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My name is Kyle. 
I serve as lead Pastor here. 

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I'm glad that you're here. 
Today. 

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We're going to be in first 
Corinthians chapter 2 today. 1st

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Corinthians chapter 2. 
So, if you have your Bible, I'd 

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ask that you open up there. 
Go ahead and turn to that. 

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We're in the middle of a series 
called what happens when we 

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worship. 
And we're just merely examining 

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what takes place in Sunday 
worship week-to-week, what's 

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going on? 
And so contemporary terminology,

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typically uses worship. 
As a way to describe only the 

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singing portion of a service, 
but that is not traditionally or

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biblically the way we should 
think about worship. 

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Worship is well, one worship is 
something you were created to 

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do. 
And so you are a worship for of 

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something and then to worship as
it pertains to church is talking

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about the service that takes 
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So from the beginning to the 
end, what are we doing? 

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Why do we do it? 
How is it important? 

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How does it affect our lives? 
And today I want to talk to you 

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about how we hear the word of 
Christ went to as Alan so 

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eloquently, put it in our Elder 
meeting Sunday so you're 

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preaching on preaching. 
So yes, that's correct. 

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Preaching, on preaching today. 
Why do we preach week in and 

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week out what's the point of 
preaching? 

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How does it affect you? 
Is this just simply man's 

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tradition or is this something 
that God has given In US 

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ordained that we do again week 
in week out in the service. 

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Of course, I'm going to contend 
that it is from God that it is 

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for the good of his people. 
And I hope that you will see 

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that by the end of the service. 
If you would, would you stand as

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we read First, Corinthians, 2 1 
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When I finish reading, I will 
say this is the word of the 

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Lord. 
Ask that you respond. 

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Thanks, be to God. 
First Corinthians, 2 verse 1. 

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And I when I came to you 
brothers, did not come 

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proclaiming to you. 
The testimony of God with lofty 

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speech or wisdom for. 
I decided to know. 

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Nothing among you except Jesus 
Christ and him crucified. 

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And I was with you in weakness 
and in fear and much trembling 

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and my speech and my message 
were not implausible words of 

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wisdom, but in demonstration of 
the spirit, and of power. 

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So that That your faith might 
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but in the power of God, this is
the word of the Lord. 

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Thanks be to God. 
Let me pray for us. 

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Heavenly Father, we praise you 
for today. 

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Thank you, that we have your 
word here in front of us that we

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might read it. 
That we might hear from it. 

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That our hearts, and our minds 
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we might submit ourselves to you
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lord, that we would acknowledge.
That Christ is the Son of God, 

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that he was crucified. 
Dead buried raised again on the 

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third day, where he's now seated
at your right hands. 

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And he exercises dominion over 
all things and it is our duty to

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worship him. 
And so today, in preaching as is

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always father, I ask that you 
would help me to exalt Christ 

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that he would be the one we 
behold today, that it not be me 

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or my words. 
Ads or anything else but that 

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would be Christ and him 
crucified that is our strength. 

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That is our hope that is the 
foundation of our faith in 

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Christ's name. 
I pray these things, amen. 

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Amen. 
Somewhere around the 1980s, 

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there was a movement of churches
to abandon biblically faithful 

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thoughtful sermons. 
For what they felt like, would 

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be talks that were better for 
the culture, right? 

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That would speak more to the 
culture and so churches, 

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transition from being Outpost of
Heaven, you might say where the 

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Saints gather together to be. 
To be edified to be strengthened

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to be corrected and nourished by
the word of God, by the presence

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of the Believers, by the 
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himself and then sent into the 
world. 

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They changed from that to become
really places where we're trying

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to appeal to the world so that 
we can attract more and more 

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people to the church. 
And so, you can see where the 

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issue took place, the issue took
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commands of God, for what, the 
church is supposed to be, and 

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turning to the wisdom of man, 
for what man thought would make 

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the church more fruitful so to 
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And so it has its become more 
fruitful if you're, if fruit is 

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simply attendance. 
If fruit is merely about how 

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many people we can get in the 
doors, things appear to be more 

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fruitful the preaching practice 
of most, especially mega 

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churches, which are churches 
with Plus is more akin to a TED 

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talk. 
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TED Talk is, but it's on 
technology education and forgot 

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the D. 
Anyway, so became more like Ted 

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Talks which are short Sleek 
presentations on the topic, you 

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can watch them on YouTube. 
They're typically 18 minutes or 

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less. 
They've got good graphics their 

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fancy, they're great they're 
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viral right there, geared to be 
helpful short presentations that

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catch our attention. 
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have followed the with the 
worldly wisdom and said hey 

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let's do. 
New preaching that's more. 

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Akin to a TED talk. 
Let's gear this to 15 20 minute,

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talk about something that 
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Three steps to a better marriage
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management or and so, you start 
appealing to what we'll talk 

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about later as felt needs. 
So we all have these felt needs 

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like, I need to be a better 
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I need to be a better. 
Father, I need to better manage 

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my money. 
I need to blah blah. 

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Be able to pray better read my 
Bible better. 

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All have these felt needs, but 
below the felt need, the felt 

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needs really, just the tip of 
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The felt need is this massive 
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And so, another way to think 
about it is say, you have a 

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tumor that's causing a lot of 
headaches. 

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You get a headache after 
headache, after headache, and 

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you're treating the headaches 
with ibuprofen, you never go to 

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a doctor, you never seek out a 
CT scan or MRI or anything like 

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that. 
You just simply say, I'm going 

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to treat it with ibuprofen. 
Well guess what? 

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The tumor is going to grow and 
become more of a problem. 

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Well, the same is true for 
what's taking place In churches,

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though felt needs, are being met
through these Ted Talk, Like 

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sermons and you're getting some 
wisdom even often from 

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scripture, but the wisdom is 
pointing to you to worldly 

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methods that aren't treating the
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There, just simply treating, the
felt need and so you walk out 

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feeling better. 
You walk out with a plan of 

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attack, but then you realize, I 
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Why? 
Because my heart's still foul, 

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I've still got a heart. 
That's Wayward. 

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I've still got a heart that 
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Holiness of God, I've still got 
a heart that the cries, the 

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things of God and runs to the 
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And so I might do a good job. 
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like starting the year with 
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You might do a good job for a 
little bit working on your 

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Fitness or eating healthy, but 
attend eventually that's going 

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to fall away because there's a 
deeper need at play here and so 

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it's no wonder then that solid 
in-depth preaching is falling by

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the way song. 
Ugh by side in the, if the goal 

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is now Sleek presentations and 
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Jonathan Cruz in his book says 
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He says, if we knew what was 
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biblical Spirit, rot preaching, 
we would feel much more 

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different about sermons. 
We would approach them in an 

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entirely different manner. 
So, what is happening, when we 

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preach what's happening in 
thoughtful thoughtfully 

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biblically faithful sermons? 
Well, I want to present this big

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idea to, you know, give you a 
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Want to ride it by the power of 
the holy spirit in preaching, by

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the power of the Holy Spirit, 
Jesus speaks through his 

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preacher. 
Unto the saving of Sinners and 

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sanctifying of saints by the 
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God, by the power of the Holy 
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Jesus speaks through his 
preacher, saving, Sinners and 

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sanctifying Saints, by the 
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God. 
And so really, it's nothing less

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than in biblically faithful. 
Preaching that Christ is the one

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giving the word. 
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the statement for a moment 
because if it's true then what 

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I'm saying is that true 
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doing this? 
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has great ramifications for how 
we approach preaching both as 

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preachers and as those who are 
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one, it would mean that he is 
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attention because he is the king
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He is the Lord of lords. 
He's the one that we're is 

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worthy of all allegiance, of all
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But maybe it sounds too good to 
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preaches. 
However, it is the preached word

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that sets apart, the people of 
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So it's in the preaching of the 
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himself. 
It's in the preaching of the 

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unto salvation, and it's in the 
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will sanctify. 
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saints that he will make them 
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Christ himself. 
So let me show you just from 

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from scripture. 
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that is the New Testament Church
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their witness to this. 
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definition that this definition 
of Christ, being the one who 

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preaches isn't all that crazy. 
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the apostles preached, the voice
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Apostle. 
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church and Ephesians 2 verse 17.
Mean that it was Christ who came

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and preached to you. 
Now what's so amazing about that

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is there was no Christian Church
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his Earthly Ministry nor did 
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Earthly Ministry. 
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when I came and Barnabas was 
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preached the gospel to you, it 
was nothing less than Christ 

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himself preaching to you, he 
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off. 
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they might be one people. 
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preached the word Christ was 
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chapter 10. 
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preachers is equated with the 
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It says they're about the those 
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It says, how shall they, those 
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they believe in him of whom they
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literally translated in him, 
whom they have not heard So 

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literally, they haven't heard 
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Christ himself through the 
proclamation of the Gospel that 

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comes through these Heralds of 
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history. 
The Church has believed that the

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preaching of the word of God is 
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You'll see that through out 
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Now, I don't want to sound like 
this is some Eric claim that God

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himself is freak. 
Is speaking through the pasture 

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each week. 
I am terrified of people who get

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up and act like they are God's 
anointed man and that all the 

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people should owe them some sort
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that's not at all. 
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I and the other Elders here are 
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We drive normal Vehicles, we 
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Unmistakably ordinary. 
There's nothing special about 

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us. 
There's nothing Divine about us.

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God doesn't transform crew, says
this. 

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And so helpful, God doesn't 
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the preacher. 
So I don't stand to you as an 

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before you as an apostle. 
I don't stand before you as some

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profit, some Old Testament or 
new testament Prophet, I don't 

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stand before you holding any 
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Elder as its, this as its 
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and that is what the other 
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But these are ordinary men whom 
God has Called to do a specific 

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work there for the preacher, 
does not ever boast in himself. 

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It's never about the preacher 
and that's the problem with the 

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man who will stand up and say, 
I'm an apostle, I'm a prophet, 

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I'm an anointed leader. 
You're boasting in yourself. 

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When you do those things are 
Bose, does in Christ and In 

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Christ Alone always that's 
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In 1st Corinthians, 2 1 through 
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I'll read it again so just we 
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Apostle Paul speaking, right? 
This is The greatest missionary 

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the world has ever known. 
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two-thirds of the New 
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This is a guy who was once a 
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killing them, overseeing their 
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Damascus to persecute more 
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appears to him, he saved and an 
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given a new ministry. 
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when I came to you brothers did 
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For I decided to know. 
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Christ and him crucified. 
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message, but that's the point of
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I decided to know nothing among 
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crucified. 
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need. 
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as the one who was crucified to 
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give them his very own 
righteousness, and to help them 

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walk. 
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the spirit, the same power that 
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from the dead. 
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he's sanctifying them unto 
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Glorification, where the reside 
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the same Christ. 
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This is the message we speak. 
This is the thing that meets all

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your great spiritual need and so
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felt needs as well. 
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have no need of three. 
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When you look to Christ, you 
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for godliness and salvation. 
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sermon, he's the one we exalt. 
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know nothing among you. 
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well-educated, a Pharisee of 
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And he says, I've given all that
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Nothing among you, except Jesus 
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And he says, when I was with 
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doesn't stand as one. 
Who's bald he doesn't stand as 

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one. 
Who's, you know, super confident

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in his abilities, he's, he's 
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has given him that he would be a
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of the gospel. 
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in weakness. 
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trembling and my my message were
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but in demonstration of the 
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your faith might not rest in the
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of God, see stood before the 
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exactly what they needed Christ 
and him crucified and nothing 

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else, nothing more, nothing 
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worldly wisdom. 
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speech. 
He wasn't looking to become the 

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best Storyteller. 
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best jokes and his sermon. 
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And Christ crucified, this is 
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He knew that the gospel as he 
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power of God unto salvation. 
For all who, Who believed he 

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taught Timothy and First Timothy
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Timothy says to Timothy give 
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of God's word meaning do it 
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Teach from God's word and then 
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even more explicitly. 
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Amen. 
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understand that it is God's 
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God's power, not men's. 
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lips of the preacher. 
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something as simple as preaching
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There's an old Baptist, 
catechism written by a man named

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Benjamin. 
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A pastor who was seeking to 
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children to know the things of 
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question-and-answer 96. 
He says this, how is the word 

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made effectual to Salvation? 
In other words, how does the 

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word in preaching work? 
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And this is what he says, it's 
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Listen to this. 
He says the spirit of God makes 

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the reading but especially the 
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The word and effectual means of 
convincing and converting, 

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Sinners and of building them up 
in Holiness and comfort through 

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faith unto salvation. 
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It's the spirit of God through 
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the word, the reading, and the 
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Sinners and that sanctifies, 
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see the same thing happening in 
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I'm trying to show you the 
apostolic witness. 

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I'm trying to show you Church 
histories position on preaching 

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why it matters throughout acts 
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Growth is undeniably attributed 
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Nothing else in Acts 2. 
Peter has stood up on the day of

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Pentecost and many have already 
gone out speaking in other 

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languages and other people who 
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are now speaking a new language 
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those languages were hearing the
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their own languages. 
And people looked at the whole 

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thing and they said, this is 
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These men are drunk And Peter 
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He says he's man can't be drunk.
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day. 
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and incredible message of 
Salvation about Christ and him 

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crucified and how this was the 
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the beginning of time to save 
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And we read there that when they
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to the heart and they asked 
Peter, they interrupted his 

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sermon saying, what then should 
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And he says, repent and be 
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Christ, every one of you and you
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And it says there that about 
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and children. 
I thought they weren't baptized 

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saved but 3,000 people plus were
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Incredible is through the 
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But the very next verse and 242 
We read this, it says, in they 

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devoted themselves talking about
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devoted themselves to the 
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preaching of the word of God, 
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which means they persevered in 
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were committed to hearing the 
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by day. 
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Because the word was going forth
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many of those who had heard 
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number of the men came to about 
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many were saved at the onset of 
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the word of God continue to 
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disciples multiplied, greatly in
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the priests became obedient to 
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So now we've got Jewish priest 
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coming to Christianity, why? 
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continued increase the word of 
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Acts 10:44, while Peter was 
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Holy Spirit fell on all, who 
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Why did the Holy Spirit fall? 
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things? 
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proclaiming Christ and him 
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word of God increased and 
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It's the word of God going forth
that's increasing and 

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multiplying acts 13:48 through 
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And when the Gentiles heard this
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the Jewish. 
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Gentiles now, who were not 
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But now they're hearing the 
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glorifying the word of the Lord 
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appointed to eternal life 
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effectual for the Salvation of 
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on that day and the word of the 
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the whole region. 
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God is going forth, the evidence
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Church grows because the word 
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the word grows the teaching of 
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the spirit, moving on those. 
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So that they might receive it 
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power alone. 
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servants, he wasn't making them 
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All together Christ is 
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God working through his Servants
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Christ as the all sufficient 
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So why did the apostles? 
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following them to vote or 
persevere in? 

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The apostles teaching while they
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they not give up on preaching? 
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Apostle sermons. 
We don't have everyone on 

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written down. 
We have just a fraction of them,

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actually. 
But I hope at least that it's 

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true. 
At least for those Elders who 

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were leading churches after the 
apostles that there are some 

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weeks where the sermon was less 
interesting, you may be sitting 

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there to say it today saying 
man, this is, I didn't 

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necessarily come today to hear a
word about preaching. 

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I need something else. 
So there were some days where 

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the sermons might have been less
interesting. 

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I'm sure that there were some 
weeks where the people came met 

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with the church and were 
distracted by outside 

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circumstances. 
Things going on in their lives. 

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It was a diagnosis of sickness, 
maybe it's a death of a 

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relative, maybe it was some work
conflict, maybe it was the fact 

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that Rome was persecuting the 
church and you never know when 

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they might bust in and clear the
place out. 

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There's lots of things to be 
distracted by There are some 

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weeks where more people were 
converted than others. 

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Some weeks where no one's 
converted with the church's 

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edified, nonetheless. 
However, no matter what, they 

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devoted themselves committed 
themselves to the preaching of 

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God's word, why, like what Cruz 
says he says they understood. 

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It was the means by which their 
savior, their King, their head, 

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communicated himself to them. 
They devoted themselves to the 

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apostles preaching, because they
knew That when they did, they 

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were really devoting themselves 
to Christ. 

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I think. 
That's exactly right. 

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It was the word of God that 
saved them. 

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It was the word of God. 
On the day of Pentecost. 

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That saved those 3,000 men. 
What else were they to do? 

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But devote themselves to Christ.
They're like Peter and John. 

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Chapter 6 is Jesus, is 
proclaiming some really 

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astounding things about how he 
is the bread of life and that 

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all who will eat of his flesh 
and drink of his blood will live

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forever sounds terrifying, 
unless you think about 

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communion, which would be 
instantly, Tooted a little bit 

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later. 
He says that all who will do 

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that will be saved and it says 
there that the crowds found it 

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too hard, a word to believe and 
that many of his disciples, not 

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the 12 but those who were 
following him left him on that 

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day. 
And so we turn to the 12. 

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It says, and he asked, are you 
going to follow them? 

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And Peter says to Christ, where 
would we go? 

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For you have the words of 
eternal life and we see that you

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are the true Son of God. 
Incredible. 

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Incredible. 
And so the, so these people who 

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heard the preached word 
throughout the New Testament 

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said, you know what, we're going
to devote ourselves to hearing 

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that same word that saved us, so
that we might also grow in 

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godliness. 
Amen. 

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I hope it's why. 
You come each week not to see me

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not to see the worship team. 
None of that, but to be edified 

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in your faith, strengthened in 
your faith that your faith. 

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May grow, deep, deep roots and 
affect all of your life, right? 

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As we preach Christ. 
As we We sing Christ as we pray 

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to Christ as we point to Christ 
in everything that we do by the 

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power of the Holy Spirit. 
Jesus speaks through his 

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preacher, saving Sinners, 
sanctifying Saints by the spoken

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word, to the glory of God. 
Now, let's look a little bit 

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further at the text which I've 
given you today. 

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Why does the spirit of God bless
the preached word? 

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I think First Corinthians 25 
gives us the answer to this so 

450
00:26:58,100 --> 00:27:03,200
that your faith might not rest 
in the wisdom of men, but in the

451
00:27:03,200 --> 00:27:08,100
power of God, That's why that, 
that's it. 

452
00:27:08,100 --> 00:27:12,000
In a nutshell, the spirit of 
God, blesses, the preached word 

453
00:27:12,000 --> 00:27:16,400
of God, so that your faith might
not rest in men, or in men's 

454
00:27:16,400 --> 00:27:23,300
wisdom, but in the power of God 
himself, right? 

455
00:27:24,300 --> 00:27:27,100
Paul is even more explicit in 
the previous chapter. 

456
00:27:27,100 --> 00:27:30,200
As he has, he's building into 
this argument, he starts in a 

457
00:27:30,208 --> 00:27:34,400
different place and and chapter 
1 verse 17 and 18 He says this, 

458
00:27:34,900 --> 00:27:38,200
he says Says, for Christ did not
send me to baptize but to preach

459
00:27:38,200 --> 00:27:40,800
the gospel, it doesn't mean that
he won't baptize. 

460
00:27:40,800 --> 00:27:42,000
He's just saying, that's not 
what? 

461
00:27:42,000 --> 00:27:45,100
All of this is about. 
It's about preaching, the word. 

462
00:27:45,100 --> 00:27:47,400
And not with words of eloquent 
wisdom, lest the Cross of 

463
00:27:47,400 --> 00:27:49,700
Christ. 
Be emptied of its power for the 

464
00:27:49,700 --> 00:27:52,700
word of the Cross is folly. 
To those who are perishing. 

465
00:27:52,700 --> 00:27:55,500
It's foolishness to those who 
don't believe, but to us, who 

466
00:27:55,500 --> 00:27:58,300
are being saved, it is the power
of God. 

467
00:27:59,500 --> 00:28:02,400
And then in verse 21, just a few
verses later, he says, for since

468
00:28:02,500 --> 00:28:04,300
in the wisdom of God, the world 
did not know. 

469
00:28:04,300 --> 00:28:08,200
God through wisdom, it pleased, 
God through the Folly of what we

470
00:28:08,200 --> 00:28:10,500
preach to save those who 
believe. 

471
00:28:10,500 --> 00:28:13,300
So he's saying this simple 
message. 

472
00:28:13,300 --> 00:28:17,900
This preaching of the gospel of 
Christ looks like foolish necess

473
00:28:19,800 --> 00:28:23,800
But it's actually the power of 
God unto salvation. 

474
00:28:23,900 --> 00:28:26,700
For all, who believe it's 
blessed by the spirit of God. 

475
00:28:27,400 --> 00:28:31,400
So, if it looks like foolishness
to the world, it makes sense. 

476
00:28:31,400 --> 00:28:34,400
Then that churches would be 
saying we need less preaching, 

477
00:28:34,700 --> 00:28:37,600
we need more singing, We need 
more entertainment. 

478
00:28:37,600 --> 00:28:39,600
We need more jokes, more 
storytelling. 

479
00:28:39,600 --> 00:28:43,100
We need less of the preach word 
of God, because that's well, 

480
00:28:43,100 --> 00:28:47,300
it's boring. 
On the surface, it might look 

481
00:28:47,500 --> 00:28:52,000
like such, but at the heart of 
it, it's the power of God unto 

482
00:28:52,000 --> 00:28:54,700
salvation for you and your 
family members. 

483
00:28:54,700 --> 00:28:58,200
And for all who hear, amen. 
It's your only hope for 

484
00:28:58,200 --> 00:29:01,600
salvation. 
And so in these verses that 

485
00:29:01,600 --> 00:29:03,900
we're looking at in First 
Corinthians, I think we see 

486
00:29:04,200 --> 00:29:07,800
three things that are happening 
and truly biblical, preaching 

487
00:29:07,800 --> 00:29:10,100
three truths about biblical 
preaching. 

488
00:29:10,700 --> 00:29:15,000
The first is a sending Christ, 
this is one truth about biblical

489
00:29:15,000 --> 00:29:18,600
preaching is that it has a 
sending Christ at its foundation

490
00:29:19,100 --> 00:29:21,300
Paul preaches because Christ 
sent him to do. 

491
00:29:21,300 --> 00:29:23,700
So that's what he says. 
I mean he just explicit they're 

492
00:29:23,700 --> 00:29:26,500
in First Corinthians 1:17 says 
for Christ did not send me to 

493
00:29:26,500 --> 00:29:30,400
baptize but to preach the gospel
and later he says when I came to

494
00:29:30,400 --> 00:29:33,500
you. 
I came not in words of wisdom, 

495
00:29:33,500 --> 00:29:36,300
but preaching Christ and him 
crucified. 

496
00:29:37,800 --> 00:29:43,000
And New Testament turns the word
Apostle means one sent by Christ

497
00:29:43,000 --> 00:29:45,700
to bring his message or speak on
his behalf. 

498
00:29:45,700 --> 00:29:50,200
They had a calling from Christ 
himself to them to go and 

499
00:29:50,200 --> 00:29:54,200
proclaim the gospel. 
Now it's true that there are no 

500
00:29:54,200 --> 00:29:58,400
modern day Apostles, the office 
of apostle cease to exist when 

501
00:29:58,400 --> 00:30:00,700
the Apostles of Christ passed 
away. 

502
00:30:01,900 --> 00:30:04,000
The New Testament has been fully
written. 

503
00:30:04,000 --> 00:30:07,600
We have no need for Apostles. 
One way, you might think of 

504
00:30:07,600 --> 00:30:09,500
apostle today. 
And sometimes the way it's used 

505
00:30:09,500 --> 00:30:12,200
in the New Testament is to 
describe what we call today 

506
00:30:12,200 --> 00:30:14,000
missionaries. 
And the reason we use the term 

507
00:30:14,000 --> 00:30:17,600
missionary is because it's to 
keep from confusing people with 

508
00:30:17,600 --> 00:30:21,900
this office of apostle, that was
saved For Those whom Christ 

509
00:30:22,000 --> 00:30:29,000
sense, namely his 12 disciples 
and then Mathias later on but 

510
00:30:29,000 --> 00:30:36,000
also Paul himself. however, 
preachers today And so anyone 

511
00:30:36,000 --> 00:30:39,500
who claims to be an apostle is a
false teacher just make that 

512
00:30:39,500 --> 00:30:42,500
abundantly clear preachers today
though. 

513
00:30:42,500 --> 00:30:47,400
Or in a way sent by Christ, 
they're not Apostles but one of 

514
00:30:47,400 --> 00:30:50,500
the primary descriptions of 
those who preach the gospel is 

515
00:30:50,500 --> 00:30:55,600
that they are a Herald of the 
good news of God Harold. 

516
00:30:55,900 --> 00:31:01,000
Simply was the voice of a king. 
He was sent out by the king to 

517
00:31:01,000 --> 00:31:04,800
Proclaim what the king said. 
Though the words that he spoke 

518
00:31:04,800 --> 00:31:08,200
came from his own mouth, they 
were not his words. 

519
00:31:08,200 --> 00:31:12,700
They represented another more 
powerful, one, whose words had 

520
00:31:12,700 --> 00:31:15,600
Authority. 
And so, he's speaking words, 

521
00:31:15,600 --> 00:31:17,100
yes. 
But they're not from him, 

522
00:31:17,100 --> 00:31:20,200
they're from the King himself 
and so that's what the preacher 

523
00:31:20,200 --> 00:31:21,300
is. 
The preacher. 

524
00:31:21,400 --> 00:31:24,800
Merely represents another, and 
I'll stand here as a 

525
00:31:24,800 --> 00:31:27,600
representative myself. 
I don't stand here to build my 

526
00:31:27,600 --> 00:31:29,300
own kingdom. 
I don't stand here to build my 

527
00:31:29,300 --> 00:31:31,900
own platform. 
I'm not looking to make a name 

528
00:31:31,900 --> 00:31:34,500
for myself, not now. 
Not ever. 

529
00:31:34,500 --> 00:31:36,800
Amen. 
If you ever see me start to do 

530
00:31:36,800 --> 00:31:40,000
that, you have my permission to 
come slap, the dog snot out of 

531
00:31:40,000 --> 00:31:44,500
me. 
That's that'll be my quickest 

532
00:31:44,500 --> 00:31:46,900
ticket to hell if I start doing 
that. 

533
00:31:47,100 --> 00:31:51,100
Save me from that, please. 
It's foolishness, it's 

534
00:31:51,100 --> 00:31:56,000
unrighteousness and it it reeks,
you know. 

535
00:31:58,000 --> 00:32:01,700
And there's many who do it. 
But I'm simply here to proclaim 

536
00:32:01,700 --> 00:32:05,200
the message of Christ. 
I'm simply here to relay what I 

537
00:32:05,200 --> 00:32:07,600
read in the word. 
What Christ has already said. 

538
00:32:07,600 --> 00:32:09,100
What? 
God has already written down for

539
00:32:09,100 --> 00:32:13,400
us that we might know it. 
And the Old Testament at the end

540
00:32:13,400 --> 00:32:17,700
of the book of Nehemiah, Maya or
Ezra things, at the end of the 

541
00:32:17,708 --> 00:32:22,300
book of Nehemiah Ezra stands up 
and it says that he reads to 

542
00:32:22,300 --> 00:32:25,400
them, the law of God, he reads 
to them, the word of God. 

543
00:32:25,400 --> 00:32:28,200
So the people have been brought 
back from captivity there. 

544
00:32:28,200 --> 00:32:31,900
Now dwelling inside a safe city 
of Jerusalem where the walls 

545
00:32:31,900 --> 00:32:35,900
have been rebuilt and now 
they're going to read the law of

546
00:32:35,900 --> 00:32:38,900
God in their City. 
Again, this was a big moment in 

547
00:32:38,900 --> 00:32:41,600
their history and says that Ezra
stood up. 

548
00:32:41,800 --> 00:32:45,800
Up with a Scrolls and he 
proclaimed the word of God and 

549
00:32:45,800 --> 00:32:48,900
that he expounded it to them so 
that they might understand it. 

550
00:32:49,800 --> 00:32:51,400
That's what preachers do. 
That's it. 

551
00:32:52,300 --> 00:32:56,400
That's all we're doing. 
It's really not rocket science. 

552
00:32:56,600 --> 00:33:00,200
You know it's just simply doing 
what God's called us to do and 

553
00:33:00,200 --> 00:33:04,500
in doing so and Ezra are in 
Nehemiah with Asura's message. 

554
00:33:04,600 --> 00:33:08,900
The people repent of their sins,
both as a nation against God as 

555
00:33:08,900 --> 00:33:11,900
they had abandoned God and in 
the things of God they were In 

556
00:33:11,900 --> 00:33:14,600
it of their personal sins, as 
well, their hearts were drawn to

557
00:33:14,600 --> 00:33:17,100
the Lord. 
And so, you know, that it's a 

558
00:33:17,100 --> 00:33:20,200
true work of God when the 
people's hearts are drawn to God

559
00:33:20,300 --> 00:33:22,900
and not the preacher. 
Amen. 

560
00:33:23,500 --> 00:33:27,600
They're drawn to it to Christ 
now and not the preacher. 

561
00:33:28,000 --> 00:33:30,300
The preacher merely represents 
another he's heralding. 

562
00:33:30,300 --> 00:33:32,100
A message from the great high 
priest. 

563
00:33:32,400 --> 00:33:35,500
He's got a message from the king
of Heaven and Earth. 

564
00:33:35,500 --> 00:33:37,900
Jesus Christ. 
And when the preacher preaches, 

565
00:33:37,900 --> 00:33:41,600
God's word, it's the Lord's 
message that we're hearing not. 

566
00:33:41,800 --> 00:33:45,400
Not the man's, the message 
belongs to Christ First 

567
00:33:45,400 --> 00:33:48,100
Corinthians 21. 
Again, Paul says, and I, when I 

568
00:33:48,100 --> 00:33:51,200
came to, you Brothers came 
proclaiming to you, the 

569
00:33:51,200 --> 00:33:55,300
testimony of God. 
This is I know nothing among 

570
00:33:55,300 --> 00:33:57,600
you, but Christ and him 
crucified. 

571
00:33:59,300 --> 00:34:02,500
Cruz says that true preaching 
doesn't present the preacher. 

572
00:34:02,700 --> 00:34:05,900
It presents the sending Christ. 
Amen. 

573
00:34:06,700 --> 00:34:10,199
The second truth, we see about 
this message is that it's a 

574
00:34:10,199 --> 00:34:16,400
simple message. 
I hope you're seeing how simple 

575
00:34:16,400 --> 00:34:18,800
yet profound it is and so far 
what I've said. 

576
00:34:19,199 --> 00:34:21,800
But in 1st Corinthians 2 1 
through 2 again he makes it very

577
00:34:22,100 --> 00:34:25,199
very plain for us and I when I 
came to you brothers did not 

578
00:34:25,199 --> 00:34:28,100
come proclaiming to you. 
The testimony of God with lofty 

579
00:34:28,100 --> 00:34:31,600
speech or wisdom for. 
I decided to know. 

580
00:34:31,600 --> 00:34:34,000
Nothing. 
Among you except Christ and him 

581
00:34:34,100 --> 00:34:37,400
crucified. 
And then in 24 35, he says, in 

582
00:34:37,400 --> 00:34:40,500
my speech and my message were 
not implausible words of wisdom,

583
00:34:40,699 --> 00:34:43,900
but in demonstration of the 
spirit, and of power, Power so 

584
00:34:43,900 --> 00:34:47,300
that your faith might not rest 
in the wisdom of men, but in the

585
00:34:47,300 --> 00:34:51,300
power of God, that's incredible.
But this is what Paul was up 

586
00:34:51,300 --> 00:34:53,300
against this is what he knew the
culture. 

587
00:34:53,300 --> 00:34:56,500
Well, he understood What 
mattered most and he's looking 

588
00:34:56,500 --> 00:34:59,500
at the, the idols of his day, 
right? 

589
00:34:59,500 --> 00:35:02,800
He's looking at the things that 
people were seeking after in his

590
00:35:02,800 --> 00:35:05,800
day and his culture much like 
our own and that Hellenistic 

591
00:35:05,800 --> 00:35:07,600
Greek culture. 
There was a large and growing 

592
00:35:07,600 --> 00:35:12,300
interest in gifted storytelling 
and gifted speakers who could 

593
00:35:12,300 --> 00:35:15,700
capture One's attention. 
We see the same thing today. 

594
00:35:16,500 --> 00:35:21,100
So Paul preached as one, who 
knows the danger that people 

595
00:35:21,100 --> 00:35:25,500
often like the preacher more 
than his message and he says, I 

596
00:35:25,500 --> 00:35:28,400
didn't come to you with 
plausible words of wisdom, I 

597
00:35:28,400 --> 00:35:33,400
came knowing nothing but Christ 
and him crucified and if 

598
00:35:33,400 --> 00:35:37,300
preacher preaching was simply 
about the skill and the charm of

599
00:35:37,300 --> 00:35:40,300
the preacher than the cross, 
would be emptied of its power. 

600
00:35:41,500 --> 00:35:44,500
If preaching were simply about 
how cunning can I be, how 

601
00:35:44,500 --> 00:35:48,400
persuasive can I be? 
Then the cross is emptied of its

602
00:35:48,400 --> 00:35:50,000
power. 
I don't mean that the cross ever

603
00:35:50,000 --> 00:35:52,000
loses its power. 
It doesn't, I mean that the 

604
00:35:52,000 --> 00:35:56,300
preacher is obscuring the cross,
and it's not the preachers job 

605
00:35:56,300 --> 00:35:59,000
to obscure the cross. 
It's the preachers job to point 

606
00:35:59,000 --> 00:36:03,600
to the cross. 
We cannot obscure the cross. 

607
00:36:04,700 --> 00:36:07,200
Cruz says this in his book, he 
says when preaching becomes 

608
00:36:07,200 --> 00:36:10,800
about entertaining jokes quaint 
illustrations, feel-good stories

609
00:36:10,800 --> 00:36:14,600
or self-help tips, Christ is no 
longer seen and he is no longer 

610
00:36:14,600 --> 00:36:17,800
seen because he certainly is not
sending that kind of preacher. 

611
00:36:18,100 --> 00:36:20,300
Amen. 
It is a simple message. 

612
00:36:20,300 --> 00:36:23,100
That ensures. 
We see and know the sending 

613
00:36:23,400 --> 00:36:25,900
Christ. 
And what is this? 

614
00:36:25,900 --> 00:36:30,000
Simple message again. 
Verse 24, I decided to know, 

615
00:36:30,000 --> 00:36:35,000
nothing among you except Jesus 
Christ and him crucified. 

616
00:36:35,100 --> 00:36:40,000
The message is the good news of 
the Gospel that God created a 

617
00:36:40,000 --> 00:36:45,900
world in which he made, man, and
man Rebels against God and is 

618
00:36:45,900 --> 00:36:47,800
forever. 
Left to his sin. 

619
00:36:47,800 --> 00:36:51,800
If God does not intervene and so
God intervenes in the sending of

620
00:36:51,800 --> 00:36:54,900
his own son, Jesus Christ, who 
would live a perfect life. 

621
00:36:55,100 --> 00:36:57,100
Who would walk perfectly under 
the law? 

622
00:36:57,100 --> 00:36:59,400
Who would become a perfect Lamb 
of God. 

623
00:36:59,400 --> 00:37:03,500
As he's described, he would 
become a perfect sacrifice and 

624
00:37:03,500 --> 00:37:07,500
in his death, he atones for the 
sins of all who will call on the

625
00:37:07,500 --> 00:37:10,800
name of Jesus Christ. 
That they might be saved and all

626
00:37:10,800 --> 00:37:12,400
who will call on the name of 
Jesus Christ. 

627
00:37:12,400 --> 00:37:16,300
Unto salvation are guaranteed 
that Those whom he saved. 

628
00:37:16,300 --> 00:37:19,500
He also sanctifies and Those 
whom he sanctifies, he also 

629
00:37:19,500 --> 00:37:23,000
glorifies and so you can bet 
your bottom dollar from the 

630
00:37:23,000 --> 00:37:26,800
beginning to the end that You're
looking to Christ Jesus for your

631
00:37:26,800 --> 00:37:28,700
salvation, for your 
sanctification. 

632
00:37:28,700 --> 00:37:32,800
And for your glorification is 
going to pay off because it's 

633
00:37:32,800 --> 00:37:36,400
Christ who saves its Christ who 
sanctifies. 

634
00:37:36,400 --> 00:37:40,200
And it's Christ, who glorifies 
it will not be your own work. 

635
00:37:40,300 --> 00:37:42,000
It will be not be your own 
wisdom. 

636
00:37:42,000 --> 00:37:45,700
It will not be your bloodline. 
It will be nothing of the sort 

637
00:37:45,700 --> 00:37:47,600
that you can produce on your 
own. 

638
00:37:47,900 --> 00:37:53,900
You trust in Jesus, and you will
be saved, there's nothing 

639
00:37:54,000 --> 00:37:57,900
nothing you can do. 
Do to add to the simple message 

640
00:37:58,000 --> 00:38:00,100
of the gospel of Christ, that 
saves. 

641
00:38:01,000 --> 00:38:04,900
And in this message, we see the 
third truth, a saving power 

642
00:38:05,200 --> 00:38:12,900
ascending Christ. 
A simple message and a saving 

643
00:38:12,900 --> 00:38:15,800
power. 
The simple message reveals the 

644
00:38:15,800 --> 00:38:20,500
life-giving power of Christ. 
Jesus preaching has a saving and

645
00:38:20,500 --> 00:38:25,200
sanctifying power to it, but not
because of the preacher because 

646
00:38:25,200 --> 00:38:28,100
of the Christ. 
Again, First Corinthians 2:2, I 

647
00:38:28,100 --> 00:38:30,500
decided to know nothing among 
you except Jesus Christ and him 

648
00:38:30,500 --> 00:38:32,900
crucified verses, four through 
five, and my speech. 

649
00:38:32,900 --> 00:38:35,200
And my message was not 
implausible words of wisdom, but

650
00:38:35,200 --> 00:38:38,600
in demonstration of the spirit, 
And of power. 

651
00:38:39,800 --> 00:38:41,700
It was the spirit. 
He's saying it's a demonstration

652
00:38:41,700 --> 00:38:44,700
of the spirit because the spirit
showed up the spirit saved 

653
00:38:44,700 --> 00:38:47,700
people. 
The spirit awakened dead, souls 

654
00:38:47,700 --> 00:38:53,200
to life eternal, The spirit 
showed up in power because it 

655
00:38:53,200 --> 00:38:57,800
takes an otherworldly power to 
awaken the dead Soul unto saving

656
00:38:58,300 --> 00:39:02,100
eternal life. 
He says, so that your faith may 

657
00:39:02,100 --> 00:39:04,700
not rest on the wisdom of men, 
but in the power of God, if the 

658
00:39:04,700 --> 00:39:08,500
man was saving, if the man was 
doing the saving, if the man was

659
00:39:08,500 --> 00:39:11,700
doing the work of cunning, that 
kind of manipulates a person to 

660
00:39:11,700 --> 00:39:15,100
belief and then that transforms 
their life, well then who gets 

661
00:39:15,100 --> 00:39:19,500
the glory, the man does the man 
gets all the glory of the man 

662
00:39:19,500 --> 00:39:21,700
gets to stand up. 
And say, well, by my Ministry, 

663
00:39:21,800 --> 00:39:24,500
I've seen a thousand people 
saved by my Ministry. 

664
00:39:24,600 --> 00:39:28,600
We've baptized 1200 people by my
Ministry, we've done blah, blah 

665
00:39:28,600 --> 00:39:32,100
blah, we've canceled, so many 
blah, All right, the man gets to

666
00:39:32,100 --> 00:39:35,100
stand up, beat his own chest, 
Pat himself on the back and 

667
00:39:35,100 --> 00:39:40,500
receive the praise of man. 
We should never boast in the 

668
00:39:40,500 --> 00:39:42,700
work of God, unless we're 
boasting in The God. 

669
00:39:42,700 --> 00:39:46,500
Who does the work? 
Amen, it's not our work. 

670
00:39:47,100 --> 00:39:51,200
We're just simply being obedient
to Christ, who calls to Christ, 

671
00:39:51,200 --> 00:39:54,900
who gives the work the work is 
from God through and through 

672
00:39:55,500 --> 00:39:59,100
the, the fruitfulness of the 
work is from God through and 

673
00:39:59,100 --> 00:40:01,800
through. 
And so, while the unbelievers 

674
00:40:01,800 --> 00:40:04,800
preaching seems foolish to those
who recognize it as God's 

675
00:40:04,800 --> 00:40:06,000
wisdom. 
It is. 

676
00:40:06,000 --> 00:40:10,000
The means of salvation You see, 
God loves preaching. 

677
00:40:10,700 --> 00:40:13,000
He loves it. 
Because he loves saving Sinners.

678
00:40:13,700 --> 00:40:16,800
He loves strengthening his 
people and this is how he does. 

679
00:40:16,800 --> 00:40:19,800
It, it's through the 
proclamation of the word of God.

680
00:40:20,800 --> 00:40:24,000
God has always had His prophets 
in the Old Testament. 

681
00:40:24,000 --> 00:40:25,800
New Testament. 
He's had his Apostles, as we see

682
00:40:25,800 --> 00:40:27,200
in the New Testament has had his
teachers. 

683
00:40:27,200 --> 00:40:30,200
His preachers. 
He's had his Kings. 

684
00:40:30,700 --> 00:40:32,900
All of them were doing the work 
of God. 

685
00:40:33,700 --> 00:40:36,800
All of them were pointing to the
final Prophet priest and king of

686
00:40:36,800 --> 00:40:40,800
Christ Jesus himself. 
He's the one who does the work. 

687
00:40:41,600 --> 00:40:44,000
You can do many other things to 
win a large crowd. 

688
00:40:44,600 --> 00:40:49,900
It's really not that difficult. 
You can play games, you can do 

689
00:40:49,900 --> 00:40:54,000
giveaways. 
You can watch movies, you can 

690
00:40:54,000 --> 00:40:59,200
entertain to the uttermost, but 
those things do not save souls 

691
00:40:59,200 --> 00:41:00,800
in and of themselves are not 
saying they're bad. 

692
00:41:00,800 --> 00:41:02,900
And I say we shouldn't have fun.
Not saying any of those things, 

693
00:41:03,500 --> 00:41:06,300
I'm saying Sunday worship the 
Lord's Day worship. 

694
00:41:07,200 --> 00:41:09,600
Is reserved for Christ and him 
crucified. 

695
00:41:11,000 --> 00:41:15,900
It's reserved for that, besides 
what you win people to, as the 

696
00:41:15,900 --> 00:41:20,500
old adage goes. 
What you win them with sorry 

697
00:41:20,500 --> 00:41:23,500
when them too, and so you must 
keep producing. 

698
00:41:24,700 --> 00:41:28,600
You know, as a monkey on the 
stage, you must keep dancing. 

699
00:41:29,700 --> 00:41:32,000
In order to keep the people 
coming, there's no end to the 

700
00:41:32,008 --> 00:41:36,000
rat race of entertainment that 
we see in churches, and 

701
00:41:36,000 --> 00:41:39,400
therefore, we too should love 
preaching, we should love that. 

702
00:41:39,400 --> 00:41:42,100
Simple message of the Gospel of 
Jesus Christ. 

703
00:41:42,100 --> 00:41:46,000
For it is the power of God unto 
salvation, for all who believe. 

704
00:41:46,700 --> 00:41:48,400
So we should love it. 
When our pastors, enter the 

705
00:41:48,400 --> 00:41:51,400
pulpit to deliver God's word 
because it's a moment of 

706
00:41:51,400 --> 00:41:54,000
Salvation. 
It's a moment of sanctification 

707
00:41:54,200 --> 00:41:57,900
for God's chosen people. 
In verse 21 again, he says 44. 

708
00:41:58,700 --> 00:42:02,100
Sorry in First Corinthians 1:21.
He says this for since, in the 

709
00:42:02,107 --> 00:42:03,800
wisdom of God, the world did not
know. 

710
00:42:03,800 --> 00:42:06,600
God through wisdom, it pleased, 
God through the Folly of what we

711
00:42:06,600 --> 00:42:09,900
preach to save those who 
believe. 

712
00:42:11,000 --> 00:42:14,300
We should be pleased with 
preaching because it pleases 

713
00:42:14,700 --> 00:42:17,200
God. 
The wonderful mystery of 

714
00:42:17,200 --> 00:42:21,000
preaching is that God makes 
salvation and sanctification 

715
00:42:21,000 --> 00:42:25,300
possible and known through the 
proclamation of his word. 

716
00:42:25,700 --> 00:42:30,300
Amen. 
I have a list here of some final

717
00:42:30,300 --> 00:42:32,400
exhortation, zai, want to give 
to you on this. 

718
00:42:34,700 --> 00:42:38,800
Because salvation is not in your
hands but in God's hands. 

719
00:42:38,800 --> 00:42:43,000
He's the one who saves we water,
we plant God gives the increase.

720
00:42:45,500 --> 00:42:48,000
Because salvation is in is not 
in our hands. 

721
00:42:48,000 --> 00:42:51,600
But in God's hands, The Church 
Must truly Proclaim Christ. 

722
00:42:51,800 --> 00:42:57,000
Preach Christ promote Christ. 
We cannot use gimmicks, we will 

723
00:42:57,000 --> 00:43:00,200
not use gimmicks. 
We will proclaim the gospel of 

724
00:43:00,200 --> 00:43:03,500
Christ in this place each week. 
Amen. 

725
00:43:07,300 --> 00:43:11,600
Next, the biblically faithful. 
Sermon is a supernatural moment 

726
00:43:11,600 --> 00:43:14,700
where God raises dead people 
from the grave of sin and calls 

727
00:43:14,700 --> 00:43:18,900
them to be his people for those 
who are already his people. 

728
00:43:18,900 --> 00:43:22,100
It is a supernatural moment 
where Christ is lifted high for 

729
00:43:22,100 --> 00:43:27,200
them, to behold and become more 
like that, which they see, we 

730
00:43:27,200 --> 00:43:31,000
must never forget the power of 
the preached word of God. 

731
00:43:33,800 --> 00:43:35,500
Cruise again is helpful here. 
He says this. 

732
00:43:35,500 --> 00:43:39,500
He says do we recognize the 
Wonder or the miracle that takes

733
00:43:39,500 --> 00:43:41,200
place when God's word is 
preached? 

734
00:43:41,700 --> 00:43:45,400
The miracle is that God Saves 
and sanctifies as people through

735
00:43:45,400 --> 00:43:51,500
his word being preached. 
Next, the scripture meets our 

736
00:43:51,500 --> 00:43:53,400
greatest needs. 
I talked about this earlier. 

737
00:43:53,400 --> 00:43:55,100
Want to expound on it just a 
little bit. 

738
00:43:56,100 --> 00:43:58,800
The scripture makes us wise for 
salvation. 

739
00:44:00,100 --> 00:44:02,600
And the scripture equips us for 
every good work. 

740
00:44:03,500 --> 00:44:08,100
If I truly want to be helpful to
you and your walk with the Lord,

741
00:44:08,200 --> 00:44:10,500
I will proclaim the scriptures 
to you every week. 

742
00:44:11,600 --> 00:44:15,500
And that's it. 
Second Timothy 3:14 through 17 

743
00:44:15,500 --> 00:44:19,300
Paul's writing there to 
encourage Timothy Timothy to 

744
00:44:19,400 --> 00:44:24,600
maintain this. 
Work of believing the scriptures

745
00:44:24,600 --> 00:44:27,500
promoting the scriptures 
proclaiming the scriptures. 

746
00:44:28,400 --> 00:44:32,300
He says this he says but as for 
you Timothy continuing what you 

747
00:44:32,300 --> 00:44:36,100
learned and have firmly believed
knowing from whom you learned it

748
00:44:36,400 --> 00:44:39,200
and how from childhood you have 
been acquainted with the sacred 

749
00:44:39,200 --> 00:44:42,700
writings which are able to make 
you wise for salvation through. 

750
00:44:42,800 --> 00:44:46,900
Through faith in Christ Jesus, a
love has from childhood, you 

751
00:44:46,900 --> 00:44:49,300
have been acquainted with the 
sacred writings, which are able 

752
00:44:49,300 --> 00:44:52,600
to make you wise for salvation 
through Christ Jesus. 

753
00:44:54,500 --> 00:44:56,500
All scripture. 
He goes on to say is breathed 

754
00:44:56,500 --> 00:44:59,900
out by God and profitable for 
teaching, for reproof for 

755
00:44:59,900 --> 00:45:03,300
correction, and for training in 
righteousness. 

756
00:45:03,300 --> 00:45:08,000
That the man of God, may be 
complete equipped for every good

757
00:45:08,000 --> 00:45:11,100
work. 
So since this is true, we must 

758
00:45:11,100 --> 00:45:15,200
commit ourselves to the 
expository exultation of God's 

759
00:45:15,200 --> 00:45:19,900
word every day that is we must 
gladly joyfully, Proclaim, what 

760
00:45:19,900 --> 00:45:23,800
God's word actually says, that's
what it means to expose it. 

761
00:45:23,800 --> 00:45:26,700
The word of God has to say What 
God Says and nothing else 

762
00:45:26,700 --> 00:45:31,800
nothing else when we do, we meet
the spiritual needs of people. 

763
00:45:31,800 --> 00:45:35,400
Not simply the felt needs again.
Much of modern preaching is felt

764
00:45:35,400 --> 00:45:38,800
needs based while what we need 
is spiritual needs based 

765
00:45:38,800 --> 00:45:40,800
preaching from The holy 
scriptures. 

766
00:45:40,800 --> 00:45:44,300
This is what truly transforms 
someone then. 

767
00:45:44,300 --> 00:45:48,100
It is Christ who speaks to us by
the power of the spirit through 

768
00:45:48,100 --> 00:45:51,100
his messenger. 
Again. 

769
00:45:55,600 --> 00:45:59,700
We use grief as an example of 
this in grief. 

770
00:46:01,000 --> 00:46:06,800
You are tempted to try all sorts
of things, all sorts of things 

771
00:46:06,800 --> 00:46:12,200
medications, I had and there are
good-hearted people, but 

772
00:46:12,200 --> 00:46:14,800
Patricia, I've had people reach 
out to us and say, hey, if you 

773
00:46:14,800 --> 00:46:18,300
need, you know, some Xanax, you 
need some medication, you need 

774
00:46:18,300 --> 00:46:20,800
some, something we can get it 
for you. 

775
00:46:21,300 --> 00:46:24,500
You know, Health, Physicians 
doctors, those kinds of people. 

776
00:46:25,700 --> 00:46:29,400
And from day one, we just said 
we're going to rely on God. 

777
00:46:30,800 --> 00:46:33,700
You know, there's other ways you
can medicate, you can use 

778
00:46:33,700 --> 00:46:39,200
alcohol, I don't think alcohol 
is in itself evil, but it can be

779
00:46:39,200 --> 00:46:43,200
absolutely used for evil things.
Medicating yourself, spiritually

780
00:46:43,200 --> 00:46:48,200
emotionally, physically with 
alcohol, is an evil thing and so

781
00:46:48,200 --> 00:46:53,800
you must not do that, you can go
to therapy and you can seek out 

782
00:46:53,800 --> 00:46:57,000
therapy and you can hear some 
good things about how you can 

783
00:46:57,000 --> 00:46:59,500
come to know yourself, better, 
and know the thoughts of your 

784
00:46:59,500 --> 00:47:02,000
heart, and your mind. better and
understand how the brain 

785
00:47:02,000 --> 00:47:04,800
functions better, and you can 
receive even some medication 

786
00:47:04,800 --> 00:47:11,900
once again to help you If I 
didn't have the conviction of 

787
00:47:11,900 --> 00:47:16,600
God's sovereignty, over all 
things, that that it was him, 

788
00:47:16,600 --> 00:47:21,300
who gave birth to my daughter 
and that it was him who took my 

789
00:47:21,300 --> 00:47:23,800
daughter's life. 
If I didn't think that he was 

790
00:47:23,800 --> 00:47:26,800
God in the giving and the taking
away and worthy of being praised

791
00:47:26,800 --> 00:47:31,000
in both, then I would have run 
to some of those things. 

792
00:47:32,000 --> 00:47:34,000
Be easy to do. 
Why not? 

793
00:47:34,000 --> 00:47:36,600
I have this felt need of 
comfort. 

794
00:47:36,600 --> 00:47:39,500
I have this felt need of pain 
that I need to Levy, ate it? 

795
00:47:39,500 --> 00:47:42,500
I have this felt need of 
whatever. 

796
00:47:42,500 --> 00:47:46,700
That I know these things can 
offer temporary relief from 

797
00:47:49,400 --> 00:47:51,700
That's not the need that I 
needed met the need. 

798
00:47:51,700 --> 00:47:58,300
I had that needed. 
Met was Comfort that only 

799
00:47:58,300 --> 00:48:04,900
knowledge of God can give. 
That the Christ is King that he 

800
00:48:04,900 --> 00:48:08,600
was not sorted and when he's 
passing, he did not look away 

801
00:48:08,600 --> 00:48:11,500
and lose control in a moment, 
right? 

802
00:48:11,600 --> 00:48:12,600
I know. 
I've said some of these things 

803
00:48:12,600 --> 00:48:14,000
to you. 
I'm just trying to show you why 

804
00:48:14,300 --> 00:48:20,000
you need to understand the words
of God over and above any other 

805
00:48:20,300 --> 00:48:23,200
thing out there that promises 
temporary relief. 

806
00:48:24,200 --> 00:48:28,400
And then in doing. 
So, your joy may be full. 

807
00:48:29,400 --> 00:48:34,700
You might receive real comfort. 
And Philippians 4 were told that

808
00:48:34,700 --> 00:48:38,100
there's a peace that surpasses 
understanding for those who will

809
00:48:38,100 --> 00:48:43,300
pray to God with Thanksgiving 
about their stresses, about 

810
00:48:43,300 --> 00:48:48,800
their anxieties test God in it. 
But testing minute, for more 

811
00:48:48,800 --> 00:48:54,200
than an hour Testament, it for 
more than 15 minutes, testing 

812
00:48:54,200 --> 00:48:59,800
minute over weeks and months and
see if you can come to know that

813
00:48:59,800 --> 00:49:01,900
Christ. 
And him crucified is truly, the 

814
00:49:01,900 --> 00:49:05,000
only message Your heart needs. 
Amen. 

815
00:49:05,500 --> 00:49:09,900
It's the greatest help. 
And so we must preach to the 

816
00:49:09,900 --> 00:49:18,800
spiritual need more than the 
felt need. finally, hearing is 

817
00:49:18,800 --> 00:49:23,800
believing Romans 10:17. 
So faith comes from hearing and 

818
00:49:23,800 --> 00:49:25,500
hearing through the word of 
Christ. 

819
00:49:26,300 --> 00:49:31,800
Again, there's this temptation 
out there to look to to say 

820
00:49:31,800 --> 00:49:35,400
things like man, if we just had 
Christ in front of us, if we 

821
00:49:35,400 --> 00:49:37,800
just had Christ saying the 
things to us. 

822
00:49:37,900 --> 00:49:43,400
If we could just see him. 
Take Five Loaves and two other. 

823
00:49:43,400 --> 00:49:45,500
Yeah, five rows to fish. 
I just want to say it backwards.

824
00:49:46,900 --> 00:49:50,600
And make food for 5,000. 
If I could just lay eyes on 

825
00:49:50,600 --> 00:49:52,800
those things, then, I would 
believe. 

826
00:49:54,400 --> 00:49:56,900
Well the resounding answer of 
scripture is that no you 

827
00:49:56,900 --> 00:50:01,200
wouldn't, it's not the miracle 
that causes belief. 

828
00:50:02,100 --> 00:50:05,000
The Miracles are pointing to the
Christ of the miracle. 

829
00:50:06,200 --> 00:50:12,300
And so hearing is believing not 
seeing hearing is believing 

830
00:50:12,300 --> 00:50:15,500
faith comes from hearing and 
hearing through the word of God.

831
00:50:16,900 --> 00:50:21,700
We don't get to see Jesus, not 
yet, I've never laid eyes on 

832
00:50:21,700 --> 00:50:24,100
Christ. 
I've not seen him yet, but I 

833
00:50:24,107 --> 00:50:27,600
have tasted and seen that God is
good. 

834
00:50:27,800 --> 00:50:32,000
Amen, I've tasted and seen that.
He is true, that he is real. 

835
00:50:32,000 --> 00:50:36,100
That he has transformed my life 
and the lives of many whom I 

836
00:50:36,100 --> 00:50:41,000
love. 
And when the spirit Applause 

837
00:50:41,000 --> 00:50:45,900
that word to us, as we hear it 
in faith, that's all you need to

838
00:50:45,900 --> 00:50:48,900
be saved. 
There's a moment after the 

839
00:50:48,908 --> 00:50:51,600
resurrection. 
When Thomas, we call him 

840
00:50:51,600 --> 00:50:55,300
doubting Thomas because of this 
and a couple of other instances,

841
00:50:55,300 --> 00:51:00,500
but Thomas was a skeptic Christ 
had risen Thomas. 

842
00:51:00,500 --> 00:51:02,300
Wasn't there? 
The first time Christ presented 

843
00:51:02,300 --> 00:51:04,500
himself to the, to the 
disciples. 

844
00:51:05,100 --> 00:51:06,600
And when he found out he was 
upset. 

845
00:51:06,600 --> 00:51:09,400
He's like, I just don't believe 
that you guys are telling me the

846
00:51:09,400 --> 00:51:13,600
truth, He wanted to see Christ 
but more than that, he said he 

847
00:51:13,600 --> 00:51:16,900
wanted to put his hands in the 
wounds for proof. 

848
00:51:19,400 --> 00:51:22,300
Do you remember Jesus response? 
Jesus shows up. 

849
00:51:23,600 --> 00:51:28,600
He lets him touch the wounds and
Thomas proclaims his belief. 

850
00:51:28,600 --> 00:51:32,000
And this is what Jesus says he 
says, have you believed because 

851
00:51:32,000 --> 00:51:37,400
you have seen me Blessed. 
Are those who have not seen and 

852
00:51:37,400 --> 00:51:42,600
yet have believed Amen. 
Why would cry say something like

853
00:51:42,600 --> 00:51:45,400
that? 
Because he was about to send his

854
00:51:45,400 --> 00:51:49,400
Apostles into all the world to 
preach and proclaim the gospel 

855
00:51:50,100 --> 00:51:52,800
and they needed to know that 
seeing is not believing. 

856
00:51:52,900 --> 00:51:57,200
Hearing is believing and when 
you proclaim the word of Christ 

857
00:51:57,200 --> 00:52:00,800
Christ, by the spirit draws 
people unto the father. 

858
00:52:01,000 --> 00:52:04,800
Amen. 
So we can be content with 

859
00:52:04,800 --> 00:52:08,100
hearing Christ. 
We don't have to see Christ, we 

860
00:52:08,100 --> 00:52:09,700
don't have to manufacture 
Miracles. 

861
00:52:09,700 --> 00:52:12,800
We don't have to make things up,
Christ and him crucified that 

862
00:52:12,800 --> 00:52:15,800
message is enough. 
And so we come to church because

863
00:52:15,800 --> 00:52:20,400
we expect to hear the words of 
God, through preachers, preach 

864
00:52:20,400 --> 00:52:26,000
is those Who know that the holy 
spirit is what's needed to move 

865
00:52:26,000 --> 00:52:29,200
on the lives of God's people 
either unto salvation or 

866
00:52:29,200 --> 00:52:33,600
sanctification, a preacher on 
his own is powerless, he can 

867
00:52:33,600 --> 00:52:36,700
stand in his cunning, he can 
stand in his charm, he can stand

868
00:52:36,700 --> 00:52:41,400
and plausible words of wisdom as
Paul says, but he will not bring

869
00:52:41,400 --> 00:52:46,000
people unto salvation. 
He's powerless for any spiritual

870
00:52:46,000 --> 00:52:50,800
work, but the message of Christ 
coming through him as a Herald 

871
00:52:50,800 --> 00:52:56,000
of that message is a truly 
spiritual power and so we preach

872
00:52:56,000 --> 00:52:59,700
Jesus Christ. 
And we do so because he preached

873
00:52:59,700 --> 00:53:04,600
himself and John 14:6 
comforting, the disciples were 

874
00:53:05,400 --> 00:53:10,200
terrified that he's about to go 
away says I am the way the truth

875
00:53:10,200 --> 00:53:12,800
and the life. 
No one comes to the father 

876
00:53:12,800 --> 00:53:17,600
except through me. 
Now Christ, still preaches, 

877
00:53:17,600 --> 00:53:21,000
though. 
He does it through his servants 

878
00:53:21,600 --> 00:53:25,500
and he continues to preach only 
himself because he is the way 

879
00:53:25,600 --> 00:53:28,200
the truth and the life. 
It's through preaching that 

880
00:53:28,200 --> 00:53:31,100
Christ, sends his Heralds to 
announce the good news of the 

881
00:53:31,100 --> 00:53:33,300
Gospel. 
To his people Christ, was 

882
00:53:33,300 --> 00:53:36,400
crucified to save Sinners. 
That's the message. 

883
00:53:36,800 --> 00:53:41,000
And through that, preaching by 
faith, you will be changed 

884
00:53:41,300 --> 00:53:45,900
either unto salvation, as a new 
believer or unto sanctification.

885
00:53:46,400 --> 00:53:50,900
As an already st. 
Member of the household of God, 

886
00:53:51,500 --> 00:53:57,000
an air of the glories of Heaven 
adopted into the family of God, 

887
00:53:57,000 --> 00:54:02,000
because of Christ, your brother,
his sacrifice on your behalf, 

888
00:54:02,300 --> 00:54:05,100
you know? 
By the power of the Holy Spirit.

889
00:54:05,100 --> 00:54:09,300
Jesus speaks through his 
preacher, saving, Sinners, and 

890
00:54:09,300 --> 00:54:13,000
sanctifying Saints by the spoken
words of the glory of God. 

891
00:54:14,800 --> 00:54:20,600
Amen. 
As we prepare to sing. 

892
00:54:22,000 --> 00:54:24,900
I want to ask you. 
In. 

893
00:54:24,900 --> 00:54:29,000
What ways have you forfeited? 
The word of Christ. 

894
00:54:30,500 --> 00:54:34,100
In your own life. 
And what ways have you stopped 

895
00:54:34,100 --> 00:54:38,000
standing or never, begun, 
standing on the word of Christ. 

896
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And what ways have you decided 
that man's Wisdom is greater 

897
00:54:44,100 --> 00:54:49,400
than the wisdom found here? 
You need to repent today. 

898
00:54:50,700 --> 00:54:54,400
Of all of those ways, whatever, 
they may be submit yourself to 

899
00:54:54,400 --> 00:54:56,200
the lordship of Christ in your 
life. 

900
00:54:58,700 --> 00:55:02,300
If you're an unbeliever in here,
you've never sought Christ in 

901
00:55:02,300 --> 00:55:04,600
your life. 
You've never submitted yourself 

902
00:55:04,600 --> 00:55:06,400
to him. 
You've never repented of your 

903
00:55:06,400 --> 00:55:14,400
sins and profess faith in Jesus.
Then I urge you today urge Stop 

904
00:55:14,400 --> 00:55:18,100
running from God. 
Submit yourself to the Lord 

905
00:55:18,100 --> 00:55:21,300
today. 
If you confess your sins with 

906
00:55:21,300 --> 00:55:24,900
your mouth, you'll confess that 
Jesus Christ is Lord. 

907
00:55:24,900 --> 00:55:27,200
And that God raised him from the
dead on the third day. 

908
00:55:27,200 --> 00:55:30,300
If you believe those things in 
your heart as you confess them, 

909
00:55:30,400 --> 00:55:33,000
Romans 10 says that you will be 
saved. 

910
00:55:34,000 --> 00:55:37,900
Can be confident of that. 
So, I urge you to confess with 

911
00:55:37,900 --> 00:55:40,300
your mouth, that Christ is Lord,
believe in your heart, that God 

912
00:55:40,300 --> 00:55:43,400
raised him from the dead and 
receive his salvation today. 

913
00:55:44,000 --> 00:55:49,400
We pray for us, Heavenly Father,
we love you, we thank you, Lord 

914
00:55:50,200 --> 00:55:54,600
for your word today. 
A preacher must stand on the 

915
00:55:54,600 --> 00:55:58,400
word of God Christ and him 
crucified as our message. 

916
00:55:58,400 --> 00:56:03,500
Always It's the hope of 
salvation. 

917
00:56:04,600 --> 00:56:08,900
It's the hope of sanctification 
growth in godliness for all who 

918
00:56:08,900 --> 00:56:14,000
believe. 
And so Lord I pray now with my 

919
00:56:14,000 --> 00:56:18,800
brothers and sisters reveal to 
us, where we have decided that 

920
00:56:18,800 --> 00:56:23,200
man's Wisdom is greater than the
wisdom of God revealed to us 

921
00:56:23,200 --> 00:56:26,800
where our hearts have sought 
after the things of this world 

922
00:56:27,400 --> 00:56:31,500
maybe it was for Comfort. 
Maybe it was for help, maybe it 

923
00:56:31,500 --> 00:56:33,500
was to relieve anxiety or 
stress. 

924
00:56:35,400 --> 00:56:39,900
Maybe in our marriages, we keep 
running to the advice of 

925
00:56:40,300 --> 00:56:43,100
friends, right? 
Other than the word of God. 

926
00:56:44,200 --> 00:56:48,900
Maybe in relationships, we keep 
thinking that our way is best. 

927
00:56:51,500 --> 00:56:57,100
And we have never thought to 
consider what your word says. or

928
00:56:57,100 --> 00:57:02,000
there's a 1001 different 
scenarios. 

929
00:57:02,900 --> 00:57:05,000
Someone here may be facing 
today. 

930
00:57:06,200 --> 00:57:08,800
But I pray that you would reveal
yourself to them by the power of

931
00:57:08,800 --> 00:57:13,000
your spirit that you would lead 
them to repentance, help them to

932
00:57:13,000 --> 00:57:19,800
believe and to trust you father,
your word which we've received 

933
00:57:20,600 --> 00:57:22,700
through Christ and through your 
spirit. 

934
00:57:25,900 --> 00:57:31,200
Help us to have unadulterated 
Legions to Jesus and only him. 

935
00:57:34,100 --> 00:57:35,600
Lord. 
Would you save those who don't 

936
00:57:35,600 --> 00:57:39,800
know you, you save those who 
have not yet been saved. 

937
00:57:39,800 --> 00:57:43,200
You were still standing in their
own sins thinking that it's a 

938
00:57:43,200 --> 00:57:45,800
righteousness. 
Good enough to earn the favor of

939
00:57:45,800 --> 00:57:49,500
God and you help them to see 
that they are utterly depleted 

940
00:57:49,500 --> 00:57:54,000
of any such goodness, any such 
righteousness and by our sin 

941
00:57:54,000 --> 00:57:57,900
alone, we have rebelled against 
a holy God and there is Judgment

942
00:57:57,900 --> 00:58:02,500
coming for us. 
Yet the promise, the good news 

943
00:58:02,500 --> 00:58:05,200
of the Gospel is that for all 
who will believe in? 

944
00:58:05,200 --> 00:58:09,100
Jesus, we're all who all who 
will trust him as their savior 

945
00:58:09,300 --> 00:58:14,100
will be saved today. 
This day salvation can be ours, 

946
00:58:14,100 --> 00:58:18,100
because of Jesus. 
Would you move on them by the 

947
00:58:18,100 --> 00:58:21,900
power of your spirit? 
We love you. 

948
00:58:22,400 --> 00:58:24,700
We are so dependent upon you for
everything. 

949
00:58:26,200 --> 00:58:30,700
So dependents. 
Lord always see our felt needs 

950
00:58:30,700 --> 00:58:33,700
so often. 
Would you meet our spiritual 

951
00:58:33,700 --> 00:58:36,700
needs? 
Please Meet the things that 

952
00:58:36,700 --> 00:58:41,900
really count. 
We ask these things in the Name 

953
00:58:42,300 --> 00:58:44,400
of Christ. 
Our Lord, amen.