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 We understand that while Mark's stated purpose that we have looked at in verse number one of this chapter,

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 his stated purpose for writing this gospel is to proclaim that Jesus of Nazareth is the Messiah and the Son of God.

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 We are not actually introduced to this Jesus and to who this man actually is until we get to verse nine.

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 It's the first time in the narrative that we actually are introduced to who he is.

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 Mark's focus up to this point, as we studied in depth last week,

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 has been on the voice in the wilderness that would prepare the way for the coming king.

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 And that voice was none other than John the Baptist or John the Baptizer,

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 whose ministry had the distinct features of preaching and of baptism.

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 And we studied last week how unique his preaching and his baptism actually was.

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 It wasn't that there were no other people in Israel who were involved in these kinds of things.

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 There were others who were preaching in some form or fashion.

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 There were various ceremonial washings that people went through.

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 But nothing was quite like what John was doing, nor was it happening where John was doing it.

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 And we're told in verse five that people from all over Judea,

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 people from all over Jerusalem,

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 had flocked to the wilderness by the Jordan River,

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 specifically to hear the preaching of John,

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 and to involve themselves with this baptism.

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 It was a radical ministry.

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 It was a radical message.

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 And it was a radical method that John was going through to get the message across.

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 And it was radical because John was calling Jews to see themselves as Gentiles.

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 The baptism that he was doing, as we talked about last week,

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 was a baptism that was most closely associated with Gentile proselytes coming into Judaism.

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 Jews didn't go through this baptism.

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 They didn't go through this kind of ceremonial cleansing.

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 What John was getting them to do in his preaching

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 was recognize that they, in and of themselves,

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 needed this same cleansing of heart.

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 This was a baptism of repentance.

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 So it was a radical message.

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 They were to view themselves in terms of the way that they would view Gentiles,

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 and the Gentiles standing with God.

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 They were outsiders.

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 They were unclean in that sense.

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 So John called for these people to repent of their sinful ways,

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 and to turn their hearts to the Lord.

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 And this was the way in which John prepared the hearts of the people

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 to receive the coming Messiah and King.

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 Now, it was in the days of John's wilderness ministry that we find Jesus' first public appearance

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 in terms of formal ministry.

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 Remember, John wasn't meant to be on the scene and have a ministry that lasted indefinitely.

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 That wasn't his purpose.

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 His time of ministry was actually very short,

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 though it was of an immense impact and of an immense importance.

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 But like any herald,

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 John's role, his calling, his duty,

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 was to prepare the way and then get out of the way.

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 And so there's not much more time spent on John the Baptist in the Scriptures.

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 John's gospel goes a little bit further into who John was and what he was doing,

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 but really there's no reason to talk about him further.

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 He had fulfilled his calling.

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 For probably about six months before Jesus shows up on the side of the riverbank,

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 John was preaching in the wilderness.

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 For six months, he had this elevated ministry in Judea,

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 and then maybe for another six months or so after the fact.

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 He had a very short ministry, but it was for a very specific purpose.

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 He was the herald of the king.

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 But the king was now there,

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 so there was no need for the herald.

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 So John is beginning to transition off the scene

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 as Jesus is transitioning on the scene.

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 And Mark uses verses 9 through 15

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 in order to record this transition.

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 And so we see then in verse number 9

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 that Jesus came from Nazareth.

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 Would you look at it with me one more time?

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 And it came to pass in those days

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 that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee.

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 Now, when we get into this part,

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 I want you to think for a minute

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 and imagine if you were one of the people

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 that had come from Jerusalem

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 or from one of the other parts of Judea

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 to hear John preach this message.

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 And what was it that he was preaching?

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 You show up on the side of the riverbank.

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 You're curious as to what this is all about.

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 And John is proclaiming,

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 repent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

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 And then he's saying,

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 there comes one after me who is mightier than me.

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 I'm not even worthy to wash his feet, John says.

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 And you get this anticipation in your mind,

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 this thought of,

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 wow, John is pretty well regarded.

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 He's saying that there's someone else coming just after him

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 that is gonna be of such greater magnitude

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 and of such greater importance than even John.

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 And so you're anticipating on the riverbank that day

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 this amazing person to show up.

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 And then what you see come to the scene

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 is this man named Jesus of Nazareth.

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 John tells us that on the day that he shows up,

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 John the Baptist looks and says,

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 behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world.

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 Now I want you to imagine,

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 we have the distinct opportunity

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 of already knowing lots of the scripture.

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 Like most of us understand this story.

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 We have already talked about how this is really about Jesus

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 and this is who Jesus is.

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 None of the people on the side of the riverbank knew that.

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 They didn't know who Jesus was.

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 Their entire understanding of the Messiah

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 was nothing like what Jesus was going to be.

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 His ministry, at least in this particular advent,

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 was not gonna be anything like they expected for it to be.

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 And yet, what we have Mark emphasizing here

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 is not only that Jesus came to be baptized,

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 but he emphasizes where he came from,

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 which I think is significant and an encouragement.

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 Nazareth was Jesus' hometown.

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 It was an insignificant place.

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 It was a place that nobody even knew about.

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 So when John writes about this,

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 or excuse me, when Mark writes about this

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 to his Roman audience,

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 he has to even explain a general geographical location

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 of where Nazareth actually is.

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 He says it's Nazareth in Galilee,

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 or in Galilee of the Gentiles,

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 as it was often referred to.

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 That was to give them an approximate understanding

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 of where Nazareth actually was.

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 This is also a nod to the Old Testament prophecy

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 that foretold that the Messiah

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 would come from this region.

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 Now, most people didn't think about that.

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 They didn't look for the Messiah to come from here.

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 A fixation on the birthplace of the Messiah

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 being in Bethlehem is probably what gave rise

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 to the ignorance in regards

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 to Isaiah's prophecy in chapter nine.

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 Now, you know that chapter well.

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 Every Christmas, we quote one of the verses in it.

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 Isaiah chapter nine,

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 behold, a child is born.

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 The government shall be upon his shoulders.

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 We understand that prophecy.

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 In verse number one in relation to that prophecy,

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 here's what Isaiah says.

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 In earlier times, God treated the land of Zebulun

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 and the land of Naphtali with contempt.

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 But later on, he shall make it glorious.

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 By the way of the sea, that is the Sea of Galilee,

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 on the other side of the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles.

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 But most people had missed this.

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 They were looking for this Messiah

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 to probably be more affiliated with a place like Jerusalem.

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 They certainly would have been aware

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 of David's hometown of Bethlehem

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 and how the Messiah would need to be

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 of the lineage of David.

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 But not many people were thinking

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 that this Messiah was gonna come from Galilee,

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 but especially Nazareth.

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 I mean, where is Nazareth?

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 We don't know anything about it.

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 It's not mentioned anywhere else in Scripture.

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 The fact that Jesus' birth took place in Bethlehem

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 fulfilled Micah's prophecy.

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 But the fact that he grew up in Nazareth

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 fulfilled Isaiah's, just giving more proof

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 that Jesus is indeed this Messiah

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 that the prophets had foretold long before.

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 Now, Galilee was sometimes referred to

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 as Galilee of the Gentiles.

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 And the reason it's referred to that

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 is because it had a history in Judea

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 for having Gentile citizenship.

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 And there's lots of history you could go into there

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 that we won't do this morning.

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 But basically, most Jews,

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 especially the closer you got to Jerusalem,

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 looked out on the area of Galilee,

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 and they looked down upon it.

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 They despised the people from there.

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 They considered them unclean.

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 They considered them a lower system of people.

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 They considered them Gentile people,

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 and they wanted nothing to do with them.

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 One such person, or one such indication,

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 is evident even in Jesus' calling of his own disciples.

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 When he called Nathanael, here's what he said.

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 John chapter one,

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 Philip found Nathanael and said to him,

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 we have found him of whom Moses in the law

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 and the prophets wrote,

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 Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.

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 And Nathanael said,

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 can any good thing come out of Nazareth?

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 To which Philip responded,

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 you're just gonna have to come and see.

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 In other words, I'm with you,

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 and it doesn't sound right to me, Nathanael,

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 but you gotta see this guy.

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 You gotta listen to what he's saying.

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 You gotta see what's going on with this man.

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 What's the importance of this?

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 The importance is,

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 Jesus was nothing of what people expected him to be.

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 He was nothing of what we would want him to be, even.

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 This great king, this savior,

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 this person that John is saying is so much greater,

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 he's from Nazareth?

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 And then we see the humility of Christ.

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 The humility of Jesus is quite astounding.

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 And we see it not only in the fact that,

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 and it's enough even in this fact,

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 but not only in the fact that God condescended

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 to become a man,

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 that he set aside the glories and the benefits of heaven

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 in order to come and be a man,

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 but he did that in the most inferior

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 and contemptible manner imaginable.

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 This is not a Cinderella story.

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 Jesus' life is not a Cinderella story.

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 That's not what this is.

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 It's not that God looked down

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 and he saw this young man named Jesus of Nazareth

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 who was like most stories would tell in our day.

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 He was just destitute,

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 and he was robbed of everything that he needed,

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 but he was of such great character and integrity.

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 He was a diamond in the rough, so to speak.

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 And God looked and showed pity and compassion on him

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 and brought him up from the depths of his despair

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 and used him in such a fantastic way.

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 That is not what's happening in this passage.

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 Jesus is literally God who has condescended

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 to become a man in order to save sinners

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 from sin and death and hell.

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 He is literally God that has come to do that.

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 And as he has done that,

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 he did it in the most inferior way.

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 He's the king, John says,

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 that is coming to save his people.

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 And one might expect a king to be born in a palace.

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 They might expect them to be raised

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 in the grandeur of a city like Jerusalem.

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 But Jesus was born in a stable.

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 And he was raised among the poorest of people

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 in the poorest of towns.

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 That's where the king came from.

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 Now Isaiah foretold in Isaiah 53,

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 that he would be despised and rejected of men.

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 And then he goes on to say in chapter 53

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 that he would be one from whom men would hide their face.

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 He's not even talking about his crucifixion yet

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 in Isaiah 53.

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 This is the beginning.

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 He's saying people will look on the Messiah,

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 they will look on the Son of God,

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 and they will despise him.

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 He will not be attractive.

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 What's gonna happen with this Messiah?

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 You're not gonna look at him and think,

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 wow, he just exudes power and authority.

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 That's not what he's gonna be like.

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 He's gonna be despised and rejected of men.

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 He was gonna be somebody that when you looked on him,

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 you'd hide your face from him.

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 You don't want anything to do with him, Isaiah says.

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 That was the way in which he was gonna come.

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 And the simple statement of his geographical upbringing

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 is what gives rise to this.

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 It contributes to this prophecy

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 that this is who he would be.

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 Now again, think with me about these people

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 that would have heard John preaching.

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 He left the riches of heaven

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 in order to be among the poorest on earth.

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 That's what Philippians 2 tells us.

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 He left the glorious praises of angels

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 in order to be despised and rejected by mankind.

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 You understand the significance of that?

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 When you study the Old Testament

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 and you see these encounters

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 that individuals have with angels,

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 they were so glorious and magnificent in appearance

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 and in the way that they carried out their ministry

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 that most people when confronted by an angel in the Bible

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 either passed out

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 or they immediately got down and tried to worship them.

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 How many times do we read

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 that someone would try to worship an angel

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 and the angel would lift them up and say,

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 no, you don't need to worship me.

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 I'm just a messenger.

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 But the sheer presence of them,

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 the glory of what they look like

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 and how they ministered was so magnificent

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 that this was the response that men have.

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 Now, Jesus was in heaven from eternity past

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 and around the clock he was receiving praises

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 over and over and over

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 from the very beings

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 that when they're presented to man on earth

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 either pass out or fall down and worship themselves.

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 And he leaves that,

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 willingly,

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 he leaves that

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 in order to come to the earth

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 to have some man that he created spit in his face,

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 to hate him,

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 to have the people that was supposed to be teaching about him

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 plot a way for him to be murdered.

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 He was despised.

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 He was rejected.

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 He left so much in order to go through that.

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 He left the perfect, glorified state of heaven

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 in order that he might take on the weakness

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 and frailty of human life in a fallen world.

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 Why?

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 Why?

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 Why?

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 Some may say,

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 what a waste.

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 Why did he do that?

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 It was love.

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 Love is the reason.

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 Love for his own.

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 Love for you.

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 Love for me.

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 John 3 tells us plainly.

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 You know the verse.

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 For God so loved the world.

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 His love was so great

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 that he himself,

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 he sent his only begotten son

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 that whoever would believe in him

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 would never perish

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 but will have everlasting life.

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 Why did Jesus do all of that?

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 Love.

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 Love.

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 There's a hymn that was instrumental

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 during the second great awakening in America

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 written in the early 1800s

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 called What Wondrous Love Is This?

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 I don't know if you know it.

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 But it speaks of this love.

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 It goes like this.

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 What wondrous love is this,

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 O my soul,

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 O my soul.

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 What wondrous love is this,

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 O my soul.

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 What wondrous love is this

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 that calls the Lord of bliss

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 to bear the dreadful curse

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 for my soul,

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 for my soul.

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 To bear the dreadful curse

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 for my soul.

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 And then the next verse goes like this.

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 When I was sinking down,

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 sinking down,

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 sinking down.

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 When I was sinking down,

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 sinking down.

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 When I was sinking down

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 beneath God's righteous frown,

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 Christ laid aside his crown

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 for my soul,

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 for my soul.

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 Christ laid aside his crown

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 for my soul.

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 Why?

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 Love.

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 An amazing love.

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 Now think about those people

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 on the side of the river that day.

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 Jesus shows up.

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 They're here in this incredible,

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 and they're excited.

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 There's this anticipation building.

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 And then John says,

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 behold the Lamb of God.

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 And everybody turns around,

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 they look at Jesus,

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 and they say,

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 this is it?

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 This is it, John?

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 This is the one that's supposed

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 to be mightier than you?

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 This is the one that's supposed

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 to take away the sin of the world?

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 How in the world is he gonna do that?

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 He's from Nazareth.

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 To some people,

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 he may not seem like much.

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 But when you know him,

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 when you know him,

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 he's the most beautiful thing.

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 When you know him,

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 he's the most glorious thing.

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 It didn't matter that he was despised

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 and rejected of those men.

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 When you know him,

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 you will love him.

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 Why?

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 Because he loves you.

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 We love him,

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 John wrote,

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 because he first loved us.

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 And how was that love demonstrated?

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 When I was sinking down

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 beneath God's dreadful frown,

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 Christ laid aside his crown

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 for my soul,

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 for my soul.

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 What wondrous love is this?

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 You say,

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 you get all that

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 just out of that one phrase,

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 Jesus came from Nazareth?

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 Yeah, it's unbelievable.

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 We're probably not gonna make it

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 all the way through

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 this sermon today.

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 This is what Mark's doing

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 in these verses.

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 He's transitioning

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 from John to Jesus.

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 This is the introduction

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 he gives of Jesus.

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 And then he covers

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 this transition

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 in three phases.

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 Jesus' baptism,

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 Jesus' temptation,

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 and then Jesus' ministry

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 and message.

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 We're only gonna make it

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 through the baptism today.

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 But let's look at it.

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 Verse number nine.

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 It came to pass

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 in those days

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 that Jesus came

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 from Nazareth of Galilee

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!

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 And was baptized

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 of John in the Jordan.

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 And straightway coming up

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 out of the water,

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 he saw the heavens opened

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 and the spirit like a dove

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 descending upon him.

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 And there came a voice

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 from heaven saying,

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 Thou art my beloved son,

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 in whom I am well pleased.

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 And he was baptized

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 in John,

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 or of John,

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 in the Jordan.

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 Like Jews from all of Judea

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 and Jerusalem,

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 Jesus came to one of

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 John's riverside meetings.

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 And he expressed this desire

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 and intention

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 to be baptized.

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 Now let's be honest,

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 this is a little strange.

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 In fact,

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 this is an act of Jesus

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 that has baffled

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 the minds of Christians

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 for hundreds of years.

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 But it's not an obscure passage

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 in the scripture.

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 It's not one

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 that keeps us guessing.

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 In fact,

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 all four gospel writers

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 emphasize this event

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 as being significant

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 to the beginning

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 of Jesus' ministry.

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 The question has to do with,

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 why would Jesus need

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 or want to be baptized

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 to begin with?

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 John's baptism

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 was about repentance

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 from sin.

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 Does that mean

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 that Jesus

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 had some kind of sin

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 in his life

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 of which he needed

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 to repent?

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 Some people have suggested that.

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 But that cannot be the case.

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 The Bible clearly teaches

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 that he has never sinned.

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 He never did a sinful act.

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 Though presented

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 with every opportunity

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 to sin,

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 he never succumbed

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 to temptation.

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 He is God

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 and therefore it's impossible

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 for him to sin.

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 So it couldn't be that.

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 It couldn't be a sin

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 that he needs to repent of.

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 Some have suggested

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 that Jesus was just a man

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 and that at this moment

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 of his baptism

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 he was somehow infused

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 with the divine essence

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 and divine qualities

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 that God wanted to give him

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 to accomplish this purpose.

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 But that couldn't be it either.

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 John 1 tells us

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 that in the beginning

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 was the Word.

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 And the Word was with God

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 and the Word was God.

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 He's always existed

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 and he's always existed

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 in a perfect state.

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 So it can't be that he needed

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 to be cleansed of sin

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 or repent of sin.

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 It can't be that this was

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 just an act of divine infusion

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 of the Spirit

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 in some kind of weird way

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 that took a normal man

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 and made him a God-like figure.

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 That's not what's happening here.

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 Even John the Baptist

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 was troubled by this request.

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 He didn't want to do it.

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 In fact,

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 in Matthew chapter 3

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 in Matthew's account

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 it says this,

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 then Jesus arrived

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 from Galilee

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 at the Jordan

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 coming to John

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 to be baptized by him.

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 But John tried

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 to prevent him.

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 He tried to prevent him.

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 That word prevent

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 is in the imperfect tense

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 which from what I understand

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 means that it was

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 a continuous thing.

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 It was something that John

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 this was a conversation.

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 It wasn't a

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 Jesus comes to John

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 and says,

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 hey, I want you to baptize me.

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 And John says,

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 you know,

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 I don't know about that.

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 And Jesus says,

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 no, I want you to do it.

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 And then, okay, I'll do it.

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 It wasn't like that.

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 There was this exchange

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 happening

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 where John

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 was so troubled

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 by this request

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 of Jesus

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 to be baptized

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 knowing that his baptism

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 represented repentance.

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 That he refused to do it

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 over and over.

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 He kept saying,

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 no, I can't do this.

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 I can't do this.

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 This is going to diminish

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 who you are.

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 This is going to diminish

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 what I've been preaching.

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 I can't do this

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 for you.

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 He says,

00:23:58.200 --> 00:23:59.339
 John tried to prevent him

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 saying,

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 I have need

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 to be baptized by you.

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 And do you come to me?

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 John says.

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 Now, John had

00:24:07.220 --> 00:24:08.600
 an incredibly high view

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 of Jesus.

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 And he had

00:24:10.620 --> 00:24:11.860
 an incredibly humble spirit.

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 I don't know

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 that most of us

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 would respond that way.

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 We're out on the riverbank.

00:24:17.839 --> 00:24:18.819
 Jesus of Nazareth

00:24:18.819 --> 00:24:19.500
 shows up.

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 And we have

00:24:20.660 --> 00:24:21.380
 this understanding

00:24:21.380 --> 00:24:22.140
 that he's going to be

00:24:22.140 --> 00:24:23.180
 the one that delivers us

00:24:23.180 --> 00:24:23.720
 from Rome.

00:24:23.819 --> 00:24:24.519
 That's probably what

00:24:24.519 --> 00:24:24.980
 most of them

00:24:24.980 --> 00:24:25.400
 were thinking

00:24:25.400 --> 00:24:26.059
 at this point.

00:24:27.059 --> 00:24:28.440
 And Jesus walks up to you

00:24:28.440 --> 00:24:28.860
 and he says,

00:24:28.940 --> 00:24:29.299
 hey, I want you

00:24:29.299 --> 00:24:30.160
 to baptize me.

00:24:31.200 --> 00:24:31.740
 Can I tell you what?

00:24:31.759 --> 00:24:32.240
 I'd be tempted

00:24:32.240 --> 00:24:33.120
 to think at that moment.

00:24:34.259 --> 00:24:34.519
 Yeah.

00:24:34.839 --> 00:24:35.740
 You want me to do it?

00:24:35.740 --> 00:24:36.220
 Yeah.

00:24:37.120 --> 00:24:37.480
 Yeah.

00:24:37.519 --> 00:24:38.220
 I'd love to do it.

00:24:38.400 --> 00:24:39.660
 Hey, everybody gather around.

00:24:39.920 --> 00:24:41.400
 I'm going to baptize Jesus.

00:24:41.539 --> 00:24:43.160
 He asked me to baptize him.

00:24:43.519 --> 00:24:44.420
 That's how most of us

00:24:44.420 --> 00:24:45.279
 would respond, isn't it?

00:24:47.019 --> 00:24:47.839
 Not John.

00:24:48.120 --> 00:24:49.120
 He had such a high view

00:24:49.120 --> 00:24:49.859
 of God to me.

00:24:50.680 --> 00:24:51.599
 Such a high view

00:24:51.599 --> 00:24:52.059
 of Jesus.

00:24:53.019 --> 00:24:54.200
 Such a humble spirit

00:24:54.200 --> 00:24:55.220
 that Jesus comes

00:24:55.220 --> 00:24:55.559
 and says,

00:24:55.660 --> 00:24:55.960
 John,

00:24:56.180 --> 00:24:57.160
 I need to do this.

00:24:57.380 --> 00:24:58.000
 And he says,

00:24:58.039 --> 00:24:58.900
 I can't do it.

00:24:59.680 --> 00:25:00.660
 I can't do it.

00:25:00.779 --> 00:25:01.799
 I'm not even worthy

00:25:01.799 --> 00:25:02.900
 to wash your feet

00:25:02.900 --> 00:25:03.359
 and you want me

00:25:03.359 --> 00:25:04.460
 to baptize you?

00:25:04.940 --> 00:25:05.339
 No.

00:25:05.339 --> 00:25:06.319
 I need to be baptized

00:25:06.319 --> 00:25:07.039
 by you,

00:25:07.139 --> 00:25:07.699
 John says.

00:25:08.159 --> 00:25:09.259
 But then Jesus says,

00:25:09.339 --> 00:25:09.959
 Matthew 3,

00:25:10.939 --> 00:25:12.500
 Jesus answering said to him,

00:25:13.099 --> 00:25:14.339
 permitted at this time,

00:25:14.939 --> 00:25:16.139
 for in this way

00:25:16.139 --> 00:25:17.119
 it is fitting

00:25:17.119 --> 00:25:18.500
 for us

00:25:18.500 --> 00:25:20.299
 to fulfill

00:25:20.299 --> 00:25:21.959
 all righteousness.

00:25:23.039 --> 00:25:24.019
 And then he permitted him,

00:25:24.079 --> 00:25:24.359
 it says.

00:25:25.179 --> 00:25:25.639
 In other words,

00:25:25.740 --> 00:25:26.339
 Jesus says,

00:25:26.439 --> 00:25:26.740
 John,

00:25:27.519 --> 00:25:29.259
 for us to obey

00:25:29.259 --> 00:25:30.279
 the will of the Father,

00:25:30.799 --> 00:25:31.139
 us,

00:25:31.279 --> 00:25:31.939
 not just me,

00:25:32.000 --> 00:25:32.559
 but you too,

00:25:32.559 --> 00:25:34.399
 for us to do

00:25:34.399 --> 00:25:35.339
 what God the Father

00:25:35.339 --> 00:25:36.579
 wants us to do right now,

00:25:36.720 --> 00:25:37.819
 we're gonna have to do this.

00:25:37.879 --> 00:25:38.599
 We're gonna have to fulfill

00:25:38.599 --> 00:25:39.419
 all righteousness

00:25:39.419 --> 00:25:41.359
 and we need to do it.

00:25:42.619 --> 00:25:43.220
 And of course,

00:25:43.980 --> 00:25:44.859
 John submits

00:25:44.859 --> 00:25:45.859
 and goes through

00:25:45.859 --> 00:25:46.599
 with the baptism.

00:25:47.700 --> 00:25:48.259
 So if Jesus

00:25:48.259 --> 00:25:49.559
 had committed no sin

00:25:49.559 --> 00:25:50.240
 of which he needed

00:25:50.240 --> 00:25:50.799
 to repent,

00:25:52.099 --> 00:25:53.079
 why then

00:25:53.079 --> 00:25:54.659
 did he get baptized?

00:25:54.980 --> 00:25:56.679
 Why do the gospel authors

00:25:56.679 --> 00:25:57.799
 place such a significance

00:25:57.799 --> 00:25:58.359
 on it?

00:25:59.220 --> 00:25:59.579
 Let me give you

00:25:59.579 --> 00:26:00.439
 three explanations,

00:26:00.599 --> 00:26:01.720
 really just three words

00:26:01.720 --> 00:26:02.619
 if you're keeping the notes

00:26:02.619 --> 00:26:03.639
 there in your scripture journals.

00:26:04.119 --> 00:26:05.359
 The first word is this,

00:26:05.759 --> 00:26:06.460
 confirmation.

00:26:07.859 --> 00:26:08.339
 Confirmation.

00:26:09.279 --> 00:26:10.559
 We see that in verse nine.

00:26:11.579 --> 00:26:12.439
 It came to pass

00:26:12.439 --> 00:26:13.240
 in those days

00:26:13.240 --> 00:26:14.079
 that Jesus came

00:26:14.079 --> 00:26:15.119
 from Nazareth of Galilee

00:26:15.119 --> 00:26:15.899
 and was baptized

00:26:15.899 --> 00:26:17.799
 of John.

00:26:18.859 --> 00:26:20.000
 He didn't go to just

00:26:20.000 --> 00:26:21.259
 anybody to be baptized.

00:26:22.460 --> 00:26:23.720
 He went specifically

00:26:23.720 --> 00:26:25.259
 to John

00:26:25.259 --> 00:26:26.839
 and there's a significance

00:26:26.839 --> 00:26:27.460
 in that.

00:26:27.460 --> 00:26:29.620
 His participation

00:26:29.620 --> 00:26:31.140
 in John's baptism

00:26:31.140 --> 00:26:33.220
 was a public confirmation

00:26:33.220 --> 00:26:35.440
 of who John was

00:26:35.440 --> 00:26:37.079
 and what he was doing.

00:26:38.460 --> 00:26:39.259
 It makes sense

00:26:39.259 --> 00:26:40.680
 that John's claim

00:26:40.680 --> 00:26:41.539
 of being the voice

00:26:41.539 --> 00:26:42.460
 in the wilderness

00:26:42.460 --> 00:26:44.100
 would be validated then

00:26:44.100 --> 00:26:45.019
 by the very one

00:26:45.019 --> 00:26:46.420
 to whom he was

00:26:46.420 --> 00:26:47.000
 or of whom

00:26:47.000 --> 00:26:48.059
 he was preaching about.

00:26:49.000 --> 00:26:49.759
 For Jesus

00:26:49.759 --> 00:26:50.440
 to go through

00:26:50.440 --> 00:26:51.180
 this process

00:26:51.180 --> 00:26:52.000
 meant that he was

00:26:52.000 --> 00:26:52.779
 confirming

00:26:52.779 --> 00:26:54.920
 John's identity

00:26:54.920 --> 00:26:56.700
 and he was affirming

00:26:56.700 --> 00:26:58.140
 John's message.

00:26:58.840 --> 00:27:00.340
 It put his public stamp

00:27:00.340 --> 00:27:01.100
 of approval

00:27:01.100 --> 00:27:02.380
 on the message

00:27:02.380 --> 00:27:03.759
 that every individual

00:27:03.759 --> 00:27:05.080
 was in need

00:27:05.080 --> 00:27:05.680
 of a savior

00:27:05.680 --> 00:27:07.620
 regardless of their background,

00:27:08.080 --> 00:27:09.620
 regardless of their status,

00:27:10.140 --> 00:27:11.820
 regardless of their affiliations.

00:27:11.980 --> 00:27:12.800
 It didn't matter

00:27:12.800 --> 00:27:13.880
 that they were Jews.

00:27:14.080 --> 00:27:14.820
 It didn't matter

00:27:14.820 --> 00:27:15.279
 that they were

00:27:15.279 --> 00:27:16.320
 of the physical seat

00:27:16.320 --> 00:27:16.759
 of Abraham.

00:27:17.019 --> 00:27:17.900
 None of that mattered.

00:27:17.900 --> 00:27:18.860
 This puts Jesus'

00:27:19.120 --> 00:27:19.900
 stamp of approval

00:27:19.900 --> 00:27:20.480
 on the fact

00:27:20.480 --> 00:27:23.080
 that every single person

00:27:23.080 --> 00:27:24.120
 is in need

00:27:24.120 --> 00:27:25.400
 of redemption

00:27:25.400 --> 00:27:26.560
 and salvation

00:27:26.560 --> 00:27:27.480
 and forgiveness.

00:27:27.759 --> 00:27:29.180
 When standing before God

00:27:29.180 --> 00:27:31.360
 we are all unclean.

00:27:32.060 --> 00:27:32.840
 It puts his stamp

00:27:32.840 --> 00:27:33.360
 of approval

00:27:33.360 --> 00:27:34.180
 on that message.

00:27:34.320 --> 00:27:34.759
 Of course,

00:27:35.140 --> 00:27:35.759
 by confirming

00:27:35.759 --> 00:27:36.860
 the ministry of John

00:27:36.860 --> 00:27:38.240
 Jesus confirmed

00:27:38.240 --> 00:27:39.120
 his own identity

00:27:39.120 --> 00:27:39.940
 as the Messiah

00:27:39.940 --> 00:27:42.160
 because it was Jesus

00:27:42.160 --> 00:27:43.040
 that John

00:27:43.040 --> 00:27:43.960
 was preaching about.

00:27:43.960 --> 00:27:46.039
 So the very fact

00:27:46.039 --> 00:27:47.680
 of Jesus' participation

00:27:47.680 --> 00:27:49.039
 said to the people,

00:27:49.860 --> 00:27:50.799
 you need a savior

00:27:50.799 --> 00:27:53.180
 and I am that savior.

00:27:54.120 --> 00:27:55.120
 Listen to John

00:27:55.120 --> 00:27:56.960
 and now listen to me.

00:27:57.200 --> 00:27:57.880
 So confirmation.

00:27:58.460 --> 00:27:58.819
 Secondly,

00:27:59.700 --> 00:28:00.579
 identification.

00:28:01.960 --> 00:28:02.720
 Identification.

00:28:04.720 --> 00:28:06.960
 Though perfectly sinless,

00:28:08.200 --> 00:28:09.340
 in his baptism

00:28:09.340 --> 00:28:10.840
 Jesus identified

00:28:10.840 --> 00:28:11.759
 with the sinners

00:28:11.759 --> 00:28:13.340
 that he had come to save.

00:28:14.880 --> 00:28:16.120
 MacArthur helps us here.

00:28:16.360 --> 00:28:16.920
 He wrote,

00:28:17.059 --> 00:28:17.900
 in the first act

00:28:17.900 --> 00:28:18.640
 of his ministry,

00:28:19.500 --> 00:28:21.340
 the one who had no sin

00:28:21.340 --> 00:28:23.840
 publicly identified himself

00:28:23.840 --> 00:28:24.579
 with those

00:28:24.579 --> 00:28:26.240
 who had no righteousness.

00:28:27.539 --> 00:28:28.799
 The sinless lamb

00:28:28.799 --> 00:28:30.620
 submitted to a baptism

00:28:30.620 --> 00:28:32.019
 designed for sinners.

00:28:32.420 --> 00:28:33.500
 A foreshadowing

00:28:33.500 --> 00:28:34.240
 of the fact

00:28:34.240 --> 00:28:35.559
 that he would soon

00:28:35.559 --> 00:28:36.519
 submit himself

00:28:36.519 --> 00:28:37.600
 to a death

00:28:37.600 --> 00:28:38.380
 deserved

00:28:38.380 --> 00:28:39.579
 by sinners.

00:28:40.680 --> 00:28:41.700
 There's a shadow

00:28:41.700 --> 00:28:42.779
 in this act

00:28:42.779 --> 00:28:43.779
 that points

00:28:43.779 --> 00:28:45.379
 to what Christian baptism

00:28:45.379 --> 00:28:46.539
 would eventually come

00:28:46.539 --> 00:28:47.920
 to look back on.

00:28:48.420 --> 00:28:49.019
 So as Jesus

00:28:49.019 --> 00:28:50.259
 goes down into the water

00:28:50.259 --> 00:28:50.700
 and he goes

00:28:50.700 --> 00:28:51.579
 and baptizes,

00:28:51.660 --> 00:28:52.660
 it becomes symbolic

00:28:52.660 --> 00:28:53.660
 of that moment

00:28:53.660 --> 00:28:54.579
 of what we now

00:28:54.579 --> 00:28:55.180
 in baptism

00:28:55.180 --> 00:28:56.279
 look back on

00:28:56.279 --> 00:28:57.720
 and that is his death

00:28:57.720 --> 00:28:59.059
 and his resurrection.

00:29:00.399 --> 00:29:01.379
 People from all over

00:29:01.379 --> 00:29:02.420
 Judea and Jerusalem

00:29:02.420 --> 00:29:04.000
 came to demonstrate

00:29:04.000 --> 00:29:05.519
 a repentant heart.

00:29:06.019 --> 00:29:06.980
 Jesus came

00:29:06.980 --> 00:29:08.720
 to identify with them

00:29:08.720 --> 00:29:10.119
 by pointing to

00:29:10.119 --> 00:29:11.039
 the cleansing

00:29:11.039 --> 00:29:12.779
 that he would provide.

00:29:13.619 --> 00:29:14.339
 This cleansing

00:29:14.339 --> 00:29:15.539
 was just symbolic

00:29:15.539 --> 00:29:16.639
 of what he was

00:29:16.639 --> 00:29:17.039
 going to do

00:29:17.039 --> 00:29:17.619
 for mankind.

00:29:18.719 --> 00:29:19.299
 Of course,

00:29:19.819 --> 00:29:21.139
 this was a mystery

00:29:21.139 --> 00:29:21.739
 to them.

00:29:22.319 --> 00:29:23.099
 Nobody on the bank

00:29:23.099 --> 00:29:23.500
 of the river

00:29:23.500 --> 00:29:24.379
 understood that.

00:29:25.479 --> 00:29:26.059
 It wouldn't be

00:29:26.059 --> 00:29:26.859
 until after

00:29:26.859 --> 00:29:28.079
 the crucifixion

00:29:28.079 --> 00:29:28.619
 and resurrection

00:29:28.619 --> 00:29:29.739
 that anybody could.

00:29:29.819 --> 00:29:30.500
 It was veiled

00:29:30.500 --> 00:29:31.359
 in this moment

00:29:31.359 --> 00:29:32.459
 but we had the distinct

00:29:32.459 --> 00:29:32.899
 privilege

00:29:32.899 --> 00:29:34.039
 of looking back

00:29:34.039 --> 00:29:34.339
 and saying

00:29:34.339 --> 00:29:35.579
 this is what this meant.

00:29:35.799 --> 00:29:36.599
 He was identifying

00:29:36.599 --> 00:29:37.319
 with me.

00:29:37.899 --> 00:29:38.699
 He was identifying

00:29:38.699 --> 00:29:39.899
 with what he had

00:29:39.899 --> 00:29:40.480
 come to do

00:29:40.480 --> 00:29:41.359
 for me.

00:29:41.639 --> 00:29:42.500
 King Hughes says

00:29:42.500 --> 00:29:43.819
 he associated himself

00:29:43.819 --> 00:29:44.919
 with us sinners

00:29:44.919 --> 00:29:46.539
 and placed himself

00:29:46.539 --> 00:29:47.439
 among the guilty

00:29:47.439 --> 00:29:48.859
 not for his own

00:29:48.859 --> 00:29:49.500
 salvation

00:29:49.500 --> 00:29:50.819
 but for ours.

00:29:51.539 --> 00:29:52.699
 Not for his guilt

00:29:52.699 --> 00:29:54.159
 but for our guilt.

00:29:54.500 --> 00:29:55.579
 Not because he feared

00:29:55.579 --> 00:29:56.539
 the wrath to come

00:29:56.539 --> 00:29:57.819
 but to save us

00:29:57.819 --> 00:29:58.359
 from it.

00:29:58.740 --> 00:29:59.459
 His baptism

00:29:59.459 --> 00:30:01.379
 meant the cross.

00:30:02.259 --> 00:30:02.939
 Why did Jesus

00:30:02.939 --> 00:30:03.559
 get baptized?

00:30:04.259 --> 00:30:04.799
 It's not because

00:30:04.799 --> 00:30:05.439
 he had sin.

00:30:05.679 --> 00:30:06.419
 It's because he wanted

00:30:06.420 --> 00:30:07.160
 to confirm

00:30:07.160 --> 00:30:08.160
 the message

00:30:08.160 --> 00:30:08.740
 in the ministry

00:30:08.740 --> 00:30:09.300
 of John

00:30:09.300 --> 00:30:10.000
 and then he wanted

00:30:10.000 --> 00:30:10.660
 to identify

00:30:10.660 --> 00:30:11.539
 with sinners

00:30:11.539 --> 00:30:12.519
 pointing us

00:30:12.519 --> 00:30:13.920
 to the cross

00:30:13.920 --> 00:30:15.000
 and then thirdly

00:30:15.000 --> 00:30:15.940
 and most dramatically

00:30:15.940 --> 00:30:17.240
 we see

00:30:17.240 --> 00:30:18.200
 revelation.

00:30:18.940 --> 00:30:19.300
 Revelation.

00:30:19.660 --> 00:30:20.100
 We see this

00:30:20.100 --> 00:30:21.300
 in verses 10 and 11.

00:30:22.880 --> 00:30:23.900
 Straightway coming up

00:30:23.900 --> 00:30:24.539
 out of the water

00:30:24.539 --> 00:30:26.039
 he saw the heavens

00:30:26.039 --> 00:30:26.500
 opened

00:30:26.500 --> 00:30:27.740
 and the spirit

00:30:27.740 --> 00:30:28.519
 like a dove

00:30:28.519 --> 00:30:29.720
 descending upon him

00:30:29.720 --> 00:30:31.039
 and there came

00:30:31.039 --> 00:30:31.940
 a voice from heaven

00:30:31.940 --> 00:30:32.880
 saying thou art

00:30:32.880 --> 00:30:34.000
 my beloved son

00:30:34.000 --> 00:30:35.740
 in whom I am well

00:30:35.740 --> 00:30:36.920
 pleased

00:30:36.920 --> 00:30:39.319
 was during this

00:30:39.319 --> 00:30:40.299
 act of baptism

00:30:40.299 --> 00:30:41.940
 that the very first

00:30:41.940 --> 00:30:43.859
 explicit revelation

00:30:43.859 --> 00:30:44.759
 of Jesus

00:30:44.759 --> 00:30:46.579
 being the Messiah

00:30:46.579 --> 00:30:47.359
 and Son of God

00:30:47.359 --> 00:30:47.980
 was made.

00:30:49.740 --> 00:30:51.180
 As Jesus came up

00:30:51.180 --> 00:30:51.859
 out of the water

00:30:51.859 --> 00:30:52.880
 in this instance

00:30:52.880 --> 00:30:55.120
 he and John

00:30:55.120 --> 00:30:55.799
 and presumably

00:30:55.799 --> 00:30:57.359
 others that would

00:30:57.359 --> 00:30:57.940
 have been gathered

00:30:57.940 --> 00:30:58.920
 at the river that day

00:30:58.920 --> 00:30:59.660
 for this meeting

00:30:59.660 --> 00:31:02.680
 witnessed and experienced

00:31:02.680 --> 00:31:03.900
 something spectacular

00:31:03.900 --> 00:31:05.940
 unbelievable

00:31:05.940 --> 00:31:08.120
 we might say.

00:31:09.180 --> 00:31:10.340
 Jesus comes up

00:31:10.340 --> 00:31:11.140
 out of the water

00:31:11.140 --> 00:31:12.920
 and immediately

00:31:12.920 --> 00:31:13.519
 the heavens

00:31:13.519 --> 00:31:14.320
 are torn open

00:31:14.320 --> 00:31:14.740
 is the word

00:31:14.740 --> 00:31:16.060
 that's actually used

00:31:16.060 --> 00:31:16.740
 there torn

00:31:16.740 --> 00:31:18.019
 they are opened up

00:31:18.019 --> 00:31:20.500
 and the Holy Spirit

00:31:20.500 --> 00:31:21.540
 descends

00:31:21.540 --> 00:31:23.240
 in a visible way

00:31:23.240 --> 00:31:24.420
 it's not that

00:31:24.420 --> 00:31:25.460
 he was a dove

00:31:25.460 --> 00:31:26.240
 that's not what

00:31:26.240 --> 00:31:27.200
 that is meaning

00:31:27.200 --> 00:31:27.620
 it's meaning

00:31:27.620 --> 00:31:28.980
 that he was gentle

00:31:28.980 --> 00:31:29.779
 like a dove

00:31:29.779 --> 00:31:30.180
 would be

00:31:30.180 --> 00:31:31.000
 it symbolized

00:31:31.000 --> 00:31:31.440
 kind of like

00:31:31.440 --> 00:31:32.080
 a dove

00:31:32.080 --> 00:31:32.840
 would have responded

00:31:32.840 --> 00:31:33.860
 and they witnessed

00:31:33.860 --> 00:31:35.200
 visibly the Holy Spirit

00:31:35.200 --> 00:31:36.319
 descending from

00:31:36.319 --> 00:31:36.759
 these heavens

00:31:36.759 --> 00:31:37.220
 that have just

00:31:37.220 --> 00:31:37.900
 been torn open

00:31:37.900 --> 00:31:39.000
 and resting

00:31:39.000 --> 00:31:41.600
 upon this man

00:31:41.600 --> 00:31:42.720
 that had just

00:31:42.720 --> 00:31:43.259
 been baptized

00:31:43.259 --> 00:31:44.240
 and then

00:31:44.240 --> 00:31:45.100
 it gets even better

00:31:45.100 --> 00:31:47.039
 a voice thunders

00:31:47.039 --> 00:31:47.980
 from this heaven

00:31:47.980 --> 00:31:48.580
 that has just

00:31:48.580 --> 00:31:49.700
 been torn open

00:31:49.700 --> 00:31:50.259
 and what does

00:31:50.259 --> 00:31:50.920
 the voice say?

00:31:51.259 --> 00:31:51.600
 It says

00:31:51.600 --> 00:31:54.019
 this is my beloved son

00:31:54.019 --> 00:31:54.720
 in fact it speaks

00:31:54.720 --> 00:31:55.660
 directly to Jesus

00:31:55.660 --> 00:31:56.120
 and says

00:31:56.120 --> 00:31:58.100
 you are my beloved son

00:31:58.100 --> 00:32:00.340
 in you

00:32:00.340 --> 00:32:02.040
 I am well pleased

00:32:02.040 --> 00:32:04.140
 what a magnificent

00:32:04.140 --> 00:32:05.440
 revelation this is

00:32:05.440 --> 00:32:06.720
 this is unbelievable

00:32:06.720 --> 00:32:08.980
 Jesus comes up

00:32:08.980 --> 00:32:09.480
 out of the water

00:32:09.480 --> 00:32:10.580
 and all of this happens

00:32:10.580 --> 00:32:12.279
 it's really amazing

00:32:12.279 --> 00:32:14.220
 this wasn't just

00:32:14.220 --> 00:32:14.800
 the declaration

00:32:14.800 --> 00:32:15.540
 of Jesus

00:32:15.540 --> 00:32:16.380
 as a Messiah

00:32:16.380 --> 00:32:18.420
 this was a declaration

00:32:18.420 --> 00:32:19.279
 that Jesus

00:32:19.279 --> 00:32:20.060
 was the very

00:32:20.060 --> 00:32:20.960
 son of God

00:32:20.960 --> 00:32:23.180
 and amazingly

00:32:23.180 --> 00:32:24.560
 we see the representation

00:32:24.559 --> 00:32:26.960
 of each person

00:32:26.960 --> 00:32:27.679
 of the Trinity

00:32:27.679 --> 00:32:29.359
 all in one place

00:32:29.359 --> 00:32:30.919
 all at one time

00:32:30.919 --> 00:32:32.379
 maybe for the first time

00:32:32.379 --> 00:32:33.839
 truly in the Bible

00:32:33.839 --> 00:32:34.519
 as far as

00:32:34.519 --> 00:32:35.679
 we understand it

00:32:35.679 --> 00:32:36.339
 in this way

00:32:36.339 --> 00:32:37.159
 now think about it

00:32:37.159 --> 00:32:38.460
 Jesus the son

00:32:38.460 --> 00:32:39.399
 the son of God

00:32:39.399 --> 00:32:40.480
 the second person

00:32:40.480 --> 00:32:40.980
 of the Trinity

00:32:40.980 --> 00:32:42.059
 is in the water

00:32:42.059 --> 00:32:42.759
 he's visible

00:32:42.759 --> 00:32:44.799
 then God the Holy Spirit

00:32:44.799 --> 00:32:45.559
 is descending

00:32:45.559 --> 00:32:46.779
 the same place

00:32:46.779 --> 00:32:47.899
 and then God the Father

00:32:47.899 --> 00:32:48.339
 is not seen

00:32:48.339 --> 00:32:49.000
 but he's heard

00:32:49.000 --> 00:32:50.220
 he's heard as he's speaking

00:32:50.220 --> 00:32:50.980
 remember last week

00:32:50.980 --> 00:32:51.599
 we talked about

00:32:51.599 --> 00:32:53.099
 he's a God who speaks

00:32:53.099 --> 00:32:54.259
 and he speaks

00:32:54.259 --> 00:32:55.379
 and all one time

00:32:55.379 --> 00:32:56.699
 we see all three parts

00:32:56.699 --> 00:32:57.319
 of course we don't

00:32:57.319 --> 00:32:58.099
 understand this

00:32:58.099 --> 00:32:58.579
 we don't understand

00:32:58.579 --> 00:32:59.359
 how this works

00:32:59.359 --> 00:33:00.480
 a lot of people

00:33:00.480 --> 00:33:01.379
 try to deny it

00:33:01.379 --> 00:33:02.419
 but how can you deny

00:33:02.419 --> 00:33:03.480
 what the scripture says

00:33:03.480 --> 00:33:04.639
 in one place

00:33:04.639 --> 00:33:05.500
 God the Son

00:33:05.500 --> 00:33:06.379
 God the Spirit

00:33:06.379 --> 00:33:07.379
 God the Father

00:33:07.379 --> 00:33:08.659
 all there together

00:33:08.659 --> 00:33:09.500
 in one essence

00:33:09.500 --> 00:33:10.699
 this is who they are

00:33:10.699 --> 00:33:12.159
 it's who he is

00:33:12.159 --> 00:33:14.519
 this was a monumental

00:33:14.519 --> 00:33:17.539
 and undeniable moment

00:33:17.539 --> 00:33:19.679
 on which John the Baptist

00:33:19.679 --> 00:33:21.099
 based his testimony

00:33:21.099 --> 00:33:22.199
 and witness of Jesus

00:33:22.200 --> 00:33:23.600
 we're almost done

00:33:23.600 --> 00:33:25.920
 listen in John chapter 1

00:33:25.920 --> 00:33:29.640
 John testified saying

00:33:29.640 --> 00:33:32.279
 I have seen the Spirit

00:33:32.279 --> 00:33:34.080
 descending as a dove

00:33:34.080 --> 00:33:34.660
 out of heaven

00:33:34.660 --> 00:33:36.960
 and he remained on him

00:33:36.960 --> 00:33:39.019
 and John says

00:33:39.019 --> 00:33:40.460
 I did not recognize him

00:33:40.460 --> 00:33:41.160
 that is John

00:33:41.160 --> 00:33:42.120
 and Jesus

00:33:42.120 --> 00:33:42.920
 though related

00:33:42.920 --> 00:33:44.580
 John spent his life

00:33:44.580 --> 00:33:45.140
 in the wilderness

00:33:45.140 --> 00:33:46.900
 his parents were very old

00:33:46.900 --> 00:33:47.700
 when they had him

00:33:47.700 --> 00:33:48.799
 they probably died

00:33:48.799 --> 00:33:49.740
 when he was very young

00:33:49.740 --> 00:33:50.759
 and he spent his life

00:33:50.759 --> 00:33:51.220
 in the wilderness

00:33:51.220 --> 00:33:52.620
 there might have been times

00:33:52.620 --> 00:33:53.700
 that John and Jesus

00:33:53.700 --> 00:33:54.819
 at family gatherings

00:33:54.819 --> 00:33:56.100
 particularly around the feast

00:33:56.100 --> 00:33:56.700
 in Jerusalem

00:33:56.700 --> 00:33:58.100
 might have seen each other

00:33:58.100 --> 00:33:58.839
 and known each other

00:33:58.839 --> 00:33:59.400
 as children

00:33:59.400 --> 00:34:00.319
 we don't know for sure

00:34:00.319 --> 00:34:01.579
 but it's possible

00:34:01.579 --> 00:34:02.839
 that that happened

00:34:02.839 --> 00:34:03.839
 but in adulthood

00:34:03.839 --> 00:34:05.420
 it's been very long

00:34:05.420 --> 00:34:07.140
 since John had seen

00:34:07.140 --> 00:34:08.199
 Jesus himself

00:34:08.199 --> 00:34:10.119
 and so at first

00:34:10.119 --> 00:34:10.920
 when Jesus comes

00:34:10.920 --> 00:34:12.000
 he doesn't recognize him

00:34:12.000 --> 00:34:12.960
 he doesn't recognize him

00:34:12.960 --> 00:34:13.940
 like any of us

00:34:13.940 --> 00:34:14.800
 would recognize somebody

00:34:14.800 --> 00:34:15.519
 that we haven't seen

00:34:15.519 --> 00:34:17.880
 for 20, 25 years

00:34:17.880 --> 00:34:18.740
 at this point

00:34:18.739 --> 00:34:20.199
 somebody that we knew

00:34:20.199 --> 00:34:20.679
 as a kid

00:34:20.679 --> 00:34:21.519
 we may not recognize

00:34:21.519 --> 00:34:21.779
 them now

00:34:21.779 --> 00:34:22.679
 that's what John's saying

00:34:22.679 --> 00:34:23.099
 he said

00:34:23.099 --> 00:34:24.500
 I did not recognize him

00:34:24.500 --> 00:34:25.119
 but

00:34:25.119 --> 00:34:28.299
 he who sent me

00:34:28.299 --> 00:34:29.559
 to baptize in water

00:34:29.559 --> 00:34:30.559
 that is God the Father

00:34:30.559 --> 00:34:32.059
 God said to me

00:34:32.059 --> 00:34:34.159
 he upon whom you see

00:34:34.159 --> 00:34:34.719
 the Spirit

00:34:34.719 --> 00:34:35.239
 descending

00:34:35.239 --> 00:34:36.759
 and remaining upon him

00:34:36.759 --> 00:34:38.299
 this is the one

00:34:38.299 --> 00:34:39.359
 who baptizes

00:34:39.359 --> 00:34:40.199
 in the Holy Spirit

00:34:40.199 --> 00:34:40.899
 and John says

00:34:40.899 --> 00:34:42.479
 I myself have seen

00:34:42.479 --> 00:34:43.719
 and have testified

00:34:43.719 --> 00:34:45.019
 that this is

00:34:45.019 --> 00:34:46.259
 the Son of God

00:34:46.259 --> 00:34:47.019
 now what are these

00:34:47.019 --> 00:34:48.079
 gospel authors doing?

00:34:48.079 --> 00:34:49.079
 they're providing

00:34:49.079 --> 00:34:50.099
 eyewitness accounts

00:34:50.099 --> 00:34:51.639
 of who Jesus is

00:34:51.639 --> 00:34:53.039
 and what he has done

00:34:53.039 --> 00:34:54.460
 so that we may believe him

00:34:54.460 --> 00:34:55.440
 and they're giving

00:34:55.440 --> 00:34:56.179
 John's account

00:34:56.179 --> 00:34:56.619
 of saying

00:34:56.619 --> 00:34:56.920
 listen

00:34:56.920 --> 00:34:57.779
 as John went around

00:34:57.779 --> 00:34:58.279
 after that day

00:34:58.279 --> 00:34:58.699
 saying look

00:34:58.699 --> 00:34:59.880
 I saw it

00:34:59.880 --> 00:35:01.199
 I saw it

00:35:01.199 --> 00:35:02.599
 I saw the heavens open

00:35:02.599 --> 00:35:03.759
 I saw the Spirit

00:35:03.759 --> 00:35:04.159
 descend

00:35:04.159 --> 00:35:05.380
 I saw it

00:35:05.380 --> 00:35:06.360
 I was told

00:35:06.360 --> 00:35:06.940
 this is what was

00:35:06.940 --> 00:35:07.420
 going to happen

00:35:07.420 --> 00:35:08.179
 and then one day

00:35:08.179 --> 00:35:09.219
 Jesus showed up

00:35:09.219 --> 00:35:09.920
 and that's exactly

00:35:09.920 --> 00:35:10.380
 what happened

00:35:10.380 --> 00:35:11.539
 I saw it with

00:35:11.539 --> 00:35:13.139
 my own eyes

00:35:13.139 --> 00:35:14.039
 John says

00:35:14.039 --> 00:35:16.519
 he is the Son of God

00:35:16.519 --> 00:35:19.059
 Dennis Prager

00:35:19.059 --> 00:35:21.039
 is a popular

00:35:21.039 --> 00:35:22.019
 conservative

00:35:22.019 --> 00:35:23.139
 talk show host

00:35:23.139 --> 00:35:24.519
 he's also an

00:35:24.519 --> 00:35:25.300
 Orthodox Jew

00:35:25.300 --> 00:35:26.320
 and from time to time

00:35:26.320 --> 00:35:27.159
 he'll do a

00:35:27.159 --> 00:35:29.360
 kind of a Q&A

00:35:29.360 --> 00:35:30.300
 sort of thing

00:35:30.300 --> 00:35:30.940
 called

00:35:30.940 --> 00:35:31.880
 ask a Jew

00:35:31.880 --> 00:35:32.860
 ask a Gentile

00:35:32.860 --> 00:35:34.000
 and from time to time

00:35:34.000 --> 00:35:34.679
 he'll have somebody

00:35:34.679 --> 00:35:36.019
 like John MacArthur

00:35:36.019 --> 00:35:37.019
 or Alistair Begg

00:35:37.019 --> 00:35:37.820
 or somebody like that

00:35:37.820 --> 00:35:38.559
 on his program

00:35:38.559 --> 00:35:39.820
 and I was listening

00:35:39.820 --> 00:35:40.300
 to one of them

00:35:40.300 --> 00:35:41.039
 last year

00:35:41.039 --> 00:35:42.579
 around Easter

00:35:42.579 --> 00:35:43.719
 that he had done

00:35:43.719 --> 00:35:44.699
 with Alistair Begg

00:35:44.699 --> 00:35:45.679
 and Dennis Prager

00:35:45.679 --> 00:35:46.559
 made this statement

00:35:46.559 --> 00:35:47.659
 he said

00:35:47.659 --> 00:35:48.579
 the Jews problem

00:35:48.579 --> 00:35:49.099
 with Jesus

00:35:49.099 --> 00:35:49.799
 is not his

00:35:49.799 --> 00:35:50.839
 messianic claim

00:35:50.839 --> 00:35:52.079
 he said the Jews

00:35:52.079 --> 00:35:52.619
 have all kinds

00:35:52.619 --> 00:35:53.299
 of messiahs

00:35:53.299 --> 00:35:54.239
 we're grateful

00:35:54.239 --> 00:35:54.839
 for them

00:35:54.839 --> 00:35:56.419
 and Jesus probably

00:35:56.419 --> 00:35:57.259
 fits that description

00:35:57.259 --> 00:35:57.539
 well

00:35:57.539 --> 00:35:58.219
 I like Jesus

00:35:58.219 --> 00:36:00.399
 I like what he did

00:36:00.399 --> 00:36:01.219
 he certainly

00:36:01.219 --> 00:36:02.619
 attempted to turn

00:36:02.619 --> 00:36:03.359
 people back to

00:36:03.359 --> 00:36:03.859
 Sinai

00:36:03.859 --> 00:36:04.319
 is what he would

00:36:04.319 --> 00:36:05.439
 always make

00:36:05.439 --> 00:36:06.239
 as his point of reference

00:36:06.239 --> 00:36:07.119
 he said the Jews

00:36:07.119 --> 00:36:07.819
 have no problem

00:36:07.819 --> 00:36:08.219
 with Jesus'

00:36:08.439 --> 00:36:09.199
 messianic claim

00:36:09.199 --> 00:36:10.239
 they have a problem

00:36:10.239 --> 00:36:11.559
 with this divinity claim

00:36:11.559 --> 00:36:14.519
 that God

00:36:14.519 --> 00:36:15.139
 would somehow

00:36:15.139 --> 00:36:15.880
 be

00:36:15.880 --> 00:36:17.519
 in

00:36:17.519 --> 00:36:19.159
 three persons

00:36:19.159 --> 00:36:19.639
 is

00:36:19.639 --> 00:36:21.059
 beyond their

00:36:21.059 --> 00:36:22.500
 ability to believe

00:36:22.500 --> 00:36:25.480
 he along

00:36:25.480 --> 00:36:26.219
 with many others

00:36:26.219 --> 00:36:26.920
 believed that

00:36:26.920 --> 00:36:27.360
 Jesus

00:36:27.360 --> 00:36:29.420
 was a type

00:36:29.420 --> 00:36:30.199
 of messiah

00:36:30.199 --> 00:36:30.960
 whose teaching

00:36:30.960 --> 00:36:31.840
 was powerfully

00:36:31.840 --> 00:36:32.380
 compelling

00:36:32.380 --> 00:36:34.400
 but they're

00:36:34.400 --> 00:36:35.259
 unprepared to

00:36:35.259 --> 00:36:35.840
 accept him

00:36:35.840 --> 00:36:36.559
 for who he really

00:36:36.559 --> 00:36:36.960
 is

00:36:36.960 --> 00:36:38.500
 and that is

00:36:38.500 --> 00:36:39.420
 the son of God

00:36:39.420 --> 00:36:41.139
 but the gospel

00:36:41.139 --> 00:36:41.599
 writers

00:36:41.599 --> 00:36:42.299
 insist

00:36:42.299 --> 00:36:44.819
 that the events

00:36:44.819 --> 00:36:45.400
 surrounding

00:36:45.400 --> 00:36:46.039
 the baptism

00:36:46.039 --> 00:36:46.699
 of Jesus

00:36:46.699 --> 00:36:47.440
 make this

00:36:47.440 --> 00:36:48.779
 divinity claim

00:36:48.779 --> 00:36:49.259
 of Jesus

00:36:49.259 --> 00:36:50.139
 irrefutable

00:36:50.139 --> 00:36:52.559
 why did Mark

00:36:52.559 --> 00:36:53.679
 bother to mention

00:36:53.679 --> 00:36:54.219
 the baptism

00:36:54.219 --> 00:36:54.759
 of Jesus

00:36:54.759 --> 00:36:56.400
 how could he not

00:36:56.400 --> 00:36:58.420
 how could he not

00:36:58.420 --> 00:37:00.559
 his purpose

00:37:00.559 --> 00:37:01.279
 is to prove

00:37:01.279 --> 00:37:01.739
 to us

00:37:01.739 --> 00:37:02.679
 that Jesus

00:37:02.679 --> 00:37:03.579
 is the Christ

00:37:03.579 --> 00:37:04.639
 the son of God

00:37:04.639 --> 00:37:06.079
 how could he

00:37:06.079 --> 00:37:06.639
 ignore

00:37:06.639 --> 00:37:08.139
 such a monumental

00:37:08.139 --> 00:37:08.879
 moment

00:37:08.879 --> 00:37:10.960
 of revelation

00:37:10.960 --> 00:37:14.900
 perhaps you're

00:37:14.900 --> 00:37:15.500
 prepared to

00:37:15.500 --> 00:37:16.220
 accept Jesus

00:37:16.220 --> 00:37:17.059
 as an incredible

00:37:17.059 --> 00:37:17.619
 teacher

00:37:17.619 --> 00:37:20.280
 with an incredibly

00:37:20.280 --> 00:37:21.480
 powerful impact

00:37:21.480 --> 00:37:22.179
 on the world

00:37:22.179 --> 00:37:24.199
 but are you

00:37:24.199 --> 00:37:24.900
 prepared to

00:37:24.900 --> 00:37:25.400
 accept him

00:37:25.400 --> 00:37:25.980
 as the son

00:37:25.980 --> 00:37:26.460
 of God

00:37:26.460 --> 00:37:28.440
 you say

00:37:28.440 --> 00:37:28.960
 Jared I don't

00:37:28.960 --> 00:37:29.639
 know about this

00:37:29.639 --> 00:37:29.880
 this

00:37:29.880 --> 00:37:31.280
 this seems

00:37:31.280 --> 00:37:31.900
 kind of out

00:37:31.900 --> 00:37:32.179
 there

00:37:32.179 --> 00:37:34.139
 I don't

00:37:34.139 --> 00:37:34.599
 disagree

00:37:34.599 --> 00:37:38.460
 when I read

00:37:38.460 --> 00:37:39.139
 things today

00:37:39.139 --> 00:37:40.139
 fictional things

00:37:40.139 --> 00:37:40.659
 and when I

00:37:40.659 --> 00:37:42.179
 see stories

00:37:42.179 --> 00:37:43.059
 demonstrated on

00:37:43.059 --> 00:37:43.920
 TV and on

00:37:43.920 --> 00:37:44.559
 movies and I

00:37:44.559 --> 00:37:45.119
 see something

00:37:45.119 --> 00:37:46.119
 maybe along

00:37:46.119 --> 00:37:46.639
 these lines

00:37:46.639 --> 00:37:47.099
 happen I

00:37:47.099 --> 00:37:47.880
 never automatically

00:37:47.880 --> 00:37:48.559
 look at it and

00:37:48.559 --> 00:37:49.119
 think wow that

00:37:49.119 --> 00:37:49.619
 must have really

00:37:49.619 --> 00:37:50.019
 happened

00:37:50.019 --> 00:37:52.339
 but this is not

00:37:52.339 --> 00:37:53.319
 just a story

00:37:53.319 --> 00:37:56.839
 this is not a

00:37:56.839 --> 00:37:57.920
 historical novel

00:37:57.920 --> 00:38:00.860
 this is not

00:38:00.860 --> 00:38:01.740
 meant to just

00:38:01.740 --> 00:38:02.579
 get us excited

00:38:02.579 --> 00:38:03.340
 about something

00:38:03.340 --> 00:38:04.039
 and draw some

00:38:04.039 --> 00:38:04.860
 applications that

00:38:04.860 --> 00:38:05.380
 might help us

00:38:05.380 --> 00:38:05.639
 in our life

00:38:05.639 --> 00:38:06.039
 that's not what

00:38:06.039 --> 00:38:06.559
 this is

00:38:06.559 --> 00:38:07.760
 this is an

00:38:07.760 --> 00:38:08.340
 eyewitness

00:38:08.340 --> 00:38:08.880
 account

00:38:08.880 --> 00:38:10.720
 of a real

00:38:10.720 --> 00:38:11.380
 man named

00:38:11.380 --> 00:38:11.980
 Jesus of

00:38:11.980 --> 00:38:12.500
 Nazareth

00:38:12.500 --> 00:38:13.659
 that was

00:38:13.659 --> 00:38:14.579
 baptized by a

00:38:14.579 --> 00:38:15.220
 real man

00:38:15.220 --> 00:38:16.180
 named John

00:38:16.180 --> 00:38:17.039
 the baptizer

00:38:17.039 --> 00:38:18.780
 a name given

00:38:18.780 --> 00:38:19.240
 to him by

00:38:19.240 --> 00:38:19.680
 people that

00:38:19.680 --> 00:38:20.240
 didn't follow

00:38:20.240 --> 00:38:20.559
 him

00:38:20.559 --> 00:38:22.820
 this is the

00:38:22.820 --> 00:38:23.599
 real account

00:38:23.599 --> 00:38:25.260
 that people

00:38:25.260 --> 00:38:26.360
 saw and

00:38:26.360 --> 00:38:26.860
 witnessed

00:38:26.860 --> 00:38:29.160
 and because

00:38:29.160 --> 00:38:29.720
 the word of

00:38:29.720 --> 00:38:30.519
 God tells it

00:38:30.519 --> 00:38:31.440
 it's true

00:38:31.440 --> 00:38:32.860
 are you

00:38:32.860 --> 00:38:33.519
 prepared to

00:38:33.519 --> 00:38:34.380
 accept it as

00:38:34.380 --> 00:38:36.099
 truth even

00:38:36.099 --> 00:38:36.559
 though you may

00:38:36.559 --> 00:38:37.160
 look at it and

00:38:37.160 --> 00:38:37.800
 think wow this

00:38:37.800 --> 00:38:39.380
 is this is

00:38:39.380 --> 00:38:41.480
 unique can

00:38:41.480 --> 00:38:42.420
 you believe it

00:38:42.420 --> 00:38:44.700
 yeah you can

00:38:44.700 --> 00:38:45.920
 because it's

00:38:45.920 --> 00:38:47.480
 true it's

00:38:47.480 --> 00:38:50.380
 true why is

00:38:50.380 --> 00:38:50.760
 this so

00:38:50.760 --> 00:38:51.240
 significant

00:38:51.240 --> 00:38:53.660
 Jesus tells us

00:38:53.660 --> 00:38:54.180
 in John

00:38:54.180 --> 00:38:55.019
 chapter 10

00:38:55.019 --> 00:38:58.019
 Jesus said

00:38:58.019 --> 00:38:58.639
 I am the

00:38:58.639 --> 00:38:59.019
 door

00:38:59.019 --> 00:39:00.539
 he's given an

00:39:00.539 --> 00:39:01.420
 illustration about

00:39:01.420 --> 00:39:02.059
 sheep and

00:39:02.059 --> 00:39:02.759
 shepherds and

00:39:02.759 --> 00:39:03.599
 sheep pens

00:39:03.599 --> 00:39:05.360
 and he says I

00:39:05.360 --> 00:39:05.980
 am the door

00:39:05.980 --> 00:39:08.400
 if anyone enters

00:39:08.400 --> 00:39:09.119
 through me

00:39:09.119 --> 00:39:10.820
 he will be

00:39:10.820 --> 00:39:11.400
 saved

00:39:11.400 --> 00:39:12.759
 and will go in

00:39:12.759 --> 00:39:13.659
 and find rest

00:39:13.659 --> 00:39:14.679
 find pasture

00:39:14.679 --> 00:39:17.000
 the thief comes

00:39:17.000 --> 00:39:17.759
 only to steal

00:39:17.759 --> 00:39:18.179
 and to kill

00:39:18.179 --> 00:39:18.659
 and to destroy

00:39:18.659 --> 00:39:19.259
 but I came

00:39:19.259 --> 00:39:19.659
 that they may

00:39:19.659 --> 00:39:20.259
 have life

00:39:20.260 --> 00:39:21.820
 and that they

00:39:21.820 --> 00:39:22.500
 may have it

00:39:22.500 --> 00:39:23.880
 more abundantly

00:39:23.880 --> 00:39:25.940
 Jesus'

00:39:26.260 --> 00:39:26.780
 claim

00:39:26.780 --> 00:39:29.140
 is that he

00:39:29.140 --> 00:39:29.740
 was the only

00:39:29.740 --> 00:39:30.860
 way to this

00:39:30.860 --> 00:39:31.240
 life

00:39:31.240 --> 00:39:33.680
 and what

00:39:33.680 --> 00:39:34.140
 helps us

00:39:34.140 --> 00:39:35.040
 understand the

00:39:35.040 --> 00:39:35.860
 authority of that

00:39:35.860 --> 00:39:36.360
 claim

00:39:36.360 --> 00:39:37.840
 because there was

00:39:37.840 --> 00:39:38.380
 a man named

00:39:38.380 --> 00:39:38.960
 John the Baptist

00:39:38.960 --> 00:39:39.800
 that said I saw

00:39:39.800 --> 00:39:40.080
 it

00:39:40.080 --> 00:39:41.500
 I saw it

00:39:41.500 --> 00:39:42.660
 I heard it

00:39:42.660 --> 00:39:43.380
 with my own

00:39:43.380 --> 00:39:43.800
 ears

00:39:43.800 --> 00:39:46.519
 he said you

00:39:46.519 --> 00:39:47.120
 are my

00:39:47.120 --> 00:39:48.140
 son

00:39:48.140 --> 00:39:48.900
 in whom

00:39:48.900 --> 00:39:49.580
 I am well

00:39:49.580 --> 00:39:50.640
 pleased

00:39:50.640 --> 00:39:52.700
 and if that's

00:39:52.700 --> 00:39:53.180
 who Jesus

00:39:53.180 --> 00:39:53.760
 is

00:39:53.760 --> 00:39:54.519
 we cannot

00:39:54.519 --> 00:39:55.340
 ignore his

00:39:55.340 --> 00:39:55.800
 message

00:39:55.800 --> 00:39:56.380
 and his

00:39:56.380 --> 00:39:57.380
 message is

00:39:57.380 --> 00:39:58.280
 I am the

00:39:58.280 --> 00:39:58.620
 door

00:39:58.620 --> 00:40:00.220
 if you want

00:40:00.220 --> 00:40:00.740
 life

00:40:00.740 --> 00:40:01.660
 you have to

00:40:01.660 --> 00:40:02.120
 go through

00:40:02.120 --> 00:40:02.480
 me

00:40:02.480 --> 00:40:03.160
 and if you

00:40:03.160 --> 00:40:03.580
 will come

00:40:03.580 --> 00:40:04.180
 through me

00:40:04.180 --> 00:40:05.200
 you will find

00:40:05.200 --> 00:40:06.440
 rest for your

00:40:06.440 --> 00:40:06.780
 soul

00:40:06.780 --> 00:40:07.240
 he says you

00:40:07.240 --> 00:40:07.760
 will find

00:40:07.760 --> 00:40:08.440
 pasture

00:40:08.440 --> 00:40:09.100
 but you have

00:40:09.100 --> 00:40:09.580
 to go

00:40:09.580 --> 00:40:10.180
 through me

00:40:10.180 --> 00:40:10.480
 and when

00:40:10.480 --> 00:40:11.200
 Jesus says

00:40:11.200 --> 00:40:11.460
 that

00:40:11.460 --> 00:40:11.960
 he doesn't

00:40:11.960 --> 00:40:12.360
 say it

00:40:12.360 --> 00:40:12.960
 arrogantly

00:40:12.960 --> 00:40:13.820
 there's no

00:40:13.820 --> 00:40:14.920
 pride in that

00:40:14.920 --> 00:40:15.260
 he's not

00:40:15.260 --> 00:40:15.699
 looking at

00:40:15.699 --> 00:40:16.039
 people

00:40:16.039 --> 00:40:16.659
 and saying

00:40:16.659 --> 00:40:17.559
 demanding

00:40:17.559 --> 00:40:18.820
 that his

00:40:18.820 --> 00:40:19.320
 authority

00:40:19.320 --> 00:40:19.960
 over them

00:40:19.960 --> 00:40:20.519
 like a

00:40:20.519 --> 00:40:21.280
 gentile

00:40:21.280 --> 00:40:21.599
 leader

00:40:21.599 --> 00:40:21.860
 would have

00:40:21.860 --> 00:40:22.280
 lorded

00:40:22.280 --> 00:40:22.599
 authority

00:40:22.599 --> 00:40:22.960
 no he's

00:40:22.960 --> 00:40:23.179
 saying it

00:40:23.179 --> 00:40:24.019
 with compassion

00:40:24.019 --> 00:40:24.360
 and with

00:40:24.360 --> 00:40:24.800
 mercy

00:40:24.800 --> 00:40:25.720
 understanding

00:40:25.720 --> 00:40:26.079
 that if

00:40:26.079 --> 00:40:26.619
 they don't

00:40:26.619 --> 00:40:27.099
 go through

00:40:27.099 --> 00:40:27.460
 him

00:40:27.460 --> 00:40:28.220
 they will

00:40:28.220 --> 00:40:28.659
 not get

00:40:28.659 --> 00:40:29.139
 life

00:40:29.139 --> 00:40:29.860
 and it's

00:40:29.860 --> 00:40:30.720
 that love

00:40:30.720 --> 00:40:30.980
 in his

00:40:30.980 --> 00:40:31.340
 heart

00:40:31.340 --> 00:40:31.619
 and that

00:40:31.619 --> 00:40:32.179
 mercy

00:40:32.179 --> 00:40:32.539
 and that

00:40:32.539 --> 00:40:33.159
 compassion

00:40:33.159 --> 00:40:33.940
 in his

00:40:33.940 --> 00:40:34.199
 heart

00:40:34.199 --> 00:40:34.500
 that he

00:40:34.500 --> 00:40:35.139
 says I'm

00:40:35.139 --> 00:40:35.619
 the door

00:40:35.619 --> 00:40:36.000
 listen

00:40:36.000 --> 00:40:36.579
 I'm the

00:40:36.579 --> 00:40:37.000
 door

00:40:37.000 --> 00:40:37.960
 if you

00:40:37.960 --> 00:40:38.400
 don't go

00:40:38.400 --> 00:40:38.920
 through me

00:40:38.920 --> 00:40:39.539
 you won't

00:40:39.539 --> 00:40:40.240
 have life

00:40:40.240 --> 00:40:40.860
 but if you

00:40:40.860 --> 00:40:41.340
 come through

00:40:41.340 --> 00:40:41.519
 me

00:40:41.519 --> 00:40:41.820
 you will

00:40:41.820 --> 00:40:42.640
 find rest

00:40:42.640 --> 00:40:43.200
 you will

00:40:43.200 --> 00:40:43.960
 find pasture

00:40:43.960 --> 00:40:44.559
 you will

00:40:44.559 --> 00:40:45.180
 find rest

00:40:45.180 --> 00:40:45.559
 for your

00:40:45.559 --> 00:40:45.980
 soul

00:40:45.980 --> 00:40:46.660
 the thief

00:40:46.660 --> 00:40:47.180
 comes to

00:40:47.180 --> 00:40:47.600
 steal and

00:40:47.600 --> 00:40:48.019
 to destroy

00:40:48.019 --> 00:40:48.519
 but I have

00:40:48.519 --> 00:40:48.860
 come that

00:40:48.860 --> 00:40:49.220
 you may

00:40:49.220 --> 00:40:50.260
 have abundant

00:40:50.260 --> 00:40:51.539
 life

00:40:51.539 --> 00:40:52.539
 Jesus says

00:40:52.539 --> 00:40:53.640
 and because

00:40:53.640 --> 00:40:54.500
 of the witness

00:40:54.500 --> 00:40:55.240
 of John

00:40:55.240 --> 00:40:56.100
 and because

00:40:56.100 --> 00:40:56.860
 of the

00:40:56.860 --> 00:40:59.180
 experience

00:40:59.180 --> 00:41:00.080
 around Jesus

00:41:00.080 --> 00:41:00.720
 his baptism

00:41:00.720 --> 00:41:01.260
 we cannot

00:41:01.260 --> 00:41:01.800
 ignore that

00:41:01.800 --> 00:41:02.340
 message

00:41:02.340 --> 00:41:04.059
 and that's

00:41:04.059 --> 00:41:04.460
 the message

00:41:04.460 --> 00:41:04.800
 for you

00:41:04.800 --> 00:41:05.180
 today

00:41:05.180 --> 00:41:06.100
 are you

00:41:06.100 --> 00:41:06.440
 prepared

00:41:06.440 --> 00:41:07.019
 to believe

00:41:07.019 --> 00:41:07.360
 it

00:41:07.360 --> 00:41:09.280
 are you

00:41:09.280 --> 00:41:09.720
 prepared

00:41:09.720 --> 00:41:10.500
 to believe

00:41:10.500 --> 00:41:11.100
 that Jesus

00:41:11.099 --> 00:41:11.920
 truly is

00:41:11.920 --> 00:41:12.339
 the son

00:41:12.339 --> 00:41:12.860
 of God

00:41:12.860 --> 00:41:14.440
 that he

00:41:14.440 --> 00:41:15.039
 is God

00:41:15.039 --> 00:41:15.319
 in the

00:41:15.319 --> 00:41:15.739
 flesh

00:41:15.739 --> 00:41:16.380
 if you're

00:41:16.380 --> 00:41:17.059
 not prepared

00:41:17.059 --> 00:41:17.679
 to accept

00:41:17.679 --> 00:41:18.179
 that and to

00:41:18.179 --> 00:41:18.659
 believe that

00:41:18.659 --> 00:41:19.119
 you will

00:41:19.119 --> 00:41:19.659
 not have

00:41:19.659 --> 00:41:20.139
 life

00:41:20.139 --> 00:41:22.279
 you cannot

00:41:22.279 --> 00:41:23.119
 have life

00:41:23.119 --> 00:41:24.980
 you cannot

00:41:24.980 --> 00:41:25.539
 look at him

00:41:25.539 --> 00:41:26.119
 indifferently

00:41:26.119 --> 00:41:27.920
 you cannot

00:41:27.920 --> 00:41:28.539
 see him

00:41:28.539 --> 00:41:29.139
 as just

00:41:29.139 --> 00:41:30.559
 a wonderful

00:41:30.559 --> 00:41:31.139
 man that

00:41:31.139 --> 00:41:31.400
 had an

00:41:31.400 --> 00:41:31.779
 incredible

00:41:31.779 --> 00:41:32.380
 impact

00:41:32.380 --> 00:41:33.839
 and you

00:41:33.839 --> 00:41:34.179
 shouldn't

00:41:34.179 --> 00:41:34.719
 wait much

00:41:34.719 --> 00:41:35.239
 longer to

00:41:35.239 --> 00:41:35.559
 make that

00:41:35.559 --> 00:41:36.039
 decision

00:41:36.039 --> 00:41:38.840
 the Bible

00:41:38.840 --> 00:41:39.179
 says

00:41:39.179 --> 00:41:39.579
 behold

00:41:39.579 --> 00:41:39.940
 today

00:41:39.940 --> 00:41:40.300
 is the

00:41:40.300 --> 00:41:40.460
 day

00:41:40.460 --> 00:41:40.579
 of

00:41:40.579 --> 00:41:41.119
 salvation

00:41:41.119 --> 00:41:44.159
 I want

00:41:44.159 --> 00:41:44.259
 to

00:41:44.259 --> 00:41:44.639
 implore

00:41:44.639 --> 00:41:44.820
 you

00:41:44.820 --> 00:41:45.019
 to

00:41:45.019 --> 00:41:45.380
 believe

00:41:45.380 --> 00:41:45.559
 the

00:41:45.559 --> 00:41:45.980
 gospel

00:41:45.980 --> 00:41:48.659
 there

00:41:48.659 --> 00:41:48.940
 was an

00:41:48.940 --> 00:41:49.420
 urgency

00:41:49.420 --> 00:41:50.019
 to Jesus

00:41:50.019 --> 00:41:50.639
 his message

00:41:50.639 --> 00:41:51.000
 and to

00:41:51.000 --> 00:41:51.440
 John's

00:41:51.440 --> 00:41:51.800
 why

00:41:51.800 --> 00:41:52.340
 because

00:41:52.340 --> 00:41:52.659
 of the

00:41:52.659 --> 00:41:53.099
 reality

00:41:53.099 --> 00:41:53.420
 of who

00:41:53.420 --> 00:41:53.539
 he

00:41:53.539 --> 00:41:53.980
 was

00:41:53.980 --> 00:41:55.000
 if

00:41:55.000 --> 00:41:55.239
 that's

00:41:55.239 --> 00:41:55.360
 who

00:41:55.360 --> 00:41:55.619
 Jesus

00:41:55.619 --> 00:41:56.099
 is

00:41:56.099 --> 00:41:57.099
 we

00:41:57.099 --> 00:41:57.340
 have

00:41:57.340 --> 00:41:57.480
 to

00:41:57.480 --> 00:41:57.719
 listen

00:41:57.719 --> 00:41:57.860
 to

00:41:57.860 --> 00:41:57.980
 what

00:41:57.980 --> 00:41:58.099
 he

00:41:58.099 --> 00:41:58.500
 said

00:41:58.500 --> 00:41:59.500
 and

00:41:59.500 --> 00:41:59.579
 if

00:41:59.579 --> 00:41:59.679
 we're

00:41:59.679 --> 00:41:59.759
 going

00:41:59.759 --> 00:41:59.840
 to

00:41:59.840 --> 00:42:00.039
 listen

00:42:00.039 --> 00:42:00.159
 to

00:42:00.159 --> 00:42:00.300
 what

00:42:00.300 --> 00:42:00.440
 he

00:42:00.440 --> 00:42:00.860
 said

00:42:00.860 --> 00:42:01.920
 we

00:42:01.920 --> 00:42:02.079
 have

00:42:02.079 --> 00:42:02.179
 to

00:42:02.179 --> 00:42:02.579
 believe

00:42:02.579 --> 00:42:03.340
 and

00:42:03.340 --> 00:42:03.460
 if

00:42:03.460 --> 00:42:03.579
 we

00:42:03.579 --> 00:42:03.940
 don't

00:42:03.940 --> 00:42:05.139
 we

00:42:05.139 --> 00:42:05.299
 don't

00:42:05.299 --> 00:42:05.460
 have

00:42:05.460 --> 00:42:05.739
 life

00:42:05.739 --> 00:42:07.000
 thank

00:42:07.000 --> 00:42:07.099
 you

00:42:07.099 --> 00:42:07.239
 for

00:42:07.239 --> 00:42:07.480
 listening

00:42:07.480 --> 00:42:07.659
 to

00:42:07.659 --> 00:42:07.860
 this

00:42:07.860 --> 00:42:08.139
 sermon

00:42:08.139 --> 00:42:08.380
 made

00:42:08.380 --> 00:42:08.719
 available

00:42:08.719 --> 00:42:08.960
 by

00:42:08.960 --> 00:42:09.460
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00:42:10.139 --> 00:42:10.940
 feel

00:42:10.940 --> 00:42:11.099
 free

00:42:11.099 --> 00:42:11.239
 to

00:42:11.239 --> 00:42:11.420
 share

00:42:11.420 --> 00:42:11.539
 it

00:42:11.539 --> 00:42:11.759
 wherever

00:42:11.759 --> 00:42:12.000
 you'd

00:42:12.000 --> 00:42:12.239
 like

00:42:12.239 --> 00:42:13.099
 please

00:42:13.099 --> 00:42:13.239
 do

00:42:13.239 --> 00:42:13.400
 not

00:42:13.400 --> 00:42:13.719
 charge

00:42:13.719 --> 00:42:13.960
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00:42:13.960 --> 00:42:14.119
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00:42:14.119 --> 00:42:14.299
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00:42:14.299 --> 00:42:14.679
 alter

00:42:14.679 --> 00:42:14.860
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00:42:14.860 --> 00:42:15.000
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00:42:15.000 --> 00:42:15.259
 any

00:42:15.259 --> 00:42:15.480
 way

00:42:15.480 --> 00:42:15.779
 without

00:42:15.779 --> 00:42:16.340
 express

00:42:16.340 --> 00:42:16.639
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