This is gonna be one
of the most important
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presentations
I'm gonna be making
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during the course of
this seminars series.
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It's a vital subject
and certainly if you were
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with us last night we
discovered in our study
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that a cosmic war involving
the angelicas of heaven
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broke out in the very
presence of God himself.
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And at the head
of the forces of evil
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was one of the
highest ranking angels.
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Remember, his name as
studied it in Isaiah Chapter 14.
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What was his name?
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Lucifer, and in
initial conflict Lucifer
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and a third, we
discovered from Revelation 12,
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a third of the
angels numbering in the tens
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if not in the hundreds
of millions were defeated
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and forced to continue their
struggle here on planet earth.
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Where they usurp dominion over
the planet from the human race.
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God had a problem.
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For now humanity was infected
with the spirit of the evil one
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instead to remain true to him
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they had rebelled and
accepted Satan's lies.
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And in His love God
sort to find a means
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to not only defeat
the forces of the evil
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but to save mankind from
the ravages of rebellion.
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His solution was to send
a powerful magnificent being
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to our planet to engage
and defeat the forces of evil.
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And we find a description
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on this extraordinary
being in the Book of Revelation.
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In Revelation Chapter 1
and beginning with verse 12
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we're gonna move
through verse 18.
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As he appears to John envision
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you will find that
in the New Testament,
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the New Testament
page 189, 189, Revelation 1
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and as I said we're
gonna begin with verse 12
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moving right on
down to verse 18.
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And as very typical
to Book of Revelation
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we're gonna find that
the language is prophetic
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and in many ways symbolic.
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But this is how it reads.
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It says "Then I
turned to see the voice
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that was speaking with me.
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And having turned I
saw seven golden lampstands
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and in the
middle of the lampstands
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I saw one like a son of man,
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clothed in a robe
reaching to the feet,
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and girded across His
chest with a golden sash.
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His head and His hair were
white like white wool, like snow
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and His eyes were
like a flame of fire.
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His feet were
like burnished bronze,
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when it has been
made to glow in a furnace,
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and His voice was like
the sound of many waters.
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And in His right
hand He held seven stars,
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and out of His mouth
came a sharp two-edged sword
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and His face was like
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the sun shining
in its strength."
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I mean this is quite
a description isn't it.
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And then it says
verse 17 "When I saw Him,
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I fell at His
feet like a dead man.
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And He placed His
right hand on me, saying,
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'Do not be afraid I am
the first and the last,
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and the living one
and I was dead, behold
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I am alive forevermore,
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and I have the keys
of death and of Hades."
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That is of the grave.
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"I have the keys of
death and of Hades."
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Well, who is this being in
whose overpowering presence
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John felt
prostrate like a dead man.
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Well, the answer
tonight will give us
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a thrilling new insight
into God's immeasurable love.
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For you see it--
certainly tonight is
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one of love it is through
a revelation of God's love
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that the race was to be rescued
from the power of the evil one.
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So let us talk
about that love, shall we.
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You know, it cost
us something to love.
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That always cost
us something to love.
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There's always
a price to be paid
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when we truly love someone,
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genuine love is a
giving of ourselves to another
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and to give ourselves
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to another will
costs us something.
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Love is willing to sacrifice,
willing to endure hardship,
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dwell in pain for
the sake of another,
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as the Apostle Paul put it
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so very beautifully
in 1 Corinthians 13.
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Love bears all
things, believes all things,
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hopes all things,
endures all things,
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love never fails.
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But love must go
beyond mere words
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which can be
meaningless and empty.
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Love always
reveals itself in practical
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and meaningful ways.
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And so we asked the question,
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what did it
costs God to love us?
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Remember what
Jesus said in John 3:16
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"For God so loved the world,
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that He gave His
only begotten Son,
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that whoever believes
in Him shall not perish,
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but have eternal life."
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My friend,
God's love is measured
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by His gift to us in Jesus.
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And we can
appreciate God's love for us
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and that's break the
power the evil one over us
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only as we comprehend
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and accept this
gift of His love.
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His love was and
continues to be manifest
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to us through His
Son in giving us His Son
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to come to this earth
to live and die among us.
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He was really giving us Himself.
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Who is this Jesus?
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Who is this
person who was willing
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to die that we might have life?
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And if you think you've
heard it all before you want
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to take a new fresh
look with me tonight.
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And interestingly we're
going to begin as we get
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to the heart of our subject now.
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We're gonna begin in the Old
Testament in the Book of Micah.
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I invite you turn you to turn
to the Old Testament page 660.
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Micah 5:2, as
we come to Micah 5,
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Micah towards the
end of the Old Testament.
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We're going to,
beginning with Micah,
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we're going to be looking
at a series of prophecies.
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We call them
messianic prophecies
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that are embedded
in the Old Testament.
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And when we talk
about messianic prophecies,
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we are talking
about specifically
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those prophecies
in the Old Testament
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that predicted
the coming of Jesus.
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In fact, our word Christ
really is the word Messiah,
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Messiah the anointed one.
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So in actuality when
we talk about Jesus Christ
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we actually are
saying Jesus the Messiah.
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As we come the Micah 5:2 it says
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"But as for you,
Bethlehem Ephrathah,
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too little to be
among the clans of Judah,
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from you one will go forth
for Me to be ruler in Israel.
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His goings forth
are from long ago,
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the days of eternity."
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That's what the
prophecy tells us.
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Now I remind you, I
remind you of the story
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of how the wise
men came from the east.
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Remember, they
were following that star
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they have been
studying the prophecies
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and they had comprehended
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that there was going
to be a new born king.
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That's why they
were following that star.
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And eventually that
star led them to Jerusalem
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and then it disappeared.
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And so they came into the city
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and they were asking
the question where is He.
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And, you know, King
Herod finally got word
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that they were these
fascinating individuals
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from the east that were creating
quite a stir in Jerusalem
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with the questions about
where is the new born king
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and they asked him the question,
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where is he to be born.
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And Herod turned
to his counselors
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and some of them
were Jewish counselors
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and they referred to
this specific prophecy.
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They said the prophecy said
He will be born in Bethlehem.
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And that's
exactly where we found
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but there is
something else that is important
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as we're
looking at this prophecy
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and it tells us something
about where He came from.
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Notice, what it says here.
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"His goings forth
are from long ago,
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from the days of" what?
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The days of eternity."
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Now that's just kind of may
be a little bit difficult for us
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to wrap our
minds around, isn't it,
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this idea of coming
from the days of eternity.
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I don't know if you are like me
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that I have much easier
time comprehending forever
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into the future that is you'll
never die, always existing.
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It's harder for
me to grasp the idea
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that there is something
or someone in this case
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in the universe
that has always existed.
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And I think we
struggle with that
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because in our
existence everything seems
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to have a beginning, right.
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But nevertheless when we
think about it philosophically
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at least we
know that there's had
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a there's has to be
something that has always been.
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Here, we talked about this
a little bit on Friday night
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when we talked about
the origins of the universe.
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If we go back in time
to when there was nothing
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you can't get
something out of nothing.
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There had to be
something that was always there.
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It just has to be.
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Science doesn't really
have an answer for that
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but the Bible gives us
the answer, doesn't it.
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God has always been
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and, my friend,
Jesus has always been.
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And we're gonna
be looking at part
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at in part again tonight
at the preexistence of Jesus.
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And why I say preexistence?
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We're talking
about His existence
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before He was born as
that baby in Bethlehem
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when He came to this earth.
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It's a fascinating
story as we take a look at it.
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Turn with me to Isaiah 7,
the Old Testament page 492,
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492 Isaiah 7:14,
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Isaiah is often
described as the gospel writer
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of the Old Testament.
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And that's because much of
the Book of Isaiah we'll find
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in this book many of
these messianic prophecies
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referring to
the coming of Jesus.
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And we find one right here
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will be in Isaiah
several times tonight
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but we find one of
those messianic prophecies
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right here Isaiah
7:14 where it says
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"Therefore the Lord Himself
will give you a sign Behold,
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a virgin will be
with child and bear a son,
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and she will call
His name Immanuel."
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Now, we know for certain
that these prophecies of Isaiah
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were given 700 years
before the coming of Jesus.
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And that was so
great fascinating
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as you look at
prophecy, were among the things
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that we discover
here is that it predicts
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the virgin birth of Jesus
700 years before it happened.
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And it also speaks
of a very unique name
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in association with Jesus
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and that is His name
would be called Immanuel.
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There are number of names
actually associated with Jesus
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as you look at it scripturally
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but this is really an
important and vital one.
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Let's compare this
passage to Matthew Chapter 1
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that's gonna be the
New Testament and page 1.
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Matthew 1:22, 23
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because this
prophecy is referred
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to right here in Matthew 1
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and we're given
some important insights
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into the
prophecy of Isaiah 7:14.
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So Matthew 1 and
beginning with verse 22
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where it says "Now
all this took place
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to fulfill what
was spoken by the Lord
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through the prophet
Behold, the virgin shall be
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with child and shall bear a Son,
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and they shall call
His name" what? "Immanuel."
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There is the reference.
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"Which translated
means, 'God with us.'"
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I say it again there
are some interesting names
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associated with
the Lord Jesus Christ.
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But this is a unique
one as you take a look at it
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because, you know, and
the meaning behind the name.
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You know, names
particularly in a Jewish economy
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had very deep meanings.
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When a, a Jewish couple
when a man and woman anticipated
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the birth particularly
at the first born son
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they very
carefully considered the name
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that they chose for
that first born boy.
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And they often would
choose a name with meanings
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that represented the
hopes of those parents
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for that child and
for its future life.
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I think probably we all
of us gone through this.
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I, you know, my wife
and I have been married
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some 12 years before we decided
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either we're going to
have children or we're not.
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You know we
just went put it off.
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You know all the
schooling we have to go through
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and getting
establishing the ministry
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and but here we found
ourselves in our early 30s
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my wife is a couple
of years older than I
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so she was beginning
to reach here mid 30s
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and we knew either
we're gonna have children
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or it just wasn't going,
we're just, we're gonna do it.
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And so we made that decision.
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And it was a wonderful decision.
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And it was one of the
best decisions that we probably
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have made outside our
commitment to Jesus Christ.
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And I remember as
we found that Donna
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was expecting our first born
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she had an amniocentesis
she is little bit older.
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And you know
they want to be sure
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that the child
was gonna be all right
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and so we knew it
was gonna be a boy
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and so we begin to go
through the name books.
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Anybody else gone
through the name books
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or this process so you
know what I'm talking about.
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So we have got
number of name, name books
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and we were going
through all of these names.
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And we're looking
only name that sounds good
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but we're looking at
the meanings of the name.
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And finally, my wife
and I agreed that we were
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going to name him
David which means beloved.
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And we took this solemn oath
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that it was gonna
be David not Dave,
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not Davy it's gonna be David.
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Now taking into
account that in time
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you know many of his classmates
so called him Dave or Davy
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but he is still David to us.
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And we chose for a
middle name that name Michael
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which means who is like God.
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Okay, so names,
names to us are important.
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In fact, we ask
what is in, the name.
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Well, the name comes
to stand for the character
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and the personality
of the individual, right
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and how true that has to be
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when we talk about this
name as it relates to Jesus.
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We find two important
things in this name Immanuel.
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First of all, it
identifies who He is.
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It identifies Him as
God and it identifies
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the purpose for
which He would come
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that is He would
come to be with us.
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God was not
satisfied to love us from afar.
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This was a part of the divine
plan that Jesus would come.
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He who was one with God to come
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to represent the God had
as He came to this planet
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and to reveal to us
what God was really like.
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And that's vitally
important as you think about it
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to know who God really is like.
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Take a look at Colossians 2:9
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and you have been
looking at your notes
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you know we are gonna
covering some territory
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in the meaning
tonight, aren't we.
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In Colossians
2:9 it says, of Jesus
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"For in him dwelleth
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all the fullness of
the Godhead bodily."
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In bodily form we
call this the incarnation.
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This process by which
God in the person of Jesus
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took upon himself
our humanity, this was,
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you know, this was
well part of the divine plan
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in which God
determined to identify himself
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very specifically
with us in our need.
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And in the midst of this tragedy
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that it overcome
us this matter of sin.
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And I would add to
this Hebrews Chapter 1
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turn with me to the New
Testament page 169 to Hebrews 1
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and we are gonna be
looking at verses 1-3.
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Hebrews 1, we're gonna find this
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to be a fascinating
book in nights to come.
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It's a book I find
that many Christians
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really haven't
spent much time in
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but here we are,
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we are looking
at Hebrews Chapter 1
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as I said we're gonna
be looking at verses 1-3.
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Where it says, "God,
after He spoke long ago
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to the fathers in the prophets
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in many portions
and in many ways,
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in these last days has
spoken to us in His Son."
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And it's true.
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I mean we have the
record of the prophets
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and the things that
will reveal to them by God.
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That's what we're
studying as we open
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the Word of God night by night.
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But it says in verse 2
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that God now has
spoken to us in His Son.
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That is that God has a message
for us in the person of Jesus
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when He came to
this planet of ours.
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And it goes on to speak of Jesus
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"Whom He appointed
heir of all things,
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through whom also
He made the world.
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And He is the
radiance of His glory."
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This is speaking
of the relationship
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between the Father and the Son.
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Jesus "is the
radiance of His glory
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and the exact
representation of His nature."
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And I want to prattle
little bit at this matter
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of the relationship between God
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as we call Him God the
Father and God the Son."
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He is the radiance of His
glory and immediate illustration
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that comes to mind
is that of the sun.
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The sun, you know,
some 93 million miles away
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from this planet
traveling at a speed of light
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186,000 miles a second.
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It takes a beam of like
eight and a half minutes
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to reach the earth
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ones it leaves
that, that heavenly body.
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So that is a long
distance out there.
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Now here is the question
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how do we know that
the sun is out there.
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That's not tricky question.
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How do we know
that it's out there
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because it
emanates light, right.
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It provides light.
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And further more, light radiates
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particularly in
the summer time heat.
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As that ray stands in
relationship to the sun
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so Jesus stands in
relationship to the Father.
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He is the radiance of His glory.
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He is the Revelation
of the person of God.
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He is the Revelation of what is
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within the heart of
God towards us as sinners.
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And that is the
message it's a vital one.
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In 1 Timothy
3:16 its says of Jesus
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"He was revealed in the flesh."
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He came and took our
humanity upon Himself
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and as I mentioned we
call this the incarnation,
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the process by which
God took upon Himself
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the
lamentations of our humanity.
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And I don't think you
and I can be really begun
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to appreciate what
God was willing to do,
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God in giving his Son and
God the Son as we know Him.
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What it meant for
them to put into place
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the plan of
salvation that required Jesus
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to come down here to this earth
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and to take our form upon Him.
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Probably the best illustration
I could share with you
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is the story
about Marilyn Laszlo
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and that may not be name
that your acquainted with
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but Marilyn and this is story
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that happened
just in recent times.
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But Marilyn as a young
person had this burning desire
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to get involved
in missionary work.
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And she made the determination
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I'm not sure how
that all came about.
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She made the determination
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that she was
going to go specifically
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to this epic one
tribe in Papua New Guinea
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and she spent the next 20 years
among this primitive people.
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She had this burning desire
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to share the
love of God with them.
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And in the
process she determined
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that she was
going to put the Bible,
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translate the Bible
into their language.
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Now that was gonna
be a tough thing to do
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because among the
other things she had to do
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she had to learn the
language and furthermore
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they didn't have a
written, they have the alphabet,
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they didn't have
a written language.
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She had to spend time to
develop a written language
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which also met that if
she was going to translate
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the Bible into
that, that language
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she was going to
have to teach them
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how to read that language.
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Think of, think
of the dedication
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and the commitment
that, that meant for her.
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In fact it was in
1990 that it was published
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the Bible in the
language of this people.
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But think what she was,
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think about what
she was willing to do.
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She was willing uproot
herself from her culture.
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From, you know,
from the United States
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she was willing to go
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and live in a
very primitive society.
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And I tell you,
that's a represents our power
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for motivation doesn't it.
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But my friend, that is
just a faith representation
00:22:44.37\00:22:48.20
of what Jesus did for us
when He left the courts of glory
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and came down to this earth.
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He did that of
course because He loves us.
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Now while we are still
in Hebrews in chapter 1
00:23:00.74\00:23:03.19
and if you've
missed and watch your place
00:23:03.22\00:23:05.98
it's a New Testament page
169 we find in Hebrews 1:5
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it says "For to which of
the angels did He ever say,
00:23:11.76\00:23:15.58
'You are My Son,
Today I have begotten You?'
00:23:15.61\00:23:19.47
And again, 'I
will be a Father to Him
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and He shall be a Son to Me?'"
00:23:21.40\00:23:25.06
Now this idea of Jesus being
the only begotten of the Father.
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This phrase we find several
times in the New Testament.
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This idea of the
only begotten Son
00:23:33.40\00:23:36.73
that He is the Son,
He God is the Father
00:23:36.76\00:23:40.84
is one that has been
confusing for lot of people.
00:23:40.87\00:23:44.24
I have to mean even
in my early ministry
00:23:44.27\00:23:46.04
I still was
pondering this even though
00:23:46.07\00:23:47.89
I knew in the Greek the word
actually meant the unique one
00:23:47.92\00:23:51.24
and He is very unique
but this idea that began
00:23:51.27\00:23:54.66
because just a
suffice reading of it seems
00:23:54.69\00:23:57.86
to give the impression
that He had a beginning of days
00:23:57.89\00:24:02.71
and there is some
take that position.
00:24:02.74\00:24:05.70
But then as I, you
know in time it began
00:24:05.73\00:24:09.26
to become clearly
this is talking about
00:24:09.29\00:24:12.14
when Jesus came to this
earth and was incarnated.
00:24:12.17\00:24:17.77
When He was born that
helpless baby in Bethlehem
00:24:17.80\00:24:22.02
taking our human
nature upon Himself.
00:24:22.05\00:24:24.66
He was begotten of
the Father in that sense.
00:24:24.69\00:24:28.83
And that just pulled up on
00:24:28.86\00:24:30.93
you know it just cleared
up the whole issue for me.
00:24:30.96\00:24:33.65
And that's what
it is talking about
00:24:33.68\00:24:35.77
because as we
already read in Micah 5:2
00:24:35.80\00:24:38.70
He comes from
the days of eternity
00:24:38.73\00:24:40.86
I mean that's
the dimension of time
00:24:40.89\00:24:42.56
without beginning or end.
00:24:42.59\00:24:45.89
Because again as we
know He is always existed.
00:24:45.92\00:24:49.26
Another text I would share
with you is here on the screen
00:24:49.29\00:24:52.60
Philippians Chapter 2
and beginning with verse 5.
00:24:52.63\00:24:56.35
As we try to
take some measurement
00:24:56.38\00:24:59.19
of what it meant
for Jesus to come.
00:24:59.22\00:25:02.61
It says "Have this
attitude in yourselves
00:25:02.64\00:25:05.00
which was also in Christ Jesus,
00:25:05.03\00:25:07.45
who, although He
existed in the form of God,
00:25:07.48\00:25:10.37
did not regard equality with God
00:25:10.40\00:25:12.70
a thing to be
grasped, but emptied Himself."
00:25:12.73\00:25:15.84
Just think about that phrase.
00:25:15.87\00:25:16.94
Jesus was willing
empty Himself empty Himself
00:25:16.97\00:25:19.88
of all of those prerogatives
that were His by nature.
00:25:19.91\00:25:24.72
Those prerogatives that
have belong to God alone.
00:25:24.75\00:25:27.56
And it goes on say,
00:25:27.59\00:25:28.63
"Taking the form
of a bondservant,
00:25:28.66\00:25:32.00
and being made in
the likeness of men."
00:25:32.03\00:25:37.81
Interesting term,
in the likeness of men
00:25:37.84\00:25:39.84
because there is something
again very unique about Jesus.
00:25:39.87\00:25:43.47
Yes, He had our humanity.
00:25:43.50\00:25:46.22
He took our
humanity but He was human
00:25:46.25\00:25:50.52
but yet He was God.
00:25:50.55\00:25:54.73
So it took "the likeness of men.
00:25:54.76\00:25:56.37
And being found in
appearance as a man,
00:25:56.40\00:25:58.64
He humbled Himself
by becoming obedient
00:25:58.67\00:26:00.87
to the point of death,
even death on a cross."
00:26:00.90\00:26:06.00
Oh, my friend, there is sense
00:26:06.03\00:26:07.64
in which the
incarnation of Jesus
00:26:07.67\00:26:09.47
must always remain a
mystery for how can we explain
00:26:09.50\00:26:14.01
how the all powerful eternal God
00:26:14.04\00:26:16.87
could take upon Himself the
lamentations of human flesh.
00:26:16.90\00:26:21.45
But that's exactly what He did.
00:26:21.48\00:26:23.30
Think of what He was willing
to do out of His love for us.
00:26:23.33\00:26:26.16
Think of it being
conceived in the womb of Mary
00:26:26.19\00:26:29.79
that nine-month gestation period
as His human body was forming.
00:26:29.82\00:26:34.26
This is God and then
to be born to be that
00:26:34.29\00:26:39.00
and as I've said several
times that help us little baby.
00:26:39.03\00:26:43.12
You know did He need
to have diapers changed?
00:26:43.15\00:26:46.19
Do they have diapers back then?
00:26:46.22\00:26:48.46
Well, he must have something.
00:26:48.49\00:26:51.00
And to be as totally
depended upon His parents
00:26:51.03\00:26:53.98
as any other
little baby this was God.
00:26:54.01\00:26:57.76
And again we ask the
question what was the motivation
00:26:57.79\00:27:01.47
that God will be willing
to do that for you and for me?
00:27:01.50\00:27:04.93
And, my friend, it is in
one word it is out of love
00:27:04.96\00:27:08.92
that He was willing to do that.
00:27:08.95\00:27:11.70
And then to grow and mature
and then finally you know,
00:27:11.73\00:27:16.74
finally they took
Him and crucified Him
00:27:16.77\00:27:19.23
and put Him to death.
00:27:19.26\00:27:22.28
It just kind of
takes your breath away
00:27:22.31\00:27:23.54
when you begin to
really think about it.
00:27:23.57\00:27:25.84
So how far is it
from sitting in throne
00:27:25.87\00:27:28.88
the majesty of the universe
00:27:28.91\00:27:30.67
to be in that
little baby in Bethlehem?
00:27:30.70\00:27:33.45
Well, my friend,
it is immeasurable
00:27:33.48\00:27:36.24
and yet it is the
measure of God's love
00:27:36.27\00:27:38.73
for the human race.
00:27:38.76\00:27:40.50
It is the measure of
God's love for you and for me.
00:27:40.53\00:27:45.60
My friend,
nobody has ever loved us
00:27:45.63\00:27:47.31
as fully and as
completely as God has loved us.
00:27:47.34\00:27:51.13
And its humbling
its, its breathtaking,
00:27:51.16\00:27:54.17
its hard to really wrap
on minds around that God,
00:27:54.20\00:27:58.71
the eternal
one, all powerful one
00:27:58.74\00:28:01.03
that He would love
me that I would manner
00:28:01.06\00:28:04.12
that He would be
willing to sacrifice
00:28:04.15\00:28:06.00
and give off
Himself as only He could do
00:28:06.03\00:28:09.56
and as He has done
and continues to do.
00:28:09.59\00:28:13.43
I'll tell you its
understanding that,
00:28:13.46\00:28:15.80
that wins so many hearts over
00:28:15.83\00:28:20.74
because as I have been saying
it's a revelation of love.
00:28:20.77\00:28:23.06
Take a look at John 1,
the New Testament page 71.
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John 1:18.
00:28:27.66\00:28:31.33
Another interesting, I
will tell you the Bible
00:28:31.36\00:28:33.25
is just full of interesting
truths and revelations.
00:28:33.28\00:28:38.92
And one of the things
we're gonna be discovering
00:28:38.95\00:28:40.86
and may be you
have discovered already.
00:28:40.89\00:28:42.59
This book is
such a dynamic book.
00:28:42.62\00:28:46.05
You can spend a
lifetime studying this book
00:28:46.08\00:28:48.48
and yet there will be new,
new answers and new revelations
00:28:48.51\00:28:53.36
that will come
as the Holy Spirit
00:28:53.39\00:28:56.09
opens our
understanding about what God,
00:28:56.12\00:29:01.41
who God is and
what He has done for us.
00:29:01.44\00:29:03.55
Here in John 1:18,
00:29:03.58\00:29:05.81
we find this
verse, this statement.
00:29:05.84\00:29:09.09
"No one has
seen God at any time,
00:29:09.12\00:29:11.87
the only begotten God
00:29:11.90\00:29:13.86
who is in the
bosom of the Father,
00:29:13.89\00:29:16.02
He has explained Him."
00:29:16.05\00:29:19.66
You see because of sin
we were separated from God.
00:29:19.69\00:29:24.58
And sin, you know,
sin always does us,
00:29:24.61\00:29:27.90
sin always separates.
00:29:27.93\00:29:30.33
And so God became,
you know, I share with you
00:29:30.36\00:29:33.31
in Genesis Chapter 3
00:29:33.34\00:29:35.09
when Adam and Eve
sinned the first thing
00:29:35.12\00:29:37.03
that we'd know that took place
is their whole view about God
00:29:37.06\00:29:40.21
went through a
fundamental change.
00:29:40.24\00:29:42.83
When we remember
when they heard God
00:29:42.86\00:29:44.07
coming into the garden
in the cool part of the day
00:29:44.10\00:29:47.09
they found
themselves running from Him.
00:29:47.12\00:29:49.46
They would overcome with fear.
00:29:49.49\00:29:53.65
And so God, you know,
this whole misapprehension
00:29:53.68\00:29:57.28
of who God is,
00:29:57.31\00:29:58.58
God seems so
distant and so far removed.
00:29:58.61\00:30:03.16
And that's one of
the fundamental reasons
00:30:03.19\00:30:05.79
why God had to act to
reveal and Satan was throwing
00:30:05.82\00:30:09.57
all of these lies
out of who God was,
00:30:09.60\00:30:12.60
all of these
misrepresentations about God
00:30:12.63\00:30:15.68
that He was a stern
judge and He was harsh
00:30:15.71\00:30:18.45
and all of these
things and arbitrary.
00:30:18.48\00:30:22.29
And so part of
why Jesus came was
00:30:22.32\00:30:24.06
to set the records
straight about who really God is
00:30:24.09\00:30:28.17
and what He is like
and how He relates to you
00:30:28.20\00:30:31.15
and how He relates to
me as marvelous revelation.
00:30:31.18\00:30:36.12
"No one has seen God at
any time the only begotten God
00:30:36.15\00:30:40.89
who is in the
bosom of the Father."
00:30:40.92\00:30:42.80
That's speaking of
the intimate relationship
00:30:42.83\00:30:46.41
between God the Father as
we know Him and God the Son.
00:30:46.44\00:30:51.26
"Has explained Him."
00:30:51.29\00:30:52.74
In the King James
Version you will find
00:30:52.77\00:30:54.58
that it says "The
only begotten Son."
00:30:54.61\00:30:56.97
And I'm gonna share a
little bit up with you
00:30:57.00\00:30:58.44
about the Greek and Hebrew.
00:30:58.47\00:31:00.63
You know, back and they
didn't have xerox machines
00:31:00.66\00:31:02.90
they didn't have
printers they had scribes.
00:31:02.93\00:31:07.05
This was a
profession that was dedicated
00:31:07.08\00:31:09.52
producing documents
in a secular setting
00:31:09.55\00:31:12.81
and in a religious setting,
00:31:12.84\00:31:14.78
the scribes were used
to copy the scriptures,
00:31:14.81\00:31:18.63
the words of the prophets.
00:31:18.66\00:31:21.02
And so what we really have
00:31:21.05\00:31:22.61
when we go back to
look the original languages
00:31:22.64\00:31:25.44
what we really have our
copies of copies of copies.
00:31:25.47\00:31:29.66
And in the process of
time, inadvertently no matter
00:31:29.69\00:31:32.43
how carefully they were
encopying the scriptures
00:31:32.46\00:31:36.43
inadvertently and
they were some changes,
00:31:36.46\00:31:38.53
there were some
differences not changes,
00:31:38.56\00:31:40.27
they were some differences
00:31:40.30\00:31:41.95
as you compare
some of the manuscripts.
00:31:41.98\00:31:44.48
And I will tell you
when you go through this
00:31:44.51\00:31:46.26
it doesn't
fundamentally affect the message
00:31:46.29\00:31:50.05
that we find in
the Bible whatsoever.
00:31:50.08\00:31:52.47
And this is gonna be
good illustration of it.
00:31:52.50\00:31:54.51
Five hundred years ago
when the King James translators
00:31:54.54\00:31:57.11
where going through this text
00:31:57.14\00:31:58.86
as they were
seeking to translate it.
00:31:58.89\00:32:00.79
The very best
manuscripts of that day
00:32:00.82\00:32:03.70
seem to point to the fact
that the word in the Greek
00:32:03.73\00:32:06.17
was probably
originally the word huios
00:32:06.20\00:32:09.16
that we translate
son and so it went
00:32:09.19\00:32:11.26
into the King James Version
as the only begotten son.
00:32:11.29\00:32:16.17
However in 500 years we
have made further discoveries
00:32:16.20\00:32:21.18
of other
manuscripts that are considered
00:32:21.21\00:32:24.06
to be even more accurate
and in those manuscripts
00:32:24.09\00:32:28.89
the word is the word
theos the word we translate God
00:32:28.92\00:32:33.37
our word
theology comes from this,
00:32:33.40\00:32:35.06
from this word God.
00:32:35.09\00:32:36.86
It's the study of God
00:32:36.89\00:32:39.14
that's the theology
is the study of God.
00:32:39.17\00:32:42.07
And so that's what the New
American Standard translates
00:32:42.10\00:32:44.76
it the only begotten
God that says something
00:32:44.79\00:32:52.38
because only He
who was one with God
00:32:52.41\00:32:56.43
in that you
know not only new God
00:32:56.46\00:32:58.74
but He was God could come
00:32:58.77\00:33:01.85
to explain or
reveal Him to us, right.
00:33:01.88\00:33:08.55
Now could have angels
been sent to this earth
00:33:08.58\00:33:11.64
to reveal
something towards about God,
00:33:11.67\00:33:13.36
would they have anything to
say towards about who God is?
00:33:13.39\00:33:16.19
Of course, they you
know, they didn't have Him,
00:33:16.22\00:33:19.05
they know Him face to face.
00:33:19.08\00:33:21.47
They certainly would
have something to reveal
00:33:21.50\00:33:23.38
but they're not one
with God in the sense
00:33:23.41\00:33:25.61
that Jesus is one with God.
00:33:25.64\00:33:29.43
So whether it's to
be only begotten God
00:33:29.46\00:33:31.67
or the only begotten Son,
00:33:31.70\00:33:32.88
does it make a
fundamental difference.
00:33:32.91\00:33:35.29
No we know its
talking about Jesus
00:33:35.32\00:33:37.21
whichever
whatever term that you use.
00:33:37.24\00:33:40.92
But again the point is only
He who was one with God to come
00:33:40.95\00:33:44.76
and really reveal what
was in the heart of God
00:33:44.79\00:33:47.67
that's the point
that we are making.
00:33:47.70\00:33:50.29
And I will take you on to
John 14:8, 9 on the screen.
00:33:50.32\00:33:56.73
Where it says
"Thomas said to Him."
00:33:56.76\00:33:59.16
Remember Thomas we
call him doubting Thomas
00:33:59.19\00:34:01.36
but "Thomas said to Him,
'Lord, show us the Father,
00:34:01.39\00:34:04.89
and it is enough for us.'
00:34:04.92\00:34:07.28
And 'Jesus said to him,
"Have I been so long with you,
00:34:07.31\00:34:10.46
and yet you have not
come to know Me, Philip?
00:34:10.49\00:34:13.44
He who has seen
Me has'" seen whom.
00:34:13.47\00:34:17.11
"Has seen the
Father how do you say,
00:34:17.14\00:34:19.75
'Show us the Father'"?
00:34:19.78\00:34:21.70
Again it's an understanding
of the fundamental mission
00:34:21.73\00:34:25.47
that brought
Jesus to this earth.
00:34:25.50\00:34:28.46
"For God so loved the world
00:34:28.49\00:34:29.60
that He sent his
only begotten son."
00:34:29.63\00:34:33.98
He was a divine
emissary sent from heaven
00:34:34.01\00:34:38.11
to this earth with a
message to all of us.
00:34:38.14\00:34:42.94
And Jesus said it
"if you've seen Me
00:34:42.97\00:34:44.74
you have seen the Father."
00:34:44.77\00:34:46.65
If you want to know
what the God the Father
00:34:46.68\00:34:48.49
is like my friend,
00:34:48.52\00:34:49.55
get acquainted with
the Lord Jesus Christ.
00:34:49.58\00:34:52.03
And if you know
anything about Jesus
00:34:52.06\00:34:53.43
you know something about
what is within the heart of God.
00:34:53.46\00:34:56.59
Because what we
see revealed in Jesus
00:34:56.62\00:34:58.66
is love and compassion
and mercy and tenderness,
00:34:58.69\00:35:02.81
patience and kindness,
00:35:02.84\00:35:05.18
right, is that
what we find in Jesus.
00:35:05.21\00:35:08.12
My friend, that comes straight
out of the heart of God.
00:35:08.15\00:35:12.95
God is exactly
like that which means
00:35:12.98\00:35:19.74
that it could have
been God the Father
00:35:19.77\00:35:22.27
as we know Him
that came to the earth
00:35:22.30\00:35:25.07
and God the Son, Jesus
that remained in heaven
00:35:25.10\00:35:28.69
and if that had happened
would the Revelation have been
00:35:28.72\00:35:31.59
any different than what
it is in the person of Jesus?
00:35:31.62\00:35:36.92
Of course, not
00:35:36.95\00:35:39.96
because it's
all about who He is.
00:35:39.99\00:35:42.76
And my friend, if we
truly understand this
00:35:42.79\00:35:46.85
whatever doubts we have
about God in His attitude
00:35:46.88\00:35:49.34
of towards us are
to be cleared this,
00:35:49.37\00:35:53.05
this shadow of
misapprehension about God
00:35:53.08\00:35:55.56
ought to be removed
when we truly understand
00:35:55.59\00:35:58.56
the relationship
between the Father and the Son
00:35:58.59\00:36:01.57
and the divine mission
00:36:01.60\00:36:03.54
that brought
Jesus to this planet.
00:36:03.57\00:36:07.65
And by the way remember
the title of the subject
00:36:07.68\00:36:10.31
Revelation Cosmic Warrior.
00:36:10.34\00:36:12.17
Who would the
Revelations Cosmic Warrior be?
00:36:12.20\00:36:15.38
The son of God.
00:36:15.41\00:36:17.91
Remember, I mean again we
were just saying last night
00:36:17.94\00:36:20.73
this whole mess begin in heaven,
00:36:20.76\00:36:22.35
this conflict broke
out there in heaven,
00:36:22.38\00:36:24.76
this rebellion, this sin.
00:36:24.79\00:36:26.62
It came down to this earth.
00:36:26.65\00:36:28.81
It's a God to human race.
00:36:28.84\00:36:31.17
He was defeated in heaven.
00:36:31.20\00:36:32.81
He was forced
out, He was forced down
00:36:32.84\00:36:34.53
to this earth but my friend,
00:36:34.56\00:36:36.32
God was not content just
to let this thing play out
00:36:36.35\00:36:41.86
without His intervention.
00:36:41.89\00:36:43.77
God stepped right in
the middle of the situation
00:36:43.80\00:36:46.98
and that is one of
the fundamental reasons
00:36:47.01\00:36:48.79
why Jesus came to this earth
to deal with it on our behalf.
00:36:48.82\00:36:54.42
And in the end to
bring an end to it.
00:36:54.45\00:36:56.69
My friend, He was
defeated in heaven
00:36:56.72\00:36:58.52
and let me tell
you it is a given
00:36:58.55\00:37:02.08
because of the
victory that Jesus gained
00:37:02.11\00:37:04.02
at the Cross of Cavalry
00:37:04.05\00:37:05.49
He is going to be defeated
00:37:05.52\00:37:07.24
in the end here
upon this planet.
00:37:07.27\00:37:09.71
Amen.
00:37:09.74\00:37:10.77
And so Jesus
came, came to reveal
00:37:10.80\00:37:13.78
you know again to set a record
straight about who God was.
00:37:13.81\00:37:17.55
Jesus came to remove,
remove this misapprehension
00:37:17.58\00:37:21.64
about God this shadow
00:37:21.67\00:37:23.63
that keeps from
really understanding
00:37:23.66\00:37:25.86
who God is and He came
and He removed the shadow
00:37:25.89\00:37:30.70
by the Revelation of
God's incomprehensible love.
00:37:30.73\00:37:35.75
And my friend, its
promise to come in our hearts
00:37:35.78\00:37:37.54
and remove that
shadow misapprehension
00:37:37.57\00:37:39.51
about who God really is.
00:37:39.54\00:37:41.58
He will do that for us.
00:37:41.61\00:37:43.42
And that's why it
says in 2 Corinthians 5:19
00:37:43.45\00:37:46.10
"God was in Christ reconciling
the world to Himself."
00:37:46.13\00:37:50.57
And let me tell you
God took the first steps.
00:37:50.60\00:37:52.90
Sin had separated us
00:37:52.93\00:37:54.44
God stepped
right into the breach.
00:37:54.47\00:37:56.86
He said this is
not going to stand.
00:37:56.89\00:37:59.21
I'm gonna intervene
in this whole situation.
00:37:59.24\00:38:01.99
You guess because remember
He could not let you and me go.
00:38:02.02\00:38:07.89
Amen.
00:38:07.92\00:38:10.59
It's fantastic when
you really begin to take,
00:38:10.62\00:38:13.16
again the measure of it.
00:38:13.19\00:38:15.06
And so much that could
be really said about this
00:38:15.09\00:38:17.81
and yet we just
fall short of really,
00:38:17.84\00:38:20.37
you know, I think we'll
spend the ages of eternity,
00:38:20.40\00:38:24.41
you know,
deepening our understanding
00:38:24.44\00:38:27.16
of what God has done for us.
00:38:27.19\00:38:29.03
Take a look at Isaiah 40
the Old Testament page 513,
00:38:29.06\00:38:35.11
513, we're gonna be looking
00:38:35.14\00:38:36.78
at another
messianic prophecy right here.
00:38:36.81\00:38:40.14
Isaiah 40, I told you
we're gonna be in Isaiah
00:38:40.17\00:38:43.92
several times tonight
00:38:43.95\00:38:46.06
and this is an
interesting prophecy
00:38:46.09\00:38:48.50
as you will see the 40th
chapter that we're coming to,
00:38:48.53\00:38:54.01
and verse 3
this is what we find.
00:38:54.04\00:38:56.81
It says "A voice is calling,
00:38:56.84\00:38:59.30
'Clear the way for the
Lord in the wilderness,
00:38:59.33\00:39:02.59
make smooth in the
desert a highway for our God.'"
00:39:02.62\00:39:07.63
Now I want you take a
look at the word LORD.
00:39:07.66\00:39:10.69
Take a look at it.
00:39:10.72\00:39:12.06
Notice that the
letters are all uppercase.
00:39:12.09\00:39:17.02
Whenever in the Old Testament
00:39:17.05\00:39:19.13
in the New American
Standard or in the King James
00:39:19.16\00:39:22.76
when you see the
word LORD written that way
00:39:22.79\00:39:26.10
know that in the original
language it would be Hebrew
00:39:26.13\00:39:29.49
the word is
actually the word Jehovah,
00:39:29.52\00:39:32.83
one of the unique
names associated with God.
00:39:32.86\00:39:36.16
Probably, better
pronounced, Jehovah.
00:39:36.19\00:39:40.62
So again it's talking about
00:39:40.65\00:39:42.54
"A voice is heard,
clear the way for Jehovah,"
00:39:42.57\00:39:47.76
His voice is
heard in the wilderness.
00:39:47.79\00:39:49.51
"Make smooth in the
desert a highway for our God."
00:39:49.54\00:39:52.58
Compare this now to John 1
00:39:52.61\00:39:55.11
we will find this in
the New Testament page 71,
00:39:55.14\00:39:57.93
page 71, John 1:21.
00:39:57.96\00:40:03.05
Now as we come to this
chapter and to this text
00:40:03.08\00:40:06.46
the background of this is
a story of John the Baptist
00:40:06.49\00:40:10.12
and I will tell you this spirit
filled man preaching a message
00:40:10.15\00:40:15.49
of repentance with
creating quite a stir
00:40:15.52\00:40:19.44
among the people of God.
00:40:19.47\00:40:21.68
And finally a delegation
was set by the leaders
00:40:21.71\00:40:25.21
there in Jerusalem
out into the wilderness
00:40:25.24\00:40:27.16
they saw John the Baptist out
00:40:27.19\00:40:28.71
and they had some
questions for him.
00:40:28.74\00:40:30.41
Who are you anyway
and what you're about?
00:40:30.44\00:40:33.56
And I want you to
notice how he responded
00:40:33.59\00:40:36.05
as we come to verse 23, he said.
00:40:36.08\00:40:39.06
This is what he said to them
00:40:39.09\00:40:40.36
"I am a voice of one
crying in the wilderness,
00:40:40.39\00:40:43.10
'Make straight
the way of the Lord,'
00:40:43.13\00:40:45.20
as Isaiah the prophet said."
00:40:45.23\00:40:47.69
John clearly
understood that his mission
00:40:47.72\00:40:50.45
was a
fulfillment of this prophecy
00:40:50.48\00:40:52.78
that we just read in Isaiah 40.
00:40:52.81\00:40:56.02
And then we drop on down
00:40:56.05\00:40:57.34
in context of verse
27 because it goes on.
00:40:57.37\00:41:00.95
He bears witness to them
00:41:00.98\00:41:03.28
"It is He who comes after me,
00:41:03.31\00:41:05.35
the thong of whose sandal
I am not worthy to untie."
00:41:05.38\00:41:09.67
It says "These
things took place in Bethany
00:41:09.70\00:41:11.42
beyond the Jordan,
where John was baptizing.
00:41:11.45\00:41:14.47
The next day he saw
Jesus coming to him and said,
00:41:14.50\00:41:17.18
'Behold, the Lamb of God
00:41:17.21\00:41:18.93
who takes away
the sin of the world.'
00:41:18.96\00:41:20.87
This is He on
behalf of whom I said,
00:41:20.90\00:41:24.22
'After me comes a Man
who has a higher rank than I,
00:41:24.25\00:41:28.02
for He existed before me.'
00:41:28.05\00:41:30.36
I did not recognize Him,
00:41:30.39\00:41:32.63
but so that He might
be manifested to Israel,
00:41:32.66\00:41:36.25
I came baptizing in water."
00:41:36.28\00:41:39.60
Clearly John when he saw Jesus
00:41:39.63\00:41:43.10
he recognized the
uniqueness of Jesus.
00:41:43.13\00:41:46.46
He recognized Him
as the Lamb of God.
00:41:46.49\00:41:50.18
He recognized that
this was the reason
00:41:50.21\00:41:52.52
why He was sent with
this message to His people.
00:41:52.55\00:41:56.34
It was to prepare the
way for the coming of Jesus.
00:41:56.37\00:41:59.89
And when you put
these two verses together
00:41:59.92\00:42:03.31
my friend, it clearly
identifies Jesus as Jehovah God.
00:42:03.34\00:42:09.64
Right, absolutely.
00:42:09.67\00:42:11.70
A name which we usually
associate with God the Father
00:42:11.73\00:42:14.84
that often these
names are actually
00:42:14.87\00:42:16.72
used
interchangeably in the Godhead.
00:42:16.75\00:42:20.01
He is Jehovah God that
came down to this earth
00:42:20.04\00:42:26.07
as we have already noted
00:42:26.10\00:42:28.83
on this divine
mission on our behalf.
00:42:28.86\00:42:31.74
In Hebrews 2:14 it says
00:42:31.77\00:42:34.90
"Since then the children
share in flesh and blood,
00:42:34.93\00:42:37.84
He Himself likewise
also partook of the same,
00:42:37.87\00:42:40.59
that through death He
might render powerless him
00:42:40.62\00:42:43.52
who had the power of
death, that is, the devil."
00:42:43.55\00:42:47.27
And my friend, this is
one of the fundamental reasons
00:42:47.30\00:42:49.81
another that is given
to us in the scriptures
00:42:49.84\00:42:52.07
why Jesus took our
humanity upon Himself.
00:42:52.10\00:42:54.52
It was for the
purpose of the fact
00:42:54.55\00:42:56.29
that as a
representative of the human race
00:42:56.32\00:43:00.65
that He would die as the
divine substitute in our place.
00:43:00.68\00:43:06.37
He will take the
consequences of sin upon Himself
00:43:06.40\00:43:09.63
so that we might have life.
00:43:09.66\00:43:11.24
But the problem was God
00:43:11.27\00:43:13.50
in His divinity
cannot die, right.
00:43:13.53\00:43:19.47
God cannot die.
00:43:19.50\00:43:20.99
It is again one of
the fundamental reasons
00:43:21.02\00:43:23.69
why He took our
humanity upon Himself.
00:43:23.72\00:43:27.14
It was in our
humanity that He offered up
00:43:27.17\00:43:31.39
His life as a
sacrifice on Cavalry.
00:43:31.42\00:43:35.00
This is really fantastic stuff
00:43:35.03\00:43:37.24
that has been revealed
to us in the Word of God.
00:43:37.27\00:43:39.72
And then I take
you back to John 1 back
00:43:39.75\00:43:41.91
because we were
there just on Friday night
00:43:41.94\00:43:44.57
in the different
context as you may remember.
00:43:44.60\00:43:47.07
But in John 1 it says that
00:43:47.10\00:43:48.30
"In the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with God,
00:43:48.33\00:43:51.40
and the Word was God.
00:43:51.43\00:43:52.97
He was in the
beginning with God."
00:43:53.00\00:43:54.97
And then it says "All things
came into being by Him," by Him
00:43:55.00\00:44:01.79
"and apart from Him
nothing came into being
00:44:01.82\00:44:03.92
that has come into being."
00:44:03.95\00:44:04.98
And remember, we
dropped down to verse 14
00:44:05.01\00:44:06.76
as we are gonna do again
00:44:06.79\00:44:08.22
because it
identifies who the word is this,
00:44:08.25\00:44:11.69
you know, all things
came into be by Him it says.
00:44:11.72\00:44:14.99
It says "And the
Word became flesh,
00:44:15.02\00:44:16.89
and dwelt among us,
and we saw His glory,
00:44:16.92\00:44:19.76
glory as of the only
begotten from the Father,
00:44:19.79\00:44:22.36
full of grace and truth."
00:44:22.39\00:44:24.95
And currently we understand
that the word was Jesus.
00:44:24.98\00:44:29.01
But verse 3 again
indicates that all things
00:44:29.04\00:44:32.24
came into being by Him.
00:44:32.27\00:44:35.07
And apart from Him nothing
came into being into existence
00:44:35.10\00:44:40.70
that exists which
means He is the Creator,
00:44:40.73\00:44:44.49
that's the point we
made on Friday night.
00:44:44.52\00:44:47.22
It means that He is
the source of our life
00:44:47.25\00:44:52.25
which helps us to
comprehend how it could be
00:44:52.28\00:44:55.50
that the forfeiture of that
life on the Cross of Cavalry
00:44:55.53\00:44:59.01
could stand in
substitution for the billions
00:44:59.04\00:45:01.84
that would inhabit this planet.
00:45:01.87\00:45:04.32
My friend, it was not a mere man
00:45:04.35\00:45:06.41
that hung upon the
Cross of Cavalry it was God.
00:45:06.44\00:45:10.02
It was He who was
the source of all life
00:45:10.05\00:45:12.98
that you led up Himself
upon the Cross of Cavalry.
00:45:13.01\00:45:16.00
That is
powerful, isn't it? Amen.
00:45:16.03\00:45:18.85
The life giver
yielding up His life for us
00:45:18.88\00:45:22.54
and again the depths of love
that it speaks of in 1 John 3:8.
00:45:22.57\00:45:28.47
It says "The Son of God
appeared for this purpose,
00:45:28.50\00:45:31.37
that He might destroy
the works of the devil."
00:45:31.40\00:45:36.66
Again on they are just really
we could spend a couple hours
00:45:36.69\00:45:40.86
really going into this
even into greater detail
00:45:40.89\00:45:43.69
looking on what
the Bible reveals to us
00:45:43.72\00:45:46.25
about why Jesus came.
00:45:46.28\00:45:48.05
But it is
fundamental He came to destroy
00:45:48.08\00:45:50.77
the works of the devil.
00:45:50.80\00:45:53.60
Satan has come into this
world and he sowed all of these,
00:45:53.63\00:45:57.37
you know, the seeds of sin
00:45:57.40\00:45:59.13
and disruption and
rebellion upon this planet.
00:45:59.16\00:46:02.18
Jesus followed, He
came to this planet
00:46:02.21\00:46:06.06
and He sowed the seeds of love,
00:46:06.09\00:46:08.09
than of truth and of
revelation of who God really is.
00:46:08.12\00:46:11.56
And my friend, the
consequences of what Jesus
00:46:11.59\00:46:15.27
has done for us had
been reverberating down
00:46:15.30\00:46:18.73
through the ages
of time to our own day
00:46:18.76\00:46:22.31
and will continue
I believe to do so
00:46:22.34\00:46:24.67
down to the ages of eternity.
00:46:24.70\00:46:28.97
Let me take you to Hebrews 3
00:46:29.00\00:46:30.64
you're gonna find this to
be an interesting passage.
00:46:30.67\00:46:32.74
Hebrew, Hebrews 3 the
New Testament page 170
00:46:32.77\00:46:37.20
beginning with verse 14.
00:46:37.23\00:46:38.73
We're gonna be
looking at verses 14-17.
00:46:38.76\00:46:42.08
Now, you know,
I think most of us
00:46:42.11\00:46:43.84
know this,by the way
when we study the Bible
00:46:43.87\00:46:47.08
there are just some
verses they're so clear,
00:46:47.11\00:46:49.67
you know, the gems in truth
00:46:49.70\00:46:50.73
you can just pick them up
00:46:50.76\00:46:52.50
and then there're
other passages of scriptures
00:46:52.53\00:46:54.76
you have to do a
little bit of digging.
00:46:54.79\00:46:57.22
You have to,
you know, examine it
00:46:57.25\00:46:59.00
in light of, what
the Bible has taught
00:46:59.03\00:47:00.64
and I tell you when
you dig and really find out
00:47:00.67\00:47:04.08
what really is
been taught often.
00:47:04.11\00:47:06.11
You know just these
wonderful revelations
00:47:06.14\00:47:08.24
and I think you will find
this to be one of those verses.
00:47:08.27\00:47:11.55
So Hebrews 3:14 it says
00:47:11.58\00:47:14.90
"For we have become
partakers of Christ."
00:47:14.93\00:47:19.42
And notice the object here
right off is who, is Christ.
00:47:19.45\00:47:24.97
Okay, I want you to follow this.
00:47:25.00\00:47:27.36
"For we have become
partakers of Christ,
00:47:27.39\00:47:28.89
if we hold fast the
beginning of our assurance
00:47:28.92\00:47:31.71
firm until the
end, while it is said
00:47:31.74\00:47:35.14
'Today if you hear His voice,'"
00:47:35.17\00:47:38.55
whose voice would that be?
00:47:38.58\00:47:40.29
Has the object changed?
00:47:40.32\00:47:43.34
So it's speaking of whose voice?
00:47:43.37\00:47:45.92
Of Christ voice, Jesus voice.
00:47:45.95\00:47:48.05
"'Today if you hear His voice,
do not harden your hearts,
00:47:48.08\00:47:51.46
as when they provoked Me.'"
00:47:51.49\00:47:54.11
Again the object has not changed
00:47:54.14\00:47:56.70
and then take a look at verse
16 talking about provocation.
00:47:56.73\00:48:00.83
"For who provoked
Him." Who can them be?
00:48:00.86\00:48:05.34
Again the object
has not changed has it,
00:48:05.37\00:48:07.27
it still is talking
about Jesus about Christ.
00:48:07.30\00:48:09.75
"For who provoked
Him when they had heard?"
00:48:09.78\00:48:12.39
Now what is this talking about?
00:48:12.42\00:48:14.05
"Indeed, did not all those
00:48:14.08\00:48:15.82
who came out of
Egypt led by Moses?"
00:48:15.85\00:48:21.33
Jesus had something to
do with those Israelites
00:48:21.36\00:48:27.43
that had been
locked in Egyptian bondage
00:48:27.46\00:48:30.36
and delivering them from bondage
00:48:30.39\00:48:33.43
that's exactly what
the text is indicating
00:48:33.46\00:48:37.97
and it is verified, its
verified as we go to statement
00:48:38.00\00:48:43.16
that Paul makes in his letter
00:48:43.19\00:48:44.76
to the
Corinthians, the first letter.
00:48:44.79\00:48:46.93
Its chapter 10 and
beginning with verse 1
00:48:46.96\00:48:49.64
now this is what Paul says.
00:48:49.67\00:48:50.70
"For I do not
want you to be unaware,
00:48:50.73\00:48:52.94
brethren, that our fathers
were all under the cloud."
00:48:52.97\00:48:56.20
Remember, as they were
traveling through the wilderness
00:48:56.23\00:48:58.67
say have gone
through the Red Sea,
00:48:58.70\00:49:00.36
the path had been
opened the Egyptians had tried
00:49:00.39\00:49:03.03
to follow through and then,
00:49:03.06\00:49:04.87
you know, the
waters engulfed them
00:49:04.90\00:49:06.61
and the whole
army was destroyed.
00:49:06.64\00:49:09.15
And so they are
out into the desert,
00:49:09.18\00:49:11.74
interesting they-- it
calls the desert of sin.
00:49:11.77\00:49:15.34
Hot dreary place
and there was this cloud
00:49:15.37\00:49:18.71
that God provided for
them as they were traveling
00:49:18.74\00:49:21.45
some two million of them
00:49:21.48\00:49:23.15
on their way to
the Promise Land.
00:49:23.18\00:49:25.76
The cloud provided
shade, a cover for them, okay.
00:49:25.79\00:49:31.64
So that's what
he is talking about.
00:49:31.67\00:49:32.70
"Our fathers were
all under the cloud
00:49:32.73\00:49:34.55
and all passed through the sea."
00:49:34.58\00:49:36.54
The Red Sea.
00:49:36.57\00:49:37.98
"And all drank
the same spiritual."
00:49:38.01\00:49:40.47
the same spiritual rock.
00:49:40.50\00:49:43.87
"For they were
drinking from a spiritual rock
00:49:43.90\00:49:46.22
which followed them."
00:49:46.25\00:49:47.28
Remember that
when they needed water,
00:49:47.31\00:49:49.15
you know, they began
to complaint of Moses
00:49:49.18\00:49:51.37
and he took the
staff the first time
00:49:51.40\00:49:53.04
and struck the rock and
water followed out for them.
00:49:53.07\00:49:56.15
Well, Paul is making his
spiritual application here.
00:49:56.18\00:49:59.85
"Were drinking
from a spiritual rock
00:49:59.88\00:50:01.32
which followed
them and the rock was"
00:50:01.35\00:50:04.09
Whom? "Was Christ."
00:50:04.12\00:50:06.48
So who was with His
people in the wilderness
00:50:06.51\00:50:10.13
as they were wandering on
their way to the Palestine?
00:50:10.16\00:50:13.12
It was Jesus which
brings up some fascinating views
00:50:13.15\00:50:19.34
as we put this all
together from the Word of God.
00:50:19.37\00:50:22.84
Jesus was the appointed agency
00:50:22.87\00:50:25.86
through which God
interacted with creation.
00:50:25.89\00:50:29.62
When it came to the
creation of this planet
00:50:29.65\00:50:31.54
it was through
Jesus that God acted.
00:50:31.57\00:50:35.60
And so with the universe
when it came to creation
00:50:35.63\00:50:37.68
of the universe because
all things came into being
00:50:37.71\00:50:39.64
by Him and it was
through Jesus that God acted.
00:50:39.67\00:50:42.78
As we just read when we
came to bringing His people
00:50:42.81\00:50:45.51
and delivering the
mount of Egyptian bondage
00:50:45.54\00:50:47.67
it was through
Jesus that God acted.
00:50:47.70\00:50:50.64
When it came to the salvation
00:50:50.67\00:50:52.28
and the
redemption of the human race
00:50:52.31\00:50:53.97
it was through
Jesus that God acted.
00:50:54.00\00:50:57.13
When it comes to the
destruction of sin and rebellion
00:50:57.16\00:50:59.81
and darkness and
pain and suffering
00:50:59.84\00:51:02.44
it is through
Jesus that God will act.
00:51:02.47\00:51:05.79
When it comes to
the establishment
00:51:05.82\00:51:07.51
of the everlasting kingdom
00:51:07.54\00:51:09.47
it is through
Jesus that God will act.
00:51:09.50\00:51:13.13
And one more messianic prophecy
again back to Isaiah Chapter 33
00:51:13.16\00:51:19.77
and we're gonna be
looking at verse 22.
00:51:19.80\00:51:24.20
And this one is packed
full we're going to see
00:51:24.23\00:51:26.85
the corresponding
text in the New Testament
00:51:26.88\00:51:29.92
but Isaiah 33 and here it
is as we come to verse 22.
00:51:29.95\00:51:34.29
And again notice how the
word Lord is written here.
00:51:34.32\00:51:37.14
The word is
actually Jehovah Yahweh.
00:51:37.17\00:51:39.52
It says "For the
Lord is our judge,
00:51:39.55\00:51:41.71
the Lord is our lawgiver,
00:51:41.74\00:51:44.09
the Lord is our
king, He will save us."
00:51:44.12\00:51:48.67
So let's take those elements
00:51:48.70\00:51:49.90
and look at the corresponding
text in the New Testament.
00:51:49.93\00:51:53.76
The Lord beginning
with the Lord is our judge
00:51:53.79\00:51:55.87
take a look at John 5,
the New Testament page 75,
00:51:55.90\00:51:59.50
page 75 John 5:22.
00:51:59.53\00:52:03.70
It's a statement
that Jesus makes.
00:52:03.73\00:52:06.34
It is astounding this
statement that Jesus makes.
00:52:06.37\00:52:12.01
John the 5th chapter
00:52:12.04\00:52:14.22
make your way right
down there to verse 22
00:52:14.25\00:52:17.30
where he says "For not
even the Father judges anyone."
00:52:17.33\00:52:22.93
Did you know that
statement was in the Bible?
00:52:22.96\00:52:26.93
It's not the God the
Father that's going to judge us.
00:52:26.96\00:52:30.39
Jesus says that
clearly for he it says,
00:52:30.42\00:52:33.66
has given all judgment to whom?
00:52:33.69\00:52:38.20
To the Son.
00:52:38.23\00:52:39.34
So you see the
one who created us
00:52:39.37\00:52:41.90
is the one who died for us.
00:52:41.93\00:52:43.93
And is the one, who in
the end who will judge us.
00:52:43.96\00:52:48.03
And my friend, does that term
00:52:48.06\00:52:49.21
because that gives us
a deeper understanding
00:52:49.24\00:52:51.93
about the judgment.
00:52:51.96\00:52:54.08
My friend, do we need to worry
00:52:54.11\00:52:56.09
and concern
ourselves about the judgment?
00:52:56.12\00:52:58.59
Oh, my friend, if
He loved us enough
00:52:58.62\00:53:00.82
to give up His life for us
00:53:00.85\00:53:02.73
we can trust
Him that He is going
00:53:02.76\00:53:05.30
to take us through the judgment.
00:53:05.33\00:53:08.13
And then remember it
says "the Lord is out judge.
00:53:08.16\00:53:10.31
The Lord is our lawgiver."
00:53:10.34\00:53:11.70
I am sorry.
00:53:11.73\00:53:12.82
Take a look at that
one as turn to James 4:12
00:53:12.85\00:53:17.14
the New Testament
page 178, 178 James 4.
00:53:17.17\00:53:22.83
It's just past
the Book of Hebrews
00:53:22.86\00:53:24.90
where we were earlier.
00:53:24.93\00:53:27.96
And notice what we
find here James 4:12 it says
00:53:27.99\00:53:34.17
"There is only one
Lawgiver and" what?
00:53:34.20\00:53:39.51
"Judge." What does that mean?
00:53:39.54\00:53:41.03
There's only one
lawgiver and judge.
00:53:41.06\00:53:43.33
It means that one and the same.
00:53:43.36\00:53:45.73
So who is the judge?
Jesus would be the judge.
00:53:45.76\00:53:49.70
Which means who
was the Lawgiver?
00:53:49.73\00:53:52.09
Jesus.
00:53:52.12\00:53:53.15
It was Jesus.
00:53:53.18\00:53:54.21
It's because of the
transgression of the law
00:53:54.24\00:53:57.56
that is on that
basis that we'll be judged.
00:53:57.59\00:54:00.24
"There is only one
Lawgiver and Judge,
00:54:00.27\00:54:01.77
the One who is able
to save and to destroy."
00:54:01.80\00:54:06.34
The power of the description
00:54:06.37\00:54:07.91
of our God came
down upon that mountain
00:54:07.94\00:54:09.98
the hosts of Israelites
who gathered around Mount Sinai
00:54:10.01\00:54:13.46
that talks
about how the mountain
00:54:13.49\00:54:15.11
just shook at
the presence of God.
00:54:15.14\00:54:17.29
How the rocks and the mountains
melted in His presence.
00:54:17.32\00:54:21.73
And then God spoke one
of the most unique things
00:54:21.76\00:54:24.51
that have ever
happened in history.
00:54:24.54\00:54:26.04
God audibly spoke to His people
00:54:26.07\00:54:28.88
and what He gave
them as He spoke was
00:54:28.91\00:54:31.04
what we called the
Ten Commandments, right.
00:54:31.07\00:54:34.23
And then He wrote
them on tablets of stone
00:54:34.26\00:54:36.57
with His own finger, who was it.
00:54:36.60\00:54:40.00
My friend, it was Jesus.
00:54:40.03\00:54:44.63
This is, you know, I said again
00:54:44.66\00:54:46.67
it's just a powerful thing
00:54:46.70\00:54:47.85
when you study
this from the Bible.
00:54:47.88\00:54:50.26
And then let's
look at Revelation 19,
00:54:50.29\00:54:52.16
the New Testament page
199, Revelation 19:16 for it say
00:54:52.19\00:54:57.45
"The Lord is our king."
00:54:57.48\00:55:00.58
And I know, you know,
where I'm going with this
00:55:00.61\00:55:02.16
but lets, lets get the passage
together revelation 19:16
00:55:02.19\00:55:06.20
where it says "And on His robe"
00:55:06.23\00:55:08.61
its speaking of Jesus "
00:55:08.64\00:55:09.77
and on His thigh
He has a name written,
00:55:09.80\00:55:12.68
'King Of Kings,
And Lord Of Lords.'"
00:55:12.71\00:55:16.76
Indeed, He is our King.
00:55:16.79\00:55:18.96
And then He is
one that will save us
00:55:18.99\00:55:20.78
and when I think about
that I think of Acts 4:12
00:55:20.81\00:55:23.56
where it says "There
is no other name under
00:55:23.59\00:55:26.04
having given among men."
00:55:26.07\00:55:27.44
Speaking of Jesus "by
which we must be saved."
00:55:27.47\00:55:32.12
He is the only
name that is been given
00:55:32.15\00:55:34.54
to us by which we must be
saved that worthy name of Jesus.
00:55:34.57\00:55:41.99
You see my friend,
it is Jesus from Genesis
00:55:42.02\00:55:45.48
to Revelation from that
first record of creation,
00:55:45.51\00:55:49.14
well, without him
was about anything made
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to the closing
promise in Revelation 22
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"Behold I come."
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Quickly we're
reading of His words
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and missing to His voice.
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It was Jesus the one
who in the very beginning
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created this world
in His primeval beauty
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and lovingly and
tenderly breeding the man
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the breath of light
that yielding in Himself
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as an atonement for sins
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so that we might
have life though Him.
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It is Jesus one with the Father
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that led His people
from Egyptian bondage.
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Who were yet deliver His
people from the slavery of sin.
00:56:21.54\00:56:26.55
It was Jesus who
descendant upon Sinai
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in awesome glory to
record the commandments
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on tablets of
stone with His own finger
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who then returned
again to this earth
00:56:34.83\00:56:37.29
to reveal those
principles through His life
00:56:37.32\00:56:42.89
who finally died on
the Cross of Cavalry
00:56:42.92\00:56:47.87
because of the consequences
of our transgressions.
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It is this Jesus
both Lawgiver and Savior
00:56:51.39\00:56:55.45
who will at last damned
as judge of all of the earth.
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It is Jesus
that one who declared
00:56:59.38\00:57:01.63
that if you have seen Me
you have seen the Father.
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They're laid aside the
regal robes of the sovereignty.
00:57:05.87\00:57:09.93
The diatom of His glory
to be born a helpless baby
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in Bethlehem to trot this earth
the lovely son of a carpenter
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and finally to submit
Himself to the cruel mockings
00:57:19.66\00:57:22.57
of the people
that He come to save
00:57:22.60\00:57:25.14
who ended His life
on the Cross of Cavalry.
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It is the same Jesus
who will return in all power
00:57:28.14\00:57:32.01
and glory to this earth
to destroy sin and rebellion
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and to establish
the everlasting kingdom.
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So what did it cost God
to love us and to save us?
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And my friend,
the answer clearly
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is it cost Him His very self.
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For in giving Jesus
He was giving us Himself.
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Notice what it
says in 1 John 4:9, 10
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"By this the love of
God was manifested in us,
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that God has sent His only
begotten Son into the world
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so that we might
live through Him.
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In this is love,
not that we loved God,
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but, that He loved us
00:58:08.27\00:58:10.03
and sent His Son to
be the propitiation."
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The sacrifice, the
substitution if you please.
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"For our sins."
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And then I would add 1 John 3:16
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"We know love by this,
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that He laid
down His life for us."
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Amen.
00:58:28.80\00:58:29.97
And so my friend, the question
is do we know Him tonight?
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That's the
question to be answered,
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do we trust Him, do we love Him?
00:58:35.49\00:58:38.63
And so I invite you,
00:58:38.66\00:58:41.17
I invite you to look
into the face of Jesus.
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If I not only a
loving and dependable friend
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but a compassionate
and understanding God.
00:58:47.44\00:58:50.22