1 00:00:03,320 --> 00:00:05,960 Welcome to the Liberty Baptist Sermon Archives. 2 00:00:06,200 --> 00:00:09,040 The message you're about to hear was preached at Liberty Baptist 3 00:00:09,040 --> 00:00:13,040 Church in Easton, MA. You can find out more about us 4 00:00:13,040 --> 00:00:17,120 or contact us at mylibertybaptist.org or just 5 00:00:17,120 --> 00:00:19,760 look us up on Facebook. And now we hope that this 6 00:00:19,760 --> 00:00:22,040 message from God's Word will be a blessing to you. 7 00:00:24,760 --> 00:00:27,800 We've been looking at some incredibly powerful attributes 8 00:00:28,240 --> 00:00:30,640 of the Lord Jesus, haven't we? Over the last few weeks? 9 00:00:30,640 --> 00:00:34,840 I think of his omnipotence, his power to rise. 10 00:00:34,840 --> 00:00:39,000 We saw last week, his power to heal, His Holiness. 11 00:00:39,000 --> 00:00:44,120 These are all the great attributes, just a a few of the 12 00:00:44,120 --> 00:00:46,560 great attributes of Jesus Christ. 13 00:00:46,560 --> 00:00:50,680 But I want us to look at one of the attributes of Christ here 14 00:00:50,680 --> 00:00:54,400 this morning that at first when I say it, it might seem kind of 15 00:00:54,400 --> 00:00:57,480 like, well, to be honest with you, a downgrade a little bit. 16 00:00:58,080 --> 00:00:59,760 Everyone likes an upgrade, don't they? 17 00:00:59,920 --> 00:01:02,520 If you get an upgrade when you're flying, they say, would 18 00:01:02,520 --> 00:01:05,280 you like to go to first class? My answer is not rather not. 19 00:01:05,280 --> 00:01:08,480 I'd rather sit here in the back folded up like a pretzel eating 20 00:01:08,480 --> 00:01:10,760 pretzels, right? No, we want the upgrade. 21 00:01:11,040 --> 00:01:12,560 Would you like a better hotel room? 22 00:01:12,800 --> 00:01:14,640 Well, is it going to cost me? No. 23 00:01:14,640 --> 00:01:16,600 Sure. Then I would love to have a 24 00:01:16,600 --> 00:01:19,120 nicer hotel room. We we're not looking for a 25 00:01:19,120 --> 00:01:21,920 downgrade when it comes to life. That's that's not the way that 26 00:01:21,920 --> 00:01:24,080 life works. And when we think of Jesus, we 27 00:01:24,080 --> 00:01:27,440 have the highest possible thought process about Jesus. 28 00:01:27,440 --> 00:01:29,480 At least I'm looking at the people here in this room this 29 00:01:29,480 --> 00:01:31,880 morning and that's the way I imagine that you think about 30 00:01:31,960 --> 00:01:35,720 Jesus Christ that you have the highest possible a thought 31 00:01:35,720 --> 00:01:38,960 process about who he is. And so when I tell you what 32 00:01:38,960 --> 00:01:40,960 we're looking at with the attribute of Christ this 33 00:01:40,960 --> 00:01:44,280 morning, you might again think that it's more of a downgrade. 34 00:01:44,640 --> 00:01:47,480 But yet I think it's important that we look at it this morning, 35 00:01:47,480 --> 00:01:52,000 not because only that it gives us a fuller understanding of the 36 00:01:52,000 --> 00:01:55,280 ministry of Christ, but also because it helps us to 37 00:01:55,280 --> 00:01:58,720 understand how we are to respond to the ministry of Christ. 38 00:01:58,960 --> 00:02:01,600 It's not just about getting a fuller picture of the ministry 39 00:02:01,600 --> 00:02:05,200 of Christ that is important, but it's also to help us know how we 40 00:02:05,200 --> 00:02:08,840 are to respond to his ministry within our own life. 41 00:02:09,039 --> 00:02:14,200 And that is this, that Christ is prophet, say, but Pastor, isn't 42 00:02:14,200 --> 00:02:18,280 he more than a prophet? Well, yes, but he still is 43 00:02:18,280 --> 00:02:20,160 prophet. And the fact that he is a 44 00:02:20,160 --> 00:02:23,520 prophet helps us understand more again about how we are to 45 00:02:23,520 --> 00:02:26,960 respond to him. In that office of prophet. 46 00:02:26,960 --> 00:02:28,640 We stand pleased for the reading of God's word. 47 00:02:28,840 --> 00:02:34,760 If you're able to Luke chapter #24 beginning in verse #13 we'll 48 00:02:34,760 --> 00:02:38,040 follow our same format this morning of going through and 49 00:02:38,040 --> 00:02:40,360 understanding the word, understanding why it's there, 50 00:02:40,360 --> 00:02:43,160 and then wow, how it, it applies to us. 51 00:02:43,160 --> 00:02:45,680 You know, the time's a little bit later than normal this 52 00:02:45,680 --> 00:02:48,360 morning, but you're still ready for some preaching. 53 00:02:48,360 --> 00:02:50,000 Amen. All right, look, you're going to 54 00:02:50,000 --> 00:02:52,280 be late to the restaurant anyway, so just go ahead and 55 00:02:52,280 --> 00:02:54,480 just settle in, all right? It's not going to be too long, 56 00:02:54,480 --> 00:02:56,880 but we do want to make sure we get into the Word because that's 57 00:02:56,880 --> 00:02:58,960 what we're here for this morning as much as anything. 58 00:02:59,320 --> 00:03:03,000 It says in verse #13 behold, 2 of them went that same day to a 59 00:03:03,000 --> 00:03:05,760 village called Emmaus, which was from Jerusalem. 60 00:03:05,760 --> 00:03:10,000 About 3 score furlongs and they talk together of all these 61 00:03:10,000 --> 00:03:12,480 things which had happened. He say, well what had happened? 62 00:03:12,480 --> 00:03:16,160 Well, Jesus was written. We just saw that last week and 63 00:03:16,160 --> 00:03:19,560 it came to pass while they commune together and reason. 64 00:03:19,920 --> 00:03:23,200 Now watch this. Jesus himself drew near and went 65 00:03:23,200 --> 00:03:26,520 with them, but their eyes were holding, that they should not 66 00:03:26,520 --> 00:03:28,560 know Him. And he said unto them, What 67 00:03:28,560 --> 00:03:32,000 manner of communications are these, that you have one to 68 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:34,280 another as you walk, and are said? 69 00:03:34,840 --> 00:03:38,840 And the one of them, whose name was Cleopas answering, said unto 70 00:03:38,840 --> 00:03:42,600 him, Aren't thou only a stranger in Jerusalem, and has not known 71 00:03:42,600 --> 00:03:47,200 the things which are come to pass the last these they are in 72 00:03:47,200 --> 00:03:49,400 these days. And he said unto them, What 73 00:03:49,400 --> 00:03:51,400 things? And they said unto him 74 00:03:51,760 --> 00:03:57,320 concerning Jesus of Nazareth, which was a prophet, mighty and 75 00:03:57,320 --> 00:04:02,720 deed and word before God and all the people, And here's Cleopas 76 00:04:02,800 --> 00:04:05,080 and his companion, and they're sad. 77 00:04:05,600 --> 00:04:07,240 Why? Because Jesus is gone. 78 00:04:07,920 --> 00:04:12,000 But yet Jesus is walking with them down the road to Emmaus. 79 00:04:12,240 --> 00:04:14,640 He says, what's the matter? As if Jesus doesn't know what's 80 00:04:14,640 --> 00:04:16,640 the matter. Remember, when Jesus asks 81 00:04:16,640 --> 00:04:20,040 questions, he's not asking to find information, but it's more 82 00:04:20,040 --> 00:04:22,200 to Draw Something out of the heart of the person who answers. 83 00:04:22,960 --> 00:04:26,440 And they said something has happened to the prophet, the 84 00:04:26,440 --> 00:04:30,160 prophet Jesus, and it's that prophet office of which he 85 00:04:30,160 --> 00:04:32,120 inhabits that I want us to look at here this morning. 86 00:04:32,120 --> 00:04:33,880 We'll be seated as we pray together. 87 00:04:37,120 --> 00:04:39,160 Heavenly Father, again, we do thank you for this time. 88 00:04:39,160 --> 00:04:43,280 I thank you for our brother and sister that are going to Spain, 89 00:04:43,320 --> 00:04:46,040 the Johnsons. Lord bless them here this 90 00:04:46,040 --> 00:04:47,640 morning. We just so thankful for them, 91 00:04:48,280 --> 00:04:51,320 thankful for our guests and thankful for our brother Rob 92 00:04:51,320 --> 00:04:53,520 being here today. Lord bless him in his body, 93 00:04:54,120 --> 00:04:56,360 strengthen him. But I do pray that you would 94 00:04:56,360 --> 00:04:58,800 help us to focus on your word this morning. 95 00:04:59,280 --> 00:05:01,960 What needs to be received? What needs to be given? 96 00:05:02,280 --> 00:05:05,040 May we all do our part. And Lord, may Your Holy Spirit 97 00:05:05,040 --> 00:05:09,920 do that in our hearts so that we can respond as you have called 98 00:05:09,920 --> 00:05:12,160 us to. And we ask it all in Jesus name, 99 00:05:12,680 --> 00:05:17,160 Amen. So we took that word Christ as 100 00:05:17,160 --> 00:05:20,400 prophet, that word prophet as we have done the last several 101 00:05:20,400 --> 00:05:22,960 weeks, we ask ourselves, well, what is this word about? 102 00:05:22,960 --> 00:05:25,760 What is a prophet? Well, when you look at the 103 00:05:25,760 --> 00:05:28,720 Hebrew word for prophet, which I have to agree with brother 104 00:05:28,720 --> 00:05:31,680 Nathaniel, I don't read Hebrew, but I can read people who do 105 00:05:31,680 --> 00:05:33,800 read Hebrew. And so I understand that word 106 00:05:33,800 --> 00:05:37,640 prophet in the Hebrew literally comes from a root that means to 107 00:05:37,680 --> 00:05:42,280 bubble forth as a fountain. So the idea of a prophet was to 108 00:05:42,280 --> 00:05:46,560 literally utter that which was on inside and to have it come 109 00:05:46,560 --> 00:05:49,800 out on the outside. Now the office of the prophet 110 00:05:49,800 --> 00:05:53,720 was instituted for the people of God, for the people of Israel. 111 00:05:53,720 --> 00:05:57,520 This is what God had used and instituted so that He could 112 00:05:57,520 --> 00:06:00,600 speak for the people. The prophets were the mouthpiece 113 00:06:00,600 --> 00:06:02,240 of God. You could almost put it that 114 00:06:02,240 --> 00:06:04,080 way. Not that God needed a mouth, but 115 00:06:04,080 --> 00:06:08,600 yet God had chosen to be able to use these amend for a very 116 00:06:08,600 --> 00:06:11,440 particular purpose and a very particular task. 117 00:06:11,440 --> 00:06:14,920 And and they mostly gave these messages to the people of 118 00:06:14,920 --> 00:06:16,880 Israel. Now, sometimes they spoke to the 119 00:06:16,880 --> 00:06:19,400 Gentiles as well. There's some good examples. 120 00:06:19,400 --> 00:06:22,680 Jonah would be one of those examples going over to Nineveh. 121 00:06:22,680 --> 00:06:26,360 Well, not at first, Amen, right. But eventually he got himself 122 00:06:26,360 --> 00:06:29,720 there and did the right thing and he had to go to preach to 123 00:06:29,720 --> 00:06:32,440 those Gentiles that were there at Nineveh. 124 00:06:32,640 --> 00:06:35,520 Isaiah is a good example. If you read through particularly 125 00:06:35,520 --> 00:06:38,240 the middle part of the book of Isaiah, you'll find there's a 126 00:06:38,240 --> 00:06:42,720 lot of visions, there's a lot of burdens that are laid upon 127 00:06:42,920 --> 00:06:47,560 Gentile nations, Egypt, the Philistines, Tyre, Sidon and 128 00:06:47,560 --> 00:06:50,240 many others. Obadiah was written to the 129 00:06:50,240 --> 00:06:52,160 Edomites. On and on we could go. 130 00:06:52,480 --> 00:06:56,160 God is interested in speaking to all people, but particularly 131 00:06:56,160 --> 00:06:58,520 that office of the prophet in the Old Testament. 132 00:06:58,720 --> 00:07:02,840 Its first and foremost job was to speak to the people of 133 00:07:02,840 --> 00:07:06,280 Israel. What was the job of the prophet 134 00:07:06,280 --> 00:07:09,680 as the mouthpiece of God? Well, he was to communicate the 135 00:07:09,680 --> 00:07:13,280 messages and the mind of God to the people. 136 00:07:13,720 --> 00:07:16,040 This is important. He was to communicate the 137 00:07:16,040 --> 00:07:20,280 messages and the mind of God to the people. 138 00:07:20,440 --> 00:07:23,720 The prophet was not to make up the message. 139 00:07:24,320 --> 00:07:26,920 The prophet was to give the message. 140 00:07:27,280 --> 00:07:30,840 The prophet was not to just come up with something on his own. 141 00:07:30,960 --> 00:07:34,440 He was literally to communicate that which was placed upon his 142 00:07:34,440 --> 00:07:37,080 heart by none other than God himself. 143 00:07:37,800 --> 00:07:41,840 I think of a very dark time in our family and I think of when 144 00:07:41,840 --> 00:07:44,880 my mom had cancer and I think of the treatments that she went 145 00:07:44,880 --> 00:07:47,320 through. This was back in 2014. 146 00:07:47,320 --> 00:07:49,840 And we were very hopeful that there would have been some 147 00:07:50,200 --> 00:07:52,840 change, that there would have been something better that that 148 00:07:52,840 --> 00:07:56,360 would have come from the very invasive treatments that she was 149 00:07:56,360 --> 00:07:59,360 going through. And I remember sitting in, in 150 00:07:59,360 --> 00:08:02,400 the doctor's office and, and I don't remember everything about 151 00:08:02,400 --> 00:08:04,400 that day. I, I know my wife was there. 152 00:08:04,400 --> 00:08:06,600 I know my mom and my dad were there. 153 00:08:07,320 --> 00:08:09,760 I don't remember a lot, but there's some things that I 154 00:08:09,760 --> 00:08:12,000 remember very specifically. There was a doctor, Doctor Who 155 00:08:12,000 --> 00:08:16,000 came in and he sat down and without a lot of pomp and 156 00:08:16,000 --> 00:08:21,120 circumstance said this message to us, the cancer is spreading, 157 00:08:21,800 --> 00:08:27,480 the cancer is not able to be treated and told us that there 158 00:08:27,480 --> 00:08:30,600 was really not much hope of that which was to come. 159 00:08:31,840 --> 00:08:36,799 Now, in many ways, that doctor that day was a prophet. 160 00:08:36,799 --> 00:08:39,120 Now, I'm not saying that doctors are infallible. 161 00:08:39,200 --> 00:08:42,120 Well, hello, we know that's not the case. 162 00:08:42,640 --> 00:08:45,720 There's a lot of doctors who've given people a lot of numbers 163 00:08:46,120 --> 00:08:49,280 and a lot of people lived out well beyond those years of the 164 00:08:49,280 --> 00:08:51,760 time that they were given. So I'm not trying to say that 165 00:08:51,760 --> 00:08:55,120 the doctors are infallible. You know, half the doctors were 166 00:08:55,160 --> 00:08:57,520 at graduated the bottom 50% of their class. 167 00:08:59,040 --> 00:09:01,200 Think about that for a second. You know, they're practicing, 168 00:09:01,200 --> 00:09:03,280 but they're practicing on us. And I got a million of them at 169 00:09:03,280 --> 00:09:07,480 doctors. All right, but what was that job 170 00:09:07,760 --> 00:09:10,720 of that doctor that day? In essence, to be a prophet? 171 00:09:11,720 --> 00:09:15,760 It was not his message. It was just what was there, and 172 00:09:15,760 --> 00:09:19,000 someone had to communicate it and someone had to listen. 173 00:09:19,440 --> 00:09:21,440 And that was the job of the doctor that day. 174 00:09:21,640 --> 00:09:24,000 So how do we relate that to the prophet? 175 00:09:24,000 --> 00:09:26,720 Well, Israel had a lot of problems. 176 00:09:27,440 --> 00:09:32,880 Israel had a lot of issues with sin, and sin is a cancer, if you 177 00:09:32,880 --> 00:09:36,680 will, that eats within the soul of those who are unsaved, which 178 00:09:36,680 --> 00:09:41,080 caused them to go directly to a devil's hell after they perish 179 00:09:41,080 --> 00:09:42,960 from this earth. And even for thus those of us 180 00:09:42,960 --> 00:09:45,600 who are saved and know we're going on our road to heaven, a 181 00:09:45,600 --> 00:09:47,600 sin can really mess up your life still. 182 00:09:48,360 --> 00:09:51,600 And so there was the job of the prophet to come through and to 183 00:09:51,600 --> 00:09:54,160 announce there's some cancer within your soul. 184 00:09:54,160 --> 00:09:56,600 There's some sin, you know, that needs to be rectified. 185 00:09:56,760 --> 00:10:00,360 And it wasn't because he had identified it of himself as the 186 00:10:00,360 --> 00:10:02,680 prophet. It's because God had laid the 187 00:10:02,680 --> 00:10:07,320 message and God had laid the mind of himself upon the 188 00:10:07,320 --> 00:10:09,160 prophet, and that's what he was communicating. 189 00:10:09,880 --> 00:10:12,120 And if the prophet was to be faithful, he said what God 190 00:10:12,120 --> 00:10:16,080 wanted him to say, nothing more and nothing less. 191 00:10:17,000 --> 00:10:18,360 And this is important to remember. 192 00:10:18,760 --> 00:10:22,440 The faithful prophet had to give the message straight and true, 193 00:10:23,400 --> 00:10:28,840 but the faithful people had to receive the Word as God had 194 00:10:28,840 --> 00:10:30,200 communicated through the prophet. 195 00:10:31,280 --> 00:10:34,800 The faithful prophet had to give the Word straight and true, but 196 00:10:34,800 --> 00:10:39,040 the people had to receive it just as faithfully because it 197 00:10:39,040 --> 00:10:41,600 really wasn't coming from the prophet, it was really coming 198 00:10:41,600 --> 00:10:45,680 from God. Can I give you a good example of 199 00:10:45,680 --> 00:10:47,480 this? Good. 200 00:10:47,560 --> 00:10:49,440 Thank you, Rex. Somebody. 201 00:10:50,840 --> 00:10:52,240 Can I get a witness? All right. 202 00:10:56,080 --> 00:11:00,760 David was in sin. He took Bathsheba and did 203 00:11:00,760 --> 00:11:04,080 wickedly with her. God was not pleased. 204 00:11:04,880 --> 00:11:06,040 David thought he got away with it. 205 00:11:06,480 --> 00:11:09,960 And in the eyes of man he did. But in the eyes of God, he sees 206 00:11:09,960 --> 00:11:11,320 all. He knows all. 207 00:11:12,080 --> 00:11:15,600 And nothing ever occurred to God that just happened to be. 208 00:11:16,240 --> 00:11:18,040 He knows it all from the end of the beginning. 209 00:11:19,680 --> 00:11:23,640 And so there's a prophet called Nathan who came to him with a 210 00:11:23,640 --> 00:11:26,640 message from God. And that message was this David, 211 00:11:27,280 --> 00:11:32,720 you have done wickedly. Nathan was faithful. 212 00:11:32,840 --> 00:11:34,320 Why? He gave the message. 213 00:11:35,360 --> 00:11:39,320 David received the message. I have done wickedly. 214 00:11:39,960 --> 00:11:42,840 I understand what I have done wrong, and I accept the 215 00:11:42,840 --> 00:11:46,320 judgement of God. David was faithful in that 216 00:11:46,320 --> 00:11:50,600 moment because he received the word from the faithful prophet. 217 00:11:51,520 --> 00:11:55,080 So there's two components here. A faithful prophet has to give 218 00:11:55,080 --> 00:11:58,880 the word rightly, but then the faithful receiver has to hear 219 00:11:58,880 --> 00:12:03,080 the word from the prophet and heed the word of the prophet as 220 00:12:03,080 --> 00:12:05,000 well. So that helped us understand a 221 00:12:05,000 --> 00:12:07,520 little bit about what a prophet is. 222 00:12:07,800 --> 00:12:10,200 But yet that brings us to our text this morning. 223 00:12:10,520 --> 00:12:14,200 And why are we looking at these two travellers on the road to 224 00:12:14,200 --> 00:12:16,760 Emmaus? And why was Jesus there? 225 00:12:16,760 --> 00:12:19,760 And why did they bring up the fact that he was a prophet? 226 00:12:19,760 --> 00:12:23,320 Well, it starts in our text and verse #13 that they were on this 227 00:12:23,840 --> 00:12:27,040 road that was going to a very small village called Emmaus. 228 00:12:27,480 --> 00:12:30,240 It talks about it being about 3 score furlongs. 229 00:12:30,240 --> 00:12:34,440 That's about 7 miles or so, a decent walk for someone to make 230 00:12:34,440 --> 00:12:37,160 from Jerusalem back to their home village. 231 00:12:37,160 --> 00:12:40,520 And yet, as they're walking, they're consumed with the talk 232 00:12:40,560 --> 00:12:44,280 of everything that's happened. Jesus had died on the cross. 233 00:12:44,280 --> 00:12:47,680 And then there was the Passover feast that was taking place over 234 00:12:47,680 --> 00:12:50,360 the next few days. And now there's the news that 235 00:12:50,880 --> 00:12:53,440 Jesus is gone. He's not there anymore. 236 00:12:53,680 --> 00:12:56,000 And there's curiosity about why that is. 237 00:12:56,000 --> 00:12:59,400 The disciples have a version of events that they've mentioned 238 00:12:59,400 --> 00:13:02,120 and that the women who were there before, the disciples, 239 00:13:02,320 --> 00:13:05,080 they've talked about it as well. But there just seems to be a 240 00:13:05,080 --> 00:13:08,560 great amount of confusion to what is taking place. 241 00:13:08,560 --> 00:13:11,880 And so as Jesus asks these questions, well, what manner of 242 00:13:11,880 --> 00:13:13,640 communication are you talking about? 243 00:13:13,680 --> 00:13:16,440 What things are going on? These two travelers, 244 00:13:16,480 --> 00:13:19,880 particularly Cleopas, the one who is named, looks at Jesus and 245 00:13:19,880 --> 00:13:21,720 basically says something like this. 246 00:13:21,920 --> 00:13:27,800 Where have you been? How do you not know what's going 247 00:13:27,800 --> 00:13:31,160 on these last few days? Who's this man? 248 00:13:31,160 --> 00:13:36,280 Well, he was Jesus of Nazareth. He was a prophet, mighty in deed 249 00:13:36,280 --> 00:13:39,360 and word before God and the people. 250 00:13:39,360 --> 00:13:44,440 Now let's focus on verse #24 for a moment concerning Jesus of 251 00:13:44,440 --> 00:13:48,240 Nazareth, which was a prophet mighty indeed. 252 00:13:48,240 --> 00:13:53,120 And, and word now you might think that these people that 253 00:13:53,160 --> 00:13:57,480 Cleopas and this other companion may have been misunderstood 254 00:13:57,800 --> 00:14:00,640 about who Jesus was. You say, well, Jesus wasn't the 255 00:14:00,640 --> 00:14:03,960 prophet, Jesus was the savior. Now, if you're like me, when you 256 00:14:03,960 --> 00:14:06,320 hear that word that Jesus is a prophet, it kind of gets you 257 00:14:06,320 --> 00:14:09,040 riled up a little bit inside. And the reason why is there's a 258 00:14:09,040 --> 00:14:12,280 lot of false religions that are out there that will say that 259 00:14:12,440 --> 00:14:15,880 Jesus Christ was a prophet. Now here's the issue. 260 00:14:16,440 --> 00:14:21,600 Jesus Christ was a prophet. Let's get this right this 261 00:14:21,600 --> 00:14:24,640 morning. Jesus Christ was a prophet. 262 00:14:25,240 --> 00:14:27,920 But here's the part that those false religions miss. 263 00:14:28,400 --> 00:14:30,800 Jesus Christ was more than a prophet. 264 00:14:31,840 --> 00:14:34,320 Was he a prophet? 100% he was. 265 00:14:34,320 --> 00:14:37,960 And it's important that we understand why he was a prophet, 266 00:14:37,960 --> 00:14:40,120 why that office matters to us today. 267 00:14:40,280 --> 00:14:43,920 But we also have to recognize that whether it's the Muslims or 268 00:14:43,920 --> 00:14:46,560 whether it's the Jehovah Witnesses or whatever false 269 00:14:46,560 --> 00:14:49,960 religion or false group that's out there that wants to say that 270 00:14:50,040 --> 00:14:54,080 Jesus was just this prophetic man who had some good messages. 271 00:14:54,160 --> 00:14:57,200 And if you just follow those and keep your nose clean and stay 272 00:14:57,200 --> 00:15:00,280 out of trouble, that you'll probably do all right in life. 273 00:15:00,400 --> 00:15:04,120 Or that maybe Jesus was a prophet, but Muhammad was 274 00:15:04,120 --> 00:15:06,440 greater, or some other God is greater. 275 00:15:06,640 --> 00:15:08,920 Sure, Jesus great, but others are greater. 276 00:15:09,200 --> 00:15:11,360 There's none that are greater than Jesus Christ. 277 00:15:12,040 --> 00:15:15,320 There is none that is greater than Jesus Christ. 278 00:15:15,600 --> 00:15:19,320 But yet we cannot discount the fact that he was prophet. 279 00:15:20,840 --> 00:15:24,800 So understanding that, quickly turn to Deuteronomy chapter #18 280 00:15:24,800 --> 00:15:25,840 keep your place there. All right. 281 00:15:25,840 --> 00:15:28,800 Put the ribbon there. Somebody haven't got a ribbon in 282 00:15:28,800 --> 00:15:30,280 your Bible yet. You got to get that someday. 283 00:15:30,280 --> 00:15:33,360 All right, Get a piece of yarn. All right, Put your neighbor's 284 00:15:33,360 --> 00:15:36,320 hat in your in your Bible. Whatever you do, mark the place. 285 00:15:36,800 --> 00:15:39,720 Deuteronomy, chapter 18. We'll go back now. 286 00:15:39,720 --> 00:15:41,360 We learned on Wednesday night that there are things in the Old 287 00:15:41,360 --> 00:15:45,880 Testament to help us understand the New Testament, that we don't 288 00:15:45,880 --> 00:15:48,240 just avoid the Old Testament because, well, we live in the 289 00:15:48,240 --> 00:15:50,680 New Testament now. Well, the things that have in 290 00:15:50,680 --> 00:15:53,120 the Old Testament are very much pertaining to what's going on in 291 00:15:53,120 --> 00:15:55,640 the New Testament and that pertain to us today. 292 00:15:56,000 --> 00:15:59,040 And Deuteronomy chapter 8. Deuteronomy, what am I going to 293 00:15:59,040 --> 00:16:01,600 do with that? It's just the second telling of 294 00:16:01,600 --> 00:16:03,200 the law. If you could make it through 295 00:16:03,200 --> 00:16:07,360 Exodus, you can make it through Deuteronomy, OK, because it was 296 00:16:07,360 --> 00:16:10,640 told in Exodus and it was given again to another generation 40 297 00:16:10,640 --> 00:16:12,840 years later in the book of Deuteronomy. 298 00:16:12,960 --> 00:16:15,480 Deuteronomy chapter 18, verse #9 let's pick it up there. 299 00:16:15,840 --> 00:16:19,480 It says, When thou art come into the land which the Lord thy God 300 00:16:19,480 --> 00:16:22,160 giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do. 301 00:16:22,160 --> 00:16:25,840 After the abomination of those nations, there shall not be 302 00:16:25,840 --> 00:16:29,320 found among you, or anyone that maketh his son or daughter to 303 00:16:29,320 --> 00:16:33,240 pass through the fire, or that use divination, or an observer 304 00:16:33,240 --> 00:16:37,560 of times, or an enchanter, or a witch, or a charmer, or a 305 00:16:37,560 --> 00:16:40,880 consultant with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a 306 00:16:40,880 --> 00:16:44,120 necromancer. For all that do these things are 307 00:16:44,120 --> 00:16:46,520 an abomination under the Lord. And because of these 308 00:16:46,520 --> 00:16:50,480 abominations, the Lord thy God doth drive them out from before 309 00:16:50,480 --> 00:16:52,920 thee. Thou shalt be perfect before the 310 00:16:52,920 --> 00:16:56,160 Lord thy God, or with the Lord thy God, for these nations which 311 00:16:56,160 --> 00:16:59,880 thou shalt possess hearkened unto observers of times and unto 312 00:16:59,880 --> 00:17:02,240 diviners. But As for thee, the Lord thy 313 00:17:02,240 --> 00:17:03,760 God had not suffered thee to do so. 314 00:17:03,760 --> 00:17:07,240 Now stop here for just a moment. God says that the people that 315 00:17:07,240 --> 00:17:11,160 were in the land, God gave them time to repent, but the cup of 316 00:17:11,160 --> 00:17:14,480 iniquity is now full. Their time is now past that they 317 00:17:14,480 --> 00:17:17,560 are going to be removed from the land as God has commanded. 318 00:17:17,720 --> 00:17:19,040 And God says this. Why? 319 00:17:19,119 --> 00:17:22,160 Why are these people leaving? Why are these people going to 320 00:17:22,160 --> 00:17:26,000 have to pay with their lives for their trespasses and sins? 321 00:17:26,160 --> 00:17:29,040 And the answer is very simple in what's being said here. 322 00:17:29,160 --> 00:17:31,560 They're listening to the wrong voices. 323 00:17:32,880 --> 00:17:35,360 They are listening to the wrong voices. 324 00:17:35,400 --> 00:17:38,320 It says it there in verse 14. For these nations which thou 325 00:17:38,320 --> 00:17:42,520 shalt possess, hearkened unto observers of times and unto 326 00:17:42,520 --> 00:17:45,760 diviners, they're listening to the wrong voices. 327 00:17:45,800 --> 00:17:48,360 There's a lot of wrong voices out there today. 328 00:17:48,600 --> 00:17:51,400 There's a lot of wrong voices that want to tell you there are 329 00:17:51,400 --> 00:17:53,560 other ways other than Jesus Christ. 330 00:17:53,640 --> 00:17:56,040 There's a lot of voices out there that even once we are 331 00:17:56,040 --> 00:17:59,600 saved that want to pull us away from that close relationship 332 00:17:59,600 --> 00:18:03,240 that we have with Jesus Christ and these people listen to the 333 00:18:03,240 --> 00:18:07,080 wrong voices. But we have to continue because 334 00:18:07,760 --> 00:18:09,560 we haven't really learned about prophet yet, have we? 335 00:18:10,440 --> 00:18:14,000 Verse 15 says this. The Lord thy God will raise up 336 00:18:14,080 --> 00:18:16,320 unto thee a prophet. Now we'll take a time out here 337 00:18:16,320 --> 00:18:19,280 for a second. Now you got your good King James 338 00:18:19,280 --> 00:18:22,960 Bible right there. That word prophet there is 339 00:18:22,960 --> 00:18:25,240 interesting, isn't it? What's interesting about the 340 00:18:25,240 --> 00:18:31,720 word prophet has a capital P me. This isn't just a prophet, this 341 00:18:31,720 --> 00:18:36,200 is a prophet in particular. Why? 342 00:18:36,200 --> 00:18:40,280 Well, if I talk about the moms that are here, well then we 343 00:18:40,360 --> 00:18:44,120 would have a lowercase M. If I was talking about my mom, 344 00:18:44,600 --> 00:18:47,720 and I did just a few minutes ago say, hey, mom capital M Why? 345 00:18:47,720 --> 00:18:49,200 Because I'm talking about one in particular. 346 00:18:50,160 --> 00:18:51,600 This isn't talking about all the profits. 347 00:18:52,480 --> 00:18:55,200 This is talking about one in particular. 348 00:18:55,640 --> 00:18:57,480 Now some of you getting ahead, let me build my case. 349 00:18:57,480 --> 00:18:58,560 All right? You're getting ahead, you're 350 00:18:58,560 --> 00:18:59,720 getting excited. That's good. 351 00:19:00,400 --> 00:19:02,360 Are you excited about the Bible? I like that. 352 00:19:02,360 --> 00:19:04,120 I really do. But you got to let me build the 353 00:19:04,120 --> 00:19:05,080 case. All right. 354 00:19:06,120 --> 00:19:07,800 We're looking at a particular prophet. 355 00:19:07,800 --> 00:19:09,440 Who could it be? We don't know. 356 00:19:13,960 --> 00:19:16,120 You all trying to just cut down the length of the sermon is what 357 00:19:16,120 --> 00:19:19,960 you're trying to do. The Lord will raise up unto thee 358 00:19:20,200 --> 00:19:24,440 a prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren like unto 359 00:19:24,440 --> 00:19:28,240 me, unto him you shall hearken according to all that thou 360 00:19:28,240 --> 00:19:30,840 desirous of the Lord thy God in Horeb in the day of the 361 00:19:30,840 --> 00:19:34,440 assembling, saying, Let me not hear again the voice of the Lord 362 00:19:34,440 --> 00:19:37,560 my God, neither let me see this great fire anymore that I dine 363 00:19:37,560 --> 00:19:38,440 at. Now stop here. 364 00:19:38,440 --> 00:19:40,360 This is important. Oh, there's so much here. 365 00:19:40,360 --> 00:19:42,960 All right, this is Exodus chapter #20 God gives the 10 366 00:19:42,960 --> 00:19:45,720 commandments, right? He speaks the 10 commandments, 367 00:19:46,080 --> 00:19:49,600 the voice of the Father. Sometimes we think that Moses 368 00:19:49,600 --> 00:19:51,840 just went up and took the 10 commandments and came back down 369 00:19:51,840 --> 00:19:54,280 with him. That's partially true, but God 370 00:19:54,280 --> 00:19:58,520 had said, gather round and I'm going to speak and by the time 371 00:19:58,520 --> 00:20:00,400 you get to verse #19 you can read this later. 372 00:20:00,400 --> 00:20:02,320 Exodus 2019. They basically said this. 373 00:20:02,320 --> 00:20:03,840 We can't handle the voice of God. 374 00:20:04,920 --> 00:20:08,200 We cannot handle Him. What do they need? 375 00:20:08,320 --> 00:20:14,600 They needed a prophet to come in between, to do what mankind 376 00:20:14,600 --> 00:20:16,960 could not do. And so who was that prophet? 377 00:20:17,320 --> 00:20:21,080 Well, first, that was Moses. We're talking Exodus chapter 20. 378 00:20:21,440 --> 00:20:25,120 That was Moses who came and gave the words of God to the people 379 00:20:25,120 --> 00:20:28,440 who immediately did not listen and did their own thing. 380 00:20:29,520 --> 00:20:31,240 But they're going to need a prophet, and that's what he's 381 00:20:31,280 --> 00:20:33,720 hearkening to right here, because Moses about to pass off 382 00:20:33,720 --> 00:20:35,360 the scene. So he's mentioning this here. 383 00:20:35,360 --> 00:20:37,840 Now keep going. It says in verse #17 And the 384 00:20:37,840 --> 00:20:40,640 Lord said unto me, they have well spoken that which they have 385 00:20:40,640 --> 00:20:43,160 spoken. God says, this is right. 386 00:20:43,480 --> 00:20:44,680 This is right. What they're saying. 387 00:20:44,680 --> 00:20:49,600 There needs to be a prophet. And so it says, verse 18, I will 388 00:20:49,600 --> 00:20:52,680 raise up them up a prophet. There's that capital P again 389 00:20:52,840 --> 00:20:56,040 from among their brethren like unto me, and will put my words 390 00:20:56,040 --> 00:20:59,400 in his mouth, and he shall speak unto them all that I shall 391 00:20:59,520 --> 00:21:00,840 command them. Now stop right there. 392 00:21:00,920 --> 00:21:04,440 Who is that prophet? It is Jesus Christ. 393 00:21:04,520 --> 00:21:06,760 Now how do I know that? I'm not going to make you turn 394 00:21:06,760 --> 00:21:08,080 there right now. We don't have time. 395 00:21:08,200 --> 00:21:12,560 But if you go to Acts chapter #3 Peter is preaching because a man 396 00:21:12,560 --> 00:21:15,640 has been healed and there are people who are gathering around 397 00:21:15,800 --> 00:21:17,960 and there's confusion about what's taking place. 398 00:21:17,960 --> 00:21:21,080 And Peter wants to make sure all the glory goes to God and that 399 00:21:21,080 --> 00:21:24,800 people understand the gospel. Peter says this in Acts chapter 400 00:21:24,800 --> 00:21:28,760 3, verse 20 to 22. And he shall send Jesus Christ, 401 00:21:28,960 --> 00:21:32,400 which was whom the heaven must receive, until the times of 402 00:21:32,400 --> 00:21:35,680 restitution, of all things which God has spoken by the mouth of 403 00:21:35,680 --> 00:21:38,000 all his holy prophets since the world began. 404 00:21:38,280 --> 00:21:42,640 For Moses truly said unto the fathers, A prophet shall the 405 00:21:42,640 --> 00:21:47,440 Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me, 406 00:21:47,680 --> 00:21:51,600 Him shall ye here in all things, whatsoever he shall say unto 407 00:21:51,600 --> 00:21:53,160 you. Could there be any question? 408 00:21:53,160 --> 00:21:56,480 Peter makes it clear who is being spoken of here. 409 00:21:56,680 --> 00:22:01,240 It is Jesus Christ. He is that prophet. 410 00:22:02,720 --> 00:22:06,320 He is. That prophet, which means this 411 00:22:07,120 --> 00:22:11,480 the faithful prophet has to give the message straight and true. 412 00:22:12,760 --> 00:22:17,920 Was Jesus a faithful? Prophet, Every word, everything 413 00:22:17,920 --> 00:22:21,520 his father told him to do, he did. 414 00:22:23,440 --> 00:22:26,440 But also means this. The faithful prophet's job is to 415 00:22:26,440 --> 00:22:29,880 give the word straight and true, but the faithful people have to 416 00:22:29,880 --> 00:22:33,280 receive the word. And do as God. 417 00:22:33,280 --> 00:22:34,640 Communicates through the prophet. 418 00:22:35,680 --> 00:22:38,600 Why is it important that we understand the office of Jesus 419 00:22:38,600 --> 00:22:41,360 being the prophet? Is it because he's only the 420 00:22:41,360 --> 00:22:44,080 prophet? No, no, He's our savior. 421 00:22:45,160 --> 00:22:48,640 But it's important to understand because it helps us understand 422 00:22:48,920 --> 00:22:53,800 that our responsibility is to heed every word he says. 423 00:22:55,360 --> 00:22:57,240 Say pastor isn't. That what we just talked about 424 00:22:57,240 --> 00:23:01,120 last week. It was to a point. 425 00:23:02,040 --> 00:23:05,360 Imagine we kind of go over that on Wednesday night about heeding 426 00:23:05,360 --> 00:23:07,560 the Word of God. You know, that was in First 427 00:23:07,560 --> 00:23:12,040 Corinthians chapter #10 it was. It kind of makes you wonder when 428 00:23:12,040 --> 00:23:14,680 the Lord puts a theme together then. 429 00:23:14,680 --> 00:23:16,240 Maybe there's something we got. To get a hold of. 430 00:23:18,040 --> 00:23:19,240 And they meant. To come at it from different 431 00:23:19,240 --> 00:23:21,600 angles. But yet we still need to 432 00:23:21,600 --> 00:23:27,000 remember that our Jesus was faithful as the prophet. 433 00:23:27,960 --> 00:23:31,560 But that means the call to us is to be equally faithful as the 434 00:23:31,560 --> 00:23:34,160 hearers of the word of the prophet. 435 00:23:35,080 --> 00:23:36,760 Are you a faithful hearer of the Word? 436 00:23:38,240 --> 00:23:40,000 James chapter 1 talks. About that, doesn't it? 437 00:23:41,160 --> 00:23:44,880 Says you should be. Not just doers, hearers of the 438 00:23:44,880 --> 00:23:47,080 word, but doers of the word. I wouldn't just read the verses, 439 00:23:47,080 --> 00:23:49,240 that would be better. James chapter one, verse 22. 440 00:23:49,400 --> 00:23:52,640 But be doers of the word, and not hearers only deceiving your 441 00:23:52,640 --> 00:23:54,280 own selves. For if anybody hearer of the 442 00:23:54,280 --> 00:23:57,640 word and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his face in 443 00:23:57,640 --> 00:24:01,400 the glass, for he beholdeth himself and go with his way, and 444 00:24:01,400 --> 00:24:03,520 straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was. 445 00:24:03,640 --> 00:24:06,720 But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and 446 00:24:06,720 --> 00:24:10,840 continue it therein, he shall not be a forgetful hearer, but a 447 00:24:10,840 --> 00:24:13,360 doer of the work. This man shall be blessed 448 00:24:13,360 --> 00:24:15,000 indeed. Here's what I'm saying this 449 00:24:15,000 --> 00:24:16,920 morning. You might say, Pastor, I'm a 450 00:24:16,920 --> 00:24:19,240 faithful hearer of the word, I promise. 451 00:24:19,360 --> 00:24:23,400 Well, here's how we know if you are being faithful as a hearer 452 00:24:23,400 --> 00:24:26,000 of the Word, just as the prophet. 453 00:24:26,480 --> 00:24:28,280 We knew he was faithful. How? 454 00:24:28,520 --> 00:24:31,040 Not just that he received the Word, but he had to give the 455 00:24:31,040 --> 00:24:34,960 Word. He had to do it for us. 456 00:24:35,680 --> 00:24:38,760 We have to receive it. And do it. 457 00:24:39,400 --> 00:24:42,800 And then, and only then, you're faithful. 458 00:24:44,720 --> 00:24:47,360 We hear a lot. We do a lot less. 459 00:24:49,520 --> 00:24:53,320 I was at Shaw's a few weeks ago and I have this love hate 460 00:24:53,360 --> 00:24:54,840 relationship with the self checkout lanes. 461 00:24:54,840 --> 00:24:55,880 I don't know how you feel about that. 462 00:24:57,160 --> 00:25:00,240 They're taking over. A is involved somehow in it. 463 00:25:00,240 --> 00:25:03,440 I'm not exactly sure how, but they're taking over and I 464 00:25:03,440 --> 00:25:05,240 complain about them and I use them. 465 00:25:06,400 --> 00:25:08,600 Because if I've only. Got four or five things. 466 00:25:08,640 --> 00:25:11,760 I'm not going and standing behind somebody that has a cart 467 00:25:11,760 --> 00:25:15,760 of 1000 items with 500 coupons. All right, I'm not going to do 468 00:25:15,760 --> 00:25:17,080 it. I'm going to go in the self 469 00:25:17,080 --> 00:25:19,600 checkout lane. I know I shouldn't, but I do it. 470 00:25:20,120 --> 00:25:24,200 As I was going in, the gentleman said to me as I walked up to one 471 00:25:24,200 --> 00:25:27,280 of the the self checkout lanes, I think there was about four of 472 00:25:27,280 --> 00:25:30,840 them there, five of them. And he says that one's cash 473 00:25:30,840 --> 00:25:32,960 only. I said no problem. 474 00:25:34,000 --> 00:25:40,640 Now I heard him say that one was only card only because you know 475 00:25:40,640 --> 00:25:42,760 how that works. A lot of times nobody wants cash 476 00:25:42,760 --> 00:25:44,240 anymore. Everybody wants a card. 477 00:25:44,520 --> 00:25:48,480 So I said OK. To what he said. 478 00:25:49,360 --> 00:25:52,520 I walked up, I did everything. Nothing happened. 479 00:25:52,600 --> 00:25:53,960 You know why? Because that little light was 480 00:25:53,960 --> 00:25:55,640 blinking down below for the cash. 481 00:25:56,360 --> 00:25:58,040 I had to call him over. I said, something's wrong with 482 00:25:58,040 --> 00:26:00,720 the self checkout. He says, well, I told you it 483 00:26:00,720 --> 00:26:02,440 took cash. I said you did. 484 00:26:03,840 --> 00:26:05,680 And he said I did. I said have you met my wife? 485 00:26:05,680 --> 00:26:08,760 Because she's complained about these same problems in my life 486 00:26:09,240 --> 00:26:10,600 of what you're telling me right now. 487 00:26:10,760 --> 00:26:12,120 I had to cancel the whole thing out. 488 00:26:12,120 --> 00:26:14,240 I had to go and go to another register and use a card. 489 00:26:14,240 --> 00:26:17,040 Here's what I'm saying. I realized as soon as he was 490 00:26:17,040 --> 00:26:19,040 telling me, I realized he did tell me that. 491 00:26:20,160 --> 00:26:23,400 But I didn't do it. I heard a lot of Christians. 492 00:26:23,720 --> 00:26:26,640 Could you imagine sitting at church 52 weeks a year? 493 00:26:28,120 --> 00:26:33,040 Perhaps 3? Or 4 services a week and being 494 00:26:33,040 --> 00:26:38,360 no better. Than where you started, you say. 495 00:26:38,360 --> 00:26:41,000 How could that? Be well, it's not because the 496 00:26:41,000 --> 00:26:44,040 Prophet was unfaithful. You know I'm. 497 00:26:44,040 --> 00:26:45,920 Talking about the word, the living word. 498 00:26:47,200 --> 00:26:50,120 I'm not talking about myself. No, I'm to preach with the 499 00:26:50,120 --> 00:26:53,480 spirit of a prophet, but I'm no prophet nor my son of a prophet. 500 00:26:53,480 --> 00:26:55,360 God doesn't use the prophets anymore. 501 00:26:55,360 --> 00:26:58,280 He uses preachers to preach the word. 502 00:26:59,240 --> 00:27:01,720 So I'm not coming to you saying that there are those who walk 503 00:27:01,720 --> 00:27:04,600 around and roam around saying that they're modern prophets 504 00:27:04,600 --> 00:27:06,840 today. Head for the hills when you hear 505 00:27:06,840 --> 00:27:10,040 those. Hey, if that's on your web 506 00:27:10,040 --> 00:27:11,960 browser and they're saying that, close it out. 507 00:27:13,040 --> 00:27:14,920 If that's on a podcast, close it out. 508 00:27:15,600 --> 00:27:18,040 If that's in your book, take it to the thrift store. 509 00:27:18,600 --> 00:27:20,120 All right? Actually, do yourself a favor, 510 00:27:20,200 --> 00:27:23,840 don't even thrift it all right? Because we have what? 511 00:27:23,840 --> 00:27:25,960 The Bible says a more sure word of prophecy. 512 00:27:26,640 --> 00:27:28,720 There's a more sure word of prophecy right here, and we got 513 00:27:28,720 --> 00:27:30,320 to stick to this more sure word of prophecy. 514 00:27:31,320 --> 00:27:34,080 This is what we got to stick to. But the problem is. 515 00:27:36,000 --> 00:27:37,560 Can I just say what? I'm supposed to say thank you. 516 00:27:37,560 --> 00:27:42,000 I'm going to say it anyway. We know what this book. 517 00:27:42,000 --> 00:27:44,240 Says a lot. A lot of us do. 518 00:27:45,080 --> 00:27:49,440 We don't do it the way we're supposed to, but the office of 519 00:27:49,440 --> 00:27:53,880 the Prophet dictates that when the prophet speaks, the people 520 00:27:53,880 --> 00:27:55,960 listen. Why is it important that we 521 00:27:55,960 --> 00:27:57,320 understand that Jesus is the prophet? 522 00:27:57,720 --> 00:28:00,120 Because when he speaks, he is the living word. 523 00:28:00,560 --> 00:28:03,760 We must listen. What are you? 524 00:28:03,760 --> 00:28:07,920 Going to listen about. There's two things go back to 525 00:28:07,920 --> 00:28:18,600 Luke chapter #24. Pick up at verse. 20 it says, 526 00:28:18,600 --> 00:28:21,320 and how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him to be 527 00:28:21,320 --> 00:28:23,600 condemned to death and have crucified him. 528 00:28:23,840 --> 00:28:27,240 But we trusted that it had been he which should have been, which 529 00:28:27,240 --> 00:28:29,440 should have redeemed Israel. Now stop right there for a 530 00:28:29,440 --> 00:28:32,920 moment that we're trusted there. You don't have to be a scholar 531 00:28:32,920 --> 00:28:34,840 to know this. That we're trust is past tense. 532 00:28:35,520 --> 00:28:38,920 It means they've lost hope. We thought there was hope in 533 00:28:39,000 --> 00:28:40,480 Jesus, but we don't know anymore. 534 00:28:41,200 --> 00:28:43,080 We trusted been He which redeemed Israel. 535 00:28:43,080 --> 00:28:46,040 Beside all this, today is the third day since these things 536 00:28:46,040 --> 00:28:47,440 were come. Yeah, and the certain women I 537 00:28:47,440 --> 00:28:50,000 mentioned this before also of our company made us astonished, 538 00:28:50,320 --> 00:28:52,680 which were early the sepulchre. When they found not his body, 539 00:28:52,680 --> 00:28:56,760 they came saying that they had also seen a vision of angels 540 00:28:56,760 --> 00:28:59,880 which said that he was alive. And certain of them which were 541 00:29:00,000 --> 00:29:01,640 went with us went to the sepulchre. 542 00:29:01,640 --> 00:29:04,440 They found it Even so, as the women had said, but they saw him 543 00:29:04,440 --> 00:29:06,440 not. And he this is being Jesus. 544 00:29:07,000 --> 00:29:11,280 Excuse me, said O fools, and slow of heart, to believe all 545 00:29:11,280 --> 00:29:14,680 the prophets have spoken. Ought not Christ to have 546 00:29:14,680 --> 00:29:18,080 suffered those things, and to enter into his glory? 547 00:29:18,080 --> 00:29:23,000 He said, You spit read Jesus being a prophet, and you believe 548 00:29:23,000 --> 00:29:25,600 the prophets. So why do you think he's just 549 00:29:25,600 --> 00:29:27,760 gone? Because you should know what 550 00:29:27,760 --> 00:29:30,000 happened to him. And you know what's beautiful 551 00:29:30,000 --> 00:29:33,160 about this? And beginning at Moses and all 552 00:29:33,160 --> 00:29:36,240 the prophets, he expounded unto them, and all the Scriptures the 553 00:29:36,240 --> 00:29:40,120 things concerning himself. I have time to read. 554 00:29:40,120 --> 00:29:42,440 The rest of the text, but they continue to walk down the road. 555 00:29:43,400 --> 00:29:45,600 They say it it it's night. We got to we got to stop. 556 00:29:46,640 --> 00:29:52,200 They go, they eat and Jesus asked the blessing for the food. 557 00:29:52,200 --> 00:29:53,320 Now think about that for a second. 558 00:29:54,200 --> 00:29:57,720 And as soon as he's done, the Bible says their eyes are open. 559 00:29:57,720 --> 00:30:01,080 It's like the scales fell and they realized it's Jesus and 560 00:30:01,080 --> 00:30:04,960 he's gone. And in that moment, it. 561 00:30:04,960 --> 00:30:07,880 Says, you know, it's funny. They didn't care that it was 562 00:30:07,880 --> 00:30:10,480 late anymore. They ran that 7 miles all the 563 00:30:10,480 --> 00:30:14,080 way back to Jerusalem and found Jesus, or found and found the 564 00:30:14,080 --> 00:30:16,720 disciples and told him we just saw Jesus. 565 00:30:18,360 --> 00:30:22,000 What does that mean for us? That when it comes down. 566 00:30:22,000 --> 00:30:24,960 To the scriptures, see how expounded the scriptures. 567 00:30:24,960 --> 00:30:26,400 He opened up the scriptures to them. 568 00:30:27,520 --> 00:30:30,560 The scriptures communicate some things to us that we need to be 569 00:30:30,560 --> 00:30:33,400 aware. The 1st is this, if you don't 570 00:30:33,400 --> 00:30:35,640 know Jesus Christ your Savior, you need to be saved today. 571 00:30:36,680 --> 00:30:40,640 You'll be saved today. I think in John chapter 4 and 572 00:30:40,640 --> 00:30:44,480 Jesus met a woman at the well, she had some problems, some sin 573 00:30:44,480 --> 00:30:47,520 problems. By the way, your sin problems 574 00:30:47,520 --> 00:30:50,280 aren't like her problems I would imagine, but you got sin 575 00:30:50,280 --> 00:30:53,680 problems too. You know what, Jesus? 576 00:30:53,680 --> 00:30:57,960 Did he sat with her? He talked with her. 577 00:30:58,360 --> 00:31:02,920 What other people would not? He loved her, pointed out her 578 00:31:02,920 --> 00:31:05,880 sin. No, he didn't avoid sin. 579 00:31:07,320 --> 00:31:10,600 But he pointed out. His love to her and what she 580 00:31:10,600 --> 00:31:15,200 says to him is this. I know that one of the prophets 581 00:31:15,200 --> 00:31:18,240 is coming. I know. 582 00:31:18,400 --> 00:31:21,360 And there's questions about that prophet, and there's questions 583 00:31:21,360 --> 00:31:25,080 about where we should worship. And interestingly. 584 00:31:25,080 --> 00:31:27,560 Enough. Jesus did not leave the 585 00:31:27,560 --> 00:31:30,360 conversation there about the prophet. 586 00:31:32,160 --> 00:31:35,680 He continued to. Prod her lovingly until she 587 00:31:35,680 --> 00:31:38,440 says, I know that Messiahs cometh. 588 00:31:40,360 --> 00:31:43,160 And he looks at her. And he reveals to her something 589 00:31:43,160 --> 00:31:46,200 that he revealed to very few so plainly. 590 00:31:47,040 --> 00:31:50,480 He said, I am that Messiah. And all of a sudden she dropped 591 00:31:50,480 --> 00:31:52,120 everything. And again, in the same manner, 592 00:31:52,120 --> 00:31:54,560 she didn't care about the water anymore because she found the 593 00:31:54,560 --> 00:31:56,960 living water. And she ran back and told 594 00:31:56,960 --> 00:32:01,480 everybody that she could. Jesus wasn't satisfied with her 595 00:32:01,600 --> 00:32:06,600 believing he was a prophet. He wanted her to know he was the 596 00:32:06,600 --> 00:32:09,000 Messiah and I. Want you to know this. 597 00:32:09,000 --> 00:32:10,200 Morning. If you don't know Jesus Christ 598 00:32:10,200 --> 00:32:12,640 your Savior, he's not just a good person. 599 00:32:13,680 --> 00:32:16,000 He's not just. Someone that's noble that you 600 00:32:16,000 --> 00:32:19,440 can look up to? He is. 601 00:32:19,440 --> 00:32:22,320 The Messiah, and only he can save you. 602 00:32:23,360 --> 00:32:26,200 Only he could save you. So if you. 603 00:32:26,200 --> 00:32:29,240 Don't know Jesus Christ, your savior today, I hope that you 604 00:32:29,240 --> 00:32:31,600 come up to one of us after church and talk with us. 605 00:32:31,600 --> 00:32:34,280 We'd love to take a Bible and show you what it means to be 606 00:32:34,280 --> 00:32:37,640 saved. For those either saved this. 607 00:32:37,640 --> 00:32:39,800 Morning. I give you this encouragement 608 00:32:40,600 --> 00:32:43,520 again along the lines of us being faithful hearers of the 609 00:32:43,520 --> 00:32:45,920 Word. You know. 610 00:32:46,040 --> 00:32:50,200 Cleopas and his friend. They knew. 611 00:32:50,360 --> 00:32:52,960 Jesus. But they only knew. 612 00:32:52,960 --> 00:32:57,320 Part of Jesus, and what I mean by that is this, they never even 613 00:32:57,320 --> 00:33:01,520 addressed him as anything more than the prophet in that moment. 614 00:33:02,800 --> 00:33:05,040 They didn't know, they didn't understand. 615 00:33:05,600 --> 00:33:09,280 They should have known that what had taken place that morning was 616 00:33:09,280 --> 00:33:13,040 what Jesus had said was going to happen, hence He is the Messiah. 617 00:33:13,800 --> 00:33:16,520 But they were so ingrained that the Messiah was supposed to live 618 00:33:16,520 --> 00:33:20,080 and not die, that the Messiah was supposed to overthrow the 619 00:33:20,080 --> 00:33:24,240 yoke of the Roman government that they couldn't see. 620 00:33:25,360 --> 00:33:27,040 The full picture of who? Jesus is. 621 00:33:28,720 --> 00:33:32,120 As we listen to. Every word of Jesus we must make 622 00:33:32,120 --> 00:33:36,640 sure as believers we have the full view of Jesus Christ. 623 00:33:37,680 --> 00:33:41,280 Here's an example. I just kind. 624 00:33:41,280 --> 00:33:43,680 Of talked about it a moment ago. Christ is love. 625 00:33:44,800 --> 00:33:47,680 Aren't you glad, Christ? Is love when you. 626 00:33:47,680 --> 00:33:50,480 See how he. Interacted with what would be 627 00:33:50,480 --> 00:33:55,160 called the dregs of society. You know what I love? 628 00:33:55,280 --> 00:33:57,640 Working with people that know they don't have it all together. 629 00:33:58,640 --> 00:34:01,280 They're my favorite people. Why? 630 00:34:01,480 --> 00:34:04,600 Because that's me. And if they can put up with me, 631 00:34:04,600 --> 00:34:06,640 I can put up with them, and maybe we'll get somewhere 632 00:34:06,640 --> 00:34:12,440 together. Christ is love, and we need to 633 00:34:12,440 --> 00:34:16,600 emphasize that at every turn. But there are some places that 634 00:34:16,600 --> 00:34:22,600 emphasize it so much that they miss the rest of it, that Christ 635 00:34:22,600 --> 00:34:26,600 is holy. In every loving interaction that 636 00:34:26,600 --> 00:34:31,560 Jesus had, He never withheld the fact to someone that they had 637 00:34:31,560 --> 00:34:33,719 sinned. There was a woman caught in 638 00:34:33,719 --> 00:34:36,679 adultery. Interestingly enough, the man 639 00:34:36,800 --> 00:34:38,760 was not caught. Why? 640 00:34:39,040 --> 00:34:44,760 Because they were using her as bait to try to confuse and 641 00:34:44,760 --> 00:34:47,600 entrap Jesus Christ. You think? 642 00:34:47,600 --> 00:34:48,760 You're going to trap Jesus. Christ. 643 00:34:52,000 --> 00:34:54,760 And So what does he? Do he causes all those men who 644 00:34:54,760 --> 00:34:57,880 had stones in their hands to drop them and they walk away? 645 00:34:59,240 --> 00:35:04,000 Jesus lovingly looks at her and says this Go and sin no more. 646 00:35:04,520 --> 00:35:06,440 Why? Because he's also holy. 647 00:35:08,040 --> 00:35:10,200 There's some churches. And some Christians who only 648 00:35:10,200 --> 00:35:12,960 want to think about the love of God and they forget that Christ 649 00:35:12,960 --> 00:35:16,400 is also holy. And there's some Christians. 650 00:35:16,400 --> 00:35:18,000 Who only think that Christ is holy. 651 00:35:19,440 --> 00:35:20,440 And forget the love. Of God. 652 00:35:22,360 --> 00:35:25,920 And just like Cleopas and his friend, they miss the full 653 00:35:25,920 --> 00:35:29,280 picture of who Jesus is. Christ is love, but. 654 00:35:29,280 --> 00:35:32,040 He's also holy. Christ is grace, but he's also 655 00:35:32,040 --> 00:35:35,400 the righteous judge. Christ is gentle, but he's also 656 00:35:35,400 --> 00:35:38,720 the one before whom every knee will bow and through every 657 00:35:38,720 --> 00:35:42,160 tongue will confess. Christ is the lion, but he's 658 00:35:42,160 --> 00:35:43,040 also the Lamb. Amen. 659 00:35:44,360 --> 00:35:49,880 Christ is all of these. And we cannot. 660 00:35:49,920 --> 00:35:53,840 As Christians just get so caught up in the attributes that we 661 00:35:53,840 --> 00:36:00,000 like and the pat us on the back to make us feel good and forget 662 00:36:00,320 --> 00:36:06,960 that Christ is all and in all. And we have to have every single 663 00:36:06,960 --> 00:36:09,600 one of those attributes be meaningful to us in our life. 664 00:36:09,600 --> 00:36:12,040 And when Christ speaks to us about one of those, what do we 665 00:36:12,040 --> 00:36:14,840 do? As the faithful hearers, we have 666 00:36:15,760 --> 00:36:19,600 to listen. This is what he wants. 667 00:36:19,600 --> 00:36:22,600 Of us. This is what he desires. 668 00:36:22,600 --> 00:36:25,880 From us. We. 669 00:36:25,880 --> 00:36:29,960 Do have problems with listening? We have problems. 670 00:36:29,960 --> 00:36:33,680 With doing and if you don't think you're a or if you think 671 00:36:33,680 --> 00:36:36,160 you're a good listener, I'd ask you Are you a good doer? 672 00:36:37,200 --> 00:36:39,720 If you're not a good doer, then you're not a good listener. 673 00:36:40,960 --> 00:36:43,720 Not my words. Those are Christ's words. 674 00:36:44,840 --> 00:36:47,840 What do we need to do as believers here this morning when 675 00:36:47,840 --> 00:36:51,840 the Prophet speaks through his word in our heart? 676 00:36:51,840 --> 00:36:53,840 And again, I want to be very clear, I'm not talking about 677 00:36:53,840 --> 00:36:58,320 myself. Capital P Profit meaning one we. 678 00:36:58,320 --> 00:37:00,360 Saw who he was in. Deuteronomy And in the book of 679 00:37:00,360 --> 00:37:03,600 Acts, my job as a preacher is to make sure I'm faithful to this 680 00:37:03,600 --> 00:37:05,960 word and faithful to the prophet. 681 00:37:06,920 --> 00:37:10,520 That's my job. But this morning, could you? 682 00:37:10,520 --> 00:37:16,280 Say I'm a doer of the Word. I'm as faithful in being a doer 683 00:37:16,280 --> 00:37:19,320 of the Word. As the prophet with. 684 00:37:19,320 --> 00:37:21,600 A capital P is in giving the word. 685 00:37:23,160 --> 00:37:24,520 Now I'm going to answer. This for you. 686 00:37:25,880 --> 00:37:32,560 You are not and I am not. And that'll draw every believer 687 00:37:32,560 --> 00:37:36,280 with an earnest heart to their knees, whether it's at their 688 00:37:36,280 --> 00:37:41,520 knees physically or at their knees humbly within their heart 689 00:37:42,600 --> 00:37:46,160 to say God. I know I have not honored the 690 00:37:46,160 --> 00:37:49,680 Office of Profit as I should. So what I need to? 691 00:37:49,680 --> 00:37:54,520 Do I see to listen to you? And when I listen, I do so much 692 00:37:54,520 --> 00:37:57,520 better. The people of Israel. 693 00:37:58,000 --> 00:37:59,920 They had a weird relationship with the prophets, didn't they? 694 00:38:02,280 --> 00:38:04,760 Interestingly enough, they hated them. 695 00:38:06,000 --> 00:38:08,800 They would kill them and then when they were gone a couple 696 00:38:08,800 --> 00:38:10,760 generations later, they talked about how much they loved them. 697 00:38:13,000 --> 00:38:16,080 Jesus pointed that out to. The people, by the way, he says. 698 00:38:17,760 --> 00:38:19,560 You say you love them, but you don't listen to them. 699 00:38:20,840 --> 00:38:21,640 What? Have you shame and say? 700 00:38:21,800 --> 00:38:28,320 Oh, I love my church. Oh I I love my Bible but. 701 00:38:28,320 --> 00:38:32,120 Then we never actually. Do what the whole point of 702 00:38:32,120 --> 00:38:35,720 church and being a Bible believing Christians all about. 703 00:38:36,800 --> 00:38:40,000 Points out the fallacy. Of where we are, don't just be 704 00:38:40,000 --> 00:38:45,840 doers or hearers, be doers. Our prophet, Our prophet was and 705 00:38:45,840 --> 00:38:49,200 is faithful. May we be faithful hearers and 706 00:38:49,200 --> 00:38:52,920 doers of the Word as well. Thank you for listening. 707 00:38:52,920 --> 00:38:55,760 To the sermon from the pulpit of Liberty Baptist Church. 708 00:38:56,040 --> 00:38:59,360 If this message was a blessing to you, or if there's any way we 709 00:38:59,360 --> 00:39:02,480 can serve you, please let us know by contacting us at 710 00:39:02,640 --> 00:39:07,360 info@mylibertybaptist.org. Or you can visit us this Sunday 711 00:39:07,560 --> 00:39:11,280 at 800 Washington St. in Easton, MA. 712 00:39:11,520 --> 00:39:14,320 May the Lord bless you as you grow in His Word.