WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.940 So we're starting a new series this half term. Remember we're doing everything in half terms. 00:00:05.440 --> 00:00:09.160 ! So we've got a new series this half term called Prophet, Priest and King. 00:00:10.060 --> 00:00:14.000 ! And it's called that because this series is all about the work of Christ. 00:00:14.800 --> 00:00:19.059 So this is all about the work that Christ did to redeem us. 00:00:20.120 --> 00:00:29.699 And we can best understand that work by understanding that Christ came as a prophet, priest and king. 00:00:30.760 --> 00:00:33.820 So let me ask you, just have a think in your own mind right now. 00:00:34.219 --> 00:00:39.060 What did Christ need to do to redeem us? 00:00:40.100 --> 00:00:40.960 Okay, just have a think. 00:00:41.399 --> 00:00:45.579 What work did Christ need to do in order to save us? 00:00:47.780 --> 00:00:53.299 I think our go-to answer would probably be his work was to die, right? 00:00:53.900 --> 00:00:56.539 I think that's probably where our minds go. It's the cross. 00:00:57.620 --> 00:00:59.920 And let me say that that is absolutely true. 00:01:00.600 --> 00:01:03.479 He came to give his life as a ransom for many. 00:01:03.640 --> 00:01:05.760 His work was to be a sacrifice. 00:01:05.879 --> 00:01:06.700 That couldn't be more true. 00:01:06.739 --> 00:01:08.480 And we're going to see that over the next few weeks. 00:01:09.219 --> 00:01:10.739 That is the work of Christ. 00:01:11.579 --> 00:01:15.780 But actually, there is more to it than only the cross. 00:01:15.780 --> 00:01:19.939 So look how the shorter catechism speaks of Jesus redeeming us. 00:01:19.939 --> 00:01:20.780 Question 23. 00:01:21.980 --> 00:01:22.700 Top of your handout. 00:01:23.980 --> 00:01:28.620 What offices does Christ execute as our redeemer, our saviour? 00:01:28.620 --> 00:01:37.200 Christ, as our redeemer, executes the offices of a prophet, of a priest, and of a king, 00:01:37.939 --> 00:01:43.300 both in his state of humiliation on earth and exaltation reigning in heaven. 00:01:43.299 --> 00:01:52.519 When speaking of Christ's saving, redeeming work, to fully appreciate what he has done for us, 00:01:52.519 --> 00:01:59.899 we need to see that his work is not just generally doing a saving work. 00:02:00.340 --> 00:02:03.099 He doesn't do a work called salvation. 00:02:03.099 --> 00:02:05.899 No, he redeems us. 00:02:06.019 --> 00:02:09.319 He saves us by doing the work of three offices. 00:02:10.560 --> 00:02:16.819 Christ came to do the work of a prophet, a priest, and a king in order to save us. 00:02:16.819 --> 00:02:23.219 Now, an office just means an official position with duties. 00:02:24.000 --> 00:02:28.459 So like the office of presidents of the United States or police officers. 00:02:29.159 --> 00:02:32.219 They're officers because they take up an office. 00:02:32.840 --> 00:02:36.959 They have a role with specific duties that they need to execute, 00:02:37.199 --> 00:02:40.719 like enforcing the law, protecting the citizens. 00:02:41.340 --> 00:02:45.579 And so they have that office with a task to fulfill. 00:02:46.819 --> 00:02:52.439 Well, in Christ's saving work, when he saved us, he was given a role with specific duties. 00:02:53.400 --> 00:02:58.919 He was doing the work of three specific offices, a prophet, a priest, and a king. 00:03:01.060 --> 00:03:09.079 And that is because God has always saved through prophets, priests, and kings. 00:03:10.000 --> 00:03:14.299 And I want us to do a very quick overview of the Old Testament to see this. 00:03:14.300 --> 00:03:17.640 But first off this lesson, it's going to just be going to be a bit of an introduction, 00:03:17.800 --> 00:03:19.340 an overview of prophet, priest, and king. 00:03:19.680 --> 00:03:23.900 So I just want us to do a bit of an overview of the Old Testament. 00:03:24.140 --> 00:03:25.160 The first thing to see is this. 00:03:25.240 --> 00:03:28.100 God saves through prophets, priests, and kings. 00:03:29.060 --> 00:03:35.780 So if you just scan your Old Testament quickly in your mind, or you know it at all, 00:03:35.780 --> 00:03:41.900 you'll see that there are these three key figures that keep popping up in the Old Testament. 00:03:42.439 --> 00:03:45.680 Three figures that God raises up to save his people. 00:03:46.580 --> 00:03:48.280 So first of all, there are prophets. 00:03:50.360 --> 00:03:51.439 Shout some names out. 00:03:51.819 --> 00:03:52.520 Name some prophets. 00:03:53.020 --> 00:03:53.420 Samuel. 00:03:53.719 --> 00:03:54.120 Samuel. 00:03:54.319 --> 00:03:54.479 Okay. 00:03:54.599 --> 00:03:54.879 Yeah, yeah. 00:03:55.060 --> 00:03:55.740 Anything else? 00:03:56.400 --> 00:03:56.819 Say again. 00:03:57.560 --> 00:03:57.960 Isaiah. 00:03:57.960 --> 00:03:58.280 Jeremiah. 00:03:58.280 --> 00:03:58.379 Jeremiah. 00:03:58.560 --> 00:03:58.800 Okay, yeah. 00:03:58.879 --> 00:04:00.439 We get into all the written prophets. 00:04:00.639 --> 00:04:01.020 Yeah, yeah, yeah. 00:04:01.060 --> 00:04:02.099 So Moses as well. 00:04:02.180 --> 00:04:04.120 Moses is a big prophet. 00:04:04.120 --> 00:04:08.360 And we'll get on to definitions as we come to each office. 00:04:09.319 --> 00:04:14.580 But in short, prophets are people that God raises up and speaks through. 00:04:15.640 --> 00:04:20.160 So God doesn't just generally blare his words from the sky to all humans. 00:04:20.699 --> 00:04:26.379 No, he reveals himself to certain people, prophets, and God speaks through those men. 00:04:27.399 --> 00:04:30.000 He gives them a message and the prophet speaks it. 00:04:30.000 --> 00:04:33.699 And so these prophets are these key figures in the Old Testament. 00:04:35.000 --> 00:04:36.459 But there are also priests. 00:04:36.819 --> 00:04:37.540 Name some priests. 00:04:38.160 --> 00:04:39.340 Testing your Bible knowledge here. 00:04:40.480 --> 00:04:41.180 Any priests? 00:04:41.480 --> 00:04:41.680 Aaron. 00:04:42.379 --> 00:04:42.759 Say again? 00:04:43.000 --> 00:04:43.259 Aaron. 00:04:43.519 --> 00:04:43.899 Aaron. 00:04:44.040 --> 00:04:44.939 Aaron, the first priest. 00:04:45.060 --> 00:04:45.199 Yeah. 00:04:45.680 --> 00:04:46.019 Anyone else? 00:04:46.980 --> 00:04:47.459 Okay. 00:04:47.699 --> 00:04:47.939 Melchizedek. 00:04:48.459 --> 00:04:48.899 Yes. 00:04:49.139 --> 00:04:49.740 Yeah, yeah, yeah. 00:04:49.780 --> 00:04:50.740 That's a bit of a twist. 00:04:50.840 --> 00:04:51.259 But yeah, yeah. 00:04:51.259 --> 00:04:51.860 Melchizedek. 00:04:52.459 --> 00:04:52.899 Yeah. 00:04:53.079 --> 00:04:54.639 We've got Zadok as well. 00:04:54.740 --> 00:04:54.879 Okay. 00:04:54.879 --> 00:04:56.759 So lots of priests in the Old Testament. 00:04:57.939 --> 00:05:01.779 And priests are given to represent people to God. 00:05:02.439 --> 00:05:04.800 So the prophets represent God to the people. 00:05:04.939 --> 00:05:05.899 God speaks through them. 00:05:06.300 --> 00:05:10.659 But priests are given to represent the people up to God. 00:05:10.660 --> 00:05:15.420 And they're also there to sacrifice to God, to deal with sin. 00:05:15.540 --> 00:05:20.260 And so Israel can't approach God however they like. 00:05:21.060 --> 00:05:24.260 They need to come to God through a priest. 00:05:24.259 --> 00:05:27.959 And so that is the second key figure of the Old Testament. 00:05:28.159 --> 00:05:29.420 But finally, there are kings. 00:05:29.560 --> 00:05:30.139 Name some kings. 00:05:30.339 --> 00:05:30.560 Go on. 00:05:31.659 --> 00:05:32.159 Shut them up. 00:05:32.800 --> 00:05:33.199 David. 00:05:33.420 --> 00:05:33.959 There we go. 00:05:35.699 --> 00:05:36.060 Solomon. 00:05:36.560 --> 00:05:37.839 Saul's the first king, right? 00:05:38.480 --> 00:05:38.879 Yeah. 00:05:39.120 --> 00:05:40.459 And open up Kings and Chronicles. 00:05:40.599 --> 00:05:41.480 You'll see all the kings. 00:05:42.300 --> 00:05:46.639 And God gives kings to Israel to rule and protect his people. 00:05:47.399 --> 00:05:49.620 So God is king over everything, isn't he? 00:05:50.039 --> 00:05:50.259 Right? 00:05:50.339 --> 00:05:51.180 He rules over everything. 00:05:51.180 --> 00:05:57.459 But he rules his people specifically and specially through an office. 00:05:58.060 --> 00:06:00.100 Through the office of a king. 00:06:01.639 --> 00:06:09.180 And so when God comes to save his people, he doesn't just zap this thing called salvation down to them, whatever that would look like. 00:06:09.860 --> 00:06:14.600 No, he saves through the work of three types of people, three offices. 00:06:15.240 --> 00:06:17.899 Prophets, priests, and kings. 00:06:18.680 --> 00:06:20.740 And so you can kind of think of it like this. 00:06:21.180 --> 00:06:22.780 Here's one of my diagrams again. 00:06:24.000 --> 00:06:28.480 So when God comes to save his people, this is all God's people down here. 00:06:28.920 --> 00:06:37.480 But when he comes to save, when he does this work of salvation, he doesn't kind of just do a straight line zapping salvation to his people. 00:06:37.480 --> 00:06:42.480 No, he uses, he works through three offices. 00:06:42.480 --> 00:06:43.280 Prophets. 00:06:47.360 --> 00:06:48.240 Priests. 00:06:51.939 --> 00:06:53.160 And kings. 00:06:54.360 --> 00:06:54.680 Thanks. 00:06:54.680 --> 00:06:55.680 When God saves. 00:06:55.680 --> 00:07:02.939 When God saves, he saves through these three specific offices. 00:07:02.939 --> 00:07:06.280 Three roles God uses to bring salvation. 00:07:06.279 --> 00:07:19.199 And because these offices are kind of like middlemen between God and his people, we can call these men, these offices, mediators. 00:07:19.199 --> 00:07:21.639 Right. 00:07:22.860 --> 00:07:23.339 Mediators. 00:07:23.339 --> 00:07:23.339 00:07:23.339 --> 00:07:24.899 I'm going to be middlemen. 00:07:28.500 --> 00:07:35.819 These are people God uses to come to us or bring us to him or to rule over us. 00:07:36.500 --> 00:07:38.719 God doesn't just zap salvation down. 00:07:38.860 --> 00:07:41.719 He uses mediators to save his people. 00:07:41.720 --> 00:07:57.840 And so these three offices are such important figures in the Old Testament, which is why all these people we meet, all these people you just shouted out, all these men are anointed. 00:07:58.720 --> 00:08:02.180 So David is anointed as king in 1 Samuel 16. 00:08:02.360 --> 00:08:05.600 Aaron is anointed as priest in Leviticus 8. 00:08:05.600 --> 00:08:10.080 Elisha the prophet is anointed by Elijah in 1 Kings. 00:08:10.280 --> 00:08:14.580 And in Psalm 105, God calls his prophets his anointed ones. 00:08:16.340 --> 00:08:21.160 Now, anointed, it just means pouring oil over their heads. 00:08:21.960 --> 00:08:30.140 So these men actually had oil poured over them and it would drizzle on top of their head and all over them. 00:08:30.139 --> 00:08:37.319 And this was a kind of a ceremonial act to set them apart from the rest of the people. 00:08:38.439 --> 00:08:50.360 It was to show that these men are different, that they've been given a special God-given office for a special task to be a mediator between God and man. 00:08:50.360 --> 00:08:59.120 And the oil represents setting them apart for this office, but it also symbolizes the Holy Spirit equipping them in this task. 00:08:59.919 --> 00:09:01.980 They're not to do this in their own strength. 00:09:02.060 --> 00:09:04.000 This isn't just kind of a man-made office. 00:09:04.100 --> 00:09:06.539 This is a God-given office. 00:09:07.360 --> 00:09:11.460 And so God equips them for this special task with his spirit. 00:09:11.460 --> 00:09:17.460 And so each of these men were... 00:09:17.460 --> 00:09:19.460 Let me draw a look at... 00:09:19.460 --> 00:09:22.540 All drop of oil on each. 00:09:23.540 --> 00:09:24.800 Right, that's been anointed. 00:09:28.019 --> 00:09:35.759 And so every figure, each of these offices you see in the Old Testament, 00:09:36.580 --> 00:09:40.019 these are all anointed ones. 00:09:40.019 --> 00:09:43.819 That's how you can kind of refer to them. 00:09:43.919 --> 00:09:47.600 Because each have been anointed, they are referred to as the anointed ones. 00:09:48.000 --> 00:09:54.980 Or in Hebrew, the word for anointed one is Mashiach or Messiah. 00:09:56.860 --> 00:10:01.379 These three offices, these three men are all mini-messiahs. 00:10:02.360 --> 00:10:03.460 And just remember that for later. 00:10:03.460 --> 00:10:10.060 And so God raises up three types of offices, roles, mediators, anoints them, 00:10:10.480 --> 00:10:16.440 and says, I will redeem my people through you, my anointed ones. 00:10:18.440 --> 00:10:24.200 But zip ahead to the end of the Old Testament, and we quickly see these men he raises up. 00:10:24.400 --> 00:10:25.580 They're not good enough. 00:10:25.580 --> 00:10:32.560 The prophets don't perfectly reveal gods, and they're mostly not listened to. 00:10:33.440 --> 00:10:36.800 The priests need to keep sacrificing for the sins of the people. 00:10:37.080 --> 00:10:38.820 The issue of sin is never resolved. 00:10:38.960 --> 00:10:39.879 It's always lingering. 00:10:41.020 --> 00:10:45.080 And just read Kings and Chronicles, that the kings are a disaster, aren't they? 00:10:45.080 --> 00:10:48.420 That they constantly lead people into idolatry. 00:10:50.120 --> 00:10:56.080 And so we leave the Old Testament knowing that these anointed ones are important. 00:10:56.259 --> 00:10:57.780 This is how God saves. 00:10:58.620 --> 00:10:59.700 This is what we need. 00:10:59.820 --> 00:11:01.480 But none are good enough. 00:11:03.000 --> 00:11:05.720 And so God promises to send someone better. 00:11:05.720 --> 00:11:12.779 We leave the Old Testament waiting for a prophet like Moses, Deuteronomy 18, 00:11:13.639 --> 00:11:18.279 waiting for a king to reign perfectly forever, 2 Samuel 7. 00:11:18.840 --> 00:11:22.740 But we're waiting for a priest forever, Psalm 110. 00:11:24.180 --> 00:11:27.740 And we're waiting for someone to be anointed, not just with oil, 00:11:28.740 --> 00:11:35.480 but a promised figure is given who will be anointed with the Holy Spirit, Isaiah 11. 00:11:35.720 --> 00:11:42.899 And so we leave the Old Testament waiting for the anointed one, the Messiah, 00:11:43.600 --> 00:11:46.580 the ultimate prophet, priest, and king. 00:11:48.120 --> 00:11:50.660 And this is why I've drawn all these figures dotted. 00:11:50.800 --> 00:11:53.019 So this is the Old Testament you can see up there in the top left. 00:11:53.420 --> 00:11:54.980 This is why I've drawn all these figures dotted. 00:11:55.660 --> 00:12:03.379 Because in them we only kind of see a shadow, a dotted outline of the real saviour we need. 00:12:03.379 --> 00:12:10.939 In these men, God was preparing the way, showing us this is what the saviour needs to be like. 00:12:11.480 --> 00:12:14.539 We do need a prophet, priest, and king. 00:12:14.539 --> 00:12:21.679 And so, in the fullness of time, when Jesus finally came, 00:12:22.360 --> 00:12:25.139 he came to fulfil these offices. 00:12:26.299 --> 00:12:29.339 To be the perfect mediator between God and man. 00:12:29.719 --> 00:12:34.120 All his work that is done to save sinners that he does, 00:12:34.779 --> 00:12:37.719 it's the work of a prophet, priest, and king. 00:12:37.720 --> 00:12:44.379 So Christ didn't come onto the scene to just generally and vaguely save. 00:12:45.480 --> 00:12:49.940 He didn't kind of have to figure out what his work was and make it up as he went. 00:12:50.160 --> 00:12:55.360 No, there were three offices waiting for him to step into when he was born. 00:12:55.720 --> 00:12:57.820 Three anointed offices he had to fulfil. 00:12:57.820 --> 00:13:02.700 And this is why Jesus is called Christ. 00:13:03.740 --> 00:13:06.660 So Christ means anointed one. 00:13:07.620 --> 00:13:11.200 In Hebrew it's Messiah, but in Greek it's Christ. 00:13:11.940 --> 00:13:12.980 The same meaning. 00:13:14.320 --> 00:13:16.020 And so, let's just all be clear about this. 00:13:16.360 --> 00:13:18.860 Christ isn't Jesus' surname, okay? 00:13:19.020 --> 00:13:21.220 He's not Jesus' last name Christ. 00:13:22.060 --> 00:13:24.180 Christ is his official title. 00:13:24.179 --> 00:13:27.019 So it's the title that he holds. 00:13:27.139 --> 00:13:30.339 So, like, King Charles, his first name isn't King, is it, right? 00:13:30.819 --> 00:13:31.879 That's his title. 00:13:32.879 --> 00:13:35.579 And so Christ isn't Jesus' surname, it's his title. 00:13:35.659 --> 00:13:37.699 The title of the office he holds. 00:13:37.799 --> 00:13:40.259 He is Jesus, the anointed one. 00:13:41.079 --> 00:13:44.120 He's the prophet, priest, and king. 00:13:45.959 --> 00:13:50.079 So, think about, you know, when Peter confesses Jesus to be the Christ. 00:13:50.359 --> 00:13:51.620 Do you know what he's saying there? 00:13:52.539 --> 00:13:58.659 He's saying, Jesus, I know that you are the prophet, priest, and king. 00:13:59.879 --> 00:14:06.419 The one that we have been waiting for, the true mediator to really bring salvation to us. 00:14:08.620 --> 00:14:11.000 And he isn't anointed with oil, is he? 00:14:11.759 --> 00:14:13.139 What happens in his baptism? 00:14:13.320 --> 00:14:14.399 I preached it a few weeks ago. 00:14:15.259 --> 00:14:17.320 The Holy Spirit rests on him. 00:14:18.360 --> 00:14:20.840 He's anointed with the Holy Spirit himself. 00:14:20.840 --> 00:14:24.220 And this is why Paul says in 1 Timothy 2, 00:14:25.500 --> 00:14:33.720 For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man, Christ, Jesus. 00:14:35.940 --> 00:14:42.240 And so when we come to the Old Testament, we see all these offices are fulfilled in Christ. 00:14:42.240 --> 00:14:43.440 Let me flip this around. 00:14:45.779 --> 00:14:47.139 I'm used to having it on the other side. 00:14:47.139 --> 00:14:47.860 Come on. 00:14:49.120 --> 00:14:50.240 I want to break it. 00:14:51.519 --> 00:14:54.639 There we go. 00:14:55.759 --> 00:14:58.000 So, not a drastically different picture. 00:14:59.680 --> 00:15:03.879 But it's the fulfillment of all these three offices. 00:15:03.879 --> 00:15:09.419 So, yeah, we're in the New Testament now. 00:15:09.500 --> 00:15:11.460 So, all the three dotted offices. 00:15:12.220 --> 00:15:13.100 Kept them there. 00:15:13.240 --> 00:15:16.059 That's going to be on the side of the wagon. 00:15:16.240 --> 00:15:22.919 All these three offices are going to finally fulfill in Christ, who is the one mediator. 00:15:22.919 --> 00:15:26.059 So, Christ, meaning prophet, priest, and king. 00:15:26.599 --> 00:15:27.339 My pen is gone. 00:15:27.779 --> 00:15:31.439 And he isn't just anointed with oil. 00:15:31.639 --> 00:15:35.519 He's anointed with the Holy Spirit. 00:15:35.519 --> 00:15:43.000 So, all these three offices are kind of wrapped up, fulfilled in Christ. 00:15:44.960 --> 00:15:46.259 But I want us to see something else. 00:15:46.399 --> 00:15:50.539 I want us to see these three offices are not just random. 00:15:51.720 --> 00:15:55.519 You might ask, well, why these three of all types of offices? 00:15:55.659 --> 00:15:56.779 Why not two offices? 00:15:56.879 --> 00:15:57.840 Why not five offices? 00:15:58.840 --> 00:16:03.419 Well, I want us to see these three offices are related to our problem of sin. 00:16:04.199 --> 00:16:07.479 So, there's the second point to see today, the three problems of sin. 00:16:08.599 --> 00:16:11.139 So, sin has done three things to us. 00:16:12.439 --> 00:16:14.659 Sin has, first of all, affected our minds. 00:16:15.899 --> 00:16:17.659 We're going to see this later on today. 00:16:17.659 --> 00:16:21.259 And we'll see all these different problems as we go throughout this series. 00:16:21.360 --> 00:16:23.279 But, first of all, sin has affected our minds. 00:16:24.339 --> 00:16:25.659 We are ignorant. 00:16:25.959 --> 00:16:27.819 We don't know God. 00:16:28.639 --> 00:16:30.439 We don't know his will. 00:16:30.440 --> 00:16:33.540 And we need to know him. 00:16:35.120 --> 00:16:37.380 And, second of all, sin has made us guilty. 00:16:39.280 --> 00:16:41.860 And we need to be made right with God. 00:16:43.140 --> 00:16:45.940 And sin has enslaved us. 00:16:47.400 --> 00:16:49.280 Sin has ruled over us. 00:16:49.340 --> 00:16:51.540 It's become a master over us. 00:16:51.539 --> 00:16:57.579 And so, there are three problems of sin hanging over humanity. 00:16:57.799 --> 00:16:58.599 There is ignorance. 00:17:02.599 --> 00:17:03.559 There's guilt. 00:17:07.440 --> 00:17:08.859 And we're enslaved. 00:17:08.859 --> 00:17:15.559 So, these are the three big problems of sin. 00:17:16.219 --> 00:17:21.899 And these three problems need to be dealt with if we are to be brought back to God. 00:17:21.900 --> 00:17:32.600 And if you notice, these three problems are answered by the three offices of the mediator. 00:17:34.480 --> 00:17:34.759 Right? 00:17:34.759 --> 00:17:41.379 An Italian theologian from the 17th century called Francis Turretin. 00:17:41.420 --> 00:17:42.339 I've got a quote there for you. 00:17:42.460 --> 00:17:44.259 I don't often give quotations. 00:17:44.559 --> 00:17:46.660 But I thought this was a very good one. 00:17:48.000 --> 00:17:49.319 Francis Turretin says this. 00:17:49.539 --> 00:17:50.859 The threefold misery. 00:17:50.920 --> 00:17:51.140 Oh, yeah. 00:17:51.160 --> 00:17:52.539 It might be on the other side of your sheet. 00:17:54.099 --> 00:17:57.099 The threefold misery of men introduced by sin. 00:17:57.640 --> 00:17:58.079 Ignorance. 00:17:58.799 --> 00:17:59.240 Guilt. 00:18:00.000 --> 00:18:01.819 And tyranny and bondage by sin. 00:18:01.819 --> 00:18:03.039 I've said enslaved. 00:18:03.039 --> 00:18:04.299 But all the same thing. 00:18:05.079 --> 00:18:11.119 The threefold misery of men introduced by sin required this conjunction of a threefold office. 00:18:12.440 --> 00:18:14.819 Ignorance is healed by the prophetic. 00:18:15.319 --> 00:18:16.539 Guilt by the priestly. 00:18:17.299 --> 00:18:20.619 The tyranny and corruption of sin by the kingly office. 00:18:21.740 --> 00:18:24.319 Prophetic light scatters the darkness of error. 00:18:24.680 --> 00:18:29.000 The merit of the priest takes away guilt and procures a reconciliation for us. 00:18:29.000 --> 00:18:32.960 The power of the king removes the bondage of sin and death. 00:18:33.039 --> 00:18:34.039 The power of the king. 00:18:34.039 --> 00:18:35.039 The power of the king. 00:18:35.039 --> 00:18:38.259 This is why God raised them up in the Old Testament. 00:18:38.420 --> 00:18:42.359 And this is why Christ came to fulfill these offices. 00:18:42.359 --> 00:18:47.379 We need a prophet, a priest, and a king. 00:18:49.439 --> 00:18:52.419 And over the next few weeks, we're going to see how all this works. 00:18:52.639 --> 00:18:54.759 We're going to spend two weeks on each office. 00:18:54.759 --> 00:19:05.599 And we'll look at all of them and how Christ fulfills them, both on earth in his ministry and on the cross, but also continuing now in heaven. 00:19:05.900 --> 00:19:07.640 Christ still holds these offices. 00:19:07.640 --> 00:19:16.720 But first, let's look at how Christ is a prophet on earth and why that saves us. 00:19:18.140 --> 00:19:21.100 Before we move on to this next one, let me pause there for questions. 00:19:22.100 --> 00:19:27.340 Perhaps let's try to sit to questions about what I've just said, because we're going to get on to more stuff. 00:19:27.339 --> 00:19:27.679 Yeah, yeah. 00:19:27.759 --> 00:19:28.359 Go on, Rico. 00:19:28.359 --> 00:19:40.079 So, I always thought that having a king was a judgment on Israel when it says that God should be your king, but you'll be one sort of like the other nations. 00:19:40.459 --> 00:19:41.759 How does that fit in with it? 00:19:41.759 --> 00:19:42.559 Yeah, yeah. 00:19:42.779 --> 00:19:45.400 So, that's from 1 Samuel 8. 00:19:45.900 --> 00:19:53.500 So, Israel asks for a king, and Samuel says, you're rejecting God by having this. 00:19:53.539 --> 00:19:54.660 Don't ask for such a thing. 00:19:55.220 --> 00:19:58.720 And then God kind of eventually says, yes, no, fine, do give them a king. 00:19:59.640 --> 00:20:06.879 So, that moment is a little bit complicated, but basically the issue there is not a king in itself, 00:20:07.519 --> 00:20:11.000 because God actually gives laws for kings in Deuteronomy 17. 00:20:11.759 --> 00:20:17.400 So, God knows that there's going to be a king, and he authorizes it in his law. 00:20:17.839 --> 00:20:22.180 So, it's not sinful to have a king, but it's why they're asking for it. 00:20:22.319 --> 00:20:24.440 Basically, they see the other nations around them. 00:20:24.519 --> 00:20:29.660 They see the kings around them, and they say, yeah, I want a king just like that. 00:20:30.680 --> 00:20:33.420 God ruling us just as we are isn't good enough. 00:20:34.019 --> 00:20:35.960 These other nations are going to take over. 00:20:35.960 --> 00:20:38.140 We need to be like them and great in them. 00:20:38.140 --> 00:20:43.340 And so, the issue isn't asking for a king, it's how and why they're asking for it. 00:20:43.840 --> 00:20:48.100 And so, if it was truly wrong to have a king, God wouldn't have said it in Deuteronomy 17, 00:20:48.220 --> 00:20:54.380 and he certainly wouldn't have let them have one, and for so long, and then promised one, a perfect king to come. 00:20:54.740 --> 00:20:59.540 So, yeah, one time later, it's a little bit complicated, but the issue is why they're asking for it. 00:20:59.539 --> 00:21:01.220 It's not that they are asking for it. 00:21:05.220 --> 00:21:05.980 Yeah, Lachis. 00:21:07.819 --> 00:21:13.019 I don't know if there's other things that sin has done, so for example, makes us unclean. 00:21:13.819 --> 00:21:17.139 Is that included in those categories? 00:21:17.279 --> 00:21:17.819 Yeah, yeah, yeah. 00:21:17.920 --> 00:21:18.740 Yeah, good question. 00:21:18.740 --> 00:21:25.859 So, yeah, I would say that's wrapped up in the Levitical, and we see that in the Mosaic Covenant. 00:21:26.099 --> 00:21:28.440 Like, how is uncleanness dealt with? 00:21:29.779 --> 00:21:35.279 Yeah, it's, you need to come to the tabernacle and the temple, and it's the Levites that deal with that. 00:21:35.539 --> 00:21:42.319 So, yeah, perhaps there's maybe, not an oversimplification, but yeah, but there's more to be said for each office. 00:21:43.299 --> 00:21:47.899 But yeah, the uncleanness aspect of it, yeah, that can be wrapped up in the priestly office. 00:21:48.039 --> 00:21:49.000 Yeah, good question. 00:21:53.039 --> 00:21:56.319 Great, let's jump into Christ, the true prophet. 00:21:58.519 --> 00:22:01.240 First, let's define what a prophet is. 00:22:01.559 --> 00:22:02.839 This is what God says they are. 00:22:02.839 --> 00:22:04.139 Look at Deuteronomy 18. 00:22:05.740 --> 00:22:07.579 I will raise up for them. 00:22:07.579 --> 00:22:12.379 This is kind of a promise for God speaking to Moses, and he's promising a prophet to come. 00:22:13.599 --> 00:22:17.439 I will raise up for them a prophet like you, Moses, from among their brothers. 00:22:18.740 --> 00:22:25.119 And I will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them all that I command him. 00:22:27.139 --> 00:22:31.879 Simply put, a prophet has God's words in his mouth. 00:22:32.960 --> 00:22:34.759 God speaks through a prophet. 00:22:34.759 --> 00:22:39.000 A prophet is a voice box for God. 00:22:40.259 --> 00:22:44.220 Or we can think of a prophet as a walkie-talkie from God. 00:22:44.299 --> 00:22:51.879 So, you know, you have two walkie-talkies, go to one room, speak into it, and the voice comes out the other end of the walkie-talkie in the other room. 00:22:52.740 --> 00:23:02.619 Well, God is in heaven, and he's speaking in his walkie-talkie, and his voice comes out through the other walkie-talkie, and that is the prophet. 00:23:02.619 --> 00:23:05.379 He's the other walkie-talkie. 00:23:06.799 --> 00:23:12.399 And that is why prophets often begin saying whatever they're about to say with, thus says the Lord. 00:23:13.059 --> 00:23:14.859 Have you seen that as you read the prophets? 00:23:15.019 --> 00:23:16.199 Moses even says that. 00:23:16.779 --> 00:23:17.699 Thus says the Lord. 00:23:18.079 --> 00:23:23.019 They say that because they know everything that is about to come out of their mouth. 00:23:23.019 --> 00:23:26.960 They know these aren't really my words. 00:23:27.559 --> 00:23:31.379 They are the Lord coming out of my mouth. 00:23:33.139 --> 00:23:36.240 So, simply put, a prophet is a voice box for God. 00:23:38.379 --> 00:23:42.799 And so, when we speak of prophecy, that doesn't just mean the future. 00:23:42.799 --> 00:23:43.359 Okay? 00:23:43.839 --> 00:23:51.639 So, that's often how Hollywood and, you know, kind of those sci-fi films would talk about prophecy, like the Mayan prophecy of 2012. 00:23:53.119 --> 00:23:59.440 Often, people think of prophecy, they think it only means the future, kind of predicting the future or foretelling future events. 00:24:00.339 --> 00:24:04.879 But no, God's prophets are his voice box for all sorts of things. 00:24:05.819 --> 00:24:07.779 So, here's kind of a brief summary. 00:24:07.779 --> 00:24:10.019 They do talk about the future. 00:24:10.220 --> 00:24:12.539 Zephaniah talks about the coming day of the Lord. 00:24:13.799 --> 00:24:20.940 But actually, in Deuteronomy 28, Moses, God speaks through Moses about kind of current warnings and blessings of the covenant. 00:24:21.779 --> 00:24:24.519 He just says, if you obeyed, then there will be blessings. 00:24:25.159 --> 00:24:27.259 But if you disobeyed, there will be curses. 00:24:27.759 --> 00:24:30.480 It's kind of, it's an immediate speech to them. 00:24:31.919 --> 00:24:35.740 Isaiah, in Isaiah 40, just talks about who God is, the greatness of God. 00:24:35.799 --> 00:24:37.220 The nations are like a drop in the bucket. 00:24:37.319 --> 00:24:38.799 This is who God is, people. 00:24:38.899 --> 00:24:39.799 You need to know him. 00:24:39.799 --> 00:24:44.779 Prophets often speak of God's specific will for us. 00:24:44.899 --> 00:24:53.919 So, in Jeremiah 38, Jeremiah speaks to King Zedekiah to say, you need to surrender to the Babylonians, to the king of Babylon. 00:24:54.299 --> 00:24:56.980 It's kind of a specific thing for the people to do. 00:24:58.159 --> 00:25:00.639 Prophets, Jonah 3, they speak of salvation. 00:25:00.640 --> 00:25:03.400 Repent, Nineveh. 00:25:03.520 --> 00:25:04.259 Come to the Lord. 00:25:06.020 --> 00:25:14.880 And often you see, particularly in the later prophets, like Hosea 14, the prophets call the people back to covenants. 00:25:14.880 --> 00:25:18.160 So, a wandering sinful people. 00:25:18.420 --> 00:25:21.900 The prophets just call them back, return to the Lord, O Israel. 00:25:24.080 --> 00:25:31.060 So, God has given prophets to humanity to speak through them about all sorts of things. 00:25:31.280 --> 00:25:33.100 They are the voice box for God. 00:25:35.000 --> 00:25:36.560 But I want us to see why. 00:25:36.680 --> 00:25:39.240 Why has God given us prophets? 00:25:39.240 --> 00:25:44.440 Why do we need God to speak through these mediators? 00:25:45.839 --> 00:25:51.420 Well, break out into little groups and discuss that in just the first dotted box there. 00:25:51.759 --> 00:25:53.900 What has sin done to our knowledge of God? 00:25:54.059 --> 00:25:55.460 What does eternal life entail? 00:25:55.980 --> 00:25:57.240 And what happens when God speaks to us? 00:25:57.319 --> 00:25:58.240 Break out into groups. 00:25:58.519 --> 00:25:59.160 Try to be quick. 00:25:59.160 --> 00:25:59.220 Try to be quick. 00:26:09.940 --> 00:26:09.940 00:26:09.940 --> 00:26:09.940 00:26:09.940 --> 00:26:09.940 00:26:09.940 --> 00:26:09.940 00:26:09.940 --> 00:26:09.940 00:26:09.940 --> 00:26:09.940 00:26:09.940 --> 00:26:09.940 00:26:09.940 --> 00:26:09.940 00:26:09.940 --> 00:26:09.940 00:26:09.940 --> 00:26:09.940 00:26:09.940 --> 00:26:09.940 00:26:09.940 --> 00:26:09.940 00:26:09.940 --> 00:26:09.940 00:26:09.940 --> 00:26:09.940 00:26:09.940 --> 00:26:09.940 00:26:09.940 --> 00:26:09.940 00:26:09.940 --> 00:26:09.940 00:26:09.940 --> 00:26:09.940 00:26:09.940 --> 00:26:09.940 00:26:09.940 --> 00:26:09.940 00:26:09.940 --> 00:26:09.940 00:26:09.940 --> 00:26:09.940 00:26:09.940 --> 00:26:09.940 00:26:09.940 --> 00:26:09.940 00:26:09.940 --> 00:26:09.940 00:26:09.940 --> 00:26:09.940 00:26:09.940 --> 00:26:09.940 00:26:09.940 --> 00:26:09.940 00:26:09.940 --> 00:26:09.940 00:26:09.940 --> 00:26:09.940 00:26:09.940 --> 00:26:09.940 00:26:09.940 --> 00:26:09.940 00:26:09.940 --> 00:26:39.920 Thank you. 00:26:39.940 --> 00:27:09.920 Thank you. 00:27:09.940 --> 00:27:39.920 Thank you. 00:27:39.940 --> 00:27:41.940 Thank you. 00:28:09.940 --> 00:28:11.940 Thank you. 00:28:11.940 --> 00:28:11.940 00:28:11.940 --> 00:28:12.940 Thank you. 00:28:12.940 --> 00:28:13.940 Thank you. 00:28:13.940 --> 00:28:13.940 00:28:13.940 --> 00:28:15.940 Thank you. 00:28:15.940 --> 00:28:29.059 One more minute. 00:28:29.059 --> 00:28:30.059 Thank you. 00:28:30.059 --> 00:28:30.059 00:28:30.059 --> 00:28:30.059 00:28:30.059 --> 00:28:30.059 00:28:30.059 --> 00:28:30.059 00:28:30.059 --> 00:28:30.059 00:28:30.059 --> 00:28:30.059 00:28:30.059 --> 00:28:30.059 00:28:30.059 --> 00:28:30.059 00:28:30.059 --> 00:28:30.059 00:28:30.059 --> 00:28:30.059 00:28:30.059 --> 00:28:30.059 00:28:30.059 --> 00:28:30.059 00:28:30.059 --> 00:28:30.059 00:28:30.059 --> 00:28:30.059 00:28:30.059 --> 00:28:30.059 00:28:30.059 --> 00:28:30.059 00:28:30.059 --> 00:28:30.059 00:28:30.059 --> 00:28:30.059 00:28:30.059 --> 00:28:30.059 00:28:30.059 --> 00:28:30.059 00:28:30.059 --> 00:28:30.059 00:28:30.059 --> 00:28:30.059 00:28:30.059 --> 00:28:30.059 00:28:30.059 --> 00:28:30.059 00:28:30.059 --> 00:28:30.059 00:28:30.059 --> 00:28:30.059 00:28:30.059 --> 00:28:30.059 00:28:30.059 --> 00:28:30.059 00:28:30.059 --> 00:28:30.059 00:28:30.059 --> 00:28:30.059 00:28:30.059 --> 00:28:30.059 00:28:30.059 --> 00:28:30.059 00:28:30.059 --> 00:28:30.059 00:28:30.059 --> 00:28:30.059 00:28:30.059 --> 00:28:31.059 Thank you. 00:28:31.059 --> 00:28:46.139 Yeah, just the first box. 00:29:01.059 --> 00:29:16.679 Okay, let's bring it together. 00:29:18.679 --> 00:29:21.519 Louisa, you finished early. Go on. You get to do question one. 00:29:21.599 --> 00:29:23.279 But what has sin done to our knowledge of God? 00:29:23.980 --> 00:29:27.240 It's given us hard hearts, which make us ignorant of God. 00:29:27.519 --> 00:29:30.899 Right, hard hearts, and that's affected our minds. We're ignorant of God. 00:29:31.440 --> 00:29:37.319 We have darkened minds, and Romans 1, we've suppressed the truth of God, the knowledge of God. 00:29:37.899 --> 00:29:43.539 So we have an ignorance problem in sin. We don't know who God is. 00:29:45.139 --> 00:29:47.659 And what does eternal life entail, Rico? 00:29:50.399 --> 00:29:53.059 John 17. Knowing God. 00:29:54.259 --> 00:29:57.019 Life is found in knowing God, right? 00:29:57.779 --> 00:30:00.619 In our ignorance, we're in death. 00:30:01.339 --> 00:30:04.099 But when we know God, that's eternal life. 00:30:04.160 --> 00:30:06.819 And so what happens when God speaks to us? 00:30:07.460 --> 00:30:10.139 Psalm 19. The law of the Lord is perfect. 00:30:10.140 --> 00:30:11.980 Reviving the soul. 00:30:11.980 --> 00:30:16.120 So when God speaks, it's life. 00:30:16.400 --> 00:30:19.000 Because we know him in his words. 00:30:20.300 --> 00:30:21.800 And so why do we need a prophet? 00:30:21.960 --> 00:30:24.040 Where would we be without any prophets? 00:30:24.039 --> 00:30:30.819 Well, then we would be all trapped in the silence of our sin, wouldn't we? 00:30:32.019 --> 00:30:36.980 This world would be in utter ignorance of who God is, 00:30:37.680 --> 00:30:39.879 and ignorant of the sin that we live in. 00:30:40.220 --> 00:30:42.500 We would be utterly oblivious. 00:30:42.500 --> 00:30:46.039 And so we need to know God. 00:30:46.940 --> 00:30:51.019 Eternal life is only found in knowing God, with God. 00:30:52.099 --> 00:30:54.259 But how can we know him? 00:30:55.460 --> 00:30:59.599 That can only happen when he comes down to us in his grace, 00:31:00.119 --> 00:31:02.079 and he speaks to us. 00:31:03.579 --> 00:31:06.740 And God uses prophets to do that. 00:31:06.740 --> 00:31:11.120 So imagine God never raised up any prophets. 00:31:11.299 --> 00:31:14.960 The fall happened, and there were never any prophets from then on. 00:31:16.319 --> 00:31:18.000 God never spoke through anyone. 00:31:18.319 --> 00:31:23.759 If that happened, we would be utterly and completely lost and ignorant about God. 00:31:25.740 --> 00:31:30.039 And this is the problem that every philosopher out there faces. 00:31:31.059 --> 00:31:33.180 This is the problem that every religious person, 00:31:33.180 --> 00:31:38.799 every person in this world who is looking for meaning and truth and purpose, 00:31:39.180 --> 00:31:40.920 which is everyone, all of us. 00:31:42.060 --> 00:31:46.840 This is the problem that they are ultimately looking for the voice of God, 00:31:47.299 --> 00:31:50.420 but they're going to all the wrong places to find it. 00:31:51.799 --> 00:31:53.960 This world has become deaf, 00:31:54.200 --> 00:31:56.940 and they need a prophet to speak to them. 00:31:57.759 --> 00:32:01.560 Which is why we have Moses and Isaiah and Jeremiah. 00:32:01.559 --> 00:32:06.039 God is speaking into a lost, deaf world. 00:32:08.279 --> 00:32:11.519 But there is something inadequate about these prophets. 00:32:13.099 --> 00:32:18.119 Israel kind of only gets glimpses and snippets of God's voice now and again, 00:32:18.539 --> 00:32:20.379 and even then, only to a few people. 00:32:21.240 --> 00:32:25.139 And even then, they're not actually encountering God, are they? 00:32:25.519 --> 00:32:27.980 These prophets are still sinful messengers. 00:32:27.980 --> 00:32:32.339 And so we need a prophet to perfectly, 00:32:33.140 --> 00:32:36.140 and once and for all, reveal God to us. 00:32:37.640 --> 00:32:41.059 And this is key for understanding why Christ came. 00:32:41.640 --> 00:32:43.740 Yes, Christ came to die, 00:32:44.460 --> 00:32:46.700 but that's not the whole picture. 00:32:47.660 --> 00:32:49.059 There's more to his work. 00:32:49.059 --> 00:32:52.859 And I want you to break out again into groups. 00:32:53.359 --> 00:32:54.700 I want you to find out, 00:32:54.899 --> 00:32:56.299 what else did Christ come to do? 00:32:56.599 --> 00:32:58.200 Ask these questions. 00:32:58.460 --> 00:33:01.579 I'll give you a minute, 30, 30 seconds per question. 00:33:01.579 --> 00:33:02.279 Thank you. 00:33:02.279 --> 00:33:02.279 00:33:02.279 --> 00:33:02.279 00:33:02.279 --> 00:33:02.279 00:33:02.279 --> 00:33:02.279 00:33:02.279 --> 00:33:02.279 00:33:02.279 --> 00:33:02.279 00:33:02.279 --> 00:33:02.279 00:33:02.279 --> 00:33:02.279 00:33:02.279 --> 00:33:02.279 00:33:02.279 --> 00:33:02.279 00:33:02.279 --> 00:33:02.279 00:33:02.279 --> 00:33:02.279 00:33:02.279 --> 00:33:02.279 00:33:02.279 --> 00:33:02.279 00:33:02.279 --> 00:33:02.279 00:33:02.279 --> 00:33:02.279 00:33:02.279 --> 00:33:02.279 00:33:02.279 --> 00:33:02.279 00:33:02.279 --> 00:33:02.279 00:33:02.279 --> 00:33:02.279 00:33:02.279 --> 00:33:02.279 00:33:02.279 --> 00:33:02.279 00:33:02.279 --> 00:33:02.279 00:33:02.279 --> 00:33:02.279 00:33:02.279 --> 00:33:02.279 00:33:02.279 --> 00:33:02.279 00:33:02.279 --> 00:33:02.279 00:33:02.279 --> 00:33:02.279 00:33:02.279 --> 00:33:02.279 00:33:02.279 --> 00:33:02.279 00:33:02.279 --> 00:33:02.279 00:33:02.279 --> 00:33:02.279 00:33:02.279 --> 00:33:02.279 00:33:02.279 --> 00:33:02.279 00:33:02.279 --> 00:33:32.259 Thank you. 00:33:32.279 --> 00:34:02.259 Thank you. 00:34:02.279 --> 00:34:32.259 Thank you. 00:34:32.280 --> 00:35:02.260 Thank you. 00:35:02.280 --> 00:35:32.260 Thank you. 00:35:32.280 --> 00:36:02.260 Thank you. 00:36:02.260 --> 00:36:04.260 Thank you. 00:36:32.260 --> 00:36:34.260 Thank you. 00:36:34.260 --> 00:36:34.260 00:36:34.260 --> 00:36:36.260 Thank you. 00:36:36.260 --> 00:36:38.260 Thank you. 00:36:38.260 --> 00:36:40.260 Thank you. 00:36:40.260 --> 00:36:42.260 Thank you. 00:36:42.260 --> 00:36:44.260 Thank you. 00:36:44.260 --> 00:36:46.260 So, 00:37:14.260 --> 00:37:16.260 thank you. 00:37:16.260 --> 00:37:18.260 Thank you. 00:37:18.260 --> 00:37:20.260 Thank you. 00:37:20.260 --> 00:37:22.260 Thank you. 00:37:22.260 --> 00:37:24.260 Thank you. 00:37:24.260 --> 00:37:26.260 Thank you. 00:37:26.260 --> 00:37:28.260 Thank you. 00:37:28.260 --> 00:37:32.260 So, 00:37:58.260 --> 00:38:00.260 thank you. 00:38:00.260 --> 00:38:02.260 Thank you. 00:38:30.260 --> 00:38:32.260 Thank you. 00:38:32.260 --> 00:38:34.260 Thank you. 00:38:34.260 --> 00:38:36.260 Thank you. 00:38:36.260 --> 00:38:38.260 Thank you. 00:39:06.260 --> 00:39:08.260 Thank you. 00:39:08.260 --> 00:39:10.260 Thank you. 00:39:10.260 --> 00:39:12.260 Thank you. 00:39:12.260 --> 00:39:13.260 Thank you. 00:39:13.260 --> 00:39:13.260 00:39:13.260 --> 00:39:14.260 Thank you. 00:39:14.260 --> 00:39:14.260 00:39:14.260 --> 00:39:14.260 00:39:14.260 --> 00:39:16.260 Thank you. 00:39:16.260 --> 00:39:18.260 Thank you. 00:39:18.260 --> 00:39:18.260 00:39:18.260 --> 00:39:18.260 00:39:18.260 --> 00:39:18.260 00:39:18.260 --> 00:39:18.260 00:39:18.260 --> 00:39:18.260 00:39:18.260 --> 00:39:18.260 00:39:18.260 --> 00:39:18.260 00:39:18.260 --> 00:39:18.260 00:39:18.260 --> 00:39:18.260 00:39:18.260 --> 00:39:18.260 00:39:18.260 --> 00:39:18.260 00:39:18.260 --> 00:39:18.260 00:39:18.260 --> 00:39:18.260 00:39:18.260 --> 00:39:19.760 Thank you. 00:39:19.760 --> 00:39:19.760 00:39:19.760 --> 00:39:20.260 Thank you. 00:39:20.260 --> 00:39:20.260 00:39:20.260 --> 00:39:22.260 Thank you. 00:39:22.260 --> 00:39:29.520 But yet, when he teaches and he speaks, he does so with authority, doesn't he? 00:39:30.020 --> 00:39:32.100 Even the Pharisees recognize this. 00:39:32.440 --> 00:39:35.700 Who is this man speaking with authority like that? 00:39:36.460 --> 00:39:41.380 But how can a prophet speak like that without saying, thus says the Lord? 00:39:42.380 --> 00:39:45.780 That is because he is the Lord. 00:39:45.780 --> 00:39:54.940 Every word Jesus speaks is the word of God with the truth and authority and perfection of God. 00:39:55.480 --> 00:40:04.140 And so if you want to know God, what he's like and speak to him and him speak to you, you now come to Jesus. 00:40:05.960 --> 00:40:07.840 So God isn't hidden. 00:40:09.380 --> 00:40:14.140 Philosophers and people looking for meaning and purpose don't need to go searching anymore. 00:40:14.139 --> 00:40:17.199 God has once and for all spoken in his son. 00:40:20.219 --> 00:40:24.259 But Christ does also teach and preach, doesn't he? 00:40:25.119 --> 00:40:26.819 He speaks words. 00:40:28.199 --> 00:40:29.500 And we can't overlook that. 00:40:29.719 --> 00:40:32.900 He isn't just a prophet in what he is. 00:40:33.460 --> 00:40:36.799 But he's a prophet in what he says. 00:40:37.559 --> 00:40:42.019 And I want to finish with this very briefly, just to look at Christ and his teaching. 00:40:42.119 --> 00:40:42.819 Christ the teacher. 00:40:44.139 --> 00:40:47.460 So we see Jesus teaching and preaching a lot in the Gospels. 00:40:47.599 --> 00:40:50.019 Famously, there's the Sermon on the Mount, isn't there? 00:40:50.879 --> 00:40:53.500 Preaching is a big component of his ministry. 00:40:53.619 --> 00:40:57.879 In fact, Jesus says one of the purposes he came to earth was to preach. 00:40:57.940 --> 00:40:58.920 So look at Luke 4. 00:41:00.099 --> 00:41:04.980 He said to them, I must preach the good news of the kingdom of God to the other towns as well. 00:41:05.639 --> 00:41:08.500 For I was sent for this purpose. 00:41:08.500 --> 00:41:12.099 And he was preaching in the synagogues of Judea. 00:41:13.960 --> 00:41:15.699 Jesus came to preach. 00:41:16.179 --> 00:41:18.639 He came to die, but he came to preach as well. 00:41:19.460 --> 00:41:21.059 And what does Jesus preach about? 00:41:21.500 --> 00:41:23.099 The kingdom of God. 00:41:23.099 --> 00:41:27.019 And that was the opening line of his first sermon, wasn't it? 00:41:27.119 --> 00:41:29.400 Repent for the kingdom of God is at hand. 00:41:30.619 --> 00:41:40.139 So like Jonah going to Nineveh and the other prophets, Jesus preaches about God and salvation and the future and God's will for us. 00:41:40.420 --> 00:41:42.659 He preaches there is a kingdom coming. 00:41:42.659 --> 00:41:45.079 And so you need to repent. 00:41:46.940 --> 00:41:48.579 But there's a difference, isn't there? 00:41:48.639 --> 00:41:51.819 Jesus brings a new element to this message. 00:41:52.219 --> 00:41:53.500 He isn't just like Jonah. 00:41:53.579 --> 00:41:55.039 He's the greater Jonah. 00:41:56.179 --> 00:41:57.679 And so he doesn't just say repent. 00:41:58.119 --> 00:42:00.059 Now, what do we hear Jesus preach? 00:42:01.319 --> 00:42:06.480 He says, come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden. 00:42:07.179 --> 00:42:09.339 Take up your cross and follow me. 00:42:09.340 --> 00:42:12.920 Believe in me and you will never die. 00:42:14.240 --> 00:42:20.740 So just as Jesus is the perfect revelation of God, he's the perfect revelation of salvation. 00:42:22.079 --> 00:42:30.240 God has spoken in his son, the mediator, to say to a deaf world, come and find salvation in me. 00:42:31.440 --> 00:42:36.320 So without Jesus, we would be left in the utter silence of our sin. 00:42:36.320 --> 00:42:42.059 But Christ is our prophet to redeem us from that silence. 00:42:43.280 --> 00:42:45.019 And let me end with this thought. 00:42:45.920 --> 00:42:49.559 Even on the cross, Jesus was being a prophet. 00:42:50.860 --> 00:42:54.800 Because what does the cross tell us about God? 00:42:54.800 --> 00:43:02.660 The cross proclaims our God is a merciful and gracious God, doesn't it? 00:43:04.780 --> 00:43:08.220 The cross tells us he's not just this omnipotent force out there. 00:43:08.280 --> 00:43:10.360 He's not just this detached deity. 00:43:11.280 --> 00:43:16.320 No, the crucified Jesus proclaims to us that our God is the saviour of sinners. 00:43:16.320 --> 00:43:25.680 And so Christ, in all of who he is and what he taught and even how he died, he was a prophet. 00:43:27.539 --> 00:43:32.440 And he continues to be a prophet, not only when he was on earth, but also now in heaven. 00:43:33.400 --> 00:43:37.380 All these offices continue, even to this day, as Jesus reigns in heaven. 00:43:37.380 --> 00:43:39.119 And we'll see that next week. 00:43:39.180 --> 00:43:42.360 But we'll see that Jesus is still speaking in the world today. 00:43:45.059 --> 00:43:46.440 Okay, how am I doing for time? 00:43:46.780 --> 00:43:47.920 I still went over, didn't I? 00:43:49.200 --> 00:43:51.539 Let's just open up for questions. 00:43:51.539 --> 00:43:57.159 Oh, yeah. 00:43:57.159 --> 00:43:57.579 Hi, I'm over. 00:43:57.579 --> 00:44:03.960 In some characters, they mean that's importance, is the openness that's what he used. 00:44:04.059 --> 00:44:04.559 Sorry, is that? 00:44:04.659 --> 00:44:09.320 In some characters, he does do also. 00:44:09.320 --> 00:44:13.619 What is something that he can do? 00:44:13.980 --> 00:44:14.239 Yeah. 00:44:15.059 --> 00:44:15.500 Yeah. 00:44:15.739 --> 00:44:17.139 What are you looking for? 00:44:17.139 --> 00:44:19.000 Yeah, so, yeah. 00:44:19.559 --> 00:44:26.599 The question was, so do some churches, some churches do believe that the office of prophet continues? 00:44:28.659 --> 00:44:31.659 I might address that next week, because that's going to continue. 00:44:32.000 --> 00:44:42.039 But maybe one thing to address that is, the office of prophet can't continue as it is among the people of God anymore, 00:44:42.319 --> 00:44:45.019 because Christ is the fulfilment of all the prophets. 00:44:45.019 --> 00:44:55.400 So I would say, I'm taking you to Hebrews 1, to say that, yeah, the office of prophet among the people has ended in that sense, 00:44:55.539 --> 00:44:59.780 because it's fulfilled by the Son, who God has spoken through once and for all. 00:44:59.780 --> 00:45:08.280 Now, there is a prophetic task to an office in the church, I would say. 00:45:08.600 --> 00:45:11.820 The minister has a prophetic task, but he's not a prophet. 00:45:12.800 --> 00:45:14.840 He speaks the word of God to the people of God. 00:45:15.540 --> 00:45:17.360 But, well, we'll see that next week. 00:45:17.460 --> 00:45:18.420 I'll try and tease you. 00:45:19.000 --> 00:45:20.440 You've got to come back, I'll be here, all right? 00:45:20.440 --> 00:45:21.039 Yeah, yeah. 00:45:22.240 --> 00:45:22.920 Yeah, Rico. 00:45:23.320 --> 00:45:25.159 So, what about the word Messiah? 00:45:25.340 --> 00:45:28.639 How does Messiah sum up those three prophets? 00:45:29.260 --> 00:45:31.659 So, Messiah means Christ. 00:45:31.860 --> 00:45:33.920 So, Messiah is the Hebrew word of Christ. 00:45:33.920 --> 00:45:39.639 So, if the New Testament was all written in Hebrew, so the Old Testament's written in Hebrew, 00:45:40.000 --> 00:45:42.180 and they call the anointed one Messiah. 00:45:42.940 --> 00:45:47.980 And then the New Testament's written in Greek, and so you can't have a Hebrew word in Greek. 00:45:48.240 --> 00:45:50.860 So, that word becomes Christ. 00:45:51.420 --> 00:45:52.159 So, same thing. 00:45:52.300 --> 00:45:53.800 If the New Testament was written in Hebrew, 00:45:55.119 --> 00:45:57.880 if the Greek language didn't exist and it was only Hebrew, 00:45:58.300 --> 00:45:59.980 we would just only know the word Messiah. 00:46:00.340 --> 00:46:01.500 So, it would be Jesus the Messiah. 00:46:02.380 --> 00:46:03.240 Does that make sense? 00:46:03.920 --> 00:46:04.119 Yeah. 00:46:07.220 --> 00:46:10.440 Right, let me pray to close. 00:46:15.780 --> 00:46:21.780 Lord God, we praise you for your Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, the Prophet, Priest, and King, 00:46:23.000 --> 00:46:28.180 who is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of your nature. 00:46:29.139 --> 00:46:31.180 We praise you that you have spoken in your Son, 00:46:31.179 --> 00:46:34.779 you have not left this world in the silence of our sin, 00:46:34.819 --> 00:46:37.299 but you have spoken and you have given life in your Son. 00:46:38.399 --> 00:46:42.679 And we pray that we would hear him today as he speaks to us in his word, 00:46:42.799 --> 00:46:45.099 through the preaching of your word. 00:46:45.879 --> 00:46:47.379 Speak to us, give us life, 00:46:47.380 --> 00:46:51.660 and would we know that the glory of our Prophet, Priest, and King, the Lord Jesus Christ, in his name. 00:46:52.440 --> 00:46:52.680 Amen. 00:46:52.680 --> 00:46:52.760 Amen. 00:46:52.760 --> 00:46:59.420 Let me just advertise a book. 00:46:59.840 --> 00:47:02.600 So, there's a book on the bookstall by John T. Rhodes. 00:47:02.700 --> 00:47:04.520 He's the IPC minister up in Leeds. 00:47:04.780 --> 00:47:06.960 He's written a book pretty much on all of this, 00:47:07.380 --> 00:47:09.260 on who Christ is, his two natures, 00:47:09.340 --> 00:47:10.260 and then his three offices, 00:47:10.400 --> 00:47:11.180 Prophets, Priest, and King. 00:47:11.540 --> 00:47:12.260 It's on the bookstall, 00:47:12.340 --> 00:47:13.180 Man of Sorrow is King Glory. 00:47:13.320 --> 00:47:13.980 Excellent book. 00:47:14.179 --> 00:47:15.539 I'll keep advertising this, 00:47:15.920 --> 00:47:17.240 but if you want a head start.