Before we jump into the subject tonight, why don't?
We just open our Bibles to Psalms. 119, Psalms 119, I was
meditating on this chapter late last night and just going
through this. If you ever had the opportunity
to I encourage you strongly read Psalms 119 in one sitting, just
keep reading it. Just keep reading it.
And if you ever want to be challenged, About your devotion
and your love for the word of God.
Compare it to the psalmist words in this chapter.
And look at how the Holy Spirit uses this man to give Insight
concerning the power of the word of God.
And the reason why we reading this is in light of the Bible
study, look at verse 25. My soul clings to the dust give
me life according to your word. Now, you can look at that.
Physically, you can look at that, spiritually, physically in
the sense that he knows that there are those around him that
are persecuting him and are planning an attack on him.
But spiritually, my soul clings to the dust, I'm as good as
dead. I'm so dry.
I need life. And how does that life come
according to the word? The word, read the word heard.
The word received by Faith. Life is imparted.
Look at verse 28. Do you feel like verse 28
tonight, though? You came in with a smile verse
28, my soul. Melts away for sorrow.
I literally feel like I'm disintegrating in the inside.
I feel like I can't go on another moment.
I don't know how I can stay faithful, because I'm barely
faithful even today. And look what happens strengthen
me according to your word. The Holy Spirit showing us hear
something. No matter what, the malady of
your soul is tonight. There's strength as you sit, and
you hear the word of God, the word of God.
Now, you know what the psalmist is meditating on, you know what
the psalmist is Proclaim? You know what?
The psalmist is finding all this delight in, not the Epistles.
The law. Of all things, the law.
Yes. The law can be another word to
summarize the word of God, but the law, we're talking about the
sacrificial law. We're talking about the dietary
law, we're talking about the dress codes.
We're talking about all the instructions of what to do.
If somebody has a spot on his skin or if there's something in
a house that's concerning concerning disease and he goes,
I love your law. I love those instructions.
I love every detail that you give in The Book of Leviticus.
Why? Because it reveals the character
of God. It reveals the nature of God.
And how much more we? How much more should we be
infatuated? And Intoxicated by this word,
when we have the full counsel of God, I say that this a trust
that as you and I sit here tonight that strength will be
imparted into your soul and as you leave and you go back home
after a long week of work, you will know that you ate from his
table. And that you can go on another
week because of his word. Let's pray.
Father, we pray tonight that we would no matter where Soul sits
tonight you would strengthen us according to your word Lord, we
pray that this Bible study would be delivered in a Clarity of
speech freedom from confusion, Lord, Freedom From Any Spirit of
debate, in an unhealthy way. And we ask Lord that we would
simply see Christ elevated and we would love and adore him.
All the more. So we pray that the Holy Spirit,
your Holy Spirit would grant us the spirit of wisdom and
Revelation law. We That we would know what we
believe in even more, and it would cause us to love you even
more. And it would cause us to go out
with a greater boldness and confidence in who you are and
what you have to offer to all men.
We ask these things in the precious name of Jesus Christ.
All of God's people say, amen. there are many titles in the
Bible that describe Jesus Christ.
There are many descriptions that are designated towards the
second person of the Trinity. And I'm sure right now, if we
spend the next five minutes, we can list several common titles
that Christ holds concerning himself and how the rest of
scripture testifies about him. Two of those titles.
Are the son of God. And what's the second one?
The son of man, Son of God, Son of Man, the scriptures describe
Jesus way Jesus defines himself in both ways.
Now when you hear Son of God what's the immediate Association
that comes concerning the nature of Jesus?
When Jesus says I am the Son of God, what comes to mind
concerning his nature? Is Divinity that he is equal in
essence. That he is equal with God, he is
of the same nature. Now when you hear son of man,
what comes to mind concerning his nature, his humanity, and so
the common understanding of Jesus being the Son of God,
Jesus being the son of man, is that him being the Son of God,
deals with his deity, and him being the son of man deals with
his Humanity, right? That's kind of the easy answer,
but the scripture is Go deeper than that.
Because many people who attacked the person of Christ.
Mainly, his deity will often point to the truth that
throughout the scriptures. The title Son of God, or sons of
God, or just simply sun, and reference to relationship with.
God is not just given to Jesus, but given to other persons, And
when you think about the son of man, Jesus had a way deeper
understanding of what he meant. When he said he was the son of
man. And so, what's funny is, when we
think of Son of God, we think immediately deity.
When in fact, the Bible uses Son of God for humans and other
spiritual creatures. And when we think of son of man,
we think Humanity, when in fact, son of man is actually used to
describe deity that funny. And so, back to the point that
often times, people will use these two titles to attack the
person of Christ. And to lower him on the same
level as other created beings to try to discourage us and to
confuse us into thinking that he's not really God In the
Flesh. And so I need several volunteers
just for scripture references. Okay, so let's do this popcorn
style. Don't be afraid to read out
loud. I need somebody to open their
Bibles to don't read it just yet.
We're gonna get all the references out first.
Somebody to pull out, Job chapter 1, Verse 6, Job, chapter
1, verse 6, just lift your hand if you want.
Job chapter 1, verse 6. Okay, Jennifer Job, chapter 1,
verse 6 and and also 2:1 another person for Hosea Hosea 11:1, Tim
Hosea 11:1, another person. First Chronicles, 20 to nine and
ten First Chronicles, Matt 22, 9 and 10.
Another one at Luke 3:38. Michael.
Luke 3:38 to marry. You got the next one?
All Acts chapter 17 38. For another one.
You got that tumor Another one Romans 8:14 215.
Did you already do one? No, I didn't give you one.
Okay, you get Romans 8:14 15. I feel like you got one, didn't
you? You can have to, it's okay.
What's that first Chronicles? 20 to nine, and ten.
And lastly, Matthew 5:9 who wants Matthew, 5:9, Matthew, 5:9
Matthew 5:9 Evan. Okay.
All right, so let's go from the beginning Job, chapter 1 and
listen carefully. If you're reading, Boom, your
voice. So we can all hear Job.
Chapter 16 and in job, 2116. Now, there was a day when the
sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord.
And Satan also came among. Them.
You go to verse 1 as well. Yeah.
So you heard that right? The sons of God came before The
Throne of God. Who knows what the sons of God
are in that context Angelic beings, right?
To one will say the same thing. Again, there was a day when the
sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord.
And Satan also came among them, to present himself before the
Lord. Again, we see this Angelic
beings who identified collectively as the sons of God,
who are approaching the Throne of God, okay?
Who has Hosea? Tim, please.
What Israel, as a child. I loved him and out of Egypt.
I called my son. Okay?
So Israel is identified as who son, son, of, who Son of God.
Okay, so we have Angel like beings collectively referred to
as sons of God we have the nation of Israel as a whole
referred to as a Son of God who has a next one.
Who has first Chronicles 22? Yes, First Chronicles 10:22
behold. The son shall be born to you.
Who shall be a man of rest? I will give him rest from all
the surrounding enemies. For his name shall be Solomon,
and I will give you peace and quiet and quiet to Israel and
his days, he shall build a house for my name.
He shall be my son and I will be his father and I will establish
his Royal throne and is interesting.
So David is speaking to his son. Lemon and is explaining to him
how though he desired in his own heart to build a house for the
Lord. There was too much blood on his
hands. And so God says, you're not
going to build a house, your son Solomon is going to build the
house, he's going to be a man of rest.
He's not going to be a man of war and the Lord refers to and
relates to Solomon as his son and him being his father in
relationship to what that through the delivery davidic
lineage, those who would sit on an Earthly Throne, as a
representative of God would in some sense, relate to him as Son
to a father. So even on a royal sense, we see
this language of son and father that God has given to me or man
who has the next reference in, Luke 3:38, the son of Seth, the
son of Adam, the Son of God, so Luke 3 is a genealogy of Jesus
and at the end of that genealogy we come down to Adam and how is
Adam titled? Can you read it again?
This is the Son of God. The Son of God, Adam created
being you see where we're going with this.
How this title? The Son of God is given to other
created. Beings acts 17:28, acts 17:28,
Tamara for him. Okay, so we see there, that Paul
is evangelizing, and as he's evangelizing, he's describing
how Humanity because they are God's created beings are in a
sense, his offspring, not in the sense of you.
And I, when we're born again into his family, but generally
in humanity, we are brothers and sisters.
And so the idea of us being God's Offspring is their
children of God, Sons and Daughters of God so to speak.
Okay? We have Romans 8:14 15 for all
who are led by the spirit of the God are sons of God for you.
Did not receive the spirit of Slavery to fall back into fear
but you have received the spirit of adoption as Sons by whom we
cry Abba Father. Okay, so we're because we come
into Union with Christ we're not just merely God's Offspring.
Like Acts 17:28 says but because we received the Holy Spirit
indwelling in a ceiling us, we now are called sons of God and
we can relate to him as such in a familial sense.
And the loving intimate way, we have been given access to be
called Sons and Daughters of God because of the finished work of
Jesus Christ. But sons of God.
What's the difference between me being called the Son of God and
Jesus being called the son of God?
Lastly Matthew 5:9 will sit on the peacemakers for they shall
be called sons of God. Blessed are the peacemakers for
they shall be called sons of God.
In other words, those who would reflect and Obey God's will.
In a sense are imitating him and are walking out his nature.
And so they are therefore referred to as sons of God.
So you read through your Bible, you see, all these references.
You see, all these things given two different mere creatures.
And so the argument goes, that Jesus Christ is not really
Divine. In light of all those
references, he is simply perhaps, at best God's most
exalted creature that has walked out in obedience and good works.
Pure in heart. Glorifying God, Etc.
You see how the argument can go. What's so special about the
title Son of God? If it's been granted to so many
others. And the argument is again,
because those titles are given to specific types of people were
obviously walking in righteousness faithfulness,
obedience. So his Christ, but that doesn't
make him divine. And to prove how this is not the
case. We're actually going to go to
one of the verses that is the go-to versus two further attack.
The deity of Christ. Can you think of what that verse
is? It uses a specific word that a
lot of modern translations are not using as much starts with
the letter B begotten. We're going to need you in John
3:16. John 3:16 Paul.
When you get there, can you read John 3:16 to us, please?
For God. So loved the world that he gave
his only begotten son that whosoever believeth in him
should not perish but have everlasting life.
Did you hear it? We know this verse everybody
knows this verse but it's that word begotten, that may cause a
lot of trouble and that would be cotton is unfortunately used as
ammunition to attack the deity of Christ.
What does it mean to be get someone?
Or someone to be gotten to Father?
Someone sure. There's more specific
definition. To deliver to deliver said he
got. He got he got in.
Okay, this is what does it mean in the natural sense?
It's for someone to come into existence by the process of
reproduction. It's for someone to come into
existence through the process of reproduction.
Now, why is that a problem in light of this verse as defines
Jesus Christ, in terms of our theology, Because he's a turtle.
So, so how can the word begotten be used to describe Jesus
Christ. In fact, there are those who
would blasphemously say, mockingly, That Jesus Christ.
You Christians believe is the result of God, the Father
sexually unifying himself with Mary to be get Jesus Christ.
Muslims would accuse Christians of this thought.
And again I really really don't like to go to the original
languages often just because it's important to go there but
we don't have all that resources for us as we can get those
resources but we're not all Greek Scholars here.
But again sometimes we have to and we're going to see how just
a little bit of research into the original.
Can go a long way when you look at the word only begotten, this
is in the King James, but if you see it in the ESV, you won't see
only be gone. What will you see in the ESV?
Only use going to get only, you're not going to get beat
begotten, you can only going to get only new King James nasb.
Will say only begotten a lot of the newer translations will only
say only now only pay attention only and only begotten, even
though it's two words, their deriving it from the same, Greek
word, okay, monogenes, pretty much.
And that word in its right context, actually means
something such as one of a kind or unique in the right context.
It doesn't necessarily mean to come into existence like a child
does through reproduction. It actually means one of a kind
or unique in its right context. And how we can take that word
and prove that just by going to the scriptures and not having to
be a Greek scholar is to see how the word only is used in a
different context to describe a different person that backs up
what we're saying concerning Jesus Christ.
So we need to go to this verse. This is you want to go to John
3:16, you want to write something your Bible.
If you write something in your Bible, right?
Hebrews 11:17, Hebrews, 11:17 shows us how begotten?
Or only or only begotten? Is far more significant than the
meaning of coming into existence by reproduction, Hebrews 11:17.
Can you read it again in the King James Paul, please Hebrews
11:17. Yeah.
By faith Abraham when he was tried offered up Isaac and he
that had received the promises offered up, his only begotten
son. Did you hear it?
In that beautiful chapter, the Hall of Faith, goes on to gum to
Abraham and described how he in faith gave up his son, Isaac and
it defines him as his only begotten son, again ESV will say
only son. Now, why is that interesting in
light of understanding the story of Isaac and Abraham?
He had another son smile yet another son Ishmael, here's
another here's another question. Just this is a side question.
How many sons and total that Abraham have?
93. 45 total including Isaac and Ishmael.
How many sons of Abraham have Genesis 25?
Can you pull up Genesis 25 1 and 2?
How many sons that how many kids that Abraham have total?
Find out. This is after Sarah passed away.
Abraham took another wife, whose name was what Keturah.
And she bore him Zimmern Josh. N me Dan.
Midian is back and schewe. And then they just goes on to
the genealogist, how many we are there. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8, 8 total
a total. Now even if you don't include
Genesis 25, we know that Ishmael was born before Isaac.
So how can the scriptures Define Isaac as only begotten, when
Ishmael was already a teenager that point Yes, unless of course
according to the original language that word begotten or
only are only begotten does not mean to come into existence, but
means being unique or one of a kind in relationship to another.
And so when we take that truth in Hebrews, 11:17, and how was
Isaac unique? He was born to Sarah, Ishmael
was born to Hagar and he was the son of the Covenant.
He had a unique Ich relationship with his father and likewise the
Holy Spirit uses that same imagery and even uses that same
story to be a prophetic picture of Jesus Christ.
Yes, as the Son of God, yes, even that title being used
amongst other people and other creatures, but having a
one-of-a-kind unique relationship with the father.
Do we see? Do see how powerful that is.
So in John 3:16 that is not averse to use to.
Say that Jesus came into existence by reproduction or any
other. Any other way.
Know what John is saying by the holy spirit.
Is that Jesus Christ? Yes, as the Son of God holds a
unique one-of-a-kind, special relationship with the father.
How so by having an eternal intimate fellowship with him,
even before everything else was created.
How is Jesus Christ unique? Amongst all the other so-called
sons of God, this is how he's unique, he was eternally in the
bosom of the father. That's how he's unique.
So if anything that word only solidifies the reality that he
is, in fact, Eternal, because he's unique because he's not
unlike others, that's what it's trying to say.
Do we see that this is so crucial to understand especially
with a verse like that? That so often used to try to
intimidate Christians, shall we have further proof of this John
20:17, we already went through this verse but let's hear it
again. John 20:17.
It's good to go over some familiar verses.
Jesus said to her, this is after his resurrection.
Do not cling to me for I have not yet ascended to the father,
but go to my brothers and say to them, I am ascending to my
father and your father to my God, and your God.
Now we already settled mainly what he meant by saying my God
and your God, just for the sake of her memory.
Why did he say my God? How can Jesus have a god?
Because he's the God of All Flesh.
According to Jeremiah 32 27. Jesus Christ took on flesh.
And as he took on flesh, he assumed to be in subjection to
God as his God. All Flesh including the
Incarnate son. But let's look at, I am
ascending to my father, and your father.
Now, why didn't Jesus say our father?
He could have I'm sending to our father.
He didn't very specific with his language.
I am ascending to my father and your father.
We can call god father, by what by Grace.
How through adoption, through the finished, work of Jesus
Christ, the firstborn among many Brethren.
We've been given access into the family of God, to be able to
say, Abba Father, but only Jesus Christ has a unique place in
that understanding of him being father in that, he was not
adopted. He was not brought in at one
point in history, he was eternally the son of God.
So he can say my father and your father that's a wonderful Truth
for us. It makes a distinction because
he alone had an eternal fellowship with him.
In an intimate way, read John 1:18.
It says that he was always in the bosom of the father so close
is so intimate. Depending on your translation
might say he was always at the father's side but it's speaking
about close proximity speaking. About this knowledge of one.
Another that is unique this isn't this is A side verse.
This is powerful. Don't turn there if you can.
Please put up Matthew 11:27 Matthew 11:27 just to hear and
understand that, this son of God, is unique, all things have
been handed over to me by my father and no one knows the son,
except the father. The sun is e comprehendible and
no one can fully comprehend the sun, except one the father.
Who can say that, what creature can say?
No one can fully grasp me. No one can fully comprehend me.
Except God Alone. And no one knows the father
except the son and anyone to whom the son chooses to review.
Do you see the exclusivity there?
You see that tight-knit relationship there?
Do you see that the Son and the father knowing one another and
whoever has been given access to no father as Father the Son
chooses to reveal to him? So we can't put Jesus though
that title, Son of God are sons of God or son and reference to
God is shared. We can't put Jesus on the same
level as man. Here's another one.
Just don't turn there. You can just pay attention to
the screen and Mark 12. Jesus shares a parable.
Jesus shares a parable, Mark chapter 12 beginning in verse 1,
we know this This is Matthew can turn to Mark, please.
Thank you. And he began to speak to them in
Parables a man planted a Vineyard and put a fence around
it. And dug a pit for the winepress
and built the Tower and leased it to tenants and went into
another country. So remember tenants, he leased
it to tenants and he left to another country.
When the season came, he sent a servant to the tenants to get
from them, some of the fruit of the vineyard.
Now, if you're familiar with this Parable, who the tenants
represent the Pharisees, the religious authorities of Israel
are the tenants that have been given responsibility to We
manage and cultivate the vineyard and to bear fruit as
the people of God. And in order to gather fruit,
what is the Lord say, says that the owner of the vineyard sends
his servant and now, what did they do to this sermon?
They took him and beat him and sent him away empty-handed.
You can go to the next verse Again, he sent them another
servant and they struck him on the head and treated him
shamefully, and he sent another and him.
They killed. And so with many others, someday
beat, and someday killed now, who did the servants represent
the prophets? God, sending one messenger after
the other to come and to continually remind, the people
of who they are in their identity in relationship to God,
and how they ought to walk Faithfully to God, and how they
respond killing destroying beating shaming, and we go on.
He had still one other. A beloved Son.
Finally, he sent him to them saying they will respect my son.
But those tenants said to one another, this is the heir come.
Let us kill him, and The Inheritance will be ours.
And it took him and killed him and threw him out of the
vineyard. I'm either side.
So we have another category. Now, what's the third category?
Only one only one person fits that category, beloved Son, the
Beloved son, who is the heir of all things, concerning the owner
of the vineyard now. Why do we bring this Parable up?
Because we see that Christ in this?
Parable, distinguishes himself, even from the most Faithful
Servants of God throughout the ages.
These prophets that went forth to represent God.
God and to speak forth, his word Christ, elevates himself above
those Messengers who say that he is preeminent and transcended
because he alone was eternally and fellowship in intimacy with
God and he alone is the air possessor.
All things I got almost. So even in a parable like this,
we see that Christ is Sanctified amongst even the greatest of
men. This is a powerful understanding
concerning the nature of God. I want to design a question,
just for the sake of dialogue, and this is important to
understand you maybe it never fought this, but this is
actually welcome to the Christian World.
Geology, this is the baited subject.
This specific question. Jesus Christ, being the Son of
God, it's clear. It's a reality we see here, but
some even amongst Evangelical Christians that are not Heretics
per se. There are two sides to this
understanding of Jesus, being the Son of God, and this is
important to understand. The one side is that the Son of
God, the title Son of God does not necessarily speak about his
nature as much as he speaks about his submissive role that
he took upon himself. And so Jesus Christ, in other
words was not always the Son of God, but he became the Son of
God, not in the game. God not that, he's any less than
God, but he took on the role of Son of God at a specific time in
history. What point do you think that is
his birth? His Incarnation.
So you have some genuine Believers.
I don't deny the deity of Christ that don't deny that.
Jesus Christ is fully. God, they don't deny it.
That they don't, they don't say that he was created.
But what they do say is that when he was born, even through
the miraculous conception, that was the moment where he became
the son of God. Do you notice how this is?
No. Jesus Christ always was the son
of God. I did it didn't happen.
It didn't come into existence that time it was a roll.
It's his nature to years even from the beginning where you
said we weren't stoned you. Don't worry.
Do you? Do you understand this idea of
some, God has more of a role or more of his nature from eternity
past and see why this is important.
This night is not just, let's just argue for kicks.
There's a reason. And what we have been saying?
What position we hold to. Yes he personally I'd say he was
always the Son of God to say that he just took on that role
when he was born as denouncing, the triangle God saying he
wasn't trying being until Jesus got born on.
You could say make the same argument for the Holy Spirit and
the Holy Spirit didn't come into play, until he came down at a
Pentecost. Well, I would say this the those
who hold to that, you don't say that Jesus Christ did not
eternally exist or was not a part of the Trinity is that he
assumed the role of a servant by becoming the Son of God in a
subordinate way. That's what we're trying to say
here. So those who say this are
genuine Believers, and they're not saying that Jesus Christ
didn't exist until he became a person.
They're saying that the title, the role of Son of God was
brought about at the Incarnation.
Yeah I believe in some got is some eternal Ali son.
But there is a verse that always know.
I have a question about it when he said you are my son today, I
have begotten you, so if he's eternally and that verse talk
about eternally is starting today.
I've been recording you like such as there is a certain day
or there is a beginning, so how you reconcile that?
Yeah, we'll get to that. That's a Hebrews 15 speaks about
how the father's is today. I have begotten, you, that's an
important verse. Yes, Because I mean, I'm done.
I'm not denying that like I believe that he's internal, but
that's like within the Trinity, the Trinity was always there
because God is eternal, but I believe that when he came into
the world as a baby you know his birth was him breaking out into
three parts in one. And him taking on that role as
the Son of God I'm coming into the world is when we kind of got
those three. I don't know.
I understand but we understand where you're coming from and
before we move on just to put up, Luke 1:35 to see where
people are coming from to back up that view that Jesus Took on
that role. As a Son of God, his birth Luke
1:35 and the angel answered. The holy spirit will come upon
you and the power of the most high will overshadow you.
Therefore the child To be born will be called.
Holy the son of God. Jackie had your hand up
so would it be? Would it be?
So you're saying that he was always the Son of God.
But two thousand years ago he became the son of man because
that kind of gives more of a human connotation to it.
It's an interesting view. Okay we're going to see.
We're going to find out in a moment that the son of man has
more Divine element to it than we think.
Yes. I don't want to point out that
and say, okay, no, this is a specific period of time in which
God had begotten cries. I don't hold to that by the way,
when I'm just adding 3 4 5 right.
Right? Right.
It's okay. We like fire.
Fires. Good.
As long as it's safe and it stays within the boundaries
fires good. Luke 1:35, right?
He shall be called. Holy the son of God.
Phoebe. Yeah.
Can you stop being the same guy who didn't have anything to do
with this package, like forgot to offer of his only son?
Seems to me more of a sacrificial things.
Mmm, did you guys hear that perspective?
If Jesus was not the son before his Incarnation, then does that
dilute the sacrificial? Love that God displays in
sending his son into the world. That's a good point.
Yes. This is good fires, good.
Anybody want to add some more fuel to the fire?
Maybe going back to John, 3:16 God.
So loved the world. Sure he gave his son.
How can that language be used for the second person of the
Trinity when he wasn't born yet. My son is mentioned in the Old
Testament, psalms and Proverbs, and Psalms to, and Father's Day,
right? Son of God.
Or son of man. Just some kiss, the son, lest he
be angry and you perish. Okay, so so in the Old
Testament, we see that there is reference to the sun before the
Incarnation. That's the point.
That's a beautiful Point. Yes.
Paul. The people would say that that's
a reference to Future event. That's so it's prophetic, it's
not a present reality. Why are you sure?
Yes. Cautions 1:16 says, at the end
it says everything was created through him and for him.
So meaning like it's God. And then for him at the same
time, sure. Yes.
It's a beautiful verse of defendant deity of Christ and
nobody would deny again, that Christ was divine before his
Incarnation but the Argument is he wasn't always known and
referred to and related to within the internal relationship
of the godhead as the sun. Is this important we're is this
important. It is important.
Okay? Any other input or opinion or
versus before we dive into it and want.
Yeah. Okay so another verse the back
of the deity of Christ sure she wasn't the Sun.
What was he A good question. Here's another one.
If he wasn't the son, was there a father?
So son. No, son before Incarnation.
Then can we relate to God as father?
And we've talked about the Trinity and we talked about how
God is referred to as father in the Old Testament.
So now we got some trouble here, don't we?
Father of who Is it just a random thing that God has given
himself? No, I just have a verse that
interesting. So the Lord said to my Lord
capitalized, it's a prophetic Psalm.
Right? And I think we can go back to
Paul's argument to say yeah, we see that this is speaking about
Jesus but this isn't speaking about necessarily present
reality as much as it is speaking about a future event.
Did you contact your father? I think
you really added fuel to the fire.
Yeah, it's a good fuel though. It's good because oftentimes
people will point to that. I'm not saying you're doing
this, but I'm saying, oftentimes, People point to that
prophetic verse to say, how There's no distinction within
the godhead, because the sun is referred to, as the Everlasting
Father, which I would simply argue that we can go in depth
with that would simply argue. It's not making the Son and the
Father, the same person but it is saying that the sun does
carry a fatherly like characteristic and love and
compassion and care. Yes,
probably thirty three and four. Mmm.
Yeah. So we speak with right, right,
right. Right.
The holy ones, son. And that's what many Anna was
bring up. Psalms chapter 2 and Proverbs
Chapter 30. We remember we spent time to see
how the Sun the Not just Jesus, but the son that title is found
in the Old Testament. So yes for Shadows.
What's going to happen? Obviously Jesus, is that coming
to completion and that playing out.
So I feel like the concept of the sun was there the whole
time, but then I feel like it also poses, the question, why on
Earth then did we go through the entire Old Testament of, you
know, making sacrifices with animals or like, whatever.
Like why didn't you just come in sooner, then and then Where's
the purpose of how important his birth is and him coming into the
world, to fulfill that purpose? So I guess like I feel like the
concept of the son, the Holy Spirit and as that was all there
and obviously it existed because the three-in-one and Father's
Eternal and he's always existed. But I feel like that role coming
in the play didn't come into play until until his
incarnation. I hope we can stay friends.
Luke 1:35, if you can bring that up again please and the angel
answered her. The holy spirit will come upon
you and the power of the most high will overshadow you.
Therefore, the child to be born will become the son of God.
No, I didn't say that. The for the child to be born
will be called holy the Son of God, there's a big difference.
There's a big difference between being called and becoming to say
that Jesus Christ was called the Son of God does not indicate
that. And this moment he assumed the
role of sun in relation to the godhead, what it does do though
is affirm the miraculous conception and birth of the Son
of God declares that he Is the Son of God, it does not make him
the Son of God. So many of those who would say
that it was at this moment that Jesus became the Son of God.
Have to explain where in different moments and different
events, the main events of Jesus life death burial, Resurrection
Ascension, have to explain why he's referred to and identified
as a Son of God in those moments as well.
This will make sense when we go to the reference.
Romans 11 Romans. One.
Romans 11 and will read 2 verse 4.
And we'll see what we're trying to argue here.
Paul a servant of Christ Jesus called to be an apostle set
apart for the gospel of God, which he promised beforehand
through His prophets in the Holy scriptures, concerning his son
Okay, who was descended from David, according to the flesh.
Now, look at this end was what declared to be the Son of God in
power. According to the spirit, when
was he declared to be the Son of God, of Holiness, by his
resurrection, from the dead? Jesus Christ, Our Lord. so, if
he was called, Son of God at his birth, What do we do with a
purse? Like this?
That says that he was declared to be the Son of God and Power
by his resurrection. Unless of course the scriptures
are not saying we can go to different events especially his
Ascension unless of course these verses are not saying that in
those moments in those Supernatural events.
That was the moment that he was begotten.
That was the moment, he was referred to as the Sun but that
his miraculous birth his, conquering victory over death.
Shout it to the world. This is the Son of God.
Do we see? It's not saying he became the
Son of God. Those events are only.
Identifying him as Son of God. It's just affirming that he is
truly God In the Flesh. He is truly God over death, he
is truly God's son in which God has ascended him and approved of
his death and his sacrificial work on behalf of humanity.
Does that make sense? It's identifying, it's not
saying that he became that thing or became that role.
Here are some verses to back that up Just Popcorn.
Versus we can see him on the screen.
You can write them down first, John. 414.
First John 4:14? And these versus what they do is
really just prove that Jesus was referred to as the son before he
came into the world. And we have seen and testify
that the father has sent his son.
To be the savior of the world. He sent his son to be the savior
of the world so he didn't become the son at the Incarnation.
He was son before he was sent first.
John 3:8. First, John 3:8, whoever makes a
practice at all. This verse always gets me,
whoever makes a practice of sinning is of the devil.
John is of the devil for the devil has been sinning from the
beginning. The reason now look at this is
powerful, the reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the
works of the devil. So the Son of God was always the
Son of God and he manifested himself as the Son of God to
destroy the works of Satan. The Works of the devil.
What's the works of the devil, many things.
And here's one of them, the power of sin over our lives, the
Temptation that he brings that you.
And I can now say no to because of the indwelling power of the
Holy Spirit. The reason the Son of God
appeared was to destroy. But the main point here is the
Son of God appeared, the Son of God, manifested himself, Here's
one more glacius for for Galatians 4:4.
But when the fullness of time had come God sent forth his son.
Born of woman born under the law.
Do you see the order there? Sent forth his son to be born of
woman to be born under the law. Let's just read it just because
we can rejoice in this gospel. Truth to redeem those who were
under the law that we might receive adoption as Sons.
Amen. Now let's go back to that point
of why is this important? Why is this important it?
Can we can we maybe dialogue about that.
Why is it important to realize that Jesus was always the Son of
God and that he became the Son of God at one point in history?
Bring because of his relationship with God.
That it. He took it to mean one of the
reasons why we believe that that kind of relationship.
I think you guys just cover the main points when we understand
that God the father and God the son always existed that they
assume those roles in those were there, there identify their
identities in essence, we understand that their
relationship is so much richer than we can imagine.
We understand that it enriches the understanding of the
community within the godhead. A loving father and the son
being the object of his love and vice versa.
Always existing always being there.
Now, you remove son you by default.
Remove father and now we have a nameless God before Jesus Christ
became incarnate More, right.
So I think what's to understand, is that Son of God is not a
role, as much as it is an identity and Christ him in
nature, being the Son of God. And so we see that in enriches,
the relationship within the godhead.
And not only that, it provides a greater depth and understanding
the love of God for all Humanity when he sent forth his son, his
son. Now there are some young parents
in here. Could you imagine giving up your
child not for a world? That's Going to be saved
necessarily, but for Rebels and enemies against you. so we
understand that there is this richness and realizing the
Eternal sonship of Christ and relationship to the father and
in relationship to us being Redeemed by The godhead in
Harmony and in love for one another and for us to come up
with this salvific plan to save us.
So this is important for us to realize, let's not undermine the
love of God by failing to realize that he was eternally
the son. Now, we stablished that right,
we established the fact yesterday.
I believe what you're saying. And Hebrews 1.
Yeah that's mean if you look at it that's mainly speaking about
his Ascension. So again we see we see we see
the Incarnation, we see Resurrection, we see Ascension
Hebrews 1, read the verses proceeding that and you realize
that he's speaking about his Ascension.
And so remember all these Supernatural events are just
saying, this is the Son of God. This is the Son of God.
It's just shouting.
The fact that he is in fact God That's the simple explanation.
We can spend a whole bible study on that alone, but I hope that
makes sense. We stablished that Jesus Christ
is God's only begotten son, meaning that he holds a unique
one-of-a-kind relationship with the father since he eternally
existed and had fellowship with the father, unlike any other,
but does the Son of God mean, more than that.
Does the term Son of God, especially in the gospels mean
more than the fact that Jesus amongst all the other sons of
God had a unique relationship with the father.
Yes, it does. When Jesus referred to himself
as the son of God. Remember that title was used for
rulers that title was used for Adam that title was used for
those who walk righteously with God.
So how do we explain that title being given to Mere creatures
and the offense? That came from that title as it
struck the Pharisees, you guys probably know what versus we're
going to go to in a moment now, John 5.
Let's go to John 5. John 5 is rich in understanding
the sonship of Christ, and let's just go there so that we can
chew on this for a moment verse 17 of John chapter 5, But Jesus
answered them. My father is working until now
and I am working now. Look what John comments here.
This is this was why the Jews were seeking all the more to
kill him because not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was
even calling God his own father making himself equal with God.
Now it begs the question again what is the big deal if that
title has been referred to? Regarding other people for Jesus
to say, son of God and them to be so offended by it.
Now let's go to the same book but chapter 19 and see how this
is enhanced even more John chapter, 19, 6 and 7. so, when
it comes to Jesus trial, Verse 6 says, when the chief priests and
the officers saw him, they cried out, crucify him, crucify, him
pilate said to them take him yourselves and crucify him for.
I find no guilt in him, the Jews answered him, we have a law.
And according to that law, he ought to die because he has made
himself the son of God. I challenge us tonight to find a
law in the Old Testament. It says you should be put to
death for referring to yourself as a son of God.
It was a normal term. It spoke of those who
represented God who are in authority and had to make
judicial decisions. He's calling himself, Son of God
and we have a law that says that he needs to be put to death
because of that. There is no such law in the Old
Testament. unless of course, when Jesus was declaring himself
to be the son of God, their minds realize that he was making
himself equal with God being of the same essence of God.
And so, the only law that they can go to that with demand him
to be. Put to death is Leviticus 24:16.
Leviticus 24:16 says, something about blasphemy against the name
of the Lord, and will read it, and we'll see why their behavior
makes sense and the association that they're making between
Jesus declaration. And their reaction.
Whoever blasphemes the name of the Lord shall surely be put to
death. All the congregation shall Stone
him. Isn't that funny?
Every time you remember those moments in John, where he says
that he is God, I and the father are one with the they do as a
reaction. And want to Stone him.
In light of this, he's calling himself equal with God, he's
elevating himself to godhood. He's claiming to be divine,
let's kill him. And after failing and failing
and failing. They eventually partnered with
the Romans to get him crucified instead and they appeal to this,
And now this is important because we have John commenting
that they were reacting to this because Jesus was calling
himself, God we have the Pharisees assuming and accusing
that Jesus Christ was claiming to be God.
This is Jesus himself. Understand himself to be God,
that he declared that from his own lips.
There's anybody knows scripture verse before we go to, before we
go there. Before we go there, let's
establish this. Let's establish this.
Okay, that the New Testament audience the Jewish people.
Mainly we can all agree on this. I hope understood That Jesus
Christ, referring himself or being identified as the Son of
God, meant that he was equal with God, in essence in nature
and Divinity, do we all agree with that?
We argue that, right? So this is good.
If you're having a conversation with somebody and you bring up
that point you point these two these verses say, would you
agree that the people understood rightfully so that this idea of
Son of God meant that Jesus was in essence?
The same as God, they say, yeah. But Jesus never said it, maybe
he did. Yes.
Well, in the Book of John, you have, John the Baptist, who
during the bathroom scene, you can see, you know, like he like
before when the saying in 32 said, I saw the Spirit
descending from heaven like a dove, any remained, upon them.
And then 34 saying and I've seen and testified that this is the
Son of God, this is John the Baptist testifying right, okay.
So we have John the Baptist, the Forerunner testify and we have
John commenting and giving commentary we have the Pharisees
accusing. Where's Jesus.
How about affirmation we take that from God?
The Father. Oh God, the Father Who?
Well, Peter saying that, he's the son of God.
Okay. Say Flesh and Blood.
That's a good one as well. That is a good one.
Yes. That's a powerful one.
In fact, put that one in the records.
Absolutely, yes. Go ahead.
Mike. Yeah, last chapter the Bible.
Okay. Yeah, Revelation is the go-to
book. If you want to prove the deity
of Christ, absolutely there is there is that as well?
Yes, Jesus himself said, I'll come by the spirit.
David said, in Psalm 110, the Lord said to my Lord, yeah,
that's another one, right? He he placed himself in that
prophetic, Psalm that he was, in fact.
At God, though he was a descendant of David.
Absolutely, here's the one I'm thinking about.
For me, when I read this verse light bulb went off.
And I thought to myself just memorize that reference and
bring it. Bring it before.
Anybody is a go to verse Matthew. 26, Matthew 26.
Verse 63 to 64 Matthew, 26, 63 to 64.
This is when Jesus was Being interrogated, essentially, and
in verse 63, look what he says this is so powerful.
Oh, this is so rich, but Jesus remained silent and the hype
reset them. I adjure you by the Living.
God, tell us. If you are the Christ, the son
of God, Jesus said to him, you have said, so there it is.
As plain as it could be, tell us.
And what did he have? In mind.
He had in mind, not that you're like, other sons of God, tell
us. If you're the Son of God, the
one who is equal with God are you saying that?
Are you saying, have you been saying that this whole time and
just goes, you have said so. You have said so it's right
there. It's plane.
It's so obvious. It's so clear.
And now we're making a transition, our Bible study
because Jesus adds another layer to his nature.
What does he say then the high priest were other before that.
But I tell you, from now on, you will see, not the son of God.
Son of Man. He could have got going with the
idea of being a Son of God but now he throws in this title that
we've been discussing or mentioned in the beginning.
Rather, son of man seated at the right hand of power and coming
on the Clouds Of Heaven. now if this was in a big deal, if this
was him identify himself like any other sons of God or son of
man, meant that he was just a mere human, which it does have
that idea, especially in the Book of Ezekiel Why would this
high priest do this? Then the high priest tore, his
robes and said, he had uttered blasphemy?
What further witness do we need? And I would say the same thing
to anybody that would attack the deity of Christ.
What further witness do, you need?
We have a written plane. Jesus said you have said, so
what else do you need? You have now heard his blasphemy
now. Son of man for Jesus to say, son
of man, that title that phrase that description can refer to
someone who is of human origin. If you've ever read the book of
Ezekiel, you see that God continually refers to the
prophet, as son of man. Son of man, son of man, son of
man. And I'm sure many people know
here, word, Jesus was going with this statement.
What Jesus had in mind and what the Pharisees had in mind.
When he says I am The son of men.
Yes, why would the Bible tell? Tell the people to Stone
someone, if they claim to be equal to God, if we know that
Jesus will be, proclaiming that he is equal to God.
Well, they didn't believe he was God, so he was saying that, and
they didn't want to believe it, so they wanted to kill him
instead, because they thought he was obviously not who he claimed
to be at the Bible doesn't actually, it doesn't actually
say kill those that. Say that they are God.
Right? Right.
I hear what you're saying but what they were trying to do was
they were saying that this was Blasphemous for a mere human to
equate himself. To God is blasphemy.
And so they Associated this claim of him, being the Son of
God or God being his father on the same level as blaspheming,
the name of the Lord, for many reasons to bring the name of the
Lord down to whatever reason is involved with that statement,
but they equated it to blasphemy and they wanted to kill him for
it. So they appeal to Leviticus
24:16 and they denied, the obvious claim that Christ was
trying To make yes. Now believe he was referring to
the Book of Daniel. That's it.
Daniel chapter 7 when he said the son of, man, this is a key.
Foundational understanding. What the son of man means in
light of Jesus, use of it. Hey, we're closing here.
And Daniel 7:13-14. The vision that the prophet has
is the very Vision that Jesus gleans from to make himself
known as more than just a mere man.
This is what Daniel says. In verse 13, I saw in the night
visions and behold with the clouds of heaven with the Clouds
Of Heaven. Jesus said that there came one
like a son of man. Now what Daniel saw was a Divine
being, as we're going to find out who looked like and had the
form of a human. That's why he's saying that one.
Like a son of man one like of human origin.
I'm seeing a man but we're Going to find out that this son of
man, one like a son of man is beyond just a man.
And he came to the Ancient of Days now who's the Ancient of
Days? The father.
So right here we have two distinct persons.
Now go to verse 9 and let's realize that this son of man and
this Ancient of Days are more equal than we think.
As I looked how many Thrones replaced Thrones were placed,
not one thrown plural, Thrones were placed and the Ancient of
Days took his seat, his clothing was white as snow and the hair.
Of his head like pure wool. Does that sound familiar?
I think I've read that somewhere Revelations chapter one like
father, like son, his throne was fiery flames, it's Wheels, were
burning flyer. The point that we have to make
here is that there are Thrones and there's already one being
who took his seat and in verse 13, in comes one like a son of
man. And what he's about to do, take
his seat on his throne. I saw in the night visions and
behold with the Clouds Of Heaven that came one like a son of man
and he came to the Ancient of Days and was presented.
Rented before him. Now we're going to realize that
this person is more than just a man.
Because look what subscribe to him.
Look what's granted to him and to him was given dominion and
glory and a kingdom now, okay? That was given to David and some
sense that was given to Kings that represented God and through
the nation of Israel. But I'll go Stephen that that
all peoples Nations and languages should serve him.
That word serve is very significant.
It's more than just obeying his commands.
And in fact, the notes worship His Dominion is an everlasting
Dominion. That's important.
It's Snot, a temporary Kingdom. Its Everlasting.
We shall not pass away and his kingdom one, that shall not be
destroyed. Now we can go to Daniel chapter
2 and show how this Kingdom. Who is being ushered in by Jesus
Christ, is in fact pointing to his deity, we won't do that
tonight. We can go through the rest of
the day of the prove it, but we won't just, let's focus on this.
Who is this? Son of?
Man, that has an everlasting Dominion.
Who is the son of man were all people, no matter their
ethnicity, their culture. Their language will come and
serve him. Jesus says, I'm Batman.
Very specifically Jesus says, you will see me coming down the
on the clouds from Heaven. Go back to verse 13.
If you could please, Sarah see what he says here.
I saw in the night visions and behold with the Clouds Of
Heaven, that's an important phrase.
Don't just don't just see this beautiful site realize, the
theological significance of clouds of Heaven.
Why is clouds of Heaven important can anybody guess why?
Clouds of Heaven is important? Because looking Muslim has a
time, I just came up to met God on the mountain.
That's when that's when he's able to interact with him.
Okay. So you're pointing back to that
and I think there's you're very close to understanding how this
relates to God, how this relates to God.
Is this is that one Clouds Of Heaven speaks of heavenly origin
but to this idea of clouds of heaven and activity associated,
with it is an element that is solely and uniquely described
and appointed to you. Way. now, we're going to see the
Trinity again, so, clouds of heaven with the Clouds Of Heaven
that Visual. It is solely, if you read your
Old Testament, very carefully, solely granted to the Lord
capital L ORD, Isaiah 19. 1 can go to Isaiah, 19, 1, and we're
closing here in a moment. Isaiah 19, 1.
In Oracle concerning Egypt behold, the Lord is riding who's
writing the Lord Yahweh? The deny Divine name of God.
The Lord is riding on a swift. Cloud and comes to Egypt, and
the idols of Egypt will tremble at his presence and the Heart of
the Egyptians will melt within them.
So, this idea of God, coming in swiftly, on a cloud in Act of
judgment in an act of judgment, he's coming on.
A cloud is ascribed to Yahweh. We see the same thing in Psalms
104 1, 2 3, Psalms 104 1 2 3. So we see that Yahweh is riding
on a swift. Cloud and comes to Egypt, bless
the Lord, O My Soul, O Lord my God, you are very great.
You are clothed with Splendor and Majesty, covering yourself
with light as with a garment stretching out the heavens like
a tenth verse 3. He lays the beams of his
Chambers on the waters. He makes the clouds his
chariots, his cheery, he rides on the wings of the Wind.
We go to Nahum. We'd have to turn in their him,
says how the clouds are like the dust of his feet.
And so, we have these verses that show how these clouds and
God being associated with them. Mainly in the looks like as an
act of judgment coming to rule coming to intervene in a
specific moment is granted solely to Yahweh but not just
Yahweh. Because when you go to Daniel 7,
it's given to the son of man. Not just to this one.
Like a son of man by Jesus. I'm coming down with a Clouds Of
Heaven. Here's our final verse.
Before we worship this, God Revelation 1:7.
Just to put the final nail in the coffin.
Behold he is coming with the clouds.
And every eye will see him even those who pierced him and all
the tribes of the earth will wail on account of him even so,
amen. He's coming back on the clouds
and when he said that the high priest knew exactly what he
meant his mind's racing, all the way to Daniel chapter 7 ripped,
his robe. And said, let's get rid of him.
So we established and conclusion that this idea of God, being the
Son of God means that he is uniquely related to God as the
Eternal son and also claiming to be equal with God in essence and
nature based on the reactions of those who heard him say such a
thing, the son of man does not only speak about his human
nature, though, it can describe that, but more significantly, it
describes Daniel chapter 7. The deification.
The OT, the Divinity of this man like figure, that was really God
who became flesh who is flesh, who is coming back on the clouds
and every eye will see him even those who pierced him.
I think about this and this isn't part of the Bible said but
just this versus come to mind. Right before the Bible study
about the love that the father has for the son.
How it's a unique love how to special love because it was
eternal was before all creation. We become the objects of his
love through adoption as we respond to the gospel.
But do you ever wonder what the intensity of that?
Love is for you and me. John 17:24, please.
John 17:20 we've already established that there is a
unique relationship that Jesus has with the father because it
was eternal before eternity past.
And now here, are you and I coming into relationship with
the father and look what Jesus says in his prayer.
Father, I desire that they also whom you have, given me may be
with me where I am to see my glory, the verse before that,
but we can read this. You have give me because you
loved me before the foundation of the world, i in them and you
in me that they may become perfectly one so that the world
may know that you sent me and love them.
Even as you love me. Let's read that very slowly, I
and them. And you and me that they may
become perfectly one. So that the world may know that
you sent me and in sending me, what are you making a statement
of God? What statement is god?
Making by sending his son and loved them even as you love me.
Having a bad day. I get that theologically but I
need to feel it in my heart. What?
I get the theological but I need that to be the source of my
strength. Lord, I need to realize that So
when I don't feel loved, I have the love of the Father.
The same way he loves the Sun. Wow, he was eternally the son.
I'm adopted by grace. but the intensity of his love for the
Eternal son is the same intensity of love for me an
enemy and rebel of God, I was brought in because the sun came
show me your God and tell me if he's as beautiful as this.
because you will find no other, I guarantee you that Making your
prayer to say. Lord, let me really feel that.
Let me really know that. And you know why you're going to
go to heaven, and I'm going to go to heaven, many reasons, but
verse 24, we went there ahead, but let's just read it again.
Father. Oh, I desire.
This is Christ. Did I have for you and me?
I desire. That they also whom you have,
given me may be with me where I am now listen to this.
What did Jesus say? Or what's the commentary when
Jesus appointed the 12 apostles? Mark chapter 3, says that he
appointed Twelve Apostles that they may be with him and that
they may preach in his name. Don't flip the order.
It's not that they made preached in his name and be with me.
Their main reason why Jesus appointed the 12 was primarily
to be in fellowship with them. And from that place of
Fellowship, now go preach my name.
Realize my love realize how much I care for you realize the depth
of My Sacrifice, you realize that it's nothing that what you
do or how you perform that earns my love.
I want you to be with me. I point you to be with me now go
preach. The best preachers understand
the love of God. The best preachers are those who
know fellowship with God, those who are most effective in their
evangelism. Those are most effective in the
service of God. Have put this priority.
First OU wants to be with me. Before he wants me to do
something for him. I desire that they may be where
I am but not just to be with me what to see my glory.
To see my glory that you have given me because you loved me
before the foundation of the world.
We've been studying the person of Jesus Christ and I hope that
you and I have come to the conclusion that he's glorious.
These wonderful that he's Majestic that he's holy and
Sanctified amongst all the things.
But there's a glory that we have yet to see him.
There is a Brilliance of Christ that awaits for you and I to
Marvel at what proof second Thessalonians.
Please second Thessalonians, chapter 1 7 to 10 and let's just
hear the final faith of those who reject the gospel, and those
who embrace the gospel, and to Grant relief to you, who are
afflicted as well to us. When the Lord Jesus is revealed
from heaven with his mighty angels, we talked about that in
flaming fire, so he's not coming down an acute cloud.
Inflicting Vengeance on those who do not know God.
And on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus, they
will suffer the punishment of Eternal destruction away from
the presence of the Lord. And from the glory of his mind,
that is the final fate of those who have said no to, Jesus
Christ who have rejected God who don't want to know, God who
don't want to embrace his grace. That's the final fate, but
what's the fate of you? And I who have embraced him and
loved him and surrender to him the next verse when he comes on
that day to be glorified in, Saints.
Look at this and to be marveled at among all who have believed
you want to know what's going to happen when we go with him.
We're just going to Marvel at him.
We're just going to look at him. We're going to be stunned by
what we're going to see how long are we going to be stunned for a
thousand years? Oh yeah and then another
thousand years oh yeah another 10,000 years oh yeah add a
million years to that and we haven't even reached we having
to scratch the surface of how much we're going to Marvel at
him who have believed. So Christ in that prayer says
those who have given me mord. Father, I want them to Marvel at
me. I wanted to be with me so that
they can behold my glory. And that's why you can say what
the psalmist said in Psalm 73 25.
Whom have I in heaven, but you, Jesus, if you're not in heaven,
I don't want to go to heaven. There are a lot of people that
want having with Jesus in there. But I want to go to heaven
because I want to Marvel at him. I want to Behold Him.
I just want to look at him and my prayer.
I pray as yours as well. Lord, I feel the veil.
I feel the limitation of My Flesh.
I feel the limitation of my mind.
I feel the limitation of even understand this.
I need your Holy Spirit to illuminate.
God, give me as much of your glory.
As I can on this side of Heaven. Before I see the fullness of it.
I don't want to waste my life, just waiting for that day.
I Want Your Glory. Now as much as I can handle.
Fill my cup to the brim. Lord speak to my heart.
As much as you can reveal yourself and Lord when your
glory shines, that all the lights of the world them out.
So you can receive my devotion to adoration until my final
breath. Let's pray.
Lori just come into your presence.
And we bask in the Revelation that he your son Jesus is, in
fact, the son of God. is in fact the son of man, Lord, your word
is still true. We feel the weight of its
conviction. We sense the supernatural in it.
We realize that this is not an ordinary text. but from cover to
cover, It confirms the reality of Who You Are.
And it confirms what you have done.
And it promises, what will come. and Lord despite this
technologically advanced age and despite all of our knowledge and
creasing and all of the busyness and all of the things that
seduce us We realize in this moment that one day, you're
going to come on the clouds. And you're going to have
dominion and Reign Over all these things forever and ever.
And Lord we don't want anybody in this room to be on that side
where you will flick Vengeance on those who do not know God and
have not obeyed, the gospel of the Lord, Jesus Christ.
Well, we pray that every person by your grace and by your spirit
even now is he's here. To convict any heart.
That is not made that decision so that they can be on the side
in which they can await the moment where they will Marvel at
your glory forever and ever and ever.
And Lord we pray now, even as we sing to you a you would just
give us a glimpse of your glory. that Lord, we would Worship you
in light of the glory that is revealed in the Bible.
But oh God, for the sake of our own hearts.
Remove the veil. Lord thin it out.
We want to see you. We want to behold you.
And let the light of the gospel of Christ.
Let the light that shines forth from the face of Jesus.
Blind us from everything else. Captivate our hearts again.
Bring us in again, Lord. Help us realize that the father
loves us. as much as he loves his son, I can't comprehend it.
I don't deserve it. It doesn't make sense.
But it's true. And that's our motivation at the
sin against you. That's our motivation.
Not to live our lives for ourselves.
That's our motivation to say. Oh God. if you can love me with
such intensity, Help me love you with greater intensity.
Yes. Lord tonight we worship you in
song in Jesus name. Amen.
Yes. Lord tonight we worship you in
song in Jesus name. Amen.