WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:06.960 Father, we give you thanks and praise that we can gather together to be in your presence. 00:00:08.199 --> 00:00:13.000 Father, your word is said that Jesus is the one who baptizes with the Holy Spirit. 00:00:13.939 --> 00:00:20.100 And we ask, Father, that the Holy Spirit would fall with might and power and deep conviction upon us who are gathered here. 00:00:20.640 --> 00:00:25.019 And upon as well those who are joining in with worship through YouTube Live. 00:00:25.019 --> 00:00:31.120 Father, we ask that the Holy Spirit would fall with might and power and deep conviction so that we might know Jesus. 00:00:31.719 --> 00:00:35.879 And in knowing Jesus, we might begin to know and understand ourselves truly. 00:00:36.340 --> 00:00:40.320 And we ask this in the name of Jesus, your son and our savior. Amen. 00:00:40.939 --> 00:00:41.840 Please be seated. 00:00:49.739 --> 00:00:52.179 So isn't the Bible filled with contradictions? 00:00:52.179 --> 00:00:58.359 That's a very common thing, which most Canadians would say, and that a lot of us Christians struggle with. 00:00:58.399 --> 00:01:00.340 Isn't the Bible full of contradictions? 00:01:01.399 --> 00:01:04.039 Today, we're going to begin the Gospel of Mark. 00:01:04.599 --> 00:01:09.019 And in fact, you want to turn in your Bibles to Mark chapter 1, verses 1 to 13. 00:01:09.159 --> 00:01:10.039 You could do that now. 00:01:10.840 --> 00:01:12.840 And so we're going to read Mark. 00:01:13.039 --> 00:01:18.240 And when we come to different parts of Mark, you'll notice some of you who know the Bible really well, 00:01:18.239 --> 00:01:24.439 or those of you who might sort of flip around later on, you'll see that Mark says some things differently than other people. 00:01:25.259 --> 00:01:28.739 For instance, Mark is going to tell us about the baptism of Jesus. 00:01:28.959 --> 00:01:34.819 Well, all four of the ancient biographies about Jesus, known, we call them Gospels, 00:01:34.879 --> 00:01:38.079 but they're the ancient biographies based on eyewitness testimony, 00:01:38.079 --> 00:01:44.219 that the four different Gospel accounts, if you read them, there's some differences in them. 00:01:45.000 --> 00:01:51.480 Three of the different accounts record the temptation of Jesus in the wilderness. 00:01:52.000 --> 00:01:54.519 And if you read them, you'll notice some differences. 00:01:55.819 --> 00:01:59.599 And so how do we think about that? 00:01:59.719 --> 00:02:02.079 Is it in fact the case that the Bible is filled with contradictions, 00:02:02.079 --> 00:02:07.480 contradictions, and therefore you can't really trust any of them as being historical or true? 00:02:08.300 --> 00:02:15.439 Well, God forbid, imagine for a moment that my wife Louise dies fairly soon, 00:02:16.039 --> 00:02:21.819 and maybe after COVID restrictions, so there can be a really, really big funeral and all of that type of stuff, 00:02:21.879 --> 00:02:23.219 because it would probably be very big. 00:02:23.659 --> 00:02:25.759 And some of you might not know, but I have nine children. 00:02:25.759 --> 00:02:34.519 So whether it's during the funeral or afterwards, we have a time when the children and the sons and daughters-in-law 00:02:34.519 --> 00:02:39.280 and some of the older grandchildren can talk a little bit about what Louise was like. 00:02:39.939 --> 00:02:43.399 To some of you, most people would find that interesting. 00:02:44.019 --> 00:02:49.319 But I'm not going to let all nine and the seven sons and daughters-in-law get up and the older grandchildren. 00:02:49.519 --> 00:02:51.899 So they end up talking about it, they sort of group themselves a bit, 00:02:51.900 --> 00:02:55.760 and they end up deciding they pick four people who are going to get up and say something, 00:02:55.879 --> 00:02:59.640 and they sort of represent sort of different sort of interests. 00:03:00.659 --> 00:03:04.140 And let's say my son Tosh or Jacob gets up, 00:03:04.840 --> 00:03:14.120 and they decide that what they'd really like to do is they'd like to share the conversations that Louise has had with them, fundamentally. 00:03:14.120 --> 00:03:18.180 Like the private, more in particular the private sort of things, you know, 00:03:18.240 --> 00:03:23.819 that would take place late at night or talking about some of the deep things that have been going on in their lives. 00:03:24.580 --> 00:03:27.800 And so the first person gets up, and that's what they focus on. 00:03:27.860 --> 00:03:29.900 They don't talk a lot about what Louise has done. 00:03:29.980 --> 00:03:34.159 They mention very few things, but they really talk about how these particular things 00:03:34.159 --> 00:03:37.640 and the conversation they had with Louise, how significant it was for them. 00:03:38.460 --> 00:03:42.240 Well, that person, in a sense, is what happens when you read the Gospel of John. 00:03:42.240 --> 00:03:44.140 That's what John's like. 00:03:45.460 --> 00:03:53.200 Then you get another couple, and they've been really struck with how Louise has a very, very kind heart. 00:03:53.820 --> 00:03:58.760 She's the type of person who notices the child who's unhappier by itself, 00:03:58.879 --> 00:04:02.040 that would notice the person standing by themselves during coffee hour, 00:04:02.200 --> 00:04:06.980 the person who really has a concern for animals, is concerned for their neighbors, 00:04:06.980 --> 00:04:11.719 and is just very outgoing, not intimidated by somebody who's maybe like a street person 00:04:11.719 --> 00:04:17.279 or has severe handicaps, but is really just drawn to them and is very friendly to them. 00:04:17.959 --> 00:04:24.300 And so that person gets up and shares about Louise primarily in terms of those types of categories. 00:04:25.959 --> 00:04:28.899 And that, in a sense, would be as if you read the Gospel of Luke. 00:04:30.259 --> 00:04:36.699 And then some of the others just really thought that Louise had a lot of really neat sayings, 00:04:36.699 --> 00:04:41.240 you know, like, you know, one of her sayings is if a child cries, you know, pick it up. 00:04:42.039 --> 00:04:43.819 But she has a lot of different sayings. 00:04:43.979 --> 00:04:45.639 And so they give a talk. 00:04:45.839 --> 00:04:48.039 They talk about the different things that Louise maybe did, 00:04:48.120 --> 00:04:53.079 but they primarily talk about some of these just little sayings that Louise had 00:04:53.079 --> 00:04:54.339 or that she would be known for. 00:04:54.899 --> 00:04:57.560 And that, in a sense, is like reading the Gospel of Matthew. 00:04:57.560 --> 00:05:02.040 And then maybe it would be my two sons who are engineers, 00:05:02.399 --> 00:05:05.500 and they like to have things shorter and briefer 00:05:05.500 --> 00:05:09.680 and maybe focus on what actually happened or what didn't happen. 00:05:10.139 --> 00:05:12.079 And they get up and they talk about Louise, 00:05:12.280 --> 00:05:15.620 and they give you really short little brief word pictures 00:05:15.620 --> 00:05:19.459 about the things that Louise did and how she handled things. 00:05:19.540 --> 00:05:22.240 And in a sense, that's what happens when you're reading the Gospel of Mark. 00:05:22.240 --> 00:05:27.720 Now, all four of the conversations flow out of the nine children 00:05:27.720 --> 00:05:32.800 and seven sons and daughters-in-law and the older and younger grandchildren. 00:05:33.660 --> 00:05:35.400 And none of them contradict each other. 00:05:35.480 --> 00:05:39.759 They just want to talk about Louise in different ways. 00:05:39.819 --> 00:05:41.000 And there'd be some overlapping. 00:05:41.199 --> 00:05:43.040 And if you had gone back afterwards and said, 00:05:43.120 --> 00:05:46.199 one moment, I thought you said there was two people there, 00:05:46.240 --> 00:05:47.860 and I thought you said there was one person. 00:05:48.300 --> 00:05:49.360 And they said, oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. 00:05:49.360 --> 00:05:52.240 I didn't want to clutter my account up with that 00:05:52.240 --> 00:05:55.900 because I wanted to try to communicate this about Louise. 00:05:56.600 --> 00:05:58.020 And if you understand that, 00:05:58.080 --> 00:06:00.520 then you understand how the four Gospels are written. 00:06:01.420 --> 00:06:02.819 And you'll see that, in fact, 00:06:03.560 --> 00:06:06.740 they're just telling that they have their own different type of way 00:06:06.740 --> 00:06:08.800 they're trying to communicate who Jesus is, 00:06:08.800 --> 00:06:09.879 just as in the funeral, 00:06:10.379 --> 00:06:13.240 there'd be four different ways of trying to communicate who Louise is. 00:06:13.639 --> 00:06:15.439 And none of them contradict each other. 00:06:15.960 --> 00:06:18.280 If you ask them, the facts would all be the same, 00:06:18.279 --> 00:06:20.199 but they just want to emphasize different things. 00:06:21.079 --> 00:06:22.539 Now, I mention this as well 00:06:22.539 --> 00:06:24.159 because if some of you have written, 00:06:24.359 --> 00:06:25.799 I've read, you know, or heard sermons 00:06:25.799 --> 00:06:28.039 or read Bible studies about different things 00:06:28.039 --> 00:06:29.079 like the Gospel of Mark. 00:06:29.159 --> 00:06:31.759 And some people write Bible studies or do sermons. 00:06:31.879 --> 00:06:33.519 What they really do is they take the incident, 00:06:33.639 --> 00:06:36.259 they look in a sense at all four of the things of the baptism 00:06:36.259 --> 00:06:38.399 or all three of the temptations. 00:06:38.479 --> 00:06:41.419 In a sense, they give you an overall view of all of them. 00:06:42.019 --> 00:06:44.099 Generally speaking, when I go through the Gospel of Mark, 00:06:44.139 --> 00:06:45.139 I'm not going to do that. 00:06:45.179 --> 00:06:46.599 I'm just going to read Mark's account. 00:06:46.600 --> 00:06:52.080 I want us to hear and get the sense of how Mark wants to introduce Jesus to us. 00:06:52.600 --> 00:06:54.300 So generally, I won't do any of that. 00:06:54.379 --> 00:06:56.700 But that's just for those of you wondering about contradictions, 00:06:56.800 --> 00:07:00.020 that basically handles all of the apparent contradictions, 00:07:00.120 --> 00:07:03.060 which aren't real, that take place in the four Gospels. 00:07:03.480 --> 00:07:04.980 So what we're looking at here, 00:07:05.840 --> 00:07:07.680 we don't know exactly when it was written, 00:07:07.820 --> 00:07:09.700 but according to church history, 00:07:09.740 --> 00:07:11.620 it was probably written in the early 50s, 00:07:11.700 --> 00:07:13.939 zero 50s, not 1950s. 00:07:13.939 --> 00:07:16.899 And it's based on eyewitness testimony. 00:07:17.879 --> 00:07:20.139 And Mark is very self-appreciating, 00:07:20.219 --> 00:07:21.459 but there's a little thing at the end 00:07:21.459 --> 00:07:24.540 that shows that he was a direct eyewitness of some of these things, 00:07:24.660 --> 00:07:29.160 and he was a very close confidant of the apostles and the disciples. 00:07:29.379 --> 00:07:31.879 And so this is how he tells the story of Jesus, 00:07:32.120 --> 00:07:34.300 and he introduces it like this. 00:07:34.800 --> 00:07:35.420 Verse 1, 00:07:35.420 --> 00:07:44.199 Now, one of the things about Mark is he's brief. 00:07:44.300 --> 00:07:46.780 He's the shortest of all of the biographies by far. 00:07:47.379 --> 00:07:49.060 He's brief, and he gets to the point. 00:07:49.879 --> 00:07:54.319 Those of you who like one-page summaries of things will like Mark. 00:07:54.319 --> 00:07:59.659 Those of you who like Victorian novels with lots of description 00:07:59.659 --> 00:08:02.899 will find him frustrating time and time and time again. 00:08:03.480 --> 00:08:05.659 But if you like brief and to the point, 00:08:06.360 --> 00:08:08.480 you're going to love the Gospel of Mark. 00:08:09.000 --> 00:08:10.399 And here you have, first of all, 00:08:10.620 --> 00:08:12.459 this one sentence is very packed. 00:08:12.560 --> 00:08:14.740 First of all, notice that he makes a direct claim 00:08:14.740 --> 00:08:16.480 that Jesus is God, the Son of God. 00:08:16.560 --> 00:08:19.459 A direct claim that he is God, the Son of God. 00:08:19.819 --> 00:08:21.600 But the other thing here, it's a bit more subtle, 00:08:21.600 --> 00:08:24.080 and those of you who know the Bible very well 00:08:24.080 --> 00:08:24.960 might have picked it up, 00:08:25.020 --> 00:08:27.480 and it's actually very obvious in the original language. 00:08:28.200 --> 00:08:31.520 When Mark says the beginning of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, 00:08:31.620 --> 00:08:32.540 that word beginning, 00:08:33.540 --> 00:08:35.680 so originally it would have been written in Greek. 00:08:35.820 --> 00:08:38.100 When the ancient Jewish people, 00:08:38.460 --> 00:08:40.600 a couple of centuries before the birth of Jesus, 00:08:41.440 --> 00:08:43.620 because Greek was the language, 00:08:43.620 --> 00:08:47.879 sort of the common language of most of that part of the ancient world, 00:08:47.879 --> 00:08:51.740 they took what we call the Old Testament 00:08:51.740 --> 00:08:53.419 and our Jewish friends call the Tanakh, 00:08:53.519 --> 00:08:56.200 they took it and translated it into Greek 00:08:56.200 --> 00:08:57.820 because there were a lot of Jewish people 00:08:57.820 --> 00:09:00.220 who could no longer read or speak Hebrew. 00:09:00.700 --> 00:09:02.980 And they still wanted them to have the Tanakh, 00:09:03.080 --> 00:09:04.240 the Torah, God's Word. 00:09:04.820 --> 00:09:06.559 And so they translated it into Greek. 00:09:06.879 --> 00:09:09.100 This is done before there were Christians. 00:09:09.700 --> 00:09:14.360 And so if you were to go and read the Greek translation of Genesis, 00:09:15.039 --> 00:09:16.340 the book of Genesis begins, 00:09:16.340 --> 00:09:18.560 in the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 00:09:19.040 --> 00:09:21.460 And Mark's Gospel begins the beginning 00:09:21.460 --> 00:09:23.940 of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. 00:09:23.940 --> 00:09:26.340 And the word beginning is the same in both cases. 00:09:26.940 --> 00:09:30.360 So what Mark is signifying here in a very, very simple way 00:09:30.360 --> 00:09:33.759 is that God is going to do a new creation. 00:09:35.200 --> 00:09:37.139 He made the original creation. 00:09:37.600 --> 00:09:40.100 The original creation has been marred by sin 00:09:40.100 --> 00:09:42.200 and death has come, evil has come. 00:09:42.200 --> 00:09:46.560 And in this now marred and disfigured original creation, 00:09:46.700 --> 00:09:48.140 God is going to do a new creation. 00:09:48.960 --> 00:09:51.080 And this is the beginning of this tale 00:09:51.080 --> 00:09:55.400 of how God brings about the beginning of the new creation 00:09:55.400 --> 00:09:57.560 in the lives of human beings. 00:09:57.920 --> 00:10:00.980 And it's this good news that God has created a new beginning, 00:10:01.640 --> 00:10:03.000 a new creation. 00:10:03.640 --> 00:10:05.920 And it's going to be about how Jesus does this, 00:10:05.960 --> 00:10:06.740 who's the Messiah. 00:10:06.740 --> 00:10:09.500 And by the way, he's also the Son of God. 00:10:10.820 --> 00:10:16.460 Now, one of the things which we now need to know 00:10:16.460 --> 00:10:18.379 is he's now going to quote the Bible. 00:10:21.720 --> 00:10:22.820 A couple of years ago, 00:10:22.879 --> 00:10:25.700 I came across this really neat description. 00:10:25.960 --> 00:10:28.620 It's called, it's actually a very Canadian thing. 00:10:28.720 --> 00:10:29.799 I just was thinking about it 00:10:29.799 --> 00:10:32.220 when I was working on the Gospel this week 00:10:32.220 --> 00:10:33.779 that maybe I should use it more often 00:10:33.779 --> 00:10:36.120 because it's something which on one level would resonate, 00:10:36.259 --> 00:10:37.220 I think, with Canadians. 00:10:38.000 --> 00:10:40.959 It's the idea of subversive fulfillment. 00:10:43.079 --> 00:10:44.220 Subversive fulfillment. 00:10:45.339 --> 00:10:47.279 What the Gospel does is on one level, 00:10:47.379 --> 00:10:48.799 it's very subversive. 00:10:49.600 --> 00:10:51.299 You're going to see this in the beginning. 00:10:51.500 --> 00:10:53.539 It subverts pretensions of power. 00:10:53.860 --> 00:10:56.620 It subverts our pride. 00:10:56.620 --> 00:10:58.080 It subverts, 00:10:58.399 --> 00:11:01.039 it's subversive of just the way 00:11:01.039 --> 00:11:03.019 the dominant stories of Canada 00:11:03.019 --> 00:11:05.259 and the dominant intellectuals of Canada 00:11:05.259 --> 00:11:06.200 want to see the world. 00:11:06.299 --> 00:11:07.679 It subverts that. 00:11:07.960 --> 00:11:08.860 But at the same time, 00:11:08.879 --> 00:11:11.460 it actually fulfills our deepest longings and yearnings. 00:11:12.399 --> 00:11:13.139 That in a sense, 00:11:13.240 --> 00:11:14.279 what the ideologies, 00:11:14.560 --> 00:11:15.039 the religions, 00:11:15.279 --> 00:11:16.299 the spiritualities, 00:11:17.039 --> 00:11:18.200 the pride and pretension, 00:11:18.320 --> 00:11:19.379 the stories of our world, 00:11:19.480 --> 00:11:20.820 what we really hope for, 00:11:21.639 --> 00:11:23.580 well, the Gospel is going to subvert it. 00:11:23.580 --> 00:11:25.060 But it's actually going to fulfill 00:11:25.060 --> 00:11:26.560 what was really true 00:11:26.560 --> 00:11:28.980 and the heart of the longing behind it. 00:11:30.440 --> 00:11:33.840 So Mark gets right to this 00:11:33.840 --> 00:11:36.320 in how he begins to now tell the story of Jesus. 00:11:36.460 --> 00:11:38.220 Look at what he does at verses 2 and 3. 00:11:39.200 --> 00:11:41.040 As it is written in Isaiah the prophet, 00:11:41.780 --> 00:11:44.500 Behold, I send my messenger before your face 00:11:44.500 --> 00:11:45.680 who will prepare your way. 00:11:46.160 --> 00:11:47.960 The voice of one crying in the wilderness, 00:11:48.600 --> 00:11:49.860 prepare the way of the Lord, 00:11:50.280 --> 00:11:52.140 make his paths straight. 00:11:52.139 --> 00:12:06.860 Now actually, 00:12:06.980 --> 00:12:08.740 it's sort of a longer thing 00:12:08.740 --> 00:12:10.199 and I won't go into it. 00:12:11.799 --> 00:12:12.399 Actually, you know, 00:12:12.480 --> 00:12:12.960 what it is, 00:12:13.000 --> 00:12:13.980 it's a little bit like that. 00:12:14.240 --> 00:12:14.840 Some of you, 00:12:15.319 --> 00:12:16.600 I used to have a bulletin. 00:12:16.919 --> 00:12:17.819 We used to have a bulletin 00:12:17.819 --> 00:12:18.519 and in the bulletin, 00:12:18.559 --> 00:12:19.659 I'd always have a little blurb. 00:12:19.659 --> 00:12:22.759 And I discovered that if I took a legal pad 00:12:22.759 --> 00:12:26.639 and I wrote with my handwriting 00:12:26.639 --> 00:12:28.259 and I wrote double-spaced, 00:12:28.799 --> 00:12:30.719 that three pages of double-spaced writing 00:12:30.719 --> 00:12:31.459 on a legal pad 00:12:31.459 --> 00:12:33.959 perfectly fit in our bulletin for my blog. 00:12:34.899 --> 00:12:37.279 And so that was a very, very, 00:12:37.439 --> 00:12:38.019 it helped, 00:12:38.259 --> 00:12:40.699 I was always conscious with every line 00:12:40.699 --> 00:12:42.019 that the paper's running out. 00:12:43.139 --> 00:12:44.360 And that's one of the ways 00:12:44.360 --> 00:12:45.379 you have to understand with Mark, 00:12:45.500 --> 00:12:46.519 you know, paper's expensive, 00:12:46.759 --> 00:12:49.000 equivalent of paper's very, very expensive. 00:12:49.000 --> 00:12:51.320 He has a very small bundle of papers. 00:12:51.440 --> 00:12:52.399 He's going to be very conscious 00:12:52.399 --> 00:12:53.220 of all of the things. 00:12:53.879 --> 00:12:54.759 But actually what happens 00:12:54.759 --> 00:12:55.559 is he just mentions 00:12:55.559 --> 00:12:57.000 that the first part of this quote 00:12:57.000 --> 00:12:57.580 is from Isaiah, 00:12:57.659 --> 00:12:58.460 the other two parts 00:12:58.460 --> 00:12:59.700 are from Exodus and Malachi. 00:13:01.120 --> 00:13:02.500 It just doesn't include that. 00:13:02.740 --> 00:13:03.600 It's sort of irrelevant. 00:13:03.840 --> 00:13:05.159 It's a bit of a geeky thing 00:13:05.159 --> 00:13:07.100 to be able to put all of that stuff done. 00:13:07.179 --> 00:13:08.200 The first part's Isaiah, 00:13:08.299 --> 00:13:09.179 the other two parts, 00:13:09.659 --> 00:13:10.700 and sort of the bracketing bit 00:13:10.700 --> 00:13:13.159 is Exodus and Malachi. 00:13:13.279 --> 00:13:14.720 But the significance is this. 00:13:14.720 --> 00:13:16.639 This new creation 00:13:16.639 --> 00:13:18.399 that God is going to do 00:13:18.399 --> 00:13:20.200 through the person of Jesus 00:13:20.200 --> 00:13:22.320 is something that he, 00:13:22.680 --> 00:13:23.300 through the prophets, 00:13:23.460 --> 00:13:24.019 have predicted 00:13:24.019 --> 00:13:26.320 from the first writer of the Bible, 00:13:26.440 --> 00:13:27.060 which is Moses, 00:13:27.200 --> 00:13:28.540 to the last writer of the Bible, 00:13:28.639 --> 00:13:29.360 which is Malachi, 00:13:30.360 --> 00:13:32.560 and typified by the greatest of the prophets, 00:13:32.720 --> 00:13:33.820 which is the book of Isaiah. 00:13:35.540 --> 00:13:36.759 And the Jewish people 00:13:36.759 --> 00:13:37.759 who would have been very familiar 00:13:37.759 --> 00:13:38.420 with the scripture 00:13:38.420 --> 00:13:39.600 and picked up the fact 00:13:39.600 --> 00:13:41.620 that this is a jumble of quotes 00:13:41.620 --> 00:13:43.399 to create one consistent message 00:13:43.399 --> 00:13:46.000 of Isaiah, Exodus, and Malachi, 00:13:46.639 --> 00:13:47.259 they would have got, 00:13:47.399 --> 00:13:48.299 whoa, he's saying 00:13:48.299 --> 00:13:49.799 that the entire Old Testament 00:13:49.799 --> 00:13:51.019 from beginning to end, 00:13:51.200 --> 00:13:51.919 what our Jewish friends 00:13:51.919 --> 00:13:52.740 call the Tanakh, 00:13:53.220 --> 00:13:54.320 this entire bit 00:13:54.320 --> 00:13:57.500 is being fulfilled. 00:13:59.100 --> 00:14:00.120 And in here, 00:14:00.220 --> 00:14:00.759 and this is where 00:14:00.759 --> 00:14:03.019 the subversive fulfillment comes up, 00:14:03.480 --> 00:14:04.340 one of the problems 00:14:04.340 --> 00:14:05.580 that the Jewish people had 00:14:05.580 --> 00:14:06.220 at the time 00:14:06.220 --> 00:14:07.740 with understanding that, 00:14:07.799 --> 00:14:08.560 at first, 00:14:08.659 --> 00:14:09.799 that Jesus was actually 00:14:09.799 --> 00:14:11.099 this Messiah, 00:14:11.799 --> 00:14:13.419 is, well, this text, 00:14:13.579 --> 00:14:13.839 you mean, 00:14:14.159 --> 00:14:14.659 it says here, 00:14:14.740 --> 00:14:16.079 prepare the way of the Lord, 00:14:16.199 --> 00:14:16.839 in verse 3, 00:14:16.919 --> 00:14:17.679 make his path straight. 00:14:17.719 --> 00:14:18.199 Well, that's, 00:14:18.419 --> 00:14:19.159 that's, 00:14:19.159 --> 00:14:20.719 that's God. 00:14:21.299 --> 00:14:21.919 That's the, 00:14:22.159 --> 00:14:23.199 that's God. 00:14:23.740 --> 00:14:24.359 And so, 00:14:24.539 --> 00:14:25.479 the Jewish people 00:14:25.479 --> 00:14:27.120 were aware of things like this, 00:14:27.139 --> 00:14:27.979 and they would have just said, 00:14:28.039 --> 00:14:28.359 well, listen, 00:14:28.819 --> 00:14:29.279 the text, 00:14:29.379 --> 00:14:30.500 what the texts are talking about, 00:14:30.539 --> 00:14:30.799 this is, 00:14:30.879 --> 00:14:31.319 this would have been 00:14:31.319 --> 00:14:32.379 their frame of reference. 00:14:32.500 --> 00:14:33.379 The texts are saying 00:14:33.379 --> 00:14:34.439 that someday 00:14:34.439 --> 00:14:36.120 God is going to fix 00:14:36.120 --> 00:14:37.000 our problems 00:14:37.000 --> 00:14:38.939 and bring in, 00:14:39.039 --> 00:14:39.519 in a sense, 00:14:39.799 --> 00:14:41.079 a new world, 00:14:41.219 --> 00:14:41.819 a new order. 00:14:41.979 --> 00:14:42.939 God himself 00:14:42.939 --> 00:14:44.919 is going to fix things 00:14:44.919 --> 00:14:45.479 someday. 00:14:46.279 --> 00:14:47.019 And they would have 00:14:47.019 --> 00:14:48.019 just understood that, 00:14:48.219 --> 00:14:48.379 that, 00:14:48.639 --> 00:14:49.019 I don't know, 00:14:49.079 --> 00:14:50.159 that he would do miracles, 00:14:50.299 --> 00:14:51.879 like the way he did, 00:14:51.979 --> 00:14:53.359 made the waters part 00:14:53.359 --> 00:14:54.079 of the Red Sea, 00:14:54.199 --> 00:14:56.620 or some of the other miracles 00:14:56.620 --> 00:14:57.259 that he did 00:14:57.259 --> 00:14:58.000 in the Old Testament, 00:14:58.139 --> 00:14:58.459 that he, 00:14:58.559 --> 00:14:58.959 he, 00:14:59.039 --> 00:15:00.099 he would do it that way, 00:15:00.120 --> 00:15:00.599 and he would do it 00:15:00.599 --> 00:15:01.659 for the Jewish people. 00:15:02.620 --> 00:15:04.019 But what they didn't understand 00:15:04.019 --> 00:15:04.939 is that Jesus 00:15:04.939 --> 00:15:06.279 is subversively, 00:15:07.079 --> 00:15:07.219 sub, 00:15:07.299 --> 00:15:07.659 not sub, 00:15:07.859 --> 00:15:08.039 yeah, 00:15:08.079 --> 00:15:08.479 subvert, 00:15:08.480 --> 00:15:09.620 he's being subversive 00:15:09.620 --> 00:15:10.539 of their expectations, 00:15:10.539 --> 00:15:11.920 but he still fulfills it. 00:15:12.500 --> 00:15:13.680 He's being subversive, 00:15:13.740 --> 00:15:14.300 first of all, 00:15:14.360 --> 00:15:15.360 because it's not that God 00:15:15.360 --> 00:15:15.920 is going to remain 00:15:15.920 --> 00:15:17.340 completely and utterly distant 00:15:17.340 --> 00:15:18.320 while he does that, 00:15:18.460 --> 00:15:19.480 he's actually going to come 00:15:19.480 --> 00:15:20.620 and walk amongst us. 00:15:21.600 --> 00:15:23.120 And the second thing is 00:15:23.120 --> 00:15:24.259 that he's going to make 00:15:24.259 --> 00:15:24.820 things right, 00:15:24.899 --> 00:15:26.120 not just for the Jewish people, 00:15:26.180 --> 00:15:27.399 but for all human beings 00:15:27.399 --> 00:15:28.639 who put their faith 00:15:28.639 --> 00:15:29.440 and trust in him, 00:15:29.720 --> 00:15:30.920 for every people group. 00:15:31.879 --> 00:15:32.180 You see, 00:15:32.259 --> 00:15:32.860 they have their, 00:15:32.860 --> 00:15:33.420 their, 00:15:33.500 --> 00:15:34.360 their mindset, 00:15:35.159 --> 00:15:36.159 their way of thinking 00:15:36.159 --> 00:15:37.199 through things, 00:15:37.199 --> 00:15:38.959 and on one level, 00:15:39.500 --> 00:15:41.600 Jesus is going to subvert it. 00:15:42.559 --> 00:15:43.500 And we don't like 00:15:43.500 --> 00:15:44.120 having our way 00:15:44.120 --> 00:15:45.179 of thinking subverted. 00:15:45.740 --> 00:15:46.539 But on the other hand, 00:15:46.559 --> 00:15:47.539 if you get over it, 00:15:47.579 --> 00:15:48.600 if you get over yourself, 00:15:49.240 --> 00:15:50.259 what's really going on 00:15:50.259 --> 00:15:51.459 is a profound fulfillment, 00:15:51.600 --> 00:15:52.719 a fulfillment in a way 00:15:52.719 --> 00:15:53.980 which is far more deep 00:15:53.980 --> 00:15:54.480 and amazing 00:15:54.480 --> 00:15:55.039 and beautiful 00:15:55.039 --> 00:15:55.799 and wonderful 00:15:55.799 --> 00:15:57.179 than you would have 00:15:57.179 --> 00:15:58.379 even dreamed was possible. 00:15:58.379 --> 00:16:02.779 And so how does he fulfill it? 00:16:02.840 --> 00:16:03.220 Well, look, 00:16:03.320 --> 00:16:03.799 verse 4, 00:16:03.899 --> 00:16:04.700 and you can see this 00:16:04.700 --> 00:16:05.480 right off the bat 00:16:05.480 --> 00:16:06.279 because it's going to say 00:16:06.279 --> 00:16:07.519 this thing that the Lord 00:16:07.519 --> 00:16:09.299 is going to do these things, 00:16:09.460 --> 00:16:10.240 but the Lord 00:16:10.240 --> 00:16:11.720 has sandals. 00:16:12.259 --> 00:16:12.620 What? 00:16:13.679 --> 00:16:14.500 How can the Lord 00:16:14.500 --> 00:16:15.899 wear Birkenstocks? 00:16:18.399 --> 00:16:19.100 Yeah, I know. 00:16:19.100 --> 00:16:19.600 Ha ha. 00:16:20.399 --> 00:16:21.259 Socks as well 00:16:21.259 --> 00:16:22.460 as with my sandals. 00:16:22.919 --> 00:16:23.580 What can you say? 00:16:23.659 --> 00:16:24.379 I am a walking 00:16:24.379 --> 00:16:25.559 fashion disaster. 00:16:25.860 --> 00:16:27.039 That's all I can say. 00:16:27.039 --> 00:16:28.860 One of the reasons 00:16:28.860 --> 00:16:29.919 I wear a clergy shirt 00:16:29.919 --> 00:16:30.839 every week is so, 00:16:31.879 --> 00:16:32.139 you know, 00:16:32.159 --> 00:16:33.079 sometimes I wear a collar, 00:16:33.219 --> 00:16:34.059 sometimes I don't, 00:16:34.480 --> 00:16:36.219 is I say to my Baptist friends 00:16:36.219 --> 00:16:37.319 and Pentecostal friends, 00:16:37.399 --> 00:16:37.659 I say, 00:16:37.740 --> 00:16:38.199 gosh, you know, 00:16:39.059 --> 00:16:40.419 I don't have enough clothes 00:16:40.419 --> 00:16:42.399 to wear new things. 00:16:42.500 --> 00:16:44.259 If I had to be like you, 00:16:44.679 --> 00:16:45.599 everybody in the congregation 00:16:45.599 --> 00:16:46.120 would say, 00:16:46.240 --> 00:16:47.240 didn't he wear that shirt 00:16:47.240 --> 00:16:48.079 two weeks ago? 00:16:49.159 --> 00:16:50.519 And that shirt, 00:16:50.799 --> 00:16:51.219 doesn't he know 00:16:51.219 --> 00:16:51.659 that you're supposed 00:16:51.659 --> 00:16:52.860 to match this with that 00:16:52.860 --> 00:16:53.860 and this with that 00:16:53.860 --> 00:16:55.240 and you'd get lost in it? 00:16:55.699 --> 00:16:56.179 So I just, 00:16:56.179 --> 00:16:56.979 I basically wear 00:16:56.979 --> 00:16:57.979 the same thing every week. 00:16:58.059 --> 00:16:58.939 It just gets around it. 00:16:58.979 --> 00:16:59.679 It's like uniform. 00:17:00.039 --> 00:17:00.299 That's, 00:17:00.559 --> 00:17:01.039 I don't have, 00:17:01.099 --> 00:17:02.179 because I'm not a clothes horse. 00:17:02.279 --> 00:17:02.500 Anyway, 00:17:02.679 --> 00:17:04.159 I really got way off the track. 00:17:04.539 --> 00:17:04.679 Look, 00:17:04.799 --> 00:17:07.139 look what happens in verse four. 00:17:08.059 --> 00:17:08.879 John appeared 00:17:08.879 --> 00:17:10.079 and those of you 00:17:10.079 --> 00:17:12.159 who are a bit puzzled, 00:17:12.399 --> 00:17:13.839 a bit new to the Christian faith 00:17:13.839 --> 00:17:14.839 or just trying to figure it out, 00:17:15.240 --> 00:17:16.980 there's two important Johns 00:17:16.980 --> 00:17:18.099 in the New Testament. 00:17:18.279 --> 00:17:19.559 There's John the Apostle 00:17:19.559 --> 00:17:20.359 or the disciple 00:17:20.359 --> 00:17:21.579 and there's John the Baptist 00:17:21.579 --> 00:17:23.559 and this is John the Baptist, 00:17:23.659 --> 00:17:24.740 not John the disciple. 00:17:24.740 --> 00:17:26.299 So John appeared 00:17:26.299 --> 00:17:27.559 baptizing in the wilderness 00:17:27.559 --> 00:17:29.180 and proclaiming a baptism 00:17:29.180 --> 00:17:29.839 of repentance 00:17:29.839 --> 00:17:31.380 for the forgiveness of sins 00:17:31.380 --> 00:17:33.819 and all the country of Judea 00:17:33.819 --> 00:17:34.839 and all Jerusalem 00:17:34.839 --> 00:17:35.900 were going out to him 00:17:35.900 --> 00:17:36.980 and were being baptized 00:17:36.980 --> 00:17:38.579 by him in the river Jordan, 00:17:39.839 --> 00:17:41.019 confessing their sins. 00:17:41.680 --> 00:17:42.880 Now John was clothed 00:17:42.880 --> 00:17:43.839 with camel's hair 00:17:43.839 --> 00:17:45.059 and wore a leather belt 00:17:45.059 --> 00:17:45.980 around his waist 00:17:45.980 --> 00:17:47.500 and ate locusts 00:17:47.500 --> 00:17:48.740 and wild honey. 00:17:48.900 --> 00:17:50.019 Now just sort of pause there 00:17:50.019 --> 00:17:50.620 for a second. 00:17:50.619 --> 00:17:53.219 What's going on 00:17:53.219 --> 00:17:54.019 with his dress? 00:17:55.299 --> 00:17:56.139 So first of all, 00:17:56.259 --> 00:17:57.319 what's going on here 00:17:57.319 --> 00:17:58.099 is that, 00:17:59.219 --> 00:17:59.919 well actually, 00:18:00.079 --> 00:18:01.099 we'll back up a sec. 00:18:04.239 --> 00:18:05.039 One of the things 00:18:05.039 --> 00:18:06.019 which would be obvious 00:18:06.019 --> 00:18:06.779 in our culture, 00:18:07.599 --> 00:18:09.179 it wouldn't raise any eyebrows, 00:18:09.319 --> 00:18:09.579 it would just, 00:18:09.659 --> 00:18:11.479 people would just nod with it, 00:18:11.779 --> 00:18:13.139 is that it's a common place 00:18:13.139 --> 00:18:13.719 in our culture 00:18:13.719 --> 00:18:14.500 and in our culture 00:18:14.500 --> 00:18:15.299 we think it's just 00:18:15.299 --> 00:18:16.740 reason has taught us this, 00:18:16.880 --> 00:18:19.700 that philosophers 00:18:19.700 --> 00:18:21.099 have reasoned 00:18:21.099 --> 00:18:22.759 and come to an enlightened position 00:18:22.759 --> 00:18:24.319 and in that enlightened position 00:18:24.319 --> 00:18:25.480 something like the following 00:18:25.480 --> 00:18:26.500 is just obvious. 00:18:27.059 --> 00:18:28.079 And the obvious thing 00:18:28.079 --> 00:18:28.839 is that often 00:18:28.839 --> 00:18:30.039 the powerful and the rich 00:18:30.039 --> 00:18:30.599 are blind. 00:18:31.339 --> 00:18:32.119 They're blinded 00:18:32.119 --> 00:18:32.920 by their privilege, 00:18:33.180 --> 00:18:33.819 they're blinded 00:18:33.819 --> 00:18:35.779 by their position in society, 00:18:35.960 --> 00:18:36.640 they're blinded 00:18:36.640 --> 00:18:37.640 from being protected 00:18:37.640 --> 00:18:38.960 from what ordinary people 00:18:38.960 --> 00:18:39.779 have to go through 00:18:39.779 --> 00:18:41.819 and because they're blind 00:18:41.819 --> 00:18:43.579 and blinded 00:18:43.579 --> 00:18:44.439 by their power 00:18:44.439 --> 00:18:45.139 and position, 00:18:45.720 --> 00:18:46.559 the people who can 00:18:46.559 --> 00:18:47.480 really understand 00:18:47.480 --> 00:18:48.220 what's going on 00:18:48.220 --> 00:18:49.079 are often the people 00:18:49.079 --> 00:18:49.740 who are outside 00:18:49.740 --> 00:18:50.539 of the power. 00:18:51.299 --> 00:18:52.139 They are the people 00:18:52.139 --> 00:18:52.500 who, 00:18:52.879 --> 00:18:53.399 and in fact, 00:18:53.480 --> 00:18:54.359 we'd also just take it 00:18:54.359 --> 00:18:54.839 for granted 00:18:54.839 --> 00:18:55.779 that in our culture 00:18:55.779 --> 00:18:57.039 if you find out 00:18:57.039 --> 00:18:57.839 that a politician 00:18:57.839 --> 00:18:58.899 is saying something 00:18:58.899 --> 00:19:00.379 or a media person 00:19:00.379 --> 00:19:01.240 is saying something 00:19:01.240 --> 00:19:02.399 but you also find out 00:19:02.399 --> 00:19:03.179 that they're dependent 00:19:03.179 --> 00:19:04.659 upon financial donations 00:19:04.659 --> 00:19:05.279 of somebody 00:19:05.279 --> 00:19:05.960 that you can't really 00:19:05.960 --> 00:19:06.720 trust their word, 00:19:06.839 --> 00:19:07.720 that the people 00:19:07.720 --> 00:19:08.679 you can trust the most 00:19:08.679 --> 00:19:09.179 are the people 00:19:09.179 --> 00:19:10.299 who aren't financially 00:19:10.299 --> 00:19:11.139 beholden 00:19:11.140 --> 00:19:12.240 to powerful people 00:19:12.240 --> 00:19:13.700 and that it's often 00:19:13.700 --> 00:19:14.140 the people 00:19:14.140 --> 00:19:14.960 who are in the weaker 00:19:14.960 --> 00:19:15.580 positions, 00:19:15.720 --> 00:19:17.020 the outsider positions 00:19:17.020 --> 00:19:18.440 that can more fully 00:19:18.440 --> 00:19:19.340 see and understand 00:19:19.340 --> 00:19:20.080 what's going on. 00:19:20.420 --> 00:19:21.020 And in Canada, 00:19:21.020 --> 00:19:21.880 we would just take 00:19:21.880 --> 00:19:23.160 this as a common place 00:19:23.160 --> 00:19:24.600 and in fact, 00:19:24.700 --> 00:19:25.520 for most Canadians, 00:19:25.680 --> 00:19:26.320 if you were to ask 00:19:26.320 --> 00:19:28.540 the editorial board 00:19:28.540 --> 00:19:29.960 of Globe and Mail 00:19:29.960 --> 00:19:31.280 or the National Post 00:19:31.280 --> 00:19:32.600 or if you were to go 00:19:32.600 --> 00:19:33.900 to university faculty, 00:19:34.060 --> 00:19:34.620 they would just say, 00:19:34.700 --> 00:19:34.759 well, 00:19:34.780 --> 00:19:35.520 that's just something 00:19:35.520 --> 00:19:36.360 that enlightened, 00:19:36.620 --> 00:19:37.480 reasonable people 00:19:37.480 --> 00:19:38.259 have understood. 00:19:38.680 --> 00:19:39.540 But here's the thing, 00:19:39.620 --> 00:19:40.759 it's not an enlightened, 00:19:40.759 --> 00:19:41.879 and reasonable idea. 00:19:42.460 --> 00:19:42.759 Well, I mean, 00:19:42.799 --> 00:19:43.359 it is enlightened 00:19:43.359 --> 00:19:43.799 and reasonable, 00:19:43.980 --> 00:19:44.759 but it's not something 00:19:44.759 --> 00:19:45.299 that just came 00:19:45.299 --> 00:19:46.539 by natural human reason. 00:19:46.879 --> 00:19:48.140 It's a Christian idea. 00:19:49.879 --> 00:19:51.140 It's a Christian idea 00:19:51.140 --> 00:19:52.319 to completely 00:19:52.319 --> 00:19:53.660 and utterly separate. 00:19:55.400 --> 00:19:56.519 Our culture has forgotten 00:19:56.519 --> 00:19:57.099 that they got it 00:19:57.099 --> 00:19:57.700 from the Bible. 00:19:57.940 --> 00:19:58.099 You see, 00:19:58.180 --> 00:19:59.400 that's what's being 00:19:59.400 --> 00:20:00.599 signified right here. 00:20:02.700 --> 00:20:04.000 That John is out 00:20:04.000 --> 00:20:04.640 in the wilderness 00:20:04.640 --> 00:20:07.099 and people are coming 00:20:07.099 --> 00:20:09.279 and the language 00:20:09.279 --> 00:20:10.039 of the fact 00:20:10.039 --> 00:20:11.199 that how he's dressed, 00:20:11.419 --> 00:20:12.259 that's signifying 00:20:12.259 --> 00:20:13.159 that he's in a sense 00:20:13.159 --> 00:20:14.099 modeling himself 00:20:14.099 --> 00:20:14.719 in his dress 00:20:14.719 --> 00:20:15.579 over Elijah, 00:20:15.980 --> 00:20:16.759 one of the greatest 00:20:16.759 --> 00:20:17.480 of the prophets, 00:20:17.879 --> 00:20:18.619 and the fact 00:20:18.619 --> 00:20:19.719 that he's eating locusts 00:20:19.719 --> 00:20:20.500 and wild honey, 00:20:21.139 --> 00:20:22.279 what that shows 00:20:22.279 --> 00:20:23.599 is that he's foraging 00:20:23.599 --> 00:20:24.740 off the land. 00:20:25.759 --> 00:20:26.859 He's not a beggar 00:20:26.859 --> 00:20:28.379 and he's not rich. 00:20:29.339 --> 00:20:30.379 And here we have 00:20:30.379 --> 00:20:31.219 this picture 00:20:31.219 --> 00:20:32.799 of the person 00:20:32.799 --> 00:20:33.559 who's preparing 00:20:33.559 --> 00:20:35.019 the way for God 00:20:35.019 --> 00:20:36.700 is somebody not 00:20:36.700 --> 00:20:37.639 in a palace, 00:20:38.220 --> 00:20:39.759 not in a position 00:20:39.759 --> 00:20:40.660 at the top 00:20:40.660 --> 00:20:41.400 of the academy, 00:20:41.900 --> 00:20:42.839 not at the top 00:20:42.839 --> 00:20:43.480 of the media, 00:20:43.680 --> 00:20:44.379 not at the top 00:20:44.379 --> 00:20:44.940 of the arts, 00:20:45.079 --> 00:20:45.740 not at the top 00:20:45.740 --> 00:20:46.359 of business, 00:20:46.599 --> 00:20:47.259 not at the part 00:20:47.259 --> 00:20:48.240 of the civil service 00:20:48.240 --> 00:20:49.000 or the bureaucracy, 00:20:49.579 --> 00:20:50.099 but someone 00:20:50.099 --> 00:20:50.859 in the wilderness. 00:20:51.420 --> 00:20:51.900 And someone 00:20:51.900 --> 00:20:52.480 in the wilderness 00:20:52.480 --> 00:20:53.759 who's not dependent 00:20:53.759 --> 00:20:54.539 upon begging 00:20:54.539 --> 00:20:56.220 and isn't rich 00:20:56.220 --> 00:20:58.039 but is just living 00:20:58.039 --> 00:20:58.740 off the land 00:20:58.740 --> 00:20:59.559 and is foraging, 00:20:59.720 --> 00:21:00.299 he is able 00:21:00.299 --> 00:21:01.400 to speak truth 00:21:01.400 --> 00:21:02.160 into the culture 00:21:02.160 --> 00:21:03.259 and truth 00:21:03.259 --> 00:21:04.359 to power. 00:21:05.019 --> 00:21:06.339 It's a Christian idea. 00:21:07.119 --> 00:21:08.259 That's where it comes from. 00:21:08.579 --> 00:21:08.759 In fact, 00:21:08.779 --> 00:21:09.359 if you just think 00:21:09.359 --> 00:21:10.200 about it for a second, 00:21:10.599 --> 00:21:11.619 if somebody had gone 00:21:11.619 --> 00:21:12.779 to the emperor Nero 00:21:12.779 --> 00:21:13.660 who would have been 00:21:13.660 --> 00:21:15.859 or one of the Roman emperors, 00:21:16.000 --> 00:21:16.440 I can't remember 00:21:16.440 --> 00:21:16.940 who the emperor 00:21:16.940 --> 00:21:17.339 would have been 00:21:17.339 --> 00:21:17.559 at this, 00:21:17.700 --> 00:21:18.559 would have been, 00:21:18.639 --> 00:21:18.759 I think, 00:21:18.859 --> 00:21:19.660 Caesar Augustus 00:21:19.660 --> 00:21:20.240 or was the guy 00:21:20.240 --> 00:21:21.079 after Caesar Augustus. 00:21:21.139 --> 00:21:21.700 Doesn't matter. 00:21:22.059 --> 00:21:23.079 If somebody had gone up 00:21:23.079 --> 00:21:23.220 to him, 00:21:23.240 --> 00:21:23.639 they'd go back 00:21:23.639 --> 00:21:24.379 in a time capsule 00:21:24.379 --> 00:21:24.660 and say, 00:21:24.720 --> 00:21:25.259 oh, by the way, 00:21:25.359 --> 00:21:26.160 Caesar Augustus 00:21:26.160 --> 00:21:26.700 or by the way, 00:21:26.759 --> 00:21:27.000 Nero, 00:21:27.500 --> 00:21:28.119 did you know 00:21:28.119 --> 00:21:29.160 that your position 00:21:29.160 --> 00:21:29.740 of privilege 00:21:29.740 --> 00:21:30.779 has blinded you 00:21:30.779 --> 00:21:31.480 so that you can't 00:21:31.480 --> 00:21:32.359 actually understand 00:21:32.359 --> 00:21:33.319 what's really going on 00:21:33.319 --> 00:21:33.819 and what the meaning 00:21:33.819 --> 00:21:34.500 of life is 00:21:34.500 --> 00:21:35.359 and that the people 00:21:35.359 --> 00:21:36.059 who really have 00:21:36.059 --> 00:21:36.619 the understanding 00:21:36.619 --> 00:21:37.079 about the way 00:21:37.079 --> 00:21:37.759 life is going 00:21:37.759 --> 00:21:38.599 are the people 00:21:38.599 --> 00:21:39.159 who don't have 00:21:39.159 --> 00:21:40.279 any particular power. 00:21:41.039 --> 00:21:41.240 Now, 00:21:41.279 --> 00:21:42.059 if you said that 00:21:42.059 --> 00:21:42.939 to a Roman emperor, 00:21:43.200 --> 00:21:44.240 you'd have to hope 00:21:44.240 --> 00:21:45.480 that he'd just laugh, 00:21:45.879 --> 00:21:46.819 that he'd be shocked 00:21:46.819 --> 00:21:47.359 for a moment 00:21:47.359 --> 00:21:47.960 and then say, 00:21:48.059 --> 00:21:48.240 oh, 00:21:48.379 --> 00:21:51.859 you know, 00:21:51.899 --> 00:21:52.480 because he's used 00:21:52.480 --> 00:21:53.379 to having mad men 00:21:53.379 --> 00:21:54.419 and mad women around 00:21:54.419 --> 00:21:54.939 and he's used 00:21:54.939 --> 00:21:55.779 to having fools 00:21:55.779 --> 00:21:56.960 and gestures 00:21:56.960 --> 00:21:57.960 and he'd just laugh. 00:21:58.319 --> 00:21:58.960 But if he actually 00:21:58.960 --> 00:21:59.779 thought you were serious, 00:21:59.819 --> 00:22:00.859 he would just kill you. 00:22:00.859 --> 00:22:04.599 he would just kill you. 00:22:04.919 --> 00:22:05.959 He'd probably do both, 00:22:06.059 --> 00:22:07.139 laugh about how stupid 00:22:07.139 --> 00:22:07.559 you are 00:22:07.559 --> 00:22:08.159 and then kill you. 00:22:08.199 --> 00:22:08.639 You see, 00:22:09.119 --> 00:22:10.039 the idea that 00:22:10.039 --> 00:22:11.279 you have to be separate 00:22:11.279 --> 00:22:11.799 from power 00:22:11.799 --> 00:22:13.000 to speak truth to power 00:22:13.000 --> 00:22:14.419 isn't a reasonable idea 00:22:14.419 --> 00:22:15.199 that comes from 00:22:15.199 --> 00:22:16.240 just pure reason. 00:22:16.339 --> 00:22:17.240 It comes from the Bible. 00:22:18.199 --> 00:22:19.259 It's a biblical idea. 00:22:21.599 --> 00:22:23.059 And that's what's going on here. 00:22:23.159 --> 00:22:24.039 So we have John 00:22:24.039 --> 00:22:25.319 described as a prophet 00:22:25.319 --> 00:22:26.959 foraging off the land 00:22:26.959 --> 00:22:27.679 in the wilderness. 00:22:28.159 --> 00:22:28.939 And what is it 00:22:28.939 --> 00:22:29.559 that he says? 00:22:29.559 --> 00:22:30.440 And here's now 00:22:30.440 --> 00:22:31.179 where we go back 00:22:31.179 --> 00:22:33.519 to this subversive fulfillment 00:22:33.519 --> 00:22:35.579 of these prophecies 00:22:35.579 --> 00:22:37.179 about what God 00:22:37.179 --> 00:22:38.099 is going to do 00:22:38.099 --> 00:22:38.559 to rescue 00:22:38.559 --> 00:22:39.539 and deliver his people. 00:22:40.159 --> 00:22:40.679 Verse 7, 00:22:41.179 --> 00:22:41.980 And he preached, 00:22:42.259 --> 00:22:42.639 saying, 00:22:43.099 --> 00:22:43.759 After me, 00:22:44.079 --> 00:22:46.039 after me comes 00:22:46.039 --> 00:22:47.319 he who is mightier 00:22:47.319 --> 00:22:47.899 than I, 00:22:48.579 --> 00:22:50.659 the strap of whose sandals 00:22:50.659 --> 00:22:52.139 I am not worthy 00:22:52.139 --> 00:22:52.980 to stoop down 00:22:52.980 --> 00:22:53.679 and untie. 00:22:57.359 --> 00:22:58.519 I'm going to say that again. 00:22:58.519 --> 00:23:00.139 After me comes 00:23:00.139 --> 00:23:01.299 he who is mightier 00:23:01.299 --> 00:23:01.759 than I. 00:23:02.619 --> 00:23:03.799 And this word mightier 00:23:03.799 --> 00:23:04.759 doesn't just imply 00:23:04.759 --> 00:23:05.740 that he's stronger, 00:23:05.980 --> 00:23:07.339 like he's won 00:23:07.339 --> 00:23:08.139 the world's strongest 00:23:08.139 --> 00:23:09.200 man competition. 00:23:09.480 --> 00:23:11.579 It's a bigger word 00:23:11.579 --> 00:23:12.519 of might 00:23:12.519 --> 00:23:13.200 and it's connected 00:23:13.200 --> 00:23:15.039 to words like glory 00:23:15.039 --> 00:23:15.839 and majesty 00:23:15.839 --> 00:23:16.579 and worth 00:23:16.579 --> 00:23:17.240 and rank. 00:23:19.019 --> 00:23:19.920 After me comes 00:23:19.920 --> 00:23:20.920 he who is mightier 00:23:20.920 --> 00:23:21.480 than I, 00:23:21.579 --> 00:23:23.460 the strap of whose sandals 00:23:23.460 --> 00:23:25.640 I am not worthy 00:23:25.640 --> 00:23:26.799 to stoop down 00:23:26.799 --> 00:23:27.640 and untie. 00:23:28.759 --> 00:23:29.980 And then he says this, 00:23:30.079 --> 00:23:31.000 I have baptized you 00:23:31.000 --> 00:23:31.559 with water 00:23:31.559 --> 00:23:34.299 but he will baptize you 00:23:34.299 --> 00:23:35.140 with the Holy Spirit. 00:23:36.420 --> 00:23:36.900 In other words, 00:23:36.980 --> 00:23:38.019 who is this person? 00:23:39.360 --> 00:23:40.720 Who is this God 00:23:40.720 --> 00:23:42.880 that I'm introducing God? 00:23:42.980 --> 00:23:43.660 I'm saying prepare 00:23:43.660 --> 00:23:44.620 the way of the Lord. 00:23:44.860 --> 00:23:45.700 But one moment 00:23:45.700 --> 00:23:47.200 the Lord wears sandals. 00:23:48.200 --> 00:23:49.180 And how do you know 00:23:49.180 --> 00:23:49.920 that it's the Lord, 00:23:50.019 --> 00:23:51.019 that it's actually God? 00:23:51.160 --> 00:23:52.580 Because only God 00:23:52.580 --> 00:23:54.200 can actually tell 00:23:54.200 --> 00:23:55.180 the Holy Spirit, 00:23:55.799 --> 00:23:56.960 ask the Holy Spirit 00:23:56.960 --> 00:23:57.860 to do something 00:23:57.860 --> 00:23:59.039 and that the Holy Spirit 00:23:59.039 --> 00:24:01.120 can actually come upon you 00:24:01.120 --> 00:24:02.539 and come upon you 00:24:02.539 --> 00:24:04.160 and immerse you 00:24:04.160 --> 00:24:06.680 in God's saving work. 00:24:06.880 --> 00:24:07.880 Immerse you 00:24:07.880 --> 00:24:09.680 completely and utterly. 00:24:10.039 --> 00:24:11.680 Only God can do that. 00:24:12.539 --> 00:24:14.160 And John the Baptist says 00:24:14.160 --> 00:24:16.240 this person is coming 00:24:16.240 --> 00:24:17.980 and he's going to wear sandals 00:24:17.980 --> 00:24:20.819 and I am not worthy 00:24:20.819 --> 00:24:22.059 to stoop down 00:24:22.059 --> 00:24:23.299 and take a position 00:24:23.299 --> 00:24:25.099 lower than the lowest slave 00:24:25.099 --> 00:24:28.079 and actually deal 00:24:28.079 --> 00:24:29.480 with his sandals. 00:24:31.759 --> 00:24:33.440 Now let's just be frank. 00:24:36.779 --> 00:24:38.500 This is a very, very 00:24:38.500 --> 00:24:39.720 unattractive idea 00:24:39.720 --> 00:24:40.519 to Canadians. 00:24:40.519 --> 00:24:47.139 To the average Canadian, 00:24:47.960 --> 00:24:48.279 this, 00:24:48.740 --> 00:24:50.299 to the average Canadian, 00:24:50.440 --> 00:24:51.799 the idea that there is one 00:24:51.799 --> 00:24:53.059 that you are not worthy 00:24:53.059 --> 00:24:54.039 to stoop down 00:24:54.039 --> 00:24:55.500 and untie their sandals, 00:24:55.839 --> 00:24:57.180 that doesn't resonate 00:24:57.180 --> 00:24:58.339 with anybody at all, 00:24:58.879 --> 00:24:59.859 with most Canadians. 00:25:00.319 --> 00:25:01.319 What does resonate 00:25:01.319 --> 00:25:01.960 with Canadians? 00:25:02.259 --> 00:25:03.720 When they meet someone greater 00:25:03.720 --> 00:25:05.660 or someone who's exalted? 00:25:05.660 --> 00:25:11.019 I'm just as good as them. 00:25:12.300 --> 00:25:12.900 In fact, 00:25:12.960 --> 00:25:13.740 I'm probably better. 00:25:14.860 --> 00:25:16.300 Sorry to point in that direction 00:25:16.300 --> 00:25:17.460 just to make it all evil. 00:25:17.600 --> 00:25:18.640 I'm just, 00:25:18.740 --> 00:25:20.580 I'm just as good as them. 00:25:21.279 --> 00:25:21.880 In fact, 00:25:21.940 --> 00:25:22.820 probably even better. 00:25:23.620 --> 00:25:24.700 Isn't that what resonates 00:25:24.700 --> 00:25:25.440 with Canadians? 00:25:26.240 --> 00:25:27.480 Like if you were together 00:25:27.480 --> 00:25:29.240 having coffee 00:25:29.240 --> 00:25:31.620 at your favorite coffee place 00:25:31.620 --> 00:25:32.259 and you're talking 00:25:32.259 --> 00:25:33.420 about somebody at work 00:25:33.420 --> 00:25:34.680 who's just gotten a promotion 00:25:34.680 --> 00:25:35.720 and who seems to now 00:25:35.720 --> 00:25:36.640 be strutting around 00:25:36.640 --> 00:25:37.279 as if they're 00:25:37.279 --> 00:25:38.960 a big important person 00:25:38.960 --> 00:25:39.720 and if you said, 00:25:39.779 --> 00:25:39.900 you know, 00:25:39.940 --> 00:25:40.820 I'm just as good as them, 00:25:40.860 --> 00:25:41.680 I'm probably better. 00:25:42.019 --> 00:25:43.240 All of the other people 00:25:43.240 --> 00:25:44.519 would go like this 00:25:44.519 --> 00:25:47.539 and they'd all be thinking 00:25:47.539 --> 00:25:48.120 the same thing. 00:25:48.160 --> 00:25:48.740 I'm just as good 00:25:48.740 --> 00:25:49.360 as that person. 00:25:49.539 --> 00:25:49.720 In fact, 00:25:49.740 --> 00:25:50.420 I'm probably better. 00:25:50.960 --> 00:25:51.799 That's what resonates 00:25:51.799 --> 00:25:52.620 with Canadians. 00:25:56.279 --> 00:25:56.860 You see, 00:25:56.860 --> 00:26:02.200 in our heart of hearts 00:26:02.200 --> 00:26:03.200 for most Canadians, 00:26:03.200 --> 00:26:06.120 so everybody you meet, 00:26:06.279 --> 00:26:07.440 they have real 00:26:07.440 --> 00:26:08.819 intellectual objections 00:26:08.819 --> 00:26:09.900 to why Christianity 00:26:09.900 --> 00:26:10.580 can't be true, 00:26:10.660 --> 00:26:12.340 but in our heart of hearts 00:26:12.340 --> 00:26:13.200 as Canadians, 00:26:13.740 --> 00:26:16.259 we don't want the gospel 00:26:16.259 --> 00:26:16.880 to be true. 00:26:19.640 --> 00:26:20.880 We don't want it 00:26:20.880 --> 00:26:21.480 to be true 00:26:21.480 --> 00:26:24.120 because what does not 00:26:24.120 --> 00:26:25.220 resonate with me 00:26:25.220 --> 00:26:28.220 is that he is so, 00:26:28.840 --> 00:26:30.539 of such great worth, 00:26:30.539 --> 00:26:32.720 of such great worth 00:26:32.720 --> 00:26:34.920 that apart from grace, 00:26:35.000 --> 00:26:36.000 I am not worthy 00:26:36.000 --> 00:26:37.639 to even touch his sandals. 00:26:37.700 --> 00:26:38.500 That doesn't resonate 00:26:38.500 --> 00:26:38.920 with me. 00:26:38.980 --> 00:26:40.099 What resonates with me 00:26:40.099 --> 00:26:41.799 is I'm just as good 00:26:41.799 --> 00:26:42.119 as you 00:26:42.119 --> 00:26:43.079 and probably better. 00:26:44.339 --> 00:26:45.500 So in our heart of hearts, 00:26:45.500 --> 00:26:46.899 we don't want the gospel 00:26:46.899 --> 00:26:47.539 to be true. 00:26:48.039 --> 00:26:48.879 We don't want 00:26:48.879 --> 00:26:50.339 the gospel to be true. 00:26:50.339 --> 00:26:56.579 Now, 00:26:57.679 --> 00:26:59.000 our Muslim friends, 00:26:59.859 --> 00:27:00.599 and that would include 00:27:00.599 --> 00:27:01.299 our Muslim friends 00:27:01.299 --> 00:27:01.879 who are Canadians, 00:27:02.059 --> 00:27:02.399 they would be 00:27:02.399 --> 00:27:03.579 the exception to this. 00:27:04.579 --> 00:27:05.500 Our Muslim friends 00:27:05.500 --> 00:27:05.859 would say, 00:27:06.039 --> 00:27:08.679 stupid Canadians, 00:27:08.799 --> 00:27:08.959 I mean, 00:27:09.019 --> 00:27:10.000 not obviously, 00:27:10.119 --> 00:27:10.859 maybe in public, 00:27:11.099 --> 00:27:11.819 what they'd think. 00:27:13.179 --> 00:27:14.000 Of course, 00:27:14.119 --> 00:27:15.119 the messenger of Allah 00:27:15.119 --> 00:27:19.339 is of such great worth. 00:27:20.879 --> 00:27:21.779 Of course, 00:27:22.919 --> 00:27:23.739 it's a foolishness 00:27:23.739 --> 00:27:24.339 of Canadians 00:27:24.339 --> 00:27:25.279 to not acknowledge 00:27:25.279 --> 00:27:26.399 the greatness of Allah 00:27:26.399 --> 00:27:27.779 and the greatness 00:27:27.779 --> 00:27:29.059 of the messenger of Allah. 00:27:31.739 --> 00:27:33.039 What John says here, 00:27:33.559 --> 00:27:35.939 that is reasonable. 00:27:35.940 --> 00:27:41.740 But then, 00:27:42.259 --> 00:27:44.799 the Bible throws 00:27:44.799 --> 00:27:46.059 a monkey wrench 00:27:46.059 --> 00:27:48.400 of subversive fulfillment 00:27:48.400 --> 00:27:49.880 to the average Canadian 00:27:49.880 --> 00:27:51.980 and a monkey wrench 00:27:51.980 --> 00:27:52.559 in the way 00:27:52.559 --> 00:27:53.400 our Muslim friends 00:27:53.400 --> 00:27:54.460 would understand the text 00:27:54.460 --> 00:27:55.259 with what happens 00:27:55.259 --> 00:27:57.440 in the very next few verses. 00:27:58.140 --> 00:27:59.059 Look at what it says 00:27:59.059 --> 00:28:01.180 in verses 9 and following. 00:28:01.880 --> 00:28:03.120 In those days, 00:28:03.240 --> 00:28:05.400 Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee 00:28:05.400 --> 00:28:06.900 and was, 00:28:07.420 --> 00:28:08.400 just by the way, 00:28:08.660 --> 00:28:09.519 that would be like saying, 00:28:09.640 --> 00:28:10.900 I'm George from Brudenell. 00:28:12.940 --> 00:28:13.700 And none of you 00:28:13.700 --> 00:28:14.460 have heard of Brudenell. 00:28:14.560 --> 00:28:14.660 Well, 00:28:14.740 --> 00:28:15.460 some of you have 00:28:15.460 --> 00:28:16.320 because I've used that 00:28:16.320 --> 00:28:16.940 as an example 00:28:16.940 --> 00:28:17.780 in other sermons. 00:28:20.580 --> 00:28:21.220 But like, 00:28:21.280 --> 00:28:22.420 Brudenell is like nowhere. 00:28:25.180 --> 00:28:26.200 It's not like saying, 00:28:26.320 --> 00:28:26.460 hi, 00:28:26.500 --> 00:28:27.700 I'm George from Manhattan. 00:28:28.900 --> 00:28:29.500 You know? 00:28:30.920 --> 00:28:32.680 I'm George from Brudenell. 00:28:32.740 --> 00:28:32.980 Actually, 00:28:33.019 --> 00:28:33.720 I'm not from Brudenell. 00:28:33.720 --> 00:28:34.440 I'm from Montreal. 00:28:34.620 --> 00:28:35.380 But you get the point. 00:28:35.480 --> 00:28:35.680 Anyway, 00:28:36.040 --> 00:28:36.759 in those days, 00:28:36.860 --> 00:28:37.280 verse 9, 00:28:37.340 --> 00:28:37.900 in those days, 00:28:38.019 --> 00:28:39.440 Jesus came from Nazareth 00:28:39.440 --> 00:28:40.380 of Galilee 00:28:40.380 --> 00:28:40.680 and was, 00:28:41.320 --> 00:28:41.580 what? 00:28:42.480 --> 00:28:43.380 He was baptized 00:28:43.380 --> 00:28:44.519 by John in the Jordan. 00:28:44.720 --> 00:28:45.000 What? 00:28:45.700 --> 00:28:46.860 I thought John just said 00:28:46.860 --> 00:28:47.600 that he wasn't worthy 00:28:47.600 --> 00:28:48.360 to untie 00:28:48.360 --> 00:28:49.940 the sandals of Jesus. 00:28:50.740 --> 00:28:51.180 What? 00:28:52.660 --> 00:28:54.019 Jesus is getting baptized 00:28:54.019 --> 00:28:54.600 by John? 00:28:54.640 --> 00:28:55.560 That's all wrong. 00:28:56.160 --> 00:28:57.200 That's what our Muslim friends 00:28:57.200 --> 00:28:57.620 would say. 00:28:58.300 --> 00:28:59.320 That's all wrong. 00:28:59.319 --> 00:29:02.139 He shouldn't lower himself 00:29:02.139 --> 00:29:03.179 and humble himself 00:29:03.179 --> 00:29:04.059 before John. 00:29:05.299 --> 00:29:06.839 John should be baptized 00:29:06.839 --> 00:29:07.539 by Jesus. 00:29:07.779 --> 00:29:08.039 Whoa, 00:29:08.099 --> 00:29:08.220 whoa, 00:29:08.220 --> 00:29:08.379 whoa, 00:29:08.379 --> 00:29:08.519 whoa, 00:29:08.519 --> 00:29:08.700 whoa. 00:29:09.700 --> 00:29:10.639 The only people 00:29:10.639 --> 00:29:11.480 who are getting baptized 00:29:11.480 --> 00:29:12.579 are ordinary people 00:29:12.579 --> 00:29:13.599 confessing their sins. 00:29:13.599 --> 00:29:15.179 What is Jesus doing 00:29:15.179 --> 00:29:15.879 getting baptized 00:29:15.879 --> 00:29:17.039 by John in the Jordan? 00:29:20.619 --> 00:29:22.139 And then it continues 00:29:22.139 --> 00:29:23.199 to mess up our minds. 00:29:23.279 --> 00:29:24.099 Look at verse 10. 00:29:24.099 --> 00:29:25.259 And when he, 00:29:25.379 --> 00:29:25.939 that is Jesus, 00:29:26.079 --> 00:29:27.039 came up out of the water, 00:29:27.119 --> 00:29:28.099 immediately he saw 00:29:28.099 --> 00:29:30.919 the heavens being torn open 00:29:30.919 --> 00:29:33.240 and the spirit descending 00:29:33.240 --> 00:29:34.279 on him like a dove 00:29:34.279 --> 00:29:36.079 and a voice came from heaven. 00:29:36.740 --> 00:29:38.759 You are my beloved son. 00:29:39.079 --> 00:29:39.839 With you, 00:29:40.019 --> 00:29:41.500 I am well pleased. 00:29:46.639 --> 00:29:47.339 By the way, 00:29:47.339 --> 00:29:48.059 remember I said 00:29:48.059 --> 00:29:50.039 one of the things 00:29:50.039 --> 00:29:51.519 which Mark excels at, 00:29:51.639 --> 00:29:52.799 he's like a very, 00:29:52.959 --> 00:29:53.659 very excellent 00:29:53.660 --> 00:29:55.019 artist 00:29:55.019 --> 00:29:56.160 who can 00:29:56.160 --> 00:29:58.380 just use with a few lines 00:29:58.380 --> 00:29:59.360 draw these wonderful 00:29:59.360 --> 00:30:00.380 word pictures. 00:30:01.300 --> 00:30:02.100 And for many people 00:30:02.100 --> 00:30:02.800 it's hard for them 00:30:02.800 --> 00:30:04.080 to understand the Trinity 00:30:04.080 --> 00:30:05.180 but you begin 00:30:05.180 --> 00:30:05.980 to enter into 00:30:05.980 --> 00:30:06.560 the understanding 00:30:06.560 --> 00:30:07.019 of the Trinity 00:30:07.019 --> 00:30:07.720 by just looking 00:30:07.720 --> 00:30:08.660 at this very simple 00:30:08.660 --> 00:30:09.960 word picture 00:30:09.960 --> 00:30:11.480 of Jesus 00:30:11.480 --> 00:30:12.480 who's been identified 00:30:12.480 --> 00:30:13.300 as the Lord 00:30:13.300 --> 00:30:14.880 in the earlier texts 00:30:14.880 --> 00:30:16.140 and as the Son of God 00:30:16.140 --> 00:30:17.620 and that as he comes 00:30:17.620 --> 00:30:18.360 out of heaven, 00:30:19.380 --> 00:30:19.980 as he comes out 00:30:19.980 --> 00:30:20.480 of the water 00:30:20.480 --> 00:30:21.340 that the heavens, 00:30:21.480 --> 00:30:22.380 the presence of God 00:30:22.380 --> 00:30:23.040 are parted 00:30:23.039 --> 00:30:24.000 and that the voice 00:30:24.000 --> 00:30:24.920 of God the Father 00:30:24.920 --> 00:30:25.559 speaks 00:30:25.559 --> 00:30:27.899 while the Holy Spirit 00:30:27.899 --> 00:30:29.440 descends on him. 00:30:30.639 --> 00:30:31.119 You have this 00:30:31.119 --> 00:30:32.099 wonderful little 00:30:32.099 --> 00:30:33.019 word picture 00:30:33.019 --> 00:30:34.480 in just a few words 00:30:34.480 --> 00:30:35.619 of the doctrine 00:30:35.619 --> 00:30:36.119 of the Trinity. 00:30:38.279 --> 00:30:39.399 But then after this 00:30:39.399 --> 00:30:40.379 thing, 00:30:40.599 --> 00:30:41.599 it continues 00:30:41.599 --> 00:30:42.200 to mess up 00:30:42.200 --> 00:30:42.659 our minds. 00:30:42.859 --> 00:30:43.399 Verse 12, 00:30:43.480 --> 00:30:44.039 the Spirit 00:30:44.039 --> 00:30:44.700 immediately 00:30:44.700 --> 00:30:46.059 what? 00:30:46.700 --> 00:30:47.259 Took him 00:30:47.259 --> 00:30:49.200 to the editorial office 00:30:49.200 --> 00:30:50.059 to the Globe and Mail, 00:30:50.160 --> 00:30:50.980 took him to Oxford 00:30:50.980 --> 00:30:51.620 or Stanford 00:30:51.620 --> 00:30:52.259 or Harvard, 00:30:52.480 --> 00:30:53.880 took him to 00:30:53.880 --> 00:30:55.180 Washington 00:30:55.180 --> 00:30:55.900 to become 00:30:55.900 --> 00:30:56.620 the new president 00:30:56.620 --> 00:30:57.580 or the UK 00:30:57.580 --> 00:30:58.120 to become 00:30:58.120 --> 00:30:58.940 the new prime minister 00:30:58.940 --> 00:30:59.380 of England 00:30:59.380 --> 00:31:00.600 or to Ottawa 00:31:00.600 --> 00:31:01.059 to become 00:31:01.059 --> 00:31:01.840 the new prime minister 00:31:01.840 --> 00:31:02.420 of Canada 00:31:02.420 --> 00:31:03.360 or the United Nations 00:31:03.360 --> 00:31:04.120 to become the head 00:31:04.120 --> 00:31:05.059 of the United Nations. 00:31:05.220 --> 00:31:05.720 The Spirit 00:31:05.720 --> 00:31:06.640 immediately drove him 00:31:06.640 --> 00:31:07.819 out into the wilderness 00:31:07.819 --> 00:31:09.640 and he was in the wilderness 00:31:09.640 --> 00:31:10.580 40 days. 00:31:10.680 --> 00:31:10.920 What? 00:31:11.259 --> 00:31:11.819 Being tempted 00:31:11.819 --> 00:31:12.559 by Satan. 00:31:14.159 --> 00:31:15.179 How could God, 00:31:15.240 --> 00:31:15.879 the Son of God, 00:31:15.939 --> 00:31:16.700 allow himself 00:31:16.700 --> 00:31:18.279 to spend 40 days 00:31:18.279 --> 00:31:19.859 being beaten around 00:31:19.859 --> 00:31:20.679 by Satan? 00:31:21.980 --> 00:31:22.939 And he was with 00:31:22.939 --> 00:31:23.759 the wild animals 00:31:23.759 --> 00:31:24.559 and don't think 00:31:24.559 --> 00:31:25.519 of cute deer. 00:31:26.700 --> 00:31:28.139 I was just in Vancouver. 00:31:28.359 --> 00:31:29.179 I didn't realize this 00:31:29.179 --> 00:31:29.500 but you know 00:31:29.500 --> 00:31:30.480 that they had to close 00:31:30.480 --> 00:31:31.740 Stanley Park 00:31:31.740 --> 00:31:32.599 for a while 00:31:32.599 --> 00:31:33.659 because the coyotes 00:31:33.659 --> 00:31:34.559 were running wild 00:31:34.559 --> 00:31:37.159 and they were a danger 00:31:37.159 --> 00:31:38.000 to the public. 00:31:38.679 --> 00:31:39.480 It was only when 00:31:39.480 --> 00:31:40.279 the coyotes started 00:31:40.279 --> 00:31:41.240 actually biting people 00:31:41.819 --> 00:31:43.299 and especially a child 00:31:43.299 --> 00:31:44.259 that they finally realized 00:31:44.259 --> 00:31:45.000 they had to cull it. 00:31:45.299 --> 00:31:46.460 So don't think deer. 00:31:47.019 --> 00:31:48.019 Think coyotes. 00:31:48.960 --> 00:31:50.179 Think mountain lions. 00:31:50.960 --> 00:31:52.059 Think things 00:31:52.059 --> 00:31:52.740 that would like 00:31:52.740 --> 00:31:53.480 to eat you 00:31:53.480 --> 00:31:54.319 as a snack. 00:31:55.679 --> 00:31:56.579 Not things 00:31:56.579 --> 00:31:57.279 that you could feed 00:31:57.279 --> 00:31:57.960 with grass. 00:32:00.240 --> 00:32:01.039 And he was 00:32:01.039 --> 00:32:01.559 in the wilderness 00:32:01.559 --> 00:32:02.139 40 days 00:32:02.139 --> 00:32:02.839 being tempted 00:32:02.839 --> 00:32:03.480 by Satan 00:32:03.480 --> 00:32:04.079 and he was with 00:32:04.079 --> 00:32:04.939 the wild animals 00:32:04.939 --> 00:32:05.639 and the angels 00:32:05.639 --> 00:32:06.799 were ministering 00:32:06.799 --> 00:32:07.319 to him. 00:32:09.879 --> 00:32:10.980 Here's what's going on 00:32:10.980 --> 00:32:11.720 in this text. 00:32:11.819 --> 00:32:12.899 You see 00:32:12.899 --> 00:32:18.859 on one hand 00:32:18.859 --> 00:32:19.700 we Canadians 00:32:19.700 --> 00:32:21.720 what we don't like 00:32:21.720 --> 00:32:22.460 is the idea 00:32:22.460 --> 00:32:24.919 we're conflicted. 00:32:27.119 --> 00:32:28.599 We're conflicted 00:32:28.599 --> 00:32:29.740 because on one hand 00:32:29.740 --> 00:32:30.439 it resonates 00:32:30.439 --> 00:32:31.519 deep within us 00:32:31.519 --> 00:32:32.240 as Canadians 00:32:32.240 --> 00:32:34.439 that I'm just 00:32:34.439 --> 00:32:35.240 as good as you 00:32:35.240 --> 00:32:35.759 and maybe 00:32:35.759 --> 00:32:37.559 probably better. 00:32:37.559 --> 00:32:40.859 but at the same time 00:32:40.859 --> 00:32:42.259 what are the 00:32:42.259 --> 00:32:43.179 commercials 00:32:43.179 --> 00:32:44.259 all appeal to? 00:32:44.440 --> 00:32:45.000 The commercials 00:32:45.000 --> 00:32:46.099 appeal to the fact 00:32:46.099 --> 00:32:46.599 that you should have 00:32:46.599 --> 00:32:47.839 this luxurious holiday. 00:32:48.639 --> 00:32:49.039 You should have 00:32:49.039 --> 00:32:50.319 this luxurious car. 00:32:51.919 --> 00:32:52.279 Why? 00:32:53.720 --> 00:32:55.000 Because you deserve it. 00:32:55.639 --> 00:32:56.720 You deserve it. 00:32:57.779 --> 00:32:58.740 And that speaks 00:32:58.740 --> 00:32:59.639 deep to our hearts 00:32:59.639 --> 00:33:00.119 as well. 00:33:00.639 --> 00:33:01.500 And what speaks 00:33:01.500 --> 00:33:02.419 deep to our hearts 00:33:02.419 --> 00:33:03.119 is that if we could 00:33:03.119 --> 00:33:03.539 just have 00:33:03.539 --> 00:33:04.019 if we could 00:33:04.019 --> 00:33:04.859 just win the lottery 00:33:04.859 --> 00:33:05.399 if we could 00:33:05.399 --> 00:33:05.920 just buy 00:33:05.920 --> 00:33:07.859 the apple shares 00:33:07.859 --> 00:33:08.859 go back in time 00:33:08.859 --> 00:33:09.960 and buy the apple shares 00:33:09.960 --> 00:33:10.420 when they were 00:33:10.420 --> 00:33:11.139 first available 00:33:11.139 --> 00:33:11.879 and hence 00:33:11.879 --> 00:33:12.879 make lots and lots 00:33:12.879 --> 00:33:13.639 and lots and lots 00:33:13.639 --> 00:33:14.059 of money 00:33:14.059 --> 00:33:15.139 that if we could 00:33:15.139 --> 00:33:15.559 do that 00:33:15.559 --> 00:33:16.180 gosh we would 00:33:16.180 --> 00:33:17.099 eat in better places 00:33:17.099 --> 00:33:17.759 and gosh 00:33:17.759 --> 00:33:18.680 we would have 00:33:18.680 --> 00:33:19.099 a servant 00:33:19.099 --> 00:33:19.619 to take out 00:33:19.619 --> 00:33:20.139 the garbage 00:33:20.139 --> 00:33:21.079 and gosh 00:33:21.079 --> 00:33:21.500 we wouldn't 00:33:21.500 --> 00:33:22.200 sully our hands 00:33:22.200 --> 00:33:22.659 with this 00:33:22.659 --> 00:33:23.399 and gosh 00:33:23.399 --> 00:33:23.779 we wouldn't 00:33:23.779 --> 00:33:24.099 do that 00:33:24.099 --> 00:33:24.759 and that appeals 00:33:24.759 --> 00:33:25.559 to us as well. 00:33:25.559 --> 00:33:27.159 See all these 00:33:27.159 --> 00:33:28.440 things appeal 00:33:28.440 --> 00:33:29.019 to us 00:33:29.019 --> 00:33:30.259 at different times 00:33:30.259 --> 00:33:31.179 in the same 00:33:31.179 --> 00:33:31.619 human being 00:33:31.619 --> 00:33:32.259 without realizing 00:33:32.259 --> 00:33:32.899 on one level 00:33:32.899 --> 00:33:33.539 we would like 00:33:33.539 --> 00:33:34.539 to be that person 00:33:34.539 --> 00:33:35.220 who everybody 00:33:35.220 --> 00:33:36.460 else is pointing to 00:33:36.460 --> 00:33:37.740 and actually 00:33:37.740 --> 00:33:38.319 in our hearts 00:33:38.319 --> 00:33:38.740 of hearts 00:33:38.740 --> 00:33:39.419 we would say 00:33:39.419 --> 00:33:40.179 to ourselves 00:33:40.179 --> 00:33:41.379 everybody else 00:33:41.379 --> 00:33:42.339 is pointing at me 00:33:42.339 --> 00:33:42.919 and saying 00:33:42.919 --> 00:33:44.659 I'm just as good 00:33:44.659 --> 00:33:45.220 as them 00:33:45.220 --> 00:33:46.299 and maybe 00:33:46.299 --> 00:33:47.279 I'm just as good 00:33:47.279 --> 00:33:47.700 as you 00:33:47.700 --> 00:33:48.980 and maybe even better 00:33:48.980 --> 00:33:49.619 and they're all 00:33:49.619 --> 00:33:50.079 saying that 00:33:50.079 --> 00:33:50.819 but they're wrong. 00:33:52.059 --> 00:33:52.319 Wouldn't we 00:33:52.319 --> 00:33:53.000 doesn't that also 00:33:53.000 --> 00:33:53.359 resonate? 00:33:53.539 --> 00:33:54.119 They're wrong. 00:33:54.679 --> 00:33:55.440 I am better. 00:33:55.940 --> 00:33:57.019 I am smarter. 00:33:57.539 --> 00:33:58.839 I have worked harder 00:33:58.839 --> 00:34:00.799 and I haven't 00:34:00.799 --> 00:34:01.579 just worked harder 00:34:01.579 --> 00:34:02.500 I've worked smarter 00:34:02.500 --> 00:34:03.700 because I am smarter 00:34:03.700 --> 00:34:05.419 and that resonates 00:34:05.419 --> 00:34:06.319 with you as well. 00:34:06.839 --> 00:34:07.559 How is it 00:34:07.559 --> 00:34:08.380 that both resonate 00:34:08.380 --> 00:34:08.940 with you? 00:34:09.139 --> 00:34:09.239 Eh? 00:34:10.519 --> 00:34:11.440 Like what type 00:34:11.440 --> 00:34:12.139 of a person 00:34:12.139 --> 00:34:12.799 are you 00:34:12.799 --> 00:34:13.579 and am I 00:34:13.579 --> 00:34:14.360 that on one level 00:34:14.360 --> 00:34:14.799 I'd say 00:34:14.799 --> 00:34:15.380 no you're not 00:34:15.380 --> 00:34:15.860 better than me 00:34:15.860 --> 00:34:16.799 I am better than you 00:34:16.799 --> 00:34:18.440 and then the very next 00:34:18.440 --> 00:34:18.980 moment I'd look 00:34:18.980 --> 00:34:19.480 at somebody else 00:34:19.480 --> 00:34:19.699 and say 00:34:19.699 --> 00:34:20.299 I'm better than 00:34:20.299 --> 00:34:22.039 you're not better 00:34:22.039 --> 00:34:22.279 than me 00:34:22.279 --> 00:34:23.059 I'm better than you 00:34:23.059 --> 00:34:26.179 and why is it 00:34:26.179 --> 00:34:26.719 that it resonates 00:34:26.719 --> 00:34:27.159 with us 00:34:27.159 --> 00:34:27.659 that if we just 00:34:27.659 --> 00:34:28.059 had the money 00:34:28.059 --> 00:34:28.719 we wouldn't do this 00:34:28.719 --> 00:34:29.340 we wouldn't do that 00:34:29.340 --> 00:34:29.920 we wouldn't do that 00:34:29.920 --> 00:34:30.559 we wouldn't stoop 00:34:30.559 --> 00:34:31.099 to this 00:34:31.099 --> 00:34:31.840 why is it 00:34:31.840 --> 00:34:32.480 that that resonates 00:34:32.480 --> 00:34:33.119 with us 00:34:33.119 --> 00:34:34.440 as well 00:34:34.440 --> 00:34:36.500 and yet 00:34:36.500 --> 00:34:37.500 and yet 00:34:37.500 --> 00:34:38.039 and yet 00:34:38.039 --> 00:34:38.740 and yet 00:34:38.740 --> 00:34:41.139 isn't it true 00:34:41.139 --> 00:34:42.400 that at the same time 00:34:42.400 --> 00:34:43.599 mixed with all these 00:34:43.599 --> 00:34:44.079 things 00:34:44.079 --> 00:34:44.760 and it's those 00:34:44.760 --> 00:34:46.039 those first types 00:34:46.039 --> 00:34:46.480 of things 00:34:46.480 --> 00:34:47.659 that we all say 00:34:47.659 --> 00:34:48.639 and all express 00:34:48.639 --> 00:34:49.539 because in our 00:34:49.539 --> 00:34:50.340 heart of hearts 00:34:50.340 --> 00:34:51.639 we don't want 00:34:51.639 --> 00:34:52.920 Christianity to be true 00:34:52.920 --> 00:34:54.280 in my heart of hearts 00:34:54.280 --> 00:34:55.139 before I became 00:34:55.139 --> 00:34:55.579 a Christian 00:34:55.579 --> 00:34:57.000 I did not want 00:34:57.000 --> 00:34:57.579 God 00:34:57.579 --> 00:34:59.000 I did not want 00:34:59.000 --> 00:34:59.539 the gospel 00:34:59.539 --> 00:35:00.179 to be true 00:35:00.179 --> 00:35:00.639 why? 00:35:01.280 --> 00:35:02.440 well because in a sense 00:35:02.440 --> 00:35:03.360 I was terrified 00:35:03.360 --> 00:35:04.480 with texts like this 00:35:04.480 --> 00:35:05.820 that to become a Christian 00:35:05.820 --> 00:35:07.400 I would have to become weird 00:35:07.400 --> 00:35:08.599 like John the Baptist 00:35:08.599 --> 00:35:10.960 and wear weird clothes 00:35:10.960 --> 00:35:12.420 and act weird 00:35:12.420 --> 00:35:13.159 and I didn't want 00:35:13.159 --> 00:35:14.099 to be weird 00:35:14.099 --> 00:35:18.440 excuse me 00:35:19.440 --> 00:35:25.079 but at the same time 00:35:25.079 --> 00:35:26.800 at the same time 00:35:26.800 --> 00:35:29.180 when we look at this 00:35:29.180 --> 00:35:30.600 here's 00:35:30.600 --> 00:35:31.220 here's 00:35:31.220 --> 00:35:32.640 here's the other thing 00:35:32.640 --> 00:35:33.480 that we all sense 00:35:33.480 --> 00:35:34.260 at the same time 00:35:34.260 --> 00:35:34.960 and this is why 00:35:34.960 --> 00:35:36.280 at our hearts of hearts 00:35:36.280 --> 00:35:36.680 we really 00:35:36.680 --> 00:35:38.120 even though you don't 00:35:38.120 --> 00:35:39.480 we think we don't want 00:35:39.480 --> 00:35:40.539 the gospel to be true 00:35:40.539 --> 00:35:41.780 if you really look 00:35:41.780 --> 00:35:42.220 at your heart 00:35:42.220 --> 00:35:43.140 you do want the gospel 00:35:43.140 --> 00:35:43.700 to be true 00:35:43.700 --> 00:35:47.060 one of the things 00:35:47.060 --> 00:35:48.660 that it gets mentioned 00:35:48.660 --> 00:35:49.440 by occasionally 00:35:49.440 --> 00:35:50.580 by the same reporters 00:35:50.580 --> 00:35:51.680 who cheer on 00:35:51.680 --> 00:35:52.820 the closures 00:35:52.820 --> 00:35:53.539 and other things 00:35:53.539 --> 00:35:55.000 as at different times 00:35:55.000 --> 00:35:55.480 throughout the whole 00:35:55.480 --> 00:35:56.039 COVID thing 00:35:56.039 --> 00:35:56.699 over the last 00:35:56.699 --> 00:35:58.199 two years 00:35:58.199 --> 00:35:58.559 or whatever 00:35:58.559 --> 00:35:59.420 it feels like forever 00:35:59.420 --> 00:36:00.860 occasionally there have 00:36:00.860 --> 00:36:01.279 been people 00:36:01.279 --> 00:36:02.019 who've commented 00:36:02.019 --> 00:36:02.579 on the fact 00:36:02.579 --> 00:36:03.699 that the government 00:36:03.699 --> 00:36:05.900 will make an announcement 00:36:05.900 --> 00:36:06.860 on Tuesday 00:36:06.860 --> 00:36:07.519 or Wednesday 00:36:07.519 --> 00:36:08.920 and then businesses 00:36:08.920 --> 00:36:09.920 have to close 00:36:09.920 --> 00:36:11.400 like three days later 00:36:11.400 --> 00:36:12.800 like 00:36:12.800 --> 00:36:15.259 okay 00:36:15.259 --> 00:36:16.179 like they don't 00:36:16.179 --> 00:36:16.960 it's as if 00:36:16.960 --> 00:36:18.480 they don't identify with 00:36:18.480 --> 00:36:19.880 and they don't identify 00:36:19.880 --> 00:36:20.739 with or care 00:36:20.739 --> 00:36:22.199 for small business owners 00:36:22.199 --> 00:36:23.960 or the people 00:36:23.960 --> 00:36:24.380 who have to 00:36:24.380 --> 00:36:25.800 work at the Tim Hortons 00:36:25.800 --> 00:36:26.600 or who 00:36:26.600 --> 00:36:26.920 you know 00:36:26.920 --> 00:36:28.620 who work in the gas stations 00:36:28.620 --> 00:36:29.539 the people 00:36:29.539 --> 00:36:30.760 pushing the carts 00:36:30.760 --> 00:36:31.320 at Walmart 00:36:31.320 --> 00:36:33.460 and filling the shelves 00:36:33.460 --> 00:36:34.560 at the Metro 00:36:34.560 --> 00:36:35.519 and the Loblaws 00:36:35.519 --> 00:36:36.660 and it's as if 00:36:36.660 --> 00:36:37.260 what we say 00:36:37.260 --> 00:36:37.940 part of us 00:36:37.940 --> 00:36:38.660 is that these people 00:36:38.660 --> 00:36:39.380 they just sit there 00:36:39.380 --> 00:36:40.160 on their keyboards 00:36:40.160 --> 00:36:41.660 in their really nice house 00:36:41.660 --> 00:36:42.800 in a nice part of Ottawa 00:36:42.800 --> 00:36:44.660 and they make these decisions 00:36:44.660 --> 00:36:46.019 and they just make 00:36:46.019 --> 00:36:46.740 these decisions 00:36:46.740 --> 00:36:47.539 and then they say 00:36:47.539 --> 00:36:48.240 I think I'm going to have 00:36:48.240 --> 00:36:49.600 myself a nice glass of wine 00:36:49.600 --> 00:36:51.000 and some expensive cheese 00:36:51.000 --> 00:36:52.079 and meanwhile 00:36:52.079 --> 00:36:52.960 a whole pile of 00:36:52.960 --> 00:36:54.500 people that are 00:36:54.500 --> 00:36:55.880 lower working class 00:36:55.880 --> 00:36:56.900 or just working class 00:36:56.900 --> 00:36:58.119 people are out of jobs 00:36:58.119 --> 00:36:59.840 and small business owners 00:36:59.840 --> 00:37:00.579 are out of jobs 00:37:00.579 --> 00:37:01.739 and what do we 00:37:01.739 --> 00:37:02.400 on one hand 00:37:02.400 --> 00:37:03.179 really deeply 00:37:03.179 --> 00:37:04.519 also identify with 00:37:04.519 --> 00:37:05.480 is that we think 00:37:05.480 --> 00:37:07.159 that if powerful people 00:37:07.159 --> 00:37:08.719 actually identified 00:37:08.719 --> 00:37:10.539 with ordinary people 00:37:10.539 --> 00:37:11.380 and weak people 00:37:11.380 --> 00:37:12.300 and broken people 00:37:12.300 --> 00:37:12.960 that they would 00:37:12.960 --> 00:37:13.960 they would rule 00:37:13.960 --> 00:37:15.340 in a wiser way 00:37:15.340 --> 00:37:16.920 that that is the 00:37:16.920 --> 00:37:17.940 direction of wisdom 00:37:17.940 --> 00:37:19.460 is to not just 00:37:19.460 --> 00:37:21.120 is to identify 00:37:21.120 --> 00:37:23.539 with the weak 00:37:23.539 --> 00:37:24.240 and the powerless 00:37:24.240 --> 00:37:25.660 and because we 00:37:25.660 --> 00:37:26.900 excuse me 00:37:26.900 --> 00:37:27.380 we understand 00:37:27.380 --> 00:37:28.039 that it's connected 00:37:28.039 --> 00:37:28.800 to love 00:37:28.800 --> 00:37:30.740 you know when I was 00:37:30.740 --> 00:37:31.660 telling those stories 00:37:31.660 --> 00:37:32.240 about my 00:37:32.240 --> 00:37:33.160 you know how they 00:37:33.160 --> 00:37:34.480 talk about my wife 00:37:34.480 --> 00:37:35.039 I mean one of the things 00:37:35.039 --> 00:37:35.620 about my wife 00:37:35.620 --> 00:37:36.880 is she loves children 00:37:36.880 --> 00:37:41.059 I was staying with somebody 00:37:41.059 --> 00:37:41.980 you know you think 00:37:41.980 --> 00:37:42.559 with nine kids 00:37:42.559 --> 00:37:43.100 I'd be better 00:37:43.099 --> 00:37:44.940 I have four of my 00:37:44.940 --> 00:37:46.139 grandchildren around the table 00:37:46.139 --> 00:37:46.779 I'm not quite sure 00:37:46.779 --> 00:37:47.500 what to say to them 00:37:47.500 --> 00:37:47.940 you know one of them 00:37:47.940 --> 00:37:48.719 is I think nine 00:37:48.719 --> 00:37:49.759 and then one seven 00:37:49.759 --> 00:37:51.779 like ten eight 00:37:51.779 --> 00:37:53.360 six and four 00:37:53.360 --> 00:37:54.759 and I'm not 00:37:54.759 --> 00:37:55.159 you know we have 00:37:55.159 --> 00:37:55.920 a few little things 00:37:55.920 --> 00:37:56.880 I don't know what to say 00:37:56.880 --> 00:37:57.619 and we're all 00:37:57.619 --> 00:37:58.460 you know 00:37:58.460 --> 00:37:59.079 and then my wife 00:37:59.079 --> 00:37:59.719 sits down 00:37:59.719 --> 00:38:01.639 she sits down 00:38:01.639 --> 00:38:02.759 and says to the kids 00:38:02.759 --> 00:38:04.519 if you had a parrot 00:38:04.519 --> 00:38:05.739 what would you teach it 00:38:05.739 --> 00:38:06.199 to say 00:38:06.199 --> 00:38:09.259 what a brilliant thing 00:38:09.259 --> 00:38:10.639 to ask four kids 00:38:10.639 --> 00:38:13.400 she understands 00:38:13.400 --> 00:38:14.000 and identifies 00:38:14.000 --> 00:38:14.539 with what it's like 00:38:14.539 --> 00:38:15.139 to be a kid 00:38:15.139 --> 00:38:15.920 and all of a sudden 00:38:15.920 --> 00:38:16.799 all four of them 00:38:16.799 --> 00:38:17.579 are chatting away 00:38:17.579 --> 00:38:18.639 that if they had a parrot 00:38:18.639 --> 00:38:19.359 what they teach it 00:38:19.359 --> 00:38:19.639 to say 00:38:19.639 --> 00:38:20.719 that's a free gift 00:38:20.719 --> 00:38:21.599 if you have to spend 00:38:21.599 --> 00:38:22.579 some time with kids 00:38:22.579 --> 00:38:23.279 just ask them 00:38:23.279 --> 00:38:23.900 if you had a parrot 00:38:23.900 --> 00:38:24.639 what would you teach it 00:38:24.639 --> 00:38:25.039 to say 00:38:25.039 --> 00:38:27.460 and we all understand 00:38:27.460 --> 00:38:28.199 that that being able 00:38:28.199 --> 00:38:29.039 to identify 00:38:29.039 --> 00:38:30.619 with the small 00:38:30.619 --> 00:38:31.179 the weak 00:38:31.179 --> 00:38:31.920 the lowly 00:38:31.920 --> 00:38:33.039 that that's a mark 00:38:33.039 --> 00:38:33.699 of love 00:38:33.699 --> 00:38:34.719 that that's a mark 00:38:34.719 --> 00:38:35.339 of wisdom 00:38:35.339 --> 00:38:36.539 when we see that 00:38:36.539 --> 00:38:37.319 we say gosh 00:38:37.319 --> 00:38:38.239 I wish I could have 00:38:38.239 --> 00:38:38.940 thought of something 00:38:38.940 --> 00:38:39.679 like that 00:38:39.679 --> 00:38:40.619 and when we 00:38:40.619 --> 00:38:41.840 we see government 00:38:41.840 --> 00:38:42.880 or other people 00:38:42.880 --> 00:38:44.440 just turn off 00:38:44.440 --> 00:38:44.700 for a second 00:38:44.700 --> 00:38:45.400 I just need to call 00:38:45.400 --> 00:38:53.720 okay 00:38:53.720 --> 00:38:54.880 I think I'm fine 00:38:54.880 --> 00:38:56.760 and you see 00:38:56.760 --> 00:38:57.360 that's exactly 00:38:57.360 --> 00:38:58.039 what's going on 00:38:58.039 --> 00:38:58.860 here in the text 00:38:58.860 --> 00:39:00.119 see how the 00:39:00.119 --> 00:39:00.980 the Bible 00:39:00.980 --> 00:39:01.920 what happens 00:39:01.920 --> 00:39:02.860 is we look at the 00:39:02.860 --> 00:39:03.659 we look at the Bible 00:39:03.659 --> 00:39:04.380 we look at the gospel 00:39:04.380 --> 00:39:05.480 we think that we know 00:39:05.480 --> 00:39:05.980 and we think 00:39:05.980 --> 00:39:06.900 we can stand in judgment 00:39:06.900 --> 00:39:07.460 and we don't want it 00:39:07.460 --> 00:39:08.079 to be true 00:39:08.079 --> 00:39:09.480 but we don't understand 00:39:09.480 --> 00:39:10.659 what the Bible does 00:39:10.659 --> 00:39:11.799 is it starts to begin 00:39:11.799 --> 00:39:12.940 to reveal our hearts 00:39:12.940 --> 00:39:13.559 and the contradictory 00:39:13.559 --> 00:39:14.719 nature of our hearts 00:39:14.719 --> 00:39:16.099 and it subverts 00:39:16.099 --> 00:39:17.079 the things within us 00:39:17.079 --> 00:39:17.860 that aren't good 00:39:17.860 --> 00:39:19.179 but actually starts 00:39:19.179 --> 00:39:20.440 to fulfill the things 00:39:20.440 --> 00:39:21.960 because for most of us 00:39:21.960 --> 00:39:23.079 what matters the most 00:39:23.079 --> 00:39:24.000 is things like love 00:39:24.000 --> 00:39:25.119 what matters the most 00:39:25.119 --> 00:39:26.340 is things like truth 00:39:26.340 --> 00:39:27.519 what matters the most 00:39:27.519 --> 00:39:28.340 is to be a person 00:39:28.340 --> 00:39:29.239 who lives out of love 00:39:29.239 --> 00:39:30.139 and lives out of truth 00:39:30.139 --> 00:39:31.400 none of us want to be 00:39:31.400 --> 00:39:32.199 a person who lives 00:39:32.199 --> 00:39:33.059 according to the lie 00:39:33.059 --> 00:39:33.980 none of us want to be 00:39:33.980 --> 00:39:35.159 a person who lives 00:39:35.159 --> 00:39:35.980 out of hatred 00:39:35.980 --> 00:39:37.099 out of envy 00:39:37.099 --> 00:39:38.900 envy is a sin 00:39:38.900 --> 00:39:39.860 that gives us 00:39:39.860 --> 00:39:40.619 no pleasure 00:39:40.619 --> 00:39:41.719 that just feels us 00:39:41.719 --> 00:39:42.839 we feel sorrow 00:39:42.839 --> 00:39:44.239 at another person's success 00:39:44.239 --> 00:39:44.659 it doesn't 00:39:44.659 --> 00:39:45.559 and we would rather 00:39:45.559 --> 00:39:47.460 not live out of that 00:39:47.460 --> 00:39:48.420 but be free 00:39:48.420 --> 00:39:50.079 and what we see here 00:39:50.079 --> 00:39:50.559 is this 00:39:50.559 --> 00:39:51.619 what does Jesus do 00:39:51.619 --> 00:39:52.819 Jesus identifies 00:39:52.819 --> 00:39:54.460 with ordinary people 00:39:54.460 --> 00:39:56.239 that's why he's baptized 00:39:56.239 --> 00:39:59.440 and what's in fact 00:39:59.440 --> 00:40:01.059 is even more profound 00:40:01.059 --> 00:40:02.519 is that Jesus identifies 00:40:02.519 --> 00:40:03.500 with ordinary people 00:40:03.500 --> 00:40:05.000 at the very very very 00:40:05.000 --> 00:40:06.420 depth of who they are 00:40:06.420 --> 00:40:08.180 and that's the significance 00:40:08.180 --> 00:40:08.860 of the fact 00:40:08.860 --> 00:40:10.300 that for 40 days 00:40:10.300 --> 00:40:11.539 for 40 days 00:40:11.539 --> 00:40:12.240 he's alone 00:40:12.240 --> 00:40:12.940 with Jesus 00:40:12.940 --> 00:40:14.800 Jesus puts himself 00:40:14.800 --> 00:40:15.980 in a sense 00:40:15.980 --> 00:40:17.059 allows Satan 00:40:17.059 --> 00:40:17.900 to hammer him 00:40:17.900 --> 00:40:18.960 for 40 days 00:40:18.960 --> 00:40:19.780 to be tempted 00:40:19.780 --> 00:40:23.200 and here's why it is 00:40:23.200 --> 00:40:23.760 that Jesus 00:40:23.760 --> 00:40:25.079 this story is telling us 00:40:25.079 --> 00:40:25.659 that Jesus 00:40:25.659 --> 00:40:27.440 identifies with human beings 00:40:27.440 --> 00:40:28.440 at the very very very 00:40:28.440 --> 00:40:29.579 very deepest level 00:40:29.579 --> 00:40:33.360 there's a person 00:40:33.360 --> 00:40:34.240 who's just got a promotion 00:40:34.240 --> 00:40:35.079 he thinks he's better 00:40:35.079 --> 00:40:36.039 than everybody else 00:40:36.039 --> 00:40:37.980 and I happen to have 00:40:37.980 --> 00:40:38.799 just come across 00:40:38.799 --> 00:40:39.980 a piece of news 00:40:39.980 --> 00:40:41.739 that if I told it 00:40:41.739 --> 00:40:42.900 it would really 00:40:42.900 --> 00:40:44.259 puncture him 00:40:44.259 --> 00:40:45.420 would make him 00:40:45.420 --> 00:40:46.099 look foolish 00:40:46.099 --> 00:40:46.679 and everybody 00:40:46.679 --> 00:40:47.420 would laugh 00:40:47.420 --> 00:40:50.960 and especially 00:40:50.960 --> 00:40:52.519 if I exaggerate 00:40:52.519 --> 00:40:53.619 aspects of it 00:40:53.619 --> 00:40:54.360 and if I 00:40:54.360 --> 00:40:55.920 exaggerate 00:40:55.920 --> 00:40:56.659 aspects of it 00:40:56.659 --> 00:40:57.400 I can really 00:40:57.400 --> 00:40:58.559 put that person 00:40:58.559 --> 00:40:59.259 in their place 00:40:59.259 --> 00:40:59.860 and everybody 00:40:59.860 --> 00:41:00.420 will laugh 00:41:00.420 --> 00:41:01.000 and chuckle 00:41:01.000 --> 00:41:01.779 and I'll feel 00:41:01.779 --> 00:41:02.340 pretty good 00:41:02.340 --> 00:41:03.860 now it's wrong 00:41:03.860 --> 00:41:04.300 to do that 00:41:04.300 --> 00:41:04.700 isn't it 00:41:04.700 --> 00:41:06.460 how long 00:41:06.460 --> 00:41:07.000 can I stop 00:41:07.000 --> 00:41:07.680 from telling 00:41:07.680 --> 00:41:08.039 a group 00:41:08.039 --> 00:41:08.500 of people 00:41:08.500 --> 00:41:12.260 and with a group 00:41:12.260 --> 00:41:12.720 of people 00:41:12.720 --> 00:41:13.320 they all don't 00:41:13.320 --> 00:41:14.200 like this person 00:41:14.200 --> 00:41:15.640 they would really 00:41:15.640 --> 00:41:16.240 laugh 00:41:16.240 --> 00:41:17.500 we would really 00:41:17.500 --> 00:41:18.380 have a good time 00:41:18.380 --> 00:41:20.019 I hold off 00:41:20.019 --> 00:41:20.840 for 10 seconds 00:41:20.840 --> 00:41:21.500 and the pressure 00:41:21.500 --> 00:41:22.059 is too much 00:41:22.059 --> 00:41:22.680 I just got to 00:41:22.680 --> 00:41:23.100 say it 00:41:23.100 --> 00:41:25.240 or maybe 00:41:25.240 --> 00:41:25.840 I'm feeling 00:41:25.840 --> 00:41:26.800 really 00:41:26.800 --> 00:41:28.160 strong 00:41:28.160 --> 00:41:28.559 and I wait 00:41:28.559 --> 00:41:28.960 a minute 00:41:28.960 --> 00:41:29.340 I wait 00:41:29.340 --> 00:41:29.600 a minute 00:41:29.599 --> 00:41:30.099 and a half 00:41:30.099 --> 00:41:30.480 I wait 00:41:30.480 --> 00:41:31.259 five minutes 00:41:31.259 --> 00:41:32.279 but finally 00:41:32.279 --> 00:41:32.880 I give in 00:41:32.880 --> 00:41:34.980 the pressure 00:41:34.980 --> 00:41:36.179 to do it 00:41:36.179 --> 00:41:36.799 builds and 00:41:36.799 --> 00:41:37.380 builds and 00:41:37.380 --> 00:41:37.920 builds and 00:41:37.920 --> 00:41:38.559 builds until 00:41:38.559 --> 00:41:39.239 I give it in 00:41:39.239 --> 00:41:40.699 and if I'm a 00:41:40.699 --> 00:41:41.659 very very shallow 00:41:41.659 --> 00:41:42.599 person I give in 00:41:42.599 --> 00:41:43.480 after one second 00:41:43.480 --> 00:41:43.819 in fact I don't 00:41:43.819 --> 00:41:44.279 even give in 00:41:44.279 --> 00:41:44.860 I just jump 00:41:44.860 --> 00:41:45.440 right at it 00:41:45.440 --> 00:41:46.339 I start to 00:41:46.339 --> 00:41:47.000 become convicted 00:41:47.000 --> 00:41:47.559 of the Christian 00:41:47.559 --> 00:41:48.139 faith and I 00:41:48.139 --> 00:41:48.619 realize I 00:41:48.619 --> 00:41:49.019 shouldn't do 00:41:49.019 --> 00:41:49.500 something like 00:41:49.500 --> 00:41:49.900 that so I 00:41:49.900 --> 00:41:50.380 wait five 00:41:50.380 --> 00:41:50.719 seconds 00:41:50.719 --> 00:41:51.299 as I mature 00:41:51.299 --> 00:41:51.799 as a Christian 00:41:51.799 --> 00:41:52.739 I can wait 00:41:52.739 --> 00:41:53.299 a minute 00:41:53.299 --> 00:41:53.839 I can wait 00:41:53.839 --> 00:41:54.440 two minutes 00:41:54.440 --> 00:41:55.019 but eventually 00:41:55.019 --> 00:41:55.719 I give in 00:41:55.719 --> 00:41:56.480 to the temptation 00:41:56.480 --> 00:41:57.119 to sin 00:41:57.119 --> 00:41:59.539 who is the 00:41:59.539 --> 00:42:00.199 only person 00:42:00.199 --> 00:42:01.159 who understands 00:42:01.159 --> 00:42:02.219 human behavior 00:42:02.219 --> 00:42:02.880 and human 00:42:02.880 --> 00:42:03.699 motivation the 00:42:03.699 --> 00:42:04.699 most is the 00:42:04.699 --> 00:42:05.619 one who could 00:42:05.619 --> 00:42:06.179 have that 00:42:06.179 --> 00:42:06.799 temptation 00:42:06.799 --> 00:42:08.039 and endure 00:42:08.039 --> 00:42:08.839 the temptation 00:42:08.839 --> 00:42:09.519 and endure 00:42:09.519 --> 00:42:10.259 the temptation 00:42:10.259 --> 00:42:10.839 until the 00:42:10.839 --> 00:42:11.559 temptation has 00:42:11.559 --> 00:42:12.099 lost its 00:42:12.099 --> 00:42:12.539 power 00:42:12.539 --> 00:42:13.480 that is the 00:42:13.480 --> 00:42:14.139 only person 00:42:14.139 --> 00:42:14.759 who actually 00:42:14.759 --> 00:42:15.639 understands the 00:42:15.639 --> 00:42:16.579 depth of 00:42:16.579 --> 00:42:17.519 human experience 00:42:17.519 --> 00:42:18.659 and is identified 00:42:18.659 --> 00:42:19.859 with the depth 00:42:19.859 --> 00:42:20.460 of human 00:42:20.460 --> 00:42:21.380 experience 00:42:21.380 --> 00:42:22.699 and that is 00:42:22.699 --> 00:42:23.279 Jesus 00:42:23.280 --> 00:42:26.840 who set 00:42:26.840 --> 00:42:27.380 aside his 00:42:27.380 --> 00:42:27.920 glory and 00:42:27.920 --> 00:42:28.960 divine splendor 00:42:28.960 --> 00:42:29.320 and gets 00:42:29.320 --> 00:42:29.680 taken 00:42:29.680 --> 00:42:30.140 remaining 00:42:30.140 --> 00:42:30.500 fully 00:42:30.500 --> 00:42:30.800 God 00:42:30.800 --> 00:42:31.360 takes into 00:42:31.360 --> 00:42:31.740 himself 00:42:31.740 --> 00:42:32.260 our human 00:42:32.260 --> 00:42:32.620 nature 00:42:32.620 --> 00:42:33.480 and lives 00:42:33.480 --> 00:42:33.920 and walks 00:42:33.920 --> 00:42:34.560 amongst us 00:42:34.560 --> 00:42:35.640 and identifies 00:42:35.640 --> 00:42:36.540 with you 00:42:36.540 --> 00:42:37.140 and me 00:42:37.140 --> 00:42:38.580 here's the 00:42:38.580 --> 00:42:39.300 here's the 00:42:39.300 --> 00:42:39.640 point 00:42:39.640 --> 00:42:40.540 the son of 00:42:40.540 --> 00:42:40.980 God 00:42:40.980 --> 00:42:41.480 Jesus 00:42:41.480 --> 00:42:42.260 stooped 00:42:42.260 --> 00:42:43.000 lower than 00:42:43.000 --> 00:42:43.700 low for 00:42:43.700 --> 00:42:44.100 you 00:42:44.100 --> 00:42:45.040 so that 00:42:45.040 --> 00:42:45.460 you 00:42:45.460 --> 00:42:46.600 stooped 00:42:46.600 --> 00:42:47.140 and broken 00:42:47.140 --> 00:42:47.700 by your 00:42:47.700 --> 00:42:48.160 sin 00:42:48.160 --> 00:42:49.420 might stand 00:42:49.420 --> 00:42:49.980 whole 00:42:49.980 --> 00:42:50.760 and free 00:42:50.760 --> 00:42:51.300 as his 00:42:51.300 --> 00:42:52.220 new creation 00:42:52.219 --> 00:42:53.299 before other 00:42:53.299 --> 00:42:53.779 people 00:42:53.779 --> 00:42:54.399 and the 00:42:54.399 --> 00:42:54.899 triune 00:42:54.899 --> 00:42:55.359 God 00:42:55.359 --> 00:42:58.719 the son 00:42:58.719 --> 00:42:59.239 of God 00:42:59.239 --> 00:42:59.699 Jesus 00:42:59.699 --> 00:43:00.500 stooped 00:43:00.500 --> 00:43:01.319 lower than 00:43:01.319 --> 00:43:01.919 low for 00:43:01.919 --> 00:43:02.299 you 00:43:02.299 --> 00:43:03.059 so that 00:43:03.059 --> 00:43:03.439 you 00:43:03.439 --> 00:43:04.500 stooped 00:43:04.500 --> 00:43:05.019 and broken 00:43:05.019 --> 00:43:05.619 by your 00:43:05.619 --> 00:43:06.099 sin 00:43:06.099 --> 00:43:07.339 might stand 00:43:07.339 --> 00:43:08.019 whole 00:43:08.019 --> 00:43:08.839 and free 00:43:08.839 --> 00:43:09.539 as his 00:43:09.539 --> 00:43:10.419 new creation 00:43:10.419 --> 00:43:11.439 before other 00:43:11.439 --> 00:43:11.939 people 00:43:11.939 --> 00:43:12.619 and the 00:43:12.619 --> 00:43:13.119 triune 00:43:13.119 --> 00:43:13.599 God 00:43:13.599 --> 00:43:16.699 he identifies 00:43:16.699 --> 00:43:17.539 with us 00:43:17.539 --> 00:43:19.559 only without 00:43:19.559 --> 00:43:19.939 sin 00:43:19.939 --> 00:43:20.559 he identifies 00:43:20.559 --> 00:43:21.539 with you 00:43:21.539 --> 00:43:22.259 to the depth 00:43:22.259 --> 00:43:22.639 of who 00:43:22.639 --> 00:43:23.199 you are 00:43:23.199 --> 00:43:24.940 and he 00:43:24.940 --> 00:43:25.420 dies 00:43:25.420 --> 00:43:25.940 for you 00:43:25.940 --> 00:43:27.360 it's not 00:43:27.360 --> 00:43:27.619 going to be 00:43:27.619 --> 00:43:27.880 on the 00:43:27.880 --> 00:43:28.159 screen 00:43:28.159 --> 00:43:28.759 I forgot 00:43:28.759 --> 00:43:29.199 to ask 00:43:29.199 --> 00:43:29.539 Claire to 00:43:29.539 --> 00:43:29.880 do it 00:43:29.880 --> 00:43:30.719 those of 00:43:30.719 --> 00:43:31.000 you have 00:43:31.000 --> 00:43:31.400 Bibles 00:43:31.400 --> 00:43:31.739 if those 00:43:31.739 --> 00:43:31.980 of you 00:43:31.980 --> 00:43:32.159 aren't 00:43:32.159 --> 00:43:32.360 you can 00:43:32.360 --> 00:43:32.500 just 00:43:32.500 --> 00:43:32.759 listen 00:43:32.759 --> 00:43:33.139 can you 00:43:33.139 --> 00:43:33.759 just flip 00:43:33.759 --> 00:43:34.259 over to 00:43:34.259 --> 00:43:34.480 Mark 00:43:34.480 --> 00:43:35.460 chapter 15 00:43:35.460 --> 00:43:37.920 I apologize 00:43:37.920 --> 00:43:38.519 that it's not 00:43:38.519 --> 00:43:39.099 on the screen 00:43:39.099 --> 00:43:39.619 but Mark 00:43:39.619 --> 00:43:40.139 15 00:43:40.139 --> 00:43:41.380 and if you 00:43:41.380 --> 00:43:41.639 look at 00:43:41.639 --> 00:43:42.179 Mark 15 00:43:42.179 --> 00:43:42.699 it's the 00:43:42.699 --> 00:43:43.920 text 00:43:43.920 --> 00:43:44.340 it's at 00:43:44.340 --> 00:43:44.659 the end 00:43:44.659 --> 00:43:44.980 of Mark 00:43:44.980 --> 00:43:45.420 towards the 00:43:45.420 --> 00:43:45.639 end of 00:43:45.639 --> 00:43:46.219 Mark 15 00:43:46.219 --> 00:43:46.719 where Jesus 00:43:46.719 --> 00:43:47.420 is killed 00:43:47.420 --> 00:43:48.219 dies on 00:43:48.219 --> 00:43:48.719 the cross 00:43:48.719 --> 00:43:49.939 and if you 00:43:49.939 --> 00:43:50.439 just look at 00:43:50.439 --> 00:43:53.619 verse 37 00:43:53.619 --> 00:43:55.039 it goes like 00:43:55.039 --> 00:43:55.359 this 00:43:55.359 --> 00:43:56.079 and Jesus 00:43:56.079 --> 00:43:56.719 uttered a 00:43:56.719 --> 00:43:57.399 loud cry 00:43:57.399 --> 00:43:58.000 and breathed 00:43:58.000 --> 00:43:58.599 his last 00:43:58.599 --> 00:44:00.219 and the 00:44:00.219 --> 00:44:00.559 curtain 00:44:00.559 --> 00:44:01.000 of the 00:44:01.000 --> 00:44:01.279 temple 00:44:01.279 --> 00:44:02.119 was torn 00:44:02.119 --> 00:44:03.119 in two 00:44:03.119 --> 00:44:03.559 from top 00:44:03.559 --> 00:44:03.959 to bottom 00:44:03.959 --> 00:44:04.559 the same 00:44:04.559 --> 00:44:04.799 word 00:44:04.799 --> 00:44:05.199 the only 00:44:05.199 --> 00:44:05.739 other time 00:44:05.739 --> 00:44:05.980 in the 00:44:05.980 --> 00:44:06.139 word 00:44:06.139 --> 00:44:06.799 the gospels 00:44:06.799 --> 00:44:07.079 that the 00:44:07.079 --> 00:44:07.259 word 00:44:07.259 --> 00:44:07.579 torn 00:44:07.579 --> 00:44:08.000 appears 00:44:08.000 --> 00:44:08.719 is at 00:44:08.719 --> 00:44:08.839 the 00:44:08.839 --> 00:44:09.219 baptism 00:44:09.219 --> 00:44:09.439 of 00:44:09.439 --> 00:44:09.719 Jesus 00:44:09.719 --> 00:44:10.459 and when 00:44:10.459 --> 00:44:10.619 the 00:44:10.619 --> 00:44:10.859 curtain 00:44:10.859 --> 00:44:11.099 of the 00:44:11.099 --> 00:44:11.339 temple 00:44:11.339 --> 00:44:11.819 is torn 00:44:11.819 --> 00:44:12.099 after 00:44:12.099 --> 00:44:12.279 the 00:44:12.279 --> 00:44:12.480 death 00:44:12.480 --> 00:44:12.639 of 00:44:12.639 --> 00:44:12.980 Jesus 00:44:12.980 --> 00:44:14.039 and the 00:44:14.039 --> 00:44:14.319 beginning 00:44:14.319 --> 00:44:14.599 of the 00:44:14.599 --> 00:44:14.939 gospel 00:44:14.939 --> 00:44:15.319 begins 00:44:15.319 --> 00:44:15.500 with 00:44:15.500 --> 00:44:15.799 this is 00:44:15.799 --> 00:44:15.939 the 00:44:15.939 --> 00:44:16.279 gospel 00:44:16.279 --> 00:44:16.500 of 00:44:16.500 --> 00:44:16.779 Jesus 00:44:16.779 --> 00:44:17.039 the 00:44:17.039 --> 00:44:17.339 son of 00:44:17.339 --> 00:44:17.659 God 00:44:17.659 --> 00:44:18.119 he's 00:44:18.119 --> 00:44:18.480 identified 00:44:18.480 --> 00:44:19.019 as the 00:44:19.019 --> 00:44:19.339 Lord 00:44:19.339 --> 00:44:20.019 and what 00:44:20.019 --> 00:44:20.379 happens 00:44:20.379 --> 00:44:20.779 right after 00:44:20.779 --> 00:44:21.059 that 00:44:21.059 --> 00:44:21.500 and when 00:44:21.500 --> 00:44:22.279 the centurion 00:44:22.279 --> 00:44:22.799 who stood 00:44:22.799 --> 00:44:23.420 facing him 00:44:23.420 --> 00:44:23.960 saw that 00:44:23.960 --> 00:44:24.279 in this 00:44:24.279 --> 00:44:24.619 way he 00:44:24.619 --> 00:44:24.899 breathed 00:44:24.899 --> 00:44:25.299 his last 00:44:25.299 --> 00:44:25.940 said truly 00:44:25.940 --> 00:44:26.859 this man 00:44:26.859 --> 00:44:27.179 was the 00:44:27.179 --> 00:44:27.480 son of 00:44:27.480 --> 00:44:27.859 God 00:44:27.859 --> 00:44:29.399 Mark 00:44:29.399 --> 00:44:30.299 ties 00:44:30.299 --> 00:44:30.960 the 00:44:30.960 --> 00:44:31.420 beginning 00:44:31.420 --> 00:44:31.920 of who 00:44:31.920 --> 00:44:32.279 Jesus 00:44:32.279 --> 00:44:32.699 is 00:44:32.699 --> 00:44:32.960 and his 00:44:32.960 --> 00:44:33.639 identification 00:44:33.639 --> 00:44:34.799 with 00:44:34.799 --> 00:44:35.239 sinners 00:44:35.239 --> 00:44:35.980 with his 00:44:35.980 --> 00:44:36.399 death 00:44:36.399 --> 00:44:36.899 upon the 00:44:36.899 --> 00:44:37.379 cross 00:44:37.379 --> 00:44:38.359 and what 00:44:38.359 --> 00:44:38.480 it 00:44:38.480 --> 00:44:39.379 accomplishes 00:44:39.379 --> 00:44:40.279 the way 00:44:40.279 --> 00:44:40.699 to God 00:44:40.699 --> 00:44:41.299 is open 00:44:41.299 --> 00:44:42.579 he has 00:44:42.579 --> 00:44:43.219 identified 00:44:43.219 --> 00:44:44.019 with you 00:44:44.019 --> 00:44:45.039 and not 00:44:45.039 --> 00:44:45.719 despised 00:44:45.719 --> 00:44:46.079 you but 00:44:46.079 --> 00:44:46.500 loved 00:44:46.500 --> 00:44:46.659 you 00:44:46.659 --> 00:44:47.599 he stoops 00:44:47.599 --> 00:44:48.159 because 00:44:48.159 --> 00:44:48.719 he sees 00:44:48.719 --> 00:44:48.940 your 00:44:48.940 --> 00:44:49.399 sin 00:44:49.399 --> 00:44:50.379 he sees 00:44:50.379 --> 00:44:50.719 that your 00:44:50.719 --> 00:44:51.299 sin has 00:44:51.299 --> 00:44:51.759 stooped 00:44:51.759 --> 00:44:52.039 you and 00:44:52.039 --> 00:44:52.359 broken 00:44:52.359 --> 00:44:52.739 you and 00:44:52.739 --> 00:44:53.440 he stoops 00:44:53.440 --> 00:44:54.199 even lower 00:44:54.199 --> 00:44:55.099 for you 00:44:55.099 --> 00:44:56.099 that when you 00:44:56.099 --> 00:44:56.460 put your 00:44:56.460 --> 00:44:56.899 faith and 00:44:56.899 --> 00:44:57.339 trust in 00:44:57.339 --> 00:44:57.659 him 00:44:57.659 --> 00:44:59.980 that process 00:44:59.980 --> 00:45:01.920 of not 00:45:01.920 --> 00:45:02.500 being like 00:45:02.500 --> 00:45:02.960 this 00:45:02.960 --> 00:45:04.559 but begin 00:45:04.559 --> 00:45:05.099 to be able 00:45:05.099 --> 00:45:05.940 to stand 00:45:05.940 --> 00:45:08.079 and to be 00:45:08.079 --> 00:45:08.599 whole 00:45:08.599 --> 00:45:11.399 that that 00:45:11.399 --> 00:45:12.119 process can 00:45:12.119 --> 00:45:12.859 begin today 00:45:12.859 --> 00:45:13.480 for those 00:45:13.480 --> 00:45:14.019 in Jesus 00:45:14.019 --> 00:45:15.139 and will 00:45:15.139 --> 00:45:15.579 continue 00:45:15.579 --> 00:45:16.099 on 00:45:16.099 --> 00:45:17.960 until 00:45:17.960 --> 00:45:18.179 it's 00:45:18.179 --> 00:45:18.780 perfectly 00:45:18.780 --> 00:45:19.400 finished 00:45:19.400 --> 00:45:20.400 in the 00:45:20.400 --> 00:45:20.559 new 00:45:20.559 --> 00:45:20.820 heaven 00:45:20.820 --> 00:45:21.039 and the 00:45:21.039 --> 00:45:21.179 new 00:45:21.179 --> 00:45:21.539 earth 00:45:21.539 --> 00:45:23.880 where we 00:45:23.880 --> 00:45:24.360 will sing 00:45:24.360 --> 00:45:24.880 together 00:45:24.880 --> 00:45:26.119 free at 00:45:26.119 --> 00:45:26.699 last 00:45:26.699 --> 00:45:27.820 free at 00:45:27.820 --> 00:45:28.420 last 00:45:28.420 --> 00:45:29.920 praise God 00:45:29.920 --> 00:45:30.480 almighty 00:45:30.480 --> 00:45:30.940 I am 00:45:30.940 --> 00:45:31.480 free at 00:45:31.480 --> 00:45:32.119 last 00:45:32.119 --> 00:45:34.079 in worship 00:45:34.079 --> 00:45:34.800 and adoration 00:45:34.800 --> 00:45:36.059 of the 00:45:36.059 --> 00:45:36.659 father the 00:45:36.659 --> 00:45:37.019 son and 00:45:37.019 --> 00:45:37.320 the holy 00:45:37.320 --> 00:45:37.739 spirit 00:45:37.739 --> 00:45:39.460 please stand 00:45:39.460 --> 00:45:50.440 for each 00:45:50.440 --> 00:45:50.840 of us 00:45:50.840 --> 00:45:51.519 here who 00:45:51.519 --> 00:45:51.840 are in 00:45:51.840 --> 00:45:52.199 Christ 00:45:52.199 --> 00:45:52.659 it's just 00:45:52.659 --> 00:45:53.039 a time 00:45:53.039 --> 00:45:53.400 to say 00:45:53.400 --> 00:45:53.820 Jesus 00:45:53.820 --> 00:45:54.599 thank you 00:45:54.599 --> 00:45:55.099 so much 00:45:55.099 --> 00:45:55.420 that you 00:45:55.420 --> 00:45:56.000 stooped 00:45:56.000 --> 00:45:56.840 thank you 00:45:56.840 --> 00:45:57.159 that your 00:45:57.159 --> 00:45:57.800 word as I 00:45:57.800 --> 00:45:58.280 believe and 00:45:58.280 --> 00:45:58.820 trust your 00:45:58.820 --> 00:45:59.599 word as I 00:45:59.599 --> 00:46:00.380 am gripped 00:46:00.380 --> 00:46:00.920 again by 00:46:00.920 --> 00:46:01.280 what you 00:46:01.280 --> 00:46:01.720 did for 00:46:01.720 --> 00:46:02.019 me and 00:46:02.019 --> 00:46:02.420 how much 00:46:02.420 --> 00:46:02.860 you love 00:46:02.860 --> 00:46:03.300 me and 00:46:03.300 --> 00:46:03.960 how you 00:46:03.960 --> 00:46:04.559 see the 00:46:04.559 --> 00:46:05.500 contradictory 00:46:05.500 --> 00:46:06.400 things going 00:46:06.400 --> 00:46:06.800 on in my 00:46:06.800 --> 00:46:07.360 heart but 00:46:07.360 --> 00:46:07.760 that you 00:46:07.760 --> 00:46:08.599 subvert those 00:46:08.599 --> 00:46:09.019 things but 00:46:09.019 --> 00:46:09.639 you fulfill 00:46:09.639 --> 00:46:10.139 the even 00:46:10.139 --> 00:46:11.099 deeper longing 00:46:11.099 --> 00:46:11.719 for love 00:46:11.719 --> 00:46:12.280 and truth 00:46:12.280 --> 00:46:13.179 and freedom 00:46:13.179 --> 00:46:13.920 and wholeness 00:46:13.920 --> 00:46:14.300 which I 00:46:14.300 --> 00:46:14.860 have and so 00:46:14.860 --> 00:46:15.800 we can thank 00:46:15.800 --> 00:46:16.500 God again 00:46:16.500 --> 00:46:17.059 for Jesus 00:46:17.059 --> 00:46:18.059 and if you 00:46:18.059 --> 00:46:18.699 are here or 00:46:18.699 --> 00:46:19.059 if you are 00:46:19.059 --> 00:46:19.659 watching and 00:46:19.659 --> 00:46:20.019 you do not 00:46:20.019 --> 00:46:20.579 know Jesus 00:46:20.579 --> 00:46:21.139 there is no 00:46:21.139 --> 00:46:21.659 better time 00:46:21.659 --> 00:46:22.259 than now to 00:46:22.259 --> 00:46:22.719 say Jesus 00:46:22.719 --> 00:46:23.139 I want to 00:46:23.139 --> 00:46:23.619 be free at 00:46:23.619 --> 00:46:25.139 last I 00:46:25.139 --> 00:46:25.460 want to be 00:46:25.460 --> 00:46:25.800 free at 00:46:25.800 --> 00:46:26.340 last 00:46:26.340 --> 00:46:31.400 and so I 00:46:31.400 --> 00:46:31.940 bow before 00:46:31.940 --> 00:46:32.360 you and 00:46:32.360 --> 00:46:32.920 ask to be 00:46:32.920 --> 00:46:33.539 ask you to 00:46:33.539 --> 00:46:33.900 be my 00:46:33.900 --> 00:46:34.440 savior and 00:46:34.440 --> 00:46:35.059 my lord and 00:46:35.059 --> 00:46:35.639 thank you 00:46:35.639 --> 00:46:36.179 Jesus for 00:46:36.179 --> 00:46:36.500 what you 00:46:36.500 --> 00:46:36.960 did for me 00:46:36.960 --> 00:46:37.780 identifying for 00:46:37.780 --> 00:46:38.139 me and 00:46:38.139 --> 00:46:38.880 dying on the 00:46:38.880 --> 00:46:39.420 cross for 00:46:39.420 --> 00:46:40.460 me be my 00:46:40.460 --> 00:46:41.000 savior and 00:46:41.000 --> 00:46:41.340 be my 00:46:41.340 --> 00:46:42.980 lord let's 00:46:42.980 --> 00:46:43.260 bow our 00:46:43.260 --> 00:46:43.559 heads in 00:46:43.559 --> 00:46:44.099 prayer father 00:46:44.099 --> 00:46:44.640 pour out the 00:46:44.640 --> 00:46:45.160 holy spirit 00:46:45.160 --> 00:46:45.900 upon us and 00:46:45.900 --> 00:46:46.420 upon all who 00:46:46.420 --> 00:46:46.980 are watching 00:46:46.980 --> 00:46:48.220 pour out the 00:46:48.220 --> 00:46:48.700 holy spirit 00:46:48.700 --> 00:46:49.340 upon us 00:46:49.340 --> 00:46:50.460 father we 00:46:50.460 --> 00:46:50.760 give you 00:46:50.760 --> 00:46:51.300 thanks and 00:46:51.300 --> 00:46:51.960 praise that 00:46:51.960 --> 00:46:53.140 Jesus is your 00:46:53.140 --> 00:46:53.920 beloved son 00:46:53.920 --> 00:46:55.280 that you 00:46:55.280 --> 00:46:56.720 sent him 00:46:56.720 --> 00:46:58.000 on this 00:46:58.000 --> 00:46:58.660 mission to 00:46:58.660 --> 00:46:59.680 redeem us 00:46:59.680 --> 00:47:00.160 who are 00:47:00.160 --> 00:47:00.559 broken 00:47:00.559 --> 00:47:02.180 stooped by 00:47:02.180 --> 00:47:03.059 sin that we 00:47:03.059 --> 00:47:03.740 might be free 00:47:03.740 --> 00:47:04.240 in him 00:47:04.240 --> 00:47:05.360 and free 00:47:05.360 --> 00:47:05.800 in you 00:47:05.800 --> 00:47:06.880 and free 00:47:06.880 --> 00:47:07.400 before other 00:47:07.400 --> 00:47:08.120 people father 00:47:08.120 --> 00:47:08.720 we ask that 00:47:08.720 --> 00:47:09.280 you continue 00:47:09.280 --> 00:47:09.800 to have your 00:47:09.800 --> 00:47:10.400 holy spirit 00:47:10.400 --> 00:47:11.560 move in our 00:47:11.560 --> 00:47:12.140 lives your 00:47:12.140 --> 00:47:12.840 word to move 00:47:12.840 --> 00:47:13.539 in our lives 00:47:13.539 --> 00:47:14.980 the chain by 00:47:14.980 --> 00:47:16.080 chain within 00:47:16.080 --> 00:47:17.039 us wound by 00:47:17.039 --> 00:47:17.820 wound within 00:47:17.820 --> 00:47:18.580 us sin by 00:47:18.580 --> 00:47:19.180 sin within 00:47:19.180 --> 00:47:19.900 us is slowly 00:47:19.900 --> 00:47:21.220 dealt with 00:47:21.220 --> 00:47:22.760 and that under 00:47:22.760 --> 00:47:23.380 his loving 00:47:23.380 --> 00:47:24.220 care and 00:47:24.220 --> 00:47:25.039 your loving 00:47:25.039 --> 00:47:25.840 supervision and 00:47:25.840 --> 00:47:26.300 the power of 00:47:26.300 --> 00:47:26.580 the holy 00:47:26.580 --> 00:47:27.780 spirit we 00:47:27.780 --> 00:47:28.400 know more and 00:47:28.400 --> 00:47:28.860 more the 00:47:28.860 --> 00:47:29.500 freedom and 00:47:29.500 --> 00:47:30.260 the wholeness and 00:47:30.260 --> 00:47:30.820 the love and 00:47:30.820 --> 00:47:31.460 the truth which 00:47:31.460 --> 00:47:32.280 you desire for 00:47:32.280 --> 00:47:32.800 us as your 00:47:32.800 --> 00:47:34.120 children and we 00:47:34.119 --> 00:47:34.759 ask this in the 00:47:34.759 --> 00:47:35.099 name of 00:47:35.099 --> 00:47:35.599 Jesus your 00:47:35.599 --> 00:47:36.219 son and our 00:47:36.219 --> 00:47:37.500 savior and 00:47:37.500 --> 00:47:37.980 all God's 00:47:37.980 --> 00:47:38.579 people said 00:47:38.579 --> 00:47:39.679 amen