WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:10.480 Intending to debate that out this morning, but in fact, God the Son became a man, but also to clarify the nature of it. 00:00:10.480 --> 00:00:14.240 ! What is the reality of this God-man? 00:00:15.280 --> 00:00:15.439 ! 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:42.600 Since the beginning, all of those errors that I mentioned to you, Christians have gathered together and they have made statements to make it clear what the Bible teaches about the Incarnation. 00:00:43.399 --> 00:00:57.679 An example, in 451, in the former city of Chalcedon, now part of Istanbul, a council convened for just this purpose and adopted the Chalcedonian Creed. 00:00:57.679 --> 00:01:01.119 I'm going to read to you an English translation of it. 00:01:01.899 --> 00:01:06.560 I'll try to do so carefully for your edification, and then I'm also going to lay out some summary points to clarify. 00:01:06.859 --> 00:01:10.620 But listen to what they wrote. This is the translation of it. 00:01:12.039 --> 00:01:22.180 We then, following the Holy Fathers, all with one consent, teach men to confess one and the same Son, our Lord Jesus Christ. 00:01:22.180 --> 00:01:26.319 The same perfect in Godhead and also perfect in manhood. 00:01:26.319 --> 00:01:27.159 Here's a key phrase. 00:01:27.579 --> 00:01:30.839 Truly God and truly man. 00:01:31.179 --> 00:01:40.339 Of a reasonable soul and body, co-substantial with us according to the manhood, in all things like unto us without sin. 00:01:41.199 --> 00:01:47.419 Begotten before all ages of the Father according to the Godhead, and in these latter days for us and for our salvation. 00:01:48.219 --> 00:01:50.539 Born of the Virgin Mary, the Mother of God. 00:01:50.540 --> 00:01:52.160 According to the manhood. 00:01:52.800 --> 00:01:55.700 One and the same Christ, Son, Lord only. 00:01:56.400 --> 00:01:59.120 Unchangeable, indivisibly, inseparably. 00:01:59.719 --> 00:02:06.780 The distinction of nature's being by no means taken away by the union, but rather the property of each nature being preserved. 00:02:07.300 --> 00:02:10.540 And concurring in one person and one subsistence. 00:02:10.539 --> 00:02:11.179 Interexistence. 00:02:11.179 --> 00:02:16.139 This is called the hypostasis or hypostatic union of Christ. 00:02:16.979 --> 00:02:28.479 Not parted or divided into two persons, but one and the same Son and only begotten, God the Word, the Lord Jesus Christ, as the prophets from the beginning have declared concerning him. 00:02:28.840 --> 00:02:34.819 And the Lord Jesus Christ himself taught us, and the creed of the Holy Fathers has handed down to us. 00:02:35.560 --> 00:02:36.000 End quote. 00:02:36.000 --> 00:02:39.000 Now, you go, I didn't catch any of that. 00:02:39.080 --> 00:02:39.800 That's fine. 00:02:40.159 --> 00:02:47.500 The point being, they were very careful in defining the nature of the embodied Christ. 00:02:47.840 --> 00:02:49.360 They saw it as important. 00:02:49.800 --> 00:02:57.280 They were pushing back against unbiblical falsehoods, and we need to do the very same thing. 00:02:57.280 --> 00:03:05.819 So, six summary points that we can derive from the Chalcedonian Creed, which is coming from the scriptures. 00:03:06.240 --> 00:03:13.259 Number one, Jesus Christ is one person, one being, with two natures. 00:03:13.340 --> 00:03:17.139 Once again, he is truly God and truly man. 00:03:17.219 --> 00:03:20.500 Some people will say fully God and fully man. 00:03:20.500 --> 00:03:22.039 Like 200%. 00:03:22.039 --> 00:03:27.960 Not half God, half man, but completely, fully both. 00:03:28.879 --> 00:03:38.300 The divine nature was not diluted by the incarnation, nor was the human nature somehow abstract or incomplete. 00:03:38.800 --> 00:03:38.960 Right? 00:03:39.180 --> 00:03:42.180 Truly both at the same time. 00:03:42.180 --> 00:03:53.340 Number two, two natures united without confusion, change, division, or separation. 00:03:54.340 --> 00:04:00.920 Divine and human natures are distinct yet united in one person. 00:04:00.919 --> 00:04:03.639 This is a mystery, to be clear. 00:04:03.899 --> 00:04:03.959 Right? 00:04:04.039 --> 00:04:07.239 Again, this is the hypostatic union. 00:04:07.359 --> 00:04:10.019 It's a thing for us to marvel over. 00:04:10.119 --> 00:04:13.859 I don't know that we're going to fully comprehend it, this side of glory. 00:04:13.939 --> 00:04:19.659 But we should try as best we can to understand this nature of Christ. 00:04:20.120 --> 00:04:25.800 They are not mixed, not divided, and not reduced to a third nature. 00:04:25.800 --> 00:04:32.639 Thirdly, the human nature was fully assumed. 00:04:33.520 --> 00:04:37.720 Jesus had a real human body, mind, soul, and will. 00:04:38.120 --> 00:04:41.900 Everything essential to true humanity. 00:04:42.180 --> 00:04:42.259 Right? 00:04:42.319 --> 00:04:48.199 He was like us in that way, and the clarification is, yet without sin. 00:04:48.259 --> 00:04:51.240 That's the part of the human nature that he did not take on. 00:04:51.360 --> 00:04:51.439 Right? 00:04:51.439 --> 00:04:55.740 Born of a virgin, he didn't inherit the line, the sin line and the sin nature. 00:04:55.800 --> 00:04:57.759 That we have. 00:04:59.060 --> 00:05:02.800 Fourthly, the divine nature remained fully intact. 00:05:03.480 --> 00:05:11.420 So even though he took on human flesh, at the incarnation, Christ did not lay aside his divine attributes. 00:05:12.879 --> 00:05:19.680 Fifthly, the person of the Son is the subject of both natures. 00:05:20.040 --> 00:05:20.120 Right? 00:05:20.120 --> 00:05:24.800 By that I mean, Jesus is not two persons or a split consciousness. 00:05:24.800 --> 00:05:25.439 Right? 00:05:25.500 --> 00:05:32.500 The eternal Son is the acting subject of both divine and human experiences. 00:05:32.500 --> 00:05:38.339 So, to make that more real for you, he hungered as a man. 00:05:38.860 --> 00:05:41.660 He got tired as a man. 00:05:41.920 --> 00:05:45.459 He experienced the pain of suffering as a man. 00:05:46.100 --> 00:05:48.079 And yet he worked miracles. 00:05:48.459 --> 00:05:50.120 He walked on water. 00:05:50.240 --> 00:05:51.660 He raised people from the dead. 00:05:51.720 --> 00:05:55.680 He forgave sins as God. 00:05:55.680 --> 00:06:06.939 Yet, always as one person who we most often call the Son of God, as we're thinking about his incarnation. 00:06:08.220 --> 00:06:13.840 The incarnation, sixthly, was for our salvation. 00:06:13.960 --> 00:06:17.180 And we'll talk about that more in our third point. 00:06:17.180 --> 00:06:29.600 But, briefly here, Jesus became man, not merely to reveal God, but to redeem sinners through his substitutionary death and victorious resurrection. 00:06:30.259 --> 00:06:34.660 The unity of his person ensures the efficacy. 00:06:35.040 --> 00:06:35.160 Right? 00:06:35.199 --> 00:06:36.540 That it actually worked. 00:06:37.000 --> 00:06:40.399 That his work was the work that he said it was. 00:06:40.399 --> 00:06:48.019 Yes, only one who is God could save and only one who is man could die in our place. 00:06:49.039 --> 00:06:53.079 Again, the incarnation is not easy to grasp. 00:06:53.219 --> 00:06:54.939 But it is good. 00:06:55.620 --> 00:06:59.620 And it is a necessary reality to be grasped. 00:06:59.620 --> 00:07:08.819 In order for us to be saved, we must repent of our sins and place faith in the person and work of Jesus Christ. 00:07:09.180 --> 00:07:10.920 I don't know if that phrase has ever puzzled you. 00:07:11.000 --> 00:07:12.660 I say it all the time. 00:07:12.740 --> 00:07:15.000 What do we place faith in? 00:07:15.680 --> 00:07:20.060 Not just the work, but the person and work of Jesus Christ. 00:07:20.060 --> 00:07:26.920 Because if Jesus is not who he said he is, then the work itself wasn't effectual. 00:07:26.920 --> 00:07:27.340 Right? 00:07:27.460 --> 00:07:33.800 Jesus has to be who the scripture says that he is in order for it to have its proper effect. 00:07:34.879 --> 00:07:42.319 We are concerned with the person of Jesus because it makes possible the work of Jesus. 00:07:42.540 --> 00:07:45.520 And so we need to believe in both. 00:07:45.520 --> 00:07:49.980 And we need to be clear about what the scripture says those things are. 00:07:51.580 --> 00:07:56.200 Cyril of Alexandria, who was a 5th century church leader. 00:07:56.199 --> 00:08:00.259 He died a couple of years before the Council of Chalcedon. 00:08:00.360 --> 00:08:03.259 I think he would have been there had he not passed a few years before. 00:08:03.719 --> 00:08:07.180 Said this, and this is the quote on the back of your bulletin today. 00:08:07.579 --> 00:08:07.839 He said, 00:08:07.839 --> 00:08:20.579 And I love this quote particularly for the phrase, 00:08:20.579 --> 00:08:29.740 And I love this quote particularly for the phrase, 00:08:29.859 --> 00:08:35.559 They're inexpressible and inexplicable concurrence into unity. 00:08:36.120 --> 00:08:39.439 That person has made possible the work. 00:08:39.539 --> 00:08:46.220 And it's by that, both person and work, that we declare Jesus the Lord and Son of God. 00:08:46.220 --> 00:08:46.259 God. 00:08:47.160 --> 00:08:51.420 The word became flesh. 00:08:52.200 --> 00:08:59.060 Not only that, but it became flesh and dwelt among us. 00:09:00.200 --> 00:09:07.080 Dwelt is a form of a Greek verb that means literally to live in a tent. 00:09:07.080 --> 00:09:15.379 We can read in Exodus the account of God tenting with Israel as his glory dwelt in the tabernacle. 00:09:16.440 --> 00:09:23.980 Of course, later this same presence dwelt, same word usage in Hebrew, in the temple. 00:09:25.280 --> 00:09:34.860 God dwelt among us in the incarnate Christ, and he will dwell with his people again. 00:09:34.860 --> 00:09:40.320 John picks up this language in Revelation chapter 21. 00:09:41.120 --> 00:09:42.639 Verse 3 and following, he says, 00:09:42.720 --> 00:09:44.980 And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, 00:09:45.480 --> 00:09:49.039 Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. 00:09:49.300 --> 00:09:52.560 The tenting place of God is with man. 00:09:52.639 --> 00:09:55.080 He will dwell with them, and they will be his people. 00:09:55.220 --> 00:09:58.860 And God himself will be with them as their God. 00:10:00.080 --> 00:10:03.240 He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more. 00:10:03.240 --> 00:10:07.039 Neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore. 00:10:07.320 --> 00:10:10.620 For the former things have passed away. 00:10:11.879 --> 00:10:14.320 He came and he dwelt. 00:10:14.680 --> 00:10:21.820 He dwells in us now by his Spirit, and one day fully we will dwell together with him. 00:10:23.000 --> 00:10:24.000 John goes on to say, 00:10:24.000 --> 00:10:27.879 He dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory. 00:10:28.480 --> 00:10:31.960 Glory as of the only Son from the Father. 00:10:33.120 --> 00:10:42.179 Jesus manifested God's glory during his earthly existence in a more magnificent way than ever before. 00:10:42.539 --> 00:10:42.700 Right? 00:10:42.700 --> 00:10:46.500 I mentioned a couple of these ways that God's glory dwelt. 00:10:46.600 --> 00:10:46.759 Right? 00:10:46.780 --> 00:10:49.440 In the tabernacle, and then in the temple. 00:10:49.600 --> 00:10:53.340 But now in person, in flesh. 00:10:54.660 --> 00:11:00.740 Jesus' tenting was more glorious than previous tenting, 00:11:00.860 --> 00:11:05.280 but still a shadow of the things to come. 00:11:05.279 --> 00:11:11.899 Jesus' human flesh still veiled his full glory. 00:11:12.860 --> 00:11:15.199 John, the author of the words that we're reading, 00:11:15.319 --> 00:11:17.600 along with Peter and James, 00:11:17.699 --> 00:11:23.679 were invited to see Jesus' unveiled glory at the transfiguration. 00:11:23.819 --> 00:11:26.159 That's what's so significant about it. 00:11:26.720 --> 00:11:30.720 Interestingly, John doesn't record anything about the transfiguration. 00:11:30.879 --> 00:11:33.399 I'd like to wrap my head around why. 00:11:33.399 --> 00:11:37.559 But we can read in Matthew chapter 17 and verse 2, 00:11:37.840 --> 00:11:40.360 Jesus was transfigured before them, 00:11:40.500 --> 00:11:43.159 and his face shone like the sun, 00:11:43.419 --> 00:11:47.899 and his clothes became white as light. 00:11:49.500 --> 00:11:55.579 John and Peter and James beheld God's glory. 00:11:56.100 --> 00:11:58.139 His magnificence. 00:11:59.139 --> 00:12:02.720 This was glory as of the only Son from the Father, 00:12:02.720 --> 00:12:08.240 because the Son and the Father have the same nature. 00:12:09.340 --> 00:12:11.399 So I think when John says, 00:12:11.779 --> 00:12:15.560 we, we have beheld his glory, 00:12:15.660 --> 00:12:16.840 we have seen his glory, 00:12:16.940 --> 00:12:20.680 he is most certainly referring to himself 00:12:20.680 --> 00:12:22.560 and Peter and James. 00:12:22.680 --> 00:12:26.000 He has to have that in his mind. 00:12:26.200 --> 00:12:27.360 But he is also, 00:12:27.940 --> 00:12:29.680 although perhaps unwittingly, 00:12:29.679 --> 00:12:31.899 maybe it's just that he's being carried along by the Spirit, 00:12:32.339 --> 00:12:36.639 he's referring to all of us who have seen Christ 00:12:36.639 --> 00:12:38.359 in the Scriptures 00:12:38.359 --> 00:12:41.539 and placed our faith in him. 00:12:42.839 --> 00:12:44.779 Why can I make such a claim? 00:12:45.120 --> 00:12:45.679 That we, 00:12:46.599 --> 00:12:47.939 we share in this we 00:12:47.939 --> 00:12:49.739 that he's talking about here, 00:12:50.139 --> 00:12:51.759 beholding the glory. 00:12:51.759 --> 00:12:55.740 If there is an event in history, 00:12:56.360 --> 00:12:58.700 I think I would want to be on that mount 00:12:58.700 --> 00:13:01.200 and see the transfigured Christ. 00:13:01.299 --> 00:13:04.240 I think that's the one I would want to be whisked away to, 00:13:04.360 --> 00:13:05.480 to witness. 00:13:05.759 --> 00:13:07.740 But listen to the astounding thing 00:13:07.740 --> 00:13:09.240 that Peter says 00:13:09.240 --> 00:13:12.139 with reference to that very same event 00:13:12.139 --> 00:13:14.939 in 2 Peter chapter 1. 00:13:15.139 --> 00:13:16.279 You may enjoy joining me there. 00:13:16.340 --> 00:13:17.360 It's a little bit longer text. 00:13:17.480 --> 00:13:18.600 This is verse 16 00:13:18.600 --> 00:13:20.300 and following. 00:13:21.060 --> 00:13:23.320 Listen to what Peter says. 00:13:24.120 --> 00:13:25.460 For we do not follow 00:13:25.460 --> 00:13:27.080 cleverly devised myths 00:13:27.080 --> 00:13:28.659 when we made known to you 00:13:28.659 --> 00:13:30.560 the power and coming 00:13:30.560 --> 00:13:33.120 of our Lord Jesus Christ. 00:13:33.800 --> 00:13:36.060 We weren't following just some teaching 00:13:36.060 --> 00:13:37.519 when we told you about 00:13:37.519 --> 00:13:40.000 the power and coming of Christ. 00:13:40.159 --> 00:13:40.460 Why? 00:13:40.460 --> 00:13:43.379 But we were eyewitnesses 00:13:43.379 --> 00:13:45.580 of his majesty. 00:13:45.899 --> 00:13:47.560 We were eyewitnesses 00:13:47.559 --> 00:13:49.559 of his glory. 00:13:49.839 --> 00:13:50.739 How do I know he's talking 00:13:50.739 --> 00:13:51.639 about the transfiguration? 00:13:51.799 --> 00:13:53.299 Because he goes on in verse 17. 00:13:53.739 --> 00:13:55.000 For when he received 00:13:55.000 --> 00:13:56.139 honor and glory 00:13:56.139 --> 00:13:57.119 from God the Father 00:13:57.119 --> 00:13:59.639 and the voice was born to him 00:13:59.639 --> 00:14:01.619 by the majestic glory, 00:14:02.199 --> 00:14:04.000 this is my beloved son 00:14:04.000 --> 00:14:07.419 with whom I am well pleased. 00:14:07.839 --> 00:14:10.179 We ourselves heard this very voice 00:14:10.179 --> 00:14:11.299 born from heaven 00:14:11.299 --> 00:14:12.799 for we were with him 00:14:12.799 --> 00:14:14.319 on the holy mountain. 00:14:14.639 --> 00:14:14.739 Right? 00:14:14.740 --> 00:14:15.720 So he's talking about 00:14:15.720 --> 00:14:17.200 the transfiguration there. 00:14:17.259 --> 00:14:18.279 He's talking about the voice 00:14:18.279 --> 00:14:19.180 that's recorded for us 00:14:19.180 --> 00:14:20.019 that came from heaven. 00:14:20.299 --> 00:14:21.480 He's saying we heard 00:14:21.480 --> 00:14:22.560 that very voice. 00:14:22.680 --> 00:14:24.180 So we're not appealing to you. 00:14:24.379 --> 00:14:25.519 We're not trying to teach you 00:14:25.519 --> 00:14:26.759 Christ about his power 00:14:26.759 --> 00:14:27.440 and his coming 00:14:27.440 --> 00:14:28.240 because we heard 00:14:28.240 --> 00:14:29.159 somebody else say it. 00:14:29.220 --> 00:14:30.620 We were actually there. 00:14:30.860 --> 00:14:32.519 We were eyewitnesses 00:14:32.519 --> 00:14:33.759 of the transfiguration 00:14:33.759 --> 00:14:34.899 of Christ. 00:14:35.060 --> 00:14:36.740 And then he says this. 00:14:36.740 --> 00:14:39.519 How I read the Bible 00:14:39.519 --> 00:14:40.980 as a young man, 00:14:41.460 --> 00:14:42.139 read it through 00:14:42.139 --> 00:14:43.060 time and time again 00:14:43.060 --> 00:14:44.460 and wasn't arrested 00:14:44.460 --> 00:14:45.379 by this, 00:14:45.460 --> 00:14:46.279 I do not know. 00:14:46.379 --> 00:14:47.379 But when it arrested me, 00:14:47.460 --> 00:14:48.500 boy, did it. 00:14:48.879 --> 00:14:49.519 Verse 19. 00:14:50.379 --> 00:14:51.259 Peter says this. 00:14:52.620 --> 00:14:53.639 And we have 00:14:53.639 --> 00:14:56.320 the prophetic word 00:14:56.320 --> 00:14:59.879 more fully confirmed. 00:15:00.560 --> 00:15:01.879 We have the scripture 00:15:01.879 --> 00:15:04.860 more fully confirmed 00:15:04.860 --> 00:15:06.560 then standing on the mountain 00:15:06.560 --> 00:15:07.659 and watching Christ 00:15:07.659 --> 00:15:08.360 be transfigured 00:15:08.360 --> 00:15:09.659 and a voice from heaven 00:15:09.659 --> 00:15:10.779 saying, 00:15:11.659 --> 00:15:12.460 this is my beloved son 00:15:12.460 --> 00:15:13.840 with whom I am well pleased. 00:15:14.039 --> 00:15:16.259 We have the prophetic word 00:15:16.259 --> 00:15:19.100 more fully confirmed. 00:15:19.980 --> 00:15:20.419 Why? 00:15:21.159 --> 00:15:22.500 How is that possible? 00:15:22.879 --> 00:15:22.960 Right? 00:15:23.399 --> 00:15:24.680 Have I experienced 00:15:24.680 --> 00:15:25.800 God's word in the way 00:15:25.800 --> 00:15:26.379 it must have been 00:15:26.379 --> 00:15:27.379 to stand on that mountain? 00:15:27.480 --> 00:15:28.180 It's hard to say 00:15:28.180 --> 00:15:29.220 that I have. 00:15:29.560 --> 00:15:29.940 He says, 00:15:30.019 --> 00:15:31.180 to which you will do well 00:15:31.180 --> 00:15:32.180 to pay attention 00:15:32.180 --> 00:15:33.200 as a lamp shining 00:15:33.200 --> 00:15:33.960 in a dark place 00:15:33.960 --> 00:15:34.659 until the day 00:15:34.659 --> 00:15:35.139 dawns 00:15:35.139 --> 00:15:36.199 and the morning star 00:15:36.199 --> 00:15:37.759 rises in your hearts 00:15:37.759 --> 00:15:40.779 knowing this first of all 00:15:40.779 --> 00:15:42.219 that no prophecy 00:15:42.219 --> 00:15:42.639 of scripture 00:15:42.639 --> 00:15:43.519 comes from someone's 00:15:43.519 --> 00:15:44.199 own interpretation 00:15:44.199 --> 00:15:44.959 for no prophecy 00:15:44.959 --> 00:15:46.000 was ever produced 00:15:46.000 --> 00:15:47.219 by the will of man 00:15:47.219 --> 00:15:48.659 but men spoke 00:15:48.659 --> 00:15:49.799 from God 00:15:49.799 --> 00:15:51.759 as they were carried along 00:15:51.759 --> 00:15:53.620 by the Holy Spirit. 00:15:54.600 --> 00:15:55.539 So how do we have 00:15:55.539 --> 00:15:56.539 the word more fully confirmed? 00:15:56.719 --> 00:15:56.799 Right? 00:15:57.019 --> 00:15:57.980 It was written 00:15:57.980 --> 00:15:59.879 by the Spirit of Christ 00:15:59.879 --> 00:16:01.360 and the Spirit of Christ 00:16:01.360 --> 00:16:03.279 illuminates him to us 00:16:03.279 --> 00:16:04.639 as we take it up 00:16:04.639 --> 00:16:05.879 and we read. 00:16:06.220 --> 00:16:07.199 That's incredible. 00:16:07.860 --> 00:16:07.980 Right? 00:16:08.139 --> 00:16:09.139 We get to behold 00:16:09.139 --> 00:16:10.600 the glory of God 00:16:10.600 --> 00:16:12.079 in the Son 00:16:12.079 --> 00:16:12.980 as we take up 00:16:12.980 --> 00:16:13.620 and read 00:16:13.620 --> 00:16:14.480 and understand 00:16:14.480 --> 00:16:16.179 who he is. 00:16:16.939 --> 00:16:17.839 We have seen 00:16:17.839 --> 00:16:18.759 his glory. 00:16:19.299 --> 00:16:20.379 Glory as of the only 00:16:20.379 --> 00:16:20.980 son 00:16:20.980 --> 00:16:22.100 from 00:16:22.100 --> 00:16:23.480 the Father. 00:16:23.879 --> 00:16:25.259 We live in an age 00:16:25.259 --> 00:16:27.480 of great consumerism. 00:16:28.080 --> 00:16:28.559 Emotions 00:16:28.559 --> 00:16:29.580 lead the charge. 00:16:29.879 --> 00:16:30.539 We're looking for 00:16:30.539 --> 00:16:31.399 experiences 00:16:31.399 --> 00:16:32.759 all the time 00:16:32.759 --> 00:16:33.500 and I just want to say 00:16:33.500 --> 00:16:33.860 to you 00:16:33.860 --> 00:16:35.379 beloved Christians 00:16:35.379 --> 00:16:37.200 do not 00:16:37.200 --> 00:16:38.259 downplay 00:16:38.259 --> 00:16:39.519 the ordinary 00:16:39.519 --> 00:16:40.500 means 00:16:40.500 --> 00:16:41.600 of grace. 00:16:42.299 --> 00:16:43.519 God has given to us 00:16:43.519 --> 00:16:44.039 the gathering 00:16:44.039 --> 00:16:44.600 of his church 00:16:44.600 --> 00:16:45.279 the opening 00:16:45.279 --> 00:16:46.319 of his word 00:16:46.319 --> 00:16:46.919 the singing 00:16:46.919 --> 00:16:47.759 of true songs 00:16:47.759 --> 00:16:48.220 the praying 00:16:48.220 --> 00:16:49.259 in and day out 00:16:49.259 --> 00:16:50.840 week by week 00:16:50.840 --> 00:16:51.779 by week. 00:16:51.899 --> 00:16:52.960 This is regularly 00:16:52.960 --> 00:16:53.980 normatively 00:16:53.980 --> 00:16:55.460 how God grows 00:16:55.460 --> 00:16:57.180 his people. 00:16:58.080 --> 00:16:58.600 Just because 00:16:58.600 --> 00:16:59.080 you're not having 00:16:59.080 --> 00:17:00.320 a transfiguration 00:17:00.320 --> 00:17:01.200 kind of moment 00:17:01.200 --> 00:17:02.000 when you come 00:17:02.000 --> 00:17:02.500 to the church 00:17:02.500 --> 00:17:03.139 week in 00:17:03.139 --> 00:17:03.940 and week out 00:17:03.940 --> 00:17:04.620 recognize 00:17:04.620 --> 00:17:05.559 that Christ 00:17:05.559 --> 00:17:06.480 is being exalted 00:17:06.480 --> 00:17:08.519 from the text 00:17:08.519 --> 00:17:09.779 and Peter says 00:17:09.779 --> 00:17:11.160 this is better 00:17:11.160 --> 00:17:12.360 than standing 00:17:12.360 --> 00:17:13.640 on the mountain. 00:17:15.920 --> 00:17:16.839 Now I would like 00:17:16.839 --> 00:17:17.660 to make a little 00:17:17.660 --> 00:17:18.680 translation note 00:17:18.680 --> 00:17:20.480 at this point. 00:17:21.200 --> 00:17:22.039 I'm preaching 00:17:22.039 --> 00:17:22.860 from an English 00:17:22.860 --> 00:17:23.519 Standard Version 00:17:23.519 --> 00:17:24.099 we've kind of 00:17:24.099 --> 00:17:24.859 encouraged others 00:17:24.859 --> 00:17:25.740 to have the same 00:17:25.740 --> 00:17:26.200 some of you 00:17:26.200 --> 00:17:27.079 may not have 00:17:27.079 --> 00:17:27.700 the same 00:17:27.700 --> 00:17:29.079 translation. 00:17:29.819 --> 00:17:30.680 Some of your 00:17:30.680 --> 00:17:31.279 translations 00:17:31.279 --> 00:17:32.180 in the place 00:17:32.180 --> 00:17:33.859 of only son 00:17:33.859 --> 00:17:35.420 as I have it 00:17:35.420 --> 00:17:36.139 before me 00:17:36.139 --> 00:17:37.660 may say 00:17:37.660 --> 00:17:39.879 only begotten 00:17:39.879 --> 00:17:40.900 God 00:17:40.900 --> 00:17:41.500 or some 00:17:41.500 --> 00:17:42.379 variation 00:17:42.379 --> 00:17:43.480 of that. 00:17:43.960 --> 00:17:44.299 And if your 00:17:44.299 --> 00:17:45.000 translation says 00:17:45.000 --> 00:17:45.859 that it's actually 00:17:45.859 --> 00:17:46.420 a more 00:17:46.420 --> 00:17:47.920 word for word 00:17:47.920 --> 00:17:48.500 translation 00:17:48.500 --> 00:17:49.259 from the Greek. 00:17:49.359 --> 00:17:49.859 So I want to 00:17:49.859 --> 00:17:50.259 commend the 00:17:50.259 --> 00:17:50.660 translation 00:17:50.660 --> 00:17:51.820 for doing 00:17:51.820 --> 00:17:52.200 that. 00:17:53.000 --> 00:17:53.600 ESV is 00:17:53.600 --> 00:17:54.360 trying to 00:17:54.360 --> 00:17:55.080 tidy up 00:17:55.080 --> 00:17:55.759 some potential 00:17:55.759 --> 00:17:56.360 confusion 00:17:56.360 --> 00:17:57.279 at that point. 00:17:58.000 --> 00:17:58.680 We could argue 00:17:58.680 --> 00:17:59.180 whether that's 00:17:59.180 --> 00:17:59.740 a good thing 00:17:59.740 --> 00:18:01.120 or not. 00:18:01.640 --> 00:18:02.380 To always be 00:18:02.380 --> 00:18:02.800 clear 00:18:02.800 --> 00:18:04.360 the original 00:18:04.360 --> 00:18:05.000 text is the 00:18:05.000 --> 00:18:05.640 inspired text. 00:18:05.740 --> 00:18:06.120 These are just 00:18:06.120 --> 00:18:06.980 translations of 00:18:06.980 --> 00:18:07.900 that inspired 00:18:07.900 --> 00:18:08.740 text. 00:18:08.820 --> 00:18:09.100 So we've got 00:18:09.100 --> 00:18:09.680 to do work 00:18:09.680 --> 00:18:10.140 as we come 00:18:10.140 --> 00:18:11.400 across things 00:18:11.400 --> 00:18:12.320 like this 00:18:12.320 --> 00:18:13.240 in the text. 00:18:14.200 --> 00:18:14.880 Again that 00:18:14.880 --> 00:18:15.860 only begotten 00:18:15.860 --> 00:18:16.500 son is a 00:18:16.500 --> 00:18:17.560 more literal 00:18:17.560 --> 00:18:18.640 translation of 00:18:18.640 --> 00:18:19.040 the Greek 00:18:19.040 --> 00:18:19.560 phrase 00:18:19.560 --> 00:18:20.400 found there. 00:18:20.920 --> 00:18:21.300 But it 00:18:21.300 --> 00:18:22.500 does bring 00:18:22.500 --> 00:18:23.080 to the 00:18:23.080 --> 00:18:23.380 surface 00:18:23.380 --> 00:18:24.660 this word 00:18:24.660 --> 00:18:26.020 begotten. 00:18:26.380 --> 00:18:26.620 This word 00:18:26.620 --> 00:18:27.400 begotten. 00:18:28.180 --> 00:18:28.540 If you are 00:18:28.540 --> 00:18:29.100 a careful 00:18:29.100 --> 00:18:29.640 listener 00:18:29.640 --> 00:18:30.820 perhaps you 00:18:30.820 --> 00:18:31.259 heard the 00:18:31.259 --> 00:18:32.220 same word 00:18:32.220 --> 00:18:33.160 used in 00:18:33.160 --> 00:18:34.280 the Chalcedonian 00:18:34.280 --> 00:18:34.740 Creed 00:18:34.740 --> 00:18:35.540 although I 00:18:35.540 --> 00:18:36.200 imagine you 00:18:36.200 --> 00:18:37.240 glazed over 00:18:37.240 --> 00:18:37.740 as I was 00:18:37.740 --> 00:18:38.259 reading that. 00:18:38.520 --> 00:18:38.860 But maybe 00:18:38.860 --> 00:18:39.240 you heard 00:18:39.240 --> 00:18:39.680 that word 00:18:39.680 --> 00:18:40.420 found there 00:18:40.420 --> 00:18:41.720 as well. 00:18:42.720 --> 00:18:43.500 The challenge 00:18:43.500 --> 00:18:44.000 of the word 00:18:44.000 --> 00:18:44.380 is that it 00:18:44.380 --> 00:18:45.520 can mean 00:18:45.520 --> 00:18:46.800 to generate 00:18:46.800 --> 00:18:48.360 or create. 00:18:48.640 --> 00:18:49.200 It can 00:18:49.200 --> 00:18:49.820 mean just 00:18:49.820 --> 00:18:51.360 simply that. 00:18:51.440 --> 00:18:51.640 It could 00:18:51.640 --> 00:18:52.080 be said 00:18:52.080 --> 00:18:52.740 that my 00:18:52.740 --> 00:18:53.400 sons, 00:18:53.560 --> 00:18:53.960 my earthly 00:18:53.960 --> 00:18:54.520 sons are 00:18:54.520 --> 00:18:55.220 begotten. 00:18:55.300 --> 00:18:55.620 They were 00:18:55.620 --> 00:18:56.920 created. 00:18:58.140 --> 00:18:58.740 A misunderstanding 00:18:58.740 --> 00:19:00.340 here has 00:19:00.340 --> 00:19:01.560 led to all 00:19:01.560 --> 00:19:02.840 sorts of 00:19:02.840 --> 00:19:03.560 error 00:19:03.560 --> 00:19:05.000 concerning the 00:19:05.000 --> 00:19:05.580 incarnation. 00:19:06.380 --> 00:19:07.180 A lot of 00:19:07.180 --> 00:19:07.940 Greek words 00:19:07.940 --> 00:19:08.460 have a lot 00:19:08.460 --> 00:19:09.120 of elasticity 00:19:09.120 --> 00:19:09.600 to them. 00:19:09.640 --> 00:19:09.820 We have 00:19:09.820 --> 00:19:10.300 English words 00:19:10.300 --> 00:19:10.720 that are 00:19:10.720 --> 00:19:11.560 the very 00:19:11.560 --> 00:19:12.420 same. 00:19:13.120 --> 00:19:13.480 This 00:19:13.480 --> 00:19:14.240 Greek word 00:19:14.240 --> 00:19:15.240 can also 00:19:15.240 --> 00:19:15.880 mean 00:19:15.880 --> 00:19:17.360 unique, 00:19:17.359 --> 00:19:18.839 radically 00:19:18.839 --> 00:19:19.439 different, 00:19:19.839 --> 00:19:20.759 and without 00:19:20.759 --> 00:19:22.000 equal. 00:19:23.059 --> 00:19:23.899 So what 00:19:23.899 --> 00:19:24.579 John is 00:19:24.579 --> 00:19:25.219 doing 00:19:25.219 --> 00:19:25.979 is 00:19:25.979 --> 00:19:26.859 distinguishing 00:19:26.859 --> 00:19:27.699 Jesus 00:19:27.699 --> 00:19:29.959 as the 00:19:29.959 --> 00:19:31.039 Son of 00:19:31.039 --> 00:19:31.639 God 00:19:31.639 --> 00:19:33.099 from others 00:19:33.099 --> 00:19:34.659 who by 00:19:34.659 --> 00:19:35.740 faith will 00:19:35.740 --> 00:19:36.519 be called 00:19:36.519 --> 00:19:37.859 Sons of 00:19:37.859 --> 00:19:39.039 God. 00:19:39.679 --> 00:19:40.699 I can't 00:19:40.699 --> 00:19:41.119 remember which 00:19:41.119 --> 00:19:41.679 song it was 00:19:41.679 --> 00:19:42.319 but we sang a 00:19:42.319 --> 00:19:43.179 song just 00:19:43.179 --> 00:19:44.299 earlier this 00:19:44.299 --> 00:19:44.879 morning about 00:19:44.880 --> 00:19:45.540 being called 00:19:45.540 --> 00:19:47.160 children of 00:19:47.160 --> 00:19:47.420 God. 00:19:47.520 --> 00:19:48.180 By faith 00:19:48.180 --> 00:19:48.800 that's what's 00:19:48.800 --> 00:19:49.200 accomplished. 00:19:49.740 --> 00:19:49.960 We, 00:19:50.380 --> 00:19:51.000 believing in 00:19:51.000 --> 00:19:51.660 the Son of 00:19:51.660 --> 00:19:52.000 God, 00:19:52.480 --> 00:19:53.020 have the 00:19:53.020 --> 00:19:53.580 privilege of 00:19:53.580 --> 00:19:54.640 being adopted 00:19:54.640 --> 00:19:56.300 sons of 00:19:56.300 --> 00:19:56.500 God. 00:19:56.560 --> 00:19:56.840 And ladies, 00:19:56.940 --> 00:19:57.160 you want to 00:19:57.160 --> 00:19:57.560 be sons of 00:19:57.560 --> 00:19:57.900 God because 00:19:57.900 --> 00:19:58.220 you want 00:19:58.220 --> 00:19:59.320 inheritance in 00:19:59.320 --> 00:19:59.560 him. 00:19:59.660 --> 00:20:00.340 The language 00:20:00.340 --> 00:20:00.940 is communicating 00:20:00.940 --> 00:20:02.120 to us. 00:20:02.200 --> 00:20:02.440 But we 00:20:02.440 --> 00:20:03.160 will never 00:20:03.160 --> 00:20:04.460 possess the 00:20:04.460 --> 00:20:05.240 status that 00:20:05.240 --> 00:20:06.600 he possesses. 00:20:06.780 --> 00:20:07.680 He is 00:20:07.680 --> 00:20:08.700 unique, 00:20:09.160 --> 00:20:09.700 radically 00:20:09.700 --> 00:20:10.160 different, 00:20:10.360 --> 00:20:10.840 and without 00:20:10.840 --> 00:20:11.480 equal. 00:20:11.580 --> 00:20:12.560 He is the 00:20:12.559 --> 00:20:13.940 Son of 00:20:13.940 --> 00:20:14.200 God. 00:20:14.259 --> 00:20:14.480 And when 00:20:14.480 --> 00:20:14.879 you see 00:20:14.879 --> 00:20:15.559 that word 00:20:15.559 --> 00:20:16.319 begotten, 00:20:16.500 --> 00:20:17.000 that's what 00:20:17.000 --> 00:20:17.179 it's 00:20:17.179 --> 00:20:17.679 communicating 00:20:17.679 --> 00:20:18.859 to us. 00:20:18.960 --> 00:20:19.259 Not that 00:20:19.259 --> 00:20:19.559 he was 00:20:19.559 --> 00:20:20.220 created, 00:20:20.779 --> 00:20:21.579 but that 00:20:21.579 --> 00:20:22.859 as he 00:20:22.859 --> 00:20:23.460 is God 00:20:23.460 --> 00:20:24.200 the Son, 00:20:24.319 --> 00:20:24.599 he is 00:20:24.599 --> 00:20:25.059 different. 00:20:25.179 --> 00:20:25.700 That title 00:20:25.700 --> 00:20:26.099 is not 00:20:26.099 --> 00:20:26.579 given to 00:20:26.579 --> 00:20:27.099 anybody 00:20:27.099 --> 00:20:28.720 else in 00:20:28.720 --> 00:20:29.359 that way. 00:20:31.339 --> 00:20:31.639 And John 00:20:31.639 --> 00:20:32.220 goes on, 00:20:32.339 --> 00:20:33.179 just after 00:20:33.179 --> 00:20:33.500 this, 00:20:33.659 --> 00:20:34.159 to say 00:20:34.159 --> 00:20:35.619 that he 00:20:35.619 --> 00:20:36.440 is full 00:20:36.440 --> 00:20:37.379 of grace 00:20:37.379 --> 00:20:39.299 and truth. 00:20:40.019 --> 00:20:40.759 More on 00:20:40.759 --> 00:20:42.099 this in a 00:20:42.099 --> 00:20:42.279 minute, 00:20:42.279 --> 00:20:42.819 that Jesus 00:20:42.819 --> 00:20:43.279 is the 00:20:43.279 --> 00:20:44.119 full 00:20:44.119 --> 00:20:44.680 expression 00:20:44.680 --> 00:20:45.259 of God's 00:20:45.259 --> 00:20:45.599 grace 00:20:45.599 --> 00:20:46.079 and the 00:20:46.079 --> 00:20:46.539 necessary 00:20:46.539 --> 00:20:47.000 truth 00:20:47.000 --> 00:20:47.299 for us 00:20:47.299 --> 00:20:47.599 to place 00:20:47.599 --> 00:20:48.079 our faith 00:20:48.079 --> 00:20:48.399 in and 00:20:48.399 --> 00:20:49.119 be saved. 00:20:49.420 --> 00:20:49.660 It's 00:20:49.660 --> 00:20:50.359 found in 00:20:50.359 --> 00:20:50.579 his 00:20:50.579 --> 00:20:51.039 person 00:20:51.039 --> 00:20:51.500 and 00:20:51.500 --> 00:20:51.980 his 00:20:51.980 --> 00:20:52.940 work. 00:20:53.059 --> 00:20:53.099 We 00:20:53.099 --> 00:20:53.299 need 00:20:53.299 --> 00:20:53.460 not 00:20:53.460 --> 00:20:53.660 look 00:20:53.660 --> 00:20:54.059 further. 00:20:54.619 --> 00:20:54.940 Jesus, 00:20:55.680 --> 00:20:56.240 full 00:20:56.240 --> 00:20:56.639 of 00:20:56.639 --> 00:20:56.980 grace 00:20:56.980 --> 00:20:58.000 and 00:20:58.000 --> 00:20:58.319 truth. 00:20:59.559 --> 00:20:59.940 Second 00:20:59.940 --> 00:21:00.220 point, 00:21:00.740 --> 00:21:01.200 the witness 00:21:01.200 --> 00:21:01.759 to the 00:21:01.759 --> 00:21:02.200 incarnation. 00:21:02.680 --> 00:21:03.079 Very 00:21:03.079 --> 00:21:03.519 briefly, 00:21:04.539 --> 00:21:04.899 we see 00:21:04.899 --> 00:21:05.759 this insertion, 00:21:05.960 --> 00:21:06.559 verse 15, 00:21:06.700 --> 00:21:07.099 John bore 00:21:07.099 --> 00:21:07.680 witness about 00:21:07.680 --> 00:21:07.940 him and 00:21:07.940 --> 00:21:08.460 cried out, 00:21:08.539 --> 00:21:08.779 this was 00:21:08.779 --> 00:21:09.259 he of 00:21:09.259 --> 00:21:09.599 whom I 00:21:09.599 --> 00:21:10.019 said, 00:21:10.420 --> 00:21:10.920 he who 00:21:10.920 --> 00:21:11.480 comes after 00:21:11.480 --> 00:21:12.059 me ranks 00:21:12.059 --> 00:21:12.680 before me 00:21:12.680 --> 00:21:13.380 because he 00:21:13.380 --> 00:21:15.319 was before 00:21:15.319 --> 00:21:15.640 me. 00:21:16.480 --> 00:21:17.099 John the 00:21:17.099 --> 00:21:18.420 apostle inserts 00:21:18.420 --> 00:21:19.640 this parenthetical 00:21:19.640 --> 00:21:21.099 about John the 00:21:21.099 --> 00:21:22.160 Baptist bearing 00:21:22.160 --> 00:21:23.039 witness to the 00:21:23.039 --> 00:21:23.940 fact that Jesus 00:21:23.940 --> 00:21:25.400 is the 00:21:25.400 --> 00:21:25.839 Christ. 00:21:26.660 --> 00:21:27.460 This, I 00:21:27.460 --> 00:21:28.339 think, is a 00:21:28.339 --> 00:21:29.240 summary of the 00:21:29.240 --> 00:21:29.720 witness that 00:21:29.720 --> 00:21:30.400 will be detailed 00:21:30.400 --> 00:21:31.140 more fully 00:21:31.140 --> 00:21:31.799 beginning in 00:21:31.799 --> 00:21:33.440 verse 19, 00:21:33.680 --> 00:21:34.779 so we don't 00:21:34.779 --> 00:21:35.920 need to spend 00:21:35.920 --> 00:21:36.299 much of our 00:21:36.299 --> 00:21:37.000 precious time 00:21:37.000 --> 00:21:37.799 here this 00:21:37.799 --> 00:21:38.180 morning. 00:21:38.180 --> 00:21:40.220 something worth 00:21:40.220 --> 00:21:40.880 noting, 00:21:41.220 --> 00:21:41.460 though. 00:21:42.460 --> 00:21:43.080 When John 00:21:43.080 --> 00:21:43.660 the apostle 00:21:43.660 --> 00:21:44.279 wrote his 00:21:44.279 --> 00:21:44.779 gospel, 00:21:45.620 --> 00:21:45.920 there was 00:21:45.920 --> 00:21:46.680 still a 00:21:46.680 --> 00:21:47.420 group that 00:21:47.420 --> 00:21:48.779 claimed John 00:21:48.779 --> 00:21:49.420 the Baptist 00:21:49.420 --> 00:21:50.620 as the 00:21:50.620 --> 00:21:51.060 Messiah. 00:21:51.440 --> 00:21:51.960 It wasn't a 00:21:51.960 --> 00:21:52.960 very large 00:21:52.960 --> 00:21:53.759 group as far 00:21:53.759 --> 00:21:54.220 as we can 00:21:54.220 --> 00:21:54.680 tell, but 00:21:54.680 --> 00:21:55.019 there was 00:21:55.019 --> 00:21:57.440 still a 00:21:57.440 --> 00:21:58.000 John the 00:21:58.000 --> 00:21:58.960 Baptist cult 00:21:58.960 --> 00:22:00.160 out there. 00:22:01.340 --> 00:22:01.660 So John 00:22:01.660 --> 00:22:02.220 seems to be 00:22:02.220 --> 00:22:02.940 addressing that 00:22:02.940 --> 00:22:03.560 here at the 00:22:03.560 --> 00:22:04.360 very beginning 00:22:04.360 --> 00:22:05.539 of this 00:22:05.539 --> 00:22:05.960 account. 00:22:06.900 --> 00:22:07.320 John makes 00:22:07.319 --> 00:22:08.859 clear in 00:22:08.859 --> 00:22:09.359 verses 7 00:22:09.359 --> 00:22:09.639 and 8 00:22:09.639 --> 00:22:10.059 that John 00:22:10.059 --> 00:22:10.439 the Baptist 00:22:10.439 --> 00:22:11.439 was not 00:22:11.439 --> 00:22:12.059 the Christ. 00:22:12.179 --> 00:22:12.579 He was not 00:22:12.579 --> 00:22:13.159 the light. 00:22:13.639 --> 00:22:14.000 He came to 00:22:14.000 --> 00:22:14.480 bear witness 00:22:14.480 --> 00:22:15.179 about the 00:22:15.179 --> 00:22:15.539 light. 00:22:16.439 --> 00:22:16.720 And he 00:22:16.720 --> 00:22:17.319 does so 00:22:17.319 --> 00:22:18.039 again here 00:22:18.039 --> 00:22:18.379 in verse 00:22:18.379 --> 00:22:18.960 15, but 00:22:18.960 --> 00:22:19.720 this time 00:22:19.720 --> 00:22:20.339 he does 00:22:20.339 --> 00:22:20.639 it in 00:22:20.639 --> 00:22:21.099 John's 00:22:21.099 --> 00:22:22.700 own words. 00:22:23.359 --> 00:22:24.259 So perhaps 00:22:24.259 --> 00:22:25.159 to some 00:22:25.159 --> 00:22:26.740 of these 00:22:26.740 --> 00:22:27.299 John the 00:22:27.299 --> 00:22:27.639 Baptist 00:22:27.639 --> 00:22:28.319 followers 00:22:28.319 --> 00:22:28.919 of the 00:22:28.919 --> 00:22:29.240 day, 00:22:29.359 --> 00:22:29.819 they may 00:22:29.819 --> 00:22:30.279 have taken 00:22:30.279 --> 00:22:31.439 up this 00:22:31.439 --> 00:22:32.379 writing and 00:22:32.379 --> 00:22:32.960 seen that 00:22:32.960 --> 00:22:34.000 John himself 00:22:34.000 --> 00:22:34.720 said, 00:22:34.960 --> 00:22:35.279 John the 00:22:35.279 --> 00:22:35.579 Baptist, 00:22:36.279 --> 00:22:36.720 this was 00:22:36.720 --> 00:22:37.559 he of 00:22:37.559 --> 00:22:37.900 whom I 00:22:37.900 --> 00:22:38.240 said, 00:22:38.339 --> 00:22:38.660 he who 00:22:38.660 --> 00:22:39.519 comes after 00:22:39.519 --> 00:22:40.539 me ranks 00:22:40.539 --> 00:22:41.460 before me 00:22:41.460 --> 00:22:42.440 because he 00:22:42.440 --> 00:22:44.559 was before 00:22:44.559 --> 00:22:44.900 me. 00:22:45.140 --> 00:22:45.779 The one 00:22:45.779 --> 00:22:46.039 whose 00:22:46.039 --> 00:22:47.140 ministry 00:22:47.140 --> 00:22:48.819 starts after 00:22:48.819 --> 00:22:49.880 my ministry 00:22:49.880 --> 00:22:51.259 is actually 00:22:51.259 --> 00:22:52.720 greater than 00:22:52.720 --> 00:22:53.839 me. 00:22:54.900 --> 00:22:55.259 John the 00:22:55.259 --> 00:22:55.460 Baptist 00:22:55.460 --> 00:22:56.299 acknowledged 00:22:56.299 --> 00:22:57.039 the supremacy 00:22:57.039 --> 00:22:57.660 of Jesus 00:22:57.660 --> 00:22:59.079 Christ and 00:22:59.079 --> 00:22:59.880 boldly 00:22:59.880 --> 00:23:00.740 proclaimed so 00:23:00.740 --> 00:23:02.120 by appealing 00:23:02.120 --> 00:23:02.920 to his 00:23:02.920 --> 00:23:03.819 eternal 00:23:03.819 --> 00:23:05.600 preexistence. 00:23:05.599 --> 00:23:07.299 Jesus was 00:23:07.299 --> 00:23:08.599 born six 00:23:08.599 --> 00:23:09.199 months after 00:23:09.199 --> 00:23:09.500 John. 00:23:10.339 --> 00:23:10.879 So he 00:23:10.879 --> 00:23:11.399 can't possibly 00:23:11.399 --> 00:23:11.799 be referring 00:23:11.799 --> 00:23:12.219 to their 00:23:12.219 --> 00:23:13.219 birth order. 00:23:13.899 --> 00:23:14.139 He 00:23:14.139 --> 00:23:14.879 recognizes 00:23:14.879 --> 00:23:16.199 that Jesus 00:23:16.199 --> 00:23:17.759 is the 00:23:17.759 --> 00:23:18.419 eternal 00:23:18.419 --> 00:23:20.139 God. 00:23:20.319 --> 00:23:20.500 So I 00:23:20.500 --> 00:23:21.079 think John 00:23:21.079 --> 00:23:21.980 the apostle 00:23:21.980 --> 00:23:22.379 is being 00:23:22.379 --> 00:23:22.839 careful 00:23:22.839 --> 00:23:23.719 inserting that 00:23:23.719 --> 00:23:25.019 here at 00:23:25.019 --> 00:23:26.199 this point 00:23:26.199 --> 00:23:26.519 and he 00:23:26.519 --> 00:23:27.179 takes back 00:23:27.179 --> 00:23:27.539 up what 00:23:27.539 --> 00:23:27.859 he's trying 00:23:27.859 --> 00:23:28.259 to teach 00:23:28.259 --> 00:23:29.079 us of 00:23:29.079 --> 00:23:30.159 Christ. 00:23:30.339 --> 00:23:30.559 In our 00:23:30.559 --> 00:23:31.779 third point, 00:23:31.779 --> 00:23:32.519 the 00:23:32.519 --> 00:23:33.399 accomplishment 00:23:33.399 --> 00:23:35.079 of the 00:23:35.079 --> 00:23:35.639 incarnation. 00:23:36.720 --> 00:23:37.519 There is so 00:23:37.519 --> 00:23:37.799 much to 00:23:37.799 --> 00:23:38.299 unpack here. 00:23:38.399 --> 00:23:38.960 Here is 00:23:38.960 --> 00:23:39.079 what we 00:23:39.079 --> 00:23:39.160 are going 00:23:39.160 --> 00:23:39.379 to do. 00:23:39.980 --> 00:23:40.259 It is 00:23:40.259 --> 00:23:40.539 almost 00:23:40.539 --> 00:23:40.980 noon. 00:23:42.599 --> 00:23:42.879 We are 00:23:42.879 --> 00:23:42.980 going to 00:23:42.980 --> 00:23:43.180 do a 00:23:43.180 --> 00:23:43.680 part two 00:23:43.680 --> 00:23:44.200 of John 00:23:44.200 --> 00:23:44.819 chapter 1 00:23:44.819 --> 00:23:45.720 verse 14 00:23:45.720 --> 00:23:46.279 through 18 00:23:46.279 --> 00:23:47.740 because I 00:23:47.740 --> 00:23:47.980 don't want 00:23:47.980 --> 00:23:48.279 to rush 00:23:48.279 --> 00:23:48.819 through this. 00:23:49.700 --> 00:23:50.379 It's way 00:23:50.379 --> 00:23:50.920 too good 00:23:50.920 --> 00:23:51.379 to rush 00:23:51.379 --> 00:23:51.619 through it. 00:23:51.639 --> 00:23:51.899 I want to 00:23:51.899 --> 00:23:52.519 carefully show 00:23:52.519 --> 00:23:53.299 you why 00:23:53.299 --> 00:23:53.480 the 00:23:53.480 --> 00:23:54.039 incarnation, 00:23:54.319 --> 00:23:55.000 the proper 00:23:55.000 --> 00:23:55.539 understanding 00:23:55.539 --> 00:23:55.899 of it 00:23:55.899 --> 00:23:56.960 matters for 00:23:56.960 --> 00:23:57.619 all of the 00:23:57.619 --> 00:23:58.379 work that 00:23:58.379 --> 00:23:59.220 it accomplishes 00:23:59.220 --> 00:24:00.120 on our 00:24:00.120 --> 00:24:00.579 behalf. 00:24:01.120 --> 00:24:01.460 Let me 00:24:01.460 --> 00:24:02.059 try to 00:24:02.059 --> 00:24:02.299 give you 00:24:02.299 --> 00:24:02.660 a really 00:24:02.660 --> 00:24:03.059 quick. 00:24:04.460 --> 00:24:05.039 I'll do 00:24:05.039 --> 00:24:05.460 a brief. 00:24:06.339 --> 00:24:06.799 Let's 00:24:06.799 --> 00:24:07.180 focus in 00:24:07.180 --> 00:24:07.480 on verse 00:24:07.480 --> 00:24:08.160 17 for 00:24:08.160 --> 00:24:08.500 just a 00:24:08.500 --> 00:24:08.799 moment. 00:24:10.400 --> 00:24:10.740 John 00:24:10.740 --> 00:24:11.019 says, 00:24:11.120 --> 00:24:11.640 the law 00:24:11.640 --> 00:24:12.220 was given 00:24:12.220 --> 00:24:13.279 through 00:24:13.279 --> 00:24:14.480 Moses. 00:24:15.559 --> 00:24:16.000 Grace 00:24:16.000 --> 00:24:16.940 and truth 00:24:16.940 --> 00:24:17.640 came 00:24:17.640 --> 00:24:18.700 through 00:24:18.700 --> 00:24:18.980 Jesus 00:24:18.980 --> 00:24:19.420 Christ. 00:24:19.579 --> 00:24:20.160 Two 00:24:20.160 --> 00:24:20.640 characters 00:24:20.640 --> 00:24:21.120 bringing 00:24:21.120 --> 00:24:21.960 different 00:24:21.960 --> 00:24:22.640 things 00:24:22.640 --> 00:24:23.500 to the 00:24:23.500 --> 00:24:23.839 table. 00:24:24.400 --> 00:24:24.860 The law 00:24:24.860 --> 00:24:25.200 is given 00:24:25.200 --> 00:24:25.440 through 00:24:25.440 --> 00:24:26.160 Moses to 00:24:26.160 --> 00:24:26.620 bring about 00:24:26.620 --> 00:24:27.600 the conviction 00:24:27.600 --> 00:24:28.720 of sin 00:24:28.720 --> 00:24:29.559 not the 00:24:29.559 --> 00:24:30.000 salvation 00:24:30.000 --> 00:24:31.079 of souls. 00:24:31.720 --> 00:24:32.299 We'll 00:24:32.299 --> 00:24:32.759 unpack that 00:24:32.759 --> 00:24:33.360 more next 00:24:33.360 --> 00:24:33.600 week. 00:24:33.700 --> 00:24:33.940 The law 00:24:33.940 --> 00:24:34.740 comes to 00:24:34.740 --> 00:24:35.079 bring about 00:24:35.079 --> 00:24:35.759 the conviction 00:24:35.759 --> 00:24:36.299 of sin, 00:24:36.700 --> 00:24:37.019 show us 00:24:37.019 --> 00:24:37.960 our need 00:24:37.960 --> 00:24:38.720 of salvation, 00:24:39.180 --> 00:24:39.880 our need 00:24:39.880 --> 00:24:40.299 of a 00:24:40.299 --> 00:24:40.660 Savior. 00:24:41.200 --> 00:24:41.420 Jesus 00:24:41.420 --> 00:24:42.059 Christ 00:24:42.059 --> 00:24:43.480 is that 00:24:43.480 --> 00:24:44.400 Savior. 00:24:44.680 --> 00:24:45.039 It's meant 00:24:45.039 --> 00:24:45.839 to aim 00:24:45.839 --> 00:24:46.700 us at 00:24:46.700 --> 00:24:47.019 him. 00:24:47.819 --> 00:24:48.140 Here's a 00:24:48.140 --> 00:24:48.460 text that 00:24:48.460 --> 00:24:48.720 may help 00:24:48.720 --> 00:24:49.220 us understand 00:24:49.220 --> 00:24:49.480 that. 00:24:49.799 --> 00:24:49.940 Paul 00:24:49.940 --> 00:24:50.279 writes in 00:24:50.279 --> 00:24:50.680 Galatians 00:24:50.680 --> 00:24:51.480 chapter 3 00:24:51.480 --> 00:24:52.539 verse 23 00:24:52.539 --> 00:24:53.380 through 26, 00:24:53.819 --> 00:24:54.299 Now before 00:24:54.299 --> 00:24:55.600 faith came, 00:24:56.279 --> 00:24:56.519 we were 00:24:56.519 --> 00:24:57.620 held captive 00:24:57.620 --> 00:24:58.299 under the 00:24:58.299 --> 00:24:58.579 law. 00:24:58.720 --> 00:24:59.640 imprisoned 00:24:59.640 --> 00:25:00.319 until the 00:25:00.319 --> 00:25:00.740 coming 00:25:00.740 --> 00:25:01.559 faith 00:25:01.559 --> 00:25:02.360 would be 00:25:02.360 --> 00:25:03.360 revealed. 00:25:03.700 --> 00:25:04.420 So then, 00:25:04.460 --> 00:25:04.799 he says in 00:25:04.799 --> 00:25:05.420 verse 24, 00:25:05.920 --> 00:25:06.440 the law 00:25:06.440 --> 00:25:06.940 was our 00:25:06.940 --> 00:25:07.680 guardian 00:25:07.680 --> 00:25:08.480 until 00:25:08.480 --> 00:25:09.680 Christ 00:25:09.680 --> 00:25:10.600 came. 00:25:10.779 --> 00:25:11.059 And the 00:25:11.059 --> 00:25:11.640 picture of 00:25:11.640 --> 00:25:12.160 guardian is 00:25:12.160 --> 00:25:12.460 like a 00:25:12.460 --> 00:25:13.360 schoolmaster 00:25:13.360 --> 00:25:13.759 meant to 00:25:13.759 --> 00:25:14.220 teach us 00:25:14.220 --> 00:25:14.519 something. 00:25:14.880 --> 00:25:15.480 A guardian, 00:25:15.880 --> 00:25:16.400 this Greek 00:25:16.400 --> 00:25:16.740 word would 00:25:16.740 --> 00:25:16.940 have been 00:25:16.940 --> 00:25:17.440 used of 00:25:17.440 --> 00:25:18.360 a father, 00:25:18.460 --> 00:25:18.900 a wealthy 00:25:18.900 --> 00:25:19.380 father, 00:25:19.700 --> 00:25:20.539 hiring somebody 00:25:20.539 --> 00:25:20.940 kind of like 00:25:20.940 --> 00:25:21.460 a tutor 00:25:21.460 --> 00:25:22.279 for his 00:25:22.279 --> 00:25:22.880 son. 00:25:23.220 --> 00:25:23.500 Like while 00:25:23.500 --> 00:25:23.799 he's a 00:25:23.799 --> 00:25:24.240 child, 00:25:24.500 --> 00:25:24.799 he's meant 00:25:24.799 --> 00:25:25.240 to help 00:25:25.240 --> 00:25:25.500 him, 00:25:25.900 --> 00:25:26.140 nudge 00:25:26.140 --> 00:25:26.620 him along, 00:25:26.960 --> 00:25:27.600 take him 00:25:27.599 --> 00:25:28.339 towards 00:25:28.339 --> 00:25:29.319 manhood. 00:25:29.519 --> 00:25:30.039 That's the 00:25:30.039 --> 00:25:31.339 unpacking of 00:25:31.339 --> 00:25:32.099 that word 00:25:32.099 --> 00:25:33.079 in brief. 00:25:33.159 --> 00:25:33.419 So the 00:25:33.419 --> 00:25:34.299 law serves 00:25:34.299 --> 00:25:35.899 as that 00:25:35.899 --> 00:25:36.839 for us, 00:25:37.339 --> 00:25:37.879 pushes us 00:25:37.879 --> 00:25:38.299 toward, 00:25:38.639 --> 00:25:39.099 shows us 00:25:39.099 --> 00:25:39.879 our need 00:25:39.879 --> 00:25:41.679 of Christ. 00:25:41.939 --> 00:25:42.299 The rest of 00:25:42.299 --> 00:25:42.740 verse 24 00:25:42.740 --> 00:25:43.079 says, 00:25:43.199 --> 00:25:43.759 in order 00:25:43.759 --> 00:25:44.199 that we 00:25:44.199 --> 00:25:44.659 might be 00:25:44.659 --> 00:25:45.240 justified 00:25:45.240 --> 00:25:47.679 by faith. 00:25:48.059 --> 00:25:49.240 The law 00:25:49.240 --> 00:25:49.539 being 00:25:49.539 --> 00:25:50.579 insufficient 00:25:50.579 --> 00:25:51.500 to save 00:25:51.500 --> 00:25:51.759 us, 00:25:51.819 --> 00:25:52.399 but showing 00:25:52.399 --> 00:25:52.839 us our 00:25:52.839 --> 00:25:53.500 need of 00:25:53.500 --> 00:25:54.119 salvation, 00:25:54.819 --> 00:25:55.399 it could 00:25:55.399 --> 00:25:55.619 never 00:25:55.619 --> 00:25:56.299 justify us. 00:25:56.319 --> 00:25:56.779 How are 00:25:56.779 --> 00:25:57.199 we to be 00:25:57.199 --> 00:25:57.980 justified, 00:25:58.220 --> 00:25:58.740 declared 00:25:58.740 --> 00:25:59.480 righteous 00:25:59.480 --> 00:26:00.279 before God, 00:26:00.599 --> 00:26:01.119 restored to 00:26:01.119 --> 00:26:01.619 relationship 00:26:01.619 --> 00:26:02.460 with him, 00:26:02.659 --> 00:26:03.139 saved from 00:26:03.139 --> 00:26:03.519 the penalty 00:26:03.519 --> 00:26:04.139 of our 00:26:04.139 --> 00:26:04.419 sin, 00:26:04.740 --> 00:26:05.419 delivered to 00:26:05.419 --> 00:26:06.839 life forever 00:26:06.839 --> 00:26:09.919 by faith. 00:26:10.359 --> 00:26:11.079 By faith, 00:26:11.399 --> 00:26:12.559 believing in 00:26:12.559 --> 00:26:13.039 the person 00:26:13.039 --> 00:26:14.299 and work 00:26:14.299 --> 00:26:15.359 of Christ. 00:26:15.519 --> 00:26:16.019 So verse 25 00:26:16.019 --> 00:26:16.279 says, 00:26:16.359 --> 00:26:17.000 but now that 00:26:17.000 --> 00:26:17.519 faith has 00:26:17.519 --> 00:26:17.980 come, 00:26:17.980 --> 00:26:18.720 we are no 00:26:18.720 --> 00:26:19.860 longer under 00:26:19.860 --> 00:26:20.579 a guardian, 00:26:21.099 --> 00:26:21.700 for in 00:26:21.700 --> 00:26:22.500 Christ Jesus 00:26:22.500 --> 00:26:23.799 you are all 00:26:23.799 --> 00:26:24.860 sons of 00:26:24.860 --> 00:26:25.279 God, 00:26:25.799 --> 00:26:26.360 lowercase 00:26:26.360 --> 00:26:27.099 sons of 00:26:27.099 --> 00:26:27.519 God, 00:26:28.220 --> 00:26:28.680 through 00:26:28.680 --> 00:26:30.299 faith. 00:26:30.779 --> 00:26:31.440 So the law 00:26:31.440 --> 00:26:31.900 was given 00:26:31.900 --> 00:26:33.120 through Moses. 00:26:33.799 --> 00:26:34.380 Grace and 00:26:34.380 --> 00:26:35.620 truth came 00:26:35.620 --> 00:26:36.920 through Jesus 00:26:36.920 --> 00:26:38.079 Christ. 00:26:38.960 --> 00:26:39.660 So I have 00:26:39.660 --> 00:26:40.480 up here with 00:26:40.480 --> 00:26:41.339 me in 00:26:41.339 --> 00:26:43.120 closing my 00:26:43.120 --> 00:26:43.799 two favorite 00:26:43.799 --> 00:26:44.220 books. 00:26:45.059 --> 00:26:46.000 The Bible 00:26:46.000 --> 00:26:46.640 is my first 00:26:46.640 --> 00:26:47.279 favorite book, 00:26:47.279 --> 00:26:47.319 book, 00:26:47.639 --> 00:26:47.879 and it 00:26:47.879 --> 00:26:48.899 is my 00:26:48.899 --> 00:26:49.139 favorite 00:26:49.139 --> 00:26:50.180 book in 00:26:50.180 --> 00:26:50.799 much, 00:26:50.920 --> 00:26:51.319 much higher 00:26:51.319 --> 00:26:51.700 order, 00:26:52.660 --> 00:26:53.519 infinitely higher 00:26:53.519 --> 00:26:54.220 order than 00:26:54.220 --> 00:26:54.879 the other 00:26:54.879 --> 00:26:55.220 book. 00:26:55.960 --> 00:26:56.720 It is God's 00:26:56.720 --> 00:26:57.460 inspired word. 00:26:57.660 --> 00:26:59.139 It is his 00:26:59.139 --> 00:27:00.240 word itself 00:27:00.240 --> 00:27:01.399 to us. 00:27:01.539 --> 00:27:02.299 This is to 00:27:02.299 --> 00:27:02.920 be treasured. 00:27:04.180 --> 00:27:05.299 I also like 00:27:05.299 --> 00:27:05.859 The Pilgrim's 00:27:05.859 --> 00:27:06.660 Progress by 00:27:06.660 --> 00:27:07.119 John Bunyan. 00:27:09.000 --> 00:27:10.059 Not nearly as 00:27:10.059 --> 00:27:11.559 much, but I do 00:27:11.559 --> 00:27:12.460 rather enjoy it. 00:27:12.599 --> 00:27:13.079 And if you've 00:27:13.079 --> 00:27:13.500 been around for 00:27:13.500 --> 00:27:14.319 very long, I 00:27:14.319 --> 00:27:15.160 often joke, I'll 00:27:15.160 --> 00:27:15.839 eventually read the 00:27:15.839 --> 00:27:16.500 entire thing to 00:27:16.500 --> 00:27:16.700 you. 00:27:17.279 --> 00:27:18.359 In little bits 00:27:18.359 --> 00:27:19.539 and pieces. 00:27:19.680 --> 00:27:19.960 If you're 00:27:19.960 --> 00:27:20.839 unfamiliar with 00:27:20.839 --> 00:27:21.799 it, it's such 00:27:21.799 --> 00:27:22.259 a work. 00:27:22.660 --> 00:27:23.039 It's so 00:27:23.039 --> 00:27:23.879 Bible rich. 00:27:23.980 --> 00:27:24.339 It's so 00:27:24.339 --> 00:27:25.740 very helpful. 00:27:26.660 --> 00:27:27.039 If you don't 00:27:27.039 --> 00:27:27.759 like allegory, 00:27:28.099 --> 00:27:28.779 don't do it. 00:27:30.420 --> 00:27:31.180 But I hope I 00:27:31.180 --> 00:27:31.799 can convince you 00:27:31.799 --> 00:27:32.599 to really, 00:27:32.759 --> 00:27:33.980 really love and 00:27:33.980 --> 00:27:36.200 appreciate this 00:27:36.200 --> 00:27:36.460 work. 00:27:36.539 --> 00:27:36.899 I want to read 00:27:36.899 --> 00:27:37.220 just a little 00:27:37.220 --> 00:27:37.619 bit of it to 00:27:37.619 --> 00:27:37.700 you. 00:27:37.759 --> 00:27:38.160 I think I've 00:27:38.160 --> 00:27:39.279 read this to 00:27:39.279 --> 00:27:40.460 you before, 00:27:40.599 --> 00:27:41.019 but I think 00:27:41.019 --> 00:27:42.680 this helps us 00:27:42.680 --> 00:27:44.259 think about the 00:27:44.259 --> 00:27:45.299 law being given 00:27:45.299 --> 00:27:46.019 through Moses 00:27:46.019 --> 00:27:47.419 and grace and 00:27:47.419 --> 00:27:48.039 truth coming 00:27:48.039 --> 00:27:48.599 through Jesus 00:27:48.599 --> 00:27:49.599 Christ. 00:27:49.819 --> 00:27:50.039 And so, 00:27:50.599 --> 00:27:50.940 there's an 00:27:50.940 --> 00:27:52.639 account, the 00:27:52.639 --> 00:27:53.119 main character's 00:27:53.119 --> 00:27:53.440 name is 00:27:53.440 --> 00:27:54.159 Christian and 00:27:54.159 --> 00:27:55.879 he meets a 00:27:55.879 --> 00:27:56.379 man named 00:27:56.379 --> 00:27:57.180 Faithful who 00:27:57.180 --> 00:27:57.700 travels with 00:27:57.700 --> 00:27:58.279 him for a 00:27:58.279 --> 00:27:59.180 portion of his 00:27:59.180 --> 00:27:59.960 journey. 00:28:00.220 --> 00:28:00.919 So hear this, 00:28:01.319 --> 00:28:01.879 Faithful is 00:28:01.879 --> 00:28:02.740 already a 00:28:02.740 --> 00:28:03.539 Christian in 00:28:03.539 --> 00:28:04.259 this allegory. 00:28:04.500 --> 00:28:05.019 He's already 00:28:05.019 --> 00:28:05.700 in Christ. 00:28:05.819 --> 00:28:06.460 He's repented 00:28:06.460 --> 00:28:08.639 and believed. 00:28:08.640 --> 00:28:09.720 And so, I 00:28:09.720 --> 00:28:10.340 don't want the 00:28:10.340 --> 00:28:10.740 point of this 00:28:10.740 --> 00:28:11.660 to be lost on 00:28:11.660 --> 00:28:12.200 somebody who 00:28:12.200 --> 00:28:13.140 has yet to 00:28:13.140 --> 00:28:13.920 do that, but 00:28:13.920 --> 00:28:15.259 the word here 00:28:15.259 --> 00:28:15.580 and the 00:28:15.580 --> 00:28:16.500 encouragement here 00:28:16.500 --> 00:28:17.280 is for that 00:28:17.280 --> 00:28:18.259 person who has 00:28:18.259 --> 00:28:18.860 repented and 00:28:18.860 --> 00:28:20.000 believed in 00:28:20.000 --> 00:28:21.100 Christ and 00:28:21.100 --> 00:28:23.040 yet, and 00:28:23.040 --> 00:28:24.259 yet, still 00:28:24.259 --> 00:28:25.380 been tempted 00:28:25.380 --> 00:28:25.820 by their 00:28:25.820 --> 00:28:26.720 flesh, right? 00:28:27.040 --> 00:28:28.700 Still has that 00:28:28.700 --> 00:28:29.980 word of Moses 00:28:29.980 --> 00:28:31.280 working in them 00:28:31.280 --> 00:28:32.300 to show them 00:28:32.300 --> 00:28:33.020 their 00:28:33.020 --> 00:28:34.480 wretchedness. 00:28:35.560 --> 00:28:36.380 And Faithful 00:28:36.380 --> 00:28:37.240 is recounting 00:28:37.240 --> 00:28:37.980 some of his 00:28:37.980 --> 00:28:39.880 journey to 00:28:39.880 --> 00:28:40.240 Christian. 00:28:40.359 --> 00:28:40.799 Both of them 00:28:40.799 --> 00:28:41.480 came to a 00:28:41.480 --> 00:28:43.099 hill called 00:28:43.099 --> 00:28:44.180 Difficulty. 00:28:44.599 --> 00:28:44.819 And in 00:28:44.819 --> 00:28:45.319 Christian on his 00:28:45.319 --> 00:28:45.779 journey, he 00:28:45.779 --> 00:28:46.539 fell asleep on 00:28:46.539 --> 00:28:46.759 that hill. 00:28:46.839 --> 00:28:47.240 He took a 00:28:47.240 --> 00:28:48.099 rest and he 00:28:48.099 --> 00:28:48.880 left behind a 00:28:48.880 --> 00:28:49.259 promise. 00:28:49.400 --> 00:28:49.779 He went on 00:28:49.779 --> 00:28:50.059 on his 00:28:50.059 --> 00:28:50.859 journey and 00:28:50.859 --> 00:28:51.319 had forgotten 00:28:51.319 --> 00:28:51.839 something and 00:28:51.839 --> 00:28:52.240 he had to go 00:28:52.240 --> 00:28:52.759 back and 00:28:52.759 --> 00:28:53.220 retrieve it. 00:28:53.279 --> 00:28:53.799 You'll see a 00:28:53.799 --> 00:28:54.900 little clue of 00:28:54.900 --> 00:28:56.059 that in here. 00:28:56.539 --> 00:28:57.380 But Faithful, 00:28:57.480 --> 00:28:58.319 before he goes 00:28:58.319 --> 00:28:59.000 up the hill 00:28:59.000 --> 00:29:00.720 called Difficulty, 00:29:01.980 --> 00:29:03.240 encounters a 00:29:03.240 --> 00:29:04.799 character by 00:29:04.799 --> 00:29:05.279 the name of 00:29:05.279 --> 00:29:06.599 Adam the 00:29:06.599 --> 00:29:07.120 First. 00:29:08.220 --> 00:29:08.640 And Adam 00:29:08.640 --> 00:29:09.019 the First 00:29:09.019 --> 00:29:09.900 lives in 00:29:09.900 --> 00:29:10.539 the town 00:29:10.539 --> 00:29:12.359 of deceit. 00:29:12.920 --> 00:29:13.259 And he 00:29:13.259 --> 00:29:13.640 tries to 00:29:13.640 --> 00:29:14.039 convince 00:29:14.039 --> 00:29:14.720 Faithful to 00:29:14.720 --> 00:29:15.599 come and 00:29:15.599 --> 00:29:16.819 work for 00:29:16.819 --> 00:29:17.120 him. 00:29:18.200 --> 00:29:18.779 And Faithful 00:29:18.779 --> 00:29:19.160 is tempted 00:29:19.160 --> 00:29:19.759 to do that 00:29:19.759 --> 00:29:20.299 very thing, 00:29:20.380 --> 00:29:20.980 but then he 00:29:20.980 --> 00:29:22.700 perceives that 00:29:22.700 --> 00:29:23.460 Adam the First 00:29:23.460 --> 00:29:23.900 is going to 00:29:23.900 --> 00:29:24.420 make him 00:29:24.420 --> 00:29:25.620 a slave. 00:29:26.359 --> 00:29:26.880 And so he 00:29:26.880 --> 00:29:27.799 flees from 00:29:27.799 --> 00:29:28.880 him, he 00:29:28.880 --> 00:29:29.420 doesn't do 00:29:29.420 --> 00:29:30.099 it, and 00:29:30.099 --> 00:29:30.920 he heads 00:29:30.920 --> 00:29:31.599 up the hill 00:29:31.599 --> 00:29:32.359 called 00:29:32.359 --> 00:29:33.380 Difficulty, 00:29:33.740 --> 00:29:34.220 saying, 00:29:34.380 --> 00:29:34.839 O wretched 00:29:34.839 --> 00:29:36.359 man, and 00:29:36.359 --> 00:29:36.859 he heads on 00:29:36.859 --> 00:29:37.899 up the 00:29:37.899 --> 00:29:38.119 hill. 00:29:38.199 --> 00:29:38.479 And then he 00:29:38.479 --> 00:29:39.059 says this, 00:29:39.299 --> 00:29:39.539 and I 00:29:39.539 --> 00:29:39.759 quote, 00:29:40.659 --> 00:29:41.279 Now when I 00:29:41.279 --> 00:29:41.659 had climbed 00:29:41.659 --> 00:29:42.279 about halfway 00:29:42.279 --> 00:29:42.699 up, I 00:29:42.699 --> 00:29:43.519 looked behind 00:29:43.519 --> 00:29:44.099 and saw 00:29:44.099 --> 00:29:45.079 someone coming 00:29:45.079 --> 00:29:45.659 after me, 00:29:46.079 --> 00:29:46.679 swift as 00:29:46.679 --> 00:29:47.339 the wind. 00:29:48.219 --> 00:29:48.799 Soon he 00:29:48.799 --> 00:29:49.719 overtook me 00:29:49.719 --> 00:29:50.579 just about 00:29:50.579 --> 00:29:51.219 the place 00:29:51.219 --> 00:29:52.139 where the 00:29:52.139 --> 00:29:53.039 arbor stands, 00:29:53.439 --> 00:29:53.839 and Krishna 00:29:53.839 --> 00:29:54.379 interjects, 00:29:54.379 --> 00:29:54.679 that is the 00:29:54.679 --> 00:29:55.079 place where I 00:29:55.079 --> 00:29:55.559 sat down to 00:29:55.559 --> 00:29:55.919 rest, fell 00:29:55.919 --> 00:29:56.479 asleep, and 00:29:56.479 --> 00:29:56.859 lost my 00:29:56.859 --> 00:29:57.159 scroll. 00:29:57.500 --> 00:29:57.839 And Faithful 00:29:57.839 --> 00:29:58.199 says, dear 00:29:58.199 --> 00:29:58.679 brother, hear 00:29:58.679 --> 00:29:59.139 me out. 00:29:59.140 --> 00:30:00.480 So as 00:30:00.480 --> 00:30:00.759 soon as 00:30:00.759 --> 00:30:01.120 the man 00:30:01.120 --> 00:30:01.600 overtook 00:30:01.600 --> 00:30:02.040 me, without 00:30:02.040 --> 00:30:02.960 saying a 00:30:02.960 --> 00:30:04.000 word, he 00:30:04.000 --> 00:30:04.800 struck me 00:30:04.800 --> 00:30:05.520 and knocked 00:30:05.520 --> 00:30:06.160 me down 00:30:06.160 --> 00:30:07.020 unconscious. 00:30:08.180 --> 00:30:08.620 When I 00:30:08.620 --> 00:30:09.300 came to, I 00:30:09.300 --> 00:30:10.020 asked him 00:30:10.020 --> 00:30:10.600 why he 00:30:10.600 --> 00:30:11.300 had thus 00:30:11.300 --> 00:30:12.259 assaulted 00:30:12.259 --> 00:30:12.560 me. 00:30:13.220 --> 00:30:13.920 He said 00:30:13.920 --> 00:30:14.120 that it 00:30:14.120 --> 00:30:14.520 was because 00:30:14.520 --> 00:30:15.000 of my 00:30:15.000 --> 00:30:15.520 secret 00:30:15.520 --> 00:30:16.440 inclination 00:30:16.440 --> 00:30:17.320 to follow 00:30:17.320 --> 00:30:17.940 Adam 00:30:17.940 --> 00:30:19.259 the first. 00:30:19.840 --> 00:30:20.220 And with 00:30:20.220 --> 00:30:20.540 that he 00:30:20.540 --> 00:30:21.040 struck me 00:30:21.040 --> 00:30:21.500 with another 00:30:21.500 --> 00:30:22.220 deadly blow 00:30:22.220 --> 00:30:22.560 on the 00:30:22.560 --> 00:30:23.020 chest and 00:30:23.020 --> 00:30:23.460 beat me 00:30:23.460 --> 00:30:23.700 down 00:30:23.700 --> 00:30:24.080 backward, 00:30:24.340 --> 00:30:24.620 and I 00:30:24.620 --> 00:30:25.240 lay at 00:30:25.240 --> 00:30:25.759 his feet 00:30:25.759 --> 00:30:26.400 as if 00:30:26.400 --> 00:30:27.240 I 00:30:27.240 --> 00:30:27.400 were 00:30:27.400 --> 00:30:27.800 dead. 00:30:28.600 --> 00:30:29.080 So here, 00:30:29.800 --> 00:30:30.340 this man 00:30:30.340 --> 00:30:30.840 overtakes 00:30:30.840 --> 00:30:32.080 him, knocks 00:30:32.080 --> 00:30:32.400 him down 00:30:32.400 --> 00:30:32.800 unconscious. 00:30:32.900 --> 00:30:33.080 When he 00:30:33.080 --> 00:30:33.620 comes to, he 00:30:33.620 --> 00:30:33.920 says, why 00:30:33.920 --> 00:30:34.380 did you do 00:30:34.380 --> 00:30:34.480 that? 00:30:34.500 --> 00:30:34.620 And he 00:30:34.620 --> 00:30:34.960 said, because 00:30:34.960 --> 00:30:35.259 you were 00:30:35.259 --> 00:30:36.440 tempted by 00:30:36.440 --> 00:30:36.740 sin. 00:30:38.380 --> 00:30:39.040 So when 00:30:39.040 --> 00:30:39.380 I came 00:30:39.380 --> 00:30:39.800 to, I 00:30:39.800 --> 00:30:40.640 cried to 00:30:40.640 --> 00:30:41.840 him for 00:30:41.840 --> 00:30:43.780 mercy, but 00:30:43.780 --> 00:30:44.900 he said, I 00:30:44.900 --> 00:30:45.740 do not know 00:30:45.740 --> 00:30:46.519 how to show 00:30:46.519 --> 00:30:46.940 mercy. 00:30:47.220 --> 00:30:47.540 And with 00:30:47.540 --> 00:30:47.940 that he 00:30:47.940 --> 00:30:48.480 knocked me 00:30:48.480 --> 00:30:49.100 down again. 00:30:49.340 --> 00:30:49.700 He would 00:30:49.700 --> 00:30:50.259 have beaten 00:30:50.259 --> 00:30:51.340 me to 00:30:51.340 --> 00:30:52.980 death, except 00:30:52.980 --> 00:30:54.220 one came 00:30:54.220 --> 00:30:55.660 by and told 00:30:55.660 --> 00:30:55.960 him, 00:30:56.400 --> 00:30:57.180 to stop. 00:30:58.019 --> 00:30:58.580 Now, I'm 00:30:58.580 --> 00:30:58.940 reading for 00:30:58.940 --> 00:30:59.240 you, and I 00:30:59.240 --> 00:30:59.460 know you 00:30:59.460 --> 00:30:59.840 can't see 00:30:59.840 --> 00:31:00.080 it, but 00:31:00.080 --> 00:31:00.380 in my 00:31:00.380 --> 00:31:01.460 copy, one 00:31:01.460 --> 00:31:02.519 is capitalized 00:31:02.519 --> 00:31:03.140 as a proper 00:31:03.140 --> 00:31:03.519 noun. 00:31:03.780 --> 00:31:04.940 One came 00:31:04.940 --> 00:31:06.240 by and 00:31:06.240 --> 00:31:06.840 told him 00:31:06.840 --> 00:31:08.259 to stop. 00:31:09.380 --> 00:31:09.740 So a 00:31:09.740 --> 00:31:10.259 Christian asked 00:31:10.259 --> 00:31:10.980 Faithful, who 00:31:10.980 --> 00:31:11.580 was it that 00:31:11.580 --> 00:31:12.700 told him to 00:31:12.700 --> 00:31:13.080 stop? 00:31:13.920 --> 00:31:14.560 Faithful went 00:31:14.560 --> 00:31:15.120 on, I did 00:31:15.120 --> 00:31:15.800 not recognize 00:31:15.800 --> 00:31:16.140 him at 00:31:16.140 --> 00:31:17.240 first, but 00:31:17.240 --> 00:31:17.500 as he 00:31:17.500 --> 00:31:18.920 went by, I 00:31:18.920 --> 00:31:19.320 saw the 00:31:19.320 --> 00:31:19.920 wounds in 00:31:19.920 --> 00:31:20.580 his hands 00:31:20.580 --> 00:31:21.640 and in 00:31:21.640 --> 00:31:22.240 his side. 00:31:23.019 --> 00:31:23.519 Then I 00:31:23.519 --> 00:31:24.500 concluded that 00:31:24.500 --> 00:31:25.860 he was our 00:31:25.860 --> 00:31:26.240 Lord. 00:31:27.200 --> 00:31:28.680 So, I 00:31:28.680 --> 00:31:29.620 continued up 00:31:29.620 --> 00:31:30.720 the hill. 00:31:32.180 --> 00:31:32.680 Christian then 00:31:32.680 --> 00:31:33.280 explained, the 00:31:33.280 --> 00:31:33.580 man who 00:31:33.580 --> 00:31:34.120 overtook you 00:31:34.120 --> 00:31:34.740 was Moses. 00:31:34.940 --> 00:31:35.340 He spares 00:31:35.340 --> 00:31:35.820 no one, and 00:31:35.820 --> 00:31:36.240 he does not 00:31:36.240 --> 00:31:36.759 know how to 00:31:36.759 --> 00:31:37.220 show mercy 00:31:37.220 --> 00:31:38.140 to anyone 00:31:38.140 --> 00:31:39.700 who transgresses 00:31:39.700 --> 00:31:40.600 his law. 00:31:41.560 --> 00:31:41.960 And Faithful 00:31:41.960 --> 00:31:42.600 said, I know 00:31:42.600 --> 00:31:43.420 that very well. 00:31:43.960 --> 00:31:44.420 It was not 00:31:44.420 --> 00:31:45.280 the first time 00:31:45.280 --> 00:31:46.120 that he had 00:31:46.120 --> 00:31:47.160 met with 00:31:47.160 --> 00:31:47.420 me. 00:31:48.780 --> 00:31:49.360 The law 00:31:49.360 --> 00:31:49.820 was given 00:31:49.820 --> 00:31:50.920 through Moses. 00:31:51.620 --> 00:31:52.560 Grace and 00:31:52.560 --> 00:31:53.700 truth came 00:31:53.700 --> 00:31:54.720 through Jesus 00:31:54.720 --> 00:31:55.799 Christ. 00:31:56.079 --> 00:31:56.720 Let's pray 00:31:56.720 --> 00:31:57.000 together. 00:31:57.000 --> 00:31:57.120 Let's 00:31:57.120 --> 00:31:57.000 pray together. 00:31:57.000 --> 00:31:57.120 Let's 00:31:57.120 --> 00:31:57.120 00:31:57.120 --> 00:31:57.120 00:31:57.120 --> 00:31:57.120 00:31:57.120 --> 00:31:57.120 00:31:57.120 --> 00:31:57.120 00:31:57.120 --> 00:31:57.120 00:31:57.120 --> 00:31:57.120 00:31:57.120 --> 00:31:57.120 00:31:57.120 --> 00:31:57.120 00:31:57.120 --> 00:31:57.120 00:31:57.120 --> 00:31:57.120 00:31:57.120 --> 00:31:57.120 00:31:57.120 --> 00:31:57.120 00:31:57.119 --> 00:32:27.099 Thank you.