1 00:00:03,560 --> 00:00:06,760 In your Bibles, turn to the book of John, John 1. 2 00:00:06,760 --> 00:00:08,960 You keep your finger there because that's not going to be 3 00:00:08,960 --> 00:00:11,040 on the screen. Everything else is going to be 4 00:00:11,040 --> 00:00:13,240 on the screen, but keep your finger on John 1. 5 00:00:13,640 --> 00:00:17,600 And Kevin, come and join me here, buddy. 6 00:00:17,960 --> 00:00:20,280 Come and join me. Where's that microphone? 7 00:00:27,960 --> 00:00:35,720 Geez, guys. Oh, yes, I tell you, if you want 8 00:00:35,720 --> 00:00:37,800 to catch Christmas, just walk next to this. 9 00:00:37,840 --> 00:00:41,760 OK, Kev, I want to say you're an absolute delight. 10 00:00:41,760 --> 00:00:47,080 Kevin and his wife Lynette is, is somewhat one of our life 11 00:00:47,080 --> 00:00:49,960 group leaders that we have. They've been serving Jesus 12 00:00:49,960 --> 00:00:52,200 faithfully to, to together with their kids. 13 00:00:52,200 --> 00:00:54,000 They're a blessing to this community. 14 00:00:54,320 --> 00:00:56,720 And he just brings joy. Whenever I see this man, he 15 00:00:56,720 --> 00:00:58,360 brings joy. He brings joy next to the 16 00:00:58,360 --> 00:01:02,120 baptism pool. And by the way, if you feel you 17 00:01:02,120 --> 00:01:04,280 want to get baptized, the baptism pools open. 18 00:01:04,280 --> 00:01:07,520 We can do it afterwards. So, Keith, why don't you pray 19 00:01:07,520 --> 00:01:09,640 for us, buddy? Why don't you pray for us? 20 00:01:09,640 --> 00:01:11,320 Thank you. Thank you, Eugene. 21 00:01:11,720 --> 00:01:13,760 OK. Morning through CI Merry 22 00:01:13,760 --> 00:01:16,680 Christmas and Father God, we thank you. 23 00:01:16,680 --> 00:01:20,240 Lord, we thank you for this day. We thank you that you saved, 24 00:01:20,400 --> 00:01:26,480 sent your son to us to save us, Father, to lift us up to be with 25 00:01:26,480 --> 00:01:29,680 us that we can have ever, ever lost in life. 26 00:01:30,480 --> 00:01:32,680 We just pray for this lounge, Father, we pray for these 27 00:01:32,680 --> 00:01:37,280 people, be with them, let the Holy Spirit go through them and 28 00:01:37,280 --> 00:01:40,760 just lead them through life. And we just pray for Eugene and 29 00:01:40,760 --> 00:01:44,440 his family and just everybody here and just pray this in Jesus 30 00:01:44,440 --> 00:01:45,680 mighty name. Amen. 31 00:01:45,880 --> 00:01:47,320 Amen. Amen. 32 00:01:48,440 --> 00:01:51,520 Thank you, Kevin. God bless you, buddy. 33 00:01:54,800 --> 00:01:57,240 Good. So if you're anything like my 34 00:01:57,240 --> 00:02:00,760 wife, you would love Nativity scenes. 35 00:02:01,920 --> 00:02:05,080 She is absolutely crazy about nativity scenes. 36 00:02:05,960 --> 00:02:09,960 So we've got one-on-one little one on our piano at home. 37 00:02:10,280 --> 00:02:13,640 And if we walk the shops and, or if we go to Lawley St. you've 38 00:02:13,640 --> 00:02:15,840 got to take pictures at Nativity scenes. 39 00:02:16,400 --> 00:02:19,600 She absolutely loves it. We've been married for 25 years 40 00:02:19,600 --> 00:02:22,680 this year. And when my kids were small, 41 00:02:22,680 --> 00:02:26,400 Jessie and Jayden, we used to have these nativity plays 42 00:02:26,400 --> 00:02:29,360 during, oh, Christmas Eve. You familiar with that? 43 00:02:30,200 --> 00:02:33,040 Yeah, some of you might have, might have gone through the 44 00:02:33,040 --> 00:02:36,760 experience. And, you know, then one plays 45 00:02:36,760 --> 00:02:41,440 Mary, 1 plays Joseph, 1 plays the the little Jesus in the 46 00:02:41,440 --> 00:02:44,280 Manger. And, and nobody wants to be the 47 00:02:44,280 --> 00:02:48,200 donkey or the cow, but they want to be the star or the wise men. 48 00:02:48,600 --> 00:02:54,520 And you know, it's much laughter because not in any way does it 49 00:02:54,520 --> 00:02:56,760 come out like the narrative of the story. 50 00:02:57,160 --> 00:03:00,720 They all put their own feel to it or how they know it it should 51 00:03:00,720 --> 00:03:03,600 have gone or would have gone and how they would have done it. 52 00:03:03,960 --> 00:03:07,480 And it's much laughter. But then our kids grew older 53 00:03:08,040 --> 00:03:11,480 and, and, and now it's not just a nativity scene. 54 00:03:12,760 --> 00:03:18,960 It is actually who is Jesus. You see, it wasn't always a 55 00:03:18,960 --> 00:03:21,440 nativity scene. And then we would read the Bible 56 00:03:21,440 --> 00:03:24,040 and then we would pray. Then we would sometimes sing 57 00:03:24,040 --> 00:03:25,240 Silent Night. I love you. 58 00:03:26,240 --> 00:03:28,240 Thank goodness nobody else was there to listen. 59 00:03:28,240 --> 00:03:32,840 You'll, you'll make money. You'll sell earplugs by the 60 00:03:32,840 --> 00:03:38,800 thousands. Don't want to hear me sing and 61 00:03:39,560 --> 00:03:42,920 but but you know what? It's all good to know to read 62 00:03:42,920 --> 00:03:47,240 how Jesus came and it's all valued guys that I don't want to 63 00:03:47,240 --> 00:03:49,360 take away this morning in any sense. 64 00:03:49,560 --> 00:03:55,480 In fact, I want to magnify that little baby Jesus, want to 65 00:03:55,480 --> 00:03:58,080 magnify him. I don't take a one bit away from 66 00:03:58,080 --> 00:04:02,600 him this morning. But it's so much more than just 67 00:04:02,600 --> 00:04:06,760 a baby in a Manger. It's the Son of God. 68 00:04:08,240 --> 00:04:13,080 Whoa, it's the Son of God. You know, and we would sit 69 00:04:13,080 --> 00:04:15,440 around and we would say, what does Jesus mean to you and who 70 00:04:15,440 --> 00:04:18,200 is Jesus to you? And we'll have some of these 71 00:04:18,200 --> 00:04:21,000 discussions, and that's what we're going to talk about this 72 00:04:21,000 --> 00:04:23,720 morning. Who is Jesus? 73 00:04:23,920 --> 00:04:26,680 Matthew once says this, you can follow on screen. 74 00:04:26,840 --> 00:04:29,760 It says she will give birth to a son. 75 00:04:30,120 --> 00:04:33,800 You are to give him the name Jesus because he will save his 76 00:04:33,800 --> 00:04:37,760 people from their sin. Do you know what the name Jesus 77 00:04:37,760 --> 00:04:42,320 means? God saves friends over this 78 00:04:42,320 --> 00:04:44,120 planet. The whole world, virtually the 79 00:04:44,120 --> 00:04:47,240 whole world came to a stencil today because of our Savior, 80 00:04:48,040 --> 00:04:52,240 whether they believe it or not, history changed. 81 00:04:52,400 --> 00:04:55,080 You get before Christ and you get after Christ. 82 00:04:55,080 --> 00:05:01,040 Because of this, calendars changed because of our Saviour. 83 00:05:01,600 --> 00:05:04,080 You know Jesus. Everywhere with the name Jesus 84 00:05:04,080 --> 00:05:07,920 will be spoken today. Every time you hear Jesus, it's 85 00:05:08,080 --> 00:05:12,280 declaring God saves and they don't even know it. 86 00:05:14,280 --> 00:05:18,600 They were you on your lounge declared Jesus saves or God 87 00:05:18,600 --> 00:05:20,440 save. Just say Jesus's name. 88 00:05:20,640 --> 00:05:26,160 God saves, God saves. So it says she will give birth 89 00:05:26,160 --> 00:05:30,360 to a son and you will give him the name Jesus because he will 90 00:05:30,360 --> 00:05:35,800 save his people from their sin. But you know what friends, my 91 00:05:35,800 --> 00:05:38,400 favorite book in the Bible we're allowed to have favorite books. 92 00:05:38,400 --> 00:05:42,480 Hey, my favorite book in the Bible is the book of John. 93 00:05:43,320 --> 00:05:45,760 I absolutely love the book of John. 94 00:05:46,760 --> 00:05:52,960 John is a way of announcing the birth of Christ in a way that no 95 00:05:52,960 --> 00:05:58,480 other gospel announces it. Listen to what he says and if 96 00:05:58,480 --> 00:06:02,840 you have your Bibles that's what I want you to turn to John One 97 00:06:02,840 --> 00:06:08,440 verse one says in the beginning was the word capital letter and 98 00:06:08,440 --> 00:06:13,600 the word capital letter was God and the word was with God. 99 00:06:14,880 --> 00:06:18,040 The word was God and the word was God with God in the 100 00:06:18,040 --> 00:06:20,760 beginning through him all things were made. 101 00:06:20,880 --> 00:06:25,400 Without him nothing was made that has been made in him was 102 00:06:25,400 --> 00:06:30,440 life and that life was the light of all mankind. 103 00:06:30,600 --> 00:06:34,600 Jump to verse 14. The word capital Word, same word 104 00:06:34,600 --> 00:06:40,920 speaking about became flesh and made his dwelling among us 105 00:06:41,360 --> 00:06:44,480 beautiful. That is John's way of saying a 106 00:06:44,480 --> 00:06:48,080 child will be born. Well, I don't know about you 107 00:06:48,080 --> 00:06:50,320 friends. When my kids were born, I didn't 108 00:06:50,320 --> 00:06:56,120 say the word became flesh. I said my son was born and I was 109 00:06:56,120 --> 00:06:58,640 proud of him and I said my daughter was born. 110 00:06:58,800 --> 00:07:01,840 And you said your son was born. You didn't say the word become 111 00:07:01,840 --> 00:07:03,960 flesh. There's only one word that 112 00:07:03,960 --> 00:07:09,120 became flesh, it's Jesus Christ. He was before he was a baby in a 113 00:07:09,120 --> 00:07:12,680 Manger. Jesus was friends, everything. 114 00:07:12,680 --> 00:07:17,040 You just go and read Genesis 1 and you will see God spoke the 115 00:07:17,040 --> 00:07:19,080 word and what happened? It happened. 116 00:07:19,600 --> 00:07:23,080 It was created. Nothing you and I were created. 117 00:07:23,080 --> 00:07:26,440 Adam and Eve was created, the sea, the fish, every single 118 00:07:26,440 --> 00:07:30,360 thing was created through the word that Jesus, that God spoke, 119 00:07:30,520 --> 00:07:33,080 and that Word is what became flesh. 120 00:07:35,400 --> 00:07:39,600 He was timeless, He was spaceless, and he came into our 121 00:07:39,600 --> 00:07:45,320 world bound by time down, bound by space, confined the human 122 00:07:45,320 --> 00:07:47,240 flesh. Wow. 123 00:07:48,480 --> 00:07:54,600 So that baby that was lying in the Manger was still God, but he 124 00:07:54,600 --> 00:07:57,160 was fully man. And you know what? 125 00:07:57,160 --> 00:08:00,640 He had to restrain himself. He had the ability to do 126 00:08:00,640 --> 00:08:03,800 miracles. He had the ability to do signs 127 00:08:03,800 --> 00:08:05,800 and wonders. I mean, he was 11 years old. 128 00:08:05,800 --> 00:08:08,120 He was preaching in the temple, teaching the people. 129 00:08:09,080 --> 00:08:11,360 He had to restrain himself. Why? 130 00:08:11,760 --> 00:08:15,920 Because we'll read later on in John two, it says that my time 131 00:08:15,920 --> 00:08:18,880 has not yet come. Friends, if you miss God's 132 00:08:18,880 --> 00:08:21,920 timing because you feel something is with inside you and 133 00:08:21,920 --> 00:08:24,960 just you just want to break out and you don't restrain yourself, 134 00:08:26,120 --> 00:08:28,520 the Son of God had to restrain himself. 135 00:08:28,920 --> 00:08:31,760 He had to live within the limitations because he was fully 136 00:08:31,760 --> 00:08:34,200 manned. He had to go through everything 137 00:08:34,200 --> 00:08:36,520 that you and I are going through. 138 00:08:38,720 --> 00:08:45,680 The Word became flesh in 2016. It changed the way I read read 139 00:08:45,680 --> 00:08:50,600 the Bible or I read the Bible because it wasn't a service like 140 00:08:50,600 --> 00:08:55,320 this where Rory got up and he went through from the 1 John 1 141 00:08:55,400 --> 00:09:00,800 up to John 21 on what Jesus is in each one of those chapters. 142 00:09:01,040 --> 00:09:03,080 And it changed the way I read God's Word. 143 00:09:03,360 --> 00:09:05,400 That's what I'm going to share with you this morning. 144 00:09:06,240 --> 00:09:10,560 It's very good and well for us to know that Jesus came, but who 145 00:09:10,560 --> 00:09:15,520 he is, it's another story. Who is he? 146 00:09:16,560 --> 00:09:20,200 Well, in John One, he's the Lamb of God. 147 00:09:21,680 --> 00:09:26,120 You see, in Genesis 22 we read of one man for one lamb. 148 00:09:26,440 --> 00:09:31,200 You know these things. One man for one lamb in Exodus 1 149 00:09:31,200 --> 00:09:36,520 lamb for one family, in Leviticus 1 lamb for one nation, 150 00:09:37,960 --> 00:09:44,520 in Isaiah 1 lamb for for many. And in the book of John 1, lamb 151 00:09:44,680 --> 00:09:48,640 for the whole world, never to die again. 152 00:09:49,440 --> 00:09:51,880 You know what, friends? All the lambs that came before 153 00:09:51,880 --> 00:09:55,280 Jesus. All the lambs couldn't do what 154 00:09:55,280 --> 00:09:58,120 Jesus did. It had to happen every year. 155 00:09:58,840 --> 00:10:02,680 But when Jesus came, he paid the price once and for all. 156 00:10:04,280 --> 00:10:07,760 If you want to know what it is to be saved, just run to the 157 00:10:07,760 --> 00:10:11,400 lamb. We've got a saying of saying you 158 00:10:11,400 --> 00:10:13,560 run through the church. When you run through the church, 159 00:10:14,960 --> 00:10:17,560 you'll meet the Lamb of God who paid the ultimate price. 160 00:10:18,440 --> 00:10:24,960 In John 2 is the miracle worker. Jesus restrained himself and 161 00:10:24,960 --> 00:10:27,920 when when Mary said to him, his mom said to him at this wedding, 162 00:10:27,920 --> 00:10:33,400 he said they have no more wine. She said, woman, my hour has not 163 00:10:33,400 --> 00:10:36,440 yet come. See, He always added in him to 164 00:10:36,440 --> 00:10:38,920 do miracles. Mary didn't see one miracle 165 00:10:39,800 --> 00:10:42,000 because the Bible says that was the first miracle. 166 00:10:42,000 --> 00:10:44,840 And why did Jesus do the miracle at a wedding? 167 00:10:45,800 --> 00:10:48,320 Because he loves marriages. He loves covenant. 168 00:10:49,080 --> 00:10:51,840 He loves marriages, flurries. And you know what? 169 00:10:51,920 --> 00:10:54,880 He will give everything to save your marriage. 170 00:10:55,600 --> 00:10:57,680 Or are your marriage in tatters this morning? 171 00:10:57,840 --> 00:11:01,600 Go to John 2. Jesus can save your marriage. 172 00:11:02,400 --> 00:11:05,560 In John 3, Jesus came as the great teacher. 173 00:11:06,640 --> 00:11:09,640 He, he taught Nicodemus and he got saved. 174 00:11:09,800 --> 00:11:13,120 In John Four, He came as the great evangelist. 175 00:11:14,920 --> 00:11:19,000 He met the Samaritan woman at the well and he told her her 176 00:11:19,000 --> 00:11:24,360 whole life story and he said to her, you had five aspens and the 177 00:11:24,360 --> 00:11:26,680 man that you're currently staying with is not your 178 00:11:26,680 --> 00:11:29,720 husband. And through that she believed in 179 00:11:29,720 --> 00:11:31,240 him. She ran to Samaria. 180 00:11:31,240 --> 00:11:34,280 She told everybody in Samaria. The whole town ran out. 181 00:11:34,520 --> 00:11:37,880 Jesus told him about himself and many believed friends. 182 00:11:37,880 --> 00:11:40,720 He's the evangelist. He can use your story. 183 00:11:40,840 --> 00:11:43,440 He knows your story like he knew that lady's story. 184 00:11:43,440 --> 00:11:46,160 He knows your story. What's your story this morning? 185 00:11:47,280 --> 00:11:50,800 Jesus can change your story. He changed the whole town story 186 00:11:50,960 --> 00:11:55,640 through one lady. Ladies, you are significant, you 187 00:11:55,640 --> 00:11:59,160 are precious, you are beautiful. God's given you a story. 188 00:11:59,360 --> 00:12:03,120 Don't live under the words of man that spoke evil over you. 189 00:12:03,280 --> 00:12:06,320 Live under the words of a heavenly Father that loves you. 190 00:12:07,480 --> 00:12:12,600 You'll change your story. In John 5, Jesus came as the 191 00:12:12,600 --> 00:12:16,040 doctor, the great physician. How do you say that? 192 00:12:16,880 --> 00:12:25,960 Physician, physician, physician. I don't want to embarrass him, 193 00:12:26,480 --> 00:12:32,520 but we've got Simeon week after week after week doing the AV 194 00:12:32,560 --> 00:12:36,560 behind the the screen. One of the best surgeons that I 195 00:12:36,560 --> 00:12:38,480 know, cardiologist that I've known. 196 00:12:39,480 --> 00:12:44,960 Oncologist, cardiologist. Thank you, Clint. 197 00:12:50,120 --> 00:12:53,080 I just gave him more than one. Yeah, he's got more than 1° 198 00:12:56,520 --> 00:13:00,640 serving us faithfully beyond the soundest that you and I can see 199 00:13:00,640 --> 00:13:02,800 the words and know how to worship Jesus. 200 00:13:03,160 --> 00:13:06,280 But during the day, he's a man with skillful hands. 201 00:13:06,280 --> 00:13:08,240 Jesus is a man with skillful hands. 202 00:13:08,480 --> 00:13:10,680 He can save you out of your illness. 203 00:13:11,280 --> 00:13:15,800 He can heal you, Petty where you are on your bed at this moment, 204 00:13:16,080 --> 00:13:19,240 Elna, where you're on your bed at this moment battling cancer, 205 00:13:19,280 --> 00:13:22,960 Jesus can heal you. If you're trusting Jesus today, 206 00:13:23,960 --> 00:13:26,400 Jesus can heal you. He's the great doctor. 207 00:13:28,120 --> 00:13:32,480 And John 6 is the bread of life and John 7 is the water of life. 208 00:13:32,680 --> 00:13:35,400 If you're in the desert, friends, you're going to need 209 00:13:35,400 --> 00:13:36,680 water. Water first. 210 00:13:37,560 --> 00:13:39,200 But there comes to the point where you're going to need 211 00:13:39,200 --> 00:13:41,160 bread. I'm telling you, water is not 212 00:13:41,160 --> 00:13:43,320 going to be enough. You're going to need bread. 213 00:13:43,920 --> 00:13:47,720 Jesus is both. If you're in the desert, you 214 00:13:47,720 --> 00:13:49,760 come to Jesus. He'll give you the water that 215 00:13:49,760 --> 00:13:51,120 you need. He'll give you the bread that 216 00:13:51,120 --> 00:13:52,280 you'll eat. He'll take you out of the 217 00:13:52,280 --> 00:13:56,080 desert. Just eat of him, drink of him. 218 00:13:56,240 --> 00:14:02,640 Come to Jesus. Friends, in John 7, John 8, 219 00:14:03,040 --> 00:14:06,160 thank you real. In John 8, He came as the 220 00:14:06,160 --> 00:14:10,480 defender of the week. You know a lady was caught in 221 00:14:10,480 --> 00:14:17,840 adultery and brought to Jesus and when he saw her he bent 222 00:14:17,840 --> 00:14:23,000 down. He wrote in the sand and my NIV 223 00:14:23,000 --> 00:14:28,160 Bible said he straightened up. And he said if anyone of you 224 00:14:28,160 --> 00:14:31,240 have have have have no sin, throw the first stone. 225 00:14:31,960 --> 00:14:34,080 And he bent down and he wrote in the sand again. 226 00:14:34,080 --> 00:14:37,560 And the Bible says he straightened out and there was 227 00:14:37,560 --> 00:14:39,480 nobody. They left from the oldest to the 228 00:14:39,480 --> 00:14:43,240 youngest. And Jesus says, don't they 229 00:14:43,240 --> 00:14:44,760 accuse you? Didn't they condemn? 230 00:14:44,760 --> 00:14:49,960 You said no one condemned me, Sir says neither do I go and sin 231 00:14:49,960 --> 00:14:54,920 no more. Did you fall in adultery this 232 00:14:54,920 --> 00:14:58,240 year? Were you unfaithful? 233 00:15:01,400 --> 00:15:06,080 Were you accused? Were you the victim of adultery? 234 00:15:07,840 --> 00:15:11,680 Then Jesus bends down this morning and he said, I was born 235 00:15:11,680 --> 00:15:13,480 in a major. I'm yet to save you. 236 00:15:14,240 --> 00:15:16,200 I've been down to straighten you up. 237 00:15:17,640 --> 00:15:19,760 You don't have to walk buckled over. 238 00:15:20,400 --> 00:15:22,600 You came in over crooked staircase this morning. 239 00:15:22,600 --> 00:15:24,960 You don't know the story, but the staircase that you came 240 00:15:24,960 --> 00:15:28,480 through is a crooked staircase because this place is not built 241 00:15:28,480 --> 00:15:31,520 for perfect people. They built for broken people 242 00:15:31,520 --> 00:15:35,160 like you and I. And when we come out here, 243 00:15:35,160 --> 00:15:38,440 you'll receive a cappuccino or a or a hot chocolate with your 244 00:15:38,440 --> 00:15:41,040 name on the cup because your name is important. 245 00:15:42,680 --> 00:15:51,080 It doesn't just say Buddy says Charles says Belinda says James 246 00:15:52,440 --> 00:15:57,000 has your name on that cup because Jesus calls you by name 247 00:15:57,000 --> 00:15:59,480 this morning. And he says straight to that. 248 00:16:00,200 --> 00:16:04,240 Got a plan and purpose for you? That's John 8. 249 00:16:04,240 --> 00:16:05,920 Where are we? John 9? 250 00:16:06,080 --> 00:16:07,680 He came as the light of the world. 251 00:16:08,160 --> 00:16:10,880 And in John 10, in the light of the world, you, you don't, just 252 00:16:10,880 --> 00:16:13,200 don't live in darkness, friends, run to Jesus. 253 00:16:13,200 --> 00:16:14,680 He'll draw you out of your dark place. 254 00:16:14,920 --> 00:16:18,240 And in John 10, He came as the He came as the Good Shepherd, 255 00:16:19,760 --> 00:16:24,040 that little baby, Good Shepherd. Good Shepherd. 256 00:16:24,440 --> 00:16:28,440 What does a shepherd do? A shepherd lays down his life 257 00:16:28,720 --> 00:16:33,000 for his sheep. The Bible says, I know my sheep 258 00:16:33,160 --> 00:16:37,280 and they know my voice. You know what a shepherd does? 259 00:16:37,600 --> 00:16:41,880 A shepherd loves people and manages resources. 260 00:16:42,640 --> 00:16:47,960 What does a manager do? He manages people and he loves 261 00:16:47,960 --> 00:16:52,480 resources. The Bible's upside down. 262 00:16:53,760 --> 00:16:57,280 He turns it upside down. He says love people, manage 263 00:16:57,280 --> 00:17:00,560 resources and I'll look after you if you love resources, you 264 00:17:00,560 --> 00:17:04,880 walk over people no good. Follow me. 265 00:17:05,079 --> 00:17:07,280 I lay my life down for the sheep. 266 00:17:07,800 --> 00:17:09,520 That's what Jesus did my friends. 267 00:17:10,000 --> 00:17:14,000 That's what he did love people, manage resources. 268 00:17:15,160 --> 00:17:20,240 John 11. He came as the the resurrection 269 00:17:20,240 --> 00:17:23,119 and the life he said to Lazarus come forth. 270 00:17:23,599 --> 00:17:26,839 Did you have words over your life spoken prophetic words 271 00:17:26,839 --> 00:17:30,160 that's dormant or died? Did you have, do you have dreams 272 00:17:30,160 --> 00:17:32,560 that's died? Jesus says this morning, he says 273 00:17:32,560 --> 00:17:37,040 come forth, come forth. Those dreams, those dreams, 274 00:17:37,040 --> 00:17:39,960 Christian Ellen, those dreams over your life, Jesus says come 275 00:17:39,960 --> 00:17:45,080 forth, come forth, Kevin, people may laugh at you, buddy. 276 00:17:45,080 --> 00:17:47,480 Jesus got a plan and purpose for you and your family. 277 00:17:47,880 --> 00:17:51,960 Come forth, come forth, come forth. 278 00:18:00,080 --> 00:18:04,480 John 12 Jesus came as the king and in John 13 Jesus came as the 279 00:18:04,480 --> 00:18:07,040 servant. You see scripture clarify 280 00:18:07,040 --> 00:18:10,400 scripture. So John 12 and John 13 clarifies 281 00:18:10,400 --> 00:18:12,640 John 10 what it means to be a shepherd. 282 00:18:12,840 --> 00:18:15,880 Yes, he came as a king, but he washed his disciples feet. 283 00:18:16,080 --> 00:18:17,840 Do you know a king that washed feet? 284 00:18:19,320 --> 00:18:23,800 Oh, she's I think if Solar Ramapazzo walks in here and he 285 00:18:23,800 --> 00:18:26,400 says I'm just here, I'm arrived with a bucket, I'm going to wash 286 00:18:26,400 --> 00:18:28,080 your feet. You'll say what? 287 00:18:32,360 --> 00:18:39,880 Sorry, Sir, what did Jesus do? Washed feet came to serve 288 00:18:40,320 --> 00:18:42,200 ladies. Life down for us friends. 289 00:18:42,520 --> 00:18:46,000 John 14. Ah, I've got a favorite book in 290 00:18:46,000 --> 00:18:48,600 the Bible and I've got a favorite chapter in the Bible. 291 00:18:49,520 --> 00:18:54,240 Chapter 14 changed my life 2005 I'll never forget it. 292 00:18:54,240 --> 00:18:57,360 First time I walk into Glen Ridge, I heard Rory speaking on 293 00:18:57,360 --> 00:18:59,160 the Father of God. Go boy Key. 294 00:18:59,160 --> 00:19:02,080 I don't know if you heard the story, but it changed my life. 295 00:19:02,080 --> 00:19:07,560 It's all about the Father. John 14 It came as the consoler, 296 00:19:07,720 --> 00:19:10,920 the only way to the Father. And it starts like this. 297 00:19:11,240 --> 00:19:12,920 Don't let your hearts be troubled. 298 00:19:13,720 --> 00:19:15,600 It's a command. It's not a suggestion. 299 00:19:16,480 --> 00:19:17,680 Don't let your hearts be troubled. 300 00:19:17,680 --> 00:19:19,640 Gloria, it's so good to see you this morning. 301 00:19:20,280 --> 00:19:21,760 Don't let your heart be troubled. 302 00:19:23,240 --> 00:19:27,960 Don't God's looking after you. God will take care of you. 303 00:19:28,760 --> 00:19:31,640 You're a praying mom and I want to thank you today. 304 00:19:31,640 --> 00:19:34,320 Gloria, thank you so much for praying for Clint and Ellen. 305 00:19:34,880 --> 00:19:37,640 I'm telling you, if it wasn't for your praise, I don't think 306 00:19:37,640 --> 00:19:41,120 we would have been friends. Your praise are keeping this man 307 00:19:41,120 --> 00:19:44,400 strong. Jesus loves you. 308 00:19:44,560 --> 00:19:47,160 He'll be your husband. Your husband was a dear man. 309 00:19:48,120 --> 00:19:52,800 Jesus comes to this this morning and he says I bring my father. 310 00:19:52,800 --> 00:19:55,760 He'll be your husband. He'll be your Aspen. 311 00:19:57,280 --> 00:20:00,320 Jesus says don't let your heart be troubled, full stop. 312 00:20:00,600 --> 00:20:03,240 You know what I do, friends? I make a list of what troubles 313 00:20:03,240 --> 00:20:06,080 my heart and what I can do do about. 314 00:20:06,200 --> 00:20:09,160 I do something about it. What I can't do about I give it 315 00:20:09,160 --> 00:20:11,880 to Jesus. Then it says in my father's 316 00:20:11,880 --> 00:20:15,160 house, there's many rooms. If that were not so, would I 317 00:20:15,160 --> 00:20:17,440 have told you that I'm going to prepare a place for you? 318 00:20:17,640 --> 00:20:20,640 And if I've gone to prepare a place for you, I'm coming back 319 00:20:20,640 --> 00:20:23,280 to fetch you and take you to where I am. 320 00:20:25,280 --> 00:20:28,600 So So this morning, friends, I yes, I had the privilege of a 321 00:20:28,600 --> 00:20:32,960 pastor phoning me this week said to me, Eugene, I'm down and out 322 00:20:33,680 --> 00:20:36,600 decades in church. I don't know where to turn to. 323 00:20:38,120 --> 00:20:39,320 You're sitting here this morning. 324 00:20:39,320 --> 00:20:42,880 I want to tell you, Jesus went to prepare a place for us in 325 00:20:42,880 --> 00:20:48,120 heaven where we cannot go, and then He's coming to fetch us and 326 00:20:48,120 --> 00:20:51,240 take us to where He is. If Jesus can do it where we 327 00:20:51,240 --> 00:20:53,160 cannot go, He can do it here on earth for you. 328 00:20:54,160 --> 00:20:57,400 He can prepare a place for you. He can prepare a people for you, 329 00:20:57,560 --> 00:21:00,240 ready to receive you. While He prepares your heart to 330 00:21:00,240 --> 00:21:02,000 receive the people that you're going to. 331 00:21:02,480 --> 00:21:06,360 Jesus can prepare a place for you our Father art in heaven, 332 00:21:06,480 --> 00:21:09,560 hallowed be your name, your Kingdom come, your will be done 333 00:21:09,760 --> 00:21:12,040 as it is in heaven. Let it be on earth. 334 00:21:12,840 --> 00:21:16,040 If you lost your job this year, Jesus can prepare a place for 335 00:21:16,040 --> 00:21:18,560 you. Go to John 14. 336 00:21:19,240 --> 00:21:28,680 Just go to John 14. Further, it says this says you 337 00:21:28,680 --> 00:21:32,880 know, you know the you know the way to the place where I'm 338 00:21:32,880 --> 00:21:35,200 going. Thomas said to him, Lord, we 339 00:21:35,200 --> 00:21:38,160 don't know where you are going, so how can we know the way? 340 00:21:38,160 --> 00:21:41,680 Jesus answered, I am the way, the truth and the life. 341 00:21:41,920 --> 00:21:45,320 No one comes to the Father except through me. 342 00:21:46,400 --> 00:21:50,560 If you really know me, you will know my Father as well from now 343 00:21:50,560 --> 00:21:52,680 on. You do know him and have seen 344 00:21:52,680 --> 00:21:53,480 him. Philip said. 345 00:21:53,680 --> 00:21:56,880 Lord show us the Father and that'll be enough. 346 00:21:57,040 --> 00:21:59,600 That verse changed my life in 2005. 347 00:21:59,600 --> 00:22:04,240 Friends, you can ask my wife. Our destination of Christianity 348 00:22:04,360 --> 00:22:07,320 is not heaven. Our destination of Christianity 349 00:22:07,440 --> 00:22:11,240 is a relationship with a Father. God so loved his the world that 350 00:22:11,240 --> 00:22:16,080 he gave his only Son because he's longing to for a 351 00:22:16,080 --> 00:22:21,400 relationship with you and me. We will end up in heaven, but 352 00:22:21,400 --> 00:22:26,920 our destination is the Father. John 15, amazing. 353 00:22:27,320 --> 00:22:30,800 John 15, He is the true vine. Just stay plugged in him in. 354 00:22:30,800 --> 00:22:33,520 John 16, He's the giver of the Holy Spirit. 355 00:22:33,720 --> 00:22:36,920 And I've never seen an illustration so well about the 356 00:22:36,920 --> 00:22:40,040 Holy Spirit than the illustration that Rory gave us a 357 00:22:40,040 --> 00:22:42,160 couple of months ago. Ricky, why don't you show us 358 00:22:42,160 --> 00:22:48,440 that clip quickly, please? Volume. 359 00:22:48,440 --> 00:22:53,240 Volume. But most of you are scared of 360 00:22:53,240 --> 00:23:03,360 the spirit and push away the spirit and so Christianity is 361 00:23:03,360 --> 00:23:06,320 hard. So I'm going to get my 2 362 00:23:06,320 --> 00:23:09,720 preaching buddies to do a hammering competition. 363 00:23:09,720 --> 00:23:19,000 Come here, big boys. 4 nails each and a hammer. 364 00:23:24,930 --> 00:23:25,890 He's already telling you what to. 365 00:23:25,890 --> 00:23:26,410 Do. Yeah, yeah. 366 00:23:26,850 --> 00:23:32,090 Probably he must let me win. 4 nails, 4 nails. 367 00:23:34,650 --> 00:23:41,210 You got four and a hammer. You can check his on the bluff. 368 00:23:44,530 --> 00:23:51,440 That's hors d'oeuvres. OK on three we start nailing 369 00:23:51,440 --> 00:24:18,200 them 123 Hard, hard, hard. Yeah, yeah, not very straight, 370 00:24:18,200 --> 00:24:20,040 but they keep going a bit harder, faster. 371 00:24:20,480 --> 00:24:21,840 Give up smoking. Give up quickly. 372 00:24:21,840 --> 00:24:23,320 Give up quickly. Pornography. 373 00:24:23,480 --> 00:24:25,920 Pornography. Stop your pornography. 374 00:24:28,080 --> 00:24:28,960 Yeah. Come on, give it. 375 00:24:28,960 --> 00:24:30,760 You preach better than your nail, Bruce. 376 00:24:35,120 --> 00:24:37,520 Come now, let's look at your dad's remarkably poor work. 377 00:24:39,160 --> 00:24:42,480 Come now, stand there. One of them's gone through. 378 00:24:45,960 --> 00:24:49,720 How's it look if you 2 can just hold that for me? 379 00:25:12,030 --> 00:25:13,990 Put up bromance chapter 8 to me please. 380 00:25:14,390 --> 00:25:16,630 Therefore, there's now no condemnation for those who are 381 00:25:16,630 --> 00:25:20,520 in Christ Jesus, because Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit 382 00:25:20,520 --> 00:25:23,240 Numa. What kind of drill is that? 383 00:25:25,480 --> 00:25:28,160 The Numa of life set me free from the law of sin and death. 384 00:25:28,240 --> 00:25:30,680 We do not live according to the sinful nature, but according to 385 00:25:30,680 --> 00:25:36,320 the say Numa. But those who live in accordance 386 00:25:36,320 --> 00:25:41,480 with the have their mindset on what the next verse please. 387 00:25:43,120 --> 00:25:45,680 The mind of sinful man is death, but the mind controlled by the. 388 00:26:19,310 --> 00:26:22,550 Christianity by the power of God. 389 00:26:25,550 --> 00:26:40,360 Christianity by human effort. Wow. 390 00:26:43,680 --> 00:26:46,440 Want to say, say, I only want to say this. 391 00:26:47,960 --> 00:26:52,800 You battling with alcoholism, you battling with pornography, 392 00:26:55,000 --> 00:26:59,360 or you battling with substance abuse, or you battle with a bad 393 00:26:59,360 --> 00:27:03,600 temper and you don't know how to handle it, or you depressed. 394 00:27:05,120 --> 00:27:07,360 You just sit like this. You close your eyes, You say I 395 00:27:07,360 --> 00:27:11,320 am the righteousness of Christ. You say, Holy Spirit, fool me 396 00:27:14,960 --> 00:27:17,240 and the Holy Spirit will fill you and you'll set you free. 397 00:27:18,600 --> 00:27:23,360 Not by might, not by power, but by my Spirit, declares the Lord. 398 00:27:23,880 --> 00:27:26,640 That's what the Holy Spirit does, friends, not by human 399 00:27:26,640 --> 00:27:29,360 effort. John 17, He is the great 400 00:27:29,360 --> 00:27:31,640 intercessor. Jesus is interceding for us. 401 00:27:31,880 --> 00:27:35,480 John 18 He's the model sufferer. Whatever you ever going to go 402 00:27:35,480 --> 00:27:38,120 through or ever been through, Jesus has carried that on the 403 00:27:38,120 --> 00:27:39,760 cross. He's been through every single 404 00:27:39,760 --> 00:27:42,040 thing. John 19 He's the uplifted 405 00:27:42,040 --> 00:27:45,640 Saviour, Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews. 406 00:27:45,960 --> 00:27:47,760 If you lift him up, he'll lift you up. 407 00:27:49,360 --> 00:27:51,760 If you lift him up, he will lift you up. 408 00:27:51,920 --> 00:27:54,720 Just lift him up. And in John 20, he's the 409 00:27:54,720 --> 00:27:57,440 Conqueror over death. Friends, here's the beautiful 410 00:27:57,440 --> 00:28:01,480 thing. The same man John that wrote the 411 00:28:01,480 --> 00:28:05,480 same man John that wrote this book, the book of John and wrote 412 00:28:05,480 --> 00:28:10,840 about the the word became flesh in John 1 is the same John that 413 00:28:10,840 --> 00:28:13,520 joke Revelation one. Let's see what Revelation One 414 00:28:13,520 --> 00:28:16,800 says about Jesus. This is the risen Jesus, the 415 00:28:16,800 --> 00:28:20,440 Conqueror over death, says I turned around, he heard a 416 00:28:20,440 --> 00:28:24,480 trumpet sound behind him and a voice like a trumpet sound and 417 00:28:24,480 --> 00:28:26,640 he turned around to see what it is and it says this. 418 00:28:26,920 --> 00:28:31,200 I turned around to see the voice that was speaking to me and when 419 00:28:31,200 --> 00:28:35,880 I turned I saw 7 golden lampstands and among the 420 00:28:35,880 --> 00:28:39,440 lampstands was someone like a Son of Man. 421 00:28:39,440 --> 00:28:44,680 That is Jesus, dressed in a robe, reaching down to his feet 422 00:28:44,960 --> 00:28:49,160 and with a golden sash around his chest that speaks of high 423 00:28:49,160 --> 00:28:51,600 priestly clothing. Friends, he's the highest 424 00:28:51,600 --> 00:28:55,480 priest. The hair on his head was white 425 00:28:55,480 --> 00:29:01,800 like wool, as white as snow, and his eyes were like blazing fire. 426 00:29:02,440 --> 00:29:05,880 If Jesus's eyes look at us, he'll burn away all Chaffee in 427 00:29:05,880 --> 00:29:08,720 our hearts. Friends, everything that drains 428 00:29:08,720 --> 00:29:14,960 us, he'll burn it away. His feet were like bronze 429 00:29:14,960 --> 00:29:19,920 glowing in the furnace and the and his voice was like the sound 430 00:29:20,120 --> 00:29:25,560 of rushing waters. In his right hand he held the 431 00:29:25,560 --> 00:29:28,840 seven stars, and coming out of his mouth was a sharp double 432 00:29:28,840 --> 00:29:31,360 edged sword. His face was like the sun 433 00:29:31,520 --> 00:29:35,560 shining in all his brilliance. When I saw him, that's John 434 00:29:35,560 --> 00:29:37,960 speaking. When I saw him in this vision, I 435 00:29:37,960 --> 00:29:42,640 fell at these feet as though I was dead in awe of our King. 436 00:29:43,000 --> 00:29:49,720 That's the Jesus of John 1. Then he placed his right hand on 437 00:29:49,720 --> 00:29:55,960 me and said, Do not be afraid. I'm the first and the last. 438 00:29:56,040 --> 00:30:00,600 I'm the living one. I was dead and now look, I'm 439 00:30:00,600 --> 00:30:06,960 alive forever and ever and all the keys of death and hate. 440 00:30:07,240 --> 00:30:11,080 Friends, Jesus is at the right hand of the Father. 441 00:30:11,240 --> 00:30:14,160 That is who he is. He's interceding for us. 442 00:30:14,280 --> 00:30:16,040 He's suffered for us. Why? 443 00:30:16,040 --> 00:30:19,680 Because in John 21, it says he's the restorer of broken people, 444 00:30:19,960 --> 00:30:22,000 unqualified people like you and I. 445 00:30:23,800 --> 00:30:26,960 He restored Peter. None of us denied him. 446 00:30:27,680 --> 00:30:30,080 Peter denied him, but he restored him. 447 00:30:30,320 --> 00:30:34,200 Friends, Merry Christmas. May you remember who Jesus is. 448 00:30:34,440 --> 00:30:38,640 May you remember who he is, what he came, what he did for us. 449 00:30:38,840 --> 00:30:42,200 May you look at the baby in the in the Manger with different 450 00:30:42,200 --> 00:30:43,800 eyes. From now on, you've got a 451 00:30:43,800 --> 00:30:46,600 bookmark. That bookmark is a gift to you 452 00:30:47,120 --> 00:30:50,960 because because Jesus wants us to know who he is. 453 00:30:51,200 --> 00:30:55,080 Start by the book of John and you'll find Jesus on every 454 00:30:55,080 --> 00:30:58,880 single page in not only in the book of John, but in every 455 00:30:58,880 --> 00:31:02,560 single page in the Bible. The Old Testament points to him 456 00:31:02,760 --> 00:31:05,040 and the New Testament tells us of him. 457 00:31:06,160 --> 00:31:08,720 Go and learn about Jesus. God bless you.