1 00:00:01,276 --> 00:00:06,507 I simply want to deal with: 2 00:00:06,507 --> 00:00:15,468 "one Lord" in verse 5. 3 00:00:15,468 --> 00:00:17,519 Beginning in verse 4, there is 4 00:00:17,519 --> 00:00:21,779 "one body and one Spirit 5 00:00:21,779 --> 00:00:23,918 just as you were called to the one hope 6 00:00:23,918 --> 00:00:26,836 that belongs to your call. 7 00:00:26,836 --> 00:00:32,389 One Lord, one faith, one baptism, 8 00:00:32,389 --> 00:00:36,288 one God and Father of all who is over all 9 00:00:36,288 --> 00:00:44,698 and through all and in all." 10 00:00:44,698 --> 00:00:48,177 Father, I ask You for the help 11 00:00:48,177 --> 00:00:52,068 that we need to embrace this, 12 00:00:52,068 --> 00:00:55,039 to know this. 13 00:00:55,039 --> 00:00:59,739 I want to be able to say to my brethren here 14 00:00:59,739 --> 00:01:01,997 what needs to be said, 15 00:01:01,997 --> 00:01:03,826 what should be said, 16 00:01:03,826 --> 00:01:08,395 what honors You to have said. 17 00:01:08,395 --> 00:01:10,938 I pray, Lord, take our minds, 18 00:01:10,938 --> 00:01:13,428 take our thoughts, guide them. 19 00:01:13,428 --> 00:01:16,260 We pray, Lord, for an endowment 20 00:01:16,260 --> 00:01:22,528 of the Spirit's working and power and energy 21 00:01:22,528 --> 00:01:24,488 so as to transform, 22 00:01:24,488 --> 00:01:26,177 so as to fill our minds 23 00:01:26,177 --> 00:01:29,926 with the spirit of wisdom and of revelation 24 00:01:29,926 --> 00:01:32,339 in the knowledge of Him. 25 00:01:32,339 --> 00:01:33,952 Expand our understanding. 26 00:01:33,952 --> 00:01:35,408 Expand our minds. 27 00:01:35,408 --> 00:01:38,199 Expand our thoughts. 28 00:01:38,199 --> 00:01:41,930 Expand our awe, our worship. 29 00:01:41,930 --> 00:01:45,905 I pray in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. 30 00:01:45,905 --> 00:01:49,507 Amen. 31 00:01:49,507 --> 00:01:52,309 One Lord. 32 00:01:52,309 --> 00:01:54,396 It's concise. 33 00:01:54,396 --> 00:01:56,900 He just says it. 34 00:01:56,900 --> 00:01:58,487 I know that's not all he says, 35 00:01:58,487 --> 00:02:00,497 but that's all he says about the one Lord. 36 00:02:00,497 --> 00:02:01,608 Just bang! 37 00:02:01,608 --> 00:02:03,379 Right before that, it was one hope. 38 00:02:03,379 --> 00:02:06,067 Right after that, it's one faith. 39 00:02:06,067 --> 00:02:08,146 Different things. 40 00:02:08,146 --> 00:02:15,037 He's got seven specific unique "ones" 41 00:02:15,037 --> 00:02:16,167 that he throws at us. 42 00:02:16,167 --> 00:02:19,099 There's one Lord. 43 00:02:19,099 --> 00:02:20,599 No definition. 44 00:02:20,599 --> 00:02:22,246 No information. 45 00:02:22,246 --> 00:02:24,572 Just that. 46 00:02:24,572 --> 00:02:28,096 One Lord. 47 00:02:28,096 --> 00:02:30,277 It's kind of like the Lord's Day. 48 00:02:30,277 --> 00:02:31,497 I've thought about this. 49 00:02:31,497 --> 00:02:34,248 We build whole doctrines around the Lord's Day, 50 00:02:34,248 --> 00:02:37,209 but you know "Lord's Day" is only used once in the Bible. 51 00:02:37,209 --> 00:02:39,069 It's very interesting, it's used 52 00:02:39,069 --> 00:02:43,699 as John is writing and talking 53 00:02:43,699 --> 00:02:46,558 about Jesus walking amidst the candlesticks 54 00:02:46,558 --> 00:02:48,850 and Jesus Himself is going to deliver 55 00:02:48,850 --> 00:02:52,027 these seven epistles to these seven churches. 56 00:02:52,027 --> 00:02:53,890 And John says, "I was in the Spirit 57 00:02:53,890 --> 00:02:55,668 on the Lord's Day." 58 00:02:55,668 --> 00:02:57,438 He doesn't define "Lord's Day." 59 00:02:57,438 --> 00:02:59,568 You know when you're talking to God's people 60 00:02:59,568 --> 00:03:01,472 and you don't define things, 61 00:03:01,472 --> 00:03:03,888 it's typically because the author, 62 00:03:03,888 --> 00:03:05,651 the writer assumes 63 00:03:05,651 --> 00:03:08,588 that the people to whom he's writing 64 00:03:08,588 --> 00:03:11,677 understand what he's talking about. 65 00:03:11,677 --> 00:03:16,088 And the thing is if we had just actually 66 00:03:16,088 --> 00:03:20,009 read from the very first verse of Ephesians 67 00:03:20,009 --> 00:03:23,949 all the way up to chapter 4:5, 68 00:03:23,949 --> 00:03:25,841 there would be no doubt in our minds 69 00:03:25,841 --> 00:03:28,846 about who Paul was talking about. 70 00:03:28,846 --> 00:03:32,519 You know, but let's be certain 71 00:03:32,519 --> 00:03:33,949 about who he's talking about 72 00:03:33,949 --> 00:03:40,249 because the reality is arguably 73 00:03:40,249 --> 00:03:43,039 Paul uses the term "Lord" 74 00:03:43,039 --> 00:03:45,688 with regards to the Spirit and the Father. 75 00:03:45,688 --> 00:03:52,158 I say arguably because it's not super clear 76 00:03:52,158 --> 00:03:58,518 and depending on the translation you have, it's difficult. 77 00:03:58,518 --> 00:04:01,253 For that matter though, it's not difficult 78 00:04:01,253 --> 00:04:06,930 when Jesus looks up there in Matthew 11 79 00:04:06,930 --> 00:04:08,731 speaking to His Father 80 00:04:08,731 --> 00:04:10,092 and He calls His Father 81 00:04:10,092 --> 00:04:12,059 "Lord of Heaven and earth." 82 00:04:12,059 --> 00:04:15,930 So that name, that title is used 83 00:04:15,930 --> 00:04:23,326 probably of the Spirit in 2 Corinthians 3:17-18. 84 00:04:23,326 --> 00:04:26,038 Probably Paul uses it with regards 85 00:04:26,038 --> 00:04:36,920 to the Father in 2 Corinthians 6 towards the end. 86 00:04:36,920 --> 00:04:41,304 But by and large, Paul uses the term 87 00:04:41,304 --> 00:04:45,790 250 to 300 times 88 00:04:45,790 --> 00:04:48,768 and usually there is no question 89 00:04:48,768 --> 00:04:50,339 about who he has in mind 90 00:04:50,339 --> 00:04:51,909 when he uses this term. 91 00:04:51,909 --> 00:04:55,431 But look at Ephesians 1:2. 92 00:04:55,431 --> 00:04:57,658 "Grace to you and peace 93 00:04:57,658 --> 00:05:00,450 from God our Father 94 00:05:00,450 --> 00:05:03,179 and the Lord Jesus Christ." 95 00:05:03,179 --> 00:05:04,420 And again in verse 3, 96 00:05:04,420 --> 00:05:06,429 "Blessed be the God and Father 97 00:05:06,429 --> 00:05:08,832 of our Lord Jesus Christ." 98 00:05:08,832 --> 00:05:11,159 You see, when he speaks of the Father, 99 00:05:11,159 --> 00:05:12,269 he calls Him God. 100 00:05:12,269 --> 00:05:14,427 When he speaks of Jesus Christ, 101 00:05:14,427 --> 00:05:15,831 he calls Him Lord. 102 00:05:15,831 --> 00:05:19,638 This is very typical in Pauline literature. 103 00:05:19,638 --> 00:05:22,328 Very typical. 104 00:05:22,328 --> 00:05:23,878 Ephesians 1:15, 105 00:05:23,878 --> 00:05:25,807 "For this reason, because I have heard 106 00:05:25,807 --> 00:05:30,578 of your faith in the Lord Jesus..." 107 00:05:30,578 --> 00:05:35,207 Verse 17, "The God of our Lord Jesus Christ, 108 00:05:35,207 --> 00:05:38,163 the Father of Glory." 109 00:05:38,163 --> 00:05:40,617 Look at Ephesians 3:11. 110 00:05:40,617 --> 00:05:44,721 "This was according to the eternal purpose 111 00:05:44,721 --> 00:05:47,119 that He has realized (or carried out) 112 00:05:47,119 --> 00:05:50,627 in Christ Jesus our Lord." 113 00:05:50,627 --> 00:05:52,930 Any question about who Paul means 114 00:05:52,930 --> 00:05:56,457 when he says "one Lord"? 115 00:05:56,457 --> 00:05:58,648 And if you still have any doubts, 116 00:05:58,648 --> 00:06:00,508 look at another verse with me. 117 00:06:00,508 --> 00:06:02,978 Look at 1 Corinthians 8. 118 00:06:02,978 --> 00:06:07,018 Because here, Paul is identifying 119 00:06:07,018 --> 00:06:10,067 God the Father 120 00:06:10,067 --> 00:06:13,918 and the Lord Jesus Christ 121 00:06:13,918 --> 00:06:16,703 separately, distinctly. 122 00:06:16,703 --> 00:06:18,608 They're not the same person. 123 00:06:18,608 --> 00:06:20,050 They're separate. 124 00:06:20,050 --> 00:06:23,539 And he gives more information. 125 00:06:23,539 --> 00:06:26,079 He doesn't leave us in doubt at all 126 00:06:26,079 --> 00:06:27,658 about who he's talking about. 127 00:06:27,658 --> 00:06:30,799 1 Corinthians 8:5-6. 128 00:06:30,799 --> 00:06:33,938 "For although there may be (listen to this) 129 00:06:33,938 --> 00:06:36,682 so-called gods..." 130 00:06:36,682 --> 00:06:38,257 What Paul is recognizing 131 00:06:38,257 --> 00:06:40,209 is there are people out there 132 00:06:40,209 --> 00:06:44,589 who call all sorts of things "god." 133 00:06:44,589 --> 00:06:46,731 There are all manner of gods 134 00:06:46,731 --> 00:06:50,948 in people's estimations and in people's minds. 135 00:06:50,948 --> 00:06:53,659 And "lords." 136 00:06:53,659 --> 00:07:00,127 So-called because they're not real. 137 00:07:00,127 --> 00:07:02,240 "...So-called gods in heaven and on earth, 138 00:07:02,240 --> 00:07:07,808 as indeed there are many gods and many lords." 139 00:07:07,808 --> 00:07:10,389 So-called. 140 00:07:10,389 --> 00:07:12,909 "Yet for us, there is one God, 141 00:07:12,909 --> 00:07:15,231 the Father from whom are all things 142 00:07:15,231 --> 00:07:17,127 and for whom we exist 143 00:07:17,127 --> 00:07:20,178 and one Lord." There it is. 144 00:07:20,178 --> 00:07:22,370 Any doubt about who this is? 145 00:07:22,370 --> 00:07:24,078 "One Lord Jesus Christ 146 00:07:24,078 --> 00:07:25,900 through whom are all things 147 00:07:25,900 --> 00:07:28,128 and through whom we exist." 148 00:07:28,128 --> 00:07:30,058 One God and Father. 149 00:07:30,058 --> 00:07:32,768 One Lord Jesus Christ. 150 00:07:32,768 --> 00:07:35,599 Now, listen to me very carefully. 151 00:07:35,599 --> 00:07:39,683 We don't want to imply from such a statement 152 00:07:39,683 --> 00:07:45,288 that God the Father is never called "Lord." 153 00:07:45,288 --> 00:07:49,436 Or, that the one Lord Jesus Christ 154 00:07:49,436 --> 00:07:52,616 is never called God. 155 00:07:52,616 --> 00:07:56,006 You don't want to imply that. 156 00:07:56,006 --> 00:08:00,817 Both the Father and the Son 157 00:08:00,817 --> 00:08:03,078 are called Lord. 158 00:08:03,078 --> 00:08:05,841 Kurios in the Greek. 159 00:08:05,841 --> 00:08:10,969 Both are called Lord in the same verse 160 00:08:10,969 --> 00:08:15,961 as Jesus Christ quotes from the 110th Psalm 161 00:08:15,961 --> 00:08:18,439 the words of King David. 162 00:08:18,439 --> 00:08:19,790 You know the verse. 163 00:08:19,790 --> 00:08:23,190 And He says this, He says, 164 00:08:23,190 --> 00:08:30,148 "The Lord..." That is God the Father. 165 00:08:30,148 --> 00:08:34,848 "...Said to my Lord..." That's Jesus Christ. 166 00:08:34,848 --> 00:08:36,340 "...Sit at My right hand 167 00:08:36,340 --> 00:08:38,796 until I put Your enemies 168 00:08:38,796 --> 00:08:40,489 under Your feet." 169 00:08:40,489 --> 00:08:42,849 Who's sitting at the right hand of the Lord? 170 00:08:42,849 --> 00:08:44,838 The Lord. 171 00:08:44,838 --> 00:08:46,758 "The Lord said to my Lord, 172 00:08:46,758 --> 00:08:48,700 sit at My right hand." 173 00:08:48,700 --> 00:08:51,461 See, in Scripture, the title is used 174 00:08:51,461 --> 00:08:53,490 for both Father and Son. 175 00:08:53,490 --> 00:08:55,750 And likewise, "God" - 176 00:08:55,750 --> 00:08:57,651 God the Father. 177 00:08:57,651 --> 00:08:59,789 But that doesn't mean that the title of "God" 178 00:08:59,789 --> 00:09:01,847 is never given to Jesus Christ. 179 00:09:01,847 --> 00:09:04,769 And in fact, once again, 180 00:09:04,769 --> 00:09:07,599 as the Old Testament - I believe it's Psalm 95 181 00:09:07,599 --> 00:09:10,176 is quoted by the author of Hebrews 182 00:09:10,176 --> 00:09:11,980 in Hebrews 1. 183 00:09:11,980 --> 00:09:13,467 You know what he says there? 184 00:09:13,467 --> 00:09:15,101 He says, "But of the Son..." 185 00:09:15,101 --> 00:09:16,330 You remember, he's saying 186 00:09:16,330 --> 00:09:18,387 what God said of the angels. 187 00:09:18,387 --> 00:09:24,000 But God says of His own Son, 188 00:09:24,000 --> 00:09:26,447 "Your throne, O God..." 189 00:09:26,447 --> 00:09:27,799 This is God the Father 190 00:09:27,799 --> 00:09:29,296 speaking of His Son 191 00:09:29,296 --> 00:09:33,959 and He says, "Your throne, O God..." 192 00:09:33,959 --> 00:09:38,467 The Father calls His Son "Theos." 193 00:09:38,467 --> 00:09:39,787 "...Is forever and ever; 194 00:09:39,787 --> 00:09:41,450 the scepter of uprightness 195 00:09:41,450 --> 00:09:43,398 is the scepter of Your kingdom. 196 00:09:43,398 --> 00:09:44,851 You have loved righteousness 197 00:09:44,851 --> 00:09:46,077 and hated wickedness. 198 00:09:46,077 --> 00:09:52,021 Therefore, God, Your God..." 199 00:09:52,021 --> 00:09:54,060 Theos. 200 00:09:54,060 --> 00:09:59,711 It's God speaking to God. 201 00:09:59,711 --> 00:10:01,988 "...Has anointed You with the oil of gladness 202 00:10:01,988 --> 00:10:03,267 beyond Your companions." 203 00:10:03,267 --> 00:10:06,419 So if the Father and the Son are both called Lord, 204 00:10:06,419 --> 00:10:09,080 if the Father and the Son 205 00:10:09,080 --> 00:10:12,338 are called God - 206 00:10:12,338 --> 00:10:15,058 both of them in Scripture - 207 00:10:15,058 --> 00:10:18,228 why does Paul insist that there's one God? 208 00:10:18,228 --> 00:10:19,687 And that there's one Lord? 209 00:10:19,687 --> 00:10:21,308 Clearly Paul's not trying to deny 210 00:10:21,308 --> 00:10:22,868 that the Father is the Lord 211 00:10:22,868 --> 00:10:24,628 or that Jesus Christ is God. 212 00:10:24,628 --> 00:10:27,660 What he is emphasizing is this - 213 00:10:27,660 --> 00:10:30,967 this is important to recognize - 214 00:10:30,967 --> 00:10:39,324 there's only one God and Father of all 215 00:10:39,324 --> 00:10:45,198 and that's not Jesus Christ. 216 00:10:45,198 --> 00:10:48,789 Right here in Ephesians, 217 00:10:48,789 --> 00:10:51,649 look at chapter 1:3. 218 00:10:51,649 --> 00:10:56,917 "Blessed be the God and Father 219 00:10:56,917 --> 00:11:00,555 of our Lord." 220 00:11:00,555 --> 00:11:03,707 See, sometimes because Father is closest there 221 00:11:03,707 --> 00:11:07,969 we say well, yes, He's Father to Christ. 222 00:11:07,969 --> 00:11:09,769 He's Father of the Son. 223 00:11:09,769 --> 00:11:10,867 He's Father. 224 00:11:10,867 --> 00:11:15,890 But you know, both God and Father 225 00:11:15,890 --> 00:11:17,537 ought to be included there. 226 00:11:17,537 --> 00:11:22,828 He's the God of our Lord Jesus Christ. 227 00:11:22,828 --> 00:11:25,788 Look at Ephesians 1:17. 228 00:11:25,788 --> 00:11:31,156 "The God of our Lord Jesus Christ." 229 00:11:31,156 --> 00:11:33,189 And you know what's very interesting? 230 00:11:33,189 --> 00:11:37,209 The Scriptures never say this in reverse. 231 00:11:37,209 --> 00:11:38,449 Never. 232 00:11:38,449 --> 00:11:41,791 The Father is over all. 233 00:11:41,791 --> 00:11:43,698 And even in the end, 234 00:11:43,698 --> 00:11:48,295 though Christ is definitely said to be 235 00:11:48,295 --> 00:11:49,821 equal to the Father, 236 00:11:49,821 --> 00:11:51,298 you need to recognize this, 237 00:11:51,298 --> 00:11:53,329 and then 1 Corinthians 15 238 00:11:53,329 --> 00:11:55,931 when this whole thing is done, 239 00:11:55,931 --> 00:11:59,758 Jesus Christ offers this whole thing up 240 00:11:59,758 --> 00:12:02,158 to His Father. 241 00:12:02,158 --> 00:12:03,939 The Father said, 242 00:12:03,939 --> 00:12:05,459 "You sit at My right hand 243 00:12:05,459 --> 00:12:07,909 until I put everything in subjection to You." 244 00:12:07,909 --> 00:12:09,301 And the end's going to come 245 00:12:09,301 --> 00:12:11,189 and Jesus is going to have to put down 246 00:12:11,189 --> 00:12:12,818 every single enemy, 247 00:12:12,818 --> 00:12:14,437 but when they are all put down, 248 00:12:14,437 --> 00:12:17,000 it says "except the One who put 249 00:12:17,000 --> 00:12:18,870 everything in subjection to Him." 250 00:12:18,870 --> 00:12:22,269 God the Father is over all 251 00:12:22,269 --> 00:12:26,238 and He is the God of the Lord Jesus Christ. 252 00:12:26,238 --> 00:12:28,928 That is never said of Jesus Christ. 253 00:12:28,928 --> 00:12:31,949 Jesus Christ is a different Person. 254 00:12:31,949 --> 00:12:36,061 And He is not God the Father. 255 00:12:36,061 --> 00:12:38,498 But then there is this, 256 00:12:38,498 --> 00:12:40,279 equally true. 257 00:12:40,279 --> 00:12:42,578 Though the Father is called Lord, 258 00:12:42,578 --> 00:12:45,761 He is not the one Lord Jesus Christ. 259 00:12:45,761 --> 00:12:47,368 We have to get this. 260 00:12:47,368 --> 00:12:50,109 The Lord Jesus Christ 261 00:12:50,109 --> 00:12:52,868 shares our humanity. 262 00:12:52,868 --> 00:12:55,089 He is the God-man. 263 00:12:55,089 --> 00:12:57,740 Listen to this in Luke 1:43. 264 00:12:57,740 --> 00:13:00,039 Don't look at that. Just listen to me. 265 00:13:00,039 --> 00:13:02,089 Elizabeth - do you remember what happened 266 00:13:02,089 --> 00:13:05,520 when Mary came to her? 267 00:13:05,520 --> 00:13:10,028 The babe inside Elizabeth jumped. 268 00:13:10,028 --> 00:13:12,419 And do you remember what Elizabeth said? 269 00:13:12,419 --> 00:13:15,800 She said, "Why is this granted to me 270 00:13:15,800 --> 00:13:18,558 that the mother of my Lord 271 00:13:18,558 --> 00:13:22,750 should come to me?" 272 00:13:22,750 --> 00:13:26,602 Now, Scripture never calls her 273 00:13:26,602 --> 00:13:28,858 "the mother of God." 274 00:13:28,858 --> 00:13:32,751 But it calls her the mother of the Lord. 275 00:13:32,751 --> 00:13:34,029 Be clear on that. 276 00:13:34,029 --> 00:13:37,217 The Lord. Who is He? 277 00:13:37,217 --> 00:13:39,886 The Lord is a Man. 278 00:13:39,886 --> 00:13:41,439 He's the God-man. 279 00:13:41,439 --> 00:13:43,162 He's the Son of David. 280 00:13:43,162 --> 00:13:44,321 Listen to this. 281 00:13:44,321 --> 00:13:49,047 This one Lord is Lord 282 00:13:49,047 --> 00:13:56,298 because He suffered and died and rose again. 283 00:13:56,298 --> 00:13:57,748 Listen very carefully. 284 00:13:57,748 --> 00:14:00,323 Listen to this. 285 00:14:00,323 --> 00:14:03,279 Romans 14:9 says this, 286 00:14:03,279 --> 00:14:08,587 "To this end, Christ died and lived again." 287 00:14:08,587 --> 00:14:12,687 The Father cannot die and live again. 288 00:14:12,687 --> 00:14:14,677 The Father is God. 289 00:14:14,677 --> 00:14:19,329 He's the one God over all. 290 00:14:19,329 --> 00:14:22,378 Through all, in all. 291 00:14:22,378 --> 00:14:25,699 He's not man that He should die. 292 00:14:25,699 --> 00:14:31,419 But the Lord Christ died and lived again 293 00:14:31,419 --> 00:14:33,692 that He might be Lord. 294 00:14:33,692 --> 00:14:35,358 You see that? 295 00:14:35,358 --> 00:14:37,999 You hear that? 296 00:14:37,999 --> 00:14:39,778 "Lord of the dead and the living." 297 00:14:39,778 --> 00:14:41,679 That cannot be said of God the Father. 298 00:14:41,679 --> 00:14:44,022 Christ is Lord by right. 299 00:14:44,022 --> 00:14:47,200 He's Lord by purchase. 300 00:14:47,200 --> 00:14:50,217 You know this. 301 00:14:50,217 --> 00:14:53,139 Jesus Christ, 302 00:14:53,139 --> 00:14:56,518 who being in the form of God - 303 00:14:56,518 --> 00:14:57,771 the form. 304 00:14:57,771 --> 00:14:59,698 That doesn't mean not God. 305 00:14:59,698 --> 00:15:02,970 Being in the form of God means He is God. 306 00:15:02,970 --> 00:15:04,199 He was God. 307 00:15:04,199 --> 00:15:05,651 He's in the form of God. 308 00:15:05,651 --> 00:15:07,259 And being in the form of God, 309 00:15:07,259 --> 00:15:08,722 what does Scripture say? 310 00:15:08,722 --> 00:15:13,362 He didn't count His being God 311 00:15:13,362 --> 00:15:15,758 that which should hold Him back 312 00:15:15,758 --> 00:15:17,519 from humbling Himself 313 00:15:17,519 --> 00:15:21,239 and taking on the likeness of mankind. 314 00:15:21,239 --> 00:15:22,928 He didn't grasp it. 315 00:15:22,928 --> 00:15:24,159 He didn't hold it. 316 00:15:24,159 --> 00:15:26,289 He didn't let it be a deterrent. 317 00:15:26,289 --> 00:15:27,528 But what did He do? 318 00:15:27,528 --> 00:15:29,199 He emptied Himself 319 00:15:29,199 --> 00:15:30,693 and He took upon Himself 320 00:15:30,693 --> 00:15:33,059 the likeness of a servant. 321 00:15:33,059 --> 00:15:34,839 And He took upon Himself 322 00:15:34,839 --> 00:15:37,639 the form of mankind. 323 00:15:37,639 --> 00:15:40,049 And being found in the form of man, 324 00:15:40,049 --> 00:15:41,360 what did He do? 325 00:15:41,360 --> 00:15:43,199 He humbled Himself. 326 00:15:43,199 --> 00:15:45,358 And He became obedient to death, 327 00:15:45,358 --> 00:15:47,008 even death on the cross. 328 00:15:47,008 --> 00:15:49,057 And you know what the Scripture says? 329 00:15:49,057 --> 00:15:51,741 Because He did that, therefore - 330 00:15:51,741 --> 00:15:53,028 He had to do that. 331 00:15:53,028 --> 00:15:55,148 He had to leave the glory of heaven 332 00:15:55,148 --> 00:16:01,353 and become this humbled empty servant Man and die. 333 00:16:01,353 --> 00:16:03,288 And it's because of that 334 00:16:03,288 --> 00:16:05,897 that the Father has highly exalted Him 335 00:16:05,897 --> 00:16:07,376 and given Him a name 336 00:16:07,376 --> 00:16:09,201 that is above every name. 337 00:16:09,201 --> 00:16:12,068 And that name is Lord. It's not Jesus. 338 00:16:12,068 --> 00:16:14,749 It's the name "Lord." 339 00:16:14,749 --> 00:16:17,157 So that every knee might bow 340 00:16:17,157 --> 00:16:18,948 and every tongue confess 341 00:16:18,948 --> 00:16:22,478 that Jesus is Lord 342 00:16:22,478 --> 00:16:23,598 on this earth, 343 00:16:23,598 --> 00:16:24,488 in heaven, 344 00:16:24,488 --> 00:16:25,838 under this earth. 345 00:16:25,838 --> 00:16:28,490 And every tongue will confess 346 00:16:28,490 --> 00:16:30,077 that He is Lord 347 00:16:30,077 --> 00:16:31,928 to the glory of the Father. 348 00:16:31,928 --> 00:16:33,569 But see, it's the "therefore." 349 00:16:33,569 --> 00:16:34,779 You have to tie it. 350 00:16:34,779 --> 00:16:36,553 He's Lord by right. 351 00:16:36,553 --> 00:16:39,017 That can never be said of the Father. 352 00:16:39,017 --> 00:16:41,049 He is Lord by right, yes. 353 00:16:41,049 --> 00:16:42,350 He is over all. 354 00:16:42,350 --> 00:16:44,237 All authority is His, 355 00:16:44,237 --> 00:16:45,620 but you have to recognize, 356 00:16:45,620 --> 00:16:48,108 Jesus came as a man. 357 00:16:48,108 --> 00:16:50,468 He came as the second Adam. 358 00:16:50,468 --> 00:16:53,483 He came as one to earn His right, 359 00:16:53,483 --> 00:16:55,017 earn His place, 360 00:16:55,017 --> 00:16:56,775 earn the purchase price. 361 00:16:56,775 --> 00:16:58,579 And it's because He came, 362 00:16:58,579 --> 00:17:01,069 it's because He overcame death 363 00:17:01,069 --> 00:17:04,307 and hell and Satan and the grave - 364 00:17:04,307 --> 00:17:06,518 it's because of that that He now 365 00:17:06,518 --> 00:17:10,968 has the right to stand as Lord 366 00:17:10,968 --> 00:17:13,028 of both the living and the dead. 367 00:17:13,028 --> 00:17:14,499 This is what Scripture says. 368 00:17:14,499 --> 00:17:16,969 And that cannot be said of the Father. 369 00:17:16,969 --> 00:17:20,497 There is one God and Father of all 370 00:17:20,497 --> 00:17:23,340 and there is one Lord Jesus Christ 371 00:17:23,340 --> 00:17:26,378 and they are separate. 372 00:17:26,378 --> 00:17:28,191 Very much so. 373 00:17:28,191 --> 00:17:31,837 There is but one Lord Jesus Christ. 374 00:17:31,837 --> 00:17:34,758 And the thing is there's never been 375 00:17:34,758 --> 00:17:37,648 anyone like Him at all! 376 00:17:37,648 --> 00:17:39,127 And there never will be! 377 00:17:39,127 --> 00:17:44,361 One who is both Son of David and Son of God. 378 00:17:44,361 --> 00:17:46,527 There has never been another. 379 00:17:46,527 --> 00:17:47,938 One who is man, 380 00:17:47,938 --> 00:17:51,219 and yet He is the Word who was God, 381 00:17:51,219 --> 00:17:53,658 and the Word became flesh. 382 00:17:53,658 --> 00:17:56,801 God manifest in the flesh. 383 00:17:56,801 --> 00:17:59,862 Never has there been anyone like Him. 384 00:17:59,862 --> 00:18:01,367 Never. 385 00:18:01,367 --> 00:18:03,117 There's never been anyone like Him 386 00:18:03,117 --> 00:18:04,529 in the world before He came. 387 00:18:04,529 --> 00:18:06,459 There will never be another like Him 388 00:18:06,459 --> 00:18:10,167 in this world until He Himself comes again. 389 00:18:10,167 --> 00:18:12,898 He stands entirely alone 390 00:18:12,898 --> 00:18:16,290 in all the glory of His absolute uniqueness. 391 00:18:16,290 --> 00:18:18,939 That's not to diminish from the glory of the Father 392 00:18:18,939 --> 00:18:20,578 or the glory of the Spirit, 393 00:18:20,578 --> 00:18:23,439 but He's unique - one Lord. 394 00:18:23,439 --> 00:18:26,498 One. 395 00:18:26,498 --> 00:18:32,698 And so, I came to this verse, and I said - 396 00:18:32,698 --> 00:18:34,696 last week I dealt with one body, 397 00:18:34,696 --> 00:18:37,817 one Spirit, and one hope all in one message. 398 00:18:37,817 --> 00:18:38,964 So I looked at this. 399 00:18:38,964 --> 00:18:42,825 Okay, one Lord, one faith, one baptism. 400 00:18:42,825 --> 00:18:45,744 Do I deal with all three of those? 401 00:18:45,744 --> 00:18:49,365 And make some progress to get smiles 402 00:18:49,365 --> 00:18:52,575 from all the Medina children. 403 00:18:52,575 --> 00:18:54,864 But you know what? 404 00:18:54,864 --> 00:18:56,915 You know what jumped out at me? 405 00:18:56,915 --> 00:18:58,304 What jumped out at me 406 00:18:58,304 --> 00:19:02,385 are the words that Jesus said in John 16. 407 00:19:02,385 --> 00:19:05,904 When Jesus said that "when the Spirit of truth comes, 408 00:19:05,904 --> 00:19:09,485 He will glorify Me," I thought this: 409 00:19:09,485 --> 00:19:10,554 I've got the Spirit. 410 00:19:10,554 --> 00:19:13,485 I believe the Spirit is in this place, 411 00:19:13,485 --> 00:19:16,004 among this people. 412 00:19:16,004 --> 00:19:19,046 And this Spirit's business 413 00:19:19,046 --> 00:19:23,304 is to exalt Jesus Christ. 414 00:19:23,304 --> 00:19:25,898 And if that Spirit is with me, 415 00:19:25,898 --> 00:19:27,994 I ought to be able to take those two words 416 00:19:27,994 --> 00:19:31,294 "one Lord" and if the Spirit's in exalting His Son, 417 00:19:31,294 --> 00:19:33,375 that ought to at least produce one message, 418 00:19:33,375 --> 00:19:35,885 probably a lifetime of messages. 419 00:19:35,885 --> 00:19:37,777 It's like we heard in the first hour. 420 00:19:37,777 --> 00:19:39,365 Probably you couldn't even fill 421 00:19:39,365 --> 00:19:41,153 all the world with all the messages 422 00:19:41,153 --> 00:19:42,951 that ought to come forth from this 423 00:19:42,951 --> 00:19:47,186 if the Spirit really let loose. 424 00:19:47,186 --> 00:19:49,745 One Lord. Now, here's the thing, 425 00:19:49,745 --> 00:19:53,225 remember what's going on here in Ephesians at this point? 426 00:19:53,225 --> 00:19:58,256 The Apostle is concerned with what? 427 00:19:58,256 --> 00:20:00,699 What's he concerned with? 428 00:20:00,699 --> 00:20:02,709 What was there in verse 3? 429 00:20:02,709 --> 00:20:05,805 Where are we getting all these "ones" from? 430 00:20:05,805 --> 00:20:07,515 Unity. 431 00:20:07,515 --> 00:20:09,705 It's the unity of the Spirit. 432 00:20:09,705 --> 00:20:12,315 All this flows from what you saw 433 00:20:12,315 --> 00:20:13,864 there in verse 3. 434 00:20:13,864 --> 00:20:16,384 Paul's thinking ought to be clear on this. 435 00:20:16,384 --> 00:20:18,405 One Lord, 436 00:20:18,405 --> 00:20:22,165 therefore one church. 437 00:20:22,165 --> 00:20:24,315 It's a uniting doctrine. 438 00:20:24,315 --> 00:20:25,574 One Lord. 439 00:20:25,574 --> 00:20:28,318 One Lord. 440 00:20:28,318 --> 00:20:30,234 And that just cuts through 441 00:20:30,234 --> 00:20:35,336 all the many distortions that men suppose 442 00:20:35,336 --> 00:20:37,236 concerning the Lord Jesus Christ. 443 00:20:37,236 --> 00:20:38,644 One Lord. 444 00:20:38,644 --> 00:20:40,984 There aren't many Christ's. 445 00:20:40,984 --> 00:20:43,765 There's the one we heard about in the first hour 446 00:20:43,765 --> 00:20:46,576 who men tend to be offended at. 447 00:20:46,576 --> 00:20:49,184 The Cornerstone who men tend to trip over. 448 00:20:49,184 --> 00:20:51,185 But you know what happens is 449 00:20:51,185 --> 00:20:52,823 they trip over it 450 00:20:52,823 --> 00:20:54,075 and they recreate Him 451 00:20:54,075 --> 00:20:55,585 so that He's not trippable. 452 00:20:55,585 --> 00:20:57,805 They recreate Him so that He's not offensive. 453 00:20:57,805 --> 00:21:00,386 People don't want an offensive Christ. 454 00:21:00,386 --> 00:21:02,485 And so what they do is they redefine Him. 455 00:21:02,485 --> 00:21:05,006 Muslims redefine Him. Catholics redefine Him. 456 00:21:05,006 --> 00:21:07,718 Hindus redefine Him. Buddhists redefine Him. 457 00:21:07,718 --> 00:21:10,425 Atheists redefine Him. 458 00:21:10,425 --> 00:21:12,205 The truth is there's a lot of people 459 00:21:12,205 --> 00:21:14,836 that call themselves orthodox Christians 460 00:21:14,836 --> 00:21:18,124 and they're redefining Him. 461 00:21:18,124 --> 00:21:20,006 There aren't many Christ's. 462 00:21:20,006 --> 00:21:21,196 There's one. 463 00:21:21,196 --> 00:21:24,345 It doesn't work that you have your version of Jesus 464 00:21:24,345 --> 00:21:25,455 and I have mine. 465 00:21:25,455 --> 00:21:28,005 You don't define Him. 466 00:21:28,005 --> 00:21:30,677 And I don't define Him. 467 00:21:30,677 --> 00:21:33,003 He is not one thing to one, 468 00:21:33,003 --> 00:21:34,664 and another thing to another. 469 00:21:34,664 --> 00:21:37,006 There's nothing more uniting than this: 470 00:21:37,006 --> 00:21:39,534 one Lord. 471 00:21:39,534 --> 00:21:44,043 Therefore, one church. 472 00:21:44,043 --> 00:21:47,544 2,000 years ago, Paul spoke 473 00:21:47,544 --> 00:21:50,085 of the fact - you remember when he was 474 00:21:50,085 --> 00:21:52,267 speaking to the Corinthians? 475 00:21:52,267 --> 00:21:54,546 He was actually rebuking the Corinthians 476 00:21:54,546 --> 00:21:56,117 and He was saying, you know what? 477 00:21:56,117 --> 00:21:59,093 You guys will tolerate when somebody 478 00:21:59,093 --> 00:22:01,224 comes in here and they set before you 479 00:22:01,224 --> 00:22:03,195 another Jesus. 480 00:22:03,195 --> 00:22:07,667 You're all too quick to tolerate that. 481 00:22:07,667 --> 00:22:09,295 What's that? 482 00:22:09,295 --> 00:22:11,876 Another Jesus? 483 00:22:11,876 --> 00:22:13,664 Yeah. 484 00:22:13,664 --> 00:22:17,415 Other than who Paul preached. 485 00:22:17,415 --> 00:22:19,604 Oh, it was common 2,000 years ago 486 00:22:19,604 --> 00:22:21,606 and it's common today. 487 00:22:21,606 --> 00:22:23,654 Paul himself admits, have you ever read it 488 00:22:23,654 --> 00:22:26,105 there in 2 Corinthians 5? 489 00:22:26,105 --> 00:22:27,966 Paul says this - 490 00:22:27,966 --> 00:22:30,135 now he's commending the Corinthians. 491 00:22:30,135 --> 00:22:33,845 He said "we no longer regard men 492 00:22:33,845 --> 00:22:35,874 according to the flesh." 493 00:22:35,874 --> 00:22:37,885 And he said you know, we did one time 494 00:22:37,885 --> 00:22:40,535 regard Christ according to the flesh, 495 00:22:40,535 --> 00:22:42,267 but not anymore. 496 00:22:42,267 --> 00:22:45,184 What does that mean? 497 00:22:45,184 --> 00:22:47,797 What's flesh? 498 00:22:47,797 --> 00:22:50,206 The best we can do in our humanity. 499 00:22:50,206 --> 00:22:53,155 It's the best men can do in defining Christ 500 00:22:53,155 --> 00:22:55,644 who don't have the Spirit. 501 00:22:55,644 --> 00:22:58,114 That's what that is. 502 00:22:58,114 --> 00:22:59,683 We think of Christ - 503 00:22:59,683 --> 00:23:01,905 do you remember how you thought of Christ 504 00:23:01,905 --> 00:23:04,564 before you were saved? 505 00:23:04,564 --> 00:23:06,015 Christians in here, 506 00:23:06,015 --> 00:23:07,694 how did you used to think of Him? 507 00:23:07,694 --> 00:23:09,633 Oh, I'll tell you this, I definitely 508 00:23:09,633 --> 00:23:11,725 thought about Him according to the flesh. 509 00:23:11,725 --> 00:23:14,424 My thinking about Him was altogether transformed 510 00:23:14,424 --> 00:23:16,894 when the Spirit of God took the blinders off. 511 00:23:16,894 --> 00:23:18,295 I'll tell you this, He became 512 00:23:18,295 --> 00:23:19,933 altogether glorious in my eyes, 513 00:23:19,933 --> 00:23:23,305 and He was not before that. 514 00:23:23,305 --> 00:23:25,645 What does that mean? 515 00:23:25,645 --> 00:23:26,863 You know what people say. 516 00:23:26,863 --> 00:23:29,046 You know what they do according to the flesh. 517 00:23:29,046 --> 00:23:30,613 You know that. 518 00:23:30,613 --> 00:23:31,734 I remember this - 519 00:23:31,734 --> 00:23:36,215 I remember being in the tool room 520 00:23:36,215 --> 00:23:38,503 there at Miller-Kerton. 521 00:23:38,503 --> 00:23:40,725 I remember the foreman out there. 522 00:23:40,725 --> 00:23:44,215 I said, "Jesus Christ is God." 523 00:23:44,215 --> 00:23:51,707 He said, "No, He's the Son of God, but not God." 524 00:23:51,707 --> 00:23:54,305 How do men redefine Him? 525 00:23:54,305 --> 00:23:56,175 Whatever the Catholics say, 526 00:23:56,175 --> 00:23:58,037 they say we need Mary. 527 00:23:58,037 --> 00:23:59,814 We need Mary more. 528 00:23:59,814 --> 00:24:01,716 So, however they define Christ, 529 00:24:01,716 --> 00:24:03,335 He certainly isn't sufficient. 530 00:24:03,335 --> 00:24:05,683 Him saying on the cross, "It is finished," 531 00:24:05,683 --> 00:24:07,375 they not only need Mary, 532 00:24:07,375 --> 00:24:08,974 they need purgatory 533 00:24:08,974 --> 00:24:11,504 to try to pay off the rest of this thing. 534 00:24:11,504 --> 00:24:14,256 You see, everybody's for redefining Him. 535 00:24:14,256 --> 00:24:16,156 The Muslim - what does he say? 536 00:24:16,156 --> 00:24:17,395 "Well, He's a prophet. 537 00:24:17,395 --> 00:24:19,474 We'll give Him that much, but He's not God. 538 00:24:19,474 --> 00:24:21,506 He didn't die on that cross for our sins." 539 00:24:21,506 --> 00:24:23,427 Redefining. 540 00:24:23,427 --> 00:24:26,414 Everybody wants to redefine Him. 541 00:24:26,414 --> 00:24:27,885 Because you know what? 542 00:24:27,885 --> 00:24:30,405 We heard this in the first hour. 543 00:24:30,405 --> 00:24:32,556 We've got Christmas coming up. 544 00:24:32,556 --> 00:24:36,535 Oh, that is one of the greatest redefinings of Christ. 545 00:24:36,535 --> 00:24:39,426 You say, are you going to observe the day or not observe the day? 546 00:24:39,426 --> 00:24:40,543 I'll tell you this: 547 00:24:40,543 --> 00:24:44,484 The world and the world who approaches Christ by the flesh - 548 00:24:44,484 --> 00:24:46,605 let's put Him as a baby in a manger. 549 00:24:46,605 --> 00:24:48,416 And that's perpetually in their mind 550 00:24:48,416 --> 00:24:49,905 how they want to imagine Him. 551 00:24:49,905 --> 00:24:51,865 Or that's another error of the Catholics. 552 00:24:51,865 --> 00:24:54,877 They like to portray Him dead on that crucifix all the time. 553 00:24:54,877 --> 00:24:56,896 Yes - dead Christ, baby Christ. 554 00:24:56,896 --> 00:25:00,175 "That's what we want. He's not offensive." 555 00:25:00,175 --> 00:25:02,615 Another says Christ is important, 556 00:25:02,615 --> 00:25:04,386 but we need more. 557 00:25:04,386 --> 00:25:05,637 We need our own efforts. 558 00:25:05,637 --> 00:25:06,906 We need our own works. 559 00:25:06,906 --> 00:25:10,405 He's a great man, but that's all. 560 00:25:10,405 --> 00:25:12,466 Some say like the Jehovah's Witnesses, 561 00:25:12,466 --> 00:25:14,782 they say He was created. 562 00:25:14,782 --> 00:25:16,713 That's all. He was created. 563 00:25:16,713 --> 00:25:18,345 He's an angel. 564 00:25:18,345 --> 00:25:19,985 He's Michael. 565 00:25:19,985 --> 00:25:21,535 The Jews - what did they say? 566 00:25:21,535 --> 00:25:23,717 Well, He's not the Messiah. 567 00:25:23,717 --> 00:25:24,625 Did you see? 568 00:25:24,625 --> 00:25:27,055 I saw on Drudge that some snake 569 00:25:27,055 --> 00:25:28,455 came out of the wailing wall. 570 00:25:28,455 --> 00:25:32,176 They're like, oh, that's a sign! The Messiah's coming! 571 00:25:32,176 --> 00:25:33,945 Oh, they totally redefine Him. 572 00:25:33,945 --> 00:25:37,124 The Jews in His day said He's a deceiver. 573 00:25:37,124 --> 00:25:39,965 Paul Himself said I thought to do many things 574 00:25:39,965 --> 00:25:42,185 contrary to Him and against Him 575 00:25:42,185 --> 00:25:43,975 before my eyes were opened. 576 00:25:43,975 --> 00:25:45,803 I saw Him as an enemy to the truth. 577 00:25:45,803 --> 00:25:47,837 I saw Him as a deceiver 578 00:25:47,837 --> 00:25:48,964 and to be resisted 579 00:25:48,964 --> 00:25:51,545 and to be fought against. 580 00:25:51,545 --> 00:25:53,725 Brethren, we've got people all around us 581 00:25:53,725 --> 00:25:56,475 redefining Christ. 582 00:25:56,475 --> 00:25:58,144 However they redefine Him, 583 00:25:58,144 --> 00:26:00,887 it's so that He's not offensive. 584 00:26:00,887 --> 00:26:02,375 Not offensive! 585 00:26:02,375 --> 00:26:04,116 But as soon as you say He's God, 586 00:26:04,116 --> 00:26:05,834 as soon as you call Him one Lord 587 00:26:05,834 --> 00:26:08,314 and He's got every right to have authority over you 588 00:26:08,314 --> 00:26:09,924 and you are going to bow to Him, 589 00:26:09,924 --> 00:26:12,304 oh, that's offensive! 590 00:26:12,304 --> 00:26:16,045 The builders - they rejected Him. 591 00:26:16,045 --> 00:26:17,855 The world - they reject Him. 592 00:26:17,855 --> 00:26:21,265 This offensive Christ they reject. 593 00:26:21,265 --> 00:26:25,485 They redefine Him. 594 00:26:25,485 --> 00:26:29,765 Some think Him a name - 595 00:26:29,765 --> 00:26:31,565 this was very common with myself 596 00:26:31,565 --> 00:26:34,154 and with my family and with my friends. 597 00:26:34,154 --> 00:26:36,377 They think Him no more than a name 598 00:26:36,377 --> 00:26:37,836 to use when you're cursing 599 00:26:37,836 --> 00:26:40,044 and when you're swearing. 600 00:26:40,044 --> 00:26:44,854 Some imagine Him as a Christ who smiles. 601 00:26:44,854 --> 00:26:49,406 I saw something on Daniel the other day. 602 00:26:49,406 --> 00:26:51,739 It was meant for children. 603 00:26:51,739 --> 00:26:55,446 And Daniel is put down in the lion's den 604 00:26:55,446 --> 00:26:57,475 and he's spared and he comes out 605 00:26:57,475 --> 00:26:58,563 and there's the king. 606 00:26:58,563 --> 00:27:01,236 And the king prayed and fasted all night. 607 00:27:01,236 --> 00:27:05,415 And Daniel says, "The Lord sent his angel 608 00:27:05,415 --> 00:27:07,376 and He protected me." 609 00:27:07,376 --> 00:27:08,505 And then the king says, 610 00:27:08,505 --> 00:27:10,505 "Throw those who accused them 611 00:27:10,505 --> 00:27:13,075 down there into the lion's pit... 612 00:27:13,075 --> 00:27:16,696 tomorrow." 613 00:27:16,696 --> 00:27:21,254 And in whoever's caricature of this, 614 00:27:21,254 --> 00:27:26,136 Daniel says, "Well, I'll pray for them 615 00:27:26,136 --> 00:27:28,984 because God's merciful." 616 00:27:28,984 --> 00:27:31,775 As though what? 617 00:27:31,775 --> 00:27:35,185 Those men were thrown down in there immediately 618 00:27:35,185 --> 00:27:37,888 and devoured. 619 00:27:37,888 --> 00:27:39,906 People want to redefine! 620 00:27:39,906 --> 00:27:41,916 This is offensive! 621 00:27:41,916 --> 00:27:45,505 We don't like that kind of Christ. 622 00:27:45,505 --> 00:27:49,976 That He'll send His angel to protect Daniel, 623 00:27:49,976 --> 00:27:52,417 but then allow the lions to just devour 624 00:27:52,417 --> 00:27:54,444 the wicked men. 625 00:27:54,444 --> 00:27:56,365 That is the kind of Christ we have. 626 00:27:56,365 --> 00:27:58,095 Many people see and they imagine 627 00:27:58,095 --> 00:28:01,337 Christ as some pathetic, effeminate, 628 00:28:01,337 --> 00:28:04,494 pale, anemic, dove-eyed pushover. 629 00:28:04,494 --> 00:28:11,238 Have you ever seen the pictures of Him? 630 00:28:11,238 --> 00:28:13,657 But there is one Lord. 631 00:28:13,657 --> 00:28:16,945 There is one Lord. 632 00:28:16,945 --> 00:28:18,477 And we don't define Him. 633 00:28:18,477 --> 00:28:21,715 The one Lord Jesus Christ of Scripture - 634 00:28:21,715 --> 00:28:24,937 who is He? 635 00:28:24,937 --> 00:28:27,277 In the beginning was the Word. 636 00:28:27,277 --> 00:28:29,167 He was there. 637 00:28:29,167 --> 00:28:31,406 He was with God. 638 00:28:31,406 --> 00:28:32,787 And He is God. 639 00:28:32,787 --> 00:28:34,446 And you can't get away from that. 640 00:28:34,446 --> 00:28:36,418 Don't redefine Him. 641 00:28:36,418 --> 00:28:38,617 And that Word became flesh. 642 00:28:38,617 --> 00:28:39,867 True man. 643 00:28:39,867 --> 00:28:41,689 God became man. 644 00:28:41,689 --> 00:28:44,626 This is what it took to rescue us from our sins. 645 00:28:44,626 --> 00:28:46,647 This is the Christ. 646 00:28:46,647 --> 00:28:48,446 And He did become sin. 647 00:28:48,446 --> 00:28:50,445 He did die on a cross. 648 00:28:50,445 --> 00:28:52,216 And He died on the cross 649 00:28:52,216 --> 00:28:54,607 as a substitute for sinners. 650 00:28:54,607 --> 00:28:57,416 He became sin 651 00:28:57,416 --> 00:28:59,877 to cancel the record of our debt. 652 00:28:59,877 --> 00:29:02,295 In Him Scripture says are hidden 653 00:29:02,295 --> 00:29:05,326 the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. 654 00:29:05,326 --> 00:29:07,818 This is the Christ of Scripture. 655 00:29:07,818 --> 00:29:09,956 He did die 656 00:29:09,956 --> 00:29:11,318 and He did rise 657 00:29:11,318 --> 00:29:13,585 and He is alive and He ascended. 658 00:29:13,585 --> 00:29:15,697 And Scripture tells us He is seated 659 00:29:15,697 --> 00:29:19,249 at the right hand of the majesty on high. 660 00:29:19,249 --> 00:29:20,508 And He reigns. 661 00:29:20,508 --> 00:29:22,296 He is at the right hand of the Father 662 00:29:22,296 --> 00:29:24,418 and all of His enemies are being made 663 00:29:24,418 --> 00:29:26,827 a footstool for His feet. 664 00:29:26,827 --> 00:29:29,835 He is highly exalted by the Father. 665 00:29:29,835 --> 00:29:31,506 He has been given a name 666 00:29:31,506 --> 00:29:35,049 that is above every name. 667 00:29:35,049 --> 00:29:36,275 And I'll tell you this, 668 00:29:36,275 --> 00:29:38,786 every knee will bow to Him. 669 00:29:38,786 --> 00:29:41,326 And it doesn't matter who you're following right now. 670 00:29:41,326 --> 00:29:43,286 You could say Confucius had the wisdom 671 00:29:43,286 --> 00:29:46,608 or Mohammed - whatever you have, 672 00:29:46,608 --> 00:29:48,790 you can admire Mary, 673 00:29:48,790 --> 00:29:50,047 you can deny it all. 674 00:29:50,047 --> 00:29:52,618 You can say I'm an atheist and I don't even believe. 675 00:29:52,618 --> 00:29:53,606 It doesn't matter. 676 00:29:53,606 --> 00:29:55,897 We are all headed to an appointment with Him. 677 00:29:55,897 --> 00:29:57,836 This is the one Lord. 678 00:29:57,836 --> 00:29:59,796 He's Lord. 679 00:29:59,796 --> 00:30:01,847 And our knees are going to bow 680 00:30:01,847 --> 00:30:03,627 and our tongues are going to confess. 681 00:30:03,627 --> 00:30:05,386 And there is no getting around that. 682 00:30:05,386 --> 00:30:07,306 He is exalted. 683 00:30:07,306 --> 00:30:09,638 The one Lord is God. 684 00:30:09,638 --> 00:30:12,037 Scripture says He's the radiance 685 00:30:12,037 --> 00:30:13,408 of the glory of God. 686 00:30:13,408 --> 00:30:15,086 He's the exact imprint 687 00:30:15,086 --> 00:30:17,097 of the nature of God. 688 00:30:17,097 --> 00:30:18,876 Scripture says that the Son 689 00:30:18,876 --> 00:30:21,106 declares the Father. 690 00:30:21,106 --> 00:30:24,047 In Him you behold the glory of God 691 00:30:24,047 --> 00:30:26,027 in the face of Jesus Christ. 692 00:30:26,027 --> 00:30:29,197 And this one Lord - let me tell you about Him. 693 00:30:29,197 --> 00:30:31,896 He's not this effeminate, pathetic thing, 694 00:30:31,896 --> 00:30:33,589 anemic thing. 695 00:30:33,589 --> 00:30:35,107 I remember my great-grandmother 696 00:30:35,107 --> 00:30:37,447 had that typical picture of Jesus 697 00:30:37,447 --> 00:30:38,517 that I showed the kids 698 00:30:38,517 --> 00:30:41,647 during Vacation Bible School, 699 00:30:41,647 --> 00:30:43,669 and I asked all the kids, "Is this Jesus?" 700 00:30:43,669 --> 00:30:45,108 And they all shouted, "Yes!" 701 00:30:45,108 --> 00:30:48,127 And I said, "No! It's not Him!" 702 00:30:48,127 --> 00:30:50,917 It's somebody's idea of Him. 703 00:30:50,917 --> 00:30:52,727 Somebody's invention of Him. 704 00:30:52,727 --> 00:30:55,038 Let me tell you something. 705 00:30:55,038 --> 00:30:58,750 The Lord of Scripture was a man's man. 706 00:30:58,750 --> 00:31:01,777 Not like this effeminate thing some imagine. 707 00:31:01,777 --> 00:31:04,448 The one Lord - He cleansed the temple. 708 00:31:04,448 --> 00:31:06,135 He took a whip in there. 709 00:31:06,135 --> 00:31:07,547 Did you see what He did? 710 00:31:07,547 --> 00:31:09,696 He could come in to a meeting 711 00:31:09,696 --> 00:31:12,387 of a bunch of high leaders 712 00:31:12,387 --> 00:31:14,219 and He could say, 713 00:31:14,219 --> 00:31:16,295 "If you sit in the first seat, 714 00:31:16,295 --> 00:31:18,104 you sit in the best seat, 715 00:31:18,104 --> 00:31:20,726 you're going to be humbled." 716 00:31:20,726 --> 00:31:23,288 And He could look right in their eyes and say that. 717 00:31:23,288 --> 00:31:25,346 He could come before those Jewish leaders 718 00:31:25,346 --> 00:31:27,256 and He could look them dead in the eye - 719 00:31:27,256 --> 00:31:28,306 He took them on. 720 00:31:28,306 --> 00:31:30,406 He took them on. He said, "You're wrong." 721 00:31:30,406 --> 00:31:33,266 He said, "You're going to die in your sins." 722 00:31:33,266 --> 00:31:35,716 He looked at them and He said, 723 00:31:35,716 --> 00:31:37,316 "I am the Messiah, 724 00:31:37,316 --> 00:31:39,717 but you won't believe Me." 725 00:31:39,717 --> 00:31:41,749 He stood toe to toe with them. 726 00:31:41,749 --> 00:31:46,708 This one - He walked those roads of Palestine. 727 00:31:46,708 --> 00:31:49,408 It's the Middle East under that sun! 728 00:31:49,408 --> 00:31:51,177 He wasn't white. He wasn't pale. 729 00:31:51,177 --> 00:31:53,216 He was out there in the sun. 730 00:31:53,216 --> 00:31:54,916 He was a man's man. 731 00:31:54,916 --> 00:31:58,666 He was a friend of tax collectors and sinners. 732 00:31:58,666 --> 00:32:02,377 He walked around with a bunch of Galilean fishermen. 733 00:32:02,377 --> 00:32:03,907 He had carpenter's arms 734 00:32:03,907 --> 00:32:05,848 and carpenter's hands. 735 00:32:05,848 --> 00:32:08,751 This was the Christ of Scripture. 736 00:32:08,751 --> 00:32:13,154 And He was gentle and tender 737 00:32:13,154 --> 00:32:15,296 with impure women, 738 00:32:15,296 --> 00:32:17,086 a woman of the city. 739 00:32:17,086 --> 00:32:21,595 Mary Magdalene had seven demons. 740 00:32:21,595 --> 00:32:23,587 And He was not afraid. 741 00:32:23,587 --> 00:32:24,979 With those Jewish leaders 742 00:32:24,979 --> 00:32:27,505 and all their convictions about the Sabbath, 743 00:32:27,505 --> 00:32:29,317 He'd go right up and heal somebody. 744 00:32:29,317 --> 00:32:33,537 He'd give them their sight. 745 00:32:33,537 --> 00:32:35,735 This is the Christ of Scripture. 746 00:32:35,735 --> 00:32:38,497 He wasn't afraid to go to a wedding 747 00:32:38,497 --> 00:32:40,988 and make the best wine. 748 00:32:40,988 --> 00:32:43,807 This is the Christ of Scripture. 749 00:32:43,807 --> 00:32:45,176 Some people imagine Him 750 00:32:45,176 --> 00:32:48,337 altogether other than He is. 751 00:32:48,337 --> 00:32:49,835 He was willing to enter in 752 00:32:49,835 --> 00:32:52,576 to men's celebrations. 753 00:32:52,576 --> 00:32:55,788 He loved weddings and good wine. 754 00:32:55,788 --> 00:32:57,349 Fearless. 755 00:32:57,349 --> 00:32:59,017 He went toe to toe with the devil 756 00:32:59,017 --> 00:33:02,757 out there in the wilderness. 757 00:33:02,757 --> 00:33:06,005 They tried to get rid of Him. 758 00:33:06,005 --> 00:33:07,686 They couldn't tolerate Him. 759 00:33:07,686 --> 00:33:10,794 But you know what, they tried to get rid of Him and He came back. 760 00:33:10,794 --> 00:33:12,783 They killed Him. He rose from the dead. 761 00:33:12,783 --> 00:33:15,513 They sealed the tomb. He breaks the seal. 762 00:33:15,513 --> 00:33:17,094 You can't get rid of Him! 763 00:33:17,094 --> 00:33:18,343 And as much as mankind 764 00:33:18,343 --> 00:33:21,063 wants to get rid of Him just like they did back then, 765 00:33:21,063 --> 00:33:23,911 this one Lord - you don't get rid of Him 766 00:33:23,911 --> 00:33:26,302 because He is Lord. 767 00:33:26,302 --> 00:33:28,122 Lord means He's sovereign. 768 00:33:28,122 --> 00:33:29,483 He's the owner. 769 00:33:29,483 --> 00:33:31,312 He's got the authority. 770 00:33:31,312 --> 00:33:33,142 This is His. 771 00:33:33,142 --> 00:33:36,142 We are His. This world is His. 772 00:33:36,142 --> 00:33:37,648 You remember this, 773 00:33:37,648 --> 00:33:41,295 He is Lord of both the living and the dead. 774 00:33:41,295 --> 00:33:42,394 That doesn't mean those 775 00:33:42,394 --> 00:33:44,703 who are the cemetery over there. 776 00:33:44,703 --> 00:33:46,903 Listen, on judgment day, He is going to judge 777 00:33:46,903 --> 00:33:48,692 the living and the dead. 778 00:33:48,692 --> 00:33:50,324 They're all going to be conscious. 779 00:33:50,324 --> 00:33:52,712 He doesn't mean some are still over in the grave. 780 00:33:52,712 --> 00:33:55,666 What He means is some are alive spiritually 781 00:33:55,666 --> 00:33:57,614 and some are still dead in their sins. 782 00:33:57,614 --> 00:33:59,167 And He is Lord of you. 783 00:33:59,167 --> 00:34:00,642 And you'll know it that day 784 00:34:00,642 --> 00:34:02,214 when your own tongue confesses 785 00:34:02,214 --> 00:34:05,015 and your own knee bows. 786 00:34:05,015 --> 00:34:07,483 Brethren, the wise path 787 00:34:07,483 --> 00:34:10,432 is to submit yourself 788 00:34:10,432 --> 00:34:13,354 and surrender to this Lord. 789 00:34:13,354 --> 00:34:15,614 That's the wise path. 790 00:34:15,614 --> 00:34:17,154 Many have tried to stop it, 791 00:34:17,154 --> 00:34:18,573 but it can't be stopped. 792 00:34:18,573 --> 00:34:19,564 His Kingdom. 793 00:34:19,564 --> 00:34:21,963 What we're told is it's a kingdom that's forever. 794 00:34:21,963 --> 00:34:24,172 His kingdom goes on and on and on. 795 00:34:24,172 --> 00:34:25,561 This is the one Lord. 796 00:34:25,561 --> 00:34:26,523 And when He comes, 797 00:34:26,523 --> 00:34:28,834 He will not come in weakness, 798 00:34:28,834 --> 00:34:31,243 but in power and in glory. 799 00:34:31,243 --> 00:34:33,053 And you know that text that says 800 00:34:33,053 --> 00:34:35,275 you bring those enemies of Mine before Me; 801 00:34:35,275 --> 00:34:37,545 those who did not want Me to reign over them, 802 00:34:37,545 --> 00:34:38,523 you bring them here 803 00:34:38,523 --> 00:34:40,823 and slaughter them before Me. 804 00:34:40,823 --> 00:34:43,404 Listen, if you continue to resist, 805 00:34:43,404 --> 00:34:44,756 if there are any in here, 806 00:34:44,756 --> 00:34:47,613 you continue to resist this Lord Jesus Christ - 807 00:34:47,613 --> 00:34:49,245 He is Lord. 808 00:34:49,245 --> 00:34:51,125 He is Lord. 809 00:34:51,125 --> 00:34:52,995 And what He's doing right now 810 00:34:52,995 --> 00:34:55,403 is He's showing you kindness. 811 00:34:55,403 --> 00:34:56,834 That's what Scripture says. 812 00:34:56,834 --> 00:34:58,952 He showers you with kindness, 813 00:34:58,952 --> 00:35:01,885 not to make you think that everything's okay 814 00:35:01,885 --> 00:35:02,942 or to make you think 815 00:35:02,942 --> 00:35:06,955 that your twisted image of Him is okay. 816 00:35:06,955 --> 00:35:10,443 He's giving you a time now 817 00:35:10,443 --> 00:35:13,954 for all of us, 818 00:35:13,954 --> 00:35:17,724 we're on death row. 819 00:35:17,724 --> 00:35:20,568 All of us. 820 00:35:20,568 --> 00:35:25,915 But we are given a time to seek pardon. 821 00:35:25,915 --> 00:35:27,954 And Him being kind to us 822 00:35:27,954 --> 00:35:30,283 does not indicate necessarily 823 00:35:30,283 --> 00:35:32,852 that you're pardoned. 824 00:35:32,852 --> 00:35:37,884 Don't misinterpret. 825 00:35:37,884 --> 00:35:39,364 Maybe you've been in the place 826 00:35:39,364 --> 00:35:41,023 where you trusted something else - 827 00:35:41,023 --> 00:35:42,206 you've trusted yourself; 828 00:35:42,206 --> 00:35:44,092 you've trusted in your own opinions 829 00:35:44,092 --> 00:35:45,322 and your own strength; 830 00:35:45,322 --> 00:35:46,583 you've trusted Mary 831 00:35:46,583 --> 00:35:48,268 or you've trusted Mohammed 832 00:35:48,268 --> 00:35:50,643 or Ganesh there in India 833 00:35:50,643 --> 00:35:54,385 or Confucius or science or aliens. 834 00:35:54,385 --> 00:35:55,633 But I'll tell you this, 835 00:35:55,633 --> 00:35:57,965 when you take your last breath, 836 00:35:57,965 --> 00:36:00,153 there will be one Lord 837 00:36:00,153 --> 00:36:04,136 and one Judge of all. 838 00:36:04,136 --> 00:36:07,404 We have an appointment with this one Lord. 839 00:36:07,404 --> 00:36:14,914 Now listen, to deny Christ 840 00:36:14,914 --> 00:36:20,570 doesn't simply mean that He never existed. 841 00:36:20,570 --> 00:36:26,594 To deny Christ simply means 842 00:36:26,594 --> 00:36:29,634 to define Him other than He is. 843 00:36:29,634 --> 00:36:33,464 You say, how do you know that? 844 00:36:33,464 --> 00:36:35,667 Listen to what Scripture says. 845 00:36:35,667 --> 00:36:39,844 "Who is the liar 846 00:36:39,844 --> 00:36:46,753 but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ?" 847 00:36:46,753 --> 00:36:49,644 Messiah. 848 00:36:49,644 --> 00:36:51,625 "This is the antichrist." 849 00:36:51,625 --> 00:36:53,703 Notice what he doesn't say. 850 00:36:53,703 --> 00:36:55,823 It's not the person who simply comes along 851 00:36:55,823 --> 00:36:58,953 and says, "Jesus never existed." 852 00:36:58,953 --> 00:37:00,781 He's not even going there. 853 00:37:00,781 --> 00:37:02,492 That's not the issue. 854 00:37:02,492 --> 00:37:04,686 The issue is this: 855 00:37:04,686 --> 00:37:06,644 if you deny that Christ is 856 00:37:06,644 --> 00:37:10,683 who Scripture says He is, 857 00:37:10,683 --> 00:37:12,973 you're attacking Christ. 858 00:37:12,973 --> 00:37:15,783 You're denying Christ. 859 00:37:15,783 --> 00:37:18,923 "This is the antichrist, 860 00:37:18,923 --> 00:37:22,084 he who denies the Father and the Son." 861 00:37:22,084 --> 00:37:23,067 Wait, wait. 862 00:37:23,067 --> 00:37:26,066 How does he get the Father in there? 863 00:37:26,066 --> 00:37:28,622 Well, because of this: 864 00:37:28,622 --> 00:37:31,375 The Father is the one who declares to us 865 00:37:31,375 --> 00:37:34,382 who Jesus is. 866 00:37:34,382 --> 00:37:37,796 If you say, "I don't think so," 867 00:37:37,796 --> 00:37:41,904 this has to do with the Father's honor as well. 868 00:37:41,904 --> 00:37:45,295 Because basically to deny Christ, 869 00:37:45,295 --> 00:37:47,983 to say He's other than who He is 870 00:37:47,983 --> 00:37:50,456 is to call God a liar. 871 00:37:50,456 --> 00:37:51,855 That's the issue. 872 00:37:51,855 --> 00:37:53,935 "No one who denies the Son 873 00:37:53,935 --> 00:37:56,197 has the Father." 874 00:37:56,197 --> 00:37:58,305 Be careful there. 875 00:37:58,305 --> 00:38:02,553 People love to say we have the same God. 876 00:38:02,553 --> 00:38:03,667 Do you ever hear that? 877 00:38:03,667 --> 00:38:06,194 I hear that. "It's the same God." 878 00:38:06,194 --> 00:38:07,664 "I'm from another religion, 879 00:38:07,664 --> 00:38:11,644 but our god is your God." 880 00:38:11,644 --> 00:38:13,288 Okay, wait a second, 881 00:38:13,288 --> 00:38:16,735 how do you define Christ? 882 00:38:16,735 --> 00:38:20,254 As soon as they define Christ different, 883 00:38:20,254 --> 00:38:21,844 not the same God 884 00:38:21,844 --> 00:38:24,276 because if you deny the Son, 885 00:38:24,276 --> 00:38:26,773 you don't have the Father. 886 00:38:26,773 --> 00:38:28,233 "Whoever confesses the Son 887 00:38:28,233 --> 00:38:31,486 has the Father also." 888 00:38:31,486 --> 00:38:33,724 Listen, if you don't have the Father, 889 00:38:33,724 --> 00:38:35,945 it means you don't have God, 890 00:38:35,945 --> 00:38:37,435 no matter what you may think, 891 00:38:37,435 --> 00:38:39,884 no matter how you may think, 892 00:38:39,884 --> 00:38:44,054 no matter what your trust may be in. 893 00:38:44,054 --> 00:38:47,553 No matter how certain you are. 894 00:38:47,553 --> 00:38:50,573 No matter what hope you're resting on. 895 00:38:50,573 --> 00:38:51,724 I'll tell you this, 896 00:38:51,724 --> 00:38:54,396 if the Christ you have is not the Christ of Scripture, 897 00:38:54,396 --> 00:38:56,304 you don't have the Father. 898 00:38:56,304 --> 00:38:59,628 Only the Christ of Scripture is the way 899 00:38:59,628 --> 00:39:00,979 to the Father. 900 00:39:00,979 --> 00:39:02,404 No one comes unto the Father 901 00:39:02,404 --> 00:39:03,934 except by the biblical Christ - 902 00:39:03,934 --> 00:39:06,424 not the Christ of our own imagination; 903 00:39:06,424 --> 00:39:07,844 not the Christ we invented; 904 00:39:07,844 --> 00:39:10,634 not the Christ somebody else invented 905 00:39:10,634 --> 00:39:13,214 in some false religion. 906 00:39:13,214 --> 00:39:15,125 There is one Lord. 907 00:39:15,125 --> 00:39:20,363 One Lord. 908 00:39:20,363 --> 00:39:23,245 The thing that we need to recognize is this: 909 00:39:23,245 --> 00:39:27,123 The Father - this one God and Father 910 00:39:27,123 --> 00:39:29,336 is the God and Father 911 00:39:29,336 --> 00:39:31,789 of our Lord Jesus Christ. 912 00:39:31,789 --> 00:39:35,404 Their identities go together. 913 00:39:35,404 --> 00:39:36,792 Do you notice that? 914 00:39:36,792 --> 00:39:39,376 Do you recognize what I'm saying? 915 00:39:39,376 --> 00:39:41,797 If you redefine the Lord, 916 00:39:41,797 --> 00:39:43,835 then He's no longer the God and Father 917 00:39:43,835 --> 00:39:46,295 of our Lord Jesus Christ 918 00:39:46,295 --> 00:39:49,613 because our Lord Jesus Christ is one Lord. 919 00:39:49,613 --> 00:39:51,064 He's got definition. 920 00:39:51,064 --> 00:39:52,384 There is a way He is. 921 00:39:52,384 --> 00:39:56,244 There is a way that God expresses to us who He is. 922 00:39:56,244 --> 00:40:01,055 God has borne witness concerning His Son. 923 00:40:01,055 --> 00:40:04,323 He is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. 924 00:40:04,323 --> 00:40:07,374 Redefine Christ - you've just redefined 925 00:40:07,374 --> 00:40:11,624 the God and Father of that Lord Jesus Christ. 926 00:40:11,624 --> 00:40:18,204 Their identities are integrally tied to each other. 927 00:40:18,204 --> 00:40:20,635 That's the reality. 928 00:40:20,635 --> 00:40:24,015 Listen to this. 929 00:40:24,015 --> 00:40:28,774 "Let all the house of Israel 930 00:40:28,774 --> 00:40:31,674 therefore know for certain 931 00:40:31,674 --> 00:40:37,705 that God has made Him both Lord and Christ, 932 00:40:37,705 --> 00:40:42,045 this Jesus whom you have crucified." 933 00:40:42,045 --> 00:40:43,366 Did you get that? 934 00:40:43,366 --> 00:40:48,935 The Father has made Him Lord and Christ. 935 00:40:48,935 --> 00:40:51,608 Jesus Christ is the one Lord 936 00:40:51,608 --> 00:40:54,084 by the decree of God the Father. 937 00:40:54,084 --> 00:40:56,432 God made Christ Lord. 938 00:40:56,432 --> 00:40:59,363 Now this is interesting. 939 00:40:59,363 --> 00:41:01,063 (incomplete thought) 940 00:41:01,063 --> 00:41:02,605 I know many of you, 941 00:41:02,605 --> 00:41:03,803 you've often heard: 942 00:41:03,803 --> 00:41:08,337 "We don't make Jesus Lord." 943 00:41:08,337 --> 00:41:11,095 God made Him Lord. 944 00:41:11,095 --> 00:41:13,547 We don't make Jesus Lord. He is Lord. 945 00:41:13,547 --> 00:41:14,734 Well, that's true. 946 00:41:14,734 --> 00:41:16,105 We don't make Him Lord. 947 00:41:16,105 --> 00:41:17,566 Lots of people talk that way 948 00:41:17,566 --> 00:41:22,134 and you know that. 949 00:41:22,134 --> 00:41:25,075 No one makes Him Lord except the Father. 950 00:41:25,075 --> 00:41:27,526 He is Lord. 951 00:41:27,526 --> 00:41:32,374 And like I said, He's not only Lord to Christians. 952 00:41:32,374 --> 00:41:34,904 He died, He went to that cross, and He rose again 953 00:41:34,904 --> 00:41:39,174 that He might be Lord of both the living and the dead. 954 00:41:39,174 --> 00:41:43,182 On judgment day, Acts 10:42 says, 955 00:41:43,182 --> 00:41:45,244 "He is the one appointed by God..." 956 00:41:45,244 --> 00:41:46,863 Again, notice that. 957 00:41:46,863 --> 00:41:52,482 God made Him Lord and Christ. 958 00:41:52,482 --> 00:41:57,644 God appointed Him to be Judge. 959 00:41:57,644 --> 00:41:59,902 Of who? 960 00:41:59,902 --> 00:42:03,344 The living and the dead. 961 00:42:03,344 --> 00:42:05,684 Those who are saved; those who are not saved. 962 00:42:05,684 --> 00:42:08,946 Those who are Christians; those who are not Christians. 963 00:42:08,946 --> 00:42:10,425 But here's the thing, 964 00:42:10,425 --> 00:42:13,095 God making Christ Lord 965 00:42:13,095 --> 00:42:18,033 is interesting from another standpoint. 966 00:42:18,033 --> 00:42:30,637 Jesus must be made Lord to be Lord. 967 00:42:30,637 --> 00:42:32,595 Certainly, we don't make Him that, 968 00:42:32,595 --> 00:42:35,825 but isn't that interesting? 969 00:42:35,825 --> 00:42:41,304 Wait. Jesus in the beginning 970 00:42:41,304 --> 00:42:45,625 was the Word and the Word was with God 971 00:42:45,625 --> 00:42:48,964 and the Word was God. 972 00:42:48,964 --> 00:42:51,885 Doesn't His being God make Him Lord? 973 00:42:51,885 --> 00:42:53,704 Why does He have to be made Lord? 974 00:42:53,704 --> 00:42:55,883 If God becomes man, 975 00:42:55,883 --> 00:42:57,764 why does He have to be made Lord? 976 00:42:57,764 --> 00:43:00,734 Those are the kind of questions that come through my mind. 977 00:43:00,734 --> 00:43:03,843 But you know what you find in Scripture? 978 00:43:03,843 --> 00:43:08,484 It's as a man, as the God-man, 979 00:43:08,484 --> 00:43:14,935 as the descendant of David, 980 00:43:14,935 --> 00:43:16,755 He as a man, 981 00:43:16,755 --> 00:43:21,544 He has an earthly, manly King, 982 00:43:21,544 --> 00:43:24,935 He needs to be made Lord. 983 00:43:24,935 --> 00:43:27,544 What's so unique about Him 984 00:43:27,544 --> 00:43:30,105 is that He is actually a man 985 00:43:30,105 --> 00:43:33,524 who has been committed with all authority; 986 00:43:33,524 --> 00:43:37,225 one who bears our very nature, 987 00:43:37,225 --> 00:43:43,432 (incomplete thought). 988 00:43:43,432 --> 00:43:45,125 His being God - 989 00:43:45,125 --> 00:43:49,594 it didn't automatically make Jesus of Nazareth one Lord. 990 00:43:49,594 --> 00:43:50,865 Listen to this. 991 00:43:50,865 --> 00:43:52,353 Listen to these texts. 992 00:43:52,353 --> 00:43:56,113 I've already mentioned Philippians 2 where it says, 993 00:43:56,113 --> 00:44:00,893 "Therefore, God has highly exalted Him..." 994 00:44:00,893 --> 00:44:03,175 Why? 995 00:44:03,175 --> 00:44:06,285 Because He emptied Himself. 996 00:44:06,285 --> 00:44:08,014 How? 997 00:44:08,014 --> 00:44:10,054 In becoming a servant 998 00:44:10,054 --> 00:44:11,283 and becoming man 999 00:44:11,283 --> 00:44:12,816 and becoming obedient 1000 00:44:12,816 --> 00:44:15,633 even to death on the cross. 1001 00:44:15,633 --> 00:44:18,856 Therefore, God highly exalted Him 1002 00:44:18,856 --> 00:44:21,544 and gave Him this name. 1003 00:44:21,544 --> 00:44:23,414 Or how about this? 1004 00:44:23,414 --> 00:44:25,806 John 5:22, "The Father judges no one, 1005 00:44:25,806 --> 00:44:29,355 but has given all judgment to the Son." 1006 00:44:29,355 --> 00:44:32,124 But notice, the Father has given 1007 00:44:32,124 --> 00:44:34,793 all judgment to the Son. 1008 00:44:34,793 --> 00:44:38,573 John 5:26, "As the Father has life in Himself, 1009 00:44:38,573 --> 00:44:43,414 so He has granted the Son also 1010 00:44:43,414 --> 00:44:44,774 to have life in Himself." 1011 00:44:44,774 --> 00:44:46,114 Isn't that interesting! 1012 00:44:46,114 --> 00:44:52,143 It's like it's not automatic. 1013 00:44:52,143 --> 00:44:53,654 It's given. 1014 00:44:53,654 --> 00:44:55,313 It's bestowed. 1015 00:44:55,313 --> 00:44:56,935 It's granted. 1016 00:44:56,935 --> 00:45:01,134 We get these verses at us all the time throughout Scripture. 1017 00:45:01,134 --> 00:45:03,214 Matthew 28:18, 1018 00:45:03,214 --> 00:45:05,113 in light of the Great Commission, 1019 00:45:05,113 --> 00:45:06,512 Jesus came and said to them, 1020 00:45:06,512 --> 00:45:09,582 "All authority in heaven and on earth 1021 00:45:09,582 --> 00:45:11,485 has been given to Me." 1022 00:45:11,485 --> 00:45:13,253 Do you recognize what that's saying? 1023 00:45:13,253 --> 00:45:16,105 Even in heaven where He sits at the right hand of the Father 1024 00:45:16,105 --> 00:45:19,314 all authority has been given to Him in heaven. 1025 00:45:19,314 --> 00:45:21,155 The angels are at His charge. 1026 00:45:21,155 --> 00:45:22,464 What goes on in heaven, 1027 00:45:22,464 --> 00:45:23,955 what goes on on this earth. 1028 00:45:23,955 --> 00:45:26,885 But, "all authority has been given to Me." 1029 00:45:26,885 --> 00:45:28,882 Matthew 11:27, 1030 00:45:28,882 --> 00:45:31,255 "All things have been handed over to Me 1031 00:45:31,255 --> 00:45:32,645 by My Father." 1032 00:45:32,645 --> 00:45:34,665 Hebrews 1:2, "But in these last days, 1033 00:45:34,665 --> 00:45:36,723 He has spoken to us by His Son 1034 00:45:36,723 --> 00:45:42,216 whom He appointed heir of all things." 1035 00:45:42,216 --> 00:45:43,813 It's appointment. 1036 00:45:43,813 --> 00:45:45,095 It's bestowal. 1037 00:45:45,095 --> 00:45:46,366 It's handed over. 1038 00:45:46,366 --> 00:45:48,687 It's granted. 1039 00:45:48,687 --> 00:45:50,733 "The Father loves the Son 1040 00:45:50,733 --> 00:45:56,035 and has given all things into His hand," 1041 00:45:56,035 --> 00:45:57,515 John 3:35 says. 1042 00:45:57,515 --> 00:45:59,883 Acts 10:42, "He is the one 1043 00:45:59,883 --> 00:46:01,573 appointed by God to be Judge 1044 00:46:01,573 --> 00:46:02,905 of the living and the dead." 1045 00:46:02,905 --> 00:46:06,596 John 17:2, Jesus praying to His Father 1046 00:46:06,596 --> 00:46:08,678 about Himself says, 1047 00:46:08,678 --> 00:46:11,014 "You have given Me authority 1048 00:46:11,014 --> 00:46:14,143 over all flesh to give eternal life 1049 00:46:14,143 --> 00:46:18,224 to all whom You have given Me." 1050 00:46:18,224 --> 00:46:22,734 John 6:57 - it's just amazing. 1051 00:46:22,734 --> 00:46:26,844 John 6:57, 1052 00:46:26,844 --> 00:46:31,754 "I live because of the Father." 1053 00:46:31,754 --> 00:46:33,964 I love that text. 1054 00:46:33,964 --> 00:46:36,045 1 Corinthians 15:27, 1055 00:46:36,045 --> 00:46:38,356 "God has put all things 1056 00:46:38,356 --> 00:46:43,593 in subjection under His feet." 1057 00:46:43,593 --> 00:46:45,475 "Let all the house of Israel know 1058 00:46:45,475 --> 00:46:51,293 and be certain that God has made Him 1059 00:46:51,293 --> 00:46:53,715 both Lord and Christ, 1060 00:46:53,715 --> 00:46:56,884 this Jesus whom you have crucified." 1061 00:46:56,884 --> 00:46:59,264 There's one Lord. 1062 00:46:59,264 --> 00:47:01,184 God has made Him what He is. 1063 00:47:01,184 --> 00:47:03,284 His life derives from God. 1064 00:47:03,284 --> 00:47:04,804 His authority from God. 1065 00:47:04,804 --> 00:47:06,764 It is God who defines Him. 1066 00:47:06,764 --> 00:47:09,973 It is God who has given Him what defines Him. 1067 00:47:09,973 --> 00:47:12,787 This one Lord Jesus Christ. 1068 00:47:12,787 --> 00:47:14,934 And if you change this description, 1069 00:47:14,934 --> 00:47:17,404 if you seek to alter the definition 1070 00:47:17,404 --> 00:47:20,244 of Jesus Christ, this one Lord, 1071 00:47:20,244 --> 00:47:22,365 and what He is and who He is 1072 00:47:22,365 --> 00:47:24,214 and what He has done - 1073 00:47:24,214 --> 00:47:29,604 if you say, "No! Jesus is not like that," 1074 00:47:29,604 --> 00:47:31,845 then you call God the Father a liar. 1075 00:47:31,845 --> 00:47:33,407 Because God the Father 1076 00:47:33,407 --> 00:47:35,723 has indicated to us that this is exactly 1077 00:47:35,723 --> 00:47:38,346 the identity of His one Son. 1078 00:47:38,346 --> 00:47:40,196 This one God and Father 1079 00:47:40,196 --> 00:47:44,236 has described the identity of His Son. 1080 00:47:44,236 --> 00:47:46,356 And the identity of the Father 1081 00:47:46,356 --> 00:47:48,673 is uniquely integrally tied 1082 00:47:48,673 --> 00:47:51,263 to the identity of the one Lord. 1083 00:47:51,263 --> 00:47:54,655 And I'll tell you this, 1084 00:47:54,655 --> 00:47:58,173 has this not always been 1085 00:47:58,173 --> 00:48:01,524 that which not just offends people 1086 00:48:01,524 --> 00:48:03,955 over Jesus Christ, 1087 00:48:03,955 --> 00:48:06,706 but offends people about the church? 1088 00:48:06,706 --> 00:48:10,926 We are intolerant at this point. 1089 00:48:10,926 --> 00:48:12,963 We can tolerate sinners 1090 00:48:12,963 --> 00:48:15,264 of all different shades. 1091 00:48:15,264 --> 00:48:19,134 But we are intolerant at this point. 1092 00:48:19,134 --> 00:48:22,424 There is an intolerance in Christianity. 1093 00:48:22,424 --> 00:48:24,105 When somebody comes to us and says, 1094 00:48:24,105 --> 00:48:26,465 "Oh, our god is the same God as yours..." 1095 00:48:26,465 --> 00:48:29,084 Intolerance. No way. 1096 00:48:29,084 --> 00:48:32,073 Not when your "christ" is different than our Christ. 1097 00:48:32,073 --> 00:48:34,275 No way. Intolerance. 1098 00:48:34,275 --> 00:48:37,676 We cannot tolerate that. 1099 00:48:37,676 --> 00:48:39,495 If we do, it's not true Christianity. 1100 00:48:39,495 --> 00:48:41,853 It's not biblical Christianity. 1101 00:48:41,853 --> 00:48:43,314 No way. 1102 00:48:43,314 --> 00:48:45,155 In fact, if you have not seen 1103 00:48:45,155 --> 00:48:47,303 and you are not persuaded 1104 00:48:47,303 --> 00:48:50,974 of this intolerant aspect of Christianity, 1105 00:48:50,974 --> 00:48:54,113 you probably have never come face to face 1106 00:48:54,113 --> 00:48:55,724 with true Christianity 1107 00:48:55,724 --> 00:48:57,886 and with the one Lord 1108 00:48:57,886 --> 00:48:59,365 and the one Spirit 1109 00:48:59,365 --> 00:49:01,195 and the one God and Father of all. 1110 00:49:01,195 --> 00:49:05,505 This Christ of Scripture must stand alone. 1111 00:49:05,505 --> 00:49:07,594 He is entirely unique. 1112 00:49:07,594 --> 00:49:09,718 There is one Lord. 1113 00:49:09,718 --> 00:49:11,454 What do we read? 1114 00:49:11,454 --> 00:49:16,455 "There is salvation in no one else, 1115 00:49:16,455 --> 00:49:19,207 for there is no other name given among men 1116 00:49:19,207 --> 00:49:21,756 under heaven by which we must be saved." 1117 00:49:21,756 --> 00:49:26,195 His uniqueness, brethren, must be preserved. 1118 00:49:26,195 --> 00:49:28,046 And that unifies us. 1119 00:49:28,046 --> 00:49:29,615 That's what Paul's getting at. 1120 00:49:29,615 --> 00:49:31,095 This unifies us. 1121 00:49:31,095 --> 00:49:32,496 One Lord. 1122 00:49:32,496 --> 00:49:34,525 Therefore, one church. 1123 00:49:34,525 --> 00:49:36,235 One Christ. 1124 00:49:36,235 --> 00:49:38,164 We don't redefine Him. We can't. 1125 00:49:38,164 --> 00:49:40,096 We are intolerant. 1126 00:49:40,096 --> 00:49:43,586 This one Lord. One Lord. 1127 00:49:43,586 --> 00:49:46,723 This is what defines our Christianity. 1128 00:49:46,723 --> 00:49:48,924 If you think that you can find God 1129 00:49:48,924 --> 00:49:52,186 apart from and without this one Lord, 1130 00:49:52,186 --> 00:49:54,664 you're altogther mistaken. 1131 00:49:54,664 --> 00:49:56,834 Altogether. 1132 00:49:56,834 --> 00:49:58,556 Paul said this, "What we proclaim 1133 00:49:58,556 --> 00:49:59,885 is not ourselves, 1134 00:49:59,885 --> 00:50:01,584 but Jesus Christ as Lord..." 1135 00:50:01,584 --> 00:50:04,165 You want something - those of you that go out today - 1136 00:50:04,165 --> 00:50:05,845 you want something in your message? 1137 00:50:05,845 --> 00:50:08,075 Maybe sometimes you wonder, what do I say? 1138 00:50:08,075 --> 00:50:09,935 What do I say when I go up to the door? 1139 00:50:09,935 --> 00:50:11,503 I'll tell you this you can say: 1140 00:50:11,503 --> 00:50:14,274 Jesus Christ is Lord. 1141 00:50:14,274 --> 00:50:16,445 And you've got to do with Him. 1142 00:50:16,445 --> 00:50:18,613 Let me remind you as you're sitting there 1143 00:50:18,613 --> 00:50:20,985 drinking your beer, watching your football game. 1144 00:50:20,985 --> 00:50:25,185 Or, sitting there anticipating Thanksgiving. 1145 00:50:25,185 --> 00:50:26,974 There is one Lord 1146 00:50:26,974 --> 00:50:30,726 and you've got an appointment with Him and so do I. 1147 00:50:30,726 --> 00:50:32,824 Oh brethren, this one Lord. 1148 00:50:32,824 --> 00:50:34,473 What have we been told? 1149 00:50:34,473 --> 00:50:37,285 If you confess with your mouth 1150 00:50:37,285 --> 00:50:39,504 that Jesus is Lord 1151 00:50:39,504 --> 00:50:41,965 and you believe that God has raised Him 1152 00:50:41,965 --> 00:50:44,477 from the dead - have you ever thought about that? 1153 00:50:44,477 --> 00:50:46,093 You just kind of pass over that. 1154 00:50:46,093 --> 00:50:48,215 "Oh, well, we have to confess Jesus Christ." 1155 00:50:48,215 --> 00:50:51,944 No, it says if you confess Him as Lord... 1156 00:50:51,944 --> 00:50:53,044 Lord. 1157 00:50:53,044 --> 00:50:54,424 You see, there's a surrender. 1158 00:50:54,424 --> 00:50:57,583 When you say, "Lord... Lord!" 1159 00:50:57,583 --> 00:51:00,234 You're saying, "I'm not Lord." 1160 00:51:00,234 --> 00:51:02,035 I lay down my weapons. 1161 00:51:02,035 --> 00:51:05,294 I'm surrendering to follow You, 1162 00:51:05,294 --> 00:51:07,795 to be saved by You in whatever way You save. 1163 00:51:07,795 --> 00:51:09,595 But if you confess with your mouth 1164 00:51:09,595 --> 00:51:11,705 that Jesus is Lord 1165 00:51:11,705 --> 00:51:13,755 and you believe in your heart 1166 00:51:13,755 --> 00:51:16,954 that God raised this Lord Jesus Christ 1167 00:51:16,954 --> 00:51:18,034 from the dead, 1168 00:51:18,034 --> 00:51:20,465 Scripture promises you will be saved. 1169 00:51:20,465 --> 00:51:22,695 You reject this Christ as Lord? 1170 00:51:22,695 --> 00:51:24,363 You cannot be saved. 1171 00:51:24,363 --> 00:51:28,206 Every one who calls on the name of the Lord... 1172 00:51:28,206 --> 00:51:30,217 There it is - the Philippian jailer - 1173 00:51:30,217 --> 00:51:33,326 what must I do to be saved? 1174 00:51:33,326 --> 00:51:38,274 Call upon the name of the Lord. 1175 00:51:38,274 --> 00:51:41,183 See, Paul says when we preach, 1176 00:51:41,183 --> 00:51:43,765 we preach He is Lord of all. 1177 00:51:43,765 --> 00:51:45,285 Don't just skip over that 1178 00:51:45,285 --> 00:51:52,015 like that's some sort of trivial addendum 1179 00:51:52,015 --> 00:51:55,626 to His name, like we put a Mr. or Mrs. - 1180 00:51:55,626 --> 00:51:57,915 like we just call Him the Lord Jesus Christ. 1181 00:51:57,915 --> 00:51:59,244 We kind of fly over it. 1182 00:51:59,244 --> 00:52:01,918 No, you need to take it seriously. 1183 00:52:01,918 --> 00:52:03,423 Jesus took it seriously. 1184 00:52:03,423 --> 00:52:06,366 He looked at people one day there in Luke 6. 1185 00:52:06,366 --> 00:52:10,955 He says, "Why do you call Me 'Lord, Lord,' 1186 00:52:10,955 --> 00:52:13,747 and not do the things I say?" 1187 00:52:13,747 --> 00:52:16,524 You see, there's an inconsistency. 1188 00:52:16,524 --> 00:52:18,063 If you say it with your mouth, 1189 00:52:18,063 --> 00:52:19,854 you need to believe it in your heart. 1190 00:52:19,854 --> 00:52:21,496 And if you believe it in your heart, 1191 00:52:21,496 --> 00:52:23,166 if there's truly been repentance - remember, 1192 00:52:23,166 --> 00:52:24,216 a change of mind - 1193 00:52:24,216 --> 00:52:25,645 what is that change of mind? 1194 00:52:25,645 --> 00:52:27,808 It goes from seeing Christ as small, 1195 00:52:27,808 --> 00:52:31,645 insignificant, not the Lord - I'm Lord. 1196 00:52:31,645 --> 00:52:33,565 I call the shots. 1197 00:52:33,565 --> 00:52:35,216 No. 1198 00:52:35,216 --> 00:52:37,327 "Why do you call Me, 'Lord, Lord,' 1199 00:52:37,327 --> 00:52:39,282 and you don't do the things I say?" 1200 00:52:39,282 --> 00:52:40,795 You see, if there's repentance, 1201 00:52:40,795 --> 00:52:42,784 if you really have had a change of mind, 1202 00:52:42,784 --> 00:52:44,268 if you're really believing on 1203 00:52:44,268 --> 00:52:47,624 and calling upon the Lord... 1204 00:52:47,624 --> 00:52:50,514 Acts 2:21 there on the day of Pentecost - 1205 00:52:50,514 --> 00:52:52,274 "It shall come to pass 1206 00:52:52,274 --> 00:52:53,835 that everyone who calls upon 1207 00:52:53,835 --> 00:52:56,926 the name of the Lord shall be saved." 1208 00:52:56,926 --> 00:52:59,085 We must be intolerant 1209 00:52:59,085 --> 00:53:02,694 because no other Jesus can save. 1210 00:53:02,694 --> 00:53:04,565 There's one name under heaven 1211 00:53:04,565 --> 00:53:07,036 among men whereby we must be saved. 1212 00:53:07,036 --> 00:53:08,995 His name. Not another. 1213 00:53:08,995 --> 00:53:11,004 One Lord. 1214 00:53:11,004 --> 00:53:14,685 He's the Savior and there is no other. 1215 00:53:14,685 --> 00:53:17,605 "I am the way, the truth, and the life." 1216 00:53:17,605 --> 00:53:23,004 "There is no other way to the Father except by Me." 1217 00:53:23,004 --> 00:53:25,155 But there is a way to the Father. 1218 00:53:25,155 --> 00:53:27,234 And don't despise that way. 1219 00:53:27,234 --> 00:53:28,455 Don't ignore. 1220 00:53:28,455 --> 00:53:31,344 We must be intolerant. 1221 00:53:31,344 --> 00:53:32,475 One Lord. 1222 00:53:32,475 --> 00:53:34,098 He alone. 1223 00:53:34,098 --> 00:53:37,135 We must never say that God can be known without Him. 1224 00:53:37,135 --> 00:53:41,487 We must be utterly intolerant at this point. 1225 00:53:41,487 --> 00:53:44,385 And because all true Christians are 1226 00:53:44,385 --> 00:53:46,246 intolerant at this point, 1227 00:53:46,246 --> 00:53:53,310 that very intolerance unites every one of us. 1228 00:53:53,310 --> 00:53:55,357 I could meet somebody far away 1229 00:53:55,357 --> 00:53:58,105 in another country and it's like, 1230 00:53:58,105 --> 00:54:01,878 "Describe your Lord to me." 1231 00:54:01,878 --> 00:54:04,727 Amen. We are united. 1232 00:54:04,727 --> 00:54:06,005 But if you say to me: 1233 00:54:06,005 --> 00:54:07,627 I don't care where I meet you. 1234 00:54:07,627 --> 00:54:09,226 I could meet you right here 1235 00:54:09,226 --> 00:54:10,964 in my own house. 1236 00:54:10,964 --> 00:54:13,124 Right here at home. 1237 00:54:13,124 --> 00:54:15,355 And you say to me: 1238 00:54:15,355 --> 00:54:17,747 Christ isn't enough. I need purgatory. 1239 00:54:17,747 --> 00:54:21,009 Or you say to me He was a prophet, but He wasn't God. 1240 00:54:21,009 --> 00:54:24,449 Or you say to me, 1241 00:54:24,449 --> 00:54:26,994 He's weak. He's effeminate. 1242 00:54:26,994 --> 00:54:29,127 We need something else. 1243 00:54:29,127 --> 00:54:31,645 We don't have the same Christ. 1244 00:54:31,645 --> 00:54:33,553 Intolerance. 1245 00:54:33,553 --> 00:54:36,478 We're welded into one by this 1246 00:54:36,478 --> 00:54:38,945 absolute unity where there's intolerance 1247 00:54:38,945 --> 00:54:42,005 about the Person of Christ. 1248 00:54:42,005 --> 00:54:46,125 Listen, this is not the height of arrogance. 1249 00:54:46,125 --> 00:54:47,345 Some might suppose that. 1250 00:54:47,345 --> 00:54:49,147 When there's intolerance, people say, 1251 00:54:49,147 --> 00:54:52,014 they're mean; they're mean-spirited. 1252 00:54:52,014 --> 00:54:54,353 They don't accept other people. 1253 00:54:54,353 --> 00:54:58,704 No, it's not the height of arrogance and pride. 1254 00:54:58,704 --> 00:55:03,576 Actually, for unity, for us all to be one, 1255 00:55:03,576 --> 00:55:05,614 for us to all be intolerant 1256 00:55:05,614 --> 00:55:06,745 around these truths, 1257 00:55:06,745 --> 00:55:09,586 actually if you go back to Ephesians 4:2, 1258 00:55:09,586 --> 00:55:11,978 it calls for humility. 1259 00:55:11,978 --> 00:55:14,095 This is the height of humility 1260 00:55:14,095 --> 00:55:15,858 because we're not inventing this. 1261 00:55:15,858 --> 00:55:17,466 This isn't us being lifted up 1262 00:55:17,466 --> 00:55:19,964 in our own pride 1263 00:55:19,964 --> 00:55:21,886 in defining who Christ is. 1264 00:55:21,886 --> 00:55:23,425 No. 1265 00:55:23,425 --> 00:55:25,606 We've been where you are 1266 00:55:25,606 --> 00:55:28,026 and we've come face to face. 1267 00:55:28,026 --> 00:55:31,466 And what we had to do was bow to this Christ. 1268 00:55:31,466 --> 00:55:33,588 We had to surrender. 1269 00:55:33,588 --> 00:55:39,639 Actually, what is humility? 1270 00:55:39,639 --> 00:55:42,904 What's at the heart of it? 1271 00:55:42,904 --> 00:55:48,345 The heart of it is proper estimation of self, 1272 00:55:48,345 --> 00:55:52,096 proper estimation of Him. 1273 00:55:52,096 --> 00:55:56,516 We bowed to God's description of His Son. 1274 00:55:56,516 --> 00:55:59,225 Totally inconsistent to call Him Lord 1275 00:55:59,225 --> 00:56:02,846 and not do the things He says. 1276 00:56:02,846 --> 00:56:06,135 You see, if you call Him Lord, 1277 00:56:06,135 --> 00:56:09,087 and you do the things He said, 1278 00:56:09,087 --> 00:56:11,103 that's a picture of humility, 1279 00:56:11,103 --> 00:56:12,615 not of pride and arrogance. 1280 00:56:12,615 --> 00:56:15,737 It's a picture of surrender. 1281 00:56:15,737 --> 00:56:17,266 We're surrendering to Him. 1282 00:56:17,266 --> 00:56:18,996 We will not surrender 1283 00:56:18,996 --> 00:56:23,583 to other people's definitions of Christ. 1284 00:56:23,583 --> 00:56:29,555 Because we're surrendered to Him. 1285 00:56:29,555 --> 00:56:31,166 It unifies. 1286 00:56:31,166 --> 00:56:32,687 Just listen to this. 1287 00:56:32,687 --> 00:56:34,284 You know this text, 1288 00:56:34,284 --> 00:56:39,813 but listen to it in light of all that I'm saying. 1289 00:56:39,813 --> 00:56:46,093 "The one who observes the day..." 1290 00:56:46,093 --> 00:56:48,254 Some people observe days 1291 00:56:48,254 --> 00:56:49,594 who are Christians. 1292 00:56:49,594 --> 00:56:51,226 And some other Christians 1293 00:56:51,226 --> 00:56:54,167 don't observe the same day. 1294 00:56:54,167 --> 00:56:55,696 We could bring in Sabbaths, 1295 00:56:55,696 --> 00:56:57,695 we could bring in Passover. 1296 00:56:57,695 --> 00:57:00,665 Whatever. 1297 00:57:00,665 --> 00:57:02,944 But listen to this. 1298 00:57:02,944 --> 00:57:06,006 "The one who observes the day 1299 00:57:06,006 --> 00:57:11,065 observes it in honor of the Lord." 1300 00:57:11,065 --> 00:57:13,086 That is key. 1301 00:57:13,086 --> 00:57:14,607 He's Master. 1302 00:57:14,607 --> 00:57:16,023 He's sovereign. 1303 00:57:16,023 --> 00:57:17,726 He's in control. 1304 00:57:17,726 --> 00:57:21,034 And when I do what I do, 1305 00:57:21,034 --> 00:57:24,715 whether I keep it or don't keep it, 1306 00:57:24,715 --> 00:57:26,896 it's in surrender to Him. 1307 00:57:26,896 --> 00:57:32,196 See, I'm doing what I think He wants me to do. 1308 00:57:32,196 --> 00:57:34,723 And I'm honoring Him. 1309 00:57:34,723 --> 00:57:36,285 That's unity. You know what? 1310 00:57:36,285 --> 00:57:38,546 Even if you come to a different conviction 1311 00:57:38,546 --> 00:57:41,487 about keeping the Sabbath, 1312 00:57:41,487 --> 00:57:45,725 you keep it in honor of Him. 1313 00:57:45,725 --> 00:57:50,344 I don't keep it - that doesn't disunify us. 1314 00:57:50,344 --> 00:57:52,887 Because what we're both seeking to do 1315 00:57:52,887 --> 00:57:54,918 is honor the same Lord. 1316 00:57:54,918 --> 00:57:57,053 That unifies us. 1317 00:57:57,053 --> 00:58:00,676 And that's the very point of Paul. 1318 00:58:00,676 --> 00:58:02,144 "The one who eats, 1319 00:58:02,144 --> 00:58:03,396 eats in honor of the Lord, 1320 00:58:03,396 --> 00:58:04,855 since he gives thanks to God. 1321 00:58:04,855 --> 00:58:06,228 While the one who abstains, 1322 00:58:06,228 --> 00:58:07,798 abstains in honor of the Lord, 1323 00:58:07,798 --> 00:58:10,315 and gives thanks to God. 1324 00:58:10,315 --> 00:58:13,194 None of us lives to himself." 1325 00:58:13,194 --> 00:58:14,866 You don't. 1326 00:58:14,866 --> 00:58:17,684 And you don't die unto yourself. 1327 00:58:17,684 --> 00:58:23,586 "If we live, we live unto the Lord. 1328 00:58:23,586 --> 00:58:27,654 If we die, we die to the Lord. 1329 00:58:27,654 --> 00:58:30,894 So then, whether we live or whether we die 1330 00:58:30,894 --> 00:58:32,635 we're the Lord's." 1331 00:58:32,635 --> 00:58:35,626 He's owner. 1332 00:58:35,626 --> 00:58:37,988 "For to this end Christ died and lived again 1333 00:58:37,988 --> 00:58:40,036 that He might be Lord 1334 00:58:40,036 --> 00:58:44,026 both of the dead and of the living." 1335 00:58:44,026 --> 00:58:46,574 One Lord, brethren. 1336 00:58:46,574 --> 00:58:48,444 One Lord. 1337 00:58:48,444 --> 00:58:52,785 This is the most unifying of realities. 1338 00:58:52,785 --> 00:58:55,147 Christians, think about it, 1339 00:58:55,147 --> 00:58:58,917 we're soldiers under one Commander. 1340 00:58:58,917 --> 00:59:00,785 One Commander. One. 1341 00:59:00,785 --> 00:59:02,126 He's not divided. 1342 00:59:02,126 --> 00:59:03,307 There's one Lord. 1343 00:59:03,307 --> 00:59:05,606 He has one purpose. He has one agenda. 1344 00:59:05,606 --> 00:59:08,484 He has one plan, one goal, one purpose. 1345 00:59:08,484 --> 00:59:10,495 He is not at odds with Himself. 1346 00:59:10,495 --> 00:59:12,786 He has one will, 1347 00:59:12,786 --> 00:59:15,266 one agenda, one direction. 1348 00:59:15,266 --> 00:59:18,035 He's taking us all somewhere. 1349 00:59:18,035 --> 00:59:19,757 There's movement here. 1350 00:59:19,757 --> 00:59:23,731 The Lord is moving 1351 00:59:23,731 --> 00:59:25,125 towards the end of time, 1352 00:59:25,125 --> 00:59:26,555 towards when He'll come. 1353 00:59:26,555 --> 00:59:28,564 There's a plan. 1354 00:59:28,564 --> 00:59:30,260 There's some place we're headed. 1355 00:59:30,260 --> 00:59:32,455 We're moving under this one Commander 1356 00:59:32,455 --> 00:59:33,596 and He is Lord. 1357 00:59:33,596 --> 00:59:36,996 He is my Lord and there's one Lord, 1358 00:59:36,996 --> 00:59:39,129 so you don't have a different one. 1359 00:59:39,129 --> 00:59:40,355 He's your Lord. 1360 00:59:40,355 --> 00:59:41,737 The issue for each of us 1361 00:59:41,737 --> 00:59:43,675 is are we surrendered to Him? 1362 00:59:43,675 --> 00:59:45,434 His purposes are singular. 1363 00:59:45,434 --> 00:59:46,796 Where's He going? 1364 00:59:46,796 --> 00:59:48,618 All authority has been given to Me. 1365 00:59:48,618 --> 00:59:50,466 So what does He have to say to us? 1366 00:59:50,466 --> 00:59:53,516 Okay, you go to all the nations. 1367 00:59:53,516 --> 00:59:55,684 You know what His purpose is? 1368 00:59:55,684 --> 00:59:57,517 His purpose is that Jesus Christ 1369 00:59:57,517 --> 00:59:59,626 would be lifted up before all the nations. 1370 00:59:59,626 --> 01:00:01,457 It's the glory of God. 1371 01:00:01,457 --> 01:00:02,477 And you know what? 1372 01:00:02,477 --> 01:00:05,120 When people bow down and they say, 1373 01:00:05,120 --> 01:00:06,627 "He is the Christ," 1374 01:00:06,627 --> 01:00:08,166 that glorifies God. 1375 01:00:08,166 --> 01:00:12,406 Have you seen how when that widow's son was raised 1376 01:00:12,406 --> 01:00:15,147 and they even just said, 1377 01:00:15,147 --> 01:00:17,938 listen, He is a prophet, but He's more than a prophet. 1378 01:00:17,938 --> 01:00:20,185 When they said "the great prophet," 1379 01:00:20,185 --> 01:00:22,196 "God has brought a prophet into the land," 1380 01:00:22,196 --> 01:00:24,458 you notice what it said? 1381 01:00:24,458 --> 01:00:26,544 They glorified God. 1382 01:00:26,544 --> 01:00:29,425 The glory of God is as we take this message 1383 01:00:29,425 --> 01:00:32,366 because all authority has been given to this one Lord. 1384 01:00:32,366 --> 01:00:34,486 And we go seek to make disciples. 1385 01:00:34,486 --> 01:00:37,217 Every nation is going to bow down. 1386 01:00:37,217 --> 01:00:40,127 Every nation is going to be represented there 1387 01:00:40,127 --> 01:00:41,707 on judgment day. 1388 01:00:41,707 --> 01:00:43,659 And we're to go. We're to go out there 1389 01:00:43,659 --> 01:00:45,035 and we're to lift Him up, 1390 01:00:45,035 --> 01:00:47,918 even though we may be different members 1391 01:00:47,918 --> 01:00:50,760 and differently gifted, the reality is 1392 01:00:50,760 --> 01:00:52,621 that we have this one Lord 1393 01:00:52,621 --> 01:00:54,980 and He's pressing the whole church forward. 1394 01:00:54,980 --> 01:00:56,617 We are moving towards eternity. 1395 01:00:56,617 --> 01:00:59,076 We are all moving towards judgment day. 1396 01:00:59,076 --> 01:01:01,114 We're all moving in the direction 1397 01:01:01,114 --> 01:01:03,615 of having to stand and face His approval 1398 01:01:03,615 --> 01:01:04,897 or His disapproval. 1399 01:01:04,897 --> 01:01:06,148 He's the Judge of all. 1400 01:01:06,148 --> 01:01:09,625 Remember, "I was naked 1401 01:01:09,625 --> 01:01:12,657 and you clothed Me." 1402 01:01:12,657 --> 01:01:15,676 "Well done, good and faithful servant!" 1403 01:01:15,676 --> 01:01:16,897 Have you ever heard that? 1404 01:01:16,897 --> 01:01:18,575 It's His approval. 1405 01:01:18,575 --> 01:01:21,045 It's His approval. 1406 01:01:21,045 --> 01:01:23,496 Brethren, the most unifying thing 1407 01:01:23,496 --> 01:01:25,069 that this church can have is not 1408 01:01:25,069 --> 01:01:26,698 that we be clones of each other 1409 01:01:26,698 --> 01:01:29,275 and not that we all have exactly the same convictions, 1410 01:01:29,275 --> 01:01:31,186 but when all of our convictions 1411 01:01:31,186 --> 01:01:33,688 are motivated by this one Lord 1412 01:01:33,688 --> 01:01:37,016 and by His will and desiring to please Him, 1413 01:01:37,016 --> 01:01:39,356 surrender to Him, follow Him, 1414 01:01:39,356 --> 01:01:41,314 be about His business, 1415 01:01:41,314 --> 01:01:43,299 that is the most unifying thing 1416 01:01:43,299 --> 01:01:46,108 that can possibly happen in a church. 1417 01:01:46,108 --> 01:01:48,655 The thrust. What is the thrust of it all? 1418 01:01:48,655 --> 01:01:51,757 Hastening towards the day of His return. 1419 01:01:51,757 --> 01:01:55,003 Hastening. Moving to that day 1420 01:01:55,003 --> 01:01:56,505 when every knee shall bow, 1421 01:01:56,505 --> 01:01:58,847 with finality and exclamation, 1422 01:01:58,847 --> 01:02:00,348 that end is going to come. 1423 01:02:00,348 --> 01:02:01,244 And what? 1424 01:02:01,244 --> 01:02:04,466 Every enemy subject to Him. 1425 01:02:04,466 --> 01:02:08,205 Every principality, ruler, power, 1426 01:02:08,205 --> 01:02:10,045 brought to bow down. 1427 01:02:10,045 --> 01:02:13,289 Everyone including the last enemy death. 1428 01:02:13,289 --> 01:02:15,217 And Jesus Christ is going to turn 1429 01:02:15,217 --> 01:02:18,486 the whole thing over to His Father. 1430 01:02:18,486 --> 01:02:20,087 That is the end. 1431 01:02:20,087 --> 01:02:22,483 We're under the command of one Lord. 1432 01:02:22,483 --> 01:02:24,036 He's moving the troops. 1433 01:02:24,036 --> 01:02:26,225 One body should respond to one Head. 1434 01:02:26,225 --> 01:02:31,765 All nations - wherever God's people are found bowing down. 1435 01:02:31,765 --> 01:02:34,917 This unifying reality. 1436 01:02:34,917 --> 01:02:37,284 Brethren, there's nothing more certain. 1437 01:02:37,284 --> 01:02:40,155 He that is with us is greater than he that's in the world. 1438 01:02:40,155 --> 01:02:42,575 Christ came to destroy the works of the devil. 1439 01:02:42,575 --> 01:02:45,283 Help has been laid upon one who is mighty. 1440 01:02:45,283 --> 01:02:47,936 He is Lord. 1441 01:02:47,936 --> 01:02:51,605 Listen, to surrender to Him 1442 01:02:51,605 --> 01:02:54,447 is the safest thing imaginable. 1443 01:02:54,447 --> 01:02:56,187 Because He's good. 1444 01:02:56,187 --> 01:02:59,445 He doesn't rule like the tyrants of this world. 1445 01:02:59,445 --> 01:03:08,185 He doesn't rule like the ways of bloody Islam 1446 01:03:08,185 --> 01:03:11,766 or bloody Catholicism. 1447 01:03:11,766 --> 01:03:14,025 He doesn't rule that way. 1448 01:03:14,025 --> 01:03:15,906 He rules by kindness. 1449 01:03:15,906 --> 01:03:18,797 And He rules by shedding His own blood. 1450 01:03:18,797 --> 01:03:23,278 He is Lord because He laid down His life for sinners 1451 01:03:23,278 --> 01:03:25,966 and was raised from the dead. 1452 01:03:25,966 --> 01:03:27,957 And He comes in kindness. 1453 01:03:27,957 --> 01:03:30,587 And He said, "I desire mercy, not sacrifice." 1454 01:03:30,587 --> 01:03:32,256 That's the kind of Lord we have. 1455 01:03:32,256 --> 01:03:33,575 We have the kind of Lord 1456 01:03:33,575 --> 01:03:35,551 who hung out with prostitutes 1457 01:03:35,551 --> 01:03:37,496 and tax collectors. 1458 01:03:37,496 --> 01:03:40,714 We have the kind of Lord who saves sinners. 1459 01:03:40,714 --> 01:03:42,028 We have the kind of Lord 1460 01:03:42,028 --> 01:03:44,031 who is beckoning that people come to Him. 1461 01:03:44,031 --> 01:03:45,309 We have the kind of Lord 1462 01:03:45,309 --> 01:03:48,428 who was willing to empty Himself 1463 01:03:48,428 --> 01:03:51,025 and be humbled and become a servant 1464 01:03:51,025 --> 01:03:54,355 and become man so that He might die. 1465 01:03:54,355 --> 01:03:56,635 That's the kind of Lord that we have. 1466 01:03:56,635 --> 01:03:59,375 And He is Lord. 1467 01:03:59,375 --> 01:04:01,074 And just because He has come 1468 01:04:01,074 --> 01:04:04,746 in weakness and humility in the past 1469 01:04:04,746 --> 01:04:07,054 doesn't mean He's going to come like that 1470 01:04:07,054 --> 01:04:08,746 when He comes again. 1471 01:04:08,746 --> 01:04:10,257 He has risen. 1472 01:04:10,257 --> 01:04:11,937 He is exalted. 1473 01:04:11,937 --> 01:04:14,905 And it is expected that you bow down before Him 1474 01:04:14,905 --> 01:04:16,155 and surrender to Him. 1475 01:04:16,155 --> 01:04:18,586 And if you do, there's salvation to the uttermost. 1476 01:04:18,586 --> 01:04:19,965 He will save you. 1477 01:04:19,965 --> 01:04:22,864 He will take you to glory, to paradise. 1478 01:04:22,864 --> 01:04:26,399 He will wash all your sins away. 1479 01:04:26,399 --> 01:04:28,147 This is the kind of Lord we have. 1480 01:04:28,147 --> 01:04:30,134 There is no other. 1481 01:04:30,134 --> 01:04:32,006 This is the one Lord. 1482 01:04:32,006 --> 01:04:35,026 The one Lord Jesus Christ 1483 01:04:35,026 --> 01:04:36,977 that we all have to do with. 1484 01:04:36,977 --> 01:04:41,217 He is Lord of the living and of the dead. 1485 01:04:41,217 --> 01:04:43,537 And He is the one God has appointed 1486 01:04:43,537 --> 01:04:46,878 to judge every single one of us. 1487 01:04:46,878 --> 01:04:49,487 On that judgment day, 1488 01:04:49,487 --> 01:04:51,089 you want to stand before Him 1489 01:04:51,089 --> 01:04:54,309 having had all your sins washed away 1490 01:04:54,309 --> 01:04:56,874 by the Judge. 1491 01:04:56,874 --> 01:04:59,079 He won't need convincing. 1492 01:04:59,079 --> 01:05:02,925 He'll bear the wounds glorified. 1493 01:05:02,925 --> 01:05:04,375 He'll bear them. 1494 01:05:04,375 --> 01:05:06,477 There'll be no convincing of the Judge 1495 01:05:06,477 --> 01:05:09,659 because He Himself is the one who poured out His blood. 1496 01:05:09,659 --> 01:05:11,565 But I'll tell you this, 1497 01:05:11,565 --> 01:05:15,356 if you stand before Him on that day 1498 01:05:15,356 --> 01:05:19,547 and you did not willingly bow the knee to Him here, 1499 01:05:19,547 --> 01:05:22,295 that day is going to be most terrifying. 1500 01:05:22,295 --> 01:05:24,235 Paul said, "...knowing therefore 1501 01:05:24,235 --> 01:05:29,556 the terror of the Lord, we persuade men." 1502 01:05:29,556 --> 01:05:32,274 And we would persuade you. 1503 01:05:32,274 --> 01:05:35,344 Don't misinterpret His coming as a servant 1504 01:05:35,344 --> 01:05:37,674 and His coming gentle 1505 01:05:37,674 --> 01:05:40,219 and His coming meek and lowly the first time. 1506 01:05:40,219 --> 01:05:44,644 Don't misinterpret that. 1507 01:05:44,644 --> 01:05:46,425 Because when He comes again, 1508 01:05:46,425 --> 01:05:49,957 it will not be to offer you salvation. 1509 01:05:49,957 --> 01:05:52,303 If you have not taken it, 1510 01:05:52,303 --> 01:05:56,368 it will be to come and destroy His enemies. 1511 01:05:56,368 --> 01:05:58,533 And be certain, that day is coming. 1512 01:05:58,533 --> 01:05:59,504 It's appointed. 1513 01:05:59,504 --> 01:06:01,111 It's appointed to you to die 1514 01:06:01,111 --> 01:06:04,514 and then it's appointed to you to face this Christ, 1515 01:06:04,514 --> 01:06:09,147 this one Lord in judgment. 1516 01:06:09,147 --> 01:06:14,284 And if you stand there in your sin, 1517 01:06:14,284 --> 01:06:16,506 He will give the word: 1518 01:06:16,506 --> 01:06:18,662 "Depart from Me, 1519 01:06:18,662 --> 01:06:20,671 you workers of iniquity." 1520 01:06:20,671 --> 01:06:23,360 And you'll not resist. 1521 01:06:23,360 --> 01:06:28,480 You will go because there is one Lord. 1522 01:06:28,480 --> 01:06:29,946 And whoever you think it is, 1523 01:06:29,946 --> 01:06:31,499 in that day you will know, 1524 01:06:31,499 --> 01:06:34,514 and your own tongue will confess. 1525 01:06:34,514 --> 01:06:37,478 Your own knee will bow. 1526 01:06:37,478 --> 01:06:39,966 Can you imagine the picture? 1527 01:06:39,966 --> 01:06:42,636 All the offspring of Adam. 1528 01:06:42,636 --> 01:06:45,557 Through all the ages. See them there. 1529 01:06:45,557 --> 01:06:48,224 There's almost 8 billion now. 1530 01:06:48,224 --> 01:06:51,124 Who knows how much longer life will go on? 1531 01:06:51,124 --> 01:06:52,495 The world will go on. 1532 01:06:52,495 --> 01:06:58,629 Can you imagine all the masses of mankind? 1533 01:06:58,629 --> 01:07:00,209 You know what the noise is 1534 01:07:00,209 --> 01:07:02,676 if I suddenly asked all of you right now 1535 01:07:02,676 --> 01:07:04,468 to just drop to the floor. 1536 01:07:04,468 --> 01:07:07,264 There would be that noise 1537 01:07:07,264 --> 01:07:13,396 and then silence for the most part. 1538 01:07:13,396 --> 01:07:15,255 Can you imagine just that sound 1539 01:07:15,255 --> 01:07:18,737 of every knee, 1540 01:07:18,737 --> 01:07:21,608 every head bowed? 1541 01:07:21,608 --> 01:07:23,743 Can you imagine it? 1542 01:07:23,743 --> 01:07:26,711 There He stands. 1543 01:07:26,711 --> 01:07:29,933 Absolutely above all. 1544 01:07:29,933 --> 01:07:34,772 A name above all names. 1545 01:07:34,772 --> 01:07:37,652 In His glory. 1546 01:07:37,652 --> 01:07:40,035 In His power, in His authority, 1547 01:07:40,035 --> 01:07:42,644 in His beauty. 1548 01:07:42,644 --> 01:07:46,192 It will be breathtaking. 1549 01:07:46,192 --> 01:07:48,524 In one sense, there will be something in us 1550 01:07:48,524 --> 01:07:51,762 wanting to not lift our eyes, 1551 01:07:51,762 --> 01:07:54,074 (incomplete thought). 1552 01:07:54,074 --> 01:07:57,582 For those people being forced, 1553 01:07:57,582 --> 01:08:02,572 they'll want to run and find a mountain to cover them. 1554 01:08:02,572 --> 01:08:05,491 But for us there will be a beauty, 1555 01:08:05,491 --> 01:08:08,464 I don't know that even as our knees bend 1556 01:08:08,464 --> 01:08:12,004 we'll be able to take our eyes off of Him. 1557 01:08:12,004 --> 01:08:16,372 Such glory, such majesty. 1558 01:08:16,372 --> 01:08:18,260 This is reality. 1559 01:08:18,260 --> 01:08:21,340 There is one Lord. 1560 01:08:21,340 --> 01:08:26,092 And we're going to see Him. 1561 01:08:26,092 --> 01:08:29,093 Oh, you want to see Him with a smile, 1562 01:08:29,093 --> 01:08:30,822 not with a frown, 1563 01:08:30,822 --> 01:08:32,860 because He's the Lord. 1564 01:08:32,860 --> 01:08:35,583 And to have pleased Him, 1565 01:08:35,583 --> 01:08:38,763 that'll be everything in that day. 1566 01:08:38,763 --> 01:08:44,002 To have displeased Him, 1567 01:08:44,002 --> 01:08:46,644 you'll desire the mountains to fall on your head 1568 01:08:46,644 --> 01:08:50,442 and hide you from His eyes. 1569 01:08:50,442 --> 01:08:57,295 You will wish to be anywhere but in that place. 1570 01:08:57,295 --> 01:09:03,301 Father, we want to do honor to Your Son, 1571 01:09:03,301 --> 01:09:06,362 the one Lord Jesus Christ 1572 01:09:06,362 --> 01:09:07,613 here in this place. 1573 01:09:07,613 --> 01:09:08,857 We want to honor Him. 1574 01:09:08,857 --> 01:09:10,224 We want to magnify Him. 1575 01:09:10,224 --> 01:09:14,875 We want to proclaim Him. 1576 01:09:14,875 --> 01:09:16,822 He is Lord. 1577 01:09:16,822 --> 01:09:19,833 You've made Him such. 1578 01:09:19,833 --> 01:09:22,772 Father, we thank You. 1579 01:09:22,772 --> 01:09:25,274 One mediator. 1580 01:09:25,274 --> 01:09:27,081 One Lord. 1581 01:09:27,081 --> 01:09:30,394 One way. 1582 01:09:30,394 --> 01:09:33,535 There is but one Christ. 1583 01:09:33,535 --> 01:09:39,233 One Lord Jesus Christ. 1584 01:09:39,233 --> 01:09:44,743 Lord, we pray, reveal Him to us all the more. 1585 01:09:44,743 --> 01:09:48,141 Give us new sights, new glimpses, 1586 01:09:48,141 --> 01:09:51,675 new perception, 1587 01:09:51,675 --> 01:09:53,940 new manifestations. 1588 01:09:53,940 --> 01:09:56,673 Come, Lord Jesus, reveal Yourself 1589 01:09:56,673 --> 01:09:59,472 more and more we pray in Christ's name, 1590 01:09:59,472 --> 01:10:00,568 Amen.