The Union of the Spirit We Have (Part 3)

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right in. Matthew chapter 28 So, we're going

Matthew 28 · chapter mention

to continue in what I've been teaching, that

is the union of the spirit we have. The union

of the spirit we have. So, this is the third

part. Matthew chapter 28, from verse 18 to 20.

Matthew 28 · chapter mention

and he came and Jesus came and spoke to them,

saying, All authority has been given me in heaven

and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples

of all nations, baptizing them in the name of

the Father, of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit,

teaching them to observe all the things that

have commanded you and lower with you always,

even to the end of the age. Praise the Lord!

In the previous teaching that I was teaching,

I told us that geography is important to understand

the message of the scripture. Geography is important

to also understand God's plan or why some of

the things that we see in the Bible are the way

they are. We looked at Galilee of the Gentile

and how that was significant to the plan of God.

We looked at Jerusalem as well as part of the

things that we were looking at. And today, we're

going to also look at why He said to baptize

them in the name of the Father, the Son, and

the Holy Spirit and many more things that we're

going to look at, but this is just one of them.

Mark chapter 16. Mark chapter 16. Mark chapter

Mark 16 · chapter mention Mark 16 · chapter mention Mark 16 · chapter mention

16. From verse 15 to 20 Mark chapter 16 from

Mark 16 · chapter mention

verse 15 to 20 He says and he said to them go

into all the world and preach the gospel to every

creature He who believes and is baptized will

be saved, for he who does not believe will be

condemned. And these signs will follow those

who believe. In my name they will cast out demons,

they will speak with new tongues, they will take

up serpents, and if they drink anything deadly,

it will by no means hurt them. They will lay

hands on the sick and they will recover. So then,

after the Lord had spoken to them, he was received

up into heaven and sat at the right hand of God

the Father, verse 20. And they went out, preached

everywhere, the Lord walking with them, and confirming

their word through the accompanying of signs.

Amen. John chapter 20. John chapter 20, verse

John 20 · chapter mention John 20:21

21. John 20, verse 21, So Jesus said to them

John 20:21

again, Peace to you! As the Father has sent me,

I also send you. And when he had said this, he

breathed on them and said to them, Receive the

Holy Spirit! If you forgive the sins of any,

they will be forgiven. If you retain the sin

of any, they are retained. Praise the Lord! And

we have looked at these scriptures and we said

that this is the mandate of every believer to

go and make disciples. To go and make disciples.

And this is one of the few last words that Jesus

spoke to his disciples. That is John 20, right?

And we said again that the things that Jesus

spoke from or where he taught them from was from

the old testament if you like from genesis to

malachi praise the lord look chapter 24 covers

25 to 26 we also looked at this the last time

we were here look 24 25 to 27 then he said to

them O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe

in all that the prophet hath spoken, but not

the Christ, who hath suffered these things, and

enter his glory. And beginning at Moses, and

in all the prophets, he expounded to them, in

all the scriptures, the things concerning himself.

And we say that what he did was that he taught

them the things concerning himself, via the scriptures.

Right? He taught them. He explained the scriptures.

to them and then in verse 44 to 45 verse 44 to

45 and 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 are written

in the law of Moses the prophet and in the Psalms

concerning me and he opened their understanding

that they may comprehend the scriptures and we

said this opening of understanding is by explanation

Praise the Lord! He opened their understanding

by explanation. So, all the things that were

read from Matthew, from Luke, from John, were

all explanation of the Old Testament. Praise

the Lord! Jesus was explaining to them the Old

Testament. So, let's go back to Matthew 28. Verse

19 says, Go therefore and make disciples of all

nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father,

the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Praise the Lord!

He tells them to go and make disciples. Praise

the Lord! It means to train people as it is like

a school. Praise the Lord! To go and train them

like a school. The church plays a huge role in

teaching. It is a Bible school. Praise the Lord!

The church ought to be a Bible school. We have

explained this time and time again to us. It

serves as a Bible school. It is not a place of

entertainment. It is not a place of other things,

but it is a Bible school. is a place where disciples

are made. So he says to them, to go and make

disciples. In verse 20, he says, teaching them

to observe all the things that have commanded

you and law and with you always, even to the

end of the age. Teaching them, right? To make

disciples, to make them students by teaching

them. Praise the Lord! And the things that he

has commanded them is the things that we said

were all from the law of Moses or the writing

of Moses and the prophet and the sons consigning

him. So the church serves as a teaching place.

So when you go to a place or when you go to a

church and there is no teaching, there is every

other thing, but there is no teaching, you have

not walked into a church. Praise the Lord! It

is a place of service. It is a place where God's

word is taught. Or it ought to be a place where

God's word And as it's being taught, you're not

just looking, praise the Lord! You're not just

looking and... As we said, the church is not

an entertaining place. So, when you come, you

also should not be expecting entertainment. Praise

the Lord! So, you come like somebody who is a

student, somebody who is willing and is able

to learn, somebody who listens to the instructions

that is given to make disciples. Right? That

word to make disciples is used for scholars.

Praise the Lord! It is used for scholars. In

other words, that we are supposed to be people

who are students of the Bible. Praise the Lord!

Every church member, it's not to the pastors,

it's not just to the people that are teaching,

that everybody has to be acquainted with the

Bible. Everybody has to know what what is saying.

We should be students deliberately learning from

the Word of God Teaching them is a word Disasco

as we said in the Greek D -I -D -A -S -K -O It

means to teach to instruct right it comes from

a compound word Didascalia right is a word D

-I -D -A -S -K -A -L -I -A right It's a body

of belief or doctrine, if you like. Praise the

Lord. It's the same way you would, you know,

there are different ways you can look at life.

Some people can explain the, maybe through the

lens of natural things, what you can see. Praise

the Lord. Or through a medical lens, right? Or

through... through a psychological lens. You

can look at life like that or you can interpret

life like that. But when it comes to doctrine,

when it comes to doctrine, it is the explanation

or when it comes to theology, it is explaining

life from God's perspective. Praise the Lord!

That's what we come to do in church. We come

to explain the things of life or the things that

God has instructed us. in its perspective, not

by the things that we see. Praise the Lord. So

it is called doctrine, to study things together.

It includes teaching. And then we have teachers.

It is also, we have teachers, the one who teaches.

Praise the Lord. The one who teaches. And then

most importantly, again, we have, there's so

many ways they call this, It refers to a mode

of teaching. Praise the Lord! Remember, we are

looking at teaching them to observe all the things

that He has commanded you. It refers to a mode

of teaching. So, Jesus gave His disciples a mode

of teaching. Praise the Lord! When he says that

he began from Moses and in all the prophets and

in all the sons and he began to explain to them

the things concerning himself, he was giving

them a mode of teaching, a style of teaching.

Praise the Lord! There is a mode of teaching.

Praise the Lord! So how do we know this? How

do we know that there is a mode of teaching?

Matthew chapter 16 verse 12. Matthew chapter

Matthew 16:12 Matthew 16:12

16 verse 12. He says, then they understood that

he did not tell them to beware of the leavens

of the Pharisee. for the doctrine of the Pharisees

and Sadducees. Praise the Lord! When he tells

them the doctrine of the Pharisees and the Sadducees,

what he is trying to say to them is that the

Pharisees and the Sadducees have a mode of teaching.

Praise the Lord! There is a mode of teaching.

There is a way they touch people. There is a

pattern in which they touch people and it is

not the same as that which Christ has taught.

Praise the Lord! So, when he tells them, Beware!

They already have gotten something from him.

So he tells them to beware of the doctrine of

the Pharisees. He warns them of the doctrines

of the Pharisees. Their doctrine is their mode

of teaching. How they taught. Mostly they taught

out of context. We see several times they would

just lift one scripture and come and ask him

a question. Praise the Lord. or tell people to

do things as it pleases them. Praise the Lord!

And we're going to look at much more, right?

In Matthew chapter 19, he also taught them that

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they should beware, or he taught them about covetousness.

It is one of the things that the Pharisees thought.

It was also part of their mode of teaching. He

warned them of material things. He warns them

of covetousness. The doctrine that is full of

material things. Praise the Lord. Luke chapter

Luke 16:14

16 verse 14. We see them mocking Jesus's teaching

or interpretation of the scriptures. Luke chapter

Luke 16:14

16 verse 14. Now the Pharisees who were lovers

of money also had all these things and they derated

him. Praise the Lord. They laughed at him. Praise

the Lord. After hearing his teaching, they laughed

at him. Why? He says, they were what? They were

lovers of money. Praise the Lord! They were lovers

of money and he was teaching contrary to the

things that they want or the things they like.

So beware of covetousness. So if you go on to

begin to explain the scriptures on... from the

perspective or the mode of covetousness, what

you're trying to do is that you're trying to

invest in material things. Praise the Lord. You're

trying to invest in material things. Matthew

Matthew 20:14

chapter 20 verse 14. He tells them of their covetous

attitude. He says what? Take what is yours and

go your way. I wish to give the last man the

same as you. Matthew chapter 16 verse 12. We

Matthew 16:12

have read that already, that turns them to beware.

So, Jesus has a mode of interpretation. Praise

the Lord! Jesus has a mode of interpreting scriptures.

Daida hei. Praise the Lord! Matthew chapter 7

Matthew 7:28

verse 28. Matthew chapter 7 verse 28. And it

Matthew 7:28

was so when Jesus had ended his saying that the

people were astonished at his teaching. Praise

the Lord! He has the mode of teaching. And we

have looked at it in this church that he didn't

just tell them whatever he pleased. Praise the

Lord! Even when we see that later, even when

the devil came to tempt him, he didn't just tell

him anything. He quoted the scriptures for him.

Praise the Lord! So Jesus had the mode of teaching,

of interpreting the scriptures. There's a mole

of teaching, of interpreting the scriptures.

There's a way to explain the Word of God and

as disciples or as children of God, we need to

learn that. Titus chapter 1 verse 9, it talks

Titus 1:9

about the bishop, right? Somebody who has taken

the responsibility in a local church or as a

pastor. It's a world first, the faithful world

as you have been taught that that he may be able,

sorry, that he may be, hold fast the faithful

word as he has been taught that he may be able

by sound doctrine or to exalt and obey those

who contradict. Praise the Lord! Speaking of

a bishop, someone who has taken a responsibility

in a local church, right? He doesn't just say

whatever he wants to say. He learns from that

which Christ has said. He doesn't just preach

anything that he feels like. There is a mode

of teaching the scriptures. There is a way that

the scriptures is being taught. Romans chapter

Romans 6:17

6 verse 17. You see, but God will be telling

that through you, though you were slaves of sin,

yet you obeyed from the heart, that form of doctrine

to which you were delivered. Praise the Lord.

that form of doctrine to which you were delivered.

When it says form of doctrine, that word form

there is the same thing to say copy. Praise the

Lord. It's the same way as saying that you copied

something. Praise the Lord. It's a mode of teaching.

The copy of the mode of teaching. Praise the

Lord. So which means that in a church or in a

Christian gathering or in Christian, we copy

each other. Praise the Lord. Praise the Lord.

We copy each other. We copy the mode of teaching.

Praise the Lord. Why? Because Jesus has a way

that he taught. Romans chapter 16 verse 17. There's

Romans 16:17

a mode of teaching. Then he warns them. Romans

Romans 16:17

chapter 16 verse 17. Now I urge you brethren,

not those who cause division and offenses. Contrary

to the doctrines which you have learned and avoid

them praise the lord he warns them that they

should not those who are teaching something else

right those who are causing division and offenses

those who are teaching things that are contrary

to that which you have learned and he says avoid

them this means that you should not teach like

the Pharisees praise the lord so when you see

somebody right Teach the scriptures as the Pharisee.

You should avoid them. Praise the Lord who are

teaching to benefit self He said avoid them avoid

such people. There's no truth in poison Praise

the Lord. There's no truth in poison verse 18

of that same place He said For those For those

who are such, who do not serve our Lord Jesus

Christ, they are barely. Praise the Lord! They

don't teach our Lord Jesus Christ. What they

are trying to teach is for something else. They

have smooth words, they have flattering words.

Praise the Lord! Hallelujah! As I mentioned earlier,

as we said, the church is a place where we come

to learn the Word of God, where we come to be

disciples, where we come with the eagerness to

be taught, to grow, praise the Lord. So, when

you come to church, when you come to the house

of God, you come as somebody who wants to learn.

Right? It should not be that you have stayed

in church for a very long time and your interest

or the things that you focus on the more is,

ah, the song today, I was all feeling it. Praise

the Lord. It was not, it was all my type of song.

They didn't teach or they didn't sing my type

of song today, right? Or they didn't do some

things that were exciting to me. Praise the Lord.

You leave those things and you grow. That you

come to church because you want to hear the Word

of God. You want to learn from the Word of God.

You come to the place of knowledge. Praise the

Lord. So Jesus had a way of teaching. So we also

find this, or we also find that this Father,

Son and the Spirit also is also a teaching praise

the Lord is a mode also of teaching Acts chapter

Acts 1:4

1 verse 4 Acts chapter 1 verse 4 and he said

Acts 1:4

being assembled together with them he commanded

them not to depart from Jerusalem but to wait

for the promise of the father which He said,

You have heard from Me. Praise the Lord! You

have heard from Me. Remember, before now, Jesus

had spent 40 days with them. Right? He had spent

40 days with them, verse 2 -3. Verse 2 -3. Until

the day in which He was taken up, after He, through

the Holy Spirit, had given commandment to the

apostles, whom He has chosen to whom He also

presents Himself alive after suffering by many

infallible truths, being seen by them during

forty days and spoke the things pertaining to

the kingdom of God. Praise the Lord! The things

pertaining to the kingdom of God. He says what?

Through the Holy Spirit or through the Holy Ghost.

We say it through the Holy Ghost. Which means

that He spoke by revelation the things to come.

Praise the Lord. When He says to them, they should

wait. He showed them the things to come, right?

And He gave them instructions concerning the

things to come. And this word, he says what is

true the Holy Ghost or through the Holy Spirit.

Now let's look at what the instruction was. There's

four of their acts. And being assembled together

with them, he commanded them not to depart from

Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the

Father, which he said, you have heard from me.

So, he has told them or he has taught them about

what? The promise of the Father. What is this

promise? Praise the Lord! What is this promise

of the Father? And he says, you have heard it

from me. I have taught you about it before. So,

I'm asking you now to wait. What is it that you

heard from me? So, in teaching, he taught them

the promise of the Father. Praise the Lord! So,

the things that we're expecting... was not just

something that they are unaware about. Praise

the Lord! The things they were expecting were

not things that they are unaware about. Praise

the Lord! That is why in this church when we

are praying and we find out that some people

cannot speak in tongues, what we first do is

not to ask you to speak. Praise the Lord! We

first want to open the scriptures for you so

that you may understand. Praise the Lord! That

you may understand the things that you're doing.

So he had taught them about the promise of the

Father So they are aware of the things to come

The promise of the Father verse 5 He said for

John truly baptized with water But you shall

be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days

from now the promise of the Father that they

will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many

days from now. Verse 8. But you shall receive

power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you,

and you shall be witnesses to me in Jerusalem,

in Judea, and in Samaria, and to all the end

of the earth. Praise the Lord! Now, with this

place, we have seen the Father, We have seen

what? The Spirit. And we have seen Christ, the

Son. So, in Dei Dahe, you have the concept of

what? The Father, the Son, which is the Christ.

Praise the Lord. John chapter 14, we see more

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on that. John chapter 14, verse 2. He says, What

John 14:2

in my father's house are many mansions. In my

father's house are many mansions. If we are not

so, I would have told you, I go to prepare a

place for you. We have done these studies. Verse

6, And Jesus said to them, I am the way, the

truth, the life. No one comes to the Father except

through me. Nobody comes to the Father except

through Him. So, when He says to them, the Father,

the Son, and the Spirit, It is something that

they are aware about, something that He has taught

them about. And we see them here. He said, nobody

comes to the Father except through Him. So, they

know about the Father, they know about the Son,

and they know about the Spirit. Verse 7, And

if you had known Me, you would have known My

Father also. From now on, you know Him and have

Because they know Him, they have what? Seen Him.

Because they know Christ, they have seen the

Father. You would have known my Father also.

Verse 9. And Jesus said to them, I have been

with you so long and yet you have not known me,

Philip. He who has seen me has seen the Father.

So how can you say, show us the Father? Praise

the Lord. So, they are aware of the Spirit, the

Son, and the Father because He has taught them

over and over again. Praise the Lord! He has

taught them over and over again. So, when He

says in Matthew chapter 29 and verse 19 that

He baptized them in the name of the Father, the

Son, and the Spirit, it is not a new idea. Praise

the Lord! It is not a new idea to them because

He has been teaching them consigning the Father,

the Son and the Spirit. Praise the Lord! He has

been teaching them consigning the Father, the

Son and the Spirit, verse 10 of John chapter

John 14 · chapter mention

14. Do you not believe that I am in the Father

and the Father in me? The word that I speak to

you, I did not speak to you of my own authority,

but the Father who delivered, who dwells in me,

does the work. He also tells them about the Father.

Verse 16. I will pray the Father and he will

give you another helper that he may abide with

you forever. Right? So he will pray the Father

and the Father will give another helper that

he may abide with them forever. So he also tells

them what? About the Spirit. Praise the Lord!

Verse 20 now. He said, At that day you will know

that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I

in you. Praise the Lord! So, the disciples have

learned about the Father, the Son, and the Spirit.

So, when he says, baptize them in the name of

the Father, the Son, and the Spirit, it is not

a new thing to them. It is by teaching that they

know these things. So, there is a strong emphasis,

or from Christ, there is a strong emphasis on

what the doctrine of Christ, the Father, the

Son, and the Spirit. Which means that, that is,

Jesus, the Spirit emphasizes is what in the Didache

that you have in Jesus, praise the Lord. That

is in the incarnation, the birth of the Son.

That is Jesus taking the human form, right? Being

born of Mary. So it says the Holy Spirit, when

you read Luke chapter 1 verse 35, it says that

Luke 1:35

the Holy Spirit or the Holy Ghost will come upon

you. Right? That is the very inception or introduction

of this. The Holy Spirit will come upon you.

So it means that the concept of the Spirit is

core to the teaching of Jesus. Praise the Lord.

Even from the beginning, before he took on the

human form, that has always been there. Praise

the Lord. It is core to part of his teaching.

So, looking at the union of the spirit that we

have, right? Do not forget we said that Jesus

was teaching from Genesis to Malachi. This is

very important. Acts chapter 1 verse 5. It says,

Acts 1:5

For John truly baptized with water, but you shall

be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days

from now. This means that Jesus was quoting someone

who did not write any book. Praise the Lord.

Did John the Baptist write any book? Did John

the Baptist write any book? Okay. So Jesus was

quoting John the Baptist who did not write any

book. Right? He quoted John the Baptist what?

Among the prophets. Right? So he's quoting John

the Baptist. Why? From among the prophets. John

the Baptist did not write any book. John the

Baptist came to fulfill the written word. Praise

the Lord! It has been prophesied on signing him.

So let's focus a bit on John. Matthew chapter

Matthew 3 · chapter mention

3. Matthew chapter 3 verse 11. unto repentance.

Matthew 3:11

For he who is coming after me is mightier than

I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry, who

baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. Verse

8. Verse 8 of chapter 3. He said, Therefore bear

the fruit worthy of repentance. Sorry. Mark chapter

Mark 1:8

1 verse 8. Mark chapter 1 verse 8. I indeed baptize

Mark 1:8

you with water, but he will baptize you with

what? The Holy Spirit, saying the same thing

that we saw in Matthew chapter 3 verse 11. So

Matthew 3:11

Jesus referenced John in what? The resurrection.

Right? Jesus referenced John in the resurrection.

He didn't say a lot about Him before the resurrection.

But John said it or said these things before

the ministry of Jesus. Praise the Lord! Do you

understand that? Let me say that again. John

or Jesus did not say many things about John before

the resurrection. He said it after resurrection.

What did he say? Right? John was the one who

was saying that he would baptize you with fire,

with the Holy Spirit and with fire, and Jesus

was telling them to wait. Where? To wait for

the promise of the Father. So John was saying

this at the beginning of Jesus' ministry. So

this means that what John said is a post -resurrection

experience. What John was saying to them that,

He that is coming after me will baptize you with

what? With the Holy Spirit and with fire. He

is speaking of what? The post -resurrection experience.

Jesus did not baptize them with the Holy Spirit

and with fire before the resurrection. Luke chapter

Luke 3:16

3 verse 16. He will baptize you with spirit and

with fire. John chapter 1 verse 33. John chapter

John 1:33 John 1:33

1 verse 33. I do not know him, but he who sent

me to baptize with water said to me, Upon whom

you see the Spirit descending and remaining on

him, he is the one who baptized with what? With

the Holy Spirit. Praise the Lord! So John is

saying, I don't know him. I don't know who the

Christ is. But the person that sent me said that

if I see the Spirit descending and remaining

on someone, He is the one that will baptize with

what? With the Holy Spirit and with fire. So

this means that John's ministry is very important

in understanding the ministry of Jesus. Praise

the Lord! What John stated is important to understand

in the ministry of Jesus. So look at the word

baptism or baptized with the Holy Spirit. Baptized

with the Holy Spirit. So Mark also showed us

that John came to fulfill the scriptures. Mark

Mark 1:1

chapter 1 verse 1. In the beginning of the gospel

of Jesus, the Son of God, it is written in the

prophet, Behold, I send my messenger before your

face, who will prepare your way before you. Praise

the Lord. I will send my messenger, right? I

will send my messenger, verse 2. I will send

my messenger. I will send that word, messenger,

is the word that is used also for angels. angelos

praise the lord angelos a n g e l o s is used

for angels to say my angel or my messenger so

behold i send my angel or my messenger before

you who would prepare the way for you verse three

and four of mark chapter one the voice of the

one crying in the wilderness Prepare the way

of the Lord. Make His path straight. Verse 4.

John came baptizing in the wilderness. Right?

In the wilderness. This is very significant.

Preaching a baptism of repentance for the remission

of sins. He came baptizing in the wilderness.

Preaching the baptism of repentance. Verse 5.

Then all the land of Judea and those from Jerusalem

went out to him and were baptized by him in the

Jordan River. Again, this Jordan River is important.

Confessing their sins, confessing their sins

too, is very important to what I'll be teaching.

So John came, right? He said he came to fulfill

the scriptures. So, what are the references for

this? Where did he come to fulfill this theme?

Malachi 3 verse 1, Behold, I send my messenger,

Malachi 3:1

and he will prepare before me, and the Lord whom

you seek will suddenly come to his temple, even

the messenger of the covenant, in whom you delight.

Behold his coming, saith the Lord of hosts. Exodus

Exodus 23:20

chapter 23, verse 20, Behold, I send an angel

before you, to keep you in the way, and to bring

you into the peace in which I have prepared.

Praise the Lord! So, these things, what John,

or what was said in Mark, were all coming from

this. He sends an angel to bring them into a

place where he has prepared for them. Praise

the Lord. Remember what Jesus said, in my father's

house are many mansions. If it were not so, I

wouldn't say I've gone to prepare a place. Now,

what happened in the wilderness? Right? What

happened in the wilderness? Because in Mark 1,

Mark 1:3–4

verse 3 to 4, He said, The voice of the one crying

in the wilderness, prepare the way of the Lord.

make his path straight. John came baptizing in

the wilderness. He was crying in the wilderness.

He was baptizing in the wilderness. And he preached

a baptism of repentance for the remission of

sin. What happened in the wilderness? Into the

place I have prepared for you, Exodus, right?

What place is he talking about? The place that

he has prepared for them. What is that place?

Let's look at Exodus chapter 6 verse 6. Exodus

Exodus 6:6 Exodus 6:6

chapter 6 verse 6. and I will redeem you with

an outstretched hand with a great judgment. Verse

7. I will take you as my people and I will be

your God and you shall know that I am the Lord

your God who brings you out from under the body

of the Egyptians. Praise the Lord. He will do

what? He will take them as my people and I would

be your God. I will take you out." Where? Where

is he following them? Where are they following

him to? When he's taking them out, where are

they following him to? He said, to where? I will

take you as what? To me, as my people, and I

will be your God. So the people are coming to

him, praise the Lord. The place they were going

was to God. The place that we are going was to

God. To whom? As my people. Verse 8. I will bring

you into the land which I have sworn to give

Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. And I will give it

to you as a heritage. I am the Lord. I will bring

you into the land. So the land, with all the

teachings that we have been teaching in this

church, what do you think the land is? Is it

a person or a land? Is it a person or a land?

I'm not hearing anybody. Anybody bold enough

to say something? Is it a person or a land? When

he said, I will bring you into the land which

I've sworn to your fathers, right? Is it a person

or... land or place a person why because the

land there was used figuratively because God

is calling them to himself to himself rather

God is calling him calling them to himself because

God called himself the Almighty Genesis chapter

Genesis 17:1

17 verse 1 Genesis chapter 17 verse 1 When Abraham

Genesis 17:1

was 99 years old, the Lord appeared to Abraham

and said, I am Almighty God. Walk with me and

be blameless. He says what? Walk with me. Walk

with me. Or some scriptures will put the old

King James... Okay. He says walk before me rather.

Walk before me. Right? walk before me. Because

the land that God was promising to Abraham, He

was saying that that land or the promises that

God gave Abraham was such that it was uncountable.

Praise the Lord. Did Abraham see an uncountable?

Can he count his family as long as he was alive?

Praise the Lord. or the places that God was taking

him to praise the Lord so when he says to land

right it means to me so again remember we're

looking at John the Baptist right in Mark Isaiah

Isaiah 40 · chapter mention

chapter 40 from verse one to two Isaiah chapter

Isaiah 40 · chapter mention

40 from verse one to two Comfort, yes, comfort

my people, says the Lord. Speak comfort to Jerusalem.

Cry out to her that her warfare is ended, that

her iniquity are pardoned, for she had received

from the Lord a hand double of all her sins.

Praise the Lord. Comfort. So that is, that comfort

is what is God's plan, is God's compassionate

work. God is saying, comfort her. Right? It's

God's compassionate work. That is God's redemption.

Verse 3 of that same place. The voice of the

one crying in the wilderness, prepare the way

of the Lord. Make straight in the desert a highway

for our God. Speaking of what? John the Baptist,

chapter 4 to 5. Every valley shall be exalted,

and every mountain and hill brought low. The

crooked places shall be made straight, and the

rough places smooth. Verse 5. The glory of the

Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see

it together, for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.

The glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and

God's plan is that all flesh might see it all

together. not just a particular people remember

from the last teaching we said our god's plan

was not just for israel praise the lord was for

the whole earth verse nine oh zion you who bring

good tidings get up into the high mountains oh

jerusalem you who bring good tidings Lift up

your voice with strength. Lift it up. Be not

afraid, says the Lord. Say to the cities of Judah,

Behold your God. Behold your God. So the messenger

there is to point people to who? The messenger

there is to point people to God. Praise the Lord.

He says what? Behold. your God. This is your

God. This is Yahweh. So in Malachi, it's up to

three, right? So if the messenger is human, right?

Then all flesh watch shall see him. That is,

behold your God. So if the messenger is human,

it means that what people are going to see him

and what he will say is what? Behold your God.

It is what Isaiah recreated. there that God is

coming as a man. So John the Baptist therefore

the voice of the one in the wilderness right

he's saying this is the land and we said the

land there is what is to God that is come to

God. He would therefore be the voice that says

this is the land or this is your God. John the

Baptist is the one who says what? Behold your

God! This is a promise that is made to the fathers.

Praise the Lord! This is a promise that is made

to the fathers and the fathers are aware of this.

Praise the Lord! The fathers are aware of this,

so they were not looking forward to a land. Praise

the Lord! They are aware of this, they were looking

forward to what? Behold your God! Praise the

Lord! They were looking forward to behold your

God. So what does John teach us about this event?

Or how did he teach us about this event? In Mark

we saw, he taught it through his baptism. Praise

the Lord! He taught it through his baptism. So

before then, we have nobody who was baptized.

The closest I was to somebody who was baptized

was Nehman. Praise the Lord, right? He was the

closest who was baptized or as a semblance of

baptism in the Second Kings, chapter 5, from

2 Kings 5 · chapter mention

10 to 15. He was ill, as we know, and he came

to Elisha saying... So Elisha said to him to

go and dip himself. He started saying, is there

no rivers in this place? Can't we go to another

place? Are there not beautiful rivers? in my

own place. Why do I have to go to a particular

place? Praise the Lord. Why do I have to go to

this place? And what did he say he should go?

He says what? And Elisha said to him, sent his

messenger out with him, and said, Go and wash

in Jordan seven times. Praise the Lord. Where

was John the Baptist baptized? The Jordan River.

Praise the Lord. How John the Baptist was preaching

or how he thought about this thing was through

his baptism. He's saying that if a man comes

here and he's baptized, he's showing or he's

saying that behold your God. That man, his words,

has come to God. So this is the closest we have

to baptize it, right? That was Nehman and he

was healed in verse 15 we saw. So then when we

come to John the baptism or the baptism of John

John the Baptist is the prophet who was prophesied

right in Mark chapter 1 John goes to Jordan.

Mark 1 · chapter mention

Why did he go to Jordan, right? Why did he go

to Jordan was because there was a message that

is communicated from that place In Acts chapter

Acts 1:5

1 verse 5 that we read, it says what? Baptize

them with what? The Holy Spirit. So the word

baptize is the word Baptizo. B -A -P -T -I -Z

-O. Baptizo. Right? Baptize with the Holy Spirit.

You put an end to that. To that Baptizo. So when

he says, baptize, let's go to Acts chapter 1

Acts 1:5

verse 5. Remember what we talked about, the Father,

the Son, and the Holy Spirit, right? Acts chapter

Acts 5 · chapter mention

5, Acts chapter 1 verse 5. It says, For John

Acts 1:5

truly baptized with water, for you shall be baptized

with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.

So when Jesus is saying, baptized with the Holy

Spirit, he's using a very broad word, right?

That is to mean your baptism is in and buy and

wait and add the Holy Spirit. He's using a broad

word. So why Jordan? Why did they go to Jordan?

Or why did John baptize in Jordan? So Jordan

is a location that teaches us theology. praise

the Lord Jordan is a location that teaches us

theology it is a location that teaches us or

takes us back to the event that Jesus was teaching

from the Jordan also remember we're going to

we have some scriptures right is the entry point

of the children of Israel from Canaan Praise

the Lord. The Jordan River is also the entry

point for the children of Israel into Canaan.

So again, Canaan will also see that it is an

illustration, right? Jordan too, will see also

that it is an illustration. So Canaan is an illustration,

as we have seen the land we said is God. God

who is what? O mini Hothent, right? or God who

is all -sufficient, or the God of salvation.

So, that land, right, what it represents is what,

so when they are coming to Him, what they are

saying is that they are coming for a new life,

or when they come to God, or when people come

to God, what they are saying, or what happens

to them is a new life. So that land represents

new creation in God. And Jordan is where people

cross into. It is an entry point of crossing.

So why is Jordan important? John goes to the

same place to do his baptism. The geography is

important as we have talked about and we have

seen. He goes to the same place and he dips the

same people into it and he brings them up. That

is the act of baptism, to put them down into

the water and to bring them up. What does Jordan

represent? Behold, the ark of the covenant of

the Lord of all the earth is crossing over before

you into the Jordan. Right? It's crossing into

the Jordan. It's crossing before them. Verse

5. And Joshua said to the people, sanctify yourself,

for tomorrow the Lord will do wonders among you.

Verse 7. And the Lord said to Joshua, this day

I will begin to exalt you in all the sight of

the people, that they may know that as I am with

Moses, so I will be with you. Verse 8. You shall

command the priest who bears the ark of the covenant,

saying, When you have come close to the edge

of the water of Jordan, you shall stand in the

Jordan. And it shall come to pass as soon as

the soul of the feet of the priest who bears

the ark of the Lord The Lord of all the earth

shall rest in the waters of Jordan, that the

waters of the Jordan shall be cut off, and the

water that comes down from the upstream, and

it shall stand as a heap. So when the people

set out for their camp to cross over the Jordan,

the priest bearing the Ark of the Lord came before

the people. Praise the Lord! So, because of time,

I will just say a few things. I will close. I

will continue on Wednesday. So Jordan, I'm going

to come back to this. So Jordan is the second

Exodus. Praise the Lord. Jordan is the second

Exodus. Jordan is God renewing his promise. in

spite of the people's disobedience. It is God

renewing His promise. We see that in Deuteronomy,

in Genesis and all of that. So, it was the border

of Egypt. It is where you cross out of Egypt.

Praise the Lord! We're going to read much more

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