In this compelling installment, Cherri Campbell leads us through an exploration of biblical passages that present Jesus as the precious cornerstone and eternal Word. Through precise scriptural references, listeners are invited to reflect on the profound implications of Jesus’ birth and life, seen as the culmination of divine prophecies and the embodiment of a singular blessed Word. Expand your understanding of faith and divine gifts as you discover how every believer is cherished in God’s eyes, akin to the redeeming and precious presence of Jesus.
00:00:00 What is the Word? Precious Seed, Jesus, the Word made flesh
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Good morning. Welcome to Victorious Faith. I’m Cherri Campbell. This morning, I’m going to begin sharing with you message number six in a series of messages that I preached in our Victorious Faith services called, What is the Word? And this message number six is called, What is the Word? Precious Seed, Jesus, the Word made flesh. So join me now in our live service for the beginning of this message. Number six, What is the Word? Precious Seed, Jesus, the Word made flesh. We’re on a series called What is the Word? And I’m just going to jump into this, not doing any review. But we’re talking about what is the word, and this is part six. The word is precious seed. Also, we’re going to see that the word is Jesus. Jesus is the word made flesh or the seed made flesh. And during the offering, we looked at that word precious that came up. And we’re going to see it here. I want us to notice how often Peter uses the word precious in these verses. Jesus is our precious gift. 1 Peter 1, 18 to 20 says, For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your forefathers, but with the precious… blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect. He was chosen before the creation of the world. I want to point out right there that chosen, it has to do with the sacrificial lamb that God gave the instructions to the priests and actually began at the Passover that they were to select a lamb at the Passover in Exodus and They were actually supposed to keep a lamb even close to the house where it became a pet because it was to become precious to them, not just any lamb in the field. It had to be a precious lamb. It meant something like a pet being crucified because it represents Jesus, God’s son, and how dear Jesus was to the father. That lamb had to become dear to the family. So I think they brought it. They may have brought it in the house. But they were to bring a lamb and bring it to them and take care of it for a while so that it would become precious to them, dear to them, not just be, oh, it’s one of a hundred lambs out there. It doesn’t matter anything. So it was supposed to be a precious gift offered. And the lamb was also supposed to be without blemish or defect. So they had to go through the flock of sheep and lambs. and choose one that was without blemish or defect. So this is referring to that Passover, the sacrificial lamb that was chosen. Jesus, the precious blood of Christ, was a lamb without blemish or defect, and he was chosen. He was chosen, set aside from before the creation of the world. He was precious to the Father, but was revealed in these last times for your sake. The word precious means extremely valuable. And we see in Psalm 49.8, the ransom for a life is costly. Actually, the King James Version uses the word precious. The life, the ransom of a life is precious. No payment is ever enough. You are… are so valuable that nothing could buy you except the precious lamb of God, Jesus. That’s how precious you are. No silver or gold could save you. Only the precious blood of Jesus. You are precious. God gave Jesus his precious son to buy you. You are as equally precious to the father as Jesus is. That’s amazing. Can really make your brain go tilt. that we are as precious to the Father as Jesus is. And then also in 1 Peter, again, in 1 Peter 2, verses 4 through 7, notice the words precious. As you come to him, the living stone, rejected by men but chosen by God, and precious to him. You also, like living stones… are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. For in Scripture it says, See, I lay a stone in Zion, a chosen and precious cornerstone, and the one who trusts in him will never be put to shame. Now to you who believe, this stone is precious. And who is it? It’s Jesus. But to those who do not believe the stone, the builders rejected has become the capstone. So I want you to see how Jesus is called precious, both in chapter one as a precious lamb. And then in chapter two as a precious cornerstone. But Jesus himself is precious. Would you agree? Amen. But because his blood purchased you, that makes you equal in preciousness. To him. God gave Jesus for you. That means you are just as precious to the Father as Jesus is. Hallelujah. And now we see, okay, Jesus is precious. Now the word of God is the seed that made Mary pregnant. This is where we’re going to read the Christmas story in Luke chapter 1, verses 26 through 35 and 37, 38. In the sixth month, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. The angel went to her and said, Greetings, you who are highly favored. The Lord is with you. Mary was greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of greeting this might be. But the angel said to her, Do not be afraid, Mary. You have found favor with God. You will be with child and give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus. He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David, and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever. His kingdom will never end. Hallelujah. How will this be, Mary asked the angel, since I am a virgin? The angel answered, the Holy Spirit will come upon you and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the Holy One to be born will be called the Son of God. Verse 37, for nothing is impossible with God. Verse 38, I am the Lord’s servant, Mary answered. May it be to me as you have said. Then the angel left her. Now, I want you to see that the words spoken to Mary were the seed. The words, they were God’s words spoken to Mary. Those were the seed planted in her womb, just like the seed of a man. And it was when she added her faith to those words and said, may it be to me as you have said. Then with her faith added to the word, her faith fertilized the word or was the catalyst to the word. And the word became a living being. And she conceived again. a child so the word was the seed in place of the seed of a man and her faith was the fertilizer or the catalyst that joined on to that seed and made it conceive in her a child so she received the word when she said may it be to me as you have said and she was good ground for the word Genesis 3, verses 14 through 15, we actually see here the first time God prophesied about Jesus. Genesis 3, in the Garden of Eden, after Adam and Eve sinned, the Lord said to the serpent, because you have done this, cursed are you above all the livestock and all the wild animals. You will crawl on your belly. And you will eat dust all the days of your life. And I will put enmity between you and the woman. And between your seed, the King James uses the word seed. Other translations say offspring or children, child. But in the King James, it’s seed. And the word seed is singular, meaning one. Between your seed and hers. Or you could expound on it and say, and her seed. Between your seed and her seed. And so her seed would also be singular if you put that word in there. And then it tells you what that seed is. He will crush your head and you will strike his heel. Her seed was singular, one man seed. Referring to Jesus. So this, Genesis 3, 15, is the first prophecy God spoke about sending his son Jesus. He said it to Satan that the seed of the woman, not all the sons of her, but the one that’s coming, he will crush your head. There’s one coming who will crush your head. you will strike his heel. And so that was referring to Jesus. It was the first prophecy about Jesus. And then over the next 4,000 years, God kept speaking his word, his word, prophesying there’s coming a Messiah. Isaiah prophesied it. You know, others, David prophesied it. Moses prophesied it. Daniel prophesied it. I don’t know how many of the prophets, other prophets, Hosea, Jeremiah, they prophesied Jesus is coming. The Messiah is coming. The Messiah is coming. So every time God spoke that the Messiah was coming, the son of God was coming, a king was coming. All the different names. The branch was coming. The seed was coming. The heir to David’s throne was coming. All these different, the star was coming. All these different names that referred to Jesus. Every time God spoke them, those were word seeds. They were seeds, seeds, seeds going out. for 4,000 years until you come to John 1 and verse 14, and then the word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. All those words, starting from Genesis 3.15, through the Old Testament, through Moses, David, Isaiah, all of the prophets, and then the word spoken to Mary. All of them came together as the seed that was planted in her womb. And she added her faith. And it was the fertilizer, the catalyst that brought that seed to life. And it became. And the word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. So Jesus himself, his becoming human, becoming a human being, Becoming incarnate, the incarnation of God. Becoming God incarnate or God in human form. It was all the production of words. What you just heard was the beginning of message number six in a series of messages that I preached in our victorious faith services called What is the Word? And this message number six is called What is the Word? Precious Seed. Jesus, the Word made flesh. And we will continue this message again tomorrow. So join me again tomorrow and remember God loves you. You are blessed and highly favored by the Lord.
