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Hi there. Welcome to NECF. We're excited to share

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to enrich your faith. Here's today's sermon.

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Let's have our seat once again. Matthew 16. When

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Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi,

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he asked his disciples, who do men say I, the

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son of Manam? So they said, some said John the

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Baptist, some Elijah, others Jeremiah, or one

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of the prophets. He said to them, but who do

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you say I am? Simon Peter answered and said,

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You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.

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Jesus answered and said to him, Blessed are you,

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Simon Bar -Jonah, for flesh and blood has not

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revealed this to you, but my Father who is in

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heaven. And I also say to you that you are Peter,

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and on this rock, I will build my church and

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the gates of Hades shall not prevail against

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it. And I will give you the keys of the kingdom

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of heaven. And whatever you bind on earth will

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be bound in heaven. And whatever you lose on

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earth will be loosed in heaven. Hallelujah. So

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we see the question that Jesus Christ asked.

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Who do men say? I, the son of man. Who do men

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say? Who do men say I, the son of man, am? Specifically

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what? The son of man. That word son of man is

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very important. And we're going to study this

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briefly. Who do men say I, the son of man, am?

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So Jesus asks about the son of man. He called

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himself what? The son of man. Who do men say

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the son of man is? But let's look at Peter's

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reply. Let's look at Peter's answer. But Peter

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called him what? He called him the Christ. Simon

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Peter answered, you are the Christ. So this son

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of man, Peter said is what? Is Christ. Is the

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Christ. And this Christ is what? Is he the son

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of man? What did he say? He's the son of the

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living God. So the man, the son of man that Jesus

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asked about, Peter, by revelation, called him

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what? He called him the Christ. Amen? The Christ,

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the son of who? Of the living God. The Christ,

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son of the living God. What does Christ mean?

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Of course it means the Messiah, the anointed.

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The anointed. The one that has been anointed

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for a purpose. And the purpose is what? It's

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redemption. So where will Peter get this understanding

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about the Christ from? What is the source of

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his revelation? What is the source of his information

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about the Christ? Father, I don't know who will

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see Jesus who will say that flesh and blood has

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not what? Has not revealed his truth to you.

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But who? But my father who is in heaven. So Peter's

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revelation about the Christ, about the son of

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man, is from the scriptures. The Bible didn't

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report to us that suddenly Peter went into a

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trance. Right? He went into a supernatural experience.

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The Bible didn't tell us that Peter just fell

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on the ground. And then something, you know,

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happened. You know, there was a cloud and smoke.

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And then, you know, he had a voice. No, no, no,

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no, no, no. Peter responded that you are the

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Christ. The son of the living God. So it was

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not an angelic visitation he had. Or sort of

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an experience that is spooky in nature. But Peter's

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confession is what? Is faith. Peter's confession

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is faith in what the scripture has said about

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the Messiah. About who the Christ is. This is

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what is called revelation. agreeing with what

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the scripture has said, seeing from the perspective

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of scriptural prophecies, the prophecies that

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have been said about the Christ. He believed

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this prophecy. And this is the revelation that

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Peter had. Now, this is not the only place we

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see this confession. In John chapter 1, Chapter

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1. Let's go back to John chapter 1. We see a

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similar situation where. A similar confession

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was made. John chapter 1 verse 43. Where Philip

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and Nathaniel were. John chapter 1 verse 43 to

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45. The following day Jesus wanted to go to Galilee.

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And he found Philip. and said to him, follow

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me. Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of

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Andrew and Peter. Philip found Nathaniel and

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said to him, we have found him. Wait a minute.

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They have what? They have found him. So it means

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that they were looking for a him. They were expecting

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someone. Because without expectation, they will

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not say we are found. They were expecting someone.

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Philip found Nathanael and said to him, we have

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found him of whom Moses in the law and also the

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prophets wrote, Jesus of Nazareth. The son of

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who? The son of Joseph. The son of Joseph revealing

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His what? His biological what? His biological

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family. Let me use the word biological family.

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Human family. The son of Joseph. And Nathaniel

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said to him, can anything good come out of Nazareth?

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Philip said to him, come and see. Come and see.

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So we see here that there was an expectation.

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And their expectation is from what? It's from

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the prophecies of scripture. It's from what the

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prophets have written. It's from what Moses have

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written. It's from what the prophets have written

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concerning the Christ. Concerning the Christ.

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We have found him of whom Moses in the law and

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also the prophets wrote, Jesus of Nazareth, the

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son of Joseph. And Nathanael said to him, can

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anything good come out of Nazareth? Philip said

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to him, come and see. So Jesus saw Nathanael

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coming towards him and said of him, behold an

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Israelite indeed whom is no deceit. Amen. So

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the revelation of Peter is what? Is a revelation

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of scripture. Peter's confession. Is from the

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writings of Moses. Is from his understanding

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of what? Of the writings of the prophets. Peter

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confessed the son of the living God. The son

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of the living God. The Christ from God. Meaning

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that he is from heaven. The son of the living

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God. Meaning that. Jesus. Is the Christ. And

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what the prophets have said about the Christ.

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Is a word. That he is a son of God. What the

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prophets have written in their prophecies. In

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their teachings. In their ministry. Is that word.

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That the Christ. Will be called the son of God.

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The Christ. Will be the son of God. And what

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Bible verse is in the prophets, in the Psalms,

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where Peter believed that the Messiah would be

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called the Son of God? How did he come to the

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conclusion that Jesus is the Son of God? Remember

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what Jesus asked, number one, Jesus asked about

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what? About who men say the Son of Man is. But

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Peter, Say he is the son of God. So how did Peter

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come to this conclusion about Jesus, the son

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of God? Psalms 2 verse 7. Psalms 2 verse 7. In

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the prophecy of David, he says, I will declare

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the degree. The Lord has said to me, you are

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my son. Today, I have what? I have begotten you.

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We can see properly, referenced by other writers

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in the New Testament. For example, now, in Paul's

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sermon at Antioch in Acts chapter 13, verse 33.

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I just want to show to us, you know, some of

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the instances. In the writings of the prophets,

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where there is a revelation that the Christ is

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going to be called the Son of God. Hallelujah.

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And in Acts 13, verse 33, we see where Paul was

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preaching. He says, God has fulfilled this for

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us, their children, in that he has raised up

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Jesus, as it is also written in the second Psalm.

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So he's calling Jesus, he's connecting Jesus

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to who? To the prophecy that was written in the

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Psalms. That Jesus is the son of God. That Jesus,

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who they know as the son of Joseph, that Jesus,

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whom they know as the son of who? Of Mary, as

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it is written, you are my son, today I have begotten

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you. We also see Hebrews chapter 1. Hebrews chapter

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1. Making reference to that as well. Hebrews

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chapter 1. Hebrews chapter 1 verse 1. God who

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at various times and in various ways spoke in

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the time past to the fathers by the prophets.

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Has in these last days spoken to us by his son.

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Whom he has appointed heir of all things through

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whom also he made the worlds. Who being the brightness

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of his glory. And the express image of his person.

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And upholding all things by the word of his power.

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When he had by himself put out our sins. Sat

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down at the right hand. Of the majesty on high.

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Having become so much better than the angels.

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As he has. By inheritance. Obtained a more excellent

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name. Than they. For to which. Of the angels

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said he ever. He ever say. You are my son. You

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are my son. Today. I have begotten you. And again.

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I will be to him a father and he shall be to

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me a son. Emphasizing that the Messiah, the Christ

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who is a man is also the son of God. Isaiah chapter

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9 verse 6 we see also all these texts speaks

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of the Messiah, speaks of the Christ. Isaiah

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9 verse 6 says, For unto us a child is born,

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unto us a son is given, and the government will

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be upon his shoulders, and his name shall be

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Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting

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Father, Prince of Peace. So, The information

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or the revelation that Peter has is actually

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an understanding of what of the writings of the

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prophets. It's because he exercised faith in

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what the prophets have written about the Messiah.

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Because he believed in all that the prophets

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have said about the Messiah. So why is Jesus

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referred to as a son of God? And also the son

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of man. Why is he the son of God at the same

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time the son of man? Is it a confusion? Is it

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a challenge with the identity of Jesus? We must

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know him first as a son of man. We must also

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know him as a son of God. We must know this identity

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about Christ. That he is the son of God. And

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also, The son of man. In several scriptures,

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we will see that Jesus will often refer to himself

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as the son of God. Jesus is often referred to

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as the son of God. And this son of God is highlighting

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his divine nature. It's showing that Jesus is

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divine. Alright? Jesus, the son of God, the phrase

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Jesus, the son of God, Reveals to us. That he

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is what? He is divine. Meaning that he is of

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a divine nature. Meaning that he is from God.

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Meaning that he is God. It highlights his divine

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origin. And relationship with God. The father.

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The son of God. We see this in Matthew. Several

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scriptures that call him the son of God. Matthew

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chapter 3 was starting. Matthew chapter 3 was

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starting. Then Jesus came from Galilee to John.

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At baptism to be baptized by him. And John tried

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to prevent him saying. I need to be baptized

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by you. And to be baptized by you. And you are

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coming to me. But Jesus answered and said to

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him, permit me to do so now. For thus it is fitting

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for us to fulfill all righteousness. Then he

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allowed him. 16. When he had been baptized, Jesus

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came up immediately from the water. And behold,

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the heavens were opened to him. And he saw. Now

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John saw this. Saw this picture. Saw this revelation.

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He saw the spirit of God. descending like a dove,

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alighting upon him. And this is the voice he

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heard. And suddenly a voice came from heaven

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saying, this is my son in whom I am well pleased.

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So at the baptism we see Jesus, the son of who?

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The son of God. The father confirming that this

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is my son, that Jesus is the son of God. And

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of course we see Peter's... Confession, Matthew

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16, 16. John chapter 1, verse 34. John chapter

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1, verse 34. John the Baptist. John chapter 1,

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verse 34. Let's see. John 1, 34. And I have seen

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and testified that this is what This is the son

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of God. This is John's confession about Jesus.

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John the Baptist. The baptizer. That this is

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the son of God. Martha's confession. John chapter

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11 verse 27. She said to him. Yes Lord. I have

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believed you. I have believed that you are. the

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Christ yes you are the Christ the son of God

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who is to come into the world I believe you that

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you are what that you are the Christ the son

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of who son of God who is come into the world

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the purpose of John's gospel John chapter 20

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verse 31 this is not this is John Who wrote the

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book of John? Not John the Baptist. Amen? John

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20, verse 31. But these are written that you

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may what? That you may believe. So the purpose

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of writing the book of John is that you may believe

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that Jesus is what? Is the Christ, the Son of

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God. And that believing you may have life in

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his name. Hallelujah. So, I want you to notice

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something. That the confession of men about Jesus

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is that he is the son of God. Hardly will you

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see, except the Pharisees, that will refer to

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Jesus Christ as the son of Joseph. Amen? Let

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me repeat what I just said. Hardly will you see

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any man referring to Jesus Christ as the son

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of Joseph or, I mean, calling him the son of

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man. Let me use the word, the terminology, son

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of man. Son of man. Hardly will you see anyone

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call Jesus son of man. But what we see littered

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around scriptures, confessions and understanding

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that Jesus Christ is what? Is the son of who?

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The son of God. Now, Jesus referred himself to

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as the son of man. And this emphasizes his humanity.

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All right? Jesus is a son of God. By revelation,

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we see he's a son of God. And Jesus is also what?

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He's also the son of man. And Jesus being the

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son of man emphasizes his humanity. And also

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his role as the prophesied Messiah. The Messiah

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was to be a man. Amen? The Messiah is to be what?

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Is to be a man. Daniel chapter 7 verse 13 speaks

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about this Messiah. Daniel chapter 7 verse 13

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to 14. Look at Daniel's revelation. I was watching

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in the night visions. And behold one like what?

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Like the son of God. Like the son of man. Coming

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with the clouds of heaven. And he came to the

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ancient of days. And I brought him near before

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him. Then to him was given dominion and glory

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and the kingdom. That all peoples, nations and

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languages should serve him. His dominion is an

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everlasting dominion. Which shall not pass away.

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And his kingdom. The one which shall not be destroyed.

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Hallelujah. So what Daniel saw was what? Was

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a son of man. Amen. In his vision he saw what?

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He saw man. He saw a man. Hallelujah. He saw

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a man. Meaning that they want to come and this

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with other scriptures, we'll look at it, we'll

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see prophecies that the Messiah is going to be

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a man. Hallelujah. So Jesus is what? He's a son

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of God. Jesus is what? He's a son of man. Matthew

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8 20. Jesus, the son of man, where he calls himself

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the son of man. Matthew 8, 20. And Jesus said

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to him, foxes have holes and birds of the air

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have nests. But the son of man has nowhere to

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lay his head. It seems to me, oftentimes in scripture,

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When Jesus Christ is speaking to the disciples,

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he's speaking to people, he's teaching disciples,

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he always refers himself as a son of man. Alright?

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And when he talks to the Pharisees, he always

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wants to confirm to them that he's a son of God.

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I studied and I saw this consistency. Amen? Before

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the people he wants to relate himself and show

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them that he is a man that has come, that has

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been prophesied and he should die for their sins.

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And then to the rebellious because they see him

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only as what? As a son of Joseph. He always wants

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to show to them that he is the son of God. So,

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Matthew 8, 20. Yes, we just read this. Matthew

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12, verse 8. Matthew 12, verse 8. Matthew 12,

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verse 8. For the Son of Man is Lord even of the

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Sabbath. So, Jesus called himself the Son of

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Man when he performed a miracle on the Sabbath

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and then, you know, they complained, right? Matthew

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20 verse 28. Matthew 20 verse 28. Son of man,

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Jesus the son of man. Matthew 20 verse 28. Just

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as the son of man did not come to be served,

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but to serve and to give his life a ransom for

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many. So the son of man came to serve and to

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give his life a ransom for many. Matthew 26,

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64. Jesus said to him, it is as you said. Nevertheless,

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I say to you, hereafter you will see the Son

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of Man sitting at the right hand of the power

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and coming on the clouds of heaven. Clouds of

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heaven. The Son of Man. John 1 .51. John 1 .51.

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And he said to him, Most assuredly, I say to

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you, hereafter you shall see heaven opened and

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angels of God ascending and descending upon the

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Son of Man. So there are many scriptures. We

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see Jesus speaks this title about himself, the

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Son of Man, about 80 to 90 times across the Gospels.

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That's how much he kept emphasizing that he's

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the Son of Man. That's how important it is. Only

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two references will see where it is that in the

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Bible that is a non -Jesus reference. That is

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only two occasions in the scriptures will see

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where Jesus was said to be the son of man. That

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is not he himself that was professing. First

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one is Stephen. In Acts 7, verse 56, where Stephen

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referred to him as the son of man. Acts 7, verse

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56. And said, look, I see the heavens open and

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the son of man standing at the right hand of

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God. Right? And also one in Revelation. Revelation

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1, 13. And Revelation 14, 14. Give me Revelation

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1, 13. Let's see. A non -Jesus reference of himself

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as the son of man. Revelation 1, 13. And in the

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midst of the seven lampstands, one like the son

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of man, clothed with a garment down to the feet

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and guided about the chest with a golden band.

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And then 1414, his head and hair were white like

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wool, as white as snow. And his eyes, 1414, sorry,

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not 114, 1414. Then I look and behold a white

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cloud on the... A white cloud and on the cloud

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sat one like the son of man having on his head

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a golden crown in his hand and a sharp sickle.

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So John here referred to him in the revelation

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of John actually as the son of man. And we see

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Stephen also in Acts 7 verse 56 referring to

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him. But majority, about 80 to 90 times, depending

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on the translation you have, Jesus calls himself

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what? He calls himself the son of man. How important

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is this? How important is this revelation to

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us? We who will be the ministers. Who are the

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ministers rather? Who are the preachers of the

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gospel? How important is this revelation to us?

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We must see him as what? As a son of God. We

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must see him as what? As a son of God. And also

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what? A son of man. How is Jesus the son of man?

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How is he the son of man? At the same time, the

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son of God. Or sometimes we hear this debate.

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Why should God have a son? Right? Does he have

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a wife? Some of you have gone out for evangelism.

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And some of the questions you encounter is how

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can God have a wife? What you're saying is that

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if he has a son, then he must have a wife. Which

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means that what you people are believing is not

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true. God cannot have a son. It's impossible

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for God to have a son. So we must have better

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answers for those caliber of people that we face.

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We must have a good reply. As we go out to teach

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by the power of the Holy Spirit. It's an important

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question that we'll see, especially when we're

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dealing with non -believers. Now, this brings

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us to the concept of what? Of the Trinity. Alright?

00:31:26.769 --> 00:31:30.950
Jesus, the Son of Man. Jesus, the Son of God.

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And also the idea of God, the Father, right?

00:31:38.730 --> 00:31:43.730
Having a son, and then we see another one added,

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the Holy Spirit. And oftentimes, it seems as

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though we have three different gods. Amen? And

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if we confront the world, This is some of the

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things that we'll confront. The humanity of Jesus.

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Alright? If you say he is God, then he is not

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a man. Then you've made him not to be a man.

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But he was born somewhere in Bethlehem. So how

00:32:22.380 --> 00:32:25.579
can you see that an Israelite, that we know his

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father, we know his mother, we know history has

00:32:28.799 --> 00:32:31.630
proved that He was on the face of the earth.

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How can you say he is God? There is no way in

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scriptures, unequivocally, the word they use,

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that Jesus has said that he is the son of God.

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So how are we claiming that he is the son of

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God? And to add it to the confusion, even some

00:32:53.309 --> 00:32:57.730
denominations in court, they say that he is a

00:32:57.730 --> 00:33:05.829
what? He is a God. Of course, we can't call them

00:33:05.829 --> 00:33:10.630
Christians. See, the fundamentals of the faith

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must be understood by all of us here. Are we

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together? Don't say, oh, you know, let me tell

00:33:20.009 --> 00:33:22.390
you how they used to teach us this. When they

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reached this place, they would tell us, you know,

00:33:23.789 --> 00:33:29.799
it's a mystery we cannot understand. When they

00:33:29.799 --> 00:33:34.119
mystify it, it's because they don't know how

00:33:34.119 --> 00:33:39.500
to explain it. Alright? So I want you not to

00:33:39.500 --> 00:33:42.920
just go out and say it's a mystery. Mystery is

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something that has explanation in scriptures.

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Are we together? Mystery, we'll see later, is

00:33:49.660 --> 00:33:53.200
to unbelievers. But to us who are in Christ,

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there is an explanation for everything in scripture.

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God always wants to reveal himself to us. Are

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we together? So you must know who God is. And

00:34:09.980 --> 00:34:12.500
the way he reveals himself to us is through the

00:34:12.500 --> 00:34:18.280
revelation of scripture. Hallelujah. So how about

00:34:18.280 --> 00:34:24.840
the idea of Trinity? God the Father. God the

00:34:24.840 --> 00:34:28.869
Son. God the Holy Spirit. Now it's important

00:34:28.869 --> 00:34:33.909
for us to note that, you know, as Pastor Victor

00:34:33.909 --> 00:34:38.650
said, there are others that pretend to be Christians.

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They are not Christians, of course. We know it's

00:34:40.369 --> 00:34:47.750
pretense. They deny that Jesus is God. They hold

00:34:47.750 --> 00:34:53.269
that Jesus is just one of the prophets. And some

00:34:53.269 --> 00:34:56.440
will debate that there are no... unequivocal

00:34:56.440 --> 00:35:00.679
text in the Bible in which Jesus calls himself

00:35:00.679 --> 00:35:04.380
God. Meaning that there's no text in which Jesus

00:35:04.380 --> 00:35:09.199
comes and says, I am God. Worship me. Some of

00:35:09.199 --> 00:35:11.320
you have looked at some debates. Show me from

00:35:11.320 --> 00:35:13.800
the Bible where Jesus calls himself God. And

00:35:13.800 --> 00:35:16.460
that's one of the debates the Muslims always

00:35:16.460 --> 00:35:19.039
hold. They will tell you, show me in the Bible

00:35:19.039 --> 00:35:22.440
in red letter words where Jesus calls himself

00:35:22.440 --> 00:35:28.409
God. And then you'll be downfounded. How can

00:35:28.409 --> 00:35:42.570
I tell this one now that Jesus is God? So I'm

00:35:42.570 --> 00:35:44.510
all on the idea that what? That we Christians

00:35:44.510 --> 00:35:47.949
worship three different gods. We worship God

00:35:47.949 --> 00:35:51.510
the Father. We worship God the Son. And we also

00:35:51.510 --> 00:35:58.900
worship what? God the Holy Spirit. And to add

00:35:58.900 --> 00:36:02.280
it even, to make it even worse, some Christians

00:36:02.280 --> 00:36:05.780
believe that right now, you know, once upon a

00:36:05.780 --> 00:36:10.579
time, God was in church. Right? Then God handed

00:36:10.579 --> 00:36:12.400
over the world to Jesus Christ, and Jesus was

00:36:12.400 --> 00:36:15.420
in church. Now, Jesus has handed it over to the

00:36:15.420 --> 00:36:16.940
Holy Spirit, so the Holy Spirit is the one that

00:36:16.940 --> 00:36:23.440
is in church now. And some people have said,

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I've heard this from a very respectable man,

00:36:25.820 --> 00:36:32.159
man of God. He says, And I tried to think about

00:36:32.159 --> 00:36:35.440
it. It says that you can have a relationship

00:36:35.440 --> 00:36:43.139
with Jesus alone. Alright? And have a relationship

00:36:43.139 --> 00:36:46.500
with the Holy Spirit alone. And have a relationship

00:36:46.500 --> 00:36:49.360
with God the Father alone. And I was wondering,

00:36:49.440 --> 00:36:54.320
how is it possible? When you pray, you can pray

00:36:54.320 --> 00:37:00.190
to God. You can pray to the Holy Spirit. You

00:37:00.190 --> 00:37:03.730
can pray to Jesus. And nowadays, they added,

00:37:03.769 --> 00:37:07.530
you can pray to somebody that will talk to Jesus

00:37:07.530 --> 00:37:11.530
for us. You know what I'm saying? The mother

00:37:11.530 --> 00:37:16.309
of Jesus and some of the saints of old, they

00:37:16.309 --> 00:37:20.130
added them as part of the, it's no longer trinity.

00:37:21.289 --> 00:37:30.800
It's a system. It's a chain of command. Now,

00:37:30.860 --> 00:37:35.619
it's essential that to note that in the Bible,

00:37:35.719 --> 00:37:38.079
there's no word. We always tell you this. Even

00:37:38.079 --> 00:37:39.619
when we're talking about the issue of rapture,

00:37:39.659 --> 00:37:40.940
we started teaching you about rapture in the

00:37:40.940 --> 00:37:45.659
sermon. We said in the Bible, there's no word.

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You will not see the word rapture. It's a coin

00:37:48.219 --> 00:37:52.519
word, right? But we'll have an idea of what it

00:37:52.519 --> 00:37:56.570
means. But also, in the Bible, You will not see

00:37:56.570 --> 00:38:01.630
the word Trinity in the Bible. Okay? You will

00:38:01.630 --> 00:38:04.409
not see the word Trinity in the Bible. But it

00:38:04.409 --> 00:38:09.050
does not mean that it does not exist. It is a

00:38:09.050 --> 00:38:13.610
coin term to describe God the Father, the Son,

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and the Holy Spirit as expressed in the Scripture,

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throughout the Scripture. So, The first thing

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that I want us to establish, first and foremost,

00:38:27.130 --> 00:38:32.530
concerning this idea of God the Father, God the

00:38:32.530 --> 00:38:37.150
Son, God the Holy Spirit, is that God is what?

00:38:37.170 --> 00:38:46.230
God is one. Amen? God is what? God is what? God

00:38:46.230 --> 00:38:51.730
is one. We worship what? We worship one God.

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Deuteronomy chapter 6 verse 4. We worship one

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God. Hear O Israel. The Lord our God is what?

00:39:08.260 --> 00:39:15.460
Is one. Alright. So we don't worship three gods.

00:39:16.340 --> 00:39:21.260
But we worship what? We worship one God. Then

00:39:21.260 --> 00:39:24.929
the question is how comes Jesus is God? At the

00:39:24.929 --> 00:39:28.269
same time, the Holy Spirit is equally God. How

00:39:28.269 --> 00:39:32.230
do we explain this mystery in court? How do we

00:39:32.230 --> 00:39:40.489
explain this mystery? This one God exists in

00:39:40.489 --> 00:39:46.829
three persons. This one God as seen in Deuteronomy

00:39:46.829 --> 00:39:52.309
chapter 6 verse 4 as explained by Moses and consistently

00:39:52.309 --> 00:39:57.619
by the prophets. exists in what? In three persons.

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God the Father is God. God the Son is also God.

00:40:04.739 --> 00:40:11.559
And God the Holy Spirit is also God. Now, this

00:40:11.559 --> 00:40:17.199
concept about the triune nature of God can only,

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if you're sleeping, please wake up. If your neighbor

00:40:19.320 --> 00:40:23.889
is sleeping, wake up. This triune nature of God

00:40:23.889 --> 00:40:40.929
can only be explained through the context of

00:40:40.929 --> 00:40:48.090
God's redemption work. Outside this, it will

00:40:48.090 --> 00:40:51.809
be difficult for you to explain this. I've heard

00:40:51.809 --> 00:40:57.369
people say, you know, think of water. They try

00:40:57.369 --> 00:41:00.949
to use science to explain the trinity. Think

00:41:00.949 --> 00:41:03.449
of water. Water can exist in what? Different

00:41:03.449 --> 00:41:07.750
forms and different shapes. Water can exist in

00:41:07.750 --> 00:41:13.889
liquid form. Water can exist in what? In solid

00:41:13.889 --> 00:41:18.070
form, ice, right? Water can exist in what? Gaseous

00:41:18.070 --> 00:41:23.179
form, vapor. All is water. So the water can evaporate

00:41:23.179 --> 00:41:25.800
when there's heat, can solidify when the temperature

00:41:25.800 --> 00:41:30.500
is what? It's minus something degrees. So they

00:41:30.500 --> 00:41:34.820
try to use this scientific method to explain.

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If I begin to, if I go to the lab, if water,

00:41:43.280 --> 00:41:45.119
let me ask this question. Let's just do some

00:41:45.119 --> 00:41:49.659
little chemistry. If water, right, you have water

00:41:49.659 --> 00:41:55.880
in a cup. And then it solidifies, right? Or let's

00:41:55.880 --> 00:41:58.860
start with liquid form, right? And then it evaporates.

00:42:01.260 --> 00:42:03.039
Will you still have the same quantity in your

00:42:03.039 --> 00:42:10.599
possession? Assuming that in the lab, you are

00:42:10.599 --> 00:42:13.300
putting shit and then let it evaporate. And then

00:42:13.300 --> 00:42:17.280
you condense it, right? And then you solidify

00:42:17.280 --> 00:42:19.519
it by freezing it. Will you still have the same

00:42:19.519 --> 00:42:24.170
water? So if you go scientifically, can we really

00:42:24.170 --> 00:42:28.289
explain the Trinity and say it's the same? Same

00:42:28.289 --> 00:42:34.829
quantity? Same properties? Of course. Not what?

00:42:35.929 --> 00:42:38.809
I'm not a chemist. Help me, chemist. He said

00:42:38.809 --> 00:42:44.710
not the same properties. So this is limited in

00:42:44.710 --> 00:42:47.550
explaining what? You see, people are beginning

00:42:47.550 --> 00:42:52.150
to draw a water cycle now. It's limited in explaining

00:42:52.150 --> 00:42:57.670
the Trinity. Hallelujah. So you cannot go with

00:42:57.670 --> 00:43:02.110
this knowledge to a scientist, seasoned scientist,

00:43:02.110 --> 00:43:04.849
not the quack ones we have around, seasoned scientist,

00:43:05.110 --> 00:43:08.329
not the ones that Google and use Chagibit. To

00:43:08.329 --> 00:43:13.750
explain God, it will be not efficient to explain

00:43:13.750 --> 00:43:19.480
God. So, We cannot explain God outside the way

00:43:19.480 --> 00:43:21.679
scriptures has presented God. That's what I want

00:43:21.679 --> 00:43:26.840
to say. Are we together? And it is in the context

00:43:26.840 --> 00:43:32.219
of his redemptive work. This concept can be best

00:43:32.219 --> 00:43:35.820
understood in the context of God's redemptive

00:43:35.820 --> 00:43:46.860
work for humanity. Alright? It is in the context

00:43:46.860 --> 00:43:50.440
of God's redemption walk that we can best see

00:43:50.440 --> 00:43:54.300
the expression of God as the Father, the Son,

00:43:54.480 --> 00:43:59.340
and the Holy Spirit. All walking as one. Because

00:43:59.340 --> 00:44:03.300
God is one. Now in Romans chapter 6 verse 23

00:44:03.300 --> 00:44:07.760
says that the wages of sin is what? Is death.

00:44:09.920 --> 00:44:13.280
The wages of sin is death. Sin is found in man.

00:44:13.820 --> 00:44:18.099
But man becomes helpless in saving himself. Isn't

00:44:18.099 --> 00:44:24.579
it? Only God can deal with the issue of man's

00:44:24.579 --> 00:44:31.840
sin. God has to become a man so that he can die

00:44:31.840 --> 00:44:36.940
for the forgiveness of the sins of man. Because

00:44:36.940 --> 00:44:44.860
no man can save himself from sin. No human effort

00:44:44.860 --> 00:44:49.159
can deliver man. The problem of sin is not a

00:44:49.159 --> 00:44:55.840
problem that man can resolve by himself. The

00:44:55.840 --> 00:45:01.380
condition that sin has brought to man is not

00:45:01.380 --> 00:45:04.960
a condition that a man, I mean without God, right?

00:45:05.019 --> 00:45:10.019
Man without God can restore. It's only God that

00:45:10.019 --> 00:45:17.489
can restore that. Amen? And there is legality

00:45:17.489 --> 00:45:21.409
around the idea because the wages of sin is what?

00:45:21.469 --> 00:45:24.409
Is death. The penalty of sin is what? Is death.

00:45:29.489 --> 00:45:34.030
So sin must be dealt with by law. Sin must be

00:45:34.030 --> 00:45:40.010
atoned. Sin must be paid in full so that man

00:45:40.010 --> 00:45:44.099
can be restored back to what? To God. Man can

00:45:44.099 --> 00:45:49.519
be redeemed to God. Man can be restored to God.

00:45:51.639 --> 00:45:57.480
Only God can do that by himself. And the only

00:45:57.480 --> 00:46:00.460
way that can be done is when there is a what?

00:46:00.599 --> 00:46:04.659
A death. Because the capital punishment for sin

00:46:04.659 --> 00:46:11.260
is what? Is death. Amen? It's not like our governments

00:46:11.260 --> 00:46:12.940
of today where the governor can just wake up

00:46:12.940 --> 00:46:17.780
one day and say, okay, I choose to, I'm happy,

00:46:17.860 --> 00:46:19.380
I just woke up on the right side of the bed,

00:46:19.420 --> 00:46:21.860
I choose to cancel death penalty and release

00:46:21.860 --> 00:46:25.500
these prisoners. No. In God's justice system,

00:46:25.860 --> 00:46:32.059
the wages of sin is what? Is death. Someone sin,

00:46:32.300 --> 00:46:38.380
right? Someone must die. That is God's judgment.

00:46:38.579 --> 00:46:41.440
That is God's legal, that is God's justice system.

00:46:43.019 --> 00:46:46.300
So, since this man is now helpless, no one can

00:46:46.300 --> 00:46:50.460
save man. Then God decided to do what? To become

00:46:50.460 --> 00:46:57.760
man. Amen? God decided to save man by what? By

00:46:57.760 --> 00:47:02.019
becoming man. Because only God can deal with

00:47:02.019 --> 00:47:05.940
the issue of man's sin. God has to become a man

00:47:05.940 --> 00:47:10.739
so that he can die for the forgiveness of the

00:47:10.739 --> 00:47:17.820
sin of man. Because God is a spirit. Amen? God

00:47:17.820 --> 00:47:21.219
is spirit. And we know that spirit cannot die.

00:47:22.599 --> 00:47:26.420
Alright? So, don't pray that demons should die.

00:47:26.500 --> 00:47:28.820
They will not die. They don't die. Jesus did

00:47:28.820 --> 00:47:30.460
not ask you to kill spirits. He said you should

00:47:30.460 --> 00:47:34.469
cast them out. So spirits are eternal. Demons

00:47:34.469 --> 00:47:37.449
are eternal. They are eternal beings. They don't

00:47:37.449 --> 00:47:40.130
die. They don't have physical body like you and

00:47:40.130 --> 00:47:45.389
me. Are we together? So we do what? We cast them

00:47:45.389 --> 00:47:50.989
out. God is spirit. God cannot die. So the only

00:47:50.989 --> 00:47:53.730
way by which God can fulfill the demands of the

00:47:53.730 --> 00:48:00.400
law is by becoming a man and then dying. Then

00:48:00.400 --> 00:48:06.840
he paid for the sin that man has committed. And

00:48:06.840 --> 00:48:11.099
fulfilling that load, what the Lord demands,

00:48:11.480 --> 00:48:16.159
gives legality for man to have a relationship

00:48:16.159 --> 00:48:19.659
with God. For man to be redeemed because redemption

00:48:19.659 --> 00:48:24.739
has a price and the price is life. Hallelujah.

00:48:25.559 --> 00:48:33.880
So a man Must die because of sin. But since spirit

00:48:33.880 --> 00:48:36.179
cannot die. God has to take on the form of man.

00:48:36.500 --> 00:48:43.860
To fulfill the legal requirement for sin. So

00:48:43.860 --> 00:48:47.099
in the four gospels. We will see God almighty.

00:48:49.440 --> 00:48:53.659
God almighty. Becoming a man through the process.

00:48:54.679 --> 00:48:58.429
The process of what? The process of incarnation.

00:48:59.809 --> 00:49:06.090
Incarnation means the divine taking over humanity.

00:49:08.349 --> 00:49:19.769
Amen. So, we cannot say Jesus was what? Was born,

00:49:19.869 --> 00:49:26.150
right? Because he existed before even Mary. By

00:49:26.150 --> 00:49:29.309
revelation, we will see what? We will see his

00:49:29.309 --> 00:49:35.670
appearance in the flesh. Amen? We will see his

00:49:35.670 --> 00:49:38.690
appearance in the flesh. What we call the incarnation.

00:49:42.849 --> 00:49:48.130
Becoming a man. And he used Mary as a legal entry

00:49:48.130 --> 00:49:54.309
into the earth. Okay? So Mary becomes a legal

00:49:54.309 --> 00:50:02.679
entry. A point of entry into the earth. So when

00:50:02.679 --> 00:50:11.860
he was born in human flesh he grew up as a normal

00:50:11.860 --> 00:50:16.260
human because when you decide to say that he

00:50:16.260 --> 00:50:21.480
was not a normal human being then the requirements

00:50:21.480 --> 00:50:25.880
of the law have not been met. So Jesus Christ

00:50:25.880 --> 00:50:28.699
grew up as a normal human being, just like you

00:50:28.699 --> 00:50:35.340
and I. Having similar limitations like men. What

00:50:35.340 --> 00:50:38.059
are the limitations? A man is limited by what?

00:50:38.860 --> 00:50:44.019
By time. Alright? You don't have 24 hours. So

00:50:44.019 --> 00:50:50.320
he was under 24 hours as we are. He was limited

00:50:50.320 --> 00:50:56.840
by what? By distance. He cannot be in Nigeria

00:50:56.840 --> 00:51:00.840
and be in Israel at the same time. So he was

00:51:00.840 --> 00:51:06.480
limited by space and distance. While he was on

00:51:06.480 --> 00:51:11.940
earth, he was even limited by knowledge. That

00:51:11.940 --> 00:51:15.539
is why he had to learn the scriptures himself.

00:51:18.599 --> 00:51:25.150
Amen? He grew in what? In wisdom. Luke 2 .52.

00:51:25.610 --> 00:51:28.469
The Bible will say he grew in what? In wisdom.

00:51:30.030 --> 00:51:37.570
He grew in stature and in favor with God and

00:51:37.570 --> 00:51:41.630
with men. He grew in wisdom. Wisdom simply means

00:51:41.630 --> 00:51:54.369
that he grew in education. We see oftentimes

00:51:54.369 --> 00:51:56.869
Jesus in the temple learning scriptures, right?

00:51:58.750 --> 00:52:01.050
Learning scriptures, asking questions and answering

00:52:01.050 --> 00:52:15.929
questions. Let's look at Luke 52. So he was just

00:52:15.929 --> 00:52:30.059
a normal child. circumcised like any other Jewish

00:52:30.059 --> 00:52:34.039
kid, presented at a temple like any other Jewish

00:52:34.039 --> 00:52:51.139
kid. Verse 41, chapter 2, verse 41, Luke 2, verse

00:52:51.139 --> 00:52:54.440
41. His parents went to Jerusalem every year

00:52:54.440 --> 00:52:57.230
at the feast of the Passover. And when he was

00:52:57.230 --> 00:53:00.750
12 years old, they went up to Jerusalem according

00:53:00.750 --> 00:53:04.409
to the custom of the feast. When they had finished

00:53:04.409 --> 00:53:09.289
the days as they returned, the boy Jesus lingered

00:53:09.289 --> 00:53:13.829
behind in Jerusalem. And Joseph and his mother

00:53:13.829 --> 00:53:19.110
did not know it. But supposing him to have been

00:53:19.110 --> 00:53:24.929
in the company, they went a day's journey. And

00:53:24.929 --> 00:53:27.250
sought him among their relatives and acquaintances.

00:53:28.909 --> 00:53:31.269
So when they did not find him. They returned

00:53:31.269 --> 00:53:35.289
to Jerusalem seeking him. Now it was that after

00:53:35.289 --> 00:53:38.449
three days. They found him in the temple. What

00:53:38.449 --> 00:53:43.170
was he doing in the temple? Sitting where? In

00:53:43.170 --> 00:53:47.409
the midst of what? Of the teachers. Doing what?

00:53:48.070 --> 00:53:51.289
Listening. Both listening to them. And what?

00:53:52.010 --> 00:53:55.780
And asking questions. Jesus was not only listening.

00:53:55.900 --> 00:53:59.539
He was listening and taking notes. And then he

00:53:59.539 --> 00:54:01.420
was asking questions. Why was he asking questions?

00:54:01.880 --> 00:54:09.519
At this point, to know. Hallelujah. To know.

00:54:12.340 --> 00:54:20.880
So when they saw him, they were amazed. No, verse

00:54:20.880 --> 00:54:24.090
47. And all who heard him were astonished. At

00:54:24.090 --> 00:54:27.429
his understanding. And answers. He was a smart

00:54:27.429 --> 00:54:32.429
kid. So when they saw him. They were amazed.

00:54:32.769 --> 00:54:38.250
And his mother said to him. Son. Why have you

00:54:38.250 --> 00:54:41.909
done this to us? Look. Your father and I have

00:54:41.909 --> 00:54:48.010
sought out. I have sought you anxiously. And

00:54:48.010 --> 00:54:51.110
he said to them. Why did you seek me? Did you

00:54:51.110 --> 00:54:54.539
not know? That I must be. About my father's business.

00:54:57.219 --> 00:55:00.300
But they did not understand. The statement which

00:55:00.300 --> 00:55:03.539
he spoke to them. Then he went down with them.

00:55:04.579 --> 00:55:08.440
Came to Nazareth. And was subject to them. That

00:55:08.440 --> 00:55:11.480
means that he was. Under their authority. His

00:55:11.480 --> 00:55:18.460
father and his mother. And all this. And then

00:55:18.460 --> 00:55:21.199
his mother. Kept all these things in her heart.

00:55:21.929 --> 00:55:24.449
And then we see Jesus Christ increase in wisdom,

00:55:24.590 --> 00:55:29.429
in stature, and in favor with God and with men.

00:55:30.150 --> 00:55:38.449
And let's even see in Mark chapter 6 where he

00:55:38.449 --> 00:55:51.269
has other siblings. Mark chapter 6 verse 1 to

00:55:51.269 --> 00:55:53.800
6. Then he went out from there and came to his

00:55:53.800 --> 00:55:57.119
own country and his disciples followed him. And

00:55:57.119 --> 00:55:59.079
when the Sabbath had come, he began to teach

00:55:59.079 --> 00:56:01.119
in the synagogue. This is when he started ministry.

00:56:02.440 --> 00:56:04.539
Many hearing him were astonished, saying, where

00:56:04.539 --> 00:56:10.119
did this man get these things? And what wisdom

00:56:10.119 --> 00:56:13.059
is this which is given to him that such mighty

00:56:13.059 --> 00:56:17.920
works are performed by his hands? Is this not

00:56:17.920 --> 00:56:19.940
the carpenter, which means that he had a normal

00:56:19.940 --> 00:56:29.400
job? Huh? His father was a carpenter. He didn't

00:56:29.400 --> 00:56:32.719
come down from heaven with a divine carpentry

00:56:32.719 --> 00:56:38.659
skills. We can trace it to his father. Alright?

00:56:39.199 --> 00:56:42.099
Which means that he learned how to work with

00:56:42.099 --> 00:56:46.800
his hands. Is this not the carpenter? The son

00:56:46.800 --> 00:56:52.179
of Mary and brother of who? James, Jesus has

00:56:52.179 --> 00:56:58.480
siblings. James, Joseph, Judas, not Iscariot.

00:56:59.199 --> 00:57:06.659
And Simon, of course, not Simon Peter. And not

00:57:06.659 --> 00:57:08.800
his sisters here, which means that he has sisters

00:57:08.800 --> 00:57:15.420
too. His sisters here with us. So they were offended

00:57:15.420 --> 00:57:20.019
because they know him naturally. Right? They

00:57:20.019 --> 00:57:22.699
know him. They know he can trace his family.

00:57:22.860 --> 00:57:25.280
He can trace his siblings. They can trace his

00:57:25.280 --> 00:57:32.860
origin, his human origin. Verse 4. But Jesus

00:57:32.860 --> 00:57:35.280
said to them, a prophet is not without honor

00:57:35.280 --> 00:57:38.559
except in his own country, among his own relatives

00:57:38.559 --> 00:57:43.119
and his own house. Of course, these words were

00:57:43.119 --> 00:57:51.480
predicted in the Old Testament. So, while on

00:57:51.480 --> 00:57:56.059
earth, Jesus lived a perfect life without sin.

00:57:57.420 --> 00:58:00.360
So in our expression, in our understanding of

00:58:00.360 --> 00:58:04.559
his humanity, we will see that Jesus Christ was

00:58:04.559 --> 00:58:07.599
a man. A complete man. We are trying to prove

00:58:07.599 --> 00:58:09.780
that he was a man. All we've done is that we've

00:58:09.780 --> 00:58:13.519
proved his humanity. Okay? We've proved his humanity.

00:58:14.119 --> 00:58:18.869
But then in his humanity, He lived a perfect

00:58:18.869 --> 00:58:24.389
life without sin. Alright? So in his humanity,

00:58:24.610 --> 00:58:30.889
we must always put this as an important note

00:58:30.889 --> 00:58:34.909
that he lived a perfect life without sin. Hebrews

00:58:34.909 --> 00:58:39.409
chapter 4 verse 15 gives us this word. Hebrews

00:58:39.409 --> 00:58:46.550
4 verse 15. For we do not have a high priest

00:58:46.550 --> 00:58:51.730
who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses. How

00:58:51.730 --> 00:58:54.690
can he sympathize with our weaknesses? That means

00:58:54.690 --> 00:58:56.809
that he must have associated himself with us.

00:58:56.909 --> 00:58:59.250
That means that he must have come to our level

00:58:59.250 --> 00:59:06.889
and understand our humanity. He identifies with

00:59:06.889 --> 00:59:11.590
us in his humanity. And him identifying with

00:59:11.590 --> 00:59:16.389
us in his humanity, gives us the legal ground

00:59:16.389 --> 00:59:21.949
to identify with him in his resurrection. Amen?

00:59:24.090 --> 00:59:31.690
So, we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize

00:59:31.690 --> 00:59:38.449
with our weaknesses, but as in all points, tempted.

00:59:39.329 --> 00:59:43.349
Of course, we can see his temptation. When he

00:59:43.349 --> 00:59:46.429
was tempted by the serpent. At all points he

00:59:46.429 --> 00:59:54.150
was tempted. As we are. Yet. Without what? Without

00:59:54.150 --> 01:00:00.469
sin. So Jesus in his humanity. Did not sin. Amen.

01:00:01.010 --> 01:00:07.570
He did not sin. He did not sin. He was sinless.

01:00:08.630 --> 01:00:13.289
Because it takes. A perfect man. To die for our

01:00:13.289 --> 01:00:21.190
sins. He was sinless. 1 Peter chapter 2 verse

01:00:21.190 --> 01:00:34.789
22. 1 Peter 2 verse 22. It says who committed

01:00:34.789 --> 01:00:41.230
no sin. No was deceit found in his mouth. Peter

01:00:41.230 --> 01:00:47.059
here. Was making reference. To the prophecies

01:00:47.059 --> 01:00:50.579
about Jesus Christ. Say who when he was reviled.

01:00:51.119 --> 01:00:53.679
That means that when they spoke. Evil against

01:00:53.679 --> 01:00:59.000
him. Right. Some of us. Our ear does not want

01:00:59.000 --> 01:01:03.119
to hear any evil. Communication about us. We

01:01:03.119 --> 01:01:08.420
have a reputation to keep. But look at him. Who

01:01:08.420 --> 01:01:12.079
when he was reviled. Did not revile in return.

01:01:13.389 --> 01:01:17.429
When he suffered, he did not threaten. He did

01:01:17.429 --> 01:01:21.389
not threaten them with police. He did not threaten

01:01:21.389 --> 01:01:25.590
them with legal actions. He didn't threaten them

01:01:25.590 --> 01:01:31.849
with calling down fire or cutting the ear off.

01:01:32.570 --> 01:01:36.909
As we see in Peter, he was not violent in nature,

01:01:37.050 --> 01:01:41.630
but committed himself to him who judges righteously.

01:01:43.630 --> 01:01:47.409
Who himself bore our sins in his own body on

01:01:47.409 --> 01:01:49.670
the tree that we haven't died to sins might live

01:01:49.670 --> 01:01:53.929
for righteousness by whose stripes you were healed.

01:01:54.130 --> 01:01:58.750
So he was perfect. 2 Corinthians chapter 5 verse

01:01:58.750 --> 01:02:09.150
21. 2 Corinthians 5 verse 21. For he met him

01:02:09.150 --> 01:02:13.380
who know no sin. Who is this person who knows

01:02:13.380 --> 01:02:17.119
no sin? Jesus Christ. He has no association with

01:02:17.119 --> 01:02:22.480
sin. So in explaining his humanity, we must trace

01:02:22.480 --> 01:02:28.840
the idea of his perfection. Because he is not

01:02:28.840 --> 01:02:34.219
a sinner. He has never sinned. For he made him

01:02:34.219 --> 01:02:39.059
who knew no sin to be sin for us. Because in

01:02:39.059 --> 01:02:43.800
the mind of the ungodly, If he said Jesus or

01:02:43.800 --> 01:02:45.800
God became man, what you are saying is that man,

01:02:45.920 --> 01:02:53.800
that God sinned. Amen? So we must be able to

01:02:53.800 --> 01:02:57.320
what? Defend the character as scripture has expressed.

01:02:58.199 --> 01:03:04.860
He knew no sin. He knew no sins. Give me the

01:03:04.860 --> 01:03:12.650
text again. 521, 2 Corinthians 521. For he met

01:03:12.650 --> 01:03:18.489
him who knew no sin to be what? To be sin. So

01:03:18.489 --> 01:03:24.210
Jesus did not commit sin, but he became sin for

01:03:24.210 --> 01:03:26.889
us. How did he become sin for us? Because our

01:03:26.889 --> 01:03:30.789
transgressions were placed upon him. Alright?

01:03:31.389 --> 01:03:37.210
Our sin as that of a lamb, alright, were placed

01:03:37.210 --> 01:03:43.840
upon him. In the sacrifices that Moses instituted,

01:03:43.840 --> 01:03:46.940
we will see that a lamb will be brought and then

01:03:46.940 --> 01:03:49.320
they will put their hand on their head and they

01:03:49.320 --> 01:03:51.159
will confess all the sins of the people on the

01:03:51.159 --> 01:03:56.320
lamb. And they will do what? And they either

01:03:56.320 --> 01:04:00.079
kill it or they release it into the wilderness

01:04:00.079 --> 01:04:04.940
to go and die. Pointing to Jesus Christ, taking

01:04:04.940 --> 01:04:08.579
away the sin of the people into the wilderness,

01:04:08.739 --> 01:04:12.500
into where? you know, to go and then die. So

01:04:12.500 --> 01:04:19.599
he knew no sin. He was a perfect being. But in

01:04:19.599 --> 01:04:22.739
his perfection, he took our sins, he became sin.

01:04:23.440 --> 01:04:27.820
That we might become what? That we might become

01:04:27.820 --> 01:04:32.159
righteous. The righteousness of God in who? In

01:04:32.159 --> 01:04:37.079
Christ. We have now become, we are not just righteous,

01:04:37.119 --> 01:04:41.119
but we are what? We are actually we display the

01:04:41.119 --> 01:04:48.559
righteousness of God in Christ Jesus. 1 John

01:04:48.559 --> 01:05:02.179
3 verse 5. 1 John 3 verse 5. And you know that

01:05:02.179 --> 01:05:08.039
he was manifested to take away our sins. And

01:05:08.039 --> 01:05:14.039
in him, what? There is no sin. In who? In Jesus

01:05:14.039 --> 01:05:18.559
Christ, there is no sin. So, when we say that

01:05:18.559 --> 01:05:22.340
Jesus is God becoming man, we are not saying

01:05:22.340 --> 01:05:26.519
that he sinned like any other man. No. In his

01:05:26.519 --> 01:05:32.920
humanity, sin was not found in him. Amen? Even

01:05:32.920 --> 01:05:39.079
the priest in the old... sacrifices we will see

01:05:39.079 --> 01:05:41.539
before he goes to offer an offering. First of

01:05:41.539 --> 01:05:44.400
all, he said that he offers an offering for himself,

01:05:44.639 --> 01:05:47.760
right? He has to deal with his own sin first.

01:05:49.340 --> 01:05:51.480
In fact, that is what makes his own sacrifice

01:05:51.480 --> 01:05:56.519
and his own work not a permanent one. Because

01:05:56.519 --> 01:06:00.360
he has to deal with his own sin because the high

01:06:00.360 --> 01:06:02.659
priest has his own sins too. He has to offer

01:06:02.659 --> 01:06:05.570
and purify himself. So that he can go into the

01:06:05.570 --> 01:06:08.289
holies of holies and now what? Make atonement

01:06:08.289 --> 01:06:13.489
for the people. And even in entering the holies

01:06:13.489 --> 01:06:17.429
of holies, because of his imperfection, in case

01:06:17.429 --> 01:06:21.710
he goes in there and his imperfection displays

01:06:21.710 --> 01:06:26.010
and then something happens that he dies in there,

01:06:26.530 --> 01:06:32.489
they tie a rope. Right? They tie a rope at his

01:06:32.489 --> 01:06:35.099
back. So the high priest enters the holiest of

01:06:35.099 --> 01:06:38.719
holies with a rope in case he makes a mistake

01:06:38.719 --> 01:06:40.920
and then he falls down there and dies. Nobody

01:06:40.920 --> 01:06:44.139
can enter there. Only the high priest. What will

01:06:44.139 --> 01:06:47.820
they do? They will drag his dead body out because

01:06:47.820 --> 01:06:53.260
he is not a perfect being. But we see a high

01:06:53.260 --> 01:06:55.360
priest that is perfect in Jesus Christ. Hallelujah.

01:06:56.599 --> 01:07:02.719
Who qualifies? to enter the holies of holies

01:07:02.719 --> 01:07:08.059
and make atonement for us. We see a man in Jesus

01:07:08.059 --> 01:07:13.099
Christ who embodies the perfection of God that

01:07:13.099 --> 01:07:18.079
has the ability to redeem us completely. Not

01:07:18.079 --> 01:07:20.440
like the one in the Old Testament sacrifices

01:07:20.440 --> 01:07:25.400
where it is not a permanent one. Amen? So we

01:07:25.400 --> 01:07:28.880
see in the works of Christ a permanent redemption.

01:07:29.530 --> 01:07:34.469
A permanent atonement for the sins of men because

01:07:34.469 --> 01:07:41.869
he is a perfect man. Amen? He is a perfect man.

01:07:43.610 --> 01:07:49.449
Hallelujah. Glory to Jesus. So John gives us

01:07:49.449 --> 01:07:56.309
an eyewitness account of this in Ephesians chapter

01:07:56.309 --> 01:07:59.599
1. Even though, yes, he's giving us an eye -account

01:07:59.599 --> 01:08:02.800
witness, but it's mixed with revelation. Amen?

01:08:03.159 --> 01:08:21.680
John chapter 1, verse 1. Are we blessed? Yes,

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this is how men are made. Hallelujah. When you

01:08:26.909 --> 01:08:30.970
begin to feel tired, that's when the journey

01:08:30.970 --> 01:08:35.270
gets tougher. That's when you are stretched.

01:08:36.470 --> 01:08:40.489
Hallelujah. So, just know that this is a normal

01:08:40.489 --> 01:08:47.970
way men are raised. Like soldiers, and they come

01:08:47.970 --> 01:08:51.289
training. The training is not easy. But we know

01:08:51.289 --> 01:08:53.010
that in the end, there is a result that will

01:08:53.010 --> 01:08:57.520
come out, right? Men that are gallant. Men that

01:08:57.520 --> 01:09:01.159
are sophisticated. Men that are equipped to face

01:09:01.159 --> 01:09:08.640
the war front. Hallelujah. So, endure. Endure.

01:09:09.279 --> 01:09:12.779
Don't give up. Don't say, ah, I'm tired. So,

01:09:12.819 --> 01:09:16.819
I'll listen to the tape. No, listen now. We are

01:09:16.819 --> 01:09:22.760
here. Alright? You know, we are not used to sitting

01:09:22.760 --> 01:09:29.289
long. So I trust that God will help us that we'll

01:09:29.289 --> 01:09:32.649
have the discipline of staying long in the world

01:09:32.649 --> 01:09:38.189
so that our hearts will be transformed. Hallelujah.

01:09:38.789 --> 01:09:46.010
John chapter 1, verse 1. We see John giving us

01:09:46.010 --> 01:09:51.310
an account of what? Of this God becoming a man.

01:09:53.899 --> 01:09:59.079
Of this God becoming a man. In the beginning.

01:09:59.579 --> 01:10:06.500
Was the word. And the word was with God. And

01:10:06.500 --> 01:10:11.359
the word was God. So Johnny here. Is explaining

01:10:11.359 --> 01:10:17.880
to us. The divine. Nature of Jesus Christ. He

01:10:17.880 --> 01:10:21.579
was in the beginning with God. All things were

01:10:21.579 --> 01:10:27.130
made through him. The creation. And without him

01:10:27.130 --> 01:10:32.649
nothing was made that was made. In him was life

01:10:32.649 --> 01:10:39.390
and the life was a light of men. That's Genesis

01:10:39.390 --> 01:10:44.930
1. And the light shines in the darkness and the

01:10:44.930 --> 01:10:50.550
darkness did not comprehend it. There was a man

01:10:50.550 --> 01:10:56.579
sent from God whose name was who? was John. So

01:10:56.579 --> 01:11:02.020
John was writing and then mentioning John the

01:11:02.020 --> 01:11:03.699
Baptist. He's not talking about himself here.

01:11:03.779 --> 01:11:05.840
He's talking about John the Baptist. There was

01:11:05.840 --> 01:11:11.819
a man and this man is who? You know, John the

01:11:11.819 --> 01:11:17.460
beloved. He enjoys, he has a way of writing good

01:11:17.460 --> 01:11:21.500
report about himself in his writings. If it was

01:11:21.500 --> 01:11:23.399
him, he would have said that it is him here.

01:11:23.840 --> 01:11:26.420
So it was very peculiar about who is here. We'll

01:11:26.420 --> 01:11:33.000
see it later. This man came for a witness, to

01:11:33.000 --> 01:11:39.000
bear witness of the light that all through him

01:11:39.000 --> 01:11:44.859
might believe. He was not the light, that light.

01:11:46.880 --> 01:11:48.979
Remember, he denied that he was not the Christ,

01:11:49.159 --> 01:11:51.739
right? But he was the one crying in the wilderness.

01:11:52.939 --> 01:11:58.399
So he was not that light but was sent to bear

01:11:58.399 --> 01:12:04.920
witness of that light. That was the true light

01:12:04.920 --> 01:12:10.539
which gives light to every man coming into the

01:12:10.539 --> 01:12:17.399
world. He was in the world and the world was

01:12:17.399 --> 01:12:21.340
made through him and the world did not know him.

01:12:22.439 --> 01:12:25.659
He came to his own, that is the people of Israel,

01:12:25.800 --> 01:12:30.640
and his own did not receive him. But as many

01:12:30.640 --> 01:12:35.439
as received him, some Jewish people inclusive,

01:12:35.760 --> 01:12:40.920
to them he gave the right to become what? The

01:12:40.920 --> 01:12:45.960
children of God to those who believe in his name.

01:12:46.939 --> 01:12:52.130
Who are born not of blood, Nor of the will of

01:12:52.130 --> 01:12:57.550
the flesh. Nor of the will of man. But of God.

01:12:58.369 --> 01:13:02.189
Then he went further to say. And the word. Which

01:13:02.189 --> 01:13:06.029
was in the beginning. Became what? Became flesh.

01:13:07.189 --> 01:13:13.609
And dwelled among us. And we beheld his glory.

01:13:14.449 --> 01:13:19.310
The glory as of the only begotten of the father.

01:13:20.170 --> 01:13:25.449
Full of grace and truth. John bore witness of

01:13:25.449 --> 01:13:31.369
him. And cried out saying. This was he of whom

01:13:31.369 --> 01:13:36.390
I said. He who comes after me. Is preferred before

01:13:36.390 --> 01:13:41.630
me. For he was before me. And of his fullness.

01:13:42.130 --> 01:13:48.949
We have all received. Grace for grace. For the

01:13:48.949 --> 01:13:51.729
law was given through Moses, but grace and truth

01:13:51.729 --> 01:13:56.229
came through Jesus Christ. No one has seen God

01:13:56.229 --> 01:13:59.250
at any time. The only begotten son who is in

01:13:59.250 --> 01:14:03.890
the bosom, who is in the bosom of the father,

01:14:04.010 --> 01:14:09.069
he has declared him. Hallelujah. So the word

01:14:09.069 --> 01:14:14.510
bosom shows the union of the father and the son.

01:14:16.369 --> 01:14:20.300
From the beginning. The father and the son is

01:14:20.300 --> 01:14:25.340
one in union. One. Hallelujah. The father and

01:14:25.340 --> 01:14:32.579
the son is one. Then we see in redemption Jesus

01:14:32.579 --> 01:14:38.100
what? Coming in the form of man to do what? Die

01:14:38.100 --> 01:14:47.560
for our sins. Hallelujah. So In Jesus Christ

01:14:47.560 --> 01:14:53.479
dwells the fullness of God bodily, the Godhead

01:14:53.479 --> 01:15:00.359
bodily. When he was on earth, he carries God.

01:15:00.520 --> 01:15:03.359
God is in him, he is in God. There is a union

01:15:03.359 --> 01:15:09.760
of God, the Father, and the Son. Colossians 2

01:15:09.760 --> 01:15:18.619
verse 9. Colossians chapter 2 verse 9. For in

01:15:18.619 --> 01:15:24.279
him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead. How?

01:15:27.380 --> 01:15:37.220
Bodily, right? Bodily. God dwells in Christ bodily.

01:15:40.619 --> 01:15:44.939
Hallelujah. So Paul will call this a mystery.

01:15:46.579 --> 01:15:49.500
Okay? Paul will call this a mystery. 1 Timothy

01:15:49.500 --> 01:16:03.779
3 .16 And without controversy, great is what?

01:16:04.239 --> 01:16:09.880
The mystery of godliness. And he explained the

01:16:09.880 --> 01:16:15.189
mystery. God was manifested in what? In the flesh.

01:16:17.010 --> 01:16:23.930
Justified in the spirit. Seen by angels. Preached

01:16:23.930 --> 01:16:30.250
among gentiles. Believed on in the world. And

01:16:30.250 --> 01:16:34.670
received up in glory. Hallelujah. So his humanity

01:16:34.670 --> 01:16:40.680
gave him the legal ground. To do the work of

01:16:40.680 --> 01:16:47.579
redemption. Amen. His humanity. Gave him the

01:16:47.579 --> 01:16:54.479
legal ground. To do the work of redemption. So

01:16:54.479 --> 01:16:58.399
Jesus Christ while on earth. Who called God the

01:16:58.399 --> 01:17:05.619
father. Called God father. He called God as a

01:17:05.619 --> 01:17:11.939
father. Over 165 times. In the gospels. Let's

01:17:11.939 --> 01:17:14.079
see some of the examples. Matthew 7 verse 21.

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Not everyone who says to me. Lord, Lord shall

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enter the kingdom of heaven. But he who does

01:17:29.000 --> 01:17:35.279
the will of my father. My father in heaven. My

01:17:35.279 --> 01:17:43.500
father in heaven. 11 verse 27. 11 verse 27. We

01:17:43.500 --> 01:17:48.199
see where Jesus called God father. And the word

01:17:48.199 --> 01:17:53.720
father is what? Source. Amen? The word father

01:17:53.720 --> 01:18:01.319
means source. Where he is from. Source. All things

01:18:01.319 --> 01:18:05.619
have been delivered to me by my father. And no

01:18:05.619 --> 01:18:08.609
one knows his son except the father. Nor does

01:18:08.609 --> 01:18:11.850
anyone know the Father except the Son. And the

01:18:11.850 --> 01:18:15.350
one whom the Son wills to reveal him. So there's

01:18:15.350 --> 01:18:18.569
a relationship, intricate relationship between

01:18:18.569 --> 01:18:21.729
the Father and the Son. So there's no separation.

01:18:21.789 --> 01:18:24.069
What we're trying to do is to show to you that

01:18:24.069 --> 01:18:26.430
there's no separation between the Father and

01:18:26.430 --> 01:18:34.109
the Son. Amen? When he was praying at Gethsemane,

01:18:34.289 --> 01:18:42.640
Matthew 26, 39. Matthew 26, 39. He went a little

01:18:42.640 --> 01:18:45.439
further and fell on his face and prayed saying,

01:18:45.640 --> 01:18:51.460
oh my father, if this, if it is possible, let

01:18:51.460 --> 01:18:55.699
this cup pass away from me. Nevertheless, not

01:18:55.699 --> 01:19:00.539
as I will, but you. Nevertheless, not as I will,

01:19:00.619 --> 01:19:05.960
but as you will. He called him father. John chapter

01:19:05.960 --> 01:19:16.899
5, verse 17. John 5, 17. Jesus calling God father.

01:19:17.159 --> 01:19:20.539
But Jesus answered them, my father has been walking

01:19:20.539 --> 01:19:26.159
until now and I have been walking. The father

01:19:26.159 --> 01:19:30.079
has been walking. Jesus has been walking. So

01:19:30.079 --> 01:19:32.920
where has the father been walking? The father

01:19:32.920 --> 01:19:36.119
has been walking through Jesus Christ. Hallelujah.

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Let's look at verse 18. You see? So the Jews

01:19:43.170 --> 01:19:46.510
understood what he said. And what did they do?

01:19:47.210 --> 01:19:49.890
They sought all the more to kill him because

01:19:49.890 --> 01:19:53.670
he not only broke the Sabbath, but also said

01:19:53.670 --> 01:19:55.850
that God was his father, making himself what?

01:19:57.529 --> 01:20:05.050
Equal. So they understood the meaning of what

01:20:05.050 --> 01:20:08.170
he was saying. So they sought to kill him because

01:20:08.170 --> 01:20:14.020
it is blasphemy. For them, for you to equate

01:20:14.020 --> 01:20:15.680
yourself with God. This is blasphemy. That was

01:20:15.680 --> 01:20:20.079
why Stephen died. Right? He called God his father.

01:20:23.159 --> 01:20:36.699
Blasphemy. John 10, verse 30. John 10, verse

01:20:36.699 --> 01:20:40.659
30. It's enormous evidence. We have to see. John

01:20:40.659 --> 01:20:50.329
10, verse 30. I and my father are one. There's

01:20:50.329 --> 01:20:53.170
no separation. There's a union of the father

01:20:53.170 --> 01:21:01.289
and the son. I and my father are one. John 14,

01:21:01.529 --> 01:21:07.689
6 and 7. John 14, 6 and 7. Jesus said to him,

01:21:07.869 --> 01:21:13.550
I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one

01:21:13.550 --> 01:21:17.670
comes to the father except through me. Verse

01:21:17.670 --> 01:21:22.229
7. If you had known me, you would have known

01:21:22.229 --> 01:21:26.869
my father also. And from now on you know him

01:21:26.869 --> 01:21:31.390
and have seen him. And from now on you know him

01:21:31.390 --> 01:21:34.369
and have seen him. How did you know him? And

01:21:34.369 --> 01:21:36.250
how have you seen him? Because you've seen me.

01:21:36.329 --> 01:21:45.559
Because I and the father are one. Amen? So. Jesus

01:21:45.559 --> 01:21:52.020
is an express image of the Father on earth. John

01:21:52.020 --> 01:22:01.260
14. Let's read further. Let's read further down

01:22:01.260 --> 01:22:07.659
to 11. Philip said to him, Lord, show us the

01:22:07.659 --> 01:22:13.229
Father. And he's okay for us. This long grammar.

01:22:13.390 --> 01:22:17.890
Just show us the father and we are okay. Jesus

01:22:17.890 --> 01:22:20.670
said to him, have I been with you so long and

01:22:20.670 --> 01:22:25.689
yet you have not known me, Philip? He who has

01:22:25.689 --> 01:22:29.949
seen me, has what? Has seen the father. So how

01:22:29.949 --> 01:22:34.750
can you say, show us the father? Do you not believe

01:22:34.750 --> 01:22:39.489
that I am in the father and the father in me?

01:22:41.840 --> 01:22:44.039
The word that I speak to you, I do not speak

01:22:44.039 --> 01:22:47.539
on my own authority, but the Father who dwells

01:22:47.539 --> 01:22:57.100
in me does the works. So, the idea of Jesus being

01:22:57.100 --> 01:23:03.680
God is what must be believed. Amen? Believe me

01:23:03.680 --> 01:23:09.739
that I am in the Father and the Father in me.

01:23:10.430 --> 01:23:13.750
Or else, believe me, for the sake of the works

01:23:13.750 --> 01:23:23.449
themselves. John 17, verse 1. The priestly prayer,

01:23:23.649 --> 01:23:28.909
the Lord's prayer. John 17, verse 1. Jesus spoke

01:23:28.909 --> 01:23:33.109
these words, lifted up his eyes to heaven and

01:23:33.109 --> 01:23:38.909
said, Father, the hour has come. Glorify your

01:23:38.909 --> 01:23:44.159
son. And your son may glorify you. Union between

01:23:44.159 --> 01:23:49.439
God and God the son. Hallelujah. God the father

01:23:49.439 --> 01:23:52.859
and God the son. An intricate relationship. A

01:23:52.859 --> 01:23:59.800
union. So we can see that God the father and

01:23:59.800 --> 01:24:05.760
God the son together. Walking. Alright. We also

01:24:05.760 --> 01:24:08.800
see in scriptures where The three walk together

01:24:08.800 --> 01:24:21.720
as one. We see Jesus Christ speaking about the

01:24:21.720 --> 01:24:24.479
Holy Spirit in John chapter 14, verse 16. So,

01:24:24.500 --> 01:24:27.020
we see his relationship with the Father, right?

01:24:27.520 --> 01:24:30.840
One. And we see the Holy Spirit also. Let's look

01:24:30.840 --> 01:24:34.760
at John chapter 14, verse 16. Remember the context

01:24:34.760 --> 01:24:37.310
we are looking at is what? Is the context of

01:24:37.310 --> 01:24:40.869
what? Redemption. You cannot explain this. Outside

01:24:40.869 --> 01:24:45.729
redemption. Jesus has to become man. Why? Because

01:24:45.729 --> 01:24:50.970
of sin. Primarily. That he will die. Right? And

01:24:50.970 --> 01:24:54.670
that sin should be forgiven. Alright? What is

01:24:54.670 --> 01:24:57.029
the result of the redemption? The result of the

01:24:57.029 --> 01:24:59.329
redemption. That proves that we are forgiven.

01:24:59.569 --> 01:25:05.369
Is what? Is the Holy Spirit. Where? In us. So,

01:25:05.390 --> 01:25:08.189
Jesus will promise the Holy Spirit. John 14,

01:25:08.329 --> 01:25:12.930
16, 17. And I will pray the Father and he will

01:25:12.930 --> 01:25:16.909
give you another helper. Of course, Pastor, he

01:25:16.909 --> 01:25:19.310
has explained this for us recently about this

01:25:19.310 --> 01:25:23.430
helper. Right? And his teaching, he says, is

01:25:23.430 --> 01:25:32.569
of the same kind. Right? Same. That he may abide

01:25:32.569 --> 01:25:37.489
with you forever. The spirit of truth. Whom the

01:25:37.489 --> 01:25:43.149
world cannot receive. Because. It neither sees

01:25:43.149 --> 01:25:46.010
him. Nor knows him. But you know him. For he

01:25:46.010 --> 01:25:51.689
dwells where? With you. Himself. And will be

01:25:51.689 --> 01:26:03.750
where? In you. The Holy Ghost. Verse 26. Jump

01:26:03.750 --> 01:26:09.770
to verse 26. But the helper, the Holy Spirit,

01:26:09.949 --> 01:26:13.630
whom the Father will send in my name, he will

01:26:13.630 --> 01:26:17.390
what? He will be sent in whose name? In my name.

01:26:17.430 --> 01:26:23.069
What is his name? Huh? His accomplishment, right?

01:26:24.149 --> 01:26:28.670
His death, his burial and resurrection. He will

01:26:28.670 --> 01:26:33.630
teach you all things and bring to your remembrance.

01:26:34.439 --> 01:26:38.600
All the things I have said to you. So the father

01:26:38.600 --> 01:26:41.939
with his son walking together in the redemption

01:26:41.939 --> 01:26:47.880
of man. In the redemption. In the redemption.

01:26:55.020 --> 01:27:07.300
John 15, 26. John 15, 26. But when the helper

01:27:07.300 --> 01:27:12.020
comes, whom I shall send to you from the Father.

01:27:13.300 --> 01:27:16.779
Where is the Spirit coming from? Where is Jesus

01:27:16.779 --> 01:27:19.539
from? From the Father. Where is the Spirit coming

01:27:19.539 --> 01:27:24.960
from? Alright? One. Oneness. Union. Integrally.

01:27:24.979 --> 01:27:28.939
Together. There is no division. But when the

01:27:28.939 --> 01:27:32.119
helper comes, whom I shall send to you, what

01:27:32.119 --> 01:27:34.199
will be the product of his? What will be the

01:27:34.199 --> 01:27:36.630
condition for his coming? We've done this in

01:27:36.630 --> 01:27:39.289
cell meeting. What is the condition for his coming?

01:27:41.390 --> 01:27:48.869
Jesus what? Jesus going. Of course, he has to

01:27:48.869 --> 01:27:51.510
die first and rise up from the dead. Then he

01:27:51.510 --> 01:27:54.689
go. As long as he's on earth, the Holy Spirit

01:27:54.689 --> 01:27:58.449
will not come. Alright? So it was necessary that

01:27:58.449 --> 01:28:02.430
he goes. So he says, but when the helper comes,

01:28:02.630 --> 01:28:06.060
whom I shall send to you from the Father, Not

01:28:06.060 --> 01:28:09.460
from anywhere else. From the same source. From

01:28:09.460 --> 01:28:13.579
where I came from. From the father. The spirit

01:28:13.579 --> 01:28:16.039
of truth. Who proceeds from where? From the father.

01:28:16.159 --> 01:28:21.359
He will testify of who? What is the testimony

01:28:21.359 --> 01:28:27.539
of the spirit? Jesus. Amen. The testimony of

01:28:27.539 --> 01:28:32.340
the spirit is what? Is Jesus. He will testify

01:28:32.340 --> 01:28:46.819
of me. John 16 verse 7. Nevertheless, I tell

01:28:46.819 --> 01:28:50.819
you the truth. It is to your advantage that I

01:28:50.819 --> 01:28:55.199
go away. It is in your own good that I go away.

01:28:55.520 --> 01:28:59.079
For if I do not go away, the helper will not

01:28:59.079 --> 01:29:03.060
come to you. But if I depart, I will send him

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to you. Jesus had to go because Jesus cannot

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dwell in their hearts physically. Amen? Jesus,

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because of his physical appearance, cannot dwell

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in the hearts of everybody. But once he is gone,

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the spirit can dwell all men. Hallelujah. So

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it was important that he goes. That's it. And

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when he has come, he will convict the world of

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sin and of righteousness and judgment. Let's

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go back to verse 13. Let's look at verse 13 and

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14. Let's go back to verse 13 and 14. Yeah, I

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mean further rather. However, when he, the spirit

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of truth has come, he will do what? He will guide

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you into all the truth. For he will not speak

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on his own authority. Jesus says that the works

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I do, right? Or the things I say, the teachings,

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I don't do them on my own authority. But who

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does them in me? The Father. Alright? Now, when

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the Spirit comes, you see the relationship? The

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spirit of truth has come. He will guide you into

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all truth. For he will not speak on his own accord.

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On his own authority. But whatever he hears.

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He will what? He will speak. And he will tell

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you things to come. He will glorify who? He will

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glorify me. For he will take of what is mine.

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And declare to you. Hallelujah. So the Holy Spirit

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working together with Jesus, working together

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with God the Father for one purpose. And what

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is the purpose? Redemption of man. Amen? Redemption

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of man. Redemption of man. There are some scriptures,

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as I said earlier on, where we see Jesus It's

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in the picture. God the Father in the picture.

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The Holy Spirit in the picture. Confirming what

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Jesus is doing. Let's look at one. Matthew 3,

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16 -17. Matthew 3, 16 -17. When he had been baptized,

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Jesus came up immediately from the water and

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behold, amen, the heavens were opened, were opened

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to him. And he saw the spirit of God descending,

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that is John, right? Descending like a dove and

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alighting, alighting upon him. So we see Jesus

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in the picture, right? And we see the spirit.

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And suddenly. A voice from heaven. Whose voice?

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Saying. This is my what? My beloved son. In whom

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I am well pleased. So we see the father. We see

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the son. We see the spirit. For one purpose.

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Redemption of man. Amen. Redemption of. And let's

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look at the last one. 14. Chapter 14. John 14,

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16, 17. We saw it earlier on. Let's look at it

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again. John 14, 16, 17. You will see where the

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spirit. And I will pray the father. Right? Where

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will the spirit come from? He will pray who?

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He will pray the father. Right? And he will give

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you another helper that he may abide with you

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forever. So Jesus asking from the Father for

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who? For the Spirit. Amen? For what purpose?

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For our sake. Hallelujah. For our sake. So outside

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the context of the redemption, it becomes difficult

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to understand. Why should God be? In fact, if

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there was no redemption, would there be need

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for Jesus to come? There would be no need for

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Jesus. If not for redemption, would there? Okay,

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let's say creation. I mean, we see the spirit

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coming because of what? Because of us. Dwelling

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because of us. So the revelation of God as the

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son, the revelation of God as the spirit, right,

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is for our sake. It's for our redemption. And

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without redemption, then there will be no need.

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There will be no need. So the father, we can

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see there is the father in the Godhead. We can

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see the son in the Godhead. And also the Holy

01:34:50.819 --> 01:34:55.359
Spirit in the Godhead. All working as one. All

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working as one. Not doing different work. No.

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All working as one. So God the Father creates.

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See this in scripture. He creates. Right? And

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we see God the Son redeeming after sin. Right?

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He redeems. And we see God the Holy Spirit regenerating.

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And that is what he's doing now in us. Amen?

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Transforming us. Conforming us. Changing us.

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Making us. Today, God the Father, this is very

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important as we close this session. God the Father,

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God the Son, live in the person who believes.

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Is it true? God the Father, God the Son, God

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the Holy Spirit does what? Lives in the one who

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believes through the Holy Spirit. He says, I

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will come and make an abode in him. Right? And

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when you believe, you become the temple where

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the Godhead lives. He dwells in us. Jesus is

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in you. He's in me. The Holy Ghost is in you.

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He's in me. The Godhead is in you. God the Father

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is in you. He's in me. So this is the mystery

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explained. And this is what the apostles have

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been explaining and writing. And even in the

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explanation of marriage, marriage was used to

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try to explain this as a union of Christ and

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the church. Right? How we have become one. How

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we've come into union. How we've become one family.

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We are part of this family. Amen? Let's rise

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on our feet. Let's rise on our feet. Let's just

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appreciate God for this walk that Jesus had to

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come. God had to become man for you and for me.

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God had to become man for you and for me. Imagine

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the hostility he suffered. I'm not just talking

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about the abuses. I'm not just talking about

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The physical things he suffered. I'm talking

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about how he humbled himself and take up the

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form of man. Jesus, who is God, taking up the

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form of man. That is humility. That is humbling.

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So let's just open our mind and just appreciate

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God and appreciate God. As we go for break, let

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us appreciate God. Appreciate God for the work

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we see he has done in Christ Jesus. He has revealed

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himself to us through Christ Jesus. Through Jesus

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Christ, we see God. We see the plan of God. We

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see the will of God. We see the works of God

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through what Christ has done. Thank you, Jesus,

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that we have the revelation. Of God in Christ

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Jesus. That we see Jesus. Dying and. And giving

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us a spirit. Living in us. Thank you Father for

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this truth. Help us Lord to know more about this.

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Help us Lord to walk in this reality. Thank you,

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Holy Spirit. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen. share

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it with a friend. Till next time, be blessed.