THE LIVING WORD TRANSCRIPT
PROGRAM AIR DATE: 7-25-2021
LESSON TITLE: WHAT IS MAN? – THE ULTIMATE CREATION
WELCOME
HOW WONDERFUL IT IS TO KNOW GOD AND TO HAVE THE HEALTH, STRENGTH AND WILLPOWER TO GIVE THIS TIME TO HIM ON THIS LORD'S DAY MORNING. AND THANK YOU FOR PUTTING GOD FIRST AND CHOOSING THIS DAY TO WORSHIP HIM IN SPIRIT AND TRUTH. AS ALWAYS THIS MORNING, IT WILL BE OUR OPPORTUNITY AND PRIVILEGE TO DO THOSE THINGS ACCORDING TO THE WILL OF GOD, AS WE APPROACH HIS PERFECT AND MIGHTY THRONE. AND HOW ENJOYABLE IT WILL BE TO WORSHIP OUR GOD THROUGH PRAYER, SONG AND THE STUDY OF HIS MATCHLESS WORD. SO AGAIN, WHY DON'T YOU DO YOUR PART THIS MORNING TO SEE THAT OUR WORSHIP TOGETHER IS ACCEPTABLE IN HIS SIGHT. AND THEREFORE THAT WE MIGHT GLORIFY OUR CREATOR.
PRAYER: OUR GOD AND FATHER IN HEAVEN, WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS DAY AND EVERY DAY OF LIFE AND EVERY BLESSING OF LIFE. AND FATHER, WE ASK YOU THAT YOU WILL HELP US NOT ONLY THIS DAY, BUT EVERY DAY TO LOOK TO YOU FOR STRENGTH AND FOR GUIDANCE. AND FATHER ALSO TO BE THOSE LIGHTS IN THIS WORLD THAT OTHERS MIGHT KNOW YOU THROUGH US. HELP US FATHER ALWAYS IN SPIRIT AND TRUTH TO GIVE YOU OUR BEST ACCORDING TO WHAT WE LEARN IN YOUR BIBLE. AND FATHER WE ALSO ASK THAT YOU WILL HELP US TO LIVE APPROPRIATELY, SO THEN NOT ONLY WE'LL FIND YOUR BLESSINGS IN THIS LIFE, BUT YOUR GREAT REWARDS AND PROMISES IN THE LIFE TO COME, IN JESUS' NAME WE PRAY AMEN.
NOW, AS WE BEGIN OUR OFFERING TO GOD THIS MORNING, WILL YOU BOW WITH ME BEFORE HIS THRONE IN PRAYER. WELL, IT'S TIME TO JOIN IN OUR FIRST SONG IN THE MORNING, THE FIRST HYMN FOCUSES ON THE LOVE OF GOD. SO WON'T YOU JOIN IN WITH THE CONGREGATION, AS WE SING TOGETHER, "GOD IS LOVE".
DEVOTIONAL THOUGHTS
THINK FOR A MOMENT ABOUT ALL THE SONGS THAT WE SING ABOUT OUR GOD, JESUS CHRIST. HOW WONDERFUL IT IS TO PRAISE GOD BY FOCUSING ON HIM AND HIS SON AND HIS SPIRIT AND ALL THOSE WONDERFUL THINGS THAT PERTAIN TO LIFE. FURTHERMORE, HOW IMPORTANT IT IS THAT WE JUST WHO HE IS AND WHY HE IS WORTHY TO BE FOLLOWED AND PRAISED. I LOVE THE FAMILIAR VERSE, WHICH IS FOUND IN JOHN CHAPTER THREE AND VERSE 16. WE ALL KNOW THE TRUTH THAT IS SPOKEN THERE BY JESUS HIMSELF WHEN HE SAYS, "FOR GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD THAT HE GAVE HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON THAT WHOEVER BELIEVES IN HIM SHOULD NOT PERISH, BUT HAVE EVERLASTING LIFE." I WOULD SAY PRAISE BE TO GOD FOR IT IS THROUGH THIS JESUS THAT WE HAVE THE VERY OPPORTUNITY FOR LIFE AND LIFE ETERNAL. BUT LOOK AROUND THE RELIGIOUS WORLD TODAY. MANY UNFORTUNATELY EVEN REJECT JESUS AS THE ONLY BEGOTTEN SON HIMSELF AND OTHERS EVEN GO FURTHER THAN THAT. AND THEY REJECT THE FACT THAT HE WAS EVEN A FAITHFUL FOLLOWER OF GOD AT ALL. SOME CALL HIM A MERE PROPHET OF GOD. HOW SAD TO REALIZE THAT THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE, SO MANY WHO CLAIM TO BE RELIGIOUS, WHO FOLLOW GOD, BUT YET THEY SAY THEY REJECT JESUS. BUT AS WELL, THEY REJECT THE TRUE SIGNIFICANCE AND THE IMPORTANCE THAT IS BORE IN MIND THROUGH THE SCRIPTURES OF WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS CONCERNING WHO JESUS IS. WITH THESE THINGS IN MIND, WE MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER WHAT THE INSPIRED WRITER, LUKE RECORDS IN THE BOOK OF ACTS THEREIN ACTS CHAPTER FOUR AND VERSE 10 BEGINNING, "LET IT BE KNOWN TO YOU ALL AND TO ALL THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL, THAT BY THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST OF NAZARETH, WHOM YOU CRUCIFIED, WHOM GOD RAISED FROM THE DEAD, BY HIM, THIS MAN STANDS HERE BEFORE YOU WHOLE. THIS IS THE STONE, WHICH WAS REJECTED BY THE BUILDERS, WHICH HAS BECOME HIMSELF THE CHIEF CORNERSTONE. NOR IS THERE SALVATION IN ANY OTHER FOR THERE IS NO OTHER NAME UNDER HEAVEN GIVEN AMONG MEN BY WHICH WE MUST BE SAVED." HERE, WE LEARN JUST HOW IMPORTANT JESUS IS, AND THE NAME OF JESUS IS. AND PETER GOES SO FAR AS TO CONFIRM THAT SALVATION IS ONLY FOUND IN AND THROUGH THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST, OUR LORD. IF YOU OR I, OR ANYONE ELSE HAS A DESIRE TO BE SAVED AND TO HAVE ETERNAL LIFE, AS WE HAVE READ THIS MORNING, THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY TO GO. THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY AND PLACE TO FIND IT. AGAIN, SALVATION IS ONLY FOUND IN THE PERFECT ONE, THE ONE WHO IS PRECIOUS AND HOLY. THE ONE WHO WAS JESUS CHRIST, OUR LORD. PRAISE BE TO GOD FOR THESE WONDROUS TRUTHS. AND MAY THEY ESTABLISH US IN THE THINGS OF GOD AND CHALLENGE US TO HELP OTHERS TO KNOW THESE TRUTHS AS WELL.
TODAY, WE'LL BEGIN A NEW SERIES OF STUDY THAT WILL FOCUS ON THE QUESTION, WHAT IS MAN? AND OUR SPECIFIC LESSON OF THE DAY WILL INTRODUCE TO US THAT MAN IS THE ULTIMATE CREATION OF GOD HIMSELF. SO PLEASE STAY WITH US, AND AFTER OUR NEXT SONG TOGETHER, I WILL BE LEADING US IN THE MAIN THOUGHTS OF THE DAY. BUT FOR NOW, LET'S JOIN TOGETHER IN THE SECOND SONG IN THE MORNING. THE NAME OF THE HYMN, "I BRING MY SINS TO THEE".
LESSON
BY RAY SULLINS
WE'RE SO GLAD YOU'VE CONTINUED WITH US THIS DAY, AS WE NOW GO TO GOD'S WORD, AND WE ACTUALLY BEGIN A NEW SERIES OF STUDY THIS DAY. AND REALLY OUR THOUGHTS ARE GOING TO BE TAKING FROM A SPECIFIC THEME PASSAGE IN HEBREWS CHAPTER TWO, THAT ALSO IS FOUND IN THE BOOK OF PSALMS AS WE'LL NOTE IN JUST A MOMENT. BUT HERE IN HEBREWS CHAPTER TWO BEGINNING IN VERSE SIX, WE FIND ABOUT HALFWAY THROUGH THAT VERSE THAT THERE IS A QUESTION ASKED, "WHAT IS MAN, THAT YOU ARE MINDFUL OF HIM. OR THE SON OF MAN THAT YOU TAKE CARE OF HIM?" NOW THAT'S INTERESTING. AND THERE ARE ABOUT THREE VERSES THERE THAT COVER WHAT WE LEARN BACK IN THE BOOK OF PSALMS. BUT IF YOU'LL LOOK THERE AT THE EIGHTH PSALM, YOU'LL FIND THAT THIS IS A PSALM THAT IS OF THE OLD AND THE GREAT CHIEF MUSICIAN. AND AS HE IS THERE, DAVID, APPLYING MANY OF THESE THINGS THAT WE HAVE THROUGHOUT THE PSALMS ARE RECORDING THESE THINGS FOR US. IT'S INTERESTING THAT HERE SPECIFICALLY, WE HAVE THIS IMPORTANT QUESTION. AND THAT QUESTION IS, "WHAT IS MAN?" WHY ARE WE HERE? WHAT IS LIFE ALL ABOUT? WHAT IS OUR PURPOSE? WHY DID GOD MAKE US? WHAT IS THE END RESULT OF ALL THINGS? AND SO WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN TO CONSIDER THAT STUDY TOGETHER OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS, THAT WE MIGHT UNDERSTAND, AGAIN, THE ANSWER TO THIS IMPORTANT QUESTION. AND SO LET'S NOW GO TO PSALM EIGHT AND I WANT YOU TO GO THERE WITH ME BECAUSE I WANT YOU TO NOW GET THE CONTEXT OF WHAT IT IS THAT DAVID IS DEALING WITH, AS REALLY HE IS MAGNIFYING GOD AND PRAISING GOD BECAUSE OF THE GREAT CARE AND LOVE OF GOD THAT HE HAS AFFORDED, NOT ONLY FOR US AS HIS CREATION, BUT ALSO THROUGH JESUS CHRIST, OUR LORD. AND BY THE WAY, HERE IN PSALM EIGHT, YOU'RE GOING TO NOTICE PRETTY QUICKLY THAT AS WE GET INTO THE VERSES, VERSE FOUR SPECIFICALLY, THAT THERE BEGINS TO BE SOME MESSIANIC REFERENCE. WHICH MEANS REFERENCES TOWARD CHRIST, OR THE COMING OF CHRIST. AND SO WHAT WE'LL LIKE TO DO IS TO LOOK AT THOSE REFERENCES ABOUT JESUS AND SEE HOW THEY ARE NOT ONLY SCRIPTURAL, BUT THEN ALSO SEE HOW THOSE SAME THINGS APPLY TO US, AS SERVANTS OF GOD, EVEN TODAY. HE BEGINS THERE IN VERSE ONE OF PSALM EIGHT, "OH LORD, OUR LORD, HOW EXCELLENT IS YOUR NAME. IN ALL THE EARTH WHO HAS SET YOUR GLORIES ABOVE THE HEAVENS." YOU MIGHT RECOGNIZE SONGS THAT WE SING THAT DECLARE THAT BEAUTIFUL MESSAGE. "OH LORD, OUR LORD, HOW EXCELLENT YOUR NAME." EVEN OUT OF, WHAT, VERSE TWO SAYS, "THE MOUTH OF BABES AND NURSING INFANTS, EVERYTHING DECLARES," WHAT, "THE MAGNIFICENT, THE AWESOME NATURE, THE GLORY OF GOD." AND IN VERSE TWO, HE CONTINUES, "AND YOU HAVE ORDAINED STRENGTH BECAUSE OF YOUR ENEMIES THAT YOU MAY SILENCE THE ENEMY AND THE AVENGER." WHAT DOES GOD HAVE POWER OVER? ALL THINGS. INCLUDING GOD'S ENEMIES AND EVEN THE ENEMIES OF GOD'S PEOPLE, WHOM HE HAS ESTABLISHED. HOW EXCELLENT IS YOUR NAME, AS WHAT, AS THE GIVER OF ALL THINGS, AS THE ONE WHO HAS DOMINION OVER ALL THINGS, AS THE CREATOR OF ALL THINGS. AND THEN IN FACT, IN VERSE THREE, GUESS WHAT HE MENTIONS. "WHEN I CONSIDER YOUR HEAVENS AND THE WORK OF YOUR FINGERS, THE MOON AND THE STARS, WHICH YOU HAVE ORDAINED." WHAT HAS GOT THE CREATOR, THE CREATOR OF NOT JUST THE EARTH, BUT THE UNIVERSE ITSELF AND THE CREATOR AND GIVER OF LIFE. EVEN HUMAN LIFE, WHICH INCLUDES YOU, GUESSED IT, YOU AND I. AND SO AMONGST THESE QUESTION, WHAT IS MAN, THAT YOU ARE MINDFUL OF HIM.
YOU KNOW, YOU LOOK AT THE, THE VASTNESS OF THE UNIVERSE AND YOU CONSIDER THE FACT THAT WE'RE A SPECK AMONGST BILLIONS OF PEOPLE IN OUR DAY, NOT TO MENTION ALL THE BILLIONS AND TRILLIONS THAT HAVE LIVED BEFORE AND MOST LIKELY WILL LIVE IN THE FUTURE. AND THEN WE ASKED THE QUESTION, MAN, REALLY WHAT ARE WE, WHO ARE WE? HOW ARE WE WORTH ANYTHING? AND YET, WHAT HAS GOD DONE, HE HAS MADE YOU. IN PSALM 139, WE LEARNED THAT HE HAS MADE YOU WONDERFULLY. HE HAS MADE YOU PERFECTLY. HE HAS MADE YOU UNIQUE. HE HAS MADE YOU SPECIAL IN EVERY WAY. AND THERE'S NO ONE ELSE LIKE YOU. NOR WILL THERE EVER BE ANYONE ELSE LIKE YOU ON THE EARTH BECAUSE YOU ARE A SPECIAL, UNIQUE CREATION OF GOD. THAT'S HOW MUCH GOD LOVES YOU. HE KNOWS EVERYTHING ABOUT YOU. EVEN THE VERY HAIRS ON YOUR HEAD, THE BIBLE SAYS. YOU SEE THE LOVE OF GOD, THE CARE OF GOD, AND NOW THE INTEREST OF GOD AND MAN TO MAKE MAN. AND THEN THE QUESTION ANSWERED, WHAT IS MAN? WHAT IS MAN? HE'S GOD'S CREATION. I LOVE WHAT IT IS READ THERE, BACK IN GENESIS CHAPTER ONE IN VERSE 26. WHEN GOD SPEAKING AMONGST HIMSELF, THAT IS THE GOD HEAD WITHIN CREATION SAYS, "AND LET US MAKE MAN IN OUR OWN IMAGE." ISN'T THAT A BEAUTIFUL THOUGHT. HE MENTIONED NOT ONLY THE IDEA OF IMAGE AND LIKENESS THAT WE'LL CONSIDER IN MORE DETAILED WAY IN OUR NEXT PROGRAM, NEXT WEEK, BUT HE MAKES MAN IN HIS IMAGE, IN HIS LIKENESS, IN HIS SPIRITUAL ESSENCE. THE ABILITY THAT WE HAVE, WHAT, TO KNOW THAT WE NOT ONLY EXIST NOW, BUT WE HAVE THE BLESSINGS OF GOD. AND GUESS WHAT, WE WILL NEVER DIE. OUR GOD LOVES US. WE HAVE BEEN MADE THAT WE MIGHT WITH THE SOUL OF MAN LIVE FOREVER, AND BE WITH OUR GOD FOREVER, AFTER HAVING BEEN FOUND FAITHFUL IN THE END. AND SO WHAT DOES HE SAY? YOU HAVE MADE MAN. YOU HAVE MADE MAN, YOU HAVE CREATED MAN. YOU HAVE GIVEN HIM LIFE. YOU HAVE MADE HIM WHAT HE IS AND THEREFORE WHAT A GREAT THING, WHAT A SIGNIFICANT THING, HOW IMPORTANT WE REALLY ARE IN THE VAST SCHEME OF WHAT GOD HAS PLANNED. YOUR NAME, MY FRIEND, AS THE FAITHFUL IS EVEN WRITTEN IN THE LAMB'S BOOK OF LIFE. GOD KNOWS YOUR NAME. SO WHAT IS MAN? MAN IS GOD'S CREATION, BUT MAN IS GOD'S CHILD. HOW IMPORTANT ARE CHILDREN TO US? WELL THEY'RE VERY IMPORTANT. WE LOVE OUR CHILDREN AND WE KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT OUR CHILDREN. WE WANT TO KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT THEM AND WE WANT TO GIVE THEM EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN, GOD IS OUR FATHER. WANT A WAY TO GOD, WE'RE CHILDREN. HOW PRECIOUS CHILDREN ARE TO THOSE WHO ARE PARENTS. BUT THEN THE SECOND THING WE FIND IN VERSE FOUR, THERE. NOT ONLY THE QUESTION OF WHAT IS MAN THAT YOU ARE MINDFUL OF HIM. HE SAYS, AND THE SON OF MAN THAT YOU HAVE VISITED HIM. AND REALLY THE WORD HERE THAT YOU'VE EVEN GIVEN ATTENTION TO OR CARED FOR HIM. NOW, YOU AND I WELL REMEMBER THAT THE REFERENCE OFTEN TO THE SON OF MAN AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE SAID HERE ABOUT, ABOUT THE MAN, REALLY REFERENCES THE IDEA OF JESUS HIMSELF. AND HE MENTIONS THREE THINGS. HE SAYS HE MADE HIM LOWER THAN THE ANGELS. HE MADE HIM TO HAVE DOMINION OVER THE WORKS OF YOUR HANDS, OR GOD'S HANDS. AND HE PUT ALL THINGS UNDER HIS FEET. IN EACH OF THESE CASES, WHAT DO WE KNOW? WE KNOW THESE ARE REFERENCES TO EVEN WHAT TOOK PLACE WITH JESUS. BUT I WANT YOU TO GO TO GO BACK TO HEBREWS CHAPTER TWO WITH ME. AND NOTICE THAT AFTER HE MAKES THE SAME QUOTE IN VERSES SIX THROUGH EIGHT, THEN HE SAYS AT THE END OF VERSE EIGHT, "FOR IN THAT WE HAVE PUT ALL," OR RATHER, "THAT HE," GOD, "HAS PUT ALL THINGS IN SUBJECTION UNDER JESUS. HE LEFT NOTHING THAT IS NOT TO BE UNDER HIM. BUT NOW WE DO NOT YET SEE ALL THINGS PUT UNDER HIM." WHAT DO WE SEE, JESUS. VERSE NINE SAYS, "JESUS, WHO WAS MADE A LITTLE LOWER THAN THE ANGELS." WHO WAS JESUS? WHO IS JESUS? JESUS IS GOD. AND HE CAME IN THE FLESH. BUT WHEN HE CAME IN THE FLESH, GUESS WHAT THAT MADE HIM. IT MADE HIM A LITTLE LOWER THAN EVEN THE ANGELS. BACKUP WITH ME TO VERSE FIVE OF CHAPTER TWO THERE IN HEBREWS. AND HE SAYS, "FOR HE HAS NOT PUT THE WORLD TO COME OF WHICH WE SPEAK IN SUBJECTION TO ANGELS." BUT HE'S PUT THE WORD INTO SUBJECTION TO WHO, CHRIST, BECAUSE CHRIST IS GOD AND HAS ALL POWER AND AUTHORITY. ANGELS DON'T. BUT YET, MAN, AND YOU AND I ARE UNDER ANGELS. YOU KNOW WHY, BECAUSE WE'RE FLESH AND BLOOD.
YOU GO BACK TO CHAPTER ONE AND IT AGAIN SPEAKS OF THIS VERY CONCEPT OF ANGELS, AND GOD, AND JESUS, AND THEN MANKIND. WE ARE OF A FLESHLY NATURE. AND IT WILL NOT BE UNTIL THE LORD COMES AGAIN, OR UNTIL WE DIE, THAT WE ARE ONLY OF THAT SPIRITUAL NATURE, AND THAT MORE HEAVENLY AND WONDROUS NATURE, LIKE EVEN THE ANGELS OR GOD HIMSELF. ABLE TO DO WHAT? LIVE ETERNALLY WITH OUR GOD. YOU SEE THE BEAUTY OF THAT? JESUS THEN WAS WILLING TO WHAT? SUBMIT HIMSELF AND TO MAKE THE SACRIFICE TO LEAVE WHAT WE WOULD KNOW TO BE THE GOD OF ALL IN THE SENSE OF BEING ONLY GOD TO MAKE HIMSELF HIS OWN CREATION, EVEN UNDER THE ANGELS. YOU SEE THE BEAUTY OF THAT. JESUS DID IT, BUT WE HAVE BEEN MADE THAT. BUT WHAT ARE WE MADE IN THE IMAGE OF GOD AND THEREFORE, WHAT WILL WE BE LIKENED TO, GOD. AND WE HAVE WHAT, BEEN CROWNED AS OUR SAVIOR WITH GLORY AND HONOR. IN WHAT WAY? WE'VE BEEN GIVEN DOMINION. YOU GO BACK AGAIN TO GENESIS CHAPTER ONE IN VERSE 26. AND AFTER HE SAYS, "LET US MAKE MAN IN OUR OWN IMAGES," AND SAYS, "WE'LL GIVE HIM DOMINION." MAN WAS GIVEN DOMINION OVER ALL OF GOD'S CREATION, THE EARTH ITSELF AND ALL OF THE ANIMALS. REMEMBER ADAM NAMED ALL OF THE ANIMALS. AND THEY WERE ALL IN SUBJECTION TO HIM. IN GENESIS CHAPTER NINE, IT TELLS US IN VERSE TWO THAT THE DREAD OF MAN CAME UPON ALL THE ANIMALS. YOU KNOW WHY, MAN HAD FULL DOMINION AT THAT POINT, AND BEGAN TO EAT ANIMALS AND USE THEM FOR DIFFERENT PURPOSES THAN HAD TAKEN PLACE BEFORE THE FLOOD. YOU SEE AGAIN, GOD GAVE HIM DOMINION. WE KNOW IN MATTHEW, 28 AND 18, THAT ALL POWER AND AUTHORITY HAD BEEN GIVEN TO, WHO, JESUS CHRIST. NO QUESTION THAT JESUS MADE HIMSELF A LITTLE LOWER THAN THE ANGELS BY BECOMING A MAN AND STILL BEING GOD IN THE FLESH. BUT YET HE ALSO HAD DOMINION OVER ALL THING. BUT GUESS WHAT BRETHREN, WE ALSO HAVE BEEN GIVEN A SORT OF, OR TYPE OF DOMINION BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN PLACED OVER GOD'S CREATION. AND ALTHOUGH HE HAS ALL POWER AND AUTHORITY, WE AS GOD'S CREATION ALSO HAVE THAT AUTHORITY THROUGH HIM AND THE SCRIPTURES OVER THE OTHER CREATION THAT WE NOW ARE A PART OF. WHY WE ARE MADE IN HIS IMAGE. WE ARE MADE IN HIS LIKENESS, UNLIKE ANY OF THE REST OF GOD'S CREATION ITSELF. THEN IT SAYS HE HAS PUT WHAT, ALL THINGS UNDER HIS FEET. NOT ONLY ARE THERE WORKS INVOLVED, DOMINION OVER THE WORKS, BUT ALSO THE POWER THAT ALL THINGS HAVE BEEN PUT UNDER THE FEET OF JESUS. GUESS WHAT, BECAUSE WE HAVE DOMINION, WE ALSO BEAR GREAT RESPONSIBILITY IN RESPECT TO MANY OF THESE THINGS. ONE OF THE VERSES THAT I LOVE IN CONNECTION TO THIS WOULD BE FOUND OVER IN THE LETTER OF PAUL TO THE EPHESIAN CHURCH. AND YOU MIGHT RECALL WITH ME WHEN HE'S TALKING ABOUT THE GRACE THAT GOD HAS GIVEN US THAT BY FAITH, WE MIGHT BE SAVED, THERE IN EPHESIANS CHAPTER TWO IN VERSE EIGHT, THAT HE SAYS THIS ABOUT MAN. WHAT IS MAN, THE CREATION OF MAN IN VERSE 10. "FOR WE ARE HIS WORKMANSHIP CREATED IN CHRIST JESUS FOR GOOD WORKS." YOU SEE THERE, NOW JESUS WAS MADE TO WHAT, HAVE DOMINION OVER THE WORKS, THE GOOD WORKS AND GIVEN ALL POWER AND AUTHORITY, DOMINION IN THE SENSE OF BEING OVER ALL OF GOD'S CREATION. WHO IS STILL OUR WHAT, OUR KING, AND OUR SAVIOR, AND OUR, OUR LORD, AND OUR MASTER, ALL THOSE THINGS. BUT WHAT ARE WE AS GOD'S CREATION? WE ALSO HAVE BEEN GIVEN TO AN EXTENT DOMINION, AND HONOR. WE HAVE BEEN ELEVATED IN THE SENSE OVER OTHER OF GOD'S CREATION THAT WE MIGHT WHAT, THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO BE THAT WORKMANSHIP MADE BY GOD. FOR WHAT, GOOD WORKS AND THE PURPOSE OF GOD. YOU KNOW WHY? BECAUSE BEING LIKENED TO GOD, WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO EXIST WITH HIM FOREVER. UNLIKE THE REST OF GOD'S CREATION. THAT ULTIMATELY WILL BE DESTROYED AND MELTED WITH FERVENT HEAT. I WOULD SAY ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE GREAT NEWS. THEY ARE GREAT NEWS FOR US BECAUSE GOD HAS LOVED US ENOUGH TO PLACE JESUS AS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO BE THOSE WHO ARE THE SERVANTS OF GOD AND THE SALVATION AND ETERNAL LIFE. BUT THAT WE THEN ARE ABLE TO BEAR AS WELL THAT RESPONSIBILITY TO BE THE PEOPLE THAT GOD WANTS US TO BE. SO WHAT IS MAN? MAN IS TRULY A CREATION AND A GIFT FROM GOD. A GIFT THAT GIVES US THE ABILITY, NOT ONLY TO BE FOUND JUSTIFIED THROUGH JESUS CHRIST IN THIS LIFE, BUT ALSO ETERNALLY IN THE LIFE TO COME.
CLOSING COMMENTS
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