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

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 If you have a Bible with you, open them to Luke chapter 7.

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 We're continuing in our journey through the gospel of Luke.

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 And this morning we're going to look at this situation here with Jesus meeting this Roman centurion

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 where he begins to demonstrate a lot of things he has just taught in this sermon which we've just finished going through.

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 So let me read for us from Luke 7, beginning of verse 1.

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 We're going to read down through verse 10.

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 After he had finished all his sayings and the hearing of the people, he entered Capernaum.

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 Now a centurion had a servant who was sick and at the point of death who was highly valued by him.

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 And when the centurion heard about Jesus, he sent to him elders of the Jews asking him to come and heal his servant.

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 And when they came to Jesus, they pleaded with him earnestly saying,

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 He is worthy to have you do this for him for he loves our nation and he is one who built us our synagogue.

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 And Jesus went with them.

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 But when he was not far from the house, the centurion sent friends saying to him,

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 Lord, do not trouble yourself for I am not worthy to have you come under my roof.

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 Therefore, I did not presume to come to you.

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 But say the word and let my servant be healed.

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 For I too am a man set under authority with soldiers under me.

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 And I say to one, go.

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 And he goes.

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 And to another, come.

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 And he comes.

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 And to my servant, do this.

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 And he does it.

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 And when Jesus heard these things, he marveled at him.

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 And turning to the crowd that followed him said,

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 I tell you, not even in Israel have I found such faith.

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 And when those who had been sent returned to the house, they found the servant well.

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 You know, one of the things I love about really the whole of the Bible,

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 but especially when we come to the Gospels, is stories.

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 I mean, I love stories.

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 I think we all love stories.

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 And one of the things about Luke, and it's a little different than especially, say, Matthew,

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 Luke, we find very few extended sections that are just him explaining the kingdom.

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 Where he's teaching us truths.

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 Far more often than not, you have these stories that paint a picture of these principles that

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 Jesus is communicating about the reality of this new kingdom that he brings in.

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 And this is one of those examples.

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 He's just finished, probably in the Gospel of Luke, the longest section of teaching that we have.

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 But now, immediately, Luke is going to give us a pair of stories.

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 And we're going to look at one this week and another one next week

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 that illustrates all that he has just said about the kingdom.

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 This week, we have the healing of this servant of a Gentile who expresses faith.

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 But then next week, we're going to see how he returns a dead son alive to his widowed mother.

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 And both of these are going to reflect something different about the kingdom.

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 And in some ways, they are both scandalous.

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 Because they fly directly in the face of common thought.

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 And so today, we're going to look at the kingdom, and we're going to look at kingdom faith.

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 What does kingdom faith look like?

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 You know, and you have to say, when you say that you have faith, when you say your friends have faith,

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 what do you look for in yourself or in someone else that says, yeah, they really do have faith?

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 And if it's true faith, you know, what distinguishes that?

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 So as Jesus just taught in this previous sermon, that you'll know a tree by its fruits.

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 And so he says, a good tree is going to produce good fruits.

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 A bad tree produces bad fruit.

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 You know that tree by the fruit it produces.

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 What does the kingdom, what does faith, this kingdom faith, produce in us

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 that demonstrates that fruit of the kingdom?

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 And so Luke is going to show us in this section.

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 Again, it's a scandalous section in a couple of ways.

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 But he's going to show us and demonstrate for us what this kingdom faith is.

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 And if you really do want to impress Jesus, this is how to do it.

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 So, really we just see two things.

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 The first is kingdom faith.

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 It's always in a downward movement.

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 We're going to see it in both of these.

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 But it first moves downward in humility.

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 Here's the story.

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 What's going on here?

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 Jesus has just finished teaching.

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 And now he is moving towards Capernaum with this huge posse with him.

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 In some ways, Luke at this point doesn't even give it much thought.

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 Though we're going to see it come into play in the next story.

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 Jesus has just finished teaching about all this new system of values.

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 And now he's going to demonstrate in a very clear, very major way what he was trying to explain.

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 And so as he's approaching the city, he is met by this group of Jewish elders.

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 These are leaders in this community.

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 And they've been sent to him on behalf of a Roman centurion.

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 See, that in itself would make us scratch our heads.

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 Because what do these Jews, what are they having to do, what do they have to do with this Roman centurion?

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 These Romans were the occupying army.

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 They were the force in Palestine then, in Israel, that the Jews hated.

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 They hated them almost as much as they did Samaritans.

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 But they hated the Romans because typically Roman centurions were not nice people.

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 They could be, in many occasions, brutal.

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 They were captors.

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 They were occupiers.

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 And the Jews were captives.

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 And so many times that's the way they treated them.

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 So what's going on here?

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 The Jews have come to Jesus, these Jewish leaders,

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 and they're kind of pleading this guy's case.

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 They're making a case with Jesus that this guy deserves Jesus' help.

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 That's a little weird.

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 What are they doing?

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 Well, is this Roman actually that nice a guy?

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 Maybe.

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 Maybe.

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 I mean, we see here, the way Luke describes him, he's got a tender heart, especially towards this servant of his.

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 And he's obviously done some good things for the Jewish community.

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 So maybe there's something very tender about him and that he has indeed won the affections of his captives.

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 There might be something else going on here.

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 The way that society operated and worked in these kind of situations was on a quid pro quo basis.

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 Jesus, if I do good for you, that means you owe me.

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 And so what the Romans would do sometimes with their captives is, you know, the centurion spent money, you know, built their synagogue and so forth.

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 But what he could be doing here with that is buying peace.

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 I'll build your synagogue.

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 You don't give me any trouble.

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 And so the Jews, in a sense, you know, maybe what he's doing here with these Jewish elders is calling in his debts.

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 So, yeah, maybe he did love this servant of his and this servant was obviously very valuable.

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 And so he needed help.

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 And now he has heard that there's this guy named Jesus out here who could bring life and healing back to my servant.

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 So, the elders come and are trying to build a case for this centurion's worthiness.

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 That word worthy is the key here.

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 It's one of these key ideas because, you know, the Jews operate on this basis as well.

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 What you do, how you behave, your standing in society, all of that makes you worthy.

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 And the basic meaning of that word worthy is kind of substantive or heavy.

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 You have weight to your life or you are valuable.

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 You are somebody.

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 And that is, you find worth on the basis of how you live, the good things you do, and so forth.

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 And so that's the system.

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 That's simply the way the world works here.

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 And it's the way the Jews are working.

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 Yes, this guy was a foreigner.

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 Yes, in normal circumstances, they wouldn't have anything to do with him.

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 But in this case, they are coming and trying to build a case.

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 Now, the amazing thing here is Jesus goes.

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 He never says a word about it.

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 He just goes with him.

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 And now what this does, it sets up a whole new crisis.

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 Because a centurion hears that he's coming.

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 And there's something else about society.

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 This Jewish teacher cannot come into the house of a Gentile.

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 And so, the centurion in some ways panics.

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 And he sends a whole different group of people to Jesus.

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 These are not Jewish elders that he's using to get something.

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 Now he's got friends.

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 And now they're saying something whole different.

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 Something totally different about this Roman.

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 He's not worthy.

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 He's a Roman.

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 He says, I am not worthy for you to enter under my roof.

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 Enter into my house.

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 And the word that their centurion uses.

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 It's like, I'm insufficient.

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 I am a nobody.

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 In regard to you, comparison to you, I am not enough for you to care.

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 And so, from a distance, he sends these friends to Jesus.

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 Because basically, the Gentile says, I have no right to expect you to help me.

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 But, you know, if you just say the word, which we'll look at in just a minute.

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 But there is in this world this system of worth and value.

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 And unfortunately, in that system, it's all based on what you do.

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 Who you are.

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 And this is what Jesus came to bring it into.

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 Unfortunately, that same kind of system is what we have here.

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 What makes you think that you are worthy to expect Jesus to come to you and to give you help?

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 You know, help is given to those who are worthy of it.

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 You know, we operate this way.

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 If someone were to come to you and ask for financial help, they need money from you.

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 What are you looking for in them that would make them worthy of your help?

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 What if they were standing there puffing on a cigarette in front of you?

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 What if they had the smell of alcohol on their breath?

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 What if they were dressed very clearly as if they belonged to another religion?

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 What would disqualify them from you giving them help?

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 Would they be worthy?

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 What makes us worthy?

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 To ask and to expect something.

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 But, you know, that is as big a question as that is.

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 How do you approach God yourself?

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 You need Him to work for you?

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 You need something?

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 You've got something going on in your life?

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 And it's very, very dear to you.

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 What gives you the right to go before God and expect Him to answer your prayer and to meet you in that need?

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 Have you done enough?

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 Are you good enough?

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 You know, a few years ago, well, let me just say this first.

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 A lot of us know intellectually that there's nothing we can do.

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 But that's not the way we function.

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 Some years ago, when not long I had actually become a Christian,

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 I joined the staff of Campus Crusade for Christ.

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 I was going to become a missionary.

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 And I had, I was at new staff training,

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 and they were trying to decide where I should fit,

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 what ministry I should go into.

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 And I had just auditioned for the music ministry.

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 Not very well, I might say.

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 But I auditioned.

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 And that's where I really wanted to be placed.

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 I didn't want to go just work on a college campus somewhere.

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 I wanted to work with these music groups that they had.

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 And so, you know, in that anxious time of waiting,

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 and this was something I really, really wanted.

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 And so I decided, you know, maybe I ought to pray about this.

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 But I was like, oh, my God.

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 And so I remember, I went up one evening.

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 They had a, at the camp, the staff training grounds where I was,

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 they had a chapel.

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 And so I decided, let me, I'm just, I'm going to go up there

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 in the quiet and the private, and I'm going to pray.

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 But as I went up there and started praying, I realized something.

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 That's the first time I had really prayed in a long time.

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 I hadn't really, as far as my time and efforts go,

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 I hadn't paid God much attention at all.

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 Yeah, I was in training to be a missionary.

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 And I wasn't in his word.

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 I wasn't praying.

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 And there were just other things in my life that were inconsistent

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 with all of this.

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 And it hit me that God, and I just started kind of rattling all this off.

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 And I said, I really don't have much right to ask you for this.

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 And it was kind of like, you know, this is a very un-Presbyterian thing.

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 It was almost like God actually responded.

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 To that prayer.

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 And as clear as it could be in my mind, this thought came.

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 And it says, okay, what difference would it have made

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 if you had done all those things?

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 Would you be more worthy?

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 Well, no.

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 See, I was very, very determined to make myself acceptable.

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 I was determined that I was going to make myself good enough

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 where I could be approved because I'd behaved well enough

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 so that God would, that I would feel confident

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 that God would actually come and take my desires to heart

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 and meet me and answer my prayer.

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 I was trying to be worthy.

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 Well, what's keeping you from asking God

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 for something that's very, very dear to your heart?

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 And I don't know what that might be.

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 It might be something that you really want.

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 It might be him taking away something you really don't want.

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 But that request, what is it?

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 And see, a lot of times we hesitate

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 to come before God because,

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 yeah, I'm not good with devotional times.

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 Oh, yeah, I've been going the wrong places on my computer.

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 Oh, yeah, I mean, I have just yelled at my kids

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 for the seventh time and it's barely lunch.

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 Why would I think that God would listen to me?

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 Why would I think he would have anything to do with my desires?

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 See, in the old system,

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 worthiness is on what we do.

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 But there's a new system.

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 And Jesus went to the Gentiles' home

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 without a word, without hesitation,

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 because there's a new system.

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 That those who are the least worthy

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 can be made worthy,

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 but not because of their lineage,

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 not because of their religion,

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 not because of their behavior,

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 but because of what he was about to do.

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 The Holy One of Israel

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 was about to embrace unworthiness.

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 The Holy One of Israel

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 was about to enter in the sewer

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 of human depravity

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 and take it away.

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 And he was going to embrace it

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 so that us who are lost in it

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 and stuck in it

00:22:03.019 --> 00:22:07.799
 we who cannot be good enough

00:22:07.799 --> 00:22:08.680
 ever

00:22:08.680 --> 00:22:11.820
 can be made

00:22:11.820 --> 00:22:13.620
 worthy.

00:22:16.420 --> 00:22:18.700
 And how worthy has he made us?

00:22:18.700 --> 00:22:24.160
 that same Holy One

00:22:24.160 --> 00:22:25.440
 of Israel

00:22:25.440 --> 00:22:28.259
 has now declared

00:22:28.259 --> 00:22:29.620
 that through his work,

00:22:29.740 --> 00:22:30.740
 through his death,

00:22:30.799 --> 00:22:32.559
 through his intervention,

00:22:33.340 --> 00:22:37.559
 has made me

00:22:37.559 --> 00:22:40.880
 not only acceptable enough

00:22:40.880 --> 00:22:41.940
 that he would enter

00:22:41.940 --> 00:22:42.940
 into my dwelling,

00:22:42.940 --> 00:22:49.539
 he's chosen to take up residence there.

00:22:49.539 --> 00:22:58.980
 the Holy One

00:22:58.980 --> 00:23:02.279
 has cleansed me

00:23:02.279 --> 00:23:04.200
 so fully,

00:23:05.200 --> 00:23:06.519
 so completely,

00:23:06.519 --> 00:23:09.899
 and has made me

00:23:09.899 --> 00:23:11.720
 so ultimately

00:23:11.720 --> 00:23:13.119
 beautiful

00:23:13.119 --> 00:23:17.279
 that he

00:23:17.279 --> 00:23:18.719
 says,

00:23:19.719 --> 00:23:21.000
 I'll come.

00:23:22.359 --> 00:23:23.559
 No problem.

00:23:26.459 --> 00:23:27.259
 I'm on my way.

00:23:31.459 --> 00:23:32.539
 There's nothing

00:23:32.539 --> 00:23:34.179
 to keep us

00:23:34.180 --> 00:23:37.200
 from inviting him

00:23:37.200 --> 00:23:40.120
 and expecting him

00:23:40.120 --> 00:23:42.560
 to hear us

00:23:42.560 --> 00:23:44.080
 and to

00:23:44.080 --> 00:23:45.560
 bless us.

00:23:46.560 --> 00:23:47.400
 Nothing.

00:23:51.519 --> 00:23:52.160
 Faith

00:23:52.160 --> 00:23:54.299
 embraces

00:23:54.299 --> 00:23:56.460
 the humility

00:23:56.460 --> 00:23:59.240
 of unworthiness

00:23:59.240 --> 00:24:02.039
 because

00:24:02.039 --> 00:24:04.079
 we have a Savior

00:24:04.079 --> 00:24:06.400
 that we trust

00:24:06.400 --> 00:24:07.500
 and makes us worthy.

00:24:09.380 --> 00:24:09.819
 Secondly,

00:24:11.839 --> 00:24:12.359
 faith

00:24:12.359 --> 00:24:13.240
 moving downward

00:24:13.240 --> 00:24:14.740
 now in submission.

00:24:18.240 --> 00:24:18.420
 You know,

00:24:18.480 --> 00:24:19.160
 when the centurion,

00:24:19.240 --> 00:24:20.579
 and this is the part

00:24:20.579 --> 00:24:21.079
 that sometimes

00:24:21.079 --> 00:24:22.500
 we might scratch our heads

00:24:22.500 --> 00:24:23.319
 about this,

00:24:23.400 --> 00:24:24.039
 and this is okay,

00:24:24.180 --> 00:24:24.700
 as soon as,

00:24:25.200 --> 00:24:25.400
 you know,

00:24:25.460 --> 00:24:26.700
 with the second group of people

00:24:26.700 --> 00:24:27.859
 he sends them to Jesus,

00:24:27.859 --> 00:24:29.740
 and the reason

00:24:29.740 --> 00:24:30.579
 he tells Jesus,

00:24:30.759 --> 00:24:30.939
 no,

00:24:31.059 --> 00:24:32.219
 don't come,

00:24:32.419 --> 00:24:33.319
 he gets into this

00:24:33.319 --> 00:24:35.079
 discussion of authority

00:24:35.079 --> 00:24:36.559
 and it's kind of

00:24:36.559 --> 00:24:37.259
 this hierarchy

00:24:37.259 --> 00:24:38.219
 of authority.

00:24:39.379 --> 00:24:40.240
 And what's this

00:24:40.240 --> 00:24:40.819
 all about?

00:24:41.979 --> 00:24:42.539
 And he says,

00:24:42.599 --> 00:24:42.879
 Jesus,

00:24:43.199 --> 00:24:43.519
 look,

00:24:43.619 --> 00:24:45.319
 just say the word

00:24:45.319 --> 00:24:48.939
 because I understand

00:24:48.939 --> 00:24:49.519
 authority.

00:24:50.219 --> 00:24:50.379
 I mean,

00:24:50.619 --> 00:24:51.699
 I'm a centurion.

00:24:51.779 --> 00:24:52.779
 I got guys under me.

00:24:53.240 --> 00:24:53.979
 I tell one,

00:24:54.319 --> 00:24:54.719
 do this,

00:24:54.759 --> 00:24:55.399
 and he does it,

00:24:55.519 --> 00:24:56.559
 and go here,

00:24:56.619 --> 00:24:57.279
 and he goes,

00:24:57.279 --> 00:24:59.440
 and so all you've

00:24:59.440 --> 00:24:59.839
 got to do

00:24:59.839 --> 00:25:00.700
 is say the word.

00:25:03.339 --> 00:25:03.579
 And see,

00:25:03.639 --> 00:25:04.079
 obviously,

00:25:04.220 --> 00:25:04.899
 the centurion

00:25:04.899 --> 00:25:06.559
 has heard the stories

00:25:06.559 --> 00:25:07.579
 about Jesus

00:25:07.579 --> 00:25:08.539
 and what he's doing

00:25:08.539 --> 00:25:09.359
 and how he's not only

00:25:09.359 --> 00:25:10.480
 teaching with authority,

00:25:10.779 --> 00:25:12.819
 he's been working

00:25:12.819 --> 00:25:13.639
 with authority,

00:25:14.960 --> 00:25:15.720
 something that

00:25:15.720 --> 00:25:16.819
 the Jewish elders

00:25:16.819 --> 00:25:17.539
 in a lot of ways

00:25:17.539 --> 00:25:18.539
 were blind to,

00:25:19.539 --> 00:25:21.359
 but he's caught on.

00:25:22.920 --> 00:25:24.379
 This guy's got authority,

00:25:24.380 --> 00:25:27.000
 and he can speak,

00:25:28.000 --> 00:25:29.340
 and all he's got to do

00:25:29.340 --> 00:25:29.900
 is speak,

00:25:30.700 --> 00:25:32.020
 and it's done.

00:25:35.100 --> 00:25:35.940
 And so he's,

00:25:36.600 --> 00:25:37.480
 this centurion

00:25:37.480 --> 00:25:39.040
 is submitting himself

00:25:39.040 --> 00:25:42.520
 to the authority

00:25:42.520 --> 00:25:44.200
 of Jesus.

00:25:46.120 --> 00:25:48.060
 And Jesus hears this.

00:25:48.059 --> 00:25:52.220
 Jesus was impressed.

00:25:53.539 --> 00:25:54.500
 The text says

00:25:54.500 --> 00:25:55.539
 he marveled.

00:25:57.619 --> 00:25:58.639
 And he says,

00:25:58.779 --> 00:26:01.159
 in all Israel,

00:26:01.379 --> 00:26:02.259
 and here's the scandal

00:26:02.259 --> 00:26:03.139
 of the story,

00:26:03.700 --> 00:26:04.639
 in all Israel,

00:26:05.059 --> 00:26:06.059
 I have not seen

00:26:06.059 --> 00:26:06.839
 such faith,

00:26:07.119 --> 00:26:08.119
 and that faith

00:26:08.119 --> 00:26:09.579
 came from a

00:26:09.579 --> 00:26:10.079
 scum

00:26:10.079 --> 00:26:12.119
 Roman centurion.

00:26:12.119 --> 00:26:16.019
 because he understood

00:26:16.019 --> 00:26:18.219
 the dynamics

00:26:18.219 --> 00:26:19.359
 of a new kingdom.

00:26:21.439 --> 00:26:22.500
 This is huge.

00:26:22.579 --> 00:26:23.439
 This whole idea

00:26:23.439 --> 00:26:24.059
 of authority

00:26:24.059 --> 00:26:24.959
 is huge

00:26:24.959 --> 00:26:26.699
 for me.

00:26:26.819 --> 00:26:27.679
 For the centurion,

00:26:27.899 --> 00:26:28.559
 he was dealing

00:26:28.559 --> 00:26:29.839
 with this physical illness

00:26:29.839 --> 00:26:31.199
 of this beloved servant,

00:26:31.979 --> 00:26:33.659
 and all he knew

00:26:33.659 --> 00:26:34.519
 that all Jesus

00:26:34.519 --> 00:26:35.099
 had to do

00:26:35.099 --> 00:26:36.219
 was to speak

00:26:36.219 --> 00:26:37.659
 into this,

00:26:37.739 --> 00:26:38.659
 and this servant

00:26:38.659 --> 00:26:39.699
 would be healed.

00:26:39.700 --> 00:26:42.460
 you know,

00:26:42.519 --> 00:26:43.059
 for us,

00:26:43.340 --> 00:26:43.860
 the issue

00:26:43.860 --> 00:26:44.380
 might be

00:26:44.380 --> 00:26:45.360
 a little less material.

00:26:47.960 --> 00:26:48.539
 You know,

00:26:48.600 --> 00:26:49.380
 what has Jesus

00:26:49.380 --> 00:26:51.400
 already said to me

00:26:51.400 --> 00:26:54.860
 about me

00:26:54.860 --> 00:26:58.039
 that I simply

00:26:58.039 --> 00:26:59.019
 do not believe

00:26:59.019 --> 00:27:01.559
 or that I openly

00:27:01.559 --> 00:27:02.380
 reject

00:27:02.380 --> 00:27:05.220
 and that I cannot,

00:27:05.759 --> 00:27:06.880
 I will not

00:27:06.880 --> 00:27:08.220
 accept?

00:27:09.700 --> 00:27:11.140
 what has he said?

00:27:12.340 --> 00:27:13.019
 What has he already

00:27:13.019 --> 00:27:13.519
 declared?

00:27:17.680 --> 00:27:18.200
 Well,

00:27:19.059 --> 00:27:19.960
 who's the one

00:27:19.960 --> 00:27:20.860
 in your life?

00:27:21.519 --> 00:27:21.880
 And I have

00:27:21.880 --> 00:27:22.860
 asked the question,

00:27:23.059 --> 00:27:23.220
 you know,

00:27:23.259 --> 00:27:23.700
 who's the one

00:27:23.700 --> 00:27:24.360
 in my life

00:27:24.360 --> 00:27:26.080
 that actually

00:27:26.080 --> 00:27:27.299
 has the authority

00:27:27.299 --> 00:27:29.840
 to speak

00:27:29.840 --> 00:27:31.360
 into my heart

00:27:31.360 --> 00:27:33.860
 and I will submit

00:27:33.860 --> 00:27:34.600
 and believe

00:27:34.600 --> 00:27:35.460
 and accept

00:27:35.460 --> 00:27:36.539
 what they say?

00:27:36.539 --> 00:27:39.940
 Is it a parent?

00:27:41.700 --> 00:27:43.180
 Maybe a spouse?

00:27:45.420 --> 00:27:46.299
 Do we live

00:27:46.299 --> 00:27:47.519
 with parents

00:27:47.519 --> 00:27:49.319
 who are speaking

00:27:49.319 --> 00:27:50.440
 into our lives

00:27:50.440 --> 00:27:51.599
 and what they're saying

00:27:51.599 --> 00:27:52.659
 actually is not

00:27:52.659 --> 00:27:53.659
 very good

00:27:53.659 --> 00:27:56.039
 but yet we believe

00:27:56.039 --> 00:27:57.619
 and we live

00:27:57.619 --> 00:27:58.779
 under this burden

00:27:58.779 --> 00:28:00.319
 of what they're

00:28:00.319 --> 00:28:01.700
 declaring about us?

00:28:01.700 --> 00:28:03.940
 are we living

00:28:03.940 --> 00:28:04.880
 in slavery

00:28:04.880 --> 00:28:06.920
 to certain people

00:28:06.920 --> 00:28:08.900
 because we need

00:28:08.900 --> 00:28:09.880
 their words

00:28:09.880 --> 00:28:10.700
 to speak

00:28:10.700 --> 00:28:11.680
 into us

00:28:11.680 --> 00:28:12.480
 that we actually

00:28:12.480 --> 00:28:13.360
 have value?

00:28:16.360 --> 00:28:17.620
 Who is it

00:28:17.620 --> 00:28:19.140
 in your life

00:28:19.140 --> 00:28:20.660
 that can speak

00:28:20.660 --> 00:28:21.160
 and you're going

00:28:21.160 --> 00:28:21.640
 to believe

00:28:21.640 --> 00:28:22.840
 and accept

00:28:22.840 --> 00:28:24.480
 and embrace?

00:28:25.019 --> 00:28:26.759
 Who has the authority?

00:28:26.759 --> 00:28:33.259
 You know,

00:28:33.279 --> 00:28:34.359
 because of these voices

00:28:34.359 --> 00:28:37.400
 sometimes we can

00:28:37.400 --> 00:28:37.900
 either feel

00:28:37.900 --> 00:28:38.960
 very defeated,

00:28:40.059 --> 00:28:41.259
 very worthless,

00:28:43.000 --> 00:28:43.980
 very small,

00:28:45.519 --> 00:28:45.759
 enslaved.

00:28:48.740 --> 00:28:48.980
 You know,

00:28:49.019 --> 00:28:49.980
 some of the loudest

00:28:49.980 --> 00:28:51.200
 voices that we believe

00:28:51.200 --> 00:28:51.980
 unfortunately

00:28:51.980 --> 00:28:53.680
 are our own.

00:28:53.680 --> 00:28:56.620
 we don't need

00:28:56.620 --> 00:28:57.320
 somebody else.

00:29:00.900 --> 00:29:01.980
 Some of those voices

00:29:01.980 --> 00:29:02.759
 simply say,

00:29:02.840 --> 00:29:03.560
 I'll look in the mirror

00:29:03.560 --> 00:29:04.240
 and it says,

00:29:04.380 --> 00:29:05.000
 I'm a failure,

00:29:05.360 --> 00:29:06.820
 I am a zero.

00:29:10.600 --> 00:29:11.680
 I am insignificant.

00:29:12.779 --> 00:29:13.920
 I mean nothing

00:29:13.920 --> 00:29:15.259
 to no one.

00:29:19.060 --> 00:29:19.539
 Now,

00:29:19.720 --> 00:29:21.799
 what I'm talking

00:29:21.799 --> 00:29:22.460
 about here

00:29:22.460 --> 00:29:25.259
 in getting into

00:29:25.259 --> 00:29:25.720
 is not

00:29:25.720 --> 00:29:26.539
 psychological

00:29:26.539 --> 00:29:27.220
 gymnastics.

00:29:30.740 --> 00:29:31.220
 Psychology

00:29:31.220 --> 00:29:32.019
 today

00:29:32.019 --> 00:29:33.220
 will tell you,

00:29:33.620 --> 00:29:33.840
 you know,

00:29:34.000 --> 00:29:35.120
 you might think

00:29:35.120 --> 00:29:35.680
 this is just

00:29:35.680 --> 00:29:36.000
 well,

00:29:36.220 --> 00:29:37.240
 positive speak.

00:29:37.799 --> 00:29:38.620
 We need to have

00:29:38.620 --> 00:29:39.960
 positive messages.

00:29:40.340 --> 00:29:41.200
 We need to speak

00:29:41.200 --> 00:29:41.840
 to ourselves

00:29:41.840 --> 00:29:42.860
 and listen to

00:29:42.860 --> 00:29:43.880
 the positive messages

00:29:43.880 --> 00:29:44.740
 that people give us

00:29:44.740 --> 00:29:45.279
 and ignore

00:29:45.279 --> 00:29:46.240
 the negative ones

00:29:46.240 --> 00:29:47.740
 and so that we can

00:29:47.740 --> 00:29:48.840
 have a better image

00:29:48.840 --> 00:29:49.579
 of ourselves

00:29:49.579 --> 00:29:50.039
 and you know,

00:29:50.039 --> 00:29:55.879
 I'm not talking

00:29:55.879 --> 00:29:56.720
 about that

00:29:56.720 --> 00:29:57.559
 because what

00:29:57.559 --> 00:29:58.879
 psychology does

00:29:58.879 --> 00:29:59.740
 unfortunately

00:29:59.740 --> 00:30:01.480
 is just saying

00:30:01.480 --> 00:30:02.019
 giving us

00:30:02.019 --> 00:30:03.759
 positive messages

00:30:03.759 --> 00:30:06.420
 and they're

00:30:06.420 --> 00:30:07.779
 ignoring the truth

00:30:07.779 --> 00:30:10.440
 and what is the

00:30:10.440 --> 00:30:11.039
 truth?

00:30:11.039 --> 00:30:11.099
 truth.

00:30:13.879 --> 00:30:15.680
 One of my

00:30:15.680 --> 00:30:16.980
 spiritual mentors

00:30:16.980 --> 00:30:18.819
 had this saying

00:30:18.819 --> 00:30:19.139
 and he says,

00:30:19.240 --> 00:30:19.379
 you know,

00:30:19.440 --> 00:30:19.819
 when people

00:30:19.819 --> 00:30:20.819
 criticize you,

00:30:21.720 --> 00:30:22.259
 rejoice

00:30:22.259 --> 00:30:24.940
 because it's not

00:30:24.940 --> 00:30:25.879
 anything as bad

00:30:25.879 --> 00:30:26.659
 as the reality.

00:30:26.659 --> 00:30:26.759
 reality.

00:30:33.399 --> 00:30:34.279
 What modern

00:30:34.279 --> 00:30:35.220
 psychology today

00:30:35.220 --> 00:30:35.940
 does is ignore

00:30:35.940 --> 00:30:36.579
 the reality.

00:30:36.579 --> 00:30:40.980
 I am unworthy.

00:30:42.859 --> 00:30:44.199
 I am broken.

00:30:45.179 --> 00:30:46.539
 I'm a mess.

00:30:48.939 --> 00:30:49.460
 And this is

00:30:49.460 --> 00:30:50.939
 the paradox

00:30:50.939 --> 00:30:52.199
 or the crazy

00:30:52.199 --> 00:30:52.699
 thing about

00:30:52.699 --> 00:30:53.379
 Christianity

00:30:53.379 --> 00:30:55.480
 because what

00:30:55.480 --> 00:30:56.299
 Christianity says,

00:30:56.379 --> 00:30:57.059
 what the gospel

00:30:57.059 --> 00:30:57.960
 says about it,

00:30:58.000 --> 00:30:58.819
 the gospel is

00:30:58.819 --> 00:31:00.299
 by far the most

00:31:00.299 --> 00:31:01.699
 absolutely negative

00:31:01.699 --> 00:31:02.980
 message we could

00:31:02.980 --> 00:31:03.339
 hear,

00:31:03.740 --> 00:31:04.679
 but at the same

00:31:04.679 --> 00:31:05.379
 time the most

00:31:05.379 --> 00:31:05.819
 glorious.

00:31:06.579 --> 00:31:08.159
 Because the gospel

00:31:08.159 --> 00:31:10.220
 says you are far

00:31:10.220 --> 00:31:11.299
 worse than you

00:31:11.299 --> 00:31:12.139
 ever believed.

00:31:16.460 --> 00:31:18.000
 But you're far

00:31:18.000 --> 00:31:19.639
 more beloved

00:31:19.639 --> 00:31:21.359
 than you ever

00:31:21.359 --> 00:31:21.839
 dreamed.

00:31:25.919 --> 00:31:27.619
 And so the voice

00:31:27.619 --> 00:31:28.460
 of Jesus

00:31:28.460 --> 00:31:31.179
 says what

00:31:31.179 --> 00:31:32.240
 to us?

00:31:32.240 --> 00:31:36.000
 it says,

00:31:36.720 --> 00:31:37.240
 yep,

00:31:37.799 --> 00:31:38.440
 you got a

00:31:38.440 --> 00:31:38.779
 problem.

00:31:39.940 --> 00:31:40.680
 You got a

00:31:40.680 --> 00:31:41.000
 big one.

00:31:42.039 --> 00:31:43.180
 You have no

00:31:43.180 --> 00:31:43.680
 clue.

00:31:46.380 --> 00:31:47.220
 You're a broken

00:31:47.220 --> 00:31:47.720
 mess

00:31:47.720 --> 00:31:49.740
 and there's not

00:31:49.740 --> 00:31:50.620
 one single thing

00:31:50.620 --> 00:31:51.180
 you can do

00:31:51.180 --> 00:31:52.819
 to take care

00:31:52.819 --> 00:31:53.160
 of it.

00:31:56.620 --> 00:31:57.339
 He doesn't

00:31:57.339 --> 00:31:57.980
 stop there.

00:31:57.980 --> 00:32:00.779
 what does

00:32:00.779 --> 00:32:01.099
 he also

00:32:01.099 --> 00:32:01.539
 say?

00:32:04.019 --> 00:32:04.539
 You're

00:32:04.539 --> 00:32:04.860
 forgiven.

00:32:07.660 --> 00:32:08.180
 You're

00:32:08.180 --> 00:32:08.640
 accepted.

00:32:10.559 --> 00:32:11.120
 You're

00:32:11.120 --> 00:32:11.720
 approved.

00:32:13.160 --> 00:32:13.980
 You are

00:32:13.980 --> 00:32:14.660
 righteous.

00:32:16.099 --> 00:32:16.940
 You are

00:32:16.940 --> 00:32:17.839
 beloved.

00:32:17.839 --> 00:32:18.180
 You are

00:32:18.180 --> 00:32:18.200
 beloved.

00:32:22.819 --> 00:32:23.420
 Now

00:32:23.420 --> 00:32:23.620
 how are you

00:32:23.620 --> 00:32:23.799
 going to

00:32:23.799 --> 00:32:24.220
 listen to?

00:32:24.220 --> 00:32:28.059
 does

00:32:28.059 --> 00:32:28.519
 Jesus

00:32:28.519 --> 00:32:29.539
 have

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 the

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 authority

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 to speak

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 truth

00:32:35.039 --> 00:32:36.200
 into your

00:32:36.200 --> 00:32:36.579
 heart?

00:32:41.220 --> 00:32:42.220
 Because

00:32:42.220 --> 00:32:43.160
 this is

00:32:43.160 --> 00:32:43.920
 the truth.

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 This is

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 what he

00:32:45.000 --> 00:32:45.799
 comes to

00:32:45.799 --> 00:32:46.259
 do.

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 faith

00:32:49.980 --> 00:32:52.980
 always

00:32:52.980 --> 00:32:55.359
 begins

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 moving

00:32:56.220 --> 00:32:56.779
 downward.

00:32:58.319 --> 00:32:59.079
 Always.

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 It is

00:33:00.279 --> 00:33:01.299
 grasping

00:33:01.299 --> 00:33:02.539
 the truth

00:33:02.539 --> 00:33:03.220
 of my

00:33:03.220 --> 00:33:04.259
 unworthiness.

00:33:06.759 --> 00:33:07.500
 But

00:33:07.500 --> 00:33:07.879
 faith

00:33:07.879 --> 00:33:08.379
 also

00:33:08.379 --> 00:33:09.140
 submits

00:33:09.140 --> 00:33:10.180
 to the

00:33:10.180 --> 00:33:11.039
 declaration

00:33:11.039 --> 00:33:12.200
 that comes

00:33:12.200 --> 00:33:12.680
 from the

00:33:12.680 --> 00:33:13.180
 cross

00:33:13.180 --> 00:33:15.519
 that it

00:33:15.519 --> 00:33:15.720
 is

00:33:15.720 --> 00:33:16.480
 finished.

00:33:20.519 --> 00:33:21.779
 That we

00:33:21.779 --> 00:33:22.720
 who believe

00:33:22.720 --> 00:33:23.340
 him are

00:33:23.340 --> 00:33:23.740
 in

00:33:23.740 --> 00:33:24.380
 Christ.

00:33:27.820 --> 00:33:28.640
 And

00:33:28.640 --> 00:33:29.400
 there is

00:33:29.400 --> 00:33:30.160
 now no

00:33:30.160 --> 00:33:30.900
 barrier

00:33:30.900 --> 00:33:33.240
 to keep

00:33:33.240 --> 00:33:33.640
 us

00:33:33.640 --> 00:33:34.980
 away.

00:33:35.920 --> 00:33:37.039
 To keep

00:33:37.039 --> 00:33:37.539
 us from

00:33:37.539 --> 00:33:38.480
 expecting

00:33:38.480 --> 00:33:39.940
 anything

00:33:39.940 --> 00:33:41.160
 other

00:33:41.160 --> 00:33:41.580
 than

00:33:41.580 --> 00:33:42.360
 God's

00:33:42.360 --> 00:33:43.299
 ultimate

00:33:43.299 --> 00:33:44.620
 good.

00:33:50.720 --> 00:33:51.460
 That is

00:33:51.460 --> 00:33:51.759
 kingdom

00:33:51.759 --> 00:33:52.220
 faith.

00:33:54.360 --> 00:33:55.039
 Is that

00:33:55.039 --> 00:33:55.320
 what you

00:33:55.320 --> 00:33:55.600
 have?

00:33:58.039 --> 00:33:58.740
 Is that

00:33:58.740 --> 00:33:59.039
 yours?

00:34:01.059 --> 00:34:01.759
 Are you

00:34:01.759 --> 00:34:02.220
 still living

00:34:02.220 --> 00:34:02.620
 a life

00:34:02.620 --> 00:34:03.400
 trying to

00:34:03.400 --> 00:34:04.820
 improve

00:34:04.820 --> 00:34:05.720
 so you'll

00:34:05.720 --> 00:34:06.000
 get a

00:34:06.000 --> 00:34:06.259
 hearing?

00:34:07.059 --> 00:34:07.759
 Are you

00:34:07.759 --> 00:34:08.280
 still living

00:34:08.280 --> 00:34:08.740
 a life

00:34:08.740 --> 00:34:08.980
 that's

00:34:08.980 --> 00:34:09.460
 trying to

00:34:09.460 --> 00:34:09.980
 earn it

00:34:09.980 --> 00:34:10.860
 on your

00:34:10.860 --> 00:34:11.139
 own?

00:34:11.260 --> 00:34:11.460
 Are you

00:34:11.460 --> 00:34:11.880
 still

00:34:11.880 --> 00:34:13.119
 or have

00:34:13.119 --> 00:34:13.380
 you just

00:34:13.380 --> 00:34:13.639
 maybe

00:34:13.639 --> 00:34:14.360
 given up

00:34:14.360 --> 00:34:15.079
 and you

00:34:15.079 --> 00:34:15.699
 quit asking

00:34:15.699 --> 00:34:16.360
 God for

00:34:16.360 --> 00:34:16.800
 anything

00:34:16.800 --> 00:34:19.220
 because you

00:34:19.220 --> 00:34:19.840
 can't get

00:34:19.840 --> 00:34:20.240
 there?

00:34:23.960 --> 00:34:24.340
 Let's see a

00:34:24.340 --> 00:34:24.880
 new system

00:34:24.880 --> 00:34:25.320
 has come

00:34:25.320 --> 00:34:28.059
 inaugurated

00:34:28.059 --> 00:34:28.880
 by the

00:34:28.880 --> 00:34:29.280
 king

00:34:29.280 --> 00:34:30.559
 himself

00:34:30.559 --> 00:34:33.480
 that it's

00:34:33.480 --> 00:34:33.940
 not up to

00:34:33.940 --> 00:34:34.280
 you.

00:34:36.720 --> 00:34:37.440
 You come

00:34:37.440 --> 00:34:37.900
 to him

00:34:37.900 --> 00:34:41.079
 and he

00:34:41.079 --> 00:34:41.720
 takes care

00:34:41.720 --> 00:34:42.860
 of all

00:34:42.860 --> 00:34:43.200
 of it.

00:34:45.480 --> 00:34:46.079
 In

00:34:46.079 --> 00:34:46.599
 Christ

00:34:46.599 --> 00:34:47.900
 through

00:34:47.900 --> 00:34:49.039
 going down

00:34:49.039 --> 00:34:49.940
 and accepting

00:34:49.940 --> 00:34:50.800
 your unworthiness

00:34:50.800 --> 00:34:53.420
 submitting

00:34:53.420 --> 00:34:54.300
 ourselves to

00:34:54.300 --> 00:34:55.380
 his declaration

00:34:55.380 --> 00:34:56.599
 of us

00:34:56.599 --> 00:35:01.619
 we can

00:35:01.619 --> 00:35:01.840
 fully

00:35:01.840 --> 00:35:02.400
 expect

00:35:02.400 --> 00:35:04.380
 this good

00:35:04.380 --> 00:35:04.740
 king

00:35:04.739 --> 00:35:06.279
 to hear

00:35:06.279 --> 00:35:07.000
 our cries

00:35:07.000 --> 00:35:09.219
 and to

00:35:09.219 --> 00:35:09.619
 meet us

00:35:09.619 --> 00:35:09.939
 in our

00:35:09.939 --> 00:35:10.239
 needs

00:35:10.239 --> 00:35:13.259
 because he

00:35:13.259 --> 00:35:14.659
 has declared

00:35:14.659 --> 00:35:15.799
 us worthy.

00:35:20.639 --> 00:35:21.659
 Let's pray.

00:35:23.719 --> 00:35:24.479
 Father

00:35:24.480 --> 00:35:30.579
 what you

00:35:30.579 --> 00:35:31.119
 have done

00:35:31.119 --> 00:35:33.579
 to make

00:35:33.579 --> 00:35:33.900
 us your

00:35:33.900 --> 00:35:34.179
 own

00:35:34.179 --> 00:35:35.519
 what you

00:35:35.519 --> 00:35:36.099
 have done

00:35:36.099 --> 00:35:37.059
 to make

00:35:37.059 --> 00:35:37.699
 us suitable

00:35:37.699 --> 00:35:38.980
 for you

00:35:38.980 --> 00:35:39.440
 to dwell

00:35:39.440 --> 00:35:40.559
 a place

00:35:40.559 --> 00:35:40.880
 where you

00:35:40.880 --> 00:35:41.420
 can dwell

00:35:41.420 --> 00:35:42.380
 what you

00:35:42.380 --> 00:35:43.079
 have done

00:35:43.079 --> 00:35:44.320
 to make

00:35:44.320 --> 00:35:44.820
 us

00:35:44.820 --> 00:35:48.699
 your very

00:35:48.699 --> 00:35:49.599
 sons and

00:35:49.599 --> 00:35:50.039
 daughters

00:35:50.039 --> 00:35:53.079
 oh

00:35:53.079 --> 00:35:53.460
 father

00:35:53.460 --> 00:35:55.000
 would you

00:35:55.000 --> 00:35:56.400
 speak

00:35:56.400 --> 00:35:56.779
 truth

00:35:56.779 --> 00:35:57.139
 into our

00:35:57.139 --> 00:35:57.559
 hearts

00:35:57.559 --> 00:36:00.480
 expose

00:36:00.480 --> 00:36:01.739
 our

00:36:01.739 --> 00:36:02.259
 natural

00:36:02.259 --> 00:36:03.079
 brokenness

00:36:03.079 --> 00:36:04.300
 expose

00:36:04.300 --> 00:36:07.039
 that

00:36:07.039 --> 00:36:08.659
 unworthiness

00:36:08.659 --> 00:36:09.159
 that we

00:36:09.159 --> 00:36:09.820
 did earn

00:36:09.820 --> 00:36:12.219
 but then

00:36:12.219 --> 00:36:12.840
 show us

00:36:12.840 --> 00:36:14.579
 the ultimate

00:36:14.579 --> 00:36:15.059
 gift

00:36:15.059 --> 00:36:16.179
 of the

00:36:16.179 --> 00:36:16.579
 cross

00:36:16.579 --> 00:36:19.320
 where all

00:36:19.320 --> 00:36:19.960
 was done

00:36:19.960 --> 00:36:23.220
 show us

00:36:23.220 --> 00:36:23.640
 that we

00:36:23.640 --> 00:36:24.240
 might more

00:36:24.240 --> 00:36:24.700
 fully

00:36:24.700 --> 00:36:25.820
 and readily

00:36:25.820 --> 00:36:26.980
 run to

00:36:26.980 --> 00:36:27.280
 you

00:36:27.280 --> 00:36:28.580
 with our

00:36:28.580 --> 00:36:28.920
 hearts

00:36:28.920 --> 00:36:29.340
 with our

00:36:29.340 --> 00:36:29.640
 needs

00:36:29.640 --> 00:36:31.380
 we pray

00:36:31.380 --> 00:36:31.840
 in Jesus

00:36:31.840 --> 00:36:32.280
 name

00:36:32.280 --> 00:36:33.320
 amen

00:36:33.320 --> 00:36:38.140
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00:36:38.140 --> 00:36:38.660
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00:36:38.660 --> 00:36:39.460
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