1 00:00:01,040 --> 00:00:05,640 Now my text this evening is taken from Mark chapter 10 and 2 00:00:05,640 --> 00:00:09,640 in the verse 45 it reads as follows. 3 00:00:09,640 --> 00:00:13,640 For even the Son of Man came not to be ministered unto, but the 4 00:00:13,640 --> 00:00:17,800 minister, and to give his life a ransom for many. 5 00:00:18,240 --> 00:00:20,960 And have entitled this message this evening. 6 00:00:21,400 --> 00:00:29,720 Understanding the ransom of Christ the Redeemer in Mark 7 00:00:29,720 --> 00:00:34,320 chapter 10 finds our Lord Jesus Christ in the road to Jerusalem. 8 00:00:34,880 --> 00:00:41,400 Remember, from the day of his birthright up 33 years earlier, 9 00:00:41,680 --> 00:00:45,640 the shadow of the cross has stretched across his life and 10 00:00:45,640 --> 00:00:49,080 ministry. Now the cross is looming large. 11 00:00:49,600 --> 00:00:51,400 What seemed to be in the horizon. 12 00:00:52,720 --> 00:00:57,320 Now his hour has come. So here he is on the road to 13 00:00:57,320 --> 00:01:00,840 Jerusalem. He's just told his disciples for 14 00:01:00,840 --> 00:01:04,680 the third time about his death and suffering. 15 00:01:05,040 --> 00:01:09,840 Listen to what he says there. Verse 33 saying, Behold, we go 16 00:01:09,840 --> 00:01:12,880 up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man shall be delivered unto the 17 00:01:12,880 --> 00:01:15,840 chief priests and unto the scribes, and they shall condemn 18 00:01:15,840 --> 00:01:19,720 him to death, and shall deliver him to the Gentiles, and they 19 00:01:19,720 --> 00:01:23,360 shall mock him, and shall scourge them, shall spit in him, 20 00:01:23,920 --> 00:01:27,880 and shall kill him, and the third day he shall rise again. 21 00:01:29,480 --> 00:01:35,080 Now his disciples remain tragically preoccupied, not with 22 00:01:35,080 --> 00:01:40,080 this message about his suffering and sacrifice on the cross, but 23 00:01:40,080 --> 00:01:43,120 preoccupied with status and position. 24 00:01:43,720 --> 00:01:46,760 Both James and John come to Christ requesting seats of 25 00:01:46,760 --> 00:01:48,960 honour in Christ's glorious Kingdom. 26 00:01:51,600 --> 00:01:55,160 Once the other disciples what heard what James and John had 27 00:01:55,160 --> 00:01:59,640 requested, they were filled with a sense of indignation and rage. 28 00:02:00,160 --> 00:02:03,560 You see, sadly, their hearts were being shaped by the world's 29 00:02:03,560 --> 00:02:06,640 view of greatness, by the world's view of power and 30 00:02:06,760 --> 00:02:11,960 possession and prominence. Now, strangely, it was in this 31 00:02:11,960 --> 00:02:18,600 context, in the context of the manifestation of pride, in the 32 00:02:18,600 --> 00:02:23,320 context of a misunderstanding of Christ's true mission, that the 33 00:02:23,320 --> 00:02:28,680 Lord Jesus uttered one of the most important verses in the 34 00:02:28,680 --> 00:02:34,480 entire Gospels. Mark 10 verse 45 is one of the 35 00:02:34,480 --> 00:02:40,880 clearest and plainest statements on the true mission and purpose 36 00:02:41,080 --> 00:02:44,680 of Jesus Christ coming into our world. 37 00:02:46,280 --> 00:02:51,320 It's wonderfully repeated in Matthew chapter 20, verse 28. 38 00:02:51,440 --> 00:02:54,720 And when the Bible says something once, of course it is 39 00:02:55,120 --> 00:02:58,240 very important. But when that statement is 40 00:02:58,240 --> 00:03:02,440 repeated verbatim, that makes it highly significant. 41 00:03:02,440 --> 00:03:08,640 That makes it doubly important. You see, Mark 1045 is not just 42 00:03:09,040 --> 00:03:13,960 merely a a moral example of why Christ came into the world. 43 00:03:14,200 --> 00:03:18,640 This text of Scripture, I believe, is wonderfully A 44 00:03:18,640 --> 00:03:23,480 redemptive declaration because this text explains who came. 45 00:03:24,120 --> 00:03:30,680 This text explains why he came. This text explains what he 46 00:03:30,680 --> 00:03:36,560 actually came to do. This text teaches us what true 47 00:03:36,560 --> 00:03:41,480 greatness really looks like in the cross shaped Kingdom of 48 00:03:41,480 --> 00:03:44,360 Christ. You see, the Lord Jesus is 49 00:03:44,360 --> 00:03:48,600 teaching us here that God's salvation is not accomplished 50 00:03:48,600 --> 00:03:53,400 merely by Human Services or religious rights or ceremonies 51 00:03:53,640 --> 00:03:58,840 done unto God, but that God's salvation has been accomplished 52 00:03:59,200 --> 00:04:03,440 through Jesus Christ and His cross work alone. 53 00:04:03,440 --> 00:04:08,280 Listen to the words again, for even the Son of Man came not to 54 00:04:08,280 --> 00:04:12,000 be ministered unto, but to minister and to give his life a 55 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:17,200 ransom for many doing this text of scripture, and this is a 56 00:04:17,200 --> 00:04:19,920 textual sermon. There's four things. 57 00:04:19,959 --> 00:04:26,120 One, the person that is presented for even the Son of 58 00:04:26,120 --> 00:04:32,480 man. Now notice the Lord Jesus begins 59 00:04:32,560 --> 00:04:37,600 with who he is for even the Son of Man. 60 00:04:39,160 --> 00:04:44,960 The words the Son of Man is a great title, and it's 61 00:04:44,960 --> 00:04:49,440 interesting that the Lord Jesus used this title of himself. 62 00:04:50,400 --> 00:04:53,960 It's used about 80 times in the Gospels alone, a rough 63 00:04:53,960 --> 00:04:59,720 breakdown, 30 in Matthew in Mark 14 times, Luke 25 times, and 64 00:04:59,720 --> 00:05:04,560 John 12 times. And outside the Gospels, this 65 00:05:04,560 --> 00:05:10,600 title is rarely used. And this usage of 80 times, 66 00:05:10,960 --> 00:05:15,720 mostly by the Lord Jesus, demonstrates that the Lord Jesus 67 00:05:15,720 --> 00:05:22,440 deliberately chose this title as his own primary self 68 00:05:23,360 --> 00:05:25,240 designation. Who are you? 69 00:05:25,920 --> 00:05:32,200 I'm the Son of Man. Now what is that title saying to 70 00:05:32,200 --> 00:05:35,080 us? When you read those words, the 71 00:05:35,080 --> 00:05:39,080 Son of Man in your Bible, what is it saying to you? 72 00:05:41,240 --> 00:05:43,520 Let me try and teach you what it means. 73 00:05:44,280 --> 00:05:52,840 When Jesus said for even the Son of Man, he was saying, one, I'm 74 00:05:52,840 --> 00:05:56,240 a true human being. You see the Son of Man, there's 75 00:05:56,240 --> 00:06:00,520 a Hebrew expression. It literally means I'm a human 76 00:06:00,520 --> 00:06:05,000 being. The emphasis is on his humanity. 77 00:06:05,960 --> 00:06:10,320 You've got to think of a being of flesh and blood. 78 00:06:10,800 --> 00:06:15,320 He's identifying with humanity. In other words, there was a day 79 00:06:15,320 --> 00:06:18,520 when he was born. He he was born in a flesh and 80 00:06:18,520 --> 00:06:21,680 blood body. It's not what Paul told us in 81 00:06:21,680 --> 00:06:26,760 Hebrews chapter 2 and verse 14. For as much then as children are 82 00:06:26,760 --> 00:06:30,480 partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part 83 00:06:30,480 --> 00:06:33,080 of the same that through death he might destroy him. 84 00:06:33,120 --> 00:06:36,600 That had the power of death. That is the devil. 85 00:06:37,160 --> 00:06:42,360 And in that body he was wearied. In that body he wept. 86 00:06:42,680 --> 00:06:44,960 In that body he experienced hunger. 87 00:06:45,120 --> 00:06:49,680 In that body he was tempted. In that body he suffered. 88 00:06:50,720 --> 00:06:54,840 He knew pain. And in that body he was born to 89 00:06:54,840 --> 00:06:57,080 die. Now that matters. 90 00:06:57,440 --> 00:07:01,760 Why does it matter? Because only a real true man 91 00:07:02,080 --> 00:07:06,240 could die as a ransom for men. You see the Bible says in First 92 00:07:06,240 --> 00:07:11,000 Corinthians 1522, as in Adam all dies, so in Christ will all be 93 00:07:11,000 --> 00:07:13,680 made a lie. The first man was Adam, and he 94 00:07:13,680 --> 00:07:20,120 brought death into the world. And therefore a man must undo 95 00:07:20,400 --> 00:07:26,080 the penalty and power of death. If sin came in by man, by one 96 00:07:26,080 --> 00:07:33,680 man's disobedience, so sin must be dealt with by a true man, a 97 00:07:33,680 --> 00:07:36,440 man of flesh and blood. And that's exactly what Hebrews 98 00:07:36,440 --> 00:07:40,240 10 and 12 teaches us. But this man, Speaking of 99 00:07:40,240 --> 00:07:44,400 Christ, after he'd offered one sacrifice for sins forever sat 100 00:07:44,400 --> 00:07:49,080 down on the right hand of God. So the the very title the Son of 101 00:07:49,080 --> 00:07:54,280 Man teaches us I'm a real true human being of flesh and blood. 102 00:07:56,440 --> 00:08:01,200 The second thing it teaches is this, I am the king. 103 00:08:02,920 --> 00:08:09,440 You see this title points us to the divine messianic figure who 104 00:08:09,440 --> 00:08:14,160 was to come 80 times when the Lord Jesus used these words, the 105 00:08:14,160 --> 00:08:18,440 Son of Man making this a self designated title. 106 00:08:18,880 --> 00:08:22,200 He was thinking I believe of Daniel's prophecy. 107 00:08:22,600 --> 00:08:25,360 Listen to Daniel Chapter 7 and verse 13. 108 00:08:26,160 --> 00:08:32,440 I saw in the night visions, and behold, one like the Son of Man 109 00:08:32,919 --> 00:08:37,799 came with the clouds of heaven and came to the ancient of Days, 110 00:08:38,159 --> 00:08:42,400 and they brought him near before him, and they were given him 111 00:08:42,400 --> 00:08:46,400 dominion and glory, and the Kingdom that all people, 112 00:08:46,560 --> 00:08:48,760 nations, and languages should serve Him. 113 00:08:48,880 --> 00:08:52,240 His dominion is an everlasting dominion which shall not pass 114 00:08:52,240 --> 00:08:56,200 away, and His Kingdom that which shall not be destroyed. 115 00:08:56,760 --> 00:09:00,960 Daniel 713 and 14. Think of these words. 116 00:09:01,120 --> 00:09:04,960 One like the Son of Man came with the clouds of heaven, and 117 00:09:04,960 --> 00:09:08,200 there was given him dominion and glory in the Kingdom, and all 118 00:09:08,200 --> 00:09:12,000 people should serve Him. You see, this title means more 119 00:09:12,000 --> 00:09:14,760 than saying I'm a real true human being. 120 00:09:14,960 --> 00:09:20,480 Now does mean that I'm truly human, but it also means I'm a 121 00:09:20,840 --> 00:09:25,640 heavenly being. I am one who's been given 122 00:09:25,760 --> 00:09:32,080 eternal authority and power and destined to rule over men 123 00:09:32,360 --> 00:09:35,640 forever. So when the Lord Jesus used his 124 00:09:35,640 --> 00:09:40,320 title 80 times, the person that was presented here in the text, 125 00:09:41,080 --> 00:09:45,800 he was quietly and clearly claiming to be the person 126 00:09:46,120 --> 00:09:50,840 mentioned in Daniel. I've thought of this. 127 00:09:50,840 --> 00:09:55,480 Why did he choose the designation the Son of Man? 128 00:09:58,920 --> 00:10:02,360 Why did he not just come out and say I'm the promised Messiah? 129 00:10:03,760 --> 00:10:06,560 Well, was it not to try and avoid political 130 00:10:06,560 --> 00:10:10,400 misunderstandings? You see, in the mind of the 131 00:10:10,400 --> 00:10:13,760 Jews, the one who would come saying I'm the promised Messiah 132 00:10:13,760 --> 00:10:19,000 was looked upon as a a military political revolutionary type 133 00:10:19,000 --> 00:10:22,280 figure. And this designation, the Son of 134 00:10:22,280 --> 00:10:27,240 man, I'm truly human, but I'm also the divine heavenly King 135 00:10:27,240 --> 00:10:31,160 who was to come. Surely it let him showcase his 136 00:10:31,160 --> 00:10:36,440 true mission in a progressive and in a gradual way. 137 00:10:37,440 --> 00:10:43,920 This title combines the humanity of Christ and the glory of 138 00:10:43,920 --> 00:10:47,800 Christ. It teaches us this, that Christ 139 00:10:47,800 --> 00:10:51,880 is not only a real, true man of flesh and blood, but Christ is 140 00:10:51,880 --> 00:10:56,160 the true suffering servant, the coming King, the crucified 141 00:10:56,160 --> 00:11:02,240 Christ, the eternal Judge. Because this title holds both 142 00:11:02,240 --> 00:11:06,040 the cross and the crown together, it highlights His 143 00:11:06,040 --> 00:11:09,040 authority. Do you know what it really says? 144 00:11:09,720 --> 00:11:12,840 It says the Son of Man have power on earth to forgive sins. 145 00:11:13,040 --> 00:11:17,240 He said that himself. He said the Son of Man is Lord 146 00:11:17,240 --> 00:11:22,040 also of the Sabbath. He testified he shall see the 147 00:11:22,040 --> 00:11:29,520 Son of Man coming in the clouds. A real man, yes, but more a 148 00:11:29,520 --> 00:11:36,120 royal man from heaven, the God man, as we'll see in a moment. 149 00:11:36,120 --> 00:11:38,240 This is not just a great title, folks. 150 00:11:38,680 --> 00:11:44,760 This is a great truth. The glorious king came to 151 00:11:44,760 --> 00:11:50,080 minister, the servant of servants came to serve to give 152 00:11:50,080 --> 00:11:54,120 us life, A ransom for many. And the word ransom refers to a 153 00:11:54,120 --> 00:11:56,880 vicarious substitutionary atonement. 154 00:11:57,280 --> 00:12:01,280 And this announcement has been made, this glorious son of man 155 00:12:01,280 --> 00:12:08,000 who's come as a real royal heavenly man, this one is 156 00:12:08,000 --> 00:12:12,200 announcing that he's going to fulfil his Kingdom and his 157 00:12:12,200 --> 00:12:17,160 kingship by dying for others and rising from the dead. 158 00:12:17,720 --> 00:12:19,600 And I learned that from that title. 159 00:12:20,320 --> 00:12:23,840 The person that is presented, what's he saying to us? 160 00:12:24,240 --> 00:12:26,800 He's saying I'm a true man 80 times. 161 00:12:27,280 --> 00:12:31,120 He's saying I'm the promised heavenly king 80 times He's 162 00:12:31,120 --> 00:12:35,760 saying I will reach my throne through sacrifice and suffering. 163 00:12:37,320 --> 00:12:42,240 I will build my Kingdom by my death and resurrection. 164 00:12:42,600 --> 00:12:45,360 That's what he's saying. The person that's presented very 165 00:12:45,360 --> 00:12:48,920 quickly, the purpose that is proclaimed. 166 00:12:49,440 --> 00:12:53,360 Notice if you go back to the text, there's a wee word that 167 00:12:53,440 --> 00:12:59,000 stands out. It says in Mark chapter 10 and 168 00:12:59,000 --> 00:13:04,800 in the verse 45 for the Son of Man for even the Son of Man 169 00:13:04,800 --> 00:13:09,680 came. Now pause there underline the 170 00:13:09,680 --> 00:13:14,720 word came because you see that word speaks volumes. 171 00:13:16,360 --> 00:13:20,920 How did he come came as in the past tense. 172 00:13:22,280 --> 00:13:28,120 Surely that word came speaks of intentional something that's 173 00:13:28,400 --> 00:13:32,480 voluntary, an intentional voluntary mission. 174 00:13:32,480 --> 00:13:35,280 Why did he come? So let the Scripture speak for 175 00:13:35,280 --> 00:13:38,680 the Son of Man. Luke 19 and 30. 176 00:13:38,800 --> 00:13:42,680 I am come to seek and deceive that which was lost. 177 00:13:42,680 --> 00:13:46,120 You see, the word came ties into the incarnation. 178 00:13:46,480 --> 00:13:47,840 Great is the mystery of God in us. 179 00:13:48,120 --> 00:13:52,600 God was manifest in the flesh. See the liberal modern churches, 180 00:13:52,600 --> 00:13:54,520 they tell us Jesus was just a good man. 181 00:13:55,760 --> 00:13:58,200 Some would even say, well, he was a great man. 182 00:13:58,200 --> 00:14:01,480 He he did some miracles. They might even tell us he was a 183 00:14:01,480 --> 00:14:03,400 gracious man. Point us to his speech. 184 00:14:03,560 --> 00:14:06,680 Never man speak like this man and all that's true, but he's 185 00:14:06,680 --> 00:14:08,760 more. And this is where the liberal 186 00:14:08,760 --> 00:14:16,080 and modern churches feel down, because he's the God man, great 187 00:14:16,080 --> 00:14:19,640 as the mystery of God and as God was manifest in the flesh. 188 00:14:19,640 --> 00:14:23,840 And as I told them a few weeks ago at the 5th module of the 189 00:14:23,840 --> 00:14:29,760 Beginner's Bible class, that there's 9 explicit references in 190 00:14:29,760 --> 00:14:36,280 the New Testament that teach us that Jesus Christ is called God. 191 00:14:36,920 --> 00:14:39,600 That's only one of the lines of evidence to prove His deity. 192 00:14:40,480 --> 00:14:43,600 It ties in not just to His incarnation, but to His virgin 193 00:14:43,600 --> 00:14:46,480 birth. And I'm glad that I can say I 194 00:14:46,480 --> 00:14:49,840 believe in the doctrine of the virgin birth of Jesus Christ. 195 00:14:50,200 --> 00:14:53,840 Remember what we read? Mary asked the question there to 196 00:14:55,400 --> 00:15:01,680 the Angel Gabriel in Luke chapter 1 and verse 35, and she 197 00:15:01,960 --> 00:15:07,240 said this tremendous statement to the Angel, Luke 1 and 35. 198 00:15:08,920 --> 00:15:11,760 Mary said unto the Angel, How shall this be saying, I know not 199 00:15:11,760 --> 00:15:15,200 a man look? 134 The Angel answered and said 200 00:15:15,200 --> 00:15:17,120 unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee. 201 00:15:17,320 --> 00:15:19,240 The power of the Highest shall over shadow thee. 202 00:15:19,400 --> 00:15:22,000 Therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee 203 00:15:22,200 --> 00:15:27,320 shall be called the Son of God. And Galatians four and four and 204 00:15:27,320 --> 00:15:30,120 five tells us, But when the fullness of the time was come, 205 00:15:31,160 --> 00:15:34,800 what did God do? God sent forth His Son. 206 00:15:35,240 --> 00:15:41,960 Hi, me a different woman made under the law to redeem them 207 00:15:41,960 --> 00:15:46,640 that were under the law that we might receive the adoption of 208 00:15:46,680 --> 00:15:49,880 sins. Do you see that He came when the 209 00:15:49,880 --> 00:15:54,920 time was right and the time was ripe, and He came according to 210 00:15:54,920 --> 00:16:01,840 the eternal purposes of God, and it ties into his mission. 211 00:16:02,720 --> 00:16:08,160 The Word came because if the doctrine of the incarnation is 212 00:16:08,160 --> 00:16:11,480 true, God was manifest in the flesh, and He was born 213 00:16:11,480 --> 00:16:15,760 supernaturally of woman only by the power of the Holy Ghost, 214 00:16:16,000 --> 00:16:17,800 Then what was His ultimate mission? 215 00:16:19,240 --> 00:16:23,680 What did He come to do? Here's the answer. 216 00:16:24,240 --> 00:16:28,960 If you look again at Luke 10 and verse 45, to give His life a 217 00:16:28,960 --> 00:16:31,080 ransom for many. We'll come to that in a wee 218 00:16:31,080 --> 00:16:35,640 minute. Could I inform you Christ didn't 219 00:16:35,640 --> 00:16:39,480 come into the world to help us to get along with each other, so 220 00:16:39,480 --> 00:16:43,440 we'd stop fighting and arguing, so we'd start loving and serving 221 00:16:43,520 --> 00:16:49,720 one another. He didn't come to teach us to 222 00:16:49,720 --> 00:16:55,560 take care of the poor and feed the hungry and tend to the sick. 223 00:16:56,400 --> 00:17:00,960 That's a part of it, but that's not the ultimate or the real 224 00:17:00,960 --> 00:17:04,560 reason. Christ didn't come into the 225 00:17:04,560 --> 00:17:07,480 world to help us to restore social justice. 226 00:17:08,560 --> 00:17:11,480 He didn't come into the world to help us to live a better life. 227 00:17:12,400 --> 00:17:16,280 He didn't come into the world to show us what love is and what 228 00:17:16,280 --> 00:17:19,960 sacrifices. He didn't come into the world to 229 00:17:19,960 --> 00:17:24,319 show us you need to save the planet from self destruction and 230 00:17:24,319 --> 00:17:27,160 heal the environment. Now all of these things are 231 00:17:27,240 --> 00:17:30,080 there, but they're on the periphery. 232 00:17:31,000 --> 00:17:34,000 They're not the heart. And the purpose of his mission 233 00:17:34,480 --> 00:17:40,800 know his coming into the world as God manifest in flesh was for 234 00:17:40,800 --> 00:17:46,040 this ultimate reason to OfferUp himself in the cross as a ransom 235 00:17:46,040 --> 00:17:50,360 for sinners, to OfferUp himself as a once and for all sacrifice 236 00:17:50,480 --> 00:17:52,360 for sin. And that goes to the heart of 237 00:17:52,360 --> 00:17:54,800 the gospel. And that's what's missing from 238 00:17:54,800 --> 00:17:56,960 liberal churches. That's what's missing from 239 00:17:56,960 --> 00:18:01,960 modern, modern churches today. That is, the heart of the gospel 240 00:18:01,960 --> 00:18:06,480 is missing. That's why things are in such 241 00:18:06,480 --> 00:18:11,160 dire straits in which we're in. Salvation, remember, begins with 242 00:18:11,160 --> 00:18:15,400 God. Salvation's all of God's Amazing 243 00:18:15,400 --> 00:18:18,760 Grace. And God's salvation was 244 00:18:18,760 --> 00:18:23,560 accomplished and fulfilled only in the personal work of Jesus 245 00:18:23,560 --> 00:18:26,840 Christ. And God's salvation is not just 246 00:18:26,840 --> 00:18:30,320 soul saving, but it's, it's life transforming. 247 00:18:30,600 --> 00:18:33,400 It's, it's based on sovereign grace. 248 00:18:33,880 --> 00:18:39,280 It's scripturally rooted in God's Amazing Grace. 249 00:18:39,280 --> 00:18:41,920 Notice these words. Look again at the text. 250 00:18:43,080 --> 00:18:47,720 It says, for even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, 251 00:18:48,240 --> 00:18:53,080 but to minister. Do you feel the weight of that? 252 00:18:54,360 --> 00:18:56,680 The rightful king doesn't demand service. 253 00:18:58,120 --> 00:19:01,480 He's not demanding bow down to me and do this and that. 254 00:19:04,840 --> 00:19:07,360 Although when he come into the world, the Bible says, let all 255 00:19:07,360 --> 00:19:13,000 the angels of God worship him and all of creation obeys from 256 00:19:13,000 --> 00:19:17,120 the sun and the moon and the stars, And yet for his 257 00:19:17,120 --> 00:19:20,680 creatures, you and I, sinful as we are, he doesn't demand 258 00:19:20,680 --> 00:19:24,240 service. He delights in service. 259 00:19:26,720 --> 00:19:31,680 He gives the service because the Lord of glory has come and he's 260 00:19:31,680 --> 00:19:33,720 come to take the form of a servant. 261 00:19:34,120 --> 00:19:36,720 Listen to these words in the book of Philippians. 262 00:19:36,920 --> 00:19:40,920 In Philippians chapter 2, it says, let this mind be in you, 263 00:19:40,920 --> 00:19:44,560 which was also in Christ Jesus, who being in the form of God, 264 00:19:44,560 --> 00:19:48,040 thought it not robbery to be equal with God, but made Himself 265 00:19:48,040 --> 00:19:49,760 of no reputation and took upon Him. 266 00:19:49,760 --> 00:19:52,760 The form of a servant was made in the likeness of men, and 267 00:19:52,760 --> 00:19:55,240 being found in fashion as a man who humbled himself and became 268 00:19:55,240 --> 00:20:01,720 obedient on the death, even the death of the cross, you see His 269 00:20:01,720 --> 00:20:05,960 coming into the world and setting aside and veiling His 270 00:20:05,960 --> 00:20:09,000 glory. It was not a denial of His 271 00:20:09,000 --> 00:20:12,240 dating. It was a display of His dating 272 00:20:14,880 --> 00:20:21,040 the truly great One. His entire ministry was a life 273 00:20:21,040 --> 00:20:27,520 of act of obedience rendered unto God to accomplish eternal 274 00:20:27,920 --> 00:20:36,080 salvation. He healed the sick, yes, He 275 00:20:36,080 --> 00:20:40,440 touched the lepers. Yes, He met with sinful men and 276 00:20:40,440 --> 00:20:46,040 women. Yes, He taught the truth, but He 277 00:20:46,040 --> 00:20:51,520 also in his life kept the law of God perfectly. 278 00:20:52,440 --> 00:20:56,640 That's why Paul called him the sin, the spotless Lamb of God. 279 00:20:56,760 --> 00:20:59,280 He did no sin. He knew no sin. 280 00:20:59,480 --> 00:21:02,400 In him is no sin. And we can give you the 281 00:21:02,400 --> 00:21:06,240 references tonight. He kept and fulfilled the 282 00:21:06,240 --> 00:21:09,560 precepts of the law of God perfectly on our behalf. 283 00:21:09,720 --> 00:21:13,480 And the testimony of the Father was this, This is my beloved 284 00:21:13,480 --> 00:21:16,520 Son, in whom I well pleased. Did you know the Lord Jesus 285 00:21:16,520 --> 00:21:18,880 said, which of you convinced of me of sin? 286 00:21:20,040 --> 00:21:22,640 He said, the Prince of this world cometh and of nothing in 287 00:21:22,640 --> 00:21:24,920 me. There's not even a spark of sin 288 00:21:25,120 --> 00:21:28,920 within me. Remember Pilate's wife came out 289 00:21:28,920 --> 00:21:31,600 to Pilate and said, I have nothing to do with this just 290 00:21:31,600 --> 00:21:35,680 man. That word just means righteous. 291 00:21:37,400 --> 00:21:40,520 Pilate, when he examined him, said I find no fault in him. 292 00:21:42,280 --> 00:21:44,960 What was Judas Iscariot's testimony before he went out and 293 00:21:44,960 --> 00:21:50,640 hanged himself? I betrayed innocent blood. 294 00:21:52,560 --> 00:21:55,360 Not only the purpose that was presented, but very quickly 295 00:21:55,360 --> 00:21:57,600 think about the price that was paid. 296 00:21:58,360 --> 00:22:05,120 If you turn back in our text, it says here and to give us life a 297 00:22:05,120 --> 00:22:12,080 ransom to give us life a ransom. You see the birth, the life, the 298 00:22:12,080 --> 00:22:16,440 sinless life, the life of service and ministry of the Lord 299 00:22:16,440 --> 00:22:24,320 Jesus was all a pathway inexorably towards his vicarious 300 00:22:24,320 --> 00:22:27,000 substitutionary death on the cross. 301 00:22:27,800 --> 00:22:31,760 His death on the cross was not an accident, not a tragedy. 302 00:22:32,480 --> 00:22:34,920 It was not a a martyrdom gone wrong. 303 00:22:35,760 --> 00:22:39,840 It is not even just purely the love of God theory. 304 00:22:40,600 --> 00:22:44,400 Listen to the text. It says and to give us life. 305 00:22:47,040 --> 00:22:52,120 He was truly born a woman. He took on humanity permanently. 306 00:22:54,760 --> 00:23:00,640 He retained his Godhead. He lived in a truly human body. 307 00:23:01,840 --> 00:23:04,480 He lived a sinless life. He lived a. 308 00:23:04,480 --> 00:23:08,120 Life of perfect obedience to the love God, a life of unsullied 309 00:23:08,120 --> 00:23:11,840 purity, not able to sin, able not to sin. 310 00:23:12,360 --> 00:23:14,680 And I put it to you tonight, This is the kind of Saviour we 311 00:23:14,680 --> 00:23:18,360 need. A Saviour who kept the law of 312 00:23:18,360 --> 00:23:22,400 God perfectly, but a Saviour who gave us life and paid the 313 00:23:22,400 --> 00:23:27,200 penalty for death on the cross, because he truly gave up his 314 00:23:27,200 --> 00:23:31,640 life unto death. The language here is voluntary, 315 00:23:32,520 --> 00:23:36,840 it's deliberate, it's sacrificial, it's atoning. 316 00:23:37,320 --> 00:23:40,240 Remember Isaiah the prophet said he was wounded for our 317 00:23:40,240 --> 00:23:43,600 transgressions, bruised for our iniquities, and the chastisement 318 00:23:43,600 --> 00:23:46,440 of our peace was upon him, and with the stripes we are healed. 319 00:23:46,800 --> 00:23:51,480 Isaiah went on to say in Isaiah 53 and in the verse 10 he poured 320 00:23:51,480 --> 00:23:54,200 out his soul unto death. You see, he didn't just risk his 321 00:23:54,200 --> 00:24:00,080 life on the cross, He voluntary relinquished it unto death. 322 00:24:00,720 --> 00:24:04,720 He said it is finished. He bowed his head, and triumph 323 00:24:05,000 --> 00:24:08,480 gave up the ghost. See the death. 324 00:24:08,480 --> 00:24:11,280 Of Christ in the cross. And this is where I have again 325 00:24:11,280 --> 00:24:15,880 with the liberals and the modernist and the ecumenist. 326 00:24:17,560 --> 00:24:20,960 The death of Christ. In the cross is more than just a 327 00:24:20,960 --> 00:24:25,600 good example, more than just a demonstration of love. 328 00:24:27,920 --> 00:24:33,080 Oh yes, it is that. But a snore much more. 329 00:24:33,560 --> 00:24:37,160 The death of Christ and the cross at his heart was a 330 00:24:37,160 --> 00:24:42,200 voluntary, necessary atonement for sin. 331 00:24:43,160 --> 00:24:47,200 His death was a ransom. And the ransom? 332 00:24:47,200 --> 00:24:51,280 Is the real price paid to secure the freedom of captives Now? 333 00:24:51,800 --> 00:24:54,040 What does that mean? It means this. 334 00:24:57,400 --> 00:24:59,680 That we're born in. Sin and shapen and iniquity. 335 00:25:00,600 --> 00:25:03,400 The Bible teaches us we're not only born in sin and shapen and 336 00:25:03,400 --> 00:25:05,960 iniquity, but we're born slaves to sin and Satan. 337 00:25:06,080 --> 00:25:11,200 We're not neutral. We are guilty, polluted rebels 338 00:25:11,600 --> 00:25:15,160 in the sight of God and in that condition. 339 00:25:17,720 --> 00:25:20,320 Christ Jesus come into. The world to pay the ransom 340 00:25:20,320 --> 00:25:25,040 price to God for her freedom and our deliverance. 341 00:25:27,000 --> 00:25:29,920 He came to. Satisfy the divine wrath of God 342 00:25:30,280 --> 00:25:33,720 against sin. He came to satisfy. 343 00:25:33,720 --> 00:25:37,560 The divine justice of God. He came to satisfy the divine 344 00:25:37,640 --> 00:25:40,040 law of God. He came to satisfy the divine 345 00:25:40,040 --> 00:25:43,320 holiness of God. And Christ's death accomplishes 346 00:25:43,320 --> 00:25:46,360 something. Christ's death secures eternal 347 00:25:46,360 --> 00:25:48,760 redemption. Remember what we read in the 348 00:25:48,760 --> 00:25:53,680 book of Hebrews, in Hebrews Chapter 9 and in the verse 12. 349 00:25:54,000 --> 00:25:58,080 Let's listen to the Word of God. Hebrews 9 and 12. 350 00:25:58,280 --> 00:26:02,840 Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by His own blood 351 00:26:03,640 --> 00:26:09,200 He entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal 352 00:26:09,440 --> 00:26:14,200 redemption for us over there in the book of Hebrews again and 353 00:26:14,200 --> 00:26:18,840 Hebrews 13, and in the verse 20, we read these words. 354 00:26:19,240 --> 00:26:22,160 Now the God of peace that brought again from the dead our 355 00:26:22,160 --> 00:26:25,840 Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood 356 00:26:26,480 --> 00:26:32,000 of the everlasting covenant. Whenever the Lord. 357 00:26:32,000 --> 00:26:36,280 Jesus presented his life to the Father and gave his life a 358 00:26:36,280 --> 00:26:40,280 ransom on the tree and paid the penalty that the broken law 359 00:26:40,280 --> 00:26:45,480 demanded for sin, which was death, and shed his blood, His 360 00:26:45,480 --> 00:26:48,880 death in the tree. Revealed to us the. 361 00:26:48,880 --> 00:26:54,640 Horrible nature of sin. It revealed the divine wrath 362 00:26:54,640 --> 00:26:58,480 against sin, because he, he suffered the full penalty of the 363 00:26:58,480 --> 00:27:02,280 law. It revealed divine satisfaction 364 00:27:02,280 --> 00:27:05,040 force. And you see, the Bible teaches 365 00:27:05,040 --> 00:27:11,080 for he that is Christ rendered unto God a full satisfaction for 366 00:27:11,080 --> 00:27:15,040 sin, for. It says in second. 367 00:27:15,040 --> 00:27:19,760 Corinthians chapter 521 For he that is God had made him, that 368 00:27:19,760 --> 00:27:23,120 is Christ to be sin for us who knew no sin that we might be 369 00:27:23,120 --> 00:27:24,880 made the righteousness of God in him. 370 00:27:25,040 --> 00:27:30,400 And on the cross, the Father treated the Son guilty of the 371 00:27:30,400 --> 00:27:33,360 sins of his people. He's held fully responsible. 372 00:27:33,480 --> 00:27:36,400 He's held accountable. You see, the Lord Jesus on the 373 00:27:36,400 --> 00:27:41,120 cross was not just an innocent spotless son, an innocent, 374 00:27:41,120 --> 00:27:45,160 spotless Lamb of God. Our sin is put to His account, 375 00:27:45,960 --> 00:27:52,800 our sin is imputed to Him, and He took full responsibility for 376 00:27:52,800 --> 00:27:56,280 that sin, and He took the full wrath of God upon Himself. 377 00:27:56,280 --> 00:27:59,120 That's why He cried out. My God, my God, why hast thou 378 00:27:59,120 --> 00:28:01,440 forsaken me, forsaken of the Father? 379 00:28:01,440 --> 00:28:03,520 Why? Because He was paying the ransom 380 00:28:03,520 --> 00:28:07,120 price, a price paid to redeem His people. 381 00:28:07,560 --> 00:28:11,640 So we can be set free from sins, penalty and power and pleasure. 382 00:28:11,800 --> 00:28:15,480 Should we set free from the the guilt and corruption, 383 00:28:15,920 --> 00:28:22,240 condemnation of eternal hell. I finished tonight not. 384 00:28:22,240 --> 00:28:24,640 Only with the price. That was paid, the person that 385 00:28:24,640 --> 00:28:26,880 was presented and the purpose that was proclaimed and the 386 00:28:26,880 --> 00:28:30,440 price that was paid. But think lastly of the people 387 00:28:31,120 --> 00:28:34,440 that is purchased. Notice the wording here to give 388 00:28:34,440 --> 00:28:39,480 us life, a ransom for man. I don't see that. 389 00:28:39,480 --> 00:28:45,040 As a limitation, I see that as a definition or a declaration of 390 00:28:45,040 --> 00:28:48,000 intent. Christ's ransom. 391 00:28:48,000 --> 00:28:51,680 Praise is efficient for all who will trust him as Lord and 392 00:28:51,680 --> 00:28:54,680 Saviour. He He didn't come and die to 393 00:28:54,680 --> 00:29:00,280 make salvation possible. It's not. 394 00:29:00,280 --> 00:29:05,560 Hypothetical He came to accomplish redemption. 395 00:29:05,880 --> 00:29:08,760 He came to make it actually a reality. 396 00:29:09,720 --> 00:29:13,960 I believe that Jesus saves and his blood makes me whiter than 397 00:29:13,960 --> 00:29:18,520 snow. The Bible teaches. 398 00:29:19,880 --> 00:29:23,000 Psalm 23 and verse one the Lord is my shepherd. 399 00:29:24,040 --> 00:29:31,120 It it says in John chapter 10 and in the verse 11 I am the 400 00:29:31,120 --> 00:29:33,240 Good Shepherd. The Good Shepherd giveth his 401 00:29:33,240 --> 00:29:38,520 life for the sheep. And here's the question, are you 402 00:29:38,520 --> 00:29:41,560 one of the many? Are you one of his sheep? 403 00:29:41,840 --> 00:29:44,880 Can you say in truth the Lord is my shepherd? 404 00:29:45,320 --> 00:29:50,280 It is the blood applied. You see this silence? 405 00:29:50,280 --> 00:29:54,200 Is human pride this magnifies the grace of God. 406 00:29:54,680 --> 00:30:00,320 If He is the servant king, truly human and yet a heavenly person, 407 00:30:01,200 --> 00:30:04,480 then the question is this, have we bowed the knee before Him? 408 00:30:04,920 --> 00:30:08,480 Remember what the psalmist said in Psalm 2. 409 00:30:09,200 --> 00:30:12,720 He made this tremendous statement in Psalm 2 and in the 410 00:30:12,720 --> 00:30:15,240 verse 12. Listen to the word of God. 411 00:30:15,520 --> 00:30:20,760 Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and you perish from the way when 412 00:30:20,760 --> 00:30:23,040 His wrath is kindled but a little. 413 00:30:23,400 --> 00:30:26,360 Blessed are all day that put their trust in Him. 414 00:30:26,480 --> 00:30:29,640 Have you come to His seat? Have you knelt before Him? 415 00:30:29,840 --> 00:30:32,960 Have you cried out, God be merciful to me, the Sinner. 416 00:30:33,440 --> 00:30:34,960 Have you been redeemed by His blood? 417 00:30:35,080 --> 00:30:38,080 Have you been reconciled to Him? That's what kissing the Son 418 00:30:38,400 --> 00:30:41,640 means. Have you put your faith and 419 00:30:41,640 --> 00:30:44,200 trust in Him as Lord and Saviour? 420 00:30:45,880 --> 00:30:48,680 I finish with this. Think of this tonight. 421 00:30:49,840 --> 00:30:51,760 Remember the story of. The dying thief. 422 00:30:53,720 --> 00:30:55,840 Let's suppose we're. Transported to heaven. 423 00:30:57,760 --> 00:30:59,680 And in heaven we. Meet the dying thief. 424 00:30:59,680 --> 00:31:01,560 Now we don't know his name because his name is not 425 00:31:01,560 --> 00:31:04,200 disclosed to us. And we say to him, excuse me, 426 00:31:04,320 --> 00:31:07,880 are you the dying thief? One of the thieves that died on 427 00:31:07,960 --> 00:31:10,640 one side of the Lord Jesus when he's been crucified? 428 00:31:10,960 --> 00:31:14,840 Yes, that's me. Well tell me this. 429 00:31:14,880 --> 00:31:18,120 How did you get in here? Sure that you. 430 00:31:18,120 --> 00:31:20,400 Were a thief and a robber. That's right. 431 00:31:20,720 --> 00:31:23,520 And you were being justly punished on the cross. 432 00:31:23,520 --> 00:31:26,760 You were being crucified for your crimes That that that 433 00:31:26,760 --> 00:31:29,600 that's right, and and you didn't go to church. 434 00:31:30,840 --> 00:31:33,800 He didn't pray so many Lords prayers. 435 00:31:34,280 --> 00:31:38,120 He didn't read the Bible even through most he didn't live a 436 00:31:38,120 --> 00:31:39,800 good life. He didn't give things to the 437 00:31:39,800 --> 00:31:41,360 poor. You stole things from people. 438 00:31:41,680 --> 00:31:46,760 That's why you're we were crucified yes and how did you 439 00:31:46,760 --> 00:31:49,360 get in here? Now here's the answer do. 440 00:31:50,920 --> 00:31:55,440 You want to hear the answer? The Lord on the middle cross 441 00:31:55,440 --> 00:32:00,560 said I could come. And why did the? 442 00:32:00,560 --> 00:32:03,920 Lord, in the middle cross say to that man, today shall thy be 443 00:32:03,920 --> 00:32:07,640 with me in paradise, because there was a time in that man's 444 00:32:07,640 --> 00:32:13,080 life when he even in that dying moment, said this Lord, Remember 445 00:32:13,080 --> 00:32:14,920 Me when thy comest into thy Kingdom. 446 00:32:16,240 --> 00:32:19,760 And there's the. Faith and trust Lord, Remember 447 00:32:19,760 --> 00:32:22,960 Me when thy comest into thy Kingdom and here's the 448 00:32:23,000 --> 00:32:28,600 outworking of that today shall they be with me in paradise and 449 00:32:28,600 --> 00:32:32,640 when you and I get to heaven and somebody says to us, how did you 450 00:32:32,640 --> 00:32:37,160 get in here? It'll be the Lord in the middle 451 00:32:37,160 --> 00:32:45,280 cross said I could come the people that is purchased because 452 00:32:45,280 --> 00:32:48,480 the ransom price has been paid. All is done. 453 00:32:49,200 --> 00:32:52,720 You have to come thy and repentance and feed by before 454 00:32:52,720 --> 00:32:57,880 the sun, Be redeemed and reconciled to him, receive him 455 00:32:58,400 --> 00:33:03,520 by faith, become one of his sheep, and know that for 456 00:33:03,520 --> 00:33:06,200 certainty. May the Lord bless you tonight. 457 00:33:06,600 --> 00:33:09,600 Thank you for coming. Thank you for listening to this 458 00:33:09,600 --> 00:33:12,240 exposition of this powerful text of Scripture. 459 00:33:12,840 --> 00:33:16,760 I made reference to it some time ago at her first communion in 460 00:33:16,760 --> 00:33:20,560 January and it's been in my mind ever since then. 461 00:33:22,400 --> 00:33:25,080 I trust and pray. The Lord will bless this textual 462 00:33:25,400 --> 00:33:30,160 exposition to your heart. We're going to sing in closing 463 00:33:30,880 --> 00:33:32,040 540.