WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:10.560 June 2nd, 1953, London, England, Westminster Abbey. 00:00:11.599 --> 00:00:14.000 Queen Elizabeth II was crowned. 00:00:15.019 --> 00:00:17.900 Crowned Queen of England. 00:00:18.900 --> 00:00:21.859 She had already was the queen by birthright, 00:00:21.980 --> 00:00:27.960 but on that day, she was inaugurated as Queen of England. 00:00:27.960 --> 00:00:32.980 And it came to a climax when the Archbishop of Canterbury 00:00:32.980 --> 00:00:36.859 brought the four-pound crown of St. Edwards 00:00:36.859 --> 00:00:39.679 and placed that upon her brow. 00:00:40.539 --> 00:00:44.820 And everybody in Westminster Abbey said, 00:00:46.060 --> 00:00:47.280 God save the queen! 00:00:50.560 --> 00:00:54.340 Matthew 3, 13-17, the baptism of Jesus 00:00:54.340 --> 00:00:58.900 is the inauguration of His kingly reign on earth. 00:00:59.640 --> 00:01:00.800 Let's read this together. 00:01:04.439 --> 00:01:07.560 Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to John. 00:01:08.100 --> 00:01:08.780 John the Baptist. 00:01:09.100 --> 00:01:10.200 To be baptized by Him. 00:01:10.800 --> 00:01:12.359 John would have prevented Him saying, 00:01:12.359 --> 00:01:15.460 I need to be baptized by you, and you come to Me? 00:01:16.419 --> 00:01:17.659 But Jesus answered him, 00:01:17.839 --> 00:01:20.739 Let it be so now, for thus it is fitting for us 00:01:20.739 --> 00:01:22.059 to fulfill all righteousness. 00:01:23.139 --> 00:01:24.299 Then John consented. 00:01:25.099 --> 00:01:26.399 And when Jesus was baptized, 00:01:26.699 --> 00:01:28.959 immediately He went up from the water, 00:01:29.059 --> 00:01:32.519 and behold, the heavens were opened to Him. 00:01:33.299 --> 00:01:35.560 And He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove 00:01:35.560 --> 00:01:36.819 and coming to rest on Him. 00:01:37.419 --> 00:01:39.739 And behold, a voice from heaven said, 00:01:39.739 --> 00:01:46.060 This is My beloved Son with whom I am well pleased. 00:01:48.219 --> 00:01:52.179 This baptism of Jesus is a big event. 00:01:53.859 --> 00:01:56.199 And what we see in this little passage, 00:01:56.459 --> 00:01:58.399 really the focus is on what happens 00:01:58.399 --> 00:01:59.479 leading up to the baptism, 00:01:59.719 --> 00:02:02.179 and then what happens immediately after the baptism. 00:02:02.379 --> 00:02:04.979 There's really not much ink on the baptism itself. 00:02:06.219 --> 00:02:08.400 And so this morning what we're going to do is 00:02:08.400 --> 00:02:11.280 we're going to focus on what happens beforehand 00:02:11.280 --> 00:02:13.319 and what immediately follows afterwards. 00:02:13.319 --> 00:02:17.060 But in both, there's some identifying going on. 00:02:17.860 --> 00:02:20.240 In the first, verses 3-15, 00:02:20.520 --> 00:02:22.659 Jesus, the sinless one, identifies 00:02:22.659 --> 00:02:24.840 with the sinners He came to save. 00:02:25.900 --> 00:02:27.500 And then in the second section, 00:02:27.620 --> 00:02:28.920 verses 16-17, 00:02:29.819 --> 00:02:31.080 Jesus is revealed. 00:02:31.960 --> 00:02:34.240 He's identified for who He is. 00:02:35.580 --> 00:02:37.520 So let's walk through Matthew's account 00:02:37.520 --> 00:02:38.860 of the baptism of Jesus. 00:02:38.860 --> 00:02:40.360 Two major sections. 00:02:40.520 --> 00:02:42.100 What happens before, 13-15. 00:02:42.300 --> 00:02:43.420 What happens afterwards, 00:02:43.540 --> 00:02:44.700 verses 16-17. 00:02:45.820 --> 00:02:46.939 Let's take a look. 00:02:48.600 --> 00:02:49.800 Verse 13. 00:02:50.620 --> 00:02:51.680 The first thing we notice 00:02:51.680 --> 00:02:54.719 is that Jesus came from Galilee 00:02:54.719 --> 00:02:58.040 to be baptized by John in the Jordan. 00:02:58.120 --> 00:03:01.580 Now all four Gospels record the baptism of Jesus. 00:03:01.800 --> 00:03:03.320 And it's actually Mark's Gospel 00:03:03.320 --> 00:03:05.219 that states specifically 00:03:05.219 --> 00:03:08.280 that Jesus was coming from Nazareth in Galilee. 00:03:08.699 --> 00:03:10.639 And we've looked at that a little bit before 00:03:10.639 --> 00:03:11.560 a couple weeks ago. 00:03:12.020 --> 00:03:12.460 Nazareth. 00:03:12.599 --> 00:03:14.979 He will be called a Nazarene, 223. 00:03:15.680 --> 00:03:17.180 It's a despised place. 00:03:17.240 --> 00:03:18.199 A despicable place. 00:03:18.280 --> 00:03:19.219 You don't want to be known 00:03:19.219 --> 00:03:20.520 for being from Nazareth. 00:03:21.060 --> 00:03:22.000 Remember Nathaniel? 00:03:22.379 --> 00:03:23.039 John chapter 1. 00:03:23.079 --> 00:03:24.719 Does anything good come out of Nazareth? 00:03:27.560 --> 00:03:28.819 Jesus came out of Nazareth. 00:03:28.819 --> 00:03:35.199 So Jesus comes from Galilee, 00:03:35.459 --> 00:03:36.659 from Nazareth, 00:03:36.979 --> 00:03:39.239 and He is on a mission 00:03:39.239 --> 00:03:43.359 to see this John by the Jordan. 00:03:44.639 --> 00:03:46.840 Now it was a 60-mile walk 00:03:46.840 --> 00:03:48.079 as the crow flies. 00:03:49.219 --> 00:03:51.000 And Jesus was purposed 00:03:51.000 --> 00:03:53.699 to find John. 00:03:54.180 --> 00:03:55.199 You see that little phrase 00:03:55.199 --> 00:03:56.739 in verse 13, 00:03:57.679 --> 00:03:58.959 then Jesus came from Galilee 00:03:58.959 --> 00:04:00.799 to the Jordan, 00:04:00.899 --> 00:04:01.319 to John, 00:04:01.579 --> 00:04:03.399 to be baptized by Him. 00:04:03.719 --> 00:04:05.819 And the original kind of language 00:04:05.819 --> 00:04:06.839 of the New Testament, 00:04:07.319 --> 00:04:08.679 it's full of purpose. 00:04:10.079 --> 00:04:12.579 He is purposefully going 00:04:12.579 --> 00:04:13.799 to the Jordan 00:04:13.799 --> 00:04:15.939 to be baptized by John. 00:04:16.939 --> 00:04:18.159 So it would be like this. 00:04:18.300 --> 00:04:20.199 I mean, let's say that you're outside 00:04:20.199 --> 00:04:21.360 splitting one in your house 00:04:21.360 --> 00:04:22.779 and you see Jesus walking by 00:04:22.779 --> 00:04:23.539 on His way down 00:04:23.540 --> 00:04:24.780 to be baptized by John. 00:04:24.860 --> 00:04:25.040 You're like, 00:04:25.360 --> 00:04:25.819 hey Jesus, 00:04:25.879 --> 00:04:27.300 you want to split some wood with me? 00:04:27.600 --> 00:04:28.300 And Jesus would be like, 00:04:28.340 --> 00:04:28.700 you know what? 00:04:29.340 --> 00:04:30.360 I've got a place to be. 00:04:30.420 --> 00:04:30.740 I'm sorry. 00:04:31.160 --> 00:04:32.020 I'm on my way down 00:04:32.020 --> 00:04:32.920 to the Jordan right now. 00:04:33.560 --> 00:04:35.100 Maybe I'm on the flip trip. 00:04:35.600 --> 00:04:36.360 I'll stop by. 00:04:36.360 --> 00:04:38.240 But the point is, 00:04:38.460 --> 00:04:40.020 Jesus is purposefully 00:04:40.020 --> 00:04:41.920 heading to the Jordan 00:04:41.920 --> 00:04:45.600 to be baptized by John. 00:04:45.900 --> 00:04:47.140 It's very purposeful. 00:04:48.660 --> 00:04:50.300 He is going to John 00:04:50.300 --> 00:04:52.040 to be baptized by John 00:04:52.040 --> 00:04:54.060 in order to fulfill 00:04:54.060 --> 00:04:55.080 the will of His Father, 00:04:55.200 --> 00:04:56.200 in order to fulfill 00:04:56.200 --> 00:04:58.000 all righteousness. 00:04:59.160 --> 00:05:00.660 Now, I just want to remind you 00:05:00.660 --> 00:05:01.040 of something. 00:05:01.220 --> 00:05:01.900 John the Baptist. 00:05:03.640 --> 00:05:05.439 The whole point of John's ministry 00:05:05.439 --> 00:05:07.439 is to prepare the way 00:05:07.439 --> 00:05:07.900 of the Lord. 00:05:08.020 --> 00:05:09.580 Look back at Matthew 3, 00:05:09.720 --> 00:05:10.220 verse 3. 00:05:11.680 --> 00:05:12.600 For this is He 00:05:12.600 --> 00:05:13.980 who is spoken of by the prophet, 00:05:14.160 --> 00:05:15.259 speaking of John the Baptist, 00:05:15.740 --> 00:05:16.700 the voice of the one 00:05:16.700 --> 00:05:17.840 crying in the wilderness, 00:05:18.060 --> 00:05:19.240 prepare the way of the Lord. 00:05:19.280 --> 00:05:20.259 And what Matthew is doing 00:05:20.259 --> 00:05:21.279 for us there is saying, 00:05:21.779 --> 00:05:23.360 hey, Isaiah 40, verse 3, 00:05:23.500 --> 00:05:25.000 the voice crying out 00:05:25.000 --> 00:05:25.399 in the wilderness, 00:05:25.879 --> 00:05:27.120 that's John the Baptist. 00:05:28.079 --> 00:05:29.560 And what he's also saying is, 00:05:30.060 --> 00:05:30.639 John the Baptist 00:05:30.639 --> 00:05:31.620 is preparing the way 00:05:31.620 --> 00:05:32.959 for God, Yahweh. 00:05:33.459 --> 00:05:34.560 That's Jesus. 00:05:35.279 --> 00:05:35.759 Emmanuel. 00:05:36.120 --> 00:05:36.959 God in the flesh. 00:05:39.099 --> 00:05:39.560 And so, 00:05:39.699 --> 00:05:41.240 what we see happening here, 00:05:41.420 --> 00:05:42.420 even this baptism 00:05:42.420 --> 00:05:43.259 is part of John's 00:05:43.899 --> 00:05:45.199 preparing the way 00:05:45.199 --> 00:05:46.259 for the Lord 00:05:46.259 --> 00:05:47.740 in order to fulfill 00:05:47.740 --> 00:05:48.620 all righteousness. 00:05:48.939 --> 00:05:49.060 So, 00:05:49.459 --> 00:05:50.899 Jesus arrives on the scene. 00:05:52.180 --> 00:05:53.060 It's the first time 00:05:53.060 --> 00:05:54.319 we see the grown Jesus 00:05:54.319 --> 00:05:55.759 in the Gospel of Matthew. 00:05:55.839 --> 00:05:56.639 I know I've been waiting 00:05:56.639 --> 00:05:57.159 for this. 00:05:59.560 --> 00:06:00.519 Jesus arrives. 00:06:02.199 --> 00:06:03.719 And in verses 14 and 15, 00:06:03.860 --> 00:06:05.279 we see a little bit 00:06:05.279 --> 00:06:06.120 of a disagreement 00:06:06.120 --> 00:06:08.920 between John the Baptist 00:06:08.920 --> 00:06:10.139 and Jesus, 00:06:10.759 --> 00:06:11.560 God in the flesh. 00:06:11.639 --> 00:06:12.420 It's really interesting. 00:06:12.579 --> 00:06:13.259 Guess who wins? 00:06:13.259 --> 00:06:17.360 John objects to something, 00:06:17.519 --> 00:06:18.639 but Jesus prevails. 00:06:19.659 --> 00:06:19.860 Now, 00:06:19.980 --> 00:06:20.920 just a little background. 00:06:22.500 --> 00:06:23.959 There are four Gospels. 00:06:24.199 --> 00:06:25.199 Another one of the Gospels 00:06:25.199 --> 00:06:27.060 is written by John. 00:06:27.599 --> 00:06:28.800 Not John the Baptist. 00:06:28.980 --> 00:06:29.620 Another John. 00:06:30.959 --> 00:06:32.019 And in the Gospel 00:06:32.019 --> 00:06:33.039 according to John, 00:06:33.180 --> 00:06:34.360 in John 1.29, 00:06:35.360 --> 00:06:36.839 where the baptism of Jesus 00:06:36.839 --> 00:06:37.579 is recorded, 00:06:38.719 --> 00:06:39.759 Jesus shows up 00:06:39.759 --> 00:06:41.279 and when John the Baptist 00:06:41.279 --> 00:06:42.759 first sees Jesus 00:06:42.759 --> 00:06:43.560 coming to Him, 00:06:43.680 --> 00:06:44.939 John the Baptist says, 00:06:45.680 --> 00:06:46.399 Behold, 00:06:47.060 --> 00:06:48.240 the Lamb of God 00:06:48.240 --> 00:06:49.060 who takes away 00:06:49.060 --> 00:06:50.099 the sins of the world. 00:06:50.219 --> 00:06:51.300 That's how He announced Him. 00:06:53.599 --> 00:06:54.079 So, 00:06:54.539 --> 00:06:55.579 according to John, 00:06:56.039 --> 00:06:56.959 the Gospel writer, 00:06:57.539 --> 00:06:58.819 even at this point, 00:06:59.399 --> 00:07:00.120 John the Baptist 00:07:00.120 --> 00:07:01.079 knew that the mission 00:07:01.079 --> 00:07:02.319 of Jesus was to take away 00:07:02.319 --> 00:07:03.079 the sins of the world. 00:07:05.699 --> 00:07:06.620 And He was going to 00:07:06.620 --> 00:07:07.579 take away the sins 00:07:07.579 --> 00:07:08.060 of the world 00:07:08.060 --> 00:07:09.879 by being a sacrificial Lamb. 00:07:10.000 --> 00:07:10.319 Behold, 00:07:10.399 --> 00:07:11.099 the Lamb of God. 00:07:11.100 --> 00:07:13.100 That plays upon 00:07:13.100 --> 00:07:14.520 a rich Old Testament 00:07:14.520 --> 00:07:17.400 ritual tradition 00:07:17.400 --> 00:07:20.560 of blemishless, 00:07:21.760 --> 00:07:23.320 spotless lambs 00:07:23.320 --> 00:07:24.420 being offered 00:07:24.420 --> 00:07:26.600 for sinful people. 00:07:28.000 --> 00:07:28.280 And so, 00:07:28.700 --> 00:07:29.640 in John 1, 00:07:30.700 --> 00:07:31.879 John the Baptist says, 00:07:32.020 --> 00:07:32.280 Hey, 00:07:33.320 --> 00:07:34.200 there's the one 00:07:34.200 --> 00:07:35.340 who's going to be sacrificed 00:07:35.340 --> 00:07:36.160 through the sins 00:07:36.160 --> 00:07:36.760 of the world. 00:07:36.760 --> 00:07:36.820 Well, 00:07:36.819 --> 00:07:42.159 and back in 00:07:42.159 --> 00:07:43.719 chapter 3 of Matthew, 00:07:43.819 --> 00:07:44.459 verse 11, 00:07:45.779 --> 00:07:47.319 remember what 00:07:47.319 --> 00:07:48.019 John the Baptist 00:07:48.019 --> 00:07:48.699 said of Jesus? 00:07:48.860 --> 00:07:49.240 He said, 00:07:49.899 --> 00:07:51.000 He who's coming after me 00:07:51.000 --> 00:07:52.120 is mightier than I, 00:07:52.219 --> 00:07:52.740 whose sandals 00:07:52.740 --> 00:07:53.980 I'm not worthy to carry. 00:07:57.399 --> 00:07:58.500 John knows 00:07:58.500 --> 00:07:59.399 whose presence 00:07:59.399 --> 00:07:59.899 he's in. 00:08:00.579 --> 00:08:01.719 He might not know 00:08:01.719 --> 00:08:02.360 it fully, 00:08:02.519 --> 00:08:03.399 but he knows. 00:08:03.399 --> 00:08:04.939 He knows 00:08:04.939 --> 00:08:05.699 that the one 00:08:05.699 --> 00:08:06.959 who's come to him, 00:08:07.279 --> 00:08:08.099 the one who's just 00:08:08.099 --> 00:08:09.379 arrived from Galilee, 00:08:09.659 --> 00:08:10.399 is the one 00:08:10.399 --> 00:08:11.719 mightier than he. 00:08:13.120 --> 00:08:14.179 This is Emmanuel. 00:08:15.139 --> 00:08:16.239 God with us. 00:08:16.979 --> 00:08:17.739 This is the one, 00:08:18.179 --> 00:08:19.539 the spotless Lamb of God 00:08:19.539 --> 00:08:20.239 who will take away 00:08:20.239 --> 00:08:21.139 the sins of the world. 00:08:21.519 --> 00:08:21.699 Now, 00:08:22.219 --> 00:08:23.579 why I tell you this 00:08:23.579 --> 00:08:25.560 is to help you understand 00:08:25.560 --> 00:08:27.779 why John the Baptist 00:08:27.779 --> 00:08:28.899 has a little bit of issue 00:08:28.899 --> 00:08:30.359 with baptizing Jesus. 00:08:30.360 --> 00:08:34.080 Look at verse 14. 00:08:37.440 --> 00:08:38.100 John would have 00:08:38.100 --> 00:08:38.680 prevented him. 00:08:38.940 --> 00:08:40.159 And the language there 00:08:40.159 --> 00:08:40.419 is, 00:08:40.659 --> 00:08:41.539 it wasn't just kind of 00:08:41.539 --> 00:08:42.039 one like, 00:08:42.120 --> 00:08:42.240 no, 00:08:42.300 --> 00:08:42.960 I can't do this, 00:08:43.039 --> 00:08:43.180 Jesus. 00:08:43.300 --> 00:08:43.960 It was like multiple. 00:08:44.500 --> 00:08:44.720 Like, 00:08:44.759 --> 00:08:45.300 I don't think so. 00:08:45.360 --> 00:08:45.539 No, 00:08:45.580 --> 00:08:46.279 I don't think this is right. 00:08:46.360 --> 00:08:46.620 No, 00:08:46.700 --> 00:08:47.220 I don't think so, 00:08:47.259 --> 00:08:47.440 Jesus. 00:08:49.279 --> 00:08:50.100 And he says, 00:08:50.620 --> 00:08:51.500 I need to be baptized. 00:08:53.259 --> 00:08:54.320 I need to be baptized 00:08:54.320 --> 00:08:54.980 by you, 00:08:55.080 --> 00:08:56.259 and you come to me. 00:08:57.220 --> 00:08:58.320 John is very aware 00:08:58.320 --> 00:08:59.379 of his own sinfulness, 00:08:59.379 --> 00:09:00.980 and he's also aware 00:09:00.980 --> 00:09:01.799 that the one who 00:09:01.799 --> 00:09:02.580 mightier than him 00:09:02.580 --> 00:09:03.500 who just came to him 00:09:03.500 --> 00:09:05.480 is the sinless one. 00:09:10.860 --> 00:09:11.960 I need to be baptized 00:09:11.960 --> 00:09:12.740 by you, 00:09:12.939 --> 00:09:14.080 and you come to me. 00:09:14.220 --> 00:09:14.799 In other words, 00:09:15.200 --> 00:09:16.039 it's like John saying, 00:09:16.139 --> 00:09:16.379 Jesus, 00:09:16.860 --> 00:09:17.580 why are you coming 00:09:17.580 --> 00:09:18.139 to be baptized 00:09:18.139 --> 00:09:19.179 with my baptism? 00:09:19.799 --> 00:09:20.639 John's baptism 00:09:20.639 --> 00:09:21.419 was a baptism 00:09:21.419 --> 00:09:22.419 of repentance 00:09:22.419 --> 00:09:23.740 for sin. 00:09:27.120 --> 00:09:28.299 People confessing 00:09:28.299 --> 00:09:29.179 their sins 00:09:29.179 --> 00:09:30.120 going down 00:09:30.120 --> 00:09:30.759 in the water 00:09:30.759 --> 00:09:31.439 saying, 00:09:31.599 --> 00:09:31.739 no, 00:09:31.819 --> 00:09:32.139 I'm not going 00:09:32.139 --> 00:09:32.519 to do this. 00:09:32.620 --> 00:09:33.479 It's like I'm dead 00:09:33.479 --> 00:09:33.819 to this 00:09:33.819 --> 00:09:34.620 and being brought up 00:09:34.620 --> 00:09:35.019 out of the water 00:09:35.019 --> 00:09:35.179 saying, 00:09:35.219 --> 00:09:36.219 I'm living for God now. 00:09:38.479 --> 00:09:39.219 It's like John 00:09:39.219 --> 00:09:39.539 is saying, 00:09:39.599 --> 00:09:39.779 Jesus, 00:09:39.939 --> 00:09:43.239 you don't have any sin. 00:09:44.599 --> 00:09:45.339 You don't need 00:09:45.339 --> 00:09:45.959 to be baptized 00:09:45.959 --> 00:09:47.879 with my baptism. 00:09:48.459 --> 00:09:49.839 It's like John was, 00:09:50.219 --> 00:09:51.479 did Jesus forget 00:09:51.479 --> 00:09:52.559 that he was sinless? 00:09:55.719 --> 00:09:56.679 Throughout the New Testament, 00:09:56.679 --> 00:09:57.620 we learn that Jesus 00:09:57.620 --> 00:09:58.299 lived a life 00:09:58.299 --> 00:09:59.559 without ever sinning. 00:09:59.979 --> 00:10:00.959 Not once. 00:10:01.519 --> 00:10:01.899 Ever. 00:10:02.199 --> 00:10:03.120 He's 30 years old 00:10:03.120 --> 00:10:03.599 right here 00:10:03.599 --> 00:10:04.679 at the Jordan. 00:10:05.859 --> 00:10:06.659 30 years 00:10:06.659 --> 00:10:08.419 never sinning. 00:10:08.659 --> 00:10:09.279 Not once. 00:10:10.479 --> 00:10:11.219 It's just not 00:10:11.219 --> 00:10:12.019 not sinning. 00:10:12.219 --> 00:10:13.859 It's always pleasing. 00:10:14.059 --> 00:10:15.239 Everything he did, 00:10:15.739 --> 00:10:16.539 he was pleasing 00:10:16.539 --> 00:10:17.219 to God, 00:10:17.500 --> 00:10:18.079 his Father. 00:10:19.179 --> 00:10:20.519 He lived a perfect life. 00:10:21.519 --> 00:10:22.620 A perfect life 00:10:22.620 --> 00:10:23.139 of obedience 00:10:23.139 --> 00:10:23.740 to God. 00:10:23.740 --> 00:10:24.720 A life we could 00:10:24.720 --> 00:10:26.259 never live ourselves. 00:10:28.060 --> 00:10:28.960 It's like Jesus 00:10:28.960 --> 00:10:30.060 is the gold standard. 00:10:31.019 --> 00:10:31.860 I'm seriously, 00:10:32.060 --> 00:10:32.820 think about it this way. 00:10:34.480 --> 00:10:35.519 Could you imagine 00:10:35.519 --> 00:10:36.440 being a brother, 00:10:36.659 --> 00:10:37.200 half-brother, 00:10:37.320 --> 00:10:37.840 or half-sister 00:10:37.840 --> 00:10:38.720 of Jesus growing up? 00:10:39.560 --> 00:10:39.980 Do you know 00:10:39.980 --> 00:10:40.680 what you would hear 00:10:40.680 --> 00:10:41.860 daily 00:10:41.860 --> 00:10:43.399 from Mary and Joseph? 00:10:44.680 --> 00:10:45.120 Mike, 00:10:45.840 --> 00:10:46.180 Mike, 00:10:46.279 --> 00:10:46.899 why can't you 00:10:46.899 --> 00:10:47.600 be more like Jesus? 00:10:49.899 --> 00:10:50.299 Mike, 00:10:50.440 --> 00:10:51.100 can you just pick up 00:10:51.100 --> 00:10:51.820 your room like Jesus? 00:10:51.820 --> 00:10:52.300 Mike, 00:10:53.200 --> 00:10:54.060 we do the dishes 00:10:54.060 --> 00:10:54.640 like Jesus does 00:10:54.640 --> 00:10:55.000 the dishes. 00:10:55.840 --> 00:10:56.240 Mike, 00:10:56.980 --> 00:10:59.420 sinless. 00:10:59.900 --> 00:11:00.600 Perfect sin. 00:11:02.440 --> 00:11:03.480 Could you imagine 00:11:03.480 --> 00:11:04.440 growing up with Jesus 00:11:04.440 --> 00:11:05.080 as your brother? 00:11:05.320 --> 00:11:05.620 Man. 00:11:07.660 --> 00:11:09.100 Jesus is the gold standard. 00:11:09.220 --> 00:11:10.280 He never sinned once. 00:11:12.160 --> 00:11:12.940 Let me give you 00:11:12.940 --> 00:11:13.680 a couple passages 00:11:13.680 --> 00:11:14.460 that talk about 00:11:14.460 --> 00:11:15.240 Jesus' sinlessness. 00:11:16.660 --> 00:11:18.080 2 Corinthians 5.21, 00:11:18.200 --> 00:11:19.060 it's one of my favorite. 00:11:20.600 --> 00:11:21.520 The Apostle Paul says, 00:11:21.519 --> 00:11:22.500 for our sake, 00:11:22.699 --> 00:11:23.879 God made Jesus 00:11:23.879 --> 00:11:25.179 to be sin 00:11:25.179 --> 00:11:27.500 who knew no sin. 00:11:28.600 --> 00:11:31.000 Who knew no sin. 00:11:31.799 --> 00:11:32.179 Why? 00:11:32.620 --> 00:11:33.799 So that in Him, 00:11:33.899 --> 00:11:34.159 Jesus, 00:11:34.340 --> 00:11:34.939 we might become 00:11:34.939 --> 00:11:36.000 the righteousness of God. 00:11:37.600 --> 00:11:38.600 You know what's amazing 00:11:38.600 --> 00:11:39.279 about the Gospel 00:11:39.279 --> 00:11:40.039 of Jesus Christ? 00:11:40.699 --> 00:11:41.600 Let me tell you. 00:11:42.379 --> 00:11:43.299 It's not just 00:11:43.299 --> 00:11:43.740 you're forgiven 00:11:43.740 --> 00:11:44.319 of your sin. 00:11:45.079 --> 00:11:46.439 When a sinner realizes 00:11:46.439 --> 00:11:47.379 what God has done 00:11:47.379 --> 00:11:48.079 for them in Jesus 00:11:48.079 --> 00:11:49.159 and that God offers 00:11:49.159 --> 00:11:50.000 them salvation, 00:11:50.000 --> 00:11:51.720 and that a sinner 00:11:51.720 --> 00:11:53.659 comes to God by faith 00:11:53.659 --> 00:11:54.919 repenting of their sin, 00:11:55.460 --> 00:11:56.320 here's what happens. 00:11:57.980 --> 00:12:00.740 God takes your sin 00:12:00.740 --> 00:12:02.679 and puts it on Jesus. 00:12:02.820 --> 00:12:04.399 He considers it on Christ. 00:12:04.740 --> 00:12:05.980 His wrath poured out 00:12:05.980 --> 00:12:06.639 on Jesus. 00:12:07.139 --> 00:12:08.259 And your sin is forgiven. 00:12:08.440 --> 00:12:08.860 All of it. 00:12:08.940 --> 00:12:09.659 All of it in full. 00:12:09.879 --> 00:12:10.340 It's amazing. 00:12:11.340 --> 00:12:12.500 But that's not all of it. 00:12:12.500 --> 00:12:14.899 In the same moment 00:12:14.899 --> 00:12:15.740 that you believe, 00:12:15.879 --> 00:12:16.899 not only is your sin 00:12:16.899 --> 00:12:18.580 imputed on Jesus, 00:12:19.940 --> 00:12:21.299 Christ's righteousness, 00:12:21.559 --> 00:12:22.759 His gold standard of living, 00:12:23.580 --> 00:12:24.620 is imputed to you. 00:12:26.080 --> 00:12:27.100 You're made perfect 00:12:27.100 --> 00:12:27.980 in God's eyes 00:12:27.980 --> 00:12:28.620 with the righteousness 00:12:28.620 --> 00:12:29.220 of Jesus. 00:12:30.720 --> 00:12:31.860 That's stinking awesome. 00:12:33.240 --> 00:12:34.200 And so not only am I 00:12:34.200 --> 00:12:35.980 forgiven of all my sin, 00:12:37.480 --> 00:12:39.340 I'm made pleasing 00:12:39.340 --> 00:12:40.360 in God's sight 00:12:40.360 --> 00:12:41.259 with a righteousness 00:12:41.259 --> 00:12:42.259 not my own. 00:12:43.259 --> 00:12:44.679 And I can't shake it. 00:12:45.360 --> 00:12:46.340 God's declared me 00:12:46.340 --> 00:12:47.360 righteous in His sight. 00:12:48.240 --> 00:12:49.559 It's a work of God. 00:12:50.879 --> 00:12:52.460 And it's because of Him 00:12:52.460 --> 00:12:53.439 who knew no sin. 00:12:55.039 --> 00:12:56.319 But there's another passage. 00:12:56.700 --> 00:12:57.740 Hebrews 14, 15. 00:12:58.259 --> 00:12:59.200 For we do not have 00:12:59.200 --> 00:12:59.799 a high priest 00:12:59.799 --> 00:13:01.039 who is unable 00:13:01.039 --> 00:13:01.939 to sympathize 00:13:01.939 --> 00:13:03.179 with our weaknesses. 00:13:03.179 --> 00:13:05.179 Jesus knows 00:13:05.179 --> 00:13:06.159 Jesus knows 00:13:06.159 --> 00:13:07.439 our weaknesses. 00:13:08.439 --> 00:13:09.519 But one who 00:13:09.519 --> 00:13:10.559 in every respect 00:13:10.559 --> 00:13:11.379 has been tempted 00:13:11.379 --> 00:13:12.359 as we are 00:13:12.359 --> 00:13:14.779 yet without sin. 00:13:15.879 --> 00:13:16.879 Not only does He 00:13:16.879 --> 00:13:17.859 identify with our weaknesses, 00:13:18.019 --> 00:13:18.939 He's been tempted 00:13:18.939 --> 00:13:20.199 as we've been tempted. 00:13:21.019 --> 00:13:22.099 He knows 00:13:22.099 --> 00:13:22.919 what it's like 00:13:22.919 --> 00:13:23.539 to be tempted. 00:13:24.500 --> 00:13:26.099 Yet He's never sinned. 00:13:27.599 --> 00:13:28.919 Who knew no sin 00:13:28.919 --> 00:13:30.199 yet without sin. 00:13:30.800 --> 00:13:32.000 Our Bibles are clear 00:13:32.000 --> 00:13:32.860 that Jesus was 00:13:32.860 --> 00:13:33.900 the sinless one. 00:13:34.759 --> 00:13:35.580 And John knew 00:13:35.580 --> 00:13:37.460 that this 30-year-old man, 00:13:37.580 --> 00:13:38.660 his cousin, 00:13:39.080 --> 00:13:40.000 was the sinless 00:13:40.000 --> 00:13:40.780 Lamb of God. 00:13:41.540 --> 00:13:42.820 And he didn't need 00:13:42.820 --> 00:13:43.420 to be baptized. 00:13:44.780 --> 00:13:45.759 He didn't need 00:13:45.759 --> 00:13:46.259 to repent. 00:13:46.620 --> 00:13:47.580 There was no sin 00:13:47.580 --> 00:13:48.120 to confess. 00:13:48.120 --> 00:13:48.440 He didn't need 00:13:48.440 --> 00:13:48.460 to confess. 00:13:49.920 --> 00:13:50.820 So you kind of 00:13:50.820 --> 00:13:51.640 get the question. 00:13:53.000 --> 00:13:53.960 You kind of get 00:13:53.960 --> 00:13:54.780 the reason why 00:13:54.780 --> 00:13:55.500 John the Baptist 00:13:55.500 --> 00:13:55.920 is like, 00:13:56.100 --> 00:13:58.020 I think we've got 00:13:58.019 --> 00:13:58.799 the Rolls chair 00:13:58.799 --> 00:13:59.919 turned around here. 00:14:00.340 --> 00:14:01.220 You should be 00:14:01.220 --> 00:14:02.159 baptizing me. 00:14:04.039 --> 00:14:05.120 Why are you coming 00:14:05.120 --> 00:14:06.600 for me to baptize you? 00:14:09.019 --> 00:14:10.299 You get John's point? 00:14:13.240 --> 00:14:14.659 So what is Jesus saying? 00:14:15.939 --> 00:14:17.079 Look at verse 15. 00:14:19.819 --> 00:14:21.000 Jesus answered him, 00:14:21.319 --> 00:14:22.179 let it be so now 00:14:22.179 --> 00:14:23.100 for thus it is fitting 00:14:23.100 --> 00:14:24.259 for us to fulfill 00:14:24.259 --> 00:14:25.059 all righteousness. 00:14:25.059 --> 00:14:25.259 righteousness. 00:14:26.919 --> 00:14:27.959 Then John the Baptist 00:14:27.959 --> 00:14:28.479 consented. 00:14:28.739 --> 00:14:28.959 Okay. 00:14:31.839 --> 00:14:33.479 So John was right. 00:14:33.679 --> 00:14:34.859 Jesus didn't need 00:14:34.859 --> 00:14:35.539 to be baptized 00:14:35.539 --> 00:14:36.659 because of his own 00:14:36.659 --> 00:14:37.119 sinfulness. 00:14:38.219 --> 00:14:39.039 That's not why 00:14:39.039 --> 00:14:40.159 Jesus was being baptized. 00:14:41.739 --> 00:14:43.099 Jesus was being baptized 00:14:43.099 --> 00:14:44.000 in order to fulfill 00:14:44.000 --> 00:14:44.659 all righteousness. 00:14:45.819 --> 00:14:46.699 So what is that 00:14:46.699 --> 00:14:47.119 all about? 00:14:49.339 --> 00:14:50.159 Here's what Jesus 00:14:50.159 --> 00:14:51.319 is doing in his baptism. 00:14:53.079 --> 00:14:53.519 Remember, 00:14:53.619 --> 00:14:54.159 he's the king. 00:14:55.059 --> 00:14:55.719 Remember, 00:14:55.839 --> 00:14:57.119 he came to represent 00:14:57.119 --> 00:14:58.219 a people 00:14:58.219 --> 00:14:59.219 whom he would save. 00:15:00.419 --> 00:15:00.959 So here's what 00:15:00.959 --> 00:15:02.000 he's doing at the baptism. 00:15:03.099 --> 00:15:04.739 He is identifying 00:15:04.739 --> 00:15:07.059 with the sinners 00:15:07.059 --> 00:15:08.979 he came to save. 00:15:11.279 --> 00:15:12.579 He's being numbered 00:15:12.579 --> 00:15:14.079 with the transgressors. 00:15:15.019 --> 00:15:16.219 Though he himself 00:15:16.219 --> 00:15:17.279 never transgressed. 00:15:20.339 --> 00:15:21.239 He's becoming 00:15:21.239 --> 00:15:22.000 our representative. 00:15:22.000 --> 00:15:22.079 He's becoming 00:15:22.079 --> 00:15:22.179 our representative. 00:15:25.059 --> 00:15:26.379 This is why 00:15:26.379 --> 00:15:27.259 Jesus was baptized. 00:15:27.419 --> 00:15:28.159 In order to fill 00:15:28.159 --> 00:15:28.919 all righteousness, 00:15:29.559 --> 00:15:31.119 Jesus had to 00:15:31.119 --> 00:15:32.559 represent a people. 00:15:32.819 --> 00:15:33.899 In order to represent 00:15:33.899 --> 00:15:34.979 a sinful people, 00:15:35.159 --> 00:15:36.299 he had to identify 00:15:36.299 --> 00:15:37.339 with their sinfulness. 00:15:39.519 --> 00:15:40.679 And so he's baptized 00:15:40.679 --> 00:15:42.099 with the baptism of John. 00:15:42.179 --> 00:15:42.859 This is all about 00:15:42.859 --> 00:15:43.799 the messianic mission 00:15:43.799 --> 00:15:45.000 to save a people 00:15:45.000 --> 00:15:45.679 for himself. 00:15:47.239 --> 00:15:48.199 To establish 00:15:48.199 --> 00:15:49.479 his active reign 00:15:49.479 --> 00:15:50.299 on earth 00:15:50.299 --> 00:15:51.599 to save sinners. 00:15:51.600 --> 00:15:51.680 sinners. 00:15:51.980 --> 00:15:53.000 It's why he came. 00:15:55.360 --> 00:15:56.360 If baptism 00:15:56.360 --> 00:15:57.220 symbolized 00:15:57.220 --> 00:15:58.620 dying to one's sin, 00:15:59.180 --> 00:15:59.659 Jesus 00:15:59.659 --> 00:16:01.139 being baptized 00:16:01.139 --> 00:16:02.360 is him saying, 00:16:02.920 --> 00:16:03.920 I'm going to die 00:16:03.920 --> 00:16:05.040 for your sins. 00:16:06.320 --> 00:16:07.240 This is about 00:16:07.240 --> 00:16:09.060 his saving work 00:16:09.060 --> 00:16:10.120 that he came to do. 00:16:13.879 --> 00:16:15.220 I'm your representative 00:16:15.220 --> 00:16:15.680 king. 00:16:16.720 --> 00:16:17.840 The sinless one 00:16:17.840 --> 00:16:18.639 and I'm identifying 00:16:18.639 --> 00:16:19.580 you with you, 00:16:19.580 --> 00:16:21.600 my sinners. 00:16:26.840 --> 00:16:27.540 You know what's 00:16:27.540 --> 00:16:28.120 really ironic 00:16:28.120 --> 00:16:28.720 about all this? 00:16:31.520 --> 00:16:32.720 That the supposed 00:16:32.720 --> 00:16:33.720 leaders of 00:16:33.720 --> 00:16:34.580 the Jews, 00:16:34.700 --> 00:16:35.259 the Pharisees 00:16:35.259 --> 00:16:35.940 and Sadducees 00:16:35.940 --> 00:16:36.680 in verse 7, 00:16:37.320 --> 00:16:38.259 they came to 00:16:38.259 --> 00:16:39.560 the water too. 00:16:41.139 --> 00:16:41.960 And they were 00:16:41.960 --> 00:16:42.500 sinners. 00:16:43.840 --> 00:16:44.640 Yet they were 00:16:44.640 --> 00:16:45.500 unwilling to be 00:16:45.500 --> 00:16:45.800 baptized. 00:16:47.040 --> 00:16:48.080 And the irony is 00:16:48.080 --> 00:16:48.980 Jesus, 00:16:49.700 --> 00:16:50.680 the sinless one, 00:16:51.180 --> 00:16:52.120 was more than 00:16:52.120 --> 00:16:52.820 willing to be 00:16:52.820 --> 00:16:53.120 baptized. 00:16:53.460 --> 00:16:53.920 In fact, 00:16:54.040 --> 00:16:55.060 he had to convince 00:16:55.060 --> 00:16:56.800 the baptizer 00:16:56.800 --> 00:16:57.820 to baptize him. 00:16:59.740 --> 00:17:00.740 It points to 00:17:00.740 --> 00:17:01.820 Jesus being the 00:17:01.820 --> 00:17:02.840 rightful leader 00:17:02.840 --> 00:17:03.879 of his people. 00:17:05.819 --> 00:17:06.740 So as part of 00:17:06.740 --> 00:17:07.400 John's role in 00:17:07.400 --> 00:17:08.079 preparing the way 00:17:08.079 --> 00:17:08.559 of the Lord, 00:17:08.840 --> 00:17:09.420 he had to 00:17:09.420 --> 00:17:10.220 baptize Jesus 00:17:10.220 --> 00:17:10.980 so that the 00:17:10.980 --> 00:17:11.539 sinless one 00:17:11.539 --> 00:17:12.319 could publicly 00:17:12.319 --> 00:17:13.480 identify with the 00:17:13.480 --> 00:17:14.039 sinful people 00:17:14.039 --> 00:17:14.900 he came to save 00:17:14.900 --> 00:17:17.680 in order to 00:17:17.680 --> 00:17:18.220 fulfill all 00:17:18.220 --> 00:17:18.660 righteousness. 00:17:20.480 --> 00:17:21.060 And he 00:17:21.060 --> 00:17:21.519 consented. 00:17:23.340 --> 00:17:24.100 He baptized 00:17:24.100 --> 00:17:24.460 him. 00:17:26.740 --> 00:17:27.240 You know, 00:17:27.280 --> 00:17:27.620 there's a couple 00:17:27.620 --> 00:17:28.140 things we can 00:17:28.140 --> 00:17:28.740 walk away from 00:17:28.740 --> 00:17:29.280 this section 00:17:29.280 --> 00:17:31.720 realizing that 00:17:31.720 --> 00:17:32.620 Jesus is the 00:17:32.620 --> 00:17:33.360 sinless one. 00:17:34.540 --> 00:17:35.259 And his 00:17:35.259 --> 00:17:36.240 sinlessness did 00:17:36.240 --> 00:17:37.040 not keep him 00:17:37.040 --> 00:17:37.920 from identifying 00:17:37.920 --> 00:17:38.700 with us sinners. 00:17:38.840 --> 00:17:39.360 Isn't that good 00:17:39.360 --> 00:17:39.680 news? 00:17:41.320 --> 00:17:42.280 He's not surprised 00:17:42.280 --> 00:17:42.920 by your sin. 00:17:42.920 --> 00:17:45.920 And he's the 00:17:45.920 --> 00:17:46.860 representative one. 00:17:48.180 --> 00:17:48.900 In his 00:17:48.900 --> 00:17:49.400 sinlessness, 00:17:49.580 --> 00:17:50.080 he came to 00:17:50.080 --> 00:17:51.700 identify with 00:17:51.700 --> 00:17:52.720 us in order 00:17:52.720 --> 00:17:54.039 to save us. 00:17:54.120 --> 00:17:54.360 He would 00:17:54.360 --> 00:17:55.460 eventually identify 00:17:55.460 --> 00:17:56.120 with our sin 00:17:56.120 --> 00:17:57.000 to the point of 00:17:57.000 --> 00:17:57.800 taking our sin 00:17:57.800 --> 00:17:58.680 onto himself. 00:18:01.940 --> 00:18:03.160 So this first 00:18:03.160 --> 00:18:03.720 section, 00:18:03.880 --> 00:18:04.539 before the 00:18:04.539 --> 00:18:05.019 baptism, 00:18:07.080 --> 00:18:07.600 Jesus 00:18:07.600 --> 00:18:08.700 identifies 00:18:08.700 --> 00:18:09.600 himself 00:18:09.600 --> 00:18:10.779 with 00:18:10.779 --> 00:18:11.440 sinners. 00:18:11.440 --> 00:18:11.620 sinners, 00:18:12.620 --> 00:18:13.160 the baptism 00:18:13.160 --> 00:18:14.180 points to 00:18:14.180 --> 00:18:15.000 him saying, 00:18:15.140 --> 00:18:15.400 I'm the 00:18:15.400 --> 00:18:16.059 sinless one 00:18:16.059 --> 00:18:17.220 who have 00:18:17.220 --> 00:18:18.220 come to 00:18:18.220 --> 00:18:18.960 identify with 00:18:18.960 --> 00:18:19.279 you, 00:18:20.240 --> 00:18:20.480 sinners. 00:18:23.120 --> 00:18:24.100 So now we 00:18:24.100 --> 00:18:24.460 move to 00:18:24.460 --> 00:18:25.180 after his 00:18:25.180 --> 00:18:25.660 baptism, 00:18:25.860 --> 00:18:26.640 verses 16 00:18:26.640 --> 00:18:27.259 and 17. 00:18:29.559 --> 00:18:30.200 I mean, 00:18:30.279 --> 00:18:30.700 I just want to 00:18:30.700 --> 00:18:30.940 remind you, 00:18:30.980 --> 00:18:31.779 we're told like 00:18:31.779 --> 00:18:32.539 next to nothing 00:18:32.539 --> 00:18:33.000 about the 00:18:33.000 --> 00:18:33.779 baptism itself. 00:18:35.080 --> 00:18:35.880 In verse 16, 00:18:35.960 --> 00:18:36.580 we read this, 00:18:36.940 --> 00:18:37.519 and when Jesus 00:18:37.519 --> 00:18:38.200 was baptized, 00:18:38.519 --> 00:18:39.120 immediately he 00:18:39.120 --> 00:18:39.700 went up from 00:18:39.700 --> 00:18:40.080 the water. 00:18:40.079 --> 00:18:41.079 he was 00:18:41.079 --> 00:18:42.439 immersed in 00:18:42.439 --> 00:18:42.859 the water, 00:18:42.960 --> 00:18:43.419 and he came 00:18:43.419 --> 00:18:44.119 out of the 00:18:44.119 --> 00:18:44.500 Jordan. 00:18:45.740 --> 00:18:46.259 Just on a 00:18:46.259 --> 00:18:46.839 side note, 00:18:47.000 --> 00:18:47.759 we practice 00:18:47.759 --> 00:18:49.480 baptism by 00:18:49.480 --> 00:18:50.759 immersion here 00:18:50.759 --> 00:18:51.319 at Christ 00:18:51.319 --> 00:18:51.619 the King 00:18:51.619 --> 00:18:51.980 Church. 00:18:52.259 --> 00:18:52.679 And what it 00:18:52.679 --> 00:18:53.460 points to is 00:18:53.460 --> 00:18:54.339 being placed 00:18:54.339 --> 00:18:55.659 into Jesus, 00:18:55.899 --> 00:18:56.439 his death, 00:18:56.819 --> 00:18:57.179 and being 00:18:57.179 --> 00:18:58.079 raised with 00:18:58.079 --> 00:18:58.779 Christ to 00:18:58.779 --> 00:18:59.339 newness of 00:18:59.339 --> 00:18:59.599 life. 00:19:03.419 --> 00:19:04.799 What occupies 00:19:04.799 --> 00:19:05.399 Matthew's 00:19:05.399 --> 00:19:05.720 attention, 00:19:05.859 --> 00:19:06.199 and therefore 00:19:06.199 --> 00:19:07.059 ours though, 00:19:07.359 --> 00:19:08.980 is what 00:19:08.980 --> 00:19:09.360 immediately 00:19:09.360 --> 00:19:10.940 follows Jesus 00:19:10.940 --> 00:19:11.599 coming up 00:19:11.599 --> 00:19:12.019 out of the 00:19:12.019 --> 00:19:12.259 water. 00:19:13.259 --> 00:19:13.900 And there's 00:19:13.900 --> 00:19:14.279 some really 00:19:14.279 --> 00:19:14.700 interesting 00:19:14.700 --> 00:19:15.099 phrases. 00:19:16.099 --> 00:19:16.920 So Jesus 00:19:16.920 --> 00:19:17.380 comes up 00:19:17.380 --> 00:19:17.740 out of the 00:19:17.740 --> 00:19:18.000 water, 00:19:18.220 --> 00:19:18.640 he's dripping 00:19:18.640 --> 00:19:19.339 wet with 00:19:19.339 --> 00:19:20.460 the water 00:19:20.460 --> 00:19:20.759 of the 00:19:20.759 --> 00:19:21.079 Jordan, 00:19:21.660 --> 00:19:22.160 and then 00:19:22.160 --> 00:19:22.400 there's some 00:19:22.400 --> 00:19:23.259 really interesting 00:19:23.259 --> 00:19:23.920 things happen. 00:19:24.880 --> 00:19:25.319 The heavens 00:19:25.319 --> 00:19:25.920 open up, 00:19:27.059 --> 00:19:27.480 the Spirit 00:19:27.480 --> 00:19:27.799 of God 00:19:27.799 --> 00:19:28.420 descends and 00:19:28.420 --> 00:19:28.940 rests upon 00:19:28.940 --> 00:19:29.140 him, 00:19:29.660 --> 00:19:30.160 and then 00:19:30.160 --> 00:19:30.559 there's this 00:19:30.559 --> 00:19:31.120 voice from 00:19:31.120 --> 00:19:31.660 heaven that 00:19:31.660 --> 00:19:32.200 says the 00:19:32.200 --> 00:19:32.759 most interesting 00:19:32.759 --> 00:19:33.160 things. 00:19:33.240 --> 00:19:33.680 This is my 00:19:33.680 --> 00:19:34.339 beloved son, 00:19:34.980 --> 00:19:35.440 with whom 00:19:35.440 --> 00:19:36.000 I'm well 00:19:36.000 --> 00:19:36.519 pleased. 00:19:36.519 --> 00:19:38.180 And so 00:19:38.180 --> 00:19:38.559 immediately 00:19:38.559 --> 00:19:39.299 following his 00:19:39.299 --> 00:19:39.700 baptism, 00:19:39.879 --> 00:19:40.420 Jesus is still 00:19:40.420 --> 00:19:40.980 dripping wet, 00:19:41.119 --> 00:19:41.660 and something 00:19:41.660 --> 00:19:43.440 happens on 00:19:43.440 --> 00:19:44.519 this kind 00:19:44.519 --> 00:19:45.599 of God 00:19:45.599 --> 00:19:46.259 scale. 00:19:47.519 --> 00:19:48.599 We have a 00:19:48.599 --> 00:19:49.359 triune event 00:19:49.359 --> 00:19:49.960 going on. 00:19:51.079 --> 00:19:52.000 We've got the 00:19:52.000 --> 00:19:52.960 Son, the second 00:19:52.960 --> 00:19:53.579 person of the 00:19:53.579 --> 00:19:54.400 Trinity, we've 00:19:54.400 --> 00:19:55.160 got the Spirit, 00:19:55.319 --> 00:19:55.960 the third person 00:19:55.960 --> 00:19:56.579 of the Trinity, 00:19:56.720 --> 00:19:57.019 the Spirit 00:19:57.019 --> 00:19:57.740 descending upon 00:19:57.740 --> 00:19:58.660 him, and of 00:19:58.660 --> 00:19:59.059 course we've 00:19:59.059 --> 00:19:59.559 got the first 00:19:59.559 --> 00:20:00.139 person of the 00:20:00.139 --> 00:20:01.259 Trinity, the 00:20:01.259 --> 00:20:01.579 Father. 00:20:01.759 --> 00:20:02.299 It's him who's 00:20:02.299 --> 00:20:02.619 speaking. 00:20:03.639 --> 00:20:03.980 Jesus' 00:20:04.180 --> 00:20:05.160 baptism in this 00:20:05.160 --> 00:20:06.200 inauguration of 00:20:06.200 --> 00:20:07.840 his kingship is 00:20:07.840 --> 00:20:10.299 a triune event. 00:20:11.400 --> 00:20:11.920 The heavens 00:20:11.920 --> 00:20:12.340 open. 00:20:13.000 --> 00:20:13.600 This phrase 00:20:13.600 --> 00:20:14.240 shows up in 00:20:14.240 --> 00:20:15.019 different spots 00:20:15.019 --> 00:20:15.600 in your Bible. 00:20:16.660 --> 00:20:17.620 Ezekiel 1.1, 00:20:18.039 --> 00:20:19.259 Acts 7.56, 00:20:19.720 --> 00:20:20.380 that's where 00:20:20.380 --> 00:20:22.080 Stephen is being 00:20:22.080 --> 00:20:23.559 stoned, and the 00:20:23.559 --> 00:20:24.120 heavens open to 00:20:24.120 --> 00:20:24.500 him, and he 00:20:24.500 --> 00:20:25.420 sees Jesus at 00:20:25.420 --> 00:20:26.059 the right hand 00:20:26.059 --> 00:20:26.620 of God the 00:20:26.620 --> 00:20:26.960 Father. 00:20:28.480 --> 00:20:29.580 Revelation 4.1, 00:20:29.779 --> 00:20:30.900 Revelation 19.11, 00:20:31.799 --> 00:20:32.580 the heavens open. 00:20:33.720 --> 00:20:34.200 There's a 00:20:34.200 --> 00:20:35.120 revelation that 00:20:35.120 --> 00:20:35.840 takes place. 00:20:36.200 --> 00:20:37.840 A revealing that 00:20:37.840 --> 00:20:39.279 happens, initiated 00:20:39.279 --> 00:20:40.900 by God, revealing 00:20:40.900 --> 00:20:44.039 something to 00:20:44.039 --> 00:20:44.539 others. 00:20:48.539 --> 00:20:50.539 What is he 00:20:50.539 --> 00:20:50.920 revealing? 00:20:51.580 --> 00:20:52.340 What is he 00:20:52.340 --> 00:20:52.620 showing? 00:20:53.720 --> 00:20:55.519 He's revealing who 00:20:55.519 --> 00:20:57.220 this Jesus is. 00:20:58.620 --> 00:20:59.180 He's going to 00:20:59.180 --> 00:21:00.740 show us, the 00:21:00.740 --> 00:21:01.259 triune God's 00:21:01.259 --> 00:21:02.000 going to show 00:21:02.000 --> 00:21:03.360 us who this 00:21:03.359 --> 00:21:05.000 Jesus is. 00:21:05.000 --> 00:21:07.059 This is his 00:21:07.059 --> 00:21:08.679 inauguration day. 00:21:09.319 --> 00:21:10.579 The day that he 00:21:10.579 --> 00:21:12.019 publicly begins 00:21:12.019 --> 00:21:13.939 his ministry, his 00:21:13.939 --> 00:21:15.599 reign on earth. 00:21:17.699 --> 00:21:19.500 This one, just 00:21:19.500 --> 00:21:22.179 baptized, is the 00:21:22.179 --> 00:21:23.439 messianic king. 00:21:24.719 --> 00:21:25.579 And he's going to 00:21:25.579 --> 00:21:27.439 take the throne of 00:21:27.439 --> 00:21:28.419 his descendant 00:21:28.419 --> 00:21:29.019 David. 00:21:29.019 --> 00:21:29.119 David. 00:21:29.879 --> 00:21:30.460 So what we're 00:21:30.460 --> 00:21:30.799 going to see 00:21:30.799 --> 00:21:31.460 here is this 00:21:31.460 --> 00:21:32.960 public announcement 00:21:32.960 --> 00:21:34.799 that Jesus is 00:21:34.799 --> 00:21:35.379 the king. 00:21:36.319 --> 00:21:37.680 His baptism is the 00:21:37.680 --> 00:21:38.720 inauguration of his 00:21:38.720 --> 00:21:39.519 reign on earth. 00:21:39.940 --> 00:21:40.819 It's the start of 00:21:40.819 --> 00:21:41.359 his ministry. 00:21:44.500 --> 00:21:45.339 So the heavens 00:21:45.339 --> 00:21:46.019 open up, 00:21:46.819 --> 00:21:49.319 and the Spirit of 00:21:49.319 --> 00:21:50.460 God descends like a 00:21:50.460 --> 00:21:51.119 dove and rests 00:21:51.119 --> 00:21:51.639 upon him. 00:21:52.400 --> 00:21:53.259 Like I said, the 00:21:53.259 --> 00:21:54.119 Spirit is the second 00:21:54.119 --> 00:21:54.759 person of the 00:21:54.759 --> 00:21:55.079 Trinity. 00:21:56.079 --> 00:21:56.740 He's described 00:21:56.740 --> 00:21:57.500 throughout our Bibles, 00:21:57.500 --> 00:21:58.680 not as an it, but 00:21:58.680 --> 00:21:59.180 as a who. 00:22:00.079 --> 00:22:00.819 The Spirit of God 00:22:00.819 --> 00:22:01.319 is a he. 00:22:01.880 --> 00:22:02.880 He's a person, and 00:22:02.880 --> 00:22:03.579 he's fully God. 00:22:05.579 --> 00:22:08.240 And he is here 00:22:08.240 --> 00:22:09.480 shown as a dove 00:22:09.480 --> 00:22:11.339 coming to rest upon 00:22:11.339 --> 00:22:12.400 Jesus. 00:22:15.960 --> 00:22:17.700 Jesus, it was just 00:22:17.700 --> 00:22:19.779 spoken of him, John 00:22:19.779 --> 00:22:21.279 the Baptist, as the 00:22:21.279 --> 00:22:22.660 one who will baptize 00:22:22.660 --> 00:22:23.900 with the Holy Spirit 00:22:23.900 --> 00:22:24.700 and with fire. 00:22:25.420 --> 00:22:26.160 Same spirit. 00:22:27.500 --> 00:22:28.839 And so you read 00:22:28.839 --> 00:22:29.700 this, and you see 00:22:29.700 --> 00:22:30.420 that the Spirit 00:22:30.420 --> 00:22:31.779 descends upon Jesus, 00:22:31.900 --> 00:22:32.400 and you may be 00:22:32.400 --> 00:22:34.680 thinking, well, this 00:22:34.680 --> 00:22:36.059 is the empowering of 00:22:36.059 --> 00:22:37.180 Jesus in his humanity 00:22:37.180 --> 00:22:38.059 for the work of 00:22:38.059 --> 00:22:39.079 ministries about to 00:22:39.079 --> 00:22:39.559 undertake. 00:22:40.079 --> 00:22:40.920 And you would be 00:22:40.920 --> 00:22:41.240 right. 00:22:42.220 --> 00:22:43.099 Look at 4.1. 00:22:44.400 --> 00:22:45.200 The Spirit leads 00:22:45.200 --> 00:22:45.799 him into the 00:22:45.799 --> 00:22:46.440 wilderness to be 00:22:46.440 --> 00:22:47.119 tempted by the 00:22:47.119 --> 00:22:48.180 devil, to 00:22:48.180 --> 00:22:48.799 strengthen him. 00:22:49.920 --> 00:22:50.940 But that's not all 00:22:50.940 --> 00:22:51.799 that's going on here. 00:22:52.000 --> 00:22:52.519 Remember, this is 00:22:52.519 --> 00:22:53.420 Inauguration Day. 00:22:53.420 --> 00:22:57.720 Jesus is Emmanuel, 00:22:57.960 --> 00:22:58.660 God with us. 00:22:58.820 --> 00:22:59.759 Matthew has taken a 00:22:59.759 --> 00:23:00.960 lot of pains to show 00:23:00.960 --> 00:23:01.880 us up to this point 00:23:01.880 --> 00:23:02.759 that he is 00:23:02.759 --> 00:23:04.580 descendant from 00:23:04.580 --> 00:23:05.259 David. 00:23:06.340 --> 00:23:07.019 He's in the 00:23:07.019 --> 00:23:07.980 Messianic line. 00:23:09.180 --> 00:23:10.720 It's his right to be 00:23:10.720 --> 00:23:12.700 king over the throne 00:23:12.700 --> 00:23:13.279 of David. 00:23:13.380 --> 00:23:14.000 And this is his 00:23:14.000 --> 00:23:14.980 inauguration day. 00:23:17.980 --> 00:23:19.000 Remember back in 1 00:23:19.000 --> 00:23:19.880 Samuel 16, I 00:23:19.880 --> 00:23:20.580 mentioned this a few 00:23:20.579 --> 00:23:21.119 weeks ago. 00:23:23.279 --> 00:23:24.639 Saul, King Saul, has 00:23:24.639 --> 00:23:25.399 proven to be a 00:23:25.399 --> 00:23:25.779 doofus. 00:23:28.379 --> 00:23:29.539 And God has told him, 00:23:29.619 --> 00:23:30.299 I'm taking this 00:23:30.299 --> 00:23:31.259 kingdom away from you 00:23:31.259 --> 00:23:31.720 and I'm going to give 00:23:31.720 --> 00:23:32.240 it to another. 00:23:32.839 --> 00:23:34.079 And so he sends 00:23:34.079 --> 00:23:35.379 Samuel, the prophet, 00:23:35.740 --> 00:23:37.679 to Bethlehem, to 00:23:37.679 --> 00:23:38.460 Jesse's house. 00:23:39.099 --> 00:23:39.980 It turns out that 00:23:39.980 --> 00:23:41.079 Jesse has some stud 00:23:41.079 --> 00:23:41.559 boys. 00:23:42.399 --> 00:23:43.379 Samuel walks in. 00:23:43.539 --> 00:23:44.339 He looks at this one 00:23:44.339 --> 00:23:45.099 guy and says, surely 00:23:45.099 --> 00:23:46.119 this is the king. 00:23:46.460 --> 00:23:46.939 Look at him. 00:23:46.939 --> 00:23:48.079 He's good looking. 00:23:48.919 --> 00:23:49.879 Look at his veins 00:23:49.880 --> 00:23:50.740 popping out of his 00:23:50.740 --> 00:23:51.200 arms. 00:23:51.520 --> 00:23:52.300 Surely that's the 00:23:52.300 --> 00:23:52.620 king. 00:23:53.100 --> 00:23:53.940 God says, no. 00:23:54.580 --> 00:23:56.640 And so the other 00:23:56.640 --> 00:23:57.540 brothers are rolled 00:23:57.540 --> 00:23:59.460 by Samuel. 00:23:59.980 --> 00:24:00.840 And God every time 00:24:00.840 --> 00:24:01.460 is like, no, no, 00:24:01.500 --> 00:24:02.060 not that one. 00:24:02.260 --> 00:24:02.560 No, no, no. 00:24:02.860 --> 00:24:03.760 Nope, not that one. 00:24:04.420 --> 00:24:05.000 Nope, nope, nope, 00:24:05.040 --> 00:24:05.340 nope, nope. 00:24:06.000 --> 00:24:06.740 Eventually there's no 00:24:06.740 --> 00:24:07.380 more brothers in the 00:24:07.380 --> 00:24:07.700 house. 00:24:07.840 --> 00:24:09.740 So Samuel says, are 00:24:09.740 --> 00:24:10.480 there any other 00:24:10.480 --> 00:24:10.880 brothers? 00:24:11.940 --> 00:24:13.080 And Jesse responds 00:24:13.080 --> 00:24:13.720 by saying, well, 00:24:14.760 --> 00:24:15.440 there's this one 00:24:15.440 --> 00:24:16.240 other one out 00:24:16.240 --> 00:24:17.360 shepherding the sheep 00:24:17.359 --> 00:24:18.019 right now. 00:24:19.699 --> 00:24:20.719 Samuel says, go get 00:24:20.719 --> 00:24:20.839 them. 00:24:22.459 --> 00:24:23.439 David walks in. 00:24:24.539 --> 00:24:25.579 God says to Samuel, 00:24:25.779 --> 00:24:26.419 this is the one. 00:24:26.679 --> 00:24:27.219 Anoint him. 00:24:28.959 --> 00:24:30.059 And he anoints them 00:24:30.059 --> 00:24:30.459 with oil. 00:24:31.740 --> 00:24:33.139 And then in 1633, 00:24:33.319 --> 00:24:34.019 we read this. 00:24:36.019 --> 00:24:37.240 And the spirit of the 00:24:37.240 --> 00:24:38.459 Lord rushed upon David 00:24:38.459 --> 00:24:39.379 from that day forward. 00:24:41.219 --> 00:24:42.240 The spirit of God 00:24:42.240 --> 00:24:43.419 came upon David from 00:24:43.419 --> 00:24:44.119 that day forward. 00:24:44.119 --> 00:24:47.139 What we see happening 00:24:47.139 --> 00:24:48.299 in Matthew chapter 3 00:24:48.299 --> 00:24:49.379 is the spirit of God 00:24:49.379 --> 00:24:50.259 coming upon the 00:24:50.259 --> 00:24:52.319 newly inaugurated 00:24:52.319 --> 00:24:52.679 king. 00:24:54.599 --> 00:24:55.899 God setting apart 00:24:55.899 --> 00:24:57.659 Jesus as the 00:24:57.659 --> 00:24:59.239 messianic king. 00:25:00.000 --> 00:25:01.179 The king who's got 00:25:01.179 --> 00:25:02.519 rightful claim to the 00:25:02.519 --> 00:25:03.979 throne of David. 00:25:04.519 --> 00:25:05.839 Whose kingdom will 00:25:05.839 --> 00:25:07.459 expand through the 00:25:07.459 --> 00:25:07.879 nations. 00:25:10.179 --> 00:25:11.379 So this spirit 00:25:11.379 --> 00:25:13.099 descending is not 00:25:13.099 --> 00:25:13.980 just an empowering. 00:25:15.279 --> 00:25:16.539 It is a declaring. 00:25:17.219 --> 00:25:17.939 It is a setting 00:25:17.939 --> 00:25:18.339 apart. 00:25:19.339 --> 00:25:20.439 This is the king. 00:25:21.859 --> 00:25:22.559 He is the 00:25:22.559 --> 00:25:23.459 messianic king. 00:25:23.699 --> 00:25:24.519 The long awaited 00:25:24.519 --> 00:25:24.759 one. 00:25:25.179 --> 00:25:26.259 And his rule, 00:25:26.519 --> 00:25:27.359 act of reign, 00:25:27.480 --> 00:25:28.059 is starting 00:25:28.059 --> 00:25:29.919 right now. 00:25:33.259 --> 00:25:34.299 The heavens open. 00:25:34.439 --> 00:25:35.039 The spirit of God 00:25:35.039 --> 00:25:35.659 descends. 00:25:36.159 --> 00:25:36.899 Jesus is anointed 00:25:36.899 --> 00:25:37.579 as king. 00:25:38.099 --> 00:25:38.679 And then there's a 00:25:38.679 --> 00:25:39.359 voice from heaven. 00:25:40.359 --> 00:25:41.759 In verse 17. 00:25:43.099 --> 00:25:45.679 This is my beloved 00:25:45.679 --> 00:25:46.599 son with whom I'm 00:25:46.599 --> 00:25:47.219 well pleased. 00:25:48.399 --> 00:25:49.139 Those are some 00:25:49.139 --> 00:25:49.719 really interesting 00:25:49.719 --> 00:25:50.139 words. 00:25:51.359 --> 00:25:51.980 You might think 00:25:51.980 --> 00:25:52.719 that God made 00:25:52.719 --> 00:25:53.399 those words up 00:25:53.399 --> 00:25:53.919 on the spot 00:25:53.919 --> 00:25:54.740 when he spoke 00:25:54.740 --> 00:25:55.279 those words. 00:25:55.659 --> 00:25:56.319 But did you know 00:25:56.319 --> 00:25:56.939 they're actually 00:25:56.939 --> 00:25:57.879 alluding to two 00:25:57.879 --> 00:25:58.699 passages in the 00:25:58.699 --> 00:25:59.199 Old Testament? 00:26:00.799 --> 00:26:01.699 That God the 00:26:01.699 --> 00:26:02.759 Father chose those 00:26:02.759 --> 00:26:03.500 words very 00:26:03.500 --> 00:26:05.099 specifically to 00:26:05.099 --> 00:26:06.480 speak over this 00:26:06.480 --> 00:26:07.079 one on 00:26:07.079 --> 00:26:07.980 inauguration day? 00:26:07.980 --> 00:26:11.140 this is my 00:26:11.140 --> 00:26:11.839 beloved son. 00:26:11.900 --> 00:26:12.400 Would sound 00:26:12.400 --> 00:26:13.380 familiar to a 00:26:13.380 --> 00:26:14.079 Jewish mind 00:26:14.079 --> 00:26:14.740 well acquainted 00:26:14.740 --> 00:26:15.640 with Psalm 2. 00:26:16.579 --> 00:26:17.240 Psalm 2 00:26:17.240 --> 00:26:18.480 verse 7 says 00:26:18.480 --> 00:26:19.299 you are my 00:26:19.299 --> 00:26:19.700 son. 00:26:21.120 --> 00:26:21.640 Ask of me 00:26:21.640 --> 00:26:22.059 and I'll make 00:26:22.059 --> 00:26:22.519 the nations 00:26:22.519 --> 00:26:23.180 your heritage 00:26:23.180 --> 00:26:23.799 and the ends 00:26:23.799 --> 00:26:24.200 of the earth 00:26:24.200 --> 00:26:24.759 your possession. 00:26:25.339 --> 00:26:26.120 Psalm 2 is a 00:26:26.120 --> 00:26:26.960 messianic psalm. 00:26:27.039 --> 00:26:27.660 It's about the 00:26:27.660 --> 00:26:28.400 coming Messiah 00:26:28.400 --> 00:26:28.779 king. 00:26:28.779 --> 00:26:29.759 And it's about 00:26:29.759 --> 00:26:30.339 the one that 00:26:30.339 --> 00:26:31.180 God will entrust 00:26:31.180 --> 00:26:32.039 the nations to 00:26:32.039 --> 00:26:33.660 for his 00:26:33.660 --> 00:26:34.980 rule. 00:26:34.980 --> 00:26:36.960 what's interesting 00:26:36.960 --> 00:26:37.759 about this is 00:26:37.759 --> 00:26:39.140 that God the 00:26:39.140 --> 00:26:39.940 Father includes 00:26:39.940 --> 00:26:40.720 the word beloved. 00:26:40.920 --> 00:26:41.380 This is my 00:26:41.380 --> 00:26:42.799 beloved son. 00:26:44.259 --> 00:26:45.000 And that word 00:26:45.000 --> 00:26:46.220 beloved is so 00:26:46.220 --> 00:26:46.720 rich. 00:26:47.380 --> 00:26:48.180 It has such 00:26:48.180 --> 00:26:48.880 depth. 00:26:49.400 --> 00:26:50.180 It's about 00:26:50.180 --> 00:26:50.960 affection. 00:26:52.420 --> 00:26:52.920 God the 00:26:52.920 --> 00:26:54.700 Father is 00:26:54.700 --> 00:26:56.740 loving of 00:26:56.740 --> 00:26:57.400 his son. 00:26:59.319 --> 00:27:00.039 Brother and 00:27:00.039 --> 00:27:00.420 sister in 00:27:00.420 --> 00:27:00.720 Christ, 00:27:01.400 --> 00:27:03.039 because we're 00:27:03.039 --> 00:27:03.680 in Christ, 00:27:03.880 --> 00:27:04.180 do you know 00:27:04.180 --> 00:27:04.579 that we're 00:27:04.579 --> 00:27:05.460 beloved the 00:27:05.460 --> 00:27:06.019 same way? 00:27:08.899 --> 00:27:09.699 This is my 00:27:09.699 --> 00:27:10.379 beloved son. 00:27:12.599 --> 00:27:13.419 You can't 00:27:13.419 --> 00:27:14.279 miss the fact 00:27:14.279 --> 00:27:15.419 that the 00:27:15.419 --> 00:27:16.639 explicit statement 00:27:16.639 --> 00:27:17.399 being made 00:27:17.399 --> 00:27:17.699 here. 00:27:18.439 --> 00:27:19.139 This one 00:27:19.139 --> 00:27:19.839 dripping wet 00:27:19.839 --> 00:27:20.199 with the 00:27:20.199 --> 00:27:20.720 waters of 00:27:20.720 --> 00:27:21.240 the Jordan. 00:27:21.699 --> 00:27:22.339 This is 00:27:22.339 --> 00:27:23.179 my son. 00:27:26.379 --> 00:27:27.079 He's fully 00:27:27.079 --> 00:27:27.519 God. 00:27:28.039 --> 00:27:28.500 He's my 00:27:28.500 --> 00:27:29.000 son. 00:27:31.419 --> 00:27:31.939 Colossians, 00:27:32.059 --> 00:27:32.699 for in him 00:27:32.699 --> 00:27:33.339 all the 00:27:33.339 --> 00:27:33.819 fullness of 00:27:33.819 --> 00:27:34.299 God was 00:27:34.299 --> 00:27:34.819 pleased to 00:27:34.819 --> 00:27:35.079 dwell. 00:27:35.859 --> 00:27:36.579 Hebrews 1, 00:27:36.919 --> 00:27:37.859 he is the 00:27:37.859 --> 00:27:39.159 radiance of 00:27:39.159 --> 00:27:39.919 the glory of 00:27:39.919 --> 00:27:40.299 God, the 00:27:40.299 --> 00:27:41.159 exact imprint 00:27:41.159 --> 00:27:41.740 of his 00:27:41.740 --> 00:27:42.200 nature. 00:27:43.099 --> 00:27:43.679 This man 00:27:43.679 --> 00:27:44.399 dripping wet 00:27:44.399 --> 00:27:44.779 with the 00:27:44.779 --> 00:27:45.240 waters of 00:27:45.240 --> 00:27:45.659 the Jordan 00:27:45.659 --> 00:27:46.519 just come up 00:27:46.519 --> 00:27:46.960 from being 00:27:46.960 --> 00:27:47.379 baptized, 00:27:47.700 --> 00:27:48.059 is being 00:27:48.059 --> 00:27:49.279 revealed as 00:27:49.279 --> 00:27:50.819 the psalm to 00:27:50.819 --> 00:27:51.599 Messiah, 00:27:51.919 --> 00:27:52.439 God's 00:27:52.439 --> 00:27:53.039 son. 00:27:53.759 --> 00:27:54.099 Fully 00:27:54.099 --> 00:27:54.399 God, 00:27:54.519 --> 00:27:55.039 fully man. 00:27:55.099 --> 00:27:55.299 He's 00:27:55.299 --> 00:27:55.700 Emmanuel. 00:27:55.700 --> 00:27:55.819 Emmanuel. 00:27:56.380 --> 00:27:56.660 But the 00:27:56.660 --> 00:27:57.299 voice continues, 00:27:58.000 --> 00:27:58.500 this is my 00:27:58.500 --> 00:27:59.100 beloved son 00:27:59.100 --> 00:27:59.559 with whom 00:27:59.559 --> 00:28:00.019 I am 00:28:00.019 --> 00:28:01.140 well pleased. 00:28:02.180 --> 00:28:02.759 It's an 00:28:02.759 --> 00:28:03.539 allusion to 00:28:03.539 --> 00:28:05.259 Isaiah 42, 00:28:05.500 --> 00:28:05.819 1, 00:28:06.140 --> 00:28:06.900 speaking of 00:28:06.900 --> 00:28:07.559 the suffering 00:28:07.559 --> 00:28:08.059 servant. 00:28:09.340 --> 00:28:09.880 There are 00:28:09.880 --> 00:28:10.539 passages in 00:28:10.539 --> 00:28:11.380 Isaiah about 00:28:11.380 --> 00:28:12.059 the suffering 00:28:12.059 --> 00:28:12.480 servant, 00:28:12.600 --> 00:28:12.880 about the 00:28:12.880 --> 00:28:13.279 one who 00:28:13.279 --> 00:28:13.740 would come 00:28:13.740 --> 00:28:14.160 and suffer 00:28:14.160 --> 00:28:14.580 for his 00:28:14.580 --> 00:28:15.160 people to 00:28:15.160 --> 00:28:15.580 liberate 00:28:15.580 --> 00:28:15.779 them. 00:28:17.380 --> 00:28:17.840 Behold, 00:28:17.920 --> 00:28:18.420 my servant 00:28:18.420 --> 00:28:18.920 whom I 00:28:18.920 --> 00:28:19.319 uphold, 00:28:19.480 --> 00:28:20.019 my chosen 00:28:20.019 --> 00:28:20.319 one, 00:28:20.440 --> 00:28:21.180 in whom my 00:28:21.180 --> 00:28:21.980 soul delights. 00:28:21.980 --> 00:28:22.519 That's Isaiah 00:28:22.519 --> 00:28:23.279 42, 1. 00:28:23.639 --> 00:28:24.220 In whom my 00:28:24.220 --> 00:28:25.000 soul delights, 00:28:26.519 --> 00:28:29.259 with whom I'm 00:28:29.259 --> 00:28:30.059 well pleased. 00:28:30.779 --> 00:28:31.259 See the 00:28:31.259 --> 00:28:31.759 linkage? 00:28:35.660 --> 00:28:36.759 God delights 00:28:36.759 --> 00:28:37.139 in the 00:28:37.139 --> 00:28:37.960 obedience of 00:28:37.960 --> 00:28:38.420 his son. 00:28:38.900 --> 00:28:39.400 God the 00:28:39.400 --> 00:28:40.319 father delights 00:28:40.319 --> 00:28:41.240 in this one 00:28:41.240 --> 00:28:41.559 who's the 00:28:41.559 --> 00:28:42.420 messianic king, 00:28:42.519 --> 00:28:43.059 his son. 00:28:43.779 --> 00:28:44.200 And he's 00:28:44.200 --> 00:28:44.960 saying this is 00:28:44.960 --> 00:28:45.839 not just my 00:28:45.839 --> 00:28:46.180 son. 00:28:46.400 --> 00:28:46.879 This is not 00:28:46.879 --> 00:28:47.519 just the 00:28:47.519 --> 00:28:47.879 king. 00:28:48.039 --> 00:28:48.579 This is the 00:28:48.579 --> 00:28:49.619 suffering servant 00:28:49.619 --> 00:28:50.319 of Isaiah 00:28:50.319 --> 00:28:52.339 who would come 00:28:52.339 --> 00:28:52.779 for a 00:28:52.779 --> 00:28:56.059 people and 00:28:56.059 --> 00:28:56.519 shed his 00:28:56.519 --> 00:28:57.019 blood for 00:28:57.019 --> 00:28:57.240 them. 00:29:00.679 --> 00:29:01.339 This is 00:29:01.339 --> 00:29:01.959 inauguration 00:29:01.959 --> 00:29:02.259 day. 00:29:04.379 --> 00:29:05.079 This is 00:29:05.079 --> 00:29:06.000 going public 00:29:06.000 --> 00:29:06.759 with who 00:29:06.759 --> 00:29:08.579 this man 00:29:08.579 --> 00:29:09.519 is. 00:29:11.799 --> 00:29:12.299 Anointed 00:29:12.299 --> 00:29:12.819 by the 00:29:12.819 --> 00:29:13.359 spirit of 00:29:13.359 --> 00:29:13.779 God. 00:29:15.139 --> 00:29:15.779 He's the 00:29:15.779 --> 00:29:16.439 messianic 00:29:16.439 --> 00:29:16.839 king. 00:29:16.959 --> 00:29:17.259 He's the 00:29:17.259 --> 00:29:18.220 beloved son. 00:29:18.339 --> 00:29:18.699 He's the 00:29:18.699 --> 00:29:19.119 suffering 00:29:19.119 --> 00:29:19.619 servant 00:29:19.619 --> 00:29:20.179 of Isaiah 00:29:20.179 --> 00:29:20.859 53. 00:29:20.859 --> 00:29:22.059 by his 00:29:22.059 --> 00:29:22.479 stripes. 00:29:22.659 --> 00:29:23.000 We are 00:29:23.000 --> 00:29:23.459 healed. 00:29:23.579 --> 00:29:23.919 He'll be 00:29:23.919 --> 00:29:24.500 crushed for 00:29:24.500 --> 00:29:24.679 our 00:29:24.679 --> 00:29:25.219 iniquities. 00:29:30.479 --> 00:29:31.339 So what we 00:29:31.339 --> 00:29:31.939 see going on 00:29:31.939 --> 00:29:32.240 in verses 00:29:32.240 --> 00:29:33.379 16 and 00:29:33.379 --> 00:29:34.479 17 is that 00:29:34.479 --> 00:29:35.959 Jesus is 00:29:35.959 --> 00:29:37.740 revealed for 00:29:37.740 --> 00:29:38.399 who he is. 00:29:39.299 --> 00:29:40.159 Not only is he 00:29:40.159 --> 00:29:40.939 identified with 00:29:40.939 --> 00:29:41.500 us through his 00:29:41.500 --> 00:29:42.479 baptism, he's 00:29:42.479 --> 00:29:43.159 been identified 00:29:43.159 --> 00:29:44.099 through the 00:29:44.099 --> 00:29:44.819 baptism of who 00:29:44.819 --> 00:29:45.299 he is. 00:29:46.199 --> 00:29:46.759 He's the 00:29:46.759 --> 00:29:47.599 king, the 00:29:47.599 --> 00:29:48.259 anointed one, 00:29:48.779 --> 00:29:49.419 son of God, 00:29:49.420 --> 00:29:50.500 fully God, 00:29:50.620 --> 00:29:51.180 fully man, 00:29:51.420 --> 00:29:51.900 the suffering 00:29:51.900 --> 00:29:52.960 servant of 00:29:52.960 --> 00:29:53.340 Isaiah. 00:29:56.180 --> 00:29:56.800 And he 00:29:56.800 --> 00:29:57.640 identifies with 00:29:57.640 --> 00:29:57.940 us. 00:30:00.240 --> 00:30:01.019 Let's try to 00:30:01.019 --> 00:30:01.620 apply this. 00:30:06.720 --> 00:30:07.360 All right. 00:30:08.640 --> 00:30:09.360 Get it in 00:30:09.360 --> 00:30:09.840 your mind. 00:30:10.980 --> 00:30:11.900 This one who's 00:30:11.900 --> 00:30:12.519 just come up from 00:30:12.519 --> 00:30:13.060 the waters of 00:30:13.060 --> 00:30:13.500 the Jordan, 00:30:14.100 --> 00:30:15.259 who didn't need 00:30:15.259 --> 00:30:15.980 to be baptized 00:30:15.980 --> 00:30:16.799 for sin. 00:30:18.200 --> 00:30:18.880 He's the 00:30:18.880 --> 00:30:19.500 sinless one. 00:30:20.059 --> 00:30:20.480 He's the 00:30:20.480 --> 00:30:21.240 anointed king, 00:30:21.759 --> 00:30:22.299 the son of 00:30:22.299 --> 00:30:23.000 God, the 00:30:23.000 --> 00:30:23.880 suffering servant. 00:30:24.259 --> 00:30:24.759 He's the one 00:30:24.759 --> 00:30:25.360 in whom God 00:30:25.360 --> 00:30:25.779 the Father 00:30:25.779 --> 00:30:26.319 delights. 00:30:26.860 --> 00:30:28.299 This is like 00:30:28.299 --> 00:30:29.079 no one else. 00:30:30.759 --> 00:30:31.700 And he came 00:30:31.700 --> 00:30:32.480 to identify 00:30:32.480 --> 00:30:33.220 with us 00:30:33.220 --> 00:30:33.599 sinners. 00:30:36.860 --> 00:30:37.539 He's not 00:30:37.539 --> 00:30:38.220 ashamed to 00:30:38.220 --> 00:30:38.860 call you 00:30:38.860 --> 00:30:39.519 his own. 00:30:41.660 --> 00:30:42.460 His kingdom 00:30:42.460 --> 00:30:43.140 is made up 00:30:43.140 --> 00:30:43.599 of sinners 00:30:43.599 --> 00:30:44.319 made righteous. 00:30:44.319 --> 00:30:44.399 sinners. 00:30:47.879 --> 00:30:48.720 We have an 00:30:48.720 --> 00:30:49.439 amazing king. 00:30:50.700 --> 00:30:51.939 We have a 00:30:51.939 --> 00:30:52.639 king who 00:30:52.639 --> 00:30:54.579 chose even 00:30:54.579 --> 00:30:55.299 holy and 00:30:55.299 --> 00:30:55.799 sinless to 00:30:55.799 --> 00:30:56.579 identify with 00:30:56.579 --> 00:30:57.059 us sinners. 00:30:58.039 --> 00:30:58.399 He didn't 00:30:58.399 --> 00:30:59.059 keep himself 00:30:59.059 --> 00:30:59.799 separate from 00:30:59.799 --> 00:31:00.159 us. 00:31:01.519 --> 00:31:02.480 But he made 00:31:02.480 --> 00:31:03.079 us righteous 00:31:03.079 --> 00:31:04.079 so that we 00:31:04.079 --> 00:31:04.399 can be 00:31:04.399 --> 00:31:05.319 reconciled to 00:31:05.319 --> 00:31:05.559 him. 00:31:07.879 --> 00:31:08.599 You see, 00:31:09.240 --> 00:31:10.039 this king 00:31:10.039 --> 00:31:12.179 came to 00:31:12.179 --> 00:31:12.639 deal with 00:31:12.639 --> 00:31:13.240 our sin 00:31:13.240 --> 00:31:14.539 so that we 00:31:14.539 --> 00:31:14.859 can be 00:31:14.859 --> 00:31:15.500 welcomed into 00:31:15.500 --> 00:31:16.019 his kingdom. 00:31:18.880 --> 00:31:19.579 He's the 00:31:19.579 --> 00:31:20.380 suffering servant. 00:31:21.680 --> 00:31:22.279 He welcomes 00:31:22.279 --> 00:31:22.960 us in by 00:31:22.960 --> 00:31:23.460 his blood. 00:31:25.440 --> 00:31:26.420 Though sinless, 00:31:26.579 --> 00:31:27.460 he is our 00:31:27.460 --> 00:31:28.700 representative king 00:31:28.700 --> 00:31:29.279 and it's all 00:31:29.279 --> 00:31:30.079 by his grace. 00:31:30.200 --> 00:31:30.519 We did 00:31:30.519 --> 00:31:31.059 nothing to 00:31:31.059 --> 00:31:31.579 earn this. 00:31:32.859 --> 00:31:33.220 Nothing. 00:31:33.220 --> 00:31:33.299 Nothing. 00:31:38.240 --> 00:31:38.940 Would you 00:31:38.940 --> 00:31:39.559 savor that 00:31:39.559 --> 00:31:40.740 today? 00:31:40.740 --> 00:31:42.599 this week? 00:31:43.980 --> 00:31:44.620 Would you 00:31:44.620 --> 00:31:45.160 savor the 00:31:45.160 --> 00:31:46.319 fact that 00:31:46.319 --> 00:31:46.960 your king, 00:31:47.160 --> 00:31:47.740 your sinless 00:31:47.740 --> 00:31:48.579 king came to 00:31:48.579 --> 00:31:49.359 identify with 00:31:49.359 --> 00:31:49.579 you? 00:31:50.960 --> 00:31:51.839 He came for 00:31:51.839 --> 00:31:52.120 you. 00:31:54.900 --> 00:31:55.660 Could it be 00:31:55.660 --> 00:31:56.359 that when Jesus 00:31:56.359 --> 00:31:57.099 went down in the 00:31:57.099 --> 00:31:57.380 waters, 00:31:58.380 --> 00:31:59.819 he had you in 00:31:59.819 --> 00:32:00.140 mind, 00:32:02.099 --> 00:32:03.039 identifying with 00:32:03.039 --> 00:32:03.579 you and your 00:32:03.579 --> 00:32:04.000 sinfulness? 00:32:04.000 --> 00:32:07.299 the second 00:32:07.299 --> 00:32:07.759 point I want 00:32:07.759 --> 00:32:08.220 to make this 00:32:08.220 --> 00:32:08.680 morning is 00:32:08.680 --> 00:32:09.019 this. 00:32:09.740 --> 00:32:10.220 Back to 00:32:10.220 --> 00:32:10.859 Queen Elizabeth, 00:32:11.460 --> 00:32:12.200 1953. 00:32:13.700 --> 00:32:14.640 Crown on 00:32:14.640 --> 00:32:15.220 her head. 00:32:16.279 --> 00:32:16.700 Westminster 00:32:16.700 --> 00:32:17.380 Abbey's 00:32:17.380 --> 00:32:18.640 packed and 00:32:18.640 --> 00:32:19.160 in unison 00:32:19.160 --> 00:32:19.539 you hear, 00:32:20.079 --> 00:32:20.660 blah, blah, 00:32:20.759 --> 00:32:21.180 blah, 00:32:21.180 --> 00:32:21.220 blah, blah. 00:32:23.220 --> 00:32:24.240 Blah, blah, blah, 00:32:24.299 --> 00:32:24.700 blah. 00:32:25.920 --> 00:32:26.680 You don't 00:32:26.680 --> 00:32:27.279 quite know what 00:32:27.279 --> 00:32:27.700 they're saying 00:32:27.700 --> 00:32:28.420 until you kind 00:32:28.420 --> 00:32:29.259 of dial in. 00:32:29.660 --> 00:32:30.059 It finally 00:32:30.059 --> 00:32:30.759 dials in. 00:32:30.759 --> 00:32:32.900 God save 00:32:32.900 --> 00:32:33.420 the queen. 00:32:33.619 --> 00:32:34.279 Right when 00:32:34.279 --> 00:32:34.920 the crown 00:32:34.920 --> 00:32:35.559 hit her brow. 00:32:35.819 --> 00:32:36.519 God save 00:32:36.519 --> 00:32:36.960 the queen. 00:32:38.240 --> 00:32:38.900 Everyone in 00:32:38.900 --> 00:32:39.900 Westminster Abbey's 00:32:39.900 --> 00:32:40.619 rejoicing. 00:32:41.099 --> 00:32:41.839 God save 00:32:41.839 --> 00:32:42.420 the queen. 00:32:43.319 --> 00:32:44.180 God save 00:32:44.180 --> 00:32:44.680 the queen. 00:32:45.980 --> 00:32:46.720 They are 00:32:46.720 --> 00:32:48.420 coming under 00:32:48.420 --> 00:32:49.799 her reign. 00:32:51.660 --> 00:32:52.160 Could you 00:32:52.160 --> 00:32:52.579 imagine what 00:32:52.579 --> 00:32:53.119 was happening 00:32:53.119 --> 00:32:55.339 in heaven 00:32:55.339 --> 00:32:56.839 the moment 00:32:56.839 --> 00:32:59.039 God said, 00:32:59.259 --> 00:32:59.599 this is my 00:32:59.599 --> 00:33:00.220 beloved son 00:33:00.220 --> 00:33:00.680 with whom I'm 00:33:00.680 --> 00:33:01.299 well pleased. 00:33:02.019 --> 00:33:02.420 Imagine. 00:33:02.960 --> 00:33:03.680 Imagine with me. 00:33:03.740 --> 00:33:04.200 Play with me. 00:33:05.180 --> 00:33:05.700 Let's say 00:33:05.700 --> 00:33:07.480 the angels 00:33:07.480 --> 00:33:08.019 are in heaven 00:33:08.019 --> 00:33:09.340 and they're 00:33:09.340 --> 00:33:09.960 playing ping 00:33:09.960 --> 00:33:10.500 ball in 00:33:10.500 --> 00:33:10.680 heaven. 00:33:10.840 --> 00:33:10.960 Bing, 00:33:11.000 --> 00:33:11.120 bing, 00:33:11.259 --> 00:33:11.299 bing, 00:33:11.299 --> 00:33:11.400 bing, 00:33:11.400 --> 00:33:11.660 bing, 00:33:11.740 --> 00:33:11.820 bing, 00:33:11.820 --> 00:33:12.080 bing, 00:33:12.080 --> 00:33:12.360 bing, 00:33:12.360 --> 00:33:12.380 bing, 00:33:12.380 --> 00:33:12.420 bing, 00:33:12.420 --> 00:33:12.779 bing. 00:33:14.060 --> 00:33:14.600 And they 00:33:14.600 --> 00:33:15.019 hear on 00:33:15.019 --> 00:33:15.660 the speaker, 00:33:17.060 --> 00:33:18.160 this is my 00:33:18.160 --> 00:33:18.820 beloved son. 00:33:18.880 --> 00:33:19.120 They're like, 00:33:19.200 --> 00:33:19.519 oh yeah, 00:33:19.600 --> 00:33:19.900 today's 00:33:19.900 --> 00:33:20.680 inauguration day. 00:33:20.740 --> 00:33:21.220 That's great. 00:33:21.539 --> 00:33:21.680 Bing, 00:33:21.840 --> 00:33:21.960 bing, 00:33:21.960 --> 00:33:21.980 bing, 00:33:22.019 --> 00:33:22.259 bing, 00:33:22.259 --> 00:33:22.340 bing, 00:33:22.340 --> 00:33:22.620 bing. 00:33:24.759 --> 00:33:25.340 Or just 00:33:25.340 --> 00:33:25.940 imagine, 00:33:26.060 --> 00:33:26.500 you know, 00:33:26.779 --> 00:33:27.299 angels in 00:33:27.299 --> 00:33:28.160 heaven playing 00:33:28.160 --> 00:33:28.940 cribbage. 00:33:28.940 --> 00:33:32.220 While God 00:33:32.220 --> 00:33:32.660 the Father 00:33:32.660 --> 00:33:33.259 is saying, 00:33:33.500 --> 00:33:33.779 with him 00:33:33.779 --> 00:33:34.200 I'm well 00:33:34.200 --> 00:33:34.920 pleased. 00:33:35.180 --> 00:33:35.480 And they're 00:33:35.480 --> 00:33:35.820 kind of like, 00:33:35.860 --> 00:33:36.180 oh that's 00:33:36.180 --> 00:33:36.559 great, 00:33:36.680 --> 00:33:37.519 we'll play 00:33:37.519 --> 00:33:38.100 cribbage. 00:33:40.100 --> 00:33:40.640 Or they're 00:33:40.640 --> 00:33:41.100 waiting in line 00:33:41.100 --> 00:33:41.360 for the 00:33:41.360 --> 00:33:41.660 heavenly 00:33:41.660 --> 00:33:42.940 latte and 00:33:42.940 --> 00:33:45.039 up on the 00:33:45.039 --> 00:33:46.559 chalkboard is 00:33:46.559 --> 00:33:46.860 it's 00:33:46.860 --> 00:33:48.180 inauguration day 00:33:48.180 --> 00:33:48.840 and they're 00:33:48.840 --> 00:33:49.200 just getting 00:33:49.200 --> 00:33:50.080 their lattes 00:33:50.080 --> 00:33:50.360 and like, 00:33:50.420 --> 00:33:50.660 oh yeah, 00:33:50.680 --> 00:33:51.460 that's cool. 00:33:51.460 --> 00:33:55.640 What was 00:33:55.640 --> 00:33:56.360 going on 00:33:56.360 --> 00:33:56.920 with the 00:33:56.920 --> 00:33:57.380 myriad of 00:33:57.380 --> 00:33:58.319 angels in 00:33:58.319 --> 00:33:59.380 heaven on 00:33:59.380 --> 00:34:00.259 inauguration day? 00:34:02.180 --> 00:34:02.980 They were 00:34:02.980 --> 00:34:03.559 rejoicing. 00:34:05.420 --> 00:34:06.140 They were 00:34:06.140 --> 00:34:06.680 on pins and 00:34:06.680 --> 00:34:07.319 needles. 00:34:07.539 --> 00:34:08.099 The King, 00:34:08.280 --> 00:34:09.039 God's chosen 00:34:09.039 --> 00:34:09.280 one, 00:34:09.340 --> 00:34:10.039 has begun 00:34:10.039 --> 00:34:10.860 His salvific 00:34:10.860 --> 00:34:11.400 reign on 00:34:11.400 --> 00:34:11.840 earth. 00:34:12.760 --> 00:34:13.240 A light 00:34:13.240 --> 00:34:14.260 has dawned 00:34:14.260 --> 00:34:15.079 this day. 00:34:16.500 --> 00:34:17.000 They have 00:34:17.000 --> 00:34:17.539 been waiting 00:34:17.539 --> 00:34:18.119 for this 00:34:18.119 --> 00:34:18.460 day. 00:34:18.460 --> 00:34:21.000 where King 00:34:21.000 --> 00:34:21.780 Jesus takes 00:34:21.780 --> 00:34:22.380 up His reign 00:34:22.380 --> 00:34:22.940 publicly. 00:34:23.880 --> 00:34:24.099 And do you 00:34:24.099 --> 00:34:24.460 know what? 00:34:25.220 --> 00:34:26.099 What started 00:34:26.099 --> 00:34:27.079 nearly 2,000 00:34:27.079 --> 00:34:27.639 years ago 00:34:27.639 --> 00:34:29.260 is going 00:34:29.260 --> 00:34:29.760 on today. 00:34:30.820 --> 00:34:31.840 Jesus reigns 00:34:31.840 --> 00:34:32.300 today. 00:34:33.500 --> 00:34:33.940 He's the 00:34:33.940 --> 00:34:34.780 King today. 00:34:34.960 --> 00:34:35.360 And so the 00:34:35.360 --> 00:34:35.860 way that we 00:34:35.860 --> 00:34:36.740 respond is, 00:34:37.199 --> 00:34:37.679 long live our 00:34:37.679 --> 00:34:37.900 King. 00:34:38.780 --> 00:34:39.539 We come under 00:34:39.539 --> 00:34:40.119 His reign. 00:34:41.460 --> 00:34:42.480 We gladly 00:34:42.480 --> 00:34:43.500 submit to who 00:34:43.500 --> 00:34:44.579 He is and 00:34:44.579 --> 00:34:45.019 what He's 00:34:45.019 --> 00:34:45.760 called us to. 00:34:46.099 --> 00:34:46.699 We know 00:34:46.699 --> 00:34:47.539 who He is 00:34:47.539 --> 00:34:48.159 and we 00:34:48.159 --> 00:34:48.739 know He 00:34:48.739 --> 00:34:49.340 has identified 00:34:49.340 --> 00:34:50.380 with us so 00:34:50.380 --> 00:34:51.000 that we can 00:34:51.000 --> 00:34:51.519 be saved. 00:34:51.840 --> 00:34:52.279 And so this 00:34:52.279 --> 00:34:52.699 morning, 00:34:53.420 --> 00:34:53.840 can I just 00:34:53.840 --> 00:34:54.400 ask you to 00:34:54.400 --> 00:34:55.039 renew your 00:34:55.039 --> 00:34:55.759 allegiance to 00:34:55.759 --> 00:34:56.000 Him, 00:34:56.079 --> 00:34:56.420 your King? 00:34:57.679 --> 00:34:58.579 To freshly 00:34:58.579 --> 00:34:59.219 come under 00:34:59.219 --> 00:34:59.739 His reign? 00:35:01.440 --> 00:35:02.099 To say 00:35:02.099 --> 00:35:02.440 today, 00:35:02.559 --> 00:35:02.960 oh Jesus, 00:35:03.119 --> 00:35:03.300 yes, 00:35:03.340 --> 00:35:03.699 You are my 00:35:03.699 --> 00:35:03.880 King. 00:35:03.960 --> 00:35:04.219 I will 00:35:04.219 --> 00:35:04.579 obey You 00:35:04.579 --> 00:35:05.139 in everything 00:35:05.139 --> 00:35:06.980 because You 00:35:06.980 --> 00:35:07.460 reign over 00:35:07.460 --> 00:35:07.880 everything. 00:35:08.079 --> 00:35:08.440 You have 00:35:08.440 --> 00:35:09.179 claim over 00:35:09.179 --> 00:35:09.679 everything. 00:35:10.300 --> 00:35:10.800 And I 00:35:10.800 --> 00:35:12.119 gladly submit 00:35:12.119 --> 00:35:12.940 my everything 00:35:12.940 --> 00:35:14.099 to You. 00:35:15.159 --> 00:35:15.719 That's going 00:35:15.719 --> 00:35:15.920 to mean 00:35:15.920 --> 00:35:16.579 turning from 00:35:16.579 --> 00:35:17.079 your own 00:35:17.079 --> 00:35:17.420 rule, 00:35:17.539 --> 00:35:18.119 and turning 00:35:18.119 --> 00:35:18.739 to His. 00:35:21.320 --> 00:35:22.059 Here's one 00:35:22.059 --> 00:35:22.599 question you 00:35:22.599 --> 00:35:23.239 can be asking 00:35:23.239 --> 00:35:23.800 yourself. 00:35:26.300 --> 00:35:27.000 When you're 00:35:27.000 --> 00:35:27.519 faced with a 00:35:27.519 --> 00:35:28.679 decision of 00:35:28.679 --> 00:35:29.179 any sort, 00:35:30.179 --> 00:35:31.739 what does 00:35:31.739 --> 00:35:32.679 King Jesus 00:35:32.679 --> 00:35:33.840 say about 00:35:33.840 --> 00:35:34.340 this? 00:35:36.099 --> 00:35:36.820 What does 00:35:36.820 --> 00:35:37.500 He say I 00:35:37.500 --> 00:35:37.880 should do? 00:35:39.019 --> 00:35:39.759 Long live 00:35:39.759 --> 00:35:40.119 the King. 00:35:41.460 --> 00:35:42.219 This morning 00:35:42.219 --> 00:35:42.659 we've looked 00:35:42.659 --> 00:35:43.119 at the 00:35:43.119 --> 00:35:43.739 baptism of 00:35:43.739 --> 00:35:44.019 Jesus. 00:35:44.219 --> 00:35:44.480 It's His 00:35:44.480 --> 00:35:45.500 inauguration day. 00:35:45.820 --> 00:35:46.480 He's identified 00:35:46.480 --> 00:35:47.280 to us in 00:35:47.280 --> 00:35:47.840 our sinfulness 00:35:47.840 --> 00:35:48.699 and we 00:35:48.699 --> 00:35:49.500 get to see 00:35:49.500 --> 00:35:50.579 God identify 00:35:50.579 --> 00:35:51.780 Him as 00:35:51.780 --> 00:35:52.360 the King, 00:35:52.619 --> 00:35:53.199 the beloved 00:35:53.199 --> 00:35:53.659 Son, 00:35:53.760 --> 00:35:54.320 the suffering 00:35:54.320 --> 00:35:54.800 servant. 00:35:55.079 --> 00:35:55.900 He is our 00:35:55.900 --> 00:35:56.159 King. 00:35:58.199 --> 00:35:58.840 And we 00:35:58.840 --> 00:35:59.559 gladly submit 00:35:59.559 --> 00:35:59.940 to His 00:35:59.940 --> 00:36:00.199 reign. 00:36:00.400 --> 00:36:00.860 Let's pray. 00:36:05.740 --> 00:36:06.219 Jesus, 00:36:06.380 --> 00:36:06.880 You are the 00:36:06.880 --> 00:36:07.159 King. 00:36:08.500 --> 00:36:09.539 We ask that 00:36:09.539 --> 00:36:10.119 God, 00:36:10.219 --> 00:36:10.800 if today's the 00:36:10.800 --> 00:36:11.440 day where 00:36:11.440 --> 00:36:11.820 You have 00:36:11.820 --> 00:36:12.639 opened eyes 00:36:12.639 --> 00:36:13.079 to people 00:36:13.079 --> 00:36:13.440 in this 00:36:13.440 --> 00:36:13.719 room, 00:36:13.839 --> 00:36:14.179 maybe it's 00:36:14.179 --> 00:36:14.559 just one 00:36:14.559 --> 00:36:14.940 or two 00:36:14.940 --> 00:36:15.519 or seven, 00:36:16.559 --> 00:36:17.400 that You 00:36:17.400 --> 00:36:17.819 are their 00:36:17.819 --> 00:36:18.159 King, 00:36:19.079 --> 00:36:19.359 God, 00:36:19.420 --> 00:36:19.719 would You 00:36:19.719 --> 00:36:20.259 move in 00:36:20.259 --> 00:36:20.699 them to 00:36:20.699 --> 00:36:21.099 bow their 00:36:21.099 --> 00:36:22.239 knee and 00:36:22.239 --> 00:36:22.779 give themselves 00:36:22.779 --> 00:36:23.539 fully to 00:36:23.539 --> 00:36:23.839 You. 00:36:24.839 --> 00:36:25.539 You are 00:36:25.539 --> 00:36:26.099 worthy 00:36:26.099 --> 00:36:27.799 because of 00:36:27.799 --> 00:36:28.339 who You 00:36:28.339 --> 00:36:28.739 are. 00:36:28.900 --> 00:36:29.619 You are 00:36:29.619 --> 00:36:31.480 our King. 00:36:31.699 --> 00:36:32.079 You are 00:36:32.079 --> 00:36:32.839 Emmanuel. 00:36:33.259 --> 00:36:33.599 You're the 00:36:33.599 --> 00:36:34.019 anointed 00:36:34.019 --> 00:36:34.519 one. 00:36:35.199 --> 00:36:35.639 You're the 00:36:35.639 --> 00:36:36.019 suffering 00:36:36.019 --> 00:36:36.940 servant and 00:36:36.940 --> 00:36:37.460 you reign 00:36:37.460 --> 00:36:37.940 today. 00:36:38.839 --> 00:36:39.339 In Jesus' 00:36:39.339 --> 00:36:39.739 name, 00:36:40.159 --> 00:36:40.400 Amen.