WEBVTT 00:00:09.400 --> 00:00:12.599 I hope I do display some sort of enthusiasm this 00:00:12.599 --> 00:00:21.039 morning, following this thing -fest we had. I 00:00:21.039 --> 00:00:24.059 guess you have to, once in a while, allow the 00:00:24.059 --> 00:00:28.399 younger people to dictate the rhythm and the 00:00:28.399 --> 00:00:30.079 speed, although I have a hard time following 00:00:30.079 --> 00:00:34.859 at times. But it was very nice. very nice but 00:00:34.859 --> 00:00:38.140 tonight you know I was thinking a lot of times 00:00:38.140 --> 00:00:41.719 I've talked to people and a lot of the verses 00:00:41.719 --> 00:00:47.439 in the Bible speak about the concept what is 00:00:47.439 --> 00:00:49.539 meant I put that in what is meant by believing 00:00:49.539 --> 00:00:54.539 in Jesus I'm gonna go through a lot of verses 00:00:54.539 --> 00:00:58.490 here and I want you to think about this We, you 00:00:58.490 --> 00:01:01.530 know, we talk to people and we quote John 3 .16, 00:01:01.630 --> 00:01:03.850 neither believers in the son, of course, as eternal 00:01:03.850 --> 00:01:05.430 life, he believes not, shall not see life, and 00:01:05.430 --> 00:01:09.969 so forth. But in the light that the eternal God 00:01:09.969 --> 00:01:13.769 of the universe is ultimately holy, his righteousness 00:01:13.769 --> 00:01:18.329 and justice are perfect and justified, his unconditional 00:01:18.329 --> 00:01:20.909 love for the children of man is demonstrated 00:01:20.909 --> 00:01:25.269 clearly at Calvary. No one has an excuse not 00:01:25.269 --> 00:01:29.010 to be reconciled to God. And the truth, of course, 00:01:29.030 --> 00:01:32.909 is Jesus is the way. The verses I have today 00:01:32.909 --> 00:01:38.769 are very familiar to you. I chose a lot of verses 00:01:38.769 --> 00:01:42.629 that we all know. I want to put them all together 00:01:42.629 --> 00:01:45.930 in different headings here to come up with the 00:01:45.930 --> 00:01:49.530 idea and with an explanation, more or less, what 00:01:49.530 --> 00:01:53.569 we believe as far as Jesus is concerned, who 00:01:53.569 --> 00:01:58.370 is saying it, and so forth and so on. Let me 00:01:58.370 --> 00:02:00.870 read a few verses to get you into this in John. 00:02:02.349 --> 00:02:04.829 I have various verses. I don't know if you want 00:02:04.829 --> 00:02:07.730 to continue or to follow along, but you can take 00:02:07.730 --> 00:02:15.069 notes. John 3 .16, of course you know that, God 00:02:15.069 --> 00:02:16.550 so loved the world He gave His only begotten 00:02:16.550 --> 00:02:19.990 Son, that whosoever believes in Him, there again 00:02:19.990 --> 00:02:21.990 it's the same concept, believes in Jesus, believes 00:02:21.990 --> 00:02:25.870 in Him, has eternal life. And, of course, he 00:02:25.870 --> 00:02:30.430 that believes not is condemned. Romans 6, 23, 00:02:30.490 --> 00:02:32.509 all have sinned to come short of the glory of 00:02:32.509 --> 00:02:34.229 God. In other words, this verse declares every 00:02:34.229 --> 00:02:38.409 person guilty and condemned before God, who is 00:02:38.409 --> 00:02:46.229 ultimately holy. 2 Corinthians 2, 21, But the 00:02:46.229 --> 00:02:48.969 Father made him, Jesus Christ, who knew no sin, 00:02:49.250 --> 00:02:52.590 to be sin for us, that we should be made the 00:02:52.590 --> 00:02:57.310 righteousness of God in him. Conclusion is, Jesus 00:02:57.310 --> 00:03:00.889 is the only way to come to God and have eternal 00:03:00.889 --> 00:03:05.949 life. Believing in Him, the beloved Son shall 00:03:05.949 --> 00:03:08.189 have eternal life, of course, John 3 .16 and 00:03:08.189 --> 00:03:12.729 John 3 .17. God testified that through Him the 00:03:12.729 --> 00:03:15.930 world might be saved. Why then is not everyone 00:03:15.930 --> 00:03:20.349 in the world saved? Of course, the concept is 00:03:20.349 --> 00:03:24.830 to believe and to respond to this love that God 00:03:24.830 --> 00:03:30.020 has put forth to the world in Jesus Christ. 3 00:03:30.020 --> 00:03:35.039 .18. In all these verses, 3 .16, 3 .17, and 3 00:03:35.039 --> 00:03:39.400 .18 in John chapter 3, believing is mentioned. 00:03:40.560 --> 00:03:43.319 He who believes in Him is not condemned. John 00:03:43.319 --> 00:03:47.360 3 .18. He who is not condemned is a child of 00:03:47.360 --> 00:03:51.800 God. He who believes not in Him is condemned 00:03:51.800 --> 00:03:55.159 already. He does not believe in the only begotten 00:03:55.159 --> 00:03:58.659 Son of God. This believing concept is all through 00:03:58.659 --> 00:04:06.300 this whole New Testament here. And, you know, 00:04:06.340 --> 00:04:11.120 I have no computer at home. And when I have a 00:04:11.120 --> 00:04:16.480 topic that I explore, I write usually three studies. 00:04:17.079 --> 00:04:20.699 And each study had seven pages. And it was crazy 00:04:20.699 --> 00:04:24.240 to try to type one up for me. So I have usually... 00:04:24.329 --> 00:04:29.050 21 pages like this, hand written for every time 00:04:29.050 --> 00:04:32.009 I come up, you know. It is quite a bit of handwriting, 00:04:32.269 --> 00:04:38.629 but I enjoy it. And like I say, it keeps my fingers 00:04:38.629 --> 00:04:50.949 limber. John 3 .36. Let me go ahead and flip 00:04:50.949 --> 00:04:53.550 a few pages here because... I'm still in my second 00:04:53.550 --> 00:05:04.110 study here. All right. Sorry David, I messed 00:05:04.110 --> 00:05:15.029 you up back there. All right. So the central 00:05:15.029 --> 00:05:19.389 figure of the Bible is Jesus Christ, the incarnation, 00:05:19.509 --> 00:05:24.360 the greatest event of Earth's history. And in 00:05:24.360 --> 00:05:26.339 John, like I mentioned before, in John, three 00:05:26.339 --> 00:05:29.259 times, as I mentioned, believing in Jesus, results 00:05:29.259 --> 00:05:33.160 in eternal life. In 318, who believes in Him 00:05:33.160 --> 00:05:35.699 is not condemned or covered by God's righteousness. 00:05:36.480 --> 00:05:38.839 The child of God who believes not is condemned 00:05:38.839 --> 00:05:41.819 already. He has not believed in the only begotten 00:05:41.819 --> 00:05:48.259 Son of God. Of course, this concept of righteousness 00:05:48.259 --> 00:05:53.379 imparted to us or standing covered in Christ's 00:05:53.379 --> 00:05:56.279 righteousness before God, or Jesus imparts to 00:05:56.279 --> 00:05:59.300 us sinful men His own righteousness, that is 00:05:59.300 --> 00:06:03.660 what salvation is, imparted righteousness, the 00:06:03.660 --> 00:06:08.660 righteousness of Jesus Christ. John 3 .35, the 00:06:08.660 --> 00:06:10.579 Father has loved the Son, has given all things 00:06:10.579 --> 00:06:14.959 into His hand. And 3 .36, He who believes in 00:06:14.959 --> 00:06:17.339 the Son has everlasting life. He who does not 00:06:17.339 --> 00:06:20.800 believe the Son shall not see life. On this earth 00:06:20.800 --> 00:06:24.660 now, on the glorified earth which is to come, 00:06:25.959 --> 00:06:28.480 according to 2 Peter 3 .13, and I have put that 00:06:28.480 --> 00:06:32.899 in because I want to concentrate on the gentleman 00:06:32.899 --> 00:06:36.360 that comes by my place once in a while from the 00:06:36.360 --> 00:06:41.100 Watchtower Society or George Witnesses. He is 00:06:41.100 --> 00:06:45.199 set to live eternally on this earth, but it is 00:06:45.199 --> 00:06:47.920 not possible, we know that, unless one is... 00:06:47.949 --> 00:06:52.149 righteous before Holy God, because some day deserves 00:06:52.149 --> 00:06:54.389 being part of the dwelling place of the righteous. 00:06:57.370 --> 00:07:00.529 What about Jesus in the Bible? And it is a different 00:07:00.529 --> 00:07:02.230 thing. Now, let's talk about Jesus Christ, believing 00:07:02.230 --> 00:07:07.069 in Jesus Christ. Now, I just picked three prominent 00:07:07.069 --> 00:07:11.430 religions, and the question is, there must be 00:07:11.430 --> 00:07:16.850 many Jesuses. There must be. For example, the 00:07:16.850 --> 00:07:20.459 Mormon Jesus. Question. Do you believe in Jesus? 00:07:20.699 --> 00:07:23.899 Oh yes we do. The father greeted him along with 00:07:23.899 --> 00:07:28.139 the rest of his spirit sons. He was greeted an 00:07:28.139 --> 00:07:31.560 archangel along with Lucifer and Michael. When 00:07:31.560 --> 00:07:34.540 Lucifer turned bad and became Satan, God's arch 00:07:34.540 --> 00:07:37.920 enemy, Jesus remained the father's good and obedient 00:07:37.920 --> 00:07:42.980 son. So then, Jesus and Lucifer, now Satan, are 00:07:42.980 --> 00:07:46.819 really brothers. Certainly not the same Jesus, 00:07:47.040 --> 00:07:51.240 right? No. Jehovah's Witnesses watched all society. 00:07:52.199 --> 00:07:55.259 Oh yes, we believe in Jesus. He began when he 00:07:55.259 --> 00:07:58.259 was born in Bethlehem, of Mary. He grew up a 00:07:58.259 --> 00:08:01.560 man, and his baptism by John in the River Jordan, 00:08:01.740 --> 00:08:04.379 the Spirit of God came upon him in the form of 00:08:04.379 --> 00:08:08.139 a dove, sent by Jehovah to anoint him. From this 00:08:08.139 --> 00:08:11.959 moment on, Jesus became God's anointed son. Even 00:08:11.959 --> 00:08:14.540 though Jesus said, the Father and I are one, 00:08:15.019 --> 00:08:19.800 John 10 .30. In other words, his original beginning 00:08:19.800 --> 00:08:24.420 was in Bethlehem, not the same Jesus. And one 00:08:24.420 --> 00:08:29.959 more is the Muslim religion of Islam. We hear 00:08:29.959 --> 00:08:33.879 so much about that. Do we believe in Jesus? Oh 00:08:33.879 --> 00:08:35.980 yes, we believe in Jesus. Jesus is a prophet 00:08:35.980 --> 00:08:39.899 of Allah, but not to the same stature of Muhammad. 00:08:40.779 --> 00:08:44.399 If he did not die, Allah would not permit his 00:08:44.399 --> 00:08:48.009 prophet to be crucified by infidels. An imposter 00:08:48.009 --> 00:08:52.070 died in his place. Allah took him, this Jesus, 00:08:52.250 --> 00:08:55.169 to heaven. In his appointed time, he will come 00:08:55.169 --> 00:08:59.629 back to earth and testify for Islam. Of course, 00:08:59.990 --> 00:09:03.450 obviously, not the same Jesus, the Bible. So, 00:09:03.509 --> 00:09:06.429 who is this Jesus who calls himself the Son of 00:09:06.429 --> 00:09:11.210 God? Let the true Jesus stand up, in other words, 00:09:11.309 --> 00:09:14.389 the Bible testifies of itself. The true Jesus 00:09:14.389 --> 00:09:16.990 of the Bible, Romans 3, 4 of course, we know 00:09:16.990 --> 00:09:21.309 that, let God be true and every man a liar. And 00:09:21.309 --> 00:09:23.769 all these religions I mentioned are originated 00:09:23.769 --> 00:09:27.970 by people, by men. So let God speak for himself. 00:09:28.889 --> 00:09:32.509 Of course we have John 11, 25 and 26. Jesus speaking 00:09:32.509 --> 00:09:37.210 to Martha, Lazarus' sister, I'm the resurrection 00:09:37.210 --> 00:09:41.490 and the life. You believes in me, the same concept. 00:09:41.580 --> 00:09:52.600 all through these verses. Of course, Jesus is 00:09:52.600 --> 00:09:56.840 not speaking of the physical death, but he speaks 00:09:56.840 --> 00:09:59.620 of the condemnation in the lake of fire, which 00:09:59.620 --> 00:10:16.069 is the second death, Revelation 21 .8. Revelation 00:10:16.069 --> 00:10:22.409 26. Jesus and the Father is testifying. 1st John 00:10:22.409 --> 00:10:33.570 5, 11 and 12. Let me read these verses. And this 00:10:33.570 --> 00:10:35.690 is a testimony that God has given us eternal 00:10:35.690 --> 00:10:40.629 life and this life is in His Son. who has the 00:10:40.629 --> 00:10:43.730 Son has life, who does not have the Son of God 00:10:43.730 --> 00:10:46.350 does not have life. Indeed these things are written 00:10:46.350 --> 00:10:48.190 to you, that believing in the name of the Son 00:10:48.190 --> 00:10:51.190 of God, that you may know that you have eternal 00:10:51.190 --> 00:10:54.629 life, that you may continue to believe in the 00:10:54.629 --> 00:10:58.710 name of the Son of God. Testimony of Jesus Christ. 00:11:01.350 --> 00:11:07.629 In Romans 8, 9 to 11, this life is in God's Son. 00:11:08.720 --> 00:11:13.139 And this life is imparted to us, and of course 00:11:13.139 --> 00:11:16.580 the Spirit of the Son of God dwells us, in Romans 00:11:16.580 --> 00:11:22.820 8, 11. And this life is assured to us by believing 00:11:22.820 --> 00:11:26.039 in Jesus Christ's redemptive work on our behalf 00:11:26.039 --> 00:11:28.620 on the Cross of Golgotha through the interweaving 00:11:28.620 --> 00:11:31.259 Holy Spirit. Of course, but if the Spirit of 00:11:31.259 --> 00:11:35.659 Him who has strived from the dead dwells in you... 00:11:37.470 --> 00:11:39.190 I tell you something, I can quote this verse 00:11:39.190 --> 00:11:51.610 every day, except now. Romans 8 -11. The spirit 00:11:51.610 --> 00:11:54.870 of Him who raised Christ from the dead dwells 00:11:54.870 --> 00:11:57.129 in you. He who raised Christ from the dead will 00:11:57.129 --> 00:11:59.190 also give life to your mortal body through His 00:11:59.190 --> 00:12:03.190 Spirit who dwells in you. So, the Spirit is empowered 00:12:03.190 --> 00:12:09.909 to us and this is eternal life. Psalm 10, 26 00:12:09.909 --> 00:12:13.009 to 28. See the teaching in the temple at the 00:12:13.009 --> 00:12:16.970 feast of dedication, speaking to the Jewish leaders. 00:12:18.309 --> 00:12:21.289 But you do not believe because you are not of 00:12:21.289 --> 00:12:24.470 my sheep. My sheep hear my voice, I know them, 00:12:24.549 --> 00:12:26.850 and they believe, they follow me, and I give 00:12:26.850 --> 00:12:29.950 them eternal life, and they shall never, never 00:12:29.950 --> 00:12:31.730 perish. And of course, Pastor Peter emphasized 00:12:31.730 --> 00:12:34.269 that by saying, never under any circumstance 00:12:34.269 --> 00:12:37.860 perish. with a shell anyone's nest them out of 00:12:37.860 --> 00:12:41.860 my hand. Eternal security is in Jesus Christ 00:12:41.860 --> 00:12:45.279 and of course the Spirit assures our spirit that 00:12:45.279 --> 00:12:48.840 we are in God's hand. And I put on who is making 00:12:48.840 --> 00:12:51.980 the statement and who is backing up this assurance. 00:12:53.019 --> 00:12:56.440 And here we have the testimony of course in Philippians. 00:12:59.659 --> 00:13:02.539 The highly exalted Son of God is above every 00:13:02.539 --> 00:13:07.600 name. Let me read this verse here. Philippians 00:13:07.600 --> 00:13:13.659 2 .9. Those are all familiar verses, but they 00:13:13.659 --> 00:13:17.240 are really important verses to understand this 00:13:17.240 --> 00:13:20.279 topic. Therefore, God also has highly exalted 00:13:20.279 --> 00:13:22.700 Him, giving Him a name which is above every name. 00:13:23.480 --> 00:13:25.899 In verse 10, in the name of Jesus, every knee 00:13:25.899 --> 00:13:29.620 shall bow of those in heaven, that's the angelic 00:13:29.620 --> 00:13:32.620 beings, and those on earth, that's the human 00:13:32.620 --> 00:13:35.659 beings. And those under the earth are the beings, 00:13:35.659 --> 00:13:39.179 the spirit beings of the underworld. And every 00:13:39.179 --> 00:13:41.620 tongue shall confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, 00:13:41.799 --> 00:13:47.299 the glory of God, the Father." Philippians 2, 00:13:47.379 --> 00:13:50.600 9, 10, and 11, the exalted Son of God, whose 00:13:50.600 --> 00:13:53.840 name is above every name. And this is the one 00:13:53.840 --> 00:13:56.919 who makes the claim, makes the claim that in 00:13:56.919 --> 00:14:01.019 Him is salvation. As I read earlier, John 14, 00:14:01.059 --> 00:14:04.159 6, there is no other way. Back to Jesus Christ. 00:14:04.399 --> 00:14:08.759 In Galatians 1, 13 -16. Again, let me read these 00:14:08.759 --> 00:14:10.559 verses. They are very, very important, powerful 00:14:10.559 --> 00:14:15.440 verses. He has delivered us from the power of 00:14:15.440 --> 00:14:18.580 darkness and translated us or placed us into 00:14:18.580 --> 00:14:21.980 the kingdom of the Son of His love, in whom we 00:14:21.980 --> 00:14:24.720 have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness 00:14:24.720 --> 00:14:27.740 of sins. He is the image of the miserable God. 00:14:27.779 --> 00:14:31.429 In other words, He is what God is. interesting 00:14:31.429 --> 00:14:34.009 because he got a spirit. And Jesus Christ, through 00:14:34.009 --> 00:14:37.789 the Incarnation, received a body. And now when 00:14:37.789 --> 00:14:40.929 we see Jesus, we see God. And we can see Him. 00:14:41.169 --> 00:14:43.950 Of course, someday we will see Him. And so we 00:14:43.950 --> 00:14:52.789 can see God. We saw a resurrected body. And that 00:14:52.789 --> 00:14:57.070 was Galatians 1, 13 -16. Let me read verse 15 00:14:57.070 --> 00:15:01.370 then. He, the son of God, he is the image of 00:15:01.370 --> 00:15:03.830 the invisible God, as I've read that. Because 00:15:03.830 --> 00:15:06.289 the Incarnation has a body, we shall someday 00:15:06.289 --> 00:15:11.730 see him. And Job, Job 19, 25, 27 is beautiful. 00:15:12.289 --> 00:15:15.490 Job burst forth with one of the most sublime 00:15:15.490 --> 00:15:19.629 expressions of faith ever uttered. Job is a beautiful 00:15:19.629 --> 00:15:21.830 book. And you know, it's the oldest book in the 00:15:21.830 --> 00:15:26.090 Bible. And when you think of this man, not having 00:15:26.090 --> 00:15:29.509 any scriptures. yet his walk was with God. He 00:15:29.509 --> 00:15:33.870 said, I shall see God whom I shall see for myself, 00:15:34.409 --> 00:15:37.789 and my eyes shall behold him, and not another, 00:15:39.190 --> 00:15:43.190 how many, how my heart yearns within me to see 00:15:43.190 --> 00:15:47.169 him. It is a tremendous expression of love and 00:15:47.169 --> 00:15:52.450 affection for his God. Job 19, 25, 27. And Hebrews 00:15:52.450 --> 00:15:56.110 1, 1 to 3 again, and that is under the heading 00:15:56.110 --> 00:15:59.529 of Who is speaking here? Who is testifying? And 00:15:59.529 --> 00:16:05.070 who is giving these promises? Not the Jesus of 00:16:05.070 --> 00:16:07.330 the Mormon Church, not the Jesus of the Chorus 00:16:07.330 --> 00:16:09.090 Witnesses, not the Jesus of the Muslims, but 00:16:09.090 --> 00:16:13.490 the Jesus of the Bible. Hebrews 1, 1 -3. God 00:16:13.490 --> 00:16:16.090 has spoken in time past by the prophets, but 00:16:16.090 --> 00:16:18.990 He has now spoken in these last days through 00:16:18.990 --> 00:16:24.860 His Son. And in verse 3, Hebrews 1 -3. who being 00:16:24.860 --> 00:16:27.799 the brightness of his glory and the expressed 00:16:27.799 --> 00:16:30.860 image of his person. In other words, to see Jesus, 00:16:31.419 --> 00:16:35.559 you see God. He's the only one of the Godhead 00:16:35.559 --> 00:16:45.240 who has a body. In Galatians 1 .16 .17, I was 00:16:45.240 --> 00:16:53.539 thinking, I've got to finish this. For by Him 00:16:53.539 --> 00:16:56.580 all things were created that are in heaven, in 00:16:56.580 --> 00:16:59.639 earth, and under the earth, the thrones, the 00:16:59.639 --> 00:17:02.600 millions, principles of powers, all things were 00:17:02.600 --> 00:17:08.420 created by Him and for Him, to exalt Him, to 00:17:08.420 --> 00:17:11.299 glorify Him. Jesus Christ, we're talking about 00:17:11.299 --> 00:17:15.220 here now, and He is before all things, and in 00:17:15.220 --> 00:17:19.319 Him all things consist. He holds all things in 00:17:19.319 --> 00:17:22.119 His hand, so to speak. even those people who 00:17:22.119 --> 00:17:32.200 blaspheme him. And what Jesus will do for those 00:17:32.200 --> 00:17:35.319 who believe. Now we have different testimonies 00:17:35.319 --> 00:17:37.240 here and of course it's the testimony of Paul, 00:17:37.599 --> 00:17:44.680 Paul's testimony. Philippians 3, 8 to 11 and 00:17:44.680 --> 00:17:47.420 8. I count all things lost for the excellence 00:17:47.420 --> 00:17:51.029 of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord. and 00:17:51.029 --> 00:17:56.390 be found in Him... Now, everything this world 00:17:56.390 --> 00:18:00.930 has to offer is as nothing to know Jesus Christ, 00:18:01.210 --> 00:18:04.529 and be found in Him or possess Him, being clothed 00:18:04.529 --> 00:18:07.509 in His righteousness, received from God by faith, 00:18:08.289 --> 00:18:11.109 and that I may know Him and experience the power 00:18:11.109 --> 00:18:13.210 of His resurrection and the fellowship of His 00:18:13.210 --> 00:18:18.049 suffering, being conformed to His death. That 00:18:18.049 --> 00:18:21.559 means having denied myself will, having taken 00:18:21.559 --> 00:18:25.339 up my cross daily, and I'm following him, Luke 00:18:25.339 --> 00:18:29.619 9 .23. That is what Paul says, being conformed 00:18:29.619 --> 00:18:33.480 to his death. He had put aside all his own self 00:18:33.480 --> 00:18:37.859 -will, took his cross upon himself, and went 00:18:37.859 --> 00:18:41.319 the path the Father has had for him. The same 00:18:41.319 --> 00:18:43.980 thing that we have to adopt to our own, for own 00:18:43.980 --> 00:18:53.289 life, philosophy. And verse 11 is, if by any 00:18:53.289 --> 00:18:56.190 means I may attain to the resurrection from the 00:18:56.190 --> 00:18:59.170 dead, by any means of course would be by the 00:18:59.170 --> 00:19:03.869 rapture of the church to see him, 1st Thessalonians 00:19:03.869 --> 00:19:08.349 4, 13 -18, or by the common death of every person. 00:19:09.549 --> 00:19:12.970 In other words, like Paul says in 2nd Corinthians 00:19:12.970 --> 00:19:16.910 5, 8, absent from the body, present with Jesus. 00:19:18.299 --> 00:19:20.759 There's no soul sleep. There's no sleeping under 00:19:20.759 --> 00:19:23.759 the willow tree. Things like that, you know, 00:19:23.839 --> 00:19:25.880 some of them old gospel songs talk about that 00:19:25.880 --> 00:19:28.859 a lot, you know, they say, and Bessie is sleeping 00:19:28.859 --> 00:19:31.140 on Easter willow tree until Jesus comes and so 00:19:31.140 --> 00:19:34.599 forth, but there's no sleeping there. Jesus said, 00:19:34.680 --> 00:19:37.299 Paul says, we're absent from the body, not whether 00:19:37.299 --> 00:19:39.880 our soul and spirit have left the body, we'll 00:19:39.880 --> 00:19:43.420 be present with Jesus. It is very, very encouraging. 00:19:44.960 --> 00:19:48.359 2 Timothy 4, 8, and of course Paul... Thank you, 00:19:48.460 --> 00:19:52.539 David, thank you. Paul in prison, now this is 00:19:52.539 --> 00:19:54.480 the testimony of Paul, and I want you to see 00:19:54.480 --> 00:19:58.920 some of these saints. This is 2 Timothy 4, 8. 00:20:00.880 --> 00:20:05.559 4, 6 to 8, really. It is all these saints, like 00:20:05.559 --> 00:20:10.920 Job and like Paul. Paul in prison in Rome, and 00:20:10.920 --> 00:20:14.400 Timothy is pasturing the church in Ephesus. He 00:20:14.400 --> 00:20:17.900 says, finally... fall right from the prison. 00:20:18.039 --> 00:20:20.220 There's laid up for me the God of righteousness, 00:20:21.000 --> 00:20:22.619 which the Lord the righteous judge will give 00:20:22.619 --> 00:20:25.859 me on that day, and not to me only, but to all 00:20:25.859 --> 00:20:28.500 those who love His appearing. Question then is, 00:20:28.960 --> 00:20:34.759 do you and I believe in Jesus so much as to eagerly 00:20:34.759 --> 00:20:39.299 long to see Him anticipate His appearance? And 00:20:39.299 --> 00:20:44.660 in Hebrews 9 .28 along the same thought here, 00:20:45.000 --> 00:20:49.339 to all who are eagerly waiting for Him. And in 00:20:49.339 --> 00:20:53.500 Titus 2, 11 to 13, to all who are looking for 00:20:53.500 --> 00:20:57.380 this blessed hope. Those are, if you write it 00:20:57.380 --> 00:21:03.400 down as 2 Timothy 4, 6 to 8, and Hebrews 9, 28, 00:21:03.720 --> 00:21:08.440 and Titus 2, 13, 11 to 13. All this talking about 00:21:08.440 --> 00:21:19.960 anticipating to see Jesus. And finally, brethren, 00:21:20.079 --> 00:21:24.000 and I have gone very fast through these verses. 00:21:28.440 --> 00:21:32.720 Titus 2, 11 to 13. Titus 2, 11 to 13, yeah. To 00:21:32.720 --> 00:21:39.299 all the looking for this blessed hope. 1st John 00:21:39.299 --> 00:21:41.559 5, and let me go ahead and turn to 1st John. 00:21:42.299 --> 00:21:47.259 Finally, brethren, and I do mean that this is 00:21:47.259 --> 00:21:50.900 my conclusive thought in this matter. Anyway, 00:21:54.359 --> 00:21:57.240 it is 1 John 5, and of course those are very 00:21:57.240 --> 00:22:00.960 precious verses in here, and let me pick up here 00:22:00.960 --> 00:22:06.859 on verse 11, or verse 10. We don't want, it says 00:22:06.859 --> 00:22:09.539 here, making God a liar. He who believes, verses 00:22:09.539 --> 00:22:13.369 verse 10, 5. 1 John 5, 10. He who believes in 00:22:13.369 --> 00:22:15.990 the Son of God has the witness in himself. That 00:22:15.990 --> 00:22:18.650 is the spirit which testifies to your spirit 00:22:18.650 --> 00:22:21.849 that you are a child of God. He who does not 00:22:21.849 --> 00:22:25.930 believe God has made God a liar. And of course 00:22:25.930 --> 00:22:29.329 that is very important to understand. And this 00:22:29.329 --> 00:22:31.230 is one thing when you get together with people 00:22:31.230 --> 00:22:35.470 of different persuasions and start quoting opinions 00:22:35.470 --> 00:22:38.849 and so forth and so on. Let us all be and just... 00:22:38.839 --> 00:22:41.119 go back again and stick with God what God has 00:22:41.119 --> 00:22:45.880 to say because he has not believed in the testimony 00:22:45.880 --> 00:22:49.599 that God has given of his son and this is the 00:22:49.599 --> 00:22:52.160 testimony that God has given us eternal life 00:22:52.160 --> 00:22:56.319 and his life is in the son. He who has the son 00:22:56.319 --> 00:23:01.420 or possesses the son to whom the Holy Spirit 00:23:01.420 --> 00:23:04.980 witnesses to his own spirit that they are a child 00:23:04.980 --> 00:23:09.420 of God has life. And this life is called His 00:23:09.420 --> 00:23:12.359 eternal life that God gives. Who does not have 00:23:12.359 --> 00:23:15.160 the Son of God does not have life. Very, very 00:23:15.160 --> 00:23:18.579 simple. You have the Son, possess the Son, you're 00:23:18.579 --> 00:23:20.460 covered by His righteousness, you have life. 00:23:21.700 --> 00:23:23.759 You don't have the Son, you don't possess the 00:23:23.759 --> 00:23:25.940 Son, there is no life apart from Jesus Christ. 00:23:27.119 --> 00:23:29.700 These things have been written to you with the 00:23:29.700 --> 00:23:32.500 Apostle John, who believe in the name of the 00:23:32.500 --> 00:23:35.660 Son of God that you may know or have confidence 00:23:35.660 --> 00:23:39.880 in. That you have eternal life and you can know 00:23:39.880 --> 00:23:41.759 that you know people say ah you cannot know you 00:23:41.759 --> 00:23:46.259 have to wait till the time comes and Roman Catholic 00:23:46.259 --> 00:23:49.859 Church, you know, they say well, you know You 00:23:49.859 --> 00:23:52.400 have to see if you're gonna how long you got 00:23:52.400 --> 00:23:53.900 how long you're gonna stay in purgatory What 00:23:53.900 --> 00:23:56.119 a terrible thing to do, you know, there is there's 00:23:56.119 --> 00:23:58.460 absolutely no I had it this morning we talked 00:23:58.460 --> 00:24:00.339 to Sunday school about that the children brought 00:24:00.339 --> 00:24:05.069 us this topic up and that Jesus died only once. 00:24:05.130 --> 00:24:07.829 We talked about the Old Testament when Moses 00:24:07.829 --> 00:24:12.269 struck the rock and I was encouraged that children 00:24:12.269 --> 00:24:15.990 in my class for the most part remembered this 00:24:15.990 --> 00:24:18.529 and remembered why. The pitch of the Old Testament 00:24:18.529 --> 00:24:21.289 referring to Jesus Christ being smitten only 00:24:21.289 --> 00:24:23.809 once on Golgotha. I said this is why the Roman 00:24:23.809 --> 00:24:26.690 Catholic Church is so wrong because when the 00:24:26.690 --> 00:24:30.289 breeze holds up the waver at the highlight of 00:24:30.289 --> 00:24:33.930 the mass, the mass kind of... culminates at the 00:24:33.930 --> 00:24:37.250 place toward the end, when the priest holds up 00:24:37.250 --> 00:24:40.210 in front of the high altar this waver, in Germany 00:24:40.210 --> 00:24:44.609 we call it a hostilia, and drinks the wine. In 00:24:44.609 --> 00:24:46.269 this very moment, according to the Roman Catholic 00:24:46.269 --> 00:24:50.390 Church, the waver and the wine again turn into 00:24:50.390 --> 00:24:54.130 the body and blood of Christ. A terrible blasphemous 00:24:54.130 --> 00:24:58.809 statement to make, because Jesus only died once. 00:25:00.240 --> 00:25:05.380 what we talked about in Sunday School. These 00:25:05.380 --> 00:25:08.619 things I've written to you, John says, who believe 00:25:08.619 --> 00:25:10.539 in the name of the Son of God, that you may know 00:25:10.539 --> 00:25:13.799 the eternal life, that you may continue to believe 00:25:13.799 --> 00:25:15.599 in the name of the Son of God. And then let me 00:25:15.599 --> 00:25:21.559 go down to verse 18 to close my thoughts this 00:25:21.559 --> 00:25:28.440 evening. 18 through 20, and of course 21. We 00:25:28.440 --> 00:25:32.099 know that whoever is born of God does not sin 00:25:32.099 --> 00:25:35.819 but he who has been born of God keeps himself 00:25:35.819 --> 00:25:38.700 and the wicked one does not touch him. Of course 00:25:38.700 --> 00:25:41.039 we have the spirit within us and greater is he 00:25:41.039 --> 00:25:44.880 within us than he who is in the world. We know 00:25:44.880 --> 00:25:48.180 that we are of God and the whole world lies under 00:25:48.180 --> 00:25:50.420 the sway of the wicked one. We can see it day 00:25:50.420 --> 00:25:53.720 by day in the news. It's terrible. News is terrible. 00:25:55.400 --> 00:25:58.099 despite us turning on the news, and it's always 00:25:58.099 --> 00:26:01.799 bad news. Anyway, unless it's bad news, it's 00:26:01.799 --> 00:26:06.519 no news at all. And verse 20, and we know that 00:26:06.519 --> 00:26:10.380 the Son of God has come, has given us an understanding 00:26:10.380 --> 00:26:14.380 through His Word, through His Word. And of course, 00:26:14.859 --> 00:26:17.500 the spirit and structures. In John 16, Jesus 00:26:17.500 --> 00:26:19.460 said, when He, the Spirit of Truth, has come, 00:26:19.480 --> 00:26:22.480 He will guide you into all truth. And so we take 00:26:22.480 --> 00:26:26.819 the Bible and stay with the Bible. and learn 00:26:26.819 --> 00:26:30.400 and grow in the knowledge of God through His 00:26:30.400 --> 00:26:35.900 Word. We know Him and we understand that we may 00:26:35.900 --> 00:26:40.180 know Him who is true, and here is emphasis on 00:26:40.180 --> 00:26:42.180 the truth. Jesus Christ said, I am the truth. 00:26:42.339 --> 00:26:47.220 I personify truth. I am truth. Him who is true, 00:26:47.480 --> 00:26:51.779 and we are in Him who is true, in the Son of 00:26:51.779 --> 00:26:55.160 God, Jesus Christ, That is the true God, and 00:26:55.160 --> 00:26:58.579 that is eternal life. Will children keep themselves 00:26:58.579 --> 00:27:02.240 from idols? And of course, there's John managing 00:27:02.240 --> 00:27:05.559 these Christian people there. So, the testimony 00:27:05.559 --> 00:27:08.140 of Jesus Christ, the Son of God, in whom believing 00:27:08.140 --> 00:27:12.640 you may have eternal life. And I ended five minutes 00:27:12.640 --> 00:27:15.779 early. Let me say a word of prayer. If you want 00:27:15.779 --> 00:27:17.200 some of the notes or some of the references, 00:27:17.339 --> 00:27:19.259 again, after you see me, I'll give it to you. 00:27:24.540 --> 00:27:29.740 Father, we enjoy. We have family here, the Blue 00:27:29.740 --> 00:27:34.819 Ridge Bible Church family. And they have come 00:27:34.819 --> 00:27:37.259 out tonight because they love to come out tonight. 00:27:37.539 --> 00:27:39.539 We don't come because we are coaxed to come, 00:27:39.559 --> 00:27:42.859 but we come because we want to come. And we desire 00:27:42.859 --> 00:27:46.119 to hear your word and participate in the singing 00:27:46.119 --> 00:27:49.920 of these songs, Lord, and to be enthusiastic 00:27:49.920 --> 00:27:54.880 about it, even a little girl. and we thank you 00:27:54.880 --> 00:27:58.440 Lord for the atmosphere which is here and this 00:27:58.440 --> 00:28:02.559 atmosphere of righteousness which is contained 00:28:02.559 --> 00:28:05.400 in this building when the saints come and we 00:28:05.400 --> 00:28:07.740 pray Lord that when visitors come they will see 00:28:07.740 --> 00:28:10.660 they will experience they will feel your spirit 00:28:10.660 --> 00:28:14.119 here amongst us and we pray Lord that you use 00:28:14.119 --> 00:28:18.480 us each one of us in your own particular area 00:28:18.480 --> 00:28:22.650 of friends or school or wherever it is Lord, 00:28:22.730 --> 00:28:26.849 to glorify yourselves and to admonish others 00:28:26.849 --> 00:28:29.849 and to be a testimony as Pastor Peter mentioned 00:28:29.849 --> 00:28:33.369 this morning that God did not use angels or any 00:28:33.369 --> 00:28:38.950 other means but He used us to show forth Jesus 00:28:38.950 --> 00:28:42.029 Christ and show forth the way of life, the way 00:28:42.029 --> 00:28:47.230 of eternal life. And we know that the whole world 00:28:47.230 --> 00:28:50.839 is going down. This broad way, as Jesus said 00:28:50.839 --> 00:28:54.940 in Matthew 11, the broad way leads to destruction. 00:28:55.940 --> 00:28:58.440 And future be the find the way to eternal life 00:28:58.440 --> 00:29:03.720 through this narrow gate, which is Jesus Christ, 00:29:03.779 --> 00:29:07.279 which is the door. And Lord, we pray that this 00:29:07.279 --> 00:29:09.980 house here, or if you'll be gracious, that allows 00:29:09.980 --> 00:29:13.339 us to build a house, a bigger building, will 00:29:13.339 --> 00:29:16.559 always stand here on Hall Gap Road as a testimony 00:29:16.559 --> 00:29:21.559 of your work. and be faithful to your word, Lord, 00:29:21.720 --> 00:29:27.940 and be a stalwart fortress to guide against any 00:29:27.940 --> 00:29:31.140 false teachings, Lord, and to be used of you, 00:29:31.180 --> 00:29:34.819 Lord, to proclaim the testimony of Jesus Christ 00:29:34.819 --> 00:29:40.519 to all those people around us and into the world, 00:29:40.720 --> 00:29:42.400 through the missionaries, Lord. Thank you for 00:29:42.400 --> 00:29:45.839 allowing us to have missionaries and support 00:29:45.839 --> 00:29:48.319 for missionaries, Lord. Thank you again for being 00:29:48.319 --> 00:29:51.319 a loving God and thank you for the spirit within 00:29:51.319 --> 00:29:54.880 us and amongst us and for the unity of the body 00:29:54.880 --> 00:29:58.859 Lord here at Bluewich Bible Church. And we approach 00:29:58.859 --> 00:30:01.039 this on Father in the name of the Lord Jesus 00:30:01.039 --> 00:30:04.619 whom we love and seek to serve. Amen.