Participants: Pr. John Lomacang
Series Code: ASHF
Program Code: ASHF000152A
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00:19 Hello, friends, welcome to another edition
00:21 of A Sharper Focus. 00:23 As you know, this is Wednesday night 00:24 and it's time to get into our Bibles, 00:26 and we'd like to welcome you with a hearty amen. 00:28 Can we all say amen? Amen. 00:30 A hearty amen. Amen. 00:33 And wherever you're joining us from, 00:34 we thank you for taking the time. 00:35 You know you need to Bibles, you need your pens, 00:38 invite your family and your friends 00:41 for the next almost hour 00:43 as we continue our topic on the truth about Jesus. 00:47 Now we're ready, we are here, 00:48 but before we sing our theme song, 00:50 before we talk about 00:52 how you can get a copy of the lesson, 00:53 we'd like to begin with a word of prayer. 00:55 Let's bow our heads together. 00:57 Loving Father in heaven, 00:58 we thank You that as we open Your Word, 01:02 Your Spirit begins to work on us and in us, 01:07 come Holy Spirit now 01:08 to be the power of this lesson study, 01:11 to be the one that continues to speak 01:13 to our hearts and our minds, 01:15 and may we not only learn the truths of Your Word, 01:18 but may we find the strength and the fortitude 01:21 and the willing heart to trust You and serve You 01:24 because of Your Word. 01:26 In Jesus' name we pray, amen. 01:29 Now we're finishing up lesson number 36. 01:32 So everybody should have lesson number 36 01:33 in front of them. 01:35 If you don't have a copy of it, go to this website. 01:37 It is ASF.3ABN.org, 01:41 that's ASF.3ABN.org 01:45 and download lesson number 36 01:48 and lesson number 37, 01:52 which is dealing with anger. 01:55 We're going to go onto a practical lesson series. 01:57 You know, the thing about studying is 02:00 there's some practical aspects of Christianity 02:02 we often leave out. 02:03 Now we talk about the Sabbath, 02:05 we talk about what happens when you die, 02:07 we talk about the sanctuary, 02:09 we talk about the state of the dead, 02:10 we talk about tithing, prophecy, 02:13 the mark of the beast, the change of the Sabbath, 02:17 all those are very important, 02:18 but we're going to begin a new series 02:20 on the practical walk of Christianity. 02:24 Do Christians get angry? Yes. 02:26 Do Christians have trials? Yes. 02:30 And we're going to start with those two topics. 02:32 But if we get through this one tonight, 02:34 we will go ahead and begin, 02:36 we don't really always get through all of our questions, 02:38 but you already know that 02:39 if you've watched this program before. 02:41 But you should have lesson number 36 and number 37 02:44 at the website I gave to you, ASF.3ABN.org. 02:48 Also, at that website, 02:51 you can look at all the prior lessons, 02:53 you can look at the prior videos. 02:55 I think we have about 140 or 180 videos there, 02:58 and each of those is an hour long. 03:00 So that's a lot of videos. 03:03 And there are other presenters like Shelley Quinn, 03:07 Pastor CA Murray, John Dinzey, and a few, Jill Morikone. 03:11 But I'm so glad to be back here in the saddle 03:13 to present this wonderful topic. 03:15 Before we go any further, what do we do? 03:17 We sing. We sing our theme song. 03:20 Let's sing our theme song tonight, 03:22 Victory In Jesus. 03:32 I heard an old, old story 03:36 How a Savior came from glory 03:40 How He gave His life on Calvary 03:44 To save a wretch like me 03:47 I heard about His groaning 03:51 Of His precious blood's atoning 03:55 Then I repented of my sins 03:59 And won the victory 04:03 O victory in Jesus 04:06 My Savior forever 04:10 He sought me and bought me 04:14 With His redeeming blood 04:18 He loved me ere I knew Him 04:21 And all my love is due Him 04:25 He plunged me to victory 04:29 Beneath the cleansing flood 04:33 I heard about a mansion 04:37 He has built for me in glory 04:40 And I heard about the streets of gold 04:44 Beyond the crystal sea 04:48 About the angels singing 04:52 And the old redemption story 04:56 And some sweet day I'll sing up there 04:59 The song of victory Key change. 05:03 O victory in Jesus 05:07 My Savior forever 05:11 He sought me and bought me 05:14 With His redeeming blood 05:18 He loved me ere I knew Him 05:22 And all my love is due Him 05:26 He plunged me to victory 05:30 Beneath the cleansing flood 05:33 He plunged me to victory 05:37 Beneath the cleansing flood 05:44 Amen. 05:46 Tonight, the topic is, 05:47 let's say it together, it's on the screen, 05:49 The Truth About Jesus, The Truth About Jesus. 05:52 You know, there are so many topics in the Bible, 05:55 but just a few days ago, we had some meetings together 05:58 and one of the questions 05:59 that I asked a group of pastors and teachers, 06:04 "How do you keep the main thing the main thing?" 06:09 And so we could talk about 06:11 a number of topics in the Bible, 06:12 but who's the main character of the Bible? 06:14 Jesus. It's all about Him. 06:16 John 5:39, 06:18 He said to the religious leaders of His day, 06:20 He said, "You search the scriptures for in..." 06:22 Let's go to that text. John 5:39. 06:25 I like to let you see it yourself. 06:27 He said, "You search the scriptures..." 06:31 John 5:39, notice what He says. 06:36 Okay, here it is. 06:39 And I have the New King James version, 06:40 whatever translation you have is just fine. 06:43 John 5:39 He says, 06:46 "You search the scriptures, for in them you," 06:50 what's the next word? 06:51 Think. 06:52 "Think you have eternal life 06:54 and these are they which testify of..." 06:56 Of me. "Of Me." 06:58 So now here's the point He just made. 07:01 You can study the Bible on any topic, 07:04 you can study the Bible on finances, on anything. 07:09 I mean, my mind right now is... 07:11 You know, when I think of all the topics 07:13 covered in the Bible, 07:15 sometimes I come up with a blank 07:17 when I try to mention all the topics. 07:19 But you can study the Bible on any topic, 07:21 but if you miss the main character, 07:24 if you miss the focus of the story 07:26 of the scriptures... 07:30 I said to someone once when... 07:32 I say this as we travel sometimes, 07:34 we meet people, and they say, 07:35 "Oh, give us your signature" or whatever. 07:38 I always put a Bible verse. 07:40 I say, "Because if you forget my name, 07:42 you've lost nothing. 07:43 But if you forget Jesus, you've lost everything." 07:47 So I always try to put a Bible verse 07:48 because really in the spectrum of John versus Jesus, 07:54 we are all on the same level at the foot of the cross. 07:58 So the main focus, Jesus said to them, 08:01 "You search the scriptures..." 08:03 And here's a very important point, 08:04 you know, every story in the Bible 08:06 reveals something about Jesus, even in the Book of Esther 08:09 where God is never mentioned once 08:11 reveals something about God. 08:14 Now my good friend, Doug Batchelor, 08:15 Pastor Doug Batchelor said, "When you study the Bible, 08:18 you find three things all the time, 08:21 what it says about the devil, what it says about God, 08:25 and what challenge it extends to us." 08:28 Every story in the Bible has a challenge 08:30 it extends to us. 08:32 So it's never just about information. 08:34 So what would the challenge be in this verse? 08:36 "You search the scriptures, 08:38 for in them you think you have eternal life." 08:40 You can search the Bible all day long, 08:42 but if you miss Jesus, 08:43 you really don't have eternal life. 08:45 And the reason why Jesus mentioned this 08:46 because the religious leaders of His day rejected Him 08:52 but hung onto the scriptures, they rejected Him, 08:57 but they studied the Torah, they studied the Pentateuch, 09:00 they kept all the ceremonial laws, 09:02 they kept all the feast days, but they missed Jesus. 09:06 So tonight, we're going to talk about Jesus 09:08 and what we've been covering is prophecy and fulfillment. 09:14 Let's say that together. Prophecy and fulfillment. 09:18 The Bible talks about the prophecy concerning Christ 09:21 and the fulfillment. 09:23 Now I would love to be able to predict 09:25 what's going to happen next year. 09:29 But I can't. 09:33 What's amazing about studying about the prophecies 09:36 concerning Christ and the fulfillment 09:39 is some of these prophecies go all the way back to Genesis, 09:43 3,000, 4,000 years 09:45 before they were ever fulfilled, 09:47 some 500 years, some 800 years, some 700 years. 09:54 And what is amazing about that, 09:55 it comes from various Bible writers like Moses, 09:58 you have Isaiah, you have Malachi, 10:02 you have Jeremiah, 10:03 and just go through all the list of the prophets 10:05 and the minor prophets, and each one of them 10:07 says something different about Jesus, 10:09 a prophecy and then a fulfillment. 10:12 You have them in the Old Testament, 10:14 the Old Testament, 10:15 then you have the fulfillment in the what testament? 10:17 The new. 10:18 So the Old Testament is the New Testament concealed 10:21 and the New Testament, 10:22 you've heard me say this before, 10:23 the New Testament is the Old Testament what? 10:26 Revealed. 10:27 So when you read the New Testament, 10:30 it'll send you right back to the old 10:32 because you'll find the words over, 10:33 and over, and over, and over again. 10:36 It happened this way to fulfill what the prophets have said, 10:41 and that you find many times in the life of Jesus. 10:43 Now as we go to question number 21, 10:46 I'm going to go ahead and bring that up 10:47 and just lay some foundation here. 10:49 Look at question number 21 is where we begin tonight. 10:54 Here's what the question is. 10:56 Through what details 10:57 is the mission of Jesus described? 11:00 Through what details 11:02 is the mission of Jesus described? 11:05 Now as we go to Isaiah 61, 11:07 we're going to look first at the prophecy, at the what? 11:11 The prophecy. 11:12 And then we're going to look at the fulfillment. 11:15 Now very, very important text 11:18 that Isaiah the Prophet shares with us, okay? 11:24 This is the prophecy. 11:25 In other words, what this is saying is 11:28 when Jesus begins His work, there is going to be... 11:32 Well, I don't want to jump ahead of myself, let's read it, 11:34 and then we'll go back and emphasize. 11:36 Isaiah 61, here it is. 11:39 "The Spirit of the Lord God is" where? 11:43 Let's bring that text, 11:44 "The Spirit of the Lord God is," where? 11:46 "Upon Me. 11:48 Because the Lord has" done what? 11:51 "Anointed Me to preach good tidings to the poor, 11:56 He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted," what else? 12:01 "To proclaim liberty to the captives, 12:05 and the opening of the prison to those who are," what? 12:09 "Bound," that's prison ministry, 12:11 not only prison ministry but spiritual prison, 12:13 "To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord," 12:17 and not only that, 12:18 "And the day of vengeance of our God, 12:22 then to comfort all who," what else? 12:24 "Mourn." 12:25 So if you look at that list, it's an amazing list, 12:27 it goes back... 12:29 First of all, I want to begin with this one. 12:31 So write the answer down. 12:33 The prophecy is... 12:35 Well, you could put so many things 12:36 in Isaiah 61:1-2, 12:38 since it's your lesson, 12:39 I'll let you put whatever you want, all right? 12:42 But it starts by saying, "The Spirit of the Lord." 12:45 Now years ago, before I came to St. Louis, 12:50 I heard about the spirit of St. Louis. 12:52 Have you heard about that before? 12:54 The spirit of St. Louis 12:55 was not the spirit of the community 12:57 but was an airplane called The Spirit of St. Louis. 13:02 But now if you look at the climate of our world, 13:05 you have the spirit of war, 13:08 you have the spirit of fear, 13:11 you have the spirit of uncertainty. 13:16 I'm going to resist talking about politics 13:19 because this program 13:21 could cover a number of other areas. 13:23 But there's a spirit even in the political arena. 13:25 And there's a good side to that and there's a bad side to that. 13:29 But, the Lord, what the Bible in essence is saying here is 13:34 when Jesus comes, look for Him to do these things 13:40 that Isaiah said He will do. 13:42 In other words, these things are the point of His identity. 13:45 So if you said to somebody, "What do you do?" 13:47 And they say, "Well, I preach to the poor, 13:51 I came to heal the brokenhearted, 13:53 to proclaim liberty, to open the prison, 13:55 to proclaim the acceptable year." 13:57 And so when these things are proclaimed, 14:00 they are intended... 14:02 Hear me carefully, 14:03 they are intended to get the ears of the listeners 14:07 that have been reading the prophets for a long time. 14:10 So when Jesus came... 14:11 Let's now go to the fulfillment, Luke 4:18, 14:15 When Jesus showed up and He proclaimed these things, 14:20 you would think if I had read about this for 1,500 years, 14:25 all my ancestors read about this 1,500, 1,800 years ago, 14:29 and then the next generation, and the next generation, 14:33 and the next generation, you would think that 14:35 if this was told to me 14:37 from generation to generation to generation 14:39 that by the time I'm alive and I hear it again, 14:42 and I hear somebody saying, 14:44 "The spirit of the Lord is upon me," 14:48 I might say, "Wait a minute, 14:51 my grandfather told me about that, 14:52 and his grandfather told him about that, 14:55 and his grandfather told him, 14:56 'Look for the person who says that, 14:59 and then follow him to see 15:00 if that in fact is what he does, 15:03 and if that in fact matches his identity, 15:05 then he is..."' who? 15:09 He is who He says he is. 15:13 "He's the messiah, He's the Christ, He's Jesus."' 15:16 And it's a good answer you gave. 15:18 He is who He says he is because different people 15:20 thought Him to be somebody different. 15:22 But look at now, Jesus is saying these words. 15:24 And let's go to Luke 4. 15:26 Many of you are already there, 15:28 but I want to get the context of this. 15:30 Okay. 15:33 Now I'm in Luke 4. 15:36 And... 15:39 I am at verse 18 and verse 19. 15:43 And by the way, if you read verse 16... 15:45 Before they bring the text up, 15:47 let's look at verse 16 because this is important, 15:49 you got to understand when He said this. 15:51 Jesus said this 15:52 when more of His people would be gathered together, 15:56 so He would figure, "If I'm going to say this 15:58 in the hearing of all these people on this day, 16:02 they might get it." 16:03 Look at the setting, verse 16. 16:05 "So He came to Nazareth where He had been brought up 16:10 and as His custom was, He went into the" what? 16:13 Synagogue. 16:14 "Synagogue on the Sabbath day and stood up to read. 16:18 And He was handed the book of the prophet" who? 16:22 "Isaiah. 16:24 And when He had opened the book, 16:26 He found the place where it was written." 16:30 Now let's, before you bring the text up, look at what... 16:33 So He's in the synagogue on the Sabbath, 16:35 where would the religious people be on the Sabbath? 16:37 In the synagogue. In the synagogue. 16:39 And by the way, there was no argument, 16:41 there was no other day of worship for Christians, 16:43 there was no other day of worship at all. 16:45 There was never a contention about the day of worship, 16:47 so they're all in the synagogue on the Sabbath, 16:51 and then Jesus walks up as it were 16:54 or stands up in their midst, 16:56 and the book of Isaiah is handed to Him. 17:00 He didn't have a Bible, 17:02 but the book of Isaiah in scroll is handed to Him 17:06 and He begins to read in the first person. 17:10 He doesn't say, 17:12 "The Spirit of the Lord will be upon Him." 17:15 He says these words, let's read this together, 17:16 here it is on the screen. 17:21 Together, let's read the screen, 17:23 "The Spirit of the Lord is," what? 17:26 "Upon Me because He has anointed Me," 17:28 to do what? 17:29 "Preach the gospel to the poor, also He has sent me to," what? 17:36 "Heal the brokenhearted, 17:38 to proclaim liberty to the captives, 17:42 and recovery of sight to the blind, 17:45 to set at liberty those who are oppressed, 17:49 to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord." 17:53 Now what's left out, if you read that? 18:01 The day of vengeance. 18:03 He didn't bring that up yet. 18:05 He didn't bring up the day of vengeance yet 18:07 because He was just getting introduced to the scene. 18:10 And if you notice, Jesus was a man of tact. 18:13 He did not want to create a stir. 18:18 And so for a long time, He would say, 18:20 "The kingdom of heaven is at hand." 18:24 But as He got further on in His ministry, He says, 18:26 "The kingdom of God is at hand." 18:30 He tried to keep it aloof 18:32 until His ministry was established. 18:34 And after John the Baptist passed off the scene, 18:36 He changed the way He spoke, "The Spirit of..." 18:39 And so He left certain things to be revealed later on. 18:43 So we have the prophecy in Isaiah 61 18:46 and we have the fulfillment in Luke 4:18. 18:50 If you were to summarize this, 18:51 if you were to summarize Luke 4:18 and Isaiah 61, 18:56 what would you say 18:57 the most important components of both of these verses are? 19:01 Huh? 19:05 Because the question was... Let me go back to that. 19:08 The question was, "Through what detail 19:12 is the mission of Jesus described?" 19:14 Who would be the active power in the mission of Jesus? 19:18 The Holy Spirit. 19:20 That's right, without the Spirit of God... 19:22 Remember now, He's in the form of a man. 19:24 He's not coming with this preconceived notion that, 19:28 "Hey, I have all the power I need to do this." 19:30 He needs... 19:31 And what's beautiful about this, He's saying, 19:33 "What I need to accomplish my mission, 19:36 you need to accomplish your mission." 19:38 So notice the comparison 19:41 the Spirit of the Lord was upon Him 19:43 and then what did He say to His disciples 19:46 when He was about to go back to heaven? 19:47 What did He say that they should wait for? 19:50 Wait for the Holy Spirit. 19:52 "Before you begin your ministry, 19:54 the Holy Spirit's going to come upon you 19:56 because the Holy Spirit came upon Me. 19:58 I needed the power, you need the power." 20:01 And that's why at His baptism, 20:03 the Spirit of God descended on Him in the form of a dove. 20:06 Okay, let's go to number 22. The number 22. 20:10 Less explanation, more questions. 20:12 Here we go. 20:13 What does prophecy forecast 20:15 concerning the reception of Jesus? 20:17 What does prophecy forecast 20:19 concerning the reception of Jesus? 20:24 I have a sneaking suspicion 20:25 we're not going to get through all these tonight. 20:28 That's okay. 20:29 We will do it next week. 20:31 Isaiah 53:3, prophecy. 20:36 What does it say about the reception of Jesus? 20:43 Here we are. 20:45 Together, "He is despised and rejected by men, 20:51 a Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. 20:55 And we hid, as it were, our faces from Him. 21:00 He was despised, and we," what? 21:02 "Did not esteem Him." 21:05 So you know what it means 21:06 when it says we hid our faces from Him? 21:08 We don't want to see Him. 21:10 I don't want to see Him. 21:15 Not only that, thank you, Dr. Anderson. 21:18 Always have Dr. Anderson. 21:20 I don't want to see Him 21:21 and I don't want to identify with Him. 21:26 They only identified 21:28 with the religious leaders of the day. 21:30 They figured if the religious leaders 21:32 and the established... 21:34 Crazy word. 21:37 And the established religious mindset of the day, 21:40 if they didn't accept Him, then the people did not go 21:43 against their religious leaders. 21:45 They said, "Let's not accept Him 21:49 unless they say He's the one we should accept." 21:52 And do you know the same thing happens today? 21:55 There are a lot of people that are exposed to the truth 21:58 and you know they say? 21:59 "Let me find out what my pastor says. 22:02 What does my church say?" 22:04 Well, the question is what does the Bible say. 22:08 Thus says the Lord, what does the Word of God say 22:12 'cause a lot of people... 22:13 Jeremiah 23 talks about the pastors 22:16 that destroy and scatter the sheep of His pasture. 22:20 So make sure that the Word of God 22:21 is what guides you. 22:23 So that's the prophecy. 22:24 Now let's go to John 1:11. 22:27 John 1:11. 22:32 Very easy book to find. 22:35 You know what's amazing about this, 22:36 not only prophecy, fulfillment, prophecy, fulfillment. 22:39 But even to this very day, 22:42 you would think that in this modern setting 22:45 that one would dare, and I'm going use the word 22:48 "One would dare" to pause and start studying God's word 22:52 and they would say, "Well, you know what, 22:55 I don't necessarily espouse to the name of Jesus, 22:57 I don't necessarily accept Him as the Christ, 22:59 but let me just peek and see 23:02 since the world is living in 2016, 23:05 Anno Domini, the year of our Lord, 23:07 let me see what there is about Him 23:09 and see if there's any legitimacy 23:10 about this man they call Jesus." 23:12 Because if you study the Old Testament 23:14 and all the prophecies concerning Christ, 23:16 there is no way that you can come to the conclusion 23:18 that He is not the Christ because it's a fact. 23:21 I mean, there are many holidays in our world today 23:24 that are all about Christ. 23:26 Can you think of some of them? 23:28 Can you think of two major ones? 23:32 Christmas and Easter, 23:33 which is known all over the world. 23:36 Worldwide, they are known, Christmas and Easter, 23:38 whether you are atheist or not. 23:42 That was fast. 23:44 He just left. He reached his demise. 23:49 That's another way of saying I just killed an insect. 23:52 Whether you are atheist or not and Christmas comes around, 23:55 that's why they try to take Christ out of the season, 23:58 they wanted it to be Xmas or happy holidays. 24:03 Now once again, I said this earlier, 24:06 if you miss the man, you've missed everything. 24:10 Okay? And then Easter. 24:11 Well, we don't necessarily look at bunny rabbits 24:13 and Easter eggs and all that stuff, 24:15 you know, and the fertile, you know, the fertile, 24:18 all the things, the fertility, egg, the symbol of fertility, 24:21 the bunny rabbits, all that stuff, 24:24 hot Cross Buns, all that stuff, ridiculous. 24:27 But Jesus did rise again. 24:29 Amen. Amen. 24:30 That's the fact of that story. 24:32 He rose again, and because He rose, we can. 24:35 So with all these facts, let's look at John 1:11. 24:38 Here's what the Bible says. 24:39 It says, "He came to His own," and what? 24:44 "His own did not receive Him." 24:47 It's like knocking on the door saying, "Mom, I'm home." 24:50 She's like, "And who are you?" 24:53 I mean, really, can you think about that? 24:55 "I'm your daughter." 24:56 "I'm your son. Remember me?" 24:59 "I sent you a letter after letter after letter 25:02 after letter after letter. 25:04 And I told you I was coming home." 25:07 "Home? This ain't your house." 25:10 And they slam the door. 25:12 He came to His own 25:14 and they slammed the door in His face. 25:17 I mean, that is sad. 25:19 And today, you know, somebody talked about atheists. 25:24 Well, atheists are... 25:25 At least atheist stand on what they stand on. 25:29 They say, "We don't believe that God exists 25:31 and we're going to do everything 25:32 we can to prove that He doesn't." 25:34 Well, that's kind of a ridiculous organization. 25:36 Why fight against somebody who doesn't exist? 25:40 Right? 25:42 But even more than that, 25:44 there are those who say they are Christians 25:47 but act like Jesus doesn't exist. 25:50 That's another kind of atheism. 25:52 He came to His own, write that down, 25:54 and His own did not receive Him. 25:57 So far, we're batting a thousand. 25:59 We're seeing exactly prophecy and fulfillment, 26:02 prophecy and fulfillment. 26:04 We talked about the Spirit upon Him, 26:06 we talked about His reception. 26:08 But there's something else that's very important 26:09 about the role that Jesus is in right now. 26:12 Let's go to question number 23. 26:15 How does the Bible describe the priesthood of Jesus? 26:20 How does the Bible describe the priesthood of Jesus? 26:27 Psalms 110:4. I love this. 26:30 I was sharing this with somebody last week 26:33 about the priesthood of Jesus. 26:36 Now when you think about the priesthood, somebody, 26:39 I'm going to give you a chance, 26:40 I know you talk to me every now and then, 26:42 we can hear you, 26:43 but the priesthood according to the 12 tribes, 26:46 what tribe was appointed the work of the priesthood? 26:50 Somebody tell me. The Levites. 26:54 And what kind of priesthood was it called? 27:01 The Levitical priesthood. 27:03 Or in other words, the Aaronic priesthood according to Aaron, 27:07 Levi, Aaron, the Aaronic or the Levitical priesthood. 27:12 But look at something that's even more important 27:14 because let me ask you the question today. 27:18 Are priests still taking the lives of lambs today? 27:22 No. 27:23 Are they burning sacrifices? No. 27:26 Even in Jerusalem, this is really crazy, 27:28 even in Jerusalem 27:30 where they don't accept the Messiah, 27:32 they don't have the sacrificial system. 27:34 They're not burning, 27:36 they're not cutting the throat of lambs, 27:38 they're not offering bullocks, and doves, 27:40 and calves, and goats. 27:44 They're not doing that. 27:46 They sell it to eat, but they're not doing that. 27:51 But look what the prophet, 27:53 look what the Psalmist David wrote. 27:56 Psalms 110:4. 27:58 Here it is, 28:00 "The Lord has sworn and," what? 28:02 "Will not relent," 28:04 speaking of Jesus, "'You are a,"' what? 28:08 "'Priest,"' how long? 28:10 '"Forever according to the order of,"' what? 28:14 "Melchizedek."' 28:16 Now somebody might say, "Who on earth is that?" 28:20 Let's go to the second portion 28:21 so we can get the second half of that. 28:23 So Jesus is a priest for how long? 28:26 Remember that, He's a forever priest. 28:29 He's not a priest according to the Levites, 28:30 not the Aaronic priesthood, 28:32 He's a priest according to Melchizedek. 28:34 And Melchizedek wasn't appointed as a priest. 28:39 Melchizedek's priesthood preceded 28:43 the Levitical priesthood. 28:45 And so Jesus is a priest 28:47 according to the order of Melchizedek. 28:50 We'll see that. It's in Genesis. 28:52 I'll show you a piece of that in a moment here. 28:55 But now Hebrews 5, Hebrews 5, 28:59 I'm going to turn there with you 29:01 because I'll give you some extra portions, 29:03 Hebrews 5. 29:09 And verse 5 and 6. Okay. 29:12 Before we get to verse 5, 29:13 before the slide comes up on the screen, 29:16 I'm going to give you the background of it, okay? 29:19 I want to give you the background of it. 29:20 Let's start with verse one. 29:23 "For every high priest taken from among," where, 29:29 "Men is appointed for men 29:32 in things pertaining to God, 29:34 that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for," what? 29:38 "For sins." 29:40 In other words, these men are appointed by men 29:42 to do the work of God, 29:44 but what are they appointed to do? 29:46 To offer gifts and sacrifices for sins. 29:49 "He can have compassion 29:51 on those who are ignorant and gone astray, 29:54 since he himself is also beset by weakness." 29:58 In another words, speaking about this high priest. 30:00 He can have compassion because he's beset with what? 30:07 So in other words, he's subject to weakness. 30:10 So the priest that officiated in the temple services, 30:14 they were working to help people 30:18 offer sacrifices for their sins. 30:21 But they had to deal with their sins. 30:25 He said, "They're just like the people 30:26 they're working for." 30:28 Let's keep going. 30:30 Verse 3, "Because of this, 30:33 he is required as for the people 30:37 so also for himself to offer for," What? 30:41 "For sins, and no man takes this honor to himself 30:47 but he was called by God just as Aaron was." 30:52 Now let's bring the slide up, here it is. 30:56 Hebrews 5: 5-6, 30:59 "So also Christ did not glorify Himself 31:04 to become High Priest 31:07 but it was He who said to Him," 31:09 the Father said to the Son, and what did He say, 31:13 "'You are My Son, Today I have done,"' what? 31:17 '"Begotten You."' 31:19 And also in verse 6, He says, 31:21 "As He also says in another place, 31:25 'You are a priest for ever according to the," what? 31:29 "Order of Melchizedek."' 31:32 Now you might ask yourself the question, 31:34 what is the difference between the Aaronic priesthood, 31:38 which is the Levitical priesthood, 31:39 and the Melchizedek priesthood? 31:42 Melchizedek's priesthood was a priesthood 31:44 that had a forever tinge to it, 31:47 that had forever application to it. 31:50 But the Levitical priesthood was only to last 31:53 until Jesus was to come. 31:55 Go to Galatians 4:4. Go to Galatians 4:4. 32:02 Okay. Okay. 32:19 We're going to read Galatians 4:4 32:21 and then we're going to read Galatians 3:19. 32:26 This priesthood that dealt with the sacrifice of lambs, 32:29 and bulls, and goats, and bullocks, and gifts, 32:30 and offerings, and sacrifices, 32:32 drink offerings, meat offerings, 32:33 trespass offerings 32:35 only had a particular timeframe appointed to them. 32:38 And when the timeframe appointed them was fulfilled, 32:41 there was no more a need for the priesthood. 32:44 But look at verse 4, 32:45 "But when the fullness of time had come, 32:48 God did," what? 32:49 "Sent forth His Son, born of a woman, 32:52 born under the law 32:54 to redeem those who are," what? 32:57 "Under the law that they might receive 32:59 the adoption as," what? 33:01 "As sons." 33:02 Now the law that's being talked about here 33:05 was in fact the ceremonial law. 33:09 Let's look at Galatians 3:19. 33:12 Galatians 3:19 gives it context. 33:17 And it says, "What purpose then does the laws serve? 33:23 It was," what is the next word? Added. 33:26 "Added because of transgression 33:29 till the seed should come to whom the promise was made 33:34 and it was appointed through angels 33:37 by the hand of a mediator." 33:40 Now let's pause. 33:41 "It was added because of" what? Transgression. 33:45 In other words, 33:46 you know, what happens every year in Congress 33:49 is they entertain bills. 33:52 They call it bill... 33:53 You know, whatever the bill, bill 137, 33:57 whatever they preface it by saying, 33:59 House bill, HB, or HR or house represent, 34:01 whatever they preface it, 34:02 I'm just speaking on the level of ignorance. 34:04 But every year, new bills are added to Congress 34:06 or introduced in Congress, discussed by the congressmen, 34:10 then discussed by the senators, then it's voted on 34:13 and it's either passed or voted down. 34:15 And you'll say, "Well, how many more laws do we need?" 34:18 Well, I've been hearing recently, both camps, 34:21 both candidates saying, 34:23 "We need to get rid of the IRS." 34:28 I'm opening one eye. 34:30 And, you know what, who would miss the IRS 34:33 if they no longer existed? 34:37 Nobody raised their hands here by the way. 34:40 Would you miss them? 34:42 Every year, they have new laws... 34:46 to prevent the laws they made last year 34:48 from being misused. 34:51 So they keep adding, and adding, and adding, 34:52 and adding, and adding, I would love to go back, 34:55 this is just my own peppy... 34:57 I would love to go all the way back 35:00 when this taxation system... 35:02 Remember the Boston Tea Party? 35:04 You ever study about that in history? 35:07 And then when taxes were introduced, 35:10 they said it's not going to be long. 35:13 Depends what the word long meant. 35:16 You know, a long journey could be from here to Benton, 35:19 a long journey could be from here to California, 35:21 a long journey could be from here, 35:23 for a person who's having a difficult time walking, 35:25 it could be a very difficult thing 35:27 for a person who's handicap 35:28 to walk from here to the front door, 35:30 it's a long walk. So it's all relative. 35:33 These laws were added continually to, continually to, 35:37 but the commandments of God, 35:39 there was nothing added to that. 35:41 Deuteronomy 5:22. Go there with me very quickly. 35:45 So Jesus was the one to whom the law was pointing. 35:51 And when He came, 35:52 this seed talked about in Genesis 3, 35:55 when the seed came, 35:57 there was no more need for the law. 36:00 Now where did I just tell you to turn? 36:03 Deuteronomy 5:22. 36:04 I want to make it very clear 36:06 because there are some people that, 36:07 for whatever reason in their fellowship, 36:08 they've been taught that the Ten Commandments 36:11 and the ceremonial law are the same. 36:13 They're not the same. They're not the same. 36:16 All right? Look at Deuteronomy 5:22. 36:19 And by the way, Exodus 20 36:21 is where the Ten Commandments are 36:22 and the other place is Deuteronomy 5. 36:25 Most people don't go to Deuteronomy 5 36:27 to read the Ten Commandments. 36:28 We always go to Exodus 20, but it's also here, 36:31 with an addition added to it. 36:33 Verse 22, 36:36 "These words the Lord spoke to all your assembly 36:41 in the mountain from the midst of the fire, 36:45 the cloud, and the thick darkness, 36:48 with a loud voice, and He added, " what? 36:52 "No more." "No more. 36:54 And He wrote them on two tablets of stone 36:57 and gave them to me." 36:58 So when the Ten Commandments 37:00 were written on two tablets of stone, 37:01 was anything added to it? 37:03 No. No, not at all. 37:06 It was already perfect. It was already perfect. 37:08 It was complete, nothing was added to it. 37:11 But because that law was broken, 37:13 then Galatians 3:19 says... 37:18 Let's go back there. 37:21 Here it is, Galatians. I'll just read it for you. 37:23 Galatians 3:19 says, 37:24 "What purpose then does the law serve? 37:27 It was added because of," what, "Transgressions." 37:31 Transgression of what? The commandments. 37:35 The commandments were broken so another law was added 37:39 because that one kept being violated. 37:41 And what's the wages of sin? 37:43 Tell me. Death. 37:44 So every time the law was violated, 37:46 a lamb had to die, a bull had to die, 37:49 a goat had to die, a dove had to die, 37:51 some death because the law that was being transgressed... 37:58 added to it through the ceremonial law, 38:01 the penalties of that broken law. 38:05 But it was only to happen until Jesus came. 38:09 Galatians 3:19 says, "Till the seed should come." 38:13 So when the seed came... Let's go to John 1. 38:16 "When the seed came..." 38:19 John 1, those of you that are theologians 38:23 know where I'm headed. 38:25 Job 1 this dynamic announcement was made in Job 1. 38:31 Here it is. 38:35 John chapter 1. I heard myself say Job. 38:38 I heard that in my right ear, 38:40 but in my left ear I heard John. 38:46 John 1:29, 38:48 "The next day, John saw," Who? Jesus. 38:52 "Jesus coming toward him and said..." 38:55 Let's read this together. 38:57 "Behold the Lamb of God that," what? 39:00 "'Taketh away the'" what? '"Sin of the world."' 39:04 He said, "Sin of the world." 39:06 Sins are what happen as a result of sin. 39:12 Did you get that? 39:14 The broken, the faulty nature we have is the sin. 39:18 What the nature does is the sins. 39:21 You know, it's like a car 39:23 that you drive behind a car that has a bad transmission, 39:26 you see oil all over the ground, 39:28 that's the sins. 39:29 The sin is the broken transmission. 39:31 See? 39:33 The loose screws, the messed up gasket, 39:35 that's the sin, 39:37 but the evidence is all over the ground. 39:39 How do you know your car is bad? 39:40 Look at the ground. 39:41 How do you know your kids are bad? 39:43 Listen to them. 39:45 You know, that's the oil on the ground, 39:48 but the bad transmission. 39:49 So we have bad mouth, bad words, see? 39:52 So everybody says they use only words, 39:54 don't believe it. 39:56 Now the last one, I want to show you here. 39:58 Go to Ephesians. Go to Ephesians. 40:02 I just want to give you just kind of 40:03 a little education here because it's very important, 40:06 you know, with Jesus coming. 40:08 Okay. 40:11 Ephesians 2. Okay. 40:18 And now this is where Jesus 40:22 comes to fulfill this law 40:29 and to put it to rest. 40:32 Ephesians 2. All right. 40:36 Starts with verse 13, 40:40 actually goes back for the content. 40:42 But let's start with verse 13. 40:44 "But now in Christ Jesus, you who were once," where? 40:50 "Far off have been made near by the blood of Christ, 40:56 for He Himself is our" what? 40:58 You've heard the song "He is our peace." 41:02 That's where it comes from, 41:04 "He Himself is our peace who has made both one 41:08 and has broken down," let's say it together, 41:10 "The middle wall of division or separation between us." 41:17 What was that middle wall of separation? 41:19 This is huge. 41:21 This middle wall of separation, 41:23 the context, I'm reading the next verse 41:25 and talk about the middle wall of separation. 41:26 You see the Jews were separated from the gentiles. 41:29 There was a wall keeping them separated. 41:31 Jesus said, "I got to break that wall down." 41:34 Let's read about the wall 41:36 and I'll show you where He broke it down. 41:39 It says, "For He Himself is our peace, 41:42 who has made both one and has broken down 41:45 the middle wall of separation between us, 41:48 having abolished in His flesh the" what? 41:53 "Enmity, 41:54 that is the discomfort, the sin, 41:56 that is the law of commandments 42:01 contained in ordinances." 42:05 If it is stopped on the law of commandments, 42:07 you can say He got rid of the commandments. 42:09 But He said, "Wait a minute, 42:10 the ones that were contained in ordinances." 42:13 And in Hebrews 8 and 9, 42:14 it talks about these ordinances, 42:17 meets, and foot washing, and I mean, 42:21 it just talks about all the ordinances. 42:23 But it goes on to finish, 42:26 "So as to create in Himself one new man from the two, 42:30 thus making peace, 42:32 and that He might reconcile them both to God 42:36 in one body through the cross, 42:38 thereby putting to death the enmity." 42:42 So what happens now is you have the Jews, 42:45 you have the gentiles, 42:46 and what kept them separated for so long was the Jews said, 42:50 "In order to be a part of our walk, 42:52 you got to first be circumcised, 42:54 then you got to keep the ceremonial law." 42:59 And even when the New Testament church started, 43:03 those who rejected Jesus tried to enforce 43:06 this very teaching on the Corinthian believers. 43:12 But Paul dealt with... 43:13 Let's go to 1 Corinthians 7. 43:16 The Lord is putting this all in my head. 43:17 Thank you, Lord. 43:20 It's just... It's pouring in there. 43:23 We're going to get to the next question. 43:26 1 Corinthians 7. This issue was a huge issue. 43:30 So today, when people put it in the wrong context, 43:34 they think that somehow 43:35 Jesus came to get rid of the commandments. 43:38 He said, "I didn't come to do that." 43:41 Another text just came up, 43:42 and I'll show you that in a moment. 43:44 And so this is how He dealt with this issue 43:46 that was just really separating them. 43:49 Let's start with verse 17. We'll end at verse 19. 43:53 All right? 43:57 "But as God has distributed to each one 44:00 as the Lord has called each one, 44:02 so let him walk. 44:04 And so I ordain in all the churches. 44:07 Was anyone called while circumcised? 44:11 Let him not become uncircumcised. 44:13 Was anyone called while uncircumcised? 44:16 Let them not be circumcised." 44:18 In other words, 44:20 if you were a Jew, you were what? 44:21 Circumcised. 44:23 If you were not a Jew, you were what? 44:24 Uncircumcised. 44:25 So Paul is saying, "If you are uncircumcised, 44:28 stay that way. 44:29 If you were circumcised, stay that way." 44:32 And in fact, the circumcision he is talking about, 44:34 in reality the Lord is saying really the circumcision 44:37 is the circumcision of the heart. 44:39 But this was talk about literal circumcision. 44:41 And they keep saying to the gentiles, 44:44 "You can't be of us until you're circumcised." 44:47 And Paul says, "No, no, no, no." 44:51 Look at verse 19. 44:54 "Circumcision is," what? 44:56 "Nothing, and uncircumcision is" what? 44:59 "Nothing, but keeping the commandments of God 45:03 is what matters." 45:06 So he says, "Whether you're circumcised or not, 45:09 the commandments of God got to be kept." 45:13 But the Jews said, 45:14 "But you can't keep it unless you're circumcised." 45:17 Paul said, "It ain't going to work. 45:20 You can't get uncircumcised, and if you haven't been, 45:23 you don't need to be in order to honor 45:25 the commandments of God 45:26 because He puts the power in our hearts 45:28 and in our minds through His Holy Spirit." 45:30 Last one, Matthew 5. 45:34 Never thought you could get so much 45:35 out of one verse, did you? 45:37 But I want to make this very clear 45:38 because this whole Melchizedek priesthood 45:40 was very powerful. 45:42 Jesus didn't come to get rid of anything, 45:44 except that which separated Him from us 45:47 and us from each other. 45:49 All right? Look at Matthew 5. 45:52 Now He got rid of one, 45:54 the one that was contained in ordinances, 45:56 He got rid of that commandment, 45:58 but notice what He said He didn't come to do. 46:01 Matthew 5:17-19. 46:03 He says, "Do not think or think not 46:08 that I have come to destroy the law or the prophets. 46:14 I did not come to destroy but to" what? "Fulfill." 46:17 The word that is in the Greek, magnify. 46:21 Magnify. Isaiah 42:21. 46:23 "The Lord shall magnify the law and make it honorable." 46:28 I'll tell you how He did that. 46:30 Verse 18, "For assuredly I say to you, 46:33 'Till heaven and earth pass away, not,' together, 46:37 one jot or one tittle will by no means 46:41 pass from the law till all is" what? 46:44 "Fulfilled." 46:45 Whoever therefore breaks one of the least 46:47 of these commandments and teach men 46:49 so shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven. 46:55 But whoever does and teaches them, 46:57 he shall be called" what? 46:58 "Great in the kingdom of heaven." 47:01 So you clearly see, it had to be separated. 47:04 If Jesus got rid of one set of commandments 47:07 contained in ordinances, and then He said, 47:09 "I didn't come to destroy the commandments," 47:11 it's got to be two He's talking about. 47:13 The one that was added 47:14 because of the transgression was temporary, 47:16 but the one that was added before transgression is what? 47:18 Eternal. Why? 47:20 Because it is a reflection of the character of God. 47:22 Amen? 47:24 Wow. 47:25 Let's go to number 24. Number 24. 47:31 Just a quick study there, 47:32 want to give you some additional information 47:34 on this Melchizedek priesthood. 47:36 So the Melchizedek priesthood, 47:38 by the way the Melchizedek priesthood 47:40 wasn't bound by the rituals of the ceremonial law 47:44 because up until that point, 47:46 it wasn't written down in a book. 47:55 Number 24. 47:58 What reaction did the Bible prophesy 48:01 Jesus would receive from humanity? 48:05 What reaction did the Bible prophesy 48:08 Jesus would receive from humanity? 48:11 Let's go to Isaiah 53 to find the prophecy. 48:15 Isaiah 53 to find the prophecy. 48:24 Okay. 48:26 And we are going to look at verse 1. 48:31 Isaiah 53:1. All right. 48:36 And the question is who has believed our report 48:43 and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? 48:47 Now when you think about that, this is very important, 48:52 whose report preceded the coming 48:56 or the work of the ministry of Jesus? 48:59 John the Baptist. 49:01 See, the voice of one crying in the wilderness, 49:05 prepare ye the way of the Lord, 49:06 "He's coming, one whose sandals 49:09 I'm not even worthy to unloose or latch. 49:12 I baptize with water, 49:13 he's going to baptize you with fire." 49:16 He showed the difference clearly, 49:17 but he's proclaiming and the question is 49:19 when Jesus questioned the people of His day, He said, 49:24 "Who did you go out into the wilderness to see? 49:27 A man in goodly clothing? Who did you go out to see?" 49:31 And then they said, 49:34 they identified who they went to see 49:36 and they asked, "Is he Elijah?" 49:39 Because the Bible says in Malachi, 49:41 "I'll send the Elijah 49:42 before the coming of the day of the Lord." 49:44 "Is he Eli...?" 49:46 And he said, "If you accept his message, he is." 49:49 He wasn't physically Elijah. 49:50 He wasn't Elijah in any means, 49:52 but his message was the Elijah message. 49:54 And the Elijah message was the message 49:58 Elijah proclaimed Ahab, 50:01 "You are the one who has troubled Israel. 50:03 You are the one that forsook the commandments of God. 50:06 I'm not the one that's causing trouble, 50:08 you're the one." 50:10 So let's look at the fulfillment now. 50:12 Okay, now let's go to John chapter 12. 50:30 Okay. 50:43 This is a passage you would do well 50:47 to just read it because it's powerful. 50:50 As Jesus is teaching, 50:51 people are wondering where is He getting this from. 50:54 They're like, "Where is He getting this from? 50:55 Who is He? How does He know this?" 50:58 Somebody said, "An angel told Him." 51:01 "Who is this man?" 51:03 That's why verse 37 and 38 is so significant. 51:11 "But although He had done so many signs before them..." 51:16 What does the Bible say? 51:17 "They did not believe in Him 51:21 that the word of Isaiah the prophet might," what? 51:27 "Might be fulfilled, 51:30 which he spoke," 51:34 "That the word of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, 51:39 which he spoke..." 51:41 And what did he say? 51:44 Let's look at John 12:37. 51:46 Let's look at that and continue. 51:47 It says, "Lord, who has believed our report? 51:51 And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?" 51:56 Quoting almost exactly what Isaiah 53:1 says, 51:59 "Who's going to believe our report?" 52:00 And that was the difficulty with the work 52:02 that the disciples had. 52:04 They had to go proclaim this message. 52:05 Now just think about it for a moment, 52:07 this is really important. 52:08 Jesus shows up, 52:10 and how many years did Jesus have an earthly ministry? 52:12 Three and a half. 52:13 Okay, got you. Three and a half. 52:15 So this message, 52:16 He comes in the midst of a dark generation, 52:19 in the midst of a very dark and confused church, 52:22 in the midst of a church 52:24 who is now so acclimated to just the ceremonies, 52:27 they had this ceremony, that ceremony, 52:29 this is on the calendar, what's coming up next month, 52:31 what's happening next month, the feast of tabernacles, 52:33 and years of showbread, that they were tormented, 52:36 the list goes on and on, all the feast, drink offering, 52:39 they just went through all the rituals, 52:40 and they got so used to 52:42 when these things were happening 52:43 that they just got used to the rituals. 52:45 And somebody comes along and says, 52:48 "You can keep studying the scriptures, 52:50 but I'm right here." 52:53 "Who are you?" 52:56 They said, "You know," he talks about the well, 53:00 the woman at the well, 53:02 "Our father, Abraham gave us that well." 53:05 "Before Abraham was, I am." 53:08 See. 53:09 "Are you older than Abraham?" "Yeah." 53:14 "Well, Moses gave us bread in the wilderness." 53:16 "He did? I'm the real bread 53:19 that came down from heaven." 53:22 This young man that you've never met before, 53:25 come on now, 53:27 unless you're really even solid in your Bible, 53:28 you'll have a hard time. 53:30 "Did you hear about this guy that's in Benton 53:32 saying He's the Christ?" 53:34 "I mean, He's doing a lot of miracles, 53:35 but where did He come from?" 53:37 And then He said, "Get this." 53:39 Then He said He is the Christ. He said His Father sent Him. 53:45 "He did? What did the high priest say? 53:48 What did the Conference President say?" 53:51 That's the mindset of their day. 53:53 Instead of looking at the scriptures, 53:55 they inquired of men. 53:57 And the men didn't believe it, so they didn't believe it. 54:01 Here's the danger, if the scripture says it, 54:04 that's all that you need. 54:06 Don't ask men if they believe it 54:08 because men don't believe 54:09 a lot of what the Bible teaches. 54:11 As long as the Bible... 54:12 So now what's the difference 54:14 between the church and the wise men? 54:17 The wise men believed what the Bible said. 54:20 They studied numbers and they said, 54:22 "A star will rise out of Jacob." 54:26 And when they saw that star, they said, 54:27 "This is it. This is it. 54:29 I know if we follow this star, we'll find the Christ." 54:32 They followed the star, 54:34 and the star took them to Jerusalem 54:36 where all the doubters were, the high priest, the Sanhedrin, 54:39 the Pharisees, the Sadd-u-cee, now you see why they were sad. 54:45 You see. 54:49 And he said, "Where is He born?" 54:53 "We heard... What did the prophet say? 54:57 Bethlehem of Ephrata, we heard. 55:01 So if you want to find Him, go to Bethlehem, where was it?" 55:05 "Bethlehem." 55:06 "Where?" "Bethlehem of Ephrata. 55:10 That's what the prophets have said." 55:12 "So did you guys know about it?" 55:14 "Let's check with the priest, was He born?" 55:19 "I don't know." 55:21 So the angel now, 55:22 after he spent a few days there, 55:26 the star says, "Let's go find Him." 55:29 I just took you to the people that had the message, 55:31 they don't know anything about Him. 55:34 Isn't that sad? They had the right message. 55:38 So the danger is having the right message, 55:41 you can still miss the Christ. 55:42 Yes. 55:47 Right. 55:48 They were the atheists, they believed 55:50 and didn't accept it. 55:51 That's the other brand of atheism. 55:52 You get the message, but you don't believe it. 55:54 Yes. 55:55 Huh? 55:57 Tell me anything... So you go... 56:00 And then, who, Herod says, "If you find out where He is, 56:03 let me know. 56:04 I want to come and worship Him." 56:08 And when they leave, "If He is the King, 56:12 we're going to stop this right now 56:13 because there's no way 56:15 I'm going to give Him my domain, 56:16 not these people that I'm reigning over." 56:18 And they were wise because they found Him 56:19 and the angel warned them to go another way. 56:24 So the wise men, who were not the ones entrusted this message 56:27 for more than a thousand years, 56:31 studied it and found the Christ. 56:33 The one who had had the message for a long time, 56:37 he's standing in front of them 56:39 and he's repeating the words that Isaiah says, which was, 56:44 "Who has believed our report? 56:48 And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?" 56:51 And they're sitting there and they are saying, 56:52 "That sounds familiar, 56:54 but I'm not sure if this is the guy 56:55 that's supposed to be saying that." 56:59 So I want to give you the depth of this. 57:01 These are not just prophecies and fulfillments, 57:02 there's a whole lot behind it. 57:04 There's a whole mindset behind it. 57:05 That's why when you study the Bible, 57:07 when you look at the prophecy, the prophecy is to say, 57:10 "It's going to happen, the fulfillment said, 57:12 it did happen. 57:13 Do you believe it?" 57:15 That's the key, not just the prophecy. 57:17 So as we go through, 57:19 we're going to finish the next ones 57:20 the next program about to betrayal of Christ, 57:25 about the... 57:28 A number of other things and how the Bible is confirming 57:31 who Jesus really is in fact. 57:32 So these are just... 57:34 By the way, these are just some of the prophecies, 57:37 there are hundreds of prophecies 57:38 about the coming of the Messiah, 57:39 hundreds of prophecies about the life of Jesus, 57:42 but they all point to the Christ. 57:44 So here's the point, if you're looking for Jesus, 57:46 will you find Him? 57:48 "You will seek Me and you'll find Me 57:50 when you search for Me with," what? 57:53 "All your heart." 57:54 Don't ask others, 57:56 ask the Lord to come into your heart. 57:57 Keep searching, and we are convinced 57:58 that if it doesn't make sense, 58:00 one day it will come into a sharper focus. 58:04 Let us pray... |
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