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hello good morning and this is T at
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tha.com and today's uh Thanksgiving and
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uh I just wanted to uh wish you a Happy
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Thanksgiving wherever you are if you are
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with your family members travel
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somewhere be safe and use your
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precaution and uh use this time to
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really thank God for um what he has done
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you know I know a lot of people are
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saying that 2020 was one of the worst
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years ever but I do believe that all
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things work together for good for those
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who who love God and have been called
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according to his purpose so I bet you a
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lot more people have grown like their
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character has grown more uh through the
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pandemic and there been a lot of uh
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inside work and you know we've been
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exposed and I think to some extent and
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not taking I don't want to be offensive
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but some some people have lost their
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lives but I I believe that God has used
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this for um his purposes because he is
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always Sovereign so he knew this was
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going to come to pass so he's used it
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and to glorify himself one way or
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another you know and and um again I
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don't want to be offensive cuz I know
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that for some people it was a tough time
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because they've lost um loved ones so
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either way God is still glorified even
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through our pain and even through the
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hardest thing that we go through now um
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a few days ago I was on um YouTube and
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um if you see the on my screen uh the
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title of today's study is why did Jesus
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pray to be saved if he is God so I came
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across a a YouTube video a few days ago
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and basically um the man claimed that if
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Jesus was God how come he prayed to be
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saved by God basically he refer to
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Hebrews 5:7 and and he was boasting
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about how he was trapping Christian uh
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with Discretions a lot and he was very
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proud of his achievement it seems but
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the interesting thing about that is like
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he's not the first one in history to ask
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this question a messenger of from God
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himself asked a similar question John
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the Baptist and I'll show you where um
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John the Baptist did that in Matthew 3:
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13-1 17 then Jesus Came From Galilee to
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the Jordan to the Jordan to John to be
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baptized by John and John would have
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prevented him saying I need to be
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baptized by you and do you come to me
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but Jesus answered him let it be so now
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for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill
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all righteousness then John consented so
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this is not the first question this is
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this is not the first time someone asked
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Jesus how come are you God and you're
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asking to be baptized so basically this
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is the same thing that is taking place
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in Hebrews 5:7 when the scriptures say
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that um in the days of his flesh Jesus
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offered our prayers with loud CRI and
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tears to him who was able to save him
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from death and he was heard because of
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his reverence for God so how do we
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reconcile it how can can God and Jesus
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be God and prayed to be saved by God so
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we are going to analyze it today and we
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are going to go through a lot of uh
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scriptures I have to admit that this is
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by far the hardest um study I've ever
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had to do because I feel inadequate for
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this task and I'm praying that as I
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speak about this thing that the Holy
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Spirit himself will Enlighten you to
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understand what is taking place so let's
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jump into this so first we need to
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understand God's requirement okay uh if
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you know the of God for all
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mankind uh you have to understand that
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this is the at the outset we have to set
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that up in Deuteronomy 6:5 the the
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scripture says you shall love the Lord
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your God with all your heart with all
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your soul and with all your might and
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it's important that we understand that
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because what God demands from us is
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total devotion 24/7 basically every
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thought of yours and every thought of
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mine must reflect uh the character of
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God there can't be one nanc in our lives
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where we don't think about God first
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failure to do so we result in Cosmic
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treason which means we are to suffer
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capital punishment and this is what God
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requires of all these creatures a
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loyalty to the core of our being so now
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I want you to ask yourself a question
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really pause for a second and ask
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yourself when was the last time you
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loved the Lord your God with with all
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your heart with all your soul and with
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all your might when was the last time
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you did that now if you haven't done
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that in the last 20 seconds that
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automatically means that you are to be
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executed because you've transgressed the
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law of God by violating the very first
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commandment so basically you understand
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that all humanity is doomed because once
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separated from God there is no Bridging
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the Gap because the transgression is
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equal to death not only physical but
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also spiritual which means you are
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eternally separated from God basically
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you have no hope whatsoever unless God
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extends his Mercy to you now but God is
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also a just God which means he must
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punish Sinners so for God to be God he
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must punish sin and failure to do so
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will mean that there is a flaw in the
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character of God so consequently
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somebody else has to pay for your sin
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because you can't pay for your own sins
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and the provision God has made to atone
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for your sins basically to make uh your
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your enity against him nullified is is
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through Jesus Christ the perfect
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sacrifice so Jesus Christ is the one
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that atones for your sins he is the
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propitiation for your sins he's the
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experation for your sins so there's an
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exchange that takes place and now we're
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going to talk why Jesus that's important
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to understand again remember what I want
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to show today is why did Jesus pray that
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prayer why did he pray to be saved by
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God so we need to understand that but
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before I get into it I need to show you
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some of the background stuff first so
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let's go to the next why Jesus it's
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important to understand and the first
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thing is why not Jesus do you have any
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other alternative that's all we have you
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don't have any other alternative because
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you are already separated from God and
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is impossible to bridge the gap because
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by Nature you are a sinner and sin
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separate you from God so why Jesus
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because he is the only perfect human
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that ever existed okay perfect human he
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is God also but he's the perfect human
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again we want to talk about the Dual
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nature of of Jesus the divine nature and
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his human nature so talking about his
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Humanity he's the perfect human that
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ever existed because uh he was born by
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the power of God and the Virgin birth is
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important because Jesus was the only man
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after the fall of Adam and Eve that
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wasn't born for humans decisions
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basically Jesus didn't come into this
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world because Mary and Joseph were
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intimate now scripture says Mary was
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overshadowed by the holy spirit so Jesus
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is the perfect Son of God because he was
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in the beginning okay so by Nature Jesus
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is perfect and because he doesn't have
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the adamic nature he doesn't have the
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fall he is not born a sinner like us and
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why is that important because every
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other human that came into this world
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after the fall is DOA basically Dead on
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Arrival basically you come out of your
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mother's womb hating God shaking your
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fist at God and you are rebellious by
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Nature so why Jesus now we're going to
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scriptures again follow my train here so
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first we're going to look at uh Isaiah
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53 Hebrews 1:8-9 Hebrew 2: 10-1 and then
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we're going to make some
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connections so first let's look at
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Isaiah 53 scripture says who has
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believed what he has heard from us and
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to whom has the arm of the Lord been
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revealed for he grew up before him like
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a young plant and like a root out of the
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dry ground he had no form of majesty
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that we should look at him and no beauty
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that we should desire him he was
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despised and rejected by man A Man of
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Sorrows and acquainted with grief and as
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one from from whom men hide their faces
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he was despised and we esteemed him not
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surely he has borne our griefs and
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carried our sorrows yet we esteemed him
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stricken Smitten by God and Afflicted
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but he was pierced for our
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transgressions he was crushed for our
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iniquities and upon him was the
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chastisement that brought us
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peace okay upon him was the chastisement
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that brought us peace and with his
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wounds we are healed remember I said
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somebody else had to brid the Gap and
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Jesus by the scripture says he was
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crushed for our transgressions and he
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was crushed for our iniquities and upon
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him was the chastisement that brought us
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peace all we like sheep have gone astray
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you hear that all we like sheep have
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gone astray we have turned everyone to
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his own way remember what the Bible says
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love the Lord your God with all your
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heart all your soul and all your might
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and the scripture also says man does not
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live by bread alone but man lives by
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every word that proceed from the mouth
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of God and the scripture also says
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whatever is not of faith is sin and the
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scripture says here in Isaiah 53:6 we
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have turned everyone to his own
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way that means we haven't done what God
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has required of us we've done our own
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thing and the lord has laid on him on
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who on Jesus the iniquity of us all he
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was oppressed and he was afflicted yet
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he opened not his mouth like a lamb that
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is led to the slaughter and like a sheep
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that before its shearers is silent so he
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opened not his mouth by oppression and
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judgment he was taken away and as for
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his generation who considered that he
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was cut off out of the land of the
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living streaking for the transgression
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of my people and and they made his grave
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with the wicked and with a rich man in
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his death although he done he had done
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no violence and there was no deceit in
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its mouth in his mouth yet listen to
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this yet in verse 10 scripture says it
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was the will of the Lord to crush him he
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has put him to grief when his soul makes
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Guilt you hear that yet he was the will
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will of the Lord to crush him he has put
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him to grief when his soul makes an
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offering for Guilt he shall see his
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offspring he shall prolong his days the
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will of the Lord shall prosper in his
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hand and look at verse 11 out of the
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anguish of his soul he shall see and be
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satisfied by his knowledge shall the
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righteous one my servant make many to be
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righteous you hear it and he shall bear
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iniquities therefore I will divide him a
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portion with the many and he shall
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divide the spoil with the strong because
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he poured out his soul to death and was
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numbered with the transgressors yet he
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bore the sin of many and makes
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intercession for the
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transgressors why Jesus that's all we
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have because he is the only righteous
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one that interceded for us and that make
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an atonement for our sins I'm going to
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continue here I'm going to go to Hebrews
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to9 scripture says of the son your
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throne oh God is forever and ever the
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scepter of uprightness is the scepter of
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your kingdom you have loved
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righteousness and hated W wickedness
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therefore God your God has anointed you
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with the oil of gladness beyond your
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companions so the scripture God himself
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is calling Jesus God your throne oh God
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is forever so you understand that he is
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God okay I'm going to go to Hebrews 10
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10-1 for it was fitting that he for whom
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and by whom all things exist that is
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Jesus in bringing many sons to Glory
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should make the founder of their
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salvation perfect through suffering for
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he was sanctifies and those who are
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Sanctified are have all one source that
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is why he's not ashamed to call them
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brothers I'll read that again for it was
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fitting that he for whom and by whom all
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things exist in bringing many sons to
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Glory should make the founder of their
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salvation perfect through suffering you
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will understand what that mean in in the
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next verses for He Who sanctifies and
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those who are Sanctified all have one
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source and that is why it's not ashamed
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to call them brother
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I told you that I wanted to show you why
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this is important right now if you look
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at Hebrews 2:14-17 the scripture says
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since therefore the children share in
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Flesh and Blood meaning since we are
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humans he himself likewise partook of
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the same things meaning he also became a
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human that through death he might
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destroy the one who has the power of
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death that is the devil and deliver all
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those who through their fear of death
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were subject to lifelong slavery for
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surely it is not angels that he helps
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but he helps The Offspring of Abraham
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therefore he had to be made like his
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brothers in every respect so that he
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might become a merciful and faithful
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high priest in the service of God to
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make propitiation for the sins of the
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people for because he himself has
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suffered when he tempt when he was
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tempted he is able to help those who are
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being tempted so do you see what
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happened why because Jesus had to be
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made like us in order to be made a
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faithful and merciful high priest he had
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to become like us he had to identify
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with us with in every
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respect so he didn't just want to pop in
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history and die for our sins and go no
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it was the will of the Lord to have him
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be like us like a baby then he grew up
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just like us so that he can identify
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with our human nature to truly
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understand what it means because he we
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need to be saved we have the fear of
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death so Jesus had to become like
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us and then in the process he identified
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with our our nature he suffered he was
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tempted yet without sin so he's able to
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help us because he had compassion
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because he was like us because he came
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as a human the world became the world
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became flesh scripture says so he had to
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going Hebrews 4:14 to16 since then we
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have a great high priest who has passed
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through the heavens Jesus the son of God
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let us hold fast our confession for we
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do not have a high priest who is unable
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to sympathize with our weaknesses but
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one who in every respect has been
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tempted as we are yet without sin let us
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then with confidence draw near to the
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throne of grace that we may receive
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mercy and Grace to help in time of need
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you see that again now let's go to
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Hebrews 5: 7-9 in the days of his flesh
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Jesus offered up prayers and
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supplications with loud cries and tears
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to him was able to save him from death
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and he was heard because of his
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reverence although he was a son he
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learned obedience through what he
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suffered and obedience is really
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listening and doing the will of God and
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being made perfect he became the source
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of Eternal salvation to all who obey him
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being designated by God a high is after
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the order of melis EDC okay I'm going to
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explain that in a second here now
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scripture says in Hebrews 7 the former
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priests were many in number because they
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were prevented by Death from continuing
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in office but he hold his pries hold
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permanently because he continues forever
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consequently he's able to save to the
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uttermost those who draw near to God
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through him since he always leaves to
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make intercession for them for it was
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indeed fitting that we should have such
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a high priest holy innocent unstained
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separated from Sinners and exalted above
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the heavens he has no need like those
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high priest to offer sacrifices daily
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first for his own sins and then for
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those of the people since he did this
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once and for all when he offered up
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himself for the law appoints men in
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their weakness as high priest but the
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word of the oath which came later than
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the law appoint a son who has been made
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perfect forever okay so and then we need
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to know what did God say about Jesus we
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got to look at Matthew 3:17 Matthew 17:5
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Mark 9:7 and then I'm going to make my
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conclusion okay keep following with with
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me in Matthew 3:17 we read and behold a
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voice from Heaven said this is my
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beloved Son with whom I am well
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pleased pay attention to those words now
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Matthew 17:5 he was still speaking when
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Behold a bright Cloud overshadow them
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and a voice from the cloud said this is
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my beloved Son with whom I am well
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pleased listen to him and in Mark 9:7
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the scripture said and a cloud
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overshadowed them and a voice came out
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of the cloud this is my beloved Son
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listen to him again this is Matthew
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talking and now Mark also mentions the
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same event so we need to pay attention
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to that there is nobody else to whom
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this type of affirmation is made in the
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history of the world God is well pleased
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with Jesus his son now the question that
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we have is this the question is how come
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Jesus didn't just appear instantly die
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and make atonement for our sins now I
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told you I was going to now give you
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some kind of a conclusion okay and the
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simple answer the simple answer is this
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because it wasn't the will of the
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godhead because that's not what God
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wanted to do but the more suitable
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answer is this it was necessary for
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Jesus to identify with us in every
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respect so that he could be a merciful
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high priest he had to be made like
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not like an angel because it's not
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angels that he helps or he intercedes he
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he doesn't intercede for Angels but for
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mankind so for Jesus to truly be our
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savior the God man had to be added to
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the god head that existed for all
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eternity and the second person of the
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Trinity God the son was appointed for
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this task so his willingness to
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completely rely on his father to save
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him actually shows the truthfulness of
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his human nature he did nothing as the
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will of God and to understand this I'm
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going to go to Philippians 2 and I'm
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going to show you another scripture here
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so let's go to Philippians 2:4 to1 this
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is a one of the most important verse
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that as a Believer you need to
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know now the scripture say Let each of
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you look not only to his own interest
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but also to the interest of others have
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this mind among yourselves which is
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yours in Christ Jesus who though he was
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in the form of God did not count
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equality with God a thing to be grasped
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okay that shows that Jesus is God but
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emptied himself by taking the form of a
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servant being born in the likeness of
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man and being found in human form he
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humbled himself by becoming obedient to
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the point of death even death on the
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cross therefore God has highly exalted
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him and bestowed on him the name that is
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above every name so that at the name of
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Jesus every n should bow in heaven and
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on Earth and under the Earth and every
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tongue confess that Jesus Christ is the
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Lord the glory of God to the glory of
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God the Father Again Jesus did not lose
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his divinity or his divine nature when
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he became a man but the divine nature
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was attached to the human nature okay
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I'm going to explain some things here so
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he was fully God and fully man he could
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at any time use his divine power he
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didn't lose his deity when he became a
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human but he willingly submitted commed
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himself to the will of the father in
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every one of his decision as God the man
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I'll read that again he willingly
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submitted himself to the will of the
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father in every one of his decision as
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God the man he lived the exemplary life
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that God required the life that no human
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in the history of the world has been
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able to live just for a second I just
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want you to imagine if you had the power
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to do whatever you wanted what would you
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power now Jesus was always God yeah he
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relied solely on his father to sustain
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him as God the man remember Satan asked
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him if you're the Son of God turn these
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stones into bread Jesus could have done
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it but what did Jesus say to him man
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does not live by bread alone but by
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every word that proceeds from the mouth
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of God so he submitted himself to the
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will of his father he did not lose his
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God the divine nature was still attached
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and perfectly United to the human nature
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okay and this is why the scripture says
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in Hebrews 5:7 in the days of his flesh
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Jesus offered up prayers and
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supplications with loud cries and tears
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to him who was able to save him from
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death and he was heard because of his
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reverence Jesus did not think equality
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with God was a thing to be grasped he
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God yet as God Dem man he submitted
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willingly to his father he did not lose
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his D so when people say well how can he
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be God and has to be saved by God
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because that is his human nature that's
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his touching his human nature in a
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second I'm going to show you a graphic a
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visual to explain this better again I
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told you this was probably the hardest
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one I had to do and I'm even struggling
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here to explain these things but I hope
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that in the next visual this will make
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more sense to you okay let's go to that
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visual the thing is the important point
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we have to make uh to to to be able to
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make distinction between the divine
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nature and the human nature of Jesus so
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and this is why this visual that I'm
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going to show you is very important
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which let's go to it now
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so so the Triune God exist in three
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persons right God the Father God the son
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and God the holy spirit so for all
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godhead has always been because God
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doesn't have a beginning or an end he
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because he is the reason for our being
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so in him we live and move our being so
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God exists eternally and in three
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persons God the Father God the son and
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God the Holy Spirit now I use this
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equilateral triangle with three equal
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sides and this is probably not the most
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accurate description of the Trinity but
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in our limited human capabilities I
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still feel like this is important for us
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to understand and I I really thought
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about I'm like Lord I don't want to do
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anything cuz I don't want to be a
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herotic I don't want to promote
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something that is not true but this is
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to the best of my ability again I leaned
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on this from do Dr Norman and guer who
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passed away and and this is I feel like
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one of the best ways to to explain the
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Trinity so God exists in three persons
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the Father the Son and the Holy Spirit
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okay but then what happened when the
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word became flesh according to John 1:1
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scripture says in the beginning was the
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word and the Word was with God and the
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Word was God okay it was in the
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beginning with God God the son and then
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the scripture says that the the the the
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word became flesh and made its dwelling
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meaning God the son became a human so
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this is what happened again I'm going to
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show you this visual the word became
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flesh so the human was added to the
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triun god that's what kind of happen now
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there's perfect Unity between God Divine
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and the and uh the human nature so the
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human nature was added this is what
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happened when the scripture say the the
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word became flesh and then now that you
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understand this I'm going to explain
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some things in the next um in my next um
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so now that you've seen this this is
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pretty much like I said an equilateral
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triangle and I represent the Triune God
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who existed for all eternity in three
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persons God the Father God the son and
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God the Holy Spirit then the word became
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flesh meaning the humanity was added and
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attached to the godhe so when the Bible
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wept those are not like Divine tears
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those are man tears this is touching his
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Humanity when Jesus told his disciples
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that he didn't know the date and the
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time the father appointed for his return
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it isn't like all of a sudden Jesus lost
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his omniscience no that's not what
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happened but touching his Humanity he
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didn't know we must learn to make
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distinction between the divine nature
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and the human nature when Jesus died on
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the cross the divine nature was still
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attached and United to the dead corpse
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in the sense that God cannot die so what
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we saw on the cross was God the man died
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again we must learn to make distinction
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between the divine nature and the human
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nature so when scripture says
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that um he prayed to be saved by
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God it's not like Jesus stopped being
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God the divine nature is is united with
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a man nature and Jesus is the perfect
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man he needs praying because as a man
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and as a human he is fully reliant on
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the Triune God for his sustenance so I
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hope this kind of makes sense to you
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again it was very hard for me to explain
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this but my question to you is this
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Jesus Is God but as Believers we must
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learn to make distinctions between the
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human nature and the divine nature of
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Jesus okay so he did he never lost his
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deity he was always God because he even
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said to to to the Pharisees before
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Abraham was I am and they wanted to kill
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him so God in Jesus never lost his
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deity but you you have to learn to make
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distinction between the humanity and the
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divine nature so that's what I wanted to
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say for this so don't panic when people
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say things like this because I don't
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think they even understand and Jesus
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like I said had to be fully uh human to
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identif with our nature to identify with
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who we are so he could be the perfect
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high priest to atone for our sins
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hopefully this makes sense to you and if
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you have any questions and want to talk
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about this let's let's do that and and
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you have my I'll give you my email it's
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TS yahoo.com or you can call me on the
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phone 24 4811 1672 again thanks for
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watching and I'll see you next time and
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Happy Thanksgiving again