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The Issues About Women’s Liberty: The Giving of the Law (Part 27)

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  1. Welcome to NECF sermons. Each message here is

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  5. right in. So we will continue with the giving

  6. of the law. And what we are trying to do is that

  7. one thing we have learned by God's grace is that

  8. the teaching of God's words, the one that builds,

  9. is not something done in a rush. We take time

  10. to study God's word and that's why Paul told

  11. Timothy, he said be diligent. Are we together?

  12. Some version we say study to show that it's self

  13. -approved. We said It's not to God to show yourself

  14. approved of God. A workman that need not to be

  15. ashamed is rightly dividing the word of truth.

  16. That we are intentional, that we are focused,

  17. that we are committed, that words are very important

  18. because the revelation of Jesus, the revelation

  19. of God was passed through words. So if we are

  20. careful to read this word with diligence and

  21. with faithfulness and with commitment, then that

  22. means we are ready to know God. Hallelujah. So

  23. what we started and what we are trying to do

  24. in this part of the series, we're trying to do

  25. some work around women's dressing. And as we

  26. said, the fact that we just say women dressing

  27. doesn't mean that it's just about dressing uh

  28. that relates to women alone because we are one

  29. in Christ so every part or anything that affects

  30. one of us will affect all of us are we together

  31. hallelujah so we started by asking or wanting

  32. to study a text, Deuteronomy 22 verse 5, and

    Deuteronomy 22:5

  33. I don't want you to forget where we are coming

  34. from and where we are going. We're trying to

  35. understand why Moses gave this law, wrote this

  36. law and gave it, that a woman shall not wear

  37. anything that pertains to a man No shall a man

  38. foot on a woman's garment, for all who do so

  39. are an abomination to the Lord your God." I would

  40. say the reason why we are taking this time is

  41. because this text is one of the controversial

  42. text style. The immediate issue of dressing comes

  43. up people around to this place and begin to point

  44. and of course with our regards to context with

  45. our regards to when it was written to who was

  46. written to and all that and we play but they

  47. are the first part of it we try to understand

  48. the background and We say this is just one of

  49. the laws there are more than 600 laws giving

  50. and Then we took time and say okay Why was the

  51. law given first and foremost? Let's look at how

  52. the law came And then we read the number of couple

  53. of scriptures from Galatians 3. Stephen stated

  54. some words in Acts chapter 7. We look at also

    Acts 7 chapter mention

  55. the writer of Hebrews, Acts chapter 2. And then

    Acts 2 chapter mention

  56. we now understand that the law was an addition.

  57. That's one. And the law was an addition. It was

  58. not part of the promise. In Genesis, there was

  59. no law. Exodus, that was when it came. And we

  60. study it. understand why it came because when

  61. God was coming to Abraham and revealing to him

  62. the promise revealing to him his plan for the

  63. whole world are we together even though some

  64. people say the plan is for Israel alone I don't

  65. understand when he said in your seat shall the

  66. whole family of the earth shall be what shall

  67. be blessed how can you say for Israel again where

  68. it's clear they say the whole family of the earth

  69. are we together hallelujah So we now noted that

  70. in that place and later on in fact Paul made

  71. us to understand clearly that the law came 430

  72. years after the promise that is after the promise

  73. made to Abraham. Are we together? So and it noted

  74. clearly that the reason why the law came was

  75. because of what? Transgression. So that means

  76. there would not have been need for the law in

  77. the sun that is for the addition by extension

  78. even the system are we together even the system

  79. but that brought the law itself amen even the

  80. system that brought the law itself there will

  81. be need for it we now understand not just only

  82. that the law was added the system that brought

  83. it which Moses was a mediator was also an addition

  84. because there's only one mediator between God

  85. and man which is Christ Jesus are we together

  86. yes but there's an addition that came because

  87. of the transgression we noted that we saw in

  88. exodus 20 verse 18 and 19 where the addition

    Exodus 20:18

  89. came both the issue where the law began and that's

  90. where the the system that brought it you understand

  91. the mediation and so we noted that both the law

  92. and the mediation of moses were were added and

  93. they were added because of transgression because

  94. of unbelief hallelujah so we also saw that that

  95. the law that's where we are coming from And we

  96. saw also that this law, when the mediator came,

  97. he now employed some people. Will I say people?

  98. Amen. He employed some beings. He said that the

  99. law was appointed through angels. And that's

  100. where we have been coming from. And we have noted

  101. that this word appointed means to command, to

  102. ordain, to give order or to give responsibility

  103. to another person. And so we now saw that Moses

  104. now gave responsibility. So Moses with the instrumentality

  105. of angels brought the law. Hallelujah. And then

  106. we took time to study about the activities of

  107. angels and so on and so forth. And that's how

  108. we are here where we are today. Amen. Are we

  109. together? So the issue is that now today what

  110. I want to do particularly today, let's see how

  111. we can go, is on the issue what is the implication

  112. of involving angels in giving of the law. What

  113. is the implication of involving angels in the

  114. giving of the law? 1 Peter chapter 1 verse 10.

    1 Peter 1:10

  115. 1 Peter chapter 1 verse 10. Now read from King

    1 Peter 1:10

  116. James and in New King James version. Of this

  117. salvation the prophets have inquired and search

  118. carefully who prophesied of the grace that will

  119. come to you is a searching what or what manner

  120. of time the spirit of Christ who was in them

  121. was indicating when he testified beforehand the

  122. suffering of Christ and the glories that would

  123. follow. 12 to them it was revealed that not to

  124. themselves but to us the we are ministering the

  125. things which now have been reported to you through

  126. those who have preached the gospel to you by

  127. the Holy Spirit sent from heaven things which

  128. angels Desire to look into Desire to look into

  129. now what I'm going to do is because this is talking

  130. about salvation in the Sun he said was ten start

  131. he said of this salvation So is is is talking

  132. about salvation in the Sun prophet prophesied

  133. it In the Sun the Apostles believers preached

  134. it in the Sun and then the angels are we together?

  135. desire to look into. So to understand, I just

  136. divided this text into three and that's what

  137. we'll just do. Let's try to study this text.

  138. The first part is concerning, I call it the three

  139. layered truths about salvation in the sun. First

  140. we'll look at the prophets, which is a past,

  141. then the apostles and believers, the present,

  142. and then the angels, which I titled the observers.

  143. Are we together? Amen. So let's start with the

  144. prophets which is talking about when it was prophesied.

  145. Look at verse 10. It says of this salvation the

  146. prophets have inquired and searched carefully

  147. who prophesied of the grace that will come to

  148. you. The first thing you will note here is that

  149. The prophet prophesied about the salvation. Are

  150. we together? They prophesied about the salvation.

  151. In fact, Peter called it also grace. Are we together?

  152. He said who prophesied the grace that will come

  153. to you? The grace that will come to you. Secondly,

  154. you will observe here is that there is something

  155. apart that the Prophet prophesied. They inquired

  156. and searched carefully about what they prophesied.

  157. Please note that. That they inquired. Did you

  158. see that? He said, I've inquired and searched

  159. carefully. So they searched, they inquired and

  160. they searched carefully about what they prophesied.

  161. So one thing we can see clearly here is that,

  162. first, because before you prophesy something,

  163. definitely the thing must have been revealed.

  164. That's why if you look at verse 12, look at verse

  165. 12, he said to them it was revealed. So what

  166. was prophesied was actually revealed. Are we

  167. together? So what we're trying to say here is

  168. that that means the prophets know some things

  169. about salvation because it was revealed to them.

  170. But again, they need not know some things because

  171. if they are searching and carefully inquiring,

  172. that means there are things they did not know.

  173. Are we together? Because they were searching

  174. and they were inquiring. Now the question we

  175. will ask next is, what did they know and what

  176. did they not know about this salvation they prophesied?

  177. Are we together? Are you following me? Amen.

  178. Now look at verse 11. Let's start with what did

  179. they know? You understand because he said verse

  180. 12 told us that it was revealed to them You understand

  181. and of course he prophesied. What did they know?

  182. If you look at verse 11, he says searching What

  183. or what manner of time? The spirit of Christ

  184. which was in them was indicating when he testified

  185. beforehand the suffering of Christ and the glories

  186. that will follow. In fact verse 11 starts by

  187. saying searching what or what manner of time.

  188. So clearly there is telling us what they don't

  189. know is the time. Are we together? The time.

  190. The time of what? Look at the ending part because

  191. what they prophesied is that what? He said testify

  192. beforehand. That word testify is talking about

  193. what they prophesied. testify beforehand mean

  194. in the past before it happened he said what the

  195. suffering of Christ and the glories that will

  196. follow so the timing of when this will happen

  197. when the suffering of Christ will happen and

  198. the glories that will follow is what they don't

  199. know and that's why they were searching understand

  200. because you know one of the texts if you are

  201. in this church definitely supposed to have known

  202. this text by now right Luke 24 verse 25 26 and

    Luke 24:25

  203. 27 oh foolish ones low of heart right to believe

  204. in all that the Prophet have done what spoken

  205. all the Prophet have what spoken what did they

  206. speak verse 25 ought not Christ to have suffered

  207. these things and to enter into his glory. That's

  208. exactly what Peter is saying also here. So that's

  209. what they have spoken in a song. Ought not Christ.

  210. So they know that they have a knowing of the

  211. coming Messianic figure. They have a knowing

  212. of that. They have a knowing that He will suffer.

  213. Are we together? They also have a knowing that

  214. afterward, after the suffering, glory in the

  215. sun, he will be glorified. He will be glorified.

  216. In fact, Isaiah 53 particularly speaks of his

  217. sufferings. Are we together? And we also studied,

  218. particularly for some of us who are in the training

  219. center in the sun, his glory, which we studied

  220. in Psalms 110. Are we together? Hallelujah. Again,

  221. we also studied the book of, not the one yet

  222. we did in the self -fellowship. We also did an

  223. extended one in the training center, which we

  224. talk about His glorification. Because you will

  225. see they are the same. When you read Psalms 110,

  226. it speaks about Him exalted, seated at the right

  227. hand of the Father. that's what talking about

  228. his exaltation is the same thing also you will

  229. hear talking about that he is a priest forever

  230. are we together amen he's talking about his exaltation

  231. or his glorification amen so what we're trying

  232. to say is that this the prophet know they know

  233. it amen okay what did they not know as we have

  234. noted what they didn't know is a time the time

  235. of the fulfillment so just follow me so look

  236. at verse 11 again we said you were searching

  237. what or what manner of time not that phrase verse

  238. 11 what or what manner of time so I want to just

  239. Zoom or just to do something here quickly about

  240. the issue of the time And the first thing let

  241. me just dismantle some few things here that we

  242. might understand First we have the words what

  243. or and what manner of time Or what manner are

  244. we together? so the word or Or was translated

  245. from the Greek word A, that is just E, letter

  246. E. A, which is a primary article of distinction

  247. between two connected terms. It's a primary article

  248. of distinction between two terms. Of course,

  249. you can have others. A can be or, can also be

  250. either. You understand? You can also use done,

  251. depending on the context. But here he uses or.

  252. So he's connecting two terms. The question is,

  253. what are the terms he's connecting? Of course,

  254. he say what. Or what manner. Are we together?

  255. So the first word is what. That word what was

  256. translated from the Greek word tis. that is t

  257. -i -s tis it is an interrogative pronoun is an

  258. interrogative pronoun then the next word that

  259. all connect is what manner that word what manner

  260. is together is one word in greek you understand

  261. what manner was also translated from the greek

  262. word which is P -O -I -O -S. P -O -I -O -S. Interestingly,

  263. this word is also an interrogative pronoun. So

  264. you have two interrogative pronouns actually

  265. connected by a particle, which is O. Now, I want

  266. you to note that Both the word these and prayers

  267. are tie by time. Do you understand what I'm saying?

  268. That's why he said what or what manner of time.

  269. So they are tie by time. That is, both are inquiring

  270. about time. That's what I'm trying to say. So

  271. both the interrogative pronouns are actually

  272. asking about what? Time. Yeah accent about time

  273. So we if we like we can state it this way That's

  274. what time or what manner of time did you get

  275. that? Amen So we can also put it that way in

  276. the sound what time or what manner of time Now

  277. what is the difference between the two because

  278. both of them are interrogative pronouns. What's

  279. the difference? And are they saying something

  280. very critical? Yes. The difference between the

  281. Tis and Poyos is that Tis acts a general identification.

  282. Tis acts, you see, we said it's an interrogative

  283. pronoun. acts of a general identification. For

  284. example, what time? Are we together? What time?

  285. Or you can even say which time. It's all general.

  286. It's all specific. In contrast, peos acts for

  287. specific. Identification. Individualizing identification.

  288. Specific. So it's concerned about a kind. It's

  289. concerned about the quality. Are we together?

  290. It's concerned about the nature. What is the

  291. character of the time? What are the circumstances

  292. of the time? Are we together? The first one is

  293. all general what time that is talking about chronology

  294. in 1948 or 19 this thing or so social time that's

  295. just general But that one is asking more closely.

  296. There are some attribute character You know son

  297. the kind of the time in the sun What will usher

  298. eats did you understand trying to say there are

  299. the qualities? so both of them are important

  300. one is talking about the chronological identification.

  301. The other one is talking about more or less the

  302. the kind of the time. And we have noted that

  303. it's talking about the time, that time also means

  304. season in a sense. It's talking about the time

  305. of the suffering of Christ and the glory that

  306. shall follow so what the prophet did not know

  307. was the historical timing of the manifestation

  308. of the grace the prophesied is the timing that's

  309. what they didn't know and that was why they were

  310. searching pittanum dollars they were searching

  311. you say searching what or what manner of time

  312. or kind of time hallelujah okay let's do more

  313. because in our set the next I want you to know

  314. that this statement the spirit of Christ who

  315. was in them was indicating when he testified

  316. beforehand the suffering of Christ and the glories

  317. that will follow Now there are some terms here

  318. that we need to look at it closely to align it

  319. much better. And the first one if you look at

  320. it is, it said the Spirit of Christ, I want you

  321. to know the word was in, first and foremost.

  322. The phrase, two words, right? Was in. Then the

  323. next word is was indicating. Then the next term

  324. is when he testified beforehand. Again, did you

  325. see the grouping? The first one is was in. The

  326. second one is was indicating. The third one is

  327. when he testified beforehand. Yes, three. Let's

  328. look at the first one. The first one is one word

  329. in Greek. N is a preposition. That is E -N in

  330. Greek. E -N. So the word was in was translated

  331. from one word, which is N. E -N in Greek. It's

  332. a preposition. And that word, depending on the

  333. context, can be in. can be by, can be with, through,

  334. it is see. You understand? It is see. In, by,

  335. with, through, depending on the context. Just

  336. take a note. The second one, which was indicating,

  337. is also one word in Greek. The word Are we together?

  338. Amen. Are you following me? Good. So, it's a

  339. verb. It actually means to make plain. That is

  340. to make it plain by words. By words. to make

  341. plain, or to declare, to show, to signify. These

  342. are all terms where you can, to declare, to show,

  343. to signify, or to, what I say, to make plain,

  344. make plain by words, of course. Then the third

  345. one I was mentioning, which is when he testified

  346. beforehand. Again, this phrase is one word also

  347. in Greek, is pro maturomai, that is p -r -o,

  348. p -r -o, m -a -r, t -y, R -O -M -A -I P -R -O

  349. -M -A -R -T -Y R -O -M -A -I It's a vector. It

  350. means to predict. To make known. Or, you can

  351. use the word to testify, which was used by the

  352. author here, he said to testify. You understand?

  353. Remember, it's one word. So you see, that word,

  354. when he testified, it's one word. You understand?

  355. Because once you said he, already you confuse,

  356. sometimes it's very difficult to understand why

  357. is that, because it's just only one word. Anyway,

  358. amen, hallelujah. Are we together? Now if you

  359. put this together, let me return back, why we

  360. are doing this. You see, the first thing is that

  361. when you read this, you understand, and said

  362. the spirit of Christ who was in them, we know

  363. that this contradicts the revelations of the

  364. word because the spirit of God or the spirit

  365. of Christ did not live in anyone. until after

  366. resurrection. Are we together? Amen, are we together?

  367. Yes. So it won't be actually when we say in,

  368. especially if someone was reading English now.

  369. Amen? So that's why we are doing this work now.

  370. Now the second thing that is critical, you understand,

  371. is that if you look at it, it will look as if

  372. it is a spirit that was indicating in the song.

  373. It will look as if it's a spirit when we use

  374. in, it suggests it was a spirit in them that

  375. was searching and indicating because if you read

  376. it it says searching what or what manner of time

  377. the spirit of Christ who was in them was indicating.

  378. That was why you see the translators use the

  379. word he. and if you look at if you if you have

  380. like my bible the new king uh king james you

  381. see they capitalize it still trying to say it

  382. is the spirit of christ that actually was testifying

  383. beforehand so if you look somehow yes we know

  384. the spirit moved them which is true you understand

  385. but it is them that testify moved by the spirit

  386. do you understand what i'm trying to say it's

  387. not that the spirit in them is the one doing

  388. you know you know as we told you this is a difference

  389. but because he was teaching us this is a difference

  390. between demon spirits and the holy spirit do

  391. you understand saying once the demon spirit possess

  392. a man you understand they hijack the entire focality

  393. that when jesus was asking the man you know sound

  394. who are you and he was just trying to ask him

  395. the demon hijack his focality and just say we

  396. are many did you understand trying to say are

  397. we together so no that's not how the Holy Spirit

  398. and we know as we said that the Holy Spirit was

  399. not in them you understand so that's why we are

  400. doing this now if we look at all of these the

  401. first one instead of in and we said that what

  402. was in was one word we can better put the word

  403. true there it could help us to bring out the

  404. meaning. Now let's read it with the truth. He

  405. said the spirit of Christ who threw them. Did

  406. you hear that? Are we together? Who threw them?

  407. Okay, let's go to the next one which is what's

  408. indicating in the sun. We said it's one word

  409. so we can just put show or signified you understand

  410. like you will see the spirits of Christ who through

  411. them signify or we can use show are we together

  412. hmm then we have the other one which says when

  413. he testified beforehand because it's one word

  414. so we don't need that when he because we know

  415. now that it is them that are testifying so we

  416. will just use the word testified beforehand because

  417. that's what it means you understand so we can

  418. now said that the spirit of Christ who through

  419. them signify and testify beforehand the suffering

  420. of Christ and the glories that will follow. Is

  421. that okay? Does this sound smooth now? So we

  422. now know it is first and foremost we acknowledge

  423. that what they prophesied was sourced. You understand?

  424. The Holy Spirit was the source. Are we together?

  425. But again, what we did now also acknowledge that

  426. they are the one that did what? that testify

  427. they are the one that's we're searching are we

  428. together so let's read verse 11 again in this

  429. light searching what or what manner of time the

  430. spirit of christ who through them signified and

  431. testified beforehand the suffering of christ

  432. and the glories that will follow. Hallelujah.

  433. Are we together? Glory to Jesus. Matthew 13.

  434. So let me show you also other things because

  435. it's not just only this. That's um I'm Matthew

  436. 13 look at verse 17 sorry verse 17 Matthew 13

    Matthew 13:17

  437. verse 17 for assuredly I say to you that many

  438. prophets and righteous men desire to see what

  439. you see did not see it and to hear what you hear

  440. and did not hear it. Remember many prophets.

  441. In fact we can find that also in Luke chapter

    Luke 10:24

  442. 10 verse 24. Luke chapter 10 verse 24. So besides

    Luke 10:24

  443. searching about the timing of the manifestation

  444. of the grace that is to come, the prophet also

  445. longed to witness the fulfillment of what they

  446. prophesied. He said many prophets, he said they

  447. have desire to see and to hear what you have

  448. heard. What Jesus is saying is the witnessing.

  449. You understand? Because Jesus was already the

  450. incarnate Christ. God become flesh. He said they

  451. have longed to see and to hear what you already

  452. are. Are we together? However we saw that they

  453. did not witness. experience what they prophesied.

  454. If you look at Hebrews chapter 11 verse 39, let

    Hebrews 11:39

  455. me show you why they did not experience it in

  456. their time, even though they desired it. The

  457. Bible says that and all these having obtained

  458. a good testimony through faith did not receive

  459. the promise God having provided something better

  460. for us that they should not be made perfect apart

  461. from us the reason is because God reserved it

  462. for a future time so it is by design are we together

  463. God desire it that way. That it will be of a

  464. future time, not during their time when they

  465. prophesied it. So the prophets stood at the level

  466. of anticipation. They saw ahead. Remember, that

  467. saw ahead is different from this one that Jesus

  468. said, they desire to see and to hear. This one

  469. is the witness, the fulfillment. That other one

  470. was what they saw and prophesied. Do you understand

  471. what I'm trying to say? Remember we said it was

  472. revealed to them. Amen? So they saw it from a

  473. distance. And that's what exactly, come back

  474. to that Hebrews 11 verse 13. Look at verse 13.

    Hebrews 11:13

  475. Hebrews 11 verse 13. He said, this all died in

    Hebrews 11:13

  476. faith, not having received the promise, but having

  477. seen them. are far off, were assured of them,

  478. embraced and confessed that they were strangers

  479. and pilgrims on earth. Acts chapter 2 verse 30.

    Acts 2:30

  480. Acts chapter 2 verse 30. Therefore, being a prophet,

    Acts 2:30

  481. and knowing that god has sworn with an oath to

  482. him that of the fruit of his body according to

  483. the flesh he will raise up the christ to sit

  484. on his throne this is his glorification remember

  485. what we said ought not christ to have suffered

  486. this is and to enter into his glory was that

  487. one he say he foreseeing this spoke concerning

  488. the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was

  489. not left in Hades, nor did his flesh see corruption.

  490. Hallelujah. John chapter 8 verse 56 John chapter

    John 8:56 John 8:56

  491. 8 verse 56 Your father Abraham Rejoice to see

  492. my day and he saw it and was glad Are we together

  493. He desired remember always say they desire. Are

  494. we together? Yes, it was revealed to them The

  495. heart long that was what they were searching

  496. the time But we now saw that they saw it from

  497. afar. They believe it. They continue. Hallelujah.

  498. So this is what the prophet did not know. That

  499. was why when you read there, they were searching.

  500. They are not searching about who the figure Christ

  501. is, you understand? And then the suffering. They

  502. believed it. That's why they are believers. You

  503. understand? That's why they are believers. When

  504. the Bible said, the many prophets are righteous

  505. you should know that he's not talking about righteousness

  506. by walks he's talking about righteousness by

  507. feats understand hallelujah now number two is

  508. the apostles and believers that's the second

  509. part let's go back to our text first spitta chapter

  510. one the second one is the second layer about

  511. truth is apostles and believers look at verse

  512. 12 he said to them it was revealed but to us

  513. revealed that not to themselves but to us they

  514. were ministering the things which now have been

  515. reported listen when you hear they said to them

  516. it was revealed that not to themselves But to

  517. us, this is just aligning with what we have discussed

  518. that it's God's design that they will not be

  519. made perfected in the sun without us. Do you

  520. understand what I'm trying to say? Yes. So he

  521. said, but to us they were ministering the things

  522. which now, not that word, which now have been

  523. reported to you, including us now. Do you understand

  524. what I'm saying? Including us. Reported to you

  525. is it through those who have preached the gospel

  526. to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven. So

  527. that what those who have preached the gospel

  528. to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven. It's

  529. talking about the apostles because Peter that's

  530. what Peter was talking about. And of course,

  531. by extension, the believers there, and as we

  532. said today also, you understand what I'm saying?

  533. That's why we send people to go and preach the

  534. gospel. You understand? What we are trying to

  535. say is that, that thing that the prophet prophesied,

  536. now we are not just only, because that's why

  537. he said, by the spirit, look at it, the spirit

  538. sent from heaven, not the spirit that will be

  539. sent. He said the spirit sent, so they are in

  540. the days of the spirit. Did you understand what

  541. I'm saying? He has already been sent. You understand?

  542. He has already been sent. So this is talking

  543. about the apostolic witness, those who have witnessed,

  544. including the disciples that Jesus was talking

  545. about earlier on. This is exactly what he was

  546. saying. In fact, if you read verse 16, verse

  547. 16 was saying, blessed are your eyes for they

  548. see and your ears for they hear. So the experience

  549. So we're talking about those first and foremost

  550. that are living in the time of the fulfillment

  551. of what the prophet have spoken So they saw or

  552. they have seen what the prophet anticipated They

  553. are also proclaiming it Proclaiming what has

  554. been revealed remember they are partakers of

  555. that salvation remember we're talking about the

  556. salvation that word of the things is talking

  557. about the things concerning Christ the salvation

  558. so the Apostles and the believers are standing

  559. in the fulfillment and the participation they

  560. experience what others like the prophets only

  561. foresaw Are we together? That's the second one.

  562. The third is the angels. That's where we are

  563. going. Are we together? Amen. Look at verse 12

  564. also. I want you to note that place. Things which

  565. the angels desire to look into. Things which

  566. the angels desire to look into we have noted

  567. what are those things that's why he said to them

  568. was revealed that not to themselves but to us

  569. we are ministering the things which have now

  570. been reported to you through those who have preached

  571. so he's talking about the salvation the gospel

  572. you understand the gospel the things concerning

  573. Christ the suffering of Christ and the glories

  574. that will follow these things they have been

  575. reported they are the one being proclaimed by

  576. the Apostles and they believe as true preaching

  577. there is a word here we need to what does that

  578. mean? that word look into because it says things

  579. that is the things concerning Christ which angels

  580. desire to look into now when you look at this

  581. text it will appear wait a minute okay the prophet

  582. we are also searching it appears that the angels

  583. were also searching but the question is that

  584. the searching are not the same sir we have already

  585. noted that what were the prophets searching the

  586. time okay let's look at it what were the angels

  587. searching, already looking. Are we together?

  588. Amen. Now that word look into is one word in

  589. Greek. It's a word parakoupto. P -A -R -A -K

  590. -Y P -T -O P -A -R -A -K -Y PTO. It's a verb.

  591. The word is used in the Bible both literally

  592. and metaphorically. Let's look at how the Bible

  593. used that literally. Luke 24 verse 12. Luke 24

    Luke 24:12 Luke 24:12

  594. verse 12. He said, but Peter arose and ran to

  595. the tomb and stooped down. That what stooped

  596. down. He saw the leaning cloots lying by themselves.

  597. and he departed marveling to himself at what

  598. had happened. So that word stup down is a word

  599. parakuptu. John chapter 20, John 20 verse 5,

    John 20 chapter mention John 20:5

  600. John 20 verse 5. He said, and he stooped down

    John 20:5

  601. and looked in, saw the linen cloth lying there,

  602. yet he did not go in. Verse 11. But Mary stood

  603. outside by the tomb weeping, and as she wept,

  604. she stooped down and looked into the tomb. So

  605. that stoop is to look at, with your head bow

  606. forward, and your body bent something like this

  607. you just do like this you're stupid very keen

  608. to see this is literal let's look at James James

  609. talks about it figuratively or metaphorically

  610. James chapter one James one verse Look at 25.

  611. James 1, 25. He said, but he who looks, that

  612. what looks, into the perfect law of liberty and

  613. continue in it, and is not a forgetful hearer,

  614. but a doer of the work, this one will be blessed

  615. in all he does. So this is talking about metaphorically

  616. here, that is to look carefully into, to inspect

  617. curiously or inquisitively a strong eagerness

  618. to learn. Did you understand what Brandy said?

  619. That's what it means here, paracupto. So that's

  620. what Peter meant. when he said let's go back

  621. there if you look at contextually definitely

  622. he's not talking about you know except you you

  623. think that heaven is one place somewhere else

  624. maybe the angels were there in heaven and they

  625. are looking down to to you on there do you know

  626. what I'm trying to say maybe they are somewhere

  627. of one location somewhere at the top hallelujah

  628. amen But that's not what he's talking about.

  629. It's not something literal there. He's talking

  630. about figuratively. So because it's figuratively,

  631. definitely it means the angels were inspecting

  632. curiously with the intent of learning. They were

  633. inquisitive. They were eager to learn. What is

  634. this? with keen attention Anybody that is doing

  635. this is a person who has no knowledge of what

  636. is happening So unlike the prophets the angels

  637. do not understand the message of mercy They don't

  638. understand Listen, how were they actually curiously

  639. learning is they are watching the display of

  640. the church. Let me read it again for you because

  641. I wanted to pay attention because it is a church

  642. when they came the church was explaining what

  643. the prophets have written did you understand

  644. what I'm trying to say? look at it verse 12 it

  645. said to them was revealed that's to the prophet

  646. that not to themselves but to us that we are

  647. ministering the things which now now now have

  648. been reported to you Do you see the point? That

  649. means there is a preaching going on. Do you understand

  650. what I'm trying to say? Preach the gospel to

  651. you by the spirit. There's a demonstration. That's

  652. why Paul said, when I come to you, I did not

  653. come to you in the eloquency of what? He said

  654. by the demonstration. Do you understand what

  655. I'm trying to say? So when he said by the power

  656. or by the spirit, that's what he's trying to

  657. say. So by the spirit, or the Holy Spirit sent

  658. from heaven he said the things that is the things

  659. being preached the things being reported the

  660. things being communicated and displayed by those

  661. who preach the word by the apostles by the believers

  662. you understand that's why he said the things

  663. which angels desire to look that is they were

  664. looking curiously wait a minute what is happening

  665. ah is that what has been going on oh Ah, that

  666. is what to mean by parakupto. Parakupto. What

  667. this shows that the angels have limited knowledge

  668. of salvation. Did you hear what I said? Remember

  669. we started verse 11, verse 10, sorry, of this

  670. salvation. That the gospel the angels have limited

  671. knowledge of the gospel of God's salvation They

  672. have limited understanding The things concerning

  673. the Christ Remember they were not revealed to

  674. angels. They were revealed to prophets. I Told

  675. you over and over that revelation of God is not

  676. by works. The revelation of God is a gift. The

  677. prophet never did anything. It's just God's design

  678. that he revealed his plan to man. Abraham was

  679. just sitting. You know something? God just came.

  680. Abraham did nothing. He was a pagan. In fact,

  681. he was a pagan. Cornelius was minding his own

  682. business, just giving. And then suddenly God

  683. appeared and remembered him and said, see, go

  684. and call Peter. He will come, he will tell you

  685. something. Are we together? The revelation of

  686. God is a gift. Amen. He said to them. So to the

  687. prophet it was revealed. So the angels were not

  688. reveal The message of grace the message of mercy

  689. They do not experience salvation Of course, they

  690. don't have the Holy Spirit. That's what I'm trying

  691. to say Are we together they don't have the Holy

  692. Spirit Why are they Marvel because now there

  693. are men with the Holy Spirit and they are able

  694. to discern the heart of God Which was preached

  695. by the prophets? Remember, Jesus told his disciples,

  696. I have many things to tell you. You know what

  697. I'm saying? You know what I'm saying? We walk

  698. in these steps. We don't like Apostle Paul. Is

  699. Jesus' teaching we will follow? You are confused.

  700. You understand? Because the bulk of the teachings

  701. of Jesus never preached when he was alive on

  702. earth. He said, I have so many things to tell

  703. you, but you cannot bear it. But when the spirit

  704. of truth is calm This is what when the Bible

  705. when they when you are preaching when they were

  706. saying it are we together When they were when

  707. you were preaching you say ah, we never saw this

  708. thing before So you were curious Are we together

  709. you were curious careful observers The land Even

  710. now, that's what they are doing. As we preach,

  711. are we together? As we do what? As we preach,

  712. they are fascinated. They're still ongoing learning

  713. now. Brother, arise and know that you have been

  714. honored. Not just only to reveal the truth to

  715. men, but also to reveal the truth to the spiritual

  716. beings. Are we together? Glory be to God. If

  717. you can physically see an angel, no problem.

  718. But brother, don't feel you are or not. It means

  719. you just lack revelation if you think like that.

  720. You understand what I'm saying? Spirits, I mean,

  721. angels are ocean beings. They are men. They are

  722. created to minister to you. You understand? If

  723. by chance you see them physically, just say glory

  724. be to God and continue. Don't suddenly begin

  725. to think, Before I was a brother, now I'm an

  726. apostle. Do you understand what I'm trying to

  727. say? Amen? Yes. Hallelujah. They are fascinated.

  728. Let me read this as I close. We'll continue from

  729. there. Look at Ephesians chapter 3. I have to

    Ephesians 3 chapter mention

  730. read this text before we go. Ephesians Chapter

  731. three. Look at verse eight. Maybe this is where

  732. we will start when we come next. He said to me,

  733. who am less than the least of the sent, this

  734. grace was given. That I shall preach among the

  735. Gentiles. Did you hear that? It was given. I

  736. didn't end it. The grace was given. He said that

  737. I should preach among the Gentiles the unsachable

  738. riches of Christ and to make all men see that

  739. is a fellowship of the mystery which from the

  740. beginning of ages has been hidden in God who

  741. created all things. through Jesus to the intent

  742. say to me to the intent that now the manifold

  743. wisdom of God might be made known by who by who

  744. say by us by us to who to the principalities

  745. and powers in the heaviest or the heavenly places

  746. Can you appreciate going and say thank you a

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