Class 4 from this series was used in GCT Episode 381.<\/p>\n
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\nwonderful historical accuracy
\nthat marks the writings of Luke.<\/p>\n
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\nYesterday we examine his
\nreporting of a speech by Peter, <\/p>\n
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\nin which we saw that his method
\nof summarizing of a presenting <\/p>\n
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\noppressive of the speech was
\nmarked by the same superlative <\/p>\n
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\nquality that Mark is writing as
\na historian. <\/p>\n
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\nWe saw, or we endeavour to see,
\nthat by quoting part of a <\/p>\n
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\npassage, and then leaving the
\nrest unfinished, he indicated to<\/p>\n
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\nus that at that point Peter
\nproceeded to expound the <\/p>\n
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\nScripture thus far, and that he
\nreverted to the remainder of the<\/p>\n
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\nquotation at a later portion in
\nhis address. <\/p>\n
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\nWe saw also that by the use of a
\nword which was itself taken from<\/p>\n
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\nan Old Testament quotation, he
\nwas indicating to us that Peter <\/p>\n
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\nat that point quoted that
\npassage, and quoting it would <\/p>\n
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\nbring out its bearing upon the
\ntheme that he was presenting to <\/p>\n
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\nthem.
\nNow, if we have rightly found <\/p>\n
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\nthe key which enables us to
\ninterpret Luke’s method of <\/p>\n
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\nwriting a summary, we shall find
\nthat we can use the key <\/p>\n
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\nthroughout all his reporting of
\naddresses. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd so as we go forward in our
\nexamination of 1 speech after <\/p>\n
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\nanother, we shall be able to
\ncheck whether we have rightly <\/p>\n
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\nunderstood his method.
\nAnd in the continued use of that<\/p>\n
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\nkey to speech after speech, and
\nfinding that it always opens <\/p>\n
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\nthem up, we shall be assured
\nthat we’ve come to some better <\/p>\n
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\nunderstanding of Luke and of his
\nmethod, and understanding the <\/p>\n
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\nman and his method the better.
\nWe shall read these addresses, <\/p>\n
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\nnot just to read them through,
\nbut to remember the illusions <\/p>\n
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\nwhich he makes, remember the
\ncontents of the Scriptures to <\/p>\n
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\nwhich he alludes, and remember
\nthat we have to expand it in our<\/p>\n
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\nthought to something like maybe
\n20 times its length or more. <\/p>\n
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\nThe speech of Peter Pentecost
\nand the speech which has been <\/p>\n
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\nread this afternoon are very
\nclosely related, and both were <\/p>\n
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\nspoken in Jerusalem.
\nThey both belong to the <\/p>\n
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\nJerusalem ministry, which you’ll
\nsee as we go forward in the next<\/p>\n
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\ntwo or three days, that Luke
\ninterpolates the speeches at <\/p>\n
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\ngiven points, appropriate points
\nin the course of his history. <\/p>\n
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\nBecause he is unfolding in this
\nbook not only the progress of <\/p>\n
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\nChristianity as it spread
\ngeographically throughout the <\/p>\n
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\nRoman world, but he is showing
\nhow the gospel which was <\/p>\n
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\npresented again and again.
\nWhile it may vary in emphasis <\/p>\n
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\naccording to the needs and the
\ncircumstances, was yet basically<\/p>\n
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\none that it set forth a gospel
\nthat was a deliverance of a <\/p>\n
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\ndivine message.
\nThat it concerned the divine <\/p>\n
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\npurpose, That it concerned the
\ndivine intervention in human <\/p>\n
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\naffairs.
\nThat God had revealed himself in<\/p>\n
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\na unique way in one who was the
\nSon of God, for whom had been <\/p>\n
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\nwrote out a way of salvation for
\nmen, and that they were. <\/p>\n
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\nThe apostles were commissioned
\nto carry that message of <\/p>\n
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\nsalvation with the invitation to
\nbe reconciled to God. <\/p>\n
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\nThe Jews, of course, were
\nlooking for the Messiah. <\/p>\n
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\nThey knew much of the Old
\nTestament writings. <\/p>\n
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\nThe burden of the argument of
\nthe apostles in the earlier part<\/p>\n
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\nof the Acts of the Apostles was
\nto show that the message of the <\/p>\n
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\nOld Testament prophets presented
\nthe Messiah in A2 fold role. <\/p>\n
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\nThat not only was the Messiah
\none who would be a glorious king<\/p>\n
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\nreigning over the restored
\ntribes of Israel, but that the <\/p>\n
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\nprophets who predicted so
\nalmighty A ruler also and in the<\/p>\n
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\ncontext of the same prediction,
\nindicated that he would suffer. <\/p>\n
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\nIn other words, and it is
\nperhaps necessary for us to <\/p>\n
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\nrealize this, the Messiahship of
\nJesus was but a part of His <\/p>\n
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\npurpose.
\nWe very often begin when we are <\/p>\n
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\nproclaiming the truth by
\npreaching concerning the second <\/p>\n
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\ncoming of Jesus and the
\nestablishment of the Kingdom of <\/p>\n
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\nGod upon earth.
\nBut that is not the finality. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s only the final
\ninstrumentality by which God <\/p>\n
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\nwill bring to the effective
\nissue the purpose that He has in<\/p>\n
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\nJesus Christ.
\nAnd the apostles had to show <\/p>\n
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\nthat Messiah’s reign upon earth
\nwas not an end, such as the <\/p>\n
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\nDaxterl Jew was liable to think
\nit, but that it was only a part <\/p>\n
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\nof a larger purpose concerning
\nthe Messiah. <\/p>\n
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\nIn other words, the Kingdom that
\nis coming must be seen not as a <\/p>\n
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\nsocial development among men,
\nbut as a part of a divine scheme<\/p>\n
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\nof redemption rooted in the work
\nof Jesus Christ, but carried <\/p>\n
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\nforward to its final triumph in
\nthe reign of Christ upon earth. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd so the Messiahship of Jesus
\nhas to be seen in the framework <\/p>\n
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\nof the larger purpose of God
\nconcerning Him as the Saviour of<\/p>\n
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\nmen.
\nAnd His kingship arises out of <\/p>\n
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\nhis Saviour hood because it is
\nthe carrying forward of His <\/p>\n
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\nredemptive work.
\nNow yesterday there was a <\/p>\n
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\nreference to the name of Jesus
\nChrist. <\/p>\n
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\nFirst, in concluding the
\nquotation from Joel, it was <\/p>\n
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\nwritten, it is in Acts 221.
\nIt shall come to pass that <\/p>\n
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\nwhosoever shall call on the name
\nof the Lord shall be saved. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd when they were pricked in
\ntheir hearts, and that’s what <\/p>\n
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\nthey should do.
\nVerse 38. <\/p>\n
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\nPeter said unto them, Repent and
\nbe baptized, everyone of you in <\/p>\n
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\nor into the name of Jesus
\nChrist, and the name of the <\/p>\n
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\nLord, in which there was
\nsalvation there that call on the<\/p>\n
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\nname of the Lord shall be saved.
\nHe set forth as historically <\/p>\n
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\ndeveloped in the name of Jesus
\nChrist. <\/p>\n
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\nNow this introduces us to the
\npeculiar use of the word name in<\/p>\n
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\nthe Scriptures.
\nWe read of the name of God. <\/p>\n
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\nWe read that the apostles were
\nto go into all the world <\/p>\n
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\nbaptizing all nations, baptizing
\nthem into the name, the name of <\/p>\n
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\nthe Father, the Son, and the
\nHoly Spirit. <\/p>\n
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\nThat command was interpreted as
\nbeing equal to baptizing them <\/p>\n
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\ninto the name of the Lord Jesus
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\nChrist, and Paul even puts it as
\nbeing baptized into Christ. <\/p>\n
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\nNow they were only baptized into
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\nredemption was possible.
\nAnd so it is quite clear that <\/p>\n
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\nthe name of the Lord Jesus, or
\nthe name of Christ, or into <\/p>\n
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\nChrist are all in some way
\nequivalent to baptism into the <\/p>\n
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\nname of the Father and of the
\nSon and of the Holy Spirit. <\/p>\n
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\nNow a name is that by which a
\nperson is known. <\/p>\n
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\nWe know Brother Parkin by his
\nname. <\/p>\n
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\nYou know me by my name, but this
\nis a mere appellative which <\/p>\n
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\ndistinguishes us for convenience
\nof record. <\/p>\n
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\nThere’s nothing particular about
\nthe name itself in relation to <\/p>\n
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\nthe individual.
\nI might as well have been called<\/p>\n
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\nPeter as well as John, and it
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\ndifference.
\nBut biblical names, when <\/p>\n
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\ndivinely appointed, are
\nexpressive of a purpose, or the <\/p>\n
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\nfulfillment of a purpose, as the
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\nThe name itself has
\nsignificance. <\/p>\n
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\nNow God has given to himself a
\nname, and that name isn’t a <\/p>\n
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\nmatter of letters.
\nIt is a purpose by which God has<\/p>\n
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\nknown.
\nBut the letters by which God <\/p>\n
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\nchooses to describe Himself are
\nthemselves in the meaning of <\/p>\n
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\nthem, expressive of that
\npurpose. <\/p>\n
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\nThey are an enshrinement, a
\nmemorial of the purpose that God<\/p>\n
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\nwill accomplish.
\nNow we read in the section which<\/p>\n
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\nhas already been read to you of
\nthis name. <\/p>\n
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\nLet us pick up the verses.
\nVerse 6. <\/p>\n
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\nPeter said to this lame man,
\nsilver and gold have I none but <\/p>\n
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\nsuch as I have give I thee in
\nthe name of Jesus of Nazareth, <\/p>\n
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\nrise up and walk on the 16th
\nverse. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd his name through faith in
\nhis name has made this man <\/p>\n
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\nstrong, whom ye now see.
\nYeah, the faith which is by him <\/p>\n
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\nhas given him this perfect
\nsoundness in the presence of you<\/p>\n
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\nall.
\nAnd the 4th chapter continues <\/p>\n
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\nthis theme because it continues
\nthe discussion on the preaching <\/p>\n
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\nof Peter when he was arraigned
\nbefore the authorities. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd Peter asked the question in
\nverse 7, chapter 4, when they <\/p>\n
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\nhad set them in the midst, that
\nis, of Israel rulers, they <\/p>\n
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\nasked, by what power or by what
\nname have you done this? <\/p>\n
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\nThe 10th verse, Be known unto
\nyou all, and to all the people <\/p>\n
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\nof Israel, that by the name of
\nJesus Christ of Nazareth, whom <\/p>\n
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\nHe crucified, whom God raised
\nfrom the dead, even by him does <\/p>\n
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\nthis man stand here before you
\nwhole. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd then the 12th verse.
\nNeither is there salvation in <\/p>\n
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\nany other, for there is none
\nother name under heaven given <\/p>\n
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\namong men, whereby we must be
\nsaved. <\/p>\n
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\nNow what is this name given
\nunder heaven whereby we might be<\/p>\n
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\nsaved?
\nWhat is the meaning of this <\/p>\n
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\nusage of the word name in these
\naddresses that we have here? <\/p>\n
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\nWell, now we have the answer
\nwhen we come to analyse the <\/p>\n
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\nrecorded speech of Peter in this
\nthird chapter. <\/p>\n
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\nNow I shall want your close
\nattention. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd if you find that the theme
\ndevelops with some complexity, <\/p>\n
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\nPlease remember that we are
\nbeing called upon to lift <\/p>\n
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\nourselves up to a comprehension
\nof divine things and that Peter <\/p>\n
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\nstood up and spoke these words
\nand elaborated the theme as we <\/p>\n
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\nare going to try and do it.
\nAnd the expected is hearers to <\/p>\n
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\nfollow.
\nSo please think you’re put on <\/p>\n
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\nyour metal, got up the loins of
\nyour minds, as we said before, <\/p>\n
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\nand let us try to rise to the
\nhigher understanding of the <\/p>\n
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\ndivine things that are revealed
\nso wonderfully in the Word of <\/p>\n
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\nGod.
\nVerse 12 then and onwards, ye <\/p>\n
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\nmen of Israel, why marvel ye
\nthis, or why look ye so <\/p>\n
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\nearnestly on us, as though by
\nour own power or holiness we had<\/p>\n
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\nmade this man to walk.
\nThe God of Abraham, and of <\/p>\n
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\nIsaac, and of Jacob, The God of
\nour fathers, have glorified his <\/p>\n
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\nSon Jesus, whom ye delivered up
\nand denied in the presence of <\/p>\n
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\nPilot, when he was determined to
\nlet him go. <\/p>\n
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\nThe God of Abraham, of Isaac and
\nJacob. <\/p>\n
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\nBy the use of those terms, Luke
\nis indicating to us that he was <\/p>\n
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\nquoting from the book of Exodus.
\nWe turn to Exodus chapter 3 <\/p>\n
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\nwhere we find the phrase verse
\n6. <\/p>\n
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\nThe Angel as God’s
\nrepresentative is speaking <\/p>\n
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\nNorover.
\nHe said I am the God of thy <\/p>\n
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\nfather, the God of Abraham, the
\nGod of Isaac, and the God of <\/p>\n
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\nJacob.
\nSo Peter is referring back to <\/p>\n
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\nthe divine manifestation at the
\nBush. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd when Moses asked, being
\ncommissioned to go down into <\/p>\n
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\nEgypt, what is the name of the
\none who has sent, who is sending<\/p>\n
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\nme?
\nVerse 13 And Moses said unto <\/p>\n
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\nGod, Behold, when I come into
\nthe children of Israel, and <\/p>\n
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\nshe’ll say unto them, The God of
\nyour father’s. <\/p>\n
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\nYou notice in Acts 13, the God
\nof Abraham, and of Isaac, and of<\/p>\n
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\nJacob, the God of our fathers,
\nthere’s your expression, the God<\/p>\n
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\nof your father’s, that sent me
\nunto you. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd they shall say to me, What
\nis his name, or what shall I say<\/p>\n
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\nunto them?
\nAnd God said unto Moses, I will <\/p>\n
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\nbe who I will be.
\nAnd he said, Thou shalt say unto<\/p>\n
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\nthe children of Israel, he who
\nwill be has sent me unto you. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd God said, moreover unto
\nMoses, Thus shalt thou say unto <\/p>\n
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\nthe children of Israel, the Lord
\nGod of your father, the God of <\/p>\n
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\nAbraham, the God of Isaac, and
\nthe God of Jacob sent me unto <\/p>\n
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\nyou.
\nThis is my name forever, and <\/p>\n
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\nthis is my memorial unto all
\ngenerations. <\/p>\n
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\nSo here then God gave to himself
\na name, and it was a name which <\/p>\n
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\nwas defined as meaning I will be
\nwho or what I will be. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd the verbal noun derived from
\nthat statement is he who will be<\/p>\n
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\nhas sent me.
\nNow what will God be? <\/p>\n
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\nWhat will God be?
\nThere are some deep and <\/p>\n
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\nphilosophic truths bound up with
\nsome of the fundamental <\/p>\n
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\nrevelations of God.
\nIt was axiomatic with Israel <\/p>\n
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\nthat God was one.
\nAs the Shmar declares, Hear, O <\/p>\n
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\nIsrael, the Lord our God is 1
\nLord. <\/p>\n
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\nBut Paul asked the question.
\nThe closing verses of the 3rd <\/p>\n
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\nchapter of the Letter to the
\nRomans, following the Revised <\/p>\n
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\nVersion.
\nIs God the God of the Jews only <\/p>\n
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\nand not of the Gentiles?
\nIn other words, have the Jews <\/p>\n
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\none God and the Gentiles another
\nGod? <\/p>\n
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\nOr, says Paul, if as we Jews
\nbelieve God is 1 and there’s <\/p>\n
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\nonly one God, then God must be
\nthe God of the Jews and the God <\/p>\n
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\nof the Gentiles.
\nBut moreover, if God is 1, it <\/p>\n
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\nmust have necessity follow that
\nGod is harmonious in himself. <\/p>\n
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\nThere’s no duality, there’s no
\ndiscord, there’s no disharmony, <\/p>\n
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\nand therefore God must have one
\nmethod, one principle of working<\/p>\n
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\nwith men.
\nAnd so the apostle says it is <\/p>\n
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\nthrough faith in his promises
\nthat Israel must be saved. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd it is through a similar
\nfaith in the faith, the system <\/p>\n
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\nof truth now brought to the
\nGentiles, that men must be <\/p>\n
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\nsaved.
\nAnd the apostle draws out from <\/p>\n
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\nthe foundation fact that God is
\none, that therefore the one God <\/p>\n
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\nwho is the Holy One of Israel
\nmust be God of Gentile as well <\/p>\n
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\nas Jew, and that he must have
\none method of dealing with <\/p>\n
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\nmankind.
\nBut we must go further than <\/p>\n
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\nthat.
\nIf God is one, then it must <\/p>\n
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\nfollow that for God to
\naccomplish and realize His <\/p>\n
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\npurpose at last, everything must
\nbe in harmony with Himself. <\/p>\n
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\nNow He made man and gave Him
\nfreedom to choose. <\/p>\n
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\nHe set up his own will in
\ndefiance of the will of God and <\/p>\n
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\nintroduced disharmony.
\nIt was a challenge to the <\/p>\n
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\nsupremacy of God.
\nIt was introducing into God’s <\/p>\n
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\nworld a duality in which there
\nwas the will of God and the will<\/p>\n
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\nof man, and God could only
\nmaintain His supremacy by <\/p>\n
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\nexercising His right and passing
\nsentence of death upon the <\/p>\n
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\nrebel.
\nBut if He had just stayed there,<\/p>\n
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\nHis purpose in placing man upon
\nthe earth would have been <\/p>\n
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\nthwarted.
\nAnd therefore God must prove <\/p>\n
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\nHimself to be a God who, in the
\nexercise of His supremacy, <\/p>\n
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\ndespite the frustrating effects
\nof man’s rebellion, must show <\/p>\n
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\nhimself to be a Saviour.
\nAnd so God must, to realize his <\/p>\n
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\npurpose at last eliminate from
\nhis universe that which is <\/p>\n
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\ndiscordant.
\nHe must at last bring all things<\/p>\n
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\nthat survive into harmony with
\nhimself. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd at last, in the very
\nsignificant phrase of Paul, God <\/p>\n
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\nwill be All in all.
\nThat is to say, all that God is <\/p>\n
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\nwill be realized in all men, and
\neverything will be in perfect <\/p>\n
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\nharmony with God.
\nBut when God is all and in all, <\/p>\n
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\nthen God will have become all
\nthat he intended should be. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd since all that lives will of
\nits own voluntary choice, have <\/p>\n
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\nsought to come into harmony with
\nGod, it will have become God in <\/p>\n
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\nmanifestation in those who were
\nredeemed. <\/p>\n
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\nNow a name, as we said, is
\nexpressive of a divine purpose, <\/p>\n
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\nand the name that God chose to
\ngive himself, I will be or I <\/p>\n
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\nwill become, means that God
\nwould become all that He was <\/p>\n
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\nhimself in those who at last
\nattained to the divine <\/p>\n
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\nredemption.
\nNow these are necessary <\/p>\n
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\ncorollaries from the fact that
\nGod exists, that He is one, that<\/p>\n
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\nHe has made man, and that He has
\na purpose with men. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd we might spend a week of
\nafternoon tracing through the <\/p>\n
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\nScriptures the enunciation of
\nthese truths that we have tried <\/p>\n
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\nto summarise in these few words.
\nBut if we want the crispest and <\/p>\n
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\nshortest expression of them,
\nthey’re in the name that God <\/p>\n
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\ngave to himself.
\nI will become, and in course of <\/p>\n
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\ntime a baby was born who was the
\nSon of God, and it was necessary<\/p>\n
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\nthat that child should be the
\nSon of God for the working out <\/p>\n
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\nof this salvation.
\nFor man cannot save himself. <\/p>\n
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\nGod must save.
\nAnd the challenge of the <\/p>\n
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\nprophets was that part of the
\nfolly of idolatry was that men <\/p>\n
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\nwill worship a God that could
\nnot save. <\/p>\n
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\nBut in contrast to it God says,
\nLook unto me, and be ye saved <\/p>\n
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\nall the ends of the earth, for I
\nam God, and there is none else. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd so God is a Saviour, and in
\norder that He might be a <\/p>\n
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\nSaviour, He must raise up one of
\nthe rays who might so uphold the<\/p>\n
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\ndivine principles which had been
\nchallenged when man transgressed<\/p>\n
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\nGod’s law that there would be
\nprovided. <\/p>\n
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\nSuch a recognition of God’s
\nrighteousness that God could <\/p>\n
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\nsay, my righteousness has been
\ndeclared, and because of the <\/p>\n
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\nholiness and righteousness of
\nthis man, he must be raised from<\/p>\n
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\nthe dead as the Conqueror of
\ndeath. <\/p>\n
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\nBut it was God who provided the
\nman. <\/p>\n
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\nIt was God who said, I will
\nuphold him in the hollow of mine<\/p>\n
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\nhand.
\nIt was God who, in the words of <\/p>\n
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\nJesus prophetically expressed,
\nwas near, that justified. <\/p>\n
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\nJesus justified him in His own
\nright and of His own title <\/p>\n
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\nbecause of the sinlessness of
\nhis character. <\/p>\n
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\nHe must be born in the channel
\nof human life, with its weakness<\/p>\n
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\nand frustration with its
\nmortality, in order that he <\/p>\n
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\nmight, as part of that, by the
\nvoluntary surrender of his life,<\/p>\n
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\nshow that God was right in the
\nupholding of His supremacy in <\/p>\n
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\npassing the sentence of death
\nupon the race and the moral <\/p>\n
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\nprinciples of God, but thus
\nmanifested in Jesus and upheld. <\/p>\n
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\nBut it could be said when Jesus
\nwas born, that the Word was made<\/p>\n
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\nflesh and Welt among us, and the
\nglory that was manifested in <\/p>\n
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\nJesus was the glory of the
\nFather, for in Him was the <\/p>\n
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\nfullness of the embodiment of
\nthe divine character. <\/p>\n
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\nHe was full of grace and truth,
\nand those words there, grace and<\/p>\n
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\ntruth themselves, go back to the
\nenunciation of the name of God <\/p>\n
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\nin the book of Exodus.
\nShow me thy glory, said Moses. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd God answered, I will cause
\nall thy glory to flash before <\/p>\n
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\nthee, and will declare my name.
\nWhen God declared his name, he <\/p>\n
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\npronounced those principles upon
\nwhich he was operating in <\/p>\n
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\ndealing with men long-suffering
\nand gracious abundance. <\/p>\n
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\nIn mercy and truth, not sparing
\nthe guilty, but forgiving <\/p>\n
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\niniquity and transgression and
\nsin, there are elaborated the <\/p>\n
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\nvery principles of God in his
\nrelation to men. <\/p>\n
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\nBut they were seen revealed in
\nJesus for Paul. <\/p>\n
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\nFor John goes back to Exodus
\nwhen he said he was full of <\/p>\n
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\ngrace and truth.
\nBut when Jesus was born, it <\/p>\n
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\ncould be said the Word was made
\nflesh and God was manifest in <\/p>\n
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\nflesh.
\nAnd to that extent at that point<\/p>\n
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\nhe who had said I will be to now
\nsay I have become when the Word <\/p>\n
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\nmade flesh was raised from the
\ndead and made after the power of<\/p>\n
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\nan endless life.
\nAnd there was revealed to men <\/p>\n
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\nthe Word of life, as John
\ndescribes it in the opening <\/p>\n
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\nverses of his first epistle, the
\nword of life which they’d seen <\/p>\n
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\nand handled and their eyes had
\nlooked upon. <\/p>\n
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\nThen God could say that not only
\nhad he become flesh for a saving<\/p>\n
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\nname, that not only had God been
\nmanifest in flesh, but now God <\/p>\n
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\nwas manifest in one, justified
\nin spirit and made after the <\/p>\n
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\npower of an endless life.
\nAnd in Christ exalted we have <\/p>\n
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\nthe extension of the moral
\nharmony that had extended <\/p>\n
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\nbetween that had existed between
\nJesus and God throughout his <\/p>\n
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\nlife, extended to its logical
\nconclusion, to its inevitable <\/p>\n
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\nend, in the complete and perfect
\nharmony between Jesus and God in<\/p>\n
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\ncharacter and in nature.
\nAnd Jesus enunciates the fact <\/p>\n
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\nthat his purpose was to be one
\nwith the Father, in the context <\/p>\n
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\nof which he says, I have
\ndeclared thy name. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd he says concerning those who
\nbelieve, I pray that they may be<\/p>\n
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\n1 even as we are one.
\nAnd that teaching of Jesus in <\/p>\n
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\nthe 17th chapter of John in that
\nsublime prayer is but a carrying<\/p>\n
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\nout in rotational form the very
\nunderlying principles of the <\/p>\n
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\nfact that God is 1 because God
\nis 1 at last, all must be one <\/p>\n
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\nwith him that survived, and all
\nthat is contrary to him must <\/p>\n
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\nultimately be swept away.
\nAnd Peter says, By what name <\/p>\n
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\nhave I done this?
\nHe says the name of God has been<\/p>\n
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\nrevealed in human life in Jesus
\nof Nazareth. <\/p>\n
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\nThe God of Abraham, the God of
\nIsaac, hath glorified his Son <\/p>\n
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\nJesus, whom he delivered up.
\nAnd Peter must have taken hold <\/p>\n
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\nof this doctrine of the name by
\nthe double allusion to it, and <\/p>\n
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\npointed out that God had
\nenunciated His purpose to <\/p>\n
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\nbecome, and He had become in
\nhuman life that Jesus was God <\/p>\n
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\nrevealed.
\nHe had declared him, as John <\/p>\n
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\n00:25:21,440 –> 00:25:26,280
\ndeclares in his Gospel.
\nHe was, says Peter, the servant,<\/p>\n
339
\n00:25:26,400 –> 00:25:29,360
\nthe servant of whom Javer had
\nspoken. <\/p>\n
340
\n00:25:29,920 –> 00:25:34,880
\nFor the word Son has glorified
\nhis Son Jesus. <\/p>\n
341
\n00:25:35,440 –> 00:25:40,680
\nThe word Son there is the
\ntranslation of a word which <\/p>\n
342
\n00:25:40,920 –> 00:25:46,320
\nmeans boy and was used in the
\nsense that the servant, the <\/p>\n
343
\n00:25:46,320 –> 00:25:52,280
\nservant of whom Javer had spoken
\nfor the word Son, have glorified<\/p>\n
344
\n00:25:52,440 –> 00:25:57,440
\nhis son Jesus.
\nThe word Son there is the <\/p>\n
345
\n00:25:57,440 –> 00:26:03,200
\ntranslation of a word which
\nmeans boy, and was used in the <\/p>\n
346
\n00:26:03,200 –> 00:26:10,720
\nsense in which the Negro was
\nspoken of as a boy and it meant <\/p>\n
347
\n00:26:10,720 –> 00:26:13,440
\na servant.
\nThe idiom, the Greek idiom, was <\/p>\n
348
\n00:26:13,440 –> 00:26:17,480
\njust that which corresponded to
\nthe American description of a <\/p>\n
349
\n00:26:17,480 –> 00:26:21,000
\nslave boy as being.
\nWe’ll call the boy, and it may <\/p>\n
350
\n00:26:21,000 –> 00:26:24,280
\nbe a man of 40 or 50, but he’s
\nstill the boy is the servant. <\/p>\n
351
\n00:26:24,920 –> 00:26:29,480
\nAnd so here the word son is
\nservant. <\/p>\n
352
\n00:26:29,480 –> 00:26:33,640
\nIt is His Son used in that
\nsense, and it goes back to those<\/p>\n
353
\n00:26:33,640 –> 00:26:37,680
\nservant prophecies.
\nBehold, my servant, that begins <\/p>\n
354
\n00:26:37,680 –> 00:26:42,880
\nin the 42nd chapter onwards to
\nthe 53rd chapter, where we have <\/p>\n
355
\n00:26:42,880 –> 00:26:47,880
\nthe servant of the Lord despised
\nand rejected of men, but at last<\/p>\n
356
\n00:26:48,040 –> 00:26:52,880
\nseeing the travail of His soul
\nexalted and glorified, and the <\/p>\n
357
\n00:26:52,880 –> 00:26:56,960
\nearnest of it was that Jesus had
\nbeen raised from the dead and <\/p>\n
358
\n00:26:56,960 –> 00:27:02,200
\nglorified the God of our fathers
\nof glorified his servant Jesus, <\/p>\n
359
\n00:27:02,800 –> 00:27:06,160
\nwhom you delivered up and denied
\nin the presence of Pilate. <\/p>\n
360
\n00:27:06,560 –> 00:27:11,440
\nWho had they denied?
\nPeter says just look at him whom<\/p>\n
361
\n00:27:11,440 –> 00:27:15,480
\nyou denied.
\nHe denied the Holy One and the <\/p>\n
362
\n00:27:15,480 –> 00:27:19,200
\njust that unto you, and killed
\nthe Prince of Life, whom God <\/p>\n
363
\n00:27:19,200 –> 00:27:22,320
\nhath raised from the dead,
\nwhereof we are strangers. <\/p>\n
364
\n00:27:22,480 –> 00:27:28,640
\nThe Holy One and the Just One
\nwere acknowledged Messianic <\/p>\n
365
\n00:27:28,640 –> 00:27:33,800
\ntitles, But while they were
\nMessianic titles, they also <\/p>\n
366
\n00:27:33,800 –> 00:27:39,440
\nindicated the essential quality
\nand character of Him who would <\/p>\n
367
\n00:27:39,440 –> 00:27:42,800
\nbe the Messiah.
\nAnd these go back to the <\/p>\n
368
\n00:27:42,800 –> 00:27:44,880
\nprophecies concerning the
\nMessiah. <\/p>\n
369
\n00:27:45,160 –> 00:27:49,920
\nI will raise up unto David a
\nrighteous branch, A man who had <\/p>\n
370
\n00:27:49,920 –> 00:27:53,760
\nthe quality of righteousness is
\nessentially himself. <\/p>\n
371
\n00:27:54,160 –> 00:27:59,280
\nAnd so he was the righteous one,
\nthe just one, the just one who <\/p>\n
372
\n00:27:59,280 –> 00:28:03,160
\nshall live by faith of the 3rd
\nchapter, the 2nd chapter. <\/p>\n
373
\n00:28:03,320 –> 00:28:08,440
\nHabakkuk, who stands in contrast
\nto the head of the nations that <\/p>\n
374
\n00:28:08,440 –> 00:28:12,080
\ncomes against the Holy Land in
\nthe last days, and who is <\/p>\n
375
\n00:28:12,080 –> 00:28:17,040
\nchallenged by the just One, the
\nrighteous One, who was living <\/p>\n
376
\n00:28:17,200 –> 00:28:21,880
\neternally by his faith.
\nAnd you get the clash portrayed <\/p>\n
377
\n00:28:21,880 –> 00:28:27,560
\nby Habakkuk between the divine
\nhead whom God has appointed to <\/p>\n
378
\n00:28:27,560 –> 00:28:33,200
\nbe ruler, and the heading up of
\nhuman pride and human scheme in <\/p>\n
379
\n00:28:33,200 –> 00:28:36,040
\nthe northern invader that comes
\nagainst the land. <\/p>\n
380
\n00:28:36,560 –> 00:28:41,440
\nBut the divinely appointed ruler
\nlives and is there, living <\/p>\n
381
\n00:28:41,440 –> 00:28:45,440
\neternally as the just one who
\nlives by faith. <\/p>\n
382
\n00:28:45,880 –> 00:28:51,160
\nThese phrases in the Old
\nTestament, both in the Major <\/p>\n
383
\n00:28:51,160 –> 00:28:56,040
\nProphets and in the Minor
\nProphets, were used and expanded<\/p>\n
384
\n00:28:56,440 –> 00:29:01,360
\nas the meaning of them was wrote
\nout in the Apostolic testimony. <\/p>\n
385
\n00:29:01,760 –> 00:29:06,720
\nThey had killed the Prince of
\nLife or the leader of Life or <\/p>\n
386
\n00:29:06,720 –> 00:29:10,000
\nthe Author of Life, whichever
\nyou care to to adopt. <\/p>\n
387
\n00:29:10,320 –> 00:29:15,200
\nBut because he’s the leader of
\nlife, he is the one who has led <\/p>\n
388
\n00:29:15,200 –> 00:29:19,120
\nthe way.
\nFor the leader must be part a, <\/p>\n
389
\n00:29:19,120 –> 00:29:24,680
\npart of those who may lead one
\nwith them, a member of the <\/p>\n
390
\n00:29:24,680 –> 00:29:28,080
\ngroup, the head of the group,
\nbut still one with them and <\/p>\n
391
\n00:29:28,080 –> 00:29:31,960
\ngoing through all that they go
\nthrough and coming out of it. <\/p>\n
392
\n00:29:32,160 –> 00:29:34,840
\nAnd therefore he was one with us
\nessentially. <\/p>\n
393
\n00:29:35,080 –> 00:29:39,040
\nAnd yet he’s led the way and
\nopened the way out of death to <\/p>\n
394
\n00:29:39,040 –> 00:29:44,320
\nlife and will lead others to it.
\nIn other words, paraphrasing <\/p>\n
395
\n00:29:44,320 –> 00:29:49,920
\nthese two verses, Peter says the
\none to whom belongs these <\/p>\n
396
\n00:29:49,920 –> 00:29:55,280
\ndescriptions, the Holy One and
\nthe just one who Jews recognize <\/p>\n
397
\n00:29:55,440 –> 00:29:59,680
\nto have reference to the
\nMessiah, is the one in whom is <\/p>\n
398
\n00:29:59,680 –> 00:30:04,000
\nrealized all that the words mean
\nof holiness and of <\/p>\n
399
\n00:30:04,000 –> 00:30:06,960
\nrighteousness.
\nAnd these are the qualities that<\/p>\n
400
\n00:30:06,960 –> 00:30:12,320
\nbelong to the Messiah, because
\nin Him God has manifested One <\/p>\n
401
\n00:30:12,520 –> 00:30:18,680
\nwho will be the leader to life,
\nwho born amidst the evil common <\/p>\n
402
\n00:30:18,680 –> 00:30:24,640
\nto all of us, as yet never
\nyielded to its temptation, and <\/p>\n
403
\n00:30:24,640 –> 00:30:29,920
\nwho therefore is Himself, the
\nlife of God, revealed. <\/p>\n
404
\n00:30:30,320 –> 00:30:37,600
\nAnd thus God has manifested
\nHimself, and His name is set <\/p>\n
405
\n00:30:37,600 –> 00:30:41,520
\nbefore you in this testimony
\nconcerning Jesus. <\/p>\n
406
\n00:30:41,840 –> 00:30:46,960
\nFor the name, in the fullness of
\nits definition, is the name of <\/p>\n
407
\n00:30:46,960 –> 00:30:52,880
\nthe Father, the one who would
\nbecome who by the operation of <\/p>\n
408
\n00:30:52,880 –> 00:30:58,040
\nHis power would bigot a Son.
\nAnd so it is the name which has <\/p>\n
409
\n00:30:58,040 –> 00:31:02,880
\nbeen evolved historically as the
\nname of the Father and of the <\/p>\n
410
\n00:31:02,880 –> 00:31:09,440
\nSon and of the Holy Spirit,
\nbecause divine power revealed in<\/p>\n
411
\n00:31:09,440 –> 00:31:14,960
\nthe Holy Spirit was the
\noperative agency and causing <\/p>\n
412
\n00:31:15,040 –> 00:31:19,440
\nJesus to come into being.
\nAnd the fullness of it is <\/p>\n
413
\n00:31:19,800 –> 00:31:22,960
\nbrought together in that
\nexpression, and there is <\/p>\n
414
\n00:31:22,960 –> 00:31:28,280
\nrevealed the name of salvation.
\nAnd it is the name of salvation <\/p>\n
415
\n00:31:28,280 –> 00:31:33,880
\nbecause it is the divine purpose
\nin which He will bring men to <\/p>\n
416
\n00:31:33,880 –> 00:31:39,000
\nharmony with Himself, where He
\nwill be revealed in them, and so<\/p>\n
417
\n00:31:39,000 –> 00:31:43,440
\nthey will be saved.
\nAnd so says Peter in verse 16. <\/p>\n
418
\n00:31:43,760 –> 00:31:47,040
\nAnd his name.
\nHis name, Can’t you see, <\/p>\n
419
\n00:31:47,040 –> 00:31:51,360
\nbrothers and sisters, what a
\nsignificance there is in these <\/p>\n
420
\n00:31:51,360 –> 00:31:54,240
\nlanguage, English language and
\nHis name. <\/p>\n
421
\n00:31:54,720 –> 00:31:56,840
\nAnd it sums up all these
\nthoughts. <\/p>\n
422
\n00:31:57,040 –> 00:32:00,600
\nFor the name of God is that by
\nwhich God is known, and is known<\/p>\n
423
\n00:32:00,600 –> 00:32:02,720
\nby the purpose which He
\nexecuted. <\/p>\n
424
\n00:32:03,360 –> 00:32:07,880
\nAnd so His name, through faith
\nin His name, has made this man <\/p>\n
425
\n00:32:07,880 –> 00:32:10,480
\nstrong.
\nAnd there was a dramatic <\/p>\n
426
\n00:32:10,480 –> 00:32:15,520
\nrevelation in the miracle.
\nThe miracles of the Gospels and <\/p>\n
427
\n00:32:15,520 –> 00:32:24,480
\nof the Acts were object lessons.
\nThey were illustrations of <\/p>\n
428
\n00:32:24,480 –> 00:32:29,400
\ndivine power in Jesus.
\nThey were attestations that God <\/p>\n
429
\n00:32:29,800 –> 00:32:36,800
\nwas with him, but they were also
\nof that character that showed <\/p>\n
430
\n00:32:36,800 –> 00:32:40,560
\nthat Jesus was the one foretold
\nin the Old Testament. <\/p>\n
431
\n00:32:40,680 –> 00:32:44,960
\nIt was written that in the days
\nof the Messiah, the deaf would <\/p>\n
432
\n00:32:44,960 –> 00:32:49,920
\nhear, the blind would see, the
\nlame man would leap as a heart. <\/p>\n
433
\n00:32:50,520 –> 00:32:53,800
\nIn fact, the very word used to
\ndescribe that in Isaiah, in the <\/p>\n
434
\n00:32:53,800 –> 00:32:57,480
\nSeptuagint version, is used in
\nthe New Testament of the miracle<\/p>\n
435
\n00:32:57,480 –> 00:33:00,600
\nof healing the lame man, linking
\nthe two together. <\/p>\n
436
\n00:33:01,360 –> 00:33:06,640
\nAnd so since these things were
\ncharacteristics of the Messiah’s<\/p>\n
437
\n00:33:06,640 –> 00:33:12,680
\nage, by the performance of them
\nJesus was making a tacit claim <\/p>\n
438
\n00:33:12,680 –> 00:33:15,760
\nto be the Messiah.
\nJohn said, Art thou he that <\/p>\n
439
\n00:33:15,760 –> 00:33:17,440
\nshould come?
\nI’ll look before another. <\/p>\n
440
\n00:33:17,640 –> 00:33:22,920
\nIn that same hour, says the
\nrecord, Jesus gave sight to <\/p>\n
441
\n00:33:22,920 –> 00:33:26,360
\nblind hearing to the deaf.
\nHe raised the dead. <\/p>\n
442
\n00:33:26,360 –> 00:33:29,120
\nAnd he said, go tell John what
\nthings ye see. <\/p>\n
443
\n00:33:29,680 –> 00:33:32,520
\nAnd there’s the answer to the
\nquestion higher, the Messiah <\/p>\n
444
\n00:33:32,520 –> 00:33:35,680
\nthat is coming.
\nHe was doing the Messiah’s works<\/p>\n
445
\n00:33:35,680 –> 00:33:38,720
\nthat will be done in all its
\nfullness in the age to come. <\/p>\n
446
\n00:33:39,000 –> 00:33:44,600
\nAnd by doing them then, he was
\nmaking claim to be the Messiah, <\/p>\n
447
\n00:33:44,920 –> 00:33:49,000
\njust as he did when he assumed
\nthe role that had been foretold <\/p>\n
448
\n00:33:49,000 –> 00:33:52,400
\nby the prophet Zechariah, that
\nthy king should come unto thee <\/p>\n
449
\n00:33:52,760 –> 00:33:56,000
\nriding upon an ass.
\nAnd the people were quick to see<\/p>\n
450
\n00:33:56,000 –> 00:34:00,240
\nthe significance of his claim
\nwhen, on that Palm Sunday, he <\/p>\n
451
\n00:34:00,240 –> 00:34:04,360
\nentered into the city in the
\nrole designated by the prophet <\/p>\n
452
\n00:34:04,360 –> 00:34:07,720
\nas being that in which the
\nMessiah would come. <\/p>\n
453
\n00:34:08,360 –> 00:34:11,400
\nAnd the people quickly
\nresponding to what he’d done and<\/p>\n
454
\n00:34:11,400 –> 00:34:16,120
\nrecognizing what was implicit in
\nhis action, strewed palms in the<\/p>\n
455
\n00:34:16,120 –> 00:34:20,159
\nway and shouted in the words
\nthat the prophets that said they<\/p>\n
456
\n00:34:20,159 –> 00:34:24,800
\nwould use when Messiah came.
\nBlessed is he that cometh in the<\/p>\n
457
\n00:34:24,800 –> 00:34:29,320
\nname of the Lord.
\nAnd now, says Peter, you’ve seen<\/p>\n
458
\n00:34:29,320 –> 00:34:34,120
\nthis man made sound, and this is
\nby his name. <\/p>\n
459
\n00:34:34,639 –> 00:34:40,400
\nAnd this is an illustration of
\nthe saving power of the name of <\/p>\n
460
\n00:34:40,480 –> 00:34:43,440
\nJesus.
\nIt is an illustration of that <\/p>\n
461
\n00:34:43,480 –> 00:34:48,800
\nperfection of health to which
\nmen will come when at last, <\/p>\n
462
\n00:34:49,199 –> 00:34:52,760
\nthrough the forgiveness of sins,
\nthey attained to the great <\/p>\n
463
\n00:34:52,760 –> 00:34:55,600
\nsalvation.
\nThat is the divine purpose. <\/p>\n
464
\n00:34:56,000 –> 00:35:02,200
\nAnd so, says Peter, you feel
\ndismayed that you’ve killed such<\/p>\n
465
\n00:35:02,200 –> 00:35:05,280
\nan one.
\nI know that through ignorance he<\/p>\n
466
\n00:35:05,280 –> 00:35:07,280
\ndid it.
\nIt did also your rulers. <\/p>\n
467
\n00:35:07,640 –> 00:35:09,960
\nBut you have fulfilled the
\ndivine purpose. <\/p>\n
468
\n00:35:10,240 –> 00:35:13,120
\nIt was according to what God had
\nwritten through the prophets, <\/p>\n
469
\n00:35:13,360 –> 00:35:17,680
\nThe things which God had both
\nbefore showed before, that His <\/p>\n
470
\n00:35:17,680 –> 00:35:20,920
\nChrist, His Christ should
\nsuffer. <\/p>\n
471
\n00:35:21,320 –> 00:35:25,400
\nHe has so fulfilled, and the
\nassertion, as we said yesterday,<\/p>\n
472
\n00:35:25,400 –> 00:35:28,600
\nwouldn’t be sufficient.
\nHe would recapitulate some of <\/p>\n
473
\n00:35:28,600 –> 00:35:32,680
\nthose testimonies which spoke of
\nthe sufferings of Christ, which <\/p>\n
474
\n00:35:32,680 –> 00:35:36,400
\nwere associated also with the
\nglory of the Christ. <\/p>\n
475
\n00:35:37,040 –> 00:35:40,600
\nProphecies of which Peter
\nhimself later in his epistle, <\/p>\n
476
\n00:35:40,600 –> 00:35:44,760
\nsays, that the prophets search
\nwhat a what manner of time that <\/p>\n
477
\n00:35:44,760 –> 00:35:48,120
\nspirit of Christ which was in
\nthem, did signify, when he <\/p>\n
478
\n00:35:48,120 –> 00:35:51,400
\ntestified beforehand the
\nsufferings of the Christ, and <\/p>\n
479
\n00:35:51,400 –> 00:35:54,320
\nthe glory that could follow.
\nBut how can they become <\/p>\n
480
\n00:35:54,320 –> 00:35:56,720
\nconstituents of the name
\nthemselves? <\/p>\n
481
\n00:35:57,040 –> 00:35:59,360
\nThe appeal is made.
\nRepentive, therefore, and be <\/p>\n
482
\n00:35:59,360 –> 00:36:02,400
\nconverted, that your sins may be
\nblotted out. <\/p>\n
483
\n00:36:02,680 –> 00:36:07,480
\nThat so times of refreshing, and
\ntimes of refreshing was part of <\/p>\n
484
\n00:36:07,480 –> 00:36:11,560
\ntheir common speech, as
\ndescriptive of the Messiah’s day<\/p>\n
485
\n00:36:11,800 –> 00:36:14,080
\nsays, Repent therefore, and be
\nconverted. <\/p>\n
486
\n00:36:14,640 –> 00:36:19,520
\nPrepare yourself for the coming
\nof that day when Messiah shall <\/p>\n
487
\n00:36:19,520 –> 00:36:24,720
\ncome, bringing the times of
\nenlargement for the nation and <\/p>\n
488
\n00:36:24,720 –> 00:36:29,200
\nthe times of blessing, when
\nthese will come from God, where <\/p>\n
489
\n00:36:29,280 –> 00:36:33,280
\nJesus is, when he will send
\nJesus Christ, whom the heavens <\/p>\n
490
\n00:36:33,280 –> 00:36:37,840
\nmust receive until the times of
\nrestoration of all things. <\/p>\n
491
\n00:36:38,640 –> 00:36:43,120
\nAnd so he is weaving together
\nthe evidence that the Jesus whom<\/p>\n
492
\n00:36:43,120 –> 00:36:48,320
\nhe was speaking about, in whom
\nGod had manifested himself, <\/p>\n
493
\n00:36:48,880 –> 00:36:53,240
\nwho’d been the revelation in
\nhuman life of God, who descended<\/p>\n
494
\n00:36:53,240 –> 00:36:58,200
\nto God’s right hand, was he who
\nwould bring those expected times<\/p>\n
495
\n00:36:58,200 –> 00:37:01,920
\nof blessing for which they were
\nlooking and at which God had <\/p>\n
496
\n00:37:01,920 –> 00:37:05,080
\nspoken by the mouth of all his
\nholy prophets since the world <\/p>\n
497
\n00:37:05,080 –> 00:37:07,880
\nbegan.
\nBut Peter says when this time <\/p>\n
498
\n00:37:07,880 –> 00:37:13,120
\ncomes, it will inaugurate a new
\ncovenant for Israel, not the old<\/p>\n
499
\n00:37:13,120 –> 00:37:15,600
\ncovenant.
\nAnd he reminds them that Moses <\/p>\n
500
\n00:37:15,600 –> 00:37:17,720
\nwas the mediator of the old
\nCovenant. <\/p>\n
501
\n00:37:17,720 –> 00:37:19,680
\nA prophet.
\nShall the Lord your God raise up<\/p>\n
502
\n00:37:19,680 –> 00:37:22,360
\nunto be so?
\nHe says there has to be <\/p>\n
503
\n00:37:22,360 –> 00:37:28,080
\ninaugurated a new order, a new
\ncovenant, one like unto Moses, <\/p>\n
504
\n00:37:28,280 –> 00:37:32,680
\nfulfilling as Moses did, a
\nmediatorship, acting as the one <\/p>\n
505
\n00:37:33,040 –> 00:37:37,720
\nwho would introduce and make
\nsure a new covenant for Israel. <\/p>\n
506
\n00:37:38,080 –> 00:37:41,280
\nBut what covenant is it?
\nWhat covenant is it? <\/p>\n
507
\n00:37:41,480 –> 00:37:45,440
\nNow I want you to notice the
\napplication of the rule which I <\/p>\n
508
\n00:37:45,440 –> 00:37:50,280
\nthink you will now see is pretty
\nwell established, by which Luke,<\/p>\n
509
\n00:37:50,920 –> 00:37:55,120
\nin this very intriguing and
\ninteresting and skilful way of <\/p>\n
510
\n00:37:55,120 –> 00:38:02,320
\nhis, brings out in this press,
\nas we call it, what Peter did <\/p>\n
511
\n00:38:02,480 –> 00:38:05,720
\nelaborately.
\nIt shall come to pass that every<\/p>\n
512
\n00:38:05,720 –> 00:38:10,080
\nsoul which will not hear that
\nprophet shall be destroyed from <\/p>\n
513
\n00:38:10,080 –> 00:38:12,880
\namong the people.
\nAnd you read it and perhaps <\/p>\n
514
\n00:38:12,880 –> 00:38:16,880
\nthink that that expression shall
\nbe destroyed from among the <\/p>\n
515
\n00:38:16,880 –> 00:38:21,880
\npeople belongs to the quotation
\nin Deuteronomy chapter 18. <\/p>\n
516
\n00:38:22,080 –> 00:38:25,120
\nBut it doesn’t.
\nGod there says I will require of<\/p>\n
517
\n00:38:25,120 –> 00:38:30,400
\nit, require it of him.
\nBut the expression shall be <\/p>\n
518
\n00:38:30,400 –> 00:38:37,680
\ndestroyed from among the people
\ncomes from God’s terms in the <\/p>\n
519
\n00:38:37,800 –> 00:38:42,280
\nAbrahamic covenant.
\nGo back to Genesis 17 and verse <\/p>\n
520
\n00:38:42,280 –> 00:38:44,000
\n14.
\nVerse 9. <\/p>\n
521
\n00:38:44,480 –> 00:38:47,200
\nGod said unto Abraham, Thou
\nshalt keep my covenant, <\/p>\n
522
\n00:38:47,200 –> 00:38:51,320
\ntherefore thou and thy seed
\nafter thee in their generations <\/p>\n
523
\n00:38:51,640 –> 00:38:53,760
\nevery child shall be
\ncircumcised. <\/p>\n
524
\n00:38:53,760 –> 00:38:58,160
\nAnd the 14th verse and the
\nuncircumcised man child whose <\/p>\n
525
\n00:38:58,160 –> 00:39:03,800
\nflesh of his foreskin is not
\ncircumcised, that soul shall be <\/p>\n
526
\n00:39:03,800 –> 00:39:09,520
\ncut off from his people.
\nSo it is a failure to comply <\/p>\n
527
\n00:39:09,520 –> 00:39:13,280
\nwith the Abrahamic covenant to
\nwhich Peter refers. <\/p>\n
528
\n00:39:13,480 –> 00:39:17,240
\nAnd he says, Any man who isn’t
\nincorporated in this new <\/p>\n
529
\n00:39:17,240 –> 00:39:20,240
\ncovenant, that the one like unto
\nthe prophet Moses will <\/p>\n
530
\n00:39:20,240 –> 00:39:23,880
\nintroduce, shall be cut off from
\namong the people. <\/p>\n
531
\n00:39:24,080 –> 00:39:30,280
\nIn other words, Peter takes them
\nto the Abrahamic covenant, which<\/p>\n
532
\n00:39:30,280 –> 00:39:33,600
\nwill be fulfilled in the
\nrestoration of all things, and <\/p>\n
533
\n00:39:33,600 –> 00:39:37,640
\nin the coming of this time of
\nrefreshing to which he has <\/p>\n
534
\n00:39:37,640 –> 00:39:40,120
\nspoken.
\nAnd he said, this is the theme <\/p>\n
535
\n00:39:40,120 –> 00:39:43,920
\nof all the prophets from Samuel
\nand those that follow after. <\/p>\n
536
\n00:39:44,280 –> 00:39:49,120
\nAnd now we can test again our
\ninterpretation if that 23rd <\/p>\n
537
\n00:39:49,120 –> 00:39:53,600
\nverse has indeed taken their
\nthought to the Abrahamic <\/p>\n
538
\n00:39:53,600 –> 00:39:58,320
\ncovenant with it new
\nmediatorship in Jesus Christ. <\/p>\n
539
\n00:39:58,840 –> 00:40:01,960
\nIf we’re right there, then we
\ncan see the sequence of thought <\/p>\n
540
\n00:40:02,440 –> 00:40:05,920
\nin the last two verses of this
\nthird chapter. <\/p>\n
541
\n00:40:06,800 –> 00:40:11,960
\nYe are the children of the
\nprophets, that midiomatic sons <\/p>\n
542
\n00:40:11,960 –> 00:40:15,160
\nidiomatic of as meaning of the
\nsame race. <\/p>\n
543
\n00:40:15,520 –> 00:40:18,920
\nYe are of the race of the
\nprophets, and of the covenant <\/p>\n
544
\n00:40:18,920 –> 00:40:23,200
\nwhich God made with our fathers,
\nsaying unto Abraham, Don’t you <\/p>\n
545
\n00:40:23,200 –> 00:40:26,640
\nsee how?
\nHow Peter’s thought has moved on<\/p>\n
546
\n00:40:27,000 –> 00:40:29,800
\nat times of refreshing, but it’s
\nunder a new covenant and it’s <\/p>\n
547
\n00:40:29,800 –> 00:40:32,920
\nunder the Abrahamic covenant and
\nthe Ave. mediatorship. <\/p>\n
548
\n00:40:33,560 –> 00:40:37,040
\nAnd he says you’re in the line
\nto which it belongs. <\/p>\n
549
\n00:40:37,440 –> 00:40:42,280
\nYou’re the in the race of this,
\nthis covenant blessing which God<\/p>\n
550
\n00:40:42,280 –> 00:40:46,080
\nmade with our Father, saying
\nunto Abram in thy speech, shall <\/p>\n
551
\n00:40:46,200 –> 00:40:48,720
\nall the children of the earth be
\nblessed? <\/p>\n
552
\n00:40:49,040 –> 00:40:53,720
\nAnd now I want to suggest an
\nenlargement of an interpretation<\/p>\n
553
\n00:40:53,720 –> 00:40:59,080
\ncommon among us as a community.
\nI I think it is general that <\/p>\n
554
\n00:40:59,480 –> 00:41:04,360
\nwhen a lecture is given
\nconcerning the age to come, we <\/p>\n
555
\n00:41:04,360 –> 00:41:08,080
\nspeak of the promises made to
\nAbraham, and we say all nations <\/p>\n
556
\n00:41:08,080 –> 00:41:10,480
\nare going to be blessed under
\nChrist. <\/p>\n
557
\n00:41:10,480 –> 00:41:13,960
\nAnd if we say, what are the
\nblessings, we begin by saying <\/p>\n
558
\n00:41:14,680 –> 00:41:17,640
\nthey’ll have houses stick to
\nlive in. <\/p>\n
559
\n00:41:18,520 –> 00:41:22,760
\nThere’ll be a freedom from want
\nand a freedom from anxiety. <\/p>\n
560
\n00:41:23,400 –> 00:41:27,000
\nAnd we should describe all the
\neconomic advantages that we <\/p>\n
561
\n00:41:27,000 –> 00:41:29,520
\nthink we’ll obtain in the age to
\ncome. <\/p>\n
562
\n00:41:30,040 –> 00:41:32,440
\nAnd we’re dealing only with a
\nsuperstructure. <\/p>\n
563
\n00:41:32,440 –> 00:41:35,360
\nThen we’re not dealing with the
\nfoundation fact. <\/p>\n
564
\n00:41:35,760 –> 00:41:40,400
\nObserve Peter’s interpretation.
\nIn thy feet shall all the <\/p>\n
565
\n00:41:40,400 –> 00:41:44,480
\nkindreds of the earth be blessed
\nunto you. <\/p>\n
566
\n00:41:44,640 –> 00:41:53,680
\nFirst, God, having raised up his
\nservant, Jesus sent him to bless<\/p>\n
567
\n00:41:54,080 –> 00:41:55,520
\nyou.
\nBless you. <\/p>\n
568
\n00:41:55,960 –> 00:41:58,960
\nWhat is the blessing He sent him
\nto bless you. <\/p>\n
569
\n00:41:59,640 –> 00:42:05,080
\nWhat is the blessing in turning
\naway everyone of you from your <\/p>\n
570
\n00:42:05,080 –> 00:42:07,600
\niniquities?
\nWhat is the blessing of all <\/p>\n
571
\n00:42:07,600 –> 00:42:10,680
\nnations?
\nPaul says in the 4th chapter the<\/p>\n
572
\n00:42:10,680 –> 00:42:14,200
\nletter to the Romans.
\nLet us take Abraham as the <\/p>\n
573
\n00:42:14,200 –> 00:42:19,760
\nclassical illustration and
\ndetermine from him and what is <\/p>\n
574
\n00:42:19,760 –> 00:42:24,480
\nwritten concerning him, the
\nbasis of a man standing before <\/p>\n
575
\n00:42:24,480 –> 00:42:26,960
\nGod.
\nWas it upon the basis of the <\/p>\n
576
\n00:42:26,960 –> 00:42:29,520
\nflesh?
\nIf it was, says Paul, then <\/p>\n
577
\n00:42:29,520 –> 00:42:33,480
\nAbraham had wear off the glory.
\nBut what does the Scripture say?<\/p>\n
578
\n00:42:33,920 –> 00:42:37,680
\nAbraham believed God, and it was
\ncounted to him for <\/p>\n
579
\n00:42:37,960 –> 00:42:43,200
\nrighteousness, even as David
\ndescribes the blessedness of the<\/p>\n
580
\n00:42:43,200 –> 00:42:48,920
\nman to whom the Lord imputeth,
\ninto to whom the Lord imputeth <\/p>\n
581
\n00:42:48,960 –> 00:42:54,200
\nrighteousness without work,
\nsaying, Blessed is the man whose<\/p>\n
582
\n00:42:54,200 –> 00:42:57,280
\niniquities are forgiven and
\nwhose sins are covered. <\/p>\n
583
\n00:42:57,600 –> 00:43:00,960
\nWhat is blessedness?
\nThe forgiveness of sin, the <\/p>\n
584
\n00:43:00,960 –> 00:43:03,720
\nbeing accounted righteous before
\nGod. <\/p>\n
585
\n00:43:04,080 –> 00:43:09,760
\nAnd the fundamental thing of the
\nAbrahamic covenant is that it is<\/p>\n
586
\n00:43:09,760 –> 00:43:15,520
\na declaration of a divine means
\nwhereby men and women can be <\/p>\n
587
\n00:43:15,520 –> 00:43:19,600
\nesteemed by God as righteous
\nthrough the forgiveness of their<\/p>\n
588
\n00:43:19,600 –> 00:43:22,000
\nsins.
\nBut the other side of the <\/p>\n
589
\n00:43:22,000 –> 00:43:26,480
\nshield, if sins are forgiven and
\nforgiven by God in this <\/p>\n
590
\n00:43:26,480 –> 00:43:30,440
\narrangement, it is impossible
\nfor men and women with things <\/p>\n
591
\n00:43:30,440 –> 00:43:36,200
\nforgiven to continue in sin.
\nIt would be a denial of all that<\/p>\n
592
\n00:43:36,200 –> 00:43:38,640
\nthey’d accepted in this
\nblessedness. <\/p>\n
593
\n00:43:39,240 –> 00:43:43,760
\nAnd so while Paul puts the one
\nside of the shield and <\/p>\n
594
\n00:43:43,760 –> 00:43:47,520
\nemphasizes that the blessedness
\nis the forgiveness of sins, <\/p>\n
595
\n00:43:47,760 –> 00:43:53,560
\nPeter puts the other side that
\nis blessing you in turning you <\/p>\n
596
\n00:43:53,920 –> 00:43:57,240
\naway, everyone of you, from his
\niniquities. <\/p>\n
597
\n00:43:57,440 –> 00:44:01,200
\nAnd why has God doing that?
\nHe’s doing it in order that men <\/p>\n
598
\n00:44:01,200 –> 00:44:06,440
\nmay be brought into harmony with
\nHimself and incorporated in His <\/p>\n
599
\n00:44:06,440 –> 00:44:10,520
\nname now in the blessedness of
\nfellowship with Him. <\/p>\n
600
\n00:44:10,800 –> 00:44:14,600
\nBut at last in the fullness of
\nthe revelation, when God is <\/p>\n
601
\n00:44:14,600 –> 00:44:19,360
\nrevealed in the nature that He
\nnow has becoming the nature, in <\/p>\n
602
\n00:44:19,360 –> 00:44:23,720
\nthe nature that God has becoming
\nthe nature of those who are His <\/p>\n
603
\n00:44:23,720 –> 00:44:27,920
\nredeemed.
\nThat just as Isaiah says, God is<\/p>\n
604
\n00:44:27,920 –> 00:44:32,200
\none who is never weary and who
\nnever faints, so they that wait <\/p>\n
605
\n00:44:32,200 –> 00:44:36,400
\nupon the Lord will be themselves
\nso assimilated to the divine in <\/p>\n
606
\n00:44:36,400 –> 00:44:40,040
\nits energy and its power, that
\nthey that wait upon the Lord <\/p>\n
607
\n00:44:40,040 –> 00:44:43,200
\nshall renew their strength.
\nThey shall run and not grow <\/p>\n
608
\n00:44:43,200 –> 00:44:45,960
\nweary.
\nThey shall walk and not faint, <\/p>\n
609
\n00:44:46,480 –> 00:44:50,960
\nbecause the energy that belongs
\nto the divine will have been <\/p>\n
610
\n00:44:50,960 –> 00:44:53,840
\ngiven unto them.
\nThere’s no other name given unto<\/p>\n
611
\n00:44:53,840 –> 00:44:55,640
\nheaven.
\nThere’s no other system of <\/p>\n
612
\n00:44:55,640 –> 00:45:00,720
\nsalvation than this.
\nAnd I think we will agree that <\/p>\n
613
\n00:45:00,720 –> 00:45:04,680
\nas we strive to rise up to the
\nheights of the wonder of the <\/p>\n
614
\n00:45:04,680 –> 00:45:10,240
\ngrace of God is revealed here,
\nthat we are highly privileged to<\/p>\n
615
\n00:45:10,240 –> 00:45:14,040
\nknow it.
\nAnd what a wonderful testimony <\/p>\n
616
\n00:45:14,320 –> 00:45:18,000
\nthe apostles made.
\nDon’t let us be afraid of <\/p>\n
617
\n00:45:18,000 –> 00:45:22,800
\nputting forward in our testimony
\nsomething of the fullness of the<\/p>\n
618
\n00:45:22,800 –> 00:45:25,400
\ngrace of God and the wonder of
\nthis purpose. <\/p>\n
619
\n00:45:26,160 –> 00:45:30,440
\nWe can do it with sustained
\nlogical power, just as Peter did<\/p>\n
620
\n00:45:30,920 –> 00:45:34,560
\nin this in the speeches of his
\nthat we’ve considered. <\/p>\n
621
\n00:45:35,000 –> 00:45:39,760
\nFor God, who is 1 is in perfect
\nharmony in every way with <\/p>\n
622
\n00:45:39,760 –> 00:45:43,360
\nhimself, and therefore there’s
\nnothing illogical or <\/p>\n
623
\n00:45:43,360 –> 00:45:47,800
\ninconsistent or incongruous
\nabout him, and the presentation <\/p>\n
624
\n00:45:47,800 –> 00:45:51,720
\nof His truth should similarly
\nhave those characteristics. <\/p>\n
625
\n00:45:51,880 –> 00:45:52,320
\nThank you.\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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