1 00:00:01,240 --> 00:00:04,320 My name is Thomas, I'm the pastor at Portland Gospel and 2 00:00:04,720 --> 00:00:08,360 it's our privilege to be able to do church in the city once a 3 00:00:08,360 --> 00:00:09,960 month. We're so thankful for this 4 00:00:09,960 --> 00:00:13,640 space. I office out of this building in 5 00:00:13,640 --> 00:00:17,240 the basement and the owner has given us favor to be able to 6 00:00:17,240 --> 00:00:18,960 meet here. I'm so thankful for that. 7 00:00:18,960 --> 00:00:21,240 I love being close. This is the part of the city we 8 00:00:21,240 --> 00:00:23,720 want to be in. And as you heard Austin pray, 9 00:00:23,760 --> 00:00:26,880 our prayer is for Portland that they would be able to sing the 10 00:00:26,880 --> 00:00:31,240 songs that we sing Jesus, King of Kings, Lord of Lords, that 11 00:00:31,240 --> 00:00:33,760 through his sacrifice on the cross, we can be saved and 12 00:00:33,760 --> 00:00:36,840 forgiven and right with God. That's our desire for every 13 00:00:36,840 --> 00:00:39,160 person. And we don't want to get 14 00:00:39,160 --> 00:00:40,920 political. We just want to preach the 15 00:00:40,920 --> 00:00:42,600 gospel. So that's why we put the name, 16 00:00:42,760 --> 00:00:45,760 the name, the gospel in the name of our church. 17 00:00:46,760 --> 00:00:52,200 And quite briefly, what we do as a church is we exist to help you 18 00:00:52,200 --> 00:00:55,160 believe, live and share the gospel. 19 00:00:55,160 --> 00:00:57,560 If you don't know what the gospel is today, you'll, you'll 20 00:00:57,560 --> 00:00:59,600 get a better chance to, to hear it and understand it. 21 00:00:59,960 --> 00:01:01,840 We want you to believe. That's what God wants. 22 00:01:02,200 --> 00:01:04,640 Once you believe that, then you've got to figure out how do 23 00:01:04,640 --> 00:01:06,600 I live out what God says in his word? 24 00:01:06,600 --> 00:01:08,480 How do I apply this since it's the truth? 25 00:01:09,280 --> 00:01:12,320 And then we want to equip every Christian to be able to share 26 00:01:12,720 --> 00:01:14,960 the good news of the gospel with others. 27 00:01:15,720 --> 00:01:17,200 At this time. We're going to have a time of 28 00:01:17,200 --> 00:01:19,160 Bible studies. We're going to dismiss our kids. 29 00:01:19,160 --> 00:01:21,440 They have their own class if they're going to go right over 30 00:01:21,440 --> 00:01:24,360 there, we may hear some noise from them, but that's OK. 31 00:01:24,360 --> 00:01:26,880 We love kids. Kids are a blessing. 32 00:01:27,680 --> 00:01:33,520 And my wife is with family over the weekend and so it's just a 33 00:01:33,520 --> 00:01:36,960 boy's house right now. So I'm grateful for anybody else 34 00:01:36,960 --> 00:01:39,720 who can level my kids for today. I'm super thankful for that. 35 00:01:40,640 --> 00:01:43,160 We're having a good time at the house right now. 36 00:01:43,160 --> 00:01:45,080 We're going to have to do some laundry and some dishes and 37 00:01:45,080 --> 00:01:49,840 catch up on regular life things, but let me take just a moment 38 00:01:49,840 --> 00:01:51,720 and pray for us, and then we'll get into our time of Bible 39 00:01:51,720 --> 00:01:55,480 study. God, we come before you. 40 00:01:55,480 --> 00:01:58,000 We confess that those songs are true. 41 00:01:58,840 --> 00:02:01,560 Whether we say that to you every day or not, that is true. 42 00:02:01,760 --> 00:02:04,280 And that's the desire of a heart to know you and to please you. 43 00:02:05,160 --> 00:02:07,680 Today, as we come before your word, we ask for your Holy 44 00:02:07,680 --> 00:02:11,280 Spirit to teach us that this room will be filled with your 45 00:02:11,280 --> 00:02:12,840 light and your joy and your truth. 46 00:02:13,360 --> 00:02:14,960 The name of Jesus would be exalted. 47 00:02:15,320 --> 00:02:19,000 You'd be honored that we will be gracious and kind to each other 48 00:02:19,000 --> 00:02:22,000 as the body of Christ direct our time. 49 00:02:22,000 --> 00:02:26,320 I pray in Jesus name, Amen. All right, so we started a 50 00:02:26,320 --> 00:02:31,320 series in our church called Christianity one O 1 and in this 51 00:02:31,320 --> 00:02:36,000 series, is it possible that I can see the no, I don't know why 52 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:39,040 we had technical difficulties with the computer things today, 53 00:02:39,040 --> 00:02:40,440 but I'll just turn around every now and then. 54 00:02:40,440 --> 00:02:44,880 It's fine in in this series in Christianity one O 1, we want to 55 00:02:44,880 --> 00:02:48,640 introduce the most basic fundamental elements of the 56 00:02:48,640 --> 00:02:52,480 Christian faith. We live in a post Christian US 57 00:02:52,880 --> 00:02:54,920 and especially a post Christian Portland. 58 00:02:54,920 --> 00:02:59,280 I gave the statistic last week that 44% of Portland has no 59 00:02:59,280 --> 00:03:02,120 religious affiliation. And I think that's a pretty 60 00:03:02,120 --> 00:03:04,400 light number. It might be more than that. 61 00:03:04,400 --> 00:03:05,800 And that is the way of our country. 62 00:03:05,800 --> 00:03:08,440 That's the way of the world. And essentially post modernity. 63 00:03:08,680 --> 00:03:11,840 We've had God, we're over that. We don't care, and so how do we 64 00:03:11,840 --> 00:03:15,640 reach people that don't even believe in the concept of a God? 65 00:03:16,800 --> 00:03:19,720 We have to start at the 10,000 foot big picture level. 66 00:03:19,720 --> 00:03:23,040 So if you want help with that, last week we introduced the 67 00:03:23,040 --> 00:03:25,920 topic of theism, which is that there is a God. 68 00:03:26,760 --> 00:03:29,880 It is stands in contrast to atheism where there is no God. 69 00:03:30,120 --> 00:03:32,200 That was kind of a scientific message. 70 00:03:32,200 --> 00:03:34,880 So it's on YouTube and Spotify. You can find it if you go to our 71 00:03:34,880 --> 00:03:37,040 website. All of our things are in your 72 00:03:37,040 --> 00:03:39,400 handouts. Hopefully that'll be a blessing 73 00:03:39,400 --> 00:03:41,720 to you. So if we think about the things 74 00:03:41,720 --> 00:03:46,840 that are core to Christianity and try to define them simply, 75 00:03:47,800 --> 00:03:54,040 one of them has to be Jesus. It's probably super simple, 76 00:03:54,040 --> 00:03:56,040 right? That we believe who, who is 77 00:03:56,040 --> 00:03:58,360 Jesus? That's a unique thing to the 78 00:03:58,360 --> 00:04:02,840 Christian faith, but maybe not because the world has also 79 00:04:02,840 --> 00:04:08,800 hijacked a person of Jesus, some kind of character or identity of 80 00:04:08,800 --> 00:04:12,840 Jesus. Maybe you have seen before the 81 00:04:12,880 --> 00:04:17,079 the social justice movement that that thinks that Jesus needs to 82 00:04:17,079 --> 00:04:20,880 just fix our societal problems, take down, you know, all the 83 00:04:20,880 --> 00:04:23,880 mean guys that are ruling in the world and free everybody. 84 00:04:25,320 --> 00:04:28,240 Maybe you've seen the loving and accepting Jesus who just wants 85 00:04:28,240 --> 00:04:30,840 you to feel good and doesn't have any truth and affirms 86 00:04:31,280 --> 00:04:35,160 whatever you want. Or maybe you've seen Christmas 87 00:04:35,160 --> 00:04:38,520 morning Jesus. You know, dear little 6 LB eight 88 00:04:38,520 --> 00:04:42,120 ounce baby Jesus, the Talladega Nights, Ricky Bobby prayer, 89 00:04:42,840 --> 00:04:44,680 Jesus. We like the Jesus in the Manger 90 00:04:44,680 --> 00:04:47,840 because he's cute and cuddly and he doesn't judge me for my sin. 91 00:04:49,080 --> 00:04:52,200 Or maybe you've seen some form of a pluralistic Jesus where 92 00:04:52,200 --> 00:04:57,960 he's added to the pantheon of gods like in the Baha'i faith. 93 00:04:58,040 --> 00:05:01,840 He is just one of the revelators. 94 00:05:02,240 --> 00:05:04,760 This is I had neighbors recently that were behind. 95 00:05:04,760 --> 00:05:07,360 They would say, well, God spoke through lots of different people 96 00:05:07,360 --> 00:05:09,240 and Jesus is just one of those guys. 97 00:05:10,160 --> 00:05:14,040 This is essentially some kind of syncretism that would say many 98 00:05:14,040 --> 00:05:17,640 of these faiths just align and Jesus is just a part of some 99 00:05:17,640 --> 00:05:20,800 greater universal faith. But I'm here to tell you and you 100 00:05:20,800 --> 00:05:26,040 as you'll see today that that is not the Jesus of the Bible. 101 00:05:27,120 --> 00:05:30,960 And although that's not the Jesus of the Bible, more than 102 00:05:30,960 --> 00:05:36,800 50% of Americans surveyed in 2020 Americans do not believe 103 00:05:36,800 --> 00:05:40,440 Jesus is God. OK, that's Americans. 104 00:05:40,440 --> 00:05:41,920 That doesn't mean they're religious people. 105 00:05:43,120 --> 00:05:48,240 But of Christians in the same survey, 30% of Christians did 106 00:05:48,240 --> 00:05:53,200 not believe that Jesus is God. We have a real flaw in our 107 00:05:53,200 --> 00:05:57,000 society today where we've lost the identity of who is the Jesus 108 00:05:57,880 --> 00:06:00,840 of the Bible. So I have a verse for you to an 109 00:06:00,840 --> 00:06:03,440 introduction today. Second Corinthians Chapter 11 110 00:06:03,440 --> 00:06:07,760 and verse 3. The Bible says, But I fear lest 111 00:06:07,760 --> 00:06:10,720 by any means as the serpent beguiled Eve through his 112 00:06:10,720 --> 00:06:15,720 subtlety, so your mind should be corrupted from the simplicity 113 00:06:15,720 --> 00:06:20,120 that is in Christ. He says For if he cometh, 114 00:06:20,120 --> 00:06:23,680 preacheth, he that cometh preacheth another Jesus whom we 115 00:06:23,680 --> 00:06:27,200 have not preached, or if you receive another spirit which you 116 00:06:27,200 --> 00:06:30,080 have not received, or another gospel. 117 00:06:30,800 --> 00:06:34,600 And what the Bible says is that there is another Jesus. 118 00:06:35,600 --> 00:06:37,760 There are different variations of Jesus. 119 00:06:37,760 --> 00:06:40,080 There's a true Jesus of the Bible. 120 00:06:40,080 --> 00:06:43,520 Who is he? But then even in 1st century 121 00:06:43,520 --> 00:06:47,160 Christianity, people had already distorted who they thought that 122 00:06:47,160 --> 00:06:50,680 character was. After he was crucified, buried 123 00:06:50,680 --> 00:06:53,320 and rose again and ascended to heaven, he was no longer walking 124 00:06:53,320 --> 00:06:56,360 around to prove his identity. And there were lots of deceivers 125 00:06:56,360 --> 00:06:59,280 that entered in. So today we're going to have a 126 00:06:59,280 --> 00:07:01,920 springboard of a main text. If you have a Bible, turn to 127 00:07:01,920 --> 00:07:06,360 Philippians chapter 2. The book of Philippians is about 128 00:07:06,360 --> 00:07:10,520 3/4 of the way into the Bible. If you need help with finding 129 00:07:10,520 --> 00:07:12,880 that in the front page of your Bible, there's usually like a 130 00:07:12,880 --> 00:07:15,960 table of contents that'll help you find a page number for it. 131 00:07:16,920 --> 00:07:19,560 Both Philippians chapter 2. We're just going to hang on a 132 00:07:19,560 --> 00:07:24,040 handful of verses and grab a few things that this is really 133 00:07:24,040 --> 00:07:28,520 strikes at the core identity of who the Jesus of the Bible is. 134 00:07:28,920 --> 00:07:31,920 So if you're taking notes, we're going to see that Jesus lived 135 00:07:33,240 --> 00:07:39,960 before his birth. Jesus lived before his birth. 136 00:07:42,480 --> 00:07:47,320 Let's read in Philippians chapter 2 starting in verse 5. 137 00:07:49,160 --> 00:07:52,280 It says, And let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ 138 00:07:52,280 --> 00:07:56,120 Jesus, who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to 139 00:07:56,120 --> 00:08:00,640 be equal with God, but made himself of no reputation, and 140 00:08:00,640 --> 00:08:03,400 took upon him the form of a servant, as was made in the 141 00:08:03,400 --> 00:08:07,440 likeness of men. And being in fashioned as a man, 142 00:08:07,440 --> 00:08:11,320 he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the 143 00:08:11,320 --> 00:08:15,040 death of the cross. Wherefore God also hath highly 144 00:08:15,040 --> 00:08:19,120 exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name, 145 00:08:19,680 --> 00:08:22,800 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow of things in 146 00:08:22,800 --> 00:08:26,600 heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth, and that 147 00:08:26,600 --> 00:08:30,680 every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the 148 00:08:30,680 --> 00:08:33,600 glory of the Father. So as we look back at these 149 00:08:33,600 --> 00:08:37,840 verses and .1 we see that Jesus lived before his birth and verse 150 00:08:37,840 --> 00:08:41,400 6 says that he was in the form of God. 151 00:08:43,400 --> 00:08:46,960 Philippians chapter 2 is a place we we call it the emptying of 152 00:08:46,960 --> 00:08:51,360 Christ or the humility of Christ where he steps out of heaven and 153 00:08:51,360 --> 00:08:54,480 comes to earth in the form of a servant. 154 00:08:54,480 --> 00:08:58,760 He takes on a body but that means he pre existed the body He 155 00:08:58,760 --> 00:09:02,520 was He didn't just become a person when he was born on that 156 00:09:02,520 --> 00:09:06,400 Christmas morning. The Bible tells us in a few 157 00:09:06,400 --> 00:09:10,480 other places in John chapter one in the beginning was the word 158 00:09:10,480 --> 00:09:13,720 and the Word was with God and the Word was God. 159 00:09:15,200 --> 00:09:19,640 The Bible is very clear that he was in the beginning with God. 160 00:09:20,400 --> 00:09:22,920 Jesus said this himself. Many people would say Jesus did 161 00:09:22,920 --> 00:09:26,800 not claim to be God, but if you just read the Bible you'll find 162 00:09:26,800 --> 00:09:30,600 out something different. John 17 five Jesus says now O 163 00:09:30,600 --> 00:09:35,240 Father, glorify thou me with thine own self, with the glory 164 00:09:35,240 --> 00:09:38,480 which I had with thee before the world was. 165 00:09:39,520 --> 00:09:42,800 So Jesus from his own mouth would say I was with the Father 166 00:09:42,800 --> 00:09:44,560 before the world was ever created. 167 00:09:45,880 --> 00:09:48,600 So now we're talking about somebody who pre existed 168 00:09:49,520 --> 00:09:52,160 creation. So I put it to you this way in 169 00:09:52,160 --> 00:09:56,400 your notes. The real Jesus is more than just 170 00:09:56,400 --> 00:10:01,120 a man for many. That's what we want to make him 171 00:10:01,120 --> 00:10:02,520 out to be. And we'll see in a moment that 172 00:10:02,520 --> 00:10:06,960 he has a human identity, but for many we just want him to be some 173 00:10:06,960 --> 00:10:11,600 good teacher, some philosopher, some political guy. 174 00:10:12,520 --> 00:10:16,320 But Jesus is more than just a man. 175 00:10:16,920 --> 00:10:21,360 Secondly, if you're taking notes, Jesus is equal with God. 176 00:10:24,720 --> 00:10:27,440 Jesus is equal with God. It says in verse 6 if you have a 177 00:10:27,440 --> 00:10:30,960 King James Bible, it says in verse 6 that he thought it not 178 00:10:30,960 --> 00:10:35,600 robbery to be equal with God. Now we don't usually make a big 179 00:10:35,600 --> 00:10:37,720 deal about Bible version, but you should know if you read a 180 00:10:37,720 --> 00:10:40,320 different version of the Bible, it's going to say the opposite 181 00:10:40,840 --> 00:10:44,080 of that phrase right there. But our Bible says that he 182 00:10:44,080 --> 00:10:47,040 thought it not robbery to be equal with God. 183 00:10:47,040 --> 00:10:51,600 Meaning he was taking nothing away from who God was to make 184 00:10:51,600 --> 00:10:54,040 himself equal. That they are one. 185 00:10:55,440 --> 00:11:01,280 But this, this is a point of contention for many people who 186 00:11:01,400 --> 00:11:06,160 believe in another Jesus. The deity of Christ, if he 187 00:11:06,160 --> 00:11:10,520 really is God, is hotly debated. Not within orthodox Christianity 188 00:11:10,520 --> 00:11:12,920 because the Bible is pretty clear. 189 00:11:13,880 --> 00:11:18,040 But there are what I would call Christian cults who have another 190 00:11:18,040 --> 00:11:22,640 form of Jesus, perhaps an easier 1A, better 1A, cuter 1. 191 00:11:23,680 --> 00:11:27,480 So Google, you know Google is the source of all information. 192 00:11:27,560 --> 00:11:30,000 AI knows all things, and it's absolutely true, right? 193 00:11:30,000 --> 00:11:34,440 So I gave you a definition from AI on Oh I didn't put it on the 194 00:11:34,440 --> 00:11:38,680 screen, I'll read it to you for what a Christian cult is. 195 00:11:39,800 --> 00:11:43,520 It says Christian cults are groups claiming Christian roots 196 00:11:44,080 --> 00:11:48,040 but deviating significantly from mainstream historic Christian 197 00:11:48,040 --> 00:11:51,840 doctrine, often featuring a controlling leader, additional 198 00:11:51,840 --> 00:11:55,840 scriptures, and distorted views on core tenants like the Trinity 199 00:11:55,840 --> 00:11:58,840 or salvation. Examples include Mormonism, 200 00:11:58,840 --> 00:12:00,880 Jehovah's Witnesses, and Christian Science. 201 00:12:01,400 --> 00:12:04,920 They use Christian terminology to deceive but lead followers to 202 00:12:04,960 --> 00:12:08,960 a different gospel in Jesus, emphasizing works or unique 203 00:12:08,960 --> 00:12:10,800 revelations over grace through faith. 204 00:12:11,800 --> 00:12:14,440 That was AI, They did pretty good on that one. 205 00:12:15,600 --> 00:12:19,640 I mean I'm I'm impressed with that one, but that's what I 206 00:12:19,640 --> 00:12:22,760 would call a Christian cult. There's an additional 207 00:12:22,760 --> 00:12:26,400 revelation, a different way to salvation, and Jesus isn't God. 208 00:12:26,440 --> 00:12:29,880 That's always how it ends up in these Christian cults. 209 00:12:30,400 --> 00:12:34,080 I'll give you an example and cited from their own material, 210 00:12:34,640 --> 00:12:37,720 the Jehovah's Witnesses. You can look at the link here 211 00:12:37,720 --> 00:12:43,280 jw.org At at times individuals are known by more than one name. 212 00:12:43,880 --> 00:12:47,720 For example, the patriarch Jacob is also known as Israel and the 213 00:12:47,720 --> 00:12:51,680 apostle Peter as Simon. Likewise, the Bible indicates 214 00:12:51,680 --> 00:12:55,200 that Michael is another name for Jesus Christ before and after 215 00:12:55,200 --> 00:12:58,040 his life on earth. And then let us consider some 216 00:12:58,040 --> 00:13:00,480 things. So the Jehovah's Witnesses, when 217 00:13:00,480 --> 00:13:03,600 you really press into what they believe about who Jesus is, they 218 00:13:03,600 --> 00:13:05,920 would say he's Michael the Archangel. 219 00:13:07,600 --> 00:13:10,240 And that's just not what John chapter 1 and verse one says. 220 00:13:10,240 --> 00:13:12,840 He was with God in the beginning, He is God. 221 00:13:13,960 --> 00:13:16,600 But the Jehovah's Witnesses conveniently have distorted 222 00:13:16,600 --> 00:13:19,080 their own version of the Bible. And if you read it from their 223 00:13:19,080 --> 00:13:22,400 version, John chapter 1 and verse one, it says something 224 00:13:22,400 --> 00:13:27,320 different. So source material matters, but 225 00:13:27,320 --> 00:13:30,480 not all people agree the Bible is very clear. 226 00:13:30,480 --> 00:13:35,240 First John 57 for there are three that bear record in 227 00:13:35,240 --> 00:13:38,000 heaven, the Father, the Word and the Holy Ghost. 228 00:13:39,080 --> 00:13:44,840 And these three are one Titus chapter 2 and verse 13 looking 229 00:13:44,840 --> 00:13:47,800 for that blessed hope and the glorious appearing of the great 230 00:13:47,800 --> 00:13:50,720 God and say our Savior Jesus Christ. 231 00:13:50,720 --> 00:13:54,880 Notice there's no comma. The great God and our Savior 232 00:13:55,880 --> 00:13:59,360 Jesus Christ. First Timothy 316 and without 233 00:13:59,360 --> 00:14:01,440 controversy. Great is the mystery of 234 00:14:01,440 --> 00:14:07,000 godliness, that God was manifest in the flesh. 235 00:14:08,680 --> 00:14:13,720 When did God take on human form if it wasn't in the person of 236 00:14:13,720 --> 00:14:19,480 Jesus Christ? Clearly it had to be Jesus. 237 00:14:19,520 --> 00:14:24,600 So let's talk next that Jesus had a physical body. 238 00:14:26,760 --> 00:14:31,560 As we look at our verses here in Philippians chapter 2, we're 239 00:14:31,560 --> 00:14:33,920 going to we're going to break down some of those descriptive 240 00:14:33,920 --> 00:14:38,680 words. But this really is the 241 00:14:38,680 --> 00:14:42,440 antithesis of what some other Christian heresies have been. 242 00:14:42,800 --> 00:14:46,240 One of them the 1st century Christians really had to deal 243 00:14:46,240 --> 00:14:51,440 with, it was called Dosatism, which is the doctrine important 244 00:14:51,440 --> 00:14:55,440 in Gnosticism, that Christ's body was not human but either a 245 00:14:55,440 --> 00:15:01,400 phantasm or of real but celestial substance, and 246 00:15:01,400 --> 00:15:03,560 therefore his sufferings were only apparent. 247 00:15:04,080 --> 00:15:07,720 So meaning Jesus didn't have a real physical body if he was 248 00:15:07,720 --> 00:15:09,720 God, he just had some spiritual body. 249 00:15:10,080 --> 00:15:12,880 And the things that we saw, maybe we didn't see everything 250 00:15:12,880 --> 00:15:14,320 quite right. It didn't happen the way we 251 00:15:14,320 --> 00:15:19,760 think it happened, but that's just not what the Jesus of the 252 00:15:19,760 --> 00:15:24,000 Bible is second John Chapter 7 for many deceivers are entered 253 00:15:24,000 --> 00:15:28,520 into the world who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the 254 00:15:28,720 --> 00:15:32,520 flesh. A person who would say Jesus 255 00:15:32,520 --> 00:15:36,400 didn't have a real body or he did not, He did not physically 256 00:15:36,400 --> 00:15:42,160 exist on the planet would be what the Bible calls a deceiver 257 00:15:43,160 --> 00:15:46,040 because the disciples, the people that walk with him. 258 00:15:46,720 --> 00:15:51,440 They said that our hands have handled of the word of life. 259 00:15:51,440 --> 00:15:55,000 They had interactions with Jesus while he was in the body. 260 00:15:55,000 --> 00:15:59,680 He was not just a phantasm or a spirit or a ghost or some kind 261 00:15:59,680 --> 00:16:02,760 of spooky thing. No doubt after his resurrection, 262 00:16:02,760 --> 00:16:05,120 his glorified body was more interesting than a physical 263 00:16:05,120 --> 00:16:08,200 body. But look at verse 7 in 264 00:16:08,200 --> 00:16:12,240 Philippians chapter 2. It says he made himself of no 265 00:16:12,240 --> 00:16:16,840 reputation. He did not choose the best 266 00:16:16,840 --> 00:16:20,880 worldly identity. The Jesus of the Bible did not 267 00:16:20,880 --> 00:16:23,760 come stomping out the kingdoms of the world. 268 00:16:24,760 --> 00:16:30,720 He came of no reputation. The prophet Isaiah, 700 years 269 00:16:30,720 --> 00:16:35,720 before Christ's birth, described him as having no form nor 270 00:16:35,720 --> 00:16:38,680 comeliness. There was nothing about his 271 00:16:38,680 --> 00:16:42,400 person that we would say, man, he's cute, he looks great, man, 272 00:16:42,400 --> 00:16:46,040 he's got to be important. We would just say looks like 273 00:16:46,040 --> 00:16:50,360 another Hebrew. Verse 7 also says that He took 274 00:16:50,360 --> 00:16:55,080 upon him the form of a servant. This is the Jesus of the Bible. 275 00:16:55,080 --> 00:16:58,800 He says in Matthew 20 the Son of Man came not to be ministered 276 00:16:58,800 --> 00:17:03,760 unto, but to minister and to give his life a ransom for many. 277 00:17:05,119 --> 00:17:08,640 Verse 7 also says that He was made in the likeness of men. 278 00:17:09,319 --> 00:17:13,319 In verse 8 being found in fashion as a man. 279 00:17:13,880 --> 00:17:17,440 So no doubt he was human, but also a male. 280 00:17:18,280 --> 00:17:21,480 And if you try to distort God's pronouns, you're going to find 281 00:17:21,480 --> 00:17:24,480 yourself looking at a different version of Jesus. 282 00:17:24,480 --> 00:17:28,920 He's clearly a male. So I gave you just a list of 283 00:17:28,920 --> 00:17:30,640 some things. This may not be in your notes, 284 00:17:30,640 --> 00:17:33,160 but things that Jesus did in his body. 285 00:17:33,920 --> 00:17:40,160 He ate food, experienced hunger, felt pain, He slept, He embraced 286 00:17:40,160 --> 00:17:43,800 others, He washed people's feet, He wept, He experienced 287 00:17:43,800 --> 00:17:46,400 temptation. When he was crucified, blood and 288 00:17:46,400 --> 00:17:49,480 water came out of his side very much. 289 00:17:49,480 --> 00:17:55,200 Jesus was a human, and verse 8 tells us that he humbled 290 00:17:55,200 --> 00:17:59,720 himself. This Jesus stepped out of a 291 00:17:59,720 --> 00:18:04,680 glorious, perfect heaven. In Hebrews Chapter 9 says he was 292 00:18:04,680 --> 00:18:07,400 made a little lower than the angels. 293 00:18:07,520 --> 00:18:11,520 He humbled himself to a physical body. 294 00:18:11,520 --> 00:18:15,040 We maybe can't fully understand that, but there are many things 295 00:18:15,040 --> 00:18:16,800 that you don't understand that you still believe. 296 00:18:17,600 --> 00:18:22,520 I used the example before of Wi-Fi and technology. 297 00:18:22,520 --> 00:18:24,600 There are many things about your phone, especially if it's an 298 00:18:24,600 --> 00:18:26,640 iPhone you don't understand, but you know it's there. 299 00:18:27,920 --> 00:18:31,000 You don't understand how all the packets travel all over the 300 00:18:31,000 --> 00:18:33,840 world back and forth and you somehow you're able to FaceTime 301 00:18:33,840 --> 00:18:36,480 somebody. You don't have to understand it 302 00:18:36,480 --> 00:18:41,240 if it's true, you just believe it so that I put it to you This 303 00:18:41,240 --> 00:18:45,760 way, the the real Jesus is a real person. 304 00:18:45,760 --> 00:18:47,120 Maybe I'm behind one. Sorry. 305 00:18:47,120 --> 00:18:57,760 The real Jesus is a real person, and this would stand in contrast 306 00:18:58,280 --> 00:19:02,960 to the Jesus myth. Many people, atheists are so 307 00:19:02,960 --> 00:19:04,440 staunch. You've got to listen to last 308 00:19:04,440 --> 00:19:07,320 week if you didn't hear it. Atheists are so staunch in their 309 00:19:07,320 --> 00:19:10,600 worldview that they aren't open to objective information and 310 00:19:10,600 --> 00:19:13,280 they develop their own sources and they cite their own 311 00:19:13,280 --> 00:19:17,200 materials and they ignore historic sources. 312 00:19:18,080 --> 00:19:20,800 I have a a scholar for you. I don't want you to read this 313 00:19:20,800 --> 00:19:22,240 guy. OK, I'm going to put him up on 314 00:19:22,240 --> 00:19:24,640 the screen. His name is Bart Ehrman. 315 00:19:25,120 --> 00:19:27,520 Bart Ehrman is a New Testament historian. 316 00:19:27,600 --> 00:19:29,480 He's not a Christian, he's an atheist. 317 00:19:29,880 --> 00:19:32,400 OK, so just because someone has a degree and they talk about the 318 00:19:32,400 --> 00:19:34,280 Bible doesn't make them a Christian. 319 00:19:34,320 --> 00:19:39,120 And this guy truly isn't by his own words, he says the reality 320 00:19:39,120 --> 00:19:43,280 is, whatever else you may think about Jesus, he certainly did 321 00:19:43,280 --> 00:19:47,680 exist. That's an atheist scholar, OK? 322 00:19:47,680 --> 00:19:50,600 He doesn't believe Jesus is God. He's not like saying I believe 323 00:19:50,600 --> 00:19:54,480 the Christian fundamentals, but he would say certainly there's 324 00:19:54,480 --> 00:19:57,480 enough historic evidence to say he was a real person. 325 00:19:57,680 --> 00:20:01,720 If you promote the Jesus myth, you just you're missing a whole 326 00:20:01,720 --> 00:20:04,360 lot of information and we can't have a reasonable conversation 327 00:20:04,360 --> 00:20:07,520 anymore. But let's move on next to point 328 00:20:07,520 --> 00:20:12,760 #4 that the the Jesus of the Bible died on a cross. 329 00:20:16,560 --> 00:20:20,520 If we look back to Philippians chapter 2 and verse 8. 330 00:20:21,680 --> 00:20:26,280 It says he became obedient unto death, even the death of the 331 00:20:26,280 --> 00:20:29,640 cross. So now we have something really 332 00:20:29,640 --> 00:20:32,520 specific. This Jesus didn't just come to 333 00:20:33,080 --> 00:20:36,360 build a revolution or multiply bread and feed all the homeless 334 00:20:36,360 --> 00:20:40,560 people. He came for a sacrificial death 335 00:20:40,600 --> 00:20:42,160 on the cross. That was his purpose. 336 00:20:42,160 --> 00:20:43,840 That's why he came into the world. 337 00:20:45,360 --> 00:20:49,520 But this is not the same Jesus of many other religions, 338 00:20:49,520 --> 00:20:51,640 especially the synchronous, the pluralist. 339 00:20:51,840 --> 00:20:53,680 They want to add Jesus to their pantheon. 340 00:20:53,680 --> 00:20:55,720 They don't usually add the crucified Jesus. 341 00:20:56,040 --> 00:20:58,560 They add the storyteller moral Jesus. 342 00:20:59,720 --> 00:21:01,480 So check this out. I have a reference for you can 343 00:21:01,480 --> 00:21:04,320 check it out on your own. I encourage you to be careful. 344 00:21:04,320 --> 00:21:10,400 Read your Bible and not other sources but Islam in the Quran 345 00:21:12,200 --> 00:21:17,080 chapter 4157 says and for boasting we killed the Messiah 346 00:21:17,080 --> 00:21:19,760 Jesus son of Mary, the messenger of Allah. 347 00:21:20,280 --> 00:21:22,400 But they neither killed nor crucified him. 348 00:21:22,400 --> 00:21:26,680 It was only made to appear so. Even those who argue for this 349 00:21:26,680 --> 00:21:29,360 crucifixion are in doubt. They have no knowledge 350 00:21:29,360 --> 00:21:31,600 whatsoever, only making assumptions. 351 00:21:31,600 --> 00:21:37,560 They certainly did not kill him. So there is a just a tricky 352 00:21:37,560 --> 00:21:40,640 deceitful tactic that Muslims will use to say we believe in 353 00:21:40,680 --> 00:21:44,400 Jesus and they absolutely do not believe in the Jesus of the 354 00:21:44,400 --> 00:21:47,000 Bible. They believe in a fictitious, 355 00:21:47,000 --> 00:21:50,720 made-up, perverted, distorted, non crucified Jesus. 356 00:21:50,720 --> 00:21:52,280 That's not the Jesus of the Bible. 357 00:21:53,120 --> 00:21:56,200 A Jesus without a cross is a perverted Jesus. 358 00:21:58,600 --> 00:22:02,840 So I can't tell you enough how you have to hone in who is the 359 00:22:02,840 --> 00:22:05,760 real Jesus. There are a lot of them. 360 00:22:06,400 --> 00:22:08,640 Many would appeal to you or to another religion. 361 00:22:09,400 --> 00:22:13,880 But the Jesus of the Bible, it says in Mark 15 they crucified 362 00:22:13,880 --> 00:22:19,480 him. In Acts chapter 4 after the 363 00:22:19,480 --> 00:22:22,480 resurrection, the disciples preached and they said, whom ye 364 00:22:22,600 --> 00:22:28,440 crucified? The apostle Paul in Acts or I'm 365 00:22:28,440 --> 00:22:31,480 sorry in First Corinthians 15 defines for us what the gospel 366 00:22:31,480 --> 00:22:33,200 is. What is the good news? 367 00:22:34,240 --> 00:22:39,080 The good news is that Christ died for our sins, was buried, 368 00:22:39,800 --> 00:22:43,240 and rose again. The good news isn't just that 369 00:22:43,240 --> 00:22:46,760 Jesus fed some people and he liked some stuff and he did some 370 00:22:46,760 --> 00:22:49,640 things. The good news is there's a 371 00:22:49,640 --> 00:22:52,480 sacrificial death on the cross that will atone for your sin. 372 00:22:52,480 --> 00:22:54,960 And if you believe it by faith, you'll be right with God and 373 00:22:54,960 --> 00:22:56,640 have a home in heaven. That's the good news. 374 00:22:58,040 --> 00:23:01,480 Peter says it this way. For Christ also has suffered for 375 00:23:01,480 --> 00:23:06,880 sins, the just for the unjust and man. 376 00:23:06,880 --> 00:23:13,640 That is true. He was just the just one and he 377 00:23:13,640 --> 00:23:17,400 died so the unjust could be made righteous. 378 00:23:17,480 --> 00:23:19,440 That's me. I'm the unjust. 379 00:23:20,520 --> 00:23:22,600 I'm not good, I'm not perfect, I'm not holy. 380 00:23:23,400 --> 00:23:27,400 Jesus died for me. That is the best exchange on the 381 00:23:27,400 --> 00:23:28,920 planet. You couldn't come up with a 382 00:23:28,920 --> 00:23:32,600 better deal than to say I'll take all of your sin and take it 383 00:23:32,600 --> 00:23:35,200 over here and I'll give you all of my perfect righteousness. 384 00:23:35,200 --> 00:23:37,440 I mean, that's there's no better deal than that. 385 00:23:39,080 --> 00:23:42,920 So I put it to you this way in your notes, the real Jesus laid 386 00:23:42,920 --> 00:23:43,840 down his life for. You. 387 00:23:49,780 --> 00:23:51,500 He wasn't. Just doing good and changing 388 00:23:51,500 --> 00:23:56,580 society. He lived to die in his own 389 00:23:56,580 --> 00:24:01,060 words. Jesus says greater love hath no 390 00:24:01,060 --> 00:24:05,540 man than this, That a man lay down his life for his friends. 391 00:24:05,540 --> 00:24:08,540 That's what he did. He willingly laid down his own 392 00:24:08,540 --> 00:24:11,480 life. The New Testament later records 393 00:24:11,480 --> 00:24:16,840 you are bought with a price. If you know the Lord Jesus, 394 00:24:17,000 --> 00:24:20,640 you're a Christian because he purchased you with his blood. 395 00:24:21,440 --> 00:24:27,320 That's that song we sang. There is a fountain filled with 396 00:24:27,320 --> 00:24:28,720 I'm in. I love that song. 397 00:24:28,720 --> 00:24:32,120 I requested that song. If there's some old weird hymns 398 00:24:32,120 --> 00:24:35,920 in there, it's because of me. OK, but those songs this be 399 00:24:35,920 --> 00:24:38,400 saved to send no more. I mean, these are just words and 400 00:24:38,400 --> 00:24:41,680 phrases that these this is just really biblical language. 401 00:24:42,200 --> 00:24:45,360 This is true Christianity redemption. 402 00:24:45,440 --> 00:24:47,600 You're bought with a price. All right, let's look next and 403 00:24:47,600 --> 00:24:56,800 #5 Jesus is above all gods. Looking back to Philippians 404 00:24:56,800 --> 00:25:03,080 chapter 2 and verse #9 it says Wherefore God also hath highly 405 00:25:03,080 --> 00:25:08,040 exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name, 406 00:25:10,000 --> 00:25:14,080 the Jesus. The real Jesus is not tolerant 407 00:25:14,920 --> 00:25:18,520 of other gods. He doesn't play well with 408 00:25:18,520 --> 00:25:20,640 others. Acts chapter 4 and verse 12. 409 00:25:21,080 --> 00:25:25,960 Neither is there salvation in any other, for there is none 410 00:25:25,960 --> 00:25:30,640 other name under heaven given among men whereby we must be 411 00:25:30,640 --> 00:25:33,720 saved. So the Bible is really clear 412 00:25:35,240 --> 00:25:37,600 that we're not pluralists or universalists. 413 00:25:37,600 --> 00:25:40,560 It's not always get you to heaven. 414 00:25:40,720 --> 00:25:43,880 And I put it to you this way, the Jesus of the Bible doesn't 415 00:25:43,880 --> 00:25:49,240 play well with others, doesn't mean he doesn't love people. 416 00:25:49,240 --> 00:25:53,960 He laid down his life for you. But as it concerns his glory and 417 00:25:53,960 --> 00:25:57,520 for how to be right with God, you can't go through Krishna, 418 00:25:58,160 --> 00:26:01,720 you can't go through Allah, you can't go through being a better 419 00:26:01,720 --> 00:26:05,000 person. If you reject his sacrifice, 420 00:26:05,000 --> 00:26:09,200 there is no other hope for you. This is this is basic 421 00:26:09,200 --> 00:26:11,040 Christianity. OK, you know this. 422 00:26:11,040 --> 00:26:13,960 The 10 commandments, Exodus 20. What's it say? 423 00:26:13,960 --> 00:26:16,840 Someone read it now? I should have. 424 00:26:17,040 --> 00:26:18,840 No other gods before me, That's right. 425 00:26:19,680 --> 00:26:22,000 And that is that isn't a stretch to just say, hey, this is a 426 00:26:22,000 --> 00:26:24,040 basic fundamental Christian idea, right? 427 00:26:25,440 --> 00:26:28,920 He does not allow for any other gods. 428 00:26:28,920 --> 00:26:32,880 In Jesus's own words in John 14, no man cometh unto the Father, 429 00:26:34,600 --> 00:26:38,360 but by me. So you can't add Jesus to your 430 00:26:38,360 --> 00:26:42,720 religions if you're going to worship and serve Jesus. 431 00:26:43,440 --> 00:26:45,800 He is your exclusive Lord and Savior. 432 00:26:46,960 --> 00:26:51,880 And lastly, in point number six, Jesus is Lord of all. 433 00:26:55,080 --> 00:26:56,840 He's Lord of all. Let's look at Philippians 434 00:26:56,840 --> 00:27:02,680 chapter 2 verses. 10 and 11 says that at the name of. 435 00:27:02,680 --> 00:27:06,400 Jesus, every knee should bow of things in heaven and things in 436 00:27:06,400 --> 00:27:09,960 earth and things under the earth, and that every tongue 437 00:27:09,960 --> 00:27:14,200 should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of the 438 00:27:14,200 --> 00:27:19,120 Father. Now because of the sacrifice 439 00:27:19,120 --> 00:27:21,680 that Jesus made, he did what no one else could do. 440 00:27:23,000 --> 00:27:26,840 God exalted him highly, exalted him above everything else to 441 00:27:26,840 --> 00:27:29,280 give him a name above every name. 442 00:27:29,600 --> 00:27:33,080 And God. So it so pleases God to say, at 443 00:27:33,080 --> 00:27:36,680 the name of Jesus I want every knee to bow, I want every tongue 444 00:27:36,680 --> 00:27:41,400 to say he is Lord. That is just incredible. 445 00:27:41,400 --> 00:27:45,280 That shows us that Christ is magnified beyond just this 446 00:27:45,280 --> 00:27:49,160 humble servant, beyond doing good and doing miracles, even 447 00:27:49,160 --> 00:27:50,920 beyond his death and resurrection. 448 00:27:52,000 --> 00:27:53,400 He's. Magnified above. 449 00:27:53,440 --> 00:28:00,280 All things, and as we'll see, he will be the judge of all things 450 00:28:01,760 --> 00:28:02,880 in the book. Of Ephesians it. 451 00:28:02,880 --> 00:28:06,880 Tells us. Which he wrought in. 452 00:28:06,880 --> 00:28:10,960 Christ, when he raised him from the dead and set him at his own 453 00:28:10,960 --> 00:28:14,640 right hand in the heavenly places, far above all 454 00:28:14,640 --> 00:28:18,960 principality and power and might and dominion, and every name 455 00:28:18,960 --> 00:28:23,240 that is named not only in this world, but also in that which is 456 00:28:23,240 --> 00:28:26,240 to come. And I've put all things under 457 00:28:26,240 --> 00:28:29,640 his feet and gave him to be the head over all things to the 458 00:28:29,640 --> 00:28:35,520 church man. Jesus is so highly exalted the 459 00:28:35,560 --> 00:28:37,840 Jesus of the Bible. And if you. 460 00:28:37,840 --> 00:28:40,360 Come to Bible study. This week you're going to see 461 00:28:40,360 --> 00:28:42,960 some more stuff about Jesus in Colossians chapter one. 462 00:28:43,280 --> 00:28:48,440 It just says so many wonderful things about how supreme he is 463 00:28:48,440 --> 00:28:52,320 and matches the this kind of language far above all 464 00:28:52,560 --> 00:28:55,040 principality and power and might and dominion. 465 00:28:56,720 --> 00:28:57,680 But if you. Go back to the. 466 00:28:57,680 --> 00:29:00,720 Beginning and we. Think about the different. 467 00:29:00,720 --> 00:29:03,120 Forms of the Jesus that we see in this world. 468 00:29:05,000 --> 00:29:08,120 That is stark. Contrast to what most people 469 00:29:08,120 --> 00:29:13,000 would identify as who is Jesus? The question for. 470 00:29:13,000 --> 00:29:15,880 You is Who do you believe Jesus is? 471 00:29:17,360 --> 00:29:19,800 Jesus said to his. Disciples, who do you say that I 472 00:29:19,800 --> 00:29:23,000 am? I can't make you. 473 00:29:23,120 --> 00:29:26,600 A Christian. We can't force convert anybody. 474 00:29:27,800 --> 00:29:31,400 Jesus willingly died for the possibility that you would 475 00:29:31,400 --> 00:29:35,360 receive him and be saved. But I put it to you this way in 476 00:29:35,360 --> 00:29:39,600 your notes, you can confess Jesus as Lord now. 477 00:29:41,280 --> 00:29:43,880 This is something that. You must do in order to be a 478 00:29:43,880 --> 00:29:48,400 Christian. You can't be a pluralist and a 479 00:29:48,400 --> 00:29:53,280 synchronist or try to make another way that you just call 480 00:29:53,280 --> 00:29:55,240 it, just don't call it Christianity, call it something 481 00:29:55,240 --> 00:29:59,120 else. Christianity makes Christ the 482 00:29:59,120 --> 00:30:00,880 Lord and it's this simple. It doesn't have to be 483 00:30:00,880 --> 00:30:03,560 complicated. In Romans chapter 10, the Bible 484 00:30:03,560 --> 00:30:07,600 says that if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus 485 00:30:09,000 --> 00:30:10,000 and. Shall believe in thine. 486 00:30:10,000 --> 00:30:11,880 Heart that God raised him from the dead. 487 00:30:12,640 --> 00:30:15,320 Thou shalt be saved. We'll talk in. 488 00:30:15,320 --> 00:30:17,680 A few weeks about. What that word saved means, and 489 00:30:17,680 --> 00:30:20,760 we'll look at biblical salvation and what a Christians believe 490 00:30:20,760 --> 00:30:23,040 about heaven and hell and how to be right with God and that sort 491 00:30:23,040 --> 00:30:24,600 of thing. But for now, the Bible's really 492 00:30:24,600 --> 00:30:27,920 clear. You can confess with your mouth 493 00:30:27,920 --> 00:30:31,200 the Lord Jesus. Lord Jesus, I believe in you. 494 00:30:31,640 --> 00:30:35,080 I believe you're God. It says here I believed that he 495 00:30:35,080 --> 00:30:39,000 was raised from the dead. That's the Jesus of the Bible. 496 00:30:39,000 --> 00:30:42,440 That's the real Jesus of Christianity, A resurrected 497 00:30:42,440 --> 00:30:45,720 Christ. But it's not just your mouth. 498 00:30:45,720 --> 00:30:49,280 It says in verse 10 with. The heart. 499 00:30:49,960 --> 00:30:55,440 Man believeth unto righteousness, you know? 500 00:30:55,440 --> 00:30:59,280 We've all been forced to pray prayers and say things like if 501 00:30:59,280 --> 00:31:01,760 you've ever had to apologize to your siblings, but you didn't 502 00:31:01,760 --> 00:31:06,720 mean it, you're like, I'm sorry. You know, you've had those spats 503 00:31:06,720 --> 00:31:08,160 before. You've had, maybe you've had to 504 00:31:08,160 --> 00:31:11,040 apologize to a teacher or a coach or no, I'm sorry. 505 00:31:12,800 --> 00:31:13,960 That's not Christianity. We're. 506 00:31:13,960 --> 00:31:17,880 Not talking about some kind of like orthodox creedal profession 507 00:31:17,880 --> 00:31:20,840 where you became a member of an organization. 508 00:31:22,120 --> 00:31:25,120 We're talking about you with your heart and your mouth, 509 00:31:25,600 --> 00:31:29,200 agreeing with the Bible to say I believe Jesus is who the Bible 510 00:31:29,200 --> 00:31:32,320 says he is and I. Want to begin that? 511 00:31:32,320 --> 00:31:35,720 Relationship by just calling on him to say I need to be saved I 512 00:31:35,960 --> 00:31:41,040 I I I need what you have help I. Want to follow you? 513 00:31:41,400 --> 00:31:44,760 It's that simple, so you can. Do that now you. 514 00:31:44,760 --> 00:31:46,200 Can do that today. We'd love to help you 515 00:31:46,200 --> 00:31:47,200 afterwards. Pray. 516 00:31:47,200 --> 00:31:49,200 It's not weird. There's no like moaning and 517 00:31:49,200 --> 00:31:51,200 shaking or anything, you know, just you just pray. 518 00:31:51,200 --> 00:31:52,760 I mean, you talk to the Lord, He understands English. 519 00:31:52,760 --> 00:31:55,000 Praise God, man, or whatever your language is, he knows it. 520 00:31:55,640 --> 00:31:57,600 It's all good. Just call on Jesus. 521 00:31:57,600 --> 00:32:00,280 That's all you got to do. But if you. 522 00:32:00,280 --> 00:32:03,080 Won't do that. Now there. 523 00:32:03,080 --> 00:32:05,160 Will be a time. Later. 524 00:32:07,400 --> 00:32:09,200 That you will. Call him Lord. 525 00:32:11,840 --> 00:32:15,040 And it won't be. To your salvation it will be to 526 00:32:15,040 --> 00:32:18,880 your condemnation. Because as we saw those. 527 00:32:18,880 --> 00:32:23,400 Verses in Philippians. If you look at verse. 11 528 00:32:23,760 --> 00:32:28,240 Philippians 2 and that every tongue should confess that Jesus 529 00:32:28,240 --> 00:32:31,760 Christ is Lord, to the glory of the father, if you. 530 00:32:31,760 --> 00:32:34,720 Look at verse 10. Every knee will bow. 531 00:32:34,720 --> 00:32:37,360 It says if things in heaven and things in the earth and things 532 00:32:37,400 --> 00:32:41,520 under the earth, we don't have time for the study of the things 533 00:32:41,520 --> 00:32:45,440 under the earth, but even demons, fallen angels, all 534 00:32:45,440 --> 00:32:49,040 wicked people will at some point all agree with God. 535 00:32:49,040 --> 00:32:51,760 You're right, He's the Lord, but if you. 536 00:32:51,760 --> 00:32:53,320 Wait until. It's too late. 537 00:32:55,240 --> 00:32:58,360 After you're dead. When you can no longer with your 538 00:32:58,360 --> 00:33:01,480 heart, make that decision you'll. 539 00:33:01,480 --> 00:33:04,120 You'll still say it. It just it won't save you. 540 00:33:06,200 --> 00:33:09,520 Second Timothy, chapter 4. I charge thee, therefore before 541 00:33:09,520 --> 00:33:12,720 God and. The Lord Jesus Christ. 542 00:33:13,360 --> 00:33:16,080 Who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing in his 543 00:33:16,080 --> 00:33:20,600 Kingdom? Romans 2. 16 in the day when God 544 00:33:20,600 --> 00:33:25,320 shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ, according to my 545 00:33:25,320 --> 00:33:28,920 gospel, so you can't hide from your secrets, and if they're. 546 00:33:28,920 --> 00:33:32,280 Not covered by. The blood, the shed blood of a 547 00:33:32,280 --> 00:33:36,600 crucified and risen Savior. They will be your. 548 00:33:36,600 --> 00:33:38,920 Condemnation. So I put it to you this way. 549 00:33:38,920 --> 00:33:44,240 Your last point is that your eternity is determined based on 550 00:33:44,240 --> 00:33:50,240 who you believe Jesus to be. It's not how good. 551 00:33:50,240 --> 00:33:54,280 Of a person was I, Did I walk enough old ladies down the 552 00:33:54,280 --> 00:33:56,880 street? Did you do enough religious 553 00:33:56,880 --> 00:34:00,120 things? It's literally. 554 00:34:00,120 --> 00:34:05,640 Who do you say that I am? And it can be simplified just 555 00:34:05,640 --> 00:34:09,880 like this by the Apostle John. He says, he that hath the Son 556 00:34:10,920 --> 00:34:14,600 hath life, and he. That hath not the. 557 00:34:14,600 --> 00:34:18,600 Son hath not life. It is quite that. 558 00:34:18,600 --> 00:34:21,840 Simple. So today I'll ask you, what 559 00:34:21,840 --> 00:34:27,360 Jesus do you believe in? If you're a Christian. 560 00:34:27,639 --> 00:34:30,120 Is there one of those things that you needed reminded of? 561 00:34:31,639 --> 00:34:34,840 That he really was. Human in a physical body, he 562 00:34:34,840 --> 00:34:38,719 understands the the human experience or. 563 00:34:38,719 --> 00:34:40,960 Perhaps that he is. Exalted Lord of all, and maybe 564 00:34:40,960 --> 00:34:43,639 we take for granted that He is our Lord. 565 00:34:44,560 --> 00:34:48,560 I need to bow my knee every day. OK Lord, what do you want? 566 00:34:48,560 --> 00:34:52,360 What do you want me to do? Or if you're lost. 567 00:34:52,679 --> 00:34:55,280 If you've never made a decision, if there's never been a time 568 00:34:55,280 --> 00:34:58,080 that you believed in your heart and confessed with your mouth, 569 00:34:59,040 --> 00:35:03,040 man, today can be that day. Don't wait until it's too late. 570 00:35:04,240 --> 00:35:06,360 We'd love to help you with that. Please let us know how. 571 00:35:07,200 --> 00:35:09,240 I want to start with just a moment of prayer. 572 00:35:10,880 --> 00:35:14,960 Prayer is simple. It's just you talking to God and 573 00:35:14,960 --> 00:35:18,520 He knows your heart, so you don't have to say anything out 574 00:35:18,520 --> 00:35:20,000 loud. You can just take a moment now 575 00:35:20,000 --> 00:35:22,640 and respond to Him. I'm going to give. 576 00:35:22,640 --> 00:35:24,560 Us about 1. Minute of silence, I'll come 577 00:35:24,560 --> 00:35:26,920 back up, I'll lead us in a prayer, and then we're going to 578 00:35:26,920 --> 00:35:29,080 have one more song. So let's pray.