WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.520 Please take out your copy of God's Word and turn to Acts chapter 13. 00:00:03.520 --> 00:00:12.459 Acts chapter 13, our text for today is verse 13 through verse 43. 00:00:14.080 --> 00:00:21.500 There is much talk today in the church concerning vision for the church. 00:00:22.559 --> 00:00:31.679 And that term is typically used, thinking of casting compelling dreams for the life of an organization. 00:00:31.679 --> 00:00:41.100 And most talk of vision casting begins with a reference to a particular verse, 00:00:41.200 --> 00:00:48.140 or I should say the first half of a particular verse, which is Proverbs 29.18. 00:00:49.200 --> 00:00:57.299 Most often quoted from the King James Version, where there is no vision, the people perish. 00:00:57.780 --> 00:01:00.460 You may be familiar with this. 00:01:01.679 --> 00:01:09.780 Rick Warren, who is the pastor of Saddleback Church in California and author of The Purpose Driven Life and other books that start with purpose driven. 00:01:10.420 --> 00:01:14.000 If you are a good Christian this morning, you may be wearing your purpose driven life boxers. 00:01:14.000 --> 00:01:17.079 said, 00:01:17.079 --> 00:01:21.079 My imagination influences my aspiration. 00:01:23.040 --> 00:01:26.040 In other words, your dreams determine your destiny. 00:01:27.219 --> 00:01:32.620 To accomplish anything, you must first have a mission, a goal, a hope, a vision. 00:01:32.780 --> 00:01:36.879 And then he quotes the first half of 29.18 from the King James Version. 00:01:36.879 --> 00:01:39.939 And without a vision, the people perish. 00:01:41.259 --> 00:01:46.920 Bill Hybels, the pastor of Willow Creek Community Church in Illinois, one of the largest attended churches in America, 00:01:47.379 --> 00:01:52.420 averages 24,000 in attendance each Sunday, wrote this. 00:01:52.619 --> 00:01:54.560 Proverbs 29.18 says, 00:01:54.560 --> 00:01:59.560 Where there is no vision, the people are unrestrained. 00:01:59.659 --> 00:02:00.260 He's getting closer. 00:02:00.820 --> 00:02:02.019 They can't focus. 00:02:03.200 --> 00:02:04.799 Can't reach their goal. 00:02:05.579 --> 00:02:07.240 Can't follow their dream. 00:02:08.539 --> 00:02:09.780 An older translation says, 00:02:10.020 --> 00:02:11.780 Without vision, the people perish. 00:02:11.900 --> 00:02:13.219 I've seen it with my own eyes. 00:02:13.300 --> 00:02:14.140 Without vision, 00:02:14.139 --> 00:02:20.119 people lose the vitality that makes them feel alive. 00:02:21.519 --> 00:02:24.419 The foreword to Andy Stanley's book, 00:02:24.679 --> 00:02:26.159 Making Vision Stick, 00:02:26.519 --> 00:02:28.079 reads as follows. 00:02:29.239 --> 00:02:32.679 Noted author and pastor Andy Stanley points out 00:02:32.679 --> 00:02:35.379 that if followers don't get the vision, 00:02:35.979 --> 00:02:38.179 it's because the leaders haven't delivered it. 00:02:38.919 --> 00:02:41.479 He reveals the three reasons vision doesn't stick, 00:02:41.479 --> 00:02:44.639 and then he delivers three ways to make vision stick, 00:02:44.840 --> 00:02:49.399 to make you a leader worth following. 00:02:51.019 --> 00:02:52.759 So we have to ask the question, 00:02:52.979 --> 00:02:57.239 is this fair use of Proverbs 29.18? 00:02:57.839 --> 00:03:01.139 And it is not. 00:03:02.599 --> 00:03:06.280 Proverbs 29.18 in the English Standard Version of the Bible 00:03:06.280 --> 00:03:08.620 and pretty much every other version of the Bible 00:03:08.620 --> 00:03:09.819 reads more like this, 00:03:09.819 --> 00:03:11.959 where there is no prophetic vision, 00:03:12.759 --> 00:03:16.359 the people cast off restraint. 00:03:17.459 --> 00:03:18.799 And the rest of the verse reads, 00:03:18.979 --> 00:03:22.299 But blessed is he who keeps the law. 00:03:23.239 --> 00:03:25.199 In fact, the last part of the King James Version, 00:03:25.299 --> 00:03:26.400 and let me say to you 00:03:26.400 --> 00:03:27.840 that the King James Version of the Bible 00:03:27.840 --> 00:03:29.439 is a good translation of the Bible. 00:03:29.599 --> 00:03:33.280 It gets much of it very, very right. 00:03:33.819 --> 00:03:35.759 But it's interesting that none of these men 00:03:35.759 --> 00:03:38.340 or anybody who references Proverbs 29.18 this way 00:03:38.340 --> 00:03:39.599 preaches from the King James Version, 00:03:39.599 --> 00:03:42.759 nor would suggest that you study from the King James Version. 00:03:43.219 --> 00:03:44.539 But even the King James Version, 00:03:44.659 --> 00:03:46.840 the rest of verse 18 says, 00:03:47.039 --> 00:03:52.879 But he that keepeth the law happy is he. 00:03:52.879 --> 00:03:58.840 And to rightly understand Proverbs 29.18 is to see 00:03:58.840 --> 00:04:01.060 that the Hebrew word for vision, 00:04:01.799 --> 00:04:05.680 more closely got at with the ESV translation, 00:04:05.859 --> 00:04:07.019 prophetic vision, 00:04:07.599 --> 00:04:11.199 means a word from God. 00:04:11.199 --> 00:04:15.560 So without a word from God, 00:04:15.759 --> 00:04:18.879 the people cast off restraint. 00:04:19.759 --> 00:04:22.879 Without a word from God to give guidance to the people of God, 00:04:22.939 --> 00:04:25.240 the people of God throw off restraint. 00:04:25.339 --> 00:04:26.139 They don't know where to go. 00:04:26.219 --> 00:04:27.019 They don't know what to do. 00:04:27.319 --> 00:04:29.019 And we know that's what it means 00:04:29.019 --> 00:04:31.000 because the rest of the verse says, 00:04:31.240 --> 00:04:34.439 But blessed, happy is he who keeps the what? 00:04:35.079 --> 00:04:36.579 The law, right? 00:04:36.579 --> 00:04:40.539 That's been given by the word of God. 00:04:42.039 --> 00:04:45.979 And so, what people need is the Scripture. 00:04:46.839 --> 00:04:51.560 What people need is the prophetic vision. 00:04:52.180 --> 00:04:53.860 People need to see Christ. 00:04:54.620 --> 00:04:58.719 Christ needs to be proclaimed to them by the Bible. 00:04:58.720 --> 00:05:02.820 That's why here we preach the Bible. 00:05:02.900 --> 00:05:04.340 And we do that humbly. 00:05:04.800 --> 00:05:06.620 And we do it by grace. 00:05:07.080 --> 00:05:10.080 It is with great fear and trembling 00:05:10.080 --> 00:05:14.280 that I even attempt to tell you what this book means. 00:05:14.820 --> 00:05:15.920 But we do that. 00:05:16.000 --> 00:05:19.100 We labor in that because we love you. 00:05:19.720 --> 00:05:22.100 Because we want what is best for you. 00:05:22.340 --> 00:05:24.460 We want your blessedness. 00:05:25.000 --> 00:05:25.440 Hear me. 00:05:25.540 --> 00:05:27.220 I don't want you to follow me. 00:05:27.220 --> 00:05:29.180 Don't follow me. 00:05:29.760 --> 00:05:31.000 Follow Christ. 00:05:31.820 --> 00:05:33.960 I'm only any good as a leader 00:05:33.960 --> 00:05:36.180 if I point you to Him. 00:05:36.820 --> 00:05:38.120 And how do we do this? 00:05:38.860 --> 00:05:40.040 We do it with the Bible. 00:05:41.740 --> 00:05:45.800 Today's text is Luke's first account 00:05:45.800 --> 00:05:47.460 of Paul's preaching. 00:05:48.260 --> 00:05:51.060 It is not the first time that Paul has preached. 00:05:51.580 --> 00:05:53.560 He's been preaching now for years. 00:05:53.820 --> 00:05:57.140 But it is the first record of his preaching. 00:05:57.800 --> 00:06:00.480 And it is Bible preaching. 00:06:00.660 --> 00:06:02.100 I want you to see that this morning. 00:06:02.340 --> 00:06:04.360 See the example in Paul the preacher. 00:06:04.780 --> 00:06:07.360 He preached the Bible. 00:06:08.440 --> 00:06:09.960 So again, our text is Acts 13. 00:06:10.960 --> 00:06:13.080 Verses 13-43. 00:06:13.079 --> 00:06:19.439 Now Paul and his companions set sail from Paphos 00:06:19.439 --> 00:06:22.159 and came to Perga in Pamphylia. 00:06:22.819 --> 00:06:25.939 And John left them and returned to Jerusalem. 00:06:26.659 --> 00:06:29.799 But they went on from Perga and came to Antioch in Pisidia. 00:06:30.519 --> 00:06:34.000 And on the Sabbath day, they went into the synagogue and sat down. 00:06:34.000 --> 00:06:37.459 After the reading from the law and the prophets, 00:06:37.639 --> 00:06:40.279 the rulers of the synagogue sent a message to them saying, 00:06:40.839 --> 00:06:44.899 Brothers, if you have any word of encouragement for the people, say it. 00:06:45.899 --> 00:06:49.199 So Paul stood up and motioning with his hands said, 00:06:49.639 --> 00:06:52.819 Men of Israel and you who fear God, listen. 00:06:52.819 --> 00:06:56.560 The God of this people, Israel, chose our fathers 00:06:56.560 --> 00:07:00.040 and made the people great during their stay in the land of Egypt. 00:07:00.579 --> 00:07:03.259 And with uplifted arm, he led them out of it. 00:07:03.819 --> 00:07:07.240 And for about 40 years, he put up with them in the wilderness. 00:07:08.040 --> 00:07:10.860 And after destroying seven nations in the land of Canaan, 00:07:11.199 --> 00:07:13.300 he gave them their land as an inheritance. 00:07:14.379 --> 00:07:16.399 All this took about 450 years. 00:07:16.399 --> 00:07:20.120 And after that, he gave them judges until Samuel the prophet. 00:07:21.079 --> 00:07:22.319 Then they asked for a king. 00:07:22.439 --> 00:07:24.539 And God gave them Saul, the son of Kish, 00:07:24.839 --> 00:07:27.739 a man of the tribe of Benjamin for 40 years. 00:07:28.459 --> 00:07:31.560 And when he had removed him, he raised up David to be their king, 00:07:31.620 --> 00:07:33.319 of whom he testified and said, 00:07:33.739 --> 00:07:36.159 I have found in David, the son of Jesse, 00:07:36.339 --> 00:07:39.259 a man after my heart who will do all my will. 00:07:40.179 --> 00:07:41.799 Of this man's offspring, 00:07:41.800 --> 00:07:47.139 God has brought to Israel a Savior, Jesus, as he promised. 00:07:48.060 --> 00:07:48.960 Before his coming, 00:07:49.199 --> 00:07:51.259 John had proclaimed a baptism of repentance 00:07:51.259 --> 00:07:52.800 to all the people of Israel. 00:07:53.400 --> 00:07:55.960 And as John was finishing his course, he said, 00:07:56.520 --> 00:07:58.300 What do you suppose that I am? 00:07:58.540 --> 00:07:59.439 I am not he. 00:07:59.860 --> 00:08:02.819 No, but behold, after me one is coming, 00:08:02.920 --> 00:08:06.280 the sandals of whose feet I am not worthy to untie. 00:08:07.379 --> 00:08:09.840 Brothers, sons of the family of Abraham, 00:08:09.839 --> 00:08:12.159 and those among you who fear God, 00:08:12.619 --> 00:08:15.719 to us has been sent the message of this salvation. 00:08:16.399 --> 00:08:18.659 For those who live in Jerusalem and their rulers, 00:08:18.959 --> 00:08:20.599 because they did not recognize him, 00:08:20.779 --> 00:08:22.699 nor understand the utterances of the prophets, 00:08:22.899 --> 00:08:23.919 which are read every Sabbath, 00:08:24.539 --> 00:08:26.699 fulfilled them by condemning him. 00:08:27.399 --> 00:08:30.099 And though they found in him no guilt worthy of death, 00:08:30.519 --> 00:08:32.480 they asked Pilate to have him executed. 00:08:33.299 --> 00:08:35.419 And when they had carried out all that was written of him, 00:08:35.419 --> 00:08:38.839 they took him down from the tree and laid him in a tomb. 00:08:39.840 --> 00:08:41.879 But God raised him from the dead. 00:08:42.280 --> 00:08:44.920 And for many days he appeared to those who had come up with him 00:08:44.920 --> 00:08:46.360 from Galilee to Jerusalem, 00:08:46.660 --> 00:08:49.080 who were now his witnesses to the people. 00:08:49.820 --> 00:08:51.360 And we bring you the good news 00:08:51.360 --> 00:08:53.080 that what God promised to the fathers, 00:08:53.519 --> 00:08:55.840 this he has fulfilled to us, their children, 00:08:56.240 --> 00:08:57.259 by raising Jesus. 00:08:57.960 --> 00:09:00.180 As also it is written in the second Psalm, 00:09:00.600 --> 00:09:03.360 You are my son, today I have begotten you. 00:09:03.680 --> 00:09:05.660 And as for the fact that he raised him from the dead, 00:09:05.659 --> 00:09:07.419 no more to return to corruption, 00:09:07.559 --> 00:09:08.899 he has spoken in this way, 00:09:09.399 --> 00:09:12.959 I will give you the holy and sure blessings of David. 00:09:13.980 --> 00:09:16.019 Therefore, he says also in another Psalm, 00:09:16.480 --> 00:09:18.959 You will not let your holy one see corruption. 00:09:19.659 --> 00:09:21.779 For David, after he had served the purpose of God 00:09:21.779 --> 00:09:22.740 in his own generation, 00:09:22.899 --> 00:09:24.740 fell asleep and was laid with his fathers 00:09:24.740 --> 00:09:26.079 and saw corruption. 00:09:26.559 --> 00:09:29.339 But he whom God raised up did not see corruption. 00:09:30.259 --> 00:09:31.720 Let it be known to you, therefore, brothers, 00:09:31.720 --> 00:09:34.000 that through this man forgiveness of sins 00:09:34.000 --> 00:09:35.500 is proclaimed to you. 00:09:35.840 --> 00:09:38.720 And by him, everyone who believes is freed 00:09:38.720 --> 00:09:41.340 from everything from which you could not be freed 00:09:41.340 --> 00:09:43.120 by the law of Moses. 00:09:44.060 --> 00:09:44.960 Beware, therefore, 00:09:45.620 --> 00:09:48.320 lest what is said in the prophets should come about. 00:09:48.980 --> 00:09:50.279 Look, you scoffers, 00:09:50.720 --> 00:09:52.300 be astounded and perish, 00:09:52.740 --> 00:09:54.460 for I am doing a work in your days, 00:09:54.519 --> 00:09:56.360 a work that you will not believe, 00:09:56.759 --> 00:09:58.759 even if one tells it to you. 00:09:58.759 --> 00:10:00.220 As they went out, 00:10:00.399 --> 00:10:01.759 the people begged that these things 00:10:01.759 --> 00:10:03.399 might be told them the next Sabbath. 00:10:03.919 --> 00:10:05.939 And after the meeting of the synagogue broke up, 00:10:06.080 --> 00:10:08.460 many Jews and devout converts to Judaism 00:10:08.460 --> 00:10:10.319 followed Paul and Bartimaeus, 00:10:10.460 --> 00:10:11.860 who, as they spoke with them, 00:10:12.360 --> 00:10:15.120 urged them to continue in the grace of God. 00:10:16.279 --> 00:10:18.240 Beloved, this is God's word to us. 00:10:18.779 --> 00:10:22.039 It was written for his glory and for our good. 00:10:22.679 --> 00:10:24.279 We would all do well to listen to it 00:10:24.279 --> 00:10:25.919 in order to believe its promises 00:10:25.919 --> 00:10:29.319 and obey its commands. 00:10:30.539 --> 00:10:34.179 And so Paul, given the opportunity in the synagogue, 00:10:35.319 --> 00:10:37.360 preaches Christ. 00:10:38.279 --> 00:10:40.819 He preaches Jesus Christ. 00:10:41.000 --> 00:10:43.740 And we're going to cover that in three sub-points. 00:10:43.919 --> 00:10:45.219 Paul preaches Jesus Christ 00:10:45.219 --> 00:10:48.120 as the culmination of human history, 00:10:48.120 --> 00:10:52.080 as the fulfillment of prophecy, 00:10:52.080 --> 00:10:56.279 and as the justifier of the sinner. 00:10:57.779 --> 00:10:59.639 Now we see that Paul and his companions, 00:10:59.840 --> 00:11:03.039 this is Barnabas and John Mark, 00:11:03.360 --> 00:11:06.019 have now left the island of Cyprus. 00:11:06.100 --> 00:11:07.200 And I lost control up here. 00:11:07.340 --> 00:11:09.379 If you don't mind getting that next slide for me, Adam, 00:11:09.539 --> 00:11:10.179 just so you can see. 00:11:10.340 --> 00:11:11.080 I'm a visual learner, 00:11:11.120 --> 00:11:12.000 so I like to see the map. 00:11:13.560 --> 00:11:15.100 You recall at the beginning of verse 13, 00:11:15.100 --> 00:11:17.379 they traveled from Antioch down here, 00:11:17.500 --> 00:11:18.980 bottom right corner just above the speaker, 00:11:19.159 --> 00:11:19.899 to Seleucia, 00:11:20.480 --> 00:11:21.960 then down to Salamis. 00:11:22.100 --> 00:11:23.659 They traveled all about the island of Cyprus 00:11:23.659 --> 00:11:24.820 preaching the gospel of God. 00:11:25.060 --> 00:11:26.220 They went to Paphos, 00:11:26.279 --> 00:11:28.139 where they were able to speak the gospel 00:11:28.139 --> 00:11:30.139 to the governor and he believed. 00:11:30.840 --> 00:11:32.700 They've now left from there. 00:11:32.940 --> 00:11:34.100 They've gone to Pamphylia. 00:11:34.759 --> 00:11:36.399 You can see it up on the coast there. 00:11:37.100 --> 00:11:38.000 To Perga. 00:11:38.240 --> 00:11:40.080 And then on to Antioch, 00:11:40.160 --> 00:11:43.399 not to be confused with Antioch of Syria, 00:11:43.399 --> 00:11:44.620 but Antioch, 00:11:44.699 --> 00:11:45.000 Pisidia, 00:11:45.139 --> 00:11:48.799 a common name of cities in that day. 00:11:49.620 --> 00:11:50.480 Gainesville, right? 00:11:50.740 --> 00:11:51.860 This is Antioch. 00:11:52.899 --> 00:11:57.419 Pisidia is where they are eventually heading. 00:11:58.299 --> 00:12:01.740 So you can see that John Mark leaves them. 00:12:02.100 --> 00:12:04.659 Luke does not tell us ever exactly why, 00:12:05.059 --> 00:12:06.899 although we get some evidence later on 00:12:06.899 --> 00:12:09.220 as there's a dispute between Barnabas and Paul 00:12:09.220 --> 00:12:11.259 about whether or not John Mark should go with them. 00:12:11.259 --> 00:12:14.200 If you recall this, Paul really doesn't want them to go 00:12:14.200 --> 00:12:16.600 because he had left them. 00:12:17.220 --> 00:12:19.679 And the assumption that's made is that he left 00:12:19.679 --> 00:12:22.319 because the journey that they're about to take 00:12:22.319 --> 00:12:24.340 is an extremely dangerous one. 00:12:24.840 --> 00:12:28.539 So you're going to make this journey from Perga to Antioch, 00:12:28.659 --> 00:12:30.120 which was about 100 miles, 00:12:30.539 --> 00:12:34.259 had two really, really hard river crossings, 00:12:34.419 --> 00:12:35.620 rivers that often flooded, 00:12:35.899 --> 00:12:37.419 had lots of rapids in them. 00:12:37.419 --> 00:12:40.019 They weren't taking boats across. 00:12:40.979 --> 00:12:43.899 They also had to travel across the Taurus Mountains. 00:12:44.179 --> 00:12:46.819 The path actually went up on the cliff sides, 00:12:47.120 --> 00:12:48.019 very treacherous. 00:12:48.379 --> 00:12:51.039 And this area was known for bandits 00:12:51.039 --> 00:12:53.419 that lived in the area and would ransack people. 00:12:53.860 --> 00:12:56.319 In fact, a bunch of the Roman conquerors 00:12:56.319 --> 00:12:59.039 had a great deal of problem with these bandits in this area. 00:12:59.139 --> 00:13:00.819 It was kind of a stronghold still, 00:13:01.159 --> 00:13:02.240 even against Rome, 00:13:02.360 --> 00:13:05.500 and they liked to ransack Roman travelers. 00:13:05.500 --> 00:13:08.100 I don't think that they were honorable men at all, 00:13:08.179 --> 00:13:10.259 but in my mind, I think of Robin Hood a little. 00:13:10.600 --> 00:13:11.679 When I think of these men, 00:13:12.340 --> 00:13:16.000 it was a dangerous, dangerous place for them to travel. 00:13:16.340 --> 00:13:18.480 And so likely, that's why. 00:13:18.620 --> 00:13:22.840 Likely, that's why John Mark turned around, 00:13:23.039 --> 00:13:25.379 said, I'm not for the danger that's about to happen, 00:13:25.480 --> 00:13:26.980 and went back to Jerusalem. 00:13:27.240 --> 00:13:31.419 But Paul and Barnabas, they press on. 00:13:31.419 --> 00:13:34.379 Paul's comments in 2 Corinthians 11, 00:13:34.699 --> 00:13:35.879 the first part of 26, 00:13:36.259 --> 00:13:38.019 are likely concerning this route. 00:13:38.159 --> 00:13:38.539 He says, 00:13:39.059 --> 00:13:40.019 On frequent journeys, 00:13:40.519 --> 00:13:41.939 in danger from rivers, 00:13:42.379 --> 00:13:43.819 danger from robbers, 00:13:43.899 --> 00:13:45.719 he goes on in verse 26, 00:13:45.839 --> 00:13:47.759 but likely, this crossing, 00:13:47.899 --> 00:13:49.919 which he did a multitude of times, 00:13:50.219 --> 00:13:51.439 is what he's referring to, 00:13:51.620 --> 00:13:54.559 the rivers and the danger from the robbers. 00:13:55.039 --> 00:13:58.099 They arrive in Antioch of Pisidia, 00:13:58.399 --> 00:13:59.599 and on the Sabbath day, 00:13:59.939 --> 00:14:01.139 they go into the synagogue, 00:14:01.579 --> 00:14:02.719 and they sit down. 00:14:02.779 --> 00:14:05.139 They go and join the worship in the synagogue 00:14:05.139 --> 00:14:06.639 on the Sabbath day. 00:14:06.859 --> 00:14:09.939 And we're going to see this as Paul's persistent habit. 00:14:10.279 --> 00:14:11.599 When he goes to a new place, 00:14:11.659 --> 00:14:12.339 to a new city, 00:14:12.479 --> 00:14:14.319 the very first thing that he does 00:14:14.319 --> 00:14:15.479 is he goes to the synagogue. 00:14:16.000 --> 00:14:17.119 And we should ask the question, 00:14:17.239 --> 00:14:17.399 why? 00:14:17.479 --> 00:14:19.059 Why is it that he does this thing? 00:14:19.079 --> 00:14:20.439 I think it's twofold, the reasoning. 00:14:21.260 --> 00:14:21.840 Number one, 00:14:22.180 --> 00:14:23.560 he started with the people 00:14:23.560 --> 00:14:24.640 who had a knowledge 00:14:24.640 --> 00:14:26.100 of the God he was talking about. 00:14:26.360 --> 00:14:27.640 They had the Old Testament Scriptures. 00:14:28.020 --> 00:14:29.360 They believed in God Creator. 00:14:29.540 --> 00:14:31.780 They believed they were the people of God. 00:14:31.840 --> 00:14:33.180 And it gave them a starting point 00:14:33.180 --> 00:14:35.420 to continue to tell that Gospel story to them. 00:14:35.540 --> 00:14:36.500 To see the fulfillment 00:14:36.500 --> 00:14:38.100 of all of those things, 00:14:38.400 --> 00:14:39.060 human history, 00:14:39.540 --> 00:14:39.860 prophecy, 00:14:40.400 --> 00:14:41.580 in Christ. 00:14:42.080 --> 00:14:42.740 But also, 00:14:42.940 --> 00:14:44.060 I think he loved his people. 00:14:44.480 --> 00:14:46.180 He had a concern for Jews. 00:14:46.300 --> 00:14:47.460 The Jews had been dispersed 00:14:47.460 --> 00:14:48.520 all across this area. 00:14:48.980 --> 00:14:49.640 There were Jews living 00:14:49.639 --> 00:14:50.460 in all of these places 00:14:50.460 --> 00:14:51.860 as well as people 00:14:51.860 --> 00:14:53.299 who had converted to Judaism. 00:14:53.679 --> 00:14:54.759 And he's concerned for them. 00:14:54.840 --> 00:14:56.580 He wants to seek their good 00:14:56.580 --> 00:14:57.620 in these places. 00:14:57.919 --> 00:14:59.740 Romans 9, verses 1-3 00:14:59.740 --> 00:15:00.779 is some evidence of this. 00:15:01.059 --> 00:15:01.559 Paul writes, 00:15:01.620 --> 00:15:02.799 I am speaking the truth in Christ. 00:15:02.919 --> 00:15:03.460 I am not lying. 00:15:03.559 --> 00:15:05.100 My conscience bears me witness 00:15:05.100 --> 00:15:06.279 in the Holy Spirit 00:15:06.279 --> 00:15:07.840 that I have great sorrow 00:15:07.840 --> 00:15:09.580 and unceasing anguish 00:15:09.580 --> 00:15:10.379 in my heart. 00:15:10.620 --> 00:15:11.399 For I could wish 00:15:11.399 --> 00:15:13.220 that I myself were accursed 00:15:13.220 --> 00:15:14.700 and cut off from Christ 00:15:14.700 --> 00:15:17.200 for the sake of my brothers, 00:15:17.360 --> 00:15:18.200 my kinsmen, 00:15:18.200 --> 00:15:19.660 according to the flesh. 00:15:19.800 --> 00:15:21.100 He had this deep heart felt 00:15:21.100 --> 00:15:21.800 to the degree 00:15:21.800 --> 00:15:22.700 that he would prefer 00:15:22.700 --> 00:15:23.480 to be cut off 00:15:23.480 --> 00:15:24.800 from Christ 00:15:24.800 --> 00:15:26.340 in order that they might 00:15:26.340 --> 00:15:27.740 know Christ. 00:15:27.860 --> 00:15:28.800 And so we're going to see this 00:15:28.800 --> 00:15:29.660 as a habit of his. 00:15:29.920 --> 00:15:30.720 He's going to go first 00:15:30.720 --> 00:15:31.520 to the synagogue 00:15:31.520 --> 00:15:32.960 and first speak 00:15:32.960 --> 00:15:33.820 to the Jews 00:15:33.820 --> 00:15:34.720 and those who have converted 00:15:34.720 --> 00:15:35.300 to Judaism 00:15:35.300 --> 00:15:38.180 before he speaks more broadly 00:15:38.180 --> 00:15:39.840 in each community. 00:15:40.800 --> 00:15:41.960 And as would have been common 00:15:41.960 --> 00:15:42.600 in the synagogue, 00:15:43.080 --> 00:15:44.259 there's a reading 00:15:44.259 --> 00:15:46.700 from the Law and the Prophets. 00:15:46.700 --> 00:15:47.879 And the Law and the Prophets 00:15:47.879 --> 00:15:49.379 was a common phrase 00:15:49.379 --> 00:15:50.180 used to speak 00:15:50.180 --> 00:15:50.879 of the Scriptures 00:15:50.879 --> 00:15:52.240 in that day. 00:15:52.720 --> 00:15:53.560 This would have been 00:15:53.560 --> 00:15:54.740 our Old Testament. 00:15:54.940 --> 00:15:56.120 Jesus confirms this 00:15:56.120 --> 00:15:57.420 as our Old Testament. 00:15:57.680 --> 00:16:00.360 We have it as 49 books. 00:16:00.640 --> 00:16:00.980 The Old Testament, 00:16:01.120 --> 00:16:01.860 boy, if I get this wrong, 00:16:01.900 --> 00:16:02.440 I'm going to feel horrible 00:16:02.440 --> 00:16:02.900 this morning. 00:16:02.960 --> 00:16:03.700 My brain's suddenly 00:16:03.700 --> 00:16:05.000 freaking out on me. 00:16:06.020 --> 00:16:07.440 They had it as fewer books 00:16:07.440 --> 00:16:08.300 because some of the books 00:16:08.300 --> 00:16:09.360 that we have divided up, 00:16:09.500 --> 00:16:10.340 1 and 2 Samuel, 00:16:10.440 --> 00:16:10.879 for example, 00:16:10.960 --> 00:16:12.300 was the book of Samuel 00:16:12.300 --> 00:16:12.820 for them. 00:16:12.940 --> 00:16:14.379 So fewer books for them, 00:16:14.379 --> 00:16:15.799 but still the same text 00:16:15.799 --> 00:16:16.740 that we have today 00:16:16.740 --> 00:16:18.899 as our Christian Old Testament. 00:16:19.039 --> 00:16:19.779 They would have read 00:16:19.779 --> 00:16:22.860 somewhere from this text, 00:16:22.919 --> 00:16:25.039 the Law and the Prophets. 00:16:25.220 --> 00:16:26.980 And we see that they asked 00:16:26.980 --> 00:16:29.480 Paul and or Barnabas 00:16:29.480 --> 00:16:30.700 to speak. 00:16:31.320 --> 00:16:32.120 Now this isn't because 00:16:32.120 --> 00:16:32.799 they were guests. 00:16:32.860 --> 00:16:33.200 This isn't because 00:16:33.200 --> 00:16:34.820 they were like random individuals. 00:16:35.120 --> 00:16:35.820 We don't ask, 00:16:35.879 --> 00:16:37.039 if I've never seen your face before, 00:16:37.100 --> 00:16:37.259 I go, 00:16:37.320 --> 00:16:38.059 hey, would you like to talk 00:16:38.059 --> 00:16:38.480 this morning? 00:16:40.500 --> 00:16:41.200 Likely they had gotten 00:16:41.200 --> 00:16:41.899 to know them a bit. 00:16:41.980 --> 00:16:42.440 There was a little bit 00:16:42.440 --> 00:16:43.720 of conversation happening 00:16:43.720 --> 00:16:45.180 beforehand. 00:16:45.620 --> 00:16:46.560 And because Paul 00:16:46.560 --> 00:16:47.860 was an understudy 00:16:47.860 --> 00:16:49.240 of the well-known 00:16:49.240 --> 00:16:50.300 rabbi Gamaliel, 00:16:50.540 --> 00:16:51.020 they would have been 00:16:51.020 --> 00:16:51.780 interested to hear 00:16:51.780 --> 00:16:52.620 what he had to say. 00:16:52.840 --> 00:16:53.940 He had studied underneath. 00:16:54.060 --> 00:16:54.700 It's like he had been 00:16:54.700 --> 00:16:56.100 to the best seminary 00:16:56.100 --> 00:16:56.780 in the land. 00:16:57.240 --> 00:16:58.820 So maybe if we had 00:16:58.820 --> 00:16:59.840 a guest on a Sunday morning 00:16:59.840 --> 00:17:01.200 that I knew 00:17:01.200 --> 00:17:03.920 had a PhD 00:17:03.920 --> 00:17:05.900 from Southern Seminary. 00:17:06.580 --> 00:17:07.039 I'm like, 00:17:07.120 --> 00:17:07.740 hey, you want to talk 00:17:07.740 --> 00:17:08.120 this morning? 00:17:08.240 --> 00:17:09.380 Because I'm good. 00:17:09.420 --> 00:17:10.000 You want to get up here? 00:17:10.000 --> 00:17:11.160 I'd prefer to hear 00:17:11.160 --> 00:17:12.500 what you have to say. 00:17:12.579 --> 00:17:14.180 So something like this happens 00:17:14.180 --> 00:17:15.920 and they ask 00:17:15.920 --> 00:17:16.920 if they'd like to do so 00:17:16.920 --> 00:17:18.119 and Paul seizes 00:17:18.119 --> 00:17:18.819 the opportunity. 00:17:19.119 --> 00:17:20.019 Sees it as something 00:17:20.019 --> 00:17:21.299 that's orchestrated by God 00:17:21.299 --> 00:17:23.119 for the sake of the people, 00:17:23.279 --> 00:17:23.799 his hearers, 00:17:24.160 --> 00:17:25.279 and he seizes the opportunity. 00:17:26.200 --> 00:17:26.960 And he gives to them 00:17:26.960 --> 00:17:27.799 across our text 00:17:27.799 --> 00:17:29.059 three exhortations. 00:17:29.240 --> 00:17:30.140 And I'm kind of 00:17:30.140 --> 00:17:30.960 setting the stage. 00:17:31.839 --> 00:17:32.940 Three exhortations. 00:17:33.279 --> 00:17:34.079 Verse 16, 00:17:34.240 --> 00:17:34.640 he says, 00:17:34.779 --> 00:17:35.160 listen. 00:17:36.180 --> 00:17:36.799 Tell them to listen. 00:17:36.880 --> 00:17:37.480 He stands up. 00:17:37.480 --> 00:17:39.180 He motions with his hand. 00:17:39.799 --> 00:17:40.680 This is why I speak 00:17:40.680 --> 00:17:41.240 with my hands. 00:17:43.059 --> 00:17:44.019 He motions with his hand, 00:17:44.680 --> 00:17:45.500 men of Israel 00:17:45.500 --> 00:17:46.700 and you who fear God. 00:17:46.779 --> 00:17:47.660 So those who are Jewish 00:17:47.660 --> 00:17:48.579 and those who have been 00:17:48.579 --> 00:17:49.660 converted to Judaism, 00:17:49.860 --> 00:17:50.660 proselytites, 00:17:51.380 --> 00:17:51.839 listen. 00:17:52.640 --> 00:17:53.880 The things I'm about to say 00:17:53.880 --> 00:17:54.519 matter. 00:17:55.019 --> 00:17:56.000 They are important. 00:17:56.460 --> 00:17:57.279 And I love here 00:17:57.279 --> 00:17:59.019 that Paul doesn't tell them 00:17:59.019 --> 00:17:59.759 a poem 00:17:59.759 --> 00:18:02.680 or share a joke 00:18:02.680 --> 00:18:03.420 to get their attention. 00:18:04.079 --> 00:18:04.839 He just says, 00:18:04.900 --> 00:18:05.220 listen, 00:18:05.220 --> 00:18:07.319 and launches into a sermon. 00:18:07.579 --> 00:18:07.900 In fact, 00:18:08.000 --> 00:18:08.339 interestingly, 00:18:08.519 --> 00:18:09.360 this is the longest 00:18:09.360 --> 00:18:10.140 recorded sermon 00:18:10.140 --> 00:18:11.039 that Paul preaches, 00:18:11.279 --> 00:18:11.940 which doesn't mean 00:18:11.940 --> 00:18:13.360 that he didn't preach 00:18:13.360 --> 00:18:14.579 more and longer, 00:18:14.700 --> 00:18:15.940 but this is the longest one 00:18:15.940 --> 00:18:17.380 that Luke records. 00:18:17.519 --> 00:18:17.920 So he says, 00:18:18.019 --> 00:18:18.319 listen, 00:18:18.660 --> 00:18:19.579 and he gets into it. 00:18:20.539 --> 00:18:21.819 He also exhorts them 00:18:21.819 --> 00:18:22.720 to beware. 00:18:22.960 --> 00:18:23.559 Verse 40, 00:18:25.240 --> 00:18:25.799 beware, 00:18:26.000 --> 00:18:26.620 therefore, 00:18:27.980 --> 00:18:28.799 in light of everything 00:18:28.799 --> 00:18:29.380 that I've said, 00:18:29.460 --> 00:18:29.920 beware, 00:18:30.120 --> 00:18:30.940 lest what is said 00:18:30.940 --> 00:18:31.559 in the prophets 00:18:31.559 --> 00:18:32.299 should come about. 00:18:32.400 --> 00:18:33.380 We'll talk more about that 00:18:33.380 --> 00:18:34.480 in just a bit. 00:18:34.560 --> 00:18:35.020 But he tells them 00:18:35.020 --> 00:18:35.420 to listen. 00:18:35.740 --> 00:18:36.960 He tells them to beware. 00:18:38.080 --> 00:18:39.300 And then implied, 00:18:39.920 --> 00:18:41.440 verse 38 and 39, 00:18:41.560 --> 00:18:43.500 he exhorts them to believe. 00:18:44.760 --> 00:18:45.680 Let it be known to you, 00:18:45.780 --> 00:18:45.860 therefore, 00:18:45.980 --> 00:18:46.220 brothers, 00:18:46.280 --> 00:18:47.220 that through this man 00:18:47.220 --> 00:18:48.220 forgiveness of sins 00:18:48.220 --> 00:18:49.000 is proclaimed to you, 00:18:49.040 --> 00:18:49.880 and by him 00:18:49.880 --> 00:18:52.300 everyone who believes 00:18:52.300 --> 00:18:53.660 is freed 00:18:53.660 --> 00:18:54.720 from everything 00:18:54.720 --> 00:18:55.540 from which you could not 00:18:55.540 --> 00:18:56.040 be freed 00:18:56.040 --> 00:18:57.900 by the law of Moses. 00:18:58.060 --> 00:18:59.160 So he exhorts them, 00:18:59.220 --> 00:18:59.960 and I'm exhorting you 00:18:59.960 --> 00:19:00.460 this morning 00:19:00.460 --> 00:19:01.460 to listen 00:19:01.460 --> 00:19:02.460 to the words of Paul, 00:19:02.900 --> 00:19:03.819 to beware, 00:19:04.819 --> 00:19:05.880 and to believe. 00:19:07.220 --> 00:19:08.279 The backdoor main outline, 00:19:08.440 --> 00:19:09.500 Jesus Christ 00:19:09.500 --> 00:19:11.460 as the culmination 00:19:11.460 --> 00:19:13.120 of human history. 00:19:13.799 --> 00:19:14.380 And we see this 00:19:14.380 --> 00:19:15.319 in verses 17 00:19:15.319 --> 00:19:16.840 through 22. 00:19:17.100 --> 00:19:18.140 And while I can't, 00:19:18.180 --> 00:19:18.799 we don't have time 00:19:18.799 --> 00:19:19.200 this morning 00:19:19.200 --> 00:19:19.700 to walk through 00:19:19.700 --> 00:19:20.680 these things line by line, 00:19:20.759 --> 00:19:21.779 or to develop it, 00:19:21.860 --> 00:19:22.259 oh, like, 00:19:22.579 --> 00:19:23.340 this morning I wanted 00:19:23.340 --> 00:19:24.279 to talk about covenants 00:19:24.279 --> 00:19:24.940 so much. 00:19:24.980 --> 00:19:25.380 We're not going to talk 00:19:25.380 --> 00:19:26.319 about covenants at all. 00:19:26.380 --> 00:19:27.319 There's just not enough time. 00:19:27.400 --> 00:19:28.460 There's so much to be said 00:19:28.460 --> 00:19:29.799 from these verses. 00:19:30.460 --> 00:19:31.559 But we see 00:19:31.559 --> 00:19:33.160 Paul preaching Christ 00:19:33.160 --> 00:19:34.079 as the culmination 00:19:34.079 --> 00:19:35.059 of human history, 00:19:35.140 --> 00:19:35.980 the high point, 00:19:36.100 --> 00:19:37.720 the climactic point 00:19:37.720 --> 00:19:39.079 of human history 00:19:39.079 --> 00:19:40.819 as he summarizes 00:19:40.819 --> 00:19:42.240 the grace of God 00:19:42.240 --> 00:19:43.240 toward his people 00:19:43.240 --> 00:19:45.319 from Genesis chapter 12 00:19:45.319 --> 00:19:46.259 through the book 00:19:46.259 --> 00:19:47.319 of 1 Samuel 00:19:47.319 --> 00:19:48.539 in six verses. 00:19:49.380 --> 00:19:52.079 It's a sweeping summary 00:19:52.079 --> 00:19:53.779 of Jewish history 00:19:53.779 --> 00:19:55.779 in six verses. 00:19:56.420 --> 00:19:57.559 And in the midst of that, 00:19:57.720 --> 00:19:58.600 what Paul is doing 00:19:58.599 --> 00:20:00.019 is he's highlighting 00:20:00.019 --> 00:20:03.359 God's gracious work 00:20:03.359 --> 00:20:04.459 toward his people. 00:20:05.459 --> 00:20:07.419 God's gracious work 00:20:07.419 --> 00:20:08.419 toward his people. 00:20:08.919 --> 00:20:09.839 Note with me, 00:20:09.919 --> 00:20:10.399 if you will, 00:20:10.779 --> 00:20:12.059 the way in which 00:20:12.059 --> 00:20:13.219 he tells the story. 00:20:13.699 --> 00:20:14.980 Who is acting? 00:20:15.199 --> 00:20:16.919 What is the main character? 00:20:17.379 --> 00:20:18.559 Certainly we have Israel, 00:20:18.799 --> 00:20:19.699 God's people, 00:20:20.259 --> 00:20:21.419 in his summary. 00:20:21.980 --> 00:20:23.219 But who's the main character? 00:20:23.439 --> 00:20:24.039 It's God. 00:20:24.740 --> 00:20:25.819 Verse 17, 00:20:25.819 --> 00:20:27.559 the God of this people, 00:20:27.619 --> 00:20:27.919 Israel, 00:20:28.500 --> 00:20:28.819 chose, 00:20:28.919 --> 00:20:30.279 God chose our fathers 00:20:30.279 --> 00:20:32.159 and made the people great 00:20:32.159 --> 00:20:32.879 during their stay 00:20:32.879 --> 00:20:33.559 in the land of Egypt. 00:20:33.679 --> 00:20:34.179 He did it. 00:20:34.399 --> 00:20:35.399 He accomplished it 00:20:35.399 --> 00:20:36.839 through human means. 00:20:36.980 --> 00:20:37.639 They were doing things 00:20:37.639 --> 00:20:39.200 to be prolific 00:20:39.200 --> 00:20:39.859 and grow in numbers. 00:20:40.139 --> 00:20:41.119 But he did it. 00:20:42.200 --> 00:20:43.419 And with uplifted arm, 00:20:43.720 --> 00:20:45.240 he led them out of it. 00:20:45.720 --> 00:20:46.960 God delivered them 00:20:46.960 --> 00:20:48.019 from Egypt. 00:20:48.740 --> 00:20:49.859 And for 40 years, 00:20:50.119 --> 00:20:51.259 he put up with them 00:20:51.259 --> 00:20:52.359 in the wilderness 00:20:52.359 --> 00:20:53.720 and all of their unbelief 00:20:53.720 --> 00:20:54.839 and all of their wickedness. 00:20:55.640 --> 00:20:56.640 He put up with them 00:20:56.640 --> 00:20:57.299 graciously. 00:20:58.680 --> 00:20:59.519 Verse 19, 00:20:59.920 --> 00:21:01.140 after destroying 00:21:01.140 --> 00:21:02.220 seven nations, 00:21:02.360 --> 00:21:02.940 this is God. 00:21:03.079 --> 00:21:04.579 God destroyed seven nations. 00:21:04.880 --> 00:21:05.880 He used the army 00:21:05.880 --> 00:21:06.360 to do so, 00:21:06.420 --> 00:21:06.880 but it was God 00:21:06.880 --> 00:21:07.319 that did it. 00:21:07.799 --> 00:21:09.079 He gave them their land 00:21:09.079 --> 00:21:09.759 as an inheritance. 00:21:10.720 --> 00:21:11.339 All this took 00:21:11.339 --> 00:21:11.980 450 years. 00:21:12.100 --> 00:21:12.839 And after that, 00:21:13.799 --> 00:21:14.059 again, 00:21:14.140 --> 00:21:16.100 God gave them judges 00:21:16.100 --> 00:21:17.920 until Samuel the prophet. 00:21:18.079 --> 00:21:18.980 Judges entered the scene 00:21:18.980 --> 00:21:19.980 from time to time 00:21:19.980 --> 00:21:21.160 as it was necessary. 00:21:21.160 --> 00:21:22.519 As the people of God 00:21:22.519 --> 00:21:25.320 needed some special intervention, 00:21:25.900 --> 00:21:27.420 he brought along the judges. 00:21:28.500 --> 00:21:29.860 Samuel was the last one, 00:21:29.960 --> 00:21:31.700 also a prophet. 00:21:32.860 --> 00:21:33.580 The people of God 00:21:33.580 --> 00:21:34.220 asked for a king. 00:21:34.320 --> 00:21:34.680 They wanted to be 00:21:34.680 --> 00:21:35.480 like other people. 00:21:35.600 --> 00:21:36.200 They didn't want to be 00:21:36.200 --> 00:21:37.519 in a theocracy any longer. 00:21:37.620 --> 00:21:38.960 They wanted to be ruled. 00:21:40.080 --> 00:21:40.720 I would suggest 00:21:40.720 --> 00:21:41.360 as a judgment, 00:21:41.540 --> 00:21:42.320 God gave them 00:21:42.320 --> 00:21:43.820 exactly what they asked for. 00:21:44.380 --> 00:21:45.600 He gave them Saul. 00:21:47.480 --> 00:21:48.900 And when he had removed him, 00:21:48.940 --> 00:21:49.440 verse 22, 00:21:49.440 --> 00:21:51.140 God removed Saul. 00:21:51.620 --> 00:21:53.200 He raised up another king. 00:21:54.180 --> 00:21:55.840 And that is David. 00:21:56.180 --> 00:21:57.220 So see how Paul's 00:21:57.220 --> 00:21:57.900 walking through 00:21:57.900 --> 00:21:58.740 and emphasizing 00:21:58.740 --> 00:22:01.440 God's gracious work. 00:22:01.559 --> 00:22:02.720 And he's leading his listeners 00:22:02.720 --> 00:22:03.740 to the culmination, 00:22:03.840 --> 00:22:04.820 this climactic point 00:22:04.820 --> 00:22:07.400 of all of these events. 00:22:07.680 --> 00:22:07.759 Right? 00:22:08.000 --> 00:22:10.160 He's taking them to David 00:22:10.160 --> 00:22:11.539 and he's getting their minds 00:22:11.539 --> 00:22:12.759 to rest for a moment 00:22:12.759 --> 00:22:13.480 on David 00:22:13.480 --> 00:22:15.160 who was so revered. 00:22:16.019 --> 00:22:17.440 He was the king. 00:22:17.440 --> 00:22:18.860 This was the high point 00:22:18.860 --> 00:22:20.400 in Jewish history 00:22:20.400 --> 00:22:21.299 at the time. 00:22:21.500 --> 00:22:22.960 It had never been better 00:22:22.960 --> 00:22:23.740 for the Jews 00:22:23.740 --> 00:22:24.500 than when David 00:22:24.500 --> 00:22:25.380 was king. 00:22:28.920 --> 00:22:30.220 But he's pressing on 00:22:30.220 --> 00:22:30.720 beyond that 00:22:30.720 --> 00:22:31.559 in the rest of our text. 00:22:31.680 --> 00:22:32.660 God's gracious work 00:22:32.660 --> 00:22:33.980 finds its high point 00:22:33.980 --> 00:22:34.700 in the life, 00:22:35.320 --> 00:22:35.559 death, 00:22:35.680 --> 00:22:36.539 and resurrection 00:22:36.539 --> 00:22:37.559 of Jesus Christ. 00:22:37.620 --> 00:22:38.180 It doesn't stop 00:22:38.180 --> 00:22:38.700 with David. 00:22:39.059 --> 00:22:39.180 Right? 00:22:39.320 --> 00:22:40.480 It wasn't the best 00:22:40.480 --> 00:22:41.440 it will ever be 00:22:41.440 --> 00:22:42.080 in David. 00:22:42.079 --> 00:22:43.879 It finds its high point 00:22:43.879 --> 00:22:45.159 in the life, 00:22:45.279 --> 00:22:45.439 death, 00:22:45.480 --> 00:22:46.099 and resurrection 00:22:46.099 --> 00:22:48.439 of Jesus Christ. 00:22:49.679 --> 00:22:50.619 All roads 00:22:50.619 --> 00:22:53.359 lead to Golgotha 00:22:53.359 --> 00:22:55.460 and they emanate 00:22:55.460 --> 00:22:56.539 from it. 00:22:57.000 --> 00:22:57.000 00:22:57.299 --> 00:22:57.939 We'll see it that way. 00:22:58.039 --> 00:23:00.019 All roads lead to Golgotha, 00:23:00.639 --> 00:23:01.079 the life, 00:23:01.220 --> 00:23:01.740 the death, 00:23:01.819 --> 00:23:02.500 and the resurrection 00:23:02.500 --> 00:23:03.379 of Jesus Christ 00:23:03.379 --> 00:23:04.720 and they all emanate 00:23:04.720 --> 00:23:06.720 back out from it. 00:23:06.779 --> 00:23:08.539 We're part of that story today. 00:23:08.759 --> 00:23:09.839 Praise the Lord 00:23:09.839 --> 00:23:11.139 that human history 00:23:11.139 --> 00:23:11.919 has meaning 00:23:11.919 --> 00:23:12.879 and it has bearing 00:23:12.879 --> 00:23:14.839 because of Christ. 00:23:17.000 --> 00:23:18.019 Come Lord Jesus 00:23:18.019 --> 00:23:19.699 before January. 00:23:23.079 --> 00:23:23.599 Second, 00:23:23.819 --> 00:23:24.519 we see Paul 00:23:24.519 --> 00:23:25.699 preach Jesus Christ 00:23:25.699 --> 00:23:26.939 as the fulfillment 00:23:26.939 --> 00:23:28.619 of prophecy. 00:23:29.059 --> 00:23:29.899 There's so much 00:23:29.899 --> 00:23:30.619 in here. 00:23:30.699 --> 00:23:31.139 There's a lot 00:23:31.139 --> 00:23:31.639 to be said. 00:23:32.899 --> 00:23:33.639 I'm going to say 00:23:33.639 --> 00:23:34.599 a little about it. 00:23:35.159 --> 00:23:36.119 Verses 23 00:23:36.119 --> 00:23:38.399 through 37. 00:23:39.839 --> 00:23:41.959 Paul points out 00:23:41.959 --> 00:23:42.799 that the Jews 00:23:42.799 --> 00:23:43.679 in Jerusalem 00:23:43.679 --> 00:23:45.699 were used by God 00:23:45.699 --> 00:23:46.579 to fulfill 00:23:46.579 --> 00:23:47.439 the prophecy 00:23:47.439 --> 00:23:48.819 of Scripture. 00:23:49.319 --> 00:23:50.459 Common questions 00:23:50.459 --> 00:23:51.339 that would have been asked 00:23:51.339 --> 00:23:51.799 abroad 00:23:51.799 --> 00:23:53.959 by adherents 00:23:53.959 --> 00:23:54.639 to Judaism. 00:23:55.259 --> 00:23:56.579 Those who were looking 00:23:56.579 --> 00:23:57.599 to the Messiah, 00:23:58.079 --> 00:23:58.579 they understood 00:23:58.579 --> 00:23:59.199 that the Scripture 00:23:59.199 --> 00:24:00.399 taught this coming 00:24:00.399 --> 00:24:00.939 of a Messiah. 00:24:02.179 --> 00:24:04.159 They most often 00:24:04.159 --> 00:24:04.939 misunderstood it. 00:24:04.980 --> 00:24:05.220 They thought 00:24:05.220 --> 00:24:05.699 that the Messiah 00:24:05.699 --> 00:24:06.259 was going to come 00:24:06.259 --> 00:24:06.899 and deliver them 00:24:06.899 --> 00:24:07.819 from Roman rule. 00:24:07.819 --> 00:24:09.539 We know now 00:24:09.539 --> 00:24:10.519 that that's not the case. 00:24:10.799 --> 00:24:11.859 Jesus Christ came 00:24:11.859 --> 00:24:12.599 and delivered us 00:24:12.599 --> 00:24:13.240 from the rule 00:24:13.240 --> 00:24:14.279 of the dominion 00:24:14.279 --> 00:24:14.919 of darkness. 00:24:15.339 --> 00:24:16.359 A much bigger thing 00:24:16.359 --> 00:24:16.919 was happening 00:24:16.919 --> 00:24:18.200 than just a deliverance 00:24:18.200 --> 00:24:19.819 from Roman oppression. 00:24:20.559 --> 00:24:21.579 So they misunderstood it 00:24:21.579 --> 00:24:22.279 but they were looking 00:24:22.279 --> 00:24:23.279 to this Messiah 00:24:23.279 --> 00:24:24.179 and they would have wondered 00:24:24.179 --> 00:24:25.139 how is it 00:24:25.139 --> 00:24:26.720 if this Jesus 00:24:26.720 --> 00:24:27.439 was the Messiah 00:24:27.439 --> 00:24:28.079 how is it 00:24:28.079 --> 00:24:29.299 that he was killed? 00:24:30.299 --> 00:24:30.799 That doesn't make 00:24:30.799 --> 00:24:32.039 any sense to us. 00:24:33.139 --> 00:24:33.679 So he shows 00:24:33.679 --> 00:24:34.500 that the way 00:24:34.500 --> 00:24:35.460 in which he was killed 00:24:35.460 --> 00:24:36.319 was a fulfillment 00:24:36.319 --> 00:24:38.079 of the prophecy. 00:24:38.840 --> 00:24:39.819 Verse 27 00:24:39.819 --> 00:24:40.740 for those who live 00:24:40.740 --> 00:24:41.140 in Jerusalem 00:24:41.140 --> 00:24:41.960 and their rulers 00:24:41.960 --> 00:24:43.559 because they did not 00:24:43.559 --> 00:24:44.380 recognize him 00:24:44.380 --> 00:24:45.140 nor understand 00:24:45.140 --> 00:24:45.860 the utterances 00:24:45.860 --> 00:24:46.420 of the prophets 00:24:46.420 --> 00:24:46.960 which are read 00:24:46.960 --> 00:24:47.460 every Sabbath. 00:24:48.079 --> 00:24:49.059 So they didn't get it. 00:24:49.200 --> 00:24:49.579 They didn't know 00:24:49.579 --> 00:24:50.519 who Jesus was 00:24:50.519 --> 00:24:51.759 and because of that 00:24:51.759 --> 00:24:54.200 they fulfilled them 00:24:54.200 --> 00:24:55.980 by condemning him. 00:24:55.980 --> 00:24:56.480 The last part 00:24:56.480 --> 00:24:57.400 of verse 27. 00:24:57.559 --> 00:24:58.279 They fulfilled 00:24:58.279 --> 00:24:59.220 the prophecy 00:24:59.220 --> 00:25:00.319 concerning the Christ 00:25:00.319 --> 00:25:02.519 by condemning him. 00:25:03.240 --> 00:25:03.860 And though they found him 00:25:03.860 --> 00:25:04.720 no guilt worthy of death 00:25:04.720 --> 00:25:05.380 they asked Pilate 00:25:05.380 --> 00:25:06.100 to have him executed. 00:25:06.259 --> 00:25:07.579 And when they had carried out 00:25:07.579 --> 00:25:08.740 this verse 29 00:25:08.740 --> 00:25:10.259 when they had carried out 00:25:10.259 --> 00:25:11.720 all that was written 00:25:11.720 --> 00:25:12.579 of him 00:25:12.579 --> 00:25:14.480 when they had carried it out 00:25:14.480 --> 00:25:15.279 all that was written 00:25:15.279 --> 00:25:15.559 of him 00:25:15.559 --> 00:25:16.319 all the things 00:25:16.319 --> 00:25:16.839 that were meant 00:25:16.839 --> 00:25:17.559 to come to death 00:25:17.559 --> 00:25:19.259 the very specific way 00:25:19.259 --> 00:25:20.519 in which he was meant 00:25:20.519 --> 00:25:21.480 to die 00:25:21.480 --> 00:25:22.940 they took him down 00:25:22.940 --> 00:25:23.500 from the tree 00:25:23.500 --> 00:25:25.039 and they laid him 00:25:25.039 --> 00:25:26.319 in a tomb. 00:25:26.720 --> 00:25:27.620 Paul points out 00:25:27.620 --> 00:25:28.160 that the Jews 00:25:28.160 --> 00:25:28.579 in Jerusalem 00:25:28.579 --> 00:25:29.339 were used by God 00:25:29.339 --> 00:25:29.880 to fulfill 00:25:29.880 --> 00:25:30.660 the prophecy 00:25:30.660 --> 00:25:31.799 of scripture. 00:25:32.860 --> 00:25:33.880 Paul tells them 00:25:33.880 --> 00:25:35.520 then the good news 00:25:35.520 --> 00:25:38.360 of a resurrected Christ. 00:25:39.900 --> 00:25:40.860 This is how 00:25:40.860 --> 00:25:41.540 the Messiah 00:25:41.540 --> 00:25:42.920 could have been killed. 00:25:43.460 --> 00:25:44.520 He's no longer dead. 00:25:45.260 --> 00:25:46.200 He's not dead 00:25:46.200 --> 00:25:47.340 anymore. 00:25:47.740 --> 00:25:48.220 Verse 30 00:25:48.220 --> 00:25:49.200 But 00:25:49.200 --> 00:25:50.700 God 00:25:50.700 --> 00:25:52.660 my favorite conjunction 00:25:52.660 --> 00:25:54.560 love it when the scriptures say 00:25:54.560 --> 00:25:55.040 but 00:25:55.040 --> 00:25:56.240 God 00:25:56.240 --> 00:25:58.200 God intervening 00:25:58.200 --> 00:25:59.540 God working graciously 00:25:59.540 --> 00:26:00.420 amongst his people 00:26:00.420 --> 00:26:01.519 but God 00:26:01.519 --> 00:26:02.580 raised him 00:26:02.580 --> 00:26:04.259 from the dead. 00:26:04.660 --> 00:26:05.320 Praise the Lord. 00:26:06.340 --> 00:26:06.860 And for many days 00:26:06.860 --> 00:26:07.460 he appeared to those 00:26:07.460 --> 00:26:08.180 who had come up with him 00:26:08.180 --> 00:26:08.740 from Galilee 00:26:08.740 --> 00:26:09.340 to Jerusalem 00:26:09.340 --> 00:26:10.539 the apostles 00:26:10.539 --> 00:26:11.680 who were now 00:26:11.680 --> 00:26:12.160 his witnesses 00:26:12.160 --> 00:26:12.779 to the people. 00:26:12.900 --> 00:26:14.060 We have this evidencing 00:26:14.060 --> 00:26:15.360 he did in fact 00:26:15.360 --> 00:26:16.080 raise from the dead. 00:26:16.460 --> 00:26:17.080 He was with 00:26:17.080 --> 00:26:17.800 the apostles 00:26:17.800 --> 00:26:18.880 and they are his witnesses 00:26:18.880 --> 00:26:19.880 to the people. 00:26:20.279 --> 00:26:20.779 And we 00:26:20.779 --> 00:26:22.320 bring you 00:26:22.320 --> 00:26:24.259 the good news 00:26:24.259 --> 00:26:25.160 the euangelion. 00:26:25.600 --> 00:26:26.560 We now bring 00:26:26.560 --> 00:26:28.000 the good news 00:26:28.000 --> 00:26:28.900 Jesus Christ 00:26:28.900 --> 00:26:29.619 the gospel 00:26:29.619 --> 00:26:31.019 that what God 00:26:31.019 --> 00:26:31.660 promised 00:26:31.660 --> 00:26:32.680 to the fathers 00:26:32.680 --> 00:26:34.819 has come to pass. 00:26:36.259 --> 00:26:37.140 Paul references 00:26:37.140 --> 00:26:37.900 in this section 00:26:37.900 --> 00:26:38.539 of our text 00:26:38.539 --> 00:26:40.140 three well known 00:26:40.140 --> 00:26:41.880 and well respected 00:26:41.880 --> 00:26:43.000 prophets. 00:26:43.220 --> 00:26:44.259 He knows his audience. 00:26:44.420 --> 00:26:45.539 He's speaking to a people 00:26:45.539 --> 00:26:46.619 who knew 00:26:46.619 --> 00:26:47.960 these men. 00:26:48.480 --> 00:26:49.359 The Old Testament 00:26:49.359 --> 00:26:50.279 David 00:26:50.279 --> 00:26:51.619 David the king 00:26:51.619 --> 00:26:52.460 also a prophet 00:26:52.460 --> 00:26:53.960 writer of many of the Psalms 00:26:53.960 --> 00:26:55.680 and Isaiah 00:26:55.680 --> 00:26:56.460 the prophet 00:26:56.460 --> 00:26:58.120 prophet of hope 00:26:58.120 --> 00:27:00.360 who preached Christ 00:27:00.360 --> 00:27:01.360 long before Christ 00:27:01.360 --> 00:27:02.100 was on the scene. 00:27:02.900 --> 00:27:04.200 He also references 00:27:04.200 --> 00:27:05.500 another prophet 00:27:05.500 --> 00:27:06.819 that they would have known 00:27:06.819 --> 00:27:08.319 John the Baptist. 00:27:08.539 --> 00:27:09.480 That's who he's talking about 00:27:09.480 --> 00:27:10.480 when he talks about John 00:27:10.480 --> 00:27:11.500 offering a baptism 00:27:11.500 --> 00:27:13.420 of repentance. 00:27:13.740 --> 00:27:14.160 I like 00:27:14.160 --> 00:27:15.400 some people like to call him 00:27:15.400 --> 00:27:16.400 John the Baptizer 00:27:16.400 --> 00:27:18.079 because he wasn't the first Baptist. 00:27:18.240 --> 00:27:18.819 He didn't start 00:27:18.819 --> 00:27:20.579 the Southern Baptist denomination. 00:27:21.680 --> 00:27:23.000 He was John who baptized. 00:27:24.340 --> 00:27:25.340 And they would have known of him. 00:27:25.339 --> 00:27:26.639 They would have heard of him. 00:27:26.939 --> 00:27:28.019 People had been traveling 00:27:28.019 --> 00:27:29.220 for miles 00:27:29.220 --> 00:27:29.899 and miles 00:27:29.899 --> 00:27:30.439 and miles 00:27:30.439 --> 00:27:31.699 to come and be baptized 00:27:31.699 --> 00:27:33.539 by John. 00:27:33.879 --> 00:27:35.319 Likely some of the people 00:27:35.319 --> 00:27:36.539 in this congregation 00:27:36.539 --> 00:27:37.759 had been baptized 00:27:37.759 --> 00:27:39.759 by John. 00:27:39.859 --> 00:27:41.139 And so Paul references him. 00:27:41.240 --> 00:27:42.099 He uses things 00:27:42.099 --> 00:27:43.240 that John said 00:27:43.240 --> 00:27:43.799 to say 00:27:43.799 --> 00:27:45.279 I'm not the Christ. 00:27:45.839 --> 00:27:46.779 The Christ is coming. 00:27:47.079 --> 00:27:47.699 I'm not even worthy 00:27:47.699 --> 00:27:48.319 to untie 00:27:48.319 --> 00:27:48.899 his 00:27:48.899 --> 00:27:50.339 sandals. 00:27:51.299 --> 00:27:52.059 He shows 00:27:52.059 --> 00:27:53.480 how all of these prophets 00:27:53.480 --> 00:27:54.399 were pointing 00:27:54.399 --> 00:27:55.500 to Jesus. 00:27:56.460 --> 00:27:57.220 And he does so 00:27:57.220 --> 00:27:57.799 in the fulfillment 00:27:57.799 --> 00:27:59.339 of three prophetic promises 00:27:59.339 --> 00:28:01.099 concerning the resurrection 00:28:01.099 --> 00:28:01.980 of Christ. 00:28:02.099 --> 00:28:03.200 This is the primary thing 00:28:03.200 --> 00:28:04.679 he's driving us to. 00:28:05.019 --> 00:28:06.000 He's pointing us to. 00:28:06.399 --> 00:28:07.539 Verse 30 again. 00:28:07.539 --> 00:28:08.619 But God 00:28:08.619 --> 00:28:09.500 raised him 00:28:09.500 --> 00:28:10.339 from the dead. 00:28:10.679 --> 00:28:11.339 They killed him 00:28:11.339 --> 00:28:11.960 in the fulfillment 00:28:11.960 --> 00:28:12.700 of what was written 00:28:12.700 --> 00:28:13.819 but God 00:28:13.819 --> 00:28:14.720 raised him 00:28:14.720 --> 00:28:15.299 from the dead 00:28:15.299 --> 00:28:16.379 as it was 00:28:16.379 --> 00:28:17.399 written. 00:28:17.619 --> 00:28:18.179 It's essentially 00:28:18.179 --> 00:28:19.059 what he's going on 00:28:19.059 --> 00:28:19.679 to say. 00:28:20.139 --> 00:28:21.079 He shows 00:28:21.079 --> 00:28:21.480 how they're all 00:28:21.480 --> 00:28:22.279 pointing to Christ 00:28:22.279 --> 00:28:23.379 in the fulfillment 00:28:23.379 --> 00:28:25.619 of three prophetic promises 00:28:25.619 --> 00:28:26.819 concerning the resurrection 00:28:26.819 --> 00:28:28.179 of Christ. 00:28:28.839 --> 00:28:29.740 Verse 33. 00:28:30.379 --> 00:28:30.740 God 00:28:30.740 --> 00:28:32.319 raised up 00:28:32.319 --> 00:28:33.000 Jesus. 00:28:34.339 --> 00:28:35.019 He has fulfilled 00:28:35.019 --> 00:28:35.440 to us 00:28:35.440 --> 00:28:36.299 their children 00:28:36.299 --> 00:28:37.259 by raising 00:28:37.259 --> 00:28:38.419 Jesus. 00:28:38.879 --> 00:28:40.019 As also it is written 00:28:40.019 --> 00:28:40.839 in the second psalm 00:28:40.839 --> 00:28:41.960 you are my son 00:28:41.960 --> 00:28:42.819 today 00:28:42.819 --> 00:28:44.159 I have 00:28:44.159 --> 00:28:45.519 begotten you. 00:28:46.480 --> 00:28:46.819 This is 00:28:46.819 --> 00:28:47.859 Psalm chapter 2 00:28:47.859 --> 00:28:49.359 verse 7. 00:28:49.639 --> 00:28:50.559 I love that Clay read 00:28:50.559 --> 00:28:51.339 I don't know if he knew 00:28:51.339 --> 00:28:52.399 that that was 00:28:52.399 --> 00:28:53.919 in this chapter 00:28:53.919 --> 00:28:54.579 today or not 00:28:54.579 --> 00:28:55.099 but it's wonderful 00:28:55.099 --> 00:28:55.679 that he read it 00:28:55.679 --> 00:28:56.740 either way. 00:28:57.959 --> 00:28:58.899 Psalm chapter 2 00:28:58.899 --> 00:28:59.719 verse 7. 00:28:59.819 --> 00:29:00.519 You are my son 00:29:00.519 --> 00:29:01.159 today 00:29:01.159 --> 00:29:02.240 I have 00:29:02.240 --> 00:29:03.959 begotten you. 00:29:04.139 --> 00:29:04.859 God the Father 00:29:04.859 --> 00:29:06.099 talking to God 00:29:06.099 --> 00:29:06.979 the Son 00:29:06.979 --> 00:29:08.000 predicts not only 00:29:08.000 --> 00:29:08.979 Christ's incarnation 00:29:08.979 --> 00:29:09.759 but also 00:29:09.759 --> 00:29:10.939 his resurrection 00:29:10.939 --> 00:29:12.219 which magnified 00:29:12.219 --> 00:29:12.959 Jesus' 00:29:13.599 --> 00:29:14.039 sonship. 00:29:14.659 --> 00:29:15.779 He is the Son 00:29:15.779 --> 00:29:16.899 forever. 00:29:16.900 --> 00:29:18.420 God raised up 00:29:18.420 --> 00:29:19.080 Jesus. 00:29:20.180 --> 00:29:21.160 God raised up 00:29:21.160 --> 00:29:21.960 Jesus with 00:29:21.960 --> 00:29:22.960 finality. 00:29:23.920 --> 00:29:24.759 Verse 34. 00:29:26.060 --> 00:29:26.440 And as 00:29:26.440 --> 00:29:27.120 for the fact 00:29:27.120 --> 00:29:27.720 that he raised 00:29:27.720 --> 00:29:28.460 him from the dead 00:29:28.460 --> 00:29:29.920 no more 00:29:29.920 --> 00:29:30.720 to return 00:29:30.720 --> 00:29:31.700 to corruption 00:29:31.700 --> 00:29:33.340 he has spoken 00:29:33.340 --> 00:29:34.519 in this way. 00:29:34.600 --> 00:29:34.960 This is an 00:29:34.960 --> 00:29:35.660 interesting one. 00:29:36.600 --> 00:29:37.360 For the fact 00:29:37.360 --> 00:29:37.759 that he raised 00:29:37.759 --> 00:29:38.259 him from the dead 00:29:38.259 --> 00:29:38.980 no more to return 00:29:38.980 --> 00:29:39.440 to corruption 00:29:39.440 --> 00:29:40.080 he has spoken 00:29:40.080 --> 00:29:41.019 in this way 00:29:41.019 --> 00:29:42.300 I will give you 00:29:42.300 --> 00:29:42.780 the holy 00:29:42.780 --> 00:29:43.600 and sure blessings 00:29:43.600 --> 00:29:44.140 of David. 00:29:44.140 --> 00:29:45.460 How do those 00:29:45.460 --> 00:29:46.040 two things 00:29:46.040 --> 00:29:47.300 relate? 00:29:48.340 --> 00:29:49.600 Isaiah 55.3 00:29:49.600 --> 00:29:50.140 I will give you 00:29:50.140 --> 00:29:50.720 the holy and sure 00:29:50.720 --> 00:29:51.120 blessings 00:29:51.120 --> 00:29:52.240 of David. 00:29:52.580 --> 00:29:53.240 Paul is saying 00:29:53.240 --> 00:29:53.920 that God 00:29:53.920 --> 00:29:55.120 had said that 00:29:55.120 --> 00:29:56.040 in regards 00:29:56.040 --> 00:29:56.720 to the fact 00:29:56.720 --> 00:29:57.240 that he raised 00:29:57.240 --> 00:29:58.020 Jesus from the dead 00:29:58.020 --> 00:29:58.900 no more to return 00:29:58.900 --> 00:29:59.360 to corruption. 00:29:59.759 --> 00:30:00.480 So he has been 00:30:00.480 --> 00:30:01.100 raised from the dead 00:30:01.100 --> 00:30:02.580 he won't go back 00:30:02.580 --> 00:30:03.259 to being dead 00:30:03.259 --> 00:30:04.600 he won't be corrupted 00:30:04.600 --> 00:30:05.440 by that they mean 00:30:05.440 --> 00:30:06.580 decayed 00:30:06.580 --> 00:30:07.780 he won't be thrown 00:30:07.780 --> 00:30:08.320 in as many 00:30:08.320 --> 00:30:08.920 crucified people 00:30:08.920 --> 00:30:09.720 were into a 00:30:09.720 --> 00:30:10.580 mass pit 00:30:10.580 --> 00:30:11.720 he was put in a 00:30:11.720 --> 00:30:12.060 tomb 00:30:12.060 --> 00:30:13.000 but he was raised 00:30:13.000 --> 00:30:13.900 he didn't see 00:30:13.900 --> 00:30:14.319 corruption 00:30:14.319 --> 00:30:14.880 he was raised 00:30:14.880 --> 00:30:15.900 from the dead 00:30:15.900 --> 00:30:17.240 how do those 00:30:17.240 --> 00:30:17.859 things connect? 00:30:18.039 --> 00:30:18.539 And I believe 00:30:18.539 --> 00:30:19.039 they connect 00:30:19.039 --> 00:30:19.579 because a dead 00:30:19.579 --> 00:30:20.980 Christ could not 00:30:20.980 --> 00:30:21.900 have been the 00:30:21.900 --> 00:30:22.880 assurance of 00:30:22.880 --> 00:30:23.519 promises made 00:30:23.519 --> 00:30:24.140 to David 00:30:24.140 --> 00:30:25.559 a king to rule 00:30:25.559 --> 00:30:26.180 forevermore 00:30:26.180 --> 00:30:27.519 it wouldn't make 00:30:27.519 --> 00:30:28.339 sense that it 00:30:28.339 --> 00:30:28.960 would be that 00:30:28.960 --> 00:30:30.819 and his life 00:30:30.819 --> 00:30:32.160 now is the 00:30:32.160 --> 00:30:33.000 assurance of 00:30:33.000 --> 00:30:33.819 that promise 00:30:33.819 --> 00:30:34.940 the fact that 00:30:34.940 --> 00:30:36.599 Jesus is alive 00:30:36.599 --> 00:30:37.400 today and he 00:30:37.400 --> 00:30:37.920 will no longer 00:30:37.920 --> 00:30:38.740 return to corruption 00:30:38.740 --> 00:30:39.900 is the assurance 00:30:39.900 --> 00:30:40.700 of the promises 00:30:40.700 --> 00:30:42.039 that God gave 00:30:42.039 --> 00:30:42.799 to David 00:30:42.799 --> 00:30:43.299 that he would 00:30:43.299 --> 00:30:43.879 in the lineage 00:30:43.879 --> 00:30:44.339 of David 00:30:44.339 --> 00:30:45.279 raise up 00:30:45.279 --> 00:30:46.119 a king 00:30:46.119 --> 00:30:46.839 who would rule 00:30:46.839 --> 00:30:47.980 forevermore 00:30:47.980 --> 00:30:48.980 over his people 00:30:48.980 --> 00:30:50.819 third 00:30:50.819 --> 00:30:52.799 God did not 00:30:52.799 --> 00:30:53.460 allow Jesus 00:30:53.460 --> 00:30:54.119 to see 00:30:54.119 --> 00:30:55.099 decay 00:30:55.099 --> 00:30:56.319 mention that 00:30:56.319 --> 00:30:57.319 to some length 00:30:57.319 --> 00:30:57.619 right 00:30:57.619 --> 00:30:58.279 he was raised 00:30:58.279 --> 00:30:58.859 from the dead 00:30:58.859 --> 00:31:00.599 after three days 00:31:00.599 --> 00:31:01.819 verse 35 00:31:01.819 --> 00:31:03.379 and 37 00:31:03.379 --> 00:31:04.500 or excuse me 00:31:04.500 --> 00:31:05.159 through 37 00:31:05.159 --> 00:31:06.700 therefore he says 00:31:06.700 --> 00:31:07.559 in another psalm 00:31:07.559 --> 00:31:08.099 you will not let 00:31:08.099 --> 00:31:08.759 your holy one 00:31:08.759 --> 00:31:09.980 see corruption 00:31:09.980 --> 00:31:10.599 that's psalm 00:31:10.599 --> 00:31:11.339 16 00:31:11.339 --> 00:31:12.460 10 00:31:12.460 --> 00:31:13.599 and then he 00:31:13.599 --> 00:31:14.400 uses a little 00:31:14.400 --> 00:31:15.620 logic for us 00:31:15.620 --> 00:31:15.900 right 00:31:15.900 --> 00:31:16.900 who is it that 00:31:16.900 --> 00:31:17.579 God is talking 00:31:17.579 --> 00:31:18.940 concerning 00:31:18.940 --> 00:31:19.539 right 00:31:19.539 --> 00:31:20.360 as David writes 00:31:20.360 --> 00:31:20.960 this prophetic 00:31:20.960 --> 00:31:21.360 psalm 00:31:21.360 --> 00:31:21.940 you will not let 00:31:21.940 --> 00:31:22.720 your holy one 00:31:22.720 --> 00:31:23.240 see corruption 00:31:23.240 --> 00:31:24.099 well it's Christ 00:31:24.099 --> 00:31:24.700 because 00:31:24.700 --> 00:31:25.579 verse 36 00:31:25.579 --> 00:31:26.319 for David 00:31:26.319 --> 00:31:26.880 after he served 00:31:26.880 --> 00:31:27.440 the purpose of God 00:31:27.440 --> 00:31:28.140 in his own generation 00:31:28.140 --> 00:31:29.160 fell asleep 00:31:29.160 --> 00:31:29.620 and was laid 00:31:29.620 --> 00:31:30.180 with his fathers 00:31:30.180 --> 00:31:31.779 and saw corruption 00:31:31.779 --> 00:31:32.240 right 00:31:32.240 --> 00:31:33.620 David decayed 00:31:33.620 --> 00:31:34.279 he died 00:31:34.279 --> 00:31:35.160 he decayed 00:31:35.160 --> 00:31:35.920 he didn't live 00:31:35.920 --> 00:31:36.480 forever 00:31:36.480 --> 00:31:37.519 on earth 00:31:37.519 --> 00:31:38.860 verse 37 00:31:38.860 --> 00:31:39.640 but he whom 00:31:39.640 --> 00:31:40.840 God raised up 00:31:40.840 --> 00:31:41.560 did not 00:31:41.560 --> 00:31:43.460 see corruption 00:31:43.460 --> 00:31:45.360 so these are 00:31:45.360 --> 00:31:46.100 the ways 00:31:46.100 --> 00:31:46.740 in which 00:31:46.740 --> 00:31:48.560 Paul drives 00:31:48.560 --> 00:31:49.340 that Jesus 00:31:49.340 --> 00:31:50.720 is the fulfillment 00:31:50.720 --> 00:31:52.300 of these prophecies 00:31:52.300 --> 00:31:53.540 he is in fact 00:31:53.540 --> 00:31:54.240 the Christ 00:31:54.240 --> 00:31:55.440 the one that you've 00:31:55.440 --> 00:31:56.300 been waiting 00:31:56.300 --> 00:31:57.440 for 00:31:57.440 --> 00:31:59.019 why does all that matter 00:31:59.019 --> 00:31:59.700 like what's 00:31:59.700 --> 00:32:00.400 what's the point 00:32:00.400 --> 00:32:01.640 what is it that 00:32:01.640 --> 00:32:02.759 we gain from 00:32:02.759 --> 00:32:03.600 Jesus being 00:32:03.600 --> 00:32:04.580 the Christ 00:32:04.579 --> 00:32:05.359 well thirdly 00:32:05.359 --> 00:32:06.539 Paul preaches 00:32:06.539 --> 00:32:07.419 Jesus Christ 00:32:07.419 --> 00:32:09.519 as the justifier 00:32:09.519 --> 00:32:11.199 of the sinner 00:32:11.199 --> 00:32:13.359 verses 38 00:32:13.359 --> 00:32:15.019 through 41 00:32:15.019 --> 00:32:17.059 this is really 00:32:17.059 --> 00:32:18.619 the main point 00:32:18.619 --> 00:32:19.639 the crux 00:32:19.639 --> 00:32:20.079 of what 00:32:20.079 --> 00:32:21.299 he has to say 00:32:21.299 --> 00:32:22.399 to us today 00:32:22.399 --> 00:32:26.539 let it be known 00:32:26.539 --> 00:32:27.539 to you therefore 00:32:27.539 --> 00:32:29.139 for everything 00:32:29.139 --> 00:32:29.699 that we've said 00:32:29.699 --> 00:32:30.179 about Jesus 00:32:30.179 --> 00:32:31.199 being the Christ 00:32:31.199 --> 00:32:32.879 brothers 00:32:32.879 --> 00:32:34.159 that through 00:32:34.160 --> 00:32:34.820 this man 00:32:34.820 --> 00:32:35.300 forgiveness 00:32:35.300 --> 00:32:36.080 of sins 00:32:36.080 --> 00:32:37.100 is proclaimed 00:32:37.100 --> 00:32:37.660 to you 00:32:37.660 --> 00:32:39.800 and by him 00:32:39.800 --> 00:32:40.420 everyone who 00:32:40.420 --> 00:32:40.960 believes 00:32:40.960 --> 00:32:41.720 is freed 00:32:41.720 --> 00:32:42.440 from everything 00:32:42.440 --> 00:32:43.080 from which 00:32:43.080 --> 00:32:44.080 you could not 00:32:44.080 --> 00:32:44.940 be freed 00:32:44.940 --> 00:32:46.759 by the law 00:32:46.759 --> 00:32:48.320 of Bovisus 00:32:48.320 --> 00:32:50.380 now in the ESV 00:32:50.380 --> 00:32:50.920 freed 00:32:50.920 --> 00:32:52.880 could be rendered 00:32:52.880 --> 00:32:53.900 justified 00:32:53.900 --> 00:32:54.840 I like that better 00:32:54.840 --> 00:32:56.240 I like the word 00:32:56.240 --> 00:32:57.000 justified 00:32:57.000 --> 00:32:58.320 better 00:32:58.320 --> 00:33:00.019 justified 00:33:00.019 --> 00:33:00.960 should not be for you 00:33:00.960 --> 00:33:02.039 a high churchy word 00:33:02.039 --> 00:33:03.140 you need to understand 00:33:03.140 --> 00:33:03.759 what it means 00:33:03.759 --> 00:33:04.700 the biblical word 00:33:04.700 --> 00:33:05.319 you should understand 00:33:05.319 --> 00:33:06.420 what it means 00:33:06.420 --> 00:33:08.140 in simplest of terms 00:33:08.140 --> 00:33:09.079 to be justified 00:33:09.079 --> 00:33:09.819 would be like 00:33:09.819 --> 00:33:11.360 standing for a judge 00:33:11.360 --> 00:33:13.680 guilty of something 00:33:13.680 --> 00:33:15.200 and being dismissed 00:33:15.200 --> 00:33:16.200 of that charge 00:33:16.200 --> 00:33:18.420 being let go 00:33:18.420 --> 00:33:19.779 you're no longer guilty 00:33:19.779 --> 00:33:20.720 there's no guilt 00:33:20.720 --> 00:33:21.600 found with you 00:33:21.600 --> 00:33:22.279 at all 00:33:22.279 --> 00:33:24.620 in a broader way 00:33:24.620 --> 00:33:25.279 in a more biblical 00:33:25.279 --> 00:33:26.100 way 00:33:26.100 --> 00:33:28.000 if we believed in Christ 00:33:28.000 --> 00:33:29.059 not only has the debt 00:33:29.059 --> 00:33:29.599 of our sin 00:33:29.599 --> 00:33:30.380 been cancelled 00:33:30.380 --> 00:33:31.839 but we've also been 00:33:31.839 --> 00:33:33.259 granted his righteousness 00:33:33.259 --> 00:33:35.240 and both are necessary 00:33:35.240 --> 00:33:36.259 for us to be saved 00:33:36.259 --> 00:33:37.559 we have to not 00:33:37.559 --> 00:33:38.599 be guilty 00:33:38.599 --> 00:33:40.180 of transgressing 00:33:40.180 --> 00:33:40.539 the law 00:33:40.539 --> 00:33:41.859 but we also have to 00:33:41.859 --> 00:33:42.460 have kept the law 00:33:42.460 --> 00:33:42.960 perfectly 00:33:42.960 --> 00:33:44.700 there's two sides there 00:33:44.700 --> 00:33:45.400 which is why Jesus 00:33:45.400 --> 00:33:46.319 came and lived 00:33:46.319 --> 00:33:47.319 that's why he didn't 00:33:47.319 --> 00:33:47.779 just come 00:33:47.779 --> 00:33:48.380 die 00:33:48.380 --> 00:33:49.460 he came and lived 00:33:49.460 --> 00:33:50.440 a perfect life 00:33:50.440 --> 00:33:52.039 he amassed righteousness 00:33:52.039 --> 00:33:53.680 he never sinned 00:33:53.680 --> 00:33:54.839 so that we could have 00:33:54.839 --> 00:33:56.119 his sinlessness 00:33:56.119 --> 00:33:57.500 it's often called 00:33:57.500 --> 00:33:59.059 his act of obedience 00:33:59.059 --> 00:33:59.539 right 00:33:59.539 --> 00:34:00.480 it's very important 00:34:00.480 --> 00:34:03.079 he died 00:34:03.079 --> 00:34:04.559 bore the wrath of God 00:34:04.559 --> 00:34:05.559 for our sin 00:34:05.559 --> 00:34:05.960 took 00:34:05.960 --> 00:34:07.720 God never just says 00:34:07.720 --> 00:34:08.039 eh 00:34:08.039 --> 00:34:09.099 I'm just going to 00:34:09.099 --> 00:34:09.960 overlook sin 00:34:09.960 --> 00:34:11.179 can't do that 00:34:11.179 --> 00:34:11.920 as a just God 00:34:11.920 --> 00:34:12.420 he can't do it 00:34:12.420 --> 00:34:13.320 he has to punish sin 00:34:13.320 --> 00:34:15.000 he punished our sin 00:34:15.000 --> 00:34:16.380 in Christ 00:34:16.380 --> 00:34:17.340 so that the record 00:34:17.340 --> 00:34:17.960 could be cancelled 00:34:17.960 --> 00:34:18.780 the two sides 00:34:18.780 --> 00:34:19.559 that's what it means 00:34:19.559 --> 00:34:21.079 to be justified 00:34:21.079 --> 00:34:22.260 that's why I think 00:34:22.260 --> 00:34:22.880 freed is kind of 00:34:22.880 --> 00:34:23.480 a weak word 00:34:23.480 --> 00:34:24.320 when you think 00:34:24.320 --> 00:34:24.719 of all 00:34:24.719 --> 00:34:26.099 of that 00:34:26.099 --> 00:34:27.119 right 00:34:27.119 --> 00:34:28.139 let it be known 00:34:28.139 --> 00:34:28.460 to you therefore 00:34:28.460 --> 00:34:28.739 brothers 00:34:28.739 --> 00:34:29.179 that through this 00:34:29.179 --> 00:34:29.599 man forgiveness 00:34:29.599 --> 00:34:30.119 is proclaimed 00:34:30.119 --> 00:34:30.420 to you 00:34:30.420 --> 00:34:31.059 and by him 00:34:31.059 --> 00:34:31.539 everyone who 00:34:31.539 --> 00:34:31.920 believes 00:34:31.920 --> 00:34:32.880 is justified 00:34:32.880 --> 00:34:34.079 from everything 00:34:34.079 --> 00:34:34.679 from which you 00:34:34.679 --> 00:34:35.400 could not be 00:34:35.400 --> 00:34:36.119 justified 00:34:36.119 --> 00:34:37.859 by the law 00:34:37.859 --> 00:34:38.759 of Moses 00:34:38.759 --> 00:34:40.380 Paul's listeners 00:34:40.380 --> 00:34:41.719 were very aware 00:34:41.719 --> 00:34:42.659 of this 00:34:42.659 --> 00:34:44.900 they knew the law 00:34:44.900 --> 00:34:45.759 and they knew 00:34:45.759 --> 00:34:46.460 their inability 00:34:46.460 --> 00:34:48.039 to keep the law 00:34:48.039 --> 00:34:49.380 Paul writes later 00:34:49.380 --> 00:34:50.639 in Romans chapter 3 00:34:50.639 --> 00:34:52.019 for by works of the law 00:34:52.019 --> 00:34:52.940 no human being 00:34:52.940 --> 00:34:53.619 will be justified 00:34:53.619 --> 00:34:54.779 in God's sight 00:34:54.780 --> 00:34:56.280 since through the law 00:34:56.280 --> 00:34:57.240 comes knowledge 00:34:57.240 --> 00:34:57.880 of sin 00:34:57.880 --> 00:34:59.519 but now 00:34:59.519 --> 00:35:00.260 the righteousness 00:35:00.260 --> 00:35:00.800 of God 00:35:00.800 --> 00:35:01.740 has been manifested 00:35:01.740 --> 00:35:03.100 apart from the law 00:35:03.100 --> 00:35:04.320 although the law 00:35:04.320 --> 00:35:05.060 and the prophets 00:35:05.060 --> 00:35:06.140 bear witness to it 00:35:06.140 --> 00:35:07.100 the point we're making 00:35:07.100 --> 00:35:07.320 right 00:35:07.320 --> 00:35:08.060 point two 00:35:08.060 --> 00:35:09.340 our need of 00:35:09.340 --> 00:35:10.240 Christ 00:35:10.240 --> 00:35:11.380 verse 22 00:35:11.380 --> 00:35:12.019 Romans 3 00:35:12.019 --> 00:35:12.620 the righteousness 00:35:12.620 --> 00:35:13.320 of God 00:35:13.320 --> 00:35:14.400 through faith 00:35:14.400 --> 00:35:15.600 in Jesus Christ 00:35:15.600 --> 00:35:17.220 for all who believes 00:35:17.220 --> 00:35:18.900 for there is no distinction 00:35:18.900 --> 00:35:20.300 Galatians 3 00:35:20.300 --> 00:35:20.720 10 00:35:20.720 --> 00:35:23.160 for all who rely 00:35:23.160 --> 00:35:24.539 on works of the law 00:35:24.539 --> 00:35:25.720 are under a curse 00:35:25.720 --> 00:35:27.160 for it is written 00:35:27.160 --> 00:35:27.539 right 00:35:27.539 --> 00:35:28.660 as listeners would have 00:35:28.660 --> 00:35:29.140 been aware of 00:35:29.140 --> 00:35:30.039 Deuteronomy 27 00:35:30.039 --> 00:35:30.620 26 00:35:30.620 --> 00:35:31.519 cursed 00:35:31.519 --> 00:35:32.900 be everyone 00:35:32.900 --> 00:35:33.860 who does not abide 00:35:33.860 --> 00:35:34.900 by all things 00:35:34.900 --> 00:35:36.080 written in the book 00:35:36.080 --> 00:35:36.640 of the law 00:35:36.640 --> 00:35:37.840 and do them 00:35:37.840 --> 00:35:40.060 never able to gain 00:35:40.060 --> 00:35:40.880 favor with God 00:35:40.880 --> 00:35:42.039 by our works 00:35:42.039 --> 00:35:44.080 it's the beautiful thing 00:35:44.080 --> 00:35:45.340 about the Christian religion 00:35:45.340 --> 00:35:45.960 different from 00:35:45.960 --> 00:35:47.280 every other 00:35:47.280 --> 00:35:48.120 religion 00:35:48.120 --> 00:35:48.500 and of course 00:35:48.500 --> 00:35:49.160 I would suggest to you 00:35:49.159 --> 00:35:50.579 it's the only true religion 00:35:50.579 --> 00:35:52.099 that we now 00:35:52.099 --> 00:35:53.619 having been justified 00:35:53.619 --> 00:35:54.759 are obedient 00:35:54.759 --> 00:35:56.779 as a gracious response 00:35:56.779 --> 00:35:57.879 to what God has done 00:35:57.879 --> 00:35:59.099 for us in Christ 00:35:59.099 --> 00:36:00.000 right 00:36:00.000 --> 00:36:01.480 we're obedient now 00:36:01.480 --> 00:36:02.599 we keep the law 00:36:02.599 --> 00:36:03.559 now because 00:36:03.559 --> 00:36:05.000 we've been freed 00:36:05.000 --> 00:36:05.639 from the penalty 00:36:05.639 --> 00:36:06.759 of not being able 00:36:06.759 --> 00:36:08.159 to keep the law 00:36:08.159 --> 00:36:11.099 it's a gracious response 00:36:11.099 --> 00:36:11.579 to that 00:36:11.579 --> 00:36:13.139 not that we're driving 00:36:13.139 --> 00:36:13.879 we're trying 00:36:13.879 --> 00:36:14.579 we're trying 00:36:14.579 --> 00:36:15.119 we're trying 00:36:15.119 --> 00:36:16.599 to gain God's favor 00:36:16.599 --> 00:36:17.239 right 00:36:17.239 --> 00:36:18.599 by faith in Christ 00:36:18.599 --> 00:36:19.860 we are justified 00:36:19.860 --> 00:36:22.159 John Bunyan 00:36:22.159 --> 00:36:23.739 familiar with 00:36:23.739 --> 00:36:24.420 the old Puritan 00:36:24.420 --> 00:36:24.920 John Bunyan 00:36:24.920 --> 00:36:25.880 wrote a wonderful book 00:36:25.880 --> 00:36:26.559 called 00:36:26.559 --> 00:36:27.299 The Pilgrim's Progress 00:36:27.299 --> 00:36:28.400 and you have to read it 00:36:28.400 --> 00:36:28.960 if you're a believer 00:36:28.960 --> 00:36:32.239 trade in your 00:36:32.239 --> 00:36:33.380 purpose driven life boxers 00:36:33.380 --> 00:36:33.739 for a copy 00:36:33.739 --> 00:36:34.420 of The Pilgrim's Progress 00:36:34.420 --> 00:36:36.779 and read this book 00:36:36.779 --> 00:36:38.059 and in the book 00:36:38.059 --> 00:36:38.480 it's about 00:36:38.480 --> 00:36:40.099 a man named Christian 00:36:40.099 --> 00:36:41.099 who's going on a journey 00:36:41.099 --> 00:36:42.079 to the celestial city 00:36:42.079 --> 00:36:43.039 it's an allegory 00:36:43.039 --> 00:36:43.880 of the Christian life 00:36:43.880 --> 00:36:44.940 and he has a 00:36:44.940 --> 00:36:46.780 a co-patriot 00:36:46.780 --> 00:36:47.119 with him 00:36:47.119 --> 00:36:47.900 along the way 00:36:47.900 --> 00:36:48.519 by the name 00:36:48.519 --> 00:36:49.039 of Faithful 00:36:49.039 --> 00:36:50.420 and there's a point 00:36:50.420 --> 00:36:51.039 at which they meet 00:36:51.039 --> 00:36:51.639 and Faithful is 00:36:51.639 --> 00:36:53.000 recounting his story 00:36:53.000 --> 00:36:53.840 of his journey 00:36:53.840 --> 00:36:54.720 so far 00:36:54.720 --> 00:36:55.440 he's encountering 00:36:55.440 --> 00:36:56.079 some of the same 00:36:56.079 --> 00:36:57.320 things that Christian 00:36:57.320 --> 00:36:57.920 has encountered 00:36:57.920 --> 00:36:58.679 and he's telling 00:36:58.679 --> 00:36:59.119 his story 00:36:59.119 --> 00:37:01.159 I love this 00:37:01.159 --> 00:37:02.079 where he speaks 00:37:02.079 --> 00:37:03.539 of encountering 00:37:03.539 --> 00:37:04.220 Moses 00:37:04.220 --> 00:37:06.000 so this is Faithful 00:37:06.000 --> 00:37:07.139 speaking to Christian 00:37:07.139 --> 00:37:08.900 about Moses 00:37:08.900 --> 00:37:10.059 so soon as 00:37:10.059 --> 00:37:10.780 the man 00:37:10.780 --> 00:37:11.960 overtook me 00:37:11.960 --> 00:37:12.320 Moses 00:37:12.320 --> 00:37:14.200 it was but a word 00:37:14.200 --> 00:37:14.860 and a blow 00:37:14.860 --> 00:37:16.340 for down he knocked me 00:37:16.340 --> 00:37:17.360 and laid me 00:37:17.360 --> 00:37:18.360 for dead 00:37:18.360 --> 00:37:20.000 but when I was a little 00:37:20.000 --> 00:37:20.900 come to myself again 00:37:20.900 --> 00:37:21.660 I asked him 00:37:21.660 --> 00:37:22.500 wherefore 00:37:22.500 --> 00:37:23.019 why 00:37:23.019 --> 00:37:24.260 he served me 00:37:24.260 --> 00:37:24.760 so 00:37:24.760 --> 00:37:26.180 he said 00:37:26.180 --> 00:37:27.240 because of my 00:37:27.240 --> 00:37:28.559 secret inclining 00:37:28.559 --> 00:37:29.660 to Adam 00:37:29.660 --> 00:37:30.420 the first 00:37:30.420 --> 00:37:32.240 because you're a human 00:37:32.240 --> 00:37:33.980 born in sin 00:37:33.980 --> 00:37:35.920 and with that 00:37:35.920 --> 00:37:36.740 he struck me 00:37:36.740 --> 00:37:38.019 another deadly blow 00:37:38.019 --> 00:37:38.620 on the breast 00:37:38.620 --> 00:37:39.400 and beat me 00:37:39.400 --> 00:37:40.140 down backward 00:37:40.139 --> 00:37:41.319 so I lay 00:37:41.319 --> 00:37:42.000 at his foot 00:37:42.000 --> 00:37:42.799 as dead 00:37:42.799 --> 00:37:43.980 as before 00:37:43.980 --> 00:37:45.460 so when I came 00:37:45.460 --> 00:37:46.139 to myself again 00:37:46.139 --> 00:37:47.159 I cried him 00:37:47.159 --> 00:37:47.539 mercy 00:37:47.539 --> 00:37:48.659 but he said 00:37:48.659 --> 00:37:49.659 I know not 00:37:49.659 --> 00:37:50.599 how to show 00:37:50.599 --> 00:37:51.299 mercy 00:37:51.299 --> 00:37:52.159 and with that 00:37:52.159 --> 00:37:53.099 he knocked me 00:37:53.099 --> 00:37:54.099 down again 00:37:54.099 --> 00:37:54.440 so you see 00:37:54.440 --> 00:37:54.920 what he's saying 00:37:54.920 --> 00:37:55.900 the law of Moses 00:37:55.900 --> 00:37:56.420 right 00:37:56.420 --> 00:37:57.139 the purpose 00:37:57.139 --> 00:37:57.879 that it served 00:37:57.879 --> 00:37:59.400 was to convince 00:37:59.400 --> 00:38:00.279 of our sinfulness 00:38:00.279 --> 00:38:00.719 right 00:38:00.719 --> 00:38:01.679 it doesn't know 00:38:01.679 --> 00:38:02.379 how to show mercy 00:38:02.379 --> 00:38:02.940 right 00:38:02.940 --> 00:38:03.839 it's just law 00:38:03.839 --> 00:38:05.420 like here's the standard 00:38:05.420 --> 00:38:06.179 keep it 00:38:06.179 --> 00:38:07.900 but we can keep it 00:38:07.900 --> 00:38:09.019 we can keep it 00:38:09.019 --> 00:38:10.699 we need another way 00:38:10.699 --> 00:38:12.619 in Christ 00:38:12.619 --> 00:38:14.079 and Bunyan 00:38:14.079 --> 00:38:14.679 writes on 00:38:14.679 --> 00:38:16.420 he had doubtless 00:38:16.420 --> 00:38:17.719 made an end of me 00:38:17.719 --> 00:38:19.159 but that one 00:38:19.159 --> 00:38:19.880 came by 00:38:19.880 --> 00:38:20.880 speaking of Christ 00:38:20.880 --> 00:38:21.860 and bid him 00:38:21.860 --> 00:38:22.739 forbear 00:38:22.739 --> 00:38:23.460 stop 00:38:23.460 --> 00:38:24.340 right 00:38:24.340 --> 00:38:25.599 it's wonderful 00:38:25.599 --> 00:38:26.579 it's wonderful 00:38:26.579 --> 00:38:29.679 so he tells them 00:38:29.679 --> 00:38:30.119 right 00:38:30.119 --> 00:38:30.900 believe 00:38:30.900 --> 00:38:31.980 this is the gospel 00:38:31.980 --> 00:38:33.059 of Jesus Christ 00:38:33.059 --> 00:38:34.340 you can be justified 00:38:34.340 --> 00:38:36.719 from your lawlessness 00:38:36.719 --> 00:38:37.480 in a way 00:38:37.480 --> 00:38:38.359 that the law of Moses 00:38:38.359 --> 00:38:39.179 could never 00:38:39.179 --> 00:38:40.359 have done 00:38:40.359 --> 00:38:41.519 for you 00:38:41.519 --> 00:38:42.759 and he warns them 00:38:42.759 --> 00:38:44.399 he says 00:38:44.399 --> 00:38:45.379 beware 00:38:45.379 --> 00:38:46.199 therefore 00:38:46.199 --> 00:38:47.339 lest what is said 00:38:47.339 --> 00:38:48.279 in the prophets 00:38:48.279 --> 00:38:50.239 should come about 00:38:50.239 --> 00:38:52.419 and he references 00:38:52.419 --> 00:38:53.239 Habakkuk 00:38:53.239 --> 00:38:54.179 chapter 1 00:38:54.179 --> 00:38:55.679 verse 5 00:38:55.679 --> 00:38:57.059 it's a very 00:38:57.059 --> 00:38:57.639 interesting 00:38:57.639 --> 00:38:58.299 reference 00:38:58.299 --> 00:38:58.879 to make 00:38:58.879 --> 00:39:00.419 his point 00:39:00.419 --> 00:39:01.259 Habakkuk 1 00:39:01.259 --> 00:39:01.799 5 00:39:01.799 --> 00:39:02.879 foretells 00:39:02.879 --> 00:39:03.859 of the destruction 00:39:03.859 --> 00:39:04.819 of Judah 00:39:04.820 --> 00:39:06.460 by the Chaldeans 00:39:06.460 --> 00:39:08.180 and the Chaldeans 00:39:08.180 --> 00:39:09.400 if you care 00:39:09.400 --> 00:39:10.420 about such a thing 00:39:10.420 --> 00:39:11.160 are the southern 00:39:11.160 --> 00:39:11.860 Babylonians 00:39:11.860 --> 00:39:12.220 right 00:39:12.220 --> 00:39:12.960 southern people 00:39:12.960 --> 00:39:13.420 are always 00:39:13.420 --> 00:39:14.280 the nastiest people 00:39:14.280 --> 00:39:14.680 aren't they 00:39:14.680 --> 00:39:18.860 he raises up 00:39:18.860 --> 00:39:19.880 Habakkuk 1 00:39:19.880 --> 00:39:20.140 5 00:39:20.140 --> 00:39:20.559 says 00:39:20.559 --> 00:39:21.220 a people 00:39:21.220 --> 00:39:22.240 an evil people 00:39:22.240 --> 00:39:23.160 as a judgment 00:39:23.160 --> 00:39:23.800 against 00:39:23.800 --> 00:39:24.539 wicked 00:39:24.539 --> 00:39:25.480 Israel 00:39:25.480 --> 00:39:27.260 now this happened 00:39:27.260 --> 00:39:27.559 like 00:39:27.559 --> 00:39:28.280 you could say 00:39:28.280 --> 00:39:28.800 Habakkuk 1 00:39:28.800 --> 00:39:29.519 5 was fulfilled 00:39:29.519 --> 00:39:29.740 though 00:39:29.740 --> 00:39:30.160 wasn't it 00:39:30.160 --> 00:39:30.900 because in fact 00:39:30.900 --> 00:39:31.400 the Chaldeans 00:39:31.400 --> 00:39:32.000 did come 00:39:32.000 --> 00:39:32.760 and they did 00:39:32.760 --> 00:39:33.260 rout 00:39:33.260 --> 00:39:33.880 through 00:39:33.880 --> 00:39:34.519 Israel 00:39:34.519 --> 00:39:35.179 and they did 00:39:35.179 --> 00:39:36.199 bring destruction 00:39:36.199 --> 00:39:37.360 to Judah 00:39:37.360 --> 00:39:38.099 yes 00:39:38.099 --> 00:39:38.659 but Paul 00:39:38.659 --> 00:39:39.380 references it 00:39:39.380 --> 00:39:39.659 here 00:39:39.659 --> 00:39:40.300 for future 00:39:40.300 --> 00:39:40.800 destruction 00:39:40.800 --> 00:39:42.440 beware 00:39:42.440 --> 00:39:43.179 lest the 00:39:43.179 --> 00:39:44.199 final judgment 00:39:44.199 --> 00:39:44.920 is what he's 00:39:44.920 --> 00:39:45.500 using Habakkuk 00:39:45.500 --> 00:39:45.980 1 5 00:39:45.980 --> 00:39:46.500 to say 00:39:46.500 --> 00:39:47.320 be true 00:39:47.320 --> 00:39:47.619 of you 00:39:47.619 --> 00:39:47.880 that you 00:39:47.880 --> 00:39:48.420 don't believe 00:39:48.420 --> 00:39:48.719 in this 00:39:48.719 --> 00:39:49.280 Christ 00:39:49.280 --> 00:39:50.000 and that 00:39:50.000 --> 00:39:50.219 you're 00:39:50.219 --> 00:39:50.599 utterly 00:39:50.599 --> 00:39:51.480 destroyed 00:39:51.480 --> 00:39:52.239 for being 00:39:52.239 --> 00:39:52.900 disobedient 00:39:52.900 --> 00:39:54.119 to God 00:39:54.119 --> 00:39:55.800 only by 00:39:55.800 --> 00:39:56.199 faith in 00:39:56.199 --> 00:39:56.579 Christ 00:39:56.579 --> 00:39:57.719 one be 00:39:57.719 --> 00:39:58.119 justified 00:39:58.119 --> 00:39:59.500 before God 00:39:59.500 --> 00:40:00.840 Acts chapter 4 00:40:00.840 --> 00:40:01.420 verse 12 00:40:01.420 --> 00:40:01.780 Peter 00:40:01.780 --> 00:40:03.079 another wonderful 00:40:03.079 --> 00:40:03.699 sermon in the 00:40:03.699 --> 00:40:04.239 book of Acts 00:40:04.239 --> 00:40:05.639 preaching to the 00:40:05.639 --> 00:40:06.119 council 00:40:06.119 --> 00:40:07.659 the Sanhedrin 00:40:07.659 --> 00:40:09.000 said in there 00:40:09.000 --> 00:40:09.599 salvation 00:40:09.599 --> 00:40:10.219 and no one 00:40:10.219 --> 00:40:10.479 else 00:40:10.479 --> 00:40:10.879 for there is 00:40:10.879 --> 00:40:11.339 no other 00:40:11.339 --> 00:40:11.819 name under 00:40:11.819 --> 00:40:12.399 heaven given 00:40:12.399 --> 00:40:13.099 among men 00:40:13.099 --> 00:40:13.979 by which 00:40:13.979 --> 00:40:15.019 we must be 00:40:15.019 --> 00:40:15.479 saved 00:40:15.479 --> 00:40:16.639 believe in 00:40:16.639 --> 00:40:17.179 Christ 00:40:17.179 --> 00:40:18.659 believe in 00:40:18.659 --> 00:40:19.179 Christ 00:40:19.179 --> 00:40:21.139 by faith in 00:40:21.139 --> 00:40:21.819 Christ we are 00:40:21.819 --> 00:40:22.559 set free 00:40:22.559 --> 00:40:23.479 from the 00:40:23.479 --> 00:40:24.199 condemnation 00:40:24.199 --> 00:40:25.959 of the law 00:40:25.960 --> 00:40:28.740 this date 00:40:28.740 --> 00:40:29.760 November 13th 00:40:29.760 --> 00:40:30.380 in the year 00:40:30.380 --> 00:40:31.860 354 00:40:31.860 --> 00:40:33.599 Augustine 00:40:33.599 --> 00:40:34.159 of Hippo 00:40:34.159 --> 00:40:34.920 was born 00:40:34.920 --> 00:40:35.820 so it's 00:40:35.820 --> 00:40:36.179 fitting that 00:40:36.179 --> 00:40:36.500 we quote 00:40:36.500 --> 00:40:37.119 him today 00:40:37.119 --> 00:40:38.720 Augustine 00:40:38.720 --> 00:40:39.119 once wrote 00:40:39.119 --> 00:40:39.500 thus 00:40:39.500 --> 00:40:40.519 a good 00:40:40.519 --> 00:40:40.900 man 00:40:40.900 --> 00:40:41.280 though a 00:40:41.280 --> 00:40:41.760 slave 00:40:41.760 --> 00:40:42.780 is free 00:40:42.780 --> 00:40:44.039 but a 00:40:44.039 --> 00:40:44.280 wicked 00:40:44.280 --> 00:40:44.820 man 00:40:44.820 --> 00:40:45.380 though a 00:40:45.380 --> 00:40:45.820 king 00:40:45.820 --> 00:40:46.340 is a 00:40:46.340 --> 00:40:46.699 slave 00:40:46.699 --> 00:40:47.099 for he 00:40:47.099 --> 00:40:47.659 serves 00:40:47.659 --> 00:40:48.579 not one 00:40:48.579 --> 00:40:49.260 man alone 00:40:49.260 --> 00:40:49.679 but what 00:40:49.679 --> 00:40:50.199 is worse 00:40:50.199 --> 00:40:50.880 as many 00:40:50.880 --> 00:40:51.500 masters 00:40:51.500 --> 00:40:52.639 as he 00:40:52.639 --> 00:40:53.099 has 00:40:53.099 --> 00:40:54.420 vices 00:40:54.420 --> 00:40:56.019 be set 00:40:56.019 --> 00:40:56.480 free 00:40:56.480 --> 00:40:56.940 in 00:40:56.940 --> 00:40:57.400 Christ 00:40:57.400 --> 00:40:58.039 from the 00:40:58.039 --> 00:40:58.440 condemnation 00:40:58.440 --> 00:40:58.659 of the 00:40:58.659 --> 00:40:58.880 law 00:40:58.880 --> 00:41:00.380 by believing 00:41:00.380 --> 00:41:01.579 in him 00:41:01.579 --> 00:41:03.380 and then we 00:41:03.380 --> 00:41:03.900 see in the 00:41:03.900 --> 00:41:04.500 concluding two 00:41:04.500 --> 00:41:05.300 verses that 00:41:05.300 --> 00:41:06.099 Paul's preaching 00:41:06.099 --> 00:41:07.559 bears fruit 00:41:07.559 --> 00:41:09.119 as they went 00:41:09.119 --> 00:41:09.639 out the people 00:41:09.639 --> 00:41:10.900 begged that 00:41:10.900 --> 00:41:11.519 these things 00:41:11.519 --> 00:41:12.139 might be told 00:41:12.139 --> 00:41:13.180 them the 00:41:13.180 --> 00:41:14.039 next sabbath 00:41:14.039 --> 00:41:15.980 I would 00:41:15.980 --> 00:41:16.740 someday love 00:41:16.740 --> 00:41:17.039 for somebody 00:41:17.039 --> 00:41:17.740 to beg me 00:41:17.740 --> 00:41:18.300 to preach 00:41:18.300 --> 00:41:19.019 next Sunday 00:41:19.019 --> 00:41:21.800 I'm kidding 00:41:21.800 --> 00:41:22.159 I think you 00:41:22.159 --> 00:41:22.440 guys know 00:41:22.440 --> 00:41:22.740 I'm coming 00:41:22.740 --> 00:41:23.059 back 00:41:23.059 --> 00:41:25.000 and after 00:41:25.000 --> 00:41:25.279 the meeting 00:41:25.279 --> 00:41:25.460 of the 00:41:25.460 --> 00:41:25.619 synagogue 00:41:25.619 --> 00:41:26.340 broke up 00:41:26.340 --> 00:41:27.279 many Jews 00:41:27.279 --> 00:41:28.539 and devout 00:41:28.539 --> 00:41:29.099 converts 00:41:29.099 --> 00:41:29.400 these are 00:41:29.400 --> 00:41:30.360 these proselytites 00:41:30.360 --> 00:41:30.980 to Judaism 00:41:30.980 --> 00:41:32.500 followed Paul 00:41:32.500 --> 00:41:33.019 and Barnabas 00:41:33.019 --> 00:41:33.840 who as they 00:41:33.840 --> 00:41:34.380 spoke with 00:41:34.380 --> 00:41:35.139 them urged 00:41:35.139 --> 00:41:36.219 them to 00:41:36.219 --> 00:41:37.219 continue in 00:41:37.219 --> 00:41:37.519 the grace 00:41:37.519 --> 00:41:37.860 of God 00:41:37.860 --> 00:41:38.199 so we see 00:41:38.199 --> 00:41:38.739 some evidence 00:41:38.739 --> 00:41:39.079 of people 00:41:39.079 --> 00:41:39.659 turning to 00:41:39.659 --> 00:41:39.960 the truth 00:41:39.960 --> 00:41:40.420 of God 00:41:40.420 --> 00:41:41.259 to what 00:41:41.259 --> 00:41:41.679 degree we 00:41:41.679 --> 00:41:42.179 don't know 00:41:42.179 --> 00:41:43.059 but clearly 00:41:43.059 --> 00:41:43.559 Paul and 00:41:43.559 --> 00:41:43.980 Barnabas 00:41:43.980 --> 00:41:44.340 see the 00:41:44.340 --> 00:41:44.779 grace of 00:41:44.779 --> 00:41:44.980 God 00:41:44.980 --> 00:41:45.599 working in 00:41:45.599 --> 00:41:45.840 them 00:41:45.840 --> 00:41:46.279 that they're 00:41:46.279 --> 00:41:46.940 hearing the 00:41:46.940 --> 00:41:47.259 truth 00:41:47.259 --> 00:41:47.900 they're at 00:41:47.900 --> 00:41:49.259 least hungry 00:41:49.259 --> 00:41:49.920 to hear more 00:41:49.920 --> 00:41:50.320 of the truth 00:41:50.320 --> 00:41:50.639 as they 00:41:50.639 --> 00:41:51.279 follow them 00:41:51.279 --> 00:41:52.920 along 00:41:52.920 --> 00:41:54.079 so in 00:41:54.079 --> 00:41:54.559 closing I 00:41:54.559 --> 00:41:54.700 want to 00:41:54.700 --> 00:41:55.300 remind you 00:41:55.300 --> 00:41:56.260 of Paul's 00:41:56.260 --> 00:41:57.519 three exhortations 00:41:57.519 --> 00:42:00.300 verse 16 00:42:00.300 --> 00:42:01.280 particularly for 00:42:01.280 --> 00:42:02.440 those who 00:42:02.440 --> 00:42:02.880 aren't in 00:42:02.880 --> 00:42:03.500 Christ this 00:42:03.500 --> 00:42:03.780 morning 00:42:03.780 --> 00:42:05.079 listen 00:42:05.079 --> 00:42:07.119 listen to 00:42:07.119 --> 00:42:07.420 the good 00:42:07.420 --> 00:42:07.740 news 00:42:07.740 --> 00:42:09.220 of Jesus 00:42:09.220 --> 00:42:09.599 Christ 00:42:09.599 --> 00:42:10.159 your judgment 00:42:10.159 --> 00:42:10.700 is sure 00:42:10.700 --> 00:42:11.480 and it is 00:42:11.480 --> 00:42:11.880 coming 00:42:11.880 --> 00:42:13.200 beware 00:42:13.200 --> 00:42:14.860 lest what 00:42:14.860 --> 00:42:15.260 is said 00:42:15.260 --> 00:42:15.460 in the 00:42:15.460 --> 00:42:15.800 prophets 00:42:15.800 --> 00:42:16.360 should come 00:42:16.360 --> 00:42:16.900 about 00:42:16.900 --> 00:42:18.980 and believe 00:42:18.980 --> 00:42:20.960 believe 00:42:20.960 --> 00:42:20.980 believe 00:42:20.980 --> 00:42:22.039 through this 00:42:22.039 --> 00:42:22.300 man 00:42:22.300 --> 00:42:22.480 through 00:42:22.480 --> 00:42:22.940 Christ 00:42:22.940 --> 00:42:23.420 forgiveness 00:42:23.420 --> 00:42:24.300 of sins 00:42:24.300 --> 00:42:24.920 is 00:42:24.920 --> 00:42:25.480 proclaimed 00:42:25.480 --> 00:42:27.260 to you 00:42:27.260 --> 00:42:28.280 everyone 00:42:28.280 --> 00:42:28.500 who 00:42:28.500 --> 00:42:28.760 believes 00:42:28.760 --> 00:42:29.599 is justified 00:42:29.599 --> 00:42:30.940 from 00:42:30.940 --> 00:42:31.300 everything 00:42:31.300 --> 00:42:31.659 that the 00:42:31.659 --> 00:42:31.960 law of 00:42:31.960 --> 00:42:32.179 Moses 00:42:32.179 --> 00:42:32.639 could not 00:42:32.639 --> 00:42:33.079 justify 00:42:33.079 --> 00:42:33.480 us 00:42:33.480 --> 00:42:34.860 from 00:42:34.860 --> 00:42:36.219 and I 00:42:36.219 --> 00:42:36.440 want to 00:42:36.440 --> 00:42:36.940 add one 00:42:36.940 --> 00:42:37.460 additional 00:42:37.460 --> 00:42:38.260 exhortation 00:42:38.260 --> 00:42:40.280 beyond our 00:42:40.280 --> 00:42:40.860 text this 00:42:40.860 --> 00:42:41.139 morning 00:42:41.139 --> 00:42:42.380 and that 00:42:42.380 --> 00:42:42.960 is that 00:42:42.960 --> 00:42:43.880 you preach 00:42:43.880 --> 00:42:44.639 like 00:42:44.639 --> 00:42:45.740 Paul 00:42:45.740 --> 00:42:47.199 preach 00:42:47.199 --> 00:42:47.460 like 00:42:47.460 --> 00:42:47.799 Paul 00:42:47.799 --> 00:42:48.519 if you 00:42:48.519 --> 00:42:48.799 are a 00:42:48.799 --> 00:42:49.339 Christian 00:42:49.339 --> 00:42:50.139 it has 00:42:50.139 --> 00:42:50.259 been 00:42:50.259 --> 00:42:50.719 granted 00:42:50.719 --> 00:42:51.279 to you 00:42:51.279 --> 00:42:51.519 the 00:42:51.519 --> 00:42:52.139 privilege 00:42:52.139 --> 00:42:52.539 of getting 00:42:52.539 --> 00:42:53.079 to proclaim 00:42:53.079 --> 00:42:53.460 the good 00:42:53.460 --> 00:42:53.819 news 00:42:53.819 --> 00:42:54.859 of Jesus 00:42:54.859 --> 00:42:55.299 Christ 00:42:55.299 --> 00:42:55.960 it does 00:42:55.960 --> 00:42:56.500 not mean 00:42:56.500 --> 00:42:57.279 necessarily 00:42:57.279 --> 00:42:57.679 that you 00:42:57.679 --> 00:42:58.139 will preach 00:42:58.139 --> 00:42:58.460 like 00:42:58.460 --> 00:42:58.939 this 00:42:58.939 --> 00:42:59.759 on a 00:42:59.759 --> 00:42:59.939 Sunday 00:42:59.939 --> 00:43:00.359 morning 00:43:00.359 --> 00:43:01.000 from a 00:43:01.000 --> 00:43:01.519 stage 00:43:01.519 --> 00:43:02.159 with a 00:43:02.159 --> 00:43:02.419 lapel 00:43:02.419 --> 00:43:02.839 mic 00:43:02.839 --> 00:43:03.239 it doesn't 00:43:03.239 --> 00:43:03.599 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