1 00:00:29,859 --> 00:00:30,379 That I believe. 2 00:00:30,379 --> 00:00:32,019 Aren't you, man? 3 00:00:32,659 --> 00:00:34,099 What a tremendous song. 4 00:00:34,099 --> 00:00:35,699 Appreciate again the music this morning. 5 00:00:35,699 --> 00:00:38,419 Turn if you would this morning to the book of Isaiah. 6 00:00:38,899 --> 00:00:42,379 Isaiah, chapter nine began. 7 00:00:42,379 --> 00:00:46,139 Just a small series of messages that will run tonight, this 8 00:00:46,139 --> 00:00:47,939 morning, tonight and next Sunday morning. 9 00:00:48,179 --> 00:00:51,299 Look forward to the choir next Sunday morning and our children singing 10 00:00:51,859 --> 00:00:52,739 next Sunday morning. 11 00:00:52,739 --> 00:00:56,349 I hope your plans to be back and be here and be a part of that. 12 00:00:56,829 --> 00:01:03,629 It's always we are so blessed to have so many talented people in 13 00:01:03,629 --> 00:01:06,789 our church with great voices and our kids do a wonderful job and 14 00:01:06,789 --> 00:01:09,549 those that work with them do a fantastic job. 15 00:01:09,549 --> 00:01:14,749 And so next Sunday we'll be along the theme of Prince of Peace, 16 00:01:14,749 --> 00:01:19,309 which runs right into the message that we'll be preaching as 17 00:01:19,469 --> 00:01:21,309 the Messiah is called the Prince of Peace. 18 00:01:21,309 --> 00:01:25,299 So look at Isaiah chapter 9 and verse 6. 19 00:01:26,179 --> 00:01:30,899 And this again is the prophet Isaiah, 700 years before Christ was 20 00:01:30,899 --> 00:01:36,419 born, giving us insight as to who or what the Messiah would be, 21 00:01:36,419 --> 00:01:38,819 who he is and describing him. 22 00:01:38,819 --> 00:01:41,979 All right, so these are attributes or characteristics of 23 00:01:41,979 --> 00:01:43,299 the Messiah who would come. 24 00:01:43,299 --> 00:01:44,899 Now we know the Messiah has already come. 25 00:01:45,459 --> 00:01:49,229 And so they Isaiah is looking forward to 700 years. 26 00:01:49,469 --> 00:01:53,629 And we look back 2000 years and we see the Messiah. 27 00:01:53,629 --> 00:01:56,429 So Isaiah chapter 9, verse 6. 28 00:01:57,149 --> 00:02:01,949 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given. 29 00:02:02,509 --> 00:02:04,989 And the government shall be upon his shoulder. 30 00:02:05,309 --> 00:02:09,549 And his name shall be called Wonderful counsellor. 31 00:02:09,869 --> 00:02:13,629 The mighty God, the everlasting Father, the Prince of 32 00:02:13,629 --> 00:02:14,029 Peace. 33 00:02:14,779 --> 00:02:17,539 Of the increase of his government and peace, there shall 34 00:02:17,539 --> 00:02:21,899 be no end upon the throne of David and upon his kingdom to order 35 00:02:21,899 --> 00:02:26,379 it and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth, 36 00:02:26,619 --> 00:02:27,659 even forever. 37 00:02:28,059 --> 00:02:31,419 And the zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this. 38 00:02:31,739 --> 00:02:32,339 Let's pray. 39 00:02:32,339 --> 00:02:36,299 Heavenly Father, we thank you for your dear son Jesus who came 40 00:02:36,299 --> 00:02:40,539 into this world, who came to seek and to save that which is lost. 41 00:02:41,519 --> 00:02:42,359 Lord, he came to die. 42 00:02:42,359 --> 00:02:44,599 And I praise you and thank you, Lord. 43 00:02:44,599 --> 00:02:49,839 And wonder as David did at why you would do such great things for 44 00:02:49,839 --> 00:02:50,159 us. 45 00:02:50,719 --> 00:02:52,359 Lord, we thank you, Lord. 46 00:02:52,359 --> 00:02:54,519 Help us to be a thankful people, Lord. 47 00:02:54,519 --> 00:02:56,519 Help us to see Jesus Christ afresh this morning. 48 00:02:56,519 --> 00:02:57,439 In Jesus name. 49 00:02:57,839 --> 00:02:58,479 Amen. 50 00:02:59,199 --> 00:03:02,239 Just a couple of chapters back we read Isaiah, chapter 7, verse 51 00:03:02,239 --> 00:03:02,559 14. 52 00:03:03,279 --> 00:03:06,879 And the Bible says that therefore the Lord himself shall 53 00:03:06,879 --> 00:03:07,599 give you a sign. 54 00:03:08,119 --> 00:03:11,879 Behold, a virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and thou 55 00:03:11,959 --> 00:03:14,199 shalt call his name Immanuel. 56 00:03:14,199 --> 00:03:17,319 And we compared that with Matthew chapter one. 57 00:03:17,639 --> 00:03:21,159 And when again the angel came to Joseph and said, his name shall 58 00:03:21,159 --> 00:03:25,239 be called Immanuel, God with us, he shall be born a virgin. 59 00:03:25,799 --> 00:03:28,519 And he Will be God in the flesh. 60 00:03:29,399 --> 00:03:30,679 Isaiah, chapter 9. 61 00:03:30,839 --> 00:03:36,449 Isaiah is speaking of and talking about prophecy concerning 62 00:03:36,449 --> 00:03:39,609 Israel, but mainly the prophecy concerning the Messiah who 63 00:03:39,609 --> 00:03:40,049 would come. 64 00:03:41,089 --> 00:03:43,969 This is during the reign of King Ahaz. 65 00:03:44,529 --> 00:03:50,129 And he prophesies that the Messiah would come and that Samaria. 66 00:03:50,448 --> 00:03:53,969 So again, the Samaritans had just defeated the northern kingdom 67 00:03:54,449 --> 00:03:58,369 and they just defeated the 10 tribes on the north, to the north. 68 00:03:58,689 --> 00:04:02,719 And God is telling them, telling Israel through Isaiah that 69 00:04:02,959 --> 00:04:08,119 the Samaritans will not defeat the southern kingdom, that they will 70 00:04:08,119 --> 00:04:10,399 not destroy the southern kingdom. 71 00:04:10,719 --> 00:04:13,839 This northern kingdom was carried into captivity by the Assyrians, 72 00:04:14,159 --> 00:04:17,679 but the southern kingdom would be spared at least for another hundred 73 00:04:17,679 --> 00:04:18,559 years actually. 74 00:04:18,959 --> 00:04:20,879 So Isaiah is giving them this promise. 75 00:04:20,879 --> 00:04:24,319 He also gives them the promise of this light that will return. 76 00:04:24,879 --> 00:04:27,679 We see this in verses one through five of chapter nine. 77 00:04:28,129 --> 00:04:30,969 And we won't read it tonight, but we will read it on the candlelight 78 00:04:30,969 --> 00:04:31,169 service. 79 00:04:31,169 --> 00:04:33,689 We read it every year during the candlelight service. 80 00:04:33,689 --> 00:04:37,449 And so I hope that your plans will be here on the Christmas Eve 81 00:04:37,449 --> 00:04:38,369 and join us for that. 82 00:04:38,369 --> 00:04:43,529 But Isaiah, chapter 9, verses 1 through 6 or 1 through 5, Isaiah 83 00:04:43,529 --> 00:04:45,729 prophesies of the light that would return. 84 00:04:46,449 --> 00:04:50,289 That's why you have the Pharisees and the religious rulers 85 00:04:50,289 --> 00:04:53,089 asking if John the Baptist was the light. 86 00:04:53,089 --> 00:04:56,249 And John the Baptist says, I am not the light, but I was sent 87 00:04:56,249 --> 00:04:59,329 to bear record of the light that all men through him might believe. 88 00:04:59,329 --> 00:05:01,009 He said, I'm not here, I'm not the light. 89 00:05:01,249 --> 00:05:05,969 So the light, capital L, I G H T is referring to the Messiah, without 90 00:05:05,969 --> 00:05:08,929 a doubt, because the New Testament tells us that it is that 91 00:05:08,929 --> 00:05:12,689 Jesus Christ indeed he said, I am the light of the world. 92 00:05:12,929 --> 00:05:15,649 And so that's what you have here in the first five verses. 93 00:05:15,889 --> 00:05:19,649 That the light would come to Zebulun, which is Nazareth, and the 94 00:05:19,649 --> 00:05:21,814 light would come to Nephitali, which is Capernaum. 95 00:05:21,814 --> 00:05:25,729 The so you have, you have the home of Jesus Christ. 96 00:05:25,729 --> 00:05:27,689 Not where he was born, of course, he was born in Bethlehem, 97 00:05:27,689 --> 00:05:29,889 but he was raised in Nazareth. 98 00:05:29,889 --> 00:05:36,409 And 700 years before he was born, 700 years, it prophesied the 99 00:05:36,409 --> 00:05:40,049 light would return to Nazareth, to Jesus hometown. 100 00:05:40,049 --> 00:05:43,369 And then it says to Capernaum Naphtali, which is Capernaum, which 101 00:05:43,369 --> 00:05:45,329 is the home base of Jesus ministry. 102 00:05:46,049 --> 00:05:50,699 That's not coincidence, folks, that's Isaiah 700 years prior saying 103 00:05:50,699 --> 00:05:52,459 the light is coming to Nazareth. 104 00:05:52,459 --> 00:05:55,299 The light is coming to Capernaum, the light is going to 105 00:05:55,299 --> 00:05:55,579 return. 106 00:05:55,979 --> 00:06:00,619 That light that departed from the Temple Mount, that light is returning. 107 00:06:01,019 --> 00:06:02,179 And we know that it did. 108 00:06:02,179 --> 00:06:06,579 Jesus Christ was born the wise man Saw the star so much. 109 00:06:06,579 --> 00:06:10,779 There again, Isaiah is describing the light. 110 00:06:11,579 --> 00:06:13,499 He describes the light as a child. 111 00:06:13,579 --> 00:06:15,099 He says a child was born. 112 00:06:17,119 --> 00:06:18,079 A child is born. 113 00:06:18,319 --> 00:06:19,439 That's God in the flesh. 114 00:06:21,439 --> 00:06:22,799 That's God with skin on. 115 00:06:24,239 --> 00:06:26,319 We call it the incarnation of Christ. 116 00:06:27,839 --> 00:06:28,639 Incarnation. 117 00:06:30,399 --> 00:06:33,959 You realize that when the disciples bumped into Jesus, they 118 00:06:33,959 --> 00:06:34,879 bumped into God. 119 00:06:36,319 --> 00:06:38,959 They didn't fully comprehend it until after his resurrection, 120 00:06:39,439 --> 00:06:41,839 but they bumped into God. 121 00:06:43,349 --> 00:06:44,229 God in the flesh. 122 00:06:44,229 --> 00:06:47,109 Just as much God as though he'd ever been man and just as much 123 00:06:47,109 --> 00:06:48,389 man as though he'd never been God. 124 00:06:48,389 --> 00:06:51,429 He is the eternal God who humbled himself. 125 00:06:53,029 --> 00:06:54,589 Great is the mystery of God in us. 126 00:06:54,589 --> 00:07:00,229 First Timothy 3:16 says, God was manifest in the flesh. 127 00:07:01,429 --> 00:07:02,309 What a truth. 128 00:07:04,069 --> 00:07:06,309 We just sang about it a moment ago, the first hymn. 129 00:07:06,309 --> 00:07:09,529 By the way, that first hymn is the most biblical doctrinal song 130 00:07:09,529 --> 00:07:10,329 in our hymnbook. 131 00:07:10,889 --> 00:07:14,489 Veiled in flesh the God had seen. 132 00:07:15,209 --> 00:07:17,609 Hail the incarnate Deity. 133 00:07:19,129 --> 00:07:20,009 What a song. 134 00:07:20,009 --> 00:07:20,889 What a hymn. 135 00:07:21,289 --> 00:07:22,569 Veiled in flesh. 136 00:07:23,049 --> 00:07:23,529 Deity. 137 00:07:24,169 --> 00:07:25,289 Veiled in flesh. 138 00:07:27,129 --> 00:07:30,409 Jesus Christ, the Son of God. 139 00:07:31,849 --> 00:07:36,519 As a child he was born, but as a son he was given. 140 00:07:38,119 --> 00:07:39,159 As a son he was given. 141 00:07:39,159 --> 00:07:42,279 By the way, he was the greatest gift ever given to mankind. 142 00:07:42,839 --> 00:07:47,599 For God so loved the world that he what gave his only begotten 143 00:07:47,599 --> 00:07:51,879 Son that whosoever believed in him should not perish but have everlasting 144 00:07:51,879 --> 00:07:52,199 life. 145 00:07:52,839 --> 00:07:55,319 The greatest gift ever given was Jesus Christ. 146 00:07:58,199 --> 00:08:02,629 As a child he was born, but as a son he was given. 147 00:08:02,629 --> 00:08:08,869 Given by God to us undeserving sinners. 148 00:08:12,149 --> 00:08:14,229 His name shall be what called. 149 00:08:14,629 --> 00:08:16,069 It says shall be called. 150 00:08:17,349 --> 00:08:18,629 Well shall be. 151 00:08:18,789 --> 00:08:21,909 Future shall means it's going to happen. 152 00:08:22,709 --> 00:08:24,469 And he shall be called Wonderful. 153 00:08:24,949 --> 00:08:29,049 Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, the Prince of 154 00:08:29,049 --> 00:08:29,409 Peace. 155 00:08:29,809 --> 00:08:32,969 And we know that that is true today, but certainly will be true 156 00:08:32,969 --> 00:08:33,889 in the future as well. 157 00:08:34,609 --> 00:08:35,769 He is called Number one. 158 00:08:35,769 --> 00:08:36,769 He's called Wonderful. 159 00:08:37,249 --> 00:08:40,649 We preached on this one before, even last year, and so I 160 00:08:40,649 --> 00:08:41,569 won't take as much time. 161 00:08:41,569 --> 00:08:44,369 Maybe we'll just see about this. 162 00:08:44,689 --> 00:08:49,409 But the wonderful, wonderful, wonderful Lord that we serve. 163 00:08:49,409 --> 00:08:51,329 The root word here is wonder, by the way. 164 00:08:51,819 --> 00:08:52,299 The wonder. 165 00:08:53,019 --> 00:09:00,139 If you have any, you know, any interest in the wonders of the world, 166 00:09:00,219 --> 00:09:01,259 it is amazing. 167 00:09:01,579 --> 00:09:04,899 You have the ancient wonders of the world, which includes like 168 00:09:04,899 --> 00:09:07,219 the pyramids in Egypt and many other things. 169 00:09:07,219 --> 00:09:10,619 Then you have the wonders of the world of today, and that includes, 170 00:09:10,619 --> 00:09:13,899 like, Chichen Itza and there's many other things that are included. 171 00:09:14,219 --> 00:09:17,739 But then you have the seven wonders of the natural world. 172 00:09:18,769 --> 00:09:21,809 And I just kind of looked that up, you know, in most of those lists, 173 00:09:22,609 --> 00:09:27,009 the Grand Canyon makes It there, in fact, in nearly every list 174 00:09:27,009 --> 00:09:31,689 I looked at, the Grand Canyon was in the list of the seven wonders 175 00:09:31,689 --> 00:09:32,689 of the natural world. 176 00:09:32,849 --> 00:09:34,049 That's the entire world. 177 00:09:34,609 --> 00:09:37,769 You know, of course, the Victoria Falls in Africa, there was 178 00:09:37,769 --> 00:09:38,169 many other. 179 00:09:38,169 --> 00:09:43,009 The seven beautiful, beautiful natural things that God created, 180 00:09:43,009 --> 00:09:43,729 God made. 181 00:09:45,489 --> 00:09:48,449 I said this here recently, that when we went to the Grand Canyon 182 00:09:48,449 --> 00:09:51,089 for the first time, I'd seen pictures of it. 183 00:09:52,129 --> 00:10:00,929 But you cannot truly appreciate the grandness, the vastness 184 00:10:01,409 --> 00:10:03,809 of the Grand Canyon unless you visit it. 185 00:10:04,689 --> 00:10:07,969 Pictures do not give it justice at all. 186 00:10:07,969 --> 00:10:09,009 Do it justice at all? 187 00:10:09,009 --> 00:10:09,569 Not at all. 188 00:10:10,459 --> 00:10:13,819 I told you, when I stood there on the rim of the Grand Canyon, we 189 00:10:13,819 --> 00:10:16,299 were on the north side and I looked back behind me. 190 00:10:16,299 --> 00:10:18,619 I promise you, it looks like a picture. 191 00:10:19,099 --> 00:10:20,219 I don't think that's real. 192 00:10:20,219 --> 00:10:21,259 It doesn't look real. 193 00:10:21,499 --> 00:10:22,339 It can't be real. 194 00:10:22,339 --> 00:10:23,979 But then you start walking around, it's real. 195 00:10:24,859 --> 00:10:26,299 It's amazing, isn't it? 196 00:10:26,939 --> 00:10:28,299 And we began to do what? 197 00:10:28,459 --> 00:10:30,139 We began to wonder at it. 198 00:10:31,419 --> 00:10:37,419 We wondered how big and vast and beautiful the Grand Canyon is. 199 00:10:37,419 --> 00:10:43,139 It's amazing, amazing natural wonder, the world here recently. 200 00:10:43,619 --> 00:10:47,699 And I saw especially those out towards Springtown and out that direction, 201 00:10:47,699 --> 00:10:50,579 people taking pictures in Texas of the Northern lights. 202 00:10:50,979 --> 00:10:54,019 The Northern lights are on most of those lists of the seven 203 00:10:54,659 --> 00:10:56,179 natural wonders of the World. 204 00:10:57,379 --> 00:11:01,299 Beautiful even this far down them, taking pictures. 205 00:11:01,299 --> 00:11:06,339 And how red it was in the sky, even in Texas doesn't do that very 206 00:11:06,339 --> 00:11:06,659 often. 207 00:11:08,069 --> 00:11:09,149 But we just wonder at it. 208 00:11:09,149 --> 00:11:10,389 We say, that's amazing. 209 00:11:10,629 --> 00:11:11,389 I wonder. 210 00:11:11,389 --> 00:11:14,509 That wonder just simply means I don't completely. 211 00:11:14,509 --> 00:11:16,709 Can't completely wrap my head around it. 212 00:11:17,749 --> 00:11:19,029 The wonder of it all. 213 00:11:20,389 --> 00:11:25,269 Can I tell you, compared to the Grand Canyon or compared to the 214 00:11:25,269 --> 00:11:29,029 Northern Lights or whatever natural wonder you want to put Jesus 215 00:11:29,029 --> 00:11:31,829 Christ up against, there is no comparison. 216 00:11:33,199 --> 00:11:36,639 It's amazing too, that the wonder of nature. 217 00:11:37,039 --> 00:11:41,879 You know, you go to the Rocky Mountains, go to Colorado, spend 218 00:11:41,879 --> 00:11:42,239 some time. 219 00:11:42,239 --> 00:11:44,799 If you stay there very long, it don't take you but just a few 220 00:11:44,799 --> 00:11:47,359 days, you began to lose the wonder of it all. 221 00:11:47,679 --> 00:11:51,559 Anybody who lives and moves or moves and lives in Colorado Springs, 222 00:11:51,559 --> 00:11:52,559 it don't take them long. 223 00:11:52,879 --> 00:11:55,879 And they may have Pike's Peak right out their window. 224 00:11:55,879 --> 00:11:58,559 But when they look out, over time as they look out, they begin 225 00:11:58,559 --> 00:11:59,759 to lose the wonder of it. 226 00:12:01,299 --> 00:12:04,819 Familiarity is a sad thing, isn't it? 227 00:12:05,539 --> 00:12:08,379 And it can become a sad thing when it comes to us as Christians 228 00:12:08,379 --> 00:12:08,899 as well. 229 00:12:09,459 --> 00:12:13,499 We began, if we're not careful, to lose the wonder of it 230 00:12:13,499 --> 00:12:13,779 all. 231 00:12:14,259 --> 00:12:16,259 The wonder of Christ. 232 00:12:16,739 --> 00:12:18,099 Why is he wonderful? 233 00:12:18,419 --> 00:12:19,259 Well, he's wonderful. 234 00:12:19,259 --> 00:12:22,419 For what he's done for us, what he did for us. 235 00:12:24,899 --> 00:12:26,019 It's an amazing thing. 236 00:12:26,019 --> 00:12:27,859 You think about what he did for us. 237 00:12:28,239 --> 00:12:32,719 The eternal existent One, begotten of the Father, not created. 238 00:12:32,719 --> 00:12:35,039 By the way, Jesus was not created. 239 00:12:35,439 --> 00:12:37,479 No matter what the Mormons say and some of the others. 240 00:12:37,479 --> 00:12:38,319 He was not created. 241 00:12:38,319 --> 00:12:41,759 He was begotten of the Father, God, the Father, God the Son, God, 242 00:12:41,759 --> 00:12:48,439 the Holy Spirit, Co equal coexistence, eternal triunity of 243 00:12:48,439 --> 00:12:49,279 the Godhead. 244 00:12:50,239 --> 00:12:51,519 The wonder of it all. 245 00:12:52,399 --> 00:12:55,359 That word wonder, wonderful means miraculous. 246 00:12:55,359 --> 00:12:59,499 It's translated actually in the Hebrew and other places to miraculous. 247 00:12:59,899 --> 00:13:02,139 And sometimes it's translated marvelous. 248 00:13:02,539 --> 00:13:07,419 So the same Hebrew word that's translated wonderful here is sometimes 249 00:13:07,419 --> 00:13:11,819 translated miraculous or marvelous in your Bible. 250 00:13:13,659 --> 00:13:15,019 He is marvelous. 251 00:13:16,219 --> 00:13:17,339 He is miraculous. 252 00:13:17,339 --> 00:13:18,139 He's a miracle. 253 00:13:18,379 --> 00:13:20,539 In fact, he's the miracle of miracles. 254 00:13:21,179 --> 00:13:25,669 He is the marvel of all marvels and certainly the wonder 255 00:13:26,069 --> 00:13:27,269 of all wonders. 256 00:13:27,749 --> 00:13:32,189 The Bible describes him as in Psalm 45, 2, Thou art fairer than 257 00:13:32,189 --> 00:13:33,189 the children of men. 258 00:13:34,549 --> 00:13:35,829 Song of Solomon. 259 00:13:35,909 --> 00:13:39,829 As you think about Christ being pictured there, it describes 260 00:13:40,149 --> 00:13:43,349 the Song of Solomon, describes him as the chief among ten thousands 261 00:13:43,349 --> 00:13:47,109 and describes him as the one who's the altogether lovely one. 262 00:13:47,669 --> 00:13:55,039 The wonder of it all, the eternal existence, his incarnation, 263 00:13:55,039 --> 00:14:00,399 becoming flesh, you realize the Creator of the universe became 264 00:14:00,399 --> 00:14:09,039 flesh, became an infant who had to be carried as a baby. 265 00:14:09,919 --> 00:14:15,279 And yet still God had to be fed as an infant. 266 00:14:17,279 --> 00:14:24,359 And yet the Creator of the universe, what wonder is that that 267 00:14:24,359 --> 00:14:28,559 the God of the universe would stoop that low. 268 00:14:30,399 --> 00:14:32,639 The Creator became part of his creation. 269 00:14:33,839 --> 00:14:36,519 The Bible describes in Psalm 8 as him becoming a little lower than 270 00:14:36,519 --> 00:14:37,119 the angels. 271 00:14:39,839 --> 00:14:41,439 He who created all things. 272 00:14:43,739 --> 00:14:47,539 In the beginning was the Word, capital W O R D. You can look this 273 00:14:47,539 --> 00:14:47,939 up later. 274 00:14:47,939 --> 00:14:48,779 John chapter one. 275 00:14:48,779 --> 00:14:49,739 We quoted a lot. 276 00:14:50,299 --> 00:14:53,259 John 1:1:3, 14. 277 00:14:54,299 --> 00:14:57,339 In the beginning was the Word talking about Jesus. 278 00:14:57,818 --> 00:14:59,979 And the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 279 00:15:00,219 --> 00:15:02,379 The same was in the beginning with God. 280 00:15:02,459 --> 00:15:05,819 So God the Father and God the Son together in the beginning. 281 00:15:07,019 --> 00:15:10,139 And all things were made by him, referring to the Word, to Jesus 282 00:15:10,139 --> 00:15:10,459 Christ. 283 00:15:11,269 --> 00:15:13,429 And without him was not anything made that was made. 284 00:15:14,309 --> 00:15:19,069 Jesus Christ was indeed the part of the Godhead instrumental 285 00:15:19,069 --> 00:15:21,669 in creating the entire universe that we now occupy. 286 00:15:22,869 --> 00:15:26,829 The Creator of the world, he's the primary agent of the creation 287 00:15:26,829 --> 00:15:27,509 of the world. 288 00:15:28,229 --> 00:15:29,749 I do believe that when you were. 289 00:15:29,749 --> 00:15:33,189 If you were there at the beginning and you would have heard 290 00:15:33,189 --> 00:15:36,709 Jesus say, let there be light, I thought that would have been Jesus 291 00:15:36,709 --> 00:15:40,809 there, because it says he created all things. 292 00:15:41,129 --> 00:15:47,569 Verse 14 says, and the Word was made flesh, capital W O R D and 293 00:15:47,569 --> 00:15:49,609 the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us. 294 00:15:49,769 --> 00:15:53,368 And we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of 295 00:15:53,368 --> 00:15:55,049 the Father, full of grace and truth. 296 00:15:55,529 --> 00:15:58,249 The Word became flesh and dwelt among us. 297 00:15:58,809 --> 00:16:00,489 We beheld his glory. 298 00:16:04,339 --> 00:16:10,019 He lowered himself, Philippians says, he made himself 299 00:16:10,019 --> 00:16:16,619 of no reputation and took upon him the form of a servant, and was 300 00:16:16,619 --> 00:16:19,139 made in the likeness of man. 301 00:16:20,339 --> 00:16:21,219 Think about it. 302 00:16:23,299 --> 00:16:32,969 The God of all creation humbled himself, Matthew 28. 303 00:16:32,969 --> 00:16:35,449 We know he humbled himself, Philippians says, and became obedient 304 00:16:35,449 --> 00:16:35,969 unto death. 305 00:16:36,209 --> 00:16:37,489 Even the death of the cross. 306 00:16:37,729 --> 00:16:40,849 What Christ did for us in the past makes him wonderful, because 307 00:16:40,849 --> 00:16:41,369 he came. 308 00:16:41,369 --> 00:16:47,369 Not only did he come and was born and became flesh and dwelt among 309 00:16:47,369 --> 00:16:49,809 us, and they rubbed shoulders with him. 310 00:16:49,809 --> 00:16:52,849 But for the 33 and a half years, he lived a sinless life. 311 00:16:55,659 --> 00:16:58,259 And not because of sins he had committed, not because of crimes 312 00:16:58,259 --> 00:16:58,939 he committed. 313 00:17:00,939 --> 00:17:05,899 But he went to the cross, and there he suffered and died for us. 314 00:17:06,459 --> 00:17:09,219 He went to the cross, and there the Creator of the universe 315 00:17:09,219 --> 00:17:10,219 was spat upon. 316 00:17:11,339 --> 00:17:12,459 He was slandered. 317 00:17:13,419 --> 00:17:14,699 He was persecuted. 318 00:17:19,589 --> 00:17:29,429 What a wonder that is the Creator, the curator, persecuted 319 00:17:30,149 --> 00:17:30,789 by man. 320 00:17:32,469 --> 00:17:33,349 I believe it. 321 00:17:34,309 --> 00:17:36,229 I just truly can't understand it. 322 00:17:36,869 --> 00:17:42,869 And that's why David said, what is man that thou art mindful 323 00:17:42,869 --> 00:17:45,899 of him, or the Son of man, that thou visiteth him? 324 00:17:48,128 --> 00:17:49,488 Oh, the wonder of wonders. 325 00:17:51,888 --> 00:17:53,088 They put him in a grave. 326 00:17:53,088 --> 00:17:54,368 They put him in a tomb. 327 00:17:55,088 --> 00:18:00,968 But Mary approached that tomb on early on Sunday morning, and there 328 00:18:00,968 --> 00:18:01,808 was an angel there. 329 00:18:02,768 --> 00:18:10,928 And the angel said to her, mary, he is not here, for he is risen. 330 00:18:12,539 --> 00:18:13,019 Amen. 331 00:18:13,819 --> 00:18:15,779 He is risen up from the grave. 332 00:18:15,779 --> 00:18:19,819 He arose with a mighty triumph for his foes. 333 00:18:20,139 --> 00:18:24,899 He arose up a victor from the dark domain, and he lives forever 334 00:18:24,899 --> 00:18:26,459 with his saints to reign. 335 00:18:27,019 --> 00:18:27,899 He arose. 336 00:18:28,219 --> 00:18:29,179 He arose. 337 00:18:29,339 --> 00:18:30,139 Hallelujah. 338 00:18:30,139 --> 00:18:30,899 Christ arose. 339 00:18:30,899 --> 00:18:31,499 Amen. 340 00:18:31,499 --> 00:18:39,189 He rose from the dead, the creator of all the works of Christ. 341 00:18:39,749 --> 00:18:42,109 His life, his death and his resurrection. 342 00:18:42,109 --> 00:18:42,869 The Gospel. 343 00:18:43,029 --> 00:18:43,989 The good news. 344 00:18:45,189 --> 00:18:47,269 Man, I'm so glad there's good news today. 345 00:18:47,909 --> 00:18:50,069 Amongst all the bad news, there's great news. 346 00:18:50,629 --> 00:18:54,349 Jesus Christ came into this world to seek and to save that which 347 00:18:54,349 --> 00:18:54,869 is lost. 348 00:18:55,349 --> 00:18:58,949 Came to die for you and for me, for our sins. 349 00:19:01,349 --> 00:19:02,469 What wonder there is. 350 00:19:03,599 --> 00:19:06,159 And then there's wonder in what he's doing now for us. 351 00:19:07,679 --> 00:19:09,279 By the way, is he wonderful to you? 352 00:19:10,799 --> 00:19:12,159 Is he wonderful to you? 353 00:19:14,879 --> 00:19:16,399 Salvation is free. 354 00:19:17,599 --> 00:19:21,119 The gift of salvation that Christ offers, he offers to all. 355 00:19:22,159 --> 00:19:25,679 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. 356 00:19:26,479 --> 00:19:28,759 Has there been a time in your life when You've accepted Him as 357 00:19:28,759 --> 00:19:29,119 Savior. 358 00:19:30,629 --> 00:19:31,669 That's what he's doing now. 359 00:19:32,549 --> 00:19:34,709 What he's doing now is he's transforming lives. 360 00:19:34,949 --> 00:19:40,109 I'm glad that Christ is still in the life changing business, that 361 00:19:40,109 --> 00:19:45,989 he gives hope, peace, contentment, joy. 362 00:19:47,189 --> 00:19:52,949 All the things that this world is seeking, truly seeking now. 363 00:19:53,109 --> 00:19:56,029 Many seek for wealth and fame and fortune and all those things. 364 00:19:56,029 --> 00:19:57,239 And they find out that. 365 00:19:57,389 --> 00:20:00,389 That through fame and fortune and fun there is no peace. 366 00:20:00,389 --> 00:20:01,549 There is no contentment. 367 00:20:01,949 --> 00:20:04,669 Peace and contentment is only found through Jesus Christ. 368 00:20:05,629 --> 00:20:06,829 True contentment. 369 00:20:09,229 --> 00:20:10,349 True contentment. 370 00:20:11,629 --> 00:20:15,469 He gives that abundant life to all who will come to Him. 371 00:20:17,149 --> 00:20:19,949 I notice I did not say he takes away all of our problems. 372 00:20:23,309 --> 00:20:23,589 No. 373 00:20:23,589 --> 00:20:28,839 He picks us up, he walks beside us, he takes us through the 374 00:20:28,839 --> 00:20:29,519 trials. 375 00:20:29,839 --> 00:20:31,919 He never leaves us, nor forsakes us. 376 00:20:32,399 --> 00:20:37,359 He helps us, carries us, encourages us, strengthens us. 377 00:20:40,319 --> 00:20:47,279 Can't really appreciate the abundant life, the life of peace 378 00:20:47,279 --> 00:20:56,019 and life of joy until you've gone to the depths, faced the detours, 379 00:20:58,739 --> 00:20:59,939 faced the valleys. 380 00:21:02,259 --> 00:21:09,539 But oh the wonder when Christ intercedes on your behalf, when he 381 00:21:09,539 --> 00:21:13,459 comes to you in your hour of need, when he strengthens you in 382 00:21:13,459 --> 00:21:21,959 your hour of need, as he done so much, so many times for me, and 383 00:21:21,959 --> 00:21:23,359 then for what he's going to do. 384 00:21:24,639 --> 00:21:28,239 Isaiah, chapter nine, verse six and seven, we kind of read over 385 00:21:28,239 --> 00:21:31,759 it, but it does say, and the government what shall be upon his 386 00:21:31,759 --> 00:21:32,319 shoulder? 387 00:21:33,439 --> 00:21:36,119 And then verse seven says of the increase of the government and 388 00:21:36,119 --> 00:21:37,359 peace there shall be what? 389 00:21:37,839 --> 00:21:38,559 No end. 390 00:21:39,359 --> 00:21:43,679 Upon the throne of David and upon upon his kingdom to order it 391 00:21:44,369 --> 00:21:46,689 and to establish it with judgment and justice. 392 00:21:47,249 --> 00:21:50,289 The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform it. 393 00:21:50,849 --> 00:21:52,689 Well, I'm looking forward to that day, aren't you? 394 00:21:53,489 --> 00:21:56,689 With all the corruption and all the things we see in government 395 00:21:56,769 --> 00:22:02,409 today and all the self serving politicians and presidents and on 396 00:22:02,409 --> 00:22:03,249 and on and on. 397 00:22:03,649 --> 00:22:10,089 There'll be one who will rule, who will set in order, who will sit 398 00:22:10,089 --> 00:22:16,249 on the throne of David, who will bring true peace and justice 399 00:22:16,889 --> 00:22:17,929 and judgment. 400 00:22:18,649 --> 00:22:21,209 The one is Jesus Christ. 401 00:22:21,769 --> 00:22:25,769 To order it and to establish it forever. 402 00:22:26,249 --> 00:22:27,209 That's what it says. 403 00:22:27,449 --> 00:22:28,649 There'll be no end. 404 00:22:29,209 --> 00:22:29,849 Amen. 405 00:22:30,809 --> 00:22:31,449 No end. 406 00:22:32,409 --> 00:22:33,769 His name is wonderful. 407 00:22:34,809 --> 00:22:38,659 He is the mighty King, the master of everything. 408 00:22:39,539 --> 00:22:40,899 His name is wonderful. 409 00:22:40,899 --> 00:22:42,179 Jesus, my Lord. 410 00:22:44,819 --> 00:22:49,299 Not only is his name wonderful, the Bible says he is counselor. 411 00:22:50,099 --> 00:22:50,899 Counselor. 412 00:22:51,699 --> 00:22:53,939 That word counselor means wisdom. 413 00:22:55,299 --> 00:22:58,179 Our Christ, the Messiah is all knowing and wise. 414 00:22:58,899 --> 00:23:01,699 Romans chapter 11 says, oh, the depth and the riches both of 415 00:23:01,699 --> 00:23:02,979 the wisdom and knowledge of God. 416 00:23:03,609 --> 00:23:06,729 There is no end to his wisdom and knowledge. 417 00:23:07,129 --> 00:23:08,489 It is that God. 418 00:23:08,649 --> 00:23:10,009 Christ knows everything. 419 00:23:10,569 --> 00:23:13,609 First Corinthians chapter 1, verse 30 says, but of him that is 420 00:23:13,609 --> 00:23:18,289 Christ, are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God who is made unto 421 00:23:18,289 --> 00:23:18,849 us wisdom. 422 00:23:18,849 --> 00:23:20,969 So God has made to us wisdom. 423 00:23:20,969 --> 00:23:27,609 Jesus Christ, Jesus Christ our counselor. 424 00:23:27,849 --> 00:23:29,449 By the way, he's a perfect counselor. 425 00:23:29,449 --> 00:23:33,109 A. I don't know if you've ever been to a counselor or not, but human 426 00:23:33,109 --> 00:23:34,269 counselors are not perfect. 427 00:23:34,909 --> 00:23:37,709 They may have some skill and some learning to help you. 428 00:23:37,709 --> 00:23:41,429 Maybe they've experienced counseling so many other couples 429 00:23:41,429 --> 00:23:45,149 or individuals that they kind of have an understanding of the nature 430 00:23:45,629 --> 00:23:49,709 of individuals, but their counsel is never perfect. 431 00:23:50,509 --> 00:23:51,949 Jesus Christ is perfect. 432 00:23:52,829 --> 00:23:54,989 By Jesus Christ, God gives us counsel. 433 00:23:55,379 --> 00:23:59,379 It's through Jesus Christ's teachings that we receive counsel. 434 00:23:59,539 --> 00:24:02,579 By the way, his teachings are true, every one of them. 435 00:24:03,619 --> 00:24:08,259 Man, With Facebook and everything else going on fake news, 436 00:24:10,259 --> 00:24:10,899 fake news. 437 00:24:10,899 --> 00:24:12,259 A lot of fake news out there. 438 00:24:14,099 --> 00:24:16,859 I always ask my wife, she'll say something, hey, I heard this, 439 00:24:16,859 --> 00:24:17,059 this. 440 00:24:17,059 --> 00:24:18,419 And I said, well, where did you get that? 441 00:24:20,179 --> 00:24:21,539 But you asked the same thing. 442 00:24:22,829 --> 00:24:24,349 Where did your information come from? 443 00:24:25,629 --> 00:24:27,749 There's not a lot of information out there being given 444 00:24:27,749 --> 00:24:34,029 that we can trust on both sides of the aisle, by the way. 445 00:24:36,669 --> 00:24:37,948 It's crazy, isn't it? 446 00:24:41,789 --> 00:24:43,869 I'm so glad I have one I can trust. 447 00:24:45,069 --> 00:24:47,829 See, when I go to somebody and ask advice, I have to weigh their 448 00:24:47,829 --> 00:24:48,269 advice. 449 00:24:49,209 --> 00:24:51,129 Once they give me the advice, I have to weigh it. 450 00:24:51,129 --> 00:24:52,729 Just like when I see news now. 451 00:24:52,969 --> 00:24:55,409 Maybe there was a day and age in America where you could watch 452 00:24:55,409 --> 00:24:58,649 the evening news and you could take it as they say it. 453 00:24:59,049 --> 00:24:59,929 There was a day. 454 00:25:00,249 --> 00:25:01,809 That day's long past. 455 00:25:01,809 --> 00:25:04,169 By the way, if you're watching the major news channels and you're 456 00:25:04,169 --> 00:25:07,769 taking their word, you have definitely put your head in the sand. 457 00:25:08,489 --> 00:25:12,969 But I'm just saying, even then, we have to weigh it, right? 458 00:25:13,609 --> 00:25:18,859 Aren't you glad that there is some counsel that we have that we 459 00:25:18,859 --> 00:25:19,619 don't have to weigh? 460 00:25:20,739 --> 00:25:22,099 I don't have to weigh it. 461 00:25:23,379 --> 00:25:27,459 I don't have to consider whether it's true or not true. 462 00:25:28,339 --> 00:25:29,619 And I hold it in my hand. 463 00:25:30,978 --> 00:25:35,699 Every word, every word, every line is true from beginning to end. 464 00:25:37,699 --> 00:25:42,239 Every counsel that the word of God gives us is accurate and right 465 00:25:42,639 --> 00:25:43,999 and just and true. 466 00:25:44,959 --> 00:25:46,399 I don't have to weigh it. 467 00:25:47,279 --> 00:25:50,079 I don't have to think, well, is this right or is this wrong or 468 00:25:50,159 --> 00:25:51,359 is this true or not true? 469 00:25:51,359 --> 00:25:51,879 No, no, no. 470 00:25:51,879 --> 00:25:55,519 I take it as simply as what it says as being true. 471 00:25:55,679 --> 00:25:59,439 I am the way, the what truth and the life. 472 00:26:00,479 --> 00:26:01,519 He's the truth. 473 00:26:02,159 --> 00:26:03,599 His word is truth. 474 00:26:04,559 --> 00:26:06,959 I want to know how to direct My family. 475 00:26:07,199 --> 00:26:08,439 I can go to a counselor. 476 00:26:08,439 --> 00:26:11,459 I can go to a family counselor and I can read some books and. 477 00:26:11,609 --> 00:26:15,249 And I can read some books on the family and I can get some ideas, 478 00:26:15,249 --> 00:26:17,129 but I still got to weigh what I read. 479 00:26:17,289 --> 00:26:17,569 No. 480 00:26:17,569 --> 00:26:17,769 No. 481 00:26:17,769 --> 00:26:20,249 I can read the Bible on how to raise my family. 482 00:26:20,409 --> 00:26:23,769 And I know, I know without a shadow of a doubt that what it says 483 00:26:23,769 --> 00:26:24,409 is true. 484 00:26:25,129 --> 00:26:29,049 And if I follow it, it will work every time. 485 00:26:31,209 --> 00:26:34,329 My finances, my life. 486 00:26:35,129 --> 00:26:36,889 I don't have to question it. 487 00:26:37,949 --> 00:26:40,349 I just take it for what it says. 488 00:26:41,949 --> 00:26:47,629 Aren't you thankful for a place, a book you can go to, a person 489 00:26:47,629 --> 00:26:52,989 you can go to that will always be true, always be right? 490 00:26:54,589 --> 00:26:55,629 No fake news. 491 00:26:56,829 --> 00:27:00,429 Proverbs says, trust in the Lord with all thy might. 492 00:27:00,989 --> 00:27:04,189 Lean not unto thine own understanding in all thy ways. 493 00:27:04,189 --> 00:27:07,169 Acknowledge him and he shall direct thy paths. 494 00:27:08,279 --> 00:27:09,239 No trust in him. 495 00:27:10,439 --> 00:27:13,839 We simply accept the teachings of Jesus Christ. 496 00:27:13,839 --> 00:27:18,199 We accept his word understanding that that is true wisdom, 497 00:27:19,719 --> 00:27:23,159 that true wisdom and discernment are found in his word. 498 00:27:24,199 --> 00:27:27,239 Sure, wisdom is found by experience as well. 499 00:27:28,679 --> 00:27:33,959 A little kid learns some things by touching a hot stove. 500 00:27:33,959 --> 00:27:34,279 Right? 501 00:27:35,529 --> 00:27:35,769 Right. 502 00:27:36,009 --> 00:27:42,769 So yeah, kids learn as they grow up about what not to do and 503 00:27:42,769 --> 00:27:46,649 what to do many times by experience, or at least they used 504 00:27:46,649 --> 00:27:46,889 to. 505 00:27:46,889 --> 00:27:49,609 Now we have too many helicopter moms and lawnmower moms 506 00:27:50,089 --> 00:27:55,249 and dads who don't want their little precious to get hurt and won't 507 00:27:55,249 --> 00:27:57,369 let them go across the monkey bars anymore. 508 00:27:58,969 --> 00:28:01,139 We don't have what happened. 509 00:28:02,099 --> 00:28:05,099 You know, I used to, man, I, you know, four or five years old, 510 00:28:05,099 --> 00:28:06,179 going across the monkey bars. 511 00:28:06,179 --> 00:28:07,459 It was 10ft down. 512 00:28:07,939 --> 00:28:10,019 If I fail, I'm going to die, you know. 513 00:28:11,299 --> 00:28:13,139 No, we went across the monkey bars. 514 00:28:13,219 --> 00:28:14,019 It was fun. 515 00:28:15,219 --> 00:28:18,739 And I'm sure my dad or mom was watching and whatever the case is. 516 00:28:18,739 --> 00:28:23,219 But we learn by experience. 517 00:28:28,749 --> 00:28:31,789 But true wisdom comes from God. 518 00:28:33,949 --> 00:28:39,229 We might even call it common sense, the ability to apply knowledge. 519 00:28:40,429 --> 00:28:42,109 We use the word discernment. 520 00:28:42,829 --> 00:28:46,109 Solomon was the wisest man who ever lived. 521 00:28:46,749 --> 00:28:47,349 Think about that. 522 00:28:47,349 --> 00:28:48,669 Where did his wisdom come from? 523 00:28:49,629 --> 00:28:50,509 Came from God. 524 00:28:52,279 --> 00:28:55,319 If any man lack wisdom, the Bible says in James, let him ask 525 00:28:55,319 --> 00:28:55,879 of God. 526 00:28:56,759 --> 00:29:01,119 By the way, he said he will give it liberally his will. 527 00:29:01,119 --> 00:29:03,239 God's will and God's judgments are always right. 528 00:29:03,719 --> 00:29:05,559 I can again truly trust him. 529 00:29:05,959 --> 00:29:07,158 I can't trust myself. 530 00:29:07,158 --> 00:29:08,679 I can't depend on myself. 531 00:29:09,799 --> 00:29:10,759 Trust in the Lord. 532 00:29:10,759 --> 00:29:13,319 The Bible says again, lean on to thine own understanding. 533 00:29:13,319 --> 00:29:15,839 Jesus Christ again is the ultimate counselor. 534 00:29:15,839 --> 00:29:19,269 I'm just telling you we can trust him. 535 00:29:20,309 --> 00:29:25,269 He is an all wise counselor and his name shall Be called wonderful. 536 00:29:25,989 --> 00:29:32,389 Counselor, the wonder that the Creator became our savior. 537 00:29:34,229 --> 00:29:35,429 Is he your savior? 538 00:29:36,709 --> 00:29:38,789 Do you know Jesus Christ as your savior? 539 00:29:39,669 --> 00:29:42,229 Have you put your trust in him? 540 00:29:42,859 --> 00:29:44,779 And let me tell you Christians, have you put your trust 541 00:29:44,779 --> 00:29:45,579 in his word? 542 00:29:47,019 --> 00:29:50,219 I just said a moment ago, do you trust this word? 543 00:29:51,179 --> 00:29:54,219 Do you truly trust it in every area of your life? 544 00:29:54,939 --> 00:29:57,459 Or have you listened to the pundits out there and you've listened 545 00:29:57,459 --> 00:30:00,819 to the soothsayers out there, You've listened to the false narrative 546 00:30:00,819 --> 00:30:01,859 out there that the word of God. 547 00:30:01,859 --> 00:30:04,539 You know, it's okay in this area and that area, but, you know, 548 00:30:04,539 --> 00:30:04,859 really. 549 00:30:05,099 --> 00:30:08,059 And I always use raising family as my illustration, but raising 550 00:30:08,059 --> 00:30:09,859 your children, maybe you shouldn't do it that way. 551 00:30:09,859 --> 00:30:10,219 Or this. 552 00:30:10,219 --> 00:30:11,179 No, no, no, no, no. 553 00:30:11,739 --> 00:30:12,539 Do you trust it? 554 00:30:13,419 --> 00:30:14,019 Amen. 555 00:30:14,019 --> 00:30:14,859 Do you trust it? 556 00:30:15,339 --> 00:30:16,299 I trust it. 557 00:30:17,099 --> 00:30:20,539 You, as a Christian, ought to trust the word of God, the ultimate 558 00:30:20,539 --> 00:30:21,259 counselor. 559 00:30:23,899 --> 00:30:26,059 I've asked this question before to our congregation. 560 00:30:26,139 --> 00:30:28,699 Why is there such a lack of wisdom in our world today? 561 00:30:30,699 --> 00:30:33,099 Why do we see a lack of common sense today? 562 00:30:34,539 --> 00:30:35,739 Why do we see that? 563 00:30:36,379 --> 00:30:38,059 I don't believe there's a person, one who. 564 00:30:38,579 --> 00:30:41,139 Who keeps up with what's going on in our society. 565 00:30:41,299 --> 00:30:44,939 And if I sit down with you and I ask you the question, do you think 566 00:30:44,939 --> 00:30:47,219 society as a whole lacks common sense? 567 00:30:49,059 --> 00:30:52,739 Man, a lot of us would say, yeah, and it's bad. 568 00:30:54,579 --> 00:30:55,459 Why is that true? 569 00:30:55,459 --> 00:30:58,659 Why is it that we could go back 40, 50, 60 years ago and say, 570 00:30:58,899 --> 00:31:00,939 oh, that's not true of that society. 571 00:31:00,939 --> 00:31:05,179 It's not true of the society of the 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 572 00:31:05,179 --> 00:31:08,249 maybe 90s, were getting a little bit. 573 00:31:08,889 --> 00:31:09,969 Just got worse and worse. 574 00:31:09,969 --> 00:31:10,329 Why? 575 00:31:10,809 --> 00:31:11,209 Why? 576 00:31:12,969 --> 00:31:13,369 Why? 577 00:31:14,489 --> 00:31:16,569 I mean, people think they came from rocks. 578 00:31:18,009 --> 00:31:18,969 That's evolution. 579 00:31:19,049 --> 00:31:21,449 If you believe in evolution, you think you came from a rock. 580 00:31:22,569 --> 00:31:24,009 Inanimate became animate. 581 00:31:24,089 --> 00:31:25,849 That's really simple as that. 582 00:31:26,889 --> 00:31:30,569 Takes more faith to believe in evolution than it does creation. 583 00:31:32,979 --> 00:31:37,619 I mean, people think that, oh, man, things I could get into. 584 00:31:43,939 --> 00:31:44,579 I'll stop. 585 00:31:49,219 --> 00:31:52,659 I mean, there's so much that each one of us could sit down and 586 00:31:52,979 --> 00:31:55,219 we go, why do people think that way? 587 00:31:56,899 --> 00:31:57,779 That's weird. 588 00:31:59,709 --> 00:32:00,989 Sometimes it's moral issues. 589 00:32:00,989 --> 00:32:02,989 You go, why would somebody think that way? 590 00:32:04,589 --> 00:32:06,029 Sometimes it's ethical issues. 591 00:32:06,109 --> 00:32:08,189 You go, why would somebody think that? 592 00:32:08,989 --> 00:32:10,749 Why would somebody act that way? 593 00:32:11,789 --> 00:32:13,469 Well, because they think that way. 594 00:32:14,669 --> 00:32:17,149 You go, why has our society become that? 595 00:32:18,189 --> 00:32:24,919 Understand that wisdom comes from a knowledge, from the knowledge 596 00:32:25,079 --> 00:32:29,639 of Jesus Christ and his word. 597 00:32:30,999 --> 00:32:34,279 Read about the Founding Fathers, even those who may not have 598 00:32:34,279 --> 00:32:39,159 been just like us, but all of them read their Bible. 599 00:32:40,199 --> 00:32:43,959 Benjamin Franklin is the one who said, hey, he's the one who called 600 00:32:43,959 --> 00:32:44,679 for prayer. 601 00:32:45,559 --> 00:32:46,279 He's the one. 602 00:32:46,279 --> 00:32:48,119 Some people, you know, they said, well, he just wasn't very, 603 00:32:48,119 --> 00:32:50,089 you know, he wasn't a God believing. 604 00:32:50,409 --> 00:32:52,089 But he's the one who called for prayer. 605 00:32:52,409 --> 00:32:53,609 He read his Bible. 606 00:32:55,529 --> 00:32:58,929 This is where knowledge comes from and this is where true wisdom 607 00:32:58,929 --> 00:32:59,449 comes from. 608 00:33:00,009 --> 00:33:01,769 True wisdom comes from God. 609 00:33:01,769 --> 00:33:04,249 That common sense comes from the Lord. 610 00:33:05,288 --> 00:33:08,929 The ability to take what we know and apply it in our everyday 611 00:33:08,929 --> 00:33:10,409 life, that comes from God. 612 00:33:10,409 --> 00:33:12,169 And you as a parent need to pray. 613 00:33:12,169 --> 00:33:13,369 God, give me wisdom. 614 00:33:13,849 --> 00:33:14,729 Lord, help me. 615 00:33:15,329 --> 00:33:16,769 Be my ultimate counselor. 616 00:33:16,769 --> 00:33:19,209 Lord, I don't know exactly how to raise my family. 617 00:33:19,209 --> 00:33:21,329 I don't know exactly how to be a good dad. 618 00:33:21,329 --> 00:33:22,689 Maybe you didn't have a good dad. 619 00:33:22,929 --> 00:33:24,889 And maybe you look back and go, I don't know how to be a good 620 00:33:24,889 --> 00:33:25,249 dad. 621 00:33:25,329 --> 00:33:26,129 Yes, you do. 622 00:33:26,129 --> 00:33:29,089 The Bible gives you the answer of how to be a good father. 623 00:33:29,089 --> 00:33:32,649 You can emulate the heavenly father and you got some good examples 624 00:33:32,649 --> 00:33:33,249 around here. 625 00:33:33,249 --> 00:33:36,609 I'm just saying, lord, help me and he will. 626 00:33:36,609 --> 00:33:38,609 If any man like wisdom, let him ask of God. 627 00:33:39,169 --> 00:33:41,179 Mamas, ask him. 628 00:33:42,619 --> 00:33:44,219 He's the ultimate counselor. 629 00:33:45,979 --> 00:33:47,579 He's a truthful counselor. 630 00:33:51,019 --> 00:33:52,699 Unto us a child is born. 631 00:33:53,419 --> 00:33:56,139 Unto us a son is given. 632 00:33:57,259 --> 00:33:58,139 Who is us? 633 00:34:01,499 --> 00:34:04,299 Well, it's me and it's you. 634 00:34:07,109 --> 00:34:08,229 Oh, the wonder of it. 635 00:34:09,429 --> 00:34:14,469 Oh, the wonder that he would save a sinner like me. 636 00:34:15,589 --> 00:34:21,469 That he, the creator of the universe, would die for me. 637 00:34:21,469 --> 00:34:25,269 Not just any death, but the death of the cross. 638 00:34:26,389 --> 00:34:29,989 Despised, rejected, spit upon. 639 00:34:32,799 --> 00:34:34,239 Did that for you, did that for me. 640 00:34:36,959 --> 00:34:38,079 What wonder there is. 641 00:34:38,799 --> 00:34:40,399 Help us to never lose the wonder. 642 00:34:41,519 --> 00:34:46,079 Help us to always be confident and trust in his word as our ultimate 643 00:34:46,079 --> 00:34:46,719 counselor.