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 There is a crack in everything.

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 Our text this morning is a familiar one to many of us, I think.

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 And there's a reason why.

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 Because this is one of those texts where we get to see down clearly

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 through the crack in everything down into the heart of what's gone wrong

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 and what we need to fix it.

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 In fact, it looks down even into the struggles of our own heart.

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 So I want to approach this text very simply with two main points.

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 We see in this text that Jesus reveals your greatest need

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 and Jesus answers your greatest doubt.

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 So let's dive in.

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 First, Jesus reveals your greatest need.

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 Look with me again at verse 17.

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 On one of the verses, the teachers of the law were sitting there

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 who had come from every village of Galilee and Judea and from Jerusalem

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 and the power of the church with him to heal.

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 So here is Jesus.

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 He's beginning to sort of catch the attention at this early stage of his ministry.

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 Now the attention is sort of going broader to the religious leaders

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 and the religious authorities.

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 And they've gathered around to hear him teach.

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 Then verse 17.

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 And behold, some men were bringing on a bed a man who was paralyzed

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 and they were seeking to bring him in and lay him before Jesus.

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 But finding no way to bring him in because of the crowd,

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 they went up on the roof and let him down with his bed

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 through the tiles into the midst before Jesus.

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 And when he saw their faith, he said,

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 Man, your sins are forgiven you.

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 What exactly, friends, do you think your greatest need is?

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 I think we can guess pretty clearly what this man thought his was.

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 It's obvious to anyone who met him, right?

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 He was paralyzed.

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 He couldn't walk.

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 And think how massively that effect would have affected his whole life.

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 Economically, in an agricultural society, of course, he couldn't work.

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 He would have been utterly dependent on others for economic support.

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 Socially, his paralysis, without a doubt, affected where he could go,

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 who he could spend time with,

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 who maybe was even comfortable to spend time with him.

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 Relationally, it's possible that it meant he would maybe never marry,

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 never have a family.

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 And emotionally, psychologically, it must have been a crushing burden.

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 His disability filling him at times with despair,

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 at other times angry.

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 And emotionally,

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 at other times angry.

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 Picture yourself standing there with them,

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 peering down through the hole you just dug

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 through some guy's roof.

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 There you are,

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 standing with them,

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 peering down through the hole.

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 You see the crowd jammed into the house.

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 And Jesus looks up at you,

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 and he looks at your friend,

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 and he opens his mouth,

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 and you know he's going to say it.

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 Rise and walk.

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 He's going to say it.

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 Rise and walk.

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 Man,

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 your sins are forgiven you.

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 And I imagine at that moment,

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 the house went silent.

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 And your buddy up on the roof with you,

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 jabs you in the side and whispers,

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 did he just say your sins are forgiven?

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 Now,

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 what must be going through their minds at this moment?

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 What's going through your mind

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 as you stare down at Jesus?

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 I imagine partially,

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 it must have been something like this.

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 Well,

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 Jesus,

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 that's quite a nice thing to say.

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 But we were hoping you might be able to do something about,

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 well,

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 you see,

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 he is paralyzed after all.

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 Did you notice the bed?

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 We were thinking you might do something about his legs.

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 But in this moment,

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 Jesus is revealing something,

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 not just to these friends,

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 but to all of us.

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 No matter what you face in life,

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 no matter what trials or troubles you face,

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 your greatest need,

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 friends,

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 is the forgiveness of sins.

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 Now,

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 don't get me wrong.

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 God certainly cares about all of your other problems,

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 and needs as well.

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 And one day,

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 he will make everything right.

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 Don't we see a picture of that all over Jesus's ministry?

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 But here,

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 we're being graciously shown our deepest,

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 greatest,

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 most pernicious need.

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 Imagine going to the doctor because for the last week or two,

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 you've just had this nasty cough that won't go away.

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 And it's affecting your work,

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 and it's affecting your mood,

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 and it's making everything just miserable.

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 And so your doctor does a chest x-ray and discovers that sure enough,

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 you've got a nasty case of pneumonia.

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 But the images also happen to show something else.

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 Something you weren't looking for,

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 but it's clearly there on the screen.

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 All around your lungs,

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 your heart,

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 even your spine.

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 And the doctor says,

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 we'll get you something for your cough,

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 but your greatest need right now,

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 we're sorry to say,

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 is that your body is full of cancer,

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 and we have to act immediately.

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 And friends,

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 that is all of our condition,

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 spiritually speaking.

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 Now, of course,

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 we have trouble believing that the forgiveness of sins is our greatest need,

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 don't we?

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 Like that persistent,

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 irritating cough,

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 all of our other problems are just so much more in our face.

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 They're just so much more inconvenient.

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 But if we pause and consider what Jesus is telling us here,

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 it is true,

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 is it not?

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 Why is the forgiveness of sins our greatest need?

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 Well,

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 think first.

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 First,

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 because sin runs deeper.

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 If you go back to Genesis 3,

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 you see that when sin enters the world,

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 it breaks everything.

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 It's the problem under all the problems.

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 Our relationship to one another,

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 our relationship to the created world around us,

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 our relationship even to ourselves,

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 all of these become broken.

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 All of these are not the way they're supposed to be,

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 because sin deep down has broken our relationship with God.

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 Sin runs deeper.

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 It's the problem under all the problems.

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 Now,

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 what are we not saying here?

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 We're not saying that there's always a one-to-one connection between some specific sin in your life and some specific problem.

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 Note that this man in Luke chapter 5 is not paralyzed because he committed some particular sin.

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 That's not how it works.

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 However,

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 however,

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 the reason we live in a world where there are things like paralysis and joblessness and loneliness,

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 the reason why all these things afflict us is because the world has fallen.

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 The problem of sin runs deeper.

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 It's down underneath them all.

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 And fixing all those other problems won't actually solve this one.

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 When I was in high school,

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 I thought that if I could just fix the problem of not having a driver's license,

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 my life would be radically better.

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 Just think of the freedom I would know.

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 No longer waiting for my mom to pick me up with our dopey brown station wagon.

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 I would drive the dopey brown station wagon.

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 And I would take out all the seats in the middle and I would pile my friends in.

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 And sheer unending bliss would be the result.

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 And of course,

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 once I got my driver's license,

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 I realized it wasn't so.

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 It's a trite example,

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 I know,

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 but haven't you seen that to be true in much greater areas of your life?

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 You get the job,

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 but you still struggle with a sense of purpose.

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 You get the spouse,

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 but you still wrestle with loneliness.

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 You get the fame,

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 but it doesn't take away your insecurity.

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 You get the health,

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 but your body still deteriorates

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 and your end will still come.

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 There's something deeper that's wrong with us.

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 There's something deeper that needs to be put right.

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 But the problem of sin not only runs deeper,

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 it also lasts longer.

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 I wonder how long this man and Luke had been confined to his bed.

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 Do you think five years?

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 Do you think maybe 10 years?

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 Had his entire adult life been one of paralysis?

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 And yet friends,

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 the truth is that the alienation from God

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 that sin brings

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 won't last

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 just 70, 80, or even 90 years.

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 It will last for eternity.

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 Sin is a problem

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 with eternal consequences

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 because it is an offense against an eternal God.

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 But third,

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 sin not only runs deeper

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 and lasts longer,

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 sin also costs more.

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 And here's what I mean by that.

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 I mean that sin keeps us

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 from our greatest joy.

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 You and I were created

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 not just to have whole bodies

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 and loving relationships

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 and meaningful work.

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 You and I were created friends

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 to have fellowship with God.

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 Picture it.

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 From all eternity,

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 God the Father,

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 the Son,

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 and the Holy Spirit

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 encompassing one another

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 in perfect love and joy.

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 Three in one.

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 One in three.

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 And like a great symphony

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 pouring out of the concert hall doors

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 and into the streets,

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 God made us to enter into His company.

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 To have our hearts full of His music.

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 To know that love and joy

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 and to reflect it into the world

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 with our own part to play.

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 Friends,

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 God made us to know Him.

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 To know Him who is perfect in every way.

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 Without limit and without reserve.

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 The one who is not just the cause

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 and the source of all joy,

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 but the one who is very joy itself.

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 Do you see why the forgiveness of sins

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 is our greatest need?

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 Do you see why Jesus reveals this to us?

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 Because it's possible to have

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 every earthly joy

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 and yet to lose fellowship

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 with joy itself.

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 Let me make one application

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 before moving to our second main point

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 and the rest of the passage.

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 Friends, I wonder if you can see yourself

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 in this man's experience.

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 If so, do you see how God can use

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 some difficulty in your life

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 to get down

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 to something much deeper?

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 This man's paralysis

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 opens the window

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 to Jesus' forgiveness

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 in his life.

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 And not just his life,

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 but the lives of those around him.

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 Would his friends

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 ever have brought him to Jesus

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 had he been able to walk?

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 Would he have ever realized

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 his need?

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 Of course, his disability

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 wasn't in itself

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 a good thing.

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 The things that are wrong

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 with our world

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 aren't in themselves good.

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 And one day,

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 God will eradicate

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 all of them.

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 But until that day,

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 God is able to use them.

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 He's able to take them

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 and to use them

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 and to show us

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 our deepest needs.

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 And ultimately,

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 through them,

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 to bring about

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 our eternal good.

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 This week,

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 Greg was telling me

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 about a talk he attended

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 last week

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 with David Brooks,

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 the New York Times columnist.

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 And Brooks was saying

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 how he's interviewed

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 a lot of people,

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 asking them,

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 what are the major things

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 in your life

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 that have really shaped you?

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 Or what are the events

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 that have really forged you

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 in a meaningful way?

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 And perhaps not surprisingly,

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 he found

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 that no one talks about

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 that wonderful vacation

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 to Hawaii.

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 or that delightful getaway

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 in the mountains.

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 Those weren't the events

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 that had a life-shaping,

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 life-transforming effect.

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 No, most of the time,

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 it's the hard things

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 that change and shape us.

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 It's difficult things

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 that open us up

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 in a way that nothing will.

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 So friends,

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 I know this sounds

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 very strange,

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 but don't squander

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 your hardships.

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 It's so easy

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 to just get angry

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 and to just grow bitter

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 and to just want

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 to get it over with

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 as quickly as possible.

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 And know,

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 to be sure,

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 God in his mercy

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 hears all of your cries,

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 but also seek

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 and ask God,

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 what are you showing me

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 through this?

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 What are you teaching me?

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 What are you forging in me

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 in and through this experience?

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 This could be the window

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 God uses

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 to open up

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 a whole new depth

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 of knowing him,

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 a whole new depth

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 of heart change,

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 a whole new means

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 of reaching those around you.

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 You know,

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 we often think

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 if this or that problem

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 were fixed,

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 then I could get on

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 with my life

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 and follow God

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 and serve Jesus.

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 But actually,

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 friends,

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 this may be your moment

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 when God is ready

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 to do his greatest work

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 through you.

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 You may not get

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 the physical healing

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 this man got,

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 but God still might be

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 in the process

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 of radically transforming

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 you nonetheless.

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 So this passage

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 reveals our greatest need,

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 the forgiveness of sins.

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 But second,

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 it also reveals

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 our greatest doubt.

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 Look again at verse 21.

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 And the scribes

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 and the Pharisees

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 began to question,

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 saying,

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 who is this

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 who speaks blasphemies?

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 Who can forgive sins

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 but God alone?

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 When Jesus perceived

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 their thoughts,

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 he answered them,

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 why do you question

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 in your hearts?

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 Which is easier,

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 to say your sins

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 are forgiven you

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 or to say rise and walk,

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 but that you may know

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 that the Son of Man

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 has authority on earth

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 to forgive sins.

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 He said to the man

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 who was paralyzed,

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 I say to you,

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 rise,

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 pick up your bed

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 and go home.

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 Now the Pharisees,

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 of course,

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 are completely correct.

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 Only God can forgive sins.

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 Why?

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 Because sin,

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 properly speaking,

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 is vertical.

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 It is rejecting

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 and rebelling

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 against God,

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 our creator.

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 Imagine a married couple

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 sitting down

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 with a counselor

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 and they sit down

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 and they just start

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 to pour out

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 their grievances

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 against each other.

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 He did this,

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 she did this,

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 oh yeah,

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 he does this,

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 oh yeah,

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 well she does this.

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 And this goes on

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 for 15 minutes,

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 20 minutes.

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 And then finally,

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 when they begin

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 to quiet down,

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 the counselor

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 looks at the wife

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 and looks at the husband

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 and says,

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 I've heard your complaints

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 and I want you to know

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 I forgive you.

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 They're going to find

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 another counselor,

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 right?

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 Something is fundamentally

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 wrong with that picture.

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 Of course,

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 he or she,

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 that counselor,

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 doesn't have the right

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 to forgive.

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 They're not the offended party.

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 And friends,

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 when it comes to our sin,

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 our offense against God,

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 yes,

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 it might have effects

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 that go all across horizontally,

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 but the forgiveness of sin,

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 only God has the authority,

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 the right to forgive those.

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 Which means that Jesus' claim

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 here in Luke 5

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 is simply and undeniably radical.

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 In this moment,

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 he has closed off from us

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 so many of the explanations

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 that we want to

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 or that we try

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 to put on him.

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 A great teacher,

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 we think.

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 Perhaps even a great

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 miracle worker.

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 But Jesus has just declared

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 the authority

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 to forgive sins.

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 And who can forgive sins

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 but God alone?

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 Do you see how Jesus

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 is driving us

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 into a corner here,

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 friends?

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 He's pushing us up

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 against the doubt,

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 the question

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 that is the most important

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 one of all.

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 Does this man,

00:18:01.960 --> 00:18:02.279
 Jesus,

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 have the authority

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 to forgive my sins?

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 Can he be the answer

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 to my greatest need?

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 And if so,

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 what does that mean

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 about who this man

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 truly is?

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 Of course,

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 the Pharisees here

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 dismiss the possibility

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 immediately.

00:18:23.799 --> 00:18:25.180
 Only God can forgive sins

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 and they also happen

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 to know where

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 and how God forgives sins.

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 Thank you very much.

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 God forgives sins

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 at the temple

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 through the sacrificial system.

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 You see,

00:18:35.779 --> 00:18:36.700
 the Pharisaical mindset

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 has everything

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 under control.

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 I do my best

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 to keep the law

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 and when I mess up,

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 I take care of things

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 at the temple.

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 Who doesn't need

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 a little forgiveness

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 every now and then

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 after all?

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 No one's perfect.

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 So I do my duty,

00:18:51.160 --> 00:18:52.519
 I perform my sacrifices,

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 and I take care of it.

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 But you see,

00:18:57.099 --> 00:18:57.759
 they failed to see

00:18:57.759 --> 00:18:58.299
 the real point

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 of the sacrificial system

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 at the temple.

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 That whole business

00:19:02.240 --> 00:19:03.200
 was meant to point

00:19:03.200 --> 00:19:04.279
 beyond itself.

00:19:06.599 --> 00:19:07.180
 After all,

00:19:07.259 --> 00:19:08.220
 how could the sacrifice

00:19:08.220 --> 00:19:09.360
 of a mere animal

00:19:09.360 --> 00:19:10.759
 put sinful human beings

00:19:10.759 --> 00:19:12.400
 right before a holy God?

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 And doesn't the fact

00:19:14.420 --> 00:19:15.380
 that those sacrifices

00:19:15.380 --> 00:19:16.360
 have to be repeated

00:19:16.360 --> 00:19:17.600
 year after year after year

00:19:17.600 --> 00:19:18.440
 show that they were

00:19:18.440 --> 00:19:19.860
 insufficient for the task?

00:19:22.040 --> 00:19:22.780
 No, friends.

00:19:22.840 --> 00:19:24.640
 The temple was a signpost

00:19:24.640 --> 00:19:26.700
 that God set up

00:19:26.700 --> 00:19:28.840
 of something greater

00:19:28.840 --> 00:19:29.320
 to come.

00:19:30.540 --> 00:19:31.780
 It was a signal,

00:19:31.880 --> 00:19:32.660
 it was a sign,

00:19:32.720 --> 00:19:33.460
 it was a pointer

00:19:33.460 --> 00:19:34.620
 that God would come

00:19:34.620 --> 00:19:35.420
 and do something

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 in the future

00:19:36.840 --> 00:19:38.100
 to put us right

00:19:38.100 --> 00:19:39.320
 once and for all.

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 But the Pharisees

00:19:43.119 --> 00:19:43.899
 can't see it.

00:19:45.579 --> 00:19:46.379
 And so often

00:19:46.379 --> 00:19:47.220
 we miss it too,

00:19:47.299 --> 00:19:47.639
 don't we?

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 We think we have

00:19:49.500 --> 00:19:50.839
 everything under control.

00:19:52.039 --> 00:19:53.319
 I'll do my best.

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 And when I mess up,

00:19:55.200 --> 00:19:55.839
 I'll go to church

00:19:55.839 --> 00:19:56.639
 and take care of it.

00:19:56.700 --> 00:19:57.119
 After all,

00:19:57.179 --> 00:19:57.859
 no one's perfect.

00:19:59.339 --> 00:20:00.839
 But we fail to see

00:20:00.839 --> 00:20:01.919
 how serious

00:20:01.919 --> 00:20:02.939
 sin actually is.

00:20:03.799 --> 00:20:04.799
 We don't have it

00:20:04.799 --> 00:20:05.419
 under control.

00:20:06.539 --> 00:20:07.439
 It isn't something

00:20:07.439 --> 00:20:08.579
 we can just handle

00:20:08.579 --> 00:20:09.579
 with a little

00:20:09.579 --> 00:20:10.519
 church attendance here

00:20:10.519 --> 00:20:11.679
 and a few good works there.

00:20:13.339 --> 00:20:14.539
 It isn't a cough.

00:20:15.879 --> 00:20:16.839
 It's a cancer.

00:20:18.579 --> 00:20:20.039
 It's down in your bones

00:20:20.039 --> 00:20:21.559
 and you need to be rescued.

00:20:23.419 --> 00:20:25.079
 And only God can forgive.

00:20:28.619 --> 00:20:29.939
 Well, okay, we think.

00:20:30.179 --> 00:20:30.859
 So the Pharisees

00:20:30.859 --> 00:20:31.359
 had it wrong

00:20:31.359 --> 00:20:32.419
 trying to control God.

00:20:33.419 --> 00:20:34.619
 But why can't God

00:20:34.619 --> 00:20:35.539
 just forgive?

00:20:35.539 --> 00:20:37.720
 I mean, if he is good,

00:20:37.940 --> 00:20:38.599
 why doesn't he just

00:20:38.599 --> 00:20:39.319
 say the word

00:20:39.319 --> 00:20:40.659
 and forgive our sins?

00:20:41.519 --> 00:20:42.319
 Why is there any need

00:20:42.319 --> 00:20:42.879
 for Jesus?

00:20:46.359 --> 00:20:47.379
 But then again, friends,

00:20:47.420 --> 00:20:48.779
 does anyone just say

00:20:48.779 --> 00:20:49.279
 the word

00:20:49.279 --> 00:20:51.039
 when they truly forgive?

00:20:53.680 --> 00:20:54.500
 Isn't forgiveness

00:20:54.500 --> 00:20:56.220
 always costly?

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 If I borrow your copy

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 of Luther's commentary

00:21:01.620 --> 00:21:02.620
 on Galatians

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 because, hey,

00:21:03.920 --> 00:21:05.240
 it is the 500th anniversary

00:21:05.240 --> 00:21:05.860
 of the Reformation

00:21:05.860 --> 00:21:06.519
 after all,

00:21:06.600 --> 00:21:07.319
 why not catch up

00:21:07.319 --> 00:21:08.519
 on a little Reformation reading?

00:21:10.079 --> 00:21:10.960
 If I borrowed

00:21:10.960 --> 00:21:11.920
 your prized copy

00:21:11.920 --> 00:21:12.720
 of Luther's commentary

00:21:12.720 --> 00:21:13.440
 on Galatians

00:21:13.440 --> 00:21:14.319
 and I carelessly

00:21:14.319 --> 00:21:15.940
 drop it into the bathtub,

00:21:17.140 --> 00:21:18.240
 utterly ruining it,

00:21:19.880 --> 00:21:20.600
 there are really

00:21:20.600 --> 00:21:21.720
 only two options, right?

00:21:22.279 --> 00:21:23.279
 Either I pay

00:21:23.279 --> 00:21:24.579
 to replace the book

00:21:24.579 --> 00:21:26.720
 or you forgive me

00:21:26.720 --> 00:21:28.740
 and you absorb the cost.

00:21:30.599 --> 00:21:31.519
 But either way,

00:21:31.599 --> 00:21:32.299
 someone pays.

00:21:33.619 --> 00:21:34.199
 Someone bears

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 the cost of the wrong.

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 And that's true

00:21:38.220 --> 00:21:39.199
 even when the offense

00:21:39.199 --> 00:21:40.379
 is much more serious.

00:21:40.519 --> 00:21:41.740
 If a son says hurtful

00:21:41.740 --> 00:21:42.460
 or untrue things

00:21:42.460 --> 00:21:43.240
 about his father,

00:21:43.799 --> 00:21:44.839
 ruins his reputation,

00:21:45.119 --> 00:21:46.079
 breaks his heart,

00:21:46.599 --> 00:21:47.419
 what are the options?

00:21:49.139 --> 00:21:49.980
 Either the father

00:21:49.980 --> 00:21:51.720
 can make the son pay,

00:21:52.259 --> 00:21:53.099
 I'll write him

00:21:53.099 --> 00:21:53.779
 out of my will,

00:21:53.779 --> 00:21:55.279
 I'll tell everyone

00:21:55.279 --> 00:21:56.639
 what a selfish ingrate

00:21:56.639 --> 00:21:57.319
 he is at every

00:21:57.319 --> 00:21:58.299
 opportunity I get.

00:22:01.000 --> 00:22:01.839
 Or the father

00:22:01.839 --> 00:22:02.519
 can absorb

00:22:02.519 --> 00:22:03.720
 the cost of the wrong.

00:22:05.859 --> 00:22:07.099
 He can bear the pain

00:22:07.099 --> 00:22:07.599
 in himself

00:22:07.599 --> 00:22:08.460
 and he can forgive.

00:22:09.980 --> 00:22:10.720
 You see, friends,

00:22:10.779 --> 00:22:11.960
 no one just forgives,

00:22:12.039 --> 00:22:13.240
 no one just says

00:22:13.240 --> 00:22:13.779
 the word.

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 Someone pays the cost.

00:22:19.299 --> 00:22:20.579
 But now in verses 23

00:22:20.579 --> 00:22:21.639
 and 24 of our passage,

00:22:21.740 --> 00:22:22.500
 it looks like Jesus

00:22:22.500 --> 00:22:23.720
 does just say the word.

00:22:27.480 --> 00:22:28.660
 Which is easier to say?

00:22:29.039 --> 00:22:29.839
 Your sins are forgiven

00:22:29.839 --> 00:22:30.940
 or to say rise and walk?

00:22:31.000 --> 00:22:31.599
 But that you may know

00:22:31.599 --> 00:22:32.299
 that the Son of Man

00:22:32.299 --> 00:22:33.079
 has authority on earth

00:22:33.079 --> 00:22:33.859
 to forgive sins?

00:22:34.539 --> 00:22:35.220
 I say to you,

00:22:35.259 --> 00:22:36.160
 rise, pick up your bed

00:22:36.160 --> 00:22:36.759
 and go home.

00:22:39.859 --> 00:22:40.440
 Now, of course,

00:22:40.480 --> 00:22:41.160
 it's easier to say

00:22:41.160 --> 00:22:42.140
 your sins are forgiven you

00:22:42.140 --> 00:22:42.940
 because there's no way

00:22:42.940 --> 00:22:43.859
 of seeing whether or not

00:22:43.859 --> 00:22:45.000
 it actually worked, right?

00:22:45.059 --> 00:22:46.140
 That's Jesus' point here.

00:22:47.079 --> 00:22:48.000
 The rise and walk,

00:22:48.059 --> 00:22:48.940
 that one's a little easier

00:22:48.940 --> 00:22:49.480
 to verify.

00:22:52.220 --> 00:22:53.140
 So as a sign

00:22:53.140 --> 00:22:53.799
 of his authority

00:22:53.799 --> 00:22:55.180
 to say and do the former,

00:22:55.380 --> 00:22:56.620
 Jesus says and does

00:22:56.620 --> 00:22:57.240
 the latter.

00:22:57.660 --> 00:22:59.059
 To prove he has authority

00:22:59.059 --> 00:22:59.940
 to forgive sins,

00:23:00.100 --> 00:23:01.140
 he heals the man

00:23:01.140 --> 00:23:01.920
 of his paralysis.

00:23:03.380 --> 00:23:04.360
 But we've got to push

00:23:04.360 --> 00:23:05.259
 a little deeper than that,

00:23:05.320 --> 00:23:05.660
 don't we?

00:23:07.840 --> 00:23:08.960
 What gives Jesus

00:23:08.960 --> 00:23:09.660
 the authority

00:23:09.660 --> 00:23:10.740
 to speak that word

00:23:10.740 --> 00:23:11.240
 of forgiveness

00:23:11.240 --> 00:23:12.440
 with such ease?

00:23:14.099 --> 00:23:15.059
 Man, I say to you,

00:23:15.099 --> 00:23:15.880
 your sins are forgiven.

00:23:18.700 --> 00:23:19.220
 Of course,

00:23:19.279 --> 00:23:20.180
 Jesus is making a point

00:23:20.180 --> 00:23:21.400
 about who he is.

00:23:22.059 --> 00:23:23.200
 Fully human, yes,

00:23:23.660 --> 00:23:24.859
 but also fully God,

00:23:24.920 --> 00:23:25.559
 but there's more.

00:23:28.420 --> 00:23:30.079
 Jesus can speak this word

00:23:30.079 --> 00:23:31.019
 with such ease.

00:23:31.019 --> 00:23:32.960
 He can pronounce forgiveness

00:23:32.960 --> 00:23:34.240
 with just a word,

00:23:34.359 --> 00:23:35.740
 not just because of who he is,

00:23:35.799 --> 00:23:36.599
 but because of what

00:23:36.599 --> 00:23:37.819
 he's come to do.

00:23:37.819 --> 00:23:42.379
 Forgiveness is

00:23:42.379 --> 00:23:43.700
 always costly.

00:23:45.960 --> 00:23:47.319
 And that's exactly

00:23:47.319 --> 00:23:47.879
 what we see

00:23:47.879 --> 00:23:48.819
 as Luke's gospel unfolds.

00:23:50.720 --> 00:23:51.019
 Jesus,

00:23:51.220 --> 00:23:52.439
 the one who came

00:23:52.439 --> 00:23:53.939
 proclaiming freedom

00:23:53.939 --> 00:23:54.819
 for the captives

00:23:55.539 --> 00:23:58.379
 will himself be bound.

00:23:59.980 --> 00:24:00.839
 He himself

00:24:00.839 --> 00:24:01.759
 will be betrayed

00:24:01.759 --> 00:24:03.740
 and he will give himself up

00:24:03.740 --> 00:24:04.519
 to be pinned

00:24:04.519 --> 00:24:06.259
 to death on a cross.

00:24:07.819 --> 00:24:09.319
 Our sins

00:24:09.319 --> 00:24:10.599
 will be laid upon him

00:24:10.599 --> 00:24:12.159
 and he will absorb

00:24:12.159 --> 00:24:14.000
 their cost in full

00:24:14.000 --> 00:24:15.759
 once and for all.

00:24:16.139 --> 00:24:17.439
 Something that no

00:24:17.439 --> 00:24:18.379
 mere sacrifice

00:24:18.379 --> 00:24:19.200
 could ever do.

00:24:21.399 --> 00:24:22.779
 And three days later,

00:24:22.819 --> 00:24:23.740
 he will rise

00:24:23.740 --> 00:24:24.960
 and he will appear

00:24:24.960 --> 00:24:25.740
 to his disciples

00:24:25.740 --> 00:24:26.919
 and he will give them

00:24:26.919 --> 00:24:28.240
 no surprise,

00:24:28.359 --> 00:24:29.079
 this message.

00:24:29.679 --> 00:24:31.099
 Go into all the nations

00:24:31.099 --> 00:24:32.240
 and proclaim

00:24:32.240 --> 00:24:33.200
 the forgiveness

00:24:33.200 --> 00:24:34.159
 of sins

00:24:34.159 --> 00:24:35.019
 in my name.

00:24:35.019 --> 00:24:38.879
 How can Jesus

00:24:38.879 --> 00:24:39.480
 say the word

00:24:39.480 --> 00:24:39.920
 of forgiveness

00:24:39.920 --> 00:24:40.500
 to this man

00:24:40.500 --> 00:24:41.039
 in Luke 5?

00:24:41.099 --> 00:24:41.639
 What gives him

00:24:41.639 --> 00:24:42.339
 the right

00:24:42.339 --> 00:24:43.220
 to declare

00:24:43.220 --> 00:24:43.980
 that our sins

00:24:43.980 --> 00:24:44.420
 are forgiven?

00:24:44.660 --> 00:24:45.420
 And what gives

00:24:45.420 --> 00:24:46.279
 the church today

00:24:46.279 --> 00:24:46.700
 the right

00:24:46.700 --> 00:24:47.259
 to continue

00:24:47.259 --> 00:24:48.019
 to speak

00:24:48.019 --> 00:24:48.619
 this word

00:24:48.619 --> 00:24:49.059
 of forgiveness

00:24:49.059 --> 00:24:49.980
 in his name

00:24:49.980 --> 00:24:50.660
 to all who

00:24:50.660 --> 00:24:51.240
 put their trust

00:24:51.240 --> 00:24:51.639
 in him?

00:24:54.639 --> 00:24:55.339
 It's because

00:24:55.339 --> 00:24:55.700
 Jesus,

00:24:55.859 --> 00:24:56.400
 very God

00:24:56.400 --> 00:24:57.019
 and very man,

00:24:57.079 --> 00:24:57.519
 has done

00:24:57.519 --> 00:24:58.420
 what no one else

00:24:58.420 --> 00:24:59.319
 has

00:24:59.319 --> 00:25:00.539
 or can do.

00:25:00.539 --> 00:25:03.680
 he died

00:25:03.680 --> 00:25:04.460
 for our sins

00:25:04.460 --> 00:25:06.079
 and rose again

00:25:06.079 --> 00:25:07.119
 for our justification.

00:25:09.960 --> 00:25:10.440
 Friends,

00:25:10.519 --> 00:25:11.460
 Jesus has

00:25:11.460 --> 00:25:12.480
 the authority

00:25:12.480 --> 00:25:13.639
 to forgive

00:25:13.639 --> 00:25:15.579
 your sins.

00:25:17.899 --> 00:25:18.639
 To speak

00:25:18.639 --> 00:25:18.980
 the word

00:25:18.980 --> 00:25:19.460
 of forgiveness

00:25:19.460 --> 00:25:20.240
 that we need

00:25:20.240 --> 00:25:20.700
 to hear.

00:25:23.899 --> 00:25:24.339
 Now,

00:25:24.399 --> 00:25:24.819
 as we apply

00:25:24.819 --> 00:25:25.480
 this to our lives,

00:25:25.519 --> 00:25:25.799
 do you know

00:25:25.799 --> 00:25:26.440
 what it's like

00:25:26.440 --> 00:25:28.379
 to hear that word?

00:25:31.019 --> 00:25:31.659
 Maybe you're not

00:25:31.659 --> 00:25:32.519
 so sure you need it.

00:25:33.119 --> 00:25:33.700
 Maybe you're new

00:25:33.700 --> 00:25:34.480
 to Christian things.

00:25:34.559 --> 00:25:35.019
 Maybe a friend

00:25:35.019 --> 00:25:35.839
 invited you along

00:25:35.839 --> 00:25:36.379
 this morning.

00:25:38.139 --> 00:25:38.920
 But take a look

00:25:38.920 --> 00:25:39.920
 here at verse 25.

00:25:40.559 --> 00:25:41.180
 And immediately

00:25:41.180 --> 00:25:42.119
 the man rose up

00:25:42.119 --> 00:25:42.599
 before them,

00:25:42.740 --> 00:25:43.259
 picked up what

00:25:43.259 --> 00:25:43.899
 he had been lying on

00:25:43.899 --> 00:25:44.680
 and went home

00:25:44.680 --> 00:25:46.799
 glorifying God.

00:25:47.259 --> 00:25:47.940
 And amazement

00:25:47.940 --> 00:25:48.940
 seized them all

00:25:48.940 --> 00:25:50.480
 and they glorified God

00:25:50.480 --> 00:25:51.180
 and were filled

00:25:51.180 --> 00:25:51.799
 with all saying,

00:25:51.940 --> 00:25:52.339
 we have seen

00:25:52.339 --> 00:25:53.879
 extraordinary things today.

00:25:56.119 --> 00:25:56.879
 This man's

00:25:56.879 --> 00:25:57.619
 physical healing

00:25:57.619 --> 00:25:58.359
 is a window

00:25:58.359 --> 00:25:59.059
 into what his

00:25:59.059 --> 00:25:59.899
 spiritual healing

00:25:59.899 --> 00:26:00.460
 was like.

00:26:00.539 --> 00:26:01.980
 He could rise.

00:26:02.399 --> 00:26:03.359
 He could walk.

00:26:03.759 --> 00:26:04.659
 And most of all,

00:26:04.700 --> 00:26:05.779
 he could glorify

00:26:05.779 --> 00:26:06.819
 God.

00:26:07.019 --> 00:26:07.839
 Something had been

00:26:07.839 --> 00:26:09.180
 put right with him

00:26:09.180 --> 00:26:10.240
 and the God

00:26:10.240 --> 00:26:10.720
 who made him

00:26:10.720 --> 00:26:11.480
 such that now

00:26:11.480 --> 00:26:12.119
 his relationship

00:26:12.119 --> 00:26:12.819
 was one

00:26:12.819 --> 00:26:13.980
 of wonder

00:26:13.980 --> 00:26:15.059
 and praise.

00:26:18.440 --> 00:26:19.279
 Something had

00:26:19.279 --> 00:26:20.079
 been released.

00:26:21.000 --> 00:26:21.480
 A key

00:26:21.480 --> 00:26:22.279
 had been turned.

00:26:22.980 --> 00:26:23.740
 And now

00:26:23.740 --> 00:26:24.079
 he knew

00:26:24.079 --> 00:26:24.799
 real freedom

00:26:24.799 --> 00:26:25.980
 and real joy.

00:26:27.879 --> 00:26:28.500
 You see,

00:26:28.559 --> 00:26:28.680
 friends,

00:26:28.740 --> 00:26:29.099
 when Jesus

00:26:29.099 --> 00:26:29.619
 shows us

00:26:29.619 --> 00:26:30.440
 our need

00:26:30.440 --> 00:26:31.059
 for the forgiveness

00:26:31.059 --> 00:26:31.519
 of sins

00:26:31.519 --> 00:26:32.059
 and when we

00:26:32.059 --> 00:26:32.440
 see his

00:26:32.440 --> 00:26:33.400
 rightful authority

00:26:33.400 --> 00:26:34.140
 to actually

00:26:34.140 --> 00:26:34.920
 forgive them,

00:26:35.240 --> 00:26:36.039
 the results

00:26:36.039 --> 00:26:37.320
 can be surprising.

00:26:39.759 --> 00:26:40.400
 Of course,

00:26:40.440 --> 00:26:40.779
 it can feel

00:26:40.779 --> 00:26:41.160
 differently

00:26:41.160 --> 00:26:42.019
 for different people.

00:26:43.240 --> 00:26:44.299
 The English writer

00:26:44.299 --> 00:26:45.100
 Francis Buford

00:26:45.100 --> 00:26:46.080
 describes it this way.

00:26:46.160 --> 00:26:46.460
 He says,

00:26:46.539 --> 00:26:47.720
 what does it feel like

00:26:47.720 --> 00:26:49.580
 to feel yourself

00:26:49.580 --> 00:26:50.000
 forgiven?

00:26:51.120 --> 00:26:52.180
 In my experience,

00:26:52.259 --> 00:26:52.640
 he says,

00:26:52.880 --> 00:26:54.460
 it's like a toothache

00:26:54.460 --> 00:26:54.960
 stopping

00:26:54.960 --> 00:26:56.539
 because a tooth

00:26:56.539 --> 00:26:57.340
 has been removed.

00:26:58.120 --> 00:26:59.319
 It has the numb

00:26:59.319 --> 00:27:00.559
 surprisingness

00:27:00.559 --> 00:27:01.559
 of something

00:27:01.559 --> 00:27:02.200
 that hurt

00:27:02.200 --> 00:27:03.539
 not being there

00:27:03.539 --> 00:27:04.019
 anymore.

00:27:06.019 --> 00:27:06.960
 For some,

00:27:07.120 --> 00:27:07.920
 it's a flood

00:27:07.920 --> 00:27:08.360
 of joy.

00:27:09.240 --> 00:27:10.019
 For others,

00:27:10.079 --> 00:27:10.740
 it's the quiet

00:27:10.740 --> 00:27:11.279
 relief

00:27:11.279 --> 00:27:13.220
 of a long-standing

00:27:13.220 --> 00:27:13.799
 ache

00:27:13.799 --> 00:27:15.779
 finally going away.

00:27:16.539 --> 00:27:17.299
 One that you

00:27:17.299 --> 00:27:17.680
 had grown

00:27:17.680 --> 00:27:18.539
 so accustomed

00:27:18.539 --> 00:27:18.799
 to,

00:27:18.880 --> 00:27:19.380
 you thought it

00:27:19.380 --> 00:27:20.079
 was just part

00:27:20.079 --> 00:27:20.640
 of life.

00:27:20.640 --> 00:27:21.960
 the way

00:27:21.960 --> 00:27:22.660
 things worked

00:27:22.660 --> 00:27:23.480
 finally

00:27:23.480 --> 00:27:24.740
 being let go.

00:27:27.840 --> 00:27:28.620
 But underneath

00:27:28.620 --> 00:27:29.259
 all of these

00:27:29.259 --> 00:27:29.900
 experiences,

00:27:29.900 --> 00:27:30.880
 it's the reality

00:27:30.880 --> 00:27:32.440
 of being put

00:27:32.440 --> 00:27:33.320
 right with God.

00:27:36.500 --> 00:27:37.620
 Have you experienced

00:27:37.620 --> 00:27:37.980
 this?

00:27:39.480 --> 00:27:40.480
 Do you know

00:27:40.480 --> 00:27:41.360
 this joy,

00:27:41.500 --> 00:27:42.200
 this relief?

00:27:44.240 --> 00:27:45.180
 Jesus offers

00:27:45.180 --> 00:27:46.100
 it to everyone

00:27:46.100 --> 00:27:46.980
 who comes to him

00:27:46.980 --> 00:27:47.800
 in faith and trust.

00:27:47.860 --> 00:27:48.220
 You don't need

00:27:48.220 --> 00:27:48.759
 to dig a hole

00:27:48.759 --> 00:27:49.380
 through a roof.

00:27:50.640 --> 00:27:51.540
 You just need

00:27:51.540 --> 00:27:52.080
 to go to him

00:27:52.080 --> 00:27:52.480
 in prayer.

00:27:54.540 --> 00:27:55.380
 The word of

00:27:55.380 --> 00:27:55.680
 forgiveness

00:27:55.680 --> 00:27:56.400
 stands ready

00:27:56.400 --> 00:27:57.460
 for you today

00:27:57.460 --> 00:27:59.060
 if you will

00:27:59.060 --> 00:27:59.880
 turn and

00:27:59.880 --> 00:28:00.500
 trust in him.

00:28:04.640 --> 00:28:05.320
 But second,

00:28:05.420 --> 00:28:05.880
 if Jesus has

00:28:05.880 --> 00:28:06.280
 the authority

00:28:06.280 --> 00:28:07.120
 to forgive sins,

00:28:07.580 --> 00:28:08.420
 it means that

00:28:08.420 --> 00:28:08.860
 we should not

00:28:08.860 --> 00:28:09.440
 only trust him

00:28:09.440 --> 00:28:10.360
 for ourselves,

00:28:10.940 --> 00:28:12.400
 but we should

00:28:12.400 --> 00:28:13.160
 also eagerly

00:28:13.160 --> 00:28:13.880
 take others

00:28:13.880 --> 00:28:14.660
 to him as well.

00:28:15.500 --> 00:28:16.060
 Look again

00:28:16.060 --> 00:28:16.680
 at verses 18

00:28:16.680 --> 00:28:17.160
 and 19.

00:28:17.900 --> 00:28:18.460
 Look at the

00:28:18.460 --> 00:28:19.220
 length to which

00:28:19.220 --> 00:28:19.780
 these friends

00:28:19.780 --> 00:28:20.380
 will go in

00:28:20.380 --> 00:28:20.680
 order to

00:28:20.680 --> 00:28:21.100
 bring their

00:28:21.100 --> 00:28:21.660
 friend to

00:28:21.660 --> 00:28:22.080
 Jesus.

00:28:22.820 --> 00:28:23.580
 They dug a

00:28:23.580 --> 00:28:24.060
 hole through

00:28:24.060 --> 00:28:24.760
 a stranger's

00:28:24.760 --> 00:28:24.980
 roof.

00:28:25.000 --> 00:28:25.500
 And why did

00:28:25.500 --> 00:28:26.040
 they do it?

00:28:26.980 --> 00:28:27.720
 What gave

00:28:27.720 --> 00:28:28.040
 them the

00:28:28.040 --> 00:28:28.640
 courage and

00:28:28.640 --> 00:28:29.280
 the perseverance

00:28:29.280 --> 00:28:30.120
 and the

00:28:30.120 --> 00:28:31.000
 somewhat

00:28:31.000 --> 00:28:32.120
 insanity

00:28:32.120 --> 00:28:33.180
 to actually

00:28:33.180 --> 00:28:33.820
 do that?

00:28:36.440 --> 00:28:37.060
 Because they

00:28:37.060 --> 00:28:37.760
 knew Jesus

00:28:37.760 --> 00:28:38.260
 could help.

00:28:39.540 --> 00:28:40.100
 They had

00:28:40.100 --> 00:28:40.440
 heard the

00:28:40.440 --> 00:28:40.940
 reports.

00:28:41.180 --> 00:28:41.580
 They had

00:28:41.580 --> 00:28:41.940
 maybe even

00:28:41.940 --> 00:28:42.420
 met some

00:28:42.420 --> 00:28:42.620
 of the

00:28:42.620 --> 00:28:43.020
 people that

00:28:43.020 --> 00:28:43.440
 Jesus had

00:28:43.440 --> 00:28:43.780
 healed.

00:28:44.700 --> 00:28:45.280
 And how

00:28:45.280 --> 00:28:45.640
 much more,

00:28:45.760 --> 00:28:45.860
 friends,

00:28:45.920 --> 00:28:46.560
 can we have

00:28:46.560 --> 00:28:46.980
 that same

00:28:46.980 --> 00:28:47.700
 confidence today

00:28:47.700 --> 00:28:48.180
 because we

00:28:48.180 --> 00:28:48.500
 know him

00:28:48.500 --> 00:28:48.880
 not just

00:28:48.880 --> 00:28:49.200
 to be a

00:28:49.200 --> 00:28:49.680
 teacher and

00:28:49.680 --> 00:28:50.000
 not just

00:28:50.000 --> 00:28:50.620
 to be a

00:28:50.620 --> 00:28:51.299
 healer,

00:28:51.380 --> 00:28:51.940
 but we

00:28:51.940 --> 00:28:52.240
 know him

00:28:52.240 --> 00:28:52.600
 to be the

00:28:52.600 --> 00:28:53.740
 risen Lord.

00:28:55.779 --> 00:28:56.519
 Why don't I

00:28:56.519 --> 00:28:56.940
 invite my

00:28:56.940 --> 00:28:57.400
 friends to

00:28:57.400 --> 00:28:58.539
 lunch and

00:28:58.539 --> 00:28:58.860
 ask some

00:28:58.860 --> 00:28:59.220
 spiritual

00:28:59.220 --> 00:28:59.700
 questions?

00:28:59.799 --> 00:29:00.240
 Why don't I

00:29:00.240 --> 00:29:00.539
 give that

00:29:00.539 --> 00:29:01.299
 Christian book

00:29:01.299 --> 00:29:02.660
 to my

00:29:02.660 --> 00:29:03.120
 neighbor who

00:29:03.120 --> 00:29:03.480
 I've been

00:29:03.480 --> 00:29:04.039
 spending time

00:29:04.039 --> 00:29:04.340
 with?

00:29:05.019 --> 00:29:05.500
 Why don't I

00:29:05.500 --> 00:29:05.920
 invite my

00:29:05.920 --> 00:29:06.440
 roommate to

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 come to

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 church?

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 Friends,

00:29:08.240 --> 00:29:08.559
 if Jesus

00:29:08.559 --> 00:29:09.100
 does have

00:29:09.100 --> 00:29:09.539
 the authority

00:29:09.539 --> 00:29:09.900
 to forgive

00:29:09.900 --> 00:29:10.319
 sins,

00:29:10.500 --> 00:29:11.480
 then surely

00:29:11.480 --> 00:29:12.240
 we can be

00:29:12.240 --> 00:29:12.900
 confident that

00:29:12.900 --> 00:29:13.900
 he is exactly

00:29:13.900 --> 00:29:14.720
 who our

00:29:14.720 --> 00:29:15.360
 friends need

00:29:15.360 --> 00:29:15.840
 to meet,

00:29:16.280 --> 00:29:17.540
 no matter

00:29:17.540 --> 00:29:17.940
 what it

00:29:17.940 --> 00:29:18.340
 takes to

00:29:18.340 --> 00:29:18.580
 get him

00:29:18.580 --> 00:29:18.840
 there.

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 And you

00:29:20.220 --> 00:29:20.560
 might need

00:29:20.560 --> 00:29:20.860
 to take

00:29:20.860 --> 00:29:21.380
 the long

00:29:21.380 --> 00:29:22.100
 road around.

00:29:22.780 --> 00:29:23.380
 You might

00:29:23.380 --> 00:29:23.660
 have to

00:29:23.660 --> 00:29:24.100
 climb a

00:29:24.100 --> 00:29:24.560
 building or

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 two.

00:29:25.600 --> 00:29:25.960
 You might

00:29:25.960 --> 00:29:26.540
 have to

00:29:26.540 --> 00:29:27.220
 circumvent

00:29:27.220 --> 00:29:27.620
 a doubt

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 or two.

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 But no

00:29:31.920 --> 00:29:32.280
 matter how

00:29:32.280 --> 00:29:32.900
 patient or

00:29:32.900 --> 00:29:33.820
 how resourceful

00:29:33.820 --> 00:29:34.420
 we need to

00:29:34.420 --> 00:29:34.700
 be,

00:29:35.660 --> 00:29:36.420
 we can be

00:29:36.420 --> 00:29:38.000
 confident that

00:29:38.000 --> 00:29:39.500
 Jesus can and

00:29:39.500 --> 00:29:40.400
 does meet

00:29:40.400 --> 00:29:40.860
 us in our

00:29:40.860 --> 00:29:41.160
 need.

00:29:42.400 --> 00:29:43.300
 He has the

00:29:43.299 --> 00:29:43.839
 authority to

00:29:43.839 --> 00:29:44.519
 forgive sins.

00:29:47.500 --> 00:29:48.220
 So friends,

00:29:48.299 --> 00:29:48.619
 take this

00:29:48.619 --> 00:29:49.139
 message with

00:29:49.139 --> 00:29:49.319
 you.

00:29:50.259 --> 00:29:51.039
 Our greatest

00:29:51.039 --> 00:29:51.859
 need has been

00:29:51.859 --> 00:29:53.379
 met and our

00:29:53.379 --> 00:29:54.299
 greatest doubt

00:29:54.299 --> 00:29:54.740
 has been

00:29:54.740 --> 00:29:55.220
 answered.

00:29:55.419 --> 00:29:56.639
 Jesus has

00:29:56.639 --> 00:29:57.419
 the authority

00:29:57.419 --> 00:29:58.359
 to forgive

00:29:58.359 --> 00:29:59.139
 sins.

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 The crack

00:30:00.000 --> 00:30:01.319
 in everything

00:30:01.319 --> 00:30:02.519
 is being

00:30:02.519 --> 00:30:03.359
 mended.

00:30:04.419 --> 00:30:05.240
 Though we

00:30:05.240 --> 00:30:05.859
 are sinners,

00:30:06.019 --> 00:30:06.740
 in Jesus we

00:30:06.740 --> 00:30:07.099
 can be

00:30:07.099 --> 00:30:07.940
 declared right

00:30:07.940 --> 00:30:09.279
 with God.

00:30:09.379 --> 00:30:09.879
 So like

00:30:09.879 --> 00:30:11.399
 these people

00:30:11.399 --> 00:30:11.759
 in this

00:30:11.759 --> 00:30:12.139
 passage,

00:30:12.339 --> 00:30:13.279
 glorify him

00:30:13.279 --> 00:30:14.379
 with all

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 and let

00:30:16.200 --> 00:30:17.099
 no crowd

00:30:17.099 --> 00:30:18.240
 keep you

00:30:18.240 --> 00:30:18.680
 from coming

00:30:18.680 --> 00:30:19.059
 to him.

00:30:20.099 --> 00:30:20.599
 Let's

00:30:20.599 --> 00:30:20.819
 pray.

00:30:24.440 --> 00:30:25.180
 Lord Jesus,

00:30:25.319 --> 00:30:26.139
 we are

00:30:26.139 --> 00:30:26.680
 thankful

00:30:26.680 --> 00:30:28.619
 and we

00:30:28.619 --> 00:30:29.180
 are humbled

00:30:29.180 --> 00:30:29.759
 by the fact

00:30:29.759 --> 00:30:30.019
 that you

00:30:30.019 --> 00:30:30.519
 have come

00:30:30.519 --> 00:30:31.480
 and you

00:30:31.480 --> 00:30:31.920
 have declared

00:30:31.920 --> 00:30:32.399
 the forgiveness

00:30:32.399 --> 00:30:32.839
 of our

00:30:32.839 --> 00:30:33.119
 sins.

00:30:33.279 --> 00:30:33.839
 Help us

00:30:33.839 --> 00:30:34.660
 to embrace

00:30:34.660 --> 00:30:35.399
 this deep

00:30:35.399 --> 00:30:36.019
 down in

00:30:36.019 --> 00:30:36.720
 our hearts

00:30:36.720 --> 00:30:37.759
 so that we

00:30:37.759 --> 00:30:38.220
 too might

00:30:38.220 --> 00:30:38.879
 glorify you

00:30:38.879 --> 00:30:39.339
 with all

00:30:39.339 --> 00:30:40.220
 and know

00:30:40.220 --> 00:30:40.559
 the freedom

00:30:40.559 --> 00:30:40.859
 that it

00:30:40.859 --> 00:30:41.220
 brings.

00:30:41.220 --> 00:30:42.039
 Amen.

00:30:42.039 --> 00:30:42.140
 Amen.