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Welcome to NECF sermons. Each message here is

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designed to uplift and strengthen you in your

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walk with God. Don't miss out. Stay with us until

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the end for a rewarding experience. Let's dive

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right in. That way too, O tree, I gathered the

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Lord in the name of the Lord, and our gathering

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today is in the name of the Lord, and our God

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is with us. Hallelujah! So let's be sensitive

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to what God is doing, because God is speaking

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to us, and God is uplifting us. John chapter

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14, from verse 12 to 14, And most assuredly,

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I say to you, he who believes in me, the works

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that I do, he will do also. And greater works

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than this, he will do because I go to my father.

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And whatever you ask in my name, that I will

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do. That a father may be glorified in the son.

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If you ask anything in my name, I will do it.

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Hallelujah. And yesterday we started building

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a context to this conversation. And we said that

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when we read through the synoptic gospel, especially

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in the book of Luke, the book of Luke, Brother,

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we will see that Jesus Christ is the promised

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Messiah from the Scriptures. Hallelujah! So,

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I really want us to understand that the Greater

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Works has a context, okay? Because we are trying

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to look at the works that Jesus did. And we say

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that Jesus is described from the Scriptures.

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According to the writings of the apostles, Luke

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chapter 1 verse 1, let's begin, let's have some

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evidence. Luke chapter 1 verse 1 to 4. If you,

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Luke chapter 1 verse 1 to 4. Please media, I

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would love us to move swiftly our past, right?

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Luke chapter 1 verse 1 to 4. I read, Inasmuch

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as many have taken in to sit in order, a narrative

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of those things which have been fulfilled amongst

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us, just as those who from the beginning were

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eyewitnesses and ministers of the world delivered

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them to us. It seems good to me also having had

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perfect understanding of all things from the

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very first to write to you. an orderly account,

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most excellent Theophilus, that you may know

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a certainty of those things which you were instructed.

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And let's jump to verse 26. Now, in the sixth

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month, the angel Gabriel was sent by God to the

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city of Galilee, named Nazareth. to a virgin

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betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph of the

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house of David. Now David is a character from

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the scriptures. David is a character from the

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Old Testament. The virgin's name was Mary. And

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having come in, the angel said to her, rejoice,

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highly favored one, the Lord is with you. The

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Lord is with you. Blessed are you among women.

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Verse 29. but when she saw him she was troubled

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at his saying and Considered what manner of great

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greeting this was then the angel said to her

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do not be afraid Mary for you have found favor

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with God and behold you will conceive in your

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womb and bring forth a son and Shall call his

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name Jesus He will be great and will be called

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the son of the highest. And the Lord God will

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give him the throne of his father David. Hallelujah.

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So David is from the scriptures. I mean the scriptures

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are from the Old Testament part of the scriptures.

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So we see here that the prophecy or rather the

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message of the angel is actually the fulfillment

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of a prophecy that was made concerning the throne

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of David in the Old Testament scriptures. And

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he will reign over, verse 33, he will reign over

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the house of Jacob forever. And of his kingdom,

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there will be no end. Then Mary said to the angel,

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how can these things be? Since I do not know

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a man. And the angel answered and said to her,

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the Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power

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of the highest will overshadow you. Therefore

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also the Holy Spirit, the Holy One who is to

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be born will be called the Son of God. Verse

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36, now indeed Elizabeth your relative has also

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conceived a son in her old age. And this is now

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the sixth month. For her who was called barren

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For with God Nothing will be possible Was that

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it then Mary said behold the maid servant of

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the Lord let it be to me according to the word

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and The angel departed from her hallelujah So

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this came in as a prophecy as a fulfillment of

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the prophecy that was in the scriptures. And

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the prophecy can be found in Isaiah chapter 7

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verse 14. Let's go through some of them. Isaiah

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chapter 7 verse 14. To see where this prophecy

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about Jesus was made. Isaiah chapter 7 verse

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14. Isaiah 7 verse 14. Therefore the Lord Himself

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will give you a sign. The virgin shall conceive

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and bear a son. and shall call his name Emmanuel.

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Okay? Isaiah chapter 9 verse 6 to 7. Isaiah chapter

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9 verse 6 to 7. 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 shoulder, and his name will be called

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Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting

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Father, Prince of Peace. Hallelujah. So we see

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this prophecy fulfilled in the synoptic gospel

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in the book of Luke. And then there are other

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texts you can write. This down, 2nd Samuel chapter

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7, verse 12 to 17, where this prophecy was made

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in the scriptures. Psalms 107 verse 11. Another

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text where this prophecy about the Messiah, Jeremiah

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23 verse 5. And also Daniel chapter 2. was 44.

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So, also in the synoptic gospel, especially the

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account of Luke, we will see also that his purpose,

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the purpose for his coming was revealed. Not

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only that, you know, the fulfillment of the prophecy

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was established, but we will also see that the

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purpose for the coming of the Messiah was revealed

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in his coming. Luke chapter 2 verse 21. Let's

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read and see Luke chapter 2 from verse 21 We'll

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read down to 38 and when eight days were completed

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for the circumcision of the child His name was

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called Jesus the name given by the angel before

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he was conceived in the womb Now when the days

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of her purification according to the law of Moses

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were completed they brought him to Jerusalem

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to present him To the Lord as it is written in

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the law of the Lord Every male who opens the

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womb shall be called holy to the Lord And to

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offer a sacrifice according to what is said in

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the law of the Lord a pair of turtle doves or

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two young pigeons and Behold there was a name

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in Jerusalem There was a man rather in Jerusalem

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whose name was Simeon and this man was just and

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devout waiting for the consolation of Israel

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and the Holy Spirit was upon him he was waiting

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for something and the Holy Spirit was upon him

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and it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit

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that he will not see death before he had seen

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the Lord's Christ so the man here was waiting

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for a fulfillment of a prophecy. And the prophecy

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was about the Christ, the Christ who is to come,

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the Lord's Christ, that is the Messiah. So he

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came by the Spirit into the temple. And when

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the parents brought in the child, Jesus, to do

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for him according to the custom, according to

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the customs of the law, He took him up in his

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arms and blessed God. And let's look at how he

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blessed God. which you have prepared before the

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face of all peoples, a light to bring revelation

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to the Gentiles and the glory of your people

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Israel." So we see in his affirmation about the

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Messiah, in his affirmation about the baby that

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was brought into the temple, that he is not only

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a light unto Israel alone, but even unto the

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Gentiles. And Joseph and his mother marveled

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at those things which were spoken of him, verse

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34. Then Samuel blessed them and said to Mary

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his mother, Behold, this child is destined. Now

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he is revealing the purpose for this child. This

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child is destined for the fall and the rising

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of many in Israel, and for a sign which will

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be spoken against against, yes, a sword will

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pierce through your own soul also, that the thoughts

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of many hearts may be revealed. Of course, this

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is a figurative expression. Now, there was one

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Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Fenwell,

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of a tribe of Asher. She was of a great age and

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had lived with a husband seven years from her

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virginity. And this woman was a widow. of about

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84 years who did not depart from the temple but

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serve God with fasting and prayer night and day

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was that in the last verse here and coming in

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that instant she gave thanks to the Lord and

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spoke of him to all those who look for redemption

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in Jerusalem hallelujah so in the expression

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of worship that we see in it is actually express

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the purpose for the coming of the Messiah, that

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He will come and then deal with the issue of

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salvation, the salvation that is for the whole

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world. So Jesus is also recorded in the Synoptic

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Gospel. In Luke chapter 4 verse 42, we see that

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He proclaimed and demonstrated the kingdom of

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God. Luke chapter 4, was 42, Jesus proclaimed

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and demonstrated the kingdom of God. Now when

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it was a day, that's when he has become an adult

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here, he departed and went into a desert place

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and the crowd sought him and came to him and

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tried to keep him from leaving. But he said to

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them, I must preach the kingdom of God. I must

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preach what? The kingdom of God. I must preach

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the kingdom of God to the other cities also because

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for this purpose I have been sent. For this purpose

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I have been sent, verse 44, and he was preaching

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in the synagogues of Galilee, hallelujah. So

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here we see Jesus was preaching about the kingdom,

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preaching and also demonstrating the kingdom.

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Jesus Christ revealed the Father through powerful

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works that confirms His identity. Okay, in scriptures

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we'll see in the same Epistles record, we'll

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see that He preached and did many powerful works,

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miracles, signs and wonders that reveals His

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divine identity. He healed the sick, He cast

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out demons, He raised the dead. and exercise

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authority over nature. All right? In John chapter

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1 verse 18, let's look at another example in

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the epistles. In the, in the gospels, John chapter

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1 verse 18. No one has seen God at any time.

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The only begotten Son who is in the bosom of

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the Father, He, has declared him. Now let's move

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to chapter 6 verse 46. Chapter 6 of the same

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John verse 46. John chapter 6 verse 46. So, okay,

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not that anyone has seen the father except he

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who is from God. He has seen the father. Verse

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47, let's read down. Most actually I say to you,

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he who believes in me has everlasting life, okay?

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I am the bread of life and that is one of the

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messages he preached. He accomplished redemptive

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works by offering himself through his death and

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resurrection for salvation of humanity. And then

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he laid the foundation of the Church. So we'll

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see in the epics in the in the gospels in the

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records in the synoptic gospels That Jesus Christ

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preached the gospel. He made disciples He commissioned

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believers to continue in this mission So these

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are Records that we have in scripture concerning

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the works the summary in the summary form the

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summary of the works that Jesus did Now let's

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go back to our key scripture In John chapter

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14 verse 12, it says, And we've established several

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times in this text that to do greater works or

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those who do greater works are those who believe

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in Jesus Christ. It says, He who believes indicates

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that Jesus speaks here of more than just the

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Apostles because contextually Jesus was speaking

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to the Apostles. But we see him use a phrase

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that indicates that he speaks of not just only

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them but it would refer to any believer here,

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any person that believes in Jesus Christ. Anybody

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that believes in Jesus Christ will do these greater

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works. Beliefs in will mean that He is born again,

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and the works that Jesus did, He will also do.

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It says the works that I do, He will also do.

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In that particular verse, we see the word works,

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and that word works is translated from a Greek

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word, ergon, E -R - We're trying to look at what

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are the works of Jesus and we've established

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that the works Jesus did are those works that

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have been recorded for us in the synoptic gospel

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in the book of Matthew. We see that Jesus came

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as a man. He lived as a man. He preached the

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gospel. He demonstrated signs and wonders, expressing

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his identity, his divine identity. He raised

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disciples. and ultimately he died for the salvation

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of humanity. So in this verse, verse 12 of John

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chapter 14, the word works, I said, is translated

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from the Greek word ergon, E -R -G -O -N. It

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means deed, a work, a deed, or action, or a tax

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that is performed and produces a tangible or

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observable result. So works is a deed. It is

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an action or a tax that is performed. And that

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tax that is performed produces a tangible, observable

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result. It refers not merely to activity, not

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only activity, but work that accomplishes a purpose.

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A work that has a purpose, a work that has direction

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and a purpose, and a sense of purpose. It is

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a purposeful action that accomplishes God's intended

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result. In the context of his usage, here in

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scripture, it is a purposeful action that accomplishes

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God's intended result. So God has a purpose,

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he has a will that he wants accomplished. And

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this work is directed towards, you know, the

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accomplishment of God's intended result. It is

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a work that visibly demonstrates God's will,

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His desire, and His power. It demonstrates God's

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will, His desire, and His power. So the New Testament

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uses ergon in several ways. The word ergon in

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several ways works. We see deleted across scripts,

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but let's concentrate on the ones in the New

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Testament. That word. Is used for good works.

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OK, first of all, the word Ergon is used for

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good works. The actions that reflects God's character.

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The actions that glorify God through the believer.

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All right, Ergon. is used for good works the

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actions that reflects God's character and glorify

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God Matthew chapter 5 verse 16 one of the places

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that will see the usage as good works Matthew

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chapter 5 verse 16 Matthew 5 verse 16 let your

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light so shine before men that they may see your

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good works and glorify your Father in heaven.

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So the word good works here is actually the word

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works here is Ergon and we can see from this

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text that it is what is done through the believer

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that brings glory to God. Ephesians 2 verse 10

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Ephesians 2 verse 10 Ephesians chapter 2 verse

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10 for we are his workmanship we are his workmanship

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speaking about the believer created or recreated

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in christ jesus for good work so the work works

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here is the word argon which god prepared beforehand

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that we shall work in them what the believer

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does Titus chapter 2 verse 7. Titus chapter 2

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verse 7. In all things, showing yourself to be

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a pattern of good work. So Paul was writing here

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to Titus and he's admonishing him that in all

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things, showing yourself. You've moved ahead

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of me. Verse 7. In all things, showing yourself

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to be a pattern of good works. How? In doctrine,

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that is in teaching, showing integrity, irreverence,

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incorruptibility. So this is how, you know, he

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will show a pattern of good works. Another text

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is Titus of the tree, verse 8. That verse, chapter

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2, look at verse 14. Let's look at verse 14,

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that same text. That is chapter 2, verse 14.

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Yes, it says, who gave himself for us that he

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might redeem us from every lawless deed and purify

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for himself his own special people, zealous for

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what? For good works. Hallelujah. Titus chapter

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3 verse 8. Titus chapter 3 verse 8. This is a

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faithful saying. And these things I want you

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to affirm constantly, that those who have believed

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in God should be careful to maintain what? To

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maintain good works, works that is ergon. These

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things are good and profitable to men. And then

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we have Hebrews chapter 10 verse 24 another text

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you can write this one Hebrews chapter 10 verse

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24 1st Timothy chapter 2 verse 9 and 10 1st Timothy

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chapter 2 verse 9 and 10 1st Timothy chapter

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5 verse 10 1st Timothy chapter 5 verse 10 1st

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Timothy chapter 6 verse 18 and also 1 Peter chapter

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2 verse 12. Hallelujah. So firstly, we see the

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uses of this word referring to the conduct of

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a believer as good works, what the believer will

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do and will bring glory to God. Secondly, in

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the scriptures, this word works is used to refer

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to what God did, works of God, the works that

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God himself did. God's mighty acts In his redemptive

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activity through Christ The mighty acts God did

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in Christ. Let's check some scriptures for this

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John chapter 5 verse 17 John chapter 5 verse

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17 But Jesus answered them my father has been

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what has been walking so they walk in here is

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the same word, Aragon. My father has been working

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until now and I have been working. So God in

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Christ have been working. Hallelujah. God through

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Christ on the earth worked. John chapter 6 verse

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28 and 29. John chapter 6. verse 28 and 29. We

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will see the work of God in Christ. John chapter

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6 verse 28. John chapter 6 verse 28. Then they

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said to him, what shall we do that we may work

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the works of God? So this will understand that

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there is a work that is of God. Verse 29. Jesus

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answered and said to them, this is a work of

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God. That you believe in Him who sent. In Him

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who He sent. That has to do in context of salvation.

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Alright? Chapter 9 verse 3 and 4. John chapter

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9 verse 3 and 4. In context of salvation, Jesus

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answered, neither this man nor his parents sinned,

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but that the works of God should be revealed

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in him. The context is a man that was sick. Okay,

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verse 4, I must walk the walks of him who sent

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me while it is day. The night is coming when

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no one can walk. Alright, so we see Jesus Christ

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declaring that he will do the walk of him who

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has sent him. John chapter 10 verse 37, I read

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scripture, John chapter 10 verse 37. So most

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of these are actually in the book of John. If

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I do not do the works of my Father, do not believe

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me. 38 plus 38. But if I do, though you do not

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believe me, believe the works that you may know

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and believe that the Father is in me and I in

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him. So we see from this text that Jesus Christ

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was doing works and with God that is working

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with him. in doing those works. John chapter

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14, verse 10 to 11, contextually to our scripture,

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the text for our focus. It says, do you not believe

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that I am the Father and the Father in me? The

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works that I speak, the words that I speak to

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you, I do not speak on my own authority, but

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the Father who dwells in me does what he does,

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the work. So we see God working in Christ. Verse

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11, believe me that I am in the Father and the

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Father in me or else believe the works, believe

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for the sake of the works themselves. So we see

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that God, the Father and Jesus Christ are in

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union. And that union brings about the works

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that Christ did on the earth. Acts chapter 10

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verse 38, Acts chapter 10 verse 38, Acts chapter

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10 verse 38 How God anointed Jesus Christ of

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Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power

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Who went about doing good and healing all who

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were oppressed by the devil for God was with

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him So contextually doing good here is actually

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talking about the works that Jesus did the works

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that Jesus did while he was in the flesh All

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right So we've seen, first of all, the good works

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that God works through the believer. Secondly,

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we've seen in Scripture the uses of that word,

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arrogant, as what God did through Christ. And

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then there's another application of this word

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in the Scriptures, referring to the works of

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the law. The works of the law. Negatively, it

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is referring to human's attempt to gain righteousness.

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through keeping the Mosaic Law. There's another

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contextual usage in Scripture referring to the

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law of Moses. Galatians 2 verse 16. So what we

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see works in Scripture, we must understand the

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context of its usage. Alright, we must understand

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the context of its usage. Galatians 2 verse 16.

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Knowing that a man is not justified by the works

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of the law. So it qualifies and it specifically

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explains that this law is talking about what?

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It's talking about the law of Moses but by faith

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in Jesus Christ. Even we have believed in Christ

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Jesus that we might be justified by the faith

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in Christ and not by the works of the law. For

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by the works of the law no flesh shall be justified

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by the argon that is that works. that is qualified

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who identify with works the laws of Moses by

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doing those laws who are not justified all right

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but who are justified by faith Galatians over

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three verse two another way in scriptures where

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the word works is used to refer to the law of

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Moses Galatians over three verse two this only

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I want to learn from you did you receive the

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spirit by the works of the law or by hearing

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of faith. So the context here is talking about

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the works of the law verse 10, Galatians 3 verse

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10. For as many as are of the works of the law

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are under the curse. For it is written, curse

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is everyone who does not continue in all things

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which are in the books of the law to do them.

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to do them. Another place, Romans 3 verse 20.

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Romans 3 verse 20. Romans 3 verse 20. Therefore,

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by the deeds of the law, no flesh will be justified

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in his sight. By doing the least of laws, especially

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the laws of Moses, no flesh shall be justified.

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In his sight for by the law is what is a knowledge

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of sin So what the law brings about is a knowledge

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of sin verse 28 Verse 28 Therefore we conclude

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that a man is justified by faith Apart from deeds

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of the Lord. This is another word deeds also

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do with the works of the law. Hallelujah So,

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another way or another variation of the uses

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of the word works, ergon, is also used in a negative

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way, referring to the evil works, evil works

00:34:25.119 --> 00:34:28.719
of Satan, sinful actions that opposes God's will

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and character. So when we are talking about works,

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we will be specific about what we are saying.

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Hallelujah! That we will have a better understanding

00:34:39.940 --> 00:34:43.059
of what God is calling us to do. He's not calling

00:34:43.059 --> 00:34:47.239
us into some numerous list of things to do. But

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as we go on, we'll understand what God is calling

00:34:49.900 --> 00:34:55.659
us to do. So, it applies also to evil works,

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the sinful actions that oppose the will of God.

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And we can see this in a text in scriptures,

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many scriptures, but we'll see a few. John chapter

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3 verse 19. The book of John chapter 3 verse

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19. 19 to 21. John chapter 3 verse 19 to 21.

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And this is a condemnation that the light has

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come into the world. And men loved darkness rather

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than light because their deeds, that word deeds

00:35:31.030 --> 00:35:35.110
there, is what they're wrong. Their deeds were

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evil. Their works were evil. Their works were

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evil. Verse 19. Yeah, verse 20. For everyone

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practicing evil hates the light, and does not

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come to the light, lest his deeds, that word

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deeds there talks about works, talks about that

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big word, ergon. Deeds should be exposed. Verse

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21. But he who does the truth comes to the light.

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that his deeds may be clearly seen that they

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have been done in God. Hallelujah. So we see

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in the same scripture, the word works is used

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but contextually is not meaning the same. One

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is in the negative, referring to what is done

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in the flesh, what is done in the flesh, whereas

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the other is what is done in Christ. Hallelujah.

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Colossians 1 verse 21. Evil works, sinful actions

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that are causes the will of God. Colossians 1

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verse 21. Colossians 1 verse 21. And you, who

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once were alienated and enemies in your mind,

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by wicked works. So he qualifies his good works

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and there is what we call wicked works. Yet now

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he has reconciled. Yet now he has reconciled.

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Romans 3 verse 12. Romans 3 verse 12. And you,

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and they all turn aside, they have together become

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unprofitable. There's no one who does good. No,

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not one. That would there, of course, contextually

00:37:37.780 --> 00:37:40.599
to the works. So we can write the scriptures,

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some other scriptures, Ephesians chapter 5 verse

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11, Titus chapter 1 verse 16, and 2 Timothy chapter

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4 verse 18. By this time around, I know that

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we are beginning to have an insight into what

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God is calling us to do. That believers of all

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the Jews, will do works, and what are these works?

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These are works that are similar to what Jesus

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did. Works that are in context to what God in

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Christ has done. This is a promise from Jesus

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that those who believe in Him will do. And in

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that same text, John chapter 14 verse 12, it

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goes ahead and qualifies the kind of work that

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the believer will do. Hallelujah. It goes on

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to qualify the kind of work that the believer

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would do. It uses a word, greater. Amen. So as

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much as surely I say to you, he who believes

00:38:43.579 --> 00:38:48.599
in me, the works that I do, which we have context

00:38:48.599 --> 00:38:50.800
to the works that Jesus did, by the readings

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we didn't understand the works that Jesus did,

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okay? The works that I do, He will do also what

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Jesus did. Not only that, greater works than

00:39:06.289 --> 00:39:10.230
this, He will do, because I go to my Father.

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So is the scripture suggesting that the believer

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will do more than what Jesus did? Is the scripture

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meaning that what the believer will do? Is Jesus

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saying here literally? that the believer will

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do greater than what he himself has done. Let's

00:39:31.110 --> 00:39:36.210
examine this. In the verse works, in this verse,

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if you have your hard copy Bible, if you have

00:39:44.070 --> 00:39:48.929
your hard copy Bible, John chapter 14 verse 12,

00:39:50.130 --> 00:39:57.329
you will notice that the word works are gone

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in that chapter 12 verse 12 rather is in italics

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Okay, and what does that mean? It means that

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it is not in the original text itself. All right

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It is not in the original text itself Which means

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that it might have been added by translators

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Okay, so we can My virtue of this understanding

00:40:27.010 --> 00:40:30.510
omit the word works in that verse, right? And

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let's read it with the understanding that the

00:40:33.409 --> 00:40:36.710
works was not in the original So Jesus will say

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most assuredly I say to you he will believe in

00:40:39.530 --> 00:40:44.489
me The works that I do he will do also and greater

00:40:44.489 --> 00:40:49.309
than this he will do Okay, greater than what

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greater than this he will do because I go to

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the father So, I try to look at that word greater.

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What does that word greater means? Of course,

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we know the context of what Jesus is saying.

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Greater than what He did. Alright? So, the second

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omitting that works there does not change the

00:41:10.800 --> 00:41:13.619
meaning of that text. But what is that greater?

00:41:14.260 --> 00:41:17.059
What is that greater that Jesus is qualifying

00:41:17.059 --> 00:41:19.380
the works that the believer will do? What is

00:41:19.380 --> 00:41:22.760
that greater? In the Greek greater is translated

00:41:23.150 --> 00:41:30.929
from the word Megas. Megas. N -E -G -A -S. The

00:41:30.929 --> 00:41:46.210
word Megas. Alright? The word Megas. And this

00:41:46.210 --> 00:41:49.750
Megas is from the word, which in English, of

00:41:49.750 --> 00:41:53.880
course, we have the word Mega. Okay? Referring

00:41:53.880 --> 00:41:58.079
to something that is in a large quantity. So

00:41:58.079 --> 00:42:01.719
Jesus here is saying that the apostles and the

00:42:01.719 --> 00:42:06.059
believers who will come after him will do greater

00:42:06.059 --> 00:42:13.159
than what he did. And this greater, this greater

00:42:13.159 --> 00:42:19.900
contextually here will lay emphasis on the volume,

00:42:20.780 --> 00:42:30.210
alright? on the volume, not nature, exactly what

00:42:30.210 --> 00:42:32.929
Christ did to say, believers are not going to

00:42:32.929 --> 00:42:34.590
die on the cross for another believer, all right?

00:42:34.610 --> 00:42:38.010
That's not what we're saying here. But, make

00:42:38.010 --> 00:42:39.849
us in the sense of the quantity of what they

00:42:39.849 --> 00:42:43.789
will do. They will do more rocks than Jesus did

00:42:43.789 --> 00:42:49.670
while he was on earth. Okay? So the promise is

00:42:49.670 --> 00:42:56.739
that The believer in Christ, who will live in

00:42:56.739 --> 00:43:00.260
Christ, who is born again in Christ, will do

00:43:00.260 --> 00:43:07.119
more in greater terms, more in volume terms,

00:43:07.800 --> 00:43:14.760
than what Jesus did while he was a man. So the

00:43:14.760 --> 00:43:18.119
greater day is not referring to a quality that

00:43:18.119 --> 00:43:21.000
is more qualitative than what Jesus did, no.

00:43:21.130 --> 00:43:23.389
What we are referring to is referring to the

00:43:23.389 --> 00:43:26.550
quantity. The apostles, for example, who see

00:43:26.550 --> 00:43:30.650
the scripture, will do more things over a longer

00:43:30.650 --> 00:43:34.289
period of time because Jesus, in His ministry

00:43:34.289 --> 00:43:38.570
on earth, while He was on earth, He did the work

00:43:38.570 --> 00:43:42.070
of ministry for only three and a half years.

00:43:43.269 --> 00:43:46.389
The entirety of what He did, the works He worked

00:43:46.389 --> 00:43:51.420
to the point of dying on the cross. and then

00:43:51.420 --> 00:43:55.119
risen again, and even to his ascension is about

00:43:55.119 --> 00:43:59.400
three and a half years. So the apostles will

00:43:59.400 --> 00:44:04.539
do more in a longer period of time. And we can

00:44:04.539 --> 00:44:06.460
see the success of their ministry in the Book

00:44:06.460 --> 00:44:08.219
of Acts. We'll read through the Book of Acts.

00:44:08.619 --> 00:44:13.500
We'll see how much they did a lot of exploit.

00:44:14.940 --> 00:44:19.389
We can see their successes. They influenced more

00:44:19.389 --> 00:44:23.150
over a larger geographical area than Jesus did.

00:44:24.010 --> 00:44:26.670
You know, if you see his last words to them,

00:44:26.670 --> 00:44:30.010
what we call the Great Commission, He gave them

00:44:30.010 --> 00:44:34.769
a context. He gave them a context to where? Beginning

00:44:34.769 --> 00:44:38.449
from Jerusalem, then Judea, and then to the utmost

00:44:38.449 --> 00:44:40.869
part of the world. Jesus did not go to the utmost

00:44:40.869 --> 00:44:46.150
part of the world. Hallelujah! But what the disciples

00:44:46.150 --> 00:44:50.030
would do, And what in turn we the believers today

00:44:50.030 --> 00:44:54.849
will do is a global ministry. Hallelujah. So

00:44:54.849 --> 00:44:58.409
what we are called to do today is a global work.

00:44:59.110 --> 00:45:05.969
We are called to do a global work. So example

00:45:05.969 --> 00:45:10.090
practically is Acts 2 verse 40 and 43. Let's

00:45:10.090 --> 00:45:16.699
read. Acts 2 verse 40 and 43. We see an example

00:45:16.699 --> 00:45:20.960
of an instance where they preach and with many

00:45:20.960 --> 00:45:25.639
other words Peter testified and exhorted them

00:45:25.639 --> 00:45:28.300
saying be safe from this perverse narration.

00:45:30.699 --> 00:45:32.820
Then those who gladly received his word were

00:45:32.820 --> 00:45:37.219
baptized and that day about three thousand souls

00:45:37.219 --> 00:45:42.380
were added to them verse 42 and they continue

00:45:42.380 --> 00:45:45.519
steadfastly in the apostles doctrine and in fellowship

00:45:45.519 --> 00:45:48.340
and in breaking of bread and in prayers was 43.

00:45:50.099 --> 00:45:53.539
Then fear came upon every soul and many wonders

00:45:53.539 --> 00:46:00.519
and signs were done through the apostles. So,

00:46:01.300 --> 00:46:03.280
Jesus promised that believers who do greater

00:46:03.280 --> 00:46:09.519
works, the first to continue and expand in his

00:46:09.519 --> 00:46:12.719
God -given mission through the power of the Holy

00:46:12.719 --> 00:46:17.820
Spirit. Through the power of the Holy Spirit

00:46:17.820 --> 00:46:21.380
the works that is a gun that we've seen we've

00:46:21.380 --> 00:46:28.940
explained and not Limited to miracles But include

00:46:28.940 --> 00:46:34.300
proclaiming the gospel making disciples teaching

00:46:34.300 --> 00:46:40.860
the truth Demonstrated God's love through our

00:46:40.860 --> 00:46:44.739
actions there are instances where Jesus you know,

00:46:44.900 --> 00:46:47.679
practically wash the feet of his disciples and

00:46:47.679 --> 00:46:49.840
he's showing them an example and what he was

00:46:49.840 --> 00:46:53.019
doing to their, you know, knowledge is that they

00:46:53.019 --> 00:46:56.019
should love one another, serve one another. So

00:46:56.019 --> 00:46:59.860
in service, in love, in service for one another,

00:46:59.900 --> 00:47:04.179
we demonstrate the works of God in Christ Jesus

00:47:04.179 --> 00:47:08.460
and in advancing his kingdom. So these works

00:47:08.460 --> 00:47:12.159
are greater, not because they surpass Jesus in

00:47:12.159 --> 00:47:17.250
power or authority. The greater that we are called

00:47:17.250 --> 00:47:21.369
to do is not to do something greater or mightier

00:47:21.369 --> 00:47:23.730
or more powerful than what Jesus has done himself.

00:47:25.449 --> 00:47:30.769
But because after his ascension, the disciples

00:47:30.769 --> 00:47:35.309
will extend to all nations through the church's

00:47:35.309 --> 00:47:39.710
global ministry, bringing countless people to

00:47:39.710 --> 00:47:43.010
faith in Christ Jesus. So the context of our

00:47:43.010 --> 00:47:46.199
own ministry is a global ministry. So the works

00:47:46.199 --> 00:47:48.760
that God is calling us to do is not limited to

00:47:48.760 --> 00:47:52.480
our countries. It's not limited to our nationalities.

00:47:53.039 --> 00:47:56.400
It's not limited to, you know, the folks from

00:47:56.400 --> 00:47:59.079
where we are familiar with. No. God is calling

00:47:59.079 --> 00:48:05.099
us into something that is global. And he emphasized

00:48:05.099 --> 00:48:09.179
John chapter 14 verse 12. He says, because I

00:48:09.179 --> 00:48:14.900
go to my father. So the disciples Christ will

00:48:14.900 --> 00:48:19.840
do greater works primarily because Jesus will

00:48:19.840 --> 00:48:28.440
have to die and rise from the dead. He will have

00:48:28.440 --> 00:48:34.119
already completed the work of redemption. That

00:48:34.119 --> 00:48:38.599
message will be pointed and clear afterward after

00:48:38.599 --> 00:48:44.670
he has been glorified. His disciples will also

00:48:44.670 --> 00:48:49.590
have the ministry of the Holy Spirit uniquely,

00:48:49.690 --> 00:48:51.570
because His ascension, as we've taught in church

00:48:51.570 --> 00:48:55.610
here, that the ascension of Jesus Christ is very

00:48:55.610 --> 00:48:57.909
much associated to the giving of the Spirit,

00:48:58.409 --> 00:49:01.230
the appalling of the Spirit in our hearts. So,

00:49:01.510 --> 00:49:04.230
going to the Father has to do with His ascension,

00:49:04.690 --> 00:49:07.449
has to do with, you know, all that He achieves

00:49:07.449 --> 00:49:08.949
in His death is better than His resurrection.

00:49:09.869 --> 00:49:13.690
So that... is what will empower the ministry.

00:49:14.690 --> 00:49:18.170
That is what will fuel the ministry of the apostles.

00:49:18.269 --> 00:49:20.949
That is what will fuel the ministry of the believers.

00:49:21.289 --> 00:49:23.710
And that is also what is fueling our own ministry

00:49:23.710 --> 00:49:28.130
today. Hallelujah. So without this, we don't

00:49:28.130 --> 00:49:33.010
have a ministry. It's a ministry that is founded

00:49:33.010 --> 00:49:35.789
and is established in the works of the Spirit.

00:49:38.429 --> 00:49:41.329
We see in Jesus's, you know, conversation with

00:49:41.329 --> 00:49:45.929
them later on in that same book of John, he promised

00:49:45.929 --> 00:49:49.889
the empowerment of the Holy Spirit. John chapter

00:49:49.889 --> 00:49:52.570
14, let's look at the later verses, verse 16

00:49:52.570 --> 00:49:56.190
and 17. In the same context of a conversation,

00:49:57.329 --> 00:49:59.829
we see that he promised the Holy Spirit, and

00:49:59.829 --> 00:50:03.789
I will pray the Father and He will give you another

00:50:03.789 --> 00:50:12.000
helper. That He may abide with you forever. So

00:50:12.000 --> 00:50:15.739
the abiding ability of the Spirit in the believers

00:50:15.739 --> 00:50:20.179
is what will enable them to accurately do the

00:50:20.179 --> 00:50:25.920
work that He has called them to do. So the disciples

00:50:25.920 --> 00:50:28.119
could not do the greater works independently

00:50:28.119 --> 00:50:34.019
of the Holy Spirit. Look at verse 26. Verse 26,

00:50:34.980 --> 00:50:38.820
emphasizing the role of God walking together

00:50:38.820 --> 00:50:40.579
with the believers through the help of the Spirit

00:50:40.579 --> 00:50:43.719
to do the works. But the helper, the Holy Spirit

00:50:43.719 --> 00:50:46.639
whom the Father will send in my name, he will

00:50:46.639 --> 00:50:50.500
teach you all things and bring to your remembrance

00:50:50.500 --> 00:50:54.380
all the things that I've said to you. So the

00:50:54.380 --> 00:50:56.000
things that we'll be teaching are things that

00:50:56.000 --> 00:50:59.360
the Holy Spirit will enable them to teach. Okay?

00:51:00.619 --> 00:51:06.980
John chapter 15 verse 26. John chapter 11 verse

00:51:07.690 --> 00:51:17.070
26 but the helper all right however lives John

00:51:17.070 --> 00:51:24.070
6 and 15 verse 26 15 but when the helper comes

00:51:24.070 --> 00:51:29.389
whom I shall send to you from the father the

00:51:29.389 --> 00:51:31.289
spirit of truth who proceeds from the father

00:51:31.289 --> 00:51:40.150
who will testify of me 27 And you also bear witness

00:51:40.150 --> 00:51:42.929
because you have been with me from the beginning.

00:51:43.269 --> 00:51:45.230
So it is by the power of the Holy Spirit. We

00:51:45.230 --> 00:51:47.469
can write this one down, chapter 6 verse 7 to

00:51:47.469 --> 00:51:52.929
11, John chapter 16 verse 7 to 11, John chapter

00:51:52.929 --> 00:52:00.349
16 verse 12 to 15. We establish that the disciples

00:52:00.349 --> 00:52:05.530
will do these greater works by the help of the

00:52:05.530 --> 00:52:11.039
Holy Spirit. So we that are called in Christ,

00:52:11.320 --> 00:52:14.139
we that have believed, will also do the work

00:52:14.139 --> 00:52:17.260
by the help of the Spirit. So the greater works

00:52:17.260 --> 00:52:21.019
Jesus promised are the very works He Himself

00:52:21.019 --> 00:52:27.679
performed. All right? Not evil works, not the

00:52:27.679 --> 00:52:30.619
works of the law, but specifically the things

00:52:30.619 --> 00:52:34.400
that He established by precepts He taught to

00:52:34.400 --> 00:52:38.000
them. By action he lived them out. Hallelujah.

00:52:39.280 --> 00:52:44.900
So Jesus' promise are the very works he himself

00:52:44.900 --> 00:52:53.300
performed within the context of his earthly mission.

00:52:54.099 --> 00:52:56.519
They refer to advancing God's kingdom through

00:52:56.519 --> 00:52:58.960
proclaiming the gospel, re -emphasizing it, through

00:52:58.960 --> 00:53:02.820
the preaching of the gospel, through serving

00:53:02.820 --> 00:53:06.869
others. by the demonstration of the Spirit of

00:53:06.869 --> 00:53:10.630
God. All right? And let's emphasize this to ourselves

00:53:10.630 --> 00:53:14.349
that greater works is not referring to successes

00:53:14.349 --> 00:53:18.250
in politics. Okay? Because it's very easy for

00:53:18.250 --> 00:53:22.389
us to think that greater works is when you're

00:53:22.389 --> 00:53:26.289
excelling in your career. All right? Greater

00:53:26.289 --> 00:53:29.969
works is when your business is getting global.

00:53:32.869 --> 00:53:35.090
When your business is getting bigger and then

00:53:35.090 --> 00:53:36.949
you are in different, you have different branches

00:53:36.949 --> 00:53:39.250
of your business. You know, you're an apostle

00:53:39.250 --> 00:53:43.389
in the business place. And as your business is

00:53:43.389 --> 00:53:46.110
expanding, you are doing greater works. You are

00:53:46.110 --> 00:53:52.309
capturing industries for the kingdom. All greater

00:53:52.309 --> 00:53:56.190
works is when you become famous, when you are

00:53:56.190 --> 00:53:59.150
there. You have the highest followership on TikTok,

00:53:59.869 --> 00:54:01.989
on Instagram. All your ministry, for example,

00:54:02.070 --> 00:54:04.849
in this hall, we needed to have 5 ,000 people

00:54:04.849 --> 00:54:06.289
fooling this out, then we would know that, oh,

00:54:06.289 --> 00:54:07.969
we are famous and we are doing greater works.

00:54:08.650 --> 00:54:11.130
Numbass is good, all right, because he just has

00:54:11.130 --> 00:54:15.570
followers too. But it's not about fame, all right,

00:54:15.590 --> 00:54:20.989
it's not about fame. Or the pursuit of ugly riches.

00:54:23.070 --> 00:54:27.429
But continuing specifically, continuing the redemptive

00:54:27.429 --> 00:54:31.110
mission by the power of the Holy Spirit. Hallelujah.

00:54:32.190 --> 00:54:36.349
So if we are called to do greater works, we must

00:54:36.349 --> 00:54:39.909
not miss the mark by pursuing things that Jesus

00:54:39.909 --> 00:54:44.389
never pursued. Because there is context to what

00:54:44.389 --> 00:54:47.489
he says, the works he did is the works that he's

00:54:47.489 --> 00:54:50.329
calling us to do. And anything that Jesus does

00:54:50.329 --> 00:54:54.110
not pursue, anything that we do not see in the

00:54:54.110 --> 00:54:57.469
life of Jesus as recorded in the scriptures,

00:54:58.599 --> 00:55:02.099
are not what He is calling us. It's not the context

00:55:02.099 --> 00:55:05.000
of what He is calling us to do. Now we are not

00:55:05.000 --> 00:55:06.860
saying that business is bad. We are not saying

00:55:06.860 --> 00:55:09.059
that our careers are bad. We are not saying that

00:55:09.059 --> 00:55:12.139
doing businesses or any other, you know, things

00:55:12.139 --> 00:55:15.559
we do in the flesh are bad. No. What we are saying

00:55:15.559 --> 00:55:18.559
is that what God is calling us to do that has

00:55:18.559 --> 00:55:23.539
eternal purpose, that has eternal consequence

00:55:23.539 --> 00:55:27.539
is actually the work of redemption. The work

00:55:27.550 --> 00:55:31.469
that brings about salvation of men and the mouth

00:55:31.469 --> 00:55:35.050
of God upon the face of the earth. So let's dig

00:55:35.050 --> 00:55:37.070
deeper into the works that Jesus did as recorded

00:55:37.070 --> 00:55:42.969
in the in the gospels, the synoptic gospels.

00:55:43.329 --> 00:55:46.429
And what we're going to ask, this work that Jesus

00:55:46.429 --> 00:55:51.750
did and is calling us to do, what is the background?

00:55:53.389 --> 00:55:56.460
Because every work has a background, okay? What

00:55:56.460 --> 00:55:58.880
are the context or what is the context of the

00:55:58.880 --> 00:56:02.920
works Jesus himself did? As was recorded in the

00:56:02.920 --> 00:56:04.840
gospels as we see in the scriptures as we read

00:56:04.840 --> 00:56:10.300
them I know that we already have the clue. Okay,

00:56:10.940 --> 00:56:14.059
the background and the context of the four gospels

00:56:14.059 --> 00:56:19.480
is What we call the scriptures? All right, the

00:56:19.480 --> 00:56:22.559
background and the context of the four gospels

00:56:22.559 --> 00:56:26.550
the four gospels are the records of what Jesus

00:56:26.550 --> 00:56:32.269
did. The fair gospels are the records of His

00:56:32.269 --> 00:56:37.449
human, of Jesus' existence in the flesh. And

00:56:37.449 --> 00:56:41.889
they show to us the works that Jesus did. And

00:56:41.889 --> 00:56:44.010
when we go through them, for example, in Matthew

00:56:44.010 --> 00:56:47.250
chapter 1, verse 1 to 5, let's look at the context.

00:56:49.190 --> 00:56:53.110
Then it will help us to establish ourselves much

00:56:53.110 --> 00:56:56.170
more in this understanding. Matthew chapter 1,

00:56:56.349 --> 00:57:02.409
from verse 1 to 5. The book of the genealogy,

00:57:03.610 --> 00:57:05.409
genealogy has to do with the word, is the word

00:57:05.409 --> 00:57:09.469
Genesis. The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ,

00:57:10.809 --> 00:57:16.429
the son of David, the son of Abraham. Why would

00:57:16.429 --> 00:57:20.949
the writer of Matthew begin with David? The son

00:57:20.949 --> 00:57:25.090
of David, the son of Abraham, verse 2, Abraham

00:57:25.090 --> 00:57:31.710
begot Isaac. Isaac begot Jacob. Jacob begot Judah

00:57:31.710 --> 00:57:36.789
and his brothers. Judah begot Peres and Zerah

00:57:36.789 --> 00:57:42.869
by Tamar. Perah begot Hezron. Hezron begot Ram.

00:57:43.670 --> 00:57:49.309
Ram begot Abinadab. Abinadab begot Nazshun. And

00:57:49.309 --> 00:57:55.360
Nazshun begot Salmon. Simon, we got Boaz by Rehab.

00:57:55.420 --> 00:58:00.500
Boaz, we got Obed by Ruth. Obed, we got Jesse

00:58:00.500 --> 00:58:06.800
who was six. We see David, David the king. David

00:58:06.800 --> 00:58:10.079
the king, we got Solomon by her who had been

00:58:10.079 --> 00:58:14.000
the wife of Uriah. Solomon, we got Rehoboam.

00:58:14.139 --> 00:58:18.699
Rehoboam, we got Abijah. And Abijah, we got Asa.

00:58:18.840 --> 00:58:22.559
Asa, we got Joshua. Joshua, we got Joram. and

00:58:22.559 --> 00:58:25.679
Jordan we got Uzziah Uzziah we got Jotham Jotham

00:58:25.679 --> 00:58:29.300
we got Ahaz Ahaz we got Hezekiah Hezekiah we

00:58:29.300 --> 00:58:31.500
got Manasseh Manasseh we got Ammon and Ammon

00:58:31.500 --> 00:58:35.000
we got Josiah Josiah we got Jeconiah and his

00:58:35.000 --> 00:58:37.820
brothers about the time they were carried away

00:58:37.820 --> 00:58:41.079
to Babylon and after they were brought to Babylon

00:58:41.079 --> 00:58:45.260
Jeconiah they got Shaltal and Shaltal we got

00:58:45.260 --> 00:58:49.159
Zerubbabel Zerubbabel we got Abayut Abayut we

00:58:49.159 --> 00:58:54.019
got Eleakim Eliakim, we got Azor. Azor, we got

00:58:54.019 --> 00:58:57.539
Zadok. Zadok, we got Achim. And Achim, we got

00:58:57.539 --> 00:59:03.760
Eliud. Eliud, we got Elaiza. Elaiza, we got Martha.

00:59:03.960 --> 00:59:07.340
And Martha, we got Jacob. And Jacob, we got Joseph,

00:59:07.460 --> 00:59:12.860
the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus,

00:59:13.159 --> 00:59:16.820
who is called the Christ. Hallelujah. So the

00:59:16.820 --> 00:59:20.440
writer of Matthew, gives us the context, okay?

00:59:21.300 --> 00:59:24.500
He gives us the background, that the background

00:59:24.500 --> 00:59:29.079
of the person of Christ is where? It's in the

00:59:29.079 --> 00:59:32.019
Scriptures, isn't it? So why would he start from

00:59:32.019 --> 00:59:36.840
David? Matthew, why would he start from who?

00:59:37.420 --> 00:59:42.320
From Abraham, right? Hmm? From Abraham down to

00:59:42.320 --> 00:59:46.059
David and others. It's because Matthew was written

00:59:46.059 --> 00:59:48.829
by a Jew. And the context is that he is writing

00:59:48.829 --> 00:59:55.909
to Jews about Jesus, the promised Messiah. So

00:59:55.909 --> 00:59:58.989
they had background knowledge of the Old Testament

00:59:58.989 --> 01:00:02.150
scripture. Okay, they had the background of the

01:00:02.150 --> 01:00:04.309
Old Testament. So the goal is to prove that the

01:00:04.309 --> 01:00:07.949
Christ is actually the promise that was given

01:00:07.949 --> 01:00:11.329
to the people of Israel. So Matthew presents

01:00:11.329 --> 01:00:14.630
Jesus to the Jewish people as the Christ and

01:00:14.630 --> 01:00:18.989
the King. of the Jews. He demonstrates Jesus'

01:00:19.349 --> 01:00:23.690
Messiahship through the fulfillment of the Old

01:00:23.690 --> 01:00:31.329
Testament prophecies. So, his genealogy, baptism,

01:00:32.289 --> 01:00:34.789
teachings and miracles, death and resurrection,

01:00:35.429 --> 01:00:39.389
all of this affirms one central truth to the

01:00:39.389 --> 01:00:44.349
Jew. Jesus is a promised King and a living Messiah.

01:00:45.530 --> 01:00:48.869
Hallelujah. So in Mark, let's look at how Mark

01:00:48.869 --> 01:00:51.769
gives a record. Let's look at how Mark records

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it in Mark chapter 1, verse 1 to 4. Lord, will

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you read verse 1 to 4? The beginning of the gospel

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of Jesus Christ, he started from God, the Son

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of God, as it is written in the prophets. Where

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do we find the prophets? The prophets is in the

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scriptures. And when we say the scriptures, we

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are referring to the ultimate part of the Bible

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that we have today. He prophesied, Behold, I

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send my messenger before your face, who will

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prepare your way before you. The voice of the

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one crying the wilderness, prepare the way of

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the Lord, make his path straight. Verse four,

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John came baptizing the wilderness and preaching

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the baptism of repentance for the remissions

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of sin. So Mark is a gospel written by John Mark

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primarily for a gentle especially the Roman readers

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presenting Jesus as the son of God and the sovereign

01:01:57.219 --> 01:02:02.039
servant. So the gospel opens by declaring the

01:02:02.039 --> 01:02:04.800
beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ the son

01:02:04.800 --> 01:02:08.619
of God as we saw in Mark chapter 1 verse 1 introduces

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John the Baptist as the messenger who prepares

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the way for the Lord, thereby also fulfilling

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the prophecies we see in Isaiah. We read it earlier

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on Isaiah and Malachi, you know. So Mark emphasizes,

01:02:29.150 --> 01:02:32.090
emphasizes Jesus' authority through his teaching,

01:02:33.070 --> 01:02:36.090
emphasizing that Jesus is Lord, emphasizing the

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authority of Jesus Christ by the teachings, by

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the miracles, by the works of compassion, The

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power that He demonstrated towards over sin,

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sickness, demons, and the dead, we see instances

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where He forgives sin in the book of Mark. So,

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His life, the sacrificial death and the resurrection

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reveal one central truth to the Gentile, that

01:03:04.300 --> 01:03:07.280
Jesus is a promised Messiah, the Son of God,

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who came not to be served. but to serve and give

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his life as a ransom for many." Mark chapter

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10 verse 45. Summarizes, you know, the message

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that is in Book of Mark, Mark 10, 45. It says,

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for even the Son of Man did not come to be served,

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but to serve and to give his life a ransom. not

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only to the Jews, but to many. That many has

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to do with the entire world. Hallelujah! And

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when we come to the book of John, the book of

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John is a gospel written by apostle John to reveal

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that Jesus is the eternal Son of God and to lead

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others to believe in him for eternal life. We'll

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read chapter one. Let's read the first five verses

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also. John chapter one, verse one to five, we'll

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see how he started by declaring that Jesus Christ

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is in the beginning. In the beginning was the

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Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word

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was God. He was in the beginning with God. All

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things were made through Him, and without Him

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nothing was made that was made. In Him was a

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life, and that life was the light of men. Verse

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5, the last five says, and the light shines in

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darkness, and the darkness is not comprehended.

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So, The gospel begins by declaring Jesus' divine

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nature, here in verse 1. And then Jesus, the

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eternal world, is a creator. It presents Jesus

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as a creator, a source of life and the light

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of the world that shines in darkness. So John

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emphasizes Jesus' identity through his signs,

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the teachings he did, and also the emphatic statement

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Jesus made. in the book of John, I am, you know,

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the I am. The statements that were all the same

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garbage, especially in the book of Exodus chapter

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three, verse 14, when, you know, God revealed

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himself to Moses and says, I am is my name. I

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am is who I am. All right? So John uses this

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garbage so much to reveal Jesus is the divine,

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Jesus. is God who became man, revealing his deity

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and his union, his relationship with the Father.

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So, we see that Jesus' life, his death, and his

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resurrection proclaim one central truth in the

01:05:52.179 --> 01:05:56.719
book of John, that Jesus is a Christ, the Son

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of God, and all who believe in him receive eternal

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life. John chapter 20 verse 31. Hallelujah! So

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in summary, the context and the background, when

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we read all the synoptic gospel, we discover

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that the background and the context of this is

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what we call the scriptures. All right? It's

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very important because we're going to examine

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what the scripture is. So the context and the

01:06:29.320 --> 01:06:31.960
background of the gospels, as we've read, are

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the auto -Semian scriptures. They present to

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us Jesus as the fulfillment of the promises that

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was made in the scriptures. Okay? Jesus himself

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made statements that he is a fulfillment, that

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he came to fulfill the law and the prophets and

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not to abolish them. All right? That is, he came

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to fulfill the promises. Matthew chapter 5 verse

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17. We'll see where he made this statement himself.

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Matthew 25 verse 17. Do not think that I have

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come to destroy the law or the prophets. I did

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not come to destroy, but to what? But to fulfill.

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But to fulfill. To accomplish. Because the Old

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Testament scriptures testifies of Jesus Christ.

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Jesus also said in John chapter 3 verse 39 that

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you search the scriptures you know you search

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the scriptures thinking that in them what will

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happen that you will find life right and these

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are they which testify of me so Jesus here in

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the book of John also testifying about the scriptures,

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that they are about Him. His ministry, His preaching,

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His healing the sick, giving sight to the blind,

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and proclaiming liberty. All of this fulfills

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the Messianic prophecies in the scriptures. When

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we go through the Old Testament scriptures, from

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Genesis to Malachi, we see specific prophecies

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about Jesus Christ. And we see The fulfillment

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recorded for us in the book of Luke chapter 4

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verse 18 to 21, Matthew 11 verse 45, we see that

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He fulfills these prophecies. And even after

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resurrection, Jesus also explained that everything

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written was about Him in the law, the prophets

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and the psalms, and that is what He fulfilled.

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Luke chapter 24, Luke 24 verse 27 and 44. Let's

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read this. Luke 24 verse 27 and 44. It says,

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I'm beginning at Moses and all the prophets.

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He expounded to them in all the scriptures the

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things concerning himself. That is, he interpreted,

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he interpreted in the scriptures the things concerning

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himself. Verse 44. Then he said to them these

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are the words which I spoke to you while I was

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still with you and all things must be fulfilled

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Which were written in the law of Moses and in

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the prophets and the Psalms concerning me. Hallelujah

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so Also his suffering his death and his resurrection

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Are that the scriptures might be fulfilled Okay?

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What are we trying to prove? We're trying to

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prove that the background of all that Jesus did,

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there's nothing He did and taught that was not

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from the Scriptures. Okay? There's nothing that

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Jesus said or did or taught that was not from

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the Scriptures. And what is the importance of

01:10:23.010 --> 01:10:26.609
this emphasis to us? Because He has called us

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to do what to do the same as he has done. So

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what it will mean is that all that we will do

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will come from where? Will come from the scriptures.

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All right? All that we also will do will find

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its origin, its context, its method of delivery,

01:10:50.340 --> 01:10:53.180
and all that it will be from the scriptures.

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And what are the scriptures we're talking about?

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we're talking about Genesis to Malachi. Hallelujah!

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Genesis to Malachi. Very specifically, we'll

01:11:04.750 --> 01:11:08.750
see why I emphasize Genesis to Malachi. Because

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that is where we found, you know, the work of

01:11:14.729 --> 01:11:18.569
God, the will of God, the purpose of God. So,

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to understand the works of Christ, the work of

01:11:22.609 --> 01:11:26.039
Christ, or the works of Christ, We must study

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Him through the Altar Semen. Hallelujah! We must

01:11:33.100 --> 01:11:37.520
study Jesus Christ through the Altar Semen. For

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He is the fulfillment of God's promises. And

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the one to whom all the scripture points to.

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2 Corinthians chapter 1 verse 20. He is the fulfillment

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of all scriptures. For He is the fulfillment

01:11:51.939 --> 01:11:55.140
of God's promises. and the one to whom all the

01:11:55.140 --> 01:12:00.020
scripture points to. It's not enough for us to

01:12:00.020 --> 01:12:05.300
just look, focus on the fulfillment. Amen? It's

01:12:05.300 --> 01:12:08.680
not enough for us to focus only on the fulfillment.

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You know, some people raise arguments and say,

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oh, you know, I'm a Jesus -only Christian. I'd

01:12:16.659 --> 01:12:19.520
only follow what Jesus said, especially in the

01:12:19.520 --> 01:12:22.010
Bible that is written in red letters. Whenever

01:12:22.010 --> 01:12:23.729
it is what Jesus said, it is very important,

01:12:24.210 --> 01:12:27.770
but what Jesus said has a context and a background.

01:12:29.210 --> 01:12:31.489
He only fulfilled what was said from the Old

01:12:31.489 --> 01:12:35.130
Testament scriptures. So you cannot be a New

01:12:35.130 --> 01:12:38.869
Testament alone Christian. It's impossible. Because

01:12:38.869 --> 01:12:41.850
it is not sufficient. The New Testament is not

01:12:41.850 --> 01:12:45.810
the gospel alone and not the complete picture

01:12:45.810 --> 01:12:49.149
of the plan and the purpose of God. If we remain

01:12:49.149 --> 01:12:52.460
there, we will not have a deep understanding,

01:12:53.140 --> 01:12:56.779
we will not have a better understanding of what

01:12:56.779 --> 01:12:59.739
God is calling us to do. Hallelujah! Because

01:12:59.739 --> 01:13:02.920
Jesus himself fulfilled those things that were

01:13:02.920 --> 01:13:08.159
recorded in the gospels, contextually, you know,

01:13:08.319 --> 01:13:11.579
seeing them as promised in the Old Testament

01:13:11.579 --> 01:13:15.319
scriptures. Hallelujah! So by this evidence,

01:13:16.979 --> 01:13:21.029
we can say, that the works Jesus did are from

01:13:21.029 --> 01:13:25.649
the Holy Scriptures, okay? So if we are to do

01:13:25.649 --> 01:13:29.189
greater works, we are to do the works that Jesus

01:13:29.189 --> 01:13:33.210
did, is the study of the Scriptures important

01:13:33.210 --> 01:13:37.390
for us? All right? And when I say Scriptures,

01:13:38.050 --> 01:13:41.170
for the sake of this study, for the sake of this

01:13:41.170 --> 01:13:44.569
session and all that I will take, remain within

01:13:44.569 --> 01:13:47.869
the context of Genesis to Malachi. Are we together?

01:13:48.300 --> 01:13:52.880
It becomes necessary for us as believers to understand

01:13:52.880 --> 01:13:56.159
the scriptures. And when I say scriptures, I

01:13:56.159 --> 01:14:01.140
mean Genesis to Malachi. Because within Genesis

01:14:01.140 --> 01:14:10.899
to Malachi lies the foundation, lies the expression

01:14:10.899 --> 01:14:16.100
of God's desire for the believer. Are we together?

01:14:16.590 --> 01:14:19.010
And then in the epistles we see Jesus Christ

01:14:19.010 --> 01:14:22.609
coming as a fulfillment of the promises that

01:14:22.609 --> 01:14:24.949
will usher the believer into what God has promised

01:14:24.949 --> 01:14:29.550
from the scriptures. And we see in the epistles

01:14:29.550 --> 01:14:33.229
the explanations of what Jesus has done that

01:14:33.229 --> 01:14:35.850
a believer is expected to walk in. But how can

01:14:35.850 --> 01:14:38.130
you have an explanation of something you don't

01:14:38.130 --> 01:14:41.550
know and you expect to walk in it? It's not important,

01:14:41.729 --> 01:14:45.500
right? That you go into what was promised. understand

01:14:45.500 --> 01:14:48.460
what was promised, see how it was fulfilled,

01:14:49.199 --> 01:14:53.960
and then be able to walk in it as expected. So

01:14:53.960 --> 01:14:56.359
the story of the Old Testament scriptures, what

01:14:56.359 --> 01:14:59.659
we call the scriptures for the believer, is very

01:14:59.659 --> 01:15:02.779
fundamental. And that is what God will help us

01:15:02.779 --> 01:15:05.439
to see. Some important things that will help

01:15:05.439 --> 01:15:07.680
shape our understanding of God's will and God's

01:15:07.680 --> 01:15:11.000
purpose. Now let's take an example of the apostles

01:15:11.000 --> 01:15:15.359
and see. We've seen the essence or what the What

01:15:15.359 --> 01:15:18.180
do you call it? The gospel is armed. Now let's

01:15:18.180 --> 01:15:24.000
look at examples of the apostles. After the understanding

01:15:24.000 --> 01:15:27.659
of the foundation or the context of Jesus' ministry,

01:15:28.479 --> 01:15:35.060
let's examine the ministry of the apostles. Paul

01:15:35.060 --> 01:15:42.399
exhorts Timothy especially to hold fast. to the

01:15:42.399 --> 01:15:47.619
pattern of sound words which he has received.

01:15:50.619 --> 01:15:56.520
Okay, in 2 Timothy chapter 3 verse 16 specifically,

01:15:56.539 --> 01:16:00.739
but let's look at the background. Paul exhorted

01:16:00.739 --> 01:16:08.340
Timothy to never alter the sound word that he

01:16:08.340 --> 01:16:12.649
has received. that he must pass the same to the

01:16:12.649 --> 01:16:15.810
next generation. Let's look at the context of

01:16:15.810 --> 01:16:22.229
his second Timothy chapter 1 verse 3. Second

01:16:22.229 --> 01:16:26.149
Timothy chapter 1 verse 3. Let me just read through.

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Chapter 1 verse 3. As with last season, I remember

01:16:39.140 --> 01:16:43.960
you in my prayers night and day, greatly desiring

01:16:43.960 --> 01:16:47.319
to see you being mindful of your tears that I

01:16:47.319 --> 01:16:51.140
may be filled with joy. When I call to remembrance

01:16:51.140 --> 01:16:55.659
the genuine faith that is in you, which dwells

01:16:55.659 --> 01:16:58.500
first in your grandmother, Lois, and your grandmother,

01:16:58.699 --> 01:17:02.699
Eunice, and I am persuaded is in you also. Therefore,

01:17:02.720 --> 01:17:06.840
I remind you to stay up the gift of God. Which

01:17:06.840 --> 01:17:09.439
is in you through the laying off of him of my

01:17:09.439 --> 01:17:13.539
hands Remember as Paul was writing to Timothy,

01:17:13.699 --> 01:17:18.460
right? He was not writing to him with the context

01:17:18.460 --> 01:17:20.979
of the first of the book of his second Corinthians

01:17:20.979 --> 01:17:24.760
chapter 12 That was not the context of his writing

01:17:24.760 --> 01:17:28.420
to him Okay He was not writing to him with the

01:17:28.420 --> 01:17:30.060
understanding that all this something like the

01:17:30.060 --> 01:17:32.340
gift of his spirit But he is writing to you and

01:17:32.340 --> 01:17:35.960
say for God has not given us a spirit of fear

01:17:36.159 --> 01:17:39.020
but of power and of love and of a sound mind.

01:17:39.239 --> 01:17:41.859
That's it. Therefore do not be ashamed of the

01:17:41.859 --> 01:17:44.199
testimony of our Lord. Where will the testimony

01:17:44.199 --> 01:17:47.979
of our Lord be found? Where will the testimony

01:17:47.979 --> 01:17:51.800
of our Lord be found? At this moment, at this

01:17:51.800 --> 01:17:54.579
moment of course writing, right, there's nothing

01:17:54.579 --> 01:17:57.060
like the book of Mark. There's nothing like the

01:17:57.060 --> 01:17:59.000
book of Matthew. There's nothing like the book

01:17:59.000 --> 01:18:02.859
of John. All the gospels were written after the

01:18:02.859 --> 01:18:07.500
epistles of the epistles particularly all of

01:18:07.500 --> 01:18:11.659
them so look at what Timothy was asked to do

01:18:11.659 --> 01:18:13.699
therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony

01:18:13.699 --> 01:18:18.560
of our Lord nor of he of me his prisoner but

01:18:18.560 --> 01:18:21.579
share with me in the sufferings for the gospel

01:18:21.579 --> 01:18:26.180
according to the power of God who has saved us

01:18:26.180 --> 01:18:29.770
and call us with a holy calling Not according

01:18:29.770 --> 01:18:32.430
to our works, which is grace, but according to

01:18:32.430 --> 01:18:35.050
his own purpose. There's a purpose that God has

01:18:35.050 --> 01:18:38.229
according to God's purpose and God's grace, which

01:18:38.229 --> 01:18:42.109
was given to us in Christ Jesus before time began.

01:18:42.170 --> 01:18:45.210
This is a Genesis 1 conversation before time

01:18:45.210 --> 01:18:50.649
began. But has now been revealed by the appearing

01:18:50.649 --> 01:18:54.149
of our Savior Jesus Christ, who has abolished

01:18:54.149 --> 01:18:57.489
death and brought life and immortality to light.

01:18:57.579 --> 01:19:02.359
through the gospel to which I was appointed a

01:19:02.359 --> 01:19:05.979
preacher and an apostle and a teacher and of

01:19:05.979 --> 01:19:12.500
the Gentiles. For this reason I also suffer these

01:19:12.500 --> 01:19:16.260
things nevertheless I am not ashamed for I know

01:19:16.260 --> 01:19:20.579
whom I have believed and I'm persuaded that He

01:19:20.579 --> 01:19:23.960
is able to keep what I have committed to Him

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until that day. Hold fast, very important, hold

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fast the pattern of sound words which you have

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heard from me in faith and love which are in

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Christ Jesus. That good, that good thing which

01:19:44.750 --> 01:19:47.710
was committed to you, what was committed to Timothy?

01:19:48.890 --> 01:19:53.829
What was committed to Timothy? Keep by the Holy

01:19:53.829 --> 01:19:56.029
Spirit who dwells in us. Verse 15, the last verse

01:19:56.029 --> 01:19:59.420
here. This you know! What is Paul referring to

01:19:59.420 --> 01:20:03.359
Timothy and saying, this you know! That all those

01:20:03.359 --> 01:20:06.420
in all Asia have torn away from me, among whom

01:20:06.420 --> 01:20:12.560
are the Jeleus and the Hermogenes and on and

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on and on. Hallelujah! Let's move to chapter

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2, verse 1 and 2, continuation of the context

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of this conversation. Chapter 2, verse 1 and

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2. Yes, you therefore my son be strong in the

01:20:29.220 --> 01:20:32.720
grace that is in Christ Jesus and the things

01:20:32.720 --> 01:20:38.979
that you have had from me What did Paul? Thought

01:20:38.979 --> 01:20:43.279
Timothy the things that you've had from me among

01:20:43.279 --> 01:20:48.199
many witnesses Commit these two faithful men

01:20:48.199 --> 01:20:55.909
Who will be able to teach others also? Then you

01:20:55.909 --> 01:20:58.569
went on to talk about enduring chapter 2 verse

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14 to 26 14 to verse 22. Yes Yes, so 2 verse

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14 rather yes remind them of these things continuation

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of this conversation charge them that is those

01:21:11.189 --> 01:21:14.130
whom we have committed the same message to charge

01:21:14.130 --> 01:21:17.949
them before the Lord not to strive about words

01:21:17.949 --> 01:21:23.180
to no -profit to rule of the hearers Be diligent

01:21:23.180 --> 01:21:26.659
to present yourself approved to God. Of course,

01:21:26.819 --> 01:21:29.460
Passover of Tudus here is a proof of God. All

01:21:29.460 --> 01:21:32.000
right, because it has been a proof of God. A

01:21:32.000 --> 01:21:35.340
proof of God. A worker who does not need to be

01:21:35.340 --> 01:21:38.439
ashamed. Rightly dividing the word of truth.

01:21:38.760 --> 01:21:41.819
Which word of truth is here to divide? Rightly.

01:21:42.680 --> 01:21:46.399
All right. But shun profane and idle babblings

01:21:46.399 --> 01:21:50.090
for they will increase to more ungodliness. And

01:21:50.090 --> 01:21:54.710
their message will spread like a cancer. Heminals

01:21:54.710 --> 01:21:58.090
and philates are of this sort, mentioning some

01:21:58.090 --> 01:22:01.250
of the people that, you know, they're into distorting

01:22:01.250 --> 01:22:05.770
the message. Okay? Who have strength concerning

01:22:05.770 --> 01:22:08.869
the truth? Where can the truth be found? These

01:22:08.869 --> 01:22:11.569
are questions we should be asking. Saying that

01:22:11.569 --> 01:22:16.750
the resurrection is already past and they overthrow

01:22:16.750 --> 01:22:22.270
the fate of some. Nevertheless, the solid foundation

01:22:22.270 --> 01:22:26.369
of God stands. Having this seal, the Lord knows

01:22:26.369 --> 01:22:28.510
those who are His. Of course, we know this is

01:22:28.510 --> 01:22:31.090
not talking about people. The Lord knows what?

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What is He talking about here? The doctrine,

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right? Because the context is speaking about,

01:22:34.890 --> 01:22:37.310
the teaching is talking about the ministry, the

01:22:37.310 --> 01:22:39.550
teaching of the Word. The Lord knows those who

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are His. And let everyone who names the name

01:22:42.430 --> 01:22:45.050
of the Lord here, let every believer depart from

01:22:45.050 --> 01:22:47.350
iniquity. Iniquity here, contextually, is talking

01:22:47.350 --> 01:22:50.090
about false doctrine. Okay, talking about false

01:22:50.090 --> 01:22:53.949
teachings, all right. Verse 21. Okay, verse 20,

01:22:53.970 --> 01:22:57.069
continuation about doctrine. But in a great house,

01:22:57.229 --> 01:22:59.109
there are not only vessels of gold and silver,

01:22:59.170 --> 01:23:02.270
but also of wood and clay, some of honor, for

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honor and some for dishonor. Therefore, if any

01:23:04.770 --> 01:23:07.869
man cleanses himself from the latter, he will

01:23:07.869 --> 01:23:10.649
be a vessel for honor, sanctified and used for

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the master, prepared for every good work. So,

01:23:14.550 --> 01:23:16.229
good works, you see, good works is appearing

01:23:16.229 --> 01:23:20.229
here again. Free from youthful lust, but pursuing

01:23:20.229 --> 01:23:22.750
righteousness, felt love -peace with those who

01:23:22.750 --> 01:23:24.409
call on the name of the Lord, who call on the

01:23:24.409 --> 01:23:29.189
Lord out of a pure heart. But avoid foolish and

01:23:29.189 --> 01:23:32.229
ignorant disputes, knowing that they generate

01:23:32.229 --> 01:23:37.069
what strive. 24. And a servant of the Lord must

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not quarrel, but be gentle to all able to teach.

01:23:40.270 --> 01:23:44.029
25. Patient, in humility, correcting those who

01:23:44.029 --> 01:23:46.750
are in opposition if God perhaps will grant them

01:23:46.750 --> 01:23:51.189
repentance so that they may know the truth and

01:23:51.189 --> 01:23:54.590
that they may come to their senses and escape

01:23:54.590 --> 01:23:57.369
the snare of the devil having been taken captive

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by him to do his will to do his deeds his works

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chapter 3 verse 1 to 9 look at chapter 3 verse

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1 to 9 same text i'm going somewhere but notice

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that in the last days perilous times will come,

01:24:16.119 --> 01:24:18.039
for men will be lovers of themselves, lovers

01:24:18.039 --> 01:24:20.640
of money, busters, proud, blasphemous, disobedient,

01:24:21.119 --> 01:24:25.140
parents to parents, untangful, unholy, unloving,

01:24:25.460 --> 01:24:28.279
unforgiving, slanders, without self -control,

01:24:28.500 --> 01:24:32.520
brutal, despisers of good, traitors, headstrong,

01:24:32.779 --> 01:24:34.819
haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers

01:24:34.819 --> 01:24:38.060
of God, having a form of godliness but denying

01:24:38.060 --> 01:24:44.380
his power, and from such turn away. For of this

01:24:44.380 --> 01:24:46.979
sort are those who creep into households and

01:24:46.979 --> 01:24:49.739
make captives of gullible women, loaded down

01:24:49.739 --> 01:24:54.020
with sins, laid away by various lusts, always

01:24:54.020 --> 01:24:57.100
hearing, learning rather, and never able to come

01:24:57.100 --> 01:25:00.340
to the knowledge of the truth. Now, as James

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and Jambres make in reference to what happened

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in the scriptures, so do this also resist the

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truth. Men of corrupt minds disapproved, concerning

01:25:13.340 --> 01:25:17.920
the faith but they will progress no further for

01:25:17.920 --> 01:25:21.340
their folly will be manifest to all as they are

01:25:21.340 --> 01:25:28.239
as theirs also was but you hallelujah and that's

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where we learn but you have carefully followed

01:25:35.239 --> 01:25:40.619
my doctrine okay you have carefully followed

01:25:40.619 --> 01:25:49.510
my teaching manner of life, purpose, faith, long

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-suffering, perseverance. Where did he establish

01:25:54.649 --> 01:25:57.829
his teaching? Where did Paul establish his manner

01:25:57.829 --> 01:26:01.649
of life? Where did Paul establish his prosecutions,

01:26:02.229 --> 01:26:04.529
afflictions, which happened to me at Antioch,

01:26:04.710 --> 01:26:07.449
at Iconium, at Lystra? What persecution had I

01:26:07.449 --> 01:26:12.640
endured? and out of them all the Lord delivered

01:26:12.640 --> 01:26:17.659
me. Yes, through wars and wars, deceiving and

01:26:17.659 --> 01:26:22.300
being deceived. But you, verse 14, very importantly,

01:26:23.520 --> 01:26:27.180
but you must continue in the things which you

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have learned. Be assured of knowing from whom

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you have learned them. Timothy must continue,

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all right? The word continue is from the Greek

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word me know. It means that Timothy must remain.

01:26:46.810 --> 01:26:51.489
Timothy must abide. He is to remain or to abide

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and continue in what he has been taught and has

01:26:54.909 --> 01:26:58.909
been assured. Okay, the phrase been assured of

01:26:58.909 --> 01:27:03.189
means persuasion or conviction. The things that

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he has been, you know, he has, he has, he has

01:27:07.010 --> 01:27:10.369
persuasion and conviction about. Give me that

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verse 14 in amplified and let's see something

01:27:13.649 --> 01:27:22.270
verse 14 in amplified Yes says but as for you

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continue in the things that you have learned

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and of which you are convinced Okay, I would

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convince holding tightly to the truth knowing

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from whom you've learned So as I keep rubbing

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What things must he continue in? What things

01:27:40.659 --> 01:27:44.000
does he know and is convinced about? Let's see

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verse 15. Verse 15 will give us an understanding

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of those things which Timothy was convinced about.

01:27:52.920 --> 01:27:59.319
Okay? And how from childhood you have known,

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what have they known? The holy scriptures. Hallelujah.

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So all the contexts All the things that we see

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Paul's speaking about is what is the scriptures,

01:28:12.350 --> 01:28:16.189
the holy scriptures, which are able to make you

01:28:16.189 --> 01:28:20.189
work wise for salvation through faith which is

01:28:20.189 --> 01:28:29.250
in Jesus Christ. So, for my child, we've established

01:28:29.250 --> 01:28:32.930
this before, that that child today is the word

01:28:32.930 --> 01:28:37.939
Bray Force. B -R -E -P -H -O -S, which refers

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to an infant or an embryo. Okay? An embryo, a

01:28:45.039 --> 01:28:49.760
child still in the womb. It refers to an infant

01:28:49.760 --> 01:28:54.479
or an embryo, a child that is still in the womb.

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There are other scriptures that try to express

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this word, brave force. Let's check some of them

01:29:01.220 --> 01:29:04.720
to have understanding of what Timothy. has learned

01:29:04.720 --> 01:29:09.239
from when he was a child. Okay? Luke chapter

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1 verse 41. Luke chapter 1 verse 41. Can it happen?

01:29:23.859 --> 01:29:26.420
The way Elizabeth had the greeting of Mary, that

01:29:26.420 --> 01:29:30.920
babe lit in her womb and Elizabeth was filled

01:29:30.920 --> 01:29:32.460
with Holy Spirit. That word bed there is a word

01:29:32.460 --> 01:29:35.140
brave force. So, you see, in this context here,

01:29:35.659 --> 01:29:39.340
it is referring to a child that is in the womb.

01:29:39.899 --> 01:29:42.060
It's not yet born, but it's referred to as a

01:29:42.060 --> 01:29:45.659
child, okay? So, is Paul saying that Timothy

01:29:45.659 --> 01:29:49.180
learned the scripture from the womb? Could this

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be what Paul was meaning? Luke chapter 1 verse

01:29:52.779 --> 01:30:04.630
44. Let's look at verse 44. that is still unborn,

01:30:04.850 --> 01:30:08.050
all right? Luke chapter 2 verse 12, the word

01:30:08.050 --> 01:30:12.449
Bray Force. Luke chapter 2 verse 12. And this

01:30:12.449 --> 01:30:15.670
will be the sign to you, you will have a baby

01:30:15.670 --> 01:30:18.329
wrapped in swan -dry -le -coats lying in the

01:30:18.329 --> 01:30:20.689
manger. At this moment the child has been born,

01:30:20.869 --> 01:30:23.090
hallelujah. The same word Bray Force is used

01:30:23.090 --> 01:30:27.229
to a newborn baby wrapped in a manger, okay?

01:30:27.609 --> 01:30:30.909
Luke chapter 2 verse 16. The use of the word

01:30:30.909 --> 01:30:34.619
Bray Force. b -r -e -p -h -o -s breath force

01:30:34.619 --> 01:30:37.800
look 216 he says and they came with the haste

01:30:37.800 --> 01:30:41.039
and found mary and joseph and the babe lying

01:30:41.039 --> 01:30:43.720
in a manger referring to a baby that has been

01:30:43.720 --> 01:30:49.619
born look chapter 18 verse 15 look 18 verse 15

01:30:49.619 --> 01:30:55.739
look chapter 18 verse 15 look 18 verse 15 yes

01:30:55.739 --> 01:30:59.430
then they also brought infants to him that He

01:30:59.430 --> 01:31:03.989
may touch them when they disciple so they rebuke

01:31:03.989 --> 01:31:07.550
them. So this is talking about infants, children,

01:31:07.789 --> 01:31:10.750
right? Like the ones we have in church. Some

01:31:10.750 --> 01:31:13.750
of them are sleeping, some of them are not here.

01:31:14.069 --> 01:31:18.250
So infants, okay? Some of them, infants. So Acts

01:31:18.250 --> 01:31:23.529
7 verse 19, Acts 7 verse 19, another instance

01:31:23.529 --> 01:31:26.609
where the word brave force is used, Acts 7 verse

01:31:26.609 --> 01:31:34.399
19. fecklessly with our people and oppress our

01:31:34.399 --> 01:31:37.060
forefathers, making them expose their babies

01:31:37.060 --> 01:31:41.319
so that they might not live. Okay, talking about

01:31:41.319 --> 01:31:44.239
the baby that is born here, 1 Peter chapter 2

01:31:44.239 --> 01:31:49.199
verse 2. 1 Peter chapter 2 verse 2. We see a

01:31:49.199 --> 01:31:51.420
unique application of the word brave force here.

01:31:51.619 --> 01:31:57.350
1 Peter 2 verse 2. As newborn babies, okay? desire

01:31:57.350 --> 01:32:01.069
the pure milk of the world that you may grow.

01:32:01.369 --> 01:32:04.890
So he's using this as a figure of speech here,

01:32:05.289 --> 01:32:09.329
referring to the believer, okay? To act as a

01:32:09.329 --> 01:32:13.770
newborn baby that was born, all right? So from

01:32:13.770 --> 01:32:18.970
these scriptures, the word birth force, the word

01:32:18.970 --> 01:32:25.090
child can mean two things. Either a natural child,

01:32:26.210 --> 01:32:29.750
or a spiritual child as expressed in 1 Peter

01:32:29.750 --> 01:32:32.630
chapter 2 verse 2 here. Peter here was referring

01:32:32.630 --> 01:32:37.630
to, you know, the believer figuratively, as a

01:32:37.630 --> 01:32:41.489
newborn baby, desire the pure milk of the world

01:32:41.489 --> 01:32:45.250
that you may grow. So for my child in 2 Timothy

01:32:45.250 --> 01:32:49.329
3 .15, as we've established that cannot be that

01:32:49.329 --> 01:32:53.250
Timothy knew this, you know, holy scriptures

01:32:53.250 --> 01:32:55.460
when he was in his mother's womb, or when he

01:32:55.460 --> 01:32:59.439
was an infant because obviously common sense

01:32:59.439 --> 01:33:03.720
will help us to understand that infants or babies

01:33:03.720 --> 01:33:06.039
in the womb no matter how even if you you play

01:33:06.039 --> 01:33:08.600
the scriptures for them from the stomach they

01:33:08.600 --> 01:33:13.500
will not come out full of the words hallelujah

01:33:13.500 --> 01:33:16.479
even as babies you have to train them to know

01:33:16.479 --> 01:33:18.659
the simplest that they can know as they grow

01:33:18.659 --> 01:33:20.899
they come to know the truth and then they are

01:33:20.899 --> 01:33:24.420
establishing it all right So infants do not have

01:33:24.420 --> 01:33:27.800
the intellectual capacity to know the scriptures

01:33:27.800 --> 01:33:32.920
and to have convictions. Okay? So Paul will therefore

01:33:32.920 --> 01:33:36.039
be referring to a spiritual state. The reason

01:33:36.039 --> 01:33:38.979
why we have to go this route to explain what

01:33:38.979 --> 01:33:42.319
Paul is meaning from a child is to understand

01:33:42.319 --> 01:33:46.319
the application of the scriptures. That from

01:33:46.319 --> 01:33:49.789
a child, from when a person is born again, from

01:33:49.789 --> 01:33:53.670
when a person come into this new life meaning

01:33:53.670 --> 01:33:58.689
the time Timothy was born again okay so what

01:33:58.689 --> 01:34:03.890
was needed was these scriptures these holy scriptures

01:34:03.890 --> 01:34:08.970
all right these holy scriptures that are able

01:34:08.970 --> 01:34:12.949
to bring into a place of maturity in first corinthians

01:34:12.949 --> 01:34:15.310
chapter 3 verse 1 we will see another word for

01:34:15.310 --> 01:34:19.939
babes in the pios first corinthians 3 verse 1,

01:34:20.619 --> 01:34:23.579
which is another word used for a child, and in

01:34:23.579 --> 01:34:25.899
this context is a metaphor for an undeveloped

01:34:25.899 --> 01:34:28.340
state of a Christian, someone who is newly born

01:34:28.340 --> 01:34:30.979
again. And I, by then, could not speak to you

01:34:30.979 --> 01:34:37.399
as to spirituals, but as to carnal, as unto babes

01:34:37.399 --> 01:34:40.380
in Christ, all right? So he's using this as a

01:34:40.380 --> 01:34:43.359
figure of speech figuratively to mean someone

01:34:43.359 --> 01:34:47.840
that is a new believer, all right? So other scriptures

01:34:47.840 --> 01:34:52.909
we can write, 1 Corinthians 13 verse 11, Ephesians

01:34:52.909 --> 01:34:57.949
of the 4 verse 14, Hebrews of the 5 verse 13.

01:34:59.470 --> 01:35:03.329
1 Corinthians 13 verse 11, Ephesians of the 4

01:35:03.329 --> 01:35:10.590
verse 14, and Hebrews of the 5 verse 13. So Paul

01:35:10.590 --> 01:35:15.350
here will be referring to Timothy's spiritual

01:35:15.350 --> 01:35:19.430
development. So what is necessary for the development

01:35:19.430 --> 01:35:21.789
that Timothy will experience or have experienced

01:35:21.789 --> 01:35:25.510
that from a child He has known the Holy Scriptures

01:35:25.510 --> 01:35:30.149
from a child. He has come to conviction is The

01:35:30.149 --> 01:35:32.510
Old Testament scriptures that have got into spiritual

01:35:32.510 --> 01:35:39.210
maturity Okay Timothy has known the Holy Scriptures

01:35:39.210 --> 01:35:44.069
to return that he was born again He was exposed

01:35:44.069 --> 01:35:47.979
to the Holy Scriptures Now the word Scriptures

01:35:47.979 --> 01:35:53.060
in that text is also translated from the Greek

01:35:53.060 --> 01:36:01.060
word Gramma. Gramma. Gramma. G -R -A -M -M -A.

01:36:01.520 --> 01:36:07.760
G -R -A -M -M -A. Which is different from what

01:36:07.760 --> 01:36:11.119
we will see later in verse 16. So here is Gramma,

01:36:11.140 --> 01:36:14.579
which is Holy Scripture. Here. refers to the

01:36:14.579 --> 01:36:17.460
content of the writings, the message, the content

01:36:17.460 --> 01:36:21.039
of the writing. Alright? And Peter will say that

01:36:21.039 --> 01:36:23.420
the content of the writing, what is obtainable

01:36:23.420 --> 01:36:25.779
in the writings of the scriptures, the message

01:36:25.779 --> 01:36:30.500
of the scriptures can make you wise. Okay? Will

01:36:30.500 --> 01:36:34.619
make you wise. Verse 15. Let's go, let's look

01:36:34.619 --> 01:36:39.119
at that. Verse 15 again. For you have known the

01:36:39.119 --> 01:36:48.180
Holy Scriptures. 2 Corinthians 3, 15. Yes 315

01:36:48.180 --> 01:36:51.220
second Corinthians and second Timothy. Sorry

01:36:51.220 --> 01:36:57.439
not Corinthians Timothy And I from a child would

01:36:57.439 --> 01:37:01.140
you have known the Holy Scriptures which is able

01:37:01.140 --> 01:37:06.159
to make you wise for salvation Through faith

01:37:06.159 --> 01:37:09.939
which is in Christ Jesus that wise there Okay,

01:37:09.939 --> 01:37:13.000
what does it mean in the Greek is a word so Fiso?

01:37:14.420 --> 01:37:23.300
SOP The Holy Scriptures, Genesis to Malachi,

01:37:23.920 --> 01:37:29.500
is able to make you wise, that is, skillful concerning

01:37:29.500 --> 01:37:33.380
the subject of salvation, which is true faith

01:37:33.380 --> 01:37:38.899
in Jesus Christ. It will therefore mean that

01:37:38.899 --> 01:37:42.680
when the content of the Scriptures, that is,

01:37:42.779 --> 01:37:46.119
the message of the Scriptures, The subject of

01:37:46.119 --> 01:37:50.180
the scriptures, the theme, the central theme

01:37:50.180 --> 01:37:56.520
of the scriptures is explained. It brings revelation,

01:37:57.640 --> 01:38:01.479
produces spiritual birth and spiritual growth.

01:38:02.899 --> 01:38:06.140
Hallelujah. So when the content of the scriptures,

01:38:06.760 --> 01:38:09.000
the main subject of scriptures is explained,

01:38:09.340 --> 01:38:12.920
is expounded, it produces spiritual birth because

01:38:12.920 --> 01:38:15.050
that is what we preach. and people will become

01:38:15.050 --> 01:38:17.590
born again. Not only that, when it's expanded

01:38:17.590 --> 01:38:21.430
as we are doing now, it produces spiritual growth.

01:38:22.289 --> 01:38:29.369
It produces spiritual growth. So, what will Timothy

01:38:29.369 --> 01:38:32.270
bring? What will bring spiritual growth to Timothy

01:38:32.270 --> 01:38:37.029
will be his ability toward to understand, to

01:38:37.029 --> 01:38:41.149
comprehend the truth. The truth concerning salvation

01:38:41.869 --> 01:38:45.729
Which is through faith in Christ Jesus from the

01:38:45.729 --> 01:38:50.670
holy scriptures from the holy scriptures From

01:38:50.670 --> 01:38:53.630
the holy scriptures verse 16 second Timothy 3

01:38:53.630 --> 01:38:59.229
verse 16 says all scripture That same holy scripture

01:38:59.229 --> 01:39:03.829
all scripture is given by inspiration of God

01:39:03.829 --> 01:39:07.869
that is profitable for Doctrine and is profitable

01:39:07.869 --> 01:39:13.659
for doctrine for the truth for correction, for

01:39:13.659 --> 01:39:18.520
instruction, and righteousness. All scripture,

01:39:19.399 --> 01:39:22.739
all scripture translated from two Greek words,

01:39:23.140 --> 01:39:26.060
past, graphé. The scripture here is different

01:39:26.060 --> 01:39:31.140
from the one we saw in verse 15. All scripture,

01:39:31.399 --> 01:39:34.560
graphé, referring to the method or the art of

01:39:34.560 --> 01:39:37.659
the writing. That is how the content came about.

01:39:38.760 --> 01:39:42.680
How the content of the Scripture the art of writing

01:39:42.680 --> 01:39:45.920
came about is by the inspiration of the Holy

01:39:45.920 --> 01:39:50.840
Spirit is the inspiration of God Yes, God inspired

01:39:50.840 --> 01:39:54.600
the documentation of the scriptures. All right

01:39:54.600 --> 01:39:59.619
It is vital to note That as we always emphasize

01:39:59.619 --> 01:40:03.220
that God is not responsible for every statement

01:40:03.220 --> 01:40:09.460
we see in the Bible Okay But he inspired the

01:40:09.460 --> 01:40:13.560
documentation of the Bible. Because within the

01:40:13.560 --> 01:40:17.220
context of the scriptures, there are things that

01:40:17.220 --> 01:40:20.560
people say that it's not God that says it. There

01:40:20.560 --> 01:40:23.020
are recorded statements that are from liars.

01:40:23.479 --> 01:40:25.279
There are recorded statements that are from Satan.

01:40:26.000 --> 01:40:28.380
There are recorded things from angels. There

01:40:28.380 --> 01:40:30.899
are recorded things from men. There is history

01:40:30.899 --> 01:40:33.880
of men. There are many things that we can find

01:40:33.880 --> 01:40:38.399
in the scriptures. The inspiration of the documentation

01:40:38.399 --> 01:40:43.699
is God Okay, just like you are a journalist and

01:40:43.699 --> 01:40:48.199
you are sent to write a news or to cover an event

01:40:48.199 --> 01:40:51.699
all right, and then you write down what happened

01:40:51.699 --> 01:40:55.039
in that place and You presented what was written

01:40:55.039 --> 01:40:59.180
now the person that sent you to that place To

01:40:59.180 --> 01:41:03.060
cover that news is responsible for what the inspiration

01:41:03.060 --> 01:41:08.789
of that documentation Okay, but what? The speakers

01:41:08.789 --> 01:41:12.229
of that event said all right, it's not necessary

01:41:12.229 --> 01:41:15.649
that is inspired by the one that sent you to

01:41:15.649 --> 01:41:21.069
document Okay Of course there are inspired words

01:41:21.069 --> 01:41:24.829
of God in the scriptures also where we see prophets

01:41:24.829 --> 01:41:28.289
speaks by the spirit Okay, Jesus himself spoke

01:41:28.289 --> 01:41:31.310
in the scriptures. All right, so therefore there's

01:41:31.310 --> 01:41:34.819
a need for us rightly interpret the scriptures.

01:41:35.479 --> 01:41:37.680
When we read through Genesis down to Malachi,

01:41:38.119 --> 01:41:41.920
it is a need for us to be skillful in interpretation

01:41:41.920 --> 01:41:44.579
of these texts, in the teaching of these texts,

01:41:44.720 --> 01:41:49.779
because therein lie our ministry. That is the

01:41:49.779 --> 01:41:52.479
foundation of our ministry and that is why we

01:41:52.479 --> 01:41:54.960
are gathered here today and in this week that

01:41:54.960 --> 01:41:58.680
we will be trained in what? In interpreting the

01:41:58.680 --> 01:42:02.100
scriptures so that we will be better furnished

01:42:02.100 --> 01:42:06.239
to do what? to better do the works that God has

01:42:06.239 --> 01:42:11.079
called us to do. Hallelujah. So Paul will now

01:42:11.079 --> 01:42:14.760
continue in his conversation to Timothy that

01:42:14.760 --> 01:42:21.199
these scriptures is forfeitable for doctrine

01:42:21.199 --> 01:42:27.619
means it is advantageous or it is useful for

01:42:27.619 --> 01:42:31.340
teaching. The usefulness of this is for teaching.

01:42:31.460 --> 01:42:39.090
Okay. It's useful for teaching. Doctrine is teaching.

01:42:39.510 --> 01:42:42.289
From a Greek word, didaskalia. What does it mean,

01:42:42.289 --> 01:42:47.050
teaching also? Didaskalia, which means instruction.

01:42:47.649 --> 01:42:49.689
You know, the function or the information itself.

01:42:51.170 --> 01:42:55.130
The teaching. So the goal or the purpose of this

01:42:55.130 --> 01:43:00.250
doctrine or this teaching is reproof. Reproof

01:43:00.250 --> 01:43:05.539
here means to bring about conviction or persuasion

01:43:05.539 --> 01:43:16.220
all right so the teaching is to bring about persuasion

01:43:16.220 --> 01:43:24.840
providing compelling evidence because doctrine

01:43:24.840 --> 01:43:27.779
itself must be supported by overwhelming evidence

01:43:27.779 --> 01:43:32.029
from the scriptures And these overwhelming evidence

01:43:32.029 --> 01:43:34.770
will result in the correction. Correction has

01:43:34.770 --> 01:43:37.189
to do with the alignment of thoughts and will

01:43:37.189 --> 01:43:41.649
and purpose. There will be correction. And this

01:43:41.649 --> 01:43:44.109
correction will lead to instruction in righteousness.

01:43:46.649 --> 01:43:50.069
So the goal of the teaching, therefore, is spiritual

01:43:50.069 --> 01:43:55.449
growth. And what will spiritual growth result

01:43:55.449 --> 01:43:59.569
to? Verse 17. Let's look at verse 17 together.

01:44:00.739 --> 01:44:04.020
Verse 17. What will be the result of the scriptures?

01:44:05.500 --> 01:44:07.880
And is built in the man that produces spiritual

01:44:07.880 --> 01:44:10.779
growth. Let's see the end goal. That the man

01:44:10.779 --> 01:44:15.579
of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for

01:44:15.579 --> 01:44:19.319
what? For every good work. What is that good

01:44:19.319 --> 01:44:22.640
work? The good work is a work that you and I

01:44:22.640 --> 01:44:26.720
have been called to do. Hallelujah. We've been

01:44:26.720 --> 01:44:30.750
called unto good works. We've been called to

01:44:30.750 --> 01:44:35.789
do the work of ministry so the foundation and

01:44:35.789 --> 01:44:38.289
the framework for the apostles ministry is where

01:44:38.289 --> 01:44:41.869
is a scriptures right the scriptures are the

01:44:41.869 --> 01:44:46.369
foundation and the framework for christian ministry

01:44:46.369 --> 01:44:51.550
equipping the believers every good work and when

01:44:51.550 --> 01:44:54.270
we say scriptures please we've agreed that the

01:44:54.270 --> 01:44:58.529
context is what is genesis to malachi all right

01:44:58.810 --> 01:45:02.489
That is what gives the background for the Apostles

01:45:02.489 --> 01:45:07.470
ministry because the Bible the Apostles use In

01:45:07.470 --> 01:45:11.170
their ministry and Jesus Christ himself All right,

01:45:11.409 --> 01:45:14.909
that inspired even their writings The inspirations

01:45:14.909 --> 01:45:16.310
of their writings. We're gonna see it later.

01:45:16.550 --> 01:45:19.310
The inspirations of the writings of the Apostles

01:45:19.310 --> 01:45:23.789
is the scriptures Okay, the Apostles wrote from

01:45:23.789 --> 01:45:28.710
the scriptures the Apostles did not invent the

01:45:28.710 --> 01:45:35.029
messages they wrote. So it is important to note

01:45:35.029 --> 01:45:38.829
continuously, as we always do, that the Holy

01:45:38.829 --> 01:45:42.130
Scriptures here is Genesis to Malachi. So when

01:45:42.130 --> 01:45:45.829
Paul referred to the Scriptures, emphasis here,

01:45:46.949 --> 01:45:48.649
emphasizing again that the New Testament canon

01:45:48.649 --> 01:45:52.390
had not yet been compiled into the 66 books we

01:45:52.390 --> 01:45:59.539
have today. His primary preference was the Old

01:45:59.539 --> 01:46:02.020
Testament, okay? What we call the Old Testament.

01:46:02.560 --> 01:46:05.600
So when Paul was speaking to Timothy here, you

01:46:05.600 --> 01:46:09.420
were not talking about CCC's books, okay? But

01:46:09.420 --> 01:46:12.220
he was speaking specifically about the scriptures

01:46:12.220 --> 01:46:15.560
that is Genesis to Malachi. So Paul established

01:46:15.560 --> 01:46:20.680
the source of his authority in ministry by grounding

01:46:20.680 --> 01:46:24.079
his teaching in the already revealed scriptures.

01:46:25.159 --> 01:46:28.680
in the already revealed scriptures, rather than

01:46:28.680 --> 01:46:35.399
in his personal opinions or new ideas. Okay?

01:46:36.000 --> 01:46:37.960
So when you are going now to do the work that

01:46:37.960 --> 01:46:41.199
Jesus did, you see that Jesus did not invent

01:46:41.199 --> 01:46:45.180
his own ideas, down to the specifics that Jesus

01:46:45.180 --> 01:46:50.119
spoke and taught away from the scriptures. Equally,

01:46:50.500 --> 01:46:54.329
Paul, as an example of the apostles, never invented

01:46:54.329 --> 01:46:58.170
their own teachings and doctrine. All right?

01:46:59.149 --> 01:47:03.729
So it means that we therefore have no skill.

01:47:04.329 --> 01:47:08.550
We have no ability. We have no right. We have

01:47:08.550 --> 01:47:13.310
no, you know, we have no freedom to invent our

01:47:13.310 --> 01:47:17.229
message. We have no freedom to invent the delivery

01:47:17.229 --> 01:47:22.430
mechanism of our message. Because encapsulated

01:47:22.560 --> 01:47:24.960
in the scriptures, in the Old Testament scriptures,

01:47:25.659 --> 01:47:29.359
is the message and the method of delivery. Hallelujah.

01:47:30.340 --> 01:47:34.020
So we are bound or we are bound or we are constrained

01:47:34.020 --> 01:47:38.779
by the provisions of God in the scriptures. That

01:47:38.779 --> 01:47:41.479
is why we need to learn about the scriptures

01:47:41.479 --> 01:47:45.640
that we will rightly be able to minister the

01:47:45.640 --> 01:47:50.619
scriptures. So Paul therefore grounds Christian

01:47:50.619 --> 01:47:53.859
ministry and the faith in the authority of the

01:47:53.859 --> 01:47:58.180
scriptures, providing the necessary context for

01:47:58.180 --> 01:48:01.300
what believers practice today, for what you and

01:48:01.300 --> 01:48:05.819
I must practice today. Our practice cannot be

01:48:05.819 --> 01:48:11.140
an invention today. All right? So if we say we

01:48:11.140 --> 01:48:14.220
are a Bible -believing church, it means that

01:48:14.220 --> 01:48:18.720
our beliefs, our practices, and the ministry

01:48:18.720 --> 01:48:21.600
must remain under the authority of Scripture.

01:48:23.020 --> 01:48:26.300
Okay? Now we don't go elsewhere and then we begin

01:48:26.300 --> 01:48:29.180
to practice things or teach things that are outside

01:48:29.180 --> 01:48:32.760
the context of Scripture. Because the apostles

01:48:32.760 --> 01:48:37.079
never did that. All they did was to explain by

01:48:37.079 --> 01:48:40.000
the help of the Spirit of God, the already revealed

01:48:40.000 --> 01:48:44.220
Scriptures. A true church, a true local church

01:48:44.220 --> 01:48:51.000
is therefore as biblical Okay? One that is governed

01:48:51.000 --> 01:48:55.819
by the revealed Word of God. Not just by, you

01:48:55.819 --> 01:48:59.260
know, some inspirations. Just wake up one day

01:48:59.260 --> 01:49:01.840
and then you are inspired to do some certain

01:49:01.840 --> 01:49:08.359
things that are, you know, or you begin to teach

01:49:08.359 --> 01:49:10.520
something. You say, this message is a fresh message

01:49:10.520 --> 01:49:13.319
from the throne of heaven. You've never heard

01:49:13.319 --> 01:49:14.899
this before. There's no message you're going

01:49:14.899 --> 01:49:17.369
to preach. I've never even preached. All the

01:49:17.369 --> 01:49:19.029
preachers you preach, even the one I'm preaching

01:49:19.029 --> 01:49:23.710
now has been preached. It doesn't matter if you

01:49:23.710 --> 01:49:26.149
just know how to skillfully prioritize it well,

01:49:26.750 --> 01:49:30.050
maintaining the core of the message, not introducing

01:49:30.050 --> 01:49:36.090
new things to it. This ministry is easy. The

01:49:36.090 --> 01:49:38.130
teaching is easy because the material has been

01:49:38.130 --> 01:49:41.250
provided. The work is in putting it together.

01:49:41.310 --> 01:49:44.289
Hallelujah. that demands study, demands work.

01:49:44.609 --> 01:49:49.010
Can't go there without even the message. The

01:49:49.010 --> 01:49:52.369
chaos and the confusion we have today is the

01:49:52.369 --> 01:49:57.189
attempt of men, all right, to sound unique and

01:49:57.189 --> 01:50:01.850
special and different. Now in this work, okay,

01:50:02.710 --> 01:50:05.789
we are constrained by the scriptures because

01:50:05.789 --> 01:50:07.949
Jesus himself, we'll see later when we come back

01:50:07.949 --> 01:50:10.590
next session, we'll see the authority of the

01:50:10.590 --> 01:50:13.659
scriptures. We'll see the authority. When we

01:50:13.659 --> 01:50:17.380
say scriptures, what do we mean? Jesus himself

01:50:17.380 --> 01:50:22.699
was bound within the authority of the scriptures.

01:50:23.399 --> 01:50:25.600
The apostles themselves, that is how you know

01:50:25.600 --> 01:50:28.560
a false minister, false doctrine. How do we know

01:50:28.560 --> 01:50:33.560
false doctrine? If we have the permission to

01:50:33.560 --> 01:50:37.779
be creative in the message, creative in the sense

01:50:37.779 --> 01:50:43.840
that we can invent things, You know, Pasakosa

01:50:43.840 --> 01:50:46.579
sent me a message, was it yesterday or the day

01:50:46.579 --> 01:50:52.739
before yesterday, of how someone explained his

01:50:52.739 --> 01:50:55.560
scripture. I wrote to him, immediately I replied

01:50:55.560 --> 01:51:00.479
to him, I said, this is fraudulent. How can you

01:51:00.479 --> 01:51:04.600
carry a scripture and then that I saw another

01:51:04.600 --> 01:51:11.539
one, that Ananias and Sapphira, right, that Ananias

01:51:11.600 --> 01:51:15.359
meant the law, and another one meant grace. So

01:51:15.359 --> 01:51:17.100
he tried to say that the grace and the law, when

01:51:17.100 --> 01:51:18.619
grace and law is brought together, they will

01:51:18.619 --> 01:51:21.859
be dead. And the feet of the young men that came

01:51:21.859 --> 01:51:26.979
to carry the dead are actually the new generation

01:51:26.979 --> 01:51:29.460
that God is raising to take away the mixture

01:51:29.460 --> 01:51:33.000
of the law and the grace, the words of grace.

01:51:33.020 --> 01:51:38.140
I said, okay, this sounds sensible, but how did

01:51:38.140 --> 01:51:40.699
you come to this explanation of these things?

01:51:41.220 --> 01:51:43.439
And people were just shouting and screaming revelation.

01:51:43.520 --> 01:51:48.359
I was like, this is fault. How will you now come?

01:51:48.520 --> 01:51:51.800
How did you come to this? How did you arrive

01:51:51.800 --> 01:51:59.840
at this explanation? How? Hallelujah. Is that

01:51:59.840 --> 01:52:03.000
the way it takes? Is that the way it is written?

01:52:03.140 --> 01:52:04.659
Even context will tell you that this thing is

01:52:04.659 --> 01:52:09.859
wrong. Hallelujah. So in this conference, we

01:52:09.859 --> 01:52:12.500
want to raise a generation of men that will be

01:52:12.500 --> 01:52:15.460
loyal to the scriptures. Hallelujah. Pastor will

01:52:15.460 --> 01:52:19.220
come later on to teach us how to interpret. Interpretation

01:52:19.220 --> 01:52:23.460
is key. We'll see how the text should be interpreted

01:52:23.460 --> 01:52:25.779
so that we will not be part of the people that

01:52:25.779 --> 01:52:29.600
will mislead. Listen, when the text is not properly

01:52:29.600 --> 01:52:32.659
interpreted, the will and the purpose of God

01:52:32.659 --> 01:52:36.859
will not be fulfilled. It is lost. Hallelujah.

01:52:37.430 --> 01:52:41.409
Men will not be born again. There are many people

01:52:41.409 --> 01:52:43.449
in church today that if you ask them they are

01:52:43.449 --> 01:52:44.529
born again, they will tell you yes, they are

01:52:44.529 --> 01:52:47.750
born again. But how did they become born again?

01:52:49.409 --> 01:52:52.149
You will know for sure that this person has risen

01:52:52.149 --> 01:52:55.010
to a level of authority and leadership in church.

01:52:55.710 --> 01:52:58.770
But he doesn't even understand the basic thing

01:52:58.770 --> 01:53:04.270
about what Christ has done. Hallelujah. So God

01:53:04.270 --> 01:53:07.720
is depending on us in this generation. That we

01:53:07.720 --> 01:53:11.119
will be faithful to the scriptures. That we will

01:53:11.119 --> 01:53:13.859
be committed to the word of truth. That we will

01:53:13.859 --> 01:53:16.760
be skillful ministers of the world. That as we

01:53:16.760 --> 01:53:19.699
expand the scriptures, that we will be able to

01:53:19.699 --> 01:53:22.479
reveal Christ to our generation. Hallelujah.

01:53:23.319 --> 01:53:25.140
Let's rise to our feet as we just stretch ourselves.

01:53:25.260 --> 01:53:29.520
Let's rise to our feet. We appreciate you being

01:53:29.520 --> 01:53:32.199
here today. We hope you carried this word with

01:53:32.199 --> 01:53:35.159
you throughout your week. Don't forget to check

01:53:35.159 --> 01:53:37.880
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01:53:37.880 --> 01:53:40.420
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