WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:07.480 We're going to begin our worship this morning. Let me read to you from God's Word in Zechariah chapter 9. 00:00:07.480 --> 00:00:25.920 ! Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your King is coming to you, righteous and having salvation as he, humble and mounted on a donkey, on a colt, full of a donkey. 00:00:25.920 --> 00:00:34.260 Today we'll be thinking about the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem. We'll be thinking about the title, the Son of David, and how it applies there. 00:00:34.939 --> 00:00:43.320 And so as we do so, we're going to gather this morning, raising our voices, along with the crowd who welcomed Jesus to the city on that day, in the words of Psalm 118. 00:00:43.939 --> 00:00:48.280 This is in Sing Psalms, page 156 in the Blue Book. 00:00:49.680 --> 00:00:52.680 We're going to sing from verse 15 through to verse 24. 00:00:52.679 --> 00:01:06.599 Please stand to sing, if you're able. 00:01:06.599 --> 00:01:36.599 singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing 00:01:36.599 --> 00:01:42.819 He does all things well. 00:01:43.719 --> 00:01:51.659 I shall not die, but I shall live. 00:01:51.659 --> 00:01:59.019 The Lord's great works I will proclaim. 00:01:59.019 --> 00:02:09.019 The Lord's of the air rechastened me. 00:02:09.539 --> 00:02:16.280 I've rescued me from death's domain. 00:02:16.280 --> 00:02:25.280 Oh, like the gates of righteousness, 00:02:27.060 --> 00:02:34.280 I tell the fear, thanks to God. 00:02:34.280 --> 00:02:43.280 This is the gate of God through which 00:02:43.979 --> 00:02:52.280 the righteous come before the Lord. 00:02:52.280 --> 00:03:00.280 You answered me, I will reply. 00:03:01.780 --> 00:03:09.280 Salvation comes on you alone. 00:03:09.280 --> 00:03:18.280 The stone that filled the child refused 00:03:18.280 --> 00:03:26.280 Has not become the cornerstone. 00:03:26.280 --> 00:03:35.280 The Lord himself has done all this 00:03:35.280 --> 00:03:43.280 Ages of marvel in our sight 00:03:43.280 --> 00:03:52.280 This is the deed the Lord does need 00:03:52.280 --> 00:04:01.280 In the dark's secret delight 00:04:01.280 --> 00:04:10.379 Let's bow our heads in prayer to God. 00:04:14.379 --> 00:04:16.819 This is the day the Lord has made. 00:04:16.819 --> 00:04:20.680 We thank you, Lord, and we rejoice today 00:04:20.680 --> 00:04:24.240 That we can say these words with confidence 00:04:24.240 --> 00:04:27.060 That you have appointed this day 00:04:27.060 --> 00:04:28.219 As a day of salvation. 00:04:28.719 --> 00:04:32.360 You have appointed it as a day of worship. 00:04:33.139 --> 00:04:36.439 You have appointed it as a day of memorial and rest 00:04:36.439 --> 00:04:40.819 Giving thanks for the finished work of your hands. 00:04:41.819 --> 00:04:44.079 We thank you, Lord, today that we gather, therefore, 00:04:44.079 --> 00:04:47.779 As people who have all of these reasons to rejoice and worship. 00:04:48.579 --> 00:04:50.879 Today we remember that you have made this world 00:04:50.879 --> 00:04:53.779 In which we live, in all of its beauty and intricacy 00:04:53.779 --> 00:04:55.779 And its marvel and wonder 00:04:55.779 --> 00:04:58.279 That we can see your handiworks in it 00:04:58.279 --> 00:05:00.439 As the psalmist says, 00:05:01.079 --> 00:05:05.659 It is a world which continually speaks 00:05:05.659 --> 00:05:09.199 To God's glory and to your character 00:05:09.199 --> 00:05:12.039 That we can see so much of you 00:05:12.039 --> 00:05:13.860 In what we see around us 00:05:13.860 --> 00:05:16.000 But we thank you that today 00:05:16.000 --> 00:05:17.399 We also remember the finished work 00:05:17.399 --> 00:05:18.319 Not just of creation 00:05:18.319 --> 00:05:19.639 But the finished work of Jesus 00:05:19.639 --> 00:05:21.659 We thank you for the resurrection 00:05:21.659 --> 00:05:22.560 We thank you that 00:05:22.560 --> 00:05:23.939 Early in the morning 00:05:23.939 --> 00:05:25.159 On the first day of the week 00:05:25.159 --> 00:05:27.980 That the tomb was found to be empty 00:05:27.980 --> 00:05:32.099 That that earth-shattering truth 00:05:32.099 --> 00:05:33.560 Had come to pass 00:05:33.560 --> 00:05:35.759 That death was defeated 00:05:35.759 --> 00:05:39.259 And hope abounds now to the children of man 00:05:39.259 --> 00:05:41.159 And so we pray today 00:05:41.159 --> 00:05:43.060 That you would fill our hearts with thanksgiving 00:05:43.060 --> 00:05:44.920 That as we worship you today 00:05:44.920 --> 00:05:46.800 We would lift up and glorify your name 00:05:46.800 --> 00:05:48.639 That you would help us 00:05:48.639 --> 00:05:51.000 To resound to the praise of your glory 00:05:51.000 --> 00:05:54.000 We come confessing before you today our sin 00:05:54.000 --> 00:05:56.860 We know we need the cleansing blood of Jesus 00:05:56.860 --> 00:05:58.599 To wash away all iniquity 00:05:58.599 --> 00:06:00.599 And so we ask today, Father 00:06:00.599 --> 00:06:03.019 That you would give us a true sense and vision 00:06:03.019 --> 00:06:03.920 Of Christ Jesus 00:06:03.920 --> 00:06:06.180 That we would recognize in him 00:06:06.180 --> 00:06:07.980 The one who takes away the sin of the world 00:06:07.980 --> 00:06:09.840 And so we ask and pray 00:06:09.840 --> 00:06:11.120 That today each one of us 00:06:11.120 --> 00:06:12.580 Would in our own hearts 00:06:12.580 --> 00:06:14.420 Acknowledge our sin and our shortcomings 00:06:14.420 --> 00:06:16.980 That we would not seek to hide from you 00:06:16.980 --> 00:06:18.400 The things that we have done amiss 00:06:18.400 --> 00:06:21.620 But that rather with that full confidence 00:06:21.620 --> 00:06:23.840 Of knowing that there is salvation 00:06:23.840 --> 00:06:25.580 And forgiveness and hope available 00:06:25.580 --> 00:06:27.780 That we would come clinging only 00:06:27.780 --> 00:06:28.759 To the blood of Christ 00:06:28.759 --> 00:06:30.660 And not our own self-righteousness 00:06:30.660 --> 00:06:33.080 Help us therefore we pray 00:06:33.079 --> 00:06:34.500 In our worship today 00:06:34.500 --> 00:06:37.139 To look to Jesus for cleansing and healing 00:06:37.139 --> 00:06:39.479 Help us to see him as the one 00:06:39.479 --> 00:06:40.919 Who has mercy upon us 00:06:40.919 --> 00:06:43.240 And may we therefore be blessed 00:06:43.240 --> 00:06:45.399 In receiving today the mercy 00:06:45.399 --> 00:06:47.399 And the grace of almighty God 00:06:47.399 --> 00:06:50.139 Renew us and refresh us in this we pray 00:06:50.139 --> 00:06:51.699 In Christ's name 00:06:51.699 --> 00:06:52.740 Amen 00:06:52.740 --> 00:07:00.160 So I have with me today 00:07:00.160 --> 00:07:03.860 An item from our house 00:07:03.860 --> 00:07:05.699 It's kind of hard to believe 00:07:05.699 --> 00:07:07.120 Six months and we're still 00:07:07.120 --> 00:07:08.879 Working on the house 00:07:08.879 --> 00:07:11.040 And what I have with me today 00:07:11.040 --> 00:07:13.000 Is the stage we are at at the moment 00:07:13.000 --> 00:07:14.519 We are laying 00:07:14.519 --> 00:07:16.800 New hardwood floors 00:07:16.800 --> 00:07:18.180 In our living room 00:07:18.180 --> 00:07:20.560 And so I have brought with me today 00:07:20.560 --> 00:07:21.959 The sample block 00:07:21.959 --> 00:07:23.379 It has the sticker on the back 00:07:23.379 --> 00:07:25.040 That tells you all the information 00:07:25.040 --> 00:07:25.740 About this wood 00:07:25.740 --> 00:07:27.540 And tells you what colour it is 00:07:27.540 --> 00:07:29.319 And what strength it is 00:07:29.319 --> 00:07:30.620 And how you should lay it 00:07:30.620 --> 00:07:31.240 And everything else 00:07:31.240 --> 00:07:32.699 And on the front you can see 00:07:32.699 --> 00:07:33.980 What it's going to look like 00:07:33.980 --> 00:07:36.519 And so we were quite impressed with this 00:07:36.519 --> 00:07:37.579 And thought that's the wood 00:07:37.579 --> 00:07:39.579 That we want for our floor 00:07:39.579 --> 00:07:41.639 You might be thinking to yourself 00:07:41.639 --> 00:07:42.980 Well why Gordon have you brought 00:07:42.980 --> 00:07:45.120 A piece of wood with you today? 00:07:45.120 --> 00:07:47.319 Why on earth have you brought 00:07:47.319 --> 00:07:48.340 A piece of wood? 00:07:48.379 --> 00:07:49.780 And Roddy was certainly asking me 00:07:49.780 --> 00:07:50.780 That question this morning 00:07:50.780 --> 00:07:52.560 When I was coming into church 00:07:52.560 --> 00:07:55.500 But my piece of wood is a reminder to us 00:07:55.500 --> 00:07:59.759 That today is Palm Sunday 00:07:59.759 --> 00:08:02.980 Palm Sunday is a Sunday 00:08:02.980 --> 00:08:05.879 On the Christian calendar 00:08:05.879 --> 00:08:08.139 It's called the liturgical calendar 00:08:08.139 --> 00:08:10.939 So the Sunday before Easter 00:08:10.939 --> 00:08:14.180 Is always called Palm Sunday 00:08:14.180 --> 00:08:16.600 And this isn't a piece of palm 00:08:16.600 --> 00:08:17.120 Obviously 00:08:17.120 --> 00:08:18.720 This is a piece of oak hardwood 00:08:18.720 --> 00:08:19.139 Floating 00:08:19.139 --> 00:08:20.459 Engineered timber 00:08:20.459 --> 00:08:22.459 So you wouldn't want to 00:08:22.459 --> 00:08:23.660 Wave this at somebody 00:08:23.660 --> 00:08:25.480 If it was Palm Sunday 00:08:25.480 --> 00:08:27.540 That's what people did though 00:08:27.540 --> 00:08:30.280 On the first so-called Palm Sunday 00:08:30.280 --> 00:08:32.379 Jesus was going into Jerusalem 00:08:32.379 --> 00:08:34.700 And people were waving palm branches 00:08:34.700 --> 00:08:37.539 And singing Hosanna to God 00:08:37.539 --> 00:08:39.180 We can read about it actually 00:08:39.180 --> 00:08:40.680 In Matthew's Gospel 00:08:40.680 --> 00:08:43.080 It's in Matthew chapter 21 00:08:43.080 --> 00:08:46.200 We'll read verses 1 to 11 just now 00:08:46.200 --> 00:08:46.940 Just very briefly 00:08:46.940 --> 00:08:48.540 So that you'll get the picture 00:08:48.540 --> 00:08:51.160 And when they came near to Jerusalem 00:08:51.160 --> 00:08:53.060 And they came to Bethpage 00:08:53.060 --> 00:08:53.920 In the Mount of Olives 00:08:53.920 --> 00:08:56.200 Then Jesus sent two disciples 00:08:56.200 --> 00:08:57.300 Saying to them 00:08:57.300 --> 00:08:58.800 Go into the village in front of you 00:08:58.800 --> 00:09:00.680 And immediately you will find 00:09:00.680 --> 00:09:01.620 A donkey tied 00:09:01.620 --> 00:09:03.080 And a colt with her 00:09:03.080 --> 00:09:04.460 Untie them 00:09:04.460 --> 00:09:05.620 And bring them to me 00:09:05.620 --> 00:09:08.759 If anyone says anything to you 00:09:08.759 --> 00:09:10.000 You shall say to them 00:09:10.000 --> 00:09:10.940 The Lord needs them 00:09:10.940 --> 00:09:13.299 And he will send them 00:09:13.299 --> 00:09:14.179 At once 00:09:14.179 --> 00:09:16.279 This took place to fulfill 00:09:16.279 --> 00:09:17.679 What was spoken by the prophet 00:09:17.679 --> 00:09:18.159 Saying 00:09:18.159 --> 00:09:19.919 Say to the daughter of Zion 00:09:19.919 --> 00:09:21.840 Behold your king is coming to you 00:09:21.840 --> 00:09:23.759 Humble and mounted on a donkey 00:09:23.759 --> 00:09:25.360 And on a colt 00:09:25.360 --> 00:09:27.080 The foal of a beast of burden 00:09:27.080 --> 00:09:29.120 The disciples went and did 00:09:29.120 --> 00:09:31.820 As Jesus had directed them 00:09:31.820 --> 00:09:33.259 They brought the donkey 00:09:33.259 --> 00:09:33.800 And the colt 00:09:33.800 --> 00:09:34.820 And put on them 00:09:34.820 --> 00:09:35.560 Their cloaks 00:09:35.560 --> 00:09:37.080 And he sat on them 00:09:37.080 --> 00:09:38.900 Then most of the crowd 00:09:38.900 --> 00:09:39.900 Spread their cloaks 00:09:39.900 --> 00:09:40.460 On the road 00:09:40.460 --> 00:09:42.220 And others cut branches 00:09:42.220 --> 00:09:43.040 From the trees 00:09:43.040 --> 00:09:44.200 And spread them 00:09:44.200 --> 00:09:44.900 On the road as well 00:09:44.900 --> 00:09:46.660 And the crowds went before him 00:09:46.660 --> 00:09:47.580 And that followed after 00:09:47.580 --> 00:09:48.220 Were shouting 00:09:48.220 --> 00:09:49.040 Hosanna 00:09:49.040 --> 00:09:50.139 To the son of David 00:09:50.139 --> 00:09:51.640 Blessed is he 00:09:51.640 --> 00:09:52.200 Who comes 00:09:52.200 --> 00:09:53.080 In the name of the Lord 00:09:53.080 --> 00:09:54.280 Hosanna in the highest 00:09:54.279 --> 00:09:56.139 And when he entered Jerusalem 00:09:56.139 --> 00:09:57.819 The whole city was stirred up 00:09:57.819 --> 00:09:58.120 Saying 00:09:58.120 --> 00:09:58.980 Who is this? 00:09:59.559 --> 00:10:00.399 And the crowd said 00:10:00.399 --> 00:10:01.759 This is the prophet Jesus 00:10:01.759 --> 00:10:03.339 From Nazareth 00:10:03.339 --> 00:10:04.639 Of Galilee 00:10:04.639 --> 00:10:05.639 So 00:10:05.639 --> 00:10:07.199 What's happening there is 00:10:07.199 --> 00:10:09.220 Jesus is riding into Jerusalem 00:10:09.220 --> 00:10:10.539 And he's riding 00:10:10.539 --> 00:10:11.899 On a donkey 00:10:11.899 --> 00:10:13.480 And all the people 00:10:13.480 --> 00:10:14.059 Are going around 00:10:14.059 --> 00:10:14.720 And they're getting 00:10:14.720 --> 00:10:16.899 Not hardwood flooring 00:10:16.899 --> 00:10:18.019 To put down on the floor 00:10:18.019 --> 00:10:19.980 That wouldn't be very practical 00:10:19.980 --> 00:10:21.299 But what they do is 00:10:21.299 --> 00:10:22.360 They get their coats 00:10:22.360 --> 00:10:24.159 So instead of grabbing bits 00:10:24.159 --> 00:10:24.419 Of wood 00:10:24.419 --> 00:10:25.360 They're grabbing their coats 00:10:25.360 --> 00:10:25.860 Like this 00:10:25.860 --> 00:10:27.480 They're taking their jackets off 00:10:27.480 --> 00:10:29.259 And they're throwing them 00:10:29.259 --> 00:10:29.839 On the road 00:10:29.839 --> 00:10:30.740 In front 00:10:30.740 --> 00:10:31.319 I'm not going to throw 00:10:31.319 --> 00:10:31.740 This jacket 00:10:31.740 --> 00:10:32.339 Because I'll probably 00:10:32.339 --> 00:10:33.039 Get in trouble for that 00:10:33.039 --> 00:10:34.159 But they would throw 00:10:34.159 --> 00:10:35.459 Their jackets onto the road 00:10:35.459 --> 00:10:37.899 And then when Jesus 00:10:37.899 --> 00:10:39.179 Rides by on the donkey 00:10:39.179 --> 00:10:40.319 He's walking 00:10:40.319 --> 00:10:41.240 Not on the road 00:10:41.240 --> 00:10:43.179 But on the jackets 00:10:43.179 --> 00:10:44.659 And you think 00:10:44.659 --> 00:10:45.899 That's a very strange 00:10:45.899 --> 00:10:46.559 Thing to do 00:10:46.559 --> 00:10:47.019 Isn't it? 00:10:47.240 --> 00:10:48.179 But it's just like 00:10:48.179 --> 00:10:49.539 Laying hardwood flooring 00:10:49.539 --> 00:10:51.740 The people thought 00:10:51.740 --> 00:10:52.980 The roads are too dirty 00:10:52.980 --> 00:10:53.799 For the king of kings 00:10:53.799 --> 00:10:54.399 To walk on 00:10:54.399 --> 00:10:57.259 The roads are too dirty 00:10:57.259 --> 00:10:58.679 For this 00:10:58.679 --> 00:11:01.019 Exalted holy person 00:11:01.019 --> 00:11:01.639 To come on 00:11:01.639 --> 00:11:03.899 We will put our jackets 00:11:03.899 --> 00:11:04.620 On the floor 00:11:04.620 --> 00:11:06.379 And he can walk on them 00:11:06.379 --> 00:11:07.939 And the reason 00:11:07.939 --> 00:11:08.459 They're doing that 00:11:08.459 --> 00:11:09.299 Is because they want 00:11:09.299 --> 00:11:09.899 To show 00:11:09.899 --> 00:11:11.740 That they recognize 00:11:11.740 --> 00:11:13.059 Jesus as their king 00:11:13.059 --> 00:11:14.659 They want to be able 00:11:14.659 --> 00:11:15.120 To say 00:11:15.120 --> 00:11:16.740 This is Jesus 00:11:16.740 --> 00:11:18.179 He's above us 00:11:18.179 --> 00:11:19.120 He's over us 00:11:19.120 --> 00:11:20.519 He's the one 00:11:20.519 --> 00:11:21.759 That we listen to 00:11:21.759 --> 00:11:23.179 And that we follow 00:11:23.179 --> 00:11:24.620 And that we 00:11:24.620 --> 00:11:25.639 Will go after 00:11:25.639 --> 00:11:27.700 And so by throwing 00:11:27.700 --> 00:11:28.700 Their jackets on the ground 00:11:28.700 --> 00:11:29.019 They're saying 00:11:29.019 --> 00:11:29.879 It's okay for Jesus 00:11:29.879 --> 00:11:31.080 To walk in our jackets 00:11:31.080 --> 00:11:33.220 Because we are beneath him 00:11:33.220 --> 00:11:34.679 He is our king 00:11:34.679 --> 00:11:38.080 It's quite a strange thought 00:11:38.080 --> 00:11:38.519 Isn't it? 00:11:40.000 --> 00:11:41.299 But that's what was happening 00:11:41.299 --> 00:11:42.259 On 00:11:42.259 --> 00:11:43.220 Palm 00:11:43.220 --> 00:11:43.960 Sunday 00:11:43.960 --> 00:11:46.780 They wanted to show 00:11:46.780 --> 00:11:48.580 That Jesus was over them 00:11:48.580 --> 00:11:50.960 Because they realized 00:11:50.960 --> 00:11:53.120 Jesus 00:11:53.120 --> 00:11:54.560 Was their king 00:11:54.560 --> 00:11:56.600 And so they were singing 00:11:56.600 --> 00:11:57.240 These words 00:11:57.240 --> 00:11:57.860 Hosanna 00:11:57.860 --> 00:12:00.240 Which means save me 00:12:00.240 --> 00:12:01.540 It's a cry to God 00:12:01.540 --> 00:12:02.420 To save us 00:12:02.420 --> 00:12:04.019 Hosanna 00:12:04.019 --> 00:12:06.080 To the one who comes 00:12:06.080 --> 00:12:06.900 In the name of the Lord 00:12:06.900 --> 00:12:07.400 Hosanna 00:12:07.400 --> 00:12:08.460 To the son of David 00:12:08.460 --> 00:12:11.100 They're recognizing 00:12:11.100 --> 00:12:11.820 That Jesus 00:12:11.820 --> 00:12:13.220 Is a king 00:12:13.220 --> 00:12:14.639 Who brings 00:12:14.639 --> 00:12:15.720 Salvation 00:12:15.720 --> 00:12:18.000 And so for us today 00:12:18.000 --> 00:12:19.139 We're going to be thinking 00:12:19.139 --> 00:12:19.660 About that a wee bit 00:12:19.660 --> 00:12:20.080 In the sermon 00:12:20.080 --> 00:12:21.860 We're going to be thinking 00:12:21.860 --> 00:12:22.660 A bit about Jesus 00:12:22.660 --> 00:12:23.700 As the son of David 00:12:23.700 --> 00:12:25.340 But the simple thing 00:12:25.340 --> 00:12:26.060 If there's one thing 00:12:26.060 --> 00:12:27.180 I want you to remember today 00:12:27.180 --> 00:12:27.720 It's this 00:12:27.720 --> 00:12:29.519 That we can show 00:12:29.519 --> 00:12:30.519 Every day 00:12:30.519 --> 00:12:32.660 That Jesus is our king 00:12:32.660 --> 00:12:35.280 That we should ask 00:12:35.280 --> 00:12:35.800 For God 00:12:35.800 --> 00:12:36.560 To give us 00:12:36.560 --> 00:12:38.000 The wisdom 00:12:38.000 --> 00:12:39.600 And the strength 00:12:39.600 --> 00:12:40.279 Every day 00:12:40.279 --> 00:12:42.639 To live for Jesus 00:12:42.639 --> 00:12:44.580 And to show 00:12:44.580 --> 00:12:45.019 Jesus 00:12:45.019 --> 00:12:46.139 Is the one 00:12:46.139 --> 00:12:46.899 That we follow 00:12:46.899 --> 00:12:48.879 And that doesn't mean 00:12:48.879 --> 00:12:49.799 That we throw our jackets 00:12:49.799 --> 00:12:50.279 On the road 00:12:50.279 --> 00:12:51.159 When we're coming to church 00:12:51.159 --> 00:12:53.700 But it does mean 00:12:53.700 --> 00:12:54.779 That every day 00:12:54.779 --> 00:12:56.139 We say 00:12:56.139 --> 00:12:56.539 Jesus 00:12:56.539 --> 00:12:57.399 Your word 00:12:57.399 --> 00:12:58.659 Is over me 00:12:58.659 --> 00:13:00.320 Your word 00:13:00.320 --> 00:13:01.220 Is what I'm going to follow 00:13:01.220 --> 00:13:02.019 Your ways 00:13:02.019 --> 00:13:03.100 Are how I'm going to go 00:13:03.100 --> 00:13:04.899 Where you call 00:13:04.899 --> 00:13:06.120 I will follow 00:13:06.120 --> 00:13:07.919 And when you offer 00:13:07.919 --> 00:13:08.539 Salvation 00:13:08.539 --> 00:13:10.399 I'll listen to you 00:13:10.399 --> 00:13:11.879 And I will believe 00:13:11.879 --> 00:13:12.299 In you 00:13:12.299 --> 00:13:14.240 And I will trust you 00:13:14.240 --> 00:13:15.879 We're going to say 00:13:15.879 --> 00:13:16.439 The Lord's Prayer 00:13:16.439 --> 00:13:16.860 Just now 00:13:16.860 --> 00:13:18.159 One of the things 00:13:18.159 --> 00:13:18.519 That we say 00:13:18.519 --> 00:13:19.059 In the Lord's Prayer 00:13:19.059 --> 00:13:19.699 Remember is 00:13:19.699 --> 00:13:21.559 Your kingdom come 00:13:21.559 --> 00:13:23.039 And your will be done 00:13:23.039 --> 00:13:23.519 On earth 00:13:23.519 --> 00:13:25.039 As it is in heaven 00:13:25.039 --> 00:13:26.599 So these are important 00:13:26.599 --> 00:13:27.500 Words to remember 00:13:27.500 --> 00:13:28.339 Because Jesus 00:13:28.339 --> 00:13:29.959 Is our king 00:13:29.959 --> 00:13:31.659 And it's his kingdom 00:13:31.659 --> 00:13:32.939 And it's his will 00:13:32.939 --> 00:13:33.339 Being done 00:13:33.339 --> 00:13:34.759 That we're praying for 00:13:34.759 --> 00:13:35.439 So let's pray 00:13:35.440 --> 00:13:37.840 Our Father 00:13:37.840 --> 00:13:38.580 In heaven 00:13:38.580 --> 00:13:39.760 Hallowed 00:13:39.760 --> 00:13:40.600 Be your name 00:13:40.600 --> 00:13:42.520 Your kingdom come 00:13:42.520 --> 00:13:44.320 Your will be done 00:13:44.320 --> 00:13:45.120 On earth 00:13:45.120 --> 00:13:46.020 As it is 00:13:46.020 --> 00:13:46.540 In heaven 00:13:46.540 --> 00:13:48.520 Give us this day 00:13:48.520 --> 00:13:49.660 Our daily bread 00:13:49.660 --> 00:13:51.340 And forgive us 00:13:51.340 --> 00:13:52.040 Our debts 00:13:52.040 --> 00:13:53.500 As we forgive 00:13:53.500 --> 00:13:54.400 Our debtors 00:13:54.400 --> 00:13:55.860 Lead us not 00:13:55.860 --> 00:13:56.960 Into temptation 00:13:56.960 --> 00:13:58.680 But deliver us 00:13:58.680 --> 00:13:59.300 From evil 00:13:59.300 --> 00:14:01.400 For yours is the kingdom 00:14:01.400 --> 00:14:02.520 The power 00:14:02.519 --> 00:14:03.519 And the glory 00:14:03.519 --> 00:14:04.139 Forever 00:14:04.139 --> 00:14:05.419 Amen 00:14:05.419 --> 00:14:07.460 We're going to continue 00:14:07.460 --> 00:14:08.100 Singing just now 00:14:08.100 --> 00:14:08.799 To God's praise 00:14:08.799 --> 00:14:10.299 This time from 00:14:10.299 --> 00:14:11.259 Psalm 130 00:14:11.259 --> 00:14:12.799 In the Scottish Psalter 00:14:12.799 --> 00:14:20.460 This is page 421 00:14:20.460 --> 00:14:21.340 In the Blue Book 00:14:21.340 --> 00:14:28.919 When Jesus arrived 00:14:28.919 --> 00:14:29.399 In Jerusalem 00:14:29.399 --> 00:14:30.100 It looked as if 00:14:30.100 --> 00:14:30.799 Everyone was 00:14:30.799 --> 00:14:32.120 Greeting him 00:14:32.120 --> 00:14:32.819 And welcoming him 00:14:32.819 --> 00:14:33.419 Gladly 00:14:33.419 --> 00:14:35.339 But not everyone 00:14:35.339 --> 00:14:36.339 Recognized their need 00:14:36.339 --> 00:14:36.699 Of him 00:14:36.699 --> 00:14:38.419 And this is a psalm 00:14:38.419 --> 00:14:39.500 Which is really about 00:14:39.500 --> 00:14:41.059 Us recognizing 00:14:41.059 --> 00:14:41.839 Our need 00:14:41.839 --> 00:14:43.139 Of God 00:14:43.139 --> 00:14:43.819 Our need of the 00:14:43.819 --> 00:14:44.399 Cleansing 00:14:44.399 --> 00:14:45.019 The cleaning 00:14:45.019 --> 00:14:45.620 The washing 00:14:45.620 --> 00:14:47.179 That God alone 00:14:47.179 --> 00:14:48.079 Can bring to us 00:14:48.079 --> 00:14:48.779 And that he brings 00:14:48.779 --> 00:14:50.079 Through the blood 00:14:50.079 --> 00:14:50.599 Of Jesus 00:14:50.599 --> 00:14:51.919 So we're going to sing 00:14:51.919 --> 00:14:52.659 The whole of this psalm 00:14:52.659 --> 00:14:53.279 To God's praise 00:14:53.279 --> 00:14:54.359 Lord from the depths 00:14:54.359 --> 00:14:55.279 To thee I cried 00:14:55.279 --> 00:14:56.500 My voice Lord 00:14:56.500 --> 00:14:57.120 Do thou hear 00:14:57.120 --> 00:14:58.919 And to my supplications 00:14:58.919 --> 00:14:59.359 Voice 00:14:59.360 --> 00:15:01.159 Give an attentive year 00:15:01.159 --> 00:15:02.080 Lord who shall stand 00:15:02.080 --> 00:15:02.460 If thou 00:15:02.460 --> 00:15:02.759 O Lord 00:15:02.759 --> 00:15:03.800 Shouldst mark iniquity 00:15:03.800 --> 00:15:05.259 But yet with thee 00:15:05.259 --> 00:15:06.300 Forgiveness is 00:15:06.300 --> 00:15:07.340 That feared 00:15:07.340 --> 00:15:08.759 Thou mayst be 00:15:08.759 --> 00:15:09.659 Please stand 00:15:09.659 --> 00:15:10.100 If you're able 00:15:10.100 --> 00:15:10.940 I will sing 00:15:10.940 --> 00:15:11.340 The whole of this psalm 00:15:11.340 --> 00:15:12.159 Lord from the depths 00:15:12.159 --> 00:15:13.000 To thee I cried 00:15:13.000 --> 00:15:18.899 Lord from the depths 00:15:18.899 --> 00:15:23.799 To thee I cried 00:15:23.799 --> 00:15:27.519 My voice Lord 00:15:27.519 --> 00:15:31.120 Do thou hear 00:15:31.120 --> 00:15:34.360 Of the voyance 00:15:34.360 --> 00:15:34.360 00:15:34.360 --> 00:15:34.360 00:15:34.360 --> 00:15:34.360 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00:15:34.360 --> 00:15:34.360 00:15:34.360 --> 00:15:34.360 00:15:34.360 --> 00:15:34.360 00:15:34.360 --> 00:15:34.360 00:15:34.360 --> 00:15:34.360 00:15:34.360 --> 00:16:04.340 O Lord, who shall stand if thou, O Lord, should smile in me? 00:16:04.360 --> 00:16:24.800 Iniquity, but yet with thee, forgivenesses, that fear thou mayest be. 00:16:24.799 --> 00:16:42.799 I wait for God, my soul not wait, my hope is in His word. 00:16:42.799 --> 00:17:01.240 More than they lie, for morning watch, my soul waits for the Lord. 00:17:01.240 --> 00:17:18.240 I say, Lord, I may not do watch, the morning light to see. 00:17:18.240 --> 00:17:37.240 Let Israel open the door, for within her trees be. 00:17:37.240 --> 00:17:54.240 Unplenteous redemption is ever unquited. 00:17:54.240 --> 00:18:13.460 And from all its iniquities, He is the child redeemed. 00:18:13.460 --> 00:18:29.500 Would you turn with me, please, in your Bibles to read in Matthew's Gospel, Matthew chapter 1. 00:18:43.460 --> 00:18:47.799 Matthew chapter 1. 00:18:48.819 --> 00:18:55.480 The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. 00:18:56.559 --> 00:19:04.059 Abraham was the father of Isaac, and Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers, 00:19:05.059 --> 00:19:10.840 and Judah the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, and Perez the father of Hezron, 00:19:10.839 --> 00:19:16.159 and Hezron the father of Ram, and Ram the father of Amminadab, 00:19:17.000 --> 00:19:21.980 and Amminadab the father of Nashon, and Nashon the father of Salmon, 00:19:22.859 --> 00:19:28.779 and Salmon the father of Boaz by Rahab, and Boaz the father of Obed by Ruth, 00:19:29.500 --> 00:19:34.459 and Obed the father of Jesse, and Jesse the father of David the king. 00:19:35.720 --> 00:19:39.059 And David was the father of Solomon by the wife of Uriah, 00:19:39.059 --> 00:19:44.000 and Solomon the father of Rehoboam, and Rehoboam the father of Abijah, 00:19:44.919 --> 00:19:49.579 and Abijah the father of Asaph, and Asaph the father of Jehoshaphat, 00:19:50.500 --> 00:19:54.379 and Jehoshaphat the father of Joram, and Joram the father of Uzziah, 00:19:54.899 --> 00:19:58.559 and Uzziah the father of Jotham, and Jotham the father of Ahaz, 00:19:58.619 --> 00:20:00.099 and Ahaz the father of Hezekiah, 00:20:00.099 --> 00:20:02.899 and Hezekiah the father of Manasseh, 00:20:03.000 --> 00:20:04.960 and Manasseh the father of Amos, 00:20:05.679 --> 00:20:07.639 and Amos the father of Josiah, 00:20:07.640 --> 00:20:15.480 and Josiah the father of Jehonichai and his brothers at the time of the deportation to Babylon. 00:20:16.700 --> 00:20:21.240 And after the deportation to Babylon, Jehonichai was the father of Shealtiel 00:20:21.240 --> 00:20:27.640 and Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel and Zerubbabel the father of Abiud 00:20:27.640 --> 00:20:33.340 and Abiud the father of Elakim and Eliakim the father of Azor 00:20:33.339 --> 00:20:40.519 and Azor the father of Zadok, Zadok the father of Achim and Achim the father of Eliud 00:20:40.519 --> 00:20:45.379 and Eliud the father of Eliezer and Eliezer the father of Mathan 00:20:45.379 --> 00:20:52.339 and Mathan the father of Jacob and Jacob the father of Joseph the husband of Mary 00:20:52.339 --> 00:20:56.879 by whom Jesus was born who is called Christ. 00:20:58.139 --> 00:21:02.319 And so all the generations of Abraham to David were 14 generations 00:21:02.319 --> 00:21:06.899 and from David to the deportation to Babylon 14 generations 00:21:06.899 --> 00:21:13.740 and from the deportation to Babylon to the Christ 14 generations. 00:21:15.039 --> 00:21:15.759 Amen. 00:21:16.279 --> 00:21:20.359 This is God's word to us today. 00:21:23.000 --> 00:21:25.379 Let's bow our heads once again in prayer. 00:21:25.380 --> 00:21:41.360 Heavenly Father, as we have today read in your word a long list of names, 00:21:42.360 --> 00:21:45.480 most of whom we barely know anything about, 00:21:46.760 --> 00:21:51.420 we have to come, Lord, in the wonderful mystery of your great providence 00:21:51.420 --> 00:21:55.680 and recognize that in all of that story, 00:21:56.180 --> 00:21:59.539 in all of these centuries, in all of these generations, 00:22:00.340 --> 00:22:05.580 you were working out a plan to bring the Christ into the world. 00:22:07.660 --> 00:22:11.880 And you did this in sending your son, Jesus, 00:22:11.880 --> 00:22:14.640 to be a savior, 00:22:14.640 --> 00:22:21.320 to be a firstborn of many brothers and sisters 00:22:21.320 --> 00:22:28.000 so that today we can come to you in the words that Jesus taught us 00:22:28.000 --> 00:22:29.480 and say, 00:22:29.600 --> 00:22:31.200 our father in heaven. 00:22:34.160 --> 00:22:35.460 As a privilege, Lord, 00:22:35.540 --> 00:22:36.940 that has been worked out 00:22:36.940 --> 00:22:42.460 through the unmistakable hand of your providence, 00:22:42.460 --> 00:22:46.380 not just in the generations that we've read about 00:22:46.380 --> 00:22:48.120 in Matthew's gospel, 00:22:48.299 --> 00:22:52.700 but in the mystery of the generations that have gone before us. 00:22:54.440 --> 00:22:56.779 We can think of our parents. 00:22:58.279 --> 00:23:00.640 Many of us received the gospel from them. 00:23:01.759 --> 00:23:05.759 We can think of a long line going all the way back 00:23:05.759 --> 00:23:09.660 to days of awakening and revival 00:23:09.660 --> 00:23:11.940 and reformation in the church. 00:23:12.460 --> 00:23:14.920 And we see throughout all of that 00:23:14.920 --> 00:23:18.380 the mystery of your purposes being unfolded. 00:23:19.420 --> 00:23:22.559 We can truly see your kingdom coming. 00:23:23.620 --> 00:23:26.519 We can see the emergence of the kingdom of God. 00:23:26.640 --> 00:23:28.400 And so as we pray today, 00:23:28.519 --> 00:23:29.680 your kingdom come, 00:23:29.819 --> 00:23:31.500 help us to remember that 00:23:31.500 --> 00:23:33.600 what we are praying for there 00:23:33.600 --> 00:23:35.319 is something you yourself 00:23:35.319 --> 00:23:38.720 are already intimately involved in 00:23:38.720 --> 00:23:39.960 and care about 00:23:39.960 --> 00:23:41.900 and are working towards. 00:23:43.440 --> 00:23:44.759 We thank you that today 00:23:44.759 --> 00:23:46.259 we can see evidence 00:23:46.259 --> 00:23:49.660 of the Holy Spirit working in people's lives. 00:23:50.519 --> 00:23:52.960 We can see the marvel of the rebirth. 00:23:53.420 --> 00:23:55.559 We can witness and pay tribute 00:23:55.559 --> 00:23:56.839 to regeneration, 00:23:58.000 --> 00:23:59.980 awakening the hearts of men and women 00:23:59.980 --> 00:24:02.420 to the great truth that is in Christ Jesus, 00:24:02.420 --> 00:24:04.380 and enabling men and women 00:24:04.380 --> 00:24:07.860 to express faith and trust in him. 00:24:08.980 --> 00:24:10.940 And that, Lord, today is our prayer 00:24:10.940 --> 00:24:12.320 for our community, 00:24:13.000 --> 00:24:14.800 for our church family, 00:24:15.460 --> 00:24:17.180 for our home families, 00:24:17.880 --> 00:24:19.880 for the extended family 00:24:19.880 --> 00:24:23.000 of the nation in which we live. 00:24:23.000 --> 00:24:24.539 We cry to you, Lord, 00:24:24.579 --> 00:24:26.700 and we pray that you would remember us 00:24:26.700 --> 00:24:27.579 in your mercy 00:24:27.579 --> 00:24:30.039 and that you would bring many 00:24:30.039 --> 00:24:32.519 to know Jesus 00:24:32.519 --> 00:24:35.380 as their Lord and as their Savior. 00:24:37.960 --> 00:24:40.059 We want today to be able to say 00:24:40.059 --> 00:24:43.339 not only that your name is hallowed, 00:24:44.339 --> 00:24:45.579 made holy, 00:24:46.099 --> 00:24:48.319 thought of in a special and unique way 00:24:48.319 --> 00:24:49.599 by the people of this world, 00:24:49.720 --> 00:24:51.160 but that we would see 00:24:51.160 --> 00:24:52.040 that your name, Lord, 00:24:52.100 --> 00:24:54.060 is worthy of honor 00:24:54.060 --> 00:24:55.340 because your ways 00:24:55.340 --> 00:24:56.420 are worthy of honor. 00:24:58.100 --> 00:24:59.200 And so we long to see 00:24:59.200 --> 00:25:00.600 your will being done on earth 00:25:00.600 --> 00:25:01.680 as it is in heaven. 00:25:03.040 --> 00:25:04.320 We think, Lord, today 00:25:04.320 --> 00:25:05.720 of the issues 00:25:05.720 --> 00:25:07.860 that are before us as a nation. 00:25:09.160 --> 00:25:10.140 So often, Lord, 00:25:10.240 --> 00:25:12.259 the headlines in the news 00:25:12.259 --> 00:25:15.480 will focus on the economic situation. 00:25:16.720 --> 00:25:17.460 And we know, Lord, 00:25:17.500 --> 00:25:19.200 that there is a reality to that 00:25:19.200 --> 00:25:20.600 that affects many people. 00:25:20.599 --> 00:25:21.559 We know many people 00:25:21.559 --> 00:25:23.839 are in danger with jobs 00:25:23.839 --> 00:25:25.599 and lack of security. 00:25:25.839 --> 00:25:28.119 We know people long for employment 00:25:28.119 --> 00:25:29.740 and hope in that respect. 00:25:29.839 --> 00:25:31.259 And we pray for these things. 00:25:32.199 --> 00:25:33.759 But we also remember, Lord, 00:25:33.839 --> 00:25:35.819 that the moral heart of our nation 00:25:35.819 --> 00:25:37.480 is at stake as well. 00:25:39.119 --> 00:25:39.859 We see, Father, 00:25:39.980 --> 00:25:42.439 the decisions of our politicians 00:25:42.439 --> 00:25:43.240 and our leaders. 00:25:43.240 --> 00:25:46.480 we fear, Lord, 00:25:46.480 --> 00:25:49.160 that their ways are not your ways, 00:25:49.900 --> 00:25:52.279 that their priorities are not yours. 00:25:53.359 --> 00:25:55.220 We see it in the stripping away 00:25:55.220 --> 00:25:56.759 of the sanctity of life 00:25:56.759 --> 00:25:59.079 more and more in our culture. 00:26:00.140 --> 00:26:01.779 And as we lose more and more 00:26:01.779 --> 00:26:03.480 of that biblical rootedness 00:26:04.140 --> 00:26:05.000 that has informed 00:26:05.000 --> 00:26:06.539 how we think about the world, 00:26:06.700 --> 00:26:07.819 we're losing sight 00:26:07.819 --> 00:26:09.700 of what makes humanity 00:26:09.700 --> 00:26:11.559 special and precious 00:26:11.559 --> 00:26:13.660 and worthy of fighting for 00:26:13.660 --> 00:26:14.240 to the end. 00:26:16.140 --> 00:26:17.340 And so we pray, Father, 00:26:17.420 --> 00:26:18.860 for wisdom for those who lead. 00:26:20.160 --> 00:26:22.420 We pray for our own MP and MSP, 00:26:22.539 --> 00:26:23.480 that you would give them 00:26:23.480 --> 00:26:25.380 a heart that seeks 00:26:25.380 --> 00:26:26.819 after your ways. 00:26:27.380 --> 00:26:29.460 We pray for our counsellors locally. 00:26:29.600 --> 00:26:31.080 We ask that you would bless them 00:26:31.080 --> 00:26:32.819 in the decisions that are taken 00:26:32.819 --> 00:26:33.980 in our local authority. 00:26:33.980 --> 00:26:36.360 And we pray, Father, 00:26:36.440 --> 00:26:37.339 for those who serve 00:26:37.339 --> 00:26:38.000 in our community 00:26:38.000 --> 00:26:39.680 in these public roles as well. 00:26:40.420 --> 00:26:41.660 We think especially this week 00:26:41.660 --> 00:26:42.940 of teachers going back 00:26:42.940 --> 00:26:44.240 this week after a break, 00:26:44.279 --> 00:26:45.680 we ask that you would bless them. 00:26:46.940 --> 00:26:47.680 Pray for them as they 00:26:47.680 --> 00:26:49.640 are used to shape 00:26:49.640 --> 00:26:51.079 the minds of young people 00:26:51.079 --> 00:26:51.819 in our community, 00:26:51.960 --> 00:26:52.980 that you would help them, Lord, 00:26:53.059 --> 00:26:54.380 both with their educational 00:26:54.380 --> 00:26:55.220 responsibilities, 00:26:55.460 --> 00:26:56.539 but also the character 00:26:56.539 --> 00:26:58.480 that they will pass on 00:26:58.480 --> 00:26:59.960 in that environment. 00:27:01.880 --> 00:27:03.120 We ask and pray, Father, 00:27:03.119 --> 00:27:05.039 today that you would bless us 00:27:05.039 --> 00:27:07.139 each day with our daily needs 00:27:07.139 --> 00:27:07.739 being met. 00:27:08.779 --> 00:27:09.359 We think, Lord, 00:27:09.379 --> 00:27:10.619 of those in our community 00:27:10.619 --> 00:27:11.339 who are lonely 00:27:11.339 --> 00:27:13.119 and who are going through 00:27:13.119 --> 00:27:14.619 difficult times emotionally. 00:27:15.419 --> 00:27:16.699 We ask and pray, Father, 00:27:16.739 --> 00:27:17.599 that you would speak 00:27:17.599 --> 00:27:18.479 into their lives 00:27:18.479 --> 00:27:20.159 with compassion and tenderness. 00:27:21.559 --> 00:27:23.739 Give to the lonely friendships 00:27:23.739 --> 00:27:25.039 that are valuable 00:27:25.039 --> 00:27:26.479 and trustworthy. 00:27:27.959 --> 00:27:30.219 Give to those who are isolated 00:27:30.219 --> 00:27:31.959 a lifeline of hope 00:27:31.960 --> 00:27:32.680 and connection 00:27:32.680 --> 00:27:33.980 with other human beings 00:27:33.980 --> 00:27:35.720 who care passionately 00:27:35.720 --> 00:27:36.559 for their welfare. 00:27:38.400 --> 00:27:39.319 We know into that, Lord, 00:27:39.380 --> 00:27:40.620 again, we think of those 00:27:40.620 --> 00:27:42.000 who have public responsibility 00:27:42.000 --> 00:27:42.559 in that. 00:27:42.640 --> 00:27:43.860 We pray for our health service, 00:27:44.140 --> 00:27:45.579 for those who are involved 00:27:45.579 --> 00:27:46.720 in care for the elderly, 00:27:47.420 --> 00:27:48.860 and for adult social care 00:27:48.860 --> 00:27:49.819 in other ways as well. 00:27:49.840 --> 00:27:50.519 And we ask, Lord, 00:27:50.559 --> 00:27:51.640 that in all of these ways 00:27:51.640 --> 00:27:53.220 that compassion and grace 00:27:53.220 --> 00:27:54.620 would be shown, 00:27:54.619 --> 00:27:58.279 that your concerns 00:27:58.279 --> 00:27:59.339 would be reflected 00:27:59.339 --> 00:28:00.419 in what we do 00:28:00.419 --> 00:28:01.939 and in how we live. 00:28:02.979 --> 00:28:04.299 We want to pray today, Father, 00:28:04.359 --> 00:28:05.559 for your ongoing blessing 00:28:05.559 --> 00:28:07.679 on those who are struggling 00:28:07.679 --> 00:28:11.139 through the turmoil of life. 00:28:12.259 --> 00:28:13.179 So often, Lord, 00:28:13.219 --> 00:28:14.619 the traumas that we carry, 00:28:14.839 --> 00:28:17.059 the things that have been done 00:28:17.059 --> 00:28:18.239 to us in the past, 00:28:18.240 --> 00:28:19.940 and that the things 00:28:19.940 --> 00:28:21.059 that we have experienced, 00:28:21.240 --> 00:28:22.400 they remain with us 00:28:22.400 --> 00:28:24.099 and they blight our lives. 00:28:25.519 --> 00:28:26.259 We pray, Father, 00:28:26.319 --> 00:28:27.839 that into such darkness 00:28:27.839 --> 00:28:29.200 you would bring your light. 00:28:29.859 --> 00:28:30.940 Release people, therefore, 00:28:31.019 --> 00:28:32.960 from the chains of addiction, 00:28:33.960 --> 00:28:35.000 but also, Lord, 00:28:35.059 --> 00:28:37.019 the chains of sinful patterns 00:28:37.019 --> 00:28:38.579 that are unrelenting. 00:28:38.579 --> 00:28:41.220 So often, 00:28:41.319 --> 00:28:42.079 we don't forgive 00:28:42.079 --> 00:28:42.799 when we should. 00:28:43.980 --> 00:28:44.839 We don't let go 00:28:44.839 --> 00:28:45.919 of past wrongs 00:28:45.919 --> 00:28:48.000 that continue to hinder us 00:28:48.000 --> 00:28:49.460 as we move on in our lives. 00:28:50.980 --> 00:28:51.819 And so we ask, Lord, 00:28:51.879 --> 00:28:52.659 that you would bless 00:28:52.659 --> 00:28:53.399 and prosper 00:28:53.399 --> 00:28:55.039 those who seek 00:28:55.039 --> 00:28:56.259 to bring reconciliation 00:28:56.259 --> 00:28:58.639 in people's minds 00:28:58.639 --> 00:28:59.500 and relationships 00:28:59.500 --> 00:29:01.079 and experiences as well. 00:29:02.899 --> 00:29:03.899 We want to pray, Father, 00:29:03.960 --> 00:29:04.859 for our world today. 00:29:05.099 --> 00:29:06.220 It is a broken world, 00:29:06.299 --> 00:29:06.619 we know. 00:29:06.799 --> 00:29:07.839 We see it so often 00:29:07.839 --> 00:29:09.139 on the news, 00:29:09.679 --> 00:29:10.799 in the reality 00:29:10.799 --> 00:29:11.619 of what happens 00:29:11.619 --> 00:29:12.559 in the world around us. 00:29:12.659 --> 00:29:13.299 We remember, Lord, 00:29:13.359 --> 00:29:14.439 that there are many places 00:29:14.439 --> 00:29:16.319 where there is violence today, 00:29:16.699 --> 00:29:17.559 where there is uncertainty, 00:29:17.839 --> 00:29:19.119 and that in so many 00:29:19.119 --> 00:29:19.819 of these places, 00:29:19.980 --> 00:29:20.639 your people 00:29:20.639 --> 00:29:21.779 are very often 00:29:21.779 --> 00:29:22.439 at the heart 00:29:22.439 --> 00:29:23.519 of the distrust 00:29:23.519 --> 00:29:25.000 and the affliction 00:29:25.000 --> 00:29:25.659 that is visited 00:29:25.659 --> 00:29:26.379 in these lands. 00:29:27.159 --> 00:29:28.019 We remember the church 00:29:28.019 --> 00:29:30.139 in parts of sub-Saharan Africa today. 00:29:30.259 --> 00:29:31.439 We pray for the church 00:29:31.439 --> 00:29:32.419 in places like Nigeria 00:29:32.419 --> 00:29:33.000 and Sudan. 00:29:33.179 --> 00:29:33.819 We ask and pray 00:29:33.819 --> 00:29:34.679 that you would remember 00:29:34.679 --> 00:29:35.779 your children there 00:29:35.779 --> 00:29:37.459 and remember them 00:29:37.460 --> 00:29:37.880 in the midst 00:29:37.880 --> 00:29:38.579 of affliction 00:29:38.579 --> 00:29:39.400 and sorrow, 00:29:40.220 --> 00:29:40.759 persecution 00:29:40.759 --> 00:29:41.640 and violence. 00:29:42.579 --> 00:29:43.220 Bring relief, 00:29:43.319 --> 00:29:43.640 we pray. 00:29:44.840 --> 00:29:45.640 We want to pray today, 00:29:45.759 --> 00:29:45.900 Father, 00:29:46.000 --> 00:29:46.380 as well, 00:29:46.480 --> 00:29:47.840 for the peace 00:29:47.840 --> 00:29:48.360 of the world. 00:29:49.340 --> 00:29:50.200 We pray for an end 00:29:50.200 --> 00:29:50.960 to conflict, 00:29:51.720 --> 00:29:52.640 and we pray 00:29:52.640 --> 00:29:53.340 that that would come 00:29:53.340 --> 00:29:55.279 through reconciliation 00:29:55.279 --> 00:29:56.480 and blessing. 00:29:57.860 --> 00:29:58.360 We think, 00:29:58.500 --> 00:29:58.980 therefore, again, 00:29:59.019 --> 00:29:59.559 of the witness 00:29:59.559 --> 00:30:00.480 of the saints 00:30:00.480 --> 00:30:02.299 in places of conflict, 00:30:02.299 --> 00:30:03.079 that they would be 00:30:03.079 --> 00:30:04.220 given the grace 00:30:04.220 --> 00:30:05.200 to set examples 00:30:05.200 --> 00:30:05.920 of forgiveness 00:30:05.920 --> 00:30:07.420 and hope, 00:30:08.640 --> 00:30:11.140 that you would see 00:30:11.140 --> 00:30:11.720 good done. 00:30:13.860 --> 00:30:14.720 In all of this, 00:30:14.839 --> 00:30:14.920 Lord, 00:30:14.980 --> 00:30:16.140 we ask that your name 00:30:16.140 --> 00:30:17.079 indeed would be hallowed, 00:30:17.460 --> 00:30:18.519 that your reputation, 00:30:19.079 --> 00:30:20.180 your fame among the nations 00:30:20.180 --> 00:30:20.640 would grow, 00:30:21.279 --> 00:30:21.980 that men and women 00:30:21.980 --> 00:30:22.600 would bow the knee 00:30:22.600 --> 00:30:23.100 before you 00:30:23.100 --> 00:30:23.759 and recognize 00:30:23.759 --> 00:30:25.579 that you alone 00:30:25.579 --> 00:30:26.319 are God 00:30:26.319 --> 00:30:27.860 and there is no other. 00:30:28.740 --> 00:30:29.319 Help us then 00:30:29.319 --> 00:30:30.079 to worship you, 00:30:30.400 --> 00:30:31.440 to declare you, 00:30:31.440 --> 00:30:32.620 to witness for you, 00:30:33.080 --> 00:30:34.220 to make Jesus known 00:30:34.220 --> 00:30:34.820 in our lives 00:30:34.820 --> 00:30:35.420 day by day, 00:30:36.000 --> 00:30:37.039 and we ask all these 00:30:37.039 --> 00:30:37.799 things in his name. 00:30:38.580 --> 00:30:38.900 Amen. 00:30:43.320 --> 00:30:44.320 We're going to sing 00:30:44.320 --> 00:30:44.759 once again 00:30:44.759 --> 00:30:45.519 to God's praise 00:30:45.519 --> 00:30:46.420 before we turn back 00:30:46.420 --> 00:30:46.820 to the word 00:30:46.820 --> 00:30:47.640 in Psalm 72. 00:30:48.620 --> 00:30:49.100 This is in 00:30:49.100 --> 00:30:49.559 Sing Psalms, 00:30:49.640 --> 00:30:50.500 page 92 00:30:50.500 --> 00:30:51.480 in the Blue Books. 00:30:51.480 --> 00:31:00.940 We're going to sing 00:31:00.940 --> 00:31:02.420 the first two stanzas 00:31:02.420 --> 00:31:03.720 and then the last 00:31:03.720 --> 00:31:04.400 two stanzas 00:31:04.400 --> 00:31:05.039 of this psalm. 00:31:09.660 --> 00:31:10.360 It's a psalm 00:31:10.360 --> 00:31:11.180 that recognizes 00:31:11.180 --> 00:31:12.420 the lordship, 00:31:12.779 --> 00:31:13.759 the reign of Jesus 00:31:13.759 --> 00:31:14.339 ultimately, 00:31:14.960 --> 00:31:16.940 and he is the one 00:31:16.940 --> 00:31:17.700 who is very much 00:31:17.700 --> 00:31:18.380 in mind 00:31:18.380 --> 00:31:19.640 as the royal 00:31:19.640 --> 00:31:20.440 character 00:31:20.440 --> 00:31:21.460 at the center 00:31:21.460 --> 00:31:22.840 of the psalm. 00:31:22.980 --> 00:31:23.640 Endow the king 00:31:23.640 --> 00:31:24.279 with justice, 00:31:24.440 --> 00:31:24.620 Lord, 00:31:24.960 --> 00:31:25.960 the royal son 00:31:25.960 --> 00:31:26.799 with righteousness, 00:31:27.519 --> 00:31:28.080 your people, 00:31:28.340 --> 00:31:29.279 your afflicted ones. 00:31:29.360 --> 00:31:29.840 He'll judge 00:31:29.840 --> 00:31:30.500 with truth 00:31:30.500 --> 00:31:32.240 and uprightness. 00:31:32.320 --> 00:31:32.820 The mountains 00:31:32.820 --> 00:31:33.700 will bring peace 00:31:33.700 --> 00:31:34.059 to them, 00:31:34.420 --> 00:31:34.880 the hills 00:31:34.880 --> 00:31:35.380 the fruit 00:31:35.380 --> 00:31:36.000 of righteousness. 00:31:36.500 --> 00:31:37.340 He will defend 00:31:37.340 --> 00:31:38.440 and save the poor 00:31:38.440 --> 00:31:40.019 and crush all those 00:31:40.019 --> 00:31:41.460 who them oppress. 00:31:41.799 --> 00:31:42.059 And then 00:31:42.059 --> 00:31:42.980 the last two 00:31:42.980 --> 00:31:43.840 verses of the 00:31:43.840 --> 00:31:44.860 two stanzas 00:31:44.860 --> 00:31:45.200 as well, 00:31:45.299 --> 00:31:45.820 verse 17, 00:31:45.920 --> 00:31:46.860 forever may his name 00:31:46.860 --> 00:31:47.259 endure, 00:31:47.880 --> 00:31:48.620 may it continue 00:31:48.620 --> 00:31:49.340 as the sun, 00:31:49.339 --> 00:31:50.459 all nations 00:31:50.459 --> 00:31:51.319 will be blessed 00:31:51.319 --> 00:31:51.819 in him 00:31:51.819 --> 00:31:53.039 whom they will 00:31:53.039 --> 00:31:54.000 call the blessed 00:31:54.000 --> 00:31:54.359 one. 00:31:54.740 --> 00:31:55.279 It's interesting 00:31:55.279 --> 00:31:56.379 that this psalm 00:31:56.379 --> 00:31:57.319 echoes the promise 00:31:57.319 --> 00:31:58.119 given to Abraham, 00:31:58.240 --> 00:31:58.759 we'll note it 00:31:58.759 --> 00:31:59.459 in just a moment, 00:31:59.859 --> 00:32:00.519 promise given 00:32:00.519 --> 00:32:00.879 to Abraham 00:32:00.879 --> 00:32:01.819 that in his seed, 00:32:02.019 --> 00:32:02.480 the offspring 00:32:02.480 --> 00:32:03.039 of Abraham, 00:32:03.399 --> 00:32:04.399 all the nations 00:32:04.399 --> 00:32:05.079 of the world 00:32:05.079 --> 00:32:05.839 would be blessed 00:32:05.839 --> 00:32:06.799 and it's through 00:32:06.799 --> 00:32:07.759 Jesus ultimately, 00:32:07.919 --> 00:32:08.799 this royal son 00:32:08.799 --> 00:32:09.720 through whom 00:32:09.720 --> 00:32:10.419 all the nations 00:32:10.419 --> 00:32:11.599 will be blessed. 00:32:11.679 --> 00:32:11.959 So we're going 00:32:11.959 --> 00:32:12.699 to stand and sing 00:32:12.699 --> 00:32:13.619 to God's praise 00:32:13.619 --> 00:32:14.739 and do the king 00:32:14.739 --> 00:32:15.479 with justice, 00:32:15.719 --> 00:32:15.959 Lord. 00:32:15.959 --> 00:32:16.039 Amen. 00:32:16.039 --> 00:32:16.619 Amen. 00:32:16.619 --> 00:32:16.619 00:32:43.619 --> 00:32:44.619 Amen. 00:32:44.619 --> 00:32:45.619 Amen. 00:32:45.619 --> 00:32:46.619 Amen. 00:32:46.619 --> 00:32:46.619 00:32:46.619 --> 00:32:46.619 00:33:13.619 --> 00:33:34.659 singing voy voy voy 00:33:34.659 --> 00:33:34.659 00:33:34.659 --> 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00:33:34.659 00:33:34.659 --> 00:33:36.659 voy 00:33:36.659 --> 00:33:34.659 ! 00:33:34.659 --> 00:33:36.659 voy 00:33:36.660 --> 00:33:40.259 as the sun. 00:33:41.040 --> 00:33:48.960 All nations will be blessed in Him, 00:33:48.960 --> 00:33:58.360 whom they will call the Blessed One. 00:33:58.359 --> 00:34:07.119 Thanks to the Lord, to His blessed God, 00:34:07.119 --> 00:34:15.519 His awesome deeds proclaim to man. 00:34:16.159 --> 00:34:24.000 His name He prays eternally, 00:34:24.000 --> 00:34:31.880 His glory fill the earth. Amen. 00:34:48.880 --> 00:34:52.460 Please turn with me in your Bibles back to Matthew's Gospel. 00:34:54.000 --> 00:34:58.199 We read there these opening words, 00:34:58.519 --> 00:35:01.179 the book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, 00:35:01.619 --> 00:35:04.920 the son of David, the son of Abraham. 00:35:06.239 --> 00:35:10.159 Jesus Christ, the son of David. 00:35:11.639 --> 00:35:14.179 Let's bow in prayer before we study the Word. 00:35:14.260 --> 00:35:14.840 Heavenly Father, 00:35:15.960 --> 00:35:18.960 as we turn our attention for a moment just now 00:35:18.960 --> 00:35:20.179 to the Word of Truth, 00:35:20.300 --> 00:35:23.940 we pray, Lord, that you would speak into our hearts today 00:35:23.940 --> 00:35:29.880 encourage us with a knowledge of who our Savior is. 00:35:30.960 --> 00:35:32.960 Help us to see Jesus clearly, 00:35:33.559 --> 00:35:35.599 to see who He is and what He has done, 00:35:36.079 --> 00:35:38.519 to recognize Him in His titles, 00:35:39.260 --> 00:35:43.480 and to worship Him for what He has done 00:35:43.480 --> 00:35:46.619 and how He has proved Himself worthy of worship 00:35:46.619 --> 00:35:51.960 in the way He fulfills that office and title as well. 00:35:53.299 --> 00:35:54.900 We ask that you bless us in this, 00:35:54.980 --> 00:35:55.579 in Jesus' name. 00:35:56.500 --> 00:35:56.759 Amen. 00:35:56.759 --> 00:35:56.859 Amen. 00:35:56.860 --> 00:35:56.920 Amen. 00:36:08.480 --> 00:36:12.559 One of the most groundbreaking movies in my, 00:36:13.059 --> 00:36:15.440 in fact, technically just over my lifetime, 00:36:15.920 --> 00:36:18.720 was released in the UK the Christmas before I was born, 00:36:19.380 --> 00:36:20.840 is the film Star Wars. 00:36:20.840 --> 00:36:27.220 It was an absolutely marvelous piece of cinematic theater, 00:36:27.740 --> 00:36:28.740 and I would encourage you, 00:36:28.980 --> 00:36:30.100 if you get a chance to watch it, 00:36:30.660 --> 00:36:32.200 you will enjoy yourself. 00:36:33.840 --> 00:36:35.900 But George Lucas, the director of Star Wars, 00:36:35.940 --> 00:36:38.380 does quite an impressive feat at the beginning of it. 00:36:38.380 --> 00:36:42.460 He launches that movie right into the action 00:36:42.460 --> 00:36:45.940 after what's called a cinematic crawl. 00:36:46.980 --> 00:36:50.640 Some text appears on the screen that you have to read, 00:36:51.579 --> 00:36:53.619 and the act of reading draws you in 00:36:53.619 --> 00:36:56.140 because you're concentrating on the words 00:36:56.140 --> 00:36:58.240 as they scroll past on the screen. 00:36:59.240 --> 00:37:01.599 And you're drawn into the story 00:37:01.599 --> 00:37:06.280 and immediately plugged into this amazing adventure 00:37:06.280 --> 00:37:10.280 that is taking place in the movie as it unfolds. 00:37:11.280 --> 00:37:17.080 And strangely, Matthew is doing exactly the same thing 00:37:17.080 --> 00:37:19.200 with his introduction. 00:37:20.220 --> 00:37:21.120 And you may be thinking, 00:37:21.340 --> 00:37:22.560 well, hang on a minute, Gordon. 00:37:23.460 --> 00:37:25.500 There are a list here of 42 names, 00:37:26.060 --> 00:37:28.240 most of which you've probably got wrong 00:37:28.240 --> 00:37:29.660 as you were reading them this morning. 00:37:30.100 --> 00:37:33.340 How on earth is Matthew catapulting us 00:37:33.340 --> 00:37:35.720 into the action of the gospel 00:37:35.720 --> 00:37:38.100 with this fairly long 00:37:38.100 --> 00:37:42.280 and fairly boring list of names. 00:37:43.840 --> 00:37:46.720 But in fact, Matthew wants his readers 00:37:46.720 --> 00:37:49.700 to understand the importance 00:37:49.700 --> 00:37:53.840 of one of the titles he uses of Jesus. 00:37:53.840 --> 00:37:57.579 And what he's doing is he's drawing attention 00:37:57.579 --> 00:38:01.059 to this title, the Son of David, 00:38:01.900 --> 00:38:03.400 in these verses. 00:38:04.940 --> 00:38:08.160 David and this title, the Son of David, 00:38:08.160 --> 00:38:12.019 is central to Matthew's understanding 00:38:12.019 --> 00:38:14.800 of who Jesus is 00:38:14.800 --> 00:38:16.640 and who it is 00:38:16.640 --> 00:38:18.740 who on that first Palm Sunday, 00:38:19.380 --> 00:38:20.580 all of these years ago, 00:38:21.640 --> 00:38:23.980 went into Jerusalem riding a donkey 00:38:23.980 --> 00:38:27.720 and around whom the crowds shouted, 00:38:28.220 --> 00:38:28.700 Hosanna! 00:38:30.360 --> 00:38:32.180 Blessed be the name of the Lord 00:38:32.180 --> 00:38:34.240 for the salvation he brings. 00:38:35.840 --> 00:38:37.100 He does it, first of all, 00:38:37.160 --> 00:38:40.060 by telling us about the titles, 00:38:40.700 --> 00:38:42.700 Son of David, Son of Abraham. 00:38:42.699 --> 00:38:44.879 And both of these refer back 00:38:44.879 --> 00:38:46.199 to promises that were given. 00:38:47.319 --> 00:38:49.500 Abraham was promised a seed, 00:38:49.659 --> 00:38:50.139 an offspring. 00:38:51.179 --> 00:38:52.460 God had taken Abraham out 00:38:52.460 --> 00:38:53.019 and said to him, 00:38:53.139 --> 00:38:54.379 Abraham, look up at the stars 00:38:54.379 --> 00:38:54.939 of the heavens. 00:38:55.679 --> 00:38:57.279 See the sand on the seashore. 00:38:57.659 --> 00:38:59.079 Such will your offspring be. 00:39:00.059 --> 00:39:02.199 But then the promise kind of narrows 00:39:02.199 --> 00:39:03.159 in a little bit as well 00:39:03.159 --> 00:39:04.319 because Abraham's given more. 00:39:04.439 --> 00:39:05.119 He's told, 00:39:06.000 --> 00:39:07.179 in your seed, 00:39:07.379 --> 00:39:09.519 all the nations of the world 00:39:09.519 --> 00:39:10.500 will be blessed. 00:39:10.500 --> 00:39:12.340 And so Matthew, 00:39:12.920 --> 00:39:14.320 as he's writing his gospel 00:39:14.320 --> 00:39:15.059 to the church, 00:39:15.360 --> 00:39:16.800 which is not just a Jewish church, 00:39:16.980 --> 00:39:18.260 but is a Gentile church 00:39:18.260 --> 00:39:19.639 spread throughout the world, 00:39:19.880 --> 00:39:21.239 across the whole of the Roman Empire 00:39:21.239 --> 00:39:22.599 and in some places beyond 00:39:22.599 --> 00:39:23.320 by this point. 00:39:23.920 --> 00:39:25.260 Matthew is writing and saying, 00:39:25.599 --> 00:39:27.300 the blessing of the nations 00:39:27.300 --> 00:39:30.000 comes and flows through Jesus, 00:39:30.139 --> 00:39:30.880 the son of Abraham. 00:39:31.179 --> 00:39:32.780 He's the one who fulfills 00:39:32.780 --> 00:39:35.159 the promise given to Abraham. 00:39:35.880 --> 00:39:36.860 But then he also uses 00:39:36.860 --> 00:39:37.440 this other title, 00:39:37.519 --> 00:39:38.119 the son of David. 00:39:38.119 --> 00:39:38.639 And again, 00:39:38.819 --> 00:39:40.779 it's one of these covenant promises 00:39:40.779 --> 00:39:42.359 that's given in the Old Testament 00:39:42.359 --> 00:39:45.480 that David was given 00:39:45.480 --> 00:39:46.699 a promise by God 00:39:46.699 --> 00:39:49.019 that the Lord would establish 00:39:49.019 --> 00:39:51.759 his throne forever. 00:39:53.059 --> 00:39:54.739 So not that David would have 00:39:54.739 --> 00:39:57.019 a constant line of descendants 00:39:57.019 --> 00:39:59.420 after him into infinity, 00:40:00.099 --> 00:40:02.759 but that eventually someone 00:40:02.759 --> 00:40:05.039 would sit on the royal throne 00:40:05.039 --> 00:40:07.679 of David forevermore. 00:40:09.279 --> 00:40:10.639 That David's ultimate, 00:40:10.860 --> 00:40:13.940 final son would reign forever. 00:40:15.659 --> 00:40:17.219 And that covenant promise, 00:40:17.380 --> 00:40:19.380 that commitment on God's part, 00:40:19.759 --> 00:40:20.440 that's a covenant. 00:40:20.699 --> 00:40:21.579 It's a commitment 00:40:21.579 --> 00:40:23.400 that's made by a sovereign. 00:40:23.880 --> 00:40:25.500 The Lord makes that covenant 00:40:25.500 --> 00:40:26.219 with Abraham 00:40:26.219 --> 00:40:28.219 and promises that Abraham 00:40:28.219 --> 00:40:29.279 will have a descendant 00:40:29.279 --> 00:40:30.199 who will reign forever 00:40:30.199 --> 00:40:30.840 in his name. 00:40:30.840 --> 00:40:32.500 This is Jesus. 00:40:34.880 --> 00:40:37.440 And so when Matthew 00:40:37.440 --> 00:40:39.360 gives us this long list 00:40:39.360 --> 00:40:39.900 of names, 00:40:40.579 --> 00:40:41.640 he's catapulting us 00:40:41.640 --> 00:40:42.900 into that story. 00:40:43.840 --> 00:40:45.519 He's saying this story 00:40:45.519 --> 00:40:46.539 about Jesus 00:40:46.539 --> 00:40:48.100 is, you know, 00:40:48.120 --> 00:40:49.200 which so often we tend 00:40:49.200 --> 00:40:50.320 to think is just this little bit 00:40:50.320 --> 00:40:51.340 of the end of our Bibles, 00:40:51.740 --> 00:40:52.680 is actually all about 00:40:52.680 --> 00:40:53.380 the big bit 00:40:53.380 --> 00:40:54.180 at the other end. 00:40:54.660 --> 00:40:55.920 That the story of Jesus 00:40:55.920 --> 00:40:57.180 doesn't just come into 00:40:57.180 --> 00:40:58.340 a vacuum. 00:40:59.820 --> 00:41:00.680 Jesus comes 00:41:00.680 --> 00:41:01.920 as the fulfillment 00:41:01.920 --> 00:41:04.400 of these promises. 00:41:06.099 --> 00:41:06.599 And then Matthew 00:41:06.599 --> 00:41:07.760 just kind of underlines 00:41:07.760 --> 00:41:08.960 that for us a little bit. 00:41:09.280 --> 00:41:09.980 And he does it 00:41:09.980 --> 00:41:11.440 with 14 reasons why. 00:41:12.639 --> 00:41:13.760 And the 14 reasons 00:41:13.760 --> 00:41:15.039 are these little blocks 00:41:15.039 --> 00:41:15.579 that he gives 00:41:15.579 --> 00:41:16.480 of generations. 00:41:17.480 --> 00:41:18.599 14 generations 00:41:18.599 --> 00:41:19.880 from Abraham to David, 00:41:20.460 --> 00:41:21.559 14 generations 00:41:21.559 --> 00:41:23.119 from David to the exile, 00:41:23.119 --> 00:41:24.960 and then 14 generations 00:41:24.960 --> 00:41:25.779 from the exile 00:41:25.779 --> 00:41:26.579 to the present, 00:41:27.440 --> 00:41:28.619 to the days of Jesus 00:41:28.619 --> 00:41:29.639 2,000 years ago. 00:41:30.799 --> 00:41:31.599 And each time 00:41:31.599 --> 00:41:32.579 he's reiterating 00:41:32.579 --> 00:41:34.039 this structure, 00:41:34.219 --> 00:41:35.380 14 generations, 00:41:35.579 --> 00:41:36.480 14 generations. 00:41:36.880 --> 00:41:37.859 They're not literal 00:41:37.859 --> 00:41:38.539 because we know 00:41:38.539 --> 00:41:39.359 some of the sequence 00:41:39.359 --> 00:41:39.859 of the kings 00:41:39.859 --> 00:41:40.460 are missed out. 00:41:40.539 --> 00:41:41.000 There was actually 00:41:41.000 --> 00:41:42.079 an extra three kings 00:41:42.079 --> 00:41:43.099 in the descendancy. 00:41:43.199 --> 00:41:44.859 So it's a rhetorical structure 00:41:44.859 --> 00:41:45.219 he's using, 00:41:45.279 --> 00:41:46.239 a literary structure. 00:41:46.619 --> 00:41:47.219 It's not meant 00:41:47.219 --> 00:41:49.039 to be a true reflection 00:41:49.039 --> 00:41:50.259 of the exact number 00:41:50.259 --> 00:41:51.579 of generations involved. 00:41:51.579 --> 00:41:53.360 But nonetheless, 00:41:53.579 --> 00:41:55.739 he uses this structure 00:41:55.739 --> 00:41:57.219 to point us 00:41:57.219 --> 00:41:58.039 at something important. 00:41:58.699 --> 00:41:59.880 And the likelihood 00:41:59.880 --> 00:42:01.139 is that it's pointing us 00:42:01.139 --> 00:42:02.360 at the name of David himself. 00:42:03.799 --> 00:42:04.719 Because if you were 00:42:04.719 --> 00:42:07.940 a scholar of Hebrew numerology, 00:42:08.480 --> 00:42:09.059 you would know 00:42:09.059 --> 00:42:10.860 the number of David's name 00:42:10.860 --> 00:42:11.819 is 14. 00:42:13.599 --> 00:42:15.500 Hebrew text writes 00:42:15.500 --> 00:42:16.759 only the consonants, 00:42:17.360 --> 00:42:18.719 and the name of David 00:42:18.719 --> 00:42:20.380 has four consonants in it. 00:42:20.380 --> 00:42:22.440 D, V, D. 00:42:24.380 --> 00:42:25.400 And so you work through it. 00:42:25.440 --> 00:42:26.480 A D is the fourth letter 00:42:26.480 --> 00:42:27.000 of the alphabet, 00:42:27.140 --> 00:42:27.860 so that's number four. 00:42:27.980 --> 00:42:30.300 V is the sixth letter 00:42:30.300 --> 00:42:30.760 of the alphabet, 00:42:30.860 --> 00:42:31.340 number six. 00:42:31.700 --> 00:42:32.320 The other D, 00:42:33.160 --> 00:42:33.960 a four again. 00:42:34.519 --> 00:42:35.640 Four plus six plus four 00:42:35.640 --> 00:42:36.380 gives you 14. 00:42:37.980 --> 00:42:38.680 And if you were 00:42:38.680 --> 00:42:39.780 a student of that, 00:42:40.880 --> 00:42:41.539 then you would think 00:42:41.539 --> 00:42:42.160 immediately, 00:42:42.700 --> 00:42:43.599 oh, wow. 00:42:43.599 --> 00:42:46.759 there's 14 generations 00:42:46.759 --> 00:42:48.940 and there's 14 numbers 00:42:48.940 --> 00:42:50.059 in David's name 00:42:50.059 --> 00:42:51.139 and they must be connected. 00:42:52.219 --> 00:42:53.039 And it's pointing 00:42:53.039 --> 00:42:55.400 firmly and squarely 00:42:55.400 --> 00:42:57.400 to David 00:42:57.400 --> 00:43:00.299 as the significant person. 00:43:00.300 --> 00:43:03.460 So Jesus, 00:43:04.260 --> 00:43:05.800 when he comes onto the scene, 00:43:06.640 --> 00:43:07.580 is fulfilling 00:43:07.580 --> 00:43:09.860 and doing something 00:43:09.860 --> 00:43:11.920 relating to David 00:43:11.920 --> 00:43:14.700 in terms of who he was. 00:43:16.300 --> 00:43:17.240 And there's really three things, 00:43:17.320 --> 00:43:18.080 just to note very briefly. 00:43:18.200 --> 00:43:18.780 There's fulfillment, 00:43:18.940 --> 00:43:19.440 there's status, 00:43:19.519 --> 00:43:20.080 and there's mission. 00:43:21.960 --> 00:43:22.760 There's fulfillment 00:43:22.760 --> 00:43:24.500 because a promise 00:43:24.500 --> 00:43:25.420 has been fulfilled. 00:43:25.539 --> 00:43:26.560 A covenant promise 00:43:26.560 --> 00:43:27.560 made to David 00:43:27.559 --> 00:43:29.440 has been fulfilled. 00:43:30.139 --> 00:43:31.099 The covenant bond 00:43:31.099 --> 00:43:32.159 between God 00:43:32.159 --> 00:43:33.639 and his people 00:43:33.639 --> 00:43:36.820 through their head, 00:43:37.139 --> 00:43:38.019 through their representative, 00:43:39.079 --> 00:43:40.440 is now 00:43:40.440 --> 00:43:41.920 more firmly established. 00:43:43.880 --> 00:43:44.559 The covenant 00:43:44.559 --> 00:43:45.360 made with David 00:43:45.360 --> 00:43:46.619 was a promise to David 00:43:46.619 --> 00:43:48.320 that the people 00:43:48.320 --> 00:43:49.259 would be well led, 00:43:50.380 --> 00:43:51.039 that the people 00:43:51.039 --> 00:43:51.719 would be secure, 00:43:51.820 --> 00:43:52.199 that there would be 00:43:52.199 --> 00:43:52.759 a champion 00:43:52.759 --> 00:43:53.880 who would fight for them, 00:43:54.159 --> 00:43:54.679 that there would be 00:43:54.679 --> 00:43:55.079 a leader 00:43:55.079 --> 00:43:56.159 who would direct them, 00:43:56.519 --> 00:43:57.179 that there would be 00:43:57.179 --> 00:43:58.179 blessings found 00:43:58.179 --> 00:43:59.399 in the path 00:43:59.399 --> 00:43:59.839 that the leader 00:43:59.839 --> 00:44:00.579 would take them in. 00:44:00.639 --> 00:44:01.440 And as long as the leader 00:44:01.440 --> 00:44:02.599 walked in God's way 00:44:02.599 --> 00:44:04.399 and kept his covenant 00:44:04.399 --> 00:44:05.539 responsibilities 00:44:05.539 --> 00:44:06.179 and obligations 00:44:06.179 --> 00:44:06.819 as a king, 00:44:07.259 --> 00:44:08.480 blessing would flow. 00:44:09.399 --> 00:44:09.919 And obviously, 00:44:10.159 --> 00:44:11.099 the descendants of David, 00:44:11.159 --> 00:44:11.719 we know this, 00:44:12.299 --> 00:44:13.099 were failures. 00:44:14.239 --> 00:44:15.440 None of them lived up to it 00:44:15.440 --> 00:44:16.139 until eventually 00:44:16.139 --> 00:44:17.039 the kingdom itself 00:44:17.039 --> 00:44:17.699 was removed. 00:44:18.219 --> 00:44:19.059 And after the days 00:44:19.059 --> 00:44:19.719 of Shealtiel, 00:44:19.859 --> 00:44:20.779 things just disappeared 00:44:20.779 --> 00:44:21.339 completely. 00:44:22.059 --> 00:44:22.679 The kingdom 00:44:22.679 --> 00:44:24.219 disappeared, 00:44:24.339 --> 00:44:24.839 vanished, 00:44:24.840 --> 00:44:26.260 visibly. 00:44:28.519 --> 00:44:29.600 There's still records 00:44:29.600 --> 00:44:30.400 of descendants 00:44:30.400 --> 00:44:31.500 charting through them. 00:44:33.240 --> 00:44:34.000 Jews took pride 00:44:34.000 --> 00:44:34.640 in their heritage 00:44:34.640 --> 00:44:35.220 in that way, 00:44:35.280 --> 00:44:36.140 so they had a record. 00:44:37.980 --> 00:44:38.760 And that's what Matthew 00:44:38.760 --> 00:44:39.519 relies on 00:44:39.519 --> 00:44:40.480 when he has the genealogy 00:44:40.480 --> 00:44:41.000 of Jesus. 00:44:41.180 --> 00:44:42.600 And Luke relies on 00:44:42.600 --> 00:44:43.519 when he has the genealogy 00:44:43.519 --> 00:44:43.980 of Mary. 00:44:44.980 --> 00:44:46.220 But it's pointing back 00:44:46.220 --> 00:44:46.880 to this truth 00:44:46.880 --> 00:44:48.620 that the promise, 00:44:48.760 --> 00:44:49.880 the line of promise 00:44:49.880 --> 00:44:50.800 is unbroken. 00:44:50.800 --> 00:44:53.560 even if the people 00:44:53.560 --> 00:44:54.039 in there 00:44:54.039 --> 00:44:54.720 hadn't kept 00:44:54.720 --> 00:44:55.220 their side 00:44:55.220 --> 00:44:55.720 of the bargain. 00:44:57.360 --> 00:44:58.039 And so God 00:44:58.039 --> 00:44:59.560 does something merciful. 00:44:59.760 --> 00:45:00.800 He steps in 00:45:00.800 --> 00:45:02.880 to establish 00:45:02.880 --> 00:45:03.780 his covenant 00:45:03.780 --> 00:45:04.780 more fully. 00:45:04.900 --> 00:45:05.660 There's a fulfillment, 00:45:05.920 --> 00:45:06.120 therefore, 00:45:06.480 --> 00:45:07.320 of the covenant. 00:45:07.960 --> 00:45:08.720 There's a status 00:45:08.720 --> 00:45:09.760 that is confirmed 00:45:09.760 --> 00:45:10.300 as well 00:45:10.300 --> 00:45:11.539 because the status 00:45:11.539 --> 00:45:12.380 doesn't come 00:45:12.380 --> 00:45:14.380 from the palatial 00:45:14.380 --> 00:45:14.960 setting 00:45:14.960 --> 00:45:15.780 of what happens. 00:45:15.960 --> 00:45:16.300 Matthew 00:45:16.300 --> 00:45:18.000 tells us about that. 00:45:18.519 --> 00:45:19.360 That's why he tells us 00:45:19.360 --> 00:45:20.180 about the bit 00:45:20.180 --> 00:45:21.079 after the exile. 00:45:21.420 --> 00:45:22.220 Once the palace 00:45:22.220 --> 00:45:23.019 is lost, 00:45:24.019 --> 00:45:24.800 the palace 00:45:24.800 --> 00:45:25.360 is gone. 00:45:26.140 --> 00:45:26.720 So when Jesus 00:45:26.720 --> 00:45:27.700 comes into the world, 00:45:27.920 --> 00:45:28.740 he isn't born 00:45:28.740 --> 00:45:29.280 in a palace. 00:45:29.400 --> 00:45:29.660 You remember, 00:45:29.740 --> 00:45:30.500 that's what the magi, 00:45:30.599 --> 00:45:31.200 the wise men 00:45:31.200 --> 00:45:31.780 from the east, 00:45:32.079 --> 00:45:32.820 they thought 00:45:32.820 --> 00:45:33.860 when the king 00:45:33.860 --> 00:45:34.579 who has appeared 00:45:34.579 --> 00:45:36.440 has come into the world, 00:45:36.820 --> 00:45:37.660 he will be found 00:45:37.660 --> 00:45:38.220 in the palace. 00:45:38.360 --> 00:45:39.460 So they go to Jerusalem, 00:45:39.720 --> 00:45:40.500 they go to Herod, 00:45:40.680 --> 00:45:41.480 and they say to Herod, 00:45:41.559 --> 00:45:42.380 where is the king 00:45:42.380 --> 00:45:42.980 of the Jews? 00:45:43.200 --> 00:45:43.920 Because we have seen 00:45:43.920 --> 00:45:45.000 a star in the east. 00:45:46.760 --> 00:45:47.400 And Herod's like, 00:45:47.440 --> 00:45:48.579 what are you talking about? 00:45:50.260 --> 00:45:50.660 Interestingly, 00:45:50.800 --> 00:45:51.340 Herod thinks, 00:45:51.620 --> 00:45:52.780 this king who has been born, 00:45:52.920 --> 00:45:54.460 this son of David, 00:45:54.680 --> 00:45:55.800 is a threat to me. 00:45:56.260 --> 00:45:57.480 He must be eradicated. 00:45:59.380 --> 00:46:00.120 But the wise men, 00:46:00.260 --> 00:46:02.099 Herod asks the religious leaders 00:46:02.099 --> 00:46:02.340 and says, 00:46:02.440 --> 00:46:02.519 well, 00:46:02.559 --> 00:46:03.579 where will the son of David 00:46:03.579 --> 00:46:04.000 be born? 00:46:04.079 --> 00:46:05.079 Where will the king come from? 00:46:05.320 --> 00:46:05.780 And they say, 00:46:05.820 --> 00:46:05.980 oh, 00:46:06.079 --> 00:46:06.519 Bethlehem. 00:46:07.640 --> 00:46:08.860 And so off the wise men 00:46:08.860 --> 00:46:09.760 go to Bethlehem, 00:46:10.120 --> 00:46:11.120 and they discover 00:46:11.120 --> 00:46:12.019 in Bethlehem 00:46:12.019 --> 00:46:15.120 the king of kings 00:46:15.120 --> 00:46:15.960 and lord of lords. 00:46:15.960 --> 00:46:18.400 They discover him 00:46:18.400 --> 00:46:19.420 lying in a manger. 00:46:20.460 --> 00:46:21.880 They present to him 00:46:21.880 --> 00:46:22.760 their gifts, 00:46:23.500 --> 00:46:23.960 their gold 00:46:23.960 --> 00:46:24.820 and their frankincense 00:46:24.820 --> 00:46:25.360 in their mirror. 00:46:27.679 --> 00:46:29.220 This is the son of David. 00:46:31.760 --> 00:46:33.240 A status is conferred, 00:46:33.300 --> 00:46:34.179 not because of where 00:46:34.179 --> 00:46:34.900 he is born, 00:46:35.099 --> 00:46:36.699 but because of what he does. 00:46:38.760 --> 00:46:40.119 Because this son of David, 00:46:40.260 --> 00:46:41.360 he receives 00:46:41.360 --> 00:46:42.900 the father's affirmation. 00:46:42.900 --> 00:46:44.960 Remember, 00:46:45.059 --> 00:46:46.200 just a couple of chapters on 00:46:46.200 --> 00:46:46.920 in Matthew's gospel, 00:46:47.340 --> 00:46:48.139 Matthew tells us 00:46:48.139 --> 00:46:48.920 that Jesus went 00:46:48.920 --> 00:46:49.700 and was baptized 00:46:49.700 --> 00:46:51.039 by his cousin John. 00:46:52.380 --> 00:46:53.079 And when he's coming up 00:46:53.079 --> 00:46:53.700 out of the water, 00:46:54.300 --> 00:46:54.980 the Holy Spirit 00:46:54.980 --> 00:46:55.920 descends on him 00:46:55.920 --> 00:46:56.660 like a dove, 00:46:57.300 --> 00:46:58.200 and a voice is heard 00:46:58.200 --> 00:46:58.940 from heaven saying, 00:46:59.240 --> 00:47:00.260 this is my beloved son 00:47:00.260 --> 00:47:01.740 with whom I am well pleased. 00:47:02.260 --> 00:47:04.320 The father announces 00:47:04.320 --> 00:47:07.139 the status of Jesus. 00:47:08.079 --> 00:47:09.019 Right at the outset 00:47:09.019 --> 00:47:09.980 of his public ministry. 00:47:09.980 --> 00:47:12.519 And Satan sweeps in 00:47:12.519 --> 00:47:13.119 almost immediately, 00:47:13.260 --> 00:47:13.840 takes him away 00:47:13.840 --> 00:47:15.139 into a desert place 00:47:15.139 --> 00:47:15.840 and tempts him 00:47:15.840 --> 00:47:16.420 and says, 00:47:16.519 --> 00:47:17.320 you can have the glory, 00:47:17.420 --> 00:47:18.099 you can have the power, 00:47:18.360 --> 00:47:19.440 just bow the knee before me. 00:47:19.539 --> 00:47:20.820 Just do things my way. 00:47:21.300 --> 00:47:23.219 Forget the path 00:47:23.219 --> 00:47:23.820 that the father 00:47:23.820 --> 00:47:24.940 has given for you 00:47:24.940 --> 00:47:27.039 and follow in my steps instead 00:47:27.039 --> 00:47:27.980 and I will lead you 00:47:27.980 --> 00:47:28.860 and I will take you 00:47:28.860 --> 00:47:29.240 to a place 00:47:29.240 --> 00:47:30.000 where all the outcomes 00:47:30.000 --> 00:47:30.480 will be good. 00:47:30.800 --> 00:47:31.380 And Jesus says, 00:47:31.440 --> 00:47:32.199 no, get behind me, 00:47:32.240 --> 00:47:32.940 Satan, and so on. 00:47:33.240 --> 00:47:34.199 But the point is 00:47:34.199 --> 00:47:34.840 in all of this, 00:47:35.139 --> 00:47:36.679 the royal status 00:47:36.679 --> 00:47:37.780 of this person 00:47:37.780 --> 00:47:38.920 is established 00:47:38.920 --> 00:47:40.860 by the father. 00:47:42.420 --> 00:47:43.300 The father says, 00:47:43.680 --> 00:47:46.519 this is my beloved son 00:47:46.519 --> 00:47:48.540 with whom I am delighted 00:47:48.540 --> 00:47:49.300 and well pleased. 00:47:52.240 --> 00:47:53.340 And he is therefore 00:47:53.340 --> 00:47:54.120 on a mission. 00:47:56.000 --> 00:47:57.180 It's interesting in fact 00:47:57.180 --> 00:47:57.720 because Jesus 00:47:57.720 --> 00:47:59.060 at the end of Matthew's gospel, 00:47:59.660 --> 00:48:00.780 he confirms this. 00:48:01.220 --> 00:48:01.820 We call it 00:48:01.820 --> 00:48:02.440 the great commission. 00:48:03.400 --> 00:48:04.740 He's talking to the disciples 00:48:04.740 --> 00:48:06.019 and he sees all authority. 00:48:06.019 --> 00:48:09.440 In heaven and on earth, 00:48:09.500 --> 00:48:09.860 everywhere, 00:48:10.000 --> 00:48:10.900 it's all mine. 00:48:12.719 --> 00:48:13.159 Therefore, 00:48:13.340 --> 00:48:14.820 I am sending you out 00:48:14.820 --> 00:48:16.400 to make disciples 00:48:16.400 --> 00:48:17.320 of all nations 00:48:17.320 --> 00:48:19.019 and all peoples. 00:48:20.940 --> 00:48:22.340 And Jesus is claiming 00:48:22.340 --> 00:48:23.519 that authority 00:48:23.519 --> 00:48:25.159 because he is in fact 00:48:25.159 --> 00:48:26.420 the son of David. 00:48:27.860 --> 00:48:28.900 And so what Jesus says 00:48:28.900 --> 00:48:29.880 at the end of the gospel 00:48:29.880 --> 00:48:30.940 flows out of 00:48:30.940 --> 00:48:31.940 what Matthew tells us 00:48:31.940 --> 00:48:32.480 at the beginning. 00:48:33.159 --> 00:48:34.239 That Jesus has 00:48:34.239 --> 00:48:35.940 this fulfillment, 00:48:36.019 --> 00:48:37.039 thrust upon him. 00:48:37.300 --> 00:48:38.440 He has this status 00:48:38.440 --> 00:48:39.239 afforded him. 00:48:39.639 --> 00:48:41.059 He has this mission 00:48:41.059 --> 00:48:41.980 to go out 00:48:41.980 --> 00:48:43.059 and to gather in 00:48:43.059 --> 00:48:44.619 the flock of God's people. 00:48:44.980 --> 00:48:45.840 And that is today 00:48:45.840 --> 00:48:46.519 what he commissions 00:48:46.519 --> 00:48:47.380 the church to do. 00:48:47.639 --> 00:48:48.860 So Matthew is telling us 00:48:48.860 --> 00:48:49.920 right at the outset, 00:48:51.000 --> 00:48:53.840 this is important. 00:48:55.559 --> 00:48:56.759 This matters. 00:48:58.360 --> 00:48:59.679 This title, 00:48:59.800 --> 00:49:00.619 the son of David, 00:49:01.019 --> 00:49:01.960 is what Jesus 00:49:01.960 --> 00:49:04.139 is all about. 00:49:05.579 --> 00:49:06.559 And then he goes 00:49:06.559 --> 00:49:07.280 through his gospel 00:49:07.280 --> 00:49:09.740 and gives us 00:49:09.740 --> 00:49:10.420 lots and lots 00:49:10.420 --> 00:49:11.119 of examples. 00:49:13.380 --> 00:49:14.320 And the examples 00:49:14.320 --> 00:49:15.280 are all of people 00:49:15.280 --> 00:49:17.639 reacting to, 00:49:19.240 --> 00:49:20.079 normally because of 00:49:20.079 --> 00:49:20.699 his reputation, 00:49:21.220 --> 00:49:22.500 reacting to Jesus 00:49:22.500 --> 00:49:24.900 and realizing 00:49:24.900 --> 00:49:26.579 he is the son of David. 00:49:26.579 --> 00:49:28.860 And it's fascinating 00:49:28.860 --> 00:49:29.420 when you go through 00:49:29.420 --> 00:49:30.159 Matthew's gospel, 00:49:30.440 --> 00:49:31.420 there's two categories 00:49:31.420 --> 00:49:32.380 of people that Matthew 00:49:32.380 --> 00:49:33.179 wants us to see 00:49:33.179 --> 00:49:34.719 and I suspect that today 00:49:34.719 --> 00:49:36.460 that remains the case. 00:49:36.799 --> 00:49:37.900 There are two categories 00:49:37.900 --> 00:49:38.860 of people in the world, 00:49:38.940 --> 00:49:39.579 there's two categories 00:49:39.579 --> 00:49:40.759 of people in this church. 00:49:41.980 --> 00:49:42.699 There are those 00:49:42.699 --> 00:49:43.319 who get it, 00:49:43.880 --> 00:49:45.019 who see that Jesus 00:49:45.019 --> 00:49:45.860 is the son of David 00:49:45.860 --> 00:49:46.539 and what that means 00:49:46.539 --> 00:49:47.519 and there's those 00:49:47.519 --> 00:49:48.219 who don't. 00:49:50.920 --> 00:49:52.079 And who reject 00:49:52.079 --> 00:49:52.779 everything, 00:49:53.179 --> 00:49:53.579 in fact, 00:49:53.659 --> 00:49:54.219 that it means. 00:49:55.039 --> 00:49:55.879 So first of all, 00:49:55.899 --> 00:49:56.179 there's those 00:49:56.179 --> 00:49:56.759 who get it. 00:49:57.819 --> 00:49:58.779 One of the things 00:49:58.779 --> 00:49:59.239 you can track 00:49:59.239 --> 00:49:59.759 through Matthew's gospel 00:49:59.759 --> 00:50:00.500 is those who get it. 00:50:00.599 --> 00:50:02.379 There is particularly 00:50:02.379 --> 00:50:03.259 the blind. 00:50:04.559 --> 00:50:05.119 So Matthew, 00:50:05.279 --> 00:50:06.179 on three occasions, 00:50:06.699 --> 00:50:07.439 tells us about 00:50:07.439 --> 00:50:08.599 the blind who come 00:50:08.599 --> 00:50:09.599 to Jesus 00:50:09.599 --> 00:50:10.359 and call him 00:50:10.359 --> 00:50:10.899 the son of David. 00:50:11.000 --> 00:50:11.500 Matthew 9, 00:50:11.579 --> 00:50:12.279 you've got two men, 00:50:13.099 --> 00:50:13.759 blind men, 00:50:14.619 --> 00:50:15.859 shortly after Matthew 00:50:15.859 --> 00:50:16.819 himself is called 00:50:16.819 --> 00:50:17.579 by Jesus, 00:50:18.259 --> 00:50:19.619 who come to Jesus 00:50:19.619 --> 00:50:20.000 and say, 00:50:20.259 --> 00:50:20.739 son of David, 00:50:21.019 --> 00:50:22.219 have mercy on us. 00:50:22.559 --> 00:50:23.339 And then a little bit 00:50:23.339 --> 00:50:23.939 later in the gospel 00:50:23.940 --> 00:50:24.619 in Matthew 20 00:50:24.619 --> 00:50:25.579 is Jesus is passing 00:50:25.579 --> 00:50:26.320 through Jericho. 00:50:27.079 --> 00:50:28.139 In some of the other 00:50:28.139 --> 00:50:28.480 gospels, 00:50:28.579 --> 00:50:29.119 there's the story 00:50:29.119 --> 00:50:29.820 of Bartimaeus 00:50:29.820 --> 00:50:30.480 who uses the same 00:50:30.480 --> 00:50:30.800 language. 00:50:31.240 --> 00:50:31.920 There's also another 00:50:31.920 --> 00:50:32.619 two blind men. 00:50:32.920 --> 00:50:33.500 It's interesting, 00:50:33.599 --> 00:50:34.820 the other side of Jericho. 00:50:35.659 --> 00:50:36.280 So it's as if 00:50:36.280 --> 00:50:37.200 Jericho is bracketed 00:50:37.200 --> 00:50:37.980 by blind men 00:50:37.980 --> 00:50:38.400 who say, 00:50:38.579 --> 00:50:38.800 Jesus, 00:50:39.059 --> 00:50:40.260 son of David, 00:50:40.360 --> 00:50:41.220 have mercy on me. 00:50:41.599 --> 00:50:42.599 But there in Matthew's 00:50:42.599 --> 00:50:42.880 gospel, 00:50:42.980 --> 00:50:43.579 in Matthew 20, 00:50:43.619 --> 00:50:44.179 you can read about it, 00:50:44.220 --> 00:50:45.500 two blind men in Jericho 00:50:45.500 --> 00:50:46.539 who cry out, 00:50:46.619 --> 00:50:46.880 Jesus, 00:50:47.119 --> 00:50:47.840 son of David, 00:50:48.539 --> 00:50:49.579 have mercy on me. 00:50:50.300 --> 00:50:51.720 And then in Matthew 21, 00:50:51.820 --> 00:50:52.420 when Jesus has gone 00:50:52.420 --> 00:50:53.019 into Jerusalem 00:50:53.019 --> 00:50:54.559 after the triumphal entry, 00:50:54.680 --> 00:50:55.460 he goes to the temple 00:50:55.460 --> 00:50:57.320 and there's blind 00:50:57.320 --> 00:50:58.240 and lame people 00:50:58.240 --> 00:50:59.019 there in the temple 00:50:59.019 --> 00:51:00.320 who come to Jesus 00:51:00.320 --> 00:51:02.639 and ask for mercy. 00:51:03.780 --> 00:51:04.639 And they use 00:51:04.639 --> 00:51:05.960 the same formula, 00:51:07.039 --> 00:51:07.740 son of David, 00:51:08.539 --> 00:51:10.079 have mercy on me. 00:51:12.380 --> 00:51:13.200 Among those 00:51:13.200 --> 00:51:13.940 who get it, 00:51:13.940 --> 00:51:15.260 there are simply 00:51:15.260 --> 00:51:16.039 the blind. 00:51:17.280 --> 00:51:18.200 And they recognize 00:51:18.199 --> 00:51:20.239 that the son of David 00:51:20.239 --> 00:51:22.239 is an instrument 00:51:22.239 --> 00:51:24.099 of God's mercy. 00:51:26.399 --> 00:51:27.000 You know, 00:51:27.039 --> 00:51:27.419 today, 00:51:27.639 --> 00:51:28.339 that's what God's 00:51:28.339 --> 00:51:28.980 doing with us. 00:51:29.960 --> 00:51:30.779 He's come to us 00:51:30.779 --> 00:51:31.379 with Jesus 00:51:31.379 --> 00:51:32.339 as an instrument 00:51:32.339 --> 00:51:34.279 of his mercy. 00:51:36.419 --> 00:51:37.399 And it's a fulfillment 00:51:37.399 --> 00:51:38.279 of the promises 00:51:38.279 --> 00:51:39.539 of the scriptures, 00:51:39.759 --> 00:51:41.239 particularly of Isaiah, 00:51:43.019 --> 00:51:44.099 where Isaiah says, 00:51:44.099 --> 00:51:45.039 the servant of the Lord 00:51:45.039 --> 00:51:45.539 will come 00:51:45.539 --> 00:51:46.679 and one of the things 00:51:46.679 --> 00:51:47.079 he will do 00:51:47.079 --> 00:51:48.319 is he will bring sight 00:51:48.319 --> 00:51:49.440 to the blind. 00:51:51.059 --> 00:51:51.759 And it's interesting 00:51:51.759 --> 00:51:53.039 that the cry for mercy, 00:51:53.239 --> 00:51:54.380 it's a word in Greek 00:51:54.380 --> 00:51:55.400 that means 00:51:55.400 --> 00:51:56.480 give me relief. 00:51:58.480 --> 00:51:59.239 Release me 00:51:59.239 --> 00:52:01.599 from this miserable experience 00:52:01.599 --> 00:52:03.719 that I have been afflicted with. 00:52:04.059 --> 00:52:05.279 And Jesus brings 00:52:05.279 --> 00:52:06.019 that relief, 00:52:06.139 --> 00:52:07.159 he brings that 00:52:07.159 --> 00:52:09.839 freedom 00:52:09.839 --> 00:52:12.339 into the experience 00:52:12.340 --> 00:52:13.220 of these blind people. 00:52:14.820 --> 00:52:16.180 Same in Matthew 12. 00:52:17.079 --> 00:52:17.460 And Jesus, 00:52:17.559 --> 00:52:18.019 on this occasion, 00:52:18.160 --> 00:52:19.320 casts a demon 00:52:19.320 --> 00:52:20.019 out of someone. 00:52:20.220 --> 00:52:20.820 And the crowds 00:52:20.820 --> 00:52:21.620 are astonished. 00:52:22.260 --> 00:52:23.260 And they ask themselves, 00:52:23.360 --> 00:52:24.160 they ask the question, 00:52:24.539 --> 00:52:25.579 could this be 00:52:25.579 --> 00:52:26.860 the son of David? 00:52:27.860 --> 00:52:28.760 Because once again, 00:52:28.820 --> 00:52:29.420 what you see there 00:52:29.420 --> 00:52:30.960 is the people recognize 00:52:30.960 --> 00:52:32.300 the son of David 00:52:32.300 --> 00:52:32.780 is the one 00:52:32.780 --> 00:52:33.360 who brings 00:52:33.360 --> 00:52:35.440 this messianic hope, 00:52:35.519 --> 00:52:36.740 the hope of the Messiah 00:52:36.740 --> 00:52:38.620 breaking into this world 00:52:38.620 --> 00:52:39.440 as the one 00:52:39.440 --> 00:52:40.380 who has the authority 00:52:40.380 --> 00:52:41.660 to drive out Satan 00:52:41.659 --> 00:52:42.920 and bring to an end 00:52:42.920 --> 00:52:44.559 all of his destructive works. 00:52:46.139 --> 00:52:46.859 He just brings 00:52:46.859 --> 00:52:47.679 deliverance 00:52:47.679 --> 00:52:48.719 to people. 00:52:49.179 --> 00:52:49.799 The promised 00:52:49.799 --> 00:52:50.599 son 00:52:50.599 --> 00:52:51.519 of David. 00:52:54.699 --> 00:52:55.859 There's another category 00:52:55.859 --> 00:52:56.519 of children 00:52:56.519 --> 00:52:58.719 running around 00:52:58.719 --> 00:52:59.619 at the temple 00:52:59.619 --> 00:53:00.940 when Jesus arrives there. 00:53:01.279 --> 00:53:02.399 The children run about 00:53:02.399 --> 00:53:02.679 saying, 00:53:03.039 --> 00:53:04.039 this is the son of David. 00:53:04.099 --> 00:53:04.519 And they're singing, 00:53:04.619 --> 00:53:05.839 Hosanna to the son of David. 00:53:06.159 --> 00:53:06.799 And the scribes 00:53:06.799 --> 00:53:07.379 and the Pharisees 00:53:07.379 --> 00:53:08.159 hate this. 00:53:08.359 --> 00:53:09.339 And they want to rebuke 00:53:09.339 --> 00:53:09.859 these kids. 00:53:09.860 --> 00:53:10.340 They want to say, 00:53:10.440 --> 00:53:10.660 no, 00:53:10.820 --> 00:53:11.860 don't let children 00:53:11.860 --> 00:53:13.180 speak this way 00:53:13.180 --> 00:53:13.800 about you. 00:53:14.120 --> 00:53:14.680 And Jesus 00:53:14.680 --> 00:53:15.820 quotes the words 00:53:15.820 --> 00:53:16.460 of Psalm 8 00:53:16.460 --> 00:53:16.980 and says, 00:53:17.059 --> 00:53:17.660 out of the mouths 00:53:17.660 --> 00:53:18.480 of infants 00:53:18.480 --> 00:53:19.440 will come praise 00:53:19.440 --> 00:53:19.960 to God. 00:53:21.200 --> 00:53:21.740 I say that today 00:53:21.740 --> 00:53:22.539 to young people here. 00:53:22.640 --> 00:53:23.240 Don't ever 00:53:23.240 --> 00:53:24.120 think 00:53:24.120 --> 00:53:26.460 you're discounted 00:53:26.460 --> 00:53:27.700 from following Jesus. 00:53:29.140 --> 00:53:30.460 That you're disallowed 00:53:30.460 --> 00:53:31.320 or that there's a barrier 00:53:31.320 --> 00:53:32.019 or there's something 00:53:32.019 --> 00:53:32.460 that says 00:53:32.460 --> 00:53:33.620 you're not entitled 00:53:33.620 --> 00:53:34.840 to join in 00:53:34.840 --> 00:53:36.180 in the praise. 00:53:36.820 --> 00:53:37.400 It's not. 00:53:37.400 --> 00:53:38.519 It's for you as well. 00:53:39.680 --> 00:53:41.380 Salvation is for us. 00:53:42.099 --> 00:53:43.539 That God has brought us 00:53:43.539 --> 00:53:44.460 redemption 00:53:44.460 --> 00:53:46.059 in the person of Jesus. 00:53:47.380 --> 00:53:48.059 And for all of us, 00:53:48.160 --> 00:53:48.340 therefore, 00:53:48.440 --> 00:53:50.260 to love and respond to him 00:53:50.260 --> 00:53:50.940 and worship him. 00:53:51.700 --> 00:53:52.500 There's another interesting 00:53:52.500 --> 00:53:53.180 category as well 00:53:53.180 --> 00:53:54.599 in Matthew, 00:53:54.820 --> 00:53:57.340 in Matthew chapter 15. 00:53:59.099 --> 00:54:00.720 There's a Canaanite woman 00:54:00.720 --> 00:54:02.139 comes to Jesus. 00:54:02.139 --> 00:54:05.159 And she's very interesting 00:54:05.159 --> 00:54:06.719 because she's a pagan. 00:54:08.299 --> 00:54:09.019 It doesn't mean 00:54:09.019 --> 00:54:10.400 that she's ethnically Canaanite. 00:54:10.480 --> 00:54:11.119 It means that she's 00:54:11.119 --> 00:54:12.259 religiously Canaanite. 00:54:13.119 --> 00:54:14.159 She still worships 00:54:14.159 --> 00:54:15.219 the Canaanite gods 00:54:15.219 --> 00:54:16.119 from the Old Testament 00:54:16.119 --> 00:54:17.759 who are still worshipped 00:54:17.759 --> 00:54:18.940 at this point 00:54:18.940 --> 00:54:21.019 in places like Tyre and Sidon. 00:54:21.679 --> 00:54:22.440 And Jesus goes up 00:54:22.440 --> 00:54:23.440 towards Tyre and Sidon 00:54:23.440 --> 00:54:24.159 in Matthew 15. 00:54:24.480 --> 00:54:25.179 And there he meets 00:54:25.179 --> 00:54:25.960 a Canaanite woman 00:54:25.960 --> 00:54:26.519 who says, 00:54:27.019 --> 00:54:27.779 Son of David, 00:54:28.619 --> 00:54:29.960 have mercy on me 00:54:29.960 --> 00:54:30.940 and on my daughter 00:54:30.940 --> 00:54:32.599 because she's grievously ill. 00:54:33.780 --> 00:54:35.320 And the impression you get 00:54:35.320 --> 00:54:36.240 is she's tried 00:54:36.240 --> 00:54:37.300 the Canaanite gods. 00:54:38.420 --> 00:54:39.500 She's tried going 00:54:39.500 --> 00:54:41.340 to the Canaanite god 00:54:41.340 --> 00:54:41.960 of, 00:54:43.119 --> 00:54:44.159 do I find the name 00:54:44.159 --> 00:54:44.940 in my notes here? 00:54:46.619 --> 00:54:48.059 The Canaanite god 00:54:48.059 --> 00:54:48.619 of 00:54:48.619 --> 00:54:56.500 of Eshnum. 00:54:57.820 --> 00:54:59.059 It's a huge temple 00:54:59.059 --> 00:55:01.039 of Eshnum in Tyre. 00:55:01.799 --> 00:55:02.699 Just three miles away 00:55:02.699 --> 00:55:03.299 from where that incident 00:55:03.299 --> 00:55:03.860 took place. 00:55:05.259 --> 00:55:06.079 And she's gone 00:55:06.079 --> 00:55:07.679 hoping that the Canaanite gods 00:55:07.679 --> 00:55:08.719 would bring deliverance 00:55:08.719 --> 00:55:09.900 to her grievously ill daughter 00:55:09.900 --> 00:55:10.380 and found them 00:55:10.380 --> 00:55:11.059 to be empty, 00:55:12.000 --> 00:55:12.420 false, 00:55:12.880 --> 00:55:13.340 worthless, 00:55:13.980 --> 00:55:14.299 powerless 00:55:14.299 --> 00:55:15.159 to help. 00:55:16.360 --> 00:55:17.219 But she's heard 00:55:17.219 --> 00:55:17.860 about Jesus. 00:55:19.639 --> 00:55:20.639 And she says, 00:55:20.840 --> 00:55:21.179 Jesus, 00:55:21.739 --> 00:55:22.900 Son of David, 00:55:23.699 --> 00:55:25.239 have mercy on me. 00:55:25.239 --> 00:55:27.199 And so once again, 00:55:27.299 --> 00:55:28.119 there's that sense 00:55:28.119 --> 00:55:28.739 that someone 00:55:28.739 --> 00:55:29.819 who has found 00:55:29.819 --> 00:55:30.699 everything else 00:55:30.699 --> 00:55:31.519 to be empty 00:55:31.519 --> 00:55:32.579 and worthless 00:55:32.579 --> 00:55:34.219 and in her desperation 00:55:34.219 --> 00:55:35.839 turns to Jesus, 00:55:36.339 --> 00:55:37.019 discovers that 00:55:37.019 --> 00:55:38.099 the Son of David 00:55:38.099 --> 00:55:38.839 is the one 00:55:38.839 --> 00:55:39.699 who can help, 00:55:40.659 --> 00:55:42.000 who can bring 00:55:42.000 --> 00:55:43.039 deliverance. 00:55:44.779 --> 00:55:45.239 And today, 00:55:45.379 --> 00:55:46.539 I'm sure 00:55:46.539 --> 00:55:48.099 there are people 00:55:48.099 --> 00:55:48.899 here like that. 00:55:50.599 --> 00:55:51.379 There's people 00:55:51.379 --> 00:55:51.919 who've turned 00:55:51.919 --> 00:55:52.500 to Jesus 00:55:52.500 --> 00:55:53.519 in their desperation 00:55:53.519 --> 00:55:55.360 and have said, 00:55:55.480 --> 00:55:56.559 have mercy on me. 00:55:58.920 --> 00:55:59.539 I'm sure 00:55:59.539 --> 00:56:01.059 you've worked 00:56:01.059 --> 00:56:01.619 with people 00:56:01.619 --> 00:56:02.099 like that. 00:56:03.500 --> 00:56:04.460 You've ministered 00:56:04.460 --> 00:56:05.159 in people's lives 00:56:05.159 --> 00:56:05.659 like that. 00:56:06.900 --> 00:56:07.440 I'm sure 00:56:07.440 --> 00:56:08.039 you've experienced 00:56:08.039 --> 00:56:08.679 it yourself. 00:56:11.820 --> 00:56:12.920 People have discovered 00:56:12.920 --> 00:56:13.719 that Jesus 00:56:13.719 --> 00:56:15.699 is trustworthy. 00:56:20.139 --> 00:56:21.079 There's another group 00:56:21.079 --> 00:56:21.239 though, 00:56:21.259 --> 00:56:21.619 and that's the ones 00:56:21.619 --> 00:56:22.320 who don't get it. 00:56:23.519 --> 00:56:24.579 And there's an interesting 00:56:24.579 --> 00:56:25.759 couple of categories here. 00:56:25.820 --> 00:56:26.440 On the one hand, 00:56:27.239 --> 00:56:28.539 there's the scribes 00:56:28.539 --> 00:56:29.340 and the Pharisees. 00:56:30.139 --> 00:56:31.559 Throughout Matthew's gospel, 00:56:31.699 --> 00:56:32.179 the scribes 00:56:32.179 --> 00:56:32.780 and the Pharisees 00:56:32.780 --> 00:56:33.960 repeatedly say, 00:56:34.579 --> 00:56:35.099 shut up. 00:56:36.019 --> 00:56:36.920 When someone says 00:56:36.920 --> 00:56:38.159 Jesus is the Son of David, 00:56:38.420 --> 00:56:39.259 they know full well 00:56:39.259 --> 00:56:40.440 what that claim means. 00:56:41.420 --> 00:56:42.759 And their response is, 00:56:42.920 --> 00:56:43.199 nah. 00:56:45.099 --> 00:56:46.259 We're not having it. 00:56:47.239 --> 00:56:48.139 Rebuke the children. 00:56:49.619 --> 00:56:50.119 Tell the woman 00:56:50.119 --> 00:56:50.780 to be quiet. 00:56:50.780 --> 00:56:52.800 Who on earth 00:56:52.800 --> 00:56:53.700 do these blind people 00:56:53.700 --> 00:56:54.340 think they are 00:56:54.340 --> 00:56:55.220 saying that Jesus 00:56:55.220 --> 00:56:56.100 is the Son of David? 00:56:57.840 --> 00:56:58.720 The Pharisees 00:56:58.720 --> 00:56:59.920 see Jesus 00:56:59.920 --> 00:57:03.620 as a royal threat 00:57:03.620 --> 00:57:05.340 to their power. 00:57:06.340 --> 00:57:07.000 I think that's 00:57:07.000 --> 00:57:07.560 the bottom line 00:57:07.560 --> 00:57:07.920 with them. 00:57:09.280 --> 00:57:10.080 Jesus had said 00:57:10.080 --> 00:57:10.500 that they were 00:57:10.500 --> 00:57:11.600 enslaving the people, 00:57:12.400 --> 00:57:12.760 that they were 00:57:12.760 --> 00:57:13.480 misleading them 00:57:13.480 --> 00:57:15.260 and misdirecting them. 00:57:15.260 --> 00:57:17.340 so they see 00:57:17.340 --> 00:57:18.300 Jesus as a threat. 00:57:20.540 --> 00:57:21.420 And maybe today 00:57:21.420 --> 00:57:21.820 there's people 00:57:21.820 --> 00:57:22.420 like that here. 00:57:23.700 --> 00:57:24.500 Maybe today, 00:57:24.840 --> 00:57:25.540 quite simply, 00:57:25.680 --> 00:57:26.680 you're quite happy 00:57:26.680 --> 00:57:27.740 being in control. 00:57:29.380 --> 00:57:30.100 Maybe today 00:57:30.100 --> 00:57:31.060 you're quite happy 00:57:31.060 --> 00:57:32.900 saying to yourself, 00:57:33.120 --> 00:57:34.160 I know how my life 00:57:34.160 --> 00:57:34.660 is mapped 00:57:34.660 --> 00:57:35.440 and charted out. 00:57:35.520 --> 00:57:36.160 I know what's up 00:57:36.160 --> 00:57:36.860 in front of me. 00:57:37.340 --> 00:57:38.460 If I was to recognize 00:57:38.460 --> 00:57:39.700 Jesus as my Lord, 00:57:39.820 --> 00:57:40.600 then that might 00:57:40.600 --> 00:57:41.560 make changes. 00:57:41.559 --> 00:57:44.559 It might mean 00:57:44.559 --> 00:57:45.340 I have to stop 00:57:45.340 --> 00:57:45.820 some things. 00:57:45.880 --> 00:57:46.500 I have to part 00:57:46.500 --> 00:57:47.279 with some things. 00:57:48.400 --> 00:57:49.079 It might mean 00:57:49.079 --> 00:57:49.559 that my life 00:57:49.559 --> 00:57:50.699 is no longer my own, 00:57:50.779 --> 00:57:51.299 that I no longer 00:57:51.299 --> 00:57:52.019 have authority 00:57:52.019 --> 00:57:52.599 and control. 00:57:52.980 --> 00:57:54.000 And I don't want 00:57:54.000 --> 00:57:55.079 to figuratively 00:57:55.079 --> 00:57:55.719 bow the knee 00:57:55.719 --> 00:57:56.179 to someone. 00:57:56.380 --> 00:57:56.840 I don't want to 00:57:56.840 --> 00:57:57.579 listen to somebody 00:57:57.579 --> 00:57:58.500 else's instructions 00:57:58.500 --> 00:58:00.639 and call on my life. 00:58:04.259 --> 00:58:05.480 Maybe even as a Christian 00:58:05.480 --> 00:58:06.199 you're a bit like that. 00:58:08.519 --> 00:58:09.299 You don't want to 00:58:09.299 --> 00:58:10.519 recognize the authority 00:58:10.519 --> 00:58:11.340 of the Son 00:58:11.340 --> 00:58:12.100 of David 00:58:12.100 --> 00:58:13.940 and his call 00:58:13.940 --> 00:58:15.240 on your life. 00:58:18.600 --> 00:58:19.360 Maybe because 00:58:19.360 --> 00:58:19.780 it's a call 00:58:19.780 --> 00:58:20.460 that's expensive. 00:58:21.920 --> 00:58:22.880 It's costly. 00:58:24.380 --> 00:58:25.579 It means giving up 00:58:25.579 --> 00:58:26.500 something that you find 00:58:26.500 --> 00:58:27.260 very comfortable. 00:58:29.840 --> 00:58:30.920 So he calls us 00:58:30.920 --> 00:58:31.720 into ministry. 00:58:33.780 --> 00:58:35.180 Or he calls us 00:58:35.180 --> 00:58:36.460 into service. 00:58:37.920 --> 00:58:39.180 Or he calls us 00:58:39.180 --> 00:58:40.340 into giving. 00:58:41.340 --> 00:58:45.079 the Son of David 00:58:45.079 --> 00:58:46.100 is not someone 00:58:46.100 --> 00:58:47.200 to be trifled with 00:58:47.200 --> 00:58:48.180 because his call 00:58:48.180 --> 00:58:48.820 is costly. 00:58:48.820 --> 00:58:52.760 but he's worthy 00:58:52.760 --> 00:58:55.420 because of who he is. 00:58:55.860 --> 00:58:56.740 The other group of people 00:58:56.740 --> 00:58:57.400 and this is quite 00:58:57.400 --> 00:58:58.320 where we hit 00:58:58.320 --> 00:58:59.380 Palm Sunday 00:58:59.380 --> 00:59:00.019 just briefly 00:59:00.019 --> 00:59:00.860 just at the end. 00:59:02.140 --> 00:59:03.180 The other group of people 00:59:03.180 --> 00:59:03.900 are the crowds 00:59:03.900 --> 00:59:05.700 on Palm Sunday. 00:59:07.340 --> 00:59:08.220 So as Jesus 00:59:08.220 --> 00:59:09.900 comes into Jerusalem 00:59:09.900 --> 00:59:10.800 and as the crowds 00:59:10.800 --> 00:59:12.100 throng around 00:59:12.100 --> 00:59:12.500 and as 00:59:12.500 --> 00:59:14.340 they see 00:59:14.340 --> 00:59:14.340 00:59:14.340 --> 00:59:14.860 something 00:59:14.860 --> 00:59:15.739 of the significance 00:59:15.739 --> 00:59:16.300 of here 00:59:16.300 --> 00:59:16.920 is a man 00:59:16.920 --> 00:59:18.579 entering Jerusalem 00:59:18.579 --> 00:59:19.960 riding a donkey 00:59:19.960 --> 00:59:21.539 and they remember 00:59:21.539 --> 00:59:22.139 the prophecy 00:59:22.139 --> 00:59:22.940 of Zechariah 00:59:22.940 --> 00:59:24.219 and they say 00:59:24.219 --> 00:59:24.739 hang on 00:59:24.739 --> 00:59:26.019 Zechariah says 00:59:26.019 --> 00:59:26.860 that the king 00:59:26.860 --> 00:59:27.519 will come 00:59:27.519 --> 00:59:28.019 humble 00:59:28.019 --> 00:59:29.500 riding on a donkey 00:59:29.500 --> 00:59:30.280 and here's Jesus 00:59:30.280 --> 00:59:30.980 entering the city 00:59:30.980 --> 00:59:31.719 riding a donkey 00:59:31.719 --> 00:59:32.599 and so they make 00:59:32.599 --> 00:59:33.119 this connection 00:59:33.119 --> 00:59:33.439 they say 00:59:33.439 --> 00:59:34.159 this must be 00:59:34.159 --> 00:59:35.000 the son of David 00:59:35.000 --> 00:59:36.379 this must be 00:59:36.379 --> 00:59:37.619 the promised Messiah 00:59:37.619 --> 00:59:38.459 the one who's going 00:59:38.459 --> 00:59:38.980 to come 00:59:38.980 --> 00:59:40.079 and do what? 00:59:40.079 --> 00:59:42.400 well he's going 00:59:42.400 --> 00:59:42.739 to come 00:59:42.739 --> 00:59:43.059 and he's going 00:59:43.059 --> 00:59:43.799 to restore 00:59:43.799 --> 00:59:44.559 the throne 00:59:44.559 --> 00:59:45.980 the Jews 00:59:45.980 --> 00:59:47.019 had this massive 00:59:47.019 --> 00:59:47.639 expectation 00:59:47.639 --> 00:59:48.559 that God's purposes 00:59:48.559 --> 00:59:49.000 for them 00:59:49.000 --> 00:59:50.319 were to re-establish 00:59:50.319 --> 00:59:51.000 them as an 00:59:51.000 --> 00:59:52.119 independent nation 00:59:52.119 --> 00:59:52.840 of their own 00:59:52.840 --> 00:59:54.819 so he's the one 00:59:54.819 --> 00:59:55.599 who's going to win 00:59:55.599 --> 00:59:56.119 the referendum 00:59:56.119 --> 00:59:56.639 for us 00:59:56.639 --> 00:59:58.440 and by referendum 00:59:58.440 --> 00:59:58.840 they mean 00:59:58.840 --> 00:59:59.880 armed military revolt 00:59:59.880 --> 01:00:02.059 he's the one 01:00:02.059 --> 01:00:02.440 who's going to 01:00:02.440 --> 01:00:03.079 get independence 01:00:03.079 --> 01:00:03.519 for us 01:00:03.519 --> 01:00:04.000 he's the one 01:00:04.000 --> 01:00:04.319 who's going to 01:00:04.319 --> 01:00:05.059 boot out the Romans 01:00:05.059 --> 01:00:06.779 he's the one 01:00:06.779 --> 01:00:07.159 who's going to 01:00:07.159 --> 01:00:07.799 re-establish 01:00:07.799 --> 01:00:08.539 the sanctity 01:00:08.539 --> 01:00:09.219 of the temple 01:00:09.219 --> 01:00:10.779 he's the one 01:00:10.779 --> 01:00:11.159 who's going to 01:00:11.159 --> 01:00:11.799 remove the 01:00:11.799 --> 01:00:13.079 gentile influence 01:00:13.079 --> 01:00:15.359 from our nation 01:00:15.359 --> 01:00:16.480 he's going to 01:00:16.480 --> 01:00:17.199 make it all well 01:00:17.199 --> 01:00:19.139 that's what the 01:00:19.139 --> 01:00:19.579 son of David 01:00:19.579 --> 01:00:20.439 is going to achieve 01:00:20.439 --> 01:00:21.480 and so when 01:00:21.480 --> 01:00:22.119 they're singing 01:00:22.119 --> 01:00:22.899 Hosanna 01:00:22.899 --> 01:00:24.459 to the son of David 01:00:24.459 --> 01:00:25.419 as Jesus 01:00:25.419 --> 01:00:26.500 enters Jerusalem 01:00:26.500 --> 01:00:27.679 you can be pretty 01:00:27.679 --> 01:00:28.659 sure they don't 01:00:28.659 --> 01:00:29.399 mean David 01:00:29.399 --> 01:00:30.559 have mercy on me 01:00:30.559 --> 01:00:32.579 they don't mean 01:00:32.579 --> 01:00:33.279 we are blind 01:00:33.279 --> 01:00:34.119 and we need to see 01:00:34.119 --> 01:00:35.079 they don't mean 01:00:35.079 --> 01:00:35.859 we are oppressed 01:00:35.859 --> 01:00:36.459 by demons 01:00:36.459 --> 01:00:37.079 and we need your 01:00:37.079 --> 01:00:38.119 authority to cast 01:00:38.119 --> 01:00:38.639 them out 01:00:38.639 --> 01:00:40.239 they don't mean 01:00:40.239 --> 01:00:41.779 have mercy on me 01:00:41.779 --> 01:00:42.659 for my daughter's 01:00:42.659 --> 01:00:42.960 sake 01:00:42.960 --> 01:00:44.599 because she is 01:00:44.599 --> 01:00:45.400 ill and I 01:00:45.400 --> 01:00:46.179 cannot find a 01:00:46.179 --> 01:00:46.420 cure 01:00:46.420 --> 01:00:48.960 they mean 01:00:48.960 --> 01:00:49.980 boot out the 01:00:49.980 --> 01:00:50.339 Romans 01:00:50.339 --> 01:00:52.619 I want to say 01:00:52.619 --> 01:00:53.619 this particularly 01:00:53.619 --> 01:00:54.639 to young guys 01:00:54.639 --> 01:00:54.900 today 01:00:54.900 --> 01:00:56.539 there's a younger 01:00:56.539 --> 01:00:57.219 generation 01:00:57.219 --> 01:00:59.099 that are discovering 01:00:59.099 --> 01:00:59.719 this in you 01:00:59.719 --> 01:01:02.839 the folk who 01:01:02.839 --> 01:01:03.319 listen to 01:01:03.319 --> 01:01:04.059 Jordan Peterson 01:01:04.059 --> 01:01:08.739 they find that 01:01:08.739 --> 01:01:09.539 Jordan Peterson 01:01:09.539 --> 01:01:10.039 and his 01:01:10.039 --> 01:01:10.440 like 01:01:10.440 --> 01:01:11.480 will say 01:01:11.480 --> 01:01:12.279 very appealing 01:01:12.279 --> 01:01:13.559 things about 01:01:13.559 --> 01:01:15.159 Christianity 01:01:15.159 --> 01:01:17.480 about even 01:01:17.480 --> 01:01:18.159 Jesus 01:01:18.159 --> 01:01:19.739 that Jesus 01:01:19.739 --> 01:01:20.480 has a good 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crowds 01:01:44.640 --> 01:01:45.900 who want 01:01:45.900 --> 01:01:46.700 Jesus for 01:01:46.700 --> 01:01:47.340 what he offers 01:01:47.340 --> 01:01:48.640 them by way 01:01:48.640 --> 01:01:49.640 of political 01:01:49.640 --> 01:01:50.660 direction and 01:01:50.660 --> 01:01:51.500 influence 01:01:51.500 --> 01:01:53.260 I want a 01:01:53.260 --> 01:01:53.740 Jesus who 01:01:53.740 --> 01:01:54.260 makes sense 01:01:54.260 --> 01:01:54.600 to me 01:01:54.600 --> 01:01:55.360 on my 01:01:55.360 --> 01:01:55.860 terms 01:01:55.860 --> 01:01:57.440 I want 01:01:57.440 --> 01:01:57.880 a Jesus 01:01:57.880 --> 01:01:58.360 who's going 01:01:58.360 --> 01:01:58.700 to come 01:01:58.700 --> 01:01:59.120 in 01:01:59.120 --> 01:02:01.000 and be 01:02:01.000 --> 01:02:01.620 rational 01:02:01.620 --> 01:02:02.460 and sensible 01:02:02.460 --> 01:02:03.519 and help 01:02:03.519 --> 01:02:03.880 us to 01:02:03.880 --> 01:02:04.660 establish 01:02:04.660 --> 01:02:05.539 some sort 01:02:05.539 --> 01:02:06.180 of order 01:02:06.180 --> 01:02:07.000 and perspective 01:02:07.000 --> 01:02:07.360 on the 01:02:07.360 --> 01:02:07.640 world 01:02:07.640 --> 01:02:08.380 that makes 01:02:08.380 --> 01:02:08.740 sense 01:02:08.740 --> 01:02:09.099 and everything 01:02:09.099 --> 01:02:09.360 is going 01:02:09.360 --> 01:02:09.539 to be 01:02:09.539 --> 01:02:09.880 okay 01:02:09.880 --> 01:02:11.599 and there's 01:02:11.599 --> 01:02:11.880 nothing 01:02:11.880 --> 01:02:12.680 inherently 01:02:12.680 --> 01:02:14.019 wrong with 01:02:14.019 --> 01:02:14.480 that 01:02:14.480 --> 01:02:16.480 so long 01:02:16.480 --> 01:02:16.740 as you 01:02:16.740 --> 01:02:17.440 don't miss 01:02:17.440 --> 01:02:18.640 the salvation 01:02:18.640 --> 01:02:21.019 if you 01:02:21.019 --> 01:02:21.559 isolate 01:02:21.559 --> 01:02:21.980 Jesus 01:02:21.980 --> 01:02:22.660 from his 01:02:22.660 --> 01:02:24.000 salvation 01:02:24.000 --> 01:02:24.700 and the 01:02:24.700 --> 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