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October 9, 2022 6:00 am
Will you hang everything present Belize future hope on Christ and him alone. That's really the issue why you should do that you should do that is exactly what God he home all of our sin on Christ and he hung his son and in so doing so, putting his son on those nails across God was saying, I am hanging the hopes of all humanity and him woke up to collect was weaker division if you're going to think something or just one day to just hammer it anywhere in the wall not alert you of that heavy and possibly valuable thing to come crashing down before the start of the wall in which the driver may properly support everything. Well, it turns out, the same is true of our spiritual if you're going to hang all of eternity.
On one thing, you better be sure it has a solid foundation well today and it was good weekend division will discover what exactly anchors the nail upon which all of eternity hangs up. But first let's see what's going on with the correct Skip resource Center this month highlights are punctuated by defining moments points that shape who we are now and will become, such as choice of marriage partner choose to work and I think it starts there's predictable events that happened like in your life.
But every now and then life sort of hits you by surprise comes crashing down on you are going direction. They is planned out to get a phone call from a doctor or a friend news is not good. The prognosis is not good you didn't see it coming.
God's word has to direction to get you through the planned unplanned pivot points in your life point package speaks to Mary's death, depression, recovery, the future location of job these teachings that include written personal direction from scab on each of these topics you received this package when you get $50 or more today to this Bible teaching ministry pastor slips point collection of six messages writing letter from Pastor's Thing, you can strengthen your faith in defining moments faith that cannot be tested faith cannot trust these critical point messages today when you get online securely connect the skip.com/offer or call 892 1888 finish up in John chapter 3 to further join all I love that God is true believe the testimony of Jesus and anybody who receives that testified God is true God is true. Every now and then somebody will come along and say well it just doesn't work for me. I can't turn from that sin. I cannot try didn't work for me. I can't do it on codependent. I can't rejoice evermore. I can't be happy to know I've been scarred as a child I can't be wholly out of the Bible says I don't work for me. I can't. I married her creepy husband. I can do really anything in spiritual sense. I can't I can't I can't starts as God is true.
In Romans three verse four. It's even more emphatic. Let God be true and every man, liar, will God says rejoice evermore God says be holy, for I am holy God says let this mind be in you which is in Christ Jesus. God says be thankful for everything.
So on a person says I can't can't I can't I say you're a liar. Let God be true because here's the deal.
God doesn't give us a commandment without the power to do the commandment. His commandments are his enablement's if he says rejoice evermore. It's because he knows he'll give you the power to rejoice evermore. It can be done.
God is true God is true. So why is that well because he's seen everything he's heard everything he knows everything is not like will now it's the 21st century and so there's got going on. I didn't really know about codependency or addictive behavior.
So you're right you're right.
You have to be holy rejoice evermore youth and exception, he knows all and if he gives a command you and I can do it and you'll find the power to do it by his command. There's 1/3 reason Jesus is so unique, so the irreducible minimum so the nail by which everything hangs on is that he dominates the universe. Here's his dominion. Verse 34 for he whom God has sent speaks the words of God is evidential for God does not give the Spirit by measure know there's better translations of that it's referring to Christ and saying what comes to Christ, God the father doesn't get to him.
The Holy Spirit in a limited measured form it's unlimited it's unmeasured verse 35, the father loves the son and has given all things into his hands. If you think back to the Old Testament prophets, or even John the Baptist. They were led by the Holy Spirit. They were empowered by the Holy Spirit. John the Baptist had the unique privilege. It says of being filled with the Holy Spirit. Since when since his mother's womb since before he was born, but the Holy Spirit's ability to empower was limited by man's own sinful fallen human nature. Not so with Jesus because he had no sinful fallen human nature. He was God in human flesh, so when it comes to Jesus, the Holy Spirit operated in unlimited unmitigated full power. He doesn't give the Spirit by measure.
That's what John the Baptist said I saw the Holy Spirit descending on him, and remaining on him, Jesus stood in the synagogue at Nazareth, quoting Isaiah 61, which predicted the Holy Spirit's power on the Messiah, the spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because he has anointed me that is full unrestrained, unrestricted, unlimited power, I read something couple years ago, few years ago and I can tell you who wrote it because will be a mental diversion. The whole time I Believe he said this what the author said when Jesus was on earth and perform miracles, signs and wonders.
He did so as simply a man filled with the Holy Spirit so the author concluded you and I likewise can do the same signs and wonders as men or women filled with the Holy Spirit. That is pure baloney. Jesus didn't do signs and wonders as a man filled with the Holy Spirit. But as the perfect God man uniquely operating in full power because of his own nature very very different. Verse 31, something that is mentioned first of all we sort of ran over it. It says he will comes from above is above all to very simple statement means what it says he's he's he dominates the entire universe it said twice.
He was from the earth is earthly in comparison speaks of the earth. He who comes from heaven is above all verse 35 augments that the father loves the son and has given all things into his hands. What things all things, how much is all all things. But let's get a little more specific.
All things from creation to consummation from the creation of the universe to the consummation of universe.
All those things are in the jurisdiction of the sun. John chapter 1 verse three. All things were made by him, Christ, and without him nothing was made that was made at the creation. John chapter 5 Jesus will say, for the father has put all judgment into the hands of the sun. That's the consummation. Everything from creation of the world to the consummation of the world is under the authority of Jesus Christ so remains altogether quickly. Jesus Christ created the universe God the father through the agency of Christ created the world he created all things, all things were made by him, so he took the unformed mass the chaos and turn it into an ordered system. The cost must Jesus did number one number two. Not only did he created. He maintains he sustains it. Hebrews 1 verse three he upholds all things by the word of his power. Colossians 117 in him all things consist or are held tightly together he created. He sustains number three he'll lend it he'll lend it all help fold it all up, how will he do it. I think you just gonna do this is an let go is an let go. We know that all matter is made up of rapidly moving particles that are held together their opposite charges.
Many times, but there held together.
The big question people asked for years. How does it all hold together is that a lot of attempts to explain that.
Listen to Dr. Lee Chesnutt in his book the Adam speaks consider the dilemma of the nuclear physicist when he finally looks in utter amazement at the pattern he is now drawn of the oxygen nucleus for here are eight positively charged protons closely associated together within the confines of this tiny nucleus with them are eight neutrons. A total of 16 particles eight positively charged eight without charge, after not scientific uselessness girl who cares so what will hang on because everything we know we operate according to this knowledge. We operate according to columns law of electrostatic force and magnetism that says like charges repel each other so Lee Chesnutt continues what went wrong. What holds the nucleus together. Why doesn't it fly apart and therefore why do not all atoms fly apart, both your bid… You have an answer. Hebrews 13 Colossians 170. He holds it all together. He's the atomic glue. You want to use that. So he created it.
He maintains in one days ago done. He who upholds all he who comes from above you testifies perfect because of his superior origin will one day let go because it says all things are in his hands is 1/4 reason is the best part that he is the nail upon which everything hangs, and that is, he will ultimately determine your destiny and mine.
Now we look at his reception.
Verse 36 is about the out invitation and a warning. He who believes in the son has everlasting life, and he who does not believe the son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him.
Did you notice here and you notice a lot. I bet you do in the Bible how the Bible so often reduces everything to its irreducible minimum how it puts all of humanity into two camps. Those who believe one camp in the other camp is those who do not believe those who have a life and those who do not have life. The Bible constantly does that moreover notice that the reward for believing in the punishment for not believing is in some far future thing at some present reality it's present tense notices, he who believes in the son has that's present tense is another. One day you got it. Now if you believe in him begins now that would last forever and includes heaven in the millennial kingdom and rewards and everything else but begins right now and then. Notice goes on to say he who does not believe the son shall not see life, that's future but watch this but the wrath of God up by its that's present tense on him. So the idea is that not one day God will condemn those who have not trusted in Christ there already there. They are living in a state of perpetual condemnation, and the only hope to be rescued from that is Jesus Christ coming from heaven to the earth, and men and women believing in him.
That's why the angel said you'll call his name Jesus, because he's gonna save people from their sin there in a state of condemnation, only hope for being rescued is to believe in most won't believe but some will believe us with verse 32 and 33 are about. No one receives his testimony. That's generally true but is also true this blessed exception. He who has received his testimony is certified that God is true. See, to understand spiritual life, we have to understand spiritual death is not like people are born into the world and they're all wonderful, good people you fan the flame of goodness and do good things and they get better and read books on how to be better and self-realization help all that no, the Bible says we were born into this world and what condition dad Ephesians as you were dead in trespasses and sins. I got news for you.
Dead people don't do a lot. You could yell at a dead person and won't get up which I believe you love me no response.
You can poke and you can product you can hit nothing unless there's a resurrection of life, there is no response. God by his grace enables men and women to believe in him and when they do that and they receive him than they are infused with life see the world is populated with a bunch of dead people already under the sentence of the wrath of God and the only rescue was what Jesus Christ is all about. That's why he's the nail that everything hangs on Jesus that I have come that you might have life and have it more abundantly. He said I am the way, the truth, the lights, he said he who has the son has life so do you believe will you believe, will you hang everything present. Believe in future hope on Christ and him alone. That's really the issue at say why you should do that you should do that because that's exactly what God the father is done he hung all of our sent on Christ and then he hung his son across and in so doing, and so putting his son on those nails of the cross, God was saying, I am hanging the hopes of all of humanity on him alone on him alone on him alone, the hopes of all people on the close of the little story.
I found it this week and again I'm sorry I don't know who wrote it, but I like it.
It begins by saying there was once a little boy who had a bad temper. You know anybody like that if you don't, I'll introduce you to review them. His father gave him a bag of nails and told him that every time he lost his temper.
He must hammer a nail into the back of the fence the first day the boy had driven 37 nails into the fence over the next few weeks as he learned to control his anger, the number of nails hammered daily gradually dwindled down. He discovered it was easier to hold his temper than to drive those nails into the fence. Finally the day came when the boy didn't lose his temper at all. He told his father about it and the father suggested that now the boy pull out one nail for each day.
He was able to hold his temper. The days passed and the young boy was finally able to tell his father that all the nails were gone. The father took his son by the hand and led him to the fence. He said you have done well my son but look at the holes in the fence.
The fence will never be the same when you say things in anger you leave a scar just like these you can put a knife in a man, and brought out won't matter how many times you Sam sorry. The wound is still there little boy then understood how powerful his words were. He looked up at his father and he said I hope you can forgive me father for all the holes I put in you and his father said of course I can. Of course I can. You know who put those nails and Jesus hands and feet. I did, I did. We did, he died for our sins, he died in our place. And you know why.
When you say I hope you can forgive me God. You know why God can save course I can course I can because of that, what happened on the cross. It's because Jesus hung on those nails on the cross, the perfect God man from above who was perfect, no sinful nature, and he paid the price so that all of our sin was dealt with God can be just God can say I forgive you of course I can. Of course I will. So God hung everything on him and John says you know what you want to do the same. If you do if you believe in him.
If you hang all of your weight on him will have everlasting is the nail upon which everything. The question is if you hung everything on his if not would you like to know how you can would you like to know how to enjoy everlasting life through Jesus Christ will explain to you exactly what that means when you contact at 1-800-922-1888 ask your questions. Let us help clarify for you with this only then make a decision that will change your life and fate for all eternity.
What were just about out of time for today but before we go here skipper linear with some tips to help us more effectively share the good news of the gospel believe 879 has just been a great series at the Gospel of John 879 versus is right.
That's where we get that title and the theme is believed that in John's Gospel. So if we were taking key verses are ideas from John to share our faith to witness to others at what versus mainly focus on our be useful in witnessing and sharing with others.
While the most obvious is John 316. That's the big one, but there's so many great stories that John fleshes out in his gospel. Unlike so many other parts of the Bible. John is typically the gospel we tell people start reading when they're going to read the Bible would tell him to get into the gospel of John, because it presents Christ in his glory and his humanity of some of the greatest teachings and examples come from the Gospel of John, of the deity of Christ as set forth in the first chapter and it's just a great place to begin. I guess when it comes to sharing your faith with people. The first thing to do is just to take the first step initiate you know, get out of your shell and be willing to start a conversation that's awkward for some of us if you remember when we were dating Lisa got to the pier all my goodness honey were exaggerated and I stand still and and I said I'm going is what is that working to share faith publicly and you just watch me. Lenny and just pray and then eventually you want to start doing it in your such a people person you are really a natural at it, but it's just going up to someone and saying hey do you mind if I talk to you for a moment about God in this kind get it out on the table to dance around the issue and then at as your sharing, inquire, ask them some questions. Have you ever thought about this or what you think is happening with all that's going on the world.
The Middle East is that ever bother you or just asking leading questions and be honest and be forthright and people typically will respond well to that, I think, to the highlights of John R. Others I am statement and we live in such an ambiguous world in a world that nothing is concrete anymore and I am the light.
I am the truth I am the brand at those are such great the living water, etc. yet jumping points into sharing the gospel gives us this opportunity and a people still think Jesus is a very compelling figure you talk to the most secular persons they would have a respect for Jesus and find him compelling and I think John is so lucid in his presentation of Christ. It's a great place to start. Well thanks M yeah that's just about all the time we have for today but if you'd like to ask for a copy of today's teaching it's available for just four dollars plus shipping. When you call us at 1-800-922-1888 when you visit Annapolis.com next time will move on to a new chapter the book of John discovered something rather refreshing right here and connect with weekend edition presentation connection