1 00:00:29,939 --> 00:00:31,779 So I know most of you do. 2 00:00:31,779 --> 00:00:35,139 I enjoy it, especially after Thanksgiving. 3 00:00:38,339 --> 00:00:39,779 Me and you agree? 4 00:00:39,779 --> 00:00:40,219 Yes. 5 00:00:40,219 --> 00:00:41,939 Me and Ms. Charlene on the same page. 6 00:00:42,659 --> 00:00:48,339 And so all you who decorated your houses this summer for Christmas, 7 00:00:49,299 --> 00:00:50,339 that's what it's become. 8 00:00:50,499 --> 00:00:52,819 You know, Dollar General had their Christmas stuff out. 9 00:00:54,819 --> 00:00:55,699 Three months ago. 10 00:00:56,159 --> 00:00:59,039 I think Lowe's and Home Depot had theirs out three months ago. 11 00:00:59,199 --> 00:01:02,919 So I'll stop picking on you guys who keep your Christmas stuff 12 00:01:02,919 --> 00:01:03,599 all year round. 13 00:01:03,919 --> 00:01:05,279 Just easier to do it that way. 14 00:01:05,439 --> 00:01:06,879 Just keep it up all year round. 15 00:01:07,439 --> 00:01:09,199 It's pretty, you know. 16 00:01:09,279 --> 00:01:12,479 So I guess we ought to preach tonight. 17 00:01:14,639 --> 00:01:16,559 I'm going to go Some familiar passages. 18 00:01:17,519 --> 00:01:18,399 Two passages. 19 00:01:19,359 --> 00:01:20,799 Isaiah 7:14. 20 00:01:22,569 --> 00:01:28,489 Prophecy of Isaiah 750 years before Christ was born. 21 00:01:28,809 --> 00:01:33,369 And then Matthew 1:23, which is the angel coming to Joseph. 22 00:01:34,009 --> 00:01:36,249 And we touched on that a little bit this morning. 23 00:01:37,129 --> 00:01:39,689 And so we'll look at those tonight. 24 00:01:40,649 --> 00:01:42,249 So Isaiah 7:14. 25 00:01:45,449 --> 00:01:47,339 And then Matthew 1:23. 26 00:01:49,409 --> 00:01:50,369 Isaiah 7:14. 27 00:01:50,369 --> 00:01:54,449 Again we have the prophecy of Christ being born of a virgin. 28 00:01:55,409 --> 00:01:57,889 And then also again that he shall be called Immanuel. 29 00:01:57,889 --> 00:01:59,329 So look at this with me. 30 00:02:00,849 --> 00:02:03,889 Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign. 31 00:02:04,529 --> 00:02:10,489 Behold, a virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall 32 00:02:10,489 --> 00:02:12,129 call his name Immanuel. 33 00:02:13,419 --> 00:02:17,259 And again look over to Matthew 1:23. 34 00:02:22,459 --> 00:02:27,819 Here again, the angel is speaking to Joseph. 35 00:02:28,299 --> 00:02:32,139 Let's go ahead and go back to verse 18. 36 00:02:33,019 --> 00:02:35,219 Now, the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise. 37 00:02:35,219 --> 00:02:37,739 When his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph. 38 00:02:37,979 --> 00:02:40,979 Before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy 39 00:02:40,979 --> 00:02:41,339 Ghost. 40 00:02:42,189 --> 00:02:45,789 And Joseph, her husband, being a just man and not willing to make 41 00:02:45,789 --> 00:02:49,389 her a public example, was minded to put her away privily. 42 00:02:50,029 --> 00:02:52,869 But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the 43 00:02:52,869 --> 00:02:57,469 Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of 44 00:02:57,469 --> 00:03:00,509 David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy. 45 00:03:01,149 --> 00:03:04,189 For that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost. 46 00:03:04,909 --> 00:03:06,669 And she shall bring forth a son. 47 00:03:07,479 --> 00:03:09,079 Thou shalt call his name Jesus. 48 00:03:09,079 --> 00:03:13,159 And we mentioned this morning again, the name Jesus means Savior. 49 00:03:14,199 --> 00:03:16,599 And it gives you the definition in the next statement. 50 00:03:16,599 --> 00:03:19,639 For he shall save his people from their sins. 51 00:03:20,359 --> 00:03:23,479 Now all this was done that it might be fulfilled, which was spoken 52 00:03:23,479 --> 00:03:26,159 of the Lord by the prophets, saying, whose prophet? 53 00:03:26,159 --> 00:03:26,759 What prophet? 54 00:03:26,759 --> 00:03:27,319 Isaiah. 55 00:03:28,199 --> 00:03:29,319 Isaiah 7:14. 56 00:03:30,199 --> 00:03:30,759 Behold. 57 00:03:35,729 --> 00:03:36,129 Behold. 58 00:03:36,289 --> 00:03:36,849 Wonder. 59 00:03:37,569 --> 00:03:38,129 Behold. 60 00:03:40,049 --> 00:03:42,249 To put an object up and to behold it. 61 00:03:42,249 --> 00:03:43,889 To look at every angle. 62 00:03:44,769 --> 00:03:49,089 A virgin shall be with child and shall bring forth a son. 63 00:03:50,129 --> 00:03:52,289 And they shall call his name Immanuel. 64 00:03:52,929 --> 00:03:55,329 Which, being interpreted, is God with us. 65 00:03:56,129 --> 00:04:00,059 God with a snyb really was going to spend most of My time talking 66 00:04:00,059 --> 00:04:04,779 about the incarnation of Christ, of him becoming flesh. 67 00:04:04,779 --> 00:04:10,139 But I believe we want to spend a little time on why did he come? 68 00:04:11,179 --> 00:04:14,939 When, where and why and how. 69 00:04:15,899 --> 00:04:18,459 The Old Testament answers all those questions. 70 00:04:18,939 --> 00:04:23,899 The Old Testament, how, when, where and why? 71 00:04:24,129 --> 00:04:24,489 Let's pray. 72 00:04:24,489 --> 00:04:27,129 Heavenly Father, again bless the reading of your word. 73 00:04:27,129 --> 00:04:30,689 And Lord, may we again see how amazing. 74 00:04:32,369 --> 00:04:40,088 Prophecy is in your word, how so particular it is, Lord, It's a 75 00:04:40,088 --> 00:04:40,609 miracle. 76 00:04:41,169 --> 00:04:47,089 Lord, help us to never lose the wonder of the miraculous birth 77 00:04:47,329 --> 00:04:48,609 of your son Jesus. 78 00:04:48,609 --> 00:04:49,569 In Jesus name. 79 00:04:50,039 --> 00:04:50,519 Amen. 80 00:04:51,719 --> 00:04:53,319 Why did he come again? 81 00:04:53,399 --> 00:04:54,439 700 years. 82 00:04:54,519 --> 00:04:56,999 750 years before Christ was born. 83 00:04:57,959 --> 00:05:01,079 Isaiah answers the question of why he came. 84 00:05:02,999 --> 00:05:06,119 We also hear of his ministry. 85 00:05:06,119 --> 00:05:08,599 We hear of his message are all foretold. 86 00:05:09,159 --> 00:05:13,399 750 years before Christ was born. 87 00:05:14,199 --> 00:05:18,869 Isaiah brings forth a message of redemption that a promise of a 88 00:05:18,869 --> 00:05:19,909 Savior who would come. 89 00:05:20,949 --> 00:05:23,349 One who would come with us, who would be Immanuel. 90 00:05:23,509 --> 00:05:26,189 Now the New Testament gives us the definition of Emmanuel. 91 00:05:26,189 --> 00:05:29,989 But understand the Hebrew and the Old Testament that Emmanuel means 92 00:05:29,989 --> 00:05:30,749 God with us. 93 00:05:30,749 --> 00:05:34,709 So when the Old Testament saints were reading this verse of 94 00:05:34,709 --> 00:05:37,869 Scripture, when they read the name Immanuel, they automatically 95 00:05:37,869 --> 00:05:39,909 knew this means God with us. 96 00:05:40,629 --> 00:05:44,429 That the Messiah would be God with us. 97 00:05:45,869 --> 00:05:46,949 Think about that for a moment. 98 00:05:46,949 --> 00:05:50,989 The Old Testament saints, the Old Testament prophets were told 99 00:05:50,989 --> 00:05:53,549 that that Jesus Christ was indeed God. 100 00:05:56,189 --> 00:05:56,509 Again. 101 00:05:56,509 --> 00:06:01,909 The promise of this great miracle happened 250 years before 102 00:06:01,909 --> 00:06:02,509 his birth. 103 00:06:02,829 --> 00:06:04,589 This is no ordinary birth. 104 00:06:05,149 --> 00:06:06,429 How was he to be born? 105 00:06:07,149 --> 00:06:08,189 How would he be born? 106 00:06:08,189 --> 00:06:12,039 Well, Isaiah tells us he would be born of a virgin. 107 00:06:13,079 --> 00:06:14,439 That is impossible. 108 00:06:15,799 --> 00:06:16,839 That is impossible. 109 00:06:17,639 --> 00:06:19,479 A virgin cannot have a baby. 110 00:06:20,519 --> 00:06:21,159 Amen. 111 00:06:21,959 --> 00:06:22,919 That's impossible. 112 00:06:23,239 --> 00:06:25,239 I'm thankful nothing's impossible with God. 113 00:06:26,359 --> 00:06:28,879 And it was important, as we have stated this morning, and as 114 00:06:28,879 --> 00:06:32,279 we'll state over the next 30 days here, as we spend a lot of time 115 00:06:32,599 --> 00:06:36,589 talking about Jesus and the virgin birth and the story of Christmas 116 00:06:36,589 --> 00:06:40,229 story, it was important that he be born of a virgin again. 117 00:06:40,309 --> 00:06:44,229 That he lived that sinless life because he had no sinful nature, 118 00:06:44,229 --> 00:06:46,949 because he didn't receive a sin nature, because he had no earthly 119 00:06:46,949 --> 00:06:47,349 dad. 120 00:06:48,949 --> 00:06:52,148 Joseph was not his biological dad. 121 00:06:53,669 --> 00:06:54,869 The Holy Spirit was. 122 00:06:57,029 --> 00:06:58,589 The Bible says there very clearly. 123 00:06:58,589 --> 00:07:01,189 He was of the child of the Holy Ghost. 124 00:07:01,919 --> 00:07:03,039 He said, joseph, don't. 125 00:07:04,239 --> 00:07:07,559 It's not a problem for you to take Mary to be your wife, for that 126 00:07:07,559 --> 00:07:09,359 which is in her is conceived of the Holy Ghost. 127 00:07:11,999 --> 00:07:17,359 I can't imagine what Joseph must have gone through thinking that 128 00:07:17,359 --> 00:07:17,678 his. 129 00:07:19,839 --> 00:07:21,759 Future wife was pregnant. 130 00:07:23,599 --> 00:07:24,439 Until that time. 131 00:07:24,439 --> 00:07:27,519 The angel came to him and said, no need to worry. 132 00:07:28,669 --> 00:07:29,789 Take her to be your wife. 133 00:07:30,509 --> 00:07:31,789 It's an amazing thing. 134 00:07:33,309 --> 00:07:34,829 Again, an impossible. 135 00:07:35,949 --> 00:07:37,229 An impossible thing. 136 00:07:38,589 --> 00:07:45,149 But God prepared a virgin, a pure and chaste woman. 137 00:07:47,309 --> 00:07:52,269 To be the vessel in which would house God in the flesh. 138 00:07:55,399 --> 00:07:57,239 That's beyond comprehension, isn't it? 139 00:07:57,479 --> 00:07:58,839 Fully comprehend that. 140 00:08:00,359 --> 00:08:04,599 The God of the universe, the creator of everything. 141 00:08:07,639 --> 00:08:08,919 Became flesh. 142 00:08:12,599 --> 00:08:16,839 So how would he be born 750 years before he was born? 143 00:08:17,479 --> 00:08:20,239 Isaiah tells us he'd be born a virgin. 144 00:08:21,039 --> 00:08:22,799 Number two, when would he be born? 145 00:08:23,519 --> 00:08:24,719 And we don't have time. 146 00:08:24,879 --> 00:08:28,919 We just went over this in our study of Daniel in Daniel, chapter 147 00:08:28,919 --> 00:08:29,159 9. 148 00:08:29,159 --> 00:08:30,559 The Prophecies of Daniel. 149 00:08:30,639 --> 00:08:35,839 Daniel chapter 9, verse 25, 26, 27, speaks of that prophecy concerning 150 00:08:35,839 --> 00:08:41,439 Daniel's 70 weeks, which is 490 years, which gives us an outline. 151 00:08:41,439 --> 00:08:46,439 And Daniel gives you the calendar of when Christ was going 152 00:08:46,439 --> 00:08:49,769 to be born and when he was going to be cut off, when he was 153 00:08:49,769 --> 00:08:50,369 going to die. 154 00:08:51,489 --> 00:08:54,129 Literally, you can take that and we did. 155 00:08:54,209 --> 00:08:57,729 You take the calendar from Daniel and you can spell out the 156 00:08:57,729 --> 00:09:01,089 day in which Christ will be born and die. 157 00:09:03,969 --> 00:09:06,289 It was there in the prophecy. 158 00:09:07,009 --> 00:09:08,209 Daniel, chapter 9. 159 00:09:09,089 --> 00:09:12,329 Understand that there were those who were looking for Christ's 160 00:09:12,329 --> 00:09:12,609 coming. 161 00:09:14,019 --> 00:09:14,739 Zacharias. 162 00:09:15,779 --> 00:09:17,699 Do you think Zacharias is just hanging out? 163 00:09:18,339 --> 00:09:21,059 And then when Mary and Joseph walked into the temple, he said, 164 00:09:21,059 --> 00:09:22,659 he said, that's probably not. 165 00:09:22,659 --> 00:09:23,099 No, no. 166 00:09:23,099 --> 00:09:24,139 He was looking for it. 167 00:09:24,139 --> 00:09:25,939 I believe, I believe, I believe. 168 00:09:26,019 --> 00:09:29,179 My opinion is Zacharias knew the calendar. 169 00:09:29,179 --> 00:09:30,179 He knew it was close. 170 00:09:30,499 --> 00:09:33,739 He was one of the ones of the Jewish leaders who weren't caught 171 00:09:33,739 --> 00:09:36,779 up in the wrappings, who wasn't caught up in the liturgy. 172 00:09:36,779 --> 00:09:38,339 He wasn't caught up in the ceremonies. 173 00:09:38,339 --> 00:09:42,209 He was one of the remnant who was looking for Christ's return. 174 00:09:42,289 --> 00:09:44,929 Looking for return, looking for the Messiah to come. 175 00:09:46,449 --> 00:09:48,929 And when he saw the Messiah, there he was. 176 00:09:50,849 --> 00:09:52,049 It sang about him. 177 00:09:53,489 --> 00:09:54,369 Go read it. 178 00:09:55,809 --> 00:09:56,369 Yeah. 179 00:09:56,369 --> 00:09:56,769 No. 180 00:09:57,969 --> 00:10:02,249 Having Old Testament scriptures and prophecy, that made 181 00:10:02,249 --> 00:10:04,929 it very clear when Christ would come. 182 00:10:06,369 --> 00:10:06,849 There it is. 183 00:10:06,849 --> 00:10:07,409 It's there. 184 00:10:07,809 --> 00:10:09,489 Daniel, chapter nine. 185 00:10:10,129 --> 00:10:11,689 And I have charts if you would like them. 186 00:10:11,689 --> 00:10:14,289 We passed them out during our Daniel study. 187 00:10:15,489 --> 00:10:20,209 So again, how he would be born and when he would be born. 188 00:10:20,689 --> 00:10:22,369 And then number three, where. 189 00:10:23,089 --> 00:10:25,649 And most of you know this scripture and are familiar with it. 190 00:10:25,809 --> 00:10:27,009 Where he would be born. 191 00:10:27,169 --> 00:10:28,369 Micah 5, 2. 192 00:10:29,329 --> 00:10:32,159 But thou Bethlehem, Bethlehem. 193 00:10:32,159 --> 00:10:36,959 Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah. 194 00:10:37,599 --> 00:10:40,319 A small town, about a thousand in population. 195 00:10:43,359 --> 00:10:45,359 It had been bigger actually in the past. 196 00:10:46,399 --> 00:10:48,719 Now the population is 30 or so thousand. 197 00:10:49,199 --> 00:10:52,839 By the way, after two years of not being able to have Christmas 198 00:10:52,839 --> 00:10:54,719 in Bethlehem, they were able to have it this year. 199 00:11:00,089 --> 00:11:00,729 Small town. 200 00:11:00,969 --> 00:11:04,409 Though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of 201 00:11:04,409 --> 00:11:10,329 thee shall come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel. 202 00:11:10,569 --> 00:11:12,489 Not a 12 inch ruler. 203 00:11:12,569 --> 00:11:17,209 He's talking about king, a ruler in Israel whose goings forth 204 00:11:17,289 --> 00:11:21,849 have been from old, from everlasting to everlasting again. 205 00:11:21,929 --> 00:11:26,809 Speaks of the place in which he would be born, of Bethlehem and. 206 00:11:27,049 --> 00:11:32,869 And his deity, his goings forth would be of old, from everlasting. 207 00:11:37,189 --> 00:11:39,269 I was going back and reading about the hyper. 208 00:11:40,789 --> 00:11:41,789 The kenosis theory. 209 00:11:41,789 --> 00:11:45,109 There's lots of things in theology you can read about and various 210 00:11:45,109 --> 00:11:48,629 theories concerning the deity of Christ and concerning what Christ. 211 00:11:48,949 --> 00:11:51,829 When Christ was born in this world, did he lay aside his deity? 212 00:11:51,829 --> 00:11:54,869 Well, the Bible makes it very clear he did not lay aside his deity, 213 00:11:55,509 --> 00:11:57,109 that he was indeed God in the flesh. 214 00:11:57,989 --> 00:11:58,629 Amen. 215 00:11:59,269 --> 00:12:01,629 God in the flesh, you say? 216 00:12:01,629 --> 00:12:05,509 Well, he was a baby and yet he was God and man. 217 00:12:06,629 --> 00:12:07,589 But yet he. 218 00:12:08,309 --> 00:12:11,629 Are you saying that as a baby he could have just spoke like an 219 00:12:11,629 --> 00:12:12,709 adult if he had wanted to? 220 00:12:12,949 --> 00:12:14,389 The answer to that is yes. 221 00:12:17,189 --> 00:12:18,069 He was God. 222 00:12:20,149 --> 00:12:21,189 And he was man. 223 00:12:22,019 --> 00:12:23,859 In his humanity he did not do that. 224 00:12:24,899 --> 00:12:31,499 That would have been scary, you know, I mean he grew as a child. 225 00:12:31,499 --> 00:12:33,699 The Bible says he grew in stature and wisdom. 226 00:12:34,419 --> 00:12:38,979 But understand that as God he already knew all things. 227 00:12:40,659 --> 00:12:45,259 Well, you say then he was some kind of, you know, schizophrenic. 228 00:12:45,259 --> 00:12:47,499 No, hypostatic union of Christ. 229 00:12:47,499 --> 00:12:52,019 The nature of Christ, it's a long study, but man, it just says 230 00:12:52,259 --> 00:12:52,939 no, no, no. 231 00:12:52,939 --> 00:12:54,179 It was two natures. 232 00:12:54,659 --> 00:12:55,859 Two natures in one. 233 00:12:57,379 --> 00:12:58,899 An amazing, amazing thing. 234 00:12:58,979 --> 00:13:01,779 Again, one of those things that's hard for us to comprehend 235 00:13:02,419 --> 00:13:04,299 that he was God and man at the same time. 236 00:13:04,299 --> 00:13:06,579 He could not cease from being God. 237 00:13:07,699 --> 00:13:09,419 As God, he took all God's wrath. 238 00:13:09,419 --> 00:13:11,539 As man he represented mankind. 239 00:13:12,579 --> 00:13:14,739 Understand that as a man he sits at the right hand of the throne 240 00:13:14,739 --> 00:13:15,019 of God. 241 00:13:15,019 --> 00:13:17,519 Today there's a man sitting, setting at the right hand of the 242 00:13:17,519 --> 00:13:18,159 throne of God. 243 00:13:21,199 --> 00:13:23,279 We have mentioned these scriptures before. 244 00:13:24,079 --> 00:13:25,199 I'll mention them again. 245 00:13:25,519 --> 00:13:33,479 That when Jesus was on earth again, incarnation, as a man in a 246 00:13:33,479 --> 00:13:37,279 body, he still was everywhere. 247 00:13:38,159 --> 00:13:39,759 John, chapter three, verse 13. 248 00:13:39,759 --> 00:13:41,279 You can look it up yourself. 249 00:13:41,759 --> 00:13:43,679 Jesus in his own words said. 250 00:13:45,479 --> 00:13:47,719 Here, but I'm also in heaven. 251 00:13:48,439 --> 00:13:51,199 And I thought there's a second verse and I have forgotten about 252 00:13:51,199 --> 00:13:51,479 it. 253 00:13:51,879 --> 00:13:53,319 Verse we use all the time. 254 00:13:53,879 --> 00:13:57,159 Remember Jesus words where two or more are gathered together. 255 00:14:00,359 --> 00:14:01,959 There am I in the midst of them. 256 00:14:02,279 --> 00:14:06,439 Now we, because we understand what he's saying. 257 00:14:07,239 --> 00:14:10,919 He's referencing that wherever we're at, no matter what we're doing 258 00:14:11,339 --> 00:14:13,739 where two are praying together, he's going to be there 259 00:14:13,739 --> 00:14:14,299 in the midst. 260 00:14:14,299 --> 00:14:16,139 I'm thankful he's in the midst tonight, right? 261 00:14:16,619 --> 00:14:18,379 Doesn't mean he has to make himself evident. 262 00:14:18,539 --> 00:14:20,139 But he's here with us tonight. 263 00:14:20,459 --> 00:14:23,019 But understand, when he made that statement. 264 00:14:24,699 --> 00:14:25,659 He was in a body. 265 00:14:26,779 --> 00:14:27,979 He was here on earth. 266 00:14:30,619 --> 00:14:34,579 And when he said, where two or more are gathered together, there 267 00:14:34,579 --> 00:14:35,299 am I in the mist. 268 00:14:35,299 --> 00:14:36,219 Guess what he was saying? 269 00:14:37,109 --> 00:14:42,309 Yes, I'm here physically in body, but my deity, I'm still deity. 270 00:14:42,469 --> 00:14:45,789 I'm still with the congregation over, you know, I'm 271 00:14:45,789 --> 00:14:47,509 still with them, and I'm still with them. 272 00:14:47,509 --> 00:14:50,429 And if there are two disciples over here praying, or if there's 273 00:14:50,429 --> 00:14:53,069 three disciples over here praying, if they're, you know, I'm 274 00:14:53,069 --> 00:14:54,549 there with them and I'm there with their. 275 00:14:54,549 --> 00:14:55,429 In their midst. 276 00:14:56,629 --> 00:14:57,189 Amen. 277 00:14:57,669 --> 00:14:59,269 We take another one for granted. 278 00:14:59,509 --> 00:15:00,629 We use it all the time. 279 00:15:00,709 --> 00:15:06,319 Matthew 28, Jesus said to go, right? 280 00:15:07,119 --> 00:15:08,399 And then he says, what? 281 00:15:08,959 --> 00:15:12,559 Preach, you know, teach and evangelize. 282 00:15:12,879 --> 00:15:16,719 And lo, I am with you alway, even until the end of the world. 283 00:15:18,079 --> 00:15:19,519 We understand what that means. 284 00:15:19,759 --> 00:15:21,359 If you've been around church very long. 285 00:15:21,839 --> 00:15:24,919 We understand that means that when I go out, when I'm telling somebody 286 00:15:24,919 --> 00:15:27,399 about Jesus, when I'm spreading the gospel, he is with 287 00:15:27,399 --> 00:15:27,639 me. 288 00:15:27,639 --> 00:15:28,439 Thank the Lord for that. 289 00:15:28,439 --> 00:15:29,039 I need him. 290 00:15:29,969 --> 00:15:31,329 I still get super nervous. 291 00:15:32,929 --> 00:15:36,049 I had made a visit with Noah the other day and one of our families 292 00:15:36,049 --> 00:15:39,769 who joined here recently, and I was nervous when I knocked that 293 00:15:39,769 --> 00:15:44,129 door, Noah said, no, you know, this is great stuff, but I still 294 00:15:44,129 --> 00:15:44,729 get nervous. 295 00:15:44,729 --> 00:15:45,409 Just do. 296 00:15:45,889 --> 00:15:47,489 But lo, I am with you always. 297 00:15:47,489 --> 00:15:48,689 Even into the end of the world. 298 00:15:49,569 --> 00:15:53,009 We take for granted, understand that he was in a body 299 00:15:53,009 --> 00:15:53,969 when he said that. 300 00:15:55,179 --> 00:15:56,459 Yet he said, I'll be with you. 301 00:15:58,059 --> 00:16:05,659 Just a thought again, God in the flesh, but did not lay aside 302 00:16:05,659 --> 00:16:06,299 his deity. 303 00:16:07,099 --> 00:16:11,179 He was still absolutely 100% God. 304 00:16:11,179 --> 00:16:12,859 Because he couldn't cease being God. 305 00:16:16,139 --> 00:16:17,819 By the way, as God, he could not sin. 306 00:16:19,659 --> 00:16:21,179 And though he was tempted. 307 00:16:23,409 --> 00:16:24,289 He could not sin. 308 00:16:25,329 --> 00:16:28,049 When Satan came to him after he fasted for 40 days. 309 00:16:28,929 --> 00:16:30,129 Satan could have done everything. 310 00:16:30,289 --> 00:16:31,769 He could have done everything in the world. 311 00:16:31,769 --> 00:16:32,169 He did. 312 00:16:32,169 --> 00:16:33,809 He tried but understand. 313 00:16:35,649 --> 00:16:37,329 Jesus could not sin. 314 00:16:39,489 --> 00:16:41,089 Or else he would cease to be God. 315 00:16:44,129 --> 00:16:45,969 The where is that? 316 00:16:45,969 --> 00:16:47,329 He would be born in Bethlehem. 317 00:16:48,849 --> 00:16:51,889 And then again the scripture there in Micah 5:2 makes it clear 318 00:16:51,889 --> 00:16:53,809 that he would be a deity. 319 00:16:54,849 --> 00:16:58,529 We already Learned from Isaiah 7, he would be God in the flesh. 320 00:16:59,729 --> 00:17:02,849 Here it makes a reference to him being ruler one day. 321 00:17:03,569 --> 00:17:05,569 He one day will rule as king of Kings. 322 00:17:05,569 --> 00:17:08,289 And Lord of Lords, very, very clear. 323 00:17:08,289 --> 00:17:12,609 He is the fulfillment of the Davidic covenant, the promise given 324 00:17:12,609 --> 00:17:15,009 to David of an everlasting kingdom. 325 00:17:16,249 --> 00:17:17,129 David died. 326 00:17:18,089 --> 00:17:19,929 That promise was not fulfilled in him. 327 00:17:21,849 --> 00:17:26,889 But one day it will be in Jesus Christ, who is the son of David. 328 00:17:27,289 --> 00:17:32,409 As we read a moment ago in Matthew chapter one, and then understand, 329 00:17:32,409 --> 00:17:36,489 not only does it give us the how that he would be born, when he 330 00:17:36,489 --> 00:17:42,169 would be born, where he would be born 750 years before his birth, 331 00:17:42,169 --> 00:17:43,209 but also the why. 332 00:17:43,289 --> 00:17:46,089 And this is where we were talking about this morning, where 333 00:17:46,169 --> 00:17:51,329 the Jewish leaders, and also the Jewish masses, because of their 334 00:17:51,329 --> 00:17:55,809 leaders, a lot of it, were so caught up in the liturgy. 335 00:17:55,809 --> 00:18:00,969 They were caught up in all of the sacrifices and just the ceremonies 336 00:18:01,529 --> 00:18:03,289 and not what the ceremonies meant. 337 00:18:04,089 --> 00:18:06,649 The priests were no longer in the temple teaching them. 338 00:18:07,179 --> 00:18:08,179 Here's the sacrifice. 339 00:18:08,179 --> 00:18:09,619 You brought a lamb to sacrifice. 340 00:18:09,619 --> 00:18:10,939 One day a lamb will come. 341 00:18:11,499 --> 00:18:13,019 One day the Messiah will come. 342 00:18:13,419 --> 00:18:14,859 That's what they were supposed to be teaching. 343 00:18:15,419 --> 00:18:18,539 This sacrifice represents the Messiah who will come one day. 344 00:18:20,459 --> 00:18:21,739 And they used to do that. 345 00:18:21,739 --> 00:18:23,018 But that time had come. 346 00:18:23,018 --> 00:18:24,539 That was far past. 347 00:18:25,339 --> 00:18:28,219 They were to come to the temple and they were to learn that 348 00:18:28,379 --> 00:18:31,779 the bread on the table of showbread represented the bread of 349 00:18:31,779 --> 00:18:32,059 life. 350 00:18:32,949 --> 00:18:34,069 The temple would have been. 351 00:18:34,069 --> 00:18:36,309 And the priest would have been teaching that to them. 352 00:18:38,149 --> 00:18:40,949 The altar of incense, speaking of the prayers up to God. 353 00:18:40,949 --> 00:18:42,469 And they would have been taught that. 354 00:18:43,749 --> 00:18:46,629 They would have been taught about the candlestick and Jesus being 355 00:18:46,629 --> 00:18:48,469 the light of the world, the Messiah is going to come and be the 356 00:18:48,469 --> 00:18:48,708 light. 357 00:18:48,708 --> 00:18:50,309 And they would have been taught that. 358 00:18:51,749 --> 00:18:52,309 Amen. 359 00:18:52,869 --> 00:18:54,549 But all of that had been done away with. 360 00:18:54,869 --> 00:18:57,389 And all they were concerned with, and all they were caught up 361 00:18:57,389 --> 00:19:02,009 in was the letter of the law and the ceremonies themselves. 362 00:19:02,889 --> 00:19:08,089 And that's why many times in The Old Testament, Micah 6, 8 and 363 00:19:08,089 --> 00:19:13,049 many other places where it makes it very clear that the blood 364 00:19:13,049 --> 00:19:16,009 of bulls and goats does not save anybody. 365 00:19:18,169 --> 00:19:23,689 Those sacrifices did not save them, did not take away their sins. 366 00:19:23,689 --> 00:19:26,489 When they brought that sacrifice to the altar and they brought 367 00:19:26,489 --> 00:19:27,609 that sacrifice to the temple. 368 00:19:28,159 --> 00:19:32,679 That sacrifice did not save them from their sins, from the wrath 369 00:19:32,679 --> 00:19:33,839 of God upon their sins. 370 00:19:33,999 --> 00:19:35,199 It only pushed it forward. 371 00:19:36,799 --> 00:19:37,599 Once a year. 372 00:19:37,679 --> 00:19:41,039 Pushed him forward, pushed him forward until the Messiah did come, 373 00:19:42,399 --> 00:19:49,039 the final sacrifice, who gave his life for all mankind, past, present 374 00:19:49,039 --> 00:19:49,519 and future. 375 00:19:51,359 --> 00:19:54,129 Why was he born again? 376 00:19:54,129 --> 00:19:58,289 The leadership was so caught up in the packaging and were in such 377 00:19:58,289 --> 00:20:01,769 denial of the Old Testament prophecies concerning the Messiah 378 00:20:02,169 --> 00:20:08,089 that they just not just overlooked this, but just said, no, 379 00:20:08,169 --> 00:20:09,209 that can't be true. 380 00:20:09,849 --> 00:20:10,569 This cannot. 381 00:20:10,569 --> 00:20:11,249 This cannot. 382 00:20:11,249 --> 00:20:12,889 Our Messiah is not going to die. 383 00:20:13,769 --> 00:20:16,969 But yet the Old Testament, over and over and over again, prophets 384 00:20:16,969 --> 00:20:21,379 make it very clear that the Messiah who would come would die. 385 00:20:22,419 --> 00:20:24,659 They saw a picture of that twice a day. 386 00:20:25,539 --> 00:20:28,339 The morning sacrifice, the evening sacrifice. 387 00:20:28,739 --> 00:20:31,379 Morning sacrifice, evening sacrifice. 388 00:20:31,619 --> 00:20:34,819 You think at some point it would click, okay, so this sacrifice 389 00:20:35,379 --> 00:20:37,699 is representing the Messiah who's going to come. 390 00:20:38,979 --> 00:20:40,259 I guess he's going to die. 391 00:20:40,499 --> 00:20:42,819 And then Isaiah, Psalm 22. 392 00:20:43,379 --> 00:20:45,569 So many other references to him dying. 393 00:20:45,569 --> 00:20:46,489 So I'm going to look at. 394 00:20:46,489 --> 00:20:47,649 I'm going to read a few of them. 395 00:20:47,649 --> 00:20:48,769 You can look these up later. 396 00:20:49,329 --> 00:20:51,489 So why he would be born? 397 00:20:52,129 --> 00:20:53,129 Why would he be born? 398 00:20:53,129 --> 00:20:54,249 Why would the Messiah be born? 399 00:20:54,249 --> 00:20:55,489 Well, he was born to die. 400 00:20:55,809 --> 00:20:58,449 It's a beautiful song, by the way, that's sung. 401 00:20:58,449 --> 00:20:59,249 Born to die. 402 00:20:59,889 --> 00:21:01,088 Isaiah 53. 403 00:21:01,249 --> 00:21:02,169 Let's turn there. 404 00:21:02,169 --> 00:21:04,049 We're already in Isaiah, if you're still there. 405 00:21:04,449 --> 00:21:05,489 Isaiah 53. 406 00:21:05,489 --> 00:21:06,209 Let's read it. 407 00:21:09,089 --> 00:21:10,209 Isaiah 53. 408 00:21:12,559 --> 00:21:13,319 Understand too. 409 00:21:13,319 --> 00:21:18,039 Isaiah 53 is attributed to the Messiah not just by New Testament 410 00:21:18,039 --> 00:21:20,839 Christians, but by those in the Old Testament as well. 411 00:21:20,839 --> 00:21:22,319 They attribute this to Messiah. 412 00:21:22,719 --> 00:21:24,399 It's a messianic prophecy. 413 00:21:25,359 --> 00:21:26,919 Who hath believed our report? 414 00:21:26,919 --> 00:21:27,519 Verse 1. 415 00:21:27,519 --> 00:21:29,599 And to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed? 416 00:21:29,839 --> 00:21:32,599 For he talking about the future Messiah shall grow up before 417 00:21:32,599 --> 00:21:35,519 them as a tender plant, as a root out of a dry ground. 418 00:21:36,329 --> 00:21:36,489 Right. 419 00:21:36,489 --> 00:21:39,769 There was no king, no Davidic king sitting on the throne of Israel. 420 00:21:40,729 --> 00:21:42,969 That line had dried up a long time ago. 421 00:21:44,009 --> 00:21:45,929 He hath no form nor comingness. 422 00:21:45,929 --> 00:21:48,929 And when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should 423 00:21:48,929 --> 00:21:49,609 desire him. 424 00:21:51,769 --> 00:21:53,769 I do believe this means that he. 425 00:21:54,329 --> 00:21:55,809 There are other aspects to this. 426 00:21:55,809 --> 00:21:59,729 But one of the aspects is that he is not going to be like a movie 427 00:21:59,729 --> 00:22:00,009 star. 428 00:22:00,409 --> 00:22:02,249 You know, he's going to have that kind of looks. 429 00:22:03,049 --> 00:22:05,809 And so many times he's portrayed that way in movies, you 430 00:22:05,809 --> 00:22:06,089 know. 431 00:22:06,649 --> 00:22:07,929 Anyway, I don't want to go there. 432 00:22:09,289 --> 00:22:10,569 Jesus didn't have long hair. 433 00:22:10,569 --> 00:22:11,529 Does that help everybody? 434 00:22:12,489 --> 00:22:16,049 Why would he in the New Testament say, it's a shame for men 435 00:22:16,049 --> 00:22:16,889 to have long hair? 436 00:22:17,209 --> 00:22:18,809 And then he would have long hair. 437 00:22:20,809 --> 00:22:21,409 Number one. 438 00:22:21,409 --> 00:22:25,649 In that era, in that time frame in which Jesus was born, short 439 00:22:25,649 --> 00:22:27,089 hair was the style. 440 00:22:27,089 --> 00:22:27,849 It was Roman. 441 00:22:30,039 --> 00:22:30,359 Roman. 442 00:22:30,839 --> 00:22:32,199 He would have had short hair. 443 00:22:33,239 --> 00:22:34,199 He was a Jew. 444 00:22:34,999 --> 00:22:36,439 The Jews had short hair. 445 00:22:37,799 --> 00:22:38,599 Pretty simple. 446 00:22:38,999 --> 00:22:40,279 You can study it yourself. 447 00:22:40,999 --> 00:22:43,039 But if you got one of those pictures at your house with Jesus 448 00:22:43,039 --> 00:22:46,359 long hair, just understand that is the European. 449 00:22:48,119 --> 00:22:49,559 Artist drawing Jesus. 450 00:22:51,959 --> 00:22:52,839 Okay, I'll stop. 451 00:22:54,049 --> 00:22:59,249 But the point here is that his physical attributes are not what's 452 00:22:59,249 --> 00:23:00,529 going to draw people to him. 453 00:23:02,129 --> 00:23:05,889 Okay, we shall see there's no beauty that we should desire him. 454 00:23:05,889 --> 00:23:07,649 He has despised and rejected a man. 455 00:23:07,809 --> 00:23:10,089 I mean, he came into his own, and his own received him not. 456 00:23:10,089 --> 00:23:13,049 John, chapter one, says, a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. 457 00:23:13,049 --> 00:23:14,929 And we hid, as it were, our faces from him. 458 00:23:14,929 --> 00:23:16,889 He was despised, and we esteemed him not. 459 00:23:16,889 --> 00:23:20,049 Surely he hath borne our griefs and carried our sorrows. 460 00:23:20,049 --> 00:23:25,119 Yet we did esteem him what stricken smitten of God and afflicted. 461 00:23:25,999 --> 00:23:28,239 But he was wounded for our transgressions. 462 00:23:28,239 --> 00:23:29,839 He was bruised for our iniquities. 463 00:23:30,079 --> 00:23:31,039 The chastisement. 464 00:23:31,039 --> 00:23:32,119 Our peace was upon him. 465 00:23:32,119 --> 00:23:33,759 And with his stripes we are healed. 466 00:23:34,959 --> 00:23:37,678 Sound like he's coming as a deliverer. 467 00:23:39,519 --> 00:23:41,479 Physically delivering the nation of Israel. 468 00:23:41,479 --> 00:23:43,119 Does it sound like that's what's happening here? 469 00:23:43,279 --> 00:23:45,039 No, it sounds like he's coming to die. 470 00:23:45,839 --> 00:23:50,019 He's coming to be scourged and tortured. 471 00:23:50,499 --> 00:23:52,019 That's what it sounds like, right? 472 00:23:52,979 --> 00:23:55,379 For us, it's pretty plain. 473 00:23:55,379 --> 00:23:56,219 Not pretty plain. 474 00:23:56,219 --> 00:23:56,979 It is plain. 475 00:23:58,259 --> 00:23:59,699 We all, like sheep, have gone astray. 476 00:23:59,699 --> 00:24:00,779 We've turned everyone to his own way. 477 00:24:00,779 --> 00:24:02,899 The Lord hath laid on him the future Messiah. 478 00:24:02,899 --> 00:24:03,859 The iniquity of us all. 479 00:24:03,939 --> 00:24:06,299 He was oppressed and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his 480 00:24:06,299 --> 00:24:06,659 mouth. 481 00:24:06,739 --> 00:24:09,059 He is brought as a lamb to the slaughter. 482 00:24:09,059 --> 00:24:12,139 And as a sheep before his shearers is dumb, so he openeth not 483 00:24:12,139 --> 00:24:12,739 his mouth. 484 00:24:13,099 --> 00:24:14,659 He was taken from prison and from judgment. 485 00:24:14,659 --> 00:24:15,979 And who shall declare the generation? 486 00:24:15,979 --> 00:24:17,339 For he was cut off. 487 00:24:18,779 --> 00:24:20,859 Very clear what that means. 488 00:24:22,059 --> 00:24:23,339 Out of the land of the living. 489 00:24:24,379 --> 00:24:25,819 He is going to die. 490 00:24:27,019 --> 00:24:28,779 The Messiah is going to die. 491 00:24:29,259 --> 00:24:31,179 The Promised One is going to die. 492 00:24:32,059 --> 00:24:32,939 Makes it very clear. 493 00:24:32,939 --> 00:24:35,459 He was cut off of the land of the living for the transgression 494 00:24:35,459 --> 00:24:35,939 of my people. 495 00:24:35,939 --> 00:24:36,859 Was he stricken. 496 00:24:37,179 --> 00:24:41,039 And he made his grave with the wicked and with the rich in his death 497 00:24:41,279 --> 00:24:42,719 because he had done no violence. 498 00:24:42,719 --> 00:24:44,639 Neither was any deceit in his mouth. 499 00:24:44,799 --> 00:24:46,799 Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him. 500 00:24:47,439 --> 00:24:48,959 He hath put him to grief. 501 00:24:49,679 --> 00:24:52,639 When thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see 502 00:24:52,639 --> 00:24:53,519 his seed. 503 00:24:53,759 --> 00:24:54,639 I love this. 504 00:24:54,879 --> 00:24:56,319 He shall prolong his days. 505 00:24:56,319 --> 00:25:00,639 He saw Jesus, understood he's God. 506 00:25:00,879 --> 00:25:02,479 But he understood why he was dying. 507 00:25:02,799 --> 00:25:06,479 And he could see the future of those who would accept him as savior. 508 00:25:06,829 --> 00:25:07,749 He saw his seed. 509 00:25:07,749 --> 00:25:08,949 He saw the past. 510 00:25:08,949 --> 00:25:11,669 And those who have accepted him as the Savior. 511 00:25:11,669 --> 00:25:13,709 Those who had believed in the future Messiah. 512 00:25:13,709 --> 00:25:14,509 And he saw the future. 513 00:25:14,589 --> 00:25:15,869 Those who would accept him in the future. 514 00:25:15,949 --> 00:25:16,869 He saw his seed. 515 00:25:16,869 --> 00:25:17,789 He belonged his days. 516 00:25:17,789 --> 00:25:18,829 He stayed on the cross. 517 00:25:20,109 --> 00:25:22,429 He stayed there for you and for me when I was on the Cross. 518 00:25:22,909 --> 00:25:24,909 When he was on the cross, I was on his mind. 519 00:25:25,709 --> 00:25:29,229 It's a beautiful song, but it's a biblical truth. 520 00:25:29,869 --> 00:25:32,269 I was on his mind, you were on his mind. 521 00:25:32,359 --> 00:25:33,789 And he died for us. 522 00:25:33,789 --> 00:25:36,189 He died for you, he died for me. 523 00:25:36,589 --> 00:25:39,709 For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son. 524 00:25:40,349 --> 00:25:42,349 He stayed on the cross for you and for me. 525 00:25:46,269 --> 00:25:49,349 He shall prolong his days and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper 526 00:25:49,349 --> 00:25:50,109 in his hands. 527 00:25:50,589 --> 00:25:52,589 He shall see the travail of his soul. 528 00:25:53,309 --> 00:25:56,949 Talking about God shall see the travail of the soul of his son 529 00:25:56,949 --> 00:25:58,169 Jesus and shall be satisfied. 530 00:25:59,439 --> 00:26:00,639 We've mentioned this many times too. 531 00:26:00,639 --> 00:26:02,239 Hell does not satisfy God. 532 00:26:02,959 --> 00:26:07,599 Those burning in hell does not satisfy the just demands of the law 533 00:26:07,839 --> 00:26:08,639 and of God. 534 00:26:09,439 --> 00:26:15,839 Only Jesus and his sacrifice on Calvary satisfies God's wrath. 535 00:26:18,559 --> 00:26:19,439 Why is that? 536 00:26:22,479 --> 00:26:23,969 Because he was the perfect sacrifice. 537 00:26:27,479 --> 00:26:29,399 Because only God could take all God's wrath. 538 00:26:34,119 --> 00:26:36,799 And so many more things justify many that he shall bear the 539 00:26:36,799 --> 00:26:37,319 iniquities. 540 00:26:38,119 --> 00:26:39,239 And we'll stop there. 541 00:26:41,879 --> 00:26:44,279 You might write this one down and look it up later, but Isaiah 542 00:26:44,279 --> 00:26:49,959 50, verse 6 says, I gave my back to the smiters and my cheeks 543 00:26:50,789 --> 00:26:52,789 to them that plucked off the hair. 544 00:26:53,589 --> 00:26:57,829 I hid not my face from the shame and spitting. 545 00:26:58,469 --> 00:26:59,829 Describing the Messiah. 546 00:27:01,589 --> 00:27:02,949 Describing the Messiah. 547 00:27:04,389 --> 00:27:08,429 Does it sound like he's going to come and lift the yoke of the 548 00:27:08,429 --> 00:27:11,269 Roman Empire off the Jews? 549 00:27:12,069 --> 00:27:12,469 No. 550 00:27:13,909 --> 00:27:15,029 Now what happens is. 551 00:27:15,029 --> 00:27:17,269 And we have read just as many over the years of. 552 00:27:17,699 --> 00:27:19,779 There are multiple, multiple verses. 553 00:27:19,859 --> 00:27:22,819 And we read some even in Daniel, a lot in Daniel, speaking 554 00:27:22,819 --> 00:27:25,299 of the second coming of Christ when he comes to rule and reign. 555 00:27:26,739 --> 00:27:27,379 Amen. 556 00:27:28,339 --> 00:27:29,339 Everlasting kingdom. 557 00:27:29,339 --> 00:27:32,019 In fact, Isaiah 7:14 just said it. 558 00:27:36,179 --> 00:27:40,739 But there are as many prophecies concerning his death. 559 00:27:43,069 --> 00:27:49,389 That the Jews knowingly has to be overlooked. 560 00:27:49,949 --> 00:27:50,309 Just. 561 00:27:50,309 --> 00:27:51,469 Just passed them by. 562 00:27:53,869 --> 00:27:56,029 Refusing to believe it. 563 00:27:57,229 --> 00:27:57,589 Why? 564 00:27:57,589 --> 00:27:59,389 Because they were under Roman oppression. 565 00:28:00,109 --> 00:28:01,269 They wanted a deliverer. 566 00:28:01,269 --> 00:28:04,029 They wanted somebody to lift the yoke off and. 567 00:28:07,709 --> 00:28:10,639 To replace King David on the throne. 568 00:28:12,399 --> 00:28:14,399 And usher in the everlasting kingdom. 569 00:28:15,439 --> 00:28:16,759 The disciples wanted that. 570 00:28:16,759 --> 00:28:18,159 They kept asking for it. 571 00:28:21,519 --> 00:28:24,639 Even a mom said, hey, who's going to be just. 572 00:28:25,839 --> 00:28:29,559 Even up until the end, they were still fighting over it and fussing 573 00:28:29,559 --> 00:28:29,999 over it. 574 00:28:30,639 --> 00:28:32,959 Lord, let's build some tabernacles. 575 00:28:32,959 --> 00:28:34,399 Let's build a tabernacle, you know. 576 00:28:38,889 --> 00:28:39,049 No. 577 00:28:39,049 --> 00:28:40,009 He came to die. 578 00:28:40,969 --> 00:28:42,249 750 years. 579 00:28:44,009 --> 00:28:48,409 The why was answered for us by the Old Testament prophets. 580 00:28:49,129 --> 00:28:51,529 The how, the when, the where and the why. 581 00:28:52,809 --> 00:28:58,089 He came to shed his blood for us in order that he might offer salvation 582 00:28:58,089 --> 00:28:58,729 for all. 583 00:29:00,659 --> 00:29:01,739 Thankful, by the way. 584 00:29:01,739 --> 00:29:02,659 Salvation's free. 585 00:29:05,859 --> 00:29:06,659 And he did. 586 00:29:07,299 --> 00:29:09,299 And there's such detail about it. 587 00:29:11,859 --> 00:29:14,019 That you have to knowingly overlook it. 588 00:29:15,938 --> 00:29:17,859 If you are a religious Jewish leader. 589 00:29:19,939 --> 00:29:22,139 By the way, as a Christian, you have to knowingly overlook it. 590 00:29:22,139 --> 00:29:24,979 If you go in the Old Testament, look, it's there over 591 00:29:25,139 --> 00:29:26,059 and over again. 592 00:29:26,059 --> 00:29:30,099 What a miracle that 750 years before he was born, we have such 593 00:29:30,099 --> 00:29:30,459 detail. 594 00:29:31,019 --> 00:29:36,459 And that God supernaturally intervened to make all of this take 595 00:29:36,459 --> 00:29:36,779 place. 596 00:29:37,499 --> 00:29:40,339 You think about it now, the promised place in which he would 597 00:29:40,339 --> 00:29:41,739 be born, in Bethlehem. 598 00:29:41,899 --> 00:29:46,139 God had to move the entire Roman Empire to make that happen. 599 00:29:47,659 --> 00:29:49,419 The entire Roman Empire. 600 00:29:49,739 --> 00:29:54,699 Caesar's decree that all the world should be taxed was God's intervention. 601 00:29:58,809 --> 00:30:03,209 In order that Joseph and Mary would leave Nazareth and go to Bethlehem 602 00:30:04,009 --> 00:30:11,008 to fulfill that great promise, the promise of a virgin again, miraculous 603 00:30:11,008 --> 00:30:15,529 things in that Holy Spirit that implanted that seed and that 604 00:30:15,529 --> 00:30:18,329 holy thing of God, the Son of God. 605 00:30:20,089 --> 00:30:20,889 Miraculous. 606 00:30:20,889 --> 00:30:22,129 750 years. 607 00:30:22,129 --> 00:30:23,209 We have all this detail. 608 00:30:25,069 --> 00:30:25,349 By the way. 609 00:30:25,349 --> 00:30:28,509 It wasn't just Mary and Joseph that were told about this great miracle, 610 00:30:28,669 --> 00:30:32,869 though both of them were told, but the shepherds were told of this 611 00:30:32,869 --> 00:30:33,789 wonderful miracle. 612 00:30:34,269 --> 00:30:36,189 And then they went out and told everybody. 613 00:30:37,869 --> 00:30:38,509 Amen. 614 00:30:41,629 --> 00:30:43,869 What a wonderful, amazing. 615 00:30:45,869 --> 00:30:48,669 Fulfillment of the prophecy. 616 00:30:49,159 --> 00:30:50,359 By the way, such great news. 617 00:30:52,359 --> 00:30:53,399 Without controversy. 618 00:30:53,399 --> 00:30:54,559 Great is the mystery of godliness. 619 00:30:54,559 --> 00:30:56,279 God was manifest in the flesh. 620 00:30:57,079 --> 00:30:58,279 God became man. 621 00:31:00,199 --> 00:31:01,199 I think about again. 622 00:31:01,199 --> 00:31:02,679 John, chapter one, verse one. 623 00:31:02,919 --> 00:31:08,639 In the beginning was the Word, capital W O R D. And the Word was 624 00:31:08,639 --> 00:31:09,239 with God. 625 00:31:09,239 --> 00:31:11,999 And the same was in the beginning was the Word. 626 00:31:11,999 --> 00:31:12,759 And the Word was with God. 627 00:31:12,759 --> 00:31:13,599 And the Word was God. 628 00:31:13,599 --> 00:31:15,399 The same was in the beginning with God. 629 00:31:17,199 --> 00:31:19,839 Again, the Word is God. 630 00:31:22,959 --> 00:31:28,199 It's the All Wise One, the omniscient genius behind the creation 631 00:31:28,199 --> 00:31:29,039 of the universe. 632 00:31:30,079 --> 00:31:32,039 It's Jesus Christ who is the living Word. 633 00:31:32,039 --> 00:31:33,839 I'm glad we have the written word in front of us. 634 00:31:35,599 --> 00:31:36,519 He is deity. 635 00:31:36,519 --> 00:31:37,359 He is God. 636 00:31:38,799 --> 00:31:40,879 By the way, he was with God in the beginning. 637 00:31:43,029 --> 00:31:44,429 John, chapter 8, verse 58. 638 00:31:44,429 --> 00:31:46,789 You looked that up later and most of you have heard it before. 639 00:31:46,789 --> 00:31:50,429 But Jesus said to those religious leaders before Abraham 640 00:31:50,429 --> 00:31:52,709 was what I am. 641 00:31:53,669 --> 00:31:56,229 In reference to Exodus, chapter three. 642 00:31:56,229 --> 00:32:01,309 No doubt he is referencing himself as the I am, the I am that 643 00:32:01,309 --> 00:32:01,829 I am. 644 00:32:02,469 --> 00:32:07,079 How do we know that he was referencing himself and as the I 645 00:32:07,079 --> 00:32:07,359 am? 646 00:32:07,359 --> 00:32:09,199 Because they tried to stone him for it. 647 00:32:09,599 --> 00:32:11,279 The Jews tried to kill him for it. 648 00:32:11,919 --> 00:32:15,479 They are the ones who testify that he was equating himself to being 649 00:32:15,479 --> 00:32:16,239 the I am. 650 00:32:18,159 --> 00:32:20,479 And yet we see cults who deny it. 651 00:32:21,199 --> 00:32:23,359 The Mormons and Jehovah Witnesses. 652 00:32:25,759 --> 00:32:28,239 Others who deny it, The Trinitarians, many. 653 00:32:28,239 --> 00:32:31,119 Some others, by the way, remind you that First John. 654 00:32:31,119 --> 00:32:33,239 And I'll give you that reference too, if you want to look 655 00:32:33,239 --> 00:32:33,719 it up later. 656 00:32:33,719 --> 00:32:34,319 First John. 657 00:32:35,439 --> 00:32:35,999 I'm sorry. 658 00:32:35,999 --> 00:32:39,599 Second John, chapter one, verse seven through 11, says that 659 00:32:39,599 --> 00:32:44,399 if there is one that comes among you who denies the deity of 660 00:32:44,399 --> 00:32:48,399 Jesus Christ, that you are not to let them in your home. 661 00:32:50,559 --> 00:32:53,039 I want to just remind you, when a Jehovah Witness knocks on 662 00:32:53,039 --> 00:32:56,559 your door, you have a biblical mandate not to let them in your house. 663 00:32:58,409 --> 00:32:59,849 Be careful who you're listening to. 664 00:33:00,809 --> 00:33:05,409 A Mormon knocks on your door, you have a biblical mandate not to 665 00:33:05,409 --> 00:33:07,409 let them into your home, Say. 666 00:33:07,409 --> 00:33:08,569 Well, that sounds kind of mean. 667 00:33:09,129 --> 00:33:10,489 Just tell me what the Bible says. 668 00:33:10,489 --> 00:33:11,369 Go look it up. 669 00:33:11,769 --> 00:33:12,729 It's very clear. 670 00:33:14,328 --> 00:33:16,929 Doesn't mean you can't talk with them at your door if you want 671 00:33:16,929 --> 00:33:17,169 to. 672 00:33:17,169 --> 00:33:18,169 I have, many times. 673 00:33:19,049 --> 00:33:20,569 But I'm not letting them in my house. 674 00:33:22,649 --> 00:33:23,209 Amen. 675 00:33:24,339 --> 00:33:25,459 Appreciate that very much. 676 00:33:27,539 --> 00:33:30,099 We kind of skirt around it sometimes. 677 00:33:31,379 --> 00:33:35,219 Again, the Mormons, Jehovah Witnesses believe Jesus Christ was 678 00:33:35,219 --> 00:33:35,779 created. 679 00:33:36,259 --> 00:33:38,579 Mormons especially believe that Satan is his brother. 680 00:33:38,579 --> 00:33:41,219 I mean, there's some weird stuff in that movement, by the way. 681 00:33:43,139 --> 00:33:44,859 These spirit babies. 682 00:33:44,859 --> 00:33:47,539 And there's stuff there that you need to go study it yourself. 683 00:33:48,179 --> 00:33:48,739 I'm still. 684 00:33:49,469 --> 00:33:50,269 I'm still in wonder. 685 00:33:50,269 --> 00:33:55,229 There are a lot of good people in the Mormon movement, and most 686 00:33:55,229 --> 00:33:58,309 of them are just naive and they have never gone and studied 687 00:33:58,309 --> 00:34:01,629 the actual doctrines of what they're participating in. 688 00:34:01,869 --> 00:34:04,349 Most of them are sitting in a Mormon church or Jehovah Witness 689 00:34:05,469 --> 00:34:05,949 church. 690 00:34:06,349 --> 00:34:09,789 I hate to call them churches, but they're sitting there because 691 00:34:10,029 --> 00:34:14,229 they, they do teach good about the family and, and there's wholesome 692 00:34:14,229 --> 00:34:17,339 things there that they advertise and really do teach. 693 00:34:17,979 --> 00:34:23,939 And they're just naive, most of them, but I'm telling you, we 694 00:34:23,939 --> 00:34:24,859 need to be careful. 695 00:34:26,539 --> 00:34:29,499 Jesus Christ was God in the flesh. 696 00:34:31,259 --> 00:34:31,739 Deity. 697 00:34:34,379 --> 00:34:39,179 So again, the promise, the virgin birth, those who were told 698 00:34:39,499 --> 00:34:45,058 about Jesus being born, Mary, Joseph, Zacharias, I mean, you go 699 00:34:45,058 --> 00:34:45,978 on and on of those. 700 00:34:46,138 --> 00:34:49,498 The shepherds, and the shepherds spread the news. 701 00:34:50,618 --> 00:34:52,458 By the way, that was great news, wasn't it? 702 00:34:53,898 --> 00:34:57,417 I'm thankful that God is not slack concerning his promises, as 703 00:34:57,417 --> 00:34:58,618 some men count slackness. 704 00:34:59,498 --> 00:35:01,658 Thankful he's merciful to all that will come to him. 705 00:35:02,698 --> 00:35:04,218 God always keeps his promises. 706 00:35:05,418 --> 00:35:06,618 Always keeps his promise. 707 00:35:06,618 --> 00:35:07,828 I'm thankful that. 708 00:35:07,979 --> 00:35:09,979 That God's promises are not voided by time. 709 00:35:11,979 --> 00:35:12,299 Man. 710 00:35:12,299 --> 00:35:14,019 I want to give you an illustration that's going to be in 711 00:35:14,019 --> 00:35:14,859 three or four weeks from now. 712 00:35:14,859 --> 00:35:15,819 I'm Going to do it anyway. 713 00:35:16,299 --> 00:35:21,899 I'm thankful the promises of God have no sell by date on them. 714 00:35:22,619 --> 00:35:23,819 Y' all ever deal with that? 715 00:35:25,499 --> 00:35:26,379 Sell by. 716 00:35:27,739 --> 00:35:29,619 I pick up a piece of food at the house. 717 00:35:29,619 --> 00:35:34,339 I go into the pantry, I pick it up, look at it, try to find the 718 00:35:34,339 --> 00:35:34,579 date. 719 00:35:34,579 --> 00:35:37,839 At least at our house, now that the kids are gone, stuff doesn't 720 00:35:37,839 --> 00:35:41,399 move as quick, you know, the groceries sit on the shelf a little 721 00:35:42,359 --> 00:35:42,759 while. 722 00:35:43,319 --> 00:35:45,639 Used to when the kids were little, I mean, it was just all gone. 723 00:35:46,279 --> 00:35:47,359 Where did all the stuff go? 724 00:35:47,359 --> 00:35:51,958 Well, those three boys ate it all every other day going to Walmart. 725 00:35:52,919 --> 00:35:55,319 But now you have to look at the sell by date. 726 00:35:56,359 --> 00:35:58,999 Honey, this is three months. 727 00:36:00,039 --> 00:36:01,259 Three months out on. 728 00:36:01,329 --> 00:36:02,289 Oh, it's still good. 729 00:36:02,369 --> 00:36:03,409 Still good, you know. 730 00:36:06,049 --> 00:36:07,889 No, no, I'm not eating that. 731 00:36:08,929 --> 00:36:10,369 I'm just not going to do it. 732 00:36:11,489 --> 00:36:12,529 Oh, it's still good. 733 00:36:14,369 --> 00:36:15,249 She was raised. 734 00:36:15,729 --> 00:36:16,209 Yeah. 735 00:36:18,529 --> 00:36:18,929 Right. 736 00:36:18,929 --> 00:36:21,569 Some of y' all testify, some of y' all eat it, don't you. 737 00:36:21,569 --> 00:36:22,689 You just go ahead and do it. 738 00:36:23,009 --> 00:36:25,329 Twinkies last for 10, 15, 20 years. 739 00:36:25,409 --> 00:36:26,369 Just eat them. 740 00:36:27,179 --> 00:36:27,499 Yes. 741 00:36:27,579 --> 00:36:28,459 You're that person. 742 00:36:28,619 --> 00:36:29,179 Yeah. 743 00:36:30,459 --> 00:36:35,339 I look at the sale by date and I will go past not. 744 00:36:35,339 --> 00:36:36,699 Not milk and stuff like that. 745 00:36:39,579 --> 00:36:42,299 I had to get my wife to smell the milk and make sure it's okay. 746 00:36:43,019 --> 00:36:44,859 Most of you, a lot of you don't know. 747 00:36:44,939 --> 00:36:46,299 Covid took my smell away. 748 00:36:46,619 --> 00:36:49,419 I still have never completely got my smell. 749 00:36:49,419 --> 00:36:50,299 Smell her back. 750 00:36:50,779 --> 00:36:51,579 It's sad. 751 00:36:51,579 --> 00:36:53,339 I'm thankful my taste is still there. 752 00:36:53,999 --> 00:36:54,799 Praise the Lord. 753 00:36:57,599 --> 00:36:58,959 But the sell by date. 754 00:36:59,359 --> 00:37:03,119 I'm thankful that the promises of God don't expire. 755 00:37:04,799 --> 00:37:05,999 2,000 years. 756 00:37:06,799 --> 00:37:07,839 2,000 years. 757 00:37:07,839 --> 00:37:09,359 750 years. 758 00:37:09,678 --> 00:37:12,919 And go on and on and on and see the fulfillment of these promises, 759 00:37:12,919 --> 00:37:14,559 these great and precious promises. 760 00:37:15,199 --> 00:37:18,399 By the way, God always keeps his promises. 761 00:37:18,959 --> 00:37:19,359 Always. 762 00:37:22,489 --> 00:37:27,449 As we think about the message of Jesus Christ, God in the flesh, 763 00:37:27,449 --> 00:37:27,769 coming. 764 00:37:29,929 --> 00:37:30,329 Again. 765 00:37:31,849 --> 00:37:33,529 There'S no sell by date. 766 00:37:35,528 --> 00:37:36,969 Can you see tonight how. 767 00:37:37,529 --> 00:37:39,449 And I'll make this point and I'll quit. 768 00:37:40,169 --> 00:37:43,049 How simple it is. 769 00:37:44,569 --> 00:37:48,219 How completely obvious it is. 770 00:37:50,139 --> 00:37:50,539 How? 771 00:37:51,099 --> 00:37:51,979 Put it another way. 772 00:37:53,659 --> 00:37:54,779 Very clear. 773 00:37:54,859 --> 00:38:03,219 The Bible is in the Old Testament of who, why, where you 774 00:38:03,219 --> 00:38:05,499 see it, it's very, very clear. 775 00:38:06,619 --> 00:38:11,219 It's not like when you go through the drive through ordering 776 00:38:11,219 --> 00:38:11,739 a meal. 777 00:38:12,319 --> 00:38:13,599 You can't understand the person. 778 00:38:15,999 --> 00:38:16,319 Right? 779 00:38:16,319 --> 00:38:17,519 I mean, it's not that way. 780 00:38:18,079 --> 00:38:19,759 It's very clear what it's saying. 781 00:38:21,199 --> 00:38:22,799 It's very obvious what it says. 782 00:38:22,799 --> 00:38:24,999 It's not Charlie Brown's teacher. 783 00:38:24,999 --> 00:38:26,639 Wa wa wa wa wa wa. 784 00:38:27,039 --> 00:38:27,759 No, it's. 785 00:38:27,918 --> 00:38:32,559 Do you see as a born again child of God, how clear Isaiah is 786 00:38:32,559 --> 00:38:34,079 concerning the future Messiah. 787 00:38:34,879 --> 00:38:38,519 How clear Micah prophesies concerning the future Messiah. 788 00:38:38,519 --> 00:38:40,799 How clear it is, how obvious it is. 789 00:38:42,929 --> 00:38:45,729 And yet they're blinded by the truth. 790 00:38:46,689 --> 00:38:49,849 By the way the New Testament tells us that the devil's the one 791 00:38:49,849 --> 00:38:50,529 blinding them. 792 00:38:52,209 --> 00:38:53,889 The obvious and clear. 793 00:38:55,569 --> 00:39:00,489 Prophecies concerning the Messiah that have taken place, that 794 00:39:00,489 --> 00:39:01,489 have been fulfilled. 795 00:39:01,809 --> 00:39:03,009 Aren't you thankful for that? 796 00:39:03,969 --> 00:39:10,259 His birth, his life, his death and his resurrection, all prophesied 797 00:39:10,259 --> 00:39:14,299 and of course clearly taught and they believe this part of it, 798 00:39:14,619 --> 00:39:16,459 that one day he will rule and reign. 799 00:39:17,499 --> 00:39:21,139 One day he will sit on the throne of David forever and ever 800 00:39:21,139 --> 00:39:21,499 and ever. 801 00:39:21,499 --> 00:39:24,059 Let's all stand, we'll be have a time of invitation. 802 00:39:25,019 --> 00:39:27,179 Jesus Christ, the promised Savior. 803 00:39:31,419 --> 00:39:33,099 What a wonderful message. 804 00:39:34,519 --> 00:39:36,279 Heavenly Father, we thank you for the time we've had. 805 00:39:36,279 --> 00:39:41,479 And we thank you for just how clear your prophecies are. 806 00:39:42,839 --> 00:39:46,919 Lord, may we never take it for granted that our eyes have been opened, 807 00:39:47,959 --> 00:39:49,879 Lord, that we do understand this truth. 808 00:39:50,839 --> 00:39:52,199 We thank you for salvation. 809 00:39:53,399 --> 00:39:55,639 We thank you for the blood that was shed on Calvary. 810 00:39:56,519 --> 00:39:58,039 We thank you for the resurrection. 811 00:40:00,199 --> 00:40:01,759 Again, may we never take it for granted. 812 00:40:01,759 --> 00:40:03,159 In Jesus name, amen.