1 Year Lectionary – The Baptism of Our Lord – Sunday, January 9, 2022 | 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 according |
| 0:29 | to saint matthew the third chapter |
| 0:31 | [Music] |
| 0:38 | then Jesus came from galilee to the |
| 0:40 | jordan to john to be baptized by him |
| 0:43 | john would have prevented him saying i |
| 0:45 | need to be baptized by you and do you |
| 0:47 | come to me but Jesus answered him let it |
| 0:49 | be so now for thus it is fitting for us |
| 0:52 | to fulfill all righteousness |
| 0:54 | then he consented and when Jesus was |
| 0:56 | baptized immediately he went up from the |
| 0:58 | water and behold the heavens were opened |
| 1:00 | to him and he saw the spirit of god |
| 1:02 | descending like a dove and coming to |
| 1:04 | rest on him and behold a voice from |
| 1:06 | heaven said this is my beloved son with |
| 1:09 | whom i am well pleased this is the |
| 1:12 | gospel of the lord |
| 1:13 | in the name of Jesus |
| 1:16 | Jesus said the one who exalts himself |
| 1:18 | will be humbled the one who humbles |
| 1:19 | himself will be exalted and boy oh boy |
| 1:22 | Jesus practices what he preaches |
| 1:25 | and that’s really what’s going on at |
| 1:28 | least in part in our gospel text today |
| 1:31 | Jesus comes from galilee to the jordan |
| 1:33 | to john the baptist to be baptized by |
| 1:35 | him remember Jesus says of john the |
| 1:37 | baptist of those born of woman that none |
| 1:40 | is greater than him and john would have |
| 1:42 | prevented Jesus saying hey |
| 1:45 | i |
| 1:45 | need to be baptized by you |
| 1:48 | and you know what john’s right note the |
| 1:50 | the humility the humbleness of john here |
| 1:53 | he doesn’t somehow exalt himself over |
| 1:56 | Jesus he recognizes his place he |
| 1:58 | recognizes his his sinfulness |
| 2:01 | and Jesus does something |
| 2:03 | no one expects |
| 2:05 | not even john the baptist |
| 2:07 | we use the phrase when somebody like |
| 2:09 | one-ups another person you know so you |
| 2:12 | know you jumped four feet i jumped |
| 2:15 | four feet two inches |
| 2:17 | you weighed 235 i weigh 255 right you |
| 2:21 | know we we we one up people right well |
| 2:24 | what does Jesus do he won downs |
| 2:29 | john the baptist |
| 2:30 | he goes |
| 2:32 | lower |
| 2:33 | and it’s vital that he does because up |
| 2:35 | to this point Jesus has not been |
| 2:38 | anointed to be the messiah he’s not been |
| 2:42 | ordained to that office yet you’ll note |
| 2:45 | up to this point Christ hasn’t preached |
| 2:47 | any sermons he hasn’t done anything like |
| 2:49 | that he’s not acting in the office of |
| 2:52 | messiah and we learned from the book of |
| 2:54 | acts that there were some fellows who |
| 2:57 | tried to put themselves into that office |
| 2:59 | by the way which is a scary thing if you |
| 3:01 | think about it because god says in |
| 3:04 | deuteronomy 18 he says to prophet moses |
| 3:07 | that i will raise up a prophet like you |
| 3:10 | and i will put my words in his mouth and |
| 3:13 | to him the people must listen |
| 3:15 | right which kind of begs the question |
| 3:17 | well how do we know who that guy is well |
| 3:20 | here’s the issue |
| 3:21 | other people throughout the history of |
| 3:23 | israel |
| 3:24 | rose up claiming to be people |
| 3:27 | claiming to be people can you imagine |
| 3:29 | that claiming to be somebody i am |
| 3:32 | somebody important fact we hear this in |
| 3:34 | the book of acts chapter 5. |
| 3:37 | john |
| 3:38 | and peter had been arrested an angel |
| 3:40 | sprung him from the clink and then they |
| 3:41 | went back to preaching at the place |
| 3:43 | where they arrested and they were |
| 3:45 | brought before the high priest and the |
| 3:47 | sanhedrin and here’s what it says |
| 3:49 | starting at verse 27 when they had |
| 3:51 | brought them they set them before the |
| 3:53 | council |
| 3:54 | high priest questioned them saying |
| 3:56 | we strictly charged you not to teach in |
| 4:00 | this name the name of Jesus yet here you |
| 4:02 | fill jerusalem with your teaching and |
| 4:04 | you intended to bring this man’s blood |
| 4:06 | upon us i would like to say too late for |
| 4:09 | that |
| 4:10 | you know Jesus’s blood is right there on |
| 4:13 | you but peter and the apostles answered |
| 4:15 | listen we must obey god rather than men |
| 4:18 | the god of our fathers raised Jesus whom |
| 4:21 | you killed by hanging on a tree |
| 4:23 | and listen to the words god exalted him |
| 4:28 | at his right hand and we’re going to see |
| 4:30 | from one of the cross references to our |
| 4:32 | gospel text |
| 4:33 | that Christ the god the father also |
| 4:35 | exalted Christ with those words you are |
| 4:38 | my beloved son but no god exalted Christ |
| 4:41 | at his right hand as leader archaegon in |
| 4:45 | greek it’s so much more than leader it’s |
| 4:47 | like supreme the the guy who’s king of |
| 4:50 | kings and lord of lords god has exalted |
| 4:52 | him as leader and savior to give |
| 4:54 | repentance to israel |
| 4:56 | and the forgiveness of sins ooh yeah |
| 5:00 | love that part because that’s what we |
| 5:02 | need |
| 5:03 | and we are witnesses to these things and |
| 5:05 | so is the holy spirit whom god has given |
| 5:08 | to those who obey him and off in the |
| 5:11 | distance you can hear the volcano |
| 5:13 | rumbling |
| 5:16 | and then boom krakatoa goes off so when |
| 5:18 | they heard this they were enraged and |
| 5:21 | they wanted to kill them |
| 5:23 | but a pharisee in the council by the |
| 5:24 | name of gamaliel a teacher of the law |
| 5:26 | held in high honor by all the people he |
| 5:29 | stood up he gave orders to put the men |
| 5:31 | outside for a little while and he said |
| 5:32 | to them men of israel take care what you |
| 5:35 | are about to do with these men for |
| 5:37 | before these days |
| 5:39 | this rose up claiming to be somebody |
| 5:44 | thudis |
| 5:46 | this that’s t-h |
| 5:49 | it’s in the text right here yeah thudis |
| 5:51 | he claimed to be somebody and a number |
| 5:53 | of men about 400 people joined him he |
| 5:56 | was killed all who followed him were |
| 5:58 | dispersed and they came to nothing and |
| 6:00 | then after him judas the galilean rose |
| 6:03 | in the days of the census drew away some |
| 6:05 | of the people after him he too perished |
| 6:08 | and all who followed him were scattered |
| 6:10 | note that the world is not well |
| 6:14 | lacking in men who exalt themselves who |
| 6:17 | think they are somebody i think of |
| 6:19 | today’s vision casting leaders in |
| 6:22 | so-called mega churches i am sensed by |
| 6:24 | god it happens to be that my father was |
| 6:26 | the pastor before me but nepotism is not |
| 6:29 | really a thing here but i am sensed by |
| 6:30 | god and i have a vision and it’s your |
| 6:32 | responsibility to make that vision come |
| 6:34 | to pass right |
| 6:36 | this is how they talk and you you are to |
| 6:39 | listen to them of course now we have |
| 6:40 | people running around claiming |
| 6:42 | i am an apostle i am a prophet and what |
| 6:46 | are they doing |
| 6:47 | they’re claiming these things but you’ll |
| 6:50 | note that none of Jesus’s apostles dare |
| 6:53 | take that name upon themselves |
| 6:55 | Christ exalted them in that office the |
| 6:58 | prophets of old they were minding their |
| 7:00 | own business when the word of the lord |
| 7:02 | showed up |
| 7:03 | and many of god’s prophets of the old |
| 7:05 | testament when the lord showed up to put |
| 7:07 | them in the office of prophet they said |
| 7:10 | i’m not so sure about this moses himself |
| 7:13 | said send someone else |
| 7:16 | but we live in a day |
| 7:18 | where anybody can claim anything i am |
| 7:20 | important i am sent by god really are |
| 7:23 | you really truly hmm |
| 7:25 | right |
| 7:26 | and so what happened to those men well |
| 7:30 | they perished |
| 7:31 | they weren’t really sent by god and so |
| 7:34 | here we have Jesus in our gospel text |
| 7:37 | he won downs john the baptist he goes to |
| 7:40 | the lowest position and while Jesus was |
| 7:43 | baptized immediately he went up from the |
| 7:45 | water and behold the heavens were opened |
| 7:48 | to him |
| 7:49 | and he saw the spirit of god descending |
| 7:51 | like a dove |
| 7:52 | coming to rest on him and behold a voice |
| 7:55 | from heaven said this |
| 7:56 | is my beloved son with whom i am well |
| 8:00 | pleased |
| 8:01 | no guess work needed |
| 8:03 | god the father isn’t |
| 8:05 | expecting you to kind of figure out well |
| 8:06 | this guy claims to be from me this guy |
| 8:08 | claims to be from me this guy claims to |
| 8:10 | be from me this guy claims to be for me |
| 8:12 | see if you can sort it out |
| 8:14 | god the father said no this is the one |
| 8:16 | he’s the one that’s him |
| 8:19 | no guesswork necessary |
| 8:21 | Christ has humbled himself god the |
| 8:23 | father has exalted him here’s the cross |
| 8:26 | reference hebrews 5 verse 5 says so also |
| 8:29 | Christ did not exalt himself |
| 8:32 | to be made a high priest but was |
| 8:34 | appointed by him who said to him you are |
| 8:37 | my son |
| 8:38 | today i’ve begotten you as he says also |
| 8:41 | in another place you are a priest |
| 8:43 | forever after the order of melchizedek |
| 8:46 | and it’s important to note that that |
| 8:47 | same theme also occurs in our old |
| 8:49 | testament text in joshua chapter 3 moses |
| 8:53 | is dead |
| 8:55 | chapter 1 begins with moses my servant |
| 8:57 | is dead |
| 8:59 | and what does god say about joshua the |
| 9:02 | man now chosen to come after moses god |
| 9:05 | says in verse 7 yahweh said to joshua |
| 9:07 | today i |
| 9:09 | will begin to exalt you |
| 9:12 | in the sight of all israel |
| 9:15 | no man dare |
| 9:17 | to put himself into Christ’s shoes or |
| 9:20 | claim to be the messiah or sent by god |
| 9:23 | when they are not |
| 9:25 | is a very dangerous thing and here’s the |
| 9:27 | thing though |
| 9:29 | we human beings |
| 9:30 | want to be important we want to be the |
| 9:33 | center of attention we hate it when |
| 9:36 | other people receive the accolades and |
| 9:39 | we don’t |
| 9:40 | when i was growing up do you know what |
| 9:42 | the worst day of the year was |
| 9:44 | you sitting there going Christmas no |
| 9:45 | that was a good day i got presents worst |
| 9:47 | day of the year my brother’s birthday |
| 9:50 | all right |
| 9:51 | think about this it was terrible because |
| 9:54 | everybody was singing to him |
| 9:56 | right and guess what he got presents not |
| 9:59 | me it wasn’t my birthday and |
| 10:02 | the worst bit he got the gi joe with the |
| 10:05 | kung fu grip and i did not |
| 10:07 | and i wanted it so bad i couldn’t stand |
| 10:11 | it worst day ever |
| 10:13 | my brother’s birthday |
| 10:15 | all right |
| 10:18 | but what does that tell us |
| 10:21 | about me about you |
| 10:23 | right we want so badly to be important |
| 10:26 | and this |
| 10:28 | all comes from the devil if you think |
| 10:32 | all the way back to the garden of eden |
| 10:34 | oh |
| 10:36 | god doesn’t want you to eat of that tree |
| 10:38 | because he knows that when you eat of it |
| 10:40 | you’re gonna be just like god |
| 10:45 | right we who who were by nature not god |
| 10:49 | thought that equality with god was |
| 10:51 | something to be grasped something to be |
| 10:54 | eaten |
| 10:55 | it’s plunged us into the misery that we |
| 10:57 | are in and so i think then you know |
| 10:59 | Christ in our his baptism it kind of |
| 11:02 | invokes several scenes from the old |
| 11:05 | testament one is the ordination of aaron |
| 11:07 | and his sons the other is the anointing |
| 11:09 | of king david or of one of the other |
| 11:12 | prophets you get the idea in fact i |
| 11:14 | think it’s good in this context to |
| 11:16 | reacquaint ourselves with the ordination |
| 11:18 | of aaron |
| 11:20 | aaron was one of these guys that god |
| 11:22 | also chose why because moses didn’t want |
| 11:24 | the job because he said he didn’t talk |
| 11:26 | too good right he was a little nervous |
| 11:28 | about the public speaking thing he says |
| 11:30 | fine aaron speaks well so god called |
| 11:33 | aaron too and it just so happens that on |
| 11:35 | their way to the promised land after the |
| 11:38 | tabernacle is built and god has revealed |
| 11:41 | the old testament worship and sacrifices |
| 11:44 | god chose aaron |
| 11:47 | to be the first high priest and here’s |
| 11:49 | the bit |
| 11:50 | his uniform was spectacular |
| 11:55 | made of the best |
| 11:56 | stuff absolutely beautiful regal and |
| 11:59 | whoa all right listen to what it says in |
| 12:02 | leviticus 8. |
| 12:03 | so yahweh spoke to moses saying take |
| 12:06 | aaron and his sons with him |
| 12:08 | and the garments and the anointing oil |
| 12:11 | hmm |
| 12:12 | anointing oil right and the bowl of the |
| 12:15 | sin offering and the two rams and the |
| 12:18 | basket of unleavened bread and assemble |
| 12:20 | all the congregation at the entrance of |
| 12:22 | the tent of meeting and moses did as |
| 12:25 | yahweh commanded him and the |
| 12:27 | congregation was assembled at the |
| 12:28 | entrance of the tent of meeting |
| 12:30 | moses said to the congregation |
| 12:32 | this is the thing that yahweh has |
| 12:35 | commanded to be done who’s commanded it |
| 12:38 | god |
| 12:39 | who chose aaron and his sons |
| 12:42 | god who’s the prophet at this point |
| 12:45 | moses and i love what happens next so |
| 12:48 | moses brought aaron and his sons and |
| 12:50 | listen to the words and he washed them |
| 12:53 | with water |
| 12:55 | he did what |
| 12:57 | uh-huh |
| 12:58 | that sounds like an allusion to baptism |
| 13:01 | and then he put the coat on him i love |
| 13:04 | this part did aaron clothe himself that |
| 13:07 | day |
| 13:08 | no |
| 13:09 | moses the prophet of god clothed aaron |
| 13:12 | he put the whole uniform on him |
| 13:14 | moses put the coat on him tied the sash |
| 13:17 | around his waist clothed him with the |
| 13:19 | robe put the ephod on him tied the |
| 13:22 | skillfully woven band of the ephod |
| 13:25 | around him binding it to him with the |
| 13:27 | band and he placed the breastplate on |
| 13:30 | him and the breastplate he put the urum |
| 13:32 | and the thumb in and he set the turbine |
| 13:34 | on his head and on the turbine in front |
| 13:36 | he set the golden plate the holy crown |
| 13:39 | as yahweh had commanded moses |
| 13:43 | what is aaron doing at this point |
| 13:45 | holding |
| 13:47 | right |
| 13:48 | he’s passively being clothed he is |
| 13:51 | passively being installed he is |
| 13:54 | passively being ordained |
| 13:58 | you know i think about the fact that |
| 14:00 | we have a ordination ceremony that goes |
| 14:02 | from men who are rightly called to the |
| 14:04 | pastoral office and those who bristle at |
| 14:07 | the concept that men are actually called |
| 14:09 | by god and that they are ordained |
| 14:12 | they they besmirch |
| 14:14 | the right itself and rather than calling |
| 14:16 | it ordination they besmirch it by |
| 14:18 | calling it a coronation |
| 14:20 | and it is not |
| 14:22 | it is not that in any sense of the word |
| 14:25 | just like aaron’s ordination was not his |
| 14:28 | coronation he was called by god and |
| 14:30 | placed into the office |
| 14:32 | of high priest and no man dare to put |
| 14:35 | himself into that office or even the |
| 14:37 | office of pastor he must be rightly |
| 14:39 | called |
| 14:40 | so then moses took the anointing oil |
| 14:43 | and he anointed the tabernacle and all |
| 14:45 | that was in it he consecrated them he |
| 14:47 | sprinkled some of it on the altar seven |
| 14:49 | times and anointed the altar and its |
| 14:51 | utensils in the basin in its stand to |
| 14:54 | consecrate them and then he poured some |
| 14:56 | of the anointing oil on aaron’s head and |
| 14:58 | anointed him to consecrate him and moses |
| 15:01 | brought aaron’s sons and clothed them |
| 15:04 | with coats tied sashes around their |
| 15:06 | waist and bound caps |
| 15:08 | on them as yahweh had commanded moses |
| 15:12 | so you’ll note |
| 15:14 | moses is doing all the work he’s the |
| 15:16 | prophet of god aaron is passively |
| 15:18 | receiving and now he’s had his head |
| 15:20 | anointed with oil and you could just see |
| 15:23 | the oil running down his beard and |
| 15:25 | dripping and uh |
| 15:27 | amazing sight |
| 15:28 | but here’s the thing |
| 15:30 | there were other sons of levi |
| 15:33 | who had well |
| 15:35 | they had the stink eye |
| 15:37 | they were looking on greedily |
| 15:41 | jealously |
| 15:42 | upset |
| 15:44 | and they |
| 15:45 | after |
| 15:46 | not short not long after the ordination |
| 15:48 | of aaron and his sons they put together |
| 15:51 | a little rebellion and boy listen to |
| 15:53 | this one from number 16 |
| 15:55 | korra the son of ishar the son of kohath |
| 15:58 | son of levi so he’s a levite as well |
| 16:01 | and dathan and abram the sons of eliab |
| 16:03 | and on the son of peleth the sons of |
| 16:05 | reuben they took men and they rose up |
| 16:08 | before moses with a number of the people |
| 16:10 | of israel 250 chiefs of the congregation |
| 16:15 | chosen from the assembly well |
| 16:18 | known men i want you to think about this |
| 16:20 | here all right |
| 16:23 | god called moses |
| 16:24 | god called aaron |
| 16:26 | god called the sons of aaron |
| 16:28 | god made moses prophet |
| 16:30 | god had moses ordained aaron |
| 16:34 | did these men call themselves |
| 16:36 | no |
| 16:37 | well there’s cora like young chris rose |
| 16:40 | bro |
| 16:41 | not happy that his brother has received |
| 16:44 | birthday presents and is just as angry |
| 16:46 | as all get out but he’s a little more |
| 16:48 | subtle than i am and quite quite deadly |
| 16:52 | he’s decided to get 250 chiefs because |
| 16:54 | we all know that you gather 250 leaders |
| 16:59 | of your people they can’t be wrong right |
| 17:09 | that’s the thing |
| 17:11 | you laugh and you chuckle but |
| 17:13 | in the reality the whole purpose of the |
| 17:14 | 250 chiefs |
| 17:16 | is to squelch anybody who would dare to |
| 17:20 | speak out you think you’re better than |
| 17:23 | these 250 chiefs you think you know |
| 17:27 | better |
| 17:28 | than luther chemnitz jerome you think |
| 17:31 | you know better |
| 17:33 | who do you think you are |
| 17:37 | right |
| 17:41 | 250 chiefs of the congregation chosen |
| 17:43 | from the assembly |
| 17:45 | they assembled themselves together |
| 17:47 | against moses and against aaron and they |
| 17:51 | said to them |
| 17:53 | you have gone too far |
| 17:57 | all the congregation are holy every one |
| 18:00 | of them and the lord is among them it’s |
| 18:02 | the priesthood of all believers man |
| 18:05 | we don’t need no pastors |
| 18:08 | dale’s men are exalting themselves above |
| 18:11 | us |
| 18:12 | we’re all holy we can all teach we can |
| 18:14 | all preach |
| 18:15 | uh-uh |
| 18:17 | that ain’t how it works |
| 18:20 | why have you exalted yourselves above |
| 18:23 | the assembly of yahweh moses heard this |
| 18:25 | he fell on his face you have to wonder |
| 18:29 | was he thinking he was needed to duck so |
| 18:31 | he wasn’t going to get struck by |
| 18:32 | lightning |
| 18:33 | so he said to cora in all his company in |
| 18:35 | the morning yahweh will show who is he |
| 18:38 | is his and who’s holy and will bring him |
| 18:41 | near to him and the one he chooses he |
| 18:43 | will bring near to him |
| 18:45 | so take censors korra and all of his |
| 18:47 | company put fire in them put incense on |
| 18:49 | them before yahweh tomorrow and the man |
| 18:52 | whom the lord chooses shall be the holy |
| 18:54 | one you’ve gone too far you sons of levi |
| 18:58 | you’ve gone too far |
| 18:59 | well as the account unfolds |
| 19:03 | they finally do show up before the tent |
| 19:04 | of meeting and here’s what happens in |
| 19:06 | verse 25 moses rose and went to dathan |
| 19:09 | and abraham and the elders of israel and |
| 19:10 | followed him he spoke to the |
| 19:12 | congregation saying depart from these |
| 19:14 | tents of these wicked men touch nothing |
| 19:16 | of theirs lest you be swept away with |
| 19:18 | all of their sins |
| 19:20 | they got away from the dwelling of korah |
| 19:22 | dathan and abraham |
| 19:23 | and abram came out and stood at the door |
| 19:25 | of their tents together with their wives |
| 19:26 | and their sons and their little ones and |
| 19:28 | moses said hereby you shall know that |
| 19:31 | yahweh has sent me to do all of these |
| 19:33 | works and that it has not been of my own |
| 19:37 | accord if these men die as all men die |
| 19:40 | or if they are visited by the fate of |
| 19:41 | all mankind then yahweh has not sent me |
| 19:44 | but if yahweh creates something new and |
| 19:46 | the ground opens its mouth and swallows |
| 19:48 | them up with all that belongs to them |
| 19:50 | and they go down alive into sheol then |
| 19:53 | you shall know that these men have |
| 19:55 | despised yahweh and as soon as he had |
| 19:57 | finished speaking all these words the |
| 19:59 | ground under them under them split apart |
| 20:01 | the earth opened its mouth and swallowed |
| 20:03 | them up with their household and all the |
| 20:06 | people who belong to korah and all their |
| 20:08 | goods |
| 20:10 | what did korra do he exalted himself |
| 20:13 | oh under the pretense of we’re all holy |
| 20:16 | how dare you exalt yourself yet god is |
| 20:19 | the one who calls men and here’s the |
| 20:21 | important bit in our gospel Christ shows |
| 20:25 | up he doesn’t show up in royal robes |
| 20:27 | he’s probably wearing the ordinary |
| 20:30 | garb |
| 20:31 | of a day laboring carpenter construction |
| 20:35 | guy from nazareth probably has the |
| 20:37 | callous hands to prove it he’s not what |
| 20:40 | anybody expects |
| 20:42 | he’s not riding a horse he comes humbly |
| 20:45 | and john says dude |
| 20:47 | i need to be baptized by you i’m the |
| 20:49 | sinner you’re the savior and Jesus goes |
| 20:52 | no |
| 20:53 | no |
| 20:54 | let it be so for now it’s fitting to |
| 20:56 | fulfill all righteousness and he goes |
| 20:58 | straight to the bottom and who exalts |
| 21:02 | him none other than god the father this |
| 21:05 | is my beloved son with whom i am well |
| 21:07 | pleased i would note that the accolades |
| 21:10 | that david received from god |
| 21:12 | david is a man after my own heart i mean |
| 21:15 | that’s that’s nice |
| 21:17 | okay but remember david you know uh |
| 21:20 | murderer adulterer you know a little bit |
| 21:22 | of blood on his hands a |
| 21:24 | few issues |
| 21:26 | if we’re saying it politely and god says |
| 21:28 | he’s a man after my own heart but of |
| 21:30 | Jesus he says this is my beloved son |
| 21:33 | with whom i am well pleased and that |
| 21:35 | voice of the father on the mount of |
| 21:36 | transfiguration goes even farther in |
| 21:39 | that account and says listen to him |
| 21:45 | it’s in that context then that we are |
| 21:47 | chastened because of our satanic |
| 21:51 | vain glorious ambitions |
| 21:54 | and our |
| 21:56 | denial that god is the one who calls men |
| 22:00 | and places them into office and the god |
| 22:03 | himself is the one who placed Christ |
| 22:05 | into his office as |
| 22:08 | messiah |
| 22:10 | philippians says do nothing |
| 22:12 | not something nothing from selfish |
| 22:14 | ambition or vain conceit in humility |
| 22:18 | count others as more significant than |
| 22:20 | yourselves but if i do that then how is |
| 22:23 | anybody supposed to know how great i am |
| 22:25 | the problem is you’re not |
| 22:29 | i’m not |
| 22:30 | let each one of you look not only to his |
| 22:33 | own interest but to the interest of |
| 22:34 | other have this mind among yourselves |
| 22:36 | which is yours in Christ Jesus who |
| 22:39 | though he was by nature god he didn’t |
| 22:41 | count equality with god a thing to be |
| 22:43 | grasped he emptied himself taking on the |
| 22:46 | form of a slave being born unto the |
| 22:48 | likeness of men and being found in human |
| 22:50 | form he humbled himself by becoming |
| 22:53 | obedient to the point of death even |
| 22:56 | death on a cross and you’re going to |
| 22:57 | note this that in order to fulfill all |
| 22:59 | righteousness so that you and i can be |
| 23:01 | forgiven Christ serves us |
| 23:04 | everything he does in his ministry he |
| 23:07 | does it for you he does it for me |
| 23:11 | he’s not seeking his own glory he’s not |
| 23:14 | seeking his own power he’s seeking you |
| 23:18 | and he bears your sin in his body on the |
| 23:22 | cross |
| 23:23 | as your slave |
| 23:25 | taking down to the drags the wrath of |
| 23:28 | god so that we can be forgiven and |
| 23:30 | pardoned and because of this |
| 23:33 | Christ the most humble of us all god has |
| 23:36 | highly exalted him and bestowed on him |
| 23:38 | the name that is above every name so |
| 23:41 | that at the name of Jesus every knee |
| 23:43 | should bow in heaven on earth and under |
| 23:44 | the earth and every tongue confess that |
| 23:47 | Jesus Christ is lord to the glory of god |
| 23:49 | the father |
| 23:51 | it’s in this regard then that we should |
| 23:53 | re-examine our epistle text because it |
| 23:55 | also flows from this |
| 23:57 | paul here preaching about and talking |
| 23:59 | about well the scandal of the cross i |
| 24:01 | chose to know nothing among you except |
| 24:03 | for Christ and him crucified for our |
| 24:05 | sins even paul notes that he doesn’t |
| 24:07 | come to people in power |
| 24:09 | in great wisdom or anything according to |
| 24:11 | the worldly view right |
| 24:13 | consider your calling then brothers not |
| 24:16 | many of you were wise according to |
| 24:18 | worldly standards not many were powerful |
| 24:21 | not many were of noble birth i would |
| 24:23 | note this that after i sent in my dna to |
| 24:26 | ancestry.com |
| 24:27 | i did not get a call from buckingham |
| 24:29 | palace to let me know i was the lost |
| 24:31 | royal |
| 24:33 | okay |
| 24:35 | in fact after having that done i’m sure |
| 24:37 | they’ve redoubled their security all |
| 24:39 | right |
| 24:40 | we do not come from noble birth we are |
| 24:44 | common everyday sinners scripture |
| 24:46 | describes us in our sin as being |
| 24:50 | worth less |
| 24:53 | get over yourself you’re the problem |
| 24:57 | but god chose what’s foolish in the |
| 24:59 | world to shame the wise he chose a poor |
| 25:03 | carpenter’s son from nazareth |
| 25:06 | god chose what’s weak in the world to |
| 25:08 | shame the strong |
| 25:10 | Jesus who committed no sin submitted |
| 25:12 | himself to a sinner’s baptism to fulfill |
| 25:15 | all righteousness |
| 25:17 | he made himself the weakest of the weak |
| 25:19 | he didn’t even defend himself when he |
| 25:21 | was on trial for his life |
| 25:24 | but he willingly laid down his life for |
| 25:27 | you and me god chose what is low and |
| 25:29 | despised in the world even the things |
| 25:31 | that are not to bring to nothing the |
| 25:33 | things that are so that no human being |
| 25:36 | might boast in the presence of god could |
| 25:39 | you imagine just how insufferable that |
| 25:41 | would be |
| 25:42 | a human being daring to boast about |
| 25:45 | himself in the presence of god the last |
| 25:49 | being that did such a thing well was |
| 25:51 | cast down to the earth |
| 25:55 | he |
| 25:56 | is the source of your life |
| 25:58 | in Christ Jesus have you noticed that |
| 26:01 | throughout the new testament you see |
| 26:02 | that phrase all the time in Christ Jesus |
| 26:05 | in Christ Jesus you are in Christ |
| 26:09 | what does paul say in romans 8 |
| 26:11 | there is therefore now no condemnation |
| 26:14 | for those who are in Christ Jesus and |
| 26:17 | here’s the best bit Christ baptism is |
| 26:20 | the first of the Christian baptisms |
| 26:22 | and when we have been baptized as we |
| 26:24 | sang in our hymn we have been baptized |
| 26:26 | into Christ think of Christ as like the |
| 26:29 | ark noah’s ark when you were baptized |
| 26:31 | you were tucked safely into Jesus and |
| 26:34 | saved through water |
| 26:36 | you have been baptized |
| 26:38 | into Christ into his death and into his |
| 26:40 | resurrection and he |
| 26:42 | the one whom god has exalted he will |
| 26:45 | raise you up on the last day there’s |
| 26:47 | nothing that we have to boast of so he |
| 26:51 | is the source of our life in Christ whom |
| 26:54 | god made our wisdom god has made Jesus |
| 26:58 | our righteousness he’s made him our |
| 27:00 | sanctification he’s made him our |
| 27:03 | redemption sounds like Jesus is our all |
| 27:06 | in all and isn’t that the point |
| 27:09 | and so then we learn |
| 27:12 | that the one who humbled himself god has |
| 27:14 | exalted |
| 27:16 | and he hasn’t exalted us apart from him |
| 27:18 | we are in him and so let us repaint |
| 27:21 | repent of all of our vain gloriousness |
| 27:23 | and our jealousy of those whom god |
| 27:27 | does exalt |
| 27:28 | and if we’re going to boast about |
| 27:30 | anything |
| 27:31 | let us boast |
| 27:33 | in the lord |
| 27:34 | the one who so richly has forgiven us |
| 27:36 | and given us life in Christ |
| 27:38 | in the name of Jesus amen |
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