1 00:00:07,700 --> 00:00:10,100 We just praise God that were able to have a conference this 2 00:00:10,100 --> 00:00:12,500 year with the craziness that's going on in the world. 3 00:00:13,200 --> 00:00:17,200 And as much as there are different, political opinions 4 00:00:17,200 --> 00:00:20,600 about what's happening in America and across the nation's. 5 00:00:20,600 --> 00:00:23,500 One thing is, for certain, we are experiencing a dress 6 00:00:23,500 --> 00:00:29,200 rehearsal for the end times. You better believe it, and Jesus 7 00:00:29,200 --> 00:00:31,200 said something to the religious leaders of his day. 8 00:00:31,200 --> 00:00:35,100 He said, you know, you can tell when this summer is coming. 9 00:00:35,100 --> 00:00:40,300 When you study the the Fig Tree, you see the leaves budding and, 10 00:00:40,300 --> 00:00:44,200 you know, that the time is near. He's like, but you couldn't, you 11 00:00:44,200 --> 00:00:47,800 couldn't tell you couldn't see the signs for the coming of the 12 00:00:47,800 --> 00:00:51,900 Messiah, with all the prophecies and all the specific, 13 00:00:52,100 --> 00:00:55,800 articulations concerning my arrival, to this earth, you 14 00:00:55,800 --> 00:00:58,900 couldn't see it. And I believe in the same way 15 00:00:59,100 --> 00:01:02,100 this generation is not interpreting the signs 16 00:01:02,100 --> 00:01:05,099 correctly. And if they miss the first 17 00:01:05,099 --> 00:01:08,700 coming don't you think that it's possible for believers to miss 18 00:01:09,000 --> 00:01:12,700 the second? I think it's possible and that's 19 00:01:12,700 --> 00:01:14,800 why we must be grounded in the word of God. 20 00:01:15,700 --> 00:01:18,900 The grass withers, the flower Fades, but the word of our God 21 00:01:18,900 --> 00:01:21,900 will stand forever. If you have your Bibles, please 22 00:01:21,900 --> 00:01:26,000 turn with me to the book of Song of Solomon Chapter 5. 23 00:01:26,900 --> 00:01:28,600 Again, we're so blessed that you're here. 24 00:01:28,700 --> 00:01:31,900 We're so thankful for every single person that contributed 25 00:01:31,900 --> 00:01:34,600 to making this conference happen if you notice there's new chairs 26 00:01:34,600 --> 00:01:37,900 this year because we want you to feel a little bit uncomfortable 27 00:01:38,600 --> 00:01:42,100 and feel, what the persecuted Church gets to feel all the time 28 00:01:42,100 --> 00:01:44,200 but then that concern because they're just caught up in the 29 00:01:44,200 --> 00:01:47,100 glory of God. No, I'm just kidding. 30 00:01:47,100 --> 00:01:50,700 That's not the reason why, but we're appreciative of your 31 00:01:50,700 --> 00:01:55,200 understanding The book of Song of Solomon, who here has read 32 00:01:55,200 --> 00:02:00,300 it. It's an interesting book because 33 00:02:00,300 --> 00:02:02,900 it is unlike really any other book in the scriptures. 34 00:02:03,600 --> 00:02:06,500 The reason being is that the content doesn't present itself 35 00:02:06,500 --> 00:02:09,000 as Redemptive history. You don't see a storyline of 36 00:02:09,008 --> 00:02:11,900 events taking place at describe God's working in the world that 37 00:02:11,900 --> 00:02:13,800 lead up to the coming of Jesus Christ. 38 00:02:14,600 --> 00:02:19,000 It's also not a book about prophecies, whether a judgment 39 00:02:19,000 --> 00:02:21,000 or the coming of the Messiah or the second coming of the 40 00:02:21,000 --> 00:02:24,200 Messiah. And it's not a book like we see 41 00:02:24,200 --> 00:02:26,800 in the Epistles and even the gospels where we get direct 42 00:02:26,800 --> 00:02:29,300 teaching and commands. But our faith and practice. 43 00:02:30,400 --> 00:02:34,500 The book of Song of Solomon is a romantic dialogue between a man 44 00:02:34,500 --> 00:02:38,900 and a woman who are pursuing marriage pursuing that Covenant 45 00:02:38,900 --> 00:02:43,500 with one another and you and I get a glimpse into their passion 46 00:02:43,500 --> 00:02:48,200 for one another. And this book, many don't read 47 00:02:48,200 --> 00:02:50,300 it for different reasons. And one of the reasons it makes 48 00:02:50,300 --> 00:02:54,500 them blush really and teacher shy away from teaching from it, 49 00:02:54,500 --> 00:02:57,800 because it doesn't seem to offer much except that one facet of 50 00:02:57,808 --> 00:03:01,200 your life, where you are pursuing a woman or, or being 51 00:03:01,200 --> 00:03:04,400 pursued by a man to come into that relationship of marriage. 52 00:03:05,400 --> 00:03:07,200 And if you read it carefully, you understand? 53 00:03:07,200 --> 00:03:11,500 At least one thing God, cherishes, this gift called 54 00:03:11,500 --> 00:03:14,600 marriage and he actually wants it to be enjoyable. 55 00:03:14,600 --> 00:03:16,400 I know that's a hard thing to understand. 56 00:03:17,500 --> 00:03:19,600 Especially for those who are in marriage. 57 00:03:19,900 --> 00:03:24,400 They kind of lose that wine as as it happened in the wedding of 58 00:03:24,400 --> 00:03:27,100 Cana. They lose that joy and that 59 00:03:27,100 --> 00:03:30,900 celebration and this book. Contradicts, all of that, this 60 00:03:30,900 --> 00:03:34,500 book shows us that you can actually no true desire for 61 00:03:34,500 --> 00:03:36,700 someone else. And you can cherish one another 62 00:03:36,900 --> 00:03:39,500 and you understand that God has provided that person as a gift 63 00:03:39,500 --> 00:03:44,200 to you. But is that it is this book just 64 00:03:44,200 --> 00:03:46,800 all about giving you some language. 65 00:03:47,800 --> 00:03:50,900 Men, if you're not good at communicating your emotions, 66 00:03:50,900 --> 00:03:52,600 this book will help you, but is that it? 67 00:03:54,200 --> 00:03:57,200 No, it's not it. I am of those who believe that 68 00:03:57,200 --> 00:03:59,400 you can find Christ in every book of the Bible. 69 00:04:01,600 --> 00:04:05,000 Because we are told in the last chapter of the Gospel of Luke, 70 00:04:05,700 --> 00:04:09,200 when Jesus had a personal Bible study with two people on a 71 00:04:09,200 --> 00:04:13,600 seven-mile journey to Emmaus, that beginning with Moses and 72 00:04:13,600 --> 00:04:18,200 the prophets, he began to interpret all the scriptures 73 00:04:18,700 --> 00:04:23,500 concerning himself, beginning with Moses and the prophets, he 74 00:04:23,500 --> 00:04:27,700 began to draw out of not some of the scriptures, all of the 75 00:04:27,700 --> 00:04:30,800 scriptures. Concerning himself. 76 00:04:31,400 --> 00:04:33,900 Can you find Jesus in The Book of Song of Solomon? 77 00:04:34,100 --> 00:04:37,300 You sure can with wisdom, you sure can with a balanced, you 78 00:04:37,300 --> 00:04:40,100 sure can. Here's a, here's a simple 79 00:04:40,200 --> 00:04:42,500 illustration to help us understand that this is not such 80 00:04:42,500 --> 00:04:46,400 a difficult idea to grasp did not the Holy Spirit, inspired 81 00:04:46,400 --> 00:04:50,800 the Apostle Paul to describe the relationship with Christ and the 82 00:04:50,800 --> 00:04:54,000 church through the imagery of what a passionate bridegroom 83 00:04:54,000 --> 00:04:58,100 pursuing and cherishing a bride. And so in some sense, you can 84 00:04:58,100 --> 00:05:01,300 come to this book and you can see some not all because some 85 00:05:01,300 --> 00:05:03,900 people get wild and crazy with interpretation, right? 86 00:05:04,200 --> 00:05:08,400 But you can see some Shadow and some kind of indication of how 87 00:05:08,400 --> 00:05:11,200 we can relate what we see in this book to our relationship 88 00:05:11,200 --> 00:05:15,100 with the Lord, Jesus Christ. And the principle of all of that 89 00:05:15,100 --> 00:05:18,700 is this you and I have something called, We Tell it to people all 90 00:05:18,700 --> 00:05:21,200 the time. Don't we a personal relationship 91 00:05:21,200 --> 00:05:25,300 with God? Personal not corporate, not a 92 00:05:25,308 --> 00:05:28,000 relationship through your pastor who spoon feeds you sermons 93 00:05:28,000 --> 00:05:31,700 know, a personal relationship with the Living God. 94 00:05:33,300 --> 00:05:36,800 And one example, I believe we see here is in chapter 5 of this 95 00:05:36,800 --> 00:05:38,900 book. Here's what's happening. 96 00:05:40,200 --> 00:05:44,100 At this point, the woman, the unnamed woman apparently has a 97 00:05:44,108 --> 00:05:47,300 dream in this chapter and she is describing the dream that she 98 00:05:47,300 --> 00:05:51,500 has and the description of this dream really centers around this 99 00:05:51,500 --> 00:05:55,900 experience. That her beloved Solomon 100 00:05:56,400 --> 00:06:00,000 approaches her door, approaches her room to be in close 101 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:03,500 proximity with her but she ignores it and she misses the 102 00:06:03,500 --> 00:06:07,500 opportunity and she realizes the foolishness of her laziness to 103 00:06:07,500 --> 00:06:10,600 not answer that door. And so she is On a quest. 104 00:06:10,600 --> 00:06:15,300 Now to find him. And so she gets up, she leaves 105 00:06:15,300 --> 00:06:17,000 her home and she goes to the city. 106 00:06:17,000 --> 00:06:19,300 This is all the dream that she's describing as she goes to the 107 00:06:19,300 --> 00:06:22,600 city and she begins to desperately and frantically try 108 00:06:22,600 --> 00:06:28,100 to find this man and she is so panicky that she begins not to 109 00:06:28,100 --> 00:06:29,900 kind of go to other people. Have you seen him? 110 00:06:29,900 --> 00:06:31,600 Have you seen him? Have you seen him? 111 00:06:32,900 --> 00:06:35,100 Finally, there's this group called the daughters of 112 00:06:35,100 --> 00:06:38,300 Jerusalem. Who observed This Woman's 113 00:06:38,300 --> 00:06:43,500 passion and her distress that they put her aside and they 114 00:06:43,500 --> 00:06:46,200 inquire there's something there's something about this 115 00:06:46,200 --> 00:06:49,900 man, clearly that is making this woman act this way and say these 116 00:06:49,900 --> 00:06:52,100 things. And so, finally, this these 117 00:06:52,100 --> 00:06:56,800 Outsiders inquire of this woman and come to verse 9 and see what 118 00:06:56,800 --> 00:07:03,800 they say, What is your beloved? More than any beloved other 119 00:07:03,800 --> 00:07:06,500 beloved. All most beautiful among women. 120 00:07:06,500 --> 00:07:10,200 What is your beloved more than another beloved that you thus a 121 00:07:10,200 --> 00:07:12,600 juror us? Let me read one more time. 122 00:07:13,300 --> 00:07:16,000 What is your beloved more than another beloved? 123 00:07:16,000 --> 00:07:19,600 All most beautiful among women? What is your beloved more than 124 00:07:19,600 --> 00:07:23,400 another beloved that you thus a juror has in essence? 125 00:07:23,400 --> 00:07:27,200 What they're saying is, hey what's so special about this 126 00:07:27,200 --> 00:07:30,600 guy? What's what about in that is 127 00:07:30,600 --> 00:07:32,900 making you so crazy running around in these streets and 128 00:07:32,900 --> 00:07:36,600 trying to find out where he is. Why leave the comfort of your 129 00:07:36,600 --> 00:07:37,800 home? Why? 130 00:07:37,800 --> 00:07:40,000 Come in the middle of the night? Why are you going up to 131 00:07:40,000 --> 00:07:42,300 strangers and are asking them for their Direction? 132 00:07:42,500 --> 00:07:47,000 What about this man is causing you to be this way? 133 00:07:48,600 --> 00:07:51,700 And I can't help but read these verses and immediately examine 134 00:07:51,700 --> 00:07:55,500 my own heart and ask how would I answer these types of questions 135 00:07:55,500 --> 00:07:58,100 as somebody were to ask me about my personal relationship with 136 00:07:58,100 --> 00:08:04,000 the Lord Jesus Christ? What's the big deal about Jesus? 137 00:08:07,200 --> 00:08:09,300 Why do you choose to worship Him among other gods? 138 00:08:11,100 --> 00:08:13,400 I see your social media, I see what you do on weekends. 139 00:08:13,800 --> 00:08:16,800 Why do you Center your entire life around someone that you 140 00:08:16,800 --> 00:08:22,300 can't even see. Why have you surrendered your 141 00:08:22,300 --> 00:08:24,400 way of life? I knew who you were before. 142 00:08:24,400 --> 00:08:27,600 This whole thing called being born again, I know who you are. 143 00:08:27,600 --> 00:08:29,500 Why are you different now? Why are you letting go of your 144 00:08:29,500 --> 00:08:32,100 friends? Why are you letting go of your 145 00:08:32,100 --> 00:08:34,200 past patterns? Why are you not going where you 146 00:08:34,200 --> 00:08:35,900 used to go? Why are you not being with who 147 00:08:35,900 --> 00:08:38,600 you used to be with what did this men do to you for you to 148 00:08:38,600 --> 00:08:40,500 speak this way and act like this? 149 00:08:42,600 --> 00:08:46,700 How would you answer that? How would you answer that? 150 00:08:49,900 --> 00:08:51,800 I think some people would answer this way. 151 00:08:52,200 --> 00:08:57,600 Well, you know, I grew up in the church and You know, just grew 152 00:08:57,600 --> 00:09:02,000 up in the church and mom and dad knew Jesus and I just thought, 153 00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:03,500 you know, this is what I'm used to. 154 00:09:03,500 --> 00:09:06,600 This is what I know. So yeah, just I go to church and 155 00:09:08,200 --> 00:09:12,000 are you able to respond in such a way in which you don't have to 156 00:09:12,000 --> 00:09:13,700 pair it? Someone else's words. 157 00:09:15,100 --> 00:09:19,300 Are you able to actually? Are you able actually Express 158 00:09:19,400 --> 00:09:23,500 who he is? In a manner in which it would 159 00:09:23,500 --> 00:09:26,200 cause people to question their unbelief in your Jesus. 160 00:09:28,200 --> 00:09:31,000 What does he mean to us or is he just theology? 161 00:09:32,000 --> 00:09:35,400 Is he just Doctrine? You know, there are a lot of 162 00:09:35,400 --> 00:09:37,700 people who are theologians that will be in Hell one day. 163 00:09:39,600 --> 00:09:41,800 You can have your theology on blackboard and have your heart 164 00:09:41,800 --> 00:09:45,600 empty of the Holy Spirit. Doesn't take much to memorize 165 00:09:45,600 --> 00:09:47,600 some truths and be able to share it with others. 166 00:09:47,600 --> 00:09:49,400 Passionately. You got to know the person of 167 00:09:49,400 --> 00:09:53,200 Jesus Christ. Who is he to you? 168 00:09:53,900 --> 00:09:59,900 What has he done for you? And this woman here is about to 169 00:09:59,900 --> 00:10:02,400 answer. She's about to answer in a 170 00:10:02,400 --> 00:10:04,100 specific way, but hear me in this. 171 00:10:04,300 --> 00:10:07,300 As we begin this conference, many people perhaps even in this 172 00:10:07,300 --> 00:10:10,300 room have reduced their Christian experience to do's and 173 00:10:10,300 --> 00:10:17,200 don'ts That's what it is. But I would ask this if we're 174 00:10:17,200 --> 00:10:19,900 going around telling people that Christianity is not a religion, 175 00:10:19,900 --> 00:10:22,000 it's a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. 176 00:10:22,000 --> 00:10:23,900 Let's humbly, ask this question to ourselves. 177 00:10:23,900 --> 00:10:25,900 How much of the person do I know? 178 00:10:26,300 --> 00:10:31,700 Do I claim with others that I have a relationship with He's a 179 00:10:31,708 --> 00:10:34,600 person. He's a person. 180 00:10:35,600 --> 00:10:37,600 And it's amazing how this woman answers. 181 00:10:38,700 --> 00:10:43,600 Look what she says in verse 10. My beloved is radiant and Ruddy 182 00:10:44,500 --> 00:10:48,400 distinguished among 10,000. His head is the finest gold. 183 00:10:48,400 --> 00:10:51,000 His locks are wavy black as a raven. 184 00:10:51,200 --> 00:10:54,500 His eyes are like doves besides streams of water. 185 00:10:54,600 --> 00:10:58,400 Bathed in milk, sitting beside a fool, pull pool. 186 00:10:58,600 --> 00:11:02,300 His cheeks are like the beds of spices mounds of sweet-smelling 187 00:11:02,300 --> 00:11:04,500 herbs. His lips are lilies dripping 188 00:11:04,500 --> 00:11:07,900 liquid myrrh. His arms are rods of gold set 189 00:11:07,900 --> 00:11:09,800 with jewels. His body is polished. 190 00:11:09,800 --> 00:11:13,800 Ivory bedecked with sapphires. His legs are Alabaster columns, 191 00:11:14,100 --> 00:11:17,000 sometime basis of gold. His appearance is like Lebanon 192 00:11:18,000 --> 00:11:21,800 Choice as The Cedars. What an answer? 193 00:11:23,800 --> 00:11:27,000 What an answer, she could have just said, you know, we're 194 00:11:27,000 --> 00:11:29,000 planning to get married, he's my fiance. 195 00:11:29,000 --> 00:11:32,600 Have you seen him around? No, nothing of the sort, the 196 00:11:32,600 --> 00:11:35,800 moment. These people ask who is this guy 197 00:11:35,800 --> 00:11:41,200 that makes you do this and feel this way she explodes, she 198 00:11:41,200 --> 00:11:45,400 explodes. You just you just Twisted the 199 00:11:45,400 --> 00:11:47,400 top now and I'm going to let it all out. 200 00:11:47,400 --> 00:11:49,400 Let me tell you how wonderful he is. 201 00:11:50,200 --> 00:11:52,900 And you know what? She does read carefully. 202 00:11:53,000 --> 00:11:59,100 She Grab some from head to toe. She goes from his hair to his 203 00:11:59,100 --> 00:12:03,200 eyes, to his cheeks, to his lips, to his arms, to his body, 204 00:12:03,200 --> 00:12:07,900 to his legs, from head to toe. Let me tell you, just why he 205 00:12:07,900 --> 00:12:13,500 magnetizes me and now, wonderful, he is, and what's so 206 00:12:13,500 --> 00:12:16,800 amazing about this is that you can clearly tell that this woman 207 00:12:16,800 --> 00:12:22,000 studied her beloved She didn't give some quick insignificant 208 00:12:22,000 --> 00:12:24,000 answer. No. 209 00:12:24,000 --> 00:12:26,400 She began to tell you spontaneously without 210 00:12:26,400 --> 00:12:32,400 preparation, who this man is And I'm afraid that modern 211 00:12:32,400 --> 00:12:34,900 Christianity especially in the west because of our Biblical 212 00:12:34,900 --> 00:12:36,700 illiteracy. We know how to give general 213 00:12:36,700 --> 00:12:39,600 answers, I knew how to do it. I'm telling you, I've come to 214 00:12:39,600 --> 00:12:42,400 conferences like this, maybe a younger age and we would break 215 00:12:42,400 --> 00:12:44,800 out into groups and they would. And, I would answer those things 216 00:12:44,800 --> 00:12:47,600 like I would even get scripture references. 217 00:12:48,800 --> 00:12:53,600 But there is no reality. There is no praise. 218 00:12:53,600 --> 00:12:55,800 There's no worship. There was no devotion. 219 00:12:58,400 --> 00:13:00,700 And I wonder how much of Jesus do we really know? 220 00:13:03,600 --> 00:13:05,700 How much of Jesus do? We really know with all the 221 00:13:05,700 --> 00:13:07,900 facets that we are? Given in the scriptures with all 222 00:13:07,900 --> 00:13:10,600 the angles that we are provided see what this woman is saying is 223 00:13:10,700 --> 00:13:13,500 whether you're from far up close, you'll realize something 224 00:13:13,500 --> 00:13:17,200 he is beautiful from head to toe, he is incomparable. 225 00:13:17,200 --> 00:13:20,400 In fact, she says, he is distinguished among 10,000. 226 00:13:21,300 --> 00:13:27,500 There is no one like this man. How much of Christ do we know in 227 00:13:27,508 --> 00:13:31,600 terms of him being savior? And saving work. 228 00:13:31,800 --> 00:13:33,200 Oh, he died on the cross. Great. 229 00:13:33,200 --> 00:13:35,500 What did that mean? Why did he die on the cross? 230 00:13:35,600 --> 00:13:37,300 What did it mean for him to die on the cross? 231 00:13:37,300 --> 00:13:39,500 What did it do for Humanity for him to die on the cross? 232 00:13:39,500 --> 00:13:41,100 What did his blood do in your life? 233 00:13:43,100 --> 00:13:44,900 He saved me from hell. That's wonderful. 234 00:13:44,900 --> 00:13:47,400 He doesn't just save you from how he saves you from sin. 235 00:13:48,200 --> 00:13:50,200 What did he save you from? What sins? 236 00:13:50,200 --> 00:13:52,100 Did he save you from? Can we stand before an 237 00:13:52,100 --> 00:13:54,300 unbelieving world and say, look, I want to tell you what, Jesus 238 00:13:54,300 --> 00:13:57,200 Christ saved me from this is who I was before. 239 00:13:57,300 --> 00:13:59,500 This is who I am now. I'm not perfect, but I'm walking 240 00:13:59,500 --> 00:14:02,200 in Victory. You see what I'm trying to say? 241 00:14:02,200 --> 00:14:03,700 Hope I'm trying to communicate this. 242 00:14:04,500 --> 00:14:07,300 Clearly, how much do we know of them as high priest? 243 00:14:07,800 --> 00:14:10,300 His Priestly work. Now we think Jesus ministry is 244 00:14:10,300 --> 00:14:11,900 over. No, he's actually high priest in 245 00:14:11,900 --> 00:14:15,700 heaven as we speak. When was he ordained as a high 246 00:14:15,700 --> 00:14:17,500 priest? Why high priest? 247 00:14:18,500 --> 00:14:20,100 What does it mean for Jesus to be king? 248 00:14:20,100 --> 00:14:23,000 What will it look like when he does come to this world and Rule 249 00:14:23,000 --> 00:14:25,700 and Reign for a thousand years? What does it mean for Jesus to 250 00:14:25,700 --> 00:14:27,800 be king of my life? Now what does he do for you as 251 00:14:27,800 --> 00:14:30,400 king? Who is he, as healer? 252 00:14:31,500 --> 00:14:33,500 What does he heal from? Is he able to heal it? 253 00:14:33,500 --> 00:14:35,600 Does he heal all things? What does it mean for him to 254 00:14:35,600 --> 00:14:37,400 keep his promises? What kind of promises has he 255 00:14:37,400 --> 00:14:38,700 given you? What a kind of promises? 256 00:14:38,800 --> 00:14:39,800 Do you see what I'm trying to say? 257 00:14:41,800 --> 00:14:47,500 She begins to just Ramble On on and on and on and then it's 258 00:14:47,500 --> 00:14:51,400 almost as though she runs out of language and just comes to this 259 00:14:51,400 --> 00:14:56,200 point in verse 16 his mouth is most sweet and he is altogether. 260 00:14:56,200 --> 00:15:00,300 Desirable This is my beloved look what she saying. 261 00:15:00,400 --> 00:15:03,500 This is my beloved. I didn't learn this in seminary. 262 00:15:04,600 --> 00:15:06,900 I didn't just get this for my favorite teachers on YouTube 263 00:15:06,900 --> 00:15:07,800 though. They help. 264 00:15:07,800 --> 00:15:13,100 This is my beloved and this is my friend mine. 265 00:15:15,000 --> 00:15:23,400 O Daughters of Jerusalem. and like with Christ take any angle, 266 00:15:24,400 --> 00:15:28,000 Look at any aspect of who he is and you will come to this 267 00:15:28,000 --> 00:15:30,000 conclusion. He is altogether. 268 00:15:30,000 --> 00:15:33,700 Lovely. He is altogether desirable. 269 00:15:34,500 --> 00:15:37,100 Look at him in his Holiness. Look at him in his love. 270 00:15:37,100 --> 00:15:38,500 Look at him in his mercy and his grace. 271 00:15:38,500 --> 00:15:41,500 Look at him and his judgments, you know, a lot of people today 272 00:15:41,500 --> 00:15:43,300 are uncomfortable with the doctrine of hell with the 273 00:15:43,308 --> 00:15:46,000 doctrine of God's Wrath. Do you realize in the Book of 274 00:15:46,000 --> 00:15:47,700 Revelation? How much of the themes of 275 00:15:47,700 --> 00:15:54,200 worship songs are his judgments? You know, in heaven, people are 276 00:15:54,200 --> 00:15:57,500 actually going to be singing and praising God with hallelujahs 277 00:15:57,500 --> 00:16:02,300 for him judging the wicked. Because no matter what point you 278 00:16:02,300 --> 00:16:04,900 take just like a diamond no matter what face you turn it 279 00:16:04,900 --> 00:16:08,400 towards it will radiate his Beauty And His Majesty he is 280 00:16:08,400 --> 00:16:13,100 infinitely glorious. He is altogether desirable. 281 00:16:13,300 --> 00:16:17,600 I mean, you can use any example, you can go to any portion of the 282 00:16:17,600 --> 00:16:20,900 scripture and you will find something of just how wonderful 283 00:16:20,900 --> 00:16:22,300 he is. Let me give you an example, with 284 00:16:22,300 --> 00:16:27,100 the genealogies of Jesus Christ, the things that we skip over The 285 00:16:27,100 --> 00:16:30,000 genealogies of Jesus Christ. You can see his majesty right 286 00:16:30,000 --> 00:16:33,300 there, how? Matthew, and what's the other 287 00:16:33,300 --> 00:16:37,600 book? Luke correct Matthew, why did 288 00:16:37,600 --> 00:16:39,500 Matthew give us the genealogy of Jesus Christ? 289 00:16:39,500 --> 00:16:43,500 Was audience was a Jewish audience and he wanted to show 290 00:16:43,500 --> 00:16:47,600 the people he want to show the nation of Israel that Jesus 291 00:16:47,600 --> 00:16:53,500 Christ son, of Joseph, son of Mary, Jesus Christ is what he 292 00:16:53,500 --> 00:16:56,300 is, the legal heir to David's throne. 293 00:16:57,000 --> 00:17:00,500 And so he reels back the lineage, through David to 294 00:17:00,500 --> 00:17:03,800 Abraham to show that he is a Jew and he is in fact a descendant 295 00:17:03,800 --> 00:17:07,300 of David Therefore, as a descendant of David, he must and 296 00:17:07,300 --> 00:17:10,700 he will occupy the throne and he will deliver the people of 297 00:17:10,700 --> 00:17:13,500 Israel, he will deliver the Jews. 298 00:17:13,500 --> 00:17:16,800 Not politically one day, he's going to do it in a real sense 299 00:17:16,800 --> 00:17:18,700 where he's going to come into this world and he's going to 300 00:17:18,700 --> 00:17:22,200 occupy a throne in Jerusalem. But more importantly, for the 301 00:17:22,200 --> 00:17:24,200 soul, he will liberate your soul. 302 00:17:24,200 --> 00:17:27,200 He will set you free once and for all the nation of Israel 303 00:17:27,200 --> 00:17:30,700 must realize through that genealogy, Jesus Christ is in 304 00:17:30,700 --> 00:17:32,700 fact, a descendant of David, the son of David. 305 00:17:32,800 --> 00:17:35,300 Also, the root of David. He is King of the The Jews. 306 00:17:36,000 --> 00:17:39,700 Luke now, Luke comes in with a genealogy and Luke is not 307 00:17:39,700 --> 00:17:41,900 concerned necessarily about a Jewish audience. 308 00:17:42,700 --> 00:17:44,800 You read look carefully and Luke chapter 3. 309 00:17:44,800 --> 00:17:49,700 And you realize that he does go through Mary's line, some debate 310 00:17:49,700 --> 00:17:50,700 that. But I believe that is to be 311 00:17:50,700 --> 00:17:53,000 true. He goes through Mary's line, 312 00:17:53,000 --> 00:17:56,200 because Mary also is a descendent of David, but through 313 00:17:56,200 --> 00:17:58,900 a different son of David, you got to read that carefully to 314 00:17:58,900 --> 00:18:04,300 see it, but Luke is not concerned about how Jesus was a 315 00:18:04,300 --> 00:18:09,400 Jew. Luke reels, the lineage all the 316 00:18:09,400 --> 00:18:14,000 way back to. Who Who. 317 00:18:15,400 --> 00:18:18,100 Adam. He goes all the way to the 318 00:18:18,100 --> 00:18:22,100 Garden to the first man who have ever existed and saying son of 319 00:18:22,100 --> 00:18:26,700 Adam, Son of God. Why did Luke do that? 320 00:18:26,900 --> 00:18:29,800 Again, Luke is not concerned about a Jewish audience. 321 00:18:30,200 --> 00:18:33,100 Luke wants to show that the humanness of Jesus. 322 00:18:33,100 --> 00:18:36,600 Yes, but he goes back to Adam to declare what Jesus didn't come. 323 00:18:36,600 --> 00:18:38,700 Just to save the Jews. He came to save the whole human 324 00:18:38,700 --> 00:18:43,100 race. Jesus came to redeem man from 325 00:18:43,100 --> 00:18:47,100 The Curse of Adam and he is the last Adam and he will reverse 326 00:18:47,100 --> 00:18:49,800 everything that has happened in the garden and he was establish 327 00:18:49,800 --> 00:18:53,800 a new Garden for all eternity. He is the greater and the final 328 00:18:53,800 --> 00:18:57,900 Adam What about the other genealogies? 329 00:18:57,900 --> 00:19:00,700 There isn't any why? That's by Divine Design? 330 00:19:02,200 --> 00:19:04,000 You come to the Book of Mark and you realize. 331 00:19:04,000 --> 00:19:06,300 Where is his genealogy? There's any deserve another one. 332 00:19:07,600 --> 00:19:11,500 Maybe so. But what's marks concern? 333 00:19:11,500 --> 00:19:15,000 Marks, concern isn't necessary, they show the humanness of 334 00:19:15,000 --> 00:19:17,200 Jesus, or that Jesus was the king of the Jews. 335 00:19:17,600 --> 00:19:20,900 March concern is to show the world that Jesus fulfilled, the 336 00:19:20,900 --> 00:19:25,100 Prophecies of the suffering servant in Isaiah. and this is 337 00:19:25,100 --> 00:19:29,300 how you know it you read Mark and if you've read mark There's 338 00:19:29,300 --> 00:19:31,600 a is a word that occurs over and over again. 339 00:19:31,600 --> 00:19:34,500 Does anybody know the word immediately? 340 00:19:36,400 --> 00:19:39,100 Go to your room tonight and just scan Through The Book of Mark 341 00:19:39,100 --> 00:19:42,000 and you'll see this word over and over again, immediately, 342 00:19:42,000 --> 00:19:44,900 immediately immediately immediately immediately, Mark 343 00:19:44,900 --> 00:19:47,700 isn't concerned about showing the depths of divine truth. 344 00:19:47,700 --> 00:19:51,100 Like, in different gospels, he's not even concerned of giving 345 00:19:51,100 --> 00:19:55,100 Parables as much as Matthew and Luke, he wants to show how Jesus 346 00:19:55,100 --> 00:19:58,000 was eager and willing to serve the father. 347 00:19:58,000 --> 00:20:00,300 So, immediately he heals and immediately, he goes to this 348 00:20:00,300 --> 00:20:02,800 place and immediately returns and immediately he walks on 349 00:20:02,900 --> 00:20:04,900 immediately immediately, like a good servant? 350 00:20:05,100 --> 00:20:06,900 No. Hesitation Obedience. 351 00:20:08,500 --> 00:20:10,700 But here's the thing in that humble is State. 352 00:20:11,200 --> 00:20:14,500 We have to understand that. Even, in ancient times servants, 353 00:20:14,500 --> 00:20:17,300 were not worthy to have their genealogies recorded. 354 00:20:18,200 --> 00:20:20,100 There was nothing significant about who they were. 355 00:20:20,100 --> 00:20:22,700 There was no great inheritance to pass down. 356 00:20:22,700 --> 00:20:27,300 So Jesus, as a humble servant is irrelevant. 357 00:20:27,300 --> 00:20:31,400 Concerning a genealogy. He's just a good servant. 358 00:20:34,100 --> 00:20:38,300 John. What is John's concern 359 00:20:38,300 --> 00:20:42,000 concerning Jesus is the show that he was a king. 360 00:20:42,500 --> 00:20:45,200 Is that the show that he was a son of man in terms of being a 361 00:20:45,200 --> 00:20:48,700 human was, at the show that he was a suffering servant. 362 00:20:49,000 --> 00:20:51,000 Where is John's genealogy of Jesus? 363 00:20:51,000 --> 00:20:53,100 Well, John's concern is to demonstrate one thing. 364 00:20:53,100 --> 00:20:57,600 He's the son of God. He is God in the flesh. 365 00:20:58,600 --> 00:21:02,500 He's the Eternal one who came into this, temporal world, and 366 00:21:02,500 --> 00:21:05,700 he radiated, the divine nature. We know that in the Book of 367 00:21:05,700 --> 00:21:08,100 John, you see, those wonderful I am statements. 368 00:21:08,300 --> 00:21:11,000 So you want to know where the genealogy of Jesus says in John, 369 00:21:11,000 --> 00:21:11,800 there isn't any. Why? 370 00:21:11,800 --> 00:21:15,200 Because he's God. In the beginning was the word 371 00:21:15,200 --> 00:21:18,100 and the Word was with God and the Word was God, no need for 372 00:21:18,100 --> 00:21:20,900 genealogy. He always was. 373 00:21:21,300 --> 00:21:24,600 He always will be Jesus. Christ is forever. 374 00:21:24,600 --> 00:21:30,600 God Genealogy does not your heart burn within you just to 375 00:21:30,600 --> 00:21:33,500 realize the Masterpiece of the genealogies of Jesus Christ. 376 00:21:33,500 --> 00:21:36,000 And we haven't even got to his work in his words yet. 377 00:21:39,300 --> 00:21:42,900 He is altogether desirable He's altogether. 378 00:21:42,900 --> 00:21:45,400 Wonderful. And that's the point of this 379 00:21:45,400 --> 00:21:47,200 conference. This is the greatest enemy to a 380 00:21:47,200 --> 00:21:49,600 preacher by the way. A giant clock. 381 00:21:50,600 --> 00:21:54,100 How wonderful nice to meet you again friend, every year? 382 00:21:54,100 --> 00:21:55,900 I see that thing I'm like, oh, great. 383 00:22:01,700 --> 00:22:03,700 This is the whole point of the conference for one single 384 00:22:03,700 --> 00:22:06,000 purpose. One single purpose, prayerfully 385 00:22:06,000 --> 00:22:08,200 to be understood that you and I would fall in love with the 386 00:22:08,200 --> 00:22:13,300 person of Jesus Christ. Because that is the whole Crux 387 00:22:13,300 --> 00:22:17,100 of the matter. And when you real, if I can use 388 00:22:17,100 --> 00:22:21,000 this language when you see him head to toe, I mean this weekend 389 00:22:21,000 --> 00:22:24,700 will not do justice because here's what it is when you come 390 00:22:24,700 --> 00:22:27,700 to the realization of who he is, it's like entering into a door. 391 00:22:27,700 --> 00:22:29,800 When you come to a certain portion of scripture or you hear 392 00:22:29,800 --> 00:22:31,800 a certain truth, you enter into a door. 393 00:22:31,800 --> 00:22:34,600 And here, this room filled with jewels and gems and diamonds and 394 00:22:34,600 --> 00:22:37,400 you examine them and I can tell you this from just 10 years of 395 00:22:37,400 --> 00:22:40,200 walking with the Lord and you think you figured it all out, 396 00:22:40,200 --> 00:22:42,200 you memorize them. You place them in nice little 397 00:22:42,200 --> 00:22:44,200 cases. You memorize certain thing and 398 00:22:44,200 --> 00:22:47,400 you're like wow this is amazing. What a wonderful Discovery and 399 00:22:47,400 --> 00:22:51,000 an offer sudden you look up and you see a wall another door and 400 00:22:51,000 --> 00:22:53,000 you open that door, you enter. And it's a bigger room and you 401 00:22:53,000 --> 00:22:55,100 thought, I thought I was over. I thought I realized all that I 402 00:22:55,100 --> 00:22:58,100 need to realize and then you see all these brand new jewels and 403 00:22:58,100 --> 00:23:01,300 gems and diamonds and coins and chest, and you open them up and 404 00:23:01,300 --> 00:23:03,200 you think after a few years I think I got it. 405 00:23:03,200 --> 00:23:05,400 I think I understand then you look up and you see another door 406 00:23:05,900 --> 00:23:07,100 and you open that door and there it is. 407 00:23:07,100 --> 00:23:09,600 Another big room filled with all these wonderful things. 408 00:23:09,600 --> 00:23:11,200 That's what it's like to know him. 409 00:23:11,500 --> 00:23:12,500 Anything well, where does it end? 410 00:23:12,500 --> 00:23:14,400 Well, I'll tell you where it ends one day, you'll come to a 411 00:23:14,400 --> 00:23:16,800 room, you'll open that door. And that door is going to lead 412 00:23:16,800 --> 00:23:20,400 you into a place called heaven. And when you get to heaven it's 413 00:23:20,400 --> 00:23:23,100 not going to have a door. It's not going to have walls. 414 00:23:23,100 --> 00:23:25,800 It's going to be an endless space where you will discover 415 00:23:25,800 --> 00:23:30,000 that the vine glories of God. For all eternity thousand years 416 00:23:30,000 --> 00:23:34,600 will pass by and you would only scratch the surface of just how 417 00:23:34,600 --> 00:23:39,900 wonderful he is. But we need help. 418 00:23:41,800 --> 00:23:44,700 We need help. Because we're clogged with so 419 00:23:44,700 --> 00:23:47,200 much dirt and filth and distractions. 420 00:23:47,600 --> 00:23:50,700 I'm telling you, this generation will have it on its Tombstone 421 00:23:50,700 --> 00:23:56,600 death by Distraction. We need help and Paul himself 422 00:23:56,600 --> 00:23:57,800 knows that the church needs help. 423 00:23:57,800 --> 00:23:59,900 That's why he says in Ephesians 1 16, 17. 424 00:23:59,900 --> 00:24:03,000 I do not cease. To give, thanks to you. 425 00:24:04,600 --> 00:24:07,500 Remembering you my prayers at the god of our Lord. 426 00:24:07,500 --> 00:24:09,300 Jesus Christ. The father of Glory, may give 427 00:24:09,300 --> 00:24:13,800 you the spirit of wisdom. And Revelation in the knowledge 428 00:24:13,800 --> 00:24:17,200 of him. Church of Ephesus. 429 00:24:17,200 --> 00:24:21,800 I am fully aware that you and I need the power of the Holy 430 00:24:21,800 --> 00:24:24,900 Spirit, his wisdom, his Revelation to come to the 431 00:24:24,900 --> 00:24:29,500 knowledge of who he is. You see tonight, the holy spirit 432 00:24:29,600 --> 00:24:33,300 is eager to glorify the Son of God because that's what he was 433 00:24:33,300 --> 00:24:36,400 sent to do. But the Holy Spirit meets a 434 00:24:36,400 --> 00:24:40,900 heart that is hungry. See Paul was hungry, not just 435 00:24:40,900 --> 00:24:44,500 for him but for the church to understand him so he prays and 436 00:24:44,500 --> 00:24:48,000 the Holy Spirit when he sees a heart that says I want to know 437 00:24:48,000 --> 00:24:51,500 him more, he'll meet it and he'll do it in different ways. 438 00:24:51,500 --> 00:24:53,400 I'm telling you, do it in your personal reading. 439 00:24:53,600 --> 00:24:55,100 He'll do it through a sermon. He'll do it through 440 00:24:55,100 --> 00:24:57,400 conversations. He finds marvelous ways to 441 00:24:57,400 --> 00:24:59,500 reveal the Majesty of the person. 442 00:24:59,500 --> 00:25:04,300 You and I claim to be savior. What's the result? 443 00:25:04,300 --> 00:25:07,900 I'm closing now? What's the result of this many 444 00:25:07,900 --> 00:25:09,400 things? You'll know deeper worship a 445 00:25:09,400 --> 00:25:12,000 deeper devotion? And something happens in the 446 00:25:12,008 --> 00:25:17,000 world things begin to get, strangely, grim and gray and 447 00:25:17,000 --> 00:25:20,800 they lose their flavor. you know, once in a while I hear 448 00:25:20,800 --> 00:25:23,100 about Trends and stuff and I just kind of want to peek into 449 00:25:23,100 --> 00:25:25,800 what's You know, happening in the world. 450 00:25:25,800 --> 00:25:28,800 So I dip my toe in it and I look into him like this is what 451 00:25:28,800 --> 00:25:31,700 people are crazy about this stuff. 452 00:25:33,000 --> 00:25:35,200 This is what people are obsessed with and millions of views are 453 00:25:35,200 --> 00:25:36,600 going towards. I'm like no, thank you. 454 00:25:36,600 --> 00:25:38,300 And I close that door and I go back to that room. 455 00:25:38,300 --> 00:25:42,600 That Jesus open. So yes, you will know a deeper 456 00:25:42,600 --> 00:25:45,400 love from a deeper revelation of Us near sense of his presence. 457 00:25:45,400 --> 00:25:50,100 But look, at chapter 6, verse 1, of Song of Solomon, look at what 458 00:25:50,100 --> 00:25:53,700 the people who initially asked this woman, what's the big deal 459 00:25:53,700 --> 00:25:55,400 of your beloved? Look, what happens to them? 460 00:25:56,000 --> 00:25:57,800 Where has your beloved gone? O? 461 00:25:57,800 --> 00:26:01,600 Most beautiful among women. Where has your beloved turn? 462 00:26:01,600 --> 00:26:07,800 That we may seek him with you? You see what happens here. 463 00:26:08,900 --> 00:26:12,000 So you have these inquires, you have those that are asking and 464 00:26:12,000 --> 00:26:16,000 then the moment, the woman describes the man, they are now 465 00:26:16,000 --> 00:26:18,500 persuaded to search for him as well. 466 00:26:21,000 --> 00:26:26,100 They are now not just curious about This Woman's relationship 467 00:26:26,100 --> 00:26:28,900 with this men. They are now curious to discover 468 00:26:28,900 --> 00:26:32,300 the man for themselves. You know what this generation 469 00:26:32,300 --> 00:26:35,300 needs more than anything, real Christians, like real 470 00:26:35,300 --> 00:26:39,500 Christians, real Christians. Possessed with a love and 471 00:26:39,500 --> 00:26:42,200 Obsession for this person. Jesus Christ to the point where 472 00:26:42,200 --> 00:26:45,900 it's contagious to the point where I actually makes people 473 00:26:45,900 --> 00:26:49,000 wonder why is it that you don't do all these things and you're 474 00:26:49,000 --> 00:26:52,300 so consumed with this person and you seem like a person who's 475 00:26:52,300 --> 00:26:55,600 mentally stable, you seem like a person who's educated, you don't 476 00:26:55,600 --> 00:26:58,400 seem like you're off the grid. You seem like a sensible person. 477 00:26:58,400 --> 00:27:01,200 So why is it that you are so different? 478 00:27:02,100 --> 00:27:04,900 And perhaps it's possible that you and I can come to a place 479 00:27:04,900 --> 00:27:10,400 where we are so, so captured and enthralled by him, that 480 00:27:10,400 --> 00:27:13,700 evangelism is just a natural outcome of our personal worship. 481 00:27:14,900 --> 00:27:16,500 And people wonder what is happening here. 482 00:27:16,500 --> 00:27:18,600 And then they begin to wonder, and they begin to make their own 483 00:27:18,600 --> 00:27:20,600 Quest. You want to see happening in the 484 00:27:20,600 --> 00:27:23,200 New Testament, I assure you, this is over after this. 485 00:27:23,200 --> 00:27:28,300 Matthew Chapter 2, what happens in Matthew chapter 2 Look at 486 00:27:28,300 --> 00:27:29,700 verse one, you're familiar with this. 487 00:27:30,700 --> 00:27:33,400 Matthew 21. Now, after Jesus was born in 488 00:27:33,400 --> 00:27:37,100 Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod, the king behold, wise 489 00:27:37,100 --> 00:27:41,900 men from the East came to Jerusalem saying, look at this. 490 00:27:41,900 --> 00:27:47,700 Where is he? Where is he who has been born 491 00:27:47,700 --> 00:27:50,800 King of the Jews for? We saw his star when it Rose and 492 00:27:50,808 --> 00:27:58,000 have come to worship Him. Contrary to the manger scene 493 00:27:58,000 --> 00:28:00,400 that you see up in Christmas, there was, I believe more than 494 00:28:00,400 --> 00:28:01,900 three. There was enough wise, men to 495 00:28:01,900 --> 00:28:03,500 come into Jerusalem and cause a Ruckus. 496 00:28:03,500 --> 00:28:07,500 It says, all of Jerusalem was disturbed by these men coming in 497 00:28:07,500 --> 00:28:09,900 and Desiring to know where the Messiah is. 498 00:28:12,000 --> 00:28:14,600 So they come and they say where is he? 499 00:28:15,900 --> 00:28:18,500 We want to know where this king of the Jews were ready to 500 00:28:18,500 --> 00:28:22,700 worship Him. Here's my question, how do these 501 00:28:22,700 --> 00:28:27,500 wise men from the East have any understanding of a Jewish King? 502 00:28:27,500 --> 00:28:32,400 Who would be born at this time? I understand if Israelis at this 503 00:28:32,400 --> 00:28:34,300 time would say, hey, where is he? 504 00:28:34,300 --> 00:28:37,000 We've studied the books. We realize that he can be coming 505 00:28:37,000 --> 00:28:39,000 any moment now, and we want to know where he's at. 506 00:28:39,000 --> 00:28:42,700 We want to worship and you have men from the East traveling 507 00:28:42,700 --> 00:28:45,800 miles upon miles to come to Jerusalem to inquire. 508 00:28:46,100 --> 00:28:48,400 What's the relationship? How do these wise men? 509 00:28:48,400 --> 00:28:51,500 These Magi have any comprehension that there would 510 00:28:51,500 --> 00:28:57,100 be a messiah born as a child. Here's what I believe. 511 00:28:58,000 --> 00:29:00,500 If you scan scripture, your realize that there is a heavy 512 00:29:00,500 --> 00:29:03,600 load of evidence of these people called the Magi, the wise men 513 00:29:03,600 --> 00:29:05,900 and a specific book in the Old Testament, which one is it? 514 00:29:06,600 --> 00:29:10,000 The Book of Daniel? The Book of Daniel. 515 00:29:11,000 --> 00:29:14,400 And what's amazing about Daniel who is taken from Israel with 516 00:29:14,400 --> 00:29:17,500 his friends because of God's judgment upon the nation brought 517 00:29:17,500 --> 00:29:20,400 to which place Babylon. There brought their right before 518 00:29:20,400 --> 00:29:23,300 Babylon and Daniel has such an influence. 519 00:29:23,300 --> 00:29:28,800 He is so filled with the spirit. He is now promoted early on in 520 00:29:28,800 --> 00:29:33,000 the Book of Daniel, to be chief of who the Magi chief of the 521 00:29:33,000 --> 00:29:36,800 Wiseman. And I believe Daniel had gained 522 00:29:36,800 --> 00:29:41,300 such respect such Authority that those who were under His 523 00:29:41,300 --> 00:29:45,800 tutelage those who are under his supervision heard about this 524 00:29:45,800 --> 00:29:49,700 Messiah through his own Lips Read Daniel, how much does he 525 00:29:49,700 --> 00:29:53,300 get about the revelation of the Messiah to come the son of man 526 00:29:53,800 --> 00:29:56,700 the one who's about to come in a certain amount of years and I am 527 00:29:56,700 --> 00:30:02,300 sure that with Daniel pass along to the Magi as a person of great 528 00:30:02,300 --> 00:30:05,800 impact on their culture, these Magi passed down from one 529 00:30:05,800 --> 00:30:08,200 generation to the next one. Generation to the next one. 530 00:30:08,200 --> 00:30:10,800 Generation to the next to the point of this. 531 00:30:10,900 --> 00:30:13,900 This generation with a magi realize, he should be here any 532 00:30:13,900 --> 00:30:18,500 moment now and they come because of one person who worked in a 533 00:30:18,508 --> 00:30:22,500 governmental position. They had the audacity in the 534 00:30:22,500 --> 00:30:26,400 boldness to speak about the Wonders, the coming Kingdom of 535 00:30:26,400 --> 00:30:28,900 the true king that would destroy all other kingdoms and 536 00:30:28,900 --> 00:30:32,900 governments. Imagine that one man's testimony 537 00:30:32,900 --> 00:30:36,400 had generational effects. I'm sure Daniel though, he was 538 00:30:36,400 --> 00:30:38,900 prophetic didn't understand the implications of what he would 539 00:30:38,900 --> 00:30:43,300 share in his office and what he would share in those courtrooms 540 00:30:44,000 --> 00:30:45,600 and all for a sin. You have these men of the East 541 00:30:45,600 --> 00:30:48,300 as says that great teacher, Daniel hundreds of years ago, 542 00:30:48,300 --> 00:30:50,500 told us about this Messiah. Now, we want to come and see 543 00:30:50,500 --> 00:30:51,300 him. Where is he? 544 00:30:52,300 --> 00:30:57,100 We want to worship. And so you and I have an 545 00:30:57,100 --> 00:30:59,700 opportunity to deepen our understanding of Christ to 546 00:30:59,700 --> 00:31:02,500 worship and truly to love him, to see him through the lens of 547 00:31:02,500 --> 00:31:07,200 the scripture in such a way. When we go back into that world, 548 00:31:07,200 --> 00:31:11,400 we will have a new Fresh seal and sharpness to our testimony 549 00:31:11,400 --> 00:31:14,500 of Christ. The other people would say I've 550 00:31:14,500 --> 00:31:16,300 been pretty miserable my whole life. 551 00:31:19,100 --> 00:31:23,200 Where is he? I want to know him more. 552 00:31:24,500 --> 00:31:27,700 I'm excited for this weekend. I hope you are too. 553 00:31:28,300 --> 00:31:30,400 This is a deep. Well that never runs dry. 554 00:31:31,500 --> 00:31:36,100 Never been disappointed. Sometimes this word punches me 555 00:31:36,100 --> 00:31:39,800 in the gut with conviction and other times, it showers me with 556 00:31:39,800 --> 00:31:42,700 comfort that the Living God is watching. 557 00:31:42,700 --> 00:31:44,800 Over me, he's for me, is with me. 558 00:31:44,800 --> 00:31:48,100 He would lead me to the end. I would like to say so much 559 00:31:48,100 --> 00:31:50,600 more, but we'll leave it for this weekend. 560 00:31:51,000 --> 00:32:07,700 Let's pray together, shall we? And just set your heart to ask 561 00:32:07,700 --> 00:32:10,500 what Paul asked of the spirit of wisdom and revelation. 562 00:32:12,000 --> 00:32:13,500 Lord, help me. See Christ. 563 00:32:14,600 --> 00:32:16,300 My eyes have been dull for a while. 564 00:32:17,000 --> 00:32:20,900 My heart has been hard. Lord your word. 565 00:32:20,900 --> 00:32:23,500 If I'm honest has been collecting dust instead of 566 00:32:23,500 --> 00:32:35,400 collecting my affections. Heavenly Father. 567 00:32:39,900 --> 00:32:41,600 Lord we are humbled in this place. 568 00:32:44,600 --> 00:32:48,500 Lord, we want to partner with you, to know the depths of who 569 00:32:48,500 --> 00:32:51,700 Jesus is. Low. 570 00:32:51,700 --> 00:32:56,000 We don't want to just no General things or take us up close. 571 00:32:58,100 --> 00:33:00,600 Help us see him in his Humanity. Help us, see us. 572 00:33:00,800 --> 00:33:03,000 See him in his divinity. Help us. 573 00:33:03,000 --> 00:33:05,500 See us in him. Help us see us without him. 574 00:33:06,900 --> 00:33:10,100 Lord in this place. You know, the hearts that know 575 00:33:10,100 --> 00:33:12,400 you, you know, the hearts that have yet to come to know you but 576 00:33:12,400 --> 00:33:16,500 we pray that together in this place, we would all have an 577 00:33:16,500 --> 00:33:20,600 encounter with Christ and that we would all get in our cars and 578 00:33:20,600 --> 00:33:22,800 leave this place by the end of the week and knowing that we 579 00:33:22,800 --> 00:33:26,900 have met with the Living God. Do we pray against the works? 580 00:33:26,900 --> 00:33:30,200 Of Satan, we pray against the things that would distract 581 00:33:30,200 --> 00:33:33,000 people from seeing Christ and that could be as simple as 582 00:33:33,000 --> 00:33:36,600 sickness Lord. We pray that every person in 583 00:33:36,600 --> 00:33:39,600 this place would be Heavenly minded with all the joys of 584 00:33:39,600 --> 00:33:42,500 fellowship and games and all these wonderful things. 585 00:33:43,300 --> 00:33:45,700 We pray that one thing would be true that you would be the 586 00:33:45,700 --> 00:33:50,900 Supreme desire of our hearts. And Lord if that's not the case. 587 00:33:52,300 --> 00:33:55,800 When our hearts this weekend, transform us. 588 00:33:56,700 --> 00:33:59,200 Because Lord, we know that, when we see you rightly, we see other 589 00:33:59,200 --> 00:34:01,500 things, everything the way we're supposed to see them. 590 00:34:03,200 --> 00:34:05,300 And so Lord, in this place we commit this week and every 591 00:34:05,300 --> 00:34:09,199 session all the times in between that you would be in the midst. 592 00:34:09,800 --> 00:34:14,800 We pray for profound Fellowship, we pray for life-changing 593 00:34:14,800 --> 00:34:20,199 sessions, we pray, Lord, that if this book is true that we would, 594 00:34:20,500 --> 00:34:23,400 we would love you the way you deserve to be loved and we know 595 00:34:23,400 --> 00:34:25,199 that you're able to bring us there. 596 00:34:25,699 --> 00:34:28,699 We commit these things into the hands of the living Christ in 597 00:34:28,699 --> 00:34:31,100 Jesus name we pray. Amen, and amen. 598 00:34:31,900 --> 00:34:33,900 God bless you, the stand and Worship the Lord together.