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Bible Study with Pastor Los | The Gospel of John (1:29-34) · Heart Check Podcast

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  What's up, everybody? Welcome back to Heart Check
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  podcast. I'm your host, Pastor Los.
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  Yeah, let's go. And I'm so excited to be back
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  with you guys. If you have not yet, subscribe
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  below, leave a comment, leave a like.
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  I hope you guys are enjoying this deep dive through the
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  Gospel of John. We're going to continue with our
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  series today. We're not going to mess around.
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  We are still in John chapter 1 and we are going to be in verses
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  29 through 34 today. And it reads like this.
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  The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said,
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  look, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world.
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  And then verse 30 He is the one I was talking about when I said,
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  a man is coming after me who is far greater than I am, for he
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  existed long before me. And verse 31 I did not recognize
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  him as the Messiah, but I have been baptizing with water so
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  that he might be revealed to Israel.
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  Verse 32 Then John testified, I saw the Holy Spirit descending
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  like a dove from heaven and resting upon him.
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  I didn't know He was the one, but when God sent me to baptize
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  with water, he told me the one on whom you see the Spirit
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  descend and rest is the one who will baptize with the Holy
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  Spirit. Verse 34.
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  I saw this happen to Jesus, so I testify that He is the chosen
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  one of God. Let's go.
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  I love this. So John again, taking his time
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  through this chapter to unpacked who Jesus is.
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  As we've talked about from week 1, Mark, sorry, Matthew, Mark
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  and Luke being the synoptic gospels, the see together
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  gospels that really focus on what Jesus did, the miracles,
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  the the things he said, the things he did.
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  But John, the Gospel John focusing on who Jesus is in that
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  last verse right there, that he is the chosen one of God, he is
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  the Messiah. But if we go back up to verse
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  29, notice the significance of how John announces Jesus coming
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  toward them that he says, look, the Lamb of God who takes away
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  the sin of the world. This focus of identifying Jesus
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  as the Lamb of God. This is a very monumental
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  theological point that John is speaking.
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  John the Baptist is pointing out that Jesus that we learned about
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  in the Old Testament, that he's speaking towards everyone who's
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  hearing this, that he is making a theological connection to what
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  has been learned in the Old Testament in the Torah for these
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  religious leaders and for these Jewish people that knew what the
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  Lamb of God meant. And if you're listening and
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  you're saying, well, what does that mean?
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  Pastor Los in the Old Testament in Exodus chapter 12, if you if
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  you read through Exodus, God sends plagues upon Egypt and the
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  last plague that he sends is the Angel of death.
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  And the Angel of death is coming to kill every first born in
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  Egypt. And we learn that the Pharaoh
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  whose heart's hardened and who will not let the Israelite
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  people go, he has a first born that would be the heir to the
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  throne. And so God says this sends this
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  next plague, but he tells his chosen people that it's coming
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  in the way for the Angel of death to go over their home and
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  to not kill the first borns within their families.
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  He tells them to kill an unblemished lamb and to take the
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  blood of that lamb and to put it over their doorframes.
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  And so when the Angel of death comes to Egypt, it will go over
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  the homes that are covered in the unblemished lamb of God's
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  blood that's over their doorframe.
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  And this is a a depiction and a future shadowing prophecy of
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  Jesus, that Jesus is going to be the Lamb of God that dies for
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  the sin of the world, that his blood that was shed on the
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  cross. Now that when we put our faith
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  in Jesus that the Lamb of God now covers us, and when the
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  Angel of death comes, it goes over us because we are now saved
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  by the blood of Jesus. That Jesus is the perfect
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  unblemished Lamb of God that was sent to this world to die for
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  our sins. And just like in the Old
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  Testament that the unblemished lamb helped the Angel of death
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  go over the House of those that were covered by the Lamb's
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  blood. Now we who have put our faith in
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  Jesus are covered by the blood of Jesus.
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  And This is why this is so significant that John the
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  Baptist uses this language of Jesus.
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  Now when Jesus is coming toward them, he yells, look, the Lamb
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  of God who takes away the sin of the world.
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  But it's kind of interesting that sin is not is not plural.
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  It's not sins of the world. It's sin of the world that the
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  whole world is in, sin that every single person is in sin.
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  If you have not put your faith in Jesus, you are in sin that
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  you are spiritually dead. And without faith in Christ you
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  will stay spiritually dead. And after this life there is
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  only two options. And so for those who have put
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  their faith in Jesus, they find eternal life.
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  But as John is announcing to the crowd that here comes the Lamb
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  of God who takes away the sin of the world, that Jesus's death on
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  the cross was final. It was the the once and for all
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  sacrifice of God to clean the sin of the world.
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  That anyone who puts their faith in Jesus's life, death and
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  resurrection, that now you have eternal life because Jesus was
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  the perfect Lamb of God, the only one who could live a
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  perfect life and die a death that was unblemished with no
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  sin. Because he took our sin upon
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  himself and died a death that we deserve.
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  And now through our faith in him, because of three days
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  later, Jesus raises from the grave and now we are made right
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  with God our Father, and we are given eternal life.
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  And so the sin of the world Jesus had Jesus was sent by God
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  to be the Lamb of God to die a death that we deserve so that
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  three days later he could race from the grave, defeating sin
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  and death. And anyone who's put their faith
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  in him will receive eternal life.
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  In Romans 581 of my favorite verses it says but God
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  demonstrates his own love for us in this while we were still
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  sinners, Christ died for us. God demonstrated his love by
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  sending his Son to die a death that we deserve.
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  And while we were still rebellious, still wanting
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  nothing to do with God, still in our sin, He died for our sin.
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  And that through Jesus's death and resurrection, we put our
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  faith in him, we can have eternal life.
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  That God loved you and loves me so much, love this whole world
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  so much. That he sent his Son to die for
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  us. That while we were still
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  sinners, while we were still rebellious, while we still
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  wanted nothing to do with God, Christ died for us.
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  That's incredible. And I hope you don't forget that
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  truth today. And I hope if you're listening
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  to this and you have not put your faith in Jesus, I hope you
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  hear the truth of the gospel message today that Jesus loves
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  you, that He created you, that he died a death that you deserve
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  so that you could receive eternal life through your faith
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  in Him. That he was the Lamb of God.
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  That His blood covers you from the wrath and the judgment that
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  comes for those who do not put their faith in Jesus.
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  Because all of this world is in sin.
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  All of this world is broken. Everyone needs a Savior.
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  And I know who that Savior is. And I'm telling you right now
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  that His name is Jesus. Put your faith in him and
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  receive eternal life and be covered by his blood, that now
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  when God the Father looks down on you, he sees his unblemished
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  Lamb of God, He sees Jesus Christ.
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  But John continues to say in verse 30, he is the one I was
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  talking about when I said a man is coming after me who is far
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  greater than I am, for he existed long before me.
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  So John is reiterating the points he's been making over and
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  again when he said that I'm not even worthy to be his slave and
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  untie the straps of his sandal, that Jesus is God, that he is
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  God and flesh Emmanuel, as we've talked about over and over
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  again. And John is just reinstating
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  that you guys, these Pharisees who have come and asked him
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  these questions, questions of who are you?
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  He's like, listen, Jesus, the Lamb of God who takes away the
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  sin of the world. He is here, he is in the crowd,
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  here he comes, Behold him. Focus on him because he is the
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  one that I've been talking about, that this is the one
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  who's far greater than me, far greater than any of us.
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  He is the name above all names, that this is the Son of God.
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  And I love that John said I did not recognize him as the
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  Messiah. Even John is honest and
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  transparent about this, that he did not recognize Jesus as the
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  Messiah, the anointed, the one who was promised long ago.
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  But I have been baptizing with water so that he might be
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  revealed to Israel again. John the Baptist is the voice
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  shouting in the wilderness to prepare the way for the Messiah,
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  the Lord's coming, and Jesus is here.
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  John's saying he's here right now, behold him right here, that
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  I've been preaching this message, preparing the way for
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  the one who is far greater than I am, and he is with us.
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  And then John testified again, testifies about the truth I saw.
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  And so one thing I want to touch on, sorry before I dive in a
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  little bit more. This being stated, this timeline
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  when John now saw Jesus coming toward him, this took place post
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  John the Baptist baptizing Jesus in the timeline of the Gospel of
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  John. So when John is seeing Jesus
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  come towards him, this is post John baptizing Jesus and seeing
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  the events of of Jesus's baptism.
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  So this would even be post Jesus being tested in the wilderness
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  for 40 days and 40 nights. So this is post that, so now
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  we'll get back to it. So in verse 32, then John
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  testified, I saw the Holy Spirit descending like a dove from
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  heaven and resting upon him. So now John's starting to
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  explain and give a picture to what he experienced when he
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  baptized Jesus, which is incredible.
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  So John's saying, I saw the Holy Spirit descend like a dove from
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  heaven resting upon him. But verse 33, I didn't know he
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  was the one, but when God sent me to baptize with water, he
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  told me the one on whom you see the Spirit descend and rest is
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  the one who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.
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  So God is letting John know that the one who who the Holy Spirit
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  descends and rests upon that is the Messiah.
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  That's the anointed one. That's the one that I have sent
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  God with us, that He has come to be the Lamb of God to take away
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  the sin of the world. But it's interesting that God is
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  giving this to John to give him this for sure sign to know the
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  Messiah, that he'd be the one on whom the Holy Spirit descended
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  upon from heaven. John was a reliable witness
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  regarding Jesus because he had been confirming evidence from
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  God. John is saying God told me this
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  and then I saw this. So this is the truth of God,
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  that Jesus is the Messiah, the one we've been waiting for.
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  And that's just incredible that now we have John testifying of
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  Christ, that he's letting everyone know who's listening,
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  everyone he's been baptizing, that this is the one I've been
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  preparing the way for. Verse 34, I saw this happen to
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  Jesus, so I testify that he is the chosen 1 of God.
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  John again testifying to the truth that he has seen and I, I
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  just wanted to sit on that again, that witnessing
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  witnesses, witnesses, people who have witnesses, John saying I
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  have seen this. Witnesses are not neutral.
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  They're committed to the truth of their testimony or they are
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  unreliable witnesses. John was a reliable witness and
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  knew who Jesus was because of what he saw with his own eyes.
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  And going back to what we talked about now, week after week, you
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  have, if you've experienced Jesus, you've put your faith in
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  him. The Holy Spirit's filled you.
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  You've seen Jesus do what he's done in your life.
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  Go and testify about that, that you are a reliable witness
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  because you have Jesus living inside of you, that Jesus has
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  saved you, that you know the truth of God.
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  That is a miracle within itself, that the Holy Spirit has filled
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  you and given you an understanding of God's Word.
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  As we read in First Corinthians 118, the cross is foolishness to
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  those who are perishing that people who don't know Jesus,
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  people who the veil has not been lifted when they hear us talk
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  about that our God we worship sent himself in human form as a
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  baby to then live a perfect life, but then die on a cross
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  the worst way possible to die. But then three days later he
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  magically rose and gave him before that was born of a virgin
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  by the power of the Holy Spirit. People are like, that makes no
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  sense that the fact that our Savior died on a cross for us is
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  foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us, it's the
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  saving power of God that we fully believe it because we know
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  it's true 'cause we've experienced that truth, we've
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  read that truth, we've studied it.
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  And so I want to tell you today, you are a reliable witness.
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  Go testify about Jesus Christ to anyone and everyone, just as
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  John did, just as John is letting them know that this is
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  the Lamb of God, that he's the only one who can cover you, That
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  the Angel of death will come to every household and every person
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  in this world. That no one can escape death in
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  this world. But there is one who came and
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  died, but then rose again, that he defeated death and sin.
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  And if you put your faith in him, Angel of death will go
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  over, your household will go over.
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  Your life will not come and visit you because you will have
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  eternal life in Christ Jesus because of your faith in him.
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  And so that's my prayer today, that you realize that the
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  perfect Lamb of God has already come and has already rose from
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  the grave and now is sitting at the right hand throne of God.
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  And if you put your faith in him, you will receive eternal
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  life. The Lamb of God is worthy of our
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  praise and he is the one who takes away the sin of the world.
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  Praise Jesus. Thank you Jesus, I love you so
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  much. I thank you guys for being here
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  with me. We'll get back at it next week
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  and keep going through this gospel.
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  John, I hope you're enjoying this.
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  I love you guys. Let me pray for you so we can
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  get up out of here. Lord Jesus, we love you and God
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  we thank you for who you are. God, thank you for sending your
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  son Jesus. And Jesus, thank you for being
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  the perfect Lamb of God to die a death that we deserve.
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  Lord, that we're unworthy of. But that's who you are, that you
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  sent your son 'cause you love the world that much, that while
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  we were still sinners, you demonstrated your love in this,
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  that you sent your Son to die for our sin.
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  And I thank you so much. The Holy Spirit continue to fill
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  me and lead me into all truth that reminds me of who you are,
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  that fills me with the truth of God.
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  That I can go out and be a testifier to anyone and everyone
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  who does not know the hope that I carry, that I can spread the
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  good news so that hopefully others will come to put their
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  faith in you, Jesus, and receive eternal life.
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  We love you, we thank you, and we pray.
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  All this in Jesus name, Amen. I love you guys, God bless.