1 00:00:20,520 --> 00:00:23,120 So tonight, if you have your Bibles, turn over to Matthew 2 00:00:23,120 --> 00:00:28,040 chapter 3. You know, I titled this message 3 00:00:28,040 --> 00:00:31,800 The silence. Later on, I can tell you another 4 00:00:31,800 --> 00:00:33,960 title. I could have called it, but 5 00:00:33,960 --> 00:00:35,360 we'll wait till we get to that point. 6 00:00:36,200 --> 00:00:40,360 And but in Matthew chapter 3, verse one through 2, it says now 7 00:00:40,360 --> 00:00:43,320 in those days, John the Baptist came preaching in the wilderness 8 00:00:43,320 --> 00:00:47,360 of Judea saying repent for the Kingdom of heaven is at hand. 9 00:00:47,800 --> 00:00:48,480 Amen. Let's pray. 10 00:00:48,480 --> 00:00:50,560 Father, we thank you so much for the word of God. 11 00:00:51,000 --> 00:00:54,560 We value your word. In fact, when you look at the 12 00:00:54,560 --> 00:00:57,600 context of Scripture, although, and we know it's about a king, 13 00:00:57,600 --> 00:01:01,400 his Kingdom and his royal offspring, we know this, that 14 00:01:01,400 --> 00:01:06,120 when you boil everything about your word, this truth reigns 15 00:01:06,120 --> 00:01:10,560 supreme that you keep your word, you keep it. 16 00:01:11,520 --> 00:01:13,840 And we're thankful for that. So that's why it's so important 17 00:01:13,840 --> 00:01:17,120 for us to renew our minds to your word, your ways. 18 00:01:17,960 --> 00:01:22,280 And it required us to have a nature that would be willing to 19 00:01:22,280 --> 00:01:30,120 hear you so that we could perpetually have the strength to 20 00:01:30,120 --> 00:01:34,440 put down our flesh and to allow our minds to think on things 21 00:01:34,440 --> 00:01:36,960 above, to think on the things that are of God. 22 00:01:37,320 --> 00:01:40,640 But we need the Holy Spirit to teach us because our natural 23 00:01:40,640 --> 00:01:44,600 study will not do this. Only the Holy Spirit can reveal 24 00:01:44,600 --> 00:01:48,240 the truth that comes from God. And so Jesus, when introducing 25 00:01:48,240 --> 00:01:51,080 the Holy Spirit, he said, now when he, the Spirit of truth 26 00:01:51,080 --> 00:01:52,680 comes, he's going to cause things to come to our 27 00:01:52,680 --> 00:01:54,080 remembrance. He's going to teach us all 28 00:01:54,080 --> 00:01:55,680 things. He's going to guide us into all 29 00:01:55,680 --> 00:01:58,080 truth and he's going to show us things to come. 30 00:01:58,360 --> 00:02:00,480 So Holy Spirit, we thank you that you're here today. 31 00:02:00,760 --> 00:02:03,160 We thank you for this move of the Spirit that's taking place 32 00:02:03,160 --> 00:02:06,880 right now in our services. Through the teaching of your 33 00:02:06,880 --> 00:02:10,639 word You are going to illuminate us so that we can receive the 34 00:02:10,639 --> 00:02:12,760 engrafted word of God which is able to save our souls. 35 00:02:12,760 --> 00:02:16,560 Apply these principles in our lives so that we'll be doers of 36 00:02:16,560 --> 00:02:19,480 your Word and not hearers only in Jesus name and all God's 37 00:02:19,480 --> 00:02:23,360 people said Amen. I do encourage you make sure 38 00:02:23,360 --> 00:02:27,680 that you become a person that always maintains big context 39 00:02:28,200 --> 00:02:30,360 because a lot of times, you know, when you have so many 40 00:02:30,360 --> 00:02:33,120 subjects that you can minister in the word, you can get excited 41 00:02:33,120 --> 00:02:36,000 about very specific ones. And then you can lose context of 42 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:38,680 everything because you get so centered in on just one 43 00:02:38,680 --> 00:02:42,720 particular aspect of God. You know, I, my wife is really 44 00:02:42,720 --> 00:02:45,200 good at what she calls connecting the dots, right? 45 00:02:45,560 --> 00:02:47,920 I'm really good at connecting the dots when it comes to the 46 00:02:47,920 --> 00:02:51,760 scripture because, you know, God has given, you know, allow me to 47 00:02:51,800 --> 00:02:56,040 when I minister this holistic approach to be able to 48 00:02:56,040 --> 00:02:58,960 communicate scripture. So when you get into a context 49 00:02:58,960 --> 00:03:02,200 of something that sometimes you're like, there's plenty of 50 00:03:02,200 --> 00:03:06,920 things that help you learn and grow and understand certain 51 00:03:06,920 --> 00:03:11,240 aspects that maybe you didn't see before or, or understand 52 00:03:11,240 --> 00:03:14,400 context. What I love about if the Old 53 00:03:14,400 --> 00:03:19,680 Testament was not necessary because we're in the, I like 54 00:03:19,680 --> 00:03:22,160 what Rick Renner said because I'm like, man, that's really 55 00:03:22,160 --> 00:03:25,360 more precise. He said, you know, we call it 56 00:03:25,360 --> 00:03:29,600 the the church age, He said, but really it's the last days. 57 00:03:30,440 --> 00:03:33,080 Now, the church happens to be a part of the last, he said, but 58 00:03:33,080 --> 00:03:34,960 we're in the age of the last days. 59 00:03:35,480 --> 00:03:41,160 So when Pentecost did, it says, you know, in the last days the 60 00:03:41,160 --> 00:03:42,680 Spirit would be poured out on flesh. 61 00:03:42,680 --> 00:03:46,000 So we are in this period called the last days. 62 00:03:49,360 --> 00:03:54,680 That means the next period after this is a catchy tribulation. 63 00:03:54,680 --> 00:03:57,960 That's the transition time between the last days and the 64 00:03:57,960 --> 00:04:03,080 millennial reign of Christ. So, you know, I love the Old 65 00:04:03,080 --> 00:04:06,200 Testament because there are there are things within it that 66 00:04:06,200 --> 00:04:09,200 gives us insight to how things are going to be here. 67 00:04:09,480 --> 00:04:12,600 Now, how do we know this? Because Jesus himself used the 68 00:04:12,600 --> 00:04:16,360 Old Testament to tell us about future events. 69 00:04:19,399 --> 00:04:24,720 Now, he said in the last days, it'd be like the days of Noah. 70 00:04:26,040 --> 00:04:29,040 So if you want to know us our future, go back to Noah's day 71 00:04:30,920 --> 00:04:33,840 and Noah's before the law of Moses. 72 00:04:36,360 --> 00:04:39,840 Are you hearing me so there are progressions. 73 00:04:39,840 --> 00:04:42,240 There was something how many enjoy the Bible reading plan 74 00:04:42,240 --> 00:04:45,960 we're doing this year having the proverbs man this this week's 75 00:04:45,960 --> 00:04:50,920 Jeremiah got has me jacked up this week's Jeremiah. 76 00:04:50,920 --> 00:04:55,040 I'm like, Lord, is that could this be? 77 00:04:55,640 --> 00:04:58,920 So I'm asking questions, Hallelujah. 78 00:04:59,400 --> 00:05:01,720 I mean, because I like preaching out of the books that you know, 79 00:05:01,720 --> 00:05:05,240 you don't always preach out of, but you know, you want to preach 80 00:05:05,240 --> 00:05:07,600 out of them with confidence, knowing where you're going. 81 00:05:07,600 --> 00:05:09,280 Man, there's some things that Jeremiah right now. 82 00:05:09,280 --> 00:05:15,320 I'm like, Lord, I mean, Jeremiah answered some some very specific 83 00:05:15,320 --> 00:05:19,920 questions for me this week and I'm excited about that. 84 00:05:20,240 --> 00:05:24,960 All right, because again it makes everything crystal clear. 85 00:05:25,040 --> 00:05:28,000 Glory to God. So Matthew 3 one through 2 says 86 00:05:28,000 --> 00:05:29,880 this, although I'm not going to be in the Old Testament all 87 00:05:29,880 --> 00:05:33,480 today. It says that John the Baptist 88 00:05:34,480 --> 00:05:38,840 went about doing what preaching repent for the Kingdom of heaven 89 00:05:38,840 --> 00:05:41,240 is at hand. Jesus said until this gospel of 90 00:05:41,240 --> 00:05:45,280 the Kingdom is priest in Matthew 2414 to every nation has a 91 00:05:45,280 --> 00:05:47,080 testimony. Then the end will come. 92 00:05:47,080 --> 00:05:52,040 So G So we can say here that John preached the gospel. 93 00:05:53,720 --> 00:05:58,520 John did repent, for the Kingdom of heaven is at hand. 94 00:05:58,520 --> 00:06:00,840 Now look at Luke chapter 3 verse one. 95 00:06:01,400 --> 00:06:06,240 Now in the 15th year of the reign of Tybrus Caesar, when 96 00:06:06,240 --> 00:06:09,880 Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea and Herod the Tetra Art, 97 00:06:09,880 --> 00:06:12,680 which is governor of Galilee. And then he has a brother named 98 00:06:12,680 --> 00:06:14,760 Philip, who's a governor of another region. 99 00:06:14,760 --> 00:06:18,200 Then had another brother, OK, that was a governor of a 100 00:06:18,200 --> 00:06:19,800 different region. And the reason why there are 101 00:06:19,800 --> 00:06:22,480 three brothers, their father was Herod the Great. 102 00:06:23,160 --> 00:06:26,840 And Herod the Great when he died, divided his rulership to 103 00:06:26,840 --> 00:06:29,800 his three sons and they had different regions by which they 104 00:06:29,800 --> 00:06:30,960 governed. All right. 105 00:06:31,240 --> 00:06:39,560 Now, Herod the Great is the one who was had an encounter with 106 00:06:39,560 --> 00:06:44,200 the wise men, the astrologers from the east that came into 107 00:06:44,200 --> 00:06:47,840 town with an entourage and an army because of what they were 108 00:06:47,840 --> 00:06:52,920 carrying to present to the king. OK, not like our nativities. 109 00:06:53,200 --> 00:06:56,760 It's not three people. There was quite a few people 110 00:06:56,760 --> 00:07:00,360 that had showed up and it said all Jerusalem was in an uproar 111 00:07:00,360 --> 00:07:02,840 or was in fear or, you know, was concerned. 112 00:07:03,160 --> 00:07:05,160 And you don't get that from three people carrying a little 113 00:07:05,160 --> 00:07:08,400 bit of boxes. With that being said, he came in 114 00:07:08,600 --> 00:07:13,440 and they said, we've come to see the child which is born king of 115 00:07:13,440 --> 00:07:16,880 the Jews. Now Herod the Great is the king 116 00:07:17,160 --> 00:07:20,880 of all of these regions that these three brothers now have 117 00:07:20,880 --> 00:07:26,640 have portions of. And so he in his with his 118 00:07:26,640 --> 00:07:33,040 wickedness, not with concern, not with true, you know, 119 00:07:33,040 --> 00:07:38,840 humility. He says, listen, you know, he 120 00:07:38,840 --> 00:07:41,040 gets his guys out and he says, who's this king that they're 121 00:07:41,040 --> 00:07:42,320 talking about? I'm the king. 122 00:07:42,320 --> 00:07:43,800 I mean, what king are they talking about? 123 00:07:43,800 --> 00:07:45,400 The King of the Jews? I am this guy. 124 00:07:45,920 --> 00:07:48,720 And so they his wise people came up, said, they say, there's a 125 00:07:48,720 --> 00:07:50,280 guy that's going to be born in Bethlehem. 126 00:07:51,280 --> 00:07:55,120 And so he says, now listen, when you see this king come back, let 127 00:07:55,120 --> 00:07:57,040 me know so I can go and worship him too. 128 00:07:57,040 --> 00:07:59,080 Now, did Harry the great want to go worship Jesus? 129 00:07:59,400 --> 00:08:02,680 No, right? We know this because the Lord 130 00:08:02,680 --> 00:08:05,600 speaks to the wise men and say Hey, do not go back and tell 131 00:08:05,600 --> 00:08:08,360 Harry where this kids at. In fact, I'm not even going to 132 00:08:08,360 --> 00:08:10,400 let this kid stay in the community at this point. 133 00:08:11,240 --> 00:08:13,560 I'm going to tell because they've got plenty of money to 134 00:08:13,560 --> 00:08:16,720 be able to travel to Egypt now and stay for till he died. 135 00:08:17,640 --> 00:08:20,880 OK, we're going to take get him out of here and you go another 136 00:08:20,880 --> 00:08:22,400 way. And when they realize these guys 137 00:08:22,400 --> 00:08:25,880 ain't coming back, you know, so then Herod starts killing off 138 00:08:25,880 --> 00:08:29,480 every child that is 2 or younger so that Jesus was not in the 139 00:08:29,480 --> 00:08:32,320 Manger when the wise men came. He was already a toddler because 140 00:08:32,320 --> 00:08:36,840 when they came to him he was at a house not not at a a stable 141 00:08:36,840 --> 00:08:40,720 anyway. OK so with that being said this 142 00:08:40,720 --> 00:08:46,520 is their father who hated the thought of Jesus being king at 143 00:08:46,520 --> 00:08:51,360 the birth I had. There's no indication how much 144 00:08:51,360 --> 00:08:54,200 he communicated with them. The Bible doesn't say that. 145 00:08:54,280 --> 00:08:59,040 But it wasn't till after he died that obviously these guys, 146 00:09:00,720 --> 00:09:03,680 Jesus's father comes back. But because one particular son 147 00:09:03,680 --> 00:09:06,440 was in a particular area, he did not go there at all. 148 00:09:06,920 --> 00:09:10,800 All right. And so Herod is in power in the 149 00:09:10,800 --> 00:09:13,160 realm of Galilee. Luke chapter 3 jump down to 150 00:09:13,160 --> 00:09:18,080 verse 19 and 20 and it says but when Herod the governor of 151 00:09:18,080 --> 00:09:22,240 Tetriarch was reprimanded by him, this is by John the Baptist 152 00:09:22,240 --> 00:09:26,040 because of his wife which was his brother's wife Philip. 153 00:09:26,880 --> 00:09:31,720 So Philip had this lady as his wife and Herod basically seduced 154 00:09:31,720 --> 00:09:36,360 her or she wanted to be with Herod, whichever one, and the 155 00:09:36,360 --> 00:09:40,560 next thing you know she came over to his house and remained 156 00:09:41,320 --> 00:09:45,920 all right. So John is saying to him because 157 00:09:45,920 --> 00:09:48,800 of all the wicked things which Herod had done, Herod also added 158 00:09:48,800 --> 00:09:51,440 this to them all. He locked John up in prison 159 00:09:51,440 --> 00:09:56,280 because John was telling him it is not lawful for you to have 160 00:09:56,440 --> 00:10:03,440 Philip's wife. OK, so John is John is going 161 00:10:03,440 --> 00:10:09,640 about preaching what the gospel and contained within the gospel 162 00:10:09,880 --> 00:10:13,920 is that Kingdom of heaven. People that are in covenant with 163 00:10:13,920 --> 00:10:16,960 God do not take another man's spouse. 164 00:10:21,880 --> 00:10:25,840 Right now when we think about the gospel, all we think about 165 00:10:26,680 --> 00:10:31,120 is Jesus Christ died on the cross and rose from the grave. 166 00:10:31,120 --> 00:10:32,640 Have you asked him into your heart? 167 00:10:32,640 --> 00:10:35,640 Do you understand the gospel is good news about the Kingdom, 168 00:10:35,760 --> 00:10:39,720 which includes other things than just being born again? 169 00:10:41,280 --> 00:10:45,120 So when you go preach the gospel, you preach the entirety 170 00:10:45,120 --> 00:10:47,120 of it. If you want to go about 171 00:10:47,120 --> 00:10:49,960 preaching the gospel, then go preach about the Kingdom of God. 172 00:10:50,120 --> 00:10:53,800 And you know one, what's good news is that the good news is in 173 00:10:53,800 --> 00:10:59,200 God's Kingdom, there is a man with a woman that God brings 174 00:10:59,200 --> 00:11:02,480 together and they are to remain together and serve and worship 175 00:11:02,480 --> 00:11:03,720 God. That's good news. 176 00:11:03,720 --> 00:11:07,000 And and if they'll serve God and train up their children, then 177 00:11:07,000 --> 00:11:09,880 the probability that their children following God and it 178 00:11:09,880 --> 00:11:12,280 goes from one generation to the next generation, you know what? 179 00:11:12,280 --> 00:11:16,120 That's good news. So when you talk about parenting 180 00:11:16,120 --> 00:11:19,640 God's way, good news. When you talk about husband and 181 00:11:19,640 --> 00:11:23,200 wife relationship according to God's way of doing things, 182 00:11:23,200 --> 00:11:26,600 that's good news. When you talk about being healed 183 00:11:26,600 --> 00:11:29,880 by the King, that's good news. When he'll provide, that's good 184 00:11:29,880 --> 00:11:32,800 news. It's not just do you know where 185 00:11:32,800 --> 00:11:35,440 you're going to go when you die because Jesus Christ paid the 186 00:11:35,440 --> 00:11:37,000 ultimate price so you could be saved. 187 00:11:37,000 --> 00:11:39,800 That is not the that is not the gospel. 188 00:11:39,800 --> 00:11:44,000 It's part of the gospel. So John is preaching the gospel, 189 00:11:44,000 --> 00:11:47,440 and part of the gospel is to communicate that what Herod's 190 00:11:47,440 --> 00:11:50,480 doing is outside of the good news of God. 191 00:11:54,400 --> 00:11:57,080 Amen. It's outside the good news of 192 00:11:57,080 --> 00:11:59,240 God. Now, what I'm going to do is 193 00:11:59,240 --> 00:12:01,480 we're going to jump over to Mark chapter 6 so that we can get 194 00:12:01,480 --> 00:12:05,200 this account because we see that he locks John up. 195 00:12:05,400 --> 00:12:07,680 But in order for us to understand this whole context, 196 00:12:07,680 --> 00:12:12,080 I'm going to need to insert some additional scriptures within the 197 00:12:12,080 --> 00:12:16,840 Gospels for us to get this full context of where we're going 198 00:12:16,840 --> 00:12:18,920 tonight, because we're talking about the silence. 199 00:12:20,480 --> 00:12:25,240 So Herod the Great knows there's a, a child that has been born 200 00:12:25,680 --> 00:12:29,360 king of the Jews probably communicated this to his boys. 201 00:12:30,240 --> 00:12:32,520 It doesn't say he did, but it doesn't say he didn't. 202 00:12:33,000 --> 00:12:38,640 All right, when Herod gets around, now all of a sudden John 203 00:12:38,640 --> 00:12:42,040 is preaching about this Kingdom, right? 204 00:12:42,840 --> 00:12:45,320 You repent for the Kingdom of God is here, the Kingdom of 205 00:12:45,320 --> 00:12:47,680 heaven is here, meaning it's within your midst. 206 00:12:48,360 --> 00:12:53,240 So now for Herod here, the son, he could say, well, dad talked 207 00:12:53,240 --> 00:12:55,760 about this king that was born at one time and he wanted to kill 208 00:12:55,760 --> 00:12:58,760 him. And, and you know, it's in their 209 00:12:58,760 --> 00:13:02,600 history books of all the children that died during that 210 00:13:02,600 --> 00:13:07,120 time frame, 2 and under males. So it's not like he's not aware 211 00:13:07,120 --> 00:13:08,280 of this. And now all of a sudden this 212 00:13:08,280 --> 00:13:11,400 guy's talking about it. Well, not only is he talking 213 00:13:11,400 --> 00:13:13,600 about the Kingdom of God, but he's also talking about the good 214 00:13:13,600 --> 00:13:16,560 news of the gospel, of which how you should live within the 215 00:13:16,560 --> 00:13:18,240 Kingdom because there's a standard of living. 216 00:13:18,240 --> 00:13:19,720 This is why he uses the word repent. 217 00:13:19,840 --> 00:13:22,280 Repent is not a religious word. It simply means change your 218 00:13:22,280 --> 00:13:26,000 thinking side with God. God's way of living is good 219 00:13:26,000 --> 00:13:27,800 news. It's the way to live. 220 00:13:29,200 --> 00:13:32,920 So he had no problem addressing the government of his day. 221 00:13:34,920 --> 00:13:37,800 John didn't had had no problem addressing the government of the 222 00:13:37,800 --> 00:13:41,800 day with the words that were given to him as a prophet. 223 00:13:41,800 --> 00:13:46,040 And again, if you were here on Sunday, a prophet is speaking by 224 00:13:46,120 --> 00:13:49,840 right of the word of God. He's not speaking his own. 225 00:13:49,840 --> 00:13:52,680 He's representing the word of God. 226 00:13:53,280 --> 00:13:58,720 OK, And is John a prophet? Jesus said he was the greatest 227 00:13:58,720 --> 00:14:04,560 prophet. And if Jesus says he's the 228 00:14:04,560 --> 00:14:08,200 greatest, then John must have been the most proficient. 229 00:14:09,120 --> 00:14:12,960 I'm not saying the rest weren't. We know Samuel was extremely 230 00:14:12,960 --> 00:14:15,880 proficient because not anything he said didn't come to pass. 231 00:14:16,120 --> 00:14:18,800 I'm just saying the reason he's the greatest because he 232 00:14:18,800 --> 00:14:21,240 announces the king. I mean that's why he's the 233 00:14:21,240 --> 00:14:23,920 greatest. But we also know that he his 234 00:14:23,920 --> 00:14:29,360 words were accurate. OK, so in Mark chapter 6 235 00:14:29,360 --> 00:14:34,000 starting in verse 14, it says and King Herod heard of it and 236 00:14:34,000 --> 00:14:37,560 his name and his name had become well known and the people were 237 00:14:37,560 --> 00:14:40,720 saying John the Baptist has been risen from the dead and that is 238 00:14:40,720 --> 00:14:43,800 why these miraculous powers are at work in him. 239 00:14:43,920 --> 00:14:49,320 Now we kind of get into this story after John's dead here in 240 00:14:49,320 --> 00:14:52,880 Mark 6 to understand how John died. 241 00:14:53,040 --> 00:14:56,440 It's at a time that Herod's hearing about someone else named 242 00:14:57,560 --> 00:15:00,920 Jesus. OK, so and King Herod heard of 243 00:15:00,920 --> 00:15:03,040 it, and his name had become well known. 244 00:15:03,040 --> 00:15:04,880 Who's his name? Jesus. 245 00:15:04,880 --> 00:15:08,640 So Herod knows this guy named Jesus. 246 00:15:09,520 --> 00:15:15,360 All right, now for Herod, he has surmised because people are 247 00:15:15,360 --> 00:15:18,120 saying, you know, he's thinking, is this John the Baptist that's 248 00:15:18,120 --> 00:15:23,880 risen from the dead? And that's why he's doing all 249 00:15:23,880 --> 00:15:26,680 these miracles. Now at this point, we need to 250 00:15:26,680 --> 00:15:30,360 jump over why do we, why is why does Herod say this? 251 00:15:30,560 --> 00:15:35,400 Because in John chapter 10 verse 41, it says many came to Jesus. 252 00:15:35,400 --> 00:15:39,760 And we're saying while John performed no signs yet 253 00:15:39,760 --> 00:15:43,280 everything John said about this man or Jesus was true. 254 00:15:44,320 --> 00:15:49,360 So everyone knew that John as a prophet performed no signs. 255 00:15:49,640 --> 00:16:01,680 John raised no dead, no more ray healed no person did not, you 256 00:16:01,680 --> 00:16:04,800 know, turn water into wine didn't change water. 257 00:16:04,800 --> 00:16:07,400 That was bad to be able to be good. 258 00:16:07,840 --> 00:16:12,200 He, I mean, there's no miracle. He called no fire down from 259 00:16:12,200 --> 00:16:13,920 heaven. And you think if anybody could, 260 00:16:13,920 --> 00:16:18,280 because he did have the spirit of Elijah about him, but he did 261 00:16:18,280 --> 00:16:22,440 not call fire down from heaven. No miracle was with him. 262 00:16:22,440 --> 00:16:29,680 Yet his message was so profound that Herod is concluding or 263 00:16:29,680 --> 00:16:34,800 considering that this guy's authority and power, what he has 264 00:16:34,800 --> 00:16:37,000 said, what he had heard, and we're going to see this in the 265 00:16:37,000 --> 00:16:40,160 context. What he had heard from John was 266 00:16:40,160 --> 00:16:45,040 so compelling that now he's thinking if if he's raised up, 267 00:16:45,040 --> 00:16:48,160 that that's probably why the miracles are happening. 268 00:16:49,880 --> 00:16:53,920 OK, so going back to Mark 6, now we'll get back into verse 15, he 269 00:16:53,920 --> 00:16:55,320 said. But others were saying he's 270 00:16:55,320 --> 00:16:59,320 Elijah and others were saying he's a prophet, like one of the 271 00:16:59,320 --> 00:17:02,400 prophets of old. But but when Herod heard of it, 272 00:17:02,400 --> 00:17:06,280 he kept saying, John, whom I beheaded, has risen. 273 00:17:07,520 --> 00:17:12,240 Now, what in the world did John say that Herod became convinced 274 00:17:12,480 --> 00:17:15,200 that it was the one he cut the head off of? 275 00:17:17,400 --> 00:17:18,880 Yeah, that's a really good question. 276 00:17:19,319 --> 00:17:22,599 Well, let's go on. For Herod himself, verse 17 had 277 00:17:22,599 --> 00:17:25,760 sent and had John arrested and bound in prison on account of 278 00:17:25,760 --> 00:17:30,360 his wife, who was, you know, the wife of his brother because he 279 00:17:30,360 --> 00:17:32,520 had married her. So in essence, I said, leave my 280 00:17:32,520 --> 00:17:35,080 brother, come to me. Verse 18. 281 00:17:35,160 --> 00:17:38,160 For John had been saying to Herod, it is not lawful for you 282 00:17:38,160 --> 00:17:41,800 to have your brother's wife. And so the wife had a grudge 283 00:17:41,800 --> 00:17:46,680 against John and, and wanted him put to death and could not do 284 00:17:46,680 --> 00:17:51,440 so. So the wife wanted John dead. 285 00:17:53,600 --> 00:18:00,240 All right, but why couldn't she? Verse 20 right. 286 00:18:00,240 --> 00:18:04,640 For Herod was afraid of John. John's work, no miracles. 287 00:18:05,360 --> 00:18:10,720 But he's afraid of John. He's afraid of John knowing that 288 00:18:10,720 --> 00:18:15,240 he was a righteous and holy man. What's he know about John? 289 00:18:16,920 --> 00:18:19,400 He's righteous and holy, but he's holding him in prison. 290 00:18:23,640 --> 00:18:25,520 He's righteous and holy, holding him in prison. 291 00:18:25,520 --> 00:18:26,960 Why? Because of what he's saying 292 00:18:26,960 --> 00:18:33,200 about him, about about his wife, right. 293 00:18:33,480 --> 00:18:41,200 So he's like, in essence, what's what's, what is Herod's mode of 294 00:18:41,200 --> 00:18:46,680 operandi at this point. Let's silence John. 295 00:18:51,120 --> 00:18:56,640 Let's shut off his voice now. Let's go on said, well, he was 296 00:18:56,640 --> 00:18:58,720 afraid of John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, 297 00:18:58,720 --> 00:19:02,720 and he kept him safe. And when he heard him, he was 298 00:19:02,720 --> 00:19:07,600 very perplexed, but he used to let enjoy listening to him. 299 00:19:07,600 --> 00:19:10,000 Well, what do you think John was saying to him all those times he 300 00:19:10,000 --> 00:19:13,680 was talking? He's talking about the gospel. 301 00:19:14,640 --> 00:19:16,880 He's preaching things concerning the Kingdom. 302 00:19:17,680 --> 00:19:20,600 He's constantly staying getting in front of the king. 303 00:19:20,720 --> 00:19:23,480 Now, this is not the way, you know, the way most of us want to 304 00:19:23,480 --> 00:19:24,880 be able to go before authorities. 305 00:19:25,080 --> 00:19:27,040 We want to be able to freely go before authorities. 306 00:19:27,040 --> 00:19:31,400 But that but God in this moment, based upon the way hair 307 00:19:31,400 --> 00:19:37,560 function, God is putting his prophet in front of King Herod 308 00:19:38,360 --> 00:19:44,560 often and he's hearing the gospel. 309 00:19:47,040 --> 00:19:49,080 Who's telling King Herod the gospel? 310 00:19:49,800 --> 00:19:56,640 John is all right. A strategic day came when Herod, 311 00:19:56,640 --> 00:20:01,080 on his birthday, gave a banquet. OK, wait a minute before we get 312 00:20:01,080 --> 00:20:02,240 to that. He enjoyed listening to him. 313 00:20:02,240 --> 00:20:05,520 Now let me bring in Matthew 14, five. 314 00:20:05,520 --> 00:20:09,480 Matthew 14, five. Now notice, although Herod 315 00:20:09,480 --> 00:20:12,280 himself wanted to put him to death. 316 00:20:13,360 --> 00:20:17,240 So again, when you read here in Mark, it said that he was afraid 317 00:20:17,240 --> 00:20:18,520 of John. Knowing he was a righteous and 318 00:20:18,520 --> 00:20:21,200 holy man, he kept him safe. Well, when you read that, you're 319 00:20:21,200 --> 00:20:23,640 like, well, he kept him safe. And then he wanted to hear him. 320 00:20:23,640 --> 00:20:25,520 He's perplexed, but he enjoyed listening to him. 321 00:20:25,720 --> 00:20:28,200 But really, what's Herod's heart towards John? 322 00:20:28,880 --> 00:20:34,560 Matthew 14 five Although Herod wanted to put him to death, he 323 00:20:34,560 --> 00:20:38,520 feared the crowd because he regarded they regarded John as a 324 00:20:38,520 --> 00:20:43,560 prophet. So just because Herod kept him 325 00:20:43,560 --> 00:20:51,720 safe didn't mean he wanted him to be safe because the scripture 326 00:20:51,720 --> 00:20:53,440 reveals to us what's going on in Herod. 327 00:20:53,680 --> 00:20:55,720 Herod did not want John to stay alive. 328 00:20:55,880 --> 00:21:01,160 He wanted to silence him. He wanted his voice off the 329 00:21:01,160 --> 00:21:07,320 planet. Hallelujah. 330 00:21:08,840 --> 00:21:12,800 Shut up, Baba Satta. Thank you, Jesus. 331 00:21:13,600 --> 00:21:17,720 Thank you, Jesus. Glory to God. 332 00:21:19,040 --> 00:21:22,280 Glory to God. Hallelujah. 333 00:21:24,880 --> 00:21:30,040 Thank you Jesus. Thank you Jesus. 334 00:21:32,520 --> 00:21:42,720 Hallelujah. So he wanted him killed. 335 00:21:42,720 --> 00:21:44,200 Now let's jump back into verse 21. 336 00:21:44,200 --> 00:21:47,880 A strategic day came when Herod on his birthday gave a banquet 337 00:21:48,240 --> 00:21:50,960 for his Lords and military commanders and the leading men 338 00:21:50,960 --> 00:21:54,000 of Galilee. And when the the daughter of his 339 00:21:54,000 --> 00:22:02,400 wife, which is now who his niece came in and dance, she pleased 340 00:22:02,400 --> 00:22:05,880 Herod and his dinner guests. And the king said to the girl, 341 00:22:05,880 --> 00:22:08,560 Ask me for whatever you want, and I will give it to you. 342 00:22:09,040 --> 00:22:12,080 And he swore to her, whatever you ask, I will give it to you, 343 00:22:12,480 --> 00:22:15,960 up to half of my Kingdom. And she went out and said to her 344 00:22:15,960 --> 00:22:19,080 mother, Well, who? Who's controlling the 345 00:22:19,080 --> 00:22:24,080 conversation now? All right, what shall I ask for? 346 00:22:24,080 --> 00:22:28,560 And she said the head of John the Baptist, immediately she 347 00:22:28,560 --> 00:22:32,640 came in a hurry to the king and said, I want you to give me at 348 00:22:32,640 --> 00:22:35,480 once the head of John the Baptist on a platter. 349 00:22:35,760 --> 00:22:39,240 And what kind of kid wants somebody beheaded and get their 350 00:22:39,240 --> 00:22:42,920 head? This is very dysfunctional 351 00:22:42,920 --> 00:22:50,920 family people. All right, so and although the 352 00:22:50,920 --> 00:22:55,760 king was very sorry because again, now we know when you hear 353 00:22:55,760 --> 00:22:58,800 he's very sorry, that doesn't mean he didn't want him dead. 354 00:22:59,560 --> 00:23:04,360 We know he wants him dead. But there's something about 355 00:23:04,360 --> 00:23:12,790 John's words. There's still something about 356 00:23:12,790 --> 00:23:18,750 John's word words that perplex him, but he enjoys listening. 357 00:23:18,750 --> 00:23:24,950 There's some kind of context yet because of the the wife. 358 00:23:25,230 --> 00:23:33,360 I'm going to do that bitty. And then he, you know, he's out 359 00:23:33,360 --> 00:23:35,640 there to give his word. At this point, we go on. 360 00:23:35,640 --> 00:23:39,000 It says this. But because of his oath and 361 00:23:39,000 --> 00:23:41,400 because of his dinner guest, he was unwilling to refuse her. 362 00:23:41,400 --> 00:23:45,520 Immediately, the king sent an executioner and commanded him to 363 00:23:45,520 --> 00:23:48,360 bring back his head. And he went and had him beheaded 364 00:23:48,360 --> 00:23:51,040 in prison and brought his head on a platter and gave it to the 365 00:23:51,040 --> 00:23:52,200 girl. And the girl gave it to her 366 00:23:52,200 --> 00:23:55,920 mother. Hallelujah. 367 00:23:57,520 --> 00:23:58,520 Yeah. Happy birthday. 368 00:24:01,560 --> 00:24:04,400 Amen. You know, I mean, that's not how 369 00:24:04,400 --> 00:24:07,320 I would want to pick my way of going, leaving planet Earth for 370 00:24:07,320 --> 00:24:11,120 the Lord personally. But, you know, we all know how 371 00:24:11,120 --> 00:24:14,400 John left the planet. He was beheaded. 372 00:24:15,440 --> 00:24:22,440 All right? So in his mind, he has silenced 373 00:24:22,440 --> 00:24:27,560 him. Yet we opened up Mark Six that 374 00:24:27,560 --> 00:24:38,960 he's convinced himself the voice is back, which reminds me that I 375 00:24:38,960 --> 00:24:40,520 got by the spirit. That's why I was thanking the 376 00:24:40,520 --> 00:24:42,880 Lord. The Lord quicken my spirit 377 00:24:42,880 --> 00:24:45,960 reminded me Abel talked after he died. 378 00:24:53,660 --> 00:24:56,940 Cain killed his brother Abel and the Lord comes in and says 379 00:24:57,380 --> 00:25:00,500 what's up. That's Pastor Earl version right 380 00:25:00,500 --> 00:25:05,400 there, right. Where's your brother? 381 00:25:05,480 --> 00:25:06,800 He's like, am I my brother's keeper? 382 00:25:06,800 --> 00:25:11,960 I don't know. He's like, mm hmm. 383 00:25:13,600 --> 00:25:15,480 He said, well, his blood's talking to me. 384 00:25:18,000 --> 00:25:20,160 Are you hearing me? Do you understand? 385 00:25:20,160 --> 00:25:21,840 This is why they wanted to kill Jesus. 386 00:25:22,000 --> 00:25:26,920 But the blood still talks. You cannot silence the blood. 387 00:25:27,880 --> 00:25:29,640 I say. You cannot silence the blood. 388 00:25:30,640 --> 00:25:35,000 Glory to God, Amen. You need to know this. 389 00:25:35,080 --> 00:25:42,080 Who you are and what you are doing cannot be silenced, Can be 390 00:25:42,080 --> 00:25:47,160 silenced. Even if they were successful to 391 00:25:47,160 --> 00:25:55,320 remove you, you can still be talking. 392 00:25:58,000 --> 00:26:03,400 Hallelujah. Well, he's so concerned about 393 00:26:03,400 --> 00:26:08,200 this and he's hearing about it. This guy named Jesus thinking 394 00:26:08,200 --> 00:26:13,200 it's John. Scholars now again doing some 395 00:26:13,200 --> 00:26:16,600 additional study. Scholars believe that in Luke 396 00:26:16,600 --> 00:26:23,560 chapter 13 verse 31 to 32, it says this, that John, that these 397 00:26:23,560 --> 00:26:27,000 Pharisees come to Jesus and scholars believe, although the 398 00:26:27,000 --> 00:26:33,120 Scripture does not say this, they believe that it was Herod 399 00:26:33,320 --> 00:26:39,760 who sent them. Just that that at that time some 400 00:26:39,760 --> 00:26:43,080 Pharisees approached saying to him, this is Jesus, go away. 401 00:26:43,080 --> 00:26:45,320 Leave here for Herod wants to kill you. 402 00:26:45,680 --> 00:26:48,840 So under the pretense, these religious Pharisees, under the 403 00:26:48,840 --> 00:26:51,440 pretense of we're really concerned about you and your 404 00:26:51,440 --> 00:26:57,960 life because we have heard that Herod wants to kill you. 405 00:26:59,160 --> 00:27:05,240 And so it probably be good for you to like go somewhere else, 406 00:27:05,240 --> 00:27:07,400 man. I mean, we're here to help you. 407 00:27:07,400 --> 00:27:10,360 We don't want you to die. The Pharisees don't want him to 408 00:27:10,360 --> 00:27:12,760 die. We know better than that, right? 409 00:27:14,720 --> 00:27:16,920 No, the Pharisees wanted him just as silent. 410 00:27:18,360 --> 00:27:20,720 I said the Pharisees wanted him just as silent. 411 00:27:22,880 --> 00:27:28,480 Is this not true? So Herod wants you killed. 412 00:27:28,640 --> 00:27:32,520 Whether he sent them or not, they make the statement Herod 413 00:27:32,520 --> 00:27:35,960 wants you killed. And if Herod is convinced that 414 00:27:35,960 --> 00:27:39,480 John the Baptist has been risen from the dead, we already know 415 00:27:39,480 --> 00:27:43,000 how he feels about John, because the last thing he wants is a 416 00:27:43,000 --> 00:27:46,160 risen John to show back up and tell him that he can't have his 417 00:27:46,160 --> 00:27:56,920 wife and then work a miracle. OK, don't want that because you 418 00:27:56,920 --> 00:28:00,480 know Elijah or Elijah, one of those guys, they worked some 419 00:28:00,480 --> 00:28:04,720 miracles when the government tried to come and take who was 420 00:28:04,720 --> 00:28:06,560 Elijah or Elijah? Please someone help me. 421 00:28:09,000 --> 00:28:12,320 Yeah, for the 50 commanders, Elijah, Elijah. 422 00:28:12,400 --> 00:28:15,240 So Elijah, you know, 50 of the the government came to get 423 00:28:15,240 --> 00:28:18,000 Elijah and he says, oh, if I am a man of God, then fire come and 424 00:28:18,000 --> 00:28:21,880 consume you. Well now if John the Baptist has 425 00:28:21,880 --> 00:28:24,400 function into miracles now he could go up and say you going to 426 00:28:24,400 --> 00:28:26,840 let go of the woman? No, I'm not well, I'll call fire 427 00:28:26,840 --> 00:28:32,920 down from heaven. That wouldn't be good, at least 428 00:28:32,920 --> 00:28:37,160 not for Harris. We understand that he was 429 00:28:37,160 --> 00:28:40,600 concerned, but it goes on. And look what Jesus says though. 430 00:28:41,480 --> 00:28:52,560 Jesus said go and tell that fox, come on, say Amen. 431 00:28:53,640 --> 00:29:02,000 He said go and tell that fox, go and tell that fox go and tell 432 00:29:02,600 --> 00:29:08,400 the fox Hallelujah. And you know what, right now I 433 00:29:08,400 --> 00:29:10,840 really want to do that little click, click, tick, tick thing 434 00:29:10,840 --> 00:29:14,120 that that one fox that what's it doesn't have the tail. 435 00:29:14,120 --> 00:29:18,760 What was that? No, the one little show. 436 00:29:18,760 --> 00:29:21,520 Fantastic. Fantastic. 437 00:29:22,760 --> 00:29:23,920 Yeah. And he did a little. 438 00:29:24,560 --> 00:29:26,600 Whatever. I want to do that right now so 439 00:29:26,600 --> 00:29:29,000 bad, but I don't really remember it. 440 00:29:30,440 --> 00:29:33,320 You go tell that fox. OK, Sorry. 441 00:29:33,880 --> 00:29:37,720 I mean, it was just in my mind. What can I say? 442 00:29:38,160 --> 00:29:42,920 All right, Hallelujah. Again, just getting some things 443 00:29:42,920 --> 00:29:45,160 in my spirit right now. So I'm going to I'm going to 444 00:29:45,160 --> 00:29:47,880 pull it up and then and and and I need to be able to look at 445 00:29:47,880 --> 00:29:53,080 this glory to his name. I said glory to his name. 446 00:29:53,520 --> 00:29:58,040 He is the King of kings. Hallelujah. 447 00:30:00,080 --> 00:30:08,760 Thank you, Jesus. OK, so according to Albert 448 00:30:08,760 --> 00:30:14,040 Barnes, a fox is an emblem of slyness, of cunning, of artful 449 00:30:14,040 --> 00:30:16,640 mischief. The word is used to denote a 450 00:30:16,640 --> 00:30:20,760 dissembler. Herod was a wicked man. 451 00:30:20,760 --> 00:30:24,680 But the But the particular thing to which Jesus here lose to is 452 00:30:24,680 --> 00:30:30,920 his vices is not his vices but his cunning, his endeavoring to 453 00:30:30,920 --> 00:30:36,600 remove him out of his territory. OK, so go back to that verse 454 00:30:36,600 --> 00:30:38,080 again. It says and he said, you go and 455 00:30:38,080 --> 00:30:43,320 tell that fox, behold, I cast out demons and before cures 456 00:30:43,320 --> 00:30:47,200 today and tomorrow and tomorrow, and on the third day I will 457 00:30:47,200 --> 00:30:54,280 reach my goal. He said, you go tell him that. 458 00:30:57,160 --> 00:31:03,120 And those are the words Jesus directly communicated through 459 00:31:03,120 --> 00:31:06,160 someone called Pharisees to Herod. 460 00:31:06,920 --> 00:31:09,760 We have no indication whether they went back and told him that 461 00:31:09,760 --> 00:31:12,880 or not. Now again, if the Pharisees who 462 00:31:12,880 --> 00:31:15,000 definitely wanted Jesus dead, they might have said, bro, he 463 00:31:15,000 --> 00:31:21,200 said you were a fox, right? You know, you, you should do 464 00:31:21,200 --> 00:31:23,240 something. I we don't know this because it 465 00:31:23,240 --> 00:31:25,040 doesn't say the scripture doesn't conclude. 466 00:31:25,360 --> 00:31:27,600 So again, we can't technically speculate. 467 00:31:28,000 --> 00:31:31,440 But with that being said, let's turn over to Luke chapter 23. 468 00:31:31,680 --> 00:31:35,560 The silence, say. The silence says when Herod 469 00:31:35,560 --> 00:31:42,040 heard it, when Pilate heard it, he asked whether the man was a 470 00:31:42,040 --> 00:31:44,760 Galilean. Now we're at the place in 471 00:31:44,760 --> 00:31:48,880 Scripture where Jesus has left the garden. 472 00:31:49,560 --> 00:31:55,400 He has been apprehended. The high priest has, you know, 473 00:31:55,400 --> 00:32:00,640 basically people have come and falsely accused him most of the 474 00:32:00,640 --> 00:32:06,280 night, of which Jesus finally makes this statement because 475 00:32:06,280 --> 00:32:10,200 during the time he's being communicated to by the high 476 00:32:10,200 --> 00:32:19,360 priest, he remains silent. Then all of a sudden they're 477 00:32:19,360 --> 00:32:21,480 like, are you going to say anything? 478 00:32:23,440 --> 00:32:27,720 And Jesus finally said one statement that he knew once he 479 00:32:27,720 --> 00:32:30,120 said it, they ripped their clothes and he said he's 480 00:32:30,120 --> 00:32:34,800 blasphemy. And then it's all they take him 481 00:32:34,800 --> 00:32:38,280 to Pilot. Pilot has a conversation with 482 00:32:38,360 --> 00:32:43,040 Jesus. And Jesus the majority of the 483 00:32:43,040 --> 00:32:48,440 time remains silent. Silent doesn't talk. 484 00:32:48,600 --> 00:32:51,040 He says, you going, are you going to, are you going to say 485 00:32:51,040 --> 00:32:55,120 anything about your accusers? He didn't say nothing. 486 00:32:57,240 --> 00:32:59,160 And then he said, don't you know I have the power to kill you? 487 00:32:59,280 --> 00:33:02,800 And then he responds, he says you have no power unless my 488 00:33:02,800 --> 00:33:10,680 father gave it to you. So at this point, Pilot's wife's 489 00:33:10,680 --> 00:33:12,320 already had a dream about the guy. 490 00:33:12,840 --> 00:33:14,640 And she's like, you need to leave this guy alone. 491 00:33:16,080 --> 00:33:19,440 And Pilot don't really want to deal with this dude at all. 492 00:33:20,040 --> 00:33:23,800 So he comes back and he says, wait a minute, where's this guy 493 00:33:23,800 --> 00:33:25,920 from? He's a Galilean. 494 00:33:26,040 --> 00:33:29,400 Ah, I got you. We're going to send him to 495 00:33:29,440 --> 00:33:31,440 Herod. That's Herod's jurisdiction. 496 00:33:31,520 --> 00:33:33,440 Now we're really getting into government, right? 497 00:33:33,600 --> 00:33:36,360 This is how government is. They pass it from one place into 498 00:33:36,360 --> 00:33:39,840 the next place because nobody wants to make a decision, right? 499 00:33:39,840 --> 00:33:41,800 So we see in government in the Gospels. 500 00:33:42,000 --> 00:33:45,320 All right, So all of a sudden he learned that he belonged to 501 00:33:45,320 --> 00:33:48,000 Herod's jurisdiction. He sent him to Herod, who 502 00:33:48,000 --> 00:33:50,520 himself was in Jerusalem at the time. 503 00:33:50,680 --> 00:33:55,200 Now Herod was very what man, he was glad when he saw Jesus 504 00:33:55,800 --> 00:33:58,520 because he's been hearing about this guy all the while thinking 505 00:33:58,520 --> 00:34:01,480 he's John now it could be that when he saw him, he's like, 506 00:34:01,480 --> 00:34:03,280 well, obviously it's not John. I remember what the guy looks 507 00:34:03,280 --> 00:34:04,480 like. I talked to him all the time. 508 00:34:04,480 --> 00:34:06,120 They definitely a different looking guy. 509 00:34:06,400 --> 00:34:09,840 You know, if it's if it's him, he's reincarnated in a different 510 00:34:09,840 --> 00:34:12,040 body. OK, all right, so it says. 511 00:34:12,040 --> 00:34:15,600 Now Herod was very glad when he saw him for he wanted to see him 512 00:34:15,600 --> 00:34:18,960 for a long time because he had been hearing about him and was 513 00:34:18,960 --> 00:34:26,159 hoping to see him. What see some signs performed by 514 00:34:26,159 --> 00:34:33,880 him and he what questioned him at some This was not a short 515 00:34:34,199 --> 00:34:44,520 time together at some leap, but He answered him nothing. 516 00:34:47,719 --> 00:34:55,719 Jesus is standing before King Herod, who is a wicked man in 517 00:34:55,719 --> 00:35:06,830 need of repentance. Jesus, the King of Kings, the 518 00:35:06,830 --> 00:35:17,360 Savior of the world, saying nothing, but who's talking? 519 00:35:17,640 --> 00:35:19,920 The chief priests and the scribes were standing there 520 00:35:19,920 --> 00:35:25,600 accusing him. Shall we continue? 521 00:35:26,600 --> 00:35:30,320 And Herod with his soldiers, after treating him with contempt 522 00:35:31,840 --> 00:35:35,280 and mocking him, dressed him in a gorgeous robe and sent him 523 00:35:35,280 --> 00:35:39,520 back to Pilate. What did Jesus say to Herod face 524 00:35:39,520 --> 00:35:47,600 to face? When I read this, you know, it's 525 00:35:47,600 --> 00:35:49,720 been a little while. I've this been on a burner for a 526 00:35:49,720 --> 00:35:55,960 little while. I realized Jesus did not preach 527 00:35:55,960 --> 00:36:09,480 the gospel to Herod. Herod's lost. 528 00:36:11,520 --> 00:36:14,960 Herod's wicked. Jesus is standing before a 529 00:36:14,960 --> 00:36:20,040 wicked person and withholds the gospel. 530 00:36:27,520 --> 00:36:32,520 Does it even tell him? Does it tell him to repent? 531 00:36:35,160 --> 00:36:36,480 Oh, it's messing you up right now. 532 00:36:36,480 --> 00:36:39,600 I know it messed you up. It messed you up. 533 00:36:40,720 --> 00:36:43,400 I mean, again, This is why the Bible's so amazing to me. 534 00:36:43,400 --> 00:36:46,520 And you understand this is not out of character for the Word of 535 00:36:46,520 --> 00:36:49,640 God at all. I mean, I just don't have time 536 00:36:49,640 --> 00:36:51,320 to connect all your dots for you. 537 00:36:51,680 --> 00:36:55,400 I'm just staying with Scripture. It's obvious that here is Jesus 538 00:36:55,840 --> 00:36:57,400 now. Has Herod heard the gospel? 539 00:36:58,360 --> 00:37:06,520 He has, but now the person who the gospel is all about is 540 00:37:06,520 --> 00:37:10,040 standing before Herod and will not tell him the Gospel. 541 00:37:20,490 --> 00:37:23,250 Joseph Bench Benson, a commentary, said this. 542 00:37:23,250 --> 00:37:27,410 Nevertheless, because Herod had disregarded the admonitions of 543 00:37:27,410 --> 00:37:31,760 John the Baptist, and had been guilty of the a heinous crime of 544 00:37:31,760 --> 00:37:36,600 putting him to death, Jesus, liberal as he was of his 545 00:37:36,600 --> 00:37:41,040 miracles to the poor and the afflicted, would not work them 546 00:37:41,040 --> 00:37:47,360 to gratify the curious curiosity of a tyrant, nor so much as 547 00:37:47,360 --> 00:37:51,640 answered one of his questions, though he proposed many to him, 548 00:37:51,640 --> 00:37:56,040 probably concerning the miracles which were reported to have been 549 00:37:56,040 --> 00:37:59,480 wrought by him. In this our Lord followed the 550 00:37:59,480 --> 00:38:02,680 rule observed by God in the administration of his moral 551 00:38:02,680 --> 00:38:06,240 government. He bestows on men means 552 00:38:06,280 --> 00:38:11,240 opportunities and assistances, such as, if they improve, 553 00:38:12,480 --> 00:38:16,920 approve, improve them properly, will lead them to knowledge, 554 00:38:16,920 --> 00:38:21,040 holiness, and happiness. But these being slighted by men, 555 00:38:21,200 --> 00:38:24,560 God, after waiting the determined time for wise 556 00:38:24,560 --> 00:38:29,280 reasons, shuts up from them all the springs of grace, and leaves 557 00:38:29,280 --> 00:38:33,520 them hopeless of that salvation which they have so long 558 00:38:33,640 --> 00:38:47,360 despised. This account is literally the 559 00:38:47,360 --> 00:39:04,660 silence of the Lamb. Hallelujah Hallelujah. 560 00:39:06,700 --> 00:39:12,380 Which tells me there's a power that can be bigger than words. 561 00:39:19,490 --> 00:39:22,450 Are you hearing me? With that being said, that's why 562 00:39:22,450 --> 00:39:26,240 James chapter one verse 19 says this. 563 00:39:26,240 --> 00:39:30,000 You know, my beloved brethren, James Tolkien, but everyone must 564 00:39:30,000 --> 00:39:34,920 be quick to slow to you know what we say. 565 00:39:34,920 --> 00:39:37,920 This silence is golden. Now when you need to speak, you 566 00:39:37,920 --> 00:39:40,160 need to speak, but we need to be quiet, need to be quiet. 567 00:39:40,160 --> 00:39:43,560 And you know what, not everyone you need to talk to. 568 00:39:45,440 --> 00:39:48,800 Not everything that's going on requires you to say something. 569 00:39:50,560 --> 00:39:55,520 In fact, Jesus during this time, I mean Jesus, no, no, if I work 570 00:39:55,520 --> 00:39:56,880 a miracle, he's not going to repent. 571 00:40:00,160 --> 00:40:02,600 I mean, I'm not going to change his their thinking. 572 00:40:03,120 --> 00:40:05,120 I'm not going to change them. In fact, they've despised 573 00:40:05,120 --> 00:40:07,080 everything that I sent John to say already. 574 00:40:10,840 --> 00:40:13,240 So when the head of the church shows up, he keeps his mouth 575 00:40:13,240 --> 00:40:16,080 shut. Man, you do not want the head of 576 00:40:16,080 --> 00:40:17,400 the church to keep his mouth shut. 577 00:40:24,200 --> 00:40:28,040 But we need to take a lesson from the head of the church, 578 00:40:28,720 --> 00:40:33,680 which is be quick to because Jesus only spoke what the Father 579 00:40:33,680 --> 00:40:37,720 said, and it's obviously the Father did not say tell him 580 00:40:37,720 --> 00:40:40,320 this. Now, has Jesus said something to 581 00:40:40,320 --> 00:40:42,880 Herod? Not directly, but through the 582 00:40:42,880 --> 00:40:48,280 Pharisees? You go tell that fox, but I'm 583 00:40:48,280 --> 00:40:55,240 not even going to talk to him personally and did not Sometimes 584 00:40:55,240 --> 00:41:00,920 we make demands on hearing from people that God name won't 585 00:41:00,920 --> 00:41:07,080 silent in your life because of you making such a demand to hear 586 00:41:14,880 --> 00:41:17,760 Hallelujah. I mean, we say all the time we 587 00:41:17,760 --> 00:41:21,800 don't deserve salvation, but we act like we deserve to hear, 588 00:41:24,160 --> 00:41:25,880 well, you're going to hear for a season. 589 00:41:26,520 --> 00:41:28,960 We understand that God desires that none would perish, but that 590 00:41:28,960 --> 00:41:31,400 all would come, would come to repentance. 591 00:41:32,800 --> 00:41:38,000 But talking can stop. I mean, just read Romans chapter 592 00:41:38,000 --> 00:41:41,760 1. Romans chapter 1 is very clear 593 00:41:41,880 --> 00:41:44,520 of a conversation happening with individuals. 594 00:41:44,520 --> 00:41:48,880 But they snubbed the things of God, and it said God gave them 595 00:41:48,880 --> 00:41:59,920 over to their depraved minds. And in the last of the last 596 00:41:59,920 --> 00:42:03,160 days, you need to understand I don't want to go there, Lord, 597 00:42:03,160 --> 00:42:07,160 I'm not going to go there, OK? So be quick to hear, slow to 598 00:42:07,160 --> 00:42:10,600 speak, slow to anger, right. For the anger of man does not 599 00:42:10,600 --> 00:42:11,960 achieve the righteousness of God. 600 00:42:12,080 --> 00:42:15,440 Therefore, putting aside all filthiness and all that remains 601 00:42:15,440 --> 00:42:18,960 of wickedness and humility, receive the Word implanted which 602 00:42:18,960 --> 00:42:21,280 is able to save your soul. But prove yourselves. 603 00:42:21,280 --> 00:42:25,200 What doers of the Word, and not merely hearers who delude 604 00:42:25,200 --> 00:42:28,120 themselves. We have to be a doer of the 605 00:42:28,120 --> 00:42:31,840 Word, and to be a doer of the Word is to be caught, not just 606 00:42:31,840 --> 00:42:35,840 reading the scripture and then being a doer that we're hearing 607 00:42:35,840 --> 00:42:38,720 from the Holy Ghost of how to interact and operate in each 608 00:42:38,720 --> 00:42:40,960 situation. Because you understand, you may 609 00:42:40,960 --> 00:42:43,920 know someone at work that is lost. 610 00:42:44,040 --> 00:42:49,160 But again, when we minister on the Lord of the harvest, we talk 611 00:42:49,160 --> 00:42:52,960 about how God sets things up. A lot of times we go and just 612 00:42:52,960 --> 00:42:55,760 start talking about things, thinking that people are ready 613 00:42:55,760 --> 00:42:58,840 when they're not even ready. I mean, because the Bible says 614 00:42:58,840 --> 00:43:02,080 today's the day of salvation doesn't mean it's today. 615 00:43:02,080 --> 00:43:05,200 Today's that person's day to hear from you. 616 00:43:08,040 --> 00:43:13,160 You may actually sound louder if you keep silent and and do the 617 00:43:13,160 --> 00:43:17,960 works. I said, do the works. 618 00:43:18,160 --> 00:43:22,600 I just saw a little clip by a a Pentecostal preacher. 619 00:43:22,600 --> 00:43:25,160 He says, you know, I'm a Pentecostal preacher and I like 620 00:43:25,280 --> 00:43:27,760 Pentecost. You know, he says, you know, and 621 00:43:27,760 --> 00:43:29,720 he said, but the problem is, you know a lot, a lot. 622 00:43:29,720 --> 00:43:32,080 And I love the gifts of the Spirit and as charismatics, we 623 00:43:32,080 --> 00:43:34,800 love the gift, he said, but I sure wish you would be better at 624 00:43:34,800 --> 00:43:40,280 the fruits of the Spirit. He said, because you know you're 625 00:43:40,280 --> 00:43:42,960 going to prophecy and you'll come here and prophecy, but then 626 00:43:42,960 --> 00:43:48,800 you can't walk in self-control, you can't walk in kindness, 627 00:43:49,800 --> 00:43:53,400 gentleness. You know you're not, you're not, 628 00:43:53,600 --> 00:43:57,440 you're not embracing the fruits. He said honestly, I would much 629 00:43:57,440 --> 00:43:59,240 rather have your fruits of the Spirit than the gifts of the 630 00:43:59,240 --> 00:44:06,810 Spirit. So the fruits of the Spirit are 631 00:44:06,810 --> 00:44:10,450 really, and the fruits of the Spirit speak, boy, they speak, 632 00:44:10,770 --> 00:44:13,370 speak when you get up underneath the trial and tribulation and 633 00:44:13,370 --> 00:44:17,410 you are long-suffering, you maintain kindness in the midst 634 00:44:17,410 --> 00:44:22,040 of it. You stay faithful, gentle, these 635 00:44:22,040 --> 00:44:25,040 particular types of things. You, you maintain self-control. 636 00:44:25,040 --> 00:44:26,960 Although you want to flesh out about some stuff. 637 00:44:28,360 --> 00:44:32,320 I mean, it speaks volume. And although you're not saying 638 00:44:32,320 --> 00:44:36,240 anything, your silence is communicating. 639 00:44:38,920 --> 00:44:42,720 It's communicating. So John chapter 10 verse 38, he 640 00:44:42,720 --> 00:44:45,640 says, but if I do them, this is Jesus saying, but if I do them, 641 00:44:45,800 --> 00:44:48,960 though you do not believe me, believe the works so that you 642 00:44:48,960 --> 00:44:53,120 may know that and understand that the Father is in me and I 643 00:44:53,120 --> 00:44:56,480 am in the Father. So here's Jesus, He's like, 644 00:44:56,480 --> 00:44:58,640 look, if I don't do the worst, then don't believe me. 645 00:44:58,640 --> 00:45:00,800 But if I'm doing the worst, even if you don't believe me, if 646 00:45:00,800 --> 00:45:03,200 you're not believing what I'm saying because you don't want to 647 00:45:03,200 --> 00:45:09,480 hear me, look at the fruit. Not only the fruit of his life, 648 00:45:09,600 --> 00:45:12,920 of the way he walked on the planet, but then obviously the 649 00:45:12,920 --> 00:45:17,440 working of the miracles that obviously even the lost 650 00:45:17,440 --> 00:45:20,360 recognized this guy. How in the world can he be? 651 00:45:20,440 --> 00:45:22,160 Now? The religious didn't do it. 652 00:45:22,160 --> 00:45:23,880 What did they do? They're like, man, he casts out 653 00:45:23,880 --> 00:45:25,960 devils in the name of bells above because they're going to 654 00:45:25,960 --> 00:45:29,320 make any excuse to try to discredit the reputation of 655 00:45:29,440 --> 00:45:34,480 Jesus. And for season, Jesus, you know, 656 00:45:34,480 --> 00:45:38,120 in certain situations was able to say certain things, but he 657 00:45:38,120 --> 00:45:44,360 didn't always say stuff. So again, we have to learn when 658 00:45:44,360 --> 00:45:50,600 to speak, but when to remain, you know, because there's a 659 00:45:50,600 --> 00:45:55,240 thing in our US culture today and that is silence is 660 00:45:55,240 --> 00:45:58,520 acceptance. That is not true. 661 00:46:01,480 --> 00:46:04,880 I mean at this point Jesus is silence of all of his accusers 662 00:46:04,880 --> 00:46:08,200 must have me must have meant that I am everything they're 663 00:46:08,200 --> 00:46:14,640 saying about me. But was he anything that they 664 00:46:14,640 --> 00:46:20,880 said No, he wasn't he was righteous holy without spot 665 00:46:21,080 --> 00:46:25,200 wrinkle. He's the lamb and the only one 666 00:46:25,240 --> 00:46:31,160 who can give his life for us. But the the testimonies are to 667 00:46:31,160 --> 00:46:35,680 the contrary. And what does Jesus do in the in 668 00:46:35,680 --> 00:46:42,000 the most pivotal moment of his time on the planet? 669 00:46:43,840 --> 00:46:50,280 Instead of defense, he's quiet. Because what's he going to do? 670 00:46:50,720 --> 00:46:53,960 God had vindicate me and in three days I'm going to get up 671 00:46:53,960 --> 00:46:56,600 out of this thing anyway, and then I'm going to walk around 672 00:46:56,600 --> 00:47:04,240 and show some people, right? And is he seated on the throne 673 00:47:04,240 --> 00:47:06,360 today? Come on, is he seated on the 674 00:47:06,360 --> 00:47:10,160 throne today? So again, know this, there's a 675 00:47:10,160 --> 00:47:13,440 time to talk, there's a time to speak, there's a time to save 676 00:47:13,440 --> 00:47:15,760 the gospel. But then we also have to be 677 00:47:15,760 --> 00:47:18,120 sensitive to the Spirit. Does God want you to inject the 678 00:47:18,120 --> 00:47:21,000 gospel to that person? Does he want you to communicate 679 00:47:21,000 --> 00:47:23,560 this to that individual? Does he want you to say this to 680 00:47:23,560 --> 00:47:26,120 this person? Whatever the case may be, you 681 00:47:26,120 --> 00:47:30,960 know, because again, God knows where people are in their minds 682 00:47:30,960 --> 00:47:33,760 and their hearts what what they've already heard, what 683 00:47:33,760 --> 00:47:37,200 they've already despised. I mean, This is why Jesus said 684 00:47:37,200 --> 00:47:38,720 don't cast a Pearl before the swan. 685 00:47:38,800 --> 00:47:41,640 Well, when do you not do that? And are you discerning enough to 686 00:47:41,640 --> 00:47:45,960 say I'm just not even going to say anything because in that 687 00:47:45,960 --> 00:47:48,600 moment, silence is the will of God. 688 00:47:49,200 --> 00:47:52,680 Not well, I'm let me tell you what I really I'm, what's the 689 00:47:52,680 --> 00:47:56,720 scripture say at this point? The discernment is they don't 690 00:47:56,720 --> 00:47:58,560 want to hear. Why am I even talking to you? 691 00:47:58,560 --> 00:48:04,520 Why am I even talking to you? You're convinced that what you 692 00:48:04,520 --> 00:48:08,760 think is what you think, period. And there's plenty of people 693 00:48:08,760 --> 00:48:12,520 there's and, and this spirit is prevailing in the earth, is in 694 00:48:12,520 --> 00:48:15,600 the in our Nation Today, because we see this in the sector of 695 00:48:15,600 --> 00:48:20,160 government. I mean, it doesn't matter what 696 00:48:20,280 --> 00:48:22,680 one side or the other does. There are people who hold 697 00:48:22,680 --> 00:48:24,760 opinions and they are there period. 698 00:48:24,760 --> 00:48:30,840 Despite anything else, they will not go in another direction. 699 00:48:31,200 --> 00:48:32,720 They are convinced it's that way. 700 00:48:32,880 --> 00:48:35,400 And you know what, when, when, when people get into certain 701 00:48:35,400 --> 00:48:37,360 situations. Well, what can you say? 702 00:48:40,040 --> 00:48:42,280 This is why the Lord gave us that verse in Isaiah. 703 00:48:42,280 --> 00:48:44,320 He said no weapon formed against you will prosper. 704 00:48:44,480 --> 00:48:49,000 And every tongue that rises up in judgment, he will condemn 705 00:48:52,120 --> 00:48:54,360 because at the end of the day, you remain quiet. 706 00:48:54,360 --> 00:48:56,440 Let him. Let the vindication come from 707 00:48:56,440 --> 00:48:58,440 him. So there's power in your 708 00:48:58,440 --> 00:49:01,280 silence. It's not accepting. 709 00:49:01,920 --> 00:49:06,880 It's I trust the Lord, I just trust the Lord. 710 00:49:07,760 --> 00:49:10,960 Hallelujah. In First Corinthians chapter 2, 711 00:49:10,960 --> 00:49:12,400 verse four and five, Paul said this. 712 00:49:12,400 --> 00:49:15,120 He said my message and my preaching. 713 00:49:16,240 --> 00:49:19,760 We're not in persuasive words of wisdom, but in demonstrations of 714 00:49:19,760 --> 00:49:23,040 the spirit and of power so that your faith will not rest on the 715 00:49:23,040 --> 00:49:24,960 wisdom of men, but on the power of God. 716 00:49:25,240 --> 00:49:27,680 I think it's very important that as we become studiers of word in 717 00:49:27,680 --> 00:49:31,080 these in these days, you know where Rick Renner wrote a book 718 00:49:31,080 --> 00:49:34,520 called World Going Crazy. When we're in these last days 719 00:49:34,520 --> 00:49:38,200 like this, we seriously need to say, OK, Lord, there's a time to 720 00:49:38,200 --> 00:49:44,440 speak and a time to be quiet. And I need to know when do I 721 00:49:44,440 --> 00:49:50,880 remain silent so that it produces the most power, that it 722 00:49:50,880 --> 00:49:55,040 produces the most power. Because again, when you just 723 00:49:55,040 --> 00:50:00,200 have the fruits of the Spirit functioning in your life and 724 00:50:00,200 --> 00:50:05,200 then you're doing the works, at that point, let them testify and 725 00:50:05,200 --> 00:50:14,040 you can just remain quiet. Because at that point, Jesus 726 00:50:14,040 --> 00:50:21,930 didn't have to speak for himself in the end, because his Father 727 00:50:21,930 --> 00:50:25,970 has. And did his Father get him on 728 00:50:25,970 --> 00:50:28,290 the third day? I said, did he go get him? 729 00:50:28,570 --> 00:50:31,730 Did the Holy Ghost go down? Did he, was he raised up? 730 00:50:32,170 --> 00:50:34,410 Did he split hell wide open right? 731 00:50:34,570 --> 00:50:36,570 Did he conquer death, hell in the grave? 732 00:50:36,770 --> 00:50:39,050 Does he have the keys of death, hell in the grave? 733 00:50:39,250 --> 00:50:43,450 Is he now more than a conqueror? Is he now reigning in heaven, 734 00:50:43,450 --> 00:50:46,360 seated on the throne? Hallelujah. 735 00:50:46,440 --> 00:50:49,840 Is he coming back? And not as a suffering servant, 736 00:50:49,880 --> 00:50:51,960 but he's coming back as the reigning king. 737 00:50:52,120 --> 00:51:00,560 Of that his word reigns supreme, which means whatever he says, he 738 00:51:00,560 --> 00:51:04,280 will do. I said whatever he says he will 739 00:51:04,280 --> 00:51:08,000 do. Glory to God, because God's not 740 00:51:08,000 --> 00:51:10,840 mocked. Whatever man soweth that he'll 741 00:51:10,840 --> 00:51:13,800 also reap. It happened, praise the Lord. 742 00:51:14,960 --> 00:51:25,480 So there may be times you just need to and you produce more 743 00:51:25,480 --> 00:51:32,720 power in that moment than if you say I I encourage you go through 744 00:51:32,720 --> 00:51:34,960 the Scripture and see the times Jesus got quiet. 745 00:51:36,280 --> 00:51:39,480 Now he did talk. This doesn't mean we just stay 746 00:51:39,480 --> 00:51:43,760 quiet because there's a time to talk and and let me say this, 747 00:51:43,960 --> 00:51:48,160 when you talk those who don't want to change, it's going to 748 00:51:48,160 --> 00:51:51,280 make them more aggravated. You can just see it with Jesus. 749 00:51:51,480 --> 00:51:53,280 The Pharisees are like, well, that didn't work. 750 00:51:53,280 --> 00:51:55,840 We sent the guy, they said the stuff and he was able to say all 751 00:51:55,840 --> 00:51:58,520 the scriptures to him and they made him look stupid and we 752 00:51:58,520 --> 00:51:59,760 should probably just leave him alone. 753 00:52:00,240 --> 00:52:02,240 Did they do that? No, let's go. 754 00:52:02,520 --> 00:52:04,360 We going to come back. We going, we going to be better 755 00:52:04,360 --> 00:52:08,720 this time, right? Did it stop Jesus from his 756 00:52:08,720 --> 00:52:11,360 purpose? Did it cause Jesus to fall 757 00:52:11,360 --> 00:52:14,040 apart? No, as long as he kept his eyes 758 00:52:14,040 --> 00:52:16,240 fixed on his Father's purpose, he was able to accomplish this 759 00:52:16,240 --> 00:52:18,160 task. And there were times they came 760 00:52:18,160 --> 00:52:23,200 to kill him. He just the one time, 761 00:52:24,760 --> 00:52:30,160 Hallelujah, I said Hallelujah. So let's work the deeds of God, 762 00:52:30,840 --> 00:52:36,280 let's obey him, let's speak when we should, and let's take a page 763 00:52:36,280 --> 00:52:37,560 out of Jesus's playbook.