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 Let's turn together to the gospel according to Luke chapter 2 and we can read at verse 49.

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! Luke chapter 2 at verse 49.

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 And he, that is Jesus, he said to them,

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 Why were you looking for me?

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 Do you not know that I must be in my father's house?

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 And so on.

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 Of course it's interesting to read the beginning of this gospel,

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 especially because of the particular way in which Luke draws together to us the story of the coming of Jesus into the world.

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 And when we connect that with all that God has said in the Old Testament,

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 we see the way in which there are great promises spoken by God right down from the book of Genesis

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 right into the book of Malachi in the Old Testament.

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 Promises that are waiting to be fulfilled.

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 And we consider also that from the days of Malachi,

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 who wrote 430 years before Jesus was born,

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 it was a long time of waiting for God to fulfill his promises.

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 And just as God had promised he would do,

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 God came suddenly to the world and to the temple to announce the coming of John the Baptist

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 and then to announce the birth of the Lord Jesus.

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 And we read through these stories and we see the connection between the two of them

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 and the way in which they, particularly in themselves,

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 were the fulfillment of God's promise,

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 with John the Baptist being the one who came to prepare the way

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 and Jesus was the one who came to be our saviour.

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 And through the story up until now,

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 we are developing a portrait of who Jesus was

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 and how he grew up and the things that his parents did with him.

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 And one of these portraits is this last section that we have in this chapter

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 that speaks to us of another part of the story.

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 And as we reflect upon life and reflect upon the story,

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 we know that life is a journey.

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 They were joining up to Jerusalem because of the time of year,

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 but we are ourselves on a journey.

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 William Hague, the former leader of the Tory party,

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 wrote in the Times this week and he spoke about the way in which

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 we must prepare for the next calendar year.

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 And we must prepare for a world that is dramatically better

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 or catastrophically worse.

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 In other words, we don't know what's going to happen,

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 but we need to be prepared.

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 And in the midst of all the changes that we see in our world,

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 we need to seek to have the journey through the coming year

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 that will bring us to where God wants us to be

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 and perhaps will reverse us in our thinking

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 and in the journey that we are on,

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 a change of direction to bring us where we must be.

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 We're on a journey,

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 and where will that journey take us?

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 And today I want us to consider

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 the journey of faith

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 and the first words of Jesus.

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 First of all,

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 I want us to think of the mistake

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 that is to be avoided.

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 And the mistake that is to be avoided

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 took place in the life of the community of faith

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 in the close family religion of Mary and Joseph.

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 And that's where we have the story here.

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 In verse 41,

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 His parents went up to Jerusalem every year

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 at the feast of the Passover.

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 They were godly people.

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 They were religious people.

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 They followed the Bible.

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 And they understood the significance of the Passover.

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 It is the Passover and the Exodus from Egypt

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 that made up their origin as the people of God.

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 They have come from there.

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 And down through the journey of the Old Testament,

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 the people of God,

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 time after time,

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 remembered the Passover,

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 celebrated the Passover

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 to remind them that God had redeemed them

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 and taken them out of Egypt.

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 And we read the directions given for that

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 in the book of Leviticus

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 and the book of Exodus

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 on the first month,

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 on the 40th day of the month,

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 they were to celebrate the Passover.

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 And then from the 15th of the month,

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 for seven days,

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 the Feast of Unleavened Bread.

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 It was a case of,

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 let's remember what God has done for us

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 to make us who we are.

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 And for the next seven days,

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 let's remember what God wants us to be like.

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 That is a life without sin.

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 So for that whole eight days of gathering,

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 it was a celebration of what God had done.

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 And it was, in a sense,

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 a commitment

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 to what God wanted them to be

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 and what they should be

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 in the light of God's word.

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 And we read multiple times

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 in the book of Psalms,

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 the way in which the people of God

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 joyed going up to the house of God.

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 They celebrated,

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 they sang their psalms,

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 they rejoiced because of where they were going.

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 And they had done their own thing

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 throughout the past year

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 and now it's time

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 to gather together

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 and to once more

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 make their journey up to Jerusalem

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 to celebrate this event

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 that established them

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 as the people of God.

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 And here on this occasion,

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 the devoted parents

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 took Jesus up with them

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 when he was 12 years of age.

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 And in the Jewish household of the day,

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 the son of the family

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 would become the son of the covenant,

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 the bar mitzvah,

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 become the son of the covenant

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 at 13 years of age.

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 And so just like we take our children

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 to the church

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 to learn about the story of the Bible,

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 so parents will take their sons

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 up to Jerusalem

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 at least two years

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 before they reach the age of bar mitzvah

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 or the son of the covenant

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 to learn what the things

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 that happened at the Passover,

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 to learn about the faith,

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 to come to understand

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 why the family lived the way that they do.

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 And so when they come to

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 the age of being sons of the covenant,

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 when they take pressure

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 and responsibility

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 for keeping the covenant

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 and for the word of God,

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 they will understand

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 what they are doing.

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 They are doing the right thing.

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 They are doing the godly family thing.

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 They are following the pattern

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 that we see down

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 through the Old Testament.

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 This is what the people of God do.

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 And we read in Exodus

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 and in Leviticus

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 the ways in which

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 the fathers would sit with their children

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 teaching them what the Passover means.

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 It was a Q&A session,

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 a question and answer session,

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 where the children would ask,

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 what does this mean?

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 And an opportunity was given

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 to explain

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 what the Passover was about.

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 the Passover lamb,

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 the blood that was shed,

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 the angel of death,

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 the safety under the blood.

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 It was an opportunity

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 to tell the story.

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 And here was a family

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 to be admired

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 because they did the things of God.

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 They did them faithfully.

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 They did them joyfully.

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 And they did them repeatedly.

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 And for ourselves

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 as a covenant community

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 and as Christian families

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 belonging to the church of Christ,

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 we are doing the godly thing

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 that the Bible requires of us.

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 We are doing a thing

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 that God is pleased with.

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 Coming to do it

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 for the right reasons.

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 Remembering that we're here

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 to reflect upon,

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 to celebrate

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 what God has done for us.

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 The family

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 doing the right thing.

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 A godly family.

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 A religious family.

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 But we see that

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 the mistake to be avoided

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 takes place

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 right in the midst

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 of the admirable way

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 in which they are living

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 their lives.

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 They have celebrated

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 the Passover

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 and then we read

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 in verse number 43.

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 When the feast was ended,

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 they had kept the Passover.

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 They had kept the feast

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 of unleavened bread.

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 When the feast was ended,

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 as they were returning,

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 the boy Jesus

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 stayed behind

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 in Jerusalem.

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 The feast is over.

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 It is time

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 to return home.

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 And it's when

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 that time came

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 that Mary and Joseph

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 went separate ways

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 to Jesus.

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 They retraced their steps

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 back to Nazareth

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 while he stayed

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 in the house of God.

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 And as we,

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 as we read on,

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 his parents did not know it.

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 It's a knowledge

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 that speaks of experience.

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 Of learning from the things

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 that are happening around us.

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 that the parents

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 did not feel

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 in any way

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 that Jesus

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 was not with them.

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 They were with the crowd

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 coming up to Jerusalem

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 and now they're with the crowd

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 going back home

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 to Nazareth.

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 And they had no thought

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 that Jesus

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 was not with them.

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 Not only did they have

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 no thought

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 that he wasn't there,

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 but we also read

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 that they supposed

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 him to be

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 in the group.

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 They took it

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 for granted.

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 They took it

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 for granted

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 without any knowledge,

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 without any experience,

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 without any facts

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 to back up

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 their supposition.

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 They supposed,

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 they took it

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 for granted

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 that he was

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 in the group.

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 Jesus

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 was absent.

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 They had travelled

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 these days' journey

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 as a community

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 going back

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 to Nazareth

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 with young people

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 walking together

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 and older people

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 walking together

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 and people walking

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 together with their friends,

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 a large group

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 travelling back

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 to Nazareth

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 and then

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 at the end

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 of

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 the first day,

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 as will be the case

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 at the end

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 of every day,

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 it was time

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 to check in

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 for the evening.

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 It was time

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 to ensure

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 that everyone

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 was there

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 that should be there.

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 And when Mary

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 and Joseph

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 came to

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 do their check-in

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 for their family,

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 they discovered

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 that Jesus

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 was not

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 with them.

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 and today,

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 that's

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 the mistake

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 that you and I

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 want to avoid.

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 It's to be

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 busy

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 in the things

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 of God,

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 to be busy

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 in the life

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 of the church

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 of Jesus Christ,

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 to be busy

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 even in the worship

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 of God

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 and to take it

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 for granted

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 that Jesus

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 is with us

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 and to

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 suppose

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 that he's there

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 without any

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 facts,

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 to confirm

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 that without

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 anything in

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 their hearts

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 that would

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 tell us

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 that,

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 to take it

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 for granted

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 that he is

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 there and

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 to carry on

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 with our

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 journey

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 without him.

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 And God

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 wants you

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 and I

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 today to

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 ask ourselves

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 is Jesus

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 with us

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 or not?

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 Could it be

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 the case

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 that we are

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 mistaken in

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 thinking that

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 he is?

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 Could we

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 have left

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 him behind

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 whether it's

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 at Christmas

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 Day or

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 Easter Sunday

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 or any

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 other time

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 of the year?

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 Is it

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 the case

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 that we

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 came,

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 we read,

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 we heard,

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 we saw

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 and we

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 left him

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 behind?

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 God

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 today wants

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 you and

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 I

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 to check

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 in

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 and to

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 ask that

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 simple

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 question.

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 Is the

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 Lord Jesus

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 our Savior,

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 our Friend,

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 our Shepherd,

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 our Companion?

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 Is he

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 with us

00:13:18.740 --> 00:13:20.419
 on this

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 last Lord's

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 Day of

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 this year?

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 Check in

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 and see

00:13:26.620 --> 00:13:27.200
 if Jesus

00:13:27.200 --> 00:13:27.940
 is there

00:13:27.940 --> 00:13:29.279
 or if

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 Jesus

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 perhaps

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 is not

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 there.

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 There's a

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 mistake

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 that's to

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 be

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 avoided.

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 Secondly,

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 there is

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 a

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 ministry

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 that's

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 to be

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 appreciated.

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 And we

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 see the

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 family

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 searching

00:13:50.759 --> 00:13:51.460
 urgently

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 for

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 Jesus.

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 How did

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 they respond

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 to

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 discovering

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 that he's

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 not there?

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 There is

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 distress,

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 there is

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 perhaps an

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 element of

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 panic,

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 what they

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 took for

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 granted

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 simply

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 wasn't

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 true.

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 And so

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 in verse

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 44,

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 suddenly

00:14:18.980 --> 00:14:20.860
 the

00:14:20.860 --> 00:14:21.319
 absence

00:14:21.319 --> 00:14:21.740
 of

00:14:21.740 --> 00:14:22.279
 Jesus

00:14:22.279 --> 00:14:23.379
 overrode

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 everything

00:14:23.840 --> 00:14:24.360
 else in

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 their lives.

00:14:25.919 --> 00:14:26.340
 They had

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 gone the

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 whole of

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 that day's

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 journey

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 with their

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 friends,

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 with their

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 families,

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 talking about

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 everything that

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 happened in

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 Jerusalem,

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 and they

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 had thought

00:14:35.340 --> 00:14:35.939
 Jesus was

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 there.

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 perhaps never

00:14:39.299 --> 00:14:39.980
 crossed their

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 minds that

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 Jesus was

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 not there.

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 They took

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 it for

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 granted that

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 he was,

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 but now

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 they discover

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 he is

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 not,

00:14:49.180 --> 00:14:50.000
 and finding

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 him becomes

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 the most

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 important

00:14:53.360 --> 00:14:54.940
 thing in

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 life.

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 And so

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 it is for

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 you and

00:14:58.460 --> 00:14:58.879
 for me

00:14:58.879 --> 00:14:59.240
 today.

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 If you

00:15:01.419 --> 00:15:02.000
 have checked

00:15:02.000 --> 00:15:02.639
 in to see

00:15:02.639 --> 00:15:03.080
 if Jesus

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 is there

00:15:03.600 --> 00:15:04.220
 and he's

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 not there,

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 then you

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 response to

00:15:06.779 --> 00:15:07.240
 that should

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 be exactly

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 what Mary

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 and Joseph

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 did.

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 Your

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 response must

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 be to

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 leave

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 everything,

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 to leave

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 everyone,

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 to stop

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 everything,

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 and to

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 return,

00:15:17.279 --> 00:15:18.279
 to retrace

00:15:18.279 --> 00:15:18.860
 your steps,

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 and to see

00:15:19.559 --> 00:15:20.659
 where you are,

00:15:20.740 --> 00:15:21.940
 to find the

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 Jesus that

00:15:22.580 --> 00:15:23.120
 you thought

00:15:23.120 --> 00:15:24.480
 was there.

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 and that

00:15:28.039 --> 00:15:28.420
 diligence

00:15:28.420 --> 00:15:31.240
 may take

00:15:31.240 --> 00:15:31.960
 you to

00:15:31.960 --> 00:15:32.480
 retrace

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 steps,

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 not to

00:15:33.539 --> 00:15:33.980
 yesterday

00:15:33.980 --> 00:15:34.259
 or the

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 day before,

00:15:35.220 --> 00:15:35.440
 maybe

00:15:35.440 --> 00:15:36.120
 retrace

00:15:36.120 --> 00:15:36.620
 your steps

00:15:36.620 --> 00:15:37.120
 to a

00:15:37.120 --> 00:15:37.800
 long time

00:15:37.800 --> 00:15:38.120
 in your

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 past

00:15:38.480 --> 00:15:39.620
 when Jesus

00:15:39.620 --> 00:15:40.460
 was there

00:15:40.460 --> 00:15:41.980
 and Jesus

00:15:41.980 --> 00:15:42.580
 was close

00:15:42.580 --> 00:15:43.139
 to you

00:15:43.139 --> 00:15:43.899
 and Jesus

00:15:43.899 --> 00:15:44.659
 was speaking

00:15:44.659 --> 00:15:45.279
 to you

00:15:45.279 --> 00:15:46.080
 and you

00:15:46.080 --> 00:15:46.440
 knew it

00:15:46.440 --> 00:15:46.860
 was Jesus

00:15:46.860 --> 00:15:47.460
 speaking to

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 you and

00:15:48.300 --> 00:15:48.560
 that's

00:15:48.560 --> 00:15:49.200
 now lost

00:15:49.200 --> 00:15:49.800
 to you

00:15:49.800 --> 00:15:52.100
 and today

00:15:52.100 --> 00:15:54.540
 you have

00:15:54.540 --> 00:15:56.300
 to return

00:15:56.300 --> 00:15:57.440
 and retrace

00:15:57.440 --> 00:15:58.060
 these steps.

00:15:58.960 --> 00:15:59.560
 Where did

00:15:59.560 --> 00:15:59.879
 you go

00:15:59.879 --> 00:16:00.879
 from there

00:16:00.879 --> 00:16:01.640
 to where

00:16:01.640 --> 00:16:02.020
 you are

00:16:02.020 --> 00:16:02.560
 today

00:16:02.560 --> 00:16:03.259
 without

00:16:03.259 --> 00:16:03.660
 Jesus?

00:16:05.040 --> 00:16:05.600
 And when

00:16:05.600 --> 00:16:06.040
 you ask

00:16:06.040 --> 00:16:06.360
 yourself

00:16:06.360 --> 00:16:07.140
 that question

00:16:07.140 --> 00:16:08.140
 God will

00:16:08.140 --> 00:16:08.560
 help you

00:16:08.560 --> 00:16:09.280
 to see

00:16:09.280 --> 00:16:10.520
 the different

00:16:10.520 --> 00:16:11.100
 points on

00:16:11.100 --> 00:16:11.700
 your journey

00:16:11.700 --> 00:16:12.780
 where you

00:16:12.780 --> 00:16:13.460
 diverged

00:16:13.460 --> 00:16:14.160
 and departed

00:16:14.160 --> 00:16:14.860
 from where

00:16:14.860 --> 00:16:15.280
 you should

00:16:15.280 --> 00:16:16.000
 be and

00:16:16.000 --> 00:16:16.759
 when you

00:16:16.759 --> 00:16:17.040
 and the

00:16:17.040 --> 00:16:17.540
 Lord Jesus

00:16:17.540 --> 00:16:18.500
 went to

00:16:18.500 --> 00:16:18.720
 your

00:16:18.720 --> 00:16:19.140
 separate

00:16:19.139 --> 00:16:19.720
 ways

00:16:19.720 --> 00:16:21.240
 because

00:16:21.240 --> 00:16:21.799
 you

00:16:21.799 --> 00:16:22.659
 did not

00:16:22.659 --> 00:16:23.199
 have him

00:16:23.199 --> 00:16:24.159
 as the

00:16:24.159 --> 00:16:24.699
 priority

00:16:24.699 --> 00:16:25.439
 in your

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 life.

00:16:27.860 --> 00:16:28.840
 The urgent

00:16:28.840 --> 00:16:29.960
 searching

00:16:29.960 --> 00:16:30.740
 for Jesus

00:16:30.740 --> 00:16:32.100
 the retracing

00:16:32.100 --> 00:16:33.419
 of steps

00:16:33.419 --> 00:16:34.899
 and

00:16:34.899 --> 00:16:36.059
 it is in

00:16:36.059 --> 00:16:37.000
 retracing

00:16:37.000 --> 00:16:37.679
 the steps

00:16:37.679 --> 00:16:40.740
 that after

00:16:40.740 --> 00:16:41.480
 three days

00:16:41.480 --> 00:16:42.799
 they found

00:16:42.799 --> 00:16:43.279
 him in the

00:16:43.279 --> 00:16:43.700
 temple

00:16:43.700 --> 00:16:44.840
 sitting among

00:16:44.840 --> 00:16:45.399
 the teachers

00:16:45.399 --> 00:16:46.580
 listening to

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 them and

00:16:47.120 --> 00:16:47.679
 asking them

00:16:47.679 --> 00:16:48.179
 questions

00:16:48.179 --> 00:16:49.120
 and all

00:16:49.120 --> 00:16:49.459
 who heard

00:16:49.459 --> 00:16:49.719
 him were

00:16:49.719 --> 00:16:50.199
 amazed

00:16:50.199 --> 00:16:51.079
 at his

00:16:51.079 --> 00:16:52.339
 understanding

00:16:52.339 --> 00:16:53.120
 and his

00:16:53.120 --> 00:16:54.659
 answer.

00:16:56.159 --> 00:16:56.799
 They found

00:16:56.799 --> 00:16:58.039
 him in

00:16:58.039 --> 00:16:59.120
 the temple

00:16:59.120 --> 00:17:01.559
 the place

00:17:01.559 --> 00:17:03.000
 where in

00:17:03.000 --> 00:17:03.739
 their world

00:17:03.739 --> 00:17:05.359
 heaven meets

00:17:05.359 --> 00:17:06.059
 the world

00:17:06.059 --> 00:17:07.319
 the place

00:17:07.319 --> 00:17:07.919
 where God

00:17:07.919 --> 00:17:08.379
 is to be

00:17:08.379 --> 00:17:08.759
 found.

00:17:09.259 --> 00:17:09.899
 They found

00:17:09.899 --> 00:17:10.440
 him in

00:17:10.440 --> 00:17:11.639
 the temple

00:17:11.639 --> 00:17:12.139
 courts.

00:17:12.140 --> 00:17:13.960
 they found

00:17:13.960 --> 00:17:14.380
 him there

00:17:14.380 --> 00:17:15.140
 as the

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 son of

00:17:15.520 --> 00:17:15.660
 the

00:17:15.660 --> 00:17:15.940
 covenant

00:17:15.940 --> 00:17:16.440
 as the

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 person

00:17:16.680 --> 00:17:16.880
 who is

00:17:16.880 --> 00:17:17.440
 preparing

00:17:17.440 --> 00:17:18.520
 to take

00:17:18.520 --> 00:17:19.300
 responsibility

00:17:19.300 --> 00:17:20.240
 for himself

00:17:20.240 --> 00:17:20.880
 in the

00:17:20.880 --> 00:17:21.440
 journey of

00:17:21.440 --> 00:17:21.700
 faith.

00:17:21.700 --> 00:17:22.700
 they found

00:17:22.700 --> 00:17:23.200
 him in

00:17:23.200 --> 00:17:24.299
 the temple.

00:17:25.340 --> 00:17:26.120
 And it

00:17:26.120 --> 00:17:26.660
 is there

00:17:26.660 --> 00:17:27.080
 that we

00:17:27.080 --> 00:17:27.880
 read the

00:17:27.880 --> 00:17:28.259
 way in

00:17:28.259 --> 00:17:28.940
 which he

00:17:28.940 --> 00:17:29.600
 was with

00:17:29.600 --> 00:17:30.400
 the teachers.

00:17:31.059 --> 00:17:31.580
 He was

00:17:31.580 --> 00:17:32.039
 answering

00:17:32.039 --> 00:17:32.299
 their

00:17:32.299 --> 00:17:33.080
 questions

00:17:33.080 --> 00:17:33.920
 as he

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 was

00:17:34.180 --> 00:17:34.860
 questioning

00:17:34.860 --> 00:17:35.340
 them.

00:17:37.059 --> 00:17:37.539
 And we

00:17:37.539 --> 00:17:38.000
 come to

00:17:38.000 --> 00:17:39.400
 find Jesus

00:17:39.400 --> 00:17:39.940
 in the

00:17:39.940 --> 00:17:40.400
 temple

00:17:40.400 --> 00:17:42.799
 with those

00:17:42.799 --> 00:17:43.080
 who are

00:17:43.080 --> 00:17:43.680
 the teachers

00:17:43.680 --> 00:17:44.080
 in the

00:17:44.080 --> 00:17:44.340
 temple.

00:17:44.819 --> 00:17:45.279
 And all

00:17:45.279 --> 00:17:46.039
 of a sudden

00:17:46.039 --> 00:17:46.660
 there is

00:17:46.660 --> 00:17:47.100
 our own

00:17:47.100 --> 00:17:47.580
 reversal

00:17:47.579 --> 00:17:48.139
 because

00:17:48.139 --> 00:17:48.699
 the

00:17:48.699 --> 00:17:49.220
 son of

00:17:49.220 --> 00:17:49.399
 the

00:17:49.399 --> 00:17:49.799
 covenant

00:17:49.799 --> 00:17:50.460
 this

00:17:50.460 --> 00:17:51.039
 child

00:17:51.039 --> 00:17:51.720
 Jesus

00:17:51.720 --> 00:17:53.119
 the

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 son of

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 Mary

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 and

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 Joseph

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 he

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 knows

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 more

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 than

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 they

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 do.

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 His

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 understanding

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 is greater

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 than their

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 understanding.

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 And instead

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 of him

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 sitting at

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 their feet

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 for him

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 to be

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 taught by

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 them

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 he

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 becomes

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 their

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 equal

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 in the

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 teaching

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 arena.

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 He is

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 sitting

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 with them

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 in their

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 midst.

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 They are

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 exchanging

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 their

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 questions.

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 they are

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 exchanging

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 answers.

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 And Jesus

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 astonishes

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 them

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 because of

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 the answers

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 which he

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 is giving

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 to them.

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 And when

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 his parents

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 saw him

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 they were

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 astonished

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 themselves.

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 His answers

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 blew them

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 out of the

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 water.

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 He was

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 there as

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 the pupil

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 becoming

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 the teacher.

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 and those

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 who were

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 with him

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 appreciated

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 the message

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 and the

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 answers that

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 he gave.

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 They are

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 here to

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 celebrate the

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 Passover

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 that speaks

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 of their

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 origin as

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 the people

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 of God.

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 Who

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 understands

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 the Passover

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 better than

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 the one

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 concerning whom

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 John said

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 behold the

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 Lamb of

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 God

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 takes away

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 the sin

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 of the

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 world.

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 who

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 understands

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 the Passover

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 better than

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 the person

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 that Paul

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 describes in

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 writing to

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 the Corinthians

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 that Christ

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 our Passover

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 Lamb

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 sacrificed

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 for us.

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 How much

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 his mind

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 was filled

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 with the

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 truths of

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 the Old

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 Testament

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 that overflowed

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 out to them

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 as he taught

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 them things

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 that they

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 hadn't heard

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 before.

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 astonished

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 at the

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 depths

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 into which

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 he entered

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 and explaining

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 to them

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 the things

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 of God.

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 They were

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 astonished.

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 There was

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 a process

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 taking place.

00:19:54.059 --> 00:19:54.639
 He was

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 teaching

00:19:55.799 --> 00:19:56.240
 the

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 teachers

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 and for

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 the rabbis

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 in that

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 teaching

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 environment

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 there were

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 three

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 particular

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 things

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 that were

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 really

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 important

00:20:09.839 --> 00:20:11.019
 for the

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 teaching

00:20:11.599 --> 00:20:12.400
 experience

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 to be

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 effective.

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 There was

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 of course

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 the subject

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 to be

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 taught.

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 There was

00:20:20.120 --> 00:20:21.900
 the knowledge

00:20:21.900 --> 00:20:22.440
 of the

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 teacher

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 and there

00:20:25.360 --> 00:20:25.720
 is

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 the

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 willingness

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 of the

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 pupil

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 to be

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 taught.

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 And once

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 these three

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 things are

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 in place

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 then the

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 teaching

00:20:36.960 --> 00:20:37.519
 becomes

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 transformational.

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 The

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 curriculum

00:20:41.119 --> 00:20:41.960
 bears its

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 fruit.

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 The

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 child is

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 instructed

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 and grows

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 in

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 intelligence

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 and

00:20:47.879 --> 00:20:48.740
 understanding.

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 And as

00:20:51.619 --> 00:20:52.639
 those who

00:20:52.639 --> 00:20:53.039
 were taught

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 by the

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 rabbis

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 would learn

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 from the

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 example of

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 the rabbis

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 also,

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 so those

00:20:58.099 --> 00:20:58.319
 who are

00:20:58.319 --> 00:20:58.920
 learning from

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 the teaching

00:20:59.379 --> 00:20:59.879
 of Jesus

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 will learn

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 from his

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 example

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 also.

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 It's the

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 appreciation

00:21:05.359 --> 00:21:06.099
 of the

00:21:06.099 --> 00:21:06.680
 ministry of

00:21:06.680 --> 00:21:06.980
 Jesus,

00:21:07.339 --> 00:21:07.779
 of his

00:21:07.779 --> 00:21:08.379
 teaching.

00:21:10.399 --> 00:21:11.240
 It's having

00:21:11.240 --> 00:21:12.139
 the openness

00:21:12.139 --> 00:21:13.039
 of mind

00:21:13.039 --> 00:21:14.940
 to grasp

00:21:14.940 --> 00:21:15.539
 and to

00:21:15.539 --> 00:21:16.379
 bring

00:21:16.379 --> 00:21:17.000
 together

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 and to

00:21:17.559 --> 00:21:17.759
 pull

00:21:17.759 --> 00:21:18.180
 together

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 the facts

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 of what

00:21:19.700 --> 00:21:20.000
 is being

00:21:20.000 --> 00:21:20.539
 taught to

00:21:20.539 --> 00:21:20.779
 them.

00:21:21.960 --> 00:21:22.240
 Jesus

00:21:22.240 --> 00:21:22.799
 was here

00:21:22.799 --> 00:21:23.579
 instructed

00:21:23.579 --> 00:21:24.259
 by them

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 and he

00:21:26.160 --> 00:21:26.420
 had the

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 ability

00:21:26.839 --> 00:21:27.779
 to take

00:21:27.779 --> 00:21:28.240
 all that

00:21:28.240 --> 00:21:28.960
 they taught

00:21:28.960 --> 00:21:29.200
 him

00:21:29.200 --> 00:21:30.660
 and to

00:21:30.660 --> 00:21:31.359
 fill that

00:21:31.359 --> 00:21:31.799
 out with

00:21:31.799 --> 00:21:32.599
 his own

00:21:32.599 --> 00:21:33.279
 understanding

00:21:33.279 --> 00:21:34.039
 of why

00:21:34.039 --> 00:21:34.420
 he was

00:21:34.420 --> 00:21:34.960
 here and

00:21:34.960 --> 00:21:35.500
 of what

00:21:35.500 --> 00:21:35.839
 the word

00:21:35.839 --> 00:21:36.180
 of God

00:21:36.180 --> 00:21:36.559
 said.

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 And for

00:21:39.980 --> 00:21:40.619
 you and

00:21:40.619 --> 00:21:41.539
 for me

00:21:41.539 --> 00:21:41.980
 today,

00:21:43.660 --> 00:21:44.259
 we must

00:21:44.259 --> 00:21:44.900
 be like

00:21:44.900 --> 00:21:45.480
 those who

00:21:45.480 --> 00:21:46.480
 are astonished

00:21:46.480 --> 00:21:47.119
 in the

00:21:47.119 --> 00:21:47.500
 temple

00:21:47.500 --> 00:21:48.500
 listening to

00:21:48.500 --> 00:21:48.839
 Jesus.

00:21:49.319 --> 00:21:49.779
 We must

00:21:49.779 --> 00:21:50.200
 be like

00:21:50.200 --> 00:21:50.720
 Mary and

00:21:50.720 --> 00:21:51.059
 Joseph

00:21:51.059 --> 00:21:52.480
 astonished

00:21:52.480 --> 00:21:54.440
 at what

00:21:54.440 --> 00:21:55.099
 Jesus has

00:21:55.099 --> 00:21:55.740
 to say

00:21:55.740 --> 00:21:56.380
 to us

00:21:56.380 --> 00:21:58.759
 and that

00:21:58.759 --> 00:21:59.880
 astonishment

00:21:59.880 --> 00:22:02.059
 is dependent

00:22:02.059 --> 00:22:03.579
 on your

00:22:03.579 --> 00:22:04.640
 willingness

00:22:04.640 --> 00:22:05.700
 to accept

00:22:05.700 --> 00:22:06.259
 and to

00:22:06.259 --> 00:22:06.839
 receive

00:22:06.839 --> 00:22:07.500
 and to

00:22:07.500 --> 00:22:07.700
 my

00:22:07.700 --> 00:22:08.079
 willingness

00:22:08.079 --> 00:22:09.339
 to accept

00:22:09.339 --> 00:22:09.880
 and receive

00:22:09.880 --> 00:22:10.900
 the very

00:22:10.900 --> 00:22:11.720
 things that

00:22:11.720 --> 00:22:12.500
 God has

00:22:12.500 --> 00:22:13.460
 to say

00:22:13.460 --> 00:22:14.220
 to us.

00:22:15.779 --> 00:22:16.680
 And as

00:22:16.680 --> 00:22:16.940
 we

00:22:16.940 --> 00:22:19.400
 journey on

00:22:19.400 --> 00:22:20.059
 through life

00:22:20.059 --> 00:22:22.180
 that

00:22:22.180 --> 00:22:22.840
 is key

00:22:22.840 --> 00:22:24.400
 to our

00:22:24.400 --> 00:22:24.960
 journey of

00:22:24.960 --> 00:22:25.440
 faith

00:22:25.440 --> 00:22:26.920
 being a

00:22:26.920 --> 00:22:27.500
 journey which

00:22:27.500 --> 00:22:28.360
 takes us

00:22:28.360 --> 00:22:29.019
 to the

00:22:29.019 --> 00:22:29.600
 place of

00:22:29.600 --> 00:22:30.420
 safety and

00:22:30.420 --> 00:22:31.180
 of security

00:22:31.180 --> 00:22:32.060
 and of

00:22:32.060 --> 00:22:32.860
 salvation.

00:22:35.279 --> 00:22:36.400
 There must

00:22:36.400 --> 00:22:37.779
 not be any

00:22:37.779 --> 00:22:38.660
 roadblocks

00:22:38.660 --> 00:22:39.560
 in our

00:22:39.560 --> 00:22:40.200
 listening to

00:22:40.200 --> 00:22:40.600
 what God

00:22:40.600 --> 00:22:41.220
 has to say

00:22:41.220 --> 00:22:41.600
 today.

00:22:42.680 --> 00:22:43.320
 We must

00:22:43.320 --> 00:22:43.960
 not be on

00:22:43.960 --> 00:22:44.400
 our narrow

00:22:44.400 --> 00:22:45.060
 streets with

00:22:45.060 --> 00:22:46.360
 the obstacles

00:22:46.360 --> 00:22:47.160
 of the high

00:22:47.160 --> 00:22:48.440
 buildings blocking

00:22:48.440 --> 00:22:49.299
 our reception

00:22:49.299 --> 00:22:49.980
 of what God

00:22:49.980 --> 00:22:50.519
 has to say.

00:22:50.519 --> 00:22:51.519
 we must

00:22:51.519 --> 00:22:52.200
 live our

00:22:52.200 --> 00:22:52.740
 lives in

00:22:52.740 --> 00:22:53.579
 the open

00:22:53.579 --> 00:22:54.139
 space

00:22:54.139 --> 00:22:55.400
 where the

00:22:55.400 --> 00:22:56.160
 obstacles are

00:22:56.160 --> 00:22:57.139
 removed and

00:22:57.139 --> 00:22:58.000
 where there is

00:22:58.000 --> 00:22:58.500
 a direct

00:22:58.500 --> 00:22:59.339
 signal from

00:22:59.339 --> 00:23:00.279
 God through

00:23:00.279 --> 00:23:01.359
 his word to

00:23:01.359 --> 00:23:02.299
 inform our

00:23:02.299 --> 00:23:03.180
 thinking and

00:23:03.180 --> 00:23:03.859
 to enable us

00:23:03.859 --> 00:23:04.740
 to live as

00:23:04.740 --> 00:23:05.400
 the children of

00:23:05.400 --> 00:23:06.079
 God in this

00:23:06.079 --> 00:23:06.539
 world.

00:23:08.720 --> 00:23:09.440
 To enable us

00:23:09.440 --> 00:23:10.019
 to do so

00:23:10.019 --> 00:23:11.779
 as children and

00:23:11.779 --> 00:23:12.519
 families and as

00:23:12.519 --> 00:23:13.079
 parents and

00:23:13.079 --> 00:23:13.559
 families.

00:23:14.440 --> 00:23:15.339
 To enable us to

00:23:15.339 --> 00:23:16.619
 do so in

00:23:16.619 --> 00:23:17.339
 school and

00:23:17.339 --> 00:23:18.240
 our teaching

00:23:18.240 --> 00:23:22.519
 instruction and

00:23:22.519 --> 00:23:23.559
 friends and

00:23:23.559 --> 00:23:23.859
 with our

00:23:23.859 --> 00:23:24.640
 fellow pupils.

00:23:26.400 --> 00:23:27.500
 To appreciate,

00:23:27.700 --> 00:23:28.140
 to receive,

00:23:28.279 --> 00:23:29.299
 to be ready

00:23:29.299 --> 00:23:30.120
 wherever we

00:23:30.120 --> 00:23:31.099
 spend life and

00:23:31.099 --> 00:23:31.759
 work or in

00:23:31.759 --> 00:23:32.120
 learning,

00:23:33.519 --> 00:23:34.279
 whatever we

00:23:34.279 --> 00:23:35.000
 are doing,

00:23:36.579 --> 00:23:36.980
 that the

00:23:36.980 --> 00:23:38.240
 obstacles aren't

00:23:38.240 --> 00:23:38.660
 there.

00:23:39.980 --> 00:23:40.599
 And if they

00:23:40.599 --> 00:23:41.339
 are there,

00:23:41.680 --> 00:23:42.319
 and if these

00:23:42.319 --> 00:23:43.420
 obstacles are

00:23:43.420 --> 00:23:44.960
 the means of

00:23:44.960 --> 00:23:46.799
 Jesus and

00:23:46.799 --> 00:23:48.100
 you going a

00:23:48.100 --> 00:23:48.960
 separate path

00:23:48.960 --> 00:23:49.360
 in life,

00:23:50.200 --> 00:23:50.799
 then it's

00:23:50.799 --> 00:23:51.480
 time to

00:23:51.480 --> 00:23:52.000
 move.

00:23:53.120 --> 00:23:54.059
 Retracing your

00:23:54.059 --> 00:23:55.140
 steps must be

00:23:55.140 --> 00:23:56.279
 going to that

00:23:56.279 --> 00:23:57.799
 place where

00:23:57.799 --> 00:23:58.480
 the obstacles

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 are gone.

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 And where,

00:24:02.039 --> 00:24:04.319
 as Peter

00:24:04.319 --> 00:24:05.120
 said on the

00:24:05.120 --> 00:24:05.460
 Mount of

00:24:05.460 --> 00:24:06.360
 Transfiguration,

00:24:06.559 --> 00:24:07.579
 when God

00:24:07.579 --> 00:24:08.279
 said to him,

00:24:08.559 --> 00:24:08.960
 there's my

00:24:08.960 --> 00:24:09.759
 beloved son,

00:24:11.039 --> 00:24:11.940
 listen to him

00:24:11.940 --> 00:24:12.500
 alone.

00:24:12.500 --> 00:24:14.140
 they saw

00:24:14.140 --> 00:24:15.920
 Jesus only.

00:24:16.960 --> 00:24:17.759
 We can be

00:24:17.759 --> 00:24:18.180
 in the

00:24:18.180 --> 00:24:18.579
 crowd,

00:24:19.220 --> 00:24:19.960
 but if we

00:24:19.960 --> 00:24:21.019
 have faith,

00:24:21.980 --> 00:24:22.380
 the willingness

00:24:22.380 --> 00:24:23.160
 to receive,

00:24:23.779 --> 00:24:24.480
 we can be in

00:24:24.480 --> 00:24:25.099
 the crowd and

00:24:25.099 --> 00:24:25.980
 see no one but

00:24:25.980 --> 00:24:27.079
 Jesus only.

00:24:28.160 --> 00:24:28.740
 He becomes

00:24:28.740 --> 00:24:30.180
 the priority.

00:24:30.900 --> 00:24:32.079
 There is a

00:24:32.079 --> 00:24:33.779
 ministry to

00:24:33.779 --> 00:24:35.099
 be appreciated.

00:24:36.480 --> 00:24:36.880
 And that

00:24:36.880 --> 00:24:37.440
 appreciation

00:24:37.440 --> 00:24:38.619
 depends on

00:24:38.619 --> 00:24:39.500
 your heart

00:24:39.500 --> 00:24:39.900
 and on

00:24:39.900 --> 00:24:40.339
 mine.

00:24:40.339 --> 00:24:41.959
 and your

00:24:41.959 --> 00:24:42.839
 readiness,

00:24:43.619 --> 00:24:43.740
 your

00:24:43.740 --> 00:24:44.799
 willingness to

00:24:44.799 --> 00:24:45.459
 receive,

00:24:46.359 --> 00:24:46.939
 or perhaps

00:24:46.939 --> 00:24:47.899
 a resistance

00:24:47.899 --> 00:24:49.619
 today to

00:24:49.619 --> 00:24:50.240
 accept the

00:24:50.240 --> 00:24:51.019
 very truths

00:24:51.019 --> 00:24:52.359
 that God

00:24:52.359 --> 00:24:52.899
 is speaking

00:24:52.899 --> 00:24:54.059
 to us and

00:24:54.059 --> 00:24:54.579
 that Jesus

00:24:54.579 --> 00:24:55.039
 is speaking

00:24:55.039 --> 00:24:56.159
 to us from

00:24:56.159 --> 00:24:57.240
 his word.

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 So there's

00:24:59.899 --> 00:25:00.419
 a mistake to

00:25:00.419 --> 00:25:00.899
 be avoided,

00:25:01.859 --> 00:25:02.259
 there's a

00:25:02.259 --> 00:25:02.720
 ministry to

00:25:02.720 --> 00:25:03.439
 be appreciated,

00:25:04.579 --> 00:25:05.899
 and thirdly,

00:25:07.459 --> 00:25:07.740
 there's a

00:25:07.740 --> 00:25:08.240
 mission to

00:25:08.240 --> 00:25:09.439
 be accepted.

00:25:10.339 --> 00:25:12.199
 we could

00:25:12.199 --> 00:25:12.639
 ask the

00:25:12.639 --> 00:25:13.059
 question,

00:25:13.839 --> 00:25:14.399
 who does

00:25:14.399 --> 00:25:15.259
 Jesus think

00:25:15.259 --> 00:25:15.959
 he is?

00:25:18.259 --> 00:25:18.959
 It's a

00:25:18.959 --> 00:25:19.519
 question of

00:25:19.519 --> 00:25:20.240
 respect,

00:25:21.419 --> 00:25:22.159
 and the

00:25:22.159 --> 00:25:22.699
 answer is

00:25:22.699 --> 00:25:23.259
 clear from

00:25:23.259 --> 00:25:23.819
 this passage,

00:25:24.459 --> 00:25:25.259
 he knows

00:25:25.259 --> 00:25:26.039
 that he is

00:25:26.039 --> 00:25:27.039
 the son of

00:25:27.039 --> 00:25:27.399
 God.

00:25:28.879 --> 00:25:29.459
 And that's

00:25:29.459 --> 00:25:29.819
 what I come

00:25:29.819 --> 00:25:30.439
 to understand,

00:25:30.859 --> 00:25:31.500
 that there is

00:25:31.500 --> 00:25:32.339
 a mission that

00:25:32.339 --> 00:25:32.939
 is known to

00:25:32.939 --> 00:25:33.359
 Jesus,

00:25:34.000 --> 00:25:34.759
 that he speaks

00:25:34.759 --> 00:25:35.220
 of here,

00:25:35.519 --> 00:25:36.279
 that we must

00:25:36.279 --> 00:25:36.779
 accept.

00:25:36.779 --> 00:25:38.940
 and as we

00:25:38.940 --> 00:25:39.399
 see his

00:25:39.399 --> 00:25:40.019
 parents coming

00:25:40.019 --> 00:25:40.839
 to them in

00:25:40.839 --> 00:25:41.940
 their astonishment,

00:25:43.079 --> 00:25:44.539
 what is it

00:25:44.539 --> 00:25:44.799
 that they

00:25:44.799 --> 00:25:45.660
 actually do?

00:25:47.279 --> 00:25:48.440
 They find

00:25:48.440 --> 00:25:49.899
 fault with

00:25:49.899 --> 00:25:50.420
 Jesus.

00:25:52.139 --> 00:25:52.759
 Have you

00:25:52.759 --> 00:25:53.160
 ever done

00:25:53.160 --> 00:25:53.519
 that?

00:25:55.079 --> 00:25:55.940
 When things

00:25:55.940 --> 00:25:56.759
 aren't happening

00:25:56.759 --> 00:25:57.139
 the way that

00:25:57.139 --> 00:25:57.799
 you expect,

00:25:58.879 --> 00:25:59.399
 when God

00:25:59.399 --> 00:26:00.539
 is not doing

00:26:00.539 --> 00:26:00.819
 what you

00:26:00.819 --> 00:26:01.539
 expected him

00:26:01.539 --> 00:26:01.879
 to do,

00:26:02.180 --> 00:26:02.720
 or when God

00:26:02.720 --> 00:26:03.180
 is doing

00:26:03.180 --> 00:26:03.720
 what you

00:26:03.720 --> 00:26:05.819
 find

00:26:05.819 --> 00:26:07.079
 unacceptable,

00:26:08.640 --> 00:26:09.019
 have you

00:26:09.019 --> 00:26:10.019
 ever blamed

00:26:10.019 --> 00:26:11.059
 God?

00:26:12.759 --> 00:26:13.480
 That's what

00:26:13.480 --> 00:26:14.279
 Mary is

00:26:14.279 --> 00:26:14.819
 doing here.

00:26:15.819 --> 00:26:16.140
 Why

00:26:16.140 --> 00:26:17.759
 did you

00:26:17.759 --> 00:26:18.460
 treat us

00:26:18.460 --> 00:26:19.019
 like the

00:26:19.019 --> 00:26:19.319
 son?

00:26:19.680 --> 00:26:20.019
 Why have

00:26:20.019 --> 00:26:20.500
 you treated

00:26:20.500 --> 00:26:21.039
 us so?

00:26:21.380 --> 00:26:21.740
 Behold,

00:26:21.799 --> 00:26:22.200
 your father

00:26:22.200 --> 00:26:22.660
 and I have

00:26:22.660 --> 00:26:23.579
 been searching

00:26:23.579 --> 00:26:24.160
 for you in

00:26:24.160 --> 00:26:25.420
 great distress.

00:26:26.660 --> 00:26:27.120
 They are

00:26:27.120 --> 00:26:27.799
 struggling to

00:26:27.799 --> 00:26:28.319
 cope with a

00:26:28.319 --> 00:26:28.759
 new thing

00:26:28.759 --> 00:26:29.240
 in the life

00:26:29.240 --> 00:26:29.759
 of Jesus,

00:26:30.720 --> 00:26:31.480
 and because

00:26:31.480 --> 00:26:32.620
 of not being

00:26:32.620 --> 00:26:33.160
 able to

00:26:33.160 --> 00:26:34.019
 understand what

00:26:34.019 --> 00:26:34.600
 is happening,

00:26:35.019 --> 00:26:35.940
 their defense

00:26:35.940 --> 00:26:36.840
 mechanism is

00:26:36.840 --> 00:26:37.800
 to blame

00:26:37.800 --> 00:26:38.620
 Jesus for

00:26:38.620 --> 00:26:39.279
 letting them

00:26:39.279 --> 00:26:39.700
 down.

00:26:42.779 --> 00:26:43.040
 And

00:26:43.040 --> 00:26:43.600
 sometimes

00:26:43.600 --> 00:26:44.580
 you and

00:26:44.580 --> 00:26:45.380
 I can do

00:26:45.380 --> 00:26:45.759
 that.

00:26:47.460 --> 00:26:48.240
 God does

00:26:48.240 --> 00:26:49.259
 new things

00:26:49.259 --> 00:26:50.040
 for us all

00:26:50.040 --> 00:26:50.519
 the time.

00:26:52.779 --> 00:26:53.460
 God does

00:26:53.460 --> 00:26:54.880
 things that

00:26:54.880 --> 00:26:56.160
 change things

00:26:56.160 --> 00:26:56.500
 for the

00:26:56.500 --> 00:26:56.900
 better,

00:26:58.160 --> 00:26:58.500
 as we

00:26:58.500 --> 00:26:58.980
 noted from

00:26:58.980 --> 00:26:59.519
 William Hague.

00:26:59.860 --> 00:27:00.380
 God can

00:27:00.380 --> 00:27:00.940
 do things

00:27:00.940 --> 00:27:02.460
 that can

00:27:02.460 --> 00:27:03.799
 be catastrophically

00:27:03.799 --> 00:27:04.259
 worse,

00:27:05.319 --> 00:27:07.200
 but do

00:27:07.200 --> 00:27:08.559
 we blame

00:27:08.559 --> 00:27:09.480
 God because

00:27:09.480 --> 00:27:10.579
 of the

00:27:10.579 --> 00:27:11.140
 new thing

00:27:11.140 --> 00:27:12.000
 that we

00:27:12.000 --> 00:27:12.319
 cannot

00:27:12.319 --> 00:27:13.240
 understand?

00:27:15.000 --> 00:27:15.740
 The

00:27:15.740 --> 00:27:16.440
 blaming of

00:27:16.440 --> 00:27:17.840
 God that

00:27:17.840 --> 00:27:18.759
 blocks the

00:27:18.759 --> 00:27:19.360
 channel of

00:27:19.360 --> 00:27:20.180
 communication,

00:27:21.180 --> 00:27:22.720
 that stops

00:27:22.720 --> 00:27:23.660
 my appreciation

00:27:23.660 --> 00:27:24.019
 of the

00:27:24.019 --> 00:27:24.440
 word of

00:27:24.440 --> 00:27:24.759
 God.

00:27:26.319 --> 00:27:27.279
 I need to

00:27:27.279 --> 00:27:29.460
 ensure that

00:27:29.460 --> 00:27:30.240
 when things

00:27:30.240 --> 00:27:30.740
 do go

00:27:30.740 --> 00:27:31.099
 wrong,

00:27:31.099 --> 00:27:32.000
 that my

00:27:32.000 --> 00:27:32.839
 response to

00:27:32.839 --> 00:27:33.559
 that is

00:27:33.559 --> 00:27:34.000
 to look

00:27:34.000 --> 00:27:34.880
 to myself

00:27:34.880 --> 00:27:35.700
 and to

00:27:35.700 --> 00:27:36.259
 hear what

00:27:36.259 --> 00:27:36.779
 Jesus is

00:27:36.779 --> 00:27:37.019
 saying,

00:27:37.539 --> 00:27:38.079
 so that

00:27:38.079 --> 00:27:39.359
 what is

00:27:39.359 --> 00:27:40.279
 new becomes

00:27:40.279 --> 00:27:41.500
 accessible to

00:27:41.500 --> 00:27:41.740
 me,

00:27:42.279 --> 00:27:43.019
 and what is

00:27:43.019 --> 00:27:43.640
 new becomes

00:27:43.640 --> 00:27:44.039
 the very

00:27:44.039 --> 00:27:45.079
 thing that

00:27:45.079 --> 00:27:45.779
 is at the

00:27:45.779 --> 00:27:46.440
 center of

00:27:46.440 --> 00:27:47.160
 my life.

00:27:48.359 --> 00:27:48.680
 And what

00:27:48.680 --> 00:27:48.980
 does that

00:27:48.980 --> 00:27:49.339
 news thing,

00:27:49.400 --> 00:27:49.819
 what does

00:27:49.819 --> 00:27:50.240
 Jesus say

00:27:50.240 --> 00:27:50.599
 to them?

00:27:50.599 --> 00:27:53.500
 why were

00:27:53.500 --> 00:27:54.119
 you looking

00:27:54.119 --> 00:27:54.919
 for me?

00:27:56.519 --> 00:27:56.959
 As if

00:27:56.959 --> 00:27:57.199
 Jesus

00:27:57.199 --> 00:27:57.879
 himself were

00:27:57.879 --> 00:27:58.679
 astonished

00:27:58.679 --> 00:28:00.679
 that they

00:28:00.679 --> 00:28:00.939
 didn't

00:28:00.939 --> 00:28:02.059
 understand that

00:28:02.059 --> 00:28:02.639
 this is where

00:28:02.639 --> 00:28:02.959
 he should

00:28:02.959 --> 00:28:03.279
 be.

00:28:03.819 --> 00:28:04.299
 Why were

00:28:04.299 --> 00:28:04.619
 you looking

00:28:04.619 --> 00:28:05.139
 for me?

00:28:05.859 --> 00:28:06.459
 Did you

00:28:06.459 --> 00:28:08.159
 not know

00:28:08.159 --> 00:28:09.079
 that I

00:28:09.079 --> 00:28:09.619
 must be

00:28:09.619 --> 00:28:10.279
 in my

00:28:10.279 --> 00:28:12.119
 father's

00:28:12.119 --> 00:28:12.419
 house?

00:28:12.420 --> 00:28:15.600
 there are

00:28:15.600 --> 00:28:16.279
 two things

00:28:16.279 --> 00:28:16.820
 in the

00:28:16.820 --> 00:28:17.320
 words that

00:28:17.320 --> 00:28:17.660
 Jesus

00:28:17.660 --> 00:28:18.820
 speaks here

00:28:18.820 --> 00:28:19.800
 that remind

00:28:19.800 --> 00:28:20.400
 us of

00:28:20.400 --> 00:28:22.380
 the mission

00:28:22.380 --> 00:28:22.940
 of God.

00:28:23.980 --> 00:28:24.600
 Did you

00:28:24.600 --> 00:28:25.039
 not know

00:28:25.039 --> 00:28:25.580
 that I

00:28:25.580 --> 00:28:26.300
 must?

00:28:27.800 --> 00:28:28.320
 When I

00:28:28.320 --> 00:28:28.640
 read the

00:28:28.640 --> 00:28:29.340
 word must

00:28:29.340 --> 00:28:29.820
 in the

00:28:29.820 --> 00:28:30.500
 gospels,

00:28:31.160 --> 00:28:32.300
 it speaks

00:28:32.300 --> 00:28:32.800
 to me of

00:28:32.800 --> 00:28:33.640
 a necessity

00:28:33.640 --> 00:28:34.800
 that's

00:28:34.800 --> 00:28:35.279
 bound up

00:28:35.279 --> 00:28:36.080
 entirely

00:28:36.080 --> 00:28:37.120
 with what

00:28:37.120 --> 00:28:37.600
 God has

00:28:37.600 --> 00:28:38.080
 purposed

00:28:38.080 --> 00:28:38.580
 to do.

00:28:39.420 --> 00:28:39.740
 Jesus

00:28:39.740 --> 00:28:40.660
 must do

00:28:40.660 --> 00:28:41.000
 this

00:28:41.000 --> 00:28:42.060
 because

00:28:42.060 --> 00:28:42.860
 he came

00:28:42.860 --> 00:28:43.240
 to do

00:28:43.240 --> 00:28:43.740
 the will

00:28:43.740 --> 00:28:44.300
 of God

00:28:44.300 --> 00:28:45.779
 and God

00:28:45.779 --> 00:28:46.980
 in sending

00:28:46.980 --> 00:28:47.519
 him has

00:28:47.519 --> 00:28:47.900
 said to

00:28:47.900 --> 00:28:48.000
 him,

00:28:48.140 --> 00:28:48.400
 this is

00:28:48.400 --> 00:28:48.779
 what you

00:28:48.779 --> 00:28:49.560
 shall do.

00:28:50.340 --> 00:28:50.779
 There is

00:28:50.779 --> 00:28:51.640
 a necessity

00:28:51.640 --> 00:28:52.580
 that arises

00:28:52.580 --> 00:28:53.480
 from the

00:28:53.480 --> 00:28:53.980
 way in which

00:28:53.980 --> 00:28:54.519
 God has

00:28:54.519 --> 00:28:55.160
 designed

00:28:55.160 --> 00:28:56.220
 that Jesus

00:28:56.220 --> 00:28:56.860
 would work

00:28:56.860 --> 00:28:57.120
 in the

00:28:57.120 --> 00:28:57.380
 world.

00:28:57.920 --> 00:28:58.380
 There is

00:28:58.380 --> 00:28:59.160
 the must

00:28:59.160 --> 00:28:59.700
 of the

00:28:59.700 --> 00:29:00.220
 necessity

00:29:00.220 --> 00:29:01.240
 of the

00:29:01.240 --> 00:29:01.540
 will

00:29:01.540 --> 00:29:02.640
 of God.

00:29:04.120 --> 00:29:04.420
 And

00:29:04.420 --> 00:29:04.720
 everything

00:29:04.720 --> 00:29:05.540
 that Jesus

00:29:05.540 --> 00:29:06.000
 did from

00:29:06.000 --> 00:29:06.519
 the time

00:29:06.519 --> 00:29:06.820
 in which

00:29:06.820 --> 00:29:07.120
 he was

00:29:07.120 --> 00:29:07.519
 born,

00:29:08.600 --> 00:29:09.100
 growing up

00:29:09.100 --> 00:29:09.519
 his life

00:29:09.519 --> 00:29:09.880
 here in

00:29:09.880 --> 00:29:10.240
 the temple

00:29:10.240 --> 00:29:10.400
 here,

00:29:10.400 --> 00:29:10.940
 I must

00:29:10.940 --> 00:29:11.480
 be here,

00:29:12.620 --> 00:29:13.759
 I must

00:29:13.759 --> 00:29:14.400
 go this

00:29:14.400 --> 00:29:14.720
 day and

00:29:14.720 --> 00:29:15.019
 the next

00:29:15.019 --> 00:29:15.320
 day and

00:29:15.320 --> 00:29:15.640
 then go

00:29:15.640 --> 00:29:16.300
 to Jerusalem.

00:29:17.620 --> 00:29:17.860
 The

00:29:17.860 --> 00:29:18.160
 Son of

00:29:18.160 --> 00:29:18.759
 Man must

00:29:18.759 --> 00:29:19.420
 suffer many

00:29:19.420 --> 00:29:19.780
 things.

00:29:20.700 --> 00:29:21.220
 It's all

00:29:21.220 --> 00:29:22.140
 about fulfilling

00:29:22.140 --> 00:29:23.420
 the word

00:29:23.420 --> 00:29:23.920
 of God.

00:29:24.420 --> 00:29:24.820
 The

00:29:24.820 --> 00:29:25.160
 Son of

00:29:25.160 --> 00:29:25.759
 Man must

00:29:25.759 --> 00:29:26.360
 enter into

00:29:26.360 --> 00:29:26.700
 glory.

00:29:27.140 --> 00:29:27.300
 The

00:29:27.300 --> 00:29:27.640
 Son of

00:29:27.640 --> 00:29:28.120
 Man must

00:29:28.120 --> 00:29:28.560
 sit at

00:29:28.560 --> 00:29:28.940
 the right

00:29:28.940 --> 00:29:30.060
 hand of

00:29:30.060 --> 00:29:31.000
 God in

00:29:31.000 --> 00:29:31.440
 heaven.

00:29:32.920 --> 00:29:33.019
 There's

00:29:33.019 --> 00:29:34.019
 a necessity

00:29:34.019 --> 00:29:35.220
 that belongs

00:29:35.220 --> 00:29:35.880
 to his

00:29:35.880 --> 00:29:37.100
 journey as

00:29:37.100 --> 00:29:37.700
 someone who's

00:29:37.700 --> 00:29:38.660
 here to

00:29:38.660 --> 00:29:39.300
 do the

00:29:39.300 --> 00:29:39.759
 will of

00:29:39.759 --> 00:29:40.259
 God.

00:29:41.259 --> 00:29:42.079
 And that

00:29:42.079 --> 00:29:42.680
 necessity

00:29:42.680 --> 00:29:43.900
 is entirely

00:29:43.900 --> 00:29:44.500
 built up

00:29:44.500 --> 00:29:47.279
 with the

00:29:47.279 --> 00:29:47.740
 family

00:29:47.740 --> 00:29:48.339
 business,

00:29:49.140 --> 00:29:50.740
 the family

00:29:50.740 --> 00:29:51.259
 plan,

00:29:52.579 --> 00:29:53.299
 the family

00:29:53.299 --> 00:29:54.000
 project,

00:29:55.140 --> 00:29:56.240
 what God

00:29:56.240 --> 00:29:56.879
 the Father

00:29:56.879 --> 00:29:57.599
 has purpose

00:29:57.599 --> 00:29:58.140
 to do.

00:29:59.299 --> 00:29:59.980
 I must

00:29:59.980 --> 00:30:02.819
 be in

00:30:02.819 --> 00:30:03.379
 my

00:30:03.379 --> 00:30:04.440
 father's

00:30:04.440 --> 00:30:04.920
 house.

00:30:04.920 --> 00:30:04.980
 house.

00:30:06.560 --> 00:30:06.740
 Your

00:30:06.740 --> 00:30:07.660
 father and

00:30:07.660 --> 00:30:08.100
 I,

00:30:08.300 --> 00:30:08.940
 says Mary,

00:30:10.580 --> 00:30:10.880
 were

00:30:10.880 --> 00:30:11.980
 distressed

00:30:11.980 --> 00:30:12.940
 because we

00:30:12.940 --> 00:30:13.300
 could not

00:30:13.300 --> 00:30:14.100
 find you.

00:30:15.680 --> 00:30:16.580
 But Jesus

00:30:16.580 --> 00:30:17.060
 makes it

00:30:17.060 --> 00:30:18.039
 quite clear

00:30:18.039 --> 00:30:18.500
 how he

00:30:18.500 --> 00:30:18.920
 sees

00:30:18.920 --> 00:30:19.380
 himself.

00:30:20.560 --> 00:30:21.200
 I must

00:30:21.200 --> 00:30:21.840
 be about

00:30:21.840 --> 00:30:23.400
 the business

00:30:23.400 --> 00:30:24.240
 of my

00:30:24.240 --> 00:30:25.560
 father's

00:30:25.560 --> 00:30:26.060
 house.

00:30:27.480 --> 00:30:28.240
 And that

00:30:28.240 --> 00:30:28.900
 business

00:30:28.900 --> 00:30:30.539
 is the

00:30:30.539 --> 00:30:30.960
 business

00:30:30.960 --> 00:30:31.500
 which he

00:30:31.500 --> 00:30:33.119
 came to

00:30:33.119 --> 00:30:33.880
 complete.

00:30:35.220 --> 00:30:35.880
 When he

00:30:35.880 --> 00:30:36.819
 came into

00:30:36.819 --> 00:30:37.319
 this world

00:30:37.319 --> 00:30:38.400
 to die

00:30:38.400 --> 00:30:38.960
 for the

00:30:38.960 --> 00:30:39.460
 sins of

00:30:39.460 --> 00:30:40.039
 the world,

00:30:41.880 --> 00:30:42.359
 it was,

00:30:42.440 --> 00:30:43.859
 says Isaiah

00:30:43.859 --> 00:30:44.339
 and Isaiah

00:30:44.339 --> 00:30:44.740
 53,

00:30:45.140 --> 00:30:46.000
 it was the

00:30:46.000 --> 00:30:46.519
 will of the

00:30:46.519 --> 00:30:46.960
 Lord to

00:30:46.960 --> 00:30:47.859
 crush him.

00:30:50.019 --> 00:30:50.859
 And Jesus

00:30:50.859 --> 00:30:51.259
 in the

00:30:51.259 --> 00:30:52.299
 garden going

00:30:52.299 --> 00:30:52.980
 to fulfill

00:30:52.980 --> 00:30:53.519
 the mission

00:30:53.519 --> 00:30:54.079
 of God.

00:30:55.339 --> 00:30:56.000
 And in

00:30:56.000 --> 00:30:57.279
 this pictorial

00:30:57.279 --> 00:30:57.539
 way,

00:30:57.579 --> 00:30:58.960
 God placing

00:30:58.960 --> 00:30:59.720
 the cup

00:30:59.720 --> 00:31:00.200
 of wrath

00:31:00.200 --> 00:31:00.620
 into his

00:31:00.620 --> 00:31:00.819
 hand,

00:31:01.299 --> 00:31:01.840
 take this

00:31:01.840 --> 00:31:02.319
 cup from

00:31:02.319 --> 00:31:02.500
 me.

00:31:03.140 --> 00:31:03.500
 Nevertheless,

00:31:03.940 --> 00:31:04.620
 not my

00:31:04.620 --> 00:31:04.920
 will,

00:31:05.380 --> 00:31:06.059
 but yours

00:31:06.059 --> 00:31:06.559
 be done.

00:31:07.019 --> 00:31:07.180
 The

00:31:07.180 --> 00:31:07.799
 mission of

00:31:07.799 --> 00:31:08.279
 God is

00:31:08.279 --> 00:31:09.019
 such that

00:31:09.019 --> 00:31:09.480
 I must

00:31:09.480 --> 00:31:10.319
 drink this

00:31:10.319 --> 00:31:11.180
 cup and

00:31:11.180 --> 00:31:11.579
 drink it

00:31:11.579 --> 00:31:11.900
 to the

00:31:11.900 --> 00:31:12.640
 dregs.

00:31:14.360 --> 00:31:15.420
 And in

00:31:15.420 --> 00:31:16.140
 his commitment

00:31:16.140 --> 00:31:16.640
 to the

00:31:16.640 --> 00:31:17.100
 will of

00:31:17.100 --> 00:31:17.380
 God,

00:31:17.480 --> 00:31:18.019
 he arises

00:31:18.019 --> 00:31:18.480
 from the

00:31:18.480 --> 00:31:18.840
 garden.

00:31:19.460 --> 00:31:19.880
 The cup

00:31:19.880 --> 00:31:20.259
 that the

00:31:20.259 --> 00:31:20.740
 father has

00:31:20.740 --> 00:31:21.299
 given to

00:31:21.299 --> 00:31:21.500
 me,

00:31:22.340 --> 00:31:22.940
 surely I

00:31:22.940 --> 00:31:23.380
 will drink

00:31:23.380 --> 00:31:23.640
 it.

00:31:24.420 --> 00:31:24.880
 And he

00:31:24.880 --> 00:31:25.360
 goes off

00:31:25.360 --> 00:31:26.460
 purposefully

00:31:26.460 --> 00:31:28.059
 to Calvary's

00:31:28.059 --> 00:31:28.500
 cross.

00:31:28.960 --> 00:31:31.079
 This cup

00:31:31.079 --> 00:31:32.340
 is a

00:31:32.340 --> 00:31:32.900
 new covenant

00:31:32.900 --> 00:31:33.500
 in my

00:31:33.500 --> 00:31:33.880
 blood.

00:31:35.200 --> 00:31:35.579
 And so

00:31:35.579 --> 00:31:36.160
 he gives

00:31:36.160 --> 00:31:37.440
 his life

00:31:37.440 --> 00:31:38.420
 as a

00:31:38.420 --> 00:31:38.779
 ransom

00:31:38.779 --> 00:31:40.720
 for many.

00:31:42.559 --> 00:31:43.319
 It's

00:31:43.319 --> 00:31:45.360
 a mission

00:31:45.360 --> 00:31:47.120
 that we

00:31:47.120 --> 00:31:47.940
 must accept.

00:31:49.779 --> 00:31:50.500
 The

00:31:50.500 --> 00:31:51.079
 journey of

00:31:51.079 --> 00:31:51.460
 faith

00:31:51.460 --> 00:31:53.279
 is not

00:31:53.279 --> 00:31:53.880
 complete.

00:31:55.200 --> 00:31:55.299
 And

00:31:55.299 --> 00:31:55.579
 indeed,

00:31:55.680 --> 00:31:56.059
 the journey

00:31:56.059 --> 00:31:56.660
 of faith

00:31:56.660 --> 00:31:57.720
 in the

00:31:57.720 --> 00:31:58.180
 sense of

00:31:58.180 --> 00:31:58.860
 the genuine

00:31:58.860 --> 00:31:59.700
 faith of

00:31:59.700 --> 00:32:00.220
 the Bible,

00:32:00.720 --> 00:32:01.340
 the journey

00:32:01.340 --> 00:32:01.940
 of faith

00:32:01.940 --> 00:32:02.980
 has not

00:32:02.980 --> 00:32:03.240
 yet

00:32:03.240 --> 00:32:03.860
 commenced

00:32:03.860 --> 00:32:06.039
 until we

00:32:06.039 --> 00:32:06.680
 embrace

00:32:06.680 --> 00:32:08.620
 Jesus

00:32:08.620 --> 00:32:09.620
 Christ,

00:32:10.500 --> 00:32:11.360
 the child

00:32:11.360 --> 00:32:11.580
 in the

00:32:11.580 --> 00:32:11.940
 manger,

00:32:12.140 --> 00:32:12.539
 the Son

00:32:12.539 --> 00:32:13.019
 of God,

00:32:13.420 --> 00:32:14.160
 until we

00:32:14.160 --> 00:32:14.680
 embrace

00:32:14.680 --> 00:32:15.160
 him

00:32:15.160 --> 00:32:16.980
 as the

00:32:16.980 --> 00:32:17.380
 one who

00:32:17.380 --> 00:32:18.259
 has fulfilled

00:32:18.259 --> 00:32:19.600
 the commission

00:32:19.600 --> 00:32:19.960
 of the

00:32:19.960 --> 00:32:20.320
 Father,

00:32:21.320 --> 00:32:21.880
 who said

00:32:21.880 --> 00:32:22.240
 on the

00:32:22.240 --> 00:32:22.580
 cross,

00:32:22.880 --> 00:32:23.200
 it is

00:32:23.200 --> 00:32:23.880
 finished.

00:32:23.880 --> 00:32:25.620
 and with

00:32:25.620 --> 00:32:25.900
 a loud

00:32:25.900 --> 00:32:26.380
 voice,

00:32:27.040 --> 00:32:28.840
 he gave

00:32:28.840 --> 00:32:29.560
 up his

00:32:29.560 --> 00:32:30.000
 life,

00:32:30.320 --> 00:32:30.820
 his spirit

00:32:30.820 --> 00:32:32.080
 to God.

00:32:32.940 --> 00:32:33.540
 That's

00:32:33.540 --> 00:32:33.860
 where we

00:32:33.860 --> 00:32:34.920
 must close

00:32:34.920 --> 00:32:35.500
 this year.

00:32:36.600 --> 00:32:37.220
 We must

00:32:37.220 --> 00:32:39.760
 check out

00:32:39.760 --> 00:32:40.880
 of 2025

00:32:40.880 --> 00:32:43.180
 and check

00:32:43.180 --> 00:32:43.460
 into

00:32:43.460 --> 00:32:44.520
 2026

00:32:44.520 --> 00:32:45.580
 and ensure

00:32:45.579 --> 00:32:47.259
 that as

00:32:47.259 --> 00:32:47.919
 we check

00:32:47.919 --> 00:32:48.299
 out of

00:32:48.299 --> 00:32:48.799
 this year,

00:32:49.519 --> 00:32:49.839
 Jesus

00:32:49.839 --> 00:32:50.740
 is with

00:32:50.740 --> 00:32:51.359
 us as

00:32:51.359 --> 00:32:51.579
 our

00:32:51.579 --> 00:32:52.019
 personal

00:32:52.019 --> 00:32:52.619
 saviour.

00:32:53.579 --> 00:32:53.939
 And so

00:32:53.939 --> 00:32:54.339
 as we

00:32:54.339 --> 00:32:55.000
 check into

00:32:55.000 --> 00:32:56.480
 the next

00:32:56.480 --> 00:32:56.919
 year,

00:32:57.720 --> 00:32:58.019
 if in

00:32:58.019 --> 00:32:58.419
 God's

00:32:58.419 --> 00:32:58.599
 good

00:32:58.599 --> 00:32:59.039
 providence

00:32:59.039 --> 00:32:59.779
 we see

00:32:59.779 --> 00:32:59.919
 it,

00:32:59.980 --> 00:33:00.279
 as we

00:33:00.279 --> 00:33:00.659
 check

00:33:00.659 --> 00:33:01.119
 into it,

00:33:01.659 --> 00:33:02.039
 we will

00:33:02.039 --> 00:33:02.480
 know

00:33:02.480 --> 00:33:03.299
 that we

00:33:03.299 --> 00:33:03.759
 will be

00:33:03.759 --> 00:33:04.240
 safe

00:33:04.240 --> 00:33:04.539
 and we

00:33:04.539 --> 00:33:04.799
 will be

00:33:04.799 --> 00:33:05.419
 secure

00:33:05.419 --> 00:33:06.399
 because

00:33:06.399 --> 00:33:06.859
 the Lord

00:33:06.859 --> 00:33:07.259
 is our

00:33:07.259 --> 00:33:07.859
 shepherd.

00:33:08.659 --> 00:33:08.839
 He will

00:33:08.839 --> 00:33:09.139
 be our

00:33:09.139 --> 00:33:09.699
 guide.

00:33:10.159 --> 00:33:10.699
 No matter

00:33:10.699 --> 00:33:11.679
 where life

00:33:11.679 --> 00:33:12.279
 will take

00:33:12.279 --> 00:33:12.579
 us,

00:33:12.939 --> 00:33:13.259
 though we

00:33:13.259 --> 00:33:13.679
 walk through

00:33:13.679 --> 00:33:14.079
 the valley

00:33:14.079 --> 00:33:14.480
 of the

00:33:14.480 --> 00:33:14.799
 shadow

00:33:14.799 --> 00:33:15.179
 of death,

00:33:16.119 --> 00:33:16.439
 we will

00:33:16.439 --> 00:33:17.279
 fear no

00:33:17.279 --> 00:33:19.240
 evil because

00:33:19.240 --> 00:33:19.720
 he is

00:33:19.720 --> 00:33:20.699
 with us.

00:33:21.819 --> 00:33:22.119
 And so

00:33:22.119 --> 00:33:22.619
 today let's

00:33:22.619 --> 00:33:23.500
 hear what

00:33:23.500 --> 00:33:23.899
 God is

00:33:23.899 --> 00:33:24.099
 saying.

00:33:24.220 --> 00:33:24.599
 Let's

00:33:24.599 --> 00:33:25.379
 ensure we

00:33:25.379 --> 00:33:26.099
 take note

00:33:26.099 --> 00:33:26.819
 of the

00:33:26.819 --> 00:33:27.379
 mistake

00:33:27.379 --> 00:33:28.759
 that's to

00:33:28.759 --> 00:33:29.279
 be avoided.

00:33:30.099 --> 00:33:30.720
 Let's

00:33:30.720 --> 00:33:31.399
 ensure that

00:33:31.399 --> 00:33:31.939
 we go on

00:33:31.939 --> 00:33:32.319
 a life

00:33:32.319 --> 00:33:34.199
 appreciating

00:33:34.199 --> 00:33:34.799
 the ministry

00:33:34.799 --> 00:33:35.139
 of the

00:33:35.139 --> 00:33:35.879
 gospel where

00:33:35.879 --> 00:33:36.319
 we learn

00:33:36.319 --> 00:33:36.899
 about Jesus

00:33:36.899 --> 00:33:37.960
 and let's

00:33:37.960 --> 00:33:38.619
 ensure

00:33:38.619 --> 00:33:40.099
 that we

00:33:40.099 --> 00:33:40.859
 don't stop

00:33:40.859 --> 00:33:41.659
 short of

00:33:41.659 --> 00:33:42.699
 embracing in

00:33:42.699 --> 00:33:43.240
 our hearts

00:33:43.240 --> 00:33:44.980
 that Jesus

00:33:44.980 --> 00:33:45.740
 who loved

00:33:45.740 --> 00:33:46.099
 me and

00:33:46.099 --> 00:33:46.660
 gave himself

00:33:46.660 --> 00:33:47.279
 for me

00:33:47.279 --> 00:33:48.140
 and let's

00:33:48.140 --> 00:33:48.559
 ensure that

00:33:48.559 --> 00:33:48.819
 we go

00:33:48.819 --> 00:33:49.400
 forward

00:33:49.400 --> 00:33:50.740
 confident in

00:33:50.740 --> 00:33:51.279
 our faith

00:33:51.279 --> 00:33:51.700
 and on

00:33:51.700 --> 00:33:52.180
 our journey

00:33:52.180 --> 00:33:52.660
 of faith

00:33:52.660 --> 00:33:53.819
 that our

00:33:53.819 --> 00:33:54.420
 faith is

00:33:54.420 --> 00:33:54.980
 in him

00:33:54.980 --> 00:33:55.859
 and that

00:33:55.859 --> 00:33:56.359
 by faith

00:33:56.359 --> 00:33:56.660
 we have

00:33:56.660 --> 00:33:57.460
 peace with

00:33:57.460 --> 00:33:57.819
 God

00:33:57.819 --> 00:33:58.859
 and that

00:33:58.859 --> 00:33:59.420
 we enter

00:33:59.420 --> 00:34:00.559
 in to

00:34:00.559 --> 00:34:01.259
 that grace

00:34:01.259 --> 00:34:01.920
 of Christ

00:34:01.920 --> 00:34:02.940
 in which

00:34:02.940 --> 00:34:03.460
 God has

00:34:03.460 --> 00:34:03.900
 made us

00:34:03.900 --> 00:34:04.779
 able to

00:34:04.779 --> 00:34:05.240
 stand.

00:34:05.819 --> 00:34:06.099
 May God

00:34:06.099 --> 00:34:06.400
 bless his

00:34:06.400 --> 00:34:06.819
 word to us.

00:34:07.019 --> 00:34:07.299
 Let us

00:34:07.299 --> 00:34:07.480
 pray.

00:34:07.480 --> 00:34:09.340
 most

00:34:09.340 --> 00:34:09.760
 gracious

00:34:09.760 --> 00:34:10.119
 God

00:34:10.119 --> 00:34:10.360
 we

00:34:10.360 --> 00:34:11.579
 rejoice

00:34:11.579 --> 00:34:12.159
 in you

00:34:12.159 --> 00:34:13.000
 and in

00:34:13.000 --> 00:34:13.179
 your

00:34:13.179 --> 00:34:13.579
 care

00:34:13.579 --> 00:34:14.179
 of us.

00:34:15.119 --> 00:34:15.519
 We are

00:34:15.519 --> 00:34:16.079
 thankful to

00:34:16.079 --> 00:34:16.460
 you that

00:34:16.460 --> 00:34:17.539
 we have

00:34:17.539 --> 00:34:18.179
 your promise

00:34:18.179 --> 00:34:18.559
 that you

00:34:18.559 --> 00:34:18.960
 will never

00:34:18.960 --> 00:34:19.579
 leave us

00:34:19.579 --> 00:34:20.619
 or forsake

00:34:20.619 --> 00:34:20.920
 us.

00:34:21.740 --> 00:34:22.260
 We read

00:34:22.260 --> 00:34:22.820
 through your

00:34:22.820 --> 00:34:23.340
 word and

00:34:23.340 --> 00:34:23.699
 we are

00:34:23.699 --> 00:34:24.159
 reminded

00:34:24.159 --> 00:34:25.740
 in different

00:34:25.740 --> 00:34:26.840
 places that

00:34:26.840 --> 00:34:28.039
 we are a

00:34:28.039 --> 00:34:28.480
 people who

00:34:28.480 --> 00:34:29.219
 tend to go

00:34:29.219 --> 00:34:29.659
 astray

00:34:29.659 --> 00:34:30.360
 from you.

00:34:31.000 --> 00:34:31.559
 But we are

00:34:31.559 --> 00:34:32.059
 thankful to

00:34:32.059 --> 00:34:32.420
 you that

00:34:32.420 --> 00:34:32.800
 you are the

00:34:32.800 --> 00:34:33.380
 shepherd who

00:34:33.380 --> 00:34:34.820
 rescues and

00:34:34.820 --> 00:34:35.440
 who recovers

00:34:35.440 --> 00:34:35.840
 and who

00:34:35.840 --> 00:34:36.480
 restores.

00:34:37.260 --> 00:34:37.840
 And we are

00:34:37.840 --> 00:34:38.420
 thankful today

00:34:38.420 --> 00:34:39.000
 for every way

00:34:39.000 --> 00:34:39.980
 in which you

00:34:39.980 --> 00:34:40.559
 have done so

00:34:40.559 --> 00:34:41.220
 in the past.

00:34:42.019 --> 00:34:42.619
 And help us

00:34:42.619 --> 00:34:43.340
 today to

00:34:43.340 --> 00:34:44.340
 know something

00:34:44.340 --> 00:34:45.039
 more of your

00:34:45.039 --> 00:34:45.880
 restoring power

00:34:45.880 --> 00:34:46.340
 and grace.

00:34:47.059 --> 00:34:47.619
 And help us

00:34:47.619 --> 00:34:48.099
 to sense

00:34:48.099 --> 00:34:49.260
 that you are

00:34:49.260 --> 00:34:49.720
 with us.

00:34:50.260 --> 00:34:50.920
 And help us

00:34:50.920 --> 00:34:51.840
 to feel

00:34:51.840 --> 00:34:53.340
 your love

00:34:53.340 --> 00:34:54.460
 and your

00:34:54.460 --> 00:34:55.119
 power and

00:34:55.119 --> 00:34:55.559
 your grace

00:34:55.559 --> 00:34:56.099
 in our hearts

00:34:56.099 --> 00:34:56.800
 and our lives

00:34:56.800 --> 00:34:57.820
 as we journey

00:34:57.820 --> 00:34:58.740
 on to the

00:34:58.740 --> 00:34:59.320
 rest of this

00:34:59.320 --> 00:35:00.220
 day and

00:35:00.220 --> 00:35:00.599
 in your good

00:35:00.599 --> 00:35:01.280
 providence as

00:35:01.280 --> 00:35:01.920
 we draw to

00:35:01.920 --> 00:35:02.400
 the close

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 of this year.

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 So hear our

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 prayer and

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 accept us.

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 Having mercy

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 we pray for

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 Jesus' sake.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 The Holy

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 Psalm is

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 Psalm number

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 84.

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 And we're

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 singing at

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 verse number

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 5.

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 And

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 the Psalms

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 on page

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 112.

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 It's a

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 psalm about

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 the people

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 of God

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 journey to

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 the house

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 of God

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 and longing

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 for the

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 peace that

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 they find

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 in the

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 house of

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 God.

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 We're

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 singing at

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 verse 5

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 down to

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 verse 10.

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 Blessed are

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 those whose

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 strength is

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 in you,

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 those who

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 have a

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 pilgrim's

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 mind.

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 Pools from

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 autumn,

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 rains,

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 refresh them,

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 springs and

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 bakers,

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 veil they

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 find.

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 We're

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 standing at

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 verse 5 to

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 verse 10 to

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 God's praise.

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 Strength increasing, sigh onward, they go on their way to God.

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 Hear my prayer, O God Almighty, and receive the plea I make.

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 Listen to me, God of Jehovah, hear me for your mercy's sake.

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 Look how a father, a shield and a ring, they are to your chosen King.

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 One day in your course is better than a thousand days elsewhere.

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 Let me stay in my old temple, let me be adorned there.

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 Adorned by the Lord, in the depths of wickedness.

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 I'll go to the main door after the benediction.

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 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, the Father, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with you all now and forevermore.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.