Shall we bow our
heads for prayer?
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Our Father in Heaven, we thank
You so much for the privilege of
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being in Your house for
this very important lecture
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on Messiah's family tree.
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We ask for the guidance of Your
Holy Spirit as we open Your Holy
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Word, and we thank You for
hearing us for we ask it in
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Jesus' name, Amen.
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I'd like us to begin our study
today by going to the book of
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Psalm; Psalm 8 and I want
to read verses 3 through 5,
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Psalm 8:3-5. And there are two
things that I want to underline
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in these verses as we
begin our study today.
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Here David writes
the following words:
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Now I want you to notice that
in verse 5 we're told that God
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crowned man
with glory and honor.
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Now who is crowned? a king.
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And so we find very
clearly revealed here that Adam
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was created to be a king.
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Now every king has a
territory over which he rules,
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and the question
is, over which territory
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did God create Adam to rule?
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In the following
verses, starting with verse 6,
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we have a mention of
the territory that God gave
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this new king. It
says there in verse 6:
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So we notice here two things
as we begin our study today:
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1. Adam was created to be king.
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That was his function.
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2. The territory over which Adam
was to govern was everything
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relating to planet Earth.
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It says here: the birds of
the air, the fish of the sea,
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and all of the animals that
wander, or walk upon the earth.
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So two things, as we begin our
study: Adam was created to be
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king over planet Earth.
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There's a third point
that I want us to underline,
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and understand as
we begin our study.
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And that is that according to
Genesis 2:9, God placed a tree
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in the garden of Eden,
and the purpose of that tree,
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known as the tree of life, was
to perpetuate the life of Adam
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and his descendents.
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In other words, it
was God's plan that Adam,
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and his
descendents, live forever.
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And so three elements we find
of God's original plan for man:
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1. God created Adam as king.
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2. His territory
was Planet Earth.
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3. God created
him to live forever
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along with his descendents.
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Now I'd like us to turn
in our Bibles to Luke 3:23,
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Luke 3:23. Here we have
the genealogy of Jesus Christ.
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Actually, it goes from the
day of Christ when He was born
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all the way back to Adam.
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And I just want to read verse
23 to set the stage for the end
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of the genealogy
which is found in verse 38.
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It says in verse 23:
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And then, of course, the
list continues: the son of,
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the son of, the son of, until
eventually you reach the first
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being which was created by
God, and that being was Adam.
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Notice verse 38.
It says in verse 38:
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Notice that this king of planet
Earth, whom God expected to
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live forever, is called in
this genealogy the son of God.
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I want you to remember that
point because we're going to
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come back to it a
little bit later on.
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The king over planet
Earth was called the son of God.
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But then, of course,
came the tragedy of sin.
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Turn in your Bibles with
me to the gospel of Luke 4:6,
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Luke 4:6. Here Jesus is
on the mount of temptation,
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and the devil comes and
he tries to entice Jesus
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to take possession of all
of the kingdoms of the world.
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Notice Luke 4:6: and
the devil said to him...
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Notice here that Satan
is offering Jesus all of the
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kingdoms of the world,
because the devil says,
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they have been delivered to me,
and to whomever I wish I give.
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Now the question is, who
delivered these kingdoms to
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Satan? Obviously, it was
Adam, because Adam was crowned
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the original king
over planet .earth
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If the devil feels like he
has the right to offer these
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kingdoms to Jesus, it's
because he has taken them,
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he has stolen them from
Adam, and he says, I give these
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kingdoms to whomever I wish.
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You see, something terrible
happened when Adam and Eve
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sinned. Adam lost
his position as king.
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Adam lost his heritage,
or his possession, the Earth.
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And now the Bible says that
death was going to come into
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the world. Adam, from
being lord became a servant,
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or a slave. Notice
what we find in Romans 6:16.
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There's a very important
principle, which is expressed
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here in Romans 6:16.
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We're told there in the
following words what happens
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when a person chooses
another master. It says:
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Notice that we become
slaves of that individual
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we choose to serve.
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And, of course, when Adam and
Eve sinned they chose to become
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subjects of Satan.
Adam was no longer king.
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He was no longer lord.
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He no longer had a
kingdom or a possession,
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which was the Earth.
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He lost these when he
chose another master, Satan.
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The tragic thing is that the
Bible tells us that there was
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no one within the
human race who could recover
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what had been lost.
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There was no one who
could recover kingship.
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There was no one who
could recover the Earth.
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There was no one who
could save man from death,
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because we're told in
Romans 3:10 there is none
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righteous, no not one.
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And in verse 23 the Apostle
Paul says, for all have sinned
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and come short
of the glory of God.
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In other words, there was
no one within the human race
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who could recover kingship,
who could recover the Earth,
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who could recover the
possibility of living forever,
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because everyone became a slave
of Satan by choosing to sin.
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Furthermore, there was no
one to save man from death.
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Notice Romans 5:12, Romans 5:12.
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Here we find the
terrible consequences
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of the sin of
Adam. We're told there:
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So notice that sin came
into the world by one man.
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Sin spread among all human
beings, and as a result everyone
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came under the
sentence of death,
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and not only physical
death, but eternal death;
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saying goodbye to life forever.
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And so we find a
transition of power.
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Adam the king, with his
territory, whom God planned
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to live forever, now is
deposed from his thrones.
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Satan takes over the throne.
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He takes over the kingdom.
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He takes over the Earth.
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And he brings in death,
and there's no one within the
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human race who can
recover that which was lost.
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Obviously, the human
race needed a redeemer.
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The human race needed
someone who could recover
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that which was lost.
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But who could do it if the Bible
says everyone became a slave
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of Satan? Now before I answer
this question, I need to tell
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you something about the Hebrew
laws of redemption that we find
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in the Old Testament.
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Actually, these laws
pointed forward to the Messiah.
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And I want you to notice
three of these laws that we find
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in the writings of
Moses, which pointed to Jesus.
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Go with me to Leviticus
25:25, Leviticus 25:25.
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We'll speak, first of all, of an
individual who for some reason
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sold his inheritance,
or sold his plot of land
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in the land of Canaan.
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It was possible if someone sold
his land for that land to be
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restored to the original owner.
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Notice Leviticus 25:25
on this point. It says:
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Now in the Hebrew it doesn't
say some, the word some is in
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italics, which means that
it's added by the translators.
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Actually, it says:
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That is the totality of it.
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Notice we're told here that
the person who could redeem the
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possession which had been sold,
the plot of land which had been
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sold, the territory which had
been sold, was a next of kin.
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A brother or a very close
relative could actually pay
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the price to recover
that which had been sold
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by the original owner.
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Now what if an individual
sold himself into slavery?
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Didn't sell his
possession, but sold himself?
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Notice Leviticus 25:48,
49, Leviticus 25:48, 49.
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We're told there:
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By the way, the word
redeemed there means to buy back
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by making a payment.
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Who could redeem him?
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That is may pay the
price to buy him back,
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buy his freedom back.
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That is a close relative to him.
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So notice that if someone
sold himself into slavery,
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a next of kin, a close
relative, preferably a brother,
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could pay the price
to buy back his freedom.
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A next of kin, or a close
relative, could pay the price
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to buy back the heritage, or the
inheritance which had been sold.
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Now what happened if an
individual died and he had
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no male descendent to perpetuate
the name of the family?
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Go with me to the
book of Deuteronomy 25:5,
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Deuteronomy 25:5. There was
a law in Israel which allowed
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for the name of that individual
who had no male descendents,
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to be perpetuated
in spite of his death.
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It says there in Deuteronomy
25: If brothers dwell together,
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and one of them dies, and has
no son, the widow of the dead
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man shall not be married to
a stranger outside the family.
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Her husband's brother shall go
in to her, take her as his wife,
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and perform the duty of
a husband's brother to her.
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That is, if a man died, he left
no male descendent to carry on
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the family name, the next of kin
of the dead man was required to
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marry his wife to perpetuate the
name of the person who had died.
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So we find three ideas
here in the laws of redemption:
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1. A next of kin, or a close
relative could pay the price
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to buy back the sold possession.
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2. A next of kin
or close relative,
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preferably a
brother, could pay the price
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to buy back freedom.
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3. If the name was going to
disappear from human history,
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a next of kin, or a relative,
could marry the man's wife
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to perpetuate the family name.
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Now what did
the human race need?
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The human race needed a next
of kin who could pay the price
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to buy back the lost possession,
who could pay the price
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to buy back freedom, who could
marry the church, so to speak,
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to perpetuate the name of
those who died without hope.
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The problem is within the human
race there was no next of kin
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who did not become a
slave, and who did not sell his
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inheritance, and who
did not deserve death.
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So what could the human race do?
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Go with me to Genesis 1:1,
Genesis 1:1, and then we're
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going to compare John 1:1-3.
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And I want you to
remember three elements
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in this verse in Genesis 1:1.
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That's the first
phrase I want you to remember.
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Three elements: In
the beginning, God,
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created the
heavens and the earth.
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Now the question is,
who was this Creator?
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Now as Christians, we believe
in the doctrine of the trinity.
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We believe that God is
three persons but one God,
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in the same sense that a
man and woman are two persons,
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but they're to be one flesh.
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Not that God is one
person or one individual.
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They are three persons that
are perfectly united in one.
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They are in perfect
unity in other words.
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Now the question is, who
was this person who created all
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all things, or created
the heavens and the earth
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at the beginning? Well,
the Bible has the answer
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to that question. Go with
me to John 1:1-3, John 1:1-3.
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It says there:
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Do you see the connection
with Genesis Chapter 1?
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The same two elements:
in the beginning, the Word,
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who was God, did
what? Notice verse 3:
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So you have the same three
elements: in the beginning,
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the Word who was
God, created all things.
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In the beginning God created
the heavens and the earth.
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So the Creator of
Genesis 1 was none less than
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Jesus Christ Himself.
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Go with me to another
text in the New Testament
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which underlines this fact.
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The book of Colossians
1, Colossians 1:15-18,
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Colossians 1:15-18. We
find the following words
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speaking about Jesus.
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He is the image of the invisible
God, the firstborn over all
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creation. Now the word firstborn
doesn't mean He was the
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first to be born, it means
that He is the pre-eminent one.
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the word firstborn in the Bible
is frequently used to refer
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that He's the first
among many brethren.
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He's the most important one.
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He's the pre-eminent one.
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Now notice verse 16: For by him,
that is by Jesus, all things
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were created that are in
heaven and that are on earth,
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visible and invisible,
whether thrones, or dominions,
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or principalities, or powers:
all things were created through
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him, and for him: and
he is before all things,
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and in him all things consist.
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That means all
things hold together.
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So the question is, who was
the creator of Genesis 1:1-3?
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It was none other
than Jesus Christ.
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Now I'm going to ask you
a question, and don't answer
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quickly because I don't
want anybody to be embarrassed.
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And usually when I ask this
question, somebody will blurt
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out the answer very quickly.
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Before Jesus came to this world,
was Jesus our close relative,
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our brother, or our next of kin?
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Did Jesus belong to our family
before He came to this world?
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The answer is no. He belonged
to the family of the trinity.
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He did not belong to our family.
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He did not have flesh and blood.
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So let me ask you, according
to the Hebrew laws of redemption
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could Jesus redeem the
lost possession? He could not.
00:21:50.33\00:21:55.28
Could Jesus redeem us
from slavery to sin? No.
00:21:55.31\00:22:02.12
Could He deliver us
from the sentence of death,
00:22:02.15\00:22:05.37
our name disappearing
from history? Absolutely not!
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Because the laws of redemption
required that he who redeemed
00:22:08.99\00:22:13.39
must be a next of kin of
those who were to be redeemed.
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And Jesus, when He was in
eternity, when He created this
00:22:18.08\00:22:22.28
world, He belonged
to a different family.
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And, by the way, this is
the reason why Jesus took upon
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Himself flesh of our flesh, and
bone of our bones, so that He
00:22:32.26\00:22:37.87
could become our next of kin,
or our brother, and He could
00:22:37.90\00:22:42.19
fulfill the Hebrew
laws of redemption.
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Go with me to John 1:14,
John 1:14, speaking about this
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same person who created all
things that we just read about
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in verse 3. It says in verse 14:
00:22:57.63\00:23:01.19
Notice that the Word, who
was with God, and who was God,
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became, or took
upon Himself, what?
00:23:21.68\00:23:25.30
Took upon Himself flesh.
00:23:25.33\00:23:27.84
He incorporated Himself into our
family, partaking of our flesh,
00:23:27.87\00:23:34.18
our bones, and our blood.
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Notice Hebrews 2:14 on
this same point, Hebrews 2:14.
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Here it says:
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That's us.
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Notice that because we have
flesh and blood, Jesus partook
00:24:04.83\00:24:10.83
of what? of the
same, that through...
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Notice that Jesus, who belonged
to the family of the trinity,
00:24:23.30\00:24:27.42
became flesh, became our
blood, and dwelt among us.
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In other words, He
became our kinsman.
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He became our brother.
00:24:37.41\00:24:39.56
He became our next of kin.
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And as our next of kin He could
now fulfill the Hebrew laws
00:24:41.60\00:24:46.51
of redemption. By the
way, the mission of Jesus,
00:24:46.54\00:24:50.78
in coming to this
earth was twofold.
00:24:50.81\00:24:54.14
Let's do a
little parenthesis here.
00:24:54.17\00:24:57.64
Why did Jesus
come to this world?
00:24:57.67\00:24:59.78
He came for several reasons,
but there are two central
00:24:59.81\00:25:03.82
reasons, and they're reflected
in the sacrifice of the lamb
00:25:03.85\00:25:07.74
in the temple
service in the Old Testament.
00:25:07.77\00:25:10.23
Do you remember that when
an Israelite, or when a priest
00:25:10.26\00:25:15.32
brought a lamb, before
he sacrificed the lamb,
00:25:15.35\00:25:19.57
before the lamb was slain, the
priest needed to make sure that
00:25:19.60\00:25:23.02
the lamb had no
what? had no blemish.
00:25:23.05\00:25:28.19
In other words, the lamb
had to be a perfect lamb.
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It could have no spot, and the
priest had to examine the lamb
00:25:32.19\00:25:37.59
very carefully to make sure
that that lamb had absolutely
00:25:37.62\00:25:43.02
no spot or defect. And when the
priest saw that that lamb had
00:25:43.05\00:25:51.43
no defect, then the
priest sacrificed the lamb
00:25:51.46\00:25:55.53
for the sins of Israel.
00:25:55.56\00:25:56.81
In this ceremony of the lamb we
have the two reasons why Jesus
00:25:56.84\00:26:02.09
came to this world.
00:26:02.12\00:26:03.15
Sometimes we emphasize so much
that Jesus came to this world
00:26:03.18\00:26:07.48
to die as the lamb, that we
forget that before Jesus could
00:26:07.51\00:26:11.80
die as the lamb, He had to
live a perfect, immaculate life
00:26:11.83\00:26:16.56
in order for His
death to have value for us.
00:26:16.59\00:26:20.04
And that's the reason why in
1 Peter 1:18-20, which I'll just
00:26:20.07\00:26:27.78
refer to, I won't read it, it
speaks about Jesus being a lamb
00:26:27.81\00:26:32.87
without spot, and
without defect, who redeemed us
00:26:32.90\00:26:38.67
by paying the price of His
precious blood for our sins.
00:26:38.70\00:26:42.55
And so really, Jesus came
to this world for two reasons:
00:26:42.58\00:26:47.04
1. He came to live a perfect
life without sinning even once.
00:26:47.07\00:26:53.45
2. He came to this world so that
after He lived a perfect life
00:26:53.48\00:26:59.54
without sin, He should die the
death that all of us must die.
00:26:59.57\00:27:04.79
To live a perfect life,
and to die a death for sin.
00:27:04.82\00:27:09.53
And, by the way, when Jesus
does this He benefits us in two
00:27:09.56\00:27:14.82
ways. You know I can't come
before the throne of God and
00:27:14.85\00:27:18.25
say, Here I am.
You have to accept me.
00:27:18.28\00:27:20.37
The Father wouldn't
accept me, because I'm a sinner,
00:27:20.40\00:27:23.55
and the wages of sin is death.
00:27:23.58\00:27:25.00
So when I come before the
Father, I come before the Father
00:27:25.03\00:27:28.24
and I say, I have no merit.
00:27:28.27\00:27:29.93
I have nothing to offer to you.
00:27:29.96\00:27:31.40
But Jesus lived a perfect life.
00:27:31.43\00:27:33.85
I come to You
through the merits of Jesus.
00:27:33.88\00:27:36.51
And the Father looks at Jesus,
and He says, Yes, Jesus lived
00:27:36.54\00:27:39.50
a perfect life, and
because He stands in your place,
00:27:39.53\00:27:42.26
I looked at you as
if you had never sinned.
00:27:42.29\00:27:45.07
In other words, the life
of Jesus is imputed to me.
00:27:45.10\00:27:48.74
It is credited to my account.
00:27:48.77\00:27:50.59
That couldn't happen unless
Jesus had lived a perfect life
00:27:50.62\00:27:54.23
that He could impute to me.
00:27:54.26\00:27:55.60
But secondly,
Jesus died for my sins.
00:27:55.63\00:27:58.22
The death that I should
die, He died, so that He can go
00:27:58.25\00:28:01.63
before His Father,
and His Father says,
00:28:01.66\00:28:03.82
Where is Pastor Bohr?
00:28:03.85\00:28:04.97
Well, Pastor Bohr is not here.
00:28:05.00\00:28:06.75
I'm representing Him.
00:28:06.78\00:28:08.01
Well, Pastor Bohr should die.
00:28:08.04\00:28:09.17
Jesus says, He's
accepted Me, so I paid the death
00:28:09.20\00:28:12.97
that he should pay.
00:28:13.00\00:28:14.03
You need to accept him in Me.
00:28:14.06\00:28:17.03
And so the death of
Jesus is also imputed,
00:28:17.06\00:28:21.68
or credited, to my account.
00:28:21.71\00:28:23.42
In other words, the Father
looks at me as if I have never
00:28:23.45\00:28:26.65
sinned, and the Father also
considers my debt of sin paid
00:28:26.68\00:28:30.88
through Jesus Christ.
00:28:30.91\00:28:33.12
Those are the reasons
why Jesus came to this earth.
00:28:33.15\00:28:36.80
But in order to live a life
without sin, He had to become
00:28:36.83\00:28:40.37
flesh of our flesh,
and bone of our bones.
00:28:40.40\00:28:42.64
In order to pay the death that
we should pay, Jesus also had to
00:28:42.67\00:28:47.36
become a human being.
00:28:47.39\00:28:49.24
Now the question is,
how far down did Jesus come
00:28:49.27\00:28:53.66
to this earth? Whose
nature did Jesus take?
00:28:53.69\00:28:57.18
Did Jesus come to this earth
like Adam before Adam sinned,
00:28:57.21\00:29:01.39
or did Jesus come to this
world where you and I are?
00:29:01.42\00:29:05.35
Whom did He come to redeem?
00:29:05.38\00:29:08.06
Did He come only to redeem
Adam, or did He come to redeem
00:29:08.09\00:29:11.69
the entire human race?
00:29:11.72\00:29:13.60
Notice Romans
8:1-3, Romans 8:1-3.
00:29:13.63\00:29:22.31
The Apostle Paul is very, very
clear here about the fact that
00:29:22.34\00:29:26.38
Jesus Christ came to this world.
He became our next of kin;
00:29:26.41\00:29:28.42
He became our next of kin
in all ways except, of course,
00:29:28.45\00:29:33.60
that He didn't sin.
00:29:33.63\00:29:35.25
Notice Romans 8:1: There
is therefore no condemnation
00:29:35.28\00:29:41.35
to those who are in Christ
Jesus, who do not walk according
00:29:41.38\00:29:46.27
to the flesh, but
according to the Spirit.
00:29:46.30\00:29:48.34
For the law of the Spirit of
life in Christ Jesus has made me
00:29:48.37\00:29:54.07
free from the
law of sin and death.
00:29:54.10\00:29:56.75
And now notice verse 3:
For what the law could not do,
00:29:56.78\00:30:01.32
in that it was
weak through the flesh,
00:30:01.35\00:30:04.86
(In other words, the law
couldn't redeem me because of my
00:30:04.89\00:30:08.33
sinful flesh, because
my flesh gives in to sin.)
00:30:08.36\00:30:13.25
It continues saying: God
did by sending his own Son
00:30:13.28\00:30:20.48
in the likeness of
sinful flesh, on account of sin,
00:30:20.51\00:30:28.86
he condemned sin in the
flesh: that the righteous
00:30:28.89\00:30:35.59
requirement of the law might be
fulfilled in us, who do not walk
00:30:35.62\00:30:39.59
according to the flesh,
but according to the Spirit.
00:30:39.62\00:30:42.22
In other words, Jesus
took my flesh, your flesh.
00:30:42.25\00:30:46.08
He became flesh of our
flesh, bone of our bones.
00:30:46.11\00:30:49.94
He came to redeem
the lost possession.
00:30:49.97\00:30:53.54
He came to redeem
us from slavery to sin.
00:30:53.57\00:30:57.64
He came to redeem us
from the sentence of death.
00:30:57.67\00:31:03.11
Now let's go to Luke
1:35 and notice something very
00:31:03.14\00:31:09.34
interesting. Luke 1:35.
00:31:09.37\00:31:12.88
Do you remember that we read the
genealogy of Jesus in Luke 3,
00:31:12.91\00:31:17.32
and we noticed that Adam
was called the son of God?
00:31:17.35\00:31:23.48
Now notice what Jesus is called
when He comes into this world.
00:31:23.51\00:31:27.82
Luke 1:35. It says here:
00:31:27.85\00:31:35.01
That is to Mary.
00:31:39.37\00:31:40.71
What was Jesus going to
be called when He was born?
00:32:06.42\00:32:09.63
He would be called
the what? the Son of God.
00:32:09.66\00:32:13.44
Now who was called the Son
of God at the beginning? Adam.
00:32:13.47\00:32:17.17
This must mean that Jesus came
to this world to be the second
00:32:17.20\00:32:23.14
Adam. Jesus came to recover
what the first Adam lost.
00:32:23.17\00:32:29.89
He came to take Adam's place.
00:32:29.92\00:32:33.30
He came to recover the crown.
00:32:33.33\00:32:36.62
He came to
recover the territory.
00:32:36.65\00:32:39.67
He came to recover
life for the human race.
00:32:39.70\00:32:43.74
Everything that Adam lost,
Jesus came as the Son of God
00:32:43.77\00:32:48.93
to recover and to restore.
00:32:48.96\00:32:52.99
By the way, the Apostle Paul
picks up on this idea of the
00:32:53.02\00:32:56.90
two Adams in 1 Corinthians
15:45, 1 Corinthians 15:45.
00:32:56.93\00:33:05.85
I want to read that
verse. Here it says:
00:33:05.88\00:33:08.33
That is because
God gave him life.
00:33:15.71\00:33:18.27
And the Apostle Paul also
in Romans 5 develops this idea
00:33:24.49\00:33:29.16
of the two Adams. The
first Adam lost his throne;
00:33:29.19\00:33:32.37
the first Adam
lost his territory;
00:33:32.40\00:33:34.78
the first Adam lost freedom;
the first Adam lost life.
00:33:34.81\00:33:39.20
The second Adam, the second
Son of God, if you please,
00:33:39.23\00:33:42.91
came and He recovers the throne;
He recovers the territory;
00:33:42.94\00:33:47.18
He recovers the hope of
eternal life for the human race.
00:33:47.21\00:33:51.66
Jesus came to occupy your place,
my place, to redeem that which
00:33:51.69\00:33:58.99
was lost. He came to fulfill
the Hebrew laws of redemption,
00:33:59.02\00:34:02.87
and He became flesh of our
flesh, and bone of our bones.
00:34:02.90\00:34:06.09
In order to do it He became
as much a human being as Adam
00:34:06.12\00:34:10.68
was originally. Now we have some
very strange texts in the Bible
00:34:10.71\00:34:17.06
that refer to Jesus.
00:34:17.09\00:34:19.01
Go with me to Revelation
22:16, Revelation 22:16.
00:34:19.04\00:34:26.94
You're going to see
what's strange about this verse.
00:34:26.97\00:34:30.40
By the way, Jesus is
speaking here and He says:
00:34:30.43\00:34:33.45
And now comes the key portion.
00:34:41.19\00:34:43.48
Now notice what Jesus says:
I am the Root and the Offspring
00:34:51.91\00:34:57.36
of David. Now I'm going to
ask you a question which might
00:34:57.39\00:35:03.14
appear to be a
little bit ridiculous.
00:35:03.17\00:35:04.76
Can I be my son's father, and
my son's son at the same time?
00:35:04.79\00:35:15.20
You say, well,
that is a dumb question.
00:35:15.23\00:35:18.16
Of course you can.
You're either your sons father,
00:35:18.19\00:35:22.81
or your son is your father.
00:35:22.84\00:35:25.53
But you can't be your son's
father, and your son's son.
00:35:25.56\00:35:29.63
But this verse is telling us
that Jesus is David's father,
00:35:29.66\00:35:35.08
and He's also David's son.
00:35:35.11\00:35:36.59
Because it says that
Jesus is the Root of David,
00:35:36.62\00:35:41.54
and He's also the
offspring of David.
00:35:41.57\00:35:45.48
Now how do we understand
Jesus being the father of David,
00:35:45.51\00:35:48.64
and the son of David?
00:35:48.84\00:35:49.87
It's very simple: Jesus is
the father of David as God,
00:35:49.90\00:35:55.01
because when Jesus created
Adam, from Adam came David,
00:35:55.04\00:36:00.61
and therefore
Jesus created David.
00:36:00.64\00:36:02.80
But as man Jesus is the
son of David, because He became
00:36:02.83\00:36:09.61
our close relative. He
became our next of kin.
00:36:09.64\00:36:13.17
By the way, this shows that
Jesus is God and He is also man.
00:36:13.20\00:36:18.22
You know, in Genesis we
have the story of what is called
00:36:18.25\00:36:22.17
Jacob's ladder. It's a misnomer
because it really was the Lord's
00:36:22.20\00:36:24.92
ladder. But you have this ladder
that is placed on the earth,
00:36:24.95\00:36:29.28
and the uppermost part of the
ladder reaches to the highest
00:36:29.31\00:36:33.38
heaven, and God is standing
at the top of the ladder.
00:36:33.41\00:36:36.43
Now what does
that ladder represent?
00:36:36.46\00:36:39.22
John 1:51 says that the
ladder represents Jesus Christ.
00:36:39.25\00:36:44.48
Jesus Himself said so.
00:36:44.51\00:36:46.87
Now, in what sense does
that ladder represent Jesus?
00:36:46.90\00:36:51.44
Well, the bottom of the ladder
represents the fact that Jesus
00:36:51.47\00:36:55.00
is rooted on earth, because He
is a human being along with us.
00:36:55.03\00:36:59.74
The top of the ladder represents
the fact that Jesus is one with
00:36:59.77\00:37:04.11
God. In other words, Jesus
as man, connects God with us.
00:37:04.14\00:37:08.92
And as God He
connects us with God.
00:37:08.95\00:37:12.10
He's the connecting link
between heaven and earth.
00:37:12.13\00:37:15.56
He can connect us with
the Father because He is God,
00:37:15.59\00:37:18.04
and He can connect the Father
with us because He is man.
00:37:18.07\00:37:22.85
Isn't this wonderful?
00:37:22.88\00:37:24.46
In other words, Jesus is
the great bridge between heaven
00:37:24.49\00:37:28.43
and earth. So much for the idea
that human priests can represent
00:37:28.46\00:37:34.12
us before God. You see,
the problem with the priest is,
00:37:34.15\00:37:37.18
first of all,
they're all sinners.
00:37:37.21\00:37:39.88
So how can they represent
us before God; go before God
00:37:39.91\00:37:43.52
and say I come here
representing a sinner.
00:37:43.55\00:37:45.47
God is going to say,
you're a sinner, too!
00:37:45.50\00:37:47.54
Secondly, a
priest is only human.
00:37:47.57\00:37:51.95
But in order to be a priest, in
the strictest sense of the word,
00:37:51.98\00:37:56.91
and I'm not talking about
the symbolic priests of the
00:37:56.94\00:37:59.14
Old Testament,
which represented Jesus.
00:37:59.17\00:38:01.83
You know, they were
only symbols of Christ.
00:38:01.86\00:38:04.13
I'm talking about a real priest,
who can represent us before God.
00:38:04.16\00:38:08.08
That priest has to be
God, and He has to be man.
00:38:08.11\00:38:11.50
I guess that disqualifies
every single human priest,
00:38:11.53\00:38:15.22
with the exception of
Jesus, because Jesus is human,
00:38:15.25\00:38:18.95
and Jesus is also God.
00:38:18.98\00:38:21.94
He is the great bridge
between heaven and earth.
00:38:21.97\00:38:25.69
Now I want you to notice
also Matthew 1:1, Matthew 1:1,
00:38:25.72\00:38:33.11
another one of those strange
verses when we compare it with
00:38:33.14\00:38:37.56
John 8, where
we're going in a moment.
00:38:37.59\00:38:39.38
Matthew 1, and I want you
to notice verse 1. It says:
00:38:39.41\00:38:45.15
Question: was
Jesus the son of Abraham?
00:38:57.26\00:39:00.16
He most certainly was.
00:39:00.19\00:39:02.10
But now let's go to
John 8:58, John 8:58.
00:39:02.13\00:39:09.07
Here Jesus is entertaining a
conversation with several of the
00:39:09.10\00:39:14.75
people that belong
to the Jewish nation.
00:39:14.78\00:39:16.81
And in verse 58, Jesus
said to them, notice quoting:
00:39:16.84\00:39:22.51
Now isn't this strange?
00:39:33.83\00:39:35.21
We read in Matthew 1:1
that Jesus is the what?
00:39:35.24\00:39:39.89
He is the son of Abraham.
00:39:39.92\00:39:42.95
But in John 8:58, Jesus
says, Before Abraham was, I am.
00:39:42.98\00:39:51.37
So Jesus is the father of
Abraham, and Jesus is also
00:39:51.40\00:39:56.76
the son of Abraham. He is the
father of Abraham because He is
00:39:56.79\00:40:02.69
God. He is the son of
Abraham because He is man.
00:40:02.72\00:40:09.17
Now let's talk about
our relationship with Jesus.
00:40:09.20\00:40:13.87
Go with me to Galatians
4:4-7, Galatians 4:4-7.
00:40:13.90\00:40:25.08
Here we find a description
of the relationship between
00:40:25.11\00:40:29.21
the Father, Jesus, and us.
00:40:29.24\00:40:33.11
You've noticed that I said that
we cannot come into the presence
00:40:33.14\00:40:37.02
of God on our own
and say, accept me,
00:40:37.05\00:40:40.00
because we're sinners.
00:40:40.03\00:40:41.18
We have to come
through our representative.
00:40:41.21\00:40:44.01
Now notice Galatians 4, and
beginning with verse 4. It says:
00:40:44.04\00:40:50.10
Now notice verse 5:
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That means to pay
a price, to buy back.
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As what?
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So Jesus came to this
earth to redeem us from death,
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to redeem us from
slavery, according to this,
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so that we might receive
the adoption as sons. Verse 6:
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Now I want you to notice
something very interesting
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in this passage. Does this
passage say that Jesus is the
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Son of God? Has God poured
out the Spirit of His Son in us,
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according to this passage? Yes.
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Does this passage also say
that when we receive Jesus,
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we also become Sons of God. Yes.
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So God has Jesus, who
is His Son, and He has us,
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who are also sons. Now the
question is, is Jesus a son
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in the same sense that we are?
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The answer is absolutely not.
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There is only one who deserves
to be called the Son of God.
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By the way, do you know
that in the gospel of John,
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this is just in the gospel
of John, whenever John speaks of
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Christ as being a Son of God,
he uses the Greek word, Queos,
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which, by the way, in Spanish we
get the word Ehoe from: Queos.
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But whenever John talks
about us as being Sons of God,
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he doesn't use the word Queos.
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He uses that one only for Jesus.
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When he talks about us being
sons of God, he uses the Greek
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word technon. In this way
John is saying that Jesus is
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the Son of God in a different
sense than I am a son of God.
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In fact, when I'm born into
this world, I am a son of Adam.
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I am a son of the fallen Adam.
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I am a child of wrath.
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We might not like it, but
I am a child of the devil.
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Jesus said to the Jews, You
are of your father, the devil,
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because they had
not been converted.
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And so when I am born into this
world, I'm not born into this
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world as a son of God.
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I'm born into this
world as a child of wrath.
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The only one who lived a
life which deserves to be called
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the Son of God is Jesus.
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And yet this passage says
that Jesus is the Son of God,
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and we are sons of God.
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Now the question is, how
do we become sons of God?
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The answer is very simple.
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We become sons and daughters
of God by becoming brothers
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and sisters of Jesus.
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Are you
understanding what I'm saying?
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In other words, I can't claim to
be a son and a daughter of God
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directly. I must join Jesus.
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And when I receive Jesus,
I become a brother to Jesus,
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a sister of Jesus.
He's my next of kin.
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And then Jesus can go before
His Father, and He says, Father,
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I have a new brother.
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And the Father says,
what's Your brother's name?
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Well, my brother's name is John.
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And so the Father looks at Jesus
and He says, well, if John is
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Your brother, and You're My Son,
then John must be my son also.
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That's the way things work.
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In other words, the
only way that I can be called
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a Son of God is through
joining, or linking my life
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with Jesus Christ; become His
brother, His sister, and then
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I can claim to be a
son or a daughter of God.
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Notice Hebrews
2:10, Hebrews 2:10.
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Here this great
truth is brought to light.
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Hebrews, once again, chapter
2 and beginning with verse 10.
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Here the Apostle Paul, whom I
believe to be the author of the
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book of Hebrews,
says the following:
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By the way, this is
talking about the Father.
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Do you see that the Father
and the Son are being spoken of
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here? The Father saw that
it was necessary to make the
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Captain of our
Salvation perfect.
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That means qualified for
His work through suffering.
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Notice verse 11:
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This is speaking about Jesus.
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What is Jesus
not ashamed of doing?
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He's not ashamed of
calling us what? brethren.
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He's speaking to His Father.
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See God has given children of
His to whom? to Jesus. Verse 14:
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That is the children of God.
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Verse 17; key verse.
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In most things,
thank you very much.
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He had to be made in
all things like unto whom?
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Not like unto Adam,
but like unto His brethren,
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according to this. He had
to be tempted in all things,
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such as we are,
says the Apostle Paul.
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Except that Jesus, though
He was tempted, He never what?
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He never sinned. And so
Jesus comes to this world.
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He becomes the Son of God in
this world, taking the place of
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the original Son of God.
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And Jesus pays the price after
living a holy and perfect life.
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In this way, Jesus
recovers the throne.
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Jesus recovers the crown.
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Jesus recovers the Earth.
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And Jesus makes it possible
for those individuals who are
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sinners to not despair,
because they can live forever,
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because Jesus paid the price.
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And by receiving Jesus
they become brothers and sisters
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of Jesus, and thus
sons and daughters of God.
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If this isn't good news, I
don't know what good news is.
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You see, that's what Jesus meant
when He said, I am the way,
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the truth, and the life.
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No man cometh unto
the Father but by Me.
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You see, the only way
we can approach the Father,
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as sons and daughters of God,
is through Jesus our brother.
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And, by the way, when the devil
comes and tries to intimidate us
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we can say to the devil, hey,
I have no power against you.
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You're much more powerful
than I am, but you'd better be
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careful, because I'll
sick my brother on you,
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and He's much more
powerful than you are,
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because He
defeated you at the cross.
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He over came you at
each step of your life.
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And so you'd
better leave me alone.
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In the name of Jesus, I
command you to leave me alone.
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And the devil has to
leave, because He's my brother.
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And older brothers stick
up for their little brothers,
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and for their little sisters.
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How about it? Praise the Lord!
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Go with me to
Romans 8:29, Romans 8:29.
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Here we find this same
idea of Jesus being the Son,
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Jesus having His Father and
us being sons, and brothers and
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sisters of Jesus.
Notice Romans 8, and we'll read
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verse 29 first of all.
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It says there: For whom he
foreknew, he also predestined
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to be conformed to
the image of his Son,...
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The Father wanted all those
individuals who come to Jesus
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to be conformed to
the image of His Son.
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And now notice: that he might
be the firstborn among many
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brethren. Do you see that Jesus
is the Son, but through Jesus
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we are His brethren?
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Now notice verse 32, It says:
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He who did not spare his
own Son, but delivered him up
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for us all, how shall he
not with him also freely give us
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all things? So the
Father has His Son, Jesus.
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But the Father, besides
having Jesus, He has other Sons.
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Those He foreknew, according
to what we just read in
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Romans 8:29. That means
those who have received Jesus
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as their Savior,
and as their Lord.
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Now the question is,
how do I receive Jesus?
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How do I become a
brother and sister of Jesus?
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Go with me to
Galatians 3:26, Galatians 3:26.
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Here we find the definition, or
the explanation of how we become
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brothers and sisters of Jesus,
and sons and daughters of God.
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It says there in verse 26:
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In what way?
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How do we become
sons and daughters of God?
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How do we become
sons and daughters of God?
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By receiving Jesus.
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And what ceremony has God
given to indicate that we have
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received Jesus as our Savior?
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According to
Galatians 3 it is baptism.
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You see, when I am
buried in the waters of baptism,
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and I come out of the waters
of baptism, God looks at me as
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being included in Jesus.
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And then at that moment
the voice of God is heard.
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I can't hear it audibly,
but the voice of God is heard,
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like at the baptism of Jesus,
saying, This is my beloved Son,
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in whom I am well pleased.
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This is my beloved daughter,
in whom I am well pleased.
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So when Jesus was baptized,
the Father announced that this
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was His Son. When we are
baptized into Christ, we receive
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Him as our brother. Then
the Father says, You are now
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My beloved Son. You are
now My beloved Daughter.
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The beautiful thing is
folks, that through Jesus,
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everything which was
lost will be recovered.
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Allow me to conclude by reading
a few verses that show that
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what was lost will be
recovered through Christ.
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Notice Matthew
5:5; very short verse.
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How about the
Earth that Adam lost?
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He lost dominion over the Earth.
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Is that going to be recovered?
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Notice Matthew 5:5. It
says: The meek will what?
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The meek will inherit the earth.
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Will we get the
inheritance back?
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We most certainly will.
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Through Jesus have we been
delivered from slavery to sin.
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And have we become sons and
daughters of God through Jesus?
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Yes. You see, Adam sold us
into slavery, but Jesus not only
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bought back the earth to
give us as an inheritance,
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but Jesus also delivered
us from bondage to sin.
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Notice what we find in Galatians
where we just read a few moments
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ago. Galatians 4:7, Galatians
4:7, here the Apostle Paul says
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this for those who
have accepted Jesus:
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Are we slaves anymore?
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Not according to this.
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Are we disinherited anymore?
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No, we are heirs through
Jesus of that which was lost.
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Now what about perpetuating
the name of the dead.
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You know, this is where the
symbol in the Old Testament is
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not as perfect as the reality.
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See, in the Old Testament when a
man died without any male seed,
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in order for the name of
the dead person to continue
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the next of kin
had to marry the wife.
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But you see, the reality that
this points to is far greater
00:56:24.44\00:56:28.64
than the symbol, because Jesus
when He came to this earth,
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He did not only come
to perpetuate our name,
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He came that if we should
die, He will perpetuate us.
00:56:36.34\00:56:43.08
Not only our name, but He
will resurrect us from the dead
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and He will perpetuate us.
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See He's not only interested
in perpetuating our name,
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but He's interested in
resurrecting us from the dead
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though we should die, that
our name will not be erased
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from the book of life, and
we will live forever and ever
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in His presence. Through
Jesus everything which was lost
00:57:02.80\00:57:08.81
was recovered. And all we
need to do is receive Jesus.
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I am the way, the
truth, and the life:
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no man comes unto
the Father, but by Me.
00:57:18.18\00:57:21.20
May we all come to the Father!
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