THE LIVING WORD TRANSCRIPT<br> <br>

PROGRAM AIR DATE – 5-7-2017

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LESSON TITLE: “JESUS IN PROPHECY”<br> <br>



WELCOME<br> <br>

      TODAY WE ARE BLESSED WITH A WONDERFUL GIFT FROM GOD, THE BIBLE. THIS BOOK IS GOD'S LIVING WORD. IN ITS PAGES WE ARE TOLD “FOR THE WORD OF GOD IS LIVING AND POWERFUL AND SHARPER THAN ANY TWO-EDGED SWORD.” IT IS IN THIS BOOK OF BOOKS THAT WE FIND THE ANSWERS TO ALL OF MAN'S QUESTIONS AND NEEDS. THIS MORNING YOUR AREA CHURCHES OF CHRIST WELCOME YOU TO A PROGRAM COMMITTED TO THAT PERFECT LAW OF LIBERTY. AS WE PRESENT THE LIVING WORD. NOW HERE IS YOUR HOST RAY SULLINS.<br> <br>



      THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS MORNING, LET ME WELCOME YOU TO THE PROGRAM. THE LIVING WORD IS A WORK OF OUR LORD, DEDICATED TO DOING GOD’S WILL IN HIS WAY! AS ALWAYS, IT WILL BE OUR PRIVILEGE TODAY TO SING SONGS OF PRAISE AND TO STUDY FROM HIS WORD. IN THESE ACTS OF WORSHIP, MAY WE ALL BE ENCOURAGED, BUT ULTIMATELY, MAY WE EACH PRAISE GOD ACCORDING TO THE SACRIFICES TO OFFER TOWARD HIS THRONE.  IT WILL ALSO BE OUR HONOR THIS MORNING TO SPEAK WITH GOD THROUGH PRAYER. WILL YOU BOW WITH ME AS WE TALK TO OUR CREATOR?  <br> <br>

      PRAYER: OUR GOD AND FATHER IN HEAVEN, WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS DAY AND THE GREAT BLESSING OF LIFE - THE PRIVILEGE THAT WE HAVE TO SERVE YOU AND TO BE CALLED YOUR CHILDREN. AND FATHER, WE ASK THAT TODAY AND EVERY DAY YOU MIGHT HELP US TO BE THE LIGHTS IN THIS WORLD THAT WE NEED TO BE. AND FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THE LOVE THAT YOU SHOW US AND THE OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HAVE TO ALSO SHOW THAT LOVE TO OTHERS. AND FATHER, IN THE END HELP US TO RECEIVE THAT GREAT REWARD OF THE PROMISE OF ETERNAL LIFE IN HEAVEN WITH YOU WHERE A MANSION HAS BEEN PREPARED FOR EACH OF THOSE WHO ARE FAITHFUL. WE THANK YOU FOR THIS FATHER, KNOWING THAT ONLY THESE THINGS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE GREAT GIFT OF YOUR SON JESUS. AND IN HIS NAME WE PRAY, AMEN.<br> <br>

      ONE OF THE GREATEST PRIVILEGES WE HAVE AS CHRISTIANS IS TO TAKE THE SAVING MESSAGE OF GOD’S WORD TO A LOST AND DYING WORLD. OUR FIRST SONG OF THE MORNING REMINDS US THAT WE NEED TO BE FOCUSED ON THE SOULS OF MANKIND, JUST AS OUR SAVIOR WAS. SO WON’T YOU JOIN IN WITH THE BRETHREN AS WE BEGIN OUR SONGS OF PRAISE TO GOD AND PARTICIPATE WITH THE CONGREGATION AS WE SING TOGETHER, “SEEKING THE LOST!” 

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DEVOTIONAL THOUGHTS<br> <br>

      WOW, THE INTERNET IS AN UNBELIEVABLE TOOL IN OUR DAY AND TIME.  PRACTICALLY EVERY DAY, I RECEIVE REALLY GOOD STORIES AND ILLUSTRATIONS THAT HELP ME TO BE A BETTER PERSON. A FEW WEEKS AGO, I RECEIVED A REALLY NEAT ARTICLE WHICH REMINDED ME OF HOW GREAT MY GOD IS, THE ONE WE ALL SERVE. ONE EXCERPT FROM THIS EMAIL WENT LIKE THIS:<br> <br>

      “WHEN I FALL, HE LIFTS ME UP! WHEN I FAIL, HE FORGIVES ME! WHEN I AM WEAK, HE IS STRONG! WHEN I AM LOST, HE IS THE WAY! WHEN I AM AFRAID, HE IS MY COURAGE! WHEN I STUMBLE, HE STEADIES ME! WHEN I AM HURT, HE HEALS ME! WHEN I AM BROKEN, HE MENDS ME! WHEN I AM BLIND, HE LEADS ME! WHEN I AM HUNGRY, HE FEEDS ME! WHEN I FACE TRIALS, HE IS WITH ME! WHEN I FACE PERSECUTION, HE SHIELDS ME! WHEN I FACE PROBLEMS, HE COMFORTS ME! WHEN I FACE LOSS, HE PROVIDES FOR ME! AND WHEN I FACE DEATH, HE CARRIES ME HOME!”<br> <br>   

      WHAT A BEAUTIFUL AND WONDROUS STATEMENT THIS IS ABOUT OUR ALL ENCOMPASSING GOD, WHO PROVIDES OUR EVERY NEED AND RELIEVES OUR EVERY CARE. I THINK WE OFTEN FORGET JUST WHAT TYPE OF GOD WE SERVE AND ALL THAT HE TRULY DOES FOR US.  <br> <br>

      ANOTHER STATEMENT IN THE SAME ARTICLE SAID THIS ABOUT OUR GOD, “HE IS EVERYTHING FOR EVERYBODY, EVERYWHERE, EVERY TIME, AND IN EVERY WAY - HE IS GOD, HE IS FAITHFUL, I AM HIS AND HE IS MINE!” PRAISE BE TO GOD FOR THESE PRECIOUS PROMISES AND TRUTHS WHICH WE ALL MUST BELIEVE IN. IN FACT, THINK HOW MUCH EASIER LIFE CAN BE IF WE BUT PUT OUR TRUST AND FAITH IN A GOD LIKE THIS.  <br> <br>

      AS THE ENCOURAGING OLD SONG SAID, “WITHOUT HIM I AM NOTHING.”  BUT REMEMBER WHAT THE APOSTLE PAUL SAID, “WITH HIM, I AM AND CAN DO EVERYTHING”. GET BACK TO SERVING THIS ALMIGHTY GOD TODAY, OR IF YOU ARE NOT PRESENTLY DOING HIS WILL - START SERVING HIM TODAY, ACCORDING TO WHAT HE COMMANDS. AS WE HAVE SEEN TOGETHER, IT IS WORTH THE EFFORT, IT IS WORTH THE PRICE. <br> <br> 

      IT IS GREAT TO AGAIN HAVE BROTHER JERRY SULLINS WITH US AS OUR GUEST SPEAKER OF THE DAY! AS MOST OF YOU KNOW, BROTHER JERRY IS THE DIRECTOR OF THE BIBLE INSTITUTE OF MISSOURI HERE IN SPRINGFIELD. WE LOOK FORWARD TO HIM LEADING OUR THOUGHTS FROM GOD’S WORD AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME.  <br> <br>

      TODAY WE WILL BEGIN A NEW SERIES OF STUDY ABOUT JESUS. OUR FOCUS FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS WILL DEAL WITH WHAT THE BIBLE TEACHES US ABOUT CHRIST, IN RELATIONSHIP TO WHAT WE ARE SUPPOSE TO PREACH TO THE WORLD. OUR NEW SERIES IS ENTITLED, “HE PREACHED TO THEM JESUS…,” AND OUR SPECIFIC TOPIC TODAY WILL BE “JESUS IN PROPHECY.” SO STAY WITH US AND AFTER OUR NEXT SONG, WE WILL BE LED IN THIS STUDY FROM GOD’S WORD. NOW LET’S AGAIN JOIN IN SONG TOGETHER.  THE NAME OF THIS HYMN, “SEND THE LIGHT.” <br> <br>



LESSON<br> <br>

BY JERRY SULLINS<br> <br>

      WELCOME AGAIN TO THE LIVING WORD BROADCAST. WE'RE SO HAPPY THAT YOU'RE WITH US TODAY AND THAT YOU'RE TAKING AN OPPORTUNITY TO AGAIN BE A PART OF LISTENING TO THE WORD OF GOD AND WORSHIPING GOD AND WE'RE SO THANKFUL THAT YOU TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY. AND WE HOPE IN SOME WAY THAT TODAY WE CAN SHED LIGHT ON A PORTION OF THE SCRIPTURE, AND AS WE STUDY TOGETHER, WE CAN KNOW GOD'S WILL. THANK YOU SO MUCH AGAIN FOR LOOKING AT THIS PROGRAM THIS MORNING. <br> <br>

      WE'RE GOING TO BE BEGINNING A SERIES OF LESSONS ALONG THE LINES OF PREACHING JESUS. IT WAS THE APOSTLE PAUL IN ACTS CHAPTER 17 WHEN HE WENT INTO, WHAT THEN WAS PROBABLY CALLED A MODERN CITY, BUT A VERY IDOLATROUS CITY FILLED WITH SO MANY GODS. SOME HAVE ESTIMATED THAT IN ATHENS, IN THAT DAY AND TIME, THERE WERE OVER 30,000 GODS. BUT YET PAUL CAME INTO THAT CITY AND HE PERCEIVED THAT IN MANY WAYS THEY WERE SO SUPERSTITIOUS, AS ONE VERSION SAYS. BUT ACTUALLY THEY WERE SO FILLED WITH IDOLATRY AND SO MANY GODS, THERE WAS A GOD FOR EVERYTHING UNDER THE SUN. AND WHEN HE PREACHED TO THEM IN THAT GREAT AREOPAGUS, HE DECLARED THE TRUE AND THE LIVING GOD. AND HE BEGAN AT THAT POINT, OR AT LEAST AT A LATER TIME, AND HE DISCUSSED WITH THEM THE SUBJECT OF AND IT SAYS HE PREACHED JESUS. SO IT'S SO IMPORTANT IN OUR LIFE AS GOSPEL PREACHERS THAT WE GO AROUND AND TELL PEOPLE ABOUT THE GOSPEL, WHICH IS THE GOOD NEWS THAT JESUS CHRIST CAME TO THIS EARTH TO DIE UPON THE CROSS FOR OUR SINS. SO THROUGHOUT THIS SERIES WE'RE GOING TO SPEAK CONCERNING MANY SUBJECTS THAT DEAL WITH THE THEME OR TITLE OF PREACHING JESUS. <br> <br>

      JESUS, THE SON OF GOD. HE WAS ACTUALLY BORN ON THIS EARTH A LONG, LONG TIME AGO, ALMOST 2000 YEARS AGO IN THE CITY OF BETHLEHEM IN JUDEA. WELL, THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE WHO RECOGNIZE HIM AND WHO BELIEVE THAT HE WAS INDEED THE SON OF GOD. AND MANY OTHERS HONOR HIM BUT YET COME SHORT OF BELIEVING THAT HE WAS THE SON OF GOD. ONE SUCH MAN WAS JAMES PIKE WHO SAID, “WELL, HE WAS JUST A COUNTRY CARPENTER'S SON WITH HAVING ASPIRATIONS OF BEING A CLERIC,” AS HE CALLED IT. THAT IS ONE WHO WAS DOING SPIRITUAL THINGS AND PREACHING, DIFFERING FROM OTHER MEN IN DEGREE BUT NOT IN-KIND. IN OTHER WORDS, HE WAS NOT THE SON OF GOD. HE WAS JUST LIKE ANY OTHER MAN. WELL, WE KNOW BETTER THAN THAT! <br> <br>

      ONE TIME WHEN JESUS WAS TALKING TO THE PHARISEES OR DISCUSSING MATTERS THAT WERE SPIRITUAL WITH THE PHARISEES IN MATTHEW 22 AROUND VERSE 42 HE SAID, “WHAT THINK YE OF CHRIST?” THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD QUESTION FOR YOU TO CONSIDER TODAY. YOU KNOW, ONLY ABOUT 70% OF ALL AMERICANS BELIEVE THAT JESUS CHRIST IS THE SON OF GOD. THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE WHO MAY EVEN BE WATCHING THIS MORNING WHO HAVE REALLY NEVER CONSIDERED WHO THIS PERSON IS THAT CAME TO THIS EARTH TO DIE UPON THE CROSS FOR ALL OF US. NOW THERE'S A SYLLOGISTIC ARGUMENT. I'M GOING TO GIVE TWO ARGUMENTS WHICH DEMAND A CONCLUSION. HERE IS THE FIRST PART OF THAT ARGUMENT: IF THE PARTICULAR CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PERSON AND WORK OF JESUS CHRIST ARE SUCH AS ARE BEYOND THOSE OF A MERE MAN, THEN WHAT? THEN JESUS IS THE SON OF GOD. WELL, LET'S THEN COME TO A CONCLUSION. THE PARTICULAR CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PERSON AND WORK OF JESUS CHRIST ARE SUCH AS ARE BEYOND A MERE MAN SO THEREFORE WHAT? JESUS CHRIST INDEED IS THE SON OF GOD! NOT ONLY IN SECULAR HISTORY BUT ESPECIALLY IN THE BIBLE WHICH WE BELIEVE IS THE INSPIRED INERRANT WORD OF GOD ALL SUFFICIENT. BUT ALSO IN SECULAR HISTORY WE READ OF THIS MAN WHO WAS CALLED JESUS WHO WENT AROUND IN HIS DAY AND TIME HEALING THE SICK, BRINGING A MESSAGE OF SALVATION. NOT ONLY HIM, BUT MANY OTHERS WERE POINTING TOWARD THE SALVATION THAT CAN BE FOUND IN JESUS OUR LORD. <br> <br>

      LET'S LOOK QUICKLY AT JESUS CHRIST AND HIS VERY EXISTENCE. WELL, WHO WAS HE? ACTUALLY WHEN WE READ IN THE BIBLE WE FIND OUT THAT JESUS WAS ALSO GOD. IN MICAH 5 VERSE TWO, IT SAYS, CONCERNING HIS BIRTH, THAT HE WOULD BE BORN IN BETHLEHEM OF JUDEA BUT HIS GOINGS FORTH ARE FROM OLD FROM DAYS OF ETERNITY. FROM DAYS OF ETERNITY! WHICH MEANS WHAT? THAT JESUS WAS ALWAYS IN EXISTENCE. NOW, HE HAD NO ORIGIN. HE WAS NOT A CREATED GOD OR A CREATED ANGEL BUT HE WAS ETERNAL DIGNITY. THIS IS A VERB OF CONTINUAL TIMELESS EXISTENCE. THIS IS SPOKEN OF IN JOHN CHAPTER 1 VERSE ONE, “IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE WORD. THE WORD WAS WITH GOD, THE WORD WAS GOD. THE SAME AS THAT IN THE BEGINNING WAS GOD.” JESUS WAS GOD ALSO HIMSELF AND IT SAYS IN CHAPTER 1 VERSE 14, THAT HE CAME TO THIS EARTH AND HE DWELT AMONG MAN. WHO DWELT AMONG MAN? A PART OF THE GODHEAD, THAT IS JESUS, THE SON OF GOD. JESUS MADE A STATEMENT CONCERNING HIMSELF IN JOHN CHAPTER 8 VERSE 58. HE SAID, “BEFORE ABRAHAM WAS BORN, I AM.” THAT TERM USED IN THE OLD TESTAMENT WHEN THE WORD OR THE TERM IS USED, THE TWO WORDS I AM, THE GREAT I AM, IT'S SPEAKING ABOUT THE ALONE EXISTENT ONE. AND SO JESUS IS CLAIMING TO BE THAT ALONE EXISTENT ONE. WHAT A WONDERFUL THING THAT WE LEARN ABOUT JESUS! SEE, JESUS WAS GOD HIMSELF WHO CAME TO THIS EARTH THAT IS ONE OF THE THREE PERSONALITIES OF THE FATHER AND THE SON AND THE HOLY SPIRIT, WHO CAME TO THIS EARTH AND HE WAS ACTUALLY THE BRIDGE BETWEEN MAN AND THE GODHEAD. <br> <br>

      LOOK AT JOHN CHAPTER 1 VERSE 18. THAT'S JOHN CHAPTER 1 VERSE 18, “NO MAN HAS SEEN GOD AT ANY TIME. THE ONLY BEGOTTEN SON, WHICH IS IN THE BOSOM OF THE FATHER, HE HAD DECLARED HIM.” NOW, HOW MANY TIMES IN THE GOSPEL ACCOUNTS, MATTHEW, MARK, LUKE, AND JOHN, ESPECIALLY AS I TELL YOU THE INSTANCE IN JOHN 14 VERSE NINE, JESUS SAID TO THOSE WHO WERE AROUND HIM, “IF YOU HAVE SEEN ME, YOU HAVE SEEN…” WHOM? IT SAYS, “IF YOU HAVE SEEN ME YOU HAVE SEEN THE FATHER.” I'D LIKE TO READ A PASSAGE OF SCRIPTURE BEGINNING IN THE BOOK OF PHILIPPIANS, THAT'S IN THE NEW TESTAMENT, BEGINNING WITH VERSE FIVE WHERE IT SAYS THIS ABOUT JESUS, <br> <br>

      “LET THIS MIND BE IN YOU WHICH WAS ALSO IN CHRIST JESUS, WHO BEING IN THE FORM OF GOD, DID NOT CONSIDER IT ROBBERY TO BE EQUAL WITH GOD, BUT MADE HIMSELF OF NO REPUTATION, TAKING ON THE FORM OF A BONDSERVANT, AND COMING IN THE LIKENESS OF MEN. AND BEING FOUND IN THE APPEARANCE OF A MAN, HE HUMBLED HIMSELF AND BECAME OBEDIENT TO THE POINT OF DEATH, EVEN TO THE DEATH OF THE CROSS.” <br> <br>

      AND BASICALLY IN VERSE 11 IT SAYS THAT SOMEDAY PEOPLE ARE WHAT? “EVERY TONGUE WILL CONFESS THAT JESUS CHRIST IS LORD TO THE GLORY OF THE FATHER!” THAT'S A VERY WONDERFUL EXPRESSION OR WONDERFUL THOUGHT CONCERNING THOSE OF US WHO ARE CHRISTIANS. WELL THAT WILL BE VERY EASY FOR ME TO DO. WHAT ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE IN THIS WORLD? WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THOSE PEOPLE WHO DO NOT COME TO THE REALITY THAT JESUS CHRIST IS THE SON OF GOD? HE WAS CO-EQUAL WITH GOD; THE PREEXISTENT CHRIST. HE WAS CO-ETERNAL. HE WAS CO-POWERFUL, THAT IS HE HAD THE SAME POWER. WHEN YOU'VE SEEN HIM YOU HAVE SEEN THE FATHER. WHEN YOU'VE SEEN HIM AND THE FATHER YOU'VE SEEN THE HOLY SPIRIT. THEY MAKE UP THE GODHEAD AS FAR AS WHAT THE BIBLE IS TEACHING. SO JESUS WAS INCARNATED, MADE IN THE LIKENESS OF MAN. AND IN AND PHILIPPIANS CHAPTER 2 VERSES 5 TO 11, GOD RAISED HIM UP AND EXALTED HIM AND CORONATED HIM ABOVE ANY AND EVERYONE ON THE FACE OF THIS EARTH. SO THAT IN ALL THINGS HE MIGHT HAVE THE PREEMINENCE.<br> <br>

      I'D LIKE FOR US THIS MORNING TO LOOK AT THREE CONCEPTS AND BASICALLY THE FIRST ONE IS WHAT I'D LIKE TO SPEND MORE TIME ON THAN ANY OTHER AND THAT IS THE WHOLE THEME OF THE BIBLE, THOSE 66 BOOKS THAT WE SEE THAT MAKE UP THE BOOK OF BOOKS WHICH WE REFER TO AS THE HOLY BIBLE. 39 BOOKS ARE FOUND IN THE OLD TESTAMENT AND 27 BOOKS ARE FOUND IN THE NEW TESTAMENT. AND WE SEE A GENERAL THEME THROUGHOUT ALL OF THOSE BOOKS. BASICALLY THE OLD TESTAMENT TEACHES, THAT IS THE BOOK OF GENESIS THROUGH  MALACHI, THAT SOMEONE IS COMING. THAT IS, THERE ARE PROPHECIES CONCERNING THE COMING OF JESUS CHRIST. MATTHEW THROUGH JOHN, THAT IS MATTHEW, MARK, LUKE, AND JOHN, TELLS US OF THAT ONE WHO HAS COME TO THIS EARTH CONCERNING THOSE PROPHECIES THAT ARE MADE IN THE OLD TESTAMENT. AND THEN ACTS THROUGH THE BOOK OF REVELATION TELLS US THAT THAT SOMEONE WHO HAS COME, THAT IS THE SON OF GOD IS COMING AGAIN! OH YES, SOMEONE IS COMING. IF YOU TURN TO GENESIS CHAPTER 3 VERSE 15, WE WILL SEE WHAT IS CONSIDERED TO BE THE FIRST INDICATION THROUGH PROPHECY THAT JESUS WOULD BE COMING TO THIS WORLD. AND VERSE 15 OF GENESIS CHAPTER 3 IT SAYS, “AND I WILL PUT ENMITY BETWEEN YOU AND THE WOMAN, AND BETWEEN YOUR SEED AND HER SEED, HE SHALL BRUISE YOUR HEAD AND YOU SHALL BRUISE HIS HEEL.” THAT IS SATAN WOULD BRUISE THE HEEL OF JESUS BUT JESUS WOULD STRIKE A DEATH BLOW AGAINST SATAN BEING VICTORIOUS OVER HIM. THAT IS DEATH AND THE GRAVE ALSO. IN GENESIS CHAPTER 12 VERSE THREE, GOD MADE A GREAT PROMISE TO ABRAHAM AND PART OF THAT PROMISE WAS THAT THROUGH HIS SEED ALL NATIONS OF THE EARTH WOULD BE BLESSED. THROUGH HIS SEED, THAT IS THE SEED OF ABRAHAM. AND SO WE SEE THE LINEAGE GOING THROUGHOUT THE OLD TESTAMENT, ABRAHAM, ISAAC, JACOB, THEN THE TRIBES OF ISRAEL, AND WE SEE IT COMING DOWN TO THE TIMES OF WHAT? WE SEE COMING TO THE TIMES WHEN JESUS WOULD LITERALLY COME TO THIS EARTH AND FULFILL THAT PROPHECY IN GENESIS 3:15 AND ALSO IN GENESIS 12 VERSE THREE. NOW, JOB SAID THIS IN JOB 19:25. HE SAID, “FOR I KNOW THAT MY REDEEMER LIVETH AND THAT HE SHALL STAND IN THE LATTER DAY UPON THE EARTH.” HE WASN'T SPEAKING OF SOME HUMAN BEING! HE WAS SPEAKING OF JESUS WHO WOULD COME AND DIE UPON THE CROSS AND RENDER THE OPPORTUNITY FOR SALVATION FOR EVERY MAN AND WOMAN. JEREMIAH 23 VERSE FIVE, “’BEHOLD, THE DAYS ARE COMING,’ SAYETH THE LORD, ‘THAT I WILL RAISE UNTO DAVID A RIGHTEOUS BRANCH; AND A KING SHALL REIGN AND PROSPER AND SHALL EXECUTE JUDGMENT AND JUSTICE IN ALL OF THE EARTH.’” AND ZACHARIAH POINTED OUT IN HIS PROPHECIES THAT CERTAINLY ISRAEL SHOULD REJOICE. OH DAUGHTER OF JERUSALEM! BEHOLD, THY KING COMETH UNTO THEE; HE IS JUST IN HAVING SALVATION…” AND WE SEE THAT HAPPENING WHERE? IN THE ACCOUNTS OF THE GOSPEL, THAT IS THE LIFE OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST, WHO WAS BORN IN BETHLEHEM OF JUDEA, WHO DID SET UP A KINGDOM. AND THEN WE SEE THAT HE HAS COME. JOHN THE BAPTIST SPOKE OF JESUS, THE SON OF GOD. THAT HE WAS NOT THE CHRIST BUT ONE WAS COMING AFTER HIM WHO WOULD BE THE CHRIST, “WHOSE SHOES I'M NOT WORTHY TO EVEN LACE.” HE CAME TO DO THE FATHER'S BUSINESS AS WE KNOW. AND SO MATTHEW, MARK, LUKE, AND JOHN TELL OF THE BIRTH, LIFE, DEATH, AND RESURRECTION OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST WHO WAS GOD HIMSELF, ALSO. <br> <br>

      SOMEONE IS COMING AGAIN IS A THOUGHT AND THE IDEA FROM THE BOOK OF ACTS THROUGH THE BOOK OF REVELATION. AND AS JESUS SAID, CONTRARY TO WHAT MANY PEOPLE SAY IN MATTHEW CHAPTER 24 VERSE 42, THERE JESUS SAID, “’WATCH THEREFORE, FOR YOU KNOW NOT THE HOUR THAT THE LORD COMES.’” NOW WHY DO I SAY THIS? WELL, MY FRIENDS LET NOT YOUR HEART BE TROUBLED. “YOU BELIEVE IN GOD, BELIEVE ALSO IN ME,” JESUS SAID. “FOR IN MY FATHER'S HOUSE ARE MANY MANSIONS. AND IF IT WERE NOT SO I WOULD HAVE TOLD YOU. FOR I GO TO PREPARE A PLACE FOR YOU. AND IF I GO TO PREPARE A PLACE FOR YOU I WILL COME AGAIN AND RECEIVE YOU UNTO MYSELF, THAT WHERE I AM THERE YOU MAY BE ALSO.” <br> <br>

      NOW, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO WITH THIS JESUS? WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO PLACE HIM IN YOUR LIFE? YOU KNOW WHAT THE BIBLE IS, MOST OF YOU DO. IF NOT, YOU NEED TO COME AND LET US HELP YOU STUDY THE BIBLE TOGETHER. IT'S THE WORD OF GOD AND IT'S A MESSAGE OF LOVE FROM GOD HIMSELF; SENDING HIS SON TO DIE UPON THE CROSS SO THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE SAVED AND HAVE A PART OF THAT GREAT PROMISE THAT'S MENTIONED IN JOHN 14:1-3. IT'S YOUR DECISION! SOME PEOPLE SAY, “WELL, IT'S TOO HARD. I JUST REALLY CAN'T BE THE TYPE OF CHRISTIAN. I HAVE SINNED TOO MUCH!” WELL, HAVE YOU BEEN OUT LATELY KILLING CHRISTIANS? THAT'S WHAT PAUL DID BEFORE HE BECAME AN APOSTLE OF THE LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST. HE WAS LEADING CHRISTIANS TO THEIR DEATH. SO MY FRIEND, WHY DON'T YOU DO WHAT JESUS WANTS YOU TO DO. HE SAID SIMPLY, “BELIEVE THAT I'M HE OR YOU WILL DIE IN YOUR SINS,” JOHN 8:24. ARE YOU WILLING TO BELIEVE THAT HE'S THE SON OF GOD? ARE YOU WILLING TO REPENT OF YOUR SINS? HE SAID REPENT OR PERISH, LUKE 13:3. HE SAID CONFESS MY NAME BEFORE MEN, MATTHEW 10 VERSE 32. HE SAID BE BAPTIZED IN THAT GREAT COMMISSION THAT HE SENT HIS DISCIPLES OR APOSTLES INTO ALL THE WORLD. REPENT AND BE BAPTIZED IS WHAT THEY TAUGHT. AND JESUS SAID IN HIS GREAT COMMISSION, “HE WHO BELIEVES AND IS BAPTIZED SHALL BE SAVED.” THE DECISION IS YOURS. JESUS CHRIST IS THE SON OF GOD! JESUS LOVED YOU SO MUCH THAT HE CAME TO THIS EARTH TO SUFFER THE MOST HORRIBLE DEATH THAT ANY PERSON COULD SUFFER. HE ENDURED THE PAIN OF THE CROSS, THE SHAME OF THE CROSS! HE BECAME...HE DIED AND AFTER THE THIRD DAY, AS HE PROMISED, HE WAS RESURRECTED UNTO LIFE AGAIN. AND WE ALSO WILL BE RESURRECTED IF WE SUFFER WITH HIM! WE SHALL ALSO BE RAISED WITH HIM! SO THE DECISION IS YOURS TODAY TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT YOU WILL TRULY BELIEVE THAT JESUS CHRIST IS THE SON OF GOD AND DO HIS WILL. MAY GOD BLESS YOU IN MAKING THAT DECISION. <br> <br>



CLOSING COMMENTS<br> <br>

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