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 I would like you to turn in your Bibles this morning to John chapter 2.

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 John chapter 2, and I want you to follow with me as I begin reading there in verse 13 in your own Bible.

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 I'll take a minute and let you get squared out in the passage.

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 John chapter 2, verse 13.

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 The Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

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 In the temple, he found those who were selling oxen and sheep and pigeons,

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 and the money changers sitting there and making a whip of cords.

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 He drove them all out of the temple with the sheep and oxen,

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 and he poured out the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables.

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 And he told those who sold the pigeons,

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 Take these things away. Do not make my father's house a house of trade.

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 Father God,

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 we're very thankful that in your

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 infinite mercy,

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 you graciously have given to us your word,

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 which is the complete revelation

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 provided by you,

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 whereby we may,

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 as it says in 2 Timothy,

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 have all that we need for life and godliness.

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 We want to be a people that rely upon the word this morning to govern not only what we sing about,

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 but also what we think about and what we say.

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 And we ask that our time in the scriptures,

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 enabled by the Spirit,

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 helps us grow in our love for the Lord Jesus Christ and our sincere desire to be more like him.

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 Pray for those that are here this morning that do not know Christ as their personal Savior,

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 that this morning would be the hour of their salvation and the day of their deliverance from the bondage and the burden of their sin,

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 and also the uncertainty of their eternal destiny.

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 We ask that you would be a people,

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 that you would help us be a people that have our hearts focused by your Spirit

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 on your glory

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 and your truth.

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 And we ask this in

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 the name of Jesus.

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 Amen.

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 Well, let me kind of frame the background of what we're looking at this morning.

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 And so, if you would think with me just for a moment,

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 this passage in chapter 2 of John

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 is the second little picture that we have

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 of John the Baptist after that lengthy introduction that we found

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 that explained to us in brief

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 how the book of John was going to play out.

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 I remind you that John is different than the other Gospels

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 in that it uses very, very few actual illustrations

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 of the things that Jesus was engaged in doing publicly.

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 The first thing that we saw in John chapter 2,

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 you'll remember,

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 was that he was at a wedding

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 and his mother came to him

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 and asked him about the problem that they had

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 with the lack of wine,

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 and Jesus turned the water into wine,

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 did a miracle,

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 and we understand that not many people actually

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 were affected by that.

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 We know that five of his disciples knew what had happened.

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 We know that the servants knew what had happened.

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 And maybe a few other people kind of heard about what that was

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 and were affected by the reality of the power of Christ

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 displayed over natural things.

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 And so, here we have that little picture of Jesus

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 doing something relatively quiet,

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 and then we have this picture of Jesus

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 walking into Jerusalem

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 and kind of dropping an atomic bomb

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 over Nagasaki, over Hiroshima.

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 Do you follow me?

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 What he did in the temple

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 was an absolute blast

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 in comparison to that little quiet miracle

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 that he did at the wedding.

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 We tend to think about Jesus

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 either as a relatively quiet,

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 little kind of milk toast kind of guy

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 going around and, you know,

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 putting flowers in people's hair

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 or something like that.

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 Particularly if you rely upon

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 the liberal picture of Jesus.

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 He's kind of some soft little guy

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 that goes around saying sweet things

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 and, you know,

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 just kind of love everybody.

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 And it's important to love people,

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 but I want you to understand

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 that the picture we have in the Bible

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 is far more complex than that.

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 And as we come to this passage,

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 the background of the Lamb

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 dealing with the wedding feast

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 now comes face to face

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 with the Lion of Judah

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 and the judge of the whole earth.

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 And so I want you to begin

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 by first of all recognizing

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 that Jesus steps into a situation

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 where glory was corrupted.

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 After spending a few days,

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 and that's what we find there

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 in verse 13,

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 the Passover of the Jews was at hand

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 and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

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 What had happened earlier

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 in verse 12,

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 it says that he spent a couple days

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 with his family

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 and now it's time

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 to go up to Jerusalem

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 to be part of that holy celebration.

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 It was a requirement.

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 The law stipulated

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 that the Jews were to gather in Jerusalem

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 on a regular basis annually

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 and they were to remember the Passover.

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 The Passover was a very special,

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 a moment in the life of God's people

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 in particular

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 because it was that day

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 when God had delivered them

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 from the land of Egypt

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 where they had been enslaved

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 by the Egyptians.

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 And how did God do that?

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 Remember?

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 He came to them and said,

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 I want to tell you something

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 that this night

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 is going to be absolutely unique.

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 And in order to protect your family,

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 you are to kill the sacrificial,

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 the Passover lamb,

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 and you are to put the blood of that lamb

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 on the lentil over the top

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 and on both sides on the doorposts.

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 And when I send death

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 through the nation of Egypt

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 to kill every one of the firstborn

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 where the mark of the blood is seen,

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 death will not enter.

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 And so every year,

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 God had ordained

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 that the nation of Israel

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 was to remember the Passover

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 and it was a time

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 when the people gathered

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 to make sacrifice.

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 They were required to do that.

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 And incidentally,

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 when you made sacrifice,

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 you didn't just bring

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 any old whatever you had.

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 You had to bring a lamb

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 that was spotless,

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 that was pure.

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 Over time,

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 it had kind of developed

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 into the fact that the lamb,

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 how many of you know

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 what the word kosher is?

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 How many of you ever see it?

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 A kosher salt, right?

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 Kosher dill pickles.

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 What does kosher mean?

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 Does anybody know?

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 Does anybody know

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 what kosher means?

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 It means that it has actually

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 been approved

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 for consumption by Jewish people.

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 And who has approved it?

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 Is it Pillsbury?

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 Or is it Heinz?

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 Who approves kosher?

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 Kosher.

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 There has to be a priest

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 who's involved in determining

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 that those pickles

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 really are kosher.

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 I'm going to tell you something.

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 You don't have kosher on there

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 without somebody involved

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 in saying that it's kosher.

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 Do you understand that?

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 And so, over time,

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 this idea of bringing

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 your own lamb

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 and just whatever you wanted to do

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 into the temple

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 to have sacrifice,

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 it kind of moved over

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 to the side of,

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 if you really want to bring

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 a lamb in to have it

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 sacrificed in the temple,

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 you had to have a priest

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 sign off on it.

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 And so, I want you to understand

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 that this beautiful area,

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 the temple,

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 and the word that is used there

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 in the Greek communicates

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 that it was the larger part.

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 There was a court of the Gentiles,

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 a very large area.

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 And that large area

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 had actually been turned

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 into a bazaar

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 where the pilgrims

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 were being cheated.

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 You see,

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 here's how it plays out.

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 One commentator,

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 doing some research

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 on ancient history,

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 discovered that

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 a five-cent dove,

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 when it became kosher

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 and was carried into the temple

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 for sacrifice,

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 became a four-dollar option.

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 Now, if a five-cent dove

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 became a four-dollar option,

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 guess what it costs you

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 to buy a kosher lamb?

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 You got it?

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 Way up the food chain.

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 Not only that,

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 there was another thing

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 that was required

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 of a good Jewish man.

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 He had to pay a temple tax.

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 And when he would come in,

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 he would pay his half shekel.

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 Now, a shekel

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 is a piece of Jewish money.

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 And the high priest,

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 I mean,

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 outside of the temple,

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 you could use any kind of money

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 that you had in your pocket.

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 But when you went into the temple,

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 if you wanted to pay

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 your tax at the temple,

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 you had to have a half shekel.

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 And guess what there were provided

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 or was provided for you?

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 There were very kind,

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 congenial businessmen

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 that were sitting there

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 that had half shekels in abundance.

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 But guess what happened

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 to the translation of the fees?

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 How many of you

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 have traveled around the world

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 or somewhere where you've had

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 to have your money changed

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 from good old U.S. dollars

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 into rubles

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 or into rupees

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 or into yen

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 or whatever?

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 What happens at the money changer?

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 Does anybody know?

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 Tom, what happens?

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 There's a little bit of profit.

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 Well, I want you to know

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 that the money changers

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 were not into

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 a little bit of profit.

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 I mean,

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 how many of you

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 have been to an OSU game

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 and noticed what happens

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 to bottles of water there?

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 I've been once in my life.

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 And I remember going in

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 and I got thirsty

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 and I was sitting way up there

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 in nosebleed.

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 I was having to suck oxygen

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 to make it through the day.

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 But anyway,

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 I was way up there

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 and I thought,

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 well, I think I'll go

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 get a bottle of water.

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 I mean,

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 there are a lot of people

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 sitting around drinking water

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 and drinks

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 and having hot dogs.

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 And I remember

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 when I walked in

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 that they wanted me to,

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 you know,

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 do you have anything

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 in your coat?

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 You know,

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 no, I'm clean.

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 So I thought I'd walk down

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 to concession stand

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 and get myself

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 a bottle of water

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 and a couple hot dogs

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 or something like that.

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 I changed my mind.

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 I mean,

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 what you can buy

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 at Meijer or Walmart

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 for pennies

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 was a $4 option.

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 And hot dogs,

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 forget it.

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 There was no way

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 in the world

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 that I was going

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 to indulge

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 those thieves

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 for the price

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 that they were asking for.

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 Now,

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 I want you to imagine

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 that you can't worship

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 without buying in

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 to the lamb

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 and to the temple tax.

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 Do you follow that?

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 It was an option

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 for me to say no

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 to the $4 bottle of water

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 and no to the,

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 I think it was like $6

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 or $8 for a hot dog.

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 It was like,

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 I can't do this.

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 And they had a monopoly.

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 By the way,

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 it was the high priest

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 and his family

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 that were the beneficiaries

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 of this legislation

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 that meant that

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 in the temple

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 only those lambs

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 and goats

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 and doves

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 and whatever else

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 that had been koshered,

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 right, kosher,

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 were allowed to be sold.

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 And so here we find

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 in verse 15,

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 Jesus comes in,

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 he makes a whip

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 of cords

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 and he drove them

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 all out of the temple.

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 Do you get the picture?

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 Now stop just for a minute

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 because I want to correct

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 what may be happening

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 in your mind.

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 You might be thinking

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 that Jesus made

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 this great big bull whip,

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 you know,

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 you know,

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 out the door they went.

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 The Greek word

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 talks about

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 a whip

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 that was made out

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 of just the normal cordage.

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 How many of you

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 have ever baled hay?

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 Hay balers.

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 Basically,

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 that is the word

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 that is used.

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 It's just the common string

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 that was used

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 for kind of

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 keeping the animal

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 in check

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 when you were taking it in

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 to where it was going

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 to have its throat cut,

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 you know.

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 Now by the way,

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 the animal did not know

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 what was coming

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 so it was like

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 just lead it along

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 with a little string

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 and you'll get it there.

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 Jesus took some

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 of these strings,

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 picked them up,

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 probably just walking around

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 just kind of stewing,

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 you know,

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 picking them up,

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 grabbing this one,

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 grabbing that one

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 and he kind of

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 put them together

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 and he let people know

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 that this was not

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 going to do.

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 We sometimes have

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 this picture

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 of Jesus MMA

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 walking in

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 to the temple

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 and just putting

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 the smack down

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 on everybody

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 and terrifying them

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 with his physical presence.

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 That's not true.

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 What is it

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 that frightened people?

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 It was the holy righteousness

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 of God himself

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 indignant

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 with the sin

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 that he saw.

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 I have to confess

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 that

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 we are all

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 far too careless

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 with sin,

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 aren't we?

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 All of us.

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 And when you

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 look here

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 at Jesus

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 in verse 15,

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 it says that

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 he drove them

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 all out of the temple

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 with the sheep

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 and the oxen

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 and he poured out

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 the coins

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 with the money changers

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 and he overturned

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 their tables

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 and he told them

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 who sold the pigeons,

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 get them

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 out of here.

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 You have made

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 my father's house

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 a house of trade.

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 By the way,

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 in the synoptics,

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 Jesus referred

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 to the temple

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 a different way

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 and I think

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 it's instructive.

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 He said that

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 my father's house

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 is a house of prayer.

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 Listen to me carefully.

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 When people

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 that profess

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 to know Christ

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 diminish the significance

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 and the priority

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 of prayer,

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 there's something

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 serious going on

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 in their lives

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 spiritually.

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 Jesus walks in here

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 and says,

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 in essence,

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 you guys have made

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 a horrible mess

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 of this situation.

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 So why did Jesus

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 do that?

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 That's a fair question.

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 How many of you

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 figured that out?

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 When you're trying

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 to understand

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 what the Bible

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 is saying,

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 one of the first

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 questions to ask

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 is what?

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 Why?

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 Why is this here?

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 Well,

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 when we think about it,

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 I want you to turn

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 back in your Bible.

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 You are there in John,

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 but just go back

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 a little bit.

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 Don't have to go

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 very far.

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 Go to Malachi chapter 3.

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 Malachi chapter 3.

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 In Malachi chapter 3,

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 verse 1 and 2,

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 we find

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 prophetic utterance

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 about Christ's coming.

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 Behold,

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 I send my messenger,

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 that's John the Baptist,

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 and he will prepare

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 the way before me.

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 And the Lord

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 whom you seek

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 will suddenly come

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 to his,

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 what?

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 Underline it in your Bible.

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 Temple.

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 And the messenger

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 of the covenant

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 in whom you delight,

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 behold,

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 he is coming,

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 says the Lord.

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 But who can endure

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 the day of his coming

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 and who can stand

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 when he appears?

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 For he is like

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 a refiner's fire

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 and like fuller's soap.

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 You know what I'm saying?

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 When Christ comes

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 in his righteousness

00:16:13.500 --> 00:16:14.599
 and his holiness,

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 all will be

00:16:17.299 --> 00:16:18.860
 profoundly humbled

00:16:18.860 --> 00:16:21.159
 because of the darkness

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 and the wickedness

00:16:22.519 --> 00:16:23.439
 of their heart.

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 we'll eventually get

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 to John chapter 8

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 and there are going

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 to be some

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 who may dispute

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 whether or not

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 that is in the earliest

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 manuscripts.

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 I fully accept it,

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 but you'll remember

00:16:35.740 --> 00:16:36.560
 that when Jesus

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 had the Pharisees

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 and the priests

00:16:39.940 --> 00:16:40.840
 bring up the woman

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 who was caught

00:16:41.380 --> 00:16:41.960
 in adultery

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 and said,

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 shall we stone her?

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 Remember how they all

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 scattered when he said,

00:16:47.520 --> 00:16:47.720
 hey,

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 the one that's without sin

00:16:50.360 --> 00:16:52.000
 can throw the first stone

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 and they all scattered.

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 Beloved,

00:16:59.860 --> 00:17:02.399
 when the convicting power

00:17:02.399 --> 00:17:03.220
 of the Holy Spirit

00:17:03.220 --> 00:17:04.019
 is at work,

00:17:04.799 --> 00:17:05.720
 we understand

00:17:05.720 --> 00:17:06.860
 that there is an effect

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 upon the life

00:17:07.680 --> 00:17:09.339
 of those who are sinful.

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 And so,

00:17:11.440 --> 00:17:12.360
 when you think

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 about Jesus coming,

00:17:13.640 --> 00:17:14.579
 we have two little

00:17:14.579 --> 00:17:15.579
 kind of pictures.

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 We have Jesus

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 at the wedding feast

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 and he's doing

00:17:18.779 --> 00:17:19.380
 this little thing

00:17:19.380 --> 00:17:19.980
 on the side

00:17:19.980 --> 00:17:20.599
 with wine.

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 But now,

00:17:22.500 --> 00:17:23.220
 we have Jesus

00:17:23.220 --> 00:17:23.920
 in the temple

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 and I want you

00:17:25.700 --> 00:17:26.319
 to understand

00:17:26.319 --> 00:17:28.519
 that as he walks

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 into the temple,

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 there was no little

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 soft syrupy

00:17:31.740 --> 00:17:32.839
 little voice saying,

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 I hope you guys

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 are getting along

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 and making a good profit.

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 It was like clean house.

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 He came to confront sin

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 and fulfill prophecy.

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 How did Jesus

00:17:46.119 --> 00:17:47.299
 do this?

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 How did he clean up?

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 I mean,

00:17:50.979 --> 00:17:52.099
 stop and think with me

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 just for a moment.

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 If you kind of

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 think forward

00:17:54.479 --> 00:17:56.779
 into the book of Acts,

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 you'll remember

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 that all it took

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 was an accusation

00:18:00.079 --> 00:18:01.679
 that Paul the Apostle

00:18:01.679 --> 00:18:02.779
 had brought Gentiles

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 into the inner part

00:18:03.919 --> 00:18:04.779
 of the temple

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 and they had a riot

00:18:06.079 --> 00:18:07.819
 that brought in

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 Roman soldiers.

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 Jerusalem was a hotbed

00:18:11.759 --> 00:18:13.379
 of rebellion.

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 and anything

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 that you know

00:18:15.980 --> 00:18:17.220
 about the ancient world

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 in particular

00:18:17.920 --> 00:18:19.620
 there in Jerusalem

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 is that they could

00:18:20.400 --> 00:18:21.580
 get pretty fired up

00:18:21.580 --> 00:18:22.220
 in a moment

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 and really go ballistic

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 about almost anything

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 and for one man

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 to clean house

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 in the temple,

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 it's worthy for us

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 to ask

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 just what was it

00:18:37.099 --> 00:18:38.279
 that Jesus did?

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 I want you to understand

00:18:41.039 --> 00:18:41.879
 that he and his

00:18:41.879 --> 00:18:42.899
 absolute holiness

00:18:42.899 --> 00:18:43.700
 and righteousness

00:18:43.700 --> 00:18:45.859
 brought the issue

00:18:45.859 --> 00:18:47.579
 of the personal sin

00:18:47.579 --> 00:18:49.220
 of those who were involved

00:18:49.220 --> 00:18:50.619
 in what was going on

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 to the forefront

00:18:51.619 --> 00:18:53.119
 and that wave

00:18:53.119 --> 00:18:55.359
 of shame and guilt

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 swept through the crowd

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 and they were all quieted

00:18:58.559 --> 00:18:59.179
 in the presence

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 of Christ.

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 I want to assure you

00:19:03.159 --> 00:19:06.699
 there will be a day

00:19:06.699 --> 00:19:08.779
 when the brassiest

00:19:08.779 --> 00:19:09.299
 of liar,

00:19:10.619 --> 00:19:12.419
 the most arrogant fool

00:19:12.419 --> 00:19:15.179
 and the angriest

00:19:15.179 --> 00:19:15.539
 of men

00:19:15.539 --> 00:19:16.959
 will be utterly overwhelmed

00:19:16.959 --> 00:19:17.879
 at the holy presence

00:19:17.879 --> 00:19:18.579
 of Jesus

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 the judge

00:19:19.919 --> 00:19:20.639
 of the whole earth.

00:19:21.839 --> 00:19:22.919
 And as you think

00:19:22.919 --> 00:19:23.859
 about this setting

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 I think it's appropriate

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 for us as believers

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 those who know Christ

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 to recognize

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 that while Jesus

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 loves us unconditionally

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 and we are so blessed

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 by the richness

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 of his grace

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 we who have been

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 so richly forgiven

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 should not be a people

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 that are careless

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 with sin.

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 Would you agree with that?

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 Well I want you

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 to recognize

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 glory challenged.

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 I love what comes next.

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 Look at that part

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 if you will.

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 there in verse 18

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 so the Jews

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 said to him

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 what sign

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 do you show us

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 for doing these things?

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 I can't help

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 but think about

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 the pastor

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 and the princess bride

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 at this moment

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 it's like

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 what a jerk.

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 Okay

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 forgive me

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 I know

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 some of you

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 have not watched

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 that classic

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 and go home

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 and do it

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 but anyway

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 here are the priests

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 and the rabbis

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 that kind of come up

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 you know

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 waddling up

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 you know

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 and there they are

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 in their regalia

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 you know what I'm talking about?

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 I mean

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 they had their robes on

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 and by the way

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 something about the priest's robes

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 were pretty spectacular

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 I mean

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 it showed your rank

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 I mean

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 oh

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 that's the high priest

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 how can you tell?

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 well look

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 you know

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 the average yokel

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 over there

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 is wearing something

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 that just costs

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 $3,000

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 but the high priest

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 he's decked out

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 in jewels

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 and blah blah blah

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 and here they come

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 kind of waddling out

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 in the front of you

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 we gave you the right

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 to do this

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 and who are they

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 standing in front of?

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 Jesus

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 now remember

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 our idea of Jesus

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 is ill informed

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 we either have this idea

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 of a wuss

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 or we have this idea

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 of Mr. Smackdown MMA

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 you know

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 it depends

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 and I have to tell you

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 if you read the book

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 of Isaiah

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 it tells us

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 that he was nothing

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 spectacular

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 just ordinary

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 there he was

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 standing in

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 ordinary clothes

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 by the way

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 it's no accident

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 that evangelical

00:21:37.920 --> 00:21:38.740
 preachers

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 are not all about

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 finery

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 Connie

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 where are you Connie

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 there you are

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 Connie throws away

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 a magazine

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 periodically

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 that talks about

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 robes for pastors

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 right

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 throw it in the trash

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 I don't need one

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 the one thing

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 I want you to remember

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 is the authority

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 and the sufficiency

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 of the word of God

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 and there is Jesus

00:22:01.360 --> 00:22:02.700
 standing with simplicity

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 and he announces

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 to those

00:22:04.820 --> 00:22:05.620
 who ask him

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 what authority

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 do you have

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 to do what you've done

00:22:08.600 --> 00:22:09.100
 in cleansing

00:22:09.100 --> 00:22:09.680
 the temple

00:22:09.680 --> 00:22:13.000
 he'd exposed

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 sin for what it is

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 and what sign

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 did he give them

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 let's look

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 let's pick up on this

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 because it's glory

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 confirmed

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 you look there

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 in the passage

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 and Jesus answered

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 them

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 verse 19

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 and he said

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 destroy this temple

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 and in three days

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 I will raise it up

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 the truth of the matter

00:22:40.079 --> 00:22:41.660
 is that the Jewish leaders

00:22:41.660 --> 00:22:42.720
 would end up

00:22:42.720 --> 00:22:44.960
 having Jesus crucified

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 and we understand

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 that in this

00:22:50.180 --> 00:22:51.539
 declaration

00:22:51.539 --> 00:22:52.920
 what he is saying

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 is that

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 you're going to kill me

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 and three days after that

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 I'm going to come out

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 of the grave

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 in the face

00:23:01.720 --> 00:23:02.340
 of what Jesus

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 had prophesied

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 I am struck

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 when I turn over

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 and I want you to look at it

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 just for a moment

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 Matthew chapter 27

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 go back

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 for a second

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 Matthew chapter 27

00:23:12.560 --> 00:23:13.380
 verse 63

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 in this passage

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 we find that Jesus

00:23:18.759 --> 00:23:20.460
 is already dead

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 and buried

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 and those people

00:23:24.360 --> 00:23:24.980
 who were involved

00:23:24.980 --> 00:23:25.860
 in putting him to death

00:23:25.859 --> 00:23:27.339
 have some anxiety

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 the next day

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 that is after

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 the day of the preparation

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 the chief priests

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 and the Pharisees

00:23:34.319 --> 00:23:35.579
 gather before Pilate

00:23:35.579 --> 00:23:36.579
 you can hear them again

00:23:36.579 --> 00:23:37.939
 with that little whiny voice

00:23:37.939 --> 00:23:38.619
 sir

00:23:38.619 --> 00:23:40.079
 we remember how

00:23:40.079 --> 00:23:41.399
 that imposter said

00:23:41.399 --> 00:23:42.439
 which he was still

00:23:42.439 --> 00:23:43.199
 when he was still alive

00:23:43.199 --> 00:23:44.079
 after three days

00:23:44.079 --> 00:23:44.859
 I will rise

00:23:44.859 --> 00:23:45.240
 you know

00:23:45.240 --> 00:23:45.919
 you can hear that

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 right

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 no stop

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 and so

00:23:48.759 --> 00:23:50.740
 by the way

00:23:50.740 --> 00:23:51.299
 they're the ones

00:23:51.299 --> 00:23:51.939
 who paid attention

00:23:51.939 --> 00:23:52.659
 to the prophecy

00:23:52.659 --> 00:23:55.240
 the disciples

00:23:55.240 --> 00:23:56.039
 what were they doing

00:23:56.039 --> 00:23:57.240
 hey

00:23:57.240 --> 00:23:58.359
 he's coming back

00:23:58.359 --> 00:23:59.120
 three days

00:23:59.120 --> 00:23:59.859
 it's alright

00:23:59.859 --> 00:24:01.120
 he'll be out of the grave

00:24:01.120 --> 00:24:01.980
 it's good news

00:24:01.980 --> 00:24:02.400
 no

00:24:02.400 --> 00:24:04.920
 but the Jews

00:24:04.920 --> 00:24:06.039
 were a little bit nervous

00:24:06.039 --> 00:24:07.339
 now

00:24:07.339 --> 00:24:08.480
 they

00:24:08.480 --> 00:24:09.599
 were having

00:24:09.599 --> 00:24:10.880
 all kinds of trouble

00:24:10.880 --> 00:24:12.920
 with the absolute reality

00:24:12.920 --> 00:24:13.839
 of Jesus'

00:24:14.319 --> 00:24:15.160
 miracles

00:24:15.160 --> 00:24:16.079
 do you follow that

00:24:16.079 --> 00:24:17.099
 remember

00:24:17.099 --> 00:24:18.519
 when he raised

00:24:18.519 --> 00:24:19.779
 Lazarus

00:24:19.779 --> 00:24:20.660
 from the dead

00:24:20.660 --> 00:24:21.200
 do you know

00:24:21.200 --> 00:24:21.700
 what they were thinking

00:24:21.700 --> 00:24:22.120
 about doing

00:24:22.120 --> 00:24:22.859
 with Lazarus

00:24:22.859 --> 00:24:24.000
 who knows

00:24:24.000 --> 00:24:24.700
 raise your hand

00:24:24.700 --> 00:24:25.039
 if you do

00:24:25.039 --> 00:24:25.779
 they were going

00:24:25.779 --> 00:24:26.039
 to put him

00:24:26.039 --> 00:24:26.500
 to death

00:24:26.500 --> 00:24:27.819
 I mean hey

00:24:27.819 --> 00:24:29.539
 if you don't like

00:24:29.539 --> 00:24:30.259
 the information

00:24:30.259 --> 00:24:30.779
 get out

00:24:30.779 --> 00:24:31.680
 get rid of it

00:24:31.680 --> 00:24:33.620
 pretend that you lost it

00:24:33.620 --> 00:24:35.340
 or that you shredded it

00:24:35.340 --> 00:24:35.519
 you know

00:24:35.519 --> 00:24:36.160
 it's like gone

00:24:36.160 --> 00:24:36.779
 Lazarus

00:24:36.779 --> 00:24:37.240
 who's he

00:24:37.240 --> 00:24:38.900
 and they

00:24:38.900 --> 00:24:40.519
 the unbelieving Jews

00:24:40.519 --> 00:24:41.519
 were a little more sensitive

00:24:41.519 --> 00:24:42.299
 to the power

00:24:42.299 --> 00:24:43.140
 that he had

00:24:43.140 --> 00:24:45.640
 well I want you to know

00:24:45.640 --> 00:24:46.840
 that Jesus would indeed

00:24:46.840 --> 00:24:48.160
 rise on the third day

00:24:48.160 --> 00:24:49.580
 and his resurrection

00:24:49.580 --> 00:24:51.700
 would be the central sign

00:24:51.700 --> 00:24:53.240
 to all the world

00:24:53.240 --> 00:24:54.460
 that salvation

00:24:54.460 --> 00:24:55.460
 was in his name

00:24:55.460 --> 00:24:56.319
 and work alone

00:24:56.319 --> 00:24:58.059
 I want you to turn

00:24:58.059 --> 00:24:58.580
 in your Bible

00:24:58.580 --> 00:24:59.700
 to Romans chapter 1

00:24:59.700 --> 00:25:00.140
 verse 4

00:25:00.140 --> 00:25:01.120
 as we wrap things up

00:25:01.120 --> 00:25:01.580
 this morning

00:25:01.580 --> 00:25:02.759
 and pay attention

00:25:02.759 --> 00:25:03.900
 to the clarity

00:25:03.900 --> 00:25:05.380
 of what Jesus

00:25:05.380 --> 00:25:06.620
 tells us

00:25:06.620 --> 00:25:08.580
 about his resurrection

00:25:08.580 --> 00:25:09.940
 Romans chapter 1

00:25:09.940 --> 00:25:10.559
 verse 4

00:25:10.559 --> 00:25:16.539
 how do we know

00:25:16.539 --> 00:25:17.139
 that Jesus

00:25:17.139 --> 00:25:18.659
 is the son of God

00:25:18.659 --> 00:25:19.099
 remember

00:25:19.099 --> 00:25:20.619
 John chapter 20

00:25:20.619 --> 00:25:21.399
 verse 31

00:25:21.399 --> 00:25:22.579
 where Ethan recited

00:25:22.579 --> 00:25:23.639
 last week

00:25:23.639 --> 00:25:23.940
 right

00:25:23.940 --> 00:25:25.659
 these things are written

00:25:25.659 --> 00:25:26.759
 that you might believe

00:25:26.759 --> 00:25:29.000
 that Jesus is the son of God

00:25:29.000 --> 00:25:29.920
 and believing

00:25:29.920 --> 00:25:30.799
 that you might have

00:25:30.799 --> 00:25:32.000
 life everlasting

00:25:32.000 --> 00:25:32.799
 eternal life

00:25:32.799 --> 00:25:35.399
 and was declared

00:25:35.399 --> 00:25:36.379
 to be

00:25:36.379 --> 00:25:38.079
 the son of God

00:25:38.079 --> 00:25:38.879
 in power

00:25:38.879 --> 00:25:40.700
 according to the spirit

00:25:40.700 --> 00:25:41.599
 of holiness

00:25:41.599 --> 00:25:43.700
 by his resurrection

00:25:43.700 --> 00:25:45.579
 from the dead

00:25:45.579 --> 00:25:47.460
 Jesus Christ

00:25:47.460 --> 00:25:48.859
 our Lord

00:25:48.859 --> 00:25:50.879
 how do you know

00:25:50.879 --> 00:25:52.039
 Jesus is coming back

00:25:52.039 --> 00:25:54.419
 he rose from the dead

00:25:54.419 --> 00:25:56.379
 how do I know

00:25:56.379 --> 00:25:57.000
 that my sins

00:25:57.000 --> 00:25:58.039
 are completely forgiven

00:25:58.039 --> 00:25:59.519
 because he rose

00:25:59.519 --> 00:26:00.079
 from the dead

00:26:00.079 --> 00:26:01.659
 how do I know

00:26:01.659 --> 00:26:02.240
 that he is going

00:26:02.240 --> 00:26:02.839
 to be the judge

00:26:02.839 --> 00:26:03.639
 of the whole earth

00:26:03.639 --> 00:26:04.960
 he rose from the dead

00:26:04.960 --> 00:26:06.519
 how do I know

00:26:06.519 --> 00:26:07.299
 that he is going

00:26:07.299 --> 00:26:08.039
 to be the Lord

00:26:08.039 --> 00:26:08.759
 and sovereign

00:26:08.759 --> 00:26:10.179
 of all of creation

00:26:10.179 --> 00:26:11.779
 and every knee

00:26:11.779 --> 00:26:12.619
 shall bow

00:26:12.619 --> 00:26:14.039
 and worship him

00:26:14.039 --> 00:26:15.379
 with glory

00:26:15.379 --> 00:26:16.399
 and adoration

00:26:16.399 --> 00:26:18.019
 or spend eternity

00:26:18.019 --> 00:26:19.519
 in the absolute

00:26:19.519 --> 00:26:20.740
 horror of hell

00:26:20.740 --> 00:26:22.940
 because of the resurrection

00:26:22.940 --> 00:26:26.099
 so let's think

00:26:26.099 --> 00:26:26.559
 what we learned

00:26:26.559 --> 00:26:27.299
 from this passage

00:26:27.299 --> 00:26:27.819
 this morning

00:26:27.819 --> 00:26:30.740
 I want you to recognize

00:26:30.740 --> 00:26:32.899
 that Christ's love

00:26:32.899 --> 00:26:34.319
 involves

00:26:34.319 --> 00:26:35.579
 confronting sin

00:26:35.579 --> 00:26:37.879
 one of the troubles

00:26:37.879 --> 00:26:38.579
 that we have today

00:26:38.579 --> 00:26:39.200
 is that we have

00:26:39.200 --> 00:26:39.619
 a tendency

00:26:39.619 --> 00:26:40.399
 of calling sin

00:26:40.399 --> 00:26:41.000
 by all different

00:26:41.000 --> 00:26:41.659
 kinds of names

00:26:41.659 --> 00:26:42.220
 other than what it

00:26:42.220 --> 00:26:42.960
 really is

00:26:42.960 --> 00:26:44.400
 hey

00:26:44.400 --> 00:26:45.460
 do you realize

00:26:45.460 --> 00:26:45.940
 there are probably

00:26:45.940 --> 00:26:47.059
 people making a living

00:26:47.059 --> 00:26:47.860
 trying to figure out

00:26:47.860 --> 00:26:48.940
 new ways to justify

00:26:48.940 --> 00:26:49.880
 what you're doing

00:26:49.880 --> 00:26:53.019
 but sin is still sin

00:26:53.019 --> 00:26:54.759
 and there is no remedy

00:26:54.759 --> 00:26:55.460
 for sin

00:26:55.460 --> 00:26:56.819
 except for the finished

00:26:56.819 --> 00:26:57.779
 work of Christ

00:26:57.779 --> 00:27:01.440
 I want you to understand

00:27:01.440 --> 00:27:03.000
 also that Christ's

00:27:03.000 --> 00:27:03.339
 zeal

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 is for his father's

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 glory alone

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 you know

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 there are some things

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 that we all get

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 worked up about

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 that really don't amount

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 to a hill of beans

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 in eternity

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 and we do well

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 to remind ourselves

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 of that

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 finally I want you

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 to understand

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 that Christ's

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 resurrection

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 is a declaration

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 of victory

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 over sin

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 and also the certainty

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 of judgment

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 and so we

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 who are believers

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 look to the empty tomb

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 and we say

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 hey listen

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 it is finished

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 and my salvation

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 is settled

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 and I have confidence

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 because Christ Jesus

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 rose again

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 from the dead

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 and if you are here

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 this morning

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 and you don't know

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 Christ

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 I want to assure you

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 that judgment

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 will come

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 and the one

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 who died

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 and paid the penalty

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 for your sins

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 will also be the one

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 who judges you

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 for your willing

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 rejection

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 of the clear

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 gospel truth

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 that Christ came

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 into the world

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 to let people know

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 the desperate condition

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 of their soul

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 is personal sin

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 and the satisfaction

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 for that penalty

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 of debt

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 that my sin

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 has created

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 is the blood

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 of Christ

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 shed for me

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 you know

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 here's something

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 I want you to understand

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 the Jews

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 knew exactly

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 who they were

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 dealing with

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 and they rejected

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 do you understand that

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 and I want to appeal

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 to you this morning

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 if you are sitting here

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 and you do not know Christ

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 that you plead

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 with the Holy Spirit

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 to give you a broken heart

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 to trust in Christ

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 and if you're here

00:28:44.779 --> 00:28:45.240
 this morning

00:28:45.240 --> 00:28:45.960
 and you know Christ

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 as your Savior

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 I would appeal

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 to you this morning

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 that what you do

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 what you do

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 is that you cry out

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 and say

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 Lord give me a desire

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 for holiness

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 and purity

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 and my life

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 makes a difference

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 let's bow our heads

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 in prayer

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 and as we're praying

00:29:02.580 --> 00:29:03.360
 we'd ask John

00:29:03.359 --> 00:29:05.419
 to come up with the band

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 and I'm going to ask

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 that the candidate

00:29:06.899 --> 00:29:07.519
 for baptism

00:29:07.519 --> 00:29:08.659
 come forward this morning

00:29:08.659 --> 00:29:10.119
 so we can celebrate

00:29:10.119 --> 00:29:11.339
 the joy of Christ

00:29:11.339 --> 00:29:12.019
 in baptism

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 you pray with me

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 with your heads bowed

00:29:15.339 --> 00:29:17.379
 gracious Father

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 I am thankful

00:29:18.019 --> 00:29:18.619
 this morning

00:29:18.619 --> 00:29:20.079
 for the glory of Christ

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 that he indeed

00:29:20.879 --> 00:29:21.539
 is the Savior

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 of the world

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 thank you for the clarity

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 with which

00:29:25.119 --> 00:29:26.459
 this little reminder

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 in scripture

00:29:27.019 --> 00:29:27.959
 lets us know

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 that Christ Jesus

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 came into the world

00:29:30.019 --> 00:29:30.759
 to save sinners

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 but it also involves

00:29:32.099 --> 00:29:32.779
 telling people

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 there's a problem

00:29:33.839 --> 00:29:34.480
 in your life

00:29:34.480 --> 00:29:35.640
 and you can't solve

00:29:35.640 --> 00:29:36.259
 it yourself

00:29:36.259 --> 00:29:39.099
 Jesus came

00:29:39.099 --> 00:29:40.779
 to pay the penalty

00:29:40.779 --> 00:29:41.599
 for our sins

00:29:41.599 --> 00:29:43.579
 that as it says

00:29:43.579 --> 00:29:44.099
 in the scripture

00:29:44.099 --> 00:29:45.200
 whosoever believeth

00:29:45.200 --> 00:29:45.599
 in him

00:29:45.599 --> 00:29:48.079
 shall not be ashamed

00:29:48.079 --> 00:29:50.680
 I pray for those

00:29:50.680 --> 00:29:51.440
 who are here today

00:29:51.440 --> 00:29:52.220
 that need Christ

00:29:52.220 --> 00:29:52.940
 as their Savior

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 that this morning

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 where they sit

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 their heart

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 would be drawn

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 to the cross

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 and they would believe

00:29:59.579 --> 00:30:00.039
 in him

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 I ask this

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 in your precious name

00:30:02.799 --> 00:30:03.599
 Amen

00:30:03.599 --> 00:30:12.099
 Thank you Gary

00:30:12.099 --> 00:30:17.519
 Stand together

00:30:17.519 --> 00:30:27.099
 Stand together