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 to the nations. The Spirit signified the presence and the power of God.

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 And the very servant that God spoke about would say this himself.

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 The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me because the Lord has anointed me to preach good news to the poor.

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 And so for years the people waited in expectation for the power and the presence of God to come.

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 Now the promise has become a reality.

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 Look back to Luke chapter 3 verse 21, which is really the start or the beginning of Jesus' public ministry.

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 Chapter 3 verse 21, when all the people were being baptized, Jesus was baptized too.

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 And as he was praying, heaven was opened and the Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily form like a dove.

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 Look at chapter 4 verse 1, Jesus full of the Holy Spirit.

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 Verse 14, Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit.

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 God is on the move.

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 Jesus, the Spirit-filled, Spirit-empowered King has finally come.

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 And God is about to do something in the world through Jesus.

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 Three things we're going to see about this Spirit-filled King.

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 Who he is, what he has come to do, and why this is good news.

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 Who he is, what he's come to do, and why this is good news.

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 So first, who Jesus is.

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 Chapter 4 verse 1,

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 Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan, was led by the Spirit in the desert,

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 where for 40 days he was tempted by the devil.

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 Tempted by the devil.

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 Now where else in the Bible story have we ever come across that?

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 Well, right at the very start of the Bible story, way back in Genesis chapter 1 and 2,

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 we are introduced to the first man, Adam.

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 Now Luke, significantly, has just told us something about Adam.

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 If you look back to the very end of chapter 3,

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 in fact, if you go to verse 23,

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 you get this long genealogy,

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 tracing the line of Jesus.

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 So we read in verse 23,

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 now Jesus himself was about 30 years old when he began his ministry.

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 He was the son.

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 So it was thought of Joseph.

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 Of course, Joseph wasn't the biological father of Jesus.

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 Luke has already told us back in chapter 135,

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 that Jesus was conceived by the Holy Spirit.

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 However, the point is of this genealogy, for us anyway,

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 is where it finishes.

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 Look at verse 38 at the very end of chapter 3.

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 So it goes through all these lists of names,

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 where it says the son of Enosh,

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 the son of Seth,

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 the son of Adam,

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 the son of God.

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 Adam was the son of God.

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 He didn't have a biological father like you or I,

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 but God had created Adam out of the earth.

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 And he had created Adam in his image.

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 So Adam was to reflect God

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 and to be some ways God's representative on the earth.

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 And as God's son,

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 Adam was to show the whole world

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 what it was like to live under God's rule.

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 But then there was the temptation in the garden.

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 And Adam failed.

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 Rather than reflect God,

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 he rebelled against God.

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 Instead of being God's representative,

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 Adam wanted to be God.

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 Adam, the son of God,

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 failed.

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 Now the thing is,

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 we are all sons of Adam.

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 We can all trace our family line

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 right the way back to the first man,

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 Adam.

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 And we are just like him.

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 We've all failed.

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 We all want to be God.

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 We want to be the centre of the universe.

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 We want to do things our way.

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 That's why the world is the way it is.

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 It's why Stephen Paddock

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 shot and murdered all those people.

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 It's why Trump and Kim

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 are threatening to blow each other up.

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 It's why our relationships break

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 and our friendships fall apart.

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 We want to be God.

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 We want to rule our own lives

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 and live as we please.

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 As sons of Adam,

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 we have all failed.

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 Now, with all that in mind,

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 and I think that's why Luke finishes

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 chapter 3 with the son of Adam,

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 the son of God,

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 and jumps straight in with

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 chapter 4, verse 1,

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 verse 1,

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 Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit,

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 returned from the Jordan

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 and was led by the Spirit in the desert

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 where for 40 days

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 he was tempted by the devil.

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 Verse 3,

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 the devil said to him,

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 if you are the son of God,

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 tell this stone to become bread.

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 Every temptation,

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 there were three specific temptations

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 that Jesus faced in the desert,

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 was ultimately a temptation

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 to take the place of God.

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 If you are the son of God,

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 go on, Jesus,

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 take things into your own hands.

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 Don't be bothered about

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 what God's word says.

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 Do what you think.

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 Well, what would Jesus do?

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 Well, where Adam failed,

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 Jesus was faithful.

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 You see,

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 Jesus came as the true

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 son of God.

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 The obedient,

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 sinless,

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 and faithful son

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 where every other person

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 in the history of the world

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 has failed

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 and crumbled under temptation.

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 Jesus has been faithful.

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 Here is one

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 that we can count on.

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 Here is one

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 who we can trust.

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 By passing the test

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 of temptation,

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 Jesus proves

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 that he alone

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 is qualified

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 to be God's

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 spirit-empowered

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 king.

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 Everything that broke

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 through Adam's failure

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 can now be put right

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 through Jesus'

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 faithfulness.

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 God is on the move

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 and he is now at work

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 through his faithful,

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 obedient,

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 sinless son,

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 Jesus Christ.

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 So,

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 what has this

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 Jesus

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 come to do?

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 Well,

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 following the temptation,

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 look down

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 at verse 16.

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 Jesus went to Nazareth

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 where he had been

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 brought up

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 and on the Sabbath day

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 he went into the synagogue

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 as was his custom

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 and he stood up

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 to read.

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 Now,

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 the synagogue

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 in some ways

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 was like your local church.

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 Yes,

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 there was the temple

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 up in Jerusalem

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 but not everybody

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 could get to the temple

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 so they met in these

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 what were called

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 synagogues,

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 these small buildings.

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 And the usual practice,

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 similar in some ways

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 to what we have done

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 this morning,

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 there would have been

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 singing,

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 but the singing of Psalms.

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 And then at some point

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 somebody would read

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 something from

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 the books of Moses,

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 the first five books,

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 and then a little bit

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 later on there would be

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 a reading from

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 the Old Testament.

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 And then they would

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 sit down

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 and as was their custom,

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 different to us,

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 I stand,

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 but they sat

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 and they gave

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 a little mini sermon

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 about what they

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 had just read.

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 And on this particular day

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 Jesus has come

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 to the synagogue

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 to worship

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 and Jesus has been

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 asked to do

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 the reading.

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 verse 17.

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 The scroll

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 of the prophet Isaiah

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 was handed him

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 so they didn't have

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 neatly bound books

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 like we do,

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 but these great big scrolls

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 and maybe divided up

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 different parts of Isaiah.

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 And we can imagine

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 Jesus unrolling

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 this great big scroll

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 and searching.

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 There's no numbers,

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 no chapters,

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 no verses,

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 but he knows his Bible

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 and he specifically

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 has turned

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 to this section

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 in Isaiah.

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 Chapter 61,

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 verses 1 and 2

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 and unrolling it,

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 verse 17,

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 he found the place

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 where it is written.

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 He reads from Isaiah,

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 The Spirit of the Lord

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 is on me

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 because he has anointed me

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 to preach good news

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 to the poor.

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 He sent me to proclaim

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 freedom for the prisoners

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 and recovery of sight

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 for the blind,

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 to release the oppressed,

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 to proclaim the year

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 of the Lord's favour.

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 Well, you could imagine

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 everyone nodding their heads

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 in agreement.

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 Good choice of reading.

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 Ah, yes.

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 The promise of God

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 to send his spirit-filled servant.

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 That's going to be someday

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 when that happens.

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 We can even hear

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 the little boy

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 asking his father,

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 when's this going

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 to happen, Dad?

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 Well, it's been

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 several hundred years

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 since Isaiah wrote this.

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 We hope

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 sometime soon.

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 Well, they're in

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 for the shock

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 of their lives.

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 Verse 20,

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 Jesus rolled up

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 the scroll,

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 gave it back

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 to his attendant,

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 who would have put it

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 back into the cupboard

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 at the back,

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 and Jesus sat down

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 to give the mini-sermon.

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 The eyes of everyone

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 in the synagogue

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 were fastened on him

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 and he began

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 by saying to them,

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 today,

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 this scripture

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 is fulfilled

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 in your hearing.

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 I am the one.

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 I am the spirit-filled,

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 spirit-empowered,

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 promised king,

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 the one that you

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 have been waiting for

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 down through the centuries.

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 It's me.

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 I'm the Messiah.

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 What you've longed for

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 has now become a reality.

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 I am the one.

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 Well, the text

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 that Jesus reads

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 explains to us

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 what he had come to do.

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 You won't notice it

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 at first.

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 Well, maybe you do,

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 but I certainly didn't.

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 I needed a very clever

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 commentator

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 to point it out to me.

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 But when you read

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 what is written

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 in Isaiah 61,

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 verses 1 to 2,

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 we had it read earlier

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 by Chris,

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 if you compared that

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 with the quotation

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 that we have in Luke,

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 chapter 4,

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 verses 18 and 19,

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 you'll notice that

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 there was something different.

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 Something is added

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 and something is missing.

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 What's added

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 is found at the very end

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 of verse 18

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 of chapter 4,

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 where it says,

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 to release the oppressed.

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 So Jesus is reading,

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 but he adds in this line,

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 to release the oppressed.

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 It comes from another part

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 in Isaiah.

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 And I don't think

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 Jesus is adding to Scripture.

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 It seems to be

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 more of an interpretation.

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 Everything that this quote

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 is saying

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 can be summed up

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 in the phrase,

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 to release the oppressed.

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 That's my mission.

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 The oppressed are,

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 as we see at the end

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 in the middle of verse 18,

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 the poor,

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 the prisoner,

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 and the blind.

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 They are the hopeless

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 and the helpless.

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 Now as we begin

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 to read through Luke's Gospel,

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 we'll discover that

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 the oppressed

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 become a model

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 or a symbol

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 for Christian faith.

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 Physically and materially,

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 the oppressed,

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 well,

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 they have nothing.

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 They're people

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 who are dependent

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 on outside help.

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 If it weren't

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 for other people,

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 they would die.

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 And that becomes

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 a model for how

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 we should come

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 to God spiritually.

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 We come as hopeless

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 and helpless people,

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 dependent

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 and completely reliant

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 upon God's grace.

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 So Jesus adds something

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 to explain something

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 of his mission,

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 but there's also

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 something missing.

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 If you were to read

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 Isaiah 61,

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 verses 1 to 2,

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 it finishes like this.

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 You may remember

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 what it said.

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 To proclaim the year

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 of the Lord's favour

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 and the day of vengeance

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 of our God.

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 Now when Jesus

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 starts quoting Isaiah here,

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 it finishes like this,

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 verse 19.

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 to proclaim the year

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 of the Lord's favour.

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 Full stop.

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 There's no mentions

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 of vengeance.

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 There's no judgment here.

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 Again,

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 I don't think

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 Jesus is changing

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 scripture.

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 He's simply

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 wanting to emphasize

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 that his coming,

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 his mission

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 into this world

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 is a time of grace,

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 not judgment.

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 There is a judgment

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 to come,

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 but for now

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 it is salvation,

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 not condemnation.

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 The year of the Lord's favour

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 is jam-packed

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 with meaning.

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 It comes from

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 one of the laws

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 that God had given

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 to his people

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 right back in the Old Testament.

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 A law that God

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 had given to his people

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 about cancelling

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 debts.

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 It was a law

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 that said

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 at the end

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 of every seven years,

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 everybody who had a debt

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 was released

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 from having to pay.

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 Now,

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 could you imagine that?

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 All the money

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 that you owe,

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 after seven years,

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 that debt

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 could be written off,

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 all cancelled.

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 If your bank statement

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 said minus,

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 it would be made

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 a zero.

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 Wow!

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 But better than that,

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 in the 50th year,

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 so get your maths

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 into order here,

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 after seven cycles

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 of seven years,

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 which is

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 49,

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 well done,

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 you're still with me.

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 So in the 50th year,

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 so after seven cycles

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 of seven years,

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 anything that you owned

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 and you had had to sell

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 because of debt problems

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 would all be given

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 back to you.

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 So not only were

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 your debts

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 written off,

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 but all the property

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 and land

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 that you had had to sell

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 was all restored

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 back to you again.

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 What an amazing,

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 good and gracious

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 law from God

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 to the people.

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 It was,

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 verse 19,

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 the year of the Lord's

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 favour,

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 a year of grace.

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 Now,

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 as one writer

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 pointed out to me,

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 in all the history

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 of Israel,

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 how many times

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 do you think

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 the 50th year

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 of cancelling

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 all debts

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 happened?

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 Do you think

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 of all the history

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 that we have,

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 the hundreds and thousands

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 of years

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 of Israel's history,

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 how many times

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 did they celebrate

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 that 50th year?

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 None.

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 There is not

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 one record

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 of this ever

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 happening in the Bible

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 because God's

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 people

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 failed

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 to obey

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 God's good law.

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 They could not

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 deal with each other

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 in grace.

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 They were too

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 greedy.

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 If people owed

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 debts,

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 they demanded

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 those debts.

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 If they had property,

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 they kept that property.

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 They could not

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 deal with others

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 in grace.

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 Now Jesus

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 comes

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 and stands up

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 before this

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 small gathering

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 and says,

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 it's me.

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 I am the year

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 of the Lord's

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 favour.

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 I have come

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 to give grace

00:17:51.099 --> 00:17:52.959
 to the oppressed.

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 Yes,

00:17:54.919 --> 00:17:56.079
 Jesus is concerned

00:17:56.079 --> 00:17:56.619
 for those

00:17:56.619 --> 00:17:57.379
 who are oppressed

00:17:57.379 --> 00:17:58.319
 economically,

00:17:58.740 --> 00:17:59.199
 politically

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 and physically.

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 We didn't have time

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 to read it,

00:18:01.699 --> 00:18:02.500
 but read it at home

00:18:02.500 --> 00:18:03.779
 the rest of chapter 4

00:18:03.779 --> 00:18:04.740
 and we'll see

00:18:04.740 --> 00:18:05.259
 that there

00:18:05.259 --> 00:18:06.459
 Jesus released

00:18:06.459 --> 00:18:07.659
 those with an evil

00:18:07.659 --> 00:18:08.119
 spirit

00:18:08.119 --> 00:18:09.399
 and he restored

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 those who were sick.

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 But he wasn't

00:18:13.379 --> 00:18:14.359
 coming in a sense

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 to kind of

00:18:14.859 --> 00:18:15.959
 write off people's

00:18:15.959 --> 00:18:16.740
 bank accounts

00:18:16.740 --> 00:18:17.839
 and put money

00:18:17.839 --> 00:18:18.699
 into their account.

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 It wasn't

00:18:19.240 --> 00:18:20.180
 that kind

00:18:20.180 --> 00:18:21.080
 of prosperity.

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 The cancellation

00:18:22.640 --> 00:18:23.480
 of debt

00:18:23.480 --> 00:18:24.580
 was not material

00:18:24.580 --> 00:18:26.019
 but spiritual.

00:18:26.620 --> 00:18:27.440
 Jesus had come

00:18:27.440 --> 00:18:28.019
 to cancel

00:18:28.019 --> 00:18:28.480
 the debt

00:18:28.480 --> 00:18:29.200
 of our sin

00:18:29.200 --> 00:18:30.559
 to release us

00:18:30.559 --> 00:18:31.279
 from the coming

00:18:31.279 --> 00:18:31.740
 judgment

00:18:31.740 --> 00:18:33.420
 and to restore

00:18:33.420 --> 00:18:34.700
 to life.

00:18:36.400 --> 00:18:37.400
 Jesus has come

00:18:37.400 --> 00:18:38.480
 to give grace

00:18:38.480 --> 00:18:40.120
 to the oppressed

00:18:40.120 --> 00:18:42.380
 to cancel

00:18:42.380 --> 00:18:43.200
 the debt

00:18:43.200 --> 00:18:44.059
 of sin.

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 God

00:18:47.079 --> 00:18:49.259
 is on the move

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 and he is

00:18:51.179 --> 00:18:51.940
 working through

00:18:51.940 --> 00:18:52.639
 his son

00:18:52.639 --> 00:18:54.399
 Jesus Christ.

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 Now this is

00:18:58.099 --> 00:18:59.000
 good news

00:18:59.000 --> 00:19:00.779
 for people

00:19:00.779 --> 00:19:01.460
 like you

00:19:01.460 --> 00:19:02.759
 and me.

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 You see

00:19:05.679 --> 00:19:06.859
 as Jesus

00:19:06.859 --> 00:19:07.619
 talked

00:19:07.619 --> 00:19:08.899
 to the crowd

00:19:08.899 --> 00:19:09.519
 and began

00:19:09.519 --> 00:19:10.159
 to give his

00:19:10.159 --> 00:19:10.899
 mini sermon

00:19:10.899 --> 00:19:11.899
 verse 22

00:19:11.900 --> 00:19:14.160
 all spoke

00:19:14.160 --> 00:19:14.960
 well of him

00:19:14.960 --> 00:19:16.420
 and were

00:19:16.420 --> 00:19:17.140
 amazed

00:19:17.140 --> 00:19:17.560
 at the

00:19:17.560 --> 00:19:17.960
 gracious

00:19:17.960 --> 00:19:18.540
 words

00:19:18.540 --> 00:19:19.100
 that came

00:19:19.100 --> 00:19:19.600
 from his

00:19:19.600 --> 00:19:20.100
 lips.

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 But by the

00:19:23.120 --> 00:19:23.880
 time Jesus

00:19:23.880 --> 00:19:24.540
 had finished

00:19:24.540 --> 00:19:25.040
 his little

00:19:25.040 --> 00:19:25.820
 mini sermon

00:19:25.820 --> 00:19:27.620
 look at

00:19:27.620 --> 00:19:28.460
 verse 29

00:19:28.460 --> 00:19:31.060
 they got

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 up

00:19:31.480 --> 00:19:33.120
 drove him

00:19:33.120 --> 00:19:33.640
 out of the

00:19:33.640 --> 00:19:33.980
 town

00:19:33.980 --> 00:19:35.259
 and took him

00:19:35.259 --> 00:19:35.880
 to the brow

00:19:35.880 --> 00:19:36.300
 and the hill

00:19:36.300 --> 00:19:36.820
 of which the

00:19:36.820 --> 00:19:37.480
 town was built

00:19:37.480 --> 00:19:38.480
 in order to

00:19:38.480 --> 00:19:38.980
 throw him

00:19:38.980 --> 00:19:39.519
 down the

00:19:39.519 --> 00:19:39.940
 cliff.

00:19:41.900 --> 00:19:43.140
 What a way

00:19:43.140 --> 00:19:43.620
 to start

00:19:43.620 --> 00:19:44.200
 your preaching

00:19:44.200 --> 00:19:44.600
 career.

00:19:46.180 --> 00:19:47.259
 I can remember

00:19:47.259 --> 00:19:48.360
 my very first

00:19:48.360 --> 00:19:48.700
 sermon.

00:19:49.519 --> 00:19:50.140
 I don't think

00:19:50.140 --> 00:19:50.680
 I even got

00:19:50.680 --> 00:19:51.400
 beyond five

00:19:51.400 --> 00:19:51.800
 minutes.

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 I got all

00:19:53.500 --> 00:19:54.080
 in a tizz

00:19:54.080 --> 00:19:54.780
 and a panic

00:19:54.780 --> 00:19:56.080
 and just

00:19:56.080 --> 00:19:56.640
 had to sit

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 down.

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 Thankfully

00:19:57.420 --> 00:19:57.960
 one very

00:19:57.960 --> 00:19:58.720
 kind person

00:19:58.720 --> 00:19:59.140
 said well

00:19:59.140 --> 00:19:59.440
 at least

00:19:59.440 --> 00:19:59.840
 you didn't

00:19:59.840 --> 00:20:00.240
 waffle.

00:20:02.180 --> 00:20:02.740
 Nobody

00:20:02.740 --> 00:20:03.500
 came gunning

00:20:03.500 --> 00:20:03.820
 for me

00:20:03.820 --> 00:20:04.259
 or trying

00:20:04.259 --> 00:20:04.780
 to kill

00:20:04.780 --> 00:20:05.100
 me.

00:20:05.780 --> 00:20:06.400
 But here's

00:20:06.400 --> 00:20:06.820
 Jesus

00:20:06.820 --> 00:20:07.540
 his first

00:20:07.540 --> 00:20:07.940
 sermon

00:20:07.940 --> 00:20:10.880
 from stunning

00:20:10.880 --> 00:20:11.720
 amazement

00:20:11.720 --> 00:20:14.259
 to seething

00:20:14.259 --> 00:20:14.740
 anger

00:20:14.740 --> 00:20:15.920
 trying to

00:20:15.920 --> 00:20:16.700
 kill him.

00:20:18.620 --> 00:20:19.519
 What did

00:20:19.519 --> 00:20:20.319
 Jesus say?

00:20:20.980 --> 00:20:21.640
 Why did

00:20:21.640 --> 00:20:22.200
 the crowd

00:20:22.200 --> 00:20:22.819
 change?

00:20:23.779 --> 00:20:24.299
 Why are

00:20:24.299 --> 00:20:24.720
 they so

00:20:24.720 --> 00:20:25.140
 angry?

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 Well look

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 at verse

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 22

00:20:29.720 --> 00:20:30.500
 the end.

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 They asked

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 isn't this

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 Joseph's

00:20:35.600 --> 00:20:35.880
 son?

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 Well

00:20:37.400 --> 00:20:37.900
 everybody

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 knew

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 Joseph

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 in Nazareth

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 it was a

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 small town

00:20:40.740 --> 00:20:41.680
 and well

00:20:41.680 --> 00:20:42.240
 Joseph was

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 the town

00:20:42.660 --> 00:20:43.259
 carpenter.

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 He was

00:20:44.680 --> 00:20:45.480
 that simple

00:20:45.480 --> 00:20:46.079
 character.

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 And now

00:20:47.120 --> 00:20:47.660
 his son

00:20:47.660 --> 00:20:48.000
 who had

00:20:48.000 --> 00:20:48.579
 taken over

00:20:48.579 --> 00:20:49.180
 the business

00:20:49.180 --> 00:20:50.440
 is claiming

00:20:50.440 --> 00:20:50.920
 to be

00:20:50.920 --> 00:20:51.660
 the Messiah.

00:20:52.819 --> 00:20:53.400
 God's

00:20:53.400 --> 00:20:53.740
 spirit

00:20:53.740 --> 00:20:54.279
 empowered

00:20:54.279 --> 00:20:54.700
 king.

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 Well he

00:20:56.279 --> 00:20:56.859
 doesn't look

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 much.

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 He's a bit

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 ordinary.

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 I think

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 he should

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 just get

00:21:01.259 --> 00:21:01.700
 back to

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 cutting wood

00:21:02.279 --> 00:21:02.799
 and stop

00:21:02.799 --> 00:21:03.220
 dreaming

00:21:03.220 --> 00:21:03.900
 dreams.

00:21:06.160 --> 00:21:06.720
 Jesus

00:21:06.720 --> 00:21:07.339
 it seems

00:21:07.339 --> 00:21:08.039
 knows their

00:21:08.039 --> 00:21:08.500
 hearts.

00:21:08.660 --> 00:21:09.400
 Verse 23

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 Jesus

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 said to

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 them

00:21:11.200 --> 00:21:11.580
 surely

00:21:11.580 --> 00:21:11.960
 you will

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 quote

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 this

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 proverb

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 to me

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 physician

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 heal

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 yourself.

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 Do

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 here in

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 your

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 hometown

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 what we

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 have

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 heard

00:21:19.480 --> 00:21:19.720
 that

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 you

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 did

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 at

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 Capernaum.

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 Well you

00:21:22.620 --> 00:21:22.960
 see they

00:21:22.960 --> 00:21:23.440
 want a

00:21:23.440 --> 00:21:23.960
 Messiah

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 who are

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 going to

00:21:25.400 --> 00:21:26.220
 do miracles

00:21:26.220 --> 00:21:26.840
 who's

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 going to

00:21:27.120 --> 00:21:27.720
 do miracles

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 on demand

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 and get

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 people

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 excited.

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 You know

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 all those

00:21:31.259 --> 00:21:31.680
 healings

00:21:31.680 --> 00:21:31.960
 you did

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 over there

00:21:32.360 --> 00:21:33.060
 do them

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 here

00:21:33.300 --> 00:21:33.960
 right now.

00:21:33.960 --> 00:21:36.180
 they want

00:21:36.180 --> 00:21:36.799
 Jesus to

00:21:36.799 --> 00:21:37.799
 do spectacular

00:21:37.799 --> 00:21:38.660
 things and

00:21:38.660 --> 00:21:39.840
 get all the

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 people excited

00:21:40.799 --> 00:21:41.519
 so he has a

00:21:41.519 --> 00:21:42.200
 big crowd

00:21:42.200 --> 00:21:42.940
 following him.

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 They want a

00:21:43.819 --> 00:21:44.440
 king who at

00:21:44.440 --> 00:21:45.079
 least looks

00:21:45.079 --> 00:21:45.539
 like a

00:21:45.539 --> 00:21:45.920
 king or

00:21:45.920 --> 00:21:47.279
 sounds like

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 a king

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 and who's

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 going to

00:21:48.700 --> 00:21:49.000
 kind of

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 march into

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 Jerusalem

00:21:50.620 --> 00:21:51.480
 and get

00:21:51.480 --> 00:21:51.920
 rid of

00:21:51.920 --> 00:21:52.559
 those dirty

00:21:52.559 --> 00:21:53.299
 Romans who

00:21:53.299 --> 00:21:54.160
 are taking

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 our land

00:21:54.799 --> 00:21:55.279
 and everything

00:21:55.279 --> 00:21:55.700
 that we

00:21:55.700 --> 00:21:55.940
 own.

00:21:58.420 --> 00:21:58.980
 Who's

00:21:58.980 --> 00:21:59.480
 going to

00:21:59.480 --> 00:22:01.059
 follow a

00:22:01.059 --> 00:22:01.460
 simple

00:22:01.460 --> 00:22:02.120
 carpenter?

00:22:02.119 --> 00:22:04.419
 verse 24

00:22:04.419 --> 00:22:05.799
 I tell you

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 the truth

00:22:06.299 --> 00:22:06.979
 he continued

00:22:06.979 --> 00:22:08.139
 no prophet

00:22:08.139 --> 00:22:08.859
 is accepted

00:22:08.859 --> 00:22:09.359
 in his

00:22:09.359 --> 00:22:09.879
 hometown.

00:22:11.099 --> 00:22:11.419
 It's a

00:22:11.419 --> 00:22:11.979
 damning

00:22:11.979 --> 00:22:12.459
 statement

00:22:12.459 --> 00:22:13.119
 about their

00:22:13.119 --> 00:22:13.719
 own hearts.

00:22:14.239 --> 00:22:15.019
 Nobody likes

00:22:15.019 --> 00:22:15.719
 anyone getting

00:22:15.719 --> 00:22:16.159
 ahead of

00:22:16.159 --> 00:22:16.599
 themselves.

00:22:17.459 --> 00:22:18.279
 We certainly

00:22:18.279 --> 00:22:18.939
 know that in

00:22:18.939 --> 00:22:19.519
 our culture

00:22:19.519 --> 00:22:19.939
 don't we?

00:22:20.019 --> 00:22:20.819
 We don't

00:22:20.819 --> 00:22:21.219
 like to

00:22:21.219 --> 00:22:21.699
 congratulate

00:22:21.699 --> 00:22:22.259
 people and

00:22:22.259 --> 00:22:22.459
 say oh

00:22:22.459 --> 00:22:22.939
 well done

00:22:22.939 --> 00:22:23.219
 you know

00:22:23.219 --> 00:22:23.599
 we like

00:22:23.599 --> 00:22:23.839
 saying

00:22:23.839 --> 00:22:26.459
 and that's

00:22:26.459 --> 00:22:26.799
 what they're

00:22:26.799 --> 00:22:27.259
 doing with

00:22:27.259 --> 00:22:27.639
 Jesus.

00:22:28.899 --> 00:22:29.479
 Who does

00:22:29.479 --> 00:22:29.899
 he think

00:22:29.899 --> 00:22:30.459
 he is

00:22:30.459 --> 00:22:31.539
 coming into

00:22:31.539 --> 00:22:32.079
 our

00:22:32.079 --> 00:22:32.599
 synagogue

00:22:32.599 --> 00:22:33.480
 claiming to

00:22:33.480 --> 00:22:33.839
 be the

00:22:33.839 --> 00:22:34.279
 Messiah.

00:22:34.740 --> 00:22:35.180
 We want

00:22:35.180 --> 00:22:35.639
 a real

00:22:35.639 --> 00:22:36.240
 king not

00:22:36.240 --> 00:22:36.579
 some

00:22:36.579 --> 00:22:37.200
 upstart

00:22:37.200 --> 00:22:37.500
 with

00:22:37.500 --> 00:22:38.099
 nonsense

00:22:38.099 --> 00:22:38.980
 ideas.

00:22:42.079 --> 00:22:42.759
 Well if

00:22:42.759 --> 00:22:43.359
 Jesus had

00:22:43.359 --> 00:22:43.960
 shut up at

00:22:43.960 --> 00:22:44.579
 this point

00:22:44.579 --> 00:22:45.399
 and gotten

00:22:45.399 --> 00:22:45.839
 the hint

00:22:45.839 --> 00:22:46.139
 he would

00:22:46.139 --> 00:22:46.460
 have just

00:22:46.460 --> 00:22:47.019
 sat down

00:22:47.019 --> 00:22:47.519
 and saved

00:22:47.519 --> 00:22:48.119
 face and

00:22:48.119 --> 00:22:49.000
 maybe would

00:22:49.000 --> 00:22:49.379
 have kept

00:22:49.379 --> 00:22:49.740
 a few

00:22:49.740 --> 00:22:50.339
 friends.

00:22:52.659 --> 00:22:53.420
 But no

00:22:53.420 --> 00:22:54.759
 Jesus is

00:22:54.759 --> 00:22:55.079
 on a

00:22:55.079 --> 00:22:55.359
 mission.

00:22:56.579 --> 00:22:57.200
 He can't

00:22:57.200 --> 00:22:58.299
 stay silent.

00:22:59.879 --> 00:23:00.700
 Knowing that

00:23:00.700 --> 00:23:01.319
 rejection

00:23:01.319 --> 00:23:01.980
 lay in

00:23:01.980 --> 00:23:02.160
 their

00:23:02.160 --> 00:23:02.740
 hearts

00:23:02.740 --> 00:23:04.720
 Jesus

00:23:04.720 --> 00:23:05.400
 shows them

00:23:05.400 --> 00:23:05.840
 who he

00:23:05.840 --> 00:23:06.400
 has come

00:23:06.400 --> 00:23:07.140
 to welcome.

00:23:08.360 --> 00:23:09.100
 Look at

00:23:09.100 --> 00:23:10.059
 verse 25.

00:23:12.059 --> 00:23:12.880
 I assure

00:23:12.880 --> 00:23:13.299
 you

00:23:13.299 --> 00:23:15.039
 Jesus

00:23:15.039 --> 00:23:15.680
 says there

00:23:15.680 --> 00:23:16.180
 were many

00:23:16.180 --> 00:23:17.059
 widows in

00:23:17.059 --> 00:23:17.740
 Israel.

00:23:17.880 --> 00:23:18.519
 Israel

00:23:18.519 --> 00:23:19.720
 God's

00:23:19.720 --> 00:23:20.200
 land

00:23:20.200 --> 00:23:21.559
 God's

00:23:21.559 --> 00:23:21.920
 special

00:23:21.920 --> 00:23:22.420
 people.

00:23:24.440 --> 00:23:24.759
 There were

00:23:24.759 --> 00:23:25.480
 many widows

00:23:25.480 --> 00:23:26.759
 in Israel

00:23:26.759 --> 00:23:27.759
 in Elijah's

00:23:27.759 --> 00:23:28.160
 time

00:23:28.160 --> 00:23:28.940
 God's

00:23:28.940 --> 00:23:29.259
 prophet

00:23:29.259 --> 00:23:29.779
 when the

00:23:29.779 --> 00:23:30.440
 sky was

00:23:30.440 --> 00:23:31.000
 shut for

00:23:31.000 --> 00:23:31.560
 three and

00:23:31.560 --> 00:23:31.920
 a half

00:23:31.920 --> 00:23:32.480
 years so

00:23:32.480 --> 00:23:32.740
 there was

00:23:32.740 --> 00:23:33.340
 no rain

00:23:33.340 --> 00:23:33.960
 and there

00:23:33.960 --> 00:23:34.259
 was a

00:23:34.259 --> 00:23:34.980
 severe famine

00:23:34.980 --> 00:23:35.340
 throughout

00:23:35.340 --> 00:23:35.940
 the land.

00:23:36.500 --> 00:23:36.980
 Lots of

00:23:36.980 --> 00:23:37.640
 poor widows

00:23:37.640 --> 00:23:38.460
 who didn't

00:23:38.460 --> 00:23:39.200
 have anything.

00:23:41.200 --> 00:23:41.880
 Yet Elijah

00:23:41.880 --> 00:23:42.640
 was not sent

00:23:42.640 --> 00:23:43.200
 to any of

00:23:43.200 --> 00:23:44.880
 them but

00:23:44.880 --> 00:23:45.460
 to a widow

00:23:45.460 --> 00:23:46.380
 in Zarephath

00:23:46.380 --> 00:23:47.600
 in the

00:23:47.600 --> 00:23:48.180
 region of

00:23:48.180 --> 00:23:48.840
 Sidon.

00:23:51.140 --> 00:23:51.700
 Elijah

00:23:51.700 --> 00:23:52.779
 went to

00:23:52.779 --> 00:23:54.080
 an outsider

00:23:54.079 --> 00:23:56.259
 a foreigner

00:23:56.259 --> 00:23:56.839
 of all

00:23:56.839 --> 00:23:57.379
 the people

00:23:57.379 --> 00:23:57.819
 who were

00:23:57.819 --> 00:23:58.619
 local.

00:23:59.819 --> 00:24:00.179
 He went

00:24:00.179 --> 00:24:00.819
 off somewhere

00:24:00.819 --> 00:24:01.339
 else.

00:24:02.679 --> 00:24:03.439
 Verse 27

00:24:03.439 --> 00:24:04.399
 And there

00:24:04.399 --> 00:24:04.819
 were many

00:24:04.819 --> 00:24:05.579
 in Israel

00:24:05.579 --> 00:24:06.779
 God's

00:24:06.779 --> 00:24:07.099
 land

00:24:07.099 --> 00:24:07.639
 God's

00:24:07.639 --> 00:24:08.000
 people

00:24:08.000 --> 00:24:08.319
 with

00:24:08.319 --> 00:24:09.379
 leprosy

00:24:09.379 --> 00:24:09.720
 in the

00:24:09.720 --> 00:24:10.159
 time of

00:24:10.159 --> 00:24:10.559
 Elijah

00:24:10.559 --> 00:24:11.159
 the prophet

00:24:11.159 --> 00:24:13.619
 yet not

00:24:13.619 --> 00:24:14.099
 one of

00:24:14.099 --> 00:24:14.319
 them

00:24:14.319 --> 00:24:14.699
 was

00:24:14.699 --> 00:24:15.659
 cleansed.

00:24:16.919 --> 00:24:17.419
 Only

00:24:17.419 --> 00:24:18.039
 Naaman

00:24:18.039 --> 00:24:19.299
 the Syrian

00:24:19.299 --> 00:24:20.019
 who if we

00:24:20.019 --> 00:24:20.299
 were to

00:24:20.299 --> 00:24:20.720
 go back

00:24:20.720 --> 00:24:21.099
 and read

00:24:21.099 --> 00:24:21.359
 a bit

00:24:21.359 --> 00:24:21.779
 about him

00:24:21.779 --> 00:24:22.679
 was general

00:24:22.680 --> 00:24:23.140
 of an

00:24:23.140 --> 00:24:24.259
 army not

00:24:24.259 --> 00:24:24.740
 only was

00:24:24.740 --> 00:24:25.019
 he an

00:24:25.019 --> 00:24:25.820
 outsider he

00:24:25.820 --> 00:24:26.279
 was an

00:24:26.279 --> 00:24:26.900
 enemy.

00:24:27.640 --> 00:24:28.120
 He fought

00:24:28.120 --> 00:24:29.240
 battles against

00:24:29.240 --> 00:24:29.700
 God's

00:24:29.700 --> 00:24:30.039
 people.

00:24:31.519 --> 00:24:32.320
 So everybody

00:24:32.320 --> 00:24:33.240
 who's listening

00:24:33.240 --> 00:24:33.880
 to Jesus'

00:24:34.180 --> 00:24:35.900
 sermon expects

00:24:35.900 --> 00:24:36.779
 that Elijah

00:24:36.779 --> 00:24:37.539
 and Elisha

00:24:37.539 --> 00:24:38.200
 oh well they

00:24:38.200 --> 00:24:38.720
 were great

00:24:38.720 --> 00:24:39.980
 prophets surely

00:24:39.980 --> 00:24:41.000
 they would go

00:24:41.000 --> 00:24:41.600
 to God's

00:24:41.600 --> 00:24:42.360
 people Israel.

00:24:42.720 --> 00:24:43.380
 After all

00:24:43.380 --> 00:24:44.100
 they're God's

00:24:44.100 --> 00:24:45.120
 specially chosen

00:24:45.120 --> 00:24:45.580
 people.

00:24:45.960 --> 00:24:46.840
 They deserve

00:24:46.840 --> 00:24:47.860
 God's favour.

00:24:48.259 --> 00:24:48.940
 God is on

00:24:48.940 --> 00:24:49.940
 their side.

00:24:49.940 --> 00:24:52.620
 But to

00:24:52.620 --> 00:24:53.460
 their absolute

00:24:53.460 --> 00:24:54.340
 shock and

00:24:54.340 --> 00:24:55.259
 disgust

00:24:55.259 --> 00:24:57.580
 Elijah and

00:24:57.580 --> 00:24:58.320
 Elisha go

00:24:58.320 --> 00:24:59.019
 to the

00:24:59.019 --> 00:25:00.480
 outsider.

00:25:02.660 --> 00:25:03.559
 You see

00:25:03.559 --> 00:25:04.059
 the widow

00:25:04.059 --> 00:25:05.240
 and Naaman

00:25:05.240 --> 00:25:07.259
 become for

00:25:07.259 --> 00:25:07.640
 us a

00:25:07.640 --> 00:25:08.240
 picture or

00:25:08.240 --> 00:25:08.920
 an example

00:25:08.920 --> 00:25:10.120
 of the

00:25:10.120 --> 00:25:10.759
 oppressed

00:25:10.759 --> 00:25:11.840
 that Jesus

00:25:11.840 --> 00:25:12.340
 has come

00:25:12.340 --> 00:25:13.039
 to release.

00:25:13.960 --> 00:25:14.640
 They are

00:25:14.640 --> 00:25:15.080
 the poor

00:25:15.080 --> 00:25:15.640
 the prisoner

00:25:15.640 --> 00:25:16.299
 the blind

00:25:16.299 --> 00:25:17.080
 they are

00:25:17.080 --> 00:25:17.980
 the humble

00:25:17.980 --> 00:25:19.180
 in heart.

00:25:19.940 --> 00:25:20.500
 They are

00:25:20.500 --> 00:25:21.180
 the hopeless

00:25:21.180 --> 00:25:22.400
 and helpless.

00:25:22.880 --> 00:25:23.400
 They cannot

00:25:23.400 --> 00:25:24.620
 help themselves.

00:25:25.080 --> 00:25:25.360
 They are

00:25:25.360 --> 00:25:26.400
 dependent and

00:25:26.400 --> 00:25:27.740
 completely reliant

00:25:27.740 --> 00:25:28.820
 upon God's

00:25:28.820 --> 00:25:29.400
 grace to

00:25:29.400 --> 00:25:30.279
 intervene in

00:25:30.279 --> 00:25:30.980
 their lives.

00:25:32.140 --> 00:25:32.640
 The widow

00:25:32.640 --> 00:25:33.200
 is a

00:25:33.200 --> 00:25:33.640
 foreigner.

00:25:34.559 --> 00:25:35.200
 Naaman is

00:25:35.200 --> 00:25:35.920
 an enemy.

00:25:36.740 --> 00:25:37.360
 And Jesus

00:25:37.360 --> 00:25:38.220
 is saying to

00:25:38.220 --> 00:25:38.840
 the gathering

00:25:38.840 --> 00:25:39.279
 in the

00:25:39.279 --> 00:25:39.660
 synagogue

00:25:39.660 --> 00:25:40.960
 I am the

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 Messiah and

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 I have come

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 to welcome

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 those with

00:25:44.360 --> 00:25:45.380
 humble hearts.

00:25:45.779 --> 00:25:46.340
 I have come

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 to welcome

00:25:47.000 --> 00:25:48.600
 outsiders in.

00:25:48.599 --> 00:25:50.059
 not to

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 those who

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 think of

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 themselves as

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 morally

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 respectable.

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 Not to

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 those who

00:25:54.919 --> 00:25:55.519
 have it all

00:25:55.519 --> 00:25:56.019
 together.

00:25:56.459 --> 00:25:56.839
 Not to

00:25:56.839 --> 00:25:57.299
 those who

00:25:57.299 --> 00:25:57.959
 feel they are

00:25:57.959 --> 00:25:58.459
 deserving.

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 No I have

00:25:59.359 --> 00:25:59.759
 come to

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 those who

00:26:00.240 --> 00:26:00.859
 see their

00:26:00.859 --> 00:26:01.519
 need of

00:26:01.519 --> 00:26:02.179
 absolute

00:26:02.179 --> 00:26:03.279
 help.

00:26:07.279 --> 00:26:08.199
 Now that's

00:26:08.199 --> 00:26:08.899
 good news

00:26:08.899 --> 00:26:09.539
 for people

00:26:09.539 --> 00:26:10.319
 like us.

00:26:11.599 --> 00:26:12.459
 For Jesus

00:26:12.459 --> 00:26:13.119
 comes to

00:26:13.119 --> 00:26:13.619
 those who

00:26:13.619 --> 00:26:15.199
 know they

00:26:15.199 --> 00:26:15.859
 fail and

00:26:15.859 --> 00:26:16.179
 fall.

00:26:16.180 --> 00:26:18.080
 he comes

00:26:18.080 --> 00:26:18.580
 to those

00:26:18.580 --> 00:26:18.880
 who are

00:26:18.880 --> 00:26:19.759
 desperate and

00:26:19.759 --> 00:26:21.560
 weak and

00:26:21.560 --> 00:26:22.500
 cannot help

00:26:22.500 --> 00:26:23.160
 themselves.

00:26:26.519 --> 00:26:27.440
 Let's ask

00:26:27.440 --> 00:26:28.220
 ourselves some

00:26:28.220 --> 00:26:28.900
 questions.

00:26:30.980 --> 00:26:31.860
 Would you

00:26:31.860 --> 00:26:32.900
 describe yourself

00:26:32.900 --> 00:26:33.640
 as having a

00:26:33.640 --> 00:26:34.539
 hard heart

00:26:34.539 --> 00:26:36.279
 or a

00:26:36.279 --> 00:26:37.060
 humble heart?

00:26:38.940 --> 00:26:39.779
 Have you

00:26:39.779 --> 00:26:40.840
 experienced

00:26:40.840 --> 00:26:41.420
 grace?

00:26:41.420 --> 00:26:44.400
 or are you

00:26:44.400 --> 00:26:44.900
 like the

00:26:44.900 --> 00:26:46.279
 crowd in

00:26:46.279 --> 00:26:46.880
 the synagogue

00:26:46.880 --> 00:26:48.560
 pushing it

00:26:48.560 --> 00:26:48.880
 away?

00:26:51.580 --> 00:26:52.440
 You see

00:26:52.440 --> 00:26:53.120
 those with a

00:26:53.120 --> 00:26:54.000
 humble heart

00:26:54.000 --> 00:26:56.539
 don't push

00:26:56.539 --> 00:26:57.420
 people away

00:26:57.420 --> 00:26:58.019
 because they

00:26:58.019 --> 00:26:58.519
 keep on

00:26:58.519 --> 00:26:58.860
 failing.

00:27:00.700 --> 00:27:01.759
 They don't

00:27:01.759 --> 00:27:02.740
 reject those

00:27:02.740 --> 00:27:03.640
 whose sexual

00:27:03.640 --> 00:27:04.660
 identity is

00:27:04.660 --> 00:27:05.440
 maybe different

00:27:05.440 --> 00:27:06.160
 to yours.

00:27:06.160 --> 00:27:09.120
 they don't

00:27:09.120 --> 00:27:09.800
 write off

00:27:09.800 --> 00:27:10.460
 those who

00:27:10.460 --> 00:27:11.320
 have hurt

00:27:11.320 --> 00:27:12.080
 you in

00:27:12.080 --> 00:27:12.700
 the past.

00:27:14.340 --> 00:27:15.100
 They don't

00:27:15.100 --> 00:27:15.660
 look down

00:27:15.660 --> 00:27:16.800
 on those

00:27:16.800 --> 00:27:17.380
 who have a

00:27:17.380 --> 00:27:18.259
 different skin

00:27:18.259 --> 00:27:18.900
 colour to

00:27:18.900 --> 00:27:19.220
 you.

00:27:21.480 --> 00:27:22.519
 They don't

00:27:22.519 --> 00:27:23.120
 distance

00:27:23.120 --> 00:27:23.900
 themselves from

00:27:23.900 --> 00:27:24.500
 those whose

00:27:24.500 --> 00:27:25.600
 life is broken

00:27:25.600 --> 00:27:26.480
 and messy.

00:27:27.900 --> 00:27:29.100
 They give

00:27:29.100 --> 00:27:29.860
 grace

00:27:29.860 --> 00:27:32.980
 because God

00:27:32.980 --> 00:27:33.400
 has been

00:27:33.400 --> 00:27:34.660
 gracious to

00:27:34.660 --> 00:27:35.200
 them and

00:27:35.200 --> 00:27:35.720
 they have

00:27:35.720 --> 00:27:36.160
 come to

00:27:36.160 --> 00:27:36.900
 experience

00:27:36.900 --> 00:27:37.600
 and understand

00:27:37.600 --> 00:27:38.720
 that well

00:27:38.720 --> 00:27:39.220
 God has

00:27:39.220 --> 00:27:40.620
 cancelled all

00:27:40.620 --> 00:27:41.539
 of my sin

00:27:41.539 --> 00:27:42.120
 debt and

00:27:42.120 --> 00:27:42.960
 no longer

00:27:42.960 --> 00:27:43.759
 holds it

00:27:43.759 --> 00:27:44.500
 over me

00:27:44.500 --> 00:27:45.220
 or against

00:27:45.220 --> 00:27:45.559
 me.

00:27:46.640 --> 00:27:47.960
 They welcome

00:27:47.960 --> 00:27:49.000
 the outsider

00:27:49.000 --> 00:27:51.160
 because God

00:27:51.160 --> 00:27:51.960
 has welcomed

00:27:51.960 --> 00:27:52.960
 them.

00:27:56.019 --> 00:27:56.960
 Or look

00:27:56.960 --> 00:27:57.460
 at it this

00:27:57.460 --> 00:27:57.740
 way.

00:28:00.080 --> 00:28:01.000
 Those who

00:28:01.000 --> 00:28:01.380
 have a

00:28:01.380 --> 00:28:02.200
 hard heart

00:28:02.200 --> 00:28:03.880
 pride

00:28:03.880 --> 00:28:04.759
 themselves in

00:28:04.759 --> 00:28:05.259
 their own

00:28:05.259 --> 00:28:06.039
 ability to

00:28:06.039 --> 00:28:06.539
 do well

00:28:06.539 --> 00:28:07.099
 in life.

00:28:08.519 --> 00:28:09.700
 They judge

00:28:09.700 --> 00:28:10.500
 other people

00:28:10.500 --> 00:28:11.019
 by their

00:28:11.019 --> 00:28:12.099
 own standards

00:28:12.099 --> 00:28:13.400
 and expectations

00:28:13.400 --> 00:28:14.940
 and nod

00:28:14.940 --> 00:28:16.160
 disapprovingly.

00:28:16.420 --> 00:28:16.920
 They're not

00:28:16.920 --> 00:28:17.680
 like me.

00:28:19.480 --> 00:28:20.640
 They won't

00:28:20.640 --> 00:28:21.339
 help the

00:28:21.339 --> 00:28:22.259
 broken because

00:28:22.259 --> 00:28:23.259
 well those

00:28:23.259 --> 00:28:23.879
 people need

00:28:23.879 --> 00:28:24.519
 to learn to

00:28:24.519 --> 00:28:25.240
 help themselves

00:28:25.240 --> 00:28:26.019
 first.

00:28:27.619 --> 00:28:28.759
 They condemn

00:28:28.759 --> 00:28:29.900
 the sinners

00:28:29.900 --> 00:28:30.720
 to hell

00:28:30.720 --> 00:28:32.119
 because they

00:28:32.119 --> 00:28:32.759
 can't see

00:28:32.759 --> 00:28:33.599
 their own

00:28:33.599 --> 00:28:34.140
 sin in

00:28:34.140 --> 00:28:34.700
 their own

00:28:34.700 --> 00:28:35.200
 hearts.

00:28:36.819 --> 00:28:37.420
 They

00:28:37.420 --> 00:28:38.059
 withhold

00:28:38.059 --> 00:28:39.279
 grace from

00:28:39.279 --> 00:28:40.180
 others because

00:28:40.180 --> 00:28:41.460
 well actually

00:28:41.460 --> 00:28:42.000
 it's all

00:28:42.000 --> 00:28:43.220
 about you

00:28:43.220 --> 00:28:44.379
 deserve what

00:28:44.379 --> 00:28:44.940
 you get

00:28:44.940 --> 00:28:45.980
 in life.

00:28:48.039 --> 00:28:49.500
 They can't

00:28:49.500 --> 00:28:49.940
 welcome

00:28:49.940 --> 00:28:50.440
 others

00:28:50.440 --> 00:28:52.619
 because they've

00:28:52.619 --> 00:28:53.259
 never ever

00:28:53.259 --> 00:28:54.180
 experienced

00:28:54.180 --> 00:28:55.259
 God's welcome

00:28:55.259 --> 00:28:56.819
 in their own

00:28:56.819 --> 00:28:57.379
 lives.

00:28:57.380 --> 00:29:03.080
 God is

00:29:03.080 --> 00:29:03.400
 on the

00:29:03.400 --> 00:29:03.880
 move.

00:29:05.460 --> 00:29:06.120
 He is

00:29:06.120 --> 00:29:06.460
 on a

00:29:06.460 --> 00:29:06.740
 mission.

00:29:08.360 --> 00:29:08.820
 He is

00:29:08.820 --> 00:29:09.200
 offering

00:29:09.200 --> 00:29:10.920
 grace to

00:29:10.920 --> 00:29:11.120
 the

00:29:11.120 --> 00:29:11.700
 oppressed.

00:29:12.760 --> 00:29:13.200
 He

00:29:13.200 --> 00:29:13.820
 welcomes

00:29:13.820 --> 00:29:14.620
 the

00:29:14.620 --> 00:29:15.240
 outsider.

00:29:15.620 --> 00:29:15.740
 He

00:29:15.740 --> 00:29:16.400
 welcomes

00:29:16.400 --> 00:29:17.220
 people like

00:29:17.220 --> 00:29:17.640
 you and

00:29:17.640 --> 00:29:18.500
 me who

00:29:18.500 --> 00:29:19.200
 will only

00:29:19.200 --> 00:29:21.140
 admit that

00:29:21.140 --> 00:29:21.500
 I am

00:29:21.500 --> 00:29:22.400
 helpless and

00:29:22.400 --> 00:29:22.840
 hopeless.

00:29:23.840 --> 00:29:24.800
 I cannot

00:29:24.800 --> 00:29:25.600
 help myself.

00:29:25.599 --> 00:29:26.240
 I cannot

00:29:26.240 --> 00:29:27.119
 change my

00:29:27.119 --> 00:29:27.519
 life.

00:29:28.659 --> 00:29:29.219
 I need

00:29:29.219 --> 00:29:29.819
 you to

00:29:29.819 --> 00:29:30.559
 change me.

00:29:32.339 --> 00:29:32.799
 And in

00:29:32.799 --> 00:29:33.519
 response

00:29:33.519 --> 00:29:35.399
 we are

00:29:35.399 --> 00:29:36.159
 incorporated

00:29:36.159 --> 00:29:36.939
 into the

00:29:36.939 --> 00:29:37.759
 great mission

00:29:37.759 --> 00:29:38.279
 of God

00:29:38.279 --> 00:29:39.059
 as we

00:29:39.059 --> 00:29:39.519
 go

00:29:39.519 --> 00:29:41.459
 and offer

00:29:41.459 --> 00:29:42.139
 grace

00:29:42.139 --> 00:29:43.679
 to those

00:29:43.679 --> 00:29:44.159
 who cannot

00:29:44.159 --> 00:29:44.579
 help

00:29:44.579 --> 00:29:45.299
 themselves.

00:29:46.240 --> 00:29:47.000
 Welcoming

00:29:47.000 --> 00:29:47.919
 the outsider

00:29:47.919 --> 00:29:51.159
 showing

00:29:51.159 --> 00:29:51.579
 them the

00:29:51.579 --> 00:29:52.019
 grace

00:29:52.019 --> 00:29:53.519
 that none

00:29:53.519 --> 00:29:53.919
 of us

00:29:53.919 --> 00:29:54.559
 deserve.

00:29:55.599 --> 00:29:56.559
 let's

00:29:56.559 --> 00:29:56.839
 pray

00:29:56.839 --> 00:29:57.559
 together.

00:29:57.559 --> 00:29:57.599
 Let's

00:29:57.599 --> 00:29:57.619
 pray together.

00:29:57.619 --> 00:30:16.459
 Father, we

00:30:16.459 --> 00:30:17.500
 are astonished

00:30:17.500 --> 00:30:18.259
 and amazed

00:30:18.259 --> 00:30:20.439
 at your

00:30:20.439 --> 00:30:20.879
 grace

00:30:20.879 --> 00:30:21.979
 towards us

00:30:21.980 --> 00:30:25.740
 that you

00:30:25.740 --> 00:30:26.220
 would reach

00:30:26.220 --> 00:30:26.839
 down even

00:30:26.839 --> 00:30:27.420
 though we

00:30:27.420 --> 00:30:27.880
 have

00:30:27.880 --> 00:30:29.480
 pushed you

00:30:29.480 --> 00:30:29.839
 away.

00:30:33.279 --> 00:30:34.079
 Thank you

00:30:34.079 --> 00:30:34.519
 that you

00:30:34.519 --> 00:30:35.000
 do not

00:30:35.000 --> 00:30:35.819
 treat us

00:30:35.819 --> 00:30:36.480
 as our

00:30:36.480 --> 00:30:36.799
 sins

00:30:36.799 --> 00:30:37.240
 deserve.

00:30:40.480 --> 00:30:41.240
 Thank you

00:30:41.240 --> 00:30:41.559
 that you

00:30:41.559 --> 00:30:42.000
 do not

00:30:42.000 --> 00:30:42.620
 look down

00:30:42.620 --> 00:30:43.440
 upon us

00:30:43.440 --> 00:30:45.299
 and say

00:30:45.299 --> 00:30:46.220
 help

00:30:46.220 --> 00:30:46.680
 yourself.

00:30:46.680 --> 00:30:49.860
 thank you

00:30:49.860 --> 00:30:50.240
 that you

00:30:50.240 --> 00:30:50.620
 have come

00:30:50.620 --> 00:30:51.120
 to help

00:30:51.120 --> 00:30:51.360
 us

00:30:51.360 --> 00:30:51.840
 through your

00:30:51.840 --> 00:30:52.299
 son the

00:30:52.299 --> 00:30:52.900
 Lord Jesus

00:30:52.900 --> 00:30:55.279
 and have

00:30:55.279 --> 00:30:55.740
 given us

00:30:55.740 --> 00:30:56.180
 a way

00:30:56.180 --> 00:30:56.980
 to life

00:30:56.980 --> 00:30:59.200
 and a

00:30:59.200 --> 00:30:59.560
 way to

00:30:59.560 --> 00:31:00.259
 be changed.

00:31:03.220 --> 00:31:03.700
 Father,

00:31:03.820 --> 00:31:04.460
 help us

00:31:04.460 --> 00:31:05.640
 that we

00:31:05.640 --> 00:31:06.120
 would have

00:31:06.120 --> 00:31:06.779
 humble

00:31:06.779 --> 00:31:07.580
 hearts

00:31:07.580 --> 00:31:10.880
 and any

00:31:10.880 --> 00:31:11.460
 hardness

00:31:11.460 --> 00:31:12.220
 of heart

00:31:12.220 --> 00:31:14.059
 that you

00:31:14.059 --> 00:31:14.579
 would deal

00:31:14.579 --> 00:31:15.120
 with by

00:31:15.120 --> 00:31:15.799
 your grace

00:31:15.799 --> 00:31:16.519
 right now.

00:31:19.000 --> 00:31:19.700
 Change us

00:31:19.700 --> 00:31:20.259
 so that we

00:31:20.259 --> 00:31:20.700
 become

00:31:20.700 --> 00:31:21.600
 welcomers

00:31:21.600 --> 00:31:24.140
 of all

00:31:24.140 --> 00:31:24.600
 who are in

00:31:24.600 --> 00:31:24.940
 need of

00:31:24.940 --> 00:31:25.140
 you.

00:31:26.900 --> 00:31:27.620
 We pray

00:31:27.620 --> 00:31:28.100
 this in

00:31:28.100 --> 00:31:28.380
 Jesus'

00:31:28.579 --> 00:31:28.779
 name.

00:31:29.779 --> 00:31:30.140
 Amen.