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Dr. Robert Jeffress | Robert Jeffress - This Man Jesus | December 3, 2024
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- [announcer] from the pulpit of the first baptist church
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- Of dallas, texas,
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- This is "pathway to victory" with dr. robert jeffress.
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- Hi, i am robert jeffress,
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- And welcome again to "pathway to victory."
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- Hope is a powerful force,
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- But not all hope is created equally.
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- There's a crucial distinction between genuine hope
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- And mere wishful thinking,
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- Especially when it comes to matters of faith and eternity.
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- Today, i'll share why placing our hope in jesus christ
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- Isn't just another form of wishful thinking,
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- But a decision with profound implications
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- For our lives and our eternal destiny.
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- My message is titled "this man jesus"
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- On today's edition of "pathway to victory."
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- [announcer] the celebration of jesus' birth
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- Each christmas marks the moment when god's radiant hope
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- Entered our world,
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- And jesus calls us to share this light with others.
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- You can help pierce the darkness with the light
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- Of god's word through the "pathway to victory"
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- Light the darkness matching challenge.
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- Since 1996, "pathway to victory" has been boldly
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- Sharing the gospel of jesus christ,
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- And your gift, doubled in impact,
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- Will be used to proclaim god's truth
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- Here in america and around the world.
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- [announcer] faith can sometimes be harmful.
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- In fact, faith can actually destroy you.
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- If you don't believe that,
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- Ask the victims of the seven people
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- Who were killed in chicago in 1982.
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- You may remember the story,
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- A killer randomly laced tylenol caplets with cyanide,
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- And these seven unsuspecting victims purchased the tablets,
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- And believing that these caplets would actually
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- Help them feel better,
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- They took those caplets in good faith,
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- Not realizing that in fact they were ingesting poison.
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- They had faith in that tylenol pill,
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- But it was a misplaced faith,
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- And the results were catastrophic.
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- You see, our faith is only as good
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- And as trustworthy as the object of our faith
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- Is good and trustworthy.
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- Let me ask you this morning, what are you trusting in?
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- What do you have faith in to lead you
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- Through the dark tunnel of your death one day?
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- You know it's inevitable, the bible says, hebrews 9:27,
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- We are all going to die.
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- No one gets out of this world alive.
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- Have you come to grips with that fact
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- That you are going to die?
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- If you don't believe we're all going to die,
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- I encourage you just to think about people you know
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- Who were here this time last year
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- Who are no longer alive today.
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- How many of you know someone who has died in the past year
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- Who is no longer here?
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- The fact is we are all going to die.
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- But not only that, hebrews 9:27 says it's not only
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- Appointed every man wants to die,
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- But also to face god's judgment.
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- We are all going to have god evaluate our lives,
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- And the result of god's judgment
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- Is either going to end in eternal heaven
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- Or in eternal separation from god in hell.
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- Where is your faith?
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- What are you trusting in
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- To survive god's holy judgment of your life?
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- Some people are trusting in their relative goodness.
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- They say "i may not be perfect,
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- But i'm not a murderer or a rapist or a drug dealer.
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- I keep the 10 commandments as best as i can.
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- I'm a pretty good person."
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- That is a misplaced faith
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- Because romans 3:10 says
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- There's not one righteous among us.
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- No, not even one.
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- Some people are trusting in the fact
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- That they grew up in a christian home.
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- Well i had a christian mother, a christian father,
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- My granddaddy was a pastor.
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- I'm trusting in my christian heritage.
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- That is a misplaced faith.
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- John 3:3 says unless we are born again individually,
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- We cannot enter the kingdom of god.
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- I like what evangelist luis palau says.
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- He says, "god has no grandchildren."
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- There's only one way to be in god's family.
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- There's only one way to be rightly related to god.
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- It's not through another person.
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- It is by being a child of god yourself.
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- Some people are trusting that they're going to make it
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- Through god's judgment because of their church membership
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- Or because they were baptized one day,
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- But that is a misplaced faith.
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- Titus 3:5 says we are saved not by the washing of water,
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- But by the regeneration of the holy spirit.
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- What are you trusting in? where is your faith?
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- What is the object of your faith to survive death
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- And god's judgment?
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- In the passage we're going to look at today,
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- The apostle peter tells us that the life, the death,
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- The resurrection of jesus christ make jesus alone
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- The object worthy of our faith for life and for eternity.
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- If you have your bibles today,
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- I want you to turn to acts 2, acts 2,
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- As we look at this man, jesus.
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- Now acts 2 records the events at pentecost,
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- And let me set up the scene here
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- So you can understand exactly what is going on.
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- Pentecost was one of the three feasts
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- That the jews celebrated in jerusalem every year,
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- And hundreds of thousands of people,
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- Jews from all over the world would come
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- To pentecost, pente meaning 50.
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- It occurred 50 days after the first fruit's sacrifice,
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- And so you had these hundreds of thousands of people coming
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- To jerusalem as they had every year for hundreds of years,
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- But this was no ordinary pentecostal celebration
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- Because all of jerusalem was still abuzz
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- With what had happened in the city
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- Just a few weeks earlier.
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- Everyone was chattering about this man, jesus,
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- Jesus of nazareth.
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- They were talking about his death.
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- They were talking about his resurrection.
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- They were talking about his ascension into heaven
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- That had just happened a week and a half earlier
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- Before this, everybody was talking about jesus.
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- Meanwhile, the apostles were obeying
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- Christ's instruction
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- He had given them a week and a half earlier.
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- Remember before jesus ascended into heaven
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- On the mount of olives?
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- He told his disciples,
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- "now you go wait in the upper room,
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- And while you're waiting there,
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- Wait for the holy spirit to come,
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- And when the holy spirit comes,
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- You will be baptized with the holy spirit of god
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- And you will be empowered
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- To go take the gospel throughout the entire world."
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- And so when we come to acts 2,
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- We have the jews at the temple getting ready
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- To celebrate the festival of pentecost.
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- You have the disciples in the upper room awaiting the coming
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- Of the holy spirit,
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- And the first 11 verses of acts 2 tell us
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- That the holy spirit of god came just like he promised,
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- And he filled the apostles, he empowered them,
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- And when they received the gift of the holy spirit,
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- They left the upper room
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- And made that short journey to the steps of the temple.
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- Look at the heart of the message beginning in verse 22.
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- "men of israel, listen to these words, jesus the nazarene,
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- A man attested to you by god with miracles and wonders
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- And signs which god performed through him in your midst,
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- Just as you yourselves know,
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- This man delivered over by the predetermined plan
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- And foreknowledge of god,
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- You nailed to a cross by the hands
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- Of godless men and you put him to death.
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- But god raised him up again,
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- Putting an end to the agony of death
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- Since it is impossible for him to be held in its power."
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- The very first sermon in the history of the church
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- That was preached was not about the words of jesus,
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- But the works of jesus.
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- It was not a sermon about jesus, the great teacher.
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- Peter didn't stand before the people and said,
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- "now you all be nice to one another,
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- Be nice and kind and loving to one another."
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- Why didn't he talk about that?
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- Because he was talking to unbelievers.
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- He was talking to unregenerate people.
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- They didn't have the power to live by the words of jesus.
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- He didn't talk about jesus the great teacher.
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- He talked about jesus the savior of the world.
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- He said, "this man, jesus, the one you are talking about,
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- The one who just weeks ago died and rose again
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- And you all saw ascend into heaven,
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- You've got to make a decision about who this jesus is."
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- Was he just some self deluded teacher
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- Who thought he was the messiah?
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- Was he the greatest religious charlatan
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- In the history of mankind?
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- Or was he who he said he was,
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- The long-awaited messiah who came and died
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- And rose again that we might have eternal life?
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- It's time, peter said, for you to make a decision.
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- And he said, "before you make that decision,
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- I want you to consider three things about this man, jesus."
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- First of all, look at his miraculous life.
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- Look at verse 22.
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- "men of israel, listen to these words. jesus the nazarene,
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- A man attested to you by god with miracles and wonders
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- And signs which god performed through him in your midst,
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- Just as you yourselves know."
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- Think about his miraculous works, ladies and gentlemen,
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- You cannot ignore the miraculous life of jesus.
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- But peter says, "just don't recognize his miraculous life.
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- Remember his atoning death."
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- Look at verse 23, "this man, jesus,
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- Delivered over by the predetermined plan
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- And foreknowledge of god,
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- You nailed to a cross by the hands of godless men
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- And you put him to death."
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- Now you know that took guts for peter to say
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- Because peter was looking into the eyes of the very people
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- Who weeks earlier had cried out "crucify him, crucify him."
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- It was that group to whom peter was preaching,
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- And he said, "you are sinful, angry men.
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- You nailed him to the cross."
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- But he said this was no accident.
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- Jesus christ was no victim.
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- Jesus was delivered up.
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- That word delivered means surrendered.
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- That is god voluntarily surrendered jesus to be executed.
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- He not only surrendered him to be executed,
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- He planned for his own son's death.
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- The bible says in verse 23 here,
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- Christ's death was no accident.
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- Jesus was no victim.
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- All of this was according to the predetermined plan
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- And foreknowledge of god.
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- People say, "well foreknowledge means god just knew
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- Ahead of time what was going to happen."
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- No, it doesn't mean he knew what was going to happen.
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- It means he planned what was going to happen.
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- All of this was according to the predetermined plan of god.
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- In fact, the evidence of that is in the hundreds
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- Of prophecies about the life and death
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- And resurrection of christ that you find written
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- Hundreds of years earlier in the old testament.
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- Just consider,
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- Just consider some of the prophecies in the old testament
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- About the atoning death of jesus christ.
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- For example, zacharia 11:12,
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- Written 500 and some odd years before the birth of christ.
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- Zacharia 11:12 says messiah would be betrayed
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- For 30 pieces of silver.
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- Or psalm 22:16 says when he died,
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- Messiah would have his hands
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- And his feet pierced, describing crucifixion.
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- You say, "well, what's the big deal about that?"
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- Psalm 22 was written 1,000 years before jesus lived,
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- Before crucifixion had even been invented,
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- And yet the pslamists under inspiration
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- Predicted the manner in which christ would die.
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- In psalm 22:18,
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- It says that his clothes would be divided up
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- And the soldiers would cast lots for it.
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- All of that 1,000 before christ died.
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- Psalm 34:20 says no bone in his body would be broken.
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- Isaiah 53:12 says he would be crucified between two thieves.
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- Think about that.
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- Isaiah was written 740 years before christ was born,
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- And yet isaiah prophesied he would be crucified
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- Between two thieves.
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- Amos 8:9 says that when he died,
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- A great darkness would envelop the earth.
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- And of course, isaiah 53:9 says
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- That he would be buried in a rich man's tomb
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- 700 years before the fact.
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- This was no accident.
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- The death of jesus christ was god's plan,
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- Not just for the salvation of the world,
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- But for your salvation as well.
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- And that's the heart of the gospel, ladies and gentlemen.
- 00:13:08.510 --> 00:13:11.347
- The bible says all of us have sinned.
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- You don't need me to tell you that, do you?
- 00:13:14.416 --> 00:13:17.386
- We've all sinned. we've all fallen short god's plan.
- 00:13:17.386 --> 00:13:22.258
- We all deserve god's eternal judgment.
- 00:13:22.258 --> 00:13:24.760
- But romans 5:8 says
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- God demonstrated his love toward us,
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- And that while we were yet sinners,
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- He sent christ to die for us.
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- In some inexplicable way,
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- When jesus hung on the cross, he took the punishment,
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- The wrath of god that you and i deserve.
- 00:13:39.842 --> 00:13:43.145
- And that's why the scripture says in isaiah 53
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- For he was pierced through for our transgressions,
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- He was wounded for our iniquities.
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- The chastening of our wellbeing fell upon him,
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- By his stripes, we are healed.
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- All we like sheep have gone astray.
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- We have turned every one of us into his own way,
- 00:13:58.494 --> 00:14:01.697
- But the lord has laid upon him, jesus, the iniquity,
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- The sin of us all.
- 00:14:06.468 --> 00:14:08.671
- And when i believe,
- 00:14:08.671 --> 00:14:09.905
- Except the fact that jesus died for me
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- When i quit trusting in my own righteousness,
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- My church membership, my relative goodness,
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- But put my full faith and trust in him,
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- I no longer have to fear the judgment of god
- 00:14:20.082 --> 00:14:23.152
- For all the judgment of god
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- That i deserved, jesus christ endured for me.
- 00:14:24.787 --> 00:14:28.490
- And that's why jesus said in john 5:24,
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- "truly, truly i say unto you, everyone who hears my word
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- And believes him who sent me has eternal life
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- And shall not come into judgment,
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- But has passed from death unto life."
- 00:14:38.934 --> 00:14:41.337
- In john 3:16, for god so loved the world, jesus said,
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- That he sent his only begotten son
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- That whoever believes on, clings to,
- 00:14:47.509 --> 00:14:49.778
- Trusts in him shall not perish,
- 00:14:49.778 --> 00:14:52.815
- But shall have eternal life.
- 00:14:53.415 --> 00:14:55.651
- Jesus atoning death.
- 00:14:56.118 --> 00:14:58.620
- Ladies and gentlemen, it was no accident
- 00:14:58.620 --> 00:15:01.290
- That jesus' atoning work on the cross
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- Was performed on the day and the hour that it was.
- 00:15:03.959 --> 00:15:08.263
- Now stay with me on this.
- 00:15:08.263 --> 00:15:09.999
- We know that jesus died on friday afternoon.
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- John's gospel tells us that it was the friday
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- Of the preparation of the passover.
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- The passover would begin at sunset friday evening,
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- And so the jews were busy making
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- Preparation for the celebration of the passover,
- 00:15:26.648 --> 00:15:29.018
- What was the passover?
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- You remember the story?
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- More than 1,000 years earlier,
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- The israelites had been in egyptian *******, and remember,
- 00:15:35.224 --> 00:15:39.461
- God sent 10 plagues to try to convince pharaoh
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- To let the people go,
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- And the climactic plague god sent was the death angel.
- 00:15:43.732 --> 00:15:48.137
- And god said to the egyptians and the israelites,
- 00:15:48.137 --> 00:15:51.106
- "i'm going to send the angel of death
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- And he will strike the firstborn in every household dead."
- 00:15:53.008 --> 00:15:56.412
- But he said to the israelites,
- 00:15:56.412 --> 00:15:58.447
- "if you want to escape my judgment, you need to do this.
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- Take a lamb, an innocent lamb, a blameless lamb,
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- And take that lamb that is free from any blemish
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- And sacrifice it, kill it,
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- And then take the blood of that lamb
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- And put it on the doorpost of your house."
- 00:16:13.996 --> 00:16:16.865
- And he gave them the way to do it in such a way
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- That it would form a cross.
- 00:16:19.301 --> 00:16:20.636
- Now remember, this is more than 1,000 years
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- Before jesus.
- 00:16:22.504 --> 00:16:23.806
- And god said, "when the angel of death comes,
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- When i see the blood on your house,
- 00:16:26.608 --> 00:16:28.644
- I will pass over you in judgment."
- 00:16:28.644 --> 00:16:32.514
- For 1,000 years,
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- The jewish people have been celebrating that night.
- 00:16:34.283 --> 00:16:37.453
- Today, they celebrated it this weekend.
- 00:16:37.453 --> 00:16:39.721
- They no longer celebrate it with a lamb
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- Because there is no temple in which to sacrifice that lamb.
- 00:16:42.791 --> 00:16:46.095
- But in jesus' day, and for hundreds of years,
- 00:16:46.095 --> 00:16:49.264
- They would take that lamb on friday
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- And they would take it to the temple
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- To be killed by a priest,
- 00:16:53.135 --> 00:16:54.970
- And then they would take that lamb that had been slain home
- 00:16:54.970 --> 00:16:58.574
- And they would eat the passover meal on friday night.
- 00:16:58.574 --> 00:17:02.211
- Now stay with me on this.
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- The bible said there was only a certain period of time,
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- Jewish law said there was only a certain period
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- Of time in which that lamb could be slain
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- On the day of the preparation
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- Of the passover from 3:00 to 5:00,
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- Those are the two hours you had
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- To bring your lamb to the temple.
- 00:17:18.026 --> 00:17:21.063
- Think of the scene on that friday,
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- Hundreds of thousands of jews packed into jerusalem
- 00:17:22.998 --> 00:17:26.768
- Coming from all over
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- To bring their passover lamb,
- 00:17:27.970 --> 00:17:29.938
- Waiting for that appointed hour
- 00:17:29.938 --> 00:17:31.607
- When the priest would sacrifice the lamb.
- 00:17:31.607 --> 00:17:35.077
- And at the very moment,
- 00:17:35.077 --> 00:17:37.246
- The very time that hundreds of thousands of innocent lambs
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- Were being slain in the temple court,
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- Jesus christ, the perfect lamb of god
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- Who takes away the sins of the world, at 3:00,
- 00:17:48.790 --> 00:17:51.894
- When that sacrifice time began,
- 00:17:51.894 --> 00:17:54.029
- Jesus cried out with a loud voice, "tetelestai,"
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- Paid in full.
- 00:17:57.933 --> 00:18:01.436
- It is no accident
- 00:18:01.436 --> 00:18:03.005
- Jesus died at 3:00 pm on the friday afternoon at passover.
- 00:18:03.005 --> 00:18:07.109
- He is our passover lamb.
- 00:18:07.109 --> 00:18:09.144
- It is through faith in him
- 00:18:09.144 --> 00:18:11.046
- That we receive a reprieve from god's judgment.
- 00:18:11.046 --> 00:18:14.082
- God says to every one of us,
- 00:18:14.082 --> 00:18:15.717
- "when i see the blood of christ on your life,
- 00:18:15.717 --> 00:18:18.754
- I will pass over you in judgment."
- 00:18:18.754 --> 00:18:22.191
- There is no condemnation,
- 00:18:22.191 --> 00:18:23.825
- Paul says, awaiting those who belong to christ jesus.
- 00:18:23.825 --> 00:18:28.397
- That is christ's atoning work.
- 00:18:28.397 --> 00:18:31.567
- But fortunately the story doesn't stop there, does it?
- 00:18:32.668 --> 00:18:36.638
- Peter says don't only consider his miraculous life
- 00:18:36.638 --> 00:18:39.508
- And his atoning death,
- 00:18:39.508 --> 00:18:40.976
- But also don't forget his supernatural resurrection.
- 00:18:40.976 --> 00:18:45.647
- His supernatural resurrection.
- 00:18:45.647 --> 00:18:47.249
- Look at verse 24, "but god raised him up again,
- 00:18:47.249 --> 00:18:51.253
- Putting an end to the agony of death
- 00:18:51.253 --> 00:18:53.755
- Since it was impossible for him to be held in its power."
- 00:18:53.755 --> 00:18:58.727
- In our series in 1 corinthians on sunday nights,
- 00:18:58.727 --> 00:19:01.063
- We've looked in 1 corinthians 15,
- 00:19:01.063 --> 00:19:03.432
- The evidence for the resurrection of jesus christ.
- 00:19:03.432 --> 00:19:06.435
- How do we know this wasn't just some mythological appendage
- 00:19:06.435 --> 00:19:10.305
- Attached to the gospels?
- 00:19:10.305 --> 00:19:11.573
- How do we know it really happened?
- 00:19:11.573 --> 00:19:13.442
- Paul says in 1 corinthians 15, think about it.
- 00:19:13.442 --> 00:19:15.811
- He appeared to more than 500 eyewitnesses.
- 00:19:15.811 --> 00:19:19.748
- Or think about the change,
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- The overnight change in the apostles
- 00:19:21.483 --> 00:19:23.819
- And what is it that changed them
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- From spineless cowards into courageous offenders
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- Of the faith, overnight they were changed.
- 00:19:29.024 --> 00:19:31.193
- Of course, the greatest evidence
- 00:19:31.193 --> 00:19:32.728
- For the resurrection is the empty tomb.
- 00:19:32.728 --> 00:19:35.831
- And the bible says that is the proof
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- That he is the son of god.
- 00:19:38.367 --> 00:19:40.335
- It's interesting to me here,
- 00:19:40.335 --> 00:19:41.770
- When peter talks about this, in this great sermon,
- 00:19:41.770 --> 00:19:44.840
- He doesn't preach a sermon on the evidences
- 00:19:44.840 --> 00:19:47.142
- For the resurrection.
- 00:19:47.142 --> 00:19:48.310
- You know why? nobody doubted it.
- 00:19:48.310 --> 00:19:50.679
- Romans 4:25 says about jesus, he was delivered up.
- 00:19:50.679 --> 00:19:54.883
- That is he was delivered to the cross
- 00:19:54.883 --> 00:19:56.585
- For our transgressions,
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- But he was raised up for our justification.
- 00:19:57.886 --> 00:20:02.324
- The fact that jesus has been raised up from the dead
- 00:20:02.324 --> 00:20:05.694
- Is god's way of saying that
- 00:20:05.694 --> 00:20:08.330
- That payment has truly been paid in full.
- 00:20:08.330 --> 00:20:13.735
- That's what the resurrection means.
- 00:20:14.503 --> 00:20:15.637
- It is evidence of christ's deity,
- 00:20:15.637 --> 00:20:17.639
- But also his sufficiency for our sins.
- 00:20:17.639 --> 00:20:20.809
- And that means we no longer, ladies and gentlemen,
- 00:20:20.809 --> 00:20:23.645
- Have to be held down by the fear
- 00:20:23.645 --> 00:20:25.447
- Or the terror of death.
- 00:20:25.447 --> 00:20:27.482
- We know that we have life eternal
- 00:20:27.482 --> 00:20:29.751
- Because of what christ has done for us.
- 00:20:29.751 --> 00:20:32.621
- Remember martha, her sister mary, their brother lazarus,
- 00:20:32.621 --> 00:20:36.258
- Were jesus' closest friends here on earth.
- 00:20:36.258 --> 00:20:40.062
- Word came to jesus that lazarus had died,
- 00:20:40.062 --> 00:20:42.364
- And so jesus made his way to their home in bethany.
- 00:20:42.364 --> 00:20:45.133
- And as he was approaching the home,
- 00:20:45.133 --> 00:20:46.835
- Martha came out and she started to blame the lord.
- 00:20:46.835 --> 00:20:49.638
- And she said, "lord, if you had been here,
- 00:20:49.638 --> 00:20:52.174
- Our brother would not have died."
- 00:20:52.174 --> 00:20:54.376
- Remember what jesus said?
- 00:20:54.943 --> 00:20:56.211
- He said, "your brother will rise again."
- 00:20:56.211 --> 00:20:57.813
- And martha shot back,
- 00:20:57.813 --> 00:20:59.281
- "oh, i know about all that resurrection stuff, jesus,
- 00:20:59.281 --> 00:21:01.983
- But i'm hurting right now."
- 00:21:01.983 --> 00:21:04.519
- Jesus said, "martha, look at me. look at me.
- 00:21:04.519 --> 00:21:08.724
- I am the resurrection in the life.
- 00:21:08.724 --> 00:21:11.793
- He who believes in me, though he were dead,
- 00:21:11.793 --> 00:21:14.930
- Yet shall he live again."
- 00:21:14.930 --> 00:21:16.998
- And then he added the question,
- 00:21:17.632 --> 00:21:18.834
- "martha, do you believe?
- 00:21:18.834 --> 00:21:21.903
- Do you believe?
- 00:21:22.270 --> 00:21:23.538
- You've been around me for three years,
- 00:21:24.373 --> 00:21:25.707
- But do you believe?
- 00:21:25.707 --> 00:21:28.176
- You've heard me teach, but do you believe?
- 00:21:29.077 --> 00:21:33.081
- You've seen these miracles i perform, but do you believe?
- 00:21:34.216 --> 00:21:37.719
- Do you really believe?"
- 00:21:37.719 --> 00:21:40.822
- I believe the lord would say the same thing to you today.
- 00:21:41.957 --> 00:21:46.027
- You've heard the resurrection story over and over
- 00:21:47.062 --> 00:21:50.365
- And over again,
- 00:21:50.365 --> 00:21:52.567
- But do you really believe?
- 00:21:53.135 --> 00:21:56.271
- Do you believe enough to pin your hopes
- 00:21:57.139 --> 00:22:00.108
- Of the future on the death of jesus christ for your sins?
- 00:22:00.108 --> 00:22:05.080
- If you're trusting in your own goodness,
- 00:22:05.947 --> 00:22:08.917
- If you're trusting in your religious heritage,
- 00:22:08.917 --> 00:22:11.753
- If you're just trusting in your baptism
- 00:22:11.753 --> 00:22:13.255
- Or some other act of righteousness to save you,
- 00:22:13.255 --> 00:22:16.691
- Your faith is a misplaced faith.
- 00:22:16.691 --> 00:22:20.495
- Jesus and jesus alone is worthy of your trust.
- 00:22:21.430 --> 00:22:26.535
- My friend erwin lutzer writes these very convicting words.
- 00:22:27.702 --> 00:22:32.274
- "five minutes after you die,
- 00:22:32.874 --> 00:22:35.477
- You will either have had your first glimpse of heaven
- 00:22:36.511 --> 00:22:38.980
- With its euphoria and bliss,
- 00:22:38.980 --> 00:22:41.516
- Or your first genuine experience
- 00:22:41.516 --> 00:22:43.985
- Of unrelenting horror and regret.
- 00:22:43.985 --> 00:22:48.023
- Either way, your final destiny is unchangeable."
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- ♪ music ♪
- 00:22:53.662 --> 00:22:56.465
- When peter finished his message,
- 00:22:56.465 --> 00:22:58.467
- Luke says the people were pierced to their hearts
- 00:22:58.467 --> 00:23:01.870
- And they cried out, "peter, what shall we do?"
- 00:23:01.870 --> 00:23:04.573
- And peter said, "repent and be baptized
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- Each one of you in the name of jesus christ
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- For the remission of your sins."
- 00:23:11.813 --> 00:23:18.720
- May god use these words from scripture
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- To pierce the hearts of people
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- All across our nation and around the world.
- 00:23:23.959 --> 00:23:26.995
- Jesus alone is worthy of our affection and our trust.
- 00:23:26.995 --> 00:23:31.399
- Well as christmas approaches,
- 00:23:31.399 --> 00:23:32.968
- We remember that jesus' birth
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- Was more than a historical event.
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- It was the fulfillment of a divine plan
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- To bring light into a world shadowed by sin and despair.
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- Makes an ideal christmas gift
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- For loved ones who want to grow in their faith too.
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- Of all the god could have revealed himself to us,
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- He chose to do it through the written word,
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- And that's why it's so important for you
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- And for me to set aside regular time
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- To read the word of god.
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- [announcer] every season carries an uplifting theme.
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- Begin the new year by exploring god's will for your life.
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- In spring and summer, grow stronger in christ
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- With insights from colossians.
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- And in the fall and winter,
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- Embrace the father who loves you
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- With inspirational readings based on the parable
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- Of the prodigal son.
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- When the day-to-day problems of life feel overwhelming,
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- Take a moment to anchor yourself in the calming truth
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- Of god's word with the brand new 2025
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- "pathway to victory" daily devotion.
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- Your gift of support not only provides you
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- With this life-giving resource,
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- It empowers us to spread the hope-filled message
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- Of jesus christ as well.
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- Thank you for supporting the ministry
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- Of "pathway to victory."
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- Paul didn't emphasize jesus the great teacher.
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- He emphasized jesus the savior of the world.
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- So now it's time for you to decide who this man jesus was.
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- Was he a narcissist who thought he was god?
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- Was he the greatest religious charlatan who ever lived?
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- Or was he who he claimed to be, the long awaited messiah?
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- Clearly, he's the latter,
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- And may plans to join me next time when we'll journey back
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- To biblical times to witness the birth of this messiah.
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- The story begins not in bethlehem,
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- But hundreds of miles away
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- In the seat of world power, ancient rome.
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- Stay tuned for a preview
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- Of what's coming up next in our series,
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- "the incomparable christ."
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- Now what i want you to think about for a moment is
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- How god used natural events
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- To bring about his supernatural plan.
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- Think about this.
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- With one stroke of the pen,
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- Caesar augustus hundreds of miles away,
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- The most powerful man in the world,
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- With one stroke of his pen,
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- He signed an edict that would have ramifications
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- He could have never imagined.
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- [announcer] set your dvr and join us next time
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- For the message "back to bethlehem"
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- Here on "pathway to victory."
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