3ABN Worship Hour

Jesus Did What Seemed Impossible

Three Angels Broadcasting Network

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00:28 Hello and welcome to 3ABN Worship Hour.
00:31 We are here to bring a message from God's Word.
00:36 My name is John Dinzey.
00:38 It is a joy and privilege to be with you
00:39 during this hour.
00:41 We are going to study a topic that is entitled,
00:44 Jesus did what seemed impossible.
00:49 And before we get to this message,
00:51 we must go to the Lord
00:53 and ask Him to be the one to speak to us
00:56 because we desperately need God to speak to us in this hour
01:00 in which we live in.
01:02 I'm going to kneel.
01:03 And I ask you to join me in prayer.
01:05 Pray for me.
01:06 Pray for those that will be hearing this message.
01:08 And we ask that God will bless each and every one of us.
01:11 Let's pray together.
01:14 Our loving heavenly Father,
01:17 we pause this moment, Lord,
01:19 to give You honor and glory and praise
01:22 because You are good to us.
01:25 Heavenly Father, there may be some joining us
01:28 that do not know, they do not understand,
01:31 they haven't considered the fact
01:33 that You have been good to them
01:36 but, Lord, You daily bless Your children
01:39 in one way or another.
01:41 And Your sun shines upon the good and the evil,
01:45 and fruits and vegetables and grains grow upon the earth
01:50 to feed everyone in the world.
01:53 We pray heavenly Father for You to bless us
01:56 as we are together.
01:57 And I place myself in Your hands, Lord,
01:59 so that every word will come from Your throne of grace.
02:04 Speak to Your children.
02:06 I ask You in Jesus' name.
02:08 Amen. Amen.
02:11 When we consider God's Word,
02:14 the Bible says that it is a lamp unto our feet.
02:18 As we study God's Word, we see that in Genesis 1:1,
02:22 the Bible says, "In the beginning,
02:24 God created the heavens and the earth."
02:26 Some people believe they came from monkeys,
02:29 they came from some minute things
02:32 that out of nowhere came into being.
02:35 But the Bible says that God created the heavens
02:38 and the earth.
02:40 And I wanna ask you to consider
02:43 what the Bible says concerning the creation of human beings.
02:48 This was the crowning work or creation,
02:52 and it is presented to us
02:54 in Genesis 1:26-28.
03:00 And this is what the Bible says,
03:03 "Then God said, 'Let Us make man in Our image,
03:07 according to Our likeness,
03:09 let them have dominion over the fish of the sea,
03:13 over the birds of the air, and over the cattle,
03:15 over all the earth
03:17 and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.'
03:21 So God created man in His own image,
03:24 in the image of God He created him,
03:26 male and female He created them.
03:30 Then God blessed them, and God said to them,
03:33 'Be fruitful and multiply, fill the earth and subdue it,
03:37 have dominion over the fish of the sea,
03:40 over the birds of the air,
03:41 and over every living thing that moves on the earth.'"
03:45 And so it is registering in God's Word
03:48 that He created the heavens and the earth
03:51 and He created human beings upon it.
03:54 Yes, you, my friend, are created in God's image
04:00 and it was God's purpose that throughout eternity,
04:04 the human race would enjoy happiness forever,
04:10 but the Bible continues its record
04:14 with a sad message.
04:16 First, we turn your attention
04:18 to what is written in Genesis 1:31,
04:22 it says, "Then God saw everything that He had made,
04:27 and indeed it was very good.
04:30 So the evening and the morning were the sixth day."
04:34 And so it is that the Bible brings us the message
04:38 that everything that God made was very good.
04:42 It was perfect.
04:44 However, as we look around today,
04:47 you can see that not everything seems perfect.
04:51 This is because sin entered into the world,
04:56 but I would like to read to you
04:58 from a book called Education,
05:03 so that you can understand
05:05 what was the future for human beings
05:09 had we remained faithful?
05:12 And it says in the book Education
05:15 written by Ellen G. White, page 15,
05:18 "When Adam came from the Creator's hand,
05:21 he bore in his physical, mental, and spiritual nature,
05:26 a likeness to his maker."
05:28 God created man in His own image,
05:31 according to Genesis 1:27.
05:33 And it was His purpose that the longer man lived,
05:38 the more fully He should reveal His image.
05:42 The more fully reflect the glory of the Creator.
05:49 This is, of course, men and women.
05:50 It says all His faculties were capable of development,
05:55 their capacity and vigor were continually to increase.
05:59 Vast was the scope offered for their exercise,
06:04 glorious the field open to their research.
06:07 The mysteries of the visible universe,
06:10 the wondrous works of Him, which is perfect in knowledge.
06:14 Job 37:16,
06:16 Invited man's study, notice this, face to face,
06:21 heart to heart communion with his Maker
06:25 was his high privilege.
06:28 Had he remained loyal to God,
06:31 all this would have been his forever.
06:35 Throughout eternal ages
06:37 he would have continued to gain new treasures of knowledge,
06:41 to discover fresh springs of happiness,
06:45 and to obtain clearer and yet clearer conceptions
06:49 of the wisdom, the power, and the love of God.
06:53 And more and more fully
06:55 would he have fulfilled the object of his creation,
07:00 more and more fully reflected the Creator's glory.
07:06 Praise God.
07:07 The opportunity was beyond the understanding,
07:12 had Adam and Eve remained loyal to God.
07:17 A test was given them,
07:19 do not eat of the tree of knowledge
07:21 of good and evil.
07:22 We know the story.
07:24 Unfortunately,
07:25 Adam and Eve sinned.
07:30 And I continue reading on the book Education, page 15,
07:36 it says, But by this obedience, this was forfeited.
07:40 All the blessings that were in store,
07:43 that the more, the longer man lived,
07:46 men and women lived the more fully
07:48 would they reflect the glory of God,
07:50 His character.
07:52 It says in this book,
07:55 "Through sin the divine likeness was marred,
07:59 and well-nigh obliterated.
08:01 Man's physical powers were weakened,
08:04 his mental capacity was lessened,
08:07 his spiritual vision dimmed.
08:09 He had become subject to death."
08:13 But that was the situation after sin.
08:18 And God comes to Adam and Eve
08:20 after they sinned with a message of hope.
08:24 He spoke to the serpent in the hearing of Adam and Eve.
08:28 And this is written in Genesis 3:15,
08:32 a message for you and me,
08:34 "And I, that is God will put enmity
08:38 between you and the woman
08:40 and between your seed and her seed,
08:43 he shall bruise your head and you shall bruise his heel."
08:49 This Seed that will bruise the serpent's head
08:52 is Jesus Christ.
08:54 And the wonderful news is that Jesus came
08:58 to bruise the serpent's head.
09:01 Time past, Adam and Eve did not see the blessing,
09:04 but they looked forward to it.
09:08 And the blessing that Jesus would come
09:12 and destroy the serpent's head.
09:14 But you see, this is a plan that was revealed,
09:20 but it was already in God's mind.
09:24 That's why I asked you to turn with me
09:26 to Revelation 13:8.
09:29 And I would like to ask you to pay close attention
09:33 to the last part.
09:34 Notice what it says in Revelation 13:8.
09:37 It says, "All who dwell on the earth will worship him,"
09:42 that is the beast,
09:44 "whose names are not written in the Book of Life
09:47 of the Lamb slain
09:49 from the foundation of the world."
09:52 Do you remember a scripture that's talking about Jesus?
09:55 John the Baptist says, "Behold, the Lamb of God
09:58 that takes away the sin of the world."
10:01 You see this Lamb of God is Jesus.
10:04 And it says in Revelation 13:8,
10:08 "This Lamb was slain
10:10 from the foundation of the world."
10:14 As soon as there was a sinner,
10:17 there was already a savior
10:19 because it was already in God's plan.
10:20 God saw it coming and He prepared a plan.
10:24 Praise be to His name.
10:26 Now, of course you must understand
10:29 that the Bible reveals and I would just quote it
10:31 because this is a scripture I learned from memory.
10:33 Romans 6:23,
10:35 "For the wages of sin is death."
10:41 This is what is waiting
10:42 for all those that hold on to sin,
10:45 for all those that refuse the gift of God.
10:49 The wages of sin is death.
10:52 I'm not talking about the first death.
10:54 The Bible calls,
10:56 there's a first death and a second death.
10:58 The first death is a death you die from someone
11:01 either killing you or from an accident or old age.
11:06 Some sickness comes upon you and you die.
11:09 You're not paying for your sins at that particular time.
11:13 It is at the judgment day,
11:17 for all those
11:18 that did not accept the gift of salvation,
11:21 that they will receive the wages of sin.
11:24 They will suffer for their sins and die.
11:27 And that's why Romans 6:23 ends with,
11:32 "But the gift of God is eternal life
11:37 through His Son, Jesus Christ."
11:40 So I praise the Lord
11:42 that the gift of God is eternal life
11:45 in Christ Jesus, our Lord.
11:47 And this gift of eternal life, God is offering to you today.
11:52 Please consider that Jesus did what seemed impossible.
11:58 Why did it seem impossible?
12:01 Because Satan and his angels worked hard,
12:05 worked so hard to make it appear
12:09 that it's impossible to save the human race.
12:12 He worked hard to take
12:16 from man the image of God
12:18 and stamp upon each individual
12:21 the image of the devil.
12:25 I want to reveal to you
12:26 what is found in the scriptures in 1 Kings 8:56,
12:31 because God promised that He would send the Seed,
12:34 the Lamb of God.
12:36 In 1 Kings 8:56, we have a declaration.
12:40 It says, "Blessed be the Lord,
12:42 who has given rest to His people Israel,
12:45 according to all that He promised.
12:48 There has not failed one word of all His good promise,
12:53 which He promised through His servant Moses."
12:56 So we have here a revealing that God
13:00 keeps His promises and every promise in the Bible,
13:06 God is willing to keep.
13:08 Now, please understand,
13:10 there are some promises that come with a condition.
13:13 You fulfill the condition, the promise will be fulfilled.
13:17 But the promise of God's
13:19 sending His Son seemed afar off
13:23 and year after year passed, 1000 years, 2000 years,
13:27 3000 years passed.
13:29 And some began to wonder,
13:31 will God fulfill His promise?
13:34 And in Galatians Chapter 4, the answer is found.
13:39 And it says in beginning in verse 4,
13:42 and I like to read verse 4 and 5 to you.
13:45 It says, Galatians Chapter 4.
13:49 Interestingly enough,
13:51 I'm over here in the Book of Philippians,
13:53 but we are going to come to Galatians.
13:56 Galatians Chapter 4, and here we have it.
14:01 "But when the fullness of time had come,
14:06 God sent forth His Son born of a woman,
14:11 born under the law to redeem
14:13 those who were under the law
14:16 that we might receive
14:18 the adoption as sons."
14:22 When the fullness of time had come,
14:27 God sent forth His Son.
14:30 Now I want to back up for just a moment
14:33 so that you may consider
14:35 that Satan studied the prophecies.
14:39 And in the Book of Daniel,
14:42 as you go from Chapter 8 and 9,
14:45 you will notice
14:46 that there is a prophecy foretold
14:49 about the time when the Messiah would appear.
14:53 So Satan was looking for the time.
14:55 So he worked hard,
14:57 worked very hard to make it seem impossible
15:02 to save the human race.
15:04 And interestingly enough, in the Book of Isaiah,
15:08 there is a declaration
15:10 made about how bad conditions can get.
15:14 And during the time of Christ,
15:16 the condition was such as
15:18 it is declared in Isaiah 60:1.
15:23 Notice, it says,
15:24 "For behold, the darkness shall cover
15:28 the earth and gross darkness the people."
15:32 That's right.
15:35 Satan work hard so that the sin,
15:38 the darkness of sin was spread out throughout the whole world.
15:43 The people whom God had chosen
15:46 to be His representatives in the world
15:49 were going deeper and deeper into sin.
15:52 The people of Israel.
15:53 So when the fullness of time had come and God sends His Son,
15:58 it is as it seem that there is no hope left,
16:02 but Christ came when the time seemed impossible
16:07 to save the human race.
16:09 And I'd like to read to you from a book Desire of ages,
16:14 page 34,
16:16 "The fullness of time had come,
16:19 humanity becoming more degraded through ages of transgression
16:24 called for the coming of the Redeemer.
16:27 Satan had been working to make the gulf deep and impassable
16:32 between earth and heaven.
16:34 By his falsehoods,
16:35 he had embodied and emboldened men in sin.
16:39 It was his purpose to wear out the forbearance of God
16:43 and to extinguish His love for man,
16:46 so that he would abandon
16:49 the world to satanic jurisdiction."
16:52 That was his goal.
16:54 And you may remember that in Genesis Chapter 6,
16:58 he, the devil had done such a work
17:03 that it says in Genesis Chapter 6,
17:06 that the thoughts of man's heart were evil continually.
17:12 And because of the condition of the world,
17:15 God had to destroy the earth with a flood.
17:18 And again, Satan was working hard so that the thoughts
17:23 of men's hearts and women's hearts
17:26 would be evil continually.
17:28 Upon this time,
17:30 Christ comes to the human race with a message
17:35 of hope because the light
17:39 of God would arise upon them.
17:41 The light of the world
17:43 came through the divine
17:48 means presented that Christ would be born of a woman,
17:52 become a human being like you and I.
17:57 This is a miracle that we do not understand
18:01 that God would be manifest
18:04 in the flesh become a human being.
18:08 There is no language in the human race
18:13 that can describe the miracle of Jesus
18:18 becoming a man, becoming a baby.
18:24 Satan knew that Mary had been chosen.
18:29 And I imagine that he looked for opportunity
18:35 to stop this woman from having that baby.
18:39 He looked for opportunities, but heaven's secret service,
18:43 the angels were protecting Mary
18:46 from being destroyed by the devil.
18:48 You see, God did not allow the devil to end the life
18:52 of Christ before He was born.
18:55 And you will notice in the Bible,
18:57 that it says that when Christ was born,
19:01 the king at that time,
19:03 Herod sent out to kill all the children
19:06 that were from a certain age and under,
19:10 because he was afraid that a king
19:13 would be taking his place.
19:15 And he sent out soldiers
19:16 and they went from house to house
19:18 trying to find one that is the Savior,
19:22 Jesus Christ.
19:23 Satan worked through this man.
19:25 This man had no idea
19:28 what he was doing.
19:32 Had he known that Jesus,
19:35 the Son of God had come to the world
19:38 to save him from sin, would he have done it?
19:42 But Satan worked on his heart and this man sent out an order
19:47 that was horrible for which he will have to pay,
19:52 children died.
19:54 All the male children were killed
19:56 from about three years old and under,
20:00 but consider the miracle of Jesus born.
20:05 Notice in Luke Chapter 2, the news had to be spread.
20:10 There had to be rejoicing.
20:12 And it seemed like the world was not noticing
20:14 what had taken place in Luke 2:8-11.
20:17 We have the following words.
20:19 Now there were in the same country,
20:21 shepherds living out in the fields,
20:24 keeping watch over their flock by night and behold,
20:26 an angel of the Lord stood before them and the glory
20:30 of the Lord shone round above them,
20:35 and they were greatly afraid."
20:38 The brightness of this angel caused them to be afraid.
20:41 They didn't know what the reason was
20:43 for His appearance.
20:44 But then in verse 10, the Bible says,
20:46 "Then the angel said to them,
20:47 'Do not be afraid, for behold,
20:50 I bring you good tidings of great joy
20:55 which will be to all people.
20:59 For there is born unto you this day
21:02 in the city of David a Savior,
21:06 who is Christ the Lord."
21:10 They heard these words
21:12 and great rejoicing was born in their heart.
21:17 I'm sure their faces were lighted up.
21:19 Finally, that promise has been fulfilled,
21:23 but verse 12 through 14 of Luke Chapter 2 says,
21:27 "And this will be the sign to you.
21:30 You will find a Babe wrapped in swaddling clothes,
21:34 lying in a manger.
21:37 And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude
21:42 of the heavenly host, praising God and saying:
21:45 'Glory to God in the highest,
21:48 and on earth peace, goodwill toward men!"
21:51 Praise the Lord, the Savior had been born.
21:57 But from the moment He was born,
21:59 He became the object of the attacks of the devil.
22:04 In Micah 5:2,
22:07 helps us to understand who this baby is.
22:13 Micah 5:2, "But you Bethlehem Ephrathah,
22:17 though you are little among the thousands of Judah,
22:20 yet out of you shall come forth
22:23 to Me The One to be Ruler in Israel,
22:27 Whose goings forth are from of old,
22:30 from everlasting."
22:31 We are talking that this,
22:33 talking to you that this baby
22:35 is none other than Jesus Christ,
22:37 whom the Bible declares that He is God.
22:42 And that's why in the Book of Hebrews Chapter 1,
22:46 we have the following words that reveal to us,
22:50 who this baby is.
22:54 God...
22:55 Chapter 1:1-2,
22:57 "God, who at various times and in various ways spoke
23:01 in time past to the fathers by the prophets,
23:04 has in these last days spoken to us by His Son,
23:08 whom He has appointed heir of all things,
23:11 through whom also He made the worlds."
23:14 This baby Jesus,
23:18 the Creator of the world became a human being.
23:22 Marvel wonder in admiration
23:25 at this miracle that God has done.
23:30 What Jesus did was seemed impossible
23:34 at the time when it seemed impossible
23:37 to save the human race, Jesus Christ was born.
23:41 And in the Book of John Chapter 1,
23:43 we are reading quickly verse 1, 2 and 3.
23:46 "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God,
23:51 and the Word was God.
23:53 He was in the beginning with God.
23:55 All things were made through Him,
23:59 and without Him nothing was made that was made."
24:03 Praise the Lord.
24:05 Now John 1:14 tells us,
24:09 "And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us.
24:14 And we beheld His glory,
24:16 the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,
24:20 full of grace and truth."
24:23 Praise the Lord.
24:25 Dear people,
24:27 please understand that it is a miracle that Jesus
24:32 came to this world to die for us.
24:35 It is a miracle that is of divine origin.
24:41 And I say to you,
24:42 we should stand back and consider
24:45 this great miracle of God.
24:47 Take time to consider that God
24:49 loved you so much to send
24:52 His only Son to die for you.
24:55 It seems like people nowadays are not impressed.
25:00 They are going this way and that way,
25:03 but they are not considering that time is quickly passing.
25:07 And the time for the judgments of God
25:10 to fall upon this world is very near.
25:13 And people have to make decisions
25:16 for salvation before it is too late.
25:19 The door of mercy will close
25:22 and you do not know when that door will close.
25:25 So it is of urgent, importance,
25:28 of vital importance that you make a decision
25:30 for Jesus before it is too late.
25:33 Consider the great love of God.
25:36 And that's why I want to read to you of this miracle,
25:41 notice in Isaiah 53:1,
25:45 "Who has believed our report?
25:47 And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?"
25:52 You see, this Jesus,
25:55 the fact that He was born in this world
25:57 is a miracle beyond our understanding.
25:59 And we should take time to consider that for you,
26:03 Jesus came to this world to suffer and die for us.
26:09 Every moment in this world
26:11 was a moment of suffering for Jesus.
26:13 The Bible says He was a man of sorrows
26:16 and acquainted with grief.
26:19 Notice how it says in Isaiah 53:2,
26:22 "For He shall grow up before Him as a tender plant,
26:26 and as a root out of dry ground.
26:30 And He has no form or comeliness.
26:33 And when we see Him,
26:34 there is no beauty that we should desire Him."
26:37 Jesus Christ, it says here,
26:40 He shall grow up as a root out of dry ground.
26:44 What's a root out of dry ground?
26:46 Dry ground seems fruitless, like nothing could grow there.
26:51 He shall grow up as a tender plant,
26:52 as a tender baby He came into this world.
26:56 Angels beholding the face
27:00 of baby Jesus marveled,
27:02 because before this,
27:05 before He was born in this world,
27:07 they beheld Jesus,
27:08 His glorious majestic face,
27:13 glorious with holiness,
27:15 glorious with exaltation and praise,
27:19 all honor and worship.
27:21 He was due all the songs
27:23 and anthems of praise the angels
27:25 could possibly create.
27:27 He was worthy of each and every one of them.
27:31 And yet He humbled Himself and became a baby.
27:36 And now the angels behold this miracle
27:40 and they are amazed that God is love
27:46 and they see a new revelation of God's love
27:51 that God would humble Himself to the degree of becoming,
27:56 the Bible says in Hebrews Chapter 2,
27:59 a little lower than the angels.
28:02 Hebrews Chapter 1 and chapter 2,
28:04 Jesus became a little lower than the angels,
28:07 became a human being to die in this wicked world.
28:13 I invite you to consider 1 Peter 1:11-12.
28:19 Notice what the Bible says concerning Jesus.
28:22 "Of this salvation the prophets have inquired
28:27 and searched carefully,
28:30 who prophesied of the grace that would come to you,
28:34 searching what, or what manner of time,
28:37 the Spirit of Christ who was in them
28:40 was indicating when He testified
28:42 beforehand the sufferings of Christ
28:45 and the glories that would follow.
28:48 To them it was revealed that,
28:51 not to themselves,
28:53 but to us they were ministering the things
28:56 which now have been reported
28:59 to you through those who have preached
29:01 the gospel to you
29:03 by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven,
29:06 things which angels desire to look into."
29:11 My brother and my sister,
29:13 Jesus Christ,
29:16 the miracle of His birth,
29:18 the miracle of salvation,
29:22 the fact that God will be willing
29:24 to humble Himself to come to this world.
29:28 Prophets diligently searched,
29:30 they longed to be alive during that time,
29:35 but they did not have such a privilege.
29:37 Angels desire to study and search out the mystery
29:42 of the incarnation of Christ,
29:45 how He became a man,
29:47 how He was willing to do this.
29:50 Angels desire to know more.
29:53 And we as human beings are paying attention
29:55 to this and to that.
29:58 And we pay little attention to what the Bible says.
30:03 And the Bible reveals
30:05 the great blessing of salvation through Jesus Christ.
30:09 Even though I tell you,
30:11 this is something we are going to continue studying
30:13 throughout the ceaseless ages of eternity,
30:17 because it is a something indescribable.
30:22 We cannot fully express it or describe the miracle,
30:26 that God loves a race,
30:30 an individual that commits such wickedness
30:33 against himself, against others,
30:36 against God.
30:37 And God still loves that person.
30:39 And I'm telling you,
30:40 I don't know what you have done,
30:42 but God loves you.
30:43 And sincerely wants you to repent,
30:47 So that you do not die for your sins,
30:49 because Jesus died for you.
30:52 Please come with me and join me.
30:55 As you consider Desire of Ages, Chapter 48,
31:00 there's a message for us
31:03 here that when I read this, I said, this is incredible.
31:06 This is amazing.
31:08 Notice, it would have been an almost infinite humiliation
31:12 for the Son of God to take man's nature.
31:15 Even when Adam stood
31:18 in his innocence in Eden,
31:21 but Jesus accepted humanity
31:25 when the race have been weakened
31:27 by 4,000 years of sin.
31:30 Like every child of Adam,
31:32 He accepted the results of the working
31:35 of the great law of heredity.
31:38 What these results were is shown
31:41 in the history of His earthly ancestors.
31:44 He came with such a heredity
31:47 to share our sorrows and temptations,
31:52 and to give us an example of a sinless life.
31:57 Praise be God. Praise be to Jesus Christ.
32:00 Honor and blessing be unto Him.
32:04 He is worthy of all praise.
32:07 That's why I read to you now from 1 Timothy 3:16,
32:11 "And without controversy
32:14 great is the mystery of godliness
32:18 God was manifested in the flesh,
32:23 justified in the Spirit, seen by angels,
32:27 preached among the Gentiles, believed on in the world,
32:32 received up into glory."
32:35 That's right.
32:36 Great is the mystery of godliness.
32:41 But this Jesus did not come to this world
32:46 to be praised and honored.
32:48 He didn't come to this world to receive songs of adoration.
32:52 He came to live a life
32:57 perfect and blameless, So that you could be saved.
33:01 He came and He was a target of the devil.
33:05 It seemed that wherever Jesus went,
33:08 there was no rest.
33:10 You see,
33:12 you have to step back and consider the fact
33:14 Satan knew, this is the one.
33:17 This is the one
33:19 that is foretold would crush my head.
33:23 This is the one
33:24 that if He lives a perfect life,
33:28 I am done for.
33:29 It's over for me.
33:31 It's over for my kingdom.
33:33 So he made the life of Christ as most,
33:36 as difficult as it could be,
33:39 an impossible life to live
33:42 because Satan knew, if I don't overcome Him,
33:47 I am finished.
33:50 So every day was a struggle.
33:52 Every day for Jesus
33:54 was a day
33:59 of such difficulty
34:01 because the devil was on His tracks every moment.
34:04 He was relentless,
34:06 coming at Him from different angles.
34:08 Yes, the Bible shows three great temptations,
34:13 but there were hundreds and thousands
34:15 of other temptations stronger than you
34:18 or you or I could ever face
34:21 because so much was at stake.
34:26 Join me now in Isaiah 53:3-6.
34:31 Notice what the Bible says, for thus...
34:35 I'm sorry, verse 3, Isaiah 53,
34:38 "He is despised and rejected by men."
34:43 Rejected by men?
34:44 He came to save them.
34:46 How could He be rejected and despised by them?
34:48 "A Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief.
34:51 And we hid, as it were, our faces from Him."
34:55 Are you hiding your face from Jesus?
34:59 He came to save you.
35:01 Are you despising and rejecting Jesus
35:04 when His hands are outstretched to you saying,
35:07 come, I want to give you salvation.
35:11 I want to forgive you for your sins.
35:12 I want to give you eternal life.
35:14 I want to rescue you, rescue you from the sufferings
35:18 you are going through.
35:19 And from the sufferings you will go through,
35:21 unless you repent.
35:23 Are you despising and rejecting the offer of Jesus?
35:27 Verse 4, "Surely, He has borne our griefs
35:30 and carried our sorrows,
35:32 yet we esteemed Him stricken,
35:36 smitten by God, and afflicted,
35:40 but He was wounded for our transgressions.
35:44 He was bruised for our iniquities,
35:47 the chastisement for our peace was upon Him,
35:51 and by His stripes, we are healed."
35:54 Notice verse 6,
35:56 "All we like sheep have gone astray,
35:59 we have turned everyone to his own way,
36:01 and the Lord laid on Him the iniquity of us all."
36:07 Consider these scriptures,
36:10 is a message of what Jesus went through.
36:13 Notice that He was wounded,
36:15 it says for our transgressions, but brother, sister, friend,
36:21 He was wounded for everybody's transgression,
36:23 but yours as well, yes,
36:27 every suffering of Christ was for you.
36:30 And He did not complain.
36:33 He willingly took this suffering
36:36 So that you could have salvation.
36:39 The Bible says that all we like sheep
36:44 have gone astray.
36:49 But the Bible says also,
36:52 that the Lord
36:53 laid on Him the iniquity of us all.
36:59 All of your sins were placed upon Christ.
37:03 And I don't know
37:04 if you have ever tried
37:06 to pack something in some vessel
37:09 of some kind or in something,
37:11 in a bag or some box
37:14 and you fill and you fill,
37:15 and you try to press down so that more will fit.
37:20 Upon Jesus was laid the iniquity of us,
37:24 so all of our sins were placed upon Jesus,
37:29 So that He could pay for them,
37:32 So that you don't have to pay for them.
37:34 Jesus has already paid the price.
37:38 This is enough to say worthy
37:42 is Jesus of any praise
37:45 I could ever bring out,
37:50 any praise I could ever say, any song I could ever write,
37:54 any poem I could ever write,
37:57 any glory I could ever give Him.
37:59 And the best glory you can give Jesus
38:03 is to follow Him with all your heart,
38:06 and listen to Him that will give you victory.
38:09 You see the Bible says
38:12 that God so loved the world
38:17 that He gave His only begotten Son,
38:21 that whosoever,
38:23 you see, to be able to say whosoever.
38:27 It means that God,
38:29 the Father must place every single sin.
38:34 Right now, there's close to 8 billion people in the world,
38:39 but we're looking back to history
38:41 to the beginning since Adam,
38:44 how many millions, how many billions,
38:47 could it be trillions?
38:50 And if only one sin
38:53 would be committed by people by each individual,
38:56 that's billions and trillions.
39:00 On Him was laid the iniquity of us all.
39:04 And He willingly took this.
39:07 You see, God loves you that much.
39:13 So please consider,
39:15 consider now giving your life to Jesus.
39:18 Stop rejecting the offer of mercy.
39:21 Stop rejecting His drawing,
39:25 'cause He's trying to draw you to Him,
39:28 so that your sufferings will end.
39:31 And you can begin a life in Jesus,
39:35 or you may have sufferings in this world.
39:38 See, but the sufferings
39:40 of this world cannot be compared
39:43 with the glory and blessings that will follow.
39:47 You see, I say that you may suffer in this world
39:50 because if you give your life to Jesus,
39:53 he will attack you.
39:54 But Christ will surround you with His grace,
39:57 will protect you
39:59 from all the wickedness the devil wants to do to you
40:02 because the Bible says that there is no peace
40:05 for the wicked.
40:07 So outside of Jesus, you cannot have peace,
40:10 only in Jesus will you find peace.
40:12 In Matthew Chapter 27,
40:14 let's read quickly verses 39 through 44.
40:18 We have a description
40:20 to what happened to Jesus on the cross.
40:22 Let us read quickly.
40:23 "And those who passed by blasphemed Him,
40:28 wagging their heads and saying,
40:30 'You who destroy the temple
40:33 and build it in three days, save Yourself!
40:37 If You are the Son of God,
40:39 come down from the cross.'
40:42 Likewise the chief priests also,
40:44 mocking with the scribes and elders, said,
40:47 'He saved others, Himself He cannot save.
40:52 If He is the King of Israel,
40:54 let Him now come down from the cross,
40:58 and we will believe Him.
41:02 He trusted in God,
41:03 let Him deliver Him now if He will save Him,
41:06 if He will have Him, for He said,
41:08 'I am the Son of God.'
41:10 Even the robbers
41:12 who were crucified with Him reviled Him
41:14 with the same thing.'"
41:17 Stop and consider for a moment.
41:20 What are these people saying?
41:22 Are they saying it because it came out
41:24 of their minds or are they saying
41:26 it because the devil
41:28 put that in their mind and they are expressing it?
41:31 You see the devil was there and all
41:34 of his demons were there.
41:35 So rounding Jesus
41:38 to try to make this as difficult as possible.
41:41 Question,
41:43 did the devil want Jesus to be crucified?
41:48 What's your answer to that?
41:50 Did the devil want Jesus to be crucified?
41:54 I say to you, yes.
41:55 If Jesus decided to die for the human race,
41:59 the devil would want him to be crucified.
42:01 Why?
42:02 You see the Romans
42:04 and the devil helped them with this.
42:05 The Romans have perfected the suffering
42:09 an individual could through on a cross.
42:12 The crucifixion
42:14 was the most horrible way to die,
42:18 the most horrible way to be punished,
42:20 to punish a criminal.
42:22 During the time of Jesus, this was the most horrible
42:25 way to die.
42:29 They have perfected the art
42:32 of causing suffering upon people that were crucified.
42:36 And all of these things that they are saying,
42:40 let Him come down from the cross,
42:41 we will believe Him.
42:43 And they're wagging their heads and saying all those things,
42:45 all those things,
42:47 we don't even have half of what they said.
42:49 They were inspired by the devil.
42:51 They were speaking the devil's words.
42:53 Why?
42:54 Because if Jesus would listen to those things
42:57 and do a miracle to save Himself,
43:00 the devil said, I've got you.
43:02 I have won and you have lost,
43:05 all these people are mine. They will be my subject.
43:09 The earth will be mine forever.
43:12 And Jesus hung on that cross.
43:15 Every second was victory.
43:18 Every moment
43:20 was closer and closer to securing your salvation.
43:23 Every moment He was suffering on the cross,
43:25 He was suffering for my sins.
43:28 Every moment on that cross,
43:29 He was suffering the wages of sin, my sins.
43:33 And every moment He stayed there,
43:36 He was gaining the victory.
43:38 You see the devil wanted Him to be crucified
43:41 so that He could inflict such suffering
43:45 that just the pain itself would be such
43:49 that He would want to escape it.
43:52 And even breathing was difficult.
43:54 The way people were hung on the cross,
43:56 they were hanging.
43:58 All the pressure was upon the lungs
44:00 and to breathe was a horrible,
44:04 painful experience.
44:05 And that's why they would try to...
44:09 It would be like you're running.
44:11 Have you ever been in water?
44:14 And it seems like you can't get a breath.
44:15 You're drowning.
44:17 That's what was happening to Jesus.
44:19 Dying on the cross for you.
44:21 He who gave breath,
44:24 the breath of life to people now cannot breathe.
44:29 What a horrible experience.
44:31 Let's read these things in the Bible.
44:34 Let's go quickly to Matthew Chapter 27,
44:38 read verse 45 to 46.
44:43 The Bible says, "Now from the sixth hour
44:45 until the ninth hour
44:47 there was darkness over all the land.
44:50 And about the ninth hour Jesus cried
44:52 out with a loud voice, saying,
44:54 'Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?'
45:00 That is, 'My God, My God,
45:04 why have You forsaken Me?'"
45:12 And I say to you,
45:15 Jesus felt
45:18 forsaken by all.
45:24 But here He cries out to the Father,
45:26 why have You forsaken Me?
45:30 I understand everybody, but You.
45:34 You see, the Father had to withdraw
45:38 His presence because Jesus
45:42 had to suffer like the sinners will suffer at the end
45:47 without God.
45:50 In Psalm 22,
45:53 the Bible reveals a little behind the scenes
45:58 on what was happening to Jesus.
46:01 In Psalm 22,
46:03 you can see that it's talking about Jesus
46:05 because verse 1 begins, "My God,
46:09 my God, why have You forsaken Me?
46:11 Why are you so far from helping Me,
46:14 and from the words of My groaning?
46:17 Why?
46:18 Let's continue reading there, verses 12 through 18.
46:23 Notice the words,
46:26 "Many bulls have surrounded Me,
46:28 strong bulls of Bashan have encircled Me.
46:32 They gape at Me with their mouths,
46:35 like a raging and a roaring lion.
46:38 I am poured out like water,
46:41 and all My bones are out of joint."
46:45 This is the experience of the cross.
46:48 "My heart is like wax, it has melted within Me.
46:52 My strength is dried up like a potsherd,
46:57 and My tongue clings to My jaws,
47:00 You have brought Me to the dust of death.
47:03 For dogs have surrounded Me,
47:06 the congregation of the wicked has enclosed Me.
47:10 Yes, they have pierced My hands and My feet."
47:14 You see, I will continue reading in a moment.
47:18 The devil was there.
47:20 It says the congregation of the wicked.
47:23 And this is not talking about mere dogs.
47:25 It's talking about the wicked,
47:27 all the assembly of the wicked were there taunting things.
47:31 You heard, the Bible records
47:34 what human beings were saying
47:35 through the inspiration of the devil,
47:37 but all the things that devil was saying to Jesus,
47:39 we do not have a record of,
47:41 but he was there to make this as difficult as possible.
47:47 So that Jesus would come down from that cross
47:51 and avoid the suffering He was going through.
47:55 But Jesus stayed on the cross
47:59 because He loves you, because He loves me.
48:02 Notice what it says, verse 17 and 18,
48:05 Psalm 22, "I count all My bones.
48:09 They look and stare at Me.
48:10 They divide My garments among them.
48:13 And for My clothing, they cast lots."
48:15 You see Psalm 22
48:17 and Psalm 69 reveal some behind the scenes things
48:21 about what happened to Jesus
48:23 through His sufferings, even on the cross.
48:25 So I say to you,
48:27 please consider what Jesus has done for you.
48:32 Jesus endured such suffering.
48:36 And I haven't seen the movie.
48:38 Some people say the movie, The Passion,
48:40 or I forgot how it's called
48:41 The Passion of Christ or passion
48:43 paints a man.
48:44 I...
48:47 There's a man that I know that he passed away now.
48:49 He was an atheist.
48:51 He said it, "John, I went to see the movie.
48:53 Don't go see it.
48:55 Don't see this movie."
48:56 I said, "Well, why are you saying that?"
48:58 Oh, it's just two hours
49:00 of a man getting beaten to death,
49:03 just beaten and beaten.
49:06 And it's interesting he says that.
49:08 He was an atheist, but he went to see the movie.
49:11 I don't know what impact it had on his life.
49:13 He never expressed that to me,
49:15 but I tell you what Jesus suffered
49:17 on the cross cannot be described.
49:21 We read and look at some of the physical suffering,
49:24 but what was going on internally,
49:28 we have no idea.
49:32 We have no idea the agony and the suffering of Jesus.
49:37 John 19:28-30,
49:40 "After this, Jesus knowing that all things
49:43 were now accomplished,
49:46 that the Scripture might be fulfilled, said,
49:49 'I thirst!'
49:52 Now a vessel full of sour wine was sitting
49:54 there and they filled a sponge with sour wine,
49:57 put it on a hyssop, and put it into His mouth.
50:02 So when Jesus had received the sour wine."
50:06 King James says vinegar.
50:08 "He said, 'It is finished!'
50:12 And bowing His head,
50:14 He gave up His spirit.'"
50:18 Jesus Christ died on the cross,
50:21 stayed on the cross as long
50:25 as it was necessary to pay for my sins,
50:29 as long as it was necessary to pay for your sins,
50:32 as long as it was necessary to pay for the sins
50:36 of every individual since Adam
50:39 till the end of time,
50:42 paid for the sins, and then He died.
50:47 Jesus died for you.
50:51 It seemed impossible.
50:54 It seemed impossible that He would stay there.
50:57 It seemed impossible
50:58 that He would come to this world,
50:59 to this earth,
51:01 but Jesus did what seemed impossible.
51:05 Notice what he says in Revelation 12:12.
51:09 "Then I heard a loud voice in heaven,
51:13 now salvation and strength
51:17 and the kingdom of our God and the power
51:20 of His Christ have come,
51:22 for the accuser of our brethren
51:25 who accused them before our God day and night
51:28 has been cast out."
51:31 Praise be to God.
51:33 This verse is speaking of the victory
51:36 Jesus gained on the cross.
51:37 And that's why a loud voice says,
51:42 now salvation and strength and the kingdom of our God
51:47 and the power of His Christ has come.
51:50 Blessed be the holy name of the Lord.
51:54 In 1 Peter,
51:55 1 Peter Chapter 1.
51:59 In 1 Peter Chapter 1, the Bible says,
52:01 verse 18 and 19,
52:04 "Knowing that you were not redeemed
52:07 with corruptible things like silver or gold
52:10 from your aimless conduct
52:12 received by tradition from your fathers,
52:14 but with the precious blood of Christ,
52:18 as of a lamb without blemish and without spot."
52:22 Blessed be the name of the Lord.
52:24 I tell you that the gift of salvation
52:27 is available to you because Jesus
52:30 was willing to pay the price.
52:33 Are you willing to receive the gift
52:37 that Jesus purchased with His blood?
52:40 It says as of a lamb without blemish
52:43 and without spot lived a perfect life
52:46 so that He could pay for your sins.
52:49 In Romans 5:8, the Bible says,
52:52 "But God demonstrates His own love toward us,
52:56 in that while we were still sinners,
53:00 Christ died for us."
53:02 And today you don't have to remain a sinner.
53:06 You can become a child of God.
53:10 What should you do?
53:13 What can you do to become,
53:15 to go from being a sinner to a child of God?
53:20 You come before the Lord,
53:23 confess your sins, repent for your sins,
53:26 leave them behind and say,
53:28 "Lord, I don't wanna do these things anymore.
53:31 Please give me victory."
53:35 If you open the door to Christ,
53:37 He will come in and He will be your strength
53:43 to give you the victory that you need,
53:45 to give you the eternal life.
53:47 God demonstrated His love
53:50 toward you and continues to demonstrate this love
53:54 because He loves you.
53:56 Ephesians 2:4-8.
53:58 Notice what the Bible says,
54:01 "But God who is rich in mercy
54:05 because of His great love,
54:07 which He loved us.
54:09 Even when we were dead in trespasses
54:12 made us alive together with Christ.
54:15 By grace, you have been saved and raised us up together
54:21 and made us sit together in heavenly places
54:23 in Christ Jesus, that in the ages to come,
54:26 He might show the exceeding riches of His grace
54:29 by His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.
54:33 For by grace,
54:35 you have been saved through faith
54:36 and that not of yourselves, it is the Gift of God."
54:40 Will you accept the gift of God?
54:45 Will you accept this wonderful gift
54:49 that Jesus came to buy for us?
54:54 I read to you now from the Book of John
54:59 1:10-13,
55:04 notice what it says.
55:06 "He was in the world
55:08 and the world was made through Him
55:10 and the world did not know Him.
55:13 He came to His own
55:14 and His own did not receive Him.
55:16 But as many as received Him,
55:19 to them gave He the right to become children of God
55:24 to those who believe in His name."
55:27 You have that privilege today.
55:30 The opportunity to become a child of God
55:33 is here and now.
55:35 It says here who were born
55:38 not of blood nor of the will of the flesh,
55:41 nor of the will of man, but of God.
55:44 You can become born of God.
55:48 Will you take this opportunity?
55:51 Will you accept the gift
55:54 of salvation through Jesus Christ?
55:57 Jesus came to give you that blessed gift.
56:02 And you see, Jesus Christ
56:05 came to give you that gift.
56:11 In Hebrews 2:9 it says,
56:14 "But we see Jesus
56:16 who was made a little lower than the angels
56:18 for the suffering of death,
56:20 crowned with glory and honor that He by the grace of God
56:25 might taste death for everyone."
56:29 Jesus tasted death
56:32 for you.
56:35 I invite you to join me in prayer
56:38 as we ask Jesus
56:41 to give us His free salvation.
56:44 Let us pray.
56:45 Our loving heavenly Father,
56:48 I ask You, Lord, to be with every person
56:50 that is confessing His sin before You.
56:54 Jesus tasted death for Mary, for John,
56:57 for Ruben, for Robert,
56:59 for Jill, for Joyce,
57:02 for Randy, for Joe,
57:05 for every one of us, He tasted death.
57:08 Help them to accept this gift of salvation
57:12 and become born of God
57:15 and accept eternal life through Jesus Christ.
57:17 I ask you in Jesus' name, amen.
57:21 I hope that you'll give your heart
57:25 completely to Jesus Christ.
57:27 And in Him, have eternal life.

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