Circumcised.
00:44:21.69\00:44:23.02
If you were not a
Jew, you were what?
00:44:23.06\00:44:24.39
Uncircumcised.
00:44:24.43\00:44:25.76
So Paul is saying,
"If you are uncircumcised,
00:44:25.79\00:44:28.43
stay that way.
00:44:28.46\00:44:29.80
If you were
circumcised, stay that way."
00:44:29.83\00:44:32.47
And in fact, the circumcision
he is talking about,
00:44:32.50\00:44:34.70
in reality the Lord is
saying really the circumcision
00:44:34.74\00:44:37.27
is the
circumcision of the heart.
00:44:37.31\00:44:39.14
But this was talk
about literal circumcision.
00:44:39.17\00:44:41.81
And they keep
saying to the gentiles,
00:44:41.84\00:44:44.28
"You can't be of us
until you're circumcised."
00:44:44.31\00:44:47.48
And Paul says, "No, no, no, no."
00:44:47.52\00:44:51.82
Look at verse 19.
00:44:51.85\00:44:54.69
"Circumcision is," what?
00:44:54.72\00:44:56.62
"Nothing, and
uncircumcision is" what?
00:44:56.66\00:44:59.93
"Nothing, but keeping
the commandments of God
00:44:59.96\00:45:03.73
is what matters."
00:45:03.77\00:45:06.47
So he says, "Whether
you're circumcised or not,
00:45:06.50\00:45:09.20
the commandments of
God got to be kept."
00:45:09.24\00:45:13.58
But the Jews said,
00:45:13.61\00:45:14.94
"But you can't keep it
unless you're circumcised."
00:45:14.98\00:45:17.45
Paul said, "It
ain't going to work.
00:45:17.48\00:45:20.95
You can't get uncircumcised,
and if you haven't been,
00:45:20.98\00:45:23.52
you don't need to
be in order to honor
00:45:23.55\00:45:25.32
the commandments of God
00:45:25.35\00:45:26.69
because He puts
the power in our hearts
00:45:26.72\00:45:28.42
and in our minds
through His Holy Spirit."
00:45:28.46\00:45:30.53
Last one, Matthew 5.
00:45:30.56\00:45:34.13
Never thought
you could get so much
00:45:34.16\00:45:35.50
out of one verse, did you?
00:45:35.53\00:45:37.47
But I want to
make this very clear
00:45:37.50\00:45:38.83
because this whole
Melchizedek priesthood
00:45:38.87\00:45:40.64
was very powerful.
00:45:40.67\00:45:42.40
Jesus didn't come
to get rid of anything,
00:45:42.44\00:45:44.91
except that which
separated Him from us
00:45:44.94\00:45:47.24
and us from each other.
00:45:47.28\00:45:49.61
All right? Look at Matthew 5.
00:45:49.64\00:45:52.88
Now He got rid of one,
00:45:52.91\00:45:54.88
the one that was
contained in ordinances,
00:45:54.92\00:45:56.69
He got rid of that commandment,
00:45:56.72\00:45:58.12
but notice what He
said He didn't come to do.
00:45:58.15\00:46:01.02
Matthew 5:17-19.
00:46:01.06\00:46:03.93
He says, "Do not
think or think not
00:46:03.96\00:46:08.70
that I have come to
destroy the law or the prophets.
00:46:08.73\00:46:14.20
I did not come to
destroy but to" what? "Fulfill."
00:46:14.24\00:46:17.31
The word that is
in the Greek, magnify.
00:46:17.34\00:46:21.91
Magnify. Isaiah 42:21.
00:46:21.94\00:46:23.61
"The Lord shall magnify
the law and make it honorable."
00:46:23.65\00:46:28.55
I'll tell you how He did that.
00:46:28.58\00:46:30.19
Verse 18, "For
assuredly I say to you,
00:46:30.22\00:46:33.29
'Till heaven and earth
pass away, not,' together,
00:46:33.32\00:46:36.99
one jot or one
tittle will by no means
00:46:37.03\00:46:41.06
pass from the law
till all is" what?
00:46:41.10\00:46:44.17
"Fulfilled."
00:46:44.20\00:46:45.70
Whoever therefore
breaks one of the least
00:46:45.73\00:46:47.67
of these
commandments and teach men
00:46:47.70\00:46:49.57
so shall be called least
in the kingdom of heaven.
00:46:49.60\00:46:55.11
But whoever does
and teaches them,
00:46:55.14\00:46:56.98
he shall be called" what?
00:46:57.01\00:46:58.58
"Great in the
kingdom of heaven."
00:46:58.61\00:47:01.58
So you clearly see,
it had to be separated.
00:47:01.62\00:47:04.95
If Jesus got rid of
one set of commandments
00:47:04.99\00:47:07.29
contained in
ordinances, and then He said,
00:47:07.32\00:47:09.32
"I didn't come to
destroy the commandments,"
00:47:09.36\00:47:11.33
it's got to be two
He's talking about.
00:47:11.36\00:47:13.50
The one that was added
00:47:13.53\00:47:14.86
because of the
transgression was temporary,
00:47:14.90\00:47:16.73
but the one that was added
before transgression is what?
00:47:16.77\00:47:18.87
Eternal. Why?
00:47:18.90\00:47:20.47
Because it is a reflection
of the character of God.
00:47:20.50\00:47:22.77
Amen?
00:47:22.80\00:47:24.24
Wow.
00:47:24.27\00:47:25.61
Let's go to
number 24. Number 24.
00:47:25.64\00:47:28.34
Just a quick study there,
00:47:31.31\00:47:32.88
want to give you some
additional information
00:47:32.91\00:47:34.88
on this Melchizedek priesthood.
00:47:34.92\00:47:36.85
So the Melchizedek priesthood,
00:47:36.89\00:47:38.59
by the way the
Melchizedek priesthood
00:47:38.62\00:47:40.29
wasn't bound by the
rituals of the ceremonial law
00:47:40.32\00:47:44.89
because up until that point,
00:47:44.93\00:47:46.70
it wasn't
written down in a book.
00:47:46.73\00:47:48.13
Number 24.
00:47:55.80\00:47:58.47
What reaction did
the Bible prophesy
00:47:58.51\00:48:01.34
Jesus would
receive from humanity?
00:48:01.38\00:48:05.25
What reaction did
the Bible prophesy
00:48:05.28\00:48:08.38
Jesus would
receive from humanity?
00:48:08.42\00:48:11.15
Let's go to Isaiah
53 to find the prophecy.
00:48:11.19\00:48:15.82
Isaiah 53 to find the prophecy.
00:48:15.86\00:48:18.76
Okay.
00:48:24.37\00:48:26.13
And we are going
to look at verse 1.
00:48:26.17\00:48:28.37
Isaiah 53:1. All right.
00:48:31.54\00:48:36.78
And the question is
who has believed our report
00:48:36.81\00:48:42.98
and to whom has the arm
of the Lord been revealed?
00:48:43.02\00:48:47.92
Now when you think about
that, this is very important,
00:48:47.96\00:48:52.16
whose report preceded the coming
00:48:52.19\00:48:56.43
or the work of
the ministry of Jesus?
00:48:56.46\00:48:59.83
John the Baptist.
00:48:59.87\00:49:01.30
See, the voice of one
crying in the wilderness,
00:49:01.34\00:49:05.17
prepare ye the way of the Lord,
00:49:05.21\00:49:06.64
"He's coming, one whose sandals
00:49:06.68\00:49:09.01
I'm not even worthy
to unloose or latch.
00:49:09.04\00:49:12.45
I baptize with water,
00:49:12.48\00:49:13.82
he's going to
baptize you with fire."
00:49:13.85\00:49:16.45
He showed the
difference clearly,
00:49:16.48\00:49:17.82
but he's
proclaiming and the question is
00:49:17.85\00:49:19.92
when Jesus questioned the
people of His day, He said,
00:49:19.95\00:49:24.09
"Who did you go out
into the wilderness to see?
00:49:24.13\00:49:27.03
A man in goodly clothing?
Who did you go out to see?"
00:49:27.06\00:49:31.27
And then they said,
00:49:31.30\00:49:34.40
they identified
who they went to see
00:49:34.44\00:49:36.47
and they asked, "Is he Elijah?"
00:49:36.50\00:49:39.57
Because the
Bible says in Malachi,
00:49:39.61\00:49:41.28
"I'll send the Elijah
00:49:41.31\00:49:42.64
before the coming of
the day of the Lord."
00:49:42.68\00:49:44.81
"Is he Eli...?"
00:49:44.85\00:49:46.18
And he said, "If you
accept his message, he is."
00:49:46.21\00:49:48.98
He wasn't physically Elijah.
00:49:49.02\00:49:50.39
He wasn't Elijah in any means,
00:49:50.42\00:49:52.29
but his message
was the Elijah message.
00:49:52.32\00:49:54.89
And the Elijah
message was the message
00:49:54.92\00:49:58.79
Elijah proclaimed Ahab,
00:49:58.83\00:50:01.16
"You are the one
who has troubled Israel.
00:50:01.20\00:50:03.83
You are the one that
forsook the commandments of God.
00:50:03.87\00:50:06.57
I'm not the one
that's causing trouble,
00:50:06.60\00:50:08.34
you're the one."
00:50:08.37\00:50:10.01
So let's look at
the fulfillment now.
00:50:10.04\00:50:12.57
Okay, now let's go
to John chapter 12.
00:50:12.61\00:50:15.68
Okay.
00:50:30.06\00:50:31.39
This is a
passage you would do well
00:50:43.74\00:50:47.41
to just read it
because it's powerful.
00:50:47.44\00:50:49.98
As Jesus is teaching,
00:50:50.01\00:50:51.35
people are wondering
where is He getting this from.
00:50:51.38\00:50:54.12
They're like, "Where
is He getting this from?
00:50:54.15\00:50:55.75
Who is He? How
does He know this?"
00:50:55.78\00:50:58.72
Somebody said,
"An angel told Him."
00:50:58.75\00:51:01.62
"Who is this man?"
00:51:01.66\00:51:03.32
That's why verse 37
and 38 is so significant.
00:51:03.36\00:51:08.40
"But although He had done
so many signs before them..."
00:51:11.53\00:51:16.10
What does the Bible say?
00:51:16.14\00:51:17.87
"They did not believe in Him
00:51:17.91\00:51:21.84
that the word of Isaiah
the prophet might," what?
00:51:21.88\00:51:27.22
"Might be fulfilled,
00:51:27.25\00:51:30.75
which he spoke,"
00:51:30.79\00:51:34.46
"That the word of Isaiah
the prophet might be fulfilled,
00:51:34.49\00:51:39.29
which he spoke..."
00:51:39.33\00:51:41.40
And what did he say?
00:51:41.43\00:51:44.60
Let's look at John 12:37.
00:51:44.63\00:51:46.23
Let's look at that and continue.
00:51:46.27\00:51:47.64
It says, "Lord, who
has believed our report?
00:51:47.67\00:51:51.01
And to whom has the arm
of the Lord been revealed?"
00:51:51.04\00:51:55.98
Quoting almost
exactly what Isaiah 53:1 says,
00:51:56.01\00:51:59.35
"Who's going to
believe our report?"
00:51:59.38\00:52:00.85
And that was the
difficulty with the work
00:52:00.88\00:52:02.75
that the disciples had.
00:52:02.78\00:52:04.19
They had to go
proclaim this message.
00:52:04.22\00:52:05.92
Now just think
about it for a moment,
00:52:05.95\00:52:07.32
this is really important.
00:52:07.36\00:52:08.89
Jesus shows up,
00:52:08.92\00:52:10.26
and how many years did
Jesus have an earthly ministry?
00:52:10.29\00:52:12.43
Three and a half.
00:52:12.46\00:52:13.80
Okay, got you. Three and a half.
00:52:13.83\00:52:15.56
So this message,
00:52:15.60\00:52:16.93
He comes in the
midst of a dark generation,
00:52:16.97\00:52:19.37
in the midst of a very
dark and confused church,
00:52:19.40\00:52:22.90
in the midst of a church
00:52:22.94\00:52:24.27
who is now so acclimated
to just the ceremonies,
00:52:24.31\00:52:27.64
they had this
ceremony, that ceremony,
00:52:27.68\00:52:29.34
this is on the calendar,
what's coming up next month,
00:52:29.38\00:52:31.21
what's happening next
month, the feast of tabernacles,
00:52:31.25\00:52:33.42
and years of showbread,
that they were tormented,
00:52:33.45\00:52:36.45
the list goes on and on,
all the feast, drink offering,
00:52:36.48\00:52:39.45
they just went
through all the rituals,
00:52:39.49\00:52:40.86
and they got so used to
00:52:40.89\00:52:42.22
when these things were happening
00:52:42.26\00:52:43.59
that they just got
used to the rituals.
00:52:43.63\00:52:45.93
And somebody
comes along and says,
00:52:45.96\00:52:48.23
"You can keep
studying the scriptures,
00:52:48.26\00:52:50.23
but I'm right here."
00:52:50.27\00:52:52.97
"Who are you?"
00:52:53.00\00:52:54.34
They said, "You know,"
he talks about the well,
00:52:56.91\00:53:00.18
the woman at the well,
00:53:00.21\00:53:02.08
"Our father,
Abraham gave us that well."
00:53:02.11\00:53:05.11
"Before Abraham was, I am."
00:53:05.15\00:53:07.98
See.
00:53:08.02\00:53:09.95
"Are you older
than Abraham?" "Yeah."
00:53:09.98\00:53:14.46
"Well, Moses gave us
bread in the wilderness."
00:53:14.49\00:53:16.93
"He did? I'm the real bread
00:53:16.96\00:53:19.16
that came down from heaven."
00:53:19.19\00:53:22.90
This young man that
you've never met before,
00:53:22.93\00:53:25.67
come on now,
00:53:25.70\00:53:27.04
unless you're really
even solid in your Bible,
00:53:27.07\00:53:28.94
you'll have a hard time.
00:53:28.97\00:53:30.71
"Did you hear about
this guy that's in Benton
00:53:30.74\00:53:32.17
saying He's the Christ?"
00:53:32.21\00:53:34.41
"I mean, He's
doing a lot of miracles,
00:53:34.44\00:53:35.78
but where did He come from?"
00:53:35.81\00:53:37.58
And then He said, "Get this."
00:53:37.61\00:53:39.95
Then He said He is the Christ.
He said His Father sent Him.
00:53:39.98\00:53:45.45
"He did? What did
the high priest say?
00:53:45.49\00:53:48.89
What did the
Conference President say?"
00:53:48.92\00:53:51.43
That's the mindset of their day.
00:53:51.46\00:53:53.53
Instead of
looking at the scriptures,
00:53:53.56\00:53:55.46
they inquired of men.
00:53:55.50\00:53:57.80
And the men didn't believe
it, so they didn't believe it.
00:53:57.83\00:54:01.57
Here's the danger, if
the scripture says it,
00:54:01.60\00:54:04.27
that's all that you need.
00:54:04.31\00:54:06.51
Don't ask men if they believe it
00:54:06.54\00:54:08.08
because men don't believe
00:54:08.11\00:54:09.44
a lot of what the Bible teaches.
00:54:09.48\00:54:11.28
As long as the Bible...
00:54:11.31\00:54:12.65
So now what's the difference
00:54:12.68\00:54:14.02
between the
church and the wise men?
00:54:14.05\00:54:17.72
The wise men
believed what the Bible said.
00:54:17.75\00:54:20.42
They studied
numbers and they said,
00:54:20.46\00:54:22.29
"A star will rise out of Jacob."
00:54:22.32\00:54:26.13
And when they saw
that star, they said,
00:54:26.16\00:54:27.66
"This is it. This is it.
00:54:27.70\00:54:29.63
I know if we follow this
star, we'll find the Christ."
00:54:29.66\00:54:32.60
They followed the star,
00:54:32.63\00:54:34.17
and the star
took them to Jerusalem
00:54:34.20\00:54:36.60
where all the doubters were,
the high priest, the Sanhedrin,
00:54:36.64\00:54:39.94
the Pharisees, the Sadd-u-cee,
now you see why they were sad.
00:54:39.97\00:54:45.08
You see.
00:54:45.11\00:54:46.45
And he said, "Where is He born?"
00:54:49.18\00:54:53.39
"We heard... What
did the prophet say?
00:54:53.42\00:54:57.16
Bethlehem of Ephrata, we heard.
00:54:57.19\00:55:01.60
So if you want to find Him,
go to Bethlehem, where was it?"
00:55:01.63\00:55:05.00
"Bethlehem."
00:55:05.03\00:55:06.37
"Where?" "Bethlehem of Ephrata.
00:55:06.40\00:55:10.14
That's what the
prophets have said."
00:55:10.17\00:55:12.07
"So did you guys know about it?"
00:55:12.11\00:55:14.78
"Let's check with
the priest, was He born?"
00:55:14.81\00:55:19.25
"I don't know."
00:55:19.28\00:55:21.08
So the angel now,
00:55:21.12\00:55:22.82
after he spent a few days there,
00:55:22.85\00:55:26.79
the star says,
"Let's go find Him."
00:55:26.82\00:55:29.52
I just took you to the
people that had the message,
00:55:29.56\00:55:31.79
they don't know
anything about Him.
00:55:31.83\00:55:34.56
Isn't that sad? They
had the right message.
00:55:34.60\00:55:38.00
So the danger is
having the right message,
00:55:38.03\00:55:41.20
you can still miss the Christ.
00:55:41.24\00:55:42.57
Yes.
00:55:42.60\00:55:43.94
Right.
00:55:47.34\00:55:48.68
They were the
atheists, they believed
00:55:48.71\00:55:50.05
and didn't accept it.
00:55:50.08\00:55:51.41
That's the other
brand of atheism.
00:55:51.45\00:55:52.78
You get the message,
but you don't believe it.
00:55:52.81\00:55:54.15
Yes.
00:55:54.18\00:55:55.52
Huh?
00:55:55.55\00:55:57.19
Tell me anything... So you go...
00:55:57.22\00:56:00.56
And then, who, Herod says,
"If you find out where He is,
00:56:00.59\00:56:03.43
let me know.
00:56:03.46\00:56:04.79
I want to come and worship Him."
00:56:04.83\00:56:08.06
And when they
leave, "If He is the King,
00:56:08.10\00:56:12.00
we're going to
stop this right now
00:56:12.03\00:56:13.64
because there's no way
00:56:13.67\00:56:15.00
I'm going to give Him my domain,
00:56:15.04\00:56:16.37
not these people
that I'm reigning over."
00:56:16.40\00:56:18.04
And they were wise
because they found Him
00:56:18.07\00:56:19.61
and the angel warned
them to go another way.
00:56:19.64\00:56:24.15
So the wise men, who were not
the ones entrusted this message
00:56:24.18\00:56:27.68
for more than a thousand years,
00:56:27.72\00:56:30.99
studied it and found the Christ.
00:56:31.02\00:56:33.42
The one who had had the
message for a long time,
00:56:33.46\00:56:37.79
he's standing in front of them
00:56:37.83\00:56:39.56
and he's repeating the words
that Isaiah says, which was,
00:56:39.59\00:56:44.50
"Who has believed our report?
00:56:44.53\00:56:48.24
And to whom has the arm
of the Lord been revealed?"
00:56:48.27\00:56:51.01
And they're sitting
there and they are saying,
00:56:51.04\00:56:52.41
"That sounds familiar,
00:56:52.44\00:56:53.98
but I'm not sure
if this is the guy
00:56:54.01\00:56:55.44
that's supposed
to be saying that."
00:56:55.48\00:56:56.81
So I want to give
you the depth of this.
00:56:59.58\00:57:00.98
These are not just
prophecies and fulfillments,
00:57:01.02\00:57:02.75
there's a whole lot behind it.
00:57:02.78\00:57:04.12
There's a whole
mindset behind it.
00:57:04.15\00:57:05.95
That's why when
you study the Bible,
00:57:05.99\00:57:07.66
when you look at the prophecy,
the prophecy is to say,
00:57:07.69\00:57:10.06
"It's going to
happen, the fulfillment said,
00:57:10.09\00:57:12.39
it did happen.
00:57:12.43\00:57:13.80
Do you believe it?"
00:57:13.83\00:57:15.30
That's the key,
not just the prophecy.
00:57:15.33\00:57:17.73
So as we go through,
00:57:17.77\00:57:19.10
we're going to
finish the next ones
00:57:19.13\00:57:20.74
the next program
about to betrayal of Christ,
00:57:20.77\00:57:25.14
about the...
00:57:25.17\00:57:28.04
A number of other things
and how the Bible is confirming
00:57:28.08\00:57:31.28
who Jesus really is in fact.
00:57:31.31\00:57:32.81
So these are just...
00:57:32.85\00:57:34.18
By the way, these are
just some of the prophecies,
00:57:34.22\00:57:37.05
there are hundreds of prophecies
00:57:37.09\00:57:38.45
about the coming of the Messiah,
00:57:38.49\00:57:39.82
hundreds of prophecies
about the life of Jesus,
00:57:39.85\00:57:42.72
but they all
point to the Christ.
00:57:42.76\00:57:44.09
So here's the point, if
you're looking for Jesus,
00:57:44.13\00:57:46.39
will you find Him?
00:57:46.43\00:57:48.73
"You will seek Me
and you'll find Me
00:57:48.76\00:57:50.77
when you search
for Me with," what?
00:57:50.80\00:57:53.30
"All your heart."
00:57:53.34\00:57:54.67
Don't ask others,
00:57:54.70\00:57:56.04
ask the Lord to
come into your heart.
00:57:56.07\00:57:57.41
Keep searching,
and we are convinced
00:57:57.44\00:57:58.81
that if it doesn't make sense,
00:57:58.84\00:58:00.18
one day it will come
into a sharper focus.
00:58:00.21\00:58:04.01
Let us pray...
00:58:04.05\00:58:05.58