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 True evangelism is genuine persuasion.

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! You make reasonable arguments from God's Word

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! and ask the Holy Spirit to apply His Word to the person's heart.

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! And so, He proves, by the Scriptures, and by the resurrection, and other things in this time that Jesus was the Messiah.

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 And then at the end of this, 3,000 people are saved and added to the church.

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 So, we're going to pick up today in verse 22 of chapter 2.

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 After explaining Pentecost, Peter then moves on.

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 Verse 22, he says,

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 Men of Israel, hear these words.

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 Jesus of Nazareth, a man attested to you by God,

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 with mighty works and wonders and signs that God did through Him in your midst,

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 as you yourselves know.

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 This Jesus delivered up according to the definite plan and foreknowledge of God.

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 You crucified and killed by the hands of lawless men.

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 God raised Him up, loosing the pangs of death,

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 because it was not possible for Him to be held by it.

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 For David says concerning Him,

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 now he's going back to Scripture again,

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 I saw the Lord always before me,

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 for He is in my right hand,

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 that I may not be shaken.

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 Therefore, my heart was glad,

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 and my tongue rejoiced.

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 My flesh also will dwell in hope,

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 for You will not abandon my soul to Hades,

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 or let Your Holy One see corruption.

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 You have made known to me the path of life.

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 You will make me full of gladness with Your presence.

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 Brothers, I must say to you with confidence about the patriarch David,

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 that he both died and was buried,

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 and in his tomb is with us to this day.

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 Being therefore a prophet,

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 and knowing that God has sworn with an oath to him,

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 that he would set one of his descendants on the throne,

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 he foresaw and spoke about the resurrection of Christ,

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 that he was not abandoned to Hades,

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 nor did his flesh see corruption.

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 This Jesus God raised up,

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 and that we all are witnesses,

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 being therefore exalted at the right hand of God,

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 and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit,

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 he has poured out this,

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 that you yourselves are seeing and hearing.

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 We'll stop there.

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 So, just join me in a word of prayer before we go further.

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 Father, we have come to worship You tonight,

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 today, this morning, Lord,

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 and I pray that we would do so in spirit and in truth.

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 We are gathered this morning,

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 not for any other reason.

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 We are wasting our time, Lord,

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 if we are not here to see Jesus lifted up,

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 and to be transformed by His presence in our lives.

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 I pray that we would listen to Your Word as an act of worship,

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 that we would be ready to apply it in our lives.

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 Lord, we love it,

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 and we respect it.

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 And God, we bow to what You say this morning.

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 So, encourage our hearts,

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 meet each one of us where we are,

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 those who are broken and battered and beaten down,

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 as well as those who are full of joy and gladness now.

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 Lord, I pray You would be glorified in Christ's name.

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 Amen.

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 So,

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 I had a hard time trimming this down.

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 I got it down to barely over four pages,

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 so I'm going to do my best.

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 to move through this.

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 But,

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 we're going to move through our text today

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 with four points.

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 And they're all about,

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 like, who the Messiah was.

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 Like, who is Jesus as the Messiah?

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 Because that's what Peter's trying to do.

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 He's trying to preach and persuade

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 and show this gathered crowd

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 that Jesus was the long-expected Messiah,

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 not only for Israel,

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 but of the whole world,

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 of all the nations that He came to save.

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 And so,

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 so,

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 so,

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 three or four things about the Messiah.

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 And we'll see them very clearly in our text,

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 but,

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 number one is,

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 the identity of the Messiah.

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 The identity of the Messiah.

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 Verse 22,

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 it says,

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 men of Israel,

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 hear these words,

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 Jesus of Nazareth,

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 a man attested to you by God.

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 So,

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 he uses the phrase,

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 men of Israel.

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 And,

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 that is a gracious title for Peter to use with this crowd.

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 Such incredibly kind words to address this crowd with.

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 Why?

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 Because,

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 this is the most guilty people

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 in the most guilty city on earth at this point.

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 God manifested Himself to the nation of Israel

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 like no other nation.

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 He had a whole,

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 they had a whole history with God.

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 They had the prophets.

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 They had the law.

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 They had God revealing Himself to them

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 by divine revelation.

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 And at this point,

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 they even had the scriptures of Moses

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 and the prophets and others.

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 They had so much given to them.

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 And they were to be a light for all the nations

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 to know God.

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 And in many ways,

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 they failed to do so.

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 So,

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 yet,

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 though they had all this revelation,

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 they constantly turned against God,

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 constantly rebelled against God

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 and worshipped idols,

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 killed the prophets

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 who were calling them to turn back to God,

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 and the prophets who foretold of the Messiah

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 to come.

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 And then finally,

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 when the Messiah came,

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 when Jesus came,

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 they rejected Him as well.

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 They cursed Him,

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 they spat on Him,

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 and eventually they crucified Him.

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 So they killed the very Messiah

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 that God had promised to send.

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 That's what's going on here.

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 And so you would think that Peter

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 would address all the non-Jews in the crowd

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 and say like,

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 people of Israel,

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 you've lost,

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 you know,

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 your chance is over.

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 If you're not a Jew,

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 listen to me.

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 But that's not what he says.

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 Instead of cursing them

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 and cutting them off

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 from God's salvation,

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 Peter speaks immense grace to them

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 by calling them

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 men of Israel.

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 It's as if he's saying,

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 draw close to me,

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 listen carefully to what I'm saying,

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 you descendants of Abraham,

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 Isaac,

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 Jacob,

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 you children of the covenant,

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 those whom God has bound Himself to

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 in covenant love,

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 who constantly rebel,

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 but God is always faithful,

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 you guys,

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 you descendants of Jacob,

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 of Israel,

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 listen to me.

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 And that's such amazing grace

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 offered to this crowd

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 that he addresses them in that way.

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 And that should encourage us.

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 Are you encouraged

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 that God offers such this?

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 This is the very crowd

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 that crucified the Lord.

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 He's offering them

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 a chance

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 to believe and repent.

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 Men of Israel,

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 grace upon grace,

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 to those people in the crowd.

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 Then he goes on,

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 he says,

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 Jesus of Nazareth.

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 This is the identity

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 of the Messiah.

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 He,

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 all throughout the book of Acts,

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 Peter loved to use

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 the title

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 Jesus of Nazareth.

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 It's used multiple times

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 throughout the book of Acts,

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 specifically by Peter.

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 And you may ask,

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 why that title

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 when Jesus has

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 so many other titles?

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 But,

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 if you think about it,

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 many days before this,

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 this was the name

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 that they hung

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 above Jesus

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 on the cross

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 to scorn him

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 and mock him

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 and make fun of him.

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 And now,

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 it's like,

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 Peter's saying,

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 that Jesus of Nazareth

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 that you guys

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 rejected and killed,

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 he was

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 the long-expected Messiah.

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 Yeah,

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 you know,

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 Jesus,

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 from that no-name,

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 dirty little town

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 of Nazareth

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 in Galilee.

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 Yeah,

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 he is God's Messiah.

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 So,

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 he's taking that name

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 that they used

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 to keep scorn upon Jesus

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 and pushing it

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 right back in their face

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 in a way.

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 And so,

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 it goes on,

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 he says,

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 this was a man

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 attested to you

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 by God.

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 And last week,

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 we talked about

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 how the word attested

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 is implied in a lot of ways,

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 but it means

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 to put something

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 on display.

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 To put something

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 on exhibition.

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 To give evidence

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 to something

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 and to proclaim something.

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 That's like what

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 this means.

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 And Jesus,

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 he did this.

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 God took Jesus

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 and presented him

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 like nothing,

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 trying to hide nothing.

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 Here he is.

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 Look at him.

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 He put Jesus

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 on exhibition

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 as the true Messiah.

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 The true and living Messiah.

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 His birth,

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 his life,

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 his death,

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 and his resurrection

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 overwhelmingly prove

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 that he is

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 who he said he was.

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 He was their Messiah

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 and he is our Messiah

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 today.

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 So how did

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 God lift him up?

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 How did God

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 put him on exhibition?

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 And a lot of this

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 is the rest of the message.

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 But it goes

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 to the second point.

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 Number two

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 is,

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 so the first one

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 was the identity

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 of the Messiah.

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 Number two

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 is the life

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 of the Messiah.

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 verse 22 again.

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 Jesus of Nazareth,

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 a man attested

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 to you by God

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 with mighty works

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 and wonders

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 and signs

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 that God did

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 through him

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 in your midst.

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 You yourselves

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 know.

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 So,

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 a massive amount

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 of proof

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 or evidence

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 to show that

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 Jesus was

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 the true Messiah.

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 God validated him.

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 his life

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 was no

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 ordinary life

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 at all.

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 Even compared

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 to other great men.

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 If you just

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 Google at some point,

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 like,

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 I'm a big history nerd

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 but like,

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 I love studying

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 military history,

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 but

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 Napoleon Bonaparte,

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 an incredible guy

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 but also

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 a little crazy,

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 who conquered

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 a lot of Europe

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 and

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 set the hearts

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 of his country

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 men on fire,

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 he recognizes

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 something very

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 unique about Jesus.

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 You just Google

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 Jesus Christ,

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 Napoleon Bonaparte

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 and this long

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 extended quote

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 about how

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 Jesus was far

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 greater than him

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 and any other

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 great military leader

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 ever.

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 So,

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 something that

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 just stands out

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 about Jesus,

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 no one can really

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 escape that reality.

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 Jesus is not

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 ordinary at all.

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 He's not just

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 a prophet.

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 He's not just

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 a good moral teacher.

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 Jesus made claims

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 and said things

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 that you just

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 do not say

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 unless

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 either he was crazy

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 or he was telling

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 you the truth.

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 Alright,

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 so,

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 Jesus claimed

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 to be the only

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 Son of God

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 and that he alone

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 had descended

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 from the Father.

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 Very big deal.

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 He also claimed

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 to be God

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 in human flesh

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 and that to see him

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 was to see

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 the Father.

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 And he allowed

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 people to worship

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 him as God.

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 As God

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 is only worthy

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 to be worshipped.

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 Jesus also claimed

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 to be the only

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 Savior of the world

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 and the only way

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 to God.

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 And he had the power

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 to forgive sins.

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 He claimed

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 to possess authority

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 in heaven

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 and on earth.

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 Right?

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 So many things

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 he said.

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 He claimed

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 that he would,

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 one of the most

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 outrageous ones,

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 was not,

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 he predicted

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 his own death

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 but then he also

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 said that death

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 would not keep

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 his hold on him.

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 That he would

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 rise from

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 the dead.

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 Yet,

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 those highly

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 exclusive claims

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 that he made

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 don't subtract

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 from his compassion,

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 his wisdom,

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 his mercy,

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 his humility

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 to a broken

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 world.

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 So,

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 on your bulletin

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 there's a quote

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 by a historian

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 named Philip Schaaf.

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 If you want to look

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 at it,

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 it says,

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 Jesus of Nazareth

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 without money

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 and arms

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 conquered more

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 millions

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 than Alexander

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 the Great,

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 Caesar,

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 Muhammad,

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 and Napoleon.

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 Without science

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 and learning,

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 he shed more

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 light on things

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 human and divine

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 than all philosophers

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 and scholars

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 combined.

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 He spoke such

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 words of life

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 as were never

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 spoken before

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 or since

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 and produced effects

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 which lie beyond

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 the reach of an

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 orator or poet.

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 Without writing

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 a single line,

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 he set more

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 pins in motion

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 and furnished

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 themes for more

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 sermons,

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 orations,

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 discussions,

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 learned volumes,

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 works of art,

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 songs of praise

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 than the whole

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 army of great men

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 of the ancient

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 and modern times.

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 It's true.

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 Even people who

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 hate Jesus,

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 they can't escape

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 him.

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 He's always there

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 haunting their

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 memories and

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 their minds.

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 His was no

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 ordinary life.

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 And so God

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 held him up

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 and put him

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 on exhibition.

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 We have nothing

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 to hide as

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 believers,

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 okay?

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 Jesus,

00:13:52.079 --> 00:13:52.699
 when he was

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 here,

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 he used terms

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 like,

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 come,

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 look,

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 see,

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 listen to me,

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 follow me.

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 He wasn't

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 trying to hide

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 anything.

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 He was always

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 inviting people

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 to check out

00:14:02.399 --> 00:14:04.039
 who he was.

00:14:05.480 --> 00:14:05.820
 Right?

00:14:06.779 --> 00:14:07.840
 So he offered

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 them in this

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 text for three

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 years.

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 Jesus taught

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 from the

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 scriptures.

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 He explained

00:14:13.879 --> 00:14:15.200
 who he was

00:14:15.200 --> 00:14:15.620
 from the Old

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 Testament

00:14:15.899 --> 00:14:16.419
 scriptures,

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 displayed great

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 acts of

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 kindness and

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 compassion.

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 And so,

00:14:22.539 --> 00:14:22.919
 but in our

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 text here,

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 as we just

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 read,

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 it says

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 there were

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 some specific

00:14:26.379 --> 00:14:27.220
 things that gave

00:14:27.220 --> 00:14:28.139
 insight to who

00:14:28.139 --> 00:14:28.580
 the Messiah

00:14:28.580 --> 00:14:29.059
 was.

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 He used

00:14:30.000 --> 00:14:30.360
 the term

00:14:30.360 --> 00:14:31.199
 mighty works.

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 And this

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 just means

00:14:32.840 --> 00:14:33.120
 that they

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 were miraculous

00:14:33.899 --> 00:14:34.620
 in nature

00:14:34.620 --> 00:14:35.220
 and appearance.

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 Like,

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 they were not

00:14:36.720 --> 00:14:37.319
 normal.

00:14:38.139 --> 00:14:38.639
 They were

00:14:38.639 --> 00:14:39.519
 miraculous in

00:14:39.519 --> 00:14:39.980
 their nature

00:14:39.980 --> 00:14:40.659
 and appearance.

00:14:41.439 --> 00:14:41.799
 Then he

00:14:41.799 --> 00:14:42.179
 used the

00:14:42.179 --> 00:14:42.819
 word wonders.

00:14:43.960 --> 00:14:44.419
 And this

00:14:44.419 --> 00:14:45.460
 word speaks

00:14:45.460 --> 00:14:45.960
 of something

00:14:45.960 --> 00:14:46.620
 that's shocking,

00:14:47.460 --> 00:14:47.980
 startling,

00:14:48.819 --> 00:14:49.480
 that catches

00:14:49.480 --> 00:14:50.139
 your attention

00:14:50.139 --> 00:14:50.620
 and is

00:14:50.620 --> 00:14:51.460
 completely out

00:14:51.460 --> 00:14:51.699
 of the

00:14:51.699 --> 00:14:52.120
 ordinary.

00:14:52.819 --> 00:14:53.279
 This is

00:14:53.279 --> 00:14:54.100
 what wonders

00:14:54.100 --> 00:14:54.500
 means.

00:14:54.500 --> 00:14:55.740
 And then

00:14:55.740 --> 00:14:56.399
 later on,

00:14:56.519 --> 00:14:56.899
 so what's

00:14:56.899 --> 00:14:57.440
 the intention,

00:14:57.960 --> 00:14:58.299
 what's the

00:14:58.299 --> 00:14:58.980
 purpose of

00:14:58.980 --> 00:14:59.379
 wonders?

00:14:59.580 --> 00:14:59.779
 And it's

00:14:59.779 --> 00:15:00.240
 to point

00:15:00.240 --> 00:15:00.980
 to signs.

00:15:01.720 --> 00:15:02.019
 Okay?

00:15:03.259 --> 00:15:03.840
 Signs that

00:15:03.840 --> 00:15:04.279
 are pointing

00:15:04.279 --> 00:15:04.679
 to a

00:15:04.679 --> 00:15:05.039
 spiritual

00:15:05.039 --> 00:15:05.799
 reality of

00:15:05.799 --> 00:15:06.240
 who Jesus

00:15:06.240 --> 00:15:06.960
 claimed to

00:15:06.960 --> 00:15:07.279
 be.

00:15:07.960 --> 00:15:08.480
 And all

00:15:08.480 --> 00:15:09.019
 we know,

00:15:09.139 --> 00:15:09.480
 like he

00:15:09.480 --> 00:15:09.899
 healed the

00:15:09.899 --> 00:15:10.159
 sick,

00:15:11.600 --> 00:15:11.820
 he,

00:15:12.820 --> 00:15:13.240
 all throughout

00:15:13.240 --> 00:15:13.580
 the Old

00:15:13.580 --> 00:15:13.899
 Testament

00:15:13.899 --> 00:15:14.440
 Levitical

00:15:14.440 --> 00:15:14.960
 laws,

00:15:15.600 --> 00:15:15.940
 like it

00:15:15.940 --> 00:15:16.200
 was,

00:15:16.940 --> 00:15:18.000
 it made

00:15:18.000 --> 00:15:18.240
 someone

00:15:18.240 --> 00:15:19.039
 unclean

00:15:19.039 --> 00:15:19.519
 to touch

00:15:19.519 --> 00:15:19.919
 a leopard,

00:15:20.100 --> 00:15:20.419
 to touch

00:15:20.419 --> 00:15:21.000
 someone who

00:15:21.000 --> 00:15:22.320
 had a bodily

00:15:22.320 --> 00:15:22.940
 discharge.

00:15:23.120 --> 00:15:23.320
 If you

00:15:23.320 --> 00:15:23.580
 touched

00:15:23.580 --> 00:15:23.799
 them,

00:15:23.860 --> 00:15:24.039
 you were

00:15:24.039 --> 00:15:24.379
 considered

00:15:24.379 --> 00:15:25.100
 unclean,

00:15:25.700 --> 00:15:25.980
 and then

00:15:25.980 --> 00:15:26.200
 you were

00:15:26.200 --> 00:15:26.559
 kicked out

00:15:26.559 --> 00:15:26.740
 of the

00:15:26.740 --> 00:15:27.000
 camp.

00:15:27.159 --> 00:15:27.600
 But Jesus

00:15:27.600 --> 00:15:28.100
 came,

00:15:28.679 --> 00:15:29.000
 and he

00:15:29.000 --> 00:15:29.340
 touched

00:15:29.340 --> 00:15:29.960
 the leopard,

00:15:30.740 --> 00:15:31.000
 touched

00:15:31.000 --> 00:15:31.399
 the people

00:15:31.399 --> 00:15:31.659
 who were

00:15:31.659 --> 00:15:32.299
 untouchable,

00:15:32.939 --> 00:15:33.539
 and they

00:15:33.539 --> 00:15:33.980
 were healed.

00:15:35.080 --> 00:15:35.600
 Pretty

00:15:35.600 --> 00:15:36.220
 incredible.

00:15:37.039 --> 00:15:37.620
 He walked

00:15:37.620 --> 00:15:37.879
 on the

00:15:37.879 --> 00:15:38.200
 water,

00:15:38.299 --> 00:15:38.659
 he calmed

00:15:38.659 --> 00:15:39.220
 storms,

00:15:39.419 --> 00:15:40.639
 and unlike

00:15:40.639 --> 00:15:41.299
 anything else,

00:15:41.360 --> 00:15:42.019
 he raised

00:15:42.019 --> 00:15:42.679
 the dead.

00:15:43.960 --> 00:15:44.159
 Right?

00:15:44.960 --> 00:15:45.580
 All of

00:15:45.580 --> 00:15:45.980
 this,

00:15:46.559 --> 00:15:47.320
 Jesus did,

00:15:47.399 --> 00:15:47.580
 if you

00:15:47.580 --> 00:15:48.179
 notice this,

00:15:48.860 --> 00:15:49.220
 a lot of

00:15:49.220 --> 00:15:49.519
 people have

00:15:49.519 --> 00:15:50.059
 this idea

00:15:50.059 --> 00:15:50.580
 that Jesus

00:15:50.580 --> 00:15:53.379
 was using

00:15:53.379 --> 00:15:54.259
 his divinity,

00:15:54.259 --> 00:15:55.519
 to kind

00:15:55.519 --> 00:15:55.899
 of prove

00:15:55.899 --> 00:15:56.240
 who he

00:15:56.240 --> 00:15:56.659
 was.

00:15:58.220 --> 00:15:58.659
 Jesus

00:15:58.659 --> 00:15:59.299
 was fully

00:15:59.299 --> 00:15:59.740
 divine,

00:15:59.879 --> 00:16:00.059
 but when

00:16:00.059 --> 00:16:00.460
 he came

00:16:00.460 --> 00:16:00.659
 here,

00:16:00.700 --> 00:16:01.259
 he yielded

00:16:01.259 --> 00:16:02.019
 that to

00:16:02.019 --> 00:16:02.399
 the power

00:16:02.399 --> 00:16:02.639
 of the

00:16:02.639 --> 00:16:02.939
 Father.

00:16:03.659 --> 00:16:03.980
 He came

00:16:03.980 --> 00:16:04.399
 to show

00:16:04.399 --> 00:16:04.759
 us what

00:16:04.759 --> 00:16:05.179
 a life

00:16:05.179 --> 00:16:05.679
 was like

00:16:05.679 --> 00:16:06.139
 yielded

00:16:06.139 --> 00:16:07.279
 to the

00:16:07.279 --> 00:16:07.819
 Holy Spirit.

00:16:08.620 --> 00:16:09.039
 That's why

00:16:09.039 --> 00:16:09.340
 he was

00:16:09.340 --> 00:16:09.779
 baptized,

00:16:09.860 --> 00:16:10.000
 and the

00:16:10.000 --> 00:16:10.460
 Holy Spirit

00:16:10.460 --> 00:16:11.179
 came down.

00:16:11.819 --> 00:16:12.080
 And as

00:16:12.080 --> 00:16:12.819
 John says,

00:16:12.879 --> 00:16:13.360
 the Spirit

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 rested on

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 Jesus without

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 measure.

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 But do you

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 see that in

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 the text?

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 It said all

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 these things

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 that God

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 did through

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 him to

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 validate who

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 he was.

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 These

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 miraculous

00:16:25.540 --> 00:16:26.420
 manifestations

00:16:26.420 --> 00:16:27.100
 of God's

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 power,

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 they created

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 wonder.

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 So just

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 so you

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 know,

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 Scripture

00:16:32.200 --> 00:16:32.900
 does teach

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 that even

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 forces of

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 evil can

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 perform some

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 sorts of

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 miracles.

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 But one

00:16:41.400 --> 00:16:42.100
 major difference

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 is they can't

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 raise people

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 from the

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 dead.

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 Only God

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 has that

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 power.

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 And as we

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 see,

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 Jesus went

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 further,

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 and he was

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 the one

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 who was

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 raised from

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 dead.

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 And so

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 all these

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 things

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 proclaimed,

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 proved,

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 and pointed

00:16:55.200 --> 00:16:55.720
 to Jesus

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 being the

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 Messiah.

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 And he

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 was like,

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 you yourselves

00:16:58.280 --> 00:16:58.960
 know this

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 happened.

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 You guys

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 were here.

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 You saw

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 this.

00:17:02.040 --> 00:17:02.660
 You saw

00:17:02.660 --> 00:17:02.980
 this.

00:17:03.040 --> 00:17:03.400
 You saw

00:17:03.400 --> 00:17:03.920
 Jesus do

00:17:03.920 --> 00:17:04.400
 these things.

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 And you

00:17:04.660 --> 00:17:05.960
 still harden

00:17:05.960 --> 00:17:06.640
 your heart.

00:17:07.720 --> 00:17:08.200
 Seeing is

00:17:08.200 --> 00:17:08.880
 not believing.

00:17:09.140 --> 00:17:09.319
 Okay?

00:17:09.440 --> 00:17:09.819
 That's not what

00:17:09.819 --> 00:17:10.140
 the Bible

00:17:10.140 --> 00:17:10.519
 teaches.

00:17:11.400 --> 00:17:11.840
 Seeing is

00:17:11.840 --> 00:17:12.440
 not believing.

00:17:12.519 --> 00:17:12.880
 These people

00:17:12.880 --> 00:17:13.519
 saw this,

00:17:13.539 --> 00:17:13.759
 and they

00:17:13.759 --> 00:17:14.460
 still denied

00:17:14.460 --> 00:17:14.700
 it.

00:17:16.360 --> 00:17:16.680
 Okay?

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 So number

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 three,

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 the third

00:17:20.519 --> 00:17:22.060
 point that

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 he used to

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 talk about

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 the Messiah

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 is the

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 death of

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 the Messiah.

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 The death

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 of the

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 Messiah.

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 Verse 23.

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 Check this

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 one out.

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 This is a

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 big one.

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 It says,

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 This Jesus

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 delivered up

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 according to

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 the definite

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 plan and

00:17:40.680 --> 00:17:41.300
 foreknowledge

00:17:41.300 --> 00:17:41.820
 of God.

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 You crucified

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 and killed

00:17:44.340 --> 00:17:45.220
 by the hands

00:17:45.220 --> 00:17:45.960
 of lawless

00:17:45.960 --> 00:17:46.340
 men.

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 So just as

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 Jesus of

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 Nazareth

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 was no

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 ordinary

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 man.

00:17:50.220 --> 00:17:51.000
 His death

00:17:51.000 --> 00:17:52.000
 was no

00:17:52.000 --> 00:17:52.399
 ordinary

00:17:52.399 --> 00:17:52.920
 death.

00:17:53.700 --> 00:17:54.399
 The death

00:17:54.399 --> 00:17:54.680
 of the

00:17:54.680 --> 00:17:54.980
 Son of

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 God and

00:17:55.319 --> 00:17:55.839
 the resurrection

00:17:55.839 --> 00:17:56.159
 are the

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 two most

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 important

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 events in

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 human history.

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 And they

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 demand your

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 attention.

00:18:01.500 --> 00:18:01.740
 They do.

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 To miss

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 this is

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 pretty

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 dangerous to

00:18:06.539 --> 00:18:07.079
 your soul.

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 It's an

00:18:09.159 --> 00:18:10.399
 event of

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 cosmic

00:18:11.339 --> 00:18:12.720
 proportions

00:18:12.720 --> 00:18:13.440
 throughout all

00:18:13.440 --> 00:18:13.899
 eternity.

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 It demands

00:18:14.639 --> 00:18:15.339
 your reverent

00:18:15.339 --> 00:18:15.700
 attention.

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 So Jesus

00:18:17.299 --> 00:18:17.759
 came to

00:18:17.759 --> 00:18:18.160
 die on

00:18:18.160 --> 00:18:18.700
 the cross

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 to honor

00:18:20.120 --> 00:18:20.740
 his father,

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 to glorify

00:18:22.220 --> 00:18:22.740
 his father,

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 but also to

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 meet our

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 greatest need,

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 which was to

00:18:25.779 --> 00:18:26.460
 be redeemed,

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 to be saved,

00:18:27.880 --> 00:18:28.900
 to be reconciled

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 to God.

00:18:31.580 --> 00:18:32.340
 Okay, so

00:18:32.340 --> 00:18:33.580
 our entire

00:18:33.580 --> 00:18:34.340
 being before

00:18:34.340 --> 00:18:34.920
 Christ,

00:18:35.559 --> 00:18:35.720
 okay,

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 BC,

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 your entire

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 being is

00:18:38.519 --> 00:18:39.180
 enslaved to

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 sin.

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 Your mind,

00:18:41.319 --> 00:18:41.819
 your heart,

00:18:42.299 --> 00:18:43.180
 are corrupted

00:18:43.180 --> 00:18:43.740
 by evil.

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 This is what

00:18:44.160 --> 00:18:44.880
 scripture teaches,

00:18:45.120 --> 00:18:45.380
 and your

00:18:45.380 --> 00:18:46.120
 will is in

00:18:46.120 --> 00:18:47.300
 bondage to

00:18:47.300 --> 00:18:47.640
 sin.

00:18:48.480 --> 00:18:49.279
 Ever since

00:18:49.279 --> 00:18:50.120
 Eden, man

00:18:50.120 --> 00:18:50.700
 has been a

00:18:50.700 --> 00:18:52.620
 fugitive running

00:18:52.620 --> 00:18:53.140
 from the

00:18:53.140 --> 00:18:53.640
 presence of

00:18:53.640 --> 00:18:53.940
 God.

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 That's why

00:18:55.360 --> 00:18:55.620
 when we

00:18:55.620 --> 00:18:56.480
 commit sin,

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 that's why

00:18:56.920 --> 00:18:57.240
 we like to

00:18:57.240 --> 00:18:57.560
 do it in

00:18:57.560 --> 00:18:57.920
 private.

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 That's why

00:19:00.040 --> 00:19:00.320
 we don't

00:19:00.320 --> 00:19:00.880
 like things

00:19:00.880 --> 00:19:01.320
 like the

00:19:01.320 --> 00:19:01.940
 holiness of

00:19:01.940 --> 00:19:02.180
 God,

00:19:02.220 --> 00:19:02.519
 because it

00:19:02.519 --> 00:19:03.080
 exposes

00:19:03.080 --> 00:19:04.100
 who we

00:19:04.100 --> 00:19:04.400
 are.

00:19:05.220 --> 00:19:05.800
 As John

00:19:05.800 --> 00:19:06.080
 said,

00:19:06.160 --> 00:19:06.700
 men love

00:19:06.700 --> 00:19:07.160
 darkness,

00:19:07.640 --> 00:19:07.980
 and they

00:19:07.980 --> 00:19:08.320
 hate the

00:19:08.320 --> 00:19:08.620
 light,

00:19:08.740 --> 00:19:09.040
 because they

00:19:09.040 --> 00:19:09.440
 don't want

00:19:09.440 --> 00:19:10.340
 themselves to

00:19:10.340 --> 00:19:10.960
 be seen.

00:19:12.140 --> 00:19:12.460
 Right?

00:19:12.460 --> 00:19:14.120
 So we

00:19:14.120 --> 00:19:14.559
 run.

00:19:15.000 --> 00:19:15.279
 We are

00:19:15.279 --> 00:19:16.340
 cosmic

00:19:16.340 --> 00:19:16.880
 fugitives

00:19:16.880 --> 00:19:18.160
 from the

00:19:18.160 --> 00:19:18.960
 presence of

00:19:18.960 --> 00:19:20.140
 the Lord

00:19:20.140 --> 00:19:20.799
 God Almighty.

00:19:22.600 --> 00:19:23.380
 But Peter's

00:19:23.380 --> 00:19:24.240
 words here

00:19:24.240 --> 00:19:24.620
 beg a

00:19:24.620 --> 00:19:25.000
 question.

00:19:26.079 --> 00:19:26.480
 Okay?

00:19:26.700 --> 00:19:27.140
 It leads us

00:19:27.140 --> 00:19:27.620
 to ask this

00:19:27.620 --> 00:19:28.039
 question.

00:19:28.980 --> 00:19:29.740
 Did God

00:19:29.740 --> 00:19:31.700
 see the

00:19:31.700 --> 00:19:33.160
 disaster that

00:19:33.160 --> 00:19:33.799
 was coming in

00:19:33.799 --> 00:19:34.259
 the Garden of

00:19:34.259 --> 00:19:34.440
 Eden?

00:19:35.680 --> 00:19:36.380
 Was He

00:19:36.380 --> 00:19:37.100
 totally cut

00:19:37.100 --> 00:19:37.559
 off guard

00:19:37.559 --> 00:19:38.259
 by our sin?

00:19:39.259 --> 00:19:40.100
 Did God

00:19:40.100 --> 00:19:40.539
 begin to

00:19:40.539 --> 00:19:41.120
 devise a

00:19:41.120 --> 00:19:41.799
 plan after

00:19:41.799 --> 00:19:42.240
 the fall?

00:19:42.960 --> 00:19:43.299
 Like He

00:19:43.299 --> 00:19:43.779
 created the

00:19:43.779 --> 00:19:44.000
 world,

00:19:44.120 --> 00:19:44.360
 and then

00:19:44.360 --> 00:19:44.840
 after Eden

00:19:44.840 --> 00:19:45.000
 He was

00:19:45.000 --> 00:19:45.079
 like,

00:19:45.120 --> 00:19:45.500
 oh no,

00:19:46.279 --> 00:19:46.700
 I'm in

00:19:46.700 --> 00:19:46.940
 trouble.

00:19:48.420 --> 00:19:49.100
 Some people

00:19:49.100 --> 00:19:50.660
 believe in

00:19:50.660 --> 00:19:51.059
 the church,

00:19:51.120 --> 00:19:52.000
 even some

00:19:52.000 --> 00:19:52.559
 good people

00:19:52.559 --> 00:19:54.779
 just misled.

00:19:54.880 --> 00:19:55.660
 They believe

00:19:55.660 --> 00:19:56.720
 that redemption

00:19:56.720 --> 00:19:57.579
 was a plan

00:19:57.579 --> 00:19:58.380
 that was conceived

00:19:58.380 --> 00:19:59.000
 in the Garden

00:19:59.000 --> 00:19:59.420
 of Eden.

00:20:00.039 --> 00:20:00.860
 And that goes

00:20:00.860 --> 00:20:01.420
 against everything

00:20:01.420 --> 00:20:02.059
 we know about

00:20:02.059 --> 00:20:02.480
 God.

00:20:04.680 --> 00:20:05.160
 You know,

00:20:05.220 --> 00:20:05.600
 you've got the

00:20:05.600 --> 00:20:06.120
 little drama

00:20:06.120 --> 00:20:07.759
 teams performing

00:20:07.759 --> 00:20:08.360
 a skit of the

00:20:08.360 --> 00:20:08.980
 Garden of Eden,

00:20:09.079 --> 00:20:09.240
 and they're

00:20:09.240 --> 00:20:09.600
 playing,

00:20:09.680 --> 00:20:09.980
 you know,

00:20:10.620 --> 00:20:11.440
 Total Eclipse

00:20:11.440 --> 00:20:11.900
 of the Heart

00:20:11.900 --> 00:20:12.120
 in the

00:20:12.120 --> 00:20:12.500
 background,

00:20:13.580 --> 00:20:15.240
 and God

00:20:15.240 --> 00:20:15.759
 is like,

00:20:16.000 --> 00:20:16.300
 the whole

00:20:16.300 --> 00:20:16.720
 time like,

00:20:16.840 --> 00:20:17.140
 no,

00:20:17.480 --> 00:20:17.900
 don't do

00:20:17.900 --> 00:20:18.220
 that.

00:20:18.720 --> 00:20:19.540
 And it

00:20:19.540 --> 00:20:21.780
 portrays this

00:20:21.780 --> 00:20:22.620
 idea that God

00:20:22.620 --> 00:20:23.140
 was just

00:20:23.140 --> 00:20:23.540
 caught off

00:20:23.540 --> 00:20:23.860
 guard.

00:20:25.240 --> 00:20:26.140
 What happened?

00:20:27.080 --> 00:20:27.580
 So many in

00:20:27.580 --> 00:20:28.040
 the church,

00:20:28.280 --> 00:20:29.640
 many people

00:20:29.640 --> 00:20:30.200
 will say

00:20:30.200 --> 00:20:31.759
 that God

00:20:31.759 --> 00:20:32.360
 does not,

00:20:32.420 --> 00:20:32.780
 they believe

00:20:32.780 --> 00:20:33.040
 that God

00:20:33.040 --> 00:20:33.540
 is sovereign,

00:20:33.820 --> 00:20:34.820
 but He does

00:20:34.820 --> 00:20:35.720
 not ordain

00:20:35.720 --> 00:20:36.120
 and know

00:20:36.120 --> 00:20:36.759
 every single

00:20:36.759 --> 00:20:37.200
 event that's

00:20:37.200 --> 00:20:37.540
 going to

00:20:37.540 --> 00:20:37.860
 happen.

00:20:37.859 --> 00:20:38.879
 but He

00:20:38.879 --> 00:20:39.279
 leaves it

00:20:39.279 --> 00:20:40.139
 open to

00:20:40.139 --> 00:20:41.159
 a lot of

00:20:41.159 --> 00:20:41.479
 the stuff

00:20:41.479 --> 00:20:41.979
 in the future

00:20:41.979 --> 00:20:42.679
 to be determined

00:20:42.679 --> 00:20:44.279
 by man's

00:20:44.279 --> 00:20:45.039
 will,

00:20:45.199 --> 00:20:45.979
 man's choices,

00:20:46.479 --> 00:20:47.339
 or Satan's,

00:20:47.979 --> 00:20:48.419
 and God

00:20:48.419 --> 00:20:49.619
 is reactionary

00:20:49.619 --> 00:20:50.619
 to those

00:20:50.619 --> 00:20:51.039
 events.

00:20:51.799 --> 00:20:52.639
 He reacts,

00:20:53.240 --> 00:20:53.659
 but He

00:20:53.659 --> 00:20:54.279
 didn't plan.

00:20:55.459 --> 00:20:55.839
 So,

00:20:56.019 --> 00:20:56.699
 this is a

00:20:56.699 --> 00:20:58.459
 theological

00:20:58.459 --> 00:20:59.359
 idea called

00:20:59.359 --> 00:21:00.199
 open theism,

00:21:00.879 --> 00:21:01.240
 and it's

00:21:01.240 --> 00:21:01.719
 completely

00:21:01.719 --> 00:21:02.419
 untrue

00:21:02.419 --> 00:21:03.000
 and unbiblical,

00:21:03.000 --> 00:21:04.279
 that it

00:21:04.279 --> 00:21:05.099
 implies like

00:21:05.099 --> 00:21:05.660
 God has a

00:21:05.660 --> 00:21:06.220
 plan A,

00:21:06.799 --> 00:21:07.200
 and if that

00:21:07.200 --> 00:21:07.599
 doesn't work

00:21:07.599 --> 00:21:07.819
 out,

00:21:07.900 --> 00:21:08.220
 He has a

00:21:08.220 --> 00:21:08.740
 plan B,

00:21:09.359 --> 00:21:09.660
 and a

00:21:09.660 --> 00:21:10.180
 plan C,

00:21:10.779 --> 00:21:11.339
 and then

00:21:11.339 --> 00:21:11.839
 that's what

00:21:11.839 --> 00:21:12.519
 just goes on

00:21:12.519 --> 00:21:12.799
 the whole

00:21:12.799 --> 00:21:13.180
 time.

00:21:14.420 --> 00:21:14.859
 So,

00:21:15.500 --> 00:21:16.079
 you should

00:21:16.079 --> 00:21:16.559
 know this,

00:21:16.660 --> 00:21:16.960
 guys,

00:21:18.440 --> 00:21:19.619
 bad doctrine

00:21:19.619 --> 00:21:21.420
 hurts people

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 and it

00:21:22.539 --> 00:21:23.299
 dishonors God.

00:21:24.619 --> 00:21:25.119
 Alright,

00:21:25.200 --> 00:21:25.819
 it goes against

00:21:25.819 --> 00:21:26.500
 everything we

00:21:26.500 --> 00:21:27.160
 know about

00:21:27.160 --> 00:21:27.660
 the person

00:21:27.660 --> 00:21:28.160
 of God

00:21:28.160 --> 00:21:28.900
 to believe

00:21:28.900 --> 00:21:29.259
 that that's

00:21:29.259 --> 00:21:29.619
 true.

00:21:29.619 --> 00:21:32.519
 our God

00:21:32.519 --> 00:21:33.000
 is by

00:21:33.000 --> 00:21:33.839
 very nature

00:21:33.839 --> 00:21:34.619
 a planning

00:21:34.619 --> 00:21:35.519
 God.

00:21:36.399 --> 00:21:37.139
 What we

00:21:37.139 --> 00:21:37.659
 know about

00:21:37.659 --> 00:21:38.059
 God,

00:21:38.659 --> 00:21:38.959
 Scripture

00:21:38.959 --> 00:21:39.639
 teaches,

00:21:40.599 --> 00:21:40.899
 He's

00:21:40.899 --> 00:21:41.359
 omniscient,

00:21:41.439 --> 00:21:41.859
 He literally

00:21:41.859 --> 00:21:42.599
 knows all

00:21:42.599 --> 00:21:43.000
 things,

00:21:43.059 --> 00:21:43.259
 He has

00:21:43.259 --> 00:21:43.699
 perfect

00:21:43.699 --> 00:21:44.259
 knowledge

00:21:44.259 --> 00:21:45.339
 set before

00:21:45.339 --> 00:21:45.639
 Him.

00:21:46.459 --> 00:21:46.879
 He's

00:21:46.879 --> 00:21:47.599
 omnipotent,

00:21:47.699 --> 00:21:48.919
 He possesses

00:21:48.919 --> 00:21:49.379
 all the

00:21:49.379 --> 00:21:50.699
 power to

00:21:50.699 --> 00:21:51.159
 carry out

00:21:51.159 --> 00:21:51.859
 His perfect

00:21:51.859 --> 00:21:52.139
 will.

00:21:52.479 --> 00:21:52.839
 It's not

00:21:52.839 --> 00:21:53.899
 that He

00:21:53.899 --> 00:21:54.359
 has a lot

00:21:54.359 --> 00:21:54.819
 of power

00:21:54.819 --> 00:21:56.059
 and there's

00:21:56.059 --> 00:21:56.619
 some other

00:21:56.619 --> 00:21:57.279
 powers out

00:21:57.279 --> 00:21:57.519
 there,

00:21:57.599 --> 00:21:57.979
 like all

00:21:57.979 --> 00:21:58.359
 the power

00:21:58.359 --> 00:21:58.739
 that they

00:21:58.739 --> 00:21:59.179
 have is

00:21:59.180 --> 00:21:59.740
 delegated

00:21:59.740 --> 00:22:00.500
 by God

00:22:00.500 --> 00:22:01.240
 that He

00:22:01.240 --> 00:22:01.759
 could take

00:22:01.759 --> 00:22:02.980
 at any

00:22:02.980 --> 00:22:03.380
 moment.

00:22:04.299 --> 00:22:04.860
 God is

00:22:04.860 --> 00:22:05.519
 immutable,

00:22:05.700 --> 00:22:05.920
 He is

00:22:05.920 --> 00:22:06.640
 unchanging

00:22:06.640 --> 00:22:07.000
 in His

00:22:07.000 --> 00:22:07.400
 person,

00:22:07.519 --> 00:22:07.720
 in His

00:22:07.720 --> 00:22:08.039
 character,

00:22:08.140 --> 00:22:08.440
 He does

00:22:08.440 --> 00:22:09.620
 not change.

00:22:10.259 --> 00:22:10.560
 He's

00:22:10.560 --> 00:22:11.140
 unaffected

00:22:11.140 --> 00:22:12.259
 by things

00:22:12.259 --> 00:22:12.799
 we do.

00:22:14.019 --> 00:22:14.420
 So,

00:22:14.560 --> 00:22:15.259
 nothing sneaks

00:22:15.259 --> 00:22:15.840
 up on Him

00:22:15.840 --> 00:22:16.240
 or catches

00:22:16.240 --> 00:22:16.660
 Him off

00:22:16.660 --> 00:22:17.039
 guard.

00:22:17.680 --> 00:22:17.900
 So,

00:22:17.980 --> 00:22:18.340
 in one way,

00:22:18.420 --> 00:22:18.779
 the answer

00:22:18.779 --> 00:22:19.279
 is no,

00:22:19.400 --> 00:22:19.740
 God was

00:22:19.740 --> 00:22:20.120
 not caught

00:22:20.120 --> 00:22:20.600
 off guard

00:22:20.600 --> 00:22:20.920
 because it

00:22:20.920 --> 00:22:21.400
 goes against

00:22:21.400 --> 00:22:21.720
 what we

00:22:21.720 --> 00:22:22.180
 know about

00:22:22.180 --> 00:22:22.539
 the very

00:22:22.539 --> 00:22:22.980
 nature

00:22:22.980 --> 00:22:24.039
 of God

00:22:24.039 --> 00:22:24.519
 Himself.

00:22:25.740 --> 00:22:26.080
 It's

00:22:26.080 --> 00:22:28.000
 not there.

00:22:28.000 --> 00:22:28.380
 So,

00:22:29.140 --> 00:22:29.519
 I know

00:22:29.519 --> 00:22:29.859
 that as a

00:22:29.859 --> 00:22:30.099
 whole,

00:22:30.220 --> 00:22:30.599
 our church

00:22:30.599 --> 00:22:31.460
 rejoices in

00:22:31.460 --> 00:22:32.420
 and embraces

00:22:32.420 --> 00:22:34.119
 the sovereignty

00:22:34.119 --> 00:22:34.599
 of God

00:22:34.599 --> 00:22:35.019
 over all

00:22:35.019 --> 00:22:35.480
 things,

00:22:36.079 --> 00:22:36.859
 but I

00:22:36.859 --> 00:22:37.299
 know that

00:22:37.299 --> 00:22:38.680
 with a

00:22:38.680 --> 00:22:39.119
 crowd this

00:22:39.119 --> 00:22:39.339
 big,

00:22:39.380 --> 00:22:39.599
 it might

00:22:39.599 --> 00:22:40.019
 not sit

00:22:40.019 --> 00:22:41.099
 right with

00:22:41.099 --> 00:22:41.460
 some of

00:22:41.460 --> 00:22:41.660
 you,

00:22:42.859 --> 00:22:43.140
 but I'm

00:22:43.140 --> 00:22:43.319
 going to

00:22:43.319 --> 00:22:43.599
 tell you,

00:22:43.660 --> 00:22:44.000
 you can

00:22:44.000 --> 00:22:44.539
 kick and

00:22:44.539 --> 00:22:45.200
 punch and

00:22:45.200 --> 00:22:46.640
 hate that

00:22:46.640 --> 00:22:48.200
 truth that

00:22:48.200 --> 00:22:48.740
 God literally

00:22:48.740 --> 00:22:49.519
 reigns over

00:22:49.519 --> 00:22:49.980
 everything,

00:22:50.119 --> 00:22:50.640
 including the

00:22:50.640 --> 00:22:51.400
 air you breathe

00:22:51.400 --> 00:22:52.059
 and the grass

00:22:52.059 --> 00:22:52.619
 that grows,

00:22:53.519 --> 00:22:54.240
 or you can

00:22:54.240 --> 00:22:54.880
 embrace it and

00:22:54.880 --> 00:22:55.339
 let it be your

00:22:55.339 --> 00:22:56.220
 biggest joy and

00:22:56.220 --> 00:22:56.599
 your biggest

00:22:56.599 --> 00:22:57.019
 comfort.

00:22:57.019 --> 00:23:00.299
 my mom's

00:23:00.299 --> 00:23:00.700
 here today,

00:23:00.799 --> 00:23:01.420
 and we

00:23:01.420 --> 00:23:02.079
 all have

00:23:02.079 --> 00:23:02.599
 walked through

00:23:02.599 --> 00:23:03.279
 some very

00:23:03.279 --> 00:23:04.960
 difficult trials

00:23:04.960 --> 00:23:05.639
 in our lives,

00:23:06.359 --> 00:23:06.920
 most of them

00:23:06.920 --> 00:23:07.420
 my fault,

00:23:07.519 --> 00:23:08.599
 being sick and

00:23:08.599 --> 00:23:09.379
 being in the

00:23:09.379 --> 00:23:09.779
 hospital,

00:23:10.319 --> 00:23:10.799
 and right now

00:23:10.799 --> 00:23:11.440
 my dad is in

00:23:11.440 --> 00:23:11.900
 the hospital,

00:23:12.539 --> 00:23:13.339
 and she will

00:23:13.339 --> 00:23:13.759
 tell you,

00:23:13.839 --> 00:23:14.619
 I will tell you

00:23:14.619 --> 00:23:16.079
 that this

00:23:16.079 --> 00:23:16.480
 has been the

00:23:16.480 --> 00:23:17.180
 number one

00:23:17.180 --> 00:23:18.980
 truth that

00:23:18.980 --> 00:23:19.740
 has comforted

00:23:19.740 --> 00:23:20.359
 us throughout

00:23:20.359 --> 00:23:21.680
 all that time,

00:23:23.039 --> 00:23:24.480
 and so you

00:23:24.480 --> 00:23:25.299
 can mock that

00:23:25.299 --> 00:23:25.920
 or you can

00:23:25.920 --> 00:23:26.539
 embrace it and

00:23:26.539 --> 00:23:27.220
 experience the

00:23:27.220 --> 00:23:28.559
 same reality.

00:23:30.079 --> 00:23:31.740
 So, it's no

00:23:31.740 --> 00:23:33.180
 different in the

00:23:33.180 --> 00:23:34.059
 language used of

00:23:34.059 --> 00:23:34.460
 the death of

00:23:34.460 --> 00:23:34.819
 Christ.

00:23:35.740 --> 00:23:36.399
 Here it is

00:23:36.399 --> 00:23:37.180
 before us.

00:23:38.139 --> 00:23:39.720
 After the

00:23:39.720 --> 00:23:40.359
 disaster in

00:23:40.359 --> 00:23:40.879
 Eden, God

00:23:40.879 --> 00:23:41.480
 did not begin

00:23:41.480 --> 00:23:42.240
 devising a

00:23:42.240 --> 00:23:44.059
 plan, saying

00:23:44.059 --> 00:23:44.639
 darn, I

00:23:44.639 --> 00:23:45.200
 messed up,

00:23:45.279 --> 00:23:45.599
 oh I know

00:23:45.599 --> 00:23:45.960
 what I'll do,

00:23:46.039 --> 00:23:46.339
 I'll send

00:23:46.339 --> 00:23:47.019
 Jesus, Jesus

00:23:47.019 --> 00:23:47.440
 are you cool

00:23:47.440 --> 00:23:47.720
 with that?

00:23:47.799 --> 00:23:48.119
 Okay, I'll

00:23:48.119 --> 00:23:48.519
 go.

00:23:49.480 --> 00:23:50.079
 That's not

00:23:50.079 --> 00:23:50.559
 what happened.

00:23:50.559 --> 00:23:53.859
 God has

00:23:53.859 --> 00:23:55.139
 written the

00:23:55.139 --> 00:23:55.679
 pages of

00:23:55.679 --> 00:23:56.399
 history according

00:23:56.399 --> 00:23:57.059
 to His

00:23:57.059 --> 00:23:58.359
 plan, and

00:23:58.359 --> 00:23:59.819
 including, this

00:23:59.819 --> 00:24:00.259
 should give you

00:24:00.259 --> 00:24:00.919
 chills, like

00:24:00.919 --> 00:24:01.740
 including the

00:24:01.740 --> 00:24:02.279
 cross of

00:24:02.279 --> 00:24:02.740
 Christ.

00:24:03.519 --> 00:24:04.299
 It says in

00:24:04.299 --> 00:24:06.339
 23, Jesus

00:24:06.339 --> 00:24:07.359
 delivered up

00:24:07.359 --> 00:24:08.599
 according to

00:24:08.599 --> 00:24:09.240
 the definite

00:24:09.240 --> 00:24:10.919
 plan and

00:24:10.919 --> 00:24:11.839
 foreknowledge of

00:24:11.839 --> 00:24:12.200
 God.

00:24:13.039 --> 00:24:13.679
 The word

00:24:13.679 --> 00:24:15.599
 definite means

00:24:15.599 --> 00:24:16.519
 predetermined,

00:24:17.240 --> 00:24:17.779
 appointed,

00:24:17.779 --> 00:24:19.420
 designed,

00:24:19.700 --> 00:24:20.359
 decreed.

00:24:20.899 --> 00:24:21.539
 It literally

00:24:21.539 --> 00:24:22.200
 means to set

00:24:22.200 --> 00:24:23.039
 out boundaries

00:24:23.039 --> 00:24:24.079
 for which

00:24:24.079 --> 00:24:24.440
 something is

00:24:24.440 --> 00:24:24.759
 going to

00:24:24.759 --> 00:24:25.099
 happen.

00:24:26.980 --> 00:24:27.339
 And so the

00:24:27.339 --> 00:24:28.259
 word foreknowledge,

00:24:28.799 --> 00:24:29.359
 I don't know

00:24:29.359 --> 00:24:31.740
 why maybe some

00:24:31.740 --> 00:24:32.619
 other guys here

00:24:32.619 --> 00:24:34.680
 who have been

00:24:34.680 --> 00:24:36.759
 seminaried and

00:24:36.759 --> 00:24:37.819
 studied Greek

00:24:37.819 --> 00:24:39.579
 can explain

00:24:39.579 --> 00:24:40.160
 better than

00:24:40.160 --> 00:24:41.099
 me, like

00:24:41.099 --> 00:24:41.500
 why our

00:24:41.500 --> 00:24:41.799
 English

00:24:41.799 --> 00:24:42.420
 translations

00:24:42.420 --> 00:24:42.960
 really use

00:24:42.960 --> 00:24:43.319
 the word

00:24:43.319 --> 00:24:44.059
 foreknowledge.

00:24:44.799 --> 00:24:45.579
 Because most

00:24:45.579 --> 00:24:46.240
 of us think

00:24:46.240 --> 00:24:47.680
 it means to

00:24:47.680 --> 00:24:48.140
 look down

00:24:48.140 --> 00:24:48.380
 throughout

00:24:48.380 --> 00:24:48.860
 history and

00:24:48.860 --> 00:24:49.539
 observe something

00:24:49.539 --> 00:24:49.860
 that's going

00:24:49.860 --> 00:24:50.320
 to happen.

00:24:50.460 --> 00:24:51.140
 We look down

00:24:51.140 --> 00:24:51.560
 and we see

00:24:51.560 --> 00:24:51.900
 what's going

00:24:51.900 --> 00:24:52.299
 to happen,

00:24:52.820 --> 00:24:53.360
 and then we

00:24:53.360 --> 00:24:54.340
 react accordingly.

00:24:55.299 --> 00:24:55.940
 But it's not

00:24:55.940 --> 00:24:57.720
 really how the

00:24:57.720 --> 00:24:58.519
 Bible uses it

00:24:58.519 --> 00:24:58.900
 at all.

00:24:59.340 --> 00:25:00.100
 It means to

00:25:00.100 --> 00:25:01.259
 be foreknown

00:25:01.259 --> 00:25:02.519
 or foreordained.

00:25:04.860 --> 00:25:05.799
 So certainly

00:25:05.799 --> 00:25:06.420
 God knows

00:25:06.420 --> 00:25:07.200
 what's going to

00:25:07.200 --> 00:25:07.860
 happen in the

00:25:07.860 --> 00:25:08.120
 future.

00:25:08.759 --> 00:25:09.279
 He certainly

00:25:09.279 --> 00:25:09.840
 knows that,

00:25:09.880 --> 00:25:10.259
 but that's not

00:25:10.259 --> 00:25:10.640
 what this is

00:25:10.640 --> 00:25:10.980
 saying.

00:25:11.820 --> 00:25:12.320
 Foreknowledge

00:25:12.320 --> 00:25:13.100
 is in Bible

00:25:13.100 --> 00:25:13.860
 terms means

00:25:13.860 --> 00:25:14.340
 that in

00:25:14.340 --> 00:25:15.480
 eternity past,

00:25:15.480 --> 00:25:17.480
 God looked

00:25:17.480 --> 00:25:18.319
 down and

00:25:18.319 --> 00:25:19.000
 decided what

00:25:19.000 --> 00:25:19.660
 He was going

00:25:19.660 --> 00:25:20.099
 to do.

00:25:21.039 --> 00:25:21.860
 He planned

00:25:21.860 --> 00:25:22.079
 it.

00:25:23.079 --> 00:25:23.839
 He executed

00:25:23.839 --> 00:25:24.140
 it.

00:25:24.940 --> 00:25:25.519
 It means that

00:25:25.519 --> 00:25:27.180
 God planned

00:25:27.180 --> 00:25:28.039
 before, but

00:25:28.039 --> 00:25:28.420
 not that He

00:25:28.420 --> 00:25:29.440
 observed before.

00:25:30.559 --> 00:25:31.400
 So later on,

00:25:31.539 --> 00:25:32.279
 you see down in

00:25:32.279 --> 00:25:33.140
 where is it?

00:25:33.140 --> 00:25:33.740
 Let me find this.

00:25:33.819 --> 00:25:34.160
 It just came to

00:25:34.160 --> 00:25:34.599
 my mind.

00:25:35.620 --> 00:25:36.220
 It says that

00:25:36.220 --> 00:25:37.180
 David foresaw.

00:25:37.920 --> 00:25:38.860
 See that in

00:25:38.860 --> 00:25:39.279
 our text?

00:25:39.860 --> 00:25:40.259
 This is a

00:25:40.259 --> 00:25:40.799
 different word.

00:25:40.799 --> 00:25:42.480
 It does mean

00:25:42.480 --> 00:25:43.680
 that David in

00:25:43.680 --> 00:25:44.220
 his finite

00:25:44.220 --> 00:25:45.240
 human way

00:25:45.240 --> 00:25:46.099
 could look

00:25:46.099 --> 00:25:46.619
 ahead and see

00:25:46.619 --> 00:25:47.000
 what was going

00:25:47.000 --> 00:25:47.480
 to happen,

00:25:47.700 --> 00:25:48.299
 knowing that

00:25:48.299 --> 00:25:48.659
 the Christ

00:25:48.659 --> 00:25:49.099
 would come.

00:25:49.700 --> 00:25:50.220
 That's not

00:25:50.220 --> 00:25:50.839
 the same word

00:25:50.839 --> 00:25:51.659
 as foreknowledge.

00:25:52.659 --> 00:25:53.419
 God had a

00:25:53.419 --> 00:25:55.119
 plan before

00:25:55.119 --> 00:25:55.700
 the foundation

00:25:55.700 --> 00:25:56.119
 of the world.

00:25:56.240 --> 00:25:56.799
 Read Ephesians

00:25:56.799 --> 00:25:57.240
 1.

00:25:58.079 --> 00:25:58.700
 It says before

00:25:58.700 --> 00:25:59.299
 the foundation

00:25:59.299 --> 00:26:00.079
 of the world

00:26:00.079 --> 00:26:01.059
 this was planned.

00:26:02.700 --> 00:26:03.519
 Before reading,

00:26:04.919 --> 00:26:05.519
 Christ was

00:26:05.519 --> 00:26:06.240
 foreordained to

00:26:06.240 --> 00:26:06.639
 come before

00:26:06.639 --> 00:26:07.339
 the foundation

00:26:07.339 --> 00:26:07.940
 of the world

00:26:07.940 --> 00:26:08.359
 to be the

00:26:08.359 --> 00:26:09.119
 sacrifice for

00:26:09.119 --> 00:26:09.700
 our sins.

00:26:10.799 --> 00:26:11.279
 But wait a

00:26:11.279 --> 00:26:11.480
 minute.

00:26:12.299 --> 00:26:13.000
 In our text,

00:26:13.539 --> 00:26:15.960
 it says that

00:26:15.960 --> 00:26:17.059
 men crucified

00:26:17.059 --> 00:26:17.339
 him.

00:26:17.539 --> 00:26:18.000
 Men killed

00:26:18.000 --> 00:26:18.180
 him.

00:26:19.200 --> 00:26:19.819
 Okay, well

00:26:19.819 --> 00:26:20.339
 whose plan

00:26:20.339 --> 00:26:20.700
 was it?

00:26:20.759 --> 00:26:21.960
 Was it man's

00:26:21.960 --> 00:26:22.720
 plan to kill

00:26:22.720 --> 00:26:23.319
 Christ or was

00:26:23.319 --> 00:26:23.680
 it God's

00:26:23.680 --> 00:26:23.980
 plan?

00:26:24.579 --> 00:26:25.000
 The answer

00:26:25.000 --> 00:26:25.500
 is yes.

00:26:27.940 --> 00:26:28.460
 Alright?

00:26:29.599 --> 00:26:30.079
 So here's

00:26:30.079 --> 00:26:30.859
 something so

00:26:30.859 --> 00:26:31.299
 chilling.

00:26:32.220 --> 00:26:32.819
 Hold your

00:26:32.819 --> 00:26:33.339
 hand in Acts

00:26:33.339 --> 00:26:33.919
 2, but look

00:26:33.919 --> 00:26:34.799
 over two

00:26:34.799 --> 00:26:35.480
 chapters to

00:26:35.480 --> 00:26:36.159
 Acts 4.

00:26:37.279 --> 00:26:37.659
 I'm going to

00:26:37.659 --> 00:26:37.960
 show you

00:26:37.960 --> 00:26:38.480
 something here.

00:26:39.539 --> 00:26:39.980
 And I'm

00:26:39.980 --> 00:26:40.259
 going to take

00:26:40.259 --> 00:26:40.619
 a sip of

00:26:40.619 --> 00:26:40.859
 water.

00:26:50.679 --> 00:26:51.659
 Alright, so

00:26:51.659 --> 00:26:53.179
 Peter, he

00:26:53.179 --> 00:26:54.799
 says that

00:26:54.799 --> 00:26:55.500
 Christ's death

00:26:55.500 --> 00:26:56.199
 was planned,

00:26:56.279 --> 00:26:56.479
 it was

00:26:56.479 --> 00:26:57.459
 foreordained

00:26:57.459 --> 00:26:59.119
 by Almighty

00:26:59.119 --> 00:26:59.599
 God.

00:27:00.319 --> 00:27:00.759
 But then he

00:27:00.759 --> 00:27:02.319
 adds, you

00:27:02.319 --> 00:27:03.059
 crucified him

00:27:03.059 --> 00:27:03.359
 and you

00:27:03.359 --> 00:27:03.799
 killed him

00:27:03.799 --> 00:27:04.119
 by the

00:27:04.119 --> 00:27:04.479
 hands of

00:27:04.479 --> 00:27:04.879
 lawless

00:27:04.879 --> 00:27:05.199
 men.

00:27:05.779 --> 00:27:05.959
 What?

00:27:06.139 --> 00:27:06.539
 Okay, so

00:27:06.539 --> 00:27:06.859
 which one

00:27:06.859 --> 00:27:07.199
 is it?

00:27:07.739 --> 00:27:08.279
 God or

00:27:08.279 --> 00:27:08.519
 man?

00:27:08.599 --> 00:27:08.919
 The answer

00:27:08.919 --> 00:27:09.419
 is yes.

00:27:09.420 --> 00:27:13.420
 Jesus was

00:27:13.420 --> 00:27:14.600
 killed by

00:27:14.600 --> 00:27:15.259
 lawless,

00:27:15.380 --> 00:27:15.620
 wicked,

00:27:15.759 --> 00:27:16.340
 sinful men

00:27:16.340 --> 00:27:17.740
 who hated

00:27:17.740 --> 00:27:18.120
 him and

00:27:18.120 --> 00:27:18.740
 rejected him

00:27:18.740 --> 00:27:19.039
 as the

00:27:19.039 --> 00:27:19.460
 Messiah.

00:27:20.200 --> 00:27:20.779
 The very

00:27:20.779 --> 00:27:21.380
 crowd that

00:27:21.380 --> 00:27:21.720
 Peter is

00:27:21.720 --> 00:27:22.400
 addressing are

00:27:22.400 --> 00:27:23.080
 those men.

00:27:24.000 --> 00:27:24.380
 At the

00:27:24.380 --> 00:27:25.240
 same time

00:27:25.240 --> 00:27:25.560
 though,

00:27:26.560 --> 00:27:27.180
 Peter tells

00:27:27.180 --> 00:27:28.660
 them that

00:27:28.660 --> 00:27:28.980
 what they

00:27:28.980 --> 00:27:29.560
 did was in

00:27:29.560 --> 00:27:30.200
 the boundaries

00:27:30.200 --> 00:27:32.460
 of what God

00:27:32.460 --> 00:27:33.120
 had accomplished

00:27:33.119 --> 00:27:34.579
 and preordained

00:27:34.579 --> 00:27:36.059
 to bring

00:27:36.059 --> 00:27:36.599
 salvation.

00:27:37.319 --> 00:27:38.039
 Here's another

00:27:38.039 --> 00:27:39.059
 parallel text.

00:27:39.979 --> 00:27:40.419
 This one's

00:27:40.419 --> 00:27:40.979
 even more

00:27:40.979 --> 00:27:42.319
 startling to

00:27:42.319 --> 00:27:42.579
 me.

00:27:43.199 --> 00:27:43.799
 Acts 4

00:27:43.799 --> 00:27:44.699
 verse 24.

00:27:47.459 --> 00:27:48.419
 It says,

00:27:49.299 --> 00:27:49.639
 and when they

00:27:49.639 --> 00:27:50.119
 heard it,

00:27:50.259 --> 00:27:50.659
 they lifted

00:27:50.659 --> 00:27:51.179
 their voices

00:27:51.179 --> 00:27:51.899
 together to

00:27:51.899 --> 00:27:52.419
 God and

00:27:52.419 --> 00:27:52.739
 said,

00:27:53.500 --> 00:27:54.000
 Sovereign

00:27:54.000 --> 00:27:54.439
 Lord,

00:27:55.299 --> 00:27:56.219
 who made

00:27:56.219 --> 00:27:56.659
 the heaven

00:27:56.659 --> 00:27:56.959
 and the

00:27:56.959 --> 00:27:57.339
 earth,

00:27:57.959 --> 00:27:58.359
 the sea,

00:27:58.459 --> 00:27:58.799
 and everything

00:27:58.799 --> 00:27:59.239
 is in

00:27:59.239 --> 00:27:59.519
 them.

00:28:00.719 --> 00:28:01.019
 Alright,

00:28:01.099 --> 00:28:01.339
 so he

00:28:01.339 --> 00:28:01.859
 begins by

00:28:01.859 --> 00:28:02.359
 saying God

00:28:02.359 --> 00:28:02.859
 is sovereign.

00:28:03.139 --> 00:28:03.500
 He is

00:28:03.500 --> 00:28:04.379
 Lord over

00:28:04.379 --> 00:28:04.740
 all.

00:28:05.459 --> 00:28:05.759
 But we're

00:28:05.759 --> 00:28:06.259
 trying to

00:28:06.259 --> 00:28:06.759
 communicate

00:28:06.759 --> 00:28:07.179
 now.

00:28:08.099 --> 00:28:08.639
 He says,

00:28:09.539 --> 00:28:09.979
 Who threw

00:28:09.979 --> 00:28:10.539
 the mouth

00:28:10.539 --> 00:28:10.859
 of our

00:28:10.859 --> 00:28:11.639
 father David,

00:28:11.740 --> 00:28:12.379
 your servant,

00:28:13.059 --> 00:28:14.079
 said by the

00:28:14.079 --> 00:28:14.759
 Holy Spirit,

00:28:15.799 --> 00:28:16.419
 and he quotes

00:28:16.419 --> 00:28:17.279
 Psalm 2,

00:28:17.679 --> 00:28:18.019
 the second

00:28:18.019 --> 00:28:18.419
 Psalm,

00:28:19.359 --> 00:28:20.079
 Why did

00:28:20.079 --> 00:28:20.779
 the Gentiles

00:28:20.779 --> 00:28:22.079
 rage in

00:28:22.079 --> 00:28:22.619
 the people's

00:28:22.619 --> 00:28:23.199
 plot in

00:28:23.199 --> 00:28:23.519
 vain?

00:28:24.319 --> 00:28:24.859
 The kings

00:28:24.859 --> 00:28:25.419
 of the earth

00:28:25.419 --> 00:28:26.559
 set themselves

00:28:26.559 --> 00:28:27.179
 and their

00:28:27.179 --> 00:28:28.339
 rulers were

00:28:28.339 --> 00:28:29.159
 gathered together

00:28:29.159 --> 00:28:29.819
 against the

00:28:29.819 --> 00:28:31.000
 Lord and

00:28:31.000 --> 00:28:31.639
 against his

00:28:31.639 --> 00:28:32.039
 anointed.

00:28:32.359 --> 00:28:32.599
 That's

00:28:32.599 --> 00:28:32.939
 Jesus.

00:28:33.939 --> 00:28:34.299
 For

00:28:34.299 --> 00:28:35.000
 truly in

00:28:35.000 --> 00:28:35.639
 this city

00:28:35.639 --> 00:28:36.619
 they were

00:28:36.619 --> 00:28:36.939
 gathered

00:28:36.939 --> 00:28:37.479
 together

00:28:37.479 --> 00:28:38.039
 against

00:28:38.039 --> 00:28:38.279
 your

00:28:38.279 --> 00:28:38.539
 holy

00:28:38.539 --> 00:28:38.879
 servant

00:28:38.879 --> 00:28:39.259
 Jesus,

00:28:40.099 --> 00:28:40.459
 whom you

00:28:40.459 --> 00:28:40.919
 appointed,

00:28:41.819 --> 00:28:42.559
 both Herod

00:28:42.559 --> 00:28:43.639
 and Pontius

00:28:43.639 --> 00:28:44.159
 Pilate,

00:28:45.019 --> 00:28:45.519
 along with

00:28:45.519 --> 00:28:46.159
 the Gentiles

00:28:46.159 --> 00:28:46.419
 and the

00:28:46.419 --> 00:28:46.919
 peoples of

00:28:46.919 --> 00:28:47.299
 Israel,

00:28:47.459 --> 00:28:47.779
 and here

00:28:47.779 --> 00:28:48.179
 it is,

00:28:48.659 --> 00:28:49.019
 to do

00:28:49.019 --> 00:28:49.439
 whatever

00:28:49.439 --> 00:28:50.399
 your hand

00:28:50.399 --> 00:28:50.839
 and your

00:28:50.839 --> 00:28:51.339
 plan

00:28:51.339 --> 00:28:52.179
 had

00:28:52.179 --> 00:28:52.719
 predestined

00:28:52.719 --> 00:28:53.039
 to take

00:28:53.039 --> 00:28:53.439
 place.

00:28:56.139 --> 00:28:56.740
 Startling

00:28:56.740 --> 00:28:57.419
 words.

00:28:58.500 --> 00:28:58.779
 The

00:28:58.779 --> 00:28:59.579
 American

00:28:59.579 --> 00:29:00.059
 Standard

00:29:00.059 --> 00:29:00.479
 Version

00:29:00.480 --> 00:29:01.120
 says,

00:29:01.680 --> 00:29:01.900
 to do

00:29:01.900 --> 00:29:02.220
 whatever

00:29:02.220 --> 00:29:02.500
 thy

00:29:02.500 --> 00:29:02.920
 hand

00:29:02.920 --> 00:29:03.259
 and thy

00:29:03.259 --> 00:29:03.720
 counsel

00:29:03.720 --> 00:29:04.720
 foreordained

00:29:04.720 --> 00:29:05.460
 to come

00:29:05.460 --> 00:29:06.039
 to pass.

00:29:07.019 --> 00:29:07.559
 So do you

00:29:07.559 --> 00:29:08.019
 hear that?

00:29:08.099 --> 00:29:08.319
 Like,

00:29:08.460 --> 00:29:08.839
 Herod,

00:29:09.299 --> 00:29:10.099
 Pontius Pilate,

00:29:10.299 --> 00:29:11.120
 the Gentiles,

00:29:11.680 --> 00:29:12.180
 the people of

00:29:12.180 --> 00:29:12.460
 Israel,

00:29:12.559 --> 00:29:12.900
 they all

00:29:12.900 --> 00:29:13.680
 gather together.

00:29:13.759 --> 00:29:13.960
 He was

00:29:13.960 --> 00:29:14.640
 fulfilling this

00:29:14.640 --> 00:29:16.000
 prophecy in

00:29:16.000 --> 00:29:16.339
 the second

00:29:16.339 --> 00:29:16.819
 psalm.

00:29:17.000 --> 00:29:17.420
 They gather

00:29:17.420 --> 00:29:18.200
 together to

00:29:18.200 --> 00:29:19.460
 put an end

00:29:19.460 --> 00:29:20.599
 to God's

00:29:20.599 --> 00:29:21.000
 Messiah.

00:29:21.360 --> 00:29:21.519
 Like,

00:29:21.559 --> 00:29:22.160
 this is not

00:29:22.160 --> 00:29:23.140
 going to

00:29:23.140 --> 00:29:23.400
 happen.

00:29:23.500 --> 00:29:24.019
 He is not

00:29:24.019 --> 00:29:24.500
 going to

00:29:24.500 --> 00:29:25.140
 rule over

00:29:25.140 --> 00:29:25.599
 us.

00:29:25.599 --> 00:29:27.279
 and their

00:29:27.279 --> 00:29:27.740
 vile

00:29:27.740 --> 00:29:28.419
 actions,

00:29:28.939 --> 00:29:29.240
 literally

00:29:29.240 --> 00:29:29.839
 they know,

00:29:30.000 --> 00:29:30.480
 fulfilling

00:29:30.480 --> 00:29:31.199
 prophecy.

00:29:32.379 --> 00:29:32.579
 Right?

00:29:33.199 --> 00:29:33.659
 They were

00:29:33.659 --> 00:29:34.099
 fulfilling

00:29:34.099 --> 00:29:35.399
 what God

00:29:35.399 --> 00:29:35.919
 had planned

00:29:35.919 --> 00:29:36.839
 before creation

00:29:36.839 --> 00:29:37.699
 and predestined

00:29:37.699 --> 00:29:38.119
 to take

00:29:38.119 --> 00:29:39.379
 place to

00:29:39.379 --> 00:29:39.839
 accomplish

00:29:39.839 --> 00:29:40.519
 salvation

00:29:40.519 --> 00:29:41.619
 for His

00:29:41.619 --> 00:29:41.980
 people.

00:29:42.819 --> 00:29:43.279
 So the

00:29:43.279 --> 00:29:43.759
 cross was

00:29:43.759 --> 00:29:44.240
 not an

00:29:44.240 --> 00:29:46.259
 emergency

00:29:46.259 --> 00:29:48.240
 reactionary

00:29:48.240 --> 00:29:49.799
 plan of

00:29:49.799 --> 00:29:50.240
 God to

00:29:50.240 --> 00:29:50.819
 save man.

00:29:51.579 --> 00:29:52.039
 That would

00:29:52.039 --> 00:29:52.599
 scare you.

00:29:52.659 --> 00:29:52.879
 Can you

00:29:52.879 --> 00:29:53.439
 imagine walking

00:29:53.439 --> 00:29:53.759
 throughout your

00:29:53.759 --> 00:29:54.259
 life not

00:29:54.259 --> 00:29:54.759
 knowing that

00:29:54.759 --> 00:29:55.220
 God was in

00:29:55.220 --> 00:29:55.619
 control?

00:29:56.299 --> 00:29:57.279
 That anybody

00:29:57.279 --> 00:29:57.779
 could come

00:29:57.779 --> 00:29:58.059
 and do

00:29:58.059 --> 00:29:58.539
 something to

00:29:58.539 --> 00:29:58.879
 you and

00:29:58.879 --> 00:29:59.180
 God was

00:29:59.180 --> 00:29:59.319
 like,

00:29:59.400 --> 00:29:59.559
 oh,

00:29:59.680 --> 00:30:00.099
 I'm sorry,

00:30:00.160 --> 00:30:00.480
 I was too

00:30:00.480 --> 00:30:01.680
 late to

00:30:01.680 --> 00:30:02.539
 fix this.

00:30:03.700 --> 00:30:04.220
 It's not

00:30:04.220 --> 00:30:04.559
 true.

00:30:05.779 --> 00:30:06.319
 In Ephesians

00:30:06.319 --> 00:30:07.039
 1 it says

00:30:07.039 --> 00:30:07.720
 God works

00:30:07.720 --> 00:30:08.879
 all things

00:30:08.879 --> 00:30:09.900
 after the

00:30:09.900 --> 00:30:10.460
 counsel of

00:30:10.460 --> 00:30:10.900
 His will.

00:30:11.799 --> 00:30:12.500
 All things

00:30:12.500 --> 00:30:12.859
 after the

00:30:12.859 --> 00:30:13.599
 counsel of

00:30:13.599 --> 00:30:14.059
 His will.

00:30:15.019 --> 00:30:15.700
 Job later

00:30:15.700 --> 00:30:16.379
 on says,

00:30:16.480 --> 00:30:16.720
 I know

00:30:16.720 --> 00:30:17.740
 that no

00:30:17.740 --> 00:30:18.500
 purpose of

00:30:18.500 --> 00:30:19.099
 yours can

00:30:19.099 --> 00:30:19.779
 be thwarted.

00:30:20.879 --> 00:30:21.559
 This is

00:30:21.559 --> 00:30:21.940
 God.

00:30:23.240 --> 00:30:23.960
 So here's

00:30:23.960 --> 00:30:24.680
 an insight

00:30:24.680 --> 00:30:25.840
 into this

00:30:25.840 --> 00:30:26.220
 event that

00:30:26.220 --> 00:30:26.620
 we're talking

00:30:26.620 --> 00:30:26.840
 about,

00:30:26.900 --> 00:30:27.240
 the death

00:30:27.240 --> 00:30:27.840
 of Christ.

00:30:29.140 --> 00:30:29.720
 One of

00:30:29.720 --> 00:30:30.019
 the books

00:30:30.019 --> 00:30:30.320
 that I've

00:30:30.320 --> 00:30:31.420
 read in

00:30:31.420 --> 00:30:31.940
 the past

00:30:31.940 --> 00:30:32.400
 and facing

00:30:32.400 --> 00:30:32.920
 stuff I've

00:30:32.920 --> 00:30:34.160
 faced is a

00:30:34.160 --> 00:30:34.480
 book by

00:30:34.480 --> 00:30:35.140
 John Piper

00:30:35.140 --> 00:30:35.700
 called

00:30:35.700 --> 00:30:37.100
 Suffering and

00:30:37.100 --> 00:30:37.660
 the Sovereignty

00:30:37.660 --> 00:30:38.200
 of God.

00:30:39.160 --> 00:30:39.500
 And he

00:30:39.500 --> 00:30:41.080
 uses this

00:30:41.080 --> 00:30:41.900
 text and

00:30:41.900 --> 00:30:42.480
 the ones

00:30:42.480 --> 00:30:42.700
 that we're

00:30:42.700 --> 00:30:43.240
 looking at

00:30:43.240 --> 00:30:44.640
 to describe

00:30:44.640 --> 00:30:45.340
 the cross

00:30:45.340 --> 00:30:45.640
 and what

00:30:45.640 --> 00:30:46.019
 happened at

00:30:46.019 --> 00:30:46.460
 the cross

00:30:46.460 --> 00:30:46.860
 to give

00:30:46.860 --> 00:30:47.820
 people who

00:30:47.820 --> 00:30:48.180
 are reading

00:30:48.180 --> 00:30:48.480
 that

00:30:48.480 --> 00:30:49.039
 encouragement.

00:30:49.920 --> 00:30:50.140
 But he

00:30:50.140 --> 00:30:50.539
 says,

00:30:50.759 --> 00:30:51.380
 this is a

00:30:51.380 --> 00:30:51.580
 quote,

00:30:51.579 --> 00:30:52.039
 he says,

00:30:52.740 --> 00:30:55.000
 God did

00:30:55.000 --> 00:30:56.019
 not just

00:30:56.019 --> 00:30:56.799
 overcome evil

00:30:56.799 --> 00:30:57.079
 at the

00:30:57.079 --> 00:30:57.439
 cross.

00:30:58.319 --> 00:30:59.179
 He made

00:30:59.179 --> 00:31:00.960
 evil serve

00:31:00.960 --> 00:31:02.980
 the overcoming

00:31:02.980 --> 00:31:03.460
 of evil.

00:31:04.519 --> 00:31:05.299
 He made

00:31:05.299 --> 00:31:06.039
 evil commit

00:31:06.039 --> 00:31:07.539
 suicide in

00:31:07.539 --> 00:31:08.000
 doing its

00:31:08.000 --> 00:31:08.579
 worst evil.

00:31:09.639 --> 00:31:10.220
 In the death

00:31:10.220 --> 00:31:10.839
 of Christ,

00:31:10.939 --> 00:31:11.699
 the powers of

00:31:11.699 --> 00:31:12.399
 darkness did

00:31:12.399 --> 00:31:13.819
 their best to

00:31:13.819 --> 00:31:14.579
 destroy the

00:31:14.579 --> 00:31:15.240
 glory of the

00:31:15.240 --> 00:31:15.839
 Son of God.

00:31:16.679 --> 00:31:17.619
 But this is

00:31:17.619 --> 00:31:18.460
 the apex of

00:31:18.460 --> 00:31:18.720
 evil.

00:31:18.720 --> 00:31:18.759
 evil.

00:31:19.640 --> 00:31:20.000
 Instead,

00:31:20.960 --> 00:31:21.680
 they found

00:31:21.680 --> 00:31:22.140
 themselves

00:31:22.140 --> 00:31:22.779
 quoting the

00:31:22.779 --> 00:31:23.240
 script of

00:31:23.240 --> 00:31:23.559
 ancient

00:31:23.559 --> 00:31:24.860
 prophecy and

00:31:24.860 --> 00:31:25.420
 acting their

00:31:25.420 --> 00:31:26.339
 part assigned

00:31:26.339 --> 00:31:27.019
 by God.

00:31:27.900 --> 00:31:28.720
 Precisely in

00:31:28.720 --> 00:31:29.500
 putting Christ

00:31:29.500 --> 00:31:30.140
 to death,

00:31:30.660 --> 00:31:31.240
 they put his

00:31:31.240 --> 00:31:31.799
 glory on

00:31:31.799 --> 00:31:32.279
 display.

00:31:32.960 --> 00:31:33.880
 The very

00:31:33.880 --> 00:31:34.720
 glory that

00:31:34.720 --> 00:31:35.200
 they aimed

00:31:35.200 --> 00:31:35.799
 to destroy.

00:31:36.720 --> 00:31:37.519
 The apex of

00:31:37.519 --> 00:31:39.000
 evil achieved

00:31:39.000 --> 00:31:40.019
 the apex of

00:31:40.019 --> 00:31:40.600
 the glory of

00:31:40.600 --> 00:31:41.039
 Christ,

00:31:41.759 --> 00:31:42.519
 the glory of

00:31:42.519 --> 00:31:43.120
 his grace.

00:31:44.259 --> 00:31:44.620
 So do you

00:31:44.620 --> 00:31:45.100
 hear that?

00:31:45.339 --> 00:31:45.839
 Like, I'll

00:31:45.839 --> 00:31:47.079
 summarize it.

00:31:47.140 --> 00:31:48.079
 Yes, Jesus

00:31:48.079 --> 00:31:48.699
 was brutally

00:31:48.699 --> 00:31:50.299
 killed by

00:31:50.299 --> 00:31:50.939
 lawless,

00:31:51.119 --> 00:31:51.659
 sinful men

00:31:51.659 --> 00:31:52.059
 who hated

00:31:52.059 --> 00:31:52.359
 him.

00:31:52.659 --> 00:31:52.980
 And they

00:31:52.980 --> 00:31:53.259
 did it

00:31:53.259 --> 00:31:53.619
 freely.

00:31:54.379 --> 00:31:55.079
 They acted

00:31:55.079 --> 00:31:55.699
 in accordance

00:31:55.699 --> 00:31:57.220
 to their

00:31:57.220 --> 00:31:58.460
 own will,

00:31:58.599 --> 00:31:58.899
 which was

00:31:58.899 --> 00:31:59.220
 evil.

00:32:00.460 --> 00:32:01.259
 They put

00:32:01.259 --> 00:32:01.480
 him to

00:32:01.480 --> 00:32:01.759
 death.

00:32:02.099 --> 00:32:02.819
 They designed

00:32:02.819 --> 00:32:04.319
 that to

00:32:04.319 --> 00:32:05.220
 destroy Christ.

00:32:06.319 --> 00:32:06.779
 And there's

00:32:06.779 --> 00:32:07.960
 no greater

00:32:07.960 --> 00:32:08.799
 evil than

00:32:08.799 --> 00:32:09.579
 crucifying the

00:32:09.579 --> 00:32:10.240
 innocent Son

00:32:10.240 --> 00:32:10.699
 of God.

00:32:12.019 --> 00:32:12.299
 Okay?

00:32:13.059 --> 00:32:13.559
 So do you

00:32:13.559 --> 00:32:13.939
 hear what he's

00:32:13.939 --> 00:32:14.199
 saying,

00:32:14.319 --> 00:32:14.500
 though?

00:32:15.359 --> 00:32:16.039
 Man killed

00:32:16.039 --> 00:32:16.480
 him, but

00:32:16.480 --> 00:32:16.839
 listen to

00:32:16.839 --> 00:32:17.159
 this.

00:32:17.160 --> 00:32:18.779
 700 years

00:32:18.779 --> 00:32:19.240
 before this

00:32:19.240 --> 00:32:19.880
 happened, God

00:32:19.880 --> 00:32:20.259
 spoke to

00:32:20.259 --> 00:32:20.759
 Isaiah and

00:32:20.759 --> 00:32:21.060
 it says,

00:32:21.460 --> 00:32:21.880
 it was the

00:32:21.880 --> 00:32:22.400
 will of

00:32:22.400 --> 00:32:22.940
 the Lord

00:32:22.940 --> 00:32:25.200
 to crush

00:32:25.200 --> 00:32:26.400
 him and

00:32:26.400 --> 00:32:26.779
 to put him

00:32:26.779 --> 00:32:27.240
 to grief.

00:32:27.320 --> 00:32:27.540
 They were

00:32:27.540 --> 00:32:27.960
 fulfilling

00:32:27.960 --> 00:32:28.600
 prophecy.

00:32:29.000 --> 00:32:29.279
 This was

00:32:29.279 --> 00:32:30.019
 God's plan.

00:32:31.180 --> 00:32:31.960
 So here it

00:32:31.960 --> 00:32:32.200
 is.

00:32:32.759 --> 00:32:33.420
 Listen carefully.

00:32:33.540 --> 00:32:33.900
 Scripture

00:32:33.900 --> 00:32:35.340
 clearly,

00:32:36.320 --> 00:32:37.080
 unashamedly,

00:32:37.180 --> 00:32:37.860
 irrevocably,

00:32:38.300 --> 00:32:39.200
 says that

00:32:39.200 --> 00:32:39.620
 God

00:32:39.620 --> 00:32:41.580
 sovereignly

00:32:41.580 --> 00:32:42.140
 uses,

00:32:42.220 --> 00:32:42.800
 okay, all

00:32:42.800 --> 00:32:43.420
 these things.

00:32:43.420 --> 00:32:44.360
 He even

00:32:44.360 --> 00:32:45.080
 uses the

00:32:45.080 --> 00:32:46.600
 free and

00:32:46.600 --> 00:32:47.500
 willful acts

00:32:47.500 --> 00:32:48.000
 of evil

00:32:48.000 --> 00:32:49.380
 men to

00:32:49.380 --> 00:32:50.180
 play right

00:32:50.180 --> 00:32:50.640
 into what

00:32:50.640 --> 00:32:51.100
 he wants

00:32:51.100 --> 00:32:52.620
 every time.

00:32:53.320 --> 00:32:53.700
 Like the

00:32:53.700 --> 00:32:54.300
 Psalms say,

00:32:54.360 --> 00:32:54.580
 or the

00:32:54.580 --> 00:32:55.000
 Proverbs,

00:32:55.259 --> 00:32:55.539
 the wicked

00:32:55.539 --> 00:32:56.060
 fall into

00:32:56.060 --> 00:32:56.400
 their own

00:32:56.400 --> 00:32:56.820
 traps.

00:32:57.720 --> 00:32:58.440
 God uses

00:32:58.440 --> 00:32:59.660
 their evil

00:32:59.660 --> 00:33:00.320
 to accomplish

00:33:00.320 --> 00:33:01.080
 good.

00:33:01.880 --> 00:33:02.440
 It echoes

00:33:02.440 --> 00:33:03.000
 of Genesis,

00:33:03.200 --> 00:33:03.860
 right, with

00:33:03.860 --> 00:33:04.539
 Joseph and

00:33:04.539 --> 00:33:04.960
 his brothers.

00:33:05.420 --> 00:33:06.060
 You meant

00:33:06.060 --> 00:33:06.500
 this, you

00:33:06.500 --> 00:33:07.620
 designed this

00:33:07.620 --> 00:33:08.340
 for evil,

00:33:09.039 --> 00:33:09.560
 but God

00:33:09.560 --> 00:33:10.300
 designed this

00:33:10.300 --> 00:33:10.720
 and meant

00:33:10.720 --> 00:33:11.180
 this for

00:33:11.180 --> 00:33:11.500
 good.

00:33:11.500 --> 00:33:12.240
 That's the

00:33:12.240 --> 00:33:12.640
 story of

00:33:12.640 --> 00:33:13.019
 the Scripture.

00:33:14.440 --> 00:33:14.660
 It's not

00:33:14.660 --> 00:33:15.099
 God had a

00:33:15.099 --> 00:33:15.599
 plan B,

00:33:15.740 --> 00:33:16.000
 this was

00:33:16.000 --> 00:33:16.519
 plan A,

00:33:16.579 --> 00:33:16.779
 and he

00:33:16.779 --> 00:33:17.859
 used these

00:33:17.859 --> 00:33:18.380
 free and

00:33:18.380 --> 00:33:19.740
 willful evil

00:33:19.740 --> 00:33:20.460
 actions of

00:33:20.460 --> 00:33:21.539
 men to

00:33:21.539 --> 00:33:23.039
 commit the

00:33:23.039 --> 00:33:23.700
 greatest good.

00:33:25.000 --> 00:33:25.539
 That should

00:33:25.539 --> 00:33:26.279
 just bring us

00:33:26.279 --> 00:33:26.740
 chills.

00:33:28.180 --> 00:33:28.339
 All right,

00:33:28.359 --> 00:33:28.779
 in doing

00:33:28.779 --> 00:33:30.200
 this, the

00:33:30.200 --> 00:33:30.859
 greatest act

00:33:30.859 --> 00:33:31.279
 of evil

00:33:31.279 --> 00:33:32.380
 destroyed evil.

00:33:33.960 --> 00:33:34.720
 That's what

00:33:34.720 --> 00:33:35.359
 Piper's saying.

00:33:36.480 --> 00:33:37.839
 And God

00:33:37.839 --> 00:33:38.440
 uses the

00:33:38.440 --> 00:33:39.180
 greatest sin

00:33:39.180 --> 00:33:40.240
 ever in

00:33:40.240 --> 00:33:40.940
 crucifying the

00:33:40.940 --> 00:33:41.240
 Son of

00:33:41.240 --> 00:33:41.779
 God as

00:33:41.779 --> 00:33:42.259
 the means

00:33:42.259 --> 00:33:43.759
 for overcoming

00:33:43.759 --> 00:33:44.620
 sin forever.

00:33:45.400 --> 00:33:45.720
 So how

00:33:45.720 --> 00:33:46.140
 great is

00:33:46.140 --> 00:33:46.559
 our God?

00:33:46.660 --> 00:33:47.720
 How glorious

00:33:47.720 --> 00:33:48.480
 is He?

00:33:49.680 --> 00:33:50.320
 Christ was

00:33:50.320 --> 00:33:50.940
 delivered to

00:33:50.940 --> 00:33:51.519
 death because

00:33:51.519 --> 00:33:52.220
 God planned

00:33:52.220 --> 00:33:52.620
 it, God

00:33:52.620 --> 00:33:53.299
 ordained it,

00:33:53.620 --> 00:33:54.080
 and He did

00:33:54.080 --> 00:33:54.500
 it to bring

00:33:54.500 --> 00:33:56.180
 salvation to

00:33:56.180 --> 00:33:56.700
 His people

00:33:56.700 --> 00:33:57.759
 and to

00:33:57.759 --> 00:33:58.480
 display the

00:33:58.480 --> 00:33:59.340
 infinite majesty

00:33:59.340 --> 00:34:00.000
 and glory of

00:34:00.000 --> 00:34:00.360
 Christ.

00:34:02.120 --> 00:34:03.000
 God uses

00:34:03.000 --> 00:34:03.600
 evil to

00:34:03.600 --> 00:34:04.360
 destroy evil.

00:34:05.299 --> 00:34:05.500
 And that

00:34:05.500 --> 00:34:06.200
 was, this

00:34:06.200 --> 00:34:06.740
 is it, this

00:34:06.740 --> 00:34:07.480
 was the apex

00:34:07.480 --> 00:34:07.940
 of that.

00:34:08.980 --> 00:34:09.720
 The cross,

00:34:09.719 --> 00:34:11.439
 preordained,

00:34:12.659 --> 00:34:13.539
 predestined to

00:34:13.539 --> 00:34:14.199
 take place,

00:34:14.719 --> 00:34:15.319
 to bring us

00:34:15.319 --> 00:34:15.859
 salvation.

00:34:17.939 --> 00:34:18.339
 All right,

00:34:18.859 --> 00:34:19.539
 so the

00:34:19.539 --> 00:34:20.159
 fourth thing

00:34:20.159 --> 00:34:23.299
 is number

00:34:23.299 --> 00:34:23.819
 four, the

00:34:23.819 --> 00:34:24.339
 resurrection

00:34:24.339 --> 00:34:25.480
 of the

00:34:25.480 --> 00:34:25.879
 Messiah.

00:34:27.019 --> 00:34:27.699
 Look at

00:34:27.699 --> 00:34:28.599
 24 through

00:34:28.599 --> 00:34:29.179
 33.

00:34:31.259 --> 00:34:32.119
 It's a big

00:34:32.119 --> 00:34:32.839
 text, so just

00:34:32.839 --> 00:34:33.699
 for time's sake,

00:34:33.699 --> 00:34:34.079
 I'm not going to

00:34:34.079 --> 00:34:34.639
 read it all to you

00:34:34.639 --> 00:34:35.219
 again, but it's

00:34:35.219 --> 00:34:36.839
 24 through

00:34:36.839 --> 00:34:37.439
 33.

00:34:38.799 --> 00:34:39.699
 And through

00:34:39.699 --> 00:34:40.379
 the death of

00:34:40.379 --> 00:34:42.039
 Christ, okay,

00:34:42.119 --> 00:34:42.639
 one of the

00:34:42.639 --> 00:34:43.439
 greatest ways

00:34:43.439 --> 00:34:43.799
 that God

00:34:43.799 --> 00:34:44.519
 displayed and

00:34:44.519 --> 00:34:45.119
 proved that He

00:34:45.119 --> 00:34:45.639
 was the

00:34:45.639 --> 00:34:46.839
 Messiah was

00:34:46.839 --> 00:34:47.059
 that He

00:34:47.059 --> 00:34:47.739
 raised Him

00:34:47.739 --> 00:34:48.099
 from the

00:34:48.099 --> 00:34:48.399
 dead.

00:34:49.279 --> 00:34:49.919
 That's the

00:34:49.919 --> 00:34:50.879
 greatest validation

00:34:50.879 --> 00:34:51.539
 that Jesus was

00:34:51.539 --> 00:34:52.279
 not just kidding

00:34:52.279 --> 00:34:53.000
 around, that He

00:34:53.000 --> 00:34:53.639
 wasn't just

00:34:53.639 --> 00:34:55.279
 joking around

00:34:55.279 --> 00:34:55.719
 and saying

00:34:55.719 --> 00:34:57.119
 things, making

00:34:57.119 --> 00:34:57.759
 these outrageous

00:34:57.759 --> 00:34:58.339
 claims.

00:34:59.239 --> 00:35:00.399
 Because if He

00:35:00.399 --> 00:35:01.659
 had died and

00:35:01.659 --> 00:35:02.159
 He was in the

00:35:02.159 --> 00:35:03.339
 grave, then it

00:35:03.339 --> 00:35:03.779
 would be no

00:35:03.780 --> 00:35:04.320
 different than

00:35:04.320 --> 00:35:04.800
 any other

00:35:04.800 --> 00:35:05.700
 self-proclaimed

00:35:05.700 --> 00:35:06.260
 Messiah.

00:35:06.980 --> 00:35:07.519
 No different

00:35:07.519 --> 00:35:08.340
 than Muhammad.

00:35:08.480 --> 00:35:08.960
 No different

00:35:08.960 --> 00:35:10.460
 than Buddha.

00:35:11.180 --> 00:35:11.680
 There's nothing

00:35:11.680 --> 00:35:12.920
 good about a

00:35:12.920 --> 00:35:13.940
 dead Messiah.

00:35:15.660 --> 00:35:16.480
 And as Paul

00:35:16.480 --> 00:35:17.080
 said later on,

00:35:17.100 --> 00:35:17.280
 we're going to

00:35:17.280 --> 00:35:17.620
 look at the

00:35:17.620 --> 00:35:19.160
 resurrection some

00:35:19.160 --> 00:35:19.940
 more next week,

00:35:20.560 --> 00:35:21.360
 but as Paul

00:35:21.360 --> 00:35:21.940
 said, like if

00:35:21.940 --> 00:35:22.519
 Christ is not

00:35:22.519 --> 00:35:23.160
 risen, then you

00:35:23.160 --> 00:35:23.680
 are still dead

00:35:23.680 --> 00:35:24.200
 in your sin.

00:35:25.480 --> 00:35:26.640
 It's so

00:35:26.640 --> 00:35:27.080
 important.

00:35:27.660 --> 00:35:28.620
 And I love,

00:35:28.740 --> 00:35:29.700
 love just the

00:35:29.700 --> 00:35:31.860
 looking at the

00:35:31.860 --> 00:35:32.540
 resurrection of

00:35:32.540 --> 00:35:33.320
 Christ and how

00:35:33.320 --> 00:35:33.900
 it almost can

00:35:33.900 --> 00:35:35.220
 be proven in

00:35:35.220 --> 00:35:35.720
 the courtroom

00:35:35.720 --> 00:35:36.780
 how Jesus

00:35:36.780 --> 00:35:37.500
 actually did

00:35:37.500 --> 00:35:38.660
 rise from

00:35:38.660 --> 00:35:39.080
 the dead.

00:35:39.640 --> 00:35:40.320
 It's just

00:35:40.320 --> 00:35:41.220
 indisputable.

00:35:42.420 --> 00:35:42.860
 Right?

00:35:43.640 --> 00:35:44.620
 So, it goes

00:35:44.620 --> 00:35:45.240
 on and it

00:35:45.240 --> 00:35:46.460
 says that

00:35:46.460 --> 00:35:47.260
 Christ raised

00:35:47.260 --> 00:35:47.800
 Him from the

00:35:47.800 --> 00:35:48.100
 dead.

00:35:48.580 --> 00:35:48.980
 It wasn't

00:35:48.980 --> 00:35:49.680
 possible for

00:35:49.680 --> 00:35:50.059
 Him to be

00:35:50.059 --> 00:35:50.559
 held by

00:35:50.559 --> 00:35:50.900
 death.

00:35:50.960 --> 00:35:51.240
 And then He

00:35:51.240 --> 00:35:52.340
 uses Scripture

00:35:52.340 --> 00:35:53.260
 again to

00:35:53.260 --> 00:35:54.539
 prove what

00:35:54.539 --> 00:35:55.019
 He's saying.

00:35:55.260 --> 00:35:55.780
 He uses

00:35:55.780 --> 00:35:57.360
 David again

00:35:57.360 --> 00:35:58.140
 saying David

00:35:58.140 --> 00:35:59.240
 was a prophet

00:35:59.240 --> 00:35:59.740
 and David

00:35:59.740 --> 00:36:01.620
 foretold of

00:36:01.619 --> 00:36:02.739
 this event

00:36:02.739 --> 00:36:03.579
 of the

00:36:03.579 --> 00:36:04.059
 resurrection

00:36:04.059 --> 00:36:04.539
 of the

00:36:04.539 --> 00:36:04.980
 Messiah.

00:36:06.539 --> 00:36:06.719
 Okay?

00:36:07.000 --> 00:36:08.019
 This is Psalm

00:36:08.019 --> 00:36:09.480
 16 that

00:36:09.480 --> 00:36:09.960
 he's quoting.

00:36:10.839 --> 00:36:11.139
 It says,

00:36:11.259 --> 00:36:12.139
 David foresaw,

00:36:12.400 --> 00:36:13.000
 different than

00:36:13.000 --> 00:36:13.679
 foreknowledge,

00:36:14.380 --> 00:36:15.099
 about God

00:36:15.099 --> 00:36:15.819
 raising Jesus

00:36:15.819 --> 00:36:16.159
 from the

00:36:16.159 --> 00:36:16.480
 dead.

00:36:17.139 --> 00:36:17.400
 And it

00:36:17.400 --> 00:36:17.659
 made it

00:36:17.659 --> 00:36:17.920
 clear.

00:36:18.079 --> 00:36:18.539
 So, a lot

00:36:18.539 --> 00:36:19.000
 of people may

00:36:19.000 --> 00:36:19.460
 read Psalm

00:36:19.460 --> 00:36:20.099
 16 and

00:36:20.099 --> 00:36:20.400
 think that

00:36:20.400 --> 00:36:20.819
 David is

00:36:20.819 --> 00:36:21.519
 referring to

00:36:21.519 --> 00:36:23.299
 himself when

00:36:23.299 --> 00:36:23.940
 he wrote

00:36:23.940 --> 00:36:24.219
 that.

00:36:24.779 --> 00:36:25.299
 He's not.

00:36:25.420 --> 00:36:25.559
 And the

00:36:25.559 --> 00:36:26.259
 reason why is

00:36:26.259 --> 00:36:26.739
 right here,

00:36:27.279 --> 00:36:27.819
 Peter says,

00:36:27.900 --> 00:36:28.279
 oh, it

00:36:28.279 --> 00:36:28.659
 wasn't about

00:36:28.659 --> 00:36:29.159
 David because

00:36:29.159 --> 00:36:29.719
 David's body

00:36:29.719 --> 00:36:30.119
 did see

00:36:30.119 --> 00:36:30.459
 corruption.

00:36:31.099 --> 00:36:31.539
 He did

00:36:31.539 --> 00:36:31.859
 die.

00:36:32.000 --> 00:36:32.699
 He's buried

00:36:32.699 --> 00:36:33.119
 right over

00:36:33.119 --> 00:36:33.480
 there.

00:36:34.259 --> 00:36:34.799
 Going, look,

00:36:35.039 --> 00:36:35.500
 this wasn't

00:36:35.500 --> 00:36:36.119
 about David.

00:36:36.259 --> 00:36:36.699
 David was

00:36:36.699 --> 00:36:38.500
 prophesying about

00:36:38.500 --> 00:36:40.000
 the descendant

00:36:40.000 --> 00:36:40.519
 that God

00:36:40.519 --> 00:36:41.279
 had promised

00:36:41.279 --> 00:36:43.159
 to raise up

00:36:43.159 --> 00:36:44.039
 to be ruler

00:36:44.039 --> 00:36:44.639
 over all.

00:36:45.579 --> 00:36:45.939
 And he was

00:36:45.939 --> 00:36:46.319
 saying this

00:36:46.319 --> 00:36:46.859
 was Jesus,

00:36:47.000 --> 00:36:47.459
 the Messiah.

00:36:47.559 --> 00:36:48.119
 He did not

00:36:48.119 --> 00:36:49.480
 see corruption.

00:36:49.679 --> 00:36:50.279
 He lives.

00:36:51.279 --> 00:36:51.899
 David's body

00:36:51.899 --> 00:36:52.339
 is here,

00:36:52.419 --> 00:36:52.919
 but Christ's

00:36:52.919 --> 00:36:53.719
 body is not

00:36:53.719 --> 00:36:54.179
 here.

00:36:55.939 --> 00:36:56.839
 David knew

00:36:56.839 --> 00:36:57.399
 what would

00:36:57.399 --> 00:36:57.739
 happen.

00:36:58.659 --> 00:36:59.259
 Jesus was

00:36:59.259 --> 00:36:59.799
 the direct

00:36:59.799 --> 00:37:00.359
 descendant

00:37:00.359 --> 00:37:00.719
 of King

00:37:00.719 --> 00:37:01.099
 David.

00:37:02.019 --> 00:37:02.419
 Look in

00:37:02.419 --> 00:37:02.819
 the Gospel

00:37:02.819 --> 00:37:03.279
 of Matthew,

00:37:03.419 --> 00:37:03.779
 the Gospel

00:37:03.779 --> 00:37:04.239
 of Luke,

00:37:04.299 --> 00:37:04.559
 and you see

00:37:04.559 --> 00:37:05.599
 the genealogies

00:37:05.599 --> 00:37:05.919
 there.

00:37:06.639 --> 00:37:07.339
 Jesus was

00:37:07.339 --> 00:37:08.000
 the Messiah,

00:37:08.739 --> 00:37:09.379
 and one day

00:37:09.379 --> 00:37:09.819
 he would be

00:37:09.819 --> 00:37:10.299
 the eternal

00:37:10.299 --> 00:37:10.739
 ruler,

00:37:11.579 --> 00:37:12.239
 not just of

00:37:12.239 --> 00:37:12.579
 Israel,

00:37:12.699 --> 00:37:13.059
 but of the

00:37:13.059 --> 00:37:13.819
 nations again.

00:37:14.779 --> 00:37:15.179
 So God

00:37:15.179 --> 00:37:15.939
 raised Christ

00:37:15.939 --> 00:37:17.159
 by the power

00:37:17.159 --> 00:37:17.619
 of God,

00:37:17.679 --> 00:37:18.059
 and now it

00:37:18.059 --> 00:37:18.419
 says he's

00:37:18.419 --> 00:37:18.779
 seated at

00:37:18.779 --> 00:37:19.119
 the right

00:37:19.119 --> 00:37:19.459
 hand of

00:37:19.459 --> 00:37:19.899
 the Father,

00:37:20.500 --> 00:37:21.099
 ruling and

00:37:21.099 --> 00:37:21.399
 reigning.

00:37:21.519 --> 00:37:21.859
 We'll talk

00:37:21.859 --> 00:37:22.339
 more about

00:37:22.339 --> 00:37:22.899
 that next

00:37:22.899 --> 00:37:23.259
 week as

00:37:23.259 --> 00:37:23.500
 well.

00:37:24.159 --> 00:37:24.379
 But then

00:37:24.379 --> 00:37:24.719
 he adds,

00:37:24.799 --> 00:37:25.179
 we're witness

00:37:25.179 --> 00:37:25.559
 to these

00:37:25.559 --> 00:37:25.759
 things.

00:37:25.819 --> 00:37:26.399
 We saw

00:37:26.399 --> 00:37:27.219
 these things.

00:37:27.739 --> 00:37:29.019
 We who

00:37:29.019 --> 00:37:29.679
 were hiding

00:37:29.679 --> 00:37:30.939
 and scared

00:37:30.939 --> 00:37:31.739
 and cowering

00:37:31.739 --> 00:37:31.959
 in the

00:37:31.959 --> 00:37:32.519
 corner after

00:37:32.519 --> 00:37:33.099
 this happened,

00:37:33.699 --> 00:37:34.139
 now we're

00:37:34.139 --> 00:37:34.679
 on the streets

00:37:34.679 --> 00:37:35.199
 telling you

00:37:35.199 --> 00:37:35.799
 that we

00:37:35.799 --> 00:37:36.159
 don't care

00:37:36.159 --> 00:37:36.539
 anymore.

00:37:36.719 --> 00:37:36.899
 Like,

00:37:36.939 --> 00:37:37.899
 Jesus is

00:37:37.899 --> 00:37:38.379
 alive,

00:37:38.519 --> 00:37:39.759
 and we're

00:37:39.759 --> 00:37:40.159
 going to

00:37:40.159 --> 00:37:40.879
 proclaim that

00:37:40.879 --> 00:37:41.519
 to you.

00:37:42.299 --> 00:37:42.639
 So the

00:37:42.639 --> 00:37:42.939
 greatest

00:37:42.939 --> 00:37:43.779
 validation or

00:37:43.779 --> 00:37:44.939
 proof of

00:37:44.939 --> 00:37:45.399
 Jesus as

00:37:45.399 --> 00:37:45.839
 the Messiah

00:37:45.839 --> 00:37:46.259
 was he

00:37:46.259 --> 00:37:47.000
 is alive.

00:37:48.299 --> 00:37:48.839
 He has

00:37:48.839 --> 00:37:49.500
 risen from

00:37:49.500 --> 00:37:49.899
 the dead.

00:37:51.039 --> 00:37:51.419
 So,

00:37:52.259 --> 00:37:53.619
 in conclusion,

00:37:53.619 --> 00:37:53.759
 religion,

00:37:55.039 --> 00:37:55.639
 if you're

00:37:55.639 --> 00:37:55.960
 without

00:37:55.960 --> 00:37:56.380
 Christ

00:37:56.380 --> 00:37:56.759
 today,

00:37:57.679 --> 00:37:58.359
 know that

00:37:58.359 --> 00:37:59.859
 God will

00:37:59.859 --> 00:38:00.400
 allow you

00:38:00.400 --> 00:38:00.880
 to go

00:38:00.880 --> 00:38:02.339
 on pursuing

00:38:02.339 --> 00:38:02.859
 money,

00:38:03.940 --> 00:38:04.259
 success,

00:38:04.599 --> 00:38:04.900
 all the

00:38:04.900 --> 00:38:05.219
 things of

00:38:05.219 --> 00:38:05.699
 this world,

00:38:05.839 --> 00:38:06.119
 like just

00:38:06.119 --> 00:38:06.960
 go hard

00:38:06.960 --> 00:38:07.359
 at it as

00:38:07.359 --> 00:38:07.779
 you want.

00:38:08.440 --> 00:38:08.960
 But one

00:38:08.960 --> 00:38:09.219
 day,

00:38:09.339 --> 00:38:10.239
 this Christ

00:38:10.239 --> 00:38:11.519
 whom God

00:38:11.519 --> 00:38:12.099
 raised from

00:38:12.099 --> 00:38:12.440
 the dead,

00:38:12.519 --> 00:38:12.779
 you will

00:38:12.779 --> 00:38:13.199
 have to

00:38:13.199 --> 00:38:13.420
 reckon

00:38:13.420 --> 00:38:13.759
 with him

00:38:13.759 --> 00:38:14.179
 one day.

00:38:15.000 --> 00:38:15.519
 You will

00:38:15.519 --> 00:38:15.859
 have to

00:38:15.859 --> 00:38:16.299
 face him

00:38:16.299 --> 00:38:16.739
 one day.

00:38:17.719 --> 00:38:18.000
 And if

00:38:18.000 --> 00:38:18.440
 he's dead,

00:38:18.579 --> 00:38:19.119
 no worry.

00:38:19.199 --> 00:38:19.380
 But if

00:38:19.380 --> 00:38:19.940
 he's alive,

00:38:20.000 --> 00:38:20.259
 you better

00:38:20.259 --> 00:38:20.739
 make sure.

00:38:21.559 --> 00:38:22.459
 He's alive

00:38:22.459 --> 00:38:22.779
 and he's

00:38:22.779 --> 00:38:22.979
 going to

00:38:22.979 --> 00:38:23.559
 come back

00:38:23.559 --> 00:38:25.519
 to judge

00:38:25.519 --> 00:38:26.679
 and to

00:38:26.679 --> 00:38:27.199
 make war

00:38:27.199 --> 00:38:27.519
 and to

00:38:27.519 --> 00:38:28.000
 give life

00:38:28.000 --> 00:38:28.519
 to those

00:38:28.519 --> 00:38:28.779
 who have

00:38:28.779 --> 00:38:29.099
 put their

00:38:29.099 --> 00:38:30.459
 total trust,

00:38:30.519 --> 00:38:30.719
 who have

00:38:30.719 --> 00:38:31.259
 given them

00:38:31.259 --> 00:38:32.699
 their lives.

00:38:33.959 --> 00:38:34.539
 Peter says,

00:38:34.619 --> 00:38:34.979
 we saw

00:38:34.979 --> 00:38:35.479
 these things

00:38:35.479 --> 00:38:35.679
 and we

00:38:35.679 --> 00:38:36.179
 know it's

00:38:36.179 --> 00:38:36.479
 true.

00:38:38.419 --> 00:38:39.139
 Only then

00:38:39.139 --> 00:38:39.439
 that will

00:38:39.439 --> 00:38:39.759
 be too

00:38:39.759 --> 00:38:40.019
 late.

00:38:40.139 --> 00:38:40.579
 So flee

00:38:40.579 --> 00:38:41.159
 to Christ

00:38:41.159 --> 00:38:41.659
 and accept

00:38:41.659 --> 00:38:42.159
 the free

00:38:42.159 --> 00:38:43.379
 gift of

00:38:43.379 --> 00:38:43.899
 his grace.

00:38:44.099 --> 00:38:44.519
 Turn away

00:38:44.519 --> 00:38:44.859
 from your

00:38:44.859 --> 00:38:46.000
 sins and

00:38:46.000 --> 00:38:46.379
 don't look

00:38:46.379 --> 00:38:46.719
 back.

00:38:47.039 --> 00:38:47.299
 Follow

00:38:47.299 --> 00:38:47.839
 Christ.

00:38:48.939 --> 00:38:49.299
 He's

00:38:49.299 --> 00:38:49.699
 worthy.

00:38:49.839 --> 00:38:50.039
 He's

00:38:50.039 --> 00:38:50.439
 good.

00:38:51.699 --> 00:38:52.259
 He will

00:38:52.259 --> 00:38:52.659
 treat you

00:38:52.659 --> 00:38:53.239
 so well.

00:38:53.839 --> 00:38:54.419
 The world

00:38:54.419 --> 00:38:54.879
 and sin

00:38:54.879 --> 00:38:55.500
 is a brutal

00:38:55.500 --> 00:38:56.379
 taskmaster.

00:38:57.279 --> 00:38:57.659
 Flee to

00:38:57.659 --> 00:38:58.079
 Christ.

00:38:58.199 --> 00:38:58.519
 He is

00:38:58.519 --> 00:38:59.179
 alive and

00:38:59.179 --> 00:38:59.459
 he is

00:38:59.459 --> 00:38:59.739
 here.

00:39:00.339 --> 00:39:00.619
 You don't

00:39:00.619 --> 00:39:00.979
 have to

00:39:00.979 --> 00:39:01.479
 look him

00:39:01.479 --> 00:39:01.719
 up.

00:39:02.599 --> 00:39:02.919
 He's

00:39:02.919 --> 00:39:03.439
 right here.

00:39:04.239 --> 00:39:04.500
 And we

00:39:04.500 --> 00:39:04.799
 don't need

00:39:04.799 --> 00:39:05.119
 an altar

00:39:05.119 --> 00:39:05.719
 call because

00:39:05.719 --> 00:39:06.059
 you can

00:39:06.059 --> 00:39:06.379
 deal with

00:39:06.379 --> 00:39:06.579
 God

00:39:06.579 --> 00:39:06.819
 sitting

00:39:06.819 --> 00:39:07.079
 right

00:39:07.079 --> 00:39:07.219
 where

00:39:07.219 --> 00:39:07.379
 you

00:39:07.379 --> 00:39:07.639
 are.

00:39:10.500 --> 00:39:10.919
 And

00:39:10.919 --> 00:39:11.639
 believer,

00:39:12.539 --> 00:39:13.159
 brother,

00:39:13.379 --> 00:39:13.879
 sister in

00:39:13.879 --> 00:39:14.259
 Christ,

00:39:15.059 --> 00:39:15.779
 rejoice that

00:39:15.779 --> 00:39:16.159
 your

00:39:16.159 --> 00:39:17.359
 sovereign

00:39:17.359 --> 00:39:17.879
 father

00:39:17.879 --> 00:39:18.399
 has

00:39:18.399 --> 00:39:19.719
 got it.

00:39:19.719 --> 00:39:20.039
 He's

00:39:20.039 --> 00:39:20.439
 got it.

00:39:20.739 --> 00:39:21.059
 He's

00:39:21.059 --> 00:39:21.859
 holding

00:39:21.859 --> 00:39:22.239
 you.

00:39:22.919 --> 00:39:23.319
 He has

00:39:23.319 --> 00:39:23.839
 saved you.

00:39:23.959 --> 00:39:24.319
 No one

00:39:24.319 --> 00:39:24.879
 can snatch

00:39:24.879 --> 00:39:25.239
 you from

00:39:25.239 --> 00:39:25.799
 his hand.

00:39:26.479 --> 00:39:26.899
 And he's

00:39:26.899 --> 00:39:27.299
 used the

00:39:27.299 --> 00:39:27.879
 greatest act

00:39:27.879 --> 00:39:28.259
 of evil

00:39:28.259 --> 00:39:28.839
 to destroy

00:39:28.839 --> 00:39:29.199
 evil.

00:39:29.839 --> 00:39:30.299
 Evil will

00:39:30.299 --> 00:39:30.639
 one day

00:39:30.639 --> 00:39:31.019
 be no

00:39:31.019 --> 00:39:31.379
 more.

00:39:31.699 --> 00:39:32.199
 And our

00:39:32.199 --> 00:39:32.979
 savior is

00:39:32.979 --> 00:39:34.059
 living and

00:39:34.059 --> 00:39:34.379
 is here

00:39:34.379 --> 00:39:34.799
 with us

00:39:34.799 --> 00:39:35.179
 today.

00:39:35.179 --> 00:39:36.299
 and he

00:39:36.299 --> 00:39:36.819
 reigns for

00:39:36.819 --> 00:39:37.000
 our

00:39:37.000 --> 00:39:37.500
 good and

00:39:37.500 --> 00:39:37.779
 for

00:39:37.779 --> 00:39:38.739
 his

00:39:38.739 --> 00:39:39.119
 glory.

00:39:40.440 --> 00:39:40.739
 And so

00:39:40.739 --> 00:39:41.299
 next week

00:39:41.299 --> 00:39:41.539
 we'll

00:39:41.539 --> 00:39:42.059
 finish

00:39:42.059 --> 00:39:43.799
 this part

00:39:43.799 --> 00:39:44.339
 of Peter's

00:39:44.339 --> 00:39:44.579
 sermon.

00:39:45.519 --> 00:39:46.000
 But I

00:39:46.000 --> 00:39:46.440
 hope that

00:39:46.440 --> 00:39:46.799
 you've been

00:39:46.799 --> 00:39:47.299
 encouraged.

00:39:47.440 --> 00:39:47.759
 Just know

00:39:47.759 --> 00:39:48.079
 that your

00:39:48.079 --> 00:39:48.779
 God is

00:39:48.779 --> 00:39:50.019
 in control,

00:39:50.179 --> 00:39:50.519
 that he is

00:39:50.519 --> 00:39:50.859
 sovereign,

00:39:52.079 --> 00:39:52.980
 and that

00:39:52.980 --> 00:39:54.099
 Christ has

00:39:54.099 --> 00:39:54.500
 died on

00:39:54.500 --> 00:39:55.099
 your behalf.

00:39:56.480 --> 00:39:57.179
 Let's pray

00:39:57.179 --> 00:39:57.519
 together.

00:39:57.519 --> 00:39:57.599
 here.