1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:02,440 OK, would you, would you pray with me? 2 00:00:04,360 --> 00:00:10,400 Father in Heaven, we ask that you would send your Spirit to be 3 00:00:10,400 --> 00:00:13,200 our teacher today. That as we turn our attention 4 00:00:13,200 --> 00:00:17,120 and our affections to Your word, that we would hear the voice of 5 00:00:17,120 --> 00:00:20,440 Your Son, our Savior, and that hearing Him, we would believe in 6 00:00:20,440 --> 00:00:23,160 Him and that we would be built up in our faith. 7 00:00:24,640 --> 00:00:29,080 Father, would you do for us what you did for our brothers and our 8 00:00:29,080 --> 00:00:31,200 sisters that very first Pentecost? 9 00:00:31,200 --> 00:00:34,760 Would you draw near? And would you help us to see 10 00:00:35,080 --> 00:00:38,960 that Christ has been the plan all along? 11 00:00:39,720 --> 00:00:43,960 And would you help us to marvel at Him and to love Him and to 12 00:00:43,960 --> 00:00:47,160 trust in Him? We ask it in his name. 13 00:00:47,160 --> 00:00:51,960 Amen. OK, so you are in Acts chapter 14 00:00:51,960 --> 00:00:55,040 2. A couple of housekeeping things 15 00:00:55,040 --> 00:01:00,360 before we dig in. First of all, man, it was glory 16 00:01:00,360 --> 00:01:05,800 and fire to see you guys at Eli and Grace's wedding on Friday. 17 00:01:05,920 --> 00:01:11,240 I just marvel at the community that God has built here and the 18 00:01:11,240 --> 00:01:16,160 friends that we have in this church and and I was overwhelmed 19 00:01:16,160 --> 00:01:19,240 with joy that my family who doesn't really get to live with 20 00:01:19,240 --> 00:01:23,680 you guys like I do, just got to see all of you there and all of 21 00:01:23,680 --> 00:01:28,360 you blessing our family and just being there and it was truly 22 00:01:28,760 --> 00:01:30,840 heavenly. So thank you for thank you for 23 00:01:30,840 --> 00:01:34,280 being there. Thank you for all of the all of 24 00:01:34,280 --> 00:01:38,120 the work that you put into help care down and and all of the 25 00:01:38,120 --> 00:01:40,920 kindnesses that you have given to Eli and grace. 26 00:01:40,920 --> 00:01:43,480 We are humbled and really encouraged. 27 00:01:43,480 --> 00:01:48,680 So we love you. We love you deeply and I don't 28 00:01:48,680 --> 00:01:51,880 tell you that enough, but I do. I do so treasure you. 29 00:01:52,040 --> 00:01:54,400 Thank you for that. Second thing I want to tell you 30 00:01:55,280 --> 00:01:59,000 is that next Sunday, Lord willing, we're going to start a 31 00:01:59,000 --> 00:02:02,480 study in the book of Joshua, just work our way through an Old 32 00:02:02,480 --> 00:02:05,440 Testament book. And so if you want to prepare 33 00:02:05,440 --> 00:02:10,160 for that, a good practice would be to to start reading the book 34 00:02:10,160 --> 00:02:13,080 of Joshua. You can read it once a day this 35 00:02:13,080 --> 00:02:16,280 week, or you can read it once throughout the week, or you can 36 00:02:16,280 --> 00:02:18,560 read just chapter 1, whatever you want to do. 37 00:02:18,560 --> 00:02:19,560 But that's what we're going to do. 38 00:02:19,560 --> 00:02:25,440 And so just as a heads up, OK, so last Sunday was Ascension 39 00:02:25,440 --> 00:02:31,000 Sunday when we remembered the anniversary where Christ who had 40 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:35,640 been crucified for our sin and risen from the dead or went into 41 00:02:35,640 --> 00:02:38,520 heaven on our behalf. And we thought deeply about what 42 00:02:38,520 --> 00:02:40,040 does that mean? How does that impact us? 43 00:02:40,040 --> 00:02:42,280 What does it change? Does it change anything or is it 44 00:02:42,280 --> 00:02:47,120 just an interesting story? Well, this Sunday is another one 45 00:02:47,120 --> 00:02:51,880 of those Sundays that seems like an also ran holiday, and it's 46 00:02:51,880 --> 00:02:54,880 the it's Ascension Sunday. It's the Sunday where we 47 00:02:54,880 --> 00:02:58,920 remember, no, not Ascension, where we remember Pentecost, 48 00:02:58,960 --> 00:03:03,040 where we remember that fifty days after the resurrection, 49 00:03:05,800 --> 00:03:08,680 Christ poured out his Holy Spirit upon his people. 50 00:03:08,960 --> 00:03:11,360 And So what we're going to do, what I want to do is it's not 51 00:03:11,360 --> 00:03:14,160 going to be a strict exposition because we would be here forever 52 00:03:14,160 --> 00:03:17,480 as I preached on a sermon, preach a sermon on the sermon. 53 00:03:17,720 --> 00:03:20,280 What I'm going to do is I'm going to high point some of the 54 00:03:20,280 --> 00:03:24,160 things that Peter's sermon that we can learn from it about the 55 00:03:24,720 --> 00:03:28,200 about the reality of Pentecost. OK, the first thing I want to 56 00:03:28,200 --> 00:03:31,400 show you about the about Pentecost and you heard Aaron 57 00:03:31,400 --> 00:03:36,240 read this text to you is that in at Pentecost, Christ is really 58 00:03:36,240 --> 00:03:40,160 and fully revealed to Israel. So the key to this entire text 59 00:03:40,760 --> 00:03:45,400 is in in verse 32. If you look in verse 32, it's 60 00:03:45,400 --> 00:03:48,120 towards the end of Peter's sermon to Israel and he says 61 00:03:48,120 --> 00:03:56,520 this Jesus God raised up and of that we are all witnesses being 62 00:03:56,520 --> 00:04:00,000 therefore exalted at the right hand of God. 63 00:04:00,240 --> 00:04:04,160 Really it could be rendered exalted by the right hand of God 64 00:04:04,680 --> 00:04:09,320 and having received want you to watch this received from the 65 00:04:09,320 --> 00:04:12,840 Father the promise of the Holy Spirit that is the Father gave 66 00:04:13,040 --> 00:04:14,880 Jesus the gift of the Holy Spirit. 67 00:04:15,120 --> 00:04:19,079 He has Christ has poured out this that you yourselves are 68 00:04:19,079 --> 00:04:22,440 seeing and hearing. For David did not ascend into 69 00:04:22,440 --> 00:04:25,360 the heavens, but he himself says, the Lord said to my Lord, 70 00:04:25,840 --> 00:04:27,880 sit at my right hand until I make your enemies your 71 00:04:27,880 --> 00:04:32,400 footstool. Let all the House of Israel 72 00:04:32,440 --> 00:04:37,400 therefore know for certain that God has made him both Lord and 73 00:04:37,400 --> 00:04:40,360 Christ, this Jesus whom you crucified. 74 00:04:40,680 --> 00:04:44,160 That's the key phrase. Let all the House of Israel 75 00:04:44,360 --> 00:04:50,800 therefore know for certain that God has made him both Lord and 76 00:04:50,800 --> 00:04:54,160 Christ, this Jesus whom you crucified. 77 00:04:54,400 --> 00:04:57,640 OK, one of the mega themes if you want to write in your 78 00:04:57,640 --> 00:05:02,080 Bibles, I'll write I'll I'll say the addresses of these texts. 79 00:05:02,080 --> 00:05:05,560 But when you read the Gospels and you look at the ministry of 80 00:05:05,560 --> 00:05:09,320 John the Baptist, his ministry was to the nation of Israel to 81 00:05:09,320 --> 00:05:12,320 preach not just that somebody was coming, but he would be the 82 00:05:12,320 --> 00:05:15,280 one that identified who it was that was to be the Messiah. 83 00:05:15,680 --> 00:05:18,960 And so if you read Matthew chapter 3 verses 7 through 12, 84 00:05:19,520 --> 00:05:24,040 Mark chapter 1 verses 4 through 8, Luke chapter 3 verses 7:00 85 00:05:24,040 --> 00:05:28,280 and 9:00, and then 15 through 17, and then John chapter 1 86 00:05:28,320 --> 00:05:32,520 verses 29 through 34, what you see is this mega theme that John 87 00:05:32,520 --> 00:05:36,200 is saying they, they believed there's so much power and 88 00:05:36,200 --> 00:05:40,120 authority in John who came preaching in the spirit of 89 00:05:40,120 --> 00:05:43,360 Elijah, that they mistook him that he might be the Messiah. 90 00:05:43,360 --> 00:05:45,040 This might be the one that we're waiting for. 91 00:05:45,640 --> 00:05:50,360 And John repeatedly testified and it shows it's it's face in 92 00:05:50,360 --> 00:05:55,920 all of the gospels that after me comes one who I am not worthy to 93 00:05:55,920 --> 00:05:58,960 untie his sandals. And he says repeatedly, I 94 00:05:58,960 --> 00:06:02,040 baptize you with water, but there's coming a one who will 95 00:06:02,040 --> 00:06:04,920 baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire. 96 00:06:05,120 --> 00:06:09,160 And there's always a threat to the nation of Israel that when 97 00:06:09,160 --> 00:06:11,160 Messiah comes, he's going to do 2 things. 98 00:06:11,400 --> 00:06:14,360 He's going to put his spirit on you if you trust him, or he's 99 00:06:14,360 --> 00:06:17,680 going to kill you by fire. The axe is laid at the root of 100 00:06:17,680 --> 00:06:21,680 the tree. And if you do not repent, you're 101 00:06:21,680 --> 00:06:25,440 going to perish. So John the Baptist came so that 102 00:06:25,440 --> 00:06:27,840 the identity of Christ might be revealed to Israel. 103 00:06:28,280 --> 00:06:31,640 And just like in the Old Testament, on the evidences of 104 00:06:31,640 --> 00:06:33,880 one or two witnesses is a fact confirmed. 105 00:06:34,480 --> 00:06:38,080 So Israel was given John the Baptist as the first witness, 106 00:06:38,080 --> 00:06:40,640 that it was Christ who would be the Messiah. 107 00:06:41,120 --> 00:06:43,760 And then the second witness came, and it was Christ himself 108 00:06:43,760 --> 00:06:46,000 with all of his works and with all of his wonders and with all 109 00:06:46,000 --> 00:06:47,920 of his signs that he did in their midst. 110 00:06:47,920 --> 00:06:50,840 Right? Peter says those words, A man 111 00:06:50,840 --> 00:06:53,720 attested to you by God. This is up in verse 22. 112 00:06:54,040 --> 00:06:57,880 A man attested to you by God with mighty works and wonders 113 00:06:57,880 --> 00:07:00,920 and signs that he did through him in your midst. 114 00:07:01,040 --> 00:07:05,280 You saw it. So the testimony of John, the 115 00:07:05,280 --> 00:07:07,800 testimony of Christ with signs and wonders. 116 00:07:08,760 --> 00:07:14,040 And lastly, they are now at Pentecost given the last 117 00:07:14,040 --> 00:07:17,000 testimony that the nation of Israel would have, and it's the 118 00:07:17,000 --> 00:07:20,760 testimony of the Holy Spirit upon the apostles of Christ. 119 00:07:21,240 --> 00:07:24,480 As a witness. Listen to the way the book of 120 00:07:24,480 --> 00:07:28,720 Hebrews describes this idea of you had the witness of of John, 121 00:07:28,720 --> 00:07:31,040 you had the witness of Christ. You have the witness now of the 122 00:07:31,040 --> 00:07:33,040 Holy Spirit through the apostles. 123 00:07:33,040 --> 00:07:38,280 This is Hebrews 2 one through 4. He tells these Jewish Christians 124 00:07:38,280 --> 00:07:43,120 who had, who had started to come into the church, and now we're 125 00:07:43,120 --> 00:07:45,480 saying, man, there's persecution here, Let's just go back to the 126 00:07:45,480 --> 00:07:48,240 sacrificial system. Let's let's renounce Christ, or 127 00:07:48,240 --> 00:07:52,680 maybe not even renounce him. Let's just quietly retreat from 128 00:07:52,680 --> 00:07:55,320 the cross, go back to the sacrificial system. 129 00:07:56,280 --> 00:07:58,880 The author of Hebrews says. Therefore we must pay much 130 00:07:58,880 --> 00:08:01,920 closer attention to what we have heard, lest we drift away from 131 00:08:01,920 --> 00:08:04,160 it. For since the message declared 132 00:08:04,160 --> 00:08:07,760 by angels talking about the Old covenant proved reliable, and 133 00:08:07,760 --> 00:08:10,440 every transgression or disobedience received a just 134 00:08:10,440 --> 00:08:14,320 retribution, how will we escape if we neglect such a great 135 00:08:14,320 --> 00:08:18,120 salvation? It was declared at first by the 136 00:08:18,120 --> 00:08:19,800 Lord. That's our witness. 137 00:08:20,120 --> 00:08:23,440 Christ himself came and said, the Kingdom of God is upon you. 138 00:08:24,280 --> 00:08:28,920 Declared at first by the Lord, it was attested to us by those 139 00:08:28,920 --> 00:08:33,919 who heard it, while God also bore witness by signs and 140 00:08:33,919 --> 00:08:37,640 wonders and various miracles, by the gifts of the Holy Spirit 141 00:08:37,960 --> 00:08:40,120 distributed according to His will. 142 00:08:40,159 --> 00:08:43,520 Do you see that Christ? And then the apostles under the 143 00:08:43,520 --> 00:08:47,800 inspiration of the Holy Spirit are testifying that to the House 144 00:08:47,840 --> 00:08:53,160 of Israel that God has made him Lord in Christ, this Jesus whom 145 00:08:53,160 --> 00:08:55,960 you crucified. Now the interesting thing is 146 00:08:56,240 --> 00:08:58,640 they largely rejected that testimony. 147 00:08:59,160 --> 00:09:02,040 And we're indeed just like John the Baptist said he would do. 148 00:09:02,120 --> 00:09:05,520 He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire. 149 00:09:06,480 --> 00:09:09,280 Christ has baptized them at Pentecost with the Holy Spirit 150 00:09:09,520 --> 00:09:14,200 and in 40 years those that did not repent of their sin and 151 00:09:14,200 --> 00:09:18,800 trust in Christ, In 40 years He baptized them with fire exactly 152 00:09:18,800 --> 00:09:21,960 40 years after the original Easter morning. 153 00:09:22,240 --> 00:09:27,160 So first thing we need to know about Pentecost is that Christ 154 00:09:27,280 --> 00:09:31,160 at Pentecost, Christ is revealed yet again to be the Christ, and 155 00:09:31,160 --> 00:09:32,680 he's revealed that way to Israel. 156 00:09:32,680 --> 00:09:34,800 The second thing we need to know, and this is super 157 00:09:34,800 --> 00:09:38,720 important, is that the end times, because of Pentecost, the 158 00:09:38,720 --> 00:09:42,200 end times have broken through. OK, Now our job as we come to 159 00:09:42,200 --> 00:09:44,720 the Scriptures, it's really important is to let the 160 00:09:44,720 --> 00:09:47,520 Scriptures interpret our theology, not the other way 161 00:09:47,520 --> 00:09:50,920 around, not my system of theology teaching me to read a 162 00:09:50,920 --> 00:09:54,560 text a particular way. That's that's, that's cart 163 00:09:55,520 --> 00:09:58,760 before the horse, right? We want to come to the scripture 164 00:09:58,760 --> 00:10:00,880 and say, what does the Scriptures say? 165 00:10:01,040 --> 00:10:04,800 And then therefore, what kind of theology am I going to ascribe 166 00:10:04,800 --> 00:10:06,920 to you? So what I would like to do is I 167 00:10:06,920 --> 00:10:13,160 would like you to to use this verse in verses 1516 and 17 to 168 00:10:13,160 --> 00:10:15,720 answer the following question. Use that text. 169 00:10:15,720 --> 00:10:17,800 I'm going to read it to you to answer the following question. 170 00:10:18,040 --> 00:10:23,160 According to Joel and according to Peter, what did God declare 171 00:10:23,320 --> 00:10:27,800 to Old Testament Saints would be the sign of the eschaton of the 172 00:10:27,800 --> 00:10:30,320 last day? Peter is going to preach at 173 00:10:30,320 --> 00:10:31,920 Pentecost. He's going to quote Joel. 174 00:10:32,160 --> 00:10:36,520 And so I'm asking you, what does the text say will be the mark of 175 00:10:36,520 --> 00:10:39,440 the indication that God has indeed brought about the last 176 00:10:39,440 --> 00:10:41,520 days? Look in verse 15 an answer from 177 00:10:41,520 --> 00:10:46,520 the text, For these people are not drunk as you suppose, since 178 00:10:46,520 --> 00:10:48,120 it is only the third hour of the day. 179 00:10:48,120 --> 00:10:51,400 But this is what was uttered through the prophet Joel verse 180 00:10:51,400 --> 00:10:54,080 17. And in the last days, the 181 00:10:54,160 --> 00:10:58,320 eschaton where we get our word for eschatology in the last days 182 00:10:58,320 --> 00:11:04,320 at the end of the world it shall be God declares that I will pour 183 00:11:04,320 --> 00:11:08,720 out my spirit on all flesh. And your sons and your daughters 184 00:11:08,840 --> 00:11:12,960 shall prophecy, your young men shall see visions, your old men 185 00:11:13,120 --> 00:11:17,440 shall dream dreams. So again use this text to answer 186 00:11:17,440 --> 00:11:21,880 the question according to Joel, according to Peter, what did God 187 00:11:21,880 --> 00:11:27,000 declare to Israel would be the sign of the last days answer. 188 00:11:27,520 --> 00:11:29,560 I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh. 189 00:11:30,200 --> 00:11:34,600 Pentecost meant that God had indeed initiated the end of the 190 00:11:34,600 --> 00:11:37,240 world as they knew it and that world. 191 00:11:37,680 --> 00:11:40,080 When you read the rest of the New Testament, you get the sense 192 00:11:40,080 --> 00:11:44,480 that the apostles think that the end of the world is eminently 193 00:11:44,480 --> 00:11:46,600 upon them. Paul tells the Corinthian 194 00:11:46,600 --> 00:11:48,120 church. Think about this tells the 195 00:11:48,120 --> 00:11:50,080 Corinthian church. Hey, in light of the current 196 00:11:50,080 --> 00:11:53,520 distress, the coming of the end, I would counsel you not to get 197 00:11:53,520 --> 00:11:56,480 married. Just just stay single because 198 00:11:56,600 --> 00:11:58,800 we're about to go through a really hard time. 199 00:11:58,800 --> 00:12:01,120 The great tribulation that Christ promised would come to 200 00:12:01,120 --> 00:12:05,600 the men of that generation. And so either the apostles were 201 00:12:05,600 --> 00:12:09,840 wrong and the day of the great Tribulation is still in our 202 00:12:09,840 --> 00:12:13,720 future, or they were right when they said this is the mark of 203 00:12:13,720 --> 00:12:18,480 the last days, that the eschaton has broken into our right now 204 00:12:18,840 --> 00:12:21,640 and that we're living in light of the end. 205 00:12:22,600 --> 00:12:25,320 That world was ended when the temple was destroyed and it has 206 00:12:25,320 --> 00:12:27,560 been remade in Christ. And I'll show you some more of 207 00:12:27,560 --> 00:12:31,440 that in a little bit. Third thing, I have 7. 208 00:12:31,440 --> 00:12:34,240 So we're almost halfway done. The third thing you need to know 209 00:12:34,240 --> 00:12:37,640 about Pentecost is that Pentecost means Babel has been 210 00:12:37,640 --> 00:12:41,200 undone. OK, Pentecost means Babel has 211 00:12:41,200 --> 00:12:45,160 been undone. You guys, just just to remind 212 00:12:45,160 --> 00:12:47,600 you, they're in dwelling in Jerusalem. 213 00:12:47,600 --> 00:12:50,880 Jews and devout men from every nation under heaven. 214 00:12:51,320 --> 00:12:53,040 At the sound the multitude came together. 215 00:12:53,040 --> 00:12:55,640 They were bewildered because each one was hearing them speak 216 00:12:55,640 --> 00:12:58,720 in his own language. And they were amazed and 217 00:12:58,720 --> 00:13:01,400 astonished, saying, Are not all those who are speaking 218 00:13:01,400 --> 00:13:04,720 Galileans? How is it that we each hear, and 219 00:13:05,680 --> 00:13:09,440 each of us hear each of us in his own native language? 220 00:13:10,000 --> 00:13:12,000 And then he lists all the places Parthians means. 221 00:13:12,000 --> 00:13:15,040 Elamites, residents of Mesopotamia, Judea, Cappadocia, 222 00:13:15,040 --> 00:13:20,160 Pontius Asia, Phrygia, Pamphylia, Egypt, Libya, Cyrene, 223 00:13:20,160 --> 00:13:24,200 Rome, Jews, proselytes, Cretians, Arabians, we hear them 224 00:13:24,200 --> 00:13:27,720 telling in our own tongues the mighty works of God. 225 00:13:28,360 --> 00:13:31,040 Now, if you know your Bible, you know that this is something very 226 00:13:31,040 --> 00:13:35,280 significant that's related to a story in Genesis Chapter 11, the 227 00:13:35,280 --> 00:13:38,280 Tower of Babel. So I just want you to listen to 228 00:13:38,920 --> 00:13:41,680 some quotes from the story of the Tower of Babel. 229 00:13:41,800 --> 00:13:44,240 This is this is what the men said when they were going to 230 00:13:44,240 --> 00:13:46,080 build the Tower of Babel. Listen to these words. 231 00:13:46,080 --> 00:13:50,040 It's a direct quote. Come, let us build ourselves a 232 00:13:50,040 --> 00:13:53,720 city and a tower with its top in the heavens, and let us make a 233 00:13:53,720 --> 00:13:57,240 name for ourselves, lest we be dispersed over the face of the 234 00:13:57,240 --> 00:14:00,880 whole earth. We want to build a tower into 235 00:14:00,960 --> 00:14:05,600 the heavens to which we all sort of chuckle and say it's cute, 236 00:14:05,600 --> 00:14:07,240 right? They're going to build a tower 237 00:14:07,240 --> 00:14:09,880 into the heavens. Listen to how God responds. 238 00:14:10,320 --> 00:14:12,880 He, he doesn't think it's cute. He doesn't chuckle. 239 00:14:13,440 --> 00:14:19,080 He says, behold, they are one people and they all have one 240 00:14:19,080 --> 00:14:22,720 language, and this is only the beginning of what they will do. 241 00:14:23,240 --> 00:14:28,200 And nothing that they propose to do will be impossible for them. 242 00:14:28,400 --> 00:14:30,800 Wait a second, God, I don't think you heard what they were 243 00:14:30,800 --> 00:14:32,920 planning. They were planning to build a 244 00:14:32,920 --> 00:14:36,520 building, a structure out of brick into the heavens. 245 00:14:36,520 --> 00:14:39,880 And God says, yeah, I know. And they can do it because 246 00:14:39,880 --> 00:14:42,760 they're created in my image, and I've given them power and 247 00:14:42,760 --> 00:14:45,400 dominion and authority. When they have one language, 248 00:14:45,760 --> 00:14:49,760 they can do it. Therefore God says, so they say, 249 00:14:49,760 --> 00:14:53,000 come, let us build. God says, come, let us go down. 250 00:14:53,520 --> 00:14:56,240 And they're confused their language so that they might not 251 00:14:56,240 --> 00:15:01,000 understand one another's speech. So think about this, since God 252 00:15:01,000 --> 00:15:06,000 confused language to impede the ability of man to successfully 253 00:15:06,000 --> 00:15:09,640 rebel against God, making them unable to carry out all they 254 00:15:09,640 --> 00:15:13,680 propose, then what would the unconfusing of language at 255 00:15:13,680 --> 00:15:15,720 Pentecost mean for the Church of Christ? 256 00:15:16,920 --> 00:15:20,640 What would that mean? If, if, whatever we purpose to 257 00:15:20,640 --> 00:15:23,760 do, we can do? And so God confuses our language 258 00:15:23,760 --> 00:15:27,960 so that we can't do it, and then Christ dies, rises, ascends, 259 00:15:27,960 --> 00:15:30,520 pours out his Holy Spirit, and the first thing that happens is 260 00:15:30,720 --> 00:15:32,640 there's no confusion of language anymore. 261 00:15:32,880 --> 00:15:35,880 What is the logical conclusion of that? 262 00:15:36,320 --> 00:15:41,440 He has now made things possible for His church to do anything 263 00:15:41,520 --> 00:15:47,400 that they purpose to do. And so whatever we purpose to do 264 00:15:47,400 --> 00:15:51,560 in the name of Christ, under His authority, by His word, is 265 00:15:51,560 --> 00:15:54,440 possible for the people of God. And so let me ask you a 266 00:15:54,440 --> 00:15:57,720 question, Christian. What might you propose that we 267 00:15:57,720 --> 00:16:00,640 endeavor to do? What big work might we? 268 00:16:01,520 --> 00:16:03,240 What might we undertake? I don't know. 269 00:16:03,320 --> 00:16:05,680 Here's a good idea. How about we say things like 270 00:16:05,680 --> 00:16:09,280 your Kingdom come and your will be done on earth as it is in 271 00:16:09,280 --> 00:16:12,320 heaven. So what if we proposed not like 272 00:16:12,320 --> 00:16:15,040 Babel, to make the heavens like the earth? 273 00:16:15,040 --> 00:16:17,520 We're going to build from the earth into the heavens. 274 00:16:17,920 --> 00:16:22,400 Rather, what if we endeavour to make the earth like the heavens, 275 00:16:22,400 --> 00:16:25,200 the earth like the heavens? So we are a heavenly people 276 00:16:25,200 --> 00:16:28,960 seated with Christ in glory, filled with his Spirit, building 277 00:16:28,960 --> 00:16:31,920 towards the earth, and now he's given us the power through his 278 00:16:31,920 --> 00:16:34,480 Spirit to do it. Christ said, make disciples of 279 00:16:34,480 --> 00:16:37,000 all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of 280 00:16:37,000 --> 00:16:40,280 the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe and 281 00:16:40,280 --> 00:16:44,080 obey all that I've commanded you, and I'm with you always to 282 00:16:44,080 --> 00:16:48,400 the end of the age. So brothers and sisters, in the 283 00:16:48,400 --> 00:16:52,360 name of Pentecost Sunday, we got to we have to repent of this 284 00:16:52,360 --> 00:16:57,880 idea of this like Christian hand wringing, stressed out counsel 285 00:16:57,880 --> 00:17:00,880 of defeat. When the when the foundations 286 00:17:00,880 --> 00:17:03,000 are destroyed, what can the righteous do? 287 00:17:03,040 --> 00:17:07,319 Like they're, they're, you know, the help Lord for the godly man 288 00:17:07,319 --> 00:17:12,319 ceases to be evil is on the rise and and righteousness dwindles. 289 00:17:12,319 --> 00:17:14,640 What can the godly do? What? 290 00:17:14,640 --> 00:17:16,359 How does the Psalmist answer that question? 291 00:17:16,839 --> 00:17:20,400 The Lord is in His holy temple. That's the answer. 292 00:17:20,440 --> 00:17:22,880 We can do anything. Our God does anything that He 293 00:17:22,880 --> 00:17:26,240 pleases. So we need to, we need to 294 00:17:26,240 --> 00:17:31,200 repudiate this tiresome and unbiblical idea that we just 295 00:17:31,200 --> 00:17:33,800 suffer through and fail in this world. 296 00:17:33,800 --> 00:17:37,000 Christ sent us on a winning mission, and Pentecost is proof 297 00:17:37,000 --> 00:17:39,000 of that. He has poured out His Spirit 298 00:17:39,000 --> 00:17:41,920 upon His people. What could possibly be too hard 299 00:17:41,920 --> 00:17:44,600 for Him to accomplish through His church? 300 00:17:45,160 --> 00:17:47,480 The fourth thing about Pentecost, it's very important 301 00:17:47,480 --> 00:17:50,560 is that Christ has been the plan all along. 302 00:17:50,800 --> 00:17:52,720 Look at what Peter tells him in verse 22. 303 00:17:52,800 --> 00:17:56,000 It's marvelous. He says, men of Israel hear 304 00:17:56,000 --> 00:17:58,880 these words. Jesus of Nazareth, a man 305 00:17:58,880 --> 00:18:01,520 attested to you by God with mighty works and wonders and 306 00:18:01,520 --> 00:18:03,720 signs that God did through in your midst. 307 00:18:03,720 --> 00:18:09,200 As you yourselves know, this Jesus delivered up according to 308 00:18:09,200 --> 00:18:13,000 the definite plan and for knowledge of God. 309 00:18:15,640 --> 00:18:18,080 That that Greek word there is where we get our word for 310 00:18:18,080 --> 00:18:20,280 prognosis. It's to know something 311 00:18:20,280 --> 00:18:24,480 beforehand and decree it the definite plan and foreknowledge 312 00:18:24,480 --> 00:18:27,080 of God. You crucified and killed by the 313 00:18:27,080 --> 00:18:29,960 hands of lawless men. God raised him up losing the 314 00:18:29,960 --> 00:18:33,520 pangs of death because it was not possible for death to hold 315 00:18:33,520 --> 00:18:35,960 him. They thought the men of Christ 316 00:18:35,960 --> 00:18:38,400 generation really did think that they were in control. 317 00:18:38,760 --> 00:18:40,880 Let's kill him and let's take what's his. 318 00:18:40,880 --> 00:18:42,720 We can do this. Nobody can stop us. 319 00:18:42,720 --> 00:18:44,040 They thought they were in control. 320 00:18:44,200 --> 00:18:46,440 They were doing whatever they wanted to do. 321 00:18:46,680 --> 00:18:49,560 So this is not coercion. This is not predestination. 322 00:18:49,560 --> 00:18:52,680 That is determinism. This is predestination where God 323 00:18:52,680 --> 00:18:56,840 knows the end from the beginning and has decreed, but then allows 324 00:18:56,840 --> 00:19:00,720 in this mysterious way allows them to do everything they want 325 00:19:00,720 --> 00:19:02,840 to do. It's it's called giving someone 326 00:19:02,840 --> 00:19:06,920 enough rope to hang themselves. So they did everything that they 327 00:19:06,920 --> 00:19:09,640 wanted to do to Christ and God worked it for good. 328 00:19:09,640 --> 00:19:12,800 So just like Joseph's brothers attempting to thwart the 329 00:19:12,800 --> 00:19:18,000 prophetic dreams of his dominion over them, remember, let's, 330 00:19:18,200 --> 00:19:20,200 let's, let's kill him. Let's throw him in the pit and 331 00:19:20,200 --> 00:19:21,560 kill him. Let's sell him into slavery. 332 00:19:21,560 --> 00:19:23,760 And then we'll see what becomes of his dreams. 333 00:19:23,760 --> 00:19:26,000 Well, what became of all of their best laid plans? 334 00:19:26,280 --> 00:19:28,520 It brought about the dominion of Joseph. 335 00:19:29,320 --> 00:19:32,480 What became of the best laid plans of the Pharisees who said 336 00:19:32,480 --> 00:19:36,240 in John 11, I believe when the whole world was following 337 00:19:36,240 --> 00:19:39,440 Christ, I think it was Caiaphas that said you guys know nothing 338 00:19:39,440 --> 00:19:41,360 at all. It's better that one man should 339 00:19:41,360 --> 00:19:43,480 die for the nation, that the whole nation perish. 340 00:19:43,480 --> 00:19:46,680 What he was saying is we're going to assassinate him so that 341 00:19:46,680 --> 00:19:49,680 the Romans won't get upset and come and take take us out. 342 00:19:49,680 --> 00:19:53,160 And so they intentionally lied about Christ to get him 343 00:19:53,160 --> 00:19:56,800 crucified. And all that they did, they 344 00:19:56,800 --> 00:20:00,120 intended for evil, but God intended for good. 345 00:20:00,120 --> 00:20:03,640 It is not possible for Christ to be held by death because in him 346 00:20:03,640 --> 00:20:05,440 was life and the life was the light of man. 347 00:20:05,920 --> 00:20:08,200 He is the resurrection and the life. 348 00:20:08,200 --> 00:20:09,880 He did lay down His life for the sheep. 349 00:20:13,000 --> 00:20:16,480 One of my favorite teachers said to me one time, he said, he said 350 00:20:16,480 --> 00:20:20,760 if you look in the Gospels, there's only three times that I 351 00:20:20,760 --> 00:20:25,360 know of that. That Christ raised somebody from 352 00:20:25,360 --> 00:20:27,760 the dead. There are other things that is 353 00:20:27,800 --> 00:20:29,640 it is death. People rose from the dead. 354 00:20:29,640 --> 00:20:32,960 But but as far as the gospels telling a story where he where 355 00:20:32,960 --> 00:20:36,160 he calls someone back to life after death, there's only three 356 00:20:36,160 --> 00:20:38,800 times. And this man quipped that 357 00:20:38,840 --> 00:20:42,640 because Jesus is the resurrection, you never see him 358 00:20:42,640 --> 00:20:46,400 going to funerals because a funeral cannot be a funeral. 359 00:20:46,400 --> 00:20:50,280 When the resurrection himself comes to visit, it's like a dark 360 00:20:50,280 --> 00:20:51,640 room and you walk in with a light. 361 00:20:51,640 --> 00:20:56,280 It's not a dark room anymore by the just the sheer presence of 362 00:20:56,280 --> 00:20:58,400 light in a dark room makes it a light room. 363 00:20:58,640 --> 00:21:03,360 And the sheer presence of the resurrection himself, Yes, Lord, 364 00:21:03,360 --> 00:21:06,240 I know that my brother's going to raise up in the last day. 365 00:21:06,280 --> 00:21:10,240 And he said I am the resurrection in the life, I'm 366 00:21:10,240 --> 00:21:14,680 him, I'm the resurrection. And so Lazarus could not stay 367 00:21:14,760 --> 00:21:18,320 dead in the presence of Christ. It's a marvelous thing. 368 00:21:19,160 --> 00:21:23,920 Fifth thing about Pentecost is that there is a mutual receiving 369 00:21:24,120 --> 00:21:27,600 look in verse 29 and I want you to see something marvelous. 370 00:21:27,920 --> 00:21:30,840 Verse 29 Peter says, brothers, I may say to you with confidence 371 00:21:30,840 --> 00:21:33,960 about the patriarch David that he both died and was buried in 372 00:21:33,960 --> 00:21:38,280 his tomb is with us to this day. So David said he he just quoted 373 00:21:38,280 --> 00:21:41,400 from David saying you will not abandon my soul to Hades or let 374 00:21:41,400 --> 00:21:45,480 your holy ones see corruption and Peter says what gives? 375 00:21:45,520 --> 00:21:49,000 David is dead his he was buried. His tomb is with us to this day. 376 00:21:49,600 --> 00:21:52,160 Verse 30 being there for a prophet, knowing that God had 377 00:21:52,160 --> 00:21:54,800 sworn with an oath to him that he would set one of his 378 00:21:54,800 --> 00:21:59,040 descendants on his throne. He foresaw David foresaw and 379 00:21:59,040 --> 00:22:02,600 spoke about the resurrection of the Christ that he was not 380 00:22:02,600 --> 00:22:05,360 abandoned to Hades nor did his flesh seek corruption. 381 00:22:05,880 --> 00:22:08,960 This Jesus God raised up, and of that we are all witnesses. 382 00:22:09,360 --> 00:22:13,200 Being therefore exalted at the right hand of God, and having 383 00:22:13,280 --> 00:22:15,160 listened to these words, this is marvelous. 384 00:22:15,160 --> 00:22:18,280 Having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, 385 00:22:18,720 --> 00:22:22,200 He has poured out this that you yourselves are seeing and 386 00:22:22,200 --> 00:22:24,800 hearing. When Christ ascended and was 387 00:22:24,800 --> 00:22:28,600 seated at the right hand, He received from the Father the 388 00:22:28,600 --> 00:22:33,760 Holy Spirit, and having received him, He poured the Spirit out 389 00:22:33,760 --> 00:22:35,960 upon His church. And so because we are in 390 00:22:35,960 --> 00:22:40,400 covenant union with Christ, all that is His, all that has been 391 00:22:40,400 --> 00:22:44,800 received by Christ becomes the property of His church. 392 00:22:45,360 --> 00:22:47,280 This, by the way, has never happened before. 393 00:22:47,280 --> 00:22:50,840 You see leaders in the Old Testament anointed by the Holy 394 00:22:50,840 --> 00:22:53,680 Spirit and doing great work. Saul, David come to mind. 395 00:22:53,680 --> 00:22:56,800 Elijah comes to mind. But the Spirit descends and 396 00:22:56,800 --> 00:23:00,200 empowers one guy to go do things and lead the people. 397 00:23:00,440 --> 00:23:04,200 But this has never happened. It's never happened that someone 398 00:23:04,200 --> 00:23:08,360 would be anointed and so covenantally connected to his 399 00:23:08,360 --> 00:23:10,880 people that so is everybody else. 400 00:23:11,400 --> 00:23:14,960 So Christ receives the Spirit, pours the Spirit out upon his 401 00:23:14,960 --> 00:23:18,440 people. And so you and I have the same 402 00:23:18,440 --> 00:23:22,160 access to the same Spirit that Christ was given because he has 403 00:23:22,160 --> 00:23:25,920 poured him out upon us. It's just a marvelous, A 404 00:23:25,920 --> 00:23:28,800 marvelous thing. He indeed is the one who still 405 00:23:28,800 --> 00:23:32,600 baptizes with the Holy Spirit. And so the Holy Spirit is the 406 00:23:32,600 --> 00:23:36,280 daily presence of God, abiding with us, filling the lives of 407 00:23:36,280 --> 00:23:38,400 the people of God. And so the question is, what 408 00:23:38,400 --> 00:23:41,560 power do you need? What what work has God called 409 00:23:41,560 --> 00:23:43,840 you to that you can't possibly do? 410 00:23:44,520 --> 00:23:48,800 Pete just took a bunch of oaths that none of us are manful 411 00:23:48,800 --> 00:23:49,920 enough for. Yeah. 412 00:23:49,920 --> 00:23:53,600 Just just be a great perfect example all the days of why it's 413 00:23:53,600 --> 00:23:56,120 life like I can't I can't do that. 414 00:23:57,080 --> 00:24:03,120 But God has given you his Holy Spirit who will work in you all, 415 00:24:03,560 --> 00:24:07,000 all of his good pleasure. Eli and Grace swore oaths on 416 00:24:07,000 --> 00:24:11,040 Friday that they can't in their flesh they can't accomplish. 417 00:24:11,560 --> 00:24:14,320 Christ has given us commands that we and ourselves cannot 418 00:24:14,320 --> 00:24:15,680 accomplish. No big deal. 419 00:24:15,680 --> 00:24:18,800 Just go win the nations for me. Let's go do it. 420 00:24:18,800 --> 00:24:20,800 It's fine, you know, be done by Tuesday. 421 00:24:20,800 --> 00:24:25,800 No, we can't do it unless and until God pours out His Holy 422 00:24:25,800 --> 00:24:28,360 Spirit upon His church. And then, brothers and sisters, 423 00:24:28,360 --> 00:24:30,960 we can do that which is required. 424 00:24:30,960 --> 00:24:35,000 He will do it in US. So whatever power you need, ask 425 00:24:35,000 --> 00:24:38,120 the Lord daily, Father, would you fill me with your Spirit in 426 00:24:38,120 --> 00:24:41,040 the name of your Son Jesus? Would you equip me and empower 427 00:24:41,040 --> 00:24:44,080 me for whatever work you have for me to carry out? 428 00:24:44,840 --> 00:24:46,920 Paul says it this way. Work out your salvation with 429 00:24:46,920 --> 00:24:50,280 fear and trembling, for it is God who is at work in you, both 430 00:24:50,280 --> 00:24:52,640 to will and to work is good pleasure. 431 00:24:52,800 --> 00:24:55,600 So God is in us to will and to work through his Holy Spirit. 432 00:24:56,840 --> 00:25:01,720 Sixth thing is mutual authority. So there's mutual indwelling of 433 00:25:01,720 --> 00:25:03,560 the Spirit. Christ receives the Spirit, 434 00:25:03,880 --> 00:25:07,000 pours him out on his people, and then there's also mutual 435 00:25:07,200 --> 00:25:09,640 authority. If you look in, in verse 36, 436 00:25:09,640 --> 00:25:13,680 this is wild. Peter says to Israel, let all 437 00:25:13,680 --> 00:25:16,560 the House of Israel therefore know for certain that God has 438 00:25:16,560 --> 00:25:19,600 made him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom you crucified. 439 00:25:19,680 --> 00:25:24,120 Now when they heard this from Peter, they said, who the heck 440 00:25:24,120 --> 00:25:27,280 are you? You're not our priest, you're 441 00:25:27,280 --> 00:25:30,400 not our Pharisee, you're not our leader, you're not our pastor. 442 00:25:30,600 --> 00:25:32,640 You're just some fisherman from Galilee. 443 00:25:33,400 --> 00:25:36,000 That's not what they say. That's not what they say. 444 00:25:37,000 --> 00:25:39,880 They said to Peter and to the rest of the apostles Brothers, 445 00:25:39,920 --> 00:25:44,280 what do we do? You, you have been placed in an 446 00:25:44,280 --> 00:25:46,680 authority over us. You're speaking to us 447 00:25:46,720 --> 00:25:51,360 authoritatively in the name of Christ, and so you need to tell 448 00:25:51,360 --> 00:25:53,720 us what to do. OK. 449 00:25:53,840 --> 00:25:57,400 He goes on to say Peter. Peter tells them in verse 38. 450 00:25:57,400 --> 00:25:59,640 Peter says I don't know, I'm not a priest. 451 00:26:00,200 --> 00:26:02,000 Go ask the priest, go ask somebody else. 452 00:26:02,000 --> 00:26:03,440 I don't know. I'm not a spiritual authority 453 00:26:03,440 --> 00:26:05,320 over you. No, that's not what he says. 454 00:26:05,880 --> 00:26:10,200 Peter said to them, well, I really think you ought to know. 455 00:26:10,680 --> 00:26:15,040 He says a command, repent and be baptized everyone of you in the 456 00:26:15,040 --> 00:26:18,440 name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and 457 00:26:18,440 --> 00:26:21,520 you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit for the promise is 458 00:26:21,520 --> 00:26:24,240 for you and for your children. That's why we baptize our 459 00:26:24,240 --> 00:26:27,720 children and for all those who are far off, everyone whom the 460 00:26:27,720 --> 00:26:30,600 Lord our God will call to himself. 461 00:26:30,680 --> 00:26:35,800 And just as an aside, with many other words, he bore witness and 462 00:26:35,800 --> 00:26:39,080 continued to exhort them, saying, save yourself from this 463 00:26:39,280 --> 00:26:43,120 crooked generation. And so those who received his 464 00:26:43,120 --> 00:26:46,760 words were baptized and they were added that day about 3000 465 00:26:46,920 --> 00:26:51,840 souls. OK, so Peter is exercising a 466 00:26:51,880 --> 00:26:56,680 mutual authority, the authority he is ruling and reigning with 467 00:26:56,680 --> 00:26:58,840 Christ. Christ has put him on a throne 468 00:26:58,840 --> 00:27:02,440 over Israel. If you remember, every time 469 00:27:02,600 --> 00:27:07,360 Jesus came and and taught authoritatively or did miracles 470 00:27:07,360 --> 00:27:10,640 or cleanse the temple or broke their Sabbath traditions, they 471 00:27:10,640 --> 00:27:13,920 would always say by what authority are you doing this? 472 00:27:13,920 --> 00:27:16,280 Who are you? You don't have the right. 473 00:27:16,520 --> 00:27:19,720 And he just assumed it because he is the son of David. 474 00:27:19,840 --> 00:27:23,400 He is the king of Israel. And now Peter is doing the exact 475 00:27:23,560 --> 00:27:26,800 same thing. This is a direct fulfillment of 476 00:27:26,800 --> 00:27:29,880 Passion Week promise that Christ made to the ungodly Jewish 477 00:27:29,880 --> 00:27:31,440 leaders. Listen to these words. 478 00:27:31,720 --> 00:27:36,040 They're all red letters. During Passion Week, Peter, 479 00:27:36,320 --> 00:27:39,760 Jesus said to the religious leaders in Israel, these words 480 00:27:39,760 --> 00:27:42,680 quote, therefore I tell you, talking to the chief priests and 481 00:27:42,680 --> 00:27:45,880 the Pharisees and the scribes who were days away from killing, 482 00:27:46,160 --> 00:27:47,720 who they knew to be an innocent man. 483 00:27:48,840 --> 00:27:53,120 He says, I tell you the Kingdom of God will be taken away from 484 00:27:53,120 --> 00:27:56,400 you and given to a people producing its fruit. 485 00:27:56,400 --> 00:27:59,360 To which we should all jump in and say, Jesus, that sounds like 486 00:27:59,360 --> 00:28:03,920 a replacement theology, right? But it isn't. 487 00:28:04,120 --> 00:28:09,320 It's fulfilment theology. Jesus also said he went on to 488 00:28:09,320 --> 00:28:11,960 say the one who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces 489 00:28:12,080 --> 00:28:13,880 and when it falls on anyone it will crush him. 490 00:28:14,400 --> 00:28:18,640 Peter, we are watching him reign and rule in the name of Christ 491 00:28:18,640 --> 00:28:21,800 on earth at Pentecost with King Jesus doesn't make him a Pope 492 00:28:22,280 --> 00:28:25,440 because all of the apostles enjoy the same authority that 493 00:28:25,440 --> 00:28:27,720 Christ has given them. But I just want you to see that 494 00:28:27,720 --> 00:28:31,280 you need to reckon with that, that that Christ had really has 495 00:28:31,960 --> 00:28:36,280 taken authority from an empty Jewish system that rejected the 496 00:28:36,280 --> 00:28:41,080 life of itself and he's given it to those who are producing its 497 00:28:41,080 --> 00:28:45,680 fruit. 7th And lastly, that Pentecost is the fulfillment of 498 00:28:45,680 --> 00:28:51,880 a pattern of type and a promise. You have Babel undone in verse 499 00:28:51,880 --> 00:28:54,520 6, right? This is this goes all the way 500 00:28:54,520 --> 00:28:58,640 back to Genesis 11. You have a prophecy fulfilled in 501 00:28:58,640 --> 00:29:03,040 verse in verse 17 where where an Old Testament prophecy Joel is 502 00:29:03,040 --> 00:29:05,040 is prophesying about the end times. 503 00:29:05,840 --> 00:29:09,440 You have a prophecy fulfilled in the Psalms in verse 25 through 504 00:29:09,480 --> 00:29:13,000 328, a Davidic prophecy about about the coming Messiah. 505 00:29:13,480 --> 00:29:16,040 You have another prophecy the Lord said to my Lord, sit at my 506 00:29:16,040 --> 00:29:18,040 right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your 507 00:29:18,040 --> 00:29:21,480 feet. You have patterns abounding the 508 00:29:21,480 --> 00:29:26,000 pattern of, of just like Joseph rejected by the Jewish leaders 509 00:29:26,000 --> 00:29:29,520 and he becomes the ruler of the Gentiles and therefore the ruler 510 00:29:29,520 --> 00:29:32,240 of the Jews later on. You have all of these patterns, 511 00:29:32,240 --> 00:29:34,440 all of these types, all of these things that are going on in 512 00:29:34,440 --> 00:29:36,280 Christ is the fulfillment of all of them. 513 00:29:36,760 --> 00:29:40,320 But there's one in particular that we really need to sit in 514 00:29:40,560 --> 00:29:42,400 and I want you to try and follow me closely. 515 00:29:42,400 --> 00:29:45,040 I'll, I'll try not to nerd out and I'll try and make it as as 516 00:29:45,040 --> 00:29:49,600 clear as I can. Jesus is is being shown to be 517 00:29:50,040 --> 00:29:54,160 the new and the better Moses that Moses was good. 518 00:29:54,160 --> 00:29:58,000 He was, he was in God's house, faithful in God's house, but 519 00:29:58,000 --> 00:30:00,400 Christ is the builder of God's house. 520 00:30:00,400 --> 00:30:02,960 So Moses, think about this with me. 521 00:30:03,320 --> 00:30:07,800 Moses was attested to be the deliverer of Israel to Israel by 522 00:30:07,800 --> 00:30:10,400 signs and wonders. Remember he said, who do I say 523 00:30:10,400 --> 00:30:12,680 sent me? God gives him his name. 524 00:30:12,800 --> 00:30:15,000 What do I do if they don't follow me and he gives him a 525 00:30:15,000 --> 00:30:17,160 magic wand, Throw it on the ground. 526 00:30:17,160 --> 00:30:19,040 It'll become a snake. Put your hand in your coat, pull 527 00:30:19,040 --> 00:30:20,960 it out. It's it'll be leprous that he 528 00:30:21,160 --> 00:30:25,840 and Moses is given by God signs to attest to Israel and to 529 00:30:25,840 --> 00:30:29,320 Pharaoh that he's the deliverer. And when Moses goes to them, 530 00:30:29,360 --> 00:30:31,800 they see all of the signs and they reject him. 531 00:30:31,880 --> 00:30:35,680 Like, no, this is not our guy. Well, Christ is the new and 532 00:30:35,680 --> 00:30:39,640 better Moses who came with new and better signs attesting to 533 00:30:39,720 --> 00:30:42,760 the fact that he was Israel's deliverer and they rejected him 534 00:30:42,760 --> 00:30:46,400 too. Moses in in In Moses's day, 535 00:30:46,400 --> 00:30:50,160 Pharaoh was killing babies and attacking God's Son in order to 536 00:30:50,520 --> 00:30:54,400 in order to prevent any heroes rising up and striking down the 537 00:30:54,400 --> 00:30:56,040 tyrant. Sirens always do that. 538 00:30:56,920 --> 00:31:00,120 Christ, when he comes into the world as the new and better 539 00:31:00,120 --> 00:31:04,080 deliverer, there is a more evil Pharaoh who's now the king of 540 00:31:04,080 --> 00:31:07,840 the Jews inherit and he's attempting to kill the future 541 00:31:07,840 --> 00:31:09,880 king of the Jews. Where is he who's been born king 542 00:31:09,880 --> 00:31:11,440 of the Jews? The the wise men say. 543 00:31:11,760 --> 00:31:14,680 And Pharaoh immediately pronounces, well after some time 544 00:31:14,680 --> 00:31:18,360 pronounces a death sentence on all the baby boys injured in in 545 00:31:18,440 --> 00:31:22,480 in Bethlehem in order to prevent doing the same thing that 546 00:31:22,480 --> 00:31:25,760 Pharaoh had done. And when and when those babies 547 00:31:25,760 --> 00:31:30,160 grew up, Pharaoh would falsely accuse and, and, and go after 548 00:31:30,160 --> 00:31:34,880 Moses in the same way the new and the worst Pharaoh in Christ 549 00:31:34,880 --> 00:31:38,240 today would falsely accuse and crucify an innocent man. 550 00:31:38,680 --> 00:31:42,920 Moses and Israel were led through the baptism of the Red 551 00:31:42,920 --> 00:31:46,400 Sea, right? They they were united together. 552 00:31:46,560 --> 00:31:49,800 They were led through the the baptismal waters of the Red Sea 553 00:31:49,800 --> 00:31:52,360 and they were brought out to salvation and all of God's 554 00:31:52,360 --> 00:31:57,800 enemies drowned in the Red Sea. And now the new and better Moses 555 00:31:57,840 --> 00:32:02,200 and his people have safely passed through the new and worse 556 00:32:02,200 --> 00:32:04,680 baptism of the Red Sea, which is death itself. 557 00:32:05,320 --> 00:32:07,640 And they came out on the other side in the resurrection of 558 00:32:07,640 --> 00:32:09,400 Christ. We have been crucified with 559 00:32:09,400 --> 00:32:12,280 Christ. We have been raised with Christ, 560 00:32:13,200 --> 00:32:15,680 and so there's been a new and a better baptism. 561 00:32:17,120 --> 00:32:21,480 Now think about this, exactly 50 days after that event, that the 562 00:32:21,480 --> 00:32:25,560 event of the Exodus, they celebrated something called the 563 00:32:25,560 --> 00:32:28,640 reason Pentecost existed was because fifty days after the 564 00:32:28,640 --> 00:32:35,320 Exodus, Moses the man of God ascends on a mountain and God as 565 00:32:35,320 --> 00:32:38,800 a representative of Israel and God meets with him on the 566 00:32:38,800 --> 00:32:42,600 mountain and writes his law on 2 tablets of stone. 567 00:32:43,240 --> 00:32:45,640 Well, fifty days after the resurrection, Christ has 568 00:32:45,640 --> 00:32:48,760 ascended on our behalf into glory and is seated at the right 569 00:32:48,760 --> 00:32:51,000 hand. And having ascended to the right 570 00:32:51,000 --> 00:32:53,120 hand of the Father, he pours out his Spirit. 571 00:32:53,120 --> 00:32:58,120 Who the Jeremiah told us and, and Hebrews quotes that when the 572 00:32:58,120 --> 00:33:00,880 Spirit comes, he will take and the new covenant he will take 573 00:33:01,160 --> 00:33:02,680 his Spirit and he will take his law. 574 00:33:02,680 --> 00:33:05,560 And he won't write it on tablets of stone, but now he's going to 575 00:33:05,560 --> 00:33:10,080 write it on our human hearts. And so 50 days after the exodus 576 00:33:10,080 --> 00:33:14,160 you get the law. 50 days after the resurrection of Christ, you 577 00:33:14,160 --> 00:33:18,160 get the law written on the Spirit, on the hearts of his 578 00:33:18,160 --> 00:33:20,800 believers. Now think about this. 579 00:33:21,160 --> 00:33:25,360 What happened when Moses was on Mount Sinai getting the law of 580 00:33:25,360 --> 00:33:28,640 God written on tablets of stone? What was Israel doing at that 581 00:33:28,640 --> 00:33:31,720 moment? They were following their Jewish 582 00:33:31,880 --> 00:33:34,920 priest, their Jewish high priest, to make a golden calf, 583 00:33:35,160 --> 00:33:39,080 to lead them into idolatry. And so when Moses comes down, he 584 00:33:39,080 --> 00:33:42,400 throws the the tablets down, he breaks the covenant because they 585 00:33:42,400 --> 00:33:44,280 had broken the covenant. And then something very 586 00:33:44,280 --> 00:33:47,040 interesting happens. He tells the Levites, he says, 587 00:33:47,040 --> 00:33:50,280 whoever's with the Lord to me, the Levites come and he says, 588 00:33:50,280 --> 00:33:54,000 gird up your swords and go strike and slay those idolaters. 589 00:33:54,000 --> 00:33:57,000 Do you know how many people died on that day? 590 00:33:57,000 --> 00:34:01,160 When? When the the original Pentecost 591 00:34:01,560 --> 00:34:04,240 3000 men of Israel were killed that day? 592 00:34:04,640 --> 00:34:09,679 Does that number sound familiar? When in verse 40, with many 593 00:34:09,679 --> 00:34:12,080 other words, He bore witness and continued to exhort them, 594 00:34:12,080 --> 00:34:14,239 saying, save yourself from this crooked generation. 595 00:34:14,520 --> 00:34:17,760 So those who received his word were baptized and they were 596 00:34:17,760 --> 00:34:22,639 added that day about 3000 souls. This is just a recapitulation of 597 00:34:22,639 --> 00:34:26,080 Old Testament, of Old Testament history, of Old Testament story. 598 00:34:26,400 --> 00:34:29,800 But now instead of judgment, 3000 men die. 599 00:34:30,120 --> 00:34:33,360 Now you have salvation, 3000 men get saved. 600 00:34:33,360 --> 00:34:38,000 So I would ask you, do you mark that up as a coincidence that 601 00:34:38,000 --> 00:34:42,520 the events of Christ directly parallel and dovetail the events 602 00:34:42,520 --> 00:34:45,080 of Moses and the Exodus and the children of Israel? 603 00:34:45,760 --> 00:34:47,159 Do you take that as a coincidence? 604 00:34:47,159 --> 00:34:50,360 Or do you think God might be up to something a little bigger 605 00:34:50,360 --> 00:34:53,880 than we can see at first glance? Well, of course he's up to 606 00:34:53,880 --> 00:34:58,480 something. And so I want to continue to 607 00:34:58,480 --> 00:35:00,640 read the story. Just give me 5 minutes. 608 00:35:02,000 --> 00:35:05,880 The Exodus generation right in the Old Testament that failed to 609 00:35:05,880 --> 00:35:09,640 believe the Lord and to rise up and take possession of the land 610 00:35:09,640 --> 00:35:12,920 that they were given. They had a death sentence 611 00:35:12,920 --> 00:35:15,200 pronounced upon them because of their unbelief. 612 00:35:15,200 --> 00:35:20,160 This is numbers 13 and 14. God says you saw everything I 613 00:35:20,160 --> 00:35:23,160 did in Egypt and then when you came to the promised land, you 614 00:35:23,160 --> 00:35:25,760 said there are giants in there. We can't do it. 615 00:35:26,280 --> 00:35:29,720 Remember the the 12-12 spies go in, they come back. 616 00:35:29,840 --> 00:35:31,520 Caleb and Joshua say we can do it. 617 00:35:31,520 --> 00:35:35,120 The rest of the 10 say we can't, and God swears to that 618 00:35:35,120 --> 00:35:39,240 generation, the men 20 years old and upward, who saw my signs and 619 00:35:39,240 --> 00:35:43,960 my salvation that I worked in in Egypt and then who disbelieved 620 00:35:43,960 --> 00:35:46,920 me. I swear God swore in the Old 621 00:35:46,920 --> 00:35:49,200 Testament they will not enter my rest. 622 00:35:49,200 --> 00:35:53,120 So he pronounces a death sentence on them and a life 623 00:35:53,120 --> 00:35:57,120 sentence on their children. When you die, I'm going to take 624 00:35:57,120 --> 00:35:58,960 your children that you thought were going to be eaten by 625 00:35:58,960 --> 00:36:02,760 giants, and I'm going to raise them up and conquer the land. 626 00:36:02,960 --> 00:36:06,880 And we'll read about that when we read the book of, of Joshua. 627 00:36:07,560 --> 00:36:13,040 And so listen to me, you had two parallel groups within the 628 00:36:13,040 --> 00:36:15,120 covenant of God. You had one under a death 629 00:36:15,120 --> 00:36:17,680 sentence that was they were not going to make it into the land 630 00:36:17,680 --> 00:36:20,440 because of their unbelief. And you had one under a life 631 00:36:20,440 --> 00:36:24,360 sentence that we're wandering with them until this generation 632 00:36:24,360 --> 00:36:29,320 died off and then God took them up to inherit the land. 633 00:36:29,600 --> 00:36:32,560 So those who had seen the Exodus but didn't believe were marked 634 00:36:32,600 --> 00:36:34,880 to die. Those who were children would 635 00:36:34,880 --> 00:36:38,680 rise up and take possession. This duality of the people of 636 00:36:38,680 --> 00:36:43,080 God existed for exactly 40 years until the Exodus generation died 637 00:36:43,080 --> 00:36:45,760 in the wilderness and their children rose up to take 638 00:36:45,760 --> 00:36:47,320 possession of the land under Joshua. 639 00:36:47,960 --> 00:36:53,880 In the same way, the generation that saw Christ failed to 640 00:36:53,880 --> 00:36:58,040 believe in him largely when he came among them and he spoke, 641 00:36:58,200 --> 00:37:00,840 he, he said he, he pronounced judgment on them. 642 00:37:01,160 --> 00:37:04,200 He spoke a death sentence upon the men of his generation that 643 00:37:04,200 --> 00:37:09,120 saw what what all of the law and the prophets longed to see, 644 00:37:09,120 --> 00:37:12,920 namely God himself come in the form of a man as Israel's 645 00:37:12,920 --> 00:37:15,800 Messiah. And this is the the sentence 646 00:37:15,800 --> 00:37:19,520 that he pronounced on them. He said, this is Luke 12. 647 00:37:19,520 --> 00:37:22,640 If you want to write this down, the blood of all the prophets 648 00:37:22,640 --> 00:37:26,480 shed from the foundation of the world until now will be charged 649 00:37:26,520 --> 00:37:31,480 against the men of this generation from Abel to 650 00:37:31,480 --> 00:37:33,920 Zechariah. These are all red letters. 651 00:37:33,960 --> 00:37:38,120 Yes, I tell you it will be required of this generation, the 652 00:37:38,120 --> 00:37:41,080 generation that saw Christ and crucified him. 653 00:37:41,520 --> 00:37:48,840 He says retroactively going back to Abel and Cain all the way up 654 00:37:48,840 --> 00:37:52,480 to current Christ says I will require it of the men of this 655 00:37:52,480 --> 00:37:55,120 generation. He says this in Matthew 24. 656 00:37:55,440 --> 00:37:58,440 For then there will be a great tribulation such as has not been 657 00:37:58,440 --> 00:37:59,880 from the beginning of the world until now. 658 00:37:59,880 --> 00:38:03,520 No, and never will be. And truly I say to you, this 659 00:38:03,520 --> 00:38:08,640 generation will not pass until all these things take place. 660 00:38:09,240 --> 00:38:12,400 Christ pronounced a sentence of death on Israel for their 661 00:38:12,400 --> 00:38:16,520 unbelief in Him and He also pronounced a sentence of life 662 00:38:16,520 --> 00:38:21,560 and dominion over his church. And would you believe you can 663 00:38:21,560 --> 00:38:27,640 guess it right that this duality of peoples both like the 664 00:38:27,640 --> 00:38:30,040 apostles, you can read in the in the in the book of Acts. 665 00:38:30,040 --> 00:38:33,320 They continue knowing Christ being filled with the Spirit. 666 00:38:33,320 --> 00:38:36,000 They continue going to temple. They continue keeping Sabbath. 667 00:38:36,240 --> 00:38:38,720 They continue in the dietary restrictions for a while. 668 00:38:39,240 --> 00:38:43,360 Both of these peoples walk together keeping the Sabbath, 669 00:38:43,360 --> 00:38:45,320 honoring the Lord, the Lordship of Christ. 670 00:38:45,320 --> 00:38:48,160 One side is honoring Lordship of Christ, one has rejected him. 671 00:38:48,520 --> 00:38:51,280 They walked together for exactly 40 years. 672 00:38:52,280 --> 00:38:55,120 Just like the wilderness wanderings, the two together as 673 00:38:55,120 --> 00:38:59,520 one people, the Christians seen as a sect of the the Jewish 674 00:38:59,520 --> 00:39:02,080 religion, but but still very much part of it. 675 00:39:02,080 --> 00:39:06,240 And they walked together for 40 years until Christ put an end to 676 00:39:06,240 --> 00:39:09,760 the temple system once for all and gave his Kingdom and his 677 00:39:09,760 --> 00:39:12,760 inheritance to his church. Who would bear its fruit. 678 00:39:13,520 --> 00:39:18,120 Brothers and sisters, these meta patterns of redemptive history. 679 00:39:18,120 --> 00:39:20,120 I don't know if that's the right word to call them or not, but 680 00:39:20,120 --> 00:39:21,600 that's the word that came to my mind. 681 00:39:21,920 --> 00:39:26,080 The meta, the meta patterns, all of these recapitulations that 682 00:39:26,080 --> 00:39:30,400 Christ has over Old Testament stories, these are as binding as 683 00:39:30,400 --> 00:39:33,680 chapter and verse. You cannot pretend like God is 684 00:39:33,680 --> 00:39:37,200 not doing something here. Being slow or unwilling to 685 00:39:37,200 --> 00:39:40,120 believe these things is what Christ rebuked the Emmaus 686 00:39:40,120 --> 00:39:43,960 disciples for. Oh oh foolish ones. 687 00:39:43,960 --> 00:39:47,320 And slow of heart to believe all that the law and the prophet 688 00:39:47,320 --> 00:39:49,360 said. And then he said, was it not 689 00:39:49,360 --> 00:39:54,000 necessary that the Christ must suffer and after three days rise 690 00:39:54,000 --> 00:39:56,480 and enter into his glory? To which they should say, where 691 00:39:56,480 --> 00:40:00,120 do we see that? It's these, it's these stories. 692 00:40:00,120 --> 00:40:02,880 It's the, it's the continual pattern that we see in the Old 693 00:40:02,880 --> 00:40:05,520 Testament of promise and a pattern of type. 694 00:40:06,520 --> 00:40:08,960 And he rebuked them. And so let us therefore 695 00:40:08,960 --> 00:40:10,600 acknowledge them and embrace them. 696 00:40:10,920 --> 00:40:13,400 And yeah, let us rejoice in them, for they mean wonderful 697 00:40:13,400 --> 00:40:17,600 things for us and for the world. And so let us know for certain 698 00:40:17,840 --> 00:40:20,640 what Peter preached on the 1st Pentecost, that God has made him 699 00:40:20,640 --> 00:40:23,760 both Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom you crucified. 700 00:40:24,360 --> 00:40:26,520 And when they crucified the Lord, they did not know that 701 00:40:26,520 --> 00:40:29,240 they were providing manna for the world. 702 00:40:29,960 --> 00:40:32,800 Jesus is bred from heaven that sustains his people. 703 00:40:33,320 --> 00:40:35,280 Jesus is both. To take the Old Testament 704 00:40:35,440 --> 00:40:38,760 picture of the wilderness wanderings, Jesus is both water 705 00:40:38,920 --> 00:40:40,680 and the rock from which it poured. 706 00:40:41,160 --> 00:40:43,400 But the water of the new covenant, like the water at 707 00:40:43,400 --> 00:40:47,400 Cana, has been made into wine. And not just any wine, but the 708 00:40:47,400 --> 00:40:50,640 best wine. Wine that intoxicates much more 709 00:40:50,640 --> 00:40:53,600 than normal wine. But while intoxicating, this 710 00:40:53,600 --> 00:40:57,560 wine never leaves us astray. This bread and this wine, they 711 00:40:57,560 --> 00:41:01,200 feed us, they empower us, they guide us on the path of life. 712 00:41:01,480 --> 00:41:04,520 For they testify of our covenant Head and of our union with Him, 713 00:41:04,960 --> 00:41:08,560 of His manifold perfections becoming ours, of His love being 714 00:41:08,560 --> 00:41:12,200 poured out upon His people, unstinted, full, measured and 715 00:41:12,200 --> 00:41:15,880 totally free. Brothers and sisters, baptized 716 00:41:15,880 --> 00:41:19,320 into union with the exalted Lord of the Ascension, filled with 717 00:41:19,320 --> 00:41:22,440 the Spirit that he received from his Father, which He has poured 718 00:41:22,440 --> 00:41:26,240 out upon you, I bid you come to the table in the name of King 719 00:41:26,320 --> 00:41:28,560 Jesus. This is his body which was 720 00:41:28,560 --> 00:41:31,240 broken for you. This is his bloodshed for the 721 00:41:31,240 --> 00:41:34,080 forgiveness of your sins. The promise is for you. 722 00:41:34,360 --> 00:41:37,440 The promise is for your children and for all who are far off, 723 00:41:37,760 --> 00:41:41,120 everyone whom the Lord our God calls to Himself and He calls 724 00:41:41,120 --> 00:41:44,120 you now. So come and welcome to King 725 00:41:44,160 --> 00:41:47,880 Jesus. Let me pray for us, Lord Jesus, 726 00:41:47,880 --> 00:41:51,320 we thank you for these things. We thank you for being in the 727 00:41:51,320 --> 00:41:55,840 same way that you led your people, Jude tells us out of 728 00:41:55,840 --> 00:41:59,840 Egypt and you fed them. You were the rock that followed 729 00:41:59,840 --> 00:42:01,120 them. You gave them food. 730 00:42:01,120 --> 00:42:05,040 You gave them water. Your presence never left them. 731 00:42:05,040 --> 00:42:11,320 In the same way we come now to the to the to the aftermath of 732 00:42:11,320 --> 00:42:14,920 your life and death and resurrection and ascension and 733 00:42:14,920 --> 00:42:17,040 the pouring out of the Holy Spirit, and we come to your 734 00:42:17,040 --> 00:42:22,040 table sustained just like them by the goodness and the grace 735 00:42:22,080 --> 00:42:26,240 and the love of Almighty God. I pray Lord, as we come to this 736 00:42:26,240 --> 00:42:32,040 table that you would send your Spirit new to minister the the 737 00:42:32,040 --> 00:42:34,840 merits and the blessings of Christ to us. 738 00:42:34,920 --> 00:42:38,680 Lord, I pray if there are any tender hearted souls here who 739 00:42:38,720 --> 00:42:43,640 just can't believe that you have really purged their sin, you've 740 00:42:43,640 --> 00:42:46,560 really pardoned them. You've really removed their sin 741 00:42:46,560 --> 00:42:48,240 as far as the east is from the West. 742 00:42:48,560 --> 00:42:52,080 Holy Spirit, would today be the day that those thoughts of 743 00:42:52,080 --> 00:42:56,320 condemnation actually are silenced and that they hear the 744 00:42:56,320 --> 00:43:00,960 voice of Christ saying that you forgive, you pardon, and you 745 00:43:00,960 --> 00:43:03,400 welcome. So would you meet with us here 746 00:43:03,400 --> 00:43:05,360 at your table? Lord, we ask it in Christ name, 747 00:43:05,680 --> 00:43:06,040 Amen. Amen.