WEBVTT 00:00:58.530 --> 00:01:01.330 Good morning, welcome to the Scher Foundation Baptist Church. 00:01:01.330 --> 00:01:03.100 Happy Easter service. 00:01:03.100 --> 00:01:07.310 First song I'm going to be singing this morning is song 31, "He Lives." 00:01:07.310 --> 00:01:12.190 Song number 31 of your hymn books, "He Lives." 00:01:12.190 --> 00:01:19.600 3-1, I serve a risen savior on the first. 00:01:19.600 --> 00:01:28.140 I serve a risen savior on the first. 00:01:28.140 --> 00:02:04.980 I serve a risen savior on the first. 00:02:04.980 --> 00:05:03.100 Brother Christian, could you please open us up for a prayer? 00:05:03.100 --> 00:05:18.240 Amen, amen, next song's gonna be song 209, "Sunshine in the Soul." 00:05:18.240 --> 00:05:21.970 Sunshine in the Soul, song 209. 00:05:21.970 --> 00:05:26.480 There's sunshine in my soul today, on the first. 00:05:26.480 --> 00:05:32.880 There is sunshine in my soul today. 00:05:32.880 --> 00:05:42.400 More glory than glows in any earthly sky. 00:05:42.400 --> 00:05:47.490 For Jesus is my love. 00:05:47.490 --> 00:05:53.140 Sunshine, blessed sunshine. 00:05:53.140 --> 00:05:57.310 When the peaceful, happy moments roll. 00:05:57.310 --> 00:06:02.590 When Jesus shows his smiling face. 00:06:02.590 --> 00:06:30.390 The sunshine in my soul today, blessed sun. 00:06:30.390 --> 00:06:35.070 When the peaceful, happy moments roll. 00:06:35.070 --> 00:07:08.690 The shining sunshine in the soul today, in my heart, sun. 00:07:08.690 --> 00:07:14.180 When the peaceful, happy moments roll. 00:07:14.180 --> 00:07:36.910 When sunshine in the soul today, in me now. 00:07:36.910 --> 00:07:56.140 The peaceful, happy moments roll. 00:07:56.140 --> 00:08:09.760 The sunshine in the soul today, in my heart, sun. 00:08:09.760 --> 00:08:12.710 When the peaceful, happy moments roll. 00:08:12.710 --> 00:08:16.920 The sunshine in the soul today, in me now. 00:08:16.920 --> 00:08:21.140 When sunshine in the soul today, in my heart, sun. 00:08:21.140 --> 00:08:24.270 When sunshine in the soul today, in me now. 00:08:24.270 --> 00:08:27.270 The peaceful, happy moments roll. 00:08:27.270 --> 00:08:31.260 The sunshine in the soul today, in my heart, sun. 00:08:31.260 --> 00:08:36.250 The sunshine in the soul today, in my heart, sun. 00:09:02.180 --> 00:09:07.580 The sunshine in the soul today, in my heart, sun. 00:09:32.530 --> 00:09:37.520 The sunshine in the soul today, in my heart, sun. 00:10:02.820 --> 00:10:07.800 The sunshine in the soul today, in my heart, sun. 00:10:32.510 --> 00:10:38.520 The sunshine in the soul today, in my heart, sun. 00:11:03.570 --> 00:11:09.280 The sunshine in the soul today, in my heart, sun. 00:11:34.240 --> 00:11:39.670 The sunshine in the soul today, in my heart, sun. 00:12:04.580 --> 00:12:10.090 Let's sing one more song, and then we'll take up the offering. 00:12:10.090 --> 00:12:13.500 Alright, next song we're going to be singing is song 317. 00:12:13.500 --> 00:12:15.420 I'll live for him, song 317. 00:12:15.420 --> 00:12:27.320 317, in your hymn books. 00:12:27.320 --> 00:12:31.430 My life, my love, I give to thee. 00:12:31.430 --> 00:12:37.190 Thou Lamb of God, died for me. 00:12:37.190 --> 00:12:46.540 O may I ever faithful be, my savior and my God. 00:12:46.540 --> 00:12:50.500 I'll live for him, died for me. 00:12:50.500 --> 00:12:55.820 How happy then, shall be. 00:12:55.820 --> 00:12:59.650 I'll live for him, died for me. 00:12:59.650 --> 00:13:08.000 My savior and, I now believe. 00:13:08.000 --> 00:13:11.380 Thus receive, for thou hast died. 00:13:11.380 --> 00:13:19.340 That I might live, and now henceforth, I trust in thee. 00:13:19.340 --> 00:13:29.230 My savior and, for him died for me. 00:13:29.230 --> 00:13:36.460 He then, who died for me. 00:13:36.460 --> 00:13:48.160 My savior and, saved my soul. 00:13:48.160 --> 00:14:03.930 My savior and, saved my soul. 00:14:03.930 --> 00:14:13.030 He then, who died for me. 00:14:13.030 --> 00:14:25.350 My savior and, saved my soul. 00:15:33.230 --> 00:15:42.330 By night, and said unto him, "Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God, for no man can do these miracles that thou doest except God be with him." 00:15:42.330 --> 00:15:49.900 Jesus answered and said unto him, "Verily, verily, I say unto thee, except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God." 00:15:49.900 --> 00:15:59.650 Nicodemus saith unto him, "How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter the second time into his mother's womb and be born?" 00:15:59.650 --> 00:16:07.760 Jesus answered, "Verily, verily, I say unto thee, except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God." 00:16:07.760 --> 00:16:17.060 That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is Spirit. Marvel not that I said unto thee, ye must be born again. 00:16:17.060 --> 00:16:27.810 The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh; and whither it goeth, so is every one that is born of the Spirit." 00:16:27.810 --> 00:16:32.300 Nicodemus answered and said unto him, "How can these things be?" 00:16:32.300 --> 00:16:49.440 Jesus answered and said unto him, "Are thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these things? Verily, verily, I say unto thee, we speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness. 00:16:49.440 --> 00:17:05.370 If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe if I tell you of heavenly things?And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that cometh down from heaven, even the Son of man, which is in heaven. 00:17:05.370 --> 00:17:16.430 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life. 00:17:16.430 --> 00:17:26.370 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 00:17:26.370 --> 00:17:31.560 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through him might be saved. 00:17:31.560 --> 00:17:42.030 He that believeth on him is not condemned, but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 00:17:42.030 --> 00:17:50.010 And this is the condemnation that the light has come into the world, and men love darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 00:17:50.010 --> 00:17:57.000 And every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. 00:17:57.000 --> 00:18:04.680 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God. 00:18:04.680 --> 00:18:12.650 After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the land of Judea, and there he tarried with them and baptized. 00:18:12.650 --> 00:18:20.980 And John also was baptizing in Annon near Silene, because there was much water there, and they came and were baptized. 00:18:20.980 --> 00:18:30.190 For John was not yet cast into prison.Then there arose a question between some of John's disciples and the Jews about purifying. 00:18:30.190 --> 00:18:42.120 And they came unto John, and said unto him, Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond Jordan, to whom thou bearest witness, behold, the same baptizeth, and all men came to him. 00:18:42.120 --> 00:18:54.910 John answered and said, A man can receive nothing except to be given him from heaven.Ye yourselves bear me witness that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him. 00:18:54.910 --> 00:19:09.870 He that hath the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom's voice.This is my joy therefore fulfilled. 00:19:09.870 --> 00:19:20.240 He must increase, but I must decrease.He that cometh from above is above all; he that is of the earth is earthly, and speaketh of the earth; he that cometh from heaven is above all. 00:19:20.240 --> 00:19:31.420 And what he hath seen and heard, that he testifieth, and no man receiveth his testimony.He that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that God is true. 00:19:31.420 --> 00:19:44.650 For he whom God hath sent speaketh the word to God; for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him.The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand. 00:19:44.650 --> 00:19:52.710 He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life; and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abideth on him. 00:19:52.710 --> 00:20:32.130 The Bible says for God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.I only preach a sermon this morning called the only begotten son.The only begotten son. 00:20:32.130 --> 00:20:55.620 The Bible doesn't just call Jesus the son of God.The Bible also calls him the only begotten son of God.That's not a filler word.The word has to mean something.This morning I want to talk about what this word means and why it matters.I do believe this word can mean different things depending on the context. 00:20:55.620 --> 00:21:05.550 So by the way, when you are in John, keep a place there.We'll leave it and come right back to it.Turn to John chapter one.John chapter number one. 00:21:05.550 --> 00:21:22.770 Again, the title of the sermon this morning is the only begotten son.Point number one, I want to talk about the identity.The identity.Of course, you know, when the Bible says Jesus is the only begotten son, what does begotten mean? 00:21:22.770 --> 00:21:39.340 I mean, the Webster 1828 dictionary will tell you that the word begotten means to be procreated or generated.But we know that Christ is not created, right?So we must compare scripture with scripture. 00:21:39.340 --> 00:22:02.990 You are in John chapter 1, look at verse number 1, John chapter 1, verse number 1.The Bible says in the beginning was the word, and the word was with God, and the word was God.Now the word is Jesus Christ, so the word is with God the father, God the son, Jesus was with God the father.The same was in the beginning with God.Now jump on to verse number 18. 00:22:02.990 --> 00:22:16.940 No man hath seen God the father at any time, the only, notice this,begotten son, that is Jesus, which is in the bosom of the father he hath declared him. 00:22:16.940 --> 00:22:32.060 Again, this verse at least proves the trinity, at least two persons in the triune God, God the father, no man has seen God the father at any time, but people have seen God the son. 00:22:32.060 --> 00:22:39.170 So God is one God, three persons, that's why we believe in the trinity. 00:22:39.170 --> 00:22:42.140 And Jesus is God's only begotten son. 00:22:42.140 --> 00:22:48.670 So again, what does it mean here that Jesus is the only begotten son? 00:22:48.670 --> 00:22:54.080 It means that Jesus is unique, there's no one like him. 00:22:54.080 --> 00:22:58.990 It means that Jesus shares the same nature with God the father. 00:22:58.990 --> 00:23:05.630 This means that Jesus did not become the son at the virgin birth, he is always the son. 00:23:05.630 --> 00:23:11.900 Jesus is the eternal son, there's a doctrine called eternal sonship of Christ. 00:23:11.900 --> 00:23:19.520 So when the Bible says that Jesus is God's only begotten son, it means that he is unique. 00:23:19.520 --> 00:23:23.630 Go back to John chapter 3, look at verse number 18. 00:23:23.630 --> 00:23:40.090 John chapter 3, verse number 18, the Bible says this, "He that believeth on him is not condemned, but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten son of God." 00:23:40.090 --> 00:23:49.470 Jesus Christ is the only begotten son of God because he is unique, because he shares the same nature as God the Father, because he is God. 00:23:49.470 --> 00:24:05.170 That's why if you don't believe that Jesus is God in the flesh, if you don't believe in the eternal sonship of Christ, if you don't believe that Jesus is God, you are believing in the wrong Jesus, you are believing in the wrong Christ. 00:24:05.170 --> 00:24:20.270 Because if you want to be saved, you have to believe in the name of the only begotten son of God, meaning that believing Christ is the eternal son, he is God, that he is perfect. 00:24:20.270 --> 00:24:30.570 That's why whenever you are sharing your gospel at someone's door, make sure to clarify and to explain that Jesus is God. 00:24:30.570 --> 00:24:42.510 That's why the Muslims, the Jews, the Hindus, and the Jehovah's false witnesses, the Mormons, and all the other religions that deny the deity of Christ are not saved. 00:24:42.510 --> 00:24:51.930 Because you have to believe that Jesus Christ is the only begotten son of God, meaning that he is God, he is unique. 00:24:51.930 --> 00:25:10.970 Now go to John chapter 17, John chapter 17, look at verse number 5, John 17, verse 5, the Bible says this, John 17, 5, "And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self." 00:25:10.970 --> 00:25:16.940 Here Jesus Christ is calling God the Father self, that means God the Father is a person, right? 00:25:16.940 --> 00:25:21.040 That's why we believe there are three persons in the triune God, right? 00:25:21.040 --> 00:25:26.990 Glorify thou me with thine own self, with the glory which I had with thee, don't miss this, before the world was. 00:25:26.990 --> 00:25:32.990 So Jesus Christ did not come into being at the virgin birth, he is always the son, he is the only begotten son. 00:25:32.990 --> 00:25:36.950 Jump down to verse 24, John 17 verse 24. 00:25:36.950 --> 00:25:51.880 The Bible says, "Father, I will that they also whom thou hast given me be with me where I am, that they may behold my glory which thou hast given me, for thou lovest me, don't miss this, before the foundation of the world." 00:25:51.880 --> 00:25:55.820 So God the Father loved God the Son before the world was even made. 00:25:55.820 --> 00:25:58.870 Because Christ has always been the Son. 00:25:58.870 --> 00:26:02.160 He has not become the Son of God, he is always the Son. 00:26:02.160 --> 00:26:05.270 We believe in the eternal sonship of Christ. 00:26:05.270 --> 00:26:08.960 Now go to Romans chapter 8. 00:26:08.960 --> 00:26:12.090 So Jesus is God's only begotten Son. 00:26:12.090 --> 00:26:15.440 It talks about his identity. 00:26:15.440 --> 00:26:18.750 It talks about the eternal sonship. 00:26:18.750 --> 00:26:20.940 It talks about his deity. 00:26:20.940 --> 00:26:25.050 Jesus did not become the Son, he has always been the Son. 00:26:25.050 --> 00:26:27.040 And that's different from us. 00:26:27.040 --> 00:26:31.020 We are sons of God or daughters of God. 00:26:31.020 --> 00:26:34.000 Because we were adopted into God's family. 00:26:34.000 --> 00:26:36.990 But Jesus is the Son because he is the only begotten Son. 00:26:36.990 --> 00:26:38.980 He is unique. 00:26:38.980 --> 00:26:40.970 Romans chapter 8, look at verse number 14. 00:26:40.970 --> 00:26:43.520 Romans 8, verse 14. 00:26:43.520 --> 00:26:47.820 The Bible says, "For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. 00:26:47.820 --> 00:26:50.800 For you have not received the Spirit of bondage, again to fear. 00:26:50.800 --> 00:26:56.870 But you have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father." 00:26:56.870 --> 00:27:04.160 The only way for us to call God our Father is through salvation, right? 00:27:04.160 --> 00:27:09.130 We are grafting, we are adopted into the family of God. 00:27:09.130 --> 00:27:15.100 Verse 16, "The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit that we are the children of God. 00:27:15.100 --> 00:27:23.070 And if children then heirs, heirs of God, and joint heirs with Christ, if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together." 00:27:23.070 --> 00:27:33.150 So Jesus Christ is the only begotten son because of his nature, because he is God, and we become the sons of God through the process of adoption. 00:27:33.150 --> 00:27:42.210 That's why in John 1-12 the Bible says, "But as many as receive him," talking about salvation, "to them give you power to become the sons of God." 00:27:42.210 --> 00:27:48.950 We have to become children of God, but Christ is always the son. He is the only begotten son. 00:27:48.950 --> 00:27:57.910 That's why it's important to describe Jesus as the only begotten son, and that's why we are King James only. 00:27:57.910 --> 00:28:04.650 We all know John 3-16. Let me just read to you John 3-16 from different Bible versions. 00:28:04.650 --> 00:28:14.250 Here's the ESV. "For God so loved the world that he gave his only son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life." 00:28:14.250 --> 00:28:22.410 Soften the doctrine of the eternal sonship of Christ. Jesus Christ is not God's only son, but he's God's only begotten son. 00:28:22.410 --> 00:28:28.350 Here's the message Bible. That's going to be a dry bar comedy for the day. 00:28:28.350 --> 00:28:34.970 The message Bible. "This is how much God loved the world, he gave his son, he's one and only son. 00:28:34.970 --> 00:28:43.400 And this is why, so that no one need be destroyed, by believing in him, anyone can have a whole and lasting life." 00:28:43.400 --> 00:28:49.870 Again, total garbage, right? Here's the knock inspired version, DNIV. 00:28:49.870 --> 00:28:55.780 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only son.Again, soften the doctrine, weaken the doctrine. 00:28:55.780 --> 00:29:01.550 Turn the Bible to John chapter 1, John chapter 1.Here's the New Living Translation. 00:29:01.550 --> 00:29:06.500 For this is how God loved the world, he gave his one and only son. 00:29:06.500 --> 00:29:13.030 See, the modern versions, they don't just simplify a word, they weaken a doctrine. 00:29:13.030 --> 00:29:20.460 Begotten tells you that Jesus is, you know, who Christ is and what makes him unique. 00:29:20.460 --> 00:29:26.420 We are all sons of God because of salvation and the adoption, but Jesus is the only begotten son of God. 00:29:26.420 --> 00:29:30.510 John 1, look at version 18 again.John chapter 1, look at version 18 again. 00:29:30.510 --> 00:29:38.430 The Bible says no man had seen God at any time, the only begotten son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he had declared him. 00:29:38.430 --> 00:29:46.560 So the Bible is very clear, you know, the only begotten son, you know, which is in the bosom of God the Father, here is the ESV. 00:29:46.560 --> 00:29:55.310 No one has seen God, no one has ever seen God, the only God who is at the Father's side, he had made him known. 00:29:55.310 --> 00:30:03.420 Sounds like a contradiction, right? The only God, talking about Jesus Christ, is the only God who is at the Father's side. 00:30:03.420 --> 00:30:10.240 Very, very confusing. Here's the message Bible, okay? This is getting weirder. Here's the message Bible. 00:30:10.240 --> 00:30:22.150 No one has ever seen God, not so much as a glimpse. The one of a kind God expression, who exists at the very heart of the Father, had made him plain as day. 00:30:22.150 --> 00:30:35.680 Just ridiculous translation, okay? Now go to John chapter 3. You look at John chapter 3, verse number 18. Let me just read to you the NLT, okay? 00:30:35.680 --> 00:30:52.250 John 3.18 in the NLT perversion. There is no judgment against anyone who believes in him, but anyone who does not believe in him has already been judged for not believing in God's one and only Son. 00:30:52.250 --> 00:31:17.490 Now here's the problem. If you are saved, you are a son of God. The modern translation not only cause confusions and weaken the deity of Christ, but they also cause people to doubt the word of God because Jesus Christ, he is not the one and only son, because we are all sons of God through faith, right? But Christ is the only begotten son. 00:31:17.490 --> 00:31:30.450 So that's why just get yourself a King James Bible so you can know the real Jesus. Because Jesus Christ, one of his names is called the word of God. Amen. 00:31:30.450 --> 00:31:46.670 Now go to John chapter one. John chapter one. So point number one, I talk about the identity. Point number two, I want to talk about the transition, the transition. 00:31:46.670 --> 00:32:02.060 Jesus is the only begotten son of God. That's why he makes it possible for you to be born of God. Because he's the only begotten son of God, he makes it possible for you and me to be born of God. 00:32:02.060 --> 00:32:14.090 Let's look at John chapter one, verse number 12 again. John one twelve says this, "But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name." 00:32:14.090 --> 00:32:24.520 This proves that not everyone is a child of God, right? People have to, you know, become a child of God through faith, through salvation. 00:32:24.520 --> 00:32:32.420 Now go to John chapter three. John chapter number three. Look at verse number six. John chapter three, verse number six. 00:32:32.420 --> 00:32:40.510 The Bible says, "That which is born of the flesh is flesh." That's talking about your physical birth, when you are born, you know, from your mother. 00:32:40.510 --> 00:32:50.780 "That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the spirit is spirit." "Marvel not that I sit unto thee, ye must be born again." 00:32:50.780 --> 00:32:55.730 Here, verse number seven, "born again" is talking about a spiritual birth, right? 00:32:55.730 --> 00:33:02.130 People need to have two births. One is physical birth. Everyone here is born physically. I mean, I hope, right? 00:33:02.130 --> 00:33:09.520 But we need to be born again, spiritually speaking, meaning being born again into the family of God, okay? 00:33:09.520 --> 00:33:13.500 By the way, that's why we use the King James Bible, because in verse number seven, the Bible says, 00:33:13.500 --> 00:33:18.470 "Marvel not that I say unto thee, Nicodemus, ye must be born again." 00:33:18.470 --> 00:33:21.450 Everyone must be born again, right? It changes the meaning, okay? 00:33:21.450 --> 00:33:30.720 So if you are here today, if you don't know that Jesus Christ is your savior, if you don't know that you are going to heaven, 00:33:30.720 --> 00:33:35.890 or if you are trusting in your works, you need to be born again, right? 00:33:35.890 --> 00:33:38.860 Jesus Christ came to die for you because no one is good enough. 00:33:38.860 --> 00:33:40.830 Today is the day of salvation. 00:33:40.830 --> 00:33:43.800 Talk to an usher or myself after the service. 00:33:43.800 --> 00:33:46.440 Go to 1st John chapter 4. 00:33:46.440 --> 00:33:48.790 1st John chapter number 4. 00:33:48.790 --> 00:33:55.790 1st John chapter 4, look at verse number 9. 00:33:55.790 --> 00:34:01.640 1st John chapter 4, verse 9. 00:34:01.640 --> 00:34:03.270 The Bible says this. 00:34:03.270 --> 00:34:08.450 "In this was manifested the love of God toward us, 00:34:08.450 --> 00:34:11.810 because that God sent his, don't miss this, 00:34:11.810 --> 00:34:17.330 only begotten son into the world, that we might live through him." 00:34:17.330 --> 00:34:19.830 Why did God send his only begotten son? 00:34:19.830 --> 00:34:23.810 That we may have eternal life, that is the purpose. 00:34:23.810 --> 00:34:27.780 So the only begotten son makes it possible for you to be born of God, 00:34:27.780 --> 00:34:33.750 and Jesus is begotten by nature, but we are begotten by a new birth. 00:34:33.750 --> 00:34:35.940 So here's the difference. 00:34:35.940 --> 00:34:45.180 So if you are begotten of God, you should love those who are also begotten of God. 00:34:45.180 --> 00:34:49.730 If you are begotten of God through salvation, through the adoption process, 00:34:49.730 --> 00:34:52.700 you should love those who are begotten of God. 00:34:52.700 --> 00:34:55.250 Just think about this. 00:34:55.250 --> 00:35:00.550 If you are adopted into God's family through salvation, 00:35:00.550 --> 00:35:04.510 this makes all saved Christians one big family. 00:35:04.510 --> 00:35:10.370 You are not just forgiven, you are not just justified, 00:35:10.370 --> 00:35:12.480 you are brought into a family. 00:35:12.480 --> 00:35:18.480 So if God is your father, and if God is my father, that makes us family. 00:35:18.480 --> 00:35:23.920 And if you claim to love God the Father, the Bible says that you will love his children. 00:35:23.920 --> 00:35:28.550 Go to 1 John chapter 5, look at verse number 1. 00:35:28.550 --> 00:35:31.300 1 John chapter 5, verse number 1. 00:35:31.300 --> 00:35:38.690 The Bible says, "Whosoever believeth that Jesus Christ is the Christ is born of God, 00:35:38.690 --> 00:35:44.650 and everyone that loveth him that begat, loveth him also that is begotten of him." 00:35:44.650 --> 00:35:49.410 Who is him that begat? That's talking about God the Father, right? 00:35:49.410 --> 00:35:53.590 Who is him that is begotten of him? That's the children of God. 00:35:53.590 --> 00:36:01.390 So if you say you love God, you also love those that are begotten of God, right? 00:36:01.390 --> 00:36:07.390 That's why you don't get to pick which believers you love. 00:36:07.390 --> 00:36:11.220 You don't get to say, "I love God but not his people." 00:36:11.220 --> 00:36:16.150 You don't get to hold bitterness against your spiritual family, 00:36:16.150 --> 00:36:20.100 because if you love him that begat, you will love him that are begotten of him. 00:36:20.100 --> 00:36:23.660 You cannot love the father and hate the family. 00:36:23.660 --> 00:36:27.580 Salvation cannot just give you a savior. 00:36:27.580 --> 00:36:29.530 Salvation gives you siblings. 00:36:29.530 --> 00:36:31.820 Spiritual siblings. 00:36:31.820 --> 00:36:35.910 And when you are born again, you get a whole new family, 00:36:35.910 --> 00:36:37.860 whether you like it or not. 00:36:37.860 --> 00:36:42.170 And you didn't just get saved, you get related. 00:36:42.170 --> 00:36:47.520 Whether you are white, yellow, orange, brown, whatever. 00:36:47.520 --> 00:36:49.900 And here's the transition I'm talking about. 00:36:49.900 --> 00:36:55.230 Christ is God's only begotten son, and we are begotten of God through salvation. 00:36:55.230 --> 00:37:00.720 And the result is a spiritual family that must love one another. 00:37:00.720 --> 00:37:03.520 Now go to 1 John chapter 4. 00:37:03.520 --> 00:37:05.970 1 John chapter 4, look at verse number 20. 00:37:05.970 --> 00:37:07.880 1 John chapter 4, verse 20 says this. 00:37:07.880 --> 00:37:12.990 "If a man say, 'I love God,' and hated his brother, he is a liar. 00:37:12.990 --> 00:37:15.960 For he that loveth not his brother which he had seen, 00:37:15.960 --> 00:37:19.190 how can he love God whom he had not seen? 00:37:19.190 --> 00:37:22.140 And this commandment have we from him, 00:37:22.140 --> 00:37:25.100 that he who loveth God love his brother also." 00:37:25.100 --> 00:37:28.270 If you love God, you will love the children of God. 00:37:28.270 --> 00:37:30.290 Now we go to 1 John chapter 3. 00:37:30.290 --> 00:37:32.390 1 John chapter 3, look at verse number 13. 00:37:32.390 --> 00:37:34.920 1 John 3.13 says this. 00:37:34.920 --> 00:37:40.560 "Marvel not, don't be shocked, don't be surprised, 00:37:40.560 --> 00:37:42.530 my brethren, if the world hates you." 00:37:42.530 --> 00:37:46.580 The Bible says don't be surprised if the unsaved heathen, 00:37:46.580 --> 00:37:50.530 you know the Catholics and believing Jews hate you. 00:37:50.530 --> 00:37:52.730 Don't be surprised if the world hates you. 00:37:52.730 --> 00:37:54.680 But look at verse number 14. 00:37:54.680 --> 00:37:57.100 "We know that we have passed from death unto life, 00:37:57.100 --> 00:37:59.060 because we love the brethren. 00:37:59.060 --> 00:38:01.030 He that loveth not his brother, 00:38:01.030 --> 00:38:03.130 don't miss this, abideth in death. 00:38:03.130 --> 00:38:05.540 Whosoever hated his brother is a murderer, 00:38:05.540 --> 00:38:09.480 and you know that no murderer has no life abiding in him." 00:38:09.480 --> 00:38:14.850 That's why I believe if someone truly hates other Christians, 00:38:14.850 --> 00:38:16.820 that's a serious red flag. 00:38:16.820 --> 00:38:19.540 That's a major red flag. 00:38:19.540 --> 00:38:23.510 I'm not talking about some people struggling with bitterness 00:38:23.510 --> 00:38:26.500 and just having conflicts with other Christians, 00:38:26.500 --> 00:38:30.480 but if someone has settled hatred against other believers, 00:38:30.480 --> 00:38:32.460 no love for God's people at all, 00:38:32.460 --> 00:38:34.450 and there's no conviction about it, 00:38:34.450 --> 00:38:36.790 I doubt their salvation. 00:38:36.790 --> 00:38:37.770 And that's biblical, right? 00:38:37.770 --> 00:38:39.740 The Bible says if you hate your brother, 00:38:39.740 --> 00:38:42.820 you are a murderer and there's no eternal life. 00:38:42.820 --> 00:38:46.720 Go to Ephesians chapter 4. 00:38:46.720 --> 00:38:50.860 Ephesians chapter number 4. 00:38:50.860 --> 00:38:51.800 What can we take away from this? 00:38:51.800 --> 00:38:55.650 We should have Christian characters 00:38:55.650 --> 00:39:00.190 so we can love and serve one another. 00:39:00.190 --> 00:39:02.180 Because that's the transition, right? 00:39:02.180 --> 00:39:04.160 Because Christ is begotten of God, 00:39:04.160 --> 00:39:06.140 we get to be adopted, 00:39:06.140 --> 00:39:07.140 and as a result, 00:39:07.140 --> 00:39:10.110 we become siblings with each other, 00:39:10.110 --> 00:39:12.440 we should love one another. 00:39:12.440 --> 00:39:15.210 Ephesians chapter 4, look at verse number 1. 00:39:15.210 --> 00:39:17.760 Ephesians chapter 4 says this, 00:39:17.760 --> 00:39:22.310 "I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, 00:39:22.310 --> 00:39:26.380 beseech you that ye work worthy of the vocation 00:39:26.380 --> 00:39:28.340 wherewith ye are called, 00:39:28.340 --> 00:39:30.300 with all lowliness and meekness, 00:39:30.300 --> 00:39:31.480 don't miss this, 00:39:31.480 --> 00:39:32.470 with longsuffering, 00:39:32.470 --> 00:39:35.430 forbearing one another in love, 00:39:35.430 --> 00:39:38.400 endeavoring to keep the unity of the spirit 00:39:38.400 --> 00:39:40.420 in the bond of peace." 00:39:40.420 --> 00:39:44.660 That's a great chapter about unity, 00:39:44.660 --> 00:39:48.780 and part of the process to achieve unity 00:39:48.780 --> 00:39:50.740 is to be longsuffering, 00:39:50.740 --> 00:39:53.900 is to forbear one another in love, 00:39:53.900 --> 00:39:55.840 because we are all begotten of God. 00:39:55.840 --> 00:39:59.880 So with everything that's been going on 00:39:59.880 --> 00:40:00.850 in the last couple of weeks, 00:40:00.850 --> 00:40:02.900 I'm just so grateful. 00:40:02.900 --> 00:40:05.880 And I want to thank God 00:40:05.880 --> 00:40:09.800 that God has allowed me to train up a real army. 00:40:09.800 --> 00:40:13.740 Let me just read to you some of the statements 00:40:13.740 --> 00:40:16.690 that people have told me in the last two weeks. 00:40:16.690 --> 00:40:19.510 "After all of this is settled, 00:40:19.510 --> 00:40:21.460 we will have one heck of a core group. 00:40:21.460 --> 00:40:25.550 I am SFBC. I will die for them. 00:40:25.550 --> 00:40:28.900 We must be a bigger threat than I can imagine. 00:40:28.900 --> 00:40:35.140 We really appreciate you being unbiased and independent. 00:40:35.140 --> 00:40:38.320 We don't need them to reach the Midwest." 00:40:38.320 --> 00:40:42.620 You know, obviously we have Dr. Striner lumping us 00:40:42.620 --> 00:40:45.590 with the LGBT, Hitler, Democrats. 00:40:45.590 --> 00:40:48.570 We don't need them to reach the Midwest, right? 00:40:48.570 --> 00:40:50.550 If the churches want to cut us off, 00:40:50.550 --> 00:40:51.550 we don't really need them, 00:40:51.550 --> 00:40:53.530 but I hope we can rally behind soul winning. 00:40:53.530 --> 00:40:59.480 So Lord wants our church to have more unity 00:40:59.480 --> 00:41:00.450 around the right things. 00:41:00.450 --> 00:41:03.530 It's nice to have friends, 00:41:03.530 --> 00:41:05.480 but if they don't want to be friendly with us, 00:41:05.480 --> 00:41:06.460 they're lost, we will be fine. 00:41:06.460 --> 00:41:11.600 I think God allow it to happen this way 00:41:11.600 --> 00:41:14.940 to see who's following God or man. 00:41:14.940 --> 00:41:17.810 Those are great statements, right? 00:41:17.810 --> 00:41:22.080 Because I want to be friends with people, 00:41:22.080 --> 00:41:24.050 but if they don't want to be friends, 00:41:24.050 --> 00:41:25.040 they're lost, 00:41:25.040 --> 00:41:27.010 but I still hope we can rally behind soul winning. 00:41:27.010 --> 00:41:30.680 We can join a soul winning event, 00:41:30.680 --> 00:41:31.660 some kind of conference, 00:41:31.660 --> 00:41:33.640 and we can still have great fellowship, okay? 00:41:33.640 --> 00:41:34.630 Here's my attitude. 00:41:34.630 --> 00:41:36.610 Let's not return evil for evil. 00:41:36.610 --> 00:41:38.120 Let's not return rallying for rallying, 00:41:38.120 --> 00:41:41.220 because all of you know my character, right? 00:41:41.220 --> 00:41:44.350 So we need to love one another 00:41:44.350 --> 00:41:47.290 and just mind our own business, amen? 00:41:47.290 --> 00:41:50.650 Because there are so many real enemies 00:41:50.650 --> 00:41:52.040 to fight against. 00:41:52.040 --> 00:41:55.160 The no king crowd, the LGBT, 00:41:55.160 --> 00:41:57.110 those are the real enemies, okay? 00:41:57.110 --> 00:42:01.200 Let's just, you know, get rid of all of the in-fightings. 00:42:01.200 --> 00:42:04.170 Let's fight against those people who want to divide the brethren. 00:42:04.170 --> 00:42:08.650 Let's fight against the sycophants, scorners, and flatterers. 00:42:08.650 --> 00:42:11.990 Let's fight against the psychopathic ex-New IFB. 00:42:11.990 --> 00:42:17.170 You know, let's fight against bitterness in your life, alright? 00:42:17.170 --> 00:42:20.110 Let's have love, unity, and charity. 00:42:20.110 --> 00:42:22.120 Let's be more New IFB. 00:42:22.120 --> 00:42:26.640 By the way, it's New Independent Fundamental Baptist. 00:42:26.640 --> 00:42:28.970 Let's be more New IFB, amen? 00:42:28.970 --> 00:42:33.140 So we talk about the identity. 00:42:33.140 --> 00:42:36.090 We talk about the transition. 00:42:36.090 --> 00:42:39.390 But anybody can claim the identity. 00:42:39.390 --> 00:42:42.140 Anyone can claim authority. 00:42:42.140 --> 00:42:47.300 But God doesn't just leave the identity of the son up for debate. 00:42:47.300 --> 00:42:49.500 God gave proof. 00:42:49.500 --> 00:42:51.920 And that's the resurrection, amen? 00:42:51.920 --> 00:42:53.860 Now go to 1 Corinthians 15. 00:42:53.860 --> 00:42:55.890 1 Corinthians 15. 00:42:55.890 --> 00:43:04.940 So I said point number 1, the identity, point number 2, the transition, point number 3, the resurrection. 00:43:04.940 --> 00:43:13.630 Last week we went through Genesis 22 and talked about the substitutionary atonement of Christ. 00:43:13.630 --> 00:43:19.630 We talked about how Jesus took our place in hell and fully paid for our sins. 00:43:19.630 --> 00:43:24.940 And we also partook the Lord's Supper last Sunday afternoon. 00:43:24.940 --> 00:43:28.880 It was an ordinance to remember Christ's sacrifice. 00:43:28.880 --> 00:43:34.330 But if Jesus did not rise from the dead, then nobody is going to heaven. 00:43:34.330 --> 00:44:04.260 1 Corinthians 15, look at verse 1, the Bible says, "Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preach unto you, which also ye have received and wherein ye stand, by which, by the gospel also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preach unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I deliver unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures, and that he was buried, and that he rose again." 00:44:04.260 --> 00:44:06.240 The third day according to the scriptures. 00:44:06.240 --> 00:44:09.200 See, the only way to be saved is by believing in the gospel. 00:44:09.200 --> 00:44:14.720 And the gospel is the death, burial, and bodily resurrection. 00:44:14.720 --> 00:44:16.650 That's why we believe in the burial, right? 00:44:16.650 --> 00:44:18.730 And the bodily resurrection. 00:44:18.730 --> 00:44:20.680 Not going to church. 00:44:20.680 --> 00:44:23.960 Not being baptized when you are a baby. 00:44:23.960 --> 00:44:25.900 Not reading your bible. 00:44:25.900 --> 00:44:27.940 Not turning away from your sins. 00:44:27.940 --> 00:44:30.230 Not being a good person. 00:44:30.230 --> 00:44:31.210 Not feeling spiritual. 00:44:31.210 --> 00:44:33.170 Not confessing to God everything. 00:44:33.170 --> 00:44:35.420 But believing the gospel. 00:44:35.420 --> 00:44:37.380 Jesus Christ paid it all. 00:44:37.380 --> 00:44:40.180 Now jump on to verse number 12. 00:44:40.180 --> 00:44:42.330 1 Corinthians 15-12 says this. 00:44:42.330 --> 00:44:46.380 That now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead. 00:44:46.380 --> 00:44:50.350 How say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead. 00:44:50.350 --> 00:44:52.340 But if there be no resurrection of the dead. 00:44:52.340 --> 00:44:54.320 Then is Christ not risen. 00:44:54.320 --> 00:44:56.300 And if Christ be not risen. 00:44:56.300 --> 00:44:57.290 Don't miss this. 00:44:57.290 --> 00:44:58.290 Then is our preaching vain. 00:44:58.290 --> 00:44:59.350 Our preaching is empty. 00:44:59.350 --> 00:45:00.330 Is meaningless. 00:45:00.330 --> 00:45:02.310 And your faith is also vain. 00:45:02.310 --> 00:45:05.270 Yay, and we are found false witnesses of God. 00:45:05.270 --> 00:45:07.810 If Christ did not rise again. 00:45:07.810 --> 00:45:09.760 Then we are all false witnesses. 00:45:09.760 --> 00:45:11.910 Because we have testified of God. 00:45:11.910 --> 00:45:13.890 That he raised up Christ. 00:45:13.890 --> 00:45:15.870 Whom he raised not up. 00:45:15.870 --> 00:45:17.840 If so be that the dead rise not. 00:45:17.840 --> 00:45:18.830 For if the dead rise not. 00:45:18.830 --> 00:45:20.890 Then is not Christ raised. 00:45:20.890 --> 00:45:22.820 And if Christ be not raised. 00:45:22.820 --> 00:45:23.870 Don't miss this. 00:45:23.870 --> 00:45:24.850 Your faith is vain. 00:45:24.850 --> 00:45:26.800 You are yet in your sins. 00:45:26.800 --> 00:45:28.940 The Bible says no resurrection. 00:45:28.940 --> 00:45:30.890 No salvation. 00:45:30.890 --> 00:45:33.170 No resurrection. 00:45:33.170 --> 00:45:34.150 No salvation. 00:45:34.150 --> 00:45:36.120 Everything about what we believe. 00:45:36.120 --> 00:45:38.090 Hinges upon the resurrection. 00:45:38.090 --> 00:45:40.970 If there is no resurrection. 00:45:40.970 --> 00:45:41.930 Then there is no gospel. 00:45:41.930 --> 00:45:43.750 Right? 00:45:43.750 --> 00:45:44.730 If there is no resurrection. 00:45:44.730 --> 00:45:46.690 Then there is no salvation. 00:45:46.690 --> 00:45:47.670 Then there is no hope. 00:45:47.670 --> 00:45:50.080 If there is no resurrection. 00:45:50.080 --> 00:45:53.030 Then the cross was a defeat. 00:45:53.030 --> 00:45:54.010 Not a victory. 00:45:54.010 --> 00:45:57.610 If there is no resurrection. 00:45:57.610 --> 00:46:00.580 Then sin has not been conquered. 00:46:00.580 --> 00:46:01.940 OK? 00:46:01.940 --> 00:46:04.070 Go to Psalm chapter 2. 00:46:04.070 --> 00:46:07.650 If there is no resurrection. 00:46:07.650 --> 00:46:10.560 Then death still reigns. 00:46:10.560 --> 00:46:14.600 Then death has not been defeated. 00:46:14.600 --> 00:46:16.570 If there is no resurrection. 00:46:16.570 --> 00:46:18.550 Then you are still in your sins. 00:46:18.550 --> 00:46:21.710 Your sins are not forgiven. 00:46:21.710 --> 00:46:24.120 Then there will be no new life. 00:46:24.120 --> 00:46:27.060 There will be no future beyond your physical death. 00:46:27.060 --> 00:46:28.050 Right? 00:46:28.050 --> 00:46:30.450 If there is no resurrection. 00:46:30.450 --> 00:46:33.380 Then our gathering this morning is pointless. 00:46:33.380 --> 00:46:35.800 The preaching is pointless. 00:46:35.800 --> 00:46:37.830 All of the sermons are vain. 00:46:37.830 --> 00:46:38.800 Vanity. 00:46:38.800 --> 00:46:39.780 Right? 00:46:39.780 --> 00:46:42.340 If there is no resurrection. 00:46:42.340 --> 00:46:47.150 Then the entire Christian faith is false. 00:46:47.150 --> 00:46:50.460 Everything we do is meaningless. 00:46:50.460 --> 00:46:57.050 And this brings me to another aspect of the word begotten. 00:46:57.050 --> 00:46:58.100 You are in Psalm chapter two. 00:46:58.100 --> 00:46:59.060 Look at verse number seven. 00:46:59.060 --> 00:47:01.240 Psalm two seven says this. 00:47:01.240 --> 00:47:04.370 I will declare the decree. 00:47:04.370 --> 00:47:06.390 The Lord has said unto me. 00:47:06.390 --> 00:47:07.560 Thou art my son. 00:47:07.560 --> 00:47:10.480 This day have I begotten thee. 00:47:10.480 --> 00:47:12.450 According to this verse. 00:47:12.450 --> 00:47:16.530 There was a day that Jesus was begotten. 00:47:16.530 --> 00:47:20.990 And this cannot mean Jesus came into being. 00:47:20.990 --> 00:47:22.950 Since he is God, right? 00:47:22.950 --> 00:47:24.920 This has to mean something else. 00:47:24.920 --> 00:47:25.970 Now go to Acts 13. 00:47:25.970 --> 00:47:33.880 Acts 13 gives us the explanation of Psalm two. 00:47:33.880 --> 00:47:37.880 So there was a day that Christ was begotten. 00:47:37.880 --> 00:47:46.470 Acts 13, look at verse 32. 00:47:46.470 --> 00:47:48.380 The Bible says in Acts 13, verse 32. 00:47:48.380 --> 00:47:53.260 And we declare unto you glad tidings. 00:47:53.260 --> 00:47:54.230 That's the good news. 00:47:54.230 --> 00:47:57.460 How that the promise which was made unto the fathers, 00:47:57.460 --> 00:48:01.580 God hath fulfilled the same unto us their children, 00:48:01.580 --> 00:48:06.550 in that he hath raised up Jesus again,as it is also written, 00:48:06.550 --> 00:48:08.510 don't miss this,in the second Psalm, 00:48:08.510 --> 00:48:12.510 Thou art my son,this day have I begotten thee. 00:48:12.510 --> 00:48:14.420 So when was Jesus begotten? 00:48:14.420 --> 00:48:16.570 When he was resurrected,right? 00:48:16.570 --> 00:48:22.410 He was begotten because the day that he was begotten 00:48:22.410 --> 00:48:25.510 was the day that he was resurrected. 00:48:25.510 --> 00:48:26.460 Look at verse number 34. 00:48:26.460 --> 00:48:31.410 As concerning that he raised him up from the dead, 00:48:31.410 --> 00:48:36.590 now no more to return to corruption, 00:48:36.590 --> 00:48:39.580 he said on this wise I will give you the sure mercies of David, 00:48:39.580 --> 00:48:42.560 wherefore he said also in another Psalm, 00:48:42.560 --> 00:48:45.550 Thou shalt not suffer,thine holy one,to see corruption. 00:48:45.550 --> 00:48:50.530 For David,after he had served his own generation by the will of God, 00:48:50.530 --> 00:48:56.530 fell on sleep and was laid unto his fathers,and saw corruption. 00:48:56.530 --> 00:49:00.900 But he,whom God raised again,saw no corruption. 00:49:00.900 --> 00:49:02.150 Why? 00:49:02.150 --> 00:49:05.320 Because he was risen after three days,right? 00:49:05.320 --> 00:49:09.610 His physical body did not see any corruption. 00:49:09.610 --> 00:49:13.550 There was not any decay,okay? 00:49:13.550 --> 00:49:18.610 Because he was only buried for three days and three nights. 00:49:18.610 --> 00:49:20.660 That's why we denied the Good Friday. 00:49:20.660 --> 00:49:22.470 Good Friday is a hoax. 00:49:22.470 --> 00:49:24.610 You know,it's a Thursday crucifixion. 00:49:24.610 --> 00:49:29.800 No matter how you calculate it,Good Friday is just false,okay? 00:49:29.800 --> 00:49:32.280 Go to Revelation chapter one. 00:49:32.280 --> 00:49:35.920 Revelation chapter number one. 00:49:35.920 --> 00:49:40.870 Look at verse number five. 00:49:40.870 --> 00:49:45.280 Revelation chapter one,verse number five. 00:49:45.280 --> 00:49:47.560 The Bible says this. 00:49:47.560 --> 00:49:53.210 And from Jesus Christ,who is the faithful witness,don't miss this. 00:49:53.210 --> 00:50:02.110 And the first begotten of the dead,and the prince of the kings of the earth,unto him that loved us,and washed us from our sins in his own blood. 00:50:02.110 --> 00:50:08.440 So Jesus was the first to be bodily raised to a glorified body. 00:50:08.440 --> 00:50:14.300 He was the first one to rise from the dead,never to die again. 00:50:14.300 --> 00:50:18.560 That's important because Lazarus died again,right? 00:50:18.560 --> 00:50:24.520 The widow's son died again,Jairus' daughter died again,but Jesus dies no more. 00:50:24.520 --> 00:50:28.040 He is the first begotten of the dead. 00:50:28.040 --> 00:50:31.120 Now we go to Romans chapter 6. 00:50:31.120 --> 00:50:35.430 See the word begotten can have different meaning based on the context,right? 00:50:35.430 --> 00:50:39.490 He is the only begotten son,meaning he is the eternal son. 00:50:39.490 --> 00:50:44.560 He has always been the son,but Christ is also the first begotten of the dead. 00:50:44.560 --> 00:50:49.720 He is the first one who was raised again from the dead,never to die again. 00:50:49.720 --> 00:50:53.430 Romans chapter 6,look at verse number 9. 00:50:53.430 --> 00:51:01.250 Romans 6,9 says this,knowing that Christ being raised from the dead,dieth no more. 00:51:01.250 --> 00:51:06.870 Death has no more dominion over him. 00:51:06.870 --> 00:51:17.750 Revelation 1,18 says this,I am he that liveth and was dead,and behold,I am alive forevermore,amen,and have the keys of hell and of death. 00:51:17.750 --> 00:51:21.880 He dies no more,right?He is the first begotten of the dead. 00:51:21.880 --> 00:51:25.970 Let me read to you Hebrews chapter 5,verse number 5. 00:51:25.970 --> 00:51:43.930 So also Christ glorified not himself to be made an high priest,but he that said unto him,thou art my son,today have I begotten thee,as he said also in another place,thou art a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek. 00:51:43.930 --> 00:51:49.880 So the resurrection of Christ also kicked off the everlasting priesthood,right? 00:51:49.880 --> 00:52:05.590 Because in Hebrews,you know,the author was quoting Psalm chapter 2 about the resurrection,and then he said thou art a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek,no longer after the order of Aaron,right? 00:52:05.590 --> 00:52:13.420 Now we are all kings and priests unto Christ,because the priesthood has been changed at the resurrection. 00:52:13.420 --> 00:52:17.410 Go to Romans chapter 1,Romans chapter number 1. 00:52:17.410 --> 00:52:37.080 Look at verse number 1,Romans chapter 1,verse 1 says this,Paul,a servant of Jesus Christ,called to be an apostle,separated unto the gospel of God,which he had promised for by his prophets in the holy scriptures,concerning his son,Jesus Christ our Lord,which was made of the seed of David,according to the flesh. 00:52:37.080 --> 00:52:43.650 Don't miss verse number 4,and declared to be the son of God with power,according to the spirit of holiness. 00:52:43.650 --> 00:52:52.270 How was Christ declared the son of God with power by the resurrection from the dead? 00:52:52.270 --> 00:53:02.440 See,the resurrection declared who Christ is,and the resurrection is the proof that the payment has been accepted. 00:53:02.440 --> 00:53:06.010 Simply shows God's power,right? 00:53:06.010 --> 00:53:15.540 And the resurrection did not make Christ the son,the resurrection declared him to be the son with power. 00:53:15.540 --> 00:53:21.890 Because Christ has the power to conquer death,and Jesus is who he said he was,okay? 00:53:21.890 --> 00:53:32.940 Now go back to John chapter 10,John chapter number 10,look at verse number 17,John 10 verse 17. 00:53:32.940 --> 00:53:42.240 The Bible says this,therefore doth my father love me,because I lay down my life,that I might take it again. 00:53:42.240 --> 00:53:50.750 No man take it from me,but I lay it down of myself.I have the power to lay it down,and I have the power to take it again. 00:53:50.750 --> 00:53:54.910 This commandment have I received of my father. 00:53:54.910 --> 00:54:02.060 So Christ was really confident,hey,you can,you know,I'm gonna lay down my life,and you know,I'm gonna be raised from the dead,right? 00:54:02.060 --> 00:54:10.010 Christ was who he said he was,he was,you know,declared to be a son of God with power by the resurrection. 00:54:10.010 --> 00:54:14.620 Go back to Romans chapter 5,Romans chapter number 5. 00:54:14.620 --> 00:54:22.510 John 2,19 says,destroy this temple and in three days I will raise it up. 00:54:22.510 --> 00:54:28.720 Okay,so Christ has made many promises before he died about the resurrection. 00:54:28.720 --> 00:54:33.440 So the resurrection simply declared him to be the son of God with power. 00:54:33.440 --> 00:54:39.230 Romans chapter 5,look at verse number 10. 00:54:39.230 --> 00:54:46.740 Romans 5,10 says this,for if when we were enemies,we will reconcile to God by the death of his son, 00:54:46.740 --> 00:54:51.970 much more being reconciled,we shall be saved,don't miss this,by his life. 00:54:51.970 --> 00:54:58.680 So Jesus didn't just die,he took his life back,so we get to have eternal life. 00:54:58.680 --> 00:55:03.650 The Bible says we shall be saved by his life,it's talking about his resurrected life. 00:55:03.650 --> 00:55:05.640 His risen life,ok? 00:55:05.640 --> 00:55:12.600 So how can we be saved?By the blood,by the cross,by the stripes,by his hell atonement,and by his resurrected life. 00:55:12.600 --> 00:55:20.950 It's all of it,ok?By the sprinkling of blood,you know,by all the,by the virgin birth,by living a holy life,you know,right? 00:55:20.950 --> 00:55:26.060 We shall be saved by his life.Go back to Romans 4,Romans chapter 4. 00:55:26.060 --> 00:55:34.930 Not only did the resurrection prove who Jesus is,but the resurrection also proves what Christ has accomplished. 00:55:34.930 --> 00:55:38.460 Romans 4,look at verse 24.Romans 4,24 says this. 00:55:38.460 --> 00:55:52.040 But for us also,to whom it shall be imputed,if we believe on him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead,who was delivered for our offenses,and was raised again for our justification. 00:55:52.040 --> 00:56:00.160 That's why if there's no resurrection,there's no justification,there's no salvation,right?It's the death,burial,and resurrection. 00:56:00.160 --> 00:56:06.210 Now go to 1 Peter chapter 1.1 Peter chapter 1. 00:56:06.210 --> 00:56:17.870 And the resurrection also gives us the hope for life after death,and there are way more things about life after death than you might think. 00:56:17.870 --> 00:56:25.950 1 Peter chapter 1,we'll have verse number 3.1 Peter chapter 1,verse 3.Today is Easter Bible study day,okay? 00:56:25.950 --> 00:56:35.560 1 Peter chapter 1,we'll have verse number 3.The Bible says,Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, 00:56:35.560 --> 00:56:42.560 which according to his abundant mercy,have begotten us again unto a lively hope,don't miss this, 00:56:42.560 --> 00:56:53.970 by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,to an inheritance incorruptible,undefiled,and that fadeth not away,reserved in heaven for you. 00:56:53.970 --> 00:57:02.980 So because of his resurrection,we will have an inheritance incorruptible,undefiled,and fadeth not away. 00:57:02.980 --> 00:57:12.300 So what is this inheritance?I think this can include the rewards that we will get for the work we do for God. 00:57:12.300 --> 00:57:21.810 But I also believe this can refer to the glorified body and your entire eternal future,because it's a full package that comes with salvation,right? 00:57:21.810 --> 00:57:24.840 And let's just keep reading.Look at verse number five. 00:57:24.840 --> 00:57:36.400 Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation,ready to be revealed in the last time,wherein ye greatly rejoice,though not for a season,if need be. 00:57:36.400 --> 00:57:52.500 You are in heaven through manifold temptations,that the trial of your faith,being much more precious than of gold that perishes,though it be tried with fire,might be found unto praise and honor and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ, 00:57:52.500 --> 00:58:08.550 whom having not seen in love,in whom though now ye see him not,yet believing,ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and handful of glory,receiving the end of your faith,even the salvation of your souls. 00:58:08.550 --> 00:58:19.190 Now verse 9 might be a little bit challenging for you,but verse 9 is not talking about that you have not been saved yet. 00:58:19.190 --> 00:58:31.510 verse 9 is saying that you are on your way to the fullness of salvation,which only comes when you receive your glorified body,because now you have the forgiveness,right? 00:58:31.510 --> 00:58:42.840 Now you have a new spiritual birth,but in the future you will have glorification,resurrected body,and your future inheritance in heaven,okay? 00:58:42.840 --> 00:58:49.810 That's why in verse 9,the Bible says receiving the end of your faith,even the salvation of your souls,that's the whole package. 00:58:49.810 --> 00:58:54.930 That's your entire eternal future because of the resurrection,okay? 00:58:54.930 --> 00:59:00.760 So our faith is not built on a dead savior,but a risen savior,right? 00:59:00.760 --> 00:59:04.770 Because of the resurrection everything changes,right? 00:59:04.770 --> 00:59:13.360 We get to partake the entire glorious future after we receive our,after we get our glorified body. 00:59:13.360 --> 00:59:16.460 Now go to Colossians chapter 1,Colossians chapter 1. 00:59:16.460 --> 00:59:26.340 So the resurrection declare Jesus is who he said he was. 00:59:26.340 --> 00:59:30.270 And if Jesus Christ rose again then he is the son of God. 00:59:30.270 --> 00:59:34.800 And if he is the son of God then you should believe on him. 00:59:34.800 --> 00:59:41.670 I mean it's that simple.So point number 1 I said the identity. 00:59:41.670 --> 00:59:46.060 Point number 2 the transition.Point number 3 the resurrection. 00:59:46.060 --> 00:59:50.830 Lastly point number 4 the response. 00:59:50.830 --> 00:59:58.170 And you probably have heard many sermons on Easter,many sermons about the resurrection. 00:59:58.170 --> 01:00:01.470 But what should we do about it? 01:00:01.470 --> 01:00:03.450 What should we do about this information? 01:00:03.450 --> 01:00:07.770 Colossians chapter 1 we'll have verse number 18.Colossians 1.18. 01:00:07.770 --> 01:00:19.190 The Bible says this.And he,talking about Jesus,is the head of the body,the church,who is the beginning,the firstborn from the dead. 01:00:19.190 --> 01:00:21.130 He's the first begotten from the dead. 01:00:21.130 --> 01:00:28.250 Because he is the firstborn from the dead.Don't miss this.That in all things,he might have the preeminence. 01:00:28.250 --> 01:00:37.870 Don't miss this.Because he arose.Because he resurrected.That in all things,he might have the preeminence. 01:00:37.870 --> 01:00:39.800 This is powerful. 01:00:39.800 --> 01:00:49.590 This verse says that Jesus is the firstborn from the dead.Because he had the power over death.Because he is risen.That in all things,he might have the preeminence. 01:00:49.590 --> 01:01:07.130 Therefore he deserves preeminence because he arose.The word preeminence means precedence,priority of place,superiority in excellence. 01:01:07.130 --> 01:01:20.410 So the resurrection is not just something for you to believe.If you are saved,you all believe in that.But the resurrection is something to bow to. 01:01:20.410 --> 01:01:35.050 Think about this.Because Jesus was the first begotten from the dead,he should have the first place in your beliefs,he should have the first place in your life,he should have the first place in your decisions,right? 01:01:35.050 --> 01:01:50.290 He should have the first place in all of your priorities in your life.Because Jesus didn't just raise from the dead so he could be part of your life,he rose so he can be preeminent in your life. 01:01:50.290 --> 01:01:59.400 If you only show up to church because it's Easter,then Jesus doesn't have the preeminence in your life,right? 01:01:59.400 --> 01:02:07.460 If you are local here,they don't show up on Wednesday night,then Jesus did not have the preeminence in your life. 01:02:07.460 --> 01:02:16.690 If you are here this morning and you make up some reasons this afternoon and just skip church,then Christ will not have the preeminence in your life. 01:02:16.690 --> 01:02:25.780 If you only pray to God when you need something,then Christ will not have the preeminence in your life.Amen? 01:02:25.780 --> 01:02:35.000 If you care about,you know,if you care more about what people think than what God actually says,then Christ will not have the preeminence in your life. 01:02:35.000 --> 01:02:41.200 If you only open your Bible on Sunday mornings,then Jesus does not have the preeminence in your life. 01:02:41.200 --> 01:02:48.450 If you mouth up to your husbands and disrespect them,then Jesus does not have the preeminence in your life. 01:02:48.450 --> 01:02:55.580 If you don't love your wife as Christ loved the church,then Christ will not have the preeminence in your life. 01:02:55.580 --> 01:03:03.480 If sin has control over you and you're okay with that,then he definitely does not have the preeminence in your life. 01:03:03.480 --> 01:03:12.990 If you're full of contention,strives,bearness,pride,then Jesus does not have the preeminence in your life. 01:03:12.990 --> 01:03:21.350 If you're always sowing discord among the brethren,then Jesus does not have the preeminence in your life. 01:03:21.350 --> 01:03:27.030 Go to I Corinthians chapter 4.I Corinthians chapter 4. 01:03:27.030 --> 01:03:33.370 Let me ask you this.Is Jesus your king?Not to the no-king crowd,okay? 01:03:33.370 --> 01:03:40.760 Let's make Jesus the king of our life.He should have the preeminence because he arose. 01:03:40.760 --> 01:03:48.840 What about this?If you don't preach the gospel to others,then Jesus does not have the preeminence in your life. 01:03:48.840 --> 01:03:58.160 Let me just say this.If you have come to our church regularly,and if you have never preached the gospel,then Christ has no preeminence in your life. 01:03:58.160 --> 01:04:06.640 1 Corinthians 4,look at verse 15.1 Corinthians 4,verse 15 says this. 01:04:06.640 --> 01:04:17.190 For though you have ten thousand instructors in Christ,yet have ye not many fathers,for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel. 01:04:17.190 --> 01:04:25.840 The gospel is how people are begotten or born again.The gospel is how people can be saved. 01:04:25.840 --> 01:04:31.130 People are begotten through the gospel,and the gospel must be preached by saved Christians. 01:04:31.130 --> 01:04:36.640 So if nobody is hearing the gospel from you,then Jesus is not preeminent in your life. 01:04:36.640 --> 01:04:44.810 If you only show up as someone in some big events,then Christ does not have preeminence in your life,right? 01:04:44.810 --> 01:04:56.790 Because if God begot us through the gospel,through the adoption,then we should help other people to be begotten of God as well,right? 01:04:56.790 --> 01:05:02.530 To bring them to this big family.So I say point number one,the identity. 01:05:02.530 --> 01:05:04.860 Point number two,the transition. 01:05:04.860 --> 01:05:07.360 Point number three,the resurrection. 01:05:07.360 --> 01:05:09.360 Point number four,the response. 01:05:09.360 --> 01:05:22.490 See,this phrase,this day have I begotten thee is literally God declaring that Jesus is who he said he was. 01:05:22.490 --> 01:05:29.230 The payment has been accepted and we will have the victory,okay? 01:05:29.230 --> 01:05:32.910 So if you're not saved today,please get saved. 01:05:32.910 --> 01:05:38.720 Jesus Christ died,he was buried and he rose again for you. 01:05:38.720 --> 01:05:41.660 And if you are saved,just reflect upon that. 01:05:41.660 --> 01:05:45.800 Because of the resurrection,everything has changed,everything has meaning. 01:05:45.800 --> 01:05:47.740 Now we can get other people saved. 01:05:47.740 --> 01:05:50.780 Now we can do everything by faith. 01:05:50.780 --> 01:05:55.970 Now we can partake the entire future glorification with God. 01:05:55.970 --> 01:05:59.030 Amen.Happy Easter.That's closing a word of prayer. 01:05:59.030 --> 01:06:02.990 Thank you,Lord,for the resurrection of your son. 01:06:02.990 --> 01:06:04.970 Thank you for our salvation. 01:06:04.970 --> 01:06:08.570 I pray that we'll take heed of this message 01:06:08.570 --> 01:06:12.270 and really put you first in our life. 01:06:12.270 --> 01:06:14.230 That everything we do, 01:06:14.230 --> 01:06:17.340 every choice we make will have you in mind. 01:06:17.340 --> 01:06:19.270 I pray this in Jesus' name.Amen. 01:06:19.270 --> 01:06:23.720 All right.Amen. 01:06:23.720 --> 01:06:25.650 Last song we're gonna go to. 01:06:25.650 --> 01:06:31.700 Song 238. 01:06:31.700 --> 01:06:32.650 Christ liveth in me. 01:06:32.650 --> 01:06:34.840 Song 238. 01:06:34.840 --> 01:06:37.970 238. 01:06:37.970 --> 01:06:43.830 I'm the first. 01:06:43.830 --> 01:06:49.210 Once far from God and death. 01:06:50.520 --> 01:06:51.580 No lie. 01:06:51.580 --> 01:06:54.770 My heart could see. 01:06:54.770 --> 01:06:58.980 But in God's word. 01:06:58.980 --> 01:07:05.900 The now Christ liveth in me. 01:07:05.900 --> 01:07:11.500 Christ liveth in me. 01:07:11.500 --> 01:07:16.300 Christ liveth in me. 01:07:16.300 --> 01:07:23.550 Salvation this. 01:07:23.550 --> 01:07:27.570 That Christ liveth in me. 01:07:27.570 --> 01:07:34.510 As ray of light from yon sun. 01:07:34.510 --> 01:07:38.630 The flowers set free. 01:07:38.630 --> 01:07:54.640 So life and life from Christ liveth in me. 01:07:54.640 --> 01:08:30.260 Salvation this. 01:10:02.850 --> 01:10:04.850 So let's close the service in a word of prayer. 01:10:04.850 --> 01:10:06.850 Thank you Lord for the Easter Sunday. 01:10:06.850 --> 01:10:08.850 I pray you bless the fellowship afterwards. 01:10:08.850 --> 01:10:10.850 And pray for the afternoon service. 01:10:10.850 --> 01:10:11.850 That will honor and glorify you. 01:10:11.850 --> 01:10:12.850 And pray this in Jesus' name. 01:10:12.850 --> 01:10:13.850 Amen. 01:10:13.850 --> 01:10:14.850 You are dismissed.