1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:05,960 Take your only offensive weapon, the Sword of the Spirit, and 2 00:00:05,960 --> 00:00:07,960 turn with me to the Book of Matthew. 3 00:00:08,640 --> 00:00:10,680 Say, wait a minute, I thought we're in the Book of John. 4 00:00:10,680 --> 00:00:14,280 We are. But I'm going to introduce to 5 00:00:14,280 --> 00:00:20,520 you John one one to five by taking you to the Wednesday of 6 00:00:20,520 --> 00:00:24,600 Passion Week. Last week we introduced to you 7 00:00:24,600 --> 00:00:29,720 John 1 by taking you to Monday of Passion Week, because Monday 8 00:00:29,720 --> 00:00:34,840 was a day of recognition. Monday was a day of coronation. 9 00:00:35,320 --> 00:00:38,280 It was a day of the triumphal entry in which our Lord wrote 10 00:00:38,280 --> 00:00:41,840 into Jerusalem. It was also a day of compassion, 11 00:00:41,840 --> 00:00:44,080 for there he he wept over the city. 12 00:00:45,240 --> 00:00:50,040 The next day, Tuesday, would be a day of indignation in which he 13 00:00:50,040 --> 00:00:52,440 would come and he would curse the fig tree and he would 14 00:00:52,640 --> 00:00:57,760 cleanse the temple. But on Wednesday, Wednesday was 15 00:00:57,760 --> 00:01:01,480 a day of instruction. Wednesday was a day of 16 00:01:01,480 --> 00:01:05,160 confrontation. Wednesday was a day of 17 00:01:05,480 --> 00:01:10,920 questions. You see, by the time you come to 18 00:01:10,920 --> 00:01:15,400 Wednesday, the religious leaders, their animosity had 19 00:01:15,400 --> 00:01:21,200 grown to such a high level, they could no longer stand even the 20 00:01:21,480 --> 00:01:26,400 the sight of Jesus, let alone the name of Jesus. 21 00:01:27,640 --> 00:01:30,600 We shared with you last week that in John chapter 12, they 22 00:01:30,600 --> 00:01:34,080 were so angry with one another because they were unable to keep 23 00:01:34,080 --> 00:01:39,400 people from following Jesus. That had been their mission for 24 00:01:39,640 --> 00:01:44,960 a few years now. But now you come to Wednesday of 25 00:01:45,040 --> 00:01:50,280 of Passion week and they are furious with what is happening 26 00:01:50,520 --> 00:01:53,320 with the Lord. After all, the day earlier he 27 00:01:53,320 --> 00:01:57,280 came and, and cleanse the temple, their holy place. 28 00:01:58,320 --> 00:02:02,240 And so they were thinking of ways to trap him, thinking of 29 00:02:02,240 --> 00:02:07,000 ways in which they could, they could draw the people away from 30 00:02:07,000 --> 00:02:10,199 the Lord. And so the Herodians gathered 31 00:02:10,199 --> 00:02:13,600 together, the Sadducees gathered together and the the Pharisees 32 00:02:13,600 --> 00:02:19,840 gathered together to formulate questions to stump Jesus. 33 00:02:21,080 --> 00:02:26,560 So the Herodians come first and they they ask a question that 34 00:02:26,560 --> 00:02:32,880 deals with things politically. Then the Sadducees come and they 35 00:02:32,880 --> 00:02:35,520 ask a question dealing with things theologically. 36 00:02:36,960 --> 00:02:40,240 And then the Pharisees come and they ask a question dealing with 37 00:02:40,240 --> 00:02:44,440 things spiritually. And of course Christ answers 38 00:02:44,440 --> 00:02:47,360 them all perfectly. They are dumbfounded. 39 00:02:48,720 --> 00:02:52,120 But then you come to a place where the Lord is going to turn 40 00:02:52,120 --> 00:02:54,880 the tables on the religious establishment. 41 00:02:56,360 --> 00:03:02,280 He's now going to ask them a question, and the question he 42 00:03:02,280 --> 00:03:05,760 asks is the only question that matters. 43 00:03:07,400 --> 00:03:13,640 The question he asks is the most important question ever asks of 44 00:03:13,640 --> 00:03:16,080 man. He knows that. 45 00:03:16,920 --> 00:03:21,760 And so he's going to ask them a particular question. 46 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:27,240 And in giving the question, it's almost as if it's a, a final 47 00:03:27,240 --> 00:03:32,000 message, a a final invitation to them. 48 00:03:33,240 --> 00:03:36,560 Because within the realm of the question and within the realm of 49 00:03:36,560 --> 00:03:40,880 the answer to the question is the answer to their eternal 50 00:03:40,880 --> 00:03:44,840 destiny. And so he is going to ask them a 51 00:03:44,840 --> 00:03:50,280 question in terms of a final message, a final invitation to 52 00:03:50,280 --> 00:03:55,280 all those who are as rejecters. They might somehow come to a 53 00:03:55,280 --> 00:04:01,160 place of redemption. So you find this question in 54 00:04:01,160 --> 00:04:06,960 Matthew's Gospel, the 22nd chapter, the 41st verse. 55 00:04:08,680 --> 00:04:11,920 It says now while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus 56 00:04:11,920 --> 00:04:18,720 asked them a question. Now this is the the final 57 00:04:18,720 --> 00:04:21,760 question. This is the last question that 58 00:04:21,760 --> 00:04:27,600 he asks and there will be no more questions asked of Jesus 59 00:04:27,920 --> 00:04:31,960 after this one. So this is the last question of 60 00:04:31,960 --> 00:04:36,840 his earthly ministry. He's asking it, but no one, as 61 00:04:36,840 --> 00:04:40,400 we'll see in a few moments, will dare to ask him any more 62 00:04:40,400 --> 00:04:45,320 questions. So he has them together and he 63 00:04:45,320 --> 00:04:49,840 says, What do you think about the Christ? 64 00:04:50,800 --> 00:04:57,200 Whose Son is he? That question is the only 65 00:04:57,200 --> 00:05:01,160 question that matters, for how you answer that question will 66 00:05:01,160 --> 00:05:06,880 determine your eternal destiny. You get it wrong, your soul will 67 00:05:06,880 --> 00:05:11,600 be damned forever. You get it right, your soul will 68 00:05:11,600 --> 00:05:16,440 be in glory forever. So it's important that you get 69 00:05:16,440 --> 00:05:25,400 the answer right. The question is, whose Son is 70 00:05:25,400 --> 00:05:30,000 the Christ? In other words, who is the 71 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:33,040 Christ? Who is the Messiah? 72 00:05:34,320 --> 00:05:38,000 That's the question. And you will note the answer 73 00:05:38,000 --> 00:05:44,640 comes rapidly. It comes quickly because you 74 00:05:44,640 --> 00:05:48,480 see, the religious establishment want to let the people in the 75 00:05:48,480 --> 00:05:54,560 crowd know that they are smart, that they know the answer to 76 00:05:54,640 --> 00:05:58,840 Jesus's question. He knew the answer to their 77 00:05:58,840 --> 00:06:01,720 questions. They want to say that they're on 78 00:06:01,720 --> 00:06:06,520 equal par with Jesus and they can answer just as quickly and 79 00:06:06,520 --> 00:06:14,720 as rapidly as he did. So it says they said to him, 80 00:06:16,080 --> 00:06:20,400 David's, that's right, that's correct. 81 00:06:21,360 --> 00:06:25,720 That would be a right answer. It would be an incomplete 82 00:06:25,720 --> 00:06:29,440 answer. It would be a deficient answer, 83 00:06:30,080 --> 00:06:37,920 but yet it would be a correct answer because the Messiah would 84 00:06:37,920 --> 00:06:45,840 be the Son of David. That's true in the Old Testament 85 00:06:45,840 --> 00:06:52,960 taught that over and over again. Second Samuel Chapter 7, Psalm 86 00:06:53,360 --> 00:07:00,440 89, Amos Chapter 9, and the list goes on and on and on that the 87 00:07:00,440 --> 00:07:04,120 Messiah would be the Son of David. 88 00:07:06,360 --> 00:07:11,680 They are willing to recognize the humanity of the Messiah, but 89 00:07:11,680 --> 00:07:15,560 not recognize the divinity of the Messiah. 90 00:07:16,800 --> 00:07:20,600 So the question would always be, did the Jews know that the 91 00:07:20,600 --> 00:07:26,080 Messiah would be divine? Does the Old Testament prove 92 00:07:26,720 --> 00:07:32,880 that the Messiah is God? Well, we told you last week, 93 00:07:33,200 --> 00:07:39,400 Isaiah 9 his name should be called El Gabor, the mighty God. 94 00:07:40,720 --> 00:07:46,040 He's also the everlasting Father or the father of eternity. 95 00:07:47,640 --> 00:07:51,200 Micah 5 verse #2 He's from everlasting to everlasting. 96 00:07:52,760 --> 00:07:57,600 Jeremiah 23 verse #6 says he's going to be called the branch, 97 00:07:57,600 --> 00:08:02,400 which is the Lord of righteousness. 98 00:08:03,880 --> 00:08:06,440 So the Old Testament clearly taught that the Messiah would be 99 00:08:06,440 --> 00:08:09,200 divine, the Messiah would be God. 100 00:08:10,840 --> 00:08:16,640 But when they answer the question, the answer only 101 00:08:16,640 --> 00:08:25,000 partially, not completely. They answer that yes, the 102 00:08:25,000 --> 00:08:31,360 Messiah will be the sun of David. 103 00:08:33,320 --> 00:08:38,440 So now what Christ does is very unique because he's going to 104 00:08:38,440 --> 00:08:44,920 take a passage of Scripture from the Psalms, the Psalm that's 105 00:08:44,920 --> 00:08:47,200 quoted the most in the New Testament. 106 00:08:47,800 --> 00:08:51,680 All three gospels quoted. Hebrews quotes it twice. 107 00:08:52,200 --> 00:08:55,680 Stephen quotes it or Peter quotes it in Acts chapter 3. 108 00:08:56,560 --> 00:08:59,400 It's quoted by Paul in First Corinthians chapter 15. 109 00:09:00,040 --> 00:09:03,840 It's Psalm 110. The most quoted Psalm in the New 110 00:09:03,840 --> 00:09:10,720 Testament is a Messianic Psalm. And every Jew without exception 111 00:09:11,040 --> 00:09:14,080 would know Psalm 110 was messianic. 112 00:09:15,080 --> 00:09:19,400 They would know that. And so Christ is going to take 113 00:09:20,080 --> 00:09:24,960 the Scriptures, the word of God, and he's going to explain to 114 00:09:24,960 --> 00:09:33,760 them the Messiah. Listen to what he says he said 115 00:09:33,760 --> 00:09:39,520 to them. Then how does David in the 116 00:09:39,520 --> 00:09:46,000 Spirit, queen of Mark's Gospel in the Holy Spirit, meaning 117 00:09:46,080 --> 00:09:50,280 under divine inspiration? David is going to speak under 118 00:09:50,280 --> 00:09:53,000 divine inspiration by the Holy Spirit of God. 119 00:09:54,840 --> 00:10:01,320 Then how does David in the Spirit call him Lord, saying, 120 00:10:02,560 --> 00:10:08,920 The Lord said to my Lord, sit at my right hand until I put your 121 00:10:08,920 --> 00:10:16,560 enemies beneath your feet. If David then calls him Lord, 122 00:10:17,680 --> 00:10:25,720 how is he his son? It's brilliant question. 123 00:10:27,440 --> 00:10:32,280 He's got them in a quandary because they're willing to admit 124 00:10:32,280 --> 00:10:39,080 that the Messiah is humanly the Son of David, but not divinely 125 00:10:39,080 --> 00:10:44,480 the Son of God, and yet their scriptures taught very clearly 126 00:10:44,640 --> 00:10:49,080 that the Messiah would be divine. 127 00:10:50,960 --> 00:10:53,920 He has them between a rock and a hard place. 128 00:10:55,840 --> 00:11:01,200 He asked them, how can this possibly be So he's going to 129 00:11:01,200 --> 00:11:09,160 quote from the Old Testament and he says simply, the Lord Yave 130 00:11:10,680 --> 00:11:18,520 said to my Lord Adonai. Now Adonai refers to an earthly 131 00:11:18,520 --> 00:11:24,480 Lord, but not always. But we know who Yave is. 132 00:11:24,480 --> 00:11:29,200 He's the Lord God of Israel. So when you read the Hebrew, it 133 00:11:29,200 --> 00:11:34,760 says Yahweh, the Lord said to my Adonai Lord. 134 00:11:37,080 --> 00:11:44,320 But the Greek Septuagint translates it Curious Lord both 135 00:11:44,320 --> 00:11:48,560 words. Every time Yahweh is translated 136 00:11:48,560 --> 00:11:51,400 into the Greek in the Old Testament, without exception, 137 00:11:51,520 --> 00:11:55,320 it's always translated curious every single time. 138 00:11:57,240 --> 00:12:04,280 And so in the Greek it says the Lord curious said to my Lord 139 00:12:05,280 --> 00:12:14,680 curious, meaning that the Lord is divine, David's Lord is 140 00:12:15,480 --> 00:12:19,960 divine, very, very important to understand this. 141 00:12:21,360 --> 00:12:24,200 And so he says, sit at my right hand. 142 00:12:25,800 --> 00:12:30,120 That's a, that's a, that's a place of equal position, equal 143 00:12:30,120 --> 00:12:36,240 authority, because it speaks of the equality of the sun until I 144 00:12:36,240 --> 00:12:38,440 put your enemies beneath your feet. 145 00:12:39,560 --> 00:12:43,640 A total execution or subjugation of his enemies. 146 00:12:45,040 --> 00:12:49,880 If David then calls him Lord, how? 147 00:12:51,400 --> 00:12:59,680 How is he a son? You see, everybody around them 148 00:12:59,680 --> 00:13:02,000 knew that Jesus was the son of David. 149 00:13:03,000 --> 00:13:07,600 They knew that in fact, the Pharisees never argued the point 150 00:13:07,600 --> 00:13:11,920 that Jesus was the descendant of David. 151 00:13:13,040 --> 00:13:17,520 They couldn't because the genealogical records that were 152 00:13:17,520 --> 00:13:22,120 kept in the temple would prove that he was a descendant of 153 00:13:22,120 --> 00:13:26,200 David through Joseph because of Solomon, and instead of David 154 00:13:26,200 --> 00:13:29,360 through Mary because of Nathan, his other son. 155 00:13:31,080 --> 00:13:38,680 So physically and legally, he was a descendant of David. 156 00:13:40,040 --> 00:13:45,280 He is a son of David, but is he the son of David? 157 00:13:45,280 --> 00:13:48,680 Is he the Messiah? That's the question. 158 00:13:49,760 --> 00:13:53,680 And you have the two blind men in Jericho who cry out to him. 159 00:13:54,520 --> 00:13:59,160 Have mercy on us, son of David. You have the two blind men in 160 00:13:59,160 --> 00:14:03,000 Galilee say the same thing. Have mercy on us, Son of David. 161 00:14:04,120 --> 00:14:07,760 You have the Canaanite woman who begs for mercy from the Son of 162 00:14:07,760 --> 00:14:12,360 David. We have on Monday the crowds 163 00:14:12,360 --> 00:14:16,240 yelling hosanna to the Son of David. 164 00:14:17,680 --> 00:14:21,800 So we had the crowds recognizing that Jesus is the Son of David. 165 00:14:22,240 --> 00:14:26,480 He is their Messiah. So they think so. 166 00:14:26,480 --> 00:14:30,280 They hope he is. But they reject him a few days 167 00:14:30,280 --> 00:14:34,360 later because he doesn't pull off politically what they think 168 00:14:34,360 --> 00:14:39,240 he needs to pull off and militarily what they think he 169 00:14:39,240 --> 00:14:42,160 needs to pull off in order to relieve them from Roman 170 00:14:42,160 --> 00:14:47,160 oppression. And so here is the Lord turning 171 00:14:47,160 --> 00:14:52,240 the tables on the Pharisees and asking them the all important 172 00:14:52,240 --> 00:14:58,840 question. Whose son is the Christ, the 173 00:14:58,840 --> 00:15:04,520 Messiah, David's Son, Right? Sorta. 174 00:15:06,120 --> 00:15:08,880 But you got to get the fact that he's also the Son of God. 175 00:15:09,960 --> 00:15:15,560 He is Lord, He is King. He's not even talking 176 00:15:15,920 --> 00:15:19,840 specifically about himself, although he is. 177 00:15:19,920 --> 00:15:24,520 He's specifically speaking about Old Testament prophecy because 178 00:15:24,520 --> 00:15:27,880 David says this before the son is born. 179 00:15:28,160 --> 00:15:32,760 David says this prophetically. David is saying the Lord said to 180 00:15:32,760 --> 00:15:35,960 my Lord prophetically. See. 181 00:15:36,120 --> 00:15:41,200 So he's giving a prophecy about the coming Messiah, calling his 182 00:15:41,200 --> 00:15:50,160 son Lord, calling his son God. Notice what it says next. 183 00:15:51,440 --> 00:15:59,520 It says no one was able to answer him a word, nor did 184 00:15:59,520 --> 00:16:06,280 anyone dare from that day on to ask him another question. 185 00:16:08,560 --> 00:16:12,360 Remember the last invitation of the Bible, Revelation chapter 186 00:16:12,360 --> 00:16:16,880 22. The last invitation given by God 187 00:16:18,000 --> 00:16:24,920 centers around the same theme, the identity of the Christ. 188 00:16:25,960 --> 00:16:36,800 Revelation 2216 I, Jesus and the root and offspring of David. 189 00:16:38,040 --> 00:16:44,280 I Jesus am the source of David's life in line. 190 00:16:44,760 --> 00:16:52,320 And I, Jesus am the son of David's life and line. 191 00:16:54,400 --> 00:16:59,040 The bright morning star. The invitation centers around 192 00:16:59,040 --> 00:17:02,800 the identity of the Messiah. Because you see, when you give 193 00:17:02,800 --> 00:17:05,359 an invitation to people, you must explain to them who the 194 00:17:05,359 --> 00:17:12,119 Messiah is. That's why John says many other 195 00:17:12,119 --> 00:17:15,599 signs did Jesus do that were not recorded in this book. 196 00:17:16,560 --> 00:17:18,680 You see, the Pharisees had seen all the credentials of the 197 00:17:18,680 --> 00:17:22,319 Messiah. They could not deny any of the 198 00:17:22,319 --> 00:17:24,560 miracles that Jesus had performed. 199 00:17:25,599 --> 00:17:29,440 They had seen all the miracles. They could not deny them. 200 00:17:31,000 --> 00:17:34,680 So John comes along and John 20 and says many other signs did 201 00:17:34,680 --> 00:17:37,320 Jesus do that are not written in this book, but these were 202 00:17:37,320 --> 00:17:42,080 written that you might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the 203 00:17:42,080 --> 00:17:50,280 Messiah, the Son of God. That's why John wrote his 204 00:17:50,280 --> 00:17:55,200 gospel. Now remember all the Gospels 205 00:17:55,200 --> 00:18:03,640 uniquely write about one phrase in the Old Testament and then 206 00:18:03,640 --> 00:18:07,160 expand that phrase we talked about two weeks ago. 207 00:18:07,400 --> 00:18:10,160 Let's see if you remember Matthew. 208 00:18:11,600 --> 00:18:18,080 Matthew writes specifically about a phrase in Zechariah 9 209 00:18:18,080 --> 00:18:26,120 verse #9 which says behold your king when he comes into 210 00:18:26,120 --> 00:18:28,520 Jerusalem on the backside of a donkey. 211 00:18:28,520 --> 00:18:32,760 Behold your king. So what does he do? 212 00:18:33,640 --> 00:18:38,760 His whole gospel is about the royalty of the Messiah. 213 00:18:40,680 --> 00:18:45,440 And then you come to Mark's gospel and Mark takes one phrase 214 00:18:45,440 --> 00:18:51,440 from Isaiah 42, one that says, Behold, my servant. 215 00:18:53,160 --> 00:18:56,240 And John's whole gospel is centered around the servanthood 216 00:18:56,360 --> 00:19:00,160 of the Messiah, emphasizing the humility of the Messiah. 217 00:19:02,040 --> 00:19:06,520 And then you come to Luke's gospel and Luke takes one phrase 218 00:19:06,880 --> 00:19:13,280 from Zechariah chapter 6, verse #12 which says behold a man. 219 00:19:14,360 --> 00:19:20,200 And Luke expands on that whole phrase, emphasizing the humanity 220 00:19:20,200 --> 00:19:24,240 of the Messiah. Then you come to John's Gospel. 221 00:19:25,320 --> 00:19:31,960 In John's gospel, he takes one phrase from the book of Isaiah, 222 00:19:32,000 --> 00:19:37,840 the 34th chapter, Behold Your God. 223 00:19:39,560 --> 00:19:43,400 And he takes 21 chapters and unfolds for us the fact that the 224 00:19:43,400 --> 00:19:49,720 Messiah is God. This is so important to 225 00:19:49,720 --> 00:19:52,240 understand. You need to grasp all this 226 00:19:53,280 --> 00:19:57,720 because the, the, the, the, the way the Spirit of God puts 227 00:19:57,720 --> 00:20:01,640 everything together in such a marvelous and such a miraculous 228 00:20:01,640 --> 00:20:04,480 kind of way. Help us understand the true 229 00:20:04,480 --> 00:20:09,520 identity of, of the Son of David, the, the Son of God. 230 00:20:11,920 --> 00:20:15,560 So you come to John's gospel and John's whole theme is behold 231 00:20:15,560 --> 00:20:21,720 your God. This is God in the flesh. 232 00:20:23,000 --> 00:20:26,920 That's why he says in in John chapter one verse #1 in the 233 00:20:26,920 --> 00:20:31,280 beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God and the Word 234 00:20:31,280 --> 00:20:33,320 was God. He was in the beginning with 235 00:20:33,320 --> 00:20:34,800 God. All things came into being 236 00:20:34,800 --> 00:20:39,560 through him and apart from him nothing came into being that has 237 00:20:39,560 --> 00:20:44,680 come into being. In Him was life, and the life 238 00:20:44,680 --> 00:20:48,280 was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness 239 00:20:49,200 --> 00:20:53,720 and the darkness did not comprehend it. 240 00:20:55,320 --> 00:21:00,080 May I present to you Jesus and all of us splendor and all of us 241 00:21:00,080 --> 00:21:04,120 glory and all of his beauty, because that's what John does. 242 00:21:05,760 --> 00:21:09,360 John is like the the Holy of holies of New Testament books. 243 00:21:11,080 --> 00:21:17,520 John is, is is all about presenting God and, and, and in 244 00:21:17,520 --> 00:21:21,160 John chapter 17, you, you have that high priestly prayer where 245 00:21:21,160 --> 00:21:25,440 deity is communicating with deity, the intimacy between the 246 00:21:25,440 --> 00:21:30,640 Father and the Son. There there is no more holier 247 00:21:30,640 --> 00:21:35,400 book in the New Testament than John's gospel because it 248 00:21:35,400 --> 00:21:39,120 portrays to us, presents to us the beauty of the living God. 249 00:21:39,120 --> 00:21:43,120 Now the whole Bible is about the Lord. 250 00:21:44,040 --> 00:21:49,880 The whole Bible presents to us the Christ, but John's gospel, 251 00:21:50,400 --> 00:21:56,000 unique and that it is, presents to us the beauty of the Lord. 252 00:21:56,000 --> 00:22:04,920 Behold your God, Isaiah 714 Emmanuel, God with us John 114 253 00:22:05,080 --> 00:22:08,040 the word became flesh. That's that's the Christmas 254 00:22:08,040 --> 00:22:11,480 story in one sentence. The word became flesh. 255 00:22:11,720 --> 00:22:26,080 God with us over in Luke's gospel, Luke chapter 1, it says 256 00:22:26,480 --> 00:22:29,520 as the Angel speaks to Mary, verse 31 and behold, you will 257 00:22:29,520 --> 00:22:34,240 conceive in your womb and bear a son to the name of Jesus. 258 00:22:35,120 --> 00:22:37,800 He will be great and he will be called the Son of the Most High 259 00:22:37,800 --> 00:22:41,240 and the Lord God will give him the throne of his father David. 260 00:22:41,960 --> 00:22:44,880 He will reign over the House of Jacob Forever. 261 00:22:45,560 --> 00:22:49,240 This Kingdom will have no end. Mary said to the Angel. 262 00:22:49,240 --> 00:22:51,840 How can this be since I am a virgin? 263 00:22:53,080 --> 00:22:56,320 The Angel answered said to her. The Holy Spirit will come upon 264 00:22:56,320 --> 00:22:59,640 you, and the power of the Most High will over shadow you, and 265 00:23:01,040 --> 00:23:08,920 for that reason the holy child shall be called the Son of God. 266 00:23:09,360 --> 00:23:18,080 Behold your God. So John says these things are 267 00:23:18,080 --> 00:23:23,320 written that you might believe over 90 times. 268 00:23:23,840 --> 00:23:29,400 John uses the word believe because the essence of salvation 269 00:23:29,400 --> 00:23:31,800 is believing in the Lord Jesus Christ. 270 00:23:33,240 --> 00:23:37,360 Do you believe in who he is? Do you believe in the identity 271 00:23:37,360 --> 00:23:40,520 of the Messiah? Do you believe that he is Son of 272 00:23:40,520 --> 00:23:44,920 God, Son of man? Do you believe in the humanity 273 00:23:44,920 --> 00:23:48,840 and the divinity of Christ? He is the God Man. 274 00:23:49,720 --> 00:23:54,520 He's 100% God, He's 100% man. He is 200% of something. 275 00:23:54,720 --> 00:23:57,720 You can't comprehend that. Neither can I because our mind 276 00:23:57,720 --> 00:24:03,840 only goes to 100%. But he's 200% of something, 100% 277 00:24:03,840 --> 00:24:07,880 God, 100% may not 50% God and 50% man. 278 00:24:08,520 --> 00:24:17,080 No, He's 100% man, 100% God. He is God in human flesh. 279 00:24:19,280 --> 00:24:24,960 So as I present to you Jesus, I present him to you in five 280 00:24:24,960 --> 00:24:29,560 different ways. Number one, His eternality #2 281 00:24:29,560 --> 00:24:38,920 His personality #3 His deity #4 His vitality and #5 His 282 00:24:38,920 --> 00:24:42,880 invincibility. Those are the 1st 5 verses of 283 00:24:43,000 --> 00:24:48,240 John chapter one. Last week we covered his E 284 00:24:48,960 --> 00:24:55,360 eternality. In the beginning was the word. 285 00:24:56,680 --> 00:25:06,240 In the beginning was the word. Now understand this was is the 286 00:25:06,240 --> 00:25:11,040 imperfect tense of Amy of the verb to be. 287 00:25:12,560 --> 00:25:15,840 So you can read verses one and two this way. 288 00:25:16,840 --> 00:25:24,160 In the beginning was continuously the word and the 289 00:25:24,160 --> 00:25:30,000 word was continuously with God, and the word was continually 290 00:25:30,000 --> 00:25:34,160 God. That's literally how it reads 291 00:25:36,720 --> 00:25:39,800 the word Amy, a very important word. 292 00:25:40,680 --> 00:25:43,960 Why? You know, if you've been with us 293 00:25:43,960 --> 00:25:46,680 long enough that we take you all the way back when Christ talks 294 00:25:46,680 --> 00:25:50,440 about the fact that he is the great I am, right, ego. 295 00:25:50,640 --> 00:25:55,160 Amy is the Greek translation of those four Hebrew consonants 296 00:25:55,280 --> 00:25:59,440 that make up the name of God in Exodus chapter 3 when Moses 297 00:25:59,440 --> 00:26:03,560 asked who shall I say sent me? And the Lord God of Israel says, 298 00:26:03,760 --> 00:26:11,960 tell him that I am sent you. Tell them to be sends you tell 299 00:26:11,960 --> 00:26:15,680 them that the eternal being sends you. 300 00:26:16,640 --> 00:26:20,760 That's his memorial name. His memorial name, students 301 00:26:20,760 --> 00:26:25,880 around his eternality. He always is because He always 302 00:26:25,880 --> 00:26:31,280 was and always will be. The eternal nature of God is 303 00:26:31,280 --> 00:26:31,920 important. Why? 304 00:26:32,120 --> 00:26:36,000 Because Jesus said in John 824, Unless you believe that I am, 305 00:26:36,120 --> 00:26:38,960 unless you believe that I am eternal being, you will die in 306 00:26:38,960 --> 00:26:41,080 your sins. Do you have to believe in the 307 00:26:41,080 --> 00:26:44,520 eternality of God to be saved? Answer Yes. 308 00:26:45,360 --> 00:26:49,040 Yes, you must believe in the eternal nature of the living 309 00:26:49,040 --> 00:26:54,320 God, that He is a God who is and was and always will be. 310 00:26:55,320 --> 00:27:00,960 You cannot deny the eternality of God because that's who He is. 311 00:27:00,960 --> 00:27:06,000 Unless you believe that I am, I am continuous, I am eternal. 312 00:27:07,040 --> 00:27:09,840 You will die in your sins. Unless you believe that I am the 313 00:27:09,840 --> 00:27:15,960 God who spoke to Moses in Exodus chapter 30, Exodus chapter 3, 314 00:27:16,640 --> 00:27:19,160 from the burning Bush, you will die in your sins. 315 00:27:19,520 --> 00:27:24,920 I am the God that's always being. 316 00:27:25,760 --> 00:27:31,240 That's who I am. And so John says in the 317 00:27:31,240 --> 00:27:36,160 beginning was continuously the Word. 318 00:27:37,560 --> 00:27:42,640 In other words, before the beginning, When did the 319 00:27:42,640 --> 00:27:45,600 beginning begin? Good question. 320 00:27:46,480 --> 00:27:49,000 Genesis one verse #1 in the beginning, God. 321 00:27:50,800 --> 00:27:58,000 So in the beginning, in the beginning God had already 322 00:27:58,000 --> 00:28:01,720 existed. He was existing continuously. 323 00:28:03,880 --> 00:28:06,360 In the beginning was the creation of time and space. 324 00:28:08,000 --> 00:28:11,760 If you're not a part of time and space, you are preexistent. 325 00:28:11,880 --> 00:28:17,240 You exist before time and space. If you exist before time and 326 00:28:17,240 --> 00:28:19,240 space, that means you are eternal. 327 00:28:21,440 --> 00:28:32,720 So before the beginning began, the word always continuously was 328 00:28:32,720 --> 00:28:36,720 and is. That's the point, the eternality 329 00:28:36,720 --> 00:28:40,640 of God. This is crucial to understand. 330 00:28:41,640 --> 00:28:44,280 Now listen to this, this is so good. 331 00:28:44,280 --> 00:28:47,080 In the beginning was the Word. Now why did he use the word? 332 00:28:47,360 --> 00:28:49,120 Why did he say in the beginning was Jesus? 333 00:28:49,800 --> 00:28:51,040 That would be pretty simple, wouldn't it? 334 00:28:51,680 --> 00:28:54,320 In the beginning was the Son, SON? 335 00:28:54,840 --> 00:28:58,600 Why didn't he say that? Why did they say in the 336 00:28:58,600 --> 00:29:02,920 beginning was the word Lagos? Why? 337 00:29:04,000 --> 00:29:08,520 Why would he do that? Well, he's going to appeal to 338 00:29:08,520 --> 00:29:11,680 the Jewish mind. He's going to appeal to the 339 00:29:12,720 --> 00:29:17,320 Greek mind. He's going to appeal to those 340 00:29:17,320 --> 00:29:21,600 who are engaged philosophically, the Greeks. 341 00:29:22,440 --> 00:29:25,440 He's going to appeal to those who are engaged theologically. 342 00:29:26,520 --> 00:29:35,320 The Jews, OK. To the Greeks, Lagos was an 343 00:29:35,320 --> 00:29:40,560 entity. It was a impersonal force. 344 00:29:41,800 --> 00:29:46,920 To the Greeks, they believed if there's a creation, then there 345 00:29:46,920 --> 00:29:51,720 was a cause to the creation, but the cause was a personal force, 346 00:29:52,440 --> 00:29:55,520 an impersonal force, not some person. 347 00:29:55,840 --> 00:30:00,360 So they named it Lagos. And John comes along and says, I 348 00:30:00,360 --> 00:30:04,040 want you to know that from the very beginning, before time ever 349 00:30:04,040 --> 00:30:10,440 began, the Lagos existed. The Lagos was there and the 350 00:30:10,440 --> 00:30:15,280 Lagos really is a person because the Lagos became flesh and dwelt 351 00:30:15,280 --> 00:30:19,760 among us. To the Jewish mind, the Lagos 352 00:30:19,760 --> 00:30:24,280 was the revelation of God. It was the word of God Speaking 353 00:30:24,280 --> 00:30:27,440 of the authority of God, the authenticity of God, the 354 00:30:27,440 --> 00:30:29,880 reliability of God, the veracity of God. 355 00:30:30,960 --> 00:30:37,840 So to the Jewish mind, Lagos spoke about the word itself, how 356 00:30:37,840 --> 00:30:41,880 the word was an expression of God. 357 00:30:42,000 --> 00:30:45,480 That's the only way he knew God was when God spoke. 358 00:30:46,920 --> 00:30:50,160 So that's how they came to understand who God was. 359 00:30:51,000 --> 00:30:55,600 So God would give revelation. God would speak because no man 360 00:30:55,600 --> 00:30:58,240 has seen God at any time. So when God would speak, he 361 00:30:58,240 --> 00:31:02,160 would exhibit himself. He would explain himself that 362 00:31:02,160 --> 00:31:06,400 that's why way back in Exodus chapter 34, as you recall, when 363 00:31:06,520 --> 00:31:08,600 Moses said I want, I want to see your glory. 364 00:31:08,600 --> 00:31:10,920 And the Lord said I can't let you see my glory and live. 365 00:31:11,760 --> 00:31:18,800 But the Lord did say this. He said in verse #5 of chapter 366 00:31:18,800 --> 00:31:21,040 34 of Exodus. The Lord descended in the cloud 367 00:31:21,040 --> 00:31:23,440 and stood there with him as he called upon the name of the 368 00:31:23,440 --> 00:31:25,320 Lord. So Moses is calling upon the 369 00:31:25,320 --> 00:31:27,640 name of the Lord. He wants the Lord to show 370 00:31:27,640 --> 00:31:31,400 himself. Then the Lord passed by in front 371 00:31:31,400 --> 00:31:37,160 of him and proclaimed. God said something, He 372 00:31:37,160 --> 00:31:41,400 proclaimed the Lord, the Lord God, compassion, gracious so to 373 00:31:41,400 --> 00:31:43,640 anger, and a bounty, and loving kindness and truth. 374 00:31:43,800 --> 00:31:45,800 Who keeps loving kindness for thousands? 375 00:31:45,800 --> 00:31:48,640 Who for gives iniquity, transgression and sin? 376 00:31:48,880 --> 00:31:51,480 Yet he will by no means leave the guilty unpunished. 377 00:31:51,720 --> 00:31:54,200 Visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children and on 378 00:31:54,200 --> 00:31:58,400 the grandchildren to the third and 4th generations, Moses made 379 00:31:58,400 --> 00:32:04,400 haste to bow down, bow low toward the earth and worship. 380 00:32:05,400 --> 00:32:11,480 He worshipped based on what was said, not based on what he saw. 381 00:32:12,760 --> 00:32:17,760 The Lord God proclaimed his glory, the Lord God spoke his 382 00:32:17,760 --> 00:32:21,560 glory. So that's how Moses then would 383 00:32:21,560 --> 00:32:25,160 bow and worship him, because he bowed under the authority of 384 00:32:25,160 --> 00:32:31,080 God's revelation. So to to a Jew, the Lagos was 385 00:32:31,080 --> 00:32:35,920 the revelation of God. To the Jew, the Word of the Lord 386 00:32:36,160 --> 00:32:41,560 is the expression of God to man and Jesus Christ is God speaking 387 00:32:41,560 --> 00:32:45,160 to us. Jesus Christ is the fullest 388 00:32:45,160 --> 00:32:49,520 revelation of God. That's why the Word became flesh 389 00:32:49,520 --> 00:32:54,720 and dwelt among us and we beheld His glory, we beheld His beauty, 390 00:32:54,800 --> 00:33:02,840 we beheld the, the, the, the, the person of God expressed in 391 00:33:02,840 --> 00:33:07,600 Jesus Christ who is the exact representation of the Lord. 392 00:33:09,320 --> 00:33:12,560 And so that's why he uses the word. 393 00:33:13,280 --> 00:33:20,360 In the beginning was the word in the beginning was Lagos telling 394 00:33:20,360 --> 00:33:23,400 the Greeks, listen, the Lagos is not an impersonal force. 395 00:33:23,600 --> 00:33:25,320 It's truly an individual. It's a person. 396 00:33:25,480 --> 00:33:31,240 It's it's God in the flesh telling the telling the the 397 00:33:31,240 --> 00:33:35,560 Jewish audience that Jesus Christ, the word is the complete 398 00:33:35,560 --> 00:33:38,080 and full revelation of his glory. 399 00:33:38,920 --> 00:33:40,840 And John would say we beheld that glory. 400 00:33:41,880 --> 00:33:43,960 We're able to see the person of God. 401 00:33:46,080 --> 00:33:52,200 So important to understand what John is conveying to us. 402 00:33:53,880 --> 00:34:02,440 Revelation 1913 Jesus Christ returns his name, and by that 403 00:34:02,440 --> 00:34:08,360 name he is called the Word of God. 404 00:34:09,840 --> 00:34:14,719 That's his name, the word of God. 405 00:34:16,040 --> 00:34:19,760 In other words, it's, it's like when Jesus comes again, he's 406 00:34:19,760 --> 00:34:23,480 also called faithful and true because his word is faithful, 407 00:34:23,639 --> 00:34:27,520 His word is true. And so when it, when it, when he 408 00:34:27,520 --> 00:34:33,480 comes again the second time and his name is the word of God, 409 00:34:33,480 --> 00:34:37,480 it's as if he is saying, I told you already, I told you 410 00:34:37,480 --> 00:34:40,120 everything about my presence. I told you everything about my 411 00:34:40,120 --> 00:34:42,120 first coming. I told you everything about my 412 00:34:42,120 --> 00:34:44,800 second coming. I am the word of God. 413 00:34:44,920 --> 00:34:48,639 The inspired word is the Incarnate word and the Incarnate 414 00:34:48,639 --> 00:34:53,800 word is the inspired word. You must take them both the same 415 00:34:55,440 --> 00:35:00,680 because the Incarnate Word gives us the inspired Word and 416 00:35:00,680 --> 00:35:08,680 therefore John says in the beginning was the Word and the 417 00:35:08,680 --> 00:35:14,440 Word is God. He's God in the flesh. 418 00:35:14,680 --> 00:35:19,760 In the beginning there always existed the Word. 419 00:35:20,880 --> 00:35:24,200 Before time and space were created, the Word was in 420 00:35:24,200 --> 00:35:28,400 existence, speaking about the pre existence of the Word, the 421 00:35:28,400 --> 00:35:33,080 eternality of the Word. So John presents them first of 422 00:35:33,080 --> 00:35:37,280 all in the beauty of his eternality. 423 00:35:39,360 --> 00:35:44,480 Second of all, he presents them in the beauty of his 424 00:35:44,480 --> 00:35:49,600 personality. Listen very carefully to what 425 00:35:49,600 --> 00:35:55,000 the Bible says next. In the beginning was the Word, 426 00:35:56,880 --> 00:36:06,400 and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 427 00:36:07,800 --> 00:36:11,800 He was in the beginning with God. 428 00:36:13,640 --> 00:36:21,960 Twice it says that the Word was in the beginning with God. 429 00:36:24,400 --> 00:36:33,440 When the beginning began, the eternal 1 already existed. 430 00:36:35,680 --> 00:36:38,960 He existed outside of time and space because he's a creator of 431 00:36:38,960 --> 00:36:47,000 time and space. So in the beginning the Word 432 00:36:47,000 --> 00:36:57,880 existed as God, and he existed with God. 433 00:37:01,040 --> 00:37:09,440 So the Word existed eternity past as God, as the eternal God, 434 00:37:11,760 --> 00:37:16,280 and the eternal God existed with the eternal God. 435 00:37:18,680 --> 00:37:24,280 Speaking of the triune nature of God, that God is 3 and 1. 436 00:37:24,280 --> 00:37:28,080 Here you have two of them. He is 3 and 1. 437 00:37:29,240 --> 00:37:32,040 He is 1 God. That manifests Himself in three 438 00:37:32,160 --> 00:37:36,080 distinct persons. And John, for the very outset 439 00:37:36,400 --> 00:37:41,320 only speaks not just of His, his eternality, but of His 440 00:37:41,560 --> 00:37:45,280 personality, that He is unique and distinct person. 441 00:37:45,480 --> 00:37:52,080 He is one of three very important to understand that for 442 00:37:52,080 --> 00:37:58,320 instance, in the beginning God, this is one one word for God is 443 00:37:58,320 --> 00:38:02,560 Elohim. The I am ending means that it's 444 00:38:02,560 --> 00:38:06,280 plural, but it doesn't say in the beginning God's. 445 00:38:07,280 --> 00:38:12,520 It says in the beginning God right created the heavens and 446 00:38:12,520 --> 00:38:15,280 the earth. But note this. 447 00:38:16,560 --> 00:38:25,560 The Bible says in Justice 126 let us make man in our image. 448 00:38:27,280 --> 00:38:30,280 Why doesn't God say let me make man in my image? 449 00:38:32,440 --> 00:38:36,080 He says let us make God in our image. 450 00:38:37,160 --> 00:38:40,720 Why? Because God is in a relationship 451 00:38:40,720 --> 00:38:44,800 with himself. Who is God speaking to? 452 00:38:47,400 --> 00:38:53,880 Who is God speaking to in the beginning God, let us make man 453 00:38:53,880 --> 00:38:57,560 in our image. In fact, tell me in your Bible 454 00:38:57,560 --> 00:39:04,040 to the book of Titus, Titus chapter one, first one, listen 455 00:39:04,040 --> 00:39:06,800 to what it says. Paul, a bond servant of God and 456 00:39:06,800 --> 00:39:10,600 an apostle of Jesus Christ, for the faith of those chosen of God 457 00:39:10,760 --> 00:39:13,480 and the knowledge of the truth which is according to godliness 458 00:39:13,840 --> 00:39:18,120 in the hope of eternal life, which God who cannot lie, 459 00:39:18,800 --> 00:39:25,160 promised long ages ago or promised before time began. 460 00:39:26,000 --> 00:39:30,360 Let me ask you a question. Who did God make a promise to 461 00:39:30,520 --> 00:39:34,760 before time began? He didn't make it to the angels 462 00:39:34,760 --> 00:39:35,920 because they weren't created yet. 463 00:39:36,120 --> 00:39:38,280 They were created somewhere between Genesis 11 and Genesis 464 00:39:38,280 --> 00:39:42,680 12. Man wasn't created to day 6. 465 00:39:44,040 --> 00:39:46,200 So who did God make a promise to? 466 00:39:47,280 --> 00:39:50,160 Before time began? God made a promise. 467 00:39:51,920 --> 00:39:55,200 Who did he make a promise to turn over to? 468 00:39:55,400 --> 00:40:02,080 Second Timothy one, Second Timothy one verse #9 it says 469 00:40:04,280 --> 00:40:06,320 God. God saved us and called us with 470 00:40:06,320 --> 00:40:08,880 a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His 471 00:40:08,880 --> 00:40:14,000 own purpose and grace. Which was granted us in Christ 472 00:40:14,000 --> 00:40:18,600 Jesus from all eternity, or the exact same phrase in Titus one 473 00:40:18,600 --> 00:40:24,800 verse #2 before time began. So God had a purpose before time 474 00:40:25,040 --> 00:40:27,960 began, and in that purpose He made a promise. 475 00:40:28,120 --> 00:40:31,240 But who did He make the promise to before time began? 476 00:40:32,120 --> 00:40:36,600 In the beginning was the Word, the eternal Word of God. 477 00:40:37,720 --> 00:40:41,800 In the beginning was the Word, and the eternal Word existed 478 00:40:41,880 --> 00:40:45,880 with the eternal God. He was face to face with God. 479 00:40:46,640 --> 00:40:52,560 Speaking of the equality of the nature of God the Son and God 480 00:40:52,560 --> 00:40:55,840 the Father. Face to face means equal. 481 00:40:57,760 --> 00:41:02,920 So you have the proof of the triune nature of God beginning 482 00:41:02,920 --> 00:41:05,320 in John's gospel, because these things are written that you 483 00:41:05,320 --> 00:41:08,360 might believe in who Jesus Christ is. 484 00:41:09,760 --> 00:41:12,400 He's the second person of the triune nature of God. 485 00:41:13,680 --> 00:41:19,560 In the beginning was the eternal word that always existed, that 486 00:41:19,560 --> 00:41:22,560 was not created during time and space, because He was the one 487 00:41:22,640 --> 00:41:27,560 who created time and space. So he had to be eternal, and He 488 00:41:27,560 --> 00:41:33,520 existed with God. The eternal God existed with the 489 00:41:33,520 --> 00:41:37,920 eternal God. Speaking of the eternal nature 490 00:41:37,920 --> 00:41:44,440 of the God, speak of the fact that Jesus is God in the flesh. 491 00:41:45,760 --> 00:41:48,960 This is so important to grasp. Why? 492 00:41:49,360 --> 00:41:51,960 Because people will deny the deity of Christ. 493 00:41:53,120 --> 00:41:57,640 They will deny the reality of the Messiah in the true identity 494 00:41:57,640 --> 00:42:02,760 of the Messiah. And that's why I think I told 495 00:42:02,760 --> 00:42:05,400 you a couple weeks ago, every cult has a Jesus, right? 496 00:42:06,840 --> 00:42:08,680 But Christianity doesn't have a Muhammad. 497 00:42:10,000 --> 00:42:11,800 Christianity doesn't have a Joseph Smith. 498 00:42:13,280 --> 00:42:16,920 Christianity doesn't have Buddha, right? 499 00:42:17,360 --> 00:42:21,800 But every cult has Jesus. They have a Jesus. 500 00:42:21,920 --> 00:42:23,880 He's a prophet. He's a good man. 501 00:42:23,920 --> 00:42:25,280 But they have a Jesus. Why? 502 00:42:25,480 --> 00:42:30,600 Because Satan is a master of disguise, master of deception. 503 00:42:31,440 --> 00:42:34,480 He wants to draw you away from the true Jesus. 504 00:42:34,600 --> 00:42:39,680 But only Christianity has the true Jesus, the one who existed 505 00:42:40,280 --> 00:42:46,600 before time and space, the eternal God himself. 506 00:42:47,880 --> 00:42:55,640 That's who he is. And so the Bible is very clear 507 00:42:55,640 --> 00:42:59,280 about the eternality of God. The Bible is very clear about 508 00:42:59,280 --> 00:43:03,520 the personality of God. He existed with God. 509 00:43:05,920 --> 00:43:09,120 All that to say is that God was in a relationship with himself 510 00:43:09,280 --> 00:43:13,720 before time began. And the whole plan, the whole 511 00:43:13,720 --> 00:43:19,840 purpose, was to redeem a bride for a son. 512 00:43:22,600 --> 00:43:26,080 The whole plan of redemption wasn't conjured up after the 513 00:43:26,080 --> 00:43:29,600 fall. The whole plan of redemption, 514 00:43:29,600 --> 00:43:32,240 the whole plan of the cross, wasn't something that God 515 00:43:32,240 --> 00:43:36,520 made-up because of sin. No, it was all a part of the 516 00:43:36,520 --> 00:43:40,960 plan. It was all a part of Plan A from 517 00:43:40,960 --> 00:43:45,320 the very beginning, before time began in the eternity past. 518 00:43:46,160 --> 00:43:50,280 Our names are written in the Lamb's book of Life in eternity 519 00:43:50,280 --> 00:43:54,280 past, before time ever began. Think about that. 520 00:43:55,760 --> 00:44:00,720 God had a purpose and a plan to redeem a bride for his Son. 521 00:44:00,720 --> 00:44:08,680 And in that redemptive process, you, me, and those who believe 522 00:44:08,680 --> 00:44:13,240 in the Lord Jesus Christ, we've become a part of that bride. 523 00:44:13,240 --> 00:44:17,920 That's what the Bible says. If you confess with your mouth 524 00:44:18,280 --> 00:44:24,000 Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised him 525 00:44:24,000 --> 00:44:26,800 from the dead, you will be saved. 526 00:44:28,480 --> 00:44:31,200 Why? Because one day every knee will 527 00:44:31,200 --> 00:44:37,840 bow, every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord. 528 00:44:39,120 --> 00:44:43,920 Jesus Christ is yave, the God of Israel. 529 00:44:44,920 --> 00:44:50,120 Every tongue will confess that. So when Christ gathers these 530 00:44:50,120 --> 00:44:53,280 religious leaders together, they're they're already gathered 531 00:44:53,280 --> 00:44:56,800 together around him and the multitude is gathered there on 532 00:44:56,800 --> 00:45:00,280 the Temple Mount. He asked them the only question 533 00:45:00,280 --> 00:45:04,640 that matters, whose son is the Christ? 534 00:45:06,320 --> 00:45:13,800 Do you understand him as Son of David and Son of God, or just 535 00:45:13,800 --> 00:45:17,880 Son of David? Do you see the Son of David as 536 00:45:17,880 --> 00:45:22,720 divine as the Lord that existed before time began? 537 00:45:24,440 --> 00:45:27,960 Because David would speak prophetically before the Son was 538 00:45:27,960 --> 00:45:31,680 ever born, calling him Lord under the inspiration of the 539 00:45:31,680 --> 00:45:36,200 Spirit of God. That's the only question that 540 00:45:36,200 --> 00:45:39,320 matters. I don't know why you're here 541 00:45:39,320 --> 00:45:41,320 today. I don't know what brought you 542 00:45:41,320 --> 00:45:44,680 here today. I don't know who dragged you 543 00:45:44,680 --> 00:45:47,400 here today, but you're here today. 544 00:45:48,760 --> 00:45:52,200 You're here today for one specific reason that you would 545 00:45:52,200 --> 00:45:58,360 hear John one verse one and verse 2. 546 00:45:59,840 --> 00:46:04,040 Next week we get to verse 3. But the important thing is that 547 00:46:04,640 --> 00:46:06,960 the Lord wants you to know his identity. 548 00:46:07,880 --> 00:46:12,280 That's why we entitled the sermon, May I Present Jesus. 549 00:46:13,200 --> 00:46:19,720 You need to know who Jesus is because without Him you're lost. 550 00:46:21,360 --> 00:46:27,360 With Him you have life. And so you need to understand 551 00:46:27,360 --> 00:46:32,200 the identity of the Christ and the Lord Brought you here today 552 00:46:33,160 --> 00:46:39,440 to hear the sermon on the eternality of the Son, the 553 00:46:39,440 --> 00:46:47,360 personality of the eternality of that Son who stood face to face 554 00:46:47,360 --> 00:46:51,520 with the eternal God as eternal God. 555 00:46:52,880 --> 00:46:56,280 Do you believe that Jesus Christ is the eternal God? 556 00:46:56,720 --> 00:46:59,720 Do you believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of David? 557 00:46:59,880 --> 00:47:03,800 Do you believe that Jesus Christ is the Messiah of Israel, the 558 00:47:03,800 --> 00:47:06,320 Messiah of God? Do you believe in who Jesus 559 00:47:06,320 --> 00:47:10,480 Christ is? Told you last week, there are so 560 00:47:10,480 --> 00:47:15,120 many people who preach another Jesus, but not the true Jesus. 561 00:47:16,440 --> 00:47:21,480 Here we present to you the true Jesus of the Scriptures. 562 00:47:22,400 --> 00:47:26,240 My prayer is that everyone of you would know him personally, 563 00:47:27,240 --> 00:47:31,080 intimately, because he's forgiven you of your sins. 564 00:47:31,880 --> 00:47:36,920 He's wiped them all away, and you stand righteous before him. 565 00:47:37,520 --> 00:47:40,520 Let's pray together. Father, we thank you for today. 566 00:47:41,640 --> 00:47:45,840 We thank you for Your word, the truth of it, and how it is. 567 00:47:45,840 --> 00:47:48,840 You make it so clear and obvious to all of us. 568 00:47:50,240 --> 00:47:53,720 Lord, our prayer is that we would take your word and apply 569 00:47:53,720 --> 00:47:56,920 it to our lives. And for everyone who is here 570 00:47:56,920 --> 00:48:02,520 today, Lord, please I pray for their eternal destiny. 571 00:48:03,600 --> 00:48:07,840 If someone is here and does not know you, may today be the day 572 00:48:07,840 --> 00:48:11,600 of their salvation. May your spirit do it's 573 00:48:11,600 --> 00:48:14,840 convicting. Work in their hearts that they 574 00:48:14,840 --> 00:48:17,400 might come to saving faith. And for those who do know you, 575 00:48:17,880 --> 00:48:20,000 Lord, arm them with the truth of your word. 576 00:48:20,680 --> 00:48:25,240 So when they come across people who deny your deity, who deny 577 00:48:25,240 --> 00:48:31,640 your eternality, who deny your veracity, they would be able to 578 00:48:31,640 --> 00:48:34,920 take them to the scriptures and say this is what the word of the 579 00:48:34,920 --> 00:48:38,520 Lord says. You've given us the sword, the 580 00:48:38,520 --> 00:48:41,760 sword of the Spirit, which is our offensive weapon. 581 00:48:42,040 --> 00:48:46,000 May we use it for the glory of your name until you come again, 582 00:48:46,400 --> 00:48:49,200 as you most surely will in Jesus name.