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1 John 5:6-8, How Did Jesus Come By Water And Blood?
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Feb 19, 2025
Welcome back to our study of the book of John. We'll continue with chapter 5 today and give our attention to verses 6- 8. Last week , we talked about the nature and characteristics of those that have been adopted as children of God. And we said that to be qualified as a child of God requires a person to be indwelled by the Spirit of God in accordance with the Scriptures. We also talked about how obeying and being a doer of the word of God shows that we love other brothers and sisters in Christ. In today's presentation John is going to show why the Jesus that he has been preaching is the only and true Son of God, begotten of the Father , not made.
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guys welcome back to our study of the
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book of first john
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and last week we did um first john
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chapter five
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verses one through five and today uh
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we're going to be doing
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uh chapter five again but verses six and
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eight
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six through it i talked about that last
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week i wanted to do it but i felt like
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this um these two these verses deserve
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a whole um um presentation themselves
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because there's a lot of stuff there
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that i don't want to just
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uh just scheme through i want to really
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take my time to
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to look at it and to look at it
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profoundly and to look at it with
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all the details that are involved with
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it now last week we talked about what he
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meant
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to be a child of god and we say that a
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child of god will have no
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problem accepting that jesus is indeed
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the son of god
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because john says that whoever has been
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born of god
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will accept that statement about jesus
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we also talked about
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how as a child of god how do we show
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love
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for one another is by obeying the word
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of god and by doing the word of god so
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basically
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my obedience to the word of god shows
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that i love you
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if you're a brother or sister in christ
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so the way i show you love is by obeying
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god's word so
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by being uh righteous by
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always upholding the righteousness of
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god in my in the way i live my life
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this is our show that i love you as a
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brother or sister in christ
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and then we talked about how that was so
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important and because we said that
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whoever has been born of god overcomes
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and we overcome
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because of our faith and we say that god
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is the one
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that gave us that faith because faith
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comes by hearing
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him by the word of god so god is the one
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that initiates the faith in us he's the
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one that wields it in us
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so we take no credit for it and because
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god is the author
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of our faith we will always overcome
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because the spirit that lives in us is
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the same spirit that are operated
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within jesus himself so because of that
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we will overcome because we are children
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of god born of the spirit of god himself
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so now we're going to talk about verses
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6 through 8. now these verses
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again uh when i approach these verses i
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approach them with
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extreme caution because i don't want to
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say anything that's not consistent with
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scripture
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so i really had to go back and dig a
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little bit more to understand what john
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was saying here
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so i'm just going to read verses 6
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through 8 and we're going to
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talk about it and we're going to analyze
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what the scripture is saying here
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now in verses 6 through 8 uh this is
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what the scripture says
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let's get that now first john chapter 5
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verses 6 through 8. now this is he
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who came by water and blood jesus christ
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not by the water only but by the water
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and the blood
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and the spirit is the one who testifies
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because
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the spirit is the truth for there are
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three
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that testify the spirit and the water
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and the blood and these three agree
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and that's where we're gonna stop this
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is the word of god so now let's
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understand
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what john is saying here so basically
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john says that this is he who came by
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water and blood
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jesus christ not by the water only but
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by the water and the blood
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and the spirit is the one who testifies
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because the spirit is the truth
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now john is saying that this the jesus i
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am referring to in verse 5
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is the jesus who came by water and by
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blood
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and we need to understand what this mean
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with the water and the blood
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but before we do that we're going to
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address what john was up against
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in his time there was a teacher named
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ceranthus who was a gnostic teacher
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and he was espousing some pretty bad bad
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bad bad stuff
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he basically said that the spirit of
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christ descended upon jesus at his
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baptism
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and that he left just before his death
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so basically he was saying that jesus
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was not god
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prior to his baptism and that before he
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died the spirit of god
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had left him so cyrentis was probably
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saying this because he wanted to defend
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the fact that god cannot die
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god cannot die so this is the background
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that we have okay
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so again to sum it up surrenders
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believed that jesus
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was not god until the baptism and he
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also says that
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before he went to the cross the spirit
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of god left him
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so basically he treats jesus as just a
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mere man
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that he is not the son of god okay so
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that's how he
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he's treating jesus but we know from
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scripture in isaiah 6
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that the virgin shall conceive a child
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and he shall be called
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uh emmanuel which means god with us and
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we know how the conception of jesus came
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by
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uh she was overshadowed by the holy
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spirit and then
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jesus is not born like we we were born
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not from a man's
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and in a woman having some kind of
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intimate relationship together no he was
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born of the spirit
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i was touching his humanity and i want
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to make sure i make that distinction
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the scripture says the fl the word
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became flesh
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okay so jesus existed for all eternity
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with the father if you go back to john 1
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verse 1 the prologue scripture says in
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the beginning was the word
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and the word was with god and the word
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was
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god so jesus existed for all eternity so
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what happened
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when he came as a human is the word
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became flesh so
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there was an addition the human was
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added to the
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uh trinity okay so i wanted to make sure
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that we understand that at the outset
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now let's go and understand what john is
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saying so
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when john mentioned on the water and the
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blood we believe that he was referring
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to
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the beginning of jesus earthly ministry
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and the completion of his ministry when
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he died on the cross
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so if you go to the to matthew 3 verse
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13 to 17 we're going to read about
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the baptism and that's important so
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let's do that
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matthew 3 verse 13 to 17 let's see what
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happened
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then jesus came from galilee to the
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jordan to john
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to be baptized by him john would have
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prevented him saying
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i need to be baptized by you and you
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come to me
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but jesus answered him let it be so now
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for thus
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it is fitting for us to fulfill all
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righteousness
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then he consented and when jesus was
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baptized
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immediately he went up from the water
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and behold
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the heavens were opened to him and he
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saw the spirit of god
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descending like a dove and coming to
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rest on him
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and behold a voice from heaven said this
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is my beloved son with whom i am well
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pleased again this is the word of god so
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what do we take
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from all these now there are several
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elements in that account that we need to
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look at
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okay when the dove appeared and rested
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upon jesus
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it was to confirm his identity okay the
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holy spirit was saying to the watching
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world that this indeed
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is the son of god it was not the only
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confirmation we have we also have the
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voice of god the father
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who bore witness by saying this is my
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beloved son with whom i'm well pleased
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okay and john the baptist himself
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testifies if you go to john 1 verse 32
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to 34 scripture says
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and john paul witness i saw the spirit
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descend from heaven like a dove
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and he remained on him i myself did not
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know him but he who sent me to baptize
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with water
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said to me he on whom you see the spirit
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the sand
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and remain this is he who baptizes with
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the holy spirit and i have seen and i've
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borne witness that this is the son of
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god
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if you guys know john john was a prophet
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so his words
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mean a lot now the apostle john was
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telling his readers and us that jesus
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didn't
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gain the god's status the day he was
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baptized that's not when he gained the
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god's status
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it was more to confirm his identity when
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the dove came and rested upon him he was
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confirmed that this is indeed the son of
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god so
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so john said that jesus didn't just come
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by water okay
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so again get this again i want to say
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one more time
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on the baptism when the spirit came and
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wrestled upon jesus
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it wasn't to that's that's not when he
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gained his
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god status because he we already know
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from the beginning that he's always been
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god from all eternity
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okay that's just to confirm his identity
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a sign to confirm his identity and to
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anoint him for public ministry
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so that's the one thing now when he
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talks about the blood what does it mean
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the blood points to the completion of
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his ministry on the cross if you go to
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matthew 27 verse 45 to 54
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there's like a series of event that took
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place that confirmed that jesus is the
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only son of god and we're going to read
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that let's go to matthew 27
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verse 45 to 44 54. now
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from the sixth hour there was darkness
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over all the land
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number one darkness over all the land
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until the ninth hour
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and about the ninth hour jesus cried out
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with a loud voice
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saying eli eli lama
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sabachthani sabatoni
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that is my god my god why have you
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forsaken me
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and some of the bystanders hearing it
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said this man is calling elijah
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and one of them at once ran and took a
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sponge filled it with sour wine and put
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it on a reed and gave it to him to drink
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but the others said wait let us see
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whether elijah would come to save him
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and jesus cried
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out again with a loud voice and yielded
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up his spirit
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and behold the curtain of the temple was
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torn in two
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from top to bottom pay attention from
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top to bottom
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second sign and the earth shook and the
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rocks were split
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and the tombs were also were opened and
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many bodies of the saints who are
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falling asleep were raised
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and coming out of the tombs after his
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resurrection they went into the holy
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city
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and appeared to many three okay when the
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centurion
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and those who were with him keeping
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watch over jesus
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saw the earthquake and what took place
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they were filled with all
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and said truly this was the son of god
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four now here's the thing
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i could stop here and that'll be
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sufficient but i want to give you more
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if you go to isaiah 53
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isaiah 53 talks about the suffering
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servant that he was going to die
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for the sins of the world that because
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of him we were made righteous
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by his wounds we are healed okay
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isaiah 53 talks about that i you know
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what let me actually go to isaiah 53 and
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let's read it
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because the the death on the cross
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and the work of god through jesus
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was proven listen to this who has
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believed
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what he has heard from us and to whom
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has the arm of the lord been revealed
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for he grew up before him like a young
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plant and like a root out of the dry
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ground
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he had no form of or majesty that we
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should look at him
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and no beauty that we should desire him
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he was despised and rejected by man a
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man of sorrows and acquainted with grief
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and as one from whom men hide their
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faces he was despised and
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we esteemed him not surely he has borne
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our griefs
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and carried our sorrows yet we esteem
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him stricken
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smitten by god and afflicted but he was
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pierced for us transgressions
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he was crushed for our iniquities upon
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him was the child talisman that brought
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us peace
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and with his wounds we are healed and
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all like we
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like sheep have gone astray we have
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turned
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everyone to his own way and the lord has
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laid on him
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the iniquity of us
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all he was oppressed and he was
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afflicted and yet he opened not his
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mouth
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like a lamb that is led to the slaughter
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and like he's shaped up before his
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sheriff's is silent
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so he opened not his mouth by oppression
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and judgment he was taken away
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and as for his generation who considers
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who considered that he was cut off out
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of the land of the living
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stricken for the transgression of my
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people and they made his grave with the
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wicked
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and with a rich man in his death this is
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incredible accuracy
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okay although he had done no violence
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and there was no deceit in his mouth
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yet it was the will of the lord to crush
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him he has put him to grief
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when his soul makes an offering for
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guilt he shall see his offering and he
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shall prolong his days
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the will of the lord shall prosper in
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his hand
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out of the anguish of his soul he shall
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see
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and be satisfied by his knowledge
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shall the righteous one my servant make
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many to be accounted
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righteous they shall bear their
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iniquities
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therefore i will divide him a portion
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with the many and he shall divide the
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spoil with the strong
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because he poured out his soul to death
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and was numbered with the transgressors
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yet he bought the scene of many and
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makes intercessions for the
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transgressors
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now you can see all the details here and
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i i don't need to be
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elaborate on it you see exactly what
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this is pointing to the completion of
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his ministry and how
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his death brought us peace with god he
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was the perfect atonement
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okay if you go to romans one verse one
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through six listen to the scripture
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paul is servant of christ jesus called
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to be an apostle to set apart for the
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gospel of god
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which he promised beforehand through his
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holy prophet
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in the holy scriptures concerning his
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son who was descended from
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david according to the flesh meaning
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according to his
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humanity and was declared to be the son
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of god in
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power according to the spirit of
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holiness by his resurrection from the
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dead
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jesus christ our lord through whom
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we have received grace and apostleship
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to bring about the obedience of faith
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for the sake of his name among all the
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nations including you
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who are called to belong to jesus christ
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so the proof is right there
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so uh his death paid a penalty for our
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sins and we can even look at romans 1
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which we just did now
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which test which testifies about the
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deity of christ
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so jesus never lost his divine attribute
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at any given time but we must make
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distinction between
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his natures okay his dual nature when
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jesus died on the cross
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that was touching his humanity the
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spirit of god was attached
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to a dead corpse so what john was saying
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here is this
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the jesus i'm preaching to you is the
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true christ and anyone who believes in
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this jesus
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has been born of god and he gives the
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evidence for it
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he talks about the baptism he talks
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about his uh his death on the cross he's
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talk he talks about
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how the spirit descend upon him like a
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dove to confirm his identity
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the voice of god himself and then john
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the baptist himself so
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all these elements prove that jesus is
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indeed
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the son of god so if you want to take
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anything away from this is this
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jesus did not gain the god status on the
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day
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he was baptized that's not what happened
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he was to confirm his identity and to
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anoint him for ministry
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two when he died on the cross that was
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touching his humanity because god cannot
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die
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but god the man must have must die
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because he
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is the only one that can make the
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atonement for our sins okay because
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we are alienated from god so somebody
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has to reach out to god
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and we can reach out to god by god and
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then somebody has to reach out to men
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but who can reach out to man but man
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in the sense that he is the perfect
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bridge between us
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and god so therefore he has to relate to
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us by the same time he is god
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okay so this is this is this is not a
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truth that is easy for me to explain
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so but i hope that what you can take
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away from this is this that jesus
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in the jesus that john is preaching is
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the true son of god
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god of god okay he was begun by the
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father not made but begotten by the
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father
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okay the firstborn over all creation he
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has supremacy because jesus himself says
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in john 8 58 before abraham was i
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am so jesus is god
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okay so there is uh he existed for all
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eternity so he never
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lost his god status because he's always
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god
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all right so this is the jesus that john
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is preaching about
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so there's a there's a lot of people
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that that claim they believe in just
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jesus but then when you listen to
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what they say about jesus like
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especially like
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the jehovah witnesses they claim that
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jesus was actually
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the first to be created jesus was never
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created because he
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is he himself says i am i am means that
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he never had a beginning know our name
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he's always been there
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okay he's the he's of the same substance
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that the father
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as the father so this is what jesus is
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saying about himself so when somebody
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else comes there
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and says something that is not
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consistent with scripture we have to
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refute it i don't care how nice they are
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we have to tell the truth
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and this is what john is doing here he
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is showing us that this jesus that i'm
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preaching
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is the christ and he is the son of god
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all right so i hope that this is what
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you take away from today's
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presentation have a wonderful day and
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i'll see you next time thank you