{"id":3191,"date":"2016-09-27T20:56:31","date_gmt":"2016-09-27T20:56:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.faithfellowship.info\/?p=3191"},"modified":"2016-09-27T20:56:31","modified_gmt":"2016-09-27T20:56:31","slug":"audio-for-sunday-am-september-25-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.faithfellowship.info\/?p=3191","title":{"rendered":"AUDIO for Sunday AM &#8211; September 25, 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.faithfellowship.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/AUDIO-smartphone-headphones.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3193 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.faithfellowship.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/AUDIO-smartphone-headphones-974x1024.png\" alt=\"audio-smartphone-headphones\" width=\"625\" height=\"657\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.faithfellowship.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/AUDIO-smartphone-headphones-974x1024.png 974w, http:\/\/blog.faithfellowship.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/AUDIO-smartphone-headphones-285x300.png 285w, http:\/\/blog.faithfellowship.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/AUDIO-smartphone-headphones-768x807.png 768w, http:\/\/blog.faithfellowship.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/AUDIO-smartphone-headphones-624x656.png 624w, http:\/\/blog.faithfellowship.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/AUDIO-smartphone-headphones.png 1486w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>________________________________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p1\"><strong>Programming Note:<\/strong> I come to a place in our text where I ask&#8211;What is John going to see when he turns? And then I say something like &#8230; Not this &#8230; <strong>I am referring to an 8 1\/2 X 11 printout I have of Warner Sallman&#8217;s &#8220;Head of Christ.&#8221;<\/strong> This is the very popular depiction that you have probably seen many times. I compare &#8220;that Jesus&#8221; &#8230; which was conceived in the mind of Warner Sallman in 1924 to our Lord &#8220;who is and who was and who is to come.&#8221; \ud83d\ude42<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>________________________________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Two questions to begin: What? And how?<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>First question \u2026 What?<\/strong> <\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">What is the big idea of the book of Revelation? <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">We can pour over historical background and word usage and charts and diagrams and dig into the customs and culture of the times, but what is it that we absolutely, without a doubt, must come away with in our study to understand what God would have us to understand? <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">What is it that we must know? Simple. But not really. We must know who Jesus Christ is, and I would be speaking of Jesus Christ as revealed in his holy word, the Bible.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">It can almost seem at times that everyone has his or her idea of who Jesus is or should be, a Jesus that fits our individual expectations, and we build from that concept the product we have imagined, while ignoring the only valid source of revelation, the word of God. And too often we don\u2019t know because we simply don\u2019t want to know, as knowing might get in the way of our plans. <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">What is our expression? It is easier to ask forgiveness than to ask permission? But you must understand that the person who constructs their own Jesus has it all wrong. They\u2019re thinking, \u201cJesus understands. He will forgive. And I will live my life as I think I should and make do and things will be okay in the end. I\u2019ll make a deal when the time comes.\u201d <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">But here is the irony of that reasoning. A Book, a Holy Book, has been written that covers the entire subject matter, a Book that takes the guesswork out of the equation, and \u2026 this person could actually read about \u201chow things go down in the end.\u201d And if said person chose to do this, then he or she would be much more likely to see Jesus opening one of the seal judgments of God\u2019s great wrath rather than winking at their sinful defiance.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">You see, in the Book, the Holy Book, there is only one Jesus Christ who lasts for the entire story. And \u2026 spoiler alert \u2026 he is not the Jesus of your imagination. The Jesus in the Holy Book is going to finish his plans and fulfill his Father\u2019s purpose, not our plans and not our purpose. <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">This Jesus will judge all those who do not know him. No substitutes allowed. In fact one day, those who believed in the personal Jesus of their imagination, the construct of their mind, will hear these words from the Jesus Christ of Scripture: <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">(Matthew 7:23 GW) Then I will tell them publicly, &#8216;I&#8217;ve never known you. Get away from me, you evil people.&#8217;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span class=\"s1\">Second question \u2026 How? <\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"s1\">How is this going to happen? Three things here. 1) God is going to send us a message. 2) God is going to authenticate the message. 3) God is going to commission the method.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Message: \u201cThe Jesus Christ God Wants Us to Know!\u201d<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Message Text: Revelation 1:1-20<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h2>AUDIO: The Jesus Christ God Wants Us to Know!<\/h2>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3191-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.faithfellowship.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/REVELATION%20MESSAGE%202%20-%20The%20Jesus%20Christ%20God%20Wants%20Us%20to%20Know%20:%20Revelation%201-1-20%20:%20ffc%20:%20dave%20scott%20:%20092516.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.faithfellowship.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/REVELATION%20MESSAGE%202%20-%20The%20Jesus%20Christ%20God%20Wants%20Us%20to%20Know%20:%20Revelation%201-1-20%20:%20ffc%20:%20dave%20scott%20:%20092516.mp3\">http:\/\/blog.faithfellowship.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/REVELATION%20MESSAGE%202%20-%20The%20Jesus%20Christ%20God%20Wants%20Us%20to%20Know%20:%20Revelation%201-1-20%20:%20ffc%20:%20dave%20scott%20:%20092516.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>________________________________________________________________________________________________ Programming Note: I come to a place in our text where I ask&#8211;What is John going to see when he turns? 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