The Perfect Son Who Became Our Perfect Savior 1

In this part of the sermon: Martin defines sin as any lack of conformity to or transgression of God's law, affecting deeds, words, attitudes, and motives. He then vividly illustrates what Jesus' perfect…

Martin uses the analogy of a chalk line on the platform representing God's law, 'obey your parents,' to illustrate how sin is either falling short of the line (lack of conformity) or stepping over it (transgression).

Imagine that I took a large, thick chalk, the kind you write out on the parking lot with when you're going to play hopscotch, et cetera. And I drew a line here on the platform. That line is God's law that says, children, obey your parents, honor your father and your mother. That's God's standard.

16:31 - 16:55 Read in full sermon

Driving home: Had Jesus pouted once, you would be on your way to hell with no hope. Just once. If he dishonored his mother and father with a pout, with a whine, you and I would be done for it.

He uses the metaphor of a 'large steel plate in our souls' and temptation as a 'powerful magnet' to explain humanity's internal predisposition to sin, contrasting it with Jesus' soul which had no such plate.

He was utterly sinless. He had to be sinless if He was to be God's spotless Lamb to die for the sins of others. He must have no sin of His own for which to die. But what did that mean in the concrete reality of being expelled from Mary's womb as a baby? Being a dependent infant upon Mary's breast? Being a toddler in the home up in Nazareth? Being a young boy going out to the carpenter's shop with his daddy? What did it mean when he entered adolescence and his, quote, teenage years? What did it mean when he entered adolescence and his, quote, teenage years? What did it mean for Jesus to be utte...

18:46 - 19:55 Read in full sermon

Driving home: Had Jesus pouted once, you would be on your way to hell with no hope. Just once. If he dishonored his mother and father with a pout, with a whine, you and I would be done for it.

Martin gives the example of Jesus as a baby, stating He never cried out of petulant anger, only legitimate physical need, to illustrate His sinless nature from birth.

There's a fundamental difference. But nonetheless, to think of Him from the time He was born to the time He hung upon the cross. Never once in thought, in motive, in attitude, in desire, in disposition, let alone in word of deed, never once did He fail to give all the honor that was due to His earthly parents and to obey them in ways appropriate to parental will and desire. Never once. Now think with that mind. Here He is, a little baby in arms. He never cried out of petulant anger. He only cried when he had legitimate physical need. If Mary poked him with a pin when she changed

20:51 - 21:50 Read in full sermon

Driving home: Had Jesus pouted once, you would be on your way to hell with no hope. Just once. If he dishonored his mother and father with a pout, with a whine, you and I would be done for it.

He uses the vivid example of Jesus never sticking out His lower lip or pouting when given direction by Mary and Joseph to demonstrate His perfect obedience and lack of sinful disposition.

his diaper, he would have cried just like any other baby. You parents know it isn't long before you can tell the difference between the cry of legitimate need and pain and the cry of self-pity. Never once did Mary or Joseph hear a cry that was born of petulance and selfishness. And as a little boy, never once did his lower lip come out and say, when given direction by Mary and by Joseph. Think of it. Never once did that lip come out. Never once did that lip come out and say, when given direction by Mary and by Joseph. Think of it. Never

21:50 - 22:39 Read in full sermon

Driving home: Had Jesus pouted once, you would be on your way to hell with no hope. Just once. If he dishonored his mother and father with a pout, with a whine, you and I would be done for it.

Martin states Jesus never threw a temper tantrum or whined to manipulate His parents, emphasizing that even one such act would have rendered Him an unfit Savior.

once. Never once. Never once did he even feel a disposition to stick out his lower lip and to pout when he couldn't have his own way. Never once did he throw himself on the floor in a temper tantrum. Never once did he whine to try to manipulate his parents to get his own way. Never once. Had Jesus pouted once, you would be on your way to hell with no hope. Just once. If he dishonored his mother and father with a pout, with a whine, you and I would be done for it. We'd have no Savior. No Savior. There would be a spot upon that lamb that when God examined him, he would say, no, that lamb cannot ...

22:39 - 23:41 Read in full sermon

Driving home: Had Jesus pouted once, you would be on your way to hell with no hope. Just once. If he dishonored his mother and father with a pout, with a whine, you and I would be done for it.

He illustrates Jesus' sinlessness in adolescence by stating He never showed disrespect, raised His eyebrows, or gave a 'look' to His parents.

As an adolescent, he began to develop his own independent judgment, and he did. And we shall see, God willing, two weeks from today, as I try to open up the passage of his time in the temple and what appears to some to be a bit of cheekiness in the way he dealt with his parents. No. Never once did he show disrespect. Never once did he raise his eyebrows and give that look. You know what I'm talking about?

23:41 - 24:14 Read in full sermon

Driving home: Had Jesus pouted once, you would be on your way to hell with no hope. Just once. If he dishonored his mother and father with a pout, with a whine, you and I would be done for it.

Martin provides examples of Jesus never sneaking behind His parents' backs, starting arguments, or failing to use polite words like 'please' and 'thank you' to show His consistent honor and obedience.

Hm? Never once. He didn't even do it in the privacy of his own room. Never once did he sneak behind Joseph and Mary's back to go out and spend time with his buddies. Never once did he start an argument with them. Never once. Never once. Never once. Never once did he fail to say, please, when that was part of honoring. Never once did he fail to say, thank you. Never once did he fail to help Mary on with her cloak when that was part of honoring her. Never once did he fail to pick up every piece of wood when Joseph told him to clean up the carpenter's shop before he came to supper.

24:16 - 25:08 Read in full sermon

Driving home: Had Jesus pouted once, you would be on your way to hell with no hope. Just once. If he dishonored his mother and father with a pout, with a whine, you and I would be done for it.

He uses the examples of Jesus helping Mary with her cloak and cleaning Joseph's carpenter's shop to illustrate His practical acts of honoring and obeying His parents.

Hm? Never once. He didn't even do it in the privacy of his own room. Never once did he sneak behind Joseph and Mary's back to go out and spend time with his buddies. Never once did he start an argument with them. Never once. Never once. Never once. Never once did he fail to say, please, when that was part of honoring. Never once did he fail to say, thank you. Never once did he fail to help Mary on with her cloak when that was part of honoring her. Never once did he fail to pick up every piece of wood when Joseph told him to clean up the carpenter's shop before he came to supper.

24:16 - 25:08 Read in full sermon

In this part of the sermon: Martin uses the imagery of God examining Jesus, the Lamb of God, and finding no blemish, confirming His perfect suitability to die for the sins of others. He quotes 1 Peter…

Martin uses the imagery of God looking into the demands of His law and pulling back the 'fleece of the lamb of God' to scrutinize its 'moral texture' for any blemish, finding none, to convey God's perfect approval of Jesus' sinlessness.

In whom I am not merely pleased but well pleased. Well pleased. So when it comes for him to die. If I may use this imagery.

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Driving home: That's what your failure to honor your mother and your father looks like. Stripped of all the dulling influence of a generation marked by rejection of their authority.

He uses vivid imagery of Christ's bruised body, crown of thorns, lacerated back, nails, hollow eyes, sighs, groanings, and the shrouded heaven to make the cross a visceral representation of God's wrath against sin, including disobedience to parents.

And you've resisted their legitimate authority. What does God think about those things? Go to the cross. I dare you in your mind's eye.

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