Hello and welcome to
the 3ABN Worship Center
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right here in
Thompsonville, Illinois.
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I just welcome all of
you... especially you that are
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here in the viewing audience
from the So. Illinois area.
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And I want to encourage everyone
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here in Southern Illinois
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to come on down to
the 3ABN Worship Center
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for this series
on Give Me The Bible
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by Pastor Kenneth Cox.
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And I also want
to welcome everyone.
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Do we welcome
everyone from around the world?
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Do you know we have
people that are viewing us
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from all over the world.
Every inhabited continent has
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the ability to view 3ABN,
and we welcome all of you.
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You know, Pastor Cox has
been bringing a beautiful series
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to us for the last seven months.
This is the eighth increment
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of sermons that
he is bringing to us,
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and I want to
encourage any of you...
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Have you just
been truly blessed?
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How many of you
have been a part of this?
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You've been truly blessed?
And if you have missed any
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of these sermons in this
series I want to encourage you
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to contact
Pastor Cox and get them
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because they
are such a blessing.
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Well tonight he continues in
the Give Me The Bible series,
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and this 5-part
series is on Judgment.
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Tonight's sermon is going
to be on Christ Our Mediator.
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But before Pastor Cox
comes we have a lovely lady
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right here from the
Southern Illinois area
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that's going to minister to you.
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Kateena, you're
always such a blessing to us
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and we sure welcome you.
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And the song she's going
to minister to us tonight is
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He's Just as Real to Me.
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No one can make
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me believe
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God's not real.
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Year after year
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more of Himself
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to my heart
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He reveals.
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This world can't seem
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to understand
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this mystery.
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If they would only look
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beyond those things
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their eyes can see.
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He's just as real
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to me
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as if I'd held His hand
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a million times.
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And though I've
never seen Him smile
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I know I've felt Him by my side.
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These ears have
never heard Him speak
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but my heart has heard Him
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time and time again.
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Just like a friend would be...
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He's just as real to me.
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When I think of mercy,
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love, forgiveness,
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grace so sweet,
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and open arms
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that have so tenderly
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embraced me.
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There's just no way
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this world can make
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me disbelieve.
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This God through eyes of faith
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this heart of mine
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has clearly seen.
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He's just as real
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to me
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as if I'd held His hand
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a million times.
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Though I've never seen Him smile
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I know I've felt Him
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by my side.
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These ears have
never heard Him speak
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but my heart has heard Him
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time and time again.
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Just like a friend would be...
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He's just as real
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to me
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as if I'd held His hand
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a million times.
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Though I've never seen Him smile
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I know I've felt Him
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by my side.
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These ears have never
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heard Him speak
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but my heart has heard Him
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time and time again.
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Just like a friend would be...
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He just as real to me.
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He's so real
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to me.
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Thank you, Kateena.
Appreciate that very much.
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Beautiful song.
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And a special welcome to
all of you who are joining us
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by television or by
radio or here locally.
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Very happy to welcome
you to this series entitled
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Give Me The Bible.
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And this particular part
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that we're
presenting is on The Judgment.
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Talking about the judgment.
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And you'll find the Bible speaks
of three different judgments.
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That's what we'll be looking at
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during this particular
series on The Judgment.
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Tonight we're going to
talk about Christ Our Mediator.
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That He IS our Mediator.
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We're going to take a look
at what the scripture has to say
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about that. And then
our next presentation
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will be entitled The
Investigative Judgment.
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Actually a judgment
that the scripture says
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is going on up in
heaven at the present time.
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And by the way, that particular
prophecy that we'll be
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looking at is
probably the greatest prophecy
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in all the scripture.
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It's one you need
to see, understand,
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because there's
no one - no agnostic,
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infidel, or atheist - that
has ever been able to answer
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this next prophecy
we'll be talking about on
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the Investigative Judgment.
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So don't miss that.
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And then in the judgment,
it says that there are books
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that are used in the judgment.
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And it talks
about a Book of Life
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and it talks
about a Book of Iniquity
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and a Book of Remembrance.
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We'll see how all those
books are used in the judgment.
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In fact, we'll see
how it takes place.
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So you'll want to tune in
as we talk about the books:
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the Book of
Life in the judgment.
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And then the Bible says
that there is a judgment
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that goes during
the thousand years
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that's mentioned in
Revelation 20 known as
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the millennium. That there's
a judgment that takes place
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during that time. And
so we're going to look
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at that particular judgment.
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See what the
scripture has to say about it.
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And then it tells us that
God brings it all to an end
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in something that is called
the Great White Throne Judgment.
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So these are the different
judgments that we'll be
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looking at during this series.
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And we hope that you
can tune in each time
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as we go through
them. That they'll bless you
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in a very, very special way.
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We're delighted
that you're here.
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We hope that as we
continue to study the Bible
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that it will open up
more and more for you.
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What says the Bible,
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the blessed Bible?
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This should my only question be.
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Is Jesus now in
heaven interceding for me?
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What says... what does
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the Word of God say to me?
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That's what we want to find out.
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So I'm sure
that it will help you
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as we continue to go through it.
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Tonight Kateena LeForge is
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going to present to us a song
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that was written by Dona Klein
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entitled "What Is
Jesus Doing Now? "
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What is Jesus
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doing now
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since He left so long ago?
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He pleads in my
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behalf
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for He loves me so.
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Representing me
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in judgment,
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seated now before the throne.
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And since He paid my debt
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I won't have to stand
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alone.
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He is my
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Savior,
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my Mediator.
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The great High Priest is He -
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How can it be? -
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for me.
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Only faith in Christ
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can save me.
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Only His redeeming grace.
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On this alone I stand
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till I see Him face to face.
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I am lost
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in great amazement
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at salvation's wondrous plan.
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Even
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the angels
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cannot understand.
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When I think of all He's done
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for me
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and the price He had to pay.
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My heart cries out
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to Him
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and in faith I hear Him say:
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"Father, I gave My life.
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I lived a sinless life.
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Oh take My righteous life
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and cover this
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poor child. "
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He is ever
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interceding
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in the heavenly
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courts above.
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Oh what a Savior!
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Oh what tender,
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matchless love!
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Oh what
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a Savior!
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Oh what tender,
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matchless
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love.
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Gracious Father,
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thank you. Thank
you for making a way
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which we can be
reconciled to You.
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Bless us tonight.
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May your Spirit be present.
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May our hearts be open.
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May we understand
clearly Your Word.
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And may we reach out in faith...
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take hold of all
that You have done for us
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and be reconciled to God.
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For this we ask in
Christ's name, Amen.
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My son is an attorney,
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and sometimes
he has to intercede
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or he has to -
how should I say? -
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mediate in a case
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where he as two
different parties
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and there has to be
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a reconciliation brought about
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between both parties.
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So he has to work and
see what can be done...
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what negotiation, what solution
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can there be provided
to bring about an agreement
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between these parties.
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Well tonight you and I
have God - who is holy,
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who is righteous, who is pure -
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on one side.
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On the other side
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we have man who is unholy,
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unrighteous, unpure.
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And how in the world
are you ever going to bring
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those two together?
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Fortunately, the Bible
says that we have a Mediator.
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Listen to what it says:
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Now it says there's one
Mediator between God and man.
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So here you have God
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and over here you have man.
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And between them
you have Christ Jesus.
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Now those folks that
have trouble with that text
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where Jesus said: "The
Father and I are One... "
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this text ought to
clear that up for you.
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You see, when He said:
"The Father and I are one, "
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He's not talking
about one person.
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He's talking about one
in will, one in desire,
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one in character,
one in characteristics.
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They're that way.
But He's not saying
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they're one individual...
because here you have God,
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that's... the
scripture's clear...
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and over here you have man.
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And in between the two of
them you have Jesus Christ
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and He is mediating this case.
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He's trying to
bring about a solution.
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He's trying to
bring about an agreement.
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He's trying to bring out a
reconciliation, if you please,
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between God and between man.
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That's what He's trying to do,
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and He is the Mediator.
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Now if He is the
Mediator, if I had someone that
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was mediating a case for me,
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immediately I would want to know
what's their qualifications.
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Do they have any
kind of a background?
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What kind of
knowledge do they have?
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Are they able to
mediate this case?
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What... what
qualifications do they have?
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That is absolutely necessary.
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I want to know that about
the person that's mediating
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that case. Also...
do they have experience?
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Do they have the
experience to mediate the case?
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Those are questions
that you need to know,
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you need to understand.
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So if Jesus is our Mediator,
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then does He have
the qualifications?
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Does He have the
experience to do this?
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What's involved in it?
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That's what we're
looking at tonight
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because that is essential if
you and I are going to be saved.
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Because dear friend,
some way... somehow...
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there has to be
brought a reconciliation
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between God and man.
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So when we start
looking at Christ,
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let's see what the
scripture tells us about Him.
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It says:
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Now when Jesus said that, folks,
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the Jewish people understood
clearly what He meant.
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You and I today... we may
stumble over that a little bit
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but I can
guarantee you they didn't.
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They knew very well
when God... Moses said:
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"Well, how do they
know that You sent me? "
00:20:46.99\00:20:49.66
He said: "Tell
them I AM sent you. "
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They understood that text
or that word applied to God.
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And Jesus said:
"Before Abraham was, I AM"
00:20:57.75\00:21:02.29
He was saying: "I am God. "
00:21:02.49\00:21:05.37
That's what He's saying.
00:21:05.57\00:21:06.85
So when we're
taking a look at this,
00:21:07.05\00:21:09.19
we have to understand
there's God the Father
00:21:09.22\00:21:11.70
but we also need to understand
that there's God the Son.
00:21:11.90\00:21:16.54
They are God
00:21:16.74\00:21:19.29
and we need to have
that clear. And Jesus said:
00:21:19.49\00:21:21.86
"I AM... " "I am God. "
00:21:22.06\00:21:24.16
And the scripture supports
that all the way through,
00:21:24.36\00:21:27.83
because when it
starts talking about Jesus
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it says that He was with God
00:21:30.76\00:21:34.91
way, way back in the beginning.
00:21:35.11\00:21:37.82
So here again, it's
saying "The Word was with God
00:21:50.95\00:21:55.46
and the Word was God. "
00:21:55.66\00:21:58.55
OK?
00:21:58.65\00:21:59.72
OK. So we have the
Word. The Word is with God.
00:22:03.98\00:22:08.83
The Word WAS God.
00:22:09.03\00:22:10.83
So all the things back
in creation - man included -
00:22:20.46\00:22:25.55
was made by the Word.
00:22:25.75\00:22:29.50
That's what it
was made by: the Word.
00:22:30.73\00:22:32.92
He was there with God.
00:22:33.12\00:22:35.40
So it tells us that
the Word that was with God
00:22:49.67\00:22:53.38
and the Word that WAS God
00:22:53.58\00:22:56.60
became flesh and dwelt among us.
00:22:56.80\00:23:01.72
Now folks, I don't know if
you're putting it together yet,
00:23:01.92\00:23:05.37
but that all of a sudden
- concerning this subject -
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becomes extremely
important when it says:
00:23:09.53\00:23:13.95
"He became flesh. " See?
00:23:14.15\00:23:19.08
We'll look at that
because that is absolutely vital
00:23:19.22\00:23:22.77
to the reconciliation
process that has to take place
00:23:22.97\00:23:27.34
for you and I to be saved.
00:23:27.54\00:23:30.85
OK?
00:23:31.05\00:23:32.46
So it's telling us that Christ
was back there with the Father
00:23:52.55\00:23:56.23
in the beginning and
that He made the worlds.
00:23:56.33\00:23:59.86
Now what I'm just trying
to get across to you tonight
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is His qualifications.
00:24:02.77\00:24:04.70
Does He has the qualifications
that are necessary
00:24:04.90\00:24:09.30
to mediate for you?
You've got to settle that.
00:24:09.51\00:24:14.33
Is He... is He
able to mediate for you?
00:24:14.53\00:24:17.27
Well, the scripture
says that He was WITH God,
00:24:17.37\00:24:20.79
that He IS God.
00:24:20.99\00:24:22.40
Therefore I would say tonight
that He is HIGHLY qualified.
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Very much so.
Listen as it goes on:
00:24:27.94\00:24:31.11
Now it says this One who
is mediating for you and me,
00:24:54.97\00:25:00.60
that He has purged our
sins and that He has sat down
00:25:00.80\00:25:05.16
at the right hand of His Father.
00:25:05.36\00:25:09.49
That again is
extremely important.
00:25:09.69\00:25:14.25
That He purged our sins -
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we'll look at that
- and that He sat down
00:25:18.28\00:25:20.80
at the right hand of His Father.
00:25:21.00\00:25:24.26
So He made us.
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He also redeemed us.
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All of these
things were made by Him.
00:25:49.21\00:25:53.05
So when we're talking
about His qualifications,
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it tells us that
He created this world.
00:26:06.94\00:26:10.81
He made it and
then He redeemed it.
00:26:11.01\00:26:15.62
Now if He created the
world and then redeemed it,
00:26:15.82\00:26:20.19
certainly He is
qualified to mediate it.
00:26:20.39\00:26:25.21
So He is the One that
stands between you and God.
00:26:26.18\00:26:32.16
I want to make this real clear.
00:26:32.36\00:26:34.36
Nobody else can do that.
00:26:34.56\00:26:39.33
I want to be clear here,
and I don't want to be hard...
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but I want to be
absolutely crystal clear.
00:26:46.88\00:26:50.20
He is the only one
that can mediate this.
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Nobody else.
00:26:55.15\00:26:57.25
That means Mary is
not capable of mediating
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between God and man.
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The scripture says
there is only one Mediator
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between God and man. And
the only reason there can be
00:27:11.42\00:27:14.94
Jesus Christ, and Him alone,
00:27:15.14\00:27:17.36
is because He's the only
One that has the qualifications.
00:27:17.56\00:27:20.75
Nobody else can do it.
00:27:20.95\00:27:22.89
So He is our Mediator.
00:27:23.80\00:27:27.72
Now, very important
00:27:27.92\00:27:31.44
is that He has to be impartial.
00:27:31.64\00:27:34.94
OK? Must understand both sides.
00:27:35.14\00:27:38.99
I don't want
somebody mediating for me
00:27:39.19\00:27:42.94
that doesn't understand me.
00:27:43.14\00:27:45.02
Do you?
00:27:45.22\00:27:46.74
I can assure you that
if I have somebody that
00:27:46.95\00:27:49.93
was mediating a case for me
00:27:50.03\00:27:51.42
and they don't understand my
situation and what's all there,
00:27:51.63\00:27:54.78
I don't want
them representing me.
00:27:54.98\00:27:57.06
So He has to be impartial.
00:27:57.26\00:28:00.41
I don't want somebody
that leans to one side.
00:28:00.62\00:28:04.42
I want him to be
absolutely impartial
00:28:04.72\00:28:07.75
in what decisions he makes.
00:28:07.95\00:28:10.74
So this is necessary
that He is impartial.
00:28:10.94\00:28:13.98
Is Christ in the position
00:28:14.18\00:28:17.74
where He can be impartial?
00:28:17.94\00:28:20.98
Is He capable of that?
00:28:21.18\00:28:24.24
Well, the scripture tells us:
00:28:24.44\00:28:26.22
So we can say right up front
00:28:41.55\00:28:43.97
one thing for sure:
He understands God's side
00:28:44.17\00:28:47.55
because He's what?
He's equal with Him.
00:28:47.75\00:28:51.73
Therefore He understands
God's side very clear.
00:28:51.93\00:28:54.67
In fact, the
scripture makes it real clear
00:28:54.87\00:28:58.81
that He understands
that side very, very well
00:28:59.01\00:29:03.31
because when it
talks about Him in Isaiah,
00:29:03.51\00:29:06.90
it uses these wonderful terms:
00:29:07.10\00:29:09.58
So He... He understands
God's side completely.
00:29:32.03\00:29:36.38
OK? The question is
00:29:36.58\00:29:40.38
does He understand our side?
00:29:40.58\00:29:43.36
You know, does He
understand my situation?
00:29:43.46\00:29:47.21
Does He understand when
I am faced with temptation?
00:29:47.41\00:29:51.64
Does He understand?
Does He understand that?
00:29:53.13\00:29:56.64
Does He understand when I fall
00:29:56.85\00:29:59.61
and I do something
I shouldn't have done?
00:29:59.81\00:30:03.61
Does He understand that?
00:30:03.81\00:30:06.30
Does He
understand my weaknesses?
00:30:06.50\00:30:09.03
Now here we have the Creator.
00:30:33.62\00:30:38.97
We have the One
that made the world.
00:30:39.17\00:30:43.63
We have the One
that created you.
00:30:43.83\00:30:48.42
And He is coming here
and has taken upon Himself
00:30:48.62\00:30:53.53
our likeness. He's
become like you and me.
00:30:55.71\00:31:00.73
Do you
understand that sacrifice?
00:31:00.93\00:31:03.32
You put that together?
00:31:03.52\00:31:05.27
You see, when it
says that He came
00:31:06.83\00:31:09.52
and He took the likeness of men,
00:31:09.63\00:31:13.02
Christ didn't take,
folks, one step down...
00:31:13.05\00:31:17.14
He took two.
00:31:18.57\00:31:21.62
You see, Christ
didn't become an angel.
00:31:21.82\00:31:26.01
The scripture says that
man was made a little lower
00:31:27.87\00:31:32.59
than the angels and therefore
He took two steps down.
00:31:32.89\00:31:38.89
He took on our likeness.
00:31:40.09\00:31:43.65
Well... what does that mean:
00:31:45.35\00:31:49.62
He became like us?
00:31:49.83\00:31:52.98
Well, let's say you and I were
willing to take two steps down.
00:31:53.75\00:31:59.72
The next order of
life below us would be...
00:31:59.92\00:32:04.07
animals.
00:32:04.37\00:32:06.89
Horses, cows, dogs, cats.
00:32:07.09\00:32:09.67
That's one step, folks.
00:32:09.87\00:32:12.78
He took two.
00:32:12.98\00:32:14.88
The next order of
life would be insects.
00:32:15.08\00:32:19.30
Now let me ask you,
00:32:19.50\00:32:22.88
would you be willing
to die for an insect?
00:32:23.08\00:32:27.14
Huh? Would you be
willing to take on the likeness
00:32:27.34\00:32:31.45
of an ant?
00:32:31.65\00:32:34.14
And bear that for eternity?
00:32:34.34\00:32:38.16
See, when it says He
took on the likeness of man,
00:32:42.12\00:32:47.06
folks, that sacrifice is
beyond what we can understand.
00:32:47.26\00:32:51.69
To be willing to come
and become like one of us.
00:32:51.90\00:32:56.74
So I can tell
you, He understands God
00:32:56.84\00:32:59.01
because He IS God
00:32:59.11\00:33:01.70
but He understands man
because He took upon Himself
00:33:01.90\00:33:07.80
our likeness and
became one with us...
00:33:08.01\00:33:12.57
which He will bear for eternity.
00:33:12.77\00:33:16.87
It would have been one thing
00:33:28.37\00:33:30.96
for Him to have come to
this earth in our likeness
00:33:32.84\00:33:38.09
as King of Kings
and Lord of Lords.
00:33:38.30\00:33:43.36
He could have
come and been hailed
00:33:44.86\00:33:49.42
as the King.
00:33:49.82\00:33:53.64
But He didn't come that way.
00:33:53.84\00:33:55.37
He came as a servant
00:33:55.57\00:33:59.23
understanding you and me.
00:33:59.43\00:34:03.97
He faced
temptation just like you and I
00:34:04.00\00:34:08.21
must face temptation.
00:34:08.41\00:34:10.36
And He was tried as we are.
00:34:10.56\00:34:13.18
In fact, He was tried
in ways that you will never
00:34:13.38\00:34:18.62
be tried.
00:34:18.82\00:34:20.55
Never, never will you ever face
00:34:20.66\00:34:24.95
some of the
temptations that He faced.
00:34:25.15\00:34:28.33
You see, He was God.
00:34:30.70\00:34:35.31
He had at His
command all of heaven.
00:34:35.51\00:34:40.97
Said: "Peter, don't you know
I could call a legion of angels
00:34:41.17\00:34:46.26
and they would come? "
00:34:46.46\00:34:47.60
All of heaven
was at His command.
00:34:47.80\00:34:49.71
Never, never could He use that
00:34:51.02\00:34:56.65
for His own benefit.
00:34:56.85\00:34:59.67
You'll never be
tempted like that.
00:35:01.15\00:35:03.49
Never.
00:35:03.69\00:35:04.96
So He understands
completely your side.
00:35:05.16\00:35:08.99
So He's impartial
00:35:09.19\00:35:11.33
because He can understand
God; He can understand you.
00:35:11.53\00:35:15.97
That makes Him a
wonderful Mediator!
00:35:16.17\00:35:19.64
That makes Him
an absolute Mediator
00:35:19.84\00:35:23.63
that nobody else
could fulfill those shoes.
00:35:23.83\00:35:28.60
So, if He's the Mediator,
00:35:28.80\00:35:31.22
what's He mediating?
00:35:31.42\00:35:32.65
You know, if you're
mediating something...
00:35:32.86\00:35:35.22
if you're going to be a
mediator between two parties...
00:35:35.32\00:35:37.74
there has to be something that
you're trying to bring about
00:35:37.94\00:35:40.63
a reconciliation over.
00:35:40.84\00:35:42.11
You're trying to mediate
00:35:42.31\00:35:43.44
some particular
solution to something.
00:35:43.54\00:35:45.91
What is He mediating?
00:35:46.11\00:35:48.71
Well, the scripture
tells you what He's mediating.
00:35:48.91\00:35:52.47
He is the
Mediator of a new covenant.
00:36:00.08\00:36:03.82
Now a covenant, folks, is
something that is written down.
00:36:03.92\00:36:07.24
It's something in
which they have written down
00:36:08.49\00:36:10.71
certain different ideas.
00:36:10.92\00:36:14.34
They've written
down certain conditions.
00:36:14.44\00:36:16.20
They put all these down
00:36:16.30\00:36:17.82
and they're trying to
bring about a reconciliation
00:36:18.02\00:36:21.14
to this covenant.
00:36:21.34\00:36:22.67
And Jesus is the
Mediator of a NEW covenant.
00:36:22.87\00:36:27.28
Now we've got to
take a look at that
00:36:27.49\00:36:28.81
and see why He's the
Mediator of a new covenant.
00:36:29.02\00:36:32.13
Listen carefully:
00:36:32.34\00:36:33.62
OK, we're talking
about the conditions here...
00:36:35.99\00:36:38.89
All right, now
this is the covenant
00:36:58.88\00:37:01.46
and the covenant says:
00:37:01.66\00:37:02.87
OK. You are... "I'm God -
00:37:03.07\00:37:06.85
I'll be your God"
00:37:07.05\00:37:08.28
is what He's saying -
00:37:08.48\00:37:09.52
"you will be My people. "
00:37:09.72\00:37:12.71
"And My law... " -
these are the conditions -
00:37:12.91\00:37:17.69
"I will put in your mind
and write them on your heart. "
00:37:17.89\00:37:22.97
Now this is what Jesus
is trying to bring together
00:37:23.17\00:37:27.72
and to bring a solution to
00:37:27.92\00:37:30.84
to bring a reconciliation about.
00:37:30.87\00:37:33.52
It also says this
in the New Testament.
00:37:33.72\00:37:36.08
So the covenant is simply this:
00:37:51.61\00:37:53.54
God says "I want to be your God.
00:37:53.74\00:37:57.04
I want you to be My people. "
00:37:57.34\00:38:01.29
That's the covenant, folks.
00:38:01.50\00:38:03.04
Simple... not hard.
00:38:03.25\00:38:06.02
He just says: "I
want to be your God.
00:38:06.22\00:38:08.00
I want you to be My people. "
00:38:08.20\00:38:10.76
OK. But in order
for that to happen
00:38:10.96\00:38:14.57
certain things
have to take place
00:38:14.77\00:38:16.80
because we've got a
God over here who is holy,
00:38:17.00\00:38:20.23
who is righteous, who is pure,
00:38:20.44\00:38:24.26
who is sinless...
00:38:24.47\00:38:26.76
and over here we've got
man who is just the opposite.
00:38:26.96\00:38:30.89
He's not holy, he's
not sinless, he's not pure.
00:38:31.10\00:38:33.92
He's none of those things.
00:38:34.12\00:38:35.76
And we're trying to bring
those two parties together...
00:38:35.96\00:38:39.57
Jesus is trying to
bring those together.
00:38:39.77\00:38:42.34
That's what's involved.
00:38:42.54\00:38:44.20
And in order for
them to be God's people
00:38:44.40\00:38:48.39
He's got to bring that together.
00:38:48.59\00:38:50.09
So He's saying, if
there was... if there was no
00:38:58.67\00:39:01.11
problem with the first covenant,
00:39:01.21\00:39:03.87
then we wouldn't have
to find a second covenant.
00:39:04.07\00:39:08.48
So evidently there was something
wrong with the first covenant.
00:39:08.68\00:39:13.71
OK? Something wrong with it.
00:39:14.98\00:39:17.19
And He tells you
where the problem is:
00:39:17.39\00:39:19.64
Get it clear...
00:39:25.75\00:39:27.58
He didn't say finding fault with
the conditions of the covenant.
00:39:27.78\00:39:32.38
He didn't say that.
00:39:32.58\00:39:34.53
He said the problem
was with the people.
00:39:34.73\00:39:37.95
"Finding fault with them. "
00:39:38.15\00:39:41.17
That's where the problem is.
00:39:41.37\00:39:43.41
So let's see what Jesus does
00:39:43.61\00:39:47.00
to take care of this problem.
00:39:47.20\00:39:49.05
So He said: "Christ,
He's mediating this...
00:40:06.71\00:40:11.16
this settlement. And He's the
Mediator of a better covenant
00:40:11.73\00:40:17.71
which is established
on better promises. "
00:40:17.91\00:40:21.39
How is that possible?
00:40:21.59\00:40:23.78
How can that be
that He's the Mediator
00:40:23.98\00:40:28.17
of a better covenant
established on better promises?
00:40:28.37\00:40:32.28
Now you have to
understand, folks,
00:40:44.70\00:40:46.71
that every time you partake
00:40:48.09\00:40:52.42
of the Lord's Supper
00:40:52.62\00:40:54.78
you are renewing
that covenant with God.
00:40:54.98\00:40:58.85
That's what you're doing.
00:41:00.48\00:41:01.57
That's what the
Lord's Supper is all about...
00:41:01.77\00:41:03.05
you're renewing
that covenant with God.
00:41:03.25\00:41:05.42
Actually what you're doing
00:41:05.62\00:41:07.13
is you're saying to
God: "I'll be Your people. "
00:41:07.33\00:41:09.84
That's what you're
doing. That's the covenant.
00:41:11.39\00:41:13.91
He'll be your God;
you'll be His people.
00:41:14.12\00:41:16.12
So when you partake
of the Lord's Supper
00:41:16.32\00:41:18.45
you're saying:
"Here, You're my God;
00:41:18.65\00:41:20.73
I'll be Your people. "
00:41:20.93\00:41:22.31
You're renewing that covenant
00:41:22.51\00:41:24.48
with Him every time you
partake of the Lord's Supper.
00:41:24.68\00:41:27.10
Now we're talking about a
covenant - a new covenant -
00:41:35.28\00:41:38.57
that's established
on better promises.
00:41:38.78\00:41:42.21
Well He said that when He
entered into this covenant
00:41:42.41\00:41:45.37
He took the law and
He wrote the law where?
00:41:45.58\00:41:48.44
Yeah. Put it in your mind
and wrote it on your heart.
00:41:48.84\00:41:52.55
Well, what about the law?
00:41:52.75\00:41:56.94
What does the law have to say?
00:41:58.31\00:42:01.07
The law is a
transcript of God's character,
00:42:01.27\00:42:06.79
and God is holy, He's
just, He's good, He's perfect.
00:42:06.99\00:42:10.87
And the law is holy,
just, good, and perfect.
00:42:11.07\00:42:15.66
OK?
00:42:16.06\00:42:17.79
Man over here is unholy,
00:42:18.91\00:42:22.79
unjust, sinful, not perfect.
00:42:22.99\00:42:26.34
And the law says if you break it
00:42:28.18\00:42:31.88
the penalty for that is death.
00:42:32.08\00:42:36.27
And Jesus said: "I'll pay it. "
00:42:36.67\00:42:41.04
I'm talking about
"on better promises. "
00:42:42.33\00:42:44.63
See? No way... no way that man
00:42:44.93\00:42:48.99
could fulfill that.
00:42:49.20\00:42:50.51
The offering of
lambs, offering of goats,
00:42:50.72\00:42:54.99
the offering of oxen... that
would never take care of it.
00:42:55.19\00:42:59.06
Never. But Jesus
said "I'll do it. "
00:42:59.26\00:43:04.53
"I'll die. " And since He died,
00:43:04.73\00:43:10.02
therefore it is
established on better promises.
00:43:10.22\00:43:15.02
Not on the promise of a goat
00:43:15.22\00:43:17.89
but on the
promise of the Son of God.
00:43:18.09\00:43:23.06
And He died. That's why
it says He's the Mediator
00:43:23.26\00:43:26.60
of a new covenant
"by means of death. "
00:43:26.80\00:43:30.56
That means that He
can say to His Father,
00:43:30.76\00:43:34.66
God over here,
00:43:34.87\00:43:36.45
in behalf of man over here,
00:43:36.65\00:43:39.82
"I died for him.
00:43:40.02\00:43:41.96
I paid the price
that the law demanded.
00:43:42.46\00:43:47.13
I paid it for him. "
00:43:47.23\00:43:48.84
And God... who is
just, who is holy,
00:43:49.04\00:43:52.59
who is
righteous, can accept that
00:43:52.79\00:43:55.66
because the debt has been paid.
00:43:55.87\00:43:59.34
Are you with me?
00:43:59.54\00:44:01.28
Are you following
what's taking place here?
00:44:01.48\00:44:03.20
So He's negotiating
a much better covenant.
00:44:03.40\00:44:07.94
Jesus Christ died.
00:44:23.93\00:44:28.31
Paid the price.
00:44:28.51\00:44:30.76
Now He's gone and He's sitting
00:44:30.96\00:44:34.01
beside His Father
where He can negotiate
00:44:34.21\00:44:39.42
or intercede in your behalf
00:44:39.62\00:44:43.19
because He can say:
"Father, I paid the price. "
00:44:43.39\00:44:48.62
Do you know how
many He paid it for?
00:44:48.82\00:44:52.39
For everybody.
00:44:53.92\00:44:55.79
For every man,
every woman, every child
00:44:56.03\00:45:00.43
on this whole world...
00:45:00.63\00:45:03.12
He paid the price for them.
00:45:03.32\00:45:05.78
Dear friend, your
debt has been paid.
00:45:05.98\00:45:09.36
It's not a question of
whether your debt will be paid.
00:45:09.57\00:45:13.73
Your debt has been paid.
00:45:13.93\00:45:15.53
It's just a matter
of you accepting it.
00:45:15.73\00:45:17.76
That's all it takes:
00:45:17.96\00:45:19.31
you accepting His
death in your behalf.
00:45:19.41\00:45:22.13
But there's a little
bit more to this covenant.
00:45:22.33\00:45:25.52
So it says that
righteousness and justice
00:45:35.71\00:45:39.58
is the very
foundation of God's throne.
00:45:39.79\00:45:43.55
God is righteous.
God is holy. God is just.
00:45:43.75\00:45:48.13
It's the
foundation of His throne.
00:45:48.33\00:45:50.49
Now that's the
reason Jesus Christ died...
00:45:52.34\00:45:57.70
because God is just.
00:45:57.90\00:46:01.58
He's loving, He's
kind, He's merciful...
00:46:01.78\00:46:06.12
but He's just, folks.
00:46:06.32\00:46:08.48
And you and I
expect Him to be just.
00:46:08.68\00:46:11.21
And therefore He
cannot just turn His head
00:46:11.41\00:46:15.17
and say "We won't pay
any attention to that.
00:46:15.37\00:46:17.60
We won't worry about that. "
00:46:17.80\00:46:19.06
If it is violating His
law, He has to be just.
00:46:19.26\00:46:24.39
You see, this
is the negotiation.
00:46:42.64\00:46:44.60
That by His death... He died
that He might bring us to God.
00:46:44.80\00:46:50.00
That's bringing us together.
That's negotiating the covenant.
00:46:50.20\00:46:53.63
All right?
"Bringing us to God... "
00:46:53.83\00:46:55.52
So He fulfilled
the demand of the law
00:46:59.51\00:47:02.86
concerning justice.
00:47:03.06\00:47:06.17
You can be counted just
00:47:06.37\00:47:10.84
tonight because
Jesus Christ died for you.
00:47:11.44\00:47:17.38
You can be counted just
00:47:17.58\00:47:20.93
because Christ died for you.
00:47:21.14\00:47:23.31
OK. Let's look on:
00:47:23.51\00:47:25.50
See, He's also righteous.
00:47:25.53\00:47:27.65
God not only requires justice
00:47:29.63\00:47:31.77
but he requires righteousness
or holiness if you please.
00:47:31.97\00:47:35.58
God will not settle for anything
less than righteousness.
00:47:35.78\00:47:40.90
That is a requirement.
00:47:41.10\00:47:42.98
"Then He said, " Listen
carefully to this verse:
00:47:45.29\00:47:48.02
That's the new covenant.
00:47:59.74\00:48:01.80
Set aside the first
to establish the second.
00:48:02.01\00:48:04.40
So it says that
He's not only just
00:48:17.53\00:48:20.28
but by Christ dying and
living here on this earth
00:48:20.48\00:48:24.97
a perfect life, He also
established righteousness.
00:48:25.00\00:48:29.16
Watch as it continues:
00:48:29.36\00:48:31.57
OK, here you have
the everlasting covenant.
00:48:44.06\00:48:46.08
What does that mean?
00:48:55.36\00:48:56.59
That means to
make you righteous.
00:48:56.79\00:49:00.47
To make you complete
means to make you righteous
00:49:00.67\00:49:05.21
"in every good
work to do His will. "
00:49:05.41\00:49:07.34
In other words, it's saying
00:49:14.84\00:49:16.51
that when you come to
Christ and you accept him,
00:49:16.72\00:49:20.12
that He works in you to
bring about His good pleasure,
00:49:20.32\00:49:25.04
to bring about
righteousness in you.
00:49:25.25\00:49:27.99
And therefore He can
stand before His Father
00:49:28.19\00:49:30.77
and say: "Father, credit that
person with My righteousness. "
00:49:30.97\00:49:35.22
Counts them righteous.
00:49:35.42\00:49:37.40
You see, if He had
never become flesh,
00:49:37.60\00:49:42.32
the covenant could
have never been fulfilled.
00:49:42.52\00:49:46.09
But He did everything
that the covenant required.
00:49:46.29\00:49:50.70
That's why it's on
better promises, folks.
00:49:50.90\00:49:54.76
Much better promises.
00:49:54.96\00:49:57.35
So... we simply ask:
00:49:57.55\00:50:01.77
What about the judgment?
00:50:01.97\00:50:04.53
What about the judgment?
00:50:04.73\00:50:06.72
What takes place there?
00:50:06.92\00:50:09.08
Well, God is just.
00:50:09.38\00:50:12.83
He's got to count
things as they are.
00:50:13.03\00:50:17.34
He can't gloss it over.
00:50:17.54\00:50:20.41
He's got to take a look at it.
00:50:20.51\00:50:21.77
And that's what it says. Listen:
00:50:21.87\00:50:23.50
So God is not going to
just push it under the table.
00:50:49.18\00:50:55.11
Not going to do that.
00:50:55.31\00:50:56.82
But, Jesus
Christ... The law over here
00:50:57.02\00:51:02.44
said you broke it,
you've got to pay the penalty.
00:51:02.64\00:51:05.50
Christ paid it. The
law said you've got to be
00:51:05.70\00:51:08.31
righteous, and Christ said
00:51:08.41\00:51:09.65
"I will live a
righteous life for you. "
00:51:09.85\00:51:13.85
So He lived a righteous life
00:51:14.05\00:51:17.36
for you and for me.
00:51:17.56\00:51:20.60
OK? That's what He does for us.
00:51:20.80\00:51:23.46
That's how He lived
that we might have life.
00:51:23.66\00:51:28.17
Because He is the
Mediator of a better covenant
00:51:28.37\00:51:32.74
that is
established on better promises.
00:51:32.94\00:51:34.88
So now, since He's the Mediator,
00:51:35.08\00:51:38.55
it says here:
00:51:38.76\00:51:41.38
That means dear friend
that there's not one of you
00:51:49.96\00:51:52.57
out here anywhere
watching anywhere in the world
00:51:52.77\00:51:56.76
that He can't save.
00:51:56.96\00:51:59.08
No man. I don't care, dear
friend... I don't care how dark
00:51:59.28\00:52:04.69
your past may be,
how sinful you may be,
00:52:04.89\00:52:08.93
Jesus Christ can
save to the uttermost.
00:52:09.13\00:52:14.17
Do that for anybody
00:52:14.37\00:52:16.61
because He has met
everything that was required
00:52:16.81\00:52:21.14
for your salvation.
00:52:21.34\00:52:23.06
"That He ever lives to
make intercession for them. "
00:52:31.60\00:52:35.04
You see, He is seated at
the right hand of His Father
00:52:35.24\00:52:40.78
and He can say to His Father
00:52:40.98\00:52:45.25
"Father, I died for that person.
00:52:45.46\00:52:49.90
I lived on that old
earth for 30-some odd years
00:52:51.56\00:52:57.54
that they might
have My righteousness. "
00:52:57.57\00:53:01.82
And the Father says:
00:53:02.02\00:53:04.51
"I'm pleased.
Count them righteous. "
00:53:04.71\00:53:08.19
That's how He ministers the
covenant for you and for me.
00:53:08.39\00:53:14.01
What is Jesus
00:53:16.05\00:53:18.68
doing now
00:53:18.88\00:53:23.65
since He left so long ago?
00:53:23.85\00:53:29.82
He pleads in my behalf
00:53:31.79\00:53:37.78
for He loves me so.
00:53:38.72\00:53:44.66
Representing me in judgment,
00:53:46.03\00:53:52.02
seated now before the throne.
00:53:53.89\00:53:59.81
And since He paid
00:54:01.25\00:54:05.79
my debt
00:54:05.99\00:54:08.57
I won't have to stand
00:54:08.97\00:54:12.49
alone.
00:54:12.69\00:54:16.84
Let us pray.
00:54:18.92\00:54:20.04
Father in Heaven,
00:54:20.98\00:54:22.11
tonight we can
come with humble hearts
00:54:24.81\00:54:30.78
realizing that You
have done everything
00:54:30.99\00:54:35.26
that's necessary to
reconcile us to God.
00:54:35.46\00:54:40.64
That because of You,
00:54:42.65\00:54:44.44
because of the beloved,
00:54:45.92\00:54:48.56
because of You He's
willing to accept us.
00:54:50.20\00:54:54.57
Willing to forgive our sins
00:54:54.87\00:54:58.49
to cleanse, for us
to be clean, righteous,
00:55:00.48\00:55:05.23
and to have a place
with You in Your kingdom.
00:55:05.43\00:55:07.51
Tonight, Lord, we
want to be Your people.
00:55:07.91\00:55:13.85
We want You to be our God.
00:55:15.48\00:55:18.96
Be with us.
00:55:20.64\00:55:21.89
Help us to walk
with You each day.
00:55:22.09\00:55:24.72
For this we ask in
Christ's name, Amen.
00:55:24.92\00:55:28.69
Don't forget our
next presentation
00:55:30.23\00:55:32.85
is on the
Investigative Judgment.
00:55:33.05\00:55:36.01
One of the greatest
prophecies in all the scripture.
00:55:36.21\00:55:39.65
So we look
forward to you being here.
00:55:39.85\00:55:41.66
God bless you.
Have a good evening.
00:55:41.87\00:55:43.98
Psalm 19 and verse 1 says:
00:55:46.59\00:55:49.07
"The heavens
declare the glory of God
00:55:49.27\00:55:51.94
and the firmament
shows His handiwork. "
00:55:52.14\00:55:54.87
All around us we see the
handiwork of our Creator.
00:55:55.07\00:55:58.70
Every flower displays a
palate of color and texture
00:55:58.90\00:56:02.59
beyond the imagination of man.
00:56:02.79\00:56:05.11
Every variety is
uniquely designed
00:56:05.31\00:56:08.56
by the Master of creativity.
00:56:08.76\00:56:10.82
But they're not
just a thing of beauty.
00:56:11.02\00:56:13.20
Every flower has a
function and a purpose.
00:56:13.40\00:56:16.11
So does every living creature.
00:56:16.32\00:56:18.18
Whether it is
feathered or finned,
00:56:18.38\00:56:20.52
each creature was put
together by the Author of Life.
00:56:20.72\00:56:24.16
Even in a fallen world
00:56:24.46\00:56:26.50
God has placed a desire
for life in every creature.
00:56:26.53\00:56:29.71
Without instruction, a
mother knows how to nurture
00:56:29.91\00:56:33.62
and protect her young
00:56:33.72\00:56:35.00
reflecting the tenderness
God feels for each of us.
00:56:35.20\00:56:39.31
No man can observe nature
00:56:39.51\00:56:42.28
and deny His existence.
00:56:42.48\00:56:44.16
But the God of
Heaven went far beyond
00:56:44.36\00:56:47.35
by humbling Himself
and becoming the man Jesus.
00:56:47.56\00:56:51.51
He walked the
dusty paths of Israel
00:56:51.71\00:56:53.65
and He paid the
debt for every man's sin
00:56:53.85\00:56:56.39
so we could have eternal life.
00:56:56.59\00:56:59.15
The Bible says in
John 17 and verse 3
00:57:00.09\00:57:03.20
"And this is eternal life
00:57:03.40\00:57:05.21
that they may know You,
00:57:05.42\00:57:07.24
the only true God,
00:57:07.44\00:57:08.84
and Jesus Christ
whom You have sent. "
00:57:09.04\00:57:11.57
The evidence of a
Creator God is all around us.
00:57:11.77\00:57:15.59
He has revealed
details of His character
00:57:15.79\00:57:18.36
in a love letter
to you and to me.
00:57:18.57\00:57:21.50
Our desire is to help
you understand the Bible
00:57:21.70\00:57:24.42
and receive
life... eternal life...
00:57:24.62\00:57:27.61
by getting to
know Him intimately.
00:57:27.82\00:57:30.13
Won't you help us bring
this message to the world?
00:57:30.33\00:57:33.20
Please consider what you can do
00:57:33.60\00:57:35.21
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00:57:35.41\00:57:37.85
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00:57:38.05\00:57:39.60
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00:57:58.35\00:58:00.55
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