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Welcome to the Liberty Baptist 
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Church in Easton, MA. 
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And now we hope that this 

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message from God's Word will be 
a blessing to you. 

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Last week we saw that the Lamb 
is worthy, and certainly the 

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Lamb of God is worthy. 
We cannot doubt. 

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That the Lamb of God is worthy 
where the angels were not worthy

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to open the seals, and where the
mankind as in general is not 

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able to open the seals. 
And even the patriarchs and the 

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elders and the leaders were not 
able to open the seals. 

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There was one who was able to 
open the seals, and that was the

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lion. 
Of the tribe of Judah, the root 

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of David that is Jesus Christ. 
And we saw that Worthy is the 

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Lamb. 
And we echo that again tonight, 

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don't we? 
Worthy is the Lamb. 

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If we said nothing else tonight 
and said Worthy is the Lamb, 

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well, we would be doing all 
right, because you can't speak 

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anything else. 
Other Everything else is really 

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an offshoot. 
Of the fact that the Lamb of God

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is worthy. 
And tonight I want us to kind of

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continue that thought as we 
continue on in the Book of 

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Revelation, Chapter #5 
specifically. 

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But I want us to look not 
necessarily at the fact that the

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Lamb is worthy, but ask the 
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What makes the Lamb worthy? 
What is it about the Lamb that 

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makes it worthy? 
What is it about his abilities? 

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And of course, we could talk 
about this all night, couldn't 

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we? 
I mean, we could elaborate on 

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the worth of the Lamb of Jesus 
Christ. 

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Well, we could elaborate on it 
till the end of time. 

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You. 
Just like if we considered the 

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Book of John at the end of the 
Book of John and said that if 

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the works of Christ were to be 
able to have been written, that 

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the world would not be able to 
contain all of the works that he

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has done. 
And well, I kind of feel the 

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same way about Revelation 
Chapter #5 and addressing the 

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issue of how worthy Jesus Christ
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However, there are some very 
specific things about the worth 

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of the Lamb that are mentioned 
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those are the things we need to 
explore tonight and understand 

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because they're. 
Being communicated to us through

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this chapter in this text. 
And I want us to look at it here

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tonight. 
And so we're going to go back 

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and although we're not going to 
address all of chapter 5 

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tonight, I do want us to read 
all of chapter five once again. 

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So you remain seated and we're 
going to read Revelation Chapter

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#5 here tonight. 
And it says and I saw on the 

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right hand of him that sat on 
the throne a book written within

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and on the backside sealed with 
7 seals. 

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And I saw a strong Angel 
proclaiming with a loud voice. 

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Who is worthy to open the book, 
and to loose the seals thereof? 

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And no man in heaven, nor in 
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was able to open the book, 
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And I wept much, because no man 
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read the book, neither to look 
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And one of the elders saith unto
me, Weep not, Behold, the lion 

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of the tribe of Judah, the root 
of David, hath prevailed to open

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the book. 
And to loose the seven seals 

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thereof. 
And I beheld and low in the 

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midst of the throne, and of the 
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elders, stood a lamb as it had 
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seven eyes, which are the seven 
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all the earth. 
And he came. 

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And took the book out of the 
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the throne. 
And when he had taken the book, 

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the four and beasts, and the 
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before the Lamb, having every 
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And golden vials full of odors, 
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Saints. 
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saying, thou art worthy to take 
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thereof. 
And thou was slain, and hast 

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redeemed us to God by the blood 
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and people and nation, and has 
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priests, and we shall reign on 
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And I beheld, and I heard the 
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the throne, and the beast and 
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And the number of them was 
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And thousands of thousands we 
saw last week that's numbering 

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over 100 million and then more. 
On top of that saying with a 

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loud voice worthy is the Lamb 
that was slain to receive power 

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and riches and wisdom and 
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blessing and every creature 
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earth, I'm sorry. 
Oh, and on the earth, and under 

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the earth, and such as are in 
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them, heard I saying, Blessing 
and honor and. 

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And glory and power be unto him 
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and unto the land, for how long,
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And the 4B said, Amen. 
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down and worshiped him that 
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And surely, as Thomas would have
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the hands with the nail scars, 
and he saw the side that was 

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riven, he said. 
My Lord. 

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And my God. 
And you can't come to any other 

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conclusion to read Revelation 
chapter five with an open heart 

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to the Holy Spirit and look at 
the Lamb of God, the line of the

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tribe of Judah, the root of 
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say my Lord and my God, and we 
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So last week we looked at Jesus 
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titles. 
Those titles remember the line 

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of the tribe of Judah, the root 
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We ended our message last week 
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At his titles. 
But tonight I want us to look at

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him and his worth reflected in 
his traits. 

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What is it about Jesus Christ 
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And again, I know we could talk 
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literally and never exhausted, 
but I want us to look at what we

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see here in Revelation chapter 
#5 that is highlighted for us by

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the Holy Spirit here tonight. 
And the first thing I want us to

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see about this is this. 
Number one, He is worthy. 

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To redeem number one, he's 
worthy to redeem First 

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Corinthians chapter 15, and that
great chapter that expounds the 

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gospel in a way that maybe is 
not mentioned or or expounded in

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any other place in the word of 
God, Paul says by the 

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inspiration of God. 
For I delivered unto you, first 

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of all that which I also 
received, how the Christ died 

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for our sins, according to the 
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And that he was buried and that 
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According to the scriptures, 
that's what Jesus Christ did to 

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redeem mankind. 
That's found in verse #9 in our 

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text. 
And it says, And they sung a new

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song, saying, thou art worthy to
take the book and to open the 

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seals thereof. 
For thou wasst slain by the way.

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It doesn't say, for thou are 
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By the way, that's one of the 
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Catholic Church that perpetually
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In every Eucharist that shows 
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they're perpetually slain for 
the sin of mankind. 

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No, He was slain. 
And although He shows those 

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scars and those marks to remind 
us of that sacrifice that was 

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made, yet He lives again, so 
that was slain and has redeemed 

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us. 
There's That word has redeemed 

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us to God. 
By thy blood out of every 

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kindred tongue and people and 
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So we ask ourselves this, this 
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redeem? 
We see here that he redeemed us,

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but the question is, what does 
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That Jesus Christ redeemed us. 
Well, this word, redeem has 

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taken many different forms over 
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It can be used many different 
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There are ways that you can 
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You ever heard someone say that 
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someone else? 
That they had redeemed 

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themselves. 
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That they made amends? 
That they vindicated themselves?

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And typically it's about 
something that they have done on

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their own to better themselves. 
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Would think in Literature of the
Christmas Story by Charles 

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Dickens and Scrooge. 
Redeemed himself, didn't he? 

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At the end of that story that he
made good of himself. 

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By the way, that's not in the 
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Just want to make sure you 
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But if you were to take 
something that the world would 

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say, well, what did he do? 
He found it in and of himself. 

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To make himself a good character
again, by the way, which is 

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exactly opposite of what the 
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not found in doing good deeds on
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Redeemed himself. 
Are worth is found in Jesus 

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Christ and that's where we find 
that and through salvation in 

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him that good deeds don't make 
us a good person. 

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There are people who do that and
try to get saved and find out at

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the judgment seat. 
Watch at the great white throne 

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judgment that those good deeds 
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certainly an awful thing, but 
the world would say that well. 

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So that's one way to use it. 
If you have coupons, remember 

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what those used to be? 
That's back when people used to 

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have newspapers back in the day.
But I remember my mom had a 

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shoebox full of coupons back in 
the day and she would pay me a 

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dime for every coupon that was 
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Every few months I would go 
through and get all the expired 

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coupons and show them to her. 
And then she'd give me a dime 

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for all of them. 
Well, inflation. 

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I should have been making 
hundreds of bucks for that. 

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Now that think about it. 
But here's the coupon for milk 

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and here's the coupon for I 
can't believe it's not butter. 

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I could believe it wasn't butter
didn't taste like it. 

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But here's all these coupons 
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What do you do with them? 
They say you need to redeem 

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them. 
And in that sense, it literally 

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means to exchange it. 
To turn in, I'm going to give 

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the coupon, I'm going to turn it
in and I'm going to get 

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something in return that's a 
little bit closer to what we 

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would see here. 
But yet not even the same Boaz 

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is going to redeem Ruth. 
And I mean, I know I'm getting a

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little bit ahead of myself from 
Sunday night, but we're going to

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find out that Boaz would be the 
Kinsman Redeemer and we'll talk 

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much about that later on. 
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spend a lot of time on that 
component of this evening, but 

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it is right here in our text, 
this redeeming that word redeem 

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that we see. 
Here comes from 2 Latin words or

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two Latin forms that the first 
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red meaning black or not, black 
back rather, and emo meaning to 

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obtain or purchase. 
And so literally, the word would

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mean to buy back. 
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puts it this way. 
To purchase back to ransom. 

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To liberate or rescue from 
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Were any of us in captivity or 
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Oh yes. 
Before we knew Jesus Christ our 

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Savior, we were in bondage to 
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Father, the Devil. 
Those are Jesus's words, not 

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mine. 
Before we belong to Him, we 

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belong to our Father. 
The devil, but we were in 

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captivity or bondage. 
From any obligation or liability

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to suffer or be forfeited by 
paying an equivalent to redeem. 

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As to redeem prisoners or 
captured goods to redeem a 

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pledge, you could look at it 
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If someone left something at a 
pawn shop, what would they do? 

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They would. 
Redeem it at some point. 

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That's what you're supposed to 
do. 

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If you're able to, you go and 
well, you buy it back. 

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You purchase it back. 
You have now liberated from 

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behind that window with the bars
over it, and now it's set free 

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and it's back in your home 
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Well, that's maybe a very 
worldly or earthly way of 

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looking at it, but when we look 
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He redeemed us from the clutches
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He redeemed us from the power of
sin, and he redeemed us from a 

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future that we had living in a 
devil's hell from all eternity. 

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Jesus Christ, the day we got 
saved, redeemed us for all that,

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and that redemption was sealed 
on the day that he died on the 

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cross. 
And then three days later, it 

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was authenticated once again as 
he rose from the grave, going 

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back to First Corinthians 15, 
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three days, he was buried, and 
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That's the. 
The gospel message He redeemed 

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us. 
He set us free. 

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By the way, you're free today. 
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and John is free. 
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#9 tells us that the vehicle of 
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the shedding of his blood. 
That's what it says right here 

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by his blood. 
We are redeemed by his blood. 

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And then it also tells us about 
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It's not just the vehicle of his
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But the vastness of his 
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Every people, every kindred, 
every tongue, every nation? 

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I mean, I would say from what I 
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authority of the Word of God, 
each one will have some 

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representation. 
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true United Nations. 
Not the puppet court that we see

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here on Earth today that gathers
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In fact, it probably gets less 
than nothing done, all things 

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considered. 
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all of these people that we 
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Why? 
Because they're redeemed. 

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They're redeemed. 
The the vehicle, the blood, the 

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vastness. 
All of the peoples of mankind. 

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Ephesians 17 in whom we have 
redemption. 

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Through His blood, the 
forgiveness of sins according to

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the riches of His grace. 
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It's grace. 
For by grace are you save 

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through faith and that not of 
yourself. 

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It is the gift of God, not of 
works, lest any man should 

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boast. 
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is very much synonymous with 
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similar their kindred terms in 
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That by grace we have salvation.
It's not that we earn the 

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redemption. 
Well, that's not what it's 

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about. 
Well, I did the work. 

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I clipped it, I turned it in, 
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Nope, that's not what it is. 
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Look what he did on the cross, 
that he proved what he did when 

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he rose again. 
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you and I call upon Jesus Christ
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we could know that we're seated 
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because of the redemption. 
That's an exciting thing. 

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They don't even make a Baptist 
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OK. 
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shouting, but that's OK. 
It's as close as we'll get. 

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I mean, we're not going 
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all right. 
I'm just saying it's exciting, 

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You know, it's exciting that 
Christ redeemed us. 

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And that's what we see here 
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Peter won 18 and 19. 
For as much as you know that you

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were not redeemed with 
corruptible things, what are 

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corruptible things? 
Will look in your wallet. 

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What's corruptible things? 
Look on your online bank 

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statement, what's corruptible 
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Look in your portfolio. 
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anything wrong with those things
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Those kind of financial 
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blessings, as long as we don't 
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For it's the love of money. 
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of all evil. 
It's the love of money that's 

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the root of all evil. 
But those things are corruptible

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in the sense that when this 
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You're not taking it with you. 
We are not redeemed with 

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corruptible things. 
Silver and gold from your vein. 

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Conversation received by 
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But with the precious blood of 
Christ as of a lamb without 

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blemish, without spot, who's 
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We're seeing him here in 
Revelation Chapter 5, in all the

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splendor and all of his glory. 
We'll look more again at this 

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redemption as we look at Boaz, 
the Kinsman Redeemer in the book

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of. 
Ruth, but I we can't go past 

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this here tonight. 
And and not just dwell with 

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wonder at the Lamb of God, who's
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It was slain to be able to 
secure our redemption. 

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He is worthy to redeem. 
By the way, was anyone else 

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worthy to redeem? 
There was no one else that was 

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worthy. 
It's not just that he was worthy

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to open the seals. 
There was no one else worthy to 

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redeem. 
That there was no one. 

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There's no Angel that can make 
the sacrifice. 

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No man that could take the 
sacrifice. 

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There wasn't the blood of bulls 
and goats that could forgive 

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sin. 
They could only cover the sin of

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mankind. 
It's only Jesus Christ who is 

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worthy to redeem. 
I'm glad we agree on that. 

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All right, #2. 
Let's look at this. 

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He's not only worthy to redeem, 
He's worthy to reign. 

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He is worthy to rain REIGN. 
That's not talking about what 

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happens outside with some 
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We're talking about ruling and 
raining like a monarch would 

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rain. 
Verse 10 talks about this when 

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it says, and has made unto and 
has made us unto our God, kings 

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and priests. 
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There's that word rain on the 
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I believe verse 10 here when it 
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the earth is a direct connection
to the millennial reign, that 

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thousand year reign of Christ 
after the seven-year tribulation

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because we'll get here in like 5
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Revelation chapter 20 verse #6 
where it says blessed and holy 

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is he that has part in the first
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On such the second death has no 
power, but they shall be priests

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of God, of and of Christ. 
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1000 years. 
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connection here to that 
millennial Kingdom, that 

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millennial reign. 
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kings and priests and we are 
kings and priests. 

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And by the way, that thought of 
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mentioned three different times 
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It's already been mentioned in 
chapter #1 and will be mentioned

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again at the end of time in the 
dawning of eternity. 

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But we see us being kings and 
priests as kings. 

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He grants us authority. 
You realize no authority can 

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flow from any other place than 
from God. 

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Romans 13 verse one says let 
every soul be subject under the 

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higher powers, for there's no 
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The powers that be are ordained 
of God. 

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think we can also make a direct 
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mankind has power, in essence it
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As kings He is granting us 
authority, but as priests he's 

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granting us access because in 
the Old Testament, what did the 

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priests have? 
They had access that other 

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people did not have. 
That's why it was so amazing 

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when Christ died on the cross, 
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finished. 
What happened in the temple, the

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veil between the holy place and 
the holiest of holies, it was 

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rent into and it wasn't just 
rent from the bottom of the top 

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like a man could do so. 
And by the way, from what I 

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understand about that veil, that
it was constructed in such a way

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no one was just coming up and 
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Like you were taking a shear 
from, you know, one of your 

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windows at the house that it 
would have been likely 

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impossible for a person to tear 
anyway, but just so that God 

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made sure that no one made any 
kind of of thought process, that

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it was man, it was rent from top
to bottom, which wouldn't have 

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been the normal way that would 
have happened. 

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Which was the finger of God that
took care of that and the voice 

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of God that took care of that. 
And that partition was removed 

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and what do we have access? 
And we have access today. 

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I I say this verse a lot, but 
I'm going to give it to you 

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again because it's just so 
important. 

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Hebrews 416 Let us therefore 
come boldly under the throne of 

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grace that we may obtain mercy 
and find grace to help in time 

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of need. 
I know, and I I I don't want to 

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be labor this here tonight, but 
we have people coming from all 

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kinds of different places in 
their spiritual walk and some 

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are early on in their spiritual 
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Experienced in their spiritual 
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I wouldn't call anyone here 
older, but they're more 

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experienced in their walk. 
But I want to remind you tonight

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that when you sin, you don't 
have to come to me and confess. 

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Now you can come talk to me and 
I can help you and pray with you

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and maybe show you some Bible 
verses. 

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You don't have to go to Diane 
and confess. 

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Only I have to do. 
Oh, no, never mind. 

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You don't have to do that. 
All right, you know what we do. 

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Hey, we go right to God now. 
If you have transgressed against

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someone, you need to go to get 
it to them and ask for their 

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forgiveness. 
That's an important thing in the

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Bible teaches about that. 
When we have done wrong to 

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somebody that we go and 
apologize to them. 

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But if we want to get that 
rightness with God, we don't 

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have to go through the priest. 
We don't have to go to my office

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and shut the door and have you 
confess. 

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No, no that you can go right to 
the. 

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Throne of God. 
As a priest, And you have been 

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granted access, and that's what 
it says. 

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And we shall rain on the earth, 
because we're kings, and we're 

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because we're priests. 
Spurgeon put it this way. 

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Ye are kings and priests unto 
your God. 

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That how much ought kings and 
priests give to the king of 

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kings? 
This speake to yourselves I am a

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king. 
That I will give a king I will 

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give as a king giveth unto a 
king. 

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Now, Mark, you know paltry 
subscriptions. 

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We don't expect kings to put 
down their name for trifles. 

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That again you were a priest. 
Well, priest, do you mean to 

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sacrifice? 
Yes, you may say. 

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But you would not sacrifice a 
broken legged lamb or a 

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blemished Bullock, would you? 
Would you not select the best of

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the flock? 
Very right. 

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Then select the very best. 
What is he saying? 

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Is kings and priests Well as 
kings? 

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We don't give trifles. 
We give much because we've been 

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given much. 
And as priests, what do we do? 

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We make sure we sacrifice the 
very best we have to God as 

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kings and priests. 
It's not just, wow, look at all 

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these things that God has given 
to me. 

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Although that's true, it's wow. 
Look at all these things that 

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God has given to me. 
I need to give these to others 

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as well, and just be a conduit 
of God's grace to other people, 

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as a king and as a priest. 
But yet you might say this 

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tonight, Pastor. 
You keep talking about us ruling

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and raining, but yet you say up 
here. 

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That he's worth it to rain. 
It seems like you're taking the 

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verse here and you're taking 
something that's talking about 

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us and making it about Jesus 
Christ. 

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And I mean, I understand that if
you're thinking that as I'm 

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speaking about this because it 
says again in verse #10, has 

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made us unto our God, kings and 
priests, and we shall reign on 

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the earth. 
But yet let me ask you this 

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tonight, How can we reign unless
we're given that authority from 

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a higher authority? 
How are we able to be kings and 

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priests if someone is not 
worthy? 

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Who is higher than us? 
Who is able to confer that title

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upon us? 
It would require, if we have 

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been made kings and priests, 
that someone with higher 

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authority is able to give us 
that kingship. 

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That someone above us is able to
give us that priesthood which 

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reminds us that it's Jesus 
Christ who is worthy to reign. 

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And that makes us worthy to 
reign because he has the power. 

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Why was Joseph able to reign? 
Well, because there was one 

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greater than Joseph who gave him
that power which would have been

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Pharaoh. 
Why did Mordecai was he able to 

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reign coming from having the 
death sentence upon his head 

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from Amon just a few chapters 
previously? 

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It was because one greater than 
Mordecai, King Ahasu Eris 

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conferred upon him the same 
title basically as Joseph, the 

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second in command of all of the 
Kingdom. 

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And for you and I to be kings 
and priests, it requires that 

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there is one who is greater than
us, who is able to give us that.

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And that's Jesus Christ, Luke 
133. 

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And he shall reign over the 
House of Jacob Forever. 

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And of his Kingdom there shall 
be no end. 

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By the way, that's not just good
in December. 

450
00:22:35,180 --> 00:22:36,940
It's good all 12 months out of 
the year. 

451
00:22:37,500 --> 00:22:40,300
Hebrews 18 We went over this 
last week, But it's so good we 

452
00:22:40,300 --> 00:22:43,780
have to do it again. 
But unto us but unto the sun he 

453
00:22:43,780 --> 00:22:46,820
sayeth thy throne. 
Oh God is forever and ever 

454
00:22:46,820 --> 00:22:48,380
again. 
Remember showing that deity of 

455
00:22:48,380 --> 00:22:52,020
Christ unto the sun. 
He sayeth thy throne. 

456
00:22:52,020 --> 00:22:56,660
Oh God, it is forever and ever. 
A scepter of righteousness is 

457
00:22:56,660 --> 00:22:58,740
the scepter of thy Kingdom. 
So what does he have? 

458
00:22:58,740 --> 00:23:01,300
He has that scepter of 
righteousness, that sign of 

459
00:23:01,300 --> 00:23:03,580
ruling and reigning. 
We'll look at this later. 

460
00:23:03,580 --> 00:23:07,140
Revelation 11/5. 
The 7th Angel sounded and there 

461
00:23:07,140 --> 00:23:09,900
was great voices in heaven 
saying, the kingdoms of this 

462
00:23:09,900 --> 00:23:14,170
world are become the kingdoms of
our Lord and of His Christ, and 

463
00:23:14,170 --> 00:23:17,410
he shall reign forever and ever.
If you thought that came from 

464
00:23:17,410 --> 00:23:19,930
the Hallelujah Chorus, that's 
not where it came from. 

465
00:23:19,930 --> 00:23:24,370
It came from the Word of God 
that he shall reign forever and 

466
00:23:25,250 --> 00:23:29,440
ever. 
That's not handle or handle or 

467
00:23:29,480 --> 00:23:31,360
whoever. 
It was pretty sure his handle. 

468
00:23:31,720 --> 00:23:34,920
But you know what it was? 
It was from the word of God that

469
00:23:34,920 --> 00:23:37,480
we find that he shall rain. 
He's worthy to rain. 

470
00:23:37,680 --> 00:23:40,280
And by the way, if he's worthy 
to rain and he's put the 

471
00:23:40,280 --> 00:23:42,920
authority on us, that means he's
allowed to tell us anything, 

472
00:23:42,920 --> 00:23:48,200
anywhere, anytime, what to do. 
Because we are all excited about

473
00:23:48,200 --> 00:23:51,360
the fact that he's worthy to 
rain and that he's coming back 

474
00:23:51,360 --> 00:23:52,720
and he's going to settle 
accounts. 

475
00:23:53,400 --> 00:23:55,840
But may I remind you that he's 
worthy to rain in your life 

476
00:23:55,840 --> 00:23:59,380
tonight, That if he's to come 
down from heaven and touch your 

477
00:23:59,380 --> 00:24:02,260
heart, which is what he can do 
through your holy, through his 

478
00:24:02,260 --> 00:24:05,540
Holy Spirit that lives within 
you, if he is to tell you do 

479
00:24:05,540 --> 00:24:10,540
this or do that, go here or go 
there, just as that man told 

480
00:24:10,620 --> 00:24:12,860
Jesus Christ I also. 
Am a man under authority and 

481
00:24:12,860 --> 00:24:17,140
understand go here and go there,
do this and do that with that is

482
00:24:17,140 --> 00:24:19,980
what he does to us tonight. 
Who are we to say No, God, I 

483
00:24:19,980 --> 00:24:21,900
won't do it. 
No, I won't go there. 

484
00:24:21,900 --> 00:24:23,820
That's too far. 
That's too much. 

485
00:24:23,940 --> 00:24:25,900
No, that's not something I'll 
give up. 

486
00:24:26,020 --> 00:24:29,820
No, if He's worthy to reign the.
Scene that we see here in 

487
00:24:29,820 --> 00:24:32,980
Revelation Chapter 5. 
If he's worthy to reign over 100

488
00:24:32,980 --> 00:24:36,100
million or so angels, I think 
he's worthy to reign over our 

489
00:24:36,100 --> 00:24:41,460
heart, my heart and your heart. 
He is worthy to reign #3 I also 

490
00:24:41,460 --> 00:24:43,100
see this. 
He's not just worthy to redeem 

491
00:24:43,100 --> 00:24:46,140
and worthy to reign. 
He's also worthy to receive. 

492
00:24:46,420 --> 00:24:52,070
He's worthy to receive looking 
verse #11, it says I beheld and 

493
00:24:52,070 --> 00:24:55,510
I heard the voice of many angels
round about the throne and the 

494
00:24:55,510 --> 00:24:58,590
beasts and the elders, and the 
number of them was 10,000 * 

495
00:24:58,590 --> 00:25:01,550
10,000 and thousands of 
thousands saying with a loud 

496
00:25:01,550 --> 00:25:04,470
voice Worthy is the lamb that 
was slain to receive. 

497
00:25:04,470 --> 00:25:08,110
We'll just stop right there. 
He is worthy to receive. 

498
00:25:08,150 --> 00:25:11,990
Which means there are some 
things that we see not just in 

499
00:25:11,990 --> 00:25:14,950
the phrases that follow, but in 
this text. 

500
00:25:15,230 --> 00:25:18,830
There are some things that he is
worthy to receive from his 

501
00:25:18,830 --> 00:25:22,880
children or from the Angels or 
for the 20 and four elders. 

502
00:25:23,000 --> 00:25:26,400
There's some things that he's 
worthy to receive that maybe we 

503
00:25:26,400 --> 00:25:28,520
wouldn't be able to receive. 
Well, actually, there's no maybe

504
00:25:28,520 --> 00:25:30,840
about it that we wouldn't be 
able to receive. 

505
00:25:31,160 --> 00:25:33,360
There are some people who are 
worthy to receive certain 

506
00:25:33,360 --> 00:25:34,520
things. 
There are some people who are 

507
00:25:34,520 --> 00:25:36,600
not. 
There are awards that are given 

508
00:25:36,600 --> 00:25:38,200
out at different times, 
different seasons. 

509
00:25:38,200 --> 00:25:40,080
Some people are worthy to win 
those awards. 

510
00:25:40,080 --> 00:25:42,760
Some people are not. 
You know, a catcher is not 

511
00:25:42,760 --> 00:25:45,360
worthy to win the Cy Young Award
in baseball. 

512
00:25:45,400 --> 00:25:47,160
You know why they give it to 
pitchers? 

513
00:25:47,940 --> 00:25:50,900
They're not going to give it to 
a catcher that that's he's not 

514
00:25:50,900 --> 00:25:55,220
worthy to receive it. 
We are not worthy to receive the

515
00:25:55,220 --> 00:25:58,100
things that we see here. 
The only one who's worthy to 

516
00:25:58,100 --> 00:26:01,140
receive these things is God 
alone and Jesus Christ, 

517
00:26:01,140 --> 00:26:04,540
specifically in the Godhead who 
has mentioned God the sun here 

518
00:26:04,540 --> 00:26:06,620
in our chapter. 
But what's the things that we 

519
00:26:06,620 --> 00:26:08,140
see? 
There's four things that we see 

520
00:26:08,500 --> 00:26:10,500
that he is worthy to receive in 
our text. 

521
00:26:10,500 --> 00:26:13,380
And the first is this. 
He's worthy to receive worship. 

522
00:26:13,940 --> 00:26:16,660
He's worthy to receive worship. 
Of course, we have dealt with a 

523
00:26:16,660 --> 00:26:19,100
whole Series A few years ago on 
worship. 

524
00:26:19,260 --> 00:26:21,220
Look at what it says in verse 8 
and it says. 

525
00:26:21,220 --> 00:26:25,220
And when he had taken the book, 
the four beasts and four and 20 

526
00:26:25,220 --> 00:26:28,340
elders fell down before the 
Lamb, having every one of them 

527
00:26:28,340 --> 00:26:32,740
harps and golden vials full of 
odors, which are the prayers of 

528
00:26:32,740 --> 00:26:34,880
the Saints. 
And then we see later on 

529
00:26:34,880 --> 00:26:39,400
specifically that verse #14 and 
the 4B said Amen. 

530
00:26:39,400 --> 00:26:42,760
And the four and 20 elders fell 
down and worshiped him that 

531
00:26:42,760 --> 00:26:46,080
liveth forever and ever. 
There are times in the Bible 

532
00:26:46,080 --> 00:26:49,200
whether it was specifically, I 
think of the book of Acts where 

533
00:26:49,200 --> 00:26:52,040
there were some who would fall 
down before one of the apostles 

534
00:26:52,040 --> 00:26:54,840
and they'd say this get up. 
I'm a man just like you are. 

535
00:26:55,160 --> 00:26:57,160
Don't bow before me. 
I'm just a man. 

536
00:26:57,320 --> 00:26:58,600
What would Paul have been 
saying? 

537
00:26:58,600 --> 00:27:00,240
What would Peter have been 
saying? 

538
00:27:00,440 --> 00:27:02,760
They're saying we're not worthy 
to receive worship. 

539
00:27:03,570 --> 00:27:07,530
It is not becoming of us to be 
able to receive worship that is 

540
00:27:07,530 --> 00:27:11,610
only worthy of the Lord. 
They we see here they were 

541
00:27:11,610 --> 00:27:14,810
bowing and again, once again 
reminding us that true worship 

542
00:27:15,010 --> 00:27:19,570
is the posture of humility, that
there is a difference between 

543
00:27:19,570 --> 00:27:21,730
praise and worship. 
And again, I know that the world

544
00:27:22,010 --> 00:27:24,250
and Christianity uses those 
words interchangeably, and 

545
00:27:24,250 --> 00:27:26,850
sometimes they just yoke them up
together like it's one thing. 

546
00:27:27,050 --> 00:27:28,730
Praise and worship, praise and 
worship. 

547
00:27:29,170 --> 00:27:32,830
But yet, praise and worship are 
both distinct things, and we 

548
00:27:32,830 --> 00:27:35,270
don't get to just make our own 
definitions for them just 

549
00:27:35,270 --> 00:27:38,270
because it's what popular 
Christianity does today. 

550
00:27:38,390 --> 00:27:41,150
What's worship? 
I see people getting down and 

551
00:27:41,150 --> 00:27:42,870
get low. 
And by the way, it's not just 

552
00:27:42,870 --> 00:27:46,310
their body, it's their heart. 
Because worship that has you 

553
00:27:46,310 --> 00:27:50,270
down on your face before God but
has you stiff neck is not real 

554
00:27:50,270 --> 00:27:52,430
worship. 
You say stiff neck. 

555
00:27:52,510 --> 00:27:54,870
You mean like I've been down on 
the ground so long that my neck 

556
00:27:54,870 --> 00:27:55,630
gets stiff? 
No, no. 

557
00:27:55,750 --> 00:27:59,130
I'm talking about spiritually 
being stiff neck that you can be

558
00:27:59,130 --> 00:28:02,730
down on the ground you could be.
You could be prostrate on the 

559
00:28:02,730 --> 00:28:06,970
ground, nose on the ground as 
low as you possibly could get. 

560
00:28:07,210 --> 00:28:10,530
But if you were defiant towards 
God, your worship is not as 

561
00:28:10,530 --> 00:28:13,330
humble as your posture might 
seem to indicate. 

562
00:28:14,050 --> 00:28:19,410
He is worthy to receive worship.
How many during Jesus earthly 

563
00:28:19,410 --> 00:28:22,730
ministry would come to the 
realization of who he was and 

564
00:28:22,730 --> 00:28:23,930
what would be? 
What would they do? 

565
00:28:24,470 --> 00:28:27,750
They fall down before him. 
When they came to realize who 

566
00:28:27,870 --> 00:28:31,270
Jesus was, immediately they 
would fall down before him and 

567
00:28:31,270 --> 00:28:33,630
worship him. 
And guess what? 

568
00:28:34,190 --> 00:28:37,870
Everyone will do this someday. 
For some, it will be eternally 

569
00:28:37,870 --> 00:28:41,590
too late for salvation, but they
will have no other conclusion 

570
00:28:41,590 --> 00:28:45,770
than to come to than to bow the 
knee to Jesus Christ that goes 

571
00:28:45,770 --> 00:28:47,930
all the way by the way back to 
the Old Testament, because 

572
00:28:47,930 --> 00:28:51,370
Isaiah 4523 says I have sworn by
myself. 

573
00:28:51,730 --> 00:28:54,690
By the way, you have to swear by
a higher power. 

574
00:28:55,570 --> 00:28:56,930
So what does God do? 
He says. 

575
00:28:56,930 --> 00:28:59,450
I swear by myself. 
Who else is he going to pick? 

576
00:29:00,210 --> 00:29:02,770
I mean, we can probably just 
make a message right on that, 

577
00:29:02,770 --> 00:29:06,290
and be probably in good form. 
But I got to keep on going. 

578
00:29:06,530 --> 00:29:09,950
I have sworn by myself the word 
has gone out of my mouth and 

579
00:29:09,950 --> 00:29:13,670
righteousness, and shall not 
return that unto me every knee 

580
00:29:13,670 --> 00:29:15,870
shall bow and every tongue shall
swear. 

581
00:29:16,310 --> 00:29:18,470
Now who is speaking there? 
It's God. 

582
00:29:19,150 --> 00:29:22,630
Now Romans 14 verses 10 through 
12 reiterate this. 

583
00:29:22,630 --> 00:29:26,590
Paul gives a call back to the 
Old Testament when he says, But 

584
00:29:26,590 --> 00:29:30,390
why dost thou judge thy brother?
Or why dost thou said it not thy

585
00:29:30,390 --> 00:29:33,190
brother? 
For we all shall stand before 

586
00:29:33,190 --> 00:29:35,710
the judgment. 
Seat of Christ Ford is written 

587
00:29:35,910 --> 00:29:38,190
as I live. 
Say it, the Lord every knee 

588
00:29:38,190 --> 00:29:41,750
shall bow to me, and every 
tongue shall confess to God, so 

589
00:29:41,750 --> 00:29:44,630
that every one of us shall give 
an account of himself to God. 

590
00:29:44,870 --> 00:29:47,830
So what does it say in the New 
Testament that every knee shall 

591
00:29:47,830 --> 00:29:50,430
bow and every tongue shall 
confess to Jesus Christ? 

592
00:29:50,710 --> 00:29:53,630
By the way, if you want another 
proof of the DD of Christ, the 

593
00:29:53,630 --> 00:29:56,110
Old Testament says every knee 
will bow to God. 

594
00:29:56,590 --> 00:29:58,950
The New Testament says every 
knee will bow to Christ. 

595
00:29:59,110 --> 00:30:01,950
Calling back that Old Testament 
verse, what does that mean? 

596
00:30:02,070 --> 00:30:05,190
That there isn't the nickels 
worth a difference between Jesus

597
00:30:05,190 --> 00:30:07,350
Christ and God. 
Because Jesus Christ is God the 

598
00:30:07,350 --> 00:30:10,710
Son. 
That he is not just God the Son,

599
00:30:12,030 --> 00:30:14,710
the Son of God rather, but he's 
also God the Son that he is 

600
00:30:14,710 --> 00:30:17,070
both. 
And I bring it up often because 

601
00:30:17,230 --> 00:30:20,830
the Jehovah Witnesses or the 
Mormons or other cults will say,

602
00:30:20,830 --> 00:30:24,150
oh, he is a a son of God, but 
you can be too. 

603
00:30:24,780 --> 00:30:26,980
And of course they're perverting
what the Word of God says, 

604
00:30:26,980 --> 00:30:29,780
because it does say we become 
adopted into the family of God. 

605
00:30:29,900 --> 00:30:33,260
But at the same time, to pretend
that once we get saved or we 

606
00:30:33,260 --> 00:30:37,220
become righteous, that we are on
the same level as Jesus Christ 

607
00:30:37,500 --> 00:30:42,460
in his worthiness is to twist 
the scriptures to such a point 

608
00:30:42,820 --> 00:30:47,860
that it's uneven, recognizable 
to what the word of God says. 

609
00:30:49,660 --> 00:30:52,370
So what do we see? 
Old Testament? 

610
00:30:52,370 --> 00:30:54,170
New Testament, This 
relationship, the deed of 

611
00:30:54,170 --> 00:30:55,530
Christ. 
We saw it in Hebrews chapter 

612
00:30:55,530 --> 00:30:58,130
one, verse eight. 
We see it here in Romans chapter

613
00:30:58,130 --> 00:31:00,250
14 as well. 
That every knee shall bow, every

614
00:31:00,250 --> 00:31:02,970
tongue shall confess. 
Why he's worthy of worship. 

615
00:31:03,250 --> 00:31:05,970
What else is he worthy of? 
He's worthy of prayers. 

616
00:31:06,330 --> 00:31:09,090
He's worthy of prayers. 
It's amazing to me that people 

617
00:31:09,090 --> 00:31:11,450
will pray to statues. 
It's amazing to me that people 

618
00:31:11,450 --> 00:31:14,400
will pray for Saints. 
Hey, did you hey, did you lose a

619
00:31:14,400 --> 00:31:17,240
coin. 
Did you lose your job? 

620
00:31:17,240 --> 00:31:19,600
Hey did you have someone that's 
sick. 

621
00:31:19,720 --> 00:31:22,320
Pray to Saint elsewhere. 
Pray to Saint this one or 

622
00:31:22,320 --> 00:31:25,520
Bartholomew or St. 
No maybe not St. elsewhere but 

623
00:31:26,120 --> 00:31:29,000
pray to this and and and I'm 
being a little flippant but the 

624
00:31:29,000 --> 00:31:32,400
idea is there are people who say
if you're in this situation pray

625
00:31:32,400 --> 00:31:36,040
to this St. here's the 
situation. 

626
00:31:36,040 --> 00:31:39,930
I pray to this St. who then 
prays to Jesus Christ, which is 

627
00:31:39,930 --> 00:31:41,970
not what the Bible says, nor 
does it indicate. 

628
00:31:42,010 --> 00:31:44,530
And by the way, the Bible makes 
very clear that when you are 

629
00:31:44,530 --> 00:31:48,130
saved you become a St. 
Now, we don't always act like 

630
00:31:48,130 --> 00:31:51,290
Saints, but the Bible does say 
upon the authority the word of 

631
00:31:51,290 --> 00:31:54,490
God, that we become Saints when 
we are saved. 

632
00:31:54,490 --> 00:31:57,890
That's why you see that pretty 
much in the address of every 

633
00:31:57,890 --> 00:32:01,330
epistle as it's identified to 
the Saints which are at. 

634
00:32:01,830 --> 00:32:03,230
The name of the Church. 
Why? 

635
00:32:03,230 --> 00:32:06,470
Because those are the ones who 
know Jesus Christ, their Savior.

636
00:32:07,390 --> 00:32:09,710
So we don't pray to these other 
entities. 

637
00:32:09,830 --> 00:32:13,310
We don't pray to statues or to 
so-called Saints. 

638
00:32:13,390 --> 00:32:15,590
What do we do? 
The only one who's worthy to 

639
00:32:15,590 --> 00:32:20,440
receive prayers is our Father, 
the Son, and the Holy Ghost. 

640
00:32:20,440 --> 00:32:23,360
Look at what it says in verse 8.
And when he had taken the book. 

641
00:32:23,360 --> 00:32:26,520
And the four beasts and the four
and 20 elders fell down before 

642
00:32:26,520 --> 00:32:30,040
the Lamb, having every one of 
them harps and golden vials full

643
00:32:30,040 --> 00:32:31,960
of odors. 
Which are the prayers of the 

644
00:32:31,960 --> 00:32:33,720
Saints? 
Well, where are they pouring 

645
00:32:33,720 --> 00:32:35,720
those out, if you will? 
Though it doesn't technically 

646
00:32:35,720 --> 00:32:39,240
say they're being poured out, 
but where are these vials 

647
00:32:39,240 --> 00:32:41,720
located before those who are 
kneeling? 

648
00:32:42,050 --> 00:32:44,450
And so I'm just of the opinion 
that as as they are kneeling 

649
00:32:44,450 --> 00:32:45,890
before him, they're pouring 
these out. 

650
00:32:45,890 --> 00:32:48,370
If you see this differently, I 
wouldn't argue with you. 

651
00:32:48,570 --> 00:32:50,850
But what are they doing? 
They are presenting, I think 

652
00:32:50,850 --> 00:32:54,010
that's very clear, these prayers
to none other than the Lamb. 

653
00:32:54,450 --> 00:32:56,410
Why? 
Because He is the one that is 

654
00:32:56,410 --> 00:32:59,690
worthy to receive them. 
That's why we pray to the Father

655
00:32:59,690 --> 00:33:01,970
in the name of the Son through 
the power of the Holy Ghost. 

656
00:33:02,330 --> 00:33:07,690
Because all of them are 
important, integral, impossible 

657
00:33:07,690 --> 00:33:11,150
to remove from our prayer life, 
and only he is worthy. 

658
00:33:11,430 --> 00:33:14,070
Robert Sergeant put it this way 
about this passage. 

659
00:33:14,070 --> 00:33:18,870
In his commentary he said our 
prayers reach heaven, our 

660
00:33:18,870 --> 00:33:22,110
prayers please God. 
As a sweet smelling savor, our 

661
00:33:22,110 --> 00:33:25,630
prayers are stored in heaven and
our prayers worship God as an 

662
00:33:25,630 --> 00:33:28,150
expression of our total 
dependence on him. 

663
00:33:28,430 --> 00:33:30,910
I like that this shows our 
prayers reach heaven. 

664
00:33:30,990 --> 00:33:33,190
Where do they go? 
Well, it shows right here to the

665
00:33:33,190 --> 00:33:35,910
very throne room of God. 
We see that from Hebrews chapter

666
00:33:35,910 --> 00:33:37,130
4. 
What is it? 

667
00:33:37,130 --> 00:33:39,130
Show there a sweet smelling 
savor. 

668
00:33:39,290 --> 00:33:43,570
Psalm 141, verse two says this. 
Let my prayer be set before 

669
00:33:43,570 --> 00:33:47,410
forth before thee as incense and
the lifting up of my hands as 

670
00:33:47,410 --> 00:33:50,610
the evening sacrifice. 
That that sweet smelling savor. 

671
00:33:50,930 --> 00:33:52,770
Listen, prayers smell good to 
God. 

672
00:33:53,690 --> 00:33:56,530
Summers smell good to God. 
That that's something that He 

673
00:33:56,530 --> 00:33:59,330
anticipates. 
It's something that He desires 

674
00:33:59,330 --> 00:34:03,010
from His children. 
Just as your heart might rejoice

675
00:34:03,010 --> 00:34:04,610
if you get to hear from your 
child. 

676
00:34:04,610 --> 00:34:08,250
Can you imagine how much more so
our Heavenly Father who created?

677
00:34:08,610 --> 00:34:12,370
US anticipates and looks forward
to hearing from his children. 

678
00:34:12,489 --> 00:34:13,929
Well, he knows what we're going 
to say. 

679
00:34:13,929 --> 00:34:17,130
Well, does that matter to him? 
It seems that he finds this to 

680
00:34:17,130 --> 00:34:20,409
be a very pleasant thing when 
his Saints come to him in 

681
00:34:20,409 --> 00:34:22,969
prayer. 
He says, Sergeant, that his 

682
00:34:22,969 --> 00:34:26,770
prayers are stored in heaven 
will replace these vials, which 

683
00:34:26,770 --> 00:34:28,690
means this. 
Those prayers are important 

684
00:34:28,690 --> 00:34:31,850
because they've been stored, 
they've been collected together.

685
00:34:32,090 --> 00:34:35,600
And I don't know that. 
I know doctrinally all that goes

686
00:34:35,600 --> 00:34:38,280
into that, but it does seem like
there's some collection of these

687
00:34:38,280 --> 00:34:40,960
that takes place. 
I don't know all that means, but

688
00:34:40,960 --> 00:34:42,600
I know this. 
Do you think God is going to 

689
00:34:42,600 --> 00:34:44,120
forget the prayers of one of the
Saints? 

690
00:34:44,120 --> 00:34:46,520
I can't imagine that he does. 
What does that mean? 

691
00:34:46,520 --> 00:34:49,000
They're precious to him. 
They're precious to him. 

692
00:34:49,440 --> 00:34:53,000
And our prayers are worship as 
an expression of our total 

693
00:34:53,000 --> 00:34:55,280
dependence on Him. 
When you pray to God, you're 

694
00:34:55,280 --> 00:34:57,840
expressing your total dependence
upon Him and Him alone. 

695
00:34:58,580 --> 00:35:01,540
When you pray with the heart 
that is right before him, you 

696
00:35:01,540 --> 00:35:02,940
know, God, I'm laying this 
before you. 

697
00:35:03,180 --> 00:35:05,260
There is nobody else that's 
worthy to hear this. 

698
00:35:05,780 --> 00:35:07,900
There's nobody else who has the 
ability to answer this. 

699
00:35:07,900 --> 00:35:10,580
So I'm coming before you. 
What a beautiful, beautiful 

700
00:35:10,580 --> 00:35:11,940
thing. 
And the fact that they're 

701
00:35:11,940 --> 00:35:16,100
presented before him shows that 
he was and is worthy to receive 

702
00:35:16,100 --> 00:35:17,180
them. 
Let her see. 

703
00:35:17,340 --> 00:35:19,820
I also see this. 
He's worthy to receive our song.

704
00:35:20,420 --> 00:35:24,380
He's worthy to receive our song,
it says in verse #9. 

705
00:35:24,660 --> 00:35:27,540
And they sung a new song. 
I like that saying. 

706
00:35:27,900 --> 00:35:30,620
Now art worthy to take the book 
and to open the seals thereof, 

707
00:35:30,940 --> 00:35:34,100
for that was slain and has 
redeemed us to God by thy blood 

708
00:35:34,340 --> 00:35:37,340
and out of every kindred a 
tongue and people and nation. 

709
00:35:37,620 --> 00:35:40,060
Now I've heard people take that 
phrase, the new song there and 

710
00:35:40,060 --> 00:35:42,220
say, see, we just need to sing 
new songs. 

711
00:35:42,220 --> 00:35:44,540
That's all we need to sing and 
and listen, I mean, that's 

712
00:35:44,540 --> 00:35:46,860
certainly very convenient if 
that's your theology, but I 

713
00:35:46,860 --> 00:35:48,460
don't believe that's what it's 
saying here. 

714
00:35:48,660 --> 00:35:50,860
And by the way, I'm not against 
new songs that there are songs 

715
00:35:50,860 --> 00:35:53,420
that we sing in our hymnal that 
are a couple, 100 years old. 

716
00:35:53,540 --> 00:35:55,950
There are songs that we sing. 
Sometimes it's specials, and 

717
00:35:55,950 --> 00:35:59,030
there's some in the hymnal as 
well that are just years old or 

718
00:35:59,030 --> 00:36:12,430
maybe just a decade or two old. 
And the way that it is given 

719
00:36:12,710 --> 00:36:03,150
unto the Lord. 
It's not the time that the song 

720
00:36:03,150 --> 00:36:05,430
was written that makes the song 
good. 

721
00:36:05,590 --> 00:36:09,310
It's the content of the song 
that it exalts Jesus Christ that

722
00:36:09,310 --> 00:36:14,510
makes the song. 
But really what this shows us is

723
00:36:14,510 --> 00:36:18,070
this is that when we sing in a 
song service, we're not singing 

724
00:36:18,070 --> 00:36:21,070
for each other when we sing a 
special. 

725
00:36:21,510 --> 00:36:24,910
We're not singing to impress the
people in the quote UN quote 

726
00:36:24,910 --> 00:36:27,310
audience. 
Do you realize that when we sing

727
00:36:27,470 --> 00:36:30,670
for a congregational song that 
we sing on Sunday morning, we 

728
00:36:30,670 --> 00:36:33,070
lift our hearts up to the Lord? 
Or even if it's on a Wednesday 

729
00:36:33,070 --> 00:36:36,070
night like we did just a few 
moments ago, that when we sing, 

730
00:36:36,070 --> 00:36:38,030
we're not singing for the person
that's next to us. 

731
00:36:38,030 --> 00:36:40,630
We're not singing for the person
whose ears in front of us and 

732
00:36:40,630 --> 00:36:42,630
the row in front of us. 
What are we doing? 

733
00:36:42,710 --> 00:36:45,310
We're singing unto the Lord. 
We see that all throughout the 

734
00:36:45,310 --> 00:36:46,590
song. 
Singing to the Lord. 

735
00:36:46,910 --> 00:36:48,550
Sing a new song with everything.
Have breath. 

736
00:36:48,750 --> 00:36:51,270
Praise the Lord, like the old 
preacher said, we've. 

737
00:36:51,510 --> 00:37:16,290
Done here before. 
Is given to him. 

738
00:36:52,110 --> 00:36:56,070
And so you'll put your hand in 
front of your mouth and blow. 

739
00:36:56,710 --> 00:36:58,910
If you felt anything. 
Well, the Bible says with 

740
00:36:58,910 --> 00:37:00,230
everything they have breath. 
Praise the Lord. 

741
00:37:00,670 --> 00:37:02,550
So if you felt something, that 
means he's talking to you. 

742
00:37:02,550 --> 00:37:05,230
And if you didn't feel 
something, you got bigger 

743
00:37:05,230 --> 00:37:06,430
problems than just praising the 
Lord. 

744
00:37:06,430 --> 00:37:08,430
Let me tell you, we gotta 
probably help you with that 

745
00:37:09,030 --> 00:37:13,630
because you might have some very
dire issues, but the idea is 

746
00:37:13,630 --> 00:37:17,450
this our. 
And anytime we sing where the 

747
00:37:17,450 --> 00:37:21,090
congregation is special, our 
audience is truly the Lord and 

748
00:37:21,090 --> 00:37:23,450
not the people around us. 
And I will tell you, one of the 

749
00:37:23,450 --> 00:37:26,610
things that I appreciate about 
some of the older songs more 

750
00:37:26,610 --> 00:37:29,610
than some of the newer songs, 
and I'm speaking generally here,

751
00:37:29,610 --> 00:37:33,810
not specifically, is that many 
of the older songs seem to make 

752
00:37:33,810 --> 00:37:37,730
much of God. 
Many of the newer songs seem to 

753
00:37:37,730 --> 00:37:42,130
make much of our own experience.
And I'm not saying there's 

754
00:37:42,130 --> 00:37:45,160
anything wrong with. 
Having a song that talks about 

755
00:37:45,160 --> 00:37:48,600
our experience, the fact that 
Christ saved us when the Lord 

756
00:37:48,600 --> 00:37:54,320
saved me, when the Lord saved 
me, something wonderful happened

757
00:37:54,560 --> 00:37:58,040
when the Lord saved me. 
That's a fairly new chorus and 

758
00:37:58,040 --> 00:38:01,040
it talks about our experience, 
but we do get out of balance 

759
00:38:01,040 --> 00:38:02,240
when all of our songs were 
about. 

760
00:38:02,280 --> 00:38:05,160
Us. 
And they're not about God and 

761
00:38:05,160 --> 00:38:07,200
who he is. 
Because I look at these songs 

762
00:38:07,200 --> 00:38:09,680
here and I know we're looking at
a small sample here, but when 

763
00:38:09,680 --> 00:38:12,480
you look at the song from verse 
9 and on. 

764
00:38:13,080 --> 00:38:15,320
And you hear what's said, You 
realize this. 

765
00:38:15,320 --> 00:38:17,800
This is all about Christ. 
This is all about him. 

766
00:38:18,120 --> 00:38:22,200
This because I will say, you 
will run out of songs about your

767
00:38:22,200 --> 00:38:25,000
own experience, but you'll never
run out of songs talking about 

768
00:38:25,000 --> 00:38:27,320
who Jesus Christ is. 
You will never run out of 

769
00:38:27,320 --> 00:38:30,350
talking about his greatness. 
But our song he is worthy to 

770
00:38:30,350 --> 00:38:31,870
receive. 
We don't sing about each other. 

771
00:38:32,030 --> 00:38:35,550
We don't sing for each other. 
If you say, well, I don't sing 

772
00:38:35,550 --> 00:38:37,230
very well, Pastor. 
I don't like to sing in church 

773
00:38:37,230 --> 00:38:38,590
because I don't have a great 
voice. 

774
00:38:38,790 --> 00:38:41,550
Listen, I don't want to be 
unkind about that, but but don't

775
00:38:41,550 --> 00:38:43,510
worry about that, don't think 
about that. 

776
00:38:43,710 --> 00:38:45,830
You sing. 
Some of my favorite voices are 

777
00:38:45,830 --> 00:38:48,390
the ones that sing with gusto 
and the people who don't think 

778
00:38:48,390 --> 00:38:51,030
about what or care about what 
anyone else hears and they're 

779
00:38:51,030 --> 00:38:52,670
just going for it, man. 
I mean, they're taking it 

780
00:38:52,670 --> 00:38:54,870
seriously when it says make a 
joyful noise before the Lord. 

781
00:38:54,990 --> 00:38:57,550
They're being literal, and 
that's OK. 

782
00:38:58,240 --> 00:39:02,200
In fact, that I have to imagine 
that somewhere that's translated

783
00:39:02,200 --> 00:39:05,640
from from this building to the 
throne room of heaven and in the

784
00:39:05,640 --> 00:39:07,600
ears of God, that it's just a 
beautiful thing. 

785
00:39:07,600 --> 00:39:11,400
Because you know what? 
It's not the the, the vocal 

786
00:39:11,400 --> 00:39:14,680
cords that he's really taking 
in. 

787
00:39:14,960 --> 00:39:17,560
It's the. 
Heart that when we sing, we're 

788
00:39:17,560 --> 00:39:19,400
not really singing. 
As much with the vocal cords as 

789
00:39:19,400 --> 00:39:22,680
we are with the heart and and 
that's who's worthy to receive 

790
00:39:22,680 --> 00:39:25,280
that he's worthy to. 
And So what do we see? 

791
00:39:25,360 --> 00:39:26,520
Very. 
Quickly, we're almost done. 

792
00:39:28,050 --> 00:39:30,890
We've mentioned this before, but
he's worthy to receive our 

793
00:39:30,890 --> 00:39:36,490
sevenfold praise. 
It says in verse #12, and this 

794
00:39:36,490 --> 00:39:38,730
is not technically part of the 
song. 

795
00:39:38,810 --> 00:39:42,130
It says that it was said, but I 
don't know. 

796
00:39:42,130 --> 00:39:45,250
It does say we heard the voice 
and then it says saying with a 

797
00:39:45,250 --> 00:39:47,850
loud voice. 
And so I believe there's still a

798
00:39:47,850 --> 00:39:50,570
connection here. 
But it says, And I beheld and I 

799
00:39:50,570 --> 00:39:54,240
heard the voice of many angels 
round about the throne and the 

800
00:39:54,240 --> 00:39:56,480
beasts and the elders. 
And the number of them was 

801
00:39:56,480 --> 00:40:00,080
10,000 * 10,000 and thousands of
thousands saying with a loud 

802
00:40:00,080 --> 00:40:02,360
voice. 
Worthy is the lamb that was 

803
00:40:02,360 --> 00:40:05,040
slain to receive power and 
riches. 

804
00:40:05,040 --> 00:40:07,840
Wisdom and strength and honor 
and glory and blessing. 

805
00:40:07,840 --> 00:40:10,720
And once again we see seven 
different characteristics there 

806
00:40:10,720 --> 00:40:12,040
7. 
The number of perfection in the 

807
00:40:12,040 --> 00:40:14,600
Bible. 
Perfect praise being offered to 

808
00:40:14,600 --> 00:40:16,760
God power. 
That Word power is the Word. 

809
00:40:16,760 --> 00:40:17,720
Dunamis. 
You've heard me. 

810
00:40:18,050 --> 00:40:21,210
Use this example before how that
word dunamis is where we get the

811
00:40:21,210 --> 00:40:23,650
word dynamite today. 
That it's not just power, but 

812
00:40:23,650 --> 00:40:27,330
it's dynamite, explosive power. 
That's the power of our God. 

813
00:40:27,330 --> 00:40:29,730
The power that could create 
everything out of nothing. 

814
00:40:29,730 --> 00:40:31,770
That's power he's worthy for 
all. 

815
00:40:31,770 --> 00:40:33,930
Riches. 
Ephesians 3/8. 

816
00:40:33,930 --> 00:40:35,850
The unsearchable riches of 
Christ. 

817
00:40:36,010 --> 00:40:38,090
I mean, you could search the 
riches of Christ your whole life

818
00:40:38,090 --> 00:40:40,130
and never come to the end. 
You could never get to the 

819
00:40:40,130 --> 00:40:41,970
bottom. 
Second Corinthians 8-9. 

820
00:40:42,130 --> 00:40:45,090
For ye know that the grace of 
our Lord Jesus Christ, that 

821
00:40:45,170 --> 00:40:49,560
though he was rich, yet for your
sakes he became poor, That ye 

822
00:40:49,560 --> 00:40:51,280
through his poverty might be 
rich. 

823
00:40:51,960 --> 00:40:56,920
I mean that unsearchable riches 
he sacrificed for us, coming 

824
00:40:56,920 --> 00:40:58,520
down and having the form of a 
servant. 

825
00:40:58,520 --> 00:41:00,920
So what? 
We could have the riches that we

826
00:41:00,920 --> 00:41:02,840
see here in Revelation chapter 
#5? 

827
00:41:02,920 --> 00:41:05,400
What incredible love. 
We see his riches. 

828
00:41:05,560 --> 00:41:08,520
We see his wisdom. 1st 
Corinthians 124. 

829
00:41:08,680 --> 00:41:12,080
Christ, the power of God and the
wisdom of God. 

830
00:41:12,080 --> 00:41:15,290
So we've already seen Christ has
the power of God, just a couple 

831
00:41:15,290 --> 00:41:17,210
before, but also the wisdom of 
God. 

832
00:41:17,490 --> 00:41:19,490
I'm amazed I'm going through the
Proverbs right now. 

833
00:41:19,490 --> 00:41:21,130
Some of you might read a proverb
every day. 

834
00:41:21,130 --> 00:41:23,130
Some people do that differently.
I'm amazed. 

835
00:41:23,130 --> 00:41:25,250
It doesn't matter how many times
they go through the Proverbs, 

836
00:41:25,730 --> 00:41:31,010
just how amazingly simple but 
powerful they are. 

837
00:41:32,130 --> 00:41:36,290
I mean it would be common sense 
other than the fact that we 

838
00:41:36,290 --> 00:41:39,170
don't think this way, but then 
you look at it and say it. 

839
00:41:39,490 --> 00:41:42,370
Makes all the sense in the 
world, yet the world doesn't 

840
00:41:42,370 --> 00:41:43,980
understand it. 
Well, where is? 

841
00:41:44,020 --> 00:41:45,860
Where's that? 
Wisdom come from Solomon? 

842
00:41:46,180 --> 00:41:49,380
Well, who gave him that wisdom? 
It was the Lord. 

843
00:41:49,460 --> 00:41:53,420
We know that from his encounter 
with the Lord very on, early in 

844
00:41:53,420 --> 00:41:55,020
his kingship. 
Oh, I got to go. 

845
00:41:55,540 --> 00:41:59,060
A strength he's worthy for to be
praised for his strength, 

846
00:41:59,260 --> 00:42:00,860
William Barclay, the 
commentator, said. 

847
00:42:00,860 --> 00:42:03,820
There is no situation of which 
he cannot cope. 

848
00:42:04,900 --> 00:42:05,900
Think about that. 
There is no. 

849
00:42:05,900 --> 00:42:08,180
Situation of which he cannot 
cope. 

850
00:42:08,740 --> 00:42:11,060
You put something on my desk, 
I'll try to handle it. 

851
00:42:11,100 --> 00:42:14,170
I may and I may not. 
There's nothing that goes across

852
00:42:14,170 --> 00:42:16,730
the desk, if you will, of Jesus 
Christ, that he's not able to 

853
00:42:16,730 --> 00:42:19,130
cope with all strength, all 
honor. 

854
00:42:19,570 --> 00:42:22,610
The world honors those who are 
often dishonorable and 

855
00:42:22,610 --> 00:42:25,850
disreputable. 
The honor of the world is many 

856
00:42:25,850 --> 00:42:29,210
times honor among thieves, but 
yet the honor of God He is 

857
00:42:29,210 --> 00:42:30,720
worthy. 
He is truly. 

858
00:42:30,720 --> 00:42:33,240
Worthy to receive honor where a 
lot of these people who are 

859
00:42:33,240 --> 00:42:36,360
honored today are honored 
because they can act or honored 

860
00:42:36,360 --> 00:42:39,920
because they can sing or honored
because they can play a sport. 

861
00:42:39,920 --> 00:42:43,640
But no, they're not many times 
worthy to receive that honor as 

862
00:42:43,640 --> 00:42:46,120
we find out about their private 
lives later on. 

863
00:42:46,480 --> 00:42:48,480
But what do we see? 
That when it comes to Jesus, it 

864
00:42:48,480 --> 00:42:51,200
doesn't matter how far deep you 
go, you'll still come to the 

865
00:42:51,200 --> 00:42:53,160
same conclusion. 
He's still worthy to receive 

866
00:42:53,160 --> 00:42:55,640
honor. 
You know, they talk about our 

867
00:42:55,640 --> 00:42:58,080
heroes, quote, UN quote today. 
And they say don't dig too deep 

868
00:42:58,080 --> 00:42:59,320
because you don't know what 
you'll find. 

869
00:42:59,640 --> 00:43:01,320
You know, it doesn't matter how 
deep you dig into the 

870
00:43:01,320 --> 00:43:03,600
unsearchable riches of Christ, 
you'll come to the same 

871
00:43:03,600 --> 00:43:05,280
conclusion he's still worthy of 
honor. 

872
00:43:06,520 --> 00:43:09,400
There will be no November 
surprise, if you will, like 

873
00:43:09,400 --> 00:43:11,360
every presidential candidate has
every four years. 

874
00:43:11,480 --> 00:43:13,120
Well, watch out for the November
surprise. 

875
00:43:13,120 --> 00:43:16,000
We'll find out something about 
them that will make us not want 

876
00:43:16,000 --> 00:43:17,800
to vote for this one or that 
one. 

877
00:43:17,880 --> 00:43:19,480
There's no surprises when it 
comes to God. 

878
00:43:19,480 --> 00:43:21,760
It's all revealed right here. 
And the deeper we get. 

879
00:43:22,000 --> 00:43:23,440
Listen you all, we're all 
eternity. 

880
00:43:23,440 --> 00:43:24,960
At no point when we say, you 
know what? 

881
00:43:25,280 --> 00:43:28,340
He wasn't what I was expecting. 
There will be no point in all 

882
00:43:28,340 --> 00:43:31,060
eternity that we will say Christ
wasn't what I was expecting. 

883
00:43:31,340 --> 00:43:34,740
All honor, all glory. 
There's many times that 

884
00:43:34,740 --> 00:43:36,820
something's built up in our mind
and it disappoints. 

885
00:43:37,500 --> 00:43:39,060
You know the glory of Plymouth 
Rock. 

886
00:43:40,740 --> 00:43:42,620
And then you get there and you 
realize it's not as glorious as 

887
00:43:42,620 --> 00:43:43,980
you thought. 
Yeah. 

888
00:43:43,980 --> 00:43:45,820
So, yeah, you get there. 
Yeah, you get there. 

889
00:43:45,820 --> 00:43:48,260
And it's a Pebble, right? 
You say, all right, where where 

890
00:43:48,260 --> 00:43:49,860
do I find the lobsters for 20 
bucks? 

891
00:43:50,420 --> 00:43:52,180
And so. 
And the answer is nowhere 

892
00:43:52,180 --> 00:43:52,860
anymore. 
So. 

893
00:43:53,500 --> 00:43:57,020
But so there are many things 
that are glorified in this world

894
00:43:57,020 --> 00:43:59,020
and they disappoint. 
And just like with his honor, 

895
00:43:59,220 --> 00:44:01,380
there is never a time with his 
glory that you'll say, you know 

896
00:44:01,380 --> 00:44:03,180
what, I'm disappointed in who I 
thought he was. 

897
00:44:03,300 --> 00:44:06,620
That will never happen. 
And blessing William Barclay 

898
00:44:06,620 --> 00:44:09,380
once again says this here is the
inevitable climax of it all. 

899
00:44:09,580 --> 00:44:12,980
All these things Jesus Christ 
possesses and every one of them 

900
00:44:12,980 --> 00:44:16,180
he uses. 
The service of men for whom he 

901
00:44:16,180 --> 00:44:18,860
lived and died. 
He does not clutch these to 

902
00:44:18,860 --> 00:44:23,340
himself, meaning this, these 
things and the sevenfold praise 

903
00:44:24,020 --> 00:44:26,780
he bestows upon us as kings and 
priests. 

904
00:44:26,780 --> 00:44:28,540
And that leaves us with this 
thought because we're done here 

905
00:44:28,540 --> 00:44:30,980
tonight. 
What's the response of all those

906
00:44:30,980 --> 00:44:35,740
who are there to this song, to 
this spoken word that's given? 

907
00:44:36,320 --> 00:44:38,480
And it says in verse #13, And 
every creature which is in 

908
00:44:38,480 --> 00:44:41,080
heaven, and on the earth, and 
under the earth, and such as are

909
00:44:41,080 --> 00:44:43,560
in the sea, and all that are in 
them, heard I saying, Blessing 

910
00:44:43,560 --> 00:44:46,640
and honor, and glory and power 
be unto him that sitteth upon 

911
00:44:46,640 --> 00:44:49,760
the throne, and under the Lamb 
of God forever, the Lamb forever

912
00:44:49,760 --> 00:44:51,800
and ever. 
And the 4B said, Amen. 

913
00:44:51,800 --> 00:44:55,720
And the four and 20 elders fell 
down and worshipped him that 

914
00:44:55,720 --> 00:44:58,960
liveth forever and ever. 
What was their response? 

915
00:44:59,240 --> 00:45:01,720
First their agreement. 
What do they say? 

916
00:45:01,720 --> 00:45:03,800
Amen. 
When you say Amen in church, 

917
00:45:03,800 --> 00:45:05,040
what does it mean? 
I agree. 

918
00:45:05,480 --> 00:45:07,760
I'm with you pastor. 
I I like what you're saying 

919
00:45:07,760 --> 00:45:09,200
pastor, because it's the word of
God. 

920
00:45:09,680 --> 00:45:13,080
But they said Amen. 
Meaning I agree everything that 

921
00:45:13,080 --> 00:45:15,440
said here he's worthy. 
I agree Amen. 

922
00:45:15,440 --> 00:45:17,760
They gave their agreement but 
they also gave him this, their 

923
00:45:17,760 --> 00:45:21,240
adoration. 
They looked into the lamb and 

924
00:45:21,240 --> 00:45:25,000
they said this he's worthy and 
they fell down on their face. 

925
00:45:25,320 --> 00:45:28,480
So I'm 4/4 says this stand in 
awe. 

926
00:45:28,520 --> 00:45:31,160
But you know what the next part 
is? 

927
00:45:32,280 --> 00:45:34,240
Because we do stand in all of 
Him, We should stand in all of 

928
00:45:34,240 --> 00:45:36,160
Him, shouldn't we? 
That we look at Him and we just 

929
00:45:36,160 --> 00:45:39,280
stand in all in Him. 
But that standing in all that 

930
00:45:39,280 --> 00:45:43,880
adoration and that agreement 
should, should not just have a 

931
00:45:43,880 --> 00:45:47,200
stand in all. 
Psalm 4/4 says that stand in all

932
00:45:47,760 --> 00:45:51,840
and sin not. 
The more we stand in adoration 

933
00:45:51,840 --> 00:45:56,040
of Him, and the more we look at 
Him for who He is, the closer it

934
00:45:56,040 --> 00:45:58,800
should draw us to Him. 
The more we ponder the worth of 

935
00:45:58,800 --> 00:46:01,880
the Lamb, the more we should 
become like the Lamb. 

936
00:46:02,600 --> 00:46:05,040
You know, you become like what 
you watch. 

937
00:46:05,960 --> 00:46:07,720
You know why there are 
Christians who sometimes have 

938
00:46:07,720 --> 00:46:10,000
problem with their mouths? 
Because they're watching things 

939
00:46:10,000 --> 00:46:12,840
on television that also have 
problems with their mouth. 

940
00:46:12,840 --> 00:46:14,320
Ooh, that just slipped out. 
No, it didn't. 

941
00:46:14,320 --> 00:46:17,480
It got programmed in many times.
And I know sometimes we can all 

942
00:46:17,480 --> 00:46:19,480
have the slip of the tongue. 
I'm not trying to be unkind, but

943
00:46:19,480 --> 00:46:22,320
I'm saying is those things are 
not just put in there on 

944
00:46:22,320 --> 00:46:25,680
accident. 
We watch it and we become it. 

945
00:46:26,520 --> 00:46:30,160
I've watched sometimes teenagers
that when I was a youth director

946
00:46:30,160 --> 00:46:33,000
that would hang around a certain
teenager and before I knew it 

947
00:46:33,000 --> 00:46:35,640
there was one teenager acting 
one way and one teenager acting 

948
00:46:35,640 --> 00:46:38,120
the other way and after. 
A while They were two teenagers 

949
00:46:38,120 --> 00:46:41,520
acting the same way because they
had modeled behavior to one 

950
00:46:41,520 --> 00:46:43,280
another. 
They'd watched each other for a 

951
00:46:43,280 --> 00:46:45,240
while, and they had become like 
one another. 

952
00:46:45,560 --> 00:46:48,560
What do we do? 
Well, you want to walk with God?

953
00:46:48,640 --> 00:46:52,320
Stand in all Him. 
You want to grow in your walk 

954
00:46:52,320 --> 00:46:54,880
with Christ? 
Find out more about Christ. 

955
00:46:55,410 --> 00:46:58,690
And standing on him because when
we stand in all of him for his 

956
00:46:58,690 --> 00:47:01,610
worth, you know what it says. 
We'll sin not because we 

957
00:47:01,610 --> 00:47:05,050
understand his power and his 
glory and his honor and his 

958
00:47:05,050 --> 00:47:08,410
riches and his wisdom and his 
strength and his blessing. 

959
00:47:08,490 --> 00:47:10,690
When we just stand in all of 
that and say you are. 

960
00:47:10,690 --> 00:47:13,290
Worthy of that, all we can do is
say, why would I want to sin? 

961
00:47:14,450 --> 00:47:17,450
Why would I want anything else? 
In fact, I don't even need to be

962
00:47:17,450 --> 00:47:20,050
told not to do that stuff, 
because the more I look at him 

963
00:47:20,250 --> 00:47:23,810
and the more I observe him and 
and the more I dive into the. 

964
00:47:24,460 --> 00:47:28,700
Unestimable riches of his grace.
The more I want to be like him 

965
00:47:29,260 --> 00:47:32,700
and the more I want to serve it.
Thank you for listening to the 

966
00:47:32,700 --> 00:47:35,300
sermon from the pulpit of 
Liberty Baptist Church. 

967
00:47:35,620 --> 00:47:38,900
If this message was a blessing 
to you, or if there's any way we

968
00:47:38,900 --> 00:47:42,020
can serve you, please let us 
know by contacting us at 

969
00:47:42,180 --> 00:47:46,940
info@mylibertybaptist.org. 
Or you can visit us this Sunday 

970
00:47:47,140 --> 00:47:50,820
at 800 Washington St. in Easton,
MA. 

971
00:47:51,100 --> 00:47:53,860
May the Lord bless you as you 
grow in His Word.