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 Well, good morning to you all. Please take your copy of God's Word and join me in John chapter 1.

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 The opening phrase of verse 19, and this is the testimony of John, lets us know that something new is happening.

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 We've spent some slow time so far, but our pace is going to pick up a bit as the narrative takes off.

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 If your Bible translation is anything like mine, there is likely a subheading inserted here before verse 19.

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 So, the verses before us today tell us something of the testimony of John the Baptist.

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 Let's not forget that the singular prominent aim of John the Apostle's gospel account,

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 sometimes called John the Evangelist, is found in John chapter 20, verse 30 and 31.

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 There he writes,

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 Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of the disciples which are not written in this book,

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 but these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God,

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 and that by believing you may have life in his name.

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 This entire book is the testimony of John the Apostle.

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 A testimony is a spoken or written statement giving evidence of something that has occurred.

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 Now today's text is not the first time that John the Apostle has mentioned the testimony of John the Baptist.

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 In verses 6 through 12 of this very same chapter,

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 He wrote,

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 But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name,

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 He gave the right to become children of God.

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 The word translated witness in these verses is the same translated testimony in verse 19.

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 It's the very same Greek word.

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 And then again, we'll see it translated witness in verses 32 and verse 34.

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 So those two terms I may use interchangeably this morning as the translators of John do.

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 I think that John is doing here is he's placing an emphasis on the need for the gospel to be

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 proclaimed by faithful witnesses in order that others might believe.

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 He's right at the outset speaking of faithful proclamation of the good news of Jesus Christ,

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 even as he's about to lay out his own proclamation of the good news of Jesus Christ.

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 Beloved, if we have been shown the grace of God in the person and work of Jesus Christ,

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 if we have been given the right to become children of God,

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 if we have life in his name,

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 then a significant marker of our lives should be faithful proclamation of that very gospel that saved us.

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 It should characterize God's people that we share the good news of Jesus.

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 We can learn something of what being a faithful witness looks like from the earlier account of John the Baptist in chapter 1 that I just read to you.

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 Notice, firstly, that a faithful witness is humble.

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 John records of John the Baptist that he was not the light.

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 John the Baptist could save no one,

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 but his job was to point people to the one who could save them.

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 So a faithful witness, secondly, exalts the person and work of Jesus Christ.

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 John the Baptist was not the light, but he came to bear witness about the light.

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 He goes on in verse 9,

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 The true light which gives light to everyone was coming into the world.

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 So John the Baptist, not the light.

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 Jesus Christ, the true light.

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 So a faithful witness exalts the person and work of Jesus Christ.

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 And a faithful witness offers the means of salvation.

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 Good for us to talk about Jesus, who he is and what he has done.

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 But we also must say to people,

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 And this is how you can be saved.

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 Verse 7, John the Apostle records,

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 John the Baptist,

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 He came as a witness to bear witness about the light

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 that all might believe through him.

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 And then verse 12,

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 But to all who did receive him,

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 who believed in his name,

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 he gave the right to become children of God.

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 So there's this pattern that's established in verses 6 through 12 of the chapter.

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 And we're going to see this pattern repeated in today's text.

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 As John the Apostle, once again,

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 speaks of the testimony of John the Baptist.

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 So again, John chapter 1, verses 19 through 37.

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 Before I read it, let me remind you, beloved,

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 this is God's word to us,

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 written for his glory and our good,

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 that we might believe its promises,

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 obey its commands,

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 and have affection for its author.

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 May we hear it and respond accordingly to it.

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 And this is the testimony of John.

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 When the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him,

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 Who are you?

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 He confessed and did not deny,

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 but confessed,

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 I am not the Christ.

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 And they asked him,

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 What then?

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 Are you Elijah?

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 He said,

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 I am not.

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 Are you the prophet?

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 And he answered,

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 No.

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 So they said to him,

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 Who are you?

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 We need to give an answer to those who sent us.

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 What do you say about yourself?

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 He said,

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 I am the voice of one crying out in the wilderness,

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 Make straight the way of the Lord,

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 as the prophet Isaiah said.

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 Now they had been sent from the Pharisees.

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 They asked him,

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 Then why are you baptizing,

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 if you are neither the Christ,

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 nor Elijah,

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 nor the prophet?

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 John answered them,

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 I baptize with water,

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 but among you stands one you do not know.

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 Even he who comes after me,

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 the strap of whose sandal I am not worthy to untie.

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 These things took place in Bethany across the Jordan,

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 where John was baptizing.

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 The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him and said,

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 Behold the Lamb of God,

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 who takes away the sin of the world.

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 This is he of whom I said,

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 After me comes a man who ranks before me,

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 because he was before me.

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 I myself did not know him,

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 but for this purpose I came baptizing with water,

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 that he might be revealed to Israel.

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 And John bore witness.

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 I saw the Spirit descend from heaven like a dove,

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 and it remained on him.

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 I myself did not know him,

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 but he who sent me to baptize with water said to me,

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 He on whom you see the Spirit descend and remain,

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 this is he who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.

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 And I have seen and I have borne witness

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 that this is the Son of God.

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 The next day again,

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 John was standing with two of his disciples,

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 and he looked at Jesus as he walked by and said,

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 Behold the Lamb of God.

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 The two disciples heard him say this,

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 and they followed Jesus.

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 John the Apostle structures his narrative

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 of John the Baptist's testimony

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 concerning Jesus Christ

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 around three successive days.

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 John seems to be more concerned about chronology

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 than the other gospel writers.

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 We're going to see this phrase on the next day

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 many, many times throughout this text.

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 So as we walk through the text

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 and consider some details of it,

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 I will lead us with perhaps the simplest

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 three-point outline I have ever presented to you

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 or ever will.

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 It is as follows.

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 Number one, day one, verses 19 through 28.

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 Number two, day two, verses 29 through 34.

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 And number three, you probably know,

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 day three, verses 35 through 37.

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 As a joke, I thought about making that point

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 really obscure and different,

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 but I resisted.

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 Then, after we look at some of those details,

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 I'm going to revisit those three characteristics

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 of a faithful witness

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 and highlight them in the text for you.

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 So that's our plan

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 as we work through the text together.

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 So, number one, let's look at day one.

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 Remember, this is the testimony of John the Baptist

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 recorded in three successive days.

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 Day one, verses 19 through 28.

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 Before looking at the questions

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 that were asked of John

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 and his responses,

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 let's deal with who it is

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 that is asking these questions.

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 Because there are four groups mentioned,

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 and we could get a little lost

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 if we don't understand who they are.

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 So you see in verse 19,

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 this is the testimony of John,

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 when the Jews sent priests and Levites.

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 So, number one group, Jews.

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 Number two group, priests.

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 Number three group, Levites,

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 to ask these questions.

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 And then we get the parenthetical

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 that John puts in there in verse 24.

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 Now, they had been sent from the Pharisees.

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 So there's the fourth group.

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 So, lest we be confused.

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 The Jews is a term

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 that certainly can be used

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 of any and all ethnic Hebrew people.

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 Like, any Israelite could be called a Jew.

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 But John most regularly uses the word

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 to refer to religious authorities

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 who were hostile towards Jesus.

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 So it's this broad term that he's using,

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 but to speak of a group of the Jews

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 that were hostile towards Jesus.

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 Most likely, he's referring to

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 what he has in his mind

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 is the Sanhedrin,

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 which was the governing body of Israel

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 that was allowed to function

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 under Roman authority.

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 Whenever Rome would go and conquer a land,

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 they would allow some of the government

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 to stay intact,

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 some of the culture to remain

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 while they ultimately ruled over and above them.

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 So that was the Sanhedrin

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 that ruled as the Jewish governing authority.

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 That's probably who John has in mind

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 when he says the Jews.

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 So it's the Jews,

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 this group, this Sanhedrin,

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 this council that sends priests,

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 which were officiators

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 of religious ceremonies,

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 and they were the theological authorities

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 of Israel.

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 They were the most qualified

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 to come and ask theological questions.

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 And we see that they're not sent alone.

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 They're also sent with Levites.

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 Levites were men from the tribe of Levi

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 who assisted the priests with their duties.

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 Temple security consisted of Levites.

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 So when we see the phrase priests and Levites,

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 it is most likely a group of theological experts,

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 those who were sent to ask questions,

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 gather information, challenge,

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 and they're bodyguards.

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 So think theological experts with bodyguards as well.

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 And the last group we see are the Pharisees.

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 The Sanhedrin was largely made up of Sadducees

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 who were theologically liberal.

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 Religion for them was largely social and political.

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 And the Pharisees,

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 these two parties within the Sanhedrin,

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 the Pharisees were theologically conservative.

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 It is this minority group

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 that would have been most watchful

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 for the Messiah,

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 which is the Hebrew word for the chosen one,

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 this deliverer.

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 We also know the Greek word Christ,

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 and we see that word used most often.

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 They were the most watchful for the Messiah

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 and most concerned about anyone

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 who had a significant following

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 as John the Baptist did.

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 So, what I'm gathering from that

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 is it's most likely that this group,

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 the Jews, the Sanhedrin,

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 send the experts along with some guard,

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 and those experts that they send

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 are those that were most concerned

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 about who this John the Baptist is.

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 They were watchful for the Christ.

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 So, a delegation is sent to John the Baptist

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 and sent to ask the question,

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 who are you?

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 We see that in verse 19,

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 and then in verse 21,

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 what then are you Elijah,

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 and are you the prophet,

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 and who are you?

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 We need to give an answer

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 to those who sent us.

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 What do you say about yourself?

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 Verse 22,

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 and then why are you baptizing

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 if you are neither the Christ,

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 nor Elijah,

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 nor the prophet?

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 Verse 25.

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 We're trying to sort out

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 who this John the Baptist is.

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 Who are you?

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 Now, many false messiahs had come

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 before the true messiah's arrival.

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 Jewish people had a gross misunderstanding

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 of who the Christ was going to be.

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 They were a conquered people.

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 Don't lose sight of that,

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 even though there's some structures

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 in place of authority.

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 They were a conquered people,

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 and they were oppressed

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 under Roman rule.

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 And as any conquered people will,

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 they were looking for a way out

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 of that oppression.

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 And they found in the Old Testament text

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 this anointed one,

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 this Christ,

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 this deliverer,

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 and they thought that he would come

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 and he would rule militarily.

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 They were looking for a temporal release

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 from this oppression,

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 and they were constantly looking for it,

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 and there were men who constantly arose

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 claiming to be this Christ,

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 and were found not to be so.

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 So, they're rightly concerned.

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 Anybody who's got a following going on,

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 they want to know what's happening.

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 And, not only do they genuinely want there

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 to be a messiah who will deliver them,

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 but often these false Christs would arise,

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 and they would form a little insurrection,

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 and Rome would have to come

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 and crush that insurrection,

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 and more oppression would come with it.

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 And so, they were concerned, rightly.

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 They were trying to get out ahead

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 of any possible wrongdoing,

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 and if certainly John the Baptist

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 was the messiah,

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 they'd like to know this as well.

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 So, this initial question that they ask,

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 John knows exactly what they're asking, right?

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 John the Apostle records in verse 20,

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 he confessed and did not deny,

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 which the Greek can just mean

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 did not fail to confess.

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 They're saying emphatically,

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 he confessed and he didn't fail to confess,

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 but confessed,

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 I am not the Christ.

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 John the Baptist already knows

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 this is what they're trying to get at

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 as they come and ask

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 this initial question of him,

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 and he's very clear.

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 He wants there to be no misunderstanding.

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 I am not the Christ.

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 So, it follows.

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 What then?

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 Are you Elijah?

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 And they would ask this question

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 because of a prophecy found in Malachi,

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 chapter 4, and verse 5.

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 There we can read,

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 Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet

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 before the great and awesome day

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 of the Lord comes.

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 And so, the Jews understood

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 that there was going to be Elijah

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 and they thought it was going to be

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 a returning from heaven, Elijah.

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 Elijah himself that would come back.

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 And it's understandable

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 why they may have thought

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 that John the Baptist

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 was that very Elijah

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 because of his appearance.

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 In Mark, chapter 1, and verse 6,

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 we read,

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 Now John was locusts and wild honey.

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 Elijah is described in 2 Kings, chapter 1, and verse 8

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 as wearing a garment of hair

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 with a belt of leather

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 about his waist.

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 So, they see one that appears

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 like Elijah

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 and his response to them is,

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 I am not.

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 Now, it could be a little bit of a confusion

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 at this point

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 because, as I'm going to show you

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 in just a moment,

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 John the Baptist was the fulfillment

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 of the prophecy

00:18:01.860 --> 00:18:06.400
 in Malachi, chapter 4, and verse 5.

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 And I'm going to confirm that for you here

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 in a moment.

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 When there that prophecy is made,

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 behold, I will send you Elijah.

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 It's not Elijah himself,

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 but one like Elijah.

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 And we know that to be true.

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 So, he's saying,

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 I am not Elijah,

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 but he is the fulfillment

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 of that prophecy

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 in Malachi 4, and verse 5.

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 So, let me show you

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 from Matthew, chapter 17.

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 This is verse 10.

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 And I describe,

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 say that first,

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 Elijah must come.

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 This is coming from Malachi, chapter 4,

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 and verse 5.

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 Jesus says,

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 Elijah does come,

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 and he will restore all things,

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 but I tell you

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 that Elijah has already come,

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 and they did not recognize him,

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 but did to him

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 whatever they pleased.

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 At this point in Matthew's narrative,

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 John the Baptist

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 has already been beheaded.

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 So, also,

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 Jesus goes on,

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 the Son of Man

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 will certainly suffer

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 at their hands.

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 Then, verse 13,

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 the disciples understood

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 that he was speaking to them

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 of John the Baptist.

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 So,

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 is John the Baptist

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 this Elijah character

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 in Malachi 4 or 5?

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 Yes,

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 but he's answering the question

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 most honestly

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 because he is not

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 Elijah.

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 So,

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 they go on.

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 Are you

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 the prophet?

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 And this is coming

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 from a prophecy

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 made by Moses

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 found in Deuteronomy 18

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 and verse 15.

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 There we can read,

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 the Lord your God

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 will raise up for you

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 a prophet like me

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 from among you,

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 from your brothers.

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 It is to him

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 you shall listen.

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 And there's

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 more to it

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 in the context,

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 but that's most

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 narrowly there.

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 The prophet.

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 They're looking

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 for this one.

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 Now,

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 there's no consensus

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 who the prophet

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 was in Jesus' day.

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 There's a lot of confusion

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 about who

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 the prophet was.

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 Some thought

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 another prophet

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 like Jeremiah

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 or Isaiah.

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 Some rightly thought

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 the prophet

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 is the Christ.

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 That's the right

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 understanding

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 of that text.

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 Both Peter

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 in Acts chapter 3

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 and Stephen

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 in Acts chapter 7

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 apply

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 Deuteronomy 18

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 15

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 to

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 Jesus.

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 So,

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 they're asking

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 the question,

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 it's really a repetition

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 of their initial intention

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 to see if he was

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 the Christ,

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 but there was a lot

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 of misunderstanding

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 about who the prophet

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 may have been.

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 And so,

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 John the Baptist

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 rightly answers

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 no.

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 So,

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 they say,

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 who are you?

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 We need to give

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 an answer

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 to those

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 who sent us.

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 They can't go back

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 empty-handed.

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 What do you say

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 about yourself?

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 So,

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 after this string

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 of denials,

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 John speaks

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 of himself

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 in the affirmative.

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 He says who he is

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 in verse 23.

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 I'm the voice

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 of one crying

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 out in the wilderness,

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 make straight

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 the way

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 of the Lord,

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 as the prophet

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 Isaiah said.

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 John is here

00:21:04.040 --> 00:21:05.060
 citing Isaiah

00:21:05.060 --> 00:21:05.920
 chapter 40

00:21:05.920 --> 00:21:07.580
 and verse 3.

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 A voice cries,

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 in the wilderness

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 prepare the way

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 of the Lord,

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 make straight

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 in the desert

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 a highway

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 for our God.

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 all four

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 gospels

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 cite this verse

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 in connection

00:21:20.700 --> 00:21:21.840
 with John

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 the Baptist.

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 But only in this

00:21:23.920 --> 00:21:24.700
 gospel is John

00:21:24.700 --> 00:21:25.860
 himself recorded

00:21:25.860 --> 00:21:27.920
 as using it.

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 And we're going to

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 pick up his answer

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 to this question

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 and to the next

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 back up in my

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 concluding

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 comments.

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 But they go beyond

00:21:36.140 --> 00:21:36.840
 that, right?

00:21:36.900 --> 00:21:37.700
 After the answers

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 with this,

00:21:38.940 --> 00:21:39.640
 I am the voice

00:21:39.640 --> 00:21:40.540
 of one crying out

00:21:40.540 --> 00:21:40.920
 in the wilderness,

00:21:41.120 --> 00:21:41.640
 make straight

00:21:41.640 --> 00:21:42.200
 the way

00:21:42.200 --> 00:21:43.620
 of the Lord

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 to ask,

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 then,

00:21:46.019 --> 00:21:47.700
 why are you

00:21:47.700 --> 00:21:49.059
 baptizing?

00:21:49.920 --> 00:21:50.259
 If you are

00:21:50.259 --> 00:21:51.019
 neither the Christ

00:21:51.019 --> 00:21:52.559
 nor Elijah

00:21:52.559 --> 00:21:55.360
 nor the prophet.

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 And we'll say

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 some more about

00:21:57.240 --> 00:21:58.860
 this in just a bit.

00:21:59.220 --> 00:21:59.539
 But John

00:21:59.539 --> 00:22:00.460
 answers them,

00:22:00.600 --> 00:22:01.500
 I baptize

00:22:01.500 --> 00:22:02.160
 with water,

00:22:02.819 --> 00:22:03.740
 but among you

00:22:03.740 --> 00:22:04.600
 stands one

00:22:04.600 --> 00:22:06.019
 you do not

00:22:06.019 --> 00:22:07.059
 know.

00:22:07.160 --> 00:22:07.600
 And it's

00:22:07.600 --> 00:22:08.519
 unsure at this

00:22:08.519 --> 00:22:08.880
 point,

00:22:08.880 --> 00:22:10.080
 but it's suggested

00:22:10.080 --> 00:22:10.880
 that perhaps

00:22:10.880 --> 00:22:11.840
 Jesus is actually

00:22:11.840 --> 00:22:12.680
 there as they're

00:22:12.680 --> 00:22:13.500
 asking these

00:22:13.500 --> 00:22:13.960
 questions,

00:22:14.060 --> 00:22:14.200
 right?

00:22:14.220 --> 00:22:14.800
 In the larger

00:22:14.800 --> 00:22:15.260
 crowd,

00:22:15.340 --> 00:22:15.760
 he's actually

00:22:15.760 --> 00:22:17.560
 standing there.

00:22:18.380 --> 00:22:19.200
 Even one

00:22:19.200 --> 00:22:20.440
 who comes after

00:22:20.440 --> 00:22:20.600
 me,

00:22:20.660 --> 00:22:21.220
 the strap of

00:22:21.220 --> 00:22:21.740
 whose sandal

00:22:21.740 --> 00:22:22.340
 I am not

00:22:22.340 --> 00:22:23.540
 worthy to

00:22:23.540 --> 00:22:24.860
 untie.

00:22:25.860 --> 00:22:26.600
 So John

00:22:26.600 --> 00:22:27.520
 gets grilled,

00:22:27.760 --> 00:22:27.900
 right?

00:22:28.100 --> 00:22:29.140
 Who are you?

00:22:29.240 --> 00:22:29.720
 And he gives

00:22:29.720 --> 00:22:31.040
 a very clear

00:22:31.040 --> 00:22:32.140
 denial of all

00:22:32.140 --> 00:22:32.760
 the possible

00:22:32.760 --> 00:22:33.680
 people they

00:22:33.680 --> 00:22:34.340
 thought he may

00:22:34.340 --> 00:22:34.740
 be,

00:22:34.880 --> 00:22:36.020
 and a very

00:22:36.020 --> 00:22:37.000
 clear message

00:22:37.000 --> 00:22:38.040
 that he is one

00:22:38.040 --> 00:22:39.440
 preparing the

00:22:39.440 --> 00:22:39.800
 way.

00:22:39.799 --> 00:22:41.039
 for the

00:22:41.039 --> 00:22:41.440
 Christ.

00:22:43.000 --> 00:22:43.480
 Secondly,

00:22:43.680 --> 00:22:44.259
 let's look at

00:22:44.259 --> 00:22:45.579
 day two,

00:22:45.700 --> 00:22:46.159
 beginning in

00:22:46.159 --> 00:22:47.159
 verse 29.

00:22:47.379 --> 00:22:47.700
 You'll notice

00:22:47.700 --> 00:22:48.419
 that phrase,

00:22:49.039 --> 00:22:49.720
 the next

00:22:49.720 --> 00:22:50.819
 day.

00:22:51.519 --> 00:22:52.339
 This time his

00:22:52.339 --> 00:22:52.940
 address is to

00:22:52.940 --> 00:22:53.839
 the broader

00:22:53.839 --> 00:22:54.460
 crowd.

00:22:54.680 --> 00:22:55.379
 So before it

00:22:55.379 --> 00:22:55.899
 was just to

00:22:55.899 --> 00:22:57.379
 this group

00:22:57.379 --> 00:22:57.759
 that was sent

00:22:57.759 --> 00:22:57.899
 to him,

00:22:57.940 --> 00:22:58.680
 this delegation

00:22:58.680 --> 00:22:59.139
 now,

00:22:59.279 --> 00:22:59.859
 to the

00:22:59.859 --> 00:23:00.539
 broader

00:23:00.539 --> 00:23:01.519
 crowd as he

00:23:01.519 --> 00:23:02.500
 sees Jesus

00:23:02.500 --> 00:23:04.039
 coming toward

00:23:04.039 --> 00:23:04.740
 him and

00:23:04.740 --> 00:23:05.480
 cries out,

00:23:05.639 --> 00:23:06.659
 behold the

00:23:06.659 --> 00:23:07.519
 Lamb of God

00:23:07.519 --> 00:23:08.359
 who takes

00:23:08.359 --> 00:23:09.099
 away the

00:23:09.099 --> 00:23:10.639
 sins of

00:23:10.639 --> 00:23:11.159
 the world.

00:23:12.259 --> 00:23:12.659
 On the

00:23:12.659 --> 00:23:13.139
 second day,

00:23:13.240 --> 00:23:13.699
 John is not

00:23:13.699 --> 00:23:14.459
 being questioned,

00:23:14.659 --> 00:23:15.159
 but he still

00:23:15.159 --> 00:23:16.299
 gives a

00:23:16.299 --> 00:23:17.259
 faithful witness

00:23:17.259 --> 00:23:18.039
 to Christ

00:23:18.039 --> 00:23:18.959
 in making

00:23:18.959 --> 00:23:19.399
 this

00:23:19.399 --> 00:23:20.559
 extraordinary

00:23:20.559 --> 00:23:22.099
 declaration.

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 Behold the

00:23:23.419 --> 00:23:24.139
 Lamb of God

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 who takes

00:23:25.240 --> 00:23:25.599
 away the

00:23:25.599 --> 00:23:26.679
 sin of

00:23:26.679 --> 00:23:27.079
 the world.

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 This phrase

00:23:29.459 --> 00:23:30.659
 is not found

00:23:30.659 --> 00:23:31.919
 in this form

00:23:31.919 --> 00:23:32.740
 in the Old

00:23:32.740 --> 00:23:33.159
 Testament,

00:23:33.699 --> 00:23:34.740
 but the idea

00:23:34.740 --> 00:23:37.000
 is everywhere.

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 Some examples,

00:23:39.620 --> 00:23:40.460
 Genesis chapter

00:23:40.460 --> 00:23:41.059
 22,

00:23:42.140 --> 00:23:43.059
 verse 7 and

00:23:43.059 --> 00:23:43.279
 8,

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 and we know

00:23:44.339 --> 00:23:44.700
 there that

00:23:44.700 --> 00:23:45.200
 Abraham is

00:23:45.200 --> 00:23:45.519
 given the

00:23:45.519 --> 00:23:45.960
 command to

00:23:45.960 --> 00:23:46.480
 go and

00:23:46.480 --> 00:23:48.120
 sacrifice his

00:23:48.120 --> 00:23:49.460
 son Isaac.

00:23:49.980 --> 00:23:50.299
 And Isaac

00:23:50.299 --> 00:23:50.640
 says,

00:23:50.799 --> 00:23:51.259
 Behold the

00:23:51.259 --> 00:23:51.859
 fire and the

00:23:51.859 --> 00:23:52.059
 wood,

00:23:52.120 --> 00:23:52.620
 but where

00:23:52.620 --> 00:23:53.359
 is the

00:23:53.359 --> 00:23:54.759
 Lamb for

00:23:54.759 --> 00:23:55.259
 a burnt

00:23:55.259 --> 00:23:55.940
 offering?

00:23:56.120 --> 00:23:57.039
 And Abraham

00:23:57.039 --> 00:23:58.059
 replies to

00:23:58.059 --> 00:23:58.339
 him,

00:23:58.940 --> 00:23:59.539
 God will

00:23:59.539 --> 00:24:00.400
 provide for

00:24:00.400 --> 00:24:01.240
 himself the

00:24:01.240 --> 00:24:02.500
 Lamb for a

00:24:02.500 --> 00:24:02.700
 burnt

00:24:02.700 --> 00:24:03.180
 offering.

00:24:03.180 --> 00:24:04.539
 my son.

00:24:04.660 --> 00:24:05.019
 And then we

00:24:05.019 --> 00:24:06.060
 see his

00:24:06.060 --> 00:24:06.740
 hand stayed

00:24:06.740 --> 00:24:07.060
 and in

00:24:07.060 --> 00:24:07.799
 verse 13

00:24:07.799 --> 00:24:08.680
 God provides

00:24:08.680 --> 00:24:09.940
 a substitutionary

00:24:09.940 --> 00:24:10.740
 ram for

00:24:10.740 --> 00:24:11.380
 Isaac which

00:24:11.380 --> 00:24:13.299
 prefigures a

00:24:13.299 --> 00:24:14.799
 greater sacrifice

00:24:14.799 --> 00:24:15.840
 that will

00:24:15.840 --> 00:24:16.200
 come.

00:24:16.500 --> 00:24:17.039
 We get

00:24:17.039 --> 00:24:17.299
 the whole

00:24:17.299 --> 00:24:18.039
 another place,

00:24:18.200 --> 00:24:18.860
 Exodus chapter

00:24:18.860 --> 00:24:20.019
 29,

00:24:20.160 --> 00:24:20.700
 38 through

00:24:20.700 --> 00:24:21.340
 39,

00:24:21.840 --> 00:24:22.340
 Leviticus

00:24:22.340 --> 00:24:23.980
 chapter 23,

00:24:24.180 --> 00:24:24.580
 just one

00:24:24.580 --> 00:24:25.259
 example here,

00:24:25.380 --> 00:24:26.539
 Exodus 29

00:24:26.539 --> 00:24:27.960
 verse 38,

00:24:28.360 --> 00:24:29.240
 a command

00:24:29.240 --> 00:24:29.680
 for the

00:24:29.680 --> 00:24:30.720
 continual

00:24:30.720 --> 00:24:31.779
 giving of

00:24:31.779 --> 00:24:32.680
 Lamb for

00:24:32.680 --> 00:24:33.680
 sin.

00:24:33.820 --> 00:24:34.140
 Lambs were

00:24:34.140 --> 00:24:34.460
 part of

00:24:34.460 --> 00:24:35.080
 daily,

00:24:35.360 --> 00:24:36.019
 ongoing

00:24:36.019 --> 00:24:37.120
 sacrifices

00:24:37.120 --> 00:24:37.539
 for the

00:24:37.539 --> 00:24:38.680
 sin of

00:24:38.680 --> 00:24:39.140
 the people.

00:24:39.700 --> 00:24:39.960
 Now this

00:24:39.960 --> 00:24:40.200
 is what

00:24:40.200 --> 00:24:40.560
 you shall

00:24:40.560 --> 00:24:41.259
 offer on

00:24:41.259 --> 00:24:41.820
 the altar,

00:24:41.960 --> 00:24:42.620
 two lambs

00:24:42.620 --> 00:24:43.039
 a year

00:24:43.039 --> 00:24:43.740
 old by

00:24:43.740 --> 00:24:44.220
 day,

00:24:44.920 --> 00:24:45.519
 regularly.

00:24:47.519 --> 00:24:48.039
 And if

00:24:48.039 --> 00:24:48.360
 you back

00:24:48.360 --> 00:24:48.700
 up,

00:24:49.400 --> 00:24:49.680
 Exodus

00:24:49.680 --> 00:24:50.560
 chapter 12

00:24:50.560 --> 00:24:52.200
 verses 3

00:24:52.200 --> 00:24:52.860
 through 13,

00:24:53.080 --> 00:24:53.380
 if you look

00:24:53.380 --> 00:24:53.980
 at verse

00:24:53.980 --> 00:24:55.019
 5,

00:24:55.140 --> 00:24:55.840
 we hear

00:24:55.840 --> 00:24:56.400
 this account

00:24:56.400 --> 00:24:57.019
 of the

00:24:57.019 --> 00:24:58.100
 Passover

00:24:58.100 --> 00:24:59.720
 Lamb.

00:25:00.299 --> 00:25:00.500
 And the

00:25:00.500 --> 00:25:00.960
 command is

00:25:00.960 --> 00:25:01.220
 given,

00:25:01.220 --> 00:25:01.759
 your Lamb

00:25:01.759 --> 00:25:02.160
 shall be

00:25:02.160 --> 00:25:02.500
 without

00:25:02.500 --> 00:25:03.000
 blemish,

00:25:03.400 --> 00:25:03.900
 a male

00:25:03.900 --> 00:25:04.519
 a year

00:25:04.519 --> 00:25:05.579
 old.

00:25:05.640 --> 00:25:05.839
 And they

00:25:05.839 --> 00:25:06.160
 were to

00:25:06.160 --> 00:25:06.799
 slaughter

00:25:06.799 --> 00:25:07.279
 that Lamb

00:25:07.279 --> 00:25:07.799
 and spread

00:25:07.799 --> 00:25:08.140
 the blood

00:25:08.140 --> 00:25:08.380
 on the

00:25:08.380 --> 00:25:09.039
 doorposts

00:25:09.039 --> 00:25:09.539
 that the

00:25:09.539 --> 00:25:10.039
 angel of

00:25:10.039 --> 00:25:10.279
 death

00:25:10.279 --> 00:25:10.819
 would pass

00:25:10.819 --> 00:25:11.279
 over

00:25:11.279 --> 00:25:12.420
 their

00:25:12.420 --> 00:25:12.960
 homes.

00:25:13.799 --> 00:25:14.259
 So there's

00:25:14.259 --> 00:25:14.920
 lots of

00:25:14.920 --> 00:25:15.380
 imagery

00:25:15.380 --> 00:25:17.100
 that tends

00:25:17.100 --> 00:25:17.400
 in this

00:25:17.400 --> 00:25:17.839
 direction,

00:25:18.019 --> 00:25:18.640
 pushes us

00:25:18.640 --> 00:25:19.100
 toward an

00:25:19.100 --> 00:25:19.539
 understanding

00:25:19.539 --> 00:25:20.019
 of what

00:25:20.019 --> 00:25:20.900
 John is

00:25:20.900 --> 00:25:21.339
 declaring

00:25:21.339 --> 00:25:21.700
 when he

00:25:21.700 --> 00:25:22.339
 cries out,

00:25:22.440 --> 00:25:23.180
 Behold

00:25:23.180 --> 00:25:24.360
 the Lamb

00:25:24.359 --> 00:25:25.740
 of God.

00:25:27.159 --> 00:25:27.759
 I like

00:25:27.759 --> 00:25:28.359
 to imagine,

00:25:28.679 --> 00:25:29.000
 so hear

00:25:29.000 --> 00:25:29.199
 me,

00:25:29.339 --> 00:25:29.779
 this is an

00:25:29.779 --> 00:25:30.279
 imagination

00:25:30.279 --> 00:25:30.859
 piece,

00:25:31.759 --> 00:25:32.119
 but that

00:25:32.119 --> 00:25:32.339
 this

00:25:32.339 --> 00:25:32.779
 declaration

00:25:32.779 --> 00:25:33.259
 would have

00:25:33.259 --> 00:25:33.599
 had a

00:25:33.599 --> 00:25:34.399
 particular

00:25:34.399 --> 00:25:35.779
 resonance

00:25:35.779 --> 00:25:37.259
 because the

00:25:37.259 --> 00:25:37.699
 Passover

00:25:37.699 --> 00:25:38.539
 was going

00:25:38.539 --> 00:25:39.000
 to be

00:25:39.000 --> 00:25:39.619
 celebrated

00:25:39.619 --> 00:25:40.959
 shortly.

00:25:41.839 --> 00:25:42.459
 As I spend

00:25:42.459 --> 00:25:42.779
 a little more

00:25:42.779 --> 00:25:43.240
 time on this,

00:25:43.319 --> 00:25:43.679
 I might be

00:25:43.679 --> 00:25:43.959
 able to tell

00:25:43.959 --> 00:25:44.179
 you the

00:25:44.179 --> 00:25:44.839
 exact number

00:25:44.839 --> 00:25:45.240
 of days,

00:25:45.339 --> 00:25:45.679
 but I at

00:25:45.679 --> 00:25:46.179
 least know

00:25:46.179 --> 00:25:47.000
 it's some

00:25:47.000 --> 00:25:48.279
 days out.

00:25:48.819 --> 00:25:49.119
 John

00:25:49.119 --> 00:25:49.619
 chapter 2

00:25:49.619 --> 00:25:50.819
 verse 13,

00:25:50.819 --> 00:25:51.960
 the Passover

00:25:51.960 --> 00:25:52.839
 of the

00:25:52.839 --> 00:25:53.939
 Jews was

00:25:53.939 --> 00:25:55.439
 at hand.

00:25:55.559 --> 00:25:56.079
 It's not

00:25:56.079 --> 00:25:56.700
 too many

00:25:56.700 --> 00:25:57.579
 days later

00:25:57.579 --> 00:25:58.819
 that this

00:25:58.819 --> 00:25:59.919
 is taking

00:25:59.919 --> 00:26:01.079
 place.

00:26:01.539 --> 00:26:01.759
 So,

00:26:02.299 --> 00:26:03.259
 perhaps,

00:26:03.899 --> 00:26:04.599
 lambs were

00:26:04.599 --> 00:26:05.779
 being or

00:26:05.779 --> 00:26:06.619
 had been

00:26:06.619 --> 00:26:08.439
 recently herded

00:26:08.439 --> 00:26:09.019
 past the

00:26:09.019 --> 00:26:10.480
 place that

00:26:10.480 --> 00:26:10.759
 John was

00:26:10.759 --> 00:26:11.299
 baptizing.

00:26:11.759 --> 00:26:12.460
 It's very

00:26:12.460 --> 00:26:13.000
 possible,

00:26:13.159 --> 00:26:13.359
 right,

00:26:13.419 --> 00:26:13.899
 that they

00:26:13.899 --> 00:26:14.179
 were being

00:26:14.179 --> 00:26:14.960
 brought from

00:26:14.960 --> 00:26:15.599
 the fields

00:26:15.599 --> 00:26:16.439
 outside and

00:26:16.439 --> 00:26:17.079
 being brought

00:26:17.079 --> 00:26:17.700
 to this

00:26:17.700 --> 00:26:18.879
 great number,

00:26:19.119 --> 00:26:20.099
 massive number

00:26:20.099 --> 00:26:21.159
 of lambs

00:26:21.159 --> 00:26:21.359
 that were

00:26:21.359 --> 00:26:21.939
 sacrificed

00:26:21.939 --> 00:26:23.639
 at the

00:26:23.639 --> 00:26:24.039
 Passover.

00:26:24.259 --> 00:26:24.500
 And so,

00:26:24.659 --> 00:26:25.439
 the image

00:26:25.439 --> 00:26:26.059
 is fresh

00:26:26.059 --> 00:26:26.759
 in everybody's

00:26:26.759 --> 00:26:27.419
 mind of

00:26:27.419 --> 00:26:28.139
 lambs being

00:26:28.139 --> 00:26:29.740
 taken to

00:26:29.740 --> 00:26:30.039
 slaughter.

00:26:30.819 --> 00:26:31.579
 It's my

00:26:31.579 --> 00:26:32.059
 imagination.

00:26:32.259 --> 00:26:33.439
 It's possible.

00:26:34.339 --> 00:26:34.819
 That is why

00:26:34.819 --> 00:26:35.759
 the detail of

00:26:35.759 --> 00:26:36.619
 his location

00:26:36.619 --> 00:26:37.480
 is included

00:26:37.480 --> 00:26:38.319
 in verse

00:26:38.319 --> 00:26:39.659
 28,

00:26:39.799 --> 00:26:40.199
 about a

00:26:40.199 --> 00:26:40.719
 two days

00:26:40.719 --> 00:26:41.599
 journey from

00:26:41.599 --> 00:26:43.159
 Jerusalem.

00:26:44.199 --> 00:26:44.659
 He cries

00:26:44.659 --> 00:26:44.959
 out,

00:26:45.079 --> 00:26:45.819
 Behold

00:26:45.819 --> 00:26:47.079
 the Lamb

00:26:47.079 --> 00:26:48.139
 of God

00:26:48.139 --> 00:26:49.240
 who takes

00:26:49.240 --> 00:26:49.899
 away

00:26:49.900 --> 00:26:50.700
 the sin

00:26:50.700 --> 00:26:52.100
 of the

00:26:52.100 --> 00:26:52.460
 world.

00:26:54.460 --> 00:26:55.180
 What stands

00:26:55.180 --> 00:26:55.420
 in our

00:26:55.420 --> 00:26:56.019
 place is

00:26:56.019 --> 00:26:56.180
 the

00:26:56.180 --> 00:26:57.140
 propitiation

00:26:57.140 --> 00:26:58.180
 that takes

00:26:58.180 --> 00:26:58.840
 God's

00:26:58.840 --> 00:26:59.440
 wrath on

00:26:59.440 --> 00:27:00.960
 our behalf.

00:27:01.040 --> 00:27:01.519
 Not a

00:27:01.519 --> 00:27:02.480
 sacrifice that

00:27:02.480 --> 00:27:02.940
 needs to go

00:27:02.940 --> 00:27:03.400
 on and

00:27:03.400 --> 00:27:03.759
 on and

00:27:03.759 --> 00:27:04.040
 on,

00:27:04.120 --> 00:27:04.660
 but a

00:27:04.660 --> 00:27:05.540
 one-time

00:27:05.540 --> 00:27:06.380
 sacrifice

00:27:06.380 --> 00:27:07.500
 once for

00:27:07.500 --> 00:27:07.880
 all.

00:27:07.960 --> 00:27:08.460
 That anybody

00:27:08.460 --> 00:27:09.440
 who believes

00:27:09.440 --> 00:27:10.720
 in him

00:27:10.720 --> 00:27:11.519
 has our

00:27:11.519 --> 00:27:12.400
 sin taken

00:27:12.400 --> 00:27:12.860
 away,

00:27:13.040 --> 00:27:13.680
 punished

00:27:13.680 --> 00:27:14.360
 in him,

00:27:14.720 --> 00:27:15.040
 his

00:27:15.040 --> 00:27:15.560
 righteousness

00:27:15.560 --> 00:27:16.900
 granted

00:27:16.900 --> 00:27:18.820
 to us.

00:27:20.500 --> 00:27:21.380
 This idea

00:27:21.380 --> 00:27:22.160
 of the

00:27:22.160 --> 00:27:22.980
 Lamb of

00:27:22.980 --> 00:27:23.340
 God

00:27:23.340 --> 00:27:24.519
 is picked

00:27:24.519 --> 00:27:24.700
 up,

00:27:24.759 --> 00:27:25.060
 I think,

00:27:25.120 --> 00:27:25.440
 in a way

00:27:25.440 --> 00:27:25.680
 that's

00:27:25.680 --> 00:27:26.400
 rather stark

00:27:26.400 --> 00:27:26.720
 when you

00:27:26.720 --> 00:27:27.480
 understand

00:27:27.480 --> 00:27:28.320
 the geography

00:27:28.320 --> 00:27:29.420
 of the

00:27:29.420 --> 00:27:29.759
 land.

00:27:30.259 --> 00:27:30.560
 John

00:27:30.560 --> 00:27:31.259
 chapter 18

00:27:31.259 --> 00:27:31.780
 and verse

00:27:31.780 --> 00:27:33.040
 1.

00:27:33.140 --> 00:27:33.400
 This is

00:27:33.400 --> 00:27:34.300
 just after

00:27:34.300 --> 00:27:35.040
 the last

00:27:35.040 --> 00:27:35.540
 supper,

00:27:35.700 --> 00:27:36.100
 which was

00:27:36.100 --> 00:27:36.980
 a Passover

00:27:36.980 --> 00:27:37.980
 meal.

00:27:39.259 --> 00:27:39.600
 There John

00:27:39.600 --> 00:27:39.980
 records,

00:27:39.980 --> 00:27:40.480
 when Jesus

00:27:40.480 --> 00:27:41.019
 had spoken

00:27:41.019 --> 00:27:41.759
 these words,

00:27:42.579 --> 00:27:42.839
 he went

00:27:42.839 --> 00:27:43.360
 out with

00:27:43.360 --> 00:27:44.019
 his disciples

00:27:44.019 --> 00:27:45.640
 across the

00:27:45.640 --> 00:27:46.059
 brook

00:27:46.059 --> 00:27:47.000
 Kidron,

00:27:47.680 --> 00:27:48.140
 where there

00:27:48.140 --> 00:27:48.440
 was a

00:27:48.440 --> 00:27:48.960
 garden which

00:27:48.960 --> 00:27:49.360
 he and

00:27:49.360 --> 00:27:49.920
 his disciples

00:27:49.920 --> 00:27:50.819
 entered.

00:27:51.599 --> 00:27:52.120
 So to

00:27:52.120 --> 00:27:52.539
 get to

00:27:52.539 --> 00:27:52.960
 the garden

00:27:52.960 --> 00:27:53.240
 of

00:27:53.240 --> 00:27:54.259
 Gethsemane,

00:27:54.559 --> 00:27:55.360
 the place

00:27:55.360 --> 00:27:55.640
 where we

00:27:55.640 --> 00:27:56.140
 know that

00:27:56.140 --> 00:27:56.579
 Jesus

00:27:56.579 --> 00:27:57.360
 weeps

00:27:57.360 --> 00:27:58.180
 and

00:27:58.180 --> 00:27:59.539
 sweats

00:27:59.539 --> 00:28:00.019
 blood,

00:28:00.120 --> 00:28:00.339
 he's in

00:28:00.339 --> 00:28:01.220
 great anguish

00:28:01.220 --> 00:28:01.660
 because he

00:28:01.660 --> 00:28:02.400
 knows of

00:28:02.400 --> 00:28:02.839
 his coming

00:28:02.839 --> 00:28:04.140
 crucifixion,

00:28:04.319 --> 00:28:04.860
 bearing the

00:28:04.860 --> 00:28:05.319
 wrath for

00:28:05.319 --> 00:28:05.660
 all who

00:28:05.660 --> 00:28:05.980
 would ever

00:28:05.980 --> 00:28:06.720
 believe in

00:28:06.720 --> 00:28:06.920
 him,

00:28:06.980 --> 00:28:07.799
 he goes

00:28:07.799 --> 00:28:09.240
 across the

00:28:09.240 --> 00:28:09.660
 brook

00:28:09.660 --> 00:28:11.000
 Kidron.

00:28:12.039 --> 00:28:12.420
 That's a

00:28:12.420 --> 00:28:12.839
 significant

00:28:12.839 --> 00:28:13.240
 thing.

00:28:13.380 --> 00:28:14.079
 It's an

00:28:14.079 --> 00:28:14.599
 important

00:28:14.599 --> 00:28:16.039
 detail that

00:28:16.039 --> 00:28:16.539
 all of the

00:28:16.539 --> 00:28:17.079
 early readers

00:28:17.079 --> 00:28:17.319
 would have

00:28:17.319 --> 00:28:18.279
 totally understood

00:28:18.279 --> 00:28:18.620
 and we

00:28:18.620 --> 00:28:19.160
 just need a

00:28:19.160 --> 00:28:19.799
 little help

00:28:19.799 --> 00:28:20.720
 in order

00:28:20.720 --> 00:28:22.039
 to do

00:28:22.039 --> 00:28:22.299
 that.

00:28:23.539 --> 00:28:23.940
 Now you

00:28:23.940 --> 00:28:24.220
 might have

00:28:24.220 --> 00:28:24.480
 noticed,

00:28:24.599 --> 00:28:25.160
 or maybe

00:28:25.160 --> 00:28:25.720
 you didn't,

00:28:26.000 --> 00:28:26.900
 I did not

00:28:26.900 --> 00:28:28.220
 bring up

00:28:28.220 --> 00:28:28.519
 with me

00:28:28.519 --> 00:28:29.039
 this morning

00:28:29.039 --> 00:28:29.200
 the

00:28:29.200 --> 00:28:29.500
 program's

00:28:29.500 --> 00:28:29.839
 progress,

00:28:30.220 --> 00:28:30.519
 so I'm

00:28:30.519 --> 00:28:31.920
 not planning

00:28:31.920 --> 00:28:32.200
 on reading

00:28:32.200 --> 00:28:32.599
 out of it.

00:28:33.559 --> 00:28:34.039
 But I

00:28:34.039 --> 00:28:34.279
 am going

00:28:34.279 --> 00:28:34.700
 to quote

00:28:34.700 --> 00:28:35.140
 Charles

00:28:35.140 --> 00:28:35.440
 Spurgeon

00:28:35.440 --> 00:28:36.220
 just so you

00:28:36.220 --> 00:28:36.559
 all know

00:28:36.559 --> 00:28:37.339
 I'm okay.

00:28:38.160 --> 00:28:38.660
 No one's

00:28:38.660 --> 00:28:39.740
 taken over

00:28:39.740 --> 00:28:40.220
 my body,

00:28:40.300 --> 00:28:40.640
 it's me,

00:28:40.800 --> 00:28:41.100
 really.

00:28:42.240 --> 00:28:42.600
 This is what

00:28:42.600 --> 00:28:42.980
 Charles Spurgeon

00:28:42.980 --> 00:28:43.759
 says of the

00:28:43.759 --> 00:28:45.120
 brook Kidron.

00:28:45.220 --> 00:28:45.920
 The brook Kidron

00:28:45.920 --> 00:28:46.960
 was an

00:28:46.960 --> 00:28:48.019
 insignificant but

00:28:48.019 --> 00:28:49.140
 usually a

00:28:49.140 --> 00:28:50.259
 most foul

00:28:50.259 --> 00:28:51.279
 and filthy

00:28:51.279 --> 00:28:52.279
 ditch outside

00:28:52.279 --> 00:28:52.920
 the walls

00:28:52.920 --> 00:28:53.640
 of Jerusalem.

00:28:54.500 --> 00:28:55.320
 If it was

00:28:55.320 --> 00:28:55.920
 not, as some

00:28:55.920 --> 00:28:56.360
 have called

00:28:56.360 --> 00:28:56.880
 it, the

00:28:56.880 --> 00:28:57.700
 open town

00:28:57.700 --> 00:28:58.360
 sewer, yet

00:28:58.360 --> 00:28:58.680
 there are

00:28:58.680 --> 00:28:59.320
 reasons for

00:28:59.320 --> 00:28:59.920
 believing that

00:28:59.920 --> 00:29:01.080
 at least the

00:29:01.080 --> 00:29:01.920
 filth of the

00:29:01.920 --> 00:29:03.240
 temple ran

00:29:03.240 --> 00:29:03.800
 into it.

00:29:04.540 --> 00:29:05.420
 The scouring

00:29:05.420 --> 00:29:05.860
 of the

00:29:05.860 --> 00:29:06.440
 sacrificial

00:29:06.440 --> 00:29:07.880
 places went

00:29:07.880 --> 00:29:08.440
 by an

00:29:08.440 --> 00:29:08.940
 under

00:29:08.940 --> 00:29:09.340
 channel

00:29:09.340 --> 00:29:10.860
 into this

00:29:10.860 --> 00:29:11.340
 brook.

00:29:12.140 --> 00:29:12.700
 Let me

00:29:12.700 --> 00:29:13.200
 pause there

00:29:13.200 --> 00:29:13.580
 in the

00:29:13.580 --> 00:29:13.840
 quote for

00:29:13.840 --> 00:29:14.540
 just a

00:29:14.540 --> 00:29:14.780
 moment.

00:29:15.240 --> 00:29:16.080
 This means

00:29:16.080 --> 00:29:17.600
 the Passover

00:29:17.600 --> 00:29:17.940
 is taking

00:29:17.940 --> 00:29:18.360
 place,

00:29:18.680 --> 00:29:19.180
 these lambs

00:29:19.180 --> 00:29:19.520
 have come

00:29:19.520 --> 00:29:19.780
 in and

00:29:19.780 --> 00:29:19.960
 they've

00:29:19.960 --> 00:29:20.380
 been being

00:29:20.380 --> 00:29:21.160
 slaughtered

00:29:21.160 --> 00:29:22.540
 all day

00:29:22.540 --> 00:29:23.580
 long.

00:29:24.440 --> 00:29:25.280
 The brook

00:29:25.280 --> 00:29:26.240
 Kidron would

00:29:26.240 --> 00:29:26.520
 have been

00:29:26.520 --> 00:29:27.880
 flowing with

00:29:27.880 --> 00:29:28.900
 blood from

00:29:28.900 --> 00:29:29.600
 those lambs.

00:29:30.160 --> 00:29:30.500
 It would

00:29:30.500 --> 00:29:30.940
 have just

00:29:30.940 --> 00:29:33.320
 been full

00:29:33.320 --> 00:29:34.320
 of blood.

00:29:34.400 --> 00:29:35.020
 They crossed

00:29:35.019 --> 00:29:35.740
 over it.

00:29:35.980 --> 00:29:36.440
 It was a

00:29:36.440 --> 00:29:37.039
 small stream.

00:29:37.420 --> 00:29:37.759
 Maybe they

00:29:37.759 --> 00:29:38.200
 hopped.

00:29:38.759 --> 00:29:39.339
 They crossed

00:29:39.339 --> 00:29:40.000
 over it on

00:29:40.000 --> 00:29:40.420
 their way

00:29:40.420 --> 00:29:41.119
 to

00:29:41.119 --> 00:29:42.460
 Gethsemane.

00:29:43.400 --> 00:29:43.900
 Further,

00:29:44.200 --> 00:29:44.519
 Spurgeon

00:29:44.519 --> 00:29:45.240
 goes on.

00:29:45.299 --> 00:29:45.619
 And we

00:29:45.619 --> 00:29:46.619
 have one

00:29:46.619 --> 00:29:46.859
 or two

00:29:46.859 --> 00:29:47.779
 instances in

00:29:47.779 --> 00:29:48.299
 Holy Writ

00:29:48.299 --> 00:29:49.319
 where when

00:29:49.319 --> 00:29:49.960
 houses were

00:29:49.960 --> 00:29:51.180
 purged and

00:29:51.180 --> 00:29:51.879
 cleansed,

00:29:52.039 --> 00:29:52.839
 the filth was

00:29:52.839 --> 00:29:53.480
 thrown in

00:29:53.480 --> 00:29:54.359
 to the

00:29:54.359 --> 00:29:54.680
 brook

00:29:54.680 --> 00:29:55.720
 Kidron.

00:29:56.279 --> 00:29:56.740
 So when

00:29:56.740 --> 00:29:57.299
 the sinfulness

00:29:57.299 --> 00:29:57.740
 of a home

00:29:57.740 --> 00:29:58.400
 was purged,

00:29:58.639 --> 00:29:59.240
 where did

00:29:59.240 --> 00:29:59.720
 all of it

00:29:59.720 --> 00:30:00.099
 go?

00:30:00.519 --> 00:30:00.960
 They threw

00:30:00.960 --> 00:30:01.639
 it into

00:30:01.640 --> 00:30:02.220
 the brook

00:30:02.220 --> 00:30:03.600
 Kidron.

00:30:04.460 --> 00:30:05.020
 The passing

00:30:05.020 --> 00:30:05.759
 therefore over

00:30:05.759 --> 00:30:06.500
 that foul

00:30:06.500 --> 00:30:07.120
 and black

00:30:07.120 --> 00:30:07.800
 brook becomes

00:30:07.800 --> 00:30:08.380
 the symbol

00:30:08.380 --> 00:30:09.080
 of a time

00:30:09.080 --> 00:30:09.700
 of deep

00:30:09.700 --> 00:30:10.840
 sorrow and

00:30:10.840 --> 00:30:12.500
 acute distress.

00:30:13.380 --> 00:30:13.860
 The king

00:30:13.860 --> 00:30:14.700
 himself then

00:30:14.700 --> 00:30:15.540
 passed over

00:30:15.540 --> 00:30:16.480
 the brook

00:30:16.480 --> 00:30:17.420
 Kidron.

00:30:18.100 --> 00:30:18.800
 The royal

00:30:18.800 --> 00:30:20.000
 road lies

00:30:20.000 --> 00:30:20.560
 over the

00:30:20.560 --> 00:30:21.880
 place of

00:30:21.880 --> 00:30:22.240
 sorrow.

00:30:23.100 --> 00:30:23.660
 The way

00:30:23.660 --> 00:30:24.940
 even for

00:30:24.940 --> 00:30:26.160
 kings is

00:30:26.160 --> 00:30:26.759
 by the brook

00:30:26.759 --> 00:30:27.780
 of grief

00:30:27.780 --> 00:30:29.460
 and shame.

00:30:30.980 --> 00:30:31.540
 Behold,

00:30:31.640 --> 00:30:32.820
 the lamb

00:30:32.820 --> 00:30:33.860
 of God.

00:30:34.180 --> 00:30:34.680
 The one

00:30:34.680 --> 00:30:35.200
 who comes,

00:30:35.300 --> 00:30:35.520
 the one

00:30:35.520 --> 00:30:36.160
 who could

00:30:36.160 --> 00:30:36.980
 come and

00:30:36.980 --> 00:30:38.300
 die in

00:30:38.300 --> 00:30:40.320
 our stead

00:30:40.320 --> 00:30:41.259
 to take

00:30:41.259 --> 00:30:42.860
 away the

00:30:42.860 --> 00:30:43.080
 sin.

00:30:44.120 --> 00:30:44.320
 It's

00:30:44.320 --> 00:30:44.700
 incredible.

00:30:46.160 --> 00:30:47.180
 Verse 31,

00:30:47.480 --> 00:30:48.000
 John says,

00:30:48.060 --> 00:30:48.580
 I myself

00:30:48.580 --> 00:30:48.920
 did not

00:30:48.920 --> 00:30:49.440
 know him,

00:30:50.080 --> 00:30:50.480
 but for

00:30:50.480 --> 00:30:51.040
 this purpose

00:30:51.040 --> 00:30:51.580
 I came

00:30:51.580 --> 00:30:52.380
 baptizing

00:30:52.380 --> 00:30:53.080
 with water

00:30:53.080 --> 00:30:54.200
 that he

00:30:54.200 --> 00:30:55.259
 might be

00:30:55.259 --> 00:30:55.820
 revealed

00:30:55.820 --> 00:30:57.280
 to Israel.

00:30:58.640 --> 00:30:59.480
 On day

00:30:59.480 --> 00:30:59.940
 one,

00:31:00.400 --> 00:31:00.820
 John is

00:31:00.820 --> 00:31:01.520
 asked a

00:31:01.519 --> 00:31:02.119
 question

00:31:02.119 --> 00:31:02.700
 about

00:31:02.700 --> 00:31:03.839
 baptism,

00:31:04.460 --> 00:31:05.339
 which he

00:31:05.339 --> 00:31:06.039
 answers.

00:31:06.420 --> 00:31:06.759
 Here,

00:31:07.000 --> 00:31:07.319
 he is

00:31:07.319 --> 00:31:08.839
 clear why

00:31:08.839 --> 00:31:09.160
 he is

00:31:09.160 --> 00:31:09.720
 baptizing.

00:31:10.420 --> 00:31:11.220
 The Jews

00:31:11.220 --> 00:31:12.039
 were concerned

00:31:12.039 --> 00:31:12.779
 about his

00:31:12.779 --> 00:31:13.259
 baptism

00:31:13.259 --> 00:31:15.180
 because he

00:31:15.180 --> 00:31:16.400
 was baptizing

00:31:16.400 --> 00:31:17.319
 Jewish

00:31:17.319 --> 00:31:18.480
 people.

00:31:19.619 --> 00:31:19.859
 You see,

00:31:19.920 --> 00:31:20.200
 the Jews

00:31:20.200 --> 00:31:20.879
 baptized

00:31:20.879 --> 00:31:22.119
 proselytes,

00:31:23.359 --> 00:31:24.160
 converts to

00:31:24.160 --> 00:31:24.599
 Judaism,

00:31:25.180 --> 00:31:25.960
 but not

00:31:25.960 --> 00:31:26.539
 Israelites,

00:31:26.839 --> 00:31:27.420
 as they

00:31:27.420 --> 00:31:27.759
 viewed

00:31:27.759 --> 00:31:28.279
 Israelites,

00:31:28.660 --> 00:31:29.839
 as already

00:31:29.839 --> 00:31:31.019
 God's

00:31:31.019 --> 00:31:32.259
 people.

00:31:33.559 --> 00:31:34.099
 John's

00:31:34.099 --> 00:31:34.559
 baptism

00:31:34.559 --> 00:31:35.819
 acknowledged

00:31:35.819 --> 00:31:36.720
 that sin

00:31:36.720 --> 00:31:37.460
 had placed

00:31:37.460 --> 00:31:39.079
 all people

00:31:39.079 --> 00:31:39.940
 outside of

00:31:39.940 --> 00:31:40.440
 God's

00:31:40.440 --> 00:31:41.039
 covenant,

00:31:41.379 --> 00:31:42.119
 and therefore

00:31:42.119 --> 00:31:43.460
 that all

00:31:43.460 --> 00:31:44.400
 people need

00:31:44.400 --> 00:31:44.900
 to repent

00:31:44.900 --> 00:31:45.859
 and believe

00:31:45.859 --> 00:31:46.839
 in Christ.

00:31:47.640 --> 00:31:48.460
 All of

00:31:48.460 --> 00:31:49.200
 them were

00:31:49.200 --> 00:31:49.879
 outside of

00:31:49.879 --> 00:31:50.579
 the Mosaic

00:31:50.579 --> 00:31:50.940
 covenant.

00:31:51.140 --> 00:31:51.819
 Every single

00:31:51.819 --> 00:31:52.299
 one of them

00:31:52.299 --> 00:31:52.920
 had sin.

00:31:53.039 --> 00:31:53.700
 None of them

00:31:53.700 --> 00:31:54.180
 had kept

00:31:54.180 --> 00:31:54.900
 God's

00:31:54.900 --> 00:31:55.759
 law.

00:31:55.980 --> 00:31:56.140
 And so

00:31:56.140 --> 00:31:57.019
 everybody

00:31:57.019 --> 00:31:57.960
 needs to

00:31:57.960 --> 00:31:58.519
 repent

00:31:58.519 --> 00:31:59.840
 and believe

00:31:59.840 --> 00:32:00.960
 in Christ.

00:32:02.000 --> 00:32:02.299
 His

00:32:02.299 --> 00:32:02.779
 baptism

00:32:02.779 --> 00:32:03.660
 was a

00:32:03.660 --> 00:32:04.779
 sign of

00:32:04.779 --> 00:32:05.980
 repentance.

00:32:06.340 --> 00:32:06.600
 And so

00:32:06.600 --> 00:32:07.420
 it's unique,

00:32:07.580 --> 00:32:07.880
 and that's

00:32:07.880 --> 00:32:08.340
 the reason

00:32:08.340 --> 00:32:08.720
 they're

00:32:08.720 --> 00:32:09.259
 concerned

00:32:09.259 --> 00:32:09.820
 about what

00:32:09.820 --> 00:32:10.299
 it is

00:32:10.299 --> 00:32:11.299
 that he

00:32:11.299 --> 00:32:12.240
 is doing.

00:32:13.160 --> 00:32:13.840
 Behold

00:32:13.840 --> 00:32:14.440
 the Lamb

00:32:14.440 --> 00:32:14.960
 of God

00:32:14.960 --> 00:32:15.480
 who takes

00:32:15.480 --> 00:32:15.980
 away

00:32:15.980 --> 00:32:16.860
 the sin

00:32:16.860 --> 00:32:17.680
 of

00:32:17.680 --> 00:32:19.259
 the world.

00:32:20.140 --> 00:32:20.420
 Unless

00:32:20.420 --> 00:32:20.740
 you be

00:32:20.740 --> 00:32:21.160
 mistaken

00:32:21.160 --> 00:32:21.600
 at this

00:32:21.600 --> 00:32:21.880
 point,

00:32:22.019 --> 00:32:22.299
 I am

00:32:22.299 --> 00:32:22.759
 not

00:32:22.759 --> 00:32:23.860
 going to

00:32:23.859 --> 00:32:24.079
 argue

00:32:24.079 --> 00:32:24.240
 from

00:32:24.240 --> 00:32:24.399
 this

00:32:24.399 --> 00:32:24.699
 text

00:32:24.699 --> 00:32:24.939
 for

00:32:24.939 --> 00:32:25.359
 general

00:32:25.359 --> 00:32:25.859
 atonement.

00:32:26.099 --> 00:32:26.419
 We have

00:32:26.419 --> 00:32:26.599
 to be

00:32:26.599 --> 00:32:26.899
 very,

00:32:27.019 --> 00:32:27.500
 very careful

00:32:27.500 --> 00:32:28.219
 at this

00:32:28.219 --> 00:32:28.599
 point.

00:32:28.979 --> 00:32:29.500
 If you

00:32:29.500 --> 00:32:31.279
 narrow it

00:32:31.279 --> 00:32:31.539
 down,

00:32:31.639 --> 00:32:32.079
 you ignore

00:32:32.079 --> 00:32:32.399
 the rest

00:32:32.399 --> 00:32:32.559
 of the

00:32:32.559 --> 00:32:32.799
 teaching

00:32:32.799 --> 00:32:32.959
 of

00:32:32.959 --> 00:32:33.240
 Scripture,

00:32:33.599 --> 00:32:34.019
 you would

00:32:34.019 --> 00:32:34.659
 think

00:32:34.659 --> 00:32:34.879
 that

00:32:34.879 --> 00:32:35.179
 Jesus'

00:32:35.399 --> 00:32:35.839
 death

00:32:35.839 --> 00:32:36.459
 took

00:32:36.459 --> 00:32:36.719
 away

00:32:36.719 --> 00:32:37.219
 every

00:32:37.219 --> 00:32:37.579
 sin

00:32:37.579 --> 00:32:37.740
 of

00:32:37.740 --> 00:32:38.019
 every

00:32:38.019 --> 00:32:38.479
 person

00:32:38.479 --> 00:32:38.859
 ever.

00:32:39.000 --> 00:32:39.059
 You

00:32:39.059 --> 00:32:39.259
 become

00:32:39.259 --> 00:32:39.399
 a

00:32:39.399 --> 00:32:40.000
 universalist

00:32:40.000 --> 00:32:40.519
 to be

00:32:40.519 --> 00:32:41.359
 sure.

00:32:42.719 --> 00:32:43.279
 John

00:32:43.279 --> 00:32:43.579
 uses

00:32:43.579 --> 00:32:43.859
 this

00:32:43.859 --> 00:32:44.279
 word

00:32:44.279 --> 00:32:44.979
 cosmos

00:32:44.979 --> 00:32:45.539
 in

00:32:45.539 --> 00:32:46.319
 a lot

00:32:46.319 --> 00:32:46.559
 of

00:32:46.559 --> 00:32:46.839
 different

00:32:46.839 --> 00:32:47.279
 ways.

00:32:48.240 --> 00:32:48.799
 Here

00:32:48.799 --> 00:32:49.379
 he's

00:32:49.379 --> 00:32:49.699
 saying

00:32:49.699 --> 00:32:50.379
 not

00:32:50.379 --> 00:32:50.759
 only

00:32:50.759 --> 00:32:51.199
 does

00:32:51.199 --> 00:32:51.279
 he

00:32:51.279 --> 00:32:51.439
 take

00:32:51.439 --> 00:32:51.679
 away

00:32:51.679 --> 00:32:51.979
 the

00:32:51.979 --> 00:32:52.219
 sin

00:32:52.219 --> 00:32:52.839
 of

00:32:52.839 --> 00:32:53.419
 Jews,

00:32:53.420 --> 00:32:53.820
 but

00:32:53.820 --> 00:32:54.279
 also

00:32:54.279 --> 00:32:54.820
 of

00:32:54.820 --> 00:32:56.019
 Gentiles.

00:32:56.460 --> 00:32:57.039
 This

00:32:57.039 --> 00:32:57.320
 letter

00:32:57.320 --> 00:32:57.680
 written

00:32:57.680 --> 00:32:57.940
 to

00:32:57.940 --> 00:32:58.480
 both.

00:32:59.140 --> 00:32:59.620
 Anybody

00:32:59.620 --> 00:33:00.180
 and

00:33:00.180 --> 00:33:00.740
 everybody

00:33:00.740 --> 00:33:00.960
 who

00:33:00.960 --> 00:33:01.060
 would

00:33:01.060 --> 00:33:01.300
 place

00:33:01.300 --> 00:33:01.580
 their

00:33:01.580 --> 00:33:02.039
 faith

00:33:02.039 --> 00:33:02.860
 in

00:33:02.860 --> 00:33:03.779
 Christ.

00:33:04.060 --> 00:33:04.160
 And

00:33:04.160 --> 00:33:04.380
 we'll

00:33:04.380 --> 00:33:04.840
 unpack

00:33:04.840 --> 00:33:05.060
 that

00:33:05.060 --> 00:33:05.380
 more

00:33:05.380 --> 00:33:05.940
 likely

00:33:05.940 --> 00:33:06.300
 in

00:33:06.300 --> 00:33:06.740
 John

00:33:06.740 --> 00:33:07.120
 chapter

00:33:07.120 --> 00:33:08.600
 3.

00:33:08.599 --> 00:33:10.459
 everybody

00:33:10.459 --> 00:33:11.019
 needs

00:33:11.019 --> 00:33:11.179
 to

00:33:11.179 --> 00:33:11.459
 repent

00:33:11.459 --> 00:33:11.699
 and

00:33:11.699 --> 00:33:12.079
 believe

00:33:12.079 --> 00:33:12.399
 in

00:33:12.399 --> 00:33:12.759
 Christ.

00:33:12.859 --> 00:33:13.000
 Our

00:33:13.000 --> 00:33:13.439
 very

00:33:13.439 --> 00:33:14.219
 greatest

00:33:14.219 --> 00:33:15.599
 of

00:33:15.599 --> 00:33:15.959
 needs.

00:33:17.359 --> 00:33:17.639
 And

00:33:17.639 --> 00:33:17.719
 he

00:33:17.719 --> 00:33:17.879
 goes

00:33:17.879 --> 00:33:18.219
 on

00:33:18.219 --> 00:33:18.639
 on

00:33:18.639 --> 00:33:18.759
 the

00:33:18.759 --> 00:33:19.000
 second

00:33:19.000 --> 00:33:19.359
 day

00:33:19.359 --> 00:33:19.619
 and

00:33:19.619 --> 00:33:19.819
 John

00:33:19.819 --> 00:33:20.019
 bore

00:33:20.019 --> 00:33:20.339
 witness.

00:33:20.500 --> 00:33:20.539
 I

00:33:20.539 --> 00:33:20.719
 saw

00:33:20.719 --> 00:33:20.879
 the

00:33:20.879 --> 00:33:21.159
 spirit

00:33:21.159 --> 00:33:21.500
 descend

00:33:21.500 --> 00:33:21.699
 from

00:33:21.699 --> 00:33:21.919
 heaven

00:33:21.919 --> 00:33:22.119
 like

00:33:22.119 --> 00:33:22.299
 a

00:33:22.299 --> 00:33:22.500
 dove

00:33:22.500 --> 00:33:22.599
 and

00:33:22.599 --> 00:33:22.699
 it

00:33:22.699 --> 00:33:23.079
 remained

00:33:23.079 --> 00:33:23.439
 on

00:33:23.439 --> 00:33:23.699
 him.

00:33:23.699 --> 00:33:24.199
 I

00:33:24.199 --> 00:33:24.779
 myself

00:33:24.779 --> 00:33:25.059
 did

00:33:25.059 --> 00:33:25.259
 not

00:33:25.259 --> 00:33:25.519
 know

00:33:25.519 --> 00:33:25.719
 him

00:33:25.719 --> 00:33:25.859
 but

00:33:25.859 --> 00:33:26.079
 he

00:33:26.079 --> 00:33:26.240
 who

00:33:26.240 --> 00:33:26.519
 sent

00:33:26.519 --> 00:33:26.659
 me

00:33:26.659 --> 00:33:26.799
 to

00:33:26.799 --> 00:33:27.219
 baptize

00:33:27.219 --> 00:33:27.379
 with

00:33:27.379 --> 00:33:27.659
 water

00:33:27.659 --> 00:33:27.980
 said

00:33:27.980 --> 00:33:28.119
 to

00:33:28.119 --> 00:33:28.240
 him.

00:33:28.240 --> 00:33:28.379
 So

00:33:28.379 --> 00:33:28.599
 God

00:33:28.599 --> 00:33:28.759
 the

00:33:28.759 --> 00:33:29.000
 father

00:33:29.000 --> 00:33:29.279
 said

00:33:29.279 --> 00:33:29.419
 to

00:33:29.419 --> 00:33:29.639
 him

00:33:29.639 --> 00:33:29.659
!

00:33:29.659 --> 00:33:30.240
 He

00:33:30.240 --> 00:33:30.439
 on

00:33:30.439 --> 00:33:30.740
 whom

00:33:30.740 --> 00:33:31.219
 you

00:33:31.219 --> 00:33:31.359
 see

00:33:31.359 --> 00:33:31.500
 the

00:33:38.599 --> 00:33:38.699
 Mark

00:33:38.699 --> 00:33:39.039
 records

00:33:39.039 --> 00:33:39.139
 in

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 Mark

00:33:39.319 --> 00:33:39.579
 chapter

00:33:39.579 --> 00:33:39.919
 1

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 verse

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 9

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 through

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 11

00:33:41.419 --> 00:33:41.659
 in

00:33:41.659 --> 00:33:41.959
 those

00:33:41.959 --> 00:33:42.279
 days

00:33:42.279 --> 00:33:42.599
 Jesus

00:33:42.599 --> 00:33:42.959
 came

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 from

00:33:43.159 --> 00:33:43.659
 Nazareth

00:33:43.659 --> 00:33:43.879
 of

00:33:43.879 --> 00:33:44.319
 Galilee

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 and

00:33:44.519 --> 00:33:44.679
 was

00:33:44.679 --> 00:33:45.059
 baptized

00:33:45.059 --> 00:33:45.419
 by

00:33:45.419 --> 00:33:45.879
 John

00:33:45.879 --> 00:33:46.519
 in

00:33:46.519 --> 00:33:46.659
 the

00:33:46.659 --> 00:33:46.959
 Jordan

00:33:46.959 --> 00:33:47.599
 and

00:33:47.599 --> 00:33:47.699
 when

00:33:47.699 --> 00:33:47.819
 he

00:33:47.819 --> 00:33:48.079
 came

00:33:48.079 --> 00:33:48.219
 up

00:33:48.219 --> 00:33:48.359
 out

00:33:48.359 --> 00:33:48.439
 of

00:33:48.439 --> 00:33:48.539
 the

00:33:48.539 --> 00:33:48.799
 water

00:33:48.799 --> 00:33:49.419
 immediately

00:33:49.419 --> 00:33:49.679
 he

00:33:49.679 --> 00:33:49.819
 saw

00:33:49.819 --> 00:33:49.980
 the

00:33:49.980 --> 00:33:50.219
 heavens

00:33:50.219 --> 00:33:50.480
 being

00:33:50.480 --> 00:33:50.839
 torn

00:33:50.839 --> 00:33:51.259
 open

00:33:51.259 --> 00:33:51.480
 and

00:33:51.480 --> 00:33:51.659
 the

00:33:51.659 --> 00:33:52.159
 spirit

00:33:52.159 --> 00:33:52.959
 descending

00:33:52.959 --> 00:33:53.299
 on

00:33:53.299 --> 00:33:53.539
 him

00:33:53.539 --> 00:33:54.099
 like

00:33:54.099 --> 00:33:54.299
 a

00:33:54.299 --> 00:33:54.579
 dove

00:33:54.579 --> 00:33:54.779
 and

00:33:54.779 --> 00:33:54.980
 a

00:33:54.980 --> 00:33:55.359
 voice

00:33:55.359 --> 00:33:56.039
 came

00:33:56.039 --> 00:33:56.719
 from

00:33:56.719 --> 00:33:57.079
 heaven

00:33:57.079 --> 00:33:57.859
 you

00:33:57.859 --> 00:33:58.240
 are

00:33:58.240 --> 00:33:58.659
 my

00:33:58.659 --> 00:33:59.279
 beloved

00:33:59.279 --> 00:34:00.000
 son

00:34:00.000 --> 00:34:00.519
 with

00:34:00.519 --> 00:34:00.879
 you

00:34:00.879 --> 00:34:01.679
 I

00:34:01.679 --> 00:34:01.859
 am

00:34:01.859 --> 00:34:02.339
 well

00:34:02.339 --> 00:34:02.339


00:34:02.339 --> 00:34:03.899
 pleased!

00:34:03.899 --> 00:34:03.899


00:34:04.899 --> 00:34:05.399
 So

00:34:08.599 --> 00:34:09.599
 we

00:34:09.599 --> 00:34:10.380
 don't

00:34:10.380 --> 00:34:10.519
 get

00:34:10.519 --> 00:34:10.719
 the

00:34:10.719 --> 00:34:11.380
 first

00:34:11.380 --> 00:34:11.659
 hand

00:34:11.659 --> 00:34:12.079
 account

00:34:12.079 --> 00:34:12.319
 of

00:34:12.319 --> 00:34:12.440
 it

00:34:12.440 --> 00:34:12.599
 but

00:34:12.599 --> 00:34:12.739
 we

00:34:12.739 --> 00:34:13.019
 get

00:34:13.019 --> 00:34:13.779
 John

00:34:13.779 --> 00:34:14.239
 telling

00:34:14.239 --> 00:34:14.480
 us

00:34:14.480 --> 00:34:14.619
 that

00:34:14.619 --> 00:34:14.839
 this

00:34:14.839 --> 00:34:15.219
 very

00:34:15.219 --> 00:34:15.860
 thing

00:34:15.860 --> 00:34:16.460
 happened

00:34:16.460 --> 00:34:16.739
 God

00:34:16.739 --> 00:34:16.860
 the

00:34:16.860 --> 00:34:17.019
 father

00:34:17.019 --> 00:34:17.279
 told

00:34:17.279 --> 00:34:17.460
 him

00:34:17.460 --> 00:34:17.839
 that

00:34:17.839 --> 00:34:17.980
 God

00:34:17.980 --> 00:34:18.099
 the

00:34:18.099 --> 00:34:18.319
 spirit

00:34:18.319 --> 00:34:18.519
 would

00:34:18.519 --> 00:34:18.920
 descend

00:34:18.920 --> 00:34:19.339
 on

00:34:19.339 --> 00:34:19.719
 God

00:34:19.719 --> 00:34:20.099
 the

00:34:20.099 --> 00:34:20.440
 son

00:34:20.440 --> 00:34:20.920
 and

00:34:20.920 --> 00:34:21.619
 confirm

00:34:21.619 --> 00:34:21.619


00:34:21.619 --> 00:34:22.460
 who

00:34:22.460 --> 00:34:23.059
 he

00:34:23.059 --> 00:34:23.400
 is

00:34:23.400 --> 00:34:23.519
 and

00:34:23.519 --> 00:34:23.639
 it's

00:34:23.639 --> 00:34:23.819
 with

00:34:23.819 --> 00:34:24.299
 that

00:34:24.299 --> 00:34:24.920
 confidence

00:34:24.920 --> 00:34:25.319
 of that

00:34:25.319 --> 00:34:25.940
 confirmation

00:34:25.940 --> 00:34:26.299
 in

00:34:26.299 --> 00:34:26.539
 verse

00:34:26.539 --> 00:34:27.299
 34

00:34:27.299 --> 00:34:28.179
 John

00:34:28.179 --> 00:34:28.319
 the

00:34:28.319 --> 00:34:28.579
 Baptist

00:34:28.579 --> 00:34:28.920
 says

00:34:28.920 --> 00:34:29.039
 and

00:34:29.039 --> 00:34:29.099
 I

00:34:29.099 --> 00:34:29.239
 have

00:34:29.239 --> 00:34:29.739
 seen

00:34:29.739 --> 00:34:29.980
 and

00:34:29.980 --> 00:34:30.139
 have

00:34:30.139 --> 00:34:30.400
 borne

00:34:30.400 --> 00:34:30.860
 witness

00:34:30.860 --> 00:34:30.920
!

00:34:31.199 --> 00:34:31.219
 that

00:34:31.219 --> 00:34:31.719
 this

00:34:31.719 --> 00:34:32.759
 is

00:34:32.759 --> 00:34:33.219
 the

00:34:33.219 --> 00:34:33.500
 son

00:34:33.500 --> 00:34:34.619
 of

00:34:34.619 --> 00:34:34.900
 God!

00:34:34.900 --> 00:34:37.579
 thirdly

00:34:38.599 --> 00:34:38.779
 day

00:34:38.779 --> 00:34:39.099
 three

00:34:39.099 --> 00:34:40.900
 very

00:34:40.900 --> 00:34:41.299
 briefly

00:34:41.299 --> 00:34:42.000
 some

00:34:42.000 --> 00:34:42.099
 of

00:34:42.099 --> 00:34:42.239
 this

00:34:42.239 --> 00:34:42.339
 is

00:34:42.339 --> 00:34:42.440
 going

00:34:42.440 --> 00:34:42.539
 to

00:34:42.539 --> 00:34:42.719
 roll

00:34:42.719 --> 00:34:42.980
 into

00:34:42.980 --> 00:34:43.559
 next

00:34:43.559 --> 00:34:43.900
 week

00:34:43.900 --> 00:34:45.000
 the

00:34:45.000 --> 00:34:45.279
 calling

00:34:45.279 --> 00:34:45.480
 of

00:34:45.480 --> 00:34:45.699
 the

00:34:45.699 --> 00:34:46.380
 disciples

00:34:46.380 --> 00:34:46.599
 the

00:34:46.599 --> 00:34:48.279
 next

00:34:48.279 --> 00:34:48.440
 day

00:34:48.440 --> 00:34:48.659
 again

00:34:48.659 --> 00:34:48.860
 John

00:34:48.860 --> 00:34:49.019
 was

00:34:49.019 --> 00:34:49.219
 standing

00:34:49.219 --> 00:34:49.400
 with

00:34:49.400 --> 00:34:49.500
 his

00:34:49.500 --> 00:34:49.599
 two

00:34:49.599 --> 00:34:50.059
 disciples

00:34:50.059 --> 00:34:51.380
 heard

00:34:51.380 --> 00:34:51.699
 him

00:34:51.699 --> 00:34:52.000
 say

00:34:52.000 --> 00:34:52.319
 this

00:34:52.319 --> 00:34:52.799
 and

00:34:52.799 --> 00:34:53.739
 they

00:34:53.739 --> 00:34:54.159
 followed

00:34:54.159 --> 00:34:55.059
 Jesus

00:34:55.059 --> 00:34:55.659
 so

00:34:55.659 --> 00:34:55.759
 we've

00:34:55.759 --> 00:34:55.839
 got

00:34:55.839 --> 00:34:56.059
 this

00:34:56.059 --> 00:34:56.940
 delegation

00:34:56.940 --> 00:34:57.179
 that

00:34:57.179 --> 00:34:57.319
 was

00:34:57.319 --> 00:34:57.599
 sent

00:34:57.599 --> 00:34:58.059
 to

00:34:58.059 --> 00:34:58.299
 ask

00:34:58.299 --> 00:34:58.460
 them

00:34:58.460 --> 00:34:58.659
 the

00:34:58.659 --> 00:34:59.079
 questions

00:34:59.079 --> 00:34:59.920
 we

00:34:59.920 --> 00:35:00.059
 have

00:35:00.059 --> 00:35:00.239
 the

00:35:00.239 --> 00:35:00.659
 broader

00:35:00.659 --> 00:35:01.219
 crowd

00:35:01.219 --> 00:35:01.500
 all

00:35:01.500 --> 00:35:01.900
 together

00:35:01.900 --> 00:35:02.239
 and

00:35:02.239 --> 00:35:02.579
 then

00:35:02.579 --> 00:35:02.759
 we

00:35:02.759 --> 00:35:03.099
 see

00:35:03.099 --> 00:35:03.980
 John

00:35:03.980 --> 00:35:04.239
 with

00:35:04.239 --> 00:35:04.880
 just

00:35:04.880 --> 00:35:05.500
 two

00:35:05.500 --> 00:35:05.860
 of

00:35:05.860 --> 00:35:06.199
 his

00:35:06.199 --> 00:35:07.159
 disciples

00:35:07.159 --> 00:35:07.420
 and

00:35:07.420 --> 00:35:07.579
 we'll

00:35:07.579 --> 00:35:07.880
 learn

00:35:07.880 --> 00:35:08.059
 more

00:35:08.059 --> 00:35:08.320
 about

00:35:08.320 --> 00:35:08.599
 them

00:35:08.599 --> 00:35:09.360
 next

00:35:09.360 --> 00:35:09.719
 week

00:35:09.719 --> 00:35:09.860
 and

00:35:09.860 --> 00:35:09.980
 he

00:35:09.980 --> 00:35:10.179
 makes

00:35:10.179 --> 00:35:10.340
 that

00:35:10.340 --> 00:35:11.039
 declaration

00:35:11.039 --> 00:35:11.719
 again

00:35:11.719 --> 00:35:11.920
 and

00:35:11.920 --> 00:35:12.380
 those

00:35:12.380 --> 00:35:12.799
 two

00:35:12.799 --> 00:35:13.360
 disciples

00:35:13.360 --> 00:35:13.860
 in

00:35:13.860 --> 00:35:14.500
 response

00:35:14.500 --> 00:35:15.219
 to

00:35:15.219 --> 00:35:15.360
 that

00:35:15.360 --> 00:35:15.799
 faithful

00:35:15.799 --> 00:35:16.219
 witness

00:35:16.219 --> 00:35:16.739
 to

00:35:16.739 --> 00:35:17.000
 Jesus'

00:35:17.199 --> 00:35:17.579
 person

00:35:17.579 --> 00:35:18.179
 and

00:35:18.179 --> 00:35:18.320
 his

00:35:18.320 --> 00:35:18.679
 work

00:35:18.679 --> 00:35:19.619
 followed

00:35:19.619 --> 00:35:20.840
 Christ

00:35:20.840 --> 00:35:22.480
 so

00:35:22.480 --> 00:35:22.639
 with

00:35:22.639 --> 00:35:22.779
 that

00:35:22.779 --> 00:35:23.039
 let me

00:35:23.039 --> 00:35:23.360
 loop

00:35:23.360 --> 00:35:23.759
 back

00:35:23.759 --> 00:35:24.420
 to

00:35:24.420 --> 00:35:24.779
 this

00:35:24.779 --> 00:35:26.199
 three

00:35:26.199 --> 00:35:26.460
 point

00:35:26.460 --> 00:35:26.920
 outline

00:35:26.920 --> 00:35:27.219
 of

00:35:27.219 --> 00:35:27.519
 what

00:35:27.519 --> 00:35:27.679
 a

00:35:27.679 --> 00:35:28.119
 faithful

00:35:28.119 --> 00:35:28.639
 witness

00:35:28.639 --> 00:35:29.779
 is

00:35:29.779 --> 00:35:30.119
 what

00:35:30.119 --> 00:35:30.239
 he

00:35:30.239 --> 00:35:30.920
 does

00:35:30.920 --> 00:35:31.119
 a

00:35:31.119 --> 00:35:31.420
 faithful

00:35:31.420 --> 00:35:31.940
 witness

00:35:31.940 --> 00:35:33.619
 number

00:35:33.619 --> 00:35:33.880
 one

00:35:33.880 --> 00:35:34.119
 is

00:35:34.119 --> 00:35:34.840
 humble

00:35:34.840 --> 00:35:35.159
 I

00:35:35.159 --> 00:35:35.279
 just

00:35:35.279 --> 00:35:35.440
 want

00:35:35.440 --> 00:35:35.619
 to

00:35:35.619 --> 00:35:36.279
 draw

00:35:36.279 --> 00:35:36.480
 your

00:35:36.480 --> 00:35:36.779
 attention

00:35:36.779 --> 00:35:37.179
 back

00:35:37.179 --> 00:35:37.380
 up

00:35:37.380 --> 00:35:37.700
 into

00:35:37.700 --> 00:35:37.900
 the

00:35:37.900 --> 00:35:38.320
 text

00:35:38.320 --> 00:35:38.880
 a bit

00:35:38.880 --> 00:35:39.260
 to

00:35:39.260 --> 00:35:40.220
 observe

00:35:40.220 --> 00:35:40.559
 the

00:35:40.559 --> 00:35:41.119
 humility

00:35:41.119 --> 00:35:41.860
 of

00:35:41.860 --> 00:35:42.220
 John

00:35:42.220 --> 00:35:42.539
 the

00:35:42.539 --> 00:35:42.840
 Baptist

00:35:42.840 --> 00:35:43.160
 he

00:35:43.160 --> 00:35:43.460
 thought

00:35:43.460 --> 00:35:44.300
 very

00:35:44.300 --> 00:35:44.640
 little

00:35:44.640 --> 00:35:44.860
 of

00:35:44.860 --> 00:35:45.340
 himself

00:35:45.340 --> 00:35:47.000
 he

00:35:47.000 --> 00:35:47.220
 could

00:35:47.220 --> 00:35:47.619
 save

00:35:47.619 --> 00:35:48.300
 no

00:35:48.300 --> 00:35:48.720
 one

00:35:48.720 --> 00:35:49.300
 right

00:35:49.300 --> 00:35:49.579
 he

00:35:49.579 --> 00:35:49.760
 was

00:35:49.760 --> 00:35:50.000
 just

00:35:50.000 --> 00:35:50.260
 there

00:35:50.260 --> 00:35:50.720
 as a

00:35:50.720 --> 00:35:51.200
 messenger

00:35:51.200 --> 00:35:52.200
 sent

00:35:52.200 --> 00:35:52.420
 a

00:35:52.420 --> 00:35:53.320
 heralder

00:35:53.320 --> 00:35:53.820
 of

00:35:53.820 --> 00:35:54.700
 news

00:35:54.700 --> 00:35:54.920
 his

00:35:54.920 --> 00:35:55.500
 whole

00:35:55.500 --> 00:35:56.059
 intention

00:35:56.059 --> 00:35:56.619
 was to

00:35:56.619 --> 00:35:57.059
 point

00:35:57.059 --> 00:35:57.660
 to

00:35:57.660 --> 00:35:57.940
 the

00:35:57.940 --> 00:35:58.220
 one

00:35:58.220 --> 00:35:58.420
 who

00:35:58.420 --> 00:35:58.860
 could

00:35:58.860 --> 00:35:59.980
 save

00:35:59.980 --> 00:36:00.240
 right

00:36:00.240 --> 00:36:00.680
 point

00:36:00.680 --> 00:36:01.160
 to

00:36:01.160 --> 00:36:02.300
 Christ

00:36:02.300 --> 00:36:02.619
 he's

00:36:02.619 --> 00:36:02.840
 so

00:36:02.840 --> 00:36:03.360
 clear

00:36:03.360 --> 00:36:03.640
 verse

00:36:03.640 --> 00:36:04.059
 20

00:36:04.059 --> 00:36:04.259
 he

00:36:04.259 --> 00:36:04.880
 confessed

00:36:04.880 --> 00:36:05.440
 and

00:36:05.440 --> 00:36:05.659
 did

00:36:05.659 --> 00:36:05.960
 not

00:36:05.960 --> 00:36:07.159
 fail

00:36:07.159 --> 00:36:07.400
 to

00:36:07.400 --> 00:36:07.820
 confess

00:36:07.820 --> 00:36:08.139
 but

00:36:08.139 --> 00:36:08.840
 confessed

00:36:08.840 --> 00:36:09.719
 I

00:36:09.719 --> 00:36:10.420
 am

00:36:10.420 --> 00:36:10.739
 not

00:36:10.739 --> 00:36:11.539
 the

00:36:11.539 --> 00:36:11.920
 Christ

00:36:11.920 --> 00:36:12.719
 he

00:36:12.719 --> 00:36:13.019
 said

00:36:13.019 --> 00:36:13.360
 I

00:36:13.360 --> 00:36:13.539
 am

00:36:13.539 --> 00:36:13.960
 not

00:36:13.960 --> 00:36:14.259
 to

00:36:14.259 --> 00:36:14.360
 the

00:36:14.360 --> 00:36:14.599
 question

00:36:14.599 --> 00:36:14.699
 of

00:36:14.699 --> 00:36:14.860
 he's

00:36:14.860 --> 00:36:15.239
 Elijah

00:36:15.239 --> 00:36:15.719
 he

00:36:15.719 --> 00:36:16.000
 said

00:36:16.000 --> 00:36:16.559
 no

00:36:16.559 --> 00:36:16.779
 to

00:36:16.779 --> 00:36:16.900
 the

00:36:16.900 --> 00:36:17.199
 question

00:36:17.199 --> 00:36:17.440
 of

00:36:17.440 --> 00:36:17.980
 is

00:36:17.980 --> 00:36:18.119
 he

00:36:18.119 --> 00:36:18.320
 the

00:36:18.320 --> 00:36:19.259
 prophet

00:36:19.259 --> 00:36:19.880
 right

00:36:19.880 --> 00:36:20.340
 and

00:36:20.340 --> 00:36:20.440
 then

00:36:20.440 --> 00:36:20.559
 he

00:36:20.559 --> 00:36:20.920
 says

00:36:20.920 --> 00:36:21.619
 I

00:36:21.619 --> 00:36:21.759
 am

00:36:21.759 --> 00:36:21.980
 the

00:36:21.980 --> 00:36:22.539
 voice

00:36:22.539 --> 00:36:23.420
 of

00:36:23.420 --> 00:36:23.599
 one

00:36:23.599 --> 00:36:23.960
 crying

00:36:23.960 --> 00:36:24.320
 out

00:36:24.320 --> 00:36:25.119
 in

00:36:25.119 --> 00:36:25.219
 the

00:36:25.219 --> 00:36:25.440
 wilderness

00:36:25.440 --> 00:36:26.779
 you

00:36:26.779 --> 00:36:27.019
 cannot

00:36:27.019 --> 00:36:27.340
 look

00:36:27.340 --> 00:36:27.500
 to

00:36:27.500 --> 00:36:27.639
 a

00:36:27.639 --> 00:36:28.019
 voice

00:36:28.019 --> 00:36:28.860
 a

00:36:28.860 --> 00:36:29.119
 voice

00:36:29.119 --> 00:36:29.420
 just

00:36:29.420 --> 00:36:30.119
 declares

00:36:30.119 --> 00:36:31.019
 a

00:36:31.019 --> 00:36:31.460
 message

00:36:31.460 --> 00:36:32.400
 make

00:36:32.400 --> 00:36:33.159
 straight

00:36:33.159 --> 00:36:33.559
 the

00:36:33.559 --> 00:36:34.059
 way

00:36:34.059 --> 00:36:34.980
 of

00:36:34.980 --> 00:36:35.139
 the

00:36:35.139 --> 00:36:35.480
 Lord

00:36:35.480 --> 00:36:36.440
 point

00:36:36.440 --> 00:36:36.760
 people

00:36:36.760 --> 00:36:37.119
 to

00:36:37.119 --> 00:36:37.900
 send

00:36:37.900 --> 00:36:38.240
 people

00:36:38.240 --> 00:36:38.760
 toward

00:36:38.760 --> 00:36:39.179
 right

00:36:39.179 --> 00:36:39.720
 the

00:36:39.720 --> 00:36:40.260
 Christ

00:36:40.260 --> 00:36:41.000
 is

00:36:41.000 --> 00:36:42.340
 coming

00:36:42.340 --> 00:36:43.699
 what a

00:36:43.699 --> 00:36:44.360
 privilege

00:36:44.360 --> 00:36:45.519
 John

00:36:45.519 --> 00:36:45.980
 had

00:36:45.980 --> 00:36:46.360
 to be

00:36:46.360 --> 00:36:46.679
 a

00:36:46.679 --> 00:36:47.360
 heralder

00:36:47.360 --> 00:36:47.780
 of the

00:36:47.780 --> 00:36:48.159
 coming

00:36:48.159 --> 00:36:49.099
 of

00:36:49.099 --> 00:36:49.559
 Christ

00:36:49.559 --> 00:36:50.480
 beloved

00:36:50.480 --> 00:36:50.800
 we have

00:36:50.800 --> 00:36:51.240
 the very

00:36:51.240 --> 00:36:51.720
 same

00:36:51.720 --> 00:36:52.460
 privilege

00:36:52.460 --> 00:36:53.599
 we get

00:36:53.599 --> 00:36:54.139
 to declare

00:36:54.139 --> 00:36:54.880
 the good

00:36:54.880 --> 00:36:55.860
 news

00:36:55.860 --> 00:36:56.880
 of

00:36:56.880 --> 00:36:57.159
 Jesus

00:36:57.159 --> 00:36:57.559
 to be

00:36:57.559 --> 00:36:57.820
 his

00:36:57.820 --> 00:36:58.240
 witnesses

00:36:58.240 --> 00:36:58.260
!

00:36:58.260 --> 00:36:58.559
 in the

00:36:58.559 --> 00:36:58.860
 world

00:36:58.860 --> 00:36:59.400
 in which

00:36:59.400 --> 00:37:00.220
 we

00:37:00.220 --> 00:37:01.119
 live

00:37:01.119 --> 00:37:03.039
 if

00:37:03.039 --> 00:37:03.559
 it's

00:37:03.559 --> 00:37:03.839
 not

00:37:03.839 --> 00:37:04.279
 on

00:37:04.279 --> 00:37:04.440
 our

00:37:04.440 --> 00:37:04.679
 hearts

00:37:04.679 --> 00:37:04.799
 if

00:37:04.799 --> 00:37:04.880
 it's

00:37:04.880 --> 00:37:05.000
 not

00:37:05.000 --> 00:37:05.179
 a

00:37:05.179 --> 00:37:05.519
 great

00:37:05.519 --> 00:37:05.940
 desire

00:37:05.940 --> 00:37:06.119
 of

00:37:06.119 --> 00:37:06.380
 ours

00:37:06.380 --> 00:37:06.579
 to

00:37:06.579 --> 00:37:07.199
 declare

00:37:07.199 --> 00:37:07.579
 what

00:37:07.579 --> 00:37:07.839
 God

00:37:07.839 --> 00:37:07.980
 has

00:37:07.980 --> 00:37:08.159
 done

00:37:08.159 --> 00:37:08.359
 for

00:37:08.359 --> 00:37:08.679
 us

00:37:08.679 --> 00:37:09.019
 in

00:37:09.019 --> 00:37:09.460
 Christ

00:37:09.460 --> 00:37:10.619
 something

00:37:10.619 --> 00:37:10.859
 is

00:37:10.859 --> 00:37:11.380
 amiss

00:37:11.380 --> 00:37:12.500
 something

00:37:12.500 --> 00:37:12.739
 is

00:37:12.739 --> 00:37:13.339
 wrong

00:37:13.339 --> 00:37:13.900
 we

00:37:13.900 --> 00:37:14.139
 either

00:37:14.139 --> 00:37:14.500
 never

00:37:14.500 --> 00:37:14.759
 have

00:37:14.759 --> 00:37:15.259
 experienced

00:37:15.259 --> 00:37:15.480
 the

00:37:15.480 --> 00:37:15.659
 grace

00:37:15.659 --> 00:37:15.779
 of

00:37:15.779 --> 00:37:15.940
 God

00:37:15.940 --> 00:37:16.099
 to

00:37:16.099 --> 00:37:16.259
 us

00:37:16.259 --> 00:37:16.420
 in

00:37:16.420 --> 00:37:16.819
 Christ

00:37:16.819 --> 00:37:17.480
 or

00:37:17.480 --> 00:37:17.639
 our

00:37:17.639 --> 00:37:17.920
 hearts

00:37:17.920 --> 00:37:18.099
 need

00:37:18.099 --> 00:37:18.319
 some

00:37:18.319 --> 00:37:19.319
 serious

00:37:19.319 --> 00:37:20.000
 tuning

00:37:20.000 --> 00:37:20.859
 we

00:37:20.859 --> 00:37:21.000
 have

00:37:21.000 --> 00:37:21.119
 to

00:37:21.119 --> 00:37:21.380
 want

00:37:21.380 --> 00:37:21.559
 to

00:37:21.559 --> 00:37:22.279
 regularly

00:37:22.279 --> 00:37:22.839
 talk

00:37:22.839 --> 00:37:23.239
 about

00:37:23.239 --> 00:37:23.880
 what

00:37:23.880 --> 00:37:24.599
 Jesus

00:37:24.599 --> 00:37:25.480
 has

00:37:25.480 --> 00:37:25.839
 done

00:37:25.839 --> 00:37:26.940
 for

00:37:26.940 --> 00:37:27.380
 us

00:37:27.380 --> 00:37:29.500
 humble

00:37:29.500 --> 00:37:30.219
 it

00:37:30.219 --> 00:37:30.539
 starts

00:37:30.539 --> 00:37:30.780
 with

00:37:30.780 --> 00:37:31.679
 humility

00:37:31.679 --> 00:37:32.539
 we

00:37:32.539 --> 00:37:32.780
 can

00:37:32.780 --> 00:37:33.619
 save

00:37:33.619 --> 00:37:34.719
 no

00:37:34.719 --> 00:37:35.119
 one

00:37:35.119 --> 00:37:36.340
 I'm

00:37:36.340 --> 00:37:36.460
 so

00:37:36.460 --> 00:37:36.760
 grateful

00:37:36.760 --> 00:37:37.000
 as a

00:37:37.000 --> 00:37:37.280
 pastor

00:37:37.280 --> 00:37:37.440
 to

00:37:37.440 --> 00:37:37.639
 have

00:37:37.639 --> 00:37:37.840
 a

00:37:37.840 --> 00:37:38.539
 big

00:37:38.539 --> 00:37:38.860
 God

00:37:38.860 --> 00:37:39.400
 theology

00:37:39.400 --> 00:37:40.500
 to

00:37:40.500 --> 00:37:40.639
 believe

00:37:40.639 --> 00:37:40.760
 that

00:37:40.760 --> 00:37:40.960
 God

00:37:40.960 --> 00:37:41.139
 has

00:37:41.139 --> 00:37:41.260
 a

00:37:41.260 --> 00:37:41.500
 people

00:37:41.500 --> 00:37:41.639
 that

00:37:41.639 --> 00:37:41.780
 he's

00:37:41.780 --> 00:37:42.019
 saving

00:37:42.019 --> 00:37:42.280
 for

00:37:42.280 --> 00:37:42.460
 his

00:37:42.460 --> 00:37:42.880
 purpose

00:37:42.880 --> 00:37:44.059
 because

00:37:44.059 --> 00:37:44.440
 oh

00:37:44.440 --> 00:37:44.699
 if it

00:37:44.699 --> 00:37:45.000
 depended

00:37:45.000 --> 00:37:45.219
 on

00:37:45.219 --> 00:37:45.460
 me

00:37:45.460 --> 00:37:47.039
 it

00:37:47.039 --> 00:37:47.139
 would

00:37:47.139 --> 00:37:47.280
 be

00:37:47.280 --> 00:37:47.739
 crushing

00:37:47.739 --> 00:37:48.579
 I

00:37:48.579 --> 00:37:48.820
 wouldn't

00:37:48.820 --> 00:37:48.960
 be

00:37:48.960 --> 00:37:49.179
 doing

00:37:49.179 --> 00:37:49.500
 this

00:37:49.500 --> 00:37:49.980
 anymore

00:37:49.980 --> 00:37:50.199
 I

00:37:50.199 --> 00:37:50.340
 would

00:37:50.340 --> 00:37:50.420
 have

00:37:50.420 --> 00:37:50.719
 already

00:37:50.719 --> 00:37:51.300
 thrown

00:37:51.300 --> 00:37:51.420
 in

00:37:51.420 --> 00:37:51.539
 the

00:37:51.539 --> 00:37:51.840
 towel

00:37:51.840 --> 00:37:52.619
 too

00:37:52.619 --> 00:37:52.880
 much

00:37:52.880 --> 00:37:53.239
 work

00:37:53.239 --> 00:37:53.639
 too

00:37:53.639 --> 00:37:54.039
 hard

00:37:54.039 --> 00:37:54.480
 too

00:37:54.480 --> 00:37:54.739
 much

00:37:54.739 --> 00:37:55.179
 pressure

00:37:55.179 --> 00:37:56.039
 I

00:37:56.039 --> 00:37:56.260
 just

00:37:56.260 --> 00:37:56.420
 get

00:37:56.420 --> 00:37:56.539
 to

00:37:56.539 --> 00:37:56.699
 be

00:37:56.699 --> 00:37:56.880
 a

00:37:56.880 --> 00:37:56.880


00:37:59.500 --> 00:38:00.239
 let

00:38:00.239 --> 00:38:00.400
 the

00:38:00.400 --> 00:38:00.659
 lion

00:38:00.659 --> 00:38:00.840
 out

00:38:00.840 --> 00:38:00.920
 of

00:38:00.920 --> 00:38:01.019
 the

00:38:01.019 --> 00:38:01.300
 cage

00:38:01.300 --> 00:38:01.480
 as

00:38:01.480 --> 00:38:01.860
 Spurgeon

00:38:01.860 --> 00:38:02.599
 said

00:38:02.599 --> 00:38:03.340
 and

00:38:03.340 --> 00:38:03.900
 God

00:38:03.900 --> 00:38:04.159
 does

00:38:04.159 --> 00:38:04.559
 saving

00:38:04.559 --> 00:38:04.880
 work

00:38:04.880 --> 00:38:05.099
 he

00:38:05.099 --> 00:38:05.599
 uses

00:38:05.599 --> 00:38:05.840
 the

00:38:05.840 --> 00:38:06.139
 message

00:38:06.139 --> 00:38:06.340
 of

00:38:06.340 --> 00:38:06.559
 Jesus

00:38:06.559 --> 00:38:06.900
 Christ

00:38:06.900 --> 00:38:07.099
 to

00:38:07.099 --> 00:38:07.280
 draw

00:38:07.280 --> 00:38:07.659
 people

00:38:07.659 --> 00:38:08.320
 to

00:38:08.320 --> 00:38:08.800
 himself

00:38:08.800 --> 00:38:09.500
 lift

00:38:09.500 --> 00:38:09.980
 Christ

00:38:09.980 --> 00:38:10.400
 high

00:38:10.400 --> 00:38:10.619
 he'll

00:38:10.619 --> 00:38:10.880
 say

00:38:10.880 --> 00:38:11.579
 later

00:38:11.579 --> 00:38:12.340
 and

00:38:12.340 --> 00:38:12.679
 God

00:38:12.679 --> 00:38:12.860
 will

00:38:12.860 --> 00:38:13.360
 draw

00:38:13.360 --> 00:38:13.900
 people

00:38:13.900 --> 00:38:15.000
 to

00:38:15.000 --> 00:38:15.380
 him

00:38:15.380 --> 00:38:17.380
 he

00:38:17.380 --> 00:38:17.559
 says

00:38:17.559 --> 00:38:18.019
 John

00:38:18.019 --> 00:38:19.739
 answered

00:38:19.739 --> 00:38:19.940
 I

00:38:19.940 --> 00:38:20.539
 baptize

00:38:20.539 --> 00:38:20.699
 with

00:38:20.699 --> 00:38:21.039
 water

00:38:21.039 --> 00:38:21.239
 but

00:38:21.239 --> 00:38:21.639
 among

00:38:21.639 --> 00:38:21.900
 you

00:38:21.900 --> 00:38:22.280
 stand

00:38:22.280 --> 00:38:22.800
 ones

00:38:22.800 --> 00:38:22.960
 you

00:38:22.960 --> 00:38:23.179
 do

00:38:23.179 --> 00:38:23.440
 not

00:38:23.440 --> 00:38:23.840
 know

00:38:23.840 --> 00:38:24.300
 even

00:38:24.300 --> 00:38:25.199
 he

00:38:25.199 --> 00:38:25.400
 who

00:38:25.400 --> 00:38:25.679
 comes

00:38:25.679 --> 00:38:26.179
 after

00:38:26.179 --> 00:38:26.500
 me

00:38:26.500 --> 00:38:27.699
 the

00:38:27.699 --> 00:38:28.300
 strap

00:38:28.300 --> 00:38:28.539
 of

00:38:28.539 --> 00:38:28.760
 whose

00:38:28.760 --> 00:38:29.400
 sandal

00:38:29.400 --> 00:38:29.760
 I

00:38:29.760 --> 00:38:29.900
 am

00:38:29.900 --> 00:38:30.160
 not

00:38:30.160 --> 00:38:30.760
 worthy

00:38:30.760 --> 00:38:31.860
 to

00:38:31.860 --> 00:38:32.539
 untie

00:38:32.539 --> 00:38:33.860
 the

00:38:33.860 --> 00:38:35.220
 lowliest

00:38:35.220 --> 00:38:35.740
 of

00:38:35.740 --> 00:38:36.460
 servant

00:38:36.460 --> 00:38:37.039
 positions

00:38:37.039 --> 00:38:37.500
 in a

00:38:37.500 --> 00:38:37.840
 home

00:38:37.840 --> 00:38:38.280
 the

00:38:38.280 --> 00:38:38.720
 removal

00:38:38.720 --> 00:38:39.000
 of

00:38:39.000 --> 00:38:39.320
 shoes

00:38:39.320 --> 00:38:39.519
 and

00:38:39.519 --> 00:38:39.680
 the

00:38:39.680 --> 00:38:40.079
 washing

00:38:40.079 --> 00:38:40.980
 of

00:38:40.980 --> 00:38:41.440
 feet

00:38:41.440 --> 00:38:42.260
 John

00:38:42.260 --> 00:38:42.400
 the

00:38:42.400 --> 00:38:42.599
 Baptist

00:38:42.599 --> 00:38:42.960
 says

00:38:42.960 --> 00:38:43.220
 I'm

00:38:43.220 --> 00:38:43.380
 not

00:38:43.380 --> 00:38:43.579
 even

00:38:43.579 --> 00:38:43.900
 worthy

00:38:43.900 --> 00:38:44.139
 of

00:38:44.139 --> 00:38:44.579
 that

00:38:44.579 --> 00:38:45.180
 position

00:38:45.180 --> 00:38:45.500
 when

00:38:45.500 --> 00:38:45.619
 it

00:38:45.619 --> 00:38:46.000
 comes

00:38:46.000 --> 00:38:46.380
 to

00:38:46.380 --> 00:38:47.619
 my

00:38:47.619 --> 00:38:48.059
 Lord

00:38:48.059 --> 00:38:49.559
 verse

00:38:49.559 --> 00:38:49.820
 30

00:38:49.820 --> 00:38:50.019
 this

00:38:50.019 --> 00:38:50.200
 is

00:38:50.200 --> 00:38:50.660
 he

00:38:50.660 --> 00:38:50.860
 of

00:38:50.860 --> 00:38:51.019
 whom

00:38:51.019 --> 00:38:51.180
 I

00:38:51.180 --> 00:38:51.519
 said

00:38:51.519 --> 00:38:51.960
 after

00:38:51.960 --> 00:38:52.180
 me

00:38:52.180 --> 00:38:52.599
 comes

00:38:52.599 --> 00:38:52.840
 a

00:38:52.840 --> 00:38:53.180
 man

00:38:53.180 --> 00:38:53.700
 who

00:38:53.700 --> 00:38:54.019
 ranks

00:38:54.019 --> 00:38:54.420
 before

00:38:54.420 --> 00:38:54.740
 me

00:38:54.740 --> 00:38:55.300
 because

00:38:55.300 --> 00:38:55.720
 he

00:38:55.720 --> 00:38:56.539
 was

00:38:56.539 --> 00:38:57.579
 before

00:38:57.579 --> 00:38:57.900
 me

00:38:57.900 --> 00:38:58.240
 right

00:38:58.239 --> 00:38:58.919
 Christ

00:38:58.919 --> 00:38:59.099
 was

00:38:59.099 --> 00:39:00.559
 preexistent

00:39:00.559 --> 00:39:01.179
 and

00:39:01.179 --> 00:39:01.579
 deserves

00:39:01.579 --> 00:39:02.399
 exaltation

00:39:02.399 --> 00:39:02.899
 and

00:39:02.899 --> 00:39:03.259
 therefore

00:39:03.259 --> 00:39:04.219
 we

00:39:04.219 --> 00:39:04.799
 ought

00:39:04.799 --> 00:39:05.039
 to

00:39:05.039 --> 00:39:05.399
 be

00:39:05.399 --> 00:39:06.339
 humble

00:39:06.339 --> 00:39:06.919
 so

00:39:06.919 --> 00:39:07.039
 a

00:39:07.039 --> 00:39:07.199
 faithful

00:39:07.199 --> 00:39:07.479
 witness

00:39:07.479 --> 00:39:07.779
 is

00:39:07.779 --> 00:39:07.959
 going

00:39:07.959 --> 00:39:08.079
 to

00:39:08.079 --> 00:39:08.339
 be

00:39:08.339 --> 00:39:09.539
 humble

00:39:09.539 --> 00:39:09.799
 John

00:39:09.799 --> 00:39:09.899
 the

00:39:09.899 --> 00:39:10.079
 Baptist

00:39:10.079 --> 00:39:10.419
 models

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 that

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 for

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 us

00:39:11.539 --> 00:39:12.319
 secondly

00:39:12.319 --> 00:39:12.519
 a

00:39:12.519 --> 00:39:12.739
 faithful

00:39:12.739 --> 00:39:13.000
 witness

00:39:13.000 --> 00:39:13.559
 exalts

00:39:13.559 --> 00:39:14.039
 the

00:39:14.039 --> 00:39:14.459
 person

00:39:14.459 --> 00:39:14.719
 and

00:39:14.719 --> 00:39:15.059
 work

00:39:15.059 --> 00:39:15.479
 of

00:39:15.479 --> 00:39:15.779
 Jesus

00:39:15.779 --> 00:39:16.639
 Christ

00:39:16.639 --> 00:39:16.899
 right

00:39:16.899 --> 00:39:17.359
 who

00:39:17.359 --> 00:39:17.639
 he

00:39:17.639 --> 00:39:18.019
 is

00:39:18.019 --> 00:39:18.539
 and

00:39:18.539 --> 00:39:18.919
 what

00:39:18.919 --> 00:39:19.239
 he

00:39:19.239 --> 00:39:19.859
 accomplished

00:39:19.859 --> 00:39:20.439
 both

00:39:20.439 --> 00:39:21.099
 things

00:39:21.099 --> 00:39:21.579
 are

00:39:21.579 --> 00:39:22.919
 important

00:39:22.920 --> 00:39:23.559
 so

00:39:23.559 --> 00:39:24.059
 just

00:39:24.059 --> 00:39:24.440
 really

00:39:24.440 --> 00:39:25.000
 fast

00:39:25.000 --> 00:39:27.360
 he

00:39:27.360 --> 00:39:27.659
 points

00:39:27.659 --> 00:39:27.840
 to

00:39:27.840 --> 00:39:28.059
 Jesus

00:39:28.059 --> 00:39:28.320
 as

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 the

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 Lord

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 verse

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 23

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 he

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 says

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 he's

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 going

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 to

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 send

00:39:32.159 --> 00:39:32.639
 the

00:39:32.639 --> 00:39:33.059
 spirit

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 to

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 come

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 and

00:39:33.840 --> 00:39:34.460
 indwell

00:39:34.460 --> 00:39:34.760
 them

00:39:34.760 --> 00:39:35.500
 he

00:39:35.500 --> 00:39:35.639
 says

00:39:35.639 --> 00:39:35.820
 he's

00:39:35.820 --> 00:39:35.960
 the

00:39:35.960 --> 00:39:36.200
 lamb

00:39:36.200 --> 00:39:36.340
 of

00:39:36.340 --> 00:39:36.579
 God

00:39:36.579 --> 00:39:36.720
 in

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 verse

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 29

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 who

00:39:38.000 --> 00:39:38.300
 takes

00:39:38.300 --> 00:39:38.559
 away

00:39:38.559 --> 00:39:38.760
 the

00:39:38.760 --> 00:39:39.159
 sins

00:39:39.159 --> 00:39:39.680
 of

00:39:39.680 --> 00:39:39.800
 the

00:39:39.800 --> 00:39:40.079
 world

00:39:40.079 --> 00:39:40.320
 he's

00:39:40.320 --> 00:39:40.920
 exalting

00:39:40.920 --> 00:39:41.119
 his

00:39:41.119 --> 00:39:41.519
 person

00:39:41.519 --> 00:39:42.159
 he's

00:39:42.159 --> 00:39:42.579
 talking

00:39:42.579 --> 00:39:42.960
 about

00:39:42.960 --> 00:39:43.320
 his

00:39:43.320 --> 00:39:44.019
 work

00:39:44.019 --> 00:39:44.559
 all

00:39:44.559 --> 00:39:45.420
 amidst

00:39:45.420 --> 00:39:45.800
 this

00:39:45.800 --> 00:39:46.420
 what a

00:39:46.420 --> 00:39:46.700
 wonderful

00:39:46.700 --> 00:39:46.980
 place

00:39:46.980 --> 00:39:47.240
 for us

00:39:47.240 --> 00:39:47.559
 to start

00:39:47.559 --> 00:39:47.760
 our

00:39:47.760 --> 00:39:48.119
 gospel

00:39:48.119 --> 00:39:48.599
 proclamation

00:39:48.599 --> 00:39:49.000
 to

00:39:49.000 --> 00:39:49.320
 talk

00:39:49.320 --> 00:39:49.519
 about

00:39:49.519 --> 00:39:49.720
 the

00:39:49.720 --> 00:39:50.260
 person

00:39:50.260 --> 00:39:50.740
 of

00:39:52.920 --> 00:39:52.920


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 work

00:39:53.059 --> 00:39:53.240
 that

00:39:53.240 --> 00:39:53.340
 he

00:39:53.340 --> 00:39:53.740
 came

00:39:53.740 --> 00:39:54.500
 to

00:39:54.500 --> 00:39:55.460
 accomplish

00:39:55.460 --> 00:39:55.940
 this

00:39:55.940 --> 00:39:56.780
 gospel

00:39:56.780 --> 00:39:57.519
 proclamation

00:39:57.519 --> 00:39:58.139
 is a

00:39:58.139 --> 00:39:58.519
 great

00:39:58.519 --> 00:39:59.400
 privilege

00:39:59.400 --> 00:40:00.139
 that's

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 given

00:40:00.380 --> 00:40:01.220
 to

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 God's

00:40:01.539 --> 00:40:01.860
 people

00:40:01.860 --> 00:40:02.180
 and

00:40:02.180 --> 00:40:02.340
 it

00:40:02.340 --> 00:40:02.800
 must

00:40:02.800 --> 00:40:03.260
 be

00:40:03.260 --> 00:40:04.119
 proclaimed

00:40:04.119 --> 00:40:05.159
 you

00:40:05.159 --> 00:40:05.300
 may

00:40:05.300 --> 00:40:05.400
 have

00:40:05.400 --> 00:40:05.519
 heard

00:40:05.519 --> 00:40:05.619
 it

00:40:05.619 --> 00:40:05.840
 said

00:40:05.840 --> 00:40:06.800
 at

00:40:06.800 --> 00:40:06.980
 one

00:40:06.980 --> 00:40:07.300
 point

00:40:07.300 --> 00:40:08.039
 preach

00:40:08.039 --> 00:40:08.180
 the

00:40:08.180 --> 00:40:08.400
 gospel

00:40:08.400 --> 00:40:08.539
 at

00:40:08.539 --> 00:40:08.659
 all

00:40:08.659 --> 00:40:08.900
 times

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 and

00:40:09.000 --> 00:40:09.119
 when

00:40:09.119 --> 00:40:09.519
 necessary

00:40:09.519 --> 00:40:09.900
 use

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 words

00:40:10.360 --> 00:40:11.220
 it's

00:40:11.220 --> 00:40:11.579
 always

00:40:11.579 --> 00:40:12.159
 necessary

00:40:12.159 --> 00:40:12.420
 to

00:40:12.420 --> 00:40:12.639
 use

00:40:12.639 --> 00:40:13.119
 words

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 whether

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 written

00:40:14.420 --> 00:40:14.820
 or

00:40:14.820 --> 00:40:15.680
 said

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 our

00:40:16.440 --> 00:40:16.680
 good

00:40:16.680 --> 00:40:16.980
 works

00:40:16.980 --> 00:40:17.680
 adorn

00:40:17.680 --> 00:40:17.900
 the

00:40:17.900 --> 00:40:18.340
 gospel

00:40:18.340 --> 00:40:18.760
 right

00:40:18.760 --> 00:40:19.139
 our

00:40:19.139 --> 00:40:19.340
 good

00:40:19.340 --> 00:40:19.539
 works

00:40:19.539 --> 00:40:19.740
 are

00:40:19.740 --> 00:40:20.700
 apologetics

00:40:20.700 --> 00:40:21.320
 for

00:40:21.320 --> 00:40:21.860
 the

00:40:21.860 --> 00:40:22.260
 gospel

00:40:22.260 --> 00:40:22.519
 it's

00:40:22.519 --> 00:40:22.659
 a

00:40:22.659 --> 00:40:23.699
 foundation

00:40:23.699 --> 00:40:24.139
 people

00:40:24.139 --> 00:40:24.559
 see

00:40:24.559 --> 00:40:24.859
 us

00:40:24.859 --> 00:40:25.000
 and

00:40:25.000 --> 00:40:25.119
 they

00:40:25.119 --> 00:40:25.259
 see

00:40:25.259 --> 00:40:25.399
 us

00:40:25.399 --> 00:40:25.519
 as

00:40:25.519 --> 00:40:26.000
 different

00:40:26.000 --> 00:40:26.199
 they

00:40:26.199 --> 00:40:26.319
 see

00:40:26.319 --> 00:40:26.420
 that

00:40:26.420 --> 00:40:26.519
 we

00:40:26.519 --> 00:40:26.819
 hope

00:40:26.819 --> 00:40:26.960
 in

00:40:26.960 --> 00:40:27.219
 something

00:40:27.219 --> 00:40:27.519
 else

00:40:27.519 --> 00:40:27.839
 they

00:40:27.839 --> 00:40:27.940
 see

00:40:27.940 --> 00:40:28.099
 our

00:40:28.099 --> 00:40:28.519
 lives

00:40:28.519 --> 00:40:28.960
 ordered

00:40:28.960 --> 00:40:29.639
 properly

00:40:29.639 --> 00:40:30.019
 all

00:40:30.019 --> 00:40:30.139
 of

00:40:30.139 --> 00:40:30.279
 those

00:40:30.279 --> 00:40:30.539
 things

00:40:30.539 --> 00:40:30.779
 I'm

00:40:30.779 --> 00:40:30.879
 not

00:40:30.879 --> 00:40:31.279
 negating

00:40:31.279 --> 00:40:31.659
 any

00:40:31.659 --> 00:40:31.839
 of

00:40:31.839 --> 00:40:32.059
 that

00:40:32.059 --> 00:40:32.579
 at

00:40:32.579 --> 00:40:33.079
 all

00:40:33.079 --> 00:40:33.420
 but

00:40:33.420 --> 00:40:33.599
 just

00:40:33.599 --> 00:40:34.000
 merely

00:40:34.000 --> 00:40:34.379
 being

00:40:34.379 --> 00:40:34.819
 nice

00:40:34.819 --> 00:40:35.000
 to

00:40:35.000 --> 00:40:35.339
 somebody

00:40:35.339 --> 00:40:35.559
 is

00:40:35.559 --> 00:40:36.019
 not

00:40:36.019 --> 00:40:36.359
 sharing

00:40:36.359 --> 00:40:36.519
 the

00:40:36.519 --> 00:40:36.819
 gospel

00:40:36.819 --> 00:40:37.239
 with

00:40:37.239 --> 00:40:37.420
 them

00:40:37.420 --> 00:40:37.879
 right

00:40:37.879 --> 00:40:38.399
 you

00:40:38.399 --> 00:40:38.500
 got

00:40:38.500 --> 00:40:38.599
 to

00:40:38.599 --> 00:40:38.819
 open

00:40:38.819 --> 00:40:39.019
 your

00:40:39.019 --> 00:40:39.379
 mouth

00:40:39.379 --> 00:40:39.559
 and

00:40:39.559 --> 00:40:39.639
 you

00:40:39.639 --> 00:40:39.759
 have

00:40:39.759 --> 00:40:39.899
 to

00:40:39.899 --> 00:40:40.319
 speak

00:40:40.319 --> 00:40:40.339
!

00:40:40.399 --> 00:40:40.480
 he

00:40:40.480 --> 00:40:41.059
 done

00:40:41.059 --> 00:40:41.299
 on

00:40:41.299 --> 00:40:41.719
 your

00:40:41.719 --> 00:40:42.859
 behalf

00:40:42.859 --> 00:40:43.179
 it

00:40:43.179 --> 00:40:43.420
 must

00:40:43.420 --> 00:40:43.559
 be

00:40:43.559 --> 00:40:43.759
 done

00:40:43.759 --> 00:40:43.920
 it

00:40:43.920 --> 00:40:44.500
 must

00:40:44.500 --> 00:40:45.200
 be

00:40:45.200 --> 00:40:46.519
 proclaimed

00:40:46.519 --> 00:40:47.340
 a

00:40:47.340 --> 00:40:47.579
 faithful

00:40:47.579 --> 00:40:47.960
 witness

00:40:47.960 --> 00:40:49.380
 I

00:40:49.380 --> 00:40:49.500
 just

00:40:49.500 --> 00:40:49.619
 want

00:40:49.619 --> 00:40:49.680
 to

00:40:49.680 --> 00:40:49.900
 insert

00:40:49.900 --> 00:40:50.119
 a

00:40:50.119 --> 00:40:50.539
 Christian

00:40:50.539 --> 00:40:51.460
 a

00:40:51.460 --> 00:40:51.800
 Christian

00:40:51.800 --> 00:40:52.320
 exalts

00:40:52.320 --> 00:40:52.500
 the

00:40:52.500 --> 00:40:52.760
 person

00:40:52.760 --> 00:40:52.900
 and

00:40:52.900 --> 00:40:53.139
 work

00:40:53.139 --> 00:40:54.440
 of

00:40:54.440 --> 00:40:54.659
 Jesus

00:40:54.659 --> 00:40:55.119
 Christ

00:40:55.119 --> 00:40:55.820
 and

00:40:55.820 --> 00:40:56.619
 proclaims

00:40:56.619 --> 00:40:56.900
 that

00:40:56.900 --> 00:40:57.840
 to

00:40:57.840 --> 00:40:58.260
 others

00:40:58.260 --> 00:40:59.559
 and

00:40:59.559 --> 00:41:00.059
 thirdly

00:41:00.059 --> 00:41:01.099
 a

00:41:01.099 --> 00:41:01.320
 faithful

00:41:01.320 --> 00:41:01.599
 witness

00:41:01.599 --> 00:41:02.240
 offers

00:41:02.240 --> 00:41:03.139
 the

00:41:03.139 --> 00:41:03.579
 means

00:41:03.579 --> 00:41:04.139
 of

00:41:04.139 --> 00:41:05.320
 salvation

00:41:05.320 --> 00:41:06.280
 it's

00:41:06.280 --> 00:41:06.460
 so

00:41:06.460 --> 00:41:06.639
 good

00:41:06.639 --> 00:41:06.780
 to

00:41:06.780 --> 00:41:06.940
 talk

00:41:06.940 --> 00:41:07.119
 about

00:41:07.119 --> 00:41:07.420
 Christ

00:41:07.420 --> 00:41:07.539
 and

00:41:07.539 --> 00:41:07.720
 it's

00:41:07.720 --> 00:41:07.940
 so

00:41:07.940 --> 00:41:08.180
 good

00:41:08.180 --> 00:41:08.320
 to

00:41:08.320 --> 00:41:08.519
 talk

00:41:08.519 --> 00:41:08.800
 about

00:41:08.800 --> 00:41:09.280
 his

00:41:09.280 --> 00:41:09.480
 work

00:41:09.480 --> 00:41:09.619
 but

00:41:09.619 --> 00:41:09.740
 we

00:41:09.740 --> 00:41:10.059
 also

00:41:10.059 --> 00:41:10.519
 must

00:41:10.519 --> 00:41:10.539
!

00:41:10.700 --> 00:41:10.860
 call

00:41:10.860 --> 00:41:11.260
 people

00:41:11.260 --> 00:41:11.519
 to

00:41:11.519 --> 00:41:12.340
 believe

00:41:12.340 --> 00:41:12.880
 turn

00:41:12.880 --> 00:41:13.079
 from

00:41:13.079 --> 00:41:13.240
 their

00:41:13.240 --> 00:41:13.639
 sins

00:41:13.639 --> 00:41:13.659
!

00:41:13.659 --> 00:41:14.039
 place

00:41:14.039 --> 00:41:14.239
 their

00:41:14.239 --> 00:41:14.599
 faith

00:41:14.599 --> 00:41:15.619
 in

00:41:15.619 --> 00:41:15.980
 Christ

00:41:15.980 --> 00:41:16.239
 we

00:41:16.239 --> 00:41:16.719
 we

00:41:16.719 --> 00:41:16.759
 have

00:41:16.759 --> 00:41:17.000
 yet

00:41:17.000 --> 00:41:17.239
 to

00:41:17.239 --> 00:41:17.519
 share

00:41:17.519 --> 00:41:17.739
 the

00:41:17.739 --> 00:41:18.219
 gospel

00:41:18.219 --> 00:41:18.839
 if

00:41:18.839 --> 00:41:18.940
 we

00:41:18.940 --> 00:41:19.460
 haven't

00:41:19.460 --> 00:41:19.859
 quite

00:41:19.859 --> 00:41:20.339
 gotten

00:41:20.339 --> 00:41:21.239
 there

00:41:21.239 --> 00:41:21.480
 and

00:41:21.480 --> 00:41:21.799
 I

00:41:21.799 --> 00:41:22.000
 know

00:41:22.000 --> 00:41:22.359
 sometimes

00:41:22.359 --> 00:41:22.619
 that

00:41:22.619 --> 00:41:22.859
 takes

00:41:22.859 --> 00:41:23.000
 a

00:41:23.000 --> 00:41:23.319
 series

00:41:23.319 --> 00:41:23.619
 of

00:41:23.619 --> 00:41:24.480
 conversations

00:41:24.480 --> 00:41:24.819
 but

00:41:24.819 --> 00:41:24.920
 we

00:41:24.920 --> 00:41:25.059
 want

00:41:25.059 --> 00:41:25.179
 to

00:41:25.179 --> 00:41:25.679
 drive

00:41:25.679 --> 00:41:25.859
 to

00:41:25.859 --> 00:41:26.059
 that

00:41:26.059 --> 00:41:26.379
 point

00:41:26.379 --> 00:41:26.579
 to

00:41:26.579 --> 00:41:26.779
 say

00:41:26.779 --> 00:41:26.940
 to

00:41:26.940 --> 00:41:27.259
 people

00:41:27.259 --> 00:41:27.679
 this

00:41:27.679 --> 00:41:28.279
 is

00:41:28.279 --> 00:41:29.079
 true

00:41:29.079 --> 00:41:29.279
 and

00:41:29.279 --> 00:41:29.399
 it's

00:41:29.399 --> 00:41:29.500
 the

00:41:29.500 --> 00:41:29.699
 thing

00:41:29.699 --> 00:41:29.920
 you're

00:41:29.920 --> 00:41:30.399
 most

00:41:30.399 --> 00:41:31.079
 needful

00:41:31.079 --> 00:41:31.460
 of

00:41:31.460 --> 00:41:31.859
 and

00:41:31.859 --> 00:41:32.019
 it's

00:41:32.019 --> 00:41:32.139
 the

00:41:32.139 --> 00:41:32.440
 kind

00:41:32.440 --> 00:41:32.579
 of

00:41:32.579 --> 00:41:32.920
 truth

00:41:32.920 --> 00:41:33.119
 that

00:41:33.119 --> 00:41:33.940
 demands

00:41:33.940 --> 00:41:34.119
 a

00:41:34.119 --> 00:41:34.619
 response

00:41:34.619 --> 00:41:34.779
 you

00:41:34.779 --> 00:41:34.980
 have

00:41:34.980 --> 00:41:35.099
 to

00:41:35.099 --> 00:41:35.460
 respond

00:41:35.460 --> 00:41:35.619
 to

00:41:35.619 --> 00:41:35.719
 it

00:41:35.719 --> 00:41:35.859
 one

00:41:35.859 --> 00:41:36.000
 way

00:41:36.000 --> 00:41:36.139
 the

00:41:36.139 --> 00:41:36.199
!

00:41:36.199 --> 00:41:36.519
 you have

00:41:36.519 --> 00:41:36.579
 to

00:41:36.579 --> 00:41:36.939
 reject

00:41:36.939 --> 00:41:37.179
 it

00:41:37.179 --> 00:41:38.639
 wholeheartedly

00:41:38.639 --> 00:41:38.799
 or

00:41:38.799 --> 00:41:38.899
 you

00:41:38.899 --> 00:41:39.019
 have

00:41:39.019 --> 00:41:39.119
 to

00:41:39.119 --> 00:41:39.559
 accept

00:41:39.559 --> 00:41:39.779
 it

00:41:39.779 --> 00:41:40.639
 wholeheartedly

00:41:40.639 --> 00:41:40.799
 you

00:41:40.799 --> 00:41:41.019
 only

00:41:41.019 --> 00:41:41.379
 have

00:41:41.379 --> 00:41:41.960
 two

00:41:41.960 --> 00:41:43.319
 choices

00:41:43.319 --> 00:41:45.199
 now

00:41:45.199 --> 00:41:45.759
 I've

00:41:45.759 --> 00:41:45.899
 got to

00:41:45.899 --> 00:41:46.079
 stretch

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 a

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 Jesus

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 anointed

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 one

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 lamb

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 God

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 the

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 son

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 God

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 who

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 sin

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 of

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 world

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 if

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 are

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 in

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 Christ

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 this

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 morning

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 then

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 we

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 have

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 called

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 be

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 proclaimers

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 faithful

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 witnesses

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 to the

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 personal

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 work

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 of

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 that

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 Christ

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 to

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 call

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 people

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 to

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 repentance

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 faith

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 may

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 to

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 that

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 end

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