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 Father, you know how we just try to cling to different things

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 to give us some type of a security, some type of a fixed point,

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 something that we can stand on amidst all the changes

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 and all the tensions and all the different ways that we're pulled.

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 Sometimes, Father, it seems like the world is fraying

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 or country is fraying with wars in Ukraine and conflict here at home.

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 And, Father, you know how we seek out things to cling to or stand on

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 to give us some type of security.

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 We ask, Father, that the Holy Spirit would do a gentle but powerful work

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 in our hearts this morning so that we might see you, Father,

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 as our anchor, our hope, that we might be formed by the gospel

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 at a deeper and deeper level of our hearts.

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 So we invite and give you permission, Father, for your word to speak

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 very deeply within us this morning.

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 And we ask this in the name of Jesus, your Son and our Savior. Amen.

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 Please be seated.

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 So I don't know if it's five or six weeks ago now, I got very emotional.

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 Hopefully I'm not going to get very emotional right now at the start of this sermon.

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 And I shared how our strong, healthy seven-year-old German shepherd dog, Rocky,

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 had all of a sudden sort of collapsed.

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 And he was diagnosed with a serious heart condition,

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 which at the time after we had this very difficult conversation about, you know, moving forward.

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 But even surgery would have only added lots of pain to his life in only a handful of months.

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 And the vet, we brought Rocky home to die.

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 And the vet said he might have just hours or he might have two or three weeks.

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 Well, Rocky beat the odds but didn't win the battle.

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 And on Thursday night, he died.

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 And actually, he died in a very...

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 And I thank you, by the way, for all...

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 I know that many of you have prayed.

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 And some of you are thinking, what?

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 Praying about a dog?

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 Anyway, it's that dogs are...

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 Obviously, they're not as important as a human being.

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 But they're important.

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 And they have...

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 They take a place that's hard to sort of explain to people who don't...

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 Haven't had a dog.

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 To sort of explain how they have a big part in the family.

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 And he's always loved the winter.

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 And he spent quite a few hours outside over these last few weeks enjoying the cold.

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 And on Thursday night, he'd been outside for an hour or two.

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 He came in, walked up to where, by coincidence, three of us were standing.

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 He looked at us and he died.

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 In lots of ways, it was a mercy that we didn't have to, of course, make the...

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 Just watch him really suffer and then maybe have to euthanize him or something like that.

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 It's a...

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 In some ways, for those of you who've been praying, it's been a real answer to prayer.

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 That we had those extra time with him and you get to prepare to know that he'll die.

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 So, you know, at some point in time after, you know, an hour or two, about two hours or so after that,

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 this people process and we had to wait for my son to come home because he was out.

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 We...

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 You treat the body gently.

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 Right?

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 You treat him gently.

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 And so we, you know, put a tarp gently underneath him.

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 It's really funny.

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 I don't know if you've ever...

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 Any of you have tried to do something like this, but it's almost when we were trying to

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 move him that you didn't want to hurt him.

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 I mean, of course, he's dead.

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 You can't hurt him.

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 But you treat him very gently and then we carried him outside and put him in the back of Louise's

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 van and he would have been cremated the next day.

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 Now, I mentioned that.

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 It's actually, I think, a very important story for us to think about as we begin to look

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 at the gospel and contrast it with something different.

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 I bet if I was to ask, if we were to be very honest with each other, I would bet that a

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 very large number, maybe even the majority of you, of us, not you, of us, don't like our

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 bodies.

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 Like we're embarrassed by our body, ashamed of our body.

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 Yeah.

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 We don't like our bodies.

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 In fact, not only, you know, me saying this, I mean, most of us don't think about it all

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 the time, but in fact, if over, if you, you know, you had coffee with somebody and said,

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 and they were actually, you got to know them well enough that they said, you know, I really

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 don't like my body when I look at myself.

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 I don't even like to look at myself in the mirror because I just don't like my body.

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 I hate my body.

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 Like that probably wouldn't shock anybody.

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 And in our culture, it's sort of interesting.

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 We seem to either idolize our bodies or hate our bodies.

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 And it's hard to sort of be balanced about having, and as you know, in our culture, not

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 only do we often hate our bodies, we hate our bodies.

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 And some people do things connected to hatred of the body, like cutting themselves.

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 And there's a whole range of issues around mutilation and all of that.

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 So we have this weird thing.

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 On one hand, if I had told you that we took Rocky's body and just sort of dragged him by

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 the leg and threw him outside, you'd all go, what?

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 Like, you'd be horrified that I would do something like that.

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 Yet at the same time, we in our culture are very familiar with the fact that we have this,

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 even if we don't always consciously think of it, we either tend to idolize our bodies

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 or we hate and despise our bodies.

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 And in fact, in many religious systems, the sign of holiness is despising and hating the

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 body.

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 That's actually a sign of holiness often in religion.

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 So what's going on?

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 Well, this miracle story, which I said is a story that many, many, many people have hard

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 times with, if we're going to look at it, it's actually a very profound reflection to give

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 us some real wisdom about all of this and a good place to stand.

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 So it'd be a great help to me if you would open your Bibles and turn with me to Mark chapter

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 6, verses 45 and following.

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 And once again, whether you're online or here, and obviously we're going to have the scripture

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 text on the screen, but it's really a good habit to get to look at your own Bibles.

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 Partly, I want you to all be Bereans to check to see that I'm not cheating on the translation

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 or anything like that, to look around it.

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 And also, it's just a way to help make the text a bit more real to yourselves.

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 But anyway, we all have different ways of handling that.

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 But I encourage you to use your own Bible or the way that you read your Bible.

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 Anyway, here's how the story goes.

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 It goes like this, just to refresh our memory.

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 And actually sort of to delve into the problematic bits and actually see how the things which,

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 in fact, are problems in the text are really windows and mirrors that actually present to

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 us not just a profound vision, but a profound truth about the way the world is and about

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 our bodies.

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 So verse 45, immediately he made his disciples get into the boat and go before him to the

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 other side, to Bethsaida, while he dismissed the crowd.

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 But just in the original language, it's all perfectly good, but in the original language

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 there's a bit of an emphasis.

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 He actually really forces them into the boat.

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 And this miracle, the feeding of the 5,000, as I shared last week, which is what has just

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 happened before this, actually it's the 5,000 men, so it's probably about 10,000.

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 Because it's the only miracle other than the death and resurrection of Jesus that's recorded

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 in all four of the Gospels, you get bits of other pieces of information about the miracle.

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 And you know, in John's thing, only John records that the crowd, realizing the miracle that

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 happened, wants to rise up and have Jesus lead them as an armed force to take back Jerusalem

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 and to vanquish the pagans and vanquish the Romans.

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 And so I guess Jesus must be worried that his disciples are getting caught up in all the

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 crowd and excitement.

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 And he knows that he is the king, and he knows that he will be the king of a kingdom that embraces

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 all the world and that embraces cultures and times apart from him.

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 But the way to that kingship is going to be him dying upon the cross, not leading a popular

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 uprising against Rome.

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 And so I guess he gets rid of his disciples, tells them to go on ahead.

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 He dismisses the crowd, but he compels them.

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 They don't want to go.

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 They're saying, no, no, no, no, Jesus, this is where all the action is, you know, so to

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 speak.

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 We want to stay here.

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 And he said, no, no, no, you got to go.

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 Got to go.

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 Got to go.

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 You got to go.

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 You got to go.

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 Right?

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 Compelled them to get into the boat and to go.

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 And he dismisses the crowd.

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 And then what does he do?

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 Verse 46.

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 And after he had taken leave of them, he went up on the mountain to pray.

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 This is, I think, the third time in Mark's gospel that shows Jesus praying.

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 And just as an aside, right?

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 I mean, this is, I've been thinking about this all week.

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 If Jesus needed to pray, then I really need to pray.

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 If Jesus needed to pray, then I really need to pray.

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 And so do you.

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 But here now we come to the miracle.

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 And actually, the first little bit of the miracle might actually make Jesus feel, seem

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 almost a bit mean.

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 Because if he knows things and he sends them out and there's going to be a story.

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 Why did he do that?

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 Well, anyway, let's look at what happened.

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 Verse 47.

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 And when evening came, the boat was out on the sea, the Sea of Galilee, and Jesus was alone

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 on the land.

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 And he saw that they were making headway painfully, for the wind was against them.

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 And just sort of pause there.

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 I know it's still up on the screen.

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 Painfully is a really good word.

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 The original word in the original language is with torment.

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 They were in torment rowing.

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 And if you go all the way through the story, and it's not obvious in the English, you might

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 even forget that they started out to go to Bethsaida.

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 So they started to go to Bethsaida.

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 But the wind is so strong that they don't end up in Bethsaida.

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 They end up somewhere over here in Gennesaret.

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 Because that's how powerful the wind and the waves was.

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 They're going this way.

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 And it really is strong because it blows them way, way, way, way off course.

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 And they land in a different place.

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 And so they're struggling with them painfully, with torment in the original language.

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 And about the fourth watch of the night, and this is Roman terminology.

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 So somewhere between 3 a.m. and 6 a.m., somewhere in those three hours, that's the fourth watch

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 of the night.

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 And Jesus came to them walking on the sea.

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 He meant to pass by them.

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 Now, this seems really mean.

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 And I'm going to circle around.

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 We're going to talk about it in a moment.

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 But it's a significant part of the text.

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 He meant to pass by them.

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 There they are.

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 The wind's so strong, it's going to blow them sort of backwards into the side.

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 So they want to go across the lake this way.

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 But they end up going across the lake this way.

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 Because that's how powerful the wind is.

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 And he meant to pass by them.

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 But when they saw him, verse 49, walking on the sea, they thought it was a ghost.

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 In the original language, it's phantasm.

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 I don't know.

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 I didn't pronounce it correctly.

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 And it can include anything from a ghost to an evil spirit.

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 And so they thought it was a ghost and cried out,

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 for they all saw him and were terrified.

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 They saw what they thought was a ghost or an evil spirit.

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 But immediately, Jesus spoke to them and said,

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 Take heart.

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 It is I.

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 Do not be afraid.

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 And Jesus got into the boat with them.

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 And the wind ceased.

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 And they were utterly astounded.

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 For they did not understand about the loaves.

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 They did not understand about the loaves.

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 But their hearts were hardened.

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 So just a pause there.

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 And let's think about this miracle.

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 So first of all, I think this miracle really happened.

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 But the normal reaction to it is like several types of things.

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 A fundamental one would be this.

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 Like I can think of several people that I've had coffee shop,

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 had conversations with in coffee shops over the years.

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 And I can picture two of them in particular.

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 And they would just, they got to the point where they'd be very blunt with me.

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 And I can just picture either one of them saying,

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 George, you Christians are so gullible.

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 Like this is one of many reasons why I can never be a Christian.

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 George, if this miracle happened, science is impossible.

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 It defies all the laws of nature.

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 And if you actually think something like that happened,

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 then, I mean, George, I don't even know what I can say to you.

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 Because it's just like, it's just a sign of why Christians,

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 you kiss your minds goodbye.

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 You're credulous.

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 And then some of them might even say,

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 and George, and not only are you credulous,

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 but it's even worse because you have double standards.

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 Like just George, be honest with me.

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 If I told you that I saw a newspaper account of somebody walking on the water

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 in some part of the world, would you believe it?

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 And I'm guessing you wouldn't believe it.

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 I mean, if you do believe it, then you really are credulous.

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 But if you don't believe it, then you have a double standard.

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 You don't believe it when it happens somewhere else,

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 but you believe it because it happens to Jesus.

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 Like that's like a double standard.

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 Like what on earth is going on?

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 Now, I've never had this conversation,

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 but I've had conversations with people like this about miracles,

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 and I know that's what they would say to me.

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 They can be very blunt.

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 Sometimes they can be blunt and loud, which gets me red in the face,

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 not because I'm angry, but because I'm embarrassed.

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 The whole restaurant, this is back pre-COVID, they all stop.

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 And you hear the conversation go from ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba to silence,

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 and they all look at me, and I get red in the face and embarrassed.

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 But I guess what I'd say to skeptics and people who have problems with this,

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 I'd say it is because I believe this miracle happened

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 that I would not believe another account.

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 It's precisely because I believe this miracle happened

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 that I wouldn't believe it if I heard a newspaper account

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 of somebody walking on the water.

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 I think that's actually what the text wants us to understand.

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 And so why is it?

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 Well, first of all, we have to notice that this text,

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 everything about this text is emphasizing that the miracle actually happened.

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 That's the first thing, okay?

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 I mean, it's not a way of going that it's just a metaphor.

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 It's, you know, because in some ways, you know, I was thinking about it,

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 this story sounds a little bit like something that Harry Potter could do

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 or that would happen in a Harry Potter novel.

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 And so many people would say, well, it's all right to read Harry Potter.

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 You know, it's fun.

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 But, I mean, George, like real, you know, if you believe this,

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 if believing in Harry Potter is really like those people who play Quidditch on the lawn

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 and actually think they could fly on brooms, like that would be pretty pathetic.

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 But this miracle emphasizes that it's not like Harry Potter, that it actually happened.

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 If you think about it for a second, you know, if you think, well,

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 maybe it was just some type of vision, well, the text already deals with that.

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 The people in the boat aren't expecting Jesus to walk on the water.

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 They actually think they're having a vision.

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 They think they're seeing something like a ghost or some type of apparition.

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 And the other thing about it is that if you know anything about the Gospels,

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 earlier on it sets it up that at least four of the Gospels made their living as fishermen.

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 And they made their living as fishermen on that precise sea.

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 So they understand boats.

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 They understand the sea.

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 They're familiar with it.

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 It's not as if they go to a body of water that they've never been to before

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 and they don't know where the sandbars are or anything like that.

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 No, no, no.

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 This is their home turf.

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 This is how they would have been, their dads would have been fishermen

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 and they would have been in the boat from a very young age

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 and they would have had the repository.

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 Oops.

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 Oh my.

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 I should have had a lid.

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 They would, I'm not going to stop.

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 They should have had a repository.

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 They'd have a repository of all of the knowledge about the lake.

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 And so these are people who understand the water

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 and they would have known that there were no shoals.

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 And even the way the story is described,

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 it doesn't describe it the way it would work if there was like a shoal that Jesus is walking on.

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 Because, you know, how that would work is he's sort of walking on a shoal

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 and they'd bring the boat, they'd have to bring the boat close to him,

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 but they don't bring the boat close to him.

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 He comes to them.

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 And if you were actually on a shoal and the water sort of, you know,

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 even if it's a very, very sudden drop,

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 Jesus would sort of have to unceremoniously jump into the boat,

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 not just sort of walk into the boat.

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 And so it's all set up in such a way that,

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 and on top of that, it's all in the historical language.

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 And as I shared last week,

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 the flow of the story is you go right from a story which is historical,

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 which has Josephus and non-Christian historians have talked about the same types of incidents.

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 You go right from there to the 5,000 to this,

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 and it's all the same historical language.

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 Everything in the story is trying to emphasize that this actually really happened.

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 So, why is this not like a double standard?

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 And how on earth could you believe in science and the laws of nature

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 and still believe in a miracle like this?

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 Well, here's partly what's going on in the text.

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 This is a text about God, the creator of all things,

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 revealing himself to his disciples.

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 If you go back, if you could put the scripture text back up for a second,

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 if you go back up to verse 48.

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 About the fourth watch of the night,

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 he came to them walking on the sea.

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 He meant to pass by them.

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 Now, we tend to read that thinking,

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 oh, he's sort of mean.

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 Like, why would he mean to pass by them?

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 But what it actually says he meant, to pass by them,

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 and the language passed by them is word for word exactly the same

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 as the times in the Old Testament,

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 what we call the Old Testament,

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 our Jewish friends call the T'ak,

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 where there's two times in the Old Testament

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 where God reveals himself,

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 or at least like his back, so to speak,

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 to Moses and to Elijah.

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 And in both of those stories, he passes by them,

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 and he uses the exact same language,

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 that God reveals just the tiniest bit of his glory,

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 his back to them, by passing by them.

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 And that's exactly the language which is used by here.

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 So in other words, Jesus is using this as an opportunity

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 to pass by them,

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 to reveal himself as God to the disciples.

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 And on top of that,

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 the very words that he uses

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 are also words found in places like the Book of Job

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 and other places in what we call the Old Testament

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 and our Jewish friends call the T'ak,

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 where it actually describes God walking on the water.

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 And that's exactly the type of language which is used here.

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 And the other thing is that this particular story

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 is encapsulating a whole range of biblical stories

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 in biblical texts like, you know, the trees clap their hands

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 and, you know, the heavens declare the glory of God

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 and, you know, that all creation praises God

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 and all of this type of language

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 that implies that we can't hear

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 the trees praising God

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 and the mountains praising God

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 and the ocean praising God

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 and the stars praising God.

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 But the Bible says it's that.

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 And it's almost as if...

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 So here we have that Jesus is going to reveal himself as God

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 to his disciples by passing in front of them with his glory.

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 And he uses the thing that only God can do.

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 Only God can walk on the water.

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 And it's almost bringing to fruition

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 and bringing to a highlight

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 and bringing to an image

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 all of this other language

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 about creation serving Christ God

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 and praising God.

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 And it's almost as if

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 for a brief moment

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 Jesus allows the ocean

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 and the sea to do

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 what it longs to do

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 which is to praise him.

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 And it's almost as if

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 he's allowing the sea

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 to all of a sudden become

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 just where he's walking

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 a place that will hold him up

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 and bear him up

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 and praise him in such a way

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 as he walks upon the sea

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 because only God can walk upon the sea.

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 You see, here's the difference

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 between...

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 This is why it's not doing anything

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 that undermines science.

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 God is not under or bound

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 by the laws of nature.

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 God is not under or bound

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 by the laws of nature.

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 And what the Bible reveals is this.

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 is the one who made

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 the laws of nature

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 is the same one

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 who sustains the laws of nature.

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 And only he can suspend

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 the laws of nature

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 for a short time

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 to reveal himself.

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 See, it's a very, very different thing.

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 He's created the laws.

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 He's created all things

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 so all of the laws of nature

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 are his creation.

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 They don't bind him.

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 He's created them.

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 And all of creation

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 is sustained by him

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 so he sustains the law of nature.

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 And it's only the one

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 who has made the laws

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 and sustained the law

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 that can, in a sense,

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 pause one or two laws

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 for a very brief instant

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 to reveal that he, in fact,

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 is God coming to visit

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 his creation.

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 You see,

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 there's lots of tales

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 in the Hindu

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 and Buddhist tradition

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 that if you become

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 very, very, very holy,

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 you can levitate.

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 You see,

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 if that's true,

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 then the laws of nature

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 really don't work.

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 And in fact,

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 actually,

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 those tales

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 are really trying

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 to paint a picture

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 of something

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 which is very, very

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 completely the opposite

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 of what the Bible

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 is trying to do.

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 Because in those systems

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 of thought,

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 the idea is that

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 ultimately,

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 the idea of matter

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 and the world

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 are ultimately

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 an illusion.

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 And that what you need

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 to do is you need

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 to develop your own

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 spirit and mind

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 and God consciousness.

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 And if you develop that,

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 usually in ways

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 by treating your body

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 really, really,

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 really terribly,

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 that if you do that

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 and ascend and ascend

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 and ascend

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 into the power

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 of your mind,

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 that then you can do

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 whatever you want.

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 Those of you

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 who've seen the movie

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 The Matrix,

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 The Matrix presents,

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 in a sense,

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 the heart of that

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 Buddhist Hindu worldview.

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 That at the end

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 of the movie,

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 when all of a sudden

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 Neo finally sees through

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 and pierces the reality

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 to realize that

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 it's just a machine

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 and it's just code

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 and all of a sudden

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 he can just take

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 the lines of code

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 and he can do with them

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 whatever he wants

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 and he can do

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 whatever he wants

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 because he's pierced

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 the veil and to see

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 that none of it's real

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 and that all there is

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 is his mind

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 and he can do things

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 and in a world

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 like The Matrix,

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 you couldn't have

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 anything like science

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 because ultimately

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 the world is just

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 an illusion

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 and the enlightened mind

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 can just do

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 whatever it wants.

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 But this particular text

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 is communicating to us

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 as all of the biblical worldview

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 is that the world

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 is a creation

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 of a good,

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 is a good,

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 was originally

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 a good creation

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 that human beings

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 are made

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 to have bodies

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 to in a sense

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 be an embodied soul

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 or another way

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 to look at it

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 would be

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 an ensouled body

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 and that that's how

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 God created us to be,

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 to be a unity

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 and a harmony

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 of the soul

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 and the body

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 to be one

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 and God designed us

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 to do that

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 and it's,

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 it's not an illusion

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 to think

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 that a sunset

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 is beautiful

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 and it's not a matter

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 of trying to pierce

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 through things

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 to see

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 because there's been

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 some profound tragedy

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 by which we believe

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 the created world

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 has come to exist.

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 If you could put up

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 the first point,

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 this is the same point

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 that I shared last week

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 and it's very significant

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 that this miracle

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 happens just after

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 the feeding of the 5,000.

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 I'll say the point

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 and then I'll explain it.

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 The strong hand of love

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 that made the world

00:25:49.599 --> 00:25:51.480
 is the same

00:25:51.480 --> 00:25:53.160
 strong hand of love

00:25:53.160 --> 00:25:54.779
 that sustains the world

00:25:54.779 --> 00:25:57.399
 is the same

00:25:57.399 --> 00:25:59.200
 strong hand of love

00:25:59.200 --> 00:26:00.460
 that was nailed

00:26:00.460 --> 00:26:01.200
 to the cross

00:26:01.200 --> 00:26:01.799
 to redeem

00:26:01.799 --> 00:26:03.099
 his fallen world

00:26:03.099 --> 00:26:04.660
 and it's the same

00:26:04.660 --> 00:26:06.000
 strong hand of love

00:26:06.000 --> 00:26:06.720
 that will beckon

00:26:06.720 --> 00:26:07.240
 and welcome

00:26:07.240 --> 00:26:08.379
 his redeemed children

00:26:08.379 --> 00:26:09.960
 into the new heaven

00:26:09.960 --> 00:26:11.279
 and the new earth.

00:26:12.579 --> 00:26:12.839
 See,

00:26:13.099 --> 00:26:13.160
 the,

00:26:13.160 --> 00:26:13.319
 the,

00:26:13.319 --> 00:26:13.539
 the,

00:26:14.200 --> 00:26:14.960
 if you look at

00:26:14.960 --> 00:26:15.740
 these two miracles

00:26:15.740 --> 00:26:16.579
 in the context

00:26:16.579 --> 00:26:17.799
 of this one story

00:26:17.799 --> 00:26:18.539
 of the gospel,

00:26:19.420 --> 00:26:20.460
 one of the things

00:26:20.460 --> 00:26:21.559
 we looked at last week

00:26:21.559 --> 00:26:21.940
 with the feeding

00:26:21.940 --> 00:26:22.759
 of the 5,000

00:26:22.759 --> 00:26:23.339
 is in the feeding

00:26:23.339 --> 00:26:24.200
 of the 5,000

00:26:24.200 --> 00:26:25.220
 you see that Jesus

00:26:25.220 --> 00:26:26.420
 is revealed as God,

00:26:26.539 --> 00:26:26.900
 that it's,

00:26:27.519 --> 00:26:28.500
 that the creator

00:26:28.500 --> 00:26:29.200
 has come

00:26:29.200 --> 00:26:29.819
 and dwelt

00:26:29.819 --> 00:26:30.920
 amongst his creation

00:26:30.920 --> 00:26:32.600
 and we,

00:26:32.840 --> 00:26:33.120
 you,

00:26:33.120 --> 00:26:33.299
 you,

00:26:33.380 --> 00:26:34.019
 you have this,

00:26:34.120 --> 00:26:35.200
 this understanding

00:26:35.200 --> 00:26:35.920
 from the Bible

00:26:35.920 --> 00:26:36.880
 that God created

00:26:36.880 --> 00:26:38.019
 all things out of nothing

00:26:38.019 --> 00:26:38.539
 in a sense

00:26:38.539 --> 00:26:39.400
 that by his hand

00:26:39.400 --> 00:26:40.380
 he created all things

00:26:40.380 --> 00:26:41.000
 out of nothing

00:26:41.000 --> 00:26:42.259
 and,

00:26:42.380 --> 00:26:43.400
 and you also see

00:26:43.400 --> 00:26:44.019
 that even though

00:26:44.019 --> 00:26:44.860
 after we sinned

00:26:44.860 --> 00:26:45.319
 and fell

00:26:45.319 --> 00:26:45.819
 that there was

00:26:45.819 --> 00:26:46.000
 this,

00:26:46.120 --> 00:26:47.000
 this promise

00:26:47.000 --> 00:26:48.120
 that the same God

00:26:48.120 --> 00:26:49.080
 who created all things

00:26:49.080 --> 00:26:49.539
 will now,

00:26:50.039 --> 00:26:50.799
 even now,

00:26:50.940 --> 00:26:52.299
 sustain a world

00:26:52.299 --> 00:26:52.539
 that,

00:26:52.659 --> 00:26:53.500
 that human beings

00:26:53.500 --> 00:26:54.319
 have brought evil

00:26:54.319 --> 00:26:54.799
 into it

00:26:54.799 --> 00:26:55.480
 and dissolution

00:26:55.480 --> 00:26:56.019
 into it

00:26:56.019 --> 00:26:56.680
 and,

00:26:56.799 --> 00:26:56.940
 and,

00:26:56.940 --> 00:26:57.519
 and we have

00:26:57.519 --> 00:26:58.079
 this sense

00:26:58.079 --> 00:26:58.339
 that,

00:26:58.720 --> 00:26:58.859
 that,

00:26:59.019 --> 00:26:59.779
 that when the world

00:26:59.779 --> 00:27:00.359
 is functioning

00:27:00.359 --> 00:27:01.200
 properly

00:27:01.200 --> 00:27:02.139
 that there's this,

00:27:02.240 --> 00:27:02.899
 the compassion

00:27:02.899 --> 00:27:03.639
 of the bounty

00:27:03.639 --> 00:27:04.859
 that we understand

00:27:04.859 --> 00:27:05.539
 that a garden

00:27:05.539 --> 00:27:06.119
 that produces

00:27:06.119 --> 00:27:07.099
 lots of tomatoes

00:27:07.099 --> 00:27:07.799
 and zucchini

00:27:07.799 --> 00:27:08.139
 and,

00:27:08.139 --> 00:27:08.859
 and flowers

00:27:08.859 --> 00:27:09.559
 is,

00:27:09.659 --> 00:27:10.180
 is the way

00:27:10.180 --> 00:27:11.119
 things should be

00:27:11.119 --> 00:27:11.319
 and,

00:27:11.359 --> 00:27:11.500
 and,

00:27:11.500 --> 00:27:12.379
 and one that brings

00:27:12.379 --> 00:27:13.139
 nothing whatsoever

00:27:13.139 --> 00:27:13.440
 is,

00:27:13.639 --> 00:27:13.819
 is,

00:27:13.919 --> 00:27:14.139
 is,

00:27:14.200 --> 00:27:14.659
 is the way

00:27:14.659 --> 00:27:15.019
 that the,

00:27:15.359 --> 00:27:16.539
 that we just realize

00:27:16.539 --> 00:27:16.759
 and,

00:27:16.759 --> 00:27:16.960
 and,

00:27:16.960 --> 00:27:17.519
 and understand

00:27:17.519 --> 00:27:18.399
 that that's not right

00:27:18.400 --> 00:27:19.280
 and so we see

00:27:19.280 --> 00:27:19.780
 in the miracle

00:27:19.780 --> 00:27:20.380
 last week

00:27:20.380 --> 00:27:21.040
 we see of the,

00:27:21.360 --> 00:27:21.500
 the,

00:27:21.600 --> 00:27:21.780
 this,

00:27:22.040 --> 00:27:22.600
 we have to sort of

00:27:22.600 --> 00:27:23.400
 take it by faith

00:27:23.400 --> 00:27:24.040
 that God made

00:27:24.040 --> 00:27:24.900
 all things out of nothing

00:27:24.900 --> 00:27:25.660
 but when you read

00:27:25.660 --> 00:27:26.180
 that story

00:27:26.180 --> 00:27:26.880
 you're actually seeing

00:27:26.880 --> 00:27:27.620
 Jesus making

00:27:27.620 --> 00:27:28.519
 something out of nothing

00:27:28.519 --> 00:27:29.560
 and what he makes

00:27:29.560 --> 00:27:30.140
 out of nothing

00:27:30.140 --> 00:27:31.060
 is bread to eat

00:27:31.060 --> 00:27:31.940
 and so what you get

00:27:31.940 --> 00:27:32.660
 this sense of

00:27:32.660 --> 00:27:33.540
 is that every time

00:27:33.540 --> 00:27:35.160
 we have a harvest

00:27:35.160 --> 00:27:36.280
 and there's lots

00:27:36.280 --> 00:27:36.780
 of tomatoes

00:27:36.780 --> 00:27:37.960
 and lots of zucchinis

00:27:37.960 --> 00:27:39.180
 and lots of cilantro

00:27:39.180 --> 00:27:40.300
 and lots of potatoes

00:27:40.300 --> 00:27:41.060
 and,

00:27:41.140 --> 00:27:41.820
 and we enjoy

00:27:41.820 --> 00:27:42.820
 all of that bounty

00:27:42.820 --> 00:27:43.100
 and,

00:27:43.180 --> 00:27:43.300
 and,

00:27:43.360 --> 00:27:43.860
 and we see

00:27:43.860 --> 00:27:44.460
 that the same

00:27:44.460 --> 00:27:45.340
 strong hand of love

00:27:45.340 --> 00:27:46.040
 that created the world

00:27:46.040 --> 00:27:46.620
 is the one that,

00:27:46.740 --> 00:27:47.940
 that gives you that food

00:27:47.940 --> 00:27:48.660
 and we see it all

00:27:48.660 --> 00:27:49.460
 enacted in the miracle

00:27:49.460 --> 00:27:50.420
 of the 5,000

00:27:50.420 --> 00:27:51.500
 and then at the end

00:27:51.500 --> 00:27:51.960
 of the story

00:27:51.960 --> 00:27:52.460
 we're going to see

00:27:52.460 --> 00:27:53.259
 that exact same

00:27:53.259 --> 00:27:53.700
 strong,

00:27:53.740 --> 00:27:54.700
 strong hand of love

00:27:54.700 --> 00:27:55.920
 nailed to the cross

00:27:55.920 --> 00:27:57.039
 to redeem

00:27:57.039 --> 00:27:58.759
 fallen humanity

00:27:58.759 --> 00:28:00.180
 and in between that

00:28:00.180 --> 00:28:02.100
 we see this particular story

00:28:02.100 --> 00:28:02.920
 and for a very,

00:28:03.059 --> 00:28:03.860
 very brief moment

00:28:03.860 --> 00:28:05.420
 not only do we see

00:28:05.420 --> 00:28:07.880
 God revealed

00:28:07.880 --> 00:28:09.080
 because only God

00:28:09.080 --> 00:28:10.140
 can walk on the water

00:28:10.140 --> 00:28:12.180
 we also get

00:28:12.180 --> 00:28:13.259
 a brief moment

00:28:13.259 --> 00:28:14.380
 a sense of what

00:28:14.380 --> 00:28:15.080
 the new heaven

00:28:15.080 --> 00:28:15.779
 and the new earth

00:28:15.779 --> 00:28:16.340
 will be

00:28:16.339 --> 00:28:22.679
 that in the new heaven

00:28:22.679 --> 00:28:23.399
 and the new earth

00:28:23.399 --> 00:28:24.059
 there will be

00:28:24.059 --> 00:28:25.159
 a relationship

00:28:25.159 --> 00:28:26.079
 of us

00:28:26.079 --> 00:28:28.399
 to the created world

00:28:28.399 --> 00:28:31.779
 well this just gives

00:28:31.779 --> 00:28:32.459
 a bit of a hint

00:28:32.459 --> 00:28:32.799
 of it

00:28:32.799 --> 00:28:35.839
 you know the Bible

00:28:35.839 --> 00:28:36.599
 says that when we

00:28:36.599 --> 00:28:37.379
 see Jesus

00:28:37.379 --> 00:28:39.220
 we will be like him

00:28:39.220 --> 00:28:43.640
 and there's still water

00:28:43.640 --> 00:28:45.220
 there's still waves

00:28:45.220 --> 00:28:46.279
 he still has a body

00:28:46.279 --> 00:28:47.319
 but he walks on it

00:28:47.319 --> 00:28:48.200
 and it's a very,

00:28:48.360 --> 00:28:49.259
 very brief glimpse

00:28:49.259 --> 00:28:49.960
 of the future

00:28:49.960 --> 00:28:52.620
 the strong hand of love

00:28:52.620 --> 00:28:53.480
 that made the world

00:28:53.480 --> 00:28:54.640
 is the same strong hand

00:28:54.640 --> 00:28:55.000
 of love

00:28:55.000 --> 00:28:56.120
 that sustains the world

00:28:56.120 --> 00:28:57.440
 is the same strong hand

00:28:57.440 --> 00:28:57.819
 of love

00:28:57.819 --> 00:28:58.480
 that was nailed

00:28:58.480 --> 00:28:59.079
 to the cross

00:28:59.079 --> 00:28:59.700
 to redeem

00:28:59.700 --> 00:29:01.039
 his fallen world

00:29:01.039 --> 00:29:02.319
 and is the same strong hand

00:29:02.319 --> 00:29:02.720
 of love

00:29:02.720 --> 00:29:03.400
 that will beckon

00:29:03.400 --> 00:29:03.920
 and welcome

00:29:03.920 --> 00:29:05.440
 his redeemed children

00:29:05.440 --> 00:29:06.400
 into the new heaven

00:29:06.400 --> 00:29:07.120
 and the new earth

00:29:07.120 --> 00:29:14.140
 you see this is part

00:29:14.140 --> 00:29:14.460
 of what

00:29:14.460 --> 00:29:15.019
 why

00:29:15.019 --> 00:29:16.000
 as you enter

00:29:16.000 --> 00:29:17.060
 into the Christian faith

00:29:17.060 --> 00:29:17.960
 there's a very

00:29:17.960 --> 00:29:20.340
 there's at a very deep level

00:29:20.340 --> 00:29:21.660
 as it starts to form you

00:29:21.660 --> 00:29:22.860
 there's a beauty

00:29:22.860 --> 00:29:24.460
 and a coherence

00:29:24.460 --> 00:29:24.940
 about it

00:29:24.940 --> 00:29:25.560
 that is found

00:29:25.560 --> 00:29:26.380
 nowhere else

00:29:26.380 --> 00:29:28.460
 not in Buddhism

00:29:28.460 --> 00:29:29.300
 or Hinduism

00:29:29.300 --> 00:29:30.259
 with all due respect

00:29:30.259 --> 00:29:31.100
 not in Islam

00:29:31.100 --> 00:29:32.259
 with all due respect

00:29:32.259 --> 00:29:33.819
 not in the different

00:29:33.819 --> 00:29:34.359
 secular

00:29:34.359 --> 00:29:35.960
 and other speculative

00:29:35.960 --> 00:29:36.839
 philosophies

00:29:36.839 --> 00:29:37.619
 of the west

00:29:37.619 --> 00:29:38.220
 or the east

00:29:38.220 --> 00:29:39.339
 you will not find them

00:29:39.339 --> 00:29:41.119
 and even

00:29:41.119 --> 00:29:43.079
 you know

00:29:43.079 --> 00:29:44.099
 with all due respect

00:29:44.099 --> 00:29:45.559
 even in Canada

00:29:45.559 --> 00:29:48.039
 we live with incoherences

00:29:48.039 --> 00:29:49.879
 like

00:29:49.879 --> 00:29:51.240
 how did things

00:29:51.240 --> 00:29:52.279
 you know

00:29:52.279 --> 00:29:53.259
 things came to be

00:29:53.259 --> 00:29:54.220
 by chance

00:29:54.220 --> 00:29:55.200
 and then by the strong

00:29:55.200 --> 00:29:55.920
 eating the weak

00:29:55.920 --> 00:29:57.759
 but how do you go

00:29:57.759 --> 00:29:58.319
 from saying

00:29:58.319 --> 00:29:59.920
 everything that exists

00:29:59.920 --> 00:30:01.359
 comes about by chance

00:30:01.359 --> 00:30:02.079
 and by the strong

00:30:02.079 --> 00:30:02.699
 eating the weak

00:30:02.699 --> 00:30:03.939
 therefore love one another

00:30:03.939 --> 00:30:05.639
 well

00:30:05.639 --> 00:30:07.219
 that doesn't make any sense

00:30:07.219 --> 00:30:10.099
 like that doesn't make any sense

00:30:10.099 --> 00:30:11.139
 that's incoherent

00:30:11.139 --> 00:30:15.719
 and how is it

00:30:15.719 --> 00:30:16.039
 that we

00:30:16.039 --> 00:30:16.799
 we believe

00:30:16.799 --> 00:30:17.619
 that we're all

00:30:17.619 --> 00:30:18.039
 going to go to

00:30:18.039 --> 00:30:18.679
 a better place

00:30:18.679 --> 00:30:19.359
 when we die

00:30:19.359 --> 00:30:20.619
 and that place

00:30:20.619 --> 00:30:21.399
 that we're going to go to

00:30:21.399 --> 00:30:21.979
 which is better

00:30:21.979 --> 00:30:22.679
 when we die

00:30:22.679 --> 00:30:23.399
 is some type of

00:30:23.399 --> 00:30:25.179
 either a spiritual place

00:30:25.179 --> 00:30:26.659
 where we sort of

00:30:26.659 --> 00:30:28.059
 become all part of nature

00:30:28.059 --> 00:30:29.399
 but if we're all

00:30:29.399 --> 00:30:30.359
 going to automatically

00:30:30.359 --> 00:30:31.439
 go to a better place

00:30:31.439 --> 00:30:32.139
 when we die

00:30:32.139 --> 00:30:33.819
 therefore love one another

00:30:33.819 --> 00:30:34.659
 well one moment

00:30:34.659 --> 00:30:35.519
 how does that make any

00:30:35.519 --> 00:30:36.500
 like how does that

00:30:36.500 --> 00:30:37.359
 make any sense

00:30:37.359 --> 00:30:38.819
 like that doesn't

00:30:38.819 --> 00:30:39.699
 make any sense

00:30:39.699 --> 00:30:43.179
 and on one hand

00:30:43.179 --> 00:30:44.399
 if our bodies

00:30:44.399 --> 00:30:45.259
 are just a result

00:30:45.259 --> 00:30:46.119
 of the fact

00:30:46.119 --> 00:30:47.819
 that of an evolutionary

00:30:47.819 --> 00:30:48.500
 process

00:30:48.500 --> 00:30:49.079
 that begins

00:30:49.079 --> 00:30:49.719
 with chance

00:30:49.719 --> 00:30:50.259
 and the strong

00:30:50.259 --> 00:30:50.979
 eating the weak

00:30:50.979 --> 00:30:53.359
 that means like

00:30:53.359 --> 00:30:53.899
 our bodies

00:30:53.899 --> 00:30:54.719
 are just a result

00:30:54.719 --> 00:30:55.399
 of chance

00:30:55.399 --> 00:30:56.000
 and somehow

00:30:56.000 --> 00:30:56.539
 we just

00:30:56.539 --> 00:30:57.479
 we had

00:30:57.479 --> 00:30:58.219
 hungrier

00:30:58.220 --> 00:30:59.799
 bigger forebears

00:30:59.799 --> 00:31:00.299
 that eight

00:31:00.299 --> 00:31:01.500
 weaker forebears

00:31:01.500 --> 00:31:02.799
 that were the

00:31:02.799 --> 00:31:03.920
 that's

00:31:03.920 --> 00:31:05.720
 that's my heritage

00:31:05.720 --> 00:31:08.900
 but if I'm going to

00:31:08.900 --> 00:31:09.819
 just go to a place

00:31:09.819 --> 00:31:10.440
 which is

00:31:10.440 --> 00:31:11.200
 ultimately

00:31:11.200 --> 00:31:11.980
 my destiny

00:31:11.980 --> 00:31:12.559
 is to be

00:31:12.559 --> 00:31:13.059
 completely

00:31:13.059 --> 00:31:13.480
 and utterly

00:31:13.480 --> 00:31:14.500
 disembodied

00:31:14.500 --> 00:31:15.759
 and just

00:31:15.759 --> 00:31:16.680
 either

00:31:16.680 --> 00:31:17.680
 floating in

00:31:17.680 --> 00:31:18.559
 some place

00:31:18.559 --> 00:31:19.519
 with

00:31:19.519 --> 00:31:20.980
 that's just

00:31:20.980 --> 00:31:22.480
 pure spirit

00:31:22.480 --> 00:31:23.680
 or somehow

00:31:23.680 --> 00:31:24.519
 mingled with it

00:31:24.519 --> 00:31:24.819
 then

00:31:24.819 --> 00:31:26.400
 okay well

00:31:26.400 --> 00:31:26.799
 what does that

00:31:26.799 --> 00:31:27.220
 say about

00:31:27.220 --> 00:31:27.879
 how I live

00:31:27.879 --> 00:31:28.900
 or treat

00:31:28.900 --> 00:31:29.539
 my body

00:31:29.539 --> 00:31:32.920
 but there's

00:31:32.920 --> 00:31:33.339
 this very

00:31:33.339 --> 00:31:33.859
 very very

00:31:33.859 --> 00:31:35.119
 deep coherence

00:31:35.119 --> 00:31:36.480
 in the Christian

00:31:36.480 --> 00:31:36.859
 faith

00:31:36.859 --> 00:31:37.079
 that

00:31:37.079 --> 00:31:38.839
 the strong

00:31:38.839 --> 00:31:39.619
 hand of love

00:31:39.619 --> 00:31:40.420
 made the world

00:31:40.420 --> 00:31:41.139
 and the strong

00:31:41.139 --> 00:31:41.819
 hand of love

00:31:41.819 --> 00:31:42.920
 made human beings

00:31:42.920 --> 00:31:43.839
 to bear the image

00:31:43.839 --> 00:31:44.339
 of God

00:31:44.339 --> 00:31:44.740
 and to have

00:31:44.740 --> 00:31:45.240
 an inherent

00:31:45.240 --> 00:31:45.779
 dignity

00:31:45.779 --> 00:31:46.279
 and worth

00:31:46.279 --> 00:31:47.000
 and value

00:31:47.000 --> 00:31:51.960
 like he

00:31:51.960 --> 00:31:52.640
 God

00:31:52.640 --> 00:31:53.400
 chose

00:31:53.400 --> 00:31:53.839
 to create

00:31:53.839 --> 00:31:54.720
 human beings

00:31:54.720 --> 00:31:56.799
 and God

00:31:56.799 --> 00:31:57.339
 the same

00:31:57.339 --> 00:31:57.980
 strong hand

00:31:57.980 --> 00:31:58.299
 of love

00:31:58.299 --> 00:31:58.700
 is the

00:31:58.700 --> 00:31:59.180
 is the

00:31:59.180 --> 00:31:59.720
 strong hand

00:31:59.720 --> 00:32:00.000
 of love

00:32:00.000 --> 00:32:00.759
 that sustains

00:32:00.759 --> 00:32:01.700
 all things

00:32:01.700 --> 00:32:03.799
 and

00:32:03.799 --> 00:32:04.500
 and the same

00:32:04.500 --> 00:32:05.019
 strong hand

00:32:05.019 --> 00:32:05.299
 of love

00:32:05.299 --> 00:32:05.660
 is the one

00:32:05.660 --> 00:32:06.200
 that redeems

00:32:06.200 --> 00:32:06.720
 all things

00:32:06.720 --> 00:32:07.220
 and the same

00:32:07.220 --> 00:32:07.759
 strong hand

00:32:07.759 --> 00:32:08.019
 of love

00:32:08.019 --> 00:32:08.359
 is the one

00:32:08.359 --> 00:32:08.640
 that's going

00:32:08.640 --> 00:32:09.259
 to bring us

00:32:09.259 --> 00:32:10.140
 to the new

00:32:10.140 --> 00:32:10.380
 heaven

00:32:10.380 --> 00:32:10.740
 and the new

00:32:10.740 --> 00:32:10.920
 earth

00:32:10.920 --> 00:32:11.180
 and so

00:32:11.180 --> 00:32:11.539
 there's this

00:32:11.539 --> 00:32:12.099
 very very

00:32:12.099 --> 00:32:13.099
 deep coherence

00:32:13.099 --> 00:32:13.420
 we were

00:32:13.420 --> 00:32:14.880
 made in God's

00:32:14.880 --> 00:32:15.119
 image

00:32:15.119 --> 00:32:15.720
 we were made

00:32:15.720 --> 00:32:16.059
 to have

00:32:16.059 --> 00:32:16.480
 communion

00:32:16.480 --> 00:32:17.079
 and fellowship

00:32:17.079 --> 00:32:17.519
 with him

00:32:17.519 --> 00:32:18.480
 he sustains

00:32:18.480 --> 00:32:18.860
 us

00:32:18.860 --> 00:32:19.299
 even when

00:32:19.299 --> 00:32:19.860
 we're rebels

00:32:19.860 --> 00:32:20.960
 he deals

00:32:20.960 --> 00:32:21.680
 with all

00:32:21.680 --> 00:32:22.319
 that separates

00:32:22.319 --> 00:32:22.940
 us from you

00:32:22.940 --> 00:32:24.180
 from God

00:32:24.180 --> 00:32:24.620
 so that we

00:32:24.620 --> 00:32:25.099
 could be made

00:32:25.099 --> 00:32:25.779
 right with God

00:32:25.779 --> 00:32:26.720
 and at the end

00:32:26.720 --> 00:32:27.339
 that same

00:32:27.339 --> 00:32:27.880
 strong hand

00:32:27.880 --> 00:32:28.140
 of love

00:32:28.140 --> 00:32:28.400
 is going

00:32:28.400 --> 00:32:28.839
 to welcome

00:32:28.839 --> 00:32:29.220
 us

00:32:29.220 --> 00:32:29.920
 to be

00:32:29.920 --> 00:32:30.539
 with him

00:32:30.539 --> 00:32:30.980
 forever

00:32:30.980 --> 00:32:33.759
 and if

00:32:33.759 --> 00:32:34.839
 God

00:32:34.839 --> 00:32:35.620
 if Jesus

00:32:35.620 --> 00:32:36.259
 is revealed

00:32:36.259 --> 00:32:36.799
 as God

00:32:36.799 --> 00:32:37.059
 when he

00:32:37.059 --> 00:32:37.460
 feeds the

00:32:37.460 --> 00:32:37.980
 5,000

00:32:37.980 --> 00:32:38.599
 he's revealed

00:32:38.599 --> 00:32:39.279
 as God

00:32:39.279 --> 00:32:39.519
 when he

00:32:39.519 --> 00:32:40.039
 walks on the

00:32:40.039 --> 00:32:40.360
 water

00:32:40.360 --> 00:32:41.099
 you see

00:32:41.099 --> 00:32:41.579
 that's the

00:32:41.579 --> 00:32:42.579
 only possible

00:32:42.579 --> 00:32:43.039
 way

00:32:43.039 --> 00:32:44.319
 that you

00:32:44.319 --> 00:32:44.599
 and I

00:32:44.599 --> 00:32:45.039
 can have

00:32:45.039 --> 00:32:45.500
 any type

00:32:45.500 --> 00:32:46.039
 of hope

00:32:46.039 --> 00:32:46.579
 because

00:32:46.579 --> 00:32:48.539
 it's only

00:32:48.539 --> 00:32:48.980
 if it's

00:32:48.980 --> 00:32:49.639
 God

00:32:49.639 --> 00:32:50.740
 who dies

00:32:50.740 --> 00:32:52.319
 on the

00:32:52.319 --> 00:32:52.700
 cross

00:32:52.700 --> 00:32:53.240
 as a

00:32:53.240 --> 00:32:53.940
 sacrifice

00:32:53.940 --> 00:32:54.980
 that that

00:32:54.980 --> 00:32:55.619
 sacrifice

00:32:55.619 --> 00:32:56.920
 can possibly

00:32:56.920 --> 00:32:58.740
 count for

00:32:58.740 --> 00:32:59.359
 every human

00:32:59.359 --> 00:32:59.839
 being that

00:32:59.839 --> 00:33:00.579
 receives it

00:33:00.579 --> 00:33:03.180
 I mean if it's

00:33:03.180 --> 00:33:03.920
 just me

00:33:03.920 --> 00:33:04.700
 I don't

00:33:04.700 --> 00:33:05.379
 I mean the other

00:33:05.379 --> 00:33:05.680
 day it would

00:33:05.680 --> 00:33:06.159
 just be me

00:33:06.159 --> 00:33:06.839
 dying for me

00:33:06.839 --> 00:33:07.500
 maybe I could

00:33:07.500 --> 00:33:08.279
 die as a

00:33:08.279 --> 00:33:09.079
 sacrifice for

00:33:09.079 --> 00:33:10.299
 my family

00:33:10.299 --> 00:33:10.680
 or my

00:33:10.680 --> 00:33:11.279
 grandkids

00:33:11.279 --> 00:33:11.819
 or you

00:33:11.819 --> 00:33:12.639
 or something

00:33:12.639 --> 00:33:13.019
 like that

00:33:13.019 --> 00:33:13.519
 let the

00:33:13.519 --> 00:33:14.019
 terrorists

00:33:14.019 --> 00:33:15.099
 let them

00:33:15.099 --> 00:33:15.420
 all go

00:33:15.420 --> 00:33:15.900
 take me

00:33:15.900 --> 00:33:16.339
 instead

00:33:16.339 --> 00:33:18.500
 but people

00:33:18.500 --> 00:33:19.259
 puzzle over

00:33:19.259 --> 00:33:19.839
 how it is

00:33:19.839 --> 00:33:20.519
 that one

00:33:20.519 --> 00:33:21.500
 man's death

00:33:21.500 --> 00:33:22.579
 could cover

00:33:22.579 --> 00:33:23.379
 for them

00:33:23.379 --> 00:33:23.859
 all these

00:33:23.859 --> 00:33:24.480
 years later

00:33:24.480 --> 00:33:25.000
 and the

00:33:25.000 --> 00:33:25.599
 same death

00:33:25.599 --> 00:33:26.160
 could cover

00:33:26.160 --> 00:33:27.079
 for people

00:33:27.079 --> 00:33:27.740
 in Singapore

00:33:27.740 --> 00:33:28.599
 and people

00:33:28.599 --> 00:33:29.339
 in Rwanda

00:33:29.339 --> 00:33:30.000
 and people

00:33:30.000 --> 00:33:32.000
 in France

00:33:32.000 --> 00:33:32.619
 and people

00:33:32.619 --> 00:33:33.160
 in Russia

00:33:33.160 --> 00:33:33.819
 and how that

00:33:33.819 --> 00:33:34.420
 one death

00:33:34.420 --> 00:33:34.940
 could cover

00:33:34.940 --> 00:33:35.559
 well that

00:33:35.559 --> 00:33:36.039
 can only

00:33:36.039 --> 00:33:36.639
 happen if

00:33:36.639 --> 00:33:37.180
 it's God

00:33:37.180 --> 00:33:37.759
 who dies

00:33:37.759 --> 00:33:38.319
 on the cross

00:33:38.319 --> 00:33:38.700
 and that's

00:33:38.700 --> 00:33:38.960
 what the

00:33:38.960 --> 00:33:39.480
 Bible is

00:33:39.480 --> 00:33:40.000
 revealing

00:33:40.000 --> 00:33:41.180
 with these

00:33:41.180 --> 00:33:41.619
 powerful

00:33:41.619 --> 00:33:42.299
 stories

00:33:42.299 --> 00:33:44.640
 and just

00:33:44.640 --> 00:33:45.119
 sort of

00:33:45.119 --> 00:33:45.619
 in closing

00:33:45.619 --> 00:33:46.099
 the final

00:33:46.099 --> 00:33:46.420
 point

00:33:46.420 --> 00:33:46.640
 if you

00:33:46.640 --> 00:33:46.900
 could put

00:33:46.900 --> 00:33:47.119
 it up

00:33:47.119 --> 00:33:47.380
 that would

00:33:47.380 --> 00:33:47.880
 be wonderful

00:33:47.880 --> 00:33:49.920
 and this

00:33:49.920 --> 00:33:50.279
 is where

00:33:50.279 --> 00:33:51.140
 we start

00:33:51.140 --> 00:33:51.579
 to begin

00:33:51.579 --> 00:33:52.140
 to have

00:33:52.140 --> 00:33:53.500
 an image

00:33:53.500 --> 00:33:54.200
 or a hope

00:33:54.200 --> 00:33:55.480
 to try

00:33:55.480 --> 00:33:56.500
 to steer

00:33:56.500 --> 00:33:56.920
 away

00:33:56.920 --> 00:33:57.599
 between

00:33:57.599 --> 00:33:59.400
 idolizing

00:33:59.400 --> 00:34:00.180
 our bodies

00:34:00.180 --> 00:34:02.900
 or tormenting

00:34:02.900 --> 00:34:04.579
 and denying

00:34:04.579 --> 00:34:05.299
 and hurting

00:34:05.299 --> 00:34:06.039
 our bodies

00:34:06.039 --> 00:34:08.639
 in Christ

00:34:08.639 --> 00:34:10.239
 your destiny

00:34:10.239 --> 00:34:11.519
 is to be

00:34:11.519 --> 00:34:12.079
 resurrected

00:34:12.079 --> 00:34:12.920
 body and

00:34:12.920 --> 00:34:13.319
 soul

00:34:13.319 --> 00:34:14.420
 and to

00:34:14.420 --> 00:34:14.819
 dwell

00:34:14.819 --> 00:34:15.219
 in the

00:34:15.219 --> 00:34:15.799
 new heaven

00:34:15.799 --> 00:34:16.460
 and earth

00:34:16.460 --> 00:34:17.460
 with Christ

00:34:17.460 --> 00:34:17.960
 in his

00:34:17.960 --> 00:34:18.299
 kingdom

00:34:18.299 --> 00:34:20.859
 that's your

00:34:20.859 --> 00:34:21.379
 destiny

00:34:21.379 --> 00:34:22.599
 I mean

00:34:22.599 --> 00:34:23.000
 that's one

00:34:23.000 --> 00:34:23.339
 of the things

00:34:23.339 --> 00:34:23.839
 this miracle

00:34:23.839 --> 00:34:24.420
 shows

00:34:24.420 --> 00:34:25.859
 if we are

00:34:25.859 --> 00:34:26.159
 going to be

00:34:26.159 --> 00:34:26.799
 like Christ

00:34:26.799 --> 00:34:27.139
 when we

00:34:27.139 --> 00:34:27.679
 see him

00:34:27.679 --> 00:34:29.079
 and we

00:34:29.079 --> 00:34:29.440
 see that

00:34:29.440 --> 00:34:29.980
 Jesus had

00:34:29.980 --> 00:34:30.559
 this body

00:34:30.559 --> 00:34:31.179
 that walks

00:34:31.179 --> 00:34:31.739
 on water

00:34:31.739 --> 00:34:32.059
 and the

00:34:32.059 --> 00:34:32.539
 water is

00:34:32.539 --> 00:34:32.859
 real

00:34:32.859 --> 00:34:35.319
 but he

00:34:35.319 --> 00:34:36.400
 walks on

00:34:36.400 --> 00:34:36.779
 water

00:34:36.780 --> 00:34:39.500
 we're

00:34:39.500 --> 00:34:39.920
 not

00:34:39.920 --> 00:34:40.560
 eventually

00:34:40.560 --> 00:34:41.180
 going to

00:34:41.180 --> 00:34:41.600
 just be

00:34:41.600 --> 00:34:42.620
 disembodied

00:34:42.620 --> 00:34:43.940
 minds

00:34:43.940 --> 00:34:44.400
 or

00:34:44.400 --> 00:34:45.380
 nowadays

00:34:45.380 --> 00:34:46.300
 disembodied

00:34:46.300 --> 00:34:47.519
 emotions

00:34:47.519 --> 00:34:49.320
 somehow

00:34:49.320 --> 00:34:50.000
 existing

00:34:50.000 --> 00:34:50.900
 in some

00:34:50.900 --> 00:34:51.800
 other plane

00:34:51.800 --> 00:34:52.340
 with no

00:34:52.340 --> 00:34:52.780
 body

00:34:52.780 --> 00:34:54.120
 and no

00:34:54.120 --> 00:34:54.600
 connection

00:34:54.600 --> 00:34:55.060
 to this

00:34:55.060 --> 00:34:55.519
 world

00:34:55.519 --> 00:34:58.700
 that's

00:34:58.700 --> 00:34:59.140
 not your

00:34:59.140 --> 00:34:59.560
 destiny

00:34:59.560 --> 00:35:00.240
 in Christ

00:35:00.240 --> 00:35:03.600
 your

00:35:03.600 --> 00:35:03.980
 destiny

00:35:03.980 --> 00:35:04.519
 in Christ

00:35:04.519 --> 00:35:04.860
 is

00:35:04.860 --> 00:35:06.460
 resurrected

00:35:06.460 --> 00:35:06.900
 body

00:35:06.900 --> 00:35:07.480
 and soul

00:35:07.480 --> 00:35:08.059
 and you're

00:35:08.059 --> 00:35:08.199
 going to

00:35:08.199 --> 00:35:08.440
 dwell

00:35:08.440 --> 00:35:08.679
 in a

00:35:08.679 --> 00:35:08.800
 new

00:35:08.800 --> 00:35:09.059
 heaven

00:35:09.059 --> 00:35:09.320
 and a

00:35:09.320 --> 00:35:09.440
 new

00:35:09.440 --> 00:35:09.840
 earth

00:35:09.840 --> 00:35:13.260
 you're

00:35:13.260 --> 00:35:13.360
 going to

00:35:13.360 --> 00:35:13.579
 dwell

00:35:13.579 --> 00:35:13.820
 with

00:35:13.820 --> 00:35:14.280
 Christ

00:35:14.280 --> 00:35:14.840
 and you're

00:35:14.840 --> 00:35:15.000
 going to

00:35:15.000 --> 00:35:15.220
 dwell

00:35:15.220 --> 00:35:15.559
 with him

00:35:15.559 --> 00:35:15.820
 in his

00:35:15.820 --> 00:35:16.220
 kingdom

00:35:16.220 --> 00:35:18.780
 and the

00:35:18.780 --> 00:35:19.260
 ability to

00:35:19.260 --> 00:35:19.639
 do that

00:35:19.639 --> 00:35:20.199
 isn't because

00:35:20.199 --> 00:35:20.900
 you kept

00:35:20.900 --> 00:35:21.220
 a really

00:35:21.220 --> 00:35:21.740
 really good

00:35:21.740 --> 00:35:22.119
 lent

00:35:22.119 --> 00:35:22.679
 it's not

00:35:22.679 --> 00:35:23.300
 because you

00:35:23.300 --> 00:35:23.599
 really

00:35:23.599 --> 00:35:23.960
 really

00:35:23.960 --> 00:35:24.320
 really

00:35:24.320 --> 00:35:24.639
 really

00:35:24.639 --> 00:35:25.179
 were good

00:35:25.179 --> 00:35:25.360
 at

00:35:25.360 --> 00:35:25.960
 subjugating

00:35:25.960 --> 00:35:26.639
 your body

00:35:26.639 --> 00:35:27.880
 or starving

00:35:27.880 --> 00:35:28.599
 your body

00:35:28.599 --> 00:35:29.199
 or doing

00:35:29.199 --> 00:35:29.519
 anything

00:35:29.519 --> 00:35:30.300
 like that

00:35:30.300 --> 00:35:32.199
 it's all

00:35:32.199 --> 00:35:32.659
 because of

00:35:32.659 --> 00:35:33.099
 what he did

00:35:33.099 --> 00:35:33.380
 for us

00:35:33.380 --> 00:35:33.639
 on the

00:35:33.639 --> 00:35:34.119
 cross

00:35:34.119 --> 00:35:38.940
 and

00:35:38.940 --> 00:35:40.099
 it's

00:35:40.099 --> 00:35:40.900
 fine

00:35:40.900 --> 00:35:42.219
 I mean

00:35:42.219 --> 00:35:42.659
 obviously

00:35:42.659 --> 00:35:43.880
 I mean

00:35:43.880 --> 00:35:44.199
 I'm not

00:35:44.199 --> 00:35:44.659
 happy with

00:35:44.659 --> 00:35:45.219
 my body

00:35:45.219 --> 00:35:45.659
 I have

00:35:45.659 --> 00:35:47.059
 dimples

00:35:47.059 --> 00:35:47.440
 where it's

00:35:47.440 --> 00:35:48.119
 not cute

00:35:48.119 --> 00:35:51.099
 you know

00:35:51.099 --> 00:35:52.059
 bulges

00:35:52.059 --> 00:35:52.960
 and sags

00:35:52.960 --> 00:35:53.559
 and all

00:35:53.559 --> 00:35:54.079
 that type

00:35:54.079 --> 00:35:54.519
 of stuff

00:35:54.519 --> 00:35:55.019
 and it

00:35:55.019 --> 00:35:55.359
 doesn't mean

00:35:55.359 --> 00:35:55.639
 you have

00:35:55.639 --> 00:35:57.139
 to idolize

00:35:57.139 --> 00:35:57.559
 your body

00:35:57.559 --> 00:35:57.920
 or love

00:35:57.920 --> 00:35:58.339
 your body

00:35:58.339 --> 00:35:58.719
 there's a

00:35:58.719 --> 00:35:59.339
 different way

00:35:59.339 --> 00:35:59.799
 there's a

00:35:59.799 --> 00:36:00.619
 different path

00:36:00.619 --> 00:36:02.579
 your body

00:36:02.579 --> 00:36:03.219
 is important

00:36:03.219 --> 00:36:05.819
 and the

00:36:05.819 --> 00:36:06.339
 story ends

00:36:06.339 --> 00:36:06.819
 with Jesus

00:36:06.819 --> 00:36:07.259
 healing

00:36:07.259 --> 00:36:07.799
 and as

00:36:07.799 --> 00:36:08.319
 you get

00:36:08.319 --> 00:36:08.799
 as you're

00:36:08.799 --> 00:36:09.179
 gripped by

00:36:09.179 --> 00:36:10.139
 the gospel

00:36:10.139 --> 00:36:11.199
 the part

00:36:11.199 --> 00:36:11.900
 of the body

00:36:11.900 --> 00:36:12.500
 is that

00:36:12.500 --> 00:36:13.900
 the gospel

00:36:13.900 --> 00:36:14.519
 will teach us

00:36:14.519 --> 00:36:15.400
 not to idolize

00:36:15.400 --> 00:36:16.079
 our bodies

00:36:16.079 --> 00:36:16.699
 as if they're

00:36:16.699 --> 00:36:17.059
 somehow

00:36:17.059 --> 00:36:18.019
 you know

00:36:18.019 --> 00:36:19.880
 I know

00:36:19.880 --> 00:36:20.659
 of one person

00:36:20.659 --> 00:36:21.079
 who wanted

00:36:21.079 --> 00:36:21.819
 euthanasia

00:36:21.819 --> 00:36:22.380
 because she

00:36:22.380 --> 00:36:22.759
 could no

00:36:22.759 --> 00:36:23.059
 longer

00:36:23.059 --> 00:36:23.619
 I'm not

00:36:23.619 --> 00:36:24.059
 making this

00:36:24.059 --> 00:36:24.219
 up

00:36:24.219 --> 00:36:24.559
 she could

00:36:24.559 --> 00:36:24.960
 no longer

00:36:24.960 --> 00:36:25.400
 put on

00:36:25.400 --> 00:36:25.839
 her makeup

00:36:25.839 --> 00:36:26.259
 and do

00:36:26.259 --> 00:36:26.779
 her hair

00:36:26.779 --> 00:36:27.779
 and she

00:36:27.779 --> 00:36:28.380
 couldn't bear

00:36:28.380 --> 00:36:28.940
 not looking

00:36:28.940 --> 00:36:29.440
 beautiful

00:36:29.440 --> 00:36:36.519
 because she

00:36:36.519 --> 00:36:36.780
 had been

00:36:36.780 --> 00:36:37.240
 a beautiful

00:36:37.240 --> 00:36:37.720
 woman

00:36:37.720 --> 00:36:38.539
 or thought

00:36:38.539 --> 00:36:39.200
 she was

00:36:39.200 --> 00:36:40.320
 and idolized

00:36:40.320 --> 00:36:40.920
 her body

00:36:40.920 --> 00:36:41.420
 and her looks

00:36:41.420 --> 00:36:42.139
 all her life

00:36:42.139 --> 00:36:42.639
 and to begin

00:36:42.639 --> 00:36:43.099
 to lose

00:36:43.099 --> 00:36:43.440
 that

00:36:43.440 --> 00:36:43.940
 it's not

00:36:43.940 --> 00:36:44.460
 even worth

00:36:44.460 --> 00:36:44.920
 living

00:36:44.920 --> 00:36:48.619
 but that's

00:36:48.619 --> 00:36:49.320
 such a trap

00:36:49.320 --> 00:36:50.480
 isn't it

00:36:50.480 --> 00:36:53.039
 and so

00:36:53.039 --> 00:36:54.039
 narcissistic

00:36:54.039 --> 00:36:55.380
 how do you

00:36:55.380 --> 00:36:55.980
 love others

00:36:55.980 --> 00:36:58.159
 if you have

00:36:58.159 --> 00:36:58.760
 to idolize

00:36:58.760 --> 00:36:59.280
 your body

00:36:59.280 --> 00:36:59.780
 and worship

00:36:59.780 --> 00:37:00.120
 it

00:37:00.120 --> 00:37:00.660
 and have

00:37:00.660 --> 00:37:01.140
 your body

00:37:01.140 --> 00:37:01.620
 worshipped

00:37:01.620 --> 00:37:02.300
 by others

00:37:02.300 --> 00:37:04.260
 and it's

00:37:04.260 --> 00:37:04.660
 as if

00:37:04.660 --> 00:37:05.800
 like she's

00:37:05.800 --> 00:37:06.420
 almost as if

00:37:06.420 --> 00:37:06.920
 in this story

00:37:06.920 --> 00:37:07.780
 she encapsulates

00:37:07.780 --> 00:37:08.260
 the problem

00:37:08.260 --> 00:37:08.800
 with the modern

00:37:08.800 --> 00:37:09.160
 world

00:37:09.160 --> 00:37:09.519
 if she

00:37:09.519 --> 00:37:10.860
 can't idolize

00:37:10.860 --> 00:37:11.300
 her body

00:37:11.300 --> 00:37:11.740
 she wants

00:37:11.740 --> 00:37:12.140
 her body

00:37:12.140 --> 00:37:13.180
 killed

00:37:13.180 --> 00:37:14.200
 killed

00:37:14.200 --> 00:37:18.580
 and in the

00:37:18.580 --> 00:37:19.140
 midst of this

00:37:19.140 --> 00:37:19.980
 the gospel

00:37:19.980 --> 00:37:20.700
 just provides

00:37:20.700 --> 00:37:21.320
 this picture

00:37:21.320 --> 00:37:22.080
 of sanity

00:37:22.079 --> 00:37:24.579
 your body

00:37:24.579 --> 00:37:24.699
 your body's

00:37:24.699 --> 00:37:24.980
 good

00:37:24.980 --> 00:37:26.759
 treat it

00:37:26.759 --> 00:37:27.099
 well

00:37:27.099 --> 00:37:28.759
 befriend it

00:37:28.759 --> 00:37:30.900
 some of you

00:37:30.900 --> 00:37:31.119
 have been

00:37:31.119 --> 00:37:31.639
 blessed with

00:37:31.639 --> 00:37:32.000
 really

00:37:32.000 --> 00:37:33.679
 good bodies

00:37:33.679 --> 00:37:34.940
 some of us

00:37:34.940 --> 00:37:35.920
 have been

00:37:35.920 --> 00:37:36.440
 blessed but

00:37:36.440 --> 00:37:36.779
 not with

00:37:36.779 --> 00:37:37.279
 having good

00:37:37.279 --> 00:37:37.759
 bodies

00:37:37.759 --> 00:37:40.119
 and if you

00:37:40.119 --> 00:37:40.519
 live long

00:37:40.519 --> 00:37:40.840
 enough

00:37:40.840 --> 00:37:41.779
 everybody

00:37:41.779 --> 00:37:42.319
 gets

00:37:42.319 --> 00:37:42.940
 wrinkles

00:37:42.940 --> 00:37:43.279
 where

00:37:43.279 --> 00:37:43.940
 dimples

00:37:43.940 --> 00:37:44.259
 where it's

00:37:44.259 --> 00:37:44.840
 not cute

00:37:44.840 --> 00:37:47.000
 or attractive

00:37:47.000 --> 00:37:49.440
 but the

00:37:49.440 --> 00:37:50.219
 option isn't

00:37:50.219 --> 00:37:50.980
 it's always

00:37:50.980 --> 00:37:51.380
 a matter

00:37:51.380 --> 00:37:51.639
 of the

00:37:51.639 --> 00:37:52.059
 body's

00:37:52.059 --> 00:37:52.400
 a gift

00:37:52.400 --> 00:37:52.719
 you're

00:37:52.719 --> 00:37:53.300
 you are

00:37:53.300 --> 00:37:53.619
 you are

00:37:53.619 --> 00:37:53.960
 meant to

00:37:53.960 --> 00:37:54.539
 be embodied

00:37:54.539 --> 00:37:56.239
 your destiny

00:37:56.239 --> 00:37:57.980
 is to be

00:37:57.980 --> 00:37:58.539
 healed

00:37:58.539 --> 00:38:00.280
 healed

00:38:00.280 --> 00:38:01.940
 healed

00:38:01.940 --> 00:38:02.780
 in Christ

00:38:02.780 --> 00:38:05.920
 and so

00:38:05.920 --> 00:38:06.260
 love your

00:38:06.260 --> 00:38:06.599
 body

00:38:06.599 --> 00:38:08.179
 care for

00:38:08.179 --> 00:38:08.440
 it

00:38:08.440 --> 00:38:09.940
 don't

00:38:09.940 --> 00:38:10.500
 despise

00:38:10.500 --> 00:38:10.699
 it

00:38:10.699 --> 00:38:11.320
 it's not

00:38:11.320 --> 00:38:11.619
 a sign

00:38:11.619 --> 00:38:12.099
 of holiness

00:38:12.099 --> 00:38:12.599
 to treat

00:38:12.599 --> 00:38:13.119
 it terribly

00:38:13.119 --> 00:38:14.420
 it's not

00:38:14.420 --> 00:38:14.800
 a sign

00:38:14.800 --> 00:38:15.380
 of wisdom

00:38:15.380 --> 00:38:16.820
 to mutilate

00:38:16.820 --> 00:38:17.240
 it

00:38:17.240 --> 00:38:18.140
 castrate

00:38:18.140 --> 00:38:18.400
 it

00:38:18.400 --> 00:38:19.160
 disfigure

00:38:19.160 --> 00:38:19.400
 it

00:38:19.400 --> 00:38:21.240
 there's a

00:38:21.240 --> 00:38:21.740
 better place

00:38:21.740 --> 00:38:22.059
 to get

00:38:22.059 --> 00:38:22.620
 your identity

00:38:22.620 --> 00:38:22.940
 and that

00:38:22.940 --> 00:38:23.300
 identity

00:38:23.300 --> 00:38:23.660
 is in

00:38:23.660 --> 00:38:23.980
 Christ

00:38:23.980 --> 00:38:24.720
 why

00:38:24.720 --> 00:38:26.140
 yeah yeah

00:38:26.140 --> 00:38:26.600
 you're

00:38:26.600 --> 00:38:26.840
 you're

00:38:26.840 --> 00:38:27.160
 terrible

00:38:27.160 --> 00:38:27.460
 I thought

00:38:27.460 --> 00:38:27.620
 you're

00:38:27.620 --> 00:38:28.100
 far worse

00:38:28.100 --> 00:38:28.320
 than you

00:38:28.320 --> 00:38:28.580
 could ever

00:38:28.580 --> 00:38:29.080
 imagine

00:38:29.080 --> 00:38:29.780
 but Jesus

00:38:29.780 --> 00:38:30.220
 knew that

00:38:30.220 --> 00:38:30.420
 when he

00:38:30.420 --> 00:38:30.760
 died for

00:38:30.760 --> 00:38:30.920
 you on

00:38:30.920 --> 00:38:31.400
 the cross

00:38:31.400 --> 00:38:32.380
 and you're

00:38:32.380 --> 00:38:32.860
 far more

00:38:32.860 --> 00:38:33.180
 loved

00:38:33.180 --> 00:38:33.600
 and far

00:38:33.600 --> 00:38:33.800
 more

00:38:33.800 --> 00:38:34.240
 precious

00:38:34.240 --> 00:38:36.100
 than even

00:38:36.100 --> 00:38:36.580
 the greatest

00:38:36.580 --> 00:38:37.160
 narcissist

00:38:37.160 --> 00:38:37.820
 could ever

00:38:37.820 --> 00:38:38.340
 imagine

00:38:38.340 --> 00:38:38.620
 about

00:38:38.620 --> 00:38:39.120
 themselves

00:38:39.120 --> 00:38:39.620
 because

00:38:39.620 --> 00:38:39.960
 Jesus

00:38:39.960 --> 00:38:40.380
 loved you

00:38:40.380 --> 00:38:40.800
 so much

00:38:40.800 --> 00:38:41.019
 that he

00:38:41.019 --> 00:38:41.300
 died

00:38:41.300 --> 00:38:41.740
 for you

00:38:41.740 --> 00:38:43.160
 and when

00:38:43.160 --> 00:38:43.360
 he's

00:38:43.360 --> 00:38:43.680
 finished

00:38:43.680 --> 00:38:44.100
 saving

00:38:44.100 --> 00:38:44.420
 you

00:38:44.420 --> 00:38:44.860
 you will

00:38:44.860 --> 00:38:45.120
 have a

00:38:45.120 --> 00:38:45.280
 new

00:38:45.280 --> 00:38:45.820
 body

00:38:45.820 --> 00:38:46.539
 and a

00:38:46.539 --> 00:38:46.699
 new

00:38:46.699 --> 00:38:47.099
 soul

00:38:47.099 --> 00:38:48.279
 but you're

00:38:48.279 --> 00:38:48.860
 still you

00:38:48.860 --> 00:38:49.980
 in the

00:38:49.980 --> 00:38:50.119
 new

00:38:50.119 --> 00:38:50.440
 heaven

00:38:50.440 --> 00:38:51.019
 and the

00:38:51.019 --> 00:38:51.159
 new

00:38:51.159 --> 00:38:51.480
 earth

00:38:51.480 --> 00:38:52.000
 for all

00:38:52.000 --> 00:38:52.400
 eternity

00:38:52.400 --> 00:38:53.380
 please

00:38:53.380 --> 00:38:53.800
 stand

00:38:53.800 --> 00:39:00.980
 let's

00:39:00.980 --> 00:39:01.259
 bow our

00:39:01.259 --> 00:39:01.579
 heads in

00:39:01.579 --> 00:39:01.880
 prayer

00:39:01.880 --> 00:39:06.719
 father we

00:39:06.719 --> 00:39:07.099
 thank you

00:39:07.099 --> 00:39:07.360
 for the

00:39:07.360 --> 00:39:07.719
 hope of

00:39:07.719 --> 00:39:08.039
 glory

00:39:08.039 --> 00:39:09.360
 and we

00:39:09.360 --> 00:39:09.719
 thank you

00:39:09.719 --> 00:39:10.279
 father that

00:39:10.279 --> 00:39:10.639
 the hope

00:39:10.639 --> 00:39:11.159
 of glory

00:39:11.159 --> 00:39:11.519
 isn't

00:39:11.519 --> 00:39:12.019
 something that

00:39:12.019 --> 00:39:12.460
 takes us

00:39:12.460 --> 00:39:13.059
 away from

00:39:13.059 --> 00:39:13.539
 the world

00:39:13.539 --> 00:39:14.440
 and that

00:39:14.440 --> 00:39:15.019
 our bodies

00:39:15.019 --> 00:39:15.739
 matter and

00:39:15.739 --> 00:39:16.099
 that other

00:39:16.099 --> 00:39:16.500
 people

00:39:16.500 --> 00:39:17.279
 that they

00:39:17.279 --> 00:39:18.459
 don't matter

00:39:18.459 --> 00:39:18.919
 or that

00:39:18.919 --> 00:39:19.500
 the creation

00:39:19.500 --> 00:39:20.219
 doesn't matter

00:39:20.219 --> 00:39:20.659
 father we

00:39:20.659 --> 00:39:20.979
 give you

00:39:20.979 --> 00:39:21.539
 thanks and

00:39:21.539 --> 00:39:22.759
 praise that

00:39:22.759 --> 00:39:23.539
 you are the

00:39:23.539 --> 00:39:24.159
 same God

00:39:24.159 --> 00:39:24.619
 who created

00:39:24.619 --> 00:39:25.239
 all things

00:39:25.239 --> 00:39:25.659
 you are the

00:39:25.659 --> 00:39:26.319
 God the

00:39:26.319 --> 00:39:26.819
 same one

00:39:26.819 --> 00:39:27.279
 the same

00:39:27.279 --> 00:39:27.759
 God who

00:39:27.759 --> 00:39:28.500
 sustains all

00:39:28.500 --> 00:39:28.839
 things you

00:39:28.839 --> 00:39:29.099
 are the

00:39:29.099 --> 00:39:30.199
 same God

00:39:30.199 --> 00:39:31.399
 who through

00:39:31.399 --> 00:39:31.819
 the death

00:39:31.819 --> 00:39:32.119
 of your

00:39:32.119 --> 00:39:33.000
 son redeemed

00:39:33.000 --> 00:39:33.479
 not just

00:39:33.479 --> 00:39:34.039
 human beings

00:39:34.039 --> 00:39:34.379
 but will

00:39:34.379 --> 00:39:34.799
 eventually

00:39:34.799 --> 00:39:35.379
 redeem the

00:39:35.379 --> 00:39:35.879
 entire

00:39:35.879 --> 00:39:36.339
 created

00:39:36.339 --> 00:39:36.819
 order and

00:39:36.819 --> 00:39:37.139
 you are the

00:39:37.139 --> 00:39:37.759
 same God

00:39:37.759 --> 00:39:38.059
 who will

00:39:38.059 --> 00:39:39.339
 make the

00:39:39.339 --> 00:39:39.759
 new heaven

00:39:39.759 --> 00:39:39.979
 and the

00:39:39.979 --> 00:39:40.379
 new earth

00:39:40.379 --> 00:39:40.679
 and you

00:39:40.679 --> 00:39:41.839
 have redeemed

00:39:41.839 --> 00:39:42.379
 us to be

00:39:42.379 --> 00:39:43.019
 your children

00:39:43.019 --> 00:39:43.479
 and your

00:39:43.479 --> 00:39:44.339
 friends by

00:39:44.340 --> 00:39:45.120
 adoption and

00:39:45.120 --> 00:39:46.180
 grace to

00:39:46.180 --> 00:39:46.820
 live in this

00:39:46.820 --> 00:39:47.519
 world to

00:39:47.519 --> 00:39:48.579
 be gripped by

00:39:48.579 --> 00:39:49.240
 the gospel

00:39:49.240 --> 00:39:51.019
 to serve you

00:39:51.019 --> 00:39:51.600
 and to bring

00:39:51.600 --> 00:39:52.260
 you glory

00:39:52.260 --> 00:39:53.260
 and father we

00:39:53.260 --> 00:39:53.880
 ask that you

00:39:53.880 --> 00:39:54.760
 would so grip us

00:39:54.760 --> 00:39:55.140
 with these

00:39:55.140 --> 00:39:56.000
 profound truths

00:39:56.000 --> 00:39:57.059
 so that we

00:39:57.059 --> 00:39:57.880
 would be ones

00:39:57.880 --> 00:39:58.480
 father who

00:39:58.480 --> 00:39:59.180
 care for the

00:39:59.180 --> 00:39:59.940
 creation in a

00:39:59.940 --> 00:40:00.780
 very very deep

00:40:00.780 --> 00:40:01.300
 way that we

00:40:01.300 --> 00:40:02.360
 do not despise

00:40:02.360 --> 00:40:03.260
 it or just

00:40:03.260 --> 00:40:03.820
 treat it as

00:40:03.820 --> 00:40:04.900
 plastic or just

00:40:04.900 --> 00:40:05.500
 treat it as

00:40:05.500 --> 00:40:06.559
 garbage to do

00:40:06.559 --> 00:40:07.039
 with as we

00:40:07.039 --> 00:40:07.880
 wish that we

00:40:07.880 --> 00:40:08.400
 don't also

00:40:08.400 --> 00:40:09.559
 idolize it or

00:40:09.559 --> 00:40:10.280
 make it into a

00:40:10.280 --> 00:40:11.160
 God but that we

00:40:11.160 --> 00:40:12.240
 just see it for

00:40:12.240 --> 00:40:12.760
 what it is

00:40:12.760 --> 00:40:13.380
 something which

00:40:13.380 --> 00:40:13.960
 you have

00:40:13.960 --> 00:40:14.539
 designed for

00:40:14.539 --> 00:40:14.800
 us to

00:40:14.800 --> 00:40:15.960
 inhabit in

00:40:15.960 --> 00:40:16.820
 such a way

00:40:16.820 --> 00:40:17.720
 that people's

00:40:17.720 --> 00:40:18.619
 needs are met

00:40:18.619 --> 00:40:19.619
 and the creation

00:40:19.619 --> 00:40:20.680
 is honored and

00:40:20.680 --> 00:40:21.480
 that there's a

00:40:21.480 --> 00:40:22.300
 flourishing of

00:40:22.300 --> 00:40:22.860
 human and

00:40:22.860 --> 00:40:24.119
 created life and

00:40:24.119 --> 00:40:24.559
 we give you

00:40:24.559 --> 00:40:25.099
 thanks and

00:40:25.099 --> 00:40:25.640
 praise that you

00:40:25.640 --> 00:40:26.340
 have called us

00:40:26.340 --> 00:40:27.140
 father to a

00:40:27.140 --> 00:40:28.119
 destiny which is

00:40:28.119 --> 00:40:29.079
 ours in Christ

00:40:29.079 --> 00:40:29.860
 where we will

00:40:29.860 --> 00:40:30.619
 have resurrected

00:40:30.619 --> 00:40:31.480
 bodies and

00:40:31.480 --> 00:40:32.240
 souls and a

00:40:32.240 --> 00:40:32.820
 new heaven and

00:40:32.820 --> 00:40:33.380
 a new earth

00:40:33.380 --> 00:40:34.160
 and we ask

00:40:34.160 --> 00:40:34.760
 father that you

00:40:34.760 --> 00:40:35.720
 would so grip us

00:40:35.720 --> 00:40:36.480
 with the gospel

00:40:36.480 --> 00:40:37.480
 and have it form

00:40:37.480 --> 00:40:39.119
 us that father

00:40:39.119 --> 00:40:40.320
 we can learn how

00:40:40.320 --> 00:40:41.059
 to live with our

00:40:41.059 --> 00:40:42.099
 bodies except in

00:40:42.099 --> 00:40:42.800
 those things that

00:40:42.800 --> 00:40:43.620
 are falling apart

00:40:43.620 --> 00:40:44.280
 and aren't good

00:40:44.280 --> 00:40:45.400
 and accepting

00:40:45.400 --> 00:40:46.160
 those things that

00:40:46.160 --> 00:40:47.880
 do work good

00:40:47.880 --> 00:40:49.260
 and and and

00:40:49.260 --> 00:40:50.039
 just accepting

00:40:50.039 --> 00:40:50.800
 father who we

00:40:50.800 --> 00:40:51.539
 are in Christ

00:40:51.539 --> 00:40:53.140
 taking steps to

00:40:53.140 --> 00:40:54.060
 improve but take

00:40:54.060 --> 00:40:54.980
 accepting who we

00:40:54.980 --> 00:40:58.180
 are content father

00:40:58.180 --> 00:40:58.860
 learning to be

00:40:58.860 --> 00:40:59.640
 content to wait

00:40:59.640 --> 00:41:00.340
 for that glorious

00:41:00.340 --> 00:41:02.440
 day when we

00:41:02.440 --> 00:41:03.039
 have those new

00:41:03.039 --> 00:41:04.720
 bodies and we

00:41:04.720 --> 00:41:05.440
 live with you and

00:41:05.440 --> 00:41:06.140
 see you face to

00:41:06.140 --> 00:41:08.480
 face we ask this

00:41:08.480 --> 00:41:09.019
 in the name of

00:41:09.019 --> 00:41:09.780
 Jesus your son

00:41:09.780 --> 00:41:10.100
 and our

00:41:10.100 --> 00:41:11.680
 savior amen