Series C – Trinity Sunday – Sunday, May 22, 2016 | Pr. Chris Rosebrough
| Welcome to the Teaching Ministry of Kongsvinger Lutheran Church. Kongsvinger is a beacon for the Gospel of Jesus Christ and is located on the plains of Northwestern Minnesota. We proclaim Christ and Him crucified for our sins and salvation by grace through faith alone, and now, here’s a message from Pastor Chris Rosebrough: |
| Time Stamp | Transcript |
| 0:27 | The holy Gospel |
| 0:29 | According to Saint John chapter 8 verses |
| 0:32 | 48-59 |
| 0:34 | the Jews answered him are we not right |
| 0:36 | in saying that you are a Samaritan and |
| 0:38 | you have a demon Jesus answered I do not |
| 0:41 | have a demon but I honor my father and |
| 0:43 | you dishonor me yet I do not seek my own |
| 0:46 | Glory there is one who seeks it and he |
| 0:48 | is the judge truly truly I say to you if |
| 0:51 | anyone keeps my word he will never see |
| 0:53 | death the Jews said to him now we know |
| 0:56 | you have a demon Abraham died as did the |
| 0:58 | prophets and yet you say if anyone keeps |
| 1:00 | my word he will never taste death are |
| 1:03 | you greater than our Father Abraham who |
| 1:05 | died and the prophets who died who do |
| 1:08 | you make yourself out to be |
| 1:10 | Jesus answered |
| 1:11 | if I glorify myself my glory is nothing |
| 1:14 | it is my father who glorifies me of whom |
| 1:16 | you say he is our God but you have not |
| 1:19 | known him I know him if I were to say |
| 1:22 | that I do not know him I would be a liar |
| 1:24 | like you but I do know him and I keep |
| 1:27 | his word your father Abraham rejoiced |
| 1:29 | that he would see my day he saw it and |
| 1:31 | was glad so the Jew said to him you are |
| 1:34 | not yet 50 years old and you’ve seen |
| 1:36 | Abraham and Jesus said to them truly |
| 1:39 | truly I say to you before Abraham was I |
| 1:43 | am so they picked up stones to throw at |
| 1:46 | him but Jesus hid himself and went out |
| 1:49 | of the Temple |
| 1:50 | in the name of Jesus |
| 1:52 | all right so listen to the opening |
| 1:54 | sentence of Our Gospel text today the |
| 1:57 | Jews answered him are we not right in |
| 1:59 | saying that you are a Samaritan and you |
| 2:00 | have a demon |
| 2:01 | you got to love it when the reading |
| 2:04 | begins right in the middle of a story |
| 2:05 | seriously what’s going on here what does |
| 2:08 | Jesus have himself embroiled in and in |
| 2:11 | order to get what’s going on we’re going |
| 2:13 | to have to grab some context I know |
| 2:15 | you’ve heard me say this before but in |
| 2:17 | order to rightly understand God’s word |
| 2:19 | there are three rules you’ve got to |
| 2:20 | abide by and they are get this context |
| 2:24 | context and you know the third one right |
| 2:27 | context right now just so you know some |
| 2:30 | of the context is a few verses ahead |
| 2:32 | while some of the needed context get |
| 2:35 | this it’s all the way back in the book |
| 2:37 | of Exodus |
| 2:38 | yeah I know you can talk about context |
| 2:40 | here because you got to understand |
| 2:41 | what’s going on now keep in mind today |
| 2:43 | is Trinity Sunday today is the one day |
| 2:46 | of the year when we really focus in on |
| 2:49 | the doctrine of the Trinity and one of |
| 2:51 | the major tenets of the doctrine of the |
| 2:52 | Trinity is that Jesus Christ is both God |
| 2:55 | and man oh and yeah Jesus is the same |
| 2:58 | God as the father but Jesus isn’t the |
| 3:00 | father I know it’s kind of mind-blowing |
| 3:02 | right you have to work it all out and |
| 3:04 | today |
| 3:06 | rather than confess the words of the |
| 3:08 | Nicene or Apostles Creed we’re going to |
| 3:11 | pull out that one that only comes out |
| 3:13 | once a year the athenation created I |
| 3:15 | understand that this is Janet’s favorite |
| 3:16 | so |
| 3:20 | now with that we’re going to turn to the |
| 3:23 | Book of Exodus |
| 3:25 | we’re going to be in chapter three and |
| 3:27 | I’ll start at verse one if you want to |
| 3:29 | get there and by way of a little bit of |
| 3:31 | a context as to what’s going on here in |
| 3:33 | Exodus chapter 3 Moses has already |
| 3:35 | experienced his basket experience if you |
| 3:38 | would as an infant was put down the Nile |
| 3:40 | because Pharaoh had basically ordered |
| 3:44 | that all the male Children of the |
| 3:46 | Israelites be killed Moses was put in |
| 3:48 | the basket he was drawn out of the Nile |
| 3:50 | River by the daughter of pharaoh raised |
| 3:52 | in the palace |
| 3:54 | then goes on to decide he wants to set |
| 3:56 | his people free and murders an Egyptian |
| 3:58 | that didn’t go so well he ends up on |
| 4:00 | Egypt’s most wanted list every Saturday |
| 4:03 | night they featured his face have you |
| 4:05 | seen this man his face was all over the |
| 4:07 | post office all over Egypt and so he |
| 4:10 | spends 40 years on the run if you would |
| 4:12 | as a fugitive and is living in the land |
| 4:14 | of Midian and this is when God decides |
| 4:17 | to call him we have to pay attention to |
| 4:19 | a few things going on here so Exodus |
| 4:21 | chapter 3 verse 1 begins now Moses was |
| 4:23 | keeping the flock of his father-in-law |
| 4:25 | Jethro priest of Midian |
| 4:28 | he led his flock to the west side of the |
| 4:30 | Wilderness and came to Horeb Horeb is |
| 4:32 | Mount Sinai and the Mountain of God and |
| 4:35 | the angel of the Lord appeared to him in |
| 4:37 | a flame of fire out of the midst of a |
| 4:39 | bush he looked and behold the Bush was |
| 4:41 | burning and it was not consumed Moses |
| 4:44 | said I will turn aside to see this great |
| 4:46 | sight why the bush is not burned when |
| 4:49 | the Lord saw that he had turned aside to |
| 4:51 | see God called out to him out of the |
| 4:55 | Bush now pay attention to how many times |
| 4:57 | you hear the word God in the next few |
| 4:59 | sentences all right Moses Moses he said |
| 5:03 | here I am then he said do not come near |
| 5:05 | take your sandals off your feet for the |
| 5:08 | place which you are standing is Holy |
| 5:10 | Ground and he said I am the god of your |
| 5:13 | father the god of Abraham the god of |
| 5:16 | Isaac the god of Jacob Moses hid his |
| 5:20 | face where he was afraid to look at God |
| 5:24 | y’all got who Moses is talking to |
| 5:27 | okay there’s no doubt about it right |
| 5:30 | here you have to have really bad reading |
| 5:33 | comprehension skills to not realize he’s |
| 5:34 | talking to God right so then the Lord |
| 5:37 | Yahweh said I have surely seen the |
| 5:40 | Affliction of my people who are in Egypt |
| 5:42 | I’ve heard their cry because of their |
| 5:44 | task Masters I know their sufferings and |
| 5:47 | I have come down to deliver them out of |
| 5:49 | the hand of the Egyptians and to bring |
| 5:51 | them up out of that land to a good and |
| 5:54 | broadland a land flowing with milk and |
| 5:56 | honey to the place of the Canaanites the |
| 5:58 | Hittites the amorites the perizzites the |
| 6:01 | hivites and the jebusites and as I like |
| 6:03 | to tell my children the ballet tights |
| 6:05 | and the uptights |
| 6:08 | right |
| 6:09 | and Now Behold The Cry of the people of |
| 6:12 | Israel has come to me I have also seen |
| 6:14 | the oppression with which the Egyptians |
| 6:16 | oppressed them come I will send you to |
| 6:18 | Pharaoh so that you may bring my people |
| 6:20 | the children of Israel out of Egypt but |
| 6:23 | Moses said to God |
| 6:25 | who am I that I should go to pharaoh and |
| 6:28 | bring the children of Israel out of |
| 6:30 | Egypt |
| 6:31 | but he said I will be with you and this |
| 6:34 | shall be the sign for you that I have |
| 6:35 | sent you |
| 6:36 | when you have brought the people of |
| 6:38 | Egypt You Shall Serve God on this |
| 6:40 | mountain |
| 6:41 | so then Moses said to God if I come to |
| 6:45 | the people of Israel and they say and |
| 6:46 | say to them the god of your fathers has |
| 6:48 | sent me to you and they asked well |
| 6:50 | what’s his name |
| 6:52 | what shall I say to them |
| 6:54 | so God said to Moses I am who I am he |
| 6:59 | said say to this people of Israel I am |
| 7:02 | has sent me to you |
| 7:06 | God also said to Moses say this to the |
| 7:08 | people of Israel the Lord the god of |
| 7:10 | your father is the god of Jacob the god |
| 7:12 | of Isaac the god of Jacob has sent me to |
| 7:14 | you this is my name forever and thus I |
| 7:18 | am to be remembered throughout all |
| 7:20 | generations |
| 7:21 | all right so in our context here we know |
| 7:24 | who Moses is talking to it’s pretty |
| 7:26 | clear he’s talking to God what’s the |
| 7:28 | name of God that God wants him to give |
| 7:30 | to the children of Israel it’s a weird |
| 7:32 | one I am |
| 7:35 | what a name I am not I was I am |
| 7:40 | God is basically saying I am the |
| 7:42 | self-existing one I have always been all |
| 7:45 | right so now we know who he’s talking to |
| 7:47 | we know the name |
| 7:49 | tucked that little bit of information |
| 7:50 | away also by way of just a little bit of |
| 7:53 | a note here note that Old Testaments |
| 7:56 | type and Shadow New Testament is reality |
| 7:59 | notice the story of slavery and |
| 8:02 | Liberation and how God is doing |
| 8:05 | something to set his people free we’ll |
| 8:07 | key on on that a little bit now let’s go |
| 8:10 | back to the Gospel of John |
| 8:12 | we’re going to back up to verse 31. now |
| 8:16 | back on Reformation Day last year I |
| 8:19 | preached on this text I know you all |
| 8:21 | love that sermon and you’ve memorized it |
| 8:23 | so you know it was a great one this |
| 8:26 | month |
| 8:28 | you guys are a tough crowd today tough |
| 8:30 | crowd tough Norwegians I’m telling you |
| 8:33 | all right so let’s take a look at verse |
| 8:36 | 31. so the Jews so Jesus said to the |
| 8:38 | Jews who had believed in him if you |
| 8:40 | abide in my word you are truly my |
| 8:42 | disciples you will know the truth and |
| 8:44 | the truth will what set you free all |
| 8:47 | right now keep in mind here there’s |
| 8:50 | because of the context before this |
| 8:52 | there’s two groups now that Jesus is |
| 8:54 | addressing one are those who are |
| 8:56 | believing him and then you got the other |
| 8:58 | guys who are not and they are the ones |
| 9:01 | who form the basis of kind of like the |
| 9:03 | ongoing battle that’s taking place all |
| 9:06 | the way up to Our Gospel text so here |
| 9:08 | notice that Jesus is talking like his |
| 9:10 | words are equal to God’s words |
| 9:13 | that’s a funny way to act I mean if I |
| 9:15 | were to tell you Hey listen I’ve got |
| 9:17 | some really great ideas listen to my |
| 9:18 | words oh and my words well they’re going |
| 9:20 | to set you free you think all right |
| 9:23 | Pastor rosebrose lost it right well this |
| 9:26 | is the way Jesus is talking and it’s not |
| 9:28 | an accident so they these are the ones |
| 9:30 | who don’t believe in Jesus they answered |
| 9:32 | him we are offspring of Abraham and have |
| 9:34 | never been enslaved to anyone how is it |
| 9:36 | that you say that we will become free to |
| 9:39 | which I would say really you’ve never |
| 9:40 | been enslaved to anyone I just read from |
| 9:42 | Exodus 3 how all of the children of |
| 9:44 | Israel were enslaved in Egypt |
| 9:46 | how do you get off saying you were never |
| 9:48 | enslaved to anyone right clearly they’ve |
| 9:51 | lost sight of a few things here |
| 9:53 | Jesus though answers he says truly truly |
| 9:55 | I say to you everyone who practices sin |
| 9:58 | is a slave to sin |
| 10:01 | the slave does not remain in the house |
| 10:03 | forever the sun remains forever so if |
| 10:05 | the sun sets you free you will be free |
| 10:07 | indeed ah what is the sun setting you |
| 10:11 | free from |
| 10:13 | sin |
| 10:14 | right and this is an important thing |
| 10:17 | biblically this is a major category when |
| 10:21 | you start talking about slavery and |
| 10:23 | freedom type and Shadow in the Old |
| 10:25 | Testament right the reality is is that |
| 10:28 | the slavery we all find ourselves |
| 10:32 | well born into is slavery descent so |
| 10:36 | Jesus talks about Sin in this way Paul |
| 10:39 | in Romans 6 talks about Sin in this way |
| 10:41 | the Apostle Peter also talks about Sin |
| 10:44 | in this way I’ll point out a little bit |
| 10:46 | of a little bit of |
| 10:48 | cross-reference here from First Peter |
| 10:49 | chapter two I’ll start at verse 9. Peter |
| 10:52 | writing to Christians says this about |
| 10:53 | them you are a chosen race you are a |
| 10:56 | royal priesthood you are a holy nation |
| 10:59 | and the people for his own possession |
| 11:00 | that you may proclaim the excellencies |
| 11:03 | of him who called you out of Darkness |
| 11:05 | Into His Marvelous Light once you were |
| 11:08 | not a people but now you are God’s |
| 11:10 | people once you had not received Mercy |
| 11:12 | but now you have received Mercy notice |
| 11:16 | here how the gospel precedes any talk |
| 11:19 | about what we’re to do as Christians we |
| 11:22 | do not do good works in order to become |
| 11:25 | a chosen race we do not do good works in |
| 11:27 | order to become a royal priesthood we do |
| 11:30 | not do good works in order that God will |
| 11:33 | once and for all say all right I’m going |
| 11:35 | to finally take you out of Darkness |
| 11:38 | no |
| 11:39 | we are already a chosen race we are |
| 11:42 | already God’s holy people we are already |
| 11:44 | a royal priesthood because we are in |
| 11:45 | Christ |
| 11:46 | all right and it’s because of that that |
| 11:49 | we do good works |
| 11:51 | so Peter continues |
| 11:54 | because we have received Mercy I urge |
| 11:57 | you as sojourners and Exiles to abstain |
| 12:01 | from the passions of the flesh which |
| 12:03 | wage war against your soul keep your |
| 12:05 | conduct among the Gentiles honorable so |
| 12:08 | when they speak against you as evil |
| 12:10 | doers they may see your good deeds and |
| 12:13 | glorify God on the day of visitation |
| 12:15 | be subject for the Lord’s sake to every |
| 12:19 | Human Institution whether it be the |
| 12:21 | Emperor as supreme or to Governors as |
| 12:23 | sent by him to punish those who do evil |
| 12:26 | and to praise those who do good for this |
| 12:28 | is the will of God that by doing good |
| 12:31 | you should put to silence the ignorance |
| 12:33 | of foolish people so notice here all the |
| 12:36 | instructions about how we live all come |
| 12:38 | off of the fact that we are forgiven |
| 12:41 | that we are already Christians so live |
| 12:44 | as people who are free Peter says oh |
| 12:47 | there’s that concept again Freedom Live |
| 12:49 | as people who are free not using your |
| 12:52 | freedom as a cover-up for evil |
| 12:55 | but living as Servants of God honor |
| 12:58 | everyone love the Brotherhood fear God |
| 13:00 | honor the emperor |
| 13:02 | okay |
| 13:04 | so it is for Freedom that Christ has set |
| 13:05 | us free and slavery |
| 13:07 | well this has to do with sin |
| 13:11 | sin is slavery |
| 13:13 | back to our gospel text still picking up |
| 13:17 | a little context |
| 13:18 | Jesus then says this |
| 13:21 | I know that you are The Offspring of |
| 13:23 | Abraham yet you seek to kill me because |
| 13:25 | my word finds no place in you yeah |
| 13:28 | genetic descendants of Abraham and Jews |
| 13:31 | who well God’s word finds no place in |
| 13:34 | them he says I speak of what I have seen |
| 13:36 | with my father and you do what you have |
| 13:39 | heard from your father a little bit of a |
| 13:41 | warning here if you think that Jesus is |
| 13:44 | kind of like well think back to the 60s |
| 13:47 | you know a guy running around the |
| 13:48 | landscape wearing a bathrobe driving in |
| 13:51 | one of those wonderful VW Vans painted |
| 13:54 | up with the flowers and runs around and |
| 13:57 | says peace and you know things like that |
| 13:59 | and maybe sways at the campfire while |
| 14:02 | playing Kumbaya on his guitar you got |
| 14:04 | the wrong Jesus okay that’s not what |
| 14:06 | Jesus is like okay this is going to blow |
| 14:09 | that up so I apologize but the real |
| 14:12 | Jesus he’s kind of in your face |
| 14:15 | and watch what he does here |
| 14:17 | so Jesus says |
| 14:19 | all right |
| 14:22 | I know that your offspring of Abraham |
| 14:23 | yet you seek to kill me because my word |
| 14:25 | finds no place in you so they answered |
| 14:28 | him Abraham is our father Jesus said all |
| 14:32 | right if Abraham if you were Abraham’s |
| 14:34 | children you’d be doing the works that |
| 14:35 | Abraham did but now you seek to kill me |
| 14:38 | a man who has told you the truth that I |
| 14:40 | heard from God |
| 14:42 | this is not what Abraham did |
| 14:44 | you are doing The Works your father did |
| 14:48 | and you can see them scratching their |
| 14:50 | head |
| 14:51 | Our Father did |
| 14:53 | so |
| 14:55 | they basically infer from this that |
| 14:57 | Jesus is saying that they were |
| 14:58 | illegitimately born so we they said well |
| 15:01 | we have one father we were not born of |
| 15:04 | sexual immorality we have one father |
| 15:05 | even god well Jesus said to them all |
| 15:08 | right if God were your father you would |
| 15:09 | love me for I came from God and I’m here |
| 15:11 | I came not of my own accord but he sent |
| 15:14 | me why do you not understand what I say |
| 15:17 | it’s because you cannot bear to hear my |
| 15:20 | word you are of your father the devil |
| 15:24 | and all the air got sucked out of the |
| 15:26 | room |
| 15:28 | oh no he did and no way he just said |
| 15:31 | that I mean seriously If This Were the |
| 15:33 | Days of social media I mean could you |
| 15:34 | imagine the outrage |
| 15:36 | okay Twitter would be a buzz Facebook I |
| 15:39 | mean it would be all over the place |
| 15:40 | Jesus calls Jews Sons of the devil |
| 15:46 | we got to do something about this |
| 15:49 | right notice but he’s speaking the truth |
| 15:52 | this isn’t hyperbole |
| 15:54 | you are of your father the devil |
| 15:56 | your will is to do your father’s desires |
| 15:58 | he was a murderer from the beginning and |
| 16:01 | does not stand in the truth because |
| 16:03 | there is no truth in him when he lies he |
| 16:06 | speaks out of his own character for he’s |
| 16:08 | a liar and the father of lies because I |
| 16:11 | tell you the truth you don’t believe me |
| 16:13 | so which one of you convicts me of sin I |
| 16:16 | tell you the truth why do you not |
| 16:18 | believe me whoever is of God hears the |
| 16:20 | words of God the reason why you do not |
| 16:22 | hear them is that you are not of God |
| 16:26 | and there’s our little that’s our |
| 16:28 | context now |
| 16:29 | all right so now to Our Gospel text |
| 16:32 | which begins with their response to |
| 16:34 | Jesus saying that their father is the |
| 16:37 | devil they decide to respond in kind so |
| 16:40 | the Jews answered Jesus are we not right |
| 16:42 | in saying that you are a Samaritan and |
| 16:44 | you have a demon |
| 16:47 | all right |
| 16:48 | by the way this is a racial Epitaph |
| 16:50 | that’s a Samaritan |
| 16:52 | phrase here at this point to call |
| 16:54 | somebody Samaritan well that’s a lot |
| 16:56 | like you know being in the South prior |
| 16:58 | to the days of the civil rights movement |
| 16:59 | and calling somebody the n-word |
| 17:03 | so are we not right in saying that |
| 17:05 | you’re uh and have a demon |
| 17:10 | this conversation is |
| 17:11 | spinning out of control but let me point |
| 17:14 | something out here |
| 17:15 | this is total blindness on their part |
| 17:17 | and shows you the nature of Sin Sin |
| 17:20 | blinds us to the truth being born |
| 17:23 | enslaved to sin and the devil totally |
| 17:26 | gets our world upside down we end up |
| 17:28 | thinking that good is evil and that evil |
| 17:31 | is good that’s how things get crazy and |
| 17:33 | by the way the demons themselves they’re |
| 17:36 | not even this blind let me give you an |
| 17:38 | example Mark chapter 5 opens with a |
| 17:41 | story about a demoniac in the garrisons |
| 17:44 | here’s what it says when they came to |
| 17:45 | the other side of the sea into the |
| 17:47 | country of the garrisons and when Jesus |
| 17:49 | had stepped out of the boat immediately |
| 17:50 | there met him out of the tombs a man |
| 17:52 | with an unclean Spirit he lived among |
| 17:54 | the tombs no one can bind him anymore |
| 17:56 | not even with a chain for he had often |
| 17:59 | been bound with shackles and chains but |
| 18:01 | he wrenched the chains apart he broke |
| 18:03 | the shackles and pieces no one had the |
| 18:05 | strength to subdue him night and day |
| 18:07 | among the tombs on the mountains he was |
| 18:09 | always crying out and cutting himselves |
| 18:11 | with stones I mean this sounds like the |
| 18:14 | preview for a terribly scary horror |
| 18:17 | movie right can you imagine seeing this |
| 18:20 | on this big screen you know some new |
| 18:22 | horror movie coming out featuring this |
| 18:24 | guy doesn’t get much worse than this |
| 18:26 | right demon possessed you’ve totally |
| 18:28 | lost control of yourself but again the |
| 18:30 | demons are not as blind as we are so |
| 18:32 | when Jesus when he saw Jesus from afar |
| 18:35 | this demoniac ran and fell before him |
| 18:37 | and cried out with a loud voice get this |
| 18:40 | what have you to do with me Jesus Son of |
| 18:43 | the most high God |
| 18:47 | the demons know who Jesus is |
| 18:52 | they know |
| 18:56 | these Jews who Jesus is talking to |
| 18:59 | tally Clueless |
| 19:02 | so Jesus’s answer to them I do not have |
| 19:05 | a demon |
| 19:06 | but I honor my father and you dishonor |
| 19:09 | me |
| 19:10 | yet I do not seek my own Glory there’s |
| 19:12 | one who seeks it he’s the judge truly I |
| 19:14 | say to you if anyone keeps my word he |
| 19:17 | will never see death |
| 19:21 | do you believe that |
| 19:24 | it’s true Jesus doesn’t lie |
| 19:26 | I don’t know what it means |
| 19:28 | I really don’t |
| 19:29 | I just know that Jesus doesn’t lie so if |
| 19:32 | you’re in Christ |
| 19:35 | and those who are in Christ keep his |
| 19:36 | word you’re never going to see death |
| 19:39 | so when death comes knocking whatever |
| 19:42 | whatever that end looks like you’re not |
| 19:44 | going to see it you’re not going to |
| 19:45 | taste it and of course this incites his |
| 19:48 | critics |
| 19:49 | now they think he’s totally lost it |
| 19:52 | right he’s talking about his words as if |
| 19:54 | you know it’s somehow going to keep you |
| 19:56 | from dying |
| 19:57 | and Jesus is speaking the truth just in |
| 19:59 | a way I don’t understand so the Jew said |
| 20:02 | to him now we know you have a demon |
| 20:03 | Abraham died as did the prophets yet you |
| 20:07 | say if anyone keeps my word he’ll never |
| 20:09 | taste death are you greater than our |
| 20:11 | Father Abraham who died and the prophets |
| 20:13 | who died who do you make yourself out to |
| 20:16 | be it’s either they’re starting to catch |
| 20:18 | on Jesus isn’t claiming to be an |
| 20:20 | ordinary human |
| 20:22 | so Jesus answered well if I glorify |
| 20:24 | myself my glory is nothing it’s my |
| 20:26 | father who glorifies me of whom you say |
| 20:29 | he is our God |
| 20:31 | but you have not known him I know him if |
| 20:34 | I were to say that I do not know him I |
| 20:36 | would be a liar like you but I do know |
| 20:39 | him and I keep his word your father |
| 20:42 | Abraham rejoiced that he would see my |
| 20:44 | day he saw it and was glad |
| 20:50 | when did Abraham Rejoice at seeing |
| 20:52 | Jesus’s day where does it say that in |
| 20:54 | the Book of Genesis answer it doesn’t |
| 20:58 | Jesus is talking about Abraham in a way |
| 21:00 | well as if he has like inside |
| 21:03 | information about Abraham that ain’t |
| 21:06 | nobody got because he and Abraham used |
| 21:08 | to kick it together or something like |
| 21:09 | that right |
| 21:11 | well |
| 21:12 | now a little bit of a side note here |
| 21:15 | Abraham did know about the day of the |
| 21:18 | Lord and he did rejoice and when you |
| 21:20 | read the church fathers when they try to |
| 21:22 | pinpoint well where is it that Abraham |
| 21:24 | Sees at least from afar the day of the |
| 21:27 | Lord coming |
| 21:28 | and rejoices in it they pinpoint it to |
| 21:31 | Genesis 22 with the sacrifice of Isaac |
| 21:34 | all right |
| 21:35 | the Lord calls on Abraham to go to Mount |
| 21:38 | Moriah and sacrifice his son Isaac as |
| 21:42 | they’re going Isaac says where’s the |
| 21:44 | lamb for the sacrifice Abraham says the |
| 21:46 | Lord himself will provide for himself |
| 21:49 | the lamb for the sacrifice |
| 21:52 | and then they continue verse 9 of 22 |
| 21:54 | they came to the place of which God had |
| 21:55 | told him Abraham built the altar there |
| 21:57 | laid the wood in order bound Isaac his |
| 22:00 | son laid him on the altar on top of the |
| 22:01 | wood dress rehearsal for the crucifixion |
| 22:04 | by the way so Abraham reached out his |
| 22:06 | hand took the knife to slaughter his son |
| 22:08 | but the angel of the Lord called to him |
| 22:10 | from heaven and said Abraham Abraham and |
| 22:13 | he said here I am he said do not lay |
| 22:15 | your hand on the boy or do anything to |
| 22:17 | him for now I know that you fear God |
| 22:19 | seeing that you have not withheld your |
| 22:21 | son your only son from me Abraham lifted |
| 22:24 | up his eyes and looked and behold behind |
| 22:26 | him was a ram caught in the thicket by |
| 22:28 | his horns |
| 22:31 | so Abraham went took the ram offered it |
| 22:33 | up as a burnt offering instead of his |
| 22:35 | son Abraham called the name of that |
| 22:37 | place the Lord will provide |
| 22:40 | as it is said to this day on the Mount |
| 22:42 | of the Lord it shall be provided |
| 22:46 | and see that’s the day |
| 22:49 | that Abraham’s looking to the day in |
| 22:51 | which on the mountain the Lord it will |
| 22:53 | be provided because on Mount Moriah if |
| 22:56 | you were to travel there today you can |
| 22:57 | go there Mount Moriah is crowned with |
| 22:59 | the Temple Mount today and it was just |
| 23:01 | outside the city Gates of Jerusalem on |
| 23:03 | the slopes of Mount Moriah that God did |
| 23:06 | provide the lamb for himself for the |
| 23:07 | sacrifice and that’s the Lamb of God who |
| 23:09 | takes away the sin of the world Jesus |
| 23:11 | Christ on the Mount of the Lord it shall |
| 23:13 | be provided and it was |
| 23:16 | Abraham knew that day was coming and he |
| 23:19 | rejoiced we have now seen and heard of |
| 23:22 | that day and we also Rejoice with |
| 23:24 | Abraham |
| 23:25 | back to our story |
| 23:28 | so the Jews picking up on the fact that |
| 23:30 | Jesus is talking about Abraham in a way |
| 23:31 | as if he really knows him said to him |
| 23:34 | you’re not yet 50 years old and you’ve |
| 23:36 | seen Abraham and here comes the bomb are |
| 23:38 | you ready Jesus said to them truly truly |
| 23:41 | I say to you before Abraham was |
| 23:44 | I am |
| 23:48 | who is Jesus making himself out to be |
| 23:53 | he just used the divine name from Exodus |
| 23:58 | 3 for himself |
| 24:01 | well here’s what the text says so they |
| 24:04 | picked up stones to throw at him not to |
| 24:06 | say get out of here but to kill him |
| 24:10 | because they believed he committed the |
| 24:12 | sin of blasphemy and that he needed to |
| 24:15 | die for |
| 24:16 | because Jesus was claiming to be God |
| 24:19 | himself |
| 24:21 | but he hid himself and went out of the |
| 24:23 | Temple |
| 24:25 | so Jesus was using the name that the |
| 24:28 | Lord had revealed to Moses the name of |
| 24:30 | which God himself said quote this is my |
| 24:34 | name forever and thus I am to be |
| 24:36 | remembered throughout all generations so |
| 24:38 | now the story comes full circle |
| 24:43 | remember in Exodus it says the Lord said |
| 24:46 | I’ve surely seen the Affliction of my |
| 24:48 | people who are in Egypt have heard their |
| 24:51 | cry because of their task Masters I know |
| 24:54 | their sufferings and I have come down to |
| 24:56 | deliver them out of the hand of the |
| 24:57 | Egyptians and to bring them up out of |
| 25:00 | the land to a good and Broad land a land |
| 25:02 | flowing with milk and honey |
| 25:04 | in other words God has seen our |
| 25:07 | afflictions and has heard our cries for |
| 25:11 | deliverance and has heard our pleas for |
| 25:14 | Liberation from our task Masters the |
| 25:18 | devil and his demon horde |
| 25:21 | God knows our sufferings and the I am |
| 25:24 | who spoke to Moses in the burning bush |
| 25:26 | he has now come down to deliver us and |
| 25:30 | then take us to a good and Broad land |
| 25:33 | flowing with milk and honey which is the |
| 25:36 | new Earth |
| 25:37 | whose capital as the New Jerusalem come |
| 25:39 | down out of heaven |
| 25:41 | and by the way Jesus has conquered |
| 25:44 | our task Masters Colossians 2 13-15 puts |
| 25:49 | it this way |
| 25:50 | and you you Christians you were once |
| 25:52 | dead in your trespasses and the |
| 25:54 | uncircumcision of your flesh but God has |
| 25:56 | made you alive together with Christ |
| 25:58 | having forgiven us all of our trespasses |
| 26:01 | by canceling the record of death that |
| 26:03 | stood against us with its legal demands |
| 26:05 | he is thus set it aside nailing it to |
| 26:07 | the cross and by doing so he has |
| 26:09 | disarmed the rulers and the authorities |
| 26:12 | and put them to open Shame by triumphing |
| 26:15 | over them in him the rulers and |
| 26:18 | authorities here who Christ has |
| 26:20 | conquered by the cross is the devil and |
| 26:22 | all of his demons |
| 26:24 | triumphed over them |
| 26:26 | Jesus death on the cross therefore is |
| 26:30 | our Emancipation Proclamation |
| 26:34 | we are free |
| 26:36 | his death fulfilled the prophecy Jesus |
| 26:39 | spoke to Abraham in which he so greatly |
| 26:41 | rejoiced that on the mountain of the |
| 26:42 | Lord it would be provided and it was we |
| 26:45 | now have been liberated to slavery to |
| 26:47 | the devil we have been liberated from |
| 26:49 | slavery to death we have been liberated |
| 26:51 | from slavery to sin |
| 26:54 | we have been baptized into the Red Sea |
| 26:57 | of Christ’s blood and through and though |
| 27:01 | we are are now in the wilderness |
| 27:02 | sojourning through this life |
| 27:05 | Christ is guiding us to the River Jordan |
| 27:08 | where we will finally walk on dry land |
| 27:11 | yet again because we will not see death |
| 27:15 | and we will finally set foot in a land |
| 27:18 | that is unlike this one a land flowing |
| 27:21 | with milk and honey a land illuminated |
| 27:23 | by the glory of God a land where we will |
| 27:26 | forever see the face of Christ a land in |
| 27:29 | a World Without End |
| 27:32 | there will be no more sickness |
| 27:34 | there will be no more brain tumors no |
| 27:36 | more multiple sclerosis |
| 27:38 | no more dementia no more suffering No |
| 27:42 | More Death no more sin |
| 27:44 | no more Tyrant devil in his demonic |
| 27:47 | horde |
| 27:49 | Christ through his death and his |
| 27:51 | resurrection for you has toppled the |
| 27:54 | satanic regime and now Reigns as king of |
| 27:57 | kings and Lord of lords |
| 27:59 | so let us rejoice |
| 28:01 | and be glad with Abraham because like |
| 28:03 | him we too have seen Christ’s day and |
| 28:06 | like Abraham let us praise God for the |
| 28:08 | great Victory and Liberation that has |
| 28:11 | been won for us by The Great I Am |
| 28:14 | himself Jesus Christ on Mount Calvary in |
| 28:18 | the name of Jesus |
| 28:20 | amen |
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