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Good morning. Welcome to Trinity Baptist Church. If you haven't already been welcomed,

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we're going to be in Hebrews chapter one this morning. Did you guys enjoy last week in our

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family day? It was such a great day and I see some faces that were here last week or back again this

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week and we're just so grateful that you're here and we're going to have a great day in God's Word.

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Today's sermon is among the texts that we're going to talk about is among some of the most

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complex that I've preached since I've been here. And so I saw Lisa Bate, she's walking back right

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now, but I saw that she posted something online this week that said, my pastor's really excited

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that FIFA World Cup soccer's here because he likes seeing people struggle to make three points in 90

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minutes. Shots fired. I think that's what's going on here. But if you want to be friends with her,

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she's hilarious online. But anyway, I had four points planned for this morning. If you look at

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your bulletins, you got your handy-dandy bulletins, and if you're, it's your first time here,

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we have this little place where you can fill in blanks and keep notes. I think the more

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sense is you engage as I teach, the more you'll remember and we're kind of aiming for life change

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and belief change happens before life change. And so you'll see that I have four points this

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morning, but I don't have four points. I've got two. But don't think I'm going to be short.

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Am I scaring anybody? You guys are like, that's funny, pastor. No, it's going to be good.

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This particular passage is our third in the series in Hebrews. We started a study in Hebrews,

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and Hebrews really is a study not just in this New Testament book. It really becomes a study as

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you walk through it, and you'll see this today. It becomes a study in the Old Testament as well,

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because the person who's writing, and we don't know who wrote the book of Hebrews,

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other than the Holy Spirit, we know he wrote it. God wrote a book and we know that. But he's writing

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to primarily a Jewish audience, and actually there's a couple of different kinds of Jews

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that he has in mind, and we'll go over that at some point. But as he kind of gets into this

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particular book, what we're going to find out is that the theme of our series, Jesus is Greater,

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really is the theme of the book of Hebrews. Jesus really is Greater. You'll find the word Better

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strone out throughout all of this book, because Jesus is Greater. That's the point

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that we're going to make over and over again, and I hope that it gets into your heart and into your

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soul, and that you live that out in your life. Today, this particular passage really does focus on

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Jesus' superiority to angels. Now, when I say the word angel, what kind of thing comes to mind

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in your heart and mind? When you think about angels, what do you think about? Anybody think about

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anything with wings? Okay, you have the angels. Some angels have wings that are described as having

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wings. Share of them and share of them. Some do not. We're going to talk about that a little bit.

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You think about, in our culture, you think about things like who remembers the series Touched by

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an Angel. You've ever watched that? That went on for a long time. When I was a kid, there was a

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movie called Angels in the Outfield. Do you remember seeing that? There's all kinds of stories,

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and our culture has thoughts about angels, and of course, we know the Bible talks about that.

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Talks about angels. The word angel means messenger, and we're going to find out today,

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this is the point of the lesson, the point of the sermon today. Jesus is superior in every way.

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He's superior to angels in four ways. We're going to get to two of them this week, and then we'll

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hopefully get to two of them next week. I don't think I'll take more than two weeks to get to this.

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But of course, we think about angels a lot this time of year, don't we? We do. What are some songs

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with angels in them? Angels we have heard? Not yet. It's not even December. Come on, people. Hey,

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be honest. Who has their tree up already? Who does not have their tree up already? Amen. Amen.

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Let's get through Thanksgiving. We guess we kind of did, right? Amen. We think a lot about angels

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this time of year, and you're going to see, we're going to talk about that a little bit today too.

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Jesus really is superior in every way, and he's superior in these four ways that we're going to

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talk about. Two of them today, two of them next Sunday. Okay? Here's the first way Jesus is superior

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to angels. We're going to get this right from the text. Jesus has a superior name. He has a

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superior name. He's the Son. They are worshipers. Now, I know I've introduced this sermon talking

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about both Jesus and angels, but this is primarily a sermon on Jesus. We're going to learn a lot about

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him today. Hebrews 1, 1-3, let's catch us up to where we've gotten so far. We've gotten through

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three verses in the first two sermons. Here's what it says, God who at sundry times and in

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diverse manners spake in times past under the fathers by the prophets. Okay? So God spoke

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in times past as of this writing to under the fathers. Who are the fathers? That was the Jewish

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patriarchs under the people in the Old Testament in various portions and in various ways. Diverse

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times, diverse manners. That's what it calls sundry times, diverse manners. That's what the

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scripture says. And it's talking about in many portions and in many ways God spoke and his

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speaking was partial because it was not a full revelation. It was a partial revelation. It's

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progressive revelation unto the fathers by the prophets. And he says, in these last days,

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God has spoken. God has spoken unto us by his, who is it? Son. You see that word son? Who's the son?

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Jesus is the son. Who is this Jesus? Verse two, whom he has appointed heir of all things.

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Who owns everything? God does. Jesus does. He's the heir of it by whom also he made the world. Hey,

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how did this world get here? God created it and Jesus was active in creation.

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Christmas was not the, what we study is Christmas. This incarnation of Jesus wasn't his beginning.

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It was him becoming flesh. He existed before the world began. He has always existed. He always

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will exist. He's eternal. He says in verse three, who being the brightness of his glory, the express

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image of his person and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he has by himself

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purged our sins, sat down in the right hand of the majesty on high. Jesus Christ created the world

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and he redeemed the world. He by himself bought back our sin. There was a, there's folks last week

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that got saved. I'm so excited about that. That called in the name of the Lord to save them and

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God could save them because Jesus paid the price for their sin. Jesus bore them, bore their sins

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and the wrath for their sins on himself on the cross and shed his blood for the covering of their

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of their sins and they're going to heaven today, not because they're super good. They're going to

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heaven today because Jesus is good. That's why. So we've talked about this. God speaks, God has

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spoken. God spoke in times past. He has spoken through his son and that's what we get when we

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get to verse four. Okay. He says, let me just, let's run up to it again, who being the brightness of

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his glory, the express image of his person and upholding all things by the word of this power,

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when he had by himself, purged our sins, sat down in the right hand of the majesty on high.

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He sat down. That means the work of redemption is over.

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And as he's sitting there at the right hand of the majesty on high,

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verse four, he's being made so much better than the angels.

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So much better than the angels as he by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they. Now,

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I want to be real honest with you. There are portions of scripture that are milk and there's

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portions of scripture that are bread. This is a portion of scripture that's meat. Okay. So you're

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going to have to keep up with me a little bit and digest this as we go. Names seem to me to be more

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important to people in biblical times than they are now. I found a good way to connect with people

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is I do this with teenagers sometimes, sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. I'll ask them their

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name and they'll tell me I say, well, do you know what your name means? It amazes me how many people

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don't know what their name means. Do you know what your name means? My name, Benjamin means

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son of the right hand or favorite son. Don't you think I tell my brother that quite often?

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His name is Shadrach. We call him Shad. That's a name that was given to the Hebrew children. It was

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a Babylonian name and to their pagan God tribute to their pagan God. So my name means favorite son.

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His name is a tribute to a pagan God. Got that Shad? All right. Okay.

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Names, his other name is Joshua. Joshua Shadrach, Joshua Yeshua, Jesus, the name above all names.

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He still doesn't know. Hasn't figured that out. Okay. Here we go. Names in biblical times meant

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something. To be given a name was done on purpose. This is not uncommon, though, even in our day.

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The author of Hebrews tells us that Jesus Christ was given a more excellent name than they. Here

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we introduce to the point of the rest of the chapter. Okay. Jesus Christ is being revealed as

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so much better than the angels. Now, I want you to get something that will confuse you if you're

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not careful. And verse four, it says, being made so much better. The word here translated made

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is genomai, which is a change in state, not a change in existence from not existing to existing.

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Some people will come to this verse and say in the English and the King James Bible and say,

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oh, look, being made, see, Jesus was created. Jesus was not created. This is talking about his

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incarnation. He went from not having a body to having a body. Are you with me? Okay. And so

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this is not talking about being created. The author wants us to know that the revelation

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about Christ is clear about his superior superiority of the angels. How do we know

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he's superior? Well, the author uses a word here. He says by inheritance, this word inheritance,

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an inheritance comes by being a relative, a son or daughter or an heir. What does this inheritance

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do or prove that Christ obtained a more excellent name than they? The heir more often than not has

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this has the same name as the one given the inheritance. So remember what's being proven

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that Christ has a more superior name because he's obtained this better name. What is that better

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name? The better name is son. It's son. The son is better than the servant. Remember, what's the

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point? I've got two points today. You got to remember this point because I'm about to go into a bunch

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of stuff. Here's the point. Jesus has a superior name. He's better than the angels. He's better

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than everything, but he's better than the angels because he's the son. They're worshipers. He has

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a better name. Now, let me talk a little bit about angels. In the created order, mankind is certainly

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greater than the plants and the animals. Some people are really confused about that.

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God created man in his own image. He did not create dogs in his own image. He did not create

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animals in his own image, and he created man in his own image. And then he gave us a stewardship

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over the earth. We are to have dominion over the earth and to subdue it. We have a stewardship

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of the earth. We shouldn't purposely try to destroy the earth. We know that, but we do know that

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there's going to be a new heaven and a new earth. Angels are also created beings, and as wonderfully

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made as we are, they are created beings that are higher than man. What do you mean higher than man?

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Well, Psalm 8 says this. Check this out. What is man? The Psalmist says that thou art mindful of man,

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of him, and the Son of man that thou vices him. For thou hast made him a little, what does it say?

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Lower than the angels and has crowned him with glory and honor. Thou made us him have

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dominions over the work of thy hands. Thou hast put all things under his feet.

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So we know that man in the created order is a little lower than the angels. A few facts you need to

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know about angels. The first thing, this isn't in your notes, but think through this with me. Angels

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are created beings. Angels are created. According to Scripture, there are a lot of them. Daniel

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710 says, a fiery steam issued and came forth from before him. Thousands, thousands ministered unto

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him and 10,000 times 10,000 stood before him talking about angels. The judgment was set and the books

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were opened. In Revelation chapter 5, it says this, and I beheld and heard the voice of many angels

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round about the throne and the beast and elders and the number of them was 10,000 times 10,000

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and thousands of thousands. How many are there? There's a lot. There's a lot. You may be thinking,

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Pastor Ben, you believe that there's such a thing as angels? Absolutely. Absolutely. What were they

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saying? They're saying with a loud voice, worthy as a lamb that was slain to receive power and riches

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and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and blessing. In God's order of creation, angels are

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higher than mankind. After the fall of Satan, there are no longer subject to sin and its effects.

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I'm going through a lot here, but hang with me. They do not have flesh and blood, though they

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do have bodies. We're told to be careful because we could entertain them. Unaware, as it says later

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in Hebrews. What was their purpose? They give glory, worship, and service to God. Angels can appear

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in different forms. Matthew 28, 3-4 describe an angel at Christ's resurrection this way. And behold,

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there was a great earthquake for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came and rolled back

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the stone from the door and sat upon it. His countenance was like lightning and his raiment

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white as snow. And for fear of him, the keepers did shake and became as dead men. Angels must be so

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impressive as to cause fear at their appearance. Almost every time one appears in Scripture,

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their first words to the person is what? Fear not. Don't be afraid. Some say, well, that's because

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they startle people. Maybe. I think that would startle me if one just appeared to me. But I also

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think that they're in their many forms. They can be rather impressive. Angels are intelligent. They

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have emotions. The Bible describes angels rejoicing over a sinner who repents, for instance. Angels

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do not marry. They're not given in marriage. The Bible says Mark chapter 12 verse 25, for when they

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shall rise from the dead, neither talking about human beings, for when they shall rise from the

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dead, they neither married nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels which are in heaven.

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So we know that angels don't procreate. Angels must not die for not told any, we're not told

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anywhere in the Scripture. I don't know this for sure, but we're not told of any angel dying. So it

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may be that they're made all at once. They were made all at once in one number to which there are

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none being added and none being taken away. Just an interesting thought. Angels are organized and

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divided into ranks. The Scripture tells us Colossians 1.16 says this, for by him, by Jesus,

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were all things created that are in heaven. You see that? And that are in earth, visible and

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invisible. And did God create some things that are not visible to us? Yes, He did. Whether they be

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thrones or dominions or principalities or powers, do you see the different ranking and order? All

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things were created by him and for him. Ephesians 1.20, we just went through this. Talking about

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Christ, which he wrought in Christ when he raised it from the dead and set him at his own right hand

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places, far above all what? Principality and power and might and dominion in every name that is named

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not only in this world, but also in that which is to come. Speaking of fallen angels in 6.12, it says

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we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities and powers, against rulers of the

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darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. The word angel means

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messenger. Messenger. They minister to God. They serve God. They do whatever God wants them to do.

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They are spectators at times to the works of God and other times they're participant

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in those works. Sometimes they're doing God's judgment. Sometimes you see in the Bible,

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He's helped, they're part of helping God to judge. Sometimes they're a part of God's

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a plan of redemption, not that they're executing redemption, but that they're

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that they're helping in what He's wanting to do that's positive.

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So that's a biblical that I just went through that very quickly and I'm sure I'm going to get

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lots of questions today about angels. Let's talk about how the Jews themselves have viewed angels

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because the book of Hebrews, has anybody can you tell by the name of the book who it's to?

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It's to Jewish people. So how did they think about angels? Why if the author is making the case that

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Jesus is superior and he's going to talk about Moses and he's going to talk about how he's

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appeared to all kinds of other people, why does he start out with angels? Well the typical Jewish

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view of angels would have been informed by both scriptures and traditional teaching of Jewish

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teachers in that day. They believe that angels like the Bible says were created higher in the

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order than man. They were the closest thing to God without being God themselves. Some believe that

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God did not do anything without consulting angels. There are some Jewish people that believe that

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angels are like a Senate. There's like an angelic Senate and that God did not do anything.

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For instance there are some because they did not understand the Trinity. They don't recognize

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the second person of the Trinity at times. They saw in Genesis where the Bible says let us make

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man in our image and the image of God created him there male and female. There are some that believe

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he's not talking about the Trinity. He's talking about angels. The us is let's talk, he's talking

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to the angels. That was part of what they thought. Of course we understand that God is one but there

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are three persons in the Trinity. The angels didn't create the world. God did. They believe the angels

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were, they also believe that angels were used to deliver the first covenant to them. This set them

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talking about angels in high esteem with a Jewish audience. And we see some New Testament kind of

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approach to this. In Acts chapter seven you have the Stephen who was a martyr who was being

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martyred. This is what he said. He's talking to the Pharisees that killed Jesus. He says you

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stiff necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears. You do always resist the Holy Ghost as your

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fathers did. So do ye which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted and they have slain

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them which showed before of the coming of the just one? Who's the just one? Jesus, right? Of whom

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you have now been the betrayers and murderers whom have received the law by the disposition of

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angels and have not kept it. So the Holy Spirit allowed what Stephen said here about how they got

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the law that it was ministered to them at least in some way by angels. How? I don't know but the

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Holy Spirit left that in there. Okay. Did they have a high view of angels? Did they? They did.

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Galatians 319. Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions till the

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sea should come to whom the promise was made and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.

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This is the apostle Paul's comment on angels. Many people though, they're right to have a high view

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of angels but some of them had too high of you of angels. Some wrongly worshiped angels. Paul says

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something about this in Colossians chapter number two. Let no man beguile you of your reward and a

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voluntary humility of worshiping of angels and treating into those things which he hath not seen

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vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind. You know Satan's an angel and you know what his number one

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desire is? He wants to be worshiped. He wants to be worshiped and so there are some that would do

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that. Since the author of Hebrews has a Jewish audience in mind and since his desire is to

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sow Jesus's superiority in every way, he decided by the Holy Spirit to start with Christ's superiority

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to angels. So do you understand a little bit of how they thought? Here's where we get into back

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to verse number four. Here's what he says, being made so much better than the angels as he by his

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inheritance obtained a more excellent name than day. Let's talk a little bit about that different

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more excellent name. Jesus Christ has a different and more excellent name than the angels and thereby

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shows that he has a different position relative to the Father. To what name is the author referring?

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He's referring to him being the Son. Now this was a big deal and the Jewish reader would have

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understood this. Look at verse five. Now you're going to see this over and over in the book of

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Hebrews and over and over in this chapter. When he says in verse five, for unto which of the

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angels said he at any time. Okay and when he says this he's going to say it over and over again in

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this passage he's referring to what God said through Old Testament writings. Okay so this is the

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author now quoting the Old Testament. This is why I say a study in Hebrews is a study at some level

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in the Old Testament. Okay stay with me. Are you guys with me? Okay. For which of the angels said

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he at any time? Did he tell any angel what he's about to say? Okay. Thou art my Son, this day

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have I begotten thee. And again I will be to him a Father and he shall be to me a Son. Now let me

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ask you before you do any study. Did God ever say to any angel you're my Son today I've begotten you?

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What's the answer? No. See Jesus is superior. He has a different name.

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Did he ever say I will be to him a Father and he shall be to me a Son? Let's just talk about two

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passages as we get through this point. That first quote for unto which of the angels he said at any

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time thou art my Son this day have I begotten thee. That was the Father's declaration in Psalm chapter

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2 verse 7. In Psalm 2 verse 7 it says this I will declare the decree the Lord hath said unto me

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thou art my Son this day have I begotten thee. This is the point that the author makes about Jesus

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being called the Son. Being begotten of the Father. He's the only Son because he's the only one begotten

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of the Father. Now what does it mean to be begotten? What does it mean to be begotten? Probably the

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most famous verse in the Bible has that word begotten doesn't it? You know it John 3 16 say it

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with me for God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son that whosoever believe it

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then him should not perish but have everlasting life. Jesus is the only begotten Son. There are

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times when we're called sons and daughters of God those who know Christ. There are times where

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angels are called sons of God but they're not begotten sons. See I was begotten of Dennis Jennings

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and Melanie Jennings right? Now God knew knew me in the womb the Bible says he you guys believe that?

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Not me specifically. Who believes that God knows about babies in the womb? God values life in the

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womb. They're human life from the moment of conception. But I'm not begotten in the way that

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Jesus was begotten. Jesus has eternally existed as the second person of the Trinity. So how is

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he begotten? The Bible refers to him being begotten in two ways. He has begotten through his

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incarnation at the virgin conception and birth. Luke 1 35 says this and the angel this is the

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angel talking. Interesting there's an angel in this verse talking to Mary. She says how am I going

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to have a baby? I've never known a man. Right? And the angel answered and said to her the Holy

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Ghost shall come upon thee and the power of the highest shall overshadow thee. Therefore also

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that holy thing which shall be born of these shall be called what? The Son of God. He gets a new name.

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He gets a new name. This is the better name to which the author refers. He's called the Son

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the angels are not called the Son. He's the Son. Why? The Son of God Jesus Christ did not come to

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be at his conception in incarnation. He was given the title of Son at his incarnation when he was

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begotten of the Father. The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee and the power of the highest shall

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overshadow thee. Therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son

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of God. Now why was that important? He was fully God and fully man.

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The second way he's declared to be begotten as the Son is in the resurrection.

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In Acts chapter 13 there's a little bit of digging you have to do to get here

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but stay with me. It's really interesting. Here's a great way to study your Bible. When

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a New Testament author quotes an Old Testament author it's good to find out if any other New

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Testament author quoted that same passage and that's exactly what happens here. Paul and this

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is part of the argument some people make to say that Paul is the author of Hebrews. I don't think

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that he is. We can have coffee and argue about it. It'll be fine. Okay. But Paul talks about this

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same verse Psalm chapter 2 verse 7. Today I've begotten you. You'll be my son. Today I've begotten

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you. This is what he says and look how he refers to this verse in Acts chapter 13. Okay. It says

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this in verse 26. Men and brethren, children of the stock of Abraham and whosoever among you

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feareth God to you is the word of this salvation set. For they that dwell at Jerusalem and their

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rulers because they knew him not nor yet the voices of the prophets which are read every

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Sabbath day they have fulfilled them in condemning him. Let me pause. This is Paul. He's at Antioch

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Pisidia. Okay. A different Antioch than the one in Greece. One where he went and he gets the chance to

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preach the gospel like Paul does all the time and he's speaking to a Jewish audience when he's

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doing it right here. And he says, this is so cool. Hey, I want to tell you what just recently happened.

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The news you haven't gotten yet is this. Those that dwell in Jerusalem because they knew him

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not nor yet the voices of the prophets which are read every Sabbath day. The Old Testament talks

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about this guy Jesus who we have met. They have fulfilled them the voice of the prophets in condemning

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him. And though they found no cause of death in him Jesus yet desired they desired they pilot.

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These are the the Jewish rulers desired that pilot should be slain. And when they had fulfilled all

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that was written of him. And by the way, this crucifixion that they wrote about him going through

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that was written that was written about in Psalm chapter 22 and Isaiah chapter 53. Do you get it?

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All the things the prophets said they were instrumental in fulfilling.

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And when that had happened they took him down from the tree and laid him

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in a sepulcher. But God raised him from the dead. And when he was seen many days of them which came

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up from Galilee to Jerusalem, who's that? That's all his disciples who were his witnesses under

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the people. And we declare unto you glad tidings. Good news. What's the good news?

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What's the good news? What's the good news? The gospel, right? How that the promise which was made

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unto the fathers God hath fulfilled the same unto us their children and that he raised up Jesus again

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as it is also written in the second Psalm. Here it is. Thou art my son this day have I be gotten thee.

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What's the day? Resurrection Sunday. And as concerning that he raised up him up from the dead

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now no more to return to corruption. He said on that wise I will give you now this is so cool.

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I will give you the sure mercies of who? David. Paul sees Psalm 25. Thou art my son this day

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have I be gotten thee. The same way the author of Hebrews did. Jesus being declared a son

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and begotten of the father was not only in his birth but was also in his resurrection. Paul

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say prove it Pastor Ben. Oh I just did in Acts but let me prove it again in Romans. Romans chapter

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one verse three says concerning his son. You see it? Who's son? God's son. Jesus Christ our Lord

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which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh. What is that? That's it Bethlehem.

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He's a seed of David. He's born in the town of David. He's of the line of David.

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And declared to be the son of God with power according to the spirit of wholeness. Why?

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By the resurrection from the dead. You see it? Because Jesus was declared to be the son of God

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with power through the incarnation. The conception and the virgin birth. Because Jesus was declared

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to be the son of God with power through the resurrection from the dead for our sins. We

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know that Jesus Christ is superior in every way to angels. He has obtained the name of son. A

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name that they were never given. He is the only begotten son. He has a superior name. He is a son.

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They are, what are they? They're worshipers. Look at verse six and again when he bringeth

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in the first begotten in the world he saith and let all the angels of God worship him.

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This is a quote from Psalm 97. Let all the angels of God worship him. Deuteronomy 32-43 from the

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Septuagint. Which was the Greek translation of the Old Testament. The angels of God are mighty

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and wonderful. They're above men but they are not worshiped by God and should not be worshiped by men.

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They worship God. He doesn't worship them. In fact when Christ was born into the world,

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what happened? Angels showed up. Glory to God in the highest and on earth peace good will toward men.

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When he was resurrected from the dead the angels were there to announce his resurrection.

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It says in verse seven, another angel saith, he maketh his angel spirits and his ministers

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aflame a fire. They worship him because he has a superior name. He is the son. They are worshipers.

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That leads us very quickly to our second and possibly the last point for the day.

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And it's closely aligned to this first point. He has a superior name. He's the son. They're

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worshipers. Number two, he has a superior position. He is the king. They are what? Servants. They're

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servants. Look back in verse five. He says, for under which of the angels saith he at any time,

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thou art my son, this day have I begotten thee. And again I will be to him a father and he shall be

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to my son, me to be a son. In verse five, we've already mentioned the first quotation. This

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quotation that says I will be to him a father and he'll be to me a son. But there's another quote

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in that verse. He says, and again, you see in verse five, and again I will be to him a father

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and he shall be to me a son. This is another quote from the Old Testament. I want you to get this.

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This is so cool. This is so cool. At least I think it's cool. I hope you think it's cool. All right.

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He's quoting 2 Samuel chapter seven verse 14. Let's read the full context starting in verse 12.

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This is Nathan speaking by God to David. Okay, Nathan was a prophet. David was the king.

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Right? And this is what God says through Nathan to David. Verse 12. And when thy days be fulfilled

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and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out

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of thy bowels and I will establish his kingdom. He shall build a house for my name and I will

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establish the throne of his kingdom. How long? Forever. I will be his father and he shall be my

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son. There's the quote. If he commit iniquity, I will chase him with the rod of men and with the

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stripes of the children of men. But my mercy shall not depart away from him as I took it from Saul,

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whom I put away before thee. And thine house and thy kingdom shall be established. How long?

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Forever before thee thy throne shall be established forever. God only has a say at once, but he doesn't

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just say at once. How long will David's kingdom be established forever? This is part of the Davidic

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covenant. God tells David that his house and his throne shall be established forever. It's established

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forever. The prophecy had an immediate fulfillment in Solomon in the national sense. God had told

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David, you're not going to set up a temple, but I'm going to let your son set up a temple, and

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that's exactly what happened. In a larger and more incredible sense, it refers to David's

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greater son of another nature who was it, Jesus. Because in Hebrews chapter one verse eight, it says,

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but unto the son he saith, here it is, thy throne, O God, is forever and ever. O scepter of righteousness

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is the scepter of thy kingdom. Almost every one of these verses that he's quoting, almost every

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one refer to back to the Davidic covenant. See, Jesus Christ was born in the line of David.

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And what is his position by being an heir, the heir of all things that we saw in verse two?

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You guys got your bibles open? Look back at verse two. What does it say?

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Let me get there too. He becomes an heir, right? Hath in these days spoken undisputed by

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some whom he hath appointed heir of all things by whom he also created the world. By being an heir,

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and by having obtained through an inheritance a name that is greater than the angels, he's also

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been given a throne. And this throne is not just a theoretical throne. The Lord Jesus Christ,

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the only begotten Son of God, will rule and reign on the throne of David forever,

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just as God promised. Do you guys believe that? Who thinks he'll do a better job than what we

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currently got? That's not hard, right? I don't care what letter you got next to your name, Jesus

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is going to do way better. Way better. He will be a benevolent dictator. He will have art.

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If he died for me, I think he has a right to lead. I think I can trust him.

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Look at what it says in verse nine.

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Above thy fellows. There was a near fulfillment in the Psalm referring to Solomon sitting on the

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throne of David. But we find that this quote through progressive revelation gives us insight in

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Hebrews 1-8 and 9. It refers to one greater than Solomon. This is speaking of the Lord Jesus Christ,

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who is Jesus Christ as a son and heir. He is the king that will sit on the throne to rule and to

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reign. Who then are the angels? Well, verse seven tells us. And of the angels, he saith,

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who maketh his angels spirits and his ministers a flame of fire. Here's the point. Point number one,

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he is the son, they're worshipers. Here's point number two, he is the king. They're his servants.

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He is the king. They are his servants.

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Isn't this exactly what's predicted in Revelation?

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I know it's on the screen, but can everybody grab your Bibles and go to Revelation chapter five?

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I'm going to say in conclusion, and you can believe me.

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In conclusion, check out Revelation chapter number five.

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Now, before I read this, I want you to know there were dozens of predictions written hundreds of years

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before Jesus's first coming that all came true. There are dozens of predictions about his second

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coming. And if his first coming came true, you better believe that the second set of predictions

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are going to come true. Okay? This in Revelation chapter five, we are taken up into heaven.

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And there's a lot of mystery to this, but there's some that's really clear. Okay?

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Revelation chapter five, start in verse one. What's the point? He is the king. They are

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their servants. Their servants. Okay? And I saw on the right hand of him that was sat on the throne

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a book written within and on the backside sealed with seven seals. And I saw a strong, what is it?

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Angel proclaiming with a loud voice, who is worthy to open the book and to loose the seals thereof

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and no man in heaven nor in earth nor under the earth was able to open the book, neither to look

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thereon. And I went much, this is John writing, I went much because no man was found worthy to open

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and read the book, neither to look thereon. And one of the elders sayeth unto me, weep not, behold,

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the lion of the tribe of Judah, the root of David, the root of the tribe of Judah, the root of David,

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the root of David, who is that? hath prevailed to open the book and to loose the seven seals thereof,

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and I beheld and lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the

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elders stood a lamb, as it has been, as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes,

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which are the seven spirits of God sent forth into all the earth. And he came and took the book

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out of the right hand of him that sat upon the throne. And when he had taken the book, the four

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beasts and four elders and 20 elders fell down before the lamb, having everyone them harpsons,

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gold and vials full of odors, which are the prayers of the saints. And they sung a new song,

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saying thou art worthy, Jesus, thou art worthy to take the book and to open the seals thereof, for

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thou wasst slain, and hast redeemed us to God by the blood out of every kindred and tongue and

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people and nation, and has made us unto our God, kings and priests, and we shall reign on the earth.

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And I beheld and heard the voice of many, what is it, angels, rounded out the throne and the beast

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and the others, and the number of them was 10,000 times 10,000 and thousands of thousands,

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saying with a loud, vote, listen, if you don't like loud music, you're not going to like heaven.

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It's going to be loud. What's their new song? Worthy is the lamb that was slain to receive power

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and riches and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and blessing in every creature which is in

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heaven and on the earth and under the earth and such as are on the sea and all that are in them

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heard I say, blessing and honor and glory and power be unto him that sitteth upon the throne

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and unto the lamb forever and ever. And the four beasts said, what'd they say? Amen. And the four

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and 20 elders fell down and worshiped him that liveth forever and ever. Isn't that good?

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I said all of that to say this. If we are a little lower than the angels,

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if they're superior to us, and yet Jesus Christ has been given a greater name than they,

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he's the Son, they are worshipers, then shouldn't we tremble in the presence of God

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to worship him and honor him with our hearts and our lips and our lives? If he's the Son

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and their worshipers and they're a little bit above us, but he's far superior to them and us,

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shouldn't we offer him the best worship we possibly can? And worship isn't just what we do

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when we sing. And it's not just what we do when we gather here. Worship happens with our entire lives.

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Who's worthy? He is worthy. Who's unworthy? Point to who's unworthy.

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It's called grace. There's no one here that's better than anybody else in that sense.

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It's all level at the foot of the cross. Why is he worthy? Because he's the one who was slain.

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He has a better name. He's the only begotten of the Father. He's the only one that's resurrected

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out of his own power. And he said this because I live, you can live also. If he can resurrect

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himself out of the grave, he can resurrect you out of the grave. If he's the eternally existent one

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who sits on a throne as a king and will come back one day to conquer and to sit forever on that throne

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of David, to rule and to reign forever. And the angels are his servants. Shouldn't we serve him too?

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Teaching a Sunday's class. Helping out at the doors. Being kind to a neighbor.

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Speaking up with the gospel when it's more convenient to be silent. Who's worthy?

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He's worthy of our service. He's worthy of our worship. Jesus is greater. Shouldn't we worship?

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Shouldn't we worship rightly?

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When we gather together, the music isn't for you.

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Not really. Who's it for? It's for him. We're not worshiping ourselves. It's not about what we want.

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It's about him. When we serve each other. Here's what's so cool. God says, hey, serve me. Okay,

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Jesus, how do I serve you? Love other people. He doesn't need anything from us.

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He doesn't need anything from us. We need a lot from him. He says, when you give a cold cup of

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water in my name, you've done it to someone who needs it. You've done it unto me.

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He is worthy.

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Thou art worthy to take the book and to open the seals thereof. For Thou has slain

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and has redeemed us to God by the blood out of every kindred and tongue and people and nation.

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Every kindred and tongue and people and nation. Every kingdom and tongue and people and nation.

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Jesus died for you. Jesus died for you. He didn't just die for the Jews. He didn't just die for the

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pretty people. He didn't die for the people who were pretty moral. Just them. There's no one that's

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really that moral. We're all messed up. We're all messed up. We just have, we have different flavors

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of sins. Your sin flavor may not be my sin flavor, but Jesus died for me and he died for you.

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We ought to worship. We ought to serve if for no other reason than this Jesus did not die for any

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angels, but he came and died for you and for me. The Bible says this in Romans chapter 10.

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Who are, whosoever believeth in him shall not be ashamed. That word ashamed doesn't mean

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you won't be embarrassed by the fact that you believe in him. It means that if you put your

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trust in him, you put your full weight on him. He's never going to let you down. If he says

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you can be saved, put your call in the name of the Lord and you'll be saved.

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Believe in your heart that Jesus has lowered and confessed with your mouth.

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If you do that, if you put your faith in him, he won't let you down. He who comes to me, he says,

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I will in no wise cast out for whosoever, for whosoever, for whosoever shall call upon the name

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of the Lord shall be saved. He's way better than the angels. And when we acknowledge that he's who,

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he said he was and that he can take away our sin, that he was slain for our sins,

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we can know heaven as our home. And then as he makes us his kid,

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then he empowers us to live a life that honors him and to worship him and to serve him,

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a life that gives him glory and honor because of what he's done for us.

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Would you bow your heads and close your eyes on me this morning?

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Let me ask you a question. If you were to die today,