النص الكامل لحلقة God's Anointed Prophet, Priest, and King

do you say that I am? 00:04:31.519 --> 00:04:32.240 And Peter says, 00:04:32.360 --> 00:04:33.699 you are the Christ, 00:04:34.540 --> 00:04:36.500 the Son of the living God. 00:04:37.259 --> 00:04:39.220 Last week we saw two lessons 00:04:39.220 --> 00:04:40.600 from this passage 00:04:40.600 --> 00:04:43.639 that we looked at. 00:04:43.639 --> 00:04:45.939 First of all, 00:04:46.060 --> 00:04:47.839 a true understanding of Jesus 00:04:47.839 --> 00:04:49.779 is a supernatural thing. 00:04:50.519 --> 00:04:53.579 Flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, 00:04:53.659 --> 00:04:53.879 Peter, 00:04:54.099 --> 00:04:55.919 but my Father who is in heaven. 00:04:56.939 --> 00:04:59.300 It takes a supernatural work of God 00:04:59.300 --> 00:05:02.099 to overcome the blindness of man's mind, 00:05:02.439 --> 00:05:04.139 to see the glory of God 00:05:04.139 --> 00:05:06.039 in the person of Jesus Christ. 00:05:06.879 --> 00:05:08.259 And then we saw the second lesson 00:05:08.259 --> 00:05:10.719 that a true understanding of who Jesus is 00:05:10.719 --> 00:05:11.939 is a progressive thing. 00:05:11.939 --> 00:05:14.079 The Father does not reveal 00:05:14.079 --> 00:05:17.660 everything about His Son at once. 00:05:18.339 --> 00:05:20.040 And we saw that in Peter. 00:05:20.180 --> 00:05:21.920 He knew Jesus was the Messiah, 00:05:22.680 --> 00:05:25.339 but he did not know Messiah's mission 00:05:25.339 --> 00:05:27.220 for when our Lord said, 00:05:27.360 --> 00:05:29.079 I must be killed 00:05:29.079 --> 00:05:31.379 and I must rise again the third day, 00:05:31.480 --> 00:05:32.399 Peter took Him aside 00:05:32.399 --> 00:05:33.839 and began rebuking Him. 00:05:34.100 --> 00:05:34.819 Never, Lord, 00:05:34.899 --> 00:05:36.399 this shall never happen to you. 00:05:36.839 --> 00:05:38.819 So he's properly identified 00:05:38.819 --> 00:05:40.180 and comes to understand 00:05:40.180 --> 00:05:42.180 by the revelation of God the Father, 00:05:42.840 --> 00:05:44.139 Jesus is the Messiah, 00:05:44.400 --> 00:05:46.540 but he doesn't have a clue 00:05:46.540 --> 00:05:48.819 on Messiah's mission 00:05:48.819 --> 00:05:50.600 and why he even left heaven 00:05:50.600 --> 00:05:51.480 in the first place 00:05:51.480 --> 00:05:52.920 to be the Messiah. 00:05:54.220 --> 00:05:56.980 He had a lot yet to learn. 00:05:59.280 --> 00:06:00.439 And so do we. 00:06:00.639 --> 00:06:02.860 We're to grow in grace 00:06:02.860 --> 00:06:04.100 and in the knowledge 00:06:04.100 --> 00:06:05.960 of our Lord and Savior, 00:06:06.379 --> 00:06:07.080 Jesus Christ. 00:06:07.160 --> 00:06:09.480 So let's begin with what Peter tells us 00:06:09.480 --> 00:06:10.960 about Christ, 00:06:11.560 --> 00:06:12.360 about Jesus. 00:06:13.180 --> 00:06:14.120 You are the Christ, 00:06:14.660 --> 00:06:16.180 the Son of the living God. 00:06:16.300 --> 00:06:17.759 There are two titles here 00:06:17.759 --> 00:06:19.000 for our

Lord. 00:06:20.139 --> 00:06:21.060 He's the Christ 00:06:21.060 --> 00:06:22.800 and He's the Son of the living God. 00:06:22.879 --> 00:06:23.480 We're going to save 00:06:23.480 --> 00:06:24.620 the Son of the living God 00:06:24.620 --> 00:06:25.860 for next time, Lord willing. 00:06:26.220 --> 00:06:27.439 Today we're just considering 00:06:27.439 --> 00:06:30.139 that you are the Christ. 00:06:31.120 --> 00:06:32.019 What does that mean? 00:06:32.800 --> 00:06:34.180 The word Christos 00:06:34.180 --> 00:06:35.620 or Christ in the Greek 00:06:35.620 --> 00:06:37.519 means anointed one. 00:06:38.660 --> 00:06:40.379 And the Hebrew word 00:06:40.379 --> 00:06:41.259 in the Old Testament 00:06:41.259 --> 00:06:42.500 for the anointed one 00:06:42.500 --> 00:06:43.620 is Messiah. 00:06:44.439 --> 00:06:47.300 So Christ is the same as Messiah. 00:06:47.459 --> 00:06:48.920 One's Greek, one's Hebrew. 00:06:51.659 --> 00:06:54.600 Christ is that long-expected Messiah 00:06:54.600 --> 00:06:56.379 of the Old Testament. 00:06:57.620 --> 00:06:59.200 So why is He called 00:06:59.200 --> 00:07:00.200 the anointed one? 00:07:01.120 --> 00:07:02.520 Because that's what Christ 00:07:02.520 --> 00:07:04.400 and Messiah mean. 00:07:04.960 --> 00:07:06.360 He's the anointed one. 00:07:06.460 --> 00:07:08.020 Well, in the Old Testament, 00:07:08.820 --> 00:07:11.140 men who were set apart by God 00:07:11.140 --> 00:07:14.100 to serve in one of the three offices 00:07:14.100 --> 00:07:16.820 of prophet, priest, or king 00:07:16.820 --> 00:07:19.120 were anointed with oil. 00:07:20.280 --> 00:07:22.080 Kids, you've had the story 00:07:22.080 --> 00:07:24.560 of Samuel being told 00:07:24.560 --> 00:07:25.079 by the Lord 00:07:25.079 --> 00:07:27.079 to take a horn of oil 00:07:27.079 --> 00:07:28.519 and to go anoint 00:07:28.519 --> 00:07:30.259 one of Jesse's sons. 00:07:30.540 --> 00:07:31.819 And it wasn't this one, 00:07:31.879 --> 00:07:32.680 that one, the other one. 00:07:32.699 --> 00:07:34.300 He got down finally to David 00:07:34.300 --> 00:07:36.319 and Samuel poured the oil 00:07:36.319 --> 00:07:37.100 on his head. 00:07:37.180 --> 00:07:39.720 He anointed him with oil. 00:07:40.899 --> 00:07:42.040 That's what was done 00:07:42.040 --> 00:07:44.519 for anyone who was made king. 00:07:44.620 --> 00:07:46.019 And that's why David said 00:07:46.019 --> 00:07:46.899 over and over 00:07:46.899 --> 00:07:49.060 when Saul, who was king, 00:07:49.279 --> 00:07:50.519 was chasing him, 00:07:50.519 --> 00:07:54.579 I will not touch the Lord's anointed. 00:07:54.879 --> 00:07:56.180 Who's the Lord's anointed? 00:07:56.339 --> 00:07:57.620 It's King Saul. 00:07:58.319 --> 00:08:00.039 God has designated him 00:08:00.039 --> 00:08:02.379 as the authorized king 00:08:02.379 --> 00:08:03.019 of his people. 00:08:03.259 --> 00:08:04.779 I'll not remove him. 00:08:05.899 --> 00:08:06.839 And so the oil, 00:08:07.000 --> 00:08:08.120 why oil, kids? 00:08:08.659 --> 00:08:10.359 Well, the oil was a symbol 00:08:10.359 --> 00:08:11.479 of the Holy Spirit. 00:08:12.779 --> 00:08:14.339 And so what it was saying 00:08:14.339 --> 00:08:16.259 is that not only has God 00:08:16.259 --> 00:08:17.839 authorized this man 00:08:17.839 --> 00:08:18.779 to be king, 00:08:19.099 --> 00:08:19.920 to be prophet, 00:08:20.060 --> 00:08:21.139 to be priest, 00:08:21.860 --> 00:08:24.319 but God has equipped him 00:08:24.319 --> 00:08:26.659 for the working of his office 00:08:26.659 --> 00:08:28.459 with the Holy Spirit 00:08:28.459 --> 00:08:30.779 who's represented by the oil 00:08:30.779 --> 00:08:32.379 that was poured over his head. 00:08:34.679 --> 00:08:36.580 So that's what was done 00:08:36.580 --> 00:08:38.240 with prophets, priests, and kings 00:08:38.240 --> 00:08:39.340 in the Old Testament. 00:08:39.559 --> 00:08:40.980 But Jesus of Nazareth 00:08:40.980 --> 00:08:42.620 is the Christ. 00:08:43.259 --> 00:08:44.939 He is the anointed one 00:08:44.940 --> 00:08:47.420 in a unique and a special sense. 00:08:48.160 --> 00:08:49.880 He's the only anointed one, 00:08:49.980 --> 00:08:50.920 the only authorized 00:08:50.920 --> 00:08:53.080 and equipped by God one 00:08:53.080 --> 00:08:54.800 to hold all three 00:08:54.800 --> 00:08:57.140 of these offices in himself. 00:08:58.260 --> 00:08:59.480 So if we would know 00:08:59.480 --> 00:09:00.620 who Christ is, 00:09:00.860 --> 00:09:02.160 we must consider him 00:09:02.160 --> 00:09:03.580 in his three offices then 00:09:03.580 --> 00:09:05.300 of prophet, priest, and king. 00:09:05.420 --> 00:09:07.140 He's the anointed prophet, 00:09:07.360 --> 00:09:08.380 the anointed priest, 00:09:08.680 --> 00:09:09.840 the anointed king. 00:09:10.760 --> 00:09:12.340 So that's our aim this morning. 00:09:12.340 --> 00:09:14.860 And we begin then 00:09:14.860 --> 00:09:16.100 considering Christ 00:09:16.100 --> 00:09:18.440 as the uniquely anointed prophet. 00:09:19.720 --> 00:09:22.660 So contrary to the then popular opinion, 00:09:23.139 --> 00:09:24.720 Jesus is not just another one 00:09:24.720 --> 00:09:25.340 of the prophets 00:09:25.340 --> 00:09:27.160 like John the Baptist, 00:09:27.660 --> 00:09:29.019 Elijah, Jeremiah, 00:09:29.360 --> 00:09:30.800 and on and on we could go. 00:09:32.120 --> 00:09:35.879 They brought to God's people 00:09:35.879 --> 00:09:37.200 the word of God. 00:09:37.960 --> 00:09:39.960 And yes, Jesus the Christ 00:09:39.960 --> 00:09:41.540 will do that. 00:09:41.980 --> 00:09:44.019 But he is the word of God. 00:09:45.220 --> 00:09:46.420 That could not be said 00:09:46.420 --> 00:09:47.879 of any of the other prophets. 00:09:48.460 --> 00:09:49.840 John 1 verse 1, 00:09:49.879 --> 00:09:51.460 in the beginning was the word 00:09:51.460 --> 00:09:54.879 and the word was with God 00:09:54.879 --> 00:09:57.400 and the word was

God. 00:09:57.500 --> 00:09:58.840 The same was in the beginning 00:09:58.840 --> 00:10:00.040 with God. 00:10:01.320 --> 00:10:03.540 And the word became flesh 00:10:03.540 --> 00:10:04.900 and dwelt among us 00:10:04.900 --> 00:10:06.160 and we beheld his glory, 00:10:06.240 --> 00:10:07.560 the glory of the one and only, 00:10:07.559 --> 00:10:09.439 full of grace and truth. 00:10:11.179 --> 00:10:13.500 And no one has ever seen God 00:10:13.500 --> 00:10:17.599 except God the one and only 00:10:17.599 --> 00:10:20.679 who is at the Father's side. 00:10:21.819 --> 00:10:23.759 He has made him known. 00:10:25.459 --> 00:10:27.659 He has come and revealed him, 00:10:27.979 --> 00:10:29.059 disclosed him, 00:10:29.759 --> 00:10:30.699 explained him. 00:10:31.179 --> 00:10:31.659 So wives, 00:10:31.759 --> 00:10:32.539 some of you have lived 00:10:32.539 --> 00:10:33.759 with that guy beside you 00:10:33.759 --> 00:10:35.960 for 30, 40, 50 years. 00:10:38.539 --> 00:10:39.899 You've been with him 00:10:39.899 --> 00:10:41.439 all that time, 00:10:41.659 --> 00:10:43.200 side by side, 00:10:43.559 --> 00:10:44.559 on his good days, 00:10:44.639 --> 00:10:45.679 his bad days. 00:10:46.200 --> 00:10:47.259 You've watched him. 00:10:47.980 --> 00:10:49.340 You've listened to him. 00:10:51.019 --> 00:10:52.559 You've learned his ways, 00:10:53.019 --> 00:10:53.620 his habits. 00:10:54.319 --> 00:10:55.460 You know what he thinks. 00:10:55.740 --> 00:10:57.319 You can almost finish his sentences 00:10:57.320 --> 00:10:59.400 and predict his behavior 00:10:59.400 --> 00:11:01.020 in any given situation 00:11:01.020 --> 00:11:04.100 because you've been with him. 00:11:06.020 --> 00:11:07.720 So if I wanted to know something 00:11:07.720 --> 00:11:09.800 about your husband, 00:11:10.020 --> 00:11:11.120 I'd come to you 00:11:11.120 --> 00:11:13.820 because you are the expert 00:11:13.820 --> 00:11:15.040 in all things him. 00:11:17.040 --> 00:11:19.280 And it's your closeness with him 00:11:19.280 --> 00:11:21.580 that makes you such an expert 00:11:21.580 --> 00:11:22.860 on who he is. 00:11:22.860 --> 00:11:25.960 But now God the Son 00:11:25.960 --> 00:11:28.180 has been with God the Father 00:11:28.180 --> 00:11:29.360 from the beginning. 00:11:30.659 --> 00:11:31.360 With him, 00:11:31.480 --> 00:11:33.039 creating all things 00:11:33.039 --> 00:11:35.039 that ever were made. 00:11:35.519 --> 00:11:36.980 Made with him. 00:11:37.820 --> 00:11:39.600 Not for 40 or 50 years. 00:11:41.080 --> 00:11:42.980 But for thousands of years. 00:11:43.940 --> 00:11:45.460 He's been with the Father. 00:11:45.700 --> 00:11:47.139 And even before creation, 00:11:47.300 --> 00:11:48.259 when there was nothing 00:11:48.259 --> 00:11:49.060 in existence 00:11:49.060 --> 00:11:50.220 but God the Father, 00:11:50.379 --> 00:11:51.000 God the Son, 00:11:51.180 --> 00:11:52.279 and God the Holy Spirit, 00:11:52.279 -->

00:11:53.919 the Word of God 00:11:53.919 --> 00:11:55.240 was with God. 00:11:56.480 --> 00:11:57.759 He's the great I Am. 00:11:57.860 --> 00:11:59.279 Before Abraham was born, 00:11:59.579 --> 00:12:00.419 I am. 00:12:00.639 --> 00:12:02.519 I'm the eternally existing one 00:12:02.519 --> 00:12:03.339 without beginning 00:12:03.339 --> 00:12:04.740 or ending of time 00:12:04.740 --> 00:12:06.100 from everlasting 00:12:06.100 --> 00:12:07.159 to everlasting. 00:12:07.899 --> 00:12:08.659 He is God. 00:12:09.919 --> 00:12:11.019 Now it's hard for creatures 00:12:11.019 --> 00:12:12.360 of time like us 00:12:12.360 --> 00:12:13.659 to grasp eternity. 00:12:14.120 --> 00:12:15.220 But what it means 00:12:15.220 --> 00:12:16.539 is that there has never 00:12:16.539 --> 00:12:17.159 been a moment 00:12:17.159 --> 00:12:18.559 in all eternity 00:12:18.559 --> 00:12:19.659 when the Son 00:12:19.659 --> 00:12:21.000 has not been 00:12:21.000 --> 00:12:22.339 with the Father. 00:12:23.679 --> 00:12:24.819 Ever and always, 00:12:24.980 --> 00:12:25.959 face to face, 00:12:26.279 --> 00:12:27.639 in the bosom of the Father, 00:12:28.399 --> 00:12:29.679 at the Father's side. 00:12:31.000 --> 00:12:31.299 Therefore, 00:12:31.500 --> 00:12:32.839 He's uniquely qualified 00:12:32.839 --> 00:12:34.679 as the prophet 00:12:34.679 --> 00:12:36.100 to tell us 00:12:36.100 --> 00:12:36.939 what God the Father 00:12:36.939 --> 00:12:37.519 is like. 00:12:37.860 --> 00:12:39.299 To tell us His works, 00:12:39.539 --> 00:12:40.219 His ways, 00:12:40.339 --> 00:12:41.100 His habits, 00:12:41.659 --> 00:12:42.919 His nature, 00:12:43.079 --> 00:12:43.759 His attributes, 00:12:44.079 --> 00:12:44.579 His thoughts, 00:12:44.659 --> 00:12:45.120 His will, 00:12:45.120 --> 00:12:46.259 His desires, 00:12:46.419 --> 00:12:46.980 what He loves, 00:12:47.080 --> 00:12:47.840 what He hates, 00:12:48.500 --> 00:12:49.860 what He's done, 00:12:50.299 --> 00:12:51.220 what He is doing, 00:12:51.600 --> 00:12:53.080 what He has yet to do, 00:12:53.700 --> 00:12:54.399 His promises, 00:12:54.700 --> 00:12:55.419 His plans, 00:12:55.580 --> 00:12:56.200 His purposes, 00:12:56.440 --> 00:12:57.220 His decisions, 00:12:58.440 --> 00:12:59.340 His decrees 00:12:59.340 --> 00:13:00.419 from all eternity. 00:13:04.139 --> 00:13:05.279 The one way 00:13:05.279 --> 00:13:06.480 of salvation. 00:13:06.860 --> 00:13:07.740 He's uniquely 00:13:07.740 --> 00:13:08.940 qualified 00:13:08.940 --> 00:13:10.080 to share 00:13:10.080 --> 00:13:12.139 the Father's gospel. 00:13:12.139 --> 00:13:12.819 Now, 00:13:12.879 --> 00:13:13.319 doesn't that 00:13:13.319 --> 00:13:13.799 throw light 00:13:13.799 --> 00:13:14.399 on what Jesus 00:13:14.399 --> 00:13:15.059 said back 00:13:15.059 --> 00:13:16.019 in Matthew 11, 00:13:16.120 --> 00:13:16.759 27? 00:13:17.360 --> 00:13:18.419 No one knows 00:13:18.419 --> 00:13:19.059 the Father 00:13:19.059 --> 00:13:20.639 except the Son 00:13:20.639 --> 00:13:22.120 and those 00:13:22.120 --> 00:13:23.139 to whom the Son 00:13:23.139 --> 00:13:23.799 chooses 00:13:23.799 --> 00:13:25.039 to reveal Him. 00:13:25.840 --> 00:13:26.259 Nobody. 00:13:27.120 --> 00:13:27.279 Oh, 00:13:27.319 --> 00:13:28.220 it takes God 00:13:28.220 --> 00:13:29.100 to know God 00:13:29.100 --> 00:13:30.720 infinitely, 00:13:31.319 --> 00:13:32.340 to know Him 00:13:32.340 --> 00:13:33.019 completely. 00:13:33.500 --> 00:13:34.819 And God the Son 00:13:34.819 --> 00:13:36.319 knows the Father. 00:13:37.179 --> 00:13:38.439 And no one else 00:13:38.439 --> 00:13:39.340 knows Him fully. 00:13:39.340 --> 00:13:42.040 and no one else 00:13:42.040 --> 00:13:42.899 knows Him 00:13:42.899 --> 00:13:43.920 except those 00:13:43.920 --> 00:13:44.620 who Jesus 00:13:44.620 --> 00:13:45.660 chooses 00:13:45.660 --> 00:13:47.200 to reveal Him. 00:13:47.620 --> 00:13:48.280 He is 00:13:48.280 --> 00:13:49.540 the uniquely 00:13:49.540 --> 00:13:50.560 anointed 00:13:50.560 --> 00:13:51.780 prophet 00:13:51.780 --> 00:13:53.000 of God. 00:13:54.780 --> 00:13:55.340 So, 00:13:55.420 --> 00:13:56.180 Christ is not 00:13:56.180 --> 00:13:56.879 just one more 00:13:56.879 --> 00:13:57.620 in a long line 00:13:57.620 --> 00:13:58.200 of the prophets 00:13:58.200 --> 00:13:59.160 just like the rest. 00:13:59.259 --> 00:14:00.200 He's the prophet 00:14:00.200 --> 00:14:01.840 promised by Moses 00:14:01.840 --> 00:14:03.060 in Deuteronomy 18, 00:14:03.400 --> 00:14:04.180 the passage 00:14:04.180 --> 00:14:04.920 that was read 00:14:04.920 --> 00:14:05.379 for us. 00:14:06.000 --> 00:14:06.180 And 00:14:06.180 --> 00:14:07.580 you might not 00:14:07.580 --> 00:14:08.060 know it 00:14:08.059 --> 00:14:08.919 as you read 00:14:08.919 --> 00:14:09.879 Deuteronomy 18, 00:14:10.079 --> 00:14:10.759 but if you go 00:14:10.759 --> 00:14:12.259 to Acts chapter 3, 00:14:12.359 --> 00:14:13.659 22 and 23, 00:14:14.159 --> 00:14:15.059 Peter preaches 00:14:15.059 --> 00:14:16.179 to the Jews 00:14:16.179 --> 00:14:16.799 of his day 00:14:16.799 --> 00:14:17.659 and he quotes 00:14:17.659 --> 00:14:18.419 this passage 00:14:18.419 --> 00:14:19.099 saying, 00:14:19.619 --> 00:14:20.579 for Moses said, 00:14:20.699 --> 00:14:21.599 the Lord your God 00:14:21.599 --> 00:14:22.359 will raise up 00:14:22.359 --> 00:14:23.239 for you a prophet 00:14:23.239 --> 00:14:24.059 like me 00:14:24.059 --> 00:14:25.399 from among your people. 00:14:25.479 --> 00:14:26.159 He'll be like me 00:14:26.159 --> 00:14:27.179 and then he'll be a Jew. 00:14:28.219 --> 00:14:29.459 And you must listen 00:14:29.459 --> 00:14:30.139 to everything 00:14:30.139 --> 00:14:31.259 he tells you. 00:14:31.939 --> 00:14:32.819 Anyone who does 00:14:32.819 --> 00:14:33.779 not listen to him 00:14:33.779 --> 00:14:34.599 will be completely 00:14:34.599 -->

00:14:35.319 cut off 00:14:35.319 --> 00:14:36.599 from among his people. 00:14:36.600 --> 00:14:38.120 And Peter there 00:14:38.120 --> 00:14:39.000 in Acts chapter 3 00:14:39.000 --> 00:14:40.860 identifies that prophet 00:14:40.860 --> 00:14:42.279 that Moses wrote about 00:14:42.279 --> 00:14:44.620 as the Lord Jesus Christ. 00:14:46.379 --> 00:14:47.540 The one that God 00:14:47.540 --> 00:14:48.360 raised up 00:14:48.360 --> 00:14:49.320 and sent first 00:14:49.320 --> 00:14:50.480 to the Jews 00:14:50.480 --> 00:14:51.240 to bless us 00:14:51.240 --> 00:14:52.420 by turning each of us 00:14:52.420 --> 00:14:53.540 from our wicked ways. 00:14:53.540 --> 00:14:54.399 Acts 3, 00:14:55.200 --> 00:14:57.340 22 to 26. 00:14:58.600 --> 00:14:59.220 So the coming 00:14:59.220 --> 00:14:59.980 of Christ 00:14:59.980 --> 00:15:01.940 in the new covenant, 00:15:01.940 --> 00:15:03.800 the coming of Christ 00:15:03.800 --> 00:15:04.660 in the new covenant 00:15:04.660 --> 00:15:05.680 redefines 00:15:05.680 --> 00:15:06.980 the Israel of God. 00:15:07.220 --> 00:15:08.600 Who are the real people 00:15:08.600 --> 00:15:09.280 of God now 00:15:09.280 --> 00:15:10.160 in the new covenant? 00:15:10.680 --> 00:15:10.880 Well, 00:15:11.380 --> 00:15:12.640 it's all who listen 00:15:12.640 --> 00:15:14.240 to the prophet 00:15:14.240 --> 00:15:16.320 that God anointed 00:15:16.320 --> 00:15:17.520 to come. 00:15:17.740 --> 00:15:18.960 Jesus Christ. 00:15:19.120 --> 00:15:20.280 They listen to him. 00:15:20.340 --> 00:15:21.300 They learn from him. 00:15:21.540 --> 00:15:22.500 They obey him. 00:15:22.580 --> 00:15:23.560 They trust him. 00:15:23.880 --> 00:15:24.820 They follow him. 00:15:24.820 --> 00:15:26.880 And so that means 00:15:26.880 --> 00:15:28.260 that any Jews 00:15:28.260 --> 00:15:28.820 who were unbelieving 00:15:29.400 --> 00:15:30.700 have been pruned out 00:15:30.700 --> 00:15:31.920 of the Israel of God. 00:15:32.280 --> 00:15:33.040 And it means 00:15:33.040 --> 00:15:34.980 any believing Jews 00:15:34.980 --> 00:15:36.280 and Gentiles 00:15:36.280 --> 00:15:37.920 are now grafted in 00:15:37.920 --> 00:15:39.500 to the Israel of God. 00:15:40.920 --> 00:15:41.879 The difference 00:15:41.879 --> 00:15:42.759 between Jesus 00:15:42.759 --> 00:15:44.080 and the other prophets 00:15:44.080 --> 00:15:45.080 who went before him 00:15:45.080 --> 00:15:45.940 is clearly seen 00:15:45.940 --> 00:15:47.420 as soon as he begins teaching. 00:15:48.240 --> 00:15:49.160 These other prophets, 00:15:49.300 --> 00:15:50.000 you can read them 00:15:50.000 --> 00:15:50.860 in the Old Testament, 00:15:51.120 --> 00:15:52.259 how do they introduce 00:15:52.259 --> 00:15:53.580 something that they are 00:15:53.580 --> 00:15:54.460 about to say? 00:15:55.300 --> 00:15:57.280 Thus saith the Lord. 00:15:58.000 --> 00:15:58.879 That's how I began 00:15:58.879 --> 00:16:01.620 with Jeremiah's words. 00:16:02.139 --> 00:16:03.659 Thus saith the Lord. 00:16:03.740 --> 00:16:05.179 This is what the Lord says. 00:16:05.879 --> 00:16:06.899 But now when Jesus 00:16:06.899 --> 00:16:09.120 starts teaching 00:16:09.120 --> 00:16:10.100 and he says, 00:16:10.159 --> 00:16:10.919 you've heard it said 00:16:10.919 --> 00:16:12.120 long ago, 00:16:13.100 --> 00:16:15.559 but I say unto you. 00:16:16.220 --> 00:16:17.080 You see the difference? 00:16:17.860 --> 00:16:18.120 Thus, 00:16:18.340 --> 00:16:19.960 this is what the Lord says. 00:16:20.220 --> 00:16:22.080 But I say unto you. 00:16:22.220 --> 00:16:25.000 There's a personal authority 00:16:25.000 --> 00:16:26.720 behind this prophet. 00:16:26.720 --> 00:16:29.480 He's not just quoting God. 00:16:29.779 --> 00:16:31.180 He is God in the flesh, 00:16:31.220 --> 00:16:32.300 as we'll see next time. 00:16:32.379 --> 00:16:33.460 The Son of the living God 00:16:33.460 --> 00:16:34.080 means that. 00:16:35.080 --> 00:16:36.100 And so he speaks 00:16:36.100 --> 00:16:36.920 in his teaching 00:16:36.920 --> 00:16:37.779 with authority. 00:16:38.019 --> 00:16:40.540 I say unto you. 00:16:43.600 --> 00:16:44.019 And therefore, 00:16:44.160 --> 00:16:44.980 anybody who doesn't 00:16:44.980 --> 00:16:45.720 listen to him 00:16:45.720 --> 00:16:46.940 will be cut off 00:16:46.940 --> 00:16:48.740 from his people. 00:16:50.100 --> 00:16:50.980 Remember how he ended 00:16:50.980 --> 00:16:52.019 that Sermon on the Mount 00:16:52.019 --> 00:16:54.360 showing that the eternal 00:16:54.360 --> 00:16:55.540 destiny of his hearers 00:16:55.539 --> 00:16:56.620 depends on what they do 00:16:56.620 --> 00:16:58.399 with these words of mine. 00:16:59.000 --> 00:17:00.319 Not the words of the Lord. 00:17:00.659 --> 00:17:01.779 No, his own words. 00:17:01.899 --> 00:17:03.279 What you do with my words 00:17:03.279 --> 00:17:03.899 will determine 00:17:03.899 --> 00:17:05.379 whether you spend eternity 00:17:05.379 --> 00:17:06.420 in heaven or hell. 00:17:07.200 --> 00:17:08.539 Because if you obey 00:17:08.539 --> 00:17:09.519 the words that I'm 00:17:09.519 --> 00:17:10.480 preaching to you, 00:17:10.700 --> 00:17:11.680 you'll be like a man 00:17:11.680 --> 00:17:13.039 who's building his house 00:17:13.039 --> 00:17:13.740 upon a rock. 00:17:13.819 --> 00:17:15.299 And when the storms of life 00:17:15.299 --> 00:17:16.399 and the final storm 00:17:16.399 --> 00:17:17.519 of God's judgment come, 00:17:18.240 --> 00:17:19.180 you will stand. 00:17:19.819 --> 00:17:20.960 But if you do not 00:17:20.960 --> 00:17:22.659 put into practice 00:17:22.660 --> 00:17:24.080 these words of mine, 00:17:25.240 --> 00:17:25.820 well, you're building 00:17:25.820 --> 00:17:26.960 your house on the sand. 00:17:28.320 --> 00:17:29.140 And when the storms 00:17:29.140 --> 00:17:29.640 of life 00:17:29.640 --> 00:17:30.620 and the final storm 00:17:30.620 --> 00:17:31.519 of

judgment come, 00:17:31.620 --> 00:17:33.779 you will be destroyed. 00:17:34.860 --> 00:17:36.120 This is the authority 00:17:36.120 --> 00:17:37.019 of this prophet. 00:17:37.160 --> 00:17:37.940 No other prophet 00:17:37.940 --> 00:17:39.200 spoke like that. 00:17:41.620 --> 00:17:42.620 And when Jesus 00:17:42.620 --> 00:17:43.259 had finished 00:17:43.259 --> 00:17:44.480 saying these things, 00:17:45.160 --> 00:17:47.620 the crowds were amazed 00:17:47.620 --> 00:17:48.440 at his teaching. 00:17:48.440 --> 00:17:51.759 because he taught 00:17:51.759 --> 00:17:53.259 as one who had authority 00:17:53.259 --> 00:17:55.660 and not as their scribes 00:17:55.660 --> 00:17:57.500 and teachers of the law. 00:17:58.660 --> 00:18:00.400 So, this is the prophet 00:18:00.400 --> 00:18:01.000 God sent. 00:18:01.120 --> 00:18:03.019 Hebrews 1, 1 and 2 says, 00:18:03.019 --> 00:18:03.840 in the past, 00:18:04.019 --> 00:18:05.720 God spoke to our forefathers 00:18:05.720 --> 00:18:06.779 through the prophets 00:18:06.779 --> 00:18:07.700 at many times 00:18:07.700 --> 00:18:08.900 and in various ways. 00:18:09.840 --> 00:18:11.299 But in these last days, 00:18:11.900 --> 00:18:13.100 he has spoken to us 00:18:13.100 --> 00:18:14.039 in his son. 00:18:15.160 --> 00:18:16.600 This is the prophet, 00:18:17.019 --> 00:18:18.279 the anointed prophet, 00:18:18.440 --> 00:18:20.799 that God has ordained 00:18:20.799 --> 00:18:21.519 and equipped 00:18:21.519 --> 00:18:22.759 to come and reveal 00:18:22.759 --> 00:18:25.799 the most important things 00:18:25.799 --> 00:18:26.299 in life. 00:18:27.799 --> 00:18:28.960 He's not just another one 00:18:28.960 --> 00:18:30.160 like the previous prophets. 00:18:31.640 --> 00:18:33.259 He's God's last word 00:18:33.259 --> 00:18:33.880 to man. 00:18:34.759 --> 00:18:35.720 You must heed 00:18:35.720 --> 00:18:37.080 what he says 00:18:37.080 --> 00:18:38.539 or be cut off 00:18:38.539 --> 00:18:39.860 from him forever. 00:18:40.980 --> 00:18:42.480 Now, let me just 00:18:42.480 --> 00:18:45.019 wrap up the study 00:18:45.019 --> 00:18:45.799 then of Christ 00:18:45.799 --> 00:18:47.559 as this anointed prophet 00:18:47.559 --> 00:18:48.399 by referring 00:18:48.399 --> 00:18:49.879 to the children's catechism 00:18:49.879 --> 00:18:50.519 that asks them 00:18:50.519 --> 00:18:51.179 very simple 00:18:51.179 --> 00:18:53.119 but perceptive questions. 00:18:53.919 --> 00:18:55.079 And the question is, 00:18:55.200 --> 00:18:56.339 how is Christ 00:18:56.339 --> 00:18:57.220 a prophet then? 00:18:58.379 --> 00:18:59.619 And the answer is, 00:18:59.679 --> 00:19:00.460 he teaches us 00:19:00.460 --> 00:19:01.440 the will of God. 00:19:02.799 --> 00:19:04.039 How can we know 00:19:04.039 --> 00:19:04.740 God's will? 00:19:04.980 --> 00:19:05.919 Only Jesus 00:19:05.919 --> 00:19:07.000 knows that fully. 00:19:07.599 --> 00:19:08.919 And he's our prophet 00:19:08.919

--> 00:19:10.039 to teach us 00:19:10.039 --> 00:19:11.359 the will of God. 00:19:11.859 --> 00:19:12.500 We pray, 00:19:12.839 --> 00:19:14.059 your will be done. 00:19:14.379 --> 00:19:15.359 What is that will? 00:19:15.359 --> 00:19:16.919 Jesus is our prophet 00:19:16.919 --> 00:19:17.899 to teach us 00:19:17.899 --> 00:19:18.779 the will 00:19:18.779 --> 00:19:20.459 of God. 00:19:21.319 --> 00:19:22.619 And why do you need 00:19:22.619 --> 00:19:23.099 a prophet 00:19:23.099 --> 00:19:24.199 is the next question. 00:19:24.579 --> 00:19:25.199 The answer 00:19:25.199 --> 00:19:26.319 is because 00:19:26.319 --> 00:19:27.359 I am ignorant. 00:19:29.439 --> 00:19:30.219 You see, 00:19:30.279 --> 00:19:31.719 there's no proud people 00:19:31.719 --> 00:19:32.500 in Jesus' 00:19:34.119 --> 00:19:34.519 kingdom. 00:19:34.979 --> 00:19:36.119 They've been humbled 00:19:36.119 --> 00:19:37.399 to know 00:19:37.399 --> 00:19:39.279 that they are ignorant. 00:19:39.779 --> 00:19:41.179 When it comes to 00:19:41.179 --> 00:19:42.740 the most important things 00:19:42.740 --> 00:19:43.140 in life, 00:19:43.380 --> 00:19:44.359 I am ignorant 00:19:44.359 --> 00:19:45.359 and I need 00:19:45.359 --> 00:19:46.380 to be taught 00:19:46.380 --> 00:19:48.240 by God's prophet. 00:19:50.099 --> 00:19:50.579 Children, 00:19:50.900 --> 00:19:51.299 do you know 00:19:51.299 --> 00:19:52.220 why you need 00:19:52.220 --> 00:19:53.579 to receive Jesus 00:19:53.579 --> 00:19:54.440 as your prophet 00:19:54.440 --> 00:19:55.279 to teach you? 00:19:55.559 --> 00:19:56.259 It's because 00:19:56.259 --> 00:19:57.279 you are on a journey. 00:19:58.460 --> 00:19:59.900 You are traveling 00:19:59.900 --> 00:20:01.200 from this world 00:20:01.200 --> 00:20:03.000 to your eternal destiny 00:20:03.000 --> 00:20:05.620 where you will live 00:20:05.620 --> 00:20:06.660 forever and ever. 00:20:07.319 --> 00:20:08.039 And there are 00:20:08.039 --> 00:20:09.180 many, many, many, 00:20:09.240 --> 00:20:09.740 many, many 00:20:09.740 --> 00:20:10.839 different roads 00:20:10.839 --> 00:20:13.819 in which you can 00:20:13.819 --> 00:20:15.359 choose in this life. 00:20:16.359 --> 00:20:17.220 And some of them 00:20:17.220 --> 00:20:18.279 seem so right 00:20:18.279 --> 00:20:18.980 to a man. 00:20:19.319 --> 00:20:20.259 You look at that road 00:20:20.259 --> 00:20:20.519 and you say, 00:20:20.599 --> 00:20:21.480 this has got to be 00:20:21.480 --> 00:20:22.240 the way to heaven. 00:20:23.120 --> 00:20:24.180 And lo and behold, 00:20:24.380 --> 00:20:26.059 it leads to destruction. 00:20:28.120 --> 00:20:28.980 And that's why 00:20:28.980 --> 00:20:30.140 you need this prophet 00:20:30.140 --> 00:20:31.359 to teach you. 00:20:33.120 --> 00:20:33.920 Because you 00:20:33.920 --> 00:20:35.799 only get one chance 00:20:35.799 --> 00:20:36.660 at life. 00:20:37.220 --> 00:20:38.279 You've got to get it 00:20:38.279 --> 00:20:39.500 right this first time. 00:20:39.799 --> 00:20:40.579 You don't get 00:20:40.579 --> 00:20:41.579 second chances 00:20:41.579 --> 00:20:43.240 at the end of life. 00:20:48.019 --> 00:20:48.819 There's not only 00:20:48.819 --> 00:20:49.799 many wrong roads, 00:20:49.859 --> 00:20:50.240 there's many 00:20:50.240 --> 00:20:51.240 false prophets. 00:20:51.839 --> 00:20:52.599 That was the problem 00:20:52.599 --> 00:20:53.359 in the Old Testament, 00:20:53.519 --> 00:20:54.039 wasn't it? 00:20:54.480 --> 00:20:55.460 We read about it. 00:20:56.720 --> 00:20:57.299 And they would come 00:20:57.299 --> 00:20:57.619 and say, 00:20:57.720 --> 00:20:58.660 thus saith the Lord. 00:20:58.740 --> 00:20:59.220 And then they'd 00:20:59.220 --> 00:21:00.799 spout out their own ideas. 00:21:01.639 --> 00:21:02.299 And what they were 00:21:02.299 --> 00:21:03.299 spouting was things 00:21:03.299 --> 00:21:03.940 that the people 00:21:03.940 --> 00:21:04.579 loved to hear, 00:21:04.639 --> 00:21:05.680 like peace, peace, 00:21:05.759 --> 00:21:06.359 when there was 00:21:06.359 --> 00:21:07.899 no peace between 00:21:07.899 --> 00:21:09.339 the sinner and God. 00:21:10.199 --> 00:21:11.279 Oh, but the prophet 00:21:11.279 --> 00:21:12.500 says, the Lord says, 00:21:12.699 --> 00:21:13.439 we're at peace 00:21:13.439 --> 00:21:14.159 with each other. 00:21:16.199 --> 00:21:17.279 And so they told 00:21:17.279 --> 00:21:18.019 the people what 00:21:18.019 --> 00:21:18.939 their itching ears 00:21:18.939 --> 00:21:19.859 wanted to hear. 00:21:21.019 --> 00:21:21.939 And the people 00:21:21.939 --> 00:21:22.919 loved the message 00:21:22.919 --> 00:21:23.899 of the false prophet 00:21:23.899 --> 00:21:24.839 that says, 00:21:24.939 --> 00:21:25.379 you're okay 00:21:25.379 --> 00:21:26.119 and I'm okay. 00:21:26.119 --> 00:21:30.479 And so they say 00:21:30.479 --> 00:21:31.659 to the true prophets, 00:21:32.159 --> 00:21:34.279 tell us pleasant things. 00:21:34.419 --> 00:21:35.659 Stop confronting us 00:21:35.659 --> 00:21:36.459 with the Holy One 00:21:36.459 --> 00:21:36.939 of Israel. 00:21:37.239 --> 00:21:38.539 We don't like your message, 00:21:38.659 --> 00:21:39.299 you true prophets. 00:21:39.739 --> 00:21:41.219 Give us pleasant things. 00:21:42.000 --> 00:21:43.219 So all of this 00:21:43.219 --> 00:21:44.000 is going on, 00:21:44.039 --> 00:21:44.459 you see, 00:21:44.619 --> 00:21:45.559 in life, children. 00:21:46.079 --> 00:21:46.959 You got all kinds 00:21:46.959 --> 00:21:48.359 of false lying prophets. 00:21:48.559 --> 00:21:49.399 You got all kinds 00:21:49.399 --> 00:21:50.339 of roads claiming 00:21:50.339 --> 00:21:51.519 to be going to heaven 00:21:51.519 --> 00:21:52.899 and even seeming 00:21:52.899 --> 00:21:53.679 right to you. 00:21:54.239 --> 00:21:55.059 How will you know 00:21:55.059 --> 00:21:56.000 the right road? 00:21:59.079 --> 00:22:00.940 Many are easily

deceived 00:22:00.940 --> 00:22:02.819 in taking the wrong road 00:22:02.819 --> 00:22:03.839 and realizing it 00:22:03.839 --> 00:22:04.819 all too late. 00:22:05.559 --> 00:22:06.740 And so we dare not 00:22:06.740 --> 00:22:07.960 lean on our own 00:22:07.960 --> 00:22:08.679 understanding. 00:22:09.500 --> 00:22:10.619 We dare not trust 00:22:10.619 --> 00:22:11.740 our own mind. 00:22:12.139 --> 00:22:13.059 We're ignorant 00:22:13.059 --> 00:22:14.700 about the right way. 00:22:15.359 --> 00:22:16.419 For it's not in man 00:22:16.419 --> 00:22:17.059 who walks 00:22:17.059 --> 00:22:18.359 to direct his steps. 00:22:19.679 --> 00:22:21.159 God has not given us 00:22:21.159 --> 00:22:22.319 by nature 00:22:22.319 --> 00:22:23.440 that information. 00:22:23.700 --> 00:22:24.619 We need a prophet 00:22:24.619 --> 00:22:26.059 to teach it to us. 00:22:26.719 --> 00:22:28.019 And he's sent 00:22:28.019 --> 00:22:29.719 just such a prophet. 00:22:30.339 --> 00:22:31.439 His name is Jesus, 00:22:32.119 --> 00:22:32.979 the Christ, 00:22:33.299 --> 00:22:34.799 the anointed prophet 00:22:34.799 --> 00:22:35.579 of God. 00:22:38.119 --> 00:22:39.079 And you need him 00:22:39.079 --> 00:22:39.719 to teach you, 00:22:40.000 --> 00:22:40.779 to guide you, 00:22:40.959 --> 00:22:42.179 and then to keep you 00:22:42.179 --> 00:22:43.500 on the narrow way 00:22:43.500 --> 00:22:45.039 all the way 00:22:45.039 --> 00:22:46.199 to the end. 00:22:46.200 --> 00:22:48.779 And he'll do that 00:22:48.779 --> 00:22:49.880 if you ask him to. 00:22:52.440 --> 00:22:53.200 Follow him. 00:22:53.740 --> 00:22:54.799 He's the only way 00:22:54.799 --> 00:22:56.140 home to the Father. 00:22:56.539 --> 00:22:57.960 That's what he'll tell you. 00:22:58.640 --> 00:22:59.240 You want to know 00:22:59.240 --> 00:23:00.200 the right way 00:23:00.200 --> 00:23:00.880 to heaven? 00:23:01.580 --> 00:23:02.600 I am the way. 00:23:04.180 --> 00:23:05.019 No one comes 00:23:05.019 --> 00:23:05.700 to the Father 00:23:05.700 --> 00:23:07.440 except through me. 00:23:08.740 --> 00:23:10.220 Well, that's Christ, 00:23:10.360 --> 00:23:11.319 the uniquely appointed 00:23:11.319 --> 00:23:12.460 priest or prophet. 00:23:12.460 --> 00:23:13.600 We come secondly 00:23:13.600 --> 00:23:14.860 to Christ 00:23:14.860 --> 00:23:16.100 as the uniquely 00:23:16.100 --> 00:23:17.299 anointed priest. 00:23:18.500 --> 00:23:19.880 You are the Christ. 00:23:19.960 --> 00:23:20.500 What does that mean? 00:23:20.740 --> 00:23:22.500 He's this uniquely 00:23:22.500 --> 00:23:24.360 anointed priest. 00:23:24.480 --> 00:23:25.059 He's not like 00:23:25.059 --> 00:23:26.860 the long line 00:23:26.860 --> 00:23:27.779 of priests 00:23:27.779 --> 00:23:28.600 that came from 00:23:28.600 --> 00:23:29.620 Levi's 00:23:29.620 --> 00:23:31.400 descendants. 00:23:32.059 --> 00:23:33.200 They had to be replaced 00:23:33.200 --> 00:23:34.519 one after

another 00:23:34.519 --> 00:23:35.700 because they died. 00:23:35.799 --> 00:23:36.600 But Christ, 00:23:36.779 --> 00:23:37.480 we read in 00:23:37.480 --> 00:23:38.440 Hebrews 7, 00:23:38.620 --> 00:23:39.319 17, 00:23:39.319 --> 00:23:40.859 Christ is a priest 00:23:40.859 --> 00:23:41.379 forever 00:23:41.379 --> 00:23:42.579 in the order 00:23:42.579 --> 00:23:43.480 of Melchizedek. 00:23:44.859 --> 00:23:45.579 And now there have 00:23:45.579 --> 00:23:46.559 been many of those 00:23:46.559 --> 00:23:47.399 other priests 00:23:47.399 --> 00:23:48.639 like of the followers 00:23:48.639 --> 00:23:49.200 of Levi 00:23:49.200 --> 00:23:50.779 since death 00:23:50.779 --> 00:23:51.639 prevented them 00:23:51.639 --> 00:23:52.379 from continuing 00:23:52.379 --> 00:23:53.139 in office. 00:23:53.899 --> 00:23:54.779 But Jesus 00:23:54.779 --> 00:23:55.879 lives forever. 00:23:57.079 --> 00:23:57.960 And because 00:23:57.960 --> 00:23:58.759 he lives forever, 00:23:58.879 --> 00:23:59.899 he has a permanent 00:23:59.899 --> 00:24:00.759 priesthood. 00:24:01.059 --> 00:24:01.299 You see, 00:24:01.339 --> 00:24:02.299 he's very different 00:24:02.299 --> 00:24:03.279 from all the earlier 00:24:03.279 --> 00:24:03.779 priests. 00:24:04.259 --> 00:24:04.899 They served 00:24:04.899 --> 00:24:05.639 for a lifetime 00:24:05.639 --> 00:24:06.559 and then they had 00:24:06.559 --> 00:24:07.240 to be replaced. 00:24:07.240 --> 00:24:09.500 Jesus holds 00:24:09.500 --> 00:24:10.240 office by 00:24:10.240 --> 00:24:11.400 an indestructible 00:24:11.400 --> 00:24:11.839 life. 00:24:12.720 --> 00:24:13.059 And because 00:24:13.059 --> 00:24:13.900 he forever lives, 00:24:13.980 --> 00:24:14.500 he's forever 00:24:14.500 --> 00:24:15.420 the priest. 00:24:17.759 --> 00:24:18.279 Furthermore, 00:24:18.539 --> 00:24:19.160 the sacrifice 00:24:19.160 --> 00:24:20.079 of this priest 00:24:20.079 --> 00:24:22.120 that this priest 00:24:22.120 --> 00:24:22.940 made was unlike 00:24:22.940 --> 00:24:24.299 any other sacrifice 00:24:24.299 --> 00:24:24.980 of the prophets. 00:24:25.180 --> 00:24:26.680 They sacrificed 00:24:26.680 --> 00:24:27.339 animals. 00:24:28.279 --> 00:24:29.120 He sacrificed 00:24:29.120 --> 00:24:29.819 himself. 00:24:31.259 --> 00:24:32.480 Day after day, 00:24:32.599 --> 00:24:33.319 every priest 00:24:33.319 --> 00:24:34.380 stands and performs 00:24:34.380 --> 00:24:35.599 his religious duties 00:24:35.599 --> 00:24:36.980 again and again. 00:24:36.980 --> 00:24:38.059 he offers the same 00:24:38.059 --> 00:24:38.819 sacrifices, 00:24:38.819 --> 00:24:40.160 which can never 00:24:40.160 --> 00:24:41.380 take away sins. 00:24:42.019 --> 00:24:43.079 But when this 00:24:43.079 --> 00:24:44.079 priest had offered 00:24:44.079 --> 00:24:44.920 for all time 00:24:44.920 --> 00:24:46.059 one sacrifice 00:24:46.059 --> 00:24:46.680 for sins, 00:24:46.799 --> 00:24:47.700 he sat down

00:24:47.700 --> 00:24:48.599 at the right hand 00:24:48.599 --> 00:24:49.700 of God. 00:24:50.400 --> 00:24:51.319 For he has appeared 00:24:51.319 --> 00:24:52.400 once for all 00:24:52.400 --> 00:24:53.240 at the end 00:24:53.240 --> 00:24:53.900 of the ages 00:24:53.900 --> 00:24:55.259 to do away 00:24:55.259 --> 00:24:55.980 with sin 00:24:55.980 --> 00:24:57.740 by the sacrifice 00:24:57.740 --> 00:24:59.339 of himself. 00:25:00.940 --> 00:25:01.599 For Christ 00:25:01.599 --> 00:25:02.380 was sacrificed 00:25:02.380 --> 00:25:03.220 once 00:25:03.220 --> 00:25:04.539 to take away 00:25:04.539 --> 00:25:05.099 the sins 00:25:05.099 --> 00:25:06.179 of many people. 00:25:08.139 --> 00:25:08.919 That's all 00:25:08.919 --> 00:25:09.719 found in Hebrews 00:25:09.719 --> 00:25:10.679 9 and Hebrews 00:25:10.679 --> 00:25:11.079 10. 00:25:12.379 --> 00:25:12.679 You see, 00:25:12.740 --> 00:25:13.559 because he alone 00:25:13.559 --> 00:25:14.519 was sinless, 00:25:14.859 --> 00:25:15.399 he alone 00:25:15.399 --> 00:25:16.659 could be sacrificed 00:25:16.659 --> 00:25:17.799 instead of sinners. 00:25:19.859 --> 00:25:20.439 And so he 00:25:20.439 --> 00:25:22.740 suffered the death 00:25:22.740 --> 00:25:23.199 penalty 00:25:23.199 --> 00:25:24.679 that sin 00:25:24.679 --> 00:25:25.139 deserved. 00:25:26.000 --> 00:25:27.199 And he 00:25:27.199 --> 00:25:27.579 suffered 00:25:27.579 --> 00:25:28.599 enough 00:25:28.599 --> 00:25:29.959 for God's 00:25:29.959 --> 00:25:30.319 justice 00:25:30.319 --> 00:25:31.339 to be satisfied. 00:25:31.339 --> 00:25:33.639 He, 00:25:34.259 --> 00:25:34.740 therefore, 00:25:34.939 --> 00:25:35.859 his people's 00:25:35.859 --> 00:25:36.679 sins are forgiven. 00:25:37.039 --> 00:25:37.599 They're blotted 00:25:37.599 --> 00:25:37.959 out. 00:25:38.079 --> 00:25:38.619 They're remembered 00:25:38.619 --> 00:25:39.299 no more. 00:25:40.799 --> 00:25:41.259 He drank 00:25:41.259 --> 00:25:41.639 the bitter 00:25:41.639 --> 00:25:42.480 cup of God's 00:25:42.480 --> 00:25:42.799 wrath, 00:25:42.959 --> 00:25:43.519 and he left 00:25:43.519 --> 00:25:44.220 nothing in it 00:25:44.220 --> 00:25:44.899 for his people 00:25:44.899 --> 00:25:45.519 to drink. 00:25:46.980 --> 00:25:47.519 Christ 00:25:47.519 --> 00:25:48.179 is God's 00:25:48.179 --> 00:25:48.720 anointed 00:25:48.720 --> 00:25:49.519 priest 00:25:49.519 --> 00:25:50.659 unlike any 00:25:50.659 --> 00:25:51.000 other 00:25:51.000 --> 00:25:52.519 because he 00:25:52.519 --> 00:25:52.959 could make 00:25:52.959 --> 00:25:53.559 the one 00:25:53.559 --> 00:25:54.259 sacrifice 00:25:54.259 --> 00:25:55.019 that obtained 00:25:55.019 --> 00:25:55.579 eternal 00:25:55.579 --> 00:25:56.079 redemption 00:25:56.079 --> 00:25:57.019 for his people. 00:25:59.019 --> 00:25:59.779 He's the 00:25:59.779 --> 00:26:00.519 last priest 00:26:00.519 --> 00:26:02.139 who offered 00:26:02.139 --> 00:26:03.539 the last 00:26:03.539 --> 00:26:04.420 sacrifice 00:26:04.420 --> 00:26:05.139 for sin 00:26:05.139 --> 00:26:06.500 and now 00:26:06.500 --> 00:26:07.339 forever lives 00:26:07.339 --> 00:26:08.579 to intercede 00:26:08.579 --> 00:26:09.639 for his 00:26:09.639 --> 00:26:10.059 redeemed 00:26:10.059 --> 00:26:10.460 ones. 00:26:12.200 --> 00:26:12.740 You see, 00:26:12.819 --> 00:26:13.339 the priest's 00:26:13.339 --> 00:26:13.819 job was 00:26:13.819 --> 00:26:14.379 twofold, 00:26:14.839 --> 00:26:15.559 and we see 00:26:15.559 --> 00:26:16.099 that in the 00:26:16.099 --> 00:26:16.639 catechism 00:26:16.639 --> 00:26:17.139 question. 00:26:17.319 --> 00:26:18.000 How is 00:26:18.000 --> 00:26:18.680 Christ a 00:26:18.680 --> 00:26:19.039 priest? 00:26:19.440 --> 00:26:19.680 Well, 00:26:19.740 --> 00:26:20.379 he died 00:26:20.379 --> 00:26:20.879 for our 00:26:20.879 --> 00:26:21.279 sins, 00:26:21.279 --> 00:26:22.000 and he 00:26:22.000 --> 00:26:22.480 pleads 00:26:22.480 --> 00:26:22.980 with God 00:26:22.980 --> 00:26:23.639 for us. 00:26:24.599 --> 00:26:25.039 The Old 00:26:25.039 --> 00:26:25.440 Testament 00:26:25.440 --> 00:26:26.099 priest had 00:26:26.099 --> 00:26:27.079 that twofold 00:26:27.079 --> 00:26:27.599 ministry. 00:26:28.039 --> 00:26:28.319 He would 00:26:28.319 --> 00:26:29.220 first offer 00:26:29.220 --> 00:26:30.000 a sacrifice, 00:26:30.000 --> 00:26:30.720 a lamb 00:26:30.720 --> 00:26:31.140 that was 00:26:31.140 --> 00:26:31.619 symbolic 00:26:31.619 --> 00:26:32.200 of the 00:26:32.200 --> 00:26:32.680 lamb of 00:26:32.680 --> 00:26:33.000 God. 00:26:33.180 --> 00:26:33.579 He would 00:26:33.579 --> 00:26:34.079 shed its 00:26:34.079 --> 00:26:34.480 blood, 00:26:35.059 --> 00:26:35.920 but that 00:26:35.920 --> 00:26:36.400 was not 00:26:36.400 --> 00:26:36.819 all the 00:26:36.819 --> 00:26:37.220 priest's 00:26:37.220 --> 00:26:37.420 work, 00:26:37.500 --> 00:26:37.839 just to 00:26:37.839 --> 00:26:38.180 make a 00:26:38.180 --> 00:26:38.680 sacrifice. 00:26:39.240 --> 00:26:39.640 He then 00:26:39.640 --> 00:26:40.099 took the 00:26:40.099 --> 00:26:40.559 blood of 00:26:40.559 --> 00:26:41.259 the sacrifice 00:26:41.259 --> 00:26:42.440 into the 00:26:42.440 --> 00:26:43.019 most holy 00:26:43.019 --> 00:26:43.440 place, 00:26:43.559 --> 00:26:44.079 into the 00:26:44.079 --> 00:26:44.700 presence of 00:26:44.700 --> 00:26:45.079 God, 00:26:45.240 --> 00:26:45.720 and on 00:26:45.720 --> 00:26:46.400 the basis 00:26:46.400 --> 00:26:47.619 of a 00:26:47.619 --> 00:26:48.299 sacrifice, 00:26:48.559 --> 00:26:48.920 pleaded 00:26:48.920 --> 00:26:49.460 God's 00:26:49.460 --> 00:26:49.960 forgiveness 00:26:49.960 --> 00:26:50.480 for the 00:26:50.480 --> 00:26:50.839 sins of 00:26:50.839 --> 00:26:51.339 the people. 00:26:52.579 --> 00:26:54.819 His job 00:26:54.819 --> 00:26:55.240 was to 00:26:55.240 -->

00:26:55.759 sacrifice, 00:26:56.339 --> 00:26:56.880 and then 00:26:56.880 --> 00:26:57.819 to intercede 00:26:57.819 --> 00:26:58.240 for the 00:26:58.240 --> 00:26:58.599 people. 00:26:59.700 --> 00:27:00.019 And so 00:27:00.019 --> 00:27:00.899 this priest, 00:27:01.339 --> 00:27:01.639 Jesus 00:27:01.639 --> 00:27:02.339 Christ, 00:27:03.539 --> 00:27:04.379 has that 00:27:04.379 --> 00:27:04.960 same 00:27:04.960 --> 00:27:05.559 double 00:27:05.559 --> 00:27:07.599 activity 00:27:07.599 --> 00:27:09.240 as our 00:27:09.240 --> 00:27:11.279 anointed 00:27:11.279 --> 00:27:12.079 priest. 00:27:14.019 --> 00:27:14.439 He made 00:27:14.439 --> 00:27:15.139 the sacrifice 00:27:15.139 --> 00:27:16.220 for sin 00:27:16.220 --> 00:27:17.859 by sacrificing 00:27:17.859 --> 00:27:18.480 himself. 00:27:19.639 --> 00:27:20.139 And then, 00:27:21.279 --> 00:27:22.200 having died, 00:27:22.460 --> 00:27:23.000 he was 00:27:23.000 --> 00:27:23.559 raised to 00:27:23.559 --> 00:27:23.859 life, 00:27:23.919 --> 00:27:24.119 and he 00:27:24.119 --> 00:27:25.279 ascended to 00:27:25.279 --> 00:27:25.879 the Father's 00:27:25.879 --> 00:27:26.439 right hand, 00:27:26.440 --> 00:27:26.840 where he 00:27:26.840 --> 00:27:27.460 is there 00:27:27.460 --> 00:27:28.259 now for 00:27:28.259 --> 00:27:28.740 us, 00:27:29.279 --> 00:27:30.160 interceding 00:27:30.160 --> 00:27:31.340 for us, 00:27:32.620 --> 00:27:33.500 pleading the 00:27:33.500 --> 00:27:34.259 merits of 00:27:34.259 --> 00:27:34.900 his blood 00:27:34.900 --> 00:27:36.259 to bring 00:27:36.259 --> 00:27:36.860 forgiveness 00:27:36.860 --> 00:27:37.539 to all 00:27:37.539 --> 00:27:38.200 his believing 00:27:38.200 --> 00:27:38.779 people, 00:27:39.539 --> 00:27:40.299 to blot out 00:27:40.299 --> 00:27:40.880 their sins 00:27:40.880 --> 00:27:41.380 forever, 00:27:42.299 --> 00:27:43.039 and to give 00:27:43.039 --> 00:27:43.440 to them 00:27:43.440 --> 00:27:44.420 every blessing 00:27:44.420 --> 00:27:45.080 that he has 00:27:45.080 --> 00:27:45.779 won for 00:27:45.779 --> 00:27:46.140 them. 00:27:46.539 --> 00:27:47.259 He's there 00:27:47.259 --> 00:27:47.980 at the 00:27:47.980 --> 00:27:48.580 Father's 00:27:48.580 --> 00:27:49.519 right hand. 00:27:50.880 --> 00:27:51.360 His work 00:27:51.360 --> 00:27:52.019 of atonement 00:27:52.019 --> 00:27:52.640 is over, 00:27:53.480 --> 00:27:54.120 but his work 00:27:54.120 --> 00:27:54.940 of intercession 00:27:54.940 --> 00:27:57.220 continues in 00:27:57.220 --> 00:27:57.519 heaven. 00:27:58.660 --> 00:27:59.000 And the 00:27:59.000 --> 00:27:59.759 question then 00:27:59.759 --> 00:28:00.279 comes from 00:28:00.279 --> 00:28:00.960 the catechism, 00:28:01.100 --> 00:28:01.600 why do you 00:28:01.600 --> 00:28:02.000 need a 00:28:02.000 --> 00:28:02.360 priest? 00:28:03.519 --> 00:28:04.259 Why should 00:28:04.259 --> 00:28:04.620 you ever 00:28:04.620 --> 00:28:05.000 need a 00:28:05.000 --> 00:28:05.400 priest? 00:28:06.200 --> 00:28:06.460 And the 00:28:06.460 --> 00:28:06.820 answer is 00:28:06.820 --> 00:28:07.299 because I 00:28:07.299 --> 00:28:07.799 am guilty. 00:28:08.900 --> 00:28:09.720 I'm guilty. 00:28:10.779 --> 00:28:11.519 I'm guilty 00:28:11.519 --> 00:28:12.559 before God. 00:28:12.640 --> 00:28:13.259 I have a sin 00:28:13.259 --> 00:28:13.759 debt I 00:28:13.759 --> 00:28:14.539 cannot pay 00:28:14.539 --> 00:28:15.160 the first 00:28:15.160 --> 00:28:16.039 payment on, 00:28:16.860 --> 00:28:17.480 but Christ 00:28:17.480 --> 00:28:18.519 alone has 00:28:18.519 --> 00:28:18.920 made the 00:28:18.920 --> 00:28:19.880 one sacrifice 00:28:19.880 --> 00:28:21.860 and paid 00:28:21.860 --> 00:28:22.480 my debt 00:28:22.480 --> 00:28:23.140 in full. 00:28:24.100 --> 00:28:24.560 And only 00:28:24.560 --> 00:28:25.160 he then 00:28:25.160 --> 00:28:25.800 can now 00:28:25.800 --> 00:28:26.800 present 00:28:26.800 --> 00:28:28.440 his offering 00:28:28.440 --> 00:28:29.360 as the 00:28:29.360 --> 00:28:29.760 thing that 00:28:29.760 --> 00:28:30.300 satisfies 00:28:30.300 --> 00:28:30.880 God's 00:28:30.880 --> 00:28:31.580 justice on 00:28:31.580 --> 00:28:32.260 my behalf. 00:28:32.600 --> 00:28:32.980 And now 00:28:32.980 --> 00:28:33.800 he pleads 00:28:33.800 --> 00:28:34.940 the merits 00:28:34.940 --> 00:28:35.480 of his 00:28:35.480 --> 00:28:35.900 blood 00:28:35.900 --> 00:28:37.600 to forgive 00:28:37.600 --> 00:28:38.020 me, 00:28:39.020 --> 00:28:40.140 to show 00:28:40.140 --> 00:28:40.540 me 00:28:40.540 --> 00:28:41.700 blessing. 00:28:42.040 --> 00:28:42.440 Every 00:28:42.440 --> 00:28:43.180 spiritual 00:28:43.180 --> 00:28:44.120 blessing I 00:28:44.120 --> 00:28:44.580 have 00:28:44.580 --> 00:28:46.260 right now, 00:28:46.380 --> 00:28:47.180 it comes 00:28:47.180 --> 00:28:47.600 to me 00:28:47.600 --> 00:28:47.960 through 00:28:47.960 --> 00:28:48.440 Jesus 00:28:48.440 --> 00:28:49.120 Christ, 00:28:49.640 --> 00:28:49.860 through 00:28:49.860 --> 00:28:50.120 the 00:28:50.120 --> 00:28:50.480 merits 00:28:50.480 --> 00:28:50.980 of his 00:28:50.980 --> 00:28:51.700 sacrifice, 00:28:52.100 --> 00:28:53.019 and through 00:28:53.019 --> 00:28:54.160 the intercession 00:28:54.160 --> 00:28:55.460 at the 00:28:55.460 --> 00:28:55.940 right hand 00:28:55.940 --> 00:28:56.220 of the 00:28:56.220 --> 00:28:56.539 Father. 00:28:57.680 --> 00:28:58.240 So every 00:28:58.240 --> 00:28:58.819 time I 00:28:58.819 --> 00:28:59.200 sin, 00:29:00.259 --> 00:29:00.799 the Father 00:29:00.799 --> 00:29:02.100 just sees 00:29:02.100 --> 00:29:02.420 at his 00:29:02.420 --> 00:29:03.079 right hand 00:29:03.079 --> 00:29:03.799 the sacrifice 00:29:03.799 --> 00:29:04.500 for my 00:29:04.500 --> 00:29:04.840 sin. 00:29:05.299 --> 00:29:05.660 And his 00:29:05.660 --> 00:29:06.500 very presence 00:29:06.500 -->

00:29:07.660 there says, 00:29:08.160 --> 00:29:08.519 Father, 00:29:09.519 --> 00:29:10.420 look on 00:29:10.420 --> 00:29:10.960 me and 00:29:10.960 --> 00:29:11.840 pardon him. 00:29:12.460 --> 00:29:13.059 I stood 00:29:13.059 --> 00:29:13.720 in for him 00:29:13.720 --> 00:29:14.360 at Calvary, 00:29:14.759 --> 00:29:15.500 and his 00:29:15.500 --> 00:29:16.400 presence there 00:29:16.400 --> 00:29:17.140 prays and 00:29:17.140 --> 00:29:17.640 intercedes 00:29:17.640 --> 00:29:18.000 for us. 00:29:18.400 --> 00:29:18.860 And besides 00:29:18.860 --> 00:29:19.160 that, 00:29:19.200 --> 00:29:19.680 he also 00:29:19.680 --> 00:29:21.300 prays for 00:29:21.300 --> 00:29:21.900 us and 00:29:21.900 --> 00:29:22.660 speaks to 00:29:22.660 --> 00:29:23.120 the Father 00:29:23.120 --> 00:29:23.600 on our 00:29:23.600 --> 00:29:24.040 behalf. 00:29:25.360 --> 00:29:26.160 Look on 00:29:26.160 --> 00:29:26.460 me, 00:29:27.259 --> 00:29:27.860 he says, 00:29:27.940 --> 00:29:28.300 and send 00:29:28.300 --> 00:29:28.940 mercy and 00:29:28.940 --> 00:29:29.500 grace to 00:29:29.500 --> 00:29:29.940 help him 00:29:29.940 --> 00:29:30.620 in his 00:29:30.620 --> 00:29:31.080 time of 00:29:31.080 --> 00:29:31.380 need. 00:29:32.960 --> 00:29:33.480 Consider 00:29:33.480 --> 00:29:34.200 these five 00:29:34.200 --> 00:29:35.020 Ps about 00:29:35.020 --> 00:29:36.040 the intercessory 00:29:36.040 --> 00:29:36.520 work of 00:29:36.520 --> 00:29:37.160 Christ right 00:29:37.160 --> 00:29:37.680 now at the 00:29:37.680 --> 00:29:38.300 Father's right 00:29:38.300 --> 00:29:38.720 hand on 00:29:38.720 --> 00:29:39.220 behalf of 00:29:39.220 --> 00:29:39.540 all of 00:29:39.540 --> 00:29:40.040 his people. 00:29:41.240 --> 00:29:41.880 Five things 00:29:41.880 --> 00:29:42.400 about that 00:29:42.400 --> 00:29:43.040 intercessory 00:29:43.040 --> 00:29:43.600 work right 00:29:43.600 --> 00:29:44.020 now of 00:29:44.020 --> 00:29:44.180 our 00:29:44.180 --> 00:29:44.500 priests. 00:29:44.920 --> 00:29:45.100 It's 00:29:45.100 --> 00:29:45.520 first of 00:29:45.520 --> 00:29:45.660 all, 00:29:45.700 --> 00:29:46.200 protective. 00:29:47.640 --> 00:29:48.380 Romans 8, 00:29:48.440 --> 00:29:48.820 33, 00:29:48.920 --> 00:29:49.440 and 34. 00:29:49.600 --> 00:29:49.900 Who will 00:29:49.900 --> 00:29:50.360 bring any 00:29:50.360 --> 00:29:51.220 charge against 00:29:51.220 --> 00:29:52.140 God's elect? 00:29:52.700 --> 00:29:53.360 It's God 00:29:53.360 --> 00:29:54.280 who justifies. 00:29:54.580 --> 00:29:55.100 Who is he 00:29:55.100 --> 00:29:56.000 that condemns? 00:29:56.380 --> 00:29:57.180 Christ Jesus 00:29:57.180 --> 00:29:57.740 who died, 00:29:57.800 --> 00:29:58.400 more than that, 00:29:58.420 --> 00:29:59.060 who was raised 00:29:59.060 --> 00:29:59.700 to life, 00:30:00.360 --> 00:30:01.440 is at the 00:30:01.440 --> 00:30:01.980 right hand 00:30:01.980 --> 00:30:02.400 of God 00:30:02.400 --> 00:30:03.360 and is also 00:30:03.360 --> 00:30:04.300 interceding 00:30:04.300 --> 00:30:05.040 for us. 00:30:06.920 --> 00:30:07.280 And so 00:30:07.280 --> 00:30:07.880 no one 00:30:07.880 --> 00:30:09.759 can separate 00:30:09.759 --> 00:30:10.060 us. 00:30:10.200 --> 00:30:10.860 Nothing can 00:30:10.860 --> 00:30:11.460 separate us 00:30:11.460 --> 00:30:11.820 from the 00:30:11.820 --> 00:30:12.340 love of God, 00:30:12.339 --> 00:30:12.799 not as 00:30:12.799 --> 00:30:13.379 long as 00:30:13.379 --> 00:30:13.720 our 00:30:13.720 --> 00:30:14.599 intercessor 00:30:14.599 --> 00:30:15.619 is there 00:30:15.619 --> 00:30:17.480 praying 00:30:17.480 --> 00:30:18.439 for us. 00:30:18.500 --> 00:30:18.980 He protects 00:30:18.980 --> 00:30:19.399 us from 00:30:19.399 --> 00:30:19.599 the 00:30:19.599 --> 00:30:20.459 condemnation, 00:30:20.579 --> 00:30:20.679 the 00:30:20.679 --> 00:30:21.379 accusations. 00:30:23.319 --> 00:30:23.659 And we 00:30:23.659 --> 00:30:24.179 have an 00:30:24.179 --> 00:30:24.679 illustration 00:30:24.679 --> 00:30:25.299 of that 00:30:25.299 --> 00:30:25.659 in our 00:30:25.659 --> 00:30:26.659 Savior's 00:30:26.659 --> 00:30:27.259 intercession 00:30:27.259 --> 00:30:29.379 for Simon 00:30:29.379 --> 00:30:29.799 Peter. 00:30:30.279 --> 00:30:30.959 Luke 22, 00:30:31.099 --> 00:30:31.399 Simon, 00:30:31.539 --> 00:30:31.839 Simon, 00:30:32.019 --> 00:30:32.459 Satan is 00:30:32.459 --> 00:30:32.919 asked to 00:30:32.919 --> 00:30:33.240 sift you 00:30:33.240 --> 00:30:33.659 as we. 00:30:34.679 --> 00:30:35.039 That means 00:30:35.039 --> 00:30:35.559 to shake 00:30:35.559 --> 00:30:36.039 him up 00:30:36.039 --> 00:30:36.379 and to 00:30:36.379 --> 00:30:36.779 cause him 00:30:36.779 --> 00:30:37.220 to lose 00:30:37.220 --> 00:30:37.799 his faith 00:30:37.799 --> 00:30:38.379 in Jesus. 00:30:39.019 --> 00:30:39.579 But I 00:30:39.579 --> 00:30:40.199 have prayed 00:30:40.200 --> 00:30:40.740 for you, 00:30:40.819 --> 00:30:41.140 Simon, 00:30:41.500 --> 00:30:42.019 that your 00:30:42.019 --> 00:30:42.480 faith may 00:30:42.480 --> 00:30:43.100 not fail 00:30:43.100 --> 00:30:43.660 and when 00:30:43.660 --> 00:30:44.100 you have 00:30:44.100 --> 00:30:44.720 turned back, 00:30:44.860 --> 00:30:45.360 strengthen your 00:30:45.360 --> 00:30:45.720 brothers. 00:30:46.240 --> 00:30:46.480 You see, 00:30:46.559 --> 00:30:47.200 the protection 00:30:47.200 --> 00:30:50.039 for Simon 00:30:50.039 --> 00:30:51.100 is Jesus' 00:30:51.340 --> 00:30:51.860 prayers. 00:30:53.240 --> 00:30:53.940 So that 00:30:53.940 --> 00:30:54.519 though Satan 00:30:54.519 --> 00:30:55.140 is shaking 00:30:55.140 --> 00:30:55.559 him and 00:30:55.559 --> 00:30:56.279 tempting him, 00:30:56.600 --> 00:30:57.080 his faith 00:30:57.080 --> 00:30:57.480 will not 00:30:57.480 --> 00:30:58.200 altogether 00:30:58.200 --> 00:30:59.120 fail.

00:31:00.420 --> 00:31:00.720 And so 00:31:00.720 --> 00:31:01.259 he prays 00:31:01.259 --> 00:31:01.980 for everyone 00:31:01.980 --> 00:31:04.019 who's trusting 00:31:04.019 --> 00:31:04.400 in the 00:31:04.400 --> 00:31:04.700 Savior. 00:31:05.920 --> 00:31:06.440 It's 00:31:06.440 --> 00:31:06.880 protective. 00:31:07.059 --> 00:31:07.240 It's 00:31:07.240 --> 00:31:07.740 personal. 00:31:08.120 --> 00:31:08.460 I pray 00:31:08.460 --> 00:31:08.940 for you, 00:31:09.080 --> 00:31:09.480 Simon. 00:31:10.200 --> 00:31:11.400 individuals 00:31:11.400 --> 00:31:12.500 is who 00:31:12.500 --> 00:31:13.000 he prays 00:31:13.000 --> 00:31:13.259 for. 00:31:14.759 --> 00:31:15.720 John 17, 00:31:15.819 --> 00:31:16.039 9, 00:31:16.120 --> 00:31:16.319 Father, 00:31:16.420 --> 00:31:16.680 I'm not 00:31:16.680 --> 00:31:17.120 praying for 00:31:17.120 --> 00:31:17.480 the world, 00:31:17.600 --> 00:31:17.860 but I'm 00:31:17.860 --> 00:31:18.340 praying for 00:31:18.340 --> 00:31:19.140 those you 00:31:19.140 --> 00:31:19.920 have given 00:31:19.920 --> 00:31:20.180 me. 00:31:20.480 --> 00:31:20.880 There are 00:31:20.880 --> 00:31:21.420 a people 00:31:21.420 --> 00:31:22.259 that have 00:31:22.259 --> 00:31:22.880 been given 00:31:22.880 --> 00:31:23.640 to the 00:31:23.640 --> 00:31:24.299 Son by 00:31:24.299 --> 00:31:24.900 the Father 00:31:24.900 --> 00:31:25.759 from eternity. 00:31:26.120 --> 00:31:26.660 You go, 00:31:26.840 --> 00:31:27.120 Son, 00:31:27.299 --> 00:31:27.759 and you 00:31:27.759 --> 00:31:28.460 suffer for 00:31:28.460 --> 00:31:28.680 them, 00:31:28.740 --> 00:31:29.019 and you 00:31:29.019 --> 00:31:29.660 obey for 00:31:29.660 --> 00:31:29.860 them, 00:31:29.900 --> 00:31:30.180 and you 00:31:30.180 --> 00:31:30.759 rise for 00:31:30.759 --> 00:31:30.940 them, 00:31:31.059 --> 00:31:31.600 and now 00:31:31.600 --> 00:31:32.319 Jesus is 00:31:32.319 --> 00:31:32.759 there in 00:31:32.759 --> 00:31:33.600 heaven pleading 00:31:33.600 --> 00:31:34.180 for them. 00:31:35.259 --> 00:31:35.880 It's a 00:31:35.880 --> 00:31:36.779 personal thing. 00:31:38.000 --> 00:31:38.440 He entered 00:31:38.440 --> 00:31:38.960 into heaven 00:31:38.960 --> 00:31:40.059 itself now to 00:31:40.059 --> 00:31:40.859 appear for 00:31:40.859 --> 00:31:42.500 us who 00:31:42.500 --> 00:31:42.899 are in 00:31:42.899 --> 00:31:43.399 Christ. 00:31:45.519 --> 00:31:45.960 And just 00:31:45.960 --> 00:31:46.379 as he had 00:31:46.379 --> 00:31:47.759 us on 00:31:47.759 --> 00:31:48.319 his mind 00:31:48.319 --> 00:31:48.679 when he 00:31:48.679 --> 00:31:49.319 suffered on 00:31:49.319 --> 00:31:50.019 the cross 00:31:50.019 --> 00:31:50.659 and endured 00:31:50.659 --> 00:31:51.179 it for the 00:31:51.179 --> 00:31:51.700 joy of 00:31:51.700 --> 00:31:52.480 bringing us 00:31:52.480 --> 00:31:53.179 to glory, 00:31:54.299 --> 00:31:54.980 he now at 00:31:54.980 --> 00:31:55.559 the Father's 00:31:55.559 --> 00:31:56.440 right hand has 00:31:56.440 --> 00:31:57.639 us in mind 00:31:57.639 --> 00:31:58.099 as he's 00:31:58.099 --> 00:31:58.799 praying for 00:31:58.799 --> 00:31:59.399 his people. 00:31:59.960 --> 00:32:00.299 It's a 00:32:00.299 --> 00:32:00.720 personal 00:32:00.720 --> 00:32:01.319 intercession. 00:32:01.659 --> 00:32:02.019 It's a 00:32:02.019 --> 00:32:02.579 powerful 00:32:02.579 --> 00:32:03.259 intercession. 00:32:03.799 --> 00:32:04.519 Satan wants 00:32:04.519 --> 00:32:05.319 to have you, 00:32:05.460 --> 00:32:05.720 Simon. 00:32:06.059 --> 00:32:07.119 He wants to 00:32:07.119 --> 00:32:07.859 destroy your 00:32:07.859 --> 00:32:08.039 faith, 00:32:08.039 --> 00:32:09.159 but I 00:32:09.159 --> 00:32:09.859 have prayed 00:32:09.859 --> 00:32:10.500 for you 00:32:10.500 --> 00:32:11.399 so that 00:32:11.399 --> 00:32:12.019 your faith 00:32:12.019 --> 00:32:12.680 may not 00:32:12.680 --> 00:32:13.220 fail, 00:32:14.039 --> 00:32:14.920 and when, 00:32:15.559 --> 00:32:16.139 not if, 00:32:16.579 --> 00:32:17.279 but when 00:32:17.279 --> 00:32:19.000 you have 00:32:19.000 --> 00:32:20.379 turned back, 00:32:20.700 --> 00:32:21.319 strengthened your 00:32:21.319 --> 00:32:21.659 brothers. 00:32:22.220 --> 00:32:22.659 Jesus' 00:32:22.920 --> 00:32:24.099 powerful prayer 00:32:24.099 --> 00:32:25.379 is prevailing 00:32:25.379 --> 00:32:26.480 and ensures 00:32:26.480 --> 00:32:27.460 that Peter's 00:32:27.460 --> 00:32:28.240 faith will 00:32:28.240 --> 00:32:29.079 not altogether 00:32:29.079 --> 00:32:30.039 be extinguished. 00:32:30.619 --> 00:32:31.159 What do you 00:32:31.159 --> 00:32:31.700 owe for the 00:32:31.700 --> 00:32:32.240 perseverance 00:32:32.240 --> 00:32:33.740 of your faith 00:32:33.740 --> 00:32:34.279 and repentance 00:32:34.279 --> 00:32:34.859 to the end 00:32:34.859 --> 00:32:35.359 of your life? 00:32:35.579 --> 00:32:36.159 You owe it 00:32:36.159 --> 00:32:36.979 to the 00:32:36.979 --> 00:32:37.719 intercession 00:32:37.719 --> 00:32:38.539 of Jesus 00:32:38.539 --> 00:32:39.279 on your 00:32:39.279 --> 00:32:39.759 behalf. 00:32:40.679 --> 00:32:41.000 It's a 00:32:41.000 --> 00:32:41.559 powerful 00:32:41.559 --> 00:32:42.979 intercession. 00:32:43.240 --> 00:32:43.539 It's a 00:32:43.539 --> 00:32:44.179 perpetual 00:32:44.179 --> 00:32:45.379 intercession. 00:32:46.740 --> 00:32:47.279 The Bible 00:32:47.279 --> 00:32:47.899 says in 00:32:47.899 --> 00:32:48.619 Hebrews 7, 00:32:48.819 --> 00:32:49.479 25, 00:32:49.699 --> 00:32:50.199 therefore he's 00:32:50.199 --> 00:32:50.839 able to save 00:32:50.839 --> 00:32:51.779 completely those 00:32:51.779 --> 00:32:52.299 who come to 00:32:52.299 --> 00:32:52.740 God through 00:32:52.740 --> 00:32:53.519 him because 00:32:53.519 --> 00:32:54.199 he always 00:32:54.199 --> 00:32:54.939 lives to 00:32:54.939 --> 00:32:55.699 make

intercession 00:32:55.699 --> 00:32:56.539 for them. 00:32:57.740 --> 00:32:57.979 Kids, 00:32:58.039 --> 00:32:58.240 you know 00:32:58.240 --> 00:32:58.799 what always 00:32:58.799 --> 00:32:59.139 means? 00:33:00.439 --> 00:33:00.919 Always. 00:33:00.920 --> 00:33:03.240 He always 00:33:03.240 --> 00:33:04.600 lives for 00:33:04.600 --> 00:33:05.400 this purpose 00:33:05.400 --> 00:33:06.300 to make 00:33:06.300 --> 00:33:06.840 intercession 00:33:06.840 --> 00:33:07.279 for his 00:33:07.279 --> 00:33:07.720 people. 00:33:11.720 --> 00:33:12.440 His 00:33:12.440 --> 00:33:13.240 disciples fell 00:33:13.240 --> 00:33:14.019 asleep instead 00:33:14.019 --> 00:33:14.580 of praying, 00:33:14.720 --> 00:33:15.080 didn't they, 00:33:15.160 --> 00:33:16.320 in Gethsemane? 00:33:17.440 --> 00:33:18.680 This high 00:33:18.680 --> 00:33:19.779 priest never 00:33:19.779 --> 00:33:20.519 slumbers or 00:33:20.519 --> 00:33:22.060 sleeps, but 00:33:22.060 --> 00:33:22.880 is always at 00:33:22.880 --> 00:33:23.480 all times 00:33:23.480 --> 00:33:24.620 interceding for 00:33:24.620 --> 00:33:26.100 us, for you 00:33:26.100 --> 00:33:26.680 who are in 00:33:26.680 --> 00:33:27.120 Christ, 00:33:27.720 --> 00:33:28.259 personally. 00:33:29.220 --> 00:33:29.480 And then 00:33:29.480 --> 00:33:30.259 lastly, it's a 00:33:30.259 --> 00:33:30.660 pitiful, 00:33:30.920 --> 00:33:31.460 intercession, 00:33:31.620 --> 00:33:32.100 by which I 00:33:32.100 --> 00:33:32.740 mean full 00:33:32.740 --> 00:33:33.259 of pity, 00:33:34.019 --> 00:33:34.720 joined with 00:33:34.720 --> 00:33:35.160 power. 00:33:35.680 --> 00:33:36.080 This high 00:33:36.080 --> 00:33:36.539 priest who 00:33:36.539 --> 00:33:37.160 now prays 00:33:37.160 --> 00:33:37.640 for you is 00:33:37.640 --> 00:33:38.120 the one who 00:33:38.120 --> 00:33:38.539 loved you 00:33:38.539 --> 00:33:39.000 enough to 00:33:39.000 --> 00:33:39.620 die for you 00:33:39.620 --> 00:33:39.960 when you 00:33:39.960 --> 00:33:40.279 were his 00:33:40.279 --> 00:33:40.640 enemies. 00:33:41.860 --> 00:33:42.460 What is 00:33:42.460 --> 00:33:43.080 his pitying 00:33:43.080 --> 00:33:43.500 love for 00:33:43.500 --> 00:33:44.039 you now? 00:33:44.480 --> 00:33:44.720 That you 00:33:44.720 --> 00:33:45.000 are his 00:33:45.000 --> 00:33:45.539 friends, 00:33:46.240 --> 00:33:46.440 that you 00:33:46.440 --> 00:33:46.700 are the 00:33:46.700 --> 00:33:47.279 children of 00:33:47.279 --> 00:33:47.600 God. 00:33:49.279 --> 00:33:49.779 And if he 00:33:49.779 --> 00:33:50.240 saved you 00:33:50.240 --> 00:33:50.640 from his 00:33:50.640 --> 00:33:51.240 wrath when 00:33:51.240 --> 00:33:51.580 you were 00:33:51.580 --> 00:33:52.140 his enemies, 00:33:52.240 --> 00:33:52.700 how much 00:33:52.700 --> 00:33:53.200 more will 00:33:53.200 --> 00:33:53.840 he by his 00:33:53.840 --> 00:33:55.140 life save 00:33:55.140 --> 00:33:56.400 you as 00:33:56.400 --> 00:33:57.080 he's praying 00:33:57.080 --> 00:33:57.740 for you? 00:33:58.860 --> 00:33:59.620 He's not 00:33:59.620 --> 00:34:00.140 just some 00:34:00.140 --> 00:34:00.759 mechanical 00:34:00.759 --> 00:34:01.660 principle in 00:34:01.660 --> 00:34:02.140 the sky. 00:34:02.660 --> 00:34:03.060 He's a 00:34:03.060 --> 00:34:03.740 personal 00:34:03.740 --> 00:34:07.020 savior with 00:34:07.020 --> 00:34:07.940 full of 00:34:07.940 --> 00:34:08.280 pity, 00:34:09.280 --> 00:34:10.200 joined with 00:34:10.200 --> 00:34:10.740 power. 00:34:13.019 --> 00:34:13.780 For we do 00:34:13.780 --> 00:34:14.280 not have a 00:34:14.280 --> 00:34:14.840 high priest 00:34:14.840 --> 00:34:15.380 who's unable 00:34:15.380 --> 00:34:16.440 to sympathize 00:34:16.440 --> 00:34:17.800 with us in 00:34:17.800 --> 00:34:18.480 our weakness, 00:34:19.039 --> 00:34:19.619 but we have 00:34:19.619 --> 00:34:20.220 one who has 00:34:20.220 --> 00:34:20.740 been tempted 00:34:20.740 --> 00:34:21.420 in every way 00:34:21.420 --> 00:34:22.240 just as we 00:34:22.240 --> 00:34:22.640 are, yet 00:34:22.640 --> 00:34:23.280 was without 00:34:23.280 --> 00:34:23.720 sin. 00:34:24.860 --> 00:34:25.360 He had to 00:34:25.360 --> 00:34:26.059 be made like 00:34:26.059 --> 00:34:26.740 his brothers 00:34:26.739 --> 00:34:28.039 in every 00:34:28.039 --> 00:34:28.879 way in 00:34:28.879 --> 00:34:29.399 order that 00:34:29.399 --> 00:34:29.699 he might 00:34:29.699 --> 00:34:30.259 become a 00:34:30.259 --> 00:34:32.459 merciful and 00:34:32.459 --> 00:34:33.579 faithful high 00:34:33.579 --> 00:34:34.219 priest in 00:34:34.219 --> 00:34:34.939 service to 00:34:34.939 --> 00:34:35.339 God. 00:34:36.639 --> 00:34:37.239 So though he's 00:34:37.239 --> 00:34:37.619 in heaven, 00:34:37.719 --> 00:34:38.099 he still 00:34:38.099 --> 00:34:38.779 remembers what 00:34:38.779 --> 00:34:39.279 it's like to 00:34:39.279 --> 00:34:39.799 be tempted 00:34:39.799 --> 00:34:41.859 as a child, 00:34:42.859 --> 00:34:43.519 tempted to 00:34:43.519 --> 00:34:44.279 disobey his 00:34:44.279 --> 00:34:44.859 mom and dad. 00:34:44.939 --> 00:34:45.519 He remembers. 00:34:46.179 --> 00:34:46.579 And so he 00:34:46.579 --> 00:34:47.500 knows exactly 00:34:47.500 --> 00:34:48.679 the grace to 00:34:48.679 --> 00:34:49.319 send to you 00:34:49.319 --> 00:34:49.699 children. 00:34:51.259 --> 00:34:51.699 He knows, 00:34:51.699 --> 00:34:54.739 he remembers 00:34:54.739 --> 00:34:56.279 what it is to 00:34:56.279 --> 00:34:57.639 be sunk in 00:34:57.639 --> 00:34:59.259 grief over 00:34:59.259 --> 00:35:00.219 the loss of 00:35:00.219 --> 00:35:01.539 dear friends. 00:35:01.980 --> 00:35:02.500 And so he 00:35:02.500 --> 00:35:04.179 knows exactly 00:35:04.179 --> 00:35:05.159 what you need 00:35:05.159 --> 00:35:06.279 to comfort 00:35:06.279 --> 00:35:07.519 you in your 00:35:07.519 --> 00:35:09.639 trials, in 00:35:09.639 -->

00:35:11.039 your temptations. 00:35:12.339 --> 00:35:13.539 He remembers 00:35:13.539 --> 00:35:14.219 the darkness, 00:35:14.519 --> 00:35:15.419 the forsakenness, 00:35:15.519 --> 00:35:16.199 the loneliness. 00:35:18.859 --> 00:35:19.859 And so he 00:35:19.859 --> 00:35:20.579 knows exactly 00:35:20.579 --> 00:35:21.039 what you're 00:35:21.039 --> 00:35:21.619 going through. 00:35:22.460 --> 00:35:22.939 He knows it 00:35:22.939 --> 00:35:23.500 by personal 00:35:23.500 --> 00:35:24.179 experience. 00:35:24.439 --> 00:35:24.939 And so he 00:35:24.939 --> 00:35:25.579 pities you. 00:35:26.059 --> 00:35:26.859 He pities you 00:35:26.859 --> 00:35:27.139 in your 00:35:27.139 --> 00:35:27.619 weakness. 00:35:28.119 --> 00:35:29.179 As he prays 00:35:29.179 --> 00:35:29.639 for you with 00:35:29.639 --> 00:35:30.079 a fellow 00:35:30.079 --> 00:35:30.739 feeling in 00:35:30.739 --> 00:35:31.179 his heart, 00:35:31.319 --> 00:35:31.819 with what's 00:35:31.819 --> 00:35:32.419 going on in 00:35:32.419 --> 00:35:32.939 your heart. 00:35:33.559 --> 00:35:33.919 He knows 00:35:33.919 --> 00:35:34.500 just the 00:35:34.500 --> 00:35:35.000 mercy and 00:35:35.000 --> 00:35:35.500 grace to 00:35:35.500 --> 00:35:35.960 send you 00:35:35.960 --> 00:35:36.739 in your 00:35:36.739 --> 00:35:37.719 time of 00:35:37.719 --> 00:35:38.099 need. 00:35:39.099 --> 00:35:39.480 What a 00:35:39.480 --> 00:35:40.179 blessed thing 00:35:40.179 --> 00:35:41.619 to have this 00:35:41.619 --> 00:35:42.099 high priest 00:35:42.099 --> 00:35:43.819 always interceding 00:35:43.819 --> 00:35:44.259 for you. 00:35:44.299 --> 00:35:44.819 On your best 00:35:44.819 --> 00:35:45.599 days, on your 00:35:45.599 --> 00:35:46.879 worst days, he's 00:35:46.879 --> 00:35:47.619 not pleading 00:35:47.619 --> 00:35:49.339 your merits, but 00:35:49.339 --> 00:35:49.719 his. 00:35:50.460 --> 00:35:50.859 And that's 00:35:50.859 --> 00:35:51.299 why his 00:35:51.300 --> 00:35:51.740 prayers are 00:35:51.740 --> 00:35:52.440 always heard 00:35:52.440 --> 00:35:52.940 and answered 00:35:52.940 --> 00:35:53.460 in heaven. 00:35:54.280 --> 00:35:54.600 They're not 00:35:54.600 --> 00:35:55.240 based on your 00:35:55.240 --> 00:35:56.060 performance, but 00:35:56.060 --> 00:35:56.519 on what he 00:35:56.519 --> 00:35:57.700 has done for 00:35:57.700 --> 00:35:57.960 you. 00:35:58.519 --> 00:35:59.060 Therefore, if 00:35:59.060 --> 00:36:00.340 anyone sins, we 00:36:00.340 --> 00:36:01.100 have an advocate 00:36:01.100 --> 00:36:01.620 with the 00:36:01.620 --> 00:36:01.960 Father. 00:36:02.400 --> 00:36:03.039 Someone there 00:36:03.039 --> 00:36:04.120 pleading for 00:36:04.120 --> 00:36:05.380 our forgiveness. 00:36:05.660 --> 00:36:06.120 Who is he? 00:36:06.300 --> 00:36:07.300 Jesus Christ, the 00:36:07.300 --> 00:36:07.960 righteous one. 00:36:08.120 --> 00:36:08.560 And he's 00:36:08.560 --> 00:36:09.160 pleading his

00:36:09.160 --> 00:36:09.740 righteousness. 00:36:09.740 --> 00:36:11.780 Look on me 00:36:11.780 --> 00:36:13.220 and pardoned 00:36:13.220 --> 00:36:13.540 them. 00:36:22.800 --> 00:36:23.500 Have you 00:36:23.500 --> 00:36:24.280 received Christ 00:36:24.280 --> 00:36:24.940 as your 00:36:24.940 --> 00:36:25.720 priest to 00:36:25.720 --> 00:36:26.600 pardon your 00:36:26.600 --> 00:36:27.840 sins and 00:36:27.840 --> 00:36:28.800 to pray for 00:36:28.800 --> 00:36:29.080 you? 00:36:29.420 --> 00:36:29.800 Consider, 00:36:30.000 --> 00:36:31.140 lastly, Christ 00:36:31.140 --> 00:36:31.580 as the 00:36:31.580 --> 00:36:32.860 uniquely 00:36:32.860 --> 00:36:33.600 appointed, 00:36:33.880 --> 00:36:34.260 anointed 00:36:34.260 --> 00:36:34.800 king. 00:36:35.740 --> 00:36:36.420 You remember 00:36:36.420 --> 00:36:37.000 when God 00:36:37.000 --> 00:36:37.800 promised in 00:36:37.800 --> 00:36:38.820 2 Samuel 7 00:36:38.820 --> 00:36:39.400 that David 00:36:39.400 --> 00:36:40.000 would have 00:36:40.000 --> 00:36:40.920 a descendant 00:36:40.920 --> 00:36:41.380 of his 00:36:41.380 --> 00:36:41.720 who would 00:36:41.720 --> 00:36:42.360 sit upon 00:36:42.360 --> 00:36:43.000 the throne 00:36:43.000 --> 00:36:43.880 and reign 00:36:43.880 --> 00:36:45.039 forever and 00:36:45.039 --> 00:36:45.320 ever. 00:36:46.360 --> 00:36:46.820 A thousand 00:36:46.820 --> 00:36:47.519 years later, 00:36:47.600 --> 00:36:48.039 an angel 00:36:48.039 --> 00:36:48.820 Gabriel was 00:36:48.820 --> 00:36:49.680 sent by God 00:36:49.680 --> 00:36:50.340 to a virgin 00:36:50.340 --> 00:36:51.100 named Mary. 00:36:51.100 --> 00:36:52.880 And he 00:36:52.880 --> 00:36:53.640 told her that 00:36:53.640 --> 00:36:54.080 she would 00:36:54.080 --> 00:36:54.760 conceive and 00:36:54.760 --> 00:36:55.400 give birth to 00:36:55.400 --> 00:36:56.720 a son as 00:36:56.720 --> 00:36:57.300 a virgin. 00:36:58.460 --> 00:36:59.100 The Lord God 00:36:59.100 --> 00:36:59.720 will give him 00:36:59.720 --> 00:37:00.940 the throne of 00:37:00.940 --> 00:37:01.400 his father 00:37:01.400 --> 00:37:02.220 David, and 00:37:02.220 --> 00:37:03.240 he will reign 00:37:03.240 --> 00:37:03.860 over the house 00:37:03.860 --> 00:37:04.260 of Jacob 00:37:04.260 --> 00:37:04.780 forever. 00:37:05.100 --> 00:37:05.640 His kingdom 00:37:05.639 --> 00:37:06.179 will never 00:37:06.179 --> 00:37:06.679 end. 00:37:08.420 --> 00:37:09.879 Jesus, this 00:37:09.879 --> 00:37:10.819 uniquely 00:37:10.819 --> 00:37:12.400 anointed 00:37:12.400 --> 00:37:13.480 king, 00:37:14.980 --> 00:37:15.699 prophesied 00:37:15.699 --> 00:37:17.719 of in the 00:37:17.719 --> 00:37:18.420 Old Testament 00:37:18.420 --> 00:37:19.319 and now 00:37:19.319 --> 00:37:21.500 announced as 00:37:21.500 --> 00:37:22.239 having come 00:37:22.239 --> 00:37:23.000 in the womb 00:37:23.000 --> 00:37:23.579 of the virgin 00:37:23.579 --> 00:37:24.039 Mary. 00:37:24.799 --> 00:37:25.599 Isaiah said 00:37:25.599 --> 00:37:26.259 that this 00:37:26.259 --> 00:37:27.379 virgin-born son 00:37:27.379 --> 00:37:28.339 said of him 00:37:28.339 --> 00:37:28.639 that the 00:37:28.639 --> 00:37:29.460 government will 00:37:29.460 --> 00:37:30.379 be upon his 00:37:30.379 --> 00:37:30.960 shoulders. 00:37:31.699 --> 00:37:32.199 The government, 00:37:32.460 --> 00:37:33.219 he's the king 00:37:33.219 --> 00:37:33.980 who reigns. 00:37:33.980 --> 00:37:36.240 then Isaiah 00:37:36.240 --> 00:37:37.019 goes on to 00:37:37.019 --> 00:37:41.199 say that of 00:37:41.199 --> 00:37:41.760 the increase 00:37:41.760 --> 00:37:42.099 of his 00:37:42.099 --> 00:37:42.719 government and 00:37:42.719 --> 00:37:43.139 peace, there 00:37:43.139 --> 00:37:43.559 will be no 00:37:43.559 --> 00:37:43.880 end. 00:37:44.000 --> 00:37:44.480 He will reign 00:37:44.480 --> 00:37:45.300 on David's 00:37:45.300 --> 00:37:46.219 throne and 00:37:46.219 --> 00:37:46.760 over his 00:37:46.760 --> 00:37:47.079 kingdom, 00:37:47.260 --> 00:37:48.119 establishing and 00:37:48.119 --> 00:37:48.740 upholding it 00:37:48.740 --> 00:37:49.480 from that time 00:37:49.480 --> 00:37:50.380 on and 00:37:50.380 --> 00:37:50.780 forever. 00:37:52.360 --> 00:37:53.099 So many 00:37:53.099 --> 00:37:54.039 Israelite kings 00:37:54.039 --> 00:37:54.820 had reigned 00:37:54.820 --> 00:37:55.599 before Jesus 00:37:55.599 --> 00:37:57.179 and one after 00:37:57.179 --> 00:37:57.659 another they 00:37:57.659 --> 00:37:58.280 died and 00:37:58.280 --> 00:37:58.800 needed to be 00:37:58.800 --> 00:37:59.320 replaced. 00:37:59.519 --> 00:37:59.920 But this 00:37:59.920 --> 00:38:00.599 anointed king 00:38:00.599 --> 00:38:01.440 reigns forever. 00:38:02.039 --> 00:38:02.920 Hebrews 1.8 00:38:02.920 --> 00:38:03.740 This is what 00:38:03.740 --> 00:38:04.760 God says 00:38:04.760 --> 00:38:05.440 about his 00:38:05.440 --> 00:38:05.740 son. 00:38:06.740 --> 00:38:07.340 Your throne, 00:38:07.780 --> 00:38:08.420 O God, 00:38:09.019 --> 00:38:09.800 will last 00:38:09.800 --> 00:38:11.559 forever and 00:38:11.559 --> 00:38:11.820 ever. 00:38:13.300 --> 00:38:14.240 Yes, he is 00:38:14.240 --> 00:38:15.420 king and his 00:38:15.420 --> 00:38:17.099 throne endures 00:38:17.099 --> 00:38:17.940 forever. 00:38:18.400 --> 00:38:18.900 When Jesus 00:38:18.900 --> 00:38:20.059 came and began 00:38:20.059 --> 00:38:20.579 his public 00:38:20.579 --> 00:38:21.300 ministry, what 00:38:21.300 --> 00:38:21.659 was his 00:38:21.659 --> 00:38:22.099 message? 00:38:22.539 --> 00:38:23.539 Repent for 00:38:23.539 --> 00:38:24.260 the kingdom 00:38:24.260 --> 00:38:25.659 of God 00:38:25.659 --> 00:38:26.980 is at hand. 00:38:27.360 --> 00:38:28.119 There's never 00:38:28.119 --> 00:38:28.980 a kingdom that 00:38:28.980 --> 00:38:29.519 doesn't have a 00:38:29.519 --> 00:38:29.800 king. 00:38:30.760 -->

00:38:31.460 And if the 00:38:31.460 --> 00:38:32.180 kingdom is at 00:38:32.180 --> 00:38:32.579 hand, it's 00:38:32.579 --> 00:38:33.079 because the 00:38:33.079 --> 00:38:34.000 king has 00:38:34.000 --> 00:38:34.380 come. 00:38:34.679 --> 00:38:35.079 And indeed 00:38:35.079 --> 00:38:35.440 he has 00:38:35.440 --> 00:38:35.739 come. 00:38:36.340 --> 00:38:36.639 He is 00:38:36.639 --> 00:38:38.980 Christ, the 00:38:38.980 --> 00:38:39.299 anointed 00:38:39.299 --> 00:38:40.380 king, the 00:38:40.380 --> 00:38:40.679 anointed 00:38:40.679 --> 00:38:41.259 Messiah 00:38:41.259 --> 00:38:42.019 king. 00:38:44.039 --> 00:38:45.400 Three years 00:38:45.400 --> 00:38:46.159 later, Jesus 00:38:46.159 --> 00:38:47.139 is riding into 00:38:47.139 --> 00:38:48.360 Jerusalem on a 00:38:48.360 --> 00:38:48.699 donkey. 00:38:50.480 --> 00:38:50.960 And Matthew 00:38:50.960 --> 00:38:52.380 writes in his 00:38:52.380 --> 00:38:53.119 account of the 00:38:53.119 --> 00:38:55.779 gospel that this 00:38:55.779 --> 00:38:56.539 took place to 00:38:56.539 --> 00:38:57.659 fulfill what was 00:38:57.659 --> 00:38:58.360 spoken by the 00:38:58.360 --> 00:38:59.079 prophet saying, 00:38:59.299 --> 00:38:59.739 say to the 00:38:59.739 --> 00:39:00.539 daughter of Zion, 00:39:00.719 --> 00:39:01.420 behold, your 00:39:01.420 --> 00:39:02.380 king is 00:39:02.380 --> 00:39:03.000 coming to 00:39:03.000 --> 00:39:03.659 you, humble 00:39:03.659 --> 00:39:04.260 and mounted 00:39:04.260 --> 00:39:04.940 on a donkey. 00:39:05.700 --> 00:39:06.000 And the 00:39:06.000 --> 00:39:06.740 people shouted, 00:39:06.880 --> 00:39:07.539 blessed is the 00:39:07.539 --> 00:39:07.980 king who 00:39:07.980 --> 00:39:08.539 comes in the 00:39:08.539 --> 00:39:09.039 name of the 00:39:09.039 --> 00:39:09.360 Lord. 00:39:10.300 --> 00:39:10.659 The week 00:39:10.659 --> 00:39:11.180 later, the 00:39:11.180 --> 00:39:11.900 crowd was 00:39:11.900 --> 00:39:12.960 shouting, crucify 00:39:12.960 --> 00:39:13.980 him, crucify 00:39:13.980 --> 00:39:14.360 him. 00:39:15.200 --> 00:39:15.579 And Pilate 00:39:15.579 --> 00:39:16.240 says, why? 00:39:17.039 --> 00:39:18.200 Well, shall I 00:39:18.200 --> 00:39:19.519 crucify your 00:39:19.519 --> 00:39:19.940 king? 00:39:22.099 --> 00:39:22.760 And they 00:39:22.760 --> 00:39:23.139 said, we 00:39:23.139 --> 00:39:23.880 have no king 00:39:23.880 --> 00:39:24.500 but Caesar. 00:39:24.500 --> 00:39:24.619 king. 00:39:24.619 --> 00:39:27.179 And so he's 00:39:27.179 --> 00:39:27.659 crucified. 00:39:29.659 --> 00:39:30.780 And the sign 00:39:30.780 --> 00:39:31.659 had it right. 00:39:32.840 --> 00:39:33.559 Jesus of 00:39:33.559 --> 00:39:35.199 Nazareth, the 00:39:35.199 --> 00:39:36.960 king, the 00:39:36.960 --> 00:39:38.400 king of the 00:39:38.400 --> 00:39:38.800 Jews. 00:39:42.920 --> 00:39:43.980 A few days 00:39:43.980 --> 00:39:44.920 earlier, Jesus 00:39:44.920 --> 00:39:45.519 had told a 00:39:45.519 --> 00:39:45.920 parable. 00:39:47.400 --> 00:39:48.340 A parable 00:39:48.340 --> 00:39:49.460 saying that a 00:39:49.460 --> 00:39:50.300 man of noble 00:39:50.300 --> 00:39:51.300 birth went to a 00:39:51.300 --> 00:39:52.380 distant country to 00:39:52.380 --> 00:39:53.039 have himself 00:39:53.039 --> 00:39:54.059 appointed king 00:39:54.059 --> 00:39:54.840 and then to 00:39:54.840 --> 00:39:55.300 return. 00:39:56.340 --> 00:39:56.940 But his 00:39:56.940 --> 00:39:58.239 subjects hated 00:39:58.239 --> 00:39:59.840 him and sent a 00:39:59.840 --> 00:40:01.039 delegation after 00:40:01.039 --> 00:40:01.880 him to say, we 00:40:01.880 --> 00:40:02.759 will not have this 00:40:02.759 --> 00:40:03.759 man to rule over 00:40:03.759 --> 00:40:04.139 us. 00:40:05.239 --> 00:40:06.079 He was made 00:40:06.079 --> 00:40:06.840 king, however, 00:40:07.559 --> 00:40:08.179 and returned 00:40:08.179 --> 00:40:09.420 home, faithfully 00:40:09.420 --> 00:40:10.179 rewarding his 00:40:10.179 --> 00:40:11.460 servants and then 00:40:11.460 --> 00:40:12.800 saying, as for 00:40:12.800 --> 00:40:13.800 those enemies of 00:40:13.800 --> 00:40:14.739 mine who did not 00:40:14.739 --> 00:40:15.639 want me to reign 00:40:15.639 --> 00:40:17.079 over them, bring 00:40:17.079 --> 00:40:18.340 them here and 00:40:18.340 --> 00:40:19.460 slaughter them for 00:40:19.460 --> 00:40:19.719 me. 00:40:21.000 --> 00:40:22.139 Jesus is the 00:40:22.139 --> 00:40:22.400 king. 00:40:23.039 --> 00:40:24.519 He's God's 00:40:24.519 --> 00:40:25.579 anointed king, 00:40:25.880 --> 00:40:26.719 God's authorized 00:40:26.719 --> 00:40:28.279 king, authorized 00:40:28.279 --> 00:40:29.279 to rule and to 00:40:29.279 --> 00:40:31.320 reign, and not 00:40:31.320 --> 00:40:32.500 just over the 00:40:32.500 --> 00:40:32.960 Jews. 00:40:35.619 --> 00:40:36.519 God the Father 00:40:36.519 --> 00:40:37.199 says to the 00:40:37.199 --> 00:40:37.980 Son, ask of me 00:40:37.980 --> 00:40:38.579 and I will give 00:40:38.579 --> 00:40:39.599 you the nations 00:40:39.599 --> 00:40:40.179 for your 00:40:40.179 --> 00:40:41.119 inheritance, the 00:40:41.119 --> 00:40:42.279 uttermost parts of 00:40:42.279 --> 00:40:43.719 the earth for 00:40:43.719 --> 00:40:45.119 your inheritance. 00:40:46.259 --> 00:40:47.099 We have a 00:40:47.099 --> 00:40:48.340 picture of the 00:40:48.340 --> 00:40:49.219 rebellion against 00:40:49.219 --> 00:40:49.880 this king in 00:40:49.880 --> 00:40:50.420 Psalm 2. 00:40:50.779 --> 00:40:51.320 Why do the 00:40:51.320 --> 00:40:52.279 nations rage and 00:40:52.280 --> 00:40:53.120 the people imagine 00:40:53.120 --> 00:40:53.900 a vain thing? 00:40:54.380 --> 00:40:54.980 The kings of the 00:40:54.980 --> 00:40:55.380 earth and the 00:40:55.380 --> 00:40:57.060 rulers take their 00:40:57.060 --> 00:40:58.280 stand and they 00:40:58.280 --> 00:41:01.380 don't

like God's 00:41:01.380 --> 00:41:02.700 rule and so they're 00:41:02.700 --> 00:41:04.320 rebelling against the 00:41:04.320 --> 00:41:05.480 Lord and his 00:41:05.480 --> 00:41:06.519 anointed one. 00:41:06.760 --> 00:41:07.280 Who would that 00:41:07.280 --> 00:41:08.120 anointed one be? 00:41:08.300 --> 00:41:09.320 It's God and his 00:41:09.320 --> 00:41:10.660 anointed son, the 00:41:10.660 --> 00:41:11.080 king. 00:41:14.019 --> 00:41:15.140 Let's break their 00:41:15.140 --> 00:41:16.200 bands asunder and 00:41:16.200 --> 00:41:17.019 cast away their 00:41:17.019 --> 00:41:17.760 cords from us. 00:41:17.760 --> 00:41:18.880 But he that sits in 00:41:18.880 --> 00:41:19.440 the heavens shall 00:41:19.440 --> 00:41:20.100 laugh, the Lord 00:41:20.100 --> 00:41:20.860 shall have them in 00:41:20.860 --> 00:41:21.280 derision. 00:41:21.420 --> 00:41:22.019 Then shall he 00:41:22.019 --> 00:41:22.800 speak to them in 00:41:22.800 --> 00:41:23.740 his wrath and vex 00:41:23.740 --> 00:41:24.500 them in his sore 00:41:24.500 --> 00:41:25.539 displeasure by 00:41:25.539 --> 00:41:26.840 saying, I have 00:41:26.840 --> 00:41:28.380 set my king upon 00:41:28.380 --> 00:41:29.340 my holy hill of 00:41:29.340 --> 00:41:29.660 Zion. 00:41:30.320 --> 00:41:31.599 You can do what 00:41:31.599 --> 00:41:32.079 you want. 00:41:33.180 --> 00:41:34.160 You can vote how 00:41:34.160 --> 00:41:34.579 you want. 00:41:35.120 --> 00:41:35.960 I'm not taking 00:41:35.960 --> 00:41:36.400 votes. 00:41:36.579 --> 00:41:37.780 I have made my 00:41:37.780 --> 00:41:39.440 son king and he's 00:41:39.440 --> 00:41:40.519 reigning and he's 00:41:40.519 --> 00:41:41.180 reigning today. 00:41:42.000 --> 00:41:42.660 One day he's 00:41:42.660 --> 00:41:43.340 coming again. 00:41:44.760 --> 00:41:45.579 And then the 00:41:45.579 --> 00:41:46.380 kingdom of God 00:41:46.380 --> 00:41:47.420 will come into its 00:41:47.420 --> 00:41:48.599 full fruition. 00:41:48.599 --> 00:41:48.719 salvation. 00:41:49.480 --> 00:41:50.480 And the book of 00:41:50.480 --> 00:41:51.619 Revelation points us 00:41:51.619 --> 00:41:52.920 to this king over 00:41:52.920 --> 00:41:54.239 and over and 00:41:54.239 --> 00:41:54.519 over. 00:41:55.739 --> 00:41:56.860 He's not just like 00:41:56.860 --> 00:41:57.599 the other kings. 00:41:57.739 --> 00:41:58.500 No, this is the 00:41:58.500 --> 00:41:59.719 king of kings. 00:42:00.400 --> 00:42:01.519 He's not like the 00:42:01.519 --> 00:42:02.099 other lords. 00:42:02.319 --> 00:42:03.819 This is the Lord of 00:42:03.819 --> 00:42:04.319 lords. 00:42:05.159 --> 00:42:06.960 And when he returns 00:42:06.960 --> 00:42:09.719 to judge the earth, 00:42:10.279 --> 00:42:11.920 we read in Revelation 00:42:11.920 --> 00:42:13.539 11, 15, then the 00:42:13.539 --> 00:42:14.759 kingdom of this world 00:42:14.759 --> 00:42:15.539 will become the 00:42:15.539 --> 00:42:16.980 kingdom of our Lord

00:42:16.980 --> 00:42:18.860 Lord and of his 00:42:18.860 --> 00:42:20.000 Christ, his 00:42:20.000 --> 00:42:20.760 anointed one. 00:42:21.579 --> 00:42:22.460 It's all his. 00:42:24.039 --> 00:42:24.940 He's not just 00:42:24.940 --> 00:42:25.740 another one of the 00:42:25.740 --> 00:42:26.300 many kings. 00:42:26.639 --> 00:42:27.740 So the catechism 00:42:27.740 --> 00:42:29.300 question to apply, 00:42:29.920 --> 00:42:30.900 how is Christ a 00:42:30.900 --> 00:42:31.119 king? 00:42:31.400 --> 00:42:32.440 Well, he rules over 00:42:32.440 --> 00:42:34.219 me and defends me. 00:42:35.780 --> 00:42:37.500 A king has laws by 00:42:37.500 --> 00:42:38.599 which he rules over 00:42:38.599 --> 00:42:39.539 his people. 00:42:40.480 --> 00:42:41.599 And this king too 00:42:41.599 --> 00:42:42.360 has laws. 00:42:43.059 --> 00:42:43.579 And they're all 00:42:43.579 --> 00:42:44.599 holy, righteous, 00:42:45.000 --> 00:42:46.079 and good laws. 00:42:46.079 --> 00:42:47.539 The king exercises 00:42:47.539 --> 00:42:49.039 his authority and 00:42:49.039 --> 00:42:49.860 his laws for the 00:42:49.860 --> 00:42:50.900 good of the citizens. 00:42:52.659 --> 00:42:53.880 And he not only 00:42:53.880 --> 00:42:54.840 rules over me, but 00:42:54.840 --> 00:42:55.699 he defends me. 00:42:55.840 --> 00:42:56.719 That's the other 00:42:56.719 --> 00:42:57.619 thing that the king 00:42:57.619 --> 00:42:58.019 does. 00:42:58.599 --> 00:43:00.159 Well, who do we 00:43:00.159 --> 00:43:01.119 need to be defended 00:43:01.119 --> 00:43:02.000 from? 00:43:03.079 --> 00:43:03.860 Well, we've got 00:43:03.860 --> 00:43:05.000 three big enemies, 00:43:05.319 --> 00:43:06.079 the world, the 00:43:06.079 --> 00:43:06.719 flesh, and the 00:43:06.719 --> 00:43:07.019 devil. 00:43:08.420 --> 00:43:09.659 And he defends 00:43:09.659 --> 00:43:10.779 me from the world, 00:43:10.920 --> 00:43:12.000 the flesh, and the 00:43:12.000 --> 00:43:12.259 devil. 00:43:12.260 --> 00:43:16.240 They're a trinity 00:43:16.240 --> 00:43:16.900 of evil. 00:43:17.680 --> 00:43:18.300 Well, why do you 00:43:18.300 --> 00:43:19.000 need a king? 00:43:19.960 --> 00:43:21.060 Because I'm weak 00:43:21.060 --> 00:43:21.980 and helpless. 00:43:23.620 --> 00:43:24.280 You know, any one 00:43:24.280 --> 00:43:24.960 of those enemies 00:43:24.960 --> 00:43:26.820 are too strong for 00:43:26.820 --> 00:43:27.180 us. 00:43:28.220 --> 00:43:29.040 But when they're 00:43:29.040 --> 00:43:30.260 working together, 00:43:30.800 --> 00:43:32.560 if we're left to 00:43:32.560 --> 00:43:33.100 ourselves, 00:43:34.100 --> 00:43:35.780 it's disaster. 00:43:35.780 --> 00:43:38.360 Oh, but we have 00:43:38.360 --> 00:43:39.700 a king, and he 00:43:39.700 --> 00:43:41.280 rules over us, 00:43:41.320 --> 00:43:41.900 yes, with his 00:43:41.900 --> 00:43:43.080 good laws, and he 00:43:43.080 --> 00:43:44.340 also defends us 00:43:44.340 --> 00:43:46.000

from all of our 00:43:46.000 --> 00:43:46.480 enemies. 00:43:47.760 --> 00:43:48.420 So this 00:43:48.420 --> 00:43:50.760 is the good 00:43:50.760 --> 00:43:52.100 news about the 00:43:52.100 --> 00:43:52.519 gospel. 00:43:52.720 --> 00:43:53.680 God has sent his 00:43:53.680 --> 00:43:54.840 anointed, the 00:43:54.840 --> 00:43:55.760 Christ, the 00:43:55.760 --> 00:43:56.240 Messiah. 00:43:56.239 --> 00:43:56.319 Messiah. 00:44:00.539 --> 00:44:01.279 And we can 00:44:01.279 --> 00:44:03.039 rejoice that this 00:44:03.039 --> 00:44:04.079 king says, be of 00:44:04.079 --> 00:44:04.859 good cheer, for I 00:44:04.859 --> 00:44:05.619 have overcome the 00:44:05.619 --> 00:44:05.899 world. 00:44:06.819 --> 00:44:07.699 And he's promised 00:44:07.699 --> 00:44:09.219 to not let the 00:44:09.219 --> 00:44:10.359 power of sin rule 00:44:10.359 --> 00:44:11.159 over us. 00:44:11.719 --> 00:44:12.899 And he said the 00:44:12.899 --> 00:44:13.819 very reason that 00:44:13.819 --> 00:44:14.619 he's come is to 00:44:14.619 --> 00:44:15.599 destroy the works 00:44:15.599 --> 00:44:16.159 of the devil. 00:44:16.319 --> 00:44:17.379 Yes, he's able to 00:44:17.379 --> 00:44:18.919 defend us from our 00:44:18.919 --> 00:44:19.359 enemies. 00:44:20.879 --> 00:44:22.139 And we find then 00:44:22.139 --> 00:44:23.959 that Jesus in his 00:44:23.959 --> 00:44:25.479 offices as prophet, 00:44:25.679 --> 00:44:26.179 priest, and 00:44:26.179 --> 00:44:27.539 king perfectly 00:44:27.539 --> 00:44:29.359 matches my need 00:44:29.359 --> 00:44:30.519 for somebody to 00:44:30.519 --> 00:44:31.419 teach me because 00:44:31.419 --> 00:44:31.940 I'm ignorant, 00:44:32.399 --> 00:44:33.379 somebody to die 00:44:33.379 --> 00:44:34.399 for my sins and 00:44:34.399 --> 00:44:35.019 plead for me 00:44:35.019 --> 00:44:35.619 because I'm 00:44:35.619 --> 00:44:36.799 guilty, and 00:44:36.799 --> 00:44:38.779 somebody to rule 00:44:38.779 --> 00:44:39.440 over me and 00:44:39.440 --> 00:44:40.799 defend me because 00:44:40.799 --> 00:44:41.519 I'm weak and 00:44:41.519 --> 00:44:41.859 helpless. 00:44:42.759 --> 00:44:43.739 What a match. 00:44:45.000 --> 00:44:46.079 Jesus, prophet, 00:44:46.319 --> 00:44:46.980 priest, and king, 00:44:47.079 --> 00:44:47.879 for me, the 00:44:47.879 --> 00:44:48.139 sinner. 00:44:48.399 --> 00:44:49.859 He meets every 00:44:49.859 --> 00:44:50.899 need that I have, 00:44:51.019 --> 00:44:52.139 all that he is for 00:44:52.139 --> 00:44:53.399 all that I need. 00:44:54.299 --> 00:44:55.039 This is the 00:44:55.039 --> 00:44:55.619 Christ that 00:44:55.619 --> 00:44:56.739 God sent. 00:44:58.099 --> 00:44:58.960 When he was 00:44:58.960 --> 00:45:00.099 baptized at age 00:45:00.099 --> 00:45:01.859 30 by John 00:45:01.859 --> 00:45:02.639 the Baptist, you 00:45:02.639 --> 00:45:04.039 remember that a 00:45:04.039 --> 00:45:04.859 voice came from 00:45:04.859 --> 00:45:06.480 the heavens in 00:45:06.480 --> 00:45:07.099 which God the 00:45:07.099 --> 00:45:07.699 Father said, 00:45:08.039 --> 00:45:08.940 this is my son. 00:45:09.139 --> 00:45:09.779 Who else says, 00:45:10.199 --> 00:45:10.799 this is my son, 00:45:10.859 --> 00:45:11.480 but the father, 00:45:11.619 --> 00:45:11.839 right? 00:45:12.239 --> 00:45:13.239 This is the word 00:45:13.239 --> 00:45:13.779 of God the 00:45:13.779 --> 00:45:14.059 Father. 00:45:14.420 --> 00:45:15.299 This is my 00:45:15.299 --> 00:45:16.420 beloved son with 00:45:16.420 --> 00:45:17.139 whom I'm well 00:45:17.139 --> 00:45:17.480 pleased. 00:45:17.759 --> 00:45:18.339 He's the 00:45:18.339 --> 00:45:19.159 authorized, 00:45:19.739 --> 00:45:20.779 anointed prophet, 00:45:20.980 --> 00:45:21.719 priest, and king, 00:45:21.980 --> 00:45:22.799 beginning his 00:45:22.799 --> 00:45:23.699 public ministry. 00:45:23.699 --> 00:45:24.739 Something else 00:45:24.739 --> 00:45:25.379 happened at the 00:45:25.379 --> 00:45:25.839 baptism. 00:45:26.419 --> 00:45:27.019 The heavens were 00:45:27.019 --> 00:45:27.879 opened and the 00:45:27.879 --> 00:45:29.279 Holy Spirit descended 00:45:29.279 --> 00:45:30.739 like a dove and 00:45:30.739 --> 00:45:33.319 rested on him to 00:45:33.319 --> 00:45:34.919 equip him for his 00:45:34.919 --> 00:45:36.480 work, to equip his 00:45:36.480 --> 00:45:38.899 humanity to be that 00:45:38.899 --> 00:45:40.739 prophet, priest, and 00:45:40.739 --> 00:45:41.879 king for his people. 00:45:42.879 --> 00:45:44.759 Oh, what a Christ. 00:45:46.239 --> 00:45:47.939 What a long-expected 00:45:47.939 --> 00:45:48.539 Messiah. 00:45:50.039 --> 00:45:51.099 Hundreds and 00:45:51.099 --> 00:45:52.059 thousands of years, 00:45:52.059 --> 00:45:52.799 the prophet had 00:45:52.799 --> 00:45:53.579 said, he's coming, 00:45:53.940 --> 00:45:55.139 he's coming, he's 00:45:55.139 --> 00:45:57.039 coming, and now he's 00:45:57.039 --> 00:45:57.360 here. 00:45:57.900 --> 00:45:59.079 He's here at last. 00:45:59.739 --> 00:46:01.099 And it is by the 00:46:01.099 --> 00:46:02.360 work of this prophet, 00:46:02.579 --> 00:46:03.699 priest, and king that 00:46:03.699 --> 00:46:04.840 sinners are saved. 00:46:06.380 --> 00:46:07.559 Your eternal salvation 00:46:07.559 --> 00:46:08.820 hangs on him, the 00:46:08.820 --> 00:46:10.019 Christ of God. 00:46:10.299 --> 00:46:11.380 Have you received him 00:46:11.380 --> 00:46:13.340 as he's offered to you 00:46:13.340 --> 00:46:14.400 in the gospel? 00:46:15.320 --> 00:46:16.099 You see, we don't get 00:46:16.099 --> 00:46:17.320 to receive him as a 00:46:17.320 --> 00:46:18.420 priest but reject him 00:46:18.420 --> 00:46:19.000 as a king. 00:46:20.099 --> 00:46:20.940 Oh, some people say, 00:46:20.940 --> 00:46:22.559 well, I like to have 00:46:22.559 --> 00:46:23.579 him dying for my sins 00:46:23.579 --> 00:46:24.360 but I don't like him 00:46:24.360 --> 00:46:25.380

telling me what to do. 00:46:26.679 --> 00:46:27.659 Well, then I'm sorry 00:46:27.659 --> 00:46:28.720 you can't be saved. 00:46:30.019 --> 00:46:32.019 Because Jesus is one 00:46:32.019 --> 00:46:33.980 whole person and you 00:46:33.980 --> 00:46:35.300 either accept him as 00:46:35.300 --> 00:46:37.039 he is or you leave him 00:46:37.039 --> 00:46:38.000 as he is. 00:46:38.639 --> 00:46:39.840 Prophet to teach you, 00:46:40.340 --> 00:46:41.440 priest to die for you 00:46:41.440 --> 00:46:42.119 and plead for you, 00:46:42.360 --> 00:46:44.720 and king to rule over 00:46:44.720 --> 00:46:45.940 you and to defend you. 00:46:46.240 --> 00:46:47.500 All for your glory, 00:46:47.639 --> 00:46:49.920 your good and his glory. 00:46:49.920 --> 00:46:51.659 You can't dissect him 00:46:51.659 --> 00:46:52.780 and tear him apart. 00:46:52.900 --> 00:46:54.500 It doesn't work any more 00:46:54.500 --> 00:46:57.300 than if you invited me 00:46:57.300 --> 00:46:58.320 to come for supper. 00:46:59.079 --> 00:47:01.159 You said, we want to have 00:47:01.159 --> 00:47:02.639 you over but we don't 00:47:02.639 --> 00:47:03.360 like your head. 00:47:03.659 --> 00:47:04.340 Leave that away. 00:47:04.800 --> 00:47:06.400 You don't like your arm 00:47:06.400 --> 00:47:07.019 or your foot. 00:47:07.519 --> 00:47:09.260 You can't have a part of me. 00:47:09.320 --> 00:47:10.099 You either get me, 00:47:10.200 --> 00:47:11.099 the whole, or nothing. 00:47:12.159 --> 00:47:13.320 It's that way with Jesus. 00:47:14.820 --> 00:47:16.099 He's the whole Christ. 00:47:17.180 --> 00:47:18.280 He's everything that you 00:47:18.280 --> 00:47:19.380 need and I need. 00:47:21.320 --> 00:47:22.640 We need him as a prophet 00:47:22.640 --> 00:47:23.820 to teach us the most 00:47:23.820 --> 00:47:24.780 important things. 00:47:25.080 --> 00:47:26.420 As a priest to die 00:47:26.420 --> 00:47:27.720 in our place and to pray, 00:47:28.600 --> 00:47:30.160 pray down every blessing 00:47:30.160 --> 00:47:31.040 from the Father. 00:47:31.560 --> 00:47:32.580 We need him as a king. 00:47:33.519 --> 00:47:34.960 We have many enemies 00:47:34.960 --> 00:47:36.940 and we're weak and helpless, 00:47:37.240 --> 00:47:40.000 but he will defend us. 00:47:40.340 --> 00:47:41.180 And wonder of wonders, 00:47:41.300 --> 00:47:42.980 he's willing to be all of this 00:47:42.980 --> 00:47:45.040 for anyone who seeks him. 00:47:45.039 --> 00:47:47.019 You seek him with your whole heart 00:47:47.019 --> 00:47:48.440 and receive him 00:47:48.440 --> 00:47:49.759 as he's offered to you, 00:47:50.059 --> 00:47:51.619 as prophet, priest, and king. 00:47:52.440 --> 00:47:53.639 And you'll have him 00:47:53.639 --> 00:47:54.840 in his full salvation. 00:47:55.920 --> 00:47:56.920 Could we bow in prayer? 00:47:57.340 --> 00:47:57.980 Thank him then. 00:48:01.699 --> 00:48:02.699 Father, thank you 00:48:02.699 --> 00:48:03.940 for sending your son. 00:48:04.059 --> 00:48:05.279 You made promises 00:48:05.279 --> 00:48:06.599 and like Joshua said, 00:48:06.659 --> 00:48:07.900 not one of them has failed 00:48:07.900 --> 00:48:10.079 and not one of your promises 00:48:10.079 --> 00:48:11.360 to send a prophet, 00:48:11.779 --> 00:48:12.599 priest, and king 00:48:12.599 --> 00:48:13.759 has failed. 00:48:14.699 --> 00:48:15.980 The Christ has come, 00:48:16.699 --> 00:48:17.639 your anointed one. 00:48:18.400 --> 00:48:19.579 We thank you, Lord Jesus, 00:48:19.739 --> 00:48:22.279 that you are all of this for us. 00:48:22.500 --> 00:48:24.239 We needed nothing less 00:48:24.239 --> 00:48:25.739 and you have met 00:48:25.739 --> 00:48:26.559 all of our needs. 00:48:26.639 --> 00:48:27.799 And thank you, Holy Spirit, 00:48:28.039 --> 00:48:30.480 for resting upon the Son 00:48:30.480 --> 00:48:31.759 without measure 00:48:31.759 --> 00:48:33.699 that he might fulfill 00:48:33.699 --> 00:48:35.480 his saving ministry 00:48:35.480 --> 00:48:37.299 for a poor sinner like us. 00:48:38.460 --> 00:48:39.960 Thank you in Jesus' name. 00:48:40.279 --> 00:48:40.519 Amen. 00:48:42.599 --> 00:48:43.599 Amen. 00:48:43.599 --> 00:48:43.599 00:48:43.599 --> 00:48:43.599 00:48:43.599 --> 00:48:43.599 00:48:43.599 --> 00:48:43.599 00:48:43.599 --> 00:48:43.599 00:48:43.599 --> 00:48:43.599 00:48:43.599 --> 00:48:43.599 00:48:43.599 --> 00:48:43.599 00:48:43.599 --> 00:48:43.599 00:48:43.599 --> 00:48:43.599 00:48:43.599 --> 00:48:43.599 00:48:43.599 --> 00:48:43.599 00:48:43.599 --> 00:48:43.599 00:48:43.599 --> 00:48:43.599 00:48:43.599 --> 00:48:43.599 00:48:43.599 --> 00:48:43.599 00:48:43.599 --> 00:48:43.599 00:48:43.599 --> 00:48:43.599 00:48:43.599 --> 00:48:43.599 00:48:43.599 --> 00:48:43.599 00:48:43.599 --> 00:48:43.599 00:48:43.599 --> 00:48:43.599 00:48:43.599 --> 00:48:43.599 00:48:43.599 --> 00:48:43.599 00:48:43.599 --> 00:48:43.599 00:48:43.599 --> 00:48:43.599 00:48:43.599 --> 00:48:43.599 00:48:43.599 --> 00:48:43.599 00:48:43.599 --> 00:48:43.599 00:48:43.599 --> 00:48:43.599 00:48:43.599 --> 00:48:43.599 00:48:43.599 --> 00:48:43.599 00:48:43.599 --> 00:48:43.599 00:48:43.599 --> 00:48:43.599 00:48:43.599 --> 00:48:43.599 00:48:43.599 --> 00:48:43.599 00:48:43.599 --> 00:48:43.599 00:48:43.599 --> 00:48:43.599 00:48:43.599 --> 00:48:43.599 00:48:43.599 --> 00:48:43.599 00:48:43.599 --> 00:48:43.599 00:48:43.599 --> 00:48:44.679 may may may may 00:48:44.679 --> 00:48:45.599 ! 00:48:45.599 --> 00:48:45.599 00:48:45.599 --> 00:48:45.599 00:48:45.599 --> 00:48:46.759 may may may 00:48:46.759 --> 00:48:46.759 00:48:46.759 --> 00:48:46.759 00:48:46.759 --> 00:48:46.759 00:48:46.759 --> 00:48:46.759 00:48:46.759 --> 00:48:46.759 00:48:46.759 --> 00:48:46.759 00:48:46.759 --> 00:48:46.759 00:48:46.759 --> 00:48:46.759 00:48:46.759 --> 00:48:46.759 00:48:46.759 --> 00:48:46.759