Repentance First

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You're listening to Heed the Word with our pastor and teacher Ken Davis.
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Pastor Ken is the senior pastor at Calvary Chapel Southwest Metro in Burleson, Texas.
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Please join us as we study the Gospel of Luke verse by verse.
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The message that they are sending, or the message rather that they are proclaiming, is not what I would consider an official communique from the king.
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But rather, it is a message that they have developed on their own.
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It is a message that makes people feel good and that lines their pockets very often.
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It's a message that says, What do you want from life?
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God can give that to you.
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As though this life were to be the end all of our being.
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The Gospel of Luke is the third account in the Gospels of the life and teachings of our Savior, Jesus Christ.
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As believers, there are few studies that will benefit us more spiritually than studying the life and teachings of the Master.
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There's a great deal of prosperity doctrine being passed off as biblical truth these days.
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Just turn on your TV and you'll see thieves attempting to steal from the flock of God.
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The true message that the disciples were bringing, and the message that we should bring, is repentance of sin and the acceptance of the sacrifice of Jesus.
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Don't forget to stay with us after today's message to hear more information about He the Word, specifically how you can get a free copy of this teaching.
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But for now, please open your Bibles to the Gospel of Luke, chapter 24, verse 44.
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So join Pastor Ken.
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Then he said to them, These are the words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses and the prophets and the Psalms concerning me.
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And he opened their understanding that they might comprehend the scriptures.
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Last week you'll remember as we studied about those two disciples on the road to Emmaus and how Jesus had walked along with him, how he opened up the scriptures to them and he showed them the things that the scriptures had said about how the Messiah would have to suffer and die.
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And then before that, we had studied about how Jesus, when when the women go to the tomb, Jesus isn't there, and how the angels said, Hey, why are you seeking the living among the dead?
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And hey, he's risen just like he told you he would.
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It was the divine, I told you so, remember, because we we look through all of the previous chapters that we had read, and we see time and time again how Jesus had foretold his death, burial, and resurrection, how he had told his disciples what to expect, and yet they didn't expect it.
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And so over these last weeks we've been studying about how Jesus had just opened up the scriptures to them and shown them the things relating to him.
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And here he does it again.
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He said, These are the words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses and the prophets and the psalms concerning me.
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Now I'm not going to do an exhaustive study today about all those things, because as I said, we've done that over the last few weeks.
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But for the purposes of our study this morning, I do want to share some of what the law of Moses and the prophets and the Psalms had to say about Jesus.
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Just a couple examples from each.
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Looking at Genesis chapter 3, verse 14 and 15, we have the first messianic prophecy in all of Scripture, where God says, So the Lord God said to the serpent, Because you have done this, because he had deceived Eve, you are cursed more than all cattle, and more than every beast of the field.
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On your belly you shall go, and you shall eat dust all the days of your life.
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And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed.
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He shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel.
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So the victory that Christ would win over Satan was prophesied from the very first chapters of the Scripture.
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And yet alongside that was the fact that Satan would bruise his heel.
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So there was this understanding that Christ would have to suffer, but that through his suffering he would bring salvation to all of us.
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Now there are direct prophecies from the law.
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The law refers to the first five books of the Old Testament, that is the Pentateuch or the books of Moses, because it's believed that Moses wrote Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy.
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And so those five books would often be referred to as the law.
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And the law, even early on, even in those first few chapters, tells us of the suffering of the Messiah and of the victory that he would win.
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We see it both specifically prophesied, but we also see the type of it or the typology that is used to point that out.
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And there are many points throughout the Old Testament where you can look at a story that we've read that while being a literal event in and of itself, also has a great significance regarding what Christ would suffer and what would happen in our relationship to him.
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I'll just use one example, and this not an exhaustive example, but just some of my observations based on it.
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The story of Joseph, as we recently studied on Wednesday nights, is full of typology that points us to Jesus and to the work that he would do when he came.
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Just a few examples of that.
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First of all, Joseph was preferred by his father, wasn't he?
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There was something about Joseph that was special to Jacob.
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Joseph, though one of twelve brethren, was unique, wasn't he?
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In that he was the favorite of his father.
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Well, Jesus, we know, is the only begotten Son of God.
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Joseph was sent by his father to his brethren, and they rejected him and wanted to kill him.
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The same could be said of Jesus.
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He was sent by God as a man among men, and we rejected him and killed him.
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Joseph, though innocent, suffered at the hands of the Gentiles.
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He suffered at the hands of the Egyptians.
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And in the same way, Jesus, though innocent, would suffer at the hands of the Gentiles.
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When Joseph's brothers came to him, he ultimately forgave them, provided for their need, and sent them to proclaim the good news to the rest of their family.
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And the same was true of Jesus.
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When the Jewish leaders and the Romans tortured and crucified Jesus, they meant it for evil, but God meant it for our good.
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And in the same way, Joseph had said to his brothers in Genesis 50, 20, but as for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good in order to bring it about as it is this day to save many people alive.
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I'm sure there are a lot more parallels that could be drawn, even from just the story of Joseph, but the Old Testament is full of these examples.
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The story of Abraham and Isaac as he's about to offer up Isaac, his only son, whom he loves, and yet God provides a sacrifice.
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There's so many points throughout Scripture where we see that what happened to Jesus was foretold by God.
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The Psalms speak clearly, and the prophets do as well.
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We talked about that at length last week, so I'll not belabor the point, except to say that the books of the prophets were fulfilled and were full of messianic prophecy, that it glared the sufferings of Christ and his resurrection.
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I will use one example that I didn't share last week.
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This is from Hosea chapter six, verses one and two, which says, Come and let us return to the Lord, for he has torn, but he will heal us.
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He has stricken, but he will blind, but he will bind us up.
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After two days he will revive us, and on the third day he will raise us up that we may live in his sight.
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So the resurrection taking place there on that third day is prophesied there.
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And in the Psalms we see clearly the things pertaining to Christ.
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And again, the list goes on and on, but let's just turn to uh Psalm 22, because I do want to read that one to you this morning.
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You know, sometimes when you go to the movies, you go to see a particular movie, right?
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But for the first 20 minutes before that movie comes on the screen, there's a preview, isn't there, of all these other movies that are coming out?
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And it seems like they take every single good part of that future movie and just push it into like a one little, you know, 60-second extravaganza.
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I kind of think that's what Psalm 22 is like.
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It's like a preview of everything Christ would suffer, all right there.
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And of all the Messianic Psalms, it's my favorite.
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My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?
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Why are you so far from helping me and from the words of my groaning?
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Oh my God, I cry in the daytime, but you do not hear, and in the night season and am not silent, but you are holy, enthroned in the praises of Israel.
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Our fathers trusted in you, they trusted in you and you delivered them.
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They cried to you and were delivered.
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They trusted in you and were not ashamed, but I am a worm and no man.
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You ever feel like that?
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You ever look at yourself and your sin and you become so overwhelmed that you say, you know what, I'm I'm I'm a worm.
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I'm just no good.
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I can identify with that feeling.
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I am a I am a worm and no man, a reproach of men and despised by the people.
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All those who see me ridicule me.
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They shoot out the lip and they shake their head saying, He trusted in the Lord, let him rescue him, let him deliver him, since he delights in him.
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But you are he who took me out of the womb.
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You made me trust while on my mother's breast.
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I was cast upon you from birth.
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From my mother's womb you have been my God.
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Be not far from me, for trouble is near, for there is none to help.
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Many bulls have surrounded me, strong bulls of Bashan have encircled me.
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They gape at me with their mouths like a raging and roaring lion.
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I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint.
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My heart is like wax, it is melted within me.
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My strength is dried up like a pot shirt, and my tongue clings to my jaws.
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You have brought me to the dust of death, for dogs have surrounded me.
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The congregation of the wicked has enclosed me.
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They pierced my hands and my feet.
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I can count all my bones.
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They look and stare at me, they divide my garments among them, and for my clothing they cast lots, but you, O Lord, do not be far from me.
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O my strength, hasten to help me, deliver me from the sword, my precious life from the power of the dog, save me from the lion's mouth and from from the horns of the wild oxen.
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You have answered me.
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One of the reasons that I love this Psalm so much is because of what we see coming up here.
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We know that Christ died, and yet we also know that he was raised from the dead.
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And we also know that not only was he raised from the dead, but that the gospel was proclaimed throughout the earth, and that many would come to faith and be saved.
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And these next verses reflect that very thing.
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I will declare your name to my brethren, in the midst of the assembly I will praise you.
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You who fear the Lord, praise him, all you descendants of Jacob, glorify him, and fear him, all you offspring of Israel, for he has not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted, nor is he hidden his face from him.
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But when he cried to him, he heard.
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When Jesus cried out, Into your hands I commit my spirit to the Father, God heard him.
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Verse 25, My praise shall be of you in the great assembly.
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I will pay my vows before those who fear him.
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The poor shall eat and be satisfied.
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Those who seek him will praise the Lord.
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Let your heart live forever.
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All the ends of the world shall remember and turn to the Lord, and all the families of the nations shall worship before you.
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For the kingdom is the Lord's, and he rules over the nations.
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All the prosperous of the earth shall eat and worship, and all those who go down to the dust shall bow before him, even he who cannot keep himself alive.
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A posterity shall serve him.
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It will be recounted of the Lord to the next generation.
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They will come and declare his righteousness to a people who will be born, that he has done this.
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Who is that posterity?
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Who is that people who will be born?
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Who is that?
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That's us.
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I love that.
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Not only did this Psalm tell us of what was going to happen to Christ, but it told us what would happen after, in our own day, that there would be a posterity, that there would be another generation, another people that would be born, and that it would be declared to us that He's done this thing.
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And that is being fulfilled even today, and has been fulfilled to this day.
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If you have a pen and paper handy, you might want to make note of a few verses that I'm just going to list for you.
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I have this little very helpful study aid here in my Bible that I want to share with you.
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And this is just a portrayal of the Christ in the Psalms and where those, the addresses of where those particular prophecies were fulfilled in the life of Christ and in the gospels and in the epistles.
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Psalm 2.7 portrays Jesus, portrays the Messiah as the Son of God.
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We see this fulfilled in Matthew 3-17.
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I'll go kind of slowly because I'm not going to repeat these except for this one.
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Psalm 2-7 portrays him as the Son of God, and it is fulfilled in Matthew 3.17.
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Psalm chapter 8, verse 2 portrays him as being praised by children.
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That was fulfilled in Matthew 21, 15 and 16.
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Psalm chapter 8, verse 6 portrays Jesus, portrays the Messiah as the ruler of all.
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Fulfilled in Hebrews 2, 8.
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Psalm 16, 10, rising from the dead.
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Fulfilled Matthew 28, 7 and other places.
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Psalm 22, 1, as we've just read, portrays him as being forsaken by God, which we see fulfilled in Matthew 27, 46.
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Psalm 22, 7 and 8, again, that which we just read shows him being derided by his enemies, which again was fulfilled in Luke 23, 35.
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22, 16 portrays his hands and his feet being pierced, which we see again fulfilled in John 20, 27.
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Psalm 22, 16, his hands and feet pierced.
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I just read that.
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22 18, that lots were cast for his clothing.
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We see that fulfilled in Matthew 27, verses 35 and 36.
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Psalm 34, 20 tells us that his bones would be unbroken.
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We have the testimony of that in John 19, verse 32, 33, and 36.
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Psalm 35, 11 tells us that he would be accused by false witnesses, which we see fulfilled in Mark 14, 57.
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In Psalm 35, 19, we show that he was hated without cause, and we see this fulfilled in John 15, 25.
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Psalm 40, verses 7 and 8 tells us that he would delight in God's will.
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We see the testimony of this in Hebrews 10 7.
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Psalm 41 9 shows that he was betrayed by a friend.
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Luke 22 47 fulfills that.
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John 2 17 testifies of the same.
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Psalm 69, 21 tells us that he would be given vinegar and gall, which again we see him offered in Matthew 27, 34.
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Psalm 109.4 shows us that he prays for his enemies, which he did in Luke 23, 34.
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Psalm 109.8 says that his betrayer would be replaced by another.
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In Acts 1.20, we see that happen.
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Psalm 110.1 shows that he rules over his enemies, which is tested to in Matthew 22 42.
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Excuse me, 22, 44.
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Psalm 110 4 tells us that he is a priest forever, which we also see in Hebrews 5.6.
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Psalm 118 22 tells us that he was the chief stone of God's building, which again is spoken of in Matthew 21, 42.
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And Psalm 118 26 tells us that he is the one who comes in the name of the Lord, which you see is the psalm of praise that they spoke and sang to him in Matthew 21 9 as he enters in to Jerusalem triumphantly.
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And this is just the Psalms.
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The list would be as long or longer as we would read through the prophets and the rest of the scriptures.
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And then we find in all of this that it was necessary for him to die.
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See, it would have been something, wouldn't it?
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If we could have been forgiven, if if if we could have been redeemed apart from the death of Christ, wouldn't that have been something?
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I mean, if we had been able to achieve some standard of goodness on our own that did not require him to suffer for our salvation, wouldn't that have been great?
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I mean, it seems like that's what most of the religions of the world are based upon, isn't it?
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Some form of works or or something that man can do to come to a good standing before God.
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Don't you wish when you sin that you could go back and unsin?
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Don't you?
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Because even though we're forgiven, we so regret the things that we've done.
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And yet we can't do that, can we?
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Because we think if only I hadn't done this, then this sacrifice would not have been necessary.
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Sadly, when we say that, we're not usually talking about the sacrifice of Christ.
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We're talking about the pain and suffering experienced in our own lives and in the lives of those around us because of what we've done.
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That's the sad part.
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When the true sacrifice, the the true tragedy is the fact that because of our sin, Christ had to die.
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And not just for our sin, but for the sin of the whole world.
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And so Jesus, here in Luke 24, opens up these scriptures to them.
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And he opened their understanding, verse 45, that they might comprehend the scriptures.
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You see, he had taught them much of this before, he had told them much of this previously, and yet for some reason it never quite sunk in.
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But now they understood.
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Then he said to them, verse 46 Thus it is written, and thus it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead the third day.
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And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
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Jerusalem and you are witnesses of these things.
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Behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you, but tarry in the city of Jerusalem until you until you are endued with power.
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All of these things had to happen.
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All of these things were necessary.
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And now that they were accomplished, Jesus opens up their understanding so that they really finally get it.
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And he says, now that you understand this, you have to understand that you have a job to do.
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There is something that he wanted them to do with this understanding that he had given them.
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And that is that they were to preach repentance and remittance of sins or remission of sins in his name to all nations.
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What does that mean?
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Well, we know the word that he used here for preached is caruso, which is to herald, to tell abroad, to publish, to propagate or publicly proclaim, to exhort, to call out with a clear voice, to communicate or to preach.
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That is, to give a public announcement of an official message, and to issue whatever demands the message entails.
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So they had a message that they were to proclaim.
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And the proclamation of that message, that mission that they were given, has been handed down through generations of Christians to us today.
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And it is no less our responsibility than it was their responsibility.
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What that says is this we as Christians have a message to proclaim.
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We have an official edict or an official communique from the King of the universe, from Jesus Himself.
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Now there are a lot of people today who will preach.
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That is, they will proclaim, they will have a message that they deliver.
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But far too often, particularly I think in America, the message that they are sending, or the message rather that they are proclaiming, is not what I would consider an official communique from the king.
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But rather, it is a message that they have developed on their own.
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It is a message that makes people feel good and that lines their pockets very often.
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It's a message that says, What do you want from life?
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God can give that to you, as though this life were to be the end all of our being.
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As though this life were where we were to find our joy and our satisfaction and our reward.
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But that is not the message that we see here in the gospel.
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The message that the disciples were given to proclaim, to preach, was not a gospel of wealth.
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It was not a gospel of prosperity.
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It was not a gospel that said, All of your diseases will be healed, and you will experience that blessed life here and now.
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That was not the message that they were preaching.
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The message that they were given to preach was repentance and the remission of sins.
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Repentance and the remission of sins.
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Now, the remission of sins is something that a lot of people preach that too.
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They say, Do you want to be saved?
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Do you want to be born again?
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Just pray this little prayer with me and you're good to go.
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You get your card stamped, right?
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Write that in the back of your Bible.
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Today is the day and all of that.
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But there was something that preceded that salvation, wasn't there?
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There's something here that we see that precedes the remission of sins.
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And it's an important word that we talk about far too little today, and that word is repentance.
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Repentance.
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Do you ever feel like the circumstances you're going through are more than you can bear?
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That God is in some way punishing you?
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Well, consider the words of Paul.
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And we know that all things work together for the good.
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To those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.
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So we learn from this verse that all things, not some, but all things work together if we love God and are called according to his purpose.
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Just something to think about from your friends here at Heed the Word.
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