Jesus & The Wild Animals | Pastor Daniel Batarseh (Gospel of Mark Bible Study Series)

Do you have the word of God in your hands this afternoon?

If you do meet me in the Gospel According to Mark chapter 1,

Mark 1 · chapter mention

beginning in verse 12 I was so eager this morning to Behold The

Glory of Jesus with you and we will do it.

Now as we read these two verses, which will be our Focus today as

a family and Mark 1. 12, we read in the word The spirit

immediately drove him out into the Wilderness and he was in the

wilderness 40 days, being tempted by Satan and he was with

the wild animals and the Angels were ministering to him.

Lori asked you from the bottom of our hearts.

Do a miracle in our hearts, help us see Christ.

Help us see the wisdom that he has for us.

Help us see the glory that he alone.

Possesses Lord. Please bring us into a new

revelation. Revelation that is not added to

this truth, but a revelation that is hidden because of our

flesh. Lord Open the Eyes of our hearts

so that we can see a facet of the beauty of the son of God.

We play with you Lord in Jesus name.

Amen. Generally speaking, when one

seeks to Endeavor to explore the famous 40-day, temptation of the

Lord. Jesus, Mark's account is usually

not the primary reference for discussion and perhaps for the

apparent reason that it is summarized in, but to versus his

report is much briefer than that of Matthew and Luke When you go

to Matthew and Luke, you see it much more elaborate

understanding of what took place at Lisa.

A snippet of what happened during that 40 day, test that

the Lord Jesus endured and succeeded in.

Now, what's amazing is that as Mark summarizes it, there are

still so many similarities that all three of them share and

those similarities are things that the believer who loves the

word of God, who studies, the word of God are familiar with,

almost by heart. We all know that the Holy Spirit

and all accounts is the agent that leads Christ to be tempted

by the devil. We all know that it was a 40-day

trial and we also know that as Jesus comes into this, he leaves

to begin his public Ministry. And so, what we see here is

though, it may seem like it is totally in line with the other

accounts there are still differences.

Yes, even in these two verses there are things for us to be

able to look at and say, what is, what is the Lord saying

through marks narrative that he, that he might not be saying as

much in Matthew or in Luke and that should excite us.

Because there is no random detail in the word of God.

And that is certainly true with this.

So as we come to Endeavor to understand this familiar event,

in the temptation of Jesus with a prayer, Ambition, we will

trust and see that. As we understand this, we will

have a fresh love for him, a fresh adoration for the master.

And so we come to verse 12 and notice this, the spirit

immediately drove him out. This was right after the

coronation of Jesus by physical manifestation of the Holy Spirit

and by an audible affirmation from the father in the heavens.

But from that to this, we hardly take a breath before the scene

quickly shifts. It's it just happens at such a

rate in, which we're almost like, well, where are we here?

What just happened? And that is on purpose,

obviously. Matthew and Luke are

chronologically consistent with Mark, with this temptation

account in, that it happened after Jesus was baptized by

John, that is the same. That is something that they all

share, but Mark has a different way of saying it, then, Matthew

and Luke. Notice the language this,

Immediately drove him out. You know what Matthew would say,

you know what, Luke would say that the Spirit Led Jesus out.

That is not the same when you come to that word drove in the

original. It is a very forceful one.

It is the actual word that is used in describing the

Deliverance that Jesus would bring upon those who are in

bondage to Demons when he would cast those demons out when he

would drive them out. It's the very same word Iqbal.

Oh it is very forceful, it's almost violent and yet the

spirit of God wants to tell us That the spirit drove drove, the

Lord, Jesus Into the Wilderness now to understand that meaning,

and then to see how it's used elsewhere, only to interpret

that Jesus was perhaps hesitant or reluctant or not willing to

go. And so the Holy Spirit almost

takes over and drags him into the Temptation.

Would be false would be a misunderstanding.

What we are learning here about, Jesus is the first thing in

consideration of what, we're studying number one, the

submission of the Lord Jesus to the spirit.

All this is really trying to say is that the influence of the

Holy Spirit was so great, over the life of the Lord, it was so

powerful. It was all-consuming and the

Lord, Jesus willfully, and joyfully submitted to the

leadership of the spirit. This one short word is a massive

statement into what the great humility of our savior.

He relinquished any control in his life in his Humanity.

He surrendered any kind of authority in the sense that he

wanted to submit to God. And so the spirit and seeing

that humility and hearing, that prayer does what he occupies the

driver's seat of Jesus's life so to speak.

And what is so powerful about that?

I've often said, and I'll say it again that to be full of the.

Holy spirit is not so much about us having more of him.

So as Believers, we're not saying, Holy Spirit, I want more

of you. When we say, I want to be filled

with the Holy Spirit what's actually happening.

Is he's having more of us. To be full of the holy spirit is

not about us having more of him at, it's about him having more

of us. And that makes total sense when

you compare the activity of the spirit here in Jesus life and

the experience that Jesus had in the same scene told elsewhere

with the spirit because you know what Luke adds to this.

And this is what makes what makes studying the word of God.

So exciting. What makes this so amazing is

that Luke tells us in chapter 4 and verse 1.

It says Too far. He's a neighbor so you can turn

there in your Bibles to see it for yourself.

Look what Luke says in chapter 4 verse 1, And Jesus full.

Full of the Holy Spirit returned from the Jordan and was led by

the spirit in the wilderness. So so Luke says, Jesus was full

of the Holy Spirit. Mark says that he was driven out

by the spirit. And when you bring these verses

together, you come to a conclusion and it is this that

the result of being full of the holy spirit is that we come

under the rain of the Holy Spirit.

And it's impossible to claim my brother and whom I love my

sister and whom I love to claim that we are filled with the Holy

Spirit. If there is no tangible evidence

of his leadership, In our lives. And that is the great blessing

that awaits us as we obey the command in the word of God, that

says seek to be filled with the Holy Spirit.

There is much to be known in that experience, an experience

that is available to all of us. Yes, we are all sealed a holy

spirit but it would be a false statement to say that we are all

equally filled with the Holy Spirit.

In other words, we all have the Holy Spirit by faith.

But the Holy Spirit having all of us in the same way is not

true though. It is the standard.

It is not the experience. Unfortunately of the collective

body. The Holy Spirit here as he fills

a vessel. You know what?

We get, we inherit his prompting.

We know something of his persuasion, we know a protection

and we know a power over the flesh.

When we say that the holy spirit is driving Jesus out.

And when we say that when we were filled with the holy spirit

that we know his influence, it's not like we become lifeless

puppets and we move and we speak unconsciously.

What happens is there's an enablement and enablement from

the born-again hearts desire that wants to walk in the ways

of the Lord. And the Holy Spirit says I'm

going to lift you up. Now, I'm a take you there.

I'm going to make it possible. And then what we experience

there is that he begins to drive every part of our Lives into the

purposes of God for us. And so that looks like my

thoughts being influenced by the spirit, my tongue being driven

in a certain way, my reactions being overcome by the spirits

influence and not my flesh. The flesh doesn't have the

driver see anymore, the spirit does.

And that's why. I know you love to fill your cup

of coffee every morning to get you going, but do you daily?

Ask him, fill me with all these Spirit.

Fill me with the Holy Spirit. I don't want to leave this room

empty. Again, that imagery helps but we

would get the wrong idea to say that I'm 30% filled with the

spirit and my brother over. There is 70% filled.

That is not the case. The case is this, the Holy

Spirit, having us controlling us influencing us and it is a real

thing. It is observable.

It is tangible. You can almost step outside of

yourself and say there is no way that if it wasn't for the spirit

that I would have responded in the way that I responded to

that. This is what Christ purchased

for you and I and Jesus is in humanity and his Humanity.

Here is exemplifying that and as exciting as that sounds, we also

have to be realistic you and I can't move forward from verse 12

without seeing the, the reality, the realistic reality of what a

life filled with the Holy Spirit, looks like what it means

to be led by the Holy Spirit. We see the submission of Jesus

to the spirit. And if we don't understand what

that entails, Then many of us are setting ourselves up for

great disappointment and grief in the Christian experience.

What do I mean by that? When Jesus according to Luke was

full The Holy Spirit. And according to Mark when he

was driven by the Holy Spirit, here's our understanding

majority, at least when I'm when I'm seeking for this Spirit lead

life when I'm seeking to be full.

What we imagine is we are going to just progress from one

Blissful experience to the next. Along the lines of what Jesus

knew at his baptism. Oh, Open Heavens.

And manifestations, Supernatural, manifestations,

great. Sensations of the father's,

affirmation and affection for us.

And God is willing to do that. And there are times where we are

caught up with him in a very special way if he chooses to

manifest himself in such a way. But what happened, when the Holy

Spirit descended Upon Jesus? He was driven out into the where

Wilderness. That's where the Holy Spirit

took him. That is the direction of the

Holy Spirit In Jesus life before his public Ministry.

And the Wilderness was nothing like what Jesus experienced at

his baptism. Someone observed wisely when he

said that, a life of obedience will remove all unnecessary

trials and tribulations in life. The sorrow that your sin and my

sin and Disobedience will bring walking in the path of obedience

eliminates. The unnecessary trials in life,

yet. Let me say this.

At the same time, we have to know that a life of obedience of

being led by the spirit. Asher's us appointments with

necessary, trials and tests. Life. and I know a lot of people

who don't understand that, The spirit drove Jesus Into the

Wilderness left to ourselves. We would not dare to step foot

into such an environment. Or such a season.

What was in the wilderness? A unique test for our Lord?

Yes. But let's be specific.

There were solitude There was baroness.

It was difficult Terrain. It like provision it lacked, the

care of other humans. Other people there are real

dangers. There there are, there was

hostility, there are threats at the baptism.

The voice of the father was booming loud and in the

wilderness. What was Amplified?

The voice of Satan. And this is where the spirit was

leading Jesus. This is where God wanted him to

go and when we dare to believe any differently for our own

lives. Do not be surprised that in your

pursuit of being a vessel for the spirit of God, that you find

yourself in long periods of pressure, that will test your

trust in God. And how you really rely on his

word But, for what reason, I mean, this is, if this is what

it means to be filled with the Holy Spirit, I don't know, I

think I'm not interested. Who wants to go in a Wilderness

with the Devil? Who wants to go and be tested?

But that's what the flesh says. Be comforted to know that our

God is Not sadistic. You know what that means that he

takes, Pleasure and Pain and torturing us.

He doesn't toy with your life. He's not Reckless with your

future. He's not uncalculated.

He is perfectly in righteously intentional.

With every single step that you take.

He is orchestrating it and you will know a a journey and a

security in that Journey when you live a life led by the Holy

Spirit which brings me to the second observation.

The first one was the submission of Jesus to the spirit which is

awesome. But consider with me the

security in the spirits leading. Look at Mark again and verse 12

and verse 13. Jesus completed this Mission

without abandoning his post without evacuating prematurely.

And what's so fascinating is when you go to Matthew and Luke,

you see this drawn-out encounter with Satan, right?

We are all familiar with that the back and forth that goes on

that battle between the devil and our Lord.

But when you come to this, it almost skips.

All of that. It's almost as though.

Mark, just wants us to see who and what happened to Jesus,

right before the Temptation, and what happened right after He

just wants to just kind of skip over it very quickly and that's

not because he doesn't think it's important but even in the

brevity of it, it speaks of what he wants us to see and what you

are left with. As we come to these two verses

is this simple thought Jesus succeeded?

He succeeded in his suffering that he experienced in this

Wilderness. He completed it, he passed.

And that is so crucial to understand because we would come

to this and we asked ourselves, what we asked with the baptism.

But why, why did the spirit have to drive Jesus out?

Why did he have to be tempted for 40 days?

What was it? That that because Matthew says

he went in there to be tempted by the devil for that purpose.

And again, we might scratch our heads and wonder what is the

purpose behind? This was it to make manifest the

purity of Christ. You better believe it.

Was it to Showcase his power over the devil over all

temptation. Absolutely.

But there's more, if Jesus identified with you and I as

sinners in his baptism, then surely Jesus identifies with our

Temptations in the wilderness. He identifies with our

Temptations in this. Heightened extreme face off with

the tempter himself. And that is something so

crucial. Because you see, as Jesus,

walked in solitude in that Wilderness and that lifeless

desert, something was gained something happened in his

Humanity. That is why the scriptures

unashamedly tells us about Jesus, in regards to his

temptation and how it translates to how you and I relate to him

Hebrews 2:18. For because he himself has

Hebrews 2:18

suffered. When tempted, he is able to help

those who are being tempted. Now, we know, and this is

important, that there is nothing in Jesus, that would cause him

to be tempted. That's you.

And I because we inherited something from Adam that

corruption but that does not negate or diminish, the

intensity of the Temptation though, it was outside of him.

How can Jesus suffer with a sinless nature when it comes to

Temptation the same way you? And I, when we are walking in

the spirit, when we were walking in Holiness when we are, when we

are in fellowship with the Lord, Not suffer in the presence of

evil. Doesn't that take your heart?

Doesn't that tear you apart? And the Soul, when you go out

with your family, to some sports game, or whatever it is and you

hear people, blaspheming the name of Jesus, doesn't that send

a shiver down your spine when you see all the wickedness that

is being propagated to our children.

Does it? Not do something to you?

How much more the one who is without sin?

How much more the Holy One? Who suffered when tempted.

And what I want to say in light of this is that the Lord did not

come into this world merely to be our substitute for sin.

That is the climax that is the mission.

Yes. But not merely to be our

substitute for sin. He also became our sympathizer

in temptation. Sympathizer in Temptation, he

suffered. And in his suffering, there is

something of a sympathy. The Temptations here during

those 40 days. Ensures us that we can approach.

A God who is experiencing overcame, what what may seem to

overwhelm Us in the moment. This will mean a lot to those

who know the Great War for Holiness and christlikeness, you

know what this means. The Lord the king of glory.

The resurrected one, he feels for you and me, he feels for you

and me. His heart is connected to us.

You can relate because there is a shared experience and I don't

know if we understand that the depth of that implication.

But I hope I hope you get an idea of it because I'm sure you.

Yes, you at one point in your life, in dire need of help, felt

this natural pull to. Go to those who, you know, have

shared your suffering. You feel as though you can go to

them, go to her because you heard you need to speak to mrs.

So-and-so or brother so-and-so, because they went through

something very similar and they came through.

And so you find yourself coming to those people, and unloading

your heart and bearing your heart more naturally because you

realize that their counsel will be cushioned with a Grace.

And with a patients and with surgical advice because they'd

been through it, they know they felt the fire themselves and so

that's what that's why you go to them.

And and your little bit more hesitant to go to somebody who

might not have that experience. Because there's a concern that

they may not know what to say to you are at worse.

Be even indifferent to your suffering because they can't

understand why this is so crushing to you.

There's almost like this glass window between you and them and

there's no touch there, there's no heart to heart there.

And here's what we know. The Lord Jesus himself can help

us because he can relate to us in all things because he was, he

was tempted in all ways. What that means is I can come

limping into the presence of Jesus Christ.

I can come broken smashed shattered.

Barely able to keep myself up and I can communicate though.

In reverence yes. But also freely in my suffering

because I have an awareness that he patiently.

Here's me. Because he endured.

All things. So I'm not speaking to a god

that looks and he's so distant. This distant deity.

I says okay come on, let's go here but one who actually

inhabits the Brokenness of his people and he sits close and he

now only gives me his listening ear.

He then now provides the precise, wisdom and counsel and

power, so that I can overcome and like he did He's so

attractive. He's so wonderful.

And and the spirit as glorious as I truth, it's not the main

point of what I'm trying to communicate.

Because what I want to say is that it was the spirit who led

Christ to suffer in this way. And in doing so he could be a

sympathizer with us. And that is just one aspect to

why he was tempted. And what does that mean for us?

Surely the spirit as he leads us as he guides us, what may be

unpleasant what may be a season with wild and strange people you

know what I'm talking about? No just do ministry a little

longer. Serve got a little bit longer

and sometimes even leading us into while we're obeying.

Threats. and slander, and Can all these strange things that

are not warranted? That don't make sense.

And am I here? Because of Disobedience?

Be careful. Jesus was perfect and the spirit

perfectly led him into such a thing.

A Wilderness with wild animals. In a vicious devil for what?

For the same aim with the Masters so that incoming out of

it, you would inherit something sweet.

And that you would gain something sacred.

In such a way, that others will be blessed by it.

The spirit, that's the security in his leadership.

I have no reason to be afraid. It doesn't make sense Jesus,

just obey Jesus, just finished, humbling himself in the presence

of a crowd before God. And he was showered with the

spirit and he was given affirmation.

And immediately you're brought into such a thing.

Do you believe for a moment that a Spirit Led Life Is void of

Temptation? Is void of challenge.

Is void of danger. And hostility and problems.

Not the unnecessary ones but necessary ones.

And that is what we see with Jesus here.

And that should encourage us as we seek to live in obedience to

him. I can trust his leadership.

No matter. What is around me or, who is

around me? The security in the spirits

leadership of may also add the standard of service to God the

submission of Jesus, to the spirit, makes you want to

worship Him. The security of the spirits

leadership and makes you safe, feel safe, knowing that the

spirit will never lead you to something that is without profit

even when it comes with the great problems.

But there is also an example here by Jesus, there's a

standard of service to God. What do I mean by that?

When we understand the timing of Jesus Temptation here, it's good

to know that it was right before his public Ministry.

It was right before he would go out into Galilee and he would

begin preaching and doing great signs and wonders.

And when you go to look for, again, look with me in verse 14

and notice what we are told. And Jesus returned after the

Temptation in the power. In the power of the spirit to

Galilee, you come back to Mark and what do you read?

Or read a verse 14. Now after John was arrested in

chapter 1 verse 14. Jesus came into Galilee,

proclaiming the gospel. Luke wants to make us know that

he came also in power and Power. You know what I find amazing is

that the spirit of God that We Came Upon Jesus didn't make him

go into public ministry, right away.

And I think this is a great great reminder.

For those who are aspiring Servants of God, please pay

attention to what I'm about to say.

Because I think, I think this is one of the reasons why there is

so much powerlessness in Christendom in the West.

You may disagree with me, but that's okay.

If any aspiring servant of God desires to be effective

publicly, is that you the know this, he first must know victory

over Temptation privately. If any aspiring servant of God

wants to be effective for Christ publicly.

He first must know, Triumph and victory over Temptation

privately. The church.

Can I expect to make an impact on the world?

When she is flirting and Sleeping With the Devil behind

the scenes. It's not going to happen.

Jesus came into Galilee with power because he resisted

Temptation when no one was looking.

David killed Goliath. But what was he doing before?

When no one was looking, he was killing bears and lions.

And we will not see great advancements.

We will now know great blessings of the spirit of God as the body

of Jesus Christ. If we cannot do the first and

most important thing and that is saying no to unholiness and no

to evil. when we are, when we are not in sight of the world to

see And I make that case from the example of Our Lord, that

there is a correlation listen to powerful Ministry.

And private holiness. Consider the example of Jesus,

he came into the Wilderness triumphed over the devil and

then he went out and was able to minister and bless those who are

oppressed by the devil. You can imagine how there can be

a series of messages just from combining the Temptation

accounts from Matthew Mark and Luke, but we will focus on just

what is presented before us. Today, when you come to verse 13

of Mark, what do you see? He was in the wilderness forty

days, we know that being tempted by Satan, that it seems to be

common knowledge and then we read at the end and Angels were

ministering to him. Matthew says the same thing,

Mark doesn't at the end of the Temptation, when he did succeed

and Satan left, Until another opportune time, God sent

servants, Heavenly beings to come and to minister unto Jesus.

Now, the nature of the ministry is unknown, but it could very

likely be that, these Angels Came seeing.

Their glorious savior wrapped in flesh, who also knew the

limitations of the flesh. He was hungry, he was thirsty,

he was weary and it's very likely.

I just like a weary. Elijah in the wilderness of his

day, the Angels Came to feed him.

To encourage him with their presence.

And that is mentioned so that you and I are reminded of the

humanity of Jesus Christ. He didn't bulldoze through the

desert necessarily. With Glory.

He went in as a man depended upon the holy spirit and he knew

how exhausting it was. He knew how draining it was and

then I can relate to him in that and he can relate to me.

And so even in my obedience and yours when we come out and we

were exhausted and dress, we he can he understands he doesn't

look as a come on, what kind of serving are you get up?

Nothing of the sort. And so the humanity of Jesus

here, highlighted but there's something that Mark says that

Loop is Mentioned neither. There's Matthew.

It seems to be an insignificant detail, seems to be unimportant,

it seems to just maybe put some color to the scene.

And it is this and he was with the wild animals.

He was with the Wild and Luke doesn't say that.

Matthew doesn't want to mention it.

But Mark wants to let us know that when Jesus went into that

desert. He was surrounded.

By Wild. Animals.

Why? Why does that matter?

I think it's much deeper than just knowing another layer to

the potential potential danger, while he was traveling through

that Wasteland. When you put the other pieces

and these two verses together, perhaps the light bulb will go

off, here it is. Animals.

Satan. Temptation.

Animals. Satan.

Temptation. I believe what we're seeing

here. Are the elements that were

present in the world described by the word of God before the

fall? With a much different setting of

course. Right before the encounter

between Satan, and our first parents, Adam was in a luscious

Lively Paradise like Garden. Not a wasteland, not a desert

now where there was danger and death, and he was also with

animals, not wild, beasts, but tamed beasts, approachable

friendly. Ones that presented no threat of

any kind of danger. There is no fear there in

relation to these animals. But even though Adam was in a

more favorable and ideal environment, when it came to

Satan tempting him in that atmosphere, he failed He failed.

Collaterally. He failed you and I are still

experiencing the consequences of that.

But then comes Jesus. Who is led by the spirit Into

the Wilderness and while traveling he's surrounded with

the looming danger of the threats of animals that are no

longer tamed but are by Nature aggressive.

And there is a limitation there between how much you can

actually relate to these beasts. And there is no Garden.

There is no glorious Rivers. There is no abundance of trees

is just dust and dirt and death. And it seems as though Mark is

trying to communicate this. The conditions that Jesus was in

were far less favorable than what Adam was experiencing but

he still was able to triumph over Satan.

He still was able to resist and conquer the lies of the evil

one. and the point, the point is this, it's not just for a clever

connection, massive implication, Massive implication and you only

really understand it. When you understand one of the

titles that Jesus was given by the Apostle Paul and I'll just

read it to you. Hold it as a reference for

another time and First Corinthians 15:45 listen to how

1 Corinthians 15:45

Paul in this in this really in his essay, a trying to explain

and prove the resurrection. He goes back and forth between

Adam and Christ and he says in First Corinthians 15:45 thus it

1 Corinthians 15:45

is written the first man. Adam became a living being the

last Adam. The last I saw the last human

being who's going to exist the last item is Christ.

The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.

Jesus is known as the last item. What's the connection?

Why is the spirit of God wanting us to relate Adam and Christ?

What do they share? I think the main thing that they

share is that they had both a representative role in humanity.

They both shared a representative role in humanity.

Meaning, what? Adam is your father and mine in

the flesh. Being the first man created.

He, the theological term is the federal head of mankind.

The federal head of mankind and because he's the federal head,

the decisions that he makes whatever consequences come

about, we share in them. That is why you and I are born

into this world with corruption. That is why your precious little

child? Does it need to be taught how to

lie. Does it need to be taught?

Not to bite John it. And he knows how to bite Johnny.

You got to tell him not to bite. Johnny, you got a time to tell

the truth. You gotta tell him not to be

selfish. That is all because of our

representative in the flesh Adam and yet a man who is outside of

the curse Christ entering into our world seeking to be a new

head seeking to be a new representative wants to create a

new people who experience. The blessing.

Not the consequence of his obedience You and I are

suffering of the Disobedience because of our first father, and

Adam, and Jesus comes in untainted by Adamson, so that he

can walk as a representative for Humanity.

And those who would come to faith in him would be linked to

him. And then know the blessings that

he brings as the one who stands in our place.

I hope that makes sense. God so loved us.

Listen, he came into our broken world to rescue us from being in

Adam and remaining in Adam and I'm paying for the consequences

of being an atom by opening a way so that you and I can be in

Christ and hide in Christ and be linked to Christ.

And to experience the glories that Christ made possible for

us. So you don't you and I don't

share in the consequences of Adam anymore.

Who failed in the garden. You and I enjoy the blessings of

The Obedience of Jesus. Yes, on the cross, but also in

the wilderness, You and I are not going to pay for failing.

For failing to resist temptation.

You and I inherit Christ, Perfection over every kind of

Temptation that came his way. And that is why Jesus being with

the wild animals is so significant because he was

reversing the curse. That Adam brought into the world

that didn't just affect us who are created in the image of God.

But affected even the animal kingdom and nature itself.

And so he seeking to heal it. The things that have been

fractured because of Adam and now he comes in and he right

from the beginning is already ceiling.

As we read this. He's already sealing the victory

by overcoming Satan and only is going to bring it into full

effect at the cross. By saying I overcame what man

failed to do and the full effect of this reversal is not yet,

it's not yet, it's to come and even Isaiah hundreds of years

before Christ gives us a little glimpse into it.

You know, the verse the United Isaiah 11:6, the wolf shall

Isaiah 11:6

dwell with the lamb. And the leopard shall lie down

with the young goat and the calf, and The Lion, and the

fattened, calf together. And a little child shall lead

them. A little child shall lead them.

Some would say this is allegorical very difficult to

make the case. I see a universal redemption in

Jesus Christ, that's what it is. He's not just coming to save us.

He's coming to bring a new heavens and a new Earth.

He's coming to restore everything.

Everything that has been tainted by sin, everything that Adam

messed up. He's going to come and clean up

and restore and renew. So that everywhere you look in

that Millennial Reign and everywhere you look in that

Eternal age, you will see. Christ is a strong savior.

He saved. Yes, us.

But he saved the universe all things.

And he is giving us a glimpse of that Victory as he comes in

these two verses to show off. I overcame what Adam could not

overcome, even though the surrounding environment was not

in my favor, I'm still able To obey the father.

And that obedience is transferred to you.

I want to end by saying this, our culture is trying to create

all these categories. Of how humans can identify

themselves and it's getting weirder by the week.

I can't keep up with this stuff. And here's what I want to tell

you today, I don't care what PhD says, what?

I don't care, what university teaches, what I don't care what

anybody in the white house, has to say, God's house has a word,

and this is what I want to tell you, no matter what Humanity

creates in terms of categories, no matter how kind of what kind

of race ideology and narrative is being presented.

The Bible draws a simple line Of where Humanity falls into and

it's your choice, you're either in Adam or you're in Christ.

As one preacher said it, you're either dead in sin or you're

dead to sin. That's it.

Nothing else. You're either in Adam or you're

in Christ? Where are you?

Where are you today? Have you been transferred from

the domain of Darkness into the kingdom of his light?

Have you been driven from conviction into the loving arms

of a savior to say I no longer want to be under the headship of

Adam, I must come and make you my Lord.

I want to be covered by your righteousness.

I want to be restored. I want to know this renewal save

me. Renew me.

Have you done that? I want to let you know that

today. It can all change.

It can all change by decision of humility, to say hi.

No, I know that Jesus Christ is not my Lord.

I know that I have not crowned him my savior.

I have not fully understood the legal implications of what he

did while walking in this world and dying on that cross.

But now I know, I know what it means for me and I know that he

bids me to come so that I would know that his obedience is Mine

by faith. That's what you have to do.

That's what you have to understand because until then I

don't care what kind of money you have.

I don't care how smart you think you are.

I don't care what kind of future you're trying to build for

yourself. Satan owns you Satan owns you.

You're a slave to sin, aren't you?

You can't shake it off. No matter how much you pump into

self-will and selfish ambition you fall, don't you?

It's because you have a merciless Master over your life,

that's why. And there is a Merciful Savior

who wants to rescue you and deliver you.

And not just be your substitute listen to this for your sin but

that as you become the Redeemed by faith, he becomes your

sympathizer in Temptation. So that as you walk in this life

and you with a brand new heart filled with the Holy Spirit

desire to live for him and you fall and Temptation seemed so

strong and the tide seems to be pulling you.

Almost sweeping you off your feet.

You come to the master who saved you say, help me again and he's

there to help you again. And if you do fall, you come to

seek forgiveness. He forgives you, he doesn't kick

you out. But he binds up your wounds and

he heals you. He restores you.

And he is for you. This is who I present to you

today. The Glorious Majestic

infinitely, Beautiful. Jesus Christ of Nazareth who was

risen from the dead. Can be your savior today.

Make him your savior today. There is no other in Jesus name,

let's pray. Father, thank you.

That Jesus Christ identifies with our temptation.

Thank you. That we have a high priest who

is sympathetic, whose heart feels for us, who knows exactly

what to prescribe to us, because he has been through it himself.

For we ask that you would receive worship worship, not

just in song, but by your grace worship to say, no to Temptation

that, that itself would be worship as your word says, that

our body should be a Living Sacrifice acceptable, worship

unto you Lord. May we see the fight against

temptation as an opportunity to exalt Christ in our know, in our

rejection and our Triumph by your power and Lord, we pray by

your mercy that we would be a powerful.

For group of Believers because in private, you've helped us

overcome sin. So that in public, there is no,

there is no Authority lost because of hypocrisy, there is

no grievance of the holy spirit so that he will not work in and

through US, Lord, we want all that he has, we wanted to take

the driver's seat of Maranatha, Bible Church, And Lord not just

in our meetings but in our lives and our families and our

relationship with others. Lord, we want your leadership.

We thank you for the head of the church, Jesus Christ, we thank

you that in him. We have life in him, we have

reward in him. We have eternal life.

Thank you that you've rescued us from from Adams Race and brought

us into. The securing provision as a

child of God. We worship you.

We want to just magnify you for giving us a taste of your glory.

In these two verses in Jesus name we pray.

Amen. Can we stand and Worship the

Lord?