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Manifesting the Kingdom of God 2 | The Believer's conference 2025 day 1 · Near East Christian Fellowship Sermons

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  Hi there. Welcome to NECF. We're excited to share
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  to enrich your faith. Here's today's sermon.
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  Let's have our seat once again. Matthew 16. When
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  Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi,
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  he asked his disciples, who do men say I, the
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  son of Manam? So they said, some said John the
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  Baptist, some Elijah, others Jeremiah, or one
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  of the prophets. He said to them, but who do
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  you say I am? Simon Peter answered and said,
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  You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.
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  Jesus answered and said to him, Blessed are you,
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  Simon Bar -Jonah, for flesh and blood has not
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  revealed this to you, but my Father who is in
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  heaven. And I also say to you that you are Peter,
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  and on this rock, I will build my church and
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  the gates of Hades shall not prevail against
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  it. And I will give you the keys of the kingdom
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  of heaven. And whatever you bind on earth will
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  be bound in heaven. And whatever you lose on
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  earth will be loosed in heaven. Hallelujah. So
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  we see the question that Jesus Christ asked.
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  Who do men say? I, the son of man. Who do men
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  say? Who do men say I, the son of man, am? Specifically
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  what? The son of man. That word son of man is
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  very important. And we're going to study this
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  briefly. Who do men say I, the son of man, am?
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  So Jesus asks about the son of man. He called
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  himself what? The son of man. Who do men say
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  the son of man is? But let's look at Peter's
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  reply. Let's look at Peter's answer. But Peter
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  called him what? He called him the Christ. Simon
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  Peter answered, you are the Christ. So this son
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  of man, Peter said is what? Is Christ. Is the
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  Christ. And this Christ is what? Is he the son
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  of man? What did he say? He's the son of the
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  living God. So the man, the son of man that Jesus
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  asked about, Peter, by revelation, called him
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  what? He called him the Christ. Amen? The Christ,
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  the son of who? Of the living God. The Christ,
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  son of the living God. What does Christ mean?
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  Of course it means the Messiah, the anointed.
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  The anointed. The one that has been anointed
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  for a purpose. And the purpose is what? It's
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  redemption. So where will Peter get this understanding
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  about the Christ from? What is the source of
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  his revelation? What is the source of his information
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  about the Christ? Father, I don't know who will
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  see Jesus who will say that flesh and blood has
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  not what? Has not revealed his truth to you.
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  But who? But my father who is in heaven. So Peter's
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  revelation about the Christ, about the son of
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  man, is from the scriptures. The Bible didn't
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  report to us that suddenly Peter went into a
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  trance. Right? He went into a supernatural experience.
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  The Bible didn't tell us that Peter just fell
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  on the ground. And then something, you know,
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  happened. You know, there was a cloud and smoke.
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  And then, you know, he had a voice. No, no, no,
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  no, no, no. Peter responded that you are the
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  Christ. The son of the living God. So it was
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  not an angelic visitation he had. Or sort of
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  an experience that is spooky in nature. But Peter's
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  confession is what? Is faith. Peter's confession
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  is faith in what the scripture has said about
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  the Messiah. About who the Christ is. This is
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  what is called revelation. agreeing with what
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  the scripture has said, seeing from the perspective
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  of scriptural prophecies, the prophecies that
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  have been said about the Christ. He believed
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  this prophecy. And this is the revelation that
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  Peter had. Now, this is not the only place we
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  see this confession. In John chapter 1, Chapter
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  1. Let's go back to John chapter 1. We see a
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  similar situation where. A similar confession
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  was made. John chapter 1 verse 43. Where Philip
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  and Nathaniel were. John chapter 1 verse 43 to
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  45. The following day Jesus wanted to go to Galilee.
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  And he found Philip. and said to him, follow
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  me. Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of
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  Andrew and Peter. Philip found Nathaniel and
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  said to him, we have found him. Wait a minute.
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  They have what? They have found him. So it means
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  that they were looking for a him. They were expecting
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  someone. Because without expectation, they will
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  not say we are found. They were expecting someone.
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  Philip found Nathanael and said to him, we have
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  found him of whom Moses in the law and also the
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  prophets wrote, Jesus of Nazareth. The son of
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  who? The son of Joseph. The son of Joseph revealing
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  His what? His biological what? His biological
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  family. Let me use the word biological family.
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  Human family. The son of Joseph. And Nathaniel
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  said to him, can anything good come out of Nazareth?
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  Philip said to him, come and see. Come and see.
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  So we see here that there was an expectation.
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  And their expectation is from what? It's from
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  the prophecies of scripture. It's from what the
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  prophets have written. It's from what Moses have
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  written. It's from what the prophets have written
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  concerning the Christ. Concerning the Christ.
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  We have found him of whom Moses in the law and
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  also the prophets wrote, Jesus of Nazareth, the
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  son of Joseph. And Nathanael said to him, can
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  anything good come out of Nazareth? Philip said
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  to him, come and see. So Jesus saw Nathanael
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  coming towards him and said of him, behold an
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  Israelite indeed whom is no deceit. Amen. So
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  the revelation of Peter is what? Is a revelation
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  of scripture. Peter's confession. Is from the
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  writings of Moses. Is from his understanding
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  of what? Of the writings of the prophets. Peter
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  confessed the son of the living God. The son
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  of the living God. The Christ from God. Meaning
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  that he is from heaven. The son of the living
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  God. Meaning that. Jesus. Is the Christ. And
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  what the prophets have said about the Christ.
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  Is a word. That he is a son of God. What the
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  prophets have written in their prophecies. In
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  their teachings. In their ministry. Is that word.
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  That the Christ. Will be called the son of God.
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  The Christ. Will be the son of God. And what
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  Bible verse is in the prophets, in the Psalms,
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  where Peter believed that the Messiah would be
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  called the Son of God? How did he come to the
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  conclusion that Jesus is the Son of God? Remember
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  what Jesus asked, number one, Jesus asked about
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  what? About who men say the Son of Man is. But
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  Peter, Say he is the son of God. So how did Peter
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  come to this conclusion about Jesus, the son
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  of God? Psalms 2 verse 7. Psalms 2 verse 7. In
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  the prophecy of David, he says, I will declare
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  the degree. The Lord has said to me, you are
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  my son. Today, I have what? I have begotten you.
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  We can see properly, referenced by other writers
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  in the New Testament. For example, now, in Paul's
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  sermon at Antioch in Acts chapter 13, verse 33.
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  I just want to show to us, you know, some of
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  the instances. In the writings of the prophets,
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  where there is a revelation that the Christ is
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  going to be called the Son of God. Hallelujah.
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  And in Acts 13, verse 33, we see where Paul was
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  preaching. He says, God has fulfilled this for
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  us, their children, in that he has raised up
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  Jesus, as it is also written in the second Psalm.
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  So he's calling Jesus, he's connecting Jesus
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  to who? To the prophecy that was written in the
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  Psalms. That Jesus is the son of God. That Jesus,
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  who they know as the son of Joseph, that Jesus,
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  whom they know as the son of who? Of Mary, as
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  it is written, you are my son, today I have begotten
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  you. We also see Hebrews chapter 1. Hebrews chapter
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  1. Making reference to that as well. Hebrews
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  chapter 1. Hebrews chapter 1 verse 1. God who
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  at various times and in various ways spoke in
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  the time past to the fathers by the prophets.
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  Has in these last days spoken to us by his son.
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  Whom he has appointed heir of all things through
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  whom also he made the worlds. Who being the brightness
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  of his glory. And the express image of his person.
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  And upholding all things by the word of his power.
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  When he had by himself put out our sins. Sat
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  down at the right hand. Of the majesty on high.
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  Having become so much better than the angels.
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  As he has. By inheritance. Obtained a more excellent
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  name. Than they. For to which. Of the angels
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  said he ever. He ever say. You are my son. You
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  are my son. Today. I have begotten you. And again.
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  I will be to him a father and he shall be to
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  me a son. Emphasizing that the Messiah, the Christ
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  who is a man is also the son of God. Isaiah chapter
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  9 verse 6 we see also all these texts speaks
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  of the Messiah, speaks of the Christ. Isaiah
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  9 verse 6 says, For unto us a child is born,
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  unto us a son is given, and the government will
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  be upon his shoulders, and his name shall be
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  Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting
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  Father, Prince of Peace. So, The information
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  or the revelation that Peter has is actually
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  an understanding of what of the writings of the
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  prophets. It's because he exercised faith in
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  what the prophets have written about the Messiah.
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  Because he believed in all that the prophets
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  have said about the Messiah. So why is Jesus
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  referred to as a son of God? And also the son
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  of man. Why is he the son of God at the same
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  time the son of man? Is it a confusion? Is it
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  a challenge with the identity of Jesus? We must
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  know him first as a son of man. We must also
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  know him as a son of God. We must know this identity
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  about Christ. That he is the son of God. And
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  also, The son of man. In several scriptures,
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  we will see that Jesus will often refer to himself
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  as the son of God. Jesus is often referred to
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  as the son of God. And this son of God is highlighting
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  his divine nature. It's showing that Jesus is
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  divine. Alright? Jesus, the son of God, the phrase
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  Jesus, the son of God, Reveals to us. That he
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  is what? He is divine. Meaning that he is of
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  a divine nature. Meaning that he is from God.
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  Meaning that he is God. It highlights his divine
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  origin. And relationship with God. The father.
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  The son of God. We see this in Matthew. Several
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  scriptures that call him the son of God. Matthew
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  chapter 3 was starting. Matthew chapter 3 was
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  starting. Then Jesus came from Galilee to John.
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  At baptism to be baptized by him. And John tried
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  to prevent him saying. I need to be baptized
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  by you. And to be baptized by you. And you are
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  coming to me. But Jesus answered and said to
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  him, permit me to do so now. For thus it is fitting
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  for us to fulfill all righteousness. Then he
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  allowed him. 16. When he had been baptized, Jesus
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  came up immediately from the water. And behold,
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  the heavens were opened to him. And he saw. Now
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  John saw this. Saw this picture. Saw this revelation.
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  He saw the spirit of God. descending like a dove,
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  alighting upon him. And this is the voice he
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  heard. And suddenly a voice came from heaven
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  saying, this is my son in whom I am well pleased.
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  So at the baptism we see Jesus, the son of who?
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  The son of God. The father confirming that this
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  is my son, that Jesus is the son of God. And
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  of course we see Peter's... Confession, Matthew
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  16, 16. John chapter 1, verse 34. John chapter
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  1, verse 34. John the Baptist. John chapter 1,
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  verse 34. Let's see. John 1, 34. And I have seen
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  and testified that this is what This is the son
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  of God. This is John's confession about Jesus.
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  John the Baptist. The baptizer. That this is
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  the son of God. Martha's confession. John chapter
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  11 verse 27. She said to him. Yes Lord. I have
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  believed you. I have believed that you are. the
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  Christ yes you are the Christ the son of God
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  who is to come into the world I believe you that
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  you are what that you are the Christ the son
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  of who son of God who is come into the world
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  the purpose of John's gospel John chapter 20
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  verse 31 this is not this is John Who wrote the
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  book of John? Not John the Baptist. Amen? John
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  20, verse 31. But these are written that you
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  may what? That you may believe. So the purpose
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  of writing the book of John is that you may believe
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  that Jesus is what? Is the Christ, the Son of
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  God. And that believing you may have life in
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  his name. Hallelujah. So, I want you to notice
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  something. That the confession of men about Jesus
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  is that he is the son of God. Hardly will you
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  see, except the Pharisees, that will refer to
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  Jesus Christ as the son of Joseph. Amen? Let
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  me repeat what I just said. Hardly will you see
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  any man referring to Jesus Christ as the son
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  of Joseph or, I mean, calling him the son of
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  man. Let me use the word, the terminology, son
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  of man. Son of man. Hardly will you see anyone
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  call Jesus son of man. But what we see littered
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  around scriptures, confessions and understanding
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  that Jesus Christ is what? Is the son of who?
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  The son of God. Now, Jesus referred himself to
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  as the son of man. And this emphasizes his humanity.
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  All right? Jesus is a son of God. By revelation,
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  we see he's a son of God. And Jesus is also what?
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  He's also the son of man. And Jesus being the
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  son of man emphasizes his humanity. And also
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  his role as the prophesied Messiah. The Messiah
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  was to be a man. Amen? The Messiah is to be what?
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  Is to be a man. Daniel chapter 7 verse 13 speaks
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  about this Messiah. Daniel chapter 7 verse 13
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  to 14. Look at Daniel's revelation. I was watching
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  in the night visions. And behold one like what?
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  Like the son of God. Like the son of man. Coming
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  with the clouds of heaven. And he came to the
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  ancient of days. And I brought him near before
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  him. Then to him was given dominion and glory
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  and the kingdom. That all peoples, nations and
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  languages should serve him. His dominion is an
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  everlasting dominion. Which shall not pass away.
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  And his kingdom. The one which shall not be destroyed.
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  Hallelujah. So what Daniel saw was what? Was
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  a son of man. Amen. In his vision he saw what?
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  He saw man. He saw a man. Hallelujah. He saw
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  a man. Meaning that they want to come and this
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  with other scriptures, we'll look at it, we'll
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  see prophecies that the Messiah is going to be
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  a man. Hallelujah. So Jesus is what? He's a son
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  of God. Jesus is what? He's a son of man. Matthew
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  8 20. Jesus, the son of man, where he calls himself
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  the son of man. Matthew 8, 20. And Jesus said
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  to him, foxes have holes and birds of the air
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  have nests. But the son of man has nowhere to
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  lay his head. It seems to me, oftentimes in scripture,
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  When Jesus Christ is speaking to the disciples,
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  he's speaking to people, he's teaching disciples,
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  he always refers himself as a son of man. Alright?
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  And when he talks to the Pharisees, he always
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  wants to confirm to them that he's a son of God.
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  I studied and I saw this consistency. Amen? Before
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  the people he wants to relate himself and show
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  them that he is a man that has come, that has
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  been prophesied and he should die for their sins.
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  And then to the rebellious because they see him
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  only as what? As a son of Joseph. He always wants
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  to show to them that he is the son of God. So,
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  Matthew 8, 20. Yes, we just read this. Matthew
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  12, verse 8. Matthew 12, verse 8. Matthew 12,
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  verse 8. For the Son of Man is Lord even of the
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  Sabbath. So, Jesus called himself the Son of
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  Man when he performed a miracle on the Sabbath
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  and then, you know, they complained, right? Matthew
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  20 verse 28. Matthew 20 verse 28. Son of man,
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  Jesus the son of man. Matthew 20 verse 28. Just
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  as the son of man did not come to be served,
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  but to serve and to give his life a ransom for
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  many. So the son of man came to serve and to
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  give his life a ransom for many. Matthew 26,
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  64. Jesus said to him, it is as you said. Nevertheless,
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  I say to you, hereafter you will see the Son
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  of Man sitting at the right hand of the power
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  and coming on the clouds of heaven. Clouds of
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  heaven. The Son of Man. John 1 .51. John 1 .51.
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  And he said to him, Most assuredly, I say to
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  you, hereafter you shall see heaven opened and
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  angels of God ascending and descending upon the
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  Son of Man. So there are many scriptures. We
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  see Jesus speaks this title about himself, the
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  Son of Man, about 80 to 90 times across the Gospels.
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  That's how much he kept emphasizing that he's
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  the Son of Man. That's how important it is. Only
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  two references will see where it is that in the
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  Bible that is a non -Jesus reference. That is
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  only two occasions in the scriptures will see
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  where Jesus was said to be the son of man. That
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  is not he himself that was professing. First
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  one is Stephen. In Acts 7, verse 56, where Stephen
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  referred to him as the son of man. Acts 7, verse
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  56. And said, look, I see the heavens open and
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  the son of man standing at the right hand of
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  God. Right? And also one in Revelation. Revelation
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  1, 13. And Revelation 14, 14. Give me Revelation
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  1, 13. Let's see. A non -Jesus reference of himself
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  as the son of man. Revelation 1, 13. And in the
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  midst of the seven lampstands, one like the son
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  of man, clothed with a garment down to the feet
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  and guided about the chest with a golden band.
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  And then 1414, his head and hair were white like
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  wool, as white as snow. And his eyes, 1414, sorry,
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  not 114, 1414. Then I look and behold a white
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  cloud on the... A white cloud and on the cloud
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  sat one like the son of man having on his head
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  a golden crown in his hand and a sharp sickle.
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  So John here referred to him in the revelation
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  of John actually as the son of man. And we see
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  Stephen also in Acts 7 verse 56 referring to
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  him. But majority, about 80 to 90 times, depending
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  on the translation you have, Jesus calls himself
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  what? He calls himself the son of man. How important
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  is this? How important is this revelation to
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  us? We who will be the ministers. Who are the
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  ministers rather? Who are the preachers of the
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  gospel? How important is this revelation to us?
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  We must see him as what? As a son of God. We
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  must see him as what? As a son of God. And also
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  what? A son of man. How is Jesus the son of man?
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  How is he the son of man? At the same time, the
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  son of God. Or sometimes we hear this debate.
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  Why should God have a son? Right? Does he have
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  a wife? Some of you have gone out for evangelism.
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  And some of the questions you encounter is how
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  can God have a wife? What you're saying is that
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  if he has a son, then he must have a wife. Which
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  means that what you people are believing is not
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  true. God cannot have a son. It's impossible
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  for God to have a son. So we must have better
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  answers for those caliber of people that we face.
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  We must have a good reply. As we go out to teach
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  by the power of the Holy Spirit. It's an important
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  question that we'll see, especially when we're
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  dealing with non -believers. Now, this brings
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  us to the concept of what? Of the Trinity. Alright?
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  Jesus, the Son of Man. Jesus, the Son of God.
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  And also the idea of God, the Father, right?
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  Having a son, and then we see another one added,
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  the Holy Spirit. And oftentimes, it seems as
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  though we have three different gods. Amen? And
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  if we confront the world, This is some of the
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  things that we'll confront. The humanity of Jesus.
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  Alright? If you say he is God, then he is not
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  a man. Then you've made him not to be a man.
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  But he was born somewhere in Bethlehem. So how
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  can you see that an Israelite, that we know his
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  father, we know his mother, we know history has
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  proved that He was on the face of the earth.
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  How can you say he is God? There is no way in
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  scriptures, unequivocally, the word they use,
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  that Jesus has said that he is the son of God.
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  So how are we claiming that he is the son of
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  God? And to add it to the confusion, even some
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  denominations in court, they say that he is a
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  what? He is a God. Of course, we can't call them
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  Christians. See, the fundamentals of the faith
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  must be understood by all of us here. Are we
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  together? Don't say, oh, you know, let me tell
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  you how they used to teach us this. When they
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  reached this place, they would tell us, you know,
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  it's a mystery we cannot understand. When they
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  mystify it, it's because they don't know how
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  to explain it. Alright? So I want you not to
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  just go out and say it's a mystery. Mystery is
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  something that has explanation in scriptures.
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  Are we together? Mystery, we'll see later, is
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  to unbelievers. But to us who are in Christ,
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  there is an explanation for everything in scripture.
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  God always wants to reveal himself to us. Are
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  we together? So you must know who God is. And
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  the way he reveals himself to us is through the
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  revelation of scripture. Hallelujah. So how about
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  the idea of Trinity? God the Father. God the
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  Son. God the Holy Spirit. Now it's important
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  for us to note that, you know, as Pastor Victor
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  said, there are others that pretend to be Christians.
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  They are not Christians, of course. We know it's
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  pretense. They deny that Jesus is God. They hold
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  that Jesus is just one of the prophets. And some
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  will debate that there are no... unequivocal
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  text in the Bible in which Jesus calls himself
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  God. Meaning that there's no text in which Jesus
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  comes and says, I am God. Worship me. Some of
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  you have looked at some debates. Show me from
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  the Bible where Jesus calls himself God. And
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  that's one of the debates the Muslims always
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  hold. They will tell you, show me in the Bible
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  in red letter words where Jesus calls himself
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  God. And then you'll be downfounded. How can
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  I tell this one now that Jesus is God? So I'm
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  all on the idea that what? That we Christians
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  worship three different gods. We worship God
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  the Father. We worship God the Son. And we also
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  worship what? God the Holy Spirit. And to add
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  it even, to make it even worse, some Christians
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  believe that right now, you know, once upon a
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  time, God was in church. Right? Then God handed
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  over the world to Jesus Christ, and Jesus was
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  in church. Now, Jesus has handed it over to the
• 36:15
  Holy Spirit, so the Holy Spirit is the one that
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  is in church now. And some people have said,
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  I've heard this from a very respectable man,
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  man of God. He says, And I tried to think about
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  it. It says that you can have a relationship
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  with Jesus alone. Alright? And have a relationship
• 36:43
  with the Holy Spirit alone. And have a relationship
• 36:46
  with God the Father alone. And I was wondering,
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  how is it possible? When you pray, you can pray
• 36:54
  to God. You can pray to the Holy Spirit. You
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  can pray to Jesus. And nowadays, they added,
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  you can pray to somebody that will talk to Jesus
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  for us. You know what I'm saying? The mother
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  of Jesus and some of the saints of old, they
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  added them as part of the, it's no longer trinity.
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  It's a system. It's a chain of command. Now,
• 37:30
  it's essential that to note that in the Bible,
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  there's no word. We always tell you this. Even
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  when we're talking about the issue of rapture,
• 37:39
  we started teaching you about rapture in the
• 37:40
  sermon. We said in the Bible, there's no word.
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  You will not see the word rapture. It's a coin
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  word, right? But we'll have an idea of what it
• 37:52
  means. But also, in the Bible, You will not see
• 37:56
  the word Trinity in the Bible. Okay? You will
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  not see the word Trinity in the Bible. But it
• 38:04
  does not mean that it does not exist. It is a
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  coin term to describe God the Father, the Son,
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  and the Holy Spirit as expressed in the Scripture,
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  throughout the Scripture. So, The first thing
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  that I want us to establish, first and foremost,
• 38:27
  concerning this idea of God the Father, God the
• 38:32
  Son, God the Holy Spirit, is that God is what?
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  God is one. Amen? God is what? God is what? God
• 38:46
  is one. We worship what? We worship one God.
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  Deuteronomy chapter 6 verse 4. We worship one
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  God. Hear O Israel. The Lord our God is what?
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  Is one. Alright. So we don't worship three gods.
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  But we worship what? We worship one God. Then
• 39:21
  the question is how comes Jesus is God? At the
• 39:24
  same time, the Holy Spirit is equally God. How
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  do we explain this mystery in court? How do we
• 39:32
  explain this mystery? This one God exists in
• 39:40
  three persons. This one God as seen in Deuteronomy
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  chapter 6 verse 4 as explained by Moses and consistently
• 39:52
  by the prophets. exists in what? In three persons.
• 39:58
  God the Father is God. God the Son is also God.
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  And God the Holy Spirit is also God. Now, this
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  concept about the triune nature of God can only,
• 40:17
  if you're sleeping, please wake up. If your neighbor
• 40:19
  is sleeping, wake up. This triune nature of God
• 40:23
  can only be explained through the context of
• 40:40
  God's redemption work. Outside this, it will
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  be difficult for you to explain this. I've heard
• 40:51
  people say, you know, think of water. They try
• 40:57
  to use science to explain the trinity. Think
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  of water. Water can exist in what? Different
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  forms and different shapes. Water can exist in
• 41:07
  liquid form. Water can exist in what? In solid
• 41:13
  form, ice, right? Water can exist in what? Gaseous
• 41:18
  form, vapor. All is water. So the water can evaporate
• 41:23
  when there's heat, can solidify when the temperature
• 41:25
  is what? It's minus something degrees. So they
• 41:30
  try to use this scientific method to explain.
• 41:35
  If I begin to, if I go to the lab, if water,
• 41:43
  let me ask this question. Let's just do some
• 41:45
  little chemistry. If water, right, you have water
• 41:49
  in a cup. And then it solidifies, right? Or let's
• 41:55
  start with liquid form, right? And then it evaporates.
• 42:01
  Will you still have the same quantity in your
• 42:03
  possession? Assuming that in the lab, you are
• 42:10
  putting shit and then let it evaporate. And then
• 42:13
  you condense it, right? And then you solidify
• 42:17
  it by freezing it. Will you still have the same
• 42:19
  water? So if you go scientifically, can we really
• 42:24
  explain the Trinity and say it's the same? Same
• 42:28
  quantity? Same properties? Of course. Not what?
• 42:35
  I'm not a chemist. Help me, chemist. He said
• 42:38
  not the same properties. So this is limited in
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  explaining what? You see, people are beginning
• 42:47
  to draw a water cycle now. It's limited in explaining
• 42:52
  the Trinity. Hallelujah. So you cannot go with
• 42:57
  this knowledge to a scientist, seasoned scientist,
• 43:02
  not the quack ones we have around, seasoned scientist,
• 43:05
  not the ones that Google and use Chagibit. To
• 43:08
  explain God, it will be not efficient to explain
• 43:13
  God. So, We cannot explain God outside the way
• 43:19
  scriptures has presented God. That's what I want
• 43:21
  to say. Are we together? And it is in the context
• 43:26
  of his redemptive work. This concept can be best
• 43:32
  understood in the context of God's redemptive
• 43:35
  work for humanity. Alright? It is in the context
• 43:46
  of God's redemption walk that we can best see
• 43:50
  the expression of God as the Father, the Son,
• 43:54
  and the Holy Spirit. All walking as one. Because
• 43:59
  God is one. Now in Romans chapter 6 verse 23
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  says that the wages of sin is what? Is death.
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  The wages of sin is death. Sin is found in man.
• 44:13
  But man becomes helpless in saving himself. Isn't
• 44:18
  it? Only God can deal with the issue of man's
• 44:24
  sin. God has to become a man so that he can die
• 44:31
  for the forgiveness of the sins of man. Because
• 44:36
  no man can save himself from sin. No human effort
• 44:44
  can deliver man. The problem of sin is not a
• 44:49
  problem that man can resolve by himself. The
• 44:55
  condition that sin has brought to man is not
• 45:01
  a condition that a man, I mean without God, right?
• 45:05
  Man without God can restore. It's only God that
• 45:10
  can restore that. Amen? And there is legality
• 45:17
  around the idea because the wages of sin is what?
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  Is death. The penalty of sin is what? Is death.
• 45:29
  So sin must be dealt with by law. Sin must be
• 45:34
  atoned. Sin must be paid in full so that man
• 45:40
  can be restored back to what? To God. Man can
• 45:44
  be redeemed to God. Man can be restored to God.
• 45:51
  Only God can do that by himself. And the only
• 45:57
  way that can be done is when there is a what?
• 46:00
  A death. Because the capital punishment for sin
• 46:04
  is what? Is death. Amen? It's not like our governments
• 46:11
  of today where the governor can just wake up
• 46:12
  one day and say, okay, I choose to, I'm happy,
• 46:17
  I just woke up on the right side of the bed,
• 46:19
  I choose to cancel death penalty and release
• 46:21
  these prisoners. No. In God's justice system,
• 46:25
  the wages of sin is what? Is death. Someone sin,
• 46:32
  right? Someone must die. That is God's judgment.
• 46:38
  That is God's legal, that is God's justice system.
• 46:43
  So, since this man is now helpless, no one can
• 46:46
  save man. Then God decided to do what? To become
• 46:50
  man. Amen? God decided to save man by what? By
• 46:57
  becoming man. Because only God can deal with
• 47:02
  the issue of man's sin. God has to become a man
• 47:05
  so that he can die for the forgiveness of the
• 47:10
  sin of man. Because God is a spirit. Amen? God
• 47:17
  is spirit. And we know that spirit cannot die.
• 47:22
  Alright? So, don't pray that demons should die.
• 47:26
  They will not die. They don't die. Jesus did
• 47:28
  not ask you to kill spirits. He said you should
• 47:30
  cast them out. So spirits are eternal. Demons
• 47:34
  are eternal. They are eternal beings. They don't
• 47:37
  die. They don't have physical body like you and
• 47:40
  me. Are we together? So we do what? We cast them
• 47:45
  out. God is spirit. God cannot die. So the only
• 47:50
  way by which God can fulfill the demands of the
• 47:53
  law is by becoming a man and then dying. Then
• 48:00
  he paid for the sin that man has committed. And
• 48:06
  fulfilling that load, what the Lord demands,
• 48:11
  gives legality for man to have a relationship
• 48:16
  with God. For man to be redeemed because redemption
• 48:19
  has a price and the price is life. Hallelujah.
• 48:25
  So a man Must die because of sin. But since spirit
• 48:33
  cannot die. God has to take on the form of man.
• 48:36
  To fulfill the legal requirement for sin. So
• 48:43
  in the four gospels. We will see God almighty.
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  God almighty. Becoming a man through the process.
• 48:54
  The process of what? The process of incarnation.
• 48:59
  Incarnation means the divine taking over humanity.
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  Amen. So, we cannot say Jesus was what? Was born,
• 49:19
  right? Because he existed before even Mary. By
• 49:26
  revelation, we will see what? We will see his
• 49:29
  appearance in the flesh. Amen? We will see his
• 49:35
  appearance in the flesh. What we call the incarnation.
• 49:42
  Becoming a man. And he used Mary as a legal entry
• 49:48
  into the earth. Okay? So Mary becomes a legal
• 49:54
  entry. A point of entry into the earth. So when
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  he was born in human flesh he grew up as a normal
• 50:11
  human because when you decide to say that he
• 50:16
  was not a normal human being then the requirements
• 50:21
  of the law have not been met. So Jesus Christ
• 50:25
  grew up as a normal human being, just like you
• 50:28
  and I. Having similar limitations like men. What
• 50:35
  are the limitations? A man is limited by what?
• 50:38
  By time. Alright? You don't have 24 hours. So
• 50:44
  he was under 24 hours as we are. He was limited
• 50:50
  by what? By distance. He cannot be in Nigeria
• 50:56
  and be in Israel at the same time. So he was
• 51:00
  limited by space and distance. While he was on
• 51:06
  earth, he was even limited by knowledge. That
• 51:11
  is why he had to learn the scriptures himself.
• 51:18
  Amen? He grew in what? In wisdom. Luke 2 .52.
• 51:25
  The Bible will say he grew in what? In wisdom.
• 51:30
  He grew in stature and in favor with God and
• 51:37
  with men. He grew in wisdom. Wisdom simply means
• 51:41
  that he grew in education. We see oftentimes
• 51:54
  Jesus in the temple learning scriptures, right?
• 51:58
  Learning scriptures, asking questions and answering
• 52:01
  questions. Let's look at Luke 52. So he was just
• 52:15
  a normal child. circumcised like any other Jewish
• 52:30
  kid, presented at a temple like any other Jewish
• 52:34
  kid. Verse 41, chapter 2, verse 41, Luke 2, verse
• 52:51
  41. His parents went to Jerusalem every year
• 52:54
  at the feast of the Passover. And when he was
• 52:57
  12 years old, they went up to Jerusalem according
• 53:00
  to the custom of the feast. When they had finished
• 53:04
  the days as they returned, the boy Jesus lingered
• 53:09
  behind in Jerusalem. And Joseph and his mother
• 53:13
  did not know it. But supposing him to have been
• 53:19
  in the company, they went a day's journey. And
• 53:24
  sought him among their relatives and acquaintances.
• 53:28
  So when they did not find him. They returned
• 53:31
  to Jerusalem seeking him. Now it was that after
• 53:35
  three days. They found him in the temple. What
• 53:38
  was he doing in the temple? Sitting where? In
• 53:43
  the midst of what? Of the teachers. Doing what?
• 53:48
  Listening. Both listening to them. And what?
• 53:52
  And asking questions. Jesus was not only listening.
• 53:55
  He was listening and taking notes. And then he
• 53:59
  was asking questions. Why was he asking questions?
• 54:01
  At this point, to know. Hallelujah. To know.
• 54:12
  So when they saw him, they were amazed. No, verse
• 54:20
  47. And all who heard him were astonished. At
• 54:24
  his understanding. And answers. He was a smart
• 54:27
  kid. So when they saw him. They were amazed.
• 54:32
  And his mother said to him. Son. Why have you
• 54:38
  done this to us? Look. Your father and I have
• 54:41
  sought out. I have sought you anxiously. And
• 54:48
  he said to them. Why did you seek me? Did you
• 54:51
  not know? That I must be. About my father's business.
• 54:57
  But they did not understand. The statement which
• 55:00
  he spoke to them. Then he went down with them.
• 55:04
  Came to Nazareth. And was subject to them. That
• 55:08
  means that he was. Under their authority. His
• 55:11
  father and his mother. And all this. And then
• 55:18
  his mother. Kept all these things in her heart.
• 55:21
  And then we see Jesus Christ increase in wisdom,
• 55:24
  in stature, and in favor with God and with men.
• 55:30
  And let's even see in Mark chapter 6 where he
• 55:38
  has other siblings. Mark chapter 6 verse 1 to
• 55:51
  6. Then he went out from there and came to his
• 55:53
  own country and his disciples followed him. And
• 55:57
  when the Sabbath had come, he began to teach
• 55:59
  in the synagogue. This is when he started ministry.
• 56:02
  Many hearing him were astonished, saying, where
• 56:04
  did this man get these things? And what wisdom
• 56:10
  is this which is given to him that such mighty
• 56:13
  works are performed by his hands? Is this not
• 56:17
  the carpenter, which means that he had a normal
• 56:19
  job? Huh? His father was a carpenter. He didn't
• 56:29
  come down from heaven with a divine carpentry
• 56:32
  skills. We can trace it to his father. Alright?
• 56:39
  Which means that he learned how to work with
• 56:42
  his hands. Is this not the carpenter? The son
• 56:46
  of Mary and brother of who? James, Jesus has
• 56:52
  siblings. James, Joseph, Judas, not Iscariot.
• 56:59
  And Simon, of course, not Simon Peter. And not
• 57:06
  his sisters here, which means that he has sisters
• 57:08
  too. His sisters here with us. So they were offended
• 57:15
  because they know him naturally. Right? They
• 57:20
  know him. They know he can trace his family.
• 57:22
  He can trace his siblings. They can trace his
• 57:25
  origin, his human origin. Verse 4. But Jesus
• 57:32
  said to them, a prophet is not without honor
• 57:35
  except in his own country, among his own relatives
• 57:38
  and his own house. Of course, these words were
• 57:43
  predicted in the Old Testament. So, while on
• 57:51
  earth, Jesus lived a perfect life without sin.
• 57:57
  So in our expression, in our understanding of
• 58:00
  his humanity, we will see that Jesus Christ was
• 58:04
  a man. A complete man. We are trying to prove
• 58:07
  that he was a man. All we've done is that we've
• 58:09
  proved his humanity. Okay? We've proved his humanity.
• 58:14
  But then in his humanity, He lived a perfect
• 58:18
  life without sin. Alright? So in his humanity,
• 58:24
  we must always put this as an important note
• 58:30
  that he lived a perfect life without sin. Hebrews
• 58:34
  chapter 4 verse 15 gives us this word. Hebrews
• 58:39
  4 verse 15. For we do not have a high priest
• 58:46
  who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses. How
• 58:51
  can he sympathize with our weaknesses? That means
• 58:54
  that he must have associated himself with us.
• 58:56
  That means that he must have come to our level
• 58:59
  and understand our humanity. He identifies with
• 59:06
  us in his humanity. And him identifying with
• 59:11
  us in his humanity, gives us the legal ground
• 59:16
  to identify with him in his resurrection. Amen?
• 59:24
  So, we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize
• 59:31
  with our weaknesses, but as in all points, tempted.
• 59:39
  Of course, we can see his temptation. When he
• 59:43
  was tempted by the serpent. At all points he
• 59:46
  was tempted. As we are. Yet. Without what? Without
• 59:54
  sin. So Jesus in his humanity. Did not sin. Amen.
• 1:00:01
  He did not sin. He did not sin. He was sinless.
• 1:00:08
  Because it takes. A perfect man. To die for our
• 1:00:13
  sins. He was sinless. 1 Peter chapter 2 verse
• 1:00:21
  22. 1 Peter 2 verse 22. It says who committed
• 1:00:34
  no sin. No was deceit found in his mouth. Peter
• 1:00:41
  here. Was making reference. To the prophecies
• 1:00:47
  about Jesus Christ. Say who when he was reviled.
• 1:00:51
  That means that when they spoke. Evil against
• 1:00:53
  him. Right. Some of us. Our ear does not want
• 1:00:59
  to hear any evil. Communication about us. We
• 1:01:03
  have a reputation to keep. But look at him. Who
• 1:01:08
  when he was reviled. Did not revile in return.
• 1:01:13
  When he suffered, he did not threaten. He did
• 1:01:17
  not threaten them with police. He did not threaten
• 1:01:21
  them with legal actions. He didn't threaten them
• 1:01:25
  with calling down fire or cutting the ear off.
• 1:01:32
  As we see in Peter, he was not violent in nature,
• 1:01:37
  but committed himself to him who judges righteously.
• 1:01:43
  Who himself bore our sins in his own body on
• 1:01:47
  the tree that we haven't died to sins might live
• 1:01:49
  for righteousness by whose stripes you were healed.
• 1:01:54
  So he was perfect. 2 Corinthians chapter 5 verse
• 1:01:58
  21. 2 Corinthians 5 verse 21. For he met him
• 1:02:09
  who know no sin. Who is this person who knows
• 1:02:13
  no sin? Jesus Christ. He has no association with
• 1:02:17
  sin. So in explaining his humanity, we must trace
• 1:02:22
  the idea of his perfection. Because he is not
• 1:02:28
  a sinner. He has never sinned. For he made him
• 1:02:34
  who knew no sin to be sin for us. Because in
• 1:02:39
  the mind of the ungodly, If he said Jesus or
• 1:02:43
  God became man, what you are saying is that man,
• 1:02:45
  that God sinned. Amen? So we must be able to
• 1:02:53
  what? Defend the character as scripture has expressed.
• 1:02:58
  He knew no sin. He knew no sins. Give me the
• 1:03:04
  text again. 521, 2 Corinthians 521. For he met
• 1:03:12
  him who knew no sin to be what? To be sin. So
• 1:03:18
  Jesus did not commit sin, but he became sin for
• 1:03:24
  us. How did he become sin for us? Because our
• 1:03:26
  transgressions were placed upon him. Alright?
• 1:03:31
  Our sin as that of a lamb, alright, were placed
• 1:03:37
  upon him. In the sacrifices that Moses instituted,
• 1:03:43
  we will see that a lamb will be brought and then
• 1:03:46
  they will put their hand on their head and they
• 1:03:49
  will confess all the sins of the people on the
• 1:03:51
  lamb. And they will do what? And they either
• 1:03:56
  kill it or they release it into the wilderness
• 1:04:00
  to go and die. Pointing to Jesus Christ, taking
• 1:04:04
  away the sin of the people into the wilderness,
• 1:04:08
  into where? you know, to go and then die. So
• 1:04:12
  he knew no sin. He was a perfect being. But in
• 1:04:19
  his perfection, he took our sins, he became sin.
• 1:04:23
  That we might become what? That we might become
• 1:04:27
  righteous. The righteousness of God in who? In
• 1:04:32
  Christ. We have now become, we are not just righteous,
• 1:04:37
  but we are what? We are actually we display the
• 1:04:41
  righteousness of God in Christ Jesus. 1 John
• 1:04:48
  3 verse 5. 1 John 3 verse 5. And you know that
• 1:05:02
  he was manifested to take away our sins. And
• 1:05:08
  in him, what? There is no sin. In who? In Jesus
• 1:05:14
  Christ, there is no sin. So, when we say that
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  Jesus is God becoming man, we are not saying
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  that he sinned like any other man. No. In his
• 1:05:26
  humanity, sin was not found in him. Amen? Even
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  the priest in the old... sacrifices we will see
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  before he goes to offer an offering. First of
• 1:05:41
  all, he said that he offers an offering for himself,
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  right? He has to deal with his own sin first.
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  In fact, that is what makes his own sacrifice
• 1:05:51
  and his own work not a permanent one. Because
• 1:05:56
  he has to deal with his own sin because the high
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  priest has his own sins too. He has to offer
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  and purify himself. So that he can go into the
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  holies of holies and now what? Make atonement
• 1:06:08
  for the people. And even in entering the holies
• 1:06:13
  of holies, because of his imperfection, in case
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  he goes in there and his imperfection displays
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  and then something happens that he dies in there,
• 1:06:26
  they tie a rope. Right? They tie a rope at his
• 1:06:32
  back. So the high priest enters the holiest of
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  holies with a rope in case he makes a mistake
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  and then he falls down there and dies. Nobody
• 1:06:40
  can enter there. Only the high priest. What will
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  they do? They will drag his dead body out because
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  he is not a perfect being. But we see a high
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  priest that is perfect in Jesus Christ. Hallelujah.
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  Who qualifies? to enter the holies of holies
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  and make atonement for us. We see a man in Jesus
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  Christ who embodies the perfection of God that
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  has the ability to redeem us completely. Not
• 1:07:18
  like the one in the Old Testament sacrifices
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  where it is not a permanent one. Amen? So we
• 1:07:25
  see in the works of Christ a permanent redemption.
• 1:07:29
  A permanent atonement for the sins of men because
• 1:07:34
  he is a perfect man. Amen? He is a perfect man.
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  Hallelujah. Glory to Jesus. So John gives us
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  an eyewitness account of this in Ephesians chapter
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  1. Even though, yes, he's giving us an eye -account
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  witness, but it's mixed with revelation. Amen?
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  John chapter 1, verse 1. Are we blessed? Yes,
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  this is how men are made. Hallelujah. When you
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  begin to feel tired, that's when the journey
• 1:08:30
  gets tougher. That's when you are stretched.
• 1:08:36
  Hallelujah. So, just know that this is a normal
• 1:08:40
  way men are raised. Like soldiers, and they come
• 1:08:47
  training. The training is not easy. But we know
• 1:08:51
  that in the end, there is a result that will
• 1:08:53
  come out, right? Men that are gallant. Men that
• 1:08:57
  are sophisticated. Men that are equipped to face
• 1:09:01
  the war front. Hallelujah. So, endure. Endure.
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  Don't give up. Don't say, ah, I'm tired. So,
• 1:09:12
  I'll listen to the tape. No, listen now. We are
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  here. Alright? You know, we are not used to sitting
• 1:09:22
  long. So I trust that God will help us that we'll
• 1:09:29
  have the discipline of staying long in the world
• 1:09:32
  so that our hearts will be transformed. Hallelujah.
• 1:09:38
  John chapter 1, verse 1. We see John giving us
• 1:09:46
  an account of what? Of this God becoming a man.
• 1:09:53
  Of this God becoming a man. In the beginning.
• 1:09:59
  Was the word. And the word was with God. And
• 1:10:06
  the word was God. So Johnny here. Is explaining
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  to us. The divine. Nature of Jesus Christ. He
• 1:10:17
  was in the beginning with God. All things were
• 1:10:21
  made through him. The creation. And without him
• 1:10:27
  nothing was made that was made. In him was life
• 1:10:32
  and the life was a light of men. That's Genesis
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  1. And the light shines in the darkness and the
• 1:10:44
  darkness did not comprehend it. There was a man
• 1:10:50
  sent from God whose name was who? was John. So
• 1:10:56
  John was writing and then mentioning John the
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  Baptist. He's not talking about himself here.
• 1:11:03
  He's talking about John the Baptist. There was
• 1:11:05
  a man and this man is who? You know, John the
• 1:11:11
  beloved. He enjoys, he has a way of writing good
• 1:11:17
  report about himself in his writings. If it was
• 1:11:21
  him, he would have said that it is him here.
• 1:11:23
  So it was very peculiar about who is here. We'll
• 1:11:26
  see it later. This man came for a witness, to
• 1:11:33
  bear witness of the light that all through him
• 1:11:39
  might believe. He was not the light, that light.
• 1:11:46
  Remember, he denied that he was not the Christ,
• 1:11:49
  right? But he was the one crying in the wilderness.
• 1:11:52
  So he was not that light but was sent to bear
• 1:11:58
  witness of that light. That was the true light
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  which gives light to every man coming into the
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  world. He was in the world and the world was
• 1:12:17
  made through him and the world did not know him.
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  He came to his own, that is the people of Israel,
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  and his own did not receive him. But as many
• 1:12:30
  as received him, some Jewish people inclusive,
• 1:12:35
  to them he gave the right to become what? The
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  children of God to those who believe in his name.
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  Who are born not of blood, Nor of the will of
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  the flesh. Nor of the will of man. But of God.
• 1:12:58
  Then he went further to say. And the word. Which
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  was in the beginning. Became what? Became flesh.
• 1:13:07
  And dwelled among us. And we beheld his glory.
• 1:13:14
  The glory as of the only begotten of the father.
• 1:13:20
  Full of grace and truth. John bore witness of
• 1:13:25
  him. And cried out saying. This was he of whom
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  I said. He who comes after me. Is preferred before
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  me. For he was before me. And of his fullness.
• 1:13:42
  We have all received. Grace for grace. For the
• 1:13:48
  law was given through Moses, but grace and truth
• 1:13:51
  came through Jesus Christ. No one has seen God
• 1:13:56
  at any time. The only begotten son who is in
• 1:13:59
  the bosom, who is in the bosom of the father,
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  he has declared him. Hallelujah. So the word
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  bosom shows the union of the father and the son.
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  From the beginning. The father and the son is
• 1:14:20
  one in union. One. Hallelujah. The father and
• 1:14:25
  the son is one. Then we see in redemption Jesus
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  what? Coming in the form of man to do what? Die
• 1:14:38
  for our sins. Hallelujah. So In Jesus Christ
• 1:14:47
  dwells the fullness of God bodily, the Godhead
• 1:14:53
  bodily. When he was on earth, he carries God.
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  God is in him, he is in God. There is a union
• 1:15:03
  of God, the Father, and the Son. Colossians 2
• 1:15:09
  verse 9. Colossians chapter 2 verse 9. For in
• 1:15:18
  him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead. How?
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  Bodily, right? Bodily. God dwells in Christ bodily.
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  Hallelujah. So Paul will call this a mystery.
• 1:15:46
  Okay? Paul will call this a mystery. 1 Timothy
• 1:15:49
  3 .16 And without controversy, great is what?
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  The mystery of godliness. And he explained the
• 1:16:09
  mystery. God was manifested in what? In the flesh.
• 1:16:17
  Justified in the spirit. Seen by angels. Preached
• 1:16:23
  among gentiles. Believed on in the world. And
• 1:16:30
  received up in glory. Hallelujah. So his humanity
• 1:16:34
  gave him the legal ground. To do the work of
• 1:16:40
  redemption. Amen. His humanity. Gave him the
• 1:16:47
  legal ground. To do the work of redemption. So
• 1:16:54
  Jesus Christ while on earth. Who called God the
• 1:16:58
  father. Called God father. He called God as a
• 1:17:05
  father. Over 165 times. In the gospels. Let's
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  see some of the examples. Matthew 7 verse 21.
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  Not everyone who says to me. Lord, Lord shall
• 1:17:24
  enter the kingdom of heaven. But he who does
• 1:17:29
  the will of my father. My father in heaven. My
• 1:17:35
  father in heaven. 11 verse 27. 11 verse 27. We
• 1:17:43
  see where Jesus called God father. And the word
• 1:17:48
  father is what? Source. Amen? The word father
• 1:17:53
  means source. Where he is from. Source. All things
• 1:18:01
  have been delivered to me by my father. And no
• 1:18:05
  one knows his son except the father. Nor does
• 1:18:08
  anyone know the Father except the Son. And the
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  one whom the Son wills to reveal him. So there's
• 1:18:15
  a relationship, intricate relationship between
• 1:18:18
  the Father and the Son. So there's no separation.
• 1:18:21
  What we're trying to do is to show to you that
• 1:18:24
  there's no separation between the Father and
• 1:18:26
  the Son. Amen? When he was praying at Gethsemane,
• 1:18:34
  Matthew 26, 39. Matthew 26, 39. He went a little
• 1:18:42
  further and fell on his face and prayed saying,
• 1:18:45
  oh my father, if this, if it is possible, let
• 1:18:51
  this cup pass away from me. Nevertheless, not
• 1:18:55
  as I will, but you. Nevertheless, not as I will,
• 1:19:00
  but as you will. He called him father. John chapter
• 1:19:05
  5, verse 17. John 5, 17. Jesus calling God father.
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  But Jesus answered them, my father has been walking
• 1:19:20
  until now and I have been walking. The father
• 1:19:26
  has been walking. Jesus has been walking. So
• 1:19:30
  where has the father been walking? The father
• 1:19:32
  has been walking through Jesus Christ. Hallelujah.
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  Let's look at verse 18. You see? So the Jews
• 1:19:43
  understood what he said. And what did they do?
• 1:19:47
  They sought all the more to kill him because
• 1:19:49
  he not only broke the Sabbath, but also said
• 1:19:53
  that God was his father, making himself what?
• 1:19:57
  Equal. So they understood the meaning of what
• 1:20:05
  he was saying. So they sought to kill him because
• 1:20:08
  it is blasphemy. For them, for you to equate
• 1:20:14
  yourself with God. This is blasphemy. That was
• 1:20:15
  why Stephen died. Right? He called God his father.
• 1:20:23
  Blasphemy. John 10, verse 30. John 10, verse
• 1:20:36
  30. It's enormous evidence. We have to see. John
• 1:20:40
  10, verse 30. I and my father are one. There's
• 1:20:50
  no separation. There's a union of the father
• 1:20:53
  and the son. I and my father are one. John 14,
• 1:21:01
  6 and 7. John 14, 6 and 7. Jesus said to him,
• 1:21:07
  I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one
• 1:21:13
  comes to the father except through me. Verse
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  7. If you had known me, you would have known
• 1:21:22
  my father also. And from now on you know him
• 1:21:26
  and have seen him. And from now on you know him
• 1:21:31
  and have seen him. How did you know him? And
• 1:21:34
  how have you seen him? Because you've seen me.
• 1:21:36
  Because I and the father are one. Amen? So. Jesus
• 1:21:45
  is an express image of the Father on earth. John
• 1:21:52
  14. Let's read further. Let's read further down
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  to 11. Philip said to him, Lord, show us the
• 1:22:07
  Father. And he's okay for us. This long grammar.
• 1:22:13
  Just show us the father and we are okay. Jesus
• 1:22:17
  said to him, have I been with you so long and
• 1:22:20
  yet you have not known me, Philip? He who has
• 1:22:25
  seen me, has what? Has seen the father. So how
• 1:22:29
  can you say, show us the father? Do you not believe
• 1:22:34
  that I am in the father and the father in me?
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  The word that I speak to you, I do not speak
• 1:22:44
  on my own authority, but the Father who dwells
• 1:22:47
  in me does the works. So, the idea of Jesus being
• 1:22:57
  God is what must be believed. Amen? Believe me
• 1:23:03
  that I am in the Father and the Father in me.
• 1:23:10
  Or else, believe me, for the sake of the works
• 1:23:13
  themselves. John 17, verse 1. The priestly prayer,
• 1:23:23
  the Lord's prayer. John 17, verse 1. Jesus spoke
• 1:23:28
  these words, lifted up his eyes to heaven and
• 1:23:33
  said, Father, the hour has come. Glorify your
• 1:23:38
  son. And your son may glorify you. Union between
• 1:23:44
  God and God the son. Hallelujah. God the father
• 1:23:49
  and God the son. An intricate relationship. A
• 1:23:52
  union. So we can see that God the father and
• 1:23:59
  God the son together. Walking. Alright. We also
• 1:24:05
  see in scriptures where The three walk together
• 1:24:08
  as one. We see Jesus Christ speaking about the
• 1:24:21
  Holy Spirit in John chapter 14, verse 16. So,
• 1:24:24
  we see his relationship with the Father, right?
• 1:24:27
  One. And we see the Holy Spirit also. Let's look
• 1:24:30
  at John chapter 14, verse 16. Remember the context
• 1:24:34
  we are looking at is what? Is the context of
• 1:24:37
  what? Redemption. You cannot explain this. Outside
• 1:24:40
  redemption. Jesus has to become man. Why? Because
• 1:24:45
  of sin. Primarily. That he will die. Right? And
• 1:24:50
  that sin should be forgiven. Alright? What is
• 1:24:54
  the result of the redemption? The result of the
• 1:24:57
  redemption. That proves that we are forgiven.
• 1:24:59
  Is what? Is the Holy Spirit. Where? In us. So,
• 1:25:05
  Jesus will promise the Holy Spirit. John 14,
• 1:25:08
  16, 17. And I will pray the Father and he will
• 1:25:12
  give you another helper. Of course, Pastor, he
• 1:25:16
  has explained this for us recently about this
• 1:25:19
  helper. Right? And his teaching, he says, is
• 1:25:23
  of the same kind. Right? Same. That he may abide
• 1:25:32
  with you forever. The spirit of truth. Whom the
• 1:25:37
  world cannot receive. Because. It neither sees
• 1:25:43
  him. Nor knows him. But you know him. For he
• 1:25:46
  dwells where? With you. Himself. And will be
• 1:25:51
  where? In you. The Holy Ghost. Verse 26. Jump
• 1:26:03
  to verse 26. But the helper, the Holy Spirit,
• 1:26:09
  whom the Father will send in my name, he will
• 1:26:13
  what? He will be sent in whose name? In my name.
• 1:26:17
  What is his name? Huh? His accomplishment, right?
• 1:26:24
  His death, his burial and resurrection. He will
• 1:26:28
  teach you all things and bring to your remembrance.
• 1:26:34
  All the things I have said to you. So the father
• 1:26:38
  with his son walking together in the redemption
• 1:26:41
  of man. In the redemption. In the redemption.
• 1:26:55
  John 15, 26. John 15, 26. But when the helper
• 1:27:07
  comes, whom I shall send to you from the Father.
• 1:27:13
  Where is the Spirit coming from? Where is Jesus
• 1:27:16
  from? From the Father. Where is the Spirit coming
• 1:27:19
  from? Alright? One. Oneness. Union. Integrally.
• 1:27:24
  Together. There is no division. But when the
• 1:27:28
  helper comes, whom I shall send to you, what
• 1:27:32
  will be the product of his? What will be the
• 1:27:34
  condition for his coming? We've done this in
• 1:27:36
  cell meeting. What is the condition for his coming?
• 1:27:41
  Jesus what? Jesus going. Of course, he has to
• 1:27:48
  die first and rise up from the dead. Then he
• 1:27:51
  go. As long as he's on earth, the Holy Spirit
• 1:27:54
  will not come. Alright? So it was necessary that
• 1:27:58
  he goes. So he says, but when the helper comes,
• 1:28:02
  whom I shall send to you from the Father, Not
• 1:28:06
  from anywhere else. From the same source. From
• 1:28:09
  where I came from. From the father. The spirit
• 1:28:13
  of truth. Who proceeds from where? From the father.
• 1:28:16
  He will testify of who? What is the testimony
• 1:28:21
  of the spirit? Jesus. Amen. The testimony of
• 1:28:27
  the spirit is what? Is Jesus. He will testify
• 1:28:32
  of me. John 16 verse 7. Nevertheless, I tell
• 1:28:46
  you the truth. It is to your advantage that I
• 1:28:50
  go away. It is in your own good that I go away.
• 1:28:55
  For if I do not go away, the helper will not
• 1:28:59
  come to you. But if I depart, I will send him
• 1:29:03
  to you. Jesus had to go because Jesus cannot
• 1:29:06
  dwell in their hearts physically. Amen? Jesus,
• 1:29:11
  because of his physical appearance, cannot dwell
• 1:29:16
  in the hearts of everybody. But once he is gone,
• 1:29:19
  the spirit can dwell all men. Hallelujah. So
• 1:29:25
  it was important that he goes. That's it. And
• 1:29:34
  when he has come, he will convict the world of
• 1:29:37
  sin and of righteousness and judgment. Let's
• 1:29:40
  go back to verse 13. Let's look at verse 13 and
• 1:29:43
  14. Let's go back to verse 13 and 14. Yeah, I
• 1:29:54
  mean further rather. However, when he, the spirit
• 1:29:58
  of truth has come, he will do what? He will guide
• 1:30:02
  you into all the truth. For he will not speak
• 1:30:06
  on his own authority. Jesus says that the works
• 1:30:13
  I do, right? Or the things I say, the teachings,
• 1:30:17
  I don't do them on my own authority. But who
• 1:30:21
  does them in me? The Father. Alright? Now, when
• 1:30:25
  the Spirit comes, you see the relationship? The
• 1:30:29
  spirit of truth has come. He will guide you into
• 1:30:31
  all truth. For he will not speak on his own accord.
• 1:30:36
  On his own authority. But whatever he hears.
• 1:30:40
  He will what? He will speak. And he will tell
• 1:30:44
  you things to come. He will glorify who? He will
• 1:30:52
  glorify me. For he will take of what is mine.
• 1:30:56
  And declare to you. Hallelujah. So the Holy Spirit
• 1:31:02
  working together with Jesus, working together
• 1:31:07
  with God the Father for one purpose. And what
• 1:31:10
  is the purpose? Redemption of man. Amen? Redemption
• 1:31:16
  of man. Redemption of man. There are some scriptures,
• 1:31:22
  as I said earlier on, where we see Jesus It's
• 1:31:28
  in the picture. God the Father in the picture.
• 1:31:31
  The Holy Spirit in the picture. Confirming what
• 1:31:34
  Jesus is doing. Let's look at one. Matthew 3,
• 1:31:39
  16 -17. Matthew 3, 16 -17. When he had been baptized,
• 1:31:56
  Jesus came up immediately from the water and
• 1:31:58
  behold, amen, the heavens were opened, were opened
• 1:32:06
  to him. And he saw the spirit of God descending,
• 1:32:13
  that is John, right? Descending like a dove and
• 1:32:17
  alighting, alighting upon him. So we see Jesus
• 1:32:23
  in the picture, right? And we see the spirit.
• 1:32:27
  And suddenly. A voice from heaven. Whose voice?
• 1:32:33
  Saying. This is my what? My beloved son. In whom
• 1:32:38
  I am well pleased. So we see the father. We see
• 1:32:43
  the son. We see the spirit. For one purpose.
• 1:32:48
  Redemption of man. Amen. Redemption of. And let's
• 1:33:02
  look at the last one. 14. Chapter 14. John 14,
• 1:33:07
  16, 17. We saw it earlier on. Let's look at it
• 1:33:13
  again. John 14, 16, 17. You will see where the
• 1:33:15
  spirit. And I will pray the father. Right? Where
• 1:33:19
  will the spirit come from? He will pray who?
• 1:33:22
  He will pray the father. Right? And he will give
• 1:33:27
  you another helper that he may abide with you
• 1:33:31
  forever. So Jesus asking from the Father for
• 1:33:40
  who? For the Spirit. Amen? For what purpose?
• 1:33:46
  For our sake. Hallelujah. For our sake. So outside
• 1:33:53
  the context of the redemption, it becomes difficult
• 1:33:58
  to understand. Why should God be? In fact, if
• 1:34:03
  there was no redemption, would there be need
• 1:34:05
  for Jesus to come? There would be no need for
• 1:34:09
  Jesus. If not for redemption, would there? Okay,
• 1:34:12
  let's say creation. I mean, we see the spirit
• 1:34:16
  coming because of what? Because of us. Dwelling
• 1:34:19
  because of us. So the revelation of God as the
• 1:34:23
  son, the revelation of God as the spirit, right,
• 1:34:27
  is for our sake. It's for our redemption. And
• 1:34:34
  without redemption, then there will be no need.
• 1:34:37
  There will be no need. So the father, we can
• 1:34:44
  see there is the father in the Godhead. We can
• 1:34:47
  see the son in the Godhead. And also the Holy
• 1:34:50
  Spirit in the Godhead. All working as one. All
• 1:34:55
  working as one. Not doing different work. No.
• 1:34:58
  All working as one. So God the Father creates.
• 1:35:04
  See this in scripture. He creates. Right? And
• 1:35:13
  we see God the Son redeeming after sin. Right?
• 1:35:17
  He redeems. And we see God the Holy Spirit regenerating.
• 1:35:21
  And that is what he's doing now in us. Amen?
• 1:35:27
  Transforming us. Conforming us. Changing us.
• 1:35:33
  Making us. Today, God the Father, this is very
• 1:35:41
  important as we close this session. God the Father,
• 1:35:45
  God the Son, live in the person who believes.
• 1:35:53
  Is it true? God the Father, God the Son, God
• 1:35:59
  the Holy Spirit does what? Lives in the one who
• 1:36:03
  believes through the Holy Spirit. He says, I
• 1:36:08
  will come and make an abode in him. Right? And
• 1:36:14
  when you believe, you become the temple where
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  the Godhead lives. He dwells in us. Jesus is
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  in you. He's in me. The Holy Ghost is in you.
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  He's in me. The Godhead is in you. God the Father
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  is in you. He's in me. So this is the mystery
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  explained. And this is what the apostles have
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  been explaining and writing. And even in the
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  explanation of marriage, marriage was used to
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  try to explain this as a union of Christ and
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  the church. Right? How we have become one. How
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  we've come into union. How we've become one family.
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  We are part of this family. Amen? Let's rise
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  on our feet. Let's rise on our feet. Let's just
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  appreciate God for this walk that Jesus had to
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  come. God had to become man for you and for me.
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  God had to become man for you and for me. Imagine
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  the hostility he suffered. I'm not just talking
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  about the abuses. I'm not just talking about
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  The physical things he suffered. I'm talking
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  about how he humbled himself and take up the
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  form of man. Jesus, who is God, taking up the
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  form of man. That is humility. That is humbling.
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  So let's just open our mind and just appreciate
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  God and appreciate God. As we go for break, let
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  us appreciate God. Appreciate God for the work
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  we see he has done in Christ Jesus. He has revealed
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  himself to us through Christ Jesus. Through Jesus
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  Christ, we see God. We see the plan of God. We
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  see the will of God. We see the works of God
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  through what Christ has done. Thank you, Jesus,
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  that we have the revelation. Of God in Christ
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  Jesus. That we see Jesus. Dying and. And giving
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  us a spirit. Living in us. Thank you Father for
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  this truth. Help us Lord to know more about this.
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  Help us Lord to walk in this reality. Thank you,
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  Holy Spirit. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen. share
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  it with a friend. Till next time, be blessed.