Sermon
1/6 Who Is Jesus To You? Pastor Daniel Batarseh (Maranatha Shabiba Conference 2021)
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We just praise God that were able to have a conference this
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year with the craziness that's going on in the world.
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And as much as there are different, political opinions
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about what's happening in America and across the nation's.
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One thing is, for certain, we are experiencing a dress
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rehearsal for the end times. You better believe it, and Jesus
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said something to the religious leaders of his day.
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He said, you know, you can tell when this summer is coming.
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When you study the the Fig Tree, you see the leaves budding and,
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you know, that the time is near. He's like, but you couldn't, you
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couldn't tell you couldn't see the signs for the coming of the
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Messiah, with all the prophecies and all the specific,
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articulations concerning my arrival, to this earth, you
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couldn't see it. And I believe in the same way
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this generation is not interpreting the signs
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correctly. And if they miss the first
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coming don't you think that it's possible for believers to miss
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the second? I think it's possible and that's
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why we must be grounded in the word of God.
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The grass withers, the flower Fades, but the word of our God
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will stand forever. If you have your Bibles, please
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turn with me to the book of Song of Solomon Chapter 5.
Song of Solomon 5 chapter mention
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Again, we're so blessed that you're here.
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We're so thankful for every single person that contributed
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to making this conference happen if you notice there's new chairs
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this year because we want you to feel a little bit uncomfortable
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and feel, what the persecuted Church gets to feel all the time
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but then that concern because they're just caught up in the
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glory of God. No, I'm just kidding.
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That's not the reason why, but we're appreciative of your
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understanding The book of Song of Solomon, who here has read
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it. It's an interesting book because
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it is unlike really any other book in the scriptures.
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The reason being is that the content doesn't present itself
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as Redemptive history. You don't see a storyline of
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events taking place at describe God's working in the world that
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lead up to the coming of Jesus Christ.
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It's also not a book about prophecies, whether a judgment
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or the coming of the Messiah or the second coming of the
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Messiah. And it's not a book like we see
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in the Epistles and even the gospels where we get direct
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teaching and commands. But our faith and practice.
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The book of Song of Solomon is a romantic dialogue between a man
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and a woman who are pursuing marriage pursuing that Covenant
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with one another and you and I get a glimpse into their passion
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for one another. And this book, many don't read
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it for different reasons. And one of the reasons it makes
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them blush really and teacher shy away from teaching from it,
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because it doesn't seem to offer much except that one facet of
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your life, where you are pursuing a woman or, or being
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pursued by a man to come into that relationship of marriage.
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And if you read it carefully, you understand?
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At least one thing God, cherishes, this gift called
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marriage and he actually wants it to be enjoyable.
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I know that's a hard thing to understand.
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Especially for those who are in marriage.
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They kind of lose that wine as as it happened in the wedding of
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Cana. They lose that joy and that
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celebration and this book. Contradicts, all of that, this
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book shows us that you can actually no true desire for
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someone else. And you can cherish one another
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and you understand that God has provided that person as a gift
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to you. But is that it is this book just
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all about giving you some language.
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Men, if you're not good at communicating your emotions,
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this book will help you, but is that it?
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No, it's not it. I am of those who believe that
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you can find Christ in every book of the Bible.
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Because we are told in the last chapter of the Gospel of Luke,
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when Jesus had a personal Bible study with two people on a
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seven-mile journey to Emmaus, that beginning with Moses and
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the prophets, he began to interpret all the scriptures
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concerning himself, beginning with Moses and the prophets, he
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began to draw out of not some of the scriptures, all of the
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scriptures. Concerning himself.
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Can you find Jesus in The Book of Song of Solomon?
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You sure can with wisdom, you sure can with a balanced, you
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sure can. Here's a, here's a simple
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illustration to help us understand that this is not such
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a difficult idea to grasp did not the Holy Spirit, inspired
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the Apostle Paul to describe the relationship with Christ and the
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church through the imagery of what a passionate bridegroom
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pursuing and cherishing a bride. And so in some sense, you can
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come to this book and you can see some not all because some
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people get wild and crazy with interpretation, right?
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But you can see some Shadow and some kind of indication of how
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we can relate what we see in this book to our relationship
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with the Lord, Jesus Christ. And the principle of all of that
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is this you and I have something called, We Tell it to people all
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the time. Don't we a personal relationship
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with God? Personal not corporate, not a
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relationship through your pastor who spoon feeds you sermons
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know, a personal relationship with the Living God.
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And one example, I believe we see here is in chapter 5 of this
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book. Here's what's happening.
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At this point, the woman, the unnamed woman apparently has a
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dream in this chapter and she is describing the dream that she
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has and the description of this dream really centers around this
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experience. That her beloved Solomon
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approaches her door, approaches her room to be in close
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proximity with her but she ignores it and she misses the
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opportunity and she realizes the foolishness of her laziness to
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not answer that door. And so she is On a quest.
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Now to find him. And so she gets up, she leaves
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her home and she goes to the city.
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This is all the dream that she's describing as she goes to the
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city and she begins to desperately and frantically try
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to find this man and she is so panicky that she begins not to
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kind of go to other people. Have you seen him?
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Have you seen him? Have you seen him?
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Finally, there's this group called the daughters of
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Jerusalem. Who observed This Woman's
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passion and her distress that they put her aside and they
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inquire there's something there's something about this
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man, clearly that is making this woman act this way and say these
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things. And so, finally, this these
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Outsiders inquire of this woman and come to verse 9 and see what
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they say, What is your beloved? More than any beloved other
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beloved. All most beautiful among women.
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What is your beloved more than another beloved that you thus a
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juror us? Let me read one more time.
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What is your beloved more than another beloved?
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All most beautiful among women? What is your beloved more than
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another beloved that you thus a juror has in essence?
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What they're saying is, hey what's so special about this
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guy? What's what about in that is
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making you so crazy running around in these streets and
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trying to find out where he is. Why leave the comfort of your
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home? Why?
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Come in the middle of the night? Why are you going up to
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strangers and are asking them for their Direction?
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What about this man is causing you to be this way?
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And I can't help but read these verses and immediately examine
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my own heart and ask how would I answer these types of questions
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as somebody were to ask me about my personal relationship with
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the Lord Jesus Christ? What's the big deal about Jesus?
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Why do you choose to worship Him among other gods?
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I see your social media, I see what you do on weekends.
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Why do you Center your entire life around someone that you
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can't even see. Why have you surrendered your
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way of life? I knew who you were before.
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This whole thing called being born again, I know who you are.
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Why are you different now? Why are you letting go of your
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friends? Why are you letting go of your
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past patterns? Why are you not going where you
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used to go? Why are you not being with who
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you used to be with what did this men do to you for you to
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speak this way and act like this?
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How would you answer that? How would you answer that?
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I think some people would answer this way.
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Well, you know, I grew up in the church and You know, just grew
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up in the church and mom and dad knew Jesus and I just thought,
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you know, this is what I'm used to.
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This is what I know. So yeah, just I go to church and
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are you able to respond in such a way in which you don't have to
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pair it? Someone else's words.
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Are you able to actually? Are you able actually Express
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who he is? In a manner in which it would
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cause people to question their unbelief in your Jesus.
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What does he mean to us or is he just theology?
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Is he just Doctrine? You know, there are a lot of
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people who are theologians that will be in Hell one day.
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You can have your theology on blackboard and have your heart
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empty of the Holy Spirit. Doesn't take much to memorize
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some truths and be able to share it with others.
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Passionately. You got to know the person of
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Jesus Christ. Who is he to you?
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What has he done for you? And this woman here is about to
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answer. She's about to answer in a
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specific way, but hear me in this.
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As we begin this conference, many people perhaps even in this
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room have reduced their Christian experience to do's and
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don'ts That's what it is. But I would ask this if we're
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going around telling people that Christianity is not a religion,
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it's a personal relationship with Jesus Christ.
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Let's humbly, ask this question to ourselves.
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How much of the person do I know?
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Do I claim with others that I have a relationship with He's a
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person. He's a person.
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And it's amazing how this woman answers.
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Look what she says in verse 10. My beloved is radiant and Ruddy
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distinguished among 10,000. His head is the finest gold.
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His locks are wavy black as a raven.
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His eyes are like doves besides streams of water.
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Bathed in milk, sitting beside a fool, pull pool.
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His cheeks are like the beds of spices mounds of sweet-smelling
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herbs. His lips are lilies dripping
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liquid myrrh. His arms are rods of gold set
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with jewels. His body is polished.
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Ivory bedecked with sapphires. His legs are Alabaster columns,
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sometime basis of gold. His appearance is like Lebanon
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Choice as The Cedars. What an answer?
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What an answer, she could have just said, you know, we're
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planning to get married, he's my fiance.
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Have you seen him around? No, nothing of the sort, the
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moment. These people ask who is this guy
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that makes you do this and feel this way she explodes, she
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explodes. You just you just Twisted the
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top now and I'm going to let it all out.
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Let me tell you how wonderful he is.
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And you know what? She does read carefully.
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She Grab some from head to toe. She goes from his hair to his
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eyes, to his cheeks, to his lips, to his arms, to his body,
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to his legs, from head to toe. Let me tell you, just why he
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magnetizes me and now, wonderful, he is, and what's so
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amazing about this is that you can clearly tell that this woman
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studied her beloved She didn't give some quick insignificant
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answer. No.
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She began to tell you spontaneously without
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preparation, who this man is And I'm afraid that modern
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Christianity especially in the west because of our Biblical
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illiteracy. We know how to give general
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answers, I knew how to do it. I'm telling you, I've come to
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conferences like this, maybe a younger age and we would break
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out into groups and they would. And, I would answer those things
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like I would even get scripture references.
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But there is no reality. There is no praise.
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There's no worship. There was no devotion.
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And I wonder how much of Jesus do we really know?
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How much of Jesus do? We really know with all the
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facets that we are? Given in the scriptures with all
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the angles that we are provided see what this woman is saying is
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whether you're from far up close, you'll realize something
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he is beautiful from head to toe, he is incomparable.
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In fact, she says, he is distinguished among 10,000.
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There is no one like this man. How much of Christ do we know in
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terms of him being savior? And saving work.
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Oh, he died on the cross. Great.
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What did that mean? Why did he die on the cross?
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What did it mean for him to die on the cross?
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What did it do for Humanity for him to die on the cross?
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What did his blood do in your life?
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He saved me from hell. That's wonderful.
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He doesn't just save you from how he saves you from sin.
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What did he save you from? What sins?
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Did he save you from? Can we stand before an
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unbelieving world and say, look, I want to tell you what, Jesus
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Christ saved me from this is who I was before.
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This is who I am now. I'm not perfect, but I'm walking
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in Victory. You see what I'm trying to say?
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Hope I'm trying to communicate this.
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Clearly, how much do we know of them as high priest?
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His Priestly work. Now we think Jesus ministry is
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over. No, he's actually high priest in
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heaven as we speak. When was he ordained as a high
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priest? Why high priest?
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What does it mean for Jesus to be king?
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What will it look like when he does come to this world and Rule
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and Reign for a thousand years? What does it mean for Jesus to
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be king of my life? Now what does he do for you as
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king? Who is he, as healer?
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What does he heal from? Is he able to heal it?
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Does he heal all things? What does it mean for him to
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keep his promises? What kind of promises has he
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given you? What a kind of promises?
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Do you see what I'm trying to say?
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She begins to just Ramble On on and on and on and then it's
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almost as though she runs out of language and just comes to this
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point in verse 16 his mouth is most sweet and he is altogether.
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Desirable This is my beloved look what she saying.
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This is my beloved. I didn't learn this in seminary.
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I didn't just get this for my favorite teachers on YouTube
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though. They help.
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This is my beloved and this is my friend mine.
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O Daughters of Jerusalem. and like with Christ take any angle,
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Look at any aspect of who he is and you will come to this
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conclusion. He is altogether.
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Lovely. He is altogether desirable.
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Look at him in his Holiness. Look at him in his love.
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Look at him in his mercy and his grace.
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Look at him and his judgments, you know, a lot of people today
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are uncomfortable with the doctrine of hell with the
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doctrine of God's Wrath. Do you realize in the Book of
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Revelation? How much of the themes of
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worship songs are his judgments? You know, in heaven, people are
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actually going to be singing and praising God with hallelujahs
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for him judging the wicked. Because no matter what point you
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take just like a diamond no matter what face you turn it
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towards it will radiate his Beauty And His Majesty he is
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infinitely glorious. He is altogether desirable.
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I mean, you can use any example, you can go to any portion of the
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scripture and you will find something of just how wonderful
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he is. Let me give you an example, with
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the genealogies of Jesus Christ, the things that we skip over The
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genealogies of Jesus Christ. You can see his majesty right
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there, how? Matthew, and what's the other
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book? Luke correct Matthew, why did
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Matthew give us the genealogy of Jesus Christ?
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Was audience was a Jewish audience and he wanted to show
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the people he want to show the nation of Israel that Jesus
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Christ son, of Joseph, son of Mary, Jesus Christ is what he
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is, the legal heir to David's throne.
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And so he reels back the lineage, through David to
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Abraham to show that he is a Jew and he is in fact a descendant
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of David Therefore, as a descendant of David, he must and
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he will occupy the throne and he will deliver the people of
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Israel, he will deliver the Jews.
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Not politically one day, he's going to do it in a real sense
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where he's going to come into this world and he's going to
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occupy a throne in Jerusalem. But more importantly, for the
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soul, he will liberate your soul.
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He will set you free once and for all the nation of Israel
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must realize through that genealogy, Jesus Christ is in
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fact, a descendant of David, the son of David.
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Also, the root of David. He is King of the The Jews.
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Luke now, Luke comes in with a genealogy and Luke is not
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concerned necessarily about a Jewish audience.
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You read look carefully and Luke chapter 3.
Luke 3 chapter mention
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And you realize that he does go through Mary's line, some debate
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that. But I believe that is to be
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true. He goes through Mary's line,
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because Mary also is a descendent of David, but through
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a different son of David, you got to read that carefully to
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see it, but Luke is not concerned about how Jesus was a
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Jew. Luke reels, the lineage all the
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way back to. Who Who.
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Adam. He goes all the way to the
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Garden to the first man who have ever existed and saying son of
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Adam, Son of God. Why did Luke do that?
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Again, Luke is not concerned about a Jewish audience.
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Luke wants to show that the humanness of Jesus.
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Yes, but he goes back to Adam to declare what Jesus didn't come.
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Just to save the Jews. He came to save the whole human
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race. Jesus came to redeem man from
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The Curse of Adam and he is the last Adam and he will reverse
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everything that has happened in the garden and he was establish
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a new Garden for all eternity. He is the greater and the final
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Adam What about the other genealogies?
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There isn't any why? That's by Divine Design?
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You come to the Book of Mark and you realize.
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Where is his genealogy? There's any deserve another one.
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Maybe so. But what's marks concern?
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Marks, concern isn't necessary, they show the humanness of
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Jesus, or that Jesus was the king of the Jews.
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March concern is to show the world that Jesus fulfilled, the
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Prophecies of the suffering servant in Isaiah. and this is
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how you know it you read Mark and if you've read mark There's
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a is a word that occurs over and over again.
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Does anybody know the word immediately?
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Go to your room tonight and just scan Through The Book of Mark
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and you'll see this word over and over again, immediately,
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immediately immediately immediately immediately, Mark
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isn't concerned about showing the depths of divine truth.
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Like, in different gospels, he's not even concerned of giving
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Parables as much as Matthew and Luke, he wants to show how Jesus
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was eager and willing to serve the father.
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So, immediately he heals and immediately, he goes to this
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place and immediately returns and immediately he walks on
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immediately immediately, like a good servant?
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No. Hesitation Obedience.
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But here's the thing in that humble is State.
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We have to understand that. Even, in ancient times servants,
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were not worthy to have their genealogies recorded.
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There was nothing significant about who they were.
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There was no great inheritance to pass down.
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So Jesus, as a humble servant is irrelevant.
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Concerning a genealogy. He's just a good servant.
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John. What is John's concern
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concerning Jesus is the show that he was a king.
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Is that the show that he was a son of man in terms of being a
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human was, at the show that he was a suffering servant.
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Where is John's genealogy of Jesus?
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Well, John's concern is to demonstrate one thing.
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He's the son of God. He is God in the flesh.
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He's the Eternal one who came into this, temporal world, and
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he radiated, the divine nature. We know that in the Book of
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John, you see, those wonderful I am statements.
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So you want to know where the genealogy of Jesus says in John,
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there isn't any. Why?
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Because he's God. In the beginning was the word
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and the Word was with God and the Word was God, no need for
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genealogy. He always was.
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He always will be Jesus. Christ is forever.
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God Genealogy does not your heart burn within you just to
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realize the Masterpiece of the genealogies of Jesus Christ.
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And we haven't even got to his work in his words yet.
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He is altogether desirable He's altogether.
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Wonderful. And that's the point of this
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conference. This is the greatest enemy to a
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preacher by the way. A giant clock.
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How wonderful nice to meet you again friend, every year?
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I see that thing I'm like, oh, great.
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This is the whole point of the conference for one single
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purpose. One single purpose, prayerfully
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to be understood that you and I would fall in love with the
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person of Jesus Christ. Because that is the whole Crux
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of the matter. And when you real, if I can use
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this language when you see him head to toe, I mean this weekend
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will not do justice because here's what it is when you come
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to the realization of who he is, it's like entering into a door.
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When you come to a certain portion of scripture or you hear
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a certain truth, you enter into a door.
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And here, this room filled with jewels and gems and diamonds and
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you examine them and I can tell you this from just 10 years of
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walking with the Lord and you think you figured it all out,
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you memorize them. You place them in nice little
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cases. You memorize certain thing and
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you're like wow this is amazing. What a wonderful Discovery and
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an offer sudden you look up and you see a wall another door and
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you open that door, you enter. And it's a bigger room and you
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thought, I thought I was over. I thought I realized all that I
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need to realize and then you see all these brand new jewels and
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gems and diamonds and coins and chest, and you open them up and
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you think after a few years I think I got it.
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I think I understand then you look up and you see another door
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and you open that door and there it is.
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Another big room filled with all these wonderful things.
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That's what it's like to know him.
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Anything well, where does it end?
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Well, I'll tell you where it ends one day, you'll come to a
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room, you'll open that door. And that door is going to lead
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you into a place called heaven. And when you get to heaven it's
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not going to have a door. It's not going to have walls.
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It's going to be an endless space where you will discover
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that the vine glories of God. For all eternity thousand years
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will pass by and you would only scratch the surface of just how
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wonderful he is. But we need help.
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We need help. Because we're clogged with so
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much dirt and filth and distractions.
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I'm telling you, this generation will have it on its Tombstone
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death by Distraction. We need help and Paul himself
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knows that the church needs help.
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That's why he says in Ephesians 1 16, 17.
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I do not cease. To give, thanks to you.
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Remembering you my prayers at the god of our Lord.
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Jesus Christ. The father of Glory, may give
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you the spirit of wisdom. And Revelation in the knowledge
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of him. Church of Ephesus.
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I am fully aware that you and I need the power of the Holy
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Spirit, his wisdom, his Revelation to come to the
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knowledge of who he is. You see tonight, the holy spirit
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is eager to glorify the Son of God because that's what he was
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sent to do. But the Holy Spirit meets a
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heart that is hungry. See Paul was hungry, not just
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for him but for the church to understand him so he prays and
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the Holy Spirit when he sees a heart that says I want to know
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him more, he'll meet it and he'll do it in different ways.
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I'm telling you, do it in your personal reading.
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He'll do it through a sermon. He'll do it through
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conversations. He finds marvelous ways to
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reveal the Majesty of the person.
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You and I claim to be savior. What's the result?
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I'm closing now? What's the result of this many
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things? You'll know deeper worship a
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deeper devotion? And something happens in the
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world things begin to get, strangely, grim and gray and
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they lose their flavor. you know, once in a while I hear
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about Trends and stuff and I just kind of want to peek into
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what's You know, happening in the world.
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So I dip my toe in it and I look into him like this is what
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people are crazy about this stuff.
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This is what people are obsessed with and millions of views are
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going towards. I'm like no, thank you.
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And I close that door and I go back to that room.
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That Jesus open. So yes, you will know a deeper
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love from a deeper revelation of Us near sense of his presence.
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But look, at chapter 6, verse 1, of Song of Solomon, look at what
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the people who initially asked this woman, what's the big deal
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of your beloved? Look, what happens to them?
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Where has your beloved gone? O?
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Most beautiful among women. Where has your beloved turn?
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That we may seek him with you? You see what happens here.
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So you have these inquires, you have those that are asking and
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then the moment, the woman describes the man, they are now
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persuaded to search for him as well.
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They are now not just curious about This Woman's relationship
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with this men. They are now curious to discover
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the man for themselves. You know what this generation
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needs more than anything, real Christians, like real
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Christians, real Christians. Possessed with a love and
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Obsession for this person. Jesus Christ to the point where
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it's contagious to the point where I actually makes people
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wonder why is it that you don't do all these things and you're
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so consumed with this person and you seem like a person who's
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mentally stable, you seem like a person who's educated, you don't
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seem like you're off the grid. You seem like a sensible person.
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So why is it that you are so different?
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And perhaps it's possible that you and I can come to a place
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where we are so, so captured and enthralled by him, that
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evangelism is just a natural outcome of our personal worship.
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And people wonder what is happening here.
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And then they begin to wonder, and they begin to make their own
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Quest. You want to see happening in the
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New Testament, I assure you, this is over after this.
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verse one, you're familiar with this.
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Matthew 21. Now, after Jesus was born in
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Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod, the king behold, wise
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men from the East came to Jerusalem saying, look at this.
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Where is he? Where is he who has been born
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King of the Jews for? We saw his star when it Rose and
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have come to worship Him. Contrary to the manger scene
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that you see up in Christmas, there was, I believe more than
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three. There was enough wise, men to
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come into Jerusalem and cause a Ruckus.
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It says, all of Jerusalem was disturbed by these men coming in
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and Desiring to know where the Messiah is.
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So they come and they say where is he?
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We want to know where this king of the Jews were ready to
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worship Him. Here's my question, how do these
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wise men from the East have any understanding of a Jewish King?
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Who would be born at this time? I understand if Israelis at this
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time would say, hey, where is he?
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We've studied the books. We realize that he can be coming
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any moment now, and we want to know where he's at.
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We want to worship and you have men from the East traveling
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miles upon miles to come to Jerusalem to inquire.
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What's the relationship? How do these wise men?
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These Magi have any comprehension that there would
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be a messiah born as a child. Here's what I believe.
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If you scan scripture, your realize that there is a heavy
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load of evidence of these people called the Magi, the wise men
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and a specific book in the Old Testament, which one is it?
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The Book of Daniel? The Book of Daniel.
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And what's amazing about Daniel who is taken from Israel with
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his friends because of God's judgment upon the nation brought
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to which place Babylon. There brought their right before
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Babylon and Daniel has such an influence.
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He is so filled with the spirit. He is now promoted early on in
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the Book of Daniel, to be chief of who the Magi chief of the
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Wiseman. And I believe Daniel had gained
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such respect such Authority that those who were under His
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tutelage those who are under his supervision heard about this
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Messiah through his own Lips Read Daniel, how much does he
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get about the revelation of the Messiah to come the son of man
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the one who's about to come in a certain amount of years and I am
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sure that with Daniel pass along to the Magi as a person of great
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impact on their culture, these Magi passed down from one
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generation to the next one. Generation to the next one.
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Generation to the next to the point of this.
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This generation with a magi realize, he should be here any
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moment now and they come because of one person who worked in a
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governmental position. They had the audacity in the
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boldness to speak about the Wonders, the coming Kingdom of
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the true king that would destroy all other kingdoms and
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governments. Imagine that one man's testimony
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had generational effects. I'm sure Daniel though, he was
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prophetic didn't understand the implications of what he would
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share in his office and what he would share in those courtrooms
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and all for a sin. You have these men of the East
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as says that great teacher, Daniel hundreds of years ago,
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told us about this Messiah. Now, we want to come and see
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him. Where is he?
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We want to worship. And so you and I have an
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opportunity to deepen our understanding of Christ to
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worship and truly to love him, to see him through the lens of
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the scripture in such a way. When we go back into that world,
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we will have a new Fresh seal and sharpness to our testimony
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of Christ. The other people would say I've
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been pretty miserable my whole life.
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Where is he? I want to know him more.
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I'm excited for this weekend. I hope you are too.
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This is a deep. Well that never runs dry.
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Never been disappointed. Sometimes this word punches me
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in the gut with conviction and other times, it showers me with
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comfort that the Living God is watching.
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Over me, he's for me, is with me.
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He would lead me to the end. I would like to say so much
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more, but we'll leave it for this weekend.
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Let's pray together, shall we? And just set your heart to ask
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what Paul asked of the spirit of wisdom and revelation.
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Lord, help me. See Christ.
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My eyes have been dull for a while.
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My heart has been hard. Lord your word.
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If I'm honest has been collecting dust instead of
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collecting my affections. Heavenly Father.
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Lord we are humbled in this place.
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Lord, we want to partner with you, to know the depths of who
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Jesus is. Low.
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We don't want to just no General things or take us up close.
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Help us see him in his Humanity. Help us, see us.
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See him in his divinity. Help us.
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See us in him. Help us see us without him.
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Lord in this place. You know, the hearts that know
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you, you know, the hearts that have yet to come to know you but
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we pray that together in this place, we would all have an
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encounter with Christ and that we would all get in our cars and
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leave this place by the end of the week and knowing that we
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have met with the Living God. Do we pray against the works?
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Of Satan, we pray against the things that would distract
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people from seeing Christ and that could be as simple as
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sickness Lord. We pray that every person in
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this place would be Heavenly minded with all the joys of
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fellowship and games and all these wonderful things.
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We pray that one thing would be true that you would be the
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Supreme desire of our hearts. And Lord if that's not the case.
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When our hearts this weekend, transform us.
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Because Lord, we know that, when we see you rightly, we see other
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things, everything the way we're supposed to see them.
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And so Lord, in this place we commit this week and every
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session all the times in between that you would be in the midst.
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We pray for profound Fellowship, we pray for life-changing
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sessions, we pray, Lord, that if this book is true that we would,
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we would love you the way you deserve to be loved and we know
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that you're able to bring us there.
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We commit these things into the hands of the living Christ in
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Jesus name we pray. Amen, and amen.
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God bless you, the stand and Worship the Lord together.