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The Awesome Significance of Jesus' Baptism | Pastor Daniel Batarseh (Gospel of Mark Bible Study Series) · Bible Study with Pr. Daniel Batarseh | Verse by Verse Series | Maranatha Bible Church - Chicago

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  it's always a joy to open God's word with you and so would you
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  meet me in the Gospel According to Mark in chapter chapter one,
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  I know we're still early in this book but I cannot help, but feel
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  When studying this gospel and teaching it that we're treading
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  on Holy Ground. when speaking about Christ, as much as we have
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  Liberty in him there's there's this the sense of reverence
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  there is no one like him and and because of that we need God's
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  help and understanding him and how we communicate him and speak
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  of him. The man something from us that
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  no other person demands and so if you're there in Mark 1 Meet
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  me in verse and verse 9. It says, in those days, Jesus
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  from Nazareth, rather, Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee
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  and was baptized by John in the Jordan.
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  And when he came up out of the water immediately, he saw the
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  heavens being torn open and the spirit descending on him, like a
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  dove. And the voice Came From Heaven.
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  You are my beloved Son with you. I am.
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  Well pleased. What we pray again.
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  Help us with this, help us see the awesome significance of the
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  baptism of Jesus Lori. Pray, that the spirit of God
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  would Open the Eyes of each Heart In This Place.
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  Lord breakthrough, familiarity breakthrough.
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  All distraction And Lord win our devotion.
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  And draw out fresh affection for the person of Jesus Christ.
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  Lord, we pray that you would indeed empower the ministry of
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  the word this afternoon and that we would sense something of the
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  radiating glory of God in Christ Jesus.
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  Bring us to our knees. Wipe away, every tear restore
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  the joy of your salvation. We Need You O Lord.
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  For we are we are so able to become hardened in light of
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  these truths. So able to become indifferent
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  but Lord, rescue us again, rescue us, Lord and receive from
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  us. What is your do?
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  Supreme love. Adoration and devotion.
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  We ask these things in Jesus name, amen. a time together last
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  week, hopefully Provided some clarity.
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  And understanding the meaning of the baptism of this wild Prophet
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  named John John, the baptizer. And the main idea behind John's
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  baptism baptism, is that it was a means to dismantle this false
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  confidence that the Jewish people had in their Heritage and
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  their ethnicity, and their culture and their race.
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  This was a community that believed wholeheartedly that
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  because they had a certain ancestry that they had automatic
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  access into the kingdom of God, that they were saved based on
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  that. And here comes John, the son of
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  a priest. After 400 years of silence and
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  begins to Proclaim repent. Repent, you juice and be
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  baptized. You cannot depend upon your
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  culture, you cannot depend upon your history.
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  You must make an individual commitment to realizing your
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  need for the mercy of God. You must recognize that your
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  culture doesn't erase your sin. Only God can do that.
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  And so, would you join with me in this water?
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  And would you make a declaration to your people?
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  And before God, that you need him?
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  Because the kingdom of God is at hand.
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  And so we understand that that is the emphasis of John's,
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  baptism it clarifies. The emphasis of the baptism that
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  you did right in the name of Jesus, where you identified with
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  his death, I'm dying with Christ.
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  My salvation is because of Christ and you clothed yourself
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  in him by faith. But that water envelops you as a
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  way of signifying your burial and your Resurrection in his
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  name. But with this fresh Insight in
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  our hearts, right? With this fresh insight, about
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  what? John's baptism, baptism was all
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  about. We come now to a new, A new
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  challenge, A new challenge in trying to understand, John's
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  baptism. And the challenge is. as we try
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  to interpret it is that this baptism for Sinners, this
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  baptism that called those who realize their need to repent and
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  confess their sins was something that the Lord Jesus Christ
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  himself participated in how can it be And so significant is this
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  that we must understand it. It may seem intimidating to
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  engage with but as we dig and as we discover why Jesus did this,
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  or I pray that you would have another reason to give him glory
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  and worship. And so we understand that Jesus
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  was in fact, baptized by this man who baptized people for them
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  to repent and in seeking to understand the Monumental moment
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  that this was in Jesus life and Ministry this afternoon you and
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  I will only answer to questions to questions.
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  And the first one was this, why is it that Jesus was baptized by
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  John and the second one will be what happened.
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  When the Lord Jesus Christ was Bye.
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  Bye. John.
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  You may be surprised to understand that the first answer
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  to that first question, why why did he come to this point?
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  Why did he come to the shore of the Jordan to experience this to
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  experience this campaign that was called to humble and
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  identify? Sinners, how can it be?
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  And I present to you the first reason and it is to affirm the
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  deity of Jesus Christ. When you read verse 9, I'm sure
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  the first question that comes to mind is why why is the sinless
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  Spotless savior? Who is God In the Flesh?
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  Responding to this call for Sinners to Humble themselves and
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  many who vehemently deny the deity of the Lord Jesus Christ
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  will come to a verse like this as some kind of a proof text
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  that he was not God, that he did not share in the father's
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  nature. He was a good man but he was a
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  man, still a man who shared Adam sinned.
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  And the very same place, where people would try to repudiate
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  the character, the perfect nature of Jesus Christ is the
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  very same occasion where God actually wants to affirm his
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  Perfection. How, how can it be?
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  How do you get that out of this? And the only way that you can
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  get it is when you see the snapshot taken by the other
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  gospel writer Matthew, And in Matthews telling Matthew by the
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  spirit, knows the questions that we would come, that would come
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  through this text and desires to answer it and this is how he
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  answers it. But you have to go there and
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  Matthew chapter 3 and verse 13. Would you know that the answer?
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  To this question is in the response of John.
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  And his reaction when he learns that Jesus desires to be
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  baptized by him, Matthew 313. Then Jesus Came From Galilee to
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  the Jordan to John, to be baptized by him.
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  John would have prevented him saying.
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  I need to be baptized by you and do you come to me?
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  This is nothing short of incredible.
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  This Prophet who called every man, every woman, every
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  politician, every ruler, even a religious one to repent and be
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  baptized has come now to a point where he is faced with a Jew
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  that occupies a category that no one else shares a Jew Flesh and
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  Blood who does not require to respond to John's baptism?
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  How can it be? Well, it's very simple.
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  John here is not just trying to be nice.
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  He's not trying to just be humble, he's not.
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  Acting Jesus as someone who might be slightly more Superior
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  than him by saying. You know, you should actually do
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  this for me. No, John here is highlighting
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  that this Jesus who is from Nazareth, does not need to
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  undergo, his Heavenly commission, baptism because
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  there is nothing that Jesus needs to repent of John bearing
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  witness to the sinlessness of Jesus.
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  The deity of Jesus is not only found in that famous statement,
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  Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world.
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  It is also recognized in his refusal to baptize him.
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  This does not apply to you. This is not something that you
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  need. You are two worthy for this and
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  so he protests And he calls Christ to be at Bay, you do not
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  need to join me in this. And what's so amazing is when
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  you think about the crowds on that day, because Luke tells us
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  there was a multitude on that site when Jesus was baptized,
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  and what is site in must have been that for the first time in
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  John's short Ministry, but nationally powerful Ministry
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  that touch the entire people for the first time.
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  There is a man who doesn't need to go on under the water.
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  And the Waters of repentance, he doesn't need to be immersed
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  because this man who asked to be immersed was to worthy for it.
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  Therefore, even before looking at the words of Jesus and his
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  reasoning, why he must be baptized, we have John the
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  baptizer who is telling us that whatever is about to take place
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  is not because it is for the remission for sins.
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  And before moving on, I would like to make a comment about
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  John's response here to Jesus request, it's a practical thing.
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  It's very, very important to realize because John was a
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  unique preacher, he was a new preacher because he was a
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  confrontational preacher. He was one, who is disturbing
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  the consciousness of men who are comfortable in their
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  Disobedience. He was somebody that rumbled,
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  the message of repentance and he would even call out specific
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  sins that he knew that some of his audience members were
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  harboring and living in. He was indeed like Elijah and
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  some admired John's approach some really like this
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  fire-breathing kind of preaching and so they long to emulate it
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  themselves with the hopes that they would see the same fruit
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  and they want to confront false teachers in such a bold way.
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  And they want to call out hypocrisy in Christendom and God
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  can use that. And I am of those who believes
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  that, we need a Revival of such preaching to such an extent.
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  But what God can use in that can actually be counterproductive if
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  it is done in the wrong attitude, hear me if you're a
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  person who loves truth and not just loves choose, but desires
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  to Proclaim it uncompromisingly. Notice what John says to Jesus.
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  He says I need to be baptized by you.
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  This is not just his attempt to try to elevate Christ.
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  This is also a declaration of his own inferiority.
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  I need to be baptized by you. I love that.
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  And the reason why I so love it is because this man this
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  preacher who looked at crowds, he says you're a bunch of
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  snakes, you know that And your Sinners and you need to repent
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  in the wrath of God is coming upon you.
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  That same man realized that he was a sinner himself.
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  This Minister who is filled with the Holy Spirit in his mother's
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  womb, still saw the need to be baptized in the Holy Spirit by
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  Jesus Christ. I need to be baptized by you.
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  I need that inward cleansing. That only you can offer.
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  Nothing can be more ineffective than someone calling people to
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  righteousness in a self-righteous spirit.
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  John was no such man. Even with this man's hard words,
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  it could be received because people could perceive as man's
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  humble. This man has broken.
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  This man is aware of his own. His own need for this Christ
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  that he speaks of for repentance that he's calling us to.
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  And I think that is very important because the gospel
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  will only sound sweeter when it rings from a vessel who realizes
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  his own need for it. I think I'm speaking to a people
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  who love the truth and some of you go beyond that you want to
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  tell people about this truth. So please hear what I have to
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  say. that even something as harsh as rebuke can be received,
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  well, by those who would recognize in you and me, a
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  person who is fully convinced that they need the mercy of God
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  themselves, There's something in the tone.
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  There's something in the approach.
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  There's something in the eyes that even the prophetic like
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  Ministry. Can be embraced because people
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  see a man who's preaching about something that he needs himself.
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  And if we love truth and want to declare truth, then would you
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  and I be a people who can prove to other people that we are just
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  as much of a sinner as they are. And we need that message.
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  We need to understand that the more and more.
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  We see the darkness in the world.
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  Do you really believe? Do you really believe in your
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  heart that the potential of your own wickedness can be that of
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  what we see today apart from Christ?
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  The answer should be yes, apart from the intervening grace of
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  God. You and I can be among those who
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  think the same way as those people think, and March in the
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  same way and present their crazy ideas in the same way.
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  Blessed, be the name of the Lord that he has saved us.
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  And let the world hear it, let the world see it.
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  Let them perceive like they perceive in John, a man of great
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  humility, who preached a truth that he himself needed Jesus in
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  his baptism. Baptized by John does not
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  contradict the concept of his deity and actually affirms.
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  It it was a very platform in which the Lamb of God was seen
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  and recognized by profit for his Purity and Holiness.
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  But more than that. Why was Jesus Christ?
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  Baptized by John not just. So his DD could be affirmed but
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  that he can identify with sinners.
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  Think about it. If John's reaction is not
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  sufficient to satisfy the skeptic than the words of Jesus
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  in response to John's protest should be the final nail in the
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  coffin. Look What the Lord says in verse
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  15 and Matthew 3, but Jesus answered him.
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  Let it be. So now for thus, it is fitting
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  for us to fulfill all righteousness.
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  The phrase to fulfill. All righteousness, is the
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  heartbeat of Christ decision to do this and it begs the
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  question. If Jesus did not share the
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  father's nature. If Jesus is not, in fact, God In
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  the Flesh, then wouldn't this be the perfect opportunity for him
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  to say something along the lines of let it be?
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  So, now, for thus, it is fitting for my sins to be cleansed and
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  for me to repent. And for me to be an example to
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  these Jews that I'm like them. And I, and I must also receive
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  the mercy of God and I confess it.
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  That would have been the perfect chance, but the obvious answer
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  is it doesn't happen because he doesn't need it.
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  So, why is he saying to fulfill all righteousness?
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  Well, you and I can understand that.
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  That phrase in the following way to fulfill.
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  All righteousness is to fulfill all the requirements of God to
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  fulfill. All righteousness is simply to
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  fulfill all the righteous requirements and decrees and
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  demands that God has made. And that's exactly what Jesus is
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  doing. Because the scriptures are
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  clear, that John's baptism was authorized by God.
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  It was something that heaven mandated, it had a divine
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  origin. John didn't just wake up in the
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  wilderness one day because I think I should have baptized
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  some people, God told them to do it.
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  And when we understand it, that way, when we couple it with the
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  understanding of Jesus purpose on the earth to fulfill all
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  that, the father had told him to do to walk in perfect obedience,
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  then he has perfectly obeying by doing what submitting to what
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  God had ordained namely. John's baptism being surrendered
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  to When Jesus is coming to John's baptism, what Jesus is
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  actually doing is obeying, the father, he's obeying God.
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  In other words, think of it this way.
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  If John's baptism was commissioned by God and Jesus,
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  our lord, the Son of God seeks to obey God, then he will gladly
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  respond to the mandate to join. John's baptism.
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  You know why? That's important. here's why
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  it's important, because the Lord Jesus, by doing this is securing
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  The Obedience that you and I need To stand right before.
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  God The Lord Jesus here. Since our faith in him is a
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  transfer of our Disobedience. For his obedience is in a sense
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  walking out our obedience on our behalf. he's identifying with
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  Sinners, he is Telling us through this.
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  I'm in your place I'm in your place.
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  Think about it this way, when you have entered into the Waters
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  of baptism in Jesus name, what are you doing there?
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  I hope. You know, I hope you did know
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  and if you don't know, let me remind you.
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  You identified with Christ. I am declaring that.
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  I am. I'm linking myself to this
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  reality and I'm symbolically showing it through this dramatic
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  ordinance. I'm Goin In bear with Coming up
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  resurrected with Christ you going into that water is
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  identifying with Christ's work. Now, let's look at and the
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  flipside Jesus going into the water.
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  Though without sin though. Perfect is identifying with you.
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  And he is now coming to this point in the beginning of his
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  ministry. To say I am standing in the
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  place of a fractured humanity. And in this moment I am
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  foreshadowing. What I will do on the cross.
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  In this moment, I'm saying, I will die, I will be buried and I
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  will come to life again. So very clear that we see that
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  Christ heartbeat is to satisfy God's righteous righteous decree
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  and to publicly identify with Sinners as their substitute, I
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  worship the Lord for that. What an incredible sight?
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  and if someone still can't see the distinction, Of Jesus
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  baptism through John's reluctance and Jesus own
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  explanation for why he's doing it.
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  Then we have another person who is testifying in this.
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  God, the Father himself who audibly speaks from heaven and
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  says this is my beloved Son in whom I am.
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  Well pleased and whom I am. Well pleased, it was audible.
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  It was there. It was a manifestation.
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  And why did that happen? Well, I mean that statement
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  means so much but at least And one thing he's telling all those
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  people who were there that day, my son is going into that water.
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  Not for the same reason why you will go into that water.
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  I'm pleased with him. I am.
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  Well, pleased with him sinless. My beloved Son, sharing my
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  nature. Perfect in my sight.
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  And so we see that he is identifying with sinners.
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  And that is something that we can Rejoice inning and close and
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  and just worship over this table.
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  But I love the thought that as much as the perfect Obedience of
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  Jesus was primary lived out so that mankind can have the the
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  righteous representative for them.
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  Jesus also did all that he did as an example.
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  The Lord Jesus Christ humbled himself to come into those
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  Waters. Do you know why you just heard
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  it? Because God demanded it.
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  And what I think is so amazing is that John tried to prevent
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  Jesus from being baptized. Not knowing at this moment that
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  he was intending to please the father.
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  Jesus In This Moment, possessed a revelation that John did not
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  have. I have a Clarity of what this is
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  all about and because I've received Clarity, I have this
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  Clarity. There is an urgency for me to
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  satisfy what God demands of me. and with that clarity, And with
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  that urgency Jesus provides an example.
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  Here's why I'm bringing this up because the attitude of the
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  Saviour, unfortunately stands in such contrast to the attitude of
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  many of his followers. And how they communicate their
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  obedience to God especially in even with water baptism.
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  The one in the name that is greater than John's by the way.
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  How many are convinced that what Jesus said about being baptized
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  in his name, the name of the father Son and the Holy Spirit
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  is, in fact, an ordinance for those who claim faith in him and
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  yet at the same time, treat such a thing as though it is a
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  suggestion as though it is something non-essential as
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  though it is. A thing that can be delayed
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  based on convenience. I'm not just talking about water
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  about this. I'm talking about anything that
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  God had decreed clearly in his word.
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  You do not see this in Jesus, even in the beginning of his
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  ministry, he sets the tone of his desire to obey the father.
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  By doing this. And if you are one who feels
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  hesitation in the face of obedience, would you look to
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  your master? Would you look to him as your
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  example and see that he was determined to obey the father's
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  will. And it doesn't matter what kind
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  of protest came or what kind of Praise came even if it came from
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  a great man. Like John, I must obey the
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  father and no one will stop me. What A Savior. one example, if
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  the father said it, And no man can stop me from doing it.
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  And so we see here that Jesus is giving us practical Practical
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  instruction is there more practical instruction in the
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  baptism of Jesus? I believe so, but it's only when
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  you marry it with the different accounts because Luke tells us
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  that Jesus did something else while he stood in those Waters
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  that, no other gospel writer tells us and you would see it if
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  you go there and Luke 321, look what Luke tells us that no other
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  gospel writer tells us And Luke 321. now, when all the people
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  were baptized, So there is more baptisms that day.
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  And when Jesus also had been baptized and was praying, And
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  was praying, the heavens were opened.
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  Luke. Gives us a precious sight of
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  Jesus on that, on that day, in that scene, he told us that
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  Jesus was praying during his baptism.
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  And no wonder when you go to Luke, you'll see that he has a
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  desire to give a portrait of Jesus.
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  Praying he mentions Jesus praying more than any gospel
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  writer and it's in that gospel account even where you have the
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  Revelation that Jesus is close disciples were so intrigued
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  about some aspect of Christ Ministries.
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  And it was his prayer life. It is in that place where you
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  see where the disciples asked directly something that they
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  have not asked anything else about.
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  And that is, would you teach us to what prey would you teach us
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  to pray the same way? John taught his disciples.
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  You do not see the disciples asking for anything else to be
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  taught directly to them, except for prayer.
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  How wonder what they saw? I wonder if it was the early
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  mornings when they woke up and Jesus was not The campsite
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  because he was some somewhere deep in the bushes.
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  Communing with the father, I wonder if it was the way he
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  prayed, Hebrews tells us that he prayed with reverence.
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  I wonder if it was the Liberty that he had and calling
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  Godfather, whatever it was, it's so move.
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  The disciples that they said, oh, would you teach us to pray?
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  And as we know Jesus, used that opportunity to give what we know
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  as the Lord's Prayer and it's not so that we just pair it
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  exactly what Jesus said but it gives us a formula to frame the
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  way we commune with God. What to include what we should
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  be asking for how we should speak to him.
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  But, can I challenge you further?
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  Don't just look to the Lord's Prayer, as an example of how to
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  cultivate a prayer life. Look at how he prayed.
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  Look at when he prayed. and one of the things I see in Jesus
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  prayer life, is that he praised here during his baptism and what
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  I learn as I desire to be like him, is that there is The
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  Liberty. For my prayers to be legitimate.
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  In any place. At any time.
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  During any activity. In other words we see here that
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  as Jesus is standing in the presence of a multitude and as
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  Jesus is undergoing, a certain thing, he is still able to
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  commune with the father You know what that means.
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  That means that you don't have to go to a specific place and
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  get on your knees and Beyond a certain angle for the reception
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  to be right for God to give you his ear.
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  What I see in Jesus is that, while I'm in my car, I can pray
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  and he hears me. Well, I'm at the doctor's
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  waiting in that room and needing piece.
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  I can pray that while I am in a business meeting, not knowing
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  how to bring a solution to this, I can pray for wisdom.
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  And the father, will he while I clean?
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  I can turn that that scene into a worship center and praise him.
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  And pray him. And this is what Jesus is
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  showing here that in any Arena that with any activity I can do
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  what Paul says that we should do and that is pray without ceasing
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  to walk in a way in which I'm continually in communion with
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  the Lord. Inviting him.
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  In All Things, bringing all things to him.
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  This is what we say. Do we not as evangelicals, we
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  have a personal relationship with the lord.
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  Well, who's more personal to the father than Christ and here's
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  Christ exam. Find it while he's being
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  baptized. He speaking to the father.
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  Would you do the same? Do you feel a legalistic
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  limitation? That you cannot have that
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  freedom with your father. Look to Christ.
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  He is my example and yours. And we have access to the
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  heavenly father And he will hear us.
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  And this idea of Jesus, praying is a perfect transition, because
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  you heard three reasons, brief reasons to why Jesus was
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  baptized to affirm his deity to identify with Sinners, and to,
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  also be our example, to a certain extent.
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  But now we come to the second main question before we break
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  bread and that is not why the Lord Jesus were baptized.
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  But what happened when the Lord Jesus was baptized and that is
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  an important question. Because two things happened and
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  they were Supernatural one was visible.
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  One was audible the visible has to do with the person of the
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  Holy Spirit. The Audible has to deal with the
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  father and what we see in verse 10 is our Focus for the rest of
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  the message. And when he came up of Mark 110,
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  and when he came up out of the water immediately, he saw the
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  heavens being torn open and the spirit descending on him, like a
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  dove. I don't know about you but in
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  answering the main question I have more questions.
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  What happened when the Lord Jesus was baptized while I read
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  it in verse 10 and I think to myself, well, why is that
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  happening? Why is the holy spirit
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  descending Upon Jesus? Now and for what purpose?
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  There is no explicit statement that seeks to give us.
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  A look into the relationship with the Holy Spirit and the
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  Lord Jesus. Before his commencement into the
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  ministry. Yes, he was there during the
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  Incarnation but between those silent years.
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  We don't have any Clear Window into how it is at the Holy
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  Spirit related to Jesus being in the flesh walking in this world
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  until we come to this moment and we see that it is so clear that
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  he descends upon him, and John tells us that he remains on
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  Jesus. And when you look at that, you
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  have to be careful because that does not diminish.
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  The deity of Jesus Christ. Why this is brought up, is in
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  fact to emphasize on the humanity of Jesus Christ.
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  We believe Jesus Christ, fully God, fully man.
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  Truly got truly, man. And as we come to this moment,
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  we see that the humanness of Jesus, the essence of his
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  Humanity was, in fact, true. He did not come to this earth.
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  Taking on an earth suit. Only to appear as He was human.
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  No, he really came in the flesh and In the Flesh, he knew real
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  human limitations. He knew real human temptations,
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  though, he did not share in the corrupt nature that Adam
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  introduced to the human race. And so when you and I look at
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  this, we have to consider that the reality of the human nature
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  of Jesus is on Full display. Why?
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  Because as a man by being anointed by the Holy Spirit, he
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  is showing that He is in need in his humility.
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  In humbling himself. He is in need of the, of the
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  power of the spirit, of the guidance of the spirit of the
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  anointing of the Holy Spirit. This is just as much as a
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  declaration of Christ, humility, as him going to the cross and
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  submitting to the father's will. He is also submitting to the
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  holy spirit's influence as a man and the scriptures are so clear.
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  They tell us that in order for for us to honor the humanity of
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  Jesus. We see here that the source of
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  his divine power, when he was doing all those Supernatural
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  Works throughout his ministry. Was supplied by the third person
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  of the trinity. This is Jesus showing that he
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  was truly a man being closed by the power of the holy spirit
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  that there's not assault his deity.
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  All that does is highlight the sincerity of his humanity and if
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  you want a verse to confirm what I'm saying, Peter preached the
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  Cornelius household and he made it so obvious that you cannot
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  debate it unless you really want to deny the truth of the word of
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  God, if you take notes, take this reference down and acts
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  10:37 a 38. He's Preaching and Peter says,
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  you yourselves know what happened?
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  You yourselves know what happened throughout all Judea
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  beginning From Galilee that after the baptism that John
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  proclaimed. Here's the sequence after the
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  baptism that John proclaimed verse 38 how God anointed Jesus
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  of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power to do what he
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  went about doing good, and healing all who were oppressed
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  by the devil for God was with him.
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  For God was with them. Well, I thought he was God and
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  are you saying that God wasn't with him before the Holy Spirit?
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  Know there is a unique anointing that took place in that moment
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  for the sole purpose of a Ministry being fulfilled, it
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  would be Blasphemous to say that he was not in connection to God
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  or that he was not God or some crazy.
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  People would say that it was at this time, Jesus was born again.
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  It was solely a clothing of power from on high in a way that
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  no other man has known unmeasured unmeasured power so
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  that he can fulfill what prophets have told us.
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  What happened when the Messiah would come.
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  Jesus was clothed with power but let us consider the manner in
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  which the Holy Spirit enters into the scene and comes upon
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  Christ. You know what Mark says,
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  something that looked this and say something that Matthew
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  doesn't say and has to do. With the entrance.
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  Go back to Mark and look what he says in verse 10 of chapter one.
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  What happened to the heavens when the Holy Spirit came?
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  Torn open. Torn open.
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  That is a dramatic word that is almost a Vine word.
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  It means to rip something. It's a very same word that Mark
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  uses when he describes what happened to that veil in the
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  temple, how it was torn from top to bottom.
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  And yet we see here that in the beginning of Jesus ministry, not
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  just at the end, there is a tearing of the heavens for the
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  Holy Spirit to come down. Not As a dove.
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  So, the idea now is a white bird with an olive branch.
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  In the mouth has to be erased. That's not how the Holy Spirit
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  showed himself like a dove, not as a dove.
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  You didn't come like a bird. I know it's going to ruin your
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  painting at home. Like a dove with certain
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  qualities. That we would see in that unique
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  creature. But what's so amazing here is,
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  is that Mark for some reason, finds it so important.
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  It's obvious because the holy spirit is writing through him
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  that the sky above on that day was ripped.
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  Why does it matter? I'm sure different reasons but
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  may I present you one option and it is not in this moment.
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  God answered a prayer and it wasn't the prayer of Jesus.
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  Only that he answered, Jesus was praying in this moment.
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  And I believe that what he was praying for his, what he
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  received for the anointing of the Holy Spirit to come upon
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  him, but there was another prayer that was prayed there was
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  another appeal, another cry, many many years before this time
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  that I believe was answered at this scene. it was a prayer
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  given by a man who is used by God to give many many, many many
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  prophecies about the very Messiah that we are speaking
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  about Isaiah Isaiah, the prophet at one point in his ministry
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  comes before God and such a beautifully written prophetic
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  prayer because the nation of Israel have come to a point of
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  such destitution to such a degree that even the enemies of
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  God trampled upon the sanctuary of God.
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  They just brought the house of God to rubble.
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  And Isaiah was so stirred by this because on top of that,
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  there seems to be this long and extended Silence from God.
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  He seems to not to not intervene, he seems to not come
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  and rescue. His people to the point where
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  Isaiah's concerned that the nation are saying, this is
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  people even have a god. Who rescues them, who hears
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  them, who saves them? And with all of that, in his
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  heart, can. All of that bubbling in the
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  hearts of the remnant of the people of Israel.
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  Isaiah comes to a point where he makes this desperate cry.
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  And the cries and Isaiah 64 verse 1.
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  Oh, that you would Rend the heavens.
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  And come down. That the mountains might Quaker
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  your presence. Has been fire Kindles Brushwood.
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  And the fire causes water to boil.
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  To make your name known to your adversaries.
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  And that the nation's might tremble at your presence.
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  Oh, that you would Rend. The heavens and come down.
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  God answered, Isaiah's prayer. 700 years later, He did run the
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  heavens and he did come down, but who was it that entered into
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  and to our world. Who is it?
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  That descended the person of the Holy Spirit telling me what holy
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  spirit is God. Holy spirit is the same Yahweh.
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  That Isaiah's is appealing to. Come down and God hears that
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  prayer and fulfills it in the messiah's ministry and he does
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  come down. He comes down.
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  Yes, in the person of Jesus Christ, but here ends the
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  heavens and he comes down in the person of the Holy Spirit.
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  And as much as he has fulfilled, this prophetic prayer.
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  I believe that he did not answer it and the exact same way that
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  Isaiah had desired. Because when the heavens were
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  rent and God did come down, there was no quaking.
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  There was no shaking. There was no sign I like
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  symptoms. The Nations did not tremble at
• 39:53
  the presence of God. No, instead, when God came down
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  after rending the heavens he did so in such Majestic gentleness.
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  He comes down with such an Elegance.
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  He comes down with such a tenderness and softness, a
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  delicacy and he approaches the scene not with judgment crashing
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  through. But with divine blessing
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  instead. Forgot to tear open the sky with
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  such Force. You would think in anticipate
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  that you are going to see what they saw on Sinai, fire smoke,
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  quaking fear. And instead what you do see Is
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  Grace. Softness.
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  Gentleness. Meaning what the yes.
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  The force was still there in the heavens being rent, but that
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  forces only. Declaring something about.
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  The eager desire of God to break through into our world, as one
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  would break into a sealed room to try to save a dying man.
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  That Sky splitting moment is to show.
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  Yes, and almost a forceful zealous way, but not to pour out
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  judgment but to come and to save, man.
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  That is what it is saying. And there is a time where the
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  sky will be opened again. But when the sky will be open
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  again, you're not going to see a dove coming down.
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  You're not going to see something like a dove coming
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  down. You're going to see a man on a
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  white horse. And that will be more closely to
• 41:50
  what Isaiah was asking for. But between now and then the
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  heavens have been torn open. And the openness of the heavens
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  in a sense is still there to declare God's eager, did not
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  desire to rescue you. And this place, if you do not
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  know, Jesus Christ, as Lord and savior.
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  That he wants to descend upon your life to save you.
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  And to redeem you and to rescue you.
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  And not the judge you condemn you. and I wonder if you believe
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  that about God, That he broke into this world, to come to save
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  you from your sin before. It's too late.
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  See again, him breaking through the world's roof and descending
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  upon the Messiah so that he could commence his ministry in
• 42:46
  the power that he needed. Is a visualization of the rescue
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  mission of God from Heaven, trying to get you into his fold.
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  And I wonder if you believe that today, How can you be?
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  So, casual with the gospel being preached?
• 43:05
  If you do not know Christ, When Christ commencing his ministry
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  in the Holy Spirit and the father that trinitarian
• 43:14
  relationship being on full display was nothing of being
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  casual or light. But being very intentional and
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  forceful to save you. That's what I'm bringing forth
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  to you today. And some of you have responded
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  that some of you have beheld and understood the significance of
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  Jesus and the Heart behind him coming to save.
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  And some of you haven't got it yet, I'm just going to be
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  honest. That's okay.
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  Because today you can all change today can change today.
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  It can all change through the message that you just heard.
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  because, The heavens will open again.
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  And it could happen in our lifetime.
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  People are more convinced of that truth today than ever
• 44:06
  before. And if that is true, Then what
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  will come your way when the heavens do open?
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  Will it be what? That Dove at least the
• 44:20
  manifestation of Dove like qualities?
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  On that day. Be what you experience.
• 44:25
  In other words, the peace of God through Jesus Christ.
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  Or will it be what Revelation talks about?
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  Where that era of Peace? The invitation has been made
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  out? You've heard it, you're
• 44:37
  accountable and now he comes to judge.
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  I hope you be on the side of knowing his peace.
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  He loves you more than you can imagine.
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  He died for you, he came for you.
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  And as we come to this table, we are remembering that, and this
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  is really, for those who have embraced that truth and have
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  been changed by that truth. And so, as we come to the table,
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  can we prepare our hearts to receive and remember what Jesus
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  has done for us? Louis, thank you for just a
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  glimpse of the significance of your baptism.
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  We thank you for the Practical truth.
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  We thank you for the truths that make our faith unique Lord as we
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  come to the table and observe the ordinance that you've
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  established for your church, may be an act of worship on our part
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  and may it bring healing reconciliation and Reviving to
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  our own hearts. But we thank you that you took
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  our place. You stood in our place, we thank
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  you that you are willing to identify with us and receive the
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  Wrath that we deserved Lord for those in this place who do not
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  believe that. Would you open their eyes?
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  We do open their eyes to see the force of Your Love.
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  Even in the skies being opened in such a way to come and reach
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  down and rescue us so that we can be with you forever.
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  Well, we love you for this and we give you glory in Jesus name,
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  amen.