 Hey, good morning everyone welcome to a new week. I hope you all are doing well Let's begin this time with the word of prayer Lephina Can you please lead us in prayer? Yes, thank you Dear Heavenly Father with whom tender the name of Jesus. Thank you for this beautiful day for the amazing class today about to have God we ask our house for the to guide us We ask you to open our hearts and open our eyes as we read the scriptures and as we listen to the class Help us to understand the meaning of every little thing that our past is teaching be with this and guide us I bless everyone who is right here Fill us with wisdom knowledge and guidance in Jesus name. I pray Amen. Amen. Thank you, Jaffina All right, so Knowledge students have to still join in but we will continue we will start Last week we we completed the whole of the covenants we went into talking about the cross and We looked at the centrality of the cross, right? Firstly, we saw that the reason that Jesus came into this world Was to die on the cross, right? There was no plan B and we looked at plenty of instances and plenty of places where Jesus himself Told his disciples that this is what is going to happen in the future In a few places. He says I'm not going to be with you any for a longer time and and so Jesus Knew exactly the reason why he came into this world, right? And then he you know also says after in the road of Emmaus where he resurrected and he meets with the two people walking on the road to Emmaus and What does he do? He says all this has happened to fulfill prophecies That were made about me, right? Then we looked at how Jesus in the scripture says that before the foundations of the world We preach Christ crucified Right? There were many instances many opportunities the enemy gave Jesus to escape the cross look that you know one was in You know when Peter said You know no Lord, this is not this should not happen and Jesus said get away from me Satan. You don't have the things of God, but the things of man and then even in the Garden of Gethsemane when Peter cuts off the soldiers years and You know Jesus says How difficult it would be for me to just call upon the angels to come and help me and so There were plenty of instances where You know Jesus could have avoided the cross, but he knew exactly why he's come And so we looked at the whole Message of the new covenant being the centrality of the cross and the early church preached the cross Peter and his first sermon preached across Stephen preached across The great apostle Paul he says with all the wisdom with all the understanding that he had from the old covenant and the new covenant and All these you know great understanding of learned under Gamaliel and learned about Judaism all that wisdom Paul writes and he says if I do not preach the cross of Christ. I am a failure I'm not going to speak about my intellectual Intellectual words. I'm not going to speak with high Intellectual wisdom like the Greeks do But I'm just going to preach the cross of Jesus Christ That's why Paul writes and he says The wisdom of the cross is the power of God unto salvation So so we saw that in the early church as well When they were faced with persecution when they were faced with threats They preached the cross of Jesus Christ and we learned something very important last week We learned that you know, the main message of the church Must be the cross of Jesus Christ, especially in a time when you know, we have so many tools so many other opportunities or I would say Other ways to bring about Christianity Sometimes we forget the whole aspect of bringing the cross and so That's why Paul says The the the my message my ministry my whole, you know purpose of life is to preach cross crossified Christ crucified to the Corinthians. He says who's me if I do not preach Now this is a man who is Intellectual he has stood in front of the learned people of Israel. He stood in front of the Pharisees He has stood in front of the learned people in Greek Greece The intellectuals Paul is saying I don't depend on all these, you know, my abilities and my understanding which is important but My main message is the cross of Jesus Christ, right and then we looked at also last week we looked at You know, some of the shadows of the cross and we I'm sure we'll be also learning it in Christology Where you know, we looked at the seed of the woman talking about Jesus the first clothing able sacrifice And how God was pleased with that sacrifice God's provision Through Abraham's son Isaac when they went up that mountain God said wait Stop what you're doing and I will send my son to die in the cross It was just a shadow of what's going to happen the Passover lamb And and the rock from which the water came out from during the time of Moses when they were in the exodus and Many other places we see that the serpent in the wilderness The one who hangs on a tree all these was the cross prophesied or the shadows of the cross right so if we read the entirety of From the old come Old Testament up to the time of our Lord Jesus Christ we see that many many many prophecies Were fulfilled in the life of Jesus to the point to the date to the exact event I Think that's the book of the cario which says Look at him humble and me coming on a donkey written hundreds of years ago right And and so many other prophecies so We see everything Lining up to the cross. Right. So today we will pick up from Isaiah 53 the cross described so I'm on page 73 on your notes The cross described now The book of Isaiah I'm sure all of us have read portions of the book of Isaiah. It's a wonderful book. It's known as a poetic Book, it's known as a prophetic book. It's got Wonderful scriptures of you know promises scriptures of blessings scriptures of you know Prosperity and you know a strength lot of wonderful scriptures Now what is it about the book of Isaiah before we get into you know, how Isaiah describes the cross and Isaiah 53 Let's look about Isaiah. What was he who was he? What is so, you know, what is so particular or what is so? Unique about this man Isaiah and his writings, right now Isaiah the book of Isaiah I was written about 750 BC Malachi as we know is the last book of the Old Testament and The oldest copies of the of the book of Isaiah Were about 900 AD so we don't have to worry about the dates but what it is is Later on they find the dead screen sets Dead Sea Scrolls and 90% of information in the dead screens Dead Sea Scrolls was the book of Isaiah and so when you look back from the book of Isaiah that was dated You know in the early You know 750 BC and to the Dead Sea Scrolls is about 2,000 years later both Are you know The same and so there is authenticity to this writing now. Remember the reason we are bringing this up is because this is not You know, I this the Bible die Bible is not some random poetry It's something that we can just Say, okay, it's a nice book No, it is truth. It is God's word God in his wonderful marvelous way had a way of protecting the scriptures and Through the Dead Sea Scrolls any percent of the book of Isaiah was word to word perfect So picture this we are reading Isaiah 53 It's word to word perfect to the version that was written 2,000 years before Right, so of course Translations would be there different by the essence is word to word perfect, right? And what does it say? Isaiah 53 right We before we read that let's look at this chapter of Isaiah 53 talks about, you know the cross and And the sufferings of the cross that Jesus will go through but we will look at three important views On the study of Isaiah 53 how he describes the cross now David also writes about the cross. He says, you know, his own friends turn as he'll against him and in another place the psalmist writes and he says Not one of his bones will be broken Zechariah says they will look upon the one whom they have pierced and they will moan like a Like a child that moans for his mother and so there are plenty of Prophets in the Old Testament who have prophesied about the cross But we today we just gonna focus on Isaiah and Isaiah 53, which is the essence of the cross so three Aspects of Isaiah 53 or three views of how we can study this portion First view is a view that sees What Christ accomplished on the cross as foretold by Isaiah right, so as As we are reading as I have 53. Let's picture this view first What did Jesus Christ accomplish on the cross as What Isaiah has written in his book the second view is Where we as believers see what Has been made available for us through the cross Right and we all know it right a lot of you know, blessings and eternal life But we look through this entire portion of scripture and the third view will be as believers We see the imitation of the cross which means the the way we apply the power of the cross in our daily lives and How is it that we are to live? Right, so these three aspects in Isaiah 53 Right, so let's look at the first point on the notes Behold my servant Isaiah 52 verse 13 says Behold my servant he shall be exalted and And be very high. Let's read Isaiah 52 verse 13 So that we get a better sense of what's happening there Isaiah 52 and verse 13. Yes, could one of us please read Isaiah 52 and 13 Yes, anyone Isaiah 52 and verse 13, please Isiah Yes, go ahead Isiah 52 verse 13 you said pastor, right? Yes, yes, that's right. Behold my servant shall deal Prudently he shall be exalted and extolled and be very high Amen Amen. Thank you. Behold my servant. Now, let's look at the Hebrew the Hebrew says Ibor Adonai, which means born servant now, let's let's break it up right now in the old covenant if an Israelite he You know, he was in debt and he owed Certain amount of money to other people What this person would do is say he'd say, okay I don't have the money to repay my debt but what I will do is I will work for you and usually that period will be for about six to seven years and In that six to seven years this person is a born servant of the master Right. So if the master tells him do this, he has to do it And if the master tells him, you know, you have to go to this other field and work the whole day He has to do If the master treats him badly, he still has to work. He has no choice. He cannot just say, no My master is not treating me. Well, he can't he can't just you know run away So the word a board adonai simply means borned servant Now after the seven years What happens is? the Servant is free. He has paid his debt and As a servant he can choose. He can say, you know, my master was very good Even though I You know worked under him even though I was in debt as a master. He provided for me He looked after me. He cared for my family You know, he didn't ill treat me and so sometimes on their own free will they continue to serve the master and Then other in other cases after the seven years, they just take The belongings and move away and the debt is cancelled now here Isaiah saying the word a board adonai Which means the servant of the Lord the borned servant of the Lord Now this word born servant is also it's not very new to us The Apostle Paul also writes in says I'm a I'm a born servant of Christ. I Bear the marks of the Lord Jesus I'm branded for Christ. He says that in many places So what is Paul trying to say? He's trying to say I'm a born servant, which means I'm under the direction. My master is the Lord Jesus and whatever he says I will do If he says to me go here or do this I will do because I'm a born servant. I have no choice and I'm a born servant out of my own free will Right and here in Isaiah 52 was 13 behold my Aboard adonai my born servant talking about the Lord Jesus, right? He shall do Prudently the word prudently means intelligently wisely and Prosperity bringing prosperity So behold my born servant that is the Lord Jesus Christ The born servant or as a servant. He will come into this world He will do what he will do prudently. He will do wisely He will walk in the wisdom of God and He shall be exalted, which means he shall be take a higher place. He will be raised up Remember the book of Hebrews says that he made himself of nothing and He made himself lower than angels and he came into this world as a man to die for our sins but God You know lifted him up raised him up from the dead and seated him and the right hand of the father exalted him That at the name of Jesus every knee shall bow And this is written how many years before the cross About 2,000 years old before the cross Right yours years and years before Then he what he shall be exalted and extolled which means to be lifted up and Be very high Just be exalted to be lifted up to be glorified to be You know when you say very high or exalted is no There's no place for You know Meekness there. It's a place of you know glory and honor so Isaiah foretold the resurrection the ascension and the exaltation of Jesus Christ right, let's look at Isaiah chapter 52 and verse 14 Isaiah 52 and verse 14. Yes, could one of us please read that Isaiah 52 and verse 14 Go ahead anybody Isaiah 52 and verse 14 Agra 52 verse 14 As many who are astonished at the east this is consumer more than any man and form and It's formed more than his sons of men Amen. Thank you. Thank you. Right. So we see here Isaiah is talking about the sufferings of our Lord Jesus Christ, right? Let's break it up Just as many were astonished at You the word astonished means numb or Stunk by what by who you are His visage which means his appearance was marred the word marred also means disfigured more than any man and His form which means his figure or his appearance More than the sons of man Now again as I was writing and we sing Many will see you They will be astonished With the way you are They'll be astonished with his you know his whole Visage that is you know what is going to happen to him and His visage his appearance was disfigured. Now. Let me let me share something about the cross You know, I was a couple of years back I did a study on the cross and just try to dig in a little bit of little bit deep and After studying that really gave me a Deeper, you know aspect a deeper love for Christ and his and what he did for us You know The crucifixion was introduced by the Persians But it was perfected by the Romans the Romans were You know experience they were professional Professionals in crucifixion, right? It is said that during Nero's time what they would do is they would Crucify people on the streets streets. So you got the streets, right and Right next to the street, right? So if you're walking down this road probably to get to the main market area They would crucify people on the streets So if you're walking you can see people crucified and the reason they did that Was Nero wanted his people to understand that if you go against me, this is going to be your fate Right Now crucifixion was usually kept for the worst of criminals And for the worst remember Varabas He was one of the worst of the criminals. He was supposed to be crucified and In crucifixion what they would do is they would usually You know give the person a Scourging a couple of days before or even a day before now why they do that is because now Crucifixion is a painful slow death. It's not like we crucified and then in 10 minutes, you're gonna die. No, it You know, it's a slow painful agonizing death You know, I think I've shared this before when you when a person is on a cross He or she has lost all Entitlement A leper can come and spit on you people can throw things at you And it's a horrendous scene To a Roman crucifixion the person who's being crucified is completely naked a shameful You know, it's very disrespectful very shameful It was you know, it's a place where Nobody Wants to see it's a site which nobody wants to see and Isaiah is writing and he's saying His visage was marred Meaning the you couldn't even recognize that was Jesus And now I'm sure we all seen the passion of the Christ The passion of the Christ is very less is nothing compared to what happened on the cross Right his History says that his rib bones would have been seen The Lord Jesus's bones on his ribs would have been seen he would have been Every muscle would have torn Getting a cardiac arrest is is something that is you know, it just tears you apart. It just You know, it does this whole, you know, when you look at it scientifically, it's it's extremely painful and His visage was marred You know some historians say that the reason why Many of them, you know, didn't recognize Jesus was because his he was so disfigured. He was marred But there's no proof for that but history historians theologians say that It was a gruesome sight and That's what happened Isaiah prophesied this hundreds of years before Third one Isaiah 52 and verse 15 so shall he sprinkle in many nations and Kings shall shut their mouths at him for what had not been told Them they shall see and what they had not heard they shall consider I'm sure this word sprinkle is something that will remind us straight to the old covenant Sprinkling has to do the sprinkling of the blood in the old covenant Now Isaiah is prophesying hundreds of years before he's saying this man The the Messiah when he comes he will sprinkle the blood on the nations Probably is eyes got this picture of saying The high priest goes into the holy of Holies He sprinkles the blood But the Messiah will come he will not sprinkle any blood on the altar, but he'll sprinkle his blood over the nations Bringing healing bringing deliverance. What a powerful prophecy that is, right? Sometimes we may just read it and that means okay. He sprinkles the nation We may not really understand it to its you know to its deep Meaning, but it's so wonderful. It expresses the the sprinkling of blood against the altar And and what the high priest does for the atoning of sins The word sprinkle is basically What the high priest does kings leaders rulers heads of the nation will stand in amazement at Jesus Christ They will see they will hear and understand things. They have not known on his influence over many nations Kings leaders rulers heads of nations will be in amazement at this man Jesus Christ If you look later on Right after the death burial and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Paul stands in front of the king Paul stands in front of a gripper Front of Felix and he as he's sharing They were some of them were in awe What is this message he's preaching remember Paul? At Mars Hill and when he goes into Corrin He's standing there. He's preaching that wonderful sermon and the people are in awe of him What kind of a message is this? These are leaders. These are rulers. These are nostics who are very very learned, but Paul is standing there. He's saying He's saying sharing the gospel. He's sharing the cross and they are in awe. They are amazed even right now Nations and leaders are amazed Stand in awe Of the cross they stand in awe of amazement of what Jesus did for us right And so it's so wonderful that this prophecy of people standing in awe of Jesus's accomplishment What Jesus did that is going to go on till the end of time Nations and rulers will stand They will clawndage Jesus as the Son of God The arm of the Lord Isaiah 53 and verse 1 Who has believed our report? and to whom Has the arm of the Lord been revealed? now What a wonderful way to describe the news of Jesus's crucifixion Isaiah is referring to a prophetic message. He's saying People will find it hard to believe yet This is what the arm of the Lord is Who has really believed what we have heard? Now if we you know, we are we are doing the study of james right now And james the epistle of james James is the half brother of our lord jesus christ Right And in the book of matthew and mark he says You know, jesus is ready to go for the feast of the tabernacles that's going on in jerusalem They're all there And jesus says you go i'm not coming to the feast as of now But what does the brother say especially james james says he's out of his mind If you're saying you're the messiah Why don't you go and show yourself? Like why are you here? Why are you standing here? You know, we've been together for 30 what 31 years 32 years. We are brothers You keep saying i'm the messiah. I'm the messiah Why are you here go show yourself? His own brothers thought he was mad Mark in the book of mark says they thought he was out of his mind It's okay leave him. He's you know, he's just talking something. He's actually a carpenter's son He's my brother. His father is a carpenter. He's also, you know, helping out in the business here But he's just talking something forget about him Don't listen to him He thought he was out of his mind But after james saw the lord jesus Acts chapter one And acts chapter two they are in the upper room waiting For the holy spirit to come upon them james The brown the mother of mary james and his brothers and sisters were there in the upper room The holy spirit comes upon them now james has seen the lord jesus and his mind has changed Saying What he was saying was true Now why was it hard to believe for james? Because the jews always considered that the messiah will come Probably as a rich ruler Maybe a Pharisees son or maybe a King A rich man who would come and who would you know take us out of this roman captivity That that that's their idea right? They always thought the messiah will come and take them take the jews out of roman captivity So we don't have to pay taxes. We don't have to listen to these romans That was the idea And here he's coming here into this world. He's come as a carpenter's son Or of all the things a carpenter's son So nobody really believed him Right and so who believed our report paul? Sorry isaias saying who will believe our report Every people who will not believe this Is this the way the messiah will come? He'll come as a firstly as a carpenter secondly He'll come as a carpenter and then he begins to do a few do these miracles and then die on the cross The most the most humiliating death Who has believed What we have heard and and and isaias so beautifully, you know follows that up with saying Who saw in it the lord's great power? So isaias trying to say now this report Of the messiah Coming as a carpenter's son dying on the cross who has believed it some of us will not believe it But Who has believed it is it will declare The lord's great power Remember what paul wrote the gospel is the power of god unto salvation Isaias written that hundreds of years before And he's also mentioning that he's saying who has believed that report Even now right When we talk about the cross it's offensive People are not going to believe it What are you talking about cross? 2003 2000 odd years back Man and from jerusalem dies and you're talking about him now No, no, thank you. I'd rather subscribe for something else not this You go speak to a fervent jew in israel even today Now I was watching this video that somebody had sent me There was this group of you know charismatic believers. I guess They were in jerusalem on the streets and they began to preach from isaias 53 And these group of jews come and they say He's not the messiah. How can he be the messiah and you know, uh, the messiah will come as a king He's not and and you know, there's these translations that are happening And the video the jews are only saying the messiah will come as a king And so they're waiting for the messiah to come as a king Right, they've forgotten the whole thing of isaias 53. Do you know that uh, when you talk about isaias 53 the jews will Nine out of ten times say let's not talk about it They don't read isaias 53 Uh, you know, I'm talking about fervent jews who are truly Waiting for the messiah and they truly love the lord. They love god. They honor god You know, truly they just you know They just missed the point of the messiah, but they truly love god They want to live a holy life and all of that but you talk about isaias 53. You're not gonna uh They will come up with you know, maybe some kinds of You know answers which don't really make sense And mostly they don't read it But even if you don't read it, it does not change the fact The fact that who has believed our report Because there is power in that cross Even now for the jews, it's offensive Now, uh, if you if you go into the streets of jewslam and or you talk to a fervent jew and you tell them jesus is the messiah they get really offended Say how can you say that? Now isaias writing this Hundreds and thousands of years before and now we are reading it in 2022. It is still true Who has believed it Some people They take offense to it John chapter 12 Was 36 to 43 says While you have the light believe in the light That you may become sons of light these things jesus spoke and departed and was hidden from them But although he had done so many signs before them. They did not believe him him That the word of isaias the prophet may be fulfilled Which he spoke lord Who has believed our report? Until whom has the lord? Arm of the lord been revealed therefore They could not believe because isaias said again He has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts Lest they should see with their eyes Lest they should understand with their hearts and turn So that I should heal them These things isaias said When he saw his glory and spoke of him Right now isaias not writing this you know just You know relaxing probably in front of a You know nice water wave that's coming or maybe having a great meal with his friends. No, no, no Isaias writing this verse 41 these things isaias said when he saw His glory and spoke of him This is glory that is revealed from heaven prophetic words released from heaven He sought he heard it. He wrote it and that's why it's true Verse 42 nevertheless even among the rulers Many believed in him, but because of the Pharisees they did not confess him They should be put out of the less they be put out of the synagogue For they love the praise of men more than the praise of god Right I love that verse here. It says therefore They could not believe They saw all the signs They saw the wonderful miracles that jesus did Yet they could not believe Can you can you just picture this right? Lazarus is dead there's a group of people outside They all have seen Lazarus dead three days back Jesus comes he raises Lazarus from the dead So wow, Jesus you are truly a great person. You're a prophet. You you are the messiah Then there's five loads of bread two fish. There are thousands of people And the people are there sitting there jesus turns it Those five loads of two and two fish feeding thousands They all see the miracle What happens? Oh, wow, you are the messiah you are you are the king you are great Couple of maybe a year or so later The he's handcuffed taken by the roman prisoners is taken as a roman prisoner Or he's standing in front of pilot What are these same people saying crucify him the same people Maybe not all of them, but They were there We don't see any account of people coming and saying no, he is the we've seen the great miracles. He is the messiah So crucify him Before that they put palm leaves down They said hosanna to the king of kings and all of that next thing crucify him. Why because their belief was temporary Now as believers We must be very very cautious And we must maintain integrity in this area Especially at times when things are not going well in our lives. We say god You know, I trust you. I believe you and all of that And that's wonderful And god comes through for us. We say god you are It's you know, you are god. You are the one who has helped me through the season But what about times when you're not when we are not coming out of those difficult challenges? We are saying challenge after challenge after challenge It's just continual We had to stand firm even during at those times and say god I will believe That you are I will believe your report I will believe in what you say about me. I'm not going to listen to what people say The problem that happened in Jerusalem that time was people were talking Right people are talking. Yeah, he's you know, maybe a prophet a great healer But I think you know, he's been put into prison now. I think they may crucify him and then they were talking And then the word went out and they were all discussing and you know, probably that's what happened They forgot about You know, the miracles that god did The wonderful signs the way that god brought healing the book of john says he healed so many people Everyone who came to him not everything has been recorded But i'm sure there are plenty of miracles where the lord jesus did and people saw they were eye witnesses to it Yet after jesus dies there are only 120 people In the upper room Who truly held fast? From thousands to 120 people But god is god From 120 it became 10 000 people immediately Who has believed the report of the lord? Because it is the power of god Isaiah 53 and verse 2 says For he shall grow up Before him As a tender plant when we say before him you see the him is a capital hedge which means before the father For he the servant that is the born servant the lord jesus The lord jesus he Shall grow up before him before god the father as a tender plant And as a root out of the ground He has no form Or calm or calmliness which means no splendor or magnificence And when we see him there is no beauty in his appearance that we should desire him It is not like okay jesus was this You know Of course, we have a lot of artists who have depicted jesus with wonderful cat eyes and long hair and blonde hair and all of that You know looking like these super models and all of that That's their depiction But the bible says that there's just a regular man He looked like a regular jew All right It says here that for he shall grow up The servant shall grow up before him that is god the father as a tender Plant the word tender plant refers to you know his watchful eye the watchful eye of the father right Now when you have a plant that you've put into the ground And it's just sprouting up Right you're not going to go near that plant and you know keep throwing sand on it or You know forcefully pour water on it. You're going to look after it very you know It needs to gain a little more strength. All right, so you're going to be very tender with it Uh, you're going to make sure that you know, uh, it is done the right way Uh, I'm not sure if you're familiar with cashew Uh, even I'm not too familiar, but I remember, uh, you know, uh, what about church members? They've got a whole cashew Plantation that he was telling me how Careful they have to be in pulling out those cashews, right? You can't be rough It's going to just crush otherwise and it'll be wasted uh, and so He shall grow up like a tender shoot God's hand of nurture and protection over the messiah as a child Can you picture that? You know the lord jesus seven years old eight years old ten years old growing up like a little boy He's got his you know brothers and sisters with him But he the servant will grow up before god the father as a tender shoot Right the father's nurturing hand will be upon him Whether the you know the natural parents joseph and mary were of course they were doing their part as well But god's tender hand was upon him. Why because there's a purpose, right? When we see him there is no beauty that we should desire him Which means he didn't come in any form for any show Jesus didn't come and say listen. I am the messiah put a crown on me Uh, and you know, he didn't tell nowhere Has he told his disciples i'm the messiah can you uh, you know, you put me Take me around the city and you know make put some good clothes on me and put a robe in a You know nowhere. No way. There was no poem. There was no show It was just simple, right? He came without a simplicity Here was almighty god who came in as a man He could come with such great display of greatness and power Don't you feel Jesus could have come, you know, just as You know, I'm just painting a picture for you, right? Uh, what if Jesus could have come? As a 15 year old young man you know ready already full of wisdom Wearing his crown You know the book of revelations talks about this, you know, the glorified jesus. Oh He's wonderful. He's got he's got a white horse. He's sitting there with a sword on his hand And his day on his right hand right leg is written the ancient of days on his left It's written the king of kings and the horse is a white glorious horse His eyes are like burning fire His hair is like wool His his feet like burnt grass Burnished grass and He got this whole picture. Why didn't Jesus come that way? Why didn't he come in all that glory and authority? Isaiah said he will come in simplicity carpenter's son Right This even caused the jews to stumble at the fact that he was the messiah Can you picture? It's 10 50 and I will take a break, but let me just complete this Can you picture this? right Andrew uh, he was john's disciple And john's just john is saying don't come after me. There's the messiah go after him Now they look at jesus and they say we are waiting for this all these years The the Israelites as jews. Are we waiting for this person? But he doesn't look any great. I mean he's just Looks like a regular man Who's walking about He's a messiah So john says yes go he's a messiah andrew goes But when he spoke The power of god came out andrew believed And he went and found peter again What if peter would have said how can this guy be the messiah? I'm a fisherman. I know I've seen people I don't think this person can be the messiah But when jesus spoke the power of god Was revealed and and when jesus spoke peter believed But if you went by his appearance Nothing to believe that he's a messiah that is the that is why The people in his own city ignored him He can't be a prophet in your own city They ignored him right? There's This man is We've seen jesus. He's been walking around here from the time. He's a small kid You're telling me the messiah Is this little boy growing up? It was too much for them to comprehend so they didn't believe it was a stumbling block Because they believe that the messiah would come to restore the kingdom and the nation of israel But uh, okay, let's take a break. We'll come back at 11 five I took a few minutes extra. We'll come back at 11 five and we'll continue