So if you like to follow along,
I'm gonna be in the gospel of Jesus Christ according to John. John chapter one and beginning
in verse one. In the beginning was the word,
and the word was with God, and the word was God. The same was
in the beginning with God, All things were made by him, and
without him was not anything made that was made. And I'm just
gonna stop right there. I'm going to be speaking from
John chapter one, the whole chapter. It's a good chapter, it's a very
good chapter. I think it actually might be
one of the greatest chapters in the Bible. as far as I'm concerned. I made a list of things in John
chapter one to decide them, to relate them to you. My title,
Paul, is Titles of Jesus, and it's just John chapter one, in
John chapter one. Titles of Jesus in John chapter
one, because I counted them, and I come up with 13 different
titles that are given to the Lord Jesus Christ. And two of
them I just said in his name, Lord and Christ, but there's
more. So let's go ahead and get started.
I'm gonna try not to be too lengthy, but there's a lot of stuff here. We'll just have to roll. Okay. First one is in chapter
one, verse one. Jesus is the word, and Jesus
is God. So in the first verse, there's
two of them. In the first verse, we have two titles, the word
and God, and Jesus is both, both. Now, John just states this as
a bold fact. You understand? There's no question
here. There's no speculation here.
There's no hesitation. This is just a boldly stated
fact. In the beginning was the word. Now if you look back just for
a second to Genesis chapter one and verse one, in the beginning
God created the heaven and the earth. Well, in the beginning
was the word. The word is God. And the word
was with God and the word was God, the same was where? In the
beginning with God. And all things were made by him
and without him was not anything made that was made. You understand, Jesus Christ
is the one of whom all the prophets wrote. Jesus Christ is the one
to whom all of the sacrifices of the Old Testament point. He is the word of God. The logos
is the word there. But this is the thing. He is
the word and the word is God. He is God. He is the word of
God because I'm gonna tell you something. While Jesus Christ
was here, he never spoke one lie. He always told the truth. When he was 12 years old, he
was in the temple, confounding, perplexing, stumping the doctors of law in
the temple, where the big religious people would hang out. Those
scholared, these were doctors of law, the law of God, not Jewish
law, not Roman law, the law of God, and they were astounded
by his questions and his answers, and his answers at 12 years old. He never spoke a single word
wrong. He is the word of God, the word
of God. And Hebrews 1 and 2 puts it this
way, speaking of Jesus says, hath in these last days spoken
unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things,
by whom also, what? He made the worlds. Verse three,
through faith we understand that the worlds were framed, how? Or by whom? By the word of God. The word of God. The worlds were
framed by the word of God so that things which are seen were
not made of things which do appear. In the beginning was the Word,
and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. And he's writing
of Jesus. Oh my, Jesus, the Word, the Word
spoke to men. by the will of the Father, according
to the will of the Father, and exactly in the will of the Father. Oh my, and the worlds were framed
by him, the word of God. Matthew 28 and verse 18, and
Jesus came and spake of them saying, all power is given unto
me in heaven and in earth, and in earth. What's that mean? That means Jesus is God. Jesus
is God. Oh, the word made the worlds
and has all power. All power. Excuse me. We read it in Genesis
one. The scripture plainly states
that God created the heaven and the earth. And the apostles clearly
state that it was Jesus of Nazareth, Jesus Christ, the Lord Jesus
Christ, the word of God created the heavens and the earth. And people wanna have a party
on his birthday. That's what they're looking forward
to. I see those signs still every year, happy birthday Jesus. I'm
gonna tell you something, our Lord didn't have a birthday.
Jesus was born, but the Son was given. The Word was manifest
in the flesh and dwelt among us, dwelt among us. All things
were made by him and without him was not anything made that
was made. That's verse three. Jesus is God manifest in the
flesh. preached unto the Gentiles, believed
on in the world. Oh my. And what is it we believe? We believe that he is God. We
believe that he is God. If you believe not that Jesus
Christ has come in the flesh, there's nothing of God in you. Colossians 1, 16 and 17 says
this, and for for by him were all things created that are in
heaven, that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be
thrones or dominions or principalities or powers, all things were created
by him and for him, for him. And he is before before all things,
all things. And by him, all things consist,
exist, and continue to exist. This Jesus, of whom John writes,
is God with us, Emmanuel, God with us. Because Jesus, the word,
is God. Now the second one is in John
chapter one, verse four. In him was life and the life
was the light of men. Okay. Just said it. All things by him
were created. By him and for him they were
created. And by him all things consist.
All life comes from Jesus Christ. Jesus is the life. The life. He is life and in him was life. And he is the giver of life. By him all things consist. Oh,
John 11 and 25, further on in John, Jesus said unto her, I
am the resurrection and the life. The life. He that believeth in
me, though he were dead, yet shall he Live, live. I'm gonna tell you something.
By Jesus, the word, Jesus, God, Jesus, the life, what? The dead
shall live. The dead in trespasses and in
sins shall live. Those spiritually dead, if they
live, it's because of Jesus Christ. He is the life because this is
the life of God and it's in Christ Jesus and nowhere else. He is
the giver of life. Jesus said in John 14 and verse
six, Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life,
the life. And he didn't stop there. No
man, no man. No man cometh, where? Unto the Father, but by me. Oh my, that's good stuff. The
life is the way to the Father. And Jesus is the life, the life. Because he's the only, the one
true way. What did he say? I am the way,
the truth, and the life. He is the source of all true
life. And no man comes to the Father
except by him. The way, the truth, and the life. Oh my, I like that, because I'm
gonna tell you something. Jesus, the word of God, speaks
life to his people. He speaks life, oh I like that,
to a man or a woman, and that man or woman comes to him. Comes to him, oh my. I gave you
an example last week, Lazarus. When he was standing in front
of that tomb, that's where one of these statements was made. He said, I am the resurrection
and the life. He was talking to Lazarus' sisters.
And he said, Lazarus! And I'm gonna tell you right
then and right there, Lazarus came to life. Lazarus came to
life. But he didn't stop there. He
said, come forth. Come forth. He had him roll the
stone away before he called him. You know why? Because he's coming
out of that grave. When the word of God speaks,
man obeys. Now man may not like that, man
may not want that, but that's the way it is. He speaks, the
word of God speaks, and he is obeyed. Oh, you know why? Because Jesus is the life. Look at verse seven. This is speaking of John the
Baptist. Well, verse six, there was a man sent from God whose
name was John. The same came for a witness to
bear witness of the light, the light that all men through him
might believe. John the Baptist came for a witness
of the light, the light. Another title of Jesus Christ.
Oh, I like that. And John the Baptist did witness
of the light. Where is it? That's gonna be
another one. But it says of John, verse eight,
he was not that light, but was sent to bear witness of that
light. What's he say about that light?
That was the true light, which lighteth every man that cometh
into the world. He was in the world, and the
world was made by him, and the world knew him not. He came unto his own, and his
own received him not. Now you might think there might
be a little bit at odds here. It says, that was the true light
which lighteth every man that cometh into the world. I'm gonna
tell you something, Jesus Christ is the light whether you see
him or not. And he lights up men. He sees men for exactly
what we are. I'd say good and bad, but there
ain't no good in us. In my flesh dwelleth no good
thing. but he lights every man, but not every man can see it.
Only the ones the word speaks, the words of the life to can
see the light. Man is blinded naturally. The natural man cannot understand
the things of the spirit of God. Why? Because they're spiritually
discerned. That's why he can't know them.
He can't know them. for they're spiritually discerned.
Oh my. And if our gospel be hid, the
gospel we preach, the gospel you hear, but if our gospel be
hid, it's hid to the lost. Whom, what? The God of this world
hath blinded their minds that they can't see. They can't see. But that doesn't mean Jesus is
not shining. He's the light. He always shines. We're just usually too dead to
see it. That's where most people are.
You understand, I was listening to Henry on the way up here,
he was talking about how the world doesn't understand the
child of God. But the child of God understands
the world. We were in it. We were part of it. Now he called
us out of the world. And we are no longer of the world,
but we are still in the world. And they don't understand why
you drive this far to come here. They don't understand why I would
drive this far to preach here. And more importantly, I come
to listen. But you understand, you've done it. You've been in
other churches and other places, most of you. I know you guys. Had Earl from the beginning.
Rats. No, it's a blessing from God.
You didn't have to hear the nonsense I heard, trust me. And others
have heard. Understand, when you've seen
the light, you don't wanna see anything else. When you hear
the word of God, you don't wanna hear anyone else. Oh my. Jesus is the light. Oh, John
8 verse 12, he said this, then spake Jesus again unto them saying,
I am the light of the world. He that followeth me, here, now
this is great. He that followeth me shall not
walk in darkness. Now is there any question there?
Any doubt there? Oh no, but shall have the light
of what? Of light of life. Oh my. And Jesus is the light and Jesus
is the life. Oh my. What'd he say? I'm gonna tell you this. Those
who have heard the voice of the word of God have now the light
of life. And they shall not. They shall
not walk in darkness. Now that's not saying you won't
stumble. That's not saying you won't trip over your own feet
if nothing else. Because trust me, you are your
own worst enemy some days. I am my own worst enemy, most
days. But this is the thing, you shall
not walk in darkness. Even as you stumble and even
as you fall, you know where you're supposed to be. You know where
you'd like to be. You may have gone this way, but
he'll bring you back. And if you fall, he'll pick you
back up. He upholds us with his hand. You will not be utterly
cast down, though you fall. And he will put your feet on
the right path. Because here it is, what it says,
they follow the light. They follow the light. He that
followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but they shall walk.
They will walk. They're not gonna walk in darkness,
but they're gonna walk. Oh, I like that. And they shall
have the light of life. Those that follow Christ have
Christ. The light and the life, and Jesus
is the light. Now, verse 14, this is I guess
number five. Verse 14, and the word was made
flesh, and dwelt among us. And we beheld
his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,
full of grace and truth. Oh, that's good stuff, that's
good stuff. But here's the title here in verse 14, the only begotten
of the Father. The only begotten of the Father.
Now, believers are called children of God. Because now ye are the
children of God. But there's only one, only begotten
of the Father. And that's Jesus, the Lord Jesus
Christ. Because that's what it is. He's
the only begotten of the Father. He's the only one. There's only
one. The only begotten of the Father.
John one in verse 18 says it again. No man has seen God at
any time. The only begotten Son, which
is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him. The Father
has one begotten Son, one begotten, and his name is Jesus. The believer
is, like I said, a child of God. He, Jesus, is not ashamed to
call us brethren. his brothers and sisters. We
are heirs of God. But we're joint heirs in Jesus
Christ. We're joint heirs with Jesus.
Oh my, I like that. He's the only begotten, well,
let's take a minute here. John chapter three, for me I
just turned a page. Verse 16. For God so loved the
world that he gave is only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth
in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into
the world to condemn the world, but that the world through him
might be saved. He that believeth on him is not
condemned, but he that believeth not is condemned already, because
he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. Jesus is the only begotten of
the Father, of the Father. Now, believe on him. Who? The only begotten of the
Father. Jesus, the Word of God, God himself
manifests in the flesh. The light, the life, oh my. And here, the only begotten of
the father. He that does not believe is in
darkness. He's condemned already. You understand
people, you don't wanna get condemned to hell, you already are. You
want to be saved from that. You want to be called into his
marvelous light. What? Translated out of darkness. And into the light of his kingdom.
Into the kingdom of his dear son. His what? Only begotten
son. Only begotten of the father.
Because he that does not believe is condemned already. That's
what the scripture states. You don't have to go looking
for condemnation. It's in you. It's in you. Oh my. Jesus is the only begotten of
the Father. Now, look at the sixth one. This
is in verse 17. I hate to warn you folks, there are 51 verses
in John chapter one. You know that. John chapter one, verse 17. For
the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus
Christ. Jesus, the word of God, Jesus
who is God, Jesus is the Christ, the Christ. This is the first place John
says that. Christ is a title. You understand what I mean? The
Messiah, the anointed one. the one prophesied in the Old
Testament, now here walking in the flesh on this earth is the
Messiah, the one the Jews had all been looking for, and that
when he came, what? He came unto his own, and his
own received him not. And he's the Christ. He's the
Christ. He's the Christ. There is no
other Messiah. This is the one who was anointed
by the Father. Matthew 16 and verse 16, and
Simon Peter answered and said, Jesus asked him a question, who
do you think I am? Who do you say I am? Simon Peter answered
and said, thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God. What
did Jesus have to say about that? He said, hmm. Jesus answered
and said unto him, blessed, blessed art thou, Simon Barjona, why? For flesh and blood hath not
revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven. You understand, believing Jesus
is the Christ is not the work of the natural man. It's a work of the Spirit of
God by the Word of God speaking life to your hearts and hearing
his gospel preached that Jesus is the Christ and you know it
in your heart and in your mind and in your very being that this
man, this God-man is the Christ of God, the one of whom all these
Old Testament scriptures picture. and told about and prophesied. He's coming. The Redeemer's coming. The Messiah is coming. The Lord
of hosts is coming. And now, he's here. He's here. And his own received
him not. But some did. Some did. Oh, I like that. The law was
given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. The promised redeemer of the
children of God, chosen and sent of God, anointed by the Holy
Ghost, came down in the form of a dove. This is my beloved
son. Oh my. The promised redeemer
of the children of God, Jesus is the Christ. Now verse six,
or excuse me, the seventh one is in verse 23. Now, he said, I am the voice of one
crying in the wilderness, make straight the way of the Lord. the Lord, as saith the prophet
Esaias. This is also the words of John
the Baptist. He said, in verse 20, he confessed,
John the Baptist confessed, and denied not, but confessed, I
am not the Christ. But he said, I am a voice of
one crying in the wilderness, make straight the way of the
Lord. Oh, I like that. Jesus is Lord. That used to be a bumper sticker
for a while. Back in the days when everyone was getting born
again. They had Jesus is Lord, and I
said I wish they believed it. Put it on their car, they put
it on billboards. You don't see it so much anymore.
You don't see it so much anymore. You know why? Because ain't nobody
talking about him. Now he's Lord. They'll talk about
him. or they think they're talking
about him. But if you leave out the fact that he's Lord, you're
leaving out who he is. You're leaving out who he is.
Because let's be clear, Jesus is the Lord. And I'm saying capital
L, capital O, capital R, capital D. Oh my, you understand? Stephen, when he was getting
ready to get stoned, saw him, where? Standing on the right
hand of God. And Stephen, it says in there
in Acts chapter seven, Stephen called upon God, saying, how
did he say, how did he call upon God? Saying, Lord, Lord Jesus,
Lord Jesus, what? Receive my spirit, receive my
spirit. Paul wrote down, In Romans one
and verse three, Paul wrote concerning the gospel of God, talking about
the gospel of God. He said, it's the gospel of God,
in verse three, concerning his son, Jesus Christ, our Lord. Our Lord. Which was made of the
seed of David according to the flesh. All throughout the book
of Romans, you will see the Lord Jesus Christ, or Jesus is Lord.
I'm just gonna read you a couple of them. Romans 5 and verse 1
says this, therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with
God through our Lord Jesus Christ. And Romans 5 and 11 says this,
and not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus
Christ, by whom we have now received The atonement, the atonement,
the atonement. Oh my. The Lord of hosts is his
name. The Redeemer. Our Redeemer is
Jesus. That's a title you won't see
in John chapter one, but it's still a title. The Redeemer. The Lord of hosts is his name.
Jesus Christ is God. Jesus Christ is not only, is
Lord. Oh my. All right, next one, in verse
29. The next day John seeth Jesus
coming unto him and saith, behold. Behold. Behold who? Behold the Lamb of God, which
taketh away the sin of the world. That's the eighth title. of Jesus
in the book of John, John chapter one. Jesus is the Lamb of God. Now all throughout the Old Testament,
all throughout the Old Testament, you'll see lambs everywhere,
offered as sacrifices, in the temple, in the tabernacle, in
the wilderness, offered by whoever, all throughout the Old Testament,
every one of those lambs sacrificed, every one of those lambs whose
blood was shed was a picture leading to, pointing to this
man, Jesus Christ. He is the Lamb of God, you understand?
Jesus, Paul wrote it, Christ, our Passover. He's the one that
came between us and God. And it's his shed blood, oh my, that is in between us
and God. And God will not, will not touch
one who's covered under his blood. No, not one. He is the Lamb of
God. He is the Passover, the true
Passover. He's the burnt offering. He's
the sin offering, he's the atonement sacrifice. Every drop of blood
shed in the Old Testament points to this lamb right here. Walking
on this earth. Jesus, the lamb of God, and I'm
gonna tell you something. Walter did this, you look at
the lamb of God in the book of Revelations. Oh, I'll give you
a few of them. I love these. Saying with a loud
voice, this is Revelations 5 and 12. saying with a loud voice,
worthy is the lamb that was slain. To receive power and riches and
wisdom and strength and honor and glory and blessing. Worthy is the lamb that was slain. That's Jesus. That's Jesus. Revelation 7 verse 10 says this,
and cried with a loud voice saying, salvation to our God which sitteth
upon the throne and unto the Lamb, the Lamb of God. Revelation 7 verse 14, it says,
and I said unto him, sir, thou knowest, and he said to me, these
are they which came out of great tribulation and have washed their
robes and made them white, where? In the blood of the lamb. In the blood of the lamb. Revelation 7 verse 17, for the
lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them. shall
feed them, and shall lead them, shall lead them unto living fountains
of water. And God shall wipe away all tears
from their eyes. I'm gonna tell you something. We have no salvation without
the Lamb of God. He is our salvation. Jesus, Joshua,
Yehoshua, Yeshua, Savior. Oh my. Revelation 21, 22, I'll give
you this last one. It says, and I saw no temple
therein. I saw no temple therein, for the Lord God Almighty and
the Lamb are the temple of it. Jesus is the lamb of God. I mean,
it's, you know, he is the one which took away the sin of his
people. Call his name Jesus, why? For
he shall save his people from their sin. How'd he do it? By being the
lamb slain from before the foundation of the world. The death of Jesus
Christ, the death of the Lamb of God was not an afterthought. It was prophesied all through
the Old Testament. It was set up in covenant love
between the Father, the Son, and the Spirit before the world
ever was. This is nothing new, folks. People think we're making up
stuff. No, this is nothing new. This
is old stuff, old stuff. From before the beginning of
the world. Oh my. Verse 34. We're up to number nine. Verse
34. And I saw and bear record that
this is the Son of God. The Son of God. Jesus Christ is the Son of God.
Isn't that amazing? In the beginning was the Word,
and the Word was with God, and the Word was God, and the Word
is the Son of God. And Isaiah was prophesied, again,
in the Old Testament, prophesied. A child is born. The Son, the
Son is given. How's he given? He's the only
begotten of the Father. And it says it in another place,
I read it in verse 18. The only begotten Son, only begotten
Son. Oh my. In Mark 1 and verse 11,
it reads this. And there came a voice from heaven
saying of Jesus Christ, Thou art my beloved son, in whom I
am well pleased. I am well pleased. This is the strange thing. Even
the unclean spirits recognized him as the son of God. He came
unto his own and his own received him not. But the unclean spirits
knew who he was. Or knew a little bit of who he
was. That's Mark 311. It says, and unclean spirits,
when they saw him, fell down before him and cried, saying,
thou art the son of God. Now, I understand unclean spirits
may not be the best reference that you want. But it was true,
it was true. But how about the words of God
himself? Go back to John three, verse
18, what'd he say? He that believeth on him is not
condemned, but he that believeth not is condemned already, because
he hath not believed in the name of who? The only begotten Son
of God. Christ said that. You understand, folks? He wasn't
kidding. He was telling the absolute truth. And his owner received
it not. Oh my. He also, John also, the man who
had been blind from birth, bless you. After John nine and verse
35. This is a man who'd been blind
from birth. Jesus had given him his sight, told him to go wash
in the pool of Siloam, and he came back seeing. And then the
Pharisees and the other ones wanted to talk to him, and that
didn't go well for that gentleman. They actually cast him out. Verse
35 says this, Jesus heard that they had cast him out, and when
he had found him, he said unto him, Dost thou believe on the
Son of God? He answered and said, Who is
he, Lord? Oh, that I might believe on him. And Jesus said unto him, Thou
hast both seen him, and it is he that talketh with thee. And he said, Lord, I believe. And, and. He worshiped him. He worshiped him. The Son of
God. Oh, Christ never said he was
the Son of God. Yeah, he did, right there. He did. Y'all just don't wanna read it. They don't wanna know it. And
if they did read it, they wouldn't believe it anyway. But I'm gonna
tell you this, Jesus is the Son of God. Now, I'm gonna have to
pick up the pace here, folks. Verse 38. Jesus turned and saw
them following and saith unto them, what seek ye? They said
unto him, rabbi. Which is to say, being interpreted,
master. Where dwellest thou? This is
one of them things people don't like. Jesus is master. Master. And I'm gonna tell you
something, he's the master of all men. He told, he said, Father,
thou hast given me power. Over who? Over all flesh. To give eternal life to as many
as thou hast given me. Oh my. Oh, Jesus did. He acknowledged himself right
here. John 13 and verse 13. Ye call me master and Lord. You say, well. You say, well. You said the right thing if you
call him master and lord. Why? For so I am. He's master. Matter of fact,
he told us about some in a parable now, mind you. Tells us, but
his citizens hated him. and sent a message after him
saying, we will not have this man to reign over us. You understand? They'll take a savior, Jesus.
They'll take a sweet baby, Jesus, and a manger. They'll take everything
in the world except for the one that's gonna reign over you.
They don't have him as master. They don't have him as Lord. Oh. They hate the light and love
darkness. But he is master whether you
love the light or not. He is master whether you love
darkness or not. He said, you call me master and
Lord and ye say well, for so I am. Jesus is master. Verse 45, he's called Jesus of
Nazareth. Philip findeth Nathanael and
saith unto him, we have found him of whom Moses in the law
and the prophets did write. Jesus of Nazareth, the son of
Joseph. Oh my. Can any good thing come
out of Nazareth? If it comes from the Lord, yes.
If it is the Lord, oh yes. Oh my. As a matter of fact, Peter,
when he was preaching to Cornelius, said these words. How God anointed
Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power, and with
power. Who went about doing good and
healing all that were oppressed of the devil. Why? For God was
with him. Jesus of Nazareth. Peter used
this title to let people know he was preaching of the one who
had been known in Israel as Jesus of Nazareth. the Son of God,
the Lord God, manifest in the flesh. Matter of fact, Paul was relating his conversion
experience, and he was relating what God said to him, what Jesus
Christ said to him. And this is Acts 22 and verse
eight. He says, and I answered, who art thou Lord? And he said unto me, I am Jesus
of Nazareth, whom thou persecutest. I wanna know which Jesus you're
talking about. Does that make sense? Most of the Jesus I hear on TV,
I don't know who they're talking about. Well, he's not master,
he's not Lord, he's not king, he's not even much of a savior.
He made it available or he made it whatever, No, this is the
Jesus of Nazareth we're talking about right here. Verse 49, number
12. Nathanael answered and said unto
him, Rabbi, thou art the son of God, thou art the king of
Israel. He's the king, he's the king
of Israel. Matter of fact, in this one,
you see two of the other titles reused, Rabbi, Master, and Son
of God. And you add this one, King of
Israel, and you know what? All three are true. All three
are true, all at the same time. John chapter 12 and verse 13,
it says, they took branches of palm trees and went forth to
meet him and cried, Hosanna, blessed is the king of Israel
that cometh in the name of the Lord. I'm gonna tell you something,
the king of Israel did come in the name of the Lord. Now these
people may have turned on him the next day, but that doesn't
make what they said untrue. Right there, they were speaking
the truth of God, because he is the king of Israel. Matter
of fact, here it is proclaimed, Israel
has a king. And his name is Jesus. His name is Jesus. Oh my, Jesus
of Nazareth, son of God, lamb of God, Jesus is king of Israel. I'm gonna tell you something,
he's even more than that. He's even more than that. First Timothy in six and 15 says
this, which in his times, in his own good time. In his times,
he shall show who is the blessed and only potentate, the King
of Kings and the Lord of Lords. Oh my. Matter of fact, it's written. When he's coming back, it's gonna
be written on his thigh and on his vesture. He hath on his vesture
and on his thigh a name written, King of Kings and Lord of Lords. Matter of fact, he's the same. Yesterday, today, and forever. He's the King of Kings now. He's
the Lord of Lords now. Because Jesus is the King of
Israel and more. Verse 51. I think this is the
last one. And he saith unto him, verily,
verily, I say unto you hereafter, ye shall see heaven open and
the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of Man. The Son of Man. Jesus is the
Son of Man. Wait a minute, you said he was
the Son of God. No, I didn't, the scripture did. The scripture
does. Yes, Jesus is of Nazareth. And Jesus is the Son of God.
And Jesus is the Lamb of God. And Jesus is the Son of Man.
He is the God-Man. I still remember when Earl first
was saying that. Adam Kadmon, the God-Man. Why? Only God can save, but only
man can die. and he is the son of man also. The Messiah was prophesied in
the Old Testament as a man, a man that would come. The son that
was given, the child that was born. What did he come? Emmanuel,
God with us. And it says in John chapter one,
he came and he dwelt with us. The Son of Man, oh my. Only the
Lord Jesus Christ could do both. Be the perfect substitute for
our sins and suffer and die and shed his blood and die for our
sins. And he bore our sins in his body,
his man body on the tree. This is not a fairy tale, this
is not a myth. Don't watch the History Channel
lately, folks, I'm telling you. If it's not aliens, they're talking
bad about religion. Well, they're talking bad about
Christ is what they're doing. They talk good about Catholicism.
I don't know what's wrong with these people. This is the Crusade
Tower, the Crusade Castle. I'm thinking, and I looked at
my wife, I said, oh, it's the murder place. Do you know what them people
did during the crusade? But that doesn't matter. It's just, you
know, anyhow. He came to shed his blood for us. And he did
shed his blood as the son of man. The son of man. Oh, he's the way, the truth,
and the life. He's the way. There's no way
to God without the shed blood of Christ. There's no way to
God without Christ dying for our sins. And there's no way
God could die for our sins without also being a man. And this was,
like I said, this was the purpose and plan of God from the beginning,
from the beginning. Oh my, Jesus is the God-man,
having in himself both natures perfectly. both natures and both
perfect. Oh my. We got a human nature,
but it ain't perfect. We're men, but we're not perfect.
And he kept the whole law as a man, as a man. And was the
acceptable sacrifice for sin. Jesus is the Son of Man, as well
as the Son of God. Now here it is. Jesus is the
Word, the God, the Life, the Light, the Only Begotten of the
Father, the Christ, the Lord, the Lamb of God, the Son of God,
the Master, Jesus of Nazareth, the King of Israel, and the Son
of Man. And that's in one chapter. The
first chapter of the Book of John. This is who Jesus is, period. Now, but that's not all. You
understand? Some of the scriptures I read
to you had other titles. I am the resurrection and the
life. Oh my. I'm gonna tell you something
though. It doesn't matter what men think
of Christ. It matters who is the Christ.
It's this Jesus, this Jesus. What we think, what we want,
and I'll say it, what we pray does not change Jesus Christ. Ever, ever. He is, he is who
he is. I am that I am. And he is who he is. And here's
the thing, with all these titles, Jesus Christ is all of this all
the time. at one time. We can't comprehend
it. It took a whole chapter just
to write him down just for a little bit. And there's more, there's
more. I got it in here, I wrote some
of them down. He's the resurrection, he's the beloved, he's the elect,
he's the precious, he's the preeminent, he's the perfect one, the provider,
and he's the provision. I like that. Not only is he the
provider, he's your provision. To put it plainly, Jesus Christ
is all. And in you all. He is all. He's given us his perfection,
his righteousness is both imparted and imputed to his people. He is wisdom and righteousness
and sanctification and redemption. God made him that unto you. God
has made him unto us wisdom and righteousness and sanctification
and redemption. And you know why God did that?
Because of God, you are in Christ Jesus. Oh, I like that. Happy are they that hear the
voice of the word of God. I believe I got a verse here from Isaac Watts. The sovereign
king of kings, the Lord of lords most high, writes his own name
upon his garment and his thigh. His name is called the word of
God. He rules the earth with iron
rod. And that's the truth. He is all
of these things and more. Those are just his titles. But
those titles describe who he is. Our Heavenly Father, we're thankful,
Lord, for this time, this place. Lord, help us. Help us to walk in your
word. and to walk in the light. Guide our path, guide our footsteps,
strengthen us in your way as we go forth in this world. This
world distracts us and obsesses us in some ways.
Lord, help us to be more like you every day, to grow in the
grace and the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ,
to think upon these things daily, to think upon you and give you
the thanks and honor due unto you. In Christ's name we pray,
amen.