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 You are listening to a message from Southwood Presbyterian Church in Huntsville, Alabama.

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 Our passion is to experience and express grace.

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 Join us.

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 Before we jump back into John's gospel today, let me give you a heads up that next week

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 we are beginning a summer break from our study of John, which by the way we are over nine

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 months into and over halfway through.

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 I think that's pretty good.

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 We're going to get back to the events of the final week of Jesus' life leading to the cross.

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 But as we've been seeing in John the person of Jesus lifted up over and over as the one

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 in whom we are to find life, I want us to spend a few weeks talking about what it actually

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 looks like for us to live with Jesus, to depend on His grace, to walk with Him day by day.

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 So that's what we're going to do this summer.

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 I'm excited about that series.

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 But before we break for that next week, let's see this morning Jesus in His glory held up

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 before us again.

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 Jesus has just entered Jerusalem where He's hailed as the coming King, but on a humble donkey,

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 not a mighty war horse.

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 And then as the Gentiles come to see Him, He begins to recognize the hour of His death has

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 come.

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 The hour, John has so often pointed out to us, is not here yet, is now upon Him.

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 God has made that clear to Jesus' spirit.

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 And we'll pick up the reading at verse 27, where as He discusses His coming death, Jesus says,

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 Now is my soul troubled, and what shall I say?

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 Father, save me from this hour?

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 But for this purpose I have come to this hour.

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 Father, glorify Your name.

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 Then a voice came from heaven, I have glorified it and I will glorify it again.

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 Then the crowd that stood there and heard it said that it had thundered.

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 Others said an angel has spoken to Him.

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 Jesus answered, This voice has come for Your sake, not mine.

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 Let's pray.

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 God, might we gathered here this morning hear Your voice.

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 Would we see Your glory?

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 Oh, Holy Spirit, we need Your help for that.

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 So would You speak to us clearly?

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 By Your Word, we ask it in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 You and I are on a quest for glory.

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 We long to make a difference in the world, don't we?

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 To have a lasting, memorable impact on those around us.

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 To be significant to someone.

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 In the Bible's terms, as we'll see, we are seeking glory.

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 In fact, every person who has ever lived since the beginning of history

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 has been doing this all of our lives.

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 As I track this quest through different seasons of life here for just a minute,

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 you see where you recognize or remember yourself.

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 As kids, we desperately want to fit in, don't we?

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 Not to be left out or ignored, overlooked or picked last.

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 To be valued by a group of friends or eventually by that special someone who will tell me that I matter.

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 Or failing that, I'll have to stand out so that they'll call my name and I get a diploma at graduation

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 or a trophy at the end of the season or a medal at awards day and I'll hear my name and that will tell me that I'm important.

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 The quest for glory.

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 It's why young adults often go on a journey to find themselves, right?

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 It doesn't always happen in that season of life, but I've met with several people in their 20s recently

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 and heard a very similar theme from several of them.

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 I've chased money, women, career, and as one of them told me, quote,

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 I'm trying to decide what really matters.

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 Or in the words of another, I just want to settle down and focus on what's really important in life.

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 So can we talk about God?

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 The quest for glory is why parents of teens hurt so deeply when they feel ignored or unappreciated

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 by someone that they've spent day after day for years pouring their lives into.

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 That's why many people around my age hit a midlife crisis, right?

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 They wonder if they're really investing their lives in something worthwhile

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 or if their investments are actually going to last or if they should do something entirely different.

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 The quest for glory causes many in retirement to struggle with what to do with themselves

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 because their work has made them feel significant like they mattered for so long

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 and now, well, what am I going to do now?

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 It's especially challenging as we get older and we fear being alone.

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 Who will care for me?

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 We fear being forgotten.

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 Will I matter to anyone?

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 Or we even fear forgetting.

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 What if I can't remember why I'm important?

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 Or who values me?

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 See, the lifelong quest for glory is one that God created us for, but it is fraught with failure.

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 Trying to get my significance from other people or, as many have tried more recently,

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 to give value to myself.

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 I'll matter because I believe I matter.

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 It just doesn't seem to work.

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 Wherever you are in that quest today, and I'd say we're all somewhere,

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 look at how Jesus guides us.

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 It is really hard and yet so hopeful at the same time.

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 Jesus' soul is troubled.

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 Just as at Lazarus' tomb, he's stirred up, unsettled, deeply emotional in the face of death.

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 It's like that moment in Gethsemane when he prays that this cup would pass from him,

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 and then he prays,

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 Father, not my will, but yours be done.

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 It's that kind of moment here.

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 Look at the beautiful submission as he wrestles with God,

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 asking him to deliver him from this hour, this death,

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 this agonizing separation from his Father.

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 And then Jesus says,

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 What?

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 No, this is the hour I came for.

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 It's why I've obeyed at every turn.

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 And he concludes,

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 Father, glorify your name.

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 Wow.

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 Wow.

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 The biblical words for glory bring the idea of weight, heaviness.

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 Something like a mountain or an ocean has glory because it has matter.

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 It literally matters, right?

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 You don't ignore it when you're considering getting from one side of it to the other.

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 It is glorious.

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 There's a weight to it.

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 Nick Saban's opinion about football matters more to you than mine does.

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 I'm confident of that.

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 If it's overtime and the game's on the line and you run his play rather than my play,

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 you're giving him the glory.

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 If that's what glory means,

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 to carry weight like that,

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 Jesus shows us who has it,

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 doesn't he?

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 Jesus is troubled,

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 but in the midst of that overwhelming emotion,

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 he is deeply committed to God's glory,

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 no matter what it costs him, right?

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 Let's run your play, Father.

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 Let's do it your way.

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 Nothing and no one matters more to me than you.

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 God's glory, see, weighs so heavy for Jesus.

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 God's will is so primary for Jesus.

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 God's person looms so large for Jesus

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 that it produces costly obedience.

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 In Jesus' case, all the way to death on a cross.

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 Father, glorify your name.

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 Then all of a sudden,

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 the people around Jesus are startled by a thunderclap, they think.

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 A voice that says,

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 I have glorified it and I will glorify it again.

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 Oh, there are many, many ways that God has glorified his own name,

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 aren't there, in creation.

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 And displaying his power and his majesty for us to marvel at.

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 But I think especially here,

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 God is speaking of the signs.

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 The signs he's been showing the people through Jesus

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 as he has become flesh to reveal God's character.

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 And then displaying his glory over creation,

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 over sickness, over death itself.

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 That's what he's talking about.

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 And he will, as Jesus asks,

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 glorify his name again,

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 specifically through the cross

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 and the resurrection of Jesus.

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 As Jesus seeks God's glory,

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 rather than valuing his own comfort or peace,

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 God's glory is ultimate.

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 He is the weightiest,

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 the most important.

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 We glorify God because he glorifies himself,

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 doesn't he?

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 Glorify your name.

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 What matters to you?

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 What carries more weight?

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 God's name being shared with your neighbors

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 or your comfort being maintained.

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 God's design for your sexuality being followed

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 or your desires being satisfied.

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 God's command to love your uncool neighbor being obeyed

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 or your longing to fit in with the cool kids being achieved.

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 See, those are glory issues.

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 Not just day-to-day decisions.

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 Those are glory issues.

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 God has true glory.

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 Will God be significant, big, weighty to us?

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 Well, maybe you say,

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 I'm not exactly sure yet, pastor.

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 How do I even engage with this true glory?

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 John has a consistent answer to that question.

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 It's echoed in this passage.

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 We engage with God's glory by seeing God

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 and believing who he is.

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 It's why Jesus is here, right?

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 To show us the glory of God

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 since we haven't seen God.

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 Remember chapter one?

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 Jesus says this thunderous voice has just spoken.

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 Why?

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 For your sake.

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 So you will see true glory

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 and that you'll believe.

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 And so Jesus then talks about both unbelief

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 and belief connected to glory.

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 That's the rest of the chapter.

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 I'm gonna read now first the unbelief part

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 at verse 37.

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 Though Jesus had done so many signs before them,

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 they still did not believe in him.

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 They meaning many of the Jews

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 who had seen these signs.

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 So that the word spoken by the prophet Isaiah

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 might be fulfilled.

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 Lord, who has believed what he heard from us

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 and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?

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 Therefore they could not believe.

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 For again, Isaiah said,

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 he has blinded their eyes

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 and hardened their heart

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 lest they see with their eyes

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 and understand with their heart

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 and turn and I would heal them.

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 Isaiah said these things

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 because he saw his glory

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 and spoke of him, Jesus.

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 Isaiah spoke of a Messiah.

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 That's the first quotation here.

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 A Messiah who would not be attractive

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 to people.

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 No beauty or majesty.

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 We esteemed him not.

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 God's arm, God's strength

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 is gonna be revealed differently

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 from what most longed for their Messiah to be.

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 So just as in Isaiah's day

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 when people didn't believe God's message,

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 part of what was going on there

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 was a divine hardening

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 so that the Jewish rejection of Jesus,

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 this so-called Messiah,

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 would take him to the cross.

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 God's plan, right?

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 And share then the riches of his grace

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 with Gentiles.

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 God's glory would be spread as a result.

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 But then as always,

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 there's a human responsibility

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 for unbelief

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 held right there

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 alongside divine sovereignty.

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 People motivated

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 by what they consider

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 to be most weighty.

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 Verse 42.

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 Nevertheless,

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 many even of the authorities

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 believed in Jesus

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 but for fear of the Pharisees,

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 they did not confess it

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 so that they would not be put out

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 of the synagogue

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 for they loved

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 the glory that comes from man

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 more than

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 the glory

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 that comes from God.

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 They saw God's glory, right?

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 Intellectually,

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 what Jesus claimed

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 appealed to them.

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 But they loved glory from man

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 more than glory from God.

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 Their position,

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 their comfort,

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 their reputation,

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 their way of life

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 was bigger in their eyes.

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 It mattered more

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 than God did.

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 So they couldn't live

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 for his glory

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 as Jesus did.

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 It's unbelief here,

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 not from some atheistic philosophy,

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 but from a lifestyle

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 of self-focus.

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 Don't let God

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 get in my way

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 of my life.

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 Friends,

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 if you know that feeling,

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 one of the most

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 significant things

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 is that you listen

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 now to Jesus' appeal

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 to everyone,

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 especially those

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 who are unbelieving,

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 who are seeking glory

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 but missing this

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 true glory.

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 What does Jesus say?

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 He says,

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 believe in me.

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 I am showing you

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 the very glory of God.

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 Verse 35,

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 the light is among you

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 for a little while longer.

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 Walk while you have the light,

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 lest darkness overtake you.

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 The one who walks

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 in the darkness

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 does not know

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 where he is going.

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 While you have the light,

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 believe in the light

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 that you may become

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 sons of light.

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 Again,

00:17:32.220 --> 00:17:33.259
 verse 44,

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 when he's faced

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 with the unbelief again,

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 Jesus cried out loud

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 for emphasis.

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 A summary here

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 before he goes away

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 from the people,

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 his final appeal to them,

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 what is it?

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 Whoever believes in me,

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 believes not in me

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 but in him who sent me.

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 And whoever sees me

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 sees him who sent me.

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 I have come into the world

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 as light

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 so that whoever believes in me

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 may not remain in darkness.

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 If anyone hears my words

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 and does not keep them,

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 I do not judge him

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 for I did not come

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 to judge the world

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 but to save the world.

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 The one who rejects me

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 and does not receive my words

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 has a judge.

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 The word that I have spoken

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 will judge him

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 on the last day.

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 For I have not spoken

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 on my own authority

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 but the Father who sent me

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 has himself given me

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 a commandment,

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 what to say

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 and what to speak

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 and I know that his commandment

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 is eternal life.

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 What I say therefore,

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 I say as the Father

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 has told me.

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 Whoever believes,

00:18:40.279 --> 00:18:42.719
 whoever believes in me,

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 believe in the light

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 while you have it.

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 You, even you

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 who have heard before

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 and not believed,

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 even now can become

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 children of God

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 who experience his greatness,

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 who rest in his love

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 and so live your life

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 as you were created to

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 for his glory,

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 that can be you today.

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 Jesus couldn't be more urgent

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 in this plea, could he?

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 It's an invitation to you.

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 It is in fact a command

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 to believe.

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 Listen, friends,

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 believe in the light

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 while you have it

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 to point you

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 to the true glory.

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 While you sit today

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 under the preaching

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 of God's word

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 to reveal his glory,

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 today is the day

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 of salvation.

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 Tomorrow is not guaranteed

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 to any of us,

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 not a one of us.

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 The story is told

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 of Satan calling

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 some demons together

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 to pick one of them

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 to send to earth

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 with a message

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 that will ruin

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 human souls.

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 What do you got?

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 One says,

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 I'll go and tell them

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 there's no heaven.

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 Satan said,

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 nah,

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 they won't believe you.

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 There's a bit of heaven

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 in every human heart.

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 In the end,

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 everyone knows

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 good will triumph.

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 Another demon said,

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 oh,

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 I'll go and tell them

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 there's no hell.

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 Satan said,

00:20:09.019 --> 00:20:09.259
 nah,

00:20:09.359 --> 00:20:10.240
 they won't believe you.

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 Every human heart

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 knows not only

00:20:12.700 --> 00:20:13.740
 will good triumph,

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 but also evil

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 will be defeated.

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 And then one other demon

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 said,

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 oh,

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 I'll go

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 and I'll tell them

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 there's no hurry.

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 And Satan said,

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 you go.

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 Distract them

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 with the notions

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 of human capability,

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 of worldly fulfillment,

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 of living for self,

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 of busyness all the time,

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 of the tyranny

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 of the urgent,

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 the weight of the world

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 all the time

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 until they neglect

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 the weightier matters

00:20:49.419 --> 00:20:50.379
 of God,

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 the true glory,

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 the lasting issues

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 of life eternal,

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 and they start to treat

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 those weighty things

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 lightly

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 to give them attention

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 once a week,

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 to make them sidebars

00:21:04.919 --> 00:21:05.799
 in their life.

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 Friends,

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 the God of the mountains

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 and the oceans,

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 the God of your life,

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 of my life,

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 the God of all glory

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 came to us

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 in the person of Jesus

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 to speak words

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 of eternal life,

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 to tell you

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 what really matters

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 so that we would know him

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 and trust him

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 and find life in him.

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 I don't want one of you

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 to miss out on that

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 for one more day.

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 He is where life is found.

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 He's calling for you

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 to come believe

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 in him

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 and have life.

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 You say,

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 well,

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 Pastor,

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 I like that,

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 but I'm just not sure

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 I've got so many questions.

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 There's so many things

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 you haven't answered yet.

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 I'm willing to consider it,

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 but there's a lot of evil

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 in this world.

00:22:00.139 --> 00:22:00.579
 You're right.

00:22:02.119 --> 00:22:03.659
 I believe there's a God,

00:22:03.879 --> 00:22:04.879
 when I look at the oceans

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 and the mountains,

00:22:05.459 --> 00:22:06.519
 he must be powerful

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 and creative,

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 but I can't imagine

00:22:09.400 --> 00:22:10.500
 I could have a relationship

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 with him.

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 I see that.

00:22:15.339 --> 00:22:15.759
 Pastor,

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 I'm interested,

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 but I don't want my life

00:22:18.299 --> 00:22:19.400
 to change so much

00:22:19.400 --> 00:22:20.400
 when I start saying

00:22:20.400 --> 00:22:22.480
 that he matters the most.

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 That's scary.

00:22:24.940 --> 00:22:25.339
 Yeah.

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 So what one place,

00:22:29.539 --> 00:22:30.599
 if I'm trying to decide,

00:22:30.819 --> 00:22:32.079
 where can I look?

00:22:32.500 --> 00:22:34.460
 If I'm really wrestling with this,

00:22:34.519 --> 00:22:35.299
 if I'm brave enough

00:22:35.299 --> 00:22:36.460
 to test God out,

00:22:36.659 --> 00:22:37.639
 what's the one place

00:22:37.639 --> 00:22:38.699
 I can look to really get

00:22:38.699 --> 00:22:39.779
 the best glimpse

00:22:39.779 --> 00:22:40.579
 of his glory,

00:22:40.879 --> 00:22:42.720
 to know what he's really like?

00:22:43.559 --> 00:22:45.159
 Give me one vista

00:22:45.159 --> 00:22:46.500
 that I can look out over

00:22:46.500 --> 00:22:47.740
 and ponder for a while.

00:22:48.099 --> 00:22:49.460
 Should it be the Grand Canyon?

00:22:49.980 --> 00:22:50.220
 I mean,

00:22:50.240 --> 00:22:51.579
 that is a glorious place.

00:22:52.339 --> 00:22:53.579
 Maybe it's the Gulf of Mexico.

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 I got summer vacation coming up.

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 I go to the beach

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 and I'll think about it.

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 It's beautiful.

00:22:58.220 --> 00:23:02.740
 I want to encourage you.

00:23:02.819 --> 00:23:03.819
 I want to urge you

00:23:03.819 --> 00:23:07.120
 to go to the cross of Jesus,

00:23:08.079 --> 00:23:09.940
 to gaze on Jesus there

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 for just a little while.

00:23:13.160 --> 00:23:13.680
 Remember,

00:23:13.819 --> 00:23:15.620
 the way that we glorify God

00:23:15.620 --> 00:23:17.900
 is by seeing him

00:23:17.900 --> 00:23:20.579
 and believing who he is.

00:23:20.860 --> 00:23:22.259
 God is glorified

00:23:22.259 --> 00:23:25.519
 when his character is revealed.

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 And he says,

00:23:27.200 --> 00:23:28.559
 there is no better place

00:23:28.559 --> 00:23:30.059
 to get a glimpse of me

00:23:30.059 --> 00:23:31.680
 than the cross of Jesus,

00:23:31.900 --> 00:23:33.259
 to let the weight

00:23:33.259 --> 00:23:34.740
 of who I am

00:23:34.740 --> 00:23:36.539
 really sink in

00:23:36.539 --> 00:23:37.960
 to your soul.

00:23:38.579 --> 00:23:39.740
 This is what Jesus

00:23:39.740 --> 00:23:41.240
 tells us here.

00:23:41.460 --> 00:23:43.420
 You can hear the power of God

00:23:43.420 --> 00:23:44.379
 and the thunder,

00:23:44.519 --> 00:23:45.200
 the voice,

00:23:45.940 --> 00:23:47.139
 but that voice says

00:23:47.139 --> 00:23:47.960
 that he's actually going

00:23:47.960 --> 00:23:49.779
 to show his glory again.

00:23:50.319 --> 00:23:51.720
 Jesus explains

00:23:51.720 --> 00:23:52.900
 that this is where

00:23:52.900 --> 00:23:53.460
 it comes from.

00:23:53.539 --> 00:23:54.680
 Now is the judgment

00:23:54.680 --> 00:23:55.500
 of this world.

00:23:55.860 --> 00:23:56.840
 Now will the ruler

00:23:56.840 --> 00:23:58.440
 of this world be cast out.

00:23:58.500 --> 00:23:59.500
 Here's where it's all happening.

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 And I,

00:24:00.880 --> 00:24:02.060
 when I am lifted up

00:24:02.060 --> 00:24:02.840
 from the earth,

00:24:03.019 --> 00:24:04.480
 will draw all people

00:24:04.480 --> 00:24:05.740
 to myself.

00:24:06.779 --> 00:24:07.779
 He said this

00:24:07.779 --> 00:24:10.100
 to show by what kind of death

00:24:10.100 --> 00:24:12.600
 he was going to die.

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 The Gentiles,

00:24:16.500 --> 00:24:16.880
 even.

00:24:17.960 --> 00:24:18.519
 Everyone,

00:24:19.100 --> 00:24:19.880
 everywhere,

00:24:20.299 --> 00:24:23.000
 drawn to a dying king?

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 The people listening

00:24:26.559 --> 00:24:28.559
 understand what Jesus means,

00:24:28.640 --> 00:24:29.880
 what he's talking about.

00:24:30.059 --> 00:24:30.579
 They say,

00:24:30.680 --> 00:24:31.619
 can you really be

00:24:31.619 --> 00:24:33.019
 the divine Messiah

00:24:33.019 --> 00:24:34.539
 if you're about to die?

00:24:36.220 --> 00:24:37.680
 And what does Jesus say?

00:24:38.599 --> 00:24:39.559
 Believe me.

00:24:40.599 --> 00:24:41.279
 Now,

00:24:42.140 --> 00:24:43.559
 I'm headed to the cross

00:24:43.559 --> 00:24:44.359
 to die

00:24:44.359 --> 00:24:46.140
 and so many won't believe,

00:24:46.460 --> 00:24:47.000
 but you

00:24:47.000 --> 00:24:48.819
 can still be sons of God

00:24:48.819 --> 00:24:50.940
 simply by trusting me.

00:24:50.940 --> 00:24:52.700
 Trust yourself to me.

00:24:52.900 --> 00:24:54.140
 I'll take you to the cross

00:24:54.140 --> 00:24:55.259
 and then you'll rise

00:24:55.259 --> 00:24:56.080
 with me too.

00:24:57.100 --> 00:24:58.200
 That's where to look.

00:25:00.600 --> 00:25:01.960
 Look at the cross.

00:25:03.380 --> 00:25:03.680
 Okay,

00:25:03.740 --> 00:25:04.519
 well how does the cross

00:25:04.519 --> 00:25:05.880
 show me God's glory?

00:25:05.960 --> 00:25:06.400
 I'm looking,

00:25:06.640 --> 00:25:07.039
 I'm looking,

00:25:07.120 --> 00:25:08.240
 what do I see?

00:25:08.640 --> 00:25:09.460
 What does it reveal

00:25:09.460 --> 00:25:10.900
 about who he is?

00:25:12.660 --> 00:25:13.440
 Let me give you

00:25:13.440 --> 00:25:14.000
 three pairs

00:25:14.000 --> 00:25:15.720
 of character qualities

00:25:15.720 --> 00:25:17.240
 for God

00:25:17.240 --> 00:25:17.779
 that I think

00:25:17.779 --> 00:25:18.539
 will allow us

00:25:18.539 --> 00:25:20.119
 to marvel together

00:25:20.119 --> 00:25:21.000
 for a couple minutes

00:25:21.000 --> 00:25:21.960
 here as we wrap up.

00:25:23.899 --> 00:25:24.379
 First,

00:25:24.480 --> 00:25:25.339
 we look at the cross,

00:25:25.460 --> 00:25:26.759
 we see God's holiness

00:25:26.759 --> 00:25:29.259
 and his nearness.

00:25:31.139 --> 00:25:32.480
 The cross shows us

00:25:32.480 --> 00:25:33.779
 God is holy,

00:25:34.259 --> 00:25:36.079
 completely other,

00:25:36.720 --> 00:25:37.259
 different,

00:25:38.000 --> 00:25:38.819
 set apart,

00:25:39.200 --> 00:25:40.460
 totally pure,

00:25:40.960 --> 00:25:43.079
 far from sinful people.

00:25:43.079 --> 00:25:45.359
 He can't stomach sin

00:25:45.359 --> 00:25:47.839
 and

00:25:47.839 --> 00:25:50.519
 he is near

00:25:50.519 --> 00:25:53.319
 to broken sinners,

00:25:53.439 --> 00:25:54.000
 isn't he?

00:25:54.379 --> 00:25:56.359
 Weeping with us,

00:25:56.960 --> 00:25:58.859
 bleeding for us,

00:25:59.279 --> 00:26:01.299
 agonizing in our place

00:26:01.299 --> 00:26:02.980
 the way only a sinner

00:26:02.980 --> 00:26:04.839
 deserves to hurt.

00:26:05.179 --> 00:26:06.299
 Do you see him

00:26:06.299 --> 00:26:07.399
 like that

00:26:07.399 --> 00:26:08.619
 on the cross?

00:26:08.619 --> 00:26:11.099
 believing

00:26:11.099 --> 00:26:12.679
 that that's

00:26:12.679 --> 00:26:13.779
 who God is

00:26:13.779 --> 00:26:17.139
 means in your life

00:26:17.139 --> 00:26:18.719
 when you suffer

00:26:18.719 --> 00:26:20.119
 or you hurt,

00:26:20.579 --> 00:26:21.519
 you embrace

00:26:21.519 --> 00:26:22.079
 the truth

00:26:22.079 --> 00:26:23.019
 that you're not alone,

00:26:23.099 --> 00:26:23.500
 are you?

00:26:24.519 --> 00:26:25.739
 Because God

00:26:25.739 --> 00:26:26.819
 is near

00:26:26.819 --> 00:26:28.319
 the brokenhearted.

00:26:28.539 --> 00:26:29.439
 If the sin

00:26:29.439 --> 00:26:30.359
 of the world

00:26:30.359 --> 00:26:31.959
 didn't keep him away,

00:26:32.359 --> 00:26:33.359
 neither will your

00:26:33.359 --> 00:26:34.139
 failure,

00:26:34.619 --> 00:26:34.879
 right?

00:26:35.039 --> 00:26:35.859
 Believe that.

00:26:35.979 --> 00:26:36.619
 What glory

00:26:36.619 --> 00:26:38.079
 there is.

00:26:38.079 --> 00:26:39.240
 Can you believe

00:26:39.240 --> 00:26:40.740
 that even the worst

00:26:40.740 --> 00:26:41.379
 you could do

00:26:41.379 --> 00:26:42.500
 can't keep God

00:26:42.500 --> 00:26:43.039
 from you?

00:26:44.319 --> 00:26:45.139
 Believe him.

00:26:47.779 --> 00:26:48.399
 Next,

00:26:48.500 --> 00:26:49.679
 God is self-exalting

00:26:49.679 --> 00:26:52.859
 and self-sacrificing.

00:26:54.259 --> 00:26:55.039
 The cross

00:26:55.039 --> 00:26:56.139
 is the moment

00:26:56.139 --> 00:26:57.119
 of great

00:26:57.119 --> 00:26:58.579
 divine victory

00:26:58.579 --> 00:26:59.740
 over his

00:26:59.740 --> 00:27:00.899
 arch enemy.

00:27:01.259 --> 00:27:02.220
 It's the moment

00:27:02.220 --> 00:27:03.299
 that Jesus says

00:27:03.299 --> 00:27:05.159
 he is lifted up.

00:27:05.720 --> 00:27:06.879
 It's the moment

00:27:06.879 --> 00:27:07.579
 that God

00:27:07.579 --> 00:27:08.579
 through darkness

00:27:08.579 --> 00:27:09.379
 in the middle

00:27:09.379 --> 00:27:10.259
 of the day

00:27:10.259 --> 00:27:11.559
 draws the spotlight

00:27:11.559 --> 00:27:12.779
 of all of creation

00:27:12.779 --> 00:27:13.919
 on himself

00:27:13.919 --> 00:27:17.519
 to show what?

00:27:19.079 --> 00:27:20.799
 Some amazing act

00:27:20.799 --> 00:27:21.699
 of grandeur,

00:27:21.799 --> 00:27:22.960
 some miracle,

00:27:23.379 --> 00:27:24.759
 some powerful sign

00:27:24.759 --> 00:27:28.879
 to show that he's

00:27:28.879 --> 00:27:30.919
 sacrificing himself,

00:27:32.439 --> 00:27:33.679
 enduring pain,

00:27:33.680 --> 00:27:35.560
 standing apparently

00:27:35.560 --> 00:27:36.259
 defeated

00:27:36.259 --> 00:27:38.740
 in the place

00:27:38.740 --> 00:27:39.920
 of his creatures.

00:27:41.960 --> 00:27:42.600
 Paradoxically,

00:27:42.840 --> 00:27:44.580
 God is so far

00:27:44.580 --> 00:27:46.180
 beyond us

00:27:46.180 --> 00:27:47.420
 that he's not

00:27:47.420 --> 00:27:48.900
 too good for us.

00:27:48.900 --> 00:27:50.360
 Do you see that

00:27:50.360 --> 00:27:51.360
 at the cross?

00:27:51.840 --> 00:27:53.039
 Do you believe

00:27:53.039 --> 00:27:54.360
 that in the sacrifice

00:27:54.360 --> 00:27:55.660
 of himself,

00:27:55.880 --> 00:27:57.019
 God displays

00:27:57.019 --> 00:27:58.160
 his highest

00:27:58.160 --> 00:27:59.500
 and greatest glory?

00:27:59.500 --> 00:27:59.579
 glory?

00:28:00.380 --> 00:28:01.460
 Do you see

00:28:01.460 --> 00:28:02.420
 how important

00:28:02.420 --> 00:28:03.579
 his glory

00:28:03.579 --> 00:28:04.460
 is to him

00:28:04.460 --> 00:28:06.279
 and how tremendously

00:28:06.279 --> 00:28:07.480
 valuable you are

00:28:07.480 --> 00:28:08.700
 at the same time?

00:28:09.720 --> 00:28:10.740
 Too good to believe

00:28:10.740 --> 00:28:12.000
 that those things

00:28:12.000 --> 00:28:12.880
 could be true together?

00:28:13.660 --> 00:28:14.240
 Yes,

00:28:15.180 --> 00:28:16.980
 he is

00:28:16.980 --> 00:28:19.079
 that good.

00:28:20.980 --> 00:28:22.160
 You gazing at the cross

00:28:22.160 --> 00:28:22.519
 with me?

00:28:22.519 --> 00:28:25.379
 There's Jesus.

00:28:25.599 --> 00:28:26.559
 He's crying out

00:28:26.559 --> 00:28:27.799
 with the only breath

00:28:27.799 --> 00:28:29.359
 that he can muster.

00:28:29.660 --> 00:28:30.279
 My God,

00:28:30.359 --> 00:28:30.819
 my God,

00:28:30.980 --> 00:28:32.500
 why hast thou

00:28:32.500 --> 00:28:33.940
 forsaken me?

00:28:35.259 --> 00:28:35.900
 What's happening?

00:28:37.519 --> 00:28:38.639
 The justice

00:28:38.639 --> 00:28:39.879
 of God

00:28:39.879 --> 00:28:41.859
 is crashing down

00:28:41.859 --> 00:28:43.940
 on the sin bearer.

00:28:44.279 --> 00:28:44.660
 God,

00:28:44.940 --> 00:28:45.799
 in his justice,

00:28:46.059 --> 00:28:47.519
 is punishing sin

00:28:47.519 --> 00:28:48.859
 as it deserves

00:28:48.859 --> 00:28:50.900
 even a glimmer

00:28:50.900 --> 00:28:52.720
 of God's glorious

00:28:52.720 --> 00:28:53.220
 justice

00:28:53.220 --> 00:28:54.100
 should make us

00:28:54.100 --> 00:28:56.060
 quake in our boots

00:28:56.060 --> 00:28:57.360
 at the seriousness

00:28:57.360 --> 00:28:58.580
 of sin.

00:29:00.380 --> 00:29:01.560
 Is the weight

00:29:01.560 --> 00:29:02.780
 of sin's

00:29:02.780 --> 00:29:03.900
 just desserts

00:29:03.900 --> 00:29:05.600
 reflected in our lives?

00:29:07.120 --> 00:29:08.500
 Or do we live

00:29:08.500 --> 00:29:10.120
 like we think of sin

00:29:10.120 --> 00:29:10.800
 but lightly

00:29:10.800 --> 00:29:13.160
 nor suppose

00:29:13.160 --> 00:29:14.280
 the evil great?

00:29:15.600 --> 00:29:16.840
 We tremble

00:29:16.840 --> 00:29:18.580
 at God's justice

00:29:18.580 --> 00:29:20.460
 and we also rest

00:29:20.460 --> 00:29:20.920
 in a God

00:29:20.920 --> 00:29:22.579
 who will judge

00:29:22.579 --> 00:29:23.180
 evil,

00:29:23.440 --> 00:29:24.259
 who will make

00:29:24.259 --> 00:29:25.259
 things right.

00:29:25.500 --> 00:29:26.360
 We need

00:29:26.360 --> 00:29:27.160
 his justice,

00:29:27.299 --> 00:29:27.700
 don't we?

00:29:28.420 --> 00:29:29.279
 He is a God

00:29:29.279 --> 00:29:29.819
 of justice

00:29:29.819 --> 00:29:30.779
 and yet the God

00:29:30.779 --> 00:29:31.559
 of justice

00:29:31.559 --> 00:29:33.600
 is a God

00:29:33.600 --> 00:29:34.340
 of grace.

00:29:35.519 --> 00:29:37.160
 Even as he totals

00:29:37.160 --> 00:29:38.420
 the unimaginable

00:29:38.420 --> 00:29:39.579
 debt of sin,

00:29:39.759 --> 00:29:40.759
 he pays it all.

00:29:41.000 --> 00:29:42.440
 The enormous price

00:29:42.440 --> 00:29:43.400
 to have us

00:29:43.400 --> 00:29:44.380
 in relationship

00:29:44.380 --> 00:29:44.920
 with him,

00:29:44.980 --> 00:29:45.319
 doesn't he?

00:29:45.559 --> 00:29:46.299
 The curtain

00:29:46.299 --> 00:29:46.940
 is torn.

00:29:47.279 --> 00:29:48.259
 You are welcomed

00:29:48.259 --> 00:29:49.420
 into God's presence.

00:29:49.720 --> 00:29:50.220
 You are set

00:29:50.220 --> 00:29:51.559
 free from all

00:29:51.559 --> 00:29:52.279
 of your sin,

00:29:52.519 --> 00:29:52.880
 past,

00:29:53.180 --> 00:29:53.500
 present,

00:29:53.620 --> 00:29:54.339
 and future

00:29:54.339 --> 00:29:55.640
 into relationship

00:29:55.640 --> 00:29:56.240
 with him.

00:29:56.380 --> 00:29:57.259
 You'll never pay

00:29:57.259 --> 00:29:57.680
 for it.

00:29:57.980 --> 00:29:59.200
 God is that

00:29:59.200 --> 00:29:59.900
 gracious.

00:30:01.779 --> 00:30:02.759
 Do you believe

00:30:02.759 --> 00:30:03.279
 that

00:30:03.279 --> 00:30:04.900
 when Satan

00:30:04.900 --> 00:30:05.720
 tempts you

00:30:05.720 --> 00:30:06.500
 to despair

00:30:06.500 --> 00:30:08.000
 and tells you

00:30:08.000 --> 00:30:09.000
 of the guilt

00:30:09.000 --> 00:30:10.059
 within?

00:30:12.120 --> 00:30:12.400
 Do you know

00:30:12.400 --> 00:30:14.059
 it glorifies

00:30:14.059 --> 00:30:14.759
 God

00:30:14.759 --> 00:30:15.799
 when you

00:30:15.799 --> 00:30:16.799
 respond,

00:30:16.799 --> 00:30:17.639
 Jesus

00:30:17.639 --> 00:30:19.480
 paid it all.

00:30:19.480 --> 00:30:20.960
 In the cross

00:30:20.960 --> 00:30:22.480
 be my glory

00:30:22.480 --> 00:30:23.180
 ever.

00:30:23.379 --> 00:30:24.339
 My faith

00:30:24.339 --> 00:30:25.399
 has found

00:30:25.399 --> 00:30:26.259
 a resting

00:30:26.259 --> 00:30:26.879
 place.

00:30:27.460 --> 00:30:28.200
 His wounds

00:30:28.200 --> 00:30:28.980
 for me

00:30:28.980 --> 00:30:30.000
 shall plead.

00:30:30.200 --> 00:30:31.059
 It is enough

00:30:31.059 --> 00:30:32.319
 that Jesus

00:30:32.319 --> 00:30:33.159
 died

00:30:33.159 --> 00:30:35.159
 and that he

00:30:35.159 --> 00:30:35.700
 died

00:30:35.700 --> 00:30:37.119
 for me.

00:30:38.559 --> 00:30:39.740
 He's holy

00:30:39.740 --> 00:30:41.500
 and he's near.

00:30:41.819 --> 00:30:42.180
 He is

00:30:42.180 --> 00:30:43.639
 self-exalting

00:30:43.639 --> 00:30:44.299
 and he's

00:30:44.299 --> 00:30:45.619
 self-sacrificing.

00:30:45.619 --> 00:30:46.699
 He is a God

00:30:46.699 --> 00:30:47.659
 of justice

00:30:47.659 --> 00:30:48.699
 and a God

00:30:48.699 --> 00:30:49.779
 of grace.

00:30:50.239 --> 00:30:50.639
 This

00:30:50.639 --> 00:30:51.279
 is the

00:30:51.279 --> 00:30:52.059
 glorious

00:30:52.059 --> 00:30:53.139
 God

00:30:53.139 --> 00:30:53.719
 Jesus

00:30:53.719 --> 00:30:54.439
 is calling

00:30:54.439 --> 00:30:55.279
 you to trust

00:30:55.279 --> 00:30:56.119
 and no other.

00:30:57.239 --> 00:30:58.159
 Seeing him

00:30:58.159 --> 00:30:59.159
 and believing

00:30:59.159 --> 00:31:00.199
 who he is

00:31:00.199 --> 00:31:01.159
 is what you

00:31:01.159 --> 00:31:01.899
 were made

00:31:01.899 --> 00:31:02.439
 for.

00:31:02.899 --> 00:31:03.319
 It's your

00:31:03.319 --> 00:31:04.500
 chief end,

00:31:04.859 --> 00:31:05.839
 your highest

00:31:05.839 --> 00:31:06.879
 purpose,

00:31:07.419 --> 00:31:08.319
 glorifying

00:31:08.319 --> 00:31:09.379
 God.

00:31:09.619 --> 00:31:10.759
 The relationship

00:31:10.759 --> 00:31:11.779
 that you

00:31:11.779 --> 00:31:13.059
 long for

00:31:13.059 --> 00:31:13.619
 is with

00:31:13.619 --> 00:31:14.479
 him,

00:31:14.480 --> 00:31:15.079
 the one

00:31:15.079 --> 00:31:15.860
 with true

00:31:15.860 --> 00:31:16.660
 glory.

00:31:17.339 --> 00:31:18.140
 Give weight

00:31:18.140 --> 00:31:19.120
 to his

00:31:19.120 --> 00:31:20.279
 view of you.

00:31:20.559 --> 00:31:20.940
 Know that

00:31:20.940 --> 00:31:21.720
 his words

00:31:21.720 --> 00:31:22.700
 matter more

00:31:22.700 --> 00:31:23.360
 than any

00:31:23.360 --> 00:31:23.779
 others.

00:31:24.360 --> 00:31:25.259
 Marvel at

00:31:25.259 --> 00:31:26.120
 him until

00:31:26.120 --> 00:31:26.799
 your heart

00:31:26.799 --> 00:31:27.140
 says,

00:31:27.420 --> 00:31:27.880
 to God

00:31:27.880 --> 00:31:28.539
 alone

00:31:28.539 --> 00:31:29.240
 be the

00:31:29.240 --> 00:31:29.839
 glory.

00:31:33.720 --> 00:31:34.559
 And when

00:31:34.559 --> 00:31:34.819
 you do

00:31:34.819 --> 00:31:35.200
 that,

00:31:35.700 --> 00:31:37.779
 you will

00:31:37.779 --> 00:31:38.920
 actually find

00:31:38.920 --> 00:31:39.900
 glory.

00:31:39.900 --> 00:31:40.000
 glory.

00:31:41.180 --> 00:31:41.780
 Your

00:31:41.780 --> 00:31:42.580
 quest

00:31:42.580 --> 00:31:43.780
 for glory

00:31:43.780 --> 00:31:44.040
 will

00:31:44.040 --> 00:31:45.280
 culminate.

00:31:46.460 --> 00:31:46.780
 And you

00:31:46.780 --> 00:31:47.180
 may ask

00:31:47.180 --> 00:31:47.560
 how?

00:31:47.700 --> 00:31:48.400
 How does

00:31:48.400 --> 00:31:49.280
 God's

00:31:49.280 --> 00:31:49.800
 having

00:31:49.800 --> 00:31:50.480
 glory

00:31:50.480 --> 00:31:51.080
 actually

00:31:51.080 --> 00:31:52.120
 help me

00:31:52.120 --> 00:31:52.960
 to find

00:31:52.960 --> 00:31:53.700
 glory?

00:31:53.800 --> 00:31:54.220
 That doesn't

00:31:54.220 --> 00:31:54.680
 make any

00:31:54.680 --> 00:31:55.140
 sense.

00:31:55.560 --> 00:31:55.860
 Listen,

00:31:56.300 --> 00:31:56.700
 I need to

00:31:56.700 --> 00:31:57.120
 connect this

00:31:57.120 --> 00:31:57.400
 dot.

00:31:57.620 --> 00:31:58.019
 Don't miss

00:31:58.019 --> 00:31:58.280
 this.

00:31:58.640 --> 00:31:59.140
 When you

00:31:59.140 --> 00:32:00.100
 soak in

00:32:00.100 --> 00:32:00.540
 the love

00:32:00.540 --> 00:32:01.100
 of God

00:32:01.100 --> 00:32:01.740
 for you

00:32:01.740 --> 00:32:02.700
 on display

00:32:02.700 --> 00:32:03.040
 most

00:32:03.040 --> 00:32:04.120
 extravagantly

00:32:04.120 --> 00:32:04.500
 at the

00:32:04.500 --> 00:32:05.080
 cross,

00:32:05.640 --> 00:32:06.080
 you

00:32:06.080 --> 00:32:06.920
 will

00:32:06.920 --> 00:32:07.820
 know

00:32:07.819 --> 00:32:08.759
 that you

00:32:08.759 --> 00:32:09.240
 matter

00:32:09.240 --> 00:32:10.899
 forever.

00:32:12.119 --> 00:32:12.679
 And it

00:32:12.679 --> 00:32:12.980
 won't be

00:32:12.980 --> 00:32:13.399
 from some

00:32:13.399 --> 00:32:13.919
 other person

00:32:13.919 --> 00:32:14.319
 who gave

00:32:14.319 --> 00:32:14.579
 you a

00:32:14.579 --> 00:32:14.859
 trophy

00:32:14.859 --> 00:32:16.799
 or someone

00:32:16.799 --> 00:32:17.259
 else who

00:32:17.259 --> 00:32:17.799
 promised to

00:32:17.799 --> 00:32:18.259
 be faithful

00:32:18.259 --> 00:32:18.639
 to you

00:32:18.639 --> 00:32:19.000
 and broke

00:32:19.000 --> 00:32:19.500
 your heart.

00:32:20.159 --> 00:32:20.700
 It won't be

00:32:20.700 --> 00:32:21.119
 a career

00:32:21.119 --> 00:32:21.539
 you threw

00:32:21.539 --> 00:32:22.240
 yourself into

00:32:22.240 --> 00:32:22.740
 so that no

00:32:22.740 --> 00:32:23.220
 matter what

00:32:23.220 --> 00:32:23.720
 anyone else

00:32:23.720 --> 00:32:24.079
 said,

00:32:24.299 --> 00:32:24.720
 you could

00:32:24.720 --> 00:32:25.399
 tell yourself

00:32:25.399 --> 00:32:25.740
 that you

00:32:25.740 --> 00:32:26.200
 were valuable

00:32:26.200 --> 00:32:26.619
 and have a

00:32:26.619 --> 00:32:27.119
 bank account

00:32:27.119 --> 00:32:27.559
 and a house

00:32:27.559 --> 00:32:28.079
 and a car

00:32:28.079 --> 00:32:28.480
 to back

00:32:28.480 --> 00:32:28.819
 it up.

00:32:29.220 --> 00:32:29.700
 It won't

00:32:29.700 --> 00:32:30.059
 be your

00:32:30.059 --> 00:32:30.700
 own beauty,

00:32:30.980 --> 00:32:31.279
 your own

00:32:31.279 --> 00:32:32.039
 capacities,

00:32:32.460 --> 00:32:32.799
 your own

00:32:32.799 --> 00:32:33.480
 performance,

00:32:33.559 --> 00:32:34.200
 or anything

00:32:34.200 --> 00:32:34.799
 at all,

00:32:34.980 --> 00:32:35.859
 which is so

00:32:35.859 --> 00:32:36.899
 wonderful because

00:32:36.899 --> 00:32:37.720
 all of those

00:32:37.720 --> 00:32:38.460
 glories can be

00:32:38.460 --> 00:32:39.259
 easily lost,

00:32:39.319 --> 00:32:39.720
 can't they?

00:32:42.059 --> 00:32:42.839
 You will

00:32:42.839 --> 00:32:44.180
 have glory.

00:32:44.759 --> 00:32:45.480
 You will

00:32:45.480 --> 00:32:46.339
 matter.

00:32:46.759 --> 00:32:47.120
 You will

00:32:47.120 --> 00:32:48.519
 be valuable

00:32:48.519 --> 00:32:49.620
 because the

00:32:49.620 --> 00:32:50.319
 God of the

00:32:50.319 --> 00:32:50.720
 universe,

00:32:51.120 --> 00:32:51.759
 the Lord

00:32:51.759 --> 00:32:52.579
 of all

00:32:52.579 --> 00:32:53.299
 glory,

00:32:53.940 --> 00:32:54.220
 gives

00:32:54.220 --> 00:32:55.160
 himself

00:32:55.160 --> 00:32:56.740
 in exchange

00:32:56.740 --> 00:32:58.420
 for you

00:32:58.420 --> 00:32:59.039
 at the

00:32:59.039 --> 00:32:59.660
 cross.

00:33:00.019 --> 00:33:00.440
 Can you

00:33:00.440 --> 00:33:01.200
 believe it?

00:33:01.779 --> 00:33:02.279
 You are

00:33:02.279 --> 00:33:03.019
 precious.

00:33:03.900 --> 00:33:04.519
 You are

00:33:04.519 --> 00:33:05.440
 valuable.

00:33:05.900 --> 00:33:06.799
 You matter.

00:33:06.799 --> 00:33:08.139
 you have

00:33:08.139 --> 00:33:09.659
 glory.

00:33:11.440 --> 00:33:12.460
 No one

00:33:12.460 --> 00:33:14.159
 and nothing

00:33:14.159 --> 00:33:15.279
 can ever

00:33:15.279 --> 00:33:16.240
 take that

00:33:16.240 --> 00:33:17.599
 glory away

00:33:17.599 --> 00:33:18.299
 from you,

00:33:18.559 --> 00:33:19.319
 even if the

00:33:19.319 --> 00:33:19.859
 person you

00:33:19.859 --> 00:33:20.680
 love dies,

00:33:21.680 --> 00:33:23.079
 or you get

00:33:23.079 --> 00:33:23.559
 to where you

00:33:23.559 --> 00:33:24.200
 can't remember

00:33:24.200 --> 00:33:24.839
 their name.

00:33:26.519 --> 00:33:27.559
 Even if you

00:33:27.559 --> 00:33:28.159
 lose your

00:33:28.159 --> 00:33:28.740
 job,

00:33:30.159 --> 00:33:30.680
 you have an

00:33:30.680 --> 00:33:31.180
 accident,

00:33:32.220 --> 00:33:32.779
 you can't

00:33:32.779 --> 00:33:33.119
 work.

00:33:34.220 --> 00:33:34.799
 You can't

00:33:34.799 --> 00:33:35.379
 care for your

00:33:35.380 --> 00:33:36.720
 kids anymore.

00:33:37.680 --> 00:33:39.280
 You will

00:33:39.280 --> 00:33:40.920
 still have

00:33:40.920 --> 00:33:42.580
 glory.

00:33:43.280 --> 00:33:44.520
 Glory from

00:33:44.520 --> 00:33:45.560
 the one who

00:33:45.560 --> 00:33:47.600
 has and

00:33:47.600 --> 00:33:49.720
 shares true

00:33:49.720 --> 00:33:50.760
 glory.

00:33:50.920 --> 00:33:51.860
 It's the only

00:33:51.860 --> 00:33:53.000
 way to have

00:33:53.000 --> 00:33:53.140
 it.

00:33:53.420 --> 00:33:54.720
 And he gives

00:33:54.720 --> 00:33:55.380
 it to you.

00:33:55.880 --> 00:33:56.440
 And Jesus

00:33:56.440 --> 00:33:57.060
 wants you to

00:33:57.060 --> 00:33:58.340
 believe this for

00:33:58.340 --> 00:33:59.200
 the first time

00:33:59.200 --> 00:33:59.680
 this morning,

00:33:59.880 --> 00:34:00.920
 or for the

00:34:00.920 --> 00:34:01.940
 thousandth time.

00:34:02.000 --> 00:34:02.520
 He wants it to

00:34:02.520 --> 00:34:03.640
 come home to

00:34:03.640 --> 00:34:04.220
 your heart.

00:34:04.440 --> 00:34:05.120
 So he gave

00:34:05.120 --> 00:34:05.900
 this sacrament

00:34:05.900 --> 00:34:07.420
 to his

00:34:07.420 --> 00:34:08.820
 followers as a

00:34:08.820 --> 00:34:10.760
 memorial of

00:34:10.760 --> 00:34:11.360
 his death.

00:34:11.700 --> 00:34:12.280
 In fact,

00:34:12.519 --> 00:34:14.019
 as more than

00:34:14.019 --> 00:34:14.780
 a memorial,

00:34:15.200 --> 00:34:16.500
 as a spirit

00:34:16.500 --> 00:34:17.660
 empowered

00:34:17.660 --> 00:34:19.380
 assurance that

00:34:19.380 --> 00:34:20.380
 he has shared

00:34:20.380 --> 00:34:21.700
 his glory with

00:34:21.700 --> 00:34:21.900
 you.

00:34:21.980 --> 00:34:22.460
 That's what you're

00:34:22.460 --> 00:34:23.119
 going to taste.

00:34:24.420 --> 00:34:25.059
 It's why he sat

00:34:25.059 --> 00:34:25.840
 with his disciples

00:34:25.840 --> 00:34:26.539
 on the night he

00:34:26.539 --> 00:34:27.200
 was betrayed

00:34:27.199 --> 00:34:29.699
 and took bread

00:34:29.699 --> 00:34:31.419
 and he broke

00:34:31.419 --> 00:34:32.460
 it and he gave

00:34:32.460 --> 00:34:33.019
 it to them.

00:34:33.679 --> 00:34:34.199
 As I'm

00:34:34.199 --> 00:34:34.839
 ministering in

00:34:34.839 --> 00:34:35.299
 his name,

00:34:35.399 --> 00:34:36.179
 give this bread

00:34:36.179 --> 00:34:36.679
 to you.

00:34:37.379 --> 00:34:37.960
 Jesus said,

00:34:38.099 --> 00:34:38.659
 take and eat.

00:34:39.219 --> 00:34:39.960
 This is my

00:34:39.960 --> 00:34:41.219
 body given

00:34:41.219 --> 00:34:41.859
 for you.

00:34:42.519 --> 00:34:43.199
 Do this

00:34:43.199 --> 00:34:44.460
 in remembrance

00:34:44.460 --> 00:34:45.239
 of me.

00:34:46.699 --> 00:34:47.139
 And in the

00:34:47.139 --> 00:34:47.839
 same way after

00:34:47.839 --> 00:34:48.239
 supper,

00:34:48.359 --> 00:34:48.919
 he took the

00:34:48.919 --> 00:34:50.119
 cup and

00:34:50.119 --> 00:34:50.319
 said,

00:34:50.419 --> 00:34:51.159
 this cup is

00:34:51.159 --> 00:34:51.500
 the new

00:34:51.500 --> 00:34:52.139
 covenant in

00:34:52.139 --> 00:34:52.759
 my blood,

00:34:53.079 --> 00:34:53.699
 which is shed

00:34:53.699 --> 00:34:54.359
 for many for

00:34:54.359 --> 00:34:54.919
 the forgiveness

00:34:54.919 --> 00:34:55.619
 of sins.

00:34:55.619 --> 00:34:56.960
 drink from

00:34:56.960 --> 00:34:57.179
 it,

00:34:57.420 --> 00:34:58.159
 all of you.

00:34:58.679 --> 00:34:59.179
 For as often

00:34:59.179 --> 00:34:59.619
 as you eat

00:34:59.619 --> 00:35:00.079
 this bread

00:35:00.079 --> 00:35:01.420
 and drink

00:35:01.420 --> 00:35:02.019
 this cup,

00:35:02.259 --> 00:35:03.099
 you proclaim

00:35:03.099 --> 00:35:03.819
 the Lord's

00:35:03.819 --> 00:35:04.259
 death

00:35:04.259 --> 00:35:06.119
 until he

00:35:06.119 --> 00:35:06.599
 comes.

00:35:08.159 --> 00:35:09.059
 God sets

00:35:09.059 --> 00:35:09.659
 this table

00:35:09.659 --> 00:35:11.380
 to eat

00:35:11.380 --> 00:35:12.000
 with us

00:35:12.000 --> 00:35:13.639
 and he also

00:35:13.639 --> 00:35:14.500
 warns us

00:35:14.500 --> 00:35:15.539
 to examine

00:35:15.539 --> 00:35:16.480
 ourselves as

00:35:16.480 --> 00:35:17.460
 we see

00:35:17.460 --> 00:35:18.079
 this table

00:35:18.079 --> 00:35:18.839
 before us

00:35:18.839 --> 00:35:19.420
 and consider

00:35:19.420 --> 00:35:20.319
 coming to it.

00:35:20.679 --> 00:35:21.579
 If you come

00:35:21.579 --> 00:35:23.000
 here glorying

00:35:23.000 --> 00:35:24.239
 only in the

00:35:24.239 --> 00:35:25.119
 cross of

00:35:25.119 --> 00:35:25.519
 Jesus,

00:35:26.139 --> 00:35:26.799
 repenting

00:35:26.799 --> 00:35:27.440
 of other

00:35:27.440 --> 00:35:28.239
 sources of

00:35:28.239 --> 00:35:28.960
 glory your

00:35:28.960 --> 00:35:29.880
 heart often

00:35:29.880 --> 00:35:30.819
 chases after,

00:35:31.139 --> 00:35:31.619
 living in

00:35:31.619 --> 00:35:32.619
 glorious peace

00:35:32.619 --> 00:35:33.019
 with his

00:35:33.019 --> 00:35:33.639
 brothers and

00:35:33.639 --> 00:35:34.059
 sisters,

00:35:34.559 --> 00:35:35.219
 then come

00:35:35.219 --> 00:35:36.179
 and celebrate

00:35:36.179 --> 00:35:37.139
 with us.

00:35:38.639 --> 00:35:39.219
 If you

00:35:39.219 --> 00:35:39.980
 examine yourself

00:35:39.980 --> 00:35:40.519
 this morning

00:35:40.519 --> 00:35:41.659
 and you find

00:35:41.659 --> 00:35:42.199
 that actually

00:35:42.199 --> 00:35:43.579
 other things

00:35:43.579 --> 00:35:44.659
 carry more

00:35:44.659 --> 00:35:45.219
 weight

00:35:45.219 --> 00:35:46.940
 than God

00:35:46.940 --> 00:35:47.619
 for you,

00:35:48.739 --> 00:35:49.159
 that other

00:35:49.159 --> 00:35:50.219
 people that

00:35:50.219 --> 00:35:51.239
 you refuse

00:35:51.239 --> 00:35:52.219
 to love

00:35:52.219 --> 00:35:53.219
 or forgive

00:35:53.219 --> 00:35:54.400
 as he has,

00:35:54.400 --> 00:35:55.340
 that there's

00:35:55.340 --> 00:35:56.180
 other hope

00:35:56.180 --> 00:35:57.840
 besides the

00:35:57.840 --> 00:35:58.380
 blood of

00:35:58.380 --> 00:35:59.460
 Jesus that

00:35:59.460 --> 00:35:59.920
 you are

00:35:59.920 --> 00:36:00.680
 holding on

00:36:00.680 --> 00:36:01.099
 to,

00:36:02.940 --> 00:36:03.360
 then don't

00:36:03.360 --> 00:36:03.820
 come take

00:36:03.820 --> 00:36:04.519
 this sacrament.

00:36:05.980 --> 00:36:06.559
 But Jesus

00:36:06.559 --> 00:36:07.760
 invites you

00:36:07.760 --> 00:36:09.780
 to believe

00:36:09.780 --> 00:36:10.260
 in him.

00:36:10.340 --> 00:36:10.980
 He invites you

00:36:10.980 --> 00:36:11.420
 to come.

00:36:11.579 --> 00:36:12.099
 You can come

00:36:12.099 --> 00:36:12.579
 up to these

00:36:12.579 --> 00:36:13.220
 tables this

00:36:13.220 --> 00:36:13.940
 morning and

00:36:13.940 --> 00:36:14.720
 have a front

00:36:14.720 --> 00:36:15.639
 row seat

00:36:15.639 --> 00:36:16.980
 to see

00:36:16.980 --> 00:36:18.820
 his love,

00:36:19.480 --> 00:36:21.240
 his sacrifice,

00:36:21.239 --> 00:36:22.299
 what he

00:36:22.299 --> 00:36:22.879
 would do

00:36:22.879 --> 00:36:23.779
 for you

00:36:23.779 --> 00:36:24.459
 to give

00:36:24.459 --> 00:36:25.519
 glory and

00:36:25.519 --> 00:36:25.939
 to show

00:36:25.939 --> 00:36:26.399
 you how

00:36:26.399 --> 00:36:27.459
 precious you

00:36:27.459 --> 00:36:28.099
 are to

00:36:28.099 --> 00:36:28.339
 him.

00:36:28.659 --> 00:36:29.439
 Come and

00:36:29.439 --> 00:36:29.979
 see his

00:36:29.979 --> 00:36:30.259
 love,

00:36:30.619 --> 00:36:31.279
 believe in

00:36:31.279 --> 00:36:32.059
 him and

00:36:32.059 --> 00:36:33.479
 have life

00:36:33.479 --> 00:36:35.179
 eternal and

00:36:35.179 --> 00:36:37.019
 glory eternal

00:36:37.019 --> 00:36:38.019
 that will

00:36:38.019 --> 00:36:39.379
 never be

00:36:39.379 --> 00:36:40.099
 taken from

00:36:40.099 --> 00:36:40.339
 you.

00:36:40.699 --> 00:36:41.279
 Let me pray

00:36:41.279 --> 00:36:41.659
 and then we'll

00:36:41.659 --> 00:36:42.539
 come celebrate

00:36:42.539 --> 00:36:42.939
 together.

00:36:42.940 --> 00:36:47.380
 Lord Jesus

00:36:47.380 --> 00:36:48.780
 whether we

00:36:48.780 --> 00:36:49.200
 know you

00:36:49.200 --> 00:36:49.639
 and come

00:36:49.639 --> 00:36:50.240
 to taste

00:36:50.240 --> 00:36:51.139
 your body

00:36:51.139 --> 00:36:51.500
 and blood

00:36:51.500 --> 00:36:53.240
 again or

00:36:53.240 --> 00:36:53.659
 whether we're

00:36:53.659 --> 00:36:54.320
 not sure

00:36:54.320 --> 00:36:55.559
 what you're

00:36:55.559 --> 00:36:57.480
 about but

00:36:57.480 --> 00:36:58.400
 we're watching

00:36:58.400 --> 00:36:59.679
 a picture of

00:36:59.679 --> 00:37:00.300
 something that's

00:37:00.300 --> 00:37:00.980
 unlike anything

00:37:00.980 --> 00:37:01.659
 we've seen

00:37:01.659 --> 00:37:02.139
 before.

00:37:03.019 --> 00:37:03.860
 Would you

00:37:03.860 --> 00:37:04.720
 work by your

00:37:04.720 --> 00:37:06.119
 spirit faith

00:37:06.119 --> 00:37:07.059
 in our hearts

00:37:07.059 --> 00:37:08.360
 that we might

00:37:08.360 --> 00:37:09.139
 believe something

00:37:09.139 --> 00:37:09.599
 we didn't even

00:37:09.599 --> 00:37:10.260
 come here to

00:37:10.260 --> 00:37:10.860
 believe this

00:37:10.860 --> 00:37:11.200
 morning,

00:37:11.619 --> 00:37:12.380
 that we might

00:37:12.380 --> 00:37:13.660
 remember our

00:37:13.660 --> 00:37:14.519
 value comes

00:37:14.519 --> 00:37:15.099
 from you,

00:37:15.380 --> 00:37:15.920
 the Lord of

00:37:15.920 --> 00:37:16.360
 glory.

00:37:17.559 --> 00:37:18.380
 We might

00:37:18.380 --> 00:37:20.720
 rest in a

00:37:20.720 --> 00:37:21.140
 God who would

00:37:21.140 --> 00:37:21.700
 give himself

00:37:21.700 --> 00:37:22.619
 for us.

00:37:24.680 --> 00:37:25.380
 Meet us in

00:37:25.380 --> 00:37:25.820
 this time,

00:37:25.920 --> 00:37:26.460
 use common

00:37:26.460 --> 00:37:27.700
 elements for a

00:37:27.700 --> 00:37:28.740
 holy purpose we

00:37:28.740 --> 00:37:29.579
 ask in Jesus'

00:37:29.840 --> 00:37:30.079
 name.

00:37:31.400 --> 00:37:31.680
 Amen.

00:37:32.480 --> 00:37:33.140
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00:37:33.140 --> 00:37:34.260
 information visit

00:37:34.260 --> 00:37:35.200
 us online at

00:37:35.200 --> 00:37:35.960
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