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 Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving.

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 It's wonderful to gather with you,

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 to worship God together.

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 Please turn with me in your Bibles

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 to Matthew chapter 13.

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 If you don't have a Bible,

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 please raise your hand.

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 We'd love to give you a Bible

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 that you can have

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 and you can use

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 while you're here as well.

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 We're in Matthew chapter 13,

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 starting in verse 53,

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 going to Matthew chapter 14,

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 verse 12.

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 Let me pray for the reading

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 and preaching of God's word.

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 Heavenly Father,

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 thank you for your gracious condescension

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 in sending your Son,

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 the heir and prince

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 of the kingdom of heaven,

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 to earth,

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 to us,

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 who are lowly and sinful.

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 that he might take on our humanity,

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 that he might redeem us from our sins,

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 that he might lift us to you,

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 our God.

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 Lord, we plead with you.

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 please,

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 let that wondrous truth

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 strike us afresh this morning.

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 Exalt the name of your Son,

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 Jesus Christ,

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 and reveal to us his compassion,

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 his love,

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 his mercy,

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 that we might all draw near to him

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 in faith.

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 In his precious name,

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 in Jesus' name,

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 we pray.

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 Amen.

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 Please stand,

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 if you are able,

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 and join me as I read.

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 Let's honor God

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 by standing together

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 as I read from God's word

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 from Matthew 13,

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 53 to 14,

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 12.

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 And when Jesus had finished

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 these parables,

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 he went away from there.

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 And coming to his hometown,

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 he taught them in their synagogue

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 so that they were astonished.

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 And said,

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 where did this man

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 get this wisdom

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 and these mighty works?

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 Is not this

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 the carpenter's son?

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 Is not his mother

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 called Mary?

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 And are not his brothers

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 James and Joseph

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 and Simon and Judas?

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 And are not all his sisters

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 with us?

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 Where then

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 did this man get

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 all these things?

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 And they took offense

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 at him.

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 But Jesus said to them,

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 a prophet is not

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 without honor

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 except in his hometown

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 and in his own household.

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 And he did not do

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 many mighty works there

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 because of their unbelief.

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 At that time,

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 Herod the Tetrarch

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 heard about the fame

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 of Jesus.

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 And he said to his servants,

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 this is John the Baptist.

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 He has been raised

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 from the dead.

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 That is why

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 these miraculous powers

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 are at work in him.

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 for Herod

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 had seized John

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 and bound him

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 and put him in prison

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 for the sake of Herodias,

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 his brother Philip's wife.

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 Because John

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 had been saying to him,

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 it is not lawful

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 for you to have her.

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 And though he wanted

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 to put him to death,

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 he feared the people

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 because they held him

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 to be a prophet.

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 But when Herod's birthday came,

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 the daughter of Herodias

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 danced before the company

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 and pleased Herod

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 so that he promised

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 with an oath

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 to give her

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 whatever she might ask.

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 Prompted by her mother,

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 she said,

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 give me the head

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 of John the Baptist

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 here on a platter.

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 And the king was sorry.

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 But because of his oaths

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 and his guests,

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 he commanded it to be given.

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 He sent

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 and had John

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 beheaded in the prison

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 and his head

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 was brought on a platter

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 and given to the girl.

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 And she brought it

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 to her mother.

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 And his disciples

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 came and took the body

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 and buried it.

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 And they went

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 and told Jesus.

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 God's holy

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 and authoritative word.

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 Please be seated.

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 Around the 10th century BC,

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 the nation of Israel

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 rejected Yahweh,

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 the Lord God,

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 as their king

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 and instead demanded

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 a human king

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 so that they could have

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 a king

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 like the pagan nations

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 around them.

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 They rejected theocracy

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 and demanded

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 a monarchy.

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 And Prophet Samuel

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 at that time

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 warned them

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 that a human king

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 would conscript

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 their sons

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 to fight and die

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 in his wars

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 and that he would

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 take their daughters

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 into service

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 in his palace

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 and that he warned them

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 that the king

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 would tax them

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 and take the best

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 of their fields

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 and vineyards

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 and olive orchards

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 and that one day

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 they would regret

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 clamoring for a king

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 when they feel

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 his heavy hand

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 upon them.

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 But they didn't listen

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 to the prophet.

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 They demanded a king

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 and they got one

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 and after him

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 they got a long line

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 of unfaithful,

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 fickle,

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 wicked kings

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 that led the nation

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 away from God.

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 Two centuries later,

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 in the 8th century BC,

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 when Prophet Isaiah

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 warned the northern kingdom

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 of Israel

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 of their unfaithfulness

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 to God

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 and called them

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 to repent

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 of their idolatry

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 that if they didn't

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 that God would lead

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 them into exile

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 but they didn't listen.

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 Their hearts were dull

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 and their ears were heavy

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 and their eyes were blind.

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 They were deaf

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 to the pleas

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 of the prophet Isaiah

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 and as a result

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 they were conquered

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 by the Assyrians

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 and went into exile

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 as well.

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 Two centuries later

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 in the southern kingdom

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 of Judah,

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 Prophet Jeremiah

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 brought the same message

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 calling them

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 to repentance

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 because the judgment

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 of God was coming

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 because of their idolatry.

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 once again

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 they brazenly

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 hardened their faces

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 like a rock

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 and refused

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 to repent.

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 This is the pattern

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 we see all throughout

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 the Old Testament.

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 A prophet

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 whose message

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 is heeded

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 is the exception

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 and not the norm

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 in the Bible.

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 And there are many reasons

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 why people don't listen

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 to prophets.

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 One obvious reason

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 is that people

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 don't like being confronted

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 about their sins

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 and idols.

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 They cling to their idols

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 tooth and nail.

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 They lash out

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 against all those

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 who seek to take

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 those idols away

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 from them.

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 They like being lords

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 of their own lives.

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 They don't want to submit

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 to the lordship of God.

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 But there's another reason,

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 a second reason

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 people don't often

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 listen to prophets

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 is that they despise

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 the prophets.

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 Prophets are

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 ordinary people

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 entrusted with

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 an extraordinary

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 divine message.

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 And the very

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 ordinariness

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 of these prophets

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 makes people

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 despise them.

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 You're no better

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 than me.

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 Who made you

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 a prince

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 and judge

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 over us?

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 That's what the people

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 of Israel said to Moses

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 when he came to them.

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 Who are you

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 to tell me

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 what to do?

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 In the preceding

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 passages,

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 we have seen

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 that Jesus

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 is the ultimate

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 prophet

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 who reveals

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 to us

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 the secrets

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 of the kingdom

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 of heaven.

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 And our passage

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 this morning

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 shows us

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 how some

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 of the people

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 who heard that

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 message

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 responded to Jesus.

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 And in doing so,

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 it poses to us

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 this most important

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 question,

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 how will you

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 respond to Jesus?

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 That's the main

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 point of our passage.

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 We must trust

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 in Jesus

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 as the ultimate

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 prophet

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 who reveals

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 the kingdom

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 of God.

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 And we're going

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 to see in the

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 first passage

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 that the kingdom

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 is not found

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 in Jesus'

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 household.

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 And in the

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 second passage,

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 that kingdom

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 is not found

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 in Herod's

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 palace either.

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 Jesus comes

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 in the first

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 passage in chapter

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 13,

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 53 to 58.

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 He comes to

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 his hometown

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 and he teaches

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 in the synagogue

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 in verse 54.

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 The hometown

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 is not named

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 here in this

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 chapter,

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 but it was named

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 earlier in Matthew

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 in chapter 2

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 and chapter 4,

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 so we know

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 it's Nazareth.

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 Nazareth was a

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 small,

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 obscure town.

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 so obscure

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 that it doesn't

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 get mentioned

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 even once

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 in the Old

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 Testament

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 or in the

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 Apocrypha

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 or in any

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 of the rabbinic

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 literature.

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 It doesn't get

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 a single mention

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 in any of those

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 things.

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 For these reasons,

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 up until recent

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 archaeological discoveries,

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 many skeptical

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 scholars doubted

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 that Nazareth

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 was even a real

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 place.

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 When Philip

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 tells his friend

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 Nathaniel that

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 Jesus of Nazareth

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 is the promised

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 Messiah that has

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 come,

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 Nathaniel famously

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 responded in

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 John 1.45,

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 can anything

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 good come

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 from Nazareth?

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 Nazareth is

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 estimated to have

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 had about 200

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 residents during

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 the time of

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 Jesus.

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 So it's basically

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 a village,

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 not much bigger

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 than our church.

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 It's a small

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 town where

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 everyone knows

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 everyone,

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 so everyone

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 would have heard

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 about the

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 homecoming of

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 Jesus.

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 This is Jesus'

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 only recording

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 return to his

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 hometown,

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 Nazareth,

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 after his

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 public ministry

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 began in

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 Matthew 4.

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 And as we can

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 see in this

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 passage,

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 Jesus was already

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 by this point

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 quite famous.

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 We see in

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 chapter 14,

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 verse 1,

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 that Herod the

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 Tetrarch has

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 heard about

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 Jesus' fame.

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 His reputation

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 precedes him.

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 The locals

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 have already

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 heard of the

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 mighty works

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 that Jesus has

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 done elsewhere

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 in Capernaum.

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 Jesus comes

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 home as what

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 we might call

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 the hometown

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 hero,

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 the local

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 boy makes

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 good,

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 the small

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 town obscure

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 boy that

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 grew up and

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 went into the

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 big city and

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 made it.

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 He comes

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 home as the

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 miracle worker

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 and the

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 esteemed teacher

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 acclaimed by

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 the crowds,

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 and he takes

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 his seat,

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 the honors

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 seat in the

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 synagogue,

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 and he starts

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 to teach them.

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 He's the

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 visiting scholar,

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 the distinguished

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 lecturer,

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 and he's no

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 stranger.

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 He's their

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 own child

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 that grew

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 up.

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 He grew up

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 and is going

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 to the

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 synagogue most

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 likely.

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 It's a proud

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 moment for

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 the small,

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 humble town

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 of Nazareth.

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 And at

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 first,

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 the reception

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 seems warm.

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 In verse 54,

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 it says that the

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 people at the

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 synagogue were

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 astonished by

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 his teaching.

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 That's the

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 same word that

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 was used to

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 describe the

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 reaction of the

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 crowds who

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 were favorable

00:10:51.440 --> 00:10:52.100
 toward Jesus

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 in chapter 7,

00:10:52.860 --> 00:10:53.480
 verse 28,

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 after he preached

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 the Sermon on

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 the Mount,

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 the crowd said

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 about him,

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 he teaches as

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 someone who has

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 authority,

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 unlike these

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 scribes of the

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 law.

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 So similarly

00:11:04.639 --> 00:11:04.960
 here,

00:11:05.019 --> 00:11:05.720
 the crowds are

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 marveling,

00:11:06.360 --> 00:11:06.580
 saying,

00:11:06.740 --> 00:11:07.480
 where did this

00:11:07.480 --> 00:11:08.539
 man get this

00:11:08.539 --> 00:11:09.259
 wisdom and

00:11:09.259 --> 00:11:09.720
 these mighty

00:11:09.720 --> 00:11:10.060
 works?

00:11:10.120 --> 00:11:10.779
 They're amazed.

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 However,

00:11:12.639 --> 00:11:13.920
 the sweet

00:11:13.920 --> 00:11:14.800
 reception soon

00:11:14.800 --> 00:11:15.840
 turns sour,

00:11:17.000 --> 00:11:18.360
 as wonder

00:11:18.360 --> 00:11:19.639
 and marveling

00:11:19.639 --> 00:11:20.139
 turns into

00:11:20.139 --> 00:11:20.899
 skepticism,

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 familiarity

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 turns into

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 cynicism,

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 and celebration

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 turns into

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 envy.

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 If you examine

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 the structure

00:11:30.620 --> 00:11:31.539
 of chapter 13,

00:11:31.620 --> 00:11:32.399
 verse 53 to

00:11:32.399 --> 00:11:32.899
 58,

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 you can see

00:11:33.899 --> 00:11:34.419
 that it's

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 structured as

00:11:35.219 --> 00:11:35.879
 a chiasm.

00:11:36.860 --> 00:11:37.639
 The first

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 half of the

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 passage is

00:11:39.259 --> 00:11:40.299
 mirrored by

00:11:40.299 --> 00:11:41.279
 repeated words

00:11:41.279 --> 00:11:41.860
 and phrases

00:11:41.860 --> 00:11:42.659
 in the second

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 half of the

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 passage.

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 And this

00:11:44.679 --> 00:11:45.439
 parallel structure

00:11:45.439 --> 00:11:46.139
 highlights the

00:11:46.139 --> 00:11:46.639
 change,

00:11:46.779 --> 00:11:47.319
 the turning

00:11:47.319 --> 00:11:47.860
 point in the

00:11:47.860 --> 00:11:48.740
 crowd's response.

00:11:49.459 --> 00:11:49.839
 First,

00:11:49.939 --> 00:11:50.799
 Jesus comes to

00:11:50.799 --> 00:11:51.559
 his hometown,

00:11:52.159 --> 00:11:52.699
 and teaches.

00:11:53.539 --> 00:11:54.120
 At the end,

00:11:54.259 --> 00:11:54.799
 Jesus says,

00:11:54.939 --> 00:11:55.500
 the prophet has

00:11:55.500 --> 00:11:56.439
 no honor in

00:11:56.439 --> 00:11:57.139
 his hometown.

00:11:58.419 --> 00:11:58.919
 Then he says,

00:11:59.000 --> 00:11:59.679
 the townspeople

00:11:59.679 --> 00:12:00.559
 are astonished

00:12:00.559 --> 00:12:01.100
 by Jesus

00:12:01.100 --> 00:12:01.919
 in verse 54.

00:12:02.620 --> 00:12:03.759
 But in verse 57,

00:12:03.839 --> 00:12:04.120
 it says,

00:12:04.219 --> 00:12:05.179
 the same townspeople

00:12:05.179 --> 00:12:06.199
 took offense

00:12:06.199 --> 00:12:07.000
 at Jesus.

00:12:08.360 --> 00:12:09.459
 In verse 54,

00:12:09.579 --> 00:12:10.179
 the people ask,

00:12:10.319 --> 00:12:11.100
 where did this

00:12:11.100 --> 00:12:12.079
 man get this

00:12:12.079 --> 00:12:12.620
 wisdom and

00:12:12.620 --> 00:12:13.100
 these mighty

00:12:13.100 --> 00:12:13.500
 works?

00:12:14.000 --> 00:12:14.480
 Astonishment,

00:12:14.759 --> 00:12:15.159
 wonder,

00:12:15.399 --> 00:12:15.959
 marveling.

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 And then that

00:12:16.879 --> 00:12:18.000
 turns in verse 56

00:12:18.000 --> 00:12:19.000
 to where did

00:12:19.000 --> 00:12:20.059
 this man get

00:12:20.059 --> 00:12:21.299
 all these things?

00:12:22.159 --> 00:12:23.179
 to doubt,

00:12:23.620 --> 00:12:24.259
 to cynicism,

00:12:24.439 --> 00:12:25.219
 taking offense.

00:12:27.639 --> 00:12:28.919
 Something fishy

00:12:28.919 --> 00:12:29.659
 going on here.

00:12:30.679 --> 00:12:31.699
 He's one of us.

00:12:32.639 --> 00:12:33.279
 He grew up

00:12:33.279 --> 00:12:34.000
 in our synagogue.

00:12:34.259 --> 00:12:34.819
 He didn't

00:12:34.819 --> 00:12:35.779
 apprentice under

00:12:35.779 --> 00:12:37.219
 prestigious rabbi.

00:12:37.299 --> 00:12:38.000
 He didn't have

00:12:38.000 --> 00:12:39.259
 an elite education.

00:12:39.500 --> 00:12:40.319
 Where did this

00:12:40.319 --> 00:12:40.959
 man get

00:12:40.959 --> 00:12:42.139
 all the wisdom

00:12:42.139 --> 00:12:42.740
 and power?

00:12:43.539 --> 00:12:44.500
 It doesn't add up.

00:12:45.539 --> 00:12:46.100
 He must

00:12:46.100 --> 00:12:47.319
 be a charlatan.

00:12:47.320 --> 00:12:49.879
 Aren't we

00:12:49.879 --> 00:12:50.540
 also prone

00:12:50.540 --> 00:12:51.000
 to become

00:12:51.000 --> 00:12:51.420
 envious

00:12:51.420 --> 00:12:52.020
 of people's

00:12:52.020 --> 00:12:52.400
 successes?

00:12:55.840 --> 00:12:56.480
 He's no

00:12:56.480 --> 00:12:57.080
 better than I.

00:12:58.540 --> 00:12:59.820
 If I had

00:12:59.820 --> 00:13:00.860
 the same

00:13:00.860 --> 00:13:01.600
 opportunities

00:13:01.600 --> 00:13:02.379
 that he had,

00:13:02.820 --> 00:13:03.580
 if I had

00:13:03.580 --> 00:13:04.100
 the connections

00:13:04.100 --> 00:13:04.640
 he had,

00:13:04.700 --> 00:13:05.100
 if I had

00:13:05.100 --> 00:13:05.600
 the platform

00:13:05.600 --> 00:13:06.220
 that he had,

00:13:06.260 --> 00:13:06.620
 then I can

00:13:06.620 --> 00:13:07.140
 be just as

00:13:07.140 --> 00:13:07.580
 successful.

00:13:10.760 --> 00:13:11.440
 Why does

00:13:11.440 --> 00:13:12.040
 she have

00:13:12.040 --> 00:13:12.540
 so many

00:13:12.540 --> 00:13:12.960
 friends

00:13:12.960 --> 00:13:13.820
 and get

00:13:13.820 --> 00:13:14.260
 so much

00:13:14.260 --> 00:13:14.760
 attention

00:13:14.760 --> 00:13:15.440
 and affection

00:13:15.440 --> 00:13:16.100
 from others?

00:13:16.100 --> 00:13:17.519
 She's no

00:13:17.519 --> 00:13:18.180
 better than I.

00:13:20.019 --> 00:13:20.759
 But envy

00:13:20.759 --> 00:13:21.639
 is sin.

00:13:23.480 --> 00:13:23.800
 Envy

00:13:23.800 --> 00:13:24.420
 occurs

00:13:24.420 --> 00:13:25.159
 only where

00:13:25.159 --> 00:13:25.540
 the love

00:13:25.540 --> 00:13:26.139
 of self

00:13:26.139 --> 00:13:27.100
 trumps

00:13:27.100 --> 00:13:27.540
 over the

00:13:27.540 --> 00:13:27.840
 love of

00:13:27.840 --> 00:13:28.080
 neighbor.

00:13:30.420 --> 00:13:31.200
 It is a

00:13:31.200 --> 00:13:31.759
 failure to

00:13:31.759 --> 00:13:32.200
 rejoice

00:13:32.200 --> 00:13:32.659
 with those

00:13:32.659 --> 00:13:33.180
 who rejoice

00:13:33.180 --> 00:13:33.800
 and weep

00:13:33.800 --> 00:13:34.200
 with those

00:13:34.200 --> 00:13:34.639
 who weep

00:13:34.639 --> 00:13:35.220
 as God's

00:13:35.220 --> 00:13:35.680
 word commands

00:13:35.680 --> 00:13:35.980
 us.

00:13:37.240 --> 00:13:37.740
 And envy

00:13:37.740 --> 00:13:38.080
 is not

00:13:38.080 --> 00:13:38.519
 merely

00:13:38.519 --> 00:13:39.440
 a horizontal

00:13:39.440 --> 00:13:39.980
 offense.

00:13:40.139 --> 00:13:40.680
 It is also

00:13:40.680 --> 00:13:41.300
 a vertical

00:13:41.300 --> 00:13:41.879
 offense.

00:13:42.740 --> 00:13:43.040
 Envy

00:13:43.040 --> 00:13:43.740
 resents

00:13:43.740 --> 00:13:44.840
 the sovereignty

00:13:44.840 --> 00:13:45.540
 of the God

00:13:45.539 --> 00:13:46.459
 who sovereignly

00:13:46.459 --> 00:13:47.179
 orders the

00:13:47.179 --> 00:13:47.759
 affairs of

00:13:47.759 --> 00:13:48.000
 men.

00:13:49.159 --> 00:13:49.599
 Envy

00:13:49.599 --> 00:13:50.360
 doubts

00:13:50.360 --> 00:13:51.079
 the goodness

00:13:51.079 --> 00:13:51.980
 and generosity

00:13:51.980 --> 00:13:52.539
 of God

00:13:52.539 --> 00:13:53.039
 our Father

00:13:53.039 --> 00:13:53.740
 toward us.

00:13:56.519 --> 00:13:57.319
 And the

00:13:57.319 --> 00:13:58.000
 turn

00:13:58.000 --> 00:13:58.519
 of the

00:13:58.519 --> 00:13:58.719
 crowd,

00:13:58.799 --> 00:13:59.439
 the changing

00:13:59.439 --> 00:14:00.360
 of the

00:14:00.360 --> 00:14:00.759
 crowd,

00:14:01.659 --> 00:14:02.099
 hinges

00:14:02.099 --> 00:14:02.659
 on verses

00:14:02.659 --> 00:14:03.740
 55 and

00:14:03.740 --> 00:14:04.459
 56,

00:14:05.419 --> 00:14:05.959
 which is

00:14:05.959 --> 00:14:06.459
 the center

00:14:06.459 --> 00:14:06.759
 of the

00:14:06.759 --> 00:14:07.179
 chiasm

00:14:07.179 --> 00:14:07.939
 that stands

00:14:07.939 --> 00:14:08.360
 alone.

00:14:08.539 --> 00:14:09.099
 It's the

00:14:09.099 --> 00:14:09.779
 lone part

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 of that

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 structure

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 that doesn't

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 have a

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 matching

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 element.

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 It's meant

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 to be

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 highlighted

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 and focused.

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 And that's

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 the center

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 right here.

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 Is not

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 this the

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 carpenter's

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 son?

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 Is not

00:14:20.580 --> 00:14:21.000
 his mother

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 called Mary?

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 And are

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 not his

00:14:22.740 --> 00:14:23.140
 brothers,

00:14:23.300 --> 00:14:23.740
 James and

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 Joseph and

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 Simon and

00:14:24.640 --> 00:14:24.840
 Judas,

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 and are

00:14:25.080 --> 00:14:25.500
 not all

00:14:25.500 --> 00:14:26.040
 his sisters

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 with us?

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 These are

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 questions,

00:14:28.879 --> 00:14:29.400
 the central

00:14:29.400 --> 00:14:30.220
 questions that

00:14:30.220 --> 00:14:31.200
 surround Jesus'

00:14:31.460 --> 00:14:32.100
 identity,

00:14:32.980 --> 00:14:33.520
 his humble

00:14:33.520 --> 00:14:34.020
 origin.

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 Is not

00:14:35.800 --> 00:14:36.440
 this the

00:14:36.440 --> 00:14:37.300
 carpenter's

00:14:37.300 --> 00:14:37.500
 son?

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 Notice

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 that it's

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 the definite

00:14:39.740 --> 00:14:40.220
 article,

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 the carpenter's

00:14:41.600 --> 00:14:42.020
 son.

00:14:42.019 --> 00:14:44.079
 The definite

00:14:44.079 --> 00:14:44.960
 article suggests

00:14:44.960 --> 00:14:45.759
 familiarity.

00:14:46.679 --> 00:14:47.340
 Everyone knew

00:14:47.340 --> 00:14:47.899
 that Jesus'

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 legal father

00:14:48.840 --> 00:14:49.539
 was Joseph,

00:14:49.799 --> 00:14:50.240
 the village

00:14:50.240 --> 00:14:50.819
 carpenter.

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 The word

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 carpenter is a

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 general term

00:14:54.079 --> 00:14:54.500
 that means

00:14:54.500 --> 00:14:55.039
 builder,

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 and he likely

00:14:55.840 --> 00:14:56.740
 made wooden

00:14:56.740 --> 00:14:57.600
 plows and

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 yokes for

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 the farmers

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 in the

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 village.

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 He's a

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 tradesman.

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 His job,

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 he has a

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 blue-collar

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 profession.

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 It is an

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 honest and

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 respectable

00:15:08.699 --> 00:15:09.439
 profession to

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 be sure,

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 but Joseph

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 was a

00:15:11.100 --> 00:15:11.639
 carpenter.

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 He was

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 no rabbi.

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 And that

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 raises the

00:15:15.720 --> 00:15:16.539
 question concerning

00:15:16.539 --> 00:15:17.379
 Jesus that

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 the people

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 voiced in

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 John 7,

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 15,

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 how is it

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 that this

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 man has

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 learning when

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 he has

00:15:23.779 --> 00:15:24.419
 never studied?

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 The polemic

00:15:27.120 --> 00:15:27.720
 against Jesus

00:15:27.720 --> 00:15:28.419
 continues in

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 verse 55.

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 Is not his

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 mother called

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 Mary?

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 It's interesting

00:15:32.620 --> 00:15:33.240
 that they point

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 out that she

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 was called

00:15:34.960 --> 00:15:36.199
 Mary rather

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 than simply

00:15:36.679 --> 00:15:37.120
 saying,

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 is not his

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 mother Mary?

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 Mary.

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 I think this

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 might be

00:15:40.779 --> 00:15:41.540
 because Mary

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 was one of

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 the most

00:15:42.680 --> 00:15:43.440
 common and

00:15:43.440 --> 00:15:44.440
 ordinary names

00:15:44.440 --> 00:15:45.300
 in the New

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 Testament.

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 Imagine an

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 ordinary,

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 everyday,

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 run-of-the-mill

00:15:51.340 --> 00:15:52.399
 gal, and that

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 gal would be

00:15:52.899 --> 00:15:53.399
 named Mary.

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 Israeli

00:15:55.300 --> 00:15:56.180
 historian Tal

00:15:56.180 --> 00:15:56.180


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 Elan compiled

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 a list of

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 all-known

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 names of

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 Jewish women

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 living in

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 Israel and

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 Palestine

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 between

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 330 B.C.

00:16:02.299 --> 00:16:03.279
 and 200 A.D.

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 and she

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 found out that

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 25% of the

00:16:06.159 --> 00:16:06.539
 women were

00:16:06.539 --> 00:16:07.079
 named Mary.

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 The

00:16:09.079 --> 00:16:09.979
 commonness of

00:16:09.979 --> 00:16:10.239
 the name

00:16:10.239 --> 00:16:10.839
 Mary is borne

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 out by

00:16:11.179 --> 00:16:11.959
 biblical evidence.

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 For example,

00:16:13.479 --> 00:16:14.159
 in addition to

00:16:14.159 --> 00:16:14.699
 Mary, the

00:16:14.699 --> 00:16:15.039
 mother of

00:16:15.039 --> 00:16:15.299
 Jesus,

00:16:15.439 --> 00:16:16.019
 mentioned here

00:16:16.019 --> 00:16:17.019
 in Matthew

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 13,

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 55,

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 in Matthew

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 27,

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 56,

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 it mentions

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 two other

00:16:21.419 --> 00:16:21.839
 Marys,

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 Mary Magdalene

00:16:23.459 --> 00:16:24.699
 and Mary,

00:16:24.779 --> 00:16:25.259
 the mother of

00:16:25.259 --> 00:16:25.719
 James and

00:16:25.719 --> 00:16:25.979
 Joseph,

00:16:25.980 --> 00:16:26.379
 who is

00:16:26.379 --> 00:16:26.920
 most likely

00:16:26.920 --> 00:16:27.200
 Mary,

00:16:27.259 --> 00:16:27.600
 the wife

00:16:27.600 --> 00:16:28.300
 of Clopas,

00:16:28.399 --> 00:16:28.779
 mentioned in

00:16:28.779 --> 00:16:29.220
 John 19,

00:16:29.259 --> 00:16:29.620
 25.

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 So there's

00:16:29.940 --> 00:16:30.539
 three already.

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 And then

00:16:31.580 --> 00:16:31.860
 there's

00:16:31.860 --> 00:16:32.279
 Mary of

00:16:32.279 --> 00:16:32.720
 Bethany,

00:16:32.840 --> 00:16:33.539
 sister of

00:16:33.539 --> 00:16:34.539
 Lazarus and

00:16:34.539 --> 00:16:34.920
 Martha,

00:16:35.060 --> 00:16:35.340
 who is

00:16:35.340 --> 00:16:35.800
 consistently

00:16:35.800 --> 00:16:36.600
 described as

00:16:36.600 --> 00:16:37.159
 being Mary

00:16:37.159 --> 00:16:38.019
 of Bethany,

00:16:38.379 --> 00:16:39.100
 distinguishing her

00:16:39.100 --> 00:16:39.740
 from Mary

00:16:39.740 --> 00:16:40.440
 of Magdala,

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 Mary Magdalene,

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 even though the

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 two have

00:16:42.159 --> 00:16:43.220
 historically been

00:16:43.220 --> 00:16:43.920
 conflated by

00:16:43.920 --> 00:16:44.399
 some people.

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 I don't think

00:16:44.820 --> 00:16:45.120
 the Bible

00:16:45.120 --> 00:16:45.620
 intentionally

00:16:45.620 --> 00:16:46.200
 distinguishes

00:16:46.200 --> 00:16:46.220
!

00:16:46.220 --> 00:16:46.480
 them.

00:16:47.720 --> 00:16:48.460
 Paul greets

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 yet another

00:16:49.159 --> 00:16:49.440
 Mary,

00:16:49.539 --> 00:16:50.240
 a fifth Mary,

00:16:50.340 --> 00:16:50.860
 who lived in

00:16:50.860 --> 00:16:51.220
 Rome in

00:16:51.220 --> 00:16:51.860
 Romans 16,

00:16:51.960 --> 00:16:52.399
 16.

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 In Acts

00:16:53.680 --> 00:16:55.220
 12,

00:16:55.220 --> 00:16:55.899
 verse 12,

00:16:56.019 --> 00:16:56.920
 there's another

00:16:56.920 --> 00:16:58.000
 Mary who is

00:16:58.000 --> 00:16:58.340
 called the

00:16:58.340 --> 00:16:58.720
 mother of

00:16:58.720 --> 00:16:59.300
 John Mark,

00:16:59.460 --> 00:17:00.040
 the author of

00:17:00.040 --> 00:17:00.399
 the Gospel

00:17:00.399 --> 00:17:00.800
 of Mark.

00:17:01.259 --> 00:17:01.899
 His mother was

00:17:01.899 --> 00:17:02.340
 named Mary

00:17:02.340 --> 00:17:02.700
 also.

00:17:03.440 --> 00:17:04.160
 So Mary,

00:17:04.360 --> 00:17:04.900
 there's a lot

00:17:04.900 --> 00:17:05.319
 of Marys.

00:17:05.400 --> 00:17:05.799
 We don't have

00:17:05.799 --> 00:17:07.579
 as many Marys in

00:17:07.579 --> 00:17:07.980
 our church,

00:17:08.100 --> 00:17:08.860
 but we do have

00:17:08.860 --> 00:17:09.259
 lots of

00:17:09.259 --> 00:17:10.660
 Joshua's and

00:17:10.660 --> 00:17:11.180
 Daniel's.

00:17:11.180 --> 00:17:15.060
 So Mary was

00:17:15.060 --> 00:17:15.440
 the most

00:17:15.440 --> 00:17:16.060
 common,

00:17:16.200 --> 00:17:16.680
 ordinary

00:17:16.680 --> 00:17:17.640
 female name

00:17:17.640 --> 00:17:18.019
 in those

00:17:18.019 --> 00:17:18.279
 days,

00:17:18.380 --> 00:17:18.740
 and that

00:17:18.740 --> 00:17:19.519
 emphasizes

00:17:19.519 --> 00:17:20.560
 the townspeople's

00:17:20.560 --> 00:17:20.960
 point.

00:17:21.860 --> 00:17:22.420
 Is not

00:17:22.420 --> 00:17:22.980
 his mother

00:17:22.980 --> 00:17:23.539
 called

00:17:23.539 --> 00:17:24.100
 Mary?

00:17:25.279 --> 00:17:25.960
 His mother

00:17:25.960 --> 00:17:26.500
 isn't some

00:17:26.500 --> 00:17:27.060
 exotic,

00:17:27.220 --> 00:17:28.200
 otherworldly

00:17:28.200 --> 00:17:29.140
 Persephone

00:17:29.140 --> 00:17:30.700
 or Cleopatra.

00:17:30.980 --> 00:17:31.080
 No,

00:17:31.160 --> 00:17:31.980
 his mother

00:17:31.980 --> 00:17:33.100
 isn't Queen

00:17:33.100 --> 00:17:33.779
 Mary or

00:17:33.779 --> 00:17:34.660
 even Lady

00:17:34.660 --> 00:17:35.000
 Mary.

00:17:35.320 --> 00:17:35.539
 No,

00:17:35.600 --> 00:17:36.140
 it's just

00:17:36.140 --> 00:17:36.960
 plain old

00:17:36.960 --> 00:17:37.779
 Mary from

00:17:37.779 --> 00:17:38.299
 the block,

00:17:39.580 --> 00:17:40.060
 that Mary

00:17:40.060 --> 00:17:40.840
 number six.

00:17:41.180 --> 00:17:43.740
 What can

00:17:43.740 --> 00:17:44.799
 possibly be so

00:17:44.799 --> 00:17:45.560
 special about

00:17:45.560 --> 00:17:46.120
 her son?

00:17:49.440 --> 00:17:49.799
 And are

00:17:49.799 --> 00:17:50.220
 not his

00:17:50.220 --> 00:17:50.960
 brothers James

00:17:50.960 --> 00:17:51.440
 and Joseph

00:17:51.440 --> 00:17:52.000
 and Simon

00:17:52.000 --> 00:17:52.539
 and Judas?

00:17:53.320 --> 00:17:54.160
 His brothers,

00:17:54.460 --> 00:17:55.480
 they're our

00:17:55.480 --> 00:17:56.279
 childhood buddies.

00:17:57.440 --> 00:17:58.360
 We wrestled

00:17:58.360 --> 00:17:58.920
 and tussled

00:17:58.920 --> 00:17:59.500
 with them and

00:17:59.500 --> 00:17:59.900
 ran around

00:17:59.900 --> 00:18:00.480
 playing tag

00:18:00.480 --> 00:18:00.740
 with them.

00:18:00.820 --> 00:18:01.160
 We played

00:18:01.160 --> 00:18:01.799
 hopscotch

00:18:01.799 --> 00:18:02.160
 with them

00:18:02.160 --> 00:18:02.799
 growing up.

00:18:04.019 --> 00:18:04.360
 And are

00:18:04.360 --> 00:18:05.019
 not all his

00:18:05.019 --> 00:18:06.019
 sisters with

00:18:06.019 --> 00:18:06.440
 us?

00:18:07.759 --> 00:18:07.980
 Their

00:18:07.980 --> 00:18:08.640
 sisters live

00:18:08.640 --> 00:18:09.360
 among us.

00:18:10.220 --> 00:18:10.680
 They're

00:18:10.680 --> 00:18:11.240
 married to

00:18:11.240 --> 00:18:11.960
 my friends

00:18:11.960 --> 00:18:12.740
 and my

00:18:12.740 --> 00:18:13.060
 neighbors.

00:18:13.840 --> 00:18:14.460
 How can

00:18:14.460 --> 00:18:14.880
 a man

00:18:14.880 --> 00:18:15.240
 whose

00:18:15.240 --> 00:18:16.259
 pedigree,

00:18:16.360 --> 00:18:16.900
 whose family

00:18:16.900 --> 00:18:17.480
 tree is so

00:18:17.480 --> 00:18:18.400
 public and

00:18:18.400 --> 00:18:20.019
 so ordinary

00:18:20.019 --> 00:18:22.560
 be someone

00:18:22.560 --> 00:18:23.320
 so special

00:18:23.320 --> 00:18:24.000
 and extraordinary?

00:18:24.000 --> 00:18:26.839
 as Jesus

00:18:26.839 --> 00:18:27.420
 says in verse

00:18:27.420 --> 00:18:27.980
 57,

00:18:28.519 --> 00:18:29.299
 a prophet is

00:18:29.299 --> 00:18:30.140
 not without

00:18:30.140 --> 00:18:31.660
 honor except

00:18:31.660 --> 00:18:32.099
 in his

00:18:32.099 --> 00:18:33.140
 hometown and

00:18:33.140 --> 00:18:34.200
 in his own

00:18:34.200 --> 00:18:34.759
 household.

00:18:35.420 --> 00:18:36.299
 We have a

00:18:36.299 --> 00:18:36.859
 similar proverb

00:18:36.859 --> 00:18:37.359
 in English,

00:18:37.460 --> 00:18:37.700
 don't we?

00:18:38.259 --> 00:18:38.859
 Familiarity

00:18:38.859 --> 00:18:39.900
 breeds

00:18:39.900 --> 00:18:40.980
 contempt.

00:18:42.380 --> 00:18:43.339
 We often

00:18:43.339 --> 00:18:44.099
 assume that

00:18:44.099 --> 00:18:44.799
 what is near

00:18:44.799 --> 00:18:45.599
 and what is

00:18:45.599 --> 00:18:46.039
 familiar

00:18:46.039 --> 00:18:47.859
 cannot be

00:18:47.859 --> 00:18:48.640
 special,

00:18:48.900 --> 00:18:49.700
 cannot be

00:18:49.700 --> 00:18:50.700
 truly good.

00:18:50.700 --> 00:18:50.740
 good.

00:18:51.980 --> 00:18:52.860
 But don't

00:18:52.860 --> 00:18:53.319
 let your

00:18:53.319 --> 00:18:53.860
 familiarity

00:18:53.860 --> 00:18:54.920
 with Jesus

00:18:54.920 --> 00:18:55.400
 and the

00:18:55.400 --> 00:18:56.299
 claims of

00:18:56.299 --> 00:18:56.940
 Christianity

00:18:56.940 --> 00:18:57.720
 turn that

00:18:57.720 --> 00:18:58.740
 into contempt.

00:19:00.819 --> 00:19:01.559
 Maybe you

00:19:01.559 --> 00:19:02.059
 grew up in

00:19:02.059 --> 00:19:02.420
 a Christian

00:19:02.420 --> 00:19:03.940
 family and

00:19:03.940 --> 00:19:04.380
 you're tempted

00:19:04.380 --> 00:19:04.819
 to have

00:19:04.819 --> 00:19:05.519
 contempt for

00:19:05.519 --> 00:19:05.840
 what you

00:19:05.840 --> 00:19:06.360
 were taught.

00:19:07.920 --> 00:19:08.759
 Maybe someone

00:19:08.759 --> 00:19:09.559
 has told you,

00:19:09.980 --> 00:19:10.299
 well you're

00:19:10.299 --> 00:19:10.799
 only a

00:19:10.799 --> 00:19:11.360
 Christian because

00:19:11.360 --> 00:19:11.940
 you grew up

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 in a Christian

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 home and

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 because you

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 grew up in

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 the Christian

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 West in the

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 United States

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 of America.

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 If you were

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 born in Saudi

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 Arabia,

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 you'd be

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 Muslim.

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 Maybe you

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 feel the

00:19:23.680 --> 00:19:24.539
 sting of

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 that

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 criticism.

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 But if you

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 think about

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 it,

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 that's a

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 logical

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 sleight of

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 hand.

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 You can

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 say that

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 about any

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 worldview.

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 You're

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 three times

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 more likely

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 to be a

00:19:34.700 --> 00:19:35.079
 skeptical,

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 humanistic

00:19:35.919 --> 00:19:36.659
 atheist if

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 you're born

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 in Boston,

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 Massachusetts,

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 as opposed

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 to Boston,

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 Kentucky.

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 Yes,

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 that's a

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 real town

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 in Kentucky.

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 Three times

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 more likely.

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 But what

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 does that

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 say about

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 the merits

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 of atheism?

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 Nothing.

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 You have to

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 weigh the

00:19:54.339 --> 00:19:54.859
 merits of

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 the ideas

00:19:55.440 --> 00:19:56.039
 themselves.

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 Likewise,

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 you must

00:19:58.440 --> 00:19:59.059
 consider the

00:19:59.059 --> 00:19:59.700
 claims of

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 Christ on

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 its own

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 merit.

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 So what

00:20:05.079 --> 00:20:05.559
 do you

00:20:05.559 --> 00:20:06.099
 make of

00:20:06.099 --> 00:20:06.379
 Jesus?

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 This passage

00:20:08.599 --> 00:20:09.159
 brings into

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 stark relief

00:20:10.099 --> 00:20:11.059
 the scandal

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 of the

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 incarnation of

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 the Son of

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 God.

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 Today is the

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 first Sunday

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 of Advent,

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 which celebrates

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 the coming of

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 Christ to

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 earth,

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 into our

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 world.

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 And because

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 as Christians

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 we know

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 that Jesus

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 is the

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 risen and

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 ascended and

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 exalted

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 Lord,

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 we can

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 sometimes forget

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 the humility

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 of our

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 Lord Jesus

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 Christ in

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 his coming.

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 Do you

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 know that

00:20:32.259 --> 00:20:34.099
 Jesus learned

00:20:34.099 --> 00:20:34.679
 a trade?

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 Is not

00:20:38.599 --> 00:20:39.099
 this the

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 carpenter's

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 son?

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 Indeed,

00:20:41.399 --> 00:20:41.899
 Jesus is

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 himself called

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 a carpenter

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 in Mark

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 chapter 6,

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 verse 3,

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 because he

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 learned that

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 trade in

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 his father's

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 shop.

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 Do you

00:20:51.359 --> 00:20:51.680
 know that

00:20:51.680 --> 00:20:52.279
 Jesus had

00:20:52.279 --> 00:20:52.740
 a human

00:20:52.740 --> 00:20:53.099
 mother?

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 That's a

00:20:55.980 --> 00:20:56.980
 truly mind-boggling

00:20:56.980 --> 00:20:57.359
 fact.

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 Jesus had

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 an ordinary

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 human mother

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 in Mary.

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 He had a

00:21:03.579 --> 00:21:04.500
 gestation period

00:21:04.500 --> 00:21:05.519
 in her womb.

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 Mary went

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 into labor

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 and she gave

00:21:09.779 --> 00:21:10.339
 birth to

00:21:10.339 --> 00:21:11.220
 Jesus as a

00:21:11.220 --> 00:21:11.519
 baby.

00:21:12.400 --> 00:21:13.079
 Jesus grew

00:21:13.079 --> 00:21:13.960
 up like any

00:21:13.960 --> 00:21:14.640
 other boy.

00:21:14.640 --> 00:21:15.080
 He didn't

00:21:15.080 --> 00:21:15.860
 come out

00:21:15.860 --> 00:21:16.160
 of the

00:21:16.160 --> 00:21:16.440
 womb

00:21:16.440 --> 00:21:16.880
 running.

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 No,

00:21:18.340 --> 00:21:18.960
 He came

00:21:18.960 --> 00:21:19.200
 out.

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 He had

00:21:19.380 --> 00:21:19.840
 to crawl

00:21:19.840 --> 00:21:20.920
 first and

00:21:20.920 --> 00:21:21.560
 then cruise

00:21:21.560 --> 00:21:22.160
 and then

00:21:22.160 --> 00:21:22.980
 walk and

00:21:22.980 --> 00:21:23.520
 then run.

00:21:24.780 --> 00:21:25.520
 Jesus did

00:21:25.520 --> 00:21:26.140
 not come out

00:21:26.140 --> 00:21:26.560
 of the womb

00:21:26.560 --> 00:21:27.500
 speaking fluent

00:21:27.500 --> 00:21:28.460
 Aramaic.

00:21:29.720 --> 00:21:30.600
 He had to

00:21:30.600 --> 00:21:31.320
 learn to

00:21:31.320 --> 00:21:31.700
 speak.

00:21:32.240 --> 00:21:32.680
 It says in

00:21:32.680 --> 00:21:33.400
 Luke chapter 2,

00:21:33.440 --> 00:21:33.980
 verse 52,

00:21:34.160 --> 00:21:35.300
 Jesus increased

00:21:35.300 --> 00:21:36.780
 in wisdom and

00:21:36.780 --> 00:21:37.840
 in stature and

00:21:37.840 --> 00:21:38.620
 in favor with

00:21:38.620 --> 00:21:39.259
 God and man.

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 Do you

00:21:41.819 --> 00:21:42.460
 know that

00:21:42.460 --> 00:21:43.420
 Jesus had

00:21:43.420 --> 00:21:44.519
 brothers and

00:21:44.519 --> 00:21:44.980
 sisters?

00:21:46.940 --> 00:21:47.839
 Some Christian

00:21:47.839 --> 00:21:49.339
 denominations teach

00:21:49.339 --> 00:21:50.680
 that Mary is

00:21:50.680 --> 00:21:51.680
 ever virgin.

00:21:52.700 --> 00:21:53.420
 They call this the

00:21:53.420 --> 00:21:54.079
 doctrine of the

00:21:54.079 --> 00:21:55.319
 perpetual virginity

00:21:55.319 --> 00:21:56.720
 of Mary, that

00:21:56.720 --> 00:21:57.359
 she was a virgin

00:21:57.359 --> 00:21:58.220
 before and

00:21:58.220 --> 00:21:58.900
 during and

00:21:58.900 --> 00:21:59.579
 after the

00:21:59.579 --> 00:22:00.220
 birth of Jesus.

00:22:00.759 --> 00:22:01.119
 And therefore

00:22:01.119 --> 00:22:01.720
 they argue,

00:22:01.839 --> 00:22:02.519
 they insist that

00:22:02.519 --> 00:22:03.180
 Jesus could not

00:22:03.180 --> 00:22:04.180
 have had any

00:22:04.180 --> 00:22:04.559
 siblings.

00:22:05.379 --> 00:22:06.240
 Their claim is

00:22:06.240 --> 00:22:07.099
 based on two

00:22:07.099 --> 00:22:07.859
 biblical arguments.

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 First, they point

00:22:08.579 --> 00:22:09.519
 to John 19,

00:22:09.659 --> 00:22:10.839
 26 to 27.

00:22:11.339 --> 00:22:12.039
 As Jesus is

00:22:12.039 --> 00:22:12.559
 dying on the

00:22:12.559 --> 00:22:13.619
 cross, he

00:22:13.619 --> 00:22:14.659
 entrusts the

00:22:14.659 --> 00:22:15.139
 care of his

00:22:15.139 --> 00:22:15.759
 mother Mary,

00:22:15.819 --> 00:22:16.479
 not to his

00:22:16.479 --> 00:22:17.159
 brothers or to

00:22:17.159 --> 00:22:17.479
 his other

00:22:17.479 --> 00:22:18.119
 siblings, but

00:22:18.119 --> 00:22:18.979
 to his

00:22:18.979 --> 00:22:19.879
 disciple John.

00:22:21.379 --> 00:22:21.799
 And they

00:22:21.799 --> 00:22:22.399
 infer from

00:22:22.399 --> 00:22:22.959
 that that Jesus

00:22:22.959 --> 00:22:23.579
 could not have

00:22:23.579 --> 00:22:24.139
 had any

00:22:24.139 --> 00:22:24.759
 siblings because

00:22:24.759 --> 00:22:25.219
 if he did,

00:22:25.279 --> 00:22:25.679
 he would not

00:22:25.679 --> 00:22:26.199
 have entrusted

00:22:26.199 --> 00:22:26.519
 the care of

00:22:26.519 --> 00:22:27.019
 his mother to

00:22:27.019 --> 00:22:27.619
 his disciple.

00:22:29.579 --> 00:22:30.159
 That's, I

00:22:30.159 --> 00:22:30.979
 think, a huge

00:22:30.979 --> 00:22:32.059
 and a mistaken

00:22:32.059 --> 00:22:32.639
 assumption.

00:22:33.359 --> 00:22:33.979
 Can it simply

00:22:33.979 --> 00:22:34.759
 be the case that

00:22:34.759 --> 00:22:35.479
 Jesus' siblings

00:22:35.479 --> 00:22:36.399
 were not on the

00:22:36.399 --> 00:22:36.679
 scene?

00:22:37.299 --> 00:22:37.839
 Or that they

00:22:37.839 --> 00:22:38.319
 no longer

00:22:38.319 --> 00:22:38.959
 lived in the

00:22:38.959 --> 00:22:39.959
 same town as

00:22:39.959 --> 00:22:40.699
 his mother?

00:22:41.519 --> 00:22:42.119
 It says

00:22:42.119 --> 00:22:42.980
 explicitly in

00:22:42.980 --> 00:22:44.059
 John 7, 5

00:22:44.059 --> 00:22:44.959
 that not even

00:22:44.959 --> 00:22:45.859
 his brothers

00:22:45.859 --> 00:22:46.899
 believed in

00:22:46.899 --> 00:22:47.220
 Jesus.

00:22:48.539 --> 00:22:49.399
 Can it be that

00:22:49.399 --> 00:22:50.319
 Jesus wanted to

00:22:50.319 --> 00:22:51.159
 entrust the care

00:22:51.159 --> 00:22:51.799
 of his precious

00:22:51.799 --> 00:22:52.899
 mother not to

00:22:52.899 --> 00:22:53.759
 his unbelieving

00:22:53.759 --> 00:22:54.279
 brothers who

00:22:54.279 --> 00:22:54.859
 think he's a

00:22:54.859 --> 00:22:56.019
 crazy cook, but

00:22:56.019 --> 00:22:57.039
 rather because he

00:22:57.039 --> 00:22:57.699
 wanted to entrust

00:22:57.699 --> 00:22:58.240
 the care of his

00:22:58.240 --> 00:22:58.839
 mother to a

00:22:58.839 --> 00:22:59.639
 trusted disciple,

00:22:59.720 --> 00:23:00.159
 his beloved

00:23:00.159 --> 00:23:00.859
 disciple John?

00:23:00.859 --> 00:23:04.939
 I think that's

00:23:04.939 --> 00:23:05.619
 far more likely,

00:23:05.779 --> 00:23:06.339
 especially when

00:23:06.339 --> 00:23:06.619
 we have a

00:23:06.619 --> 00:23:07.159
 passage like

00:23:07.159 --> 00:23:07.639
 ours this

00:23:07.639 --> 00:23:08.000
 morning that

00:23:08.000 --> 00:23:09.039
 speaks explicitly

00:23:09.039 --> 00:23:09.919
 of Jesus'

00:23:10.139 --> 00:23:10.500
 siblings.

00:23:11.619 --> 00:23:12.419
 That brings up

00:23:12.419 --> 00:23:12.819
 the second

00:23:12.819 --> 00:23:13.699
 argument that

00:23:13.699 --> 00:23:14.279
 some people

00:23:14.279 --> 00:23:14.699
 make, that

00:23:14.699 --> 00:23:15.019
 they argue

00:23:15.019 --> 00:23:15.419
 that in the

00:23:15.419 --> 00:23:16.139
 biblical Hebrew

00:23:16.139 --> 00:23:16.899
 and Aramaic,

00:23:17.079 --> 00:23:18.059
 the word for

00:23:18.059 --> 00:23:18.959
 cousin or

00:23:18.959 --> 00:23:19.559
 relative is

00:23:19.559 --> 00:23:20.259
 non-existent,

00:23:20.319 --> 00:23:20.799
 so they use

00:23:20.799 --> 00:23:21.379
 instead the

00:23:21.379 --> 00:23:21.799
 word for

00:23:21.799 --> 00:23:22.559
 brother or

00:23:22.559 --> 00:23:24.299
 sister to

00:23:24.299 --> 00:23:24.740
 refer to

00:23:24.740 --> 00:23:25.459
 relatives and

00:23:25.459 --> 00:23:25.859
 kinsmen.

00:23:26.240 --> 00:23:26.859
 That's true.

00:23:26.859 --> 00:23:29.959
 However, one

00:23:29.959 --> 00:23:30.839
 major problem

00:23:30.839 --> 00:23:31.119
 with their

00:23:31.119 --> 00:23:32.179
 argument is

00:23:32.179 --> 00:23:32.899
 that the

00:23:32.899 --> 00:23:33.319
 gospel of

00:23:33.319 --> 00:23:33.699
 Matthew is

00:23:33.699 --> 00:23:34.639
 not written

00:23:34.639 --> 00:23:35.059
 in Hebrew

00:23:35.059 --> 00:23:35.559
 and Aramaic,

00:23:35.619 --> 00:23:35.979
 it's written

00:23:35.979 --> 00:23:36.500
 in Greek.

00:23:38.299 --> 00:23:38.719
 And in

00:23:38.719 --> 00:23:39.279
 Greek, there

00:23:39.279 --> 00:23:39.919
 is a word

00:23:39.919 --> 00:23:40.559
 for relative.

00:23:41.079 --> 00:23:41.419
 And in

00:23:41.419 --> 00:23:41.799
 Greek, there

00:23:41.799 --> 00:23:42.419
 is a word

00:23:42.419 --> 00:23:43.179
 for cousin.

00:23:44.799 --> 00:23:45.319
 And in the

00:23:45.319 --> 00:23:45.740
 New Testament

00:23:45.740 --> 00:23:46.240
 Greek, the

00:23:46.240 --> 00:23:46.759
 word brother

00:23:46.759 --> 00:23:47.579
 or sister is

00:23:47.579 --> 00:23:48.619
 never used

00:23:48.619 --> 00:23:49.139
 to mean

00:23:49.139 --> 00:23:50.919
 cousin, because

00:23:50.919 --> 00:23:51.919
 those words

00:23:51.919 --> 00:23:52.319
 exist.

00:23:52.500 --> 00:23:53.439
 Colossians 4.10

00:23:53.439 --> 00:23:54.059
 says that Mark

00:23:54.059 --> 00:23:54.879
 is the cousin

00:23:54.879 --> 00:23:55.579
 of Barnabas.

00:23:55.579 --> 00:23:57.199
 Luke 1.36

00:23:57.199 --> 00:23:57.859
 refers to

00:23:57.859 --> 00:23:58.659
 Mary's cousin

00:23:58.659 --> 00:23:59.879
 Elizabeth as

00:23:59.879 --> 00:24:01.099
 her relative.

00:24:02.220 --> 00:24:03.059
 Another word.

00:24:04.259 --> 00:24:04.699
 And remember

00:24:04.699 --> 00:24:05.559
 the immediate

00:24:05.559 --> 00:24:06.439
 context of our

00:24:06.439 --> 00:24:07.099
 passage here,

00:24:07.159 --> 00:24:07.740
 which speaks of

00:24:07.740 --> 00:24:08.759
 Jesus' immediate

00:24:08.759 --> 00:24:09.460
 family members,

00:24:09.539 --> 00:24:10.159
 his father and

00:24:10.159 --> 00:24:10.879
 his mother,

00:24:11.279 --> 00:24:12.000
 so it's only

00:24:12.000 --> 00:24:12.859
 natural to assume

00:24:12.859 --> 00:24:13.419
 that he's speaking

00:24:13.419 --> 00:24:14.199
 of his actual

00:24:14.199 --> 00:24:15.819
 brothers and

00:24:15.819 --> 00:24:16.500
 siblings, his

00:24:16.500 --> 00:24:16.839
 sisters.

00:24:18.919 --> 00:24:19.699
 Some argue

00:24:19.699 --> 00:24:20.039
 that the

00:24:20.039 --> 00:24:21.240
 perpetual virginity

00:24:21.240 --> 00:24:21.939
 of Mary, as

00:24:21.939 --> 00:24:22.299
 did some

00:24:22.299 --> 00:24:23.119
 denominations argue,

00:24:23.279 --> 00:24:24.039
 is a historical

00:24:24.039 --> 00:24:24.720
 doctrine that the

00:24:24.720 --> 00:24:25.519
 church has always

00:24:25.519 --> 00:24:25.940
 held.

00:24:26.480 --> 00:24:26.940
 However, that's

00:24:26.940 --> 00:24:27.440
 not true.

00:24:28.839 --> 00:24:29.680
 The doctrine of

00:24:29.680 --> 00:24:30.119
 the perpetual

00:24:30.119 --> 00:24:31.039
 virginity of

00:24:31.039 --> 00:24:31.680
 Mary does not

00:24:31.680 --> 00:24:32.319
 appear on the

00:24:32.319 --> 00:24:32.940
 scene until the

00:24:32.940 --> 00:24:34.619
 fourth century, and

00:24:34.619 --> 00:24:35.339
 most of that in

00:24:35.339 --> 00:24:36.079
 the context of

00:24:36.079 --> 00:24:37.000
 polemical debate

00:24:37.000 --> 00:24:37.460
 about the

00:24:37.460 --> 00:24:38.079
 superiority of

00:24:38.079 --> 00:24:39.200
 celibacy over

00:24:39.200 --> 00:24:39.639
 marriage.

00:24:40.379 --> 00:24:41.019
 It's not

00:24:41.019 --> 00:24:41.720
 dissimilar to

00:24:41.720 --> 00:24:42.720
 how the

00:24:42.720 --> 00:24:44.859
 doctrine of

00:24:44.859 --> 00:24:45.599
 Trinity has

00:24:45.599 --> 00:24:46.279
 been dragged

00:24:46.279 --> 00:24:46.759
 into the

00:24:46.759 --> 00:24:47.539
 debate, the

00:24:47.539 --> 00:24:48.099
 modern debate

00:24:48.099 --> 00:24:48.379
 over

00:24:48.379 --> 00:24:49.420
 complementarianism

00:24:49.420 --> 00:24:50.519
 and egalitarianism,

00:24:50.980 --> 00:24:51.740
 for some of you

00:24:51.740 --> 00:24:52.180
 who are familiar

00:24:52.180 --> 00:24:52.720
 with that, and

00:24:52.720 --> 00:24:53.139
 how some

00:24:53.139 --> 00:24:53.720
 scholars have

00:24:53.720 --> 00:24:54.339
 unwittingly

00:24:54.339 --> 00:24:54.899
 walked into

00:24:54.899 --> 00:24:55.439
 Trinitarian

00:24:55.439 --> 00:24:57.059
 heresies while

00:24:57.059 --> 00:24:57.500
 in those

00:24:57.500 --> 00:24:57.879
 polemical

00:24:57.879 --> 00:24:58.500
 contexts.

00:25:00.339 --> 00:25:00.839
 An early

00:25:00.839 --> 00:25:01.519
 church father

00:25:01.519 --> 00:25:02.379
 Tertullian from

00:25:02.379 --> 00:25:02.939
 the second

00:25:02.939 --> 00:25:04.019
 century, earlier

00:25:04.019 --> 00:25:05.379
 on, clearly

00:25:05.379 --> 00:25:06.139
 stated that Jesus

00:25:06.139 --> 00:25:07.039
 had real

00:25:07.039 --> 00:25:07.679
 biological

00:25:07.679 --> 00:25:09.619
 brothers, and

00:25:09.619 --> 00:25:10.379
 that after giving

00:25:10.379 --> 00:25:11.279
 birth to Jesus,

00:25:11.659 --> 00:25:12.279
 Mary did

00:25:12.279 --> 00:25:13.019
 consummate her

00:25:13.019 --> 00:25:14.079
 marriage once

00:25:14.079 --> 00:25:14.539
 for all.

00:25:15.619 --> 00:25:16.459
 In fact, that's

00:25:16.459 --> 00:25:17.259
 the clear biblical

00:25:17.259 --> 00:25:17.980
 implication of

00:25:17.980 --> 00:25:18.899
 Matthew 1.25,

00:25:19.379 --> 00:25:20.359
 that Mary did

00:25:20.359 --> 00:25:21.220
 not remain a

00:25:21.220 --> 00:25:22.079
 virgin after the

00:25:22.079 --> 00:25:22.759
 birth of Christ,

00:25:22.759 --> 00:25:23.440
 because it

00:25:23.440 --> 00:25:23.960
 says that

00:25:23.960 --> 00:25:24.839
 Joseph did

00:25:24.839 --> 00:25:25.680
 not know

00:25:25.680 --> 00:25:26.519
 his wife

00:25:26.519 --> 00:25:27.119
 intimately,

00:25:27.319 --> 00:25:27.859
 conjugally,

00:25:28.420 --> 00:25:29.740
 until she

00:25:29.740 --> 00:25:30.259
 had given

00:25:30.259 --> 00:25:30.980
 birth to

00:25:30.980 --> 00:25:31.359
 Jesus.

00:25:33.200 --> 00:25:34.160
 The natural

00:25:34.160 --> 00:25:34.640
 reading of

00:25:34.640 --> 00:25:34.980
 the verse

00:25:34.980 --> 00:25:36.400
 implies that

00:25:36.400 --> 00:25:37.220
 after Mary

00:25:37.220 --> 00:25:37.859
 gave birth to

00:25:37.859 --> 00:25:38.519
 Jesus, Joseph

00:25:38.519 --> 00:25:39.099
 did have

00:25:39.099 --> 00:25:40.039
 normal conjugal

00:25:40.039 --> 00:25:40.779
 relations with

00:25:40.779 --> 00:25:40.960
 her.

00:25:41.500 --> 00:25:41.900
 And why

00:25:41.900 --> 00:25:42.240
 should that

00:25:42.240 --> 00:25:42.980
 surprise us?

00:25:43.480 --> 00:25:43.920
 Because the

00:25:43.920 --> 00:25:44.660
 Bible teaches

00:25:44.660 --> 00:25:45.440
 it commands

00:25:45.440 --> 00:25:46.259
 regular conjugal

00:25:46.259 --> 00:25:46.980
 relations between

00:25:46.980 --> 00:25:47.480
 husband and

00:25:47.480 --> 00:25:48.220
 wife in 1

00:25:48.220 --> 00:25:48.859
 Corinthians 7.

00:25:48.859 --> 00:25:50.699
 the idea of

00:25:50.699 --> 00:25:51.479
 the perpetual

00:25:51.479 --> 00:25:52.479
 virginity of

00:25:52.479 --> 00:25:53.159
 Mary, that

00:25:53.159 --> 00:25:54.399
 Jesus had no

00:25:54.399 --> 00:25:56.219
 siblings, this

00:25:56.219 --> 00:25:57.219
 lessens the

00:25:57.219 --> 00:25:58.259
 radical nature of

00:25:58.259 --> 00:25:59.059
 Jesus' incarnation.

00:26:00.459 --> 00:26:01.439
 Jesus is the

00:26:01.439 --> 00:26:02.059
 Son of God,

00:26:02.139 --> 00:26:02.679
 yes, but he

00:26:02.679 --> 00:26:03.639
 really took on

00:26:03.639 --> 00:26:04.419
 human flesh.

00:26:05.339 --> 00:26:06.399
 He really was

00:26:06.399 --> 00:26:07.299
 born of woman,

00:26:07.500 --> 00:26:08.259
 born under the

00:26:08.259 --> 00:26:08.500
 law.

00:26:08.799 --> 00:26:09.699
 He really was

00:26:09.699 --> 00:26:10.559
 the Son of Man

00:26:10.559 --> 00:26:11.559
 in every way

00:26:11.559 --> 00:26:12.979
 except for sin.

00:26:14.399 --> 00:26:15.439
 He was raised

00:26:15.439 --> 00:26:16.359
 in a bustling

00:26:16.359 --> 00:26:17.579
 home with

00:26:17.579 --> 00:26:18.539
 rowdy brothers,

00:26:18.859 --> 00:26:19.939
 he knows what

00:26:19.939 --> 00:26:21.519
 it's like for

00:26:21.519 --> 00:26:22.279
 siblings to be

00:26:22.279 --> 00:26:22.839
 jerks toward

00:26:22.839 --> 00:26:24.059
 him, like in

00:26:24.059 --> 00:26:24.599
 this passage.

00:26:27.339 --> 00:26:28.139
 Hebrews 2,

00:26:28.199 --> 00:26:28.939
 14 to 18,

00:26:29.039 --> 00:26:29.519
 which we read

00:26:29.519 --> 00:26:29.799
 for our

00:26:29.799 --> 00:26:30.219
 assurance of

00:26:30.219 --> 00:26:31.399
 pardon, talks

00:26:31.399 --> 00:26:31.699
 about the

00:26:31.699 --> 00:26:32.939
 significance of

00:26:32.939 --> 00:26:33.279
 the true

00:26:33.279 --> 00:26:34.019
 humanity of

00:26:34.019 --> 00:26:34.359
 Christ.

00:26:35.059 --> 00:26:35.339
 Since

00:26:35.339 --> 00:26:36.119
 therefore the

00:26:36.119 --> 00:26:37.019
 children share

00:26:37.019 --> 00:26:37.619
 in flesh and

00:26:37.619 --> 00:26:38.579
 blood, he

00:26:38.579 --> 00:26:39.799
 himself likewise

00:26:39.799 --> 00:26:40.819
 partook of the

00:26:40.819 --> 00:26:41.639
 same things,

00:26:42.000 --> 00:26:42.579
 that through

00:26:42.579 --> 00:26:43.299
 death he

00:26:43.299 --> 00:26:44.019
 might destroy

00:26:44.019 --> 00:26:44.579
 the one who

00:26:44.579 --> 00:26:45.339
 has the power

00:26:45.339 --> 00:26:46.119
 of death, that

00:26:46.119 --> 00:26:46.699
 is the devil,

00:26:47.199 --> 00:26:47.959
 and deliver

00:26:47.959 --> 00:26:48.819
 all those who

00:26:48.819 --> 00:26:49.379
 through fear

00:26:49.379 --> 00:26:49.759
 of death

00:26:49.759 --> 00:26:50.379
 were subject

00:26:50.379 --> 00:26:51.019
 to lifelong

00:26:51.019 --> 00:26:51.619
 slavery.

00:26:52.319 --> 00:26:53.279
 For surely it

00:26:53.279 --> 00:26:54.019
 is not angels

00:26:54.019 --> 00:26:54.659
 that he helps,

00:26:54.759 --> 00:26:55.259
 but he helps

00:26:55.259 --> 00:26:55.839
 the offspring

00:26:55.839 --> 00:26:56.379
 of Abraham.

00:26:56.980 --> 00:26:57.460
 Therefore he

00:26:57.460 --> 00:26:58.159
 had to be made

00:26:58.159 --> 00:26:58.619
 like his

00:26:58.619 --> 00:26:59.099
 brothers in

00:26:59.099 --> 00:27:00.159
 every respect,

00:27:00.519 --> 00:27:01.419
 so that he

00:27:01.419 --> 00:27:01.960
 might become

00:27:01.960 --> 00:27:03.019
 a merciful and

00:27:03.019 --> 00:27:03.700
 faithful high

00:27:03.700 --> 00:27:04.319
 priest in the

00:27:04.319 --> 00:27:05.099
 service of God,

00:27:05.519 --> 00:27:06.119
 to make

00:27:06.119 --> 00:27:07.179
 propitiation for

00:27:07.179 --> 00:27:07.639
 the sins of

00:27:07.639 --> 00:27:08.059
 the people.

00:27:08.720 --> 00:27:10.439
 For because he

00:27:10.439 --> 00:27:11.179
 himself has

00:27:11.179 --> 00:27:11.759
 suffered when

00:27:11.759 --> 00:27:12.819
 tempted, he's

00:27:12.819 --> 00:27:13.539
 able to help

00:27:13.539 --> 00:27:14.220
 those who are

00:27:14.220 --> 00:27:14.939
 being tempted.

00:27:14.940 --> 00:27:18.059
 Jesus had to

00:27:18.059 --> 00:27:19.580
 be made like

00:27:19.580 --> 00:27:20.380
 his brothers in

00:27:20.380 --> 00:27:21.240
 every respect.

00:27:22.240 --> 00:27:23.640
 If Jesus is

00:27:23.640 --> 00:27:24.940
 not truly man,

00:27:25.019 --> 00:27:26.279
 he cannot rightly

00:27:26.279 --> 00:27:27.779
 represent humanity

00:27:27.779 --> 00:27:28.620
 as our high

00:27:28.620 --> 00:27:29.039
 priest.

00:27:29.900 --> 00:27:31.279
 If Jesus is not

00:27:31.279 --> 00:27:32.259
 truly man, he

00:27:32.259 --> 00:27:33.320
 cannot make

00:27:33.320 --> 00:27:34.420
 atonement for the

00:27:34.420 --> 00:27:35.160
 sins of man.

00:27:35.960 --> 00:27:37.120
 If Jesus is not

00:27:37.120 --> 00:27:38.100
 truly man, he

00:27:38.100 --> 00:27:39.279
 cannot deliver

00:27:39.279 --> 00:27:40.600
 mortal men from

00:27:40.600 --> 00:27:41.279
 the power of

00:27:41.279 --> 00:27:41.600
 death.

00:27:41.599 --> 00:27:41.639
 death.

00:27:42.359 --> 00:27:43.079
 In order to

00:27:43.079 --> 00:27:44.779
 help man, he

00:27:44.779 --> 00:27:46.139
 must become a

00:27:46.139 --> 00:27:46.359
 man.

00:27:48.099 --> 00:27:48.659
 And Matthew

00:27:48.659 --> 00:27:50.179
 13, 53 to 58

00:27:50.179 --> 00:27:51.000
 teaches us that

00:27:51.000 --> 00:27:52.019
 Jesus indeed

00:27:52.019 --> 00:27:53.399
 became a man in

00:27:53.399 --> 00:27:54.519
 every respect.

00:27:55.679 --> 00:27:57.159
 He lived as a

00:27:57.159 --> 00:27:58.459
 man, he died as

00:27:58.459 --> 00:27:59.639
 a man, so that he

00:27:59.639 --> 00:28:00.959
 might save men and

00:28:00.959 --> 00:28:02.139
 women like you and

00:28:02.139 --> 00:28:03.399
 me from sin and

00:28:03.399 --> 00:28:03.679
 death.

00:28:05.879 --> 00:28:07.259
 That's the scandal

00:28:07.259 --> 00:28:08.599
 of the incarnation.

00:28:08.599 --> 00:28:11.599
 How can the

00:28:11.599 --> 00:28:12.599
 king of kings

00:28:12.599 --> 00:28:14.039
 take the form

00:28:14.039 --> 00:28:15.599
 of a servant?

00:28:18.159 --> 00:28:19.079
 How can the

00:28:19.079 --> 00:28:20.740
 creator of the

00:28:20.740 --> 00:28:21.379
 heavens and the

00:28:21.379 --> 00:28:21.879
 earth take the

00:28:21.879 --> 00:28:22.519
 form of a

00:28:22.519 --> 00:28:22.899
 creature?

00:28:25.079 --> 00:28:26.299
 How can the

00:28:26.299 --> 00:28:27.779
 potter become

00:28:27.779 --> 00:28:28.319
 the clay?

00:28:29.339 --> 00:28:30.399
 How can the

00:28:30.399 --> 00:28:31.679
 architect of the

00:28:31.679 --> 00:28:32.559
 house become the

00:28:32.559 --> 00:28:34.139
 cornerstone of the

00:28:34.139 --> 00:28:34.859
 house that he is

00:28:34.859 --> 00:28:35.119
 building?

00:28:35.319 --> 00:28:35.859
 How can the

00:28:35.859 --> 00:28:36.740
 author of the

00:28:36.740 --> 00:28:37.779
 book become the

00:28:37.779 --> 00:28:38.799
 protagonist of the

00:28:38.799 --> 00:28:39.019
 book?

00:28:39.779 --> 00:28:41.339
 Why should Jesus

00:28:41.339 --> 00:28:42.359
 endure the

00:28:42.359 --> 00:28:43.339
 humiliation that he

00:28:43.339 --> 00:28:44.059
 endures in his

00:28:44.059 --> 00:28:45.099
 hometown of Nazareth?

00:28:45.420 --> 00:28:46.599
 He's not this, the

00:28:46.599 --> 00:28:47.660
 carpenter's son?

00:28:50.299 --> 00:28:51.160
 Well, do you not

00:28:51.160 --> 00:28:51.379
 know?

00:28:51.500 --> 00:28:52.480
 He's also the son

00:28:52.480 --> 00:28:53.000
 of God.

00:28:56.240 --> 00:28:57.519
 He's the king, the

00:28:57.519 --> 00:28:58.480
 prince of peace.

00:29:01.639 --> 00:29:02.460
 That's how we want

00:29:02.460 --> 00:29:03.240
 to tell off those

00:29:03.240 --> 00:29:03.759
 Nazarenes.

00:29:05.200 --> 00:29:06.680
 But instead, Jesus

00:29:06.680 --> 00:29:08.480
 willingly endured

00:29:08.480 --> 00:29:09.259
 that humiliation.

00:29:11.680 --> 00:29:13.460
 He did come as

00:29:13.460 --> 00:29:14.420
 the carpenter's son.

00:29:15.240 --> 00:29:16.759
 He did come as the

00:29:16.759 --> 00:29:17.720
 son of Mary, as the

00:29:17.720 --> 00:29:18.720
 brother of James and

00:29:18.720 --> 00:29:19.720
 Joseph and Judas and

00:29:19.720 --> 00:29:20.000
 Simon.

00:29:21.180 --> 00:29:22.320
 And it shows us the

00:29:22.320 --> 00:29:23.279
 humility of Christ,

00:29:23.380 --> 00:29:23.759
 our Savior.

00:29:25.740 --> 00:29:26.900
 Jesus did not go

00:29:26.900 --> 00:29:28.080
 through life, detached

00:29:28.080 --> 00:29:29.200
 from the day-to-day

00:29:29.200 --> 00:29:30.320
 realities of humanity

00:29:30.320 --> 00:29:32.080
 with a halo around his

00:29:32.080 --> 00:29:33.519
 head and floating an

00:29:33.519 --> 00:29:34.380
 inch above the ground

00:29:34.380 --> 00:29:35.200
 everywhere he went.

00:29:36.340 --> 00:29:37.560
 He was not an angel.

00:29:39.560 --> 00:29:40.540
 He was flesh and

00:29:40.540 --> 00:29:40.860
 blood.

00:29:41.700 --> 00:29:42.820
 He nursed at his

00:29:42.820 --> 00:29:44.180
 mother's breast as a

00:29:44.180 --> 00:29:44.440
 babe.

00:29:45.220 --> 00:29:46.260
 He was the eldest son

00:29:46.260 --> 00:29:47.180
 in his father's

00:29:47.180 --> 00:29:48.080
 carpentry shop.

00:29:50.480 --> 00:29:51.420
 He knew what it's

00:29:51.420 --> 00:29:52.560
 like to get sawdust in

00:29:52.560 --> 00:29:53.900
 his eyes at the shop.

00:29:54.340 --> 00:29:55.580
 He knew what it's like

00:29:55.580 --> 00:29:56.760
 to clean up after his

00:29:56.760 --> 00:29:58.020
 younger siblings.

00:29:58.860 --> 00:29:59.700
 And most importantly,

00:29:59.700 --> 00:30:02.299
 Jesus died a humiliating

00:30:02.299 --> 00:30:03.759
 death on a Roman cross

00:30:03.759 --> 00:30:06.200
 in our place to save us

00:30:06.200 --> 00:30:07.519
 from our sins.

00:30:09.180 --> 00:30:11.740
 Jesus came down to the

00:30:11.740 --> 00:30:14.860
 miry pit of humanity,

00:30:15.100 --> 00:30:17.640
 the pit of our squalor

00:30:17.640 --> 00:30:19.480
 and sin so that he might

00:30:19.480 --> 00:30:23.380
 lift us up, save us from

00:30:23.380 --> 00:30:24.799
 sin and death, and bring

00:30:24.799 --> 00:30:26.160
 us and reconcile us to

00:30:26.160 --> 00:30:26.880
 God our Father.

00:30:26.880 --> 00:30:30.220
 Jesus knew the fragility

00:30:30.220 --> 00:30:31.040
 of human life.

00:30:31.840 --> 00:30:32.800
 And because Jesus has

00:30:32.800 --> 00:30:34.600
 been tempted as we are

00:30:34.600 --> 00:30:36.200
 in every respect and yet

00:30:36.200 --> 00:30:38.500
 without sin, he's able,

00:30:38.680 --> 00:30:40.100
 it says, to sympathize

00:30:40.100 --> 00:30:41.140
 with our weaknesses.

00:30:42.520 --> 00:30:44.440
 He's able to help us

00:30:44.440 --> 00:30:45.200
 when we are being

00:30:45.200 --> 00:30:45.600
 tempted.

00:30:47.080 --> 00:30:48.300
 Do you know this morning

00:30:48.300 --> 00:30:50.520
 that Jesus knows and he

00:30:50.520 --> 00:30:52.400
 understands what you are

00:30:52.400 --> 00:30:53.540
 feeling and what you are

00:30:53.540 --> 00:30:54.020
 going through?

00:30:54.019 --> 00:30:58.599
 Do you know that you

00:30:58.599 --> 00:30:59.500
 don't have to come to

00:30:59.500 --> 00:31:01.579
 Jesus by putting on a

00:31:01.579 --> 00:31:03.039
 face, acting like

00:31:03.039 --> 00:31:04.079
 everything's perfect?

00:31:04.680 --> 00:31:05.779
 After you put all your

00:31:05.779 --> 00:31:06.639
 life together, then you

00:31:06.639 --> 00:31:07.839
 can finally come to Jesus

00:31:07.839 --> 00:31:08.400
 and meet him.

00:31:08.460 --> 00:31:09.759
 That's not what you have

00:31:09.759 --> 00:31:10.299
 to do.

00:31:11.240 --> 00:31:13.119
 Because Jesus is the

00:31:13.119 --> 00:31:13.779
 humble king.

00:31:15.119 --> 00:31:16.359
 Because he took on our

00:31:16.359 --> 00:31:16.759
 flesh.

00:31:17.339 --> 00:31:18.240
 Because he knows our

00:31:18.240 --> 00:31:18.839
 infirmities.

00:31:19.019 --> 00:31:20.359
 Because he has become

00:31:20.359 --> 00:31:21.519
 like his brothers in

00:31:21.519 --> 00:31:22.139
 every way.

00:31:22.140 --> 00:31:27.080
 The true humanity of

00:31:27.080 --> 00:31:29.320
 Jesus has made many

00:31:29.320 --> 00:31:30.160
 people throughout history

00:31:30.160 --> 00:31:31.060
 despise him.

00:31:31.920 --> 00:31:33.100
 He is a man like me.

00:31:34.040 --> 00:31:35.340
 There's no way he could

00:31:35.340 --> 00:31:36.100
 have done the miracles

00:31:36.100 --> 00:31:37.180
 recorded in the Gospels.

00:31:39.060 --> 00:31:40.259
 He's a man like me.

00:31:40.620 --> 00:31:41.780
 There's no way he rose

00:31:41.780 --> 00:31:42.400
 from the dead.

00:31:43.680 --> 00:31:44.720
 He's a man like me.

00:31:45.080 --> 00:31:46.160
 There's no way he is a

00:31:46.160 --> 00:31:46.780
 son of God.

00:31:46.779 --> 00:31:49.920
 There's no way he can be

00:31:49.920 --> 00:31:51.480
 the blameless atoning

00:31:51.480 --> 00:31:52.599
 sacrifice for sin.

00:31:53.359 --> 00:31:55.940
 But to say such things is

00:31:55.940 --> 00:31:57.099
 to make the same mistake

00:31:57.099 --> 00:31:58.460
 as the people of Nazareth

00:31:58.460 --> 00:31:59.819
 who took offense at Jesus.

00:32:02.019 --> 00:32:03.220
 So I urge you this morning

00:32:03.220 --> 00:32:05.399
 don't join the long list of

00:32:05.399 --> 00:32:06.440
 hapless people who have

00:32:06.440 --> 00:32:08.740
 perished for not listening to

00:32:08.740 --> 00:32:10.200
 the prophet of the Lord.

00:32:10.200 --> 00:32:13.819
 He says in verse 58 that

00:32:13.819 --> 00:32:15.160
 Jesus did not do many

00:32:15.160 --> 00:32:16.440
 mighty works there because

00:32:16.440 --> 00:32:18.000
 of their unbelief.

00:32:19.200 --> 00:32:20.580
 Unbelief and the

00:32:20.580 --> 00:32:22.220
 importance of faith are

00:32:22.220 --> 00:32:23.539
 recurring themes in this

00:32:23.539 --> 00:32:24.279
 Gospel of Matthew.

00:32:25.240 --> 00:32:26.240
 Actually all throughout

00:32:26.240 --> 00:32:27.200
 Scripture we see that

00:32:27.200 --> 00:32:29.240
 faith is a prerequisite

00:32:29.240 --> 00:32:30.700
 for the miraculous works

00:32:30.700 --> 00:32:31.120
 of God.

00:32:31.119 --> 00:32:34.139
 Jesus says later in

00:32:34.139 --> 00:32:35.099
 Matthew 21 21

00:32:35.099 --> 00:32:36.439
 Truly I say to you

00:32:36.439 --> 00:32:37.799
 if you have faith

00:32:37.799 --> 00:32:38.939
 and do not doubt

00:32:38.939 --> 00:32:40.679
 even if you say to this

00:32:40.679 --> 00:32:41.239
 mountain

00:32:41.239 --> 00:32:42.959
 be taken up and thrown

00:32:42.959 --> 00:32:43.659
 into the sea

00:32:43.659 --> 00:32:44.799
 it will happen.

00:32:46.239 --> 00:32:47.859
 Jesus does not do

00:32:47.859 --> 00:32:49.099
 many mighty works

00:32:49.099 --> 00:32:49.559
 in Nazareth

00:32:49.559 --> 00:32:50.519
 because of the

00:32:50.519 --> 00:32:51.959
 townspeople's unbelief.

00:32:54.179 --> 00:32:55.479
 In a more detailed

00:32:55.479 --> 00:32:56.539
 account of Jesus' visit

00:32:56.539 --> 00:32:57.079
 to Nazareth

00:32:57.079 --> 00:32:58.459
 recorded in Luke chapter 4

00:32:58.459 --> 00:32:59.559
 the townspeople say to

00:32:59.559 --> 00:32:59.899
 Jesus

00:32:59.900 --> 00:33:00.840
 Doubtless

00:33:00.840 --> 00:33:01.820
 or Jesus says to

00:33:01.820 --> 00:33:02.680
 all of the townspeople

00:33:02.680 --> 00:33:03.740
 Doubtless you will

00:33:03.740 --> 00:33:04.460
 quote to me this

00:33:04.460 --> 00:33:04.800
 proverb

00:33:04.800 --> 00:33:06.540
 Physician heal yourself

00:33:06.540 --> 00:33:08.759
 What we have heard

00:33:08.759 --> 00:33:09.940
 you did at Capernaum

00:33:09.940 --> 00:33:10.700
 do here in your

00:33:10.700 --> 00:33:11.700
 hometown as well.

00:33:12.620 --> 00:33:13.200
 These people were

00:33:13.200 --> 00:33:14.280
 demanding that Jesus

00:33:14.280 --> 00:33:15.240
 perform the same

00:33:15.240 --> 00:33:15.980
 mighty works that he

00:33:15.980 --> 00:33:17.100
 did elsewhere in

00:33:17.100 --> 00:33:17.680
 Capernaum

00:33:17.680 --> 00:33:19.960
 but Jesus did not

00:33:19.960 --> 00:33:20.700
 indulge their

00:33:20.700 --> 00:33:21.980
 prideful unbelief.

00:33:23.080 --> 00:33:24.019
 Instead he said

00:33:24.019 --> 00:33:25.759
 to this evil and

00:33:25.759 --> 00:33:26.759
 unbelieving generation

00:33:26.759 --> 00:33:28.040
 will be given only the

00:33:28.040 --> 00:33:28.900
 sign of the prophet

00:33:28.900 --> 00:33:29.400
 Jonah.

00:33:29.900 --> 00:33:32.620
 Matthew 12

00:33:32.620 --> 00:33:33.040
 39

00:33:33.040 --> 00:33:35.720
 Jesus does

00:33:35.720 --> 00:33:36.480
 as you see in the

00:33:36.480 --> 00:33:37.240
 gospel of John

00:33:37.240 --> 00:33:37.880
 John 10

00:33:37.880 --> 00:33:38.680
 37 and 38

00:33:38.680 --> 00:33:39.840
 this is stated explicitly

00:33:39.840 --> 00:33:41.580
 he does do miracles

00:33:41.580 --> 00:33:42.759
 and signs

00:33:42.759 --> 00:33:43.400
 and wonders

00:33:43.400 --> 00:33:45.360
 to help people

00:33:45.360 --> 00:33:46.700
 who come to him

00:33:46.700 --> 00:33:47.360
 with faith

00:33:47.360 --> 00:33:48.440
 seeking understanding

00:33:48.440 --> 00:33:49.860
 who believe in him

00:33:49.860 --> 00:33:51.060
 and want to be

00:33:51.060 --> 00:33:51.380
 helped.

00:33:52.740 --> 00:33:53.300
 However

00:33:53.300 --> 00:33:53.880
 Jesus

00:33:53.880 --> 00:33:55.120
 steadfastly

00:33:55.120 --> 00:33:55.980
 refuses to

00:33:55.980 --> 00:33:56.580
 indulge

00:33:56.579 --> 00:33:57.939
 the whims of people

00:33:57.939 --> 00:33:59.019
 who question him

00:33:59.019 --> 00:34:00.419
 out of their pride

00:34:00.419 --> 00:34:01.279
 and unbelief.

00:34:03.599 --> 00:34:04.980
 Jesus will not be

00:34:04.980 --> 00:34:05.960
 reduced to a genie

00:34:05.960 --> 00:34:06.419
 in a bottle

00:34:06.419 --> 00:34:08.340
 or a cheap magician

00:34:08.340 --> 00:34:09.420
 that does tricks

00:34:09.420 --> 00:34:10.059
 upon demand.

00:34:11.259 --> 00:34:12.019
 And I think this is

00:34:12.019 --> 00:34:13.000
 important because

00:34:13.000 --> 00:34:14.519
 in order to truly

00:34:14.519 --> 00:34:15.340
 follow Christ

00:34:15.340 --> 00:34:16.059
 in order to truly

00:34:16.059 --> 00:34:16.779
 submit to God

00:34:16.779 --> 00:34:17.719
 we need humility

00:34:17.719 --> 00:34:19.000
 we need faith

00:34:19.000 --> 00:34:20.119
 that takes God

00:34:20.119 --> 00:34:20.659
 and his word

00:34:20.659 --> 00:34:21.659
 and submits to him.

00:34:21.659 --> 00:34:22.779
 only

00:34:22.779 --> 00:34:23.879
 and if people

00:34:23.879 --> 00:34:24.480
 say

00:34:24.480 --> 00:34:25.619
 people who will

00:34:25.619 --> 00:34:27.219
 only believe in God

00:34:27.219 --> 00:34:28.480
 on their own terms

00:34:28.480 --> 00:34:29.679
 if you do this

00:34:29.679 --> 00:34:30.139
 and this

00:34:30.139 --> 00:34:30.940
 and you prove this

00:34:30.940 --> 00:34:31.259
 to me

00:34:31.259 --> 00:34:32.359
 then I will believe

00:34:32.359 --> 00:34:32.719
 in you

00:34:32.719 --> 00:34:33.980
 they'll only

00:34:33.980 --> 00:34:34.879
 obey God

00:34:34.879 --> 00:34:35.719
 on their own terms

00:34:35.719 --> 00:34:35.980
 too.

00:34:37.440 --> 00:34:38.279
 Well I'll obey you

00:34:38.279 --> 00:34:39.379
 if I like what

00:34:39.379 --> 00:34:39.920
 you're saying

00:34:39.920 --> 00:34:41.519
 if I like what

00:34:41.519 --> 00:34:42.039
 you're telling me

00:34:42.039 --> 00:34:42.339
 to do

00:34:42.339 --> 00:34:42.960
 if it doesn't

00:34:42.960 --> 00:34:43.559
 cost me

00:34:43.559 --> 00:34:44.359
 that much

00:34:44.359 --> 00:34:45.059
 if I don't need

00:34:45.059 --> 00:34:45.599
 to sacrifice

00:34:45.599 --> 00:34:46.139
 too much

00:34:46.139 --> 00:34:47.219
 only those

00:34:47.219 --> 00:34:47.819
 who believe

00:34:47.819 --> 00:34:48.719
 God on his

00:34:48.719 --> 00:34:49.219
 terms

00:34:49.219 --> 00:34:50.179
 by faith

00:34:50.179 --> 00:34:51.359
 will obey

00:34:51.359 --> 00:34:51.659
 God

00:34:51.659 --> 00:34:52.099
 on his

00:34:52.099 --> 00:34:52.500
 terms.

00:34:56.339 --> 00:34:57.299
 So what do you

00:34:57.299 --> 00:34:58.000
 make of Christ

00:34:58.000 --> 00:34:59.259
 this morning?

00:35:01.059 --> 00:35:01.879
 For those who

00:35:01.879 --> 00:35:02.440
 come to him

00:35:02.440 --> 00:35:02.940
 with settled

00:35:02.940 --> 00:35:03.619
 skepticism

00:35:03.619 --> 00:35:04.519
 and doubt

00:35:04.519 --> 00:35:05.319
 Jesus offers

00:35:05.319 --> 00:35:06.199
 only one sign

00:35:06.199 --> 00:35:06.679
 the sign

00:35:06.679 --> 00:35:07.299
 of the prophet

00:35:07.299 --> 00:35:07.779
 Jonah

00:35:07.779 --> 00:35:08.599
 and that's

00:35:08.599 --> 00:35:08.940
 the sign

00:35:08.940 --> 00:35:09.299
 that Jesus

00:35:09.299 --> 00:35:10.239
 explained

00:35:10.239 --> 00:35:10.599
 in Matthew

00:35:10.599 --> 00:35:10.879
 12

00:35:10.879 --> 00:35:11.719
 40 to 41

00:35:11.719 --> 00:35:12.779
 for just as

00:35:12.779 --> 00:35:13.319
 Jonah was

00:35:13.319 --> 00:35:13.899
 three days

00:35:13.899 --> 00:35:14.500
 and three nights

00:35:14.500 --> 00:35:14.940
 in the belly

00:35:14.940 --> 00:35:15.379
 of the great

00:35:15.379 --> 00:35:15.739
 fish

00:35:15.739 --> 00:35:16.440
 so will

00:35:16.440 --> 00:35:16.739
 the son

00:35:16.739 --> 00:35:17.079
 of man

00:35:17.079 --> 00:35:17.719
 be three days

00:35:17.719 --> 00:35:18.259
 and three nights

00:35:18.259 --> 00:35:18.599
 in the heart

00:35:18.599 --> 00:35:19.059
 of the earth.

00:35:19.059 --> 00:35:20.539
 The man

00:35:20.539 --> 00:35:21.039
 of Nineveh

00:35:21.039 --> 00:35:21.579
 will rise

00:35:21.579 --> 00:35:21.980
 up at

00:35:21.980 --> 00:35:22.739
 the judgment

00:35:22.739 --> 00:35:23.360
 with this

00:35:23.360 --> 00:35:23.840
 generation

00:35:23.840 --> 00:35:24.360
 and condemn

00:35:24.360 --> 00:35:24.840
 it for they

00:35:24.840 --> 00:35:25.380
 repented

00:35:25.380 --> 00:35:25.639
 at the

00:35:25.639 --> 00:35:25.880
 preaching

00:35:25.880 --> 00:35:26.340
 of Jonah

00:35:26.340 --> 00:35:27.179
 and behold

00:35:27.179 --> 00:35:27.659
 something

00:35:27.659 --> 00:35:28.179
 greater

00:35:28.179 --> 00:35:28.779
 than Jonah

00:35:28.779 --> 00:35:29.380
 is here.

00:35:30.179 --> 00:35:30.820
 The sign

00:35:30.820 --> 00:35:31.299
 of the prophet

00:35:31.299 --> 00:35:31.619
 Jonah

00:35:31.619 --> 00:35:32.219
 is Jesus'

00:35:32.460 --> 00:35:32.759
 death

00:35:32.759 --> 00:35:33.279
 and resurrection.

00:35:34.199 --> 00:35:34.619
 He died

00:35:34.619 --> 00:35:35.079
 on the cross

00:35:35.079 --> 00:35:35.699
 for our sins

00:35:35.699 --> 00:35:36.199
 and he was

00:35:36.199 --> 00:35:36.619
 buried

00:35:36.619 --> 00:35:37.679
 in the heart

00:35:37.679 --> 00:35:38.179
 of the earth

00:35:38.179 --> 00:35:38.639
 in the realm

00:35:38.639 --> 00:35:39.179
 of the dead

00:35:39.179 --> 00:35:39.920
 and he was

00:35:39.920 --> 00:35:40.500
 raised on

00:35:40.500 --> 00:35:41.059
 the third

00:35:41.059 --> 00:35:41.519
 day.

00:35:41.960 --> 00:35:42.380
 That's the

00:35:42.380 --> 00:35:42.779
 sign

00:35:42.779 --> 00:35:43.539
 that Jesus

00:35:43.539 --> 00:35:44.059
 offers

00:35:44.059 --> 00:35:45.019
 and without

00:35:45.019 --> 00:35:45.579
 interruption

00:35:45.579 --> 00:35:46.299
 from the first

00:35:46.299 --> 00:35:46.719
 century

00:35:46.719 --> 00:35:47.559
 until now

00:35:47.559 --> 00:35:48.619
 Christians

00:35:48.619 --> 00:35:50.039
 have died

00:35:50.039 --> 00:35:50.860
 proclaiming

00:35:50.860 --> 00:35:51.340
 that Jesus

00:35:51.340 --> 00:35:52.299
 is the risen

00:35:52.299 --> 00:35:53.179
 son of God.

00:35:53.699 --> 00:35:54.299
 That he did

00:35:54.299 --> 00:35:54.619
 die

00:35:54.619 --> 00:35:55.059
 and that he

00:35:55.059 --> 00:35:55.799
 was raised

00:35:55.799 --> 00:35:56.320
 on the third

00:35:56.320 --> 00:35:56.579
 day.

00:35:58.619 --> 00:35:59.179
 And when

00:35:59.179 --> 00:35:59.980
 Jonah preached

00:35:59.980 --> 00:36:00.460
 repentance

00:36:00.460 --> 00:36:01.039
 as a prophet

00:36:01.039 --> 00:36:01.460
 in the great

00:36:01.460 --> 00:36:02.039
 city of Nineveh

00:36:02.039 --> 00:36:02.579
 the entire

00:36:02.579 --> 00:36:03.340
 city repented

00:36:03.340 --> 00:36:04.880
 but this

00:36:04.880 --> 00:36:05.699
 puny town

00:36:05.699 --> 00:36:06.559
 of Nazareth

00:36:06.559 --> 00:36:07.400
 spurned

00:36:07.400 --> 00:36:08.619
 the greatest

00:36:08.619 --> 00:36:09.559
 of all prophets

00:36:09.559 --> 00:36:11.000
 the son

00:36:11.000 --> 00:36:11.460
 of God.

00:36:11.460 --> 00:36:15.099
 will you

00:36:15.099 --> 00:36:15.780
 trust him

00:36:15.780 --> 00:36:16.240
 as your

00:36:16.240 --> 00:36:16.920
 savior

00:36:16.920 --> 00:36:18.099
 and redeemer?

00:36:20.340 --> 00:36:20.980
 How will

00:36:20.980 --> 00:36:21.220
 you

00:36:21.220 --> 00:36:21.720
 how

00:36:21.720 --> 00:36:22.360
 how you

00:36:22.360 --> 00:36:22.840
 answer that

00:36:22.840 --> 00:36:23.179
 question

00:36:23.179 --> 00:36:23.659
 will determine

00:36:23.659 --> 00:36:24.240
 your eternal

00:36:24.240 --> 00:36:25.199
 destiny

00:36:25.199 --> 00:36:25.599
 whether you

00:36:25.599 --> 00:36:25.940
 enter the

00:36:25.940 --> 00:36:26.340
 kingdom of

00:36:26.340 --> 00:36:26.780
 heaven or

00:36:26.780 --> 00:36:27.099
 not.

00:36:27.519 --> 00:36:27.659
 If you

00:36:27.659 --> 00:36:28.220
 pay attention

00:36:28.220 --> 00:36:28.480
 in your

00:36:28.480 --> 00:36:28.720
 Bibles

00:36:28.720 --> 00:36:29.000
 to the

00:36:29.000 --> 00:36:29.240
 broader

00:36:29.240 --> 00:36:29.659
 context

00:36:29.659 --> 00:36:30.059
 of this

00:36:30.059 --> 00:36:30.500
 passage

00:36:30.500 --> 00:36:31.159
 you might

00:36:31.159 --> 00:36:31.699
 see that

00:36:31.699 --> 00:36:32.360
 just before

00:36:32.360 --> 00:36:32.720
 Jesus

00:36:32.720 --> 00:36:33.300
 began his

00:36:33.300 --> 00:36:33.639
 third

00:36:33.639 --> 00:36:34.000
 teaching

00:36:34.000 --> 00:36:34.420
 discourse

00:36:34.420 --> 00:36:34.940
 which is

00:36:34.940 --> 00:36:35.280
 in chapter

00:36:35.280 --> 00:36:35.760
 13

00:36:35.760 --> 00:36:36.280
 the parables

00:36:36.280 --> 00:36:36.559
 of the

00:36:36.559 --> 00:36:36.760
 kingdom

00:36:36.760 --> 00:36:37.179
 of God

00:36:37.179 --> 00:36:37.900
 just

00:36:37.900 --> 00:36:38.300
 immediately

00:36:38.300 --> 00:36:38.820
 before he

00:36:38.820 --> 00:36:39.139
 preached

00:36:39.139 --> 00:36:39.619
 that he

00:36:39.619 --> 00:36:40.240
 talked about

00:36:40.239 --> 00:36:40.919
 how his

00:36:40.919 --> 00:36:41.799
 family

00:36:41.799 --> 00:36:43.639
 his

00:36:43.639 --> 00:36:44.319
 brothers

00:36:44.319 --> 00:36:44.839
 and sisters

00:36:44.839 --> 00:36:45.159
 and his

00:36:45.159 --> 00:36:45.439
 mother

00:36:45.439 --> 00:36:46.379
 are not

00:36:46.379 --> 00:36:46.579
 his

00:36:46.579 --> 00:36:47.079
 biological

00:36:47.079 --> 00:36:47.599
 mother

00:36:47.599 --> 00:36:48.119
 and brothers

00:36:48.119 --> 00:36:48.579
 and sisters

00:36:48.579 --> 00:36:49.359
 but those

00:36:49.359 --> 00:36:49.779
 who do

00:36:49.779 --> 00:36:50.359
 the will

00:36:50.359 --> 00:36:51.039
 of God

00:36:51.039 --> 00:36:53.959
 and then

00:36:53.959 --> 00:36:54.439
 now

00:36:54.439 --> 00:36:55.259
 right after

00:36:55.259 --> 00:36:55.539
 right

00:36:55.539 --> 00:36:56.579
 immediately

00:36:56.579 --> 00:36:57.319
 after the

00:36:57.319 --> 00:36:57.739
 third

00:36:57.739 --> 00:36:58.179
 discourse

00:36:58.179 --> 00:36:58.519
 Jesus

00:36:58.519 --> 00:36:58.919
 says

00:36:58.919 --> 00:36:59.399
 essentially

00:36:59.399 --> 00:36:59.819
 the exact

00:36:59.819 --> 00:37:00.059
 same

00:37:00.059 --> 00:37:00.279
 thing

00:37:00.279 --> 00:37:00.719
 a prophet

00:37:00.719 --> 00:37:01.059
 is not

00:37:01.059 --> 00:37:01.339
 without

00:37:01.339 --> 00:37:01.659
 honor

00:37:01.659 --> 00:37:02.219
 except

00:37:02.219 --> 00:37:02.519
 in his

00:37:02.519 --> 00:37:02.819
 hometown

00:37:02.819 --> 00:37:03.319
 and in

00:37:03.319 --> 00:37:03.659
 his

00:37:03.659 --> 00:37:04.139
 own

00:37:04.139 --> 00:37:05.099
 household

00:37:05.099 --> 00:37:06.859
 Jesus

00:37:06.859 --> 00:37:07.119
 said

00:37:07.119 --> 00:37:07.379
 whoever

00:37:07.379 --> 00:37:08.000
 receives

00:37:08.000 --> 00:37:08.279
 me

00:37:08.279 --> 00:37:08.679
 receives

00:37:08.679 --> 00:37:08.939
 the one

00:37:08.939 --> 00:37:09.439
 who sent

00:37:09.439 --> 00:37:09.639
 me

00:37:09.639 --> 00:37:09.959
 and whoever

00:37:09.960 --> 00:37:10.440
 receives

00:37:10.440 --> 00:37:10.960
 a prophet

00:37:10.960 --> 00:37:11.659
 will receive

00:37:11.659 --> 00:37:12.340
 a prophet's

00:37:12.340 --> 00:37:12.659
 reward

00:37:12.659 --> 00:37:13.260
 if you

00:37:13.260 --> 00:37:13.639
 receive

00:37:13.639 --> 00:37:14.039
 Jesus

00:37:14.039 --> 00:37:14.480
 as the

00:37:14.480 --> 00:37:14.820
 ultimate

00:37:14.820 --> 00:37:15.380
 prophet

00:37:15.380 --> 00:37:15.599
 the

00:37:15.599 --> 00:37:16.659
 anti-messianic

00:37:16.659 --> 00:37:17.039
 prophet

00:37:17.039 --> 00:37:17.940
 then you

00:37:17.940 --> 00:37:18.440
 receive

00:37:18.440 --> 00:37:18.860
 God

00:37:18.860 --> 00:37:19.220
 himself

00:37:19.220 --> 00:37:19.860
 and have

00:37:19.860 --> 00:37:20.220
 fellowship

00:37:20.220 --> 00:37:20.579
 with him

00:37:20.579 --> 00:37:20.920
 and enter

00:37:20.920 --> 00:37:21.260
 the kingdom

00:37:21.260 --> 00:37:21.720
 of heaven

00:37:21.720 --> 00:37:23.679
 it's not

00:37:23.679 --> 00:37:24.320
 his biological

00:37:24.320 --> 00:37:24.940
 family

00:37:24.940 --> 00:37:25.960
 but all

00:37:25.960 --> 00:37:26.360
 those who

00:37:26.360 --> 00:37:26.820
 receive

00:37:26.820 --> 00:37:27.240
 Jesus

00:37:27.240 --> 00:37:28.119
 in faith

00:37:28.119 --> 00:37:28.579
 who will

00:37:28.579 --> 00:37:28.880
 enter

00:37:28.880 --> 00:37:29.380
 the kingdom

00:37:29.380 --> 00:37:29.880
 of heaven

00:37:29.880 --> 00:37:30.760
 Jesus

00:37:30.760 --> 00:37:31.559
 intentionally

00:37:31.559 --> 00:37:32.740
 bookends

00:37:32.740 --> 00:37:33.760
 the parables

00:37:33.760 --> 00:37:34.320
 of the kingdom

00:37:34.320 --> 00:37:34.800
 of heaven

00:37:34.800 --> 00:37:35.460
 with the

00:37:35.460 --> 00:37:36.099
 story about

00:37:36.099 --> 00:37:36.920
 his families

00:37:36.920 --> 00:37:37.659
 and story

00:37:37.659 --> 00:37:38.019
 about his

00:37:38.019 --> 00:37:38.400
 hometown

00:37:38.400 --> 00:37:38.880
 visit

00:37:38.880 --> 00:37:40.440
 to redraw

00:37:40.440 --> 00:37:41.280
 the boundaries

00:37:41.280 --> 00:37:41.860
 of the

00:37:41.860 --> 00:37:42.220
 people

00:37:42.220 --> 00:37:42.820
 of God

00:37:42.820 --> 00:37:43.920
 people

00:37:43.920 --> 00:37:44.320
 of God

00:37:44.320 --> 00:37:44.760
 are not

00:37:44.760 --> 00:37:45.460
 the Jews

00:37:45.460 --> 00:37:46.019
 the ethnic

00:37:46.019 --> 00:37:46.360
 Jews

00:37:46.360 --> 00:37:46.980
 people of God

00:37:46.980 --> 00:37:47.400
 are not

00:37:47.400 --> 00:37:47.840
 those who

00:37:47.840 --> 00:37:49.140
 are genealogically

00:37:49.140 --> 00:37:49.820
 close to

00:37:49.820 --> 00:37:50.160
 Jesus

00:37:50.160 --> 00:37:53.500
 the people

00:37:53.500 --> 00:37:53.920
 of God

00:37:53.920 --> 00:37:54.599
 are all those

00:37:54.599 --> 00:37:55.039
 who repent

00:37:55.039 --> 00:37:55.660
 of their sins

00:37:55.660 --> 00:37:56.320
 and believe

00:37:56.320 --> 00:37:56.980
 in Jesus

00:37:56.980 --> 00:37:57.500
 Christ

00:37:57.500 --> 00:38:01.539
 as some

00:38:01.539 --> 00:38:02.000
 people have

00:38:02.000 --> 00:38:02.320
 said

00:38:02.320 --> 00:38:03.700
 God has

00:38:03.700 --> 00:38:03.920
 no

00:38:03.920 --> 00:38:04.539
 grandchildren

00:38:04.539 --> 00:38:04.739
 children

00:38:04.739 --> 00:38:08.519
 you cannot

00:38:08.519 --> 00:38:09.019
 be saved

00:38:09.019 --> 00:38:09.400
 because your

00:38:09.400 --> 00:38:09.900
 parents are

00:38:09.900 --> 00:38:10.320
 Christians

00:38:10.320 --> 00:38:13.599
 you cannot

00:38:13.599 --> 00:38:14.139
 be saved

00:38:14.139 --> 00:38:14.539
 because you

00:38:14.539 --> 00:38:14.880
 grew up

00:38:14.880 --> 00:38:15.480
 in church

00:38:15.480 --> 00:38:18.360
 you can

00:38:18.360 --> 00:38:18.880
 only be

00:38:18.880 --> 00:38:19.179
 saved

00:38:19.179 --> 00:38:19.800
 because you

00:38:19.800 --> 00:38:20.599
 have yourself

00:38:20.599 --> 00:38:21.739
 put your

00:38:21.739 --> 00:38:22.460
 faith in

00:38:22.460 --> 00:38:23.079
 Jesus Christ

00:38:23.079 --> 00:38:23.340
 as your

00:38:23.340 --> 00:38:24.179
 Lord and

00:38:24.179 --> 00:38:24.579
 Savior

00:38:24.579 --> 00:38:28.960
 of course

00:38:28.960 --> 00:38:29.340
 Jesus'

00:38:29.519 --> 00:38:29.840
 biological

00:38:29.840 --> 00:38:30.440
 family can

00:38:30.440 --> 00:38:30.880
 put faith

00:38:30.880 --> 00:38:31.139
 in him

00:38:31.139 --> 00:38:31.380
 too

00:38:31.380 --> 00:38:31.780
 which

00:38:31.780 --> 00:38:33.579
 his

00:38:33.579 --> 00:38:33.820
 mother

00:38:33.820 --> 00:38:34.260
 obviously

00:38:34.260 --> 00:38:34.840
 has done

00:38:34.840 --> 00:38:35.800
 at some

00:38:35.800 --> 00:38:36.059
 point

00:38:36.059 --> 00:38:36.539
 later in

00:38:36.539 --> 00:38:37.300
 her life

00:38:37.300 --> 00:38:37.960
 and as

00:38:37.960 --> 00:38:38.519
 his

00:38:38.519 --> 00:38:38.880
 brothers

00:38:38.880 --> 00:38:39.119
 have

00:38:39.119 --> 00:38:39.440
 done

00:38:39.440 --> 00:38:40.160
 Acts

00:38:40.160 --> 00:38:40.880
 1.14

00:38:40.880 --> 00:38:41.380
 indicates

00:38:41.380 --> 00:38:43.140
 that other

00:38:43.140 --> 00:38:43.940
 siblings of

00:38:43.940 --> 00:38:44.099
 Jesus

00:38:44.099 --> 00:38:44.680
 also came

00:38:44.680 --> 00:38:45.059
 to faith

00:38:45.059 --> 00:38:45.960
 but most

00:38:45.960 --> 00:38:46.500
 prominently

00:38:46.500 --> 00:38:47.000
 we know

00:38:47.000 --> 00:38:47.780
 Apostle

00:38:47.780 --> 00:38:48.280
 James

00:38:48.280 --> 00:38:49.539
 the leader

00:38:49.539 --> 00:38:49.780
 of the

00:38:49.780 --> 00:38:49.960
 church

00:38:49.960 --> 00:38:50.559
 of Jerusalem

00:38:50.559 --> 00:38:52.059
 was a

00:38:52.059 --> 00:38:52.260
 brother

00:38:52.260 --> 00:38:52.720
 of Jesus

00:38:52.720 --> 00:38:53.240
 later

00:38:53.240 --> 00:38:53.760
 convert

00:38:53.760 --> 00:38:56.280
 Apostle

00:38:56.280 --> 00:38:56.660
 Jude

00:38:56.660 --> 00:38:56.940
 who

00:38:56.940 --> 00:38:57.800
 authored

00:38:57.800 --> 00:38:58.860
 the book

00:38:58.860 --> 00:38:59.280
 of Jude

00:38:59.280 --> 00:39:00.160
 was a

00:39:00.160 --> 00:39:00.360
 brother

00:39:00.360 --> 00:39:00.920
 of Jesus

00:39:00.920 --> 00:39:01.780
 according

00:39:01.780 --> 00:39:02.360
 to church

00:39:02.360 --> 00:39:02.800
 tradition

00:39:02.800 --> 00:39:05.240
 the kingdom

00:39:05.240 --> 00:39:05.760
 of heaven

00:39:05.760 --> 00:39:07.260
 became theirs

00:39:07.260 --> 00:39:07.820
 not because

00:39:07.820 --> 00:39:08.300
 of their

00:39:08.300 --> 00:39:09.420
 nearness

00:39:09.420 --> 00:39:10.420
 to Jesus

00:39:10.420 --> 00:39:11.220
 in their

00:39:11.220 --> 00:39:11.740
 lineage

00:39:11.740 --> 00:39:12.680
 but because

00:39:12.680 --> 00:39:12.980
 of their

00:39:12.980 --> 00:39:13.440
 faith in

00:39:13.440 --> 00:39:13.800
 Jesus

00:39:13.800 --> 00:39:16.300
 then in

00:39:16.300 --> 00:39:17.119
 chapter 14

00:39:17.119 --> 00:39:17.599
 the scene

00:39:17.599 --> 00:39:18.400
 shifts from

00:39:18.400 --> 00:39:18.820
 Jesus'

00:39:18.980 --> 00:39:19.280
 hometown

00:39:19.280 --> 00:39:19.960
 to Herod's

00:39:19.960 --> 00:39:20.380
 palace

00:39:20.380 --> 00:39:20.960
 quite the

00:39:20.960 --> 00:39:21.300
 change

00:39:21.300 --> 00:39:22.900
 it says

00:39:22.900 --> 00:39:23.260
 in verse

00:39:23.260 --> 00:39:23.579
 1

00:39:23.579 --> 00:39:23.940
 at that

00:39:23.940 --> 00:39:24.320
 time

00:39:24.320 --> 00:39:24.780
 Herod the

00:39:24.780 --> 00:39:25.139
 tetrarch

00:39:25.139 --> 00:39:25.900
 heard about

00:39:25.900 --> 00:39:26.500
 the fame

00:39:26.500 --> 00:39:26.920
 of Jesus

00:39:26.920 --> 00:39:27.200
 and he

00:39:27.200 --> 00:39:27.539
 said to

00:39:27.539 --> 00:39:28.019
 his servants

00:39:28.019 --> 00:39:28.820
 this is

00:39:28.820 --> 00:39:29.240
 John the

00:39:29.240 --> 00:39:29.539
 Baptist

00:39:29.539 --> 00:39:30.159
 he has

00:39:30.159 --> 00:39:30.559
 been raised

00:39:30.559 --> 00:39:30.860
 from the

00:39:30.860 --> 00:39:31.099
 dead

00:39:31.099 --> 00:39:31.500
 that is

00:39:31.500 --> 00:39:31.799
 why

00:39:31.799 --> 00:39:32.019
 these

00:39:32.019 --> 00:39:32.460
 miraculous

00:39:32.460 --> 00:39:32.840
 powers

00:39:32.840 --> 00:39:33.079
 are at

00:39:33.079 --> 00:39:33.279
 work

00:39:33.279 --> 00:39:33.699
 in him

00:39:33.699 --> 00:39:35.199
 apparently

00:39:35.199 --> 00:39:35.599
 John the

00:39:35.599 --> 00:39:35.840
 Baptist

00:39:35.840 --> 00:39:36.320
 is already

00:39:36.320 --> 00:39:36.679
 dead

00:39:36.679 --> 00:39:37.139
 by this

00:39:37.139 --> 00:39:37.440
 point

00:39:37.440 --> 00:39:38.519
 but

00:39:38.519 --> 00:39:38.960
 Matthew

00:39:38.960 --> 00:39:39.579
 hasn't

00:39:39.579 --> 00:39:39.759
 yet

00:39:39.759 --> 00:39:40.400
 told us

00:39:40.400 --> 00:39:41.059
 of the

00:39:41.059 --> 00:39:41.299
 fact

00:39:41.299 --> 00:39:41.519
 that

00:39:41.519 --> 00:39:41.799
 John

00:39:41.799 --> 00:39:42.199
 died

00:39:42.199 --> 00:39:42.799
 so

00:39:42.799 --> 00:39:43.019
 that

00:39:43.019 --> 00:39:44.099
 prompts

00:39:44.099 --> 00:39:44.360
 this

00:39:44.360 --> 00:39:44.779
 literary

00:39:44.779 --> 00:39:45.539
 flashback

00:39:45.539 --> 00:39:45.820
 starting

00:39:45.820 --> 00:39:46.139
 in verse

00:39:46.139 --> 00:39:46.480
 3

00:39:46.480 --> 00:39:47.019
 to

00:39:47.019 --> 00:39:47.739
 recount

00:39:47.739 --> 00:39:48.759
 how

00:39:48.759 --> 00:39:49.139
 John

00:39:49.139 --> 00:39:49.299
 the

00:39:49.299 --> 00:39:49.579
 Baptist

00:39:49.579 --> 00:39:50.420
 died

00:39:50.420 --> 00:39:52.960
 it says

00:39:52.960 --> 00:39:53.279
 in verses

00:39:53.279 --> 00:39:53.900
 3-4

00:39:53.900 --> 00:39:54.139
 for

00:39:54.139 --> 00:39:54.559
 Herod

00:39:54.559 --> 00:39:55.179
 had seized

00:39:55.179 --> 00:39:55.519
 John

00:39:55.519 --> 00:39:55.940
 and bound

00:39:55.940 --> 00:39:56.119
 him

00:39:56.119 --> 00:39:56.380
 and put

00:39:56.380 --> 00:39:56.619
 him in

00:39:56.619 --> 00:39:56.900
 prison

00:39:56.900 --> 00:39:57.219
 for the

00:39:57.219 --> 00:39:57.420
 sake

00:39:57.420 --> 00:39:57.559
 of

00:39:57.559 --> 00:39:58.180
 Herodias

00:39:58.180 --> 00:39:58.880
 his brother

00:39:58.880 --> 00:39:59.320
 Philip's

00:39:59.320 --> 00:39:59.579
 wife

00:39:59.579 --> 00:39:59.860
 because

00:39:59.860 --> 00:40:00.180
 John

00:40:00.180 --> 00:40:00.599
 had been

00:40:00.599 --> 00:40:00.880
 saying

00:40:00.880 --> 00:40:01.340
 to him

00:40:01.340 --> 00:40:02.240
 it is

00:40:02.240 --> 00:40:02.860
 not lawful

00:40:02.860 --> 00:40:03.200
 for you

00:40:03.200 --> 00:40:03.619
 to have

00:40:03.619 --> 00:40:03.860
 her

00:40:03.860 --> 00:40:05.599
 the

00:40:05.599 --> 00:40:06.039
 Herod

00:40:06.039 --> 00:40:06.579
 in view

00:40:06.579 --> 00:40:06.940
 here

00:40:06.940 --> 00:40:07.740
 is not

00:40:07.740 --> 00:40:08.360
 Herod

00:40:08.360 --> 00:40:08.960
 the first

00:40:08.960 --> 00:40:09.960
 but he

00:40:09.960 --> 00:40:10.539
 is Herod

00:40:10.539 --> 00:40:11.320
 the tetrarch

00:40:11.320 --> 00:40:11.720
 as he's

00:40:11.720 --> 00:40:12.119
 called in

00:40:12.119 --> 00:40:12.680
 verse 1

00:40:12.680 --> 00:40:14.200
 this is

00:40:14.200 --> 00:40:14.539
 Herod

00:40:14.539 --> 00:40:15.340
 Antipas

00:40:15.340 --> 00:40:16.220
 Herod

00:40:16.220 --> 00:40:16.599
 the first

00:40:16.599 --> 00:40:17.039
 son

00:40:17.039 --> 00:40:17.840
 Herod

00:40:17.840 --> 00:40:18.260
 the first

00:40:18.260 --> 00:40:18.559
 is the

00:40:18.559 --> 00:40:18.900
 one that

00:40:18.900 --> 00:40:19.360
 we saw

00:40:19.360 --> 00:40:19.820
 in Matthew

00:40:19.820 --> 00:40:20.420
 chapter 2

00:40:20.420 --> 00:40:21.420
 who massacred

00:40:21.420 --> 00:40:21.820
 all the

00:40:21.820 --> 00:40:22.840
 boys in Bethlehem

00:40:22.840 --> 00:40:23.380
 under the age

00:40:23.380 --> 00:40:23.680
 of 2

00:40:23.679 --> 00:40:23.940
 in an

00:40:23.940 --> 00:40:24.179
 attempt

00:40:24.179 --> 00:40:24.619
 to kill

00:40:24.619 --> 00:40:24.940
 baby

00:40:24.940 --> 00:40:25.379
 Jesus

00:40:25.379 --> 00:40:26.679
 Herod

00:40:26.679 --> 00:40:27.159
 Antipas

00:40:27.159 --> 00:40:27.579
 is his

00:40:27.579 --> 00:40:27.960
 son

00:40:27.960 --> 00:40:28.739
 after

00:40:28.739 --> 00:40:29.079
 Herod

00:40:29.079 --> 00:40:29.440
 the first

00:40:29.440 --> 00:40:29.960
 death

00:40:29.960 --> 00:40:30.500
 his

00:40:30.500 --> 00:40:31.279
 kingdom

00:40:31.279 --> 00:40:32.279
 which was

00:40:32.279 --> 00:40:32.819
 a client

00:40:32.819 --> 00:40:33.219
 state

00:40:33.219 --> 00:40:33.539
 of the

00:40:33.539 --> 00:40:33.739
 Roman

00:40:33.739 --> 00:40:34.259
 empire

00:40:34.259 --> 00:40:34.940
 over

00:40:34.940 --> 00:40:35.279
 what is

00:40:35.279 --> 00:40:35.559
 now

00:40:35.559 --> 00:40:35.839
 modern

00:40:35.839 --> 00:40:36.000
 day

00:40:36.000 --> 00:40:36.319
 Israel

00:40:36.319 --> 00:40:36.779
 was

00:40:36.779 --> 00:40:37.139
 divided

00:40:37.139 --> 00:40:37.419
 into

00:40:37.419 --> 00:40:37.919
 four

00:40:37.919 --> 00:40:38.819
 tetrarchies

00:40:38.819 --> 00:40:39.119
 four

00:40:39.119 --> 00:40:39.819
 regions

00:40:39.819 --> 00:40:40.940
 and his

00:40:40.940 --> 00:40:41.159
 three

00:40:41.159 --> 00:40:41.519
 sons

00:40:41.519 --> 00:40:42.480
 and his

00:40:42.480 --> 00:40:43.379
 sister

00:40:43.379 --> 00:40:43.739
 ruled

00:40:43.739 --> 00:40:43.980
 over

00:40:43.980 --> 00:40:44.239
 the

00:40:44.239 --> 00:40:44.679
 four

00:40:44.679 --> 00:40:45.079
 areas

00:40:45.079 --> 00:40:45.339
 and

00:40:45.339 --> 00:40:45.639
 Herod

00:40:45.639 --> 00:40:46.239
 Antipas

00:40:46.239 --> 00:40:47.179
 the one

00:40:47.179 --> 00:40:47.579
 named

00:40:47.579 --> 00:40:47.879
 here

00:40:47.879 --> 00:40:48.839
 was one

00:40:48.839 --> 00:40:49.099
 of those

00:40:49.099 --> 00:40:49.399
 rulers

00:40:49.399 --> 00:40:50.919
 he was

00:40:50.919 --> 00:40:51.319
 not

00:40:51.319 --> 00:40:51.839
 technically

00:40:51.839 --> 00:40:52.259
 a king

00:40:52.259 --> 00:40:52.539
 even though

00:40:52.539 --> 00:40:52.859
 he is

00:40:52.859 --> 00:40:53.279
 called

00:40:53.279 --> 00:40:53.599
 that

00:40:53.599 --> 00:40:53.880
 later

00:40:53.880 --> 00:40:54.039
 in

00:40:54.039 --> 00:40:54.259
 verse

00:40:54.259 --> 00:40:54.519
 nine

00:40:54.519 --> 00:40:54.920
 he was

00:40:54.920 --> 00:40:55.059
 a

00:40:55.059 --> 00:40:55.500
 tetrarch

00:40:55.500 --> 00:40:55.679
 who

00:40:55.679 --> 00:40:56.239
 desperately

00:40:56.239 --> 00:40:56.619
 wanted

00:40:56.619 --> 00:40:56.940
 to be

00:40:56.940 --> 00:40:57.239
 king

00:40:57.239 --> 00:40:59.179
 Herod

00:40:59.179 --> 00:40:59.799
 Antipas

00:40:59.799 --> 00:41:00.079
 had

00:41:00.079 --> 00:41:00.639
 jailed

00:41:00.639 --> 00:41:00.819
 John

00:41:00.819 --> 00:41:00.960
 the

00:41:00.960 --> 00:41:01.219
 Baptist

00:41:01.219 --> 00:41:01.619
 for

00:41:01.619 --> 00:41:01.799
 the

00:41:01.799 --> 00:41:02.000
 sake

00:41:02.000 --> 00:41:02.159
 of

00:41:02.159 --> 00:41:02.679
 Herodias

00:41:02.679 --> 00:41:03.239
 his

00:41:03.239 --> 00:41:03.639
 brother

00:41:03.639 --> 00:41:04.219
 Philip's

00:41:04.219 --> 00:41:04.779
 wife

00:41:04.779 --> 00:41:05.400
 so that

00:41:05.400 --> 00:41:05.719
 tells

00:41:05.719 --> 00:41:06.019
 all the

00:41:06.019 --> 00:41:06.279
 story

00:41:06.279 --> 00:41:06.539
 doesn't

00:41:06.539 --> 00:41:06.779
 it

00:41:06.779 --> 00:41:07.599
 his

00:41:07.599 --> 00:41:07.860
 brother

00:41:07.860 --> 00:41:08.299
 Philip's

00:41:08.299 --> 00:41:08.659
 wife

00:41:08.659 --> 00:41:10.199
 Herodias

00:41:10.199 --> 00:41:10.579
 was

00:41:10.579 --> 00:41:11.139
 Herod's

00:41:11.139 --> 00:41:11.480
 half

00:41:11.480 --> 00:41:11.779
 brother

00:41:11.779 --> 00:41:12.440
 Philip's

00:41:12.440 --> 00:41:12.940
 wife

00:41:12.940 --> 00:41:13.920
 but

00:41:13.920 --> 00:41:14.360
 while

00:41:14.360 --> 00:41:14.719
 Herod

00:41:14.719 --> 00:41:14.960
 was

00:41:14.960 --> 00:41:15.500
 visiting

00:41:15.500 --> 00:41:16.319
 Philip

00:41:16.319 --> 00:41:16.579
 his

00:41:16.579 --> 00:41:16.940
 brother

00:41:16.940 --> 00:41:17.799
 he fell

00:41:17.799 --> 00:41:17.799


00:41:17.799 --> 00:41:18.219
 in love

00:41:18.219 --> 00:41:18.400
 with

00:41:18.400 --> 00:41:18.579
 his

00:41:18.579 --> 00:41:19.079
 brother's

00:41:19.079 --> 00:41:19.440
 wife

00:41:19.440 --> 00:41:20.619
 and the

00:41:20.619 --> 00:41:20.900
 two

00:41:20.900 --> 00:41:21.420
 agreed

00:41:21.420 --> 00:41:21.440
!

00:41:23.599 --> 00:41:23.639
 their

00:41:23.639 --> 00:41:24.099
 respective

00:41:24.099 --> 00:41:24.579
 spouses

00:41:24.579 --> 00:41:26.639
 in doing

00:41:26.639 --> 00:41:27.199
 so not

00:41:27.199 --> 00:41:27.559
 only did

00:41:27.559 --> 00:41:27.940
 they commit

00:41:27.940 --> 00:41:28.400
 adultery

00:41:28.400 --> 00:41:28.779
 with each

00:41:28.779 --> 00:41:28.940
 other

00:41:28.940 --> 00:41:29.360
 they also

00:41:29.360 --> 00:41:29.759
 committed

00:41:29.759 --> 00:41:30.440
 incest

00:41:30.440 --> 00:41:31.019
 according to

00:41:31.019 --> 00:41:31.259
 biblical

00:41:31.259 --> 00:41:31.759
 guidelines

00:41:31.759 --> 00:41:31.980
 in

00:41:31.980 --> 00:41:32.360
 Leviticus

00:41:32.360 --> 00:41:32.719
 18

00:41:32.719 --> 00:41:34.559
 John

00:41:34.559 --> 00:41:34.719
 the

00:41:34.719 --> 00:41:35.000
 Baptist

00:41:35.000 --> 00:41:35.899
 being

00:41:35.899 --> 00:41:36.039
 a

00:41:36.039 --> 00:41:36.199
 true

00:41:36.199 --> 00:41:36.639
 prophet

00:41:36.639 --> 00:41:36.819
 of

00:41:36.819 --> 00:41:36.939
 the

00:41:36.939 --> 00:41:37.159
 Lord

00:41:37.159 --> 00:41:38.099
 pointed

00:41:38.099 --> 00:41:38.419
 out

00:41:38.419 --> 00:41:38.699
 that

00:41:38.699 --> 00:41:39.519
 what

00:41:39.519 --> 00:41:39.819
 Herod

00:41:39.819 --> 00:41:40.159
 Antipas

00:41:40.159 --> 00:41:40.339
 has

00:41:40.339 --> 00:41:40.559
 done

00:41:40.559 --> 00:41:40.699
 is

00:41:40.699 --> 00:41:40.939
 not

00:41:40.939 --> 00:41:41.559
 lawful

00:41:41.559 --> 00:41:41.919
 it

00:41:41.919 --> 00:41:42.039
 was

00:41:42.039 --> 00:41:42.239
 not

00:41:42.239 --> 00:41:42.619
 lawful

00:41:42.619 --> 00:41:42.759
 for

00:41:42.759 --> 00:41:42.859
 him

00:41:42.859 --> 00:41:42.959
 to

00:41:42.959 --> 00:41:43.199
 have

00:41:43.199 --> 00:41:43.639
 Herodias

00:41:43.639 --> 00:41:43.839
 as

00:41:43.839 --> 00:41:43.980
 his

00:41:43.980 --> 00:41:44.219
 wife

00:41:44.219 --> 00:41:45.139
 and

00:41:45.139 --> 00:41:45.399
 notice

00:41:45.399 --> 00:41:45.599
 how

00:41:45.599 --> 00:41:46.119
 Matthew

00:41:46.119 --> 00:41:46.679
 drives

00:41:46.679 --> 00:41:46.879
 that

00:41:46.879 --> 00:41:47.139
 point

00:41:47.139 --> 00:41:47.459
 home

00:41:47.459 --> 00:41:47.779
 by

00:41:47.779 --> 00:41:48.219
 calling

00:41:48.219 --> 00:41:48.859
 Herodias

00:41:48.859 --> 00:41:49.619
 not

00:41:49.619 --> 00:41:49.980
 Herod's

00:41:49.980 --> 00:41:50.239
 wife

00:41:50.239 --> 00:41:51.119
 his

00:41:51.119 --> 00:41:51.599
 brother

00:41:51.599 --> 00:41:52.539
 Philip's

00:41:52.539 --> 00:41:53.159
 wife

00:41:53.159 --> 00:41:58.379
 Herod

00:41:58.379 --> 00:41:58.619
 wanted

00:41:58.619 --> 00:41:58.819
 to

00:41:58.819 --> 00:41:59.119
 kill

00:41:59.119 --> 00:41:59.419
 John

00:41:59.419 --> 00:41:59.599
 for

00:41:59.599 --> 00:41:59.859
 speaking

00:41:59.859 --> 00:42:00.059
 the

00:42:00.059 --> 00:42:00.359
 truth

00:42:00.360 --> 00:42:01.400
 but

00:42:01.400 --> 00:42:01.500
 he

00:42:01.500 --> 00:42:02.280
 feared

00:42:02.280 --> 00:42:02.460
 the

00:42:02.460 --> 00:42:02.760
 people

00:42:02.760 --> 00:42:03.599
 who

00:42:03.599 --> 00:42:03.900
 held

00:42:03.900 --> 00:42:04.180
 John

00:42:04.180 --> 00:42:04.320
 to

00:42:04.320 --> 00:42:04.460
 be

00:42:04.460 --> 00:42:04.620
 a

00:42:04.620 --> 00:42:04.980
 prophet

00:42:04.980 --> 00:42:05.900
 so

00:42:05.900 --> 00:42:06.039
 he

00:42:06.039 --> 00:42:06.380
 settled

00:42:06.380 --> 00:42:06.579
 for

00:42:06.579 --> 00:42:07.200
 imprisoning

00:42:07.200 --> 00:42:07.500
 John

00:42:07.500 --> 00:42:08.059
 instead

00:42:08.059 --> 00:42:09.360
 but

00:42:09.360 --> 00:42:09.620
 then

00:42:09.620 --> 00:42:09.880
 his

00:42:09.880 --> 00:42:10.160
 birthday

00:42:10.160 --> 00:42:10.460
 comes

00:42:10.460 --> 00:42:10.780
 around

00:42:10.780 --> 00:42:11.000
 in

00:42:11.000 --> 00:42:11.160
 verse

00:42:11.160 --> 00:42:11.440
 six

00:42:11.440 --> 00:42:12.720
 he's

00:42:12.720 --> 00:42:13.720
 hosting

00:42:13.720 --> 00:42:13.920
 a

00:42:13.920 --> 00:42:14.220
 lavish

00:42:14.220 --> 00:42:14.599
 feast

00:42:14.599 --> 00:42:14.880
 having

00:42:14.880 --> 00:42:15.000
 a

00:42:15.000 --> 00:42:15.240
 birthday

00:42:15.240 --> 00:42:15.620
 party

00:42:15.620 --> 00:42:16.820
 the

00:42:16.820 --> 00:42:17.180
 daughter

00:42:17.180 --> 00:42:17.380
 of

00:42:17.380 --> 00:42:17.880
 Herodias

00:42:17.880 --> 00:42:18.440
 dances

00:42:18.440 --> 00:42:19.059
 before

00:42:19.059 --> 00:42:19.400
 him

00:42:19.400 --> 00:42:19.519
 and

00:42:19.519 --> 00:42:19.620
 the

00:42:19.620 --> 00:42:19.980
 company

00:42:19.980 --> 00:42:20.280
 and

00:42:20.280 --> 00:42:20.860
 he

00:42:20.860 --> 00:42:21.039
 is

00:42:21.039 --> 00:42:21.240
 so

00:42:21.240 --> 00:42:21.620
 pleased

00:42:21.620 --> 00:42:22.599
 by

00:42:22.599 --> 00:42:22.760
 her

00:42:22.760 --> 00:42:22.940
 he

00:42:22.940 --> 00:42:23.360
 promises

00:42:23.360 --> 00:42:23.360


00:42:23.579 --> 00:42:23.720
 I'll

00:42:23.720 --> 00:42:23.880
 give

00:42:23.880 --> 00:42:24.000
 you

00:42:24.000 --> 00:42:24.220
 anything

00:42:24.220 --> 00:42:24.440
 you

00:42:24.440 --> 00:42:24.780
 ask

00:42:24.780 --> 00:42:25.500
 he

00:42:25.500 --> 00:42:25.740
 makes

00:42:25.740 --> 00:42:25.900
 an

00:42:25.900 --> 00:42:26.200
 oath

00:42:26.200 --> 00:42:27.640
 and

00:42:27.640 --> 00:42:28.420
 prompted

00:42:28.420 --> 00:42:28.960
 by her

00:42:28.960 --> 00:42:29.480
 vengeful

00:42:29.480 --> 00:42:29.780
 mother

00:42:29.780 --> 00:42:30.380
 Herodias

00:42:30.380 --> 00:42:30.940
 she

00:42:30.940 --> 00:42:31.320
 the

00:42:31.320 --> 00:42:31.579
 young

00:42:31.579 --> 00:42:31.780
 girl

00:42:31.780 --> 00:42:32.119
 says

00:42:32.119 --> 00:42:32.340
 give

00:42:32.340 --> 00:42:32.440
 me

00:42:32.440 --> 00:42:32.599
 the

00:42:32.599 --> 00:42:32.780
 head

00:42:32.780 --> 00:42:32.900
 of

00:42:32.900 --> 00:42:33.059
 John

00:42:33.059 --> 00:42:33.199
 the

00:42:33.199 --> 00:42:33.440
 Baptist

00:42:33.440 --> 00:42:33.659
 here

00:42:33.659 --> 00:42:33.760
 on

00:42:33.760 --> 00:42:33.860
 the

00:42:33.860 --> 00:42:34.139
 platter

00:42:34.139 --> 00:42:35.420
 and

00:42:35.420 --> 00:42:35.519
 you

00:42:35.519 --> 00:42:35.659
 could

00:42:35.659 --> 00:42:36.000
 see

00:42:36.000 --> 00:42:36.300
 what

00:42:36.300 --> 00:42:36.480
 kind

00:42:36.480 --> 00:42:36.579
 of

00:42:36.579 --> 00:42:36.760
 woman

00:42:36.760 --> 00:42:37.539
 Herodias

00:42:37.539 --> 00:42:37.880
 is

00:42:37.880 --> 00:42:38.820
 she

00:42:38.820 --> 00:42:39.099
 doesn't

00:42:39.099 --> 00:42:39.300
 just

00:42:39.300 --> 00:42:39.559
 want

00:42:39.559 --> 00:42:39.800
 John

00:42:39.800 --> 00:42:39.920
 the

00:42:39.920 --> 00:42:40.159
 Baptist

00:42:40.159 --> 00:42:40.599
 killed

00:42:40.599 --> 00:42:41.880
 she

00:42:41.880 --> 00:42:42.400
 wants

00:42:42.400 --> 00:42:43.780
 proof

00:42:43.780 --> 00:42:44.460
 and

00:42:44.460 --> 00:42:44.639
 she

00:42:44.639 --> 00:42:45.019
 wants

00:42:45.019 --> 00:42:45.360
 to

00:42:45.360 --> 00:42:46.480
 gloat

00:42:46.480 --> 00:42:46.920
 over

00:42:46.920 --> 00:42:47.240
 him

00:42:47.240 --> 00:42:47.800
 as

00:42:47.800 --> 00:42:48.099
 his

00:42:48.099 --> 00:42:48.539
 head

00:42:48.539 --> 00:42:48.760
 is

00:42:48.760 --> 00:42:49.059
 served

00:42:49.059 --> 00:42:49.199
 on

00:42:49.199 --> 00:42:49.340
 a

00:42:49.340 --> 00:42:49.679
 platter

00:42:49.679 --> 00:42:50.059
 to

00:42:50.059 --> 00:42:50.340
 the

00:42:50.340 --> 00:42:50.659
 banquet

00:42:50.659 --> 00:42:50.920
 that

00:42:50.920 --> 00:42:51.059
 she

00:42:51.059 --> 00:42:51.219
 is

00:42:51.219 --> 00:42:51.420
 at

00:42:51.420 --> 00:42:52.219
 like

00:42:52.219 --> 00:42:52.420
 the

00:42:52.420 --> 00:42:52.940
 lamb's

00:42:52.940 --> 00:42:53.139
 head

00:42:53.139 --> 00:42:53.340
 at

00:42:53.340 --> 00:42:53.780
 Rosh

00:42:53.780 --> 00:42:54.119
 Shanna

00:42:54.119 --> 00:42:54.300
 or

00:42:54.300 --> 00:42:54.539
 something

00:42:54.539 --> 00:42:54.780
 like

00:42:54.780 --> 00:42:55.039
 that

00:42:55.039 --> 00:42:56.620
 and

00:42:56.620 --> 00:42:57.000
 Herod

00:42:57.000 --> 00:42:57.400
 is

00:42:57.400 --> 00:42:57.900
 sorry

00:42:57.900 --> 00:42:58.740
 to

00:42:58.740 --> 00:42:58.960
 have

00:42:58.960 --> 00:42:59.519
 to

00:42:59.519 --> 00:43:00.860
 oblige

00:43:00.860 --> 00:43:01.180
 that

00:43:01.180 --> 00:43:01.860
 gruesome

00:43:01.860 --> 00:43:02.320
 request

00:43:02.320 --> 00:43:02.840
 he says

00:43:02.840 --> 00:43:02.980
 in

00:43:02.980 --> 00:43:03.140
 verse

00:43:03.140 --> 00:43:03.420
 9

00:43:03.420 --> 00:43:04.019
 at

00:43:04.019 --> 00:43:04.280
 this

00:43:04.280 --> 00:43:04.519
 point

00:43:04.519 --> 00:43:04.620
 of

00:43:04.620 --> 00:43:04.740
 the

00:43:04.740 --> 00:43:05.000
 story

00:43:05.000 --> 00:43:05.340
 Herod

00:43:05.340 --> 00:43:05.640
 didn't

00:43:05.640 --> 00:43:05.880
 want

00:43:05.880 --> 00:43:06.019
 to

00:43:06.019 --> 00:43:06.200
 kill

00:43:06.200 --> 00:43:06.560
 John

00:43:06.560 --> 00:43:08.320
 he

00:43:08.320 --> 00:43:08.440
 had

00:43:08.440 --> 00:43:08.740
 already

00:43:08.740 --> 00:43:09.240
 imprisoned

00:43:09.240 --> 00:43:09.519
 him

00:43:09.519 --> 00:43:09.680
 and

00:43:09.680 --> 00:43:10.140
 effectively

00:43:10.140 --> 00:43:10.820
 silenced

00:43:10.820 --> 00:43:11.100
 him

00:43:11.100 --> 00:43:11.240
 and

00:43:11.240 --> 00:43:11.400
 he

00:43:11.400 --> 00:43:11.580
 was

00:43:11.580 --> 00:43:11.880
 posing

00:43:11.880 --> 00:43:12.140
 no

00:43:12.140 --> 00:43:12.440
 threat

00:43:12.440 --> 00:43:12.580
 to

00:43:12.580 --> 00:43:12.760
 him

00:43:12.760 --> 00:43:13.120
 whatsoever

00:43:13.120 --> 00:43:13.460
 he

00:43:13.460 --> 00:43:13.600
 was

00:43:13.600 --> 00:43:13.760
 just

00:43:13.760 --> 00:43:13.900
 an

00:43:13.900 --> 00:43:14.400
 interesting

00:43:14.400 --> 00:43:14.740
 guy

00:43:14.740 --> 00:43:14.860
 he

00:43:14.860 --> 00:43:14.980
 can

00:43:14.980 --> 00:43:15.180
 visit

00:43:15.180 --> 00:43:15.480
 once

00:43:15.480 --> 00:43:15.600
 in

00:43:15.600 --> 00:43:15.660
 a

00:43:15.660 --> 00:43:15.940
 while

00:43:15.940 --> 00:43:16.420
 and

00:43:16.420 --> 00:43:16.700
 talk

00:43:16.700 --> 00:43:16.860
 to

00:43:16.860 --> 00:43:17.000
 in

00:43:17.000 --> 00:43:17.300
 prison

00:43:17.300 --> 00:43:19.220
 and

00:43:19.220 --> 00:43:19.340
 so

00:43:19.340 --> 00:43:19.500
 he

00:43:19.500 --> 00:43:19.720
 was

00:43:19.720 --> 00:43:20.019
 content

00:43:20.019 --> 00:43:20.239
 to

00:43:20.239 --> 00:43:20.440
 leave

00:43:20.440 --> 00:43:20.679
 John

00:43:20.679 --> 00:43:20.860
 to

00:43:20.860 --> 00:43:21.059
 rot

00:43:21.059 --> 00:43:21.199
 in

00:43:21.199 --> 00:43:21.440
 prison

00:43:21.440 --> 00:43:21.800
 instead

00:43:21.800 --> 00:43:22.159
 but

00:43:22.159 --> 00:43:22.460
 because

00:43:22.460 --> 00:43:22.860
 of

00:43:22.860 --> 00:43:23.039
 his

00:43:23.039 --> 00:43:23.460
 oaths

00:43:23.460 --> 00:43:23.579
 and

00:43:23.579 --> 00:43:23.780
 his

00:43:23.780 --> 00:43:24.340
 guests

00:43:24.340 --> 00:43:24.920
 he

00:43:24.920 --> 00:43:25.440
 commanded

00:43:25.440 --> 00:43:25.679
 it

00:43:25.679 --> 00:43:25.800
 to

00:43:25.800 --> 00:43:25.940
 be

00:43:25.940 --> 00:43:26.239
 given

00:43:26.239 --> 00:43:28.719
 notice

00:43:28.719 --> 00:43:29.000
 the

00:43:29.000 --> 00:43:29.679
 underlying

00:43:29.679 --> 00:43:30.320
 reasons

00:43:30.320 --> 00:43:31.019
 for

00:43:31.019 --> 00:43:31.519
 all

00:43:31.519 --> 00:43:31.719
 of

00:43:31.719 --> 00:43:32.199
 Herod's

00:43:32.199 --> 00:43:32.599
 actions

00:43:32.599 --> 00:43:32.820
 in

00:43:32.820 --> 00:43:32.980
 this

00:43:32.980 --> 00:43:33.280
 chapter

00:43:33.280 --> 00:43:35.199
 why

00:43:35.199 --> 00:43:35.400
 did

00:43:35.400 --> 00:43:35.500
 he

00:43:35.500 --> 00:43:35.699
 put

00:43:35.699 --> 00:43:35.880
 John

00:43:35.880 --> 00:43:36.019
 the

00:43:36.019 --> 00:43:36.219
 Baptist

00:43:36.219 --> 00:43:36.420
 in

00:43:36.420 --> 00:43:36.679
 prison

00:43:36.679 --> 00:43:38.139
 for

00:43:38.139 --> 00:43:38.300
 the

00:43:38.300 --> 00:43:38.539
 sake

00:43:38.539 --> 00:43:38.699
 of

00:43:38.699 --> 00:43:39.219
 Herodias

00:43:39.219 --> 00:43:39.579
 he

00:43:39.579 --> 00:43:39.679
 says

00:43:39.679 --> 00:43:39.800
 in

00:43:39.800 --> 00:43:39.940
 verse

00:43:39.940 --> 00:43:40.159
 3

00:43:40.159 --> 00:43:41.340
 why

00:43:41.340 --> 00:43:41.980
 didn't

00:43:41.980 --> 00:43:42.159
 he

00:43:42.159 --> 00:43:42.400
 put

00:43:42.400 --> 00:43:42.599
 John

00:43:42.599 --> 00:43:42.759
 to

00:43:42.759 --> 00:43:43.000
 death

00:43:43.000 --> 00:43:43.440
 initially

00:43:43.440 --> 00:43:43.699
 when

00:43:43.699 --> 00:43:43.820
 he

00:43:43.820 --> 00:43:44.059
 wanted

00:43:44.059 --> 00:43:44.340
 to

00:43:44.340 --> 00:43:45.420
 because

00:43:45.420 --> 00:43:45.880
 he

00:43:45.880 --> 00:43:46.000
 says

00:43:46.000 --> 00:43:46.119
 in

00:43:46.119 --> 00:43:46.259
 verse

00:43:46.259 --> 00:43:46.500
 5

00:43:46.500 --> 00:43:46.659
 he

00:43:50.019 --> 00:43:50.380
 prophet

00:43:50.380 --> 00:43:51.179
 why

00:43:51.179 --> 00:43:51.380
 did

00:43:51.380 --> 00:43:51.639
 Herod

00:43:51.639 --> 00:43:51.900
 take

00:43:51.900 --> 00:43:52.139
 such

00:43:52.139 --> 00:43:52.320
 a

00:43:52.320 --> 00:43:52.719
 rash

00:43:52.719 --> 00:43:53.079
 ill

00:43:53.079 --> 00:43:53.559
 advised

00:43:53.559 --> 00:43:54.019
 oath

00:43:54.019 --> 00:43:54.219
 on

00:43:54.219 --> 00:43:54.380
 his

00:43:54.380 --> 00:43:54.800
 birthday

00:43:54.800 --> 00:43:55.559
 because

00:43:55.559 --> 00:43:55.739
 it

00:43:55.739 --> 00:43:55.880
 says

00:43:55.880 --> 00:43:56.000
 in

00:43:56.000 --> 00:43:56.219
 verse

00:43:56.219 --> 00:43:56.599
 6

00:43:56.599 --> 00:43:57.059
 Herodias

00:43:57.059 --> 00:43:57.300
 daughter

00:43:57.300 --> 00:43:57.519
 so

00:43:57.519 --> 00:43:58.219
 pleased

00:43:58.219 --> 00:43:58.539
 him

00:43:58.539 --> 00:43:59.300
 with

00:43:59.300 --> 00:43:59.440
 her

00:43:59.440 --> 00:43:59.800
 dance

00:43:59.800 --> 00:44:00.679
 later

00:44:00.679 --> 00:44:00.940
 on

00:44:00.940 --> 00:44:01.259
 why

00:44:01.259 --> 00:44:01.559
 does

00:44:01.559 --> 00:44:02.119
 Herod

00:44:02.119 --> 00:44:02.980
 behead

00:44:02.980 --> 00:44:03.400
 John

00:44:03.400 --> 00:44:03.619
 even

00:44:03.619 --> 00:44:03.820
 though

00:44:03.820 --> 00:44:03.980
 at

00:44:03.980 --> 00:44:04.179
 that

00:44:04.179 --> 00:44:04.420
 point

00:44:04.420 --> 00:44:04.559
 he

00:44:04.559 --> 00:44:04.920
 doesn't

00:44:04.920 --> 00:44:05.300
 want

00:44:05.300 --> 00:44:05.559
 to

00:44:05.559 --> 00:44:06.159
 because

00:44:06.159 --> 00:44:06.340
 it

00:44:06.340 --> 00:44:06.480
 says

00:44:06.480 --> 00:44:06.599
 in

00:44:06.599 --> 00:44:06.759
 verse

00:44:06.759 --> 00:44:06.980
 9

00:44:06.980 --> 00:44:07.199
 because

00:44:07.199 --> 00:44:07.360
 of

00:44:07.360 --> 00:44:07.539
 his

00:44:07.539 --> 00:44:08.199
 oaths

00:44:08.199 --> 00:44:08.380
 and

00:44:08.380 --> 00:44:08.659
 his

00:44:08.659 --> 00:44:09.360
 guests

00:44:09.360 --> 00:44:11.039
 everything

00:44:11.039 --> 00:44:12.440
 Herod

00:44:12.440 --> 00:44:12.860
 does

00:44:12.860 --> 00:44:13.179
 in

00:44:13.179 --> 00:44:13.360
 this

00:44:13.360 --> 00:44:13.739
 chapter

00:44:13.739 --> 00:44:14.639
 Herod

00:44:14.639 --> 00:44:15.119
 does

00:44:15.119 --> 00:44:15.880
 because

00:44:15.880 --> 00:44:16.139
 of

00:44:16.139 --> 00:44:16.400
 other

00:44:16.400 --> 00:44:16.820
 people

00:44:16.820 --> 00:44:18.739
 he's

00:44:18.739 --> 00:44:18.899
 so

00:44:18.899 --> 00:44:19.500
 concerned

00:44:19.500 --> 00:44:20.119
 with

00:44:20.119 --> 00:44:20.359
 what

00:44:20.359 --> 00:44:20.619
 other

00:44:20.619 --> 00:44:21.019
 people

00:44:21.019 --> 00:44:21.239
 will

00:44:21.239 --> 00:44:21.579
 think

00:44:21.579 --> 00:44:22.019
 what

00:44:22.019 --> 00:44:22.279
 other

00:44:22.279 --> 00:44:22.699
 people

00:44:22.699 --> 00:44:22.979
 will

00:44:22.979 --> 00:44:23.339
 say

00:44:23.339 --> 00:44:24.719
 this

00:44:24.719 --> 00:44:24.819
 is

00:44:24.819 --> 00:44:24.959
 what

00:44:24.959 --> 00:44:25.099
 the

00:44:25.099 --> 00:44:25.319
 Bible

00:44:25.319 --> 00:44:25.739
 calls

00:44:25.739 --> 00:44:25.919
 the

00:44:25.919 --> 00:44:26.219
 fear

00:44:26.219 --> 00:44:26.379
 of

00:44:26.379 --> 00:44:26.659
 man

00:44:26.659 --> 00:44:29.199
 he's

00:44:29.199 --> 00:44:29.319
 the

00:44:29.319 --> 00:44:29.719
 king

00:44:29.719 --> 00:44:30.679
 but

00:44:30.679 --> 00:44:30.799
 he

00:44:30.799 --> 00:44:31.639
 doesn't

00:44:31.639 --> 00:44:31.979
 act

00:44:31.979 --> 00:44:32.219
 like

00:44:32.219 --> 00:44:32.379
 a

00:44:32.379 --> 00:44:32.579
 king

00:44:32.579 --> 00:44:34.099
 this

00:44:34.099 --> 00:44:35.459
 he's

00:44:35.459 --> 00:44:35.599
 no

00:44:35.599 --> 00:44:35.959
 true

00:44:35.959 --> 00:44:36.659
 sovereign

00:44:36.659 --> 00:44:37.599
 he's

00:44:37.599 --> 00:44:37.739
 a

00:44:37.739 --> 00:44:37.959
 ship

00:44:37.959 --> 00:44:38.099
 that

00:44:38.099 --> 00:44:38.239
 is

00:44:38.239 --> 00:44:38.619
 tossed

00:44:38.619 --> 00:44:38.919
 to

00:44:38.919 --> 00:44:39.059
 and

00:44:39.059 --> 00:44:39.319
 throw

00:44:39.319 --> 00:44:39.539
 by

00:44:39.539 --> 00:44:39.719
 the

00:44:39.719 --> 00:44:40.079
 waves

00:44:40.079 --> 00:44:40.259
 of

00:44:40.259 --> 00:44:40.759
 people's

00:44:40.759 --> 00:44:41.259
 opinions

00:44:41.259 --> 00:44:41.719
 and

00:44:41.719 --> 00:44:42.139
 whims

00:44:42.139 --> 00:44:43.039
 he's

00:44:43.039 --> 00:44:43.159
 a

00:44:43.159 --> 00:44:43.439
 people

00:44:43.439 --> 00:44:43.839
 pleaser

00:44:43.839 --> 00:44:46.059
 manipulated

00:44:46.059 --> 00:44:46.539
 and controlled

00:44:46.539 --> 00:44:46.959
 by those

00:44:46.959 --> 00:44:47.239
 around

00:44:47.239 --> 00:44:47.459
 him

00:44:47.460 --> 00:44:49.500
 this

00:44:49.500 --> 00:44:49.639
 is

00:44:49.639 --> 00:44:50.079
 starkly

00:44:50.079 --> 00:44:50.300
 different

00:44:50.300 --> 00:44:50.480
 from

00:44:50.480 --> 00:44:50.619
 the

00:44:50.619 --> 00:44:50.860
 portrait

00:44:50.860 --> 00:44:51.059
 of

00:44:51.059 --> 00:44:51.320
 Jesus

00:44:51.320 --> 00:44:51.539
 that

00:44:51.539 --> 00:44:51.659
 we

00:44:51.659 --> 00:44:51.920
 see

00:44:51.920 --> 00:44:52.059
 in

00:44:52.059 --> 00:44:52.159
 the

00:44:52.159 --> 00:44:52.579
 preceding

00:44:52.579 --> 00:44:53.059
 passage

00:44:53.059 --> 00:44:54.280
 the

00:44:54.280 --> 00:44:54.760
 skeptical

00:44:54.760 --> 00:44:55.059
 and

00:44:55.059 --> 00:44:55.420
 envious

00:44:55.420 --> 00:44:55.840
 hometown

00:44:55.840 --> 00:44:56.280
 crowd

00:44:56.280 --> 00:44:56.519
 looked

00:44:56.519 --> 00:44:56.840
 down

00:44:56.840 --> 00:44:57.119
 upon

00:44:57.119 --> 00:44:57.440
 Jesus

00:44:57.440 --> 00:44:57.599
 and

00:44:57.599 --> 00:44:58.019
 questioned

00:44:58.019 --> 00:44:58.260
 his

00:44:58.260 --> 00:44:58.740
 credentials

00:44:58.740 --> 00:44:59.860
 they

00:44:59.860 --> 00:45:00.059
 said

00:45:00.059 --> 00:45:00.199
 to

00:45:00.199 --> 00:45:00.400
 him

00:45:00.400 --> 00:45:00.860
 physician

00:45:00.860 --> 00:45:01.240
 heal

00:45:01.240 --> 00:45:01.820
 yourself

00:45:01.820 --> 00:45:02.199
 what

00:45:02.199 --> 00:45:02.300
 we

00:45:02.300 --> 00:45:02.420
 have

00:45:02.420 --> 00:45:02.639
 heard

00:45:02.639 --> 00:45:02.800
 you

00:45:02.800 --> 00:45:03.019
 did

00:45:03.019 --> 00:45:03.139
 at

00:45:03.139 --> 00:45:03.579
 Capernaum

00:45:03.579 --> 00:45:03.760
 do

00:45:03.760 --> 00:45:04.019
 here

00:45:04.019 --> 00:45:04.119
 in

00:45:04.119 --> 00:45:04.220
 your

00:45:04.220 --> 00:45:04.579
 hometown

00:45:04.579 --> 00:45:04.880
 as

00:45:04.880 --> 00:45:05.159
 well

00:45:05.159 --> 00:45:06.480
 but

00:45:06.480 --> 00:45:06.820
 Jesus

00:45:06.820 --> 00:45:07.220
 instead

00:45:07.220 --> 00:45:07.500
 of

00:45:07.500 --> 00:45:08.220
 embarking

00:45:08.220 --> 00:45:08.360
 on

00:45:08.360 --> 00:45:08.500
 a

00:45:08.500 --> 00:45:09.059
 campaign

00:45:09.059 --> 00:45:09.300
 to

00:45:09.300 --> 00:45:09.659
 prove

00:45:09.659 --> 00:45:10.099
 himself

00:45:10.099 --> 00:45:10.679
 and

00:45:10.679 --> 00:45:11.179
 performing

00:45:11.179 --> 00:45:11.480
 these

00:45:11.480 --> 00:45:11.860
 extra

00:45:11.860 --> 00:45:12.240
 miracles

00:45:12.240 --> 00:45:12.460
 and

00:45:12.460 --> 00:45:12.619
 saying

00:45:12.619 --> 00:45:12.880
 see

00:45:12.880 --> 00:45:13.660
 look

00:45:13.660 --> 00:45:14.240
 what

00:45:14.240 --> 00:45:14.380
 I

00:45:14.380 --> 00:45:14.539
 can

00:45:14.539 --> 00:45:14.760
 do

00:45:14.760 --> 00:45:15.940
 I

00:45:15.940 --> 00:45:16.119
 am

00:45:16.119 --> 00:45:16.240
 who

00:45:16.240 --> 00:45:16.400
 they

00:45:16.400 --> 00:45:16.599
 say

00:45:16.599 --> 00:45:16.780
 I

00:45:16.780 --> 00:45:17.059
 am

00:45:17.059 --> 00:45:18.360
 no

00:45:18.360 --> 00:45:18.680
 Jesus

00:45:18.680 --> 00:45:19.019
 doesn't

00:45:19.019 --> 00:45:19.160
 do

00:45:19.160 --> 00:45:19.480
 that

00:45:19.480 --> 00:45:20.019
 he

00:45:20.019 --> 00:45:20.440
 did

00:45:20.440 --> 00:45:20.720
 not

00:45:20.720 --> 00:45:20.920
 do

00:45:20.920 --> 00:45:21.160
 many

00:45:21.160 --> 00:45:21.440
 mighty

00:45:21.440 --> 00:45:21.740
 works

00:45:21.740 --> 00:45:21.880
 there

00:45:21.880 --> 00:45:22.160
 because

00:45:22.160 --> 00:45:22.460
 of

00:45:22.460 --> 00:45:22.640
 their

00:45:22.640 --> 00:45:23.280
 unbelief

00:45:23.280 --> 00:45:25.260
 rather than

00:45:25.260 --> 00:45:26.000
 indulging

00:45:26.000 --> 00:45:26.680
 and catering

00:45:26.680 --> 00:45:26.940
 to their

00:45:26.940 --> 00:45:27.180
 wicked

00:45:27.180 --> 00:45:27.880
 unbelief

00:45:27.880 --> 00:45:29.980
 Jesus

00:45:29.980 --> 00:45:30.340
 only

00:45:30.340 --> 00:45:30.720
 offers

00:45:30.720 --> 00:45:30.900
 the

00:45:30.900 --> 00:45:31.119
 sign

00:45:31.119 --> 00:45:31.220
 of

00:45:31.220 --> 00:45:31.340
 the

00:45:31.340 --> 00:45:31.700
 prophet

00:45:31.700 --> 00:45:32.559
 Jonah

00:45:32.559 --> 00:45:34.180
 in

00:45:34.180 --> 00:45:34.400
 this

00:45:34.400 --> 00:45:34.680
 Jesus

00:45:34.680 --> 00:45:35.140
 models

00:45:35.140 --> 00:45:35.519
 for

00:45:35.519 --> 00:45:35.780
 us

00:45:35.780 --> 00:45:35.960
 what

00:45:35.960 --> 00:45:36.099
 it

00:45:36.099 --> 00:45:36.380
 looks

00:45:36.380 --> 00:45:36.720
 like

00:45:36.720 --> 00:45:37.099
 for

00:45:37.099 --> 00:45:37.920
 us

00:45:37.920 --> 00:45:38.039
 to

00:45:38.039 --> 00:45:38.180
 seek

00:45:38.180 --> 00:45:38.340
 to

00:45:38.340 --> 00:45:38.579
 please

00:45:38.579 --> 00:45:38.960
 God

00:45:38.960 --> 00:45:39.240
 rather

00:45:39.240 --> 00:45:39.440
 than

00:45:39.440 --> 00:45:39.700
 men

00:45:39.700 --> 00:45:42.140
 Proverbs

00:45:42.140 --> 00:45:42.599
 29

00:45:42.599 --> 00:45:43.000
 25

00:45:43.000 --> 00:45:43.500
 says

00:45:43.500 --> 00:45:43.660
 the

00:45:43.660 --> 00:45:43.960
 fear

00:45:43.960 --> 00:45:44.099
 of

00:45:44.099 --> 00:45:44.360
 man

00:45:44.360 --> 00:45:44.700
 lays

00:45:44.700 --> 00:45:44.840
 a

00:45:44.840 --> 00:45:45.119
 snare

00:45:45.119 --> 00:45:45.700
 but

00:45:45.700 --> 00:45:45.960
 whoever

00:45:45.960 --> 00:45:46.460
 trusts

00:45:46.460 --> 00:45:46.619
 in

00:45:46.619 --> 00:45:46.780
 the

00:45:46.780 --> 00:45:47.039
 Lord

00:45:47.039 --> 00:45:47.260
 is

00:45:47.260 --> 00:45:47.579
 safe

00:45:47.579 --> 00:45:49.980
 we

00:45:49.980 --> 00:45:50.340
 fear

00:45:50.340 --> 00:45:50.880
 people

00:45:50.880 --> 00:45:51.780
 and

00:45:51.780 --> 00:45:51.960
 what

00:45:51.960 --> 00:45:52.180
 they

00:45:52.180 --> 00:45:52.460
 might

00:45:52.460 --> 00:45:52.760
 say

00:45:52.760 --> 00:45:53.200
 about

00:45:53.200 --> 00:45:53.400
 us

00:45:53.400 --> 00:45:53.519
 or

00:45:53.519 --> 00:45:53.940
 to

00:45:53.940 --> 00:45:54.140
 us

00:45:54.140 --> 00:45:54.380
 because

00:45:54.380 --> 00:45:54.619
 we

00:45:54.619 --> 00:45:55.300
 mistakenly

00:45:55.300 --> 00:45:55.640
 think

00:45:55.640 --> 00:45:55.880
 that

00:45:55.880 --> 00:45:56.559
 people

00:45:56.559 --> 00:45:57.119
 can give

00:45:57.119 --> 00:45:57.300
 us

00:45:57.300 --> 00:45:57.599
 love

00:45:57.599 --> 00:45:57.739
 and

00:45:57.739 --> 00:45:58.179
 acceptance

00:45:58.179 --> 00:45:59.400
 that

00:45:59.400 --> 00:45:59.880
 people

00:45:59.880 --> 00:46:00.199
 can

00:46:00.199 --> 00:46:00.579
 make

00:46:00.579 --> 00:46:00.779
 us

00:46:00.779 --> 00:46:01.119
 safe

00:46:01.119 --> 00:46:01.299
 and

00:46:01.299 --> 00:46:01.779
 secure

00:46:01.779 --> 00:46:02.539
 that

00:46:02.539 --> 00:46:03.039
 people

00:46:03.039 --> 00:46:03.519
 can

00:46:03.519 --> 00:46:04.599
 give

00:46:04.599 --> 00:46:04.980
 us

00:46:04.980 --> 00:46:06.360
 make

00:46:06.360 --> 00:46:06.519
 our

00:46:06.519 --> 00:46:06.839
 dreams

00:46:06.839 --> 00:46:07.079
 come

00:46:07.079 --> 00:46:07.440
 true

00:46:07.440 --> 00:46:10.000
 but

00:46:10.000 --> 00:46:10.360
 people

00:46:10.360 --> 00:46:10.639
 are

00:46:10.639 --> 00:46:11.159
 fickle

00:46:11.159 --> 00:46:12.199
 and

00:46:12.199 --> 00:46:12.400
 they're

00:46:12.400 --> 00:46:13.119
 unreliable

00:46:13.119 --> 00:46:13.799
 only

00:46:13.799 --> 00:46:14.319
 God

00:46:14.319 --> 00:46:14.559
 can

00:46:14.559 --> 00:46:14.860
 give

00:46:14.860 --> 00:46:15.059
 us

00:46:15.059 --> 00:46:15.860
 unchanging

00:46:15.860 --> 00:46:16.159
 and

00:46:16.159 --> 00:46:16.599
 eternal

00:46:16.599 --> 00:46:17.059
 love

00:46:17.059 --> 00:46:17.179
 and

00:46:17.179 --> 00:46:17.599
 acceptance

00:46:17.599 --> 00:46:18.799
 only

00:46:18.799 --> 00:46:19.400
 God

00:46:19.400 --> 00:46:19.759
 can

00:46:19.759 --> 00:46:19.920
 give

00:46:19.920 --> 00:46:20.059
 us

00:46:20.059 --> 00:46:20.400
 true

00:46:20.400 --> 00:46:20.940
 eternal

00:46:20.940 --> 00:46:21.519
 safety

00:46:21.519 --> 00:46:21.759
 and

00:46:21.759 --> 00:46:22.159
 security

00:46:22.159 --> 00:46:22.980
 and

00:46:22.980 --> 00:46:23.099
 for

00:46:23.099 --> 00:46:23.299
 this

00:46:23.299 --> 00:46:23.699
 reason

00:46:23.699 --> 00:46:23.960
 he

00:46:23.960 --> 00:46:24.179
 who

00:46:24.179 --> 00:46:24.759
 fears

00:46:24.759 --> 00:46:25.119
 man

00:46:25.119 --> 00:46:25.259
 and

00:46:25.259 --> 00:46:25.480
 tries

00:46:25.480 --> 00:46:25.659
 to

00:46:25.659 --> 00:46:26.059
 please

00:46:26.059 --> 00:46:26.420
 man

00:46:26.420 --> 00:46:26.819
 lays

00:46:26.819 --> 00:46:27.019
 a

00:46:27.019 --> 00:46:27.380
 snare

00:46:27.380 --> 00:46:27.619
 for

00:46:27.619 --> 00:46:27.980
 himself

00:46:27.980 --> 00:46:28.340
 that

00:46:28.340 --> 00:46:28.519
 will

00:46:28.519 --> 00:46:28.980
 entrap

00:46:28.980 --> 00:46:29.259
 him

00:46:29.259 --> 00:46:30.940
 but

00:46:30.940 --> 00:46:31.159
 whoever

00:46:31.159 --> 00:46:31.599
 trusts

00:46:31.599 --> 00:46:31.900
 in the

00:46:31.900 --> 00:46:32.159
 Lord

00:46:32.159 --> 00:46:32.420
 is

00:46:32.420 --> 00:46:32.719
 safe

00:46:32.719 --> 00:46:35.360
 it's

00:46:35.360 --> 00:46:35.659
 important

00:46:35.659 --> 00:46:35.960
 that we

00:46:35.960 --> 00:46:36.400
 learn this

00:46:36.400 --> 00:46:36.739
 lesson

00:46:36.739 --> 00:46:37.179
 because if

00:46:37.179 --> 00:46:37.539
 we don't

00:46:37.539 --> 00:46:38.059
 we cannot

00:46:38.059 --> 00:46:38.599
 be

00:46:38.599 --> 00:46:39.099
 faithful

00:46:39.099 --> 00:46:39.500
 witnesses

00:46:39.500 --> 00:46:39.500


00:46:39.500 --> 00:46:40.400
 do

00:46:40.400 --> 00:46:41.500
 do

00:46:41.500 --> 00:46:42.659
 do you

00:46:42.659 --> 00:46:42.900
 think it

00:46:42.900 --> 00:46:43.420
 was easy

00:46:43.420 --> 00:46:43.619
 for

00:46:43.619 --> 00:46:43.820
 John

00:46:43.820 --> 00:46:44.539
 to

00:46:44.539 --> 00:46:44.860
 tell

00:46:44.860 --> 00:46:45.280
 Herod

00:46:45.280 --> 00:46:45.800
 Antipas

00:46:45.800 --> 00:46:45.960
 that

00:46:45.960 --> 00:46:46.119
 his

00:46:46.119 --> 00:46:46.519
 marriage

00:46:46.519 --> 00:46:46.900
 to

00:46:46.900 --> 00:46:47.380
 Herodias

00:46:47.380 --> 00:46:47.599
 was

00:46:47.599 --> 00:46:48.159
 unlawful

00:46:48.159 --> 00:46:50.519
 it seems

00:46:50.519 --> 00:46:50.739
 that

00:46:50.739 --> 00:46:51.159
 John

00:46:51.159 --> 00:46:51.940
 had a

00:46:51.940 --> 00:46:52.300
 personal

00:46:52.300 --> 00:46:53.059
 acquaintance

00:46:53.059 --> 00:46:53.880
 he had

00:46:53.880 --> 00:46:54.300
 a personal

00:46:54.300 --> 00:46:54.800
 audience

00:46:54.800 --> 00:46:55.079
 with

00:46:55.079 --> 00:46:55.440
 Herod

00:46:55.440 --> 00:46:56.179
 so it's

00:46:56.179 --> 00:46:56.599
 not like

00:46:56.599 --> 00:46:56.840
 John

00:46:56.840 --> 00:46:57.519
 is denouncing

00:46:57.519 --> 00:46:57.860
 Herod

00:46:57.860 --> 00:46:58.519
 from his

00:46:58.519 --> 00:46:59.559
 wilderness

00:46:59.559 --> 00:47:00.079
 pulpit

00:47:00.079 --> 00:47:01.019
 he had

00:47:01.019 --> 00:47:01.699
 an opportunity

00:47:01.699 --> 00:47:02.579
 to personally

00:47:02.579 --> 00:47:03.219
 confront

00:47:03.219 --> 00:47:03.599
 Herod

00:47:03.599 --> 00:47:04.260
 about his

00:47:04.260 --> 00:47:04.519
 sin

00:47:04.519 --> 00:47:05.380
 and in

00:47:05.380 --> 00:47:05.920
 that moment

00:47:05.920 --> 00:47:06.460
 John

00:47:06.460 --> 00:47:06.820
 could have

00:47:06.820 --> 00:47:07.199
 easily

00:47:07.199 --> 00:47:07.819
 sidestep

00:47:07.819 --> 00:47:08.339
 the issue

00:47:08.339 --> 00:47:09.899
 well

00:47:09.899 --> 00:47:10.259
 Herod's

00:47:10.259 --> 00:47:10.559
 not going

00:47:10.559 --> 00:47:10.799
 to listen

00:47:10.799 --> 00:47:11.039
 to me

00:47:11.039 --> 00:47:11.399
 anyway

00:47:11.399 --> 00:47:12.899
 it's none

00:47:12.899 --> 00:47:13.099
 of my

00:47:13.099 --> 00:47:13.399
 business

00:47:13.399 --> 00:47:13.799
 I'll just

00:47:13.799 --> 00:47:14.119
 stay in

00:47:14.119 --> 00:47:14.519
 my lane

00:47:14.519 --> 00:47:16.379
 but if

00:47:16.379 --> 00:47:16.759
 you're a

00:47:16.759 --> 00:47:17.159
 prophet

00:47:17.159 --> 00:47:18.059
 or a

00:47:18.059 --> 00:47:18.339
 teacher

00:47:18.339 --> 00:47:18.919
 of God's

00:47:18.919 --> 00:47:19.159
 word

00:47:19.159 --> 00:47:19.579
 you don't

00:47:19.579 --> 00:47:19.899
 get to

00:47:19.899 --> 00:47:20.159
 pick

00:47:20.159 --> 00:47:20.699
 and choose

00:47:20.699 --> 00:47:20.879
 your

00:47:20.879 --> 00:47:21.299
 message

00:47:21.299 --> 00:47:24.179
 you're

00:47:24.179 --> 00:47:24.579
 not the

00:47:24.579 --> 00:47:25.139
 sender

00:47:25.139 --> 00:47:25.659
 or the

00:47:25.659 --> 00:47:26.079
 author

00:47:26.079 --> 00:47:26.819
 of the

00:47:26.819 --> 00:47:27.259
 message

00:47:27.259 --> 00:47:27.980
 you are

00:47:27.980 --> 00:47:28.379
 just

00:47:28.379 --> 00:47:28.839
 the

00:47:28.839 --> 00:47:29.279
 herald

00:47:29.279 --> 00:47:29.779
 you are

00:47:29.779 --> 00:47:29.939
 the

00:47:29.939 --> 00:47:30.480
 mailman

00:47:30.480 --> 00:47:32.639
 you convey

00:47:32.639 --> 00:47:33.159
 the message

00:47:33.159 --> 00:47:33.519
 of God

00:47:33.519 --> 00:47:34.099
 you deliver

00:47:34.099 --> 00:47:34.379
 it

00:47:34.379 --> 00:47:35.099
 and you

00:47:35.099 --> 00:47:35.480
 don't get

00:47:35.480 --> 00:47:36.339
 to sidestep

00:47:36.339 --> 00:47:36.859
 moral

00:47:36.859 --> 00:47:37.179
 issues

00:47:37.179 --> 00:47:37.519
 that the

00:47:37.519 --> 00:47:37.759
 Bible

00:47:37.759 --> 00:47:38.259
 clearly

00:47:38.259 --> 00:47:38.639
 speaks

00:47:38.639 --> 00:47:38.940
 of

00:47:38.940 --> 00:47:41.919
 when

00:47:41.919 --> 00:47:42.099
 your

00:47:42.099 --> 00:47:42.699
 co-workers

00:47:42.699 --> 00:47:43.440
 speak

00:47:43.440 --> 00:47:44.339
 condescendingly

00:47:44.339 --> 00:47:44.659
 of

00:47:44.659 --> 00:47:45.199
 Christians

00:47:45.199 --> 00:47:45.980
 and

00:47:45.980 --> 00:47:46.419
 mocks

00:47:46.419 --> 00:47:46.919
 Christian

00:47:46.919 --> 00:47:47.419
 ethics

00:47:47.419 --> 00:47:49.079
 will you

00:47:49.079 --> 00:47:49.460
 hide

00:47:49.460 --> 00:47:49.679
 your

00:47:49.679 --> 00:47:50.000
 faith

00:47:50.000 --> 00:47:50.179
 in

00:47:50.179 --> 00:47:50.500
 shame

00:47:50.500 --> 00:47:53.179
 or

00:47:53.179 --> 00:47:53.359
 will

00:47:53.359 --> 00:47:53.500
 you

00:47:53.500 --> 00:47:53.940
 identify

00:47:53.940 --> 00:47:54.480
 yourself

00:47:54.480 --> 00:47:55.039
 as a

00:47:55.039 --> 00:47:55.299
 follower

00:47:55.299 --> 00:47:55.500
 of

00:47:55.500 --> 00:47:55.819
 Christ

00:47:55.819 --> 00:47:56.039
 and

00:47:56.039 --> 00:47:56.500
 share

00:47:56.500 --> 00:47:57.419
 the

00:47:57.419 --> 00:47:58.019
 reproach

00:47:58.019 --> 00:47:58.259
 of

00:47:58.259 --> 00:47:58.619
 Christ

00:47:58.619 --> 00:47:58.819
 that

00:47:58.819 --> 00:47:59.000
 the

00:47:59.000 --> 00:47:59.339
 saints

00:47:59.339 --> 00:47:59.919
 across

00:47:59.919 --> 00:48:00.119
 the

00:48:00.119 --> 00:48:00.379
 ages

00:48:00.379 --> 00:48:00.699
 have

00:48:00.699 --> 00:48:01.419
 experienced

00:48:01.419 --> 00:48:04.059
 will

00:48:04.059 --> 00:48:04.179
 you

00:48:04.179 --> 00:48:04.379
 take

00:48:04.379 --> 00:48:04.539
 a

00:48:04.539 --> 00:48:04.919
 stand

00:48:04.919 --> 00:48:05.119
 for

00:48:05.119 --> 00:48:05.339
 your

00:48:05.339 --> 00:48:05.779
 Christian

00:48:05.779 --> 00:48:06.299
 convictions

00:48:06.300 --> 00:48:06.960
 even if

00:48:06.960 --> 00:48:07.360
 that means

00:48:07.360 --> 00:48:07.620
 you will

00:48:07.620 --> 00:48:07.740
 be

00:48:07.740 --> 00:48:08.280
 reviled

00:48:08.280 --> 00:48:11.519
 will you

00:48:11.519 --> 00:48:11.900
 overcome

00:48:11.900 --> 00:48:12.260
 your

00:48:12.260 --> 00:48:12.960
 hesitations

00:48:12.960 --> 00:48:13.560
 and fears

00:48:13.560 --> 00:48:13.960
 and share

00:48:13.960 --> 00:48:14.360
 the gospel

00:48:14.360 --> 00:48:14.700
 with your

00:48:14.700 --> 00:48:15.000
 neighbors

00:48:15.000 --> 00:48:15.600
 not knowing

00:48:15.600 --> 00:48:16.460
 how exactly

00:48:16.460 --> 00:48:16.780
 they will

00:48:16.780 --> 00:48:17.300
 respond

00:48:17.300 --> 00:48:20.120
 what happens

00:48:20.120 --> 00:48:20.640
 to our

00:48:20.640 --> 00:48:21.280
 in our passage

00:48:21.280 --> 00:48:21.640
 to John

00:48:21.640 --> 00:48:22.140
 the Baptist

00:48:22.140 --> 00:48:22.720
 here

00:48:22.720 --> 00:48:23.900
 of course

00:48:23.900 --> 00:48:24.320
 does not

00:48:24.320 --> 00:48:24.960
 bode well

00:48:24.960 --> 00:48:25.720
 for Jesus

00:48:25.720 --> 00:48:26.640
 because

00:48:26.640 --> 00:48:27.080
 throughout

00:48:27.080 --> 00:48:27.880
 the gospel

00:48:27.880 --> 00:48:28.420
 of Matthew

00:48:28.420 --> 00:48:28.940
 Matthew

00:48:28.940 --> 00:48:29.740
 has portrayed

00:48:29.740 --> 00:48:30.640
 Jesus

00:48:30.640 --> 00:48:31.400
 as coming

00:48:31.400 --> 00:48:31.920
 in

00:48:31.920 --> 00:48:33.039
 and following

00:48:33.039 --> 00:48:33.539
 in

00:48:33.539 --> 00:48:34.220
 the

00:48:34.220 --> 00:48:34.599
 ministry

00:48:34.599 --> 00:48:34.880
 that

00:48:34.880 --> 00:48:35.099
 John

00:48:35.099 --> 00:48:35.240
 the

00:48:35.240 --> 00:48:35.500
 Baptist

00:48:35.500 --> 00:48:36.099
 started

00:48:36.099 --> 00:48:37.340
 in

00:48:37.340 --> 00:48:37.940
 Matthew

00:48:37.940 --> 00:48:38.400
 3

00:48:38.400 --> 00:48:38.700
 verse

00:48:38.700 --> 00:48:39.019
 2

00:48:39.019 --> 00:48:39.380
 John

00:48:39.380 --> 00:48:39.500
 the

00:48:39.500 --> 00:48:39.760
 Baptist

00:48:39.760 --> 00:48:40.119
 preached

00:48:40.119 --> 00:48:40.659
 repent

00:48:40.659 --> 00:48:41.099
 for the

00:48:41.099 --> 00:48:41.380
 kingdom

00:48:41.380 --> 00:48:41.800
 of heaven

00:48:41.800 --> 00:48:42.119
 is at

00:48:42.119 --> 00:48:42.480
 hand

00:48:42.480 --> 00:48:43.480
 and then

00:48:43.480 --> 00:48:43.800
 when

00:48:43.800 --> 00:48:44.119
 Jesus

00:48:44.119 --> 00:48:44.519
 started

00:48:44.519 --> 00:48:44.659
 his

00:48:44.659 --> 00:48:44.920
 ministry

00:48:44.920 --> 00:48:45.039
 in

00:48:45.039 --> 00:48:45.200
 Matthew

00:48:45.200 --> 00:48:45.460
 4

00:48:45.460 --> 00:48:45.840
 17

00:48:45.840 --> 00:48:46.159
 he

00:48:46.159 --> 00:48:46.480
 began

00:48:46.480 --> 00:48:46.659
 with

00:48:46.659 --> 00:48:46.800
 the

00:48:46.800 --> 00:48:47.180
 exact

00:48:47.180 --> 00:48:47.519
 same

00:48:47.519 --> 00:48:47.860
 message

00:48:47.860 --> 00:48:48.200
 repent

00:48:48.200 --> 00:48:48.720
 for the

00:48:48.720 --> 00:48:48.960
 kingdom

00:48:48.960 --> 00:48:49.380
 of heaven

00:48:49.380 --> 00:48:49.659
 is at

00:48:49.659 --> 00:48:49.900
 hand

00:48:49.900 --> 00:48:50.700
 this is

00:48:50.700 --> 00:48:51.019
 because

00:48:51.019 --> 00:48:51.639
 John

00:48:51.639 --> 00:48:52.039
 is

00:48:52.039 --> 00:48:52.420
 Jesus'

00:48:52.420 --> 00:48:53.500
 forerunner

00:48:53.500 --> 00:48:54.400
 he is

00:48:54.400 --> 00:48:55.280
 the harbinger

00:48:55.280 --> 00:48:55.820
 of the

00:48:55.820 --> 00:48:56.099
 king

00:48:56.099 --> 00:48:57.700
 he is

00:48:57.700 --> 00:48:58.019
 the one

00:48:58.019 --> 00:48:58.159
 who

00:48:58.159 --> 00:48:58.360
 as

00:48:58.360 --> 00:48:58.619
 Matthew

00:48:58.619 --> 00:48:58.940
 3

00:48:58.940 --> 00:48:59.300
 said

00:48:59.300 --> 00:49:00.200
 prepares

00:49:00.199 --> 00:49:00.379
 the

00:49:00.379 --> 00:49:00.559
 way

00:49:00.559 --> 00:49:00.699
 of

00:49:00.699 --> 00:49:00.819
 the

00:49:00.819 --> 00:49:01.039
 Lord

00:49:01.039 --> 00:49:01.219
 and

00:49:01.219 --> 00:49:01.519
 makes

00:49:01.519 --> 00:49:01.699
 the

00:49:01.699 --> 00:49:02.139
 path

00:49:02.139 --> 00:49:02.279
 of

00:49:02.279 --> 00:49:02.419
 the

00:49:02.419 --> 00:49:02.599
 Lord

00:49:02.599 --> 00:49:03.079
 straight

00:49:03.079 --> 00:49:03.439
 before

00:49:03.439 --> 00:49:03.639
 he

00:49:03.639 --> 00:49:04.000
 comes

00:49:04.000 --> 00:49:04.519
 he

00:49:04.519 --> 00:49:04.899
 goes

00:49:04.899 --> 00:49:05.239
 ahead

00:49:05.239 --> 00:49:05.419
 he's

00:49:05.419 --> 00:49:05.539
 the

00:49:05.539 --> 00:49:06.000
 harbinger

00:49:06.000 --> 00:49:06.159
 that

00:49:06.159 --> 00:49:06.419
 goes

00:49:06.419 --> 00:49:07.299
 on

00:49:07.299 --> 00:49:07.539
 ahead

00:49:07.539 --> 00:49:07.759
 of

00:49:07.759 --> 00:49:07.899
 the

00:49:07.899 --> 00:49:08.179
 king

00:49:08.179 --> 00:49:08.539
 to

00:49:08.539 --> 00:49:08.960
 announce

00:49:08.960 --> 00:49:09.159
 that

00:49:09.159 --> 00:49:09.299
 the

00:49:09.299 --> 00:49:09.539
 king

00:49:09.539 --> 00:49:09.739
 is

00:49:09.739 --> 00:49:10.159
 coming

00:49:10.159 --> 00:49:13.279
 so

00:49:13.279 --> 00:49:13.460
 then

00:49:13.460 --> 00:49:13.639
 the

00:49:13.639 --> 00:49:14.099
 unjust

00:49:14.099 --> 00:49:14.599
 execution

00:49:14.599 --> 00:49:14.779
 of

00:49:14.779 --> 00:49:14.939
 John

00:49:14.939 --> 00:49:15.079
 the

00:49:15.079 --> 00:49:15.359
 Baptist

00:49:15.359 --> 00:49:15.559
 in

00:49:15.559 --> 00:49:15.719
 this

00:49:15.719 --> 00:49:16.000
 chapter

00:49:16.000 --> 00:49:16.739
 foreshadows

00:49:16.739 --> 00:49:17.019
 how

00:49:17.019 --> 00:49:17.299
 people

00:49:17.299 --> 00:49:17.519
 will

00:49:17.519 --> 00:49:17.919
 ultimately

00:49:17.919 --> 00:49:18.199
 in

00:49:18.199 --> 00:49:18.319
 the

00:49:18.319 --> 00:49:18.500
 end

00:49:18.500 --> 00:49:18.960
 receive

00:49:18.960 --> 00:49:19.359
 Jesus

00:49:19.359 --> 00:49:19.659
 and

00:49:19.659 --> 00:49:19.919
 treat

00:49:19.919 --> 00:49:20.279
 him

00:49:20.279 --> 00:49:21.319
 killing

00:49:21.319 --> 00:49:21.559
 him

00:49:21.559 --> 00:49:21.699
 on

00:49:21.699 --> 00:49:21.819
 the

00:49:21.819 --> 00:49:22.139
 cross

00:49:22.139 --> 00:49:24.079
 and

00:49:24.079 --> 00:49:24.379
 this

00:49:24.379 --> 00:49:25.480
 passage

00:49:25.480 --> 00:49:26.219
 serves

00:49:26.219 --> 00:49:26.539
 as an

00:49:26.539 --> 00:49:27.099
 illustration

00:49:30.199 --> 00:49:31.899
 what

00:49:31.899 --> 00:49:32.039
 did

00:49:32.039 --> 00:49:32.279
 Jesus

00:49:32.279 --> 00:49:32.639
 teach

00:49:32.639 --> 00:49:32.819
 us

00:49:32.819 --> 00:49:32.899
 in

00:49:32.899 --> 00:49:33.019
 the

00:49:33.019 --> 00:49:33.279
 parable

00:49:33.279 --> 00:49:33.419
 of

00:49:33.419 --> 00:49:33.519
 the

00:49:33.519 --> 00:49:33.879
 weeds

00:49:33.879 --> 00:49:34.879
 that

00:49:34.879 --> 00:49:35.059
 the

00:49:35.059 --> 00:49:35.359
 sons

00:49:35.359 --> 00:49:35.500
 of

00:49:35.500 --> 00:49:35.639
 the

00:49:35.639 --> 00:49:35.919
 kingdom

00:49:35.919 --> 00:49:36.199
 and

00:49:36.199 --> 00:49:36.359
 the

00:49:36.359 --> 00:49:36.599
 sons

00:49:36.599 --> 00:49:36.739
 of

00:49:36.739 --> 00:49:36.859
 the

00:49:36.859 --> 00:49:37.199
 evil

00:49:37.199 --> 00:49:37.539
 one

00:49:37.539 --> 00:49:38.339
 coexist

00:49:38.339 --> 00:49:39.139
 until

00:49:39.139 --> 00:49:39.419
 the

00:49:39.419 --> 00:49:39.759
 end

00:49:39.759 --> 00:49:41.599
 they

00:49:41.599 --> 00:49:42.239
 coexist

00:49:42.239 --> 00:49:43.179
 there

00:49:43.179 --> 00:49:43.319
 will

00:49:43.319 --> 00:49:43.619
 always

00:49:43.619 --> 00:49:43.879
 be

00:49:43.879 --> 00:49:44.219
 this

00:49:44.219 --> 00:49:45.079
 tension

00:49:45.079 --> 00:49:45.559
 and

00:49:45.559 --> 00:49:46.159
 conflict

00:49:46.159 --> 00:49:46.399
 and

00:49:46.399 --> 00:49:47.000
 persecution

00:49:47.000 --> 00:49:47.339
 and

00:49:47.339 --> 00:49:47.779
 suffering

00:49:47.779 --> 00:49:48.599
 what

00:49:48.599 --> 00:49:48.759
 did

00:49:48.759 --> 00:49:48.980
 Jesus

00:49:48.980 --> 00:49:49.339
 teach

00:49:49.339 --> 00:49:49.519
 us

00:49:49.519 --> 00:49:49.679
 in

00:49:49.679 --> 00:49:49.839
 the

00:49:49.839 --> 00:49:50.379
 parable

00:49:50.379 --> 00:49:50.500
 of

00:49:50.500 --> 00:49:50.639
 the

00:49:50.639 --> 00:49:50.879
 mustard

00:49:50.879 --> 00:49:51.259
 seed

00:49:51.259 --> 00:49:51.439
 and

00:49:51.439 --> 00:49:51.579
 the

00:49:51.579 --> 00:49:51.879
 leaven

00:49:51.879 --> 00:49:52.419
 that

00:49:52.419 --> 00:49:52.779
 kingdom

00:49:52.779 --> 00:49:53.019
 of

00:49:53.019 --> 00:49:53.239
 God

00:49:53.239 --> 00:49:53.500
 does

00:49:53.500 --> 00:49:53.899
 not

00:49:53.899 --> 00:49:54.460
 come

00:49:54.460 --> 00:49:55.639
 at

00:49:55.639 --> 00:49:56.179
 once

00:49:56.179 --> 00:49:57.139
 to

00:49:57.139 --> 00:49:57.539
 dominate

00:49:57.539 --> 00:49:57.799
 the

00:49:57.799 --> 00:49:58.059
 earth

00:49:58.059 --> 00:49:58.259
 no

00:49:58.259 --> 00:49:58.419
 it

00:49:58.419 --> 00:49:58.659
 starts

00:50:00.199 --> 00:50:00.379
 seed

00:50:00.379 --> 00:50:00.939
 that

00:50:00.939 --> 00:50:01.439
 grows

00:50:01.439 --> 00:50:02.719
 gradually

00:50:02.719 --> 00:50:03.379
 until

00:50:03.379 --> 00:50:03.619
 it

00:50:03.619 --> 00:50:03.960
 becomes

00:50:03.960 --> 00:50:04.119
 the

00:50:04.119 --> 00:50:04.359
 largest

00:50:04.359 --> 00:50:04.639
 seed

00:50:04.639 --> 00:50:04.759
 and

00:50:04.759 --> 00:50:04.879
 the

00:50:04.879 --> 00:50:05.219
 largest

00:50:05.219 --> 00:50:05.460
 tree

00:50:05.460 --> 00:50:05.559
 in

00:50:05.559 --> 00:50:05.639
 the

00:50:05.639 --> 00:50:05.839
 garden

00:50:05.839 --> 00:50:07.819
 that

00:50:07.819 --> 00:50:07.939
 the

00:50:07.939 --> 00:50:08.159
 kingdom

00:50:08.159 --> 00:50:08.379
 of

00:50:08.379 --> 00:50:08.679
 God

00:50:08.679 --> 00:50:09.359
 grows

00:50:09.359 --> 00:50:09.939
 almost

00:50:09.939 --> 00:50:10.980
 imperceptively

00:50:10.980 --> 00:50:11.299
 it is

00:50:11.299 --> 00:50:11.699
 hidden

00:50:11.699 --> 00:50:12.279
 like

00:50:12.279 --> 00:50:12.719
 leaven

00:50:12.719 --> 00:50:13.059
 that is

00:50:13.059 --> 00:50:13.299
 hidden

00:50:13.299 --> 00:50:13.759
 inside

00:50:13.759 --> 00:50:13.960
 the

00:50:13.960 --> 00:50:14.299
 bread

00:50:14.299 --> 00:50:16.439
 John

00:50:16.439 --> 00:50:16.679
 the

00:50:16.679 --> 00:50:17.399
 foremost

00:50:17.399 --> 00:50:17.939
 prophet

00:50:17.939 --> 00:50:18.139
 of

00:50:18.139 --> 00:50:18.359
 God

00:50:18.359 --> 00:50:18.599
 from

00:50:18.599 --> 00:50:18.739
 the

00:50:18.739 --> 00:50:19.000
 old

00:50:19.000 --> 00:50:19.419
 covenant

00:50:19.419 --> 00:50:20.439
 summarily

00:50:20.439 --> 00:50:20.759
 being

00:50:20.759 --> 00:50:21.259
 beheaded

00:50:21.259 --> 00:50:22.000
 and

00:50:22.000 --> 00:50:22.299
 served

00:50:22.299 --> 00:50:22.559
 on a

00:50:22.559 --> 00:50:22.939
 platter

00:50:22.939 --> 00:50:23.199
 like

00:50:23.199 --> 00:50:23.439
 some

00:50:23.439 --> 00:50:23.699
 kind

00:50:23.699 --> 00:50:23.799
 of

00:50:23.799 --> 00:50:24.239
 animal

00:50:24.239 --> 00:50:25.719
 does

00:50:25.719 --> 00:50:26.039
 not

00:50:26.039 --> 00:50:26.460
 look

00:50:26.460 --> 00:50:26.799
 like

00:50:26.799 --> 00:50:27.119
 the

00:50:27.119 --> 00:50:27.379
 kingdom

00:50:27.379 --> 00:50:27.619
 of

00:50:27.619 --> 00:50:27.819
 heaven

00:50:27.819 --> 00:50:28.000
 has

00:50:28.000 --> 00:50:28.199
 come

00:50:28.199 --> 00:50:28.339
 in

00:50:28.339 --> 00:50:28.619
 power

00:50:28.619 --> 00:50:28.859
 does

00:50:28.859 --> 00:50:29.019
 it

00:50:29.019 --> 00:50:31.519
 Jesus

00:50:31.519 --> 00:50:31.840
 the

00:50:31.840 --> 00:50:32.579
 heir

00:50:32.579 --> 00:50:32.759
 of

00:50:32.759 --> 00:50:32.880
 the

00:50:32.880 --> 00:50:33.119
 kingdom

00:50:33.119 --> 00:50:33.320
 of

00:50:33.320 --> 00:50:33.539
 heaven

00:50:33.539 --> 00:50:33.739
 the

00:50:33.739 --> 00:50:34.300
 prince

00:50:34.300 --> 00:50:35.139
 being

00:50:35.139 --> 00:50:35.780
 crucified

00:50:35.780 --> 00:50:37.159
 does

00:50:37.159 --> 00:50:37.420
 not

00:50:37.420 --> 00:50:37.800
 look

00:50:37.800 --> 00:50:38.039
 like

00:50:38.039 --> 00:50:38.199
 the

00:50:38.199 --> 00:50:38.460
 kingdom

00:50:38.460 --> 00:50:38.639
 of

00:50:38.639 --> 00:50:38.840
 heaven

00:50:38.840 --> 00:50:39.019
 has

00:50:39.019 --> 00:50:39.219
 come

00:50:39.219 --> 00:50:39.360
 in

00:50:39.360 --> 00:50:39.780
 power

00:50:39.780 --> 00:50:40.300
 does

00:50:40.300 --> 00:50:40.539
 it

00:50:40.539 --> 00:50:41.659
 and

00:50:41.659 --> 00:50:41.900
 that's

00:50:41.900 --> 00:50:42.079
 why

00:50:42.079 --> 00:50:42.400
 Jesus

00:50:42.400 --> 00:50:42.800
 tells

00:50:42.800 --> 00:50:43.059
 this

00:50:43.059 --> 00:50:43.360
 story

00:50:43.360 --> 00:50:43.639
 as an

00:50:43.639 --> 00:50:44.079
 illustration

00:50:44.079 --> 00:50:44.559
 of the

00:50:44.559 --> 00:50:44.920
 parables

00:50:44.920 --> 00:50:45.179
 that he

00:50:45.179 --> 00:50:45.300
 has

00:50:45.300 --> 00:50:45.500
 just

00:50:45.500 --> 00:50:45.800
 told

00:50:45.800 --> 00:50:46.320
 but

00:50:46.320 --> 00:50:46.820
 don't

00:50:46.820 --> 00:50:47.000
 you

00:50:47.000 --> 00:50:47.259
 doubt

00:50:47.259 --> 00:50:47.440
 that

00:50:47.440 --> 00:50:47.599
 the

00:50:47.599 --> 00:50:47.840
 kingdom

00:50:47.840 --> 00:50:48.039
 of

00:50:48.039 --> 00:50:48.239
 God

00:50:48.239 --> 00:50:48.780
 has

00:50:48.780 --> 00:50:49.119
 come

00:50:49.119 --> 00:50:49.300
 in

00:50:49.300 --> 00:50:49.719
 power

00:50:49.719 --> 00:50:50.360
 and

00:50:50.360 --> 00:50:50.679
 one

00:50:50.679 --> 00:50:51.019
 day

00:50:51.019 --> 00:50:51.199
 though

00:50:51.199 --> 00:50:51.320
 you

00:50:51.320 --> 00:50:51.480
 might

00:50:51.480 --> 00:50:51.759
 not

00:50:51.759 --> 00:50:52.019
 see

00:50:52.019 --> 00:50:52.480
 today

00:50:52.480 --> 00:50:52.920
 it

00:50:52.920 --> 00:50:53.239
 will

00:50:53.239 --> 00:50:53.559
 be

00:50:53.559 --> 00:50:54.400
 consummated

00:50:54.400 --> 00:50:55.240
 the

00:50:55.240 --> 00:50:55.480
 kingdom

00:50:55.480 --> 00:50:55.680
 of

00:50:55.680 --> 00:50:55.980
 God

00:50:55.980 --> 00:50:56.200
 does

00:50:56.200 --> 00:50:56.460
 not

00:50:56.460 --> 00:50:56.760
 come

00:50:56.760 --> 00:50:56.900
 in

00:50:56.900 --> 00:50:57.240
 ways

00:50:57.240 --> 00:50:57.400
 that

00:50:57.400 --> 00:50:57.660
 can

00:50:57.660 --> 00:50:57.840
 be

00:50:57.840 --> 00:50:58.380
 observed

00:50:58.380 --> 00:50:58.720
 Jesus

00:50:58.720 --> 00:50:59.000
 said

00:50:59.000 --> 00:50:59.099
 in

00:50:59.099 --> 00:50:59.220
 Luke

00:50:59.220 --> 00:50:59.619
 17

00:50:59.619 --> 00:50:59.980
 20

00:50:59.980 --> 00:51:00.820
 so

00:51:00.820 --> 00:51:01.119
 don't

00:51:01.119 --> 00:51:01.300
 be

00:51:01.300 --> 00:51:02.059
 disheartened

00:51:02.059 --> 00:51:03.760
 when you

00:51:03.760 --> 00:51:03.980
 can't

00:51:03.980 --> 00:51:04.099
 see

00:51:04.099 --> 00:51:04.260
 the

00:51:04.260 --> 00:51:04.460
 kingdom

00:51:04.460 --> 00:51:04.740
 like

00:51:04.740 --> 00:51:04.860
 you

00:51:04.860 --> 00:51:05.039
 want

00:51:05.039 --> 00:51:05.180
 to

00:51:05.180 --> 00:51:05.400
 see

00:51:05.400 --> 00:51:07.000
 when

00:51:07.000 --> 00:51:07.099
 you

00:51:07.099 --> 00:51:07.260
 are

00:51:07.260 --> 00:51:07.900
 facing

00:51:07.900 --> 00:51:08.639
 sufferings

00:51:08.639 --> 00:51:10.160
 reviles

00:51:10.160 --> 00:51:11.320
 revilements

00:51:11.320 --> 00:51:12.180
 and persecutions

00:51:12.179 --> 00:51:13.460
 true

00:51:13.460 --> 00:51:37.639
 true

00:51:37.639 --> 00:51:38.219
 messengers

00:51:38.219 --> 00:51:38.480
 of

00:51:38.480 --> 00:51:38.739
 God

00:51:38.739 --> 00:51:38.919
 who

00:51:38.919 --> 00:51:39.559
 prophesy

00:51:39.559 --> 00:51:39.940
 and

00:51:39.940 --> 00:51:40.299
 preach

00:51:40.299 --> 00:51:40.500
 the

00:51:40.500 --> 00:51:40.779
 truth

00:51:40.779 --> 00:51:40.940
 of

00:51:40.940 --> 00:51:41.199
 God

00:51:41.199 --> 00:51:42.159
 regardless

00:51:42.159 --> 00:51:42.460
 of

00:51:42.460 --> 00:51:42.659
 whether

00:51:42.659 --> 00:51:42.819
 it

00:51:42.819 --> 00:51:43.099
 earns

00:51:43.099 --> 00:51:43.279
 them

00:51:43.279 --> 00:51:43.440
 the

00:51:43.440 --> 00:51:43.879
 favor

00:51:43.879 --> 00:51:44.079
 or

00:51:44.079 --> 00:51:44.219
 the

00:51:44.219 --> 00:51:44.500
 ire

00:51:44.500 --> 00:51:44.699
 of

00:51:44.699 --> 00:51:44.940
 man

00:51:44.940 --> 00:51:45.500
 will

00:51:45.500 --> 00:51:45.639
 be

00:51:45.639 --> 00:51:46.139
 persecuted

00:51:46.139 --> 00:51:47.719
 and

00:51:47.719 --> 00:51:47.859
 when

00:51:47.859 --> 00:51:48.059
 that

00:51:48.059 --> 00:51:48.579
 happens

00:51:48.579 --> 00:51:49.239
 it

00:51:49.239 --> 00:51:49.480
 might

00:51:49.480 --> 00:51:50.039
 seem

00:51:50.039 --> 00:51:50.460
 like

00:51:50.460 --> 00:51:51.119
 the

00:51:51.119 --> 00:51:51.599
 hereds

00:51:51.599 --> 00:51:51.779
 of

00:51:51.779 --> 00:51:52.000
 this

00:51:52.000 --> 00:51:52.379
 world

00:51:52.379 --> 00:51:52.739
 have

00:51:52.739 --> 00:51:52.920
 all

00:51:52.920 --> 00:51:53.059
 the

00:51:53.059 --> 00:51:53.399
 power

00:51:53.399 --> 00:51:54.699
 it

00:51:54.699 --> 00:51:54.899
 might

00:51:54.899 --> 00:51:55.399
 seem

00:51:55.399 --> 00:51:55.739
 as

00:51:55.739 --> 00:51:55.980
 though

00:51:55.980 --> 00:51:56.139
 the

00:51:56.139 --> 00:51:56.440
 kingdoms

00:51:56.440 --> 00:51:56.659
 of

00:51:56.659 --> 00:51:56.839
 this

00:51:56.839 --> 00:51:57.159
 world

00:51:57.159 --> 00:51:57.339
 are

00:51:57.339 --> 00:51:57.500
 the

00:51:57.500 --> 00:51:57.819
 real

00:51:57.819 --> 00:51:58.239
 kingdoms

00:51:58.239 --> 00:51:58.559
 with

00:51:58.559 --> 00:51:59.179
 lavish

00:51:59.179 --> 00:51:59.699
 palaces

00:51:59.699 --> 00:52:00.619
 and

00:52:00.619 --> 00:52:01.940
 banquets

00:52:01.940 --> 00:52:02.179
 and

00:52:02.179 --> 00:52:02.519
 birthday

00:52:02.519 --> 00:52:02.920
 parties

00:52:02.920 --> 00:52:03.119
 and

00:52:03.119 --> 00:52:03.599
 armies

00:52:03.599 --> 00:52:03.779
 at

00:52:03.779 --> 00:52:03.920
 their

00:52:03.920 --> 00:52:04.359
 disposal

00:52:04.359 --> 00:52:04.920
 but

00:52:04.920 --> 00:52:05.059
 we

00:52:05.059 --> 00:52:05.219
 must

00:52:05.219 --> 00:52:05.460
 not

00:52:05.460 --> 00:52:05.759
 forget

00:52:05.759 --> 00:52:05.960
 that

00:52:05.960 --> 00:52:06.099
 the

00:52:06.099 --> 00:52:06.639
 reality

00:52:06.639 --> 00:52:07.279
 that

00:52:07.279 --> 00:52:07.619
 Jesus

00:52:07.619 --> 00:52:08.139
 proclaimed

00:52:08.139 --> 00:52:08.159
!

00:52:12.159 --> 00:52:12.299
 life,

00:52:12.420 --> 00:52:12.619
 death,

00:52:12.699 --> 00:52:12.779
 and

00:52:12.779 --> 00:52:13.179
 resurrection

00:52:13.179 --> 00:52:13.460
 and

00:52:13.460 --> 00:52:13.859
 ascension

00:52:13.859 --> 00:52:14.759
 and

00:52:14.759 --> 00:52:15.000
 he

00:52:15.000 --> 00:52:15.319
 now

00:52:15.319 --> 00:52:15.739
 reigns

00:52:15.739 --> 00:52:15.960
 at the

00:52:15.960 --> 00:52:16.139
 right

00:52:16.139 --> 00:52:16.259
 hand

00:52:16.259 --> 00:52:16.480
 of the

00:52:16.480 --> 00:52:16.739
 father

00:52:16.739 --> 00:52:17.279
 far above

00:52:17.279 --> 00:52:17.599
 all

00:52:17.599 --> 00:52:18.000
 rule

00:52:18.000 --> 00:52:18.139
 and

00:52:18.139 --> 00:52:18.519
 authority

00:52:18.519 --> 00:52:18.699
 and

00:52:18.699 --> 00:52:18.980
 power

00:52:18.980 --> 00:52:19.099
 and

00:52:19.099 --> 00:52:19.460
 dominion

00:52:19.460 --> 00:52:19.599
 and

00:52:19.599 --> 00:52:19.879
 above

00:52:19.879 --> 00:52:20.319
 every

00:52:20.319 --> 00:52:20.719
 name

00:52:20.719 --> 00:52:21.139
 that

00:52:21.139 --> 00:52:21.299
 is

00:52:21.299 --> 00:52:21.739
 named

00:52:21.739 --> 00:52:23.139
 we

00:52:23.139 --> 00:52:23.319
 might

00:52:23.319 --> 00:52:23.539
 not

00:52:23.539 --> 00:52:23.799
 see

00:52:23.799 --> 00:52:23.940
 it

00:52:23.940 --> 00:52:24.199
 yet

00:52:24.199 --> 00:52:24.440
 with

00:52:24.440 --> 00:52:24.599
 our

00:52:24.599 --> 00:52:24.819
 own

00:52:24.819 --> 00:52:25.219
 eyes

00:52:25.219 --> 00:52:26.239
 but

00:52:26.239 --> 00:52:26.519
 one

00:52:26.519 --> 00:52:26.759
 day

00:52:26.759 --> 00:52:26.980
 we

00:52:26.980 --> 00:52:27.279
 will

00:52:27.279 --> 00:52:27.619
 see

00:52:27.619 --> 00:52:28.819
 every

00:52:28.819 --> 00:52:29.299
 eye

00:52:29.299 --> 00:52:29.599
 will

00:52:29.599 --> 00:52:29.980
 see

00:52:29.980 --> 00:52:31.059
 every

00:52:31.059 --> 00:52:31.459
 tongue

00:52:31.459 --> 00:52:31.719
 will

00:52:31.719 --> 00:52:32.219
 confess

00:52:32.219 --> 00:52:32.519
 that

00:52:32.519 --> 00:52:32.799
 Jesus

00:52:32.799 --> 00:52:33.099
 is

00:52:33.099 --> 00:52:33.399
 Lord

00:52:33.399 --> 00:52:33.859
 and

00:52:33.859 --> 00:52:34.319
 every

00:52:34.319 --> 00:52:34.719
 knee

00:52:34.719 --> 00:52:34.980
 will

00:52:34.980 --> 00:52:35.219
 bow

00:52:35.219 --> 00:52:35.599
 before

00:52:35.599 --> 00:52:35.899
 him

00:52:35.899 --> 00:52:36.980
 so

00:52:36.980 --> 00:52:37.179
 let

00:52:37.179 --> 00:52:37.299
 us

00:52:37.299 --> 00:52:37.599
 press

00:52:37.599 --> 00:52:37.859
 on

00:52:37.859 --> 00:52:38.039
 with

00:52:38.039 --> 00:52:38.239
 that

00:52:38.239 --> 00:52:38.579
 day

00:52:38.579 --> 00:52:40.399
 and

00:52:40.399 --> 00:52:40.619
 as

00:52:40.619 --> 00:52:41.000
 witnesses

00:52:41.000 --> 00:52:41.239
 of

00:52:41.239 --> 00:52:41.480
 Jesus

00:52:41.480 --> 00:52:41.859
 Christ

00:52:41.859 --> 00:52:42.879
 let's

00:52:42.879 --> 00:52:43.059
 pray

00:52:43.059 --> 00:52:43.399
 together

00:52:55.219 --> 00:52:55.899
 Father

00:52:55.899 --> 00:52:56.659
 teach us

00:52:56.659 --> 00:52:59.679
 teach us

00:52:59.679 --> 00:52:59.819
 the

00:52:59.819 --> 00:53:00.159
 humility

00:53:00.159 --> 00:53:00.399
 of

00:53:00.399 --> 00:53:00.799
 Christ

00:53:00.799 --> 00:53:03.959
 that

00:53:03.959 --> 00:53:04.079
 we

00:53:04.079 --> 00:53:04.299
 might

00:53:04.299 --> 00:53:04.599
 not

00:53:04.599 --> 00:53:05.019
 think

00:53:05.019 --> 00:53:06.219
 Christ

00:53:06.219 --> 00:53:09.179
 unapproachable

00:53:09.179 --> 00:53:12.059
 unapproachable

00:53:12.059 --> 00:53:12.619
 and distant

00:53:12.619 --> 00:53:15.139
 rather

00:53:15.139 --> 00:53:15.419
 that we

00:53:15.419 --> 00:53:15.619
 might

00:53:15.619 --> 00:53:16.019
 see

00:53:16.019 --> 00:53:16.579
 that

00:53:16.579 --> 00:53:16.899
 Christ

00:53:16.899 --> 00:53:17.099
 is

00:53:17.099 --> 00:53:17.419
 humble

00:53:17.419 --> 00:53:19.259
 he

00:53:19.259 --> 00:53:19.719
 invites

00:53:19.719 --> 00:53:19.879
 us

00:53:19.879 --> 00:53:20.019
 to

00:53:20.019 --> 00:53:20.239
 come

00:53:20.239 --> 00:53:20.419
 to

00:53:20.419 --> 00:53:20.659
 him

00:53:20.659 --> 00:53:24.559
 and

00:53:24.559 --> 00:53:24.699
 as

00:53:24.699 --> 00:53:24.839
 we

00:53:24.839 --> 00:53:25.079
 come

00:53:25.079 --> 00:53:25.259
 to

00:53:25.259 --> 00:53:25.460
 him

00:53:25.460 --> 00:53:25.619
 we

00:53:25.619 --> 00:53:25.679
 are

00:53:25.679 --> 00:53:26.159
 accepted

00:53:26.159 --> 00:53:26.379
 and

00:53:26.379 --> 00:53:26.639
 loved

00:53:26.639 --> 00:53:26.960
 by

00:53:26.960 --> 00:53:27.239
 him

00:53:27.239 --> 00:53:27.559
 Lord

00:53:27.559 --> 00:53:28.139
 embolden

00:53:28.139 --> 00:53:28.500
 us

00:53:28.500 --> 00:53:30.599
 to

00:53:30.599 --> 00:53:30.960
 go out

00:53:30.960 --> 00:53:31.039
 to

00:53:31.039 --> 00:53:31.199
 this

00:53:31.199 --> 00:53:31.399
 world

00:53:31.399 --> 00:53:31.559
 as

00:53:31.559 --> 00:53:31.960
 witnesses

00:53:31.960 --> 00:53:32.179
 of

00:53:32.179 --> 00:53:32.439
 Jesus

00:53:32.439 --> 00:53:32.899
 Christ

00:53:32.899 --> 00:53:36.039
 to

00:53:36.039 --> 00:53:36.519
 proclaim

00:53:36.519 --> 00:53:37.219
 to

00:53:37.219 --> 00:53:37.879
 herald

00:53:37.879 --> 00:53:38.480
 the

00:53:38.480 --> 00:53:38.879
 kingdom

00:53:38.879 --> 00:53:39.139
 of

00:53:39.139 --> 00:53:39.379
 heaven

00:53:39.379 --> 00:53:39.559
 that

00:53:39.559 --> 00:53:39.719
 has

00:53:39.719 --> 00:53:40.000
 come

00:53:40.000 --> 00:53:42.460
 knowing

00:53:42.460 --> 00:53:42.859
 that

00:53:42.859 --> 00:53:43.599
 Lord

00:53:43.599 --> 00:53:44.019
 Jesus

00:53:44.019 --> 00:53:44.659
 King

00:53:44.659 --> 00:53:45.059
 Jesus

00:53:45.059 --> 00:53:45.299
 you

00:53:45.299 --> 00:53:45.439
 are

00:53:45.439 --> 00:53:45.699
 coming

00:53:45.699 --> 00:53:46.039
 back

00:53:46.039 --> 00:53:51.619
 help

00:53:51.619 --> 00:53:51.779
 us

00:53:51.779 --> 00:53:51.879
 to

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 be

00:53:52.019 --> 00:53:52.619
 faithful

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 servants

00:53:53.559 --> 00:53:53.819
 that

00:53:53.820 --> 00:53:55.059
 discharge

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 this

00:53:55.480 --> 00:53:55.840
 duty

00:53:55.840 --> 00:53:56.100
 of

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 heralding

00:53:56.620 --> 00:53:58.080
 the

00:53:58.080 --> 00:53:58.320
 king

00:53:58.320 --> 00:53:58.500
 who

00:53:58.500 --> 00:53:58.720
 has

00:53:58.720 --> 00:53:59.120
 come

00:53:59.120 --> 00:53:59.860
 and

00:53:59.860 --> 00:54:00.000
 the

00:54:00.000 --> 00:54:00.180
 king

00:54:00.180 --> 00:54:00.340
 who

00:54:00.340 --> 00:54:00.519
 is

00:54:00.519 --> 00:54:00.920
 coming

00:54:00.920 --> 00:54:01.780
 soon

00:54:01.780 --> 00:54:06.800
 in

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 Jesus

00:54:07.160 --> 00:54:07.519
 name

00:54:07.519 --> 00:54:08.340
 we

00:54:08.340 --> 00:54:08.600
 pray

00:54:08.600 --> 00:54:09.539
 amen