All right, let's go back to Matthew's
Gospel, chapter 22. And this portion of God's Word we've
been studying, or the book of Matthew, and in our study, this
chapter has come up in the course of that study, and I think we'll
see how it's relevant to this time, the so-called Christmas
time. And we've looked at this before.
We always see more light each time, hopefully. In our story, you read with me
how the Pharisees took counsel. They gathered together to try
to entangle him, that is, trip him up. tried to bring some charges of
heresy or whatever against him, and they had some fellows called
Herodians with them, religious politicians. They gathered
them together, and they all feigned. Do you notice with me, when they
approached the Lord, they feigned respect for him. They all gave
him a flattering title, they thought. We know you don't care
for men and respect persons, you know. They didn't respect
him. They're a bunch of hypocrites,
that's what the Lord called them. That means actor, that's what
that means, hypocrite. Playing a part, you're not. A
bunch of religious actors. And they asked him the question,
is it lawful to pay taxes? That's what they basically asked.
And he wisely said, show me a coin. They showed him a coin and he
said, whose image is that? Whose picture is on the coin?
They said it was Caesar. They rendered to Caesar the things
that are Caesar's. To God the things that are God's. They were amazed by that. They were confused. They were
confounded and they left. These Pharisees, that is the
disciples of the Pharisees and these Herodians, they left him.
They had nothing more to say. They left him confounded. Then
the Sadducees came. Now, Sadducees deny any life
after death. That's what the Sadducees, they
were a bunch of intellectuals, religious though. And they tried
to trip the Lord up. They tried to confuse him with
a question they thought would stump him about the resurrection.
There's a story of seven men and this one woman, all married.
Each man died. They asked in the resurrection,
who's going to be married to who? Yeah. And our Lord refuted and confounded and put
them to shame by saying, you do error not knowing the Scripture.
And folks, you know that all error comes from not knowing
the truth. Doesn't it? If you don't know
the truth, which is God's Word, then you believe a lie. Right? You do err, not knowing
the scriptures or the power of God, who God is. The things of
God. And our Lord told them, basically,
there are no relationships in heaven. Husbands, wives, sons,
daughters, anything like that. They're like the angels. They're
all equal, the same. No relationships. And then he addressed their point
of rebellion. He said, they didn't believe
in the resurrection. They didn't believe in life after death.
And he addressed that, the resurrection, by this marvelous
statement about the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. He said, you
say there's no resurrection. Well, have you not read? Again,
he showed them why they were ignorant, because they weren't
reading God's Word. They read the philosophers. They read Plato.
I don't know if Plato was around. They read these fellows, whoever
they were. And that's where they got all
their wisdom, so-called. And Christ made it foolish. He
said, Haven't you read? He said, I'm the God of Abraham,
Isaac, and Jacob. God doesn't bring up dead people. And they were confounded. They couldn't answer that. And
then they left. They left. And then the Pharisees,
the first group who sent their disciples with the Rhodians,
they said, we'll give it a shot. So they got together, not any
one of them. They got together and said, let's
send our best man. Who is it? Well, it's old Dr.
So-and-so. He's a lawyer. He's well studied
in Scripture. He knows the Scripture. He can
quote Scripture back and forth. Okay, we'll send him in. And this lawyer came to the one
who wrote the scriptures. Boy, a man's a fool to argue
with God, isn't he? But he did. He came, this lawyer,
and he asked a question he thought was great and wise. He said,
Which is the great commandment? And this fellow revealed his
ignorance, and so do people now today, men and women who make
more of one part of God's Word than another, don't they? There's a group of people that
meet on Saturday, they think the fourth commandment is the
greatest commandment. They really do. They call themselves
Seventh-Day Adventists. They've got it, nobody else does.
See, that's the great commandment. That's what they think. If they
didn't have that, what would they believe? Same as every other
Armenian. They believe the same thing,
which is nothing. Anyway, this fellow said, What's
a great commandment? Our Lord said, verses 37 through
40, our Lord said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy
God with all thy heart, with all thy soul, with all thy mind.
This is the first and great commandment, and the second is like unto it.
Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thou seest." On these two
commandments hang all the law and the prophets. Let me ask you something. Is
one part of God's law or God's word more important than another? That's what they were basically
asking. Is one doctrine greater than
another? Can you not believe one doctrine and believe the
rest? It's all God's word, isn't it? It's all inseparably connected,
isn't it? And our Lord amazingly, you know,
I thought about this, if a fool is known by a multitude than a wise man. It's a true
wise man who can put a multitude of words in just a few. Our Lord
summed up the whole Bible in a phrase. Didn't he? He says it all hangs on this. And that's not really our subject,
and if I'm not careful I'll dwell here, but what he said about
the law. But he did say this, and let
me make this comment on it. Try to rightly divide. Love to
God and love to others. You see, love, the love of God,
Scripture talks about a people whom God sheds abroad in their
heart. The love of God is shed abroad
in their heart. That doesn't mean that they have
become now just lovey, lovey, lovey, lovey people. And when it talks about, in 2
Thessalonians 2, that some people receive not the love of the truth. The love of God shed abroad in
the hearts of God's people. What he created is a love of
God. You understand what I'm saying?
It's loving God as God. All things work together with
them that love God. Everybody says they do, but don't
they know? And this is how you'll find out,
Jeanette, if somebody loves God. Start declaring Him. Start declaring
the God of the Bible, who does as He will, with whom He will,
because He will, and doesn't give no account of His matters
to anybody. God who reigns and rules over all. Start declaring
this God as He is. God, absolute, in control of
souls, minds, hearts, wills, everything. There's no will but
His. Start declaring this God whose will is sovereign. Start
declaring it. And just watch the enmity come
up in people against this God. And they'll tell you when it's
all over, they hate your God. My God, and they'll say, My God's
not like that. You're right. Your little God
only does what you let Him do. Your little God just is a sentimental,
old-fashioned man upstairs, you know, waiting on you to do something.
That's your God. But I've got news for this whole
religious, hypocritical generation. By God you reign it. and it's salvation on this earth
to find out that He is indeed God. Someday all, every mouth will
confess and every tongue will hit the dirt knowing Him as He
is then, but it's too late for many, too late. But this is eternal
life, John 17.3, our Lord says, that you might know the only
true God. bow to Him and fear Him and worship
Him as such. That's salvation. That's the
God of the Bible. Don't get any further. I've declared
unto you by God. And God says there's one way. And God sent Him. And here's the question we're
going to ask. Why did God send him? What did
he do? Did he do what he came to do or not? What's his name? What's it mean? Did he do it? Where is he now? What's that
mean to me? What's that mean to this whole universe? What's
that mean to time and eternity? What think ye of Christ is the
question, the end-all question. Our Lord talked about love to
God, and you'll see this love to God will love his Word. You'll
love His Word. You'll love it because God said
it. You'll see it. God says, I am God, there is
none else. You say, that's right. And you
love it to be so. You love the truth. God has given
you this love of the truth. You love Him as God. The world
doesn't do that. You understand me? Maybe somebody
in here right now is getting mad at something I've said. I've
just declared what God has said. That this is the love to God.
You see, it all hangs there. This whole Bible is about God.
To declare God. And God was manifest in the flesh.
To Him give all the prophets. It all hangs there. All hangs
there. Who is God? Has He given you?
Has He saved you? How do you know? If you love and worship him as such. True
worshipers worship the Father. And love to others, you see.
He that loveth him, John summed it up by saying this, 1 John
5. He that loveth him that begat loveth him that begotten of him. See, true love tells the truth
to somebody you love. Even if they hate you for it. You don't go around correcting
other people's children, do you? You don't love them like you
love your own. Those you love, you tell
the truth to. You don't become the enemy, you become their best
friend. And they'll hate you and turn away, but you love them
truly. We're not an enemy to the world. Uh-uh. No, we're the only real true
friends the world has. You know that? But they'll call you, they'll
be your enemy. Why? Let the truth be said. And then the Lord asked this
question. Here are these fellows. The Pharisees got their champion
together and he put him to silence. He said they went away. Well, they were
still hanging around, okay? They were still hanging around.
Well, we're going to ask him now. Anybody got anything we
can say? Anybody? Any questions? Then
he asked them a question. He asked this question. Verse
42. What think ye of Christ? Whose
son is he? Well, they answered, he's the
son of David. Son of David. Then he answered, and we read
it. How then does David in spirit
call him Lord? Quoting Psalm 110, the Lord said
unto my Lord. God said unto my Lord. Jehovah
said unto my sovereign. Sit thou on my right hand till
I make thine enemies thy footstool. If David then called him Lord,
how is he his son? Whose son is he? Son of David.
God called him Lord. David called him Lord. How is
he David's son? And there's no answer. And it says they had no more
questions after this. Well, let's look at this, OK?
Just very briefly, I am determined, the wise word, to make this brief. But I believe the answer to this
question will stop all questions, will answer all of our questions. I believe the answer will put
an end to all questions. Let me ask you, let me ask myself,
what think ye of Christ? Whose son is he? All right, they said son of David.
Is he? Those scriptures call him that. We've been studying 1 Samuel
and David, and throughout the Psalms, the son of David, and
even Christ himself said the son of David. God says, do you
know the answer to that? Do you know why he's called the
son of David? Why is he called the son of David? Do you know
the answer to that? Could you answer somebody who
asked you a reason for that? Could you? Oh, if you can after
all these years, you'd stumble and fall, I'm sure, like I did.
But could you, to some degree? Sure you could. Couldn't you?
Come on. Couldn't you? You know why, Samuel,
don't you? Christ was made flesh in the
line of David, right? The lineage, the tribe of Judah,
which was David's tribe, not Levite. Judah, you know why that
is, don't you? He's a different kind of priest,
isn't he? Like Michal Kisdek, and that's another story. But
in the line of David, well, he existed long before David. Oh, long before David. But he
came in the line of David, just as he said about Abraham. He
said to those bunch of Jews, he said, He said, your father
Abraham rejoiced to see my day. And they said, well, you're not
even 50 years old. Do you know Abraham? Do I know Abraham? Before Abraham was, I am. I don't mean to say that like
he, I couldn't say that like he said it. I'm just trying to
say it with authority. And nobody spoke like he did.
They understood what he was saying. He was saying, God, Abraham,
do I know Abraham? So he's not only David's son,
that's only typically, okay? Typically, tight, tight picture.
David's son, he was born. But you know, really, David had
nothing to do with him being born. He had no seed of David
in him. You know, David is the king,
God's king, the first king, the first king of Israel, just as
a type, as a picture of the true king of Israel, the true king. And this king I'm talking about,
this son of David, he was king long before David ever ascended
the throne. He was David's king. All right. Whose son is he? Son of David? Well, yes and no. No, he's David's
Lord, that's who he is. Well, he's the son of Joseph.
Some of them said that in derision, and we know that it's the son
of Joseph. That's Joseph's son, the carpenter. I've seen some
ignorant fools out there with a bumper sticker on their fellow,
evidently a construction worker, says, my boss is a Jewish carpenter. Now, he may think that's clever
and cute to show off his religion to men that, you know, I believe
in Jesus. Real men do, you know. Show it off, that's all that
is. Be seated men. My boss is not a Jewish carpenter. My God is not a Jewish carpenter. My Lord is not a Jewish carpenter. My Lord is Lord. Right now. Always was. Even when he was
a carpenter, he made the trees that he made the furniture out
of. When he was hanging on that tree, he made the nails they
put in his hands. He told the fellow to put them
there. That's my Lord. A Jewish carpenter? You speak
way too lowly. You're Jesus. Still a carpenter? Not mine. Mine made the earth. Carpenter? What a lowly thought.
Joseph's son. He's Joseph's son. No, he's born
of a virgin. He has no seed of man in him.
Do you know why? Those who may listen to this
on tape or CD or over the Internet or whatever, do you know why
he was born of a virgin? Most in our day do not think
it's necessary to believe that. They really don't. No, our Lord, the Lord Jesus
Christ, is not the son of Joseph. He's born of a virgin. Okay,
then he's the son of Mary. Hold on. Hold on here. Where does it say that in the
Bible? Where is he called the son of
Mary? Nowhere in the Scriptures does
it say verbatim. that God wrote down, he's the
son of Merrick. Matthew 1, it says she brought
forth her first begotten son. It doesn't call him the son of
Merrick. Nowhere. I'm going to tell you
why. What think ye of Christ? Whose son is he? Whose son is
he? Whose offspring is he? That's what son means, offspring.
That means begotten of something. My father has a son. I have three
sons. I'm one of his sons. I'm his
offspring. I came from his loins. I came
from him. He is responsible for my existence. That calls me his son. Nothing I can do to prevent that.
I am the son of Henry. You understand? And so nowhere
does it say he's the son of Mary. And that's by design. It gave
him, in a narrative by the Holy Spirit, she brought forth her
first begotten son, meaning she did not have any children prior
to that. To make sure we know, this is
a virgin here, and this was a male child. But Isaiah 9.6 now says,
unto us a child is born, the son is what? What? given, not created, not all of
a sudden existing through the help of this woman named Mary,
her son, son of Mary. No, no, no, no. Never called
that by God, only by some people. You look it up, you'll see some
that said to him, they said, is not this the carpenter, the
son of Mary? It's the only time it's said. Is not this the carpenter, the
Jewish carpenter, the son of Mary? Well, let's hear what the
Lord said. Let's hear what he says about whose son is it. All
right? As a twelve-year-old boy, twelve-year-old
boy, he's sitting in the temple asking questions. He was confounded
in there and being asked questions. His mother, supposedly. His mother
and his father, supposedly, were worried about him. You see, they
went home, back to Nazareth, wherever, and they lost track
of him, and they came running back, and his mother said to
him, Son, don't you know that your father
and I have been worried? What did he say? that he said, Mother, I'm so
sorry. Tell Dad. Wished you not that I must be
about my father's business? And I know Mary. So he did this
to her several times. Another time at a wedding. He
was attending a wedding. And she came to him and said,
son, they need wine. What did he say? What did he
say to her? Woman? He didn't call her mother. Teresa,
he never did. Why am I stressing this? There's
a million, zillion people all over the planet right now calling
him the son of Mary and calling Mary the mother of our Lord,
the mother of God. This idolatry. Not worshiping the Lord, but the vessel. He said, Woman, what have I to
do with thee? Did you hear that? What have
I to do with thee? I didn't come from you, I don't
answer to you. You play no part in my existence.
Is that right? Come on, let's go on. While preaching,
he was preaching one time, and she had the audacity to interrupt
him. Now, this was by design. The Lord had her do this to show
us who he is. He was preaching one time, and
she interrupted him and said, your mother told somebody, your
mother wants to see you. What did he say? What did he say? Whose son is
it? He said, who is my mother? Who's responsible for my birth?
Whose son am I? And hanging on the cross, finally,
hanging on the cross, he looked down and there she was, Mary,
the former virgin. She didn't stay a virgin, folks,
did she? She had at least seven children. That's right. Read
the Scripture. People don't know that because
they don't know the Scripture. Hanging on that cross, our Lord
looked down at that woman and said, Woman, didn't call her
mother. Woman, behold your son. John
was standing there. That's your son. I'm not. Nowhere does it say that Mary
cradled him in her arms, you know, when he hung down. They've
got that ridiculous statue made by Michelangelo. That's utter,
it's idolatry. Son, behold thy mother. I call my mother, mother, because
that's what she is. He didn't because she wasn't.
It's as simple as that. All right, let's go a little
further, okay? And here's the point. Here's
the whole point, folks. Many people worship a womb and not the one who just borrowed
it. Many people worship an empty
tomb. Oh yeah, yeah, they go over there, you know, and they
think they know the place where he was, and they get down in
there and they think that dirt is holy or something, you know.
and not the one who hung on it. Isn't that something? I mean,
who died in it, not the one who lives right now. Many people
worship a wooden cross. Oh, yeah. You say, no, I don't.
Try burning one. Try burning one. Take one down.
I've often thought I'd love to go on a mission. Cross-burning.
I'm not Ku Klux Klan, but I'm an idolater-crusher. That's what
I am. This fellow went on a crusade
across the land, put these crosses up everywhere. He thinks he's
doing God a favor. No, he's not. That's idolatry. That's a graven
image. I'd love to get me a chainsaw and go on a mission myself. Wouldn't
you? You say, oh, don't desecrate. That's precisely what I'm talking
about. It's necessity. You know what
that means? You ever heard that story? Hezekiah
found the brazen serpent that Moses had made for the people
to look to. They found that and the people
were worshiping it. They were making pilgrimages to it, shrines
to it, the brazen serpent, you know. And he ground it up to
powder and made them drink it. And he said, it's Nahashton.
It's Nahashton. What's that? A worthless piece
of brass. Those things are just worthless
pieces of wood. Don't worship the cross he hung
on. Worship the Christ who hung there.
Don't worship the womb that he went into. Worship the one who
came out. Don't worship the tomb. Worship
him. You see that? You know that.
Blessed are your eyes and your ears. You see and know these
things. We don't worship a woman. There's a man in glory. There's
no co-redeemer. You know, that's what they're
saying about it. That's what Catholicism now has come out of the closet
and unabashedly, unreservedly, unashamedly confessed. They say
it, that she's the co-redeemer. No, she's not. No, she's not. Mary didn't die for my sins.
Christ did. She said, He's God my Savior. She was a sinner who needed Christ's
blood to put away her sin. And I believe He did. So we don't worship her. Worship
Him. I'm not splitting hairs here. I'm
killing idols. Big difference. Big difference.
All right, let's ask this question. He's a son of God. Yes. A woman told my wife, a woman
wrote to my wife. She doesn't know, doesn't believe
this God I've been declaring this morning. And she wrote her, hoping she
had found some common ground with her, and she said to her,
well, we both agree on this, that Jesus is the Son of God.
That was her conclusion. We both can agree on this, that
Jesus is the Son of God. Isn't it? You say, yes, it says that. Then
why did God call him God? Hebrews 1.8. Unto the Son he saith, Thy throne,
O God. Scripture says, The Lord our
God is one Lord. Him shalt ye worship. Thou shalt
worship the Lord thy God. alone. Worship him. Worship God. Why did Jesus Christ allow Thomas
to bow at his feet and say to him, My Lord and my God? Hmm? Want your answer to that? Can you? I can't really. But I know it's
so. He said to his disciples, They
said, just show us the Father, show us God, we'll believe you
show us God. What'd he say? What'd he say?
What'd he say? What think ye of Christ? What think ye of Christ? You got a Jesus? What think ye
of the Christ of Scripture? Whose son is it? He said to his
disciples, he that hath seen the Father, he hath seen thee.
I am the Father of one. Why is he called the Son of God
then? Can you answer that? He is equal
with the Father. He that thought it not robbery
to be equal with the Father. Why is he called the Son of God?
Can you answer that? Is he less than God? No, it says he's equal with the
Father. Very God, a very God. That's what the old writers used
to say, very God, a very God. Very God, true God. This is the
true God. John commenced his whole epistle
by saying that this is the true God in eternal life. A child is born, a son is given,
called his name, the mighty God. Why is he called the son of God?
because God had one begotten son, God had one offspring, God
had one bodily manifestation of himself, God had one issue
from himself, one bodily in him, and this one dwelleth all the
fullness of the Godhead house. God said in the beginning, let
us, who? God. Three, one, one, three, Explain
it, I can't, but this is the best I can do. He said, Let us
make man in what? What? Our image. Our? Whose image? God had an image
back then? Proverbs 8 says that. He was set up from the beginning,
from everlasting, though he had no beginning of day, an image,
the Son, the body, the image of God. We're going to see God
some day. Scripture says no man has. Come on, explain that. Whose son is he? Scripture says
no man hath seen God, nor can see. No man can see. I'm going
to see God. Job said it. Job said, with my eyes I will
see God. But you can't. I'm going to.
Who is he? The only image, the express image
of God, Jesus the Christ. You're a man. You make yourself
God. No, no, no. Here's the whole problem. All
your confusion is right here. Here's why you're so confused.
It's just the opposite, you see. Man's understanding is backwards,
isn't it? He's not a man making himself
God. He was God and made himself man. And that's what throws everybody.
That baby can't be God. Look at there. The angels said
so. Angels didn't even know what
to call it. Did they? Angels saw what was happening.
How? All the angels could say was,
Matt! Holy thing! Is it a baby? No, it's the father. Is it the
woman's child? No, it's her father. Son of Joseph? No, son of God. Son of God? God! Manifest! Craig is the mystery of godliness. God was manifest in the flesh. Whose son is it? I'm here to tell you this will
answer all your questions. This will put an end to all questions.
Who he is will put an end to all questions. Let me ask a few
in closing. Is God sovereign? Is God truly in control of all
things? Well, think of Christ. When He came down here, did He
do what folks let Him do? Huh? Did he do, did he ask anybody
anything? Ever! Did he ask anybody, won't
you let me? Did he ever come outside somebody's
door and say, I can't get in, would you open your door? Did
he ever do that? What makes you a Christ? God's manifest in the
flesh. God became a man, Stan. Is God
sovereign? There He is! Let's watch Him.
Alright, here's a shut door. Here's a shut door. Let's see.
Is God sovereign? There's a door shut. There God
can't get in unless they open the door, Deborah, you know.
And what think ye of Christ, Deborah? That he needs it in
the open, a cell, a stinkin' door? What think ye of Christ? Does God elect people? Is election
true? Does God do the choosing or not?
What think ye of Christ? What did he say? Huh? God came
down to this earth. He didn't come to try to do anything,
didn't come to try to convince people everywhere, try to pete
and stand up, won't everybody accept me as your friend. Did
he do that? No, he did not. What did he do,
Dan? What did God manifest in the
flesh do? What do you think of Christ?
What did He do? He walked along, and here's a bunch of boys in
a boat. They don't know Him from Adam's fox, my father-in-law
used to say. Whatever that means. Didn't know
who he was, didn't care who he was. He knew them, buddy. Knew
everything about them. He said, follow me. And he walked
off. What'd they do? They followed
him. This is God. God doesn't ask
anybody anything. Doesn't need anybody. He's sovereign. He does the choosing. He kept
telling them over and over again, you did not choose me. Remember
that. You did not choose me. I chose
you. And he reminds all his saints
that throughout eternity shall not God's elect. Christ called
them God's elected. And buddy, when God reveals this
to them, that they didn't care, didn't know Him, didn't know
who He was, didn't care, wasn't calling on Him, but God called
them, elected them, chose them. Then they praise Him to high
heaven from then on throughout eternity for choosing them. Problem
with election. They're so thankful. that God
elects some people. That's so thankful. Had he not,
they would never have given him a thought. Is the election true? Well, thank you, Christ. Do we make him Lord? Well, thank you, Christ. Let him be king in our life,
Lord. What do you think of Christ? What did he do? Amy, what did
he do? One time they tried to make him
king. What did he do? He wouldn't let them. Why? He already is king. Where did he ever say? Where? I wish this world would search
the scriptures, don't you? Where did he ever say, would
you please make me your Lord? Huh? Is salvation by grace? Is salvation
100% the gift of God bestowed upon men and women that have
nothing to do with their salvation? Is salvation 100% by grace? Well,
you think of Christ. When you think it right, the
word Christ means, listen, the word Christ means substitute,
means mediator, it means covenant head. It means a Passover lamb. If we meet all those saints,
people, and God Almighty sent him, and God killed him, and God accepted
him and only him, well pleased with his righteousness, only
him, if that be so, if there is a Christ, it's by grace. If we need a Christ, salvation
is by grace. Do you understand what I'm trying
to say? If we need a substitute, it's by grace. God has to give
it. Is salvation eternal? Well, I
think he's a Christ. Is he the eternal priest? Does
he ever live to make intercession for his people? Does he? Is he?
Is God holy? We labor that point over and
over, don't we? Will God punish sin? What think you? Christ crucified. Huh? Will God punish sin? He
killed his son. Was he sin? Was he sin? Was he
sin? If he wasn't, God's unjust. Got a bunch of fellas even arguing
that today. It's unbelievable. Unbelievable. Unbelievable. If God punished
Christ unjustly, unfairly, if he's not sin, my sins are still
there. God made him sin. Made him me. He made me him. Explain that. I can't. Nobody can. But that's
my salvation. He is. Is God just? Yes. Will God show mercy? What make
you of Christ? What think ye of Christ? Did
God accept him? Yes, he did. Will God accept
those in him? Yes, he will. Is there life after
death? What think ye of Christ? Did
he rise? Is he alive? Ask me a question. Does man have
a free will? What do they give Christ? Is
his will being done? John 1, not of the will of man
or the will of flesh, but of God. Romans 9.16, not of him that
willeth or him that runneth, but of God. Philippians 2.13,
it's God that worketh in us both the will and do of his good pleasure.
Psalm 110 verse 3, thy people shall be willing in the day of
thy power. Does man have a free will? No,
he doesn't. Does God? Yes, he does. He worketh
all things after the counsel of his will. What think ye of
Christ? What think ye of God? What do
you think? Does man have a free will? What do you think of God?
Somebody's will is free and somebody's is not. Somebody's will is being
done, somebody's not. Whoever it is, is God. Right? That's the whole problem. Men have made God into a man,
and man into a God. What do you think of Christ?
Whose son is he? Who is he beneath? Who allows
him to do what? Well, he's once in grace, always
in grace, what think ye of Christ? What did he say? What did he
say? I don't care what so-and-so said,
what did Christ say? I give unto them eternal life, and they shall
never perish. And what you think of Christ,
really what you feel and know and believe in your heart, what
the heart may believe. Do you love this God? Do you love this God? Do you love
this Christ? Do you love the truth as it is
in the Lord Jesus Christ? Is this your Christ? The only
Christ is but one. Then flesh and blood didn't reveal
it to you, with the Father, which is in heaven. Someday all flesh
will know. But until then, this is a question
of all questions. The first, second, and first.