1 00:00:00,760 --> 00:00:03,000 It's wonderful to be here. With all of you today. 2 00:00:03,000 --> 00:00:05,920 And we appreciate the effort that you made to be. 3 00:00:05,920 --> 00:00:09,000 With us as. Terry had mentioned we have. 4 00:00:09,000 --> 00:00:12,480 Several of our number that are either sick or travelling or 5 00:00:12,480 --> 00:00:14,000 other. Places today and couldn't be 6 00:00:14,000 --> 00:00:16,239 with us. But we have a wonderful. 7 00:00:16,239 --> 00:00:19,560 Crowd, because you are here. We have several visitors. 8 00:00:19,560 --> 00:00:20,760 That are among. Us and we want. 9 00:00:20,760 --> 00:00:23,400 You to know that you are our honored guest and we welcome you 10 00:00:23,440 --> 00:00:26,240 every time that we have an occasion to meet. 11 00:00:27,480 --> 00:00:29,320 As always is the case, I do consider. 12 00:00:29,320 --> 00:00:30,840 It an. Honor to speak concerning. 13 00:00:30,840 --> 00:00:32,840 The word. Of God and I'm really enjoying. 14 00:00:33,840 --> 00:00:37,320 This series that I'm taking. Us through and that is the. 40 15 00:00:37,320 --> 00:00:40,600 days between the time that Jesus. 16 00:00:40,600 --> 00:00:42,760 Rose from the dead early on that Sunday. 17 00:00:42,760 --> 00:00:45,760 Morning until the time that he ascended to his. 18 00:00:45,760 --> 00:00:51,200 Father in Acts chapter. One those. 40 days today in our. 19 00:00:51,200 --> 00:00:56,360 Lesson we come to the. 6th post resurrection appearance by 20 00:00:56,440 --> 00:00:58,840 Jesus. Remember the first five, 21 00:00:58,840 --> 00:01:01,040 actually. Happened on Resurrection Sunday. 22 00:01:01,720 --> 00:01:04,640 We come to #6. And our narrative is going to be 23 00:01:04,640 --> 00:01:07,800 taken in John chapter 20 and verse 29. 24 00:01:07,800 --> 00:01:11,920 And I've entitled our remarks Seeing and Believing and. 25 00:01:11,920 --> 00:01:15,800 Yes, we're going to talk about. Thomas, today we're going to 26 00:01:15,800 --> 00:01:17,520 talk. About a man that's gotten a bad 27 00:01:17,520 --> 00:01:21,240 rap. A man who has the word doubting 28 00:01:21,560 --> 00:01:25,440 attached to him. As a stigma we're going to talk 29 00:01:25,440 --> 00:01:27,000 about. Is it really fair? 30 00:01:27,400 --> 00:01:29,880 What's really the circumstances surrounding? 31 00:01:30,040 --> 00:01:34,440 What actually happened and how? Did the Lord respond to this man 32 00:01:34,720 --> 00:01:37,280 called Thomas the 6th appearance? 33 00:01:37,320 --> 00:01:39,880 Our text. Is found though in John chapter 34 00:01:39,880 --> 00:01:43,840 20 and verse 29. Jesus said to him, Thomas, 35 00:01:43,840 --> 00:01:46,080 because you have seen me. You have believed. 36 00:01:46,840 --> 00:01:49,840 Blessed. Are those who have not seen and 37 00:01:49,840 --> 00:01:53,760 yet have believed. Let's just back up to the 5th 38 00:01:53,760 --> 00:01:55,640 appearance. And that's where we left off 39 00:01:55,640 --> 00:01:57,280 last time. We just kind of set this up. 40 00:01:58,000 --> 00:02:01,440 Because it's very important. To remember when Jesus made his. 41 00:02:01,440 --> 00:02:04,040 5th post resurrection appearance. 42 00:02:04,240 --> 00:02:08,160 On that Resurrection Sunday, we find it was in the evening on 43 00:02:08,160 --> 00:02:10,800 that Sunday and when that happened. 44 00:02:11,360 --> 00:02:13,880 Jesus met with those 10. Why do I say? 45 00:02:13,880 --> 00:02:17,040 10. I say. 10 Because there were 12 46 00:02:17,040 --> 00:02:20,040 apostles, Judas had already. Gone out and hanged. 47 00:02:20,040 --> 00:02:23,040 Himself, so he wasn't there and for whatever reason. 48 00:02:23,040 --> 00:02:27,800 Thomas, an apostle, was not. Present in the. 5th post 49 00:02:27,920 --> 00:02:32,400 resurrection appearance. Jesus had just had that. 50 00:02:32,400 --> 00:02:35,400 Encounter with those two disciples on the road to Emmaus. 51 00:02:36,040 --> 00:02:37,720 And the. Bible says as they travelled. 52 00:02:37,720 --> 00:02:41,400 Along that 7 miles on the. Road to Emmaus Jesus appears 53 00:02:41,400 --> 00:02:44,640 before these two disciples. And they don't know who it is. 54 00:02:45,760 --> 00:02:48,720 Jesus preaches from the Word. Of God going all the way back to 55 00:02:48,720 --> 00:02:50,680 the Old Testament all. The things. 56 00:02:50,680 --> 00:02:52,640 Concerning himself and they still. 57 00:02:52,640 --> 00:02:56,240 Don't know, it's Jesus. They get to Emmaus, and Jesus 58 00:02:56,240 --> 00:02:57,520 acts as though he's going to keep. 59 00:02:57,520 --> 00:03:02,000 On walking by, but they compelled him to stay and go 60 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:03,360 into their home and there's a wonderful. 61 00:03:03,360 --> 00:03:06,960 Picture there. Jesus will never force himself. 62 00:03:06,960 --> 00:03:09,920 On you if you want. Jesus in your life. 63 00:03:09,920 --> 00:03:11,360 You got to invite him into your heart. 64 00:03:12,360 --> 00:03:14,320 You have to invite him into your home. 65 00:03:15,040 --> 00:03:16,720 You have to. Invite him into your life. 66 00:03:17,360 --> 00:03:18,800 And that's exactly what happened. 67 00:03:19,440 --> 00:03:22,360 Jesus finally reveals himself to those two disciples. 68 00:03:22,520 --> 00:03:25,720 In the breaking of bread. And it was a great experience. 69 00:03:25,720 --> 00:03:28,040 We know and then all. Of a sudden, he vanishes from 70 00:03:28,040 --> 00:03:32,120 their sight. Amazing experience, right of 71 00:03:32,120 --> 00:03:32,800 all. The things that. 72 00:03:32,800 --> 00:03:34,600 They could have been. Impressed with this, is what 73 00:03:34,600 --> 00:03:37,480 they said. Didn't our hearts burn within? 74 00:03:37,480 --> 00:03:40,280 Us when he showed. Us the scriptures along the. 75 00:03:40,280 --> 00:03:42,720 Way the things concerning himself. 76 00:03:42,800 --> 00:03:45,360 What happened? The Word of God was preached by 77 00:03:45,360 --> 00:03:47,440 Jesus, the greatest. Preacher the world ever knew. 78 00:03:47,720 --> 00:03:49,600 It burned in their hearts and they. 79 00:03:49,600 --> 00:03:53,360 Couldn't sit still, they go. 7 miles by foot again back to 80 00:03:53,360 --> 00:03:57,520 Jerusalem, and they walk in and they tell the disciples the 10 81 00:03:57,520 --> 00:03:59,480 that are present, they tell them. 82 00:03:59,600 --> 00:04:02,880 They had seen the resurrected. Christ and about that time. 83 00:04:04,200 --> 00:04:06,520 Here comes Jesus. And he? 84 00:04:06,520 --> 00:04:11,560 Peers before them, and Jesus shows them the marks of 85 00:04:11,560 --> 00:04:15,680 crucifixion. He shows the. 10 apostles that 86 00:04:15,680 --> 00:04:16,760 were there. The. 87 00:04:16,760 --> 00:04:22,040 Hands and his feet. Then he does this, he preaches. 88 00:04:22,040 --> 00:04:26,160 I love it, Luke. 2444 Then he said to them, These are the 89 00:04:26,160 --> 00:04:28,040 words. Which I spoke to you while I 90 00:04:28,040 --> 00:04:30,600 was. Still with you that all things 91 00:04:30,600 --> 00:04:32,680 must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of. 92 00:04:32,680 --> 00:04:36,400 Moses, and in the Prophets, and in the Psalms concerning. 93 00:04:36,400 --> 00:04:41,120 Me remember please #1 all. This happened on Resurrection 94 00:04:41,120 --> 00:04:43,080 Sunday. And remember. 95 00:04:43,080 --> 00:04:49,280 Too, Thomas was not there notice. 96 00:04:49,280 --> 00:04:53,680 What happens in John chapter? 20 and verse 24. 97 00:04:54,560 --> 00:05:00,480 Now Thomas called the Twin 1. Of the 12 was not. 98 00:05:00,480 --> 00:05:05,720 With them. When Jesus came now I got to 99 00:05:05,720 --> 00:05:09,240 say, maybe you are sitting here. And you know exactly what I'm 100 00:05:09,240 --> 00:05:13,440 talking about when I say the phrase Doubting Thomas. 101 00:05:13,480 --> 00:05:15,800 I've heard it all my life, in fact. 102 00:05:15,800 --> 00:05:17,720 You know what? Because of this narrative. 103 00:05:17,920 --> 00:05:19,840 And because of the things. That are going to happen here. 104 00:05:20,880 --> 00:05:24,840 People actually use that phrase just like they use the phrase. 105 00:05:25,040 --> 00:05:27,840 Betrayer. When they talk about Judas, 106 00:05:27,840 --> 00:05:29,680 somebody turns their. Back on somebody. 107 00:05:29,680 --> 00:05:31,960 Somebody stabbed. Somebody in the back, 108 00:05:31,960 --> 00:05:35,040 metaphorically. Somebody actually betrays. 109 00:05:35,040 --> 00:05:36,120 Somebody. And they say, oh. 110 00:05:36,120 --> 00:05:40,920 Judas because a stigma is. Attached to the act of betrayal, 111 00:05:40,920 --> 00:05:43,640 right? Well, what people often do when 112 00:05:43,640 --> 00:05:46,320 people. Doubt is they take this. 113 00:05:46,320 --> 00:05:49,440 Thomas and the stigma that's been attached to him as. 114 00:05:49,440 --> 00:05:52,160 A doubter and they say. You're being a doubting. 115 00:05:52,160 --> 00:05:56,120 Thomas OK, fair enough. I. 116 00:05:56,120 --> 00:05:58,480 Guess, but let's just. Talk about what the Bible says 117 00:05:58,480 --> 00:06:03,760 about Thomas. The Word of God never calls. 118 00:06:03,760 --> 00:06:05,280 Thomas. A doubter. 119 00:06:07,840 --> 00:06:10,680 The phrase doubting Thomas is a man made. 120 00:06:10,680 --> 00:06:15,360 Phrase. That is not in the Bible and was 121 00:06:15,360 --> 00:06:16,960 not. Given to Thomas as a. 122 00:06:16,960 --> 00:06:20,200 Title or as a name. What? 123 00:06:20,200 --> 00:06:23,120 Actual name is he given? Well, the Bible. 124 00:06:23,120 --> 00:06:28,760 Says he is Thomas called. The twin in the old king. 125 00:06:28,760 --> 00:06:29,760 James, you. Know what it says? 126 00:06:30,080 --> 00:06:34,560 Thomas called Didymus. Now why is it called Didymus and 127 00:06:34,560 --> 00:06:36,200 what does that mean? Well. 128 00:06:36,200 --> 00:06:39,480 Obviously Thomas is his Hebrew. Name. 129 00:06:41,480 --> 00:06:47,240 The corresponding Greek name for the Hebrew name Thomas is. 130 00:06:47,240 --> 00:06:50,680 Didymus. You know what didymus means? 131 00:06:51,080 --> 00:06:55,800 It just means the twin. By the way, I think that's why I 132 00:06:55,800 --> 00:06:57,880 love the new king. James, it just says what it 133 00:06:57,880 --> 00:07:01,360 means. Like when they travelled along 134 00:07:01,360 --> 00:07:03,360 the road to. Emmaus, it says, I think. 135 00:07:03,360 --> 00:07:06,040 Three score furlongs in the. In the old King James and the 136 00:07:06,040 --> 00:07:08,200 New. King James just says. 7 miles, 137 00:07:09,080 --> 00:07:10,560 which is exactly how far that is. 138 00:07:10,600 --> 00:07:14,120 I love that. So here it just calls Thomas 139 00:07:14,280 --> 00:07:17,120 the. Twin OK why is he called the? 140 00:07:17,120 --> 00:07:18,560 Twin. I don't know. 141 00:07:19,800 --> 00:07:21,240 In fact, I've done some research. 142 00:07:21,240 --> 00:07:24,480 And it's not known whether. He's called or why he's called 143 00:07:24,480 --> 00:07:26,000 the? Twin, but he's always referred. 144 00:07:26,000 --> 00:07:28,400 To as the. Twin and the only thing that I 145 00:07:28,400 --> 00:07:31,920 can find or I can come up. With for sure is it was similar 146 00:07:31,920 --> 00:07:33,840 to a surname. Or family. 147 00:07:33,840 --> 00:07:35,960 Name. So he was called Thomas. 148 00:07:36,360 --> 00:07:39,880 The twin, OK. But like I said before, because 149 00:07:39,880 --> 00:07:41,600 of the incident that's before us. 150 00:07:41,840 --> 00:07:43,560 Thomas. Called Denimus. 151 00:07:43,680 --> 00:07:45,320 Called the twin. Whatever you want to say. 152 00:07:45,680 --> 00:07:47,800 Gets a really bad Rep I'm going to notice. 153 00:07:47,800 --> 00:07:49,800 With you a couple. Of things about Thomas, though, 154 00:07:50,000 --> 00:07:51,880 let's back up in another narrative. 155 00:07:53,480 --> 00:07:55,800 Remember the? Story when Jesus raised Lazarus. 156 00:07:55,800 --> 00:07:59,880 From the dead. Jesus goes. 157 00:07:59,880 --> 00:08:03,120 And he goes to Bethany. But he waits when he finds out 158 00:08:03,120 --> 00:08:04,680 that. Lazarus was sick. 159 00:08:04,920 --> 00:08:08,760 And Lazarus was a dear friend. Of Jesus, so was his sisters. 160 00:08:08,760 --> 00:08:12,560 Mary and Martha when the word. Gets to the Master, gets to 161 00:08:12,560 --> 00:08:14,840 Jesus. Jesus knows he's sick. 162 00:08:15,040 --> 00:08:17,800 He knows. That he's going to die, and he 163 00:08:17,800 --> 00:08:23,040 waits anyway. He had bigger plans. 164 00:08:23,240 --> 00:08:24,880 He's going to raise him from the dead, right? 165 00:08:25,680 --> 00:08:28,920 When word. Finally gets back to Jesus that 166 00:08:28,920 --> 00:08:32,679 Lazarus is dead. Jesus says to his disciples, 167 00:08:32,880 --> 00:08:36,679 Lazarus sleeps. And they said they 168 00:08:36,679 --> 00:08:39,520 misunderstood. And they said, wait a minute. 169 00:08:39,679 --> 00:08:41,320 If he sleeps, he does Well, right? 170 00:08:41,320 --> 00:08:42,960 Because after all, when you're sick, you sleep. 171 00:08:42,960 --> 00:08:45,200 That's a good thing. Finally, Jesus had to correct 172 00:08:45,200 --> 00:08:45,960 him. He says no. 173 00:08:46,280 --> 00:08:53,720 Lazarus is dead and Jesus said. Let us go to him. 174 00:08:54,480 --> 00:08:57,240 Now. Remember what the disciples 175 00:08:57,240 --> 00:08:59,800 said. The other disciples said no. 176 00:08:59,800 --> 00:09:01,480 Wait a minute. They want to stone. 177 00:09:01,480 --> 00:09:03,000 You back. There we had a bad. 178 00:09:03,000 --> 00:09:04,520 Experience the last time. We were there. 179 00:09:04,520 --> 00:09:07,760 They want to kill you. Jesus, do you remember? 180 00:09:07,760 --> 00:09:11,000 What Thomas said This is what Thomas. 181 00:09:11,120 --> 00:09:15,520 Said in John 11 and. 16 then Thomas, who is. 182 00:09:15,520 --> 00:09:18,400 Called the twin. Said to his fellow disciples, 183 00:09:18,600 --> 00:09:21,640 Let us also. Go that we may die. 184 00:09:21,960 --> 00:09:27,040 With him. Let's talk about the character 185 00:09:27,040 --> 00:09:28,720 of Thomas for just a moment, shall we? 186 00:09:29,360 --> 00:09:31,880 In the Gospel Advocate commentary, it says this. 187 00:09:31,880 --> 00:09:33,280 I thought this was rather interesting. 188 00:09:34,400 --> 00:09:36,280 Thomas was a man that looked on the. 189 00:09:36,280 --> 00:09:39,840 Dark Side. And saw the difficulties that 190 00:09:39,840 --> 00:09:43,640 threatened he. Anticipated the death of Jesus, 191 00:09:44,120 --> 00:09:46,520 but proposed to the other disciples to go with. 192 00:09:46,520 --> 00:09:50,320 Him and share his fate. Thomas was faithful. 193 00:09:50,320 --> 00:09:53,440 To his master. Although anticipating the worst, 194 00:09:53,440 --> 00:09:54,880 so. Let me just say this. 195 00:09:54,880 --> 00:09:58,560 When you think about Thomas. Before. 196 00:09:58,560 --> 00:10:01,680 You're too hard on Thomas. Let me ask you something. 197 00:10:01,960 --> 00:10:08,520 Do you know anybody at all? Like that, I'm going to say 198 00:10:08,520 --> 00:10:10,240 something. I don't know how it is with you 199 00:10:10,600 --> 00:10:12,760 and I really don't care. I'm just going to say this. 200 00:10:14,160 --> 00:10:20,880 Maybe it is you. What, Somebody looked on the 201 00:10:20,880 --> 00:10:25,120 dark side all the time? Someone that immediately saw the 202 00:10:25,120 --> 00:10:27,920 negative. Doesn't mean they're a bad. 203 00:10:27,920 --> 00:10:30,000 Person. Their mindset went to the 204 00:10:30,000 --> 00:10:33,560 negative. The dark side focused on the 205 00:10:33,560 --> 00:10:35,440 difficulties. That threaten. 206 00:10:35,640 --> 00:10:39,000 Sound familiar? Don't we do that sometimes? 207 00:10:39,920 --> 00:10:42,800 What else? You're faithful to the. 208 00:10:42,800 --> 00:10:47,120 Master Jesus. But you anticipate the worst. 209 00:10:48,880 --> 00:10:52,720 That was Thomas, folks. I'm going to tell you something. 210 00:10:52,720 --> 00:10:57,480 This is anybody that is. Temporarily or permanently, or 211 00:10:57,480 --> 00:10:59,880 every now and then, or whatever you want to call it. 212 00:11:00,360 --> 00:11:04,560 This is somebody that is fear. Driven and not faith driven. 213 00:11:06,520 --> 00:11:09,480 And I'm going to say. There's two kinds of people. 214 00:11:09,560 --> 00:11:11,800 Faith driven people. And fear driven. 215 00:11:11,800 --> 00:11:14,560 People. But there's a third kind, too. 216 00:11:14,560 --> 00:11:17,280 I got to slip this in. In all fairness, in all honesty, 217 00:11:17,280 --> 00:11:22,480 in all fairness, sometimes there's somebody that's both. 218 00:11:23,760 --> 00:11:26,120 Because sometimes you can be faith driven, but your fears 219 00:11:26,120 --> 00:11:27,400 kick in. And when your fears? 220 00:11:27,480 --> 00:11:29,200 Are going against your. Faith and pulls you in the 221 00:11:29,200 --> 00:11:31,720 opposite direction. Then comes anxiety. 222 00:11:31,720 --> 00:11:33,680 You know what that's called? That's called. 223 00:11:33,960 --> 00:11:37,360 Anxiety. That's called stress. 224 00:11:37,600 --> 00:11:39,480 That's called all the things that are bad. 225 00:11:39,480 --> 00:11:46,520 For us, he saw the negative. Now I'm going to tell you 226 00:11:46,520 --> 00:11:48,520 something. Some. 227 00:11:48,520 --> 00:11:51,920 People are positive, ridiculously so. 228 00:11:52,400 --> 00:11:55,240 All the time I. Consider myself an optimistic 229 00:11:55,400 --> 00:11:58,960 positive. Person but if I walk around all. 230 00:11:58,960 --> 00:12:02,160 Day. Every day, 365 days a year. 231 00:12:02,680 --> 00:12:04,120 Thinking. Everything's wonderful there's. 232 00:12:04,120 --> 00:12:07,720 Probably something. Wrong with me, that's not. 233 00:12:07,720 --> 00:12:11,080 Realistic because sometimes there are negative things too, 234 00:12:11,080 --> 00:12:12,920 and negative thoughts, and sometimes there's sadness, 235 00:12:12,920 --> 00:12:15,640 sometimes there's difficulty. That's called reality. 236 00:12:17,840 --> 00:12:22,160 But sometimes too, our mindset. Goes to the negative. 237 00:12:23,600 --> 00:12:25,280 And we go there too. Fast. 238 00:12:26,120 --> 00:12:28,000 And it takes our faith away. And if. 239 00:12:28,000 --> 00:12:29,360 That's the case. Be careful. 240 00:12:29,520 --> 00:12:32,360 Thomas was a faithful. Servant of Jesus. 241 00:12:33,760 --> 00:12:37,480 Who looked on the dark side and anticipated the worst? 242 00:12:37,880 --> 00:12:40,440 OK. Let's go back to John. 20 and 243 00:12:40,440 --> 00:12:43,520 verse 25. Notice this is the other. 244 00:12:43,520 --> 00:12:46,920 Disciples now remember, Thomas was not there. 245 00:12:46,920 --> 00:12:50,320 He missed out, so the disciples therefore said to him, We've 246 00:12:50,320 --> 00:12:52,280 seen the. Lord, Can you imagine how? 247 00:12:52,280 --> 00:12:55,040 Thomas must have felt. He wasn't there. 248 00:12:55,160 --> 00:12:57,800 He didn't see Jesus. He didn't see the nail prints in 249 00:12:57,800 --> 00:12:59,800 his hands. He didn't see the nail prints in 250 00:12:59,800 --> 00:13:01,360 his feet. He didn't get to hear the 251 00:13:01,360 --> 00:13:06,480 sermons Jesus preached. Post resurrection, he missed all 252 00:13:06,480 --> 00:13:09,120 of it. And now the disciples said. 253 00:13:10,480 --> 00:13:14,720 We've seen the Lord. Here's why he's called Doubting 254 00:13:14,800 --> 00:13:16,080 Thomas. Here it. 255 00:13:16,080 --> 00:13:23,080 Is because Thomas doubted or. Sorry, Thomas demanded to have. 256 00:13:23,080 --> 00:13:24,080 More. Positive. 257 00:13:24,120 --> 00:13:29,240 Evidence of the identity of. Jesus than merely seeing the 258 00:13:29,240 --> 00:13:31,280 wounds. EM Zur says it this. 259 00:13:31,280 --> 00:13:35,000 Way no severe. Criticism should be made of. 260 00:13:35,000 --> 00:13:36,920 Thomas. For he seemed. 261 00:13:36,920 --> 00:13:39,440 Only to be more. Exacting or cautious than the. 262 00:13:39,440 --> 00:13:42,320 Others and might not have. Realized how convincing. 263 00:13:42,320 --> 00:13:45,240 The very sight of the wounds would be in establishing the 264 00:13:45,240 --> 00:13:46,920 identity of Jesus. OK. 265 00:13:47,280 --> 00:13:50,480 Now. You know what Thomas wanted? 266 00:13:51,720 --> 00:13:53,880 He. Wanted the same evidence. 267 00:13:54,520 --> 00:13:59,240 The others got. He wasn't rejecting Jesus. 268 00:14:00,560 --> 00:14:03,960 He never even got to see him. All he. 269 00:14:03,960 --> 00:14:07,800 Wants is the same evidence the others got. 270 00:14:07,960 --> 00:14:11,920 So he says this unless I see in his hands. 271 00:14:11,920 --> 00:14:14,960 The print of the nails. And put my finger. 272 00:14:14,960 --> 00:14:17,360 Into the print of the. Nails and put my hand in his. 273 00:14:17,360 --> 00:14:23,040 Side I. Will not believe he wanted marks 274 00:14:23,040 --> 00:14:24,760 of crucifixion. Remember this. 275 00:14:26,000 --> 00:14:28,840 Remember this? Why would he think that? 276 00:14:30,320 --> 00:14:32,080 You know what, my mind? Did my mind went right to 277 00:14:32,080 --> 00:14:33,600 Matthew chapter 20? 4. 278 00:14:33,880 --> 00:14:36,520 Now this is not very. Far, far, very long ago. 279 00:14:37,200 --> 00:14:41,160 And maybe in Thomas's mind, Matthew 24 kicked in when. 280 00:14:41,160 --> 00:14:44,360 Jesus was talking about the destruction of Jerusalem. 281 00:14:44,520 --> 00:14:46,120 We don't. Have time to go into that. 282 00:14:46,120 --> 00:14:47,680 I'm going to throw 1. Verse on the screen. 283 00:14:48,480 --> 00:14:52,120 Actually it's 2 verses I think. Notice what happened. 284 00:14:52,120 --> 00:14:54,640 Maybe this is exactly what Thomas was thinking. 285 00:14:55,000 --> 00:14:57,320 Jesus was giving them signs before the destruction of 286 00:14:57,320 --> 00:14:59,160 Jerusalem. After Jesus would be. 287 00:14:59,160 --> 00:15:02,400 Long gone. Notice Matthew 24 then, if 288 00:15:02,400 --> 00:15:04,400 anyone. Says to you, look, here is the 289 00:15:04,400 --> 00:15:12,120 Christ or there? Do not believe it, right? 290 00:15:13,640 --> 00:15:15,400 He says if. Anybody. 291 00:15:16,280 --> 00:15:19,920 Before the destruction of Jerusalem, when you see these 292 00:15:19,920 --> 00:15:23,680 signs comes and says I am Jesus or I've seen the. 293 00:15:23,680 --> 00:15:29,240 Christ, don't believe it. Now that's coming from the 294 00:15:29,240 --> 00:15:33,240 Master. For false Christs and false 295 00:15:33,240 --> 00:15:36,120 prophets will rise and show great signs and wonders to 296 00:15:36,120 --> 00:15:38,800 deceive. If possible, even the. 297 00:15:38,800 --> 00:15:42,840 Elect OK, so now. We come to appearance number. 6 298 00:15:43,000 --> 00:15:47,280 post resurrection appearance #6 in verse 26. 299 00:15:48,360 --> 00:15:50,120 After 8. Days now I'm going to get to 300 00:15:50,120 --> 00:15:51,840 that. Phrase 8 days in just a minute 301 00:15:51,840 --> 00:15:53,400 we're. Going to find out exactly what 302 00:15:53,400 --> 00:15:55,240 day it was where all that happened, OK? 303 00:15:55,560 --> 00:15:57,000 So. I'll get back to. 304 00:15:57,000 --> 00:16:01,880 That in just a moment. But after 8 days, his disciples 305 00:16:01,880 --> 00:16:04,960 were. Inside and Thomas. 306 00:16:05,240 --> 00:16:08,680 Was with them. Remember, we already said Thomas 307 00:16:08,680 --> 00:16:12,080 wasn't there first now. Let's go back to this. 308 00:16:12,080 --> 00:16:15,320 Phrase here 8 days. After. 309 00:16:15,320 --> 00:16:16,400 Eight days. What day was that? 310 00:16:16,400 --> 00:16:18,480 Well, first of all, we got to go. 8 days from. 311 00:16:18,480 --> 00:16:21,800 What? In John chapter 20 and verse. 19 312 00:16:22,600 --> 00:16:24,600 then the same. Day and evening being the. 313 00:16:24,600 --> 00:16:27,240 First day. Of the week when the doors were 314 00:16:27,240 --> 00:16:29,280 shut. Where the disciples were 315 00:16:29,280 --> 00:16:31,200 ascended for fear of the Jews, Jesus. 316 00:16:31,200 --> 00:16:33,240 Came and stood in the midst. And said to them. 317 00:16:33,600 --> 00:16:38,160 Peace be with you. All right, now we know. 318 00:16:38,160 --> 00:16:41,560 This. This is the first. 319 00:16:41,760 --> 00:16:44,880 Sunday or Resurrection? Sunday in the evening, what do 320 00:16:44,880 --> 00:16:47,680 we know? The doors were locked. 321 00:16:50,600 --> 00:16:55,320 Scholars say they were probably bolted or barred for fear of the 322 00:16:55,320 --> 00:16:58,440 Jews. What were they doing there? 323 00:16:59,240 --> 00:17:00,560 They. Were in Jerusalem. 324 00:17:00,840 --> 00:17:04,200 Remember, this is only three days after the crucifixion, so 325 00:17:04,440 --> 00:17:06,599 Passover. Time the festival would have 326 00:17:06,599 --> 00:17:08,440 continued, so they would. Have stayed in Jerusalem. 327 00:17:08,599 --> 00:17:12,280 Right. Why were they privately also not 328 00:17:12,280 --> 00:17:14,440 travelling? They were privately not 329 00:17:14,440 --> 00:17:16,119 travelling. First of all. 330 00:17:16,280 --> 00:17:18,760 For fear of the Jews, they just crucified Jesus. 331 00:17:18,760 --> 00:17:20,599 They were followers of Jesus. So maybe there was. 332 00:17:20,599 --> 00:17:25,280 Fear there, but there's more. They were during the period of 333 00:17:25,280 --> 00:17:28,640 mourning. They just lost the Saviour. 334 00:17:30,400 --> 00:17:33,200 The Mishnah. Which is a collection. 335 00:17:33,200 --> 00:17:36,480 Of traditions. Jewish traditions, do you know? 336 00:17:36,480 --> 00:17:38,640 What the missionary? Required if somebody died, a 337 00:17:38,640 --> 00:17:40,800 near relative or someone like that. 338 00:17:41,000 --> 00:17:45,160 Seven days of mourning. And then by the way, for 339 00:17:45,160 --> 00:17:47,880 dignitaries, it was like 30 public after that private 340 00:17:47,880 --> 00:17:50,440 anyway, all kinds of mourning that was in the missionary, 341 00:17:50,440 --> 00:17:53,440 right? You are only talking about 3 342 00:17:53,440 --> 00:17:55,480 days. After Jesus was crucified, so 343 00:17:55,480 --> 00:17:57,320 no. Doubt they were still. 344 00:17:57,440 --> 00:18:02,840 In mourning. And they didn't understand, so 345 00:18:02,840 --> 00:18:07,640 travelling would have been very uncommon. 346 00:18:08,280 --> 00:18:13,000 So they were there and it was on the first day of the week, that 347 00:18:13,000 --> 00:18:17,840 is Sunday. Now, what about this phrase 348 00:18:17,840 --> 00:18:21,560 right here after eight days? What day was that? 349 00:18:22,320 --> 00:18:24,280 Well, you might think, well, eight days later, that'd be on 350 00:18:24,280 --> 00:18:27,760 Monday, right? No, it's on Sunday. 351 00:18:29,200 --> 00:18:31,160 Because the way the Jews. Counted days they. 352 00:18:31,160 --> 00:18:33,040 Counted first the day that. You're on SO. 353 00:18:33,560 --> 00:18:36,520 Sunday, Monday. Tuesday, Wednesday. 354 00:18:36,520 --> 00:18:42,280 Thursday, Friday, Saturday, 8th day, Sunday and. 355 00:18:42,280 --> 00:18:43,880 You might think well that's odd, no it's not. 356 00:18:43,880 --> 00:18:44,920 Do you know we do that same thing? 357 00:18:47,200 --> 00:18:50,040 We haven't at Plans Rd. We have 5 day meetings now, but 358 00:18:50,040 --> 00:18:53,480 there was a time when we only had eight day meetings Sunday to 359 00:18:53,480 --> 00:18:54,160 Sunday. We. 360 00:18:54,160 --> 00:18:56,320 Called them eight day meetings. Hey, Preacher. 361 00:18:56,320 --> 00:18:58,240 Where are you going? I got an 8 day meeting at Plans 362 00:18:58,240 --> 00:19:01,040 Rd. Sunday, Monday, Tuesday. 363 00:19:01,040 --> 00:19:04,920 Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday. 8 days, so 364 00:19:04,920 --> 00:19:08,120 it's not uncommon. Why is it significant? 365 00:19:08,560 --> 00:19:11,160 Remember the Old Testament? Significant. 366 00:19:11,160 --> 00:19:14,520 Day was the Sabbath day. And remember this. 367 00:19:14,520 --> 00:19:16,920 Jesus did whatever he wanted. On the Sabbath they hated. 368 00:19:16,920 --> 00:19:18,760 Him for it. He said I can do whatever I 369 00:19:18,760 --> 00:19:19,680 want. On the Sabbath, I'm. 370 00:19:19,680 --> 00:19:21,000 Greater than the Sabbath, I'm Lord. 371 00:19:21,000 --> 00:19:23,960 Of the Sabbath, right? But there's more. 372 00:19:25,520 --> 00:19:28,560 He also marked the transition. Between. 373 00:19:28,560 --> 00:19:31,160 The Old Testament significant day of the Sabbath. 374 00:19:31,440 --> 00:19:34,280 And the new? Testament significant day, which 375 00:19:34,280 --> 00:19:35,920 is. The first. 376 00:19:35,920 --> 00:19:38,560 Day of the week which? Is Sunday. 377 00:19:39,560 --> 00:19:43,600 You think this is an accident? He rose from the grave on the 378 00:19:43,600 --> 00:19:46,680 first day of the week, bringing in a New Testament, New Covenant 379 00:19:46,680 --> 00:19:49,600 era. He meets with those disciples on 380 00:19:49,600 --> 00:19:52,240 the road to Emmaus and preaches the very first sermon ever 381 00:19:52,240 --> 00:19:56,720 preached after the resurrection by Jesus himself, about Jesus. 382 00:19:57,240 --> 00:19:59,360 Later on that night, he. Goes through these locked. 383 00:19:59,360 --> 00:20:01,400 Doors and he meets with them and he. 384 00:20:01,400 --> 00:20:04,760 Preaches another sermon to them. Preached by the master. 385 00:20:05,360 --> 00:20:08,440 About the Master on the first day of the week. 386 00:20:09,520 --> 00:20:11,320 Thomas didn't get to see. All that. 387 00:20:11,400 --> 00:20:12,400 You know what? Jesus does. 388 00:20:12,520 --> 00:20:13,800 He could. Have showed up on Monday. 389 00:20:13,800 --> 00:20:15,360 Tuesday, Wednesday. Thursday, Friday. 390 00:20:15,360 --> 00:20:16,480 Saturday. No, he didn't do that. 391 00:20:16,720 --> 00:20:19,240 He shows up on the first day of the week. 392 00:20:21,720 --> 00:20:23,600 That's our significant day, by the way. 393 00:20:23,600 --> 00:20:27,320 We're not done. When the Kingdom came, when the. 394 00:20:27,320 --> 00:20:29,840 First Gospel sermon was priest. With the with the. 395 00:20:29,840 --> 00:20:31,960 Opportunity to respond to it in Acts chapter. 396 00:20:31,960 --> 00:20:36,360 Two, it was on the 1st. Day of the week. 397 00:20:36,640 --> 00:20:40,840 Very, very significant. Jesus comes. 398 00:20:40,880 --> 00:20:45,600 In he walked comes inside. The doors are being. 399 00:20:45,600 --> 00:20:49,080 Shut he stood in that. Midst and he. 400 00:20:49,080 --> 00:20:51,720 Said. Peace to you. 401 00:20:54,120 --> 00:20:56,440 I think he's got Thomas attention now. 402 00:20:58,720 --> 00:21:01,480 Peace to you. Now I got to say about this. 403 00:21:01,480 --> 00:21:03,040 Greeting. It's. 404 00:21:03,040 --> 00:21:06,440 True. That a Jewish greeting was. 405 00:21:06,440 --> 00:21:08,360 Peace to you. In fact, they called it Shalom. 406 00:21:09,200 --> 00:21:12,080 In fact, sometimes they would say it twice for emphasis. 407 00:21:12,080 --> 00:21:13,680 Shalom, Shalom. You know what it means. 408 00:21:13,880 --> 00:21:15,960 It actually means peace be with you. 409 00:21:16,200 --> 00:21:19,520 So because of that. A lot of commentators. 410 00:21:19,520 --> 00:21:22,600 Will say or some commentators. Will say all he was doing is. 411 00:21:22,720 --> 00:21:25,800 He was giving them a. Greeting and as I. 412 00:21:26,240 --> 00:21:27,080 Dealt. With the last. 413 00:21:27,080 --> 00:21:28,840 Time. No, He. 414 00:21:28,840 --> 00:21:33,680 Wasn't Jesus was giving them peace? 415 00:21:35,760 --> 00:21:37,800 Give you a Bible. For that Second Thessalonians 3. 416 00:21:37,800 --> 00:21:41,280 16 the apostle Paul says. Says now may the Lord. 417 00:21:41,280 --> 00:21:45,880 Of peace himself give you peace always and every way. 418 00:21:46,000 --> 00:21:49,400 The Lord be with you all. What is Jesus? 419 00:21:50,200 --> 00:21:52,000 Bible. Calls him the Prince of Peace. 420 00:21:52,080 --> 00:21:53,320 What else is he? He's the. 421 00:21:53,360 --> 00:21:55,360 Author of Peace. You know what else he is? 422 00:21:55,440 --> 00:22:01,320 He is the giver of peace. And may I just suggest if you 423 00:22:01,320 --> 00:22:04,680 really want the? Peace of God that surpasses. 424 00:22:04,680 --> 00:22:10,040 All understanding in your life. If you really want peace that 425 00:22:10,040 --> 00:22:15,400 can handle every way or every. Circumstance of life, it is only 426 00:22:15,480 --> 00:22:18,720 with Jesus Christ. You know why? 427 00:22:19,080 --> 00:22:23,640 He's the only giver. Of it, I'm going to tell you 428 00:22:23,640 --> 00:22:25,720 this. There's things in my life when 429 00:22:25,720 --> 00:22:28,680 I'm at peace and there's things in my life when I'm stressed. 430 00:22:30,440 --> 00:22:34,880 And that's life. That's called life, right? 431 00:22:36,240 --> 00:22:39,640 Do you know from a human? Standpoint when I feel I don't 432 00:22:39,640 --> 00:22:41,800 know. From a human standpoint, when I 433 00:22:41,800 --> 00:22:45,240 feel the best. It's when there's no problems, 434 00:22:48,040 --> 00:22:54,560 nobody's opposing me. I got no issues, bills are paid, 435 00:22:55,960 --> 00:22:59,040 stuff is OK. Nobody's yelling at me. 436 00:23:00,560 --> 00:23:05,120 You know and. Humanly, I feel at peace. 437 00:23:07,320 --> 00:23:08,040 But you know. What? 438 00:23:08,040 --> 00:23:10,280 That is peace. That's based on circumstance. 439 00:23:12,000 --> 00:23:14,880 Yeah, you can also have peace. By taking a pill. 440 00:23:15,720 --> 00:23:17,160 You can pop a pill. And get some peace. 441 00:23:19,040 --> 00:23:21,840 There's a lot of ways to. Get a peaceful feeling. 442 00:23:23,240 --> 00:23:26,000 But if you want the. Peace of God that surpasses all 443 00:23:26,000 --> 00:23:28,120 understanding if. You want the peace that. 444 00:23:28,120 --> 00:23:29,960 Comes from only the. Lord, who is the Lord? 445 00:23:29,960 --> 00:23:32,200 Of peace, let him give it to you. 446 00:23:33,800 --> 00:23:36,640 And you have peace. Of mind knowing this that. 447 00:23:36,640 --> 00:23:39,200 Everything is OK between my soul. 448 00:23:39,320 --> 00:23:46,560 And God, no matter what I got to tell you in my life, I've had a 449 00:23:46,560 --> 00:23:48,880 couple close calls and I do not want to die. 450 00:23:48,880 --> 00:23:52,240 I got work to do. And I don't want the Lord to 451 00:23:52,240 --> 00:23:53,600 come back yet. I know. 452 00:23:53,600 --> 00:23:55,360 Stay with me. I don't want the Lord to come 453 00:23:55,360 --> 00:23:56,520 back yet either. You know why? 454 00:23:56,640 --> 00:23:58,160 Because there are lost. Souls out there that. 455 00:23:58,160 --> 00:24:01,800 Need to be saved I. Don't want him to come back yet 456 00:24:02,840 --> 00:24:04,800 and I don't want to be. Out of this world. 457 00:24:04,800 --> 00:24:06,480 I don't want to die yet I got work to do. 458 00:24:07,000 --> 00:24:08,920 I got people that need me and I got work to. 459 00:24:08,920 --> 00:24:10,480 Do for the cause of. Christ, and that's how I. 460 00:24:10,480 --> 00:24:14,800 Feel. But if God blows me out of here, 461 00:24:17,880 --> 00:24:24,720 I'm all right, I'll be all right, Paul says. 462 00:24:24,720 --> 00:24:31,520 For me to live is Christ, to die is gain if the Lord takes. 463 00:24:31,520 --> 00:24:38,000 Me out gain for me. If the Lord makes me live, it's 464 00:24:38,000 --> 00:24:41,960 for the cause of Christ and that's what I want. 465 00:24:43,680 --> 00:24:46,200 It's the peace that is without the circumstances of life, 466 00:24:46,200 --> 00:24:48,440 regardless. That's what Jesus said. 467 00:24:48,600 --> 00:24:50,760 Now we go. To verse 27. 468 00:24:50,960 --> 00:24:52,720 And he's talking to Thomas. He said. 469 00:24:52,720 --> 00:24:56,320 Thomas, reach your finger here. Look at this. 470 00:24:56,560 --> 00:25:02,080 And look at my hands. Look, Thomas. 471 00:25:03,520 --> 00:25:06,400 Remember this? I touched on it last time. 472 00:25:06,400 --> 00:25:08,920 I'm going to expound upon it a little more about this. 473 00:25:11,320 --> 00:25:13,240 The. Romans when they crucified. 474 00:25:14,840 --> 00:25:17,920 Historically, many times they. Use rope and not nails. 475 00:25:19,240 --> 00:25:22,040 Sometimes they tied their hands, sometimes they tied their hands. 476 00:25:22,040 --> 00:25:24,400 And feet. And when they did? 477 00:25:24,400 --> 00:25:27,440 That it was still death by. Suffocation they would still. 478 00:25:27,440 --> 00:25:29,000 Have to lift themselves up and take a. 479 00:25:29,000 --> 00:25:30,440 Breath. And then? 480 00:25:30,960 --> 00:25:33,960 Back down again then. Up and down and sometimes. 481 00:25:34,560 --> 00:25:38,600 They use rope and that's why. Historically, many times. 482 00:25:38,600 --> 00:25:40,680 People live for. Days and days and days and days 483 00:25:40,680 --> 00:25:42,200 and. Days on the cross because. 484 00:25:42,440 --> 00:25:44,560 It was death by suffocation. Finally, when they were so. 485 00:25:44,560 --> 00:25:46,440 Exhausted, they would succumb to it. 486 00:25:46,440 --> 00:25:47,960 They would sink. Down and they would. 487 00:25:47,960 --> 00:25:50,160 Suffocate and die that way. We know that, OK. 488 00:25:51,440 --> 00:25:54,400 Sometimes, though, the Romans would not. 489 00:25:54,400 --> 00:25:57,400 Use ropes for hands and feet. Sometimes they would use nails. 490 00:25:57,400 --> 00:25:59,120 For one. And ropes for the other. 491 00:26:02,120 --> 00:26:03,480 But when it came to. Jesus. 492 00:26:06,920 --> 00:26:10,920 They use nails one. Scholar said as a sadistic. 493 00:26:10,920 --> 00:26:13,840 But often death hastening variation. 494 00:26:14,080 --> 00:26:19,560 They only used nails. Now, I said. 495 00:26:19,560 --> 00:26:21,800 All that to say this Jesus says. Look at my. 496 00:26:21,960 --> 00:26:23,760 Hands. And I got. 497 00:26:23,760 --> 00:26:26,440 To tell you I've seen depictions of a crucifixion. 498 00:26:27,240 --> 00:26:29,760 I've actually actually made comments when I was younger. 499 00:26:29,760 --> 00:26:31,560 From the pulpit. I think I might have been a 500 00:26:31,560 --> 00:26:35,000 little wrong about something. It's OK, you learn, you correct 501 00:26:35,000 --> 00:26:36,800 it. But I used to. 502 00:26:36,800 --> 00:26:39,640 See the depiction. Of ropes on the wrist and the 503 00:26:39,640 --> 00:26:43,120 nails in the palms. And I used to say no. 504 00:26:43,240 --> 00:26:45,560 The Bible says he was. Nailed, so he didn't. 505 00:26:45,560 --> 00:26:46,400 Have any? Ropes. 506 00:26:47,680 --> 00:26:49,920 This is what I've. Read historically from the 507 00:26:49,920 --> 00:26:53,280 Romans. If they drove nails into the 508 00:26:53,280 --> 00:26:55,560 palm of the hand of. Jesus. 509 00:26:55,760 --> 00:26:58,440 They would have had. To use ropes or else. 510 00:26:58,680 --> 00:27:02,320 The palm would have ripped. It would have not held the body. 511 00:27:05,640 --> 00:27:10,400 So I'll tell you what I think they really did I think. 512 00:27:11,280 --> 00:27:12,960 And some historians suggest this. 513 00:27:12,960 --> 00:27:15,000 Too. And then I looked up the Greek. 514 00:27:15,000 --> 00:27:17,320 Word and it supports it supports this too. 515 00:27:18,320 --> 00:27:23,320 The word hands means the forearm. 516 00:27:24,480 --> 00:27:26,720 That means they drove the nails into the. 517 00:27:26,720 --> 00:27:30,040 Wrist right there. By the way, the nerve endings 518 00:27:30,280 --> 00:27:33,440 are horrible right there. Horribly painful. 519 00:27:35,800 --> 00:27:38,520 If the nail was here, folks, it would hold the body. 520 00:27:40,400 --> 00:27:42,280 I don't think they used a rope at all with Jesus. 521 00:27:42,280 --> 00:27:44,360 I think they drove the nails right. 522 00:27:44,360 --> 00:27:47,280 There and right there. And did the same. 523 00:27:47,280 --> 00:27:51,880 With the feet. So I just said that to say this. 524 00:27:51,920 --> 00:27:55,160 I don't think this picture. Is accurate when he said look. 525 00:27:55,160 --> 00:27:57,480 At my hands. I think he was talking about his 526 00:27:57,480 --> 00:28:00,400 wrists. Doesn't matter no necessarily 527 00:28:00,400 --> 00:28:03,120 other than just know this. He was nailed and it was a mark 528 00:28:03,120 --> 00:28:06,000 of crucifixion. Now. 529 00:28:07,040 --> 00:28:11,840 Kaufman said it this way. He said Jesus was telling. 530 00:28:11,840 --> 00:28:16,840 Thomas And this is very. Important test the evidence make 531 00:28:16,840 --> 00:28:19,720 your investigation of the. Facts and do not be. 532 00:28:19,720 --> 00:28:21,280 Faithless. But. 533 00:28:21,480 --> 00:28:23,640 Believing. You know, Kaufman said it. 534 00:28:23,640 --> 00:28:26,680 This way this disproves the falsehood. 535 00:28:26,800 --> 00:28:29,000 That knowledge leads to unbelief. 536 00:28:30,400 --> 00:28:31,800 Haven't you ever had somebody say man? 537 00:28:31,800 --> 00:28:33,000 When people. Are really smart they. 538 00:28:33,040 --> 00:28:36,760 They don't have any faith. And people sometimes say, wait a 539 00:28:36,760 --> 00:28:38,760 minute, there's intellect, and then there's faith. 540 00:28:38,760 --> 00:28:40,600 And faith is. Kind of for us. 541 00:28:40,600 --> 00:28:42,440 I don't know, Hay. Seeds or. 542 00:28:42,440 --> 00:28:45,800 Whatever those country, those of us, they're kind of country 543 00:28:45,800 --> 00:28:49,080 boys, you know, and we're not in the know and we're not really 544 00:28:49,080 --> 00:28:50,680 all that educated. You know that's for us. 545 00:28:50,680 --> 00:28:51,680 But you know what? You get knowledge. 546 00:28:52,200 --> 00:28:54,200 Faith goes out the window. No, Sir. 547 00:28:55,000 --> 00:28:57,800 That's not what's happening here, Jesus said. 548 00:28:57,960 --> 00:29:01,280 Look. At the evidence and belief. 549 00:29:02,960 --> 00:29:04,840 Look at the facts. And then? 550 00:29:04,840 --> 00:29:06,760 Belief, Kaufman said. This way. 551 00:29:07,000 --> 00:29:10,800 Ignorance leads to unbelief and. So does prejudice. 552 00:29:10,800 --> 00:29:13,560 Sin and rebellion of heart. If you want to know where 553 00:29:13,560 --> 00:29:15,360 unbelief comes from, it comes. From that. 554 00:29:15,360 --> 00:29:18,200 Kind of stuff right there. And if you've seen the. 555 00:29:18,200 --> 00:29:20,880 Evidence and you've seen the facts and you don't. 556 00:29:20,880 --> 00:29:24,920 Believe that is called willful. Ignorance that always. 557 00:29:24,920 --> 00:29:29,240 Goes hand in hand. With willful rejection, OK. 558 00:29:29,920 --> 00:29:32,120 Now. As we said before. 559 00:29:32,120 --> 00:29:35,240 Thomas is often called a doubter, but the Lord did not 560 00:29:35,240 --> 00:29:38,360 refer to Thomas as a. Doubter, he referred. 561 00:29:38,360 --> 00:29:42,200 To Thomas, please get this. As an unbeliever. 562 00:29:43,080 --> 00:29:45,800 And there may be time in your life or in the life. 563 00:29:45,800 --> 00:29:48,360 Of somebody. When they're unbelieving because 564 00:29:48,360 --> 00:29:49,240 they. Don't have enough? 565 00:29:49,240 --> 00:29:53,040 Facts or evidence? All Jesus was saying is I want 566 00:29:53,040 --> 00:29:55,400 you to see the evidence I want. You to look at the. 567 00:29:55,400 --> 00:30:02,000 Facts and then. I want you to believe that. 568 00:30:02,000 --> 00:30:05,160 Sound familiar? You know what Thomas said? 569 00:30:05,400 --> 00:30:12,960 Thomas saw the evidence and he said, My Lord and my God, he 570 00:30:12,960 --> 00:30:16,480 said, My Lord and my God, you know. 571 00:30:16,480 --> 00:30:18,160 There's no. Indication that Thomas ever 572 00:30:18,160 --> 00:30:22,880 touched the Lord's side. There's no indication. 573 00:30:22,880 --> 00:30:24,120 At all. Because remember. 574 00:30:24,120 --> 00:30:25,640 What Thomas said. Unless I. 575 00:30:25,760 --> 00:30:28,000 See it and touch it. I'm not going to believe. 576 00:30:29,440 --> 00:30:33,320 Jesus, brilliant, Jesus says here I am, see it and touch it 577 00:30:34,400 --> 00:30:38,240 as soon as he said. That Thomas just said, my Lord 578 00:30:38,240 --> 00:30:42,640 and my God, he saw the evidence and that was enough. 579 00:30:44,520 --> 00:30:46,920 It's the divine title of Jesus. You know why? 580 00:30:46,920 --> 00:30:49,840 Because. Jesus is deity. 581 00:30:51,200 --> 00:30:53,600 Jesus is. God. 582 00:30:54,720 --> 00:30:56,640 I have to make this. Point because I don't want 583 00:30:56,640 --> 00:30:59,240 anybody to think. And. 584 00:30:59,240 --> 00:31:00,920 Leave here misunderstanding what? 585 00:31:00,920 --> 00:31:06,120 I say when I said. Jesus is God when I say Jesus. 586 00:31:06,120 --> 00:31:08,040 Is God. I'm not. 587 00:31:08,040 --> 00:31:11,440 Saying he's the same person as. God the Father in heaven. 588 00:31:12,840 --> 00:31:14,440 The Bible says there's three that bear. 589 00:31:14,440 --> 00:31:16,480 Record in heaven. There is God. 590 00:31:16,640 --> 00:31:19,000 There is Jesus Christ. And there is the holy. 591 00:31:19,000 --> 00:31:24,040 Spirit in the Godhead. They are all God, meaning they 592 00:31:24,040 --> 00:31:25,680 are all. Deity. 593 00:31:26,320 --> 00:31:30,200 So why are they called God God. Is the family name of. 594 00:31:30,200 --> 00:31:33,360 Deity 3. Separate persons. 595 00:31:34,400 --> 00:31:36,120 Three different roles. All. 596 00:31:36,120 --> 00:31:37,880 Working together. All. 597 00:31:37,880 --> 00:31:40,480 Deity. Right, kind of like this. 598 00:31:40,520 --> 00:31:43,160 I'm a broncado. There's a lot of broncados 599 00:31:43,160 --> 00:31:45,880 before me that are dead and gone, and there's broncados. 600 00:31:45,880 --> 00:31:48,720 That exist. Today and even have another. 601 00:31:48,720 --> 00:31:50,800 Little broncado on the way, and maybe we'll have a bunch of 602 00:31:50,800 --> 00:31:56,080 broncados someday in the future. That'd be great. 603 00:31:56,080 --> 00:32:03,880 Are we all the same person? No, we're all broncados because 604 00:32:03,880 --> 00:32:07,520 we. Bear the name Broncano. 605 00:32:08,360 --> 00:32:12,800 That's the family name, but there's all the individuals, 606 00:32:14,200 --> 00:32:17,200 just like in the Godhead. Three separate individuals. 607 00:32:18,000 --> 00:32:20,320 Bearing the name. Of God, which is the. 608 00:32:20,520 --> 00:32:24,880 Family name. Of deity Jesus is deity there's 609 00:32:24,880 --> 00:32:29,120 10 New Testament passage that passages that declared Jesus as. 610 00:32:29,280 --> 00:32:31,640 God. Here's just a few. 611 00:32:31,640 --> 00:32:33,040 I'm going to give you 3 because I don't have time. 612 00:32:33,040 --> 00:32:36,440 Here we go. Matthew. 123 talking about. 613 00:32:36,600 --> 00:32:39,520 Jesus. Behold, the Virgin that's Mary 614 00:32:39,680 --> 00:32:42,000 shall be with. Child, that's Jesus and. 615 00:32:42,000 --> 00:32:43,880 Bear a son. And they shall call. 616 00:32:43,880 --> 00:32:45,680 His name? Emmanuel, which is? 617 00:32:45,680 --> 00:32:54,320 Translated God with us, even the name God with us, John chapter 1 618 00:32:54,320 --> 00:32:56,200 and verse one in the beginning. Was the word and the. 619 00:32:56,200 --> 00:32:58,320 Word was with God. And the word. 620 00:32:59,280 --> 00:33:04,040 Was God. Second Peter. 621 00:33:04,040 --> 00:33:07,800 Chapter 1 and verse one. Simon Peter, a bondservant and 622 00:33:07,800 --> 00:33:10,920 apostle of Jesus Christ to those who have obtained like precious 623 00:33:10,920 --> 00:33:13,200 faith with us by the righteousness of our. 624 00:33:13,200 --> 00:33:15,560 God and Savior Jesus. Christ. 625 00:33:15,560 --> 00:33:20,680 OK, Jesus Christ is our Savior. Absolutely, but he is. 626 00:33:20,680 --> 00:33:22,640 God, He. Bears the family name of. 627 00:33:22,640 --> 00:33:25,280 Deity Jesus is. God too. 628 00:33:25,560 --> 00:33:27,400 That's why he's. Called the son of. 629 00:33:27,400 --> 00:33:29,560 God, meaning he's fully. Divine and that's. 630 00:33:29,560 --> 00:33:30,960 Why he's called the Son. Son of Man. 631 00:33:31,120 --> 00:33:35,880 Meaning he's fully human. That is our Messiah, all right. 632 00:33:38,680 --> 00:33:42,720 Guess what? When the evidence was shown. 633 00:33:42,720 --> 00:33:47,640 To Thomas, he not only recognized that that was Jesus. 634 00:33:48,840 --> 00:33:53,800 But he. Recognized that he's deity and 635 00:33:53,800 --> 00:33:59,040 he said my Lord and my God. But notice what? 636 00:33:59,040 --> 00:34:01,960 Jesus response is and stay. With me, we're almost finished. 637 00:34:03,240 --> 00:34:07,600 Jesus said to him, Thomas, because you have seen. 638 00:34:07,600 --> 00:34:10,600 Me. You have believed all right. 639 00:34:11,080 --> 00:34:13,199 There's another passage that kind of runs hand in. 640 00:34:13,199 --> 00:34:17,960 Hand with seeing and believing I have to narrate it. 641 00:34:17,960 --> 00:34:20,199 So we're not going to turn there. 642 00:34:20,199 --> 00:34:23,560 I'm going to be quick. But you remember when, Mary? 643 00:34:23,560 --> 00:34:27,560 Magdalene went to the sepulcher. And the storm was rolled. 644 00:34:27,560 --> 00:34:28,600 Away. It was dark. 645 00:34:28,600 --> 00:34:29,880 It was very. Early in the morning. 646 00:34:30,639 --> 00:34:32,080 It was on the morning of the resurrection. 647 00:34:32,080 --> 00:34:35,440 Of Jesus still. Dark and Mary Magdalene goes, 648 00:34:35,440 --> 00:34:37,199 And what did she? See, the stone is rolled. 649 00:34:37,199 --> 00:34:39,639 Away and the body of Jesus is. Gone. 650 00:34:39,840 --> 00:34:41,600 She goes. Back hurriedly, and I would 651 00:34:41,600 --> 00:34:43,360 imagine she ran as fast as she could. 652 00:34:44,520 --> 00:34:48,360 Mary Magdalene goes. And he she tells Peter and John 653 00:34:48,719 --> 00:34:52,480 they have taken. My Lord and I don't know where 654 00:34:52,480 --> 00:34:55,560 they have laid him. Peter and John, the Bible says 655 00:34:55,560 --> 00:34:56,159 they. Ran. 656 00:34:56,159 --> 00:34:58,160 Together and I'm trying to picture these two guys. 657 00:34:58,400 --> 00:35:02,680 And they're sprinting. And the Bible says John outran 658 00:35:02,680 --> 00:35:05,960 Peter. I would have thought Peter 659 00:35:05,960 --> 00:35:09,840 outran John, but anyway, he outran Peter in that little race 660 00:35:09,840 --> 00:35:11,600 to the grave. But guess what happened? 661 00:35:12,800 --> 00:35:15,600 John stops at the grave. He doesn't go in. 662 00:35:15,720 --> 00:35:17,320 He kneels down. He looks like this. 663 00:35:17,320 --> 00:35:19,160 And then here comes Peter, blowing by him. 664 00:35:20,520 --> 00:35:23,080 Right inside there and he sees you know what they and as soon. 665 00:35:23,080 --> 00:35:25,000 As he does, guess what? John followed and they both 666 00:35:25,000 --> 00:35:25,880 look. You know what happened? 667 00:35:26,600 --> 00:35:30,680 They saw the grave clothes, they saw the napkin, and they saw the 668 00:35:30,680 --> 00:35:33,720 body of Jesus was gone. Saying all that to say this. 669 00:35:33,920 --> 00:35:37,920 Then in John 20 and. 8 Then the other disciple. 670 00:35:37,920 --> 00:35:41,080 That's John. Who came to the tomb? 671 00:35:41,080 --> 00:35:46,040 First went in and saw and believed. 672 00:35:49,080 --> 00:35:51,320 This may. Be, by the way, the origin. 673 00:35:51,320 --> 00:35:56,160 Of the phrase seeing is. Believing they saw. 674 00:35:57,160 --> 00:36:00,920 And they believed in the. Case of Thomas he saw. 675 00:36:00,920 --> 00:36:07,240 The wounds that identified Jesus as the one who had died and the 676 00:36:07,240 --> 00:36:11,520 one that's now living and. It caused Thomas to believe. 677 00:36:13,440 --> 00:36:18,800 Very important. Jesus did not condemn Thomas. 678 00:36:19,800 --> 00:36:24,080 For arriving at his. Faith from the things in which 679 00:36:24,120 --> 00:36:27,840 he had seen. There's nowhere that it 680 00:36:27,840 --> 00:36:31,240 suggests. That the Lord condemned him for 681 00:36:31,240 --> 00:36:33,240 arriving. At his faith because of. 682 00:36:33,240 --> 00:36:36,360 What he saw. By way of facts and evidence. 683 00:36:37,280 --> 00:36:41,080 The point is this he. Enjoyed an advantage that guess. 684 00:36:41,080 --> 00:36:47,440 What My brother right here will never have you. 685 00:36:47,440 --> 00:36:50,160 You will never have. All of you will never have. 686 00:36:50,480 --> 00:36:54,320 I will never have. We will never see the 687 00:36:54,320 --> 00:36:55,680 resurrected. Christ. 688 00:36:56,120 --> 00:36:58,440 We will never see the. Nail prints in his hands and. 689 00:36:58,440 --> 00:36:59,880 In his feet. And we will never. 690 00:36:59,880 --> 00:37:02,840 Hear the Lord standing in front of us and preaching a. 691 00:37:02,840 --> 00:37:04,880 Sermon about himself. We will never. 692 00:37:04,880 --> 00:37:08,200 Ever see that? Don't see where the? 693 00:37:08,200 --> 00:37:12,040 Emphasis is here. It's not condemning Thomas, it's 694 00:37:12,040 --> 00:37:16,920 praising you. It's praising those. 695 00:37:17,200 --> 00:37:22,920 That don't get to see. That's why Jesus says blessed. 696 00:37:22,920 --> 00:37:27,680 Are those who have not seen and yet have believed. 697 00:37:28,640 --> 00:37:32,240 Kaufman said it this way. Jesus did not pronounce. 698 00:37:32,240 --> 00:37:35,680 A blessing upon Thomas. Which is not to say that a 699 00:37:35,680 --> 00:37:39,200 blessing was withheld. But that he did not hear 700 00:37:39,200 --> 00:37:42,160 announce 1. That grace having been. 701 00:37:42,160 --> 00:37:44,120 Reserved for the faithful of all ages. 702 00:37:44,320 --> 00:37:46,000 Who have believed? Without seeing. 703 00:37:46,000 --> 00:37:47,760 And. Those whose hearts rightly. 704 00:37:47,760 --> 00:37:51,240 Appraise the words of the. Apostles as absolute truth that 705 00:37:51,240 --> 00:37:56,800 appraisal Thomas was not able to make in other. 706 00:37:56,800 --> 00:38:00,520 Words, since not all of mankind could have the bodily. 707 00:38:00,520 --> 00:38:03,200 Presence of Jesus as evidence, Kaufman said. 708 00:38:03,480 --> 00:38:08,120 One's own heart. Must speak to him as the sacred 709 00:38:08,120 --> 00:38:09,800 chapters of the New Testament are. 710 00:38:09,800 --> 00:38:12,600 Read and that is the Word of God. 711 00:38:15,320 --> 00:38:19,360 It's about faith, but make no mistake. 712 00:38:19,360 --> 00:38:27,000 About it faith is based. On evidence, how do I know that 713 00:38:27,200 --> 00:38:30,600 not the evidence? Of seeing the literal Jesus, but 714 00:38:30,600 --> 00:38:32,080 the evidence of the. Word of God. 715 00:38:32,240 --> 00:38:35,800 Romans 10/17 So faith. Comes by hearing and hearing. 716 00:38:35,800 --> 00:38:38,440 By the word of God, you hear the word of God, and you. 717 00:38:38,440 --> 00:38:40,640 Believe it because it's fact. Because that's how. 718 00:38:40,640 --> 00:38:42,880 You believe the Bible? What? 719 00:38:42,880 --> 00:38:45,400 Else Hebrews 11 and one What is faith? 720 00:38:45,520 --> 00:38:46,920 It's the substance of things hoped. 721 00:38:46,920 --> 00:38:48,680 For. It is the evidence. 722 00:38:48,880 --> 00:38:57,720 Of things that are not seen. Finally, we come to the end of 723 00:38:57,720 --> 00:39:03,440 the chapter and we have John divinely inspired by the Holy 724 00:39:03,440 --> 00:39:05,360 Spirit. After the narrative, that is. 725 00:39:05,360 --> 00:39:09,120 Before us, this is what. Is said about Jesus. 726 00:39:10,840 --> 00:39:14,040 And truly, Jesus did many. Other signs in the presence. 727 00:39:14,040 --> 00:39:15,720 Of his. Disciples which are not written 728 00:39:15,720 --> 00:39:18,520 in this book. But these are written that you 729 00:39:18,520 --> 00:39:20,600 may believe that. Jesus is the Christ. 730 00:39:20,960 --> 00:39:23,000 The Son of God. And that believing. 731 00:39:23,000 --> 00:39:24,840 You may have life through his name. 732 00:39:25,040 --> 00:39:27,200 He. Wrote those two verses John did. 733 00:39:27,320 --> 00:39:31,360 For the information of his. Readers which what would 734 00:39:31,360 --> 00:39:34,680 ultimately give believers? Spiritual life and salvation 735 00:39:34,680 --> 00:39:35,440 through. His name? 736 00:39:36,000 --> 00:39:39,800 Notice this phrase. Right here, truly, Jesus did 737 00:39:39,800 --> 00:39:43,840 many other signs in the presence of his disciples. 738 00:39:44,040 --> 00:39:47,520 That are not written in this. Book. 739 00:39:49,000 --> 00:39:51,720 Can you imagine all the things Jesus did when he walked on the 740 00:39:51,720 --> 00:39:55,040 face of the earth that we have no idea what that was? 741 00:39:56,440 --> 00:39:58,680 This. First actually coincides with 742 00:39:58,680 --> 00:40:01,480 the passage found. In John 21 and. 25. 743 00:40:02,560 --> 00:40:06,000 And there are also many other things that Jesus did, which if 744 00:40:06,000 --> 00:40:11,080 they were. Written by 1 were written. 1 by 745 00:40:11,080 --> 00:40:14,040 1. I suppose that even the world. 746 00:40:14,040 --> 00:40:16,880 Itself could not contain the books that would be written, you 747 00:40:16,880 --> 00:40:19,760 know. I've looked at that passage. 748 00:40:20,120 --> 00:40:25,640 All my life. And I've interpreted like this. 749 00:40:27,160 --> 00:40:32,320 If everything that was written was written down in books. 750 00:40:33,800 --> 00:40:37,880 The world. Is not a big enough place to 751 00:40:37,880 --> 00:40:42,200 contain the writings. World's pretty big place, isn't 752 00:40:42,200 --> 00:40:44,080 it? There's a lot of books in the 753 00:40:44,080 --> 00:40:48,440 world, so what's it really mean? The word world. 754 00:40:50,560 --> 00:40:54,960 Means. People on the earth so. 755 00:40:54,960 --> 00:40:57,080 If everything Jesus did was actually. 756 00:40:57,080 --> 00:41:02,680 Written down 1 by 1, then all the people on the. 757 00:41:02,720 --> 00:41:05,600 Earth that. Live would not be. 758 00:41:05,600 --> 00:41:08,880 Able to contain it. The word. 759 00:41:08,880 --> 00:41:12,160 Contain means from the Greek. To receive with mind or 760 00:41:12,160 --> 00:41:15,520 understanding. In other words, Jesus did. 761 00:41:15,520 --> 00:41:18,400 So many wonderful things. So many mighty things. 762 00:41:18,400 --> 00:41:20,960 So many. Amazing things that were so 763 00:41:20,960 --> 00:41:23,520 great. If they were all written down a 764 00:41:23,520 --> 00:41:25,200 man. Couldn't even comprehend. 765 00:41:25,200 --> 00:41:26,720 With. Understanding everything the 766 00:41:26,720 --> 00:41:29,280 Lord did. He did that much? 767 00:41:33,120 --> 00:41:36,520 Wow. That's a lot of stuff, you know, 768 00:41:36,520 --> 00:41:39,800 sometimes in life, sometimes in life. 769 00:41:40,760 --> 00:41:47,280 There's a phrase less is. More, sometimes less is more. 770 00:41:48,240 --> 00:41:50,200 And I don't, I don't achieve this very often. 771 00:41:50,200 --> 00:41:51,720 But in a sermon, yeah, less is more. 772 00:41:53,080 --> 00:41:59,920 Sorry when I don't achieve that. Less is more if people. 773 00:41:59,920 --> 00:42:04,560 Get too much information it's. Hard to comprehend with. 774 00:42:04,560 --> 00:42:07,080 Full. Understanding every single thing 775 00:42:07,360 --> 00:42:08,560 that's. What he's saying here. 776 00:42:09,960 --> 00:42:11,920 So how is the word of God all sufficient? 777 00:42:12,880 --> 00:42:16,040 Notice this phrase. I suppose that even the world 778 00:42:16,040 --> 00:42:17,840 itself could not contain the books that are. 779 00:42:17,840 --> 00:42:21,080 Written. Notice Zur says this the. 780 00:42:21,080 --> 00:42:23,920 Entire Bible is very brief. And the Lord. 781 00:42:23,920 --> 00:42:25,720 Placed before mankind. Enough. 782 00:42:25,760 --> 00:42:28,720 Only to make the. Necessary preparation for. 783 00:42:28,720 --> 00:42:32,360 Usefulness in this life and. Happiness in the next. 784 00:42:32,600 --> 00:42:35,160 The Bible says we've been. Given all things that pertain. 785 00:42:35,160 --> 00:42:38,160 To life and godliness, and it's right here in the Bible. 786 00:42:39,560 --> 00:42:41,640 So early this. Morning as I close early this 787 00:42:41,640 --> 00:42:46,120 morning, I'm sitting there at my desk in my pre sermon routine as 788 00:42:46,120 --> 00:42:50,800 I get early in the morning, very dark, very early 5:00 AM start 789 00:42:50,800 --> 00:42:52,600 looking over my lesson, things that I might want to preach. 790 00:42:52,600 --> 00:42:55,120 And I got to thinking about this, what Zur says about the 791 00:42:55,120 --> 00:42:58,240 Bible being briefed. And I looked at my Bible and 792 00:42:58,240 --> 00:42:59,600 then next to it I got a study Bible. 793 00:42:59,600 --> 00:43:02,640 It's about that thick and I got to figure, wow, that's pretty. 794 00:43:02,640 --> 00:43:04,880 Thick. Is it really brief? 795 00:43:06,120 --> 00:43:08,720 There's 39 books in the Old Testament, 27 in the new. 796 00:43:08,720 --> 00:43:13,440 That's a lot seems like but. Compared to everything that the 797 00:43:13,440 --> 00:43:18,040 Lord did, it's brief. Compared to everything that 798 00:43:18,280 --> 00:43:21,840 happened in God's timetable is brief. 799 00:43:23,000 --> 00:43:26,440 My point is when the Bible says it's enough, all scripture is 800 00:43:26,440 --> 00:43:29,720 given by inspiration of God and is profitable for doctrine, for 801 00:43:29,720 --> 00:43:32,520 reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, 802 00:43:32,680 --> 00:43:34,480 that. The man of God may be complete 803 00:43:34,640 --> 00:43:36,280 thoroughly equipped. For every good work. 804 00:43:36,360 --> 00:43:37,760 You don't need anything more than that. 805 00:43:37,920 --> 00:43:40,200 And if anybody says you need more than the word of God. 806 00:43:41,160 --> 00:43:43,240 They're sadly mistaken. You just. 807 00:43:43,480 --> 00:43:49,320 Need. The word and he gave it to us. 808 00:43:49,840 --> 00:43:53,280 It's enough. So if you might be saying well. 809 00:43:54,640 --> 00:43:55,560 What about? What about? 810 00:43:55,560 --> 00:43:56,240 What about? What about? 811 00:43:56,240 --> 00:43:57,520 What about? Let me just say this. 812 00:43:58,600 --> 00:44:01,520 Follow Jesus. All the way to. 813 00:44:01,520 --> 00:44:08,000 Heaven and then ask him later. All I know is what we've been 814 00:44:08,000 --> 00:44:12,560 given is enough. Are you here today and you're 815 00:44:12,560 --> 00:44:15,280 not a Christian? Have you heard enough? 816 00:44:16,440 --> 00:44:19,920 Have you heard enough? To be saved, we always extend an 817 00:44:19,920 --> 00:44:21,280 invitation. To somebody that might be 818 00:44:21,280 --> 00:44:24,160 subject to the gospel call. What do you have? 819 00:44:24,160 --> 00:44:26,640 To do to be saved the 1st. Thing you got to do, You got to 820 00:44:26,640 --> 00:44:28,920 hear the word of God. I used this passage already. 821 00:44:29,240 --> 00:44:33,080 Romans 10/17 So faith comes by. Hearing and hearing. 822 00:44:33,120 --> 00:44:37,720 By the word of God, then what? After you hear the word of God, 823 00:44:37,720 --> 00:44:39,800 you get a choice. You got to believe with all your 824 00:44:39,800 --> 00:44:41,280 heart. Hebrews 11 and 6. 825 00:44:41,400 --> 00:44:43,400 Without faith, it's impossible to please. 826 00:44:43,400 --> 00:44:45,240 Him for he who comes. To God must. 827 00:44:45,240 --> 00:44:47,080 Believe that he is. And that he is a. 828 00:44:47,080 --> 00:44:50,800 Rewarder of those. Who diligently seek him then? 829 00:44:50,800 --> 00:44:51,880 I got to make a. Change. 830 00:44:52,040 --> 00:44:55,400 It's called repentance. Not going to be perfect. 831 00:44:55,560 --> 00:44:57,520 Going to mess up, going to make. Mistakes. 832 00:44:57,880 --> 00:44:59,200 I'm just. Going to change my direction. 833 00:44:59,200 --> 00:45:00,600 I've been going that way. I'm not going to do that. 834 00:45:00,600 --> 00:45:03,600 Anymore I'll follow. Jesus, great stuff, going to 835 00:45:03,600 --> 00:45:06,200 change my heart, going to change my motives, going to change my 836 00:45:06,200 --> 00:45:08,760 life and it's going to change my relationship with Jesus 837 00:45:08,920 --> 00:45:11,000 eventually notice. Then I got to be willing to 838 00:45:11,000 --> 00:45:13,600 confess Jesus as the Son of God. Acts 830. 839 00:45:13,600 --> 00:45:15,240 Seven then, Philip said. If you believe with. 840 00:45:15,240 --> 00:45:16,640 All your heart you. May and he. 841 00:45:16,640 --> 00:45:19,880 Answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ. 842 00:45:19,880 --> 00:45:23,680 Is the Son of God. Upon taking those steps, though, 843 00:45:24,440 --> 00:45:27,000 it leads us to. The point of salvation to be 844 00:45:27,000 --> 00:45:30,880 baptized for the remission of. Sins, Mark 1616. 845 00:45:31,080 --> 00:45:34,160 He who? Believes and is baptized will be 846 00:45:34,160 --> 00:45:37,680 saved, but he who does not believe will be condemned. 847 00:45:37,960 --> 00:45:40,240 Is it? Necessary and do you have? 848 00:45:40,240 --> 00:45:43,120 To first Peter 3. 21 the like figure. 849 00:45:43,120 --> 00:45:48,040 Where the even? Baptism does also now save us, 850 00:45:48,320 --> 00:45:51,240 not the putting away the filth of the flesh, but the answer. 851 00:45:51,240 --> 00:45:54,080 Of a good conscience. Toward God by the resurrection 852 00:45:54,080 --> 00:45:56,040 of Jesus Christ. If you've never. 853 00:45:56,040 --> 00:45:58,480 Taken those steps of obedience. To become a Christian, to 854 00:45:58,480 --> 00:45:59,640 become. A child of God. 855 00:45:59,800 --> 00:46:01,160 We would love to assist you in that. 856 00:46:01,160 --> 00:46:05,040 Today maybe you have maybe. You just got some stuff. 857 00:46:05,040 --> 00:46:06,440 In your life, maybe you've. Drifted away. 858 00:46:06,440 --> 00:46:07,720 Maybe you've been away from the Lord. 859 00:46:08,520 --> 00:46:09,800 Get right. Repent of that. 860 00:46:09,800 --> 00:46:11,520 Confess. That we'll pray with you and for 861 00:46:11,520 --> 00:46:12,920 you God will forgive and restore. 862 00:46:13,080 --> 00:46:15,040 We want to be the class. Come forward while we stand, 863 00:46:15,400 --> 00:46:15,840 while we stand.