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all right well welcome back for evening
church and installment number six of
summer in the systematics um so far this
summer we're woven into the sound of
cicas in the trees and evening
thunderstorms and tornado watches and
tornado warnings I'm learning the
difference um there we have studied all
summer long up to this point christology
the doctrine of Christ and so far we've
looked at the pre-existence of Christ
we've looked at the deity of Christ
we've looked at the humanity of Christ
we've looked at the Incarnation of
Christ and we Lo looked at the two
Natures of Christ and tonight we're
going to cover the Life of Christ we're
going to cover what the scriptures teach
about what our lord said and what our
Lord did and how our Lord functioned
following his Incarnation during his
brief life here on Earth and this
obviously won't and cannot be an
exhaustive study there's no way we could
fit all of what the gospels teach into
one hour in an evening message message
but instead we're going to cover the
Life of Christ thematically and
topically now to get us started as I
sometimes do I'm going to begin with a
couple of contrary quotes some quotes
from the critics and the cynics because
the reality is there have been all sorts
of critical and cynical and skeptical
things and frankly some wild ideas
thrown around about Jesus and his life
for instance Nikos
kazakis I practiced that that didn't
work work out says I don't think we know
who Jesus
is John G Murray former president of the
American atheists says there was no such
person in the history of the world as
Jesus Christ there was no historical
living breathing sensient human being by
that name
ever John G Murray died in 1995 and
obviously has a much different
perspective of Jesus today see
regardless of what the Skeptics say
Skeptics like John G Murray the
scriptures tell us plainly not only that
Jesus existed but who he was uh but they
teach us about who he is even today the
Bible and the four gospels in particular
shed much light on the existence of and
the life of and details of the life of
Jesus of Nazareth now as you can see
from your worksheets this evening we've
got a lot of work to do
we have a lot of territory to cover
there are 10 Blanks on your worksheet
because we have 10 different points
which correspond to 10 different aspects
of the Earthly life and Ministry of Our
Lord so we had 15 points this morning a
mere 10 points this evening let's start
with the first one I I don't have time
to list them out ahead of time we'll
just do them as we go the first blank
the first point on your worksheet is the
birth of Christ the birth of Christ uh
the events surrounding the birth of our
Lord are recorded in Matthew chap 1 and
Luke 2 Matthew the
former the Jewish former tax collector
went about examining the birth of Christ
from Joseph's perspective and his
genealogy is found in Matthew 1: 1-1 17
whereas Luke the Gentile physician looks
at the event from Mary's perspective and
that's all found that that genealogy in
Luke 3 veres
23-38 which maybe we'll get to by the
end of 2024 more likely
2025 and those two accounts of of
Matthew and and of Luke about the birth
of Christ they're complimentary to one
another like the gospel accounts more
broadly Matthew and Luke are recording
the same events from from different
angles and and the biblical record
records and reveals that Jesus was
conceived in Mary's womb without a human
father instead he was conceived by the
Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary
Matthew teaches explicitly that Joseph
Mary's betro was in no way involved in
the conception of Jesus here's what
Matthew gives us he says and Joseph got
up from his sleep and did as the angel
of the Lord commanded him and took Mary
as his wife but kept her a virgin until
she gave birth to a son and he called
his name Jesus now note what's revealed
here in this text it's not very often
talked about is that Joseph did have
normal marital sexual relations with
Mary after Jesus was born that's built
into the language there he kept her a
virgin until she gave birth to a son and
Joseph as we see there was also
responsible for the naming of this child
it says and he called meaning Joseph his
name Jesus but Joseph was not in any way
involved in Jesus's conception Jesus
rather was Spirit conceived and virgin
born which was in fulfillment of the
Virgin birth prophecy in Isaiah
7:14 that's all captured here in Matthew
chapter 1 now all this took place in
order that what was spoken by the Lord
through the prophet that's Isaiah would
be fulfilled saying behold the Virgin
shall be with child and shall bear a son
and they shall call his name Emanuel
which translated means god with us so
that's a little bit about what Matthew
reveals Luke in his account of the
conception of Jesus which we've started
to look at on Sunday mornings of late
also emphasizes that Mary was a virgin
and how this event her Jesus's
conception in her womb for obvious
reasons surprised her here's Luke 1:29
but she was perplexed at this statement
the statement from the angel Gabriel and
was pondering what kind of greeting this
was and the angel said to Hero not be
afraid Mary for you have found favor
with God then Luke 1:35
recording the the words of the angel
Gabriel then shows us as how the Holy
Spirit was the Divine agent in the
virginal conception the angel answered
and said to her the holy spirit will
come upon you and the power of the most
high will overshadow you and for that
reason the holy child shall be called
The Son of God you can go back to to the
Luke messages to see more on or hear
more on what that all entailed the power
of the most high overcoming her so
that's a little bit about the virginal
conception and the virgin birth of our
Lord the next we're going to get into
our second heading the early years of
Christ this is how I'm going to fit in
10 points tonight short and sweet and to
the point this will be like a buffet
line just picking up 10 items along the
way okay the early years of Christ now
for this one let's start with the events
immediately following Jesus's birth
after Jesus's birth we know he was
visited by some Shepherds who had been
staying out in the fields and keeping
watch over their flocks by night that's Luke
Luke
28-20 we know he was then circumcised
that was a right that marked him out as
an heir of the blessings of the Covenant
that was made with Abraham that God made
with Abraham we know then he was then
presented to the Lord in the temple
where he was honored by the prophecy of
a man named Simeon and and the testimony
of a woman named Anna that's all towards
the end of Luke 2 Luke 2
21-38 later he was visited by some some
Magi from the East that's recorded in
Matthew chapter 2 1-2 and those Magi
came to see the Infant Jesus in a house
in Bethlehem here's Matthew 2:11 and
after coming into the house speaking of
the the Magi from the East they saw the
child with Mary his mother and they fell
to the ground and worshiped him then we
see that that clearly threatened by the
one who had born been born King of the
Jews King Herod issues this decree to
murder all the male children around
Bethlehem who were 2 years old and
younger that's recorded in Matthew 2:16
when Herod saw that he had been tricked
by the Magi he he became very enraged
and sent and slew all the male children
who were in Bethlehem and all its
vicinity from 2 years old and Y and
under according to the time which he had
carefully determined from the Magi and
then we know that Joseph being warned by
an Angel in a dream fled Beth from
Bethlehem before herod's evil edict
could be carried out and then we know
that he and Mary remained in Egypt until
it was safe to return that's all in Matthew
Matthew
24 so Joseph got up and took the child
and his mother while it was still night
and departed for Egypt and he remained
there until the death of Herod in order
that what had been spoken by the Lord
through the prophet would be fulfilled
that's Hosea saying out of Egypt I
called my son he he then took Mary and
Jesus to Nazareth Joseph did where Jesus
would spend most of his life and when
the this is Luke 2 and when they had
finished everything according to the to
the law of the Lord they returned to
Galilee to their own city of Nazareth
that's referring to Mary and Joseph now
after those events we get into what are
known as the hidden years of Christ's
life th those early years between
Jesus's birth and his baptism more on
his baptism later and those hidden years
include his early
childhood G Campbell Morgan who came
before Mar L Jones um in London says the
whole story of the childhood of Jesus
from infancy to his religious coming of
age is contained in one verse and Morgan
was referring to Luke 2:40 which says
now the child continued to grow and
become strong being filled with wisdom
and the grace of God was upon him now
that word grow there is this
all-encompassing term and then the the
the the meaning of that term grow is
then filled out by these other words
becoming strong and be being filled with
wisdom becoming strong refers to the to
the physical aspect of Jesus's growth as
he shot up in height as he put on weight
as he filled out and then being filled
with wisdom refers to his his
intellectual and mental development in
his Humanity during those early years of
his life here on Earth S Lewis Johnson
notes that there was a beautiful Harmony
in his development touching all the
facets of his being that's him
commenting on Luke 2 240 well after this
came Jesus's more advanced years of of
Youth which is picked up in Luke 252 we
hear this quoted often and Jesus was
advancing in wisdom and stature and in
favor with God and men now that word
wisdom again includes his intellectual
and moral growth in his humanity and
stature there is talking about his
physical development his shoulders
broadening him getting taller and taller
and that sort of thing and again S Lewis
Johnson says that he could keep
increasing in them in those facets
attest to the complete Humanity of the
Lord's Messiah he was perfect at each
stage for that stage the result was
favor with God and people a favorite at
Nazareth with the Perfect Blend of
Holiness and love he was the god man a
mystery indeed but not a problem we
attempted to cover that one last time
now a few more details that we know
about Christ early years his childhood
the years of his youth uh we know some
details about his land and his home uh
we know that Nazareth was the Lord's
home until he manifested himself more
broadly to Israel uh we know something
about his
occupation Mark records here in Mark 6:3
that he had an occupation is this man
not the carpenter the son of Mary and
the brother of James and Joseph and
Judas and Simon we know that he was
young relatively speaking in age and
Young relatively speaking in appearance
the Jewish leaders of his day couldn't
even tell if he was 50 years old they
assumed he was not so the Jews said to
him you are not yet 50 years old and
have you seen Abraham and we know he was
baptized again more on that later so
we've looked at those early years of
Christ the birth of Christ and the early
years of Christ here's our third one our
third heading the assignments of Christ
and what I mean by that is when we study
the gospel accounts one thing that
becomes evident is that Christ lived and
functioned in three distinct yet interrelated
interrelated
spheres and his teaching reflects the
way that his life and his ministry
touched upon those three distinct and
interrelated spheres those spheres or
assignments as I've called them here are
the law the law of
Moses the the the promise and the
preaching related to the kingdom the
kingdom that was promised to Israel and
the yet to be born Church Christ has
something to say about all three of
those facets or three those aspects of
of the life that he was living and and
it's important as we read the scriptures
to understand where which one is he
addressing when because that's where
danger happens when we think he's
talking about one when he's actually
talking about the other so let's start
with the law the law of Moses which
we'll just call here for short the law
tonight the law was still operative
during Christ's life on Earth it was
inaugurated for Israel through Moses and
it was still in effect during the Life
of Christ me meaning during his Earthly
Ministry Jesus lived under the Law's
jurisdiction Galatians 3:23 says before
Faith came we were held in custody under
the law being shut up for the coming
Faith to be revealed Galatians 4:4 you
hear me quote it often when when the
fullness of the time came God sent his
forth his son born of a woman born under the
the
law says it pretty clearly there so he
was born under the law we also know he
he taught on the law and he interpreted
the law and as the perfect Son of God he
taught on the law authoritatively and in
fact on NuMe numerous occasions as the
perfect Son of God he contradicted the
customary interpretation or the
customary teachings related to the law
by pressing into the Law's practical
application for the spiritual issues of
his day that's where you'd hear certain
things he would say very familiar things
like you have heard it said but I
say ultimately we know that Jesus
fulfilled the law Matthew 5 Sermon on
the Mount do not think that I came to
abolish the law or the prophets I did
not come to abolish but to fulfill not
only that he was the end of the law for
righteousness to everyone who believes
those are the words of Paul in Romans 10
for Christ is the end of the law for
righteousness to everyone who believes I
wish I could do a whole seminar tonight
on how to think about the law as
Christians today but I have to restrain
myself because we only have one hour
we'll leave it there so in some day some
aspects of his ministry he was teaching
clearly on the law the law that was in
effect at that time Christ also taught
on the kingdom his Forerunner John the
Baptist preached repent for the Kingdom
of Heaven is at hand and Jesus
proclaimed the same message this is our
Lord here in Matthew 4 repent for the
Kingdom of Heaven is at hand he also
charged his 12 disciples to proclaim the
same message he said and as you go
preach saying the Kingdom of Heaven is
at hand and then to the 70 that he sent
out to preach he said but whenever in
whatever city you enter and they do not
receive you go out into its streets and
say even the dust of your city which
cling to our feet we wipe off against
you yet know this that the kingdom of
God is at hand so a significant portion
of Jesus's teaching in the gospels is
directly related to the doctrine of the
Kingdom not the spiritual Kingdom that
is supposedly reigning in the heart of
every believer today but rather the
physical Kingdom that the Old Testament
prophets said would be established on
Earth through God's
Messiah for instance in the opening
portion of the Gospel of Matthew Jesus
is presented as king that that Messianic
ruler who God had sent fulfilled the
promises that had been made to Abraham
and David and in places like The Sermon
on the Mount Jesus articulated various
spiritual realities and principles that
will govern the coming
Kingdom and as we've seen in our study
of the Gospel of Luke already on Sunday
mornings in the Annunciation to Mary the
angel Gabriel told Mary that her son was
would Reign on the throne of David in
his future
Kingdom so we have Christ in the gospels
teaching on the law Christ and the
gospels teaching on the
kingdom he also taught on the
church now there was no church don't get
me wrong when Christ lived on earth the
the day of Pentecost which brought about
the formal formation of the church
doesn't come until Acts chapter 2 that
was yet future during Christ's Ministry
life on Earth but during his life Christ
did promise to build that yet Tobe born
church and he declared we know that the
gates of hell wouldn't even stand
against it Matthew 16:18 I also say to
you that you are Peter and Upon This
Rock I will build my church and the
gates of Hades will not overpower it so
in addition to his teaching on the law
and his addition in addition to his
teaching on the kingdom Christ gave
prophetic futur looking teaching on the church
church
so it can be said that in his life the
Son of God while here on Earth touched
each of these spheres the
law the kingdom and the church not all
three were operative during his life the
church was not but his life touched all
three his teaching was related to all
three so when we study again the gospels
and we study Christ's life we have to be
very careful and Discerning about which
one he's speaking of and
when here's our next one the offices of
Christ at various points in the old test
in the New Testament scriptures excuse
me we we see that Christ fulfilled the
office of prophet and of priest and of
King we're going to work through those
one by one starting with Christ as
Prophet without question Christ is the
greatest of the prophets his teaching in
the four gospels demonstrated his
knowledge his familiar familiarity his
teaching on a wide variety of different
topics and subjects as prophet he he
proclaimed God's message on a variety of
subjects we think of The Sermon on the
Mount in Matthew 5-7 we think of the
Olivette discourse in Matthew 24 and 25
we think of the upper room discourse in John
John
13-16 not only that though he predicted
future events as a
prophet like this one John 13 and he is
the one for whom I shall dip the piece
of bread and give it to him speaking of
the prophesying of the Betrayal uh by
Judas John 14 says in my father's house
there are many Dwelling Places if it
were not so I would have told you for I
go to prepare a place for you and if I
go and prepare a place for you I will
come again this is he's prophesying here
and receive you to myself that where I
am there you may be
also Jesus prophesied more broadly than
any other prophet and provided
more comprehensive Revelation than is
found in any of the prophets recorded in
scripture Old Testament or new for
instance no other Prophet revealed God
the father as Christ did not not only in
his spoken Ministry the words he he
taught but also in his life and his
person no other Prophet did what Christ
did with his life Christ John 1:18 says
revealed the father no other Prophet did
that in the in the sense of actually
revealing the character the nature or
the person of of God and of course in
his sacrificial death and Victorious
Resurrection Christ provided as Prophet
a revelation of God that went far beyond
any other prophetic Revelation up to
that time even after his resurrection
Christ continued to to exercise his
prophetic office he after his
resurrection taught his disciples the
things they needed to know going into
that next level of that next phase of
their life
once he went back to the father we think
of that that beach scene in John 21 they
have breakfast they're they're eating
fish he says Shepherd my sheep and tend
my Lambs he's teaching them he's
functioning as Prophet even post
resurrection and then after his his
going to the father his Ascension we
know the Holy Spirit was sent to
continue Christ's prophetic work
revealing to God's people the truths
that Christ would have them know we know
that from John 16 he says I still have
many more things to say to you but
cannot bear them now but when he the
spirit of truth comes he will guide you
into all the truth for he will not speak
from himself but whatever he hears he
will speak and he will disclose to you
what is to come so Christ is the
penultimate prophet he was not only
fulfilling a prophetic office though he
fulfilled a Priestly one Christ as
priest now a few things to note about
Christ's Priestly role basically
everything I'm going to say here I
believe will come from the book of
Hebrews he qualified fully for the
office of
priest Hebrews 3 therefore holy Brothers
partakers of a Heavenly calling consider
the Apostle and high priest of our
confession Jesus who is faithful to him
who appointed him as Moses also was in
all his house and he know we know he was
appointed by God Hebrews 5:10 being
designated by God as a high priest
according to the order of melkisedek we
know that Jesus was of the right order
that goes back to to melkisedek we won't
have time to work that out tonight but
he says you are a priest forever
according to the order of melkisedek we
know he was able to offer himself as a
sacrifice and we also know he
continually makes intercession those are
Priestly duties that's picked up in
Hebrews 7 here and the former priests on
the one hand existed in greater numbers
because they were prevented by Death
from continuing
but Jesus on the other hand because he
continues forever holds his priesthood
permanently therefore he is able to save
forever those who draw near to God
through him since he always lives to
make intercession for them for it was
fitting for us to have such a high
priest holy innocent undefiled separated
from Sinners and exalted above the
heavens who does not need daily like
those High priests to offer up
sacrifices first for his own sins and
then for the sins of the people because
this he did once for all when he offered up
up
himself and not only that last one here
is that he was eternal in his priesthood
which indicates both the superiority and
the finality of his Priestly role
Hebrews 7:25 He's Able also to save
forever those who draw near to God
through him since he always lives to
make intercession for
them and one more here and every priest
stands daily ministering and offering
Time After Time the same sacrifices
which can never take away sins but he
Christ there having offered one
sacrifice for sins for all time sat down
at the right hand of God waiting from
that time until his enemies are put as a
foot stol for his feet for by one
offering he has perfected for all time
those who are being
Sanctified so Jesus fulfilled the utmost
the office of prophet he also as we've
seen from these Hebrews references
qualifies perfectly as the high priest
he's the embodiment of all that was
anticipated in the office of the Old
Testament priest well he's not only
Prophet he's not only the perfect high
priest he also came into this world as
king now it's clear from the Old
Testament that God promised his people a
messiah who would become king and who
would fulfill the promise that that God
had made to David here in second Samuel
7:16 and your house and your kingdom
shall endure before me forever your
throne shall be established forever and
when Christ came he came as this long
prophesied King he even came offering
the kingdom to to the people the Jews
but we know they rejected him and so
since the Earthly Kingdom that Christ
preached and offered was not established
the full scope of his work as King has
been deferred and been delayed and
reserved for the future and we do know
that when he comes again at his second
coming he will be rightfully received as
king and will establish himself as king
and by the way the scripture contains
both sets of truths first the scriptures
record that that that historical fact
that Christ came to here to Earth
offering his kingdom to his people those
are that truth is picked up in places
like John 149 here's Nathaniel saying
Rabbi you are the son of God you are the
king of
Israel or John 18 pilate the pilate
Jesus interaction pilate said to him so
are so you are a King Jesus answered you
yourself said I am a king for this I
have been born and for this I have come
into the world to Bear witness to the
truth everyone who is of the truth hears my
my
voice or John 19 the crowd here speaking
and then pilate's response so they cried
out away with him away with him crucify
him pilate said to them shall I crucify
your king so there are historical data
points showing that he came here to
Earth offering the kingdom coming as
king but the scriptures also record that
the establishment of Christ's Kingdom on
earth now awaits future
fulfillment which we see in places like
Revelation 7 1714 these will wage war
against the lamb and the lamb will
overcome them because he is Lord of
lords and King king of kings and those
who are with him are called and elect
and faithful or Revelation 19:16 says
and he has an His Garment this is at his
second coming and on his thigh a name
written king of kings and Lord of lords
in other words the
rejection of Christ as King by Israel
during his first coming resulted in the
postponement of his Earthly Kingdom but
when he did come that first time he did
come as king offering the
kingdom all right that's a bit about the
three offices of Christ Prophet priest
king next we come to this next aspect of
his life our Lord's life this is our
fifth blank on the worksheet the baptism of
of
Christ three different gospel writers
describe Christ baptism uh they're all
in the synoptics so we have Matthew
here he says then Jesus arrived from gal
at the Jordan coming to John to be
baptized by him but John tried to
prevent him saying I have need to be
baptized by you and do you come to me
but Jesus answered and said to him
permit it at this time for in this way
it is fitting for us to fulfill all
righteousness then he permitted him and
after being baptized Jesus came up
immediately from the water and behold
the heavens were opened and he saw the
spirit of God descending like a dove and
coming upon him and behold there was a
voice out of the heaven saying this is
my beloved Son
in whom I am well pleased so that's the
Matthew account then over here is the
mark account similar it says now it
happened that in those days Jesus came
from Nazareth in Galilee and was
baptized by John in the Jordan and
immediately coming up out of the water
he saw the heavens opening and the
spirit like a dove descending upon him
and a voice came out of the heavens you
are my beloved Son in you I am well
pleased and then Luke says now it
happened that when all the people were
being baptized Jesus was also baptized
and while he was praying heaven was
opened and the Holy Spirit descended
upon him in bodily form like a dove and
a voice came out of Heaven you are my
beloved Son in you I am well pleased now
there's a lot to be said here and we
obviously won't have time to go through
each of these three accounts in detail
so what I'm going to do here is I'm just
going to camp camp out on one of them uh
the account given in Matthew's gospel
for just a bit and I'm going to give you
just a few observations about what
Matthew records there about Jesus's
baptism first we see John's
reluctance here to baptize Jesus see
when Jesus arrived and submitted himself
to John for
baptism John tries to slow him down and
and even stop him and understandably so
see see John's baptism of the Israelites
in these days was unto repentance it was
a baptism under repentance well well
Christ the Messiah God a very God in
human form had no need of repentance
which is why John asks this question
here I need to be baptized by you and
and do you come to
me well we get Jesus's reply in verse 15
we already read it in full earlier but
he answers John the Baptist by saying it
is fitting for us to fulfill all
righteousness now those words have some
tie in to Paul's words in Galatians 4:4
namely that Christ was born under the
law the law was still in in in effect
then and we we we did see we do see that
Jesus did other things that showed that
he was attempting to in in his Earthly
life be that perfect example uh as part
of fulfilling all righteousness we think
about the fact that he was circumcised
for instance circumcision was this both
ritual and physical cleansing well there
was no un un unan
lack of cleanliness uh in Christ that
needed to be removed either physically
or ceremonial he ceremonially he was he
was perfect he's God so why the
circumcision and he was baptized even
though there was no sin in him that
needed to be cleansed or washed away
either internally or externally so what
was this all about well he was
demonstrating in his baptism his overall
willingness to do the will of God his
baptism in other words was was an aspect
of his humiliation under the law it was
part of what we saw last time in
Philippians 2:7 and8 that that he took
the form of a slave that he was made in
the likeness of man he was found in
appearance as a man and that that
involved doing the things that the men
of Israel would do at that time as a
part of fulfilling all
righteousness as Lewis Johnson again
summarizes it well he says he was
baptized then as a representative person
person knowing this was a divinely
imposed Duty for every
Israelite well with those first few
words of Matthew's account of the
baptism of Jesus uh the opposition of of
John the Baptist when he says do I
baptize you what was overcome and next
what we see is the reaction from above
in Matthew 3:16 And1 17 after the
visible Act of Jesus's baptism uh the
heavens open and there's this vision and
there's this voice says after being
baptized Jesus came up immediately from
the water and behold the heavens were
opened and he saw the spirit of God
descending like a dove and coming upon
him and behold there was a voice out of
the heavens saying this is my beloved
Son in whom I am well pleased so there's
this vision of the spirit of God
descending as a dove on Jesus and by the
way that fulfilled the words of Isaiah
regarding the servant of the Lord here
in Isaiah 42 behold my servant whom I
uphold My Chosen One in whom my my soul
is well pleased I have put my spirit
upon Him He will bring forth Justice to
the Nations so this was fulfillment
prophetic fulfillment then there's this
voice from Heaven behold this is my son
in whom I I'm well pleased and that
voice was that of God the father but
interestingly we actually see the entire
Trinity being involved in this whole
event this whole scene God the son is
the one being baptized God the father is
the one who is speaking and God the
spirit is the one descending
like a dove and the the involvement of
all three persons of the godhead in this
event testifies to just how significant
this event was so much more could be
said about the baptism of Christ can't
get into it tonight next we get into the
teaching of
Christ that's the point where we turn
our page 6 through 10 here we go the
teaching of Christ uh Jesus was the
Supreme teacher he was a miracle worker
he was a heal
we saw from Austin Rue last Sunday night
that he was busy he had a very busy
Ministry but he was a teacher at least
45 different times in the gospels he is
called teacher interestingly and this is
just part of my study during the week we
never hear of Jesus being called
preacher for whatever that means he's
always called
teacher and frequently we find
statements like these Mark 66 he was
going around the Villages teaching
Luke 4:15 he was teaching in their
synagogues being glorified by all when
Nicodemus met Jesus he said to him Rabbi
we know that you have come from God as a
teacher the Lord himself said this to
his disciples in John 13 you call me
teacher and Lord and you are right for
so I am and then his last words on Earth
include this command to his
disciples that they should teach others
as he had taught them go therefore and
Make Disciples of all the nations
baptizing them in the name of the father
and the Son and the Holy Spirit teaching
them to keep all that I commanded you
and behold I'm with you always even to
the End of the Age we know that Jesus
spent much of his time teaching
individuals Nicodemus the woman from
Samaria the son of a Roman official a
paralytic but the Lord also didn't
restrict himself to individuals he
taught small groups and and large crowds
we think of the hillside crowd at
Capernaum or his his teaching at the
Feast of Tabernacles where he he stood
up and taught a group of worshippers in
the temple at the end of his life he set
a l set aside a large block of time to
teach the the
12 the point is whenever and wherever
the opportunity presented itself he
taught he taught from a boat on a lake
he taught in the remote Village of
Galilee he taught in the synagogue he
taught he came to teach and his teaching was
was
effective Matthew 7 says now when it
happened that when Jesus had finished
these words the crowds were astonished
at his teaching for he was teaching them
as one having Authority and not as their
scribes Luke 4 says and all were
speaking well of him and marveling at
the gracious Words which were coming
from his lips and they were saying is
this not Joseph
son and in John 7:46 the officers
answered never has a man spoken like
this and why why was his teaching so
effective well for starters we can begin
with the fact that he was God he is God
so of course his teaching was effective
his teaching was perfect because he is
perfect but even methodologically his
teaching was effective because of the
way he went about it he he had this
profound teaching style taking these
profound truths and bringing them down
to the to the lower shelf in these
Elementary ways he was he was simple and
clear in his instructions using common
objects and everyday objects to to
describe and illustrate profound Eternal truths
truths
he he spoke of sparrows and and lies and
baskets and and lamps and and Vines and
coins these are all relatable
understandable common terms that made
the Eternal truths he was presenting
accessible for the common
man also his teaching was completely
saturated with
scripture The Sermon on the Mount was
laced with references to the Old
Testament he he used God's word when he
spoke to those in the temple and was was
cleansing the temple when he was tempted
by Satan as we'll get into a little bit
later what did he respond with scripture
in fact the gospels record 33 different
direct quotations from Jesus where he's
pulling from 16 different Old Testament
books and we also know he used a variety
of other helpful teaching devices like
the use of
questions who can forgive sins but God
Alone why is it that you were searching
for me did you not know that I had to be
in my father's house how shall We
compare the kingdom of God or by what
Parable shall we present it are you able
to drink the cup that I drink or to be
baptized with the baptism with which I am
am
baptized he also taught using object
lessons like in Matthew chapter 10 he
describes the the Fallen the Fallen
Sparrow to address God's providential
care for his children in Mark 12 he uses
the the image of the the Widow with the
two copper coins to speak to her
selfless sacrificial giving in Luke 15
he brings in the illustration of the
lost sheep to describe the sinner's helpless
helpless
condition and of course he taught in
Parables those graphic stories very true
to to Nature very true to Human
Experience which Illustrated some
spiritual truth some spiritual reality
like the parable of the unforgiving
slave or the parable of the sewer or the
parable of the mustard seed or the
parable of the talents or the parable of
the treasure treasure hidden in the
field and these Parables we know and
Jesus admitted this served this two-fold
purpose uh one was to for the purpose of
those who were receptive those who were
spiritually minded to disclose truth to
them about the gospel and the kingdom on
the other hand to those who were
unreceptive and who were carnally minded
it was to conceal that truth from
them Jesus admitted that he said that
Matthew 13 he he he Reveals His teaching
methodology here he says to you it has
been given to know the mysteries of the
kingdom of heaven but to them it has not
been given for whoever has to him more
shall be given and he will have an
abundance but whoever does not have even
what he has shall be taken away from him
therefore I speak to them in Parables
because while seeing they do not see and
while hearing they do not hear nor do they
they
understand Bruce
demerest illustrates this or or puts
kind of a finer point on it he says
these stories The Parables were
sufficiently clear to instruct those who
were willing to hear yet they were
sufficiently opaque to puzzle those
truth that brings us to our seventh
heading for tonight the seventh aspect
of the Life of Christ which would be the
servanthood of
Christ William
Ley I think he was an Irish historian
from the the 1800s says Christianity has
given to the world an ideal character
who throughout all the changes of the
centuries has been not only the highest
pattern of virtue but also the chief
incentive to its
practice he's right Christ did through
his life of servanthood showcase for all
as he says here the highest pattern of
virtue we think of this verse Mark 10:45
which points so clearly to the fact that
Christ came came to this Earth as a
servant says for even the son of man did
not come to be served but to serve and
to give his life a ransom for
many now going back in biblical
history that was to be the role of
Israel's promised
Messiah as as God's chosen one as he's
referred to in Isaiah
42:1 he would also be God's servant the
the the coming one The Chosen One the
Messiah the servant he would be and he
would be meek he would establish justice
on Earth he would be a light to those
Nations who did not already know the
Lord but as Isaiah 497 indicates he
would also be despised and rejected and
even condemned by his own people he
would be the despised one as it says
here the one abhor by the nation and
this by the way is a major reason why
his own people stumbled over him they
were expecting this powerful Triumph
triumphant Victorious Messiah one who
would triumph over and defeat and stamp
out his enemies with his his sheer force
that they couldn't fathom of a messiah
who had come in lowly form to suffer and
to serve and that's part of the reason
why they found it so difficult to grasp Isaiah
Isaiah
5213 all the way to
53:12 that that that prophetic word
about the coming Messiah the one who
would be crushed for our iniquities they
rejected that as they rejected Jesus as
being that in fulfillment of that
prophecy instead for many of them they
said that must be a reference to the the
nation we are lowly we are crushed he is
not well in his life Jesus did we know
demonstrate servanthood to his disciples
and to various other individuals he
encountered uh Mark 10:45 we I'm sorry
Mark 1:
40-45 we see that he was moved with
compassion and and healed a Le
who was otherwise deemed
Untouchable in Luke 19 he ministered to
an otherwise despised tax collector
named zakus in the Last Supper in John
13 he he washed his disciples
feet and knowing that he was soon going
to return to the father and and soon
going to return to that glorious
position from which he had come to Earth
note that he didn't boast or or brag in
about himself or exalt himself in that
in that John 13 foot washing scene no he
he Rose and he wrapped a towel around
his waist and he filled a basin with
water and he grabbed a disgusting foot
and washed
it that was the physical expression of
what we looked at last time in
Philippians chapter 2 not only did Jesus
take the form of a servant he acted as
one he he was the model servant and he
demonstrated through that lowly Act of
of washing the disciples feet that that
true greatness is found in service to
John 13 He says if I then the Lord and
the teacher washed your feet you also
ought to wash one another's
feet now I know there are denominations
and groups out there that take this as
another ordinance it's baptism and
communion and foot washing I don't think
that's the the interpretation here he's
speaking broadly more broadly to servanthood
servanthood
okay here's number eight on your
worksheets the Transfiguration of
Christ another aspect of the Life of
Christ that we don't want to miss is
Transfiguration this event by the way we
won't go there in detail tonight but is
recorded in those three synoptic
passages Matthew 17 1-8 Mark 9 2-13 and
Luke 9
28-36 Peter by the way also records or
alludes to the
Transfiguration in 2 Peter 1:16 he says
for we did not make known to you the
power and coming of our Lord Jesus
Christ following cleverly devised myths
but being eyewitnesses of his majesty
for when he received honor and Glory
from God the Father such an utterance as
this was made to him by the Majestic
Glory this is my beloved Son with whom I
am well pleased he's recording what they
heard on the mount there and he says and
we ourselves heard this utterance made
from heaven when we were with him on the
Holy Mountain and you recall the scene
there Peter James and John are
accompanied by Jesus up the mountain and
while there Moses and Elijah appear and
our Lord is transformed transfigured
before their very sight and and and this
was this outward manifestation of the
inward reality that Jesus was and truly
is God in human form and Upon Our Lord's
Transfiguration God the Father Again
spoke in language reminisent of what he
said after Jesus's baptism in Matthew 3
and he says Matthew 17 this is my Bel
beled son with whom I'm well pleased
listen to him and then Moses and Elijah
disappeared from the scene with only
Jesus remaining so what is
the christological or or theological
significance of this event the the
Transfiguration first it's a a
revelation of the the glory and the
deity of God the son the Apostle Paul in
1 Corinthians 2:8 referred to Jesus as
the Lord Of Glory and and the trans
figuration powerfully and dramatically
demonstrated that Jesus truly is the
Glorious God Of Heaven existing in human
form U
second the disciples at this
Transfiguration event received a
foretaste of Jesus's coming exaltation
and and his
kingdom AR Kent Hughes picks that up
says at the Transfiguration it was some
what was involved was glimpsing
something of his pre-incarnate glory
and it was pointing to his coming
exaltation as we see
there third it was a conf a
confirmation the Transfiguration was of
Peter's confession in MA Matthew 16:16
that you were the Christ the son of the
Living God that this is in fact God in
our presence and then fourth the
Transfiguration would have been a
motivation to the task for those
disciples who had been called by Jesus
as they they got a greater glimpse into
the one they had been charged with
proclaiming this wasn't merely a
carpenter uh this was God in human
flesh I appreciate these words from da
Carson on the Transfiguration he says
the The Narrative is clearly a major
turning point in Jesus's
self-disclosure the contrast between
what Jesus had just predicted would be
his fate and this glorious sight would
one day prompt Jesus's disciples to
Marvel at the self-humiliation that
brought him to the cross and the Glimpse
a little of the height to which he had
been raised by his vindicating
Ascension Carson has a knack like myself
for making really short and py
statements really
long okay that takes us to our ninth
topic for this evening the Temptation Of
Christ Christ Our Lord was tempted by
Satan soon after his baptism by John the
timing of the temptation in relation to
his baptism in fact is recorded quite
colorfully here by William Graham
scroggy he says after the testimony the
test and after the dove the
devil that's
good here are the references for your
notes there to the scriptures that that
record the Temptation Of Christ by Satan
Matthew 41-11 Mark 1 12-13 Luke 4
1-13 and here's what those God goel
accounts in general record they they
they teach us they tell us that soon
after Jesus's baptism after the voice
out of Heaven declared this is my son in
whom I am well pleased Christ was
confronted by the devil and he was
tempted and and Satan's temptation of of
Jesus by the way were done with respect
to his Humanity because God himself we
know from James 1:13 cannnot be tempted
with evil and these Temptations we know
happened while Jesus was in the
Wilderness where he'd been led by the
spirit of God Matthew 4:1 then Jesus was
led up by the spirit Into the Wilderness
to be tempted by the devil so he was
there in the wilderness in other words
by by Divine
appointment it was divinely intended but
at the same time it absolutely was Satan
who was the one doing the tempting it
was Satan who was bent on keeping Christ
from going to the cross it it was Satan
through who throughout Old Testament
history had continually try to destroy
The Godly line into which Christ was
going to be born and now Satan was
trying to get Christ to sin knowing that
if Christ sinned at any time he'd be
disqualified from being that perfect
substitute for
mankind so the devil shows up in Matthew
4:1 just as just after he has been
baptized and then we know he he engages
Jesus in these these three dialogues and
Jesus by the way had been fasting for 40
days Luke gives us that detail says now
Jesus full of the Holy Spirit returned
from the Jordan and was being led around
by the spirit in the wilderness for 40
days being tempted by the devil and he
ate nothing during those days and when
they had finished he was hungry that
means his only sustenance during this
time would have been water so he was
hungry he was starving no doubt and the
tempter appeared in order to try to lure
him into this
trap and Satan issued these three
challenges to Jesus three tempt
ations and John brus uh he was a Baptist
pastor and a former professor at
Southern Seminary in the late 1800s he
frames it up really neatly he he speaks
of these three Temptations being linked
to being this this effort to challenge
God the son's confidence in God the
Father I appreciate how he frames that
up first he says there is the challenge
to his underconfidence Christ's
underconfidence in God the Father that's
from Matthew 4:3 and the tempter came
and said to him if you are the Son of
God command that these Stones become
bread so there was a sense of if if if
he went along with this it demonstrated
his lack of confidence in God being the
one who would
provide second was the challenge to his
overconfidence that's in the next
Temptation the devil took him into the
holy city and had him stand on a
pinnacle of the temple and he said to
him if you are the Son of God throw
yourself down that would be quite the
over confident thing to
do and then Broadus says was this
challenge of his other confidence so
it's underconfidence overon confidence
other confidence and this is the third
Temptation again the devil took him to a
very high mountain and showed him all
the kingdoms of the of the world and
their glory and he said to him all these
things I will give you if you fall down
and worship
me but what's most instructive of course
to us for our purposes is as we as we
see this account is how Jesus as he
trusted in the leading and the control
of the spirit even as as he was led into
the Wilderness responded to each of
Satan's Temptations with what with the
word of God and He said Each time it is
written the implication there is that
what is written stands for all time it's
not open for interpretation it is
written and then he gives those three
distinct quotes from Deuteronomy to
refute what Satan had tempted him
with that brings us to our 10th and
final topic for this
evening the impeccability of
Christ the whole question for
consideration here with this one
is could Jesus have sinned it ties into
the Temptation we know he didn't sin but
could Jesus have sinned now in trying to
answer this question and getting after
this question there been two Latin
phrases which have been thrown around
and debated now for centuries one is this
this
non potuit picare which means not able
to sin that would be
impeccability the other is po it non
picare which means able not to sin so
the first is not able to sin the second
is able not to sin this would be called peccability
peccability
now we'll flesh this out more but as we
get into this
debate two facts need to be affirmed
first is that that Jesus was genuinely
tempted in his Humanity we know it
wasn't in his deity because James 1:13
says God cannot be tempted with evil so
he he was genuinely tempted the second
thing we know is that he did not sin
those are the shared presuppositions
that people who hold to the peccability
of Christ or the impeccability of Christ
both would have irm that he was
genuinely tempted and that he did not
sin so let's let's start with the some
of the basics some of the other
shared premises into in this
conversation related to the sinlessness
or the peccability or impeccability of
Christ uh first we know that Jesus was
tempted yet without sin Hebrews 4:15 we
do not have a high priest who cannot
sympathize with our weaknesses but one
who has been tempted in all things like
we are yet without sin he was holy and
he was blameless and he was pure we get
that from Hebrews 7 26-
27 I'm just going to me mention those
words toward the top there he's a high
priest holy innocent undefiled separated
from Sinners and exalted above the
heavens this is why Jesus could
defiantly say to his opponents that he
could not be proven guilty of sin John
8:46 which one of you convicts me of sin
if I speak truth why do you not believe
me now there are
two different elements to the fact that
Christ was in fact sinless first we know
he was free of any actual sin he never
did anything which displeased God he
never did anything that violated the
Mosaic law while he was still on Earth
we've seen in our study of of Luke that
he was a holy Child Luke 135 he only did
those things which pleased the Father
John 8:29 I always do the things that
are pleasing to him he kept the father's
Commandments if you keep my Commandments
you will abide in my love just as I have
kept my father's Commandments and abide
in his love there is no record of him
offering sacrifices in the temple for
for himself why because he had no sin he
knew no sin 2 Corinthians 5:21 he made
him who knew no sin to be sin on our
behalf he committed no sin there is no
deceit found in his mouth says 1 Peter
221 and22 he suffered for you leaving
you an example that you would follow in
his steps who did no sin nor was any
deceit found in his mouth he was a lamb
without blemish and without spot as we
see here in 1 Peter 1119 he's a lamb
unblemished and spotless and John 1 John
3:5 says in him there is no sin there's
no record in the scriptures of Jesus
ever feeling guilty about anything or
seeking forgiveness for anything or
confessing to any wrongdoing rather
everything he ever did or thought or
said conformed exactly to the will of
God he fulfilled all righteousness Matthew
Matthew
3:15 so he's free of actual sin we know
he was also free from inherent sin uh
there was no trace of sin in him which
is a a crucial distinction between him
and us he wasn't tempted by anything
within himself he wasn't like that one
in James who is dragged Away by his own
evil desire internally and and and
follows it like the bait on a hook that
wasn't him that's James 1:14 each one is
tempted when he is carried away and
enticed by his own lust each one that is
except Jesus uh there is no law of sin
in his members Paul in Romans 7 says I
see a different law in my members Waging
War against the law of my mind and
making me a captive to the law of sin
which is in my members those words
applied to Paul but they didn't apply to
Christ in him there was no
predisposition toward sin no love for
sin no Affinity with sin Satan had no
foothold on him John 14:30 the ruler of
the world is coming and he has nothing in
in
me Donald McLoud says it well he says
there was no Affinity with sin there was
no proclivity to sin there was no
possibility of Temptation from within in
no respect was he fallen and in no
respect was his nature
corrupt okay so we know he was
sinless now let's go a little bit deeper
into that debate over whether he could
have sinned this is that impeccability
issue now those who hold to the
peccability of Christ meaning those who
hold that he could have sinned though he
did not sin they do so on the basis of a
text like this Hebrews 4:15 we do not
have a high priest who cannot sympathize
with our weakness but one who has been
tempted in all things like we are yet
without sin and they will say that that
that second to last Clause there he's
been tempted in all things like we are
that's that's the issue for them they
will say that for any Temptation that he
faced to be genuine he had to have been
able to sin other that otherwise the
Temptation wasn't
real now that view isn't
crazy it it has its strengths one of
those strengths being it seeks to honor
and and uphold the genuine Humanity of
Our Lord it identifies our Lord with our
humanity and holds that that just as our
Temptations are real his Temptations
were real but the weakness of that view
is that it doesn't sufficiently consider
Christ in his person as God and we know
I've said it I think two times already
that God cannot sin not only that he
can't even be tempted James 1:13 with
evil and and we know from earlier
studies that that that Christ's deity
and his Humanity can't be separated or divorced from from one another and we
divorced from from one another and we know from those earlier studies that
know from those earlier studies that Christ is now and forever the God man so
Christ is now and forever the God man so to say that that Christ could sin means
to say that that Christ could sin means that God could sin because they're
that God could sin because they're Inseparable and that is simply not a
Inseparable and that is simply not a Biblical supportable position to say
Biblical supportable position to say that God could sin now on the
that God could sin now on the impeccability side to those who would
impeccability side to those who would say that Christ only did not sin but he
say that Christ only did not sin but he could not have sinned they will say that
could not have sinned they will say that that Christ's temptations by Satan were
that Christ's temptations by Satan were were genuine but that it was still
were genuine but that it was still impossible for Christ to sin the purpose
impossible for Christ to sin the purpose of the Temptation Of Christ the
of the Temptation Of Christ the impeccability crowd will say was not to
impeccability crowd will say was not to see if Christ could sin but instead to
see if Christ could sin but instead to demonstrate that he could not
demonstrate that he could not sin and the impeccability argument
sin and the impeccability argument really goes back to the two Natures of
really goes back to the two Natures of Christ remember we saw this a few
Christ remember we saw this a few lessons ago that that Christ has two
lessons ago that that Christ has two Natures he he's one person but he has
Natures he he's one person but he has two Natures the human and the Divine and
two Natures the human and the Divine and and the human nature and the divine
and the human nature and the divine nature as we saw cannot be separated
nature as we saw cannot be separated within that singular person of Christ
within that singular person of Christ What's called the theanthropic person of
What's called the theanthropic person of Christ and since the divine nature
Christ and since the divine nature cannot sin James 13 yet again neither
cannot sin James 13 yet again neither can the human nature you can't divorce
can the human nature you can't divorce the two natures and say one could sin
the two natures and say one could sin but one could
but one could not S Lewis Johnson again and obviously
not S Lewis Johnson again and obviously I read a lot read a lot of him this week
I read a lot read a lot of him this week says if one remembers that Jesus Christ
says if one remembers that Jesus Christ is a Divine person one will have no
is a Divine person one will have no difficulty here he is not a human person
difficulty here he is not a human person raised to the power of deity by virtue
raised to the power of deity by virtue of the Incarnation because he existed
of the Incarnation because he existed before the Incarnation instead he is a
before the Incarnation instead he is a Divine person who at a point in time
Divine person who at a point in time took to himself human nature as an
took to himself human nature as an additional nature and his impeccability
additional nature and his impeccability is guaranteed by the union of the Divine
is guaranteed by the union of the Divine and human Natures in one theanthropic
and human Natures in one theanthropic person person I dare you sometime this
person person I dare you sometime this week at a coffee meeting repeat that
week at a coffee meeting repeat that sentence to whoever's across the table
sentence to whoever's across the table from you say his impeccability is
from you say his impeccability is guaranteed by the union of the Divine
guaranteed by the union of the Divine and human natures and one theanthropic
and human natures and one theanthropic person and see what kind of response you
person and see what kind of response you get see what kind of friends you have
get see what kind of friends you have out
out there shed WGT shed says he is as mighty
there shed WGT shed says he is as mighty to overcome Satan and sin as his
to overcome Satan and sin as his mightiest nature is meaning the divine
mightiest nature is meaning the divine nature so getting back to this matter
nature so getting back to this matter we're almost done of the peccability or
we're almost done of the peccability or the impeccability of Christ the question
the impeccability of Christ the question of was Christ able to
of was Christ able to sin I land here with Jonathan
sin I land here with Jonathan Edwards says his holy Behavior was
Edwards says his holy Behavior was necessary it was impossible it should be
necessary it was impossible it should be otherwise than that he should behave
otherwise than that he should behave himself Holly and that he should be
himself Holly and that he should be perfectly holy in each individual Act of
perfectly holy in each individual Act of his life it was impossible that the
his life it was impossible that the Messiah should fail of persevering in
Messiah should fail of persevering in integrity and Holiness as the first Adam
integrity and Holiness as the first Adam did so going back to the deity of Christ
did so going back to the deity of Christ and the eternality of Christ and The
and the eternality of Christ and The Trinity and the Incarnation of Christ if
Trinity and the Incarnation of Christ if Christ had
Christ had sinned God would have sinned since Jesus
sinned God would have sinned since Jesus himself said I I referenced this earlier
himself said I I referenced this earlier John 5:19 the son can do nothing from
John 5:19 the son can do nothing from himself unless it is something he sees
himself unless it is something he sees the father doing for whatever the father
the father doing for whatever the father does these things the son also does in
does these things the son also does in the same
the same manner shed picks up on that by saying
manner shed picks up on that by saying should Jesus Christ sin incarnate God
should Jesus Christ sin incarnate God would sin and if God the son could sin
would sin and if God the son could sin well that means God the Father could sin
well that means God the Father could sin and we know that cannot be so we know
and we know that cannot be so we know from scripture that God is light and in
from scripture that God is light and in him there is no Darkness at all in God
him there is no Darkness at all in God there is no sin actual or potential and
there is no sin actual or potential and for that reason our conclusion must be
for that reason our conclusion must be that Jesus Christ was not able to
that Jesus Christ was not able to sin rather his food was to do the will
sin rather his food was to do the will of him who sent me and to finish his
of him who sent me and to finish his work that about does it for tonight
work that about does it for tonight we've looked at the birth of Christ the
we've looked at the birth of Christ the early years of Christ the assignments of
early years of Christ the assignments of Christ the offices of Christ the baptism
Christ the offices of Christ the baptism of Christ the teaching of Christ the
of Christ the teaching of Christ the servant hood of Christ the
servant hood of Christ the Transfiguration of Christ the Temptation
Transfiguration of Christ the Temptation Of Christ and the impeccability of
Of Christ and the impeccability of Christ I'm out of breath let's call it
Christ I'm out of breath let's call it today and pray Lord thank you so much
today and pray Lord thank you so much for your goodness to us throughout the
for your goodness to us throughout the day thank you for sustaining every one
day thank you for sustaining every one of us our families our our our beloved
of us our families our our our beloved fellow church members thank you for the
fellow church members thank you for the time in the word this morning and this
time in the word this morning and this evening thank you for the the wonderful
evening thank you for the the wonderful songs of worship we were able to sing
songs of worship we were able to sing thank you for the time of Fellowship we
thank you for the time of Fellowship we were able to enjoy God as we go into
were able to enjoy God as we go into this week I do pray that you would keep
this week I do pray that you would keep uh our affections our thoughts our
uh our affections our thoughts our minds centered on Christ today we have
minds centered on Christ today we have spoken so much of our savior and praise
spoken so much of our savior and praise you for that uh We've Spoken of of Mary
you for that uh We've Spoken of of Mary this morning and the various ways in
this morning and the various ways in which she was praising you her savior
which she was praising you her savior Our Savior and of course that all points
Our Savior and of course that all points to her carrying our savior in her womb
to her carrying our savior in her womb and this evening as we look at the Life
and this evening as we look at the Life of Christ what great reminders obviously
of Christ what great reminders obviously done very quickly and very at a very
done very quickly and very at a very surface level but what great reminders
surface level but what great reminders of the life of Our Lord that we can
of the life of Our Lord that we can think on and reflect on as we we walk as
think on and reflect on as we we walk as he walked as as 1 John 2:6 says uh he is
he walked as as 1 John 2:6 says uh he is our perfect example our moral example
our perfect example our moral example God I do pray that this week we would
God I do pray that this week we would would strive to honor you our Lord in
would strive to honor you our Lord in all that we do thank you for your
all that we do thank you for your goodness to us in Jesus name we pray
goodness to us in Jesus name we pray amen
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