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Robert Jeffress - The Prophet Who Lost His Head Over Jesus (Part 1)

December 5, 2024 | S24:E4905

Robert Jeffress - The Prophet Who Lost His Head Over Jesus (Part 1)
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Dr. Robert Jeffress | Robert Jeffress - The Prophet Who Lost His Head Over Jesus (Part 1) | December 5, 2024
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  • ♪♪♪
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  • Male announcer: from the pulpit of the first baptist church
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  • Of dallas, texas, this is "pathway to victory"
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  • With dr. robert jeffress.
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  • Dr. robert jeffress: hi, i'm robert jeffress, and welcome
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  • Again to "pathway to victory."
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  • What personal qualities does god value most?
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  • What kind of people does god choose to honor?
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  • The answer is surprising.
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  • While the world applauds those who attain fame and fortune, god
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  • Uses ordinary, garden-variety people to do extraordinary
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  • Things for him.
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  • And today we'll look at one of the most overlooked yet
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  • Significant individual in the entire new testament.
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  • My message is titled, "the prophet who lost his head
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  • Over jesus," on today's edition of "pathway to victory."
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  • Announcer: the celebration of jesus's birth each christmas
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  • Marks the moment when god's radiant hope entered our world,
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  • And jesus calls us to share this light with others.
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  • You can help pierce the darkness with the light of god's word
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  • Through the pathway to victory light the darkness
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  • Matching challenge.
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  • Since 1996, "pathway to victory"
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  • Has been boldly sharing
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  • The gospel of jesus christ,
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  • And your gift,
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  • Doubled in impact,
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  • Will be used to proclaim
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  • God's truth here in america
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  • And around the world.
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  • ♪♪♪
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  • Jeffress: rick warren's mega-best-selling book,
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  • "the purpose driven life," has become one of the best-selling
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  • Nonfiction books in all of publishing history.
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  • And, when the book came out a few years ago, interestingly,
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  • In many secular bookstores, it was placed in
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  • The self-help category.
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  • And, yet, warren's book, "the purpose driven life," is really
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  • The anti-self-help book because of its focus.
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  • Do you remember how rick begins the book, the opening paragraph?
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  • "it's not about you.
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  • The purpose of your life is far greater than your own personal
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  • Fulfillment, your peace of mind, or even your happiness.
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  • It's far greater than your family, your career, or even
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  • Your wildest dreams and ambitions.
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  • If you want to know why you were placed on this planet, you must
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  • Begin with god.
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  • You were born by his purpose and for his purpose."
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  • It's not about us.
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  • No one understood that truth or illustrated that truth any
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  • Better than the central character of our study today.
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  • He understood that his purpose in life was not to direct
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  • Attention to himself but to direct it toward jesus christ.
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  • And, for all of his efforts, he ended up losing his life.
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  • I invite you to take your bibles today and turn to luke chapter 3
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  • As we talk about the prophet who lost his head over jesus.
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  • Luke chapter 3--now, luke's account of the life of christ,
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  • Remember, does not begin with the birth of jesus christ.
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  • Instead, luke begins, in luke chapter 1, with the coming of
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  • One who was prophesied in the old testament who would precede
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  • The lord jesus christ and announce his ministry.
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  • His name would be john.
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  • And, in the final verse of luke 1, verse 80,
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  • We find these words about john, "and the child
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  • Continued to grow and to become strong in spirit,
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  • And he lived in the deserts until the day of
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  • His public appearance to israel."
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  • Then, when we come to luke chapter 2,
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  • We find the account of the birth of jesus christ.
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  • And luke 2 ends with these words about jesus--
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  • Luke 2: 52, "and jesus kept increasing in
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  • Wisdom and stature, and in favor with god and men."
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  • Now, when we come to luke chapter 3,
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  • We're at the intersection of the lives of john and jesus.
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  • We are now at the time when jesus is ready to begin his
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  • Public three-year ministry that would end with his death and
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  • His resurrection.
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  • But, before jesus can begin his ministry, john has to
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  • Announce him.
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  • And that is where we are in our study today, as we look at
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  • The greatest prophet in all of the world.
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  • Let's first of all look at the times of john the baptist,
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  • The times in which he ministered.
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  • Look at verses 1 and 2, "now in the fifteenth year
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  • Of the reign of tiberius caesar, when pontius pilate
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  • Was governor of judea, and herod was tetrarch
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  • Of galilee, and his brother philip was tetrarch
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  • Of the region of ituraea and trachonitis,
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  • And lysanias was tetrarch of abilene--"
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  • Not texas, israel--
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  • "and in the high priesthood of annas and caiaphas,
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  • The word of god came to john,
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  • The son of zacharias, in the wilderness."
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  • Do you know how hard i had to work this week
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  • To learn how to pronounce each of these names?
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  • That's just an aside there.
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  • Now, why all of this historical mumbo jumbo?
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  • Why don't we just get to the story?
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  • Remember, luke was writing to theophilus; he was writing an
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  • Account of the life of christ.
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  • He said, "i want you to remember theophilus."
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  • This is not just some fable that is rooted in fiction.
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  • It is rooted in historical fact.
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  • So here's the historical setting for the coming of john the
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  • Baptist, who would announce the coming of christ.
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  • Let's look at this for just a moment.
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  • This was the 15th year of the reign of tiberius caesar.
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  • Remember, octavian had been the roman emperor when christ
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  • Was born.
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  • He died in about 14 ad, and that is when tiberius succeeded him.
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  • The scripture says, "we are now in the fifteenth year of
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  • The reign of tiberius," so that's probably 28 or 29 ad
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  • When this occurred.
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  • Not only that, pontius pilate was governor of judea.
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  • When jesus was born, herod the great was king over all of
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  • Palestine, all of israel.
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  • He had been appointed, remember, he was an edomite who had been
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  • Appointed by octavian, the roman emperor.
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  • When herod the great died, his kingdom of israel was divided
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  • Into four parts; a tetrarchy is a fourth of the kingdom.
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  • So it was divided in 4 parts-- for reasons i won't go into
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  • Right now; there's not time enough to.
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  • Pontius pilate ended up one of the rulers over judea.
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  • He was the governor of judea.
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  • He was a puppet of rome.
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  • He ran into political problems that we'll see when we get to
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  • The crucifixion.
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  • One of the tetrarchs, however, who ruled over a fourth
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  • Of israel, was one of herod the great's sons
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  • Whose name was herod.
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  • He was, according to verse 1, the tetrarch, the ruler over
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  • Galilee; he was known as herod antipas; jesus called him
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  • "that fox."
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  • Then he had a brother whose name was philip, who was tetrarch
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  • Over the region of.
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  • Ituraea and trachonitis.
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  • We'll talk about philip more in just a moment.
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  • We don't know much about this other tetrarch named lysanias.
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  • This also occurred--in verse 2--"in the high priesthood of
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  • Annas and caiaphas."
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  • Remember, the romans had their own rule over israel, but they
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  • Allowed the jews to settle their own matters pretty much.
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  • And, so, there was a priesthood in israel, and, at this time,
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  • Annas and caiaphas were serving in the high priesthood.
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  • Now, really, there was only one high priest; his name
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  • Was caiaphas.
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  • His father-in-law annas had preceded him, but annas didn't
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  • Retire; instead, he kind of still pulled the strings through
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  • His son-in-law caiaphas.
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  • So luke puts them together, annas and caiaphas, as
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  • The high priest.
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  • Now, not only did luke give us this information for the
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  • Historical background, but he gave us a description of the
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  • Moral backdrop in which jesus and john ministered.
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  • The one thing all of these men shared in common was they were
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  • Intently corrupt.
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  • This was a time of intense moral corruption.
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  • And, yet, one thing you'll discover in history, it's
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  • Against the darkest, bleakest background that the light of
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  • God's message shines the brightest.
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  • You know, we see that in our own nation's history.
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  • In 1929, when the stock market crashed, it was against that
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  • Dark background that you had 10,000 businessmen on
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  • Wall street gathering every day for bible study and prayer.
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  • Or think about what happened on september 11, 2001, after
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  • The worst terrorist attack in american history.
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  • Remember how the churches were packed--at least for a while--
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  • With people turning back to god.
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  • The bible says, during the time of the great tribulation, when
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  • Antichrist is ruling in terror over the world, there will be
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  • A great revival.
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  • The fact is, the message of god's hope shines the brightest
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  • When it seems the darkest--and that's what was going on here.
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  • Verse 2, against this dark moral corruption, "the word of god
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  • Came to john in the wilderness."
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  • For 400 years, god had been silent, since the closing verses
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  • Of malachi--or, as some people say, malachi.
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  • Remember the closing words of malachi?
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  • After that time, god didn't speak for 400 years.
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  • Yet, when god was ready to speak, where did the word of
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  • God come?
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  • It didn't come to the emperor in rome.
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  • It bypassed the political leaders in israel.
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  • It circumvented the priest in the temple in jerusalem.
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  • Instead, the word of god came to a locust-eating camel hair clad
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  • And probably scratching prophet named john.
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  • Now, i don't know how to describe john to you; he was
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  • Just a weird dude, that's the only way you could talk
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  • About john.
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  • I mean, i know this is irreverent to say, but, whenever
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  • I think about john, i think about ernest t. bass.
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  • He was the ernest t. bass of israel.
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  • Only those fans of "the andy griffith show" will get that.
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  • But, you know, ernest t. bass, you know, he came out from the
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  • Hills, and screeching and hollering, and he wasn't the
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  • Most dignified person--but, when he talked, people listened.
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  • Well, that was true of john the baptist.
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  • He lived in the wilderness, but the word of god came to john.
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  • This word word is the greek word rhema.
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  • It means not a general message; there was a specific message
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  • That came from god, and it didn't just come to him, the
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  • Greek word here, epi, the preposition, means it pressed
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  • Down upon john; john was overwhelmed with this message
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  • That came from god.
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  • And what was the message?
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  • He was to deliver the message, "get ready; the messiah
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  • Is coming."
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  • And that leads to john's purpose.
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  • His unique calling was to prepare the world for the coming
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  • In ministry of jesus christ.
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  • How did he do it?
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  • Look at verse 3, "and john came into all
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  • The district around the jordan, preaching a baptism
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  • Of repentance for the forgiveness of sins."
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  • Now, some people get all excited when they read that,
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  • "oh, there it is, baptism for the forgiveness of sins.
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  • You have to be baptized in order to be forgiven of your sins."
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  • No; first of all, that preposition "for" can mean
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  • "because of"--a baptism of repentance because of
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  • The forgiveness of sins.
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  • But the key word here is not baptism; it is repentance--that
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  • Was john's message.
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  • In fact, when you turn over to the parallel passage in
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  • Matthew 3:2, matthew said, "john's message was,
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  • 'repent, for the kingdom of god is at hand.'"
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  • His message was not "get baptized" for the kingdom of god
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  • Is at hand.
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  • Repentance was the message-- metanoia--a change of mind that
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  • Leads to a change of direction.
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  • What i want you to see here is john's message was anticipatory
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  • Of the coming of christ.
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  • Christ had not yet died and risen again.
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  • So john was pointing to the coming of christ; he was telling
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  • The israelites, "get ready, get your hearts ready to accept the
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  • Lamb of god who removes the sins of the world."
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  • You can't be ready to accept a savior until you know you need
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  • A savior.
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  • And so he was helping them prepare their hearts for the
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  • Coming of the messiah.
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  • It was anticipatory.
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  • Now, the way they showed their acceptance of that message was
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  • By water baptism.
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  • He was preaching a baptism whose theme was repentance.
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  • The way you showed--in john's day--that you totally
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  • Identified with a message was through the ritual of baptism.
  • 00:13:43.245 --> 00:13:48.684
  • Now, this may surprise you to know, that baptism did not start
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  • Out as a christian ritual.
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  • Some people point back to judaism.
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  • And it's true; the jews baptized.
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  • If you were a gentile, and you wanted to convert to judaism,
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  • You would be baptized.
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  • You would be put into water.
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  • You weren't sprinkled; you were put into a pool of water--
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  • Showing that you were totally immersed in the message that you
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  • Were identifying with.
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  • Actually, there's a good case to be made that baptism even
  • 00:14:15.744 --> 00:14:19.248
  • Preceded judaism and was found in heathen religions.
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  • People get all shaken up about that, you know, "oh, i can't
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  • Believe that."
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  • Well, think about it.
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  • Christmas was originally a pagan holiday; easter was originally
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  • A pagan holiday.
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  • Christians have a way of redeeming that which is pagan
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  • And turning it into christian.
  • 00:14:36.465 --> 00:14:38.367
  • Well, that's what we did with baptism as well.
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  • The reason you were immersed was to show that you are totally
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  • Agreeing with--or identifying-- the message.
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  • What john was preaching was, "get ready," and people were
  • 00:14:48.243 --> 00:14:52.348
  • Being baptized as a sign that they were identifying
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  • With john's message.
  • 00:14:56.652 --> 00:14:57.987
  • Now, john's baptism was for a different purpose than
  • 00:14:57.987 --> 00:15:03.459
  • Christians are baptized today.
  • 00:15:03.459 --> 00:15:05.928
  • There is a difference between john's baptism, that looked
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  • Forward to the coming of christ, and christian baptism that looks
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  • Back at what christ did for us.
  • 00:15:13.535 --> 00:15:16.305
  • When we are baptized today, we are identifying with what christ
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  • Did for us.
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  • Just as jesus died on the cross, when we trust in him, in
  • 00:15:22.811 --> 00:15:26.982
  • A sense, we died with him.
  • 00:15:26.982 --> 00:15:29.184
  • Just as jesus suffered the wrath of god that he didn't deserve,
  • 00:15:29.184 --> 00:15:33.889
  • We experienced the wrath of god that we do deserve.
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  • All of it is taken care of when we trust in jesus; we identify
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  • With him.
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  • He suffered the wrath of god so we don't have to.
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  • He was buried; we are buried.
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  • He was raised again, and, as the scripture says in romans 6:4,
  • 00:15:49.838 --> 00:15:54.376
  • "we are raised with him to a whole new way of living."
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  • That's romans 6:4.
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  • That's what christian baptism is; it is a way of identifying
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  • With the death, burial, and resurrection of christ.
  • 00:16:02.618 --> 00:16:05.854
  • So there's a difference between john's baptism
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  • And christian baptism.
  • 00:16:08.857 --> 00:16:10.192
  • A great illustration of that is seen in acts chapter 19.
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  • I want you to hold your place here and turn turn over to
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  • Acts 19.
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  • This is so interesting to me.
  • 00:16:17.166 --> 00:16:19.301
  • Paul was on his missionary journey.
  • 00:16:19.301 --> 00:16:22.137
  • Acts 19:1 says, "and it came about that while
  • 00:16:22.137 --> 00:16:24.773
  • Apollus was at corinth, paul, having passed
  • 00:16:24.773 --> 00:16:27.409
  • Through the upper country, came to ephesus,
  • 00:16:27.409 --> 00:16:30.379
  • And he found some disciples--" he found some
  • 00:16:30.379 --> 00:16:32.881
  • People that looked like they're religious--
  • 00:16:32.881 --> 00:16:35.551
  • "and so he said to them--" now, let me stop here.
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  • Today, if we wanna know whether somebody's a christian or not,
  • 00:16:40.923 --> 00:16:44.493
  • If we've been through any kind of evangelism explosion training
  • 00:16:44.493 --> 00:16:47.763
  • Or some kind of evangelistic training, we know there's
  • 00:16:47.763 --> 00:16:51.733
  • A question you ought to ask people to determine whether
  • 00:16:51.733 --> 00:16:54.002
  • They're saved or not.
  • 00:16:54.002 --> 00:16:55.671
  • I don't know of a better question than this one.
  • 00:16:55.671 --> 00:16:58.173
  • You ask somebody, "if you were to stand before god and he were
  • 00:16:58.173 --> 00:17:02.845
  • To ask you, 'why should i let you into heaven?'
  • 00:17:02.845 --> 00:17:06.615
  • What would you say?"
  • 00:17:06.615 --> 00:17:08.717
  • If you want to know whether somebody's a christian or not,
  • 00:17:08.717 --> 00:17:10.853
  • Just ask them that question.
  • 00:17:10.853 --> 00:17:12.187
  • You know how most people will answer that question?
  • 00:17:12.187 --> 00:17:14.623
  • "oh, i don't know.
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  • I'm a pretty good person."
  • 00:17:15.991 --> 00:17:17.326
  • Or, "i joined the church."
  • 00:17:17.326 --> 00:17:18.694
  • Or, "i was baptized."
  • 00:17:18.694 --> 00:17:20.028
  • Or, you know, "aunt ethel taught beginners for 50 years in my
  • 00:17:20.028 --> 00:17:23.132
  • Church, and, you know, surely that's enough to get
  • 00:17:23.132 --> 00:17:25.767
  • Into heaven."
  • 00:17:25.767 --> 00:17:27.136
  • No, there's only one right answer to that question.
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  • "because i have trusted in jesus christ for the forgiveness
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  • Of my sins."
  • 00:17:33.609 --> 00:17:34.977
  • That is the only reason god will allow anyone into heaven.
  • 00:17:34.977 --> 00:17:38.413
  • We've all learned that question.
  • 00:17:38.413 --> 00:17:40.749
  • Well, paul had his own diagnostic question to determine
  • 00:17:40.749 --> 00:17:44.019
  • Whether somebody was saved or not.
  • 00:17:44.019 --> 00:17:45.654
  • He came upon these religious people;
  • 00:17:45.654 --> 00:17:47.189
  • He asked them the question,
  • 00:17:47.189 --> 00:17:48.790
  • "did you receive the holy spirit when you believed?"
  • 00:17:48.790 --> 00:17:52.961
  • Now, you see, after acts 2, that was the norm.
  • 00:17:52.961 --> 00:17:57.032
  • From acts 2 on, everybody who trusted in jesus immediately was
  • 00:17:57.032 --> 00:18:01.670
  • Baptized with the holy spirit of god.
  • 00:18:01.670 --> 00:18:04.039
  • 1 corinthians 12:13, "for with one spirit we were all baptized
  • 00:18:04.039 --> 00:18:07.576
  • Into one body."
  • 00:18:07.576 --> 00:18:09.011
  • When you become a christian, you are immersed; you're baptized
  • 00:18:09.011 --> 00:18:12.414
  • With the holy spirit of god.
  • 00:18:12.414 --> 00:18:13.982
  • It's not something you pray for as an add-on to your christian
  • 00:18:13.982 --> 00:18:18.754
  • Faith later on.
  • 00:18:18.754 --> 00:18:20.088
  • No, god's plan is for you-- the moment you are saved--
  • 00:18:20.088 --> 00:18:23.225
  • To be baptized with the holy spirit of god.
  • 00:18:23.225 --> 00:18:26.428
  • So we asked them the question, "now,
  • 00:18:26.428 --> 00:18:29.898
  • You say you're a religious person.
  • 00:18:29.898 --> 00:18:31.233
  • Did you receive the holy spirit?"
  • 00:18:31.233 --> 00:18:32.601
  • And they answered and said, "we don't even know
  • 00:18:32.601 --> 00:18:36.205
  • Whether there is a holy 'spirit."
  • 00:18:36.205 --> 00:18:38.407
  • John said--or, paul thought to himself--
  • 00:18:38.407 --> 00:18:40.375
  • "uh oh, we've got a problem here."
  • 00:18:40.375 --> 00:18:42.511
  • And so he asked him a further
  • 00:18:42.511 --> 00:18:44.580
  • Follow-up question verse 3,
  • 00:18:44.580 --> 00:18:46.381
  • "'well, into what then were you baptized?'
  • 00:18:46.381 --> 00:18:49.084
  • And they said, 'into john's baptism.'"
  • 00:18:49.084 --> 00:18:53.288
  • Paul thought to himself, "oh, that's the problem.
  • 00:18:53.288 --> 00:18:57.826
  • They've heard the repentance part; they haven't heard
  • 00:18:57.826 --> 00:19:01.163
  • About jesus."
  • 00:19:01.163 --> 00:19:02.564
  • And so what happens?
  • 00:19:02.564 --> 00:19:03.899
  • Verse 4, "and paul said, 'john baptized with
  • 00:19:03.899 --> 00:19:06.768
  • The baptism of repentance, telling
  • 00:19:06.768 --> 00:19:09.671
  • The people to believe in him who was coming
  • 00:19:09.671 --> 00:19:11.940
  • After him, that is, in jesus.'
  • 00:19:11.940 --> 00:19:15.244
  • And when they heard this, they were baptized
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  • In the name of the lord jesus."
  • 00:19:18.113 --> 00:19:20.549
  • Paul preached the gospel to them,
  • 00:19:20.549 --> 00:19:22.851
  • And, when they heard the gospel,
  • 00:19:22.851 --> 00:19:24.620
  • They believed, and they were baptized.
  • 00:19:24.620 --> 00:19:27.589
  • That is always the pattern.
  • 00:19:27.589 --> 00:19:30.192
  • There is a difference between john's baptism and
  • 00:19:30.192 --> 00:19:32.794
  • Christian baptism.
  • 00:19:32.794 --> 00:19:34.329
  • John's message was actually a fulfillment of what isaiah
  • 00:19:34.329 --> 00:19:37.699
  • Prophesied in isaiah chapter 40.
  • 00:19:37.699 --> 00:19:39.935
  • Turn back to luke chapter 3, verse 4, where luke quotes
  • 00:19:39.935 --> 00:19:42.904
  • That verse; he says,
  • 00:19:42.904 --> 00:19:44.273
  • "as it is written in the book of the words
  • 00:19:44.273 --> 00:19:46.808
  • Of isaiah the prophet, 'the voice of one
  • 00:19:46.808 --> 00:19:49.411
  • Crying in the wilderness,
  • 00:19:49.411 --> 00:19:51.280
  • Make ready the way of the lord,
  • 00:19:51.280 --> 00:19:53.715
  • Make his paths straight.'"
  • 00:19:53.715 --> 00:19:56.585
  • John's basic message was, "roll out the red carpet.
  • 00:19:56.585 --> 00:20:00.889
  • The king of kings is on the scene."
  • 00:20:00.889 --> 00:20:03.725
  • Now, let's admit, you and i have not been called to live in the
  • 00:20:03.725 --> 00:20:08.864
  • Wilderness and subsist on a diet of locusts and honey, and yet we
  • 00:20:08.864 --> 00:20:13.068
  • Have been called, just like john was, to point people to
  • 00:20:13.068 --> 00:20:16.204
  • Jesus christ.
  • 00:20:16.204 --> 00:20:18.106
  • What is our message?
  • 00:20:18.106 --> 00:20:19.708
  • How do we share that message?
  • 00:20:19.708 --> 00:20:21.677
  • As we look at john's message to the people, i want you to notice
  • 00:20:21.677 --> 00:20:25.347
  • The three components of john's message that should be a
  • 00:20:25.347 --> 00:20:29.151
  • Component and parts of the message that we share with
  • 00:20:29.151 --> 00:20:31.586
  • People about the christ who has already come.
  • 00:20:31.586 --> 00:20:34.589
  • First of all, john's message was marked by
  • 00:20:34.589 --> 00:20:37.693
  • Confrontation, confrontation.
  • 00:20:37.693 --> 00:20:39.861
  • Look at verse 7, "john therefore began saying to
  • 00:20:39.861 --> 00:20:42.864
  • The multitudes who were going out to be baptized
  • 00:20:42.864 --> 00:20:45.600
  • By him, 'you brood of vipers,
  • 00:20:45.600 --> 00:20:49.104
  • Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?'"
  • 00:20:49.104 --> 00:20:54.309
  • That seems a little harsh, doesn't it?
  • 00:20:54.309 --> 00:20:57.145
  • I mean, can you imagine my meeting with those who were
  • 00:20:57.145 --> 00:21:00.382
  • Baptized a few minutes ago, earlier in the day, getting them
  • 00:21:00.382 --> 00:21:03.652
  • All together and saying, "you snakes!
  • 00:21:03.652 --> 00:21:08.090
  • Why do you want to get baptized?
  • 00:21:08.090 --> 00:21:09.925
  • What's wrong with you?"
  • 00:21:09.925 --> 00:21:11.793
  • Man, they would have scampered out of here quickly,
  • 00:21:11.793 --> 00:21:13.862
  • Wouldn't they?
  • 00:21:13.862 --> 00:21:15.230
  • I mean, why was john so hard on them?
  • 00:21:15.230 --> 00:21:17.165
  • They were simply being baptized.
  • 00:21:17.165 --> 00:21:19.301
  • Well, again, you have to turn to the parallel passage in
  • 00:21:19.301 --> 00:21:21.837
  • Matthew 3:7 to know what is going on here.
  • 00:21:21.837 --> 00:21:25.040
  • Matthew says, "but when john saw many of
  • 00:21:25.040 --> 00:21:28.276
  • The pharisees and sadducees coming for baptism,
  • 00:21:28.276 --> 00:21:32.614
  • He said to them, 'you brood of vipers,
  • 00:21:32.614 --> 00:21:35.917
  • Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?'"
  • 00:21:35.917 --> 00:21:38.954
  • You see, these religious leaders were hypocrites,
  • 00:21:38.954 --> 00:21:41.456
  • And they were paranoid hypocrites.
  • 00:21:41.456 --> 00:21:43.825
  • They saw this great following john was getting, how many of
  • 00:21:43.825 --> 00:21:46.328
  • The people were following his message of repentance.
  • 00:21:46.328 --> 00:21:49.231
  • They said, "we want people to think that we're religious too,
  • 00:21:49.231 --> 00:21:51.767
  • So we'll be baptized."
  • 00:21:51.767 --> 00:21:53.769
  • John saw through their motivation; he knew what they
  • 00:21:53.769 --> 00:21:56.671
  • Were up to.
  • 00:21:56.671 --> 00:21:58.039
  • They wanted to appear to be religious by going through the
  • 00:21:58.039 --> 00:22:01.343
  • External rite of baptism, when in fact they had not changed at
  • 00:22:01.343 --> 00:22:05.180
  • All in their attitudes, in their heart.
  • 00:22:05.180 --> 00:22:08.150
  • So he called them out on that.
  • 00:22:08.150 --> 00:22:10.285
  • Jeffress: there's more i want to share about john the baptist and
  • 00:22:14.523 --> 00:22:17.292
  • What his story teaches us about our purpose, so please make
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  • Plans to join me again next time.
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  • Well, in genesis 1, god commanded, "let there be light,"
  • 00:22:24.166 --> 00:22:28.403
  • And the darkness fled, unable to comprehend or resist that light.
  • 00:22:28.403 --> 00:22:33.909
  • The separation of light from darkness set the stage for a
  • 00:22:33.909 --> 00:22:37.646
  • Grand narrative that culminated in the birth of jesus christ,
  • 00:22:37.646 --> 00:22:41.917
  • The light of the world, and that's the miracle we celebrate
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  • Every christmas season.
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  • Today i'm asking you to help "pathway to victory" shine
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  • Jeffress: baptism certainly won't get us into heaven, but
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  • Significant ordinance.
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  • John's baptism pointed people to a savior who was to come, and
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  • Christian baptism is a sign of the new life we gain when we
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  • Well, john preached a message that was shocking and unfamiliar
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  • To the people of his day, but he wasn't afraid to speak
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  • The truth.
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  • In fact, he would ultimately lose his head for it, and next
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  • Time we're going to look at the events that led to john's
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  • Death--and learn why jesus called him the greatest person
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  • Jeffress: jesus said, in matthew 11:11, john was the greatest
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  • Person who has ever been born.
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  • Isn't that interesting?
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  • Of all the people jesus could have named as the greatest
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  • Person who has ever been born, he singled out john the baptist.
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  • Announcer: set your dvr, and join us next time for part 2
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  • Here on "pathway to victory."
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  • The streets of ephesus just as the apostle paul once did.
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