WEBVTT

00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.419
 It is good to be back with you guys in church.

00:00:02.500 --> 00:00:03.620
 It feels like a long time.

00:00:04.080 --> 00:00:07.900
 I was here for Easter weekend, but before that have been away for a few weeks,

00:00:08.019 --> 00:00:12.480
 welcoming the new addition to our family, who I think just left the building making a lot of noise.

00:00:13.300 --> 00:00:15.339
 But I'm glad that he's here making a lot of noise,

00:00:15.400 --> 00:00:17.480
 because hopefully that means he won't make as much later on tonight.

00:00:18.440 --> 00:00:20.420
 But it is good to be back in church with you tonight,

00:00:20.440 --> 00:00:22.480
 and I'm excited to be able to open the Bible with you.

00:00:22.480 --> 00:00:28.240
 And I'm going to pray, and I'm going to ask God to give us ears to hear what it is that he's saying tonight,

00:00:28.239 --> 00:00:30.259
 because that's the most important thing.

00:00:30.339 --> 00:00:30.799
 So let's pray.

00:00:32.500 --> 00:00:35.939
 Father God, we thank and praise you for the gift of your word.

00:00:36.039 --> 00:00:40.060
 We thank and praise you for this opportunity to meet freely and to sit under it.

00:00:40.439 --> 00:00:44.320
 Lord, keep us from pride that would prevent us from hearing you speak.

00:00:44.859 --> 00:00:48.719
 Give us the humility to recognize things in us that are not in line with your will.

00:00:49.280 --> 00:00:51.579
 Lord, and give us eyes to see Jesus clearly.

00:00:51.739 --> 00:00:56.719
 Give us eyes that see him as you have made him, exalted and on the throne.

00:00:56.719 --> 00:01:00.439
 And Lord, may we be moved to obey him and to treat him as king.

00:01:01.100 --> 00:01:01.539
 Amen.

00:01:04.159 --> 00:01:07.640
 Well, we all like the feeling of having power in our lives.

00:01:07.920 --> 00:01:09.340
 Whatever power that might be.

00:01:09.420 --> 00:01:12.280
 It might be the power over the remote control in your lounge room.

00:01:13.640 --> 00:01:15.799
 I thought I had the power in my home,

00:01:15.960 --> 00:01:20.120
 and something that you don't enjoy is feeling that power slipping away.

00:01:20.819 --> 00:01:23.400
 Fatherhood has been fantastic in a whole bunch of ways.

00:01:23.939 --> 00:01:25.420
 Actually, I should just put a preface here.

00:01:25.420 --> 00:01:29.159
 I'm a new dad, so you're going to expect a lot of dad stories for the next little while.

00:01:29.760 --> 00:01:31.579
 It's not an apology, it's just a warning.

00:01:32.700 --> 00:01:35.599
 My world exists around a little man who's standing at the back.

00:01:36.460 --> 00:01:38.000
 So, lots of baby stories.

00:01:38.240 --> 00:01:44.060
 So, it's a strange feeling as a new dad to feel yourself losing the power in your own house.

00:01:44.340 --> 00:01:47.079
 Suddenly, I have almost no say in anything.

00:01:47.079 --> 00:01:50.879
 If he doesn't like the show that I'm watching, I'm sure he can't actually tell,

00:01:50.959 --> 00:01:54.980
 but if he starts crying, you'll start flicking channels just to see if you can find one that will settle him down.

00:01:55.500 --> 00:01:57.140
 It doesn't matter if I want to sleep.

00:01:57.459 --> 00:01:59.900
 If he wants to be awake, then I'm awake.

00:02:00.400 --> 00:02:02.679
 And that means when he wants to sleep, I'm going to sleep,

00:02:02.739 --> 00:02:04.280
 because that's the only time that I can sleep.

00:02:04.620 --> 00:02:07.920
 And suddenly, all the power that I thought I had is gone.

00:02:07.920 --> 00:02:12.400
 And when we feel somebody else having power over us,

00:02:12.800 --> 00:02:15.280
 it's fair enough that we ask the question,

00:02:15.819 --> 00:02:16.759
 what gives you the right?

00:02:17.800 --> 00:02:20.280
 Now, Bailey is not quite at the point of being able to answer,

00:02:20.400 --> 00:02:22.879
 but I'm sure he will have some answers prepared later on in life

00:02:22.879 --> 00:02:24.580
 as to why he can tell me what I can do.

00:02:26.020 --> 00:02:32.420
 But you know that feeling when something that you used to be in control of is taken away.

00:02:32.420 --> 00:02:37.340
 You want to know why someone else has the right to have power and have influence in your life.

00:02:37.919 --> 00:02:42.280
 Whether it's the boss who tells you to do your job their way instead of your way.

00:02:42.959 --> 00:02:47.379
 Whether it's the backseat driver who tells you to drive their way instead of your way.

00:02:48.199 --> 00:02:52.259
 Whatever it is that is telling you that you have to do something not the way that you want,

00:02:52.799 --> 00:02:54.099
 your immediate reaction is,

00:02:54.259 --> 00:02:58.399
 what authority do you have to tell me that I'm supposed to do it this way?

00:02:58.799 --> 00:03:02.379
 What right do you have to tell me how I'm supposed to live?

00:03:02.939 --> 00:03:07.779
 And that is the question that we come to in the passage tonight in Mark 11 and 12 that we're looking at.

00:03:07.780 --> 00:03:11.659
 Over the next couple of weeks we're going to look at the authority that Jesus has

00:03:11.659 --> 00:03:15.920
 and it's appropriate that we start with this question here in verse 28.

00:03:16.139 --> 00:03:20.719
 Jesus has just arrived in Jerusalem and he's walking in the temple courts with the chief priests,

00:03:20.819 --> 00:03:24.159
 the teachers of the law and the elders come to him and they ask, verse 28,

00:03:24.639 --> 00:03:27.939
 by what authority do you do these things?

00:03:28.620 --> 00:03:31.319
 Now the these things is really, really important there.

00:03:31.360 --> 00:03:33.680
 There's a bit of baggage that we need to drag into this chapter.

00:03:33.680 --> 00:03:39.080
 So if you just turn back one page, we're going to do a skim version of what's gone on just a little bit before.

00:03:39.219 --> 00:03:41.819
 Basically there's a whole bunch of miracles that have been happening,

00:03:41.920 --> 00:03:43.180
 but a couple of really important ones.

00:03:43.280 --> 00:03:48.240
 Beginning of chapter 11, Jesus rocks up in Jerusalem for Palm Sunday.

00:03:48.400 --> 00:03:51.080
 You know the story, people are laying down branches and their jackets.

00:03:51.600 --> 00:03:53.960
 Jesus is riding on a donkey and people are shouting out,

00:03:54.040 --> 00:03:55.020
 Hosanna to the king.

00:03:55.219 --> 00:03:57.100
 This is a royal procession.

00:03:57.099 --> 00:04:02.000
 So Jesus arrives in Jerusalem in the eyes of some as a relative nobody,

00:04:02.479 --> 00:04:07.099
 but in his eyes and in the eyes of those at the parade, this is the king arriving.

00:04:08.299 --> 00:04:10.379
 He shows up and says, I'm the king.

00:04:10.919 --> 00:04:11.979
 I'm in charge.

00:04:12.060 --> 00:04:13.139
 You need to listen to me.

00:04:13.219 --> 00:04:14.299
 You need to submit to me.

00:04:14.620 --> 00:04:16.620
 And just to make it clear, in the next story,

00:04:16.740 --> 00:04:20.920
 Jesus turns up to the temple and drives out the people who are there selling

00:04:20.920 --> 00:04:25.540
 and who have abused the temple and they're turning it into a market

00:04:25.540 --> 00:04:26.560
 and he gets very aggressive.

00:04:26.560 --> 00:04:32.079
 And there's one little sandwich story in around the temple about a fig tree that Jesus curses.

00:04:32.660 --> 00:04:35.079
 He gets angry with this fig tree because it doesn't have fruit.

00:04:35.160 --> 00:04:35.819
 He curses it.

00:04:35.920 --> 00:04:36.639
 It shrivels up.

00:04:36.860 --> 00:04:39.300
 And when they come back, they discover that it's dead.

00:04:39.819 --> 00:04:43.639
 And what's going on there in those couple of stories is Jesus has rocked up.

00:04:44.079 --> 00:04:45.180
 He said, I'm the king.

00:04:45.259 --> 00:04:46.000
 He's arrived.

00:04:46.399 --> 00:04:50.259
 And then he's shown what it looks like to obey the king.

00:04:51.000 --> 00:04:54.660
 The fig tree is an image throughout the Old Testament of Israel.

00:04:54.660 --> 00:04:58.600
 So even though he does curse a fig tree and it withers and dies,

00:04:58.680 --> 00:05:02.560
 it's actually like he's acting out a drama for everyone who's there to see.

00:05:02.939 --> 00:05:06.400
 And it's his way of saying, see how this fig tree didn't do what it was supposed to do?

00:05:07.680 --> 00:05:09.100
 I get to judge that.

00:05:09.880 --> 00:05:14.780
 It's my authority to say that's not good enough and to curse that fig tree.

00:05:14.779 --> 00:05:23.559
 When Jesus rocks up to the temple and the Jews have turned it into a marketplace instead of a place where the nations could come and pray,

00:05:23.979 --> 00:05:28.679
 Jesus comes and turns over tables, makes a whip, starts shouting, has a commotion because he says,

00:05:29.119 --> 00:05:29.859
 I'm the king.

00:05:30.559 --> 00:05:31.699
 I get to judge that.

00:05:31.759 --> 00:05:33.079
 I get to say that's not okay.

00:05:34.019 --> 00:05:37.219
 I get to tell you that God's not happy with that.

00:05:37.220 --> 00:05:44.960
 In fact, what Jesus is saying is, as king, I have authority to tell you what God wants.

00:05:45.700 --> 00:05:50.620
 He says, as king, I have authority to tell you God's not happy with you.

00:05:50.620 --> 00:06:02.040
 And so it's understandable that the leaders of Israel, the leaders of God's nation Israel would say,

00:06:02.180 --> 00:06:07.340
 hang on a sec, we're God's people and we're the leaders of God's people.

00:06:07.660 --> 00:06:10.300
 We're the ones who say what God wants.

00:06:10.860 --> 00:06:12.800
 We're the ones with authority.

00:06:13.180 --> 00:06:17.980
 And so who are you to turn up and start passing judgment?

00:06:17.980 --> 00:06:23.020
 Who are you to turn up and act like everybody has to listen to you?

00:06:23.120 --> 00:06:27.740
 Jesus is saying, I am king, I am judge, and you must submit to me.

00:06:27.819 --> 00:06:32.580
 He's saying, I'm the only judge, and you must listen to my words.

00:06:33.319 --> 00:06:39.100
 Now, before we get any further, it's worth acknowledging, which came out pretty quickly in our little sharing time before,

00:06:39.439 --> 00:06:42.500
 we don't do submission as an idea very well.

00:06:43.580 --> 00:06:45.520
 I got permission to tell this story.

00:06:45.519 --> 00:06:50.659
 I want to preface this story by saying that my wife is amazing and that she is a very submissive wife

00:06:50.659 --> 00:06:53.259
 and that she honors me very, very much.

00:06:53.979 --> 00:06:59.819
 But I remember when we came to get married and I'd proposed, she said yes, and we met with our minister.

00:07:00.379 --> 00:07:06.680
 And you may or may not know that in the green prayer book that was once upon a time what we always did in church,

00:07:07.180 --> 00:07:09.959
 there is two different services for weddings.

00:07:10.279 --> 00:07:11.699
 They're very, very similar.

00:07:11.699 --> 00:07:18.180
 There is one very significant word that is different in the vows that the husband and wife say.

00:07:18.939 --> 00:07:22.939
 In the first service, it says, better, worse, rich, or poor, etc., etc.,

00:07:22.939 --> 00:07:24.939
 and the husband says, to love and to cherish.

00:07:25.500 --> 00:07:30.240
 The wife says all the same things except, she says, to love and obey.

00:07:31.399 --> 00:07:35.379
 In the second service, that obey word is changed back to cherish,

00:07:35.480 --> 00:07:39.659
 just to make sure that there's no submission going on in this marriage because we would not want that.

00:07:39.660 --> 00:07:45.200
 So me and Sal sat down, we pulled out the vows and we thought, which one should we do?

00:07:46.640 --> 00:07:48.580
 And Sal said, obey?

00:07:49.700 --> 00:07:51.460
 Don't want to say that, that's a bit weird.

00:07:52.020 --> 00:07:55.320
 People will think you're going to rule over me and all that sort of stuff.

00:07:55.460 --> 00:07:58.320
 And sure enough, we opted for the second option.

00:07:58.440 --> 00:08:00.680
 And I have to say, I've only done three weddings,

00:08:00.680 --> 00:08:04.579
 but those three weddings and a whole bunch of weddings that I've been to,

00:08:05.340 --> 00:08:09.680
 I don't think I've ever heard anyone do the obey option.

00:08:10.379 --> 00:08:14.420
 Because we get really nervous about the idea of submission.

00:08:15.120 --> 00:08:20.000
 We get nervous about the idea of saying, I'm going to be under your authority.

00:08:21.040 --> 00:08:24.160
 I'm actually going to put you in control.

00:08:24.740 --> 00:08:27.480
 I'm going to give you the authority and the power.

00:08:27.560 --> 00:08:33.200
 And we get nervous because we're not so sure that anyone else is going to look after us

00:08:33.200 --> 00:08:34.800
 as well as we're going to look after us.

00:08:35.279 --> 00:08:36.519
 I mean, that's the heart of it.

00:08:37.460 --> 00:08:41.000
 I mean, hopefully me and Sal are at the point now where she's getting a little bit more confident

00:08:41.000 --> 00:08:42.580
 that I'm going to look after her.

00:08:42.600 --> 00:08:45.040
 And she might be more confident to say now, I obey.

00:08:45.039 --> 00:08:52.299
 But the reality is, any kind of submission is hard because we are nervous that we're going to get burned.

00:08:54.519 --> 00:08:57.539
 Or maybe we're just nervous or not nervous.

00:08:57.639 --> 00:09:00.659
 Maybe we're just convinced that we're doing a better job than this other person.

00:09:01.759 --> 00:09:04.039
 If I put this person in control, it's going to go badly,

00:09:04.120 --> 00:09:06.539
 not because they're going to try and not look after me,

00:09:06.579 --> 00:09:09.539
 just because they're not as good at looking after me as I am.

00:09:10.240 --> 00:09:11.579
 They're not as powerful as me.

00:09:11.659 --> 00:09:13.480
 They don't know me as well as I do.

00:09:13.480 --> 00:09:17.759
 And so the issue with submission is fear and pride.

00:09:17.860 --> 00:09:20.759
 And ultimately, that's the heart of every sin that we do.

00:09:21.600 --> 00:09:23.680
 It's the heart of sin through the whole of scriptures.

00:09:24.000 --> 00:09:27.399
 It's the non-submission because of fear and because of pride.

00:09:27.539 --> 00:09:29.019
 It starts in Genesis 1 with Adam.

00:09:29.840 --> 00:09:31.860
 Do you remember Satan's temptation of Adam?

00:09:32.940 --> 00:09:34.860
 She goes, did God really say?

00:09:35.340 --> 00:09:37.420
 Is God really being good to you?

00:09:37.600 --> 00:09:40.379
 Do you actually think he's giving you all this good stuff?

00:09:40.379 --> 00:09:45.120
 Just this question, this seed of doubt and fear that God's not going to look after him.

00:09:46.820 --> 00:09:51.120
 And ultimately, the sin comes when Adam decides that, hey, I want to be like God.

00:09:51.679 --> 00:09:53.860
 Satan says, you eat this fruit, you won't die.

00:09:54.179 --> 00:09:55.480
 You'll become like God.

00:09:55.659 --> 00:09:57.639
 You can have just as much power as him.

00:09:57.700 --> 00:09:58.919
 Then you won't be under anyone.

00:09:59.460 --> 00:10:00.480
 You'll be in control.

00:10:00.879 --> 00:10:01.720
 And Adam thinks, great.

00:10:01.779 --> 00:10:06.419
 And he grabs the fruit and everything goes wrong because he refuses to submit.

00:10:06.419 --> 00:10:08.899
 It continues on when we get to the Tower of Babel.

00:10:09.339 --> 00:10:11.399
 People don't want to listen to God and his plans anymore.

00:10:11.519 --> 00:10:15.939
 They figure if we get together and we build a big tower, we'll be as big and impressive as anyone.

00:10:16.079 --> 00:10:17.279
 So we can just do our own thing.

00:10:18.879 --> 00:10:22.279
 And non-submission results in the judgment and scattering of people.

00:10:22.379 --> 00:10:25.179
 It's happening here again in Mark 11 and Mark 12.

00:10:25.179 --> 00:10:29.219
 The chief priests hear what Jesus is saying.

00:10:29.779 --> 00:10:31.479
 They hear him saying, I'm the king.

00:10:31.599 --> 00:10:33.259
 They hear him saying, you need to listen to me.

00:10:33.339 --> 00:10:38.439
 They hear him saying, some of the stuff you're doing is not okay and you need to obey me and listen to what I'm saying.

00:10:38.799 --> 00:10:43.620
 But they are nervous that if they do, they might not be so powerful anymore.

00:10:44.339 --> 00:10:47.439
 They might not be the popular guys in Israel anymore.

00:10:47.440 --> 00:10:51.660
 And so out of fear and out of pride, they don't submit.

00:10:52.620 --> 00:10:55.220
 And it still happens for you and me today.

00:10:56.800 --> 00:10:59.040
 Think of a little example like giving.

00:11:00.680 --> 00:11:05.880
 Like being generous in our offertory at church, in the money that we give to the work of ministry.

00:11:06.340 --> 00:11:08.820
 We know that God calls us to give generously.

00:11:09.980 --> 00:11:12.940
 We know that he calls us to give our best and our first.

00:11:12.940 --> 00:11:22.260
 But we just have this moment every time of thinking, if I give this, will God look after me?

00:11:22.540 --> 00:11:24.080
 I mean, I kind of need it.

00:11:24.640 --> 00:11:28.300
 Or maybe if I give this, the church isn't going to use it very well.

00:11:28.380 --> 00:11:34.060
 So maybe it's better if I hold on to it and make my own decisions about who gets it and when they get it.

00:11:35.400 --> 00:11:37.360
 We just don't like to submit.

00:11:37.360 --> 00:11:43.080
 We don't like anyone, including God, to have authority over our lives.

00:11:43.899 --> 00:11:48.080
 And often our trick as Christians is that we say, yes, God, you're in charge.

00:11:48.419 --> 00:11:51.879
 But then we just ignore what we've said in all the little decisions that we're making,

00:11:52.019 --> 00:11:55.340
 which basically equals one big decision of God, no, you're not in charge.

00:11:56.460 --> 00:12:03.220
 And the picture here in Mark 12 is very similar because this is more than just fear and pride for them.

00:12:03.220 --> 00:12:08.200
 This is more than just a non-submission because they think they've got a better deal.

00:12:08.300 --> 00:12:09.960
 Have a look at it with me.

00:12:10.019 --> 00:12:13.100
 It says, Jesus replies to them, I'll ask you one question.

00:12:13.600 --> 00:12:16.600
 Answer me and I'll tell you by what authority I'm doing these things.

00:12:17.160 --> 00:12:20.460
 John's baptism, was it from heaven or from men?

00:12:20.940 --> 00:12:21.420
 Tell me.

00:12:22.639 --> 00:12:23.779
 Simple enough question.

00:12:23.779 --> 00:12:27.179
 And so these men who are smart, learned men, disgusted among themselves,

00:12:27.500 --> 00:12:31.480
 and they realize that if they say that John's baptism is from heaven,

00:12:32.459 --> 00:12:37.019
 then they'll get in trouble because they didn't listen to John either

00:12:37.019 --> 00:12:40.259
 when John said the king is coming and you're doing the wrong thing.

00:12:40.559 --> 00:12:41.819
 So they can't say that.

00:12:41.899 --> 00:12:44.179
 But they also realize if they say from men,

00:12:44.399 --> 00:12:47.620
 they'll get in trouble because the people that they're trying to have authority over

00:12:47.620 --> 00:12:50.360
 think that John was important and so they'll lose their power.

00:12:50.360 --> 00:12:53.700
 So the fear is there, but it gets worse.

00:12:53.800 --> 00:12:55.800
 They answer Jesus, we don't know.

00:12:57.659 --> 00:13:00.500
 They do know, but they don't want to know.

00:13:02.080 --> 00:13:04.940
 It's not an issue of fear or pride here anymore.

00:13:05.060 --> 00:13:07.980
 It becomes an issue of hard-heartedness.

00:13:08.899 --> 00:13:10.680
 The answer is right in front of their eyes,

00:13:10.779 --> 00:13:12.399
 but it's something that they don't want to hear.

00:13:12.879 --> 00:13:15.519
 It's not like they're asking Jesus if he's over 18

00:13:15.519 --> 00:13:17.519
 and all he's got to do is show a license and then they'll say,

00:13:17.639 --> 00:13:18.879
 okay, you're king, we're on board.

00:13:18.879 --> 00:13:21.200
 It doesn't matter what he does.

00:13:21.740 --> 00:13:23.240
 It doesn't matter how he answers.

00:13:24.379 --> 00:13:26.620
 They're not interested in his authority.

00:13:27.340 --> 00:13:29.919
 They're just trying to find a way out.

00:13:30.419 --> 00:13:32.139
 They're just trying to find a loophole.

00:13:32.240 --> 00:13:35.700
 They're trying to justify the position that they already have.

00:13:35.960 --> 00:13:39.860
 It's not a genuine question and it's not an answer that they're willing to hear.

00:13:39.980 --> 00:13:43.899
 And so we get to Jesus' response here in chapter 12, the parable.

00:13:43.899 --> 00:13:47.000
 Now, this is a parable from the Old Testament,

00:13:47.139 --> 00:13:48.399
 which was in the Isaiah passage,

00:13:48.500 --> 00:13:52.639
 which Jesus grabs and kind of revamps for this modern context.

00:13:52.759 --> 00:13:55.019
 So in Isaiah 5, in the passage that Joe read out,

00:13:55.360 --> 00:13:56.759
 it's a parable about a vineyard.

00:13:57.459 --> 00:14:00.379
 And in that passage, that vineyard is representative of Israel

00:14:00.379 --> 00:14:03.559
 and God is the one who plants the vineyard and looks after it

00:14:03.559 --> 00:14:05.919
 and does everything that could possibly be done

00:14:05.919 --> 00:14:08.379
 and yet still it doesn't produce fruit.

00:14:08.379 --> 00:14:12.179
 But here, the story is not so much against the vineyard,

00:14:12.700 --> 00:14:14.779
 but against the people looking after the vineyard.

00:14:15.419 --> 00:14:18.439
 Jesus kind of aims his focus in on these chief priests,

00:14:18.919 --> 00:14:21.439
 these hard-hearted leaders of Israel

00:14:21.439 --> 00:14:25.120
 who have rejected the king that God has sent.

00:14:25.220 --> 00:14:26.559
 And so the story unfolds.

00:14:26.600 --> 00:14:27.820
 The man plants the vineyard.

00:14:28.179 --> 00:14:29.600
 He puts the watchtower in.

00:14:29.659 --> 00:14:31.759
 He puts the pit around it for the wine press

00:14:31.759 --> 00:14:34.519
 and then he rents it out to some farmers and goes on a journey.

00:14:35.240 --> 00:14:37.659
 Eventually, he knows it's time to come and collect

00:14:37.659 --> 00:14:39.059
 some of the fruit of the vineyard.

00:14:39.439 --> 00:14:41.259
 He sends some of his servants to get it.

00:14:41.720 --> 00:14:43.100
 They beat them and throw them out.

00:14:43.220 --> 00:14:44.980
 And then he sends more and some they kill,

00:14:45.379 --> 00:14:46.220
 others they beat.

00:14:46.679 --> 00:14:48.600
 And he sends more and more and more.

00:14:48.759 --> 00:14:50.019
 And then finally in verse 6,

00:14:50.340 --> 00:14:53.079
 he had one left to send a son whom he loved.

00:14:53.579 --> 00:14:55.199
 He sent him last of all saying,

00:14:55.319 --> 00:14:56.460
 they'll respect my son.

00:14:58.100 --> 00:15:01.199
 They'll give my son the respect that they would give to me

00:15:01.199 --> 00:15:02.399
 as the owner of the vineyard.

00:15:02.399 --> 00:15:04.819
 But the tenants said to one another,

00:15:04.959 --> 00:15:05.879
 this is the heir.

00:15:06.179 --> 00:15:08.620
 Let's kill him and the inheritance will be ours.

00:15:08.679 --> 00:15:10.259
 So they took him, killed him,

00:15:10.459 --> 00:15:12.720
 and threw him out of the vineyard.

00:15:14.759 --> 00:15:16.399
 Jesus tells this story,

00:15:16.539 --> 00:15:18.480
 which is not at all subtle,

00:15:20.059 --> 00:15:22.299
 to explain to these chief priests

00:15:22.299 --> 00:15:25.340
 what they are doing in God's eyes.

00:15:25.340 --> 00:15:30.940
 God has given them as a nation his law.

00:15:32.040 --> 00:15:33.180
 He has been with them.

00:15:33.259 --> 00:15:34.280
 He has protected them.

00:15:34.360 --> 00:15:35.420
 He has provided for them.

00:15:35.480 --> 00:15:37.019
 He has made promises to them.

00:15:39.080 --> 00:15:41.379
 And yet with everything he has given them,

00:15:42.180 --> 00:15:46.060
 they have mistreated him.

00:15:46.759 --> 00:15:48.340
 With everything that he has given them,

00:15:48.980 --> 00:15:49.920
 they have abused it.

00:15:49.980 --> 00:15:51.220
 They have taken it for granted.

00:15:51.220 --> 00:15:53.600
 And they are not content with all the stuff

00:15:53.600 --> 00:15:54.399
 that he's given him.

00:15:54.540 --> 00:15:55.120
 They want more.

00:15:56.680 --> 00:15:59.019
 They don't just want to work in a great vineyard

00:15:59.019 --> 00:16:00.220
 that's been set up for them,

00:16:00.259 --> 00:16:01.320
 that they didn't invest in.

00:16:01.620 --> 00:16:03.080
 They want the vineyard for themselves.

00:16:03.980 --> 00:16:05.259
 They don't want to have a boss.

00:16:05.899 --> 00:16:07.519
 They don't want to be accountable to anyone.

00:16:09.200 --> 00:16:11.420
 They don't want to submit to anyone.

00:16:12.259 --> 00:16:13.700
 See, the hard thing I think here

00:16:13.700 --> 00:16:15.580
 is that there's almost a good desire

00:16:15.580 --> 00:16:16.779
 in these chief priests.

00:16:16.779 --> 00:16:18.419
 I think we're overly harsh

00:16:18.419 --> 00:16:19.819
 if we read this passage and think

00:16:19.819 --> 00:16:21.899
 these guys just set out at the beginning

00:16:21.899 --> 00:16:24.720
 to be evil, to be sinful, to be rebellious.

00:16:25.419 --> 00:16:27.240
 These are the leaders of God's people.

00:16:27.500 --> 00:16:28.659
 Somewhere in there,

00:16:29.000 --> 00:16:31.779
 they desired to lead God's people

00:16:31.779 --> 00:16:33.159
 towards God's design.

00:16:34.679 --> 00:16:35.519
 Somewhere in there,

00:16:35.559 --> 00:16:36.720
 they desired that Israel

00:16:36.720 --> 00:16:38.519
 would become a great nation again,

00:16:38.699 --> 00:16:40.699
 that God's name would get heard

00:16:40.699 --> 00:16:41.559
 all over the world

00:16:41.559 --> 00:16:42.919
 because of this great nation.

00:16:43.000 --> 00:16:43.959
 And they wanted to be

00:16:43.959 --> 00:16:45.279
 at the front of the pack,

00:16:45.279 --> 00:16:47.179
 leading, making that happen.

00:16:48.079 --> 00:16:49.100
 But progressively,

00:16:49.480 --> 00:16:50.439
 that good intention

00:16:50.439 --> 00:16:53.139
 got derailed by a sinful agenda.

00:16:54.159 --> 00:16:57.419
 That desire for God's will to be done

00:16:57.419 --> 00:16:58.819
 got derailed by a desire

00:16:58.819 --> 00:16:59.860
 for their own power,

00:17:00.159 --> 00:17:01.159
 for their own position,

00:17:01.360 --> 00:17:02.159
 for their own prestige,

00:17:02.480 --> 00:17:03.139
 for their own freedom

00:17:03.139 --> 00:17:04.279
 to do whatever they want,

00:17:04.599 --> 00:17:06.460
 for their own lack of accountability

00:17:06.460 --> 00:17:07.599
 to anyone else.

00:17:09.759 --> 00:17:10.960
 And I want to warn you

00:17:10.960 --> 00:17:12.680
 that we are in the same danger

00:17:12.680 --> 00:17:13.940
 here at church now.

00:17:13.940 --> 00:17:16.100
 I don't know how long

00:17:16.100 --> 00:17:16.840
 you've been a Christian

00:17:16.840 --> 00:17:18.120
 and ultimately it doesn't matter.

00:17:18.759 --> 00:17:19.940
 We can start out

00:17:19.940 --> 00:17:20.960
 in our journey as Christians

00:17:20.960 --> 00:17:22.400
 with this amazing desire

00:17:22.400 --> 00:17:23.779
 to be Christ-like,

00:17:24.120 --> 00:17:25.799
 with this awareness of sin

00:17:25.799 --> 00:17:26.880
 and this awareness

00:17:26.880 --> 00:17:27.980
 that we need to change

00:17:27.980 --> 00:17:28.519
 and this awareness

00:17:28.519 --> 00:17:29.080
 that it's going to be

00:17:29.080 --> 00:17:30.120
 a whole life journey

00:17:30.120 --> 00:17:30.840
 and then suddenly

00:17:30.840 --> 00:17:31.980
 we find ourselves

00:17:31.980 --> 00:17:33.620
 derailed by a desire

00:17:33.620 --> 00:17:35.200
 to be a little bit comfortable.

00:17:36.920 --> 00:17:37.900
 Suddenly derailed

00:17:37.900 --> 00:17:38.600
 by a desire

00:17:38.600 --> 00:17:39.880
 to at least feel at peace

00:17:39.880 --> 00:17:41.039
 with the person that I am.

00:17:41.039 --> 00:17:44.119
 We don't like that sense

00:17:44.119 --> 00:17:45.379
 of I'm not doing okay

00:17:45.379 --> 00:17:46.379
 and there's things in me

00:17:46.379 --> 00:17:47.319
 that make God angry

00:17:47.319 --> 00:17:48.680
 and I need to confess

00:17:48.680 --> 00:17:49.659
 and feel forgiven

00:17:49.659 --> 00:17:51.460
 and so that good intention

00:17:51.460 --> 00:17:53.359
 to be more Christ-like

00:17:53.359 --> 00:17:55.099
 gets dragged away

00:17:55.099 --> 00:17:56.099
 by a desire

00:17:56.099 --> 00:17:56.899
 to be comfortable

00:17:56.899 --> 00:17:59.480
 and church is an easy place

00:17:59.480 --> 00:17:59.980
 to do that.

00:18:01.279 --> 00:18:02.099
 We're in danger

00:18:02.099 --> 00:18:03.079
 as a community.

00:18:04.519 --> 00:18:05.399
 We may begin

00:18:05.399 --> 00:18:06.879
 as a 5pm congregation,

00:18:07.000 --> 00:18:07.960
 we're a young congregation

00:18:07.960 --> 00:18:09.059
 and we did begin

00:18:09.059 --> 00:18:09.640
 with a desire

00:18:09.640 --> 00:18:10.539
 that more people

00:18:10.539 --> 00:18:11.779
 would join this community,

00:18:11.980 --> 00:18:13.059
 that this would be open,

00:18:13.180 --> 00:18:14.380
 that others would be welcome

00:18:14.380 --> 00:18:16.340
 but it's really easy

00:18:16.340 --> 00:18:17.420
 for that to get derailed.

00:18:18.880 --> 00:18:19.860
 For us to start

00:18:19.860 --> 00:18:20.840
 to feel kind of comfortable

00:18:20.840 --> 00:18:21.799
 with the group that's here.

00:18:22.259 --> 00:18:23.220
 I've got a few good friends,

00:18:23.340 --> 00:18:24.740
 some people I enjoy sitting with,

00:18:25.039 --> 00:18:26.319
 I like the way we do music,

00:18:26.420 --> 00:18:27.220
 if there was more people

00:18:27.220 --> 00:18:28.160
 it'd be hard to park,

00:18:28.600 --> 00:18:29.539
 I might not get to sit

00:18:29.539 --> 00:18:30.360
 where I want to sit,

00:18:31.180 --> 00:18:32.180
 maybe I'd have to talk

00:18:32.180 --> 00:18:33.019
 to a stranger

00:18:33.019 --> 00:18:34.220
 at church on Sunday.

00:18:34.220 --> 00:18:37.299
 And so good intentions

00:18:37.299 --> 00:18:40.059
 can become very easily derailed

00:18:40.059 --> 00:18:42.500
 and ultimately

00:18:42.500 --> 00:18:43.620
 that reflects

00:18:43.620 --> 00:18:44.759
 that we don't want to listen

00:18:44.759 --> 00:18:46.220
 to Jesus anymore.

00:18:47.339 --> 00:18:48.319
 Ultimately that reflects

00:18:48.319 --> 00:18:49.200
 that we're ignoring

00:18:49.200 --> 00:18:50.019
 his agenda

00:18:50.019 --> 00:18:50.759
 and we're listening

00:18:50.759 --> 00:18:51.700
 to our agenda.

00:18:52.880 --> 00:18:54.019
 That like the chief priest

00:18:54.019 --> 00:18:54.880
 when Jesus says

00:18:54.880 --> 00:18:55.740
 get uncomfortable,

00:18:56.339 --> 00:18:57.519
 go and speak to people

00:18:57.519 --> 00:18:58.240
 about Jesus,

00:18:59.539 --> 00:19:00.480
 we want to know

00:19:00.480 --> 00:19:01.660
 what right have you got

00:19:01.660 --> 00:19:02.559
 to make me uncomfortable.

00:19:02.559 --> 00:19:04.539
 We want to know

00:19:04.539 --> 00:19:05.740
 what right have you got

00:19:05.740 --> 00:19:06.299
 to tell me

00:19:06.299 --> 00:19:07.179
 how to live my life

00:19:07.179 --> 00:19:07.879
 because I think

00:19:07.879 --> 00:19:08.919
 I'm doing an alright job.

00:19:11.359 --> 00:19:12.980
 We need to be very careful

00:19:12.980 --> 00:19:13.599
 that we don't get

00:19:13.599 --> 00:19:14.599
 too comfortable

00:19:14.599 --> 00:19:16.659
 because the best

00:19:16.659 --> 00:19:17.339
 of intentions

00:19:17.339 --> 00:19:18.339
 can be derailed

00:19:18.339 --> 00:19:19.700
 because we are sinful

00:19:19.700 --> 00:19:20.839
 to the core.

00:19:22.220 --> 00:19:23.419
 And we live in a world

00:19:23.419 --> 00:19:24.539
 that is at war

00:19:24.539 --> 00:19:25.960
 with God's design

00:19:25.960 --> 00:19:26.639
 and desire.

00:19:27.639 --> 00:19:28.659
 And as soon as we

00:19:28.659 --> 00:19:29.299
 stop fighting

00:19:29.299 --> 00:19:30.240
 we will lose ground.

00:19:31.659 --> 00:19:32.399
 Be warned,

00:19:32.400 --> 00:19:33.160
 this is a danger

00:19:33.160 --> 00:19:34.200
 for us as well.

00:19:35.000 --> 00:19:35.640
 And so God

00:19:35.640 --> 00:19:37.060
 speaks this parable

00:19:37.060 --> 00:19:39.040
 against these chief priests

00:19:39.040 --> 00:19:39.860
 and the elders

00:19:39.860 --> 00:19:40.800
 and the teachers

00:19:40.800 --> 00:19:41.440
 of the law

00:19:41.440 --> 00:19:42.480
 and ultimately

00:19:42.480 --> 00:19:42.920
 he says

00:19:42.920 --> 00:19:45.080
 you are refusing

00:19:45.080 --> 00:19:45.900
 to submit

00:19:45.900 --> 00:19:47.920
 to the owner's authority.

00:19:50.100 --> 00:19:51.019
 See the danger

00:19:51.019 --> 00:19:52.180
 is that it's a progressive

00:19:52.180 --> 00:19:53.480
 slope for us

00:19:53.480 --> 00:19:56.360
 because we start

00:19:56.360 --> 00:19:58.540
 by becoming

00:19:58.540 --> 00:19:59.100
 a Christian

00:19:59.100 --> 00:19:59.680
 and being eager

00:19:59.680 --> 00:20:00.380
 for the word

00:20:00.380 --> 00:20:02.100
 and then we make

00:20:02.100 --> 00:20:02.660
 this shift

00:20:02.660 --> 00:20:03.360
 where we feel

00:20:03.360 --> 00:20:04.300
 like we're doing okay

00:20:04.300 --> 00:20:05.120
 and we're still eager

00:20:05.120 --> 00:20:05.660
 for the word

00:20:05.660 --> 00:20:06.360
 but we're kind of eager

00:20:06.360 --> 00:20:07.180
 just to hear it.

00:20:08.220 --> 00:20:08.420
 You know,

00:20:08.580 --> 00:20:09.380
 if I open it

00:20:09.380 --> 00:20:10.120
 and read a passage

00:20:10.120 --> 00:20:10.580
 out loud

00:20:10.580 --> 00:20:11.460
 or maybe in my head

00:20:11.460 --> 00:20:13.420
 or if I'm near church

00:20:13.420 --> 00:20:15.100
 if I'm sitting in church

00:20:15.100 --> 00:20:16.240
 but not really paying attention

00:20:16.240 --> 00:20:16.900
 the word's still

00:20:16.900 --> 00:20:17.980
 kind of floating around

00:20:17.980 --> 00:20:19.580
 and then we just get

00:20:19.580 --> 00:20:20.860
 further and further away.

00:20:21.840 --> 00:20:22.880
 We stop listening

00:20:22.880 --> 00:20:23.800
 to what it says

00:20:23.800 --> 00:20:25.260
 and then ultimately

00:20:25.260 --> 00:20:26.320
 we stop looking at it

00:20:26.320 --> 00:20:27.340
 for any kind of guidance

00:20:27.340 --> 00:20:27.940
 or direction

00:20:27.940 --> 00:20:29.740
 because it's just easier

00:20:29.740 --> 00:20:31.820
 because we figure

00:20:31.820 --> 00:20:33.140
 I'm in charge

00:20:33.140 --> 00:20:34.840
 I know how to do this now.

00:20:35.779 --> 00:20:36.220
 Jesus,

00:20:36.320 --> 00:20:36.799
 you were helpful

00:20:36.799 --> 00:20:37.400
 at the beginning

00:20:37.400 --> 00:20:38.920
 but it's easier

00:20:38.920 --> 00:20:40.080
 just to submit to me

00:20:40.080 --> 00:20:41.080
 than to submit to you.

00:20:42.059 --> 00:20:42.779
 It's easier

00:20:42.779 --> 00:20:43.400
 to not hear

00:20:43.400 --> 00:20:44.680
 that I wasn't perfect today

00:20:44.680 --> 00:20:45.820
 and I need to confess

00:20:45.820 --> 00:20:46.420
 some stuff.

00:20:47.700 --> 00:20:48.460
 It's easier

00:20:48.460 --> 00:20:49.600
 to be the only one

00:20:49.600 --> 00:20:50.980
 who has to decide

00:20:50.980 --> 00:20:51.420
 whether or not

00:20:51.420 --> 00:20:52.080
 you get to heaven

00:20:52.080 --> 00:20:54.900
 because it's much easier

00:20:54.900 --> 00:20:55.559
 to tell yourself

00:20:55.559 --> 00:20:56.500
 that you're a good person.

00:20:57.940 --> 00:21:01.559
 I was reading

00:21:01.559 --> 00:21:02.480
 an article recently

00:21:02.480 --> 00:21:04.000
 that my mum sent me.

00:21:04.299 --> 00:21:06.039
 She's wrestling

00:21:06.039 --> 00:21:06.720
 with Christianity

00:21:06.720 --> 00:21:08.000
 possibly a new Christian

00:21:08.000 --> 00:21:09.600
 and she sent me

00:21:09.600 --> 00:21:10.059
 an article

00:21:10.059 --> 00:21:11.480
 written by

00:21:11.480 --> 00:21:12.680
 a homosexual guy

00:21:12.680 --> 00:21:14.680
 a practicing

00:21:14.680 --> 00:21:15.519
 homosexual guy

00:21:15.519 --> 00:21:16.160
 basically

00:21:16.160 --> 00:21:17.440
 unpacking

00:21:17.440 --> 00:21:17.940
 what the Bible

00:21:17.940 --> 00:21:19.420
 says about homosexuality

00:21:19.420 --> 00:21:20.000
 and it was

00:21:20.000 --> 00:21:20.880
 a fairly

00:21:20.880 --> 00:21:21.900
 straightforward article

00:21:21.900 --> 00:21:23.279
 he pretty much said

00:21:23.279 --> 00:21:24.580
 look all those people

00:21:24.580 --> 00:21:25.120
 who have read

00:21:25.120 --> 00:21:25.580
 in the Bible

00:21:25.580 --> 00:21:26.519
 that homosexuality

00:21:26.519 --> 00:21:26.920
 is wrong

00:21:26.920 --> 00:21:27.359
 they're reading

00:21:27.359 --> 00:21:28.099
 the Bible wrong.

00:21:29.079 --> 00:21:30.299
 He said these verses

00:21:30.299 --> 00:21:31.259
 and listed off a bunch

00:21:31.259 --> 00:21:32.799
 if you read them

00:21:32.799 --> 00:21:33.539
 in context

00:21:33.539 --> 00:21:34.460
 then actually

00:21:34.460 --> 00:21:35.200
 it says something

00:21:35.200 --> 00:21:35.639
 different

00:21:35.639 --> 00:21:36.859
 and

00:21:36.859 --> 00:21:38.740
 leaving aside

00:21:38.740 --> 00:21:39.139
 the fact

00:21:39.139 --> 00:21:40.119
 that I'm not sure

00:21:40.119 --> 00:21:40.660
 that he's reading

00:21:40.660 --> 00:21:41.160
 those verses

00:21:41.160 --> 00:21:41.740
 correctly

00:21:41.740 --> 00:21:43.220
 it was amazing

00:21:43.220 --> 00:21:44.200
 how he was still

00:21:44.200 --> 00:21:45.000
 looking to the Bible

00:21:45.000 --> 00:21:45.559
 for guidance

00:21:45.559 --> 00:21:46.200
 but he'd actually

00:21:46.200 --> 00:21:46.859
 stopped listening

00:21:46.859 --> 00:21:48.440
 to what it was saying.

00:21:49.900 --> 00:21:50.940
 He claimed

00:21:50.940 --> 00:21:51.799
 that he was submitting

00:21:51.799 --> 00:21:52.500
 to the authority

00:21:52.500 --> 00:21:53.119
 of God

00:21:53.119 --> 00:21:54.299
 but what he was doing

00:21:54.299 --> 00:21:55.119
 was finding the bits

00:21:55.119 --> 00:21:55.819
 of God's authority

00:21:55.819 --> 00:21:56.799
 that he didn't like

00:21:56.799 --> 00:21:58.139
 and then making them

00:21:58.139 --> 00:21:59.339
 say what he wanted

00:21:59.339 --> 00:22:00.019
 them to say.

00:22:01.000 --> 00:22:01.939
 He was claiming

00:22:01.939 --> 00:22:03.079
 to submit to someone else

00:22:03.079 --> 00:22:03.639
 but ultimately

00:22:03.639 --> 00:22:04.419
 he had decided

00:22:04.419 --> 00:22:05.419
 I'm in charge

00:22:05.419 --> 00:22:07.219
 what suits me

00:22:07.219 --> 00:22:07.979
 and what is comfortable

00:22:07.979 --> 00:22:08.639
 for me

00:22:08.639 --> 00:22:10.179
 that is what I'm going

00:22:10.179 --> 00:22:10.519
 to do.

00:22:11.259 --> 00:22:11.799
 Now I know

00:22:11.799 --> 00:22:12.279
 that that is a

00:22:12.279 --> 00:22:13.319
 controversial issue

00:22:13.319 --> 00:22:14.339
 but it is true

00:22:14.339 --> 00:22:15.739
 of so many areas

00:22:15.739 --> 00:22:16.519
 of our life.

00:22:17.479 --> 00:22:17.819
 Christianity

00:22:17.819 --> 00:22:19.439
 will be uncomfortable

00:22:19.439 --> 00:22:21.119
 transformation

00:22:21.119 --> 00:22:22.679
 is uncomfortable

00:22:22.680 --> 00:22:23.480
 the Bible

00:22:23.480 --> 00:22:24.039
 the Bible describes

00:22:24.039 --> 00:22:25.340
 the Christian life

00:22:25.340 --> 00:22:26.360
 as one of pruning

00:22:26.360 --> 00:22:28.340
 of one of being

00:22:28.340 --> 00:22:29.840
 refined by fire

00:22:29.840 --> 00:22:31.240
 expect to open

00:22:31.240 --> 00:22:31.720
 the Bible

00:22:31.720 --> 00:22:32.380
 and be made

00:22:32.380 --> 00:22:33.000
 uncomfortable

00:22:33.000 --> 00:22:35.080
 because you are

00:22:35.080 --> 00:22:35.720
 not perfect

00:22:35.720 --> 00:22:36.640
 and God is in the

00:22:36.640 --> 00:22:37.480
 business of

00:22:37.480 --> 00:22:38.440
 transforming you

00:22:38.440 --> 00:22:39.320
 from one degree

00:22:39.320 --> 00:22:39.880
 of glory

00:22:39.880 --> 00:22:40.779
 to another

00:22:40.779 --> 00:22:41.380
 and it is

00:22:41.380 --> 00:22:42.580
 his authority

00:22:42.580 --> 00:22:43.600
 that matters

00:22:43.600 --> 00:22:45.740
 and when we

00:22:45.740 --> 00:22:46.779
 refuse to submit

00:22:46.779 --> 00:22:47.620
 to his authority

00:22:47.620 --> 00:22:48.620
 we reject him

00:22:48.620 --> 00:22:50.039
 and we presume

00:22:50.039 --> 00:22:50.820
 the role of king

00:22:50.819 --> 00:22:53.339
 we presume

00:22:53.339 --> 00:22:54.379
 the role of judge

00:22:54.379 --> 00:22:56.139
 and if you don't

00:22:56.139 --> 00:22:56.779
 think you do it

00:22:56.779 --> 00:22:57.559
 just think in the

00:22:57.559 --> 00:22:58.099
 past week

00:22:58.099 --> 00:22:58.740
 how many times

00:22:58.740 --> 00:22:59.240
 you have looked

00:22:59.240 --> 00:23:00.200
 at someone else

00:23:00.200 --> 00:23:01.339
 and thought

00:23:01.339 --> 00:23:01.759
 wow

00:23:01.759 --> 00:23:03.379
 that is sinful

00:23:03.379 --> 00:23:05.399
 wow

00:23:05.399 --> 00:23:06.519
 that is not okay

00:23:06.519 --> 00:23:12.500
 but the good news

00:23:12.500 --> 00:23:13.179
 in this passage

00:23:13.179 --> 00:23:14.679
 is significant

00:23:14.679 --> 00:23:16.519
 there is a

00:23:16.519 --> 00:23:17.279
 significant warning

00:23:17.279 --> 00:23:17.879
 in verse 9

00:23:17.879 --> 00:23:18.379
 when it says

00:23:18.379 --> 00:23:19.339
 the owner of the vineyard

00:23:19.339 --> 00:23:20.259
 will come and kill

00:23:20.259 --> 00:23:20.920
 those tenants

00:23:20.920 --> 00:23:22.019
 but he's the

00:23:22.019 --> 00:23:22.500
 encouragement

00:23:22.500 --> 00:23:23.279
 he will give

00:23:23.279 --> 00:23:24.279
 the vineyard

00:23:24.279 --> 00:23:25.220
 to others

00:23:25.220 --> 00:23:26.839
 have you not read

00:23:26.839 --> 00:23:27.279
 the scripture

00:23:27.279 --> 00:23:28.339
 the stone the builders

00:23:28.339 --> 00:23:28.980
 rejected

00:23:28.980 --> 00:23:30.319
 the stone the chief

00:23:30.319 --> 00:23:31.299
 priest rejected

00:23:31.299 --> 00:23:32.220
 the stone that we

00:23:32.220 --> 00:23:33.000
 often reject

00:23:33.000 --> 00:23:33.920
 has become

00:23:33.920 --> 00:23:34.779
 the capstone

00:23:34.779 --> 00:23:36.319
 the son

00:23:36.319 --> 00:23:37.980
 the last

00:23:37.980 --> 00:23:38.740
 messenger

00:23:38.740 --> 00:23:39.339
 that God

00:23:39.339 --> 00:23:40.059
 has sent

00:23:40.059 --> 00:23:43.319
 who was rejected

00:23:43.319 --> 00:23:44.779
 and sacrificed

00:23:44.779 --> 00:23:45.819
 and crucified

00:23:45.819 --> 00:23:47.319
 by us

00:23:47.319 --> 00:23:49.259
 on the cross

00:23:49.259 --> 00:23:50.599
 has been raised

00:23:50.599 --> 00:23:51.240
 by God

00:23:51.240 --> 00:23:51.720
 and has been

00:23:51.720 --> 00:23:53.000
 made the capstone

00:23:53.000 --> 00:23:54.359
 the centerpiece

00:23:54.359 --> 00:23:55.339
 the foundation

00:23:55.339 --> 00:23:56.359
 the everything

00:23:56.359 --> 00:23:59.159
 for the kingdom

00:23:59.159 --> 00:23:59.720
 of God

00:23:59.720 --> 00:24:02.059
 he has been made

00:24:02.059 --> 00:24:03.319
 the only way in

00:24:03.319 --> 00:24:06.339
 no amount of good

00:24:06.339 --> 00:24:06.599
 effort

00:24:06.599 --> 00:24:07.220
 no amount of

00:24:07.220 --> 00:24:08.200
 anything else

00:24:08.200 --> 00:24:09.899
 counts now

00:24:09.900 --> 00:24:11.780
 all that matters

00:24:11.780 --> 00:24:12.320
 for God's

00:24:12.320 --> 00:24:12.680
 kingdom

00:24:12.680 --> 00:24:14.820
 all that matters

00:24:14.820 --> 00:24:15.380
 for entry

00:24:15.380 --> 00:24:16.120
 into God's

00:24:16.120 --> 00:24:16.380
 kingdom

00:24:16.380 --> 00:24:16.980
 is

00:24:16.980 --> 00:24:17.920
 the verdict

00:24:17.920 --> 00:24:18.780
 of the king

00:24:18.780 --> 00:24:21.540
 we were looking

00:24:21.540 --> 00:24:22.080
 at this in

00:24:22.080 --> 00:24:23.080
 our young adults

00:24:23.080 --> 00:24:23.800
 bible study group

00:24:23.800 --> 00:24:24.400
 during the week

00:24:24.400 --> 00:24:24.920
 when God

00:24:24.920 --> 00:24:25.840
 raises Jesus

00:24:25.840 --> 00:24:26.519
 from the dead

00:24:26.519 --> 00:24:27.500
 it's at that point

00:24:27.500 --> 00:24:28.580
 that he defers

00:24:28.580 --> 00:24:29.780
 all authority

00:24:29.780 --> 00:24:30.800
 onto Jesus

00:24:30.800 --> 00:24:32.100
 at the end of

00:24:32.100 --> 00:24:32.380
 Matthew

00:24:32.380 --> 00:24:33.300
 in chapter 28

00:24:33.300 --> 00:24:34.259
 the risen Jesus

00:24:34.259 --> 00:24:35.040
 as he's about to

00:24:35.040 --> 00:24:35.840
 return to the throne

00:24:35.840 --> 00:24:36.120
 in heaven

00:24:36.120 --> 00:24:36.440
 says

00:24:36.440 --> 00:24:37.740
 all authority

00:24:37.740 --> 00:24:38.500
 on heaven

00:24:38.500 --> 00:24:39.100
 and on earth

00:24:39.100 --> 00:24:39.720
 has been given

00:24:39.720 --> 00:24:40.220
 to me

00:24:40.220 --> 00:24:41.180
 he's saying

00:24:41.180 --> 00:24:42.059
 I'm the king

00:24:42.059 --> 00:24:43.400
 I'm the judge

00:24:43.400 --> 00:24:44.120
 I'm the one

00:24:44.120 --> 00:24:44.940
 who decides

00:24:44.940 --> 00:24:46.039
 who goes to heaven

00:24:46.039 --> 00:24:47.120
 and who doesn't

00:24:47.120 --> 00:24:48.559
 I am the only way

00:24:48.559 --> 00:24:50.820
 by trusting in me alone

00:24:50.820 --> 00:24:51.779
 in Philippians 2

00:24:51.779 --> 00:24:52.200
 we know

00:24:52.200 --> 00:24:52.840
 that Jesus

00:24:52.840 --> 00:24:53.640
 humbles himself

00:24:53.640 --> 00:24:54.120
 to death

00:24:54.120 --> 00:24:54.640
 on the cross

00:24:54.640 --> 00:24:55.299
 and that God

00:24:55.299 --> 00:24:56.519
 raises him up

00:24:56.519 --> 00:24:57.440
 and exalts him

00:24:57.440 --> 00:24:58.640
 to the highest place

00:24:58.640 --> 00:24:59.160
 and gives him

00:24:59.160 --> 00:24:59.660
 the name

00:24:59.660 --> 00:25:00.519
 that is above

00:25:00.519 --> 00:25:01.539
 every name

00:25:01.539 --> 00:25:03.039
 that every knee

00:25:03.039 --> 00:25:03.539
 shall bow

00:25:03.539 --> 00:25:04.279
 and every tongue

00:25:04.279 --> 00:25:05.400
 confess that Jesus

00:25:05.400 --> 00:25:06.360
 Christ is Lord

00:25:06.359 --> 00:25:07.159
 he's given

00:25:07.159 --> 00:25:08.379
 absolute authority

00:25:08.379 --> 00:25:09.039
 to judge

00:25:09.039 --> 00:25:11.919
 I shared this

00:25:11.919 --> 00:25:12.599
 with our youth

00:25:12.599 --> 00:25:13.219
 ministry a little

00:25:13.219 --> 00:25:13.659
 while ago

00:25:13.659 --> 00:25:13.959
 when we were

00:25:13.959 --> 00:25:14.399
 looking at this

00:25:14.399 --> 00:25:14.740
 passage

00:25:14.740 --> 00:25:16.099
 but so often

00:25:16.099 --> 00:25:17.199
 the barrier

00:25:17.199 --> 00:25:17.659
 for people

00:25:17.659 --> 00:25:18.179
 when it comes

00:25:18.179 --> 00:25:18.919
 to following God

00:25:18.919 --> 00:25:19.919
 is how can

00:25:19.919 --> 00:25:21.579
 God be loving

00:25:21.579 --> 00:25:22.939
 and send people

00:25:22.939 --> 00:25:23.299
 to hell

00:25:23.299 --> 00:25:24.779
 how is that fair

00:25:24.779 --> 00:25:25.799
 but this passage

00:25:25.799 --> 00:25:26.619
 makes it really

00:25:26.619 --> 00:25:27.859
 clear for us

00:25:27.859 --> 00:25:30.219
 if you reject

00:25:30.219 --> 00:25:30.859
 the king

00:25:30.859 --> 00:25:31.779
 you reject

00:25:31.779 --> 00:25:32.379
 the kingdom

00:25:32.379 --> 00:25:34.839
 it is right

00:25:34.839 --> 00:25:35.519
 that the one

00:25:35.519 --> 00:25:36.039
 who sits

00:25:36.039 --> 00:25:36.759
 enthroned

00:25:36.759 --> 00:25:37.379
 with all

00:25:37.379 --> 00:25:37.900
 authority

00:25:37.900 --> 00:25:38.359
 over his

00:25:38.359 --> 00:25:38.779
 kingdom

00:25:38.779 --> 00:25:39.900
 will not

00:25:39.900 --> 00:25:40.759
 include those

00:25:40.759 --> 00:25:41.440
 who do not

00:25:41.440 --> 00:25:42.059
 submit to his

00:25:42.059 --> 00:25:42.500
 authority

00:25:42.500 --> 00:25:43.379
 there is nothing

00:25:43.379 --> 00:25:44.759
 wrong with that

00:25:44.759 --> 00:25:45.639
 and Jesus

00:25:45.639 --> 00:25:46.559
 has that authority

00:25:46.559 --> 00:25:47.259
 in this passage

00:25:47.259 --> 00:25:48.000
 but he also

00:25:48.000 --> 00:25:49.000
 has the authority

00:25:49.000 --> 00:25:50.559
 to forgive

00:25:50.559 --> 00:25:52.879
 it's just a little

00:25:52.879 --> 00:25:53.960
 hint in there

00:25:53.960 --> 00:25:55.799
 in verse 9

00:25:55.799 --> 00:25:56.299
 he'll come

00:25:56.299 --> 00:25:56.960
 and kill those

00:25:56.960 --> 00:25:57.299
 tenants

00:25:57.299 --> 00:25:59.299
 and give

00:25:59.299 --> 00:26:00.200
 the vineyard

00:26:00.200 --> 00:26:01.200
 to others

00:26:01.200 --> 00:26:04.440
 that authority

00:26:04.440 --> 00:26:05.279
 has been given

00:26:05.279 --> 00:26:05.920
 to Jesus

00:26:05.920 --> 00:26:06.720
 as the risen

00:26:06.720 --> 00:26:07.500
 ascended Lord

00:26:07.500 --> 00:26:08.440
 that he alone

00:26:08.440 --> 00:26:09.240
 will decide

00:26:09.240 --> 00:26:10.799
 those who will

00:26:10.799 --> 00:26:11.700
 enter into his

00:26:11.700 --> 00:26:12.100
 kingdom

00:26:12.100 --> 00:26:14.700
 and who will it

00:26:14.700 --> 00:26:14.980
 be?

00:26:16.340 --> 00:26:17.400
 those who submit

00:26:17.400 --> 00:26:18.240
 to his authority

00:26:18.240 --> 00:26:20.680
 that doesn't mean

00:26:20.680 --> 00:26:21.640
 those who are good

00:26:21.640 --> 00:26:23.779
 that doesn't mean

00:26:23.779 --> 00:26:24.860
 those who try hard

00:26:24.860 --> 00:26:26.279
 it means those

00:26:26.279 --> 00:26:27.340
 who submit to him

00:26:27.340 --> 00:26:27.980
 as the king

00:26:27.980 --> 00:26:28.960
 who died to take

00:26:28.960 --> 00:26:29.599
 their place

00:26:29.599 --> 00:26:31.339
 and rose again

00:26:31.339 --> 00:26:32.259
 those who put

00:26:32.259 --> 00:26:32.740
 their hand up

00:26:32.740 --> 00:26:33.059
 and say

00:26:33.059 --> 00:26:33.680
 I'm not good

00:26:33.680 --> 00:26:34.039
 enough

00:26:34.039 --> 00:26:35.019
 I need you

00:26:35.019 --> 00:26:35.940
 and you're in charge

00:26:35.940 --> 00:26:37.519
 those who recognize

00:26:37.519 --> 00:26:38.420
 that they need

00:26:38.420 --> 00:26:39.220
 his input

00:26:39.220 --> 00:26:40.039
 and his guidance

00:26:40.039 --> 00:26:40.960
 those who recognize

00:26:40.960 --> 00:26:41.839
 that his agenda

00:26:41.839 --> 00:26:42.440
 is the one

00:26:42.440 --> 00:26:43.299
 who matters

00:26:43.299 --> 00:26:44.559
 his authority

00:26:44.559 --> 00:26:45.640
 is not negotiable

00:26:45.640 --> 00:26:46.420
 his authority

00:26:46.420 --> 00:26:47.400
 is absolute

00:26:47.400 --> 00:26:48.440
 the vineyard

00:26:48.440 --> 00:26:49.319
 in this parable

00:26:49.319 --> 00:26:50.480
 belongs to the owner

00:26:50.480 --> 00:26:53.160
 the son of the owner

00:26:53.160 --> 00:26:54.259
 carries the authority

00:26:54.259 --> 00:26:55.039
 of the owner

00:26:55.039 --> 00:26:56.819
 God is the owner

00:26:56.819 --> 00:26:57.620
 of everything

00:26:57.619 --> 00:26:58.679
 God is the creator

00:26:58.679 --> 00:26:59.379
 of everything

00:26:59.379 --> 00:27:00.399
 Jesus is the son

00:27:00.399 --> 00:27:00.839
 of God

00:27:00.839 --> 00:27:01.679
 and he carries

00:27:01.679 --> 00:27:02.339
 the authority

00:27:02.339 --> 00:27:03.259
 of the creator

00:27:03.259 --> 00:27:04.059
 father

00:27:04.059 --> 00:27:05.379
 who made

00:27:05.379 --> 00:27:06.500
 every single one

00:27:06.500 --> 00:27:06.959
 of us

00:27:06.959 --> 00:27:08.479
 it doesn't matter

00:27:08.479 --> 00:27:09.519
 whether you acknowledge

00:27:09.519 --> 00:27:10.219
 it or not

00:27:10.219 --> 00:27:11.479
 ultimately

00:27:11.479 --> 00:27:12.899
 one day

00:27:12.899 --> 00:27:13.919
 every knee

00:27:13.919 --> 00:27:14.519
 shall bow

00:27:14.519 --> 00:27:15.459
 and every tongue

00:27:15.459 --> 00:27:16.199
 confess that

00:27:16.199 --> 00:27:17.479
 Jesus is

00:27:17.479 --> 00:27:18.279
 Lord

00:27:18.279 --> 00:27:23.619
 I remember

00:27:23.619 --> 00:27:24.839
 in year 8

00:27:24.839 --> 00:27:25.359
 at school

00:27:25.359 --> 00:27:26.700
 we had the

00:27:26.700 --> 00:27:27.799
 strange tradition

00:27:27.799 --> 00:27:28.399
 of going on

00:27:28.399 --> 00:27:29.440
 a maths excursion

00:27:29.440 --> 00:27:30.039
 to Wonderland

00:27:30.039 --> 00:27:32.259
 I'm not sure why

00:27:32.259 --> 00:27:33.559
 usually you had

00:27:33.559 --> 00:27:33.980
 a worksheet

00:27:33.980 --> 00:27:34.519
 that lasted

00:27:34.519 --> 00:27:35.259
 about 10 minutes

00:27:35.259 --> 00:27:35.619
 of the day

00:27:35.619 --> 00:27:36.139
 and the teachers

00:27:36.139 --> 00:27:36.579
 gave up

00:27:36.579 --> 00:27:37.059
 and let you run

00:27:37.059 --> 00:27:37.359
 riot

00:27:37.359 --> 00:27:38.839
 but I remember

00:27:38.839 --> 00:27:39.700
 my year 8

00:27:39.700 --> 00:27:40.180
 excursion

00:27:40.180 --> 00:27:40.920
 quite distinctly

00:27:40.920 --> 00:27:41.579
 because I never

00:27:41.579 --> 00:27:42.460
 made it to Wonderland

00:27:42.460 --> 00:27:44.859
 we were all waiting

00:27:44.859 --> 00:27:45.619
 fairly excited

00:27:45.619 --> 00:27:46.420
 to get on the buses

00:27:46.420 --> 00:27:46.980
 at school

00:27:46.980 --> 00:27:47.620
 there was a bit

00:27:47.620 --> 00:27:48.160
 of a crush

00:27:48.160 --> 00:27:49.339
 with our whole year group

00:27:49.339 --> 00:27:50.120
 trying to get on the bus

00:27:50.120 --> 00:27:50.660
 first

00:27:50.660 --> 00:27:52.480
 giddy with excitement

00:27:52.480 --> 00:27:53.900
 and as we were

00:27:53.900 --> 00:27:54.339
 trying to get

00:27:54.339 --> 00:27:54.920
 onto the bus

00:27:54.920 --> 00:27:55.980
 one of the teachers

00:27:55.980 --> 00:27:56.480
 was standing

00:27:56.480 --> 00:27:57.360
 at the bus door

00:27:57.360 --> 00:27:59.680
 making sure

00:27:59.680 --> 00:28:00.120
 we wouldn't get

00:28:00.120 --> 00:28:00.519
 on the bus

00:28:00.519 --> 00:28:01.279
 and I was at the front

00:28:01.279 --> 00:28:02.200
 of a group of my friends

00:28:02.200 --> 00:28:02.960
 and we were all pushing

00:28:02.960 --> 00:28:03.660
 and then kind of

00:28:03.660 --> 00:28:04.500
 being pushed back

00:28:04.500 --> 00:28:05.519
 and it was kind of

00:28:05.519 --> 00:28:06.440
 a little bit strange

00:28:06.440 --> 00:28:08.380
 but we all got

00:28:08.380 --> 00:28:09.120
 pushed forward

00:28:09.120 --> 00:28:10.059
 and at that point

00:28:10.059 --> 00:28:11.279
 as several of us

00:28:11.279 --> 00:28:11.920
 got pushed forward

00:28:11.920 --> 00:28:12.660
 this teacher thought

00:28:12.660 --> 00:28:13.279
 it would be appropriate

00:28:13.279 --> 00:28:14.120
 to push me

00:28:14.120 --> 00:28:15.079
 to make sure

00:28:15.079 --> 00:28:15.819
 we all went back

00:28:15.819 --> 00:28:17.279
 I then thought

00:28:17.279 --> 00:28:17.919
 it would be appropriate

00:28:17.919 --> 00:28:18.700
 to push him

00:28:18.700 --> 00:28:20.619
 seeing as he had

00:28:20.619 --> 00:28:21.159
 pushed me

00:28:21.159 --> 00:28:22.779
 he then thought

00:28:22.779 --> 00:28:23.319
 it would be appropriate

00:28:23.319 --> 00:28:24.319
 to send me to the principal

00:28:24.319 --> 00:28:25.179
 and not let me go

00:28:25.179 --> 00:28:26.639
 on this excursion

00:28:26.639 --> 00:28:28.679
 I then dropped my bundle

00:28:28.679 --> 00:28:30.119
 and said a list of expletives

00:28:30.119 --> 00:28:31.359
 that won't be repeated

00:28:31.359 --> 00:28:33.759
 and the situation descended

00:28:33.759 --> 00:28:34.359
 but I remember

00:28:34.359 --> 00:28:35.220
 getting down

00:28:35.220 --> 00:28:36.339
 to the principal's office

00:28:36.339 --> 00:28:38.159
 feeling very angry

00:28:38.159 --> 00:28:39.319
 and very defiant

00:28:39.319 --> 00:28:41.119
 I remember walking

00:28:41.119 --> 00:28:41.960
 into his office

00:28:41.960 --> 00:28:43.099
 and not sitting in the chair

00:28:43.099 --> 00:28:43.839
 that he offered me

00:28:43.839 --> 00:28:44.539
 but standing

00:28:44.539 --> 00:28:45.919
 and eyeballing him

00:28:45.919 --> 00:28:46.939
 and demanding

00:28:46.939 --> 00:28:47.720
 an apology

00:28:47.720 --> 00:28:49.659
 for the fact

00:28:49.659 --> 00:28:51.059
 that I had been

00:28:51.059 --> 00:28:52.879
 robbed of the opportunity

00:28:52.879 --> 00:28:54.079
 to spend the day

00:28:54.079 --> 00:28:54.599
 at Wonderland

00:28:54.599 --> 00:28:55.699
 with my year 8 friends

00:28:55.699 --> 00:28:58.019
 and I demanded

00:28:58.019 --> 00:28:59.000
 and I demanded

00:28:59.000 --> 00:29:00.579
 and he

00:29:00.579 --> 00:29:02.119
 just kind of stood

00:29:02.119 --> 00:29:02.779
 letting me

00:29:02.779 --> 00:29:04.419
 yell and complain

00:29:04.419 --> 00:29:05.240
 and do whatever

00:29:05.240 --> 00:29:06.720
 and eventually

00:29:06.720 --> 00:29:07.519
 at the

00:29:07.519 --> 00:29:08.399
 sort of point

00:29:08.399 --> 00:29:08.699
 where

00:29:08.699 --> 00:29:09.759
 we weren't making

00:29:09.759 --> 00:29:10.319
 any progress

00:29:10.319 --> 00:29:11.639
 my parents were called in

00:29:11.640 --> 00:29:13.060
 and as we were sitting

00:29:13.060 --> 00:29:13.520
 in the room

00:29:13.520 --> 00:29:14.040
 with me

00:29:14.040 --> 00:29:14.740
 and my parents

00:29:14.740 --> 00:29:15.500
 and this principal

00:29:15.500 --> 00:29:18.020
 I realised

00:29:18.020 --> 00:29:19.140
 that it didn't matter

00:29:19.140 --> 00:29:19.980
 how much I didn't want

00:29:19.980 --> 00:29:20.780
 to submit to him

00:29:20.780 --> 00:29:22.240
 ultimately

00:29:22.240 --> 00:29:23.040
 I had the choice

00:29:23.040 --> 00:29:23.660
 to submit

00:29:23.660 --> 00:29:24.420
 to stay a part

00:29:24.420 --> 00:29:25.040
 of his school

00:29:25.040 --> 00:29:26.820
 or to not submit

00:29:26.820 --> 00:29:27.320
 and leave

00:29:27.320 --> 00:29:30.000
 it didn't work

00:29:30.000 --> 00:29:30.660
 that I could not

00:29:30.660 --> 00:29:31.540
 submit and stay

00:29:31.540 --> 00:29:31.980
 because

00:29:31.980 --> 00:29:33.200
 he had absolute

00:29:33.200 --> 00:29:33.780
 authority

00:29:33.780 --> 00:29:35.400
 in that particular

00:29:35.400 --> 00:29:36.000
 sphere

00:29:36.000 --> 00:29:38.099
 and see

00:29:38.099 --> 00:29:38.640
 what we need

00:29:38.640 --> 00:29:39.339
 to understand

00:29:39.339 --> 00:29:39.839
 is that

00:29:39.839 --> 00:29:41.160
 if we consider

00:29:41.160 --> 00:29:41.880
 ourselves part

00:29:41.880 --> 00:29:42.299
 of the kingdom

00:29:42.299 --> 00:29:42.839
 of God

00:29:42.839 --> 00:29:44.359
 if we want

00:29:44.359 --> 00:29:44.940
 to be part

00:29:44.940 --> 00:29:45.819
 of his agenda

00:29:45.819 --> 00:29:47.319
 part of his will

00:29:47.319 --> 00:29:48.299
 part of his plan

00:29:48.299 --> 00:29:49.500
 to bring all things

00:29:49.500 --> 00:29:50.200
 under the headship

00:29:50.200 --> 00:29:50.839
 of Christ

00:29:50.839 --> 00:29:53.200
 it's not okay

00:29:53.200 --> 00:29:53.660
 for us

00:29:53.660 --> 00:29:54.440
 to just keep

00:29:54.440 --> 00:29:55.140
 not submitting

00:29:55.140 --> 00:29:58.099
 it's not okay

00:29:58.099 --> 00:29:58.960
 for us to pretend

00:29:58.960 --> 00:29:59.859
 like his authority

00:29:59.859 --> 00:30:00.460
 doesn't matter

00:30:00.460 --> 00:30:01.519
 it's not okay

00:30:01.519 --> 00:30:02.279
 for us to act

00:30:02.279 --> 00:30:03.259
 like we're in charge

00:30:03.259 --> 00:30:04.420
 and we're the one

00:30:04.420 --> 00:30:05.700
 who makes the decisions

00:30:05.700 --> 00:30:07.340
 it's not okay

00:30:07.340 --> 00:30:08.039
 for us to think

00:30:08.039 --> 00:30:08.660
 we can find

00:30:08.660 --> 00:30:09.500
 some other way

00:30:09.500 --> 00:30:10.160
 of being a part

00:30:10.160 --> 00:30:10.640
 of the kingdom

00:30:10.640 --> 00:30:11.580
 some other way

00:30:11.580 --> 00:30:12.700
 of making God happy

00:30:12.700 --> 00:30:14.180
 according to this parable

00:30:14.180 --> 00:30:14.799
 the thing

00:30:14.799 --> 00:30:15.779
 that matters

00:30:15.779 --> 00:30:16.440
 is the way

00:30:16.440 --> 00:30:17.460
 you treat the son

00:30:17.460 --> 00:30:20.240
 the thing

00:30:20.240 --> 00:30:21.000
 that is the difference

00:30:21.000 --> 00:30:21.860
 is the way

00:30:21.860 --> 00:30:22.759
 you acknowledge

00:30:22.759 --> 00:30:23.360
 the son

00:30:23.360 --> 00:30:24.120
 as king

00:30:24.120 --> 00:30:26.779
 the point

00:30:26.779 --> 00:30:27.259
 is this

00:30:27.259 --> 00:30:28.140
 the son

00:30:28.140 --> 00:30:28.819
 matters

00:30:28.819 --> 00:30:30.000
 the king

00:30:30.000 --> 00:30:30.460
 matters

00:30:30.460 --> 00:30:31.660
 it's his authority

00:30:31.660 --> 00:30:32.620
 that matters

00:30:32.620 --> 00:30:33.580
 it's his agenda

00:30:33.580 --> 00:30:34.680
 that matters

00:30:34.680 --> 00:30:36.180
 and the son

00:30:36.180 --> 00:30:36.700
 and the son's agenda

00:30:36.700 --> 00:30:38.160
 is the father's agenda

00:30:38.160 --> 00:30:39.759
 and hopefully

00:30:39.759 --> 00:30:40.779
 after six weeks

00:30:40.779 --> 00:30:41.740
 of looking at the kingdom

00:30:41.740 --> 00:30:42.299
 of God

00:30:42.299 --> 00:30:43.100
 here as a congregation

00:30:43.100 --> 00:30:44.120
 you will have learnt

00:30:44.120 --> 00:30:45.140
 that God's agenda

00:30:45.140 --> 00:30:46.180
 is God's kingdom

00:30:46.180 --> 00:30:48.519
 what he is about

00:30:48.519 --> 00:30:50.400
 is exalting

00:30:50.400 --> 00:30:51.720
 Jesus as king

00:30:51.720 --> 00:30:52.940
 so that every knee

00:30:52.940 --> 00:30:53.600
 will bow

00:30:53.600 --> 00:30:55.080
 and every tongue

00:30:55.080 --> 00:30:55.660
 confess

00:30:55.660 --> 00:30:56.500
 that Jesus

00:30:56.500 --> 00:30:57.320
 is Lord

00:30:57.320 --> 00:30:59.180
 that is God's agenda

00:30:59.180 --> 00:31:01.500
 that is the agenda

00:31:01.500 --> 00:31:02.140
 that matters

00:31:02.140 --> 00:31:03.960
 that is what

00:31:03.960 --> 00:31:05.259
 Jesus demands

00:31:05.259 --> 00:31:05.960
 of us

00:31:05.960 --> 00:31:08.480
 and anything

00:31:08.480 --> 00:31:09.060
 less

00:31:09.060 --> 00:31:12.060
 will bring

00:31:12.060 --> 00:31:12.500
 judgment

00:31:12.500 --> 00:31:17.259
 the chief priests

00:31:17.259 --> 00:31:18.200
 have lost focus

00:31:18.200 --> 00:31:20.560
 the chief priests

00:31:20.560 --> 00:31:21.320
 have got distracted

00:31:21.320 --> 00:31:22.080
 from the purpose

00:31:22.080 --> 00:31:22.580
 that God

00:31:22.580 --> 00:31:23.320
 has given Israel

00:31:23.320 --> 00:31:25.280
 and they have

00:31:25.280 --> 00:31:26.140
 rejected the son

00:31:26.140 --> 00:31:27.320
 and they have

00:31:27.320 --> 00:31:28.020
 killed the son

00:31:28.019 --> 00:31:30.900
 but the question

00:31:30.900 --> 00:31:31.539
 we've got to ask

00:31:31.539 --> 00:31:32.240
 ourselves is

00:31:32.240 --> 00:31:33.359
 have we lost focus

00:31:33.359 --> 00:31:35.160
 I don't know

00:31:35.160 --> 00:31:36.039
 what point it was

00:31:36.039 --> 00:31:37.200
 when you came

00:31:37.200 --> 00:31:38.139
 to know the forgiveness

00:31:38.139 --> 00:31:39.460
 that God offered you

00:31:39.460 --> 00:31:39.940
 in Jesus

00:31:39.940 --> 00:31:40.839
 I don't know

00:31:40.839 --> 00:31:41.460
 if you don't even

00:31:41.460 --> 00:31:42.759
 know that feeling yet

00:31:42.759 --> 00:31:44.859
 but if you do

00:31:44.859 --> 00:31:47.660
 when God gave you

00:31:47.660 --> 00:31:48.339
 new life

00:31:48.339 --> 00:31:49.240
 and called you

00:31:49.240 --> 00:31:49.779
 to be a part

00:31:49.779 --> 00:31:50.440
 of his kingdom

00:31:50.440 --> 00:31:52.339
 called you to follow

00:31:52.339 --> 00:31:53.000
 his king

00:31:53.000 --> 00:31:56.099
 have you lost focus

00:31:56.099 --> 00:31:58.400
 have you compromised

00:31:58.400 --> 00:32:01.339
 the chief priests

00:32:01.339 --> 00:32:02.359
 even after hearing

00:32:02.359 --> 00:32:03.039
 this story

00:32:03.039 --> 00:32:04.039
 where Jesus says

00:32:04.039 --> 00:32:05.960
 you are too proud

00:32:05.960 --> 00:32:08.440
 to call on me

00:32:08.440 --> 00:32:09.240
 to save you

00:32:09.240 --> 00:32:10.799
 their reaction

00:32:10.799 --> 00:32:11.259
 is not

00:32:11.259 --> 00:32:12.680
 please help us

00:32:12.680 --> 00:32:13.579
 their reaction

00:32:13.579 --> 00:32:14.380
 is how can we

00:32:14.380 --> 00:32:14.799
 kill him

00:32:14.799 --> 00:32:17.500
 do you come

00:32:17.500 --> 00:32:18.240
 to church

00:32:18.240 --> 00:32:19.839
 and hear the bible

00:32:19.839 --> 00:32:20.619
 say you need

00:32:20.619 --> 00:32:21.359
 to love your

00:32:21.359 --> 00:32:21.700
 neighbour

00:32:21.700 --> 00:32:23.240
 do you come

00:32:23.240 --> 00:32:23.759
 to church

00:32:23.759 --> 00:32:24.600
 and say the truth

00:32:24.600 --> 00:32:25.500
 matters to God

00:32:25.500 --> 00:32:26.120
 don't lie

00:32:26.120 --> 00:32:27.400
 do you come

00:32:27.400 --> 00:32:27.940
 to church

00:32:27.940 --> 00:32:28.660
 and hear the bible

00:32:28.660 --> 00:32:29.420
 make demands

00:32:29.420 --> 00:32:29.880
 on the way

00:32:29.880 --> 00:32:30.559
 that we live

00:32:30.559 --> 00:32:32.980
 and instead

00:32:32.980 --> 00:32:33.500
 of falling

00:32:33.500 --> 00:32:34.160
 on your knees

00:32:34.160 --> 00:32:35.140
 and asking God

00:32:35.140 --> 00:32:35.960
 to do that work

00:32:35.960 --> 00:32:36.600
 in you by his

00:32:36.600 --> 00:32:37.240
 holy spirit

00:32:37.240 --> 00:32:39.500
 you just kind

00:32:39.500 --> 00:32:40.220
 of dismiss it

00:32:40.220 --> 00:32:41.860
 you just kind

00:32:41.860 --> 00:32:42.920
 of ignore it

00:32:42.920 --> 00:32:44.000
 you just kind

00:32:44.000 --> 00:32:44.559
 of write it off

00:32:44.559 --> 00:32:45.539
 as out of context

00:32:45.539 --> 00:32:46.779
 or out of date

00:32:46.779 --> 00:32:47.840
 or unimportant

00:32:47.840 --> 00:32:49.500
 or maybe even worse

00:32:49.500 --> 00:32:50.059
 you don't even

00:32:50.059 --> 00:32:50.740
 look at yourself

00:32:50.740 --> 00:32:51.519
 to see if there's

00:32:51.519 --> 00:32:52.339
 any possibility

00:32:52.339 --> 00:32:52.960
 that something

00:32:52.960 --> 00:32:53.539
 might need

00:32:53.539 --> 00:32:54.240
 to change

00:32:54.240 --> 00:32:59.400
 have we lost

00:32:59.400 --> 00:32:59.980
 focus

00:32:59.980 --> 00:33:02.059
 submitting

00:33:02.059 --> 00:33:03.279
 to the authority

00:33:03.279 --> 00:33:04.619
 of Christ

00:33:04.619 --> 00:33:06.019
 is about

00:33:06.019 --> 00:33:06.720
 humble

00:33:06.720 --> 00:33:08.400
 dependent

00:33:08.400 --> 00:33:09.740
 submission

00:33:09.740 --> 00:33:12.960
 it is about

00:33:12.960 --> 00:33:13.920
 an eager desire

00:33:13.920 --> 00:33:14.319
 that we would

00:33:14.319 --> 00:33:15.359
 be transformed

00:33:15.359 --> 00:33:17.119
 more and more

00:33:17.119 --> 00:33:18.000
 to be like Jesus

00:33:18.000 --> 00:33:18.839
 because that's

00:33:18.839 --> 00:33:19.299
 what the kingdom

00:33:19.299 --> 00:33:19.720
 is

00:33:19.720 --> 00:33:20.819
 it's us

00:33:20.819 --> 00:33:21.519
 becoming more

00:33:21.519 --> 00:33:21.799
 and more

00:33:21.799 --> 00:33:22.500
 Christ-like

00:33:22.500 --> 00:33:23.119
 so that his

00:33:23.119 --> 00:33:24.119
 name is

00:33:24.119 --> 00:33:24.659
 exalted

00:33:24.659 --> 00:33:28.559
 have we lost

00:33:28.559 --> 00:33:29.460
 God's desire

00:33:29.460 --> 00:33:30.839
 that every knee

00:33:30.839 --> 00:33:32.039
 would bow

00:33:32.039 --> 00:33:33.659
 and every tongue

00:33:33.659 --> 00:33:34.359
 confess

00:33:34.359 --> 00:33:35.819
 are we more

00:33:35.819 --> 00:33:36.659
 about just enjoying

00:33:36.659 --> 00:33:37.339
 the relationships

00:33:37.339 --> 00:33:38.240
 we've got here

00:33:38.240 --> 00:33:39.119
 are we more

00:33:39.119 --> 00:33:39.859
 about just enjoying

00:33:39.859 --> 00:33:40.940
 the cozy community

00:33:40.940 --> 00:33:42.119
 that is 5pm

00:33:42.119 --> 00:33:43.079
 that is the

00:33:43.079 --> 00:33:43.759
 after party

00:33:43.759 --> 00:33:45.960
 or are we

00:33:45.960 --> 00:33:46.700
 burdened

00:33:46.700 --> 00:33:47.240
 every week

00:33:47.240 --> 00:33:47.740
 we sit in

00:33:47.740 --> 00:33:48.019
 here and

00:33:48.019 --> 00:33:48.279
 there is

00:33:48.279 --> 00:33:48.799
 space on

00:33:48.799 --> 00:33:49.099
 the seat

00:33:49.099 --> 00:33:49.519
 next to

00:33:49.519 --> 00:33:49.619
 us

00:33:49.619 --> 00:33:50.220
 for somebody

00:33:50.220 --> 00:33:50.720
 who right

00:33:50.720 --> 00:33:51.279
 now sits

00:33:51.279 --> 00:33:51.779
 under the

00:33:51.779 --> 00:33:52.059
 judgment

00:33:52.059 --> 00:33:52.559
 of God

00:33:52.559 --> 00:33:55.700
 because that

00:33:55.700 --> 00:33:57.059
 is God's

00:33:57.059 --> 00:33:57.519
 agenda

00:33:57.519 --> 00:33:58.980
 that is

00:33:58.980 --> 00:33:59.539
 what Jesus

00:33:59.539 --> 00:34:00.039
 in his

00:34:00.039 --> 00:34:00.539
 authority

00:34:00.539 --> 00:34:01.200
 as king

00:34:01.200 --> 00:34:01.559
 of the

00:34:01.559 --> 00:34:01.920
 kingdom

00:34:01.920 --> 00:34:02.500
 demands

00:34:02.500 --> 00:34:02.819
 of his

00:34:02.819 --> 00:34:03.279
 people

00:34:03.279 --> 00:34:07.839
 Jesus'

00:34:08.019 --> 00:34:08.460
 authority

00:34:08.460 --> 00:34:09.280
 is marvelous

00:34:09.280 --> 00:34:09.860
 in our

00:34:09.860 --> 00:34:10.300
 eyes

00:34:10.300 --> 00:34:10.980
 verse 10

00:34:10.980 --> 00:34:11.420
 the stone

00:34:11.420 --> 00:34:11.800
 the builders

00:34:11.800 --> 00:34:12.219
 rejected

00:34:12.219 --> 00:34:12.920
 has become

00:34:12.920 --> 00:34:13.619
 the capstone

00:34:13.619 --> 00:34:14.440
 the Lord

00:34:14.440 --> 00:34:14.900
 has done

00:34:14.900 --> 00:34:15.119
 this

00:34:15.119 --> 00:34:15.659
 and it

00:34:15.659 --> 00:34:16.360
 is marvelous

00:34:16.360 --> 00:34:16.880
 in our

00:34:16.880 --> 00:34:17.159
 eyes

00:34:17.159 --> 00:34:17.940
 because God

00:34:17.940 --> 00:34:18.659
 raised Jesus

00:34:18.659 --> 00:34:19.119
 from the

00:34:19.119 --> 00:34:19.420
 dead

00:34:19.420 --> 00:34:20.119
 and gave

00:34:20.119 --> 00:34:20.380
 him the

00:34:20.380 --> 00:34:20.619
 name

00:34:20.619 --> 00:34:20.880
 above

00:34:20.880 --> 00:34:21.559
 every name

00:34:21.559 --> 00:34:21.920
 so that

00:34:21.920 --> 00:34:22.340
 we might

00:34:22.340 --> 00:34:22.940
 submit

00:34:22.940 --> 00:34:25.400
 so that

00:34:25.400 --> 00:34:25.820
 we might

00:34:25.820 --> 00:34:26.380
 rejoice

00:34:26.380 --> 00:34:26.800
 so that

00:34:26.800 --> 00:34:27.139
 we might

00:34:27.139 --> 00:34:27.920
 have certain

00:34:27.920 --> 00:34:28.379
 hope

00:34:28.379 --> 00:34:29.359
 that even

00:34:29.359 --> 00:34:29.619
 though we

00:34:29.619 --> 00:34:30.119
 don't deserve

00:34:30.119 --> 00:34:30.279
 it

00:34:30.279 --> 00:34:30.619
 even though

00:34:30.619 --> 00:34:30.839
 we're not

00:34:30.839 --> 00:34:31.400
 good enough

00:34:31.400 --> 00:34:33.279
 the king

00:34:33.279 --> 00:34:33.859
 welcomes us

00:34:33.859 --> 00:34:34.259
 with open

00:34:34.259 --> 00:34:34.639
 arms

00:34:34.639 --> 00:34:38.559
 I want to

00:34:38.559 --> 00:34:39.279
 pray for us

00:34:39.279 --> 00:34:39.980
 but just

00:34:39.980 --> 00:34:40.619
 before I do

00:34:40.619 --> 00:34:41.059
 I want you

00:34:41.059 --> 00:34:41.659
 to take a

00:34:41.659 --> 00:34:42.119
 minute right

00:34:42.119 --> 00:34:42.659
 now to ask

00:34:42.659 --> 00:34:43.139
 yourself the

00:34:43.139 --> 00:34:43.480
 question

00:34:43.480 --> 00:34:44.199
 however long

00:34:44.199 --> 00:34:44.539
 you've been

00:34:44.539 --> 00:34:45.460
 following Jesus

00:34:45.460 --> 00:34:48.179
 remembering the

00:34:48.179 --> 00:34:48.879
 call that he

00:34:48.879 --> 00:34:49.400
 made on your

00:34:49.400 --> 00:34:49.960
 life when he

00:34:49.960 --> 00:34:50.559
 forgave you

00:34:50.559 --> 00:34:51.079
 and gave you

00:34:51.079 --> 00:34:52.739
 life and

00:34:52.739 --> 00:34:53.219
 called you to

00:34:53.219 --> 00:34:53.719
 follow him

00:34:53.719 --> 00:34:54.199
 until he

00:34:54.199 --> 00:34:54.759
 returns

00:34:54.760 --> 00:34:59.240
 have you

00:34:59.240 --> 00:35:00.000
 lost focus

00:35:00.000 --> 00:35:03.380
 have you

00:35:03.380 --> 00:35:03.680
 stopped

00:35:03.680 --> 00:35:04.200
 listening to

00:35:04.200 --> 00:35:04.620
 the bible

00:35:04.620 --> 00:35:05.060
 like it's

00:35:05.060 --> 00:35:05.460
 got something

00:35:05.460 --> 00:35:05.880
 to say

00:35:05.880 --> 00:35:06.220
 to you

00:35:06.220 --> 00:35:08.960
 have you

00:35:08.960 --> 00:35:09.160
 stopped

00:35:09.160 --> 00:35:09.600
 looking at

00:35:09.600 --> 00:35:09.920
 the world

00:35:09.920 --> 00:35:10.580
 around you

00:35:10.580 --> 00:35:11.320
 like God

00:35:11.320 --> 00:35:11.760
 has something

00:35:11.760 --> 00:35:12.160
 he wants

00:35:12.160 --> 00:35:12.580
 you to do

00:35:12.580 --> 00:35:12.920
 in it

00:35:12.920 --> 00:35:17.660
 have you

00:35:17.660 --> 00:35:17.940
 stopped

00:35:17.940 --> 00:35:18.280
 treating

00:35:18.280 --> 00:35:19.000
 Jesus like

00:35:19.000 --> 00:35:19.500
 he has

00:35:19.500 --> 00:35:20.360
 absolute

00:35:20.360 --> 00:35:20.980
 authority

00:35:20.980 --> 00:35:41.260
 let's pray

00:35:41.260 --> 00:35:48.060
 father

00:35:48.060 --> 00:35:48.440
 god

00:35:48.440 --> 00:35:49.660
 we want

00:35:49.660 --> 00:35:49.760
 to

00:35:49.760 --> 00:35:50.200
 acknowledge

00:35:50.200 --> 00:35:50.620
 that we

00:35:50.620 --> 00:35:51.400
 fall so

00:35:51.400 --> 00:35:52.080
 far short

00:35:52.080 --> 00:35:52.460
 of the

00:35:52.460 --> 00:35:52.840
 life that

00:35:52.840 --> 00:35:53.200
 you call

00:35:53.200 --> 00:35:53.540
 us to

00:35:53.540 --> 00:35:55.640
 we want

00:35:55.640 --> 00:35:56.100
 to thank

00:35:56.100 --> 00:35:56.740
 and praise

00:35:56.740 --> 00:35:57.040
 you that

00:35:57.040 --> 00:35:57.640
 even after

00:35:57.640 --> 00:35:58.380
 we had

00:35:58.380 --> 00:35:58.900
 kicked out

00:35:58.900 --> 00:35:59.360
 messenger

00:35:59.360 --> 00:36:00.140
 after messenger

00:36:00.140 --> 00:36:00.780
 even after

00:36:00.780 --> 00:36:01.100
 we have

00:36:01.100 --> 00:36:01.600
 ignored you

00:36:01.600 --> 00:36:02.160
 time after

00:36:02.160 --> 00:36:02.560
 time

00:36:02.560 --> 00:36:03.300
 you were

00:36:03.300 --> 00:36:03.680
 willing to

00:36:03.680 --> 00:36:04.060
 send your

00:36:04.060 --> 00:36:05.080
 son to

00:36:05.080 --> 00:36:05.420
 pay the

00:36:05.420 --> 00:36:05.740
 debt that

00:36:05.740 --> 00:36:06.160
 we owed

00:36:06.160 --> 00:36:08.740
 father we

00:36:08.740 --> 00:36:09.020
 want to

00:36:09.020 --> 00:36:09.440
 thank you

00:36:09.440 --> 00:36:09.720
 that you

00:36:09.720 --> 00:36:10.280
 have raised

00:36:10.280 --> 00:36:10.900
 Jesus up

00:36:10.900 --> 00:36:11.120
 and that

00:36:11.120 --> 00:36:11.400
 we have

00:36:11.400 --> 00:36:11.760
 a hope

00:36:11.760 --> 00:36:12.080
 that is

00:36:12.080 --> 00:36:12.420
 certain

00:36:12.420 --> 00:36:13.240
 and unshakable

00:36:13.240 --> 00:36:16.460
 lord we

00:36:16.460 --> 00:36:17.080
 ask that

00:36:17.080 --> 00:36:17.680
 you would

00:36:17.680 --> 00:36:18.260
 not allow

00:36:18.260 --> 00:36:18.700
 us to

00:36:18.700 --> 00:36:19.120
 use that

00:36:19.120 --> 00:36:19.580
 hope as

00:36:19.580 --> 00:36:20.120
 a license

00:36:20.120 --> 00:36:20.600
 to stop

00:36:20.600 --> 00:36:21.180
 listening to

00:36:21.180 --> 00:36:21.420
 you

00:36:21.420 --> 00:36:23.100
 but that

00:36:23.100 --> 00:36:23.480
 you might

00:36:23.480 --> 00:36:24.019
 fill us

00:36:24.019 --> 00:36:24.280
 with a

00:36:24.280 --> 00:36:25.160
 deep desire

00:36:25.160 --> 00:36:25.580
 that you

00:36:25.580 --> 00:36:25.920
 would be

00:36:25.920 --> 00:36:26.440
 lord of

00:36:26.440 --> 00:36:27.040
 absolutely

00:36:27.040 --> 00:36:27.880
 every part

00:36:27.880 --> 00:36:28.120
 of our

00:36:28.120 --> 00:36:28.519
 life

00:36:28.519 --> 00:36:30.820
 god please

00:36:30.820 --> 00:36:31.140
 give us

00:36:31.140 --> 00:36:31.640
 eyes to

00:36:31.640 --> 00:36:32.540
 see where

00:36:32.540 --> 00:36:32.940
 we fall

00:36:32.940 --> 00:36:33.340
 short

00:36:33.340 --> 00:36:34.860
 give us

00:36:34.860 --> 00:36:35.420
 hearts that

00:36:35.420 --> 00:36:35.880
 want more

00:36:35.880 --> 00:36:36.480
 than anything

00:36:36.480 --> 00:36:37.300
 not comfort

00:36:37.300 --> 00:36:38.019
 but christ

00:36:38.019 --> 00:36:38.720
 likeness

00:36:38.719 --> 00:36:40.559
 give us

00:36:40.559 --> 00:36:41.019
 hearts that

00:36:41.019 --> 00:36:41.619
 desire what

00:36:41.619 --> 00:36:42.279
 you desire

00:36:42.279 --> 00:36:43.079
 that jesus

00:36:43.079 --> 00:36:43.439
 would be

00:36:43.439 --> 00:36:43.879
 exalted

00:36:43.879 --> 00:36:44.259
 that his

00:36:44.259 --> 00:36:44.759
 name would

00:36:44.759 --> 00:36:45.119
 be known

00:36:45.119 --> 00:36:45.659
 in us

00:36:45.659 --> 00:36:46.139
 and through

00:36:46.139 --> 00:36:46.599
 us

00:36:46.599 --> 00:36:48.519
 that others

00:36:48.519 --> 00:36:49.000
 might come

00:36:49.000 --> 00:36:49.459
 to know the

00:36:49.459 --> 00:36:50.039
 joy that is

00:36:50.039 --> 00:36:50.799
 only found

00:36:50.799 --> 00:36:51.339
 in him

00:36:51.339 --> 00:36:54.919
 god if there

00:36:54.919 --> 00:36:55.399
 is people

00:36:55.399 --> 00:36:55.959
 sitting here

00:36:55.959 --> 00:36:56.439
 tonight who

00:36:56.439 --> 00:36:56.959
 don't yet

00:36:56.959 --> 00:36:57.539
 know the

00:36:57.539 --> 00:36:57.899
 forgiveness

00:36:57.899 --> 00:36:58.339
 that you

00:36:58.339 --> 00:36:58.679
 offer

00:36:58.679 --> 00:37:00.619
 who are

00:37:00.619 --> 00:37:01.279
 still hoping

00:37:01.279 --> 00:37:01.679
 out of their

00:37:01.679 --> 00:37:02.719
 own wisdom

00:37:02.719 --> 00:37:03.039
 or their

00:37:03.039 --> 00:37:03.679
 own power

00:37:03.679 --> 00:37:04.000
 or their

00:37:04.000 --> 00:37:04.519
 own effort

00:37:04.519 --> 00:37:04.899
 that they

00:37:04.899 --> 00:37:05.559
 might please

00:37:05.559 --> 00:37:05.819
 you

00:37:05.820 --> 00:37:07.380
 may they

00:37:07.380 --> 00:37:07.920
 hear your

00:37:07.920 --> 00:37:08.539
 word tonight

00:37:08.539 --> 00:37:08.900
 that what

00:37:08.900 --> 00:37:09.860
 matters is

00:37:09.860 --> 00:37:10.320
 the son

00:37:10.320 --> 00:37:12.460
 what matters

00:37:12.460 --> 00:37:13.200
 is jesus

00:37:13.200 --> 00:37:15.260
 lord for

00:37:15.260 --> 00:37:15.800
 those of us

00:37:15.800 --> 00:37:16.100
 who have been

00:37:16.100 --> 00:37:16.720
 following you

00:37:16.720 --> 00:37:17.320
 and known you

00:37:17.320 --> 00:37:17.900
 for most of

00:37:17.900 --> 00:37:18.500
 our lives

00:37:18.500 --> 00:37:20.080
 don't let us

00:37:20.080 --> 00:37:20.720
 ever forget

00:37:20.720 --> 00:37:22.100
 don't let us

00:37:22.100 --> 00:37:22.559
 ever become

00:37:22.559 --> 00:37:24.100
 familiar with

00:37:24.100 --> 00:37:24.620
 that gospel

00:37:24.620 --> 00:37:25.200
 message

00:37:25.200 --> 00:37:28.280
 daily may

00:37:28.280 --> 00:37:28.920
 we wake

00:37:28.920 --> 00:37:30.600
 deeply

00:37:30.600 --> 00:37:31.240
 desiring

00:37:31.240 --> 00:37:31.980
 that we

00:37:31.980 --> 00:37:32.640
 would submit

00:37:32.640 --> 00:37:33.460
 every minute

00:37:33.460 --> 00:37:34.220
 of every day

00:37:34.220 --> 00:37:34.920
 to the lordship

00:37:34.920 --> 00:37:35.539
 of christ

00:37:35.539 --> 00:37:39.000
 father thank

00:37:39.000 --> 00:37:39.500
 you for your

00:37:39.500 --> 00:37:40.599
 incredible grace

00:37:40.599 --> 00:37:41.180
 to unworthy

00:37:41.180 --> 00:37:41.820
 sinners like

00:37:41.820 --> 00:37:42.200
 us

00:37:42.200 --> 00:37:45.019
 please transform

00:37:45.019 --> 00:37:46.059
 us that others

00:37:46.059 --> 00:37:46.639
 might come to

00:37:46.639 --> 00:37:47.220
 know that grace

00:37:47.220 --> 00:37:47.659
 as well

00:37:47.659 --> 00:37:49.539
 amen