When God Speaks
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When God Speaks
When God Speaks
29 The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.
33 And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize with water, the same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he which baptizeth with the Holy Ghost.
Illustration Seri
But this means I usually ask Siri to text for me.
Siri doesn’t always listen well.
Sometimes, Siri simply gets it wrong. Once, I wanted to text a friend that I was grateful for the love of Jesus, and Siri translated that I was grateful for olives and cheese sauce. Siri heard, but didn’t understand.
Seri somtime gets it all wrong - text Caleb
But to get it right the algorithm remembers what you previously said and it gets closer and closer...
And Lord forgive me, but sometimes I’m just like her. Sometimes I hear, but don’t understand.
There are times I believe God is trying to tell me something, but I filter His words through my own feelings or personal motives.
We often do this with stories we’ve read in Scripture.
This morning I want to speak about God speaking to us
No not audibility
But through his word, circumstances and the holy spirit.
13 And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven. 14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up: 15 That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life. 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
13 Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him. 14 But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me? 15 And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffered him. 16 And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him: 17 And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
Dont miss vs 17
17 And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
matt 3.17
God spoke identified Christ - this was all John had been waiting for:
Background
About six weeks before, Jesus had been baptized by John in the Jordan.
Right afterward, he had gone into the wilderness where his temptations took place.
John makes no mention of that.
The period of temptation was forty days, a little under six weeks.
Having routed the devil and recuperated from his prolonged fast, Jesus now returned to the Jordan.
On the day John had seen and recognized him in the crowd. It was now the next day, and the arrival of Jesus (1:29a) took place.
When God Speaks :
I We Identify Christ
I We Identify Christ
john 1.29-
29 The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world. 30 This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before me: for he was before me.
Identification - The Lamb of God!
John saw Jesus coming toward him.
This is the Lord’s first appearance in this gospel.
He had come to be publicly announced by his herald to the nation. The day before, the delegation from the Sanhedrin had questioned John about whether or not he himself was the messiah.
The time had come to remove all doubt.
The Passover feast was approaching, a feast that commemorated the exodus of Israel from Egypt, the birth of the Hebrew nation, and the demonstration of redemption by the blood of the lamb.
We can be sure that Jesus chose this moment unerringly for his formal presentation to the nation by his now famous herald. From John’s first words we can see that he had the approaching Passover in mind. We have seen the arrival of Jesus and now we hear the announcement of John (1:29b–34).
John the baptist’s announcement revolved around a proclamation and a problem.
First, we have a proclamation (1:29b–30). “Behold,” he cried, “the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world. This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before me: for he was before me.”
John did not introduce Jesus to the nation as the Son of God, nor as the holy one of God, nor as the Christ of God, nor as the word of God.
He went right to the heart of Israel’s need, of the whole world’s need.
He proclaimed Jesus to be the lamb of God.
Although John’s baptism had confronted people with the need for repentance, they needed much more than repentance.
They needed redemption. No amount of water could remove the stain of sin; that required blood.
And not the blood of bulls and goats, which could never take away sin (), not the blood of an ordinary lamb. It called for the shedding of “precious blood,” for redemption made possible by the lamb of God.
When God spoke - John identified jesus as the lamb of God!
How do you identify Jesus ?
A sacrifice for your sins?
A sinless sacrifice for your sins?
The great question in the Old Testament was voiced by Isaac on his way to Mount Moriah: “Where is the lamb?” (). Abraham’s answer was equally great: “God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering.” Now that great Old Testament question is matched by an even greater New Testament answer:
“Behold the Lamb or God, which taketh away the sin of the world.”
Can you identify Christ?
When God Speaks :
II We are Enlightened
II We are Enlightened
john 1.31-33
31 And I knew him not: but that he should be made manifest to Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water. 32 And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him. 33 And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize with water, the same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he which baptizeth with the Holy Ghost.
John was enlightened - he understood
God spoke and identifies him as the Christ ....
Teaching glazed over eyes
Not caring
Auburn University - professor said the last class is optional you don't have to come....
However those that showed up were privileged to have the entire test put on the board.
ladies and gentlemen God is talking and whats you to understand.....
John was not sure who the Messiah was but that he would come.
Even though he had been called to announce the coming messiah to Israel, he did not know who he was.
First we see the problem stated (1:31): “I knew him not,” he says.
The day before, he had said to the delegation from the Sanhedrin and to those standing around that the messiah was right there, in their midst, one “whom ye know not” (1:26).
He was going to need special revelation from God to show who it was, who was the true messiah.
He had this assurance, however, that “he should be made manifest to Israel” (1:31). On the strength of this assurance he had proceeded with his mission: calling the nation to repentance and baptizing his converts in the Jordan.
We see the problem solved (1:32–34) when the time came. When Jesus showed up to be baptized some six weeks before, God had given John the long-awaited sign (1:32–33).
It had been made known to John that he would recognize the messiah by seeing the Holy Spirit descend on him and remain on him. What form the Holy Spirit would take remained to be seen. But as soon as Jesus came up out of the water at his baptism, John’s doubts dissolved: “I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him” (1:32).
16 And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him: 17 And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
When God speak we are enlightened....
Wow John Got it - a voice from heaven !!!!!
Illustration - God speaking to me!
prayer - IRS issue
salvation - the graves at Normandy
work - denial of a project
Health - laying in a bed a St. Vincent's
health - laying in a bed a St. Vincent's
in every case God speaks and i am enlightened.
What is God saying to you now about your life?
When God Speaks:
III We Witness
III We Witness
33 And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize with water, the same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he which baptizeth with the Holy Ghost.
34 And I saw, and bare record that this is the Son of God.
The word record mans to testify to bear witness.
John say six weeks ago i did not know who the Christ was.....
But God spoke....,.
Having told people about the sign, John the baptist boldly introduces his listeners to the Son (1:34). “And I saw, and bare record that this is the Son of God.”
The Jews were looking for a messiah, but they thought that a human person might be that messiah.
The messiah was, literally, “the anointed one.” In the Old Testament, prophets, priests, and kings were anointed with oil.
Jesus was anointed with the Holy Spirit.
The Jews were looking for a messenger, another Moses or Elijah, one who would come in the tradition of David or Daniel, one who would come after these men, the prophet to end all prophets. Jesus was not just one who came after these men; he was before them.
The Jews were looking for a monarch.
They wanted a militant leader, one who would break the power of Rome and build an empire ruled from Jerusalem. Jesus was not just a ruler; he was a redeemer. He had come not just to set people free from servitude but from sin.
John proclaimed Jesus as the lamb of God and as the Son of God.
He lifted the thoughts of thinking people to much higher ground than they had envisioned.
Jesus is the Son of God in an absolute sense that is true of no other human being.
His sonship, as set forth particularly in this gospel, is rooted in his eternal sonship. In other words, he whom John the baptist proclaimed to be the Son of God is the one we proclaim to be God, the Son, the second person of the godhead.[1]
County Courthouse has records of all kinds of facts:
Those that are in debt with liens placed on them
marriages
babies
deeds to property
John gave a final record .....
This is the Son of God!
that settles it God spoke and John heard.....
Can you explain the Son of God?