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 Now, this may seem to you like a rather large chunk of text, and admittedly it is.

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 A little bit challenging to take a look at this and see why we should go this far.

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 And I've wrestled with that quite a bit over the last couple of weeks.

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 But they are tied together thematically by both this reality and this metaphor of bread.

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 As God continues in Jesus' ministry to draw people to believe that He is the Christ.

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 Jesus put it this way, John 6, verses 47-51.

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 Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes has eternal life.

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 I am the bread of life.

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 Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died.

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 This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that one may eat of it and not die.

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 I am the living bread that came down from heaven.

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 If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever.

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 And the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.

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 So He's teaching us there that He Himself is the very sustenance, the very thing that we need for life.

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 And He's speaking of spiritual matters here.

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 He uses this example of manna in the wilderness.

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 Again, I've talked to you guys about typologies.

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 Manna being a type of Christ.

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 A way in which God met the physical needs of His people in the wilderness with this manna, this bread that came from heaven.

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 But now He has sent a greater type, the anti-type.

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 He has sent Christ as the bread of life to meet spiritual needs.

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 And so you'll see that this text is all tied together with this metaphor, even as there's some physical interaction happening with bread.

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 And that's important for us to see this morning.

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 Now we see again a feeding miracle here.

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 This is not a re-recording, as some people have suggested, of the miracle of the feeding of the 5,000.

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 This is a separate instance.

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 Some of the structure of the telling of it is similar, but it was a very similar miracle.

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 We get different details, different region that it was happening in, a different report.

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 He actually then later asked questions of the apostles about when He fed the 5 and when He fed the 4.

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 And so this is clearly a unique miracle, although there are some similarities with the one that happened previously.

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 We see in verse 1 that in those days a crowd had gathered.

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 And Jesus now has returned from the region of Tyre and Sidon.

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 He's been ministering primarily in Galilee, which is northwest of the Sea of Galilee.

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 He's been primarily ministering in this region.

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 And He has now gone off.

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 He's coming really rapidly, bringing to a close His ministry in this region.

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 And He's gone off to the coast of the Mediterranean, which is where Tyre and Sidon are located.

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 Kind of a bit of a retreat.

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 We see a couple of encounters in chapter 7 that happened.

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 But the point was to get away from Galilee.

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 And He's made this circuitous route to come around the region of Galilee and back into the Decapolis.

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 You'll see that in chapter 7, verse 31.

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 This is a region made up of 10 prominent Gentile cities.

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 There were other cities there, but 10 prominent ones.

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 Therefore, it's called the Greek Decapolis.

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 It was to the east of the Sea of Galilee.

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 A region just to the east of the Sea of Galilee.

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 And previously, Jesus fed the 5,000, which was primarily a Jewish crowd in Galilee.

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 We see that He expresses to them some of His Godhead.

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 The way that He's come to lead them by having them sit in groups the way Moses did.

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 And by having them, as Mark recorded, sit on the green grass to shepherd them.

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 We don't see those details here because this is a Gentile crowd.

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 So God orchestrates here with the life of Christ, the apostles' work in this time,

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 another feeding, but to a different audience, to a Gentile crowd.

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 And we notice here in verse 2 a unique thing that happens.

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 Jesus states that He has compassion on this crowd.

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 Now, this is a crowd that has been with Him three days.

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 They've likely run out of food.

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 They've traveled a great distance to hear Him speak.

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 And He states that He has compassion on them.

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 Now, this is the only place around this account that He says that.

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 He Himself says that.

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 Now, compassion is constantly attributed to Jesus as an observation of His actions.

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 The recorders of the Gospel see the things He does,

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 and they say He must have compassion for Him to act in this way.

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 But this is the only place we see Him say that He Himself has compassion.

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 And this is important that He declares this because it fulfills prophecy.

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 Isaiah 54, 7 and 8.

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 He is declaring Himself God.

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 Verse 7,

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 For a brief moment I deserted you, but with great compassion I will gather you.

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 In overflowing anger for a moment I hid my face from you,

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 but with everlasting love I will have compassion on you,

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 says the Lord, your Redeemer.

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 So Jesus cares about the physical things.

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 He's primarily concerned.

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 His major focus is on the spiritual things,

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 those things that are eternal,

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 but He is compassionate.

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 We see Him not only caring about the Spirit,

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 but also about the stomach.

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 We see Him healing people miraculously.

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 He's upset about deafness

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 and the inability to speak clearly.

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 We saw at the end of chapter 7.

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 He has compassion on people.

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 He declares that here Himself.

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 And then we see in verse 4,

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 a rather miraculous display of unbelief.

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 And this is the verse that causes,

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 some will call them quote-unquote scholars,

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 to presume that this is a second recording

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 of the first miracle of the feeding of the 5,000,

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 because they just don't understand how these men

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 could have possibly seen Him feed so many people before,

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 not too long before,

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 and now doubt that He could do it again.

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 We saw before,

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 at the feeding of the 5,000,

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 this is a record of the men,

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 so it's likely a much larger group.

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 There's no real way to know,

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 but presumably men with families,

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 so 20,000 to 25,000 people,

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 quite possibly.

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 Now with 4,000,

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 this is probably a massive group,

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 16,000,

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 20,000 people.

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 They've traveled away three days.

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 Likely their families are with them.

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 And the apostles say,

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 how can one feed these people

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 with bread here in this desolate place?

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 What an incredible display

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 of their unbelief.

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 And then we see the details of this miracle.

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 He asks them,

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 how many loads do you have?

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 They say seven.

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 They're asked to sit.

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 There's small fish.

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 It's kind of tacked on the end

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 as if it's not really the important part of the story,

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 and it's not.

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 It's just another way they were fed,

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 but the bread is the thing

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 that we're meant to really notice here

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 and to focus on.

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 And you'll see in verse 8

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 that they ate and were satisfied.

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 They had plenty.

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 In fact,

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 they had stopped eating,

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 and so there were leftovers.

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 The type of basket here,

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 is likely a much larger basket

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 than the previous 12 baskets

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 that were taken up.

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 The baskets that were generally carried

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 in Gentile region

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 were large baskets carried on the shoulder.

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 You could put a small person inside of.

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 So the point, though,

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 is there's lots and lots and lots of leftovers

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 that Jesus provided to them aboundingly.

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 It was above and beyond

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 what they even needed to be satisfied.

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 And then we get the record

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 that he immediately,

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 this is, I think, Mark's favorite word,

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 immediately got into the boat

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 with his disciples

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 and went to the district of Dalmanutha.

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 Now, the district of Dalmanutha

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 is not mentioned much in history.

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 You'll see in Matthew,

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 it's recorded as the region of Magadan.

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 So we've got the district of Dalmanutha,

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 the region of Magadan.

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 It would have been kind of like saying,

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 I'm going to Marietta

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 versus saying I'm going to Cobb County.

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 This would have been a similar thing.

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 So these aren't contradictory accounts,

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 but these cities and this region

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 existing in the same place,

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 back again on the west side

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 of the Sea of Galilee.

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 This region was south of Capernaum

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 where he had kind of headquartered

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 his Galilean ministry.

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 So he's now entered into a new place.

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 And we see in verse 11,

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 the Pharisees.

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 Matthew's account expands that for us a bit

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 and says the Pharisees

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 and the Sadducees.

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 And they immediately,

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 they come up to him

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 and they begin to argue with him.

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 The Greek word would also mean dispute.

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 Argue, dispute.

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 Get into a debate from him.

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 And the record here in verse 11

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 is they were seeking from him

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 a sign from heaven,

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 not for the sake of belief,

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 but to test him.

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 To back him into a corner

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 to prove that he wasn't who he says

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 that he is.

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 That is the Christ,

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 the Son of God.

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 Now it's interesting

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 that Matthew's account records

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 that the Pharisees and the Sadducees

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 came together

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 because these two

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 were on the opposite ends

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 of the religious spectrum.

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 These groups of Jews.

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 Opposite ends

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 of the religious spectrum.

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 In fact,

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 they were religious enemies.

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 They didn't really get along.

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 They believed different things.

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 If you'll allow,

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 there were the conservatives

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 and the liberals.

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 Not politically speaking,

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 but the way they treated

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 the law of God.

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 The Pharisees were the legalists.

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 They were the fundamentalists.

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 They followed everything to a T.

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 At least they believed they did.

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 The Sadducees were a little more

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 loose with that.

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 The Sadducees were primarily

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 those involved in running the temple.

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 They were extorters.

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 People would bring sacrifice

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 to the temple.

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 They would tell them

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 that they weren't good enough

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 and then they would sell them

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 an acceptable sacrifice

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 at a really high rate.

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 Often they wouldn't accept

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 the money that they brought.

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 They would make them exchange

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 the money for the proper type of money.

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 They would rip them off there as well.

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 Horrible extortioners.

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 Didn't care too much

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 about defilement.

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 They loved the Greek culture.

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 The Pharisees hated it.

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 But here we see them

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 joining forces,

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 which is such a fascinating thing.

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 Because they were still those.

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 They were apostate.

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 They had built structures

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 for themselves,

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 whether it was conservative

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 or whether it was liberal.

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 They still rejected Jesus

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 as the Christ.

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 They missed the point

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 altogether,

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 together.

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 You've heard the old adage,

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 the enemy of my enemy

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 is my friend.

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 And this is what we find them,

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 combining forces to come

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 and to attack Jesus,

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 to dispute with him

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 and ask of him

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 a sign from heaven.

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 Now there's a superstition

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 in Jewish culture in this day

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 that only God could do

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 a miracle from heaven,

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 and here we're speaking of

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 from the sky,

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 but demons could do

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 earthly miracles.

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 So they're pressing him

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 into a position

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 where he either

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 had to do it

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 to prove who he was

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 in their thinking,

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 or deny doing it at all

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 and then therefore

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 deny who he is.

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 They think they've got him

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 backed into a corner

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 with this request.

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 We need a sign from heaven

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 because this is only a thing

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 that God could do

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 to test him.

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 To test him.

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 Now do you all remember

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 the story of Nicodemus?

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 Nicodemus was a leader

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 amongst the Pharisees.

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 John chapter 3 verses 1 and 2

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 records him coming to Jesus.

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 Now there was a man

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 of the Pharisees

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 named Nicodemus,

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 a ruler of the Jews.

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 This man came to Jesus

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 by night and said to him,

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 Rabbi, we know

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 that you are a teacher

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 come from God.

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 We know.

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 Who is he referring to?

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 He's referring to that group

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 to which he belonged,

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 the Pharisees.

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 We know that you are a teacher

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 come from God,

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 for no one can do

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 these signs that you do

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 unless God

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 is with him.

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 So here you see

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 Nicodemus.

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 Nicodemus later

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 gets this teaching

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 from Jesus

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 that he must be born again,

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 must be born of flesh

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 and the water

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 of the Spirit.

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 This is such a beautiful thing.

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 I want to believe

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 that Nicodemus

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 is counted amongst the saints.

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 We don't see his response

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 to this teaching,

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 but he says here,

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 we know

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 that you are a teacher

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 come from God.

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 And it's fascinating

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 to see that there were

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 groups of Pharisees

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 that knew exactly

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 who Jesus was.

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 So what was going on

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 with these?

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 These Pharisees

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 and these Sadducees.

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 And that is that they

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 were just absolutely

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 spiritually blind.

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 They had no idea.

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 Jesus had done

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 time and time again

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 things to prove

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 that he was

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 the Christ

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 over and over again.

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 He was the fulfillment

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 of Old Testament

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 processes.

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 These men,

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 these were the men

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 that should have

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 known the Scriptures

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 and known who Jesus was.

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 They should have seen him

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 for who he was.

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 But they were

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 spiritually blind

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 and they asked

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 of him

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 this test.

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 And his response

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 to them

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 is first

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 that he sighs

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 deeply.

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 It's the only place

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 this compound

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 Greek phrase

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 is used

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 in the New Testament.

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 We see him sigh

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 previously

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 in chapter 7

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 verse 34

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 over the physical

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 effect of sin

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 but here we see him

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 sigh deeply

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 over the spiritual

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 effect of sin.

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 This is a

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 remorse.

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 This is a longing.

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 This is a sad

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 moment for him

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 that these men

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 are so blinded

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 that they would

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 ask this thing

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 of him.

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 That they would

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 come to him

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 in this way,

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 in this attitude

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 and this manner.

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 And his response

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 to him is

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 why does this

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 generation seek a sign?

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 And truly I say

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 to you,

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 no sign

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 will be given

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 to this generation.

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 A similar account

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 is found in

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 Matthew chapter 12

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 verse 38

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 through 41.

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 And some of the

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 scribes and Pharisees

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 answered him

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 saying,

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 Teacher,

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 we wish to see

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 a sign from you.

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 But he answered

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 them,

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 An evil

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 and adulterous

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 generation

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 seeks for a sign

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 but no sign

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 will be given

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 to it

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 except the sign

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 of the prophet

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 Jonah.

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 For just as

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 Jonah was

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 three days

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 and three nights

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 in the belly

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 of the great fish

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 so will the

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 son of man

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 be three days

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 and three nights

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 in the heart

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 of the earth.

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 There's Jonah

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 as a type.

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 Verse 41,

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 The men of Nineveh

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 will rise up

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 at the judgment

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 with this generation

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 and condemn it

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 for they repented

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 at the preaching

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 of Jonah

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 and behold

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 something greater

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 than Jonah

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 is here.

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 What is Jesus

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 saying to them?

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 This is a crooked,

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 a perverse

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 generation.

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 When he says

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 generation,

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 he's just referring

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 to the Pharisees,

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 the Sadducees

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 and everyone else

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 who wouldn't

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 believe.

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 It's a very broad

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 general term

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 to those

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 in that day.

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 They were like

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 Israel in the desert.

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 They wouldn't believe.

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 What is Jesus

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 saying about himself?

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 That he himself

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 is the sign.

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 That he's standing

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 right in front of them

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 and all they have

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 to do

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 is believe

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 that he is the Christ.

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 They're like Israel

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 in the desert.

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 These Pharisees

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 and Sadducees,

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 the rest of Israel

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 in this day.

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 Deuteronomy 32.5

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 records,

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 they have dealt

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 corruptly with him.

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 They are no longer

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 his children

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 because they are

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 blemished.

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 They are a crooked

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 and twisted

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 generation.

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 So you see here

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 the scribes,

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 the Pharisees,

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 the Sadducees

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 in their blindness

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 coming to test Jesus

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 and there's a

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 very thematic

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 dealing with blindness

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 to the truth of God

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 in the Scriptures.

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 Lots of language

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 about darkness,

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 the inability

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 to see

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 and I want to

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 take you through

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 some of these

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 together.

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 If you have

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 the stamina,

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 I encourage you

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 to flip with me

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 to these places

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 but I'm going to

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 move fairly quickly

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 for the sake of time.

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 John chapter 1

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 beginning in verse 1

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 In the beginning

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 was the Word

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 and the Word

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 was with God

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 and the Word

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 was God

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 speaking of Jesus.

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 He was in the beginning

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 with God.

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 All things were made

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 through Him

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 and without Him

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 was not anything made

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 that was made.

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 In Him was life

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 and the life

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 was the light

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 of men.

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 The light shines

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 in the darkness

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 and the darkness

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 has not overcome it.

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 Verse 9

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 The true light

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 which gives light

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 to everyone

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 was coming into the world.

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 He was in the world

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 and the world

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 was made through Him

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 yet the world

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 did not know Him.

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 He came to His own

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 and His own people

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 did not receive Him.

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 We see evidence

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 of that happening here

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 in verses 11-13

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 in chapter 8

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 of Mark.

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 Further on

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 in the Gospel of John

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 chapter 3

00:16:40.339 --> 00:16:42.819
 verse 18-21

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 Whoever believes in Him

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 the Son of God

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 is not condemned

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 but whoever does not believe

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 is condemned already

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 because he has not believed

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 in the name

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 of the only Son of God.

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 And this is the judgment.

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 The light has come

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 into the world

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 and people loved the darkness

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 rather than the light

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 because their works

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 were evil.

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 For everyone

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 who does wicked things

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 hates the light

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 and does not come

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 to the light

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 lest his works

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 should be exposed.

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 But whoever does

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 what is true

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 comes to the light

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 so that it may be

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 clearly seen

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 that his works

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 have been carried out

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 in God

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 or from faith.

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 So here we see

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 this metaphor

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 this analogy

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 for those who are

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 in the dark

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 are those who produce evil

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 those who have evil hearts

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 and that is humanity

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 apart from Christ.

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 But those who are

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 in the light

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 who have been carried

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 out their works

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 in God

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 by faith

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 are those who are

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 found in Christ.

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 The darkness

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 hates the light

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 because light

00:17:42.899 --> 00:17:43.839
 destroys darkness.

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 Darkness doesn't exist

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 when the lights flip on.

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 So it hates it.

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 It abhors it.

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 And people who live

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 in the darkness

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 want to avoid

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 the light.

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 This was certainly true

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 of so many

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 vast, vast numbers

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 of the Jews

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 in Jesus' name.

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 This is why we see

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 in Luke 19

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 verse 41

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 Jesus drawing near

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 Jerusalem

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 and he weeps

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 over it.

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 Verse 42

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 saying

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 would that you

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 even you had known

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 on this day

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 the things that make

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 for peace

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 but now they are

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 hidden

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 from your eyes.

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 You are

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 spiritually blind.

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 You are in

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 the dark.

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 This is also true

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 of the Gentiles.

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 Paul gives us

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 record of this

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 in Romans chapter 1

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 beginning in verse 18

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 for the wrath of God

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 is revealed

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 from heaven

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 against all ungodliness

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 and unrighteousness

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 of men

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 who by their

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 unrighteousness

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 suppress the truth.

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 Now this is an address

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 to Gentiles

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 because

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 verse 19 says

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 for what can be known

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 about God

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 is plain to them

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 because God

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 has shown it to them.

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 They don't have the law

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 but it has been made

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 evidenced in the creation

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 for his invisible attributes

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 namely his eternal power

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 and divine nature

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 have been clearly perceived

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 ever since the creation

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 of the world

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 and the things

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 that have been made

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 so they are without

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 excuse.

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 For although they knew God

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 they didn't honor him

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 as God

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 or give thanks to him

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 but they came futile

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 in their thinking

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 and their foolish hearts

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 were darkened.

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 Claiming to be wise

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 they became fools

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 and exchanged the glory

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 of the immortal God

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 for images resembling

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 mortal man

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 and birds

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 and animals

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 and creeping things.

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 Dwelling in the darkness

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 rejecting God.

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 This was true

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 before the days

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 of Jesus.

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 Psalm 82.5

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 says the wicked

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 have neither knowledge

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 nor understanding

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 they walk about

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 in darkness.

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 Proverbs 4.19

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 The way of the wicked

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 is like deep darkness.

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 They do not know

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 over what they stumble.

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 Isaiah 44.18

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 They know not

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 nor do they discern

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 for he has shut their eyes

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 so that they cannot see

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 in their hearts

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 so that they cannot

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 understand.

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 This is true

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 after the days

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 of Jesus

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 leading right up

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 to the days

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 in which we now live.

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 Paul writes

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 in Ephesians 4.17-19

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 Now this I say

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 in testifying the Lord

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 that you must

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 no longer walk

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 as the Gentiles do

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 just meaning

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 those outside the faith

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 in the futility

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 of their minds.

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 They are darkened

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 in their understanding

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 alienated from

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 the life of God

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 because of the ignorance

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 that is in them

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 due to their

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 hardness of heart.

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 They have become callous

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 and have given themselves

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 up to sensuality

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 greedy to practice

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 every kind of impurity.

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 Again you see

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 the darkness

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 they are darkened

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 in their understanding.

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 Paul writes again

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 in 2 Corinthians

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 verse 4

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 excuse me

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 chapter 4

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 verse 3-4

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 And even if our gospel

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 is veiled

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 that is hidden

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 it is veiled

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 to those who are perishing

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 in their case

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 the God of this world

00:20:47.480 --> 00:20:48.299
 being Satan

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 has blinded the minds

00:20:50.100 --> 00:20:50.920
 of the unbelievers

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 to keep them from seeing

00:20:52.079 --> 00:20:53.399
 the light of the gospel

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 of the glory of Christ

00:20:54.779 --> 00:20:56.579
 who is the image

00:20:56.579 --> 00:20:57.519
 of God.

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 So here we see

00:20:58.579 --> 00:20:59.480
 all these different things

00:20:59.480 --> 00:20:59.919
 at work

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 individuals

00:21:00.559 --> 00:21:01.779
 we see God at work

00:21:01.779 --> 00:21:02.939
 we see Satan at work

00:21:02.939 --> 00:21:03.519
 and these people

00:21:03.519 --> 00:21:04.199
 are darkened

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 and they are blind

00:21:05.500 --> 00:21:06.619
 to the reality

00:21:06.619 --> 00:21:07.859
 of Christ.

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 And here in this text

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 there seems

00:21:11.099 --> 00:21:12.339
 to be a turning point

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 as Jesus deals

00:21:13.359 --> 00:21:14.099
 with the Pharisees

00:21:14.099 --> 00:21:15.099
 and the Sadducees

00:21:15.099 --> 00:21:16.179
 moving on

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 in the gospel of Mark

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 he doesn't show

00:21:19.519 --> 00:21:20.639
 much mercy

00:21:20.639 --> 00:21:21.419
 to them

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 he doesn't seem

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 to put up with them

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 much at all

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 he doesn't really seem

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 to entertain their questions

00:21:26.000 --> 00:21:27.379
 he's very forward with them

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 he speaks boldly out

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 against their sin

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 it seems here

00:21:31.700 --> 00:21:33.539
 that they as a group

00:21:33.539 --> 00:21:34.740
 have made it evident

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 that they never intend

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 to leave the darkness

00:21:36.619 --> 00:21:38.000
 and Jesus treats them

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 as such

00:21:38.480 --> 00:21:40.759
 as those who have

00:21:40.759 --> 00:21:42.299
 spiritual influence

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 over their communities

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 he begins to call them out

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 and tell them

00:21:46.259 --> 00:21:47.359
 exactly who they are

00:21:47.359 --> 00:21:48.279
 moving forward

00:21:48.279 --> 00:21:49.679
 in the gospel of Mark

00:21:49.679 --> 00:21:50.639
 he turns his attention

00:21:50.639 --> 00:21:52.439
 away from the crowds

00:21:52.439 --> 00:21:53.519
 he turns his attention

00:21:53.519 --> 00:21:54.879
 away from redemption

00:21:54.879 --> 00:21:55.859
 of Pharisees

00:21:55.859 --> 00:21:56.719
 and Sadducees

00:21:56.719 --> 00:21:57.579
 he begins to really

00:21:57.579 --> 00:21:58.259
 pour his energy

00:21:58.259 --> 00:21:58.719
 and his efforts

00:21:58.719 --> 00:21:59.519
 into the apostles

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 and he just

00:22:00.579 --> 00:22:02.459
 doesn't hold back

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 it seems up to this point

00:22:04.199 --> 00:22:05.259
 some punches were held

00:22:05.259 --> 00:22:06.779
 now he lets them fly

00:22:06.779 --> 00:22:08.899
 there seems

00:22:08.899 --> 00:22:10.500
 to be expressed here

00:22:10.500 --> 00:22:11.719
 by the Pharisees

00:22:11.719 --> 00:22:13.419
 a degree of unbelief

00:22:13.419 --> 00:22:14.619
 with finality

00:22:14.619 --> 00:22:17.159
 an unbelief with finality

00:22:17.160 --> 00:22:18.320
 all of us

00:22:18.320 --> 00:22:19.240
 didn't believe

00:22:19.240 --> 00:22:20.180
 at one point

00:22:20.180 --> 00:22:20.779
 none of us

00:22:20.779 --> 00:22:22.140
 were born in belief

00:22:22.140 --> 00:22:23.560
 we were all born in sin

00:22:23.560 --> 00:22:24.540
 we had to believe

00:22:24.540 --> 00:22:25.200
 at some point

00:22:25.200 --> 00:22:25.820
 they seem here

00:22:25.820 --> 00:22:26.460
 to express

00:22:26.460 --> 00:22:27.660
 that they will never

00:22:27.660 --> 00:22:28.380
 believe

00:22:28.380 --> 00:22:29.180
 and Jesus then

00:22:29.180 --> 00:22:30.300
 treats them

00:22:30.300 --> 00:22:31.680
 as such

00:22:31.680 --> 00:22:34.040
 now we move

00:22:34.040 --> 00:22:34.840
 beyond them

00:22:34.840 --> 00:22:35.980
 and we see them

00:22:35.980 --> 00:22:36.540
 again

00:22:36.540 --> 00:22:37.440
 hopping in a boat

00:22:37.440 --> 00:22:38.320
 and moving

00:22:38.320 --> 00:22:39.759
 they get back in a boat

00:22:39.759 --> 00:22:41.740
 probably heading

00:22:41.740 --> 00:22:42.740
 back again

00:22:42.740 --> 00:22:43.680
 to the other side

00:22:43.680 --> 00:22:44.040
 although

00:22:44.039 --> 00:22:45.619
 they don't arrive

00:22:45.619 --> 00:22:46.019
 right

00:22:46.019 --> 00:22:47.420
 this story takes place

00:22:47.420 --> 00:22:48.379
 in the boat

00:22:48.379 --> 00:22:49.299
 and we see the

00:22:49.299 --> 00:22:49.799
 apostles

00:22:49.799 --> 00:22:50.859
 unbelief

00:22:50.859 --> 00:22:51.960
 the poor

00:22:51.960 --> 00:22:52.899
 pitiful

00:22:52.899 --> 00:22:53.899
 apostles

00:22:53.899 --> 00:22:54.899
 this group of men

00:22:54.899 --> 00:22:55.519
 that's just

00:22:55.519 --> 00:22:57.259
 confounding

00:22:57.259 --> 00:22:58.019
 when you look at them

00:22:58.019 --> 00:22:58.579
 on the surface

00:22:58.579 --> 00:22:59.119
 and then when you

00:22:59.119 --> 00:23:00.180
 actually begin to apply

00:23:00.180 --> 00:23:01.379
 the way that they act

00:23:01.379 --> 00:23:01.879
 and the way that they

00:23:01.879 --> 00:23:03.000
 respond to your own heart

00:23:03.000 --> 00:23:03.819
 you'll find that you're

00:23:03.819 --> 00:23:04.579
 so much like

00:23:04.579 --> 00:23:05.299
 these men

00:23:05.299 --> 00:23:06.159
 and I am

00:23:06.159 --> 00:23:06.639
 certainly

00:23:06.639 --> 00:23:07.460
 much like

00:23:07.460 --> 00:23:07.920
 these men

00:23:07.920 --> 00:23:09.360
 they have now been

00:23:09.360 --> 00:23:10.200
 with Jesus

00:23:10.200 --> 00:23:11.060
 for approximately

00:23:11.060 --> 00:23:11.620
 a year

00:23:11.620 --> 00:23:12.560
 they have seen him

00:23:12.560 --> 00:23:13.680
 do first hand

00:23:13.680 --> 00:23:14.340
 accounts of him

00:23:14.340 --> 00:23:15.400
 do just some

00:23:15.400 --> 00:23:17.100
 incredible things

00:23:17.100 --> 00:23:17.880
 healings

00:23:17.880 --> 00:23:19.580
 in the thousands

00:23:19.580 --> 00:23:21.320
 it was said

00:23:21.320 --> 00:23:21.680
 that Jesus

00:23:21.680 --> 00:23:22.700
 eradicated

00:23:22.700 --> 00:23:23.340
 illness

00:23:23.340 --> 00:23:24.000
 in the places

00:23:24.000 --> 00:23:24.440
 that he went

00:23:24.440 --> 00:23:24.980
 we just get

00:23:24.980 --> 00:23:25.860
 some particular

00:23:25.860 --> 00:23:27.240
 records of that

00:23:27.240 --> 00:23:28.120
 all of these stories

00:23:28.120 --> 00:23:28.440
 that are meant

00:23:28.440 --> 00:23:29.000
 to point us

00:23:29.000 --> 00:23:29.519
 to the reality

00:23:29.519 --> 00:23:29.980
 of who he is

00:23:29.980 --> 00:23:30.940
 but he healed

00:23:30.940 --> 00:23:32.600
 far and wide

00:23:32.600 --> 00:23:33.300
 remember they're

00:23:33.300 --> 00:23:34.200
 on the sea of Galilee

00:23:34.200 --> 00:23:34.660
 and there are

00:23:34.660 --> 00:23:36.039
 ten foot waves

00:23:36.039 --> 00:23:36.580
 coming

00:23:36.580 --> 00:23:37.560
 and Jesus speaks

00:23:37.559 --> 00:23:38.399
 and it's calmed

00:23:38.399 --> 00:23:38.960
 he's done

00:23:38.960 --> 00:23:40.559
 incredible things

00:23:40.559 --> 00:23:41.379
 in their presence

00:23:41.379 --> 00:23:42.419
 now for a year

00:23:42.419 --> 00:23:43.599
 and they get into

00:23:43.599 --> 00:23:44.279
 a conversation

00:23:44.279 --> 00:23:45.819
 about bread

00:23:45.819 --> 00:23:47.799
 they only brought

00:23:47.799 --> 00:23:48.879
 one loaf

00:23:48.879 --> 00:23:49.519
 with them

00:23:49.519 --> 00:23:50.179
 in the boat

00:23:50.179 --> 00:23:51.059
 and they're concerned

00:23:51.059 --> 00:23:52.419
 about their

00:23:52.419 --> 00:23:53.339
 hunger

00:23:53.339 --> 00:23:55.679
 Jesus had just

00:23:55.679 --> 00:23:56.259
 fed

00:23:56.259 --> 00:23:58.099
 sixteen to twenty

00:23:58.099 --> 00:23:58.659
 thousand

00:23:58.659 --> 00:23:59.559
 as an approximation

00:23:59.559 --> 00:24:01.059
 with seven loaves

00:24:01.059 --> 00:24:02.200
 and here we have

00:24:02.200 --> 00:24:02.599
 a group

00:24:02.599 --> 00:24:03.079
 we don't know

00:24:03.079 --> 00:24:04.119
 exactly the number

00:24:04.119 --> 00:24:05.000
 in this case

00:24:05.000 --> 00:24:05.720
 but a much

00:24:05.720 --> 00:24:06.720
 much smaller group

00:24:06.720 --> 00:24:07.740
 with one loaf

00:24:07.740 --> 00:24:08.380
 and they're

00:24:08.380 --> 00:24:08.980
 concerned

00:24:08.980 --> 00:24:10.019
 about this

00:24:10.019 --> 00:24:10.819
 oh we forgot

00:24:10.819 --> 00:24:11.380
 to bring

00:24:11.380 --> 00:24:12.420
 the bread

00:24:12.420 --> 00:24:13.500
 and Jesus

00:24:13.500 --> 00:24:14.700
 cautions them

00:24:14.700 --> 00:24:16.299
 with an interesting

00:24:16.299 --> 00:24:17.039
 statement

00:24:17.039 --> 00:24:18.019
 watch out

00:24:18.019 --> 00:24:19.819
 beware of the

00:24:19.819 --> 00:24:20.480
 leaven of the

00:24:20.480 --> 00:24:21.240
 Pharisees

00:24:21.240 --> 00:24:22.640
 and the leaven

00:24:22.640 --> 00:24:23.420
 of Herod

00:24:23.420 --> 00:24:23.819
 now this

00:24:23.819 --> 00:24:24.539
 obviously the

00:24:24.539 --> 00:24:25.220
 encounter that

00:24:25.220 --> 00:24:25.600
 had just

00:24:25.600 --> 00:24:26.160
 happened

00:24:26.160 --> 00:24:26.900
 is still fresh

00:24:26.900 --> 00:24:27.680
 in Jesus' mind

00:24:27.680 --> 00:24:28.380
 should have been

00:24:28.380 --> 00:24:29.019
 fresh in theirs

00:24:29.019 --> 00:24:29.500
 as well

00:24:29.500 --> 00:24:30.680
 as he has

00:24:30.680 --> 00:24:31.100
 encountered

00:24:31.100 --> 00:24:32.079
 the Pharisees

00:24:32.079 --> 00:24:32.799
 and the Sadducees

00:24:32.799 --> 00:24:33.680
 in this question

00:24:33.680 --> 00:24:34.980
 that they

00:24:34.980 --> 00:24:35.519
 had

00:24:35.519 --> 00:24:37.080
 now leaven

00:24:37.080 --> 00:24:37.480
 if we're going

00:24:37.480 --> 00:24:38.200
 to beware

00:24:38.200 --> 00:24:38.920
 of something

00:24:38.920 --> 00:24:39.680
 leaven we must

00:24:39.680 --> 00:24:40.299
 understand

00:24:40.299 --> 00:24:42.240
 was

00:24:42.240 --> 00:24:44.160
 like yeast

00:24:44.160 --> 00:24:45.060
 was the thing

00:24:45.060 --> 00:24:45.740
 put in bread

00:24:45.740 --> 00:24:46.880
 to have it

00:24:46.880 --> 00:24:47.340
 rise

00:24:47.340 --> 00:24:48.840
 it was a bit

00:24:48.840 --> 00:24:49.279
 of bread

00:24:49.279 --> 00:24:50.100
 a bit of dough

00:24:50.100 --> 00:24:50.980
 from a previous

00:24:50.980 --> 00:24:51.820
 batch that had

00:24:51.820 --> 00:24:53.200
 yeast in it

00:24:53.200 --> 00:24:53.740
 and if you don't

00:24:53.740 --> 00:24:54.279
 know yeast

00:24:54.279 --> 00:24:54.860
 is a bacteria

00:24:54.860 --> 00:24:55.759
 that gives off

00:24:55.759 --> 00:24:56.799
 carbon dioxide

00:24:56.799 --> 00:24:57.220
 I think

00:24:57.220 --> 00:24:57.720
 I hope I'm getting

00:24:57.720 --> 00:24:58.080
 that right

00:24:58.080 --> 00:24:59.100
 and causes our

00:24:59.100 --> 00:24:59.900
 bread to rise

00:24:59.900 --> 00:25:00.240
 which makes

00:25:00.240 --> 00:25:00.500
 those little

00:25:00.500 --> 00:25:01.080
 air pockets

00:25:01.080 --> 00:25:01.500
 inside

00:25:01.500 --> 00:25:02.339
 our bread

00:25:02.339 --> 00:25:02.720
 I think I hear

00:25:02.720 --> 00:25:03.180
 whispering from

00:25:03.180 --> 00:25:03.539
 our chemistry

00:25:03.539 --> 00:25:03.900
 teacher

00:25:03.900 --> 00:25:06.019
 it doesn't

00:25:06.019 --> 00:25:06.240
 matter

00:25:06.240 --> 00:25:07.500
 this is what

00:25:07.500 --> 00:25:08.059
 happens to

00:25:08.059 --> 00:25:08.619
 bread

00:25:08.619 --> 00:25:10.339
 and they

00:25:10.339 --> 00:25:10.920
 in this day

00:25:10.920 --> 00:25:11.279
 they would

00:25:11.279 --> 00:25:11.960
 save a little

00:25:11.960 --> 00:25:12.460
 bit of dough

00:25:12.460 --> 00:25:13.319
 because they

00:25:13.319 --> 00:25:13.640
 didn't have

00:25:13.640 --> 00:25:13.859
 a little

00:25:13.859 --> 00:25:14.500
 yellow packet

00:25:14.500 --> 00:25:15.500
 of yeast

00:25:15.500 --> 00:25:15.779
 that they

00:25:15.779 --> 00:25:16.099
 could rip

00:25:16.099 --> 00:25:16.599
 off the top

00:25:16.599 --> 00:25:16.900
 and mix

00:25:16.900 --> 00:25:17.299
 in water

00:25:17.299 --> 00:25:17.839
 to add it

00:25:17.839 --> 00:25:18.380
 to the bread

00:25:18.380 --> 00:25:18.839
 so they

00:25:18.839 --> 00:25:19.160
 would save

00:25:19.160 --> 00:25:19.400
 a little

00:25:19.400 --> 00:25:19.859
 bit back

00:25:19.859 --> 00:25:20.259
 and they

00:25:20.259 --> 00:25:20.599
 would add

00:25:20.599 --> 00:25:21.299
 it to

00:25:21.299 --> 00:25:21.900
 the bread

00:25:21.900 --> 00:25:22.500
 so he's

00:25:22.500 --> 00:25:23.579
 been doing

00:25:23.579 --> 00:25:24.160
 miracles with

00:25:24.160 --> 00:25:24.359
 bread

00:25:24.359 --> 00:25:24.619
 he's been

00:25:24.619 --> 00:25:25.099
 talking a lot

00:25:25.099 --> 00:25:25.539
 about bread

00:25:25.539 --> 00:25:25.859
 he's saying

00:25:25.859 --> 00:25:26.319
 that he is

00:25:26.319 --> 00:25:26.980
 the bread

00:25:26.980 --> 00:25:27.420
 of life

00:25:27.420 --> 00:25:27.839
 and here he

00:25:27.839 --> 00:25:28.119
 says

00:25:28.119 --> 00:25:28.839
 watch out

00:25:28.839 --> 00:25:29.180
 beware

00:25:29.180 --> 00:25:29.380
 of the

00:25:29.380 --> 00:25:29.700
 leaven of

00:25:29.700 --> 00:25:30.319
 the Pharisees

00:25:30.319 --> 00:25:30.960
 and the

00:25:30.960 --> 00:25:32.360
 leaven of

00:25:32.360 --> 00:25:33.019
 Herod

00:25:33.019 --> 00:25:33.980
 now this

00:25:33.980 --> 00:25:35.480
 this idea

00:25:35.480 --> 00:25:36.059
 this metaphor

00:25:36.059 --> 00:25:37.120
 of leaven

00:25:37.120 --> 00:25:37.700
 is used

00:25:37.700 --> 00:25:38.140
 all throughout

00:25:38.140 --> 00:25:38.420
 the scriptures

00:25:38.420 --> 00:25:38.799
 used throughout

00:25:38.799 --> 00:25:39.299
 the Old Testament

00:25:39.299 --> 00:25:39.660
 as well

00:25:39.660 --> 00:25:40.100
 and it's most

00:25:40.100 --> 00:25:41.059
 commonly used

00:25:41.059 --> 00:25:42.019
 as a metaphor

00:25:42.019 --> 00:25:43.279
 for sin

00:25:43.279 --> 00:25:44.279
 not in every

00:25:44.279 --> 00:25:44.700
 case

00:25:44.700 --> 00:25:45.480
 it doesn't

00:25:45.480 --> 00:25:46.380
 unilaterally

00:25:46.380 --> 00:25:47.420
 represent sin

00:25:47.420 --> 00:25:48.120
 but it is

00:25:48.120 --> 00:25:49.059
 most commonly

00:25:49.059 --> 00:25:50.299
 used as a

00:25:50.299 --> 00:25:51.039
 metaphor for

00:25:51.039 --> 00:25:51.360
 sin

00:25:51.360 --> 00:25:52.100
 this is why

00:25:52.100 --> 00:25:52.740
 the Passover

00:25:52.740 --> 00:25:53.319
 feast

00:25:53.319 --> 00:25:54.440
 that you

00:25:54.440 --> 00:25:54.900
 celebrate

00:25:54.900 --> 00:25:55.460
 is done

00:25:55.460 --> 00:25:56.740
 with unleavened

00:25:56.740 --> 00:25:57.019
 bread

00:25:57.019 --> 00:25:57.700
 it's intentionally

00:25:57.700 --> 00:25:58.680
 meant to

00:25:58.680 --> 00:25:59.759
 represent that

00:25:59.759 --> 00:26:00.160
 in fact

00:26:00.160 --> 00:26:01.000
 we probably

00:26:01.000 --> 00:26:02.200
 more accurately

00:26:02.200 --> 00:26:02.759
 should have

00:26:02.759 --> 00:26:03.620
 unleavened bread

00:26:03.620 --> 00:26:04.299
 during the

00:26:04.299 --> 00:26:04.720
 Lord's Supper

00:26:04.720 --> 00:26:05.039
 it'd probably

00:26:05.039 --> 00:26:05.539
 be a better

00:26:05.539 --> 00:26:06.000
 picture

00:26:06.000 --> 00:26:06.900
 of that

00:26:06.900 --> 00:26:07.259
 we won't

00:26:07.259 --> 00:26:07.740
 be too

00:26:07.740 --> 00:26:08.019
 concerned

00:26:08.019 --> 00:26:08.360
 about it

00:26:08.360 --> 00:26:08.900
 the gluten

00:26:08.900 --> 00:26:09.460
 free stations

00:26:09.460 --> 00:26:09.980
 I think

00:26:09.980 --> 00:26:10.180
 a little

00:26:10.180 --> 00:26:10.660
 more holy

00:26:10.660 --> 00:26:11.100
 than the

00:26:11.100 --> 00:26:11.560
 other ones

00:26:11.560 --> 00:26:12.080
 because I

00:26:12.080 --> 00:26:12.259
 don't

00:26:12.259 --> 00:26:13.380
 I don't

00:26:13.380 --> 00:26:13.620
 think

00:26:13.620 --> 00:26:13.820
 there's

00:26:13.820 --> 00:26:15.180
 any yeast

00:26:15.180 --> 00:26:15.519
 in that

00:26:15.519 --> 00:26:15.860
 maybe there

00:26:15.860 --> 00:26:15.980
 is

00:26:15.980 --> 00:26:16.120
 I don't

00:26:16.120 --> 00:26:17.420
 know

00:26:17.420 --> 00:26:19.259
 Galatians 5

00:26:19.259 --> 00:26:20.660
 7-9

00:26:20.660 --> 00:26:21.320
 Paul writes

00:26:21.320 --> 00:26:21.519
 to the

00:26:21.519 --> 00:26:21.799
 Galatian

00:26:21.799 --> 00:26:22.120
 church

00:26:22.120 --> 00:26:22.440
 which was

00:26:22.440 --> 00:26:22.820
 dealing

00:26:22.820 --> 00:26:23.279
 with

00:26:23.279 --> 00:26:24.700
 taking on

00:26:24.700 --> 00:26:25.380
 circumcision

00:26:25.380 --> 00:26:26.380
 they were

00:26:26.380 --> 00:26:26.920
 replacing

00:26:26.920 --> 00:26:28.320
 this gospel

00:26:28.320 --> 00:26:28.800
 of grace

00:26:28.800 --> 00:26:29.039
 with the

00:26:29.039 --> 00:26:29.279
 gospel

00:26:29.279 --> 00:26:29.740
 of works

00:26:29.740 --> 00:26:30.019
 and Paul

00:26:30.019 --> 00:26:30.340
 says to

00:26:30.340 --> 00:26:30.480
 them

00:26:30.480 --> 00:26:31.380
 you were

00:26:31.380 --> 00:26:31.700
 running

00:26:31.700 --> 00:26:32.080
 well

00:26:32.080 --> 00:26:33.140
 who hindered

00:26:33.140 --> 00:26:33.460
 you from

00:26:33.460 --> 00:26:33.779
 obeying

00:26:33.779 --> 00:26:34.340
 the truth

00:26:34.340 --> 00:26:35.200
 this

00:26:35.200 --> 00:26:35.940
 persuasion

00:26:35.940 --> 00:26:36.440
 is not

00:26:36.440 --> 00:26:37.000
 from him

00:26:37.000 --> 00:26:37.539
 who calls

00:26:37.539 --> 00:26:37.759
 you

00:26:37.759 --> 00:26:38.460
 being God

00:26:38.460 --> 00:26:39.400
 a little

00:26:39.400 --> 00:26:39.940
 leaven

00:26:39.940 --> 00:26:41.120
 leavens

00:26:41.120 --> 00:26:41.740
 the whole

00:26:41.740 --> 00:26:42.220
 lump

00:26:42.220 --> 00:26:43.840
 Matthew

00:26:43.840 --> 00:26:44.779
 16-12

00:26:44.779 --> 00:26:45.420
 the same

00:26:45.420 --> 00:26:45.900
 account

00:26:45.900 --> 00:26:46.320
 that we're

00:26:46.320 --> 00:26:46.700
 studying

00:26:46.700 --> 00:26:47.259
 in Mark

00:26:47.259 --> 00:26:48.100
 it

00:26:48.100 --> 00:26:49.220
 ends

00:26:49.220 --> 00:26:49.600
 with

00:26:49.600 --> 00:26:50.320
 verse 12

00:26:50.320 --> 00:26:50.900
 then they

00:26:50.900 --> 00:26:51.440
 understood

00:26:51.440 --> 00:26:52.380
 that he

00:26:52.380 --> 00:26:52.700
 did not

00:26:52.700 --> 00:26:53.060
 tell them

00:26:53.060 --> 00:26:53.420
 to beware

00:26:53.420 --> 00:26:53.800
 the leaven

00:26:53.800 --> 00:26:54.440
 of bread

00:26:54.440 --> 00:26:55.019
 but of

00:26:55.019 --> 00:26:55.779
 the teaching

00:26:55.779 --> 00:26:56.500
 of the

00:26:56.500 --> 00:26:57.340
 Pharisees

00:26:57.340 --> 00:26:58.299
 and the

00:26:58.299 --> 00:26:59.000
 Sadducees

00:26:59.000 --> 00:27:00.480
 so he's

00:27:00.480 --> 00:27:01.220
 warning them

00:27:01.220 --> 00:27:02.039
 as they

00:27:02.039 --> 00:27:02.600
 are not

00:27:02.600 --> 00:27:03.220
 believing

00:27:03.220 --> 00:27:03.680
 that he

00:27:03.680 --> 00:27:04.180
 is who

00:27:04.180 --> 00:27:04.720
 he said

00:27:04.720 --> 00:27:05.259
 he is

00:27:05.259 --> 00:27:05.600
 that he

00:27:05.600 --> 00:27:05.940
 is the

00:27:05.940 --> 00:27:06.259
 son of

00:27:06.259 --> 00:27:06.660
 God

00:27:06.660 --> 00:27:07.360
 he's already

00:27:07.360 --> 00:27:07.880
 evidence

00:27:07.880 --> 00:27:08.240
 that he

00:27:08.240 --> 00:27:08.779
 can feed

00:27:08.779 --> 00:27:09.100
 them

00:27:09.100 --> 00:27:10.080
 to plenty

00:27:10.080 --> 00:27:11.019
 to overflowing

00:27:11.019 --> 00:27:11.559
 there's

00:27:11.559 --> 00:27:12.920
 way more

00:27:12.920 --> 00:27:14.180
 available

00:27:14.180 --> 00:27:14.860
 for them

00:27:14.860 --> 00:27:15.660
 right

00:27:15.660 --> 00:27:16.120
 he asks

00:27:16.120 --> 00:27:16.420
 them the

00:27:16.420 --> 00:27:16.960
 question

00:27:16.960 --> 00:27:17.920
 later on

00:27:17.920 --> 00:27:18.180
 does he

00:27:18.180 --> 00:27:18.460
 not

00:27:18.460 --> 00:27:19.000
 he says

00:27:19.000 --> 00:27:19.500
 how many

00:27:19.500 --> 00:27:19.940
 baskets

00:27:19.940 --> 00:27:20.220
 did we

00:27:20.220 --> 00:27:20.420
 have

00:27:20.420 --> 00:27:20.980
 left over

00:27:20.980 --> 00:27:22.080
 we had

00:27:22.080 --> 00:27:22.400
 twelve

00:27:22.400 --> 00:27:22.820
 this time

00:27:22.820 --> 00:27:23.080
 we had

00:27:23.080 --> 00:27:23.380
 seven

00:27:23.380 --> 00:27:23.779
 this time

00:27:23.779 --> 00:27:24.120
 don't you

00:27:24.119 --> 00:27:24.339
 think

00:27:24.339 --> 00:27:24.599
 I can

00:27:24.599 --> 00:27:24.979
 feed

00:27:24.979 --> 00:27:25.979
 you

00:27:25.979 --> 00:27:26.839
 right

00:27:26.839 --> 00:27:27.679
 don't

00:27:27.679 --> 00:27:28.059
 be

00:27:28.059 --> 00:27:28.979
 like the

00:27:28.979 --> 00:27:29.359
 Pharisees

00:27:29.359 --> 00:27:29.579
 and the

00:27:29.579 --> 00:27:29.939
 Sadducees

00:27:29.939 --> 00:27:30.779
 don't be

00:27:30.779 --> 00:27:31.219
 like

00:27:31.219 --> 00:27:32.119
 Herod

00:27:32.119 --> 00:27:32.859
 who was

00:27:32.859 --> 00:27:33.259
 afraid of

00:27:33.259 --> 00:27:33.519
 what people

00:27:33.519 --> 00:27:33.799
 would think

00:27:33.799 --> 00:27:33.979
 of him

00:27:33.979 --> 00:27:34.179
 so he

00:27:34.179 --> 00:27:34.519
 put John

00:27:34.519 --> 00:27:34.879
 the Baptist

00:27:34.879 --> 00:27:35.619
 to death

00:27:35.619 --> 00:27:36.379
 don't let

00:27:36.379 --> 00:27:36.679
 that

00:27:36.679 --> 00:27:37.439
 untruth

00:27:37.439 --> 00:27:38.279
 that unbelief

00:27:38.279 --> 00:27:39.179
 work in

00:27:39.179 --> 00:27:39.439
 you

00:27:39.439 --> 00:27:41.339
 because here

00:27:41.339 --> 00:27:41.819
 we see

00:27:41.819 --> 00:27:43.359
 these men

00:27:43.359 --> 00:27:44.019
 are still

00:27:44.019 --> 00:27:44.759
 apparently

00:27:44.759 --> 00:27:46.139
 in darkness

00:27:46.139 --> 00:27:47.839
 let's say

00:27:47.839 --> 00:27:48.279
 there's a

00:27:48.279 --> 00:27:49.259
 dawning light

00:27:49.259 --> 00:27:49.879
 they've

00:27:49.879 --> 00:27:50.559
 obeyed

00:27:50.559 --> 00:27:50.859
 they've

00:27:50.859 --> 00:27:51.299
 followed

00:27:51.299 --> 00:27:51.959
 they've

00:27:51.959 --> 00:27:52.479
 left things

00:27:52.479 --> 00:27:53.019
 behind

00:27:53.019 --> 00:27:53.759
 for Jesus

00:27:53.759 --> 00:27:54.420
 they've

00:27:54.420 --> 00:27:54.740
 seen

00:27:54.740 --> 00:27:55.359
 miraculous

00:27:55.359 --> 00:27:55.680
 things

00:27:55.680 --> 00:27:56.019
 happen

00:27:56.019 --> 00:27:56.420
 but yet

00:27:56.420 --> 00:27:57.059
 they still

00:27:57.059 --> 00:27:57.779
 respond

00:27:57.779 --> 00:27:58.579
 in these

00:27:58.579 --> 00:27:59.420
 bizarre

00:27:59.420 --> 00:27:59.960
 ways

00:27:59.960 --> 00:28:00.259
 Jesus

00:28:00.259 --> 00:28:00.680
 asked

00:28:00.680 --> 00:28:00.859
 them

00:28:00.859 --> 00:28:01.759
 scathing

00:28:01.759 --> 00:28:02.680
 questions

00:28:02.680 --> 00:28:03.900
 do you

00:28:03.900 --> 00:28:04.279
 not yet

00:28:04.279 --> 00:28:04.740
 perceive

00:28:04.740 --> 00:28:05.460
 or understand

00:28:05.460 --> 00:28:05.900
 are your

00:28:05.900 --> 00:28:06.359
 hearts

00:28:06.359 --> 00:28:07.079
 hardened

00:28:07.079 --> 00:28:08.079
 hardened

00:28:08.079 --> 00:28:08.279
 and I don't

00:28:08.279 --> 00:28:08.619
 think Jesus

00:28:08.619 --> 00:28:09.079
 asked these

00:28:09.079 --> 00:28:09.559
 questions

00:28:09.559 --> 00:28:11.879
 are your

00:28:11.879 --> 00:28:12.179
 hearts

00:28:12.179 --> 00:28:12.559
 hardened

00:28:12.559 --> 00:28:13.379
 but in

00:28:13.379 --> 00:28:14.119
 what is

00:28:14.119 --> 00:28:14.679
 wrong

00:28:14.679 --> 00:28:15.039
 with you

00:28:15.039 --> 00:28:15.480
 guys

00:28:15.480 --> 00:28:16.359
 have I

00:28:16.359 --> 00:28:16.539
 not

00:28:16.539 --> 00:28:17.259
 displayed

00:28:17.259 --> 00:28:17.799
 for you

00:28:17.799 --> 00:28:18.500
 the power

00:28:18.500 --> 00:28:19.079
 of God

00:28:19.079 --> 00:28:19.599
 have I

00:28:19.599 --> 00:28:20.240
 not shown

00:28:20.240 --> 00:28:20.519
 you

00:28:20.519 --> 00:28:20.960
 that I

00:28:20.960 --> 00:28:21.159
 am

00:28:21.159 --> 00:28:21.599
 the

00:28:21.599 --> 00:28:22.079
 Christ

00:28:22.079 --> 00:28:22.659
 and he

00:28:22.659 --> 00:28:22.960
 asked them

00:28:22.960 --> 00:28:23.339
 questions

00:28:23.339 --> 00:28:23.599
 that they

00:28:23.599 --> 00:28:23.859
 would know

00:28:23.859 --> 00:28:24.220
 the answer

00:28:24.220 --> 00:28:24.480
 to

00:28:24.480 --> 00:28:25.359
 how many

00:28:25.359 --> 00:28:25.819
 baskets full

00:28:25.819 --> 00:28:26.379
 of pieces

00:28:26.379 --> 00:28:26.639
 did you

00:28:26.639 --> 00:28:26.960
 take up

00:28:26.960 --> 00:28:27.240
 they said

00:28:27.240 --> 00:28:27.539
 twelve

00:28:27.539 --> 00:28:28.179
 and the

00:28:28.179 --> 00:28:28.439
 seven

00:28:28.439 --> 00:28:28.740
 for the

00:28:28.740 --> 00:28:29.179
 four thousand

00:28:29.179 --> 00:28:29.500
 how many

00:28:29.500 --> 00:28:29.899
 baskets full

00:28:29.899 --> 00:28:30.119
 of pieces

00:28:30.119 --> 00:28:30.299
 did you

00:28:30.299 --> 00:28:30.659
 take up

00:28:30.659 --> 00:28:31.059
 and they

00:28:31.059 --> 00:28:31.199
 said

00:28:31.199 --> 00:28:31.859
 seven

00:28:31.859 --> 00:28:32.599
 and he

00:28:32.599 --> 00:28:32.819
 says

00:28:32.819 --> 00:28:33.119
 do you

00:28:33.119 --> 00:28:33.659
 not yet

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 understand

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 now there

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 are a number

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 of again

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 quote unquote

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 scholars

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 that play

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 around with

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 the significance

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 of the

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 numbers of

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 baskets

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 twelve

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 times of

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 Israel

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 seven

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 represent

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 something

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 to the

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 Gentiles

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 I don't

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 remember

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 what it

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 was

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 but there's

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 absolutely

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 no way

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 to prove

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 that it

00:28:49.259 --> 00:28:49.479
 meant

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 anything

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 at all

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 and I

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 don't

00:28:50.799 --> 00:28:50.959
 think

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 it

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 means

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 anything

00:28:51.519 --> 00:28:51.839
 at all

00:28:51.839 --> 00:28:52.199
 for this

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 text

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 I

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 really

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 don't

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 think

00:28:53.500 --> 00:28:53.639
 that

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 Jesus

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 is

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 trying

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 to

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 teach

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 them

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 anything

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 other

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 than

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 I

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 provided

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 beyond

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 because

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 there

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 was

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 a

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 lot

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 left

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 over

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 to

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 them

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 abounding

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 provision

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 to

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 them

00:29:06.519 --> 00:29:07.599
 see

00:29:07.599 --> 00:29:07.799
 the

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 apostles

00:29:08.139 --> 00:29:08.319
 were

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 always

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 so

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 concerned

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 with

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 physical

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 things

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 physical

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 provision

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 as

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 they're

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 traveling

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 around

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 Jesus

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 was

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 primarily

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 concerned

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 with

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 the

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 spiritual

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 things

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 the

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 account

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 of

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 the

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 same

00:29:22.379 --> 00:29:22.799
 story

00:29:22.799 --> 00:29:22.940
 we

00:29:22.940 --> 00:29:23.139
 see

00:29:23.139 --> 00:29:23.400
 in

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 Matthew

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 prior

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 to

00:29:25.099 --> 00:29:25.420
 that

00:29:25.420 --> 00:29:25.859
 Jesus

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 preached

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 a

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 sermon

00:29:27.000 --> 00:29:27.220
 that

00:29:27.220 --> 00:29:27.319
 we

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 call

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 the

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 Sermon

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 on

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 the

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 mount

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 in

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 which

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 he

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 said

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 do

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 not

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 be

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 anxious

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 saying

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 what

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 shall

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 we

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 eat

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 or

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 what

00:29:33.960 --> 00:29:34.140
 shall

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 we

00:29:34.279 --> 00:29:34.640
 drink

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 or

00:29:35.299 --> 00:29:35.519
 what

00:29:35.519 --> 00:29:35.740
 shall

00:29:35.740 --> 00:29:35.900
 we

00:29:35.900 --> 00:29:36.200
 wear

00:29:36.200 --> 00:29:37.160
 for

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 the

00:29:37.319 --> 00:29:37.879
 Gentiles

00:29:37.879 --> 00:29:38.140
 again

00:29:38.140 --> 00:29:38.400
 meaning

00:29:38.400 --> 00:29:38.640
 those

00:29:38.640 --> 00:29:38.920
 outside

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 the

00:29:39.079 --> 00:29:39.279
 faith

00:29:39.279 --> 00:29:39.619
 seek

00:29:39.619 --> 00:29:39.920
 after

00:29:39.920 --> 00:29:40.299
 all

00:29:40.299 --> 00:29:40.559
 these

00:29:40.559 --> 00:29:40.940
 things

00:29:40.940 --> 00:29:41.220
 and

00:29:41.220 --> 00:29:41.359
 your

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 heavenly

00:29:41.640 --> 00:29:41.960
 father

00:29:41.960 --> 00:29:42.420
 knows

00:29:42.420 --> 00:29:42.599
 that

00:29:42.599 --> 00:29:42.720
 you

00:29:42.720 --> 00:29:42.900
 need

00:29:42.900 --> 00:29:43.039
 them

00:29:43.039 --> 00:29:43.299
 all

00:29:43.299 --> 00:29:44.099
 but

00:29:44.099 --> 00:29:44.420
 seek

00:29:44.420 --> 00:29:44.859
 first

00:29:44.859 --> 00:29:45.119
 the

00:29:45.119 --> 00:29:45.440
 kingdom

00:29:45.440 --> 00:29:45.680
 of

00:29:45.680 --> 00:29:46.019
 God

00:29:46.019 --> 00:29:46.299
 and

00:29:46.299 --> 00:29:46.559
 his

00:29:46.559 --> 00:29:46.980
 righteousness

00:29:46.980 --> 00:29:47.740
 seek

00:29:47.740 --> 00:29:48.099
 first

00:29:48.099 --> 00:29:48.559
 those

00:29:48.559 --> 00:29:48.779
 things

00:29:48.779 --> 00:29:48.920
 that

00:29:48.920 --> 00:29:49.019
 are

00:29:49.019 --> 00:29:49.500
 spiritual

00:29:49.500 --> 00:29:50.099
 those

00:29:50.099 --> 00:29:50.460
 things

00:29:50.460 --> 00:29:50.779
 that

00:29:50.779 --> 00:29:51.160
 matter

00:29:51.160 --> 00:29:51.819
 most

00:29:51.819 --> 00:29:52.299
 those

00:29:52.299 --> 00:29:52.319
!

00:29:52.319 --> 00:29:52.619
 things

00:29:52.619 --> 00:29:52.619


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 that

00:29:52.779 --> 00:29:52.980
 are

00:29:52.980 --> 00:29:53.660
 eternal

00:29:53.660 --> 00:29:54.079
 and

00:29:54.079 --> 00:29:54.259
 all

00:29:54.259 --> 00:29:54.599
 these

00:29:54.599 --> 00:29:55.000
 things

00:29:55.000 --> 00:29:55.259
 these

00:29:55.259 --> 00:29:55.759
 temporal

00:29:55.759 --> 00:29:56.380
 things

00:29:56.380 --> 00:29:57.220
 will be

00:29:57.220 --> 00:29:57.480
 added

00:29:57.480 --> 00:29:58.039
 to

00:29:58.039 --> 00:29:58.339
 you

00:29:58.339 --> 00:30:00.120
 do

00:30:00.120 --> 00:30:00.400
 you

00:30:00.400 --> 00:30:01.120
 not

00:30:01.120 --> 00:30:01.779
 yet

00:30:01.779 --> 00:30:03.440
 understand

00:30:03.440 --> 00:30:04.840
 and

00:30:04.840 --> 00:30:05.220
 it

00:30:05.220 --> 00:30:05.740
 hangs

00:30:05.740 --> 00:30:06.059
 there

00:30:06.059 --> 00:30:06.299
 for

00:30:06.299 --> 00:30:06.740
 us

00:30:06.740 --> 00:30:08.019
 today

00:30:08.019 --> 00:30:08.720
 at

00:30:08.720 --> 00:30:08.900
 very

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 least

00:30:09.220 --> 00:30:09.380
 I

00:30:09.380 --> 00:30:09.539
 hope

00:30:09.539 --> 00:30:09.660
 you

00:30:09.660 --> 00:30:09.759
 will

00:30:09.759 --> 00:30:09.940
 read

00:30:09.940 --> 00:30:10.240
 on

00:30:10.240 --> 00:30:11.559
 eagerly

00:30:11.559 --> 00:30:12.620
 waiting

00:30:12.620 --> 00:30:13.259
 for

00:30:13.259 --> 00:30:13.580
 Peter's

00:30:13.580 --> 00:30:14.000
 declaration

00:30:14.000 --> 00:30:14.180
 of

00:30:14.180 --> 00:30:14.320
 verse

00:30:14.320 --> 00:30:14.680
 29

00:30:14.680 --> 00:30:14.860
 of

00:30:14.860 --> 00:30:15.080
 chapter

00:30:15.080 --> 00:30:15.340
 8

00:30:15.340 --> 00:30:16.340
 you

00:30:16.340 --> 00:30:17.220
 are

00:30:17.220 --> 00:30:18.259
 the

00:30:18.259 --> 00:30:18.600
 Christ

00:30:18.600 --> 00:30:19.720
 as

00:30:19.720 --> 00:30:19.880
 the

00:30:19.880 --> 00:30:20.519
 spokesman

00:30:20.519 --> 00:30:20.980
 of

00:30:20.980 --> 00:30:21.100
 the

00:30:21.100 --> 00:30:21.480
 apostles

00:30:21.480 --> 00:30:21.940
 we

00:30:21.940 --> 00:30:22.080
 know

00:30:22.080 --> 00:30:22.220
 they

00:30:22.220 --> 00:30:22.360
 didn't

00:30:22.360 --> 00:30:22.640
 all

00:30:22.640 --> 00:30:23.820
 come

00:30:23.820 --> 00:30:23.940
 to

00:30:23.940 --> 00:30:24.140
 believe

00:30:24.140 --> 00:30:24.259
 in

00:30:24.259 --> 00:30:24.539
 him

00:30:24.539 --> 00:30:25.180
 Judas

00:30:25.180 --> 00:30:25.720
 betrayed

00:30:25.720 --> 00:30:26.080
 him

00:30:26.080 --> 00:30:26.860
 right

00:30:26.860 --> 00:30:27.600
 but

00:30:27.600 --> 00:30:27.720
 as

00:30:27.720 --> 00:30:27.860
 the

00:30:27.860 --> 00:30:28.180
 spokesperson

00:30:28.180 --> 00:30:28.960
 for

00:30:28.960 --> 00:30:29.059
 the

00:30:29.059 --> 00:30:29.440
 apostles

00:30:29.440 --> 00:30:30.000
 you

00:30:30.000 --> 00:30:31.160
 are

00:30:31.160 --> 00:30:31.539
 the

00:30:31.539 --> 00:30:31.860
 Christ

00:30:31.860 --> 00:30:32.059
 the

00:30:32.059 --> 00:30:32.500
 anointed

00:30:32.500 --> 00:30:32.900
 one

00:30:32.900 --> 00:30:32.920
!

00:30:33.440 --> 00:30:33.759
 of

00:30:33.759 --> 00:30:34.100
 God

00:30:34.100 --> 00:30:35.400
 so

00:30:35.400 --> 00:30:35.519
 we

00:30:35.519 --> 00:30:35.640
 see

00:30:35.640 --> 00:30:35.840
 these

00:30:35.840 --> 00:30:36.100
 two

00:30:36.100 --> 00:30:36.600
 stories

00:30:36.600 --> 00:30:36.960
 really

00:30:36.960 --> 00:30:37.220
 of

00:30:37.220 --> 00:30:38.240
 unbelief

00:30:38.240 --> 00:30:38.759
 following

00:30:38.759 --> 00:30:39.059
 this

00:30:39.059 --> 00:30:39.480
 miracle

00:30:39.480 --> 00:30:40.019
 of

00:30:40.019 --> 00:30:40.120
 the

00:30:40.120 --> 00:30:40.320
 feeding

00:30:40.320 --> 00:30:40.480
 of

00:30:40.480 --> 00:30:40.580
 the

00:30:40.580 --> 00:30:40.759
 four

00:30:40.759 --> 00:30:41.100
 thousand

00:30:41.100 --> 00:30:41.400
 and

00:30:41.400 --> 00:30:41.559
 the

00:30:41.559 --> 00:30:42.380
 tying

00:30:42.380 --> 00:30:42.799
 together

00:30:42.799 --> 00:30:43.000
 of

00:30:43.000 --> 00:30:43.140
 all

00:30:43.140 --> 00:30:43.440
 that

00:30:43.440 --> 00:30:43.860
 with

00:30:43.860 --> 00:30:44.340
 Jesus

00:30:44.340 --> 00:30:45.180
 being

00:30:45.180 --> 00:30:45.460
 the

00:30:45.460 --> 00:30:45.700
 bread

00:30:45.700 --> 00:30:45.860
 of

00:30:45.860 --> 00:30:46.120
 life

00:30:46.120 --> 00:30:46.320
 the

00:30:46.320 --> 00:30:46.779
 source

00:30:46.779 --> 00:30:47.299
 of

00:30:47.299 --> 00:30:48.200
 sustenance

00:30:48.200 --> 00:30:48.360
 the

00:30:48.360 --> 00:30:48.660
 very

00:30:48.660 --> 00:30:49.019
 thing

00:30:49.019 --> 00:30:49.200
 that

00:30:49.200 --> 00:30:49.820
 sustains

00:30:49.820 --> 00:30:50.200
 us

00:30:50.200 --> 00:30:50.840
 to

00:30:50.840 --> 00:30:51.039
 the

00:30:51.039 --> 00:30:51.460
 end

00:30:51.460 --> 00:30:51.960
 as

00:30:51.960 --> 00:30:52.200
 well

00:30:52.200 --> 00:30:52.360
 as

00:30:52.360 --> 00:30:52.460
 the

00:30:52.460 --> 00:30:52.600
 one

00:30:52.600 --> 00:30:52.740
 who

00:30:52.740 --> 00:30:53.059
 provides

00:30:53.059 --> 00:30:53.220
 the

00:30:53.220 --> 00:30:53.539
 temporal

00:30:53.539 --> 00:30:53.840
 stuff

00:30:53.840 --> 00:30:54.059
 for

00:30:54.059 --> 00:30:54.360
 us

00:30:54.360 --> 00:30:54.900
 right

00:30:54.900 --> 00:30:55.440
 let's

00:30:55.440 --> 00:30:55.580
 go

00:30:55.580 --> 00:30:56.420
 hard

00:30:56.420 --> 00:30:56.680
 after

00:30:56.680 --> 00:30:56.940
 those

00:30:56.940 --> 00:30:57.180
 things

00:30:57.180 --> 00:30:57.299
 that

00:30:57.299 --> 00:30:57.400
 are

00:30:57.400 --> 00:30:57.820
 spiritual

00:30:57.820 --> 00:30:57.840
!

00:30:57.840 --> 00:30:58.320
 the

00:30:58.319 --> 00:30:58.579
 temporal

00:30:58.579 --> 00:30:58.799
 will

00:30:58.799 --> 00:30:59.099
 come

00:30:59.099 --> 00:30:59.700
 along

00:30:59.700 --> 00:31:00.700
 beside

00:31:00.700 --> 00:31:01.519
 so

00:31:01.519 --> 00:31:01.659
 what is

00:31:01.659 --> 00:31:01.740
 the

00:31:01.740 --> 00:31:02.240
 application

00:31:02.240 --> 00:31:03.399
 of

00:31:03.399 --> 00:31:03.559
 this

00:31:03.559 --> 00:31:03.939
 text

00:31:03.939 --> 00:31:05.599
 well

00:31:05.599 --> 00:31:05.700
 if

00:31:05.700 --> 00:31:05.799
 you're

00:31:05.799 --> 00:31:06.019
 not

00:31:06.019 --> 00:31:06.139
 a

00:31:06.139 --> 00:31:06.439
 believer

00:31:06.439 --> 00:31:07.139
 if

00:31:07.139 --> 00:31:07.179
 you

00:31:07.179 --> 00:31:07.279
 don't

00:31:07.279 --> 00:31:07.399
 have

00:31:07.399 --> 00:31:07.599
 a

00:31:07.599 --> 00:31:08.359
 confidence

00:31:08.359 --> 00:31:08.639
 that

00:31:08.639 --> 00:31:08.700
 you

00:31:08.700 --> 00:31:08.799
 have

00:31:08.799 --> 00:31:09.019
 placed

00:31:09.019 --> 00:31:09.179
 your

00:31:09.179 --> 00:31:09.359
 faith

00:31:09.359 --> 00:31:09.519
 in

00:31:09.519 --> 00:31:09.839
 Christ

00:31:09.839 --> 00:31:10.299
 if

00:31:10.299 --> 00:31:10.379
 you

00:31:10.379 --> 00:31:10.500
 don't

00:31:10.500 --> 00:31:10.679
 have

00:31:10.679 --> 00:31:11.419
 evidence

00:31:11.419 --> 00:31:12.000
 of

00:31:12.000 --> 00:31:12.119
 the

00:31:12.119 --> 00:31:12.359
 spirit

00:31:12.359 --> 00:31:12.740
 working

00:31:12.740 --> 00:31:12.960
 in

00:31:12.960 --> 00:31:13.059
 you

00:31:13.059 --> 00:31:13.220
 to

00:31:13.220 --> 00:31:13.500
 bring

00:31:13.500 --> 00:31:13.919
 about

00:31:13.919 --> 00:31:14.500
 righteousness

00:31:14.500 --> 00:31:15.019
 to

00:31:15.019 --> 00:31:15.319
 hate

00:31:15.319 --> 00:31:15.700
 sin

00:31:15.700 --> 00:31:15.879
 to

00:31:15.879 --> 00:31:16.319
 love

00:31:16.319 --> 00:31:16.480
 the

00:31:16.480 --> 00:31:16.740
 ways

00:31:16.740 --> 00:31:16.899
 of

00:31:16.899 --> 00:31:17.279
 God

00:31:17.279 --> 00:31:19.000
 do

00:31:19.000 --> 00:31:19.159
 not

00:31:19.159 --> 00:31:19.279
 a

00:31:19.279 --> 00:31:19.579
 believer

00:31:19.579 --> 00:31:20.980
 do

00:31:20.980 --> 00:31:21.259
 not

00:31:21.259 --> 00:31:21.519
 be

00:31:21.519 --> 00:31:21.919
 like

00:31:21.919 --> 00:31:22.059
 the

00:31:22.059 --> 00:31:22.679
 Pharisees

00:31:22.679 --> 00:31:23.039
 and

00:31:23.039 --> 00:31:23.159
 the

00:31:23.159 --> 00:31:23.679
 Sadducees

00:31:23.679 --> 00:31:24.480
 do

00:31:24.480 --> 00:31:24.779
 not

00:31:24.779 --> 00:31:25.220
 wait

00:31:25.220 --> 00:31:25.519
 for

00:31:25.519 --> 00:31:25.740
 a

00:31:25.740 --> 00:31:26.160
 sign

00:31:26.160 --> 00:31:26.500
 from

00:31:26.500 --> 00:31:26.759
 heaven

00:31:26.759 --> 00:31:27.119
 it

00:31:27.119 --> 00:31:27.579
 has

00:31:27.579 --> 00:31:28.019
 been

00:31:28.019 --> 00:31:28.639
 given

00:31:28.639 --> 00:31:29.460
 to

00:31:29.460 --> 00:31:29.740
 you

00:31:29.740 --> 00:31:30.879
 do

00:31:30.879 --> 00:31:31.039
 not

00:31:31.039 --> 00:31:31.180
 be

00:31:31.180 --> 00:31:31.500
 like

00:31:31.500 --> 00:31:32.660
 Voltaire

00:31:32.660 --> 00:31:33.240
 the

00:31:33.240 --> 00:31:34.599
 French

00:31:34.599 --> 00:31:36.259
 man

00:31:36.259 --> 00:31:36.379
 that

00:31:36.379 --> 00:31:36.500
 did

00:31:36.500 --> 00:31:36.720
 not

00:31:36.720 --> 00:31:37.039
 believe

00:31:37.039 --> 00:31:37.220
 in

00:31:37.220 --> 00:31:37.440
 God

00:31:37.440 --> 00:31:37.599
 he

00:31:37.599 --> 00:31:37.799
 said

00:31:37.799 --> 00:31:37.940
 that

00:31:37.940 --> 00:31:38.039
 if

00:31:38.039 --> 00:31:38.160
 a

00:31:38.160 --> 00:31:38.500
 thousand

00:31:38.500 --> 00:31:38.839
 people

00:31:38.839 --> 00:31:39.599
 witnessed

00:31:39.599 --> 00:31:41.960
 a

00:31:41.960 --> 00:31:42.279
 miracle

00:31:42.279 --> 00:31:42.579
 he

00:31:42.579 --> 00:31:42.720
 would

00:31:42.720 --> 00:31:42.819
 be

00:31:42.819 --> 00:31:43.059
 more

00:31:43.059 --> 00:31:43.379
 likely

00:31:43.379 --> 00:31:43.579
 to

00:31:43.579 --> 00:31:43.920
 doubt

00:31:43.920 --> 00:31:44.259
 their

00:31:44.259 --> 00:31:44.680
 senses

00:31:44.680 --> 00:31:45.259
 than

00:31:45.259 --> 00:31:45.359
 to

00:31:45.359 --> 00:31:45.519
 believe

00:31:45.519 --> 00:31:45.639
 that

00:31:45.639 --> 00:31:45.740
 a

00:31:45.740 --> 00:31:45.960
 miracle

00:31:45.960 --> 00:31:46.220
 had

00:31:46.220 --> 00:31:46.559
 actually

00:31:46.559 --> 00:31:46.940
 happened

00:31:46.940 --> 00:31:47.500
 do

00:31:47.500 --> 00:31:47.740
 not

00:31:47.740 --> 00:31:48.079
 be

00:31:48.079 --> 00:31:48.920
 darkened

00:31:48.920 --> 00:31:49.519
 like

00:31:49.519 --> 00:31:49.720
 the

00:31:49.720 --> 00:31:50.379
 Pharisees

00:31:50.379 --> 00:31:50.940
 and

00:31:50.940 --> 00:31:51.099
 the

00:31:51.099 --> 00:31:51.759
 Sadducees

00:31:51.759 --> 00:31:54.000
 do

00:31:54.000 --> 00:31:54.319
 be

00:31:54.319 --> 00:31:55.439
 like

00:31:55.439 --> 00:31:56.259
 the

00:31:56.259 --> 00:31:56.639
 apostles

00:31:56.639 --> 00:31:57.939
 there

00:31:57.939 --> 00:31:58.200
 was at

00:31:58.200 --> 00:31:58.359
 least

00:31:58.359 --> 00:31:58.579
 a

00:31:58.579 --> 00:31:59.000
 dawning

00:31:59.000 --> 00:31:59.279
 light

00:31:59.279 --> 00:31:59.559
 here

00:31:59.559 --> 00:31:59.819
 in

00:31:59.819 --> 00:31:59.960
 their

00:31:59.960 --> 00:32:00.359
 story

00:32:00.359 --> 00:32:00.859
 they

00:32:00.859 --> 00:32:01.119
 still

00:32:01.119 --> 00:32:01.319
 got

00:32:01.319 --> 00:32:01.659
 into

00:32:01.659 --> 00:32:01.859
 the

00:32:01.859 --> 00:32:02.019
 boat

00:32:02.019 --> 00:32:02.200
 with

00:32:02.200 --> 00:32:02.500
 Jesus

00:32:02.500 --> 00:32:02.740
 they

00:32:02.740 --> 00:32:02.939
 weren't

00:32:02.939 --> 00:32:03.099
 his

00:32:03.099 --> 00:32:03.359
 enemy

00:32:03.359 --> 00:32:03.539
 at

00:32:03.539 --> 00:32:03.700
 this

00:32:03.700 --> 00:32:03.879
 point

00:32:03.879 --> 00:32:04.019
 they

00:32:04.019 --> 00:32:04.220
 weren't

00:32:04.220 --> 00:32:04.559
 seeking

00:32:04.559 --> 00:32:04.799
 his

00:32:04.799 --> 00:32:05.200
 death

00:32:05.200 --> 00:32:05.679
 as

00:32:05.679 --> 00:32:05.919
 the

00:32:05.919 --> 00:32:06.419
 Pharisees

00:32:06.419 --> 00:32:06.519
 and

00:32:06.519 --> 00:32:06.619
 the

00:32:06.619 --> 00:32:07.059
 Sadducees

00:32:07.059 --> 00:32:07.720
 were

00:32:07.720 --> 00:32:09.179
 and

00:32:09.179 --> 00:32:09.700
 finally

00:32:09.700 --> 00:32:10.059
 make

00:32:10.059 --> 00:32:10.220
 the

00:32:10.220 --> 00:32:10.720
 declaration

00:32:10.720 --> 00:32:11.019
 you

00:32:11.019 --> 00:32:11.240
 are

00:32:11.240 --> 00:32:11.399
 the

00:32:11.399 --> 00:32:11.740
 Christ

00:32:11.740 --> 00:32:11.960
 be

00:32:11.960 --> 00:32:12.159
 like

00:32:12.159 --> 00:32:12.299
 the

00:32:12.299 --> 00:32:12.679
 apostles

00:32:12.679 --> 00:32:13.279
 to

00:32:13.279 --> 00:32:13.439
 the

00:32:13.439 --> 00:32:13.720
 end

00:32:13.720 --> 00:32:15.319
 follow

00:32:15.319 --> 00:32:15.700
 him

00:32:15.700 --> 00:32:16.000
 wherever

00:32:16.000 --> 00:32:16.299
 he

00:32:16.299 --> 00:32:16.679
 takes

00:32:16.679 --> 00:32:16.919
 you

00:32:16.919 --> 00:32:17.059
 and

00:32:17.059 --> 00:32:17.259
 even

00:32:17.259 --> 00:32:17.399
 to

00:32:17.399 --> 00:32:17.500
 the

00:32:17.500 --> 00:32:17.720
 point

00:32:17.720 --> 00:32:17.859
 of

00:32:17.859 --> 00:32:18.259
 death

00:32:18.259 --> 00:32:18.439
 on

00:32:18.439 --> 00:32:18.599
 his

00:32:18.599 --> 00:32:19.079
 behalf

00:32:19.079 --> 00:32:19.419
 so

00:32:19.419 --> 00:32:19.659
 do

00:32:19.659 --> 00:32:20.019
 be

00:32:20.019 --> 00:32:20.980
 like

00:32:20.980 --> 00:32:21.980
 the

00:32:21.980 --> 00:32:22.279
 apostles

00:32:22.279 --> 00:32:23.119
 if

00:32:23.119 --> 00:32:23.199
 you

00:32:23.199 --> 00:32:23.359
 are

00:32:23.359 --> 00:32:23.500
 a

00:32:23.500 --> 00:32:23.759
 believer

00:32:23.759 --> 00:32:24.659
 hope

00:32:24.659 --> 00:32:24.819
 and

00:32:24.819 --> 00:32:24.959
 pray

00:32:24.959 --> 00:32:25.119
 that

00:32:25.119 --> 00:32:25.359
 everyone

00:32:25.359 --> 00:32:25.519
 in

00:32:25.519 --> 00:32:25.639
 this

00:32:25.639 --> 00:32:25.939
 room

00:32:25.939 --> 00:32:26.759
 is

00:32:26.759 --> 00:32:26.959
 can

00:32:26.959 --> 00:32:27.179
 say

00:32:27.179 --> 00:32:27.359
 that

00:32:27.359 --> 00:32:27.500
 with

00:32:27.500 --> 00:32:28.039
 confidence

00:32:28.039 --> 00:32:28.279
 see

00:32:28.279 --> 00:32:28.699
 evidence

00:32:28.699 --> 00:32:28.819
 in

00:32:28.819 --> 00:32:28.939
 their

00:32:28.939 --> 00:32:29.219
 life

00:32:29.219 --> 00:32:29.359
 of

00:32:29.359 --> 00:32:29.639
 that

00:32:29.639 --> 00:32:30.480
 you

00:32:30.480 --> 00:32:30.879
 have

00:32:30.879 --> 00:32:31.059
 the

00:32:31.059 --> 00:32:31.439
 light

00:32:31.439 --> 00:32:32.159
 you're

00:32:32.159 --> 00:32:32.599
 not

00:32:32.599 --> 00:32:32.799
 in

00:32:32.799 --> 00:32:33.379
 darkness

00:32:33.379 --> 00:32:36.099
 do

00:32:36.099 --> 00:32:36.359
 not

00:32:36.359 --> 00:32:36.519
 be

00:32:36.519 --> 00:32:36.740
 like

00:32:36.740 --> 00:32:36.879
 the

00:32:36.879 --> 00:32:37.179
 apostles

00:32:37.179 --> 00:32:37.379
 in

00:32:37.379 --> 00:32:37.539
 this

00:32:37.539 --> 00:32:37.839
 case

00:32:37.839 --> 00:32:39.819
 we

00:32:39.819 --> 00:32:39.939
 can

00:32:39.939 --> 00:32:40.099
 take

00:32:40.099 --> 00:32:40.240
 an

00:32:40.240 --> 00:32:40.579
 example

00:32:40.579 --> 00:32:40.799
 because

00:32:40.799 --> 00:32:40.980
 our

00:32:40.980 --> 00:32:41.259
 hearts

00:32:41.259 --> 00:32:41.399
 are

00:32:41.399 --> 00:32:41.759
 fickle

00:32:41.759 --> 00:32:41.879
 in

00:32:41.879 --> 00:32:42.079
 this

00:32:42.079 --> 00:32:42.419
 way

00:32:42.419 --> 00:32:43.659
 we

00:32:43.659 --> 00:32:43.779
 have

00:32:43.779 --> 00:32:43.919
 been

00:32:43.919 --> 00:32:44.159
 brought

00:32:44.159 --> 00:32:44.359
 into

00:32:44.359 --> 00:32:44.539
 the

00:32:44.539 --> 00:32:44.819
 light

00:32:44.819 --> 00:32:45.219
 we

00:32:45.219 --> 00:32:45.339
 have

00:32:45.339 --> 00:32:45.559
 had

00:32:45.559 --> 00:32:46.079
 hearts

00:32:46.079 --> 00:32:46.379
 made

00:32:46.379 --> 00:32:46.740
 new

00:32:46.740 --> 00:32:47.279
 we

00:32:47.279 --> 00:32:47.399
 are

00:32:47.399 --> 00:32:48.240
 different

00:32:48.240 --> 00:32:48.539
 now

00:32:48.539 --> 00:32:48.700
 in

00:32:48.700 --> 00:32:49.359
 status

00:32:49.359 --> 00:32:49.599
 we

00:32:49.599 --> 00:32:49.639
 are

00:32:49.639 --> 00:32:49.819
 no

00:32:49.819 --> 00:32:50.179
 longer

00:32:50.179 --> 00:32:50.599
 enemies

00:32:50.599 --> 00:32:50.819
 of

00:32:50.819 --> 00:32:51.000
 God

00:32:51.000 --> 00:32:51.159
 we

00:32:51.159 --> 00:32:51.240
 are

00:32:51.240 --> 00:32:51.899
 children

00:32:51.899 --> 00:32:52.159
 of

00:32:52.159 --> 00:32:52.480
 God

00:32:52.480 --> 00:32:52.919
 we

00:32:52.919 --> 00:32:53.059
 don't

00:32:53.059 --> 00:32:53.319
 differ

00:32:53.319 --> 00:32:53.460
 in

00:32:53.460 --> 00:32:53.779
 degree

00:32:53.779 --> 00:32:54.000
 but

00:32:54.000 --> 00:32:54.179
 in

00:32:54.179 --> 00:32:54.679
 type

00:32:54.679 --> 00:32:55.460
 we

00:32:55.460 --> 00:32:55.579
 are

00:32:55.579 --> 00:32:56.119
 new

00:32:56.119 --> 00:32:57.539
 creations

00:32:57.539 --> 00:32:58.879
 and

00:32:58.879 --> 00:32:58.960
 yet

00:32:58.960 --> 00:32:59.099
 we

00:32:59.099 --> 00:32:59.399
 so

00:32:59.399 --> 00:32:59.740
 often

00:32:59.740 --> 00:33:00.039
 don't

00:33:00.039 --> 00:33:00.539
 function

00:33:00.539 --> 00:33:00.779
 out

00:33:00.779 --> 00:33:00.879
 of

00:33:00.879 --> 00:33:01.039
 that

00:33:01.039 --> 00:33:01.559
 reality

00:33:01.559 --> 00:33:02.559
 I

00:33:02.559 --> 00:33:02.679
 am

00:33:02.679 --> 00:33:02.779
 a

00:33:02.779 --> 00:33:03.000
 child

00:33:03.000 --> 00:33:03.159
 of

00:33:03.159 --> 00:33:03.399
 God

00:33:03.399 --> 00:33:03.700
 how

00:33:03.700 --> 00:33:04.059
 then

00:33:04.059 --> 00:33:04.319
 should

00:33:04.319 --> 00:33:04.579
 I

00:33:04.579 --> 00:33:05.379
 live

00:33:05.379 --> 00:33:05.519
 in

00:33:05.519 --> 00:33:06.159
 response

00:33:06.159 --> 00:33:06.399
 to

00:33:06.399 --> 00:33:06.599
 that

00:33:06.599 --> 00:33:07.079
 reality

00:33:07.079 --> 00:33:07.480
 in

00:33:07.480 --> 00:33:07.619
 the

00:33:07.619 --> 00:33:08.099
 power

00:33:08.099 --> 00:33:08.619
 of

00:33:08.619 --> 00:33:08.779
 that

00:33:08.779 --> 00:33:09.240
 reality

00:33:09.240 --> 00:33:10.159
 but

00:33:10.159 --> 00:33:10.299
 we

00:33:10.299 --> 00:33:10.619
 drift

00:33:10.619 --> 00:33:11.079
 back

00:33:11.079 --> 00:33:11.480
 to

00:33:11.480 --> 00:33:11.639
 that

00:33:11.639 --> 00:33:11.960
 old

00:33:11.960 --> 00:33:12.600
 self

00:33:12.600 --> 00:33:13.200
 we

00:33:13.200 --> 00:33:13.940
 have

00:33:13.940 --> 00:33:14.380
 dark

00:33:14.380 --> 00:33:14.860
 corners

00:33:14.860 --> 00:33:15.000
 of

00:33:15.000 --> 00:33:15.120
 our

00:33:15.120 --> 00:33:15.420
 hearts

00:33:15.420 --> 00:33:15.600
 that

00:33:15.600 --> 00:33:15.680
 we

00:33:15.680 --> 00:33:15.840
 want

00:33:15.840 --> 00:33:15.940
 to

00:33:15.940 --> 00:33:16.160
 hide

00:33:16.160 --> 00:33:16.480
 away

00:33:16.480 --> 00:33:16.620
 and

00:33:16.620 --> 00:33:16.779
 not

00:33:16.779 --> 00:33:17.220
 expose

00:33:17.220 --> 00:33:17.420
 to

00:33:17.420 --> 00:33:17.519
 the

00:33:17.519 --> 00:33:17.860
 light

00:33:17.860 --> 00:33:18.340
 we

00:33:18.340 --> 00:33:18.380
 are

00:33:18.380 --> 00:33:18.980
 ashamed

00:33:18.980 --> 00:33:19.539
 by

00:33:19.539 --> 00:33:19.720
 our

00:33:19.720 --> 00:33:20.220
 flesh

00:33:20.220 --> 00:33:21.120
 there

00:33:21.120 --> 00:33:21.240
 are

00:33:21.240 --> 00:33:21.600
 so

00:33:21.600 --> 00:33:21.980
 many

00:33:21.980 --> 00:33:22.440
 things

00:33:22.440 --> 00:33:22.600
 that

00:33:22.600 --> 00:33:22.720
 we

00:33:22.720 --> 00:33:22.900
 need

00:33:22.900 --> 00:33:23.140
 to

00:33:23.140 --> 00:33:23.840
 improve

00:33:23.840 --> 00:33:24.120
 there

00:33:24.120 --> 00:33:24.240
 is

00:33:24.240 --> 00:33:24.440
 so

00:33:24.440 --> 00:33:24.740
 much

00:33:24.740 --> 00:33:25.140
 sin

00:33:25.140 --> 00:33:25.559
 that

00:33:25.559 --> 00:33:25.660
 we

00:33:25.660 --> 00:33:25.840
 need

00:33:25.840 --> 00:33:25.960
 to

00:33:25.960 --> 00:33:26.279
 cast

00:33:26.279 --> 00:33:26.660
 off

00:33:26.660 --> 00:33:27.019
 I

00:33:27.019 --> 00:33:27.440
 know

00:33:27.440 --> 00:33:27.920
 this

00:33:27.920 --> 00:33:28.460
 of

00:33:28.460 --> 00:33:29.019
 myself

00:33:29.019 --> 00:33:29.400
 I

00:33:29.400 --> 00:33:29.539
 know

00:33:29.539 --> 00:33:29.680
 this

00:33:29.680 --> 00:33:29.840
 of

00:33:29.840 --> 00:33:30.059
 you

00:33:30.059 --> 00:33:30.220
 we

00:33:30.220 --> 00:33:30.380
 have

00:33:30.380 --> 00:33:30.720
 so

00:33:30.720 --> 00:33:31.519
 far

00:33:31.519 --> 00:33:32.200
 to

00:33:32.200 --> 00:33:32.539
 go

00:33:32.539 --> 00:33:34.340
 and

00:33:34.340 --> 00:33:34.460
 in

00:33:34.460 --> 00:33:34.680
 that

00:33:34.680 --> 00:33:35.319
 shame

00:33:35.319 --> 00:33:35.519
 we

00:33:35.519 --> 00:33:35.960
 hide

00:33:35.960 --> 00:33:36.360
 away

00:33:36.360 --> 00:33:36.579
 we

00:33:36.579 --> 00:33:36.819
 keep

00:33:36.819 --> 00:33:37.000
 the

00:33:37.000 --> 00:33:37.360
 darkness

00:33:41.960 --> 00:33:42.299
 in

00:33:42.299 --> 00:33:42.600
 those

00:33:42.600 --> 00:33:43.100
 moments

00:33:43.100 --> 00:33:43.680
 it's

00:33:43.680 --> 00:33:44.440
 the

00:33:44.440 --> 00:33:44.799
 same

00:33:44.799 --> 00:33:45.160
 it's

00:33:45.160 --> 00:33:45.799
 unbelief

00:33:45.799 --> 00:33:46.299
 we

00:33:46.299 --> 00:33:46.779
 forget

00:33:46.779 --> 00:33:47.120
 the

00:33:47.120 --> 00:33:47.600
 gospel

00:33:47.600 --> 00:33:48.299
 we

00:33:48.299 --> 00:33:48.559
 forget

00:33:48.559 --> 00:33:48.759
 the

00:33:48.759 --> 00:33:49.240
 reality

00:33:49.240 --> 00:33:49.559
 of

00:33:49.559 --> 00:33:49.740
 it

00:33:49.740 --> 00:33:50.259
 if

00:33:50.259 --> 00:33:50.340
 you

00:33:50.340 --> 00:33:50.620
 hide

00:33:50.620 --> 00:33:50.819
 away

00:33:50.819 --> 00:33:51.039
 from

00:33:51.039 --> 00:33:51.400
 God

00:33:51.400 --> 00:33:51.579
 and

00:33:51.579 --> 00:33:51.960
 shame

00:33:51.960 --> 00:33:52.180
 for

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 dark

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 parts

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 of

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 who

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 you

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 are

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 you

00:33:54.340 --> 00:33:54.779
 forget

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 that

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 you

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 have

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 been

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 redeemed

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 in

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 Christ

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 it's

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 not

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 your

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 righteousness

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 it's

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 his

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 there

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 is

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 therefore

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 now

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 no

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 condemnation

00:34:03.740 --> 00:34:04.019
 for

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 those

00:34:04.380 --> 00:34:04.539
 who

00:34:04.539 --> 00:34:04.840
 are

00:34:04.840 --> 00:34:05.259
 in

00:34:05.259 --> 00:34:05.680
 Christ

00:34:05.680 --> 00:34:06.480
 song

00:34:06.480 --> 00:34:06.600
 that

00:34:06.600 --> 00:34:06.700
 we

00:34:06.700 --> 00:34:07.039
 sang

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!

00:34:07.120 --> 00:34:07.500
 or

00:34:07.500 --> 00:34:07.620
!

00:34:07.620 --> 00:34:07.620


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 haven't

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!

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 sang

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 it

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 at

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 some

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 point

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 this

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 morning

00:34:10.240 --> 00:34:11.500
 when

00:34:11.500 --> 00:34:11.880
 God

00:34:11.880 --> 00:34:12.260
 sees

00:34:12.260 --> 00:34:12.559
 us

00:34:12.559 --> 00:34:12.699
 he

00:34:12.699 --> 00:34:12.880
 sees

00:34:12.880 --> 00:34:13.360
 Christ

00:34:13.360 --> 00:34:13.980
 what

00:34:13.980 --> 00:34:14.240
 a

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 beautiful

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 truth

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 that

00:34:15.679 --> 00:34:15.880
 is

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 for

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 us

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 so

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 we

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 can

00:34:17.500 --> 00:34:17.780
 bring

00:34:17.780 --> 00:34:17.900
 it

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 all

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 out

00:34:18.400 --> 00:34:18.579
 into

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 the

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 open

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 and

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 let

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 the

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 light

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 expose

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 it

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 and

00:34:21.039 --> 00:34:21.460
 chase

00:34:21.460 --> 00:34:22.079
 it

00:34:22.079 --> 00:34:22.500
 away

00:34:22.500 --> 00:34:24.000
 Jesus

00:34:24.000 --> 00:34:24.880
 is

00:34:24.880 --> 00:34:25.320
 the

00:34:25.320 --> 00:34:25.679
 Son

00:34:25.679 --> 00:34:26.440
 of

00:34:26.440 --> 00:34:26.840
 God

00:34:26.840 --> 00:34:27.840
 and

00:34:27.840 --> 00:34:27.900
 he

00:34:27.900 --> 00:34:28.039
 was

00:34:28.039 --> 00:34:28.380
 given

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 on

00:34:28.639 --> 00:34:29.039
 our

00:34:29.039 --> 00:34:29.820
 behalf

00:34:29.820 --> 00:34:31.079
 this

00:34:31.079 --> 00:34:31.219
 is

00:34:31.219 --> 00:34:31.420
 where

00:34:31.420 --> 00:34:31.619
 we

00:34:31.619 --> 00:34:32.199
 operate

00:34:32.199 --> 00:34:32.699
 from

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 this

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 is

00:34:33.300 --> 00:34:33.719
 who

00:34:33.719 --> 00:34:34.380
 we

00:34:34.380 --> 00:34:35.199
 are

00:34:35.199 --> 00:34:36.059
 and

00:34:36.059 --> 00:34:36.340
 beloved

00:34:36.340 --> 00:34:36.760
 we need

00:34:36.760 --> 00:34:37.420
 to live

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 that

00:34:37.760 --> 00:34:38.040
 way

00:34:38.040 --> 00:34:38.320
 we

00:34:38.320 --> 00:34:38.460
 need

00:34:38.460 --> 00:34:38.540
 to

00:34:38.540 --> 00:34:38.700
 give

00:34:38.700 --> 00:34:39.240
 evidence

00:34:39.240 --> 00:34:39.440
 in

00:34:39.440 --> 00:34:39.800
 all

00:34:39.800 --> 00:34:40.340
 aspects

00:34:40.340 --> 00:34:40.520
 in

00:34:40.520 --> 00:34:40.760
 all

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 arenas

00:34:41.300 --> 00:34:41.440
 of

00:34:41.440 --> 00:34:41.560
 our

00:34:41.560 --> 00:34:41.800
 life

00:34:41.800 --> 00:34:42.080
 that

00:34:42.080 --> 00:34:42.360
 is

00:34:42.360 --> 00:34:42.480
 who

00:34:42.480 --> 00:34:42.600
 we

00:34:42.600 --> 00:34:42.780
 are

00:34:42.780 --> 00:34:43.100
 we

00:34:43.100 --> 00:34:43.180
 don't

00:34:43.180 --> 00:34:43.260
 need

00:34:43.260 --> 00:34:43.340
 to

00:34:43.340 --> 00:34:43.480
 put

00:34:43.480 --> 00:34:43.580
 it

00:34:43.580 --> 00:34:43.700
 into

00:34:43.700 --> 00:34:43.880
 a

00:34:43.880 --> 00:34:44.300
 segment

00:34:44.300 --> 00:34:45.140
 Sunday

00:34:45.140 --> 00:34:45.400
 is

00:34:45.400 --> 00:34:45.580
 my

00:34:45.580 --> 00:34:45.840
 holy

00:34:45.840 --> 00:34:46.160
 day

00:34:46.160 --> 00:34:47.020
 the

00:34:47.020 --> 00:34:47.240
 rest

00:34:47.240 --> 00:34:47.400
 of

00:34:47.400 --> 00:34:47.480
 the

00:34:47.480 --> 00:34:47.900
 week

00:34:47.900 --> 00:34:48.000
 I

00:34:48.000 --> 00:34:48.160
 go

00:34:48.160 --> 00:34:48.340
 off

00:34:48.340 --> 00:34:48.460
 to

00:34:48.460 --> 00:34:48.780
 work

00:34:48.780 --> 00:34:49.900
 everything

00:34:49.900 --> 00:34:50.640
 that

00:34:50.640 --> 00:34:50.760
 we

00:34:50.760 --> 00:34:51.080
 have

00:34:51.080 --> 00:34:51.660
 everything

00:34:51.660 --> 00:34:51.900
 that

00:34:51.900 --> 00:34:52.040
 we

00:34:52.040 --> 00:34:52.240
 are

00:34:52.240 --> 00:34:52.720
 should

00:34:52.720 --> 00:34:52.880
 be

00:34:52.880 --> 00:34:53.640
 permeated

00:34:53.640 --> 00:34:54.000
 by

00:34:54.000 --> 00:34:54.160
 the

00:34:54.160 --> 00:34:54.620
 reality

00:34:54.620 --> 00:34:54.800
 that

00:34:54.800 --> 00:34:54.980
 we

00:34:54.980 --> 00:34:55.140
 are

00:34:55.140 --> 00:34:55.480
 now

00:34:55.480 --> 00:34:56.040
 found

00:34:56.040 --> 00:34:56.560
 in

00:34:56.560 --> 00:34:57.420
 Christ

00:34:57.420 --> 00:34:58.640
 we

00:34:58.640 --> 00:34:58.760
 are

00:34:58.760 --> 00:34:58.960
 in

00:34:58.960 --> 00:34:59.160
 him

00:34:59.160 --> 00:34:59.180
!

00:34:59.180 --> 00:34:59.300
 and

00:34:59.300 --> 00:34:59.320
!

00:34:59.320 --> 00:34:59.520
 he

00:35:07.760 --> 00:35:08.000
 you

00:35:08.000 --> 00:35:09.820
 pay

00:35:09.820 --> 00:35:10.280
 attention

00:35:10.280 --> 00:35:11.000
 to

00:35:11.000 --> 00:35:11.120
 the

00:35:11.120 --> 00:35:11.540
 unbelief

00:35:11.540 --> 00:35:11.840
 ask

00:35:11.840 --> 00:35:12.000
 that

00:35:12.000 --> 00:35:12.160
 God

00:35:12.160 --> 00:35:12.300
 would

00:35:12.300 --> 00:35:12.580
 apply

00:35:12.580 --> 00:35:12.780
 it

00:35:12.780 --> 00:35:13.520
 to

00:35:13.520 --> 00:35:13.640
 your

00:35:13.640 --> 00:35:13.800
 own

00:35:13.800 --> 00:35:14.100
 heart

00:35:14.100 --> 00:35:14.760
 let's

00:35:14.760 --> 00:35:14.860
 pray

00:35:14.860 --> 00:35:15.160
 together