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\nBut what do we mean by that?
\nDo we mean that prayer is some <\/p>\n
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\ninnate force that gives us what
\nwe want, sort of like Aladdin’s <\/p>\n
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\nlamp that we rub and it sort of
\nproduces the things that we <\/p>\n
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\ndesire?
\nOr do we mean that it’s the <\/p>\n
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\ncomfort of prayer that we get a
\nfeeling from it? <\/p>\n
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\nWhat?
\nWhat is this power? <\/p>\n
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\nThere is a power in prayer, and
\nwe know that because on the <\/p>\n
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\naltar we’re horns, and we know
\nthat horns in the Bible are <\/p>\n
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\nsymbolic of power.
\nNow James speaks of a power in <\/p>\n
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\nprayer, and he says this.
\nThe effectual, fervent prayer of<\/p>\n
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\na righteous man avails much.
\nThe Interlinear Bible, or Greens<\/p>\n
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\nas it’s sometimes called, says
\nthis, The prayer of a righteous <\/p>\n
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\none is very powerful, having
\nbeen made effective. <\/p>\n
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\nThat’s the order of the Greek.
\nSo there is a power in prayer <\/p>\n
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\nand that power, it’s, there’s a
\npower in prayer because it’s <\/p>\n
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\nbeen made effective or dunaman,
\nit’s been energized in some way.<\/p>\n
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\nSo there’s something powerful or
\neffective that makes our prayers<\/p>\n
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\nhave power.
\nNow Rotherham renders it this <\/p>\n
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\nway.
\nRotherham says much avails the <\/p>\n
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\nsupplication of a righteous man
\nwhen energized and in his margin<\/p>\n
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\nhe shows that it is actually in
\nthe middle voice and it is <\/p>\n
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\nsomething that works inwardly.
\nThere’s a power which works <\/p>\n
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\ninwardly.
\nIt’s an external power that <\/p>\n
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\naffects us and energizes prayer.
\nI believe that it refers to the <\/p>\n
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\nto the acceptable attitude.
\nIt produces an acceptable <\/p>\n
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\nattitude.
\nThe very things that we <\/p>\n
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\nconsidered yesterday in those
\ningredients. <\/p>\n
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\nI don’t, I think I ran out of
\ntime to show that all the the <\/p>\n
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\ningredients spoke not of
\ntechnical things, not of the <\/p>\n
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\nthings that make it work, but of
\nattitudes. <\/p>\n
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\nEvery one of them spoke of
\nattitude. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd that’s what God is looking
\nfor in prayer. <\/p>\n
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\nBut there’s a power, an external
\npower that produces those <\/p>\n
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\nattitudes, a motivation.
\nNow, the answer to this lies in <\/p>\n
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\nthose horns on the altar of
\nincense. <\/p>\n
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\nHorns in Scripture are used is a
\nsummary of the passages that use<\/p>\n
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\nhorns of salvation and
\nexaltation in victory. <\/p>\n
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\nNow salvation comes as a result
\nultimately of forgiveness. <\/p>\n
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\nRemember, there were two men
\nthat took hold of the the horns <\/p>\n
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\nof the altar, the brazen altar,
\nAdonijah and Joanne. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd they grasp hold of those
\nhorns seeking mercy or <\/p>\n
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\nforgiveness.
\nAnd so these desperate men <\/p>\n
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\nobviously had a basis for that
\nsymbolic action. <\/p>\n
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\nWell, there is, because there’s
\nthis connection between the <\/p>\n
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\naltar of incense and that altar
\nor the brazen altar, the altar <\/p>\n
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\nof vent offering.
\nAnd that connection is that they<\/p>\n
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\nboth have homes, they all have 4
\nhorns each, and the horns of <\/p>\n
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\nboth of those altars represent
\nthe power of forgiveness because<\/p>\n
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\nthey are only ever used the
\nhorns on both altars for one <\/p>\n
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\nreason.
\nSure, people grabbed hold of <\/p>\n
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\nthem, and there’s a passage that
\nshows that some of the animals <\/p>\n
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\nwere tied to those horns, but
\nthat’s not part of the law. <\/p>\n
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\nIn the law, the reason for those
\nhorns, it had one specific use, <\/p>\n
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\nand that was that all those
\nhorns were smeared with the <\/p>\n
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\nblood of the sin offering.
\nFor the standard sin offering <\/p>\n
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\nand for the sin offering on the
\nDay of Atonement, it’s always <\/p>\n
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\nthe sin offering.
\nCan you see the connection with <\/p>\n
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\natonement and forgiveness?
\nAnd of course, all of this <\/p>\n
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\nrepresents Christ’s offering for
\nsin. <\/p>\n
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\nHis sin offering has power.
\nIn other words, brothers and <\/p>\n
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\nsisters, in connection with the
\naltar of innocent, Christ’s <\/p>\n
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\nsacrifice enables prayer.
\nIt’s that which enables our <\/p>\n
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\nprayers.
\nIt’s got power. <\/p>\n
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\nIt gives access to God.
\nForgiveness in Christ brings us <\/p>\n
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\nnigh unto God.
\nNow we have another connection <\/p>\n
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\nbetween those two altars, those
\n24 horned altars. <\/p>\n
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\nIncense could not emit its
\npowerful aroma unless it was <\/p>\n
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\nignited.
\nIt had to be ignited in order <\/p>\n
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\nfor that the fumes to to usher
\nforth. <\/p>\n
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\nBut as Naidab and Abihu found,
\nyou cannot ignite God’s incense <\/p>\n
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\nwith strange fire.
\nGod stipulated that the fire to <\/p>\n
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\nburn the incense, the coals that
\nignited the incense, were to be <\/p>\n
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\ntaken from the brazen altar, the
\naltar of sacrifice, the altar <\/p>\n
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\nthat represents Christ’s
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\nIn other words, brothers and
\nsisters, Christ’s sacrifice <\/p>\n
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\nshould ignite our prayers.
\nThere’s motivation. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s Christ that empowers,
\nignites our priests. <\/p>\n
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\nSo He’s both the means and the
\nmotivation of prayer. <\/p>\n
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\nCome with me to Hebrews chapter
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\nIn Hebrews 10 and in verse 19,
\nit says there having therefore, <\/p>\n
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\nbrethren, boldness to enter into
\nthe holiest by the blood of <\/p>\n
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\nJesus, by a new and living way
\nwhich He had consecrated for us <\/p>\n
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\nthrough the veil, that is to
\nsay, His flesh. <\/p>\n
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\nHaving an high priest over the
\nHouse of God, let us draw near <\/p>\n
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\nit with a true heart, with full
\nassurance of faith, having our <\/p>\n
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\nan evil conscience, and our <\/p>\n
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\nbodies washed with pure water.
\nHe’s taken us right through the <\/p>\n
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\nTabernacle there, the Laver and
\nthe burnt offering, the altar of<\/p>\n
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\nburnt offering, and through the
\nthe veil into the holiest by the<\/p>\n
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\nblood of Christ.
\nHe’s the means. <\/p>\n
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\nSo the power of prayer is
\nChrist. <\/p>\n
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\nSo when we use that expression,
\nthe power of prayer, that’s what<\/p>\n
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\nmust be both the means and the
\nmotivation through Christ, his <\/p>\n
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\nsacrifice.
\nHe’s the means and he inspires <\/p>\n
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\nHe ignites our priests. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd we must see the importance
\nof this. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd there’s more to this,
\nbecause it’s not just a theory <\/p>\n
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\nhere.
\nWhat does, what part does Christ<\/p>\n
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\nplay in our prayers?
\nWhat’s his part in our prayers? <\/p>\n
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\nWell, he’s the high priest and
\nthe mediator and the <\/p>\n
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\nintercessor.
\nBut we’ve got problems with <\/p>\n
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\nare seen and how we use those
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\nWhen we talk about Christ’s role
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\nconfusing images.
\nFor example, we know that we <\/p>\n
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\nmust pray to the Father through
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\nSo does that make Christ like a
\ntelephone exchange operator? <\/p>\n
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\nCould you put me through to God,
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\nAnd, and while you’re at it,
\ncould you put in a good word for<\/p>\n
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\nme?
\nAnd we also know that Christ is <\/p>\n
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\nour intercessor who pleads our
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\nAnd the image is that Christ is
\ndown on his knees pleading with <\/p>\n
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\nthe Father, saying I understand
\nhim and I really believe he’s <\/p>\n
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\ntelling the truth.
\nAnd of course you don’t <\/p>\n
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\nis highly, it sounds highly
\ndisrespectful and it is. <\/p>\n
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\nBut those are the images that we
\npresent and how we talk about <\/p>\n
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\nChrist’s role in prayer.
\nIf Christ is required to <\/p>\n
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\nmeditate, mediate rather, and to
\nintercede for each and every <\/p>\n
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\nprayer in that sense at the
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\ngot problems, haven’t we?
\nBecause who? <\/p>\n
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\nWho did that before Christ
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\nAdam to Christ’s ascent?
\nWho did it? <\/p>\n
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\nIf that’s absolutely necessary,
\nwhy is it necessary now, as <\/p>\n
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\nopposed to those before Christ
\ncame? <\/p>\n
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\nAnd who’s going to do that role
\nwhen Christ descends and is on <\/p>\n
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\nthe earth for 1000 years if it’s
\nnecessary for that kind of <\/p>\n
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\nSo I want to spend a little bit
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\nin as a mediator and an
\nintercessor. <\/p>\n
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\nSo what is a mediator?
\nWell, he’s a a go between <\/p>\n
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\nsomeone that goes between two
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\nIt’s one who brings two
\nconflicted parties together, one<\/p>\n
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\nwho facilitates agreement or
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\nHe’s also an adjudicator or <\/p>\n
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\njudge in dispute.
\nWe have that in our court <\/p>\n
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\nsystems today.
\nNow a biblical mediator must be <\/p>\n
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\nabsolutely just, but secondly
\nmust be accepted by both <\/p>\n
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\nconflicted parties.
\nSomeone who is accepted by both <\/p>\n
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\nparties so he can represent both
\nparties. <\/p>\n
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\nNow an intercessor.
\nAn intercessor is one who speaks<\/p>\n
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\nup for or on behalf of someone
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\nIt’s someone who intercedes, in
\nother words, on behalf of <\/p>\n
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\nsomeone, an actual fact.
\nYou can intercede on behalf of <\/p>\n
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\nyourself.
\nWell, there’s no two parties <\/p>\n
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\nYou’re doing it yourself. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s not the biblical mediator
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\nIt’s an one in between.
\nSo there’s three parties <\/p>\n
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\ninvolved there.
\nSo an intercessor is not <\/p>\n
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\nnecessarily a mediator, but the
\nbiblical mediator is of <\/p>\n
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\nnecessity an intercessor.
\nHope you can see that point. <\/p>\n
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\nHe has to intercede on behalf of
\nboth parties, for example. <\/p>\n
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\nI’ll also make this distinction.
\nAn intercessor is not <\/p>\n
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\nnecessarily a mediator, but a
\nmediator must be an intercessor.<\/p>\n
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\nAnd what I mean by this as an
\nexample is Moses, because he <\/p>\n
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\ninterceded as a mediator on
\nbehalf of Israel to God, but he <\/p>\n
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\nalso interceded on behalf of
\nPharaoh. <\/p>\n
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\nSeveral times Pharaoh asked him
\nto pray to God for him, but he <\/p>\n
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\nwas never a mediator, bringing
\nreconciliation between Pharaoh <\/p>\n
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\nand God.
\nSo I hope you can see that <\/p>\n
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\npoint.
\nThere is a difference between an<\/p>\n
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\nintercessor and a mediator.
\nA mediator must also be an <\/p>\n
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\nintercessor.
\nBut an intercessor is not <\/p>\n
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\nnecessarily a mediator.
\nBut Christ is both because he is<\/p>\n
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\nthe mediator.
\nHope you get that. <\/p>\n
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\nThat’s not it’s a yeah, all
\nright. <\/p>\n
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\nThe Old Testament frequently
\nmentions the absence of an <\/p>\n
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\nacceptable mediator.
\nFor example, we come to have a <\/p>\n
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\nlook at Isaiah 59, Isaiah 59,
\nand in verses one and two, <\/p>\n
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\nbehold, Yahweh’s hand is not
\nshortened, that it cannot save, <\/p>\n
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\nneither His ear heavy that it
\ncannot hear. <\/p>\n
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\nBut your iniquities have
\nseparated between you and your <\/p>\n
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\nGod, and your sins have hid His
\nface from you that He will not <\/p>\n
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\nhear.
\nSo what can be done? <\/p>\n
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\nHow can they be reconciled?
\nWell, God saw that problem too, <\/p>\n
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\nbecause in verse 16 it says and
\nHe saw that there was no man, no<\/p>\n
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\neast, no no powerful man, and
\nwondered that there was no <\/p>\n
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\nintercessor.
\nTherefore his arm brought <\/p>\n
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\nsalvation unto him, and his
\nrighteousness it sustained him. <\/p>\n
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\nSo God was searching the land,
\nand he could find no man to <\/p>\n
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\nfulfil this role.
\nAnd so he put forth his own arm <\/p>\n
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\nto accomplish salvation for his
\npeople. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd God’s own arm symbolized an
\nextension of himself in a human,<\/p>\n
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\none who represented both
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\nSo there’s a human, and God
\nextends himself through into <\/p>\n
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\nthat human.
\nThere’s mediation. <\/p>\n
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\nHave a look at Isaiah 53, Isaiah
\n53, verse one. <\/p>\n
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\nWho hath believed our report,
\nand to whom is the arm of Yahweh<\/p>\n
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\nrevealed?
\nFor He the arm, shall grow up <\/p>\n
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\nbefore Him as a tender plant,
\nand as a root out of dry ground.<\/p>\n
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\nHe that arm hath no fault, no
\ncomeliness. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd when we shall see Him, there
\nis no beauty that we should <\/p>\n
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\ndesire Him.
\nHe is despised and rejected of <\/p>\n
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\nmen, a man of sorrows, a man of
\nsorrows, and acquainted with <\/p>\n
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\ngrief.
\nAnd we hid, as it were, our <\/p>\n
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\nfaces from Him.
\nHe was despised, and we esteemed<\/p>\n
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\nHim not.
\nIsaiah 53 presents this arm of <\/p>\n
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\nYahweh as a suffering servant, a
\nman as the mediator. <\/p>\n
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\nThis servant arm would bear the
\nburdens of human nature as an <\/p>\n
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\noffering to God.
\nVerse 12 Therefore will I divide<\/p>\n
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\nhim a portion with the great,
\nand he shall divide the spoiler <\/p>\n
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\nwith the strong, because he hath
\npoured out his soul unto death, <\/p>\n
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\nand he was numbered with the
\ntransgressors, and he bare the <\/p>\n
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\nsin of many, and made
\nintercession for the <\/p>\n
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\ntransgressors.
\nNow notice that His offering <\/p>\n
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\nunto death was an act of
\nintercession, a prayer. <\/p>\n
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\nHis offering brothers and
\nsisters, His life given was a <\/p>\n
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\npetition to the Father on behalf
\nof the many. <\/p>\n
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\nNow the New Testament also
\nspeaks of how Christ became the <\/p>\n
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\nmediator of the New Covenant in
\nHis death. <\/p>\n
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\nCome with me to Hebrews Chapter
\n9. <\/p>\n
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\nHebrews 9 and in verse 15.
\nAnd for this cause He is the <\/p>\n
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\nmediator of the new covenant,
\nthat by means of death, for the <\/p>\n
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\nthat were under the first <\/p>\n
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\ncovenant, and so on.
\nSo He was the mediator of the <\/p>\n
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\nnew Covenant by the means of
\ndeath. <\/p>\n
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\nSo we notice then that
\nintercession in Isaiah 53 and <\/p>\n
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\nmediation in Hebrews Chapter 9
\noccurs in Christ’s sacrificial <\/p>\n
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\ndeath.
\nOr was this act that brought <\/p>\n
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\nreconciliation between the two
\nparties? <\/p>\n
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\nNow, the role didn’t end with
\nhis death. <\/p>\n
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\nHis sacrificial death was the
\nbeginning of the role. <\/p>\n
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\nNotice because it says for this,
\n’cause he is the mediator of the<\/p>\n
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\nIt’s in, in the Greek present, <\/p>\n
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\ncontinuous.
\nIt’s something that continues. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s a state.
\nAnd so for what cause is he the <\/p>\n
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\nmediator?
\nWell, Paul shows that Christ, <\/p>\n
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\nwhat Christ’s blood accomplished
\nin verse 24, he says, For Christ<\/p>\n
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\nis not entered into the holy
\nplaces made with hands, which <\/p>\n
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\nare the figures of the truth,
\nbut into heaven itself. <\/p>\n
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\nNow to appear where?
\nIn the presence of God, for what<\/p>\n
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\nreason, or or on behalf of us?
\nThat’s a mediator’s role, which <\/p>\n
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\nincludes intercession.
\nThe blood of the New Covenant <\/p>\n
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\nenabled Christ, our
\nrepresentative, our mediator, to<\/p>\n
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\nbe raised and to enter into
\nheaven itself self and to dwell <\/p>\n
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\nin the Father’s presence on our
\nbehalf. <\/p>\n
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\nThat’s mediation.
\nHis presence there on our behalf<\/p>\n
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\nsignifies that we too are there.
\nWe’ve been brought nigh to God <\/p>\n
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\nin Christ.
\nThat’s the place that we were <\/p>\n
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\ntalking about yesterday.
\nSo this being in Christ is the <\/p>\n
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\ncontinuing intercessory work of
\nChrist, mediation, which begins <\/p>\n
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\nat our baptism because we enter
\ninto the covenant, we enter into<\/p>\n
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\nChrist and it concludes when we
\nare made in the same image of <\/p>\n
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\nChrist in immortality.
\nWe no longer then need <\/p>\n
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\nmediation.
\nWe no longer need to be, as it <\/p>\n
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\nwere in him.
\nHe’s still our Lord, but we’re <\/p>\n
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\none with him and one with God.
\nWe’re All in all. <\/p>\n
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\nThat’s what Brother Thomas says.
\nAnd Eureka now the role of <\/p>\n
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\nmediator and intercessor
\ntherefore doesn’t require Christ<\/p>\n
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\nto pray for us or literally to
\nstand in the breach like Moses <\/p>\n
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\nhad to and stop an angry God
\nfrom destroying us. <\/p>\n
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\nHe’s done that work when He
\nbrought us nigh to God in <\/p>\n
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\nChrist.
\nIn Him we have direct access to <\/p>\n
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\nthe Father.
\nNow Christ says this himself, <\/p>\n
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\nJohn 16 verse 26, He says at
\nthat day he shall ask in my <\/p>\n
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\nname.
\nAnd I say not unto you, that I <\/p>\n
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\nwill pray the Father for you.
\nI don’t have to pray anymore. <\/p>\n
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\nThere’s no need for Christ to
\npray for us, because asking in <\/p>\n
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\nHis name is the same as Christ
\nasking for us. <\/p>\n
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\nThat’s what He’s saying.
\nThen here it is again, but John <\/p>\n
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\n1413 and 14 And whatsoever you
\nshall ask in my name, that will <\/p>\n
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\nI do that the Father may be
\nglorified in the Son. <\/p>\n
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\nIf you shall ask anything in my
\nname, I will do it. <\/p>\n
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\nWhen we speak in the name of
\nsomeone, we speak with their <\/p>\n
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\nauthority.
\nIf someone comes in the name or <\/p>\n
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\nas an as an ambassador, they
\nspeak in the name of royalty or <\/p>\n
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\nwhoever.
\nThey speak with their authority,<\/p>\n
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\nwith their message.
\nSo when we speak in the name, we<\/p>\n
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\nspeak on their behalf.
\nPrayer in the name of Christ <\/p>\n
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\ntherefore means that he is the
\nmeans of speaking to God. <\/p>\n
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\nThis is not correct.
\nOh, yes, it is. <\/p>\n
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\nI’m sorry.
\nI’m viewing a different screen. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd it’s.
\nYeah. <\/p>\n
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\nAnyway, I won’t involve you in
\nthe technicalities. <\/p>\n
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\nI just got confused by what was
\nthere. <\/p>\n
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\nOK.
\nIt’s also the motivation. <\/p>\n
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\nWe’ve seen this, haven’t we?
\nBut that’s speaking in the name <\/p>\n
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\nof God as I in the name of
\nChrist. <\/p>\n
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\nHe’s also the motivation, but
\nhe’s also, well, it can find <\/p>\n
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\nwhat we should ask because it’s
\ngot to be something he wants or <\/p>\n
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\nwill need or or or requires,
\nbecause it’s in his name. <\/p>\n
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\nWe’ve got no better illustration
\nof all of this, brothers and <\/p>\n
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\nsisters, than in what the
\nincense represents, because <\/p>\n
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\nChrist is the incense.
\nRemember what we said yesterday,<\/p>\n
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\nthat every part of the
\nTabernacle, every single item is<\/p>\n
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\nChrist, It represents Christ.
\nSo also with the incense, it is <\/p>\n
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\nChrist.
\nHow in Luke chapter one verse <\/p>\n
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\n10, it says and the whole
\nmultitude of the people were <\/p>\n
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\npraying without at the time of
\nincense. <\/p>\n
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\nSo in other words, the people
\nwould pray at the time of <\/p>\n
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\nincense.
\nAnd the implication is this at <\/p>\n
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\nthe time that incense is wafting
\nin through the Vale into the <\/p>\n
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\nholiest people are praying, they
\nhave their individual prayers. <\/p>\n
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\nCan you see the point of that?
\nIt’s saying that that their <\/p>\n
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\nprayers are joining with that
\nincense. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s being added to that
\nincense. <\/p>\n
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\nNow we’ve got that picture in
\nthe apocalypse. <\/p>\n
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\nCome with me to Revelation
\nchapter 5, Revelation 5 and <\/p>\n
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\nverse 8.
\nAnd when he had taken the book, <\/p>\n
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\nthe four beasts and four and 20
\nelders fell down before the <\/p>\n
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\nland, every one of them sorry,
\nhaving every one of them harps <\/p>\n
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\nand golden vase or senses full
\nof odors, incense, which are the<\/p>\n
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\nprayers of the Saints.
\nNow we know that that’s true <\/p>\n
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\nfrom Psalm 141, that that
\nincense represents prayers. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd so here are these
\nindividuals, each with their own<\/p>\n
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\ncensor, full of their own
\nincense or prayers. <\/p>\n
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\nNow look at chapter 8 and verse
\nthree. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd another Angel came and stood
\nat the altar, having a golden <\/p>\n
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\ncensor, and it was given unto
\nhim much incense, that he should<\/p>\n
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\noffer it with the prayers of all
\nthe Saints upon the golden altar<\/p>\n
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\nwhich was before the throne.
\nAnd the smoke of the incense <\/p>\n
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\nwhich came with the prayers of
\nthe Saints, ascended up before <\/p>\n
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\nGod out of the angel’s hands.
\nSee, there’s that picture. <\/p>\n
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\nIncense is all our prayers
\njoining or even being subsumed <\/p>\n
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\nin Christ’s prayer of mediation,
\nwhich he accomplished in his <\/p>\n
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\ndeath.
\nThat’s what we’ve seen as the <\/p>\n
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\nincense.
\nChrist is the spirit of prayer, <\/p>\n
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\nso we join with Him in his name.
\nHe is the spirit of prayer. <\/p>\n
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\nNow I haven’t time to look at
\nthe we can see that from the <\/p>\n
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\ningredients of prayer that that
\nhe is the incest, but we haven’t<\/p>\n
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\nbeen able to look at that.
\nBut it’s there. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s hidden there in the
\nmeanings of the names. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd what is that spirit, the
\nSpirit of Christ? <\/p>\n
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\nChrist is the Spirit of the
\nwhole of the Bible, isn’t he? <\/p>\n
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\nAll of God’s Word is all about
\nChrist. <\/p>\n
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\nEven the Old Testament prophet
\nsought to understand the message<\/p>\n
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\nof the Spirit of Christ which
\nwas in them, says Peter in first<\/p>\n
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\nof Peter one verse 11.
\nHe was the Word made flesh. <\/p>\n
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\nHe’s everything.
\nHe’s God’s purpose. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s all there in the Word.
\nIt’s God’s mind expressed for us<\/p>\n
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\nin one man.
\nSo the Word represents Christ. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s all about Him.
\nHe’s every part of that word. <\/p>\n
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\nNow we see this correlation
\nbetween God’s Word and the Lord <\/p>\n
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\nJesus Christ in two remarkable
\npassages that help us in regard <\/p>\n
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\nto prayer and his role in
\nHebrews chapter 4. <\/p>\n
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\nIt is quite remarkable because
\nwe see a transition here, <\/p>\n
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\nHebrews chapter 4 and in verse
\n12. <\/p>\n
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\nNow notice this.
\nSee what happens here verse 12. <\/p>\n
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\nFor the Word of God is quick and
\npowerful and sharper than any <\/p>\n
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\n00:30:02,280 –> 00:30:06,160
\ntwo edged sword, piercing even
\nto the dividing asunder of soul <\/p>\n
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\n00:30:06,160 –> 00:30:09,920
\nand spirit, and of the joints
\nand marrows, as a discerner of <\/p>\n
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\n00:30:09,920 –> 00:30:11,960
\nthe thoughts and intents of the
\nheart. <\/p>\n
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\n00:30:12,120 –> 00:30:18,000
\nThat’s what the Word of God can
\ndo and that says neither is <\/p>\n
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\n00:30:18,000 –> 00:30:23,040
\nthere any creature that is not
\nmanifest in his side. <\/p>\n
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\n00:30:24,880 –> 00:30:29,440
\nAll of a sudden the Word has
\nbecome a him, a person, but all <\/p>\n
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\n00:30:29,440 –> 00:30:34,560
\nthings are naked and open unto
\nthe eyes of him with whom we <\/p>\n
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\n00:30:34,560 –> 00:30:39,120
\nhave to do so.
\nThe the Word of God is able to <\/p>\n
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\n00:30:39,120 –> 00:30:42,280
\ndiscern the thoughts and intents
\nof the heart and it reveals us <\/p>\n
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\n00:30:42,280 –> 00:30:46,240
\nfor who we are.
\nIt does that for us, but all of <\/p>\n
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\n00:30:46,240 –> 00:30:47,560
\na sudden this has become a
\nperson. <\/p>\n
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\n00:30:47,720 –> 00:30:51,080
\nWho is this person?
\nWell, it says seeing being verse<\/p>\n
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\n40, that we have a great high
\npriest that is passed into the <\/p>\n
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\n00:30:55,160 –> 00:30:57,760
\nheavens.
\nJesus, the Son of God. <\/p>\n
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\n00:30:57,920 –> 00:31:06,200
\nLet us hold past our profession.
\nSee that transition there. <\/p>\n
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\n00:31:07,400 –> 00:31:10,720
\nIt’s the word of God which is
\nable to do these things. <\/p>\n
360
\n00:31:10,800 –> 00:31:15,520
\nIt becomes a person that’s
\nlooking and doing That <\/p>\n
361
\n00:31:15,520 –> 00:31:20,040
\ndiscerning is not just the Word,
\nit’s the Word made flesh. <\/p>\n
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\n00:31:20,200 –> 00:31:24,080
\nAnd He’s the one representative
\nand He’s looking into our <\/p>\n
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\nhearts.
\nIt becomes Him as a high priest.<\/p>\n
364
\n00:31:31,080 –> 00:31:36,040
\nNow the same relationship
\nbetween God’s Word and Christ’s <\/p>\n
365
\n00:31:36,160 –> 00:31:39,840
\nrole appears in Romans chapter
\n8. <\/p>\n
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\n00:31:40,040 –> 00:31:47,840
\nCome with me there to Romans 8
\nand in this chapter we know that<\/p>\n
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\nthat that Paul uses various
\nexpressions to describe the word<\/p>\n
368
\n00:31:53,640 –> 00:32:05,240
\nof God in a person’s mind.
\nHe describes it as being it’s <\/p>\n
369
\n00:32:05,240 –> 00:32:08,040
\nspiritually minded.
\nIn other words, it’s the Spirit <\/p>\n
370
\n00:32:08,040 –> 00:32:11,360
\nof Christ in US or the Spirit of
\nGod verse 9, the Spirit of <\/p>\n
371
\n00:32:11,360 –> 00:32:15,240
\nChrist.
\nIt’s even simply Christ in the <\/p>\n
372
\n00:32:15,240 –> 00:32:19,800
\nmind or the Spirit in the mind.
\nThey’re all synonymous. <\/p>\n
373
\n00:32:20,560 –> 00:32:24,680
\nUltimately, it is the word of
\nGod, but it’s the the word of <\/p>\n
374
\n00:32:24,680 –> 00:32:28,240
\nGod in Christ.
\nIt was, it was seen in Christ. <\/p>\n
375
\n00:32:28,440 –> 00:32:33,440
\nIt’s his spirit in us.
\nIt’s the spirit mind of Christ <\/p>\n
376
\n00:32:33,600 –> 00:32:37,520
\nthat leads us in our walk as
\nGod’s children. <\/p>\n
377
\n00:32:38,960 –> 00:32:44,640
\nIt causes us as His children to
\ncry ABBA Father like He did. <\/p>\n
378
\n00:32:45,840 –> 00:32:49,360
\nIt’s the Spirit of Sumption as
\nit says in verse 15. <\/p>\n
379
\n00:32:50,800 –> 00:32:56,600
\nNow this Spirit or Christ like
\nthinking the word of gardeners <\/p>\n
380
\n00:32:58,080 –> 00:33:03,200
\ndoes more because it operates as
\nan intercessor in our minds, <\/p>\n
381
\n00:33:03,200 –> 00:33:09,080
\njust like Hebrews 14 at 4:00.
\nBut just as that word in Hebrews<\/p>\n
382
\n00:33:09,080 –> 00:33:13,720
\n4 functions as a discerner of
\nthoughts and intents of the <\/p>\n
383
\n00:33:13,720 –> 00:33:19,920
\nheart, it then becomes the Lord
\nJesus Christ who does this in <\/p>\n
384
\n00:33:20,080 –> 00:33:22,880
\nRomans chapter eight.
\nLook at verse 26. <\/p>\n
385
\n00:33:23,560 –> 00:33:29,960
\nLikewise the Spirit, the mind of
\nChrist or the Word of God also <\/p>\n
386
\n00:33:29,960 –> 00:33:34,840
\nhelps our infirmities.
\nFor we know not what we should <\/p>\n
387
\n00:33:34,840 –> 00:33:39,600
\npray for as we ought, but the
\nSpirit word of well, mind of <\/p>\n
388
\n00:33:39,600 –> 00:33:45,640
\nChrist makes itself, makes
\nintercession for us with <\/p>\n
389
\n00:33:45,640 –> 00:33:48,080
\ngroanings which cannot be
\nuttered. <\/p>\n
390
\n00:33:48,240 –> 00:33:55,720
\nAnd he that searches the heart
\nknows what is that mind of the <\/p>\n
391
\n00:33:55,720 –> 00:34:00,680
\nSpirit, because he makes
\nintercession for the Saints <\/p>\n
392
\n00:34:00,800 –> 00:34:07,520
\naccording to the will of God.
\nSo the Spirit that helps our <\/p>\n
393
\n00:34:07,520 –> 00:34:13,280
\ninfirmities is the same spirit
\nword that was in Christ, who in <\/p>\n
394
\n00:34:13,280 –> 00:34:17,639
\nhis distress cried in the garden
\never Father. <\/p>\n
395
\n00:34:19,159 –> 00:34:24,960
\nThe word believed intercedes
\nwhen we are distraught and <\/p>\n
396
\n00:34:24,960 –> 00:34:35,400
\nunable to express the the the
\nour feelings, the intents of the<\/p>\n
397
\n00:34:35,440 –> 00:34:41,600
\nheart.
\nThese are the times, brothers <\/p>\n
398
\n00:34:41,600 –> 00:34:47,719
\nand sisters, when tears or even
\ninner groanings are prayers. <\/p>\n
399
\n00:34:51,159 –> 00:34:56,800
\nAnd he that searches the hearts
\nhears, and he understands those <\/p>\n
400
\n00:34:56,800 –> 00:35:01,400
\nprayers, for He is the discerner
\nof the thoughts of the intents <\/p>\n
401
\n00:35:01,400 –> 00:35:07,440
\nof the heart, and he knows the
\nmind of the Spirit as it sees, <\/p>\n
402
\n00:35:08,240 –> 00:35:13,760
\nbecause he experienced the same.
\nHe therefore has become a <\/p>\n
403
\n00:35:13,760 –> 00:35:17,760
\nfaithful high priest, touched
\nwith the feelings of our <\/p>\n
404
\n00:35:17,760 –> 00:35:20,680
\ninfirmities, and he makes
\nintercession for the Saints <\/p>\n
405
\n00:35:20,800 –> 00:35:23,840
\naccording to the will of God.
\nCan you see the transition that <\/p>\n
406
\n00:35:23,960 –> 00:35:28,240
\ntakes place Here is God’s word
\nin our hearts doing this, and he<\/p>\n
407
\n00:35:28,240 –> 00:35:33,800
\nis looking into those hearts.
\nSo there’s the place Christ in <\/p>\n
408
\n00:35:33,800 –> 00:35:38,760
\nour hearts, He’s there, and
\nthat’s that word in US. <\/p>\n
409
\n00:35:39,240 –> 00:35:41,960
\nAnd he recognizes that word
\nbecause he’s looking in that <\/p>\n
410
\n00:35:41,960 –> 00:35:53,880
\nplace and he recognizes it and
\nhe understands those grounds and<\/p>\n
411
\n00:35:53,880 –> 00:35:58,840
\nthose tears, and he’s able to
\nintercede. <\/p>\n
412
\n00:35:59,960 –> 00:36:05,160
\nHe makes intercession.
\nSo Christ does more than simply <\/p>\n
413
\n00:36:05,160 –> 00:36:09,800
\nunderstand our groanings and
\nincapacities. <\/p>\n
414
\n00:36:10,600 –> 00:36:13,640
\nHe intercedes.
\nAs a mediator, He’s in charge of<\/p>\n
415
\n00:36:13,640 –> 00:36:20,520
\ndoing something about it.
\nAs an intercessor and mediator, <\/p>\n
416
\n00:36:20,520 –> 00:36:26,720
\nHe’s the judge.
\nYou see, a great change has <\/p>\n
417
\n00:36:26,720 –> 00:36:32,040
\ntaken place in heaven if you
\ncome with me to Philippians <\/p>\n
418
\n00:36:32,040 –> 00:36:45,130
\nchapter 2.
\nOur reading Philippians chapter <\/p>\n
419
\n00:36:45,130 –> 00:36:51,690
\n2 and we read verse 9 because
\nthe Son humbled himself to the <\/p>\n
420
\n00:36:51,690 –> 00:36:53,690
\nFather’s will.
\nIt says, verse 9. <\/p>\n
421
\n00:36:53,970 –> 00:37:01,130
\nWherefore God also hath highly
\nexalted him, and given him a <\/p>\n
422
\n00:37:01,130 –> 00:37:10,040
\nname which is above every name,
\nthat in the name of Jesus it <\/p>\n
423
\n00:37:10,040 –> 00:37:17,840
\nshould be in the name of Jesus
\nevery knee should bow of things <\/p>\n
424
\n00:37:17,840 –> 00:37:21,480
\nin heaven, and things on earth,
\nand things under the earth, and <\/p>\n
425
\n00:37:22,200 –> 00:37:26,680
\nthat every tongue should confess
\nthat Jesus Christ is Lord. <\/p>\n
426
\n00:37:26,880 –> 00:37:31,920
\nTo the glory of the Father.
\nThe Lord Jesus Christ declared <\/p>\n
427
\n00:37:32,000 –> 00:37:36,760
\nto the disciples, All power is
\ngiven unto me in heaven and on <\/p>\n
428
\n00:37:36,760 –> 00:37:41,240
\nearth.
\nThe apostle Peter says Jesus <\/p>\n
429
\n00:37:41,240 –> 00:37:43,920
\nChrist, who has gone into
\nheaven, and is on the right hand<\/p>\n
430
\n00:37:43,920 –> 00:37:48,680
\nof God, angels and authorities
\nand powers being made subject <\/p>\n
431
\n00:37:48,680 –> 00:37:52,600
\nunto him.
\nFirst to Peter 3, verse 32. <\/p>\n
432
\n00:37:52,680 –> 00:37:58,240
\nThe Father has highly exalted
\nHim over whatever except <\/p>\n
433
\n00:37:58,240 –> 00:38:04,480
\nHimself, so that Christ rules
\nover the angels. <\/p>\n
434
\n00:38:04,600 –> 00:38:07,600
\nIn fact, it says in Hebrews that
\nthe angels worship them. <\/p>\n
435
\n00:38:07,760 –> 00:38:11,920
\nThey Revere Him.
\nThey stand in awe of Him. <\/p>\n
436
\n00:38:13,360 –> 00:38:17,320
\nHe has jurisdiction over God’s
\naffairs upon the earth. <\/p>\n
437
\n00:38:17,520 –> 00:38:21,560
\nHe not only rules in the heavens
\nover the angels, He rules over <\/p>\n
438
\n00:38:21,560 –> 00:38:24,120
\nthe affairs upon the earth.
\nNot only that, but He has <\/p>\n
439
\n00:38:24,120 –> 00:38:27,880
\ncontrol of Providence.
\nLook at all of those passages <\/p>\n
440
\n00:38:27,960 –> 00:38:37,360
\nthat show that He’s in control
\nand He’s also the judge of all <\/p>\n
441
\n00:38:37,360 –> 00:38:43,200
\nhumans seeing.
\nHe knows what is in man and He <\/p>\n
442
\n00:38:43,200 –> 00:38:46,840
\nhears our prayers.
\nWe’ve already seen that. <\/p>\n
443
\n00:38:46,840 –> 00:38:53,200
\nAnd in Romans chapter 8, verse
\n27, and He acts on them as John <\/p>\n
444
\n00:38:53,200 –> 00:38:55,720
\n14, we’ve already seen that as
\nwell, but we’ll come back to <\/p>\n
445
\n00:38:55,720 –> 00:38:59,040
\nthat.
\nThe Father is still supreme, <\/p>\n
446
\n00:38:59,080 –> 00:39:06,040
\nobviously, and he overseas the
\nrulership of his Son as he <\/p>\n
447
\n00:39:06,040 –> 00:39:09,760
\nprepares him, as it were, for
\nhis role as King over all the <\/p>\n
448
\n00:39:09,760 –> 00:39:13,760
\nearth in the future.
\nBut it’s all to the glory of the<\/p>\n
449
\n00:39:13,760 –> 00:39:17,560
\nFather, as Paul says in
\nPhilippians to him. <\/p>\n
450
\n00:39:19,760 –> 00:39:24,840
\nIt’s in his name now.
\nIn Philippians, Paul says that <\/p>\n
451
\n00:39:24,840 –> 00:39:31,720
\nGod has given Christ a name or
\nthe name above every name and <\/p>\n
452
\n00:39:31,720 –> 00:39:35,480
\nthat name is Yahweh.
\nAnd we we know many will know <\/p>\n
453
\n00:39:35,480 –> 00:39:39,600
\nthis, but his I’ll put it up on
\nthe screen, Isaiah 45. <\/p>\n
454
\n00:39:39,600 –> 00:39:44,040
\nThis is where Paul is citing
\nfrom and this is what it says <\/p>\n
455
\n00:39:44,040 –> 00:39:47,600
\nthere, what Isaiah says, in fact
\nit’s what God is saying. <\/p>\n
456
\n00:39:47,840 –> 00:39:52,600
\nGod says, I have sworn by
\nmyself, and the word is gone out<\/p>\n
457
\n00:39:52,600 –> 00:39:57,280
\nof my mouth in righteousness,
\nand shall not return that unto <\/p>\n
458
\n00:39:57,280 –> 00:40:02,520
\nme every knee shall bow, and
\nevery tongue shall swear. <\/p>\n
459
\n00:40:03,320 –> 00:40:07,600
\nSurely shall one say in Yahweh
\nhave I righteousness and <\/p>\n
460
\n00:40:07,600 –> 00:40:10,160
\nstrength?
\nEven to him shall men come, and <\/p>\n
461
\n00:40:10,200 –> 00:40:12,920
\nall that are incest against him
\nshall be ashamed. <\/p>\n
462
\n00:40:13,120 –> 00:40:17,480
\nIn Yahweh shall all the seed of
\nIsrael be justified, and shall <\/p>\n
463
\n00:40:17,480 –> 00:40:19,960
\nglory.
\nIsaiah says, that is unto Yahweh<\/p>\n
464
\n00:40:19,960 –> 00:40:23,480
\nhimself that every knee bounce.
\nWell, so does Paul. <\/p>\n
465
\n00:40:24,280 –> 00:40:28,080
\nBecause it’s in the name of
\nJesus Christ that they bear and <\/p>\n
466
\n00:40:28,080 –> 00:40:31,360
\nconfess unto Yahweh.
\nIt’s to the God’s glory. <\/p>\n
467
\n00:40:31,480 –> 00:40:34,720
\nBut He’s also given him that
\nname. <\/p>\n
468
\n00:40:37,720 –> 00:40:42,680
\nAnd just as the Archangel
\nMichael for the name of Yahweh <\/p>\n
469
\n00:40:42,680 –> 00:40:50,920
\nin the Old Testament, Christ as
\nGod’s Son, He is now superior to<\/p>\n
470
\n00:40:50,920 –> 00:40:58,320
\nall angels, including Michael,
\nand he upholds that office as <\/p>\n
471
\n00:40:58,320 –> 00:41:02,680
\nthe name bearer.
\nSo Christ now is the <\/p>\n
472
\n00:41:03,440 –> 00:41:08,760
\nrepresentative of the Father.
\nNow I want to show what that <\/p>\n
473
\n00:41:08,760 –> 00:41:11,040
\nmeans.
\nIn the little time that we have <\/p>\n
474
\n00:41:11,040 –> 00:41:19,120
\nlived in Genesis chapter 48 and
\nhere we have in Genesis 48, <\/p>\n
475
\n00:41:19,120 –> 00:41:24,400
\nJacob is calling upon God to
\nbless Joseph and his two sons. <\/p>\n
476
\n00:41:24,960 –> 00:41:30,880
\nAnd he says in verse 15 and he
\nblessed Joseph and said, God, <\/p>\n
477
\n00:41:32,440 –> 00:41:39,320
\nElohim, before whom my father’s
\nAbraham and Isaac did walk, the <\/p>\n
478
\n00:41:39,360 –> 00:41:44,440
\nElohim which fed me all my
\nlifelong and lifelong unto this <\/p>\n
479
\n00:41:44,440 –> 00:41:46,400
\nday.
\nWho is he speaking to? <\/p>\n
480
\n00:41:49,560 –> 00:41:53,600
\nWell, this is a prayer because
\nhe’s speaking unto God. <\/p>\n
481
\n00:41:55,160 –> 00:42:02,880
\nHe’s speaking to Elohim.
\nSo is that ale or an Angel that <\/p>\n
482
\n00:42:02,880 –> 00:42:06,880
\nhe’s speaking to?
\nWell, we know because the very <\/p>\n
483
\n00:42:06,880 –> 00:42:11,360
\nnext verse, verse 16 says the
\nAngel which redeemed me from all<\/p>\n
484
\n00:42:11,360 –> 00:42:17,840
\nevil, bless the meds.
\nSo he’s speaking directly to an <\/p>\n
485
\n00:42:17,840 –> 00:42:22,040
\nAngel, but he’s not speaking to
\nthat Angel as an entity in <\/p>\n
486
\n00:42:22,040 –> 00:42:25,360
\nhimself.
\nI believe that it’s the Angel of<\/p>\n
487
\n00:42:25,360 –> 00:42:31,520
\nthe name, but he’s he’s speaking
\nto a real entity that acts on <\/p>\n
488
\n00:42:31,520 –> 00:42:34,160
\nGod’s behalf.
\nHe’s the representative of <\/p>\n
489
\n00:42:34,160 –> 00:42:38,800
\nYahweh himself.
\nBecause this is how Elohim <\/p>\n
490
\n00:42:38,800 –> 00:42:46,440
\nworks.
\nYou see, Elohim is a corporate <\/p>\n
491
\n00:42:46,440 –> 00:42:48,880
\nbody, as it were.
\nIf we could put it into our <\/p>\n
492
\n00:42:48,880 –> 00:42:54,280
\nexpressions, it’s it’s, it’s,
\nit’s God and his Son with all <\/p>\n
493
\n00:42:54,280 –> 00:42:57,680
\nthose entities.
\nThe whole corporate body is <\/p>\n
494
\n00:42:57,680 –> 00:43:00,880
\nElohim.
\nGod himself is called Elohim <\/p>\n
495
\n00:43:02,240 –> 00:43:05,960
\nbecause of all those others that
\nrepresented represent him. <\/p>\n
496
\n00:43:06,640 –> 00:43:09,560
\nAnd the Lord Jesus Christ is
\ncalled Elohim. <\/p>\n
497
\n00:43:12,160 –> 00:43:16,840
\nAll are Elohim, but it all
\nrepresents God. <\/p>\n
498
\n00:43:17,200 –> 00:43:21,200
\nIt all represents Him.
\nAs Brother Thomas says in <\/p>\n
499
\n00:43:21,200 –> 00:43:25,760
\nphenerosis, the Mosaic and
\nprophetic revelation concerning <\/p>\n
500
\n00:43:25,760 –> 00:43:33,040
\nDeity is that there is one power
\nmultitudinously manifest, and <\/p>\n
501
\n00:43:33,040 –> 00:43:36,080
\nthat these manifestations
\nconstitute God. <\/p>\n
502
\n00:43:37,600 –> 00:43:39,920
\nThey are Him because they all
\nrepresent Him. <\/p>\n
503
\n00:43:42,320 –> 00:43:45,320
\nNow look at these two statements
\nof the Lord Jesus Christ. <\/p>\n
504
\n00:43:47,040 –> 00:43:51,040
\nIn John 15 verse 16 it says
\nwhatsoever you shall ask of the <\/p>\n
505
\n00:43:51,040 –> 00:43:54,320
\nFather in My name, He may give
\nit you. <\/p>\n
506
\n00:43:55,120 –> 00:43:59,280
\nAnd then in chapter 14 and verse
\n14 it says, if you ask anything <\/p>\n
507
\n00:43:59,280 –> 00:44:02,840
\nin My name, I will do it.
\nSo who’s going to do it? <\/p>\n
508
\n00:44:04,200 –> 00:44:10,760
\nThis is highly confusing unless
\nyou understand manifestation and<\/p>\n
509
\n00:44:10,760 –> 00:44:16,120
\nrepresentation.
\nTechnically it is Christ that <\/p>\n
510
\n00:44:16,120 –> 00:44:19,720
\nwill do it because He’s in
\ncharge. <\/p>\n
511
\n00:44:20,640 –> 00:44:24,920
\nHe hears the prayers, He’s the
\none that speaks with the angels <\/p>\n
512
\n00:44:24,920 –> 00:44:31,000
\nand organizers, our affairs
\nunder the oversight of the <\/p>\n
513
\n00:44:31,000 –> 00:44:36,600
\nFather and is all to his, to Him
\nbecause He represents the <\/p>\n
514
\n00:44:36,600 –> 00:44:40,480
\nFather.
\nHe’s the one that’s actively <\/p>\n
515
\n00:44:40,480 –> 00:44:45,200
\ninvolved under the Father’s
\ncare. <\/p>\n
516
\n00:44:46,360 –> 00:44:53,040
\nSo God, Christ and the angels
\nhear our prayers and respond to <\/p>\n
517
\n00:44:53,120 –> 00:44:58,120
\nthem in the name of Yahweh.
\nSo the question about prayers to<\/p>\n
518
\n00:44:58,120 –> 00:45:06,240
\nChrist to me is a non issue.
\nIf we ever think that we should <\/p>\n
519
\n00:45:06,240 –> 00:45:09,800
\nquietly have a little word with
\nChrist because he understands us<\/p>\n
520
\n00:45:09,800 –> 00:45:12,560
\na little better than the Father,
\nthen we’ve got it wrong. <\/p>\n
521
\n00:45:13,520 –> 00:45:16,120
\nWe don’t understand who Christ
\nis. <\/p>\n
522
\n00:45:17,960 –> 00:45:23,600
\nThere’s been an age of struggle.
\nThe fact is that God was in <\/p>\n
523
\n00:45:23,600 –> 00:45:27,240
\nChrist reconciling the world
\nunto himself. <\/p>\n
524
\n00:45:28,160 –> 00:45:32,280
\nGod bigot a son in order to be
\nrelated to our problem. <\/p>\n
525
\n00:45:33,200 –> 00:45:37,920
\nHe became related to humans
\nthrough a son so that we might <\/p>\n
526
\n00:45:37,920 –> 00:45:40,680
\nunderstand.
\nHe does understand us. <\/p>\n
527
\n00:45:43,320 –> 00:45:50,360
\nAnd Christ represented us to the
\nFather, and now he’s highly <\/p>\n
528
\n00:45:50,360 –> 00:45:54,680
\nexalted him and Christ
\nrepresents him to us. <\/p>\n
529
\n00:45:54,680 –> 00:45:58,920
\nI mean, he did so in his, in his
\nmortality as well, because God <\/p>\n
530
\n00:45:58,920 –> 00:46:01,880
\nwas in him.
\nBut now he has that full <\/p>\n
531
\n00:46:01,880 –> 00:46:04,840
\nauthority and acts in his
\nFather’s name. <\/p>\n
532
\n00:46:05,960 –> 00:46:09,560
\nHe is the name bearer.
\nAnd being that name bearer and <\/p>\n
533
\n00:46:09,560 –> 00:46:13,440
\nthe mediator, Christ hears our
\nprayers on God’s behalf. <\/p>\n
534
\n00:46:13,440 –> 00:46:16,720
\nOur prayers are still to the
\nFather. <\/p>\n
535
\n00:46:19,680 –> 00:46:22,840
\nWe cannot separate Christ from
\nthe phone. <\/p>\n
536
\n00:46:23,680 –> 00:46:28,240
\nIt’s true they are separate
\nentities, but the Father and the<\/p>\n
537
\n00:46:28,240 –> 00:46:34,200
\nSon are one.
\nI’ve run out of time so I can’t <\/p>\n
538
\n00:46:34,200 –> 00:46:37,440
\ngo to the passage that I wanted
\nto in first of Timothy 6, but <\/p>\n
539
\n00:46:37,440 –> 00:46:40,120
\nI’ll just briefly say this.
\nThis is the passage I’ll I’ll <\/p>\n
540
\n00:46:40,120 –> 00:46:44,560
\nread it out to save time.
\nRemember, it says there that at <\/p>\n
541
\n00:46:44,560 –> 00:46:49,160
\nthe appearing of the Lord Jesus
\nChrist, which is in His time, He<\/p>\n
542
\n00:46:49,160 –> 00:46:51,520
\nshall show who is the blessed
\nand only. <\/p>\n
543
\n00:46:51,520 –> 00:46:55,080
\nFor to take the King of Kings
\nand Lord of Lords, who only has <\/p>\n
544
\n00:46:55,080 –> 00:46:57,960
\nimmortality, dwelling in the
\nlight which no man can approach.<\/p>\n
545
\n00:46:57,960 –> 00:47:02,000
\nUnto you whom no man hath seen,
\nnor can see, to whom the honour <\/p>\n
546
\n00:47:02,000 –> 00:47:05,000
\nand power power everlasting.
\nAmen. <\/p>\n
547
\n00:47:05,360 –> 00:47:09,080
\nNow we use this passage to show
\nthe immortality of God, that <\/p>\n
548
\n00:47:09,080 –> 00:47:12,280
\nHe’s the source of immortality.
\nNo man can approach unto this <\/p>\n
549
\n00:47:12,280 –> 00:47:16,840
\none or he would die.
\nBut the context is that it’s <\/p>\n
550
\n00:47:16,840 –> 00:47:19,480
\nChrist who will show these
\nthings. <\/p>\n
551
\n00:47:20,000 –> 00:47:22,000
\nAnd there’s a prayer at the end.
\nTo whom? <\/p>\n
552
\n00:47:22,000 –> 00:47:23,840
\nThe honour and power
\neverlasting. <\/p>\n
553
\n00:47:24,040 –> 00:47:25,560
\nAmen.
\nWho’s the prayer to? <\/p>\n
554
\n00:47:25,760 –> 00:47:37,000
\nWell, it’s ambiguous because the
\ncontext is Christ, but he is the<\/p>\n
555
\n00:47:37,000 –> 00:47:40,400
\nname bearer.
\nHe’s the representative of the <\/p>\n
556
\n00:47:40,400 –> 00:47:42,760
\nFather.
\nNow this is what Brother <\/p>\n
557
\n00:47:42,760 –> 00:47:46,360
\nMansfield says in making prayer
\npowerful. <\/p>\n
558
\n00:47:46,760 –> 00:47:50,880
\nWe should combine the Father and
\nSon in our prayers. <\/p>\n
559
\n00:47:50,880 –> 00:47:54,480
\nIt is wrong to address the
\nFather without the Son as it is <\/p>\n
560
\n00:47:54,480 –> 00:47:56,440
\nto address the Son without the
\nFather. <\/p>\n
561
\n00:47:56,840 –> 00:48:00,080
\nThere is a glorious unity
\nbetween the Father and the Son <\/p>\n
562
\n00:48:00,080 –> 00:48:03,360
\nthat should not be sundered by
\nworshippers on earth. <\/p>\n
563
\n00:48:06,080 –> 00:48:10,360
\nSo there is a power in prayer,
\nbrothers and sisters, a <\/p>\n
564
\n00:48:10,360 –> 00:48:15,000
\nwonderful power, and it is the
\nLord Jesus Christ because He’s <\/p>\n
565
\n00:48:15,000 –> 00:48:20,400
\nbrought us nigh unto God.
\nAnd in him we have this access <\/p>\n
566
\n00:48:21,640 –> 00:48:23,960
\nand He is listening into our
\nprayers. <\/p>\n
567
\n00:48:24,040 –> 00:48:29,400
\nHe understands us, He sit,
\nrecognizes the Spirit, His <\/p>\n
568
\n00:48:29,400 –> 00:48:34,080
\nSpirit in US, even if it’s just
\ntears or groans. <\/p>\n
569
\n00:48:35,600 –> 00:48:41,240
\nAnd He knows and he discusses
\nwith the Father our needs, both <\/p>\n
570
\n00:48:41,240 –> 00:48:47,400
\nspiritual and temporary, and he
\ndiscusses it with the angels. <\/p>\n
571
\n00:48:49,240 –> 00:48:50,800
\nYou know there’s power in that,
\nisn’t there? <\/p>\n
572
\n00:48:50,800 –> 00:48:52,440
\nBrothers and sisters, you think
\nabout that. <\/p>\n
573
\n00:48:52,440 –> 00:48:57,160
\nThat place we go to in Christ,
\nthat they’re in heaven, is the <\/p>\n
574
\n00:48:57,160 –> 00:49:01,520
\nwhole of our family in heaven.
\nThey’re listening in and they’re<\/p>\n
575
\n00:49:01,520 –> 00:49:06,800
\ninvolved with us in our needs,
\nthat all they’re listening in. <\/p>\n
576
\n00:49:06,800 –> 00:49:13,200
\nChrist is adjudicating on our
\nbehalf and helping us and <\/p>\n
577
\n00:49:13,200 –> 00:49:17,880
\ntalking with our heavenly Father
\nabout these things and directing<\/p>\n
578
\n00:49:17,880 –> 00:49:21,240
\nthe angels to intercede in our
\naffairs. <\/p>\n
579
\n00:49:23,240 –> 00:49:28,240
\nAnd so far, the brothers and
\nsisters, there is the power of <\/p>\n
580
\n00:49:28,240 –> 00:49:30,680
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