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 And amen. Please take out your copy of God's Word. Turn to the Gospel according to Mark, chapter 12.

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! Gospel of Mark, chapter 12. We're going to begin today in verse 35.

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 And as Jesus taught in the temple, He said,

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 and for His glory and for our good, we would all do well to listen to it in order to believe its promises and obey its commands.

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 Let's pray together.

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 Father, we do praise You this day that You condescended to become an author,

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 that You used men who were carried along by the Spirit to pen words that have bearing for us today.

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 And so as we look at these three verses, this teaching of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ,

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 I pray that You will work a miracle in us, that You will, by Your Spirit, rightly apply the truth contained in these verses to our hearts.

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 Change us, Lord. Don't let us leave here looking like we did when we came in.

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 Make us more like Your Son so that His name will be exalted in the region we live in and in the nations.

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 And we pray this in the precious name of Christ. Amen.

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 So if we continue our verse-by-verse exposition of the Gospel according to Mark,

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 we are now in chapter 12, and this is Wednesday of the Passion Week.

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 We've been in Wednesday of the Passion Week for quite a mile.

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 We saw at the beginning of chapter 11 on Monday, Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem.

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 Tuesday, He takes over the temple by turning over the money-changers tables,

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 by stopping the court of Gentiles from being used as a thoroughfare.

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 And on Wednesday, He's kind of set up camp in the temple,

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 and He's been confronted by a number of groups of people,

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 the Pharisees with the Herodians, the Sadducees,

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 and then a scribe or a representative from the scribes.

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 And He's encountered these confrontations back to back to back.

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 Now, we kind of conclude those confrontations, which we did last week,

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 and you'll see in verse 34 of chapter 12, the very end, Mark records,

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 and after that, no one dared to ask Him any more questions.

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 These men, these religious leaders, the elite religious of that day,

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 were looking to make Him look like a fool,

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 and in turn, He had done the very same to them.

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 And so people have stopped asking Him questions.

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 They have recognized that this is a foolish thing to do.

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 Now, just in case you're wondering, as we've been in the text,

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 and I've repeatedly said it is Wednesday of the week,

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 and you're wondering when Wednesday will be over,

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 not until the end of chapter 13.

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 He'll be in the temple until the end of chapter 12,

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 and then He leaves the temple and continues to teach

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 some rather perplexing things in chapter 13,

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 which I am eager to dive into.

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 We find ourselves with these three incredibly important verses in front of us

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 as He turns now to teach those who are gathered,

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 specifically, in this case, the Pharisees.

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 How do we know this?

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 Because of a parallel text in Matthew.

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 Matthew 22, verse 41 and 42.

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 Matthew records,

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 Now, while the Pharisees were gathered together,

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 Jesus asked them a question.

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 So Mark records Him just beginning to teach,

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 but Matthew records that He actually was asking the Pharisees a question.

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 Now, others would have been gathered around Him at this time,

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 so others certainly would have been hearing the teaching,

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 but He's aiming this question specifically at the Pharisees.

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 And I think at this point, the value to us in recognizing this

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 is to know that, by and large,

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 these men would reject Jesus,

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 these religious leaders of the day.

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 These men were apostate.

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 They were not worshipers of God.

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 They thought they worshipped God.

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 They thought they were worshipping the right God in the right way,

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 but in fact, they were worshipping Him wrongly.

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 They were outside the faith itself,

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 and they were leading Israel in the same way.

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 Jesus has harsh words for them all throughout the Gospels.

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 He calls them repeatedly hypocrites, snakes.

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 He calls them a brood of vipers.

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 But He has not excluded them from responding in faith with repentance.

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 Here He once again turns to encounter them,

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 as we can see in Matthew 22 in this parallel text.

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 Luke records for us about a man named Joseph of Arimathea.

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 Most of you are probably familiar that this is the man who owned the tomb

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 in which Jesus' body was laid.

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 In Luke 23, verse 50 and 51, Luke records,

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 Now there was a man named Joseph from the Jewish town of Arimathea.

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 He was a member of the council,

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 a good and righteous man who had not consented to their decision and action.

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 That was to crucify Christ.

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 And he was looking for the kingdom of God.

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 And so there were men numbered amongst these Pharisees and the Sadducees

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 and the scribes that did respond in faith to the call of Christ.

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 So here we see him doing that once again.

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 And he asks them this interesting question in Matthew.

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 What do you think about the Christ?

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 And followed with the question,

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 Whose son is He?

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 And they respond to Him,

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 this is in verse 42 of chapter 22 of Matthew,

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 the Son of David.

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 The Son of David.

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 So their understanding of who the Messiah was to be

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 is that He would be the Son of David.

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 And they were right in that.

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 But they didn't take it far enough.

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 They understood some of the Old Testament prophecy,

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 which we'll get to in just a moment.

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 But they didn't understand the completion of it.

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 In fact, the prevailing understanding of this day,

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 of who the Messiah would be,

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 would be an earthly man that would come

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 and He would conquer and reign in an earthly fashion.

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 He would come in a military way.

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 In fact, these religious leaders were positioning themselves

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 to be part of that leadership structure.

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 When He came and overthrew Rome,

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 they wanted to be first in line to have power

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 and to have prestige.

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 But instead, the Messiah comes

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 as a servant from a lowly town,

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 the son of a carpenter.

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 One who comes and lays down His life and dies.

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 Certainly reigns, but not in the way they thought.

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 They thought He was merely,

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 the Messiah was merely going to be a man

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 who would come to reign on earth.

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 But Jesus, rightly, is a son of David,

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 the Messiah.

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 Old Testament prophecy.

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 2 Samuel 7, verses 12 and 13.

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 God speaking to David said,

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 When your days are fulfilled,

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 and you lie down with your fathers,

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 I will raise up your offspring after you

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 who shall come from your body,

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 and I will establish His kingdom.

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 He shall build a house for My name,

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 and I will establish the throne of His kingdom forever.

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 You see it in there?

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 Son of David, the Messiah.

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 Psalm 89, verses 1-4.

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 This is the psalm of a man named Ethan.

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 He writes,

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 I will sing of the steadfast love of the Lord forever.

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 With My mouth I will make known

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 Your faithfulness to all generations.

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 For I said,

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 Steadfast love will be built up forever in the heavens.

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 You will establish Your faithfulness.

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 You have said,

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 that is, God has said,

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 I have made a covenant with My chosen one.

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 I have sworn to David My servant.

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 I will establish Your offspring forever,

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 and build Your throne for all generations.

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 And there are many other messianic prophecies

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 that speak in the same way.

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 That Jesus would, in fact,

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 be a descendant of David.

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 The people who encountered Jesus in His day

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 understood this not too long ago.

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 You'll recall in Mark 10, verses 47-48,

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 the healing of blind Bartimaeus.

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 And in those verses,

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 look at how Jesus is approached.

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 Verse 47 says,

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 And when He heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth,

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 this is blind Bartimaeus,

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 He hears that it's Jesus of Nazareth,

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 He began to cry out and say,

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 Jesus, Son of David,

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 have mercy on Me.

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 Verse 48,

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 And many rebuked Him,

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 telling Him to be silent,

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 but He cried out all the more,

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 Son of David,

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 have mercy on Me.

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 There's many other encounters

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 in the very same way

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 where people recognized

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 that Jesus was,

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 as the Messiah,

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 the Son of David,

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 that He was in the lineage of David.

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 Matthew takes great effort

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 to establish this

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 in chapter 1

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 of his Gospel account.

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 Matthew 1, verse 1,

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 the book of the genealogy

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 of Jesus Christ,

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 the Son of David,

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 the Son of Abraham,

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 working to establish

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 that the Old Testament

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 Messianic prophecy

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 is fulfilled

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 in the person of Jesus.

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 Verse 17 of chapter 1 of Matthew,

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 So all the generations

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 from Abraham to David

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 were 14 generations,

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 and from David to the deportation

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 to Babylon,

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 14 generations,

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 and from the deportation

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 to Babylon

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 to the Christ,

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 14 generations.

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 And He, at length,

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 in those 15 verses in between,

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 establishes that Jesus

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 is in fact

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 in the lineage of David.

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 So they were right

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 in that understanding,

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 but they did not

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 take it far enough.

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 And this is the point

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 that Jesus is making

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 in our text today

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 when He quotes from

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 Psalm 110, 1,

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 that He is the Messiah

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 and He is to be worshipped

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 as Lord.

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 Not merely a man

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 that would come and rule

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 as a king,

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 but He was to be worshipped

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 as God.

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 In the Old Testament,

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 God gives Himself

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 the name Lord.

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 In Hebrew,

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 the English pronunciation

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 being Yahweh.

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 In fact,

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 Lordship is an

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 Old Testament theme.

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 Over and over,

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 we are told that God

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 performs His mighty deeds

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 so that people

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 will know

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 that He is the Lord.

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 Whether that's

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 His people Israel

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 or those outside,

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 those who will be

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 destroyed,

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 who are not His people,

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 we see this as a theme

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 established again

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 and again

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 and again.

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 Let's look at some examples.

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 And I just encourage you

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 to be an active listener.

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 Don't turn.

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 Listen.

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 And write these down

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 if you'd like to look

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 at these references later.

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 Exodus 14, 4.

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 God says,

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 And I will harden

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 and I will harden

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 Pharaoh's heart

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 and he will pursue them

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 and I will get glory

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 over Pharaoh

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 and all his hosts

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 and the Egyptians

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 shall know

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 that I am

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 the Lord.

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 And they did so.

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 Deuteronomy 4,

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 35

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 To you it was shown

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 that you might know

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 that the Lord

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 is God.

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 There is no other

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 besides Him.

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 1 Kings

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 20, 13

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 in a prayer

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 to be delivered

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 from a king of Assyria.

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 And behold,

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 a prophet came near

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 to Ahab king of Israel

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 and said,

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 Thus says the Lord,

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 Have you seen

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 all this great multitude?

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 Behold,

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 I will give it

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 into your hands

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 this day

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 and you shall know

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 that I am

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 the Lord.

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 Psalm 83, 18.

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 Again,

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 some deliverance

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 from enemies.

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 Verse 18,

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 That they may know

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 that you alone

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 whose name is the Lord

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 are the most high

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 over all the earth.

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 Again,

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 Isaiah 37, 20.

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 So now,

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 O Lord our God,

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 save us from His hand

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 that all the kingdoms

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 of the earth

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 may know

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 that you alone

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 are the Lord.

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 Ezekiel 6, 7.

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 Last one.

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 And the slain

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 shall fall in your midst

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 and you shall know

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 that I am the Lord.

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 So this is a theme

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 that's established

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 all throughout

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 the Old Testament

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 that God is Lord.

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 That is,

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 that He is to be worshipped

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 with all that we have.

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 That He is to set

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 direction for us.

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 We are to lay aside

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 our self-direction

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 and pick up His.

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 That we are to follow Him

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 with everything

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 that we are.

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 But it doesn't end there.

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 Lordship is also a theme

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 in the New Testament.

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 In fact,

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 the New Testament Greek

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 word for Lord

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 is applied regularly

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 to Jesus Christ.

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 A couple of examples.

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 1 Corinthians 12, 3.

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 Therefore,

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 I want you to understand

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 that no one speaking

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 in the Spirit of God

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 ever says,

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 Jesus is accursed.

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 And no one can say,

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 Jesus is Lord,

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 except in the Holy Spirit.

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 Philippians 2,

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 verse 10 and 11.

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 So that the name of Jesus,

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 every knee should bow

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 in heaven and on earth

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 and under the earth,

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 and every tongue confess

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 that Jesus Christ

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 is Lord

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 to the glory of God,

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 the Father.

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 John 20, 28.

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 This is after Thomas

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 touches the risen Christ's side.

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 Thomas answered Him,

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 my Lord

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 and my God.

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 In fact,

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 I would argue

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 that the great theme

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 of the Bible

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 is the Lordship

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 of Jesus Christ.

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 That the redemption

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 of our souls

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 is ultimately

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 about bringing us

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 back into a relationship

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 with Him

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 and changing our hearts

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 so that we can

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 worship Him

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 as the Lord of all.

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 These men

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 failed,

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 by and large,

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 not only to recognize

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 that the Messiah

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 was not merely

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 the Son of David,

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 but that He is,

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 in fact,

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 Lord.

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 And so Jesus

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 gives them

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 a little sermon.

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 Did you know

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 that Jesus

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 was an expeditional preacher?

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 I bet

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 that you guys

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 wouldn't mind

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 if my sermons

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 were as short

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 as His this morning.

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 Jesus quotes

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 from Psalm 110,

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 1.

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 Now this is

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 a massively

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 important psalm.

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 In fact,

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 it's quoted

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 more than any other psalm

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 in the New Testament.

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 I'm going to read to you

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 Psalm 110,

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 verses 1-4.

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 It just sets

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 a little more

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 context for us.

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 Remember

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 that these men

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 in the hearing of Jesus

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 would have

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 fully understood

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 this psalm

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 and beyond it.

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 They just didn't get

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 the implications

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 of it.

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 They had wrongly

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 applied this psalm

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 and Jesus corrects

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 their thinking

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 in this way.

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 So I'm going to read to you

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 Psalm 110,

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 verses 1-4.

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 The Lord says

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 to my Lord,

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 sit at my right hand

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 until I make

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 your enemies

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 your footstool.

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 This is what Jesus

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 quotes.

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 Verse 2,

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 So this is a little

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 broader context.

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 text.

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 And just as a bit

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 of a side note,

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 let me just show you

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 some of the places

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 that this is quoted

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 elsewhere in the New Testament.

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 Peter quotes from this psalm

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 in his sermon

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 on the day of Pentecost

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 in Acts 2,

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 34-35.

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 Paul quotes from this psalm

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 in his explanation

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 of Jesus' resurrection

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 and subsequent reign

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 in 1 Corinthians 15,

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 verses 27-28.

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 The writer of Hebrews

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 quotes from this psalm

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 a number of times

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 in making his case

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 that Jesus is superior

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 to angels

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 in Hebrews 1-13

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 and in teaching

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 Jesus' supremacy

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 over the present priesthood

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 in Hebrews 5-6,

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 7-17,

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 and 7-21.

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 That is,

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 that Jesus is

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 a priest

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 king.

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 This is something

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 that was forbidden

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 all throughout

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 the Old Testament

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 and the only other character

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 we see in the pages

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 of Scripture

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 that was both

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 a priest and a king

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 is a rather obscure character.

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 One who is a priest king

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 over the city of Shalom

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 whose name was Melchizedek.

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 And he shows up

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 after Abraham's first

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 battle conquest.

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 Abraham gives to him

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 a tenth of all the spoils.

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 There's a prayer prayed

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 over Abraham

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 and he leaves

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 and he doesn't show up again

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 until the pages of Hebrews

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 under the inspiration

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 of the Spirit.

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 So we see this priest king

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 in this function

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 and then we see Jesus

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 functioning in this way.

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 Some, I think, wrongly

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 have said that was

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 Jesus himself

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 in Abraham's day.

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 It doesn't really matter.

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 The point being

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 that Jesus now

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 makes propitiation,

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 makes sacrifice

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 on our behalf

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 the perfect sacrifice for us,

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 stands in the gap

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 between us and God

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 and also rules over us

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 as Lord.

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 And this is what this psalm means.

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 It's such a beautiful psalm

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 speaking of the coming Christ.

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 And Jesus very simply says to them

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 using really basic logic,

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 verse 37,

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 if David himself calls him Lord,

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 how is he merely his son?

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 This is the way

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 to understand this.

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 How is he just his son?

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 Just a son of flesh,

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 right?

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 That would come and rule

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 in the way that David ruled.

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 He would rule in a much more

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 mighty way

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 as a priest king.

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 David recognized

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 the coming Messiah

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 as his Lord.

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 This is the pressing point

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 that Jesus is making.

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 David got it.

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 He got that the coming Messiah,

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 the one that would be

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 prophesied to be

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 one day of his lineage,

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 was the coming Lord.

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 What you believe

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 about Jesus

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 is the most important thing

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 about you.

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 What we believe

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 to be true about Jesus

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 is the absolute most

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 important thing

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 about us.

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 There are many

00:19:01.500 --> 00:19:03.080
 erroneous understandings

00:19:03.080 --> 00:19:05.100
 of who Jesus was

00:19:05.100 --> 00:19:06.480
 or is,

00:19:06.640 --> 00:19:07.800
 depending on the understanding.

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 Muslims believe

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 that he was a prophet,

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 a real man.

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 He existed.

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 He was a prophet.

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 He had wise things

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 to say from God,

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 but he was merely

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 a predecessor of Muhammad.

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 Jehovah's Witnesses

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 believe that he was

00:19:19.839 --> 00:19:21.519
 not God incarnate,

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 but a created being.

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 In fact,

00:19:23.680 --> 00:19:24.500
 they believe that he was

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 Michael the Archangel

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 before he was recreated

00:19:27.559 --> 00:19:29.339
 as a perfect man.

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 Mormons,

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 those known of

00:19:31.799 --> 00:19:32.980
 the Church of Jesus Christ

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 of Latter-day Saints,

00:19:33.799 --> 00:19:34.379
 believe that Jesus

00:19:34.379 --> 00:19:35.299
 was a, again,

00:19:35.399 --> 00:19:36.379
 created being,

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 a man who became

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 a God,

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 and therefore they believe

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 that the same can be true

00:19:41.360 --> 00:19:42.680
 of them.

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 Many evangelicals

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 believe that Jesus

00:19:45.760 --> 00:19:46.640
 is their homeboy

00:19:46.640 --> 00:19:50.540
 to their everlasting shame.

00:19:52.080 --> 00:19:52.980
 And evangelicals

00:19:52.980 --> 00:19:54.760
 also want to separate

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 the recognition

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 of Jesus as Savior

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 from their devotion

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 to Jesus as Lord.

00:20:03.440 --> 00:20:05.000
 Two separate things.

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 And I say to you

00:20:05.759 --> 00:20:06.460
 that the two

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 are inextricable.

00:20:07.740 --> 00:20:10.279
 They cannot be separated.

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 If Jesus is,

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 in fact,

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 your Savior,

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 then he is,

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 in fact,

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 your Lord.

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 Now,

00:20:18.879 --> 00:20:19.980
 in Romans chapter 10,

00:20:20.119 --> 00:20:20.579
 some of this

00:20:20.579 --> 00:20:21.160
 misunderstanding,

00:20:21.640 --> 00:20:22.740
 verses 9 and 10,

00:20:23.440 --> 00:20:24.599
 upon a simple reading

00:20:24.599 --> 00:20:25.039
 of it,

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 Paul writes,

00:20:26.720 --> 00:20:27.099
 now in this

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 is in the midst,

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 remember,

00:20:28.779 --> 00:20:29.819
 of him talking about

00:20:29.819 --> 00:20:31.920
 God's sovereign purpose

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 over saving a people,

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 his elective purposes,

00:20:35.119 --> 00:20:36.240
 that he has moved

00:20:36.240 --> 00:20:37.539
 the gospel from beyond

00:20:37.539 --> 00:20:38.319
 the Israelites

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 to the Gentiles,

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 but yet he's still

00:20:41.500 --> 00:20:43.420
 including Jewish people

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 in this.

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 Paul says,

00:20:45.599 --> 00:20:46.019
 chapter 10,

00:20:46.059 --> 00:20:46.420
 verse 9,

00:20:46.480 --> 00:20:47.380
 because if you confess

00:20:47.380 --> 00:20:48.039
 with your mouth

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 that Jesus is Lord

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 and believe in your heart

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 that God raised him

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 from the dead,

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 you will be saved.

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 And then verse 10,

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 for with the heart

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 one believes

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 and is justified,

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 and with the mouth

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 one confesses

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 and is saved.

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 And so they want to say

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 that simply making

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 a profession

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 is salvific.

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 Simply saying

00:21:08.059 --> 00:21:09.279
 that I believe

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 that Jesus is Lord

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 is in and of itself

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 salvific.

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 But if you really look

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 at these words,

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 the word believe,

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 every time it's used

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 in the New Testament,

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 it's one Greek word,

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 and it's written

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 in the indicative mood,

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 which means that

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 the writer's portraying

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 something as actual,

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 something that's actually

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 carrying out

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 and having real effect

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 versus intended.

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 So we may believe,

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 I think most of you

00:21:39.480 --> 00:21:40.079
 have probably flown

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 on planes,

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 but for those of you

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 who haven't,

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 I'm sure you believe

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 that planes do fly.

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 You've seen them fly.

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 But it's not really

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 a belief in this verb's sense

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 until you get on the plane

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 and let it take off.

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 If you didn't believe

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 you'd get back

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 off the plane,

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 at least I hope you would,

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 unless you're just a fool.

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 But it has real effect.

00:22:03.019 --> 00:22:04.159
 It's working things out

00:22:04.159 --> 00:22:04.680
 in your life.

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 There's a result

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 of the belief,

00:22:07.259 --> 00:22:08.319
 something that is tangible,

00:22:08.720 --> 00:22:11.639
 something that can be measured.

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 But people try to pull them apart,

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 and I think this often happens

00:22:16.740 --> 00:22:19.359
 because of our experience

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 in American evangelical Christianity.

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 Many of you have had

00:22:24.440 --> 00:22:25.019
 this experience.

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 You come to faith.

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 You believe you come to faith.

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 Maybe you do.

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 Maybe you don't.

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 This is a big wrestling

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 in your mind.

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 But you come to faith

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 at a very early age.

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 You're taught the gospel

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 in church and at home

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 at a very, very early age.

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 And you give some response.

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 You give some opportunity

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 to respond to the gospel.

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 But then what happens

00:22:46.500 --> 00:22:47.940
 is the church shelters you

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 for decades.

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 pulls you in

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 and protects you

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 from the world

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 and maybe teaches you

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 some things about being moral,

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 like be obedient like Abraham

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 or be brave like David,

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 but doesn't really press you out

00:23:04.000 --> 00:23:04.539
 into the world

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 and see that as a Christian,

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 you are automatically

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 given a mission

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 in this world.

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 So there's an equipping period

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 of 15 to 25 years.

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 Someday you'll be grown up enough

00:23:21.000 --> 00:23:21.759
 in your faith

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 to begin to work with God

00:23:24.779 --> 00:23:25.679
 in the world.

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 This is a great shame.

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 What does it take

00:23:29.699 --> 00:23:31.019
 to be equipped to share

00:23:31.019 --> 00:23:32.859
 the good news of Jesus Christ?

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 If you're a believer,

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 you have it.

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 The Spirit of God

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 and the gospel,

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 which I hope you know

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 because you responded to it

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 in faith.

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 You have this equipping,

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 but we sit around

00:23:48.179 --> 00:23:48.759
 on our hands

00:23:48.759 --> 00:23:49.679
 just waiting

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 and waiting

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 and waiting.

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 And so there's a fear

00:23:54.240 --> 00:23:55.839
 for many evangelicals

00:23:55.839 --> 00:23:57.399
 that we're going to tend

00:23:57.399 --> 00:23:59.859
 towards a works-based salvation

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 if we're saying to people

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 in these settings

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 that there must be

00:24:03.500 --> 00:24:04.780
 something tangible.

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 There has to be fruit.

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 If you're going to be

00:24:07.820 --> 00:24:08.460
 a good tree,

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 there has to be fruit.

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 Is this not scriptural?

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 So what they want to do

00:24:13.420 --> 00:24:13.880
 is say,

00:24:14.020 --> 00:24:15.160
 you can just say

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 that you're a good tree

00:24:16.180 --> 00:24:17.260
 and that's good enough

00:24:17.260 --> 00:24:17.920
 for us.

00:24:18.560 --> 00:24:19.480
 Jesus is your Savior

00:24:19.480 --> 00:24:20.800
 if you say you're a good tree.

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 And at some point

00:24:23.540 --> 00:24:24.360
 in your life,

00:24:25.040 --> 00:24:26.020
 embrace Him as your Lord

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 and begin to bear fruit.

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 We cannot separate

00:24:30.200 --> 00:24:31.960
 the two things, beloved.

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 They cannot be

00:24:33.660 --> 00:24:36.019
 separated apart.

00:24:36.779 --> 00:24:38.180
 There's this great emphasis

00:24:38.180 --> 00:24:39.340
 in our time

00:24:39.340 --> 00:24:40.900
 placed on conversion

00:24:40.900 --> 00:24:43.180
 at the neglect

00:24:43.180 --> 00:24:45.299
 of discipleship.

00:24:46.019 --> 00:24:46.960
 The Great Commission

00:24:46.960 --> 00:24:47.640
 is for us to go

00:24:47.640 --> 00:24:49.380
 and make disciples.

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 There's this great emphasis

00:24:50.740 --> 00:24:52.360
 on growing in breadth

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 and not being concerned

00:24:53.920 --> 00:24:54.900
 at all about growing

00:24:54.900 --> 00:24:56.539
 in depth.

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 If you're going

00:24:58.819 --> 00:24:59.759
 to follow Jesus,

00:25:00.299 --> 00:25:02.159
 you cannot simply

00:25:02.159 --> 00:25:02.859
 follow Him

00:25:02.859 --> 00:25:04.000
 to the end of an aisle

00:25:04.000 --> 00:25:04.920
 and stop there.

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 It does not work

00:25:07.180 --> 00:25:08.619
 that way.

00:25:09.019 --> 00:25:10.039
 And this is what Jesus

00:25:10.039 --> 00:25:10.599
 is saying

00:25:10.599 --> 00:25:12.119
 to the Pharisees.

00:25:12.619 --> 00:25:13.279
 They were going

00:25:13.279 --> 00:25:14.440
 through the religious motions.

00:25:14.920 --> 00:25:15.759
 Some of them

00:25:15.759 --> 00:25:16.819
 were the right motions.

00:25:17.359 --> 00:25:18.200
 Just done

00:25:18.200 --> 00:25:19.180
 with the wrong

00:25:19.180 --> 00:25:20.259
 motivation.

00:25:21.039 --> 00:25:21.200
 Right?

00:25:21.500 --> 00:25:22.039
 We are to

00:25:22.039 --> 00:25:22.759
 empty

00:25:22.759 --> 00:25:23.539
 ourselves.

00:25:23.539 --> 00:25:24.019
 ourselves.

00:25:24.460 --> 00:25:25.539
 Self-determining.

00:25:25.759 --> 00:25:26.339
 We no longer

00:25:26.339 --> 00:25:27.059
 worship us.

00:25:27.119 --> 00:25:27.960
 We now worship

00:25:27.960 --> 00:25:28.740
 Jesus

00:25:28.740 --> 00:25:30.819
 as Lord.

00:25:31.779 --> 00:25:32.659
 This isn't new

00:25:32.659 --> 00:25:33.240
 at this point

00:25:33.240 --> 00:25:33.759
 in the text.

00:25:33.819 --> 00:25:34.700
 He said this before.

00:25:34.799 --> 00:25:35.399
 Turn back to Mark

00:25:35.399 --> 00:25:36.059
 chapter 8.

00:25:36.059 --> 00:25:55.799
 beginning of verse 34.

00:25:55.919 --> 00:25:56.700
 And calling the crowd

00:25:56.700 --> 00:25:57.139
 to Him

00:25:57.139 --> 00:25:58.759
 with His disciples,

00:25:58.859 --> 00:25:59.519
 He said to them,

00:25:59.519 --> 00:26:01.859
 If anyone

00:26:01.859 --> 00:26:03.240
 would come after Me,

00:26:03.899 --> 00:26:04.980
 follow Me,

00:26:04.980 --> 00:26:06.140
 Be My disciple.

00:26:06.920 --> 00:26:08.279
 Let Him deny Himself

00:26:08.279 --> 00:26:10.539
 and take up His cross

00:26:10.539 --> 00:26:12.420
 and follow Me.

00:26:13.000 --> 00:26:14.099
 Oh, you can meditate

00:26:14.099 --> 00:26:14.720
 on this for your

00:26:14.720 --> 00:26:15.680
 entire life.

00:26:16.440 --> 00:26:17.000
 Verse 35,

00:26:17.700 --> 00:26:18.440
 For whoever would

00:26:18.440 --> 00:26:19.579
 save his life

00:26:19.579 --> 00:26:21.059
 will lose it.

00:26:21.220 --> 00:26:21.960
 But whoever loses

00:26:21.960 --> 00:26:23.180
 his life for My sake

00:26:23.180 --> 00:26:24.160
 and the Gospels

00:26:24.160 --> 00:26:26.299
 will save it.

00:26:27.440 --> 00:26:28.559
 Empty ourselves

00:26:28.559 --> 00:26:30.480
 and follow Jesus

00:26:30.480 --> 00:26:31.319
 to go wherever

00:26:31.319 --> 00:26:32.360
 He goes.

00:26:33.519 --> 00:26:33.940
 And beloved,

00:26:33.940 --> 00:26:35.660
 there is so

00:26:35.660 --> 00:26:37.120
 much example

00:26:37.120 --> 00:26:37.980
 given to us

00:26:37.980 --> 00:26:38.539
 of the way

00:26:38.539 --> 00:26:39.080
 in which Jesus

00:26:39.080 --> 00:26:39.720
 functioned

00:26:39.720 --> 00:26:40.519
 and the places

00:26:40.519 --> 00:26:41.840
 in which He went

00:26:41.840 --> 00:26:43.519
 that we have

00:26:43.519 --> 00:26:44.740
 plenty of growing

00:26:44.740 --> 00:26:45.320
 to do

00:26:45.320 --> 00:26:47.080
 in this regard.

00:26:48.360 --> 00:26:49.420
 Listen to Paul's

00:26:49.420 --> 00:26:49.980
 exhortation

00:26:49.980 --> 00:26:51.620
 in 2 Corinthians 13.5.

00:26:53.820 --> 00:26:54.940
 Examine yourselves

00:26:54.940 --> 00:26:56.000
 to see whether

00:26:56.000 --> 00:26:56.720
 you are in the faith.

00:26:57.519 --> 00:26:58.400
 Test yourselves.

00:26:58.980 --> 00:26:59.920
 Or do you not

00:26:59.920 --> 00:27:00.600
 realize this

00:27:00.600 --> 00:27:01.279
 about yourselves

00:27:01.279 --> 00:27:02.960
 that Jesus Christ

00:27:02.960 --> 00:27:03.640
 is in you?

00:27:03.700 --> 00:27:04.660
 Unless indeed

00:27:04.660 --> 00:27:06.079
 you fail

00:27:06.079 --> 00:27:07.440
 to meet the test.

00:27:07.559 --> 00:27:08.880
 What is this test

00:27:08.880 --> 00:27:09.600
 that we're being

00:27:09.600 --> 00:27:10.940
 exhorted to do?

00:27:11.480 --> 00:27:12.380
 I have sat

00:27:12.380 --> 00:27:13.680
 under many,

00:27:13.799 --> 00:27:15.299
 many preachers

00:27:15.299 --> 00:27:16.440
 that want to make

00:27:16.440 --> 00:27:17.240
 this test

00:27:17.240 --> 00:27:18.000
 the remembering

00:27:18.000 --> 00:27:18.940
 of a date

00:27:18.940 --> 00:27:21.079
 and an activity,

00:27:21.539 --> 00:27:22.420
 an action.

00:27:22.680 --> 00:27:23.759
 Tell me that's not

00:27:23.759 --> 00:27:24.640
 works-based.

00:27:25.519 --> 00:27:25.680
 Right?

00:27:25.860 --> 00:27:26.620
 Write it down.

00:27:26.720 --> 00:27:27.740
 Oh, write it down

00:27:27.740 --> 00:27:28.720
 in the front of your Bible

00:27:28.720 --> 00:27:29.559
 so if you ever have

00:27:29.559 --> 00:27:30.039
 a doubt,

00:27:30.119 --> 00:27:30.720
 you can look

00:27:30.720 --> 00:27:31.500
 at that page

00:27:31.500 --> 00:27:33.039
 and then you'll know

00:27:33.039 --> 00:27:34.179
 that you're found

00:27:34.179 --> 00:27:34.899
 in Christ.

00:27:35.099 --> 00:27:35.940
 That you've declared

00:27:35.940 --> 00:27:38.399
 yourself a good tree.

00:27:39.279 --> 00:27:39.799
 Phariseeism.

00:27:40.619 --> 00:27:41.399
 This is a message

00:27:41.399 --> 00:27:42.460
 from the devil.

00:27:44.240 --> 00:27:45.000
 Air conditioning.

00:27:45.619 --> 00:27:45.919
 Right?

00:27:46.019 --> 00:27:46.720
 On a train ride

00:27:46.720 --> 00:27:47.099
 to hell.

00:27:47.339 --> 00:27:48.379
 This is not good

00:27:48.379 --> 00:27:50.019
 for people to hear.

00:27:50.399 --> 00:27:51.279
 What is the test?

00:27:51.339 --> 00:27:52.740
 The test is fruit.

00:27:53.500 --> 00:27:54.220
 And we're exhorted

00:27:54.220 --> 00:27:54.940
 to do it.

00:27:55.819 --> 00:27:56.399
 Now hear me,

00:27:56.480 --> 00:27:57.720
 the works do not

00:27:57.720 --> 00:27:58.600
 save us.

00:27:59.240 --> 00:27:59.720
 But the works

00:27:59.720 --> 00:28:00.860
 are the evidence

00:28:00.860 --> 00:28:02.340
 of God's salvific work

00:28:02.340 --> 00:28:03.860
 in our hearts.

00:28:04.259 --> 00:28:05.080
 If I asked you

00:28:05.080 --> 00:28:05.620
 this morning,

00:28:05.759 --> 00:28:06.480
 how do you know

00:28:06.480 --> 00:28:06.920
 this morning

00:28:06.920 --> 00:28:07.720
 that you're alive?

00:28:08.580 --> 00:28:09.680
 None of you would say,

00:28:09.900 --> 00:28:11.160
 because I have a birth date.

00:28:11.380 --> 00:28:12.280
 Let me share my birth date

00:28:12.280 --> 00:28:12.640
 with you.

00:28:13.640 --> 00:28:14.940
 You would give some evidence

00:28:14.940 --> 00:28:15.720
 to that fact.

00:28:15.800 --> 00:28:16.280
 Well, I'm standing

00:28:16.280 --> 00:28:16.920
 in front of you.

00:28:17.140 --> 00:28:18.100
 Look, I'm doing the things

00:28:18.100 --> 00:28:19.759
 that living people do.

00:28:20.019 --> 00:28:20.100
 Right?

00:28:20.180 --> 00:28:21.019
 Descartes would have said,

00:28:21.140 --> 00:28:22.019
 I think, therefore,

00:28:22.240 --> 00:28:23.140
 I am.

00:28:23.920 --> 00:28:24.220
 Right?

00:28:24.259 --> 00:28:24.740
 None of you would go,

00:28:24.840 --> 00:28:25.720
 well, I have a birth date.

00:28:25.720 --> 00:28:26.700
 So, of course,

00:28:26.799 --> 00:28:27.819
 I'm alive.

00:28:28.279 --> 00:28:29.819
 This is foolishness

00:28:29.819 --> 00:28:30.759
 and this is what is happening

00:28:30.759 --> 00:28:32.420
 in our churches.

00:28:32.839 --> 00:28:34.279
 Turn to 1 John 3.

00:28:38.100 --> 00:28:39.579
 The great effort

00:28:39.579 --> 00:28:40.880
 of John's first letter

00:28:40.880 --> 00:28:42.400
 is to give us

00:28:42.400 --> 00:28:44.240
 a lens by which

00:28:44.240 --> 00:28:45.559
 to hold our lives up to,

00:28:45.700 --> 00:28:46.720
 to compare to.

00:28:47.019 --> 00:28:48.600
 How do we test ourselves?

00:28:48.720 --> 00:28:49.900
 How do we know?

00:28:49.900 --> 00:28:49.960
 How do we know?

00:28:55.720 --> 00:29:01.200
 1 John 3,

00:29:01.319 --> 00:29:02.180
 beginning in verse 4.

00:29:02.980 --> 00:29:04.559
 Everyone who makes

00:29:04.559 --> 00:29:05.960
 a practice of sinning

00:29:05.960 --> 00:29:07.779
 also practices lawlessness.

00:29:08.519 --> 00:29:10.200
 Sin is lawlessness.

00:29:11.480 --> 00:29:12.500
 You know that He appeared

00:29:12.500 --> 00:29:13.839
 in order to take away sins

00:29:13.839 --> 00:29:16.059
 and in Him there is no sin.

00:29:16.120 --> 00:29:16.620
 This is Christ.

00:29:17.180 --> 00:29:17.740
 Verse 6.

00:29:17.819 --> 00:29:19.120
 No one who abides in Him

00:29:19.120 --> 00:29:20.259
 keeps on sinning.

00:29:20.259 --> 00:29:21.599
 No one who keeps on sinning

00:29:21.599 --> 00:29:22.859
 has either seen Him

00:29:22.859 --> 00:29:24.379
 or known Him.

00:29:25.720 --> 00:29:26.319
 Little children,

00:29:26.539 --> 00:29:27.879
 let no one deceive you.

00:29:28.519 --> 00:29:30.000
 Whoever practices righteousness

00:29:30.000 --> 00:29:31.319
 is righteous

00:29:31.319 --> 00:29:32.579
 as He is righteous.

00:29:33.279 --> 00:29:34.420
 Whoever makes a practice

00:29:34.420 --> 00:29:34.960
 of sinning

00:29:34.960 --> 00:29:35.579
 is of the devil

00:29:35.579 --> 00:29:36.140
 for the devil

00:29:36.140 --> 00:29:36.940
 has been sinning

00:29:36.940 --> 00:29:37.619
 from the beginning.

00:29:38.319 --> 00:29:39.640
 The reason the Son of God

00:29:39.640 --> 00:29:40.940
 appeared was to destroy

00:29:40.940 --> 00:29:42.200
 the works of the devil.

00:29:42.200 --> 00:29:44.680
 No one born of God

00:29:44.680 --> 00:29:45.700
 makes a practice

00:29:45.700 --> 00:29:46.860
 of sinning.

00:29:47.559 --> 00:29:48.440
 For God's seed

00:29:48.440 --> 00:29:49.299
 abides in Him

00:29:49.299 --> 00:29:51.019
 and He cannot keep on sinning

00:29:51.019 --> 00:29:51.819
 because He has been

00:29:51.819 --> 00:29:52.600
 born of God.

00:29:53.360 --> 00:29:54.720
 By this it is evident

00:29:54.720 --> 00:29:55.819
 who are the children of God

00:29:55.819 --> 00:29:56.539
 and who are the children

00:29:56.539 --> 00:29:57.100
 of the devil.

00:29:57.660 --> 00:29:58.400
 Whoever does not

00:29:58.400 --> 00:29:59.420
 practice righteousness

00:29:59.420 --> 00:30:00.480
 is not of God

00:30:00.480 --> 00:30:01.860
 nor is the one

00:30:01.860 --> 00:30:04.120
 who does not love

00:30:04.120 --> 00:30:05.259
 his brother.

00:30:07.840 --> 00:30:09.519
 We are all indicted

00:30:09.519 --> 00:30:11.160
 by these words,

00:30:11.279 --> 00:30:11.940
 are we not?

00:30:12.640 --> 00:30:13.700
 So we need to wrestle

00:30:13.700 --> 00:30:14.960
 with this a little bit.

00:30:15.480 --> 00:30:15.660
 Right?

00:30:16.559 --> 00:30:17.799
 All of you who are perfect,

00:30:17.940 --> 00:30:18.519
 raise your hand.

00:30:20.819 --> 00:30:21.640
 No one, right?

00:30:21.740 --> 00:30:22.819
 None of us, right?

00:30:22.980 --> 00:30:24.160
 We have been set free

00:30:24.160 --> 00:30:24.620
 from sin

00:30:24.620 --> 00:30:25.680
 and yet we continue

00:30:25.680 --> 00:30:26.460
 to sin.

00:30:26.500 --> 00:30:27.059
 The great struggle

00:30:27.059 --> 00:30:28.180
 of Paul

00:30:28.180 --> 00:30:29.480
 in Romans chapter 7.

00:30:29.620 --> 00:30:30.840
 This body of death

00:30:30.840 --> 00:30:31.740
 that he carries around

00:30:31.740 --> 00:30:32.720
 that draws him

00:30:32.720 --> 00:30:33.440
 into the things

00:30:33.440 --> 00:30:34.080
 that he doesn't

00:30:34.080 --> 00:30:35.319
 want to do.

00:30:35.420 --> 00:30:36.400
 And this is the nature

00:30:36.400 --> 00:30:38.220
 of Christian living.

00:30:38.220 --> 00:30:40.180
 This ebb and flow

00:30:40.180 --> 00:30:41.240
 of righteousness.

00:30:41.240 --> 00:30:42.799
 Seasons even

00:30:42.799 --> 00:30:43.819
 that we go through

00:30:43.819 --> 00:30:45.880
 in our Christian lives.

00:30:46.059 --> 00:30:46.539
 And so John

00:30:46.539 --> 00:30:47.380
 is not saying to us

00:30:47.380 --> 00:30:48.500
 that if you sin

00:30:48.500 --> 00:30:49.660
 you are not found

00:30:49.660 --> 00:30:50.960
 in Christ.

00:30:51.099 --> 00:30:52.480
 There's a status,

00:30:52.880 --> 00:30:53.120
 right,

00:30:53.240 --> 00:30:54.380
 that is given to us

00:30:54.380 --> 00:30:55.200
 by our faith

00:30:55.200 --> 00:30:56.140
 in him.

00:30:56.740 --> 00:30:57.799
 But the general

00:30:57.799 --> 00:30:59.279
 trajectory of our living

00:30:59.279 --> 00:31:00.400
 should be towards

00:31:00.400 --> 00:31:01.839
 righteousness.

00:31:01.839 --> 00:31:01.919
 righteousness.

00:31:02.919 --> 00:31:03.699
 I don't know if

00:31:03.699 --> 00:31:04.539
 everyone in the room

00:31:04.539 --> 00:31:05.740
 can see the bald

00:31:05.740 --> 00:31:06.899
 cypresses outside.

00:31:07.119 --> 00:31:07.859
 Do you see this orange

00:31:07.859 --> 00:31:09.139
 tree that's blocking

00:31:09.139 --> 00:31:09.859
 that entire window

00:31:09.859 --> 00:31:10.319
 right there?

00:31:10.759 --> 00:31:11.519
 There's two of them

00:31:11.519 --> 00:31:12.059
 on either side

00:31:12.059 --> 00:31:12.639
 of the sidewalk.

00:31:13.199 --> 00:31:14.000
 And these are really,

00:31:14.179 --> 00:31:15.059
 really neat trees

00:31:15.059 --> 00:31:16.019
 called bald cypresses.

00:31:16.379 --> 00:31:17.599
 And most of the year

00:31:17.599 --> 00:31:18.579
 they're very green

00:31:18.579 --> 00:31:19.659
 and beautiful.

00:31:20.659 --> 00:31:22.039
 They're a deciduous

00:31:22.039 --> 00:31:23.099
 pine tree

00:31:23.099 --> 00:31:24.379
 and they turn

00:31:24.379 --> 00:31:25.379
 this beautiful orange

00:31:25.379 --> 00:31:26.859
 color for like a week

00:31:26.859 --> 00:31:28.179
 and they drop

00:31:28.179 --> 00:31:29.199
 all of the needles.

00:31:29.980 --> 00:31:30.420
 Likely,

00:31:30.519 --> 00:31:31.059
 next week

00:31:31.059 --> 00:31:31.460
 there will be not

00:31:31.460 --> 00:31:32.080
 a single needle

00:31:32.080 --> 00:31:33.279
 on either of those

00:31:33.279 --> 00:31:33.700
 two trees

00:31:33.700 --> 00:31:34.340
 and they'll all be

00:31:34.340 --> 00:31:35.360
 all over the ground

00:31:35.360 --> 00:31:36.380
 desperately needing

00:31:36.380 --> 00:31:37.180
 to be cleaned up

00:31:37.180 --> 00:31:38.580
 from the sidewalk

00:31:38.580 --> 00:31:39.759
 down there.

00:31:39.980 --> 00:31:41.360
 A really fascinating

00:31:41.360 --> 00:31:41.799
 tree.

00:31:42.120 --> 00:31:42.980
 A good portion

00:31:42.980 --> 00:31:43.519
 of the year

00:31:43.519 --> 00:31:44.720
 these trees look dead.

00:31:45.799 --> 00:31:46.720
 Totally lifeless.

00:31:46.940 --> 00:31:47.539
 If you didn't know

00:31:47.539 --> 00:31:47.940
 what they were

00:31:47.940 --> 00:31:48.840
 you would definitely

00:31:48.840 --> 00:31:49.440
 cut them down.

00:31:49.559 --> 00:31:49.680
 You'd go,

00:31:49.740 --> 00:31:50.279
 this looks kind of

00:31:50.279 --> 00:31:50.960
 like a pine tree

00:31:50.960 --> 00:31:52.340
 with no needles on it.

00:31:52.360 --> 00:31:53.200
 It's definitely dead.

00:31:53.779 --> 00:31:55.180
 Our lives are that way

00:31:55.180 --> 00:31:55.900
 at times.

00:31:56.660 --> 00:31:58.059
 No real experience

00:31:58.059 --> 00:31:59.120
 of the presence of God

00:31:59.119 --> 00:31:59.679
 in our lives.

00:31:59.899 --> 00:32:01.379
 We just seem to love

00:32:01.379 --> 00:32:02.959
 sin so much

00:32:02.959 --> 00:32:05.619
 appearing dead.

00:32:06.639 --> 00:32:07.419
 I've been coming

00:32:07.419 --> 00:32:08.259
 to this building now

00:32:08.259 --> 00:32:09.219
 for quite a few years

00:32:09.219 --> 00:32:09.919
 and I can tell you

00:32:09.919 --> 00:32:11.239
 that the general trajectory

00:32:11.239 --> 00:32:12.079
 of these trees

00:32:12.079 --> 00:32:13.199
 is that they're alive.

00:32:14.019 --> 00:32:14.739
 Every year

00:32:14.739 --> 00:32:15.539
 when they look dead

00:32:15.539 --> 00:32:16.839
 I know that they're not dead

00:32:16.839 --> 00:32:17.619
 because they continue

00:32:17.619 --> 00:32:18.099
 to grow

00:32:18.099 --> 00:32:19.319
 and year by year by year

00:32:19.319 --> 00:32:20.559
 they get a little bit bigger

00:32:20.559 --> 00:32:21.679
 and they encroach

00:32:21.679 --> 00:32:22.199
 on the building

00:32:22.199 --> 00:32:22.939
 a little bit more

00:32:22.939 --> 00:32:24.039
 and a few more branches

00:32:24.039 --> 00:32:25.159
 have to be pruned off of them

00:32:25.159 --> 00:32:25.919
 so that we can walk

00:32:25.919 --> 00:32:26.639
 down the sidewalk

00:32:26.640 --> 00:32:27.720
 and the roots

00:32:27.720 --> 00:32:28.660
 continue to advance

00:32:28.660 --> 00:32:29.460
 across the playground

00:32:29.460 --> 00:32:30.480
 and pop up

00:32:30.480 --> 00:32:31.360
 from time to time

00:32:31.360 --> 00:32:32.860
 across the playground

00:32:32.860 --> 00:32:33.920
 like I know

00:32:33.920 --> 00:32:34.680
 that they're alive

00:32:34.680 --> 00:32:35.860
 because of the general

00:32:35.860 --> 00:32:37.500
 presence of life

00:32:37.500 --> 00:32:38.980
 in those trees.

00:32:40.200 --> 00:32:41.280
 So John's not saying

00:32:41.280 --> 00:32:42.000
 to us that we have

00:32:42.000 --> 00:32:42.620
 to be perfect

00:32:42.620 --> 00:32:43.620
 in every way

00:32:43.620 --> 00:32:44.360
 but that we should be

00:32:44.360 --> 00:32:46.060
 generally hating sin

00:32:46.060 --> 00:32:47.100
 and generally

00:32:47.100 --> 00:32:49.520
 loving righteousness.

00:32:49.519 --> 00:32:52.259
 if this isn't true of you

00:32:52.259 --> 00:32:53.960
 then you are not

00:32:53.960 --> 00:32:56.160
 found in Christ.

00:32:56.379 --> 00:32:57.119
 You have not

00:32:57.119 --> 00:32:58.119
 recognized Him

00:32:58.119 --> 00:32:59.279
 as Lord.

00:32:59.900 --> 00:33:01.119
 You've added Him

00:33:01.119 --> 00:33:02.599
 as a slip of paper

00:33:02.599 --> 00:33:03.879
 of fire insurance policy

00:33:03.879 --> 00:33:04.599
 that you folded up

00:33:04.599 --> 00:33:05.019
 and you stuck

00:33:05.019 --> 00:33:05.819
 in your back pocket

00:33:05.819 --> 00:33:07.279
 which is of no value

00:33:07.279 --> 00:33:08.420
 to you whatsoever.

00:33:09.059 --> 00:33:09.799
 If your heart

00:33:09.799 --> 00:33:10.819
 has not been changed

00:33:10.819 --> 00:33:11.559
 if you have not

00:33:11.559 --> 00:33:12.460
 been propelled

00:33:12.460 --> 00:33:13.480
 by the work

00:33:13.480 --> 00:33:14.180
 in your heart

00:33:14.180 --> 00:33:14.900
 of the Holy Spirit

00:33:14.900 --> 00:33:15.799
 to follow Him

00:33:15.799 --> 00:33:16.839
 to worship Him

00:33:16.839 --> 00:33:17.519
 as Lord

00:33:17.519 --> 00:33:18.879
 then you are not

00:33:18.880 --> 00:33:20.460
 found in Him.

00:33:21.620 --> 00:33:22.060
 Repent

00:33:22.060 --> 00:33:23.240
 and believe.

00:33:24.280 --> 00:33:25.200
 Repent and believe.

00:33:26.120 --> 00:33:26.980
 Pray that He would

00:33:26.980 --> 00:33:27.540
 do a work

00:33:27.540 --> 00:33:28.500
 in your life

00:33:28.500 --> 00:33:29.840
 like that.

00:33:31.240 --> 00:33:32.180
 And for those of us

00:33:32.180 --> 00:33:32.840
 who have recognized

00:33:32.840 --> 00:33:33.380
 Him as Lord

00:33:33.380 --> 00:33:34.420
 but yet deal with

00:33:34.420 --> 00:33:35.160
 the day-to-day

00:33:35.160 --> 00:33:36.080
 how do we continue

00:33:36.080 --> 00:33:37.260
 to submit ourselves

00:33:37.260 --> 00:33:38.340
 to Him as Lord?

00:33:38.500 --> 00:33:39.300
 I have to say

00:33:39.300 --> 00:33:40.240
 that that very question

00:33:40.240 --> 00:33:40.740
 which I know

00:33:40.740 --> 00:33:41.360
 none of you asked

00:33:41.360 --> 00:33:42.460
 but I posed it to you

00:33:42.460 --> 00:33:42.820
 as well

00:33:42.820 --> 00:33:44.200
 demands the point

00:33:44.200 --> 00:33:45.240
 that I'm making.

00:33:46.480 --> 00:33:47.160
 Those of us

00:33:47.160 --> 00:33:48.040
 who are found

00:33:48.040 --> 00:33:48.780
 in Christ

00:33:48.779 --> 00:33:49.399
 who call Him

00:33:49.399 --> 00:33:51.240
 Savior and Lord

00:33:51.240 --> 00:33:53.240
 should know

00:33:53.240 --> 00:33:54.799
 how to follow Him.

00:33:55.460 --> 00:33:56.339
 He has spoken

00:33:56.339 --> 00:33:57.139
 to us

00:33:57.139 --> 00:33:58.559
 by His

00:33:58.559 --> 00:33:59.519
 Word.

00:34:00.200 --> 00:34:01.220
 This is the way

00:34:01.220 --> 00:34:02.359
 in which we came

00:34:02.359 --> 00:34:02.779
 to Him

00:34:02.779 --> 00:34:03.299
 by the work

00:34:03.299 --> 00:34:03.839
 of the Spirit

00:34:03.839 --> 00:34:04.599
 in our lives

00:34:04.599 --> 00:34:05.200
 that we would

00:34:05.200 --> 00:34:06.160
 continue in that

00:34:06.160 --> 00:34:06.859
 and that we would

00:34:06.859 --> 00:34:07.779
 go to His Word

00:34:07.779 --> 00:34:08.900
 to know Him.

00:34:10.179 --> 00:34:11.059
 This is the way

00:34:11.059 --> 00:34:12.300
 in which we continue

00:34:12.300 --> 00:34:13.820
 to submit to Him.

00:34:14.779 --> 00:34:15.679
 Young people

00:34:15.679 --> 00:34:17.639
 so many of you

00:34:17.639 --> 00:34:18.519
 want to know

00:34:18.519 --> 00:34:19.379
 the will of God

00:34:19.379 --> 00:34:19.940
 for your life

00:34:19.940 --> 00:34:20.559
 but it has really

00:34:20.559 --> 00:34:21.359
 nothing to do

00:34:21.359 --> 00:34:22.039
 with Lordship

00:34:22.039 --> 00:34:22.699
 and submitting

00:34:22.699 --> 00:34:24.839
 yourself to Him

00:34:24.839 --> 00:34:25.899
 day by day

00:34:25.899 --> 00:34:27.059
 week by week.

00:34:27.139 --> 00:34:27.799
 It's really just

00:34:27.799 --> 00:34:28.319
 because you want

00:34:28.319 --> 00:34:28.940
 answers

00:34:28.940 --> 00:34:30.639
 and it is your hope

00:34:30.639 --> 00:34:31.980
 that if it's God's answer

00:34:31.980 --> 00:34:32.619
 that it's going to be

00:34:32.619 --> 00:34:33.299
 a good one

00:34:33.299 --> 00:34:33.839
 that's going to work

00:34:33.839 --> 00:34:34.460
 out favorable

00:34:34.460 --> 00:34:35.379
 for you.

00:34:36.059 --> 00:34:36.940
 Self-serving

00:34:36.940 --> 00:34:37.759
 in that way.

00:34:38.679 --> 00:34:39.559
 You don't submit

00:34:39.559 --> 00:34:40.399
 yourselves daily

00:34:40.399 --> 00:34:40.859
 to the Lord

00:34:40.859 --> 00:34:41.119
 and say

00:34:41.119 --> 00:34:41.599
 what would you

00:34:41.599 --> 00:34:42.239
 have me do

00:34:42.239 --> 00:34:43.239
 in this day?

00:34:43.619 --> 00:34:44.380
 What major

00:34:44.380 --> 00:34:45.420
 should I have?

00:34:45.699 --> 00:34:47.179
 Who should I marry?

00:34:47.339 --> 00:34:48.819
 Where should I live?

00:34:49.099 --> 00:34:50.380
 Where should I invest

00:34:50.380 --> 00:34:51.359
 in church?

00:34:51.759 --> 00:34:52.579
 Who should I be

00:34:52.579 --> 00:34:53.920
 sharing the Gospel

00:34:53.920 --> 00:34:54.380
 with?

00:34:55.900 --> 00:34:57.159
 Your search

00:34:57.159 --> 00:34:59.299
 serves your ends

00:34:59.299 --> 00:35:00.920
 and not His.

00:35:02.239 --> 00:35:02.859
 Many of you

00:35:02.859 --> 00:35:03.179
 want to know

00:35:03.179 --> 00:35:03.739
 the will of God

00:35:03.739 --> 00:35:04.199
 but you don't

00:35:04.199 --> 00:35:04.880
 know your Bible

00:35:04.880 --> 00:35:06.239
 and He has revealed

00:35:06.239 --> 00:35:07.519
 His will to us

00:35:07.519 --> 00:35:08.440
 in the Scriptures.

00:35:09.139 --> 00:35:09.839
 Our Lord

00:35:09.840 --> 00:35:10.960
 has written us

00:35:10.960 --> 00:35:11.740
 a book.

00:35:12.320 --> 00:35:13.420
 We should know it.

00:35:14.820 --> 00:35:15.780
 Why do we neglect

00:35:15.780 --> 00:35:16.720
 this so much?

00:35:17.320 --> 00:35:17.880
 Recognize

00:35:17.880 --> 00:35:19.180
 that there is a battle

00:35:19.180 --> 00:35:20.800
 a war being waged

00:35:20.800 --> 00:35:21.720
 within you

00:35:21.720 --> 00:35:22.800
 to get you away

00:35:22.800 --> 00:35:23.559
 from this book.

00:35:24.200 --> 00:35:25.820
 To hear God speak

00:35:25.820 --> 00:35:27.320
 day by day

00:35:27.320 --> 00:35:28.180
 by day

00:35:28.180 --> 00:35:29.440
 and submit yourself

00:35:29.440 --> 00:35:30.100
 to what He would

00:35:30.100 --> 00:35:30.860
 have you do.

00:35:31.280 --> 00:35:31.700
 Practice

00:35:31.700 --> 00:35:32.860
 the revealed

00:35:32.860 --> 00:35:34.039
 will of God.

00:35:34.140 --> 00:35:35.100
 All that other stuff

00:35:35.100 --> 00:35:36.240
 the petty stuff

00:35:36.240 --> 00:35:38.079
 who you'll marry

00:35:38.079 --> 00:35:38.840
 where you'll work

00:35:38.840 --> 00:35:39.720
 where you'll live

00:35:39.719 --> 00:35:40.639
 where you'll go to church

00:35:40.639 --> 00:35:41.579
 will all sort out

00:35:41.579 --> 00:35:42.259
 in the end.

00:35:42.919 --> 00:35:43.759
 Submit yourself

00:35:43.759 --> 00:35:45.279
 to the Lordship

00:35:45.279 --> 00:35:47.219
 of Jesus Christ.

00:35:47.899 --> 00:35:48.639
 Stop being

00:35:48.639 --> 00:35:49.939
 self-determining

00:35:49.939 --> 00:35:51.019
 and then always

00:35:51.019 --> 00:35:52.659
 submit

00:35:52.659 --> 00:35:53.599
 to Him.

00:35:53.759 --> 00:35:55.279
 This is what it means

00:35:55.279 --> 00:35:56.359
 to be a Christian,

00:35:56.519 --> 00:35:57.000
 to be

00:35:57.000 --> 00:35:58.159
 a disciple

00:35:58.159 --> 00:35:59.579
 of our Savior

00:35:59.579 --> 00:35:59.959
 and Lord

00:35:59.959 --> 00:36:01.059
 Jesus Christ.

00:36:01.239 --> 00:36:01.919
 Let's pray together.

00:36:02.360 --> 00:36:02.500
 Let's pray together.

00:36:02.500 --> 00:36:02.500


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