WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.800 with the fall as people turned against God. 00:00:03.320 --> 00:00:09.220 So our relationships with God, with each other, and with the world broke. 00:00:10.359 --> 00:00:14.759 But the promise was that God would put it right again, and that's what we're looking at this morning, 00:00:15.280 --> 00:00:20.260 how that gift becomes a reality through Jesus Christ. 00:00:20.400 --> 00:00:25.379 So let's pray, and then we will look at God's Word. 00:00:25.379 --> 00:00:31.619 Father, you are the giver of great gifts. 00:00:32.640 --> 00:00:41.679 You have given us physical life, health and strength to be here today, friends and family. 00:00:43.700 --> 00:00:47.700 And we need the gift of your Holy Spirit. 00:00:47.920 --> 00:00:52.299 We need your power to be at work in our lives. 00:00:52.299 --> 00:01:01.280 And so we pray that as we read your Word, stories, ideas that may be familiar, 00:01:02.659 --> 00:01:11.099 would penetrate past our minds and our heads, deep into our hearts, 00:01:12.859 --> 00:01:16.359 affecting us and changing us, 00:01:16.359 --> 00:01:20.219 and causing us to see the wonder of Jesus 00:01:20.219 --> 00:01:25.000 and the gift that he has come to bring. 00:01:27.579 --> 00:01:29.340 So we ask for your help. 00:01:29.739 --> 00:01:31.420 In Jesus' name we pray. 00:01:32.239 --> 00:01:32.719 Amen. 00:01:32.719 --> 00:01:32.799 Amen. 00:01:37.200 --> 00:01:41.700 Well, I hope you've all been getting some cards in the post or delivered from friends. 00:01:41.700 --> 00:01:43.320 We've been getting some cards. 00:01:44.159 --> 00:01:46.100 And here's what one card says. 00:01:46.600 --> 00:01:48.500 On the front there was the big words, 00:01:48.920 --> 00:01:49.400 Peace. 00:01:50.219 --> 00:01:52.359 And inside, Have a Happy Christmas. 00:01:55.000 --> 00:01:56.200 Close the card. 00:01:56.799 --> 00:01:57.800 Turn on the news. 00:01:58.480 --> 00:02:00.400 And we have a very different picture. 00:02:01.480 --> 00:02:04.980 The mindless murder of eight children in Australia. 00:02:04.980 --> 00:02:10.580 A mudslide in Indonesia that's covered a whole village. 00:02:11.900 --> 00:02:14.539 The attack on a school in Pakistan, 00:02:15.780 --> 00:02:19.319 which left 140 dead. 00:02:20.620 --> 00:02:23.400 And the sad news of two homeless people 00:02:23.400 --> 00:02:27.640 being pulled out of the River Lee at the beginning of the week. 00:02:29.259 --> 00:02:30.699 It's not very peaceful, 00:02:31.699 --> 00:02:33.439 and it doesn't sound very happy. 00:02:34.979 --> 00:02:37.079 Here's what another card said. 00:02:38.659 --> 00:02:40.899 May each wish you make, 00:02:41.239 --> 00:02:42.819 now Christmas is here, 00:02:43.539 --> 00:02:46.959 come true to make this an especially good year. 00:02:48.079 --> 00:02:49.459 What do you wish for? 00:02:50.539 --> 00:02:52.759 Well, I wish for a better world. 00:02:53.399 --> 00:02:55.560 I wish where bad things don't happen, 00:02:55.899 --> 00:02:58.719 that it really would be peaceful and happy. 00:02:58.719 --> 00:03:02.340 But no matter how much I wish, 00:03:03.240 --> 00:03:09.060 I can't fix the sadness and the brokenness. 00:03:11.340 --> 00:03:13.240 Here's what another card said. 00:03:14.060 --> 00:03:15.960 On the inside it simply said, 00:03:16.479 --> 00:03:16.860 Jesus, 00:03:18.060 --> 00:03:22.360 thanks be to God for this indescribable gift. 00:03:22.360 --> 00:03:25.600 It's telling us, 00:03:25.600 --> 00:03:26.840 or it's pointing us, 00:03:26.960 --> 00:03:28.340 that what we all wish for, 00:03:28.400 --> 00:03:29.540 all that we want, 00:03:29.880 --> 00:03:32.900 is made possible through the person of Jesus Christ. 00:03:33.800 --> 00:03:37.160 Jesus was the God-man come to earth, 00:03:37.740 --> 00:03:41.500 born to reverse this disordered world, 00:03:41.500 --> 00:03:45.460 and redeem broken lives. 00:03:46.520 --> 00:03:47.800 That's the message. 00:03:48.759 --> 00:03:52.479 And we're going to see how that is true this morning. 00:03:53.620 --> 00:03:54.280 First, 00:03:55.580 --> 00:03:57.879 Jesus is revealed. 00:03:59.620 --> 00:04:01.180 600 years, 00:04:01.639 --> 00:04:03.219 quite a long time, 00:04:03.759 --> 00:04:07.300 600 years before Jesus was born, 00:04:07.979 --> 00:04:10.699 his birth was announced through the prophet Isaiah. 00:04:10.699 --> 00:04:13.619 You can read it on the screen. 00:04:15.060 --> 00:04:15.379 Therefore, 00:04:15.619 --> 00:04:17.680 the Lord himself will give you a sign. 00:04:17.759 --> 00:04:18.699 This was the announcement. 00:04:19.139 --> 00:04:21.079 And here's the sign that you know he's coming. 00:04:21.699 --> 00:04:24.339 A virgin will be with child, 00:04:25.139 --> 00:04:26.420 and will give birth to a son, 00:04:26.459 --> 00:04:28.240 and will call him Emmanuel. 00:04:29.879 --> 00:04:31.139 Did it come true? 00:04:32.279 --> 00:04:32.759 Well, 00:04:32.899 --> 00:04:34.120 in Matthew's Gospel, 00:04:34.959 --> 00:04:36.939 600 years later, 00:04:37.360 --> 00:04:40.039 we read all about a young woman 00:04:40.040 --> 00:04:41.360 by the name of Mary, 00:04:41.360 --> 00:04:42.720 who was pregnant, 00:04:43.560 --> 00:04:45.660 even though she was a virgin. 00:04:46.000 --> 00:04:48.420 And this is what it says in Matthew. 00:04:49.000 --> 00:04:49.860 All of this, 00:04:49.960 --> 00:04:50.780 this birth, 00:04:51.879 --> 00:04:55.240 took place to fulfil what the Lord had said 00:04:55.240 --> 00:04:56.140 through the prophet, 00:04:57.140 --> 00:04:58.200 the prophet Isaiah. 00:04:58.580 --> 00:05:00.480 The virgin will be with child, 00:05:00.600 --> 00:05:02.340 and will give birth to a son, 00:05:02.339 --> 00:05:03.659 and they will call him Emmanuel, 00:05:03.659 --> 00:05:07.019 which means God with us. 00:05:07.279 --> 00:05:08.699 It's extraordinary. 00:05:09.259 --> 00:05:11.239 It is a miracle. 00:05:12.479 --> 00:05:13.899 This child announced, 00:05:14.039 --> 00:05:15.779 all those hundreds of years ago, 00:05:16.199 --> 00:05:18.500 born into this world, 00:05:18.719 --> 00:05:19.120 God, 00:05:19.459 --> 00:05:20.219 the man, 00:05:20.620 --> 00:05:21.939 coming to earth. 00:05:22.559 --> 00:05:24.779 But Isaiah just doesn't want to tell us 00:05:24.779 --> 00:05:26.979 about the birth of Jesus. 00:05:26.980 --> 00:05:29.900 Isaiah actually goes on to tell us 00:05:29.900 --> 00:05:31.939 what this child will do, 00:05:32.259 --> 00:05:32.800 or rather, 00:05:32.920 --> 00:05:33.960 what it will be like 00:05:33.960 --> 00:05:35.819 when this child arrives, 00:05:35.860 --> 00:05:36.800 when he comes. 00:05:38.000 --> 00:05:39.160 Have a look in your Bibles 00:05:39.160 --> 00:05:41.319 at Isaiah chapter 9. 00:05:42.300 --> 00:05:43.879 The reading we just had. 00:05:44.939 --> 00:05:46.100 Isaiah chapter 9. 00:05:47.020 --> 00:05:49.220 And to really understand chapter 9, 00:05:49.300 --> 00:05:50.660 we have to finish off 00:05:50.660 --> 00:05:51.939 the end of chapter 8. 00:05:51.939 --> 00:05:54.279 So let's read the last verse 00:05:54.279 --> 00:05:55.160 of chapter 8, 00:05:55.259 --> 00:05:56.040 verse 22. 00:05:58.959 --> 00:06:00.980 It's telling us something. 00:06:02.139 --> 00:06:04.779 Then they will look towards the earth, 00:06:05.800 --> 00:06:08.600 and see only distress, 00:06:10.060 --> 00:06:11.079 and darkness, 00:06:12.680 --> 00:06:14.300 and fearful gloom, 00:06:15.399 --> 00:06:17.139 and they will be thrust 00:06:17.139 --> 00:06:19.019 into utter darkness. 00:06:19.019 --> 00:06:22.500 This is talking about 00:06:22.500 --> 00:06:24.240 what life will be like 00:06:24.240 --> 00:06:25.219 for God's people 00:06:25.219 --> 00:06:27.120 because they had ignored God, 00:06:27.519 --> 00:06:29.259 they had rebelled against God, 00:06:29.339 --> 00:06:30.359 they had gone against Him, 00:06:30.399 --> 00:06:31.659 and this was a sign 00:06:31.659 --> 00:06:32.759 of God's judgment 00:06:32.759 --> 00:06:34.859 because of their rebellion. 00:06:35.039 --> 00:06:36.439 There would be distress, 00:06:37.060 --> 00:06:38.159 there would be darkness, 00:06:38.819 --> 00:06:40.060 and fearful gloom. 00:06:42.279 --> 00:06:43.399 In fact, that verse 00:06:43.399 --> 00:06:44.959 is a great summary, isn't it, 00:06:44.959 --> 00:06:46.599 of what the world is like today. 00:06:46.600 --> 00:06:49.780 Because of our ongoing sin, 00:06:50.080 --> 00:06:51.320 because of our refusal 00:06:51.320 --> 00:06:52.580 to listen to God, 00:06:53.100 --> 00:06:54.800 because we've pushed Him out 00:06:54.800 --> 00:06:56.000 of our lives, 00:06:56.100 --> 00:06:57.480 we live with distress, 00:06:58.840 --> 00:07:00.379 we live in darkness, 00:07:02.060 --> 00:07:04.439 and people face fearful gloom. 00:07:04.840 --> 00:07:06.580 It pictures a world of chaos 00:07:06.580 --> 00:07:07.939 and disorder. 00:07:08.379 --> 00:07:09.620 But God promises 00:07:09.620 --> 00:07:11.640 to change and transform 00:07:11.640 --> 00:07:12.400 all of that. 00:07:12.500 --> 00:07:13.500 So let's read into 00:07:13.500 --> 00:07:14.820 chapter 9, verse 1. 00:07:14.819 --> 00:07:17.599 Look at the contrast. 00:07:18.120 --> 00:07:18.480 Nevertheless, 00:07:19.420 --> 00:07:20.420 there will be 00:07:20.420 --> 00:07:22.040 no more gloom 00:07:22.040 --> 00:07:23.680 for those who 00:07:23.680 --> 00:07:25.659 were in distress. 00:07:26.740 --> 00:07:27.680 In the past, 00:07:27.779 --> 00:07:28.779 He humbled the land 00:07:28.779 --> 00:07:29.480 of Zebulun 00:07:29.480 --> 00:07:31.039 and the land of Nephtali, 00:07:31.399 --> 00:07:32.560 that's the region 00:07:32.560 --> 00:07:33.899 around Galilee. 00:07:34.439 --> 00:07:35.439 But in the future, 00:07:35.579 --> 00:07:36.420 He will honour 00:07:36.420 --> 00:07:38.560 the Galilee of the Gentiles 00:07:38.560 --> 00:07:40.079 by the way of the sea 00:07:40.079 --> 00:07:41.399 along the Jordan. 00:07:41.719 --> 00:07:42.959 So God is promising 00:07:42.959 --> 00:07:44.239 that He's going to reverse 00:07:44.239 --> 00:07:46.060 and redeem and change it all. 00:07:46.500 --> 00:07:47.180 Verse 2. 00:07:47.180 --> 00:07:48.279 The people 00:07:48.279 --> 00:07:51.239 who are walking 00:07:51.239 --> 00:07:52.000 in darkness 00:07:52.000 --> 00:07:53.699 have seen 00:07:53.699 --> 00:07:55.099 a great light 00:07:55.099 --> 00:07:56.620 on those living 00:07:56.620 --> 00:07:57.299 in the land 00:07:57.299 --> 00:07:58.099 of the shadow 00:07:58.099 --> 00:07:59.039 of death. 00:07:59.839 --> 00:08:00.839 A light 00:08:00.839 --> 00:08:02.500 has dawned. 00:08:02.500 --> 00:08:04.639 Now this is not 00:08:04.639 --> 00:08:05.660 about the invention 00:08:05.660 --> 00:08:06.740 of the lightbulb 00:08:06.740 --> 00:08:07.579 so that we can all 00:08:07.579 --> 00:08:08.480 see at night. 00:08:09.180 --> 00:08:10.339 This is a promise 00:08:10.339 --> 00:08:11.360 of someone, 00:08:11.639 --> 00:08:12.540 of something 00:08:12.540 --> 00:08:13.639 much greater. 00:08:14.000 --> 00:08:14.740 A light 00:08:14.740 --> 00:08:15.740 will come. 00:08:16.439 --> 00:08:17.459 A light that's going 00:08:17.459 --> 00:08:18.459 to dispel 00:08:18.459 --> 00:08:19.220 the darkness 00:08:19.220 --> 00:08:20.579 from our lives 00:08:20.579 --> 00:08:22.079 and deliver us 00:08:22.079 --> 00:08:23.160 from distress. 00:08:23.939 --> 00:08:24.920 And the reason 00:08:24.920 --> 00:08:25.920 for this dramatic 00:08:25.920 --> 00:08:27.579 change and transformation, 00:08:28.180 --> 00:08:28.779 we'll look down 00:08:28.779 --> 00:08:29.680 at verse 6. 00:08:29.680 --> 00:08:33.039 For to us 00:08:33.039 --> 00:08:35.519 a child is born. 00:08:36.840 --> 00:08:37.960 To us 00:08:37.960 --> 00:08:39.960 people like you 00:08:39.960 --> 00:08:40.820 and me 00:08:40.820 --> 00:08:42.480 a son 00:08:42.480 --> 00:08:44.039 is given. 00:08:46.220 --> 00:08:47.980 The promised child 00:08:47.980 --> 00:08:50.080 is going to be 00:08:50.080 --> 00:08:50.519 the one 00:08:50.519 --> 00:08:51.240 who will bring 00:08:51.240 --> 00:08:52.200 deliverance 00:08:52.200 --> 00:08:53.519 to the darkness 00:08:53.519 --> 00:08:55.080 and distress. 00:08:56.360 --> 00:08:57.580 Is it true? 00:08:57.580 --> 00:08:59.420 Well, 00:08:59.600 --> 00:09:00.840 look at Matthew 00:09:00.840 --> 00:09:01.720 chapter 4. 00:09:01.940 --> 00:09:02.740 Go to Matthew's 00:09:02.740 --> 00:09:03.100 Gospel. 00:09:04.300 --> 00:09:05.020 We're going to 00:09:05.020 --> 00:09:05.759 stay in Matthew 00:09:05.759 --> 00:09:06.520 for the duration 00:09:06.520 --> 00:09:07.280 of our time. 00:09:07.900 --> 00:09:09.160 Matthew chapter 4 00:09:09.160 --> 00:09:12.580 and verse 12. 00:09:18.120 --> 00:09:19.120 So the beginning 00:09:19.120 --> 00:09:19.680 of Matthew 00:09:19.680 --> 00:09:20.379 has announced 00:09:20.379 --> 00:09:21.460 the birth of Jesus. 00:09:21.900 --> 00:09:22.980 Jesus has arrived 00:09:22.980 --> 00:09:24.700 and Matthew 00:09:24.700 --> 00:09:25.440 chapter 4 00:09:25.440 --> 00:09:26.600 begins into 00:09:26.600 --> 00:09:27.500 the start 00:09:27.500 --> 00:09:28.039 of Jesus' 00:09:28.300 --> 00:09:28.779 ministry. 00:09:29.620 --> 00:09:30.139 And look 00:09:30.139 --> 00:09:31.779 what Jesus 00:09:31.779 --> 00:09:32.420 says. 00:09:33.000 --> 00:09:33.840 Chapter 4 00:09:33.840 --> 00:09:34.620 verse 12. 00:09:35.539 --> 00:09:36.279 When Jesus 00:09:36.279 --> 00:09:37.060 heard that John 00:09:37.060 --> 00:09:37.539 had been put 00:09:37.539 --> 00:09:38.039 in prison, 00:09:38.519 --> 00:09:39.300 Jesus returned 00:09:39.300 --> 00:09:40.259 to Galilee. 00:09:41.659 --> 00:09:42.519 Leaving Nazareth, 00:09:42.620 --> 00:09:43.360 he went and lived 00:09:43.360 --> 00:09:44.159 in Capernaum, 00:09:44.500 --> 00:09:45.580 which was by the lake 00:09:45.580 --> 00:09:46.360 in the area 00:09:46.360 --> 00:09:47.340 of where? 00:09:48.620 --> 00:09:49.259 Zebulun 00:09:49.259 --> 00:09:50.740 and Naphtali. 00:09:51.420 --> 00:09:52.200 Ring any bells? 00:09:52.980 --> 00:09:54.779 To fulfil 00:09:54.779 --> 00:09:55.960 what was said 00:09:55.960 --> 00:09:56.800 through the prophet 00:09:56.800 --> 00:09:57.500 Isaiah. 00:09:57.899 --> 00:09:59.100 Land of Zebulun 00:09:59.100 --> 00:10:00.360 and land of Naphtali, 00:10:01.039 --> 00:10:02.460 the way to the sea 00:10:02.460 --> 00:10:03.560 along the Jordan, 00:10:03.800 --> 00:10:05.000 Galilee of the Gentiles, 00:10:06.100 --> 00:10:06.779 the people 00:10:06.779 --> 00:10:08.820 living in darkness 00:10:08.820 --> 00:10:10.420 have seen 00:10:10.420 --> 00:10:11.340 a great light. 00:10:11.960 --> 00:10:12.820 On those living 00:10:12.820 --> 00:10:13.320 in the land 00:10:13.320 --> 00:10:13.820 of the shadow 00:10:13.820 --> 00:10:14.220 of death, 00:10:14.480 --> 00:10:15.000 a light 00:10:15.000 --> 00:10:16.080 has dawned. 00:10:16.080 --> 00:10:18.120 are we making 00:10:18.120 --> 00:10:18.820 the connections? 00:10:19.020 --> 00:10:19.560 Have the lights 00:10:19.560 --> 00:10:20.060 gone on 00:10:20.060 --> 00:10:20.960 in our own minds? 00:10:21.860 --> 00:10:23.040 Jesus is saying, 00:10:23.460 --> 00:10:24.200 I am the one 00:10:24.200 --> 00:10:24.840 that Isaiah 00:10:24.840 --> 00:10:25.759 spoke about. 00:10:26.300 --> 00:10:27.340 I am the one 00:10:27.340 --> 00:10:28.120 that everybody 00:10:28.120 --> 00:10:29.259 has been waiting 00:10:29.259 --> 00:10:29.680 for. 00:10:29.879 --> 00:10:30.600 It's taken 00:10:30.600 --> 00:10:32.160 600 years, 00:10:32.360 --> 00:10:33.720 but now I'm here. 00:10:33.879 --> 00:10:34.800 I've arrived. 00:10:35.180 --> 00:10:36.320 I am the light. 00:10:36.620 --> 00:10:37.620 It's me. 00:10:38.340 --> 00:10:39.740 I've come to dispel 00:10:39.740 --> 00:10:40.379 the darkness 00:10:40.379 --> 00:10:41.280 from your lives. 00:10:41.279 --> 00:10:42.480 I am the one 00:10:42.480 --> 00:10:42.959 who's come 00:10:42.959 --> 00:10:43.919 to deliver you 00:10:43.919 --> 00:10:45.000 from distress. 00:10:48.079 --> 00:10:49.120 We might 00:10:49.120 --> 00:10:49.939 summarise 00:10:49.939 --> 00:10:51.220 Jesus' ministry 00:10:51.220 --> 00:10:53.240 like this. 00:10:53.399 --> 00:10:54.000 Number two, 00:10:55.259 --> 00:10:56.039 Jesus has come 00:10:56.039 --> 00:10:56.819 to reverse 00:10:56.819 --> 00:10:58.639 our disordered 00:10:58.639 --> 00:10:59.220 world. 00:11:02.539 --> 00:11:03.860 Denzel Washington, 00:11:05.079 --> 00:11:06.379 a film star 00:11:06.379 --> 00:11:06.939 if you don't know 00:11:06.939 --> 00:11:07.579 who he is, 00:11:08.500 --> 00:11:09.500 stars in a film 00:11:09.500 --> 00:11:10.699 called Déjà Vu. 00:11:11.279 --> 00:11:13.319 The film opens 00:11:13.319 --> 00:11:14.779 with a terrible scene. 00:11:15.439 --> 00:11:16.519 There's been a terrorist 00:11:16.519 --> 00:11:17.819 attack in the US. 00:11:18.279 --> 00:11:19.059 There's chaos 00:11:19.059 --> 00:11:19.919 and carnage 00:11:19.919 --> 00:11:20.740 everywhere. 00:11:21.139 --> 00:11:22.120 Hundreds of people 00:11:22.120 --> 00:11:23.339 have been killed. 00:11:25.240 --> 00:11:26.179 And Doug Carlin, 00:11:26.720 --> 00:11:28.000 played by Washington, 00:11:28.620 --> 00:11:29.759 arrives on the scene. 00:11:31.079 --> 00:11:31.959 And with the help 00:11:31.959 --> 00:11:33.139 of his fellow teammates, 00:11:33.759 --> 00:11:34.480 they've been working 00:11:34.480 --> 00:11:35.699 on a special project 00:11:35.699 --> 00:11:37.139 and he enters 00:11:37.139 --> 00:11:38.019 into what's called 00:11:38.019 --> 00:11:39.339 a time window, 00:11:40.120 --> 00:11:41.019 which basically 00:11:41.019 --> 00:11:42.399 sends him back 00:11:42.399 --> 00:11:43.799 in time. 00:11:44.759 --> 00:11:45.500 The aim, 00:11:45.559 --> 00:11:45.960 they don't know 00:11:45.960 --> 00:11:46.960 if it's going to work, 00:11:47.299 --> 00:11:48.059 but the aim 00:11:48.059 --> 00:11:49.399 is to undo 00:11:49.399 --> 00:11:51.279 what has happened. 00:11:52.120 --> 00:11:53.100 To reverse 00:11:53.100 --> 00:11:55.139 the terrorist attack. 00:11:56.059 --> 00:11:56.299 Now, 00:11:56.360 --> 00:11:57.179 what captures 00:11:57.179 --> 00:11:58.139 the imagination 00:11:58.139 --> 00:11:58.919 for people 00:11:58.919 --> 00:11:59.799 watching it is, 00:12:00.620 --> 00:12:01.379 we all want 00:12:01.379 --> 00:12:02.279 to do that. 00:12:03.000 --> 00:12:03.939 We all want 00:12:03.939 --> 00:12:04.519 to be able 00:12:04.519 --> 00:12:05.480 to go back 00:12:05.480 --> 00:12:06.779 in time. 00:12:06.779 --> 00:12:08.220 We would all 00:12:08.220 --> 00:12:09.299 love to be able 00:12:09.299 --> 00:12:10.459 to change 00:12:10.459 --> 00:12:11.539 what's happened. 00:12:11.939 --> 00:12:13.100 As we rehearse 00:12:13.100 --> 00:12:13.819 the events 00:12:13.819 --> 00:12:14.620 of our lives, 00:12:14.759 --> 00:12:16.079 we want to go back 00:12:16.079 --> 00:12:17.220 and undo 00:12:17.220 --> 00:12:18.139 the past. 00:12:18.539 --> 00:12:19.720 We want to reverse 00:12:19.720 --> 00:12:20.759 the circumstances 00:12:20.759 --> 00:12:21.419 of our lives 00:12:21.419 --> 00:12:21.899 and wish 00:12:21.899 --> 00:12:23.199 I hadn't done that 00:12:23.199 --> 00:12:24.240 or hadn't said that 00:12:24.240 --> 00:12:25.279 or wish things 00:12:25.279 --> 00:12:25.860 were different 00:12:25.860 --> 00:12:26.699 and wish that 00:12:26.699 --> 00:12:27.839 it wasn't like this. 00:12:27.839 --> 00:12:29.639 We want to undo 00:12:29.639 --> 00:12:30.839 so that things 00:12:30.839 --> 00:12:31.539 are better. 00:12:31.539 --> 00:12:35.459 that's why 00:12:35.459 --> 00:12:36.980 Jesus came. 00:12:38.259 --> 00:12:39.240 He came to 00:12:39.240 --> 00:12:40.039 undo 00:12:40.039 --> 00:12:41.219 the effects 00:12:41.219 --> 00:12:41.919 of sin. 00:12:42.240 --> 00:12:42.919 He burst 00:12:42.919 --> 00:12:45.019 into real time. 00:12:45.399 --> 00:12:46.059 He came to 00:12:46.059 --> 00:12:47.339 reverse the disorder 00:12:47.339 --> 00:12:48.599 and the brokenness 00:12:48.599 --> 00:12:49.659 of our lives. 00:12:50.919 --> 00:12:52.199 Is it true? 00:12:53.839 --> 00:12:54.259 Well, 00:12:54.279 --> 00:12:54.699 let's see 00:12:54.699 --> 00:12:55.779 how he does that. 00:12:56.179 --> 00:12:57.079 Look at Matthew's 00:12:57.079 --> 00:12:57.399 Gospel, 00:12:57.579 --> 00:12:58.319 chapter 8. 00:12:59.459 --> 00:13:00.259 We're going to look 00:13:00.259 --> 00:13:01.019 at two chapters 00:13:01.019 --> 00:13:01.600 here, Matthew 00:13:01.600 --> 00:13:02.819 chapter 8 and 9, 00:13:03.419 --> 00:13:03.980 which really 00:13:03.980 --> 00:13:04.879 immerse us 00:13:04.879 --> 00:13:05.840 into the ministry 00:13:05.840 --> 00:13:06.439 and the life 00:13:06.439 --> 00:13:06.960 of Jesus 00:13:06.960 --> 00:13:07.579 as he began 00:13:07.579 --> 00:13:08.340 to walk 00:13:08.340 --> 00:13:09.620 and experience 00:13:09.620 --> 00:13:11.399 life on this 00:13:11.399 --> 00:13:11.899 earth. 00:13:13.519 --> 00:13:14.699 Matthew chapter 8 00:13:14.699 --> 00:13:15.639 shows us 00:13:15.639 --> 00:13:16.939 what this 00:13:16.939 --> 00:13:17.960 Jesus came 00:13:17.960 --> 00:13:18.879 to do. 00:13:20.120 --> 00:13:20.740 Three things. 00:13:20.819 --> 00:13:21.360 We're going to read 00:13:21.360 --> 00:13:22.399 through this real quickly, 00:13:22.819 --> 00:13:23.819 so follow along 00:13:23.819 --> 00:13:24.319 with me. 00:13:25.059 --> 00:13:25.419 First, 00:13:25.519 --> 00:13:26.000 he delivers 00:13:26.000 --> 00:13:27.100 from distress. 00:13:27.500 --> 00:13:28.079 Verse 1, 00:13:28.480 --> 00:13:29.019 when Jesus 00:13:29.019 --> 00:13:29.720 came down 00:13:29.720 --> 00:13:30.559 the mountainside, 00:13:30.559 --> 00:13:31.339 large crowds 00:13:31.339 --> 00:13:32.079 followed him, 00:13:32.439 --> 00:13:33.000 a man with 00:13:33.000 --> 00:13:33.819 leprosy 00:13:33.819 --> 00:13:34.459 came and 00:13:34.459 --> 00:13:35.179 knelt before him 00:13:35.179 --> 00:13:35.539 and said, 00:13:35.659 --> 00:13:35.919 Lord, 00:13:36.059 --> 00:13:36.859 if you're willing, 00:13:37.139 --> 00:13:38.079 you can make me 00:13:38.079 --> 00:13:38.559 clean. 00:13:39.759 --> 00:13:40.039 Now, 00:13:40.099 --> 00:13:40.679 the equivalent 00:13:40.679 --> 00:13:41.299 today, 00:13:41.559 --> 00:13:42.559 in terms of 00:13:42.559 --> 00:13:43.119 medical 00:13:43.119 --> 00:13:44.559 or social 00:13:44.559 --> 00:13:45.079 effects, 00:13:45.339 --> 00:13:45.859 might be 00:13:45.859 --> 00:13:46.299 Ebola. 00:13:46.919 --> 00:13:47.659 There was no 00:13:47.659 --> 00:13:48.439 cure for 00:13:48.439 --> 00:13:49.059 leprosy. 00:13:49.479 --> 00:13:50.079 There was no 00:13:50.079 --> 00:13:50.639 means of 00:13:50.639 --> 00:13:51.639 treatment for it. 00:13:51.739 --> 00:13:52.819 If you had it, 00:13:53.119 --> 00:13:53.639 well, 00:13:53.679 --> 00:13:54.339 you died. 00:13:54.659 --> 00:13:55.059 You were 00:13:55.059 --> 00:13:56.019 untouchable. 00:13:56.319 --> 00:13:56.679 You were 00:13:56.679 --> 00:13:57.279 shut out 00:13:57.279 --> 00:13:57.579 of your 00:13:57.579 --> 00:13:58.139 community. 00:13:58.600 --> 00:13:58.860 You were 00:13:58.860 --> 00:13:59.620 left alone 00:13:59.620 --> 00:14:00.220 to die 00:14:00.220 --> 00:14:01.079 by yourself. 00:14:01.720 --> 00:14:02.399 Verse 3, 00:14:02.860 --> 00:14:03.500 but Jesus 00:14:03.500 --> 00:14:04.339 reached out 00:14:04.339 --> 00:14:04.839 his hand 00:14:04.839 --> 00:14:05.159 and he 00:14:05.159 --> 00:14:05.959 touched 00:14:05.959 --> 00:14:06.519 the man. 00:14:07.339 --> 00:14:07.759 I am 00:14:07.759 --> 00:14:08.240 willing, 00:14:08.799 --> 00:14:09.319 he said, 00:14:09.419 --> 00:14:10.179 be clean. 00:14:10.539 --> 00:14:11.339 And immediately 00:14:11.339 --> 00:14:12.199 he was 00:14:12.199 --> 00:14:12.720 cured 00:14:12.720 --> 00:14:13.559 of his 00:14:13.559 --> 00:14:14.179 leprosy. 00:14:14.500 --> 00:14:15.039 This man 00:14:15.039 --> 00:14:15.419 was not 00:14:15.419 --> 00:14:16.079 just cured 00:14:16.079 --> 00:14:17.059 physically, 00:14:17.379 --> 00:14:17.939 he was 00:14:17.939 --> 00:14:18.899 now accepted 00:14:18.899 --> 00:14:20.419 socially. 00:14:20.839 --> 00:14:21.319 A life 00:14:21.319 --> 00:14:22.439 changed. 00:14:23.120 --> 00:14:23.939 Verse 5, 00:14:23.940 --> 00:14:25.640 Jesus 00:14:25.640 --> 00:14:26.060 entered 00:14:26.060 --> 00:14:26.680 Capernaum. 00:14:27.300 --> 00:14:28.160 A centurion 00:14:28.160 --> 00:14:28.720 came to 00:14:28.720 --> 00:14:29.580 him asking 00:14:29.580 --> 00:14:30.120 for help. 00:14:30.440 --> 00:14:30.740 Lord, 00:14:30.860 --> 00:14:31.200 he said, 00:14:31.260 --> 00:14:31.780 my servant 00:14:31.780 --> 00:14:32.360 lies at 00:14:32.360 --> 00:14:33.260 home paralyzed 00:14:33.260 --> 00:14:34.160 and in 00:14:34.160 --> 00:14:34.480 terrible 00:14:34.480 --> 00:14:35.140 suffering. 00:14:35.700 --> 00:14:35.980 Jesus 00:14:35.980 --> 00:14:36.460 said to 00:14:36.460 --> 00:14:36.700 him, 00:14:36.900 --> 00:14:37.780 I will 00:14:37.780 --> 00:14:39.160 go and 00:14:39.160 --> 00:14:40.020 heal him. 00:14:40.620 --> 00:14:41.000 Again, 00:14:41.100 --> 00:14:41.380 here we 00:14:41.380 --> 00:14:41.920 have an 00:14:41.920 --> 00:14:42.660 irreversible 00:14:42.660 --> 00:14:43.380 situation. 00:14:43.840 --> 00:14:44.300 This man 00:14:44.300 --> 00:14:45.100 is paralyzed. 00:14:45.320 --> 00:14:45.540 We don't 00:14:45.540 --> 00:14:45.700 know, 00:14:45.740 --> 00:14:45.920 did he 00:14:45.920 --> 00:14:46.280 have an 00:14:46.280 --> 00:14:46.740 accident? 00:14:47.080 --> 00:14:47.460 But he 00:14:47.460 --> 00:14:47.840 can't 00:14:47.840 --> 00:14:48.180 move, 00:14:48.260 --> 00:14:48.640 he can't 00:14:48.640 --> 00:14:48.880 do 00:14:48.880 --> 00:14:49.320 anything, 00:14:49.720 --> 00:14:50.460 and nobody 00:14:50.460 --> 00:14:51.160 can save 00:14:51.160 --> 00:14:51.460 him. 00:14:52.000 --> 00:14:53.040 Verse 13, 00:14:53.940 --> 00:14:54.620 then, 00:14:55.520 --> 00:14:56.000 Jesus 00:14:56.000 --> 00:14:56.640 said to 00:14:56.640 --> 00:14:56.880 then 00:14:56.880 --> 00:14:57.540 centurion, 00:14:57.860 --> 00:14:58.380 go, 00:14:59.460 --> 00:14:59.820 it will 00:14:59.820 --> 00:15:00.280 be done 00:15:00.280 --> 00:15:00.780 just as 00:15:00.780 --> 00:15:01.260 you believed 00:15:01.260 --> 00:15:01.620 it would, 00:15:01.940 --> 00:15:02.420 and his 00:15:02.420 --> 00:15:02.780 servant 00:15:02.780 --> 00:15:03.540 was healed 00:15:03.540 --> 00:15:04.400 at that 00:15:04.400 --> 00:15:04.960 very 00:15:04.960 --> 00:15:06.000 hour. 00:15:06.520 --> 00:15:07.340 A man's 00:15:07.340 --> 00:15:07.680 life 00:15:07.680 --> 00:15:08.320 completely 00:15:08.320 --> 00:15:09.060 transformed, 00:15:09.440 --> 00:15:09.780 he can 00:15:09.780 --> 00:15:10.620 now walk 00:15:10.620 --> 00:15:12.140 and work. 00:15:13.360 --> 00:15:14.420 Verse 14, 00:15:14.700 --> 00:15:15.380 when Jesus 00:15:15.380 --> 00:15:15.980 came into 00:15:15.980 --> 00:15:16.460 Peter's 00:15:16.460 --> 00:15:16.660 house, 00:15:16.720 --> 00:15:17.040 he saw 00:15:17.040 --> 00:15:17.600 Peter's 00:15:17.600 --> 00:15:18.200 mother-in-law 00:15:18.200 --> 00:15:19.060 lying in 00:15:19.060 --> 00:15:19.440 bed with 00:15:19.440 --> 00:15:19.980 a fever. 00:15:20.540 --> 00:15:20.720 He 00:15:20.720 --> 00:15:21.340 touched 00:15:21.340 --> 00:15:21.940 her hand 00:15:21.940 --> 00:15:22.240 and the 00:15:22.240 --> 00:15:22.860 fever left 00:15:22.860 --> 00:15:23.040 her, 00:15:23.320 --> 00:15:23.560 and she 00:15:23.559 --> 00:15:23.939 got up 00:15:23.939 --> 00:15:24.339 and began 00:15:24.339 --> 00:15:24.819 to wait 00:15:24.819 --> 00:15:25.179 on him. 00:15:25.439 --> 00:15:25.779 And when 00:15:25.779 --> 00:15:26.099 evening 00:15:26.099 --> 00:15:26.559 came, 00:15:26.899 --> 00:15:27.419 many who 00:15:27.419 --> 00:15:27.979 were demon 00:15:27.979 --> 00:15:28.459 possessed 00:15:28.459 --> 00:15:28.979 were brought 00:15:28.979 --> 00:15:29.399 to him, 00:15:29.579 --> 00:15:29.959 and he 00:15:29.959 --> 00:15:30.639 drove out 00:15:30.639 --> 00:15:31.199 the spirits 00:15:31.199 --> 00:15:31.619 with a 00:15:31.619 --> 00:15:32.159 word and 00:15:32.159 --> 00:15:32.959 healed all 00:15:32.959 --> 00:15:33.519 the sick. 00:15:34.279 --> 00:15:34.699 What an 00:15:34.699 --> 00:15:35.359 incredible 00:15:35.359 --> 00:15:36.019 scene we 00:15:36.019 --> 00:15:36.619 have here. 00:15:36.939 --> 00:15:37.219 No 00:15:37.219 --> 00:15:37.719 tablets, 00:15:38.000 --> 00:15:38.719 no surgery, 00:15:39.079 --> 00:15:39.819 no doctors, 00:15:40.219 --> 00:15:41.219 everyone healed 00:15:41.219 --> 00:15:42.019 by just a 00:15:42.019 --> 00:15:43.019 touch or a 00:15:43.019 --> 00:15:44.000 spoken word. 00:15:44.619 --> 00:15:45.399 Why did 00:15:45.399 --> 00:15:46.239 all of these 00:15:46.239 --> 00:15:46.959 things happen? 00:15:47.239 --> 00:15:47.619 Look at 00:15:47.619 --> 00:15:48.439 verse 17, 00:15:48.440 --> 00:15:50.280 this was 00:15:50.280 --> 00:15:51.160 to fulfil 00:15:51.160 --> 00:15:52.760 what was 00:15:52.760 --> 00:15:53.440 spoken through 00:15:53.440 --> 00:15:53.940 the prophet 00:15:53.940 --> 00:15:54.520 Isaiah. 00:15:55.340 --> 00:15:55.700 He, 00:15:56.540 --> 00:15:56.880 Jesus, 00:15:57.160 --> 00:15:57.560 took up 00:15:57.560 --> 00:15:57.780 our 00:15:57.780 --> 00:15:58.620 infirmities 00:15:58.620 --> 00:16:00.660 and carried 00:16:00.660 --> 00:16:01.800 our 00:16:01.800 --> 00:16:02.280 diseases. 00:16:03.880 --> 00:16:04.560 Jesus was 00:16:04.560 --> 00:16:05.100 the one 00:16:05.100 --> 00:16:06.280 Isaiah had 00:16:06.280 --> 00:16:07.120 spoken about, 00:16:07.500 --> 00:16:08.160 the one who 00:16:08.160 --> 00:16:08.840 would come 00:16:08.840 --> 00:16:10.100 to reverse 00:16:10.100 --> 00:16:11.180 the effects 00:16:11.180 --> 00:16:11.960 of this 00:16:11.960 --> 00:16:13.220 sin-cursed, 00:16:13.660 --> 00:16:14.060 broken 00:16:14.060 --> 00:16:14.940 world. 00:16:14.940 --> 00:16:15.160 world. 00:16:16.560 --> 00:16:17.320 He came 00:16:17.320 --> 00:16:18.140 to undo 00:16:18.140 --> 00:16:18.720 it all. 00:16:20.520 --> 00:16:20.980 Second, 00:16:21.180 --> 00:16:21.520 he came 00:16:21.520 --> 00:16:22.200 to dispel 00:16:22.200 --> 00:16:22.820 the darkness. 00:16:23.280 --> 00:16:23.540 Look at 00:16:23.540 --> 00:16:24.360 verse 23, 00:16:25.540 --> 00:16:26.360 Jesus got 00:16:26.360 --> 00:16:27.360 into the 00:16:27.360 --> 00:16:28.200 boat and 00:16:28.200 --> 00:16:28.940 his disciples 00:16:28.940 --> 00:16:29.720 followed him. 00:16:30.060 --> 00:16:30.340 Without 00:16:30.340 --> 00:16:30.840 warning, 00:16:30.960 --> 00:16:31.480 a furious 00:16:31.480 --> 00:16:32.240 storm came 00:16:32.240 --> 00:16:32.660 up on the 00:16:32.660 --> 00:16:33.060 lake so 00:16:33.060 --> 00:16:33.400 that the 00:16:33.400 --> 00:16:34.160 waves swept 00:16:34.160 --> 00:16:34.620 over the 00:16:34.620 --> 00:16:34.880 boat. 00:16:36.000 --> 00:16:36.520 But Jesus 00:16:36.520 --> 00:16:37.200 was sleeping. 00:16:37.780 --> 00:16:38.360 The disciples 00:16:38.360 --> 00:16:38.920 went and 00:16:38.920 --> 00:16:39.240 woke him 00:16:39.240 --> 00:16:39.460 saying, 00:16:39.760 --> 00:16:40.000 Lord, 00:16:40.140 --> 00:16:40.500 save us, 00:16:40.540 --> 00:16:40.900 we're going 00:16:40.900 --> 00:16:41.640 to drown. 00:16:43.780 --> 00:16:44.000 Do you 00:16:44.000 --> 00:16:44.420 remember what 00:16:44.420 --> 00:16:44.840 we said 00:16:44.840 --> 00:16:45.280 about the 00:16:45.280 --> 00:16:45.740 sea the 00:16:45.740 --> 00:16:46.200 other week 00:16:46.200 --> 00:16:46.500 when we 00:16:46.500 --> 00:16:46.879 were looking 00:16:46.879 --> 00:16:47.500 in Revelation 00:16:47.500 --> 00:16:48.120 21? 00:16:49.360 --> 00:16:50.280 The sea 00:16:50.280 --> 00:16:51.440 represented 00:16:51.440 --> 00:16:53.139 the forces 00:16:53.139 --> 00:16:53.940 of chaos 00:16:53.940 --> 00:16:55.420 and disorder. 00:16:56.960 --> 00:16:57.840 Back then 00:16:57.840 --> 00:16:58.360 you didn't 00:16:58.360 --> 00:16:59.100 have jet 00:16:59.100 --> 00:16:59.700 skis and 00:16:59.700 --> 00:17:00.300 power boats 00:17:00.300 --> 00:17:00.700 to mess 00:17:00.700 --> 00:17:01.300 about in. 00:17:01.560 --> 00:17:01.820 People 00:17:01.820 --> 00:17:02.320 didn't go 00:17:02.320 --> 00:17:03.139 to sunbathe 00:17:03.139 --> 00:17:03.680 and treat 00:17:03.680 --> 00:17:04.240 it like a 00:17:04.240 --> 00:17:05.059 pleasure place. 00:17:05.440 --> 00:17:05.840 The sea 00:17:05.840 --> 00:17:06.259 or the 00:17:06.259 --> 00:17:06.600 lake 00:17:06.600 --> 00:17:08.319 was dangerous. 00:17:09.279 --> 00:17:09.700 It was a 00:17:09.700 --> 00:17:10.200 place of 00:17:10.200 --> 00:17:11.079 fear and 00:17:11.079 --> 00:17:11.740 darkness. 00:17:12.140 --> 00:17:12.640 You lost 00:17:12.640 --> 00:17:13.360 your life 00:17:13.360 --> 00:17:13.940 out there. 00:17:13.940 --> 00:17:16.200 verse 26 00:17:16.200 --> 00:17:17.960 Jesus 00:17:17.960 --> 00:17:18.539 replied, 00:17:18.820 --> 00:17:19.100 you of 00:17:19.100 --> 00:17:19.340 little 00:17:19.340 --> 00:17:19.740 faith, 00:17:19.880 --> 00:17:20.180 why are 00:17:20.180 --> 00:17:20.539 you so 00:17:20.539 --> 00:17:20.960 afraid? 00:17:22.140 --> 00:17:22.500 Then he 00:17:22.500 --> 00:17:22.840 got up 00:17:22.840 --> 00:17:23.100 and he 00:17:23.100 --> 00:17:23.820 rebuked 00:17:23.820 --> 00:17:24.480 the winds 00:17:24.480 --> 00:17:24.779 and the 00:17:24.779 --> 00:17:25.360 waves and 00:17:25.360 --> 00:17:25.700 it was 00:17:25.700 --> 00:17:26.279 completely 00:17:26.279 --> 00:17:26.920 calm. 00:17:28.440 --> 00:17:28.759 Jesus 00:17:28.759 --> 00:17:29.539 has come, 00:17:29.539 --> 00:17:30.019 you see, 00:17:30.580 --> 00:17:31.519 to end 00:17:31.519 --> 00:17:32.539 the fearful 00:17:32.539 --> 00:17:33.539 gloom. 00:17:33.860 --> 00:17:34.140 He has 00:17:34.140 --> 00:17:34.620 come to 00:17:34.620 --> 00:17:35.440 dispel 00:17:35.440 --> 00:17:36.620 the chaos 00:17:36.620 --> 00:17:38.380 of darkness. 00:17:39.779 --> 00:17:40.380 Or verse 00:17:40.380 --> 00:17:41.039 28, 00:17:41.200 --> 00:17:41.700 look at this 00:17:41.700 --> 00:17:42.380 scene here. 00:17:42.380 --> 00:17:43.260 when he 00:17:43.260 --> 00:17:44.000 arrived at 00:17:44.000 --> 00:17:44.340 the other 00:17:44.340 --> 00:17:44.820 side of 00:17:44.820 --> 00:17:45.280 the region 00:17:45.280 --> 00:17:45.640 of the 00:17:45.640 --> 00:17:46.240 Garadines, 00:17:46.640 --> 00:17:47.340 two demon 00:17:47.340 --> 00:17:47.820 possessed 00:17:47.820 --> 00:17:48.500 men came 00:17:48.500 --> 00:17:49.600 coming from 00:17:49.600 --> 00:17:50.540 the tombs 00:17:50.540 --> 00:17:50.800 and they 00:17:50.800 --> 00:17:51.380 met him. 00:17:52.000 --> 00:17:52.440 They were 00:17:52.440 --> 00:17:53.420 so violent 00:17:53.420 --> 00:17:54.720 that no 00:17:54.720 --> 00:17:55.080 one could 00:17:55.080 --> 00:17:55.760 pass that 00:17:55.760 --> 00:17:56.120 way. 00:17:57.720 --> 00:17:58.360 They 00:17:58.360 --> 00:17:58.900 literally 00:17:58.900 --> 00:18:00.080 are the 00:18:00.080 --> 00:18:00.900 living dead. 00:18:02.180 --> 00:18:02.440 Their 00:18:02.440 --> 00:18:03.060 home is 00:18:03.060 --> 00:18:03.700 the local 00:18:03.700 --> 00:18:04.580 graveyard 00:18:04.580 --> 00:18:05.580 in the 00:18:05.580 --> 00:18:06.400 tombs. 00:18:07.360 --> 00:18:07.940 These are 00:18:07.940 --> 00:18:08.360 the kind 00:18:08.360 --> 00:18:08.980 of characters 00:18:08.980 --> 00:18:09.580 that if you 00:18:09.580 --> 00:18:09.980 met them 00:18:09.980 --> 00:18:10.900 today would 00:18:10.900 --> 00:18:11.360 be locked 00:18:11.360 --> 00:18:11.840 away in 00:18:11.840 --> 00:18:12.560 an isolation 00:18:12.560 --> 00:18:12.980 cell. 00:18:13.380 --> 00:18:13.759 Medicine 00:18:13.759 --> 00:18:14.540 can't help 00:18:14.540 --> 00:18:14.740 them. 00:18:15.320 --> 00:18:15.880 Psychologists 00:18:15.880 --> 00:18:16.300 have given 00:18:16.300 --> 00:18:16.580 up. 00:18:16.880 --> 00:18:17.220 They're a 00:18:17.220 --> 00:18:18.140 lost cause. 00:18:18.860 --> 00:18:19.460 And nobody 00:18:19.460 --> 00:18:20.080 dared go 00:18:20.080 --> 00:18:20.560 near them 00:18:20.560 --> 00:18:21.040 because they 00:18:21.040 --> 00:18:21.460 are quite 00:18:21.460 --> 00:18:21.940 literally 00:18:21.940 --> 00:18:22.580 demonic. 00:18:23.000 --> 00:18:23.519 The forces 00:18:23.519 --> 00:18:24.200 of darkness 00:18:24.200 --> 00:18:24.900 have ruined 00:18:24.900 --> 00:18:25.759 their lives. 00:18:26.640 --> 00:18:27.400 Verse 29, 00:18:28.480 --> 00:18:29.100 what do you 00:18:29.100 --> 00:18:29.780 want with us, 00:18:29.860 --> 00:18:30.320 son of God? 00:18:30.380 --> 00:18:30.820 they shouted. 00:18:31.019 --> 00:18:31.360 Have you 00:18:31.360 --> 00:18:32.000 come here to 00:18:32.000 --> 00:18:32.620 torture us 00:18:32.620 --> 00:18:33.160 before the 00:18:33.160 --> 00:18:34.060 appointed time? 00:18:35.019 --> 00:18:35.400 You see, 00:18:35.480 --> 00:18:35.980 they knew 00:18:35.980 --> 00:18:36.420 that their 00:18:36.420 --> 00:18:37.400 end would be 00:18:37.400 --> 00:18:38.360 worse than 00:18:38.360 --> 00:18:38.940 their present 00:18:38.940 --> 00:18:39.620 existence. 00:18:39.619 --> 00:18:40.319 Utter 00:18:40.319 --> 00:18:40.979 darkness 00:18:40.979 --> 00:18:41.599 awaited 00:18:41.599 --> 00:18:41.779 them. 00:18:42.279 --> 00:18:42.699 Judgment 00:18:42.699 --> 00:18:43.279 would only 00:18:43.279 --> 00:18:44.000 destroy 00:18:44.000 --> 00:18:44.379 them. 00:18:46.879 --> 00:18:47.579 But Jesus 00:18:47.579 --> 00:18:49.439 came to 00:18:49.439 --> 00:18:50.579 dispel the 00:18:50.579 --> 00:18:52.319 darkness from 00:18:52.319 --> 00:18:52.859 people's 00:18:52.859 --> 00:18:53.199 lives. 00:18:54.299 --> 00:18:55.079 Verse 30, 00:18:55.500 --> 00:18:56.319 some distance 00:18:56.319 --> 00:18:56.899 from them a 00:18:56.899 --> 00:18:57.679 large herd of 00:18:57.679 --> 00:18:58.219 pigs was 00:18:58.219 --> 00:18:58.559 feeding. 00:18:58.959 --> 00:18:59.500 The demons 00:18:59.500 --> 00:19:00.219 begged Jesus, 00:19:00.319 --> 00:19:00.879 if you drive 00:19:00.879 --> 00:19:01.219 us out, 00:19:01.339 --> 00:19:01.899 send us into 00:19:01.899 --> 00:19:02.399 the herd of 00:19:02.399 --> 00:19:02.619 pigs. 00:19:02.819 --> 00:19:03.319 He said 00:19:03.319 --> 00:19:03.639 to them, 00:19:04.039 --> 00:19:04.339 go. 00:19:05.679 --> 00:19:06.119 So they 00:19:06.119 --> 00:19:06.719 came out 00:19:06.719 --> 00:19:06.979 and they 00:19:06.979 --> 00:19:07.439 went into 00:19:07.439 --> 00:19:07.879 the pigs 00:19:07.879 --> 00:19:08.159 and the 00:19:08.159 --> 00:19:08.659 whole herd 00:19:08.659 --> 00:19:09.259 rushed 00:19:09.259 --> 00:19:09.680 down the 00:19:09.680 --> 00:19:09.960 steep 00:19:09.960 --> 00:19:10.299 bank 00:19:10.299 --> 00:19:10.579 into 00:19:10.579 --> 00:19:10.779 the 00:19:10.779 --> 00:19:11.000 lake 00:19:11.000 --> 00:19:11.579 and 00:19:11.579 --> 00:19:12.039 died 00:19:12.039 --> 00:19:12.660 in 00:19:12.660 --> 00:19:12.799 the 00:19:12.799 --> 00:19:13.180 water. 00:19:15.220 --> 00:19:15.579 Now don't 00:19:15.579 --> 00:19:16.079 be worried 00:19:16.079 --> 00:19:16.539 about the 00:19:16.539 --> 00:19:17.119 little pigs 00:19:17.119 --> 00:19:17.500 with their 00:19:17.500 --> 00:19:18.039 lice little 00:19:18.039 --> 00:19:18.740 pink curly 00:19:18.740 --> 00:19:19.220 tails. 00:19:20.460 --> 00:19:21.200 It's not 00:19:21.200 --> 00:19:21.680 about the 00:19:21.680 --> 00:19:22.079 pigs. 00:19:22.879 --> 00:19:23.319 People 00:19:23.319 --> 00:19:24.720 are far 00:19:24.720 --> 00:19:25.920 greater value 00:19:25.920 --> 00:19:26.579 than animals. 00:19:27.160 --> 00:19:27.859 Jesus has 00:19:27.859 --> 00:19:28.299 come to 00:19:28.299 --> 00:19:28.879 deal with 00:19:28.879 --> 00:19:29.519 people. 00:19:29.879 --> 00:19:30.279 He's come 00:19:30.279 --> 00:19:31.019 to rescue 00:19:31.019 --> 00:19:31.940 people. 00:19:32.359 --> 00:19:32.759 He's come 00:19:32.759 --> 00:19:33.379 to deal 00:19:33.379 --> 00:19:33.799 with the 00:19:33.799 --> 00:19:34.180 darkness 00:19:34.180 --> 00:19:35.420 to set 00:19:35.420 --> 00:19:35.799 them 00:19:35.799 --> 00:19:36.720 free. 00:19:36.720 --> 00:19:42.299 But he 00:19:42.299 --> 00:19:43.180 also comes 00:19:43.180 --> 00:19:43.839 to deal 00:19:43.839 --> 00:19:44.700 with 00:19:44.700 --> 00:19:45.140 death. 00:19:45.440 --> 00:19:45.799 Look at 00:19:45.799 --> 00:19:46.360 chapter 9 00:19:46.360 --> 00:19:47.180 verse 18. 00:19:48.319 --> 00:19:48.960 While he 00:19:48.960 --> 00:19:49.579 was saying 00:19:49.579 --> 00:19:50.039 this, 00:19:51.299 --> 00:19:51.980 a ruler 00:19:51.980 --> 00:19:52.819 came and 00:19:52.819 --> 00:19:53.100 knelt 00:19:53.100 --> 00:19:54.079 before Jesus 00:19:54.079 --> 00:19:54.660 and said, 00:19:54.980 --> 00:19:55.700 my daughter 00:19:55.700 --> 00:19:56.360 has just 00:19:56.360 --> 00:19:57.039 died. 00:19:58.220 --> 00:19:58.700 Come, 00:19:58.839 --> 00:19:59.180 put your 00:19:59.180 --> 00:19:59.759 hand on 00:19:59.759 --> 00:20:00.460 her and 00:20:00.460 --> 00:20:00.940 she will 00:20:00.940 --> 00:20:01.500 live. 00:20:02.940 --> 00:20:03.440 And Jesus 00:20:03.440 --> 00:20:04.079 got up and 00:20:04.079 --> 00:20:04.519 went with 00:20:04.519 --> 00:20:05.100 him and so 00:20:05.100 --> 00:20:05.579 did his 00:20:05.579 --> 00:20:06.199 disciples. 00:20:07.519 --> 00:20:08.460 The greatest 00:20:08.460 --> 00:20:09.439 tragedy that 00:20:09.439 --> 00:20:10.419 you or I 00:20:10.419 --> 00:20:11.019 can face 00:20:11.019 --> 00:20:11.379 in this 00:20:11.379 --> 00:20:12.379 world is 00:20:12.379 --> 00:20:12.980 death. 00:20:14.199 --> 00:20:14.720 It's what 00:20:14.720 --> 00:20:15.359 happens to 00:20:15.359 --> 00:20:16.379 every single 00:20:16.379 --> 00:20:17.079 one of us 00:20:17.079 --> 00:20:17.779 and we 00:20:17.779 --> 00:20:18.599 cannot escape 00:20:18.599 --> 00:20:19.059 it. 00:20:19.659 --> 00:20:20.500 It robs 00:20:20.500 --> 00:20:21.919 us of 00:20:21.919 --> 00:20:22.399 our loved 00:20:22.399 --> 00:20:22.879 ones. 00:20:23.879 --> 00:20:24.639 It steals 00:20:24.639 --> 00:20:25.500 away our 00:20:25.500 --> 00:20:26.919 joy and 00:20:26.919 --> 00:20:27.539 our happiness. 00:20:29.199 --> 00:20:30.220 Verse 20. 00:20:31.319 --> 00:20:32.000 Just then a 00:20:32.000 --> 00:20:32.439 woman who 00:20:32.439 --> 00:20:32.720 had been 00:20:32.720 --> 00:20:33.399 subject to 00:20:33.399 --> 00:20:33.939 bleeding for 00:20:33.939 --> 00:20:34.579 12 years 00:20:34.579 --> 00:20:35.039 came up 00:20:35.039 --> 00:20:35.619 behind him 00:20:35.619 --> 00:20:36.179 and touched 00:20:36.179 --> 00:20:36.559 the edge 00:20:36.559 --> 00:20:36.799 of his 00:20:36.799 --> 00:20:37.099 cloak. 00:20:37.720 --> 00:20:38.539 She said 00:20:38.539 --> 00:20:39.000 to herself, 00:20:39.279 --> 00:20:39.799 if only I 00:20:39.799 --> 00:20:40.259 can touch 00:20:40.259 --> 00:20:40.679 his cloak, 00:20:40.839 --> 00:20:41.220 I will 00:20:41.220 --> 00:20:41.799 be healed. 00:20:43.539 --> 00:20:44.460 A terrible 00:20:44.460 --> 00:20:45.379 condition this 00:20:45.379 --> 00:20:46.019 woman has 00:20:46.019 --> 00:20:47.079 and there's 00:20:47.079 --> 00:20:47.599 only one 00:20:47.599 --> 00:20:48.220 end to it. 00:20:48.299 --> 00:20:48.659 It's going 00:20:48.659 --> 00:20:49.159 to end 00:20:49.159 --> 00:20:49.699 in death. 00:20:50.099 --> 00:20:50.639 She knows 00:20:50.639 --> 00:20:51.399 the seriousness 00:20:51.399 --> 00:20:51.919 of her 00:20:51.919 --> 00:20:52.639 situation. 00:20:53.220 --> 00:20:54.000 Verse 22. 00:20:54.519 --> 00:20:55.259 Jesus turned 00:20:55.259 --> 00:20:55.899 and saw her. 00:20:56.259 --> 00:20:57.379 Take heart, 00:20:57.720 --> 00:20:58.059 daughter, 00:20:58.179 --> 00:20:58.720 he said. 00:20:59.240 --> 00:21:00.000 Your faith 00:21:00.000 --> 00:21:00.539 has healed 00:21:00.539 --> 00:21:00.859 you. 00:21:01.639 --> 00:21:02.139 And the 00:21:02.139 --> 00:21:02.659 woman was 00:21:02.660 --> 00:21:03.300 healed from 00:21:03.300 --> 00:21:04.040 that moment. 00:21:05.040 --> 00:21:06.160 With amazing 00:21:06.160 --> 00:21:06.860 power, 00:21:07.420 --> 00:21:08.740 Jesus prevents 00:21:08.740 --> 00:21:09.800 certain 00:21:09.800 --> 00:21:10.720 death. 00:21:11.300 --> 00:21:12.060 But more 00:21:12.060 --> 00:21:12.700 than that, 00:21:13.180 --> 00:21:14.040 he deals 00:21:14.040 --> 00:21:14.940 with death 00:21:14.940 --> 00:21:15.900 itself. 00:21:16.120 --> 00:21:17.060 Verse 23. 00:21:18.220 --> 00:21:18.960 When Jesus 00:21:18.960 --> 00:21:19.519 entered the 00:21:19.519 --> 00:21:20.100 ruler's house 00:21:20.100 --> 00:21:20.660 and saw the 00:21:20.660 --> 00:21:21.320 flute players 00:21:21.320 --> 00:21:21.640 and the 00:21:21.640 --> 00:21:22.340 noisy crowd, 00:21:22.440 --> 00:21:22.779 he said, 00:21:23.060 --> 00:21:23.700 go away, 00:21:23.800 --> 00:21:24.279 the girl's 00:21:24.279 --> 00:21:24.840 not dead, 00:21:25.580 --> 00:21:26.640 but asleep. 00:21:27.400 --> 00:21:28.000 But they 00:21:28.000 --> 00:21:28.560 laughed at 00:21:28.560 --> 00:21:28.820 him. 00:21:30.180 --> 00:21:30.759 After the 00:21:30.759 --> 00:21:31.200 crowd had 00:21:31.200 --> 00:21:31.620 been put 00:21:31.620 --> 00:21:32.100 outside, 00:21:32.200 --> 00:21:32.559 he went 00:21:32.559 --> 00:21:32.900 in and 00:21:32.900 --> 00:21:33.200 he took 00:21:33.200 --> 00:21:33.620 the girl 00:21:33.620 --> 00:21:34.019 by her 00:21:34.019 --> 00:21:35.660 hand and 00:21:35.660 --> 00:21:36.299 she got 00:21:36.299 --> 00:21:36.819 up. 00:21:40.200 --> 00:21:40.840 Raised 00:21:40.840 --> 00:21:41.980 to life. 00:21:44.340 --> 00:21:45.160 Why does 00:21:45.160 --> 00:21:45.960 Jesus do 00:21:45.960 --> 00:21:46.759 all of these 00:21:46.759 --> 00:21:47.200 things? 00:21:48.580 --> 00:21:49.000 Well, 00:21:49.059 --> 00:21:50.220 two big 00:21:50.220 --> 00:21:51.059 reasons. 00:21:52.080 --> 00:21:52.680 The first 00:21:52.680 --> 00:21:53.319 reason he 00:21:53.319 --> 00:21:54.160 does all 00:21:54.160 --> 00:21:54.720 of these 00:21:54.720 --> 00:21:55.340 amazing 00:21:55.340 --> 00:21:56.940 things is 00:21:56.940 --> 00:21:57.680 to reveal 00:21:57.680 --> 00:21:58.740 who he 00:21:58.740 --> 00:21:59.380 is. 00:21:59.759 --> 00:22:00.480 To show 00:22:00.480 --> 00:22:01.099 people to 00:22:01.099 --> 00:22:01.539 the world, 00:22:01.660 --> 00:22:02.019 to show 00:22:02.019 --> 00:22:02.680 people like 00:22:02.680 --> 00:22:03.380 you and 00:22:03.380 --> 00:22:03.759 me, 00:22:04.180 --> 00:22:04.920 that I 00:22:04.920 --> 00:22:05.440 am, 00:22:05.559 --> 00:22:06.160 says Jesus, 00:22:06.319 --> 00:22:07.019 the God 00:22:07.019 --> 00:22:08.160 man with 00:22:08.160 --> 00:22:08.900 absolute 00:22:08.900 --> 00:22:10.059 power and 00:22:10.059 --> 00:22:10.859 supreme 00:22:10.859 --> 00:22:11.519 authority. 00:22:12.000 --> 00:22:12.420 I am 00:22:12.420 --> 00:22:12.960 God 00:22:12.960 --> 00:22:13.819 Emmanuel, 00:22:14.240 --> 00:22:14.799 God with 00:22:14.799 --> 00:22:15.039 us, 00:22:15.140 --> 00:22:15.620 the one who 00:22:15.620 --> 00:22:16.460 rules this 00:22:16.460 --> 00:22:16.819 world, 00:22:17.339 --> 00:22:17.779 the one who 00:22:17.779 --> 00:22:19.039 controls all 00:22:19.039 --> 00:22:19.559 of life. 00:22:19.960 --> 00:22:20.640 I am in 00:22:20.640 --> 00:22:21.220 charge. 00:22:21.220 --> 00:22:25.759 And 00:22:25.759 --> 00:22:26.140 second, 00:22:26.279 --> 00:22:26.759 it tells 00:22:26.759 --> 00:22:28.140 us what 00:22:28.140 --> 00:22:28.539 he has 00:22:28.539 --> 00:22:29.019 come to 00:22:29.019 --> 00:22:29.339 do. 00:22:30.600 --> 00:22:31.100 That 00:22:31.100 --> 00:22:31.480 Jesus 00:22:31.480 --> 00:22:32.140 entered 00:22:32.140 --> 00:22:32.720 into the 00:22:32.720 --> 00:22:33.200 darkness 00:22:33.200 --> 00:22:34.079 and distress 00:22:34.079 --> 00:22:34.740 of this 00:22:34.740 --> 00:22:36.000 world to 00:22:36.000 --> 00:22:37.620 reverse the 00:22:37.620 --> 00:22:38.279 disordered 00:22:38.279 --> 00:22:38.680 world. 00:22:39.339 --> 00:22:39.900 He came 00:22:39.900 --> 00:22:40.819 to undo 00:22:40.819 --> 00:22:41.839 the effects 00:22:41.839 --> 00:22:42.319 of the 00:22:42.319 --> 00:22:43.380 sin and 00:22:43.380 --> 00:22:44.039 curse. 00:22:44.880 --> 00:22:45.420 So when 00:22:45.420 --> 00:22:46.339 Jesus heals 00:22:46.339 --> 00:22:46.860 sickness, 00:22:47.339 --> 00:22:48.019 when Jesus 00:22:48.019 --> 00:22:48.720 calmed the 00:22:48.720 --> 00:22:49.100 storm, 00:22:49.460 --> 00:22:50.039 when Jesus 00:22:50.039 --> 00:22:50.779 raised the 00:22:50.779 --> 00:22:51.100 dead, 00:22:51.220 --> 00:22:52.019 when Jesus 00:22:52.019 --> 00:22:53.160 interacted with 00:22:53.160 --> 00:22:53.779 these people 00:22:53.779 --> 00:22:54.700 and transformed 00:22:54.700 --> 00:22:55.579 their lives, 00:22:55.900 --> 00:22:56.600 he was giving 00:22:56.600 --> 00:22:57.360 people and 00:22:57.360 --> 00:22:58.100 giving us a 00:22:58.100 --> 00:22:58.680 glimpse and 00:22:58.680 --> 00:22:59.839 a picture of 00:22:59.839 --> 00:23:00.460 what he is 00:23:00.460 --> 00:23:01.200 going to bring 00:23:01.200 --> 00:23:02.079 about finally 00:23:02.079 --> 00:23:03.380 and fully when 00:23:03.380 --> 00:23:04.380 he comes again. 00:23:04.539 --> 00:23:05.600 For all who 00:23:05.600 --> 00:23:06.420 have faith in 00:23:06.420 --> 00:23:06.700 him, 00:23:07.380 --> 00:23:08.600 this is the 00:23:08.600 --> 00:23:08.940 kingdom. 00:23:09.259 --> 00:23:10.059 I rescue 00:23:10.059 --> 00:23:10.839 you from a 00:23:10.839 --> 00:23:11.360 kingdom of 00:23:11.360 --> 00:23:12.440 darkness and 00:23:12.440 --> 00:23:13.160 bring you into 00:23:13.160 --> 00:23:13.940 a kingdom of 00:23:13.940 --> 00:23:14.500 light. 00:23:16.500 --> 00:23:17.339 And when 00:23:17.339 --> 00:23:18.620 Jesus entered 00:23:18.620 --> 00:23:19.559 into the 00:23:19.559 --> 00:23:19.920 world, 00:23:20.240 --> 00:23:21.120 the process, 00:23:21.220 --> 00:23:22.160 began, 00:23:23.160 --> 00:23:24.339 the reversing 00:23:24.339 --> 00:23:25.059 and the 00:23:25.059 --> 00:23:25.819 undoing 00:23:25.819 --> 00:23:27.640 has started. 00:23:29.640 --> 00:23:30.500 And one 00:23:30.500 --> 00:23:30.880 day, 00:23:31.799 --> 00:23:32.259 it will 00:23:32.259 --> 00:23:33.000 all be 00:23:33.000 --> 00:23:33.660 completed 00:23:33.660 --> 00:23:34.600 and will 00:23:34.600 --> 00:23:35.299 be fully 00:23:35.299 --> 00:23:36.259 realized by 00:23:36.259 --> 00:23:36.960 all who 00:23:36.960 --> 00:23:37.600 trust in 00:23:37.600 --> 00:23:38.799 him when 00:23:38.799 --> 00:23:39.400 he comes 00:23:39.400 --> 00:23:39.819 again. 00:23:41.579 --> 00:23:42.380 The big 00:23:42.380 --> 00:23:43.059 question for 00:23:43.059 --> 00:23:43.660 us is how 00:23:43.660 --> 00:23:44.180 do we 00:23:44.180 --> 00:23:45.400 enter into 00:23:45.400 --> 00:23:46.339 this experience? 00:23:46.339 --> 00:23:48.119 how can 00:23:48.119 --> 00:23:48.759 people like 00:23:48.759 --> 00:23:49.199 you and 00:23:49.199 --> 00:23:49.599 me be 00:23:49.599 --> 00:23:51.259 sure that 00:23:51.259 --> 00:23:51.839 this gift 00:23:51.839 --> 00:23:52.279 is for 00:23:52.279 --> 00:23:52.759 us and 00:23:52.759 --> 00:23:53.799 what Jesus 00:23:53.799 --> 00:23:54.639 did then 00:23:54.639 --> 00:23:55.959 is going 00:23:55.959 --> 00:23:56.500 to be 00:23:56.500 --> 00:23:57.720 ours? 00:23:59.019 --> 00:23:59.399 Well, 00:23:59.480 --> 00:23:59.879 third, 00:24:00.980 --> 00:24:01.720 Jesus has 00:24:01.720 --> 00:24:02.159 come to 00:24:02.159 --> 00:24:02.599 redeem 00:24:02.599 --> 00:24:03.980 our broken 00:24:03.980 --> 00:24:04.639 lives. 00:24:05.919 --> 00:24:06.339 You see, 00:24:06.439 --> 00:24:07.119 Jesus lived 00:24:07.119 --> 00:24:07.500 on this 00:24:07.500 --> 00:24:07.899 earth for 00:24:07.899 --> 00:24:08.579 just a few 00:24:08.579 --> 00:24:09.079 years. 00:24:09.079 --> 00:24:09.179 things. 00:24:10.859 --> 00:24:11.319 And just 00:24:11.319 --> 00:24:12.359 for a 00:24:12.359 --> 00:24:12.619 little 00:24:12.619 --> 00:24:13.059 while, 00:24:13.740 --> 00:24:14.279 he began 00:24:14.279 --> 00:24:14.659 to give 00:24:14.659 --> 00:24:14.939 us a 00:24:14.939 --> 00:24:15.500 glimpse and 00:24:15.500 --> 00:24:16.000 a picture 00:24:16.000 --> 00:24:17.119 of what 00:24:17.119 --> 00:24:17.439 he would 00:24:17.439 --> 00:24:17.799 do. 00:24:19.339 --> 00:24:19.779 And what 00:24:19.779 --> 00:24:20.259 he did, 00:24:20.779 --> 00:24:21.259 as we 00:24:21.259 --> 00:24:21.740 read in 00:24:21.740 --> 00:24:22.379 chapters 8 00:24:22.379 --> 00:24:22.899 and 9, 00:24:23.299 --> 00:24:23.879 he has 00:24:23.879 --> 00:24:24.399 secured 00:24:24.399 --> 00:24:25.399 for us 00:24:25.399 --> 00:24:26.559 for an 00:24:26.559 --> 00:24:27.299 eternity 00:24:27.299 --> 00:24:28.839 when he 00:24:28.839 --> 00:24:29.240 went to 00:24:29.240 --> 00:24:29.819 the cross. 00:24:30.220 --> 00:24:30.839 What he 00:24:30.839 --> 00:24:31.339 did for 00:24:31.339 --> 00:24:31.919 those few 00:24:31.919 --> 00:24:33.099 people then, 00:24:33.419 --> 00:24:34.019 he has 00:24:34.019 --> 00:24:34.460 secured 00:24:34.460 --> 00:24:35.079 for us 00:24:35.079 --> 00:24:35.480 for an 00:24:35.480 --> 00:24:36.119 eternity 00:24:36.119 --> 00:24:37.299 when he 00:24:37.299 --> 00:24:37.719 went to 00:24:37.719 --> 00:24:38.259 the cross. 00:24:38.719 --> 00:24:39.219 Let's go 00:24:39.219 --> 00:24:39.719 to Matthew 00:24:39.719 --> 00:24:40.919 chapter 27 00:24:40.919 --> 00:24:43.779 verse 45. 00:24:54.119 --> 00:24:55.459 Matthew 27 00:24:55.459 --> 00:24:56.359 verse 45. 00:24:56.959 --> 00:24:57.579 And as we 00:24:57.579 --> 00:24:58.199 read down 00:24:58.199 --> 00:24:58.799 through a few 00:24:58.799 --> 00:24:59.459 verses here, 00:24:59.519 --> 00:25:00.019 I want us 00:25:00.019 --> 00:25:01.219 to look 00:25:01.219 --> 00:25:02.699 out for 00:25:02.699 --> 00:25:03.339 three 00:25:03.339 --> 00:25:04.359 extraordinary 00:25:04.359 --> 00:25:05.379 events that 00:25:05.379 --> 00:25:05.979 happen and 00:25:05.980 --> 00:25:06.700 take place. 00:25:09.860 --> 00:25:11.200 Verse 45. 00:25:12.360 --> 00:25:12.980 From the 00:25:12.980 --> 00:25:13.759 sixth hour, 00:25:14.759 --> 00:25:15.180 that's 00:25:15.180 --> 00:25:15.559 twelve 00:25:15.559 --> 00:25:16.259 midday, 00:25:16.599 --> 00:25:17.180 until the 00:25:17.180 --> 00:25:18.160 ninth hour, 00:25:18.660 --> 00:25:19.019 that's 00:25:19.019 --> 00:25:19.460 three in 00:25:19.460 --> 00:25:20.120 the afternoon, 00:25:20.559 --> 00:25:20.960 darkness 00:25:20.960 --> 00:25:22.220 came over 00:25:22.220 --> 00:25:23.240 all the 00:25:23.240 --> 00:25:23.759 land. 00:25:24.279 --> 00:25:24.880 About the 00:25:24.880 --> 00:25:25.519 ninth hour, 00:25:25.660 --> 00:25:26.279 Jesus cried 00:25:26.279 --> 00:25:26.819 out in a 00:25:26.819 --> 00:25:27.420 loud voice, 00:25:27.720 --> 00:25:28.160 Eloi, 00:25:28.220 --> 00:25:28.660 Eloi, 00:25:28.700 --> 00:25:29.799 lama sabachthani, 00:25:29.880 --> 00:25:30.460 which means, 00:25:30.799 --> 00:25:31.420 my God, 00:25:31.519 --> 00:25:32.140 my God, 00:25:32.240 --> 00:25:32.700 why have 00:25:32.700 --> 00:25:33.480 you forsaken 00:25:33.480 --> 00:25:33.799 me? 00:25:34.819 --> 00:25:35.480 When some 00:25:35.480 --> 00:25:35.779 of those 00:25:35.779 --> 00:25:36.400 standing there 00:25:36.400 --> 00:25:36.880 heard this, 00:25:36.960 --> 00:25:37.339 they said, 00:25:37.500 --> 00:25:38.700 he's calling 00:25:38.700 --> 00:25:39.460 Elijah. 00:25:40.660 --> 00:25:41.140 Immediately, 00:25:41.299 --> 00:25:41.720 one of them 00:25:41.720 --> 00:25:42.120 ran and 00:25:42.120 --> 00:25:42.779 got a sponge, 00:25:42.900 --> 00:25:43.279 he filled 00:25:43.279 --> 00:25:43.599 it with 00:25:43.599 --> 00:25:44.299 wine vinegar, 00:25:44.680 --> 00:25:45.099 put it on 00:25:45.099 --> 00:25:45.480 a stick, 00:25:45.519 --> 00:25:45.720 and he 00:25:45.720 --> 00:25:46.160 offered it 00:25:46.160 --> 00:25:46.500 up to 00:25:46.500 --> 00:25:47.079 Jesus to 00:25:47.079 --> 00:25:47.380 drink. 00:25:47.759 --> 00:25:48.200 The rest 00:25:48.200 --> 00:25:48.480 said, 00:25:48.700 --> 00:25:49.380 now leave 00:25:49.380 --> 00:25:49.920 him alone, 00:25:50.279 --> 00:25:50.819 let's see 00:25:50.819 --> 00:25:51.400 if Elijah 00:25:51.400 --> 00:25:52.059 comes to 00:25:52.059 --> 00:25:52.660 save him. 00:25:53.940 --> 00:25:54.319 And when 00:25:54.319 --> 00:25:54.920 Jesus had 00:25:54.920 --> 00:25:55.480 cried out 00:25:55.480 --> 00:25:56.140 again in a 00:25:56.140 --> 00:25:56.740 loud voice, 00:25:56.740 --> 00:25:57.740 he gave up 00:25:57.740 --> 00:25:58.640 his spirit. 00:25:58.640 --> 00:26:00.540 at that 00:26:00.540 --> 00:26:00.920 moment, 00:26:01.040 --> 00:26:01.520 the curtain 00:26:01.520 --> 00:26:01.860 of the 00:26:01.860 --> 00:26:02.400 temple was 00:26:02.400 --> 00:26:02.960 torn in 00:26:02.960 --> 00:26:03.440 two from 00:26:03.440 --> 00:26:04.020 top to 00:26:04.020 --> 00:26:04.320 bottom, 00:26:04.720 --> 00:26:05.220 the earth 00:26:05.220 --> 00:26:05.640 shook, 00:26:05.940 --> 00:26:06.500 the rocks 00:26:06.500 --> 00:26:06.920 split, 00:26:07.300 --> 00:26:08.000 the tombs 00:26:08.000 --> 00:26:08.740 broke open, 00:26:08.860 --> 00:26:09.080 and the 00:26:09.080 --> 00:26:09.660 bodies of 00:26:09.660 --> 00:26:10.380 many holy 00:26:10.380 --> 00:26:11.280 people who 00:26:11.280 --> 00:26:12.540 had died 00:26:12.540 --> 00:26:13.720 were raised 00:26:13.720 --> 00:26:14.640 to life. 00:26:15.759 --> 00:26:16.280 They came 00:26:16.280 --> 00:26:16.759 out of the 00:26:16.759 --> 00:26:17.140 tombs, 00:26:17.240 --> 00:26:17.580 and after 00:26:17.580 --> 00:26:18.000 Jesus' 00:26:18.200 --> 00:26:18.660 resurrection, 00:26:19.120 --> 00:26:19.580 they went 00:26:19.580 --> 00:26:20.060 into the 00:26:20.060 --> 00:26:20.759 holy city 00:26:20.759 --> 00:26:22.200 and appeared 00:26:22.200 --> 00:26:22.700 to many 00:26:22.700 --> 00:26:23.140 people. 00:26:23.140 --> 00:26:26.759 Did you 00:26:26.759 --> 00:26:27.160 pick up 00:26:27.160 --> 00:26:27.640 on those 00:26:27.640 --> 00:26:28.400 three 00:26:28.400 --> 00:26:29.340 extraordinary 00:26:29.340 --> 00:26:30.360 events as 00:26:30.360 --> 00:26:31.320 Jesus died? 00:26:32.759 --> 00:26:33.520 Something 00:26:33.520 --> 00:26:34.280 cosmic 00:26:34.280 --> 00:26:34.880 happened 00:26:34.880 --> 00:26:36.860 when Jesus 00:26:36.860 --> 00:26:37.420 died. 00:26:38.380 --> 00:26:38.900 First, 00:26:40.340 --> 00:26:40.940 there was 00:26:40.940 --> 00:26:41.520 the darkness. 00:26:41.920 --> 00:26:42.180 Look at 00:26:42.180 --> 00:26:43.000 verse 45. 00:26:44.480 --> 00:26:44.900 From the 00:26:44.900 --> 00:26:45.480 sixth hour 00:26:45.480 --> 00:26:45.880 till the 00:26:45.880 --> 00:26:46.480 ninth hour, 00:26:46.740 --> 00:26:47.380 darkness, 00:26:48.360 --> 00:26:49.120 darkness 00:26:49.120 --> 00:26:50.860 over the 00:26:50.860 --> 00:26:51.680 whole land. 00:26:53.140 --> 00:26:53.920 from twelve 00:26:53.920 --> 00:26:55.420 noon to 00:26:55.420 --> 00:26:55.880 three in 00:26:55.880 --> 00:26:56.420 the afternoon 00:26:56.420 --> 00:26:56.920 when the 00:26:56.920 --> 00:26:57.500 sun is at 00:26:57.500 --> 00:26:58.180 its highest 00:26:58.180 --> 00:26:58.860 and at 00:26:58.860 --> 00:26:59.500 its brightest, 00:27:00.200 --> 00:27:00.680 it went 00:27:00.680 --> 00:27:01.600 completely 00:27:01.600 --> 00:27:03.080 dark. 00:27:04.860 --> 00:27:05.380 Why? 00:27:07.040 --> 00:27:07.380 Well, 00:27:07.420 --> 00:27:07.759 look what 00:27:07.759 --> 00:27:08.420 Jesus says 00:27:08.420 --> 00:27:09.040 as he dies 00:27:09.040 --> 00:27:09.440 at the end 00:27:09.440 --> 00:27:10.280 of verse 46. 00:27:10.640 --> 00:27:11.340 My God, 00:27:11.440 --> 00:27:12.020 my God, 00:27:12.100 --> 00:27:12.500 why have 00:27:12.500 --> 00:27:13.300 you forsaken 00:27:13.300 --> 00:27:13.600 me? 00:27:14.680 --> 00:27:15.600 The darkness 00:27:15.600 --> 00:27:17.020 of judgment 00:27:17.020 --> 00:27:19.200 was falling 00:27:19.200 --> 00:27:20.400 on Jesus 00:27:20.400 --> 00:27:21.740 so that 00:27:21.740 --> 00:27:22.500 you and 00:27:22.500 --> 00:27:23.080 I might 00:27:23.079 --> 00:27:23.819 experience 00:27:23.819 --> 00:27:24.759 the light 00:27:24.759 --> 00:27:25.960 of life. 00:27:26.839 --> 00:27:27.460 Because 00:27:27.460 --> 00:27:28.099 God's 00:27:28.099 --> 00:27:28.839 response to 00:27:28.839 --> 00:27:29.079 this 00:27:29.079 --> 00:27:29.779 disordered 00:27:29.779 --> 00:27:30.220 world, 00:27:30.599 --> 00:27:31.399 his response 00:27:31.399 --> 00:27:31.859 to our 00:27:31.859 --> 00:27:32.819 sinful lives 00:27:32.819 --> 00:27:33.500 is to 00:27:33.500 --> 00:27:34.740 judge and 00:27:34.740 --> 00:27:35.519 he is right 00:27:35.519 --> 00:27:36.299 to do so. 00:27:36.399 --> 00:27:36.659 We've 00:27:36.659 --> 00:27:37.439 messed it up. 00:27:37.720 --> 00:27:38.099 We've 00:27:38.099 --> 00:27:38.839 broken his 00:27:38.839 --> 00:27:39.460 good gifts 00:27:39.460 --> 00:27:39.879 that he's 00:27:39.879 --> 00:27:40.460 given to 00:27:40.460 --> 00:27:40.960 us. 00:27:42.879 --> 00:27:43.639 But in 00:27:43.639 --> 00:27:44.679 his redeeming 00:27:44.679 --> 00:27:45.179 love, 00:27:45.879 --> 00:27:46.279 Jesus, 00:27:46.519 --> 00:27:47.119 the God 00:27:47.119 --> 00:27:47.579 man, 00:27:47.759 --> 00:27:48.439 comes to 00:27:48.439 --> 00:27:48.839 earth 00:27:48.839 --> 00:27:50.579 and says 00:27:50.579 --> 00:27:51.039 I will 00:27:51.039 --> 00:27:51.559 take the 00:27:51.559 --> 00:27:52.220 darkness 00:27:52.220 --> 00:27:54.000 upon me. 00:27:54.639 --> 00:27:55.259 I will 00:27:55.259 --> 00:27:55.899 take the 00:27:55.899 --> 00:27:56.319 judgment 00:27:56.319 --> 00:27:56.980 of God 00:27:56.980 --> 00:27:57.579 for you 00:27:57.579 --> 00:27:58.000 and for 00:27:58.000 --> 00:27:58.339 me. 00:28:00.139 --> 00:28:00.579 And so 00:28:00.579 --> 00:28:01.099 he comes 00:28:01.099 --> 00:28:01.679 to forgive 00:28:01.679 --> 00:28:03.220 all of 00:28:03.220 --> 00:28:03.939 our sins 00:28:03.939 --> 00:28:04.679 from the 00:28:04.679 --> 00:28:05.720 past to 00:28:05.720 --> 00:28:06.379 the present 00:28:06.379 --> 00:28:07.359 and into 00:28:07.359 --> 00:28:08.019 the future. 00:28:08.019 --> 00:28:10.960 he takes 00:28:10.960 --> 00:28:11.579 the darkness 00:28:11.579 --> 00:28:12.819 so that 00:28:12.819 --> 00:28:13.379 we don't 00:28:13.379 --> 00:28:13.839 have to 00:28:13.839 --> 00:28:14.579 face it. 00:28:17.500 --> 00:28:18.139 Second, 00:28:19.039 --> 00:28:20.379 there's 00:28:20.379 --> 00:28:20.940 the curtain. 00:28:22.099 --> 00:28:23.019 Verse 51, 00:28:25.259 --> 00:28:25.740 at that 00:28:25.740 --> 00:28:26.279 moment the 00:28:26.279 --> 00:28:26.819 curtain of 00:28:26.819 --> 00:28:27.299 the temple 00:28:27.299 --> 00:28:28.039 was torn 00:28:28.039 --> 00:28:28.559 in two 00:28:28.559 --> 00:28:29.200 from top 00:28:29.200 --> 00:28:29.779 to bottom. 00:28:30.759 --> 00:28:31.519 Just as 00:28:31.519 --> 00:28:32.200 the darkness 00:28:32.200 --> 00:28:32.900 fell on 00:28:32.900 --> 00:28:33.339 the land, 00:28:33.720 --> 00:28:34.539 this is a 00:28:34.539 --> 00:28:35.160 supernatural 00:28:35.160 --> 00:28:36.339 act. 00:28:36.639 --> 00:28:37.099 This isn't 00:28:37.099 --> 00:28:37.679 a human 00:28:37.679 --> 00:28:38.099 doing 00:28:38.099 --> 00:28:38.599 something. 00:28:39.139 --> 00:28:39.639 This is 00:28:39.639 --> 00:28:40.259 God 00:28:40.259 --> 00:28:41.219 intervening 00:28:41.219 --> 00:28:41.779 into this 00:28:41.779 --> 00:28:42.159 world. 00:28:42.819 --> 00:28:43.379 The curtain 00:28:43.379 --> 00:28:43.759 in the 00:28:43.759 --> 00:28:44.179 temple 00:28:44.179 --> 00:28:45.179 acted like 00:28:45.179 --> 00:28:46.079 this huge 00:28:46.079 --> 00:28:46.579 barrier 00:28:46.579 --> 00:28:47.039 between 00:28:47.039 --> 00:28:47.599 God 00:28:47.599 --> 00:28:48.279 and 00:28:48.279 --> 00:28:48.779 people. 00:28:49.159 --> 00:28:49.399 It was 00:28:49.399 --> 00:28:49.839 this big 00:28:49.839 --> 00:28:50.319 statement 00:28:50.319 --> 00:28:50.759 to say 00:28:50.759 --> 00:28:51.480 keep out, 00:28:51.819 --> 00:28:52.559 stay away, 00:28:52.799 --> 00:28:53.619 no entry, 00:28:53.980 --> 00:28:54.439 you're not 00:28:54.439 --> 00:28:55.039 allowed in 00:28:55.039 --> 00:28:55.359 here. 00:28:56.500 --> 00:28:57.219 Sinful, 00:28:57.619 --> 00:28:58.099 broken, 00:28:58.599 --> 00:28:59.119 messed up 00:28:59.119 --> 00:28:59.599 people 00:28:59.599 --> 00:29:00.659 can't be 00:29:00.659 --> 00:29:01.439 with God. 00:29:03.439 --> 00:29:04.419 But by 00:29:04.419 --> 00:29:05.339 the redeeming 00:29:05.339 --> 00:29:06.179 death of 00:29:06.179 --> 00:29:06.599 Jesus, 00:29:07.099 --> 00:29:08.419 the way 00:29:08.419 --> 00:29:09.019 is opened, 00:29:10.079 --> 00:29:11.059 that curtain 00:29:11.059 --> 00:29:12.099 ripped from 00:29:12.099 --> 00:29:12.699 top to 00:29:12.699 --> 00:29:13.079 bottom, 00:29:13.519 --> 00:29:14.059 a sign 00:29:14.059 --> 00:29:14.919 of God's 00:29:14.919 --> 00:29:15.399 action, 00:29:15.919 --> 00:29:16.599 tears it 00:29:16.599 --> 00:29:17.000 apart, 00:29:18.000 --> 00:29:18.939 and he 00:29:18.939 --> 00:29:19.319 says, 00:29:19.740 --> 00:29:20.679 come in, 00:29:21.599 --> 00:29:22.039 you're 00:29:22.039 --> 00:29:22.599 welcome, 00:29:23.559 --> 00:29:24.059 you're 00:29:24.059 --> 00:29:24.980 accepted, 00:29:25.980 --> 00:29:26.539 I have 00:29:26.539 --> 00:29:27.179 come to 00:29:27.179 --> 00:29:27.799 bridge the 00:29:27.799 --> 00:29:28.079 gap. 00:29:28.079 --> 00:29:28.859 The work 00:29:28.859 --> 00:29:29.480 of Jesus 00:29:29.480 --> 00:29:30.139 on the 00:29:30.139 --> 00:29:30.679 cross 00:29:30.679 --> 00:29:31.839 bridges 00:29:31.839 --> 00:29:33.459 brokenness 00:29:33.459 --> 00:29:33.879 between 00:29:33.879 --> 00:29:35.039 man and 00:29:35.039 --> 00:29:35.559 God, 00:29:35.559 --> 00:29:36.480 and it 00:29:36.480 --> 00:29:37.439 spans the 00:29:37.439 --> 00:29:37.919 chasm 00:29:37.919 --> 00:29:38.720 between 00:29:38.720 --> 00:29:39.199 heaven 00:29:39.199 --> 00:29:40.619 and earth. 00:29:44.159 --> 00:29:45.339 And then 00:29:45.339 --> 00:29:45.699 there was 00:29:45.699 --> 00:29:46.459 the graves 00:29:46.459 --> 00:29:47.879 that opened. 00:29:48.899 --> 00:29:49.799 Verse 52, 00:29:49.799 --> 00:29:51.859 what an 00:29:51.859 --> 00:29:52.579 extraordinary 00:29:52.579 --> 00:29:53.299 scene. 00:29:54.319 --> 00:29:55.279 As Jesus 00:29:55.279 --> 00:29:55.899 died, 00:29:56.019 --> 00:29:56.559 the moment 00:29:56.559 --> 00:29:57.259 he died, 00:29:57.539 --> 00:29:58.200 verse 52, 00:29:58.579 --> 00:29:59.379 the tombs 00:29:59.379 --> 00:30:00.299 broke open 00:30:00.299 --> 00:30:01.159 and the 00:30:01.159 --> 00:30:01.940 bodies of 00:30:01.940 --> 00:30:03.059 many holy 00:30:03.059 --> 00:30:04.200 people who 00:30:04.200 --> 00:30:04.960 had died 00:30:04.960 --> 00:30:06.000 were raised 00:30:06.000 --> 00:30:06.639 to life. 00:30:07.859 --> 00:30:08.519 What a 00:30:08.519 --> 00:30:09.139 spectacular 00:30:09.139 --> 00:30:09.799 sight. 00:30:09.799 --> 00:30:10.460 Could you 00:30:10.460 --> 00:30:11.059 imagine? 00:30:11.059 --> 00:30:14.119 he'd be 00:30:14.119 --> 00:30:14.819 frightened. 00:30:16.940 --> 00:30:17.740 People 00:30:17.740 --> 00:30:18.980 walking 00:30:18.980 --> 00:30:20.019 out of 00:30:20.019 --> 00:30:20.200 their 00:30:20.200 --> 00:30:20.859 tombs. 00:30:22.659 --> 00:30:23.220 Jesus' 00:30:23.579 --> 00:30:24.519 own death 00:30:24.519 --> 00:30:25.019 is there 00:30:25.019 --> 00:30:25.519 to tell 00:30:25.519 --> 00:30:26.220 us that 00:30:26.220 --> 00:30:27.159 his death 00:30:27.159 --> 00:30:27.859 is the 00:30:27.859 --> 00:30:28.599 means to 00:30:28.599 --> 00:30:29.179 defeat 00:30:29.179 --> 00:30:30.819 all death. 00:30:32.139 --> 00:30:32.779 Jesus 00:30:32.779 --> 00:30:33.460 is showing 00:30:33.460 --> 00:30:34.539 us what 00:30:34.539 --> 00:30:35.259 he will 00:30:35.259 --> 00:30:35.859 do for 00:30:35.859 --> 00:30:37.319 us when 00:30:37.319 --> 00:30:38.079 we die. 00:30:39.779 --> 00:30:40.519 When I 00:30:40.519 --> 00:30:40.940 die, 00:30:41.059 --> 00:30:41.819 the grave 00:30:41.819 --> 00:30:42.359 is not 00:30:42.359 --> 00:30:43.099 the end. 00:30:43.460 --> 00:30:43.740 It is 00:30:43.740 --> 00:30:44.599 simply a 00:30:44.599 --> 00:30:45.980 doorway into 00:30:45.980 --> 00:30:46.859 his good 00:30:46.859 --> 00:30:47.960 and perfect 00:30:47.960 --> 00:30:49.039 and eternal 00:30:49.039 --> 00:30:49.639 kingdom. 00:30:50.399 --> 00:30:51.299 Just like 00:30:51.299 --> 00:30:51.639 the little 00:30:51.639 --> 00:30:52.139 girl that 00:30:52.139 --> 00:30:52.519 we read 00:30:52.519 --> 00:30:53.399 about in 00:30:53.399 --> 00:30:54.299 Matthew 9. 00:30:54.500 --> 00:30:55.159 It's like 00:30:55.159 --> 00:30:55.659 we just 00:30:55.659 --> 00:30:56.639 fall asleep 00:30:56.639 --> 00:30:57.539 and just 00:30:57.539 --> 00:30:58.519 wake up 00:30:58.519 --> 00:31:00.339 as you do 00:31:00.339 --> 00:31:00.599 in the 00:31:00.599 --> 00:31:00.919 morning, 00:31:01.319 --> 00:31:02.679 in the 00:31:02.679 --> 00:31:03.379 presence of 00:31:03.379 --> 00:31:03.740 God, 00:31:04.700 --> 00:31:05.799 in the 00:31:05.799 --> 00:31:06.419 kingdom of 00:31:06.419 --> 00:31:06.859 light, 00:31:07.539 --> 00:31:08.779 to be with 00:31:08.779 --> 00:31:09.700 him forever 00:31:09.700 --> 00:31:10.519 and for 00:31:10.519 --> 00:31:11.379 forever. 00:31:13.059 --> 00:31:13.700 You see, 00:31:13.759 --> 00:31:14.379 the cross 00:31:14.379 --> 00:31:15.619 is the 00:31:15.619 --> 00:31:16.160 focus. 00:31:18.059 --> 00:31:19.000 The cross 00:31:19.000 --> 00:31:19.440 is the 00:31:19.440 --> 00:31:20.180 means to 00:31:20.180 --> 00:31:20.779 reverse 00:31:20.779 --> 00:31:22.200 the 00:31:22.200 --> 00:31:22.819 disorder 00:31:22.819 --> 00:31:24.000 world 00:31:24.000 --> 00:31:24.420 that we 00:31:24.420 --> 00:31:24.940 live in. 00:31:25.940 --> 00:31:26.660 It's the 00:31:26.660 --> 00:31:27.279 means to 00:31:27.279 --> 00:31:27.859 undo 00:31:27.859 --> 00:31:28.500 the 00:31:28.500 --> 00:31:29.319 brokenness 00:31:29.319 --> 00:31:30.200 that we 00:31:30.200 --> 00:31:31.039 see all 00:31:31.039 --> 00:31:31.879 around us. 00:31:31.880 --> 00:31:32.020 Jesus. 00:31:33.580 --> 00:31:34.420 It's 00:31:34.420 --> 00:31:34.920 begun. 00:31:35.680 --> 00:31:36.100 It's 00:31:36.100 --> 00:31:37.220 started when 00:31:37.220 --> 00:31:38.240 Jesus died. 00:31:39.140 --> 00:31:39.980 No, it's 00:31:39.980 --> 00:31:40.580 not yet 00:31:40.580 --> 00:31:41.200 complete. 00:31:42.360 --> 00:31:43.100 That's why 00:31:43.100 --> 00:31:43.820 you and I 00:31:43.820 --> 00:31:44.940 still experience 00:31:44.940 --> 00:31:45.880 suffering and 00:31:45.880 --> 00:31:47.140 struggles each 00:31:47.140 --> 00:31:47.620 and every 00:31:47.620 --> 00:31:47.980 day. 00:31:49.600 --> 00:31:50.500 But we 00:31:50.500 --> 00:31:51.260 have Jesus 00:31:51.260 --> 00:31:52.040 who entered 00:31:52.040 --> 00:31:52.600 into our 00:31:52.600 --> 00:31:53.000 world, 00:31:54.180 --> 00:31:54.860 Emmanuel, 00:31:56.020 --> 00:31:56.900 God with 00:31:56.900 --> 00:31:57.360 us, 00:31:58.080 --> 00:31:58.700 who doesn't 00:31:58.700 --> 00:31:59.660 abandon us 00:31:59.660 --> 00:32:00.360 in our 00:32:00.360 --> 00:32:00.880 struggles, 00:32:01.259 --> 00:32:01.700 who doesn't 00:32:01.700 --> 00:32:02.480 leave us 00:32:02.480 --> 00:32:03.120 in our 00:32:03.120 --> 00:32:03.620 suffering, 00:32:04.740 --> 00:32:05.220 but the 00:32:05.220 --> 00:32:05.580 one who 00:32:05.580 --> 00:32:05.860 said, 00:32:05.980 --> 00:32:06.340 I will be 00:32:06.340 --> 00:32:06.880 with you, 00:32:07.860 --> 00:32:08.540 the one who 00:32:08.540 --> 00:32:08.780 said, 00:32:08.840 --> 00:32:09.560 I will walk 00:32:09.560 --> 00:32:10.060 with you 00:32:10.060 --> 00:32:10.680 through this 00:32:10.680 --> 00:32:11.100 life, 00:32:11.580 --> 00:32:12.280 and I 00:32:12.280 --> 00:32:12.960 will make 00:32:12.960 --> 00:32:14.220 sure that 00:32:14.220 --> 00:32:14.880 you will be 00:32:14.880 --> 00:32:15.640 with me 00:32:15.640 --> 00:32:17.440 in my 00:32:17.440 --> 00:32:17.820 kingdom. 00:32:19.080 --> 00:32:20.120 He forgives 00:32:20.120 --> 00:32:20.960 our past. 00:32:21.800 --> 00:32:22.519 He fills 00:32:22.519 --> 00:32:23.100 us with the 00:32:23.100 --> 00:32:23.759 power of his 00:32:23.759 --> 00:32:24.580 Holy Spirit, 00:32:24.579 --> 00:32:25.559 so that we 00:32:25.559 --> 00:32:26.259 can begin 00:32:26.259 --> 00:32:26.819 to live 00:32:26.819 --> 00:32:27.699 changed and 00:32:27.699 --> 00:32:28.359 transformed 00:32:28.359 --> 00:32:29.039 lives. 00:32:29.899 --> 00:32:30.519 He gives 00:32:30.519 --> 00:32:30.939 us the 00:32:30.939 --> 00:32:31.539 sure and 00:32:31.539 --> 00:32:32.460 certain hope 00:32:32.460 --> 00:32:34.039 of life 00:32:34.039 --> 00:32:35.379 with him. 00:32:37.019 --> 00:32:37.899 Jesus has 00:32:37.899 --> 00:32:38.299 come, 00:32:39.279 --> 00:32:41.039 and Jesus 00:32:41.039 --> 00:32:41.799 has come to 00:32:41.799 --> 00:32:43.359 restore and 00:32:43.359 --> 00:32:44.039 to redeem 00:32:44.039 --> 00:32:45.519 and to put 00:32:45.519 --> 00:32:46.220 things right. 00:32:47.339 --> 00:32:48.240 And as we 00:32:48.240 --> 00:32:48.720 look at the 00:32:48.720 --> 00:32:49.179 cross, 00:32:50.039 --> 00:32:50.859 that's where 00:32:50.859 --> 00:32:51.639 it starts. 00:32:51.640 --> 00:32:54.920 do not 00:32:54.920 --> 00:32:55.420 take your 00:32:55.420 --> 00:32:57.160 eyes off 00:32:57.160 --> 00:32:57.660 Christ. 00:32:59.400 --> 00:32:59.940 Focus 00:32:59.940 --> 00:33:00.420 there, 00:33:01.560 --> 00:33:01.980 and know 00:33:01.980 --> 00:33:02.500 the life 00:33:02.500 --> 00:33:03.740 that he has 00:33:03.740 --> 00:33:04.180 come to 00:33:04.180 --> 00:33:04.440 bring. 00:33:05.340 --> 00:33:06.080 Let's pray 00:33:06.080 --> 00:33:06.520 together. 00:33:06.520 --> 00:33:06.640 Amen. 00:33:06.640 --> 00:33:20.800 Lord Jesus, 00:33:21.420 --> 00:33:23.680 we are 00:33:23.680 --> 00:33:24.720 truly amazed 00:33:24.720 --> 00:33:28.360 at what 00:33:28.360 --> 00:33:28.740 you have 00:33:28.740 --> 00:33:29.120 done 00:33:29.120 --> 00:33:32.240 and what 00:33:32.240 --> 00:33:32.600 you have 00:33:32.600 --> 00:33:32.980 promised 00:33:32.980 --> 00:33:33.460 you will 00:33:33.460 --> 00:33:33.759 do 00:33:33.759 --> 00:33:36.359 and what 00:33:36.359 --> 00:33:37.000 you are 00:33:37.000 --> 00:33:37.420 doing 00:33:37.420 --> 00:33:38.879 in our 00:33:38.879 --> 00:33:39.220 lives 00:33:39.220 --> 00:33:39.640 today. 00:33:41.559 --> 00:33:42.480 We thank 00:33:42.480 --> 00:33:42.799 you that 00:33:42.799 --> 00:33:43.259 you have 00:33:43.259 --> 00:33:43.819 come to 00:33:43.819 --> 00:33:44.420 restore 00:33:44.420 --> 00:33:45.839 and renew, 00:33:46.720 --> 00:33:48.559 to dispel 00:33:48.559 --> 00:33:49.200 the darkness, 00:33:50.579 --> 00:33:51.839 to deal 00:33:51.839 --> 00:33:52.240 with the 00:33:52.240 --> 00:33:53.000 distress, 00:33:53.879 --> 00:33:56.140 to bring 00:33:56.140 --> 00:33:56.700 forgiveness, 00:33:57.900 --> 00:33:58.700 to bring 00:33:58.700 --> 00:33:59.339 peace, 00:34:00.740 --> 00:34:01.539 to bring 00:34:01.539 --> 00:34:02.359 change and 00:34:02.359 --> 00:34:03.160 transformation. 00:34:03.759 --> 00:34:06.279 Lord, 00:34:06.359 --> 00:34:06.799 we thank 00:34:06.799 --> 00:34:07.200 you so 00:34:07.200 --> 00:34:09.659 much for 00:34:09.659 --> 00:34:10.099 Jesus, 00:34:10.960 --> 00:34:12.199 and we 00:34:12.199 --> 00:34:12.659 pray that 00:34:12.659 --> 00:34:12.980 we will 00:34:12.980 --> 00:34:13.500 keep our 00:34:13.500 --> 00:34:14.199 eyes fixed 00:34:14.199 --> 00:34:14.780 on him, 00:34:16.340 --> 00:34:17.179 and that 00:34:17.179 --> 00:34:17.519 where we 00:34:17.519 --> 00:34:17.980 need your 00:34:17.980 --> 00:34:18.380 help, 00:34:19.320 --> 00:34:20.199 you would 00:34:20.199 --> 00:34:20.880 enter into 00:34:20.880 --> 00:34:21.639 our suffering 00:34:21.639 --> 00:34:22.900 and into 00:34:22.900 --> 00:34:23.699 our struggles. 00:34:25.360 --> 00:34:25.980 Enable 00:34:25.980 --> 00:34:26.420 us and 00:34:26.420 --> 00:34:27.239 equip us. 00:34:29.340 --> 00:34:29.739 Provide 00:34:29.739 --> 00:34:30.119 for us, 00:34:30.219 --> 00:34:30.639 we pray. 00:34:30.639 --> 00:34:33.719 we ask 00:34:33.719 --> 00:34:34.139 this in 00:34:34.139 --> 00:34:34.440 Jesus' 00:34:34.659 --> 00:34:34.879 name. 00:34:35.960 --> 00:34:36.460 Amen. 00:34:40.460 --> 00:34:41.019 We're 00:34:41.019 --> 00:34:41.420 going to 00:34:41.420 --> 00:34:42.179 sing together 00:34:42.179 --> 00:34:44.319 a great 00:34:44.319 --> 00:34:45.639 carol, 00:34:45.699 --> 00:34:46.059 a great 00:34:46.059 --> 00:34:46.500 hymn. 00:34:47.559 --> 00:34:48.159 Hark the 00:34:48.159 --> 00:34:49.199 herald angels 00:34:49.199 --> 00:34:49.619 sing, 00:34:49.759 --> 00:34:50.539 glory to 00:34:50.539 --> 00:34:51.159 the new 00:34:51.159 --> 00:34:51.960 born 00:34:51.960 --> 00:34:52.359 King, 00:34:52.539 --> 00:34:53.059 peace on 00:34:53.059 --> 00:34:53.379 earth, 00:34:54.159 --> 00:34:54.699 and mercy 00:34:54.699 --> 00:34:55.440 mild God 00:34:55.440 --> 00:34:56.139 and sinners 00:34:56.139 --> 00:34:57.820 reconciles. 00:34:58.500 --> 00:34:59.280 Jesus has 00:34:59.280 --> 00:34:59.659 come, 00:35:00.500 --> 00:35:01.139 and Jesus 00:35:01.139 --> 00:35:01.860 has come 00:35:01.860 --> 00:35:03.079 to renew 00:35:03.079 --> 00:35:04.300 and restore, 00:35:04.500 --> 00:35:05.019 so let's 00:35:05.019 --> 00:35:05.659 praise him 00:35:05.659 --> 00:35:06.659 and give 00:35:06.659 --> 00:35:07.179 him thanks. 00:35:07.179 --> 00:35:07.539 Amen. 00:35:07.539 --> 00:35:34.039 Thank you.