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 We're coming to the end of a mini-series within the book of Acts, which is Peter's sermon at Pentecost in Acts 2.

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 And I guess the title of that series would be Lifting Up Jesus the Messiah.

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 And I get that from a key verse in the text where it says in verse 22,

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 Men of Israel, hear these words, Jesus of Nazareth, a man attested to you by God.

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 And so I've been kind of repeating this, but the word attested means to lift up, to put on display,

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 or to put on exhibition for one to look at and see and observe.

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 It also means to prove something or to proclaim something.

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 And all these are true about Jesus.

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 Peter is preaching this sermon.

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 He's like calling people to respond to the Scripture.

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 He uses several different Old Testament passages to prove what he's saying.

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 So just to remember that not even the apostles spoke on their own accord.

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 They gave weight to what men had said before them.

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 And he's putting Jesus on display.

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 Like he's saying, God put Christ on display.

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 So look to him and be convinced that he is the Messiah.

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 And he's doing that for everyone here today too.

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 It's not just at this time.

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 Like if you're struggling with where you are with God and who is Jesus,

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 like God is not trying to hide that from you.

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 He's putting Jesus on display.

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 And he's proving that Jesus was the true living Messiah.

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 Last week we talked about how Jesus' identity, his life, his death, and his resurrection

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 gave weight to the reality that he was the true Messiah.

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 And so he spoke of how Christ was...

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 He came and he lived and he died and he resurrected according to the definite plan and foreknowledge of God.

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 The predetermined plan of God.

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 Namely that Christ coming to the earth was not plan B because man messed up.

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 It was plan A to display the glory of his grace and salvation.

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 And if you also remember the key term last week was that God used the greatest act of evil

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 in crucifying Christ to destroy evil and to bring down the collapse of evil itself.

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 So that's kind of where we're at.

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 He explains Pentecost.

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 He kind of at the beginning of this starting in verse 14.

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 He addresses the crowd and kind of says like the coming of the Holy Spirit,

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 you should not be surprised at.

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 But this was foretold of by the prophet Joel.

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 And so he explains the coming of the Spirit.

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 And then he begins embarking on this exposition of who Jesus is and how he was the true living Messiah.

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 So a couple other points today.

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 I am going to revisit the last point that we looked at last week

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 just because I think it's definitely just sort of connected.

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 So number one, if you're taking notes,

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 and all these are how did God put Jesus on display for us to see and for this crowd to see,

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 is the resurrection of the Messiah.

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 Okay?

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 And look at verse 30.

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 It says,

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 So just revisiting this from last week.

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 Our main text is going to be 34 through 40.

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 So I'll just revisit this for a second.

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 But he's saying that David, you know, the king, shepherd boy, David,

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 he prophesied about the resurrection of the Messiah.

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 And he kind of explains like David can't be talking about himself in Psalm 16

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 because he did die.

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 He did see corruption.

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 And his grave is with us today.

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 So go look at it.

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 He's not talking about himself.

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 He's prophesying about the Messiah to come.

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 Then he says,

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 God raised this man up.

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 God raised Christ up from the dead.

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 Then he says,

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 We are witnesses of these things.

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 We've seen him.

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 We've touched him.

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 We've heard him.

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 We've eaten food with him.

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 And even later on in one of Peter's letters,

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 in 2 Peter 1, verse 16, he says,

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 We did not follow cleverly devised myths

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 when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ,

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 but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty.

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 Like we saw this.

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 We all saw this.

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 So the resurrection of Christ,

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 you do need to see through just faith to be a believer.

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 But you should know also that for 2,000 years,

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 like this historical event has withstood the scrutiny of historians, scholars,

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 archaeologists,

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 archaeologists, for nearly 2,000 years.

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 Like it's withstood that scrutiny.

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 You can literally prove in a courtroom that Jesus did rise from the dead.

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 Biblical as well as extra-biblical evidence gives plenty of weight to this.

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 It's overwhelmingly revealing that Jesus of Nazareth was a real man who walked the earth

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 and that he rose from the dead.

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 Come and talk to me later.

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 We'll get more in depth about that.

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 But many have sought to disprove the historicity of the identity of Jesus as well as the resurrection.

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 And in the process of them trying to destroy that,

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 they have become followers of Christ

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 because they were just convinced by looking at all the stuff there that this actually happened,

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 that Jesus rose from the dead.

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 And so, what are some implications, I guess, of the resurrection?

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 So, just keep this in mind.

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 If Jesus has simply been crucified, laid in the tomb, and is still there today,

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 then everything that we believe is worthless.

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 Everything that we do and say is worthless.

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 It has no point.

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 Why?

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 Because, again, there's nothing good about a dead Messiah.

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 Yeah, he's no different than any other false prophet that's gone and started other religions.

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 But, if Jesus is alive, it's a big deal.

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 It means like he is on the throne right now, that he is going to come back,

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 and that we all are going to have to answer to him one day for how we've lived.

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 Neither you will belong to him or not belong to him.

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 So, three days after he was crucified, God raised him from the dead.

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 He came out of the tomb victorious.

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 So, this is God's greatest validation of who Jesus said he was.

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 Right?

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 The greatest proof is the resurrection of the son of David.

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 Right?

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 Turn, hold your hand in Acts chapter 2, but there's just two other places for you to look.

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 But look at 1 Corinthians chapter 15 today.

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 This is the hallmark chapter on the resurrection.

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 That Paul talks about the resurrection, expounds on the resurrection.

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 1 Corinthians chapter 15, verse 3.

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 This is what Paul says.

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 For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received,

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 that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures.

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 There it is, according to the old Scriptures.

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 That he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures.

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 And then he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve.

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 Then he appeared to more than five hundred brothers at one time,

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 most of whom are still alive, though some have fallen asleep.

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 Then he appeared to James, and then to all the apostles.

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 Last of all, as to one untimely born, he appeared also to me.

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 So he's like, we've seen him.

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 Like, he's appeared to all these people, even at one time.

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 Well, they were just hallucinating.

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 Well, no two people had the same hallucination.

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 They all saw him.

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 And they touched him.

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 So go on down to verse 6.

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 And he's kind of getting to the implication here, but verse 6.

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 For if the dead are not raised, not even Christ has been raised.

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 And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile, and you are still in your sins.

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 Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished.

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 If in Christ we have hope in this life only, we above all are the most...

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 Excuse me, I can't talk.

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 We are of all people most to be pitied.

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 But in fact, Christ has been raised from the dead.

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 So he says, like, you know what?

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 If Christ has not risen, everything we're saying is worthless.

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 It's meaningless.

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 And then he says, but at the very end there, but in fact, I'm not just saying this, but in fact, Christ has been raised from the dead.

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 Because we've seen him.

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 We've touched him.

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 And it was promised in the Scriptures that this would happen.

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 So this is how big it is.

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 Everything we believe hangs on this.

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 And he even says, if Christ is not risen, we apostles are above all the most to be pitied.

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 We are the most to be pitied.

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 And I want you to, you who know Christ and belong to Christ, like, chew on this for a second.

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 If you were to find out today that your faith in Christ has been in vain, that Christ has not risen from the dead,

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 what would you say?

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 Would you be able to say, well, it's still been a good life anyway.

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 It's been a lot of peace.

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 It's been a lot of purpose and a positive life.

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 Or would you say, wow, like, I'm to be pitied because I have literally thrown my life, everything I have, into the cause of Christ.

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 I hope you can say that with Paul.

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 Like, pity me if this isn't true.

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 But guess what?

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 It is true.

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 That's why he says that.

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 But in fact, Christ has been raised from the dead.

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 So this is the greatest validation of the Son of God being resurrected.

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 Some people may say, this is the most idiotic thing in the world to say, but you'll hear it.

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 We talked about this when I was in school and some of my history classes.

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 But one of my professors said, you can't test historical events with the scientific method.

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 People will say, I'll believe this if you just prove it scientifically.

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 But the idiocy of that is like you don't do history that way because historical events are not observable, measurable, or repeatable.

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 You can't go back and look at a historical event.

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 Rather than that, we are to use the evidentiary method.

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 We look at the evidence, facts, documents, accounts, archaeology, whatever,

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 that lends weight to the reality that something actually happened.

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 So, the resurrection of Jesus, a true historical event.

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 But even bigger, it means that he is here with us now, that he always will be with us,

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 and that he's coming back one day, and that we have not believed in vain.

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 So, that's number one, the resurrection of the Messiah.

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 And getting into the next part of this in Peter's sermon, kind of where we find ourselves today,

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 is in verse 33.

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 Look at verse 33.

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 I'll just go ahead and read this whole little section, and then we'll unpack.

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 But it says, I broke one of the fundamental rules of preaching,

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 which is read the whole text and then expound on it.

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 But, let's look at, start in verse 33.

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 It says,

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 It says,

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 That's just so awesome.

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 And the same God is here with us today who worked this.

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 So, point number one, the resurrection of the Messiah.

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 Point number two is the ascension and exaltation of the Messiah.

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 It's just right in our text, in verse 33,

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 that he was exalted, and he ascended to the Father.

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 So, he was risen from the dead.

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 He walked among his disciples,

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 and showed himself to many other witnesses.

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 And then, later on, he was taken back.

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 He descended back into heaven, or ascended back into heaven,

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 to be with the Father.

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 And then it says right here that he was seated at the,

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 exalted in the place of honor, right?

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 The place of honor and authority by the Father.

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 Then he kind of brings it back full circle,

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 and says,

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 This is what you're seeing today,

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 again, like the Holy Spirit coming on the people.

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 You're seeing this come to pass, this day.

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 And he draws attention again to the Scriptures,

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 to prove that this is the case.

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 And this is the second place I want you to turn,

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 but again, hold your hand in Acts.

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 This is a monumental text, Psalm 110.

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 It's not very long, so we're going to unpack it.

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 But Psalm 110 is another psalm of David.

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 It's a messianic psalm about the Messiah.

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 And astoundingly, like it's given so little attention in the church.

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 Most believers have heard of the 23rd Psalm.

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 They've heard of, you know,

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 The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.

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 But this particular psalm, Psalm 110,

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 is quoted and referred to 27 times in the New Testament,

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 which means that it was a big deal to the early church and the apostles.

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 Psalm 110, let's read it together.

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 It says,

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 The Lord says to my Lord,

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 Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies your footstool.

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 The Lord sends forth from Zion your mighty scepter.

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 Rule in the midst of your enemies.

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 Your people will offer themselves freely on the day of your power

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 and holy garments.

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 From the womb of the morning,

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 the dew of your youth will be yours.

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 The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind.

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 You are a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.

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 The Lord is at your right hand.

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 He will shatter kings on the day of his wrath.

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 He will execute judgment among the nations,

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 filling them with corpses.

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 He will shatter chiefs over the wide earth.

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 He will drink from the brook by the way.

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 Therefore, he will lift up his head.

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 And this psalm, again, is speaking, again, of the coming Messiah, the true Messiah.

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 David is not referring to himself.

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 He wasn't exalted to God's right hand.

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 And this was a question that scholars of this time, Pharisees, scribes,

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 they all asked this question.

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 Because they could look at the language and just say,

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 Who is David talking about?

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 Because it definitely is not him.

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 But here is the question they were asking.

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 How could one who is descended of David,

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 who is a son of David,

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 also be the Lord of David?

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 How could that be?

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 Since David preceded Jesus by a thousand years,

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 how could that be?

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 So Peter explains it here.

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 The Lord says to my Lord,

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 and he uses like the sacred name of God here.

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 It really says,

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 Yahweh said to my Adonai,

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 which is also like,

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 God himself said to my sovereign,

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 sit at my right hand.

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 So in the context,

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 this is clearly a conversation going on within the Godhead,

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 namely between God himself, the Father,

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 and the one whom he was going to appoint to be David's Lord.

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 Yahweh said to David's Adonai,

00:18:34.720 --> 00:18:34.920
 right,

00:18:35.039 --> 00:18:36.279
 sit at my right hand,

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 which the right hand is a place of power,

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 and exaltation,

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 and authority.

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 But it also,

00:18:43.779 --> 00:18:44.380
 interesting enough,

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 is a place of subordination.

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 It's not on the top,

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 it's a place of subordination.

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 And as we know,

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 even within the Godhead,

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 the Son is perfectly,

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 and happily submitted to the Father,

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 to do the Father's will.

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 And that's what it says,

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 like,

00:19:01.079 --> 00:19:04.960
 God granted Christ that seat of cosmic authority at his right hand.

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 And he,

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 it says in Hebrews 1,

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 after making purification for sin,

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 he sat down at the right hand of the majesty on high.

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 So then he goes on,

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 just look at the psalm.

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 It says,

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 until I make your enemies your footstool.

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 So this is an ancient figure of speech,

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 denoting how a hostile,

00:19:27.680 --> 00:19:28.380
 resistant,

00:19:29.440 --> 00:19:30.360
 rebellious enemy

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 is finally conquered and brought low,

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 and is forced to submit to his conqueror.

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 That's what this is.

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 And this is a picture of our Lord,

00:19:41.220 --> 00:19:41.560
 again,

00:19:42.680 --> 00:19:44.020
 sends forth from Zion,

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 his mighty scepter,

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 rule in the midst of his enemies.

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 So Christ will come back one day,

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 is what this is saying.

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 Like,

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 one day,

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 this Son of God,

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 who's seated at God's right hand,

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 He will one day return,

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 and not as a baby,

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 meek and mild in a manger,

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 but as a conquering king

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 that we just sang about a minute ago,

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 who will crush all who have resisted Him,

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 and who have rejected His terms of peace.

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 He died for them,

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 but yet they reject Him.

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 So He comes back to conquer.

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 So,

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 this is a reality.

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 This is what Peter is expounding on.

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 He will make His enemies His footstool.

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 So,

00:20:30.019 --> 00:20:30.819
 when He returns,

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 it goes on,

00:20:31.539 --> 00:20:31.899
 it says,

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 He will shatter kings on the day of His wrath,

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 execute judgment on the nations.

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 So those who hate Christ,

00:20:39.259 --> 00:20:39.659
 again,

00:20:39.759 --> 00:20:41.039
 will utterly be destroyed.

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 All His enemies,

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 visible,

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 invisible.

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 This is an inconquerable king.

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 Yet,

00:20:48.379 --> 00:20:49.579
 it goes on to say this,

00:20:50.879 --> 00:20:52.519
 many of us on the earth

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 who love Christ,

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 and who belong to Christ,

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 who have given our lives to Him,

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 who are washed in His blood,

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 it says this,

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 His people will offer themselves freely

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 on the day of His power.

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 Like,

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 they'll want to give themselves to this king.

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 So,

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 that's a question to ask yourself this morning.

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 It's,

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 do you,

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 like,

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 eagerly await the return of Christ?

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 Do you long for it?

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 Why did you come this morning?

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 Because you were forced to,

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 or because you wanted to?

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 Did you come willing and freely,

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 like this explains the people of God to be?

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 Offer ourselves freely on the day of His power.

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 So we,

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 His church,

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 will rejoice at this time,

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 with joy inexpressible.

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 And then you see a really cool image

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 at the end of the psalm.

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 It says,

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 He will drink from the brook by the way,

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 and therefore,

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 He will lift up His head.

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 Also,

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 another ancient image

00:21:49.140 --> 00:21:50.600
 of a conqueror

00:21:50.600 --> 00:21:52.600
 returning from a conquest,

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 and having exhausted himself

00:21:56.120 --> 00:21:58.240
 in the process of that conquest,

00:21:58.240 --> 00:21:59.039
 he stops

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 and takes a drink

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 from a cool stream of water

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 to refresh himself

00:22:05.640 --> 00:22:07.740
 after the conquest.

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 It's a picture of having

00:22:09.099 --> 00:22:11.599
 satisfaction of a mission accomplished,

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 but still having a final goal to come.

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 So,

00:22:14.799 --> 00:22:16.059
 God's purpose in Christ

00:22:16.059 --> 00:22:16.740
 will prevail.

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 This was

00:22:17.359 --> 00:22:19.079
 what Peter is saying

00:22:19.079 --> 00:22:19.799
 to these people.

00:22:19.980 --> 00:22:20.079
 Like,

00:22:20.120 --> 00:22:20.640
 He is this,

00:22:20.920 --> 00:22:21.779
 He is the Lord

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 that David is referring to,

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 and He will come

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 and make His enemies

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 His footstool.

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 In your bulletin,

00:22:30.660 --> 00:22:31.799
 if you have one,

00:22:32.819 --> 00:22:38.960
 a great commentator

00:22:38.960 --> 00:22:39.680
 on the psalms

00:22:39.680 --> 00:22:41.920
 was the reformer,

00:22:42.039 --> 00:22:42.660
 John Calvin.

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 And this is what he said

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 about Psalm 110

00:22:45.799 --> 00:22:47.000
 that we just read.

00:22:48.180 --> 00:22:48.799
 He says,

00:22:48.799 --> 00:22:49.519
 From this,

00:22:50.359 --> 00:22:51.359
 let us learn

00:22:51.359 --> 00:22:52.460
 that however numerous

00:22:52.460 --> 00:22:54.000
 those enemies may be

00:22:54.000 --> 00:22:54.940
 who conspire

00:22:54.940 --> 00:22:56.779
 against the Son of God

00:22:56.779 --> 00:22:57.379
 and attempt

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 the subversion

00:22:58.519 --> 00:22:59.279
 of His kingdom,

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 all will be unavailing.

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 For they shall never prevail

00:23:04.259 --> 00:23:05.240
 against God's

00:23:05.240 --> 00:23:06.240
 immutable purpose,

00:23:06.819 --> 00:23:08.220
 but on the contrary,

00:23:09.079 --> 00:23:09.700
 they shall,

00:23:10.099 --> 00:23:10.919
 by His greatness

00:23:10.919 --> 00:23:11.779
 of His power,

00:23:12.119 --> 00:23:13.240
 be laid prostrate

00:23:13.240 --> 00:23:14.259
 at Christ's feet.

00:23:15.019 --> 00:23:15.579
 Footstool.

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 However much

00:23:17.460 --> 00:23:18.639
 the world may rage

00:23:18.640 --> 00:23:19.600
 against Christ,

00:23:20.259 --> 00:23:21.000
 they will never

00:23:21.000 --> 00:23:22.280
 be able to hurl Him

00:23:22.280 --> 00:23:23.320
 from the right hand

00:23:23.320 --> 00:23:23.980
 of the Father.

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 Moreover,

00:23:25.680 --> 00:23:26.660
 as He does not reign

00:23:26.660 --> 00:23:27.860
 on His own account,

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 but for our salvation,

00:23:30.759 --> 00:23:31.900
 we may rest assured

00:23:31.900 --> 00:23:32.759
 that we will be

00:23:32.759 --> 00:23:33.259
 protected

00:23:33.259 --> 00:23:34.680
 and preserved

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 from all ills

00:23:36.300 --> 00:23:37.900
 under the guardianship

00:23:37.900 --> 00:23:39.660
 of this invincible King.

00:23:40.160 --> 00:23:41.120
 Let that language

00:23:41.120 --> 00:23:43.660
 just encourage you

00:23:43.660 --> 00:23:45.080
 that this is who we worship,

00:23:45.220 --> 00:23:46.100
 the King of kings

00:23:46.100 --> 00:23:47.700
 and Lord of lords,

00:23:47.700 --> 00:23:49.900
 the true and living Messiah

00:23:49.900 --> 00:23:51.580
 who reigns on our behalf

00:23:51.580 --> 00:23:52.759
 and for our good

00:23:52.759 --> 00:23:53.680
 and for His glory.

00:23:54.880 --> 00:23:56.000
 So then Peter closes

00:23:56.000 --> 00:23:57.400
 this little section

00:23:57.400 --> 00:23:57.920
 right here.

00:23:58.720 --> 00:23:59.900
 Let all the house of Israel

00:23:59.900 --> 00:24:01.400
 know that God has made Him

00:24:01.400 --> 00:24:02.580
 both Lord and Christ

00:24:02.580 --> 00:24:04.480
 and you crucified Him.

00:24:05.779 --> 00:24:06.160
 And so,

00:24:06.299 --> 00:24:07.120
 know for certain,

00:24:07.180 --> 00:24:07.759
 this means like

00:24:07.759 --> 00:24:09.019
 without a shadow of a doubt,

00:24:09.420 --> 00:24:10.600
 without any doubt at all,

00:24:11.360 --> 00:24:12.240
 that Christ's life,

00:24:12.400 --> 00:24:12.680
 death,

00:24:12.819 --> 00:24:13.440
 and resurrection,

00:24:13.440 --> 00:24:14.279
 and ascension

00:24:14.279 --> 00:24:15.279
 has proven Him

00:24:15.279 --> 00:24:17.200
 as the true Messiah.

00:24:17.820 --> 00:24:19.160
 Then He kind of adds in

00:24:19.160 --> 00:24:21.120
 and you crucified Him.

00:24:22.180 --> 00:24:22.640
 So,

00:24:22.759 --> 00:24:23.640
 this is a guilty,

00:24:23.840 --> 00:24:24.640
 guilty crowd

00:24:24.640 --> 00:24:25.680
 that He's speaking to.

00:24:27.059 --> 00:24:27.799
 Christ's blood

00:24:27.799 --> 00:24:28.840
 is still on their hands,

00:24:28.920 --> 00:24:29.200
 literally.

00:24:30.400 --> 00:24:30.840
 And,

00:24:30.900 --> 00:24:32.920
 this is the response.

00:24:33.000 --> 00:24:34.059
 This is the third thing.

00:24:35.019 --> 00:24:35.240
 So,

00:24:35.320 --> 00:24:35.740
 we have

00:24:35.740 --> 00:24:36.799
 the resurrection

00:24:36.799 --> 00:24:37.420
 of the Messiah,

00:24:37.420 --> 00:24:39.700
 the ascension

00:24:39.700 --> 00:24:40.539
 or an exaltation

00:24:40.539 --> 00:24:41.180
 of the Messiah,

00:24:41.620 --> 00:24:42.960
 and number three,

00:24:43.060 --> 00:24:43.800
 the response

00:24:43.800 --> 00:24:45.000
 to the true Messiah.

00:24:46.180 --> 00:24:47.380
 Verse 37.

00:24:49.080 --> 00:24:50.100
 Verse 37.

00:24:50.820 --> 00:24:51.100
 It says,

00:24:51.180 --> 00:24:52.320
 Now when they heard this,

00:24:52.480 --> 00:24:53.080
 they were cut

00:24:53.080 --> 00:24:54.200
 to the heart

00:24:54.200 --> 00:24:56.160
 and said to Peter

00:24:56.160 --> 00:24:57.140
 and the rest of the apostles,

00:24:57.300 --> 00:24:57.620
 brothers,

00:24:58.180 --> 00:24:59.320
 what shall we do?

00:25:00.060 --> 00:25:01.680
 That was their response.

00:25:02.640 --> 00:25:03.500
 They were cut

00:25:03.500 --> 00:25:04.039
 to the heart.

00:25:04.160 --> 00:25:04.519
 It means,

00:25:04.700 --> 00:25:05.360
 the word cut

00:25:05.360 --> 00:25:06.840
 means to stab,

00:25:06.839 --> 00:25:07.779
 to pierce something,

00:25:07.879 --> 00:25:08.480
 to abruptly

00:25:08.480 --> 00:25:10.099
 get hit.

00:25:11.599 --> 00:25:12.000
 Unexpected,

00:25:12.220 --> 00:25:12.720
 startling.

00:25:12.799 --> 00:25:14.039
 That's like what this implies.

00:25:14.519 --> 00:25:15.240
 And the word actually

00:25:15.240 --> 00:25:15.939
 is only used

00:25:15.939 --> 00:25:16.539
 at this place

00:25:16.539 --> 00:25:17.519
 only in the New Testament.

00:25:17.659 --> 00:25:17.759
 So,

00:25:17.799 --> 00:25:18.599
 it makes me think that

00:25:18.599 --> 00:25:19.359
 He's trying to get

00:25:19.359 --> 00:25:19.879
 something across.

00:25:20.059 --> 00:25:20.699
 They were cut,

00:25:21.279 --> 00:25:21.639
 pierced,

00:25:21.740 --> 00:25:22.799
 and stabbed in the heart.

00:25:22.859 --> 00:25:23.599
 They were shocked.

00:25:24.119 --> 00:25:25.059
 Like they realized

00:25:25.059 --> 00:25:25.919
 that this Messiah

00:25:25.919 --> 00:25:27.459
 that had been promised

00:25:27.459 --> 00:25:29.679
 for thousands of years

00:25:29.679 --> 00:25:30.220
 in the Scriptures

00:25:30.220 --> 00:25:30.980
 that

00:25:30.980 --> 00:25:33.220
 they crucified Him.

00:25:33.240 --> 00:25:33.959
 They rejected Him.

00:25:34.059 --> 00:25:34.819
 The very Messiah

00:25:34.819 --> 00:25:35.599
 that was sent

00:25:35.599 --> 00:25:36.339
 to save them

00:25:36.339 --> 00:25:38.099
 rejected the prophets

00:25:38.099 --> 00:25:39.519
 and then rejected Christ.

00:25:40.500 --> 00:25:40.679
 So,

00:25:41.059 --> 00:25:43.679
 imagine that.

00:25:43.779 --> 00:25:44.339
 Being that

00:25:44.339 --> 00:25:45.899
 indicted in that way.

00:25:45.980 --> 00:25:46.439
 Like you

00:25:46.439 --> 00:25:47.720
 crucified Him.

00:25:47.720 --> 00:25:48.539
 This one that I've been

00:25:48.539 --> 00:25:49.220
 talking about

00:25:49.220 --> 00:25:50.599
 that the Scriptures foretold,

00:25:51.339 --> 00:25:52.359
 you crucified Him.

00:25:52.379 --> 00:25:52.899
 So they are

00:25:52.899 --> 00:25:53.980
 terrified.

00:25:54.299 --> 00:25:55.099
 This isn't

00:25:55.099 --> 00:25:56.439
 impersonal at all.

00:25:57.879 --> 00:25:58.319
 So,

00:25:58.459 --> 00:25:59.439
 they probably could even

00:25:59.439 --> 00:26:00.439
 be asking this question.

00:26:00.899 --> 00:26:01.799
 If this Messiah

00:26:01.799 --> 00:26:02.519
 is alive,

00:26:02.659 --> 00:26:03.199
 what is He going to do

00:26:03.200 --> 00:26:03.700
 to us

00:26:03.700 --> 00:26:05.559
 that we rejected Him?

00:26:06.360 --> 00:26:07.539
 They could be asking that

00:26:07.539 --> 00:26:08.700
 so they're panicking.

00:26:08.860 --> 00:26:09.019
 Like,

00:26:09.059 --> 00:26:09.840
 what could they do?

00:26:10.539 --> 00:26:11.380
 And that's what they said

00:26:11.380 --> 00:26:12.340
 to the apostles.

00:26:12.500 --> 00:26:14.200
 What shall we do?

00:26:15.160 --> 00:26:16.039
 This is reminiscent

00:26:16.039 --> 00:26:18.180
 of the Philippian jailer

00:26:18.180 --> 00:26:19.360
 later on

00:26:19.360 --> 00:26:20.140
 in Acts 16

00:26:20.140 --> 00:26:20.640
 where He says,

00:26:20.720 --> 00:26:21.840
 brothers or sirs,

00:26:22.039 --> 00:26:23.299
 what must I do

00:26:23.299 --> 00:26:24.059
 to be saved?

00:26:25.059 --> 00:26:25.539
 So,

00:26:25.640 --> 00:26:26.059
 listen,

00:26:26.200 --> 00:26:27.259
 like everyone in this room

00:26:27.259 --> 00:26:28.420
 has to answer that question

00:26:28.420 --> 00:26:29.460
 at some point in your life.

00:26:29.539 --> 00:26:29.660
 Like,

00:26:29.700 --> 00:26:30.759
 what must I do?

00:26:31.480 --> 00:26:32.440
 What shall I do

00:26:32.440 --> 00:26:33.759
 to this reality

00:26:33.759 --> 00:26:35.879
 of a living Messiah

00:26:35.879 --> 00:26:37.879
 who shed His blood

00:26:37.879 --> 00:26:38.440
 for me?

00:26:39.420 --> 00:26:39.859
 So,

00:26:40.000 --> 00:26:41.059
 let's get into the

00:26:41.059 --> 00:26:42.559
 application

00:26:42.559 --> 00:26:43.359
 a little bit here.

00:26:44.200 --> 00:26:44.879
 Look at verses

00:26:44.879 --> 00:26:46.079
 38 through 40.

00:26:47.339 --> 00:26:48.140
 It says,

00:26:48.920 --> 00:26:49.680
 Peter said to them,

00:26:49.799 --> 00:26:51.039
 Repent and be baptized,

00:26:52.180 --> 00:26:53.099
 every one of you,

00:26:53.160 --> 00:26:53.920
 in the name of the Lord

00:26:53.920 --> 00:26:55.039
 Jesus Christ,

00:26:55.319 --> 00:26:56.099
 for the forgiveness

00:26:56.099 --> 00:26:56.980
 of your sins

00:26:56.980 --> 00:26:57.879
 and you will receive

00:26:57.879 --> 00:26:59.099
 the gift

00:26:59.099 --> 00:27:00.039
 of the Holy Spirit.

00:27:01.740 --> 00:27:02.140
 Okay,

00:27:02.240 --> 00:27:02.900
 so He says,

00:27:03.240 --> 00:27:03.579
 okay,

00:27:04.259 --> 00:27:04.720
 repent.

00:27:05.640 --> 00:27:06.539
 This word literally

00:27:06.539 --> 00:27:07.519
 just means to like,

00:27:08.019 --> 00:27:09.259
 to turn away from something,

00:27:09.379 --> 00:27:11.079
 to change the way

00:27:11.079 --> 00:27:11.640
 that you think

00:27:11.640 --> 00:27:12.379
 about something.

00:27:13.140 --> 00:27:13.940
 It's not just,

00:27:14.039 --> 00:27:15.519
 it's not just an action.

00:27:16.319 --> 00:27:16.619
 So,

00:27:16.759 --> 00:27:17.940
 just imagine like a sin

00:27:17.940 --> 00:27:18.759
 that you struggle with

00:27:18.759 --> 00:27:19.579
 a lot in your life.

00:27:20.319 --> 00:27:21.359
 God's not just saying,

00:27:21.500 --> 00:27:22.799
 stop doing that.

00:27:23.359 --> 00:27:23.900
 He's saying,

00:27:23.980 --> 00:27:25.460
 change how you feel about it.

00:27:25.559 --> 00:27:26.859
 Change how you think about it.

00:27:27.480 --> 00:27:28.019
 Hate it.

00:27:28.019 --> 00:27:28.940
 Despise it.

00:27:29.599 --> 00:27:30.759
 And love me instead.

00:27:30.940 --> 00:27:31.059
 So,

00:27:31.099 --> 00:27:32.579
 it's a turning away from sin

00:27:32.579 --> 00:27:34.539
 and turning to Christ

00:27:34.539 --> 00:27:36.639
 and by His grace

00:27:36.639 --> 00:27:37.819
 resorting not to go back

00:27:37.819 --> 00:27:38.420
 to it again.

00:27:39.180 --> 00:27:39.599
 So,

00:27:39.680 --> 00:27:40.339
 it's imperative.

00:27:41.940 --> 00:27:42.339
 Repent.

00:27:42.440 --> 00:27:43.180
 That's what He says.

00:27:43.879 --> 00:27:44.339
 Then He says,

00:27:44.420 --> 00:27:44.940
 be baptized.

00:27:45.379 --> 00:27:45.559
 So,

00:27:46.319 --> 00:27:48.180
 don't take this as like,

00:27:48.240 --> 00:27:48.379
 well,

00:27:48.379 --> 00:27:49.700
 you have to be dunked in water

00:27:49.700 --> 00:27:50.379
 to be saved.

00:27:50.480 --> 00:27:50.819
 That's not

00:27:50.819 --> 00:27:52.259
 what this is saying

00:27:52.259 --> 00:27:53.259
 for a lot of reasons.

00:27:53.259 --> 00:27:53.740
 But,

00:27:54.379 --> 00:27:55.099
 one is,

00:27:55.140 --> 00:27:55.740
 it goes against

00:27:55.740 --> 00:27:56.259
 what we know

00:27:56.259 --> 00:27:57.359
 in the whole of Scripture

00:27:57.359 --> 00:27:59.460
 that one is not saved

00:27:59.460 --> 00:28:00.400
 and made right with God

00:28:00.400 --> 00:28:01.460
 through water baptism.

00:28:02.079 --> 00:28:02.960
 That would make it

00:28:02.960 --> 00:28:04.500
 another ritualistic work

00:28:04.500 --> 00:28:05.480
 that you had to do

00:28:05.480 --> 00:28:06.299
 to be saved.

00:28:07.200 --> 00:28:07.940
 And then even on

00:28:07.940 --> 00:28:08.940
 the book of Acts later,

00:28:09.000 --> 00:28:09.740
 it says that

00:28:09.740 --> 00:28:10.980
 many people have been baptized

00:28:10.980 --> 00:28:11.980
 but they really weren't

00:28:11.980 --> 00:28:13.420
 genuinely saved

00:28:13.420 --> 00:28:14.680
 by water,

00:28:14.759 --> 00:28:14.920
 you know,

00:28:14.920 --> 00:28:15.319
 in water.

00:28:16.839 --> 00:28:17.279
 So,

00:28:17.900 --> 00:28:18.819
 not saying that,

00:28:18.879 --> 00:28:19.759
 but what He is saying

00:28:19.759 --> 00:28:21.480
 that is this public baptism

00:28:21.480 --> 00:28:22.900
 would not allow

00:28:22.900 --> 00:28:23.839
 for them to have

00:28:23.839 --> 00:28:24.980
 any secret disciples.

00:28:25.660 --> 00:28:25.839
 Like,

00:28:25.880 --> 00:28:26.960
 you couldn't just believe

00:28:26.960 --> 00:28:28.620
 in the corner of your room.

00:28:28.680 --> 00:28:29.059
 He was saying,

00:28:29.140 --> 00:28:29.660
 come out

00:28:29.660 --> 00:28:31.039
 and show yourselves.

00:28:31.120 --> 00:28:31.319
 Like,

00:28:31.380 --> 00:28:32.700
 make this firm break

00:28:32.700 --> 00:28:35.380
 with the old order,

00:28:35.519 --> 00:28:37.140
 with the old Judaism

00:28:37.140 --> 00:28:37.799
 of the day

00:28:37.799 --> 00:28:38.720
 and come forward

00:28:38.720 --> 00:28:40.400
 and be baptized

00:28:40.400 --> 00:28:42.880
 proving that your repentance

00:28:42.880 --> 00:28:43.559
 is true.

00:28:44.500 --> 00:28:44.880
 So,

00:28:45.240 --> 00:28:46.160
 not necessarily like

00:28:46.160 --> 00:28:47.420
 another work to be saved,

00:28:47.519 --> 00:28:48.880
 but just come out

00:28:48.880 --> 00:28:49.680
 and make a break.

00:28:50.640 --> 00:28:51.500
 Don't hide.

00:28:52.840 --> 00:28:53.600
 So then He goes on,

00:28:53.640 --> 00:28:53.900
 He says,

00:28:53.960 --> 00:28:54.980
 this promise is for you

00:28:54.980 --> 00:28:55.519
 and your children.

00:28:55.660 --> 00:28:56.259
 So this was,

00:28:56.380 --> 00:28:57.680
 this was a promise

00:28:57.680 --> 00:28:58.519
 given to them

00:28:58.519 --> 00:29:00.000
 to the nation of Israel.

00:29:00.060 --> 00:29:00.980
 And He was saying that,

00:29:01.420 --> 00:29:01.860
 come on,

00:29:01.920 --> 00:29:02.060
 like,

00:29:02.140 --> 00:29:02.779
 embrace this.

00:29:02.799 --> 00:29:03.259
 It's here.

00:29:03.340 --> 00:29:04.420
 It's been promised to you.

00:29:05.000 --> 00:29:06.200
 Come and receive it.

00:29:06.700 --> 00:29:07.400
 It was for you

00:29:07.400 --> 00:29:08.220
 and for your children

00:29:08.220 --> 00:29:10.039
 and all that God calls

00:29:10.039 --> 00:29:10.680
 to Himself.

00:29:11.660 --> 00:29:12.060
 So,

00:29:12.279 --> 00:29:12.880
 the result,

00:29:13.019 --> 00:29:13.900
 3,000 people

00:29:13.900 --> 00:29:15.600
 are born again

00:29:15.600 --> 00:29:17.620
 and baptized that day.

00:29:17.619 --> 00:29:18.959
 So,

00:29:19.319 --> 00:29:21.539
 just a couple things

00:29:21.539 --> 00:29:22.319
 here in closing.

00:29:23.579 --> 00:29:23.959
 So,

00:29:24.519 --> 00:29:26.139
 if you're without Christ today,

00:29:27.359 --> 00:29:28.479
 if you don't know

00:29:28.479 --> 00:29:29.139
 where you stand,

00:29:29.219 --> 00:29:30.079
 if you have doubts,

00:29:30.719 --> 00:29:31.959
 or if you clearly know

00:29:31.959 --> 00:29:33.299
 that you don't belong to Him,

00:29:34.419 --> 00:29:34.779
 listen,

00:29:34.959 --> 00:29:35.179
 like,

00:29:35.219 --> 00:29:36.319
 Christ is a good,

00:29:37.159 --> 00:29:38.059
 loving,

00:29:38.219 --> 00:29:39.339
 and compassionate King.

00:29:40.299 --> 00:29:41.099
 And though you've been

00:29:41.099 --> 00:29:41.679
 His enemy,

00:29:41.839 --> 00:29:42.839
 He will treat with you

00:29:42.839 --> 00:29:43.579
 kindly.

00:29:43.779 --> 00:29:45.439
 He will come to you

00:29:45.439 --> 00:29:46.619
 and He will heal you

00:29:46.619 --> 00:29:48.099
 and restore you

00:29:48.099 --> 00:29:48.839
 back to God

00:29:48.839 --> 00:29:49.740
 and give you the life

00:29:49.740 --> 00:29:50.579
 that you were originally

00:29:50.579 --> 00:29:51.480
 created for,

00:29:52.159 --> 00:29:53.359
 which was to know God

00:29:53.359 --> 00:29:54.339
 and to walk with Him

00:29:54.339 --> 00:29:55.379
 and to honor Him

00:29:55.379 --> 00:29:56.319
 in all that you do.

00:29:57.599 --> 00:29:58.240
 Jesus said,

00:29:58.359 --> 00:29:59.359
 I'm the bread of life.

00:29:59.500 --> 00:30:01.799
 He who comes to Me

00:30:01.799 --> 00:30:02.480
 shall not hunger,

00:30:02.740 --> 00:30:04.339
 and he who is thirsty

00:30:04.339 --> 00:30:05.559
 shall never thirst again.

00:30:06.740 --> 00:30:07.000
 So,

00:30:07.139 --> 00:30:08.159
 repent of your sin

00:30:08.159 --> 00:30:10.379
 and cling to Christ.

00:30:11.079 --> 00:30:11.539
 And then He said,

00:30:11.539 --> 00:30:12.359
 to save yourself

00:30:12.359 --> 00:30:14.599
 from this crooked generation.

00:30:15.899 --> 00:30:17.000
 There's a lot of junk

00:30:17.000 --> 00:30:17.519
 in our world

00:30:17.519 --> 00:30:18.359
 pulling you away,

00:30:18.460 --> 00:30:20.099
 everything pulling you away

00:30:20.099 --> 00:30:21.639
 from the reality

00:30:21.639 --> 00:30:23.099
 of the risen Son of God.

00:30:24.200 --> 00:30:24.639
 So,

00:30:24.740 --> 00:30:25.680
 go to Christ

00:30:25.680 --> 00:30:27.599
 and have salvation

00:30:27.599 --> 00:30:28.680
 and everlasting joy

00:30:28.680 --> 00:30:29.519
 in Christ.

00:30:30.480 --> 00:30:31.680
 But if you reject Him,

00:30:31.779 --> 00:30:32.680
 know that this

00:30:32.680 --> 00:30:33.960
 invincible King

00:30:33.960 --> 00:30:34.700
 will be your enemy

00:30:34.700 --> 00:30:35.519
 if you continue

00:30:35.519 --> 00:30:36.480
 to revolt

00:30:36.480 --> 00:30:38.059
 against Him.

00:30:38.960 --> 00:30:39.159
 So,

00:30:39.240 --> 00:30:39.819
 come and be

00:30:39.819 --> 00:30:41.139
 His friend

00:30:41.140 --> 00:30:42.340
 on His peace terms,

00:30:42.420 --> 00:30:42.920
 His terms,

00:30:43.000 --> 00:30:43.500
 not yours.

00:30:44.460 --> 00:30:44.880
 You don't have

00:30:44.880 --> 00:30:45.580
 a special deal

00:30:45.580 --> 00:30:46.100
 with God.

00:30:46.240 --> 00:30:46.720
 You don't.

00:30:47.400 --> 00:30:48.360
 You treat people

00:30:48.360 --> 00:30:49.160
 the same way.

00:30:50.460 --> 00:30:51.140
 Come through Him

00:30:51.140 --> 00:30:51.820
 and Him alone

00:30:51.820 --> 00:30:53.520
 or be separated

00:30:53.520 --> 00:30:54.720
 for God

00:30:54.720 --> 00:30:55.400
 in eternity.

00:30:56.920 --> 00:30:57.240
 So,

00:30:57.900 --> 00:30:58.380
 but if Christ

00:30:58.380 --> 00:30:59.160
 is yours

00:30:59.160 --> 00:31:00.400
 today,

00:31:00.600 --> 00:31:01.060
 rejoice

00:31:01.060 --> 00:31:01.680
 because it says

00:31:01.680 --> 00:31:02.240
 that your sins

00:31:02.240 --> 00:31:02.759
 are forgiven.

00:31:02.880 --> 00:31:03.400
 That's what it says

00:31:03.400 --> 00:31:03.860
 right here.

00:31:04.500 --> 00:31:05.660
 That all the stuff

00:31:05.660 --> 00:31:06.460
 that you have done

00:31:06.460 --> 00:31:07.500
 against God,

00:31:08.480 --> 00:31:09.380
 that you have

00:31:09.380 --> 00:31:10.400
 rebelled against Him,

00:31:10.400 --> 00:31:12.080
 it is forgiven.

00:31:13.000 --> 00:31:13.620
 You're not your

00:31:13.620 --> 00:31:14.840
 old self anymore.

00:31:15.080 --> 00:31:15.840
 Though you loathe

00:31:15.840 --> 00:31:16.340
 your sin

00:31:16.340 --> 00:31:17.040
 and you hate it,

00:31:17.620 --> 00:31:18.240
 your sins

00:31:18.240 --> 00:31:19.100
 are wiped away

00:31:19.100 --> 00:31:19.920
 and they've been

00:31:19.920 --> 00:31:21.000
 put away

00:31:21.000 --> 00:31:21.920
 as far as the East

00:31:21.920 --> 00:31:22.980
 is from the West.

00:31:23.120 --> 00:31:23.240
 So,

00:31:23.300 --> 00:31:24.220
 rejoice in that.

00:31:25.259 --> 00:31:26.160
 Rejoice that you

00:31:26.160 --> 00:31:27.680
 possess all things

00:31:27.680 --> 00:31:28.380
 in Christ.

00:31:29.820 --> 00:31:31.300
 As the old saying goes,

00:31:31.380 --> 00:31:32.380
 who knows who coined it,

00:31:32.400 --> 00:31:32.940
 but it's true.

00:31:34.000 --> 00:31:34.440
 Christ

00:31:34.440 --> 00:31:35.800
 or everything

00:31:35.800 --> 00:31:36.880
 minus Christ.

00:31:38.900 --> 00:31:39.420
 Right?

00:31:39.420 --> 00:31:40.039
 Remember this?

00:31:40.519 --> 00:31:40.840
 Everything

00:31:40.840 --> 00:31:41.740
 minus Christ

00:31:41.740 --> 00:31:42.519
 equals nothing.

00:31:43.880 --> 00:31:44.460
 But Christ

00:31:44.460 --> 00:31:45.519
 minus everything

00:31:45.519 --> 00:31:46.440
 equals everything.

00:31:47.700 --> 00:31:48.539
 You can have

00:31:48.539 --> 00:31:49.180
 Christ,

00:31:49.259 --> 00:31:49.940
 the most treasured

00:31:49.940 --> 00:31:50.380
 possession,

00:31:50.600 --> 00:31:51.000
 and literally

00:31:51.000 --> 00:31:51.980
 lose all you have

00:31:51.980 --> 00:31:52.500
 and still have

00:31:52.500 --> 00:31:53.320
 everything in Christ.

00:31:54.240 --> 00:31:55.060
 That's how

00:31:55.060 --> 00:31:56.100
 great He is.

00:31:57.060 --> 00:31:57.200
 So,

00:31:57.279 --> 00:31:57.779
 rejoice

00:31:57.779 --> 00:31:58.360
 that because

00:31:58.360 --> 00:31:59.039
 He lives,

00:31:59.779 --> 00:32:00.480
 you will live.

00:32:01.100 --> 00:32:01.759
 This world

00:32:01.759 --> 00:32:02.779
 is tough.

00:32:03.140 --> 00:32:03.220
 Like,

00:32:03.840 --> 00:32:04.640
 it's rough.

00:32:04.779 --> 00:32:05.480
 You're going

00:32:05.480 --> 00:32:06.100
 to suffer,

00:32:06.220 --> 00:32:06.900
 like given.

00:32:07.019 --> 00:32:07.300
 You're going

00:32:07.300 --> 00:32:07.740
 to suffer,

00:32:07.740 --> 00:32:08.720
 you're going

00:32:08.720 --> 00:32:09.359
 to have pain,

00:32:09.420 --> 00:32:10.359
 and you will die.

00:32:11.380 --> 00:32:12.460
 It's just the reality.

00:32:12.779 --> 00:32:13.279
 And it's a

00:32:13.279 --> 00:32:14.740
 scary reality,

00:32:14.839 --> 00:32:15.579
 especially if you

00:32:15.579 --> 00:32:15.960
 don't know who

00:32:15.960 --> 00:32:16.799
 you belong to

00:32:16.799 --> 00:32:17.960
 and where you're

00:32:17.960 --> 00:32:18.380
 going.

00:32:19.039 --> 00:32:19.579
 But if you

00:32:19.579 --> 00:32:20.660
 belong to Christ,

00:32:21.599 --> 00:32:22.140
 because He

00:32:22.140 --> 00:32:22.660
 has risen,

00:32:22.960 --> 00:32:23.620
 you will also

00:32:23.620 --> 00:32:25.079
 rise and have

00:32:25.079 --> 00:32:25.740
 life with Him.

00:32:25.799 --> 00:32:26.400
 He says,

00:32:27.039 --> 00:32:27.759
 hear His words

00:32:27.759 --> 00:32:28.079
 to you,

00:32:28.160 --> 00:32:28.559
 I am the

00:32:28.559 --> 00:32:29.099
 resurrection

00:32:29.099 --> 00:32:30.000
 and the life.

00:32:30.120 --> 00:32:30.319
 Whoever

00:32:30.319 --> 00:32:31.120
 believes in

00:32:31.120 --> 00:32:31.400
 Me,

00:32:32.299 --> 00:32:33.359
 though he die,

00:32:33.359 --> 00:32:34.220
 yet shall he

00:32:34.220 --> 00:32:34.599
 live.

00:32:34.599 --> 00:32:35.740
 And everyone

00:32:35.740 --> 00:32:36.379
 who lives

00:32:36.379 --> 00:32:36.939
 and believes

00:32:36.939 --> 00:32:37.399
 in Me

00:32:37.399 --> 00:32:38.079
 shall never

00:32:38.079 --> 00:32:38.740
 die.

00:32:39.619 --> 00:32:40.019
 Do you

00:32:40.019 --> 00:32:40.699
 believe this?

00:32:42.139 --> 00:32:42.619
 So,

00:32:43.079 --> 00:32:44.139
 go to Christ,

00:32:44.319 --> 00:32:45.079
 cling to Christ,

00:32:45.159 --> 00:32:45.500
 and be

00:32:45.500 --> 00:32:46.939
 transformed by

00:32:46.939 --> 00:32:47.199
 Him.

00:32:47.819 --> 00:32:48.559
 Look to this

00:32:48.559 --> 00:32:48.919
 King.

00:32:49.759 --> 00:32:50.319
 He's been put

00:32:50.319 --> 00:32:50.839
 on display

00:32:50.839 --> 00:32:51.359
 by God

00:32:51.359 --> 00:32:51.759
 Himself.

00:32:51.879 --> 00:32:52.019
 So,

00:32:52.099 --> 00:32:52.559
 look to Him

00:32:52.559 --> 00:32:53.139
 and be saved

00:32:53.139 --> 00:32:53.539
 by Him.

00:32:54.959 --> 00:32:55.579
 Let's pray

00:32:55.579 --> 00:32:55.939
 together.

00:32:55.939 --> 00:32:56.039
 Amen.

00:32:56.039 --> 00:32:56.039


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