WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.560 And it's a great lead-off even today as we're going to be talking about who is the Messiah, you know, 00:00:06.040 --> 00:00:14.060 because those two questions really connect to understand not just the Jesus that people think in their mind, 00:00:14.200 --> 00:00:17.660 but who does the Word of God say that He is. 00:00:17.879 --> 00:00:21.140 And so as you take your Bibles this morning over to Mark chapter 12. 00:00:21.400 --> 00:00:27.100 This morning, Mark chapter 12, as we continue with our series as we go through the Gospel of Mark here. 00:00:27.100 --> 00:00:34.100 And we know that Tuesday here, we're still on Tuesday of the last week before the crucifixion here, 00:00:34.240 --> 00:00:38.600 as we find that Jesus is in the temple, and it's definitely been a busy day, 00:00:39.020 --> 00:00:46.740 as the religious authorities had sought out Jesus' desire to, the Bible says, to catch Him in His words, you know, 00:00:47.200 --> 00:00:55.020 seeking a way to discredit Him before the people or to cause a disruption with the government, with Caesar. 00:00:55.020 --> 00:01:00.120 And they spent the day questioning Jesus about His authority. 00:01:00.900 --> 00:01:04.920 You know, remember when He first came into the temple that Tuesday morning, 00:01:05.020 --> 00:01:07.820 they questioned Him, by what authority do you do these things? 00:01:08.460 --> 00:01:10.140 You know, that question of authority. 00:01:10.600 --> 00:01:15.140 And we find that they started to ask all sorts of different things about, 00:01:15.140 --> 00:01:20.920 how do we give up tribute or responsibility and accountability between Caesar, 00:01:21.260 --> 00:01:23.719 which is the government, and with God? 00:01:23.819 --> 00:01:25.739 How do those things balance? 00:01:25.939 --> 00:01:29.599 Remember, Jesus said to render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's, 00:01:29.620 --> 00:01:31.599 and unto God the things that are God's. 00:01:32.079 --> 00:01:37.799 And He answered them well, and they had a probing question about marriage and the resurrection. 00:01:37.799 --> 00:01:44.140 And finally, one came, as we looked last week, and asked Him the question very clearly, 00:01:44.259 --> 00:01:45.920 you know, which is the greatest commandment? 00:01:46.000 --> 00:01:53.399 Which commandment gives us priority, and which one sets the parameters for the rest of them? 00:01:53.879 --> 00:01:55.439 On what are those things hung? 00:01:55.560 --> 00:01:57.739 How do those things put together? 00:01:58.319 --> 00:02:04.900 And Jesus skillfully replied in truth, and each one of these, He answered them with Scripture. 00:02:04.900 --> 00:02:09.480 He gave them the Word of God, that God had declared to them. 00:02:09.560 --> 00:02:11.860 He revealed that once again to them. 00:02:12.520 --> 00:02:16.420 And He tells them something very important, though, as we ended last time, 00:02:16.620 --> 00:02:19.159 that He looked at the scribe and said, 00:02:19.240 --> 00:02:21.159 you're not far from the kingdom of God. 00:02:21.740 --> 00:02:24.939 They agreed on all the things that had come about, 00:02:25.080 --> 00:02:26.960 but Jesus looks at them and says, 00:02:27.040 --> 00:02:29.980 hey, we agree intellectually on all this, 00:02:29.979 --> 00:02:35.639 but there's a question because you're still not far from the kingdom of God. 00:02:36.859 --> 00:02:41.620 In other words, you still haven't quite understood everything you need to understand 00:02:41.620 --> 00:02:44.639 in order to recognize the Savior. 00:02:45.819 --> 00:02:49.919 You know, oftentimes we can get filled with information and miss the application. 00:02:51.120 --> 00:02:56.819 You know, to understand what's taking place, you know, what was missing in their life, 00:02:56.819 --> 00:02:59.699 you know, how could one have the right answer and still miss? 00:03:00.939 --> 00:03:03.400 You know, that seems contrary in our mind, doesn't it? 00:03:04.180 --> 00:03:08.400 To be able to have all the right answers, but yet still fall short. 00:03:09.900 --> 00:03:11.799 You know, today you might ask is, 00:03:11.900 --> 00:03:17.039 how could one grow up in church or attend church every week and still miss salvation? 00:03:19.379 --> 00:03:22.740 It's before them, at least in a solid church, it's before them. 00:03:22.740 --> 00:03:30.280 All the time, how could one do everything they were instructed about God and still fall short? 00:03:30.420 --> 00:03:35.100 You know, many do all the things that somebody tells them they need to do to be close to God, 00:03:35.159 --> 00:03:36.520 and they still fall short. 00:03:37.840 --> 00:03:41.360 Because they're missing one very key thing that we're going to look at here today, 00:03:41.460 --> 00:03:43.640 that Jesus points out. 00:03:43.840 --> 00:03:48.700 And Matthew, in his account, he tells us as he sets the stage, 00:03:48.699 --> 00:03:53.079 Jesus asked a question of them just before this, 00:03:53.139 --> 00:03:56.539 and we see that he looks at them after they had come to this point, 00:03:56.799 --> 00:03:57.379 and he says, 00:03:57.479 --> 00:04:00.139 What think ye of Christ? Whose son is he? 00:04:01.699 --> 00:04:05.039 He's asking them a question of whose son is Christ. 00:04:05.179 --> 00:04:07.179 In other words, who is the Messiah? 00:04:08.399 --> 00:04:09.579 Is what he's asking. 00:04:09.679 --> 00:04:11.199 How do those things fit together? 00:04:11.579 --> 00:04:13.280 How are those things put together? 00:04:13.280 --> 00:04:17.060 Because Jesus, after they say, because notice this, 00:04:17.120 --> 00:04:17.959 they say unto him, 00:04:18.060 --> 00:04:19.839 The son of David. 00:04:20.819 --> 00:04:22.139 Now I want you to understand, 00:04:22.259 --> 00:04:25.800 they had a partially correct answer. 00:04:27.660 --> 00:04:30.300 There was nothing inaccurate about their answer. 00:04:31.839 --> 00:04:33.899 But you know, when you were in school, 00:04:33.980 --> 00:04:35.560 did you ever have a test sometimes 00:04:35.560 --> 00:04:37.340 that the teacher would give you partial credit 00:04:37.340 --> 00:04:40.240 because you got part of it right? 00:04:40.240 --> 00:04:43.740 But yet you didn't get full credit 00:04:43.740 --> 00:04:46.460 because you didn't get the rest of it. 00:04:47.160 --> 00:04:48.560 Or you left it out. 00:04:50.180 --> 00:04:53.199 The problem with their answer is not that it was inaccurate. 00:04:53.420 --> 00:04:55.480 The problem that Jesus is going to deal with, 00:04:55.660 --> 00:04:56.699 it wasn't complete. 00:04:58.480 --> 00:04:59.800 Because we need to understand, 00:04:59.939 --> 00:05:02.259 when we answer the question about who is the Messiah, 00:05:02.720 --> 00:05:04.639 we don't need a partial answer, 00:05:04.740 --> 00:05:05.920 we need a complete answer. 00:05:05.920 --> 00:05:10.480 To understand fully who Jesus is. 00:05:11.080 --> 00:05:12.860 And so if you found your Bibles this morning, 00:05:12.980 --> 00:05:13.900 Mark chapter 12, 00:05:14.000 --> 00:05:14.900 let's stand together 00:05:14.900 --> 00:05:16.980 in honor of the reading of the Word of God. 00:05:17.040 --> 00:05:19.720 And we're going to pick up here in verse 35 here this morning. 00:05:20.439 --> 00:05:21.700 Let's read a couple of verses. 00:05:22.360 --> 00:05:24.360 And if you found there in verse 35, 00:05:24.480 --> 00:05:24.680 it says, 00:05:24.780 --> 00:05:26.319 And Jesus answered and said, 00:05:26.420 --> 00:05:27.480 while he taught in the temple, 00:05:27.960 --> 00:05:31.520 How say the scribes that Christ is the Son of David? 00:05:31.519 --> 00:05:35.620 For David himself said by the Holy Ghost, 00:05:36.099 --> 00:05:37.379 The Lord said to my Lord, 00:05:37.500 --> 00:05:38.779 Sit thou at my right hand, 00:05:39.099 --> 00:05:41.500 till I make thine enemies thy footstool. 00:05:42.060 --> 00:05:45.099 David therefore himself calleth him Lord, 00:05:45.259 --> 00:05:48.779 and once is he then his son. 00:05:49.919 --> 00:05:53.659 And the common people heard him gladly. 00:05:54.180 --> 00:05:54.680 Let's pray. 00:05:54.759 --> 00:05:55.339 Heavenly Fathers, 00:05:55.479 --> 00:05:57.439 we come before you this morning, Lord. 00:05:57.500 --> 00:05:58.819 We're just thankful for your Word. 00:05:58.819 --> 00:06:02.060 Lord, we're thankful for the reality of who you are. 00:06:03.279 --> 00:06:05.579 Lord, the complete picture of who you are. 00:06:05.680 --> 00:06:08.719 And Lord, as we just ask your hand upon each heart here today, 00:06:08.819 --> 00:06:11.319 Lord, you know those that have called upon you, 00:06:11.420 --> 00:06:12.759 those that have recognized you, 00:06:12.839 --> 00:06:14.480 not as just a man, 00:06:14.600 --> 00:06:16.579 but Lord, as a Savior, 00:06:17.360 --> 00:06:19.000 as Christ, as the Messiah, 00:06:19.519 --> 00:06:24.639 the one that has come to deliver us from our sin. 00:06:24.740 --> 00:06:27.100 And Lord, we pray just have your hand upon each one today, 00:06:27.100 --> 00:06:31.560 Lord, as we look at this to understand the importance of the question. 00:06:32.260 --> 00:06:34.580 And Lord, we just ask it all in your precious name. 00:06:35.340 --> 00:06:35.660 Amen. 00:06:35.920 --> 00:06:36.400 May be seated. 00:06:37.640 --> 00:06:38.780 You know, as we find here, 00:06:38.840 --> 00:06:41.760 the question here Jesus asked was not a trick question. 00:06:42.879 --> 00:06:44.400 You know, up to this point, 00:06:44.480 --> 00:06:47.300 they'd been asking Jesus mainly trick questions. 00:06:47.900 --> 00:06:49.340 You know, trying to trick him, 00:06:49.460 --> 00:06:53.280 trying to get him to say something that he ought not to say. 00:06:53.279 --> 00:06:56.959 But Jesus asked the question here, 00:06:57.439 --> 00:06:59.639 not just for information, 00:06:59.919 --> 00:07:01.159 but for their application, 00:07:02.019 --> 00:07:06.639 to help them understand who he is, 00:07:07.000 --> 00:07:09.899 to understand the importance of all that he is. 00:07:10.139 --> 00:07:12.779 Because the question about who is the Messiah 00:07:12.779 --> 00:07:15.639 impacts everything. 00:07:15.639 --> 00:07:19.060 The question Jesus is asking here 00:07:19.060 --> 00:07:20.680 is still relevant today 00:07:20.680 --> 00:07:22.939 because what somebody thinks about Jesus 00:07:22.939 --> 00:07:27.439 when it comes to answering what Jesus is asking here 00:07:27.439 --> 00:07:29.879 has eternal implications. 00:07:31.579 --> 00:07:34.639 Because our very salvation is built upon the fact 00:07:34.639 --> 00:07:38.860 that Jesus is all that he is. 00:07:38.979 --> 00:07:40.399 Not just that he's man, 00:07:40.500 --> 00:07:41.719 and not just that he's God, 00:07:41.839 --> 00:07:43.339 but that he was the God-man. 00:07:43.339 --> 00:07:47.179 You know, the fancy term theologically 00:07:47.179 --> 00:07:48.699 that the people use 00:07:48.699 --> 00:07:50.060 is they talk about the incarnation. 00:07:50.519 --> 00:07:51.679 That's that connection there. 00:07:51.799 --> 00:07:53.500 But we're going to try to stay away 00:07:53.500 --> 00:07:55.659 from fancy terms today, 00:07:55.759 --> 00:07:57.239 you know, like hypostolic union 00:07:57.239 --> 00:07:58.719 and all the different things 00:07:58.719 --> 00:08:01.559 that people refer to it as 00:08:01.559 --> 00:08:02.679 and all the different labels. 00:08:02.759 --> 00:08:03.739 We're going to break it down 00:08:03.739 --> 00:08:05.359 how Jesus, I think, 00:08:05.399 --> 00:08:06.239 would want to break it down 00:08:06.239 --> 00:08:07.599 to where we can grab a hold of it. 00:08:08.719 --> 00:08:09.899 You know, because you can know 00:08:09.899 --> 00:08:11.199 all the fancy labels 00:08:11.199 --> 00:08:13.219 and miss the point. 00:08:13.339 --> 00:08:17.919 And I want you to not miss the point this morning 00:08:17.919 --> 00:08:20.279 because as Jesus asked this question, 00:08:20.359 --> 00:08:23.239 he asked about the teaching of the scribes. 00:08:23.619 --> 00:08:25.539 You'll notice back here in verse 35, 00:08:25.739 --> 00:08:26.459 he says this, 00:08:26.859 --> 00:08:30.299 how say the scribes that Christ is the son of David? 00:08:31.299 --> 00:08:34.240 In other words, he's asking the people before him, 00:08:34.279 --> 00:08:35.600 the crowd that had gathered 00:08:35.600 --> 00:08:38.000 had been listening to these things throughout the day, 00:08:38.000 --> 00:08:40.639 because the common teaching of the day 00:08:40.639 --> 00:08:42.580 that Christ or Messiah 00:08:42.580 --> 00:08:45.080 would one day come through the lineage of David. 00:08:45.879 --> 00:08:48.419 Now their answer we saw there in Matthew 00:08:48.419 --> 00:08:49.960 was pretty quick and concise, 00:08:50.460 --> 00:08:53.639 was not any disagreement among them. 00:08:53.679 --> 00:08:54.639 Now I want you to understand, 00:08:54.740 --> 00:08:55.779 when you see in the scripture, 00:08:56.480 --> 00:08:58.779 Christ or Messiah, 00:08:58.779 --> 00:09:02.120 they're referring to the same. 00:09:03.740 --> 00:09:05.100 There's no difference. 00:09:05.220 --> 00:09:06.959 One is a Greek reference word, 00:09:07.059 --> 00:09:08.620 the other is a Hebrew word, 00:09:09.139 --> 00:09:11.259 and both mean the anointed one. 00:09:12.399 --> 00:09:15.659 You'll find Messiah used in Daniel chapter 9, 00:09:16.100 --> 00:09:17.879 that this term is used there 00:09:17.879 --> 00:09:19.879 to describe the Messiah, 00:09:20.019 --> 00:09:21.600 the prince that was to come. 00:09:21.600 --> 00:09:22.720 You know, 00:09:23.200 --> 00:09:26.340 when we understand this is who 00:09:26.340 --> 00:09:29.220 the conversation is going to be focused on, 00:09:29.279 --> 00:09:31.320 the one that is to come. 00:09:31.980 --> 00:09:32.740 And you know, 00:09:32.840 --> 00:09:34.879 and when we understand the pivotal nature 00:09:34.879 --> 00:09:38.800 of this dynamic of who Jesus is. 00:09:39.259 --> 00:09:39.580 You know, 00:09:39.759 --> 00:09:42.899 when we understand that David was told this 00:09:42.899 --> 00:09:44.680 in 2 Samuel chapter 7, 00:09:45.019 --> 00:09:46.060 in verse 12, 00:09:46.200 --> 00:09:48.160 David was told by the Lord, 00:09:48.240 --> 00:09:48.460 it says, 00:09:48.460 --> 00:09:50.120 when thy days be fulfilled, 00:09:50.120 --> 00:09:52.720 and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, 00:09:52.840 --> 00:09:54.700 I will set up thy seed after thee, 00:09:54.960 --> 00:09:56.899 which shall proceed out of thy bowels, 00:09:56.940 --> 00:09:58.639 and I will establish his kingdom. 00:09:59.000 --> 00:10:01.240 And he shall build a house for my name, 00:10:01.279 --> 00:10:02.759 and I will establish the thrones 00:10:02.759 --> 00:10:04.340 of his kingdom forever. 00:10:04.940 --> 00:10:05.820 I want you to understand, 00:10:05.919 --> 00:10:07.139 it was clear in scripture 00:10:07.139 --> 00:10:08.200 that the Messiah, 00:10:08.700 --> 00:10:09.340 the Christ, 00:10:09.460 --> 00:10:10.480 the appointed one, 00:10:10.720 --> 00:10:11.600 was going to come 00:10:11.600 --> 00:10:12.820 through the lineage of David. 00:10:14.159 --> 00:10:15.240 That's the one thing 00:10:15.240 --> 00:10:17.340 that everybody there that day agreed upon. 00:10:18.700 --> 00:10:18.960 You know, 00:10:18.960 --> 00:10:19.740 have you ever noticed 00:10:19.740 --> 00:10:20.460 it's hard sometimes 00:10:20.460 --> 00:10:21.740 to get consensus on something? 00:10:22.780 --> 00:10:23.980 Where everybody in the room says, 00:10:24.060 --> 00:10:24.220 yes, 00:10:24.300 --> 00:10:24.759 we agree. 00:10:26.420 --> 00:10:27.500 That was a point 00:10:27.500 --> 00:10:28.920 when Jesus said, 00:10:29.040 --> 00:10:31.259 when the scribes and Pharisees 00:10:31.259 --> 00:10:31.900 replied that, 00:10:31.980 --> 00:10:33.560 he's going to come through David, 00:10:33.600 --> 00:10:34.900 he's going to be a son of David. 00:10:35.560 --> 00:10:36.620 Nobody disagreed. 00:10:36.740 --> 00:10:37.840 Jesus didn't disagree. 00:10:38.500 --> 00:10:38.980 Jesus said, 00:10:39.060 --> 00:10:39.220 yeah, 00:10:39.300 --> 00:10:39.820 you're right, 00:10:39.920 --> 00:10:40.540 but now we have, 00:10:41.120 --> 00:10:42.040 you're still missing it 00:10:42.040 --> 00:10:42.700 because you only have 00:10:42.700 --> 00:10:43.620 a part of an answer. 00:10:45.040 --> 00:10:47.060 You're getting partial answer here. 00:10:47.059 --> 00:10:47.779 You know, 00:10:47.819 --> 00:10:49.959 even Isaiah foretold, 00:10:50.019 --> 00:10:52.259 he said this in Isaiah chapter 11 00:10:52.259 --> 00:10:53.019 in verse 1, 00:10:53.079 --> 00:10:53.319 he says, 00:10:53.439 --> 00:10:54.839 and there shall come forth a rod 00:10:54.839 --> 00:10:57.019 out of the stem of Jesse 00:10:57.019 --> 00:10:58.399 and a branch shall grow 00:10:58.399 --> 00:10:59.739 out of his roots. 00:10:59.779 --> 00:11:01.259 It's referring to the Messiah 00:11:01.259 --> 00:11:02.559 that would come 00:11:02.559 --> 00:11:04.359 through the line of David. 00:11:05.179 --> 00:11:05.439 You know, 00:11:05.479 --> 00:11:06.599 the scribes taught 00:11:06.599 --> 00:11:07.879 the Messiah would be 00:11:07.879 --> 00:11:09.219 of the line of David 00:11:09.219 --> 00:11:10.839 and it was seen clearly. 00:11:10.939 --> 00:11:12.819 It was very easy to see 00:11:12.819 --> 00:11:14.079 because they were looking 00:11:14.079 --> 00:11:15.379 for a descendant of David 00:11:15.379 --> 00:11:16.279 that was going to come 00:11:16.279 --> 00:11:18.059 and be a physical king, 00:11:18.139 --> 00:11:19.700 a great military leader 00:11:19.700 --> 00:11:21.580 that would deliver them 00:11:21.580 --> 00:11:22.919 from all those 00:11:22.919 --> 00:11:24.059 that oppress them. 00:11:24.820 --> 00:11:26.320 They had this mindset, 00:11:27.320 --> 00:11:27.620 you know, 00:11:28.080 --> 00:11:30.240 look over to Jeremiah chapter 23. 00:11:30.840 --> 00:11:32.860 Jeremiah 23 in verse 5 00:11:32.860 --> 00:11:34.080 tells us this, 00:11:34.139 --> 00:11:34.340 it says, 00:11:34.439 --> 00:11:34.799 Behold, 00:11:34.860 --> 00:11:35.700 the days come, 00:11:35.860 --> 00:11:36.480 saith the Lord, 00:11:36.559 --> 00:11:37.480 that I will raise up 00:11:37.480 --> 00:11:38.059 unto David 00:11:38.059 --> 00:11:39.840 a righteous branch 00:11:39.840 --> 00:11:41.700 and a king shall reign 00:11:41.700 --> 00:11:42.379 and prosper 00:11:42.379 --> 00:11:43.799 and shall execute judgment 00:11:43.799 --> 00:11:44.559 and justice 00:11:44.559 --> 00:11:46.299 in the earth. 00:11:46.620 --> 00:11:46.779 You know, 00:11:46.840 --> 00:11:47.620 rightly so, 00:11:47.720 --> 00:11:48.600 those passages, 00:11:49.500 --> 00:11:51.399 when they're read, 00:11:51.480 --> 00:11:52.340 it's very clear 00:11:52.340 --> 00:11:53.779 that Christ should come 00:11:53.779 --> 00:11:55.860 from the house of David. 00:11:56.860 --> 00:11:58.899 The earthly lineage of Jesus 00:11:58.899 --> 00:12:00.799 is given in Matthew and Luke 00:12:00.799 --> 00:12:03.200 and now Jesus is given 00:12:03.200 --> 00:12:04.600 this question concerning 00:12:04.600 --> 00:12:06.039 what David said 00:12:06.039 --> 00:12:06.840 about the Messiah 00:12:06.840 --> 00:12:08.360 because this brings 00:12:08.360 --> 00:12:10.039 into a different context 00:12:10.039 --> 00:12:10.840 that we're going to see 00:12:10.840 --> 00:12:12.080 that Jesus brings forth. 00:12:12.160 --> 00:12:13.320 This is what David, 00:12:13.399 --> 00:12:13.960 if it comes through 00:12:13.960 --> 00:12:14.820 the line of David, 00:12:14.920 --> 00:12:16.160 what did David say? 00:12:18.040 --> 00:12:19.200 And he presents them 00:12:19.200 --> 00:12:20.000 with a question 00:12:20.000 --> 00:12:22.899 that really puts their mind 00:12:22.899 --> 00:12:24.600 into a quandary. 00:12:24.740 --> 00:12:26.580 It begins to try to process 00:12:26.580 --> 00:12:28.040 how does this fit together? 00:12:29.000 --> 00:12:30.620 Because the teaching of David, 00:12:30.740 --> 00:12:31.840 look here at verse 36, 00:12:32.100 --> 00:12:32.480 it says, 00:12:32.899 --> 00:12:34.320 For David himself 00:12:34.320 --> 00:12:35.820 said by the Holy Ghost, 00:12:35.900 --> 00:12:37.460 the Lord said to my Lord, 00:12:37.840 --> 00:12:39.240 Sit thou on my right hand 00:12:39.240 --> 00:12:40.560 till I make thine enemies 00:12:40.560 --> 00:12:41.419 thy footstool. 00:12:42.259 --> 00:12:42.560 Now, 00:12:43.360 --> 00:12:44.580 I want you to understand 00:12:44.580 --> 00:12:46.840 this is Psalm 110 verse 1. 00:12:47.759 --> 00:12:48.779 Jesus is quoting 00:12:48.779 --> 00:12:50.279 the Old Testament, 00:12:50.860 --> 00:12:51.779 the Psalms 00:12:51.779 --> 00:12:53.519 that David wrote, 00:12:53.620 --> 00:12:54.799 that David penned. 00:12:54.799 --> 00:12:56.639 And I want you to understand 00:12:56.639 --> 00:12:58.019 that very importantly here 00:12:58.019 --> 00:13:00.500 because something was taking place 00:13:00.500 --> 00:13:02.220 because David didn't just come up 00:13:02.220 --> 00:13:03.560 with this off the top of his head. 00:13:03.879 --> 00:13:05.200 Jesus said David spoke 00:13:05.200 --> 00:13:06.240 by the Holy Ghost. 00:13:08.240 --> 00:13:10.020 Scripture is not given 00:13:10.020 --> 00:13:11.259 by men. 00:13:13.340 --> 00:13:14.840 Look over at 2 Peter 00:13:14.840 --> 00:13:15.440 for a moment. 00:13:15.560 --> 00:13:17.500 2 Peter chapter 1 verse 21. 00:13:18.300 --> 00:13:18.520 You know, 00:13:18.580 --> 00:13:19.540 Jesus is teaching 00:13:19.540 --> 00:13:20.660 a lot of different things 00:13:20.660 --> 00:13:21.520 right here to him 00:13:21.520 --> 00:13:23.200 and some application. 00:13:23.540 --> 00:13:24.460 In 2 Peter, 00:13:24.780 --> 00:13:25.840 Peter says this 00:13:25.840 --> 00:13:27.259 in 1 21, 00:13:27.480 --> 00:13:27.720 it says, 00:13:27.879 --> 00:13:28.800 For the prophecy 00:13:28.800 --> 00:13:30.540 came not of old time 00:13:30.540 --> 00:13:31.600 by the will of man, 00:13:31.600 --> 00:13:33.259 but holy men spake 00:13:33.259 --> 00:13:34.200 as they were moved 00:13:34.200 --> 00:13:35.240 by the Holy Ghost. 00:13:35.840 --> 00:13:36.440 In other words, 00:13:36.580 --> 00:13:37.480 Jesus is saying 00:13:37.480 --> 00:13:38.899 what David presented 00:13:38.899 --> 00:13:40.000 here in the Psalms 00:13:40.000 --> 00:13:42.060 was not David's thoughts 00:13:42.060 --> 00:13:44.360 but God's revelation to him. 00:13:45.320 --> 00:13:47.019 That God revealed to him 00:13:47.019 --> 00:13:48.920 something that was different 00:13:48.920 --> 00:13:51.180 that they weren't understanding. 00:13:52.420 --> 00:13:53.580 Because we know 00:13:53.580 --> 00:13:54.800 that the question here 00:13:54.800 --> 00:13:55.920 left them stunned. 00:13:57.120 --> 00:13:58.580 They had no answer. 00:13:58.700 --> 00:13:59.759 It left them speechless. 00:13:59.759 --> 00:14:01.100 You know, 00:14:01.120 --> 00:14:01.720 look at the end 00:14:01.720 --> 00:14:03.539 of the text there 00:14:03.539 --> 00:14:04.240 in verse 30, 00:14:04.679 --> 00:14:05.759 or in Matthew, 00:14:05.899 --> 00:14:06.939 I guess we'll find it 00:14:06.939 --> 00:14:07.379 over there. 00:14:07.679 --> 00:14:09.519 In Matthew 22, 46, 00:14:10.059 --> 00:14:10.899 it says this, 00:14:10.960 --> 00:14:11.860 when Matthew's given 00:14:11.860 --> 00:14:12.460 this account, 00:14:12.539 --> 00:14:12.819 he says, 00:14:12.919 --> 00:14:13.759 No man was able 00:14:13.759 --> 00:14:15.379 to ask him any word, 00:14:15.460 --> 00:14:16.419 neither does any man 00:14:16.419 --> 00:14:17.419 from that day forth 00:14:17.419 --> 00:14:19.360 ask him any more questions. 00:14:19.740 --> 00:14:20.240 In other words, 00:14:20.340 --> 00:14:21.080 nobody was able 00:14:21.080 --> 00:14:22.120 to answer the question, 00:14:22.220 --> 00:14:23.200 how did David 00:14:23.200 --> 00:14:26.879 call his son Lord? 00:14:26.879 --> 00:14:26.960 Lord. 00:14:28.919 --> 00:14:30.179 Now to us today 00:14:30.179 --> 00:14:30.899 in our culture, 00:14:31.019 --> 00:14:31.620 that's like a, 00:14:32.980 --> 00:14:34.419 really not a big concern 00:14:34.419 --> 00:14:35.480 in our mind mostly, 00:14:36.120 --> 00:14:37.559 because we don't understand 00:14:37.559 --> 00:14:38.259 what's happening 00:14:38.259 --> 00:14:41.039 but in a culture 00:14:41.039 --> 00:14:42.200 of the day, 00:14:42.779 --> 00:14:43.159 when this, 00:14:43.360 --> 00:14:44.379 even throughout history, 00:14:44.460 --> 00:14:45.600 even in the Middle East today 00:14:45.600 --> 00:14:46.899 or places you have kingdoms, 00:14:47.899 --> 00:14:49.759 the king himself 00:14:49.759 --> 00:14:51.820 would never call 00:14:51.820 --> 00:14:52.919 one of his descendants 00:14:52.919 --> 00:14:54.059 Lord over him. 00:14:54.059 --> 00:14:55.599 It's an illogical thing 00:14:55.599 --> 00:14:56.039 to say, 00:14:56.319 --> 00:14:57.919 I'm the older, 00:14:58.279 --> 00:14:59.119 I'm the elder, 00:14:59.879 --> 00:15:00.819 I am the one 00:15:00.819 --> 00:15:02.059 that produced you 00:15:02.059 --> 00:15:03.659 and to call you Lord 00:15:03.659 --> 00:15:04.759 would not have been logical. 00:15:06.079 --> 00:15:07.059 In other words, 00:15:07.159 --> 00:15:08.739 what Jesus is pointing out here, 00:15:08.879 --> 00:15:10.099 David says 00:15:10.099 --> 00:15:11.219 that he's calling 00:15:11.219 --> 00:15:13.559 his descendant Lord. 00:15:14.599 --> 00:15:15.719 Jesus is asking, 00:15:15.859 --> 00:15:16.659 how did David 00:15:16.659 --> 00:15:18.219 call him Lord? 00:15:18.459 --> 00:15:19.399 They were looking at him 00:15:19.399 --> 00:15:20.000 with that look, 00:15:20.079 --> 00:15:20.239 you know, 00:15:20.299 --> 00:15:21.359 you get when somebody says, 00:15:21.459 --> 00:15:22.359 I have no idea 00:15:22.359 --> 00:15:23.139 what you're talking about. 00:15:23.139 --> 00:15:24.019 Sometimes it's like 00:15:24.019 --> 00:15:24.600 the look the preacher 00:15:24.600 --> 00:15:25.539 gets on Sunday morning. 00:15:26.740 --> 00:15:27.960 But hopefully by the time 00:15:27.960 --> 00:15:28.639 we finish today 00:15:28.639 --> 00:15:29.059 it won't be, 00:15:29.199 --> 00:15:29.620 I don't know what 00:15:29.620 --> 00:15:30.279 you're talking about, 00:15:30.319 --> 00:15:31.620 I understand the importance 00:15:31.620 --> 00:15:33.639 and the reality 00:15:33.639 --> 00:15:34.720 of what you're talking about. 00:15:35.879 --> 00:15:36.699 Because what we're 00:15:36.699 --> 00:15:37.699 talking about today 00:15:37.699 --> 00:15:40.080 is critical 00:15:40.080 --> 00:15:41.019 for your salvation. 00:15:41.460 --> 00:15:42.319 To understand 00:15:42.319 --> 00:15:43.179 the reality 00:15:43.179 --> 00:15:44.759 of what's happening 00:15:44.759 --> 00:15:46.279 because Jesus 00:15:46.279 --> 00:15:48.019 had put before them 00:15:48.019 --> 00:15:48.939 that the Messiah 00:15:48.939 --> 00:15:50.080 would not merely 00:15:50.080 --> 00:15:51.220 be a man. 00:15:51.220 --> 00:15:52.440 He was saying 00:15:52.440 --> 00:15:53.080 the Messiah 00:15:53.080 --> 00:15:53.920 would not only be 00:15:53.920 --> 00:15:54.899 man of the lineage 00:15:54.899 --> 00:15:55.500 of David 00:15:55.500 --> 00:15:57.279 but he would be 00:15:57.279 --> 00:15:58.160 God. 00:15:59.500 --> 00:16:00.560 That's a mind-blowing 00:16:00.560 --> 00:16:01.060 statement. 00:16:02.639 --> 00:16:03.540 That Jesus 00:16:03.540 --> 00:16:05.139 was not just a man 00:16:05.139 --> 00:16:05.820 but he was 00:16:05.820 --> 00:16:06.820 God. 00:16:07.080 --> 00:16:07.680 That there's no 00:16:07.680 --> 00:16:08.620 distinguishing 00:16:08.620 --> 00:16:09.720 between it. 00:16:09.759 --> 00:16:10.779 He was God 00:16:10.779 --> 00:16:11.560 with us. 00:16:12.399 --> 00:16:12.720 You know, 00:16:12.759 --> 00:16:13.600 we talk about that, 00:16:13.660 --> 00:16:13.779 you know, 00:16:13.800 --> 00:16:14.180 we're getting ready 00:16:14.180 --> 00:16:15.600 to get into the Christmas season 00:16:15.600 --> 00:16:17.139 and you sing 00:16:17.139 --> 00:16:18.340 O come O Emmanuel. 00:16:18.960 --> 00:16:19.879 That term means 00:16:19.879 --> 00:16:20.779 God with us. 00:16:21.019 --> 00:16:21.360 In other words, 00:16:21.439 --> 00:16:22.419 I want you to understand 00:16:22.419 --> 00:16:24.080 when Jesus Christ came 00:16:24.080 --> 00:16:25.100 he was literally 00:16:25.100 --> 00:16:26.960 God 00:16:26.960 --> 00:16:27.960 with 00:16:27.960 --> 00:16:29.000 man. 00:16:30.539 --> 00:16:31.639 God with us. 00:16:31.879 --> 00:16:33.080 He was fully God 00:16:33.080 --> 00:16:34.000 and fully man. 00:16:35.379 --> 00:16:36.039 And we're going to 00:16:36.039 --> 00:16:37.340 understand the principle 00:16:37.340 --> 00:16:37.860 of this 00:16:37.860 --> 00:16:39.019 as Jesus is dealing 00:16:39.019 --> 00:16:39.639 with this. 00:16:40.299 --> 00:16:40.460 You know, 00:16:40.500 --> 00:16:41.259 it's clear that 00:16:41.259 --> 00:16:42.860 what David had penned 00:16:42.860 --> 00:16:44.500 they could not deny it. 00:16:44.580 --> 00:16:45.259 They believed that 00:16:45.259 --> 00:16:46.559 Christ would be a man, 00:16:46.600 --> 00:16:47.779 a man that did 00:16:47.779 --> 00:16:49.000 many good things. 00:16:49.000 --> 00:16:50.340 But they missed 00:16:50.340 --> 00:16:51.019 the fact that 00:16:51.019 --> 00:16:51.659 he was more 00:16:51.659 --> 00:16:52.460 than just a man. 00:16:52.539 --> 00:16:52.879 Because remember 00:16:52.879 --> 00:16:53.919 the scribes taught 00:16:53.919 --> 00:16:54.820 that he was going 00:16:54.820 --> 00:16:55.500 to be the son 00:16:55.500 --> 00:16:56.000 of David. 00:16:56.740 --> 00:16:57.399 They were looking 00:16:57.399 --> 00:16:58.279 for a human 00:16:58.279 --> 00:16:59.019 savior. 00:16:59.480 --> 00:17:00.000 They were looking 00:17:00.000 --> 00:17:00.899 for one that was 00:17:00.899 --> 00:17:01.519 going to come 00:17:01.519 --> 00:17:02.860 and deliver them. 00:17:03.600 --> 00:17:03.919 Now, 00:17:04.039 --> 00:17:04.980 they were accurate 00:17:04.980 --> 00:17:06.819 in their assessment 00:17:06.819 --> 00:17:07.440 but they were 00:17:07.440 --> 00:17:08.059 incomplete 00:17:08.059 --> 00:17:09.200 in their assessment. 00:17:09.559 --> 00:17:10.119 When we look 00:17:10.119 --> 00:17:10.980 at this this morning 00:17:10.980 --> 00:17:11.619 I want you to 00:17:11.619 --> 00:17:12.240 understand 00:17:12.240 --> 00:17:14.339 that they're not like, 00:17:14.460 --> 00:17:15.039 they're just like 00:17:15.039 --> 00:17:15.859 many today. 00:17:15.859 --> 00:17:17.579 because many 00:17:17.579 --> 00:17:18.719 today they will 00:17:18.719 --> 00:17:20.159 believe the Bible's 00:17:20.159 --> 00:17:21.359 record about Jesus. 00:17:22.679 --> 00:17:22.879 You know, 00:17:22.939 --> 00:17:24.279 people love the idea 00:17:24.279 --> 00:17:24.919 of Christmas, 00:17:25.099 --> 00:17:25.419 you know, 00:17:25.500 --> 00:17:26.459 and celebrating 00:17:26.459 --> 00:17:27.599 a babe in the manger, 00:17:27.879 --> 00:17:28.240 you know, 00:17:28.319 --> 00:17:29.099 and Christmas makes 00:17:29.099 --> 00:17:29.919 them feel all warm 00:17:29.919 --> 00:17:30.379 and fuzzy. 00:17:30.799 --> 00:17:31.419 And I want you 00:17:31.419 --> 00:17:31.839 to understand 00:17:31.839 --> 00:17:32.459 it's important 00:17:32.459 --> 00:17:33.039 that he came 00:17:33.039 --> 00:17:33.459 as a babe 00:17:33.459 --> 00:17:33.939 in the manger. 00:17:34.259 --> 00:17:34.779 But he was just 00:17:34.779 --> 00:17:35.619 not any babe. 00:17:37.359 --> 00:17:38.319 The Bible says 00:17:38.319 --> 00:17:38.959 he was born 00:17:38.959 --> 00:17:39.819 of the Holy Ghost. 00:17:41.399 --> 00:17:42.039 I want you 00:17:42.039 --> 00:17:42.500 to understand 00:17:42.500 --> 00:17:43.359 he was different 00:17:43.359 --> 00:17:44.359 from anybody else 00:17:44.359 --> 00:17:45.179 who had ever been born. 00:17:45.180 --> 00:17:46.100 He was not just 00:17:46.100 --> 00:17:46.799 any babe. 00:17:46.880 --> 00:17:47.519 He wasn't just 00:17:47.519 --> 00:17:50.519 flesh in the manger. 00:17:50.759 --> 00:17:51.860 It was God 00:17:51.860 --> 00:17:53.700 veiled in flesh 00:17:53.700 --> 00:17:55.460 in the manger. 00:17:55.720 --> 00:17:56.580 But people like 00:17:56.580 --> 00:17:57.140 the idea 00:17:57.140 --> 00:17:57.580 of the baby 00:17:57.580 --> 00:17:58.160 in the manger. 00:17:58.880 --> 00:17:59.420 Sometimes they 00:17:59.420 --> 00:18:00.259 appreciate him 00:18:00.259 --> 00:18:02.180 feeding the multitudes. 00:18:03.299 --> 00:18:03.480 You know, 00:18:03.519 --> 00:18:04.100 you'll hear people 00:18:04.100 --> 00:18:04.420 today, 00:18:04.539 --> 00:18:04.779 you know, 00:18:04.799 --> 00:18:05.279 we want to be 00:18:05.279 --> 00:18:05.799 like Jesus. 00:18:05.920 --> 00:18:06.440 We want to help 00:18:06.440 --> 00:18:07.380 people and do this. 00:18:07.400 --> 00:18:07.759 And they get 00:18:07.759 --> 00:18:08.700 caught up in the 00:18:08.700 --> 00:18:09.500 good things that 00:18:09.500 --> 00:18:10.700 Jesus did for people. 00:18:10.920 --> 00:18:11.920 And those things 00:18:11.920 --> 00:18:12.680 were essential 00:18:12.680 --> 00:18:13.980 that he did. 00:18:13.980 --> 00:18:14.740 had identified 00:18:14.740 --> 00:18:15.680 who he is 00:18:15.680 --> 00:18:16.339 in feeding the 00:18:16.339 --> 00:18:16.740 multitude 00:18:16.740 --> 00:18:17.539 and healing the 00:18:17.539 --> 00:18:18.680 sick and raising 00:18:18.680 --> 00:18:19.360 the dead 00:18:19.360 --> 00:18:20.700 and even his 00:18:20.700 --> 00:18:21.720 teaching of loving 00:18:21.720 --> 00:18:22.579 and respecting 00:18:22.579 --> 00:18:23.200 others. 00:18:25.279 --> 00:18:25.460 You know, 00:18:25.500 --> 00:18:26.460 some even consider 00:18:26.460 --> 00:18:27.000 that he was 00:18:27.000 --> 00:18:28.099 crucified on the 00:18:28.099 --> 00:18:28.640 cross. 00:18:29.640 --> 00:18:30.880 But the idea 00:18:30.880 --> 00:18:32.039 that he is God 00:18:32.039 --> 00:18:32.839 in the flesh 00:18:32.839 --> 00:18:34.180 boggles their minds. 00:18:34.420 --> 00:18:35.440 It hinders them 00:18:35.440 --> 00:18:36.299 from grasping 00:18:36.299 --> 00:18:36.940 that he is 00:18:36.940 --> 00:18:38.220 the only way 00:18:38.220 --> 00:18:39.200 to God. 00:18:39.400 --> 00:18:40.440 The Bible tells us 00:18:40.440 --> 00:18:40.940 he is our 00:18:40.940 --> 00:18:41.599 mediator. 00:18:41.599 --> 00:18:43.319 He is the 00:18:43.319 --> 00:18:44.419 one that can 00:18:44.419 --> 00:18:45.299 mediate between 00:18:45.299 --> 00:18:46.339 God and man. 00:18:46.959 --> 00:18:47.419 He is our 00:18:47.419 --> 00:18:48.279 only hope of 00:18:48.279 --> 00:18:48.899 salvation. 00:18:49.480 --> 00:18:50.639 Like the scribes 00:18:50.639 --> 00:18:51.379 that day, 00:18:51.859 --> 00:18:52.740 many people who 00:18:52.740 --> 00:18:53.719 appreciate what 00:18:53.719 --> 00:18:54.899 Jesus has 00:18:54.899 --> 00:18:55.899 recorded for us 00:18:55.899 --> 00:18:56.279 in the word 00:18:56.279 --> 00:18:57.299 about who he is 00:18:57.299 --> 00:18:58.279 as far as the 00:18:58.279 --> 00:18:58.980 good things he 00:18:58.980 --> 00:19:00.539 did and all the 00:19:00.539 --> 00:19:01.079 things that he 00:19:01.079 --> 00:19:01.599 promoted, 00:19:02.740 --> 00:19:03.639 they miss 00:19:03.639 --> 00:19:05.939 the very thing 00:19:05.939 --> 00:19:06.959 that keeps them 00:19:06.959 --> 00:19:07.779 from salvation. 00:19:07.779 --> 00:19:09.660 because you 00:19:09.660 --> 00:19:10.339 can appreciate 00:19:10.339 --> 00:19:11.059 who Jesus 00:19:11.059 --> 00:19:11.779 is as a 00:19:11.779 --> 00:19:12.099 man, 00:19:12.839 --> 00:19:13.440 but if you 00:19:13.440 --> 00:19:14.000 don't understand 00:19:14.000 --> 00:19:14.619 that he is 00:19:14.619 --> 00:19:15.500 God that was 00:19:15.500 --> 00:19:16.099 veiled in the 00:19:16.099 --> 00:19:16.879 flesh and came 00:19:16.879 --> 00:19:17.539 and died, 00:19:17.960 --> 00:19:18.759 took our sin 00:19:18.759 --> 00:19:19.559 upon him, 00:19:19.759 --> 00:19:20.440 you miss the 00:19:20.440 --> 00:19:20.799 point. 00:19:21.099 --> 00:19:21.720 A partial 00:19:21.720 --> 00:19:22.680 answer gets 00:19:22.680 --> 00:19:23.480 you not far 00:19:23.480 --> 00:19:24.000 from the right 00:19:24.000 --> 00:19:24.240 one. 00:19:24.500 --> 00:19:25.399 Jesus told the 00:19:25.399 --> 00:19:26.019 scribe before 00:19:26.019 --> 00:19:26.519 him you're not 00:19:26.519 --> 00:19:27.259 far from the 00:19:27.259 --> 00:19:27.980 kingdom of God. 00:19:28.259 --> 00:19:28.819 You have all 00:19:28.819 --> 00:19:29.899 the right answers 00:19:29.899 --> 00:19:32.779 to this point, 00:19:32.859 --> 00:19:33.680 but your answer 00:19:33.680 --> 00:19:34.220 is incomplete. 00:19:34.680 --> 00:19:35.279 Many people 00:19:35.279 --> 00:19:35.740 think they're 00:19:35.740 --> 00:19:36.420 going to be okay 00:19:36.420 --> 00:19:37.300 because they do 00:19:37.300 --> 00:19:37.940 good things, 00:19:38.019 --> 00:19:38.580 because Jesus 00:19:38.580 --> 00:19:39.380 did good things. 00:19:40.560 --> 00:19:41.400 They get a 00:19:41.400 --> 00:19:42.300 mindset that it's 00:19:42.300 --> 00:19:43.480 a fleshly thing, 00:19:43.860 --> 00:19:44.340 but I want you 00:19:44.340 --> 00:19:45.060 to understand 00:19:45.060 --> 00:19:45.840 what the 00:19:45.840 --> 00:19:47.400 implications of 00:19:47.400 --> 00:19:48.120 this is here 00:19:48.120 --> 00:19:48.720 this morning, 00:19:49.519 --> 00:19:51.360 because salvation 00:19:51.360 --> 00:19:52.720 is so much 00:19:52.720 --> 00:19:53.259 more, 00:19:53.580 --> 00:19:54.180 and we need to 00:19:54.180 --> 00:19:54.920 understand the 00:19:54.920 --> 00:19:55.680 importance of 00:19:55.680 --> 00:19:56.460 all that's 00:19:56.460 --> 00:19:57.519 taking place 00:19:57.519 --> 00:19:58.480 here as we 00:19:58.480 --> 00:19:58.980 look through 00:19:58.980 --> 00:19:59.519 this this 00:19:59.519 --> 00:19:59.840 morning. 00:20:00.220 --> 00:20:01.160 As David was 00:20:01.160 --> 00:20:02.420 there and 00:20:02.420 --> 00:20:03.660 raised up 00:20:03.660 --> 00:20:06.120 by the Spirit 00:20:06.119 --> 00:20:06.819 of God to 00:20:06.819 --> 00:20:07.559 declare in 00:20:07.559 --> 00:20:08.379 Psalm 110 00:20:08.379 --> 00:20:09.339 that he was 00:20:09.339 --> 00:20:09.899 going to call 00:20:09.899 --> 00:20:10.599 the one that 00:20:10.599 --> 00:20:11.119 was come, 00:20:11.479 --> 00:20:12.379 that the Savior 00:20:12.379 --> 00:20:12.939 was going to 00:20:12.939 --> 00:20:14.099 be called 00:20:14.099 --> 00:20:14.799 Lord. 00:20:16.399 --> 00:20:17.259 What David 00:20:17.259 --> 00:20:17.919 penned that 00:20:17.919 --> 00:20:18.879 day was 00:20:18.879 --> 00:20:20.199 teaching regarding 00:20:20.199 --> 00:20:21.000 who the Messiah 00:20:21.000 --> 00:20:21.539 was going to 00:20:21.539 --> 00:20:21.779 be. 00:20:22.119 --> 00:20:22.639 I want you to 00:20:22.639 --> 00:20:23.319 understand the 00:20:23.319 --> 00:20:23.879 fact that the 00:20:23.879 --> 00:20:24.559 Messiah, the 00:20:24.559 --> 00:20:25.859 Christ, will be 00:20:25.859 --> 00:20:26.599 seated in a 00:20:26.599 --> 00:20:27.139 place of 00:20:27.139 --> 00:20:27.659 authority. 00:20:28.699 --> 00:20:29.279 Notice Psalm 00:20:29.279 --> 00:20:31.019 110 tells us 00:20:31.019 --> 00:20:31.639 very clearly, 00:20:31.759 --> 00:20:32.379 take a look back 00:20:32.379 --> 00:20:32.919 over there in 00:20:32.919 --> 00:20:33.319 the Bible, 00:20:33.759 --> 00:20:34.679 scripture there 00:20:34.680 --> 00:20:35.019 with you, 00:20:35.080 --> 00:20:35.539 let's take a 00:20:35.539 --> 00:20:36.460 look back at 00:20:36.460 --> 00:20:37.259 what that says 00:20:37.259 --> 00:20:37.920 because sometimes 00:20:37.920 --> 00:20:38.380 whenever you see 00:20:38.380 --> 00:20:39.200 the Bible quoted 00:20:39.200 --> 00:20:39.660 in the New 00:20:39.660 --> 00:20:40.039 Testament, it's 00:20:40.039 --> 00:20:40.420 always good to 00:20:40.420 --> 00:20:40.840 go back and 00:20:40.840 --> 00:20:41.160 look at the 00:20:41.160 --> 00:20:41.680 Old Testament. 00:20:43.019 --> 00:20:43.220 You know, 00:20:43.279 --> 00:20:44.100 Psalm 110 00:20:44.100 --> 00:20:45.080 verse 1 says, 00:20:45.220 --> 00:20:45.640 the Lord said 00:20:45.640 --> 00:20:46.240 unto my Lord, 00:20:46.360 --> 00:20:47.320 sit thou at 00:20:47.320 --> 00:20:48.200 my right hand 00:20:48.200 --> 00:20:48.759 till I make 00:20:48.759 --> 00:20:49.560 thine enemies 00:20:49.560 --> 00:20:50.840 thy footstool. 00:20:51.080 --> 00:20:51.920 He calls him 00:20:51.920 --> 00:20:52.759 Lord, he calls 00:20:52.759 --> 00:20:53.380 him a position 00:20:53.380 --> 00:20:54.039 of authority, 00:20:54.299 --> 00:20:55.120 he declares 00:20:55.120 --> 00:20:56.120 those things. 00:20:57.779 --> 00:20:58.519 I want you 00:20:58.519 --> 00:20:59.080 to understand 00:20:59.080 --> 00:21:00.140 that Christ is 00:21:00.140 --> 00:21:00.799 declaring that 00:21:00.799 --> 00:21:01.180 he's going to 00:21:01.180 --> 00:21:02.080 be put forth 00:21:02.080 --> 00:21:03.240 in a place of 00:21:03.240 --> 00:21:04.480 authority, an 00:21:04.480 --> 00:21:05.480 authority that's 00:21:05.480 --> 00:21:06.579 equal with God. 00:21:06.819 --> 00:21:07.299 Look into the 00:21:07.299 --> 00:21:07.700 New Testament, 00:21:07.779 --> 00:21:08.000 look at 00:21:08.000 --> 00:21:08.880 Philippians chapter 00:21:08.880 --> 00:21:09.299 2. 00:21:10.740 --> 00:21:11.640 Philippians chapter 00:21:11.640 --> 00:21:12.599 2, look at 00:21:12.599 --> 00:21:13.740 verse 9, look at 00:21:13.740 --> 00:21:14.140 the scripture, 00:21:14.279 --> 00:21:14.620 it tells us, 00:21:14.700 --> 00:21:15.460 wherefore God 00:21:15.460 --> 00:21:16.380 also hath highly 00:21:16.380 --> 00:21:17.160 exalted him 00:21:17.160 --> 00:21:17.660 and given him 00:21:17.660 --> 00:21:19.180 a name which 00:21:19.180 --> 00:21:20.259 is above every 00:21:20.259 --> 00:21:20.920 name. 00:21:21.259 --> 00:21:21.839 And at that 00:21:21.839 --> 00:21:22.880 name of Jesus 00:21:22.880 --> 00:21:24.019 every knee should 00:21:24.019 --> 00:21:25.920 bow of things 00:21:25.920 --> 00:21:26.980 in heaven and 00:21:26.980 --> 00:21:27.720 things in earth 00:21:27.720 --> 00:21:28.400 and things under 00:21:28.400 --> 00:21:28.940 the earth. 00:21:28.940 --> 00:21:31.480 what this is 00:21:31.480 --> 00:21:32.320 describing is 00:21:32.320 --> 00:21:33.559 Jesus being put 00:21:33.559 --> 00:21:34.559 on equivalency 00:21:34.559 --> 00:21:35.299 with God 00:21:35.299 --> 00:21:36.080 himself, God 00:21:36.080 --> 00:21:36.580 the Father. 00:21:37.539 --> 00:21:38.059 Now I want you 00:21:38.059 --> 00:21:38.500 to understand 00:21:38.500 --> 00:21:39.039 there's no 00:21:39.039 --> 00:21:40.080 distinction between 00:21:40.080 --> 00:21:41.220 Jesus and God 00:21:41.220 --> 00:21:41.980 when it comes to 00:21:41.980 --> 00:21:42.660 the reality of 00:21:42.660 --> 00:21:43.140 the Godhead. 00:21:43.920 --> 00:21:44.920 The Bible says 00:21:44.920 --> 00:21:45.600 they are one. 00:21:47.299 --> 00:21:48.240 They're unified. 00:21:48.559 --> 00:21:49.240 The Father, the 00:21:49.240 --> 00:21:49.620 Son, and the 00:21:49.620 --> 00:21:50.320 Holy Spirit, they're 00:21:50.320 --> 00:21:50.720 one. 00:21:52.140 --> 00:21:53.220 It's essential to 00:21:53.220 --> 00:21:54.160 understand that 00:21:54.160 --> 00:21:55.559 they are one. 00:21:55.799 --> 00:21:56.660 But he says that 00:21:56.660 --> 00:21:57.600 Jesus is going to 00:21:57.600 --> 00:21:58.920 be lifted up and 00:21:58.920 --> 00:21:59.860 placed in that 00:21:59.860 --> 00:22:00.620 position and 00:22:00.620 --> 00:22:01.240 authority. 00:22:02.120 --> 00:22:02.640 And notice what 00:22:02.640 --> 00:22:03.340 it says in verse 00:22:03.340 --> 00:22:04.180 11 that every 00:22:04.180 --> 00:22:04.720 tongue should 00:22:04.720 --> 00:22:05.400 confess that 00:22:05.400 --> 00:22:06.519 Jesus Christ is 00:22:06.519 --> 00:22:07.100 Lord to the 00:22:07.100 --> 00:22:08.420 glory of the 00:22:08.420 --> 00:22:08.779 Father. 00:22:09.100 --> 00:22:09.820 I want you to 00:22:09.820 --> 00:22:10.720 know today that 00:22:10.720 --> 00:22:11.620 just to know that 00:22:11.620 --> 00:22:14.880 Jesus lived is 00:22:14.880 --> 00:22:15.420 not enough. 00:22:15.600 --> 00:22:16.300 To know all the 00:22:16.300 --> 00:22:17.400 Bible stories about 00:22:17.400 --> 00:22:18.140 Jesus are not 00:22:18.140 --> 00:22:18.440 enough. 00:22:18.680 --> 00:22:19.640 It's essential for 00:22:19.640 --> 00:22:20.340 something more. 00:22:20.519 --> 00:22:21.100 Because we're not 00:22:21.100 --> 00:22:21.759 trusting our 00:22:21.759 --> 00:22:22.680 salvation in a 00:22:22.680 --> 00:22:23.180 good man. 00:22:23.400 --> 00:22:24.259 We're trusting our 00:22:24.259 --> 00:22:27.039 salvation in the 00:22:27.039 --> 00:22:27.820 Messiah, the 00:22:27.820 --> 00:22:28.820 Christ, the one 00:22:28.819 --> 00:22:30.339 that came and 00:22:30.339 --> 00:22:31.279 the only one who 00:22:31.279 --> 00:22:32.220 had the ability to 00:22:32.220 --> 00:22:33.259 take my sin and 00:22:33.259 --> 00:22:34.099 your sin upon 00:22:34.099 --> 00:22:36.659 himself to pay 00:22:36.659 --> 00:22:37.139 the penalty. 00:22:37.480 --> 00:22:38.159 Remember back in 00:22:38.159 --> 00:22:39.439 Matthew chapter 16, 00:22:39.839 --> 00:22:41.259 Jesus asked Peter a 00:22:41.259 --> 00:22:41.659 question. 00:22:42.000 --> 00:22:42.960 He'd ask the 00:22:42.960 --> 00:22:44.000 disciples questions 00:22:44.000 --> 00:22:44.960 preceding to this, 00:22:45.059 --> 00:22:45.559 asking him, you 00:22:45.559 --> 00:22:46.220 know, who do 00:22:46.220 --> 00:22:47.359 others say that I 00:22:47.359 --> 00:22:47.659 am? 00:22:47.919 --> 00:22:48.659 And they had a good 00:22:48.659 --> 00:22:49.439 prophet, you know, 00:22:49.500 --> 00:22:50.019 you have all the 00:22:50.019 --> 00:22:50.679 different things that 00:22:50.679 --> 00:22:51.179 they listed. 00:22:51.419 --> 00:22:52.659 And then he looks at 00:22:52.659 --> 00:22:53.480 Peter and he says, 00:22:53.559 --> 00:22:56.220 Peter, who do you 00:22:56.220 --> 00:22:57.019 say that I am? 00:22:57.019 --> 00:22:58.160 Now before we go any 00:22:58.160 --> 00:22:59.480 farther, I want you to 00:22:59.480 --> 00:23:00.319 grab a hold of this. 00:23:00.619 --> 00:23:02.139 What other people say 00:23:02.139 --> 00:23:05.240 about Jesus doesn't 00:23:05.240 --> 00:23:05.980 matter. 00:23:07.859 --> 00:23:08.859 Sometimes we put too 00:23:08.859 --> 00:23:09.700 much credit in what 00:23:09.700 --> 00:23:10.680 somebody else says. 00:23:10.879 --> 00:23:11.940 I want you to see here, 00:23:12.000 --> 00:23:13.099 he was asking Peter and 00:23:13.099 --> 00:23:14.000 the disciples what the 00:23:14.000 --> 00:23:14.740 other people think. 00:23:16.059 --> 00:23:17.720 And then Jesus turns and 00:23:17.720 --> 00:23:18.599 looks at him and it 00:23:18.599 --> 00:23:19.420 becomes personal. 00:23:19.420 --> 00:23:22.539 Because it's personal, 00:23:22.660 --> 00:23:23.940 it's what do you 00:23:23.940 --> 00:23:26.720 understand who Jesus 00:23:26.720 --> 00:23:27.120 is? 00:23:27.320 --> 00:23:28.640 And notice Peter's 00:23:28.640 --> 00:23:29.800 reply. 00:23:30.140 --> 00:23:31.380 He answered and said, 00:23:31.820 --> 00:23:32.840 thou art the, 00:23:33.600 --> 00:23:34.320 what's that word? 00:23:35.700 --> 00:23:36.180 Christ. 00:23:36.440 --> 00:23:37.680 The son of the living 00:23:37.680 --> 00:23:38.100 God. 00:23:38.360 --> 00:23:39.440 I want you to understand 00:23:39.440 --> 00:23:41.440 Peter's declaration was 00:23:41.440 --> 00:23:43.240 a recognition that Jesus 00:23:43.240 --> 00:23:44.840 was not just a man that 00:23:44.840 --> 00:23:46.160 he was following, but it 00:23:46.160 --> 00:23:47.620 was God himself he was 00:23:47.620 --> 00:23:48.000 following. 00:23:48.000 --> 00:23:49.460 That thou art the Christ, 00:23:49.599 --> 00:23:50.420 thou art the anointed 00:23:50.420 --> 00:23:51.759 one, thou art the Messiah, 00:23:52.619 --> 00:23:53.460 thou art the one that 00:23:53.460 --> 00:23:54.680 Daniel spoke of and 00:23:54.680 --> 00:23:55.900 Isaiah spoke of and 00:23:55.900 --> 00:23:57.579 Jeremiah spoke of and 00:23:57.579 --> 00:23:58.779 David spoke of. 00:23:59.559 --> 00:24:00.779 You're the one that was 00:24:00.779 --> 00:24:03.019 foretold into Adam and 00:24:03.019 --> 00:24:04.299 Eve after they sinned in 00:24:04.299 --> 00:24:05.339 the garden that said that 00:24:05.339 --> 00:24:06.099 one day you're going to 00:24:06.099 --> 00:24:07.359 raise up one to crush the 00:24:07.359 --> 00:24:09.039 head of the serpent all 00:24:09.039 --> 00:24:09.940 the way from the very 00:24:09.940 --> 00:24:11.480 beginning, all the way 00:24:11.480 --> 00:24:11.859 through. 00:24:12.279 --> 00:24:13.160 Peter was saying, 00:24:13.420 --> 00:24:15.079 you're not just a man. 00:24:15.339 --> 00:24:16.039 He's standing there 00:24:16.039 --> 00:24:16.619 looking to him. 00:24:16.619 --> 00:24:17.079 Remember, you got to 00:24:17.079 --> 00:24:19.639 remember Peter hung out 00:24:19.639 --> 00:24:20.679 with Jesus, ate with 00:24:20.679 --> 00:24:21.579 Jesus, walked with 00:24:21.579 --> 00:24:22.439 Jesus, talked with 00:24:22.439 --> 00:24:22.799 Jesus. 00:24:24.539 --> 00:24:25.939 He understood Jesus' 00:24:26.119 --> 00:24:27.399 humanity, but he also 00:24:27.399 --> 00:24:28.659 understood that Jesus 00:24:28.659 --> 00:24:30.779 wasn't just a man. 00:24:31.000 --> 00:24:32.399 He wasn't just a man. 00:24:32.720 --> 00:24:33.779 He was the son of the 00:24:33.779 --> 00:24:34.579 living God. 00:24:36.399 --> 00:24:38.679 The son of David, but 00:24:38.679 --> 00:24:40.039 also the son of God. 00:24:40.339 --> 00:24:41.139 You know, in John's 00:24:41.139 --> 00:24:43.000 gospel, John 1 in verse 00:24:43.000 --> 00:24:44.480 34, John the Baptist, 00:24:44.480 --> 00:24:45.460 when he's asked about 00:24:45.460 --> 00:24:46.920 Jesus, he made this 00:24:46.920 --> 00:24:47.319 statement. 00:24:47.460 --> 00:24:48.980 He says, I saw and bear 00:24:48.980 --> 00:24:51.240 record that this is the 00:24:51.240 --> 00:24:53.039 son of God. 00:24:53.259 --> 00:24:55.039 What a powerful connection. 00:24:55.400 --> 00:24:56.440 Earlier there in John, 00:24:56.500 --> 00:24:57.860 look in John chapter 1 in 00:24:57.860 --> 00:24:58.380 verse 1. 00:24:59.220 --> 00:25:00.360 It says, in the beginning 00:25:00.360 --> 00:25:01.680 was the word, and the word 00:25:01.680 --> 00:25:03.579 was with God, and the word 00:25:03.579 --> 00:25:04.420 was God. 00:25:05.039 --> 00:25:06.819 Then down in verse 14, it 00:25:06.819 --> 00:25:07.660 tells us this. 00:25:07.660 --> 00:25:09.540 It says, and the word was 00:25:09.540 --> 00:25:09.860 what? 00:25:09.980 --> 00:25:11.980 Made flesh. 00:25:13.680 --> 00:25:15.240 And dwelt among us. 00:25:16.279 --> 00:25:18.660 And we beheld his glory, the 00:25:18.660 --> 00:25:20.380 glory of the only begotten of 00:25:20.380 --> 00:25:23.140 the Father, full of grace and 00:25:23.140 --> 00:25:24.040 truth. 00:25:24.220 --> 00:25:25.040 Today, I want you to 00:25:25.040 --> 00:25:26.620 understand the importance of 00:25:26.620 --> 00:25:27.380 this recognition. 00:25:29.040 --> 00:25:30.820 Because oftentimes people today, 00:25:30.920 --> 00:25:32.080 even people who claim to 00:25:32.080 --> 00:25:34.860 follow Christ, they follow 00:25:34.859 --> 00:25:36.740 Jesus as a man and not the 00:25:36.740 --> 00:25:37.000 Savior. 00:25:38.559 --> 00:25:40.799 They follow good works to say, 00:25:40.899 --> 00:25:42.019 I want to emulate what he 00:25:42.019 --> 00:25:43.659 does instead of the Savior. 00:25:45.740 --> 00:25:47.299 We need to understand that 00:25:47.299 --> 00:25:48.439 when we call upon him, we're 00:25:48.439 --> 00:25:49.919 not calling upon a man to 00:25:49.919 --> 00:25:50.339 save us. 00:25:50.459 --> 00:25:51.879 We're calling upon God 00:25:51.879 --> 00:25:52.479 himself. 00:25:53.500 --> 00:25:55.199 The one who came and gave 00:25:55.199 --> 00:25:56.279 himself for us. 00:25:56.500 --> 00:25:57.559 Look a little farther in the 00:25:57.559 --> 00:25:58.059 New Testament. 00:25:58.199 --> 00:26:00.079 Go over to 1 John chapter 4. 00:26:00.079 --> 00:26:03.419 Because this is essential 00:26:03.419 --> 00:26:04.879 because if you miss the point 00:26:04.879 --> 00:26:06.240 of who Jesus is, you miss 00:26:06.240 --> 00:26:06.819 salvation. 00:26:07.299 --> 00:26:08.179 He records this. 00:26:08.240 --> 00:26:09.299 He says, hereby we know, 00:26:09.899 --> 00:26:12.240 hereby know ye the Spirit of 00:26:12.240 --> 00:26:14.199 God, every spirit that 00:26:14.199 --> 00:26:16.279 confesses that Jesus Christ is 00:26:16.279 --> 00:26:17.919 come in the flesh is of God. 00:26:18.159 --> 00:26:19.619 Now John here is dealing with 00:26:19.619 --> 00:26:20.619 the opposite problem. 00:26:20.839 --> 00:26:21.740 Because you had a whole 00:26:21.740 --> 00:26:24.179 other group, the Gnostics, 00:26:24.240 --> 00:26:26.279 who thought the idea of Jesus 00:26:26.279 --> 00:26:28.119 being fully man, he couldn't 00:26:28.119 --> 00:26:29.279 have been fully man because 00:26:29.279 --> 00:26:30.519 flesh is evil. 00:26:30.839 --> 00:26:32.059 He just came in the Spirit. 00:26:32.379 --> 00:26:33.839 I want you to understand the 00:26:33.839 --> 00:26:34.740 importance of this. 00:26:36.779 --> 00:26:39.099 Jesus, that he came, that God 00:26:39.099 --> 00:26:42.099 came and dwelt among us, is 00:26:42.099 --> 00:26:44.039 essential that he was both fully 00:26:44.039 --> 00:26:45.480 man and fully God. 00:26:45.759 --> 00:26:48.000 There was no separation. 00:26:48.839 --> 00:26:50.480 Jesus understood everything 00:26:50.480 --> 00:26:52.000 physically like as we are. 00:26:52.220 --> 00:26:53.440 I want to encourage you this 00:26:53.440 --> 00:26:55.119 morning, I put together a little 00:26:55.119 --> 00:26:56.000 list for you. 00:26:56.759 --> 00:26:57.960 Or should I say I found a list 00:26:57.960 --> 00:26:58.819 and reprinted it? 00:26:59.819 --> 00:27:00.900 You know, why recreate the 00:27:00.900 --> 00:27:01.140 wheel? 00:27:01.460 --> 00:27:02.680 That you can get on the church 00:27:02.680 --> 00:27:03.579 app there, and there's a 00:27:03.579 --> 00:27:05.740 little blue tab there in the 00:27:05.740 --> 00:27:06.500 front page. 00:27:07.039 --> 00:27:08.700 That you can download all the 00:27:08.700 --> 00:27:10.079 verses in Scripture that speak 00:27:10.079 --> 00:27:11.340 about Jesus as a man. 00:27:13.240 --> 00:27:14.740 Also, all the ones that speak 00:27:14.740 --> 00:27:15.700 about him as God. 00:27:16.000 --> 00:27:16.840 See, there you go, right there. 00:27:16.960 --> 00:27:17.840 Take care for it this morning. 00:27:18.079 --> 00:27:19.039 I'll give you a little clue. 00:27:19.140 --> 00:27:20.460 There's whole college semesters 00:27:20.460 --> 00:27:21.039 on this. 00:27:21.039 --> 00:27:22.799 Okay? 00:27:25.759 --> 00:27:27.559 So, I'm trying to condense this 00:27:27.559 --> 00:27:28.619 down for you, okay? 00:27:29.759 --> 00:27:31.099 But I do encourage you to 00:27:31.099 --> 00:27:33.099 download that and to read those. 00:27:34.779 --> 00:27:39.159 To grab a hold of the list and 00:27:39.159 --> 00:27:40.559 lists of elements in the 00:27:40.559 --> 00:27:41.899 Scripture that point to this. 00:27:42.139 --> 00:27:43.879 And the essential nature of it. 00:27:44.119 --> 00:27:46.839 It's a message that Peter preached 00:27:46.839 --> 00:27:48.740 at Pentecost to those there that 00:27:48.740 --> 00:27:49.039 day. 00:27:49.359 --> 00:27:50.660 Acts chapter 2. 00:27:51.900 --> 00:27:54.120 Peter points out this very fact 00:27:54.120 --> 00:27:55.759 that Jesus had said earlier. 00:27:56.120 --> 00:27:57.880 Acts chapter 2 and verse 34. 00:27:58.940 --> 00:28:00.380 Peter's preaching and he says, 00:28:00.380 --> 00:28:02.220 For David is not ascended into 00:28:02.220 --> 00:28:03.799 the heavens, but he saith 00:28:03.799 --> 00:28:05.420 himself, The Lord said unto my 00:28:05.420 --> 00:28:07.140 Lord, Sit thou at my right hand 00:28:07.140 --> 00:28:09.019 until I make thine enemies thy 00:28:09.019 --> 00:28:09.680 footstool. 00:28:10.099 --> 00:28:11.620 Therefore, let all the house of 00:28:11.620 --> 00:28:13.380 Israel know assuredly that God 00:28:13.380 --> 00:28:15.660 hath made that same Jesus whom 00:28:15.660 --> 00:28:18.539 ye have crucified, both Lord and 00:28:18.539 --> 00:28:19.159 Christ. 00:28:19.500 --> 00:28:21.059 You know, as I was reading this 00:28:21.059 --> 00:28:22.319 and preparing, it really made me 00:28:22.319 --> 00:28:23.420 begin to stop and think. 00:28:24.819 --> 00:28:26.399 Because it made me wonder, because 00:28:26.399 --> 00:28:28.019 Peter was standing in the temple 00:28:28.019 --> 00:28:29.259 that day when he preached this. 00:28:29.460 --> 00:28:30.940 It makes me wonder, just a few 00:28:30.940 --> 00:28:35.240 months earlier, about 51, 52 days, 00:28:36.619 --> 00:28:38.399 earlier you had a group of people 00:28:38.399 --> 00:28:40.420 listening to Jesus declare that 00:28:40.420 --> 00:28:42.379 David called him Lord. 00:28:42.680 --> 00:28:44.339 On the day of Pentecost, Peter 00:28:44.339 --> 00:28:45.879 stands up and he points to him, he 00:28:45.880 --> 00:28:49.640 says, hey, Jesus, the one you 00:28:49.640 --> 00:28:52.760 crucified is both Lord and Christ, 00:28:52.860 --> 00:28:53.500 the Messiah. 00:28:53.880 --> 00:28:55.480 And it's amazing, it says there was 00:28:55.480 --> 00:29:01.540 about 3,000 souls that responded in 00:29:01.540 --> 00:29:03.620 faith that believed that Jesus was 00:29:03.620 --> 00:29:06.740 not just a man they heard earlier, 00:29:06.920 --> 00:29:08.240 but that he is the Savior. 00:29:08.620 --> 00:29:09.820 Today's the same thing. 00:29:09.819 --> 00:29:13.500 We need to understand that Jesus is 00:29:13.500 --> 00:29:14.339 not just a man. 00:29:14.579 --> 00:29:15.519 He's fully man. 00:29:15.859 --> 00:29:17.579 He understood all the things, the 00:29:17.579 --> 00:29:19.240 ailments, the problems we have. 00:29:20.119 --> 00:29:21.819 And you say, why would God send him 00:29:21.819 --> 00:29:22.359 as a man? 00:29:22.460 --> 00:29:24.159 Because, you know what, we relate 00:29:24.159 --> 00:29:25.659 with people who can relate to us. 00:29:26.519 --> 00:29:27.939 That have been through things that 00:29:27.939 --> 00:29:28.559 we've been through. 00:29:30.119 --> 00:29:31.619 You have a common connection. 00:29:31.700 --> 00:29:32.700 Have you ever noticed that, that if 00:29:32.700 --> 00:29:33.919 you find somebody else that's going 00:29:33.919 --> 00:29:35.159 through something similar to you, 00:29:35.160 --> 00:29:38.660 you have a connection and empathy? 00:29:39.080 --> 00:29:41.779 Jesus became man for us to say, 00:29:42.259 --> 00:29:43.940 I understand where you are. 00:29:45.700 --> 00:29:47.400 I want to connect with you. 00:29:47.480 --> 00:29:49.160 I want you to understand who I am. 00:29:49.480 --> 00:29:51.900 But he never surrendered an ounce 00:29:51.900 --> 00:29:54.360 of who he is. 00:29:54.600 --> 00:29:56.440 The Bible reveals that he veiled 00:29:56.440 --> 00:29:56.860 himself. 00:29:57.060 --> 00:29:58.160 In other words, I want you to 00:29:58.160 --> 00:29:59.440 understand as you read through and 00:29:59.440 --> 00:30:01.880 study it, Jesus never surrendered a 00:30:01.880 --> 00:30:03.220 bit of being God. 00:30:03.220 --> 00:30:05.940 He made a choice not to exercise all 00:30:05.940 --> 00:30:07.240 his authority as God. 00:30:07.579 --> 00:30:07.920 Why? 00:30:08.079 --> 00:30:08.640 For us. 00:30:08.940 --> 00:30:10.980 Those there even heard Peter's 00:30:10.980 --> 00:30:13.200 message on Pentecost, when they 00:30:13.200 --> 00:30:15.440 understood who Jesus is, they sought 00:30:15.440 --> 00:30:16.940 to know how to be saved. 00:30:18.440 --> 00:30:19.799 You know, today, people ought to 00:30:19.799 --> 00:30:22.579 desire to say, if Jesus did that for 00:30:22.579 --> 00:30:25.740 me, if God came and became flesh, and 00:30:25.740 --> 00:30:28.360 he suffered and died, he took upon my 00:30:28.360 --> 00:30:30.460 sin, he took upon all those things. 00:30:30.460 --> 00:30:36.579 To provide a way for me to be 00:30:36.579 --> 00:30:38.819 redeemed, to be rescued from my sin. 00:30:39.019 --> 00:30:41.500 I want you to understand the 00:30:41.500 --> 00:30:42.400 importance here. 00:30:43.460 --> 00:30:44.840 Because this is critical. 00:30:45.240 --> 00:30:47.620 Look over in 1 John again. 00:30:48.259 --> 00:30:49.799 1 John chapter 5. 00:30:50.140 --> 00:30:52.079 The apostle John, in the inspiration of 00:30:52.079 --> 00:30:54.400 the Holy Ghost, tells us this. 00:30:54.460 --> 00:30:55.920 It says this in verse 11. 00:30:55.920 --> 00:30:58.140 It says, and this is the record. 00:31:00.140 --> 00:31:01.680 In other words, he says, I want you to 00:31:01.680 --> 00:31:02.759 make the record clear. 00:31:04.480 --> 00:31:06.700 This is the record that God hath given 00:31:06.700 --> 00:31:09.940 to us eternal life, and this life is in 00:31:09.940 --> 00:31:10.519 his Son. 00:31:11.539 --> 00:31:13.820 He that hath the Son hath life, and he 00:31:13.820 --> 00:31:15.539 that hath not the Son of God hath not 00:31:15.539 --> 00:31:15.920 life. 00:31:17.519 --> 00:31:19.500 These things have I written unto you, 00:31:20.019 --> 00:31:22.720 that believe on the name of the Son of 00:31:22.720 --> 00:31:25.339 God, that ye may know that ye have 00:31:25.339 --> 00:31:27.720 eternal life, and that ye may believe 00:31:27.720 --> 00:31:29.559 on the name of the Son of God. 00:31:31.539 --> 00:31:33.140 I want you to understand, believing on 00:31:33.140 --> 00:31:34.960 the name of a human being is not going 00:31:34.960 --> 00:31:35.500 to save you. 00:31:35.720 --> 00:31:38.519 It's by acknowledging Christ came, and 00:31:38.519 --> 00:31:41.720 the Bible says that he put his sin upon 00:31:42.559 --> 00:31:43.160 himself. 00:31:43.480 --> 00:31:47.360 He took my sin and your sin and carried 00:31:47.360 --> 00:31:48.220 it to the cross. 00:31:48.220 --> 00:31:50.799 He made payment in full, so that he might 00:31:50.799 --> 00:31:53.799 offer salvation freely to all those who 00:31:53.799 --> 00:31:54.779 will call upon him. 00:31:54.980 --> 00:31:56.140 How can he give it freely? 00:31:56.259 --> 00:31:57.940 Because he says, I already paid for it. 00:31:58.140 --> 00:32:00.140 Contrary to popular belief, nothing is 00:32:00.140 --> 00:32:00.440 free. 00:32:00.579 --> 00:32:01.740 Everything has to be paid for. 00:32:03.500 --> 00:32:05.539 You might receive it free, but somebody 00:32:05.539 --> 00:32:06.480 else paid for it. 00:32:06.720 --> 00:32:09.640 Your salvation is offered to you free 00:32:09.640 --> 00:32:13.000 because Jesus paid for it. 00:32:14.720 --> 00:32:17.579 He says, I took care of everything that is 00:32:17.579 --> 00:32:17.939 needed. 00:32:18.220 --> 00:32:21.779 When Jesus looked at them that day and 00:32:21.779 --> 00:32:26.960 asked them, how is Jesus both Lord and 00:32:26.960 --> 00:32:27.819 Son to David? 00:32:28.019 --> 00:32:30.000 He was asking them a question of who 00:32:30.000 --> 00:32:32.019 Christ is. 00:32:32.159 --> 00:32:33.759 Because they had to understand that the 00:32:33.759 --> 00:32:36.000 one before them was not just a mere man. 00:32:36.000 --> 00:32:40.139 It was God veiled in flesh. 00:32:40.419 --> 00:32:42.000 The reality is important. 00:32:44.039 --> 00:32:45.859 You know, the scriptures wind down in 00:32:45.859 --> 00:32:47.559 this way in Revelation 22. 00:32:49.500 --> 00:32:52.219 Down in verse 16, it says, I, Jesus, have 00:32:52.219 --> 00:32:55.119 sent mine angel to testify unto you these 00:32:55.119 --> 00:32:56.199 things in the churches. 00:32:56.639 --> 00:32:59.159 I am the root and the offspring of David 00:32:59.159 --> 00:33:02.179 and the bright and morning star. 00:33:02.619 --> 00:33:05.379 Jesus, his final testament is, I want you 00:33:05.379 --> 00:33:07.919 to understand, I fulfilled everything that 00:33:07.919 --> 00:33:10.659 was required to identify myself in the 00:33:10.659 --> 00:33:13.579 lineage of David, but I never surrendered a 00:33:13.579 --> 00:33:15.220 bit of who I am as God. 00:33:16.720 --> 00:33:21.199 And I came and I suffered and died for you. 00:33:23.079 --> 00:33:24.539 And I want you to know it. 00:33:24.699 --> 00:33:25.859 I don't want you to guess. 00:33:27.220 --> 00:33:29.240 I don't want you just to hope so. 00:33:30.439 --> 00:33:33.119 As John wrote, that you ought to know so. 00:33:33.119 --> 00:33:36.959 Not because of what you've done, 00:33:37.679 --> 00:33:39.539 but because of what he has done. 00:33:39.679 --> 00:33:41.339 You know, this morning we face the same 00:33:41.339 --> 00:33:42.959 question when it comes to Jesus. 00:33:45.019 --> 00:33:47.759 What will you do with Jesus? 00:33:48.879 --> 00:33:51.399 Because how you respond determines 00:33:51.399 --> 00:33:54.519 the life to come. 00:33:54.519 --> 00:33:59.400 Because he will either be your savior or your 00:33:59.400 --> 00:33:59.799 judge. 00:33:59.980 --> 00:34:02.639 If you've never trusted Christ for salvation, 00:34:02.819 --> 00:34:06.000 I invite you to come today and call upon the 00:34:06.000 --> 00:34:06.940 Lord to save you. 00:34:08.679 --> 00:34:14.659 Call upon the one who became a man to pay 00:34:14.659 --> 00:34:16.559 for your sin. 00:34:16.739 --> 00:34:21.360 Don't leave here today without knowing where 00:34:21.360 --> 00:34:22.440 you stand with God. 00:34:24.079 --> 00:34:25.860 As heads are bowed and eyes are closed this 00:34:25.860 --> 00:34:27.380 morning, what about you today? 00:34:27.640 --> 00:34:29.019 Are you trusting in the savior? 00:34:29.320 --> 00:34:31.780 Are you trusting in the one who came? 00:34:32.079 --> 00:34:35.099 Veiled as a man, fully man, fully God. 00:34:35.300 --> 00:34:37.320 If you've never trusted him, I encourage you to 00:34:37.320 --> 00:34:38.500 come. 00:34:38.660 --> 00:34:40.340 Let me show you from God's word how you can 00:34:40.340 --> 00:34:41.760 know that you're saved. 00:34:42.120 --> 00:34:45.660 If that's a need today, I encourage you to 00:34:45.660 --> 00:34:45.980 come. 00:34:45.980 --> 00:34:51.019 That's the reason Christ came for you. 00:34:51.159 --> 00:34:52.940 Heavenly fathers, we come before you this 00:34:52.940 --> 00:34:53.199 morning. 00:34:53.300 --> 00:34:55.059 Lord, we just thank you for the day, for the 00:34:55.059 --> 00:34:55.599 opportunity. 00:34:56.679 --> 00:34:58.300 Lord, you know each soul here today. 00:34:59.900 --> 00:35:01.500 Lord, there may have been some that were 00:35:01.500 --> 00:35:03.380 thinking of you as just a mere man. 00:35:04.199 --> 00:35:06.579 One that did many good things and to trust 00:35:06.579 --> 00:35:07.619 in those good things. 00:35:07.740 --> 00:35:10.940 But Lord, if we miss the fact that you're 00:35:10.940 --> 00:35:13.539 not just a man that came and lived a sinless 00:35:13.539 --> 00:35:15.360 life, but you're God himself. 00:35:15.360 --> 00:35:16.640 The very holy one. 00:35:17.599 --> 00:35:18.880 The one above us. 00:35:19.579 --> 00:35:21.059 The one who created us. 00:35:22.539 --> 00:35:24.480 Lord, I pray just have your hand upon each 00:35:24.480 --> 00:35:25.320 heart here today. 00:35:26.320 --> 00:35:29.260 That there wouldn't be one that departs not 00:35:29.260 --> 00:35:35.200 knowing and having confidence in who you 00:35:35.200 --> 00:35:37.200 are as their savior. 00:35:38.640 --> 00:35:40.640 Lord, we ask all these things in your 00:35:40.640 --> 00:35:41.460 precious name. 00:35:42.840 --> 00:35:43.140 Amen.