How Do You Know You're A Christian | Pr Matthew Chang

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will light up your day. So we made to second Peter chapter one.

Okay, so just a very quick summary. So we've covered from verse one

all the way to verse eleven, and we talked about this journey about Christians.

Okay, that that Peter was writing a letter to the overall church,

and it is very likely he knew that it was probably his very last few

letters that he was going to be writing to address to the church at large,

and he was contending mainly with false teachings. Okay, just to quick

recap about the false teachings. The first false teaching was that they didn't believed

that Jesus is the son of God. Okay. Second thing was that they

didn't believe they believed that once we had been safe, we have the ticket

to do whatever they we want. Okay, you can enduct with whatever they

you want. And then thirdly, they don't believe that there is a final

reckoning or Jesus is returning. They keep waiting and waiting and waiting Jesus to

return, but they didn't see anything and say that Jesus probably have returned or

Jesus is probably not returning. Okay. So with that, and then Peter

Calls goes on to share about our Christian life is a calling and the journey

and there is an end goal that we can look forward to, a goal.

The sort of the knowledge and the image that we are called to become

was to partake of the divine nature of God. Remember I talked about the

divine nature of God, and that divine nature of God is what we call

is that is, of all things. What God wants us to be was

to display love. Okay, at love, But I'm not going to go

into that, Okay, So talk about love. So those people who don't

just talk say or say they are Christian, but it's but either it's those

people who display the roots, okay, the fruits of of the Holy Spirit,

the fruits of a true out of a Christian. Those people are the

ones who truly know God. Okay. So I'm gonna I'm gonna carry from

here from verse twelve today to verse twenty one. Okay, and today the

theme probably will have it's about tens. You know, tens. How many

of you like tents, t nts, How many of you like staying in

tenth before you like, stay in the tenth. Some people are doing MC

all time. We pick up our ten into our house. In there,

you're laughing, how you got to date it right? Because of your children?

Right? Because nothing to do right. So we pitch up at ten

in later in our house. It's like, hey, we're camping in indoor

indoor, you know, indoor indoor. You know, it's always like you

know, but we're talking about tents. Okay, tents in a few ways.

Okay, So we're gonna start here from verse twelve. Okay, I'm

gonna read here to verse fifteen. And the head line for these few verses

is called Peter's approaching death. Okay. Now, verse twelve says, for

this reason, I will not be negligent to remind you always of these things,

okay, and these things talking about what the things that Christians should display

and demonstrate, Okay, though you know and are established in the present truth.

Okay, yes, I think it is right as long as I am

in this tenth, Okay, to stir you up by reminding you, knowing

that shortly I must put off my tenth, just as our Lord Jesus Christ

showed me. Moreover, I will be careful to ensure that you always have

a reminder of these things after my these seas. Okay. So Peter knew

that his time was coming, and when he talked about, you know,

these few moments that he has there, he's what they call it, filled

with the sense of responsibility, filled with a sense of bority to pass on

and to make sure that the believers, the young and the old, are

able to take hold of the things they are true, the things that matter,

okay, and are able to run the race and to pass it on.

Because as Christians, sometimes we feel like our lives in many many things.

We can hear different things, but there are things. There are things,

and there are things that matter, and the things that matter becomes more

real, becomes more obvious when you know your time is nearer. You know,

we experience it sometimes with our loved ones. You know, when they

know their time they short. You start to focus on the things that matter.

And he's focused on passing on, to make sure that the believers hold

on to the things they are are true, they are substantial, and the

things that would establish them. Okay. And he says that to remind them

too, to stir them up by reminding you means that these things cannot just

be taught once. It needs to be reminded. How many of you are

in your life are you intentional? Intentional in reminding yourselves? How many of

you leave your life intentionally to remind yourself? Yeah, you remind yourself of

things that you do in your life. You set reminders okay before you know,

when you were less responsible. It's like, ah, I probably will

remember right now. You know, I would just go to work how I

feel nowadays? I don't even trust how I wake up in isn't it I

don't trust. Sometimes some of you don't even trust yourself. You just don't

set one alarm, you said a few multiple alarms? Okay, not only

that, I realize it doesn't work for me. Sometimes, you know,

I don't even said the alarm. I said the alarm, and I put

it in the bathroom. One I make sure I wake up. You know,

it's one thing to hear it is another thing to stand up and actually

walk to with en doesn't mean sometimes you see this isn't necessary. Actually,

when you grow older, you realize that you have you need a healthy dose

of self doubt. Who like the see who said yes? Amen, but

it's true or not. To grow in your life, you need a healthy

dose of self doubt. And it's not a bad thing. I don't you

ask me to. I trust myself A lot of times I don't. That

is why I set things in my life to make sure that I get to

my goal. You get me in right. A lot of times there are

things that you want to but you have filled so with many weaknesses. But

the wisdom comes around that you start to surround yourself that you keep to that

goal. You get me and this is life. You know, um and

self in a healthy does the self. That doesn't mean that while you know,

hey you're not feel with enthusiasm and positivism. You know that's not a

good life. Oh no, no, no. You need to always be

able to challenge you know sometimes on the moment that you feel yourself like you

are right, you know your offender, or you have a genius idea,

you have a good business idea or way with a new business idea. You

know, you cult to be able to challenge yourself the moment you say,

hey, I think I heard from God. Who Wow, that's the that's

a dangerous one. That's the there's the very Now you hear the homo God

if God that's them. God cannot speak to you. I mean, of

course God can speak to your God can inspire, God can reveal things to

you. But when you are full of when you grow up a bit older

in life and you endure and you see it and God teaches us humility,

you realize that more than just the first thing that you see or discern about

a person that knows the will of that hears from God is that he fears

God. That's the first. If you say that you hear from God,

I need to be able to know that you fear God first. Yeahm right.

Without that you can be hard. So always you ask that you know

what need the person say? Always he hears from God? God told me

these God comming. Okay, that's the first thing I would say that.

But I would like to look into the person's life. Does he fear God?

Does he acknowledge God? Without that, If he doesn't fear God anowledged

God, that's a bit dangerous enough. But because the voices that he hear

may sound to him divine, but it's not really from God. Yeah,

man, we don't create divinity of nothing one. It's very dangerous. Okay,

But he says here he continues to stir people too, and atirs himself

up to remind them, because there's his responsibility as a parent, as a

teacher, we constantly remind knowing that shortly I must put off my tenth.

So what does the ten represent? The ten represent his own physical body,

his time. Okay, so ten. We all know. The thing about

ten is that ten is never permanent. Okay. One of the first few

instances we learn about the ten is from the story of Abraham as well.

So Abraham, I know I talked about this series about Abraham. You guys

have heard I talk about this quite a few times. You know, Abraham

was called to the land of Canaan not to buy a house, you know,

but to pitch up a tent, you know, so that everyone around

him know that he's an alien. God called you to a promised lander,

but give you a tent. You know. It's like, Hey, I'm

gonna I'm gonna give you a promise, then come to this condole, but

you're not going to own it. You're not only gonna rent from it.

Kind of hard to feel you kind of own it. Kind of hard to

feel that God has a future and a plan for you. But there's always

been God's plan. You know, it's a tenth and he knows that this

time in on Earth is going to be very short. And you know,

how does does Peter know that he's going to die soon? And how he's

going to die? He actually kind of have an idea because the Lord Jesus

himself has already shipped or gave some revelation to Peter how he was going to

die. Did you know that? How many of you who like to know

that? Knowing how you're going to die kind of scarier? You remember,

there's one series how we called I Think Last Time when we're younger. That's

the show Final Destination. Oh that's please don't watch it. Okay, I'm

telling you not to watch it. I'm not telling you to watch Okay,

please don't. Okay, it's if you if you remove our memory of Final

Destination may sound be biggod with oh you know we must focus you watch would

be so so messed up. But I tell you that she always like having

a precognition about how you're going to end up. But Peter Um when he

was restored by Jesus, had a clue. No, Jesus told him that

he would be let no way. He was younger, he go to every

where he wanted, you know, do what he wanted. But whereas he

grow older. It's funny, isn't it. When you grow older, you'll

be taken to places you don't want to go and your hands will be stretched

down in so God, you know, Jesus was signifying to him the way

that he was going to die, and so and thank for thirty plus years,

sir. After that, Peter knew. He lived his life knowing that

that day was going to come. And true enough, eventually he was crucified,

supposedly upside down by the Emperor Nero, for for causing so much problem

through the Christians and to the Roman government. Okay, so there's a first

part of the ten. I'm going to move on to the second part here.

Okay, Now, the second part it headlines the title here the Trustworthy

Prophetic Worlds. So today we're going to learn to be about prophecy and the

role of prophecy for the encouragement of our lives. Okay, we don't hear

much about this, we don't teach them about this, but today we're going

to. Okay, So now in verse sixteens he says, for we did

not follow cunningly devised fables when we made known to you the power and coming

of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty, underlining the

word eyewitnesses. Okay, underline the word eyewitnesses. Okay, Now, why

did Peter talk about this? Cause I told you earlier that the context of

this letter was that Peter was dealing with false teaching. And what was one

of the false teaching? They will say that Jesus is not the son of

God, and that the apostles made the story of Jesus up. There was

the teaching, and you don't have to look in too many places. Even

other religions claim they know Jesus. They say that Jesus was a good teacher,

good healer, maybe some miracle worker, but he's definitely not the son

of God. Many religions try to claim Jesus. Okay, So it's not

that not that far fetched that this this false teaching was actually being propagated as

well. Okay, now, but it says here, um, but we

were eyewitnesses of his majesty. Oh yeah, here comes a teacher, master

teacher. Okay, yeah, okay, coming back, um, but we

were there were eyewitnesses of his majesty. So there are two main points that

Peter uses to counter this claim. So the people claims that the whole story

of Jesus dying, of Jesus resurrecting, Jesus being the son of God,

it's all fabricated. It was ah blong conspiracy theory that this apostles somehow made

it them. So there were two major points that Peter brought up. And

so the first one was the concept of eye witness. Okay, so he

brought up and he said that, but they were eyewitnesses to Jesus. Okay,

So how do you know something is true? You need eyewitness. You

cannot you cannot just say like, hey, you believe it. But this

eyewitness is very powerful because if you say that, hey, you heard about

the eyewitness of someone that was five hundred years ago, there to be hard

because you can't verify it. You get me in right. But at that

time the period was so close, thirty plus years from the death of Jesus.

When you hear someone giving an eyewitness, you could literally verify it.

You not only literally verify it. There were apostles who actually actually verify it.

So one of the things that actually they complained was that the Christians among

them, some of them said, I know Jesus, I know the Bible

more. I learned from a Paul, I learned from James, I learned

from Peter Matthew. People were saying that, hey, they have said this

sense of superiority. But Peter, you're teaching her a bit in a old

school. You know, you still have to do works, you know,

the display. But Paul preachers, grace, Paul preachers freedom. I think

you both of you are not compatible. What did Peters say? No,

it is perfectly compatible. In fact, I actually agree with what Paul says.

What Paul says is actually scriptural. You know, it's actually divine.

More. They actually connect the actually what they call it, a harmonized together.

Okay, And so then Peter brings up this idea about eyewitnesses. If

you truly are an apostle, you would have known Jesus personally, and you

are an eyewitness to it. Paul is a passle because he had a first

experience with the Lord Jesus himself. Ye mean right, No, not with

the disciples by his own journey. Okay. Now it says here that Peter

was an eyewitness of not just Jesus but his majesty. Okay, it's not

that I just know this person. I witness his glory who he really was.

Okay. And he stays here in verse seventeen, for he talking about

Jesus. Jesus received from God, the Father, honor, and glory,

when such a voice came to him from the excellent Glory. This is my

beloved son in whom I am well pleased. And we heard this voice which

came from heaven when we were with him on the Holy Mountain. Okay,

So Jesus says that Peter says that Jesus is the son of God because me,

James, and John were eyewitnesses to this, and they ask you,

alife, that's the first defense. There's another one come out. Okay.

We were eyewitnesses. We saw it. We saw the heavens open up at

announcing Jesus as the Son of God. Now let's turned with me into Matthew

chapter seventeen. Sorry your teaching, Okay, Matthew chapter seventeen, and looked

at this particular passage here. Okay, So the title is what Peter was

alluding to talking about Jesus transfigured on the mountain. Many of you have read

the scripture before. Jesus being transfigured, okay, is a very popular story,

but most of the times we remember it as Ah Jesus nor face shone

and Peter fumbled around trying to build three tents around. You know, what

was the meaning of it all? What was the significance? Like I said,

every time Peter writes, he always write in reflection of what he experienced

before. He remembered. Clearly he remembered his denier, and he remembered the

transfiguration as well. Now before I talked about the transfiguration, you must know

the context allways. Context. The context is Matthew sixteen. What happened in

Matthew sixteen Jesus Peter had just come where they're going to confess that Jesus is

the Christ. He just pronounced Jesus, not Peter asking who do you say?

I am? You are the son of You are Christ, the son

of the Living God? Whoa blessed are you? Bar Son or John?

No? For men did not review the for men or flesh did not reveal

this to you, But it was our heavenly father above who reviewed this to

you. Wow, Peter score hundred marks. They're very good. But immediately

after that, what did Jesus do? He predicts his death and resurrection?

Hm, why did Jesus do that? He go and test Peter. Peter

got they answer correct. Then immediately after that, Jesus gonna tell you,

by the way, I want to let you know that I'm gonna be suffering.

I'm gonna be handed over to the officials, and I'm gonna be tortured.

I'm going to be crucified. What you see. Peter was completely taken

shocked. You know, he thought he scored well, but yet now he's

he's another big dose of news that he didn't expect. You know. He

was like, what Jesus, why why? Why did you say that?

He was so shocked? What did he do? A? Peter took Jesus

aside and start to rebuild him in a he'sn't what what did Peter say?

Far be from you? Lord? Did shall not happened to you? How

shook he was? Not? I just claimed and I would and I testified

that your under son or God. But now you're telling me you're gonna die.

Because why did Peter say that? Because he misundertood, misunderstood Jesus and

his mission. He keeps equating someone being crucified as unworthy for Messiah. Yeah,

I mean right, if you're a Messia, you cannot be crucified.

Crucifixion is equated to sinners. The shame. You get me in, right,

he's not befitting for a king. You know, you're a Messiah.

Now you're talking about the worst death, you know, the shame of all

the the people or the Jewish community. But Pete, when what did Jesus

do. Jesus say, get behind me, Satan, or get behind me

Satan. You are an offense to me. You are not mindful of the

things of God, but the things of men. Then Jesus talks about what

you must remember. Okay, the son of men must go to the cross,

and if you want to follow the son of men, you must take

up your cross as well. Which is mind blowing, because what did Peter

think. He never never cross his mind to never take up a cross,

to ever take up across as well. He never cross his mind. You

get me right? Now, this is the context. Now, what did

Jesus do after six days, it says verse one, Jesus to Peter,

James and John and his brother and led them to a high mountain. This

is the this is this is the way it starts off. You now,

all the drama happening there. Now, Jesus takes them up on this mountain.

What was he doing? And he says here in verse two, and

Jesus was transfigured before they right before they Hey, this is the guy who

told me he's gonna get crucified, gonna get when they got it um torture

and everything. And he's literally transforming in a transmins transfigured, and his face

shone like the sun, and his clothes became as white as the light.

And then the party came. Yeah, the people came, and the whole

who came. Moses and Elijah appeared to them talking with him. Whoa vivi

ip law okay, vi ip came okay. And then Peter answered and said

to Jesus, this is you know when when things like this a glorious happened,

now you'd be you'd be pretty quiet and now just do your stuff then.

But Peter was like it was like high idia. Any what did he

do? He said, he said to Jesus Lord, it is good for

us to be here. It's so good to be here. Yeah, it's

a good place if you wish, let us make here three type of nuckles

for you, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah's.

Let's keep it rolling man in the next few weeks. No near context

here, Okay. The word tabernecker means what tense. It's not a table,

okay, Tabernecker means tent. Peter was suggesting to build three tents for

them. What they told you to tell you about tents. Tents are not

permanent, and them are permanent. Be just before that you talk Peter,

talk about tenses in it he's going to die. His body is not permanent,

okay. But and Abraham's place in the taberne in the in the tent

was not permanent as well. But he is building three tents. When he

says there, good for us to be here, means that they were Peter

was expecting them to be there for a while. A while no means hours.

A while means a few days. Now, what does this come into

context with the context is you know that the Jewish people celebrate seven festivals okay.

One of it is called the Festival of the Tabernacle, Festival of Tabernacles.

Do you know that there's a seven festival? How many of you know

about the seven festivals of Israel? I think a lot of a lot of

blue eyes. Okay, quick recap, quick recap. Okay. The Jewish

community they celebrate seven festivals. Okay. Some of the seven festivals include the

Passover, the Festival of Unleavened Bread, Festival of the First Fruits. I

wish I could have a slight line, okay, but apologize, Then the

Festival of Pentecourts. In order. These first four are the festivals during the

springtime. Then in the autumn time. During the fall, there are three

festivals, the Festival of Trumpets, the festival of the Day of Atonement we

called the Day of Atonement, and the last one the Festival of the Tabernacles.

Seven major festivals, okay, separated by two major seasons. During the

Festival of Tabernacles, what did they do? They're set up tent in their

house or anyway, like literally like what you can go and google. It's

like a white sheet there and sometimes it's just a small play where they will

stay there or on the roof. Then the middle tamber. They stayed there

for seven days. Why did they do that? To remember the Lord delivering

Israel. And though they were in the wilderness, there was you know,

they lived in tents, and God was God was with them in the tent

as well. God dwelt among them. The tabaco was the Taberneco. The

tent of God was in the middle and the and the entire Jewish community was

around them as well. And God, Glory God, God was with them.

Immanue God with us you I mean right, It's an amazing thing.

So they did it to every year. They celebrated every year, and so

I imagine that it was probably around that time, was seven days to ten,

and Peter was there with Jesus, Moses, and Elijah said, this

is a good place, man, of all places, I think I got

the best spot, best seen, best people about to party with. You

know, yeah, this is the one. Let's set up at ten.

He was saying that, okay, and then Jesus comes, No, Jesus

come, okay, And then suddenly he met with her. Interesting response and

the response was from neither of them. The response was from heaven above.

Okay. Before I go on, everybody clear on the seven festivals of the

Jewish. Okay, give you a preview. If one day ever got time,

I will teach you guys about the seven festivals, the first four step

festivals you know in the not in the context of the nation of Israel,

but for believers already happened. The Passover means Jesus time. The unleven bread

represents the burial of Jesus. The first fruits we had chapans. Three days

after the undeven bread represents the resurrection of Jesus. Then fifty days after that

they celebrate penty costs. Panty cost means fifty days, panta cost pence means

five fifth the days. Okay, in Moses time and Pentecosts happened? What

happened? What? What transpired? The people worship the golden calf, and

three thousand people die, and they have to look at the sermon to get

salvatient in the day are Pentecosts in the Book of Acts, will happened?

Three thousand people came to know the Lord. Next time we'll learn about it.

Fascinating, isn't it? So? The Spring Festivals commemorates the first coming

of Jesus, it's already been fulfilled. Really, Now it's the second phase,

the end game. No, the endgame is coming. We have the

festival of Trumpets, the day of Atonement, and finally that they are the

feast of taper neckers. Tabeangams are called. Will come and dwelt among us

again. A man, it's a fascinating thing. Study the word. Man,

it's really really really cool. Okay, all right, okay, let

me don't get too geeki. All right, um everybody, Okay, so

far they are lost two guys. I know I could have done better with

a slide apologize. Okay. Now, Peter was suggesting, let's make three

tabernacles, one for Jesus, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.

Then in verse five he says that while he was still speaking, behold a

bright cloud overshadowed them. And suddenly a voice came out of the clouds,

saying, this is my beloved son in whom I am. Well, please

hear him. And when the disciples heard it, they fell on their faces

and were greatly afraid. But Jesus came and touched them and said, arise

and do not be afraid. And when they lifted up their eyes. They

saw no one but Jesus only Ah. So why did the voice came in

say like that? Was it unscripted? Oh? By the way, I

just want to tell you this is my son. No. I mean,

personally, I don't believe it was a coincidence. I think that it was

a response from the Hembernee father because first of all, Peter didn't know what

he was saying. He was spared when he tried to suggests to build three

tens. He didn't realize he did not really know who Jesus was. He

thought that Jesus was just like Moses, another Moses or another Elijah. Moses

represents the law, okay, the law was given to Moses by God.

Elijah represents the prophets prophecies. You have the law, and you have the

prophets given to the nation of Israel that may guide them in their life towards

God. Okay. But Jesus is greater than the Law, greater than the

prophets. He is not equal. He does not stay inside the tabernacle.

He comes and dwelt among us. That is why Jesus there is why Peter

did not know who Jesus was. He might have claimed that you are the

son, your Adam, Messiah, you are the son of God. But

he didn't know. He really didn't know. He said the right thing,

but he didn't know the right thing. It's a nation. A lot of

times you say the writing, but you don't really know. But it was

he had to be whole. Christ Transpeaker revealed by the son of God.

There is why Jesus brought not one, he brought three person as witnesses.

There's why Peter said, the first thing I bring to you is witness,

not me, but John and James were there witnesses together with the Trinity there

as well, out of course, but there were three human witnesses. So

the first defense was the eye witness of Peter as well. So when Peter

saw it, he realized, oh my goodness, this is really the son

of God, Jesus, who is not just the world. He not just

not just the word of God, not just about the Lord. He fulfills

all the laws. If you follow him, you follow the law. Jesus

lives in You gave him right. So Jesus is the fulfillment of everything,

though everything not just about the instructions, but the fulfillment of the requirement of

the law Jesus was the whole complete package. Then you have the profits.

Okay. The prophets is the one that I'm gonna talk about in a short

while. Okay, the profits are and what Peter will allude to that will

lead credibility to his eye witness as well. Okay, So let me go

back to second Peter Chapter one again, sorry I okay, and in verse

nineteen. Okay, So the first one we established the eye witness, but

now we talk about the prophecy. I mean verse nineteen, Peter says,

and so now we have the prophetic world confirm. Okay, We're done with

the eyewitness. We now move on to the prophetic world confirm. And Peter

says, which you do well to heed as light that shines in the dark

place until the dawn, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in

your hearts, knowing this first that no pro sea of scripture is of any

private interpretation interpretation for prophecy neighbor came by the will of man, but Holy

Man of God, who spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit.

Okay. So now people were saying that false chose are saying Jesus, not

the son of God. But and then then some of these people will said

that all I received a word from God. They said that he is not

Jesus is a good man, he does a lot of things. But I

think the scripture is talking about another guy. And this is my interpretation.

So many there were many so called prophets who came around and did that in

the church as well. Even now we have this these people who will say

that as well, you came in right. She's so Peter is saying that,

first of all, I give you my apewiness, but if that is

not enough, I'll give you the prophetic word. And what is that?

What is the propose of this prophetic word? And why is it that we

as believers must know the prophetic word? Because it says that the prophetic word

will well function as a light that shines in a dark place, you know,

until the day dawns and the money star rises. In means you must

study the prophecies so that you will bring light and hope into your salvation.

Yeah, I mean right, light and hope into your salvation. Now,

what is this prophecy that Peter was talking about? What is this prophecy that

Peter was talking about. Okay, now, how many of you attended my

classes on knowing Jesus. Oh, I think I need to do better your

marketing. Ah, it's okay, best sign now, okay, next time,

right? So, and I when when the first time? I think

when all the people will say that, hey, it's good to study Jesus.

You know from the Gospels, learn about his miracles. But I find

that the most compelling reason, most satisfying, and one of the most glorious

way of learning Jesus. It is true the prophecies. It's throw when you

understand prophecy, every single chapter and line verse of the Gospels are has a

totally die another dimension to it. You start to see things and understand it.

Wow, it's like you. You are given context, You're given breath

and death to it. Did you know that? Okay, let me ask

you a question. How many prophecies are there in the Old Testament regarding the

Messiah? Somebody give me a number? Three hundred thinking about a movie,

you know how many? Who says three hundred? Lesser? Lower? No

tree question, I'm not gonna I'm not gonna supple you guys, Okay,

hwyeah, lower? They any stick to your pigma. Don't be fair with

as kid. Everybody is so scared. They are about three hundred and twenty

four prophecies about the Messiah. Okay, three hundred and twenty four prophecies.

Okay, do you know what are the chances are fulfilling some of these prophecies

where you're going to be born? What miracles you would do? Do you

know that miracles are are not the same one? Now, they are levels

to miracles. They are miracles. Sometimes even teachers or priests can not maybe

be able to perform, but they are special miracles reserved for the Messiah.

Do you know that some of them can cust out demons, but some of

them cannot cast out demons they are mute. Mm. So when Jesus cast

out a man who was possessed by demon mute, it was like people were

not just like shot they cut out demon, but they were shot. They

custs out. That type of miracle. Another class, a class that was

prophetic of the Messiah, reserve only for the Messiah. There were things they

were only but next time I will There's why I say when you read it's

like, wow, I didn't know that when you understand level. They are

levels to bid one, they are levels to the miracle stagism. And some

people will say that, oh, I perform some miracles. But can you

decide where you're gonna band, how you were gonna band? Can you choose

a virgin mother? There's really hard already, you know. Can you choose

your messenger before you hey, before I was born? I want John the

Baptist to come in and announce my announce me. Oh and by the way,

when I worked, and when John that sees me that he's going to

announce me as behold, this is the lamb of God. Can you decide

how you're gonna die? And when you're crucified? Can you decide where there's

what they will do with your clothes? Can you decide? Oh, don't

decide, ps decide? Can you decide when you're going to rise from the

dead? Three hundred and twenty four. Okay, I did some research and

I found this quite interesting statement by someone in all. This guy called it

least trouble right. He's a writer for the Case for Christ. He explained

this, what are the probabilities? Now, say, just the chance of

someone fulfilling eight prophecies are in the Bible ba just pure mathematics, regardless of

any prophecies. How, just eight prophecies. Okay, imagine the whole entire

earth. Okay, whole entire earth. And you decide to put tilings tiles

huh to cover the whole entire earth. And these tiles are about one and

an inch signs okay square, and you put house all over like bahroom.

How your towel all the entire earth. And you pick one of the tile,

and you put a coin behind it and you press it into the ground.

Now, one alien must come to earth, choose one tile, and

that town must contain the gold coin. There is the chance of fulfilling a

prophecies still possible. Did you realize how impossible it was? This is just

a prophecies, you know, not three hundred and twenty four prophecies. And

how impossible it is. And you still think sometimes some people will still thinking

our life, we came from monkeys. Wow, we really like to believe

in things that we know we cannot reach on why. It's not because so

much it's a probability. It's thought we cannot accept the truth, cannot handle

it cannot because of why the moment I know there is a God and there's

a creator. My life is not my own anymore. This is not a

problem with logic. It's a problem of authority, You get me right,

It's a problem of authority the rebel. No matter what, I cannot let

go. You see, we clearly know that as a creator, but we

deny it wholeheartedly. The world denies it wholeheartedly, no matter and they will

deceive themselves with probabilities and deceits, and they will sometimes it's be inside the

church, they might be beside you. Sometimes you may deceive yourself as well.

That is why the prophecies serve as a light in the dark. When

you study the scriptures and you know them well, and now you look at

the life of Jesus, Jesus fulfills everything. So no, that's that's what

Peters saying. I am attenting, or he's saying that I am attent.

I will be gone one day, but I leave behind you something a reminder,

constant reminder the scripture. Study the scripture and know the prophecies, and

it will serve as a light in the dark. My question for you guys,

as a norm to this message is I'm going to draw to a close.

Here you see are the dangers that we have around in this world.

It will steal our joy and steal our assurance. And we look for you

know, we look for things. Maybe someone will tell me, maybe this

is another sermon, maybe someone will give a message to confirm. No,

the confirmation is right in front of you. The eyewitnesses are there, the

scriptures are there, the prophecies are there. All the things late by Moses,

all the way to Elijah, and now Jesus are late before us.

Are we willing to take hold of the light and shining in our darkness?

You know what I mean? Right? And more importantly ours give this call

parents, Teach your children. Teach your children, raise them up, and

don't be afraid of all these questions. Learn up all these things so that

your children will know that the assurance of Jesus is not a fable. It

is not thrown to and thrown and frown by culture. It is in the

revealed word of God. Amen. Heaving rules, people, heaving rules.

People have tried to change Bibles. People will have to try to come out

with new and drop drines. And the people Christians have gone through in our

persecutions by Heaven rules because we have the Word of God. Amen. We

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