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 Some of the most prominent themes in all of the Bible are the concepts of king and kingdom.

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! We talked about this a couple of weeks ago in our fellowship group.

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 We were working through the Lord's prayer and we were dealing with that phrase,

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 thy kingdom come.

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 What does that actually mean?

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 What is Jesus instructing us on when he asks us to pray that?

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 And we came back to this very thought.

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 And that is, if not the most primary theme in the Bible, certainly one of the most prominent themes in the Scripture

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 is this idea of king and kingdom.

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 And I want you to think of it for just a moment in the broader scope of your Bible that you have in your hand.

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 If you've ever read the Bible all the way through, if you're just familiar with how it's structured, you'll understand this.

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 The Bible begins with a picture of kingdom with a king, right?

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 We go to Genesis.

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 We see God creates the world.

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 He creates this kingdom, the kingdom of this world.

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 It is a kingdom that is completely untouched by sin.

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 And what does he put in the midst of this kingdom, of this garden?

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 He puts a certain creature, Adam.

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 And what is Adam to act as there in God's kingdom?

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 As God's king.

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 He's God's representative to the world that God has created.

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 He is there to image God.

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 To guard the garden.

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 To speak truth.

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 To lead faithfully.

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 That's what Adam is meant to do.

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 That's what God creates him to do.

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 And he plants him in the garden, untouched by sin, for that purpose.

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 Now, let's pause from that.

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 And we're going to go to the whole other end of the Bible.

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 You're going to skip all the stuff in the middle.

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 We're going to go to the very end.

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 And you get to the book of Revelation.

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 What is it that we find there?

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 Well, this is the revealing of a new kingdom.

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 The new heavens.

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 The new earth.

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 God restoring a kingdom.

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 Not that it is untouched by sin in the same way.

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 But it is totally redeemed from sin.

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 And what does God use in this kingdom to lead it?

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 A new king.

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 The true and better Adam.

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 Jesus reigns in perfect righteousness in his eternal kingdom there.

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 And so we can see right there from just the big picture.

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 If we're thinking biblical theology for a moment.

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 The Bible starts with kingdom and king.

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 It ends with kingdom and king.

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 And everything in the middle is this incredible story of man's rebellion.

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 Man's redemption.

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 Man's restoration.

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 Through the saving work of God's king.

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 Now, these are the themes that are at the heart of the Advent season.

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 Which, according to the traditional Christian liturgical calendar, actually begins today.

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 I don't know if you realize that or not.

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 Maybe some of you did.

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 And maybe you're planning to start either this morning or tonight.

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 You've got your Advent devotional set aside that you're going to work through leading all the way up to December 24th.

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 But today is the first Sunday of Advent.

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 And these themes of king and kingdom is right at the very heart of it, isn't it?

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 From the first time that man sinned in the garden, Adam and Eve, continuing all through the scriptures thereafter,

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 God promised and reissued and continued these promises to send a savior king, a messiah, a Christ,

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 who would save his people from sin.

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 As the kids are learning in their kids' class on Sunday mornings,

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 who will crush the head of the serpent, right?

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 Who will restore the kingdom.

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 Advent itself, it means arrival.

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 Advent is about the arrival of this promised king.

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 In the liturgical season, which will run through December 24th,

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 it's meant to be a time of preparation, a time of anticipation that unfolds into,

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 if you're following strictly the liturgical calendar,

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 it will fold into the 12 days of Christmas,

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 which some of you kids may not realize is more than just a song, right?

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 And what is the 12 days of Christmas?

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 It's a time of celebration.

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 Celebration of what?

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 The fact that the king has come.

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 So we look to this promise in Advent.

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 We look to God's promises of a messiah.

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 And in Christmas season, we rejoice that the messiah has actually come.

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 Now, why am I saying all of this?

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 Because today we're going to find our place here in Luke's gospel.

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 And when you come to your Bible and you begin to read,

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 particularly in the four gospels, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John,

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 you need to understand what their goal is as they write.

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 These are not just basic biographies.

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 That's not what these books are.

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 Certainly they have biographical information,

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 but the authors, Luke, is not writing just to tell us some interesting stories

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 about the life of Jesus of Nazareth.

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 That's not what he's doing.

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 That's why we call them gospels and not biographies.

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 Gospel meaning good news.

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 These are declarations.

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 They are proclamations.

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 They are arguments in that sense.

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 And what Luke and Matthew and Mark and John are doing

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 is they are trying to convince you, persuade you as the reader,

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 the listener of this book,

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 that Jesus of Nazareth is that promised king

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 and that in his coming, his advent, his arrival,

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 what he has brought with it is the inbreaking of this kingdom

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 that he will one day complete at his return.

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 Now, I want you to think about Luke's gospel for a moment.

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 He even begins his gospel by doing what?

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 Detailing the events of the literal arrival of the king in Bethlehem.

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 And everything that follows in this book is Luke's account.

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 It serves the purpose of declaring this good news

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 that Jesus Christ is the king

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 and how through his life and death and resurrection,

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 he made a way for you to be a citizen of his kingdom.

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 Totally redeemed from sin.

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 So on this first Sunday of Advent,

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 we're not going to do an Advent series.

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 We'll be back in 1 Peter next week.

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 But at least on this first Sunday of Advent,

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 I want to take you through a story in Luke

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 that I think beautifully portrays Jesus as king

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 and reveals how you can enter his kingdom.

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 Let's read it together.

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 Luke 17, verses 11 to 19.

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 On the way to Jerusalem,

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 he was passing along between Samaria and Galilee.

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 And as he entered a village,

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 he was met by 10 lepers who stood at a distance,

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 lifted up their voices saying,

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 Jesus, master, have mercy on us.

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 When he saw them, he said to them,

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 go and show yourselves to the priest.

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 And as they went, they were cleansed.

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 Then one of them, when he saw that he was healed,

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 turned back, praising God with a loud voice,

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 and he fell on his face at Jesus' feet,

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 giving him thanks.

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 Now he was a Samaritan.

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 And then Jesus answered,

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 were not 10 cleansed?

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 Where are the nine?

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 Was no one found to return and give praise to God

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 except this foreigner?

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 And he said to him,

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 rise and go your way.

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 Your faith has made you well.

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 Now perhaps you're familiar with this story.

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 Only Luke records it.

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 And it's usually presented as a powerful lesson

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 on gratitude and on thanksgiving.

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 Of course, highlighting the one former leper

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 who after being cleansed,

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 out of all the others,

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 goes back to Jesus and offers his thanksgiving.

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 And there can be no doubt that thanksgiving

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 is certainly a big part of this text.

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 I want to suggest to you, though,

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 that thanksgiving and gratitude

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 is not actually the point of this text.

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 What is this text actually meant to be doing here?

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 Why did Luke care to write it

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 when Matthew and Mark and John didn't?

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 And why did he place it where he placed it?

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 And I want to suggest that

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 actually the main point of this story

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 and why Luke includes it for us

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 is actually to give us a picture of the gospel.

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 It's to glorify Jesus as king,

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 which I've already said

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 is kind of the whole point of the book, right?

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 It's to show that Jesus is this king

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 and that he has brought the kingdom

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 and that you might enter it

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 if you trust him and believe him.

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 I think that's what Luke's actually doing

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 in this little story.

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 Yes, we want to be thankful.

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 We don't want to miss that here.

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 But I don't think it's actually about that.

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 It's about something much more profound than that.

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 Sometimes we look at the arrangement of material

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 in the gospels

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 and we think that maybe they're just

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 kind of this random assortment of events.

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 And I think that would be a mistake

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 for you to approach the gospels that way.

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 That would, one, be a pretty low view

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 of these four authors that wrote this.

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 Certainly they were more intelligent

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 and more intentional

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 than just to collect a bunch of random things

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 and with no particular order.

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 I actually think Luke's doing something

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 very different than that.

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 He is carefully ordering his material.

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 He's organizing this book

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 so that we might understand his argument.

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 So we need to determine

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 why Luke chose to place this story here.

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 And the only way to do that

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 is to look at what else he put around it.

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 So let's just zoom out for just a moment

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 and consider the chapter.

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 In verses one to four,

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 we find Jesus is teaching his disciples

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 a lesson on obedience and repentance

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 and the forgiveness that comes

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 after that repentance.

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 And he's doing that in the context

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 of how they are to interact with one another.

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 And of course, as they're interacting

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 with one another,

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 they are imaging God

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 and God's call to repentance

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 and God's willingness to forgive

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 again and again and again and again.

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 So we have that teaching there

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 in the first four verses.

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 And we get to verses five and six

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 and we see Jesus is teaching

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 another lesson to his disciples on faith.

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 It's a common one

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 that we see him teaching in the Gospels.

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 Little faith, like a mustard seed

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 that can do impossible things, right?

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 And of course, what's the point of that lesson?

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 It's not to say that

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 if you just believe hard enough,

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 you can do anything.

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 No, that's a worldly message.

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 That's not a biblical message.

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 No, what does Jesus mean to teach us there?

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 He means to say that faith,

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 God responds to faith

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 by doing the impossible in your life.

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 Faith is at the heart of it

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 and it only takes a little bit of it.

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 And God responds with magnificent things in our lives.

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 And then we get to the next section.

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 We get to verses seven to 10

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 and we find this maybe strange story

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 that Jesus is telling about a master

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 and his servants.

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 It's a story about servant-hearted humility

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 and submission to God.

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 We might say it this way,

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 it's a story about lordship

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 and humble service to the king.

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 All right, and then comes this story

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 that we just read.

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 But we got to look at what comes after it.

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 That'll help us get the proper context.

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 We see right in verses 20 all the way to 37,

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 we see Jesus is now in a conversation

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 with a group of Pharisees.

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 And the whole conversation

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 is about the coming kingdom.

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 In verses 22 to 37,

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 it's all focused on the kingdom

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 that is to come at the end,

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 the eschaton, right?

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 At the end when Jesus returns,

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 the day of judgment that will come

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 and what will that be like

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 and what will the signs be like

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 when the kingdom does finally come in its fullness.

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 That's verses 22 to 37.

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 But Jesus does this thing

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 that would have surprised the Pharisees,

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 certainly they wouldn't have bought into it,

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 and that's in verses 20 to 21.

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 Before he says, yes,

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 the kingdom is indeed coming,

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 he says it's actually already here

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 in some measure.

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 Just look at it in verse 20.

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 Being asked by the Pharisees

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 when the kingdom would come,

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 he answered the kingdom of God

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 is not coming in ways that can be observed.

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 They were looking for, in that moment,

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 for these big signs,

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 political arrangements

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 and military arrangements

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 and a particular king

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 that's gonna sit on a throne

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 and do all these things,

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 things you can see.

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 Jesus says the kingdom

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 isn't coming that way right now.

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 You won't be able to see it

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 the way that you think

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 you'll be able to see it.

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 Nor will they say,

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 look, here it is, they're there.

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 Why?

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 Because the kingdom

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 is in the midst of you, he says.

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 It's in the midst of you.

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 So there's this already,

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 not yet view of the kingdom.

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 Yes, it will come in its fullness,

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 but it's already here

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 in some measure.

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 Now, we take all of that into account

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 and we realize,

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 when we put this story

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 in its context,

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 what is it exactly

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 that Luke's doing

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 by telling us about these lepers?

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 We find that he's using it

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 as a living illustration

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 of all of these truths

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 that Jesus was teaching

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 in this chapter

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 that he's arranged for us.

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 He's got repentance,

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 he's got faith,

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 he's got lordship,

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 he's got kingdom,

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 he's got king,

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 he's got all of it there

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 right in the middle of it.

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 He says,

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 now let me tell you this story

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 about something that happened

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 with Jesus and these lepers

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 that perfectly shows

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 all of these things

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 and how they are lived out

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 in practice.

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 Jesus' interaction

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 with this man in particular,

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 it reveals how the kingdom

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 is already in our midst

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 and its citizens

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 are marked by repentance

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 and faith

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 and submission

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 to Jesus as king.

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 And the placement of it here,

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 it emphasizes a sign

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 that the kingdom

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 has come in Jesus

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 and that citizenship

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 in that kingdom

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 depends entirely

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 on faith in him.

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 And that's the two parts

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 that I want to point out

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 to you here.

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 First, I want you to see this.

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 I want you to see the sign

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 of the king,

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 the sign of the king.

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 Look again at verses 11 to 14.

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 Let's just read this part

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 of the story again.

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 On the way to Jerusalem,

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 he was passing along

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 between Samaria and Galilee.

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 And as he entered a village,

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 he was met by ten lepers

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 who stood at a distance,

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 lifted up their voices,

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 saying,

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 Jesus, Master,

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 have mercy on us.

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 When he saw them,

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 he said to them,

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 go and show yourselves

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 to the priest.

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 And as they went,

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 they were cleansed.

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 Now, let's think about

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 this first phrase.

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 He's on his way to Jerusalem,

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 which is really how

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 Luke is structuring

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 his narrative.

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 Beginning all the way back

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 at chapter 9,

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 he structures it

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 around this final journey

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 that Jesus is taking

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 from Galilee

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 to Jerusalem.

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 And you know what

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 he is moving to Jerusalem

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 to do?

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 To die on a cross.

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 And that's how Luke

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 is tracking these stories

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 and these lessons

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 along in his particular gospels.

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 Those who had a messianic

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 thought of Jesus

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 believed that he was

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 going to get there

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 and he was going to

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 assume a throne,

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 deliver Israel from Rome.

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 If you think back,

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 even if you've ever studied

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 what we call

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 the triumphal entry,

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 what was that all about?

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 That's at the end

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 of this journey

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 that Luke's referring to.

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 Jesus finally does

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 get to Jerusalem

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 and he rides on that donkey

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 and what is it

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 that the people do?

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 They welcome him

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 as a king.

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 They throw down

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 their garments

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 and the palm branches

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 and they shout,

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 Hosanna!

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 Salvation is here!

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 The Lord saves!

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 And they're expecting

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 Jesus is going to

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 mount this donkey

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 and he's going to

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 ride it all the way

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 to the throne.

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 Except that's not

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 where he rides.

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 He rides to the temple,

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 doesn't he?

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 He didn't come

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 to sit on a throne,

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 not at least

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 in this instance.

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 He came to die

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 on a cross.

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 God's king,

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 he wasn't going

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 to deliver his people

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 by defeating Rome.

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 He had come

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 to deliver his people

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 by defeating sin

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 and making an atonement

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 for their sin.

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 And we find

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 Jesus is early

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 in this journey

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 at this point

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 in Luke's gospel.

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 And he's journeying

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 north from Galilee,

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 south to Jerusalem.

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 And he's going

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 towards Samaria

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 at this point.

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 And of course,

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 he and his disciples

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 are met by a group

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 of lepers

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 as they entered

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 the village.

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 Now that the encounter

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 took place

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 at the entrance

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 of the village

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 makes a lot of sense,

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 doesn't it?

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 Because lepers

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 were excluded

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 from society

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 on account

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 of their condition.

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 This form

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 of leprosy

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 that we see

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 notated

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 in the gospels

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 was a terrible

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 terminal

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 disease.

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 It involved

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 skin lesions

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 that would spread

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 through the body

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 and cause it

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 to decay.

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 It also affected

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 the nervous system

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 in a unique way.

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 It created

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 this numbing effect

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 so that their brain

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 wouldn't always register

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 whenever they were

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 sensing pain

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 or when something

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 was wrong.

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 So you can imagine

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 the longer that

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 these people lived,

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 it was a slow disease

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 the way that it took over.

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 But the longer

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 they would live,

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 not only would their

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 body be deteriorating,

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 but they might

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 would roll an ankle

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 and not realize

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 exactly what's happening.

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 and it creates

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 these other injuries

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 that are unrelated

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 to the skin lesions.

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 It's just a terrible

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 way to have to live

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 your life.

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 Leprosy wasn't

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 just a diagnosis.

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 It was a death sentence.

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 A leper didn't

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 just lose their health.

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 They lost everything.

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 They lost their family.

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 They lost their home,

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 their job,

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 their community.

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 They weren't allowed

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 to worship any longer

00:18:48.899 --> 00:18:50.000
 in synagogue or temple

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 either one.

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 They're outcasts

00:18:52.740 --> 00:18:53.940
 living on the fringes

00:18:53.940 --> 00:18:54.599
 of society

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 and barring a miracle

00:18:56.099 --> 00:18:56.779
 in their lives,

00:18:56.899 --> 00:18:58.119
 this kind of leprosy

00:18:58.119 --> 00:19:00.539
 had a 100% death rate.

00:19:03.539 --> 00:19:04.679
 Lepers were required

00:19:04.679 --> 00:19:06.079
 to cover themselves,

00:19:06.319 --> 00:19:07.059
 cover their faces

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 whenever they would get

00:19:08.559 --> 00:19:10.359
 within a certain distance

00:19:10.359 --> 00:19:11.119
 from other people

00:19:11.119 --> 00:19:11.919
 who were healthy.

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 They would have to yell out,

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 they'd cover their face

00:19:13.740 --> 00:19:14.700
 and they'd have to yell out,

00:19:14.779 --> 00:19:15.480
 unclean!

00:19:16.320 --> 00:19:16.800
 Unclean!

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 It was the law.

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 They were highly contagious.

00:19:23.259 --> 00:19:23.980
 And here Jesus

00:19:23.980 --> 00:19:24.960
 and his disciples

00:19:24.960 --> 00:19:27.140
 are nearing a village

00:19:27.140 --> 00:19:28.720
 in Samaria,

00:19:28.960 --> 00:19:29.980
 bordering Samaria

00:19:29.980 --> 00:19:30.759
 and Galilee.

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 And here's this group

00:19:33.539 --> 00:19:34.060
 of lepers,

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 this commune outside,

00:19:35.800 --> 00:19:36.420
 10 lepers,

00:19:37.180 --> 00:19:38.320
 who cover their faces

00:19:38.320 --> 00:19:39.980
 but it's not unclean

00:19:39.980 --> 00:19:40.860
 that they yell out.

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 Somehow they recognize

00:19:43.580 --> 00:19:44.259
 who this is

00:19:44.259 --> 00:19:44.700
 that's coming.

00:19:44.840 --> 00:19:46.080
 Perhaps there's a crowd

00:19:46.080 --> 00:19:47.539
 that's following Jesus along.

00:19:47.840 --> 00:19:48.400
 At this point,

00:19:48.440 --> 00:19:49.019
 he's three years

00:19:49.019 --> 00:19:49.840
 into this ministry.

00:19:50.180 --> 00:19:51.120
 His fame was spread

00:19:51.120 --> 00:19:52.140
 even beyond Israel

00:19:52.140 --> 00:19:52.920
 at this point.

00:19:53.580 --> 00:19:54.340
 They recognized

00:19:54.340 --> 00:19:55.060
 who he was

00:19:55.060 --> 00:19:56.019
 and they cry out,

00:19:56.140 --> 00:19:56.519
 Jesus,

00:19:57.080 --> 00:19:57.940
 Master,

00:19:58.940 --> 00:20:00.580
 have mercy

00:20:00.580 --> 00:20:02.460
 on us.

00:20:03.920 --> 00:20:05.620
 Such is the cry

00:20:05.620 --> 00:20:07.100
 from many of the suffering people

00:20:07.100 --> 00:20:08.140
 who encounter Jesus

00:20:08.140 --> 00:20:09.560
 in the Gospels.

00:20:10.740 --> 00:20:12.000
 Mercy from God

00:20:12.000 --> 00:20:13.220
 through his Messiah

00:20:13.220 --> 00:20:15.300
 was their only hope

00:20:15.300 --> 00:20:16.480
 for life.

00:20:18.240 --> 00:20:19.460
 And these poor souls

00:20:19.460 --> 00:20:20.300
 did what any of us

00:20:20.300 --> 00:20:20.820
 would have done.

00:20:21.540 --> 00:20:22.600
 You've heard the stories

00:20:22.600 --> 00:20:23.800
 of this great healer?

00:20:25.140 --> 00:20:26.040
 And here he comes.

00:20:26.160 --> 00:20:27.840
 Maybe before they had

00:20:27.840 --> 00:20:28.940
 contracted the disease,

00:20:29.060 --> 00:20:30.080
 maybe they had witnessed him

00:20:30.080 --> 00:20:30.580
 do it

00:20:30.580 --> 00:20:32.140
 or heard him teach.

00:20:32.480 --> 00:20:33.620
 They recognize him

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 and they do what we would have done.

00:20:34.579 --> 00:20:35.740
 Have mercy!

00:20:37.359 --> 00:20:37.919
 Lord,

00:20:38.139 --> 00:20:38.740
 have mercy.

00:20:40.839 --> 00:20:41.899
 They begged for

00:20:41.899 --> 00:20:42.879
 the great healer

00:20:42.879 --> 00:20:43.579
 to show mercy

00:20:43.579 --> 00:20:44.059
 and help him

00:20:44.059 --> 00:20:45.659
 and what we find Jesus doing

00:20:45.659 --> 00:20:46.539
 is what we find Jesus

00:20:46.539 --> 00:20:47.179
 always doing.

00:20:48.079 --> 00:20:49.299
 He hears their cry

00:20:49.299 --> 00:20:49.879
 and he answers

00:20:49.879 --> 00:20:51.819
 and he heals them.

00:20:52.659 --> 00:20:53.359
 And what's amazing

00:20:53.359 --> 00:20:54.839
 about this particular miracle

00:20:54.839 --> 00:20:56.539
 is that Jesus does it

00:20:56.539 --> 00:20:57.379
 in the most

00:20:57.379 --> 00:20:59.179
 undramatic way ever.

00:21:01.359 --> 00:21:02.539
 It's very quick.

00:21:03.200 --> 00:21:04.700
 He doesn't converse

00:21:04.700 --> 00:21:05.019
 with them

00:21:05.019 --> 00:21:05.899
 at least in the way

00:21:05.899 --> 00:21:06.779
 that Luke tells the story.

00:21:06.899 --> 00:21:07.379
 He doesn't converse

00:21:07.379 --> 00:21:08.119
 with them in any way.

00:21:08.440 --> 00:21:09.399
 He doesn't touch them

00:21:09.399 --> 00:21:10.259
 like we see him doing

00:21:10.259 --> 00:21:11.440
 with other lepers.

00:21:11.599 --> 00:21:12.379
 There's very little

00:21:12.379 --> 00:21:13.259
 interaction here.

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 This is very undramatic,

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 isn't it?

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 What does he do?

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 He just simply says,

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 go show yourself

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 to the priest.

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 Now this was important.

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 This was part of the law.

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 In order to be able

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 to reenter society again,

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 to get their life back,

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 they would have to go

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 to the temple.

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 They'd have to present

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 themselves to the priest.

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 Then eight days

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 they would have to live

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 and be monitored

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 and observed

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 before they would actually

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 be allowed back

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 into society.

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 The people who went

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 to present themselves

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 before the priest

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 were the people

00:21:41.559 --> 00:21:42.539
 who believed themselves

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 to have been healed

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 of their disease

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 or cleansed

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 from their leprosy.

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 Jesus tells these men,

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 if they were all men,

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 he tells these ten lepers

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 to go and present themselves

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 to the priest

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 except they're not clean.

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 They're not healed.

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 They're still leprous.

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 They're still leprous.

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 Meaning that before

00:22:01.279 --> 00:22:02.279
 anything's going to happen

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 for them in this moment,

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 some measure of faith

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 and obedience

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 has to come into play.

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 Surely there was

00:22:09.100 --> 00:22:10.039
 a discussion, right?

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 Who knows how long

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 they've been out there

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 together, dying.

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 They've heard the stories,

00:22:17.820 --> 00:22:18.360
 maybe they've heard

00:22:18.360 --> 00:22:19.100
 about Jesus actually

00:22:19.100 --> 00:22:19.700
 touching others

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 and he's telling us

00:22:20.900 --> 00:22:21.440
 to go to the priest.

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 How can we do that?

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 They're not even going

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 to let us in the city.

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 Eventually they decide

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 to do it

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 and what happens?

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 As they are on their way,

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 they're cleansed

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 suddenly.

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 And this cleansing,

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 it wouldn't have been

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 minor.

00:22:43.179 --> 00:22:44.559
 They had everything to gain,

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 nothing to lose.

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 They set out for the temple

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 and suddenly their skin

00:22:48.899 --> 00:22:50.339
 becomes perfectly healthy.

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 They're healthy.

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 The broken bones

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 that maybe they had

00:22:55.219 --> 00:22:56.479
 suffered along the way

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 are strong,

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 set in place,

00:23:02.859 --> 00:23:04.159
 missing fingers

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 are suddenly present

00:23:05.279 --> 00:23:06.139
 and functioning,

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 whatever was the case.

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 Jesus never heals halfway.

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 The cleansing he brings,

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 it's total,

00:23:14.859 --> 00:23:15.359
 it's complete

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 and these lepers

00:23:16.659 --> 00:23:17.559
 would have experienced

00:23:17.559 --> 00:23:19.539
 new life and health

00:23:19.539 --> 00:23:20.519
 to the fullest

00:23:20.519 --> 00:23:22.259
 as a result of Jesus'

00:23:22.259 --> 00:23:23.599
 kindness toward them.

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 It's not hard to see

00:23:25.960 --> 00:23:26.859
 the symbolism here,

00:23:26.920 --> 00:23:27.220
 is it?

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 It's a symbol

00:23:29.779 --> 00:23:31.200
 of the spiritual cleansing

00:23:31.200 --> 00:23:32.680
 that Jesus came

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 to bring all

00:23:33.400 --> 00:23:34.119
 who will trust

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 and obey him.

00:23:36.079 --> 00:23:37.019
 And that cleansing,

00:23:37.240 --> 00:23:38.160
 just like the cleansing

00:23:38.160 --> 00:23:38.940
 of these lepers,

00:23:39.879 --> 00:23:41.019
 is total.

00:23:41.920 --> 00:23:42.839
 It's complete.

00:23:43.019 --> 00:23:43.720
 He doesn't do anything

00:23:43.720 --> 00:23:44.259
 halfway.

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 He doesn't come

00:23:45.539 --> 00:23:46.140
 part of the way

00:23:46.140 --> 00:23:46.779
 and expect you

00:23:46.779 --> 00:23:47.519
 to come the rest

00:23:47.519 --> 00:23:48.019
 of the way

00:23:48.019 --> 00:23:49.259
 to complete the process.

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 No, he does it all

00:23:50.339 --> 00:23:51.480
 from start to finish.

00:23:51.480 --> 00:23:53.240
 to the fullest.

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 It lacks nothing at all.

00:23:57.120 --> 00:23:58.120
 It comes entirely

00:23:58.120 --> 00:24:00.259
 of Jesus' own kindness

00:24:00.259 --> 00:24:01.700
 and compassion

00:24:01.700 --> 00:24:03.640
 toward sinners.

00:24:04.579 --> 00:24:06.220
 Just like those lepers,

00:24:06.700 --> 00:24:07.700
 spiritually speaking,

00:24:07.880 --> 00:24:08.460
 each of us

00:24:08.460 --> 00:24:09.380
 have a death sentence

00:24:09.380 --> 00:24:10.120
 on our lives.

00:24:11.120 --> 00:24:12.559
 100% death rate.

00:24:12.559 --> 00:24:16.019
 The only hope we have

00:24:16.019 --> 00:24:17.419
 is a miracle from God

00:24:17.419 --> 00:24:19.940
 that he will intervene,

00:24:20.500 --> 00:24:22.379
 that he will show mercy

00:24:22.379 --> 00:24:23.779
 to us,

00:24:24.000 --> 00:24:25.319
 kindness and compassion

00:24:25.319 --> 00:24:27.139
 to us.

00:24:28.819 --> 00:24:30.179
 Mercy from God

00:24:30.179 --> 00:24:31.000
 through his king

00:24:31.000 --> 00:24:32.899
 is your only hope.

00:24:32.900 --> 00:24:35.660
 And if you will come

00:24:35.660 --> 00:24:36.480
 through his king,

00:24:37.420 --> 00:24:38.460
 your healing,

00:24:38.600 --> 00:24:39.100
 your cleansing

00:24:39.100 --> 00:24:40.900
 will be complete,

00:24:41.640 --> 00:24:42.940
 paid in full.

00:24:45.060 --> 00:24:46.560
 Now the prophets foretold

00:24:46.560 --> 00:24:48.000
 that a sign of the Messiah

00:24:48.000 --> 00:24:48.840
 would be his power

00:24:48.840 --> 00:24:49.320
 to heal.

00:24:51.519 --> 00:24:52.620
 Jesus demonstrated

00:24:52.620 --> 00:24:53.320
 that power

00:24:53.320 --> 00:24:54.800
 on a remarkably

00:24:54.800 --> 00:24:56.019
 massive scale.

00:24:58.060 --> 00:24:58.759
 John MacArthur

00:24:58.759 --> 00:24:59.620
 used to talk about

00:24:59.619 --> 00:25:01.619
 how Jesus essentially

00:25:01.619 --> 00:25:03.039
 eradicated disease

00:25:03.039 --> 00:25:03.779
 from Israel

00:25:03.779 --> 00:25:04.839
 throughout his ministry.

00:25:05.299 --> 00:25:05.479
 I mean,

00:25:05.500 --> 00:25:06.739
 we're talking thousands

00:25:06.739 --> 00:25:07.819
 and thousands

00:25:07.819 --> 00:25:08.879
 and thousands

00:25:08.879 --> 00:25:09.519
 of people

00:25:09.519 --> 00:25:11.079
 who are coming to him

00:25:11.079 --> 00:25:13.179
 sometimes on a daily basis.

00:25:13.819 --> 00:25:15.059
 They're being healed

00:25:15.059 --> 00:25:16.179
 in tangible ways.

00:25:16.279 --> 00:25:16.879
 It's not something

00:25:16.879 --> 00:25:17.599
 that you could just

00:25:17.599 --> 00:25:18.279
 quickly dismiss

00:25:18.279 --> 00:25:19.159
 to say there's no way

00:25:19.159 --> 00:25:19.719
 that happened.

00:25:19.979 --> 00:25:20.739
 If there was maybe

00:25:20.739 --> 00:25:22.299
 just a handful of people

00:25:22.299 --> 00:25:23.879
 that Jesus had claimed

00:25:23.879 --> 00:25:24.359
 to have healed,

00:25:24.459 --> 00:25:25.039
 maybe so.

00:25:25.139 --> 00:25:26.579
 This is healing

00:25:26.579 --> 00:25:28.079
 on a massive scale.

00:25:28.079 --> 00:25:30.659
 Thousands of people.

00:25:32.500 --> 00:25:33.740
 And what he did

00:25:33.740 --> 00:25:35.480
 for these lepers

00:25:35.480 --> 00:25:38.179
 doesn't even begin

00:25:38.179 --> 00:25:39.379
 to scratch the surface

00:25:39.379 --> 00:25:40.039
 of the power

00:25:40.039 --> 00:25:41.039
 that he demonstrated

00:25:41.039 --> 00:25:42.480
 throughout his three years

00:25:42.480 --> 00:25:42.980
 of ministry.

00:25:43.079 --> 00:25:44.199
 And what was this all about?

00:25:44.480 --> 00:25:45.579
 Why does Luke record

00:25:45.579 --> 00:25:46.919
 all of these instances?

00:25:47.240 --> 00:25:48.079
 Matthew and Mark

00:25:48.079 --> 00:25:48.919
 and John the same.

00:25:49.000 --> 00:25:49.599
 Why did they even

00:25:49.599 --> 00:25:50.720
 add this in there?

00:25:50.939 --> 00:25:51.579
 Well, it's not just

00:25:51.579 --> 00:25:52.480
 to amaze us.

00:25:52.599 --> 00:25:53.619
 It's to show us

00:25:53.619 --> 00:25:54.539
 something about Jesus.

00:25:54.799 --> 00:25:55.559
 It's to say

00:25:55.559 --> 00:25:57.199
 Jesus is that king

00:25:57.200 --> 00:25:58.759
 that Isaiah said

00:25:58.759 --> 00:25:59.620
 when he comes

00:25:59.620 --> 00:26:00.920
 the blind will see

00:26:00.920 --> 00:26:02.380
 and the lame will leap

00:26:02.380 --> 00:26:04.080
 and the dumb will speak.

00:26:05.360 --> 00:26:06.360
 It's marked

00:26:06.360 --> 00:26:07.519
 in his existence

00:26:07.519 --> 00:26:08.620
 and what he has done.

00:26:08.980 --> 00:26:09.960
 Just look at Jesus.

00:26:10.180 --> 00:26:12.319
 He is the king.

00:26:13.400 --> 00:26:14.819
 The savior king.

00:26:15.779 --> 00:26:16.640
 God sends

00:26:16.640 --> 00:26:17.500
 his people.

00:26:17.620 --> 00:26:17.960
 That's the point.

00:26:18.039 --> 00:26:18.500
 The first part

00:26:18.500 --> 00:26:19.500
 of this story,

00:26:19.620 --> 00:26:19.840
 I think.

00:26:19.900 --> 00:26:20.819
 Yeah, there's compassion.

00:26:21.000 --> 00:26:22.200
 There's this

00:26:22.200 --> 00:26:23.720
 microcosm

00:26:23.720 --> 00:26:25.480
 of a gospel story

00:26:25.480 --> 00:26:26.059
 right here

00:26:26.059 --> 00:26:27.640
 in these first few verses

00:26:27.640 --> 00:26:28.319
 and all of it's

00:26:28.319 --> 00:26:29.140
 pointing to the fact

00:26:29.140 --> 00:26:30.400
 that Jesus is king.

00:26:31.319 --> 00:26:32.400
 The king has come.

00:26:33.599 --> 00:26:34.039
 Well, then we get

00:26:34.039 --> 00:26:34.680
 to the second part

00:26:34.680 --> 00:26:35.240
 of the story

00:26:35.240 --> 00:26:35.700
 and we see

00:26:35.700 --> 00:26:36.759
 we move from

00:26:36.759 --> 00:26:37.680
 a sign of the king

00:26:37.680 --> 00:26:38.440
 to now we're seeing

00:26:38.440 --> 00:26:40.180
 a citizen of the kingdom.

00:26:41.180 --> 00:26:42.180
 Citizen of the kingdom.

00:26:42.420 --> 00:26:43.660
 Look at 15 to 19.

00:26:45.420 --> 00:26:46.420
 Then one of them,

00:26:47.339 --> 00:26:47.839
 when he saw

00:26:47.839 --> 00:26:48.620
 that he was healed,

00:26:49.620 --> 00:26:50.380
 turned back.

00:26:51.180 --> 00:26:52.160
 He was praising God

00:26:52.160 --> 00:26:53.120
 with a loud voice

00:26:53.119 --> 00:26:55.019
 and he fell on his face

00:26:55.019 --> 00:26:56.919
 at Jesus' feet

00:26:56.919 --> 00:26:58.959
 giving him thanks.

00:27:00.500 --> 00:27:01.779
 Now he's a Samaritan

00:27:01.779 --> 00:27:03.719
 and Jesus answered,

00:27:03.859 --> 00:27:04.979
 Were not ten cleansed?

00:27:05.699 --> 00:27:06.679
 Where are the other nine?

00:27:08.299 --> 00:27:09.139
 Was no one found

00:27:09.139 --> 00:27:09.739
 to return

00:27:09.739 --> 00:27:10.939
 and give praise to God

00:27:10.939 --> 00:27:11.719
 except this foreigner?

00:27:12.939 --> 00:27:13.979
 And he said to him,

00:27:14.039 --> 00:27:14.619
 that is he said

00:27:14.619 --> 00:27:16.079
 to this former leper

00:27:16.079 --> 00:27:16.899
 who has returned,

00:27:17.719 --> 00:27:19.039
 Rise and go your way.

00:27:19.859 --> 00:27:21.199
 Your faith has made you

00:27:21.199 --> 00:27:22.339
 well.

00:27:22.339 --> 00:27:25.459
 Now all of those lepers

00:27:25.459 --> 00:27:27.240
 experienced an incredible

00:27:27.240 --> 00:27:30.159
 life-changing miracle.

00:27:32.179 --> 00:27:34.359
 This one experienced

00:27:34.359 --> 00:27:35.679
 something that he

00:27:35.679 --> 00:27:37.679
 could have never imagined here.

00:27:39.119 --> 00:27:39.779
 Luke here,

00:27:39.899 --> 00:27:40.740
 he moves from the many

00:27:40.740 --> 00:27:41.500
 to the one.

00:27:42.259 --> 00:27:43.419
 He's making a distinction

00:27:43.419 --> 00:27:44.599
 in the work

00:27:44.599 --> 00:27:45.519
 that Jesus is doing.

00:27:45.659 --> 00:27:47.139
 There is this big work

00:27:47.139 --> 00:27:48.000
 that he's doing in the ten.

00:27:48.079 --> 00:27:48.839
 There's a different work

00:27:48.839 --> 00:27:49.819
 that he's doing in the one.

00:27:50.759 --> 00:27:51.399
 It's significant.

00:27:52.339 --> 00:27:55.639
 They were all

00:27:55.639 --> 00:27:56.480
 cleansed of body.

00:27:57.459 --> 00:27:58.439
 This one, I believe,

00:27:58.480 --> 00:27:59.519
 was cleansed of soul.

00:28:01.039 --> 00:28:01.720
 And we find that

00:28:01.720 --> 00:28:03.019
 in Jesus' final statement

00:28:03.019 --> 00:28:03.919
 in verse 19.

00:28:04.480 --> 00:28:05.359
 Literally it reads,

00:28:06.159 --> 00:28:07.980
 Your faith has saved you.

00:28:09.319 --> 00:28:10.000
 An expression

00:28:10.000 --> 00:28:11.539
 that he often communicated

00:28:11.539 --> 00:28:14.379
 to those who he healed.

00:28:14.500 --> 00:28:14.980
 It's a reference

00:28:14.980 --> 00:28:16.500
 to spiritual salvation

00:28:16.500 --> 00:28:18.959
 as distinct from

00:28:18.959 --> 00:28:21.619
 physical healing.

00:28:21.619 --> 00:28:21.719
 healing.

00:28:23.519 --> 00:28:24.639
 There's really no question

00:28:24.639 --> 00:28:25.659
 as we understand

00:28:25.659 --> 00:28:26.179
 the gospels

00:28:26.179 --> 00:28:27.159
 that Jesus had more

00:28:27.159 --> 00:28:27.839
 in mind here

00:28:27.839 --> 00:28:28.439
 with this statement

00:28:28.439 --> 00:28:29.939
 than healing from a disease.

00:28:30.339 --> 00:28:31.419
 As God's king,

00:28:31.959 --> 00:28:33.000
 Jesus affirmed

00:28:33.000 --> 00:28:34.119
 this former leper

00:28:34.119 --> 00:28:35.679
 as a new citizen

00:28:35.679 --> 00:28:36.500
 of his kingdom.

00:28:37.500 --> 00:28:38.219
 But why?

00:28:40.439 --> 00:28:41.119
 And this is where

00:28:41.119 --> 00:28:42.039
 Jesus' teaching

00:28:42.039 --> 00:28:42.819
 throughout the chapter

00:28:42.819 --> 00:28:44.299
 begins to show itself

00:28:44.299 --> 00:28:45.079
 in this story.

00:28:45.539 --> 00:28:46.159
 It's in the life

00:28:46.159 --> 00:28:47.259
 of this one man.

00:28:47.259 --> 00:28:48.900
 Just three things

00:28:48.900 --> 00:28:49.640
 I think are helpful

00:28:49.640 --> 00:28:50.259
 to note here.

00:28:50.519 --> 00:28:51.099
 First I want you

00:28:51.099 --> 00:28:52.379
 to notice his return.

00:28:53.039 --> 00:28:53.619
 His return.

00:28:53.740 --> 00:28:55.180
 Look at verse 15 again.

00:28:55.660 --> 00:28:56.160
 One of them,

00:28:56.259 --> 00:28:57.420
 when he saw he was healed,

00:28:58.220 --> 00:28:59.720
 turned back,

00:29:00.680 --> 00:29:01.539
 praising God

00:29:01.539 --> 00:29:03.379
 with a loud voice.

00:29:05.480 --> 00:29:06.799
 Jesus says it again

00:29:06.799 --> 00:29:08.640
 in verse 18.

00:29:09.039 --> 00:29:10.000
 Was no one found

00:29:10.000 --> 00:29:11.460
 to return

00:29:11.460 --> 00:29:13.259
 and give praise

00:29:13.259 --> 00:29:14.700
 but this one.

00:29:14.700 --> 00:29:15.680
 Now remember

00:29:15.680 --> 00:29:16.160
 at the beginning

00:29:16.160 --> 00:29:16.740
 of the chapter

00:29:16.740 --> 00:29:18.039
 Jesus taught this lesson

00:29:18.039 --> 00:29:19.019
 on repentance

00:29:19.019 --> 00:29:20.779
 that's to result

00:29:20.779 --> 00:29:21.380
 in forgiveness.

00:29:22.640 --> 00:29:23.779
 It's not a coincidence

00:29:23.779 --> 00:29:25.019
 that Luke is using

00:29:25.019 --> 00:29:26.940
 language of repentance

00:29:26.940 --> 00:29:27.880
 to describe

00:29:27.880 --> 00:29:29.279
 how this man

00:29:29.279 --> 00:29:31.240
 turned back,

00:29:31.759 --> 00:29:32.600
 praising God

00:29:32.600 --> 00:29:33.779
 with a loud voice.

00:29:35.860 --> 00:29:36.880
 Paul told the Romans

00:29:36.880 --> 00:29:38.220
 in Romans chapter 2

00:29:38.220 --> 00:29:38.799
 and verse 4

00:29:38.799 --> 00:29:39.860
 that God's kindness

00:29:39.860 --> 00:29:41.120
 and patience

00:29:41.120 --> 00:29:42.660
 are meant to lead us

00:29:42.660 --> 00:29:43.279
 to repentance.

00:29:43.799 --> 00:29:44.660
 And here in the 10

00:29:44.660 --> 00:29:45.000
 lepers,

00:29:45.320 --> 00:29:46.279
 we see an example

00:29:46.279 --> 00:29:47.420
 of God's kindness

00:29:47.420 --> 00:29:49.420
 and of his patience.

00:29:50.880 --> 00:29:52.220
 A miracle that was

00:29:52.220 --> 00:29:53.240
 meant to show them

00:29:53.240 --> 00:29:53.759
 Jesus.

00:29:54.940 --> 00:29:56.060
 A miracle that was

00:29:56.060 --> 00:29:57.120
 meant to bring them

00:29:57.120 --> 00:29:58.200
 to something deeper

00:29:58.200 --> 00:29:59.519
 than physical healing.

00:29:59.700 --> 00:30:00.200
 That was meant

00:30:00.200 --> 00:30:00.800
 to bring them

00:30:00.800 --> 00:30:01.400
 to repentance

00:30:01.400 --> 00:30:03.140
 and now with the one,

00:30:03.680 --> 00:30:04.440
 Luke is using

00:30:04.440 --> 00:30:05.060
 this language

00:30:05.060 --> 00:30:05.680
 of repentance,

00:30:06.120 --> 00:30:07.820
 he turned back.

00:30:07.980 --> 00:30:08.600
 Jesus says

00:30:08.600 --> 00:30:10.200
 he returns.

00:30:10.400 --> 00:30:11.560
 Literally that word

00:30:11.559 --> 00:30:12.119
 for repentance,

00:30:12.119 --> 00:30:13.980
 a turning away

00:30:13.980 --> 00:30:15.539
 and turning to God

00:30:15.539 --> 00:30:16.379
 in these moments.

00:30:17.399 --> 00:30:18.279
 All 10 lepers

00:30:18.279 --> 00:30:19.440
 received God's grace

00:30:19.440 --> 00:30:20.079
 and their healing

00:30:20.079 --> 00:30:22.099
 but only this man

00:30:22.099 --> 00:30:22.579
 turned

00:30:22.579 --> 00:30:24.720
 even from the benefits

00:30:24.720 --> 00:30:26.759
 of that healing

00:30:26.759 --> 00:30:29.359
 to offer praise

00:30:29.359 --> 00:30:29.960
 and thanksgiving

00:30:29.960 --> 00:30:30.599
 to Jesus.

00:30:31.579 --> 00:30:32.240
 Now we need to think

00:30:32.240 --> 00:30:32.799
 about what he was

00:30:32.799 --> 00:30:33.720
 turning away from.

00:30:33.720 --> 00:30:39.380
 going to the priest

00:30:39.380 --> 00:30:41.019
 would have resulted

00:30:41.019 --> 00:30:41.620
 in this man

00:30:41.620 --> 00:30:42.740
 getting his life back.

00:30:46.120 --> 00:30:47.120
 And I would imagine

00:30:47.120 --> 00:30:47.880
 after this encounter

00:30:47.880 --> 00:30:48.240
 with Jesus

00:30:48.240 --> 00:30:48.860
 he did indeed

00:30:48.860 --> 00:30:49.600
 go to the priest

00:30:49.600 --> 00:30:50.460
 and get his life back.

00:30:50.460 --> 00:30:52.940
 But even that

00:30:52.940 --> 00:30:55.079
 becomes a lesser priority

00:30:55.079 --> 00:30:57.240
 than coming back

00:30:57.240 --> 00:30:57.720
 to Jesus

00:30:57.720 --> 00:30:58.519
 in this moment

00:30:58.519 --> 00:31:00.779
 to offer his thanks

00:31:00.779 --> 00:31:02.079
 and to give praise

00:31:02.079 --> 00:31:02.559
 to God

00:31:02.559 --> 00:31:04.039
 through the king.

00:31:06.120 --> 00:31:07.519
 Is that not a picture

00:31:07.519 --> 00:31:10.019
 of real spiritual repentance?

00:31:12.019 --> 00:31:13.360
 What he's turning away

00:31:13.360 --> 00:31:14.319
 from in this moment

00:31:14.319 --> 00:31:18.340
 is not some gross sin

00:31:18.339 --> 00:31:21.819
 not some pagan

00:31:21.819 --> 00:31:23.179
 heresy.

00:31:24.779 --> 00:31:25.859
 He's turning away

00:31:25.859 --> 00:31:26.419
 from life

00:31:26.419 --> 00:31:26.980
 and health

00:31:26.980 --> 00:31:29.519
 and everything good.

00:31:31.220 --> 00:31:32.919
 But even the best things

00:31:32.919 --> 00:31:34.000
 in true repentance

00:31:34.000 --> 00:31:36.019
 become lesser things

00:31:36.019 --> 00:31:38.019
 when it means

00:31:38.019 --> 00:31:38.519
 that we're coming

00:31:38.519 --> 00:31:39.039
 to Jesus

00:31:39.039 --> 00:31:40.079
 in the process.

00:31:41.359 --> 00:31:42.220
 Isn't that what he's doing?

00:31:43.299 --> 00:31:44.919
 There is no salvation

00:31:44.919 --> 00:31:45.859
 without repentance

00:31:45.859 --> 00:31:47.919
 and what this man did

00:31:47.920 --> 00:31:49.560
 beautifully pictures

00:31:49.560 --> 00:31:50.360
 what repentance

00:31:50.360 --> 00:31:51.240
 unto salvation

00:31:51.240 --> 00:31:52.300
 actually looks like.

00:31:53.080 --> 00:31:54.060
 So we see his return.

00:31:54.360 --> 00:31:54.900
 Next I want you

00:31:54.900 --> 00:31:55.759
 to see his faith.

00:31:56.660 --> 00:31:57.300
 His faith.

00:31:57.800 --> 00:31:58.300
 I look again

00:31:58.300 --> 00:31:59.120
 at the second half

00:31:59.120 --> 00:32:00.360
 of verse 15.

00:32:01.940 --> 00:32:02.940
 He turned back

00:32:02.940 --> 00:32:04.320
 and he was praising God

00:32:04.320 --> 00:32:05.240
 with a loud voice

00:32:05.240 --> 00:32:08.039
 just as a nice side note.

00:32:08.660 --> 00:32:09.420
 You can ask your kids

00:32:09.420 --> 00:32:10.279
 this when they get home.

00:32:10.360 --> 00:32:11.340
 They can get a piece of dessert

00:32:11.340 --> 00:32:12.420
 if they get this right.

00:32:13.220 --> 00:32:14.680
 The Greek language here

00:32:14.680 --> 00:32:17.060
 literally means megaphone.

00:32:17.059 --> 00:32:18.940
 Phones megalase.

00:32:19.579 --> 00:32:19.980
 Megaphone.

00:32:20.059 --> 00:32:20.460
 He's coming

00:32:20.460 --> 00:32:21.259
 and as he's on his way

00:32:21.259 --> 00:32:22.099
 back to Jesus

00:32:22.099 --> 00:32:23.960
 this is not subtle.

00:32:25.899 --> 00:32:26.220
 You know

00:32:26.220 --> 00:32:27.779
 he's not in the service

00:32:27.779 --> 00:32:28.759
 singing the song

00:32:28.759 --> 00:32:29.799
 and he's got his head down

00:32:29.799 --> 00:32:30.259
 and he's hoping

00:32:30.259 --> 00:32:31.259
 that nobody hears him

00:32:31.259 --> 00:32:32.419
 because he might be

00:32:32.419 --> 00:32:33.179
 a little embarrassed

00:32:33.179 --> 00:32:34.179
 if they hear his voice.

00:32:34.299 --> 00:32:35.579
 No, this man doesn't care.

00:32:35.740 --> 00:32:36.720
 This is like a megaphone.

00:32:36.879 --> 00:32:38.319
 He's praising God

00:32:38.319 --> 00:32:39.519
 as he's on his way back

00:32:39.519 --> 00:32:40.940
 to find Jesus

00:32:40.940 --> 00:32:42.399
 in this moment.

00:32:42.400 --> 00:32:46.080
 Now are we to assume

00:32:46.080 --> 00:32:47.900
 that the other nine

00:32:47.900 --> 00:32:48.960
 former lepers

00:32:48.960 --> 00:32:50.660
 did not praise God

00:32:50.660 --> 00:32:51.280
 as they journey

00:32:51.280 --> 00:32:52.060
 to see the priest?

00:32:53.740 --> 00:32:54.560
 That's often how

00:32:54.560 --> 00:32:55.320
 this story is presented

00:32:55.320 --> 00:32:55.780
 isn't it?

00:32:56.120 --> 00:32:56.660
 That well there were

00:32:56.660 --> 00:32:57.240
 ten of them

00:32:57.240 --> 00:32:58.580
 and they all received

00:32:58.580 --> 00:32:59.040
 this healing

00:32:59.040 --> 00:32:59.940
 but only one of them

00:32:59.940 --> 00:33:00.960
 actually had any gratitude.

00:33:01.300 --> 00:33:01.500
 But you know

00:33:01.500 --> 00:33:02.100
 the text doesn't

00:33:02.100 --> 00:33:02.820
 actually say that.

00:33:04.540 --> 00:33:05.340
 What it does say

00:33:05.340 --> 00:33:05.980
 is that one of them

00:33:05.980 --> 00:33:07.019
 returned to Jesus.

00:33:08.100 --> 00:33:08.800
 It doesn't say

00:33:08.800 --> 00:33:09.600
 that the other nine

00:33:09.600 --> 00:33:10.660
 refused to have gratitude

00:33:10.660 --> 00:33:11.400
 or that they didn't

00:33:11.400 --> 00:33:11.880
 praise God.

00:33:11.980 --> 00:33:12.700
 I would imagine

00:33:12.700 --> 00:33:13.180
 on their way

00:33:13.180 --> 00:33:13.759
 to the temple

00:33:13.759 --> 00:33:15.380
 there's a pretty nice

00:33:15.380 --> 00:33:16.240
 party going on.

00:33:17.600 --> 00:33:18.320
 They're excited

00:33:18.320 --> 00:33:18.720
 they're going to get

00:33:18.720 --> 00:33:19.480
 their life back.

00:33:20.279 --> 00:33:20.900
 If they're Jews

00:33:20.900 --> 00:33:21.640
 they would have understood

00:33:21.640 --> 00:33:22.279
 this is coming

00:33:22.279 --> 00:33:23.160
 because of God's

00:33:23.160 --> 00:33:24.500
 mercy on my life.

00:33:25.360 --> 00:33:26.580
 Probably I would imagine

00:33:26.580 --> 00:33:27.720
 a lot of praising

00:33:27.720 --> 00:33:28.320
 going on.

00:33:28.560 --> 00:33:29.180
 I don't think

00:33:29.180 --> 00:33:29.800
 that the emphasis

00:33:29.800 --> 00:33:30.540
 of this text

00:33:30.540 --> 00:33:31.060
 is to say

00:33:31.060 --> 00:33:31.860
 that they didn't

00:33:31.860 --> 00:33:32.580
 praise God.

00:33:32.920 --> 00:33:34.000
 Jesus' emphasis

00:33:34.000 --> 00:33:34.779
 is not just

00:33:34.779 --> 00:33:35.880
 on the man's praise.

00:33:36.779 --> 00:33:37.740
 It's on the fact

00:33:37.740 --> 00:33:38.460
 that he returned

00:33:38.460 --> 00:33:39.400
 to Jesus

00:33:39.400 --> 00:33:40.700
 to offer

00:33:40.700 --> 00:33:41.460
 that praise

00:33:41.460 --> 00:33:42.360
 to God.

00:33:43.820 --> 00:33:45.360
 At the very least

00:33:45.360 --> 00:33:46.600
 he seems to have

00:33:46.600 --> 00:33:47.320
 grasped

00:33:47.320 --> 00:33:48.220
 that Jesus

00:33:48.220 --> 00:33:49.000
 was God's

00:33:49.000 --> 00:33:49.560
 representative

00:33:49.560 --> 00:33:51.259
 and even

00:33:51.259 --> 00:33:52.400
 Jesus' response

00:33:52.400 --> 00:33:53.280
 suggests

00:33:53.280 --> 00:33:54.019
 that the man

00:33:54.019 --> 00:33:54.880
 understood him

00:33:54.880 --> 00:33:55.820
 to be more

00:33:55.820 --> 00:33:56.420
 than just a

00:33:56.420 --> 00:33:57.600
 prophetic representative

00:33:57.600 --> 00:33:59.380
 like the woman

00:33:59.380 --> 00:34:00.120
 at the well.

00:34:00.960 --> 00:34:01.720
 His eyes

00:34:01.720 --> 00:34:02.820
 were opened

00:34:02.820 --> 00:34:03.519
 to Jesus'

00:34:03.900 --> 00:34:05.240
 messianic

00:34:05.240 --> 00:34:05.800
 significance.

00:34:06.420 --> 00:34:07.240
 This was God's

00:34:07.240 --> 00:34:07.960
 promised king.

00:34:07.960 --> 00:34:09.099
 It's not only

00:34:09.099 --> 00:34:09.780
 that he's offering

00:34:09.780 --> 00:34:10.679
 praise to God

00:34:10.679 --> 00:34:11.460
 it's that he's

00:34:11.460 --> 00:34:12.400
 offering praise

00:34:12.400 --> 00:34:12.940
 to God

00:34:12.940 --> 00:34:14.800
 through Jesus.

00:34:17.619 --> 00:34:18.639
 He falls

00:34:18.639 --> 00:34:19.119
 at Jesus'

00:34:19.340 --> 00:34:19.619
 feet

00:34:19.619 --> 00:34:20.119
 and he offers

00:34:20.119 --> 00:34:20.599
 his praise

00:34:20.599 --> 00:34:21.019
 to God

00:34:21.019 --> 00:34:22.199
 through thanksgiving

00:34:22.199 --> 00:34:22.800
 to Jesus

00:34:22.800 --> 00:34:24.280
 as a mediator

00:34:24.280 --> 00:34:24.900
 of God's

00:34:24.900 --> 00:34:25.440
 blessing

00:34:25.440 --> 00:34:26.380
 on his life.

00:34:27.760 --> 00:34:28.059
 And it's

00:34:28.059 --> 00:34:29.099
 this faith

00:34:29.099 --> 00:34:29.980
 in the heart

00:34:29.980 --> 00:34:30.699
 of this man

00:34:30.699 --> 00:34:32.320
 this faith

00:34:32.320 --> 00:34:32.960
 in the person

00:34:32.960 --> 00:34:33.579
 of Christ

00:34:33.579 --> 00:34:34.400
 that Jesus

00:34:34.400 --> 00:34:35.300
 responds to

00:34:35.300 --> 00:34:36.059
 in verse 19

00:34:36.059 --> 00:34:36.659
 when he says

00:34:36.659 --> 00:34:37.500
 your faith

00:34:37.500 --> 00:34:38.139
 has saved

00:34:38.139 --> 00:34:38.539
 you.

00:34:41.079 --> 00:34:41.920
 The others

00:34:41.920 --> 00:34:42.619
 may very well

00:34:42.619 --> 00:34:43.139
 have offered

00:34:43.139 --> 00:34:43.960
 praise to God

00:34:43.960 --> 00:34:44.559
 I imagine

00:34:44.559 --> 00:34:45.000
 that they

00:34:45.000 --> 00:34:45.980
 very likely

00:34:45.980 --> 00:34:46.379
 did

00:34:46.379 --> 00:34:47.079
 but they

00:34:47.079 --> 00:34:47.960
 missed Jesus

00:34:47.960 --> 00:34:48.799
 in the process

00:34:48.799 --> 00:34:49.239
 of it

00:34:49.239 --> 00:34:51.039
 and because

00:34:51.039 --> 00:34:51.839
 they failed

00:34:51.839 --> 00:34:52.599
 to recognize

00:34:52.599 --> 00:34:53.299
 and return

00:34:53.299 --> 00:34:53.839
 to Jesus

00:34:53.839 --> 00:34:54.659
 they missed

00:34:54.659 --> 00:34:55.199
 the greatest

00:34:55.199 --> 00:34:56.219
 miracle of all

00:34:56.219 --> 00:34:56.819
 in the story

00:34:56.819 --> 00:34:57.559
 the cleansing

00:34:57.559 --> 00:34:58.539
 of their souls.

00:35:00.299 --> 00:35:00.460
 You see

00:35:00.460 --> 00:35:01.259
 without faith

00:35:01.259 --> 00:35:01.980
 in the person

00:35:01.980 --> 00:35:02.359
 and work

00:35:02.359 --> 00:35:03.139
 of Jesus Christ

00:35:03.139 --> 00:35:04.219
 there is no

00:35:04.219 --> 00:35:04.839
 salvation.

00:35:04.840 --> 00:35:05.019
 salvation

00:35:05.019 --> 00:35:06.740
 your life

00:35:06.740 --> 00:35:07.720
 may contain

00:35:07.720 --> 00:35:08.640
 all kinds

00:35:08.640 --> 00:35:09.320
 of praises

00:35:09.320 --> 00:35:10.000
 to God

00:35:10.000 --> 00:35:12.260
 whether that's

00:35:12.260 --> 00:35:12.840
 just a general

00:35:12.840 --> 00:35:13.900
 idea of God

00:35:13.900 --> 00:35:14.440
 in your mind

00:35:14.440 --> 00:35:15.079
 or maybe it's

00:35:15.079 --> 00:35:15.519
 even in the

00:35:15.519 --> 00:35:16.420
 context of

00:35:16.420 --> 00:35:17.640
 Christian religion

00:35:17.640 --> 00:35:18.519
 you may have

00:35:18.519 --> 00:35:19.059
 all kinds

00:35:19.059 --> 00:35:19.539
 of praise

00:35:19.539 --> 00:35:19.980
 to offer

00:35:19.980 --> 00:35:20.500
 but if you

00:35:20.500 --> 00:35:21.380
 miss Jesus

00:35:21.380 --> 00:35:22.180
 in the process

00:35:22.180 --> 00:35:22.480
 of it

00:35:22.480 --> 00:35:23.240
 you've missed

00:35:23.240 --> 00:35:23.960
 everything.

00:35:26.680 --> 00:35:27.680
 If all you

00:35:27.680 --> 00:35:28.100
 get out of

00:35:28.100 --> 00:35:28.660
 this story

00:35:28.660 --> 00:35:29.300
 is offering

00:35:29.300 --> 00:35:29.900
 thanksgiving

00:35:29.900 --> 00:35:30.360
 to God

00:35:30.360 --> 00:35:30.660
 and you

00:35:30.660 --> 00:35:31.500
 miss Jesus

00:35:31.500 --> 00:35:32.340
 you've

00:35:32.340 --> 00:35:32.740
 missed it

00:35:32.739 --> 00:35:33.039
 all

00:35:33.039 --> 00:35:34.879
 and if

00:35:34.879 --> 00:35:35.199
 you go

00:35:35.199 --> 00:35:35.619
 through this

00:35:35.619 --> 00:35:35.939
 life

00:35:35.939 --> 00:35:36.599
 affiliating

00:35:36.599 --> 00:35:36.799
 with

00:35:36.799 --> 00:35:37.359
 Christianity

00:35:37.359 --> 00:35:37.899
 and showing

00:35:37.899 --> 00:35:38.199
 up to

00:35:38.199 --> 00:35:38.519
 church

00:35:38.519 --> 00:35:39.059
 on Sunday

00:35:39.059 --> 00:35:39.619
 and singing

00:35:39.619 --> 00:35:40.359
 with everybody

00:35:40.359 --> 00:35:40.599
 else

00:35:40.599 --> 00:35:40.979
 when we go

00:35:40.979 --> 00:35:41.299
 through the

00:35:41.299 --> 00:35:41.699
 songs

00:35:41.699 --> 00:35:42.439
 and sitting

00:35:42.439 --> 00:35:42.839
 around the

00:35:42.839 --> 00:35:43.319
 table at

00:35:43.319 --> 00:35:43.699
 Thanksgiving

00:35:43.699 --> 00:35:44.239
 saying God

00:35:44.239 --> 00:35:44.439
 it's just

00:35:44.439 --> 00:35:44.859
 been so good

00:35:44.859 --> 00:35:45.039
 to me

00:35:45.039 --> 00:35:45.379
 look at all

00:35:45.379 --> 00:35:45.859
 that I have

00:35:45.859 --> 00:35:46.159
 or whatever

00:35:46.159 --> 00:35:46.399
 it is

00:35:46.399 --> 00:35:46.819
 and you

00:35:46.819 --> 00:35:47.500
 miss Jesus

00:35:47.500 --> 00:35:47.879
 and all

00:35:47.879 --> 00:35:48.419
 the process

00:35:48.419 --> 00:35:48.699
 of it

00:35:48.699 --> 00:35:49.359
 you've

00:35:49.359 --> 00:35:49.699
 missed

00:35:49.699 --> 00:35:50.459
 it all

00:35:50.459 --> 00:35:52.579
 you've

00:35:52.579 --> 00:35:52.839
 received

00:35:52.839 --> 00:35:53.379
 some great

00:35:53.379 --> 00:35:54.039
 benefits

00:35:54.039 --> 00:35:54.579
 of his

00:35:54.579 --> 00:35:54.979
 kindness

00:35:54.979 --> 00:35:56.939
 but that

00:35:56.939 --> 00:35:57.500
 doesn't make

00:35:57.500 --> 00:35:57.779
 you a

00:35:57.779 --> 00:35:58.059
 citizen

00:35:58.059 --> 00:35:58.419
 of his

00:35:58.419 --> 00:35:58.799
 kingdom

00:35:58.800 --> 00:36:02.039
 his

00:36:02.039 --> 00:36:02.420
 faith

00:36:02.420 --> 00:36:02.600
 here

00:36:02.600 --> 00:36:02.760
 is

00:36:02.760 --> 00:36:03.320
 significant

00:36:03.320 --> 00:36:04.940
 the

00:36:04.940 --> 00:36:05.340
 picture

00:36:05.340 --> 00:36:05.519
 of

00:36:05.519 --> 00:36:06.080
 lordship

00:36:06.080 --> 00:36:06.380
 as he

00:36:06.380 --> 00:36:06.680
 cast

00:36:06.680 --> 00:36:07.039
 himself

00:36:07.039 --> 00:36:07.220
 at

00:36:07.220 --> 00:36:07.500
 Jesus

00:36:07.500 --> 00:36:08.100
 feet

00:36:08.100 --> 00:36:09.620
 all

00:36:09.620 --> 00:36:09.860
 part

00:36:09.860 --> 00:36:09.940
 of

00:36:09.940 --> 00:36:10.100
 this

00:36:10.100 --> 00:36:10.420
 chapter

00:36:10.420 --> 00:36:10.680
 isn't

00:36:10.680 --> 00:36:10.900
 it

00:36:10.900 --> 00:36:12.640
 and we

00:36:12.640 --> 00:36:13.100
 find this

00:36:13.100 --> 00:36:13.340
 third

00:36:13.340 --> 00:36:13.640
 thing

00:36:13.640 --> 00:36:13.840
 here

00:36:13.840 --> 00:36:14.180
 we see

00:36:14.180 --> 00:36:14.380
 his

00:36:14.380 --> 00:36:14.880
 citizenship

00:36:14.880 --> 00:36:16.900
 look

00:36:16.900 --> 00:36:17.100
 again

00:36:17.100 --> 00:36:17.220
 at

00:36:17.220 --> 00:36:17.400
 verse

00:36:17.400 --> 00:36:17.940
 16

00:36:17.940 --> 00:36:21.240
 now

00:36:21.240 --> 00:36:21.480
 he was

00:36:21.480 --> 00:36:21.640
 a

00:36:21.640 --> 00:36:22.280
 Samaritan

00:36:22.280 --> 00:36:24.780
 verse

00:36:24.780 --> 00:36:25.240
 18

00:36:25.239 --> 00:36:26.619
 is

00:36:26.619 --> 00:36:26.719
 no

00:36:26.719 --> 00:36:26.859
 one

00:36:26.859 --> 00:36:27.099
 found

00:36:27.099 --> 00:36:27.239
 to

00:36:27.239 --> 00:36:27.619
 return

00:36:27.619 --> 00:36:27.899
 and

00:36:27.899 --> 00:36:28.059
 give

00:36:28.059 --> 00:36:28.439
 praise

00:36:28.439 --> 00:36:28.599
 to

00:36:28.599 --> 00:36:28.799
 God

00:36:28.799 --> 00:36:29.099
 except

00:36:29.099 --> 00:36:29.399
 this

00:36:29.399 --> 00:36:29.859
 foreigner

00:36:29.859 --> 00:36:31.399
 now

00:36:31.399 --> 00:36:31.539
 this

00:36:31.539 --> 00:36:31.739
 seems

00:36:31.739 --> 00:36:32.059
 weird

00:36:32.059 --> 00:36:32.339
 doesn't

00:36:32.339 --> 00:36:32.459
 it

00:36:32.459 --> 00:36:32.639
 why

00:36:32.639 --> 00:36:33.399
 would

00:36:33.399 --> 00:36:33.659
 Luke

00:36:33.659 --> 00:36:33.899
 make

00:36:33.899 --> 00:36:34.019
 an

00:36:34.019 --> 00:36:34.259
 issue

00:36:34.259 --> 00:36:34.459
 of

00:36:34.459 --> 00:36:34.799
 this

00:36:34.799 --> 00:36:36.139
 why

00:36:36.139 --> 00:36:36.339
 would

00:36:36.339 --> 00:36:36.439
 he

00:36:36.439 --> 00:36:36.859
 bring

00:36:36.859 --> 00:36:37.079
 out

00:36:37.079 --> 00:36:37.259
 the

00:36:37.259 --> 00:36:37.519
 fact

00:36:37.519 --> 00:36:37.679
 that

00:36:37.679 --> 00:36:37.859
 this

00:36:37.859 --> 00:36:38.079
 man

00:36:38.079 --> 00:36:38.239
 was

00:36:38.239 --> 00:36:38.379
 a

00:36:38.379 --> 00:36:38.919
 Samaritan

00:36:38.919 --> 00:36:40.239
 well

00:36:40.239 --> 00:36:40.519
 Luke's

00:36:40.519 --> 00:36:40.819
 primary

00:36:40.819 --> 00:36:41.259
 audience

00:36:41.259 --> 00:36:41.439
 is

00:36:41.439 --> 00:36:41.599
 not

00:36:41.599 --> 00:36:41.719
 a

00:36:41.719 --> 00:36:41.919
 Jewish

00:36:41.919 --> 00:36:42.419
 audience

00:36:42.419 --> 00:36:43.899
 can

00:36:43.899 --> 00:36:44.000
 you

00:36:44.000 --> 00:36:44.419
 imagine

00:36:44.419 --> 00:36:44.639
 you're

00:36:44.639 --> 00:36:44.779
 a

00:36:44.779 --> 00:36:45.239
 Gentile

00:36:45.239 --> 00:36:45.539
 you've

00:36:45.539 --> 00:36:45.679
 been

00:36:45.679 --> 00:36:45.859
 told

00:36:45.859 --> 00:36:46.059
 your

00:36:46.059 --> 00:36:46.239
 whole

00:36:46.239 --> 00:36:46.639
 life

00:36:46.639 --> 00:36:47.439
 as

00:36:47.439 --> 00:36:47.659
 far

00:36:47.659 --> 00:36:47.779
 as

00:36:47.779 --> 00:36:47.859
 it

00:36:47.859 --> 00:36:48.139
 goes

00:36:48.139 --> 00:36:48.739
 with

00:36:48.739 --> 00:36:48.919
 the

00:36:48.919 --> 00:36:49.239
 Jewish

00:36:49.239 --> 00:36:49.539
 God

00:36:49.539 --> 00:36:49.719
 you're

00:36:49.719 --> 00:36:50.179
 excluded

00:36:50.179 --> 00:36:53.440
 and

00:36:53.440 --> 00:36:53.619
 now

00:36:53.619 --> 00:36:53.940
 Luke's

00:36:53.940 --> 00:36:54.219
 writing

00:36:54.219 --> 00:36:54.519
 this

00:36:54.519 --> 00:36:54.639
 and

00:36:54.639 --> 00:36:54.800
 he's

00:36:54.800 --> 00:36:54.980
 telling

00:36:54.980 --> 00:36:55.259
 about

00:36:55.259 --> 00:36:55.619
 God's

00:36:55.619 --> 00:36:55.900
 king

00:36:55.900 --> 00:36:56.139
 and

00:36:56.139 --> 00:36:56.980
 he's

00:36:56.980 --> 00:36:57.159
 saying

00:36:57.159 --> 00:36:57.360
 the

00:36:57.360 --> 00:36:57.619
 guy

00:36:57.619 --> 00:36:57.880
 that

00:36:57.880 --> 00:36:58.039
 he

00:36:58.039 --> 00:36:58.519
 responded

00:36:58.519 --> 00:36:58.779
 to

00:36:58.779 --> 00:36:59.079
 wasn't

00:36:59.079 --> 00:36:59.219
 a

00:36:59.219 --> 00:36:59.440
 Jew

00:36:59.440 --> 00:37:00.880
 he was

00:37:00.880 --> 00:37:01.019
 a

00:37:01.019 --> 00:37:01.599
 Samaritan

00:37:01.599 --> 00:37:03.099
 it's

00:37:03.099 --> 00:37:03.159
 a

00:37:03.159 --> 00:37:03.279
 pretty

00:37:03.279 --> 00:37:03.420
 big

00:37:03.420 --> 00:37:03.559
 deal

00:37:03.559 --> 00:37:03.739
 isn't

00:37:03.739 --> 00:37:03.960
 it

00:37:03.960 --> 00:37:05.539
 Jesus

00:37:05.539 --> 00:37:05.840
 is

00:37:05.840 --> 00:37:06.139
 making

00:37:06.139 --> 00:37:06.340
 a

00:37:06.340 --> 00:37:06.619
 big

00:37:06.619 --> 00:37:06.940
 point

00:37:06.940 --> 00:37:07.279
 here

00:37:07.279 --> 00:37:08.219
 by

00:37:08.219 --> 00:37:08.500
 calling

00:37:08.500 --> 00:37:08.639
 him

00:37:08.639 --> 00:37:08.800
 a

00:37:08.800 --> 00:37:09.079
 foreigner

00:37:09.079 --> 00:37:09.320
 he's

00:37:09.320 --> 00:37:09.460
 not

00:37:09.460 --> 00:37:10.039
 degrading

00:37:10.039 --> 00:37:10.139
 him

00:37:10.139 --> 00:37:10.340
 that's

00:37:10.340 --> 00:37:10.480
 not

00:37:10.480 --> 00:37:10.880
 what

00:37:10.880 --> 00:37:11.159
 Jesus

00:37:11.159 --> 00:37:11.400
 is

00:37:11.400 --> 00:37:11.659
 doing

00:37:11.659 --> 00:37:11.940
 he's

00:37:11.940 --> 00:37:12.179
 not

00:37:12.179 --> 00:37:13.139
 he's

00:37:13.139 --> 00:37:13.380
 making

00:37:13.380 --> 00:37:13.579
 a

00:37:13.579 --> 00:37:13.800
 point

00:37:13.800 --> 00:37:13.960
 about

00:37:13.960 --> 00:37:14.139
 the

00:37:14.139 --> 00:37:14.440
 kingdom

00:37:14.440 --> 00:37:15.579
 part

00:37:15.579 --> 00:37:15.679
 of

00:37:15.679 --> 00:37:45.659
 the

00:37:45.659 --> 00:37:45.920
 of

00:37:45.920 --> 00:37:46.099
 his

00:37:46.099 --> 00:37:46.420
 kingdom

00:37:46.420 --> 00:37:47.000
 and

00:37:47.000 --> 00:37:47.119
 of

00:37:47.119 --> 00:37:47.279
 his

00:37:47.279 --> 00:37:47.500
 true

00:37:47.500 --> 00:37:47.940
 people

00:37:47.940 --> 00:37:50.460
 citizens

00:37:50.460 --> 00:37:50.759
 of

00:37:50.759 --> 00:37:51.219
 Christ's

00:37:51.219 --> 00:37:51.440
 kingdom

00:37:51.440 --> 00:37:51.639
 are

00:37:51.639 --> 00:37:51.920
 not

00:37:51.920 --> 00:37:52.440
 marked

00:37:52.440 --> 00:37:53.279
 by

00:37:53.279 --> 00:37:53.819
 ethnicity

00:37:53.819 --> 00:37:55.839
 they're

00:37:55.839 --> 00:37:56.099
 not

00:37:56.099 --> 00:37:56.699
 marked

00:37:56.699 --> 00:37:57.480
 by

00:37:57.480 --> 00:37:58.039
 political

00:37:58.039 --> 00:37:58.679
 alignment

00:37:58.679 --> 00:38:00.500
 they

00:38:00.500 --> 00:38:00.699
 are

00:38:00.699 --> 00:38:01.319
 marked

00:38:01.319 --> 00:38:02.099
 solely

00:38:02.099 --> 00:38:03.480
 by

00:38:03.480 --> 00:38:04.039
 faith

00:38:04.039 --> 00:38:04.179
 in

00:38:04.179 --> 00:38:04.299
 the

00:38:04.299 --> 00:38:04.460
 Lord

00:38:04.460 --> 00:38:04.719
 Jesus

00:38:04.719 --> 00:38:05.219
 Christ

00:38:05.219 --> 00:38:07.879
 thus

00:38:07.879 --> 00:38:08.239
 Jesus

00:38:08.239 --> 00:38:08.579
 tells

00:38:08.579 --> 00:38:08.779
 the

00:38:08.779 --> 00:38:09.339
 Pharisees

00:38:09.339 --> 00:38:09.539
 in

00:38:09.539 --> 00:38:09.779
 verse

00:38:09.779 --> 00:38:10.920
 21

00:38:10.920 --> 00:38:12.379
 that

00:38:12.379 --> 00:38:12.559
 the

00:38:12.559 --> 00:38:12.819
 kingdom

00:38:12.819 --> 00:38:13.039
 of

00:38:13.039 --> 00:38:13.239
 God

00:38:13.239 --> 00:38:13.399
 is

00:38:13.399 --> 00:38:13.779
 already

00:38:13.779 --> 00:38:13.980
 in

00:38:13.980 --> 00:38:14.099
 the

00:38:14.099 --> 00:38:14.299
 midst

00:38:14.299 --> 00:38:14.480
 of

00:38:14.480 --> 00:38:14.679
 them

00:38:14.679 --> 00:38:16.460
 first

00:38:16.460 --> 00:38:16.699
 it's

00:38:16.699 --> 00:38:16.799
 in

00:38:16.799 --> 00:38:16.960
 their

00:38:16.960 --> 00:38:17.239
 midst

00:38:17.239 --> 00:38:17.559
 because

00:38:17.559 --> 00:38:18.000
 Jesus

00:38:18.000 --> 00:38:18.239
 is

00:38:18.239 --> 00:38:18.460
 there

00:38:18.460 --> 00:38:19.019
 he's

00:38:19.019 --> 00:38:19.179
 the

00:38:19.179 --> 00:38:19.440
 king

00:38:19.440 --> 00:38:19.619
 the

00:38:19.619 --> 00:38:20.179
 representative

00:38:20.179 --> 00:38:21.000
 of

00:38:21.000 --> 00:38:21.199
 the

00:38:21.199 --> 00:38:21.579
 kingdom

00:38:21.579 --> 00:38:23.779
 but

00:38:23.779 --> 00:38:24.039
 from

00:38:24.039 --> 00:38:24.339
 there

00:38:24.339 --> 00:38:24.639
 it's

00:38:24.639 --> 00:38:25.199
 present

00:38:25.199 --> 00:38:26.259
 in

00:38:26.259 --> 00:38:26.539
 people

00:38:26.539 --> 00:38:26.779
 from

00:38:26.779 --> 00:38:27.039
 every

00:38:27.039 --> 00:38:27.599
 nation

00:38:27.599 --> 00:38:28.639
 who

00:38:28.639 --> 00:38:29.219
 trust

00:38:29.219 --> 00:38:29.579
 and

00:38:29.579 --> 00:38:30.059
 love

00:38:30.059 --> 00:38:30.659
 and

00:38:30.659 --> 00:38:31.039
 follow

00:38:31.039 --> 00:38:31.419
 him

00:38:31.419 --> 00:38:33.019
 that's

00:38:33.019 --> 00:38:33.139
 how

00:38:33.139 --> 00:38:33.359
 the

00:38:33.359 --> 00:38:33.779
 kingdom

00:38:33.779 --> 00:38:34.279
 breaks

00:38:34.279 --> 00:38:34.759
 through

00:38:34.759 --> 00:38:35.659
 even

00:38:35.659 --> 00:38:36.279
 now

00:38:36.279 --> 00:38:38.379
 it's

00:38:38.379 --> 00:38:38.539
 not

00:38:38.539 --> 00:38:38.719
 a

00:38:38.719 --> 00:38:39.000
 Jewish

00:38:39.000 --> 00:38:39.419
 kingdom

00:38:39.419 --> 00:38:39.699
 it's

00:38:39.699 --> 00:38:39.839
 not

00:38:39.839 --> 00:38:39.980
 an

00:38:39.980 --> 00:38:40.379
 Israeli

00:38:40.379 --> 00:38:40.819
 kingdom

00:38:40.819 --> 00:38:42.319
 it's

00:38:42.319 --> 00:38:42.779
 God's

00:38:42.779 --> 00:38:43.059
 kingdom

00:38:43.059 --> 00:38:43.379
 and it's

00:38:43.379 --> 00:38:43.940
 universal

00:38:43.940 --> 00:38:44.199
 it's

00:38:44.199 --> 00:38:44.659
 global

00:38:44.659 --> 00:38:46.259
 international

00:38:46.259 --> 00:38:49.239
 and it's

00:38:49.239 --> 00:38:49.679
 breaking

00:38:49.679 --> 00:38:50.239
 through

00:38:50.239 --> 00:38:51.079
 even

00:38:51.079 --> 00:38:51.599
 now

00:38:51.599 --> 00:38:53.199
 just

00:38:53.199 --> 00:38:53.460
 like

00:38:53.460 --> 00:38:54.039
 a

00:38:54.039 --> 00:38:54.279
 summer

00:38:54.279 --> 00:38:54.559
 day

00:38:54.559 --> 00:38:54.699
 when

00:38:54.699 --> 00:38:55.000
 an

00:38:55.000 --> 00:38:55.579
 afternoon

00:38:55.579 --> 00:38:55.940
 rain

00:38:55.940 --> 00:38:56.219
 storm

00:38:56.219 --> 00:38:56.519
 comes

00:38:56.519 --> 00:38:56.739
 through

00:38:56.739 --> 00:38:57.019
 and you've

00:38:57.019 --> 00:38:57.279
 got all

00:38:57.279 --> 00:38:57.719
 the dark

00:38:57.719 --> 00:38:58.159
 clouds

00:38:58.159 --> 00:38:58.480
 but as

00:38:58.480 --> 00:38:58.879
 the storm

00:38:58.879 --> 00:38:59.219
 begins

00:38:59.219 --> 00:38:59.699
 to break

00:38:59.699 --> 00:39:00.279
 you start

00:39:00.279 --> 00:39:00.579
 to see

00:39:00.579 --> 00:39:01.199
 these flashes

00:39:01.199 --> 00:39:01.779
 of light

00:39:01.779 --> 00:39:02.379
 from the

00:39:02.379 --> 00:39:02.579
 sun

00:39:02.579 --> 00:39:02.799
 it may

00:39:02.799 --> 00:39:03.119
 still be

00:39:03.119 --> 00:39:03.559
 raining

00:39:03.559 --> 00:39:03.579
!

00:39:03.579 --> 00:39:04.199
 It may

00:39:04.199 --> 00:39:05.460
 still be

00:39:05.460 --> 00:39:06.159
 blowing

00:39:06.159 --> 00:39:06.619
 hard

00:39:06.619 --> 00:39:07.079
 but you

00:39:07.079 --> 00:39:07.480
 see

00:39:07.480 --> 00:39:07.799
 maybe

00:39:07.799 --> 00:39:08.079
 in the

00:39:08.079 --> 00:39:08.399
 distance

00:39:08.399 --> 00:39:08.879
 these

00:39:08.879 --> 00:39:09.420
 lights

00:39:09.420 --> 00:39:09.980
 of the

00:39:09.980 --> 00:39:10.239
 sun

00:39:10.239 --> 00:39:10.619
 poking

00:39:10.619 --> 00:39:10.619


00:39:10.619 --> 00:39:10.859
 through

00:39:10.859 --> 00:39:11.019
 the

00:39:11.019 --> 00:39:11.359
 clouds

00:39:11.360 --> 00:39:11.960
 just

00:39:11.960 --> 00:39:12.260
 like

00:39:12.260 --> 00:39:12.500
 that

00:39:12.500 --> 00:39:12.700
 even

00:39:12.700 --> 00:39:12.900
 now

00:39:12.900 --> 00:39:13.059
 we're

00:39:13.059 --> 00:39:13.200
 going to

00:39:13.200 --> 00:39:13.380
 see

00:39:13.380 --> 00:39:13.760
 the sun

00:39:13.760 --> 00:39:14.039
 in its

00:39:14.039 --> 00:39:14.300
 fullness

00:39:14.300 --> 00:39:14.820
 one day

00:39:14.820 --> 00:39:15.519
 but even

00:39:15.519 --> 00:39:15.940
 now

00:39:15.940 --> 00:39:16.460
 there's

00:39:16.460 --> 00:39:16.840
 these

00:39:16.840 --> 00:39:17.740
 rays

00:39:17.740 --> 00:39:18.180
 of the

00:39:18.180 --> 00:39:18.519
 kingdom

00:39:18.519 --> 00:39:19.160
 that they're

00:39:19.160 --> 00:39:19.500
 shining

00:39:19.500 --> 00:39:19.880
 through

00:39:19.880 --> 00:39:20.460
 and they're

00:39:20.460 --> 00:39:20.800
 shining

00:39:20.800 --> 00:39:21.039
 through

00:39:21.039 --> 00:39:21.920
 entirely

00:39:21.920 --> 00:39:23.160
 based on

00:39:23.160 --> 00:39:23.579
 those who

00:39:23.579 --> 00:39:23.920
 come to

00:39:23.920 --> 00:39:24.360
 faith in

00:39:24.360 --> 00:39:24.620
 the Lord

00:39:24.620 --> 00:39:24.900
 Jesus

00:39:24.900 --> 00:39:25.360
 Christ

00:39:25.360 --> 00:39:27.059
 that's

00:39:27.059 --> 00:39:27.320
 how the

00:39:27.320 --> 00:39:27.559
 kingdom

00:39:27.559 --> 00:39:28.140
 comes

00:39:28.139 --> 00:39:28.139


00:39:28.139 --> 00:39:30.079
 Kevin

00:39:30.079 --> 00:39:30.219
 de

00:39:30.219 --> 00:39:30.420
 young

00:39:30.420 --> 00:39:30.719
 says

00:39:30.719 --> 00:39:30.879
 the

00:39:30.879 --> 00:39:31.139
 kingdom

00:39:31.139 --> 00:39:31.579
 comes

00:39:31.579 --> 00:39:32.039
 when

00:39:32.039 --> 00:39:32.579
 and

00:39:32.579 --> 00:39:33.019
 where

00:39:33.019 --> 00:39:33.539
 the

00:39:33.539 --> 00:39:34.019
 king

00:39:34.019 --> 00:39:34.559
 is

00:39:34.559 --> 00:39:35.019
 known

00:39:35.019 --> 00:39:36.339
 when

00:39:36.339 --> 00:39:36.779
 Jesus

00:39:36.779 --> 00:39:37.099
 is

00:39:37.099 --> 00:39:37.679
 loved

00:39:37.679 --> 00:39:38.159
 and

00:39:38.159 --> 00:39:38.859
 worshipped

00:39:38.859 --> 00:39:39.299
 and

00:39:39.299 --> 00:39:39.759
 believed

00:39:39.759 --> 00:39:40.239
 upon

00:39:40.239 --> 00:39:41.019
 there

00:39:41.019 --> 00:39:41.279
 the

00:39:41.279 --> 00:39:41.539
 kingdom

00:39:41.539 --> 00:39:41.779
 of

00:39:41.779 --> 00:39:42.119
 God

00:39:42.119 --> 00:39:42.879
 is

00:39:42.879 --> 00:39:43.000
 in

00:39:43.000 --> 00:39:43.139
 the

00:39:43.139 --> 00:39:43.359
 midst

00:39:43.359 --> 00:39:43.519
 of

00:39:43.519 --> 00:39:43.719
 you

00:39:43.719 --> 00:39:46.379
 citizenship

00:39:46.379 --> 00:39:46.519
!

00:39:46.519 --> 00:39:46.960
 in the

00:39:46.960 --> 00:39:47.239
 kingdom

00:39:47.239 --> 00:39:47.779
 eternal

00:39:47.779 --> 00:39:48.500
 salvation

00:39:48.500 --> 00:39:49.019
 in other

00:39:49.019 --> 00:39:49.339
 words

00:39:49.339 --> 00:39:50.079
 it's

00:39:50.079 --> 00:39:50.319
 not

00:39:50.319 --> 00:39:50.699
 about

00:39:50.699 --> 00:39:51.319
 ethnicity

00:39:51.319 --> 00:39:51.980
 political

00:39:51.980 --> 00:39:52.460
 alignment

00:39:52.460 --> 00:39:52.960
 or even

00:39:52.960 --> 00:39:53.400
 religious

00:39:53.400 --> 00:39:54.179
 affiliation

00:39:54.179 --> 00:39:54.539
 in and

00:39:54.539 --> 00:39:54.659
 of

00:39:54.659 --> 00:39:55.119
 itself

00:39:55.119 --> 00:39:56.599
 salvation

00:39:56.599 --> 00:39:56.879
 is

00:39:56.879 --> 00:39:57.219
 all

00:39:57.219 --> 00:39:57.539
 about

00:39:57.539 --> 00:39:57.799
 where

00:39:57.800 --> 00:39:58.000
 you

00:39:58.000 --> 00:39:58.440
 stand

00:39:58.440 --> 00:39:59.120
 with

00:39:59.120 --> 00:39:59.280
 the

00:39:59.280 --> 00:39:59.580
 king

00:39:59.580 --> 00:40:02.100
 Jesus

00:40:02.100 --> 00:40:03.300
 the

00:40:03.300 --> 00:40:03.660
 eternal

00:40:03.660 --> 00:40:04.180
 king

00:40:04.180 --> 00:40:05.300
 and

00:40:05.300 --> 00:40:05.700
 entrance

00:40:05.700 --> 00:40:05.940
 into

00:40:05.940 --> 00:40:06.160
 his

00:40:06.160 --> 00:40:06.539
 kingdom

00:40:06.539 --> 00:40:07.380
 comes

00:40:07.380 --> 00:40:08.340
 exclusively

00:40:08.340 --> 00:40:09.860
 through

00:40:09.860 --> 00:40:10.260
 faith

00:40:10.260 --> 00:40:10.420
 in

00:40:10.420 --> 00:40:10.680
 him

00:40:10.680 --> 00:40:12.019
 exclusively

00:40:12.019 --> 00:40:12.400
 there

00:40:12.400 --> 00:40:12.640
 is

00:40:12.640 --> 00:40:12.780
 no

00:40:12.780 --> 00:40:12.980
 other

00:40:12.980 --> 00:40:13.320
 way

00:40:13.320 --> 00:40:15.460
 and

00:40:15.460 --> 00:40:15.900
 all

00:40:15.900 --> 00:40:16.080
 who

00:40:16.080 --> 00:40:16.300
 come

00:40:16.300 --> 00:40:16.440
 to

00:40:16.440 --> 00:40:16.600
 him

00:40:16.600 --> 00:40:16.760
 in

00:40:16.760 --> 00:40:17.140
 faith

00:40:17.140 --> 00:40:18.300
 are

00:40:18.300 --> 00:40:18.660
 welcomed

00:40:18.660 --> 00:40:18.900
 into

00:40:18.900 --> 00:40:19.100
 his

00:40:19.100 --> 00:40:19.400
 kingdom

00:40:19.400 --> 00:40:20.460
 all

00:40:20.460 --> 00:40:21.560
 everyone

00:40:21.560 --> 00:40:22.460
 it

00:40:22.460 --> 00:40:22.680
 doesn't

00:40:22.680 --> 00:40:22.880
 matter

00:40:22.880 --> 00:40:23.100
 what

00:40:23.100 --> 00:40:23.300
 you've

00:40:23.300 --> 00:40:23.500
 done

00:40:23.500 --> 00:40:23.740
 up to

00:40:23.740 --> 00:40:23.920
 this

00:40:23.920 --> 00:40:24.120
 point

00:40:24.120 --> 00:40:24.240
 in

00:40:24.240 --> 00:40:24.360
 your

00:40:24.360 --> 00:40:24.680
 life

00:40:24.680 --> 00:40:25.140
 it

00:40:25.140 --> 00:40:25.340
 doesn't

00:40:25.340 --> 00:40:26.120
 matter

00:40:26.120 --> 00:40:26.380
 how

00:40:26.380 --> 00:40:27.019
 unclean

00:40:27.019 --> 00:40:27.219
 you

00:40:27.219 --> 00:40:27.599
 actually

00:40:27.599 --> 00:40:27.940
 are

00:40:27.940 --> 00:40:28.079
 in

00:40:28.079 --> 00:40:28.300
 my

00:40:28.300 --> 00:40:28.559
 eyes

00:40:28.559 --> 00:40:28.659
 or

00:40:28.659 --> 00:40:28.920
 anybody

00:40:28.920 --> 00:40:29.360
 else's

00:40:29.360 --> 00:40:29.639
 eyes

00:40:29.639 --> 00:40:31.960
 you are

00:40:31.960 --> 00:40:32.380
 welcomed

00:40:32.380 --> 00:40:32.860
 by your

00:40:32.860 --> 00:40:33.259
 king

00:40:33.259 --> 00:40:34.500
 if you

00:40:34.500 --> 00:40:34.679
 will

00:40:34.679 --> 00:40:34.880
 come

00:40:34.880 --> 00:40:35.219
 to him

00:40:35.219 --> 00:40:35.519
 the way

00:40:35.519 --> 00:40:35.880
 he said

00:40:35.880 --> 00:40:36.199
 to come

00:40:36.199 --> 00:40:36.599
 to him

00:40:36.599 --> 00:40:37.820
 which is

00:40:37.820 --> 00:40:38.340
 in repentance

00:40:38.340 --> 00:40:38.920
 and faith

00:40:38.920 --> 00:40:41.360
 there's really

00:40:41.360 --> 00:40:42.000
 two miracles

00:40:42.000 --> 00:40:42.639
 that's happening

00:40:42.639 --> 00:40:43.019
 in this

00:40:43.019 --> 00:40:43.340
 story

00:40:43.340 --> 00:40:45.059
 the cleansing

00:40:45.059 --> 00:40:44.659
!

00:40:44.659 --> 00:40:45.059
 cleansing

00:40:45.059 --> 00:40:45.359
 of the

00:40:45.359 --> 00:40:45.559
 ten

00:40:45.559 --> 00:40:45.980
 lepers

00:40:45.980 --> 00:40:46.259
 gets

00:40:46.259 --> 00:40:46.440
 all

00:40:46.440 --> 00:40:46.599
 the

00:40:46.599 --> 00:40:47.039
 attention

00:40:47.039 --> 00:40:47.460
 right

00:40:47.460 --> 00:40:48.739
 but

00:40:48.739 --> 00:40:48.920
 it's

00:40:48.920 --> 00:40:49.079
 the

00:40:49.079 --> 00:40:49.420
 cleansing

00:40:49.420 --> 00:40:49.679
 of

00:40:49.679 --> 00:40:49.839
 the

00:40:49.839 --> 00:40:50.159
 one

00:40:50.159 --> 00:40:50.399
 that

00:40:50.399 --> 00:40:50.699
 really

00:40:50.699 --> 00:40:50.920
 the

00:40:50.920 --> 00:40:51.179
 story

00:40:51.179 --> 00:40:51.359
 is

00:40:51.359 --> 00:40:51.779
 about

00:40:51.779 --> 00:40:55.559
 all

00:40:55.559 --> 00:40:55.719
 of

00:40:55.719 --> 00:40:55.960
 Jesus'

00:40:56.199 --> 00:40:56.659
 miracles

00:40:56.659 --> 00:40:56.920
 there

00:40:56.920 --> 00:40:57.099
 were

00:40:57.099 --> 00:40:57.859
 they're

00:40:57.859 --> 00:40:58.039
 meant

00:40:58.039 --> 00:40:58.319
 to be

00:40:58.319 --> 00:40:58.579
 these

00:40:58.579 --> 00:40:59.039
 signs

00:40:59.039 --> 00:40:59.279
 that

00:40:59.279 --> 00:40:59.559
 he

00:40:59.559 --> 00:41:00.000
 is

00:41:00.000 --> 00:41:00.319
 indeed

00:41:00.319 --> 00:41:00.819
 God's

00:41:00.819 --> 00:41:01.059
 son

00:41:01.059 --> 00:41:01.219
 and

00:41:01.219 --> 00:41:01.659
 Messiah

00:41:01.659 --> 00:41:02.639
 they

00:41:02.639 --> 00:41:02.920
 aren't

00:41:02.920 --> 00:41:03.339
 ends

00:41:03.339 --> 00:41:03.699
 in and

00:41:03.699 --> 00:41:03.839
 of

00:41:03.839 --> 00:41:04.420
 themselves

00:41:04.420 --> 00:41:04.679
 in

00:41:04.679 --> 00:41:04.819
 the

00:41:04.819 --> 00:41:05.279
 text

00:41:05.279 --> 00:41:05.899
 they

00:41:05.899 --> 00:41:06.039
 are

00:41:06.039 --> 00:41:06.779
 means

00:41:06.779 --> 00:41:07.379
 by

00:41:07.379 --> 00:41:07.839
 which

00:41:07.839 --> 00:41:08.159
 these

00:41:08.159 --> 00:41:08.579
 authors

00:41:08.579 --> 00:41:08.859
 are

00:41:08.859 --> 00:41:09.619
 revealing

00:41:09.619 --> 00:41:10.339
 the

00:41:10.339 --> 00:41:10.659
 true

00:41:10.659 --> 00:41:11.039
 nature

00:41:11.039 --> 00:41:11.279
 of

00:41:11.279 --> 00:41:11.599
 Jesus

00:41:11.599 --> 00:41:13.259
 because

00:41:13.259 --> 00:41:13.659
 once

00:41:13.659 --> 00:41:13.839
 we

00:41:13.839 --> 00:41:14.099
 see

00:41:14.099 --> 00:41:14.319
 who

00:41:14.319 --> 00:41:14.539
 he

00:41:14.539 --> 00:41:15.039
 is

00:41:15.039 --> 00:41:15.920
 only

00:41:15.920 --> 00:41:16.239
 then

00:41:16.239 --> 00:41:16.400
 will

00:41:16.400 --> 00:41:16.559
 we

00:41:16.559 --> 00:41:16.920
 begin

00:41:16.920 --> 00:41:17.139
 to

00:41:17.139 --> 00:41:17.819
 understand

00:41:17.819 --> 00:41:18.319
 the

00:41:18.319 --> 00:41:18.759
 significance

00:41:18.759 --> 00:41:19.699
 of

00:41:19.699 --> 00:41:20.079
 his

00:41:20.079 --> 00:41:20.500
 arrival

00:41:20.500 --> 00:41:21.619
 and

00:41:21.619 --> 00:41:21.759
 why

00:41:21.759 --> 00:41:21.940
 he

00:41:21.940 --> 00:41:22.219
 came

00:41:22.219 --> 00:41:23.940
 and

00:41:23.940 --> 00:41:24.460
 ultimately

00:41:24.460 --> 00:41:25.539
 he

00:41:25.539 --> 00:41:25.799
 didn't

00:41:25.799 --> 00:41:26.139
 come

00:41:26.139 --> 00:41:26.360
 to

00:41:26.360 --> 00:41:26.539
 heal

00:41:26.539 --> 00:41:26.719
 our

00:41:26.719 --> 00:41:27.139
 diseases

00:41:27.139 --> 00:41:29.460
 he

00:41:29.460 --> 00:41:29.759
 came

00:41:29.759 --> 00:41:29.960
 to

00:41:29.960 --> 00:41:30.239
 forgive

00:41:30.239 --> 00:41:30.480
 our

00:41:30.480 --> 00:41:31.000
 sins

00:41:31.000 --> 00:41:32.619
 and

00:41:32.619 --> 00:41:32.739
 the

00:41:32.739 --> 00:41:32.940
 only

00:41:32.940 --> 00:41:33.420
 way

00:41:33.420 --> 00:41:34.400
 that

00:41:34.400 --> 00:41:34.639
 those

00:41:34.639 --> 00:41:34.860
 sins

00:41:34.860 --> 00:41:34.980
 will

00:41:34.980 --> 00:41:35.139
 be

00:41:35.139 --> 00:41:35.480
 forgiven

00:41:35.480 --> 00:41:36.920
 is

00:41:36.920 --> 00:41:37.079
 if

00:41:37.079 --> 00:41:37.279
 he

00:41:37.279 --> 00:41:37.699
 himself

00:41:37.699 --> 00:41:38.199
 pays

00:41:38.199 --> 00:41:38.380
 for

00:41:38.380 --> 00:41:38.579
 them

00:41:38.579 --> 00:41:39.219
 in

00:41:39.219 --> 00:41:39.339
 our

00:41:39.339 --> 00:41:39.799
 place

00:41:39.799 --> 00:41:41.539
 remember

00:41:41.539 --> 00:41:41.679
 the

00:41:41.679 --> 00:41:41.920
 first

00:41:41.920 --> 00:41:42.239
 line

00:41:42.239 --> 00:41:42.340
 of

00:41:42.340 --> 00:41:42.460
 the

00:41:42.460 --> 00:41:42.860
 section

00:41:42.860 --> 00:41:44.599
 where

00:41:44.599 --> 00:41:44.719
 is

00:41:44.719 --> 00:41:44.800
 he

00:41:44.800 --> 00:41:45.119
 going

00:41:45.119 --> 00:41:46.380
 he

00:41:46.380 --> 00:41:46.460
 is

00:41:46.460 --> 00:41:46.579
 on

00:41:46.579 --> 00:41:46.699
 his

00:41:46.699 --> 00:41:46.840
 way

00:41:46.840 --> 00:41:46.960
 to

00:41:46.960 --> 00:41:47.420
 Jerusalem

00:41:47.420 --> 00:41:48.400
 what

00:41:48.400 --> 00:41:48.480
 is

00:41:48.480 --> 00:41:48.639
 going

00:41:48.639 --> 00:41:48.719
 to

00:41:48.719 --> 00:41:48.860
 do

00:41:48.860 --> 00:41:49.000
 when

00:41:49.000 --> 00:41:49.079
 he

00:41:49.079 --> 00:41:49.300
 gets

00:41:49.300 --> 00:41:49.559
 there

00:41:49.559 --> 00:41:50.800
 he

00:41:50.800 --> 00:41:50.880
 is

00:41:50.880 --> 00:41:50.960
 going

00:41:50.960 --> 00:41:51.059
 to

00:41:51.059 --> 00:41:51.199
 lay

00:41:51.199 --> 00:41:51.380
 down

00:41:51.380 --> 00:41:51.539
 his

00:41:51.539 --> 00:41:51.920
 life

00:41:51.920 --> 00:41:52.900
 for

00:41:52.900 --> 00:41:53.119
 this

00:41:53.119 --> 00:41:53.460
 leper

00:41:53.460 --> 00:41:55.239
 that

00:41:55.239 --> 00:41:55.480
 came

00:41:55.480 --> 00:41:55.860
 back

00:41:55.860 --> 00:41:56.179
 and

00:41:56.179 --> 00:41:56.340
 fell

00:41:56.340 --> 00:41:56.460
 at

00:41:56.460 --> 00:41:56.599
 his

00:41:56.599 --> 00:41:56.920
 feet

00:41:56.920 --> 00:41:58.219
 and

00:41:58.219 --> 00:41:58.679
 worshipped

00:41:58.679 --> 00:41:58.920
 him

00:41:58.920 --> 00:42:00.840
 he

00:42:00.840 --> 00:42:00.920
 is

00:42:00.920 --> 00:42:00.980
 going

00:42:00.980 --> 00:42:01.019
 to

00:42:01.019 --> 00:42:01.159
 lay

00:42:01.159 --> 00:42:01.320
 down

00:42:01.320 --> 00:42:01.480
 his

00:42:01.480 --> 00:42:01.880
 life

00:42:01.880 --> 00:42:02.759
 for

00:42:02.759 --> 00:42:02.980
 you

00:42:02.980 --> 00:42:03.099
 and

00:42:03.099 --> 00:42:03.239
 for

00:42:03.239 --> 00:42:03.460
 me

00:42:03.460 --> 00:42:05.880
 that's

00:42:05.880 --> 00:42:05.980
 how

00:42:05.980 --> 00:42:06.119
 the

00:42:06.119 --> 00:42:06.340
 kingdom

00:42:06.340 --> 00:42:06.880
 comes

00:42:06.880 --> 00:42:08.079
 the

00:42:08.079 --> 00:42:08.320
 king

00:42:08.320 --> 00:42:08.559
 gives

00:42:08.559 --> 00:42:08.960
 himself

00:42:08.960 --> 00:42:09.179
 for

00:42:09.179 --> 00:42:09.300
 his

00:42:09.300 --> 00:42:09.619
 people

00:42:11.539 --> 00:42:11.759
 in

00:42:11.759 --> 00:42:11.940
 his

00:42:11.940 --> 00:42:12.320
 death

00:42:12.320 --> 00:42:12.420
 and

00:42:12.420 --> 00:42:13.059
 resurrection

00:42:13.059 --> 00:42:14.239
 those

00:42:14.239 --> 00:42:14.420
 who

00:42:14.420 --> 00:42:14.840
 trust

00:42:14.840 --> 00:42:15.019
 in

00:42:15.019 --> 00:42:15.320
 him

00:42:15.320 --> 00:42:16.239
 receive

00:42:16.239 --> 00:42:16.679
 forgiveness

00:42:16.679 --> 00:42:16.960
 of

00:42:16.960 --> 00:42:17.360
 sins

00:42:17.360 --> 00:42:17.559
 they

00:42:17.559 --> 00:42:17.980
 receive

00:42:17.980 --> 00:42:18.380
 entrance

00:42:18.380 --> 00:42:18.639
 into

00:42:18.639 --> 00:42:18.840
 the

00:42:18.840 --> 00:42:19.139
 kingdom

00:42:19.139 --> 00:42:20.320
 and

00:42:20.320 --> 00:42:20.460
 if

00:42:20.460 --> 00:42:20.699
 like

00:42:20.699 --> 00:42:20.860
 the

00:42:20.860 --> 00:42:21.039
 man

00:42:21.039 --> 00:42:21.159
 in

00:42:21.159 --> 00:42:21.340
 this

00:42:21.340 --> 00:42:21.639
 story

00:42:21.639 --> 00:42:21.860
 you

00:42:21.860 --> 00:42:22.039
 will

00:42:22.039 --> 00:42:22.279
 turn

00:42:22.279 --> 00:42:22.420
 to

00:42:22.420 --> 00:42:22.599
 him

00:42:22.599 --> 00:42:23.000
 today

00:42:23.000 --> 00:42:24.500
 you

00:42:24.500 --> 00:42:24.840
 too

00:42:24.840 --> 00:42:25.599
 will

00:42:25.599 --> 00:42:25.759
 be

00:42:25.759 --> 00:42:26.179
 saved

00:42:26.179 --> 00:42:29.179
 Advent

00:42:29.179 --> 00:42:29.619
 is a

00:42:29.619 --> 00:42:29.960
 season

00:42:29.960 --> 00:42:30.199
 of

00:42:30.199 --> 00:42:30.820
 preparation

00:42:30.820 --> 00:42:32.079
 that

00:42:32.079 --> 00:42:32.840
 unfolds

00:42:32.840 --> 00:42:33.000
 into

00:42:33.000 --> 00:42:33.659
 celebration

00:42:33.659 --> 00:42:34.920
 puts

00:42:34.920 --> 00:42:35.079
 us

00:42:35.079 --> 00:42:35.340
 in the

00:42:35.340 --> 00:42:35.619
 shoes

00:42:35.619 --> 00:42:35.920
 of

00:42:35.920 --> 00:42:37.300
 Israel

00:42:37.300 --> 00:42:37.599
 in the

00:42:37.599 --> 00:42:37.779
 Old

00:42:37.779 --> 00:42:38.159
 Testament

00:42:38.159 --> 00:42:38.340
 as

00:42:38.340 --> 00:42:38.519
 they're

00:42:38.519 --> 00:42:38.940
 waiting

00:42:38.940 --> 00:42:39.340
 for the

00:42:39.340 --> 00:42:39.739
 fulfillment

00:42:39.739 --> 00:42:40.059
 of the

00:42:40.059 --> 00:42:40.559
 promise

00:42:40.559 --> 00:42:41.759
 and

00:42:41.759 --> 00:42:41.940
 of

00:42:41.940 --> 00:42:42.139
 course

00:42:42.139 --> 00:42:42.539
 December

00:42:42.539 --> 00:42:43.119
 25th

00:42:43.119 --> 00:42:43.299
 rolls

00:42:43.299 --> 00:42:43.699
 around

00:42:43.699 --> 00:42:43.920
 and

00:42:43.920 --> 00:42:44.079
 it

00:42:44.079 --> 00:42:44.380
 breaks

00:42:44.380 --> 00:42:44.599
 into

00:42:44.599 --> 00:42:45.239
 celebration

00:42:45.239 --> 00:42:45.480
 that

00:42:45.480 --> 00:42:45.619
 the

00:42:45.619 --> 00:42:45.920
 promise

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 has

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 actually

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 been

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 fulfilled

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 but of

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 course

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 looking

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 from

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 this

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 side

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 of

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 the

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 cross

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 the

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 Advent

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 season

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 is a

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 little bit

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 different

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 for us

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 isn't

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 it

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 it

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 actually

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 starts

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 celebration

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 now

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 doesn't

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 it

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 because

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 the

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 king

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 has

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 already

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 come

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 it's

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 rooted

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 in

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 celebration

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 as we

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 prepare

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 and

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 anticipate

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 another

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 Advent

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 another

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 arrival

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 and

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 though

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 his

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 kingdom

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 is

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 already

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 in

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 our

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 midst

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 we

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 await

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 its

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 fullness

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 at

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 his

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 return

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 and

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 with

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 glad

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 and

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 joyful

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 hearts

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 we

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 celebrate

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 as we

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 prepare

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 for that

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 great

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 and

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 glorious

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 day

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 and

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 perhaps

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 this

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 story

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 will

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 be a

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 help

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 to

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 you

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 as

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 you

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 meditate

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 on

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 the

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 real

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 reason

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 that

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 we

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 celebrate

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 over

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 these

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 next

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 24

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 or

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 25

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 days

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 let's

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 pray

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 do

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