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 We left off last week in verse 12, Mark 1.

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 It says,

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 The Spirit immediately drove him out into the wilderness.

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! And he was in the wilderness forty days, being tempted by Satan.

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! And he was with the wild animals, and the angels were ministering to him.

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 Now, after John was arrested, Jesus came into Galilee, proclaiming the gospel of God,

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 and saying,

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 The time is fulfilled. The kingdom of God is at hand. Repent and believe the gospel.

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 Passing along the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew, the brother of Simon,

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 casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen.

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 And Jesus said to them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.

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 And immediately they left their nets and followed him.

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 And going on a little farther, he saw James, the son of Zebedee, and John, his brother,

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 who were in their boat, mending their nets.

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 And immediately he called them, and they left their father, Zebedee, in the boat with the hired servants and followed him.

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 Just pray with me.

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 Holy Father, we just want to express our great need for you this morning,

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 that we have nothing to offer in and of ourselves.

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 We can't bring anything to the table.

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 Lord, we need your help to, not just to understand your word, Lord,

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 but to let it resonate in our hearts.

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 And God, I just pray that your word would have its desired effect today in the hearts of the people here.

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 We love you.

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 We just lift you up in Christ's name.

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 Amen.

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 So, if you just noticed, we just read through...

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 I've been walking around a lot just because I can't see.

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 If you noticed, we just read through like three major parts in this all together at once.

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 We read through the temptation of Christ.

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 We read through the start of Christ's ministry.

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 And then we read through the calling of the first disciples, just all back to back.

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 And it'd be very easy to turn each one of these into like a five-week sermon, each section on this.

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 Because in the other Gospels, Matthew and Luke, they give you a lot more detailed accounts of these events,

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 like the temptation in Matthew 4.

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 You could just go on and on.

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 And so, instead of doing that, we could have done that.

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 But instead of doing that, if you really read carefully, like in the Gospel of Mark,

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 and you're really praying that the Spirit kind of like shows you what's going on,

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 you'll see that that's not really Mark's intent.

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 He doesn't want you to get stuck or just stay on these places.

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 He wants you to kind of keep moving on.

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 And if you don't do that, you'll sometimes miss the purpose for why the author wrote something a certain way.

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 So that's why we're trying to like bring it all together into one thing, to get a wider view of what's going on.

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 So Mark even uses the word immediately, I think nine times almost, in chapter one.

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 It gets you to kind of keep moving on.

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 So we're just going to take a wider view of things.

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 Mark skipped over the initial ministry that Jesus had in South Judea.

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 He missed the cleansing of the temple and the Samaritan woman at the well, like all that.

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 Kind of like he doesn't mention that, but that would have happened.

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 You can see it in the other Gospels in between these things.

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 So he's going into Galilee.

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 It goes from the temptation right into his ministry in Galilee.

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 So why?

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 Why does Mark do this?

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 Why the speed in which Mark does this?

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 And really the answer is that Mark seems to be wanting to establish that Jesus is the king.

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 Jesus is like the new king who has arrived on the scene.

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 If you look at verse one in chapter one, it says the gospel of Jesus Christ, the son of God.

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 Just proclaiming that like the king of kings has arrived.

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 The long-awaited Messiah is here.

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 And if he's going to be the new king, he has to establish his authority.

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 He has to show that he is who he says he is.

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 And that's what these three things, three sections that we're going to look at, talk about.

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 So I guess if you had to call this message something, it would be like the authority of our Christ,

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 like the authority of Christ and how he demonstrates it.

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 So we see last week when we talked about baptism that this is when Christ was, I guess,

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 you could say it was his coronation as the king who's come.

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 He was filled with the Holy Spirit.

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 The Holy Spirit descended on him and the Father spoke from above that this is my beloved son in whom I'm well pleased.

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 So all three members of the Trinity, they are at work together at Christ's baptism.

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 And really awesome, awesome picture.

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 And Christ was going to fulfill all the Old Testament roles that the new king was going to fulfill.

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 And if you, I'll just read this in John 3 to you real quick.

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 John 3, verse 34, talking about Jesus, says,

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 For he whom God has sent utters the words of God, for he gives the Spirit without measure.

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 The Father loves the Son and has given all things into his hand.

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 So it says here that Jesus was given the Holy Spirit without measure.

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 That's incredible.

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 That's awesome.

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 He's saying that, like he had this measureless anointing of the Holy Spirit, Christ did.

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 And that's what happened at the baptism.

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 Christ then just jumps right into his earthly ministry.

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 So he wants to demonstrate.

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 I'll say I'll just kind of give you the three points in advance and then we can kind of unpack them.

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 But Christ is going to demonstrate his authority in three different realms.

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 He's going to demonstrate his authority over Satan in his realm.

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 So he's going to have to show that he is the new king who's going to overthrow the usurper, Satan.

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 He's got to prove that he can destroy the works of the devil like it's been spoken of.

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 And that will be in the temptation.

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 Secondly, he shows his authority over sin and its dominion.

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 So Satan, then sin itself.

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 And then thirdly, he shows his authority over sinners.

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 People like you and me, he shows authority over them.

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 So that's just kind of the rightful conclusion.

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 If he has authority over Satan, authority over sin, then he definitely would have authority over sinners.

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 So he's going to establish his rule in our hearts.

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 So we'll look at the first point.

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 This is point one.

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 And so the authority of Christ over Satan.

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 And we see this in verse 12 and 13.

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 The Spirit immediately drove him out into the wilderness.

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 And he was in the wilderness for 40 days, being tempted by Satan.

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 And he was with the wild animals, and the angels were ministering to him.

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 So that's Mark's shot, like right there, a snapshot of what happened at the temptation.

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 So we could go to Matthew, we could go to Luke, but we're not going to.

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 We were going to just talk about what Mark gives us here, for the most part, and add in a little bit of what the other authors say.

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 But immediately following his empowerment by the Spirit, it says he was driven into the wilderness.

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 And this is like a very, very strong verb.

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 It literally means like to impel someone, to throw them out.

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 Like Jesus was literally thrown out, led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted.

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 And it was the will of the Father.

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 It wasn't the will of Satan.

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 It wasn't the will of anything else.

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 This is what God desired.

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 And so Christ had this strong compulsion to go into the wilderness.

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 And so don't misunderstand that.

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 James tells us that temptation does not come from God.

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 God tempts no one, nor can he be tempted by evil.

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 But what is true is that God will allow his own people to go through temptation

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 in order that they can have victory through it and become stronger.

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 If you remember at the Last Supper, Jesus told Peter,

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 Satan has asked to sift you like wheat.

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 Like he's asked.

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 And we're giving him permission, you know.

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 But in the end, he was going to be strengthened through what happened to him.

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 And so he has the same idea here is that Christ is going to be sifted,

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 be tempted by Satan himself.

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 So it wasn't by chance.

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 It wasn't by a whim.

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 Christ deliberately was set out into the wilderness.

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 And he was going.

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 So why the wilderness?

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 You ever thought, like, why couldn't it just be somewhere else?

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 Personally, when I think of like, like if someone like said,

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 just the Spirit drove me immediately into the mountains,

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 I'd be like, all right, the mountains, you know.

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 But I would think like temptation would be a lot stronger,

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 like in a city setting for me.

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 But with Jesus, this wasn't a lush mountain paradise.

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 It was a barren wasteland.

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 It really was.

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 It was the wilderness.

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 And so why was he driven there?

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 Because he's going to have to face Satan by himself.

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 Like he can't, he's not going to have anybody there to support him.

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 At all.

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 He's going to be by himself.

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 And so this area, a lot of historians say, is called Yashinam.

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 It means like the devastation.

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 That's what they call this area, the devastation.

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 And it's around 35 by 15 miles.

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 It's wild, uninhabited.

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 It's near Jericho Road going through Jerusalem.

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 I looked up pictures of it, just kind of see what it looked like.

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 And it is really quite, quite barren.

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 Very desolate place.

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 There's certain cliffs and ravines that plunge hundreds of feet down.

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 It's not a place you just want to go and hang out at all.

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 And Deuteronomy talks about this area.

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 And it says, it speaks of a great wilderness.

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 Fiery serpents, scorpions, and a thirsty ground with no water.

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 That's what it talks about in Deuteronomy.

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 So, also in the Old Testament, we know that, like, lions were prevalent.

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 We know that jackals were.

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 So this is all the stuff that he's surrounded with.

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 Have any of you ever, like, probably not, but, like, camped out by yourself, out in the woods?

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 It's, I've done that before.

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 I actually kind of enjoy it.

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 But usually it freaks a lot of people out just because you've seen too many movies, probably.

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 But, like, you start hearing noises and you're just like, like every little thing, you're just all wired up about.

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 Thinking, like, what could that be?

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 But, like, Christ was literally surrounded by this for 40 days and 40 nights.

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 And by himself.

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 And a very terrifying aspect.

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 So you think about this.

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 Adam, our father, Adam, he was tempted in a lush, green paradise, right?

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 And he was tempted with a companion, Eve, who was with him.

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 So he wasn't alone.

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 But Christ is completely opposite.

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 He's in a barren wasteland, a desolate wilderness, and he's all alone by himself.

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 So, man, just think about that.

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 And so, Satan comes after him.

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 And so who is Satan?

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 You know, like we, so many misconceptions about who Satan really is, even in the church.

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 But he's the ruler of darkness.

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 And Satan, Satan, just means like the adversary or the opponent of our soul.

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 Just who he is.

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 The devil, the other name for him, it means like to throw, really.

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 It means to, in the sense of throwing up slandering against somebody.

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 And this is what he's done.

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 He takes the wonderful, beautiful things that God has given us and he twists them and perverts them and does all he can to, like, destroy the beauty of them.

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 And he hates them with great malice.

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 And so, up until this point, right, no one in Adam's race has been able to, like, withstand Satan.

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 No way.

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 No one has.

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 None of Israel's great heroes have.

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 You think about it, like, Samson, who was the strongest.

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 Satan overthrew him, right?

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 He took down Solomon, who was the wisest, made him look like a fool.

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 And then he overcame David, who was the most passionate and zealous with grievous temptation.

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 So, like, it doesn't matter.

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 Like, all of Adam's race, who's gone, has not been able to withstand Satan.

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 And so he's, Christ has to establish that he is the new king, that he has the power to rule and the power to remain that way over his formidable adversary, Satan.

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 So, think about this.

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 Can you imagine, just pretend you don't know, like, what's going to happen in the long-awaited Messiah that we've been waiting for,

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 where he's finally going to have, like, a showdown, if you want to call it that, in the arena with Satan himself.

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 Is he going to prove that he is sovereign, or is he going to prove that, like, Satan is his equal?

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 You know, like, Christianity is not a, we talked about this on Thursday night,

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 it's not a dualistic thing where you have good and evil bowing it out, and both are equally matched, and it's like a fight.

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 Is it going to prove to be that, or is it going to show that Christ has complete control and complete sovereignty in this situation?

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 And Christ, our older brother, he's called in Hebrews, Christ is called our older brother.

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 I don't know how many of you have older brothers, but my parents are here today.

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 I love my older brother.

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 He's a knucklehead sometimes, I want to punch him sometimes, but he's a good guy.

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 And I have a really vague memory of, like, being in elementary school,

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 and, like, these kids were, these older kids were picking on my buddies,

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 and I, like, stood up to them, I said, you know, get lost or whatever,

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 and, like, I'm going to take no stuff, you know, so I, like, stood up to them.

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 But I remember thinking, like, oh, man, like, I'm going to get it from these guys.

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 There's, like, three of them, and, like, they're all bigger than me,

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 but I'm going down with a fight, you know, kind of thought.

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 But then I remember, like, walking up to them, and, like, they just kind of went like this,

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 and they started, like, walking away.

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 Then they started running, and then I was like, man, what happened?

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 And then, like, I saw my older brother, like, running, like, past me,

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 and he just, like, pummeled one of them, like, on the back, and I was like, get away.

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 So, yeah, then I came by and, like, did the little on the ground.

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 And so, like, Christ, our older brother is, like, entering the arena with Satan here.

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 And if you can imagine, just, like, watching this on a big screen,

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 just not knowing, like, what was going to happen.

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 But if he really was a long way in Messiah, he was going to be able to overthrow Satan.

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 And he's going to be able to prove that he was the one in Genesis 3 who was spoken about,

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 who would crush the head of the serpent.

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 So, 40 days, that is a long time.

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 But just so you're aware, like, a 40-day fast is not an uncommon thing in the Old Testament.

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 Moses in Exodus 34 had a 40-day fast.

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 Elijah in 1 Kings, he had a 40-day fast.

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 So you would be near, like, almost physical depletion by that time.

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 You really would be.

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 It only would be if God was in it would you almost survive.

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 And so, what was Christ's temptation?

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 Like, have you ever thought about that?

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 Like, what was he being tempted with?

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 It really could be kind of several things with all the same aim, I guess, or the same goal.

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 But one was, like, Satan might not have been trying to tempt him to give up his sovereignty or his royalty,

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 but he was trying to tempt him to abandon his humiliation.

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 Like, you're the Son of God.

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 Don't put up with this.

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 You should have the right to eat.

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 You should be doing this.

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 Why are you doing this to yourself?

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 So, definitely a strong assault of, like, you don't have to do this.

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 You're the Son of God.

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 Abandon this humiliation.

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 Because he was trying to prevent Christ from getting to the cross, right?

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 So, that's one.

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 And then the other hand, he actually was trying to get Jesus to commit sin and disobedience

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 so that he wouldn't be the perfect sacrifice for our sins anymore.

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 But on both attempts, though, really,

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 it was just trying to subvert God's plan and God's redemptive purpose on the cross.

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 So, Christ had to remain true to the Father,

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 and he had to remain sinless if that was going to happen.

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 So, that was his goal.

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 But if you ever thought about this, like Christ, the Scripture said,

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 has been tempted in every way, just like us.

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 It says that he was a child and that he grew in wisdom and stature with God.

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 He was a teenager, and he was a man, and he never sinned.

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 Peter said this,

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 He committed no sin, neither was deceit found in his mouth.

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 And then towards the end of Luke's Gospel,

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 Jesus tells his disciples,

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 You have been with me through many temptations.

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 So, don't mistake this as also being the only temptation that Christ faced.

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 It probably was one of the most intense times,

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 but he was tempted in every way, just like we were.

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 So, what's the outcome of the temptation?

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 In his weakest and the most isolated circumstances imaginable,

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 Christ remains steadfast.

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 Through total dependence on the Father,

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 through prayer,

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 he remained that way.

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 He quoted the Scripture.

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 We know that from the other Gospels, right?

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 He quoted from Torah, from Deuteronomy,

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 three different times.

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 And just the Word of God is powerful.

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 Psalm 119 says this,

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 Great peace have those who love your law.

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 Nothing can make them stumble.

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 You see that?

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 That's what Christ was holding on to.

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 So, Christ overcame.

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 And he remained like the sinless sacrifice.

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 And just think about it.

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 Like, finally, remember like the last words he said in the temptation?

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 When Satan goes after him, he says,

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 Away with you, Satan.

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 Like, he commands him, like, sovereignly,

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 to get out of my face.

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 Like, you are done.

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 And he slithered away like the snake he is

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 from the holy presence of Jesus.

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 And he did this all by himself,

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 with total dependence on the Father.

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 Now, don't make the mistake.

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 Like, Jesus didn't have some kind of upper hand, okay?

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 If he did, then he wouldn't,

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 his temptations would not have been real.

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 To be the sinless, perfect sacrifice,

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 he had to be tempted every way,

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 just like we were.

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 So, it wasn't like he had some kind of supernatural juice

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 that just kind of got him through this.

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 Like, he was utterly dependent on the Father.

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 You see that in Gethsemane, too.

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 He's going to the Father.

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 He's showing us how to overcome.

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 So, he did it.

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 And he did it for us,

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 and for the salvation and the glory of his Father.

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 And then, all that Mark says is,

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 like, angels minister to him.

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 How cool is that?

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 Like, right after the temptation,

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 angels come from heaven and minister to him.

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 So, what do you think that could have been?

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 Well, the phrase is used, like ministering.

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 It means to serve food.

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 Pretty cool.

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 So, like, I bet it was some special,

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 awesome concoction from food from heaven

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 that God, like, brought him partially,

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 like to restore him back to physical health

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 after all that was over.

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 So, what's the point?

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 Flip to Hebrews 4 real quick.

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 Hebrews 4, verse 14.

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 So, Christ has exercised,

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 and he's proved his total authority over Satan.

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 And he overcame him.

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 Okay?

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 Check this out.

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 Awesome stuff.

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 Verse 14.

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 Since then, we have a great high priest

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 who has passed through the heavens,

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 Jesus, the Son of God,

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 let us hold fast our confession.

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 For we do not have a high priest

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 who is unable to sympathize with our weakness.

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 See that?

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 But one who in every respect

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 has been tempted as we are,

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 yet without sin.

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 So, every way we were.

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 Every way.

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 It says then,

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 let us then with confidence

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 draw near to the throne of grace,

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 that we may receive mercy

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 and find grace to help

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 in time of need.

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 So,

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 Christ suffered

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 far greater temptations

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 than we were,

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 to be honest,

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 I believe,

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 because he never gave in.

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 If you ever, like,

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 arm wrestled someone really strong before,

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 and like maybe,

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 like you resisted for a while,

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 but then you broke,

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 like,

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 you didn't really feel

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 the full force of that guy,

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 did you?

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 Like,

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 you capitulated and broke

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 before you really felt

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 the full onslaught

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 of what that big dude

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 had to offer you,

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 but Jesus didn't break.

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 You see that?

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 Like,

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 he was stood the full force

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 of what temptation

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 had to offer.

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 So,

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 Christ,

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 our older brother,

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 has conquered,

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 and he's cleared the way

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 for us,

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 and because he is overcome,

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 now we can overcome.

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 He's cleared the way

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 to the Father

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 and provided all we need.

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 So,

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 flip back to Mark again.

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 We'll go on to

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 the second point.

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 And the second point,

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 number two,

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 so we have the authority

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 of Christ over Satan,

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 and now we have the authority

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 of Christ over sin.

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 Alright,

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 we see this in verse 14 and 15.

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 Now,

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 after John was arrested,

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 John the Baptist,

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 Jesus came into Galilee

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 proclaiming the gospel of God

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 and saying,

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 the time is fulfilled

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 and the kingdom of God

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 is at hand.

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 Repent and believe

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 the gospel.

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 And this phrase

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 kind of summarizes

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 Christ's preaching ministry.

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 If you ever wonder,

00:23:01.700 --> 00:23:01.800
 like,

00:23:01.820 --> 00:23:02.400
 what do I say?

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 Like,

00:23:02.620 --> 00:23:03.200
 what's the message

00:23:03.200 --> 00:23:04.280
 that we bring to

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 a lost world?

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 Like,

00:23:06.660 --> 00:23:07.900
 in the most simple way,

00:23:08.000 --> 00:23:08.160
 like,

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 this is it.

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 Like,

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 this is the gospel message.

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 And,

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 so,

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 God's establishing,

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 or Christ is establishing

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 His authority over sin

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 and in the lives

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 of Adam's fallen race.

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 So,

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 in response to this,

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 we're to repent

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 and believe the gospel.

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 So,

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 the kingdom of God,

00:23:28.039 --> 00:23:28.819
 let's just look at that

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 just for one second.

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 Well,

00:23:30.839 --> 00:23:31.619
 most people,

00:23:32.500 --> 00:23:33.859
 most theologians would say

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 that the kingdom of God

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 should be,

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 can be understood

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 in three different ways.

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 But,

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 one is

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 the spiritual kingdom,

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 the invisible kingdom.

00:23:43.579 --> 00:23:44.380
 And that is,

00:23:44.480 --> 00:23:44.799
 like,

00:23:45.339 --> 00:23:46.720
 when Christ comes to rule,

00:23:46.779 --> 00:23:46.940
 like,

00:23:46.960 --> 00:23:48.980
 in the hearts of mankind.

00:23:49.539 --> 00:23:50.900
 We can't see it with our eyes,

00:23:50.960 --> 00:23:51.539
 but it's there

00:23:51.539 --> 00:23:52.900
 and it's worldwide.

00:23:53.059 --> 00:23:54.279
 It goes all over the world.

00:23:54.799 --> 00:23:54.980
 So,

00:23:55.019 --> 00:23:56.240
 that's the kingdom of God,

00:23:56.740 --> 00:23:58.099
 at least the spiritual kingdom,

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 is happening,

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 like,

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 right now.

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 And then,

00:24:01.299 --> 00:24:02.799
 there's a future millennial kingdom

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 with the new earth

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 that's talked about

00:24:04.259 --> 00:24:05.779
 in Revelation 20.

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 And that's to come

00:24:06.720 --> 00:24:08.299
 where Christ will fulfill

00:24:08.299 --> 00:24:09.759
 all the Old Testament prophecies

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 about the Messiah.

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 And then,

00:24:11.640 --> 00:24:12.299
 following that,

00:24:12.539 --> 00:24:14.519
 the last aspect of the kingdom

00:24:14.519 --> 00:24:15.599
 is the eternal kingdom.

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 And that's when we all

00:24:16.519 --> 00:24:17.500
 accumulate,

00:24:18.079 --> 00:24:18.660
 finally,

00:24:19.819 --> 00:24:20.619
 with the new heaven,

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 with the Father.

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 That's all,

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 it's in Daniel,

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 it's in Isaiah,

00:24:25.719 --> 00:24:26.619
 it's Revelation,

00:24:27.379 --> 00:24:27.959
 all that.

00:24:28.679 --> 00:24:29.059
 So,

00:24:29.779 --> 00:24:30.779
 when Jesus says

00:24:30.779 --> 00:24:31.639
 the kingdom of God

00:24:31.639 --> 00:24:32.159
 is here,

00:24:32.679 --> 00:24:33.439
 it is here

00:24:33.439 --> 00:24:34.500
 because the king is there.

00:24:34.599 --> 00:24:35.079
 You see that?

00:24:35.799 --> 00:24:36.719
 Christ has brought

00:24:36.719 --> 00:24:37.219
 the kingdom.

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 And,

00:24:39.319 --> 00:24:40.239
 if you want to think about it

00:24:40.239 --> 00:24:40.699
 this way,

00:24:40.819 --> 00:24:41.059
 like,

00:24:41.739 --> 00:24:42.639
 the kingdom of God

00:24:42.639 --> 00:24:43.619
 is already here,

00:24:43.619 --> 00:24:44.479
 but it's not yet

00:24:44.479 --> 00:24:45.299
 fully here.

00:24:46.099 --> 00:24:46.259
 And,

00:24:46.299 --> 00:24:47.379
 for a long time,

00:24:47.479 --> 00:24:48.339
 people have described

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 that as like,

00:24:49.759 --> 00:24:50.319
 if you can picture

00:24:50.319 --> 00:24:51.079
 like the sun

00:24:51.079 --> 00:24:52.000
 kind of coming up

00:24:52.000 --> 00:24:53.439
 over the horizon,

00:24:53.639 --> 00:24:54.259
 it's kind of piercing

00:24:54.259 --> 00:24:55.059
 through the darkness,

00:24:55.659 --> 00:24:56.539
 but the sun's not

00:24:56.539 --> 00:24:57.559
 completely up yet.

00:24:58.179 --> 00:24:58.399
 Like,

00:24:58.419 --> 00:24:59.000
 that's kind of what

00:24:59.000 --> 00:25:00.119
 the kingdom is right now.

00:25:00.159 --> 00:25:00.299
 Like,

00:25:00.339 --> 00:25:02.119
 it's breaking through

00:25:02.119 --> 00:25:03.359
 the darkness,

00:25:03.500 --> 00:25:04.279
 but it is here,

00:25:04.739 --> 00:25:05.579
 but it's not yet

00:25:05.579 --> 00:25:06.219
 fully here.

00:25:06.899 --> 00:25:07.199
 So,

00:25:07.279 --> 00:25:07.739
 where it says,

00:25:07.819 --> 00:25:08.339
 where Jesus says

00:25:08.339 --> 00:25:09.539
 the time is fulfilled,

00:25:10.419 --> 00:25:11.339
 really cool.

00:25:12.199 --> 00:25:12.439
 Like,

00:25:12.439 --> 00:25:13.279
 I'll always be encouraged

00:25:13.279 --> 00:25:14.059
 that God is a

00:25:14.059 --> 00:25:14.920
 planning God.

00:25:15.619 --> 00:25:16.339
 He's not making

00:25:16.339 --> 00:25:16.940
 stuff up.

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 This is stuff

00:25:17.379 --> 00:25:18.160
 that He's ordained

00:25:18.160 --> 00:25:19.660
 before the foundation

00:25:19.660 --> 00:25:20.200
 of the world.

00:25:21.559 --> 00:25:22.059
 Jesus says

00:25:22.059 --> 00:25:23.139
 the time is fulfilled,

00:25:23.279 --> 00:25:23.799
 the keros,

00:25:25.039 --> 00:25:26.160
 which means like,

00:25:26.200 --> 00:25:26.960
 it doesn't mean like

00:25:26.960 --> 00:25:27.759
 clock time,

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 or calendar time,

00:25:30.019 --> 00:25:31.119
 or anything like that.

00:25:31.180 --> 00:25:32.339
 It has to do with

00:25:32.339 --> 00:25:33.879
 the idea of

00:25:33.879 --> 00:25:34.779
 a fixed point

00:25:34.779 --> 00:25:35.279
 in history

00:25:35.279 --> 00:25:35.920
 for an event

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 to happen.

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 That's what He's

00:25:37.720 --> 00:25:38.339
 talking about.

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 So,

00:25:39.460 --> 00:25:40.180
 Galatians 4,

00:25:40.259 --> 00:25:40.619
 for instance,

00:25:40.759 --> 00:25:40.980
 says,

00:25:41.079 --> 00:25:41.139
 like,

00:25:41.220 --> 00:25:41.639
 in the fullness

00:25:41.639 --> 00:25:42.399
 of time,

00:25:42.400 --> 00:25:43.880
 God sent forth

00:25:43.880 --> 00:25:44.400
 His Son.

00:25:45.259 --> 00:25:45.480
 So,

00:25:45.540 --> 00:25:45.920
 this is like

00:25:45.920 --> 00:25:46.820
 the fixed time

00:25:46.820 --> 00:25:47.540
 when God was

00:25:47.540 --> 00:25:48.180
 to do this.

00:25:48.640 --> 00:25:48.740
 So,

00:25:48.740 --> 00:25:49.400
 Jesus is saying,

00:25:49.500 --> 00:25:49.560
 like,

00:25:49.580 --> 00:25:50.100
 that time

00:25:50.100 --> 00:25:51.120
 is now,

00:25:51.259 --> 00:25:51.540
 like,

00:25:51.600 --> 00:25:52.240
 I am here,

00:25:52.640 --> 00:25:53.259
 and the kingdom

00:25:53.259 --> 00:25:53.820
 is here.

00:25:54.400 --> 00:25:54.920
 It's the most

00:25:54.920 --> 00:25:55.780
 significant error

00:25:55.780 --> 00:25:56.400
 in history,

00:25:57.040 --> 00:25:58.460
 and where the Messiah

00:25:58.460 --> 00:25:59.140
 would come and pay

00:25:59.140 --> 00:26:00.280
 the penalty for sin

00:26:00.280 --> 00:26:02.420
 and save sinners.

00:26:03.200 --> 00:26:03.560
 So,

00:26:03.680 --> 00:26:03.840
 like,

00:26:03.860 --> 00:26:04.500
 that's the kingdom.

00:26:05.180 --> 00:26:05.460
 So,

00:26:05.460 --> 00:26:05.960
 how do we get

00:26:05.960 --> 00:26:06.820
 into the kingdom?

00:26:06.819 --> 00:26:08.259
 how does one

00:26:08.259 --> 00:26:09.700
 take part

00:26:09.700 --> 00:26:10.379
 of this new

00:26:10.379 --> 00:26:10.839
 reign

00:26:10.839 --> 00:26:11.480
 that's now

00:26:11.480 --> 00:26:12.339
 coming

00:26:12.339 --> 00:26:13.279
 or being

00:26:13.279 --> 00:26:14.119
 reestablished,

00:26:14.179 --> 00:26:14.679
 I should say?

00:26:15.359 --> 00:26:15.879
 Well,

00:26:16.720 --> 00:26:17.379
 repent and

00:26:17.379 --> 00:26:18.079
 believe the

00:26:18.079 --> 00:26:18.439
 gospel.

00:26:18.639 --> 00:26:18.700
 Like,

00:26:18.759 --> 00:26:21.759
 that's how we

00:26:21.759 --> 00:26:22.039
 do it.

00:26:22.779 --> 00:26:22.980
 So,

00:26:23.039 --> 00:26:23.619
 let's just look at

00:26:23.619 --> 00:26:23.879
 these,

00:26:23.939 --> 00:26:24.079
 like,

00:26:24.159 --> 00:26:24.539
 repent.

00:26:25.319 --> 00:26:25.679
 It really

00:26:25.679 --> 00:26:26.179
 means,

00:26:26.859 --> 00:26:27.879
 some people say

00:26:27.879 --> 00:26:28.259
 it means,

00:26:28.259 --> 00:26:28.419
 like,

00:26:28.480 --> 00:26:28.960
 to just turn

00:26:28.960 --> 00:26:29.359
 around,

00:26:29.500 --> 00:26:30.159
 but it

00:26:30.159 --> 00:26:31.000
 implies a lot

00:26:31.000 --> 00:26:31.619
 more than that.

00:26:31.679 --> 00:26:32.019
 It means,

00:26:32.079 --> 00:26:32.299
 like,

00:26:32.759 --> 00:26:33.319
 to change

00:26:33.319 --> 00:26:34.159
 one's mind

00:26:34.159 --> 00:26:35.159
 for the

00:26:35.159 --> 00:26:35.419
 better.

00:26:36.359 --> 00:26:37.279
 A total

00:26:37.279 --> 00:26:38.000
 turning away

00:26:38.000 --> 00:26:38.619
 from sin,

00:26:39.319 --> 00:26:40.000
 hating it,

00:26:40.460 --> 00:26:41.039
 and resolving

00:26:41.039 --> 00:26:41.700
 by God's

00:26:41.700 --> 00:26:42.460
 power to be

00:26:42.460 --> 00:26:43.799
 completely free

00:26:43.799 --> 00:26:44.139
 of it,

00:26:44.220 --> 00:26:44.679
 to completely

00:26:44.679 --> 00:26:45.659
 fight against

00:26:45.659 --> 00:26:45.919
 it,

00:26:46.259 --> 00:26:47.079
 to forsake

00:26:47.079 --> 00:26:47.259
 it.

00:26:48.319 --> 00:26:48.599
 So,

00:26:48.720 --> 00:26:49.379
 it's not just,

00:26:49.539 --> 00:26:49.960
 if you notice

00:26:49.960 --> 00:26:50.439
 this too,

00:26:50.879 --> 00:26:51.299
 when you read

00:26:51.299 --> 00:26:51.819
 this language,

00:26:51.919 --> 00:26:52.559
 you'll see that

00:26:52.559 --> 00:26:53.659
 repent and

00:26:53.659 --> 00:26:54.460
 believe is not

00:26:54.460 --> 00:26:55.019
 like an

00:26:55.019 --> 00:26:56.079
 invitation,

00:26:56.960 --> 00:26:57.559
 it's not

00:26:57.559 --> 00:26:58.059
 like a

00:26:58.059 --> 00:26:58.519
 suggestion,

00:26:59.439 --> 00:26:59.819
 it's a

00:26:59.819 --> 00:27:00.359
 command,

00:27:00.500 --> 00:27:00.879
 like from

00:27:00.879 --> 00:27:01.179
 Jesus,

00:27:01.359 --> 00:27:01.960
 like repent

00:27:01.960 --> 00:27:03.200
 and believe

00:27:03.200 --> 00:27:03.779
 the gospel.

00:27:04.559 --> 00:27:04.920
 It's not

00:27:04.920 --> 00:27:05.100
 like,

00:27:05.180 --> 00:27:05.480
 come on,

00:27:05.539 --> 00:27:05.799
 you can

00:27:05.799 --> 00:27:06.279
 repent and

00:27:06.279 --> 00:27:06.460
 you can

00:27:06.460 --> 00:27:07.600
 believe if

00:27:07.600 --> 00:27:07.799
 you just

00:27:07.799 --> 00:27:08.059
 want to

00:27:08.059 --> 00:27:08.500
 do that,

00:27:08.640 --> 00:27:09.340
 it's a

00:27:09.340 --> 00:27:09.900
 command.

00:27:10.500 --> 00:27:10.740
 He's

00:27:10.740 --> 00:27:11.220
 exercising

00:27:11.220 --> 00:27:11.940
 his authority

00:27:11.940 --> 00:27:12.360
 here,

00:27:12.920 --> 00:27:13.779
 and he's

00:27:13.779 --> 00:27:14.420
 commanding all

00:27:14.420 --> 00:27:14.900
 men to

00:27:14.900 --> 00:27:15.340
 turn away

00:27:15.340 --> 00:27:15.720
 from their

00:27:15.720 --> 00:27:16.880
 sin and

00:27:16.880 --> 00:27:17.180
 to come

00:27:17.180 --> 00:27:17.720
 to him

00:27:17.720 --> 00:27:18.100
 because he

00:27:18.100 --> 00:27:18.620
 knows that

00:27:18.620 --> 00:27:19.059
 he is

00:27:19.059 --> 00:27:19.480
 their only

00:27:19.480 --> 00:27:19.819
 hope.

00:27:20.680 --> 00:27:20.840
 Have you

00:27:20.840 --> 00:27:21.279
 ever noticed

00:27:21.279 --> 00:27:21.660
 that some

00:27:21.660 --> 00:27:22.279
 commands can

00:27:22.279 --> 00:27:22.660
 be loving

00:27:22.660 --> 00:27:23.100
 things,

00:27:23.160 --> 00:27:23.340
 right?

00:27:24.019 --> 00:27:24.340
 Like,

00:27:25.039 --> 00:27:25.559
 your kids

00:27:25.559 --> 00:27:26.140
 running out

00:27:26.140 --> 00:27:27.480
 to the road

00:27:27.480 --> 00:27:27.799
 where there's

00:27:27.799 --> 00:27:28.160
 a lot of

00:27:28.160 --> 00:27:28.400
 traffic,

00:27:28.480 --> 00:27:28.600
 and you're

00:27:28.600 --> 00:27:28.720
 like,

00:27:29.100 --> 00:27:29.700
 come back

00:27:29.700 --> 00:27:30.440
 right now,

00:27:30.539 --> 00:27:30.799
 like I

00:27:30.799 --> 00:27:31.440
 command you

00:27:31.440 --> 00:27:31.799
 to come

00:27:31.799 --> 00:27:32.160
 back.

00:27:32.160 --> 00:27:32.880
 Like,

00:27:32.920 --> 00:27:33.380
 that's a

00:27:33.380 --> 00:27:33.640
 loving

00:27:33.640 --> 00:27:34.100
 command.

00:27:34.200 --> 00:27:34.440
 He's

00:27:34.440 --> 00:27:34.779
 saying,

00:27:35.560 --> 00:27:35.920
 like,

00:27:36.560 --> 00:27:37.279
 repent and

00:27:37.279 --> 00:27:37.720
 believe the

00:27:37.720 --> 00:27:38.920
 gospel as

00:27:38.920 --> 00:27:39.460
 a command.

00:27:40.460 --> 00:27:40.640
 So,

00:27:40.779 --> 00:27:41.300
 believe.

00:27:42.240 --> 00:27:42.860
 Got repent,

00:27:42.980 --> 00:27:43.460
 and what about

00:27:43.460 --> 00:27:44.040
 believe?

00:27:44.680 --> 00:27:45.080
 It doesn't

00:27:45.080 --> 00:27:45.640
 just mean,

00:27:45.700 --> 00:27:46.000
 like,

00:27:46.759 --> 00:27:47.279
 a mental

00:27:47.279 --> 00:27:48.600
 assent to

00:27:48.600 --> 00:27:49.000
 who God

00:27:49.000 --> 00:27:49.340
 is.

00:27:50.160 --> 00:27:50.720
 A lot of

00:27:50.720 --> 00:27:51.259
 people can

00:27:51.259 --> 00:27:51.620
 do that.

00:27:51.700 --> 00:27:52.200
 Unbelievers

00:27:52.200 --> 00:27:52.980
 can do that.

00:27:53.580 --> 00:27:54.120
 It means to

00:27:54.120 --> 00:27:54.820
 be persuaded.

00:27:55.060 --> 00:27:55.900
 It means to

00:27:55.900 --> 00:27:56.519
 be convicted

00:27:56.519 --> 00:27:57.160
 strongly,

00:27:57.779 --> 00:27:58.300
 and to throw

00:27:58.300 --> 00:27:58.820
 your total

00:27:58.820 --> 00:27:59.519
 trust into

00:27:59.519 --> 00:27:59.900
 something.

00:27:59.900 --> 00:28:00.920
 It's like

00:28:00.920 --> 00:28:01.640
 a belief

00:28:01.640 --> 00:28:02.100
 that's so

00:28:02.100 --> 00:28:03.360
 strong that

00:28:03.360 --> 00:28:03.700
 it actually

00:28:03.700 --> 00:28:04.320
 changes your

00:28:04.320 --> 00:28:04.840
 actions.

00:28:05.900 --> 00:28:06.500
 Notice that?

00:28:06.600 --> 00:28:06.700
 Like,

00:28:06.720 --> 00:28:07.120
 it's not just

00:28:07.120 --> 00:28:07.280
 like,

00:28:07.340 --> 00:28:07.860
 I believe

00:28:07.860 --> 00:28:08.140
 that.

00:28:08.259 --> 00:28:08.660
 It's like

00:28:08.660 --> 00:28:09.600
 it really

00:28:09.600 --> 00:28:10.980
 does affect

00:28:10.980 --> 00:28:11.360
 how you

00:28:11.360 --> 00:28:11.759
 live.

00:28:11.860 --> 00:28:12.160
 That's the

00:28:12.160 --> 00:28:12.460
 kind of

00:28:12.460 --> 00:28:13.000
 word that's

00:28:13.000 --> 00:28:13.519
 used here.

00:28:14.259 --> 00:28:14.519
 And then

00:28:14.519 --> 00:28:14.860
 the word

00:28:14.860 --> 00:28:15.340
 gospel,

00:28:16.040 --> 00:28:16.900
 glad tithing,

00:28:16.980 --> 00:28:17.220
 it's good

00:28:17.220 --> 00:28:17.640
 news.

00:28:18.220 --> 00:28:18.580
 The good

00:28:18.580 --> 00:28:19.220
 news about

00:28:19.220 --> 00:28:19.800
 the Messiah,

00:28:19.980 --> 00:28:20.500
 the new

00:28:20.500 --> 00:28:21.280
 king coming

00:28:21.280 --> 00:28:22.640
 to redeem

00:28:22.640 --> 00:28:23.080
 mankind.

00:28:23.420 --> 00:28:23.780
 That's what,

00:28:24.300 --> 00:28:24.580
 so,

00:28:24.720 --> 00:28:25.240
 repent and

00:28:25.240 --> 00:28:25.620
 believe the

00:28:25.620 --> 00:28:25.940
 gospel.

00:28:26.560 --> 00:28:26.720
 Throw

00:28:26.720 --> 00:28:27.100
 yourself

00:28:27.099 --> 00:28:27.579
 completely

00:28:27.579 --> 00:28:27.839
 into

00:28:27.839 --> 00:28:28.179
 Jesus

00:28:28.179 --> 00:28:28.679
 and depend

00:28:28.679 --> 00:28:29.199
 on him

00:28:29.199 --> 00:28:30.299
 only for

00:28:30.299 --> 00:28:30.819
 salvation.

00:28:31.699 --> 00:28:32.099
 Turn away

00:28:32.099 --> 00:28:32.439
 from your

00:28:32.439 --> 00:28:33.240
 sin and

00:28:33.240 --> 00:28:34.259
 forsake it

00:28:34.259 --> 00:28:34.639
 and resolve

00:28:34.639 --> 00:28:35.240
 by God's

00:28:35.240 --> 00:28:36.419
 power to

00:28:36.419 --> 00:28:37.039
 put it to

00:28:37.039 --> 00:28:37.359
 death.

00:28:38.179 --> 00:28:38.419
 So,

00:28:38.539 --> 00:28:40.019
 that's how

00:28:40.019 --> 00:28:40.240
 they get

00:28:40.240 --> 00:28:40.559
 into the

00:28:40.559 --> 00:28:40.819
 kingdom.

00:28:41.819 --> 00:28:42.099
 So,

00:28:42.740 --> 00:28:43.319
 the gospel

00:28:43.319 --> 00:28:43.719
 though,

00:28:44.599 --> 00:28:45.119
 was how

00:28:45.119 --> 00:28:46.099
 God plans

00:28:46.099 --> 00:28:47.000
 to destroy

00:28:47.000 --> 00:28:48.179
 the power

00:28:48.179 --> 00:28:49.039
 of the devil,

00:28:49.519 --> 00:28:50.019
 the power

00:28:50.019 --> 00:28:50.539
 of sin.

00:28:51.419 --> 00:28:51.599
 So,

00:28:52.439 --> 00:28:53.019
 flip to

00:28:53.019 --> 00:28:53.839
 Colossians 2

00:28:53.839 --> 00:28:54.480
 real fast.

00:28:57.099 --> 00:29:00.500
 John said,

00:29:01.559 --> 00:29:01.939
 for this

00:29:01.939 --> 00:29:02.319
 reason,

00:29:02.419 --> 00:29:02.819
 the Son of

00:29:02.819 --> 00:29:03.539
 God appeared

00:29:03.539 --> 00:29:04.719
 to destroy

00:29:04.719 --> 00:29:05.279
 the works

00:29:05.279 --> 00:29:05.579
 of the

00:29:05.579 --> 00:29:05.819
 devil.

00:29:05.919 --> 00:29:06.119
 It's not

00:29:06.119 --> 00:29:06.459
 just to

00:29:06.459 --> 00:29:06.899
 destroy

00:29:06.899 --> 00:29:07.919
 Satan,

00:29:08.099 --> 00:29:08.480
 but also

00:29:08.480 --> 00:29:09.179
 to destroy

00:29:09.179 --> 00:29:10.379
 the works

00:29:10.379 --> 00:29:10.879
 of Satan,

00:29:11.579 --> 00:29:12.259
 to destroy

00:29:12.259 --> 00:29:13.439
 sin itself.

00:29:14.759 --> 00:29:15.099
 So,

00:29:15.339 --> 00:29:16.000
 by his

00:29:16.000 --> 00:29:16.359
 death and

00:29:16.359 --> 00:29:16.839
 resurrection,

00:29:17.039 --> 00:29:17.299
 he would

00:29:17.299 --> 00:29:18.099
 destroy

00:29:18.099 --> 00:29:19.099
 the power

00:29:19.099 --> 00:29:19.599
 of sin

00:29:19.599 --> 00:29:20.199
 to rule

00:29:20.199 --> 00:29:20.959
 over us.

00:29:22.099 --> 00:29:22.740
 I'm so

00:29:22.740 --> 00:29:23.059
 glad,

00:29:23.139 --> 00:29:23.379
 because I

00:29:23.379 --> 00:29:23.719
 can't do

00:29:23.719 --> 00:29:23.899
 it by

00:29:23.899 --> 00:29:24.299
 myself.

00:29:24.480 --> 00:29:24.559
 Like,

00:29:24.599 --> 00:29:24.959
 guys who

00:29:24.959 --> 00:29:25.419
 live with me,

00:29:25.480 --> 00:29:26.539
 they would

00:29:26.539 --> 00:29:26.759
 know.

00:29:26.839 --> 00:29:26.980
 Like,

00:29:27.019 --> 00:29:27.319
 I can't

00:29:27.319 --> 00:29:27.659
 put sin

00:29:27.659 --> 00:29:28.000
 to death

00:29:28.000 --> 00:29:28.619
 by myself.

00:29:29.359 --> 00:29:29.779
 We would

00:29:29.779 --> 00:29:30.019
 just be

00:29:30.019 --> 00:29:30.319
 utterly

00:29:30.319 --> 00:29:30.839
 lost.

00:29:31.720 --> 00:29:31.879
 So,

00:29:31.940 --> 00:29:32.059
 let's

00:29:32.059 --> 00:29:32.399
 just look

00:29:32.399 --> 00:29:32.819
 at this.

00:29:33.159 --> 00:29:33.980
 Colossians 2

00:29:33.980 --> 00:29:36.259
 verse 13

00:29:36.259 --> 00:29:38.000
 says this,

00:29:38.879 --> 00:29:40.259
 And when

00:29:40.259 --> 00:29:40.539
 you were

00:29:40.539 --> 00:29:40.980
 dead in

00:29:40.980 --> 00:29:41.139
 your

00:29:41.139 --> 00:29:41.899
 trespasses,

00:29:42.559 --> 00:29:42.859
 and in

00:29:42.859 --> 00:29:43.799
 the uncircumcision

00:29:43.799 --> 00:29:44.220
 of your

00:29:44.220 --> 00:29:44.700
 flesh,

00:29:45.559 --> 00:29:47.099
 you were

00:29:47.099 --> 00:29:47.619
 made alive

00:29:47.619 --> 00:29:48.339
 together with

00:29:48.339 --> 00:29:48.619
 him,

00:29:49.339 --> 00:29:49.619
 having

00:29:49.619 --> 00:29:50.019
 forgiven

00:29:50.019 --> 00:29:50.619
 us all

00:29:50.619 --> 00:29:50.799
 our

00:29:50.799 --> 00:29:51.420
 trespasses,

00:29:51.960 --> 00:29:52.379
 by

00:29:52.379 --> 00:29:52.980
 canceling

00:29:52.980 --> 00:29:53.500
 the record

00:29:53.500 --> 00:29:54.000
 of debt

00:29:54.000 --> 00:29:55.019
 that stood

00:29:55.019 --> 00:29:55.839
 against us,

00:29:55.839 --> 00:29:57.259
 with his

00:29:57.259 --> 00:29:58.159
 legal demands,

00:29:58.959 --> 00:29:59.319
 and this

00:29:59.319 --> 00:29:59.699
 he set

00:29:59.699 --> 00:30:00.240
 aside,

00:30:00.980 --> 00:30:01.519
 nailing it

00:30:01.519 --> 00:30:01.799
 to the

00:30:01.799 --> 00:30:02.240
 cross.

00:30:03.079 --> 00:30:03.399
 And then

00:30:03.399 --> 00:30:03.859
 I'll read

00:30:03.859 --> 00:30:04.379
 just this

00:30:04.379 --> 00:30:05.039
 next verse.

00:30:05.759 --> 00:30:06.159
 It says,

00:30:06.220 --> 00:30:06.459
 When he

00:30:06.459 --> 00:30:07.220
 had disarmed

00:30:07.220 --> 00:30:07.720
 the rulers

00:30:07.720 --> 00:30:08.439
 and authorities,

00:30:08.879 --> 00:30:09.379
 he made

00:30:09.379 --> 00:30:09.839
 a public

00:30:09.839 --> 00:30:10.500
 display of

00:30:10.500 --> 00:30:10.779
 them,

00:30:11.279 --> 00:30:12.220
 having triumphed

00:30:12.220 --> 00:30:12.819
 over them

00:30:12.819 --> 00:30:13.980
 through him.

00:30:14.819 --> 00:30:15.259
 So,

00:30:15.339 --> 00:30:15.779
 there's a lot

00:30:15.779 --> 00:30:16.159
 in that.

00:30:16.799 --> 00:30:17.139
 But,

00:30:17.679 --> 00:30:18.199
 we were in

00:30:18.199 --> 00:30:18.679
 a desperate

00:30:18.679 --> 00:30:19.199
 state.

00:30:19.799 --> 00:30:20.019
 Like,

00:30:20.059 --> 00:30:20.480
 our sinful

00:30:20.480 --> 00:30:21.179
 condition was

00:30:21.179 --> 00:30:21.659
 not just

00:30:21.659 --> 00:30:22.119
 like a

00:30:22.119 --> 00:30:22.839
 kind of

00:30:22.839 --> 00:30:23.459
 bad thing,

00:30:23.519 --> 00:30:24.019
 we're sick,

00:30:24.059 --> 00:30:24.359
 and we just

00:30:24.359 --> 00:30:24.720
 need some

00:30:24.720 --> 00:30:25.100
 medicine.

00:30:25.680 --> 00:30:26.039
 We were

00:30:26.039 --> 00:30:26.420
 utterly

00:30:26.420 --> 00:30:26.980
 just a

00:30:26.980 --> 00:30:27.319
 corpse

00:30:27.319 --> 00:30:27.880
 spiritually,

00:30:28.079 --> 00:30:28.319
 and we

00:30:28.319 --> 00:30:29.539
 needed a

00:30:29.539 --> 00:30:29.839
 sovereign

00:30:29.839 --> 00:30:30.500
 God to

00:30:30.500 --> 00:30:31.559
 resurrect us

00:30:31.559 --> 00:30:31.900
 from the

00:30:31.900 --> 00:30:32.200
 dead,

00:30:32.640 --> 00:30:33.059
 and we

00:30:33.059 --> 00:30:33.480
 were not

00:30:33.480 --> 00:30:33.940
 a part

00:30:33.940 --> 00:30:35.100
 of the

00:30:35.100 --> 00:30:35.579
 people of

00:30:35.579 --> 00:30:36.059
 God at

00:30:36.059 --> 00:30:36.360
 all.

00:30:37.400 --> 00:30:37.660
 But then

00:30:37.660 --> 00:30:37.960
 it says,

00:30:38.039 --> 00:30:38.500
 God made

00:30:38.500 --> 00:30:39.000
 you alive

00:30:39.000 --> 00:30:40.539
 together with

00:30:40.539 --> 00:30:40.980
 Christ,

00:30:41.059 --> 00:30:41.539
 with him.

00:30:42.420 --> 00:30:42.720
 And then

00:30:42.720 --> 00:30:43.279
 it says that

00:30:43.279 --> 00:30:43.900
 the cross

00:30:43.900 --> 00:30:45.279
 canceled the

00:30:45.279 --> 00:30:45.779
 record of

00:30:45.779 --> 00:30:46.220
 death that

00:30:46.220 --> 00:30:46.740
 stood against

00:30:46.740 --> 00:30:47.140
 us.

00:30:47.660 --> 00:30:48.160
 See that?

00:30:48.220 --> 00:30:48.339
 Like,

00:30:48.380 --> 00:30:48.620
 we have

00:30:48.620 --> 00:30:50.200
 this record

00:30:50.200 --> 00:30:51.079
 of everything,

00:30:51.640 --> 00:30:52.559
 every thought,

00:30:52.680 --> 00:30:53.339
 every motive,

00:30:53.339 --> 00:30:54.259
 every action

00:30:54.259 --> 00:30:54.720
 that we

00:30:54.720 --> 00:30:55.099
 ever have

00:30:55.099 --> 00:30:55.379
 committed

00:30:55.379 --> 00:30:55.720
 against

00:30:55.720 --> 00:30:56.119
 God.

00:30:56.679 --> 00:30:56.939
 And it

00:30:56.939 --> 00:30:57.279
 would be

00:30:57.279 --> 00:30:58.019
 this endless

00:30:58.019 --> 00:30:58.539
 list,

00:30:58.639 --> 00:30:58.879
 like,

00:30:59.359 --> 00:30:59.799
 forever

00:30:59.799 --> 00:31:00.319
 long,

00:31:01.159 --> 00:31:01.720
 but Christ

00:31:01.720 --> 00:31:03.119
 canceled it,

00:31:03.159 --> 00:31:03.799
 or he blotted

00:31:03.799 --> 00:31:04.259
 it out,

00:31:04.299 --> 00:31:04.579
 as some

00:31:04.579 --> 00:31:05.599
 other good

00:31:05.599 --> 00:31:06.480
 translations say.

00:31:06.519 --> 00:31:07.059
 He literally

00:31:07.059 --> 00:31:08.359
 blotted out

00:31:08.359 --> 00:31:08.779
 what you

00:31:08.779 --> 00:31:10.399
 did by what

00:31:10.399 --> 00:31:10.819
 he did on

00:31:10.819 --> 00:31:11.179
 the cross.

00:31:11.259 --> 00:31:11.759
 He paid the

00:31:11.759 --> 00:31:12.480
 penalty for

00:31:12.480 --> 00:31:12.639
 it.

00:31:13.159 --> 00:31:13.839
 He canceled

00:31:13.839 --> 00:31:14.299
 the record

00:31:14.299 --> 00:31:14.779
 of debt,

00:31:15.579 --> 00:31:15.859
 and he

00:31:15.859 --> 00:31:16.299
 nailed it

00:31:16.299 --> 00:31:16.539
 to the

00:31:16.539 --> 00:31:16.980
 cross.

00:31:18.119 --> 00:31:18.480
 So,

00:31:19.000 --> 00:31:19.679
 what's really

00:31:19.679 --> 00:31:20.139
 cool here,

00:31:20.140 --> 00:31:20.440
 though,

00:31:20.600 --> 00:31:22.780
 is what

00:31:22.780 --> 00:31:23.160
 happened?

00:31:23.820 --> 00:31:24.320
 What happened?

00:31:24.380 --> 00:31:24.660
 Then it

00:31:24.660 --> 00:31:24.980
 mentions,

00:31:25.100 --> 00:31:25.180
 like,

00:31:25.220 --> 00:31:25.759
 the spiritual

00:31:25.759 --> 00:31:27.180
 enemies of

00:31:27.180 --> 00:31:27.660
 our souls

00:31:27.660 --> 00:31:28.040
 in verse

00:31:28.040 --> 00:31:28.500
 15,

00:31:28.580 --> 00:31:28.940
 if you see

00:31:28.940 --> 00:31:29.220
 that.

00:31:29.680 --> 00:31:30.400
 He disarmed

00:31:30.400 --> 00:31:30.800
 the rulers

00:31:30.800 --> 00:31:31.520
 and authorities.

00:31:32.280 --> 00:31:32.600
 Then he

00:31:32.600 --> 00:31:33.020
 uses the

00:31:33.020 --> 00:31:33.720
 word triumph

00:31:33.720 --> 00:31:34.460
 over them.

00:31:35.259 --> 00:31:35.440
 Now,

00:31:35.640 --> 00:31:36.259
 just indulge

00:31:36.259 --> 00:31:36.380
 me.

00:31:36.400 --> 00:31:36.759
 Those of you

00:31:36.759 --> 00:31:37.080
 who know

00:31:37.080 --> 00:31:37.540
 me know

00:31:37.540 --> 00:31:37.900
 I really

00:31:37.900 --> 00:31:39.180
 like ancient

00:31:39.180 --> 00:31:39.820
 history a lot.

00:31:39.920 --> 00:31:40.259
 I love,

00:31:40.340 --> 00:31:40.420
 like,

00:31:40.480 --> 00:31:41.080
 Roman history,

00:31:41.220 --> 00:31:41.740
 Greek history.

00:31:42.400 --> 00:31:42.720
 But,

00:31:42.840 --> 00:31:44.140
 in the time

00:31:44.140 --> 00:31:44.660
 of the Roman

00:31:44.660 --> 00:31:45.280
 Republic,

00:31:45.920 --> 00:31:46.580
 this is before,

00:31:46.720 --> 00:31:46.920
 like,

00:31:46.960 --> 00:31:47.220
 all the

00:31:47.220 --> 00:31:47.780
 emperors,

00:31:48.360 --> 00:31:48.840
 before the

00:31:48.840 --> 00:31:49.340
 Caesars,

00:31:49.339 --> 00:31:50.359
 there was

00:31:50.359 --> 00:31:50.919
 two men

00:31:50.919 --> 00:31:51.599
 elected every

00:31:51.599 --> 00:31:52.279
 year called

00:31:52.279 --> 00:31:52.799
 consuls,

00:31:52.899 --> 00:31:53.079
 and they

00:31:53.079 --> 00:31:53.959
 were more

00:31:53.959 --> 00:31:54.359
 or less

00:31:54.359 --> 00:31:55.000
 like generals.

00:31:56.279 --> 00:31:56.599
 And,

00:31:56.679 --> 00:31:57.399
 like,

00:31:57.439 --> 00:31:57.720
 the ones

00:31:57.720 --> 00:31:58.059
 who fought

00:31:58.059 --> 00:31:58.679
 against Hannibal,

00:31:58.839 --> 00:31:59.099
 they were

00:31:59.099 --> 00:31:59.619
 consuls,

00:31:59.740 --> 00:32:00.000
 they were

00:32:00.000 --> 00:32:01.059
 all that.

00:32:01.439 --> 00:32:01.399
 So,

00:32:01.819 --> 00:32:02.439
 but if a

00:32:02.439 --> 00:32:03.119
 consul won

00:32:03.119 --> 00:32:03.559
 a major

00:32:03.559 --> 00:32:04.139
 battle or

00:32:04.139 --> 00:32:04.959
 major victory,

00:32:05.879 --> 00:32:06.720
 the Republic,

00:32:07.000 --> 00:32:07.419
 the Senate,

00:32:08.039 --> 00:32:08.799
 allowed him

00:32:08.799 --> 00:32:10.199
 a parade

00:32:10.199 --> 00:32:11.319
 to come

00:32:11.319 --> 00:32:11.879
 through

00:32:11.879 --> 00:32:14.139
 Rome itself.

00:32:14.259 --> 00:32:14.379
 It was

00:32:14.379 --> 00:32:14.679
 called a

00:32:14.679 --> 00:32:15.099
 triumph.

00:32:15.759 --> 00:32:16.019
 And he

00:32:16.019 --> 00:32:16.419
 would ride

00:32:16.419 --> 00:32:16.679
 in a

00:32:16.679 --> 00:32:17.099
 chariot,

00:32:17.379 --> 00:32:18.339
 and he

00:32:18.339 --> 00:32:18.539
 would have

00:32:18.539 --> 00:32:19.099
 this big,

00:32:19.099 --> 00:32:19.319
 you know,

00:32:19.399 --> 00:32:20.079
 pomp and

00:32:20.079 --> 00:32:20.799
 celebration

00:32:20.799 --> 00:32:21.199
 for the

00:32:21.199 --> 00:32:21.659
 people of

00:32:21.659 --> 00:32:21.919
 Rome.

00:32:23.039 --> 00:32:23.859
 But behind

00:32:23.859 --> 00:32:26.259
 the consul

00:32:26.259 --> 00:32:27.579
 would be

00:32:27.579 --> 00:32:29.439
 like prisoners

00:32:29.439 --> 00:32:29.980
 that they had

00:32:29.980 --> 00:32:30.439
 taken from

00:32:30.439 --> 00:32:30.879
 the battle.

00:32:31.379 --> 00:32:31.679
 They would

00:32:31.679 --> 00:32:32.899
 have these

00:32:32.899 --> 00:32:34.480
 big things

00:32:34.480 --> 00:32:34.639
 that they

00:32:34.639 --> 00:32:35.299
 would carry,

00:32:35.879 --> 00:32:36.319
 like some

00:32:36.319 --> 00:32:36.519
 of the

00:32:36.519 --> 00:32:37.079
 prisoners on

00:32:37.079 --> 00:32:37.480
 top of,

00:32:37.539 --> 00:32:38.279
 these platforms

00:32:38.279 --> 00:32:38.599
 that kind

00:32:38.599 --> 00:32:39.000
 of put them

00:32:39.000 --> 00:32:39.699
 on display

00:32:39.699 --> 00:32:40.559
 for the

00:32:40.559 --> 00:32:41.000
 people of

00:32:41.000 --> 00:32:41.419
 Rome to

00:32:41.419 --> 00:32:41.699
 see.

00:32:42.299 --> 00:32:42.619
 And they

00:32:42.619 --> 00:32:43.039
 also would

00:32:43.039 --> 00:32:43.500
 have like

00:32:43.500 --> 00:32:44.099
 armor and

00:32:44.099 --> 00:32:44.939
 weapons that

00:32:44.939 --> 00:32:45.819
 the enemy

00:32:45.819 --> 00:32:46.459
 fought with.

00:32:46.460 --> 00:32:47.740
 And at

00:32:47.740 --> 00:32:48.059
 least in

00:32:48.059 --> 00:32:48.420
 the ancient

00:32:48.420 --> 00:32:48.759
 world,

00:32:48.840 --> 00:32:49.059
 if you

00:32:49.059 --> 00:32:49.340
 were a

00:32:49.340 --> 00:32:49.660
 warrior,

00:32:49.900 --> 00:32:50.140
 if you

00:32:50.140 --> 00:32:50.980
 were a

00:32:50.980 --> 00:32:51.319
 soldier,

00:32:52.039 --> 00:32:52.420
 to have

00:32:52.420 --> 00:32:52.940
 your weapons

00:32:52.940 --> 00:32:53.519
 taken away

00:32:53.519 --> 00:32:53.880
 from you

00:32:53.880 --> 00:32:54.180
 was like

00:32:54.180 --> 00:32:54.559
 the greatest

00:32:54.559 --> 00:32:55.039
 act of

00:32:55.039 --> 00:32:55.600
 shame ever.

00:32:56.120 --> 00:32:56.420
 Like it

00:32:56.420 --> 00:32:56.880
 was like

00:32:56.880 --> 00:32:57.279
 you were

00:32:57.279 --> 00:32:57.600
 naked,

00:32:57.720 --> 00:32:57.900
 really.

00:32:58.019 --> 00:32:58.200
 Like you

00:32:58.200 --> 00:32:58.460
 just didn't

00:32:58.460 --> 00:32:59.019
 have anything

00:32:59.019 --> 00:33:00.299
 to offer.

00:33:00.480 --> 00:33:00.900
 So to be

00:33:00.900 --> 00:33:01.860
 disarmed was

00:33:01.860 --> 00:33:02.819
 complete,

00:33:03.160 --> 00:33:04.059
 total humiliation.

00:33:05.100 --> 00:33:06.480
 And this

00:33:06.480 --> 00:33:06.920
 is what it's

00:33:06.920 --> 00:33:07.220
 saying,

00:33:07.259 --> 00:33:07.819
 like Christ

00:33:07.819 --> 00:33:08.120
 did.

00:33:08.180 --> 00:33:08.420
 You see

00:33:08.420 --> 00:33:08.720
 that?

00:33:09.240 --> 00:33:09.620
 Like he

00:33:09.620 --> 00:33:10.319
 is the

00:33:10.319 --> 00:33:11.700
 triumphator

00:33:11.700 --> 00:33:13.500
 over Satan,

00:33:13.700 --> 00:33:14.319
 over evil.

00:33:14.319 --> 00:33:15.259
 and he's

00:33:15.259 --> 00:33:15.799
 put Satan

00:33:15.799 --> 00:33:16.539
 on public

00:33:16.539 --> 00:33:17.079
 display.

00:33:17.200 --> 00:33:17.379
 You see

00:33:17.379 --> 00:33:17.679
 that?

00:33:17.960 --> 00:33:18.639
 Like he's

00:33:18.639 --> 00:33:19.099
 made a

00:33:19.099 --> 00:33:19.639
 mockery of

00:33:19.639 --> 00:33:19.859
 him.

00:33:20.500 --> 00:33:20.960
 So like

00:33:20.960 --> 00:33:21.639
 what was

00:33:21.639 --> 00:33:22.339
 Satan's

00:33:22.339 --> 00:33:23.419
 weapon?

00:33:23.679 --> 00:33:24.059
 Like what

00:33:24.059 --> 00:33:24.539
 was,

00:33:25.240 --> 00:33:25.700
 what did

00:33:25.700 --> 00:33:26.139
 the cross

00:33:26.139 --> 00:33:26.659
 take care

00:33:26.659 --> 00:33:26.980
 of?

00:33:27.500 --> 00:33:27.919
 If you

00:33:27.919 --> 00:33:28.179
 notice,

00:33:28.299 --> 00:33:28.659
 the cross

00:33:28.659 --> 00:33:29.319
 didn't destroy

00:33:29.319 --> 00:33:29.679
 Satan,

00:33:29.759 --> 00:33:30.079
 did it?

00:33:30.359 --> 00:33:30.899
 Like Satan's

00:33:30.899 --> 00:33:31.579
 still alive

00:33:31.579 --> 00:33:31.939
 and active

00:33:31.939 --> 00:33:32.399
 today.

00:33:33.439 --> 00:33:33.960
 He will

00:33:33.960 --> 00:33:34.500
 ultimately be

00:33:34.500 --> 00:33:34.919
 destroyed.

00:33:35.519 --> 00:33:36.079
 We know

00:33:36.079 --> 00:33:37.379
 from what

00:33:37.379 --> 00:33:38.079
 scripture says

00:33:38.079 --> 00:33:38.359
 he will

00:33:38.359 --> 00:33:38.819
 ultimately be

00:33:38.819 --> 00:33:39.220
 destroyed.

00:33:39.399 --> 00:33:40.299
 But what

00:33:40.299 --> 00:33:40.639
 happened at

00:33:40.639 --> 00:33:41.059
 the cross?

00:33:41.119 --> 00:33:41.319
 And this

00:33:41.319 --> 00:33:41.720
 is something

00:33:41.720 --> 00:33:43.099
 John Piper

00:33:43.099 --> 00:33:43.419
 said.

00:33:43.460 --> 00:33:43.799
 He said

00:33:43.799 --> 00:33:44.319
 about this

00:33:44.319 --> 00:33:44.700
 verse,

00:33:45.399 --> 00:33:45.639
 when the

00:33:45.639 --> 00:33:46.279
 record of

00:33:46.279 --> 00:33:46.720
 our law

00:33:46.720 --> 00:33:47.139
 breaking

00:33:47.139 --> 00:33:47.759
 is nailed

00:33:47.759 --> 00:33:48.119
 to the

00:33:48.119 --> 00:33:48.579
 cross

00:33:48.579 --> 00:33:49.379
 and

00:33:49.379 --> 00:33:49.799
 canceled,

00:33:49.940 --> 00:33:50.399
 the power

00:33:50.399 --> 00:33:50.980
 of Satan

00:33:50.980 --> 00:33:52.299
 to destroy

00:33:52.299 --> 00:33:52.879
 us is

00:33:52.879 --> 00:33:53.180
 broken.

00:33:54.279 --> 00:33:54.639
 Satan

00:33:54.639 --> 00:33:55.279
 has only

00:33:55.279 --> 00:33:56.019
 one weapon

00:33:56.019 --> 00:33:56.659
 that can

00:33:56.659 --> 00:33:57.180
 damn us

00:33:57.180 --> 00:33:57.700
 to hell,

00:33:58.480 --> 00:33:59.119
 unforgiven

00:33:59.119 --> 00:33:59.720
 sin.

00:34:00.579 --> 00:34:01.099
 And this

00:34:01.099 --> 00:34:01.740
 weapon,

00:34:01.899 --> 00:34:02.500
 Christ stripped

00:34:02.500 --> 00:34:03.720
 from Satan's

00:34:03.720 --> 00:34:04.319
 hand on

00:34:04.319 --> 00:34:04.879
 the cross.

00:34:05.399 --> 00:34:06.000
 So like

00:34:06.000 --> 00:34:06.639
 he's disarmed

00:34:06.639 --> 00:34:06.919
 him,

00:34:07.000 --> 00:34:07.259
 like he

00:34:07.259 --> 00:34:08.139
 doesn't have

00:34:08.139 --> 00:34:08.759
 any power

00:34:08.759 --> 00:34:09.259
 over us

00:34:09.259 --> 00:34:09.699
 anymore

00:34:09.699 --> 00:34:10.679
 because of

00:34:10.679 --> 00:34:11.139
 what Christ

00:34:11.139 --> 00:34:12.279
 did at

00:34:12.279 --> 00:34:12.759
 the cross.

00:34:12.840 --> 00:34:13.159
 And that's

00:34:13.159 --> 00:34:13.659
 the gospel.

00:34:13.800 --> 00:34:14.640
 Like in

00:34:14.640 --> 00:34:15.140
 this present

00:34:15.140 --> 00:34:15.660
 life,

00:34:16.360 --> 00:34:16.560
 we can

00:34:16.560 --> 00:34:17.100
 be delivered

00:34:17.100 --> 00:34:17.440
 from the

00:34:17.440 --> 00:34:17.920
 power of

00:34:17.920 --> 00:34:18.820
 sin and

00:34:18.820 --> 00:34:19.180
 the power

00:34:19.180 --> 00:34:19.600
 of Satan

00:34:19.600 --> 00:34:20.280
 through what

00:34:20.280 --> 00:34:21.260
 Christ has

00:34:21.260 --> 00:34:22.140
 done and

00:34:22.140 --> 00:34:22.660
 be saved

00:34:22.660 --> 00:34:23.480
 from the

00:34:23.480 --> 00:34:23.860
 wrath of

00:34:23.860 --> 00:34:24.180
 God.

00:34:25.100 --> 00:34:25.300
 So,

00:34:25.500 --> 00:34:26.320
 awesome stuff.

00:34:27.440 --> 00:34:28.039
 Lastly,

00:34:28.680 --> 00:34:29.180
 the third

00:34:29.180 --> 00:34:29.539
 thing,

00:34:31.620 --> 00:34:32.180
 the authority

00:34:32.180 --> 00:34:32.780
 of Christ

00:34:32.780 --> 00:34:33.539
 over sinners

00:34:33.539 --> 00:34:34.840
 is now

00:34:34.840 --> 00:34:35.620
 demonstrated.

00:34:36.300 --> 00:34:36.640
 So,

00:34:36.760 --> 00:34:37.160
 authority of

00:34:37.160 --> 00:34:37.600
 Christ over

00:34:37.600 --> 00:34:37.980
 Satan,

00:34:38.660 --> 00:34:39.100
 authority of

00:34:39.100 --> 00:34:39.580
 Christ over

00:34:39.580 --> 00:34:40.000
 sin.

00:34:40.000 --> 00:34:40.019
 sin,

00:34:40.679 --> 00:34:41.719
 the obvious

00:34:41.719 --> 00:34:42.380
 outcome of

00:34:42.380 --> 00:34:42.739
 that would

00:34:42.739 --> 00:34:43.340
 be Christ's

00:34:43.340 --> 00:34:43.960
 authority over

00:34:43.960 --> 00:34:44.300
 sinners,

00:34:44.420 --> 00:34:44.920
 people like

00:34:44.920 --> 00:34:45.719
 you and

00:34:45.719 --> 00:34:45.960
 me.

00:34:46.179 --> 00:34:46.619
 Back in

00:34:46.619 --> 00:34:47.000
 Mark,

00:34:47.840 --> 00:34:48.880
 verse 12,

00:34:49.440 --> 00:34:50.360
 passing along

00:34:50.360 --> 00:34:50.900
 the Sea of

00:34:50.900 --> 00:34:51.340
 Galilee,

00:34:51.460 --> 00:34:51.719
 he saw

00:34:51.719 --> 00:34:52.900
 Simon and

00:34:52.900 --> 00:34:53.360
 Andrew,

00:34:53.599 --> 00:34:54.199
 the brother of

00:34:54.199 --> 00:34:54.500
 Simon,

00:34:55.159 --> 00:34:55.679
 casting a

00:34:55.679 --> 00:34:56.179
 net into the

00:34:56.179 --> 00:34:56.480
 sea,

00:34:57.059 --> 00:34:57.340
 for they

00:34:57.340 --> 00:34:57.840
 were fishermen.

00:34:58.699 --> 00:34:59.039
 And Jesus

00:34:59.039 --> 00:34:59.679
 said to them,

00:34:59.840 --> 00:35:00.420
 follow me,

00:35:00.920 --> 00:35:01.340
 and I will

00:35:01.340 --> 00:35:01.739
 make you

00:35:01.739 --> 00:35:02.519
 become fishers

00:35:02.519 --> 00:35:02.980
 of men.

00:35:03.619 --> 00:35:03.820
 And

00:35:03.820 --> 00:35:04.380
 immediately,

00:35:05.119 --> 00:35:05.719
 there's that

00:35:05.719 --> 00:35:06.199
 word again,

00:35:06.199 --> 00:35:06.639
 they left

00:35:06.639 --> 00:35:07.119
 their nets

00:35:07.119 --> 00:35:07.599
 and followed

00:35:07.599 --> 00:35:07.899
 him.

00:35:08.679 --> 00:35:09.079
 And going

00:35:09.079 --> 00:35:09.519
 on a little

00:35:09.519 --> 00:35:09.879
 farther,

00:35:09.980 --> 00:35:10.239
 he saw

00:35:10.239 --> 00:35:10.719
 James,

00:35:10.799 --> 00:35:11.199
 the son of

00:35:11.199 --> 00:35:11.659
 Zebedee,

00:35:12.179 --> 00:35:12.739
 and John,

00:35:12.819 --> 00:35:13.279
 his brother,

00:35:14.039 --> 00:35:14.379
 who were in

00:35:14.379 --> 00:35:14.779
 their boat

00:35:14.779 --> 00:35:15.339
 mending the

00:35:15.339 --> 00:35:15.639
 nets.

00:35:16.259 --> 00:35:16.819
 And immediately

00:35:16.819 --> 00:35:17.299
 he called

00:35:17.299 --> 00:35:17.519
 them,

00:35:17.539 --> 00:35:17.739
 and they

00:35:17.739 --> 00:35:18.119
 left their

00:35:18.119 --> 00:35:18.919
 father Zebedee

00:35:18.919 --> 00:35:19.480
 in the boat

00:35:19.480 --> 00:35:20.480
 with the

00:35:20.480 --> 00:35:21.119
 higher servants

00:35:21.119 --> 00:35:21.619
 and followed

00:35:21.619 --> 00:35:21.919
 him.

00:35:22.619 --> 00:35:23.019
 So,

00:35:23.079 --> 00:35:23.779
 Christ shows

00:35:23.779 --> 00:35:24.480
 that he has

00:35:24.480 --> 00:35:25.079
 the power

00:35:25.079 --> 00:35:26.359
 to rule in

00:35:26.359 --> 00:35:26.779
 the hearts

00:35:26.779 --> 00:35:27.439
 of men here.

00:35:27.939 --> 00:35:28.239
 And in the

00:35:28.239 --> 00:35:28.859
 same way,

00:35:29.779 --> 00:35:30.319
 you should

00:35:30.319 --> 00:35:30.659
 know,

00:35:30.799 --> 00:35:31.339
 these are

00:35:31.339 --> 00:35:32.000
 just ordinary

00:35:32.000 --> 00:35:32.460
 guys.

00:35:32.559 --> 00:35:32.759
 These are

00:35:32.759 --> 00:35:33.619
 blue-collar,

00:35:34.339 --> 00:35:35.000
 not your

00:35:35.000 --> 00:35:36.059
 most sophisticated

00:35:36.059 --> 00:35:37.639
 kind of guys.

00:35:38.119 --> 00:35:38.179
 Like,

00:35:39.039 --> 00:35:39.480
 I don't

00:35:39.480 --> 00:35:40.219
 consider myself

00:35:40.219 --> 00:35:40.820
 a decent

00:35:40.820 --> 00:35:41.199
 fisherman.

00:35:41.340 --> 00:35:41.500
 I don't

00:35:41.500 --> 00:35:41.860
 really go

00:35:41.860 --> 00:35:42.340
 much anymore.

00:35:43.059 --> 00:35:43.320
 But,

00:35:43.380 --> 00:35:43.519
 like,

00:35:43.539 --> 00:35:43.719
 I know

00:35:43.719 --> 00:35:44.179
 some guys

00:35:44.179 --> 00:35:44.360
 who are

00:35:44.360 --> 00:35:44.779
 just straight

00:35:44.779 --> 00:35:45.659
 out blue-collar,

00:35:46.159 --> 00:35:46.699
 chill dudes

00:35:46.699 --> 00:35:47.199
 who just love

00:35:47.199 --> 00:35:47.659
 to fish,

00:35:47.699 --> 00:35:47.980
 you know.

00:35:48.099 --> 00:35:48.239
 And,

00:35:48.400 --> 00:35:48.480
 like,

00:35:48.920 --> 00:35:49.440
 the Lord

00:35:49.440 --> 00:35:50.559
 picks these

00:35:50.559 --> 00:35:51.420
 ordinary men

00:35:51.420 --> 00:35:51.940
 to display

00:35:51.940 --> 00:35:52.519
 his power

00:35:52.519 --> 00:35:53.000
 in them.

00:35:53.699 --> 00:35:54.099
 They were

00:35:54.099 --> 00:35:54.940
 fishers on

00:35:54.940 --> 00:35:55.320
 the Sea of

00:35:55.320 --> 00:35:55.779
 Galilee.

00:35:56.420 --> 00:35:56.960
 Galilee had

00:35:56.960 --> 00:35:57.539
 a huge

00:35:57.539 --> 00:35:58.860
 fishing industry.

00:35:58.940 --> 00:35:59.299
 That was the

00:35:59.299 --> 00:35:59.900
 main industry

00:35:59.900 --> 00:36:00.940
 for meat

00:36:00.940 --> 00:36:01.179
 in the

00:36:01.179 --> 00:36:01.500
 Mediterranean

00:36:01.500 --> 00:36:02.039
 world.

00:36:02.159 --> 00:36:02.659
 It was fish.

00:36:03.079 --> 00:36:03.719
 And so,

00:36:03.779 --> 00:36:04.219
 they were also

00:36:04.219 --> 00:36:05.019
 exporters of

00:36:05.019 --> 00:36:05.519
 the fish they

00:36:05.519 --> 00:36:05.840
 had.

00:36:06.059 --> 00:36:06.840
 as well.

00:36:07.440 --> 00:36:07.679
 And,

00:36:08.039 --> 00:36:08.980
 really cool,

00:36:09.599 --> 00:36:10.239
 when we see

00:36:10.239 --> 00:36:10.759
 this though,

00:36:11.360 --> 00:36:11.699
 when Jesus

00:36:11.699 --> 00:36:12.639
 came to them,

00:36:13.099 --> 00:36:13.559
 it's important

00:36:13.559 --> 00:36:13.960
 to know that

00:36:13.960 --> 00:36:14.440
 he already

00:36:14.440 --> 00:36:14.880
 knew who

00:36:14.880 --> 00:36:15.320
 they were.

00:36:15.420 --> 00:36:15.619
 Like,

00:36:15.659 --> 00:36:16.000
 from other

00:36:16.000 --> 00:36:16.599
 gospels,

00:36:17.139 --> 00:36:17.599
 they were at

00:36:17.599 --> 00:36:18.460
 John's baptism

00:36:18.460 --> 00:36:19.000
 where they saw

00:36:19.000 --> 00:36:19.779
 Jesus come,

00:36:19.900 --> 00:36:20.880
 and John

00:36:20.880 --> 00:36:21.099
 said,

00:36:21.179 --> 00:36:21.460
 there's the

00:36:21.460 --> 00:36:22.099
 Lamb of God.

00:36:22.159 --> 00:36:22.239
 So,

00:36:22.239 --> 00:36:22.639
 they already

00:36:22.639 --> 00:36:23.119
 knew who

00:36:23.119 --> 00:36:23.840
 Jesus was.

00:36:24.659 --> 00:36:25.239
 Jesus knew

00:36:25.239 --> 00:36:25.559
 who they

00:36:25.559 --> 00:36:25.880
 were.

00:36:26.559 --> 00:36:27.039
 But then he

00:36:27.039 --> 00:36:27.559
 came up to

00:36:27.559 --> 00:36:28.019
 them and did

00:36:28.019 --> 00:36:28.679
 something very

00:36:28.679 --> 00:36:29.199
 unusual.

00:36:29.900 --> 00:36:30.840
 He commanded

00:36:30.840 --> 00:36:31.559
 them to come

00:36:31.559 --> 00:36:31.940
 to him.

00:36:33.000 --> 00:36:33.119
 Right?

00:36:33.119 --> 00:36:33.980
 Rabbis didn't

00:36:33.980 --> 00:36:34.380
 do that.

00:36:34.460 --> 00:36:34.940
 There's no

00:36:34.940 --> 00:36:35.859
 record in

00:36:35.859 --> 00:36:38.559
 any Old

00:36:38.559 --> 00:36:39.420
 Testament or

00:36:39.420 --> 00:36:40.839
 ancient Hebrew

00:36:40.839 --> 00:36:41.579
 writings at all

00:36:41.579 --> 00:36:42.279
 that ever said,

00:36:42.319 --> 00:36:42.579
 like a

00:36:42.579 --> 00:36:43.079
 rabbi,

00:36:43.539 --> 00:36:44.219
 would come and

00:36:44.219 --> 00:36:44.480
 say,

00:36:45.039 --> 00:36:45.799
 come to me,

00:36:46.079 --> 00:36:46.259
 like,

00:36:46.339 --> 00:36:46.880
 follow me.

00:36:47.880 --> 00:36:48.420
 Never

00:36:48.420 --> 00:36:48.819
 happened.

00:36:49.380 --> 00:36:49.839
 Even the

00:36:49.839 --> 00:36:50.500
 prophet said,

00:36:50.579 --> 00:36:51.359
 turn to God,

00:36:52.000 --> 00:36:52.799
 follow God,

00:36:52.920 --> 00:36:53.579
 but like Christ

00:36:53.579 --> 00:36:54.619
 actually commands

00:36:54.619 --> 00:36:55.960
 them to come,

00:36:56.079 --> 00:36:56.599
 follow me,

00:36:56.639 --> 00:36:57.079
 and I'll make

00:36:57.079 --> 00:36:57.759
 you fishers of

00:36:57.759 --> 00:36:58.039
 men.

00:36:58.039 --> 00:36:59.840
 very unusual.

00:37:00.800 --> 00:37:01.159
 So,

00:37:01.599 --> 00:37:02.400
 he did this

00:37:02.400 --> 00:37:02.699
 in the most

00:37:02.699 --> 00:37:03.400
 extreme way

00:37:03.400 --> 00:37:03.860
 possible.

00:37:03.980 --> 00:37:04.539
 He's asking

00:37:04.539 --> 00:37:05.579
 them to

00:37:05.579 --> 00:37:07.059
 abandon their

00:37:07.059 --> 00:37:07.719
 way of life,

00:37:07.800 --> 00:37:08.320
 to abandon

00:37:08.320 --> 00:37:09.380
 their fishing

00:37:09.380 --> 00:37:10.619
 industry,

00:37:11.159 --> 00:37:11.719
 to leave

00:37:11.719 --> 00:37:12.380
 their family,

00:37:12.679 --> 00:37:13.820
 and to

00:37:13.820 --> 00:37:14.800
 become heralds

00:37:14.800 --> 00:37:15.440
 of the gospel,

00:37:15.559 --> 00:37:16.259
 to become heralds

00:37:16.259 --> 00:37:16.599
 of the good

00:37:16.599 --> 00:37:16.940
 news.

00:37:17.300 --> 00:37:18.139
 I will teach

00:37:18.139 --> 00:37:18.519
 you how to

00:37:18.519 --> 00:37:18.940
 do these

00:37:18.940 --> 00:37:19.279
 things.

00:37:20.039 --> 00:37:20.599
 And they

00:37:20.599 --> 00:37:20.980
 came.

00:37:21.719 --> 00:37:22.559
 It was a

00:37:22.559 --> 00:37:23.699
 sovereign

00:37:23.699 --> 00:37:24.179
 enabling.

00:37:25.079 --> 00:37:25.679
 God has the

00:37:25.679 --> 00:37:26.480
 power over our

00:37:26.480 --> 00:37:26.800
 hearts.

00:37:26.880 --> 00:37:27.139
 I don't know

00:37:27.139 --> 00:37:27.779
 if you know

00:37:27.780 --> 00:37:28.360
 that or not.

00:37:29.019 --> 00:37:29.600
 Some of us

00:37:29.600 --> 00:37:30.120
 like to think

00:37:30.120 --> 00:37:31.000
 that we

00:37:31.000 --> 00:37:31.300
 have the

00:37:31.300 --> 00:37:31.640
 power,

00:37:32.360 --> 00:37:32.880
 but like the

00:37:32.880 --> 00:37:33.280
 God who

00:37:33.280 --> 00:37:33.780
 created the

00:37:33.780 --> 00:37:34.440
 universe has

00:37:34.440 --> 00:37:34.900
 the power

00:37:34.900 --> 00:37:35.660
 to create

00:37:35.660 --> 00:37:36.620
 in us a

00:37:36.620 --> 00:37:37.100
 new heart.

00:37:37.580 --> 00:37:37.980
 And that's

00:37:37.980 --> 00:37:38.320
 what being

00:37:38.320 --> 00:37:38.840
 born again

00:37:38.840 --> 00:37:39.200
 is.

00:37:39.240 --> 00:37:39.620
 That's what

00:37:39.620 --> 00:37:40.060
 regeneration

00:37:40.060 --> 00:37:41.660
 is, is the

00:37:41.660 --> 00:37:42.240
 Holy Spirit

00:37:42.240 --> 00:37:43.080
 giving us a

00:37:43.080 --> 00:37:43.620
 new heart

00:37:43.620 --> 00:37:45.000
 that can love

00:37:45.000 --> 00:37:45.519
 God and

00:37:45.519 --> 00:37:46.180
 follow God.

00:37:47.140 --> 00:37:47.660
 And so,

00:37:48.320 --> 00:37:49.280
 he commands

00:37:49.280 --> 00:37:49.680
 them and they

00:37:49.680 --> 00:37:50.000
 come.

00:37:50.640 --> 00:37:51.280
 And later on

00:37:51.280 --> 00:37:51.960
 in chapter 8,

00:37:52.000 --> 00:37:52.600
 we'll get there

00:37:52.600 --> 00:37:54.320
 in a few

00:37:54.320 --> 00:37:54.620
 months,

00:37:55.260 --> 00:37:55.860
 probably.

00:37:56.800 --> 00:37:57.080
 He,

00:37:57.079 --> 00:37:58.420
 yeah,

00:37:58.480 --> 00:37:58.759
 right.

00:37:59.759 --> 00:38:00.400
 It says,

00:38:00.519 --> 00:38:01.079
 if any man

00:38:01.079 --> 00:38:01.599
 come after

00:38:01.599 --> 00:38:01.900
 me,

00:38:02.500 --> 00:38:02.840
 let him

00:38:02.840 --> 00:38:03.819
 deny himself,

00:38:04.559 --> 00:38:05.039
 take up his

00:38:05.039 --> 00:38:05.659
 cross and

00:38:05.659 --> 00:38:06.199
 follow me.

00:38:06.900 --> 00:38:07.299
 Basically,

00:38:07.460 --> 00:38:08.400
 come and die.

00:38:09.039 --> 00:38:09.519
 That's what he's

00:38:09.519 --> 00:38:09.719
 saying,

00:38:09.799 --> 00:38:10.420
 come and die.

00:38:11.639 --> 00:38:12.360
 And to us,

00:38:12.460 --> 00:38:13.219
 it may be like,

00:38:14.179 --> 00:38:14.719
 you know what,

00:38:14.900 --> 00:38:15.659
 following Christ

00:38:15.659 --> 00:38:16.699
 may not cost us

00:38:16.699 --> 00:38:17.579
 our lives,

00:38:17.639 --> 00:38:18.159
 some of us it

00:38:18.159 --> 00:38:18.400
 might,

00:38:19.480 --> 00:38:20.539
 but he is saying

00:38:20.539 --> 00:38:20.880
 like,

00:38:21.319 --> 00:38:22.159
 if you knew

00:38:22.159 --> 00:38:22.679
 that following

00:38:22.679 --> 00:38:24.340
 me would cost

00:38:24.340 --> 00:38:25.059
 you your life,

00:38:25.119 --> 00:38:25.579
 would you come

00:38:25.579 --> 00:38:25.920
 anyway?

00:38:27.039 --> 00:38:27.799
 Are you that

00:38:27.799 --> 00:38:28.440
 desperate for

00:38:28.440 --> 00:38:28.639
 me?

00:38:29.219 --> 00:38:29.819
 Do you really

00:38:29.819 --> 00:38:30.460
 know who I

00:38:30.460 --> 00:38:30.739
 am?

00:38:30.860 --> 00:38:31.239
 And if you

00:38:31.239 --> 00:38:31.980
 really do

00:38:31.980 --> 00:38:32.699
 believe that,

00:38:33.079 --> 00:38:33.579
 it's not going

00:38:33.579 --> 00:38:33.940
 to matter.

00:38:34.059 --> 00:38:34.279
 You're going

00:38:34.279 --> 00:38:34.599
 to be willing

00:38:34.599 --> 00:38:35.380
 to cast aside

00:38:35.380 --> 00:38:36.679
 anything to

00:38:36.679 --> 00:38:37.380
 be with Christ,

00:38:38.079 --> 00:38:38.559
 family,

00:38:38.880 --> 00:38:39.279
 friends.

00:38:39.860 --> 00:38:40.460
 And he says

00:38:40.460 --> 00:38:40.920
 those kind of

00:38:40.920 --> 00:38:41.159
 things.

00:38:41.259 --> 00:38:41.920
 Luke 14,

00:38:42.400 --> 00:38:43.000
 Matthew 10,

00:38:43.099 --> 00:38:43.579
 he says that

00:38:43.579 --> 00:38:44.059
 kind of stuff.

00:38:44.159 --> 00:38:44.599
 You have to

00:38:44.599 --> 00:38:46.059
 love me more

00:38:46.059 --> 00:38:46.619
 than your life

00:38:46.619 --> 00:38:47.079
 itself.

00:38:48.039 --> 00:38:49.139
 He says that.

00:38:49.679 --> 00:38:50.199
 So they put

00:38:50.199 --> 00:38:50.799
 an end to the

00:38:50.799 --> 00:38:51.400
 family business

00:38:51.400 --> 00:38:51.940
 right there.

00:38:51.940 --> 00:38:53.099
 and they

00:38:53.099 --> 00:38:53.539
 headed out

00:38:53.539 --> 00:38:53.900
 to follow

00:38:53.900 --> 00:38:54.380
 Jesus.

00:38:54.900 --> 00:38:55.440
 And he

00:38:55.440 --> 00:38:56.000
 trained them

00:38:56.000 --> 00:38:56.380
 to preach

00:38:56.380 --> 00:38:56.880
 the gospel.

00:38:57.820 --> 00:38:58.300
 So he

00:38:58.300 --> 00:39:00.039
 established his

00:39:00.039 --> 00:39:01.880
 follow this,

00:39:02.019 --> 00:39:02.220
 okay?

00:39:02.880 --> 00:39:03.940
 Jesus established

00:39:03.940 --> 00:39:04.679
 the means

00:39:04.679 --> 00:39:05.960
 by calling

00:39:05.960 --> 00:39:06.480
 these men,

00:39:06.559 --> 00:39:07.019
 he established

00:39:07.019 --> 00:39:07.760
 the means

00:39:07.760 --> 00:39:09.000
 by which his

00:39:09.000 --> 00:39:09.559
 kingdom would

00:39:09.559 --> 00:39:11.000
 advance to

00:39:11.000 --> 00:39:12.320
 transform broken

00:39:12.320 --> 00:39:12.720
 sinners.

00:39:13.280 --> 00:39:13.840
 That's how he

00:39:13.840 --> 00:39:14.519
 chose to do it,

00:39:15.139 --> 00:39:15.760
 through us.

00:39:15.980 --> 00:39:16.679
 In other words,

00:39:16.780 --> 00:39:17.000
 like,

00:39:17.400 --> 00:39:18.200
 how awesome is

00:39:18.200 --> 00:39:18.480
 that?

00:39:18.480 --> 00:39:20.740
 He sovereignly

00:39:20.740 --> 00:39:21.519
 identifies these

00:39:21.519 --> 00:39:21.760
 guys,

00:39:21.820 --> 00:39:22.460
 and he sovereignly

00:39:22.460 --> 00:39:22.940
 calls these

00:39:22.940 --> 00:39:23.260
 guys.

00:39:23.719 --> 00:39:24.340
 And he's done

00:39:24.340 --> 00:39:25.059
 the same to

00:39:25.059 --> 00:39:25.460
 us.

00:39:26.059 --> 00:39:26.599
 So these are

00:39:26.599 --> 00:39:27.099
 just simple

00:39:27.099 --> 00:39:27.460
 men.

00:39:28.400 --> 00:39:29.260
 I wanted just

00:39:29.260 --> 00:39:29.659
 to show you

00:39:29.659 --> 00:39:30.019
 one other

00:39:30.019 --> 00:39:30.559
 passage.

00:39:31.400 --> 00:39:32.019
 And look at

00:39:32.019 --> 00:39:33.039
 Acts chapter 4

00:39:33.039 --> 00:39:33.619
 real quick.

00:39:34.920 --> 00:39:36.179
 Acts chapter 4,

00:39:37.400 --> 00:39:38.740
 verse 13.

00:39:44.599 --> 00:39:45.079
 Okay.

00:39:45.760 --> 00:39:46.619
 So just think

00:39:46.619 --> 00:39:47.199
 about this.

00:39:47.199 --> 00:39:48.939
 This is after

00:39:48.939 --> 00:39:49.699
 Christ has

00:39:49.699 --> 00:39:50.199
 gone back

00:39:50.199 --> 00:39:51.480
 to the

00:39:51.480 --> 00:39:51.819
 Father.

00:39:52.319 --> 00:39:52.899
 This is after

00:39:52.899 --> 00:39:53.460
 the disciples

00:39:53.460 --> 00:39:53.879
 have spent

00:39:53.879 --> 00:39:55.279
 years following

00:39:55.279 --> 00:39:56.059
 Jesus and

00:39:56.059 --> 00:39:56.919
 watching Jesus.

00:39:57.539 --> 00:39:57.899
 And now

00:39:57.899 --> 00:39:58.259
 they've been

00:39:58.259 --> 00:39:58.939
 empowered by

00:39:58.939 --> 00:39:59.359
 the Holy

00:39:59.359 --> 00:40:00.819
 Spirit to

00:40:00.819 --> 00:40:02.980
 preach the

00:40:02.980 --> 00:40:03.579
 good news.

00:40:04.819 --> 00:40:05.480
 And so what

00:40:05.480 --> 00:40:06.000
 about these

00:40:06.000 --> 00:40:06.419
 ordinary,

00:40:06.679 --> 00:40:07.259
 simple men?

00:40:07.779 --> 00:40:08.460
 What kind of

00:40:08.460 --> 00:40:09.059
 power did

00:40:09.059 --> 00:40:09.679
 Christ have in

00:40:09.679 --> 00:40:10.279
 their lives?

00:40:11.379 --> 00:40:12.519
 And because

00:40:12.519 --> 00:40:12.980
 you remember

00:40:12.980 --> 00:40:15.500
 before the

00:40:15.500 --> 00:40:15.980
 resurrection,

00:40:16.139 --> 00:40:16.399
 they were

00:40:16.399 --> 00:40:16.859
 scared.

00:40:16.860 --> 00:40:17.300
 They were

00:40:17.300 --> 00:40:17.640
 running.

00:40:18.079 --> 00:40:18.320
 They were

00:40:18.320 --> 00:40:18.720
 trying to

00:40:18.720 --> 00:40:19.059
 hide.

00:40:19.880 --> 00:40:20.220
 They were

00:40:20.220 --> 00:40:20.700
 terrified.

00:40:21.539 --> 00:40:21.940
 But after

00:40:21.940 --> 00:40:22.380
 they saw

00:40:22.380 --> 00:40:22.760
 Jesus,

00:40:22.860 --> 00:40:23.079
 they were

00:40:23.079 --> 00:40:23.500
 completely

00:40:23.500 --> 00:40:24.740
 bold and

00:40:24.740 --> 00:40:25.280
 empowered by

00:40:25.280 --> 00:40:25.720
 the Spirit.

00:40:25.840 --> 00:40:26.079
 And verse

00:40:26.079 --> 00:40:26.860
 13 says

00:40:26.860 --> 00:40:27.280
 this,

00:40:28.039 --> 00:40:28.440
 Now when

00:40:28.440 --> 00:40:28.980
 they saw

00:40:28.980 --> 00:40:29.780
 the boldness

00:40:29.780 --> 00:40:30.200
 of Peter

00:40:30.200 --> 00:40:30.780
 and John,

00:40:31.559 --> 00:40:31.880
 and they

00:40:31.880 --> 00:40:33.220
 perceived that

00:40:33.220 --> 00:40:33.460
 they were

00:40:33.460 --> 00:40:34.280
 uneducated,

00:40:35.039 --> 00:40:35.920
 common men,

00:40:36.559 --> 00:40:36.880
 they were

00:40:36.880 --> 00:40:37.539
 astonished,

00:40:38.079 --> 00:40:38.720
 and they

00:40:38.720 --> 00:40:39.740
 recognized that

00:40:39.740 --> 00:40:40.340
 they had been

00:40:40.340 --> 00:40:41.000
 with Jesus.

00:40:41.740 --> 00:40:42.320
 See that?

00:40:42.320 --> 00:40:43.900
 It doesn't

00:40:43.900 --> 00:40:44.300
 matter who

00:40:44.300 --> 00:40:44.660
 we are.

00:40:44.780 --> 00:40:45.180
 If we

00:40:45.180 --> 00:40:46.100
 know Christ

00:40:46.100 --> 00:40:46.340
 and we

00:40:46.340 --> 00:40:46.820
 walk with

00:40:46.820 --> 00:40:47.240
 Christ,

00:40:47.920 --> 00:40:48.500
 commune with

00:40:48.500 --> 00:40:49.000
 Christ,

00:40:50.000 --> 00:40:52.000
 what He can

00:40:52.000 --> 00:40:52.900
 use us for

00:40:52.900 --> 00:40:54.360
 is the sky's

00:40:54.360 --> 00:40:54.700
 the limit.

00:40:56.539 --> 00:40:57.100
 William

00:40:57.100 --> 00:40:57.840
 Carey, a

00:40:57.840 --> 00:40:58.380
 great missionary,

00:40:58.620 --> 00:40:59.019
 he said,

00:40:59.559 --> 00:41:00.059
 expect

00:41:00.059 --> 00:41:01.720
 extraordinary

00:41:01.720 --> 00:41:02.360
 things from

00:41:02.360 --> 00:41:02.800
 God and

00:41:02.800 --> 00:41:03.160
 attempt

00:41:03.160 --> 00:41:03.640
 extraordinary

00:41:03.640 --> 00:41:04.280
 things for

00:41:04.280 --> 00:41:04.500
 God.

00:41:04.600 --> 00:41:05.500
 Ask God to

00:41:05.500 --> 00:41:06.260
 empower you

00:41:06.260 --> 00:41:07.180
 to advance

00:41:07.180 --> 00:41:07.660
 the kingdom

00:41:07.659 --> 00:41:08.199
 for His

00:41:08.199 --> 00:41:08.819
 glory.

00:41:09.819 --> 00:41:10.159
 I'll read

00:41:10.159 --> 00:41:10.420
 you one

00:41:10.420 --> 00:41:11.440
 other text

00:41:11.440 --> 00:41:11.899
 in Acts

00:41:11.899 --> 00:41:12.539
 17.

00:41:13.000 --> 00:41:13.539
 Just go

00:41:13.539 --> 00:41:13.739
 ahead and

00:41:13.739 --> 00:41:14.039
 turn there.

00:41:14.079 --> 00:41:14.339
 You're already

00:41:14.339 --> 00:41:14.759
 in Acts.

00:41:14.819 --> 00:41:15.500
 Acts 17,

00:41:15.920 --> 00:41:16.940
 verse 6.

00:41:22.539 --> 00:41:23.099
 You can

00:41:23.099 --> 00:41:23.679
 see that

00:41:23.679 --> 00:41:24.139
 like the

00:41:24.139 --> 00:41:24.599
 followers of

00:41:24.599 --> 00:41:25.119
 Christ are

00:41:25.119 --> 00:41:25.519
 calling like

00:41:25.519 --> 00:41:25.980
 a big

00:41:25.980 --> 00:41:27.179
 uproar,

00:41:27.980 --> 00:41:28.199
 these

00:41:28.199 --> 00:41:28.960
 uneducated

00:41:28.960 --> 00:41:29.399
 and common

00:41:29.399 --> 00:41:29.799
 men.

00:41:31.099 --> 00:41:31.179
 And

00:41:31.179 --> 00:41:32.859
 verse 6

00:41:32.859 --> 00:41:33.279
 says,

00:41:34.159 --> 00:41:34.480
 When they

00:41:34.480 --> 00:41:34.819
 could not

00:41:34.819 --> 00:41:35.319
 find them,

00:41:35.379 --> 00:41:35.859
 they dragged

00:41:35.859 --> 00:41:36.559
 Jason and

00:41:36.559 --> 00:41:37.019
 some of the

00:41:37.019 --> 00:41:37.639
 brothers before

00:41:37.639 --> 00:41:38.179
 the city

00:41:38.179 --> 00:41:38.839
 authorities.

00:41:39.379 --> 00:41:39.719
 So,

00:41:39.839 --> 00:41:40.059
 they're

00:41:40.059 --> 00:41:40.599
 arresting

00:41:40.599 --> 00:41:40.839
 them and

00:41:40.839 --> 00:41:40.960
 they're

00:41:40.960 --> 00:41:41.319
 saying,

00:41:41.980 --> 00:41:42.559
 These men

00:41:42.559 --> 00:41:42.980
 have turned

00:41:42.980 --> 00:41:43.359
 the world

00:41:43.359 --> 00:41:44.339
 upside down,

00:41:44.759 --> 00:41:45.219
 have come

00:41:45.219 --> 00:41:45.920
 here also.

00:41:46.759 --> 00:41:46.980
 So,

00:41:47.119 --> 00:41:47.659
 again,

00:41:48.420 --> 00:41:48.940
 the power

00:41:48.940 --> 00:41:49.379
 of Christ

00:41:49.379 --> 00:41:49.599
 and the

00:41:49.599 --> 00:41:49.879
 authority

00:41:49.879 --> 00:41:50.279
 of Christ

00:41:50.279 --> 00:41:50.859
 was enabling

00:41:50.859 --> 00:41:51.599
 these guys

00:41:51.599 --> 00:41:52.819
 to literally

00:41:52.819 --> 00:41:53.259
 turn the

00:41:53.259 --> 00:41:53.799
 world upside

00:41:53.799 --> 00:41:54.599
 down for

00:41:54.599 --> 00:41:55.559
 the kingdom

00:41:55.559 --> 00:41:55.920
 and for

00:41:55.920 --> 00:41:56.299
 the glory

00:41:56.299 --> 00:41:56.819
 of God,

00:41:56.960 --> 00:41:57.219
 for the

00:41:57.219 --> 00:41:57.599
 gospel.

00:41:58.279 --> 00:41:58.559
 So,

00:41:58.639 --> 00:41:59.059
 if we have

00:41:59.059 --> 00:41:59.480
 fellowship

00:41:59.480 --> 00:42:00.219
 with Christ,

00:42:00.960 --> 00:42:01.279
 no matter

00:42:01.279 --> 00:42:01.900
 how simple

00:42:01.900 --> 00:42:02.440
 we are,

00:42:03.319 --> 00:42:03.659
 He can

00:42:03.659 --> 00:42:04.480
 empower us

00:42:04.480 --> 00:42:05.039
 and we can

00:42:05.039 --> 00:42:06.099
 advance His

00:42:06.099 --> 00:42:06.420
 kingdom.

00:42:06.420 --> 00:42:07.920
 nothing to

00:42:07.920 --> 00:42:08.680
 fear either

00:42:08.680 --> 00:42:09.740
 because Christ

00:42:09.740 --> 00:42:10.240
 has overcome

00:42:10.240 --> 00:42:10.680
 Satan,

00:42:10.880 --> 00:42:11.340
 He's overcome

00:42:11.340 --> 00:42:11.980
 the power

00:42:11.980 --> 00:42:12.500
 of sin,

00:42:13.000 --> 00:42:13.579
 He's overcome

00:42:13.579 --> 00:42:14.119
 us.

00:42:14.300 --> 00:42:14.619
 So,

00:42:15.139 --> 00:42:15.659
 He has the

00:42:15.659 --> 00:42:16.740
 complete authority

00:42:16.740 --> 00:42:17.460
 to do that.

00:42:18.240 --> 00:42:18.880
 He's a king

00:42:18.880 --> 00:42:19.559
 worth living

00:42:19.559 --> 00:42:20.840
 for and

00:42:20.840 --> 00:42:21.400
 worth dying

00:42:21.400 --> 00:42:21.800
 for.

00:42:22.800 --> 00:42:23.360
 So,

00:42:23.440 --> 00:42:23.840
 let's just

00:42:23.840 --> 00:42:24.639
 rejoice that

00:42:24.639 --> 00:42:25.360
 He doesn't

00:42:25.360 --> 00:42:25.720
 have some

00:42:25.720 --> 00:42:25.980
 kind of

00:42:25.980 --> 00:42:26.400
 puny

00:42:26.400 --> 00:42:26.880
 authority.

00:42:26.880 --> 00:42:27.380
 It's like

00:42:27.380 --> 00:42:28.539
 a sovereign,

00:42:28.760 --> 00:42:29.500
 God-endowed,

00:42:29.880 --> 00:42:30.980
 awesome authority

00:42:30.980 --> 00:42:32.260
 that one day

00:42:32.260 --> 00:42:32.820
 He will come

00:42:32.820 --> 00:42:33.320
 back and

00:42:33.320 --> 00:42:34.180
 reestablish

00:42:34.179 --> 00:42:35.099
 complete authority

00:42:35.099 --> 00:42:36.259
 over all

00:42:36.259 --> 00:42:36.679
 things.

00:42:36.980 --> 00:42:37.219
 So,

00:42:37.779 --> 00:42:38.379
 let's pray

00:42:38.379 --> 00:42:38.719
 together.

00:42:38.719 --> 00:42:39.239
 Let's pray

00:42:39.239 --> 00:42:38.779
 together.

00:42:38.779 --> 00:42:39.239
 Let's pray

00:42:39.239 --> 00:42:38.779
 together.