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 Let me pray for the reading and preaching of God's word this morning.

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 Heavenly Father,

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 before the reading and preaching of your word,

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 we pray to seek your help

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 because we know our desperate situation.

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 Because we know that

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 we are powerless on our own

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 to grasp eternal truth,

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 to come to faith in them.

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 Because we know that no matter how hard I preach,

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 no matter how well prepared I am,

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 apart from the work of your powerful Holy Spirit,

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 not a single person will be saved.

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 And so we ask

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 that you

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 speak to us this morning,

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 address us,

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 carry forth your word

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 by the breath of your spirit

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 so that we might hear

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 and so that we might believe

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 to your glory.

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 In Jesus' name we pray.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Luke 24,

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 verses 13 to 32.

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 That very day,

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 two of them were going to a village named Emmaus,

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 about seven miles from Jerusalem.

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 And they were talking with each other

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 about all these things that had happened.

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 While they were talking and discussing together,

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 Jesus himself drew near and went with them.

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 But their eyes were kept from recognizing him.

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 And he said to them,

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 what is this conversation

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 that you are holding with each other as you walk?

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 And they stood still,

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 looking sad.

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 Then one of them,

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 named Cleopas,

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 answered him,

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 are you the only visitor to Jerusalem

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 who does not know the things

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 that have happened there in these days?

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 And he said to them,

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 what things?

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 And they said to him,

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 concerning Jesus of Nazareth,

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 a man who was a prophet,

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 mighty indeed,

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 and word before God and all the people.

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 And how our chief priests and rulers

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 delivered him up to be condemned to death

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 and crucified him.

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 But we had hoped

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 that he was the one to redeem Israel.

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 Yes.

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 And besides all this,

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 it is now the third day

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 since these things happened.

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 Moreover,

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 some women of our company amazed us.

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 They were at the tomb early in the morning.

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 And when they did not find his body,

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 they came back saying

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 that they had even seen a vision of angels

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 who said that he was alive.

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 Some of those who were with us

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 went to the tomb

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 and found it just as the woman had said,

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 but him they did not see.

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 And he said to them,

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 O foolish ones,

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 and slow of heart

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 to believe all that the prophets have spoken.

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 Was it not necessary

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 that the Christ should suffer these things

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 and enter into his glory?

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 And beginning with Moses

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 and all the prophets,

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 he interpreted to them

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 in all the scriptures

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 the things concerning himself.

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 So they drew near to the village

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 to which they were going.

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 He acted as if he were going further.

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 But they urged him strongly,

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 saying,

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 Stay with us,

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 for it is toward evening

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 and the day is now far spent.

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 So he went in to stay with them.

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 When he was at table with them,

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 he took the bread

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 and blessed and broke it

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 and gave it to them.

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 And their eyes were opened.

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 And they recognized him.

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 And he vanished from their sight.

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 They said to each other,

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 Did not our hearts burn within us

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 while he talked to us on the road,

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 while he opened to us

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 the scriptures.

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 This is God's holy

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 and authoritative word.

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 Even if you don't teach vocationally

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 like I do,

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 you have probably taught someone something.

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 We do all kinds of teaching informally

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 in various contexts.

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 And you may have experienced

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 that gratifying moment

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 when the person

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 that you're teaching something to

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 finally gets something

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 that you're saying.

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 That aha moment.

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 The moment when the penny drops,

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 as the expression goes.

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 When something finally clicks

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 in their minds

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 and their eyes are open

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 to new things.

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 That teaching begins

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 to affect that person.

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 Changes the way they think

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 where they do things.

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 And one of the most humbling aspects

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 of being a pastor

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 and a preacher of God's word

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 is that no matter how hard I try,

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 I can't,

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 in my own,

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 produce that

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 in the people that are listening.

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 I can't open the spiritual eyes

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 of a single human being

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 to the wonders of the gospel

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 of Jesus Christ.

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 Christ.

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 And that's the case

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 not because of my personal limitations,

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 of which admittedly there are many,

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 but because of an inherently

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 human limitation.

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 This was the case

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 even for the 19th century

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 British pastor

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 known as the Prince of Preachers,

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 Charles Spurgeon.

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 He puts it this way

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 in one of his sermons.

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 The gospel is preached

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 in the ears of all.

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 It only comes with power

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 to some.

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 The power that is in the gospel

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 does not lie

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 in the eloquence

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 of the preacher.

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 Otherwise,

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 men would be

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 the converter of souls.

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 Nor does it lie

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 in the preacher's learning.

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 Otherwise,

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 it would consist

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 in the wisdom of man.

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 The power which converts souls

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 does not even lie

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 in the preacher's simplicity.

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 or adaptation

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 to his work.

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 That is a secondary agency,

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 but not the cause.

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 Again,

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 the power which converts souls

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 does not even lie

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 in the pathos

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 which the speaker

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 may employ.

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 Men may weep

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 to the tragic muse

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 in a theater

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 as well as

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 to prophetic strains

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 in a chapel.

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 Their creaturely passions

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 may be impressed

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 through the acting

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 on the stage

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 as well as

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 by the utterance

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 of God's own servants.

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 No.

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 There is something

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 more than this

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 needed.

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 And where it is absent,

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 all preaching

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 is nothing.

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 We might preach

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 till our tongues

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 rotted,

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 till we should exhaust

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 our lungs and die,

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 but never a soul

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 would be converted

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 unless there were

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 the mysterious power

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 of the Holy Spirit

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 going with it,

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 changing the will

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 of man.

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 O sirs,

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 we might as well

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 preach to stone walls

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 as preached to humanity

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 unless the Holy Spirit

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 is with the word

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 to give it power

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 to convert

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 the soul.

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 Our converts

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 are worth nothing.

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 If they are converted

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 by man,

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 they can be

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 unconverted by man.

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 If some charm

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 or power

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 of one preacher

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 can bring them

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 to Christ,

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 some charm

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 or power

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 of another preacher

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 can take them

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 from Christ.

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 True conversion

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 is the work

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 of the Holy Spirit

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 and of the Holy Spirit

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 alone.

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 Our passage today

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 is one of the

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 clearest demonstrations

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 of that reality

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 in all of Scripture.

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 It teaches us

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 that God

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 is the one

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 who opens

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 the eyes

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 of our hearts

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 so that we

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 understand his word

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 and believe

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 in Christ,

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 the Redeemer.

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 That's the main point

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 of this passage.

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 And I will unpack

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 that in two parts.

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 First,

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 we'll talk about

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 believing in the

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 spoken,

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 word,

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 in verses 13 to 27.

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 And then we'll talk

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 about partaking

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 in the broken bread

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 in verses 28 to 35.

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 So let's first

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 look at believing

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 in the spoken word.

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 So far in this

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 last two chapters,

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 we've seen

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 two clues

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 about Jesus'

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 resurrection.

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 First,

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 the empty tomb.

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 And second,

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 the angelic announcement.

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 But despite

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 the woman

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 sharing this news

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 of Jesus'

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 resurrection

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 and the vision

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 of the angels

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 to the apostles

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 and the disciples,

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 it said in verse 10

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 that they did not

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 believe them.

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 And that brings us

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 to this most dramatic

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 resurrection account

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 in all of the Gospels.

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 It says in verse 13,

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 that very day,

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 meaning still the same day

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 of the preceding events,

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 the Sunday morning

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 of Resurrection Sunday,

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 and two of them

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 were going to a village

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 named Emmaus

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 about seven miles

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 from Jerusalem.

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 Two of them

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 is a reference

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 to the group

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 of apostles

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 and disciples

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 that were just

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 mentioned,

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 the very group

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 that did not believe

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 the report of the woman.

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 And one of them

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 is named Cleopas,

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 verse 18.

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 And since he's not

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 one of the remaining

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 eleven apostles,

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 and presumably

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 his companion

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 is also not an apostle

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 since he's not named,

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 these two are part

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 of Jesus'

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 larger group

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 of disciples.

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 And the fact

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 that there's two

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 of them should be

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 alert to us already

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 if you've been with us

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 throughout the Gospel

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 of Luke,

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 because at every

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 critical juncture

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 of the Gospel

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 of Luke,

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 Luke has taken pains

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 to tell us

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 that there were

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 two or at least

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 three witnesses

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 to attest to

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 every event

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 of Jesus' life.

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 At his birth,

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 at his trial,

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 at his death,

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 at his resurrection.

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 So Luke wants

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 to note here

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 by showing us

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 that there were

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 two witnesses

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 that this is not

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 a fanciful story

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 made up by a disciple

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 who is eager

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 for people's attention.

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 It's a valid testimony

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 confirmed by two witnesses.

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 And they're headed

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 to Emmaus

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 from Jerusalem,

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 meaning that they're

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 likely headed home.

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 They had come

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 to Jerusalem

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 as pilgrims

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 to partake

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 in the Passover feast,

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 the biggest festival

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 of the year

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 for faithful Jews.

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 And perhaps

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 they had come

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 hoping to witness

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 Jesus' rise to power

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 as the Messianic king.

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 Maybe they even wanted

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 to partake

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 in a revolution,

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 a political revolution,

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 to overthrow

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 the Roman Empire.

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 But they had

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 been disappointed.

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 Jesus was crucified,

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 buried,

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 and despite

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 titillating reports

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 of the empty tomb,

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 no one had

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 seen Jesus

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 in this gospel

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 account in Luke.

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 They decided

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 that they have to

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 get back

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 to their normal lives.

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 But on their journey,

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 they could not get

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 the significant events

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 that had just

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 transpired in Jerusalem

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 out of their minds.

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 So it says in verse 14,

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 they were talking

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 with each other

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 about all these things

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 that had happened.

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 So earlier

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 in chapter 24,

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 verse 9,

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 the woman returning

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 from the tomb

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 told all these things,

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 the same phrase

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 to them.

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 And so all these things

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 that they're talking

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 about right now

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 refers both to Jesus' death

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 and to the reports

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 of his resurrection.

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 And it says in verse 15

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 that they were talking

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 and discussing together.

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 The word discuss there

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 means to debate.

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 It means to argue.

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 Earlier in chapter 22,

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 verse 23,

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 it was translated this way

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 that saying more,

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 they began to question

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 one another,

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 referring to the 12 apostles

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 debating among themselves

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 which of them

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 will be the unfaithful

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 disciple

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 that betrays Jesus

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 as he just predicted.

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 And it's the same word

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 that's used

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 in Luke's sequel

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 in Acts chapter 6,

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 verse 9,

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 when it says

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 that some of the Jews

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 rose up

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 and disputed

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 with Stephen.

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 It's a heated discussion

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 because that dispute

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 eventually leads

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 to Stephen

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 becoming the first

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 Christian martyr.

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 He's stoned to death

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 as a result

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 of that heated discussion.

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 This is not just

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 the kind of a casual

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 small talk

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 kind of conversation.

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 This is an intense debate

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 that these two disciples

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 are having

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 about the significance

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 and the reality

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 of the events

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 that had just transpired

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 on their way back home

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 from Jerusalem.

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 But while they were doing that,

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 it says,

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 Jesus himself

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 drew near

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 and went with them.

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 It's so ironic.

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 It's almost comical.

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 While they are

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 intensely debating,

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 what just happened?

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 Jesus died.

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 But what are these women

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 talking about

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 that he's raised

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 from the dead?

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 These visions of angels.

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 As they're doing it,

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 Jesus himself

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 comes alongside them

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 and starts walking

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 with them.

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 But it says

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 in verse 16,

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 their eyes were kept

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 from recognizing him.

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 It's possible

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 that the disciples

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 failed to recognize Jesus

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 because after his resurrection,

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 he appeared to them

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 in a different form.

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 Mark 16, 12

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 mentions that

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 Jesus appeared

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 in another form

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 to the two

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 of his disciples.

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 But to focus

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 on Jesus'

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 altered appearance

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 in this passage

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 is to miss the point

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 that Luke

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 is himself making.

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 Because Luke's focus

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 is not on

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 Jesus' appearance,

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 but on the disciples'

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 lack of spiritual vision.

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 Their eyes

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 were kept

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 from recognizing him.

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 This is another instance

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 of the divine passive

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 that biblical writers

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 often use

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 where God

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 is the assumed subject

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 of a passive verb

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 that lacks a subject.

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 In Luke 9,

00:14:53.120 --> 00:14:54.340
 verses 44 to 45,

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 after Jesus

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 predicted his death

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 to his disciples

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 very explicitly,

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 he said that

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 his disciples

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 did not understand

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 this saying

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 and it was concealed

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 from them

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 so that they might

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 not perceive it.

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 similarly,

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 in Luke 18,

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 verses 31 to 34,

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 after Jesus prophesied

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 that he would be

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 delivered over

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 to the Gentiles

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 and will be mocked

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 and shamefully treated

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 and spit upon,

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 and after flogging him,

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 they will kill him

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 and on the third day

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 he will rise.

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 He said that

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 his disciples

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 understood

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 none of these things.

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 The saying

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 was hidden

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 from them

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 and they did not

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 grasp

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 what was said.

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 These were all instances

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 of divine concealment.

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 God conceals

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 until in his perfect time

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 he reveals.

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 To conceal

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 and reveal

00:15:50.039 --> 00:15:51.279
 spiritual realities

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 is God's

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 sovereign prerogative.

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 And in this instance,

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 God conceals

00:15:57.500 --> 00:15:58.699
 the identity of Jesus

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 from these two disciples.

00:16:01.659 --> 00:16:03.319
 Verse 17 continues,

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 And Jesus said to them,

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 What is this conversation

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 that you are holding

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 with each other

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 as you walk?

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 And they stood still

00:16:10.440 --> 00:16:12.140
 looking sad.

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 It's a very dramatic moment.

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 They were walking

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 and as Jesus came

00:16:16.760 --> 00:16:17.320
 alongside them,

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 they didn't stop walking.

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 They kept walking,

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 probably assuming

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 Jesus is another one

00:16:20.379 --> 00:16:21.040
 of those pilgrims

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 that are heading back

00:16:21.800 --> 00:16:22.660
 from Jerusalem

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 after the Passover feast.

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 But then when Jesus

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 asks this question,

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 it stops them

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 right in their tracks.

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 They stop.

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 And it says

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 that they were looking sad.

00:16:32.139 --> 00:16:34.100
 that shows how fresh

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 this grief is.

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 It's been three days.

00:16:37.080 --> 00:16:38.179
 They really had put

00:16:38.179 --> 00:16:39.139
 their hopes in Jesus.

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 But Jesus died.

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 And they were sad.

00:16:46.159 --> 00:16:47.340
 And they can't believe

00:16:47.340 --> 00:16:48.279
 how clueless

00:16:48.279 --> 00:16:50.779
 this companion is.

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 One of them named Cleopas

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 answers Jesus in this way

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 in verse 18.

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 Are you the only visitor

00:16:58.240 --> 00:16:58.819
 to Jerusalem

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 who does not know

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 the things that have happened

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 there in these days?

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 In other words,

00:17:04.399 --> 00:17:05.259
 have you been living

00:17:05.259 --> 00:17:06.119
 under a rock?

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 How can you not know

00:17:09.859 --> 00:17:10.899
 what has happened?

00:17:11.599 --> 00:17:12.359
 The whole city

00:17:12.359 --> 00:17:13.159
 knows about it.

00:17:15.779 --> 00:17:17.460
 But Jesus wants to hear

00:17:17.460 --> 00:17:18.440
 their take on

00:17:18.440 --> 00:17:19.460
 the recent events.

00:17:20.000 --> 00:17:21.399
 So he feigns ignorance.

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 He says,

00:17:21.899 --> 00:17:22.619
 what things?

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 It's so funny.

00:17:23.960 --> 00:17:26.079
 And they say

00:17:26.079 --> 00:17:27.340
 in verses 19 to 20,

00:17:27.740 --> 00:17:28.720
 concerning Jesus

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 of Nazareth,

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 a man who was

00:17:30.980 --> 00:17:31.620
 a prophet,

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 mighty indeed

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 and were before God

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 and all the people.

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 And how our chief

00:17:36.340 --> 00:17:37.319
 priests and rulers

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 delivered him up

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 to be condemned

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 to death

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 and crucified him.

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 So Jesus himself

00:17:42.500 --> 00:17:43.720
 noted his prophetic

00:17:43.720 --> 00:17:44.519
 identity throughout

00:17:44.519 --> 00:17:45.039
 the gospel

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 many times.

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 And the crowds

00:17:47.100 --> 00:17:48.200
 widely acclaimed

00:17:48.200 --> 00:17:49.500
 Jesus to be a prophet.

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 So this is not

00:17:50.740 --> 00:17:51.579
 a surprising

00:17:51.579 --> 00:17:52.539
 assessment of Jesus.

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 He was a man

00:17:54.000 --> 00:17:54.779
 who was a prophet,

00:17:54.940 --> 00:17:55.740
 mighty indeed

00:17:55.740 --> 00:17:56.579
 and word

00:17:56.579 --> 00:17:57.359
 before God

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 and all the people.

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 But they say

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 that their own

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 people,

00:18:03.079 --> 00:18:03.599
 the Jews,

00:18:05.480 --> 00:18:06.720
 our chief priests,

00:18:06.799 --> 00:18:07.299
 they say,

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 our chief priests

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 and rulers

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 delivered him up

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 to be condemned

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 to death

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 and crucified him.

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 Of course,

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 the Romans

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 were involved

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 in condemning

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 Jesus to death

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 and carrying out

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 the execution.

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 But these disciples

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 lay the chief blame

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 on their own leaders.

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 for delivering Jesus

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 and crucifying him.

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 So the disciples

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 are relaying to Jesus

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 a summary report

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 of what happened

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 over these last three days.

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 And then in verse 21,

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 they start to get personal.

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 But we,

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 but we had hoped

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 that he was the one

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 to redeem Israel.

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 it's really hard

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 to imagine

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 the depth

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 of their disappointment.

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 The Jewish people,

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 if you study history,

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 are some of the most

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 persecuted

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 and marginalized

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 and oppressed people

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 in all of human history.

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 And they had been waiting

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 for hundreds

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 and hundreds of years

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 for their redemption.

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 And they thought

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 their redeemer,

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 the prophet said,

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 Messiah,

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 had finally come.

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 They're putting

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 all their hopes in him.

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 And then just like that,

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 after that triumphant entry

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 to Jerusalem

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 on Sunday,

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 that very same week,

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 tried,

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 sentenced,

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 crucified.

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 They had hoped

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 that he would redeem Israel.

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 This is the hope

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 that was first expressed

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 by Zechariah's prophecy

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 in Luke 1,

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 67 to 75.

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 Blessed be the Lord God

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 of Israel,

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 for he has visited

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 and redeemed his people

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 and has raised up

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 a horn of salvation

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 for us

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 in the house

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 of his servant David.

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 This expectation

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 that Jesus would redeem Israel

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 was confirmed

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 by prophetess Anna

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 in Luke 2,

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 verse 38.

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 When she,

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 at the time Jesus

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 was being dedicated

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 in the temple,

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 when she gave thanks to God

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 and spoke of Jesus

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 to all who are waiting

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 for the redemption

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 of Jerusalem.

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 to redeem

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 is to pay

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 for the freedom

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 of a slave.

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 To redeem

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 is to pay

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 for the forgiveness

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 of a debtor,

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 of a sinner.

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 The idea of redemption

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 primarily recalls

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 in biblical background

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 the Exodus.

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 In order to commemorate

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 how the Lord

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 brought Israel

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 out of Egypt

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 from the house

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 of slavery,

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 commemorating

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 that God

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 did this

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 by killing

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 all the firstborn

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 in the land

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 of Egypt.

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 Exodus 13

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 commanded the Israelites

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 consecrate

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 all your firstborn

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 by sacrificing

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 to the Lord

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 all the firstborn

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 male animals

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 and by redeeming

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 all the firstborn

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 sons.

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 they had to pay,

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 make a payment

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 of redemption

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 for their sons

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 so that they

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 could remember

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 that their sons,

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 their firstborn sons

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 belonged to God.

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 That they too

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 deserved to die.

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 The only reason

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 they survived,

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 the only reason

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 Israel was redeemed

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 out of their slavery

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 in Egypt

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 was because

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 they killed

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 the lamb

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 following God's

00:21:42.099 --> 00:21:42.619
 instruction

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 and daubed its blood

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 on their doorposts

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 so that God

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 went judging

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 and killing

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 the firstborns

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 of all of Egypt

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 passed over

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 their households,

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 sparing them.

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 With this biblical

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 and historical

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 background in mind,

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 we can better

00:22:00.319 --> 00:22:01.119
 understand what it

00:22:01.119 --> 00:22:01.980
 means that Jesus

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 is the redeemer

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 of Israel.

00:22:05.559 --> 00:22:06.619
 To be sure,

00:22:06.779 --> 00:22:07.639
 these two disciples

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 and others

00:22:08.119 --> 00:22:09.000
 probably had hoped

00:22:09.000 --> 00:22:09.700
 that Jesus would

00:22:09.700 --> 00:22:10.480
 redeem Israel

00:22:10.480 --> 00:22:11.399
 from their political

00:22:11.399 --> 00:22:12.399
 slavery to Roman

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 empire as well.

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 But biblically,

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 the expectation

00:22:15.659 --> 00:22:16.379
 for redemption

00:22:16.379 --> 00:22:17.759
 goes way beyond that.

00:22:18.059 --> 00:22:19.339
 Jesus is the one

00:22:19.339 --> 00:22:20.079
 who pays

00:22:20.079 --> 00:22:21.000
 for the forgiveness

00:22:21.000 --> 00:22:22.419
 of their sins,

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 for the freedom

00:22:23.200 --> 00:22:24.319
 from slavery

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 to sin

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 and death.

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 As Titus 2,

00:22:27.539 --> 00:22:28.500
 verse 14 says,

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 Jesus Christ

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 gave himself

00:22:30.500 --> 00:22:31.139
 for us

00:22:31.139 --> 00:22:33.019
 to redeem us

00:22:33.019 --> 00:22:34.639
 from all lawlessness

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 and to purify

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 for himself

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 a people

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 for his own possession

00:22:38.619 --> 00:22:39.619
 who are zealous

00:22:39.619 --> 00:22:41.000
 for good works.

00:22:42.159 --> 00:22:43.559
 Apart from Christ,

00:22:43.919 --> 00:22:44.940
 we are all

00:22:44.940 --> 00:22:45.940
 slaves to sin.

00:22:45.940 --> 00:22:47.759
 apart from Christ,

00:22:47.840 --> 00:22:48.920
 we're all debtors.

00:22:50.080 --> 00:22:51.820
 But because Christ

00:22:51.820 --> 00:22:53.120
 paid the price

00:22:53.120 --> 00:22:54.320
 of our redemption

00:22:54.320 --> 00:22:56.299
 by dying on the cross,

00:22:56.880 --> 00:22:57.640
 we who have been

00:22:57.640 --> 00:22:58.960
 united with Christ

00:22:58.960 --> 00:22:59.620
 through faith

00:22:59.620 --> 00:23:01.059
 have full forgiveness

00:23:01.059 --> 00:23:01.840
 of our sins

00:23:01.840 --> 00:23:02.860
 and freedom

00:23:02.860 --> 00:23:03.539
 from slavery

00:23:03.539 --> 00:23:03.960
 to sin.

00:23:06.620 --> 00:23:07.920
 These two disciples

00:23:07.920 --> 00:23:08.620
 had hope

00:23:08.620 --> 00:23:09.240
 that Jesus

00:23:09.240 --> 00:23:09.960
 was the one

00:23:09.960 --> 00:23:11.420
 to redeem Israel.

00:23:11.420 --> 00:23:14.300
 but he was killed.

00:23:15.080 --> 00:23:15.519
 Their hope

00:23:15.519 --> 00:23:16.420
 was snuffed out.

00:23:17.960 --> 00:23:18.759
 But then something

00:23:18.759 --> 00:23:19.420
 else happened.

00:23:20.400 --> 00:23:21.180
 They continue

00:23:21.180 --> 00:23:22.560
 in verses 22 to 24.

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 Yes,

00:23:23.620 --> 00:23:24.640
 and besides all this,

00:23:24.700 --> 00:23:25.800
 it is now the third day

00:23:25.800 --> 00:23:27.100
 since these things happened.

00:23:27.800 --> 00:23:27.980
 Moreover,

00:23:28.240 --> 00:23:28.880
 some woman

00:23:28.880 --> 00:23:29.620
 of our company

00:23:29.620 --> 00:23:30.440
 amazed us.

00:23:30.519 --> 00:23:31.220
 They were at the tomb

00:23:31.220 --> 00:23:31.960
 early in the morning

00:23:31.960 --> 00:23:33.240
 and when they did not

00:23:33.240 --> 00:23:34.080
 find his body,

00:23:34.180 --> 00:23:35.100
 they came back

00:23:35.100 --> 00:23:35.740
 saying that they had

00:23:35.740 --> 00:23:36.500
 even seen a vision

00:23:36.500 --> 00:23:37.060
 of angels

00:23:37.060 --> 00:23:38.820
 who said that he was alive.

00:23:38.819 --> 00:23:41.299
 Some of those

00:23:41.299 --> 00:23:41.819
 who were with us

00:23:41.819 --> 00:23:42.500
 went to the tomb

00:23:42.500 --> 00:23:43.000
 and found it

00:23:43.000 --> 00:23:43.839
 just as the woman

00:23:43.839 --> 00:23:44.539
 had said,

00:23:45.339 --> 00:23:45.960
 but him

00:23:45.960 --> 00:23:47.659
 they did not see.

00:23:48.980 --> 00:23:49.839
 Only Peter

00:23:49.839 --> 00:23:50.379
 was mentioned

00:23:50.379 --> 00:23:51.480
 as going to the tomb

00:23:51.480 --> 00:23:51.980
 after hearing

00:23:51.980 --> 00:23:52.740
 the woman's report

00:23:52.740 --> 00:23:53.980
 in verse 12,

00:23:54.720 --> 00:23:56.019
 but we find out here

00:23:56.019 --> 00:23:56.399
 that Luke

00:23:56.399 --> 00:23:57.480
 was being selective

00:23:57.480 --> 00:23:58.720
 in his reporting earlier.

00:23:58.859 --> 00:23:59.379
 There were others

00:23:59.379 --> 00:24:00.179
 that went with him

00:24:00.179 --> 00:24:01.059
 and we know

00:24:01.059 --> 00:24:01.960
 that that's confirmed

00:24:01.960 --> 00:24:03.539
 by John 20,

00:24:03.679 --> 00:24:04.579
 33 to 10,

00:24:05.099 --> 00:24:05.599
 which tells us

00:24:05.599 --> 00:24:06.220
 that Apostle John

00:24:06.220 --> 00:24:07.220
 also accompanied Peter

00:24:07.220 --> 00:24:07.779
 to the tomb.

00:24:07.779 --> 00:24:09.559
 But the most telling

00:24:09.559 --> 00:24:10.700
 point of this

00:24:10.700 --> 00:24:12.119
 recounting

00:24:12.119 --> 00:24:13.660
 of what has happened

00:24:13.660 --> 00:24:14.539
 is at the end

00:24:14.539 --> 00:24:15.379
 of verse 24.

00:24:16.399 --> 00:24:17.319
 They found it

00:24:17.319 --> 00:24:18.660
 just as the woman

00:24:18.660 --> 00:24:19.539
 had said,

00:24:19.759 --> 00:24:20.779
 but him

00:24:20.779 --> 00:24:22.460
 they did not see.

00:24:23.279 --> 00:24:24.139
 Once again,

00:24:24.139 --> 00:24:25.000
 there's a contrast

00:24:25.000 --> 00:24:25.839
 between hearing

00:24:25.839 --> 00:24:27.039
 and seeing,

00:24:27.220 --> 00:24:28.160
 which we have seen

00:24:28.160 --> 00:24:29.160
 frequently throughout

00:24:29.160 --> 00:24:30.079
 the gospel of Luke.

00:24:30.599 --> 00:24:32.299
 Luke has been telling us

00:24:32.299 --> 00:24:33.720
 over and over again

00:24:33.720 --> 00:24:34.680
 that instead of

00:24:34.680 --> 00:24:35.920
 seeking to see,

00:24:35.920 --> 00:24:37.820
 we should hear

00:24:37.820 --> 00:24:39.240
 the gospel of Jesus Christ

00:24:39.240 --> 00:24:39.920
 and believe.

00:24:41.120 --> 00:24:42.220
 And that's again

00:24:42.220 --> 00:24:43.300
 his emphasis here.

00:24:43.720 --> 00:24:44.420
 We saw earlier

00:24:44.420 --> 00:24:45.080
 in verse 11

00:24:45.080 --> 00:24:46.220
 that the woman's report

00:24:46.220 --> 00:24:47.279
 of Jesus' resurrection

00:24:47.279 --> 00:24:49.240
 seemed to these disciples

00:24:49.240 --> 00:24:50.759
 an idle tale

00:24:50.759 --> 00:24:51.940
 and they did not

00:24:51.940 --> 00:24:52.960
 believe them.

00:24:53.480 --> 00:24:54.900
 And so these two disciples

00:24:54.900 --> 00:24:56.300
 on the road to Emmaus

00:24:56.300 --> 00:24:57.720
 lack faith.

00:24:57.720 --> 00:25:01.000
 They have heard

00:25:01.000 --> 00:25:02.100
 the report

00:25:02.100 --> 00:25:05.620
 but they're still waiting

00:25:05.620 --> 00:25:07.000
 for the decisive evidence.

00:25:07.720 --> 00:25:08.880
 They won't believe

00:25:08.880 --> 00:25:09.940
 until they see

00:25:09.940 --> 00:25:11.240
 the risen Jesus

00:25:11.240 --> 00:25:12.140
 with their own eyes.

00:25:14.339 --> 00:25:15.940
 And until then,

00:25:16.039 --> 00:25:16.440
 for them,

00:25:16.700 --> 00:25:17.519
 resurrection is just

00:25:17.519 --> 00:25:18.160
 hearsay,

00:25:19.160 --> 00:25:19.640
 a rumor.

00:25:19.640 --> 00:25:23.800
 The irony of it all,

00:25:23.900 --> 00:25:24.340
 of course,

00:25:24.740 --> 00:25:26.840
 is that they have

00:25:26.840 --> 00:25:27.759
 Jesus

00:25:27.759 --> 00:25:29.980
 right in front of them.

00:25:31.060 --> 00:25:32.280
 They're seeing

00:25:32.280 --> 00:25:33.259
 Jesus

00:25:33.259 --> 00:25:34.460
 yet they are not

00:25:34.460 --> 00:25:35.200
 seeing

00:25:35.200 --> 00:25:37.120
 because they do not

00:25:37.120 --> 00:25:38.340
 see with eyes

00:25:38.340 --> 00:25:38.900
 of faith.

00:25:42.000 --> 00:25:42.880
 So Jesus

00:25:42.880 --> 00:25:43.960
 roundly rebukes them

00:25:43.960 --> 00:25:44.780
 in verse 25.

00:25:45.320 --> 00:25:46.320
 O foolish ones

00:25:46.320 --> 00:25:47.400
 and slow of heart

00:25:47.400 --> 00:25:47.900
 to believe

00:25:47.900 --> 00:25:49.220
 all that the prophets

00:25:49.220 --> 00:25:50.000
 have spoken.

00:25:50.400 --> 00:25:51.660
 The exclamation,

00:25:52.060 --> 00:25:53.180
 O foolish one,

00:25:53.200 --> 00:25:54.000
 that conveys

00:25:54.000 --> 00:25:55.460
 Jesus' emotion.

00:25:55.680 --> 00:25:56.980
 He's passionately

00:25:56.980 --> 00:25:57.920
 lamenting

00:25:57.920 --> 00:25:59.280
 their lack of faith.

00:25:59.759 --> 00:26:01.040
 O foolish ones

00:26:01.040 --> 00:26:02.500
 and slow of heart

00:26:02.500 --> 00:26:03.100
 to believe.

00:26:05.360 --> 00:26:06.040
 Foolishness

00:26:06.040 --> 00:26:06.920
 literally means

00:26:06.920 --> 00:26:08.400
 lack of understanding,

00:26:08.660 --> 00:26:09.940
 a senselessness.

00:26:11.080 --> 00:26:12.120
 But it's not

00:26:12.120 --> 00:26:13.580
 merely a mental lapse

00:26:13.580 --> 00:26:14.680
 or an intellectual

00:26:14.680 --> 00:26:15.460
 deficiency

00:26:15.460 --> 00:26:16.880
 that leads to unbelief.

00:26:17.900 --> 00:26:18.640
 It's also

00:26:18.640 --> 00:26:19.780
 slowness of heart.

00:26:20.600 --> 00:26:21.240
 The heart

00:26:21.240 --> 00:26:22.200
 is a reference

00:26:22.200 --> 00:26:23.019
 to the center

00:26:23.019 --> 00:26:23.920
 of a person's

00:26:23.920 --> 00:26:25.040
 inner spiritual life.

00:26:25.640 --> 00:26:26.400
 The seedbed

00:26:26.400 --> 00:26:27.500
 of one's emotions,

00:26:27.820 --> 00:26:28.160
 will,

00:26:29.540 --> 00:26:30.400
 thoughts even.

00:26:31.759 --> 00:26:32.360
 The disciples

00:26:32.360 --> 00:26:33.280
 thought that

00:26:33.280 --> 00:26:34.300
 what was lacking

00:26:34.300 --> 00:26:35.960
 was the evidence.

00:26:36.620 --> 00:26:37.160
 They were waiting

00:26:37.160 --> 00:26:38.120
 to see Jesus

00:26:38.120 --> 00:26:38.860
 with their own eyes,

00:26:38.960 --> 00:26:39.740
 but what was

00:26:39.740 --> 00:26:40.820
 actually lacking

00:26:40.820 --> 00:26:42.880
 was their understanding.

00:26:42.880 --> 00:26:46.180
 They thought

00:26:46.180 --> 00:26:46.960
 that they were

00:26:46.960 --> 00:26:47.900
 waiting on God

00:26:47.900 --> 00:26:48.460
 to act

00:26:48.460 --> 00:26:49.660
 to redeem Israel,

00:26:49.660 --> 00:26:50.560
 but in reality,

00:26:50.560 --> 00:26:51.760
 it was their

00:26:51.760 --> 00:26:53.460
 spiritual sluggishness.

00:26:53.940 --> 00:26:54.780
 They were the ones

00:26:54.780 --> 00:26:55.880
 that were slow of heart.

00:26:57.960 --> 00:26:58.660
 That's what

00:26:58.660 --> 00:26:59.260
 prevented them

00:26:59.260 --> 00:26:59.740
 from believing

00:26:59.740 --> 00:27:00.580
 in God's redemption

00:27:00.580 --> 00:27:01.180
 through Jesus.

00:27:02.960 --> 00:27:04.180
 Perhaps some of you

00:27:04.180 --> 00:27:05.960
 are here

00:27:05.960 --> 00:27:06.640
 and you do not

00:27:06.640 --> 00:27:07.460
 yet believe

00:27:07.460 --> 00:27:08.040
 in Jesus

00:27:08.039 --> 00:27:09.639
 because you

00:27:09.639 --> 00:27:10.480
 don't think

00:27:10.480 --> 00:27:11.259
 there is

00:27:11.259 --> 00:27:12.619
 enough evidence.

00:27:17.019 --> 00:27:17.940
 You won't

00:27:17.940 --> 00:27:18.680
 believe in God

00:27:18.680 --> 00:27:19.399
 until you see

00:27:19.399 --> 00:27:20.680
 an unmistakable

00:27:20.680 --> 00:27:21.159
 sign,

00:27:22.319 --> 00:27:23.700
 an indisputable

00:27:23.700 --> 00:27:24.899
 sign.

00:27:24.900 --> 00:27:25.000
 sign.

00:27:27.280 --> 00:27:28.300
 But God's

00:27:28.300 --> 00:27:28.720
 word

00:27:28.720 --> 00:27:30.060
 tells us

00:27:30.060 --> 00:27:30.800
 that our

00:27:30.800 --> 00:27:31.580
 unbelief

00:27:31.580 --> 00:27:33.500
 is a reflection

00:27:33.500 --> 00:27:34.580
 of our own

00:27:34.580 --> 00:27:35.420
 foolishness

00:27:35.420 --> 00:27:38.100
 and of our

00:27:38.100 --> 00:27:38.780
 own slowness

00:27:38.780 --> 00:27:39.100
 of heart

00:27:39.100 --> 00:27:39.560
 to believe.

00:27:42.820 --> 00:27:43.720
 So we are

00:27:43.720 --> 00:27:44.259
 not

00:27:44.259 --> 00:27:47.220
 excused

00:27:47.220 --> 00:27:48.540
 from our

00:27:48.540 --> 00:27:49.060
 unbelief

00:27:49.060 --> 00:27:50.700
 because the

00:27:50.700 --> 00:27:52.060
 blame lies

00:27:52.060 --> 00:27:52.900
 not with God

00:27:52.900 --> 00:27:53.400
 who failed

00:27:53.400 --> 00:27:53.860
 to reveal

00:27:53.860 --> 00:27:54.200
 himself,

00:27:54.200 --> 00:27:54.940
 but with us.

00:27:57.779 --> 00:27:58.680
 And notice

00:27:58.680 --> 00:27:59.420
 what Jesus

00:27:59.420 --> 00:28:00.140
 rebukes

00:28:00.140 --> 00:28:00.980
 these disciples

00:28:00.980 --> 00:28:02.039
 for in verse 25.

00:28:02.539 --> 00:28:03.039
 It's really

00:28:03.039 --> 00:28:03.460
 interesting.

00:28:03.600 --> 00:28:04.580
 He doesn't say

00:28:04.580 --> 00:28:05.740
 all foolish

00:28:05.740 --> 00:28:06.259
 ones and

00:28:06.259 --> 00:28:07.100
 slow of heart

00:28:07.100 --> 00:28:07.580
 to believe

00:28:07.580 --> 00:28:08.160
 even after

00:28:08.160 --> 00:28:08.620
 the vision

00:28:08.620 --> 00:28:09.299
 of angels.

00:28:10.440 --> 00:28:11.279
 He doesn't

00:28:11.279 --> 00:28:12.080
 say all foolish

00:28:12.080 --> 00:28:12.580
 ones and

00:28:12.580 --> 00:28:13.160
 slow of heart

00:28:13.160 --> 00:28:13.640
 to believe

00:28:13.640 --> 00:28:14.360
 even after

00:28:14.360 --> 00:28:14.980
 seeing the

00:28:14.980 --> 00:28:15.900
 empty tomb

00:28:15.900 --> 00:28:17.420
 or foolish

00:28:17.420 --> 00:28:18.200
 ones slow

00:28:18.200 --> 00:28:18.559
 of heart

00:28:18.559 --> 00:28:19.460
 to recognize

00:28:19.460 --> 00:28:20.200
 me and

00:28:20.200 --> 00:28:20.759
 believe in

00:28:20.759 --> 00:28:21.100
 me when

00:28:21.100 --> 00:28:21.400
 I'm right

00:28:21.400 --> 00:28:21.740
 in front

00:28:21.740 --> 00:28:21.960
 of you.

00:28:22.059 --> 00:28:22.259
 Jesus

00:28:22.259 --> 00:28:23.000
 doesn't say

00:28:23.000 --> 00:28:23.420
 that.

00:28:24.200 --> 00:28:25.000
 He says

00:28:25.000 --> 00:28:25.660
 instead

00:28:25.660 --> 00:28:26.960
 all foolish

00:28:26.960 --> 00:28:27.559
 ones and

00:28:27.559 --> 00:28:28.519
 slow of heart

00:28:28.519 --> 00:28:29.220
 to believe

00:28:29.220 --> 00:28:30.380
 all that

00:28:30.380 --> 00:28:31.299
 the prophets

00:28:31.299 --> 00:28:32.480
 have spoken.

00:28:35.180 --> 00:28:35.860
 Jesus

00:28:35.860 --> 00:28:36.380
 doesn't

00:28:36.380 --> 00:28:37.059
 rebuke them

00:28:37.059 --> 00:28:37.539
 for not

00:28:37.539 --> 00:28:38.140
 believing

00:28:38.140 --> 00:28:38.720
 what they

00:28:38.720 --> 00:28:39.240
 see with

00:28:39.240 --> 00:28:39.880
 their eyes.

00:28:40.420 --> 00:28:40.740
 Jesus

00:28:40.740 --> 00:28:41.360
 rebukes

00:28:41.360 --> 00:28:41.799
 them for

00:28:41.799 --> 00:28:42.140
 not

00:28:42.140 --> 00:28:42.600
 believing

00:28:42.600 --> 00:28:43.340
 what they

00:28:43.340 --> 00:28:43.940
 have heard

00:28:43.940 --> 00:28:44.539
 from the

00:28:44.539 --> 00:28:45.019
 scriptures

00:28:45.019 --> 00:28:45.220
 believers

00:28:45.220 --> 00:28:47.119
 because they

00:28:47.119 --> 00:28:47.740
 should have

00:28:47.740 --> 00:28:48.379
 believed

00:28:48.379 --> 00:28:49.480
 from what

00:28:49.480 --> 00:28:49.799
 they have

00:28:49.799 --> 00:28:50.180
 heard

00:28:50.180 --> 00:28:50.740
 in God's

00:28:50.740 --> 00:28:51.099
 word.

00:28:54.000 --> 00:28:54.240
 And so

00:28:54.240 --> 00:28:54.500
 Jesus

00:28:54.500 --> 00:28:55.200
 continues in

00:28:55.200 --> 00:28:55.980
 verse 26

00:28:55.980 --> 00:28:57.059
 was it not

00:28:57.059 --> 00:28:57.879
 necessary

00:28:57.879 --> 00:28:58.579
 that the

00:28:58.579 --> 00:28:59.160
 Christ should

00:28:59.160 --> 00:28:59.980
 suffer these

00:28:59.980 --> 00:29:00.740
 things and

00:29:00.740 --> 00:29:01.400
 enter into

00:29:01.400 --> 00:29:02.039
 his glory.

00:29:03.700 --> 00:29:04.839
 Luke often

00:29:04.839 --> 00:29:05.460
 uses this

00:29:05.460 --> 00:29:06.099
 language of

00:29:06.099 --> 00:29:06.920
 must or

00:29:06.920 --> 00:29:07.799
 necessity to

00:29:07.799 --> 00:29:08.519
 describe something

00:29:08.519 --> 00:29:09.200
 God has

00:29:09.200 --> 00:29:10.059
 foreordained.

00:29:10.059 --> 00:29:11.899
 he's saying

00:29:11.899 --> 00:29:12.299
 here that

00:29:12.299 --> 00:29:12.799
 his

00:29:12.799 --> 00:29:13.679
 humiliation

00:29:13.679 --> 00:29:14.659
 and his

00:29:14.659 --> 00:29:15.539
 glorification

00:29:15.539 --> 00:29:16.299
 his death

00:29:16.299 --> 00:29:16.980
 resurrection

00:29:16.980 --> 00:29:18.220
 and ascension

00:29:18.220 --> 00:29:19.200
 they were a

00:29:19.200 --> 00:29:19.779
 divine

00:29:19.779 --> 00:29:20.720
 necessity.

00:29:21.720 --> 00:29:22.419
 Scripture

00:29:22.419 --> 00:29:23.879
 demanded it

00:29:23.879 --> 00:29:26.779
 because it

00:29:26.779 --> 00:29:27.119
 was the

00:29:27.119 --> 00:29:27.679
 means that

00:29:27.679 --> 00:29:28.279
 God had

00:29:28.279 --> 00:29:29.279
 foreordained

00:29:29.279 --> 00:29:30.159
 and written

00:29:30.159 --> 00:29:31.079
 about throughout

00:29:31.079 --> 00:29:31.779
 his scriptures

00:29:31.779 --> 00:29:33.119
 for the

00:29:33.119 --> 00:29:33.740
 salvation of

00:29:33.740 --> 00:29:34.220
 his people.

00:29:34.220 --> 00:29:36.779
 for example

00:29:36.779 --> 00:29:37.259
 Isaiah

00:29:37.259 --> 00:29:38.180
 chapter 53

00:29:38.180 --> 00:29:38.860
 verse 5

00:29:38.860 --> 00:29:39.559
 prophesied

00:29:39.559 --> 00:29:39.819
 that the

00:29:39.819 --> 00:29:40.299
 Messiah

00:29:40.299 --> 00:29:41.180
 would be

00:29:41.180 --> 00:29:41.799
 pierced

00:29:41.799 --> 00:29:42.180
 for our

00:29:42.180 --> 00:29:43.079
 transgressions

00:29:43.079 --> 00:29:43.600
 that he

00:29:43.600 --> 00:29:43.799
 would be

00:29:43.799 --> 00:29:44.220
 crushed

00:29:44.220 --> 00:29:44.620
 for our

00:29:44.620 --> 00:29:45.160
 iniquities

00:29:45.160 --> 00:29:45.920
 but then

00:29:45.920 --> 00:29:46.720
 later on

00:29:46.720 --> 00:29:47.920
 that after

00:29:47.920 --> 00:29:48.380
 suffering

00:29:48.380 --> 00:29:49.059
 these things

00:29:49.059 --> 00:29:49.700
 he would

00:29:49.700 --> 00:29:50.319
 be raised

00:29:50.319 --> 00:29:50.720
 he would

00:29:50.720 --> 00:29:51.960
 be given

00:29:51.960 --> 00:29:52.559
 glory

00:29:52.559 --> 00:29:54.079
 victory

00:29:54.079 --> 00:29:55.200
 for the

00:29:55.200 --> 00:29:55.579
 salvation

00:29:55.579 --> 00:29:56.019
 of many

00:29:56.019 --> 00:29:58.140
 and so

00:29:58.140 --> 00:29:58.440
 it was

00:29:58.440 --> 00:29:59.160
 necessary

00:29:59.160 --> 00:29:59.660
 that the

00:29:59.660 --> 00:29:59.920
 Christ

00:29:59.920 --> 00:30:00.120
 should

00:30:00.120 --> 00:30:00.519
 suffer

00:30:00.519 --> 00:30:00.779
 these

00:30:00.779 --> 00:30:01.079
 things

00:30:01.079 --> 00:30:01.600
 and enter

00:30:01.600 --> 00:30:01.880
 into

00:30:01.880 --> 00:30:02.180
 his

00:30:02.180 --> 00:30:02.640
 glory

00:30:02.640 --> 00:30:04.820
 just as

00:30:04.820 --> 00:30:05.320
 a grain

00:30:05.320 --> 00:30:05.900
 of wheat

00:30:05.900 --> 00:30:07.240
 must first

00:30:07.240 --> 00:30:08.020
 be buried

00:30:08.020 --> 00:30:08.340
 in the

00:30:08.340 --> 00:30:08.720
 earth

00:30:08.720 --> 00:30:10.600
 experiencing

00:30:10.600 --> 00:30:11.060
 a form

00:30:11.060 --> 00:30:11.820
 of death

00:30:11.820 --> 00:30:12.860
 in order

00:30:12.860 --> 00:30:13.200
 for it

00:30:13.200 --> 00:30:13.500
 to then

00:30:13.500 --> 00:30:14.240
 sprout up

00:30:14.240 --> 00:30:15.020
 into life

00:30:15.020 --> 00:30:15.800
 and bear

00:30:15.800 --> 00:30:16.560
 much

00:30:16.560 --> 00:30:17.280
 fruit

00:30:17.280 --> 00:30:18.080
 it was

00:30:18.080 --> 00:30:18.740
 necessary

00:30:18.740 --> 00:30:19.460
 for Jesus

00:30:19.460 --> 00:30:20.120
 to suffer

00:30:20.120 --> 00:30:21.120
 and die

00:30:21.120 --> 00:30:23.700
 as Hebrews

00:30:23.700 --> 00:30:24.380
 chapter 2

00:30:24.380 --> 00:30:25.040
 verse 14

00:30:25.040 --> 00:30:25.520
 and 15

00:30:25.520 --> 00:30:25.800
 says

00:30:25.800 --> 00:30:26.280
 since

00:30:26.280 --> 00:30:27.240
 the children

00:30:27.240 --> 00:30:27.759
 of God

00:30:27.759 --> 00:30:28.380
 share in

00:30:28.380 --> 00:30:28.920
 flesh and

00:30:28.920 --> 00:30:29.280
 blood

00:30:29.280 --> 00:30:29.940
 Jesus

00:30:29.940 --> 00:30:30.520
 himself

00:30:30.520 --> 00:30:31.200
 likewise

00:30:31.200 --> 00:30:31.980
 partook

00:30:31.980 --> 00:30:32.380
 of the

00:30:32.380 --> 00:30:32.720
 same

00:30:32.720 --> 00:30:33.180
 things

00:30:33.180 --> 00:30:33.640
 that

00:30:33.640 --> 00:30:33.900
 through

00:30:33.900 --> 00:30:34.440
 death

00:30:34.440 --> 00:30:34.900
 he might

00:30:34.900 --> 00:30:35.420
 destroy

00:30:35.420 --> 00:30:35.980
 the one

00:30:35.980 --> 00:30:36.460
 who has

00:30:36.460 --> 00:30:36.940
 the power

00:30:36.940 --> 00:30:37.420
 of death

00:30:37.420 --> 00:30:37.920
 that is

00:30:37.920 --> 00:30:38.440
 the devil

00:30:38.440 --> 00:30:39.420
 and deliver

00:30:39.420 --> 00:30:40.180
 all those

00:30:40.180 --> 00:30:40.779
 who through

00:30:40.779 --> 00:30:43.279
 fear of

00:30:43.279 --> 00:30:43.620
 death

00:30:43.620 --> 00:30:44.500
 were subject

00:30:44.500 --> 00:30:45.039
 to lifelong

00:30:45.039 --> 00:30:45.579
 slavery

00:30:45.579 --> 00:30:47.339
 Jesus

00:30:47.339 --> 00:30:47.779
 had to

00:30:47.779 --> 00:30:48.140
 first

00:30:48.140 --> 00:30:49.000
 divest

00:30:49.000 --> 00:30:49.440
 himself

00:30:49.440 --> 00:30:50.180
 of his

00:30:50.180 --> 00:30:50.539
 heavenly

00:30:50.539 --> 00:30:50.980
 glory

00:30:50.980 --> 00:30:51.759
 and take

00:30:51.759 --> 00:30:52.620
 on human

00:30:52.620 --> 00:30:53.200
 flesh

00:30:53.200 --> 00:30:54.019
 so that

00:30:54.019 --> 00:30:54.680
 he might

00:30:54.680 --> 00:30:55.480
 take sinful

00:30:55.480 --> 00:30:56.220
 men and

00:30:56.220 --> 00:30:56.640
 women

00:30:56.640 --> 00:30:57.740
 who wallow

00:30:57.740 --> 00:30:58.319
 in shame

00:30:58.319 --> 00:30:59.140
 and dishonor

00:30:59.140 --> 00:30:59.940
 and lift

00:30:59.940 --> 00:31:00.519
 them up

00:31:00.519 --> 00:31:01.740
 to his

00:31:01.740 --> 00:31:02.200
 glory

00:31:02.200 --> 00:31:05.079
 Jesus

00:31:05.079 --> 00:31:05.559
 had to

00:31:05.559 --> 00:31:06.019
 first

00:31:06.019 --> 00:31:06.900
 die

00:31:06.900 --> 00:31:07.379
 in order

00:31:07.379 --> 00:31:07.980
 to defeat

00:31:07.980 --> 00:31:08.500
 death

00:31:08.500 --> 00:31:09.019
 on our

00:31:09.019 --> 00:31:09.559
 behalf

00:31:09.559 --> 00:31:10.599
 and raise

00:31:10.599 --> 00:31:11.039
 us up

00:31:11.039 --> 00:31:11.599
 to eternal

00:31:11.599 --> 00:31:12.139
 life

00:31:12.139 --> 00:31:13.819
 Jesus

00:31:13.819 --> 00:31:14.299
 had to

00:31:14.299 --> 00:31:14.639
 first

00:31:14.639 --> 00:31:15.079
 stoop

00:31:15.079 --> 00:31:15.599
 low

00:31:15.599 --> 00:31:16.160
 into

00:31:16.160 --> 00:31:16.859
 our

00:31:16.859 --> 00:31:17.299
 mire

00:31:17.299 --> 00:31:18.000
 of sin

00:31:18.000 --> 00:31:19.980
 in order

00:31:19.980 --> 00:31:20.559
 to raise

00:31:20.559 --> 00:31:21.019
 us up

00:31:21.019 --> 00:31:21.619
 and wash

00:31:21.619 --> 00:31:22.240
 us clean

00:31:22.240 --> 00:31:25.920
 that's

00:31:25.920 --> 00:31:26.460
 what Jesus

00:31:26.460 --> 00:31:26.799
 did on

00:31:26.799 --> 00:31:27.319
 the cross

00:31:27.319 --> 00:31:29.839
 he was

00:31:29.839 --> 00:31:30.200
 bearing

00:31:30.200 --> 00:31:30.740
 the weight

00:31:30.740 --> 00:31:31.039
 of our

00:31:31.039 --> 00:31:31.419
 sins

00:31:31.419 --> 00:31:33.799
 think about

00:31:33.799 --> 00:31:34.139
 it this

00:31:34.139 --> 00:31:34.279
 way

00:31:34.279 --> 00:31:34.679
 imagine

00:31:34.679 --> 00:31:35.319
 sin is

00:31:35.319 --> 00:31:35.720
 like a

00:31:35.720 --> 00:31:36.000
 great

00:31:36.000 --> 00:31:36.500
 boulder

00:31:36.500 --> 00:31:38.439
 beneath

00:31:38.439 --> 00:31:39.079
 which we

00:31:39.079 --> 00:31:39.519
 are all

00:31:39.519 --> 00:31:39.779
 being

00:31:39.779 --> 00:31:40.319
 crushed

00:31:40.319 --> 00:31:43.139
 we're

00:31:43.139 --> 00:31:43.839
 suffocating

00:31:43.839 --> 00:31:44.179
 underneath

00:31:44.179 --> 00:31:44.619
 it

00:31:44.619 --> 00:31:46.039
 utterly

00:31:46.039 --> 00:31:46.500
 hopeless

00:31:46.500 --> 00:31:47.279
 under

00:31:47.279 --> 00:31:47.519
 its

00:31:47.519 --> 00:31:48.000
 bone

00:31:48.000 --> 00:31:48.579
 crushing

00:31:48.579 --> 00:31:49.039
 heft

00:31:49.039 --> 00:31:50.919
 but

00:31:50.919 --> 00:31:51.379
 Christ

00:31:51.379 --> 00:31:51.980
 himself

00:31:51.980 --> 00:31:53.539
 crawls

00:31:53.539 --> 00:31:54.419
 underneath

00:31:54.419 --> 00:31:54.859
 it

00:31:54.859 --> 00:31:56.740
 and

00:31:57.319 --> 00:31:57.659
 and

00:31:57.659 --> 00:31:58.220
 appeared

00:31:58.220 --> 00:31:58.919
 that at

00:31:58.919 --> 00:31:59.220
 first

00:31:59.220 --> 00:31:59.519
 he

00:31:59.519 --> 00:32:00.039
 himself

00:32:00.039 --> 00:32:01.639
 was

00:32:01.639 --> 00:32:02.000
 overcome

00:32:02.000 --> 00:32:02.639
 by it

00:32:02.639 --> 00:32:03.799
 crushed

00:32:03.799 --> 00:32:04.319
 by its

00:32:04.319 --> 00:32:04.659
 massive

00:32:04.659 --> 00:32:05.019
 weight

00:32:05.019 --> 00:32:07.039
 he

00:32:07.039 --> 00:32:07.579
 disappeared

00:32:07.579 --> 00:32:07.939
 underneath

00:32:07.939 --> 00:32:08.379
 it

00:32:08.379 --> 00:32:09.519
 the rock

00:32:09.519 --> 00:32:09.779
 didn't

00:32:09.779 --> 00:32:10.179
 seem to

00:32:10.179 --> 00:32:10.460
 budge

00:32:10.460 --> 00:32:10.899
 at all

00:32:10.899 --> 00:32:13.200
 but

00:32:13.200 --> 00:32:13.579
 then

00:32:13.579 --> 00:32:14.539
 on the

00:32:14.539 --> 00:32:14.759
 third

00:32:14.759 --> 00:32:15.139
 day

00:32:15.139 --> 00:32:16.799
 with a

00:32:16.799 --> 00:32:17.099
 great

00:32:17.099 --> 00:32:17.839
 heave

00:32:17.839 --> 00:32:20.240
 as if

00:32:20.240 --> 00:32:20.539
 there's

00:32:20.539 --> 00:32:20.720
 an

00:32:20.720 --> 00:32:21.139
 earthquake

00:32:21.139 --> 00:32:22.019
 the

00:32:22.019 --> 00:32:22.419
 boulder

00:32:22.419 --> 00:32:23.299
 stirs

00:32:23.299 --> 00:32:25.099
 is lifted

00:32:25.099 --> 00:32:25.539
 up from

00:32:25.539 --> 00:32:26.059
 the ground

00:32:26.059 --> 00:32:27.359
 and

00:32:27.359 --> 00:32:27.799
 Jesus

00:32:27.799 --> 00:32:29.039
 emerges

00:32:29.039 --> 00:32:30.139
 from

00:32:30.139 --> 00:32:30.619
 the ground

00:32:30.619 --> 00:32:31.319
 to carry

00:32:31.319 --> 00:32:31.720
 that

00:32:31.720 --> 00:32:32.220
 massive

00:32:32.220 --> 00:32:32.659
 weight

00:32:32.659 --> 00:32:33.419
 and to

00:32:33.419 --> 00:32:34.299
 cast it

00:32:34.299 --> 00:32:34.679
 into the

00:32:34.679 --> 00:32:35.119
 seas

00:32:35.119 --> 00:32:37.980
 so that

00:32:37.980 --> 00:32:38.319
 we could

00:32:38.319 --> 00:32:38.839
 go free

00:32:38.839 --> 00:32:42.139
 his

00:32:42.139 --> 00:32:42.779
 suffering

00:32:42.779 --> 00:32:43.220
 his

00:32:43.220 --> 00:32:44.119
 humiliation

00:32:44.119 --> 00:32:44.759
 his

00:32:44.759 --> 00:32:45.259
 death

00:32:45.259 --> 00:32:46.039
 was

00:32:46.039 --> 00:32:46.839
 necessary

00:32:46.839 --> 00:32:48.259
 for our

00:32:48.259 --> 00:32:48.659
 redemption

00:32:48.660 --> 00:32:51.860
 and

00:32:51.860 --> 00:32:52.100
 then in

00:32:52.100 --> 00:32:52.800
 verse 27

00:32:52.800 --> 00:32:53.200
 Jesus

00:32:53.200 --> 00:32:53.680
 proceeds

00:32:53.680 --> 00:32:53.900
 to

00:32:53.900 --> 00:32:54.400
 show

00:32:54.400 --> 00:32:54.680
 these

00:32:54.680 --> 00:32:55.140
 disciples

00:32:55.140 --> 00:32:55.480
 this

00:32:55.480 --> 00:32:55.820
 truth

00:32:55.820 --> 00:32:56.740
 from

00:32:56.740 --> 00:32:57.160
 the

00:32:57.160 --> 00:32:57.480
 scriptures

00:32:57.480 --> 00:32:58.820
 he

00:32:58.820 --> 00:32:59.060
 says

00:32:59.060 --> 00:32:59.300
 and

00:32:59.300 --> 00:32:59.660
 beginning

00:32:59.660 --> 00:32:59.960
 with

00:32:59.960 --> 00:33:00.380
 Moses

00:33:00.380 --> 00:33:01.320
 and all

00:33:01.320 --> 00:33:01.500
 the

00:33:01.500 --> 00:33:01.980
 prophets

00:33:01.980 --> 00:33:02.580
 he

00:33:02.580 --> 00:33:03.140
 interpreted

00:33:03.140 --> 00:33:03.360
 to

00:33:03.360 --> 00:33:03.580
 them

00:33:03.580 --> 00:33:03.820
 in

00:33:03.820 --> 00:33:04.440
 all

00:33:04.440 --> 00:33:04.680
 the

00:33:04.680 --> 00:33:05.180
 scriptures

00:33:05.180 --> 00:33:05.420
 the

00:33:05.420 --> 00:33:05.759
 things

00:33:05.759 --> 00:33:06.400
 concerning

00:33:06.400 --> 00:33:07.060
 himself

00:33:07.060 --> 00:33:08.080
 Moses

00:33:08.080 --> 00:33:08.420
 and the

00:33:08.420 --> 00:33:08.779
 prophets

00:33:08.779 --> 00:33:09.279
 refer to

00:33:09.279 --> 00:33:09.640
 the two

00:33:09.640 --> 00:33:09.880
 of the

00:33:09.880 --> 00:33:10.200
 largest

00:33:10.200 --> 00:33:10.740
 sections

00:33:10.740 --> 00:33:11.300
 of the

00:33:11.300 --> 00:33:11.519
 Old

00:33:11.519 --> 00:33:11.920
 Testament

00:33:11.920 --> 00:33:12.340
 scripture

00:33:12.340 --> 00:33:12.620
 the

00:33:12.620 --> 00:33:13.320
 law

00:33:13.320 --> 00:33:13.700
 and the

00:33:13.700 --> 00:33:14.180
 prophets

00:33:14.180 --> 00:33:15.000
 it's

00:33:15.000 --> 00:33:15.500
 often

00:33:15.500 --> 00:33:15.820
 used

00:33:15.820 --> 00:33:16.180
 as a

00:33:16.180 --> 00:33:16.720
 shorthand

00:33:16.720 --> 00:33:17.220
 for the

00:33:17.220 --> 00:33:18.080
 entirety

00:33:18.080 --> 00:33:18.320
 of

00:33:18.320 --> 00:33:18.660
 scriptures

00:33:18.660 --> 00:33:19.759
 and

00:33:19.759 --> 00:33:20.019
 notice

00:33:20.019 --> 00:33:20.200
 the

00:33:20.200 --> 00:33:20.600
 repetition

00:33:20.600 --> 00:33:21.000
 of the

00:33:21.000 --> 00:33:21.259
 word

00:33:21.259 --> 00:33:21.740
 all

00:33:21.740 --> 00:33:22.000
 in

00:33:22.000 --> 00:33:22.200
 this

00:33:22.200 --> 00:33:22.580
 verse

00:33:22.580 --> 00:33:23.240
 beginning

00:33:23.240 --> 00:33:23.480
 with

00:33:23.480 --> 00:33:23.880
 Moses

00:33:23.880 --> 00:33:24.220
 and

00:33:24.220 --> 00:33:24.700
 all

00:33:24.700 --> 00:33:24.860
 the

00:33:24.860 --> 00:33:25.340
 prophets

00:33:25.340 --> 00:33:25.940
 he

00:33:25.940 --> 00:33:26.460
 interpreted

00:33:26.460 --> 00:33:26.640
 to

00:33:26.640 --> 00:33:26.820
 them

00:33:26.820 --> 00:33:27.039
 in

00:33:27.039 --> 00:33:27.519
 all

00:33:27.519 --> 00:33:27.700
 the

00:33:27.700 --> 00:33:28.120
 scripture

00:33:28.120 --> 00:33:28.600
 the

00:33:28.600 --> 00:33:28.940
 things

00:33:28.940 --> 00:33:29.560
 concerning

00:33:29.560 --> 00:33:30.240
 himself

00:33:30.240 --> 00:33:31.019
 in

00:33:31.019 --> 00:33:31.279
 other

00:33:31.279 --> 00:33:31.759
 words

00:33:31.759 --> 00:33:32.420
 Jesus

00:33:32.420 --> 00:33:32.759
 the

00:33:32.759 --> 00:33:32.960
 son

00:33:32.960 --> 00:33:33.120
 of

00:33:33.120 --> 00:33:33.400
 God

00:33:33.400 --> 00:33:33.660
 the

00:33:33.660 --> 00:33:34.400
 incarnate

00:33:34.400 --> 00:33:35.080
 word

00:33:35.080 --> 00:33:35.480
 the

00:33:35.480 --> 00:33:35.799
 word

00:33:35.799 --> 00:33:36.140
 become

00:33:36.140 --> 00:33:36.539
 flesh

00:33:36.539 --> 00:33:37.160
 himself

00:33:37.160 --> 00:33:37.680
 he

00:33:37.680 --> 00:33:38.240
 believed

00:33:38.240 --> 00:33:38.480
 that

00:33:38.480 --> 00:33:38.900
 all

00:33:38.900 --> 00:33:39.080
 of

00:33:39.080 --> 00:33:39.519
 scriptures

00:33:39.519 --> 00:33:40.120
 from

00:33:40.120 --> 00:33:40.759
 Genesis

00:33:40.759 --> 00:33:41.160
 and

00:33:41.160 --> 00:33:41.440
 now

00:33:41.440 --> 00:33:41.620
 to

00:33:41.620 --> 00:33:42.259
 revelation

00:33:42.259 --> 00:33:45.859
 spoke

00:33:45.859 --> 00:33:46.059
 of

00:33:46.059 --> 00:33:46.319
 him

00:33:46.319 --> 00:33:50.200
 he

00:33:50.200 --> 00:33:50.779
 fulfilled

00:33:50.779 --> 00:33:51.200
 all of

00:33:51.200 --> 00:33:51.299
 the

00:33:51.299 --> 00:33:51.480
 Old

00:33:51.480 --> 00:33:51.720
 Testament

00:33:51.720 --> 00:33:52.299
 scriptures

00:33:52.299 --> 00:33:55.039
 earlier

00:33:55.039 --> 00:33:55.259
 in

00:33:55.259 --> 00:33:55.400
 Luke

00:33:55.400 --> 00:33:55.660
 chapter

00:33:55.660 --> 00:33:56.079
 16

00:33:56.079 --> 00:33:56.279
 in

00:33:56.279 --> 00:33:56.400
 the

00:33:56.400 --> 00:33:56.740
 parable

00:33:56.740 --> 00:33:56.920
 of

00:33:56.920 --> 00:33:57.039
 the

00:33:57.039 --> 00:33:57.259
 rich

00:33:57.259 --> 00:33:57.599
 man

00:33:57.599 --> 00:33:57.740
 and

00:33:57.740 --> 00:33:58.480
 Lazarus

00:33:58.480 --> 00:33:59.099
 when

00:33:59.099 --> 00:33:59.259
 the

00:33:59.259 --> 00:33:59.519
 rich

00:33:59.519 --> 00:33:59.920
 man

00:33:59.920 --> 00:34:00.140
 who

00:34:00.140 --> 00:34:00.359
 was

00:34:00.359 --> 00:34:00.640
 in

00:34:00.640 --> 00:34:01.099
 torment

00:34:01.099 --> 00:34:01.339
 in

00:34:01.339 --> 00:34:01.680
 Hades

00:34:01.680 --> 00:34:02.379
 begged

00:34:02.379 --> 00:34:02.960
 Abraham

00:34:02.960 --> 00:34:03.240
 in

00:34:03.240 --> 00:34:03.579
 heaven

00:34:03.579 --> 00:34:04.240
 to

00:34:04.240 --> 00:34:04.680
 send

00:34:04.680 --> 00:34:05.000
 poor

00:34:05.000 --> 00:34:05.579
 Lazarus

00:34:05.579 --> 00:34:05.680
 who

00:34:05.680 --> 00:34:05.819
 was

00:34:05.819 --> 00:34:05.920
 in

00:34:05.920 --> 00:34:06.079
 heaven

00:34:06.079 --> 00:34:06.339
 with

00:34:06.339 --> 00:34:06.539
 him

00:34:06.539 --> 00:34:06.940
 to

00:34:06.940 --> 00:34:07.259
 send

00:34:07.259 --> 00:34:07.799
 Lazarus

00:34:07.799 --> 00:34:07.960
 to

00:34:07.960 --> 00:34:08.260
 his

00:34:08.260 --> 00:34:08.719
 brothers

00:34:08.719 --> 00:34:09.179
 who

00:34:09.179 --> 00:34:09.300
 are

00:34:09.300 --> 00:34:09.559
 living

00:34:09.559 --> 00:34:09.699
 in

00:34:09.699 --> 00:34:10.260
 ignorance

00:34:10.260 --> 00:34:10.699
 about

00:34:10.699 --> 00:34:11.099
 God

00:34:11.099 --> 00:34:11.780
 he

00:34:11.780 --> 00:34:12.039
 says

00:34:12.039 --> 00:34:12.219
 so

00:34:12.219 --> 00:34:12.340
 that

00:34:12.340 --> 00:34:12.440
 he

00:34:12.440 --> 00:34:12.579
 may

00:34:12.579 --> 00:34:12.980
 warn

00:34:12.980 --> 00:34:13.219
 them

00:34:13.219 --> 00:34:13.420
 lest

00:34:13.420 --> 00:34:13.559
 they

00:34:13.559 --> 00:34:13.800
 also

00:34:13.800 --> 00:34:14.059
 come

00:34:14.059 --> 00:34:14.199
 into

00:34:14.199 --> 00:34:14.460
 this

00:34:14.460 --> 00:34:14.980
 place

00:34:14.980 --> 00:34:15.139
 of

00:34:15.139 --> 00:34:15.559
 torment

00:34:15.559 --> 00:34:16.279
 Abraham

00:34:16.279 --> 00:34:16.820
 answered

00:34:16.820 --> 00:34:16.960
 them

00:34:16.960 --> 00:34:17.159
 this

00:34:17.159 --> 00:34:17.360
 way

00:34:17.360 --> 00:34:17.880
 they

00:34:17.880 --> 00:34:18.340
 have

00:34:18.340 --> 00:34:18.820
 Moses

00:34:18.820 --> 00:34:19.239
 and

00:34:19.239 --> 00:34:19.400
 the

00:34:19.400 --> 00:34:20.019
 prophets

00:34:20.019 --> 00:34:22.019
 let

00:34:22.019 --> 00:34:22.259
 them

00:34:22.259 --> 00:34:22.659
 hear

00:34:22.659 --> 00:34:23.079
 them

00:34:23.079 --> 00:34:25.599
 for

00:34:25.599 --> 00:34:25.759
 if

00:34:25.759 --> 00:34:25.880
 they

00:34:25.880 --> 00:34:26.019
 do

00:34:26.019 --> 00:34:26.239
 not

00:34:26.239 --> 00:34:26.519
 hear

00:34:26.519 --> 00:34:26.900
 Moses

00:34:26.900 --> 00:34:27.099
 and

00:34:27.099 --> 00:34:27.219
 the

00:34:27.219 --> 00:34:27.699
 prophets

00:34:27.699 --> 00:34:28.539
 neither

00:34:28.539 --> 00:34:28.920
 will

00:34:28.920 --> 00:34:29.159
 they

00:34:29.159 --> 00:34:29.420
 be

00:34:29.420 --> 00:34:30.000
 convinced

00:34:30.000 --> 00:34:30.559
 if

00:34:30.559 --> 00:34:31.139
 someone

00:34:31.139 --> 00:34:31.579
 should

00:34:31.579 --> 00:34:32.239
 rise

00:34:32.239 --> 00:34:32.579
 from

00:34:32.579 --> 00:34:32.779
 the

00:34:32.779 --> 00:34:33.199
 dead

00:34:33.199 --> 00:34:36.360
 those

00:34:36.360 --> 00:34:36.779
 words

00:34:36.779 --> 00:34:37.039
 are

00:34:37.039 --> 00:34:37.519
 literally

00:34:37.519 --> 00:34:37.940
 being

00:34:37.940 --> 00:34:38.519
 fulfilled

00:34:38.519 --> 00:34:38.800
 in

00:34:38.800 --> 00:34:38.940
 our

00:34:38.940 --> 00:34:39.460
 passage

00:34:39.460 --> 00:34:40.360
 Jesus

00:34:40.360 --> 00:34:40.779
 has

00:34:40.779 --> 00:34:41.320
 literally

00:34:41.320 --> 00:34:41.640
 been

00:34:41.640 --> 00:34:42.000
 raised

00:34:42.000 --> 00:34:42.220
 from

00:34:42.220 --> 00:34:42.400
 the

00:34:42.400 --> 00:34:42.680
 dead

00:34:42.680 --> 00:34:43.660
 and

00:34:43.660 --> 00:34:43.880
 he

00:34:43.880 --> 00:34:44.039
 is

00:34:44.039 --> 00:34:44.559
 announcing

00:34:44.559 --> 00:34:44.940
 to

00:34:44.940 --> 00:34:45.300
 them

00:34:45.300 --> 00:34:46.220
 this

00:34:46.220 --> 00:34:47.420
 redemption

00:34:47.420 --> 00:34:49.059
 God's

00:34:49.059 --> 00:34:49.500
 salvation

00:34:49.500 --> 00:34:49.980
 plan

00:34:49.980 --> 00:34:52.059
 and yet

00:34:52.059 --> 00:34:52.580
 these two

00:34:52.580 --> 00:34:55.000
 disciples on the road to Emmaus do not believe

00:34:55.000 --> 00:34:58.760
 because they have not listened to Moses and the prophets

00:34:58.760 --> 00:35:02.100
 they have not listened to scriptures

00:35:02.100 --> 00:35:08.500
 they are like two men who are tinkering around with like a new toy or a gadget

00:35:08.500 --> 00:35:11.740
 or a tool that they just received as a present

00:35:11.740 --> 00:35:16.480
 it's a really intense discussion they are earnestly debating what it's for

00:35:16.480 --> 00:35:19.520
 I think it's for this

00:35:19.520 --> 00:35:24.120
 no then it wouldn't have this button right here I don't think it's for that it's for that

00:35:24.119 --> 00:35:36.659
 and they seem really smart and serious and articulate but then it's all silly if they're ignoring the instruction manual

00:35:36.659 --> 00:35:42.819
 they should have known better

00:35:42.819 --> 00:35:51.099
 these two disciples were intensely debating the significance of the recent events was Jesus really the Messiah

00:35:51.099 --> 00:35:53.460
 why did he die

00:35:53.460 --> 00:35:55.960
 what does it all mean

00:35:55.960 --> 00:35:58.519
 are these reports of the resurrection true

00:35:58.519 --> 00:35:59.960
 but all along

00:35:59.960 --> 00:36:02.659
 the scriptures that they claimed to believe

00:36:02.659 --> 00:36:04.039
 had explained

00:36:04.039 --> 00:36:04.960
 everything

00:36:04.960 --> 00:36:07.400
 had prophesied of everything

00:36:07.400 --> 00:36:10.839
 and too many people nowadays

00:36:10.839 --> 00:36:12.779
 still do the same

00:36:12.779 --> 00:36:15.779
 you sit around debating God

00:36:15.779 --> 00:36:16.579
 and religion

00:36:16.579 --> 00:36:17.799
 and Jesus

00:36:17.800 --> 00:36:21.640
 oh no one really knows

00:36:21.640 --> 00:36:22.880
 God they say

00:36:22.880 --> 00:36:26.140
 no one really knows the way of salvation

00:36:26.140 --> 00:36:28.840
 all religions are basically the same

00:36:28.840 --> 00:36:30.300
 they're all talking about the same thing

00:36:30.300 --> 00:36:31.519
 getting to the same place

00:36:31.519 --> 00:36:34.580
 they're all partial pictures of this ultimate reality

00:36:34.580 --> 00:36:36.140
 that's what they say

00:36:36.140 --> 00:36:38.500
 well that sentiment sounds noble

00:36:38.500 --> 00:36:39.620
 and humble

00:36:39.620 --> 00:36:41.519
 until we remember

00:36:41.519 --> 00:36:43.100
 that God has actually

00:36:43.100 --> 00:36:45.039
 revealed himself to us

00:36:45.039 --> 00:36:52.420
 God has spoken through his scriptures

00:36:52.420 --> 00:36:56.320
 God has said

00:36:56.320 --> 00:36:57.279
 in his word

00:36:57.279 --> 00:36:58.539
 that to know him

00:36:58.539 --> 00:36:59.719
 and to love him

00:36:59.719 --> 00:37:00.679
 and to worship him

00:37:00.679 --> 00:37:02.920
 is the reason we were created

00:37:02.920 --> 00:37:05.659
 that's the purpose and meaning of our lives

00:37:05.659 --> 00:37:08.099
 God has said in his scriptures

00:37:08.099 --> 00:37:09.900
 that he has accomplished

00:37:09.900 --> 00:37:11.360
 his salvation plan

00:37:11.360 --> 00:37:12.259
 through his son

00:37:12.259 --> 00:37:13.420
 Jesus Christ

00:37:13.420 --> 00:37:14.180
 through his death

00:37:14.180 --> 00:37:15.099
 and resurrection

00:37:15.099 --> 00:37:17.460
 God has said in his word

00:37:17.460 --> 00:37:18.599
 that if we confess

00:37:18.599 --> 00:37:19.440
 with our mouth

00:37:19.440 --> 00:37:20.619
 that Jesus is Lord

00:37:20.619 --> 00:37:21.780
 and if we believe

00:37:21.780 --> 00:37:22.579
 in our hearts

00:37:22.579 --> 00:37:23.119
 that he

00:37:23.119 --> 00:37:24.240
 has been raised

00:37:24.240 --> 00:37:24.980
 from the dead

00:37:24.980 --> 00:37:27.559
 that we will be saved

00:37:27.559 --> 00:37:29.740
 God has spoken

00:37:29.740 --> 00:37:31.519
 he has revealed himself

00:37:31.519 --> 00:37:33.000
 and for us to listen

00:37:33.000 --> 00:37:33.780
 to all of that

00:37:33.780 --> 00:37:35.860
 and then to plead ignorance

00:37:35.860 --> 00:37:39.139
 and to claim uncertainty

00:37:39.139 --> 00:37:42.659
 that's not humility

00:37:42.659 --> 00:37:44.799
 that's hubris

00:37:44.799 --> 00:37:49.839
 that's foolishness

00:37:49.839 --> 00:37:52.099
 slowness of heart

00:37:52.099 --> 00:37:52.739
 to believe

00:37:52.739 --> 00:37:57.179
 and these very same scriptures

00:37:57.179 --> 00:37:59.519
 are being proclaimed to you

00:37:59.519 --> 00:38:00.859
 right now

00:38:00.859 --> 00:38:02.400
 do you believe it

00:38:09.139 --> 00:38:10.619
 we must believe

00:38:10.619 --> 00:38:11.639
 in the spoken word

00:38:11.639 --> 00:38:15.799
 but we also must partake

00:38:15.799 --> 00:38:17.259
 in the broken bread

00:38:17.259 --> 00:38:19.219
 that's my second point

00:38:19.219 --> 00:38:21.079
 it says in verses 28 to 29

00:38:21.079 --> 00:38:22.579
 so they drew near

00:38:22.579 --> 00:38:23.199
 to the village

00:38:23.199 --> 00:38:24.279
 to which they were going

00:38:24.279 --> 00:38:25.799
 he acted as if

00:38:25.799 --> 00:38:26.819
 he were going further

00:38:26.819 --> 00:38:27.619
 but they urged him

00:38:27.619 --> 00:38:28.480
 strongly saying

00:38:28.480 --> 00:38:29.420
 stay with us

00:38:29.420 --> 00:38:30.900
 for it is toward evening

00:38:30.900 --> 00:38:32.420
 and the day is not far spent

00:38:32.420 --> 00:38:34.059
 so he went in

00:38:34.059 --> 00:38:34.960
 to stay with them

00:38:34.960 --> 00:38:37.139
 so as they're approaching Emmaus

00:38:37.139 --> 00:38:38.019
 as Jesus acted

00:38:38.019 --> 00:38:39.420
 as if he were going further

00:38:39.420 --> 00:38:41.039
 this is typical

00:38:41.039 --> 00:38:42.359
 kind of Middle Eastern

00:38:42.359 --> 00:38:43.539
 Asian courtesy

00:38:43.539 --> 00:38:46.199
 you don't impose

00:38:46.199 --> 00:38:47.000
 on others

00:38:47.000 --> 00:38:47.599
 hospitality

00:38:47.599 --> 00:38:48.639
 in this culture

00:38:48.639 --> 00:38:50.119
 by asking them

00:38:50.119 --> 00:38:51.440
 hey I don't have

00:38:51.440 --> 00:38:52.239
 a place to stay

00:38:52.239 --> 00:38:52.879
 for the night

00:38:52.879 --> 00:38:53.940
 can I stay at your place

00:38:53.940 --> 00:38:54.339
 this evening

00:38:54.339 --> 00:38:55.719
 you don't ask that

00:38:55.719 --> 00:38:56.319
 in this culture

00:38:56.319 --> 00:38:57.299
 because to do so

00:38:57.299 --> 00:38:58.000
 would be a breach

00:38:58.000 --> 00:38:58.679
 of etiquette

00:38:58.679 --> 00:39:02.179
 because by asking them

00:39:02.179 --> 00:39:03.900
 you're really forcing

00:39:03.900 --> 00:39:04.400
 their hand

00:39:04.400 --> 00:39:05.219
 because now they can't

00:39:05.219 --> 00:39:05.659
 say no

00:39:05.659 --> 00:39:06.539
 because if they know

00:39:06.539 --> 00:39:07.440
 that brings great shame

00:39:07.440 --> 00:39:08.300
 to them in that culture

00:39:08.300 --> 00:39:11.659
 so instead

00:39:11.659 --> 00:39:13.300
 even though Jesus

00:39:13.300 --> 00:39:14.320
 wanted to stay with them

00:39:14.320 --> 00:39:15.159
 he acted as if

00:39:15.159 --> 00:39:16.019
 he were going further

00:39:16.019 --> 00:39:17.179
 but the disciples

00:39:17.179 --> 00:39:18.800
 urged him strongly

00:39:18.800 --> 00:39:20.800
 saying stay with us

00:39:20.800 --> 00:39:22.699
 this too is typical

00:39:22.699 --> 00:39:23.880
 Middle Eastern hospitality

00:39:23.880 --> 00:39:26.460
 when your guest tells you

00:39:26.460 --> 00:39:27.460
 hey I really need

00:39:27.460 --> 00:39:28.059
 to get going

00:39:28.059 --> 00:39:29.059
 you assume

00:39:29.059 --> 00:39:29.900
 that they're just

00:39:29.900 --> 00:39:30.719
 being polite

00:39:30.719 --> 00:39:32.300
 they don't want

00:39:32.300 --> 00:39:32.940
 to over stay

00:39:32.940 --> 00:39:33.320
 they don't want

00:39:33.320 --> 00:39:33.820
 to be rude

00:39:33.820 --> 00:39:35.019
 so you insist

00:39:35.019 --> 00:39:35.699
 that they stay

00:39:35.699 --> 00:39:36.399
 no you really

00:39:36.399 --> 00:39:37.059
 must stay

00:39:37.059 --> 00:39:39.319
 when your guest

00:39:39.319 --> 00:39:39.739
 tells you

00:39:39.739 --> 00:39:40.439
 I have had enough

00:39:40.439 --> 00:39:41.019
 food to eat

00:39:41.019 --> 00:39:41.679
 I'm full

00:39:41.679 --> 00:39:43.079
 you assume

00:39:43.079 --> 00:39:43.699
 that they're just

00:39:43.699 --> 00:39:44.339
 being demure

00:39:44.339 --> 00:39:45.019
 and then you keep

00:39:45.019 --> 00:39:45.960
 heaping more food

00:39:45.960 --> 00:39:46.719
 onto their plates

00:39:46.719 --> 00:39:50.179
 so when the disciples

00:39:50.179 --> 00:39:51.199
 insist that Jesus

00:39:51.199 --> 00:39:51.919
 stay with them

00:39:51.919 --> 00:39:52.859
 he says okay

00:39:52.859 --> 00:39:54.199
 he obliges

00:39:54.199 --> 00:39:55.039
 he stays with them

00:39:55.039 --> 00:39:57.659
 in verse 30

00:39:57.659 --> 00:39:59.239
 when he was at table

00:39:59.239 --> 00:39:59.699
 with them

00:39:59.699 --> 00:40:01.279
 he took the bread

00:40:01.279 --> 00:40:02.159
 and blessed

00:40:02.159 --> 00:40:03.420
 and broke it

00:40:03.420 --> 00:40:05.059
 and gave it to them

00:40:05.059 --> 00:40:06.679
 this verse

00:40:06.679 --> 00:40:08.279
 shares numerous parallels

00:40:08.279 --> 00:40:08.980
 with two other

00:40:08.980 --> 00:40:09.980
 significant meals

00:40:09.980 --> 00:40:10.880
 that have taken place

00:40:10.880 --> 00:40:11.820
 in the gospel of Luke

00:40:11.820 --> 00:40:13.539
 first was the feeding

00:40:13.539 --> 00:40:14.679
 of the 5,000

00:40:14.679 --> 00:40:16.360
 in Luke 9 verse 16

00:40:16.360 --> 00:40:19.139
 and the second

00:40:19.139 --> 00:40:20.179
 was the last supper

00:40:20.179 --> 00:40:21.460
 Luke chapter 22

00:40:21.460 --> 00:40:22.199
 verse 19

00:40:22.199 --> 00:40:23.460
 and in all three

00:40:23.460 --> 00:40:24.279
 of these meals

00:40:24.279 --> 00:40:25.799
 Jesus does the same

00:40:25.799 --> 00:40:26.460
 things

00:40:26.460 --> 00:40:27.739
 in the same

00:40:27.739 --> 00:40:28.379
 order

00:40:28.379 --> 00:40:31.419
 he takes the bread

00:40:31.419 --> 00:40:32.779
 he blesses it

00:40:32.779 --> 00:40:33.639
 or give thanks

00:40:33.639 --> 00:40:34.159
 for it

00:40:34.159 --> 00:40:35.460
 he breaks it

00:40:35.460 --> 00:40:36.619
 and he gives it

00:40:36.619 --> 00:40:37.419
 to his disciples

00:40:37.419 --> 00:40:40.099
 at the institution

00:40:40.099 --> 00:40:40.679
 of the Lord's

00:40:40.679 --> 00:40:40.879
 supper

00:40:40.879 --> 00:40:41.519
 in Luke 22

00:40:41.519 --> 00:40:42.039
 verse 19

00:40:42.039 --> 00:40:43.139
 Jesus took bread

00:40:43.139 --> 00:40:43.839
 and when he had

00:40:43.839 --> 00:40:44.399
 given thanks

00:40:44.399 --> 00:40:45.039
 he broke it

00:40:45.039 --> 00:40:45.819
 and gave it to them

00:40:45.819 --> 00:40:46.919
 saying this is my

00:40:46.919 --> 00:40:47.480
 body

00:40:47.480 --> 00:40:48.399
 which is given

00:40:48.399 --> 00:40:49.000
 for you

00:40:49.000 --> 00:40:50.039
 do this

00:40:50.039 --> 00:40:51.039
 in remembrance

00:40:51.039 --> 00:40:52.219
 of me

00:40:52.219 --> 00:40:53.320
 so it's

00:40:53.320 --> 00:40:54.119
 significant

00:40:54.119 --> 00:40:54.880
 and not

00:40:54.880 --> 00:40:55.679
 an accident

00:40:55.679 --> 00:40:56.719
 that in the

00:40:56.719 --> 00:40:57.980
 breaking of bread

00:40:57.980 --> 00:40:59.960
 as it says

00:40:59.960 --> 00:41:00.760
 in verse 31

00:41:00.760 --> 00:41:02.000
 their eyes

00:41:02.000 --> 00:41:03.139
 were opened

00:41:03.139 --> 00:41:04.820
 and they

00:41:04.820 --> 00:41:05.940
 recognized him

00:41:05.940 --> 00:41:07.260
 and he vanished

00:41:07.260 --> 00:41:08.079
 from their sight

00:41:08.079 --> 00:41:09.860
 once again

00:41:09.860 --> 00:41:10.860
 a divine passive

00:41:10.860 --> 00:41:11.719
 their eyes

00:41:11.719 --> 00:41:12.480
 were opened

00:41:12.480 --> 00:41:13.780
 who opened

00:41:13.780 --> 00:41:14.099
 their eyes

00:41:14.099 --> 00:41:14.679
 it was God

00:41:14.679 --> 00:41:15.099
 who opened

00:41:15.099 --> 00:41:15.559
 their eyes

00:41:15.559 --> 00:41:16.380
 it's a reference

00:41:16.380 --> 00:41:17.260
 to their spiritual

00:41:17.260 --> 00:41:17.679
 sight

00:41:17.679 --> 00:41:18.320
 because they had

00:41:18.320 --> 00:41:18.900
 no trouble

00:41:18.900 --> 00:41:19.440
 finding their

00:41:19.440 --> 00:41:20.160
 way to Emmaus

00:41:20.160 --> 00:41:20.720
 their eyes

00:41:20.720 --> 00:41:21.320
 physically are

00:41:21.320 --> 00:41:21.740
 working

00:41:21.740 --> 00:41:23.300
 but they lacked

00:41:23.300 --> 00:41:24.400
 spiritual vision

00:41:24.400 --> 00:41:26.180
 but they

00:41:26.180 --> 00:41:26.500
 were

00:41:26.500 --> 00:41:27.000
 because it says

00:41:27.000 --> 00:41:27.620
 in verse 16

00:41:27.620 --> 00:41:28.260
 they were kept

00:41:28.260 --> 00:41:29.160
 from recognizing

00:41:29.160 --> 00:41:29.700
 Jesus

00:41:29.700 --> 00:41:30.620
 but now

00:41:30.620 --> 00:41:31.160
 in the breaking

00:41:31.160 --> 00:41:31.460
 of bread

00:41:31.460 --> 00:41:32.100
 their eyes

00:41:32.100 --> 00:41:32.840
 are opened

00:41:32.840 --> 00:41:33.860
 the verb

00:41:33.860 --> 00:41:34.820
 to open

00:41:34.820 --> 00:41:36.140
 occurs six times

00:41:36.140 --> 00:41:36.820
 in the gospel

00:41:36.820 --> 00:41:37.280
 of Luke

00:41:37.280 --> 00:41:38.380
 and in the sequel

00:41:38.380 --> 00:41:39.360
 the book of Acts

00:41:39.360 --> 00:41:40.900
 and in all six

00:41:40.900 --> 00:41:41.800
 occurrences

00:41:41.800 --> 00:41:42.900
 it refers to

00:41:42.900 --> 00:41:44.420
 divine revelation

00:41:44.420 --> 00:41:45.880
 when God

00:41:45.880 --> 00:41:47.300
 sovereignly

00:41:47.300 --> 00:41:48.080
 opens

00:41:48.079 --> 00:41:48.920
 something

00:41:48.920 --> 00:41:49.739
 opens the eyes

00:41:49.739 --> 00:41:49.940
 of people

00:41:49.940 --> 00:41:50.239
 so that they

00:41:50.239 --> 00:41:50.960
 might perceive

00:41:50.960 --> 00:41:51.299
 so that they

00:41:51.299 --> 00:41:52.340
 might understand

00:41:52.340 --> 00:41:55.179
 and in nearly

00:41:55.179 --> 00:41:55.880
 all of those

00:41:55.880 --> 00:41:56.420
 occurrences

00:41:56.420 --> 00:41:57.299
 it specifically

00:41:57.299 --> 00:41:58.099
 refers to

00:41:58.099 --> 00:41:58.380
 God

00:41:58.380 --> 00:41:59.420
 revealing himself

00:41:59.420 --> 00:42:00.779
 through his

00:42:00.779 --> 00:42:01.420
 scriptures

00:42:01.420 --> 00:42:03.480
 and that

00:42:03.480 --> 00:42:03.819
 connection

00:42:03.819 --> 00:42:04.199
 is made

00:42:04.199 --> 00:42:04.779
 explicitly

00:42:04.779 --> 00:42:05.259
 here

00:42:05.259 --> 00:42:05.860
 in verses

00:42:05.860 --> 00:42:06.980
 31 to 32

00:42:06.980 --> 00:42:08.219
 their eyes

00:42:08.219 --> 00:42:09.299
 were opened

00:42:09.299 --> 00:42:10.000
 and they

00:42:10.000 --> 00:42:10.900
 recognized him

00:42:10.900 --> 00:42:11.860
 and he vanished

00:42:11.860 --> 00:42:12.659
 from their sight

00:42:12.659 --> 00:42:13.699
 they said to

00:42:13.699 --> 00:42:14.119
 each other

00:42:14.119 --> 00:42:14.900
 did not our

00:42:14.900 --> 00:42:15.719
 hearts burn

00:42:15.719 --> 00:42:16.279
 with us

00:42:16.279 --> 00:42:16.939
 while he

00:42:16.939 --> 00:42:17.439
 talked to

00:42:17.439 --> 00:42:17.699
 us on

00:42:17.699 --> 00:42:18.139
 the road

00:42:18.139 --> 00:42:19.199
 while he

00:42:19.199 --> 00:42:20.379
 opened to

00:42:20.379 --> 00:42:20.879
 us

00:42:20.879 --> 00:42:21.839
 the scriptures

00:42:21.839 --> 00:42:23.939
 formerly

00:42:23.939 --> 00:42:24.379
 they were

00:42:24.379 --> 00:42:25.219
 slow of heart

00:42:25.219 --> 00:42:25.919
 to believe

00:42:25.919 --> 00:42:26.759
 but when

00:42:26.759 --> 00:42:27.639
 Jesus was

00:42:27.639 --> 00:42:28.419
 opening up

00:42:28.419 --> 00:42:29.019
 the scriptures

00:42:29.019 --> 00:42:29.480
 to them

00:42:29.480 --> 00:42:30.319
 their hearts

00:42:30.319 --> 00:42:31.039
 burned

00:42:31.039 --> 00:42:31.959
 with the light

00:42:31.959 --> 00:42:32.579
 of knowledge

00:42:32.579 --> 00:42:33.819
 and the fire

00:42:33.819 --> 00:42:34.480
 of passion

00:42:34.480 --> 00:42:37.579
 and the opening

00:42:37.579 --> 00:42:38.199
 up of the

00:42:38.199 --> 00:42:38.619
 scriptures

00:42:38.619 --> 00:42:39.659
 is what

00:42:39.659 --> 00:42:40.899
 prepares them

00:42:40.899 --> 00:42:41.439
 and is what's

00:42:41.439 --> 00:42:42.259
 connected to

00:42:42.260 --> 00:42:43.080
 the opening

00:42:43.080 --> 00:42:43.620
 up there

00:42:43.620 --> 00:42:44.080
 of their

00:42:44.080 --> 00:42:44.680
 spiritual

00:42:44.680 --> 00:42:45.220
 eyes

00:42:45.220 --> 00:42:47.060
 which happens

00:42:47.060 --> 00:42:47.580
 in the breaking

00:42:47.580 --> 00:42:48.040
 of bread

00:42:48.040 --> 00:42:50.080
 and this

00:42:50.080 --> 00:42:50.840
 sequence

00:42:50.840 --> 00:42:51.800
 anticipates

00:42:51.800 --> 00:42:52.900
 the corporate

00:42:52.900 --> 00:42:53.620
 worship of the

00:42:53.620 --> 00:42:54.000
 church

00:42:54.000 --> 00:42:55.660
 in all future

00:42:55.660 --> 00:42:56.320
 generations

00:42:56.320 --> 00:42:59.220
 where the

00:42:59.220 --> 00:42:59.680
 word

00:42:59.680 --> 00:43:01.120
 and sacrament

00:43:01.120 --> 00:43:02.300
 become the

00:43:02.300 --> 00:43:03.100
 focal points

00:43:03.100 --> 00:43:06.380
 a true

00:43:06.380 --> 00:43:06.900
 church

00:43:06.900 --> 00:43:07.800
 is a

00:43:07.800 --> 00:43:08.200
 gathering

00:43:08.200 --> 00:43:08.780
 of believers

00:43:08.780 --> 00:43:09.820
 where the

00:43:09.820 --> 00:43:10.260
 word of

00:43:10.260 --> 00:43:10.680
 Christ

00:43:10.680 --> 00:43:11.260
 is spoken

00:43:11.260 --> 00:43:12.260
 and the

00:43:12.260 --> 00:43:12.680
 bread of

00:43:12.680 --> 00:43:13.080
 Christ

00:43:13.080 --> 00:43:13.680
 is broken

00:43:13.680 --> 00:43:15.040
 that's the

00:43:15.040 --> 00:43:15.500
 definition

00:43:15.500 --> 00:43:16.160
 of the

00:43:16.160 --> 00:43:16.540
 church

00:43:16.540 --> 00:43:18.020
 a true

00:43:18.020 --> 00:43:18.400
 church

00:43:18.400 --> 00:43:18.860
 is where

00:43:18.860 --> 00:43:19.220
 the

00:43:19.220 --> 00:43:19.700
 scriptures

00:43:19.700 --> 00:43:20.880
 are opened

00:43:20.880 --> 00:43:21.800
 and the

00:43:21.800 --> 00:43:22.340
 sacrament

00:43:22.340 --> 00:43:23.300
 is eaten

00:43:23.300 --> 00:43:26.740
 and this

00:43:26.740 --> 00:43:27.460
 episode is

00:43:27.460 --> 00:43:28.140
 also a

00:43:28.140 --> 00:43:28.960
 culmination

00:43:28.960 --> 00:43:29.680
 of the

00:43:29.680 --> 00:43:30.360
 motif of

00:43:30.360 --> 00:43:30.980
 blindness

00:43:30.980 --> 00:43:31.960
 and sight

00:43:31.960 --> 00:43:32.460
 that Luke

00:43:32.460 --> 00:43:32.880
 has been

00:43:32.880 --> 00:43:34.000
 using over

00:43:34.000 --> 00:43:34.340
 and over

00:43:34.340 --> 00:43:34.740
 again

00:43:34.740 --> 00:43:35.640
 in Luke

00:43:35.640 --> 00:43:36.340
 chapter 4

00:43:36.340 --> 00:43:37.100
 verses 18

00:43:37.100 --> 00:43:37.600
 to 19

00:43:37.600 --> 00:43:38.140
 Jesus

00:43:38.140 --> 00:43:39.400
 gave his

00:43:39.400 --> 00:43:39.780
 mission

00:43:39.780 --> 00:43:40.220
 statement

00:43:40.220 --> 00:43:40.780
 at the

00:43:40.780 --> 00:43:41.100
 onset

00:43:41.100 --> 00:43:41.400
 of his

00:43:41.400 --> 00:43:41.680
 public

00:43:41.680 --> 00:43:42.140
 ministry

00:43:42.140 --> 00:43:44.040
 and that

00:43:44.040 --> 00:43:44.440
 was this

00:43:44.440 --> 00:43:44.940
 the spirit

00:43:44.940 --> 00:43:45.200
 of the

00:43:45.200 --> 00:43:45.400
 Lord

00:43:45.400 --> 00:43:45.900
 is upon

00:43:45.900 --> 00:43:46.180
 me

00:43:46.180 --> 00:43:46.680
 because

00:43:46.680 --> 00:43:46.980
 he has

00:43:46.980 --> 00:43:47.440
 anointed

00:43:47.440 --> 00:43:47.940
 me to

00:43:47.940 --> 00:43:48.280
 proclaim

00:43:48.280 --> 00:43:48.900
 good news

00:43:48.900 --> 00:43:49.200
 to the

00:43:49.200 --> 00:43:49.480
 poor

00:43:49.480 --> 00:43:50.000
 he has

00:43:50.000 --> 00:43:50.280
 sent me

00:43:50.280 --> 00:43:50.780
 to proclaim

00:43:50.780 --> 00:43:51.220
 liberty

00:43:51.220 --> 00:43:51.600
 to the

00:43:51.600 --> 00:43:52.100
 captives

00:43:52.100 --> 00:43:53.100
 and recovering

00:43:53.100 --> 00:43:53.620
 of sight

00:43:53.620 --> 00:43:53.900
 to the

00:43:53.900 --> 00:43:54.240
 blind

00:43:54.240 --> 00:43:55.460
 to set

00:43:55.460 --> 00:43:56.080
 at liberty

00:43:56.080 --> 00:43:56.500
 those who

00:43:56.500 --> 00:43:57.080
 are oppressed

00:43:57.080 --> 00:43:57.960
 to proclaim

00:43:57.960 --> 00:43:58.540
 the ear

00:43:58.540 --> 00:43:58.860
 of the

00:43:58.860 --> 00:43:59.320
 Lord's

00:43:59.320 --> 00:43:59.800
 favor

00:43:59.800 --> 00:44:00.860
 these

00:44:00.860 --> 00:44:01.260
 verses

00:44:01.260 --> 00:44:01.540
 were

00:44:01.540 --> 00:44:02.120
 structured

00:44:02.120 --> 00:44:02.680
 in a

00:44:02.680 --> 00:44:03.200
 mirroring

00:44:03.200 --> 00:44:03.740
 chiastic

00:44:03.740 --> 00:44:04.260
 structure

00:44:04.260 --> 00:44:05.420
 to highlight

00:44:05.420 --> 00:44:06.200
 the middle

00:44:06.200 --> 00:44:06.760
 element

00:44:06.760 --> 00:44:07.780
 the center

00:44:07.780 --> 00:44:08.440
 element

00:44:08.440 --> 00:44:09.400
 the recovering

00:44:09.400 --> 00:44:10.440
 of sight

00:44:10.440 --> 00:44:10.820
 to the

00:44:10.820 --> 00:44:11.240
 blind

00:44:11.240 --> 00:44:13.920
 opening

00:44:13.920 --> 00:44:14.660
 the eyes

00:44:14.660 --> 00:44:14.920
 of the

00:44:14.920 --> 00:44:15.360
 blind

00:44:15.360 --> 00:44:16.260
 literally

00:44:16.260 --> 00:44:16.680
 Jesus

00:44:16.680 --> 00:44:17.040
 does that

00:44:17.040 --> 00:44:17.440
 as well

00:44:17.440 --> 00:44:18.040
 but even

00:44:18.040 --> 00:44:18.820
 more importantly

00:44:18.820 --> 00:44:19.620
 figuratively

00:44:19.620 --> 00:44:20.640
 is what

00:44:20.640 --> 00:44:21.160
 Jesus

00:44:21.160 --> 00:44:22.000
 came to

00:44:22.000 --> 00:44:22.340
 earth

00:44:22.340 --> 00:44:22.840
 to do

00:44:22.840 --> 00:44:25.220
 in Luke

00:44:25.220 --> 00:44:25.840
 chapter 6

00:44:25.840 --> 00:44:26.420
 verse 39

00:44:26.420 --> 00:44:27.240
 he uses a

00:44:27.240 --> 00:44:27.820
 parable of

00:44:27.820 --> 00:44:28.220
 blindness

00:44:28.220 --> 00:44:28.900
 can a blind

00:44:28.900 --> 00:44:29.480
 man lead

00:44:29.480 --> 00:44:29.900
 a blind

00:44:29.900 --> 00:44:30.320
 man

00:44:30.320 --> 00:44:31.060
 will they

00:44:31.060 --> 00:44:31.460
 not both

00:44:31.460 --> 00:44:32.140
 fall into a

00:44:32.140 --> 00:44:32.300
 pit

00:44:32.300 --> 00:44:32.920
 a disciple

00:44:32.920 --> 00:44:33.360
 is not

00:44:33.360 --> 00:44:33.840
 above his

00:44:33.840 --> 00:44:34.220
 teacher

00:44:34.220 --> 00:44:34.780
 but everyone

00:44:34.780 --> 00:44:35.220
 when he is

00:44:35.220 --> 00:44:35.980
 fully trained

00:44:35.980 --> 00:44:36.640
 will be

00:44:36.640 --> 00:44:37.300
 like his

00:44:37.300 --> 00:44:37.700
 teacher

00:44:37.700 --> 00:44:38.960
 verse

00:44:38.960 --> 00:44:39.880
 chapter 8

00:44:39.880 --> 00:44:40.400
 verse 10

00:44:40.400 --> 00:44:41.140
 Jesus spoke

00:44:41.140 --> 00:44:41.560
 of those

00:44:41.560 --> 00:44:41.980
 people

00:44:41.980 --> 00:44:42.560
 who are

00:44:42.560 --> 00:44:43.039
 seeing

00:44:43.039 --> 00:44:43.500
 yet do

00:44:43.500 --> 00:44:44.280
 not see

00:44:44.280 --> 00:44:45.440
 the truth

00:44:45.440 --> 00:44:46.700
 and this

00:44:46.700 --> 00:44:47.539
 recurring theme

00:44:47.539 --> 00:44:48.019
 of Jesus

00:44:48.019 --> 00:44:48.840
 leading his

00:44:48.840 --> 00:44:49.420
 blind

00:44:49.420 --> 00:44:50.039
 disciples

00:44:50.039 --> 00:44:51.180
 to see

00:44:51.180 --> 00:44:52.120
 comes to

00:44:52.120 --> 00:44:52.800
 a climax

00:44:52.800 --> 00:44:53.440
 in this

00:44:53.440 --> 00:44:53.960
 chapter

00:44:53.960 --> 00:44:54.760
 in the

00:44:54.760 --> 00:44:55.360
 road to

00:44:55.360 --> 00:44:55.840
 Emmaus

00:44:55.840 --> 00:44:56.200
 when their

00:44:56.200 --> 00:44:56.780
 eyes are

00:44:56.780 --> 00:44:57.340
 finally

00:44:57.340 --> 00:44:58.340
 opened

00:44:58.340 --> 00:45:00.280
 and this

00:45:00.280 --> 00:45:00.980
 opening of

00:45:00.980 --> 00:45:01.519
 eyes

00:45:01.519 --> 00:45:01.920
 in the

00:45:01.920 --> 00:45:02.220
 breaking

00:45:02.219 --> 00:45:02.779
 of bread

00:45:02.779 --> 00:45:03.619
 is a

00:45:03.619 --> 00:45:04.239
 wonderful

00:45:04.239 --> 00:45:05.259
 reversal

00:45:05.259 --> 00:45:06.159
 of what

00:45:06.159 --> 00:45:06.599
 happened

00:45:06.599 --> 00:45:06.859
 in the

00:45:06.859 --> 00:45:07.199
 fall

00:45:07.199 --> 00:45:10.119
 Genesis

00:45:10.119 --> 00:45:10.839
 chapter 3

00:45:10.839 --> 00:45:11.439
 verses 6

00:45:11.439 --> 00:45:11.899
 to 7

00:45:11.899 --> 00:45:13.179
 it says

00:45:13.179 --> 00:45:13.699
 that Eve

00:45:13.699 --> 00:45:14.459
 took

00:45:14.459 --> 00:45:16.159
 of the

00:45:16.159 --> 00:45:16.539
 fruit of

00:45:16.539 --> 00:45:16.879
 the tree

00:45:16.879 --> 00:45:17.299
 of knowledge

00:45:17.299 --> 00:45:17.539
 of good

00:45:17.539 --> 00:45:17.899
 and evil

00:45:17.899 --> 00:45:19.299
 and ate

00:45:19.299 --> 00:45:21.459
 she also

00:45:21.459 --> 00:45:22.379
 gave some

00:45:22.379 --> 00:45:23.819
 to her

00:45:23.819 --> 00:45:24.159
 husband

00:45:24.159 --> 00:45:24.539
 who was

00:45:24.539 --> 00:45:24.980
 with her

00:45:24.980 --> 00:45:25.599
 and he

00:45:25.599 --> 00:45:26.019
 ate

00:45:26.019 --> 00:45:27.819
 then the

00:45:27.819 --> 00:45:28.399
 eyes

00:45:28.399 --> 00:45:29.359
 of both

00:45:29.359 --> 00:45:30.619
 were opened

00:45:30.619 --> 00:45:32.119
 and they

00:45:32.119 --> 00:45:32.519
 knew

00:45:32.519 --> 00:45:33.359
 that they

00:45:33.359 --> 00:45:33.719
 were

00:45:33.719 --> 00:45:34.159
 naked

00:45:34.159 --> 00:45:38.119
 notice

00:45:38.119 --> 00:45:38.539
 all the

00:45:38.539 --> 00:45:38.819
 verbal

00:45:38.819 --> 00:45:39.339
 perils

00:45:39.339 --> 00:45:39.960
 take

00:45:39.960 --> 00:45:41.099
 give

00:45:41.099 --> 00:45:42.219
 eat

00:45:42.219 --> 00:45:43.599
 eyes

00:45:43.599 --> 00:45:44.679
 opened

00:45:44.679 --> 00:45:46.119
 at the

00:45:46.119 --> 00:45:46.659
 fall

00:45:46.659 --> 00:45:48.779
 when the

00:45:48.779 --> 00:45:49.419
 first man

00:45:49.419 --> 00:45:49.819
 and woman

00:45:49.819 --> 00:45:50.639
 disobeyed

00:45:50.639 --> 00:45:51.019
 God

00:45:51.019 --> 00:45:51.679
 and took

00:45:51.679 --> 00:45:52.699
 and ate

00:45:52.699 --> 00:45:53.639
 and gave

00:45:53.639 --> 00:45:54.179
 from the

00:45:54.179 --> 00:45:54.619
 forbidden

00:45:54.619 --> 00:45:55.159
 tree

00:45:55.159 --> 00:45:56.319
 their eyes

00:45:56.319 --> 00:45:56.719
 were open

00:45:56.719 --> 00:45:57.399
 to sin

00:45:57.399 --> 00:45:58.319
 their eyes

00:45:58.319 --> 00:45:58.719
 were open

00:45:58.719 --> 00:45:59.079
 to their

00:45:59.079 --> 00:45:59.719
 nakedness

00:45:59.719 --> 00:46:00.299
 and shame

00:46:00.299 --> 00:46:00.960
 their eyes

00:46:00.960 --> 00:46:01.519
 were open

00:46:01.519 --> 00:46:02.299
 to death

00:46:02.300 --> 00:46:05.400
 and in

00:46:05.400 --> 00:46:05.860
 the new

00:46:05.860 --> 00:46:06.260
 covenant

00:46:06.260 --> 00:46:07.220
 Christ

00:46:07.220 --> 00:46:07.740
 takes

00:46:07.740 --> 00:46:08.600
 and gives

00:46:08.600 --> 00:46:09.160
 us to

00:46:09.160 --> 00:46:09.460
 eat

00:46:09.460 --> 00:46:10.380
 the bread

00:46:10.380 --> 00:46:11.700
 which

00:46:11.700 --> 00:46:12.280
 represents

00:46:12.280 --> 00:46:13.260
 his body

00:46:13.260 --> 00:46:14.300
 that hung

00:46:14.300 --> 00:46:15.000
 on the

00:46:15.000 --> 00:46:15.420
 tree

00:46:15.420 --> 00:46:15.900
 of the

00:46:15.900 --> 00:46:16.400
 cross

00:46:16.400 --> 00:46:17.600
 the fruit

00:46:17.600 --> 00:46:17.960
 that he

00:46:17.960 --> 00:46:18.280
 takes

00:46:18.280 --> 00:46:18.860
 from that

00:46:18.860 --> 00:46:19.160
 tree

00:46:19.160 --> 00:46:19.800
 and gives

00:46:19.800 --> 00:46:20.360
 to us

00:46:20.360 --> 00:46:21.120
 is his

00:46:21.120 --> 00:46:22.180
 own body

00:46:22.180 --> 00:46:22.740
 and when we

00:46:22.740 --> 00:46:23.380
 eat of it

00:46:23.380 --> 00:46:24.320
 our eyes

00:46:24.320 --> 00:46:24.960
 are open

00:46:24.960 --> 00:46:25.900
 again to

00:46:25.900 --> 00:46:26.580
 his glory

00:46:26.580 --> 00:46:27.720
 our eyes

00:46:27.720 --> 00:46:28.380
 are open

00:46:28.380 --> 00:46:29.240
 to eternal

00:46:29.240 --> 00:46:29.860
 life

00:46:29.860 --> 00:46:36.140
 and as

00:46:36.140 --> 00:46:36.460
 if to

00:46:36.460 --> 00:46:36.780
 say

00:46:36.780 --> 00:46:38.099
 that as

00:46:38.099 --> 00:46:38.700
 long as

00:46:38.700 --> 00:46:38.860
 our

00:46:38.860 --> 00:46:39.400
 spiritual

00:46:39.400 --> 00:46:39.720
 eyes

00:46:39.720 --> 00:46:40.240
 are open

00:46:40.240 --> 00:46:41.680
 as long

00:46:41.680 --> 00:46:42.039
 as the

00:46:42.039 --> 00:46:42.440
 eyes of

00:46:42.440 --> 00:46:42.960
 our hearts

00:46:42.960 --> 00:46:43.519
 are open

00:46:43.519 --> 00:46:45.160
 seeing

00:46:45.160 --> 00:46:45.780
 Jesus

00:46:45.780 --> 00:46:46.680
 physically

00:46:46.680 --> 00:46:47.039
 is not

00:46:47.039 --> 00:46:47.579
 necessary

00:46:47.579 --> 00:46:49.500
 right after

00:46:49.500 --> 00:46:50.120
 that opening

00:46:50.120 --> 00:46:50.440
 of their

00:46:50.440 --> 00:46:50.680
 eyes

00:46:50.680 --> 00:46:51.019
 he says

00:46:51.019 --> 00:46:51.440
 Jesus

00:46:51.440 --> 00:46:52.400
 vanished

00:46:52.400 --> 00:46:53.340
 from

00:46:53.340 --> 00:46:53.740
 their

00:46:53.740 --> 00:46:54.300
 sight

00:46:54.300 --> 00:46:58.300
 Jesus

00:46:58.300 --> 00:46:58.880
 resurrection

00:46:58.880 --> 00:46:59.280
 body

00:46:59.280 --> 00:46:59.820
 is obviously

00:46:59.820 --> 00:47:00.300
 no longer

00:47:00.300 --> 00:47:01.039
 subject to

00:47:01.039 --> 00:47:01.480
 physical

00:47:01.480 --> 00:47:02.039
 limitations

00:47:02.039 --> 00:47:03.059
 as soon

00:47:03.059 --> 00:47:03.380
 as the

00:47:03.380 --> 00:47:03.780
 disciples

00:47:03.780 --> 00:47:04.580
 see with

00:47:04.580 --> 00:47:05.120
 faith

00:47:05.120 --> 00:47:05.880
 they do

00:47:05.880 --> 00:47:06.640
 not need

00:47:06.640 --> 00:47:07.320
 to see

00:47:07.320 --> 00:47:08.400
 with eyes

00:47:08.400 --> 00:47:09.100
 and that

00:47:09.100 --> 00:47:09.360
 should be

00:47:09.360 --> 00:47:09.900
 encouragement

00:47:09.900 --> 00:47:10.620
 to us

00:47:10.620 --> 00:47:11.440
 because we

00:47:11.440 --> 00:47:11.740
 don't get

00:47:11.740 --> 00:47:12.120
 to see

00:47:12.120 --> 00:47:12.480
 Jesus

00:47:12.480 --> 00:47:12.980
 physically

00:47:12.980 --> 00:47:15.700
 this is

00:47:15.700 --> 00:47:16.120
 Luke's

00:47:16.120 --> 00:47:16.660
 encouragement

00:47:16.660 --> 00:47:17.580
 to us

00:47:17.580 --> 00:47:19.600
 without

00:47:19.600 --> 00:47:20.120
 seeing

00:47:20.120 --> 00:47:20.500
 you can

00:47:20.500 --> 00:47:20.900
 see

00:47:20.900 --> 00:47:22.200
 you can

00:47:22.200 --> 00:47:22.780
 believe

00:47:22.780 --> 00:47:26.059
 God

00:47:26.059 --> 00:47:26.620
 opens the

00:47:26.620 --> 00:47:26.940
 eyes of

00:47:26.940 --> 00:47:27.300
 our hearts

00:47:27.300 --> 00:47:27.680
 so that we

00:47:27.680 --> 00:47:28.440
 understand his

00:47:28.440 --> 00:47:28.840
 word and

00:47:28.840 --> 00:47:29.640
 believe in

00:47:29.639 --> 00:47:30.119
 Christ the

00:47:30.119 --> 00:47:30.480
 redeemer

00:47:30.480 --> 00:47:32.420
 and this

00:47:32.420 --> 00:47:33.119
 reality should

00:47:33.119 --> 00:47:33.839
 drive us to

00:47:33.839 --> 00:47:34.359
 our knees

00:47:34.359 --> 00:47:35.759
 it should

00:47:35.759 --> 00:47:36.279
 lead us to

00:47:36.279 --> 00:47:36.639
 prayer

00:47:36.639 --> 00:47:38.599
 when you

00:47:38.599 --> 00:47:39.779
 realize that

00:47:39.779 --> 00:47:40.359
 you are

00:47:40.359 --> 00:47:41.299
 absolutely

00:47:41.299 --> 00:47:42.139
 powerless

00:47:42.139 --> 00:47:44.400
 to save

00:47:44.400 --> 00:47:45.699
 that family

00:47:45.699 --> 00:47:46.099
 member

00:47:46.099 --> 00:47:47.099
 that neighbor

00:47:47.099 --> 00:47:48.059
 that friend

00:47:48.059 --> 00:47:48.460
 that you

00:47:48.460 --> 00:47:49.420
 love dearly

00:47:49.420 --> 00:47:50.379
 when you

00:47:50.379 --> 00:47:51.400
 realize really

00:47:51.400 --> 00:47:51.799
 that you

00:47:51.799 --> 00:47:52.739
 cannot save

00:47:52.739 --> 00:47:53.379
 that person

00:47:53.379 --> 00:47:54.359
 you can't

00:47:54.359 --> 00:47:54.859
 help but

00:47:54.859 --> 00:47:55.319
 pray

00:47:55.320 --> 00:47:56.720
 it drives

00:47:56.720 --> 00:47:57.059
 you to

00:47:57.059 --> 00:47:57.260
 your

00:47:57.260 --> 00:47:57.760
 knees

00:47:57.760 --> 00:48:01.760
 sovereign

00:48:01.760 --> 00:48:02.260
 God

00:48:02.260 --> 00:48:02.700
 open

00:48:02.700 --> 00:48:02.980
 their

00:48:02.980 --> 00:48:03.400
 eyes

00:48:03.400 --> 00:48:03.920
 so that

00:48:03.920 --> 00:48:04.100
 they

00:48:04.100 --> 00:48:04.340
 might

00:48:04.340 --> 00:48:04.740
 see

00:48:04.740 --> 00:48:06.360
 so that

00:48:06.360 --> 00:48:06.480
 they

00:48:06.480 --> 00:48:06.700
 might

00:48:06.700 --> 00:48:06.960
 know

00:48:06.960 --> 00:48:07.180
 you

00:48:07.180 --> 00:48:07.360
 and

00:48:07.360 --> 00:48:07.640
 believe

00:48:07.640 --> 00:48:07.820
 in

00:48:07.820 --> 00:48:08.059
 you

00:48:08.059 --> 00:48:11.240
 this

00:48:11.240 --> 00:48:11.700
 is why

00:48:11.700 --> 00:48:12.180
 apostle

00:48:12.180 --> 00:48:12.580
 Paul

00:48:12.580 --> 00:48:13.039
 prays

00:48:13.039 --> 00:48:13.460
 this way

00:48:13.460 --> 00:48:14.340
 Ephesians

00:48:14.340 --> 00:48:14.660
 1

00:48:14.660 --> 00:48:15.120
 17

00:48:15.120 --> 00:48:15.300
 to

00:48:15.300 --> 00:48:15.600
 19

00:48:15.600 --> 00:48:16.160
 that

00:48:16.160 --> 00:48:16.300
 the

00:48:16.300 --> 00:48:16.680
 God

00:48:16.680 --> 00:48:16.840
 of

00:48:16.840 --> 00:48:16.960
 our

00:48:16.960 --> 00:48:17.180
 Lord

00:48:17.180 --> 00:48:17.539
 Jesus

00:48:17.539 --> 00:48:18.019
 Christ

00:48:18.019 --> 00:48:18.440
 the

00:48:18.440 --> 00:48:18.840
 father

00:48:18.840 --> 00:48:19.039
 of

00:48:19.039 --> 00:48:19.340
 glory

00:48:19.340 --> 00:48:19.780
 may

00:48:19.780 --> 00:48:20.100
 give

00:48:20.100 --> 00:48:20.240
 you

00:48:20.240 --> 00:48:20.420
 the

00:48:20.420 --> 00:48:21.019
 spirit

00:48:21.019 --> 00:48:21.579
 of

00:48:21.579 --> 00:48:22.180
 wisdom

00:48:22.180 --> 00:48:22.620
 and

00:48:22.620 --> 00:48:22.820
 of

00:48:22.820 --> 00:48:23.420
 revelation

00:48:23.420 --> 00:48:24.079
 in

00:48:24.079 --> 00:48:24.240
 the

00:48:24.240 --> 00:48:24.600
 knowledge

00:48:24.600 --> 00:48:24.800
 of

00:48:24.800 --> 00:48:25.079
 him

00:48:25.079 --> 00:48:25.720
 having

00:48:25.720 --> 00:48:26.019
 the

00:48:26.019 --> 00:48:26.640
 eyes

00:48:26.640 --> 00:48:26.820
 of

00:48:26.820 --> 00:48:27.280
 your

00:48:27.280 --> 00:48:27.860
 hearts

00:48:27.860 --> 00:48:28.500
 enlightened

00:48:28.500 --> 00:48:29.260
 that

00:48:29.260 --> 00:48:29.420
 you

00:48:29.420 --> 00:48:29.600
 may

00:48:29.600 --> 00:48:30.100
 know

00:48:30.100 --> 00:48:30.380
 what

00:48:30.380 --> 00:48:30.500
 is

00:48:30.500 --> 00:48:30.700
 the

00:48:30.700 --> 00:48:31.059
 hope

00:48:31.059 --> 00:48:31.519
 to

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 which

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 he

00:48:32.380 --> 00:48:32.720
 has

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 called

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 you

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 what

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 are

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 the

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 riches

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 of

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 his

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 glorious

00:48:36.120 --> 00:48:37.039
 inheritance

00:48:37.039 --> 00:48:37.380
 in

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 the

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 saints

00:48:37.900 --> 00:48:38.400
 and

00:48:38.400 --> 00:48:38.600
 what

00:48:38.600 --> 00:48:38.760
 is

00:48:38.760 --> 00:48:38.900
 the

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 immeasurable

00:48:39.480 --> 00:48:40.079
 greatness

00:48:40.079 --> 00:48:40.680
 of

00:48:40.680 --> 00:48:40.860
 his

00:48:40.860 --> 00:48:41.360
 power

00:48:41.360 --> 00:48:41.960
 toward

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 us

00:48:42.400 --> 00:48:42.800
 who

00:48:42.800 --> 00:48:43.440
 believe

00:48:43.440 --> 00:48:44.640
 that

00:48:44.640 --> 00:48:45.320
 immeasurable

00:48:45.320 --> 00:48:45.780
 greatness

00:48:45.780 --> 00:48:46.039
 of

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 his

00:48:46.180 --> 00:48:46.640
 power

00:48:46.640 --> 00:48:47.120
 that

00:48:47.120 --> 00:48:47.740
 glorious

00:48:47.740 --> 00:48:48.440
 inheritance

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 that

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 we

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 as

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 believers

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 have

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 experienced

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 we

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 have

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 not

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 come

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 to

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 that

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 experience

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 because

00:48:54.539 --> 00:48:54.760
 of

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 our

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 own

00:48:55.400 --> 00:48:55.940
 abilities

00:48:55.940 --> 00:48:57.340
 God

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 has

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 revealed

00:48:57.940 --> 00:48:58.100
 that

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 to

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 us

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 the

00:48:59.000 --> 00:48:59.460
 spirit

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 has

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 opened

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 the

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 eyes

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 of

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 our

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 hearts

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 and

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 that

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 should

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 be

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 our

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 prayer

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 for

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 our

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 loved

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 ones

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 every

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 day

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 because

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 unless

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 God

00:49:08.440 --> 00:49:09.300
 himself

00:49:09.300 --> 00:49:10.340
 illuminates

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 the

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 eyes

00:49:10.720 --> 00:49:10.820
 of

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 our

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 hearts

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 no

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 person

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 can

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 see

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 this

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 should

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 also

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 make

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 us

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 cherish

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 and

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 prioritize

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 the

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 corporate

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 worship

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 of the

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 church

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 the

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 means

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 of

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 grace

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 that

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 God

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 has

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 given

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 us

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 if

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 you

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 are

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 lacking

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 in

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 faith

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 and

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 zeal

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 this

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 morning

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 I

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 exhorted

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 to

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 open

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 up

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 God's

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 scriptures

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 ask him

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 to speak

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 to you

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 and give

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 you

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 understanding

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 listen

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 to the

00:49:47.340 --> 00:49:47.700
 reading

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 and

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 preaching

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 of

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 God's

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 word

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 avidly

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 and

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 prayerfully

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 on

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 Sunday

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 mornings

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 partake

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 in the

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 breaking

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 of

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 bread

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 and

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 the

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 fellowship

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 of

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 believers

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 in the

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 local

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 church

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 these

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 are

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 means

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 of

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 grace

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 that

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 God

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 has

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 furnished

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 his

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 people

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 with

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 these

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 are

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 the

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 means

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 by

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 which

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 God

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 conveys

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 his

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 saving

00:50:09.620 --> 00:50:10.000
 grace

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 to

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 us

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 these

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 are

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 not

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 optional

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 for

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 the

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 spiritual

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 flourishing

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 of

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 God's

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 people

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 that's

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 why

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 Hebrews

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 10

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 24

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 25

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 says

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 let

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 us

00:50:24.380 --> 00:50:24.819
 consider

00:50:24.819 --> 00:50:25.039
 how

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 to

00:50:25.199 --> 00:50:25.480
 stir

00:50:25.480 --> 00:50:25.719
 up

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 one

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 another

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 to

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 love

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 and

00:50:26.779 --> 00:50:26.960
 good

00:50:26.960 --> 00:50:27.339
 works

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 not

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 neglecting

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 to

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 meet

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 together

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 as

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 is

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 the

00:50:31.539 --> 00:50:31.799
 habit

00:50:31.799 --> 00:50:31.960
 of

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 some

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 but

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 encouraging

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 one

00:50:34.139 --> 00:50:34.500
 another

00:50:34.500 --> 00:50:35.400
 all the

00:50:35.400 --> 00:50:35.579
 more

00:50:35.579 --> 00:50:35.859
 as you

00:50:35.859 --> 00:50:36.139
 see

00:50:36.139 --> 00:50:36.359
 the

00:50:36.359 --> 00:50:36.659
 day

00:50:36.659 --> 00:50:37.219
 drawing

00:50:37.219 --> 00:50:37.879
 near

00:50:37.879 --> 00:50:40.960
 that

00:50:40.960 --> 00:50:41.599
 day

00:50:41.599 --> 00:50:42.099
 of

00:50:42.099 --> 00:50:42.539
 Christ's

00:50:42.539 --> 00:50:42.940
 return

00:50:42.940 --> 00:50:43.219
 of

00:50:43.219 --> 00:50:43.460
 our

00:50:43.460 --> 00:50:43.859
 full

00:50:43.859 --> 00:50:44.339
 redemption

00:50:44.339 --> 00:50:45.559
 of

00:50:45.559 --> 00:50:45.819
 our

00:50:45.819 --> 00:50:46.460
 of

00:50:46.460 --> 00:50:46.619
 the

00:50:46.619 --> 00:50:47.279
 consummation

00:50:47.279 --> 00:50:47.420
 of

00:50:47.420 --> 00:50:47.500
 our

00:50:47.500 --> 00:50:47.699
 union

00:50:47.699 --> 00:50:47.879
 with

00:50:47.879 --> 00:50:48.159
 Christ

00:50:48.159 --> 00:50:48.460
 that

00:50:48.460 --> 00:50:48.779
 day

00:50:48.779 --> 00:50:48.980
 that

00:50:48.980 --> 00:50:49.119
 we

00:50:49.119 --> 00:50:49.359
 look

00:50:49.359 --> 00:50:49.699
 forward

00:50:49.699 --> 00:50:50.019
 to

00:50:50.019 --> 00:50:50.319
 every

00:50:50.319 --> 00:50:50.579
 day

00:50:50.579 --> 00:50:50.719
 of

00:50:50.719 --> 00:50:50.839
 our

00:50:50.839 --> 00:50:51.199
 lives

00:50:51.199 --> 00:50:51.719
 that

00:50:51.719 --> 00:50:52.000
 day

00:50:52.000 --> 00:50:52.199
 is

00:50:52.199 --> 00:50:52.539
 coming

00:50:52.539 --> 00:50:52.980
 and

00:50:52.980 --> 00:50:53.119
 when

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 that

00:50:53.379 --> 00:50:53.639
 day

00:50:53.639 --> 00:50:54.179
 comes

00:50:54.179 --> 00:50:54.599
 our

00:50:54.599 --> 00:50:55.219
 faith

00:50:55.219 --> 00:50:55.599
 will

00:50:55.599 --> 00:50:56.059
 turn

00:50:56.059 --> 00:50:56.319
 to

00:50:56.319 --> 00:50:56.799
 sight

00:50:56.799 --> 00:50:59.059
 we

00:50:59.059 --> 00:50:59.219
 will

00:50:59.219 --> 00:50:59.699
 see

00:50:59.699 --> 00:51:01.679
 everything

00:51:01.679 --> 00:51:03.359
 but

00:51:03.359 --> 00:51:03.699
 until

00:51:03.699 --> 00:51:04.139
 then

00:51:04.139 --> 00:51:05.440
 we

00:51:05.440 --> 00:51:05.659
 must

00:51:05.659 --> 00:51:05.920
 see

00:51:05.920 --> 00:51:06.139
 with

00:51:06.139 --> 00:51:06.639
 faith

00:51:06.639 --> 00:51:07.799
 and

00:51:07.799 --> 00:51:07.920
 in

00:51:07.920 --> 00:51:08.099
 order

00:51:08.099 --> 00:51:08.259
 to

00:51:08.259 --> 00:51:08.399
 do

00:51:08.399 --> 00:51:08.639
 that

00:51:08.639 --> 00:51:08.839
 we

00:51:08.839 --> 00:51:09.279
 need

00:51:09.279 --> 00:51:09.579
 each

00:51:09.579 --> 00:51:09.920
 other

00:51:09.920 --> 00:51:11.179
 to

00:51:11.179 --> 00:51:11.659
 remind

00:51:11.659 --> 00:51:11.940
 each

00:51:11.940 --> 00:51:12.199
 other

00:51:12.199 --> 00:51:13.000
 to

00:51:13.000 --> 00:51:13.659
 exhort

00:51:13.659 --> 00:51:14.099
 each

00:51:14.099 --> 00:51:14.440
 other

00:51:14.440 --> 00:51:18.500
 because

00:51:18.500 --> 00:51:18.739
 there's

00:51:18.739 --> 00:51:19.079
 no

00:51:19.079 --> 00:51:19.920
 eternal

00:51:19.920 --> 00:51:20.279
 life

00:51:20.279 --> 00:51:20.559
 apart

00:51:20.559 --> 00:51:20.819
 from

00:51:20.819 --> 00:51:22.000
 it

00:51:22.000 --> 00:51:29.619
 please

00:51:29.619 --> 00:51:29.940
 take a

00:51:29.940 --> 00:51:30.319
 moment to

00:51:30.319 --> 00:51:30.799
 reflect on

00:51:30.799 --> 00:51:30.960
 that

00:51:30.960 --> 00:51:31.339
 truth

00:51:31.339 --> 00:51:33.480
 and

00:51:33.480 --> 00:51:33.779
 afterward

00:51:33.779 --> 00:51:34.139
 we will

00:51:34.139 --> 00:51:34.659
 respond

00:51:34.659 --> 00:51:35.319
 by

00:51:35.319 --> 00:51:35.759
 praying

00:51:35.759 --> 00:51:36.199
 out

00:51:36.199 --> 00:51:36.299
 loud

00:51:36.299 --> 00:51:36.599
 together

00:51:36.599 --> 00:51:36.779
 as

00:51:36.779 --> 00:51:36.899
 a

00:51:36.899 --> 00:51:37.099
 church

00:51:37.099 --> 00:51:39.259
 happy

00:51:39.259 --> 00:51:39.639
 ever

00:51:39.639 --> 00:51:40.179
 we

00:51:40.179 --> 00:51:43.239
 do

00:51:43.239 --> 00:51:46.219
 this

00:51:46.219 --> 00:51:48.299
 it

00:51:48.299 --> 00:51:49.199
 for

00:51:49.199 --> 00:51:49.779
 the

00:51:49.779 --> 00:51:53.219
 us

00:51:53.219 --> 00:51:53.719
 have

00:51:53.719 --> 00:51:54.279
 to