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was by nature and as a man He would depend on the Father Who is
living in His heart. So, He said, “I don’t initiate anything. I don’t
have My will; I choose His will.” That’s the part I want to clarify
because, as God, they never had two wills. Jesus always agreed with
the Father but He wants to illustrate humanity and as a man He said,
“I determine to depend on the indwelling Father.” So, we, as men
and women, depend on the indwelling Christ. We are not robots.
“He lives in me, nevertheless I live.” And Jesus said, “I will lay
down My will as a man to demonstrate that I only want God’s will.”
God the Father sent God the Son into the world.

That was quite a journey and I want you to follow that journey with
me. When you take a journey there has to be a destination or a goal,
an end. My Lillian doesn’t just say, “Go to the store.” She gives
me a list. She tells me what isle to go down and what brand to buy
and which coupons to use to get it cheaper and she even tells me
what roads to take to save gas. When Jesus left heaven, I want to
show you the difference between His journey and His goal.

I think it’s easy to identify His goal. John 3:17, “For God did not
send the Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world
should be saved through Him.” He was sent so that the world might
be saved. John 6:39, “And this is the will of Him who sent Me, that
of all that He has given Me, I lose nothing, but raise it up on the last
day.” Luke 19:10, “For the Son of Man has come to seek and to
save that which was lost.” 1 John 4:10, “In this is love, not that we
loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the
propitiation for our sins.” 1 John 4:14, “And we have beheld and
bear witness that the Father has sent the Son to be the Savior of the
world.” That’s the goal; to be the Savior of the world. That’s the
end; that’s the destiny.

But what about His journey? We say in Micah 5:2, that it’s
Bethlehem, “But as for you, Bethlehem Ephrata, too little to be
among the clans of Judah, from you One will go forth for Me to be
ruler in Israel. His goings forth are from long ago, from the days of