1 00:00:24,760 --> 00:00:28,840 That day, when evening came, he said to 2 00:00:28,840 --> 00:00:32,340 his disciples, let us go over to the 3 00:00:32,340 --> 00:00:33,200 other side. 4 00:00:34,980 --> 00:00:37,620 Leaving the crowd behind, they took him along, 5 00:00:38,060 --> 00:00:40,240 just as he was in the boat. 6 00:00:42,240 --> 00:00:44,800 There were also other boats with him. 7 00:00:46,260 --> 00:00:49,520 A furious squall came up, and the waves 8 00:00:49,520 --> 00:00:52,160 broke over the boat, so that it was 9 00:00:52,160 --> 00:00:53,380 nearly swamped. 10 00:00:54,840 --> 00:00:58,400 Jesus was in the stern, sleeping on a 11 00:00:58,400 --> 00:00:58,700 cushion. 12 00:01:00,060 --> 00:01:02,340 The disciples woke him up and said to 13 00:01:02,340 --> 00:01:05,100 him, teacher, don't you care if we drown? 14 00:01:06,320 --> 00:01:11,420 He got up, rebuked the wind, and said 15 00:01:11,420 --> 00:01:15,060 to the waves, quiet, be still. 16 00:01:17,040 --> 00:01:19,740 Then the wind died down, and it was 17 00:01:19,740 --> 00:01:20,680 completely calm. 18 00:01:22,160 --> 00:01:24,620 He said to his disciples, why are you 19 00:01:24,620 --> 00:01:25,340 so afraid? 20 00:01:26,140 --> 00:01:27,680 Do you still have no faith? 21 00:01:29,120 --> 00:01:33,360 They were terrified, and asked each other, who 22 00:01:33,360 --> 00:01:33,960 is this? 23 00:01:34,840 --> 00:01:38,740 Even the wind and the waves obey him. 24 00:01:39,780 --> 00:01:43,520 May the Lord add his blessing to that 25 00:01:43,520 --> 00:01:44,560 reading from his word. 26 00:01:49,150 --> 00:01:50,230 Who is this? 27 00:01:51,030 --> 00:01:53,370 Or as the King James Version puts it, 28 00:01:54,230 --> 00:01:56,450 what manner of man is this? 29 00:01:57,070 --> 00:02:02,310 That even the wind and the waves obey 30 00:02:02,310 --> 00:02:02,810 him. 31 00:02:03,230 --> 00:02:03,890 Let's pray. 32 00:02:04,950 --> 00:02:08,009 Father, as we come around your word this 33 00:02:08,009 --> 00:02:12,230 evening, will you just speak to all our 34 00:02:12,230 --> 00:02:16,590 hearts and direct the truths of Scripture, so 35 00:02:16,590 --> 00:02:20,410 that not only our minds comprehend, but our 36 00:02:20,410 --> 00:02:25,390 emotions, our total being, respond to the claims 37 00:02:25,390 --> 00:02:27,750 of the Gospel upon our lives. 38 00:02:28,590 --> 00:02:33,490 Grant to us an ability to concentrate, and 39 00:02:33,490 --> 00:02:35,850 we ask, O Lord, that you will pour 40 00:02:35,850 --> 00:02:40,250 into our hearts your Spirit, just quicken us, 41 00:02:40,650 --> 00:02:42,730 and we ask that you will cause those 42 00:02:42,730 --> 00:02:44,750 of us who know you through the Lord 43 00:02:44,750 --> 00:02:47,830 Jesus to be confirmed more in our faith, 44 00:02:47,910 --> 00:02:50,070 and those who are at the edge of 45 00:02:50,070 --> 00:02:52,550 spiritual things, may they be given an abundant 46 00:02:52,550 --> 00:02:56,590 entrance into your kingdom, as we consider the 47 00:02:56,590 --> 00:02:59,850 essentials this night of the Christian faith. 48 00:03:00,110 --> 00:03:01,450 For Jesus' sake. 49 00:03:01,850 --> 00:03:02,210 Amen. 50 00:03:05,710 --> 00:03:12,210 When I was in Argentina, traveling through to 51 00:03:12,210 --> 00:03:18,390 Uruguay last year, I met up with quite 52 00:03:18,390 --> 00:03:21,850 a lot of lovely Christian folk on board 53 00:03:21,850 --> 00:03:25,390 an ocean-going liner known as the Dulos. 54 00:03:26,130 --> 00:03:28,690 And one of the directors of that ship, 55 00:03:28,770 --> 00:03:31,750 where I was to stay for some four 56 00:03:31,750 --> 00:03:37,350 weeks, had in his office a little motto, 57 00:03:37,910 --> 00:03:43,470 which I thought was so interesting, that I 58 00:03:43,470 --> 00:03:45,810 asked him if he'd photostat me a copy, 59 00:03:46,270 --> 00:03:48,130 so that I could put it in my 60 00:03:48,130 --> 00:03:50,950 office, so that when I had the same 61 00:03:50,950 --> 00:03:53,510 problems as he had, I would get some 62 00:03:53,510 --> 00:03:54,870 inspiration from it. 63 00:03:55,810 --> 00:03:57,150 Now, it's absolute nonsense. 64 00:03:58,230 --> 00:03:59,910 It's nonsense doggerel. 65 00:04:00,670 --> 00:04:01,170 But listen. 66 00:04:01,990 --> 00:04:03,150 It says simply this. 67 00:04:03,730 --> 00:04:04,910 And I've got it in my office, so 68 00:04:04,910 --> 00:04:06,170 you can't see it when you come in, 69 00:04:06,190 --> 00:04:08,930 because I'm too shy to let you all 70 00:04:08,930 --> 00:04:09,550 have a look at it. 71 00:04:09,690 --> 00:04:11,290 It's just behind my filing cabinet. 72 00:04:12,510 --> 00:04:17,510 We the willing, led by the unknowing, are 73 00:04:17,510 --> 00:04:20,470 doing the impossible for the ungrateful. 74 00:04:21,170 --> 00:04:24,330 We have done so much for so long, 75 00:04:24,670 --> 00:04:27,910 with so little, we are now qualified to 76 00:04:27,910 --> 00:04:28,970 do anything with nothing. 77 00:04:31,980 --> 00:04:38,220 Nonsense doggerel, which strains after an ability to 78 00:04:38,220 --> 00:04:41,660 do more than you possibly can, with absolutely 79 00:04:41,660 --> 00:04:47,380 inadequate resources, on behalf of folk who, even 80 00:04:47,380 --> 00:04:49,100 if you were, and I'm not referring to 81 00:04:49,100 --> 00:04:51,640 people in the tabernacle, were able to do 82 00:04:51,640 --> 00:04:54,120 all that they wished, you would never fully 83 00:04:54,120 --> 00:04:54,840 satisfy. 84 00:04:55,160 --> 00:04:58,380 We the willing, led by the unknowing, are 85 00:04:58,380 --> 00:05:00,280 doing the impossible for the ungrateful. 86 00:05:00,780 --> 00:05:02,480 We have done so much for so long, 87 00:05:02,520 --> 00:05:04,120 with so little, we are now qualified to 88 00:05:04,120 --> 00:05:05,820 do anything with nothing. 89 00:05:05,880 --> 00:05:08,320 I don't know who put that together, but 90 00:05:08,320 --> 00:05:09,980 at the back of his mind, he was 91 00:05:09,980 --> 00:05:14,940 straining forward to a character, to a quality 92 00:05:14,940 --> 00:05:20,780 that nobody, really, no ordinary human being has, 93 00:05:20,940 --> 00:05:24,140 and it's the quality of infallibility. 94 00:05:24,860 --> 00:05:27,620 And that leads me into my subject matter 95 00:05:27,620 --> 00:05:29,200 for tonight. 96 00:05:29,740 --> 00:05:30,500 Infallible? 97 00:05:31,360 --> 00:05:32,260 Who is? 98 00:05:33,080 --> 00:05:33,900 Is there anybody? 99 00:05:34,620 --> 00:05:38,640 The year 1870 was a very interesting year 100 00:05:39,340 --> 00:05:41,420 for a man by the name of Pius. 101 00:05:42,920 --> 00:05:45,460 Eight people had got in with that name 102 00:05:45,460 --> 00:05:47,560 before him, so he was known as Pius 103 00:05:47,560 --> 00:05:47,900 IX. 104 00:05:48,920 --> 00:05:50,160 And it was said of him, he was 105 00:05:50,160 --> 00:05:53,680 a clergyman, a bishop in Rome, it was 106 00:05:53,680 --> 00:05:55,880 said of him that he was infallible. 107 00:05:56,980 --> 00:06:00,400 And those who followed in his office as 108 00:06:00,400 --> 00:06:03,000 Pope also would be infallible. 109 00:06:03,640 --> 00:06:07,480 Particularly, indeed exclusively, when they spoke in respect 110 00:06:07,480 --> 00:06:11,160 to faith, that is, doctrine and morals. 111 00:06:11,820 --> 00:06:13,940 Now the interesting thing about the Bishop of 112 00:06:13,940 --> 00:06:15,760 Rome, and I'm not going to be laboring 113 00:06:15,760 --> 00:06:17,820 on this this evening, just by way of 114 00:06:17,820 --> 00:06:21,840 introduction, is that only twice since that decree 115 00:06:21,840 --> 00:06:26,240 have two infallible pronouncements been made, by Pius 116 00:06:26,240 --> 00:06:28,360 IX and later on by one of his 117 00:06:28,360 --> 00:06:30,460 successors in 1950-odd. 118 00:06:31,120 --> 00:06:33,420 And both of those pronouncements were wrong. 119 00:06:34,860 --> 00:06:35,840 They really were. 120 00:06:36,500 --> 00:06:41,840 Because they made pronouncements about the immaculate conception 121 00:06:41,840 --> 00:06:43,060 of Mary. 122 00:06:43,420 --> 00:06:45,000 There's no biblical evidence for that. 123 00:06:45,540 --> 00:06:47,020 And as I tried to show you last 124 00:06:47,020 --> 00:06:50,240 week, that when she died, after a few 125 00:06:50,240 --> 00:06:53,900 days her body was taken into heaven physically, 126 00:06:54,180 --> 00:06:55,740 literally, to be with God. 127 00:06:55,820 --> 00:06:57,760 There's no biblical evidence for that either. 128 00:06:58,400 --> 00:07:01,840 So the whole concept of infallibility as narrow 129 00:07:01,840 --> 00:07:05,000 and as restricted as perhaps it's put across 130 00:07:05,000 --> 00:07:08,260 these days in Catholic theology really doesn't add 131 00:07:08,260 --> 00:07:11,780 up, not even in that particular area. 132 00:07:12,520 --> 00:07:14,900 So I want to address this subject at 133 00:07:14,900 --> 00:07:15,720 a wider level. 134 00:07:16,080 --> 00:07:18,160 Indeed, what I want really to do is 135 00:07:18,160 --> 00:07:21,300 to bring it back to biblical concepts and 136 00:07:21,300 --> 00:07:22,500 biblical times. 137 00:07:22,960 --> 00:07:23,640 Infallible? 138 00:07:24,060 --> 00:07:25,760 Who really is? 139 00:07:25,920 --> 00:07:28,300 And should we be looking for someone who's 140 00:07:28,300 --> 00:07:28,920 infallible? 141 00:07:28,920 --> 00:07:32,580 Well, I reckon to answer the latter question, 142 00:07:32,940 --> 00:07:35,940 yes we should because we want someone on 143 00:07:35,940 --> 00:07:38,800 whom we can rely, someone who can give 144 00:07:38,800 --> 00:07:42,140 us guidance, someone who can plot our course 145 00:07:42,140 --> 00:07:43,380 through this world. 146 00:07:43,580 --> 00:07:46,180 And there are many, many people who are 147 00:07:46,180 --> 00:07:49,120 looking for such a guide in the 20th 148 00:07:49,120 --> 00:07:49,580 century. 149 00:07:50,520 --> 00:07:54,240 Just a month or so ago, a man 150 00:07:54,240 --> 00:07:59,940 spent in excess of 100,000 pounds buying 151 00:07:59,940 --> 00:08:05,140 space in the major newspapers in the West 152 00:08:05,140 --> 00:08:09,960 heralding the fact that someone called the Christ 153 00:08:09,960 --> 00:08:12,520 had come back to this world. 154 00:08:13,220 --> 00:08:16,080 The Christ who would be recognized as the 155 00:08:16,080 --> 00:08:20,260 Jewish Messiah, as the greatest of Hindu gurus, 156 00:08:20,260 --> 00:08:25,160 as a prophet, a great prophet as far 157 00:08:25,160 --> 00:08:27,900 as the Muslims were concerned and as far 158 00:08:27,900 --> 00:08:32,100 as the Christians go, would be indeed Jesus 159 00:08:32,100 --> 00:08:32,600 Christ. 160 00:08:32,740 --> 00:08:37,200 Well, we've been waiting for the actual person 161 00:08:37,200 --> 00:08:38,350 to be recognized. 162 00:08:39,020 --> 00:08:41,320 He's supposed to live in one of the 163 00:08:41,320 --> 00:08:44,220 immigrant communities in South London. 164 00:08:44,520 --> 00:08:46,220 But it's all a big mistake. 165 00:08:47,180 --> 00:08:49,980 I tell you that quite categorically. 166 00:08:50,860 --> 00:08:53,700 It's another attempt, and one does not doubt 167 00:08:53,700 --> 00:08:57,420 the sincerity of the people who are endeavoring 168 00:08:57,420 --> 00:09:02,280 to find a being with inerrancy, with infallibility 169 00:09:02,280 --> 00:09:04,160 in whom they can have utter trust. 170 00:09:04,760 --> 00:09:08,440 It's just an attempt to find an anchorage 171 00:09:08,440 --> 00:09:11,480 in this world which is so full of 172 00:09:11,480 --> 00:09:15,040 change and difficulty with many people who've got 173 00:09:15,040 --> 00:09:15,640 fears. 174 00:09:16,440 --> 00:09:21,560 And when this immigrant to our country eventually 175 00:09:21,560 --> 00:09:25,820 reveals who he is, even though his disciples 176 00:09:25,820 --> 00:09:29,040 recognize him to be the Christ, you will 177 00:09:29,040 --> 00:09:31,080 discover him to be no more than another 178 00:09:31,080 --> 00:09:34,520 Sung Myung Moon, the founder of the Unification 179 00:09:34,520 --> 00:09:38,900 Church, one of the many claimed messiahs and 180 00:09:38,900 --> 00:09:41,020 gurus of the 20th century. 181 00:09:41,020 --> 00:09:43,960 It's a shame that people are getting taken 182 00:09:43,960 --> 00:09:47,240 in so much in these days, but I 183 00:09:47,240 --> 00:09:52,480 do understand how people want someone to rely 184 00:09:52,480 --> 00:09:52,920 on. 185 00:09:53,320 --> 00:09:56,260 That's why, and though I've got sympathy for 186 00:09:56,260 --> 00:09:59,000 the young people, I question that they should 187 00:09:59,000 --> 00:10:01,180 have used that hymn in this context. 188 00:10:01,460 --> 00:10:03,600 They were singing in Cardiff Arms Park, was 189 00:10:03,600 --> 00:10:06,320 it, or wherever that mass Catholic open air 190 00:10:06,320 --> 00:10:10,700 was in the capital of Wales a few 191 00:10:10,700 --> 00:10:12,020 days ago of the Pope. 192 00:10:12,260 --> 00:10:14,840 He's got the whole world in his hands. 193 00:10:15,380 --> 00:10:18,840 How wonderful it would be if physically we 194 00:10:18,840 --> 00:10:23,100 could see someone who was utterly, absolutely infallible, 195 00:10:23,220 --> 00:10:25,240 who could be a lead for us today 196 00:10:25,240 --> 00:10:29,320 in the complex areas that we have to 197 00:10:29,320 --> 00:10:32,820 negotiate as young people and as older people. 198 00:10:33,020 --> 00:10:37,720 It's good to look for infallibility, but you'll 199 00:10:37,720 --> 00:10:40,100 never find it in 20th century man. 200 00:10:40,620 --> 00:10:43,620 You'll not find it in 19th century man, 201 00:10:43,700 --> 00:10:45,560 nor 18th century man. 202 00:10:46,420 --> 00:10:48,320 I want to try to show you this 203 00:10:48,320 --> 00:10:51,060 evening that there is only one being and 204 00:10:51,060 --> 00:10:55,660 one alone who has infallibility, who never makes 205 00:10:55,660 --> 00:10:58,740 a mistake, for that's what infallibility means, who 206 00:10:58,740 --> 00:11:00,800 is never found to be in error, who 207 00:11:00,800 --> 00:11:02,640 is absolutely trustworthy. 208 00:11:03,600 --> 00:11:06,600 When I was working out something of my 209 00:11:06,600 --> 00:11:10,900 address this afternoon, I tried logically to discover 210 00:11:10,900 --> 00:11:14,300 what are facets of infallibility so that you 211 00:11:14,300 --> 00:11:15,900 could recognize such a being. 212 00:11:16,420 --> 00:11:17,660 And it seemed to me that there were 213 00:11:17,660 --> 00:11:18,620 four or five. 214 00:11:19,100 --> 00:11:22,940 Anyone who was to be infallible would first 215 00:11:22,940 --> 00:11:25,960 of all have to have a life without 216 00:11:25,960 --> 00:11:26,360 error. 217 00:11:27,560 --> 00:11:30,700 Secondly, speech without fault. 218 00:11:30,700 --> 00:11:34,660 Thirdly, prediction without mistake. 219 00:11:35,440 --> 00:11:38,320 Fourthly, intuition without flaw. 220 00:11:39,140 --> 00:11:41,960 And fifthly, influence without parallel. 221 00:11:42,680 --> 00:11:45,220 Now you've got all those safely memorized, haven't 222 00:11:45,220 --> 00:11:45,400 you? 223 00:11:45,840 --> 00:11:46,800 Well, I'll try again. 224 00:11:47,320 --> 00:11:51,660 First of all, life without error is basic 225 00:11:51,660 --> 00:11:54,040 to a claim for infallibility. 226 00:11:54,360 --> 00:11:56,200 Speech without fault. 227 00:11:57,280 --> 00:11:59,720 Prediction without mistake. 228 00:11:59,720 --> 00:12:02,780 Intuition without flaw. 229 00:12:03,560 --> 00:12:06,700 Influence without parallel. 230 00:12:07,740 --> 00:12:11,920 Now in the Scriptures you had the question 231 00:12:11,920 --> 00:12:15,680 read to you already twice of our Lord 232 00:12:15,680 --> 00:12:20,020 Jesus Christ when the disciples said who is 233 00:12:20,020 --> 00:12:20,620 this? 234 00:12:20,860 --> 00:12:23,380 What manner of man is this? 235 00:12:23,660 --> 00:12:29,540 Let's test Jesus alongside these five facets which 236 00:12:29,540 --> 00:12:32,120 taken together seem to me to be a 237 00:12:32,120 --> 00:12:35,420 reasonable definition of what infallibility is. 238 00:12:36,200 --> 00:12:40,820 And if our answer indicates that Jesus has 239 00:12:40,820 --> 00:12:44,200 indeed this quality then let's logically make some 240 00:12:44,200 --> 00:12:48,220 commitment to Him and work out the consequences 241 00:12:48,220 --> 00:12:49,560 ourselves. 242 00:12:50,000 --> 00:12:53,960 First of all, if someone is infallible they 243 00:12:53,960 --> 00:12:57,280 must have a life without error. 244 00:12:58,260 --> 00:13:00,460 Do you know on one occasion the Lord 245 00:13:00,460 --> 00:13:03,260 Jesus Christ said to a group of people 246 00:13:03,260 --> 00:13:05,600 who were standing by Him and they weren't 247 00:13:05,600 --> 00:13:09,060 His friends which one of you convicts me 248 00:13:09,060 --> 00:13:09,600 of sin? 249 00:13:10,240 --> 00:13:11,800 That was a tremendous challenge. 250 00:13:12,280 --> 00:13:13,720 Could you say it to your teacher? 251 00:13:14,560 --> 00:13:16,040 Could you say it to your mum, your 252 00:13:16,040 --> 00:13:16,460 dad? 253 00:13:16,720 --> 00:13:18,120 Those of you who are married could you 254 00:13:18,120 --> 00:13:18,980 say it to your husband? 255 00:13:19,140 --> 00:13:21,160 Could you say it to your wife? 256 00:13:21,980 --> 00:13:25,940 Is there anyone here who can point out 257 00:13:25,940 --> 00:13:29,400 anything wrong in my life? 258 00:13:29,620 --> 00:13:31,480 Any error at all? 259 00:13:32,500 --> 00:13:34,860 Well, I guess you just wouldn't dare to 260 00:13:34,860 --> 00:13:37,040 put that challenge because you know so well 261 00:13:37,040 --> 00:13:39,520 that there are many, many things that you 262 00:13:39,520 --> 00:13:43,180 have done which are wrong, which are in 263 00:13:43,180 --> 00:13:43,560 error. 264 00:13:44,640 --> 00:13:46,720 But the Lord Jesus Christ said look, take 265 00:13:46,720 --> 00:13:50,300 a telescope and review even the infancy of 266 00:13:50,300 --> 00:13:51,020 my life. 267 00:13:51,020 --> 00:13:53,040 See it all in perspective. 268 00:13:53,800 --> 00:13:57,660 Take a magnifying glass and scrutinize every particle 269 00:13:57,660 --> 00:14:00,740 of my activity and see if there's anything 270 00:14:00,740 --> 00:14:03,940 that I have done which is wrong, which 271 00:14:03,940 --> 00:14:04,760 is in error. 272 00:14:05,900 --> 00:14:08,400 And the interesting thing is this that those 273 00:14:08,400 --> 00:14:13,440 who lived most closely alongside Jesus they had 274 00:14:13,440 --> 00:14:17,220 to agree that there was nothing wrong in 275 00:14:17,220 --> 00:14:17,860 what He did. 276 00:14:17,860 --> 00:14:21,660 There was nothing wrong in any activity in 277 00:14:21,660 --> 00:14:22,920 which He engaged. 278 00:14:24,380 --> 00:14:26,820 And it wasn't just those who lived closely 279 00:14:26,820 --> 00:14:29,600 to Him who were His disciples. 280 00:14:29,860 --> 00:14:32,980 It was other people who had some encounter 281 00:14:32,980 --> 00:14:33,340 with Him. 282 00:14:33,500 --> 00:14:37,440 There was the wife of Pontius Pilate when 283 00:14:37,440 --> 00:14:41,020 she knew that her husband had the responsibility 284 00:14:41,020 --> 00:14:45,320 of judging Jesus in our terminology she sent 285 00:14:45,320 --> 00:14:48,300 Pilate a telegram and she said have nothing 286 00:14:48,300 --> 00:14:49,860 to do with that just man. 287 00:14:51,200 --> 00:14:55,520 And when Pilate eventually has Jesus in front 288 00:14:55,520 --> 00:14:58,380 of him he says to the Jewish accusers 289 00:14:58,380 --> 00:15:02,300 I find nothing amiss that he has done. 290 00:15:02,980 --> 00:15:07,660 And even Judas who was responsible for betraying 291 00:15:07,660 --> 00:15:10,920 Jesus as he rushes out into the night 292 00:15:10,920 --> 00:15:14,420 his last recorded words as he flings the 293 00:15:14,420 --> 00:15:16,820 money that he's been paid for his betrayal 294 00:15:16,820 --> 00:15:20,980 is this are these I have sinned inasmuch 295 00:15:20,980 --> 00:15:23,820 as I have shed innocent blood. 296 00:15:24,840 --> 00:15:29,600 Whether you accept what Jesus' friends say or 297 00:15:29,600 --> 00:15:32,620 just His mere acquaintances or Judas who you 298 00:15:32,620 --> 00:15:34,980 might take to be His enemy you get 299 00:15:34,980 --> 00:15:39,040 exactly the same conclusion His life is utterly 300 00:15:39,040 --> 00:15:42,020 absolutely without error. 301 00:15:44,460 --> 00:15:46,800 And I don't think in fact I'm dead 302 00:15:46,800 --> 00:15:51,480 sure that there's not one person in the 303 00:15:51,480 --> 00:15:55,700 tab there's not one world leader on the 304 00:15:55,700 --> 00:16:00,500 international stage there's not one politician in Westminster 305 00:16:00,500 --> 00:16:05,500 who would dare to say this there's not 306 00:16:05,500 --> 00:16:10,220 one clergyman there's not one bishop nobody who 307 00:16:10,220 --> 00:16:14,800 is absolutely living a life without error. 308 00:16:14,800 --> 00:16:17,880 But the second thing that I suggested to 309 00:16:17,880 --> 00:16:20,160 you was part of in the concept of 310 00:16:20,160 --> 00:16:23,660 infallibility not just a life without error but 311 00:16:23,660 --> 00:16:25,560 speech without fault. 312 00:16:27,380 --> 00:16:29,760 Jesus said heaven and earth will pass away 313 00:16:29,760 --> 00:16:32,680 but my words will never pass away. 314 00:16:33,700 --> 00:16:35,100 You ever known anyone who's had the cheek 315 00:16:35,100 --> 00:16:35,820 to say that? 316 00:16:36,740 --> 00:16:41,380 Always felt sorry for Mr. Nixon the president 317 00:16:41,380 --> 00:16:44,780 of the US a couple of presidencies ago. 318 00:16:45,400 --> 00:16:47,320 Sorry for him because I believed him to 319 00:16:47,320 --> 00:16:48,760 have been an able man. 320 00:16:49,640 --> 00:16:52,500 But I became even more sorry and so 321 00:16:52,500 --> 00:16:55,420 did he but for different reasons when I 322 00:16:55,420 --> 00:16:59,500 heard that every conversation he ever had in 323 00:16:59,500 --> 00:17:01,340 the White House was taped. 324 00:17:02,240 --> 00:17:05,560 Several years he was president a double office 325 00:17:05,560 --> 00:17:06,119 he did. 326 00:17:07,240 --> 00:17:11,960 And on one occasion Kissinger who was really 327 00:17:11,960 --> 00:17:16,540 his nearest confidant said to Nixon my, they've 328 00:17:16,540 --> 00:17:18,560 got to live seven years just to listen 329 00:17:18,560 --> 00:17:19,839 to all those tapes. 330 00:17:21,359 --> 00:17:23,260 And who'd spend that amount of time? 331 00:17:25,160 --> 00:17:27,780 And when those tapes have rotted in the 332 00:17:27,780 --> 00:17:31,200 archives of some museum or library in the 333 00:17:31,200 --> 00:17:34,520 states in a hundred or two hundred years 334 00:17:34,520 --> 00:17:38,220 if the world continues that time everything that 335 00:17:38,220 --> 00:17:42,400 Nixon said will more or less be forgotten. 336 00:17:42,880 --> 00:17:45,940 And a lot of what he said needed 337 00:17:45,940 --> 00:17:47,460 to be forgotten instantly. 338 00:17:48,340 --> 00:17:48,680 Indeed. 339 00:17:49,320 --> 00:17:50,440 But not Jesus. 340 00:17:51,740 --> 00:17:55,660 Heaven and earth will pass away but my 341 00:17:55,660 --> 00:18:02,520 words will never never never pass away. 342 00:18:03,140 --> 00:18:05,300 Now he wasn't a sort of equivalent to 343 00:18:05,300 --> 00:18:06,520 Nixon in the White House. 344 00:18:06,520 --> 00:18:09,060 He didn't even get a position in the 345 00:18:09,060 --> 00:18:11,740 Senate in Rome. 346 00:18:12,780 --> 00:18:15,380 Jesus was just a carpenter just a carpenter 347 00:18:15,380 --> 00:18:16,680 if you please. 348 00:18:17,140 --> 00:18:21,420 Never went to college never to university never 349 00:18:21,420 --> 00:18:25,820 had a big sponsorship of businessmen never got 350 00:18:25,820 --> 00:18:28,640 into the public media never controlled the equivalent 351 00:18:28,640 --> 00:18:31,040 to the press in these days and yet 352 00:18:31,040 --> 00:18:34,400 this man from such an obscure origin as 353 00:18:34,400 --> 00:18:37,240 Nazareth can anything good come out of Nazareth? 354 00:18:38,040 --> 00:18:41,040 He says, my words have got so much 355 00:18:41,040 --> 00:18:43,500 import built into them that when heaven and 356 00:18:43,500 --> 00:18:47,320 earth pass away the universe will still know 357 00:18:47,320 --> 00:18:50,280 the words which have fallen from my lips. 358 00:18:51,220 --> 00:18:54,020 And you know people began to realize even 359 00:18:54,020 --> 00:18:57,640 in the days when Jesus was alive that 360 00:18:57,640 --> 00:19:00,300 his eloquence was something spectacular. 361 00:19:00,780 --> 00:19:02,600 No man ever spoke like this man. 362 00:19:03,410 --> 00:19:06,760 And that was Roman soldiers who made that 363 00:19:06,760 --> 00:19:07,720 particular comment. 364 00:19:08,600 --> 00:19:11,520 You can read it through and through again 365 00:19:11,520 --> 00:19:14,840 in the Gospels the magnificent words of Jesus 366 00:19:14,840 --> 00:19:19,300 and the response that these words bring statistically 367 00:19:20,280 --> 00:19:24,160 it can be demonstrated that the Gospels are 368 00:19:24,160 --> 00:19:26,840 the greatest literature that was ever written read 369 00:19:26,840 --> 00:19:29,940 by more people quoted by more authorities translated 370 00:19:29,940 --> 00:19:33,400 into more languages represented in more art set 371 00:19:33,400 --> 00:19:36,180 to more music than any other book or 372 00:19:36,180 --> 00:19:36,860 books written. 373 00:19:38,320 --> 00:19:40,200 But the words of Jesus are not just 374 00:19:40,200 --> 00:19:43,120 remarkable because of those statistics which I quoted. 375 00:19:43,840 --> 00:19:46,920 They become remarkable because when Jesus spoke he 376 00:19:46,920 --> 00:19:51,300 addressed his remarks to questions that people were 377 00:19:51,300 --> 00:19:51,840 asking. 378 00:19:52,080 --> 00:19:53,260 What's life all about? 379 00:19:53,380 --> 00:19:54,840 What happens when I die? 380 00:19:55,080 --> 00:19:57,140 How can I deal with the sin that's 381 00:19:57,140 --> 00:19:57,680 in my life? 382 00:19:57,760 --> 00:19:59,220 I've got a guilty conscience. 383 00:19:59,220 --> 00:20:01,040 I feel utterly inadequate. 384 00:20:01,820 --> 00:20:03,120 I've been a prostitute. 385 00:20:03,300 --> 00:20:05,840 I've sold myself, Jesus Christ. 386 00:20:06,320 --> 00:20:09,780 And I feel as dirty within as what 387 00:20:09,780 --> 00:20:11,620 I sometimes look without. 388 00:20:11,920 --> 00:20:13,580 Can you help me? 389 00:20:14,840 --> 00:20:20,660 And Jesus addresses his remarks to those questions. 390 00:20:21,220 --> 00:20:24,260 No wonder that these Gospels have been grabbed 391 00:20:24,260 --> 00:20:27,500 by nations around the world and down the 392 00:20:27,500 --> 00:20:28,000 centuries. 393 00:20:28,000 --> 00:20:31,140 No wonder that men and women have risked 394 00:20:31,140 --> 00:20:34,440 their lives to have them translated into hundreds 395 00:20:34,440 --> 00:20:35,900 of different vernaculars. 396 00:20:37,240 --> 00:20:40,040 Because Jesus is inspired, you see. 397 00:20:41,260 --> 00:20:43,580 Never man acted like this man. 398 00:20:43,820 --> 00:20:47,380 His life is completely without flaw. 399 00:20:47,860 --> 00:20:50,160 His life is completely without error. 400 00:20:50,700 --> 00:20:53,140 No man ever spoke like this man. 401 00:20:53,140 --> 00:20:57,340 His speech is without fault. 402 00:20:58,180 --> 00:21:00,440 But then, it seems to me, there's another 403 00:21:00,440 --> 00:21:03,780 aspect of infallibility that needs to be examined. 404 00:21:04,220 --> 00:21:05,960 Prediction without mistake. 405 00:21:06,860 --> 00:21:09,660 Now, it's no discredit to the Admiral who's 406 00:21:09,660 --> 00:21:12,180 leading the British task force down there in 407 00:21:12,180 --> 00:21:15,240 the southern Atlantic to say that his prediction 408 00:21:15,240 --> 00:21:18,780 about it being a walkover to regain the 409 00:21:18,780 --> 00:21:22,160 Falkland Islands was a little untimely and he 410 00:21:22,160 --> 00:21:24,620 swallowed his own words after saying them and 411 00:21:24,620 --> 00:21:26,680 a day or two later you might remember 412 00:21:26,680 --> 00:21:29,540 two weeks back he said we're in for 413 00:21:29,540 --> 00:21:31,300 a difficult time. 414 00:21:32,120 --> 00:21:35,720 Jesus never had to swallow his words because 415 00:21:35,720 --> 00:21:40,140 when he made a prediction that prediction was 416 00:21:40,140 --> 00:21:41,980 without mistake. 417 00:21:42,800 --> 00:21:46,420 He made minor predictions and also major predictions. 418 00:21:47,020 --> 00:21:49,680 As for minor, well, on one occasion he 419 00:21:49,680 --> 00:21:52,000 sets up a a place where he's going 420 00:21:52,000 --> 00:21:54,460 to have a meal with his disciples. 421 00:21:55,140 --> 00:21:56,780 They don't quite know what room to book 422 00:21:56,780 --> 00:21:58,760 and so Jesus says look, when you go 423 00:21:58,760 --> 00:22:00,720 down that road and into that village you'll 424 00:22:00,720 --> 00:22:05,520 find a colt that's tethered by an ass 425 00:22:05,520 --> 00:22:09,240 and you're to ask the owner for the 426 00:22:09,240 --> 00:22:11,620 use of that so that I can ride 427 00:22:11,620 --> 00:22:14,300 into Jerusalem and what's more you'll find a 428 00:22:14,300 --> 00:22:16,980 man doing a very unusual thing. 429 00:22:17,260 --> 00:22:19,160 He'll be carrying a jar of water. 430 00:22:19,160 --> 00:22:22,460 Follow that man and book a room in 431 00:22:22,460 --> 00:22:25,280 his household because it's there that I want 432 00:22:25,280 --> 00:22:28,060 to hold a Passover meal with you. 433 00:22:28,820 --> 00:22:32,100 When Jesus predicts even minor events they come 434 00:22:32,100 --> 00:22:33,220 through to the very letter. 435 00:22:34,480 --> 00:22:39,560 But major events why, they are equally magnificent. 436 00:22:40,700 --> 00:22:42,800 He speaks in terms of his own death. 437 00:22:43,100 --> 00:22:44,920 Lord, you're not going to go to Jerusalem. 438 00:22:45,120 --> 00:22:45,660 Yes, I am. 439 00:22:45,700 --> 00:22:46,360 Why are you going? 440 00:22:46,360 --> 00:22:48,600 Well, I'm going to Jerusalem to die. 441 00:22:49,820 --> 00:22:52,000 And that didn't turn the disciples on at 442 00:22:52,000 --> 00:22:52,280 all. 443 00:22:52,440 --> 00:22:54,280 They thought it was a terrible business. 444 00:22:55,000 --> 00:22:57,080 And what's more they began to believe him 445 00:22:57,080 --> 00:22:59,460 by now because everything else he predicted had 446 00:22:59,460 --> 00:23:03,500 come true and they got that unusual feeling 447 00:23:03,500 --> 00:23:07,000 of his uncanny accuracy when he stilled the 448 00:23:07,000 --> 00:23:10,660 winds and the waves and they by this 449 00:23:10,660 --> 00:23:13,680 time surely had logically come to the conclusion 450 00:23:13,680 --> 00:23:15,660 that if he could handle that situation then 451 00:23:15,660 --> 00:23:18,000 it could be right that at Jerusalem he 452 00:23:18,000 --> 00:23:19,280 was in for a nasty time. 453 00:23:20,260 --> 00:23:22,700 And they weren't exactly looking forward to sharing 454 00:23:22,700 --> 00:23:23,320 it with him. 455 00:23:24,240 --> 00:23:26,420 And he was dead right accurate. 456 00:23:27,280 --> 00:23:29,220 The Sanhedrin they got it all together the 457 00:23:29,220 --> 00:23:33,280 arrest in Jerusalem the treachery of Judas. 458 00:23:34,020 --> 00:23:36,940 But all these things Jesus predicts and they're 459 00:23:36,940 --> 00:23:38,600 fulfilled to the last letter. 460 00:23:40,140 --> 00:23:44,700 Then later on he told his disciples after 461 00:23:44,700 --> 00:23:45,920 his death he'd come back. 462 00:23:46,240 --> 00:23:48,120 He reminded them of Old Testament history. 463 00:23:48,240 --> 00:23:49,180 You know that fellow Jonah? 464 00:23:49,380 --> 00:23:49,980 Three days. 465 00:23:50,660 --> 00:23:51,780 The belly of a big fish. 466 00:23:52,300 --> 00:23:55,480 So as he was there incarcerated in that 467 00:23:55,480 --> 00:23:59,020 submarine fish so I will be in the 468 00:23:59,020 --> 00:24:01,940 heart of the earth for three days and 469 00:24:01,940 --> 00:24:03,940 on the third day I'll be brought back 470 00:24:03,940 --> 00:24:04,420 again. 471 00:24:05,100 --> 00:24:07,680 And that is one of the most remarkable 472 00:24:07,680 --> 00:24:12,040 events of history with so much positive evidence. 473 00:24:12,040 --> 00:24:15,380 Jesus predicted the fall of Jerusalem in AD 474 00:24:15,380 --> 00:24:16,020 70. 475 00:24:16,740 --> 00:24:19,420 Jesus had some idea of the armies of 476 00:24:19,420 --> 00:24:22,040 Rome coming around Jerusalem in 140. 477 00:24:23,040 --> 00:24:26,620 Jesus said that his gospel would circumnavigate the 478 00:24:26,620 --> 00:24:27,080 globe. 479 00:24:27,600 --> 00:24:30,240 And everything that he said to the minutest 480 00:24:30,240 --> 00:24:31,480 detail came true. 481 00:24:31,680 --> 00:24:35,860 That's what you would expect if you postulate 482 00:24:35,860 --> 00:24:37,120 infallibility. 483 00:24:38,360 --> 00:24:39,880 This is where it's a bit of a 484 00:24:39,880 --> 00:24:42,520 laugh what happened in 1870 in Rome. 485 00:24:42,880 --> 00:24:48,260 You can't conceivably imagine a man ever being 486 00:24:48,260 --> 00:24:49,080 infallible. 487 00:24:49,640 --> 00:24:52,020 Not to this degree when you take the 488 00:24:52,020 --> 00:24:54,680 word infallibility and squeeze it work out all 489 00:24:54,680 --> 00:24:55,300 its meaning. 490 00:24:56,000 --> 00:24:57,460 Who on earth is infallible? 491 00:24:59,220 --> 00:25:00,920 Is anyone like Jesus here today? 492 00:25:01,980 --> 00:25:03,800 You take your trade union leaders when Arthur 493 00:25:03,800 --> 00:25:06,600 Scargill comes on the television set does he 494 00:25:06,600 --> 00:25:08,680 fill you with inspiration or perspiration? 495 00:25:10,500 --> 00:25:15,960 And you could say the complimentary thing about 496 00:25:15,960 --> 00:25:20,160 the management of British affairs. 497 00:25:21,240 --> 00:25:24,180 All our leaders do you find anything like 498 00:25:24,180 --> 00:25:26,940 the Lord Jesus Christ and ability to predict 499 00:25:26,940 --> 00:25:28,220 and to deliver the goods? 500 00:25:29,660 --> 00:25:31,960 I've yet to find in my relatively short 501 00:25:31,960 --> 00:25:37,290 life a political party that's kept its manifesto 502 00:25:37,290 --> 00:25:37,690 promises. 503 00:25:38,590 --> 00:25:40,610 They mean well and they predict what they're 504 00:25:40,610 --> 00:25:41,570 going to do and then when they get 505 00:25:41,570 --> 00:25:42,950 into office they tell you well it's a 506 00:25:42,950 --> 00:25:44,510 different ball game because now they've seen the 507 00:25:44,510 --> 00:25:47,090 books and they can't give you just what 508 00:25:47,090 --> 00:25:50,070 they've promised because they're not infallible. 509 00:25:50,830 --> 00:25:56,570 But Jesus delivers the goods and when you 510 00:25:56,570 --> 00:26:00,230 test his life the minor areas the major 511 00:26:00,230 --> 00:26:03,610 areas of his predictive ability there's truth that 512 00:26:03,610 --> 00:26:04,430 rings through. 513 00:26:04,690 --> 00:26:06,590 This is no hoax this gospel it's not 514 00:26:06,590 --> 00:26:09,950 like the piltdown man that forgery you remember 515 00:26:09,950 --> 00:26:12,030 that was skillfully put together to try and 516 00:26:12,030 --> 00:26:13,930 deceive others that we'd found the missing link. 517 00:26:14,970 --> 00:26:17,350 Jesus and what he had to say and 518 00:26:17,350 --> 00:26:20,990 his predictions were accurate to the last letter. 519 00:26:21,550 --> 00:26:23,830 Well you would expect that of infallibility. 520 00:26:24,490 --> 00:26:26,070 So what points have I given you that 521 00:26:26,070 --> 00:26:29,110 infallibility demands a life without error speech without 522 00:26:29,110 --> 00:26:34,730 fault prediction without mistakes and intuition without flaw. 523 00:26:35,530 --> 00:26:36,670 You know what intuition is? 524 00:26:37,890 --> 00:26:40,390 If I say I can read you right 525 00:26:40,390 --> 00:26:44,270 now and I really can do it then 526 00:26:44,270 --> 00:26:45,070 that's intuition. 527 00:26:45,910 --> 00:26:49,110 If I know what you're thinking just now 528 00:26:49,110 --> 00:26:50,570 and again I pick up the vibes if 529 00:26:50,570 --> 00:26:54,250 you're yawning but by and large I do 530 00:26:54,250 --> 00:26:56,690 not have the ability to be intuitive. 531 00:26:57,310 --> 00:27:00,010 But Jesus he's completely different he spots a 532 00:27:00,010 --> 00:27:02,370 man by the name of Nicodemus and he 533 00:27:02,370 --> 00:27:04,930 ministers to Nicodemus you can read it in 534 00:27:04,930 --> 00:27:07,690 John's gospel and the first chapter and this 535 00:27:07,690 --> 00:27:10,530 man is so amazed you know me and 536 00:27:10,530 --> 00:27:12,110 yet we've never even been introduced. 537 00:27:13,430 --> 00:27:14,930 Says Jesus yes I know I know all 538 00:27:14,930 --> 00:27:15,490 about you. 539 00:27:16,850 --> 00:27:20,370 And even for Judas Jesus wasn't caught by 540 00:27:20,370 --> 00:27:23,950 surprise when this man engaged in the greatest 541 00:27:23,950 --> 00:27:26,090 treachery that history has ever known. 542 00:27:27,130 --> 00:27:30,530 Jesus knows what is in men. 543 00:27:30,990 --> 00:27:32,750 He knows what is in their heart. 544 00:27:32,950 --> 00:27:35,070 Look at Peter I'm not going to deny 545 00:27:35,070 --> 00:27:38,510 you oh yes you are Peter I've seen 546 00:27:38,510 --> 00:27:40,810 it all I can see right through you. 547 00:27:41,110 --> 00:27:43,090 Peter you're a transparent book as far as 548 00:27:43,090 --> 00:27:45,670 I'm concerned I can turn the pages over 549 00:27:45,670 --> 00:27:48,070 one by one and I can read it 550 00:27:48,070 --> 00:27:48,450 all. 551 00:27:51,120 --> 00:27:53,900 Matthew or rather John's gospel has a remarkable 552 00:27:53,900 --> 00:27:57,500 comment it says of the Lord Jesus Christ 553 00:27:57,500 --> 00:28:01,400 that he never entrusted himself into the care 554 00:28:01,400 --> 00:28:05,160 of man because he knew what was in 555 00:28:05,160 --> 00:28:05,560 a man. 556 00:28:07,830 --> 00:28:10,930 Have you ever thought that if Jesus is 557 00:28:10,930 --> 00:28:15,410 utterly infallible he knows all about you. 558 00:28:16,030 --> 00:28:18,630 You see you can fool me that's relatively 559 00:28:18,630 --> 00:28:19,230 easy. 560 00:28:20,030 --> 00:28:22,870 You can fool your parents you can fool 561 00:28:22,870 --> 00:28:26,330 your loved ones but if Jesus has the 562 00:28:26,330 --> 00:28:30,090 ingredient so to speak the characteristic of infallibility 563 00:28:30,090 --> 00:28:33,010 then he sees through you just like he 564 00:28:33,010 --> 00:28:37,610 saw through Peter and that's quite an embarrassing 565 00:28:37,610 --> 00:28:40,750 business if you've done things that you are 566 00:28:41,390 --> 00:28:43,270 as most of us if not all of 567 00:28:43,270 --> 00:28:45,990 us have ashamed of. 568 00:28:48,270 --> 00:28:53,970 Jesus' infallibility was an intuition without flaw it 569 00:28:53,970 --> 00:28:57,450 was a prediction without mistake there was speech 570 00:28:57,450 --> 00:29:01,110 without fault there was life without error but 571 00:29:01,110 --> 00:29:03,130 the last thing and I promised last week 572 00:29:03,130 --> 00:29:04,590 that I wouldn't speak too long so I'm 573 00:29:04,590 --> 00:29:07,010 keeping my promise the last thing about the 574 00:29:07,010 --> 00:29:09,990 Lord Jesus Christ if he is infallible is 575 00:29:09,990 --> 00:29:14,690 this he will have influence without parallel influence 576 00:29:14,690 --> 00:29:20,390 without parallel the infallible life will be an 577 00:29:20,390 --> 00:29:25,570 influential life and it's interesting is it not 578 00:29:25,570 --> 00:29:30,950 that when you read the Bible today it's 579 00:29:30,950 --> 00:29:36,090 got relevance to the lives that we live 580 00:29:36,930 --> 00:29:42,430 when you study Jesus and his sayings you 581 00:29:42,430 --> 00:29:44,870 know full well that he's got something that's 582 00:29:44,870 --> 00:29:48,250 very important to share with you and to 583 00:29:48,250 --> 00:29:50,970 share with me you look down the centuries 584 00:29:50,970 --> 00:29:54,690 and you discover that Jesus bisects history A 585 00:29:54,690 --> 00:29:57,930 .D. B.C. you find that most of 586 00:29:57,930 --> 00:30:01,290 the vanguard of improvement that there has been 587 00:30:01,290 --> 00:30:05,510 here in Europe can trace its inspiration back 588 00:30:05,510 --> 00:30:07,330 to the Lord Jesus where did we get 589 00:30:07,330 --> 00:30:09,610 our hospitals from where did we get our 590 00:30:09,610 --> 00:30:12,230 schools from where did most of the philanthropic 591 00:30:12,230 --> 00:30:15,890 organizations come from and by and large you 592 00:30:15,890 --> 00:30:20,050 find that the majority are traced back to 593 00:30:20,050 --> 00:30:22,450 the ethical teaching and the way that that 594 00:30:22,450 --> 00:30:26,990 has influenced men and women down the down 595 00:30:26,990 --> 00:30:35,950 the centuries his influence is incomparable listen he 596 00:30:35,950 --> 00:30:39,410 was born in an obscure village the child 597 00:30:39,410 --> 00:30:42,330 of a peasant woman he grew up in 598 00:30:42,330 --> 00:30:45,230 still another village where he worked in a 599 00:30:45,230 --> 00:30:48,430 carpenter shop till he was thirty then for 600 00:30:48,430 --> 00:30:51,290 three years he was an itinerant preacher he 601 00:30:51,290 --> 00:30:53,150 never wrote a book he never held an 602 00:30:53,150 --> 00:30:55,170 office he never had a family or owned 603 00:30:55,170 --> 00:30:57,750 a house he didn't go to college he 604 00:30:57,750 --> 00:31:00,190 never visited a big city he never traveled 605 00:31:00,190 --> 00:31:02,050 two hundred miles from the place where he 606 00:31:02,050 --> 00:31:04,210 was born he did none of the things 607 00:31:04,210 --> 00:31:07,350 one usually associates with greatness he had no 608 00:31:07,350 --> 00:31:10,530 credentials but himself he was only thirty three 609 00:31:10,530 --> 00:31:13,070 when the tide of public opinion turned against 610 00:31:13,070 --> 00:31:15,830 him his friends ran away he was turned 611 00:31:15,830 --> 00:31:17,710 over to his enemies and went through the 612 00:31:17,710 --> 00:31:20,110 mockery of a trial he was nailed to 613 00:31:20,110 --> 00:31:22,730 a cross between two thieves while he was 614 00:31:22,730 --> 00:31:25,430 dying his execution a gamble for his clothing 615 00:31:25,430 --> 00:31:28,590 the only property he had on earth when 616 00:31:28,590 --> 00:31:30,750 he was dead he was laid in a 617 00:31:30,750 --> 00:31:34,390 borrowed grave through the pity of a friend 618 00:31:34,690 --> 00:31:37,850 nineteen centuries have come and gone and today 619 00:31:37,850 --> 00:31:40,230 he is the central figure of the human 620 00:31:40,230 --> 00:31:44,250 race and the leader of mankind's progress it 621 00:31:44,250 --> 00:31:46,170 might be said of all the armies that 622 00:31:46,170 --> 00:31:48,330 ever marched of all the navies that ever 623 00:31:48,330 --> 00:31:50,990 sailed of all the governments that ever reigned 624 00:31:50,990 --> 00:31:54,570 all these compressed together have not affected the 625 00:31:54,570 --> 00:31:58,990 history of mankind like the life of that 626 00:31:58,990 --> 00:32:05,270 peasant from Nazareth a man who is infallible 627 00:32:05,790 --> 00:32:12,270 will have an influence without parallel and that's 628 00:32:12,270 --> 00:32:15,290 exactly the case with Jesus now I ask 629 00:32:15,290 --> 00:32:18,110 you once again take my points lay them 630 00:32:18,110 --> 00:32:20,870 alongside any philosopher that you might know or 631 00:32:20,870 --> 00:32:23,910 any great person here in Worthing lay them 632 00:32:23,910 --> 00:32:28,230 alongside any politician any charismatic figure that comes 633 00:32:28,230 --> 00:32:30,950 across the television screen that you hear of 634 00:32:30,950 --> 00:32:33,850 in radio that you read about in the 635 00:32:33,850 --> 00:32:37,170 newspapers and see if they have these qualities 636 00:32:37,170 --> 00:32:41,310 a life without error speech without fault prediction 637 00:32:41,310 --> 00:32:46,070 without mistake intuition without flaw influence without parallel 638 00:32:48,150 --> 00:32:51,930 but I'll tell you right now that your 639 00:32:51,930 --> 00:32:54,870 quest would be in vain because there's only 640 00:32:54,870 --> 00:32:59,130 one person like that there's only one who's 641 00:32:59,130 --> 00:33:04,050 infallible and that is Jesus Christ do you 642 00:33:04,050 --> 00:33:04,530 know him? 643 00:33:06,070 --> 00:33:10,150 has his influence taken hold of your life 644 00:33:10,150 --> 00:33:13,170 to the extent that you have placed yourself 645 00:33:13,530 --> 00:33:17,450 under his control there's a question in the 646 00:33:17,450 --> 00:33:20,030 Old Testament that says this you'll not understand 647 00:33:20,030 --> 00:33:21,370 it when I quote it but you will 648 00:33:21,370 --> 00:33:24,090 when I explain it what will you do 649 00:33:24,090 --> 00:33:28,350 in the swelling of the Jordan tomorrow I 650 00:33:28,350 --> 00:33:30,750 have to conduct the memorial service for a 651 00:33:30,750 --> 00:33:34,670 deaconess of this church she died just a 652 00:33:34,670 --> 00:33:37,910 few days ago I saw her hours before 653 00:33:37,910 --> 00:33:40,690 she died and she was full of faith 654 00:33:40,690 --> 00:33:43,070 in the Lord Jesus knowing that the surgeon 655 00:33:43,070 --> 00:33:46,210 was gambling with her life with the best 656 00:33:46,210 --> 00:33:47,970 intents in the world as far as he 657 00:33:47,970 --> 00:33:50,610 was concerned and she wasn't afraid to die 658 00:33:51,450 --> 00:33:53,890 what will you do in the swelling of 659 00:33:53,890 --> 00:33:58,990 the Jordan can you say as the psalmist 660 00:33:58,990 --> 00:34:01,510 says in the 23rd Psalm yea when I 661 00:34:01,510 --> 00:34:03,510 walk through the valley of the shadow of 662 00:34:03,510 --> 00:34:05,930 death I will fear no evil why? 663 00:34:06,770 --> 00:34:09,130 because I've come under the influence of the 664 00:34:09,130 --> 00:34:12,550 infallible Christ who died to save my soul 665 00:34:12,550 --> 00:34:17,670 and promises me life eternal now and ultimately 666 00:34:17,670 --> 00:34:22,469 reception into his father's house what will you 667 00:34:22,469 --> 00:34:25,550 do when you stand in front of almighty 668 00:34:25,550 --> 00:34:28,310 God this life that you live was given 669 00:34:28,310 --> 00:34:30,850 you it's on loan it's on trust God 670 00:34:30,850 --> 00:34:33,090 if you like is the bank manager one 671 00:34:33,090 --> 00:34:35,690 day you have to give an account you've 672 00:34:35,690 --> 00:34:38,230 messed it up we've all messed it up 673 00:34:38,989 --> 00:34:41,090 so what do you do when you stand 674 00:34:41,090 --> 00:34:43,170 before God embarrassed? 675 00:34:43,929 --> 00:34:45,969 nothing to say for the sins that you 676 00:34:45,969 --> 00:34:49,570 have committed no excuses to proffer that will 677 00:34:49,570 --> 00:34:53,350 hold any water at all listen having come 678 00:34:53,350 --> 00:34:56,270 under the influence of the infallible Christ I 679 00:34:56,270 --> 00:34:58,230 can sing from the depths of my heart 680 00:34:58,230 --> 00:35:01,830 bold shall I stand on that great day 681 00:35:01,830 --> 00:35:05,250 and who ought to my charge shall lay 682 00:35:05,250 --> 00:35:06,210 why? 683 00:35:07,090 --> 00:35:12,270 because Jesus influenced me by his great love 684 00:35:12,270 --> 00:35:16,710 and example he took my sin he bore 685 00:35:16,710 --> 00:35:20,170 it on the cross and he pronounced me 686 00:35:20,170 --> 00:35:26,330 whole he absolved me from my guilt do 687 00:35:26,330 --> 00:35:28,950 you need someone who is infallible you definitely 688 00:35:28,950 --> 00:35:32,370 do because only such a being can minister 689 00:35:32,370 --> 00:35:35,470 to your need but such a being will 690 00:35:35,470 --> 00:35:37,550 have to be God what manner of man 691 00:35:37,550 --> 00:35:38,350 is this? 692 00:35:38,910 --> 00:35:43,210 man truly but not all man only he 693 00:35:43,210 --> 00:35:45,270 is the son of man and he is 694 00:35:45,270 --> 00:35:48,310 the son of God let's bow our hearts 695 00:35:48,310 --> 00:36:09,690 in prayer and 696 00:36:09,690 --> 00:36:13,490 let's just make that commitment total commitment again 697 00:36:13,490 --> 00:36:18,350 perhaps by all this congregation and certainly on 698 00:36:18,350 --> 00:36:20,050 the part of those who are not sure 699 00:36:20,050 --> 00:36:25,900 whether they are Christians let's pray quietly in 700 00:36:25,900 --> 00:36:29,920 our hearts something like this Lord God we 701 00:36:29,920 --> 00:36:36,140 come to you we have a quest to 702 00:36:36,140 --> 00:36:38,540 find someone who is infallible who can help 703 00:36:38,540 --> 00:36:46,980 us someone whose life was without error speech 704 00:36:46,980 --> 00:36:57,760 was without flaw predictions absolutely accurate influence 705 00:36:57,760 --> 00:37:04,420 without parallel we find your son fulfilling all 706 00:37:04,420 --> 00:37:09,470 this and he tells us to come and 707 00:37:09,470 --> 00:37:12,510 so we ask that you will because of 708 00:37:12,510 --> 00:37:18,420 what he has done forgive our sins you 709 00:37:18,420 --> 00:37:21,260 know who we are and what we are 710 00:37:21,260 --> 00:37:26,840 like and through Jesus we are beginning to 711 00:37:26,840 --> 00:37:30,940 discover who you are and what you are 712 00:37:30,940 --> 00:37:40,650 like take us into your family accept 713 00:37:40,650 --> 00:37:45,710 us as we confess our sin and fill 714 00:37:45,710 --> 00:37:49,690 us with your spirit and enable us to 715 00:37:49,690 --> 00:37:55,310 go through life trusting in you through our 716 00:37:55,310 --> 00:39:56,600 Lord Jesus Christ Amen Holy, 717 00:40:47,130 --> 00:41:37,950 Holy, Holy The infallible 718 00:41:37,950 --> 00:41:42,830 Christ was in very nature God not considering 719 00:41:42,830 --> 00:41:46,650 equality with God something to be grasped made 720 00:41:46,650 --> 00:41:49,410 himself nothing taking the very nature of a 721 00:41:49,410 --> 00:41:52,610 servant being made in human likeness and being 722 00:41:52,610 --> 00:41:55,190 found in appearance as a man he humbled 723 00:41:55,190 --> 00:41:58,810 himself and became obedient to death even death 724 00:41:58,810 --> 00:42:02,510 on a cross therefore God exalted him to 725 00:42:02,510 --> 00:42:05,410 the highest place and gave him the name 726 00:42:05,410 --> 00:42:07,430 that is above every name that at the 727 00:42:07,430 --> 00:42:10,950 name of Jesus every knee should bow in 728 00:42:10,950 --> 00:42:12,750 heaven and on earth and under the earth 729 00:42:12,750 --> 00:42:16,310 and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is 730 00:42:16,310 --> 00:42:20,390 Lord to the glory of God the Father 731 00:42:20,390 --> 00:42:24,470 Lord we thank you for your infallible Son 732 00:42:24,470 --> 00:42:28,730 we praise you for his inerrant word help 733 00:42:28,730 --> 00:42:31,910 us to respond to all that you make 734 00:42:31,910 --> 00:42:36,030 available to us through him and by the 735 00:42:36,030 --> 00:42:39,290 Bible for Jesus sake Amen