1 00:00:00,760 --> 00:00:04,880 Speaker 1: Let us pray. We are troubled on every side, yet 2 00:00:05,080 --> 00:00:10,960 Speaker 1: not distressed. We are perplexed but not in despair, persecuted 3 00:00:11,400 --> 00:00:18,280 Speaker 1: but not forsaken, cast down but not destroyed. Second Corinthians 4 00:00:18,320 --> 00:00:23,040 Speaker 1: four eight and nine. Father, you never said following you 5 00:00:23,280 --> 00:00:26,440 Speaker 1: would be easy. All I have to do is look 6 00:00:26,440 --> 00:00:28,680 Speaker 1: at the price your son had to pay for doing 7 00:00:28,760 --> 00:00:33,440 Speaker 1: good and speaking your truth. When I read your word, 8 00:00:33,520 --> 00:00:38,279 Speaker 1: I see the disciples faced trouble on every side. They 9 00:00:38,320 --> 00:00:44,120 Speaker 1: were often distressed and perplexed, but they never despaired. They 10 00:00:44,120 --> 00:00:47,880 Speaker 1: didn't let the circumstances shift their focus off of you, Lord. 11 00:00:48,680 --> 00:00:52,640 Speaker 1: They were persecuted even as you were, but they knew 12 00:00:52,760 --> 00:00:56,880 Speaker 1: you would never forsake them. They may have been depressed 13 00:00:56,920 --> 00:01:00,200 Speaker 1: at times as they fought through them many attacks against them, 14 00:01:01,120 --> 00:01:05,319 Speaker 1: but they were never destroyed. The enemy of our soul 15 00:01:05,480 --> 00:01:09,600 Speaker 1: is out to kill, rob steal, and destroy. But that 16 00:01:09,760 --> 00:01:13,759 Speaker 1: which the enemy means for evil, you, my Lord, will 17 00:01:13,800 --> 00:01:18,679 Speaker 1: turn for my good and your glory. Satan was defeated 18 00:01:18,680 --> 00:01:22,240 Speaker 1: at the cross, but he still tries to intimidate us 19 00:01:22,240 --> 00:01:25,240 Speaker 1: with his lies. But greater is he that is in 20 00:01:25,400 --> 00:01:29,039 Speaker 1: me than he that is in the world. I have 21 00:01:29,240 --> 00:01:32,839 Speaker 1: the Holy Spirit living inside me. And I will rise 22 00:01:32,880 --> 00:01:37,920 Speaker 1: above whatever circumstance. I am facing. My God rules and 23 00:01:38,080 --> 00:01:42,280 Speaker 1: reigns over all things, and I will declare His victory 24 00:01:42,400 --> 00:01:46,440 Speaker 1: over my life with the authority granted to me as 25 00:01:46,480 --> 00:01:51,600 Speaker 1: a child of God. Your mercies are new every morning, 26 00:01:52,440 --> 00:01:55,920 Speaker 1: and I will see those mercies flow on my behalf 27 00:01:57,720 --> 00:02:05,320 Speaker 1: in Jesus's name. Amen. Thank you for listening to today's 28 00:02:05,400 --> 00:02:09,360 Speaker 1: daily prayer for more inspiration and an incredible message from 29 00:02:09,400 --> 00:02:13,360 Speaker 1: our feature pastor. 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That means God 46 00:03:22,600 --> 00:03:25,720 Speaker 1: can sustain you right now by his grace. That means 47 00:03:25,720 --> 00:03:29,040 Speaker 1: that God is involved in your life. God sees what 48 00:03:29,160 --> 00:03:33,359 Speaker 1: you're facing. God sees what you're going through. If you 49 00:03:33,400 --> 00:03:39,119 Speaker 1: need your faith strengthened, Today's message is for you. They 50 00:03:39,160 --> 00:03:42,880 Speaker 1: tell me my retina is dead. They tell me it's 51 00:03:42,920 --> 00:03:46,280 Speaker 1: completely torn. They tell me I will never see again. 52 00:03:46,560 --> 00:03:50,440 Speaker 1: But let me tell you God is the creator, hallelujah. 53 00:03:50,640 --> 00:03:53,840 Speaker 1: And He's not only the creator, he is the sustainer. 54 00:03:55,480 --> 00:03:59,640 Speaker 1: He upholds all things by the word of His power. 55 00:04:00,600 --> 00:04:04,960 Speaker 1: Right now, you and I exist because we're upheld by Jesus. 56 00:04:05,960 --> 00:04:08,880 Speaker 1: I want to welcome all of the Prey dot com 57 00:04:08,920 --> 00:04:14,320 Speaker 1: audience on this featured Sunday. You're listening to Awakened to 58 00:04:14,480 --> 00:04:20,520 Speaker 1: Grace Well, I'm Chad Robertson. I'm so glad that you 59 00:04:20,560 --> 00:04:24,120 Speaker 1: are listening today. You know how most people struggle to 60 00:04:24,279 --> 00:04:28,400 Speaker 1: understand why God allows them to go through difficult things. 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And I would love 83 00:05:58,360 --> 00:06:01,039 Speaker 1: to pray for you. So if you want to connect 84 00:06:01,040 --> 00:06:05,640 Speaker 1: with me personally, emailed me today. My email address is 85 00:06:05,720 --> 00:06:11,760 Speaker 1: very simple. It is Pastor Chad Roberts at gmail dot com. 86 00:06:11,960 --> 00:06:17,520 Speaker 1: All lowercase, all one word, pastor Chad Roberts at gmail 87 00:06:17,920 --> 00:06:21,760 Speaker 1: dot com. I would love to hear from you today. Well, 88 00:06:21,880 --> 00:06:26,240 Speaker 1: let's go to God's word as we grow together. In 89 00:06:26,279 --> 00:06:40,960 Speaker 1: the Book of Hebrews, I want to call today Jesus 90 00:06:41,440 --> 00:06:49,039 Speaker 1: the radiance of God's glory. Awtozer, a powerful man of 91 00:06:49,080 --> 00:06:52,800 Speaker 1: God from back in the nineteen fifties. He wrote in 92 00:06:52,839 --> 00:06:57,240 Speaker 1: the book Knowledge of the Holy the most important thing 93 00:06:57,279 --> 00:07:00,840 Speaker 1: about you is what comes to mind when you think 94 00:07:00,880 --> 00:07:06,120 Speaker 1: about God. The most important thing about you is not 95 00:07:06,279 --> 00:07:09,960 Speaker 1: your four old one k today. The most important thing 96 00:07:10,000 --> 00:07:13,280 Speaker 1: about you is not your success in life. It is 97 00:07:13,320 --> 00:07:19,640 Speaker 1: not your health. The most important thing about you is 98 00:07:19,680 --> 00:07:23,960 Speaker 1: what first comes to your mind when you think about God. 99 00:07:25,160 --> 00:07:28,920 Speaker 1: If you and I are going to worship God rightly, 100 00:07:29,920 --> 00:07:35,440 Speaker 1: then we must think rightly about God. We cannot worship 101 00:07:35,520 --> 00:07:39,000 Speaker 1: God or right if we do not think and feel 102 00:07:39,840 --> 00:07:44,880 Speaker 1: rightly about God and what these three phrases, only three 103 00:07:44,880 --> 00:07:47,440 Speaker 1: phrases that we're going to look at today. We're going 104 00:07:47,480 --> 00:07:52,200 Speaker 1: to closely examine them today. If I had rare jewels 105 00:07:52,400 --> 00:07:56,400 Speaker 1: in my hands, if I had rubies, and I had diamonds, 106 00:07:56,440 --> 00:08:00,280 Speaker 1: and I had sapphires, Oh, I would unfold them, and 107 00:08:00,320 --> 00:08:04,360 Speaker 1: I would not haphazardly throw them around. No, I would 108 00:08:04,360 --> 00:08:08,560 Speaker 1: carefully unpack them. I would carefully unfold them, and I 109 00:08:08,560 --> 00:08:14,720 Speaker 1: would show you such treasure. That's my aim today, with 110 00:08:14,880 --> 00:08:20,680 Speaker 1: the fact, with the beauty, with the treasure that Christ 111 00:08:21,160 --> 00:08:26,600 Speaker 1: is the radiance of the glory of God. What a ruby, 112 00:08:26,640 --> 00:08:31,600 Speaker 1: that Christ is the exact imprint of the nature of God. Oh, 113 00:08:31,720 --> 00:08:38,400 Speaker 1: what a sapphire that Christ upholds the universe simply by 114 00:08:38,400 --> 00:08:43,800 Speaker 1: the word of His power. Oh what a diamond. What 115 00:08:43,880 --> 00:08:50,080 Speaker 1: you think about God is the most important thing about you. 116 00:08:51,520 --> 00:08:56,000 Speaker 1: Our foundation today, our premise today is these scriptures will 117 00:08:56,120 --> 00:09:03,000 Speaker 1: shape our view. They will mold they will shape our perception. 118 00:09:03,240 --> 00:09:10,760 Speaker 1: It will give us a right perspective of Christ. Too 119 00:09:10,840 --> 00:09:19,000 Speaker 1: much emphasis. It's wonderful to look at Christ in his humanity. 120 00:09:19,480 --> 00:09:23,400 Speaker 1: So often in our English and our Western thinking, we 121 00:09:23,559 --> 00:09:27,920 Speaker 1: see Christ only in his humanity. No, no, no, we 122 00:09:28,040 --> 00:09:30,840 Speaker 1: must see him in his deity, and that's what we're 123 00:09:30,840 --> 00:09:37,800 Speaker 1: going to see today. Number One, Christ is the radiance. 124 00:09:38,480 --> 00:09:42,559 Speaker 1: What does this mean? What did the author imply here? Well, 125 00:09:42,840 --> 00:09:46,640 Speaker 1: the old King James says, the brightness. I love that 126 00:09:46,679 --> 00:09:51,600 Speaker 1: word brightness. I love the word radiance. The picture is 127 00:09:51,640 --> 00:09:56,800 Speaker 1: as the rays come from the sun, Christ has come 128 00:09:56,880 --> 00:10:01,640 Speaker 1: from God. Just like you cannot separate the rays from 129 00:10:01,679 --> 00:10:07,600 Speaker 1: the Sun, you cannot separate Christ from God. Just like 130 00:10:07,640 --> 00:10:11,800 Speaker 1: the rays that radiate out of the Sun is in 131 00:10:12,120 --> 00:10:19,000 Speaker 1: fact the Sun, So Christ is in fact God. Remember 132 00:10:19,040 --> 00:10:22,280 Speaker 1: the point of verses one to three is that Christ 133 00:10:22,720 --> 00:10:27,319 Speaker 1: is better than all the prophets. These people are coming 134 00:10:27,320 --> 00:10:30,240 Speaker 1: out of Judaism. They're coming out of the Old Covenant, 135 00:10:30,440 --> 00:10:34,160 Speaker 1: out of the Old Testament where the prophets were so revered. 136 00:10:34,280 --> 00:10:37,679 Speaker 1: And Verse one says, yes, God did speak through the prophets, 137 00:10:37,840 --> 00:10:40,720 Speaker 1: but it was fragmented in what he said. He spoke 138 00:10:40,800 --> 00:10:44,400 Speaker 1: long ago, in many times, in many ways. But in 139 00:10:44,440 --> 00:10:50,520 Speaker 1: these last days, how does God speak complete full revelation? 140 00:10:50,960 --> 00:10:54,520 Speaker 1: He speaks through his son. And why is Christ the 141 00:10:54,679 --> 00:10:58,440 Speaker 1: final and the decisive word of God? Because friends, he 142 00:10:59,040 --> 00:11:04,600 Speaker 1: is God. What the rays are to the Sun, so 143 00:11:04,840 --> 00:11:09,240 Speaker 1: Christ is to God. He was not a created being. 144 00:11:09,800 --> 00:11:15,160 Speaker 1: Christ is not a greater or a superior angel. Christ 145 00:11:15,360 --> 00:11:20,720 Speaker 1: was never created. Christ is the create or And you 146 00:11:20,760 --> 00:11:25,599 Speaker 1: cannot separate Christ from the Father like you cannot separate 147 00:11:25,640 --> 00:11:30,160 Speaker 1: the rays of the sun from the Sun. That's the analogy, 148 00:11:30,200 --> 00:11:35,800 Speaker 1: that's the thinking. Scientists tell us our son is ninety 149 00:11:35,800 --> 00:11:39,520 Speaker 1: three million miles from the Earth. Can you wrap your 150 00:11:39,520 --> 00:11:43,840 Speaker 1: head around that? And you know how fast rays of 151 00:11:43,920 --> 00:11:48,840 Speaker 1: light travel. The Sun is always radiating heat and energy. 152 00:11:48,960 --> 00:11:51,320 Speaker 1: And do you know how fast the rays of light 153 00:11:51,559 --> 00:11:59,079 Speaker 1: reach us? Eight point three minutes. Light travels eight point 154 00:11:59,120 --> 00:12:05,679 Speaker 1: three minute over ninety three million miles. And what's the point? 155 00:12:08,040 --> 00:12:11,600 Speaker 1: The point? If it weren't for the rays of the sun, 156 00:12:11,760 --> 00:12:15,319 Speaker 1: we could not see the Sun. You and I would 157 00:12:15,840 --> 00:12:20,520 Speaker 1: not know God were it not for Jesus Christ. God 158 00:12:20,640 --> 00:12:25,079 Speaker 1: is the source. Christ is the channel, He's the mediator. 159 00:12:25,559 --> 00:12:28,319 Speaker 1: If you and I go out to the sun, not me, 160 00:12:28,520 --> 00:12:30,680 Speaker 1: you if we If you go out to the sun 161 00:12:30,679 --> 00:12:32,880 Speaker 1: and look straight at it, it it will blind you. It 162 00:12:33,000 --> 00:12:36,640 Speaker 1: don't bother me. I'm a blind man. I go out. 163 00:12:36,679 --> 00:12:38,840 Speaker 1: It don't matter how bright it is. People will say, Chad, 164 00:12:38,880 --> 00:12:41,240 Speaker 1: can you see the can you see the brightness? Now? 165 00:12:41,840 --> 00:12:44,400 Speaker 1: I can feel the heat that I can't see the brightness. 166 00:12:45,280 --> 00:12:49,720 Speaker 1: The sun will blind you. God would blind you. We 167 00:12:49,840 --> 00:12:53,600 Speaker 1: must have a mediator. We must have a way to 168 00:12:53,640 --> 00:12:56,520 Speaker 1: see the sun. And the way we see and enjoy 169 00:12:56,600 --> 00:12:59,200 Speaker 1: the sun are It's raised. The way we see and 170 00:12:59,280 --> 00:13:04,280 Speaker 1: enjoy God is Christ, Jesus the Lord. But they're one 171 00:13:04,280 --> 00:13:08,160 Speaker 1: and the same. It's not another form. It is the same. 172 00:13:08,520 --> 00:13:14,240 Speaker 1: He is the radiance, he is the raise, He is 173 00:13:14,320 --> 00:13:19,960 Speaker 1: the brightness of God himself. What does the scripture say? 174 00:13:19,960 --> 00:13:24,400 Speaker 1: Second Corinthians, Chapter four, verse five. Scripture says that when 175 00:13:24,440 --> 00:13:30,240 Speaker 1: it comes to creation, the whole universe was darkened. And 176 00:13:30,360 --> 00:13:37,920 Speaker 1: what did God say? God said, let there be what light? 177 00:13:39,640 --> 00:13:45,600 Speaker 1: Let there be light? And what happened The sun was 178 00:13:45,640 --> 00:13:52,040 Speaker 1: formed the creator Amen. And verse six says that God, 179 00:13:52,280 --> 00:13:55,280 Speaker 1: when it comes to our darkened hearts, when it comes 180 00:13:55,280 --> 00:13:58,520 Speaker 1: to our darkened mind, when it says, Scripture says, man 181 00:13:58,679 --> 00:14:03,120 Speaker 1: would choose darkness over light. And God who took us 182 00:14:03,160 --> 00:14:06,920 Speaker 1: who were sinners, us who were rebellious, and the Bible 183 00:14:07,040 --> 00:14:11,800 Speaker 1: says that God has shone in our hearts. God has 184 00:14:11,840 --> 00:14:16,480 Speaker 1: spoken to our hearts, let there be light. Amen. And 185 00:14:16,640 --> 00:14:20,520 Speaker 1: he awakened us by his grace, and he awakened us 186 00:14:20,720 --> 00:14:24,360 Speaker 1: to his glory. And what does the scripture say Second 187 00:14:24,360 --> 00:14:27,720 Speaker 1: Corinthians four six. He has shown in our hearts to 188 00:14:27,760 --> 00:14:31,840 Speaker 1: give us the light of the knowledge of the glory 189 00:14:32,000 --> 00:14:37,600 Speaker 1: of God. How in the face of Jesus. It is 190 00:14:37,840 --> 00:14:42,160 Speaker 1: through the face of Jesus that we see that we know, 191 00:14:42,720 --> 00:14:47,280 Speaker 1: that we feel that we experience the glory of God. 192 00:14:47,400 --> 00:14:51,160 Speaker 1: Why because what the rays are to the sun, that's 193 00:14:51,200 --> 00:14:55,760 Speaker 1: what Christ is to God. He is the radiance. He 194 00:14:55,880 --> 00:14:58,960 Speaker 1: is the brightness of the glory of God. Can we 195 00:14:59,000 --> 00:15:07,400 Speaker 1: thank God for that today? Hallelujah? He is the radiance. 196 00:15:08,760 --> 00:15:14,960 Speaker 1: You and I see, and we enjoy the sun only 197 00:15:15,040 --> 00:15:19,720 Speaker 1: by the means of the rays of light. You and 198 00:15:19,760 --> 00:15:23,120 Speaker 1: I see and we enjoy God only by the means 199 00:15:23,360 --> 00:15:28,600 Speaker 1: of the radiance of the brightness of His son, Jesus Christ. 200 00:15:29,440 --> 00:15:34,280 Speaker 1: What is he the radiance of Notice the glory of God. 201 00:15:35,520 --> 00:15:39,080 Speaker 1: Christ is the brightness the ray, the radiance of the 202 00:15:39,120 --> 00:15:44,240 Speaker 1: glory of God. I want you to note John seventeen 203 00:15:44,520 --> 00:15:54,280 Speaker 1: verse five. John seventeen five says that Christ had the 204 00:15:54,320 --> 00:15:59,680 Speaker 1: glory of the Father. Christ had the glory of God, 205 00:16:01,320 --> 00:16:06,200 Speaker 1: not after creation. See this is so important. There are cults, 206 00:16:06,880 --> 00:16:12,960 Speaker 1: there are wrong doctrines, There are wrong teachings that teach 207 00:16:13,120 --> 00:16:18,960 Speaker 1: that God created Christ. No, if you were going to 208 00:16:19,120 --> 00:16:23,320 Speaker 1: worship God a right, we must think a right. We 209 00:16:23,400 --> 00:16:29,120 Speaker 1: must worship biblically. We must think biblically. John seventeen five 210 00:16:29,400 --> 00:16:33,400 Speaker 1: says that Christ had the glory of God before the 211 00:16:33,440 --> 00:16:40,520 Speaker 1: world existed. Why because he's the creator of the world. 212 00:16:41,960 --> 00:16:49,000 Speaker 1: He had no beginning. He has always been. He is 213 00:16:49,040 --> 00:16:52,720 Speaker 1: the brightness, the radiance of the white of the glory 214 00:16:53,240 --> 00:16:59,040 Speaker 1: of God. Christ had this glory before the world ever existed. 215 00:16:59,240 --> 00:17:03,480 Speaker 1: And what is the beauty of the Gospel Philippians chapter two. 216 00:17:03,800 --> 00:17:08,440 Speaker 1: It says that Christ, though he was in the form 217 00:17:09,240 --> 00:17:13,239 Speaker 1: of God, though he had the nature of God, he 218 00:17:13,359 --> 00:17:16,720 Speaker 1: was in the form of God, did not think equality, 219 00:17:16,960 --> 00:17:19,440 Speaker 1: a thing to be grasped, a thing to be held 220 00:17:19,480 --> 00:17:23,480 Speaker 1: on to, a thing to be taken hold of. No, 221 00:17:24,680 --> 00:17:29,480 Speaker 1: but what does it say did he impdeed himself taking 222 00:17:29,480 --> 00:17:34,199 Speaker 1: on the form of a what of a man, of 223 00:17:34,240 --> 00:17:36,840 Speaker 1: a human, of a servant? Do you don't want this 224 00:17:36,920 --> 00:17:41,400 Speaker 1: the same church? John chapter one, verses one, two, and three. 225 00:17:41,520 --> 00:17:43,920 Speaker 1: In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was 226 00:17:43,960 --> 00:17:48,040 Speaker 1: with God. And the word was what was what God? 227 00:17:49,040 --> 00:17:54,280 Speaker 1: And the word became what flesh and dwelt among us. 228 00:17:54,680 --> 00:18:00,439 Speaker 1: Do you know what this means? Christ hid the glory 229 00:18:00,520 --> 00:18:04,680 Speaker 1: of God in a robe of flesh. And what is 230 00:18:04,720 --> 00:18:08,320 Speaker 1: the beauty of the Gospel. Is that robe of flesh 231 00:18:08,440 --> 00:18:15,520 Speaker 1: was torn, torn with a crown of thorns, torn with 232 00:18:15,560 --> 00:18:22,000 Speaker 1: a whip with rock and sharp objects that ripped the 233 00:18:22,200 --> 00:18:27,600 Speaker 1: flesh off the back. Besides the chest of Christ, torn 234 00:18:27,720 --> 00:18:31,200 Speaker 1: to where they drove nails into his hands and knails 235 00:18:31,359 --> 00:18:35,320 Speaker 1: into his feet, torn as they thrust a spear into 236 00:18:35,440 --> 00:18:38,960 Speaker 1: his side. That the flesh, that the body of Christ, 237 00:18:40,119 --> 00:18:47,720 Speaker 1: who concealed the glory of God, suffered for my sin 238 00:18:47,800 --> 00:18:57,879 Speaker 1: and for your sin. Wow. But now what is the 239 00:18:57,880 --> 00:19:02,920 Speaker 1: beauty of the Gospel. Now he is the brightness. Now 240 00:19:02,960 --> 00:19:06,320 Speaker 1: he is the radiance. Now we can see and we 241 00:19:06,400 --> 00:19:10,399 Speaker 1: can fill the warmth of the glory of God in 242 00:19:10,440 --> 00:19:15,240 Speaker 1: our lives. That now what was concealed is now revealed. 243 00:19:16,240 --> 00:19:21,240 Speaker 1: What was invisible is now visible. Now we can know 244 00:19:21,800 --> 00:19:25,680 Speaker 1: the glory of God. For as John seventeen says, as 245 00:19:25,800 --> 00:19:31,240 Speaker 1: God glorified the sun, the sun now glorifies us Haalelujah. 246 00:19:31,280 --> 00:19:35,080 Speaker 1: And we can now share in the glory of God. 247 00:19:36,080 --> 00:19:41,320 Speaker 1: How does it come about? One way, only through the radiance, 248 00:19:41,920 --> 00:19:45,720 Speaker 1: only through the brightness only through the rays of the 249 00:19:45,840 --> 00:19:51,439 Speaker 1: Lord Jesus Christ. He is the radiance of God's glory. 250 00:19:52,480 --> 00:19:54,800 Speaker 1: Pastor Chad will be right back with the second part 251 00:19:54,800 --> 00:19:58,200 Speaker 1: of today's sermon. In the meantime, I wanted to encourage 252 00:19:58,200 --> 00:20:01,639 Speaker 1: you to go right now and awakened to grace with 253 00:20:01,720 --> 00:20:04,720 Speaker 1: Chad Roberts and the prey dot Com app. We are 254 00:20:04,760 --> 00:20:08,520 Speaker 1: praying faithfully to reach one hundred thousand followers and it 255 00:20:08,600 --> 00:20:11,560 Speaker 1: would mean the world to our team here that awakened 256 00:20:11,560 --> 00:20:16,119 Speaker 1: to grace. Now enjoy the second half of today's message 257 00:20:21,560 --> 00:20:27,199 Speaker 1: number two. He is the exact imprint of his nature. 258 00:20:27,960 --> 00:20:32,040 Speaker 1: What does this mean in Greek? In the original, the 259 00:20:32,080 --> 00:20:37,360 Speaker 1: phrase exact imprint has the idea of a seal. It 260 00:20:37,400 --> 00:20:42,040 Speaker 1: has the idea of an exact engraving. I'm gonna give 261 00:20:42,040 --> 00:20:43,639 Speaker 1: you a few scriptures, and i want you to note 262 00:20:43,760 --> 00:20:45,720 Speaker 1: him if if you want to go back and really 263 00:20:45,760 --> 00:20:52,040 Speaker 1: study these. John chapter eight, verse forty two. Now here's 264 00:20:52,080 --> 00:20:56,240 Speaker 1: the thinking. You and I cannot see God the Father. 265 00:20:57,359 --> 00:21:02,200 Speaker 1: No one can see him. No one can live in 266 00:21:02,320 --> 00:21:06,800 Speaker 1: the flesh and see him. You and I do not 267 00:21:07,000 --> 00:21:16,040 Speaker 1: worship objects. We worship God, who is a spirit. Many 268 00:21:16,119 --> 00:21:20,200 Speaker 1: years ago I went to Vietnam to smuggle bibles into 269 00:21:20,240 --> 00:21:25,560 Speaker 1: Communist Vietnam. A friend and I win, and we prayed 270 00:21:25,920 --> 00:21:29,359 Speaker 1: the Smuggler's prayer coined so many years ago by the 271 00:21:29,400 --> 00:21:32,119 Speaker 1: great Brother Andrew, who has now gone on to be 272 00:21:32,160 --> 00:21:37,000 Speaker 1: with the Lord. And the smuggler's prayer says, God, you 273 00:21:37,000 --> 00:21:42,000 Speaker 1: were able to make blind eyes open, Now may you 274 00:21:42,080 --> 00:21:47,280 Speaker 1: make open eyes blind. And we packed our suitcases full 275 00:21:47,320 --> 00:21:52,639 Speaker 1: of bibles, brought them into Communist Vietnam, ran through the scanners, 276 00:21:52,920 --> 00:21:56,639 Speaker 1: go through the checkpoints, and not one bible taken, not 277 00:21:56,840 --> 00:22:00,480 Speaker 1: one bible confiscated. Amen, And we were able to deliver 278 00:22:00,560 --> 00:22:07,880 Speaker 1: them to the churches. While I was there, they took 279 00:22:07,920 --> 00:22:12,640 Speaker 1: me to a temple on the Cambodian Vietnam border called 280 00:22:12,640 --> 00:22:18,399 Speaker 1: the cow Dai Temple. There was this massive image I 281 00:22:18,400 --> 00:22:21,320 Speaker 1: don't know how to I mean, just oh, I don't 282 00:22:21,320 --> 00:22:26,480 Speaker 1: even know, probably fifty feet tall, and hundreds upon hundreds 283 00:22:26,720 --> 00:22:33,879 Speaker 1: were bowing down worshiping this idol, worshiping this object. No, no, no, 284 00:22:33,960 --> 00:22:39,639 Speaker 1: my friends, you and I worship God, who is a spirit. 285 00:22:40,680 --> 00:22:44,080 Speaker 1: We do not worship an object. We do not worship 286 00:22:44,280 --> 00:22:49,040 Speaker 1: wooden objects made by hands. Every shop I would go 287 00:22:49,080 --> 00:22:52,520 Speaker 1: into in Vietnam, they would have little wooden buddhas, and 288 00:22:52,560 --> 00:22:55,679 Speaker 1: they would have incense burning, and they'd have fresh fruit. 289 00:22:55,720 --> 00:22:58,600 Speaker 1: And I would think about what David wrote in the Psalms. 290 00:22:58,800 --> 00:23:02,720 Speaker 1: Having eyes they can see, having years, they cannot here, 291 00:23:02,760 --> 00:23:07,760 Speaker 1: Having minds, they cannot think. No, we do not worship objects. 292 00:23:07,800 --> 00:23:16,040 Speaker 1: We worship God Almighty, who is a spirit. Jesus said 293 00:23:16,200 --> 00:23:20,359 Speaker 1: in John eight forty two. He said, if you loved God, 294 00:23:21,520 --> 00:23:25,320 Speaker 1: then you would love me, For I am sent by 295 00:23:25,359 --> 00:23:31,320 Speaker 1: the Father. Jesus said in John ten, verse thirty, I 296 00:23:31,880 --> 00:23:36,359 Speaker 1: and the Father are what one? What did we say, 297 00:23:36,600 --> 00:23:40,840 Speaker 1: as you cannot separate the rays from from the Son, 298 00:23:41,320 --> 00:23:45,679 Speaker 1: you cannot separate Christ from God. John ten thirty, I 299 00:23:45,800 --> 00:23:50,600 Speaker 1: am the Father are one. John chapter fourteen, verse nine. 300 00:23:50,760 --> 00:23:54,480 Speaker 1: Jesus said, if you have seen me, you have seen 301 00:23:54,560 --> 00:23:59,000 Speaker 1: what the Father. Why does he say that because Hebrews 302 00:23:59,000 --> 00:24:04,840 Speaker 1: one three. He is the exact imprint of the nature 303 00:24:05,359 --> 00:24:10,080 Speaker 1: of God. He is the exact seal. He is the 304 00:24:10,160 --> 00:24:15,040 Speaker 1: exact impression. In our English culture today we would call 305 00:24:15,080 --> 00:24:21,760 Speaker 1: it carbon copy. He is the exact the carbon copy 306 00:24:21,920 --> 00:24:25,959 Speaker 1: to where we get our English word character. Christ is 307 00:24:26,280 --> 00:24:31,000 Speaker 1: the character of God. I want you to note this. 308 00:24:31,160 --> 00:24:36,600 Speaker 1: Colossians one, verse fifteen Paul Wrights. Oh, this is so masterful. 309 00:24:37,680 --> 00:24:46,600 Speaker 1: Christ is the image of the invisible God. See when 310 00:24:46,640 --> 00:24:50,320 Speaker 1: the scriptures say that he is the exact imprint. Christ 311 00:24:50,480 --> 00:24:54,120 Speaker 1: is the image of the invisible God. What's that mean that? Now? 312 00:24:54,200 --> 00:24:57,960 Speaker 1: Second Corinthians four six. Now we can see the glory 313 00:24:58,000 --> 00:25:00,880 Speaker 1: of God. Now we can know the glory of God. 314 00:25:01,000 --> 00:25:04,439 Speaker 1: How through the face of Jesus. Why because he's the 315 00:25:04,560 --> 00:25:09,200 Speaker 1: exact imprint. Because he is the image of the invisible God. 316 00:25:10,119 --> 00:25:14,040 Speaker 1: And that it is just remarkable to you. One more 317 00:25:14,160 --> 00:25:19,480 Speaker 1: verse for you, First Timothy six Versus fifteen and sixteen. Oh, 318 00:25:19,560 --> 00:25:26,000 Speaker 1: don't miss this one, First Timothy six Versus fifteen and sixteen. 319 00:25:26,119 --> 00:25:34,160 Speaker 1: Please get this, God alone is sovereign. Oh, that's enough 320 00:25:34,160 --> 00:25:37,240 Speaker 1: to preach on right there. Have you ever been to 321 00:25:37,280 --> 00:25:41,280 Speaker 1: a steak buffet? Oh, it's a steak buffet right there. 322 00:25:41,720 --> 00:25:44,800 Speaker 1: Sometimes when I go to a steak buffet, I'll just 323 00:25:44,840 --> 00:25:46,680 Speaker 1: walk up, you know, you know how they just give 324 00:25:46,680 --> 00:25:49,320 Speaker 1: you one, and I'll say, why don't we save me 325 00:25:49,359 --> 00:25:51,760 Speaker 1: and you both some Tom, why don't you put a 326 00:25:51,760 --> 00:25:56,480 Speaker 1: few on there? Let me give you a few. We'll say, 327 00:25:56,520 --> 00:25:59,919 Speaker 1: both of us some time here. John eight forty two, 328 00:26:00,119 --> 00:26:06,480 Speaker 1: John ten thirty, Oh, I forgot John one eighteen. Note 329 00:26:06,520 --> 00:26:10,800 Speaker 1: that please, Christ is sent from God. No one can 330 00:26:10,960 --> 00:26:15,479 Speaker 1: see God John one eighteen. No one can see the Father. 331 00:26:15,840 --> 00:26:19,879 Speaker 1: But the Father has sent Christ. Why because Christ is 332 00:26:20,080 --> 00:26:22,760 Speaker 1: what the rays are to the son. That's what Christ 333 00:26:22,960 --> 00:26:28,600 Speaker 1: is to the Father. John one eighteen, cautions one fifteen. 334 00:26:28,680 --> 00:26:33,119 Speaker 1: And now lastly, note this first Timothy six fifteen and sixteen. 335 00:26:33,520 --> 00:26:37,679 Speaker 1: What does it say, you alone are sovereign? He is 336 00:26:37,760 --> 00:26:43,520 Speaker 1: king of kings, He is lord of lords. Hallelujah. Verse sixteen. 337 00:26:43,600 --> 00:26:52,960 Speaker 1: You alone have immortality. You dwell and unapproachable light. What 338 00:26:53,000 --> 00:26:55,439 Speaker 1: did we say, as the Son would blind you, so 339 00:26:55,640 --> 00:26:58,520 Speaker 1: God would blind you. We must have a mediator to 340 00:26:58,640 --> 00:27:03,840 Speaker 1: see God, and it is Jesus Christ. He dwells in 341 00:27:04,200 --> 00:27:08,560 Speaker 1: unapproachable light. Oh, let me tell you, my friends, this 342 00:27:08,600 --> 00:27:10,760 Speaker 1: is why it ought to shape our thinking. It's why 343 00:27:10,800 --> 00:27:14,840 Speaker 1: it ought to correct our thinking. Don't become so familiar 344 00:27:15,160 --> 00:27:20,640 Speaker 1: with God that you no longer fear him. If some 345 00:27:20,720 --> 00:27:23,119 Speaker 1: of us had the right view of God that he 346 00:27:23,240 --> 00:27:26,680 Speaker 1: dwells an unapproachable light, we would stop taking his name 347 00:27:26,680 --> 00:27:32,560 Speaker 1: in vain. If we saw him as the unapproachable like God, 348 00:27:32,760 --> 00:27:36,640 Speaker 1: we would instead of getting angry and saying, oh, Jesus Christ. Oh, 349 00:27:36,720 --> 00:27:42,920 Speaker 1: we would never ever say such a thing. It would 350 00:27:43,040 --> 00:27:46,000 Speaker 1: change the way we think, and it would change the 351 00:27:46,040 --> 00:27:49,480 Speaker 1: way we act. It would change the way we respond, 352 00:27:49,760 --> 00:27:52,320 Speaker 1: It would change the way we pray, It would change 353 00:27:52,359 --> 00:27:56,080 Speaker 1: the way we worship. It would change our reverence for God. 354 00:27:56,320 --> 00:27:59,640 Speaker 1: If we saw him the way God wants us to 355 00:27:59,680 --> 00:28:06,560 Speaker 1: see him. He alone has immortality, He alone dwells in 356 00:28:06,920 --> 00:28:12,560 Speaker 1: unapproachable light. Why for he is the source. And now 357 00:28:12,600 --> 00:28:18,560 Speaker 1: look what it says. For no one has seen him, 358 00:28:18,600 --> 00:28:25,080 Speaker 1: and no one can see him. That's why. The mystery 359 00:28:25,119 --> 00:28:30,200 Speaker 1: of the Gospel is that Christ, who is the brightness 360 00:28:30,280 --> 00:28:33,800 Speaker 1: and the radiance of the glory of God, would robe 361 00:28:34,160 --> 00:28:42,400 Speaker 1: himself in flesh and calm and dwell among us and suffer. 362 00:28:42,680 --> 00:28:45,240 Speaker 1: And what did we say in week one? Why was 363 00:28:45,360 --> 00:28:50,080 Speaker 1: he appointed heir? Because he was appointed to suffer? For 364 00:28:50,200 --> 00:28:55,040 Speaker 1: what purpose? Because he was appointed to glory? What glory, 365 00:28:55,360 --> 00:28:59,480 Speaker 1: the glory he had before the world was ever created, 366 00:28:59,560 --> 00:29:04,200 Speaker 1: John Say, seventeen five. And now he brings us in 367 00:29:04,920 --> 00:29:12,480 Speaker 1: to such glory. Now what have we seen? He is 368 00:29:12,520 --> 00:29:16,880 Speaker 1: the radiance of the glory of God. We understand what 369 00:29:17,000 --> 00:29:20,760 Speaker 1: radiance is. We understand what he means by the glory 370 00:29:20,760 --> 00:29:27,960 Speaker 1: of God. He is the exact seal, the exact expression, 371 00:29:28,680 --> 00:29:34,959 Speaker 1: the exact imprint, the carbon copy of the nature. In 372 00:29:35,000 --> 00:29:40,440 Speaker 1: other words, the essence, the being of God. What did 373 00:29:40,440 --> 00:29:44,040 Speaker 1: we say last week or first week? Elohim, There's only 374 00:29:44,120 --> 00:29:47,360 Speaker 1: one substance in the universe. That is God. It is 375 00:29:47,400 --> 00:29:52,160 Speaker 1: father Son, Holy Spirit. Three yet one, one yet three. 376 00:29:52,240 --> 00:29:56,480 Speaker 1: There's only one in the entirety of all of existence, 377 00:29:56,560 --> 00:29:59,600 Speaker 1: and its Father Son, Holy Spirit. It's the nature of God, 378 00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:03,320 Speaker 1: the essence of God, the being of God. And Christ 379 00:30:03,440 --> 00:30:08,200 Speaker 1: is the exact image. He is the image of the invisible. Lastly, 380 00:30:08,280 --> 00:30:15,080 Speaker 1: today he upholds the universe by the word of his power. 381 00:30:16,640 --> 00:30:20,200 Speaker 1: I love the pattern that the Holy Spirit does here. 382 00:30:22,520 --> 00:30:27,680 Speaker 1: I want you to note this. He starts by telling us. 383 00:30:30,680 --> 00:30:33,840 Speaker 1: He tells us who Christ is. Who is he? He's 384 00:30:33,880 --> 00:30:37,160 Speaker 1: appointed Air of all things. Then he tells us what 385 00:30:37,280 --> 00:30:41,160 Speaker 1: he's done. What has he done? He created the ages, 386 00:30:41,400 --> 00:30:45,800 Speaker 1: he created the world. Then the Holy Spirit again tells 387 00:30:45,840 --> 00:30:48,000 Speaker 1: us who he is. Who he's the radiance of the 388 00:30:48,000 --> 00:30:50,960 Speaker 1: glory of God. He's the exact imprint of his nature. 389 00:30:51,280 --> 00:30:53,040 Speaker 1: Now the Holy Spirit again is going to tell us 390 00:30:53,320 --> 00:30:57,280 Speaker 1: what he does. He upholds the universe by the word 391 00:30:57,320 --> 00:31:01,560 Speaker 1: of his power. He has made the purification for sins. 392 00:31:01,600 --> 00:31:05,720 Speaker 1: He has sat down at the majesty on how Oh 393 00:31:05,880 --> 00:31:10,040 Speaker 1: see the flow, you see the pattern there. Now he 394 00:31:10,160 --> 00:31:13,000 Speaker 1: upholds the universe by the word of his power. Let's 395 00:31:13,080 --> 00:31:15,800 Speaker 1: understand what this means, and we'll begin to close today. 396 00:31:16,760 --> 00:31:21,240 Speaker 1: The word upholding here in the Greek, means to support. 397 00:31:21,640 --> 00:31:25,760 Speaker 1: It means to carry. Uphold means to support, It means 398 00:31:25,800 --> 00:31:28,520 Speaker 1: to carry. I won't even think about this for a moment. 399 00:31:31,160 --> 00:31:35,840 Speaker 1: It does not just mean that Christ created the world 400 00:31:36,560 --> 00:31:40,040 Speaker 1: as though it was one act. Now say amen, if 401 00:31:40,040 --> 00:31:43,760 Speaker 1: you're with me right now. Oh I don't know. I 402 00:31:43,800 --> 00:31:46,640 Speaker 1: said state buffet and now you're thinking about lunch. No, 403 00:31:46,800 --> 00:31:50,160 Speaker 1: say amen if you're with me, because the Lord's gonna 404 00:31:50,160 --> 00:31:56,600 Speaker 1: speak to us right now. Amen, he upholds not just 405 00:31:56,720 --> 00:32:03,640 Speaker 1: that he did a one time creation of a work. No, 406 00:32:05,080 --> 00:32:10,000 Speaker 1: why are these phrases separated? Why does it not link 407 00:32:10,040 --> 00:32:14,200 Speaker 1: it together? Phrase? You know why? I believe because the 408 00:32:14,320 --> 00:32:17,800 Speaker 1: Holy Spirit is showing us. Yes, Christ created the world. 409 00:32:18,000 --> 00:32:22,240 Speaker 1: But what's he doing right now in real time, this 410 00:32:22,360 --> 00:32:27,080 Speaker 1: very moment. He's holding everything together by the word of 411 00:32:27,080 --> 00:32:31,440 Speaker 1: his power. Friends, Christ is the creator, but he's also 412 00:32:31,920 --> 00:32:35,600 Speaker 1: the sustainer a man and you know what that means. 413 00:32:35,640 --> 00:32:39,480 Speaker 1: That means God can create miracles right now in your life. 414 00:32:39,640 --> 00:32:42,880 Speaker 1: That means God can sustain you right now by his grace. 415 00:32:43,160 --> 00:32:46,320 Speaker 1: That means that God is involved in your life. God 416 00:32:46,400 --> 00:32:49,840 Speaker 1: sees what you're facing. God sees what you're going through. 417 00:32:50,320 --> 00:32:53,800 Speaker 1: All my friends, they tell me my retina is dead. 418 00:32:54,200 --> 00:32:57,280 Speaker 1: They tell me it's completely torn. They tell me I 419 00:32:57,320 --> 00:33:00,120 Speaker 1: will never see again. But let me tell you. On 420 00:33:00,840 --> 00:33:04,360 Speaker 1: is the creator, hallelujah. And he's not only the creator, 421 00:33:04,680 --> 00:33:10,600 Speaker 1: he is the sustainer. He upholds all things by the 422 00:33:10,640 --> 00:33:14,560 Speaker 1: word of His power. Right now, you and I exist 423 00:33:15,320 --> 00:33:21,880 Speaker 1: because we're upheld by Jesus. Everything you see, everything you touch, 424 00:33:22,320 --> 00:33:26,760 Speaker 1: everything you smell, everything you taste, everything you hear is 425 00:33:26,920 --> 00:33:31,440 Speaker 1: upheld by the word of His power. And you know 426 00:33:31,480 --> 00:33:33,560 Speaker 1: what that means, By the word of His power. It 427 00:33:33,640 --> 00:33:39,120 Speaker 1: means it is effortlessly by Jesus Christ. Oh, don't think 428 00:33:39,120 --> 00:33:43,680 Speaker 1: he's tired, don't think he's exhausted, don't think he's run 429 00:33:43,680 --> 00:33:48,240 Speaker 1: out of miracles. Hallelujah. Don't think he's short on power. No, 430 00:33:48,720 --> 00:33:54,520 Speaker 1: it's simply by the word of His power. Hallelujah. Amen. Oh, 431 00:33:54,600 --> 00:33:57,080 Speaker 1: do you see how these scriptures help us think? Right? 432 00:33:58,160 --> 00:34:00,880 Speaker 1: Do you see how it helps us pray right? Do 433 00:34:00,960 --> 00:34:05,280 Speaker 1: you see how it helps us feel right about God? 434 00:34:05,880 --> 00:34:08,520 Speaker 1: And So when Satan comes and says, oh, God won't 435 00:34:08,600 --> 00:34:11,640 Speaker 1: help you, and God won't deliver you, and God can't 436 00:34:11,680 --> 00:34:14,840 Speaker 1: rescue you, and God can't work this out and God 437 00:34:14,880 --> 00:34:17,960 Speaker 1: has no ability and God had no you take Satan 438 00:34:18,360 --> 00:34:20,919 Speaker 1: right to Hebrews one three and say, no, I am 439 00:34:21,040 --> 00:34:26,400 Speaker 1: upheld by the word of his power. Amen. I tell you, 440 00:34:26,440 --> 00:34:29,840 Speaker 1: don't you dare let Satan slap you around. Don't you 441 00:34:29,920 --> 00:34:34,000 Speaker 1: let Satan push you over. Don't you let Satan discourage you. 442 00:34:34,000 --> 00:34:36,560 Speaker 1: You take him straight to the word of God, and 443 00:34:36,719 --> 00:34:45,279 Speaker 1: you wear him out with the word. Amen. Christ is 444 00:34:45,280 --> 00:34:51,680 Speaker 1: the radiance of what of God's glory. He's the exact 445 00:34:51,719 --> 00:34:56,560 Speaker 1: imprint of what the nature of God? And what does 446 00:34:56,560 --> 00:35:00,160 Speaker 1: he do? That's who he is? But what is he do? 447 00:35:01,800 --> 00:35:06,680 Speaker 1: He supports, he carries, he upholds, not just your world, 448 00:35:06,920 --> 00:35:09,920 Speaker 1: and not just your life, and not just your concerns, 449 00:35:10,000 --> 00:35:16,759 Speaker 1: and not just your burdens. The entire Uni Verse and 450 00:35:16,920 --> 00:35:23,479 Speaker 1: you and you're telling me that God can't handle your life. 451 00:35:24,719 --> 00:35:27,399 Speaker 1: You're telling me God can't manage your life better than 452 00:35:27,440 --> 00:35:30,360 Speaker 1: you can manage it. Oh, come on, now say, amen, 453 00:35:30,440 --> 00:35:34,439 Speaker 1: if you're with me right now, you're telling me that 454 00:35:34,520 --> 00:35:38,399 Speaker 1: God can't do a better job than you can do. 455 00:35:41,200 --> 00:35:49,359 Speaker 1: He upholds the universe how effortlessly I close with this. 456 00:35:53,640 --> 00:35:56,920 Speaker 1: We see it even in his earthly life. And if 457 00:35:56,920 --> 00:35:59,200 Speaker 1: we see it in his earthly life, how much more 458 00:35:59,640 --> 00:36:02,000 Speaker 1: now that he is seated at the right hand of 459 00:36:02,000 --> 00:36:04,960 Speaker 1: the Majesty on high, what do we see? We see 460 00:36:05,080 --> 00:36:08,680 Speaker 1: everything in the universe obeying him. The winds and the 461 00:36:08,719 --> 00:36:18,800 Speaker 1: waves obed him. Sickness and disease, Oh bade him, Demons 462 00:36:19,520 --> 00:36:29,480 Speaker 1: obayed him, death, Oh bade him. Every thing in this 463 00:36:29,920 --> 00:36:41,759 Speaker 1: universe is willed by the word of Jesus Christ, and 464 00:36:41,960 --> 00:36:50,799 Speaker 1: you can trust him. Oh No, we ought to worship 465 00:36:51,640 --> 00:37:01,120 Speaker 1: Jesus today. We ought to trust Jesus today because he's 466 00:37:01,160 --> 00:37:06,000 Speaker 1: the radiance of God's glory. He's the exact imprint of 467 00:37:06,040 --> 00:37:14,040 Speaker 1: his nature. Well, I hope that today's sermon impacted your life. 468 00:37:14,320 --> 00:37:17,080 Speaker 1: You know, right now I am preaching through the entire 469 00:37:17,400 --> 00:37:21,520 Speaker 1: Book of Hebrews, and we have just started. 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