The name of the message is, Who
is Jesus Christ? Who is Jesus Christ? Turn with
me in your Bibles, if you would, to Romans chapter 9. Romans chapter
9. and we will see one of the clearest
answers to this question. Now, if you go out in the street
and you ask people who Jesus Christ is, a hundred people,
you're gonna get a hundred different answers. But let's see what the
scriptures say about the Lord Jesus Christ. This is one of
the clearest answers here in Romans chapter 9 verse 5. One of the clearest answers to
this question. Now the Lord Jesus Christ was
a real man. He was bone of our bone and flesh
of our flesh. And yet, He's Emmanuel, which
means God with us. In the theological circles, they
call this the hypostatic union, which is God and man in one. In Jesus Christ, again, is God
incarnate in the flesh. He's fully God, and yet he's
fully man. He's the God-man. And look at
this in Romans 9, verse 5. We see this. Look at this declaration. Look at this declaration. As
concerning the flesh, Christ came. He came into this world.
The Word of God sent by the Father to redeem His people by His precious
blood. In order to shed blood, He has
to become a man. He's the man Christ Jesus. But
look at this, who is over all, God blessed forever. Amen. He's
born Lord. He's born King. He's God over
all. This is amazing. Now God sovereignly
separated this Jewish nation from all others. From all others. And from Israel, God called out
sinners like Abraham. Now Abraham, he was an idol worshipper. And God called him, Isaac, Jacob,
and David, and gave them faith in Christ. Do you know that Abraham,
Isaac, Jacob, and David had the same faith that we as the born-again,
blood-washed people of God have? but a much greater honor and
exalted privilege was given to the nation of whom, as concerning
the flesh, Christ came. Scripture says he came unto his
own, but his own received him not. Oh my. And when it says there, and of
whom as concerning the flesh, in verse five, Christ came, this
is speaking of his humanity. He's God, the word of God came
from heaven, came down from heaven and became a man. In Galatians
it says this, but when the fullness of time was come, God sent forth
his son. From where? From heaven. Isn't
that amazing? Made of a woman, made under the
law, fully man. and yet fully God. Why did He
come? To redeem them that were under
the law. That's us. He's sinless. He's
spotless. He fulfills the law in the room
and place of sinners. His own law. And who did we sin
against? Him. What mercy, what grace God
gives His people to redeem them that were under the law. That's
us. that we might receive the adoption
of sons, praise be to God, born again by his Holy Spirit. Oh
my. In Romans chapter eight, verse
three, the scripture declares this, for what the law could
not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, so that meaning the
law can't save anyone. And none of us can fulfill the
law. We're law breakers. There's not one of God's law
that we've ever kept. Or a bunch of sinners. But listen
to this. Remember, the law couldn't save.
For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the
flesh, us being sinners, God sending his own Son in the likeness
of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh. Oh
my. So we see in verse five here, Christ's humanity proclaimed,
but look what else it brings forth. Who is over all, God-blessed
forever. So Christ is the sinless, spotless
Lamb of God. But look at this, let's read
it again. Romans 9, five. Who are the fathers, and of whom
as concern in the flesh Christ came, who is over all. See, he's king in heaven. He
comes to this world, he's born king. Do you know that little
baby in the manger is still king of kings and lord of lords? Yeah, look at this. God bless
forever, amen. He's God in the flesh. This is
no mere man. This is not just a good teacher.
This is God coming to redeem sinners by the shedding of his
precious blood. Now again, we humans are sinners.
We're born sinners. And we're sinners by choice and
by nature. We love sin. We don't even know
when we sin most of the time. Therefore, as sinners, we must
have a Savior. We must have a Savior. We have
to have a Savior. And we can't save ourselves.
Vicki and I have often talked about, if we could save anyone,
we'd save our kids. Can't do that, though. Can't
even save ourselves. But I'm telling you about one
who can save your souls. And that's the Lord Jesus Christ.
Save you from all your sins. Oh, it's wonderful. And God the
Father sent Christ into this world. The Word of God, the second
person of the Trinity. You know why he came? He came
to redeem his people. He came to save his people from
their sins. You know how he does that? He lives a perfect life
in the Roman place. So that everything he did in
his life is counted towards me. And then, not only did He do
that, that's Him fulfilling the law perfectly, that I could never
do, and you can never do. And then, He goes to the cross
and sheds His blood to redeem my eternal soul. And not just
my eternal soul, but the souls of all the elect of all the ages.
And we do not know who they are, so we say, whosoever will, let
him come. Come to Christ. Vicki and I were talking last
night. He makes the unwilling willing. See, we're unwilling to come
to Christ, and then we're made willing.
The unwilling are made willing, and they do flee to Christ. They run to Christ. It's amazing. There was a time in my life when
I was not willing. I didn't want nothing to do with
Christ. And then all of a sudden, He's everything I want. I see
Him as everything I need. What changed? Did I change myself? No. God made me to differ. God gave me faith to believe.
I was born again first by His Holy Spirit, given faith to believe,
and I fled to Christ. I ran to Him. And I know that's
so for every believer. Oh my. The Lord Jesus Christ,
God, God in the flesh died as a sinner's
substitute, shedding his precious blood to save chosen sinners
from their sins. Listen to this, in Acts 28, 20,
28. Take heed, therefore, unto yourselves
and to all the flock over which the Holy Ghost hath made you
overseers, to feed the church of God, that's the people of
God, the ecclesia, a called-out assembly, which he hath purchased
with his own blood. Listen to that again. to feed
the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.
God in the flesh purchased my eternal soul and the souls of
all the elect of all the ages with his precious, precious blood. Oh my, we must have the Savior,
beloved. Sinner friends, we must have
the Savior. We can't save ourselves. Not one of us on this world can
save ourselves. Not one of us. but marvel at
what Acts brings forth, that the one who is God over all,
and at the same time a sinless man, in one blessed person shed
his precious blood, has the God-man to purchase the souls of his
people. Scripture says this, Paul, a
servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to
the faith of God's elect, and the acknowledging of the truth,
which is after godliness, in hope of eternal life, which God,
that cannot lie, promised before the world began, but hath in
due time manifested his word through preaching, which is committed
unto me according to the commandment of God our Savior. Oh, Christ
is the word. He's the Word of God. Christ
is our life, and Christ is what is the gospel. You take Christ
out of the gospel, there's no gospel. There's no good news.
That's what gospel means in the Greek, good news. The only good
news is that there's salvation for sinners through Christ and
His shed precious blood. And our blessed Lord in His incarnation
remained what He was. We see he's, in Romans 9-5, he's
God over all, blessed forever. He's still God. He didn't change. But now he's a man. He's the
God-man. But he became what he was never
before, a man. Oh my. And God has revealed the
message of eternal life in Christ through the preaching of the
gospel. which was committed to Paul and other faithful apostles
and preachers. The same gospel I preach now
today to you is the same gospel that Paul preached and the other
apostles preached. And there's numerous passages.
that speak of the two natures of Christ, which are declared,
they declare both His divinity and His humanity. In Genesis
3.15, He's called the seed of the woman, which shows His humanity. And then it says, He shall bruise
the serpent's head, which shows His divinity. Oh my. In Isaiah 7 14, scripture declares
a virgin shall conceive and bear a son. This brings forth his
humanity. And then, then the same verse
says she'll call him Emmanuel. Well, this is God with his divinity.
In Isaiah 9, 6, it says, And then in Luke 2, 11, it says, in the city of David, a Savior,
shows His humanity. Then the words, which is Christ
the Lord, which shows His divinity. John 1.14 says, the Word was
made flesh, which shows His humanity again. And then, we beheld His
glory, The glory is of the only begotten of the Father, full
of grace and truth. This brings forth His divinity."
See, in these verses, it shows forth His humanity and His divinity.
In 1 Timothy 3, verse 16, it says, God was manifest in the
flesh. That shows His humanity. Then
it says, justified by the Spirit, which shows His divinity. Oh,
my. Now, upon this great truth, of
the deity of Christ and the humanity of Christ, rest the foundation
of his whole redemptive work, as it is he, the Lord Jesus Christ,
that gives power and infinite value to what he has accomplished. He saved his people from their
sins. God in the flesh did that, beloved.
Lastly, in Romans 9, 5, the word amen, Amen. Signifies truth constant in affirmation
of what God has just said. Amen. He's the God-man, the mediator. He's God incarnate in the flesh,
and every believer can heartily say amen to the fact that our
Savior is God, the God-man who shed his blood to save my soul. Praise his mighty name. Amen
and amen.