1 00:00:29,939 --> 00:00:30,499 Heard that one before. 2 00:00:30,499 --> 00:00:31,339 Very, very Good. 3 00:00:31,339 --> 00:00:32,099 Appreciate that. 4 00:00:32,899 --> 00:00:33,939 Ms. Greenwell. 5 00:00:34,419 --> 00:00:36,419 Turn your Bibles to Isaiah, chapter nine. 6 00:00:36,419 --> 00:00:40,459 I appreciate again our finance team and we went a little long even 7 00:00:40,459 --> 00:00:44,219 though we actually met at 4 o', clock, 30 minutes earlier than 8 00:00:44,219 --> 00:00:44,659 normal. 9 00:00:44,819 --> 00:00:48,219 I did tell them last month, I asked them the question, I said, 10 00:00:48,219 --> 00:00:53,379 you know, just a lot more to talk about now we need more time. 11 00:00:53,379 --> 00:00:57,969 Do you guys want to meet on an off night or you want to just meet 12 00:00:58,369 --> 00:01:02,089 a little earlier on Sunday, lose more of your Sunday afternoon 13 00:01:02,089 --> 00:01:02,529 nap. 14 00:01:03,249 --> 00:01:07,689 And they all said, well we're just coming earlier on Sunday afternoon, 15 00:01:07,689 --> 00:01:11,329 but I sure appreciate the time. 16 00:01:11,409 --> 00:01:17,009 Two hours today going through the finances and still talking about 17 00:01:17,009 --> 00:01:18,369 and needing more time. 18 00:01:19,009 --> 00:01:23,769 But these men appreciate their input and they've done such a wonderful 19 00:01:23,769 --> 00:01:26,569 job and thankful for good men. 20 00:01:28,489 --> 00:01:29,689 Isaiah, chapter nine. 21 00:01:30,409 --> 00:01:32,969 We preached this morning on his name. 22 00:01:33,609 --> 00:01:34,169 Wonderful. 23 00:01:34,169 --> 00:01:38,609 And counselor, tonight, the mighty God, we'll touch on the everlasting 24 00:01:38,609 --> 00:01:43,169 Father and these two can kind of go hand in hand and we'll note 25 00:01:43,169 --> 00:01:45,929 maybe just one difference between the two titles. 26 00:01:45,929 --> 00:01:52,349 I will tell you and remind you as we learn about Jesus Christ, the 27 00:01:52,349 --> 00:01:53,709 more we learn about him. 28 00:01:54,269 --> 00:01:58,749 This is the way the Bible puts it together so that we can know him 29 00:01:58,749 --> 00:02:05,189 more right through his names, through every facets of you can think 30 00:02:05,189 --> 00:02:09,069 about it gives us the opportunity to know him more. 31 00:02:09,709 --> 00:02:14,889 And so these names are contained within his attributes of 32 00:02:14,889 --> 00:02:15,609 who he is. 33 00:02:15,689 --> 00:02:18,689 And so we'll cover those tonight. 34 00:02:18,689 --> 00:02:19,889 So look again with me. 35 00:02:19,889 --> 00:02:21,449 Isaiah, chapter 9, verse 6. 36 00:02:21,769 --> 00:02:25,609 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given. 37 00:02:26,089 --> 00:02:28,249 And the government shall be upon his shoulder. 38 00:02:28,489 --> 00:02:31,689 And his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor. 39 00:02:31,769 --> 00:02:35,689 The mighty God, the everlasting Father, the Prince of 40 00:02:35,689 --> 00:02:36,089 peace. 41 00:02:36,729 --> 00:02:39,369 Of the increase of his government and peace, there shall 42 00:02:39,369 --> 00:02:43,409 be no end upon the throne of David and upon his kingdom to order 43 00:02:43,409 --> 00:02:47,809 it and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth, 44 00:02:47,809 --> 00:02:52,929 even forever, the zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this. 45 00:02:52,929 --> 00:02:53,489 Let's pray. 46 00:02:53,489 --> 00:02:55,209 Heavenly Father, we thank you. 47 00:02:55,209 --> 00:02:55,929 We love you. 48 00:02:56,249 --> 00:03:03,209 We look forward tonight to explaining more about you, to learn 49 00:03:03,209 --> 00:03:04,089 more about you. 50 00:03:04,329 --> 00:03:07,919 And I pray this morning or this evening we'd be very clear. 51 00:03:08,399 --> 00:03:12,239 And Lord, we'd see you as the mighty God and the everlasting Father. 52 00:03:12,239 --> 00:03:14,239 In Jesus name, amen. 53 00:03:14,639 --> 00:03:17,719 Y' all pray for my mind that I can zero it back in. 54 00:03:17,719 --> 00:03:19,079 I don't have much of a mind anyway. 55 00:03:19,079 --> 00:03:23,279 So it's like, okay, everybody back to the subject. 56 00:03:24,159 --> 00:03:28,239 I've enjoyed studying for these messages before. 57 00:03:28,639 --> 00:03:31,759 We've preached on his name is wonderful. 58 00:03:31,759 --> 00:03:35,319 We preached on the counselor and we preached on the mighty God. 59 00:03:35,319 --> 00:03:39,439 Now, when I preached on the mighty God before, we basically used 60 00:03:39,919 --> 00:03:45,639 the inference and also the text in the New Testament very clearly 61 00:03:45,639 --> 00:03:48,719 showing that Jesus Christ was God in the flesh. 62 00:03:49,119 --> 00:03:53,759 And there's multitudes of New Testament verses that tell us that. 63 00:03:54,319 --> 00:03:56,879 But tonight, a couple of practical things again, as we shared 64 00:03:56,879 --> 00:04:00,239 with you a little bit last Sunday night, of again, the reason 65 00:04:00,949 --> 00:04:08,829 and the important reasons why we believe that Jesus Christ is God 66 00:04:08,829 --> 00:04:09,429 in the flesh. 67 00:04:10,229 --> 00:04:15,389 So Isaiah prophesied 700 years before Christ was born that he would 68 00:04:15,389 --> 00:04:15,909 be born. 69 00:04:16,069 --> 00:04:19,389 But this prophecy also is contained within that same time frame, 70 00:04:19,389 --> 00:04:24,709 700 years before Christ was born, it's prophesied that the light 71 00:04:25,269 --> 00:04:26,869 was to return to Israel. 72 00:04:27,339 --> 00:04:33,619 That light that left the Mount Moriah, that light that left the 73 00:04:33,619 --> 00:04:37,419 temple so many years ago was prophesied to return. 74 00:04:37,419 --> 00:04:40,859 And as I said this morning, it's the reason why they asked John 75 00:04:40,859 --> 00:04:42,059 the Baptist if he was the light. 76 00:04:42,059 --> 00:04:45,219 John the Baptist said, I am not the light, capital L, I, G, H, 77 00:04:45,219 --> 00:04:48,619 T. But I was sent to bear record of the light that all men 78 00:04:48,619 --> 00:04:49,659 through him might believe. 79 00:04:50,059 --> 00:04:52,299 That's why Jesus said, I am the light of the world. 80 00:04:53,789 --> 00:04:54,869 And on and on and on. 81 00:04:54,869 --> 00:04:59,109 So we will actually preach on that subject on Isaiah, chapter 9, 82 00:04:59,109 --> 00:05:02,669 verses 1 through 5 during the candlelight service, as we do every 83 00:05:02,669 --> 00:05:05,069 year in just a few weeks. 84 00:05:05,869 --> 00:05:10,509 But the light then is described by Isaiah as he says, a 85 00:05:10,509 --> 00:05:11,469 child is born. 86 00:05:12,109 --> 00:05:15,709 Well, that's speaking of his humanity, the Messiah's humanity. 87 00:05:16,029 --> 00:05:22,919 A son is given speaking of Jesus, Messiah, his divinity, his 88 00:05:22,919 --> 00:05:23,559 divinity. 89 00:05:24,919 --> 00:05:28,999 Again, the names that we see here talking about the future Messiah 90 00:05:29,319 --> 00:05:33,759 help to describe his character, help us to understand 91 00:05:33,759 --> 00:05:35,159 his attributes, who he is. 92 00:05:35,799 --> 00:05:38,279 And again, the more we understand who he is, the more we 93 00:05:38,279 --> 00:05:42,119 understand God, the greater it will impact our lives. 94 00:05:42,919 --> 00:05:44,999 As I've quoted a thousand times. 95 00:05:46,319 --> 00:05:47,919 I've quoted it a thousand times. 96 00:05:49,999 --> 00:05:53,959 What we know about God or what we understand about God is the most 97 00:05:53,959 --> 00:05:54,879 important thing about us. 98 00:05:56,399 --> 00:05:57,199 Somebody said that. 99 00:05:57,199 --> 00:05:57,999 I don't know who it was. 100 00:05:58,879 --> 00:06:03,199 Aw Tozer, what you think about God is the most important thing about 101 00:06:03,199 --> 00:06:03,519 you. 102 00:06:04,639 --> 00:06:08,319 Paul said, grow in grace and what in the knowledge of our Lord 103 00:06:08,319 --> 00:06:09,439 and Savior, Jesus Christ. 104 00:06:11,689 --> 00:06:12,449 He shall be called. 105 00:06:12,449 --> 00:06:13,049 Wonderful. 106 00:06:13,209 --> 00:06:14,409 We covered that this morning. 107 00:06:14,409 --> 00:06:16,089 Again, the root word there is wonder. 108 00:06:16,969 --> 00:06:21,129 The Hebrew word is again used in other places. 109 00:06:21,369 --> 00:06:24,849 And in other places it's interpreted or the words are used 110 00:06:24,849 --> 00:06:26,889 marvelous or miraculous. 111 00:06:27,449 --> 00:06:29,409 He is miraculous. 112 00:06:29,409 --> 00:06:31,609 He is the miracle of all miracles. 113 00:06:33,049 --> 00:06:33,689 He is. 114 00:06:34,729 --> 00:06:35,729 He is wonder. 115 00:06:35,729 --> 00:06:38,229 He is the wonder, wonders. 116 00:06:38,389 --> 00:06:40,229 He is the marvel of marvels. 117 00:06:40,789 --> 00:06:44,029 And we're in children's church or somewhere else. 118 00:06:44,029 --> 00:06:47,349 This morning encourage you to go back and listen to the messages 119 00:06:47,349 --> 00:06:47,989 from this morning. 120 00:06:47,989 --> 00:06:51,749 Not because it was me, but again, covering these words. 121 00:06:51,749 --> 00:06:55,269 And secondly, this morning we covered and he shall be called Counselor 122 00:06:55,989 --> 00:07:01,349 Wisdom Christ, the Messiah would have all knowledge and all 123 00:07:01,349 --> 00:07:01,829 wisdom. 124 00:07:01,989 --> 00:07:04,679 He is the perfect counselor. 125 00:07:06,039 --> 00:07:08,039 Everyone else you go to for advice. 126 00:07:08,599 --> 00:07:12,439 Every counselor you'll ever see, every counselor you ever talk 127 00:07:12,439 --> 00:07:15,239 to, you have to weigh their advice. 128 00:07:16,279 --> 00:07:19,719 You have to mull it over and think about it. 129 00:07:20,199 --> 00:07:22,039 Do I do this or I do not do this? 130 00:07:22,039 --> 00:07:24,839 Do I take his advice or I don't take his advice? 131 00:07:24,999 --> 00:07:26,119 Is he being truthful? 132 00:07:26,119 --> 00:07:27,239 Is he not being truthful? 133 00:07:27,319 --> 00:07:28,679 A lot of fake news today. 134 00:07:29,589 --> 00:07:35,509 But one thing so great about the Messiah, Jesus Christ, the counselor, 135 00:07:35,669 --> 00:07:41,669 is he always, always, always, always, always counsels perfectly. 136 00:07:42,389 --> 00:07:43,429 He's true. 137 00:07:44,149 --> 00:07:45,509 I am the way, the what? 138 00:07:45,589 --> 00:07:46,789 Truth and the life. 139 00:07:48,229 --> 00:07:49,189 It's always true. 140 00:07:50,309 --> 00:07:52,709 This word is true from beginning to end. 141 00:07:53,509 --> 00:07:55,539 I should have said it this morning, I'll say it tonight. 142 00:07:55,539 --> 00:08:00,199 But this is the inspired, the inerrant word of God. 143 00:08:01,399 --> 00:08:02,839 It is true from COVID to cover. 144 00:08:02,839 --> 00:08:04,359 This is the greatest book on earth. 145 00:08:04,919 --> 00:08:07,239 Unparalleled it stands, it's author, God. 146 00:08:07,239 --> 00:08:10,199 It's truth divine, inspired in every word and line, though writ 147 00:08:10,199 --> 00:08:11,399 by human hands. 148 00:08:11,718 --> 00:08:13,079 It's the greatest book ever. 149 00:08:14,119 --> 00:08:18,279 And it gives us the roadmap for raising our family. 150 00:08:19,959 --> 00:08:21,559 It'll never steer you wrong. 151 00:08:22,619 --> 00:08:28,539 It'll never lead you into a pond or a creek or a river. 152 00:08:30,379 --> 00:08:33,139 Never had your GPS lead you somewhere, like, where in the world 153 00:08:33,139 --> 00:08:33,739 is this going? 154 00:08:36,139 --> 00:08:37,659 No, it'll never steer you wrong. 155 00:08:37,739 --> 00:08:38,138 Why? 156 00:08:38,619 --> 00:08:41,499 Because it's the greatest counsel, the greatest wisdom found 157 00:08:41,499 --> 00:08:42,219 in his word. 158 00:08:43,419 --> 00:08:44,859 And then he's the. 159 00:08:44,939 --> 00:08:48,139 He is wonderful, the counselor, the mighty God. 160 00:08:48,619 --> 00:08:49,379 The mighty God. 161 00:08:49,379 --> 00:08:53,179 The Hebrew, there is El again, Jehovah God. 162 00:08:53,659 --> 00:08:55,259 It means the strong one. 163 00:08:55,259 --> 00:08:58,939 And there's many other adjectives we could use and synonyms, 164 00:08:59,179 --> 00:09:02,779 but he is the strong one, the mighty God. 165 00:09:02,779 --> 00:09:06,979 Referring to the Messiah, now referring to Christ speaks of his 166 00:09:06,979 --> 00:09:10,659 mightiness, or we just can come out and say it. 167 00:09:10,659 --> 00:09:13,819 Omnipotent one, Jesus Christ. 168 00:09:14,489 --> 00:09:17,209 The Messiah was to be omnipotent. 169 00:09:17,849 --> 00:09:18,889 All powerful. 170 00:09:20,249 --> 00:09:23,689 All powerful that speaks of his deity. 171 00:09:25,129 --> 00:09:26,489 He was God in the flesh. 172 00:09:27,609 --> 00:09:28,569 God in the flesh. 173 00:09:28,889 --> 00:09:30,329 All powerful. 174 00:09:31,369 --> 00:09:34,009 Let me give you a few things here in that. 175 00:09:34,009 --> 00:09:36,569 If he was not God, then, right? 176 00:09:36,649 --> 00:09:39,369 So if he was not God then. 177 00:09:40,899 --> 00:09:43,699 And I came across this one and I had never thought about this one. 178 00:09:45,219 --> 00:09:48,899 If he is not God, then I am an idolater. 179 00:09:50,259 --> 00:09:50,979 I just don't. 180 00:09:50,979 --> 00:09:51,859 I came across this. 181 00:09:51,859 --> 00:09:53,539 I'm like, that's right. 182 00:09:55,059 --> 00:10:02,379 So those out there, those who would say Jesus Christ was not God 183 00:10:02,379 --> 00:10:02,899 in the flesh. 184 00:10:02,899 --> 00:10:05,059 And I've given you a lot of verses in the New Testament. 185 00:10:05,059 --> 00:10:09,099 We know that John says of someone who doesn't believe that 186 00:10:09,099 --> 00:10:11,059 Jesus Christ was God in the flesh, you shouldn't let him in your 187 00:10:11,059 --> 00:10:11,299 house. 188 00:10:11,299 --> 00:10:14,539 And there are many verses in the New Testament I'm trying to say. 189 00:10:14,539 --> 00:10:16,059 Here's a practical look at this. 190 00:10:16,459 --> 00:10:17,579 Think about it for a moment. 191 00:10:17,579 --> 00:10:18,619 Exodus, chapter 20. 192 00:10:18,619 --> 00:10:19,299 We won't turn there. 193 00:10:19,299 --> 00:10:21,739 You should have it memorized or know it. 194 00:10:21,978 --> 00:10:25,019 Thou shalt have what, no other gods before me. 195 00:10:25,259 --> 00:10:26,619 But what else does it say? 196 00:10:27,419 --> 00:10:30,379 Not to bow down to any image, any person. 197 00:10:31,829 --> 00:10:33,669 In other words, the word bow means to worship. 198 00:10:34,549 --> 00:10:39,909 I am not to worship anyone or anything except Jehovah. 199 00:10:39,909 --> 00:10:41,749 God, the self existent one. 200 00:10:43,029 --> 00:10:45,509 The I am that I am. 201 00:10:45,909 --> 00:10:46,709 That's the only. 202 00:10:47,109 --> 00:10:48,789 I'm only supposed to worship him. 203 00:10:49,029 --> 00:10:50,949 I am only to bow down to him. 204 00:10:51,749 --> 00:10:52,629 No one else. 205 00:10:53,589 --> 00:10:54,869 Nothing else. 206 00:10:55,189 --> 00:10:57,189 No statues, no saints. 207 00:10:57,589 --> 00:10:59,029 Now I'm not to bow to anybody. 208 00:11:00,229 --> 00:11:03,669 Well then you come to the logical conclusion that those who 209 00:11:05,349 --> 00:11:11,909 deny that Jesus Christ was God in the flesh are accusing me of idolatry. 210 00:11:14,549 --> 00:11:15,669 That's pretty simple. 211 00:11:17,509 --> 00:11:20,589 Amen, you say, well, it's not that big a deal. 212 00:11:20,589 --> 00:11:21,269 Yes it is. 213 00:11:22,069 --> 00:11:23,909 Again, the New Testament makes it a big deal. 214 00:11:24,789 --> 00:11:27,069 It says literally that you shouldn't let those guys in your 215 00:11:27,069 --> 00:11:27,349 house. 216 00:11:29,589 --> 00:11:30,549 Excuse me, sorry. 217 00:11:30,949 --> 00:11:34,309 A Jehovah Witness comes by your house, a Mormon comes by your 218 00:11:34,309 --> 00:11:37,549 house, knocks on your door, the New Testament says, don't let 219 00:11:37,549 --> 00:11:38,309 them in your house. 220 00:11:39,429 --> 00:11:45,029 We need to be careful as those who deny that Jesus Christ was God 221 00:11:45,269 --> 00:11:46,149 in the flesh. 222 00:11:47,669 --> 00:11:51,889 If Jesus Christ is not God, then I an idolater. 223 00:11:52,929 --> 00:11:53,889 That's an insult. 224 00:11:54,209 --> 00:11:59,529 In fact, if you take it within the context of the Old and New Testament, 225 00:11:59,529 --> 00:12:05,569 especially the Old Testament, that's a huge insult because that's 226 00:12:05,569 --> 00:12:06,369 what the Jews did. 227 00:12:06,689 --> 00:12:08,009 They were idolaters. 228 00:12:08,009 --> 00:12:12,449 And God would come and spank them and put them into captivity 229 00:12:12,449 --> 00:12:16,049 and all for going after other gods. 230 00:12:16,779 --> 00:12:23,259 It's a huge insult that we would fall and worship one who is 231 00:12:23,339 --> 00:12:24,459 not God. 232 00:12:26,779 --> 00:12:31,179 In other words, they are charging us with worshiping a man. 233 00:12:32,859 --> 00:12:34,739 Oh, they'll say he's a good man. 234 00:12:34,739 --> 00:12:39,619 Or they'll say he was, you know, created being of God and you 235 00:12:39,619 --> 00:12:42,619 know, brothers with Satan or whatever the case is. 236 00:12:43,899 --> 00:12:45,499 But no, he was more than a good man. 237 00:12:46,299 --> 00:12:47,739 He was more than a great man. 238 00:12:47,819 --> 00:12:49,059 He was more than a prophet. 239 00:12:49,059 --> 00:12:50,299 He was the Son of God. 240 00:12:50,939 --> 00:12:51,979 God in the flesh. 241 00:12:55,339 --> 00:12:56,299 Idolatry. 242 00:12:56,539 --> 00:12:57,979 Spurgeon said it this way. 243 00:12:59,179 --> 00:13:02,019 Idolatry is the attempt to throw the eternal Jehovah out of 244 00:13:02,019 --> 00:13:02,619 his seat. 245 00:13:04,379 --> 00:13:05,139 I like that one. 246 00:13:05,139 --> 00:13:06,619 That's a good way to describe it, isn't it? 247 00:13:06,699 --> 00:13:07,779 Adultery doesn't. 248 00:13:07,779 --> 00:13:11,139 And I'm just practically thinking tonight, idolatry is not 249 00:13:11,139 --> 00:13:15,159 just bowing before something or worshiping some idol. 250 00:13:15,799 --> 00:13:21,559 Idolatry in our own lives is anything that misplaces or pushes 251 00:13:22,119 --> 00:13:26,279 God out of the seat that he's intended to sit on. 252 00:13:26,679 --> 00:13:28,439 And that is the seat of your heart. 253 00:13:30,199 --> 00:13:31,959 He should have control of your life. 254 00:13:33,799 --> 00:13:40,239 I just thought that was such a practical way to illustrate how preposterous 255 00:13:40,239 --> 00:13:40,679 it is. 256 00:13:41,859 --> 00:13:49,139 If you are to say that Jesus Christ is not God, then it logically 257 00:13:49,139 --> 00:13:50,659 concludes that he is a man. 258 00:13:51,699 --> 00:13:56,979 And if he is a man, then we in this auditorium are being accused 259 00:13:57,059 --> 00:13:58,259 of idolatry. 260 00:14:01,379 --> 00:14:08,909 Secondly, if he's not God, then he was an imposter because he 261 00:14:08,909 --> 00:14:09,829 claimed to be God. 262 00:14:10,709 --> 00:14:11,589 He claimed to God. 263 00:14:11,589 --> 00:14:16,589 He led us to believe he was the Son of God over and over again. 264 00:14:16,589 --> 00:14:19,189 By the way, he said, if you've seen me, you've seen the Father. 265 00:14:20,789 --> 00:14:22,389 I and my father are one. 266 00:14:22,629 --> 00:14:25,349 John, chapter five, or John chapter eight. 267 00:14:25,349 --> 00:14:26,549 I mean, he said. 268 00:14:26,789 --> 00:14:27,749 He said, I am. 269 00:14:27,829 --> 00:14:28,429 I'm telling. 270 00:14:28,429 --> 00:14:28,709 He. 271 00:14:28,949 --> 00:14:31,989 He claimed to be the one who spoke out of the burning bush. 272 00:14:33,199 --> 00:14:36,399 And when he did that, the Jews tried to stone him for it. 273 00:14:38,879 --> 00:14:39,839 No, no, He. 274 00:14:40,479 --> 00:14:41,999 He was not an imposter. 275 00:14:43,679 --> 00:14:44,079 He. 276 00:14:44,239 --> 00:14:46,719 He was and is who he claimed to be. 277 00:14:47,439 --> 00:14:50,399 Co equal and co eternal with the Father. 278 00:14:51,759 --> 00:14:55,919 And what's also ludicrous about this is that most Christians 279 00:14:55,999 --> 00:15:02,339 in the world, because even Catholics believe and the Trinity, 280 00:15:03,539 --> 00:15:09,299 most Christians, the majority of Christians by far, believe that 281 00:15:09,299 --> 00:15:11,539 Jesus Christ was God in the flesh. 282 00:15:12,579 --> 00:15:19,459 So when you meet a belief system, you meet a cult who believes 283 00:15:19,619 --> 00:15:21,699 that Jesus Christ is not God. 284 00:15:22,019 --> 00:15:24,659 They are by and far in the minority. 285 00:15:26,109 --> 00:15:26,829 The minority. 286 00:15:29,949 --> 00:15:34,269 Thirdly, if he is not God, then he deserved to die. 287 00:15:36,509 --> 00:15:37,069 He did. 288 00:15:37,709 --> 00:15:40,669 He deserved to die because he was being blasphemous. 289 00:15:42,509 --> 00:15:43,589 He was making him. 290 00:15:43,589 --> 00:15:46,269 They said that you're making yourself the Son of God. 291 00:15:47,389 --> 00:15:49,069 Well, why did he not deserve to die? 292 00:15:49,069 --> 00:15:50,509 Because he was a son of God. 293 00:15:51,159 --> 00:15:55,559 He was who he claimed to be, and it frees him from the charges 294 00:15:55,559 --> 00:15:56,079 they were making. 295 00:15:56,079 --> 00:15:58,879 Of course, there was a lot of false charges too, they made against 296 00:15:58,879 --> 00:15:59,239 him. 297 00:15:59,479 --> 00:16:01,799 But one of them was that he claimed to be the Son of God. 298 00:16:02,199 --> 00:16:04,599 Well, that's because he was and he is. 299 00:16:07,639 --> 00:16:11,479 If he is not God, then all of this is vain. 300 00:16:12,839 --> 00:16:15,879 So take, you know, just kind of stretch back in your mind out 301 00:16:15,879 --> 00:16:20,059 of First Corinthians 15, when Paul says, if there was no resurrection, 302 00:16:21,579 --> 00:16:23,819 then the Grace that was shown to me is in vain. 303 00:16:25,499 --> 00:16:27,019 Our preaching is in vain. 304 00:16:29,099 --> 00:16:30,619 Our faith is in vain. 305 00:16:31,499 --> 00:16:32,619 It's all worthless. 306 00:16:32,699 --> 00:16:33,899 It's all meaningless. 307 00:16:35,339 --> 00:16:37,099 We're all dead in our sins. 308 00:16:37,179 --> 00:16:38,699 Dead in trespasses and sins. 309 00:16:39,579 --> 00:16:40,339 But it's not. 310 00:16:40,339 --> 00:16:40,939 Isn't it? 311 00:16:41,499 --> 00:16:42,819 I'm thankful for the resurrection. 312 00:16:42,819 --> 00:16:45,899 In 1 Corinthians 15, Paul says, But no, no, no. 313 00:16:45,899 --> 00:16:47,899 Jesus Christ has risen from the dead. 314 00:16:48,539 --> 00:16:51,339 And I will tell you that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. 315 00:16:51,659 --> 00:16:53,899 He is God in the flesh. 316 00:16:54,379 --> 00:16:58,779 And everything we do as Christians, the works that we do, 317 00:16:59,019 --> 00:17:00,059 are not in vain. 318 00:17:01,179 --> 00:17:05,819 We are not yet in our sins because He's God. 319 00:17:06,779 --> 00:17:10,059 All right, this may be a quick message tonight. 320 00:17:11,819 --> 00:17:12,579 He is God. 321 00:17:12,579 --> 00:17:20,449 By our own actions and words, he is God because we, though we don't 322 00:17:20,449 --> 00:17:25,129 really realize it sometimes are calling Him God because of what 323 00:17:25,129 --> 00:17:25,729 we say. 324 00:17:27,009 --> 00:17:28,089 And this is actually. 325 00:17:28,089 --> 00:17:32,169 Spurgeon points these out, speaking of his eternal sonship. 326 00:17:32,169 --> 00:17:36,489 In other words, that Jesus and God and the Holy Spirit have always 327 00:17:36,489 --> 00:17:36,809 been. 328 00:17:36,809 --> 00:17:38,049 They are eternal. 329 00:17:38,129 --> 00:17:39,329 Co. Eternal. 330 00:17:39,329 --> 00:17:40,449 All eternal. 331 00:17:40,659 --> 00:17:41,859 Eternally existent forever. 332 00:17:42,099 --> 00:17:43,699 They have no beginning and no end. 333 00:17:45,139 --> 00:17:46,659 The eternal sonship of Christ. 334 00:17:48,499 --> 00:17:53,659 The Bible says he died for our sins before the foundations of the 335 00:17:53,659 --> 00:17:53,939 world. 336 00:17:54,739 --> 00:17:56,339 First Peter, chapter one, verse 20. 337 00:17:57,459 --> 00:17:59,059 How many of y' all have stated that before? 338 00:17:59,059 --> 00:17:59,579 I have. 339 00:17:59,579 --> 00:18:00,179 Many times. 340 00:18:00,739 --> 00:18:01,819 Jesus Christ died. 341 00:18:01,819 --> 00:18:05,179 In other words, he wasn't surprised when Adam fell in the Garden 342 00:18:05,179 --> 00:18:05,499 of Eden. 343 00:18:05,499 --> 00:18:07,739 He wasn't surprised when Adam sinned in the Garden of Eden. 344 00:18:07,739 --> 00:18:08,179 No, no. 345 00:18:08,459 --> 00:18:14,379 The plan of the Godhead has always been that Jesus Christ would 346 00:18:14,379 --> 00:18:16,219 die for our sins. 347 00:18:18,459 --> 00:18:19,019 He was. 348 00:18:20,459 --> 00:18:22,379 He died before the foundation of the world. 349 00:18:23,819 --> 00:18:26,459 By the way, eternality is only ascribed to God. 350 00:18:28,459 --> 00:18:29,339 Pretty simple. 351 00:18:29,499 --> 00:18:30,299 Pretty simple. 352 00:18:31,019 --> 00:18:31,739 Another one. 353 00:18:32,619 --> 00:18:33,419 Jesus Christ. 354 00:18:34,049 --> 00:18:36,529 Remember the New Testament verse, Hebrews 13:8. 355 00:18:36,929 --> 00:18:40,369 Jesus Christ the same today, yesterday and forever. 356 00:18:43,009 --> 00:18:46,609 It says, jesus Christ the same today, yesterday and forever. 357 00:18:48,609 --> 00:18:49,569 He's immutable. 358 00:18:51,729 --> 00:18:55,489 We human beings change. 359 00:18:57,409 --> 00:18:59,569 Politicians change with the wind. 360 00:19:00,049 --> 00:19:03,369 Or depending on what crowd they're speaking to, they change 361 00:19:03,369 --> 00:19:03,929 their tune. 362 00:19:03,929 --> 00:19:04,209 Right? 363 00:19:05,009 --> 00:19:07,169 Because we as human beings are not immutable. 364 00:19:07,329 --> 00:19:07,889 We change. 365 00:19:09,409 --> 00:19:11,129 By the way, the earth changes. 366 00:19:11,129 --> 00:19:16,409 The only thing, the only person ever ascribed to being immutable 367 00:19:16,409 --> 00:19:17,009 is God. 368 00:19:17,809 --> 00:19:19,649 It is God who is immutable. 369 00:19:20,049 --> 00:19:21,649 None but God are immutable. 370 00:19:23,489 --> 00:19:29,259 So there's 2, 3, and I mentioned this one last Sunday. 371 00:19:29,579 --> 00:19:30,939 Matthew, chapter 8, verse 20. 372 00:19:30,939 --> 00:19:34,859 Jesus says, for where two or three are gathered together in My 373 00:19:34,859 --> 00:19:36,699 name, there shall I be in the midst. 374 00:19:37,579 --> 00:19:38,459 Pretty simple. 375 00:19:39,499 --> 00:19:40,379 Pretty simple. 376 00:19:42,059 --> 00:19:43,259 He's omnipresent. 377 00:19:44,219 --> 00:19:45,659 Even when he was in his. 378 00:19:45,739 --> 00:19:50,819 Even when he was in flesh on earth, he was still omnipresent. 379 00:19:50,819 --> 00:19:52,849 He was everywhere at the same time, you say. 380 00:19:52,849 --> 00:19:55,889 Well, he was at that he was preaching in the synagogue, or he 381 00:19:55,889 --> 00:19:56,169 was. 382 00:19:56,249 --> 00:19:58,329 No, no, he was still everywhere. 383 00:19:59,129 --> 00:20:00,729 He didn't cease being God. 384 00:20:04,089 --> 00:20:05,209 That's so awesome. 385 00:20:05,529 --> 00:20:07,049 I gave you this one last week too. 386 00:20:08,169 --> 00:20:09,009 Matthew 28. 387 00:20:09,009 --> 00:20:13,049 And lo, I am with you alway, even unto the what end of the world. 388 00:20:15,209 --> 00:20:18,089 He said that as he was speaking to them. 389 00:20:18,589 --> 00:20:20,749 And yet he said, I am with you even to the end of the world. 390 00:20:21,149 --> 00:20:22,429 It's amazing, isn't it? 391 00:20:23,069 --> 00:20:27,629 And verse after verse, we claim and we talk about and we preach 392 00:20:27,629 --> 00:20:34,109 and we teach, speaking of Christ and his omnipresence. 393 00:20:35,789 --> 00:20:39,549 And we've talked about John chapter three, that while he was 394 00:20:39,549 --> 00:20:41,229 here on earth, he said he was in heaven too. 395 00:20:42,029 --> 00:20:43,309 It's amazing, isn't it? 396 00:20:45,399 --> 00:20:48,199 Who alone can be present everywhere at the same time? 397 00:20:49,239 --> 00:20:52,839 Who is the only one ascribed that attribute? 398 00:20:53,799 --> 00:20:54,279 God. 399 00:20:55,719 --> 00:20:56,359 That's it. 400 00:20:57,879 --> 00:20:59,119 That's it, you say. 401 00:20:59,119 --> 00:21:00,439 Well, preacher, I know all this. 402 00:21:03,959 --> 00:21:07,559 His name shall be called Wonderful Counselor. 403 00:21:08,359 --> 00:21:09,479 The mighty God. 404 00:21:11,049 --> 00:21:12,249 The Everlasting Father. 405 00:21:13,929 --> 00:21:14,769 The mighty God. 406 00:21:14,769 --> 00:21:16,889 He was the mighty God. 407 00:21:18,489 --> 00:21:22,529 First Timothy, chapter two, verse five, says there is one mediator 408 00:21:22,529 --> 00:21:23,409 between God and man. 409 00:21:23,409 --> 00:21:24,889 The man Christ Jesus. 410 00:21:26,169 --> 00:21:26,849 This is the one. 411 00:21:26,849 --> 00:21:27,729 Brother Stewart's here tonight. 412 00:21:27,729 --> 00:21:28,849 I didn't know he was going to be here. 413 00:21:28,849 --> 00:21:32,729 So this is one brother Stewart, over and over again. 414 00:21:34,489 --> 00:21:37,449 In order to be the mediator between God and man, it meant that 415 00:21:37,609 --> 00:21:38,729 he has to be man. 416 00:21:39,749 --> 00:21:42,789 In order to mediate between God and man, he had to be God. 417 00:21:43,589 --> 00:21:46,949 He had to put his hand on man and his hand on God. 418 00:21:49,349 --> 00:21:51,749 Do you believe a man can put his hand on God? 419 00:21:52,789 --> 00:21:53,109 No. 420 00:21:53,109 --> 00:21:53,429 No. 421 00:21:53,669 --> 00:21:54,309 No way. 422 00:21:56,549 --> 00:21:56,989 No way. 423 00:21:56,989 --> 00:21:57,749 Do you see that? 424 00:21:58,789 --> 00:22:00,629 Only God could take all God's wrath. 425 00:22:02,229 --> 00:22:03,349 Man can't do that. 426 00:22:05,519 --> 00:22:08,959 Man can't take God's wrath because it's eternal. 427 00:22:10,719 --> 00:22:12,119 We are finite beings. 428 00:22:12,119 --> 00:22:15,599 We can't take an infinite wrath of God. 429 00:22:16,719 --> 00:22:21,279 But Jesus could, because he was God in the flesh. 430 00:22:21,919 --> 00:22:22,799 Have I said that yet? 431 00:22:22,799 --> 00:22:23,279 Tonight. 432 00:22:24,719 --> 00:22:27,399 And I know I've given you all the New Testament scriptures and 433 00:22:27,399 --> 00:22:28,399 there's so many of them. 434 00:22:30,249 --> 00:22:31,689 Great is the mystery of godliness. 435 00:22:32,649 --> 00:22:33,689 God was manifest. 436 00:22:33,769 --> 00:22:34,569 So many of them. 437 00:22:35,209 --> 00:22:39,369 But just think about again the attributes ascribed to Jesus Christ 438 00:22:40,809 --> 00:22:44,569 from the Old Testament and the New, from. 439 00:22:44,809 --> 00:22:49,049 From the prophecies concerning the Messiah and who he would be and 440 00:22:49,209 --> 00:22:50,329 what he would be like. 441 00:22:53,929 --> 00:22:55,769 I'm thankful for the mediator, aren't you? 442 00:22:56,869 --> 00:23:00,869 Aren't you glad that you don't live in Job's world where Job cried 443 00:23:00,869 --> 00:23:01,069 out. 444 00:23:01,069 --> 00:23:02,869 He said, I'm summarizing. 445 00:23:02,869 --> 00:23:04,869 He said, lord, what's Going on. 446 00:23:05,829 --> 00:23:06,709 I don't understand. 447 00:23:08,469 --> 00:23:12,269 You know, I lose everything, and then my friends come and beat 448 00:23:12,269 --> 00:23:14,149 me up verbally. 449 00:23:14,389 --> 00:23:15,829 Might as well have done it physically. 450 00:23:17,509 --> 00:23:22,149 And here I am in dust and ashes and sores all over just. 451 00:23:23,319 --> 00:23:24,239 Lord, what's going on? 452 00:23:24,239 --> 00:23:24,919 I don't understand. 453 00:23:24,999 --> 00:23:25,799 I wish. 454 00:23:26,599 --> 00:23:27,799 I'm summarizing again. 455 00:23:27,959 --> 00:23:29,079 Crawford version. 456 00:23:29,159 --> 00:23:34,439 I wish there was someone, a daysman, who could tell me who could 457 00:23:34,439 --> 00:23:36,599 show me what's going on. 458 00:23:37,479 --> 00:23:38,839 Aren't you glad we have one? 459 00:23:40,279 --> 00:23:45,399 In Jesus Christ, the mediator between God and man. 460 00:23:45,959 --> 00:23:49,009 I come through Jesus to the Father. 461 00:23:49,649 --> 00:23:52,289 I pray through Jesus to the Father. 462 00:23:53,409 --> 00:23:55,249 Man, what a savior. 463 00:23:57,169 --> 00:23:58,289 What a mighty God. 464 00:24:01,409 --> 00:24:06,289 And then this one we call Christ our Savior. 465 00:24:09,889 --> 00:24:11,489 We call him Christ our Savior. 466 00:24:13,329 --> 00:24:15,689 If you deny that he was God, then. 467 00:24:15,759 --> 00:24:16,559 Then he was a man. 468 00:24:19,039 --> 00:24:20,399 Can a man save you? 469 00:24:21,599 --> 00:24:21,999 No. 470 00:24:21,999 --> 00:24:24,239 I mean, again, we're just practically thinking through. 471 00:24:24,799 --> 00:24:25,199 No. 472 00:24:25,919 --> 00:24:29,719 It means that if you deny that he was God, then you're putting your 473 00:24:29,719 --> 00:24:36,079 faith and trust in a man, your faith and trust in a man, not God. 474 00:24:38,239 --> 00:24:41,199 Putting your faith and trust in someone who was created. 475 00:24:41,929 --> 00:24:43,929 And that's what the Jehovah Witnesses and Mormons teach. 476 00:24:43,929 --> 00:24:44,889 He was created. 477 00:24:46,409 --> 00:24:51,049 And others, by the way, that's just not them, those two belief systems. 478 00:24:56,329 --> 00:24:57,929 But no, he was God in the flesh. 479 00:24:58,249 --> 00:24:59,369 I haven't said that yet. 480 00:25:01,209 --> 00:25:02,409 He was the God man. 481 00:25:03,449 --> 00:25:04,729 He was our Savior. 482 00:25:05,769 --> 00:25:06,889 He could save us. 483 00:25:06,889 --> 00:25:08,369 And he did save us from our sins. 484 00:25:08,369 --> 00:25:13,979 Because he was God and man, he couldn't cease being God. 485 00:25:15,179 --> 00:25:18,539 And because he was God and man, he lived a sinless life. 486 00:25:19,739 --> 00:25:21,339 He didn't have an earthly father. 487 00:25:21,979 --> 00:25:23,659 He did not receive a sin nature. 488 00:25:23,659 --> 00:25:26,739 I know I'm a broken record, but I'm so thankful. 489 00:25:26,739 --> 00:25:27,259 Aren't you? 490 00:25:29,499 --> 00:25:33,379 The God of the universe became part of his creation, as I said this 491 00:25:33,379 --> 00:25:33,659 morning. 492 00:25:36,469 --> 00:25:38,389 And then lastly, he proved to be God. 493 00:25:39,189 --> 00:25:40,629 How did he prove to be God? 494 00:25:41,349 --> 00:25:42,629 By his sinless life. 495 00:25:45,109 --> 00:25:51,829 Because only God in the flesh could be sinless man. 496 00:25:51,829 --> 00:25:52,629 We're sinners. 497 00:25:54,549 --> 00:26:02,989 We break the law daily, every hour, depending on how hungry I am, 498 00:26:04,749 --> 00:26:05,109 right? 499 00:26:05,109 --> 00:26:05,709 We do. 500 00:26:07,709 --> 00:26:08,989 Thankful for a Savior. 501 00:26:11,229 --> 00:26:12,589 The angels failed. 502 00:26:13,229 --> 00:26:14,509 Part of them did, anyway. 503 00:26:16,269 --> 00:26:18,749 Satan was tempted, apparently, and he failed. 504 00:26:20,029 --> 00:26:20,829 Adam failed. 505 00:26:20,829 --> 00:26:22,589 In the Garden of Eden, man failed. 506 00:26:24,989 --> 00:26:28,109 Wherefore, as by one man, sin entered into the world and death 507 00:26:28,109 --> 00:26:28,549 by sin. 508 00:26:28,549 --> 00:26:29,589 So death passed upon all men. 509 00:26:29,589 --> 00:26:30,334 For all have sinned. 510 00:26:30,334 --> 00:26:31,269 And you all know the verse. 511 00:26:33,029 --> 00:26:37,749 But can I tell you, when Jesus was tempted, when he was tested, 512 00:26:38,629 --> 00:26:39,749 he triumphed. 513 00:26:41,109 --> 00:26:43,349 And by the way, he'd been fasting for 40 days. 514 00:26:45,429 --> 00:26:48,149 I would have just said, please give me some food. 515 00:26:48,149 --> 00:26:49,749 I'll Say whatever you want me to say. 516 00:26:51,669 --> 00:26:53,829 I'll say it 10 times if you want me to. 517 00:26:54,549 --> 00:26:54,949 Right. 518 00:26:55,109 --> 00:26:55,909 Human nature. 519 00:26:56,709 --> 00:26:57,189 Come on. 520 00:26:57,509 --> 00:26:58,149 Bunch of. 521 00:26:59,829 --> 00:27:02,469 Yeah, but not the Lord. 522 00:27:03,589 --> 00:27:06,869 He was tempted, but again, like we are. 523 00:27:06,869 --> 00:27:07,909 Yet without sin. 524 00:27:09,669 --> 00:27:10,469 He hungered. 525 00:27:10,469 --> 00:27:11,109 He thirst. 526 00:27:12,389 --> 00:27:15,749 He felt what it's like to be alone. 527 00:27:17,189 --> 00:27:23,119 Felt what it's like to be beaten and tried and spit upon. 528 00:27:24,559 --> 00:27:25,679 But he triumphed. 529 00:27:26,479 --> 00:27:27,719 He triumphed over sin. 530 00:27:27,719 --> 00:27:28,799 He triumphed over death. 531 00:27:28,799 --> 00:27:30,159 He triumphed over the grave. 532 00:27:33,919 --> 00:27:35,199 A sinless life. 533 00:27:36,559 --> 00:27:38,639 He proved to be God because of his sinless life. 534 00:27:38,799 --> 00:27:41,199 And then again, just a practical one. 535 00:27:42,399 --> 00:27:48,569 He proved himself to be God in that by your changed life and by 536 00:27:48,569 --> 00:27:51,409 my changed life again. 537 00:27:51,409 --> 00:27:52,329 My favorite hymn. 538 00:27:52,329 --> 00:27:53,849 I serve a risen Savior. 539 00:27:54,169 --> 00:27:55,209 He's in the world today. 540 00:27:55,209 --> 00:27:58,289 I know that he is living no matter what men may say. 541 00:27:58,289 --> 00:27:59,609 I see his hand of mercy. 542 00:27:59,609 --> 00:28:02,409 I hear his voice of cheer Just the time I need him he's always near. 543 00:28:02,409 --> 00:28:05,169 He lives, he lives Christ Jesus lives today. 544 00:28:05,169 --> 00:28:08,409 He walks with me and talks with me along life's narrow way. 545 00:28:08,409 --> 00:28:10,729 He lives, he lives Salvation to impart. 546 00:28:10,809 --> 00:28:12,569 You ask me how I know he lives. 547 00:28:12,569 --> 00:28:13,529 He lives within my heart. 548 00:28:15,099 --> 00:28:15,499 I'm telling you. 549 00:28:15,499 --> 00:28:18,579 When I got saved at the age of six years old, the Holy Spirit came 550 00:28:18,579 --> 00:28:19,579 to abide in me. 551 00:28:20,059 --> 00:28:22,139 Christ lives within me. 552 00:28:22,859 --> 00:28:25,099 The God of the universe lives within me. 553 00:28:27,739 --> 00:28:28,459 Amazing. 554 00:28:30,299 --> 00:28:32,939 And when he moved in, I knew it. 555 00:28:35,019 --> 00:28:35,859 I love it. 556 00:28:35,859 --> 00:28:38,739 One preacher said as he was preaching, he said, when that something 557 00:28:38,739 --> 00:28:40,219 that big shows up, you'll know it. 558 00:28:42,129 --> 00:28:42,849 You'll know it. 559 00:28:43,409 --> 00:28:46,329 I would say when that something that big shows up, you'll 560 00:28:46,329 --> 00:28:47,249 eventually know it. 561 00:28:48,049 --> 00:28:49,729 You may not know it as you pray the prayer. 562 00:28:49,729 --> 00:28:52,049 As you put your trust in Christ at that very moment. 563 00:28:52,209 --> 00:28:54,689 But you ought to see the evidence pretty quick. 564 00:28:55,249 --> 00:28:58,329 There ought to be an evidence that your spirit bears witness. 565 00:28:58,329 --> 00:28:58,849 His spirit. 566 00:28:58,849 --> 00:29:00,129 That you are a child of God. 567 00:29:00,609 --> 00:29:03,009 And there ought to be a change that takes place. 568 00:29:03,649 --> 00:29:06,289 There's been a great change in my life since I've been born again. 569 00:29:06,889 --> 00:29:09,209 The things I used to do, I don't want to do them anymore. 570 00:29:10,329 --> 00:29:11,769 I want to live for the Lord. 571 00:29:12,089 --> 00:29:13,289 I want to do right. 572 00:29:13,529 --> 00:29:16,409 I don't always do right, but I want to. 573 00:29:17,609 --> 00:29:19,049 I want to live for him. 574 00:29:20,089 --> 00:29:22,329 I want to yield my life to him. 575 00:29:22,649 --> 00:29:26,569 I want to walk the road and walk with him. 576 00:29:26,809 --> 00:29:28,729 I don't always do it, but I want to. 577 00:29:30,089 --> 00:29:31,609 There's been a change in my life. 578 00:29:32,739 --> 00:29:35,379 I have a different want to in my life. 579 00:29:37,779 --> 00:29:44,899 The change in our life proves that he is indeed the Son of God. 580 00:29:46,819 --> 00:29:50,579 God the Son, Jesus Christ. 581 00:29:51,539 --> 00:29:56,339 Co equal, co eternal, the everlasting Father. 582 00:29:56,819 --> 00:29:57,459 I didn't. 583 00:29:58,509 --> 00:29:58,909 By the way. 584 00:29:58,909 --> 00:29:59,549 Everlasting. 585 00:29:59,549 --> 00:30:00,589 He's eternal. 586 00:30:02,909 --> 00:30:07,789 And Father, how is Jesus Christ Our Father? 587 00:30:09,309 --> 00:30:14,309 And I would want to develop this at some other point, but who's 588 00:30:14,309 --> 00:30:15,629 the head of the human race? 589 00:30:18,509 --> 00:30:19,069 Adam. 590 00:30:20,909 --> 00:30:23,549 One man got us in the mess. 591 00:30:26,409 --> 00:30:27,769 One man gets us out. 592 00:30:29,129 --> 00:30:30,569 We had the first Adam. 593 00:30:31,449 --> 00:30:34,729 The Bible refers to Messiah Christ as the second Adam. 594 00:30:38,329 --> 00:30:40,009 Adam was the head of the human race. 595 00:30:44,169 --> 00:30:46,409 Our Father, Adam. 596 00:30:47,769 --> 00:30:50,609 Our Father's Father's Father, Father, Father, Father, Father, Father. 597 00:30:52,919 --> 00:30:58,039 And then our Heavenly Father, our spiritual Father, Jesus Christ, 598 00:30:58,919 --> 00:31:00,919 Our Father, the second Adam. 599 00:31:02,199 --> 00:31:04,359 I'm glad I've gone from one family to the other. 600 00:31:05,159 --> 00:31:07,119 I'm glad my father's no longer Adam. 601 00:31:07,119 --> 00:31:08,359 My father is Jesus Christ. 602 00:31:10,519 --> 00:31:11,399 Man, what a. 603 00:31:11,639 --> 00:31:13,559 What a difference in the family tree. 604 00:31:15,319 --> 00:31:15,879 Amen. 605 00:31:16,769 --> 00:31:17,889 Everlasting Father. 606 00:31:19,169 --> 00:31:20,089 Everlasting Father. 607 00:31:20,089 --> 00:31:22,209 And I want to sing Father Abraham for you, but I'm not going 608 00:31:22,209 --> 00:31:22,929 to do it tonight. 609 00:31:27,649 --> 00:31:29,089 I did not mention this one either. 610 00:31:29,089 --> 00:31:35,609 But how many times have you felt, and I think that's the right 611 00:31:35,609 --> 00:31:38,689 word, the tender touch of Jesus Christ? 612 00:31:41,899 --> 00:31:49,099 How many times have you known that Jesus Christ knew your thoughts, 613 00:31:49,899 --> 00:31:51,979 that he knew your heart, what was on your heart? 614 00:31:54,059 --> 00:31:54,699 Amen. 615 00:31:55,099 --> 00:31:55,899 How many times? 616 00:31:56,779 --> 00:31:59,579 How many times have you attributed that to him? 617 00:32:01,019 --> 00:32:02,299 Lord, you know my heart. 618 00:32:03,899 --> 00:32:04,299 Christ. 619 00:32:04,299 --> 00:32:05,259 Lord, you know my heart. 620 00:32:05,259 --> 00:32:06,939 You know me, Jesus, you know my heart. 621 00:32:07,989 --> 00:32:09,109 How many times have we done that? 622 00:32:09,749 --> 00:32:14,389 Well, you're ascribing to him the attributes of God because only 623 00:32:14,389 --> 00:32:15,349 God is omniscient. 624 00:32:17,269 --> 00:32:20,469 Only God can know our thoughts, can know our heart. 625 00:32:23,189 --> 00:32:23,989 Jesus Christ. 626 00:32:24,069 --> 00:32:25,029 God in the flesh. 627 00:32:26,629 --> 00:32:35,079 And growing in the knowledge of Jesus Christ enables us, enables 628 00:32:35,079 --> 00:32:36,239 us to be more like Him. 629 00:32:37,999 --> 00:32:41,759 And the more we're like him, the closer we can walk with him. 630 00:32:42,719 --> 00:32:46,279 And the closer we can walk with him, the more he can direct 631 00:32:46,279 --> 00:32:46,799 our lives. 632 00:32:47,599 --> 00:32:51,119 Empower, encourage, strengthen us and give us peace. 633 00:32:52,559 --> 00:32:53,839 Just walking with Jesus. 634 00:32:54,239 --> 00:32:57,199 To follow in the footsteps of Jesus again. 635 00:32:57,439 --> 00:32:59,359 As Christians, we want to. 636 00:33:00,519 --> 00:33:02,919 The Holy Spirit's conforming us to the image of His Son. 637 00:33:03,159 --> 00:33:06,679 And he's doing so by various means. 638 00:33:07,239 --> 00:33:10,359 But the greatest means is our understanding and knowledge of who 639 00:33:10,359 --> 00:33:11,079 Jesus is. 640 00:33:12,039 --> 00:33:13,519 Let us continue to grow in that knowledge. 641 00:33:13,519 --> 00:33:14,039 Amen. 642 00:33:14,199 --> 00:33:18,399 And this is one of the ways I look forward next Sunday preaching 643 00:33:18,399 --> 00:33:19,399 on the Prince of Peace. 644 00:33:19,719 --> 00:33:20,519 Let's all stand.