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 Turn to Isaiah chapter 50. Isaiah chapter 50. There are no rugby illustrations this morning.

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 it? We should support that ministry as a church in a way. It's great to have someone who will

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 go into bat with you. It's great to have someone on your side when the odds against you are

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 insurmountable. When you're fighting a losing battle. And that is pretty much where Israel is

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 here in Isaiah. Or at least Isaiah can see that coming. And of course, when something like

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 that happens, when something terrible and devastating happens, well who do you blame? Who do you

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 blame when life goes wrong? If you go back to chapter 49 and verse 14, you'll see they blame

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 God. And it's often, isn't it, a knee-jerk reaction. Where was God on dot dot dot? You point the

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 finger at the finger at God and you blame God. In a sense, I want to say to you, I don't

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 think that's unreasonable. Four times from verses 4 to 11, God is called the sovereign Lord.

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 He is the sovereign Lord, the Lord God. And yet his people are in a lot of trouble. And if

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 God really is the Lord God, the sovereign God, and he's in control, why is all this happening

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 to his people? Why are his people about to be booted out of the land to exile in Babylon?

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 If God is in control, well it either must be his fault, or he's forgotten about it. He's

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 forsaken us in the words of 49 verse 14. That's what they were thinking. And the Lord's response

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 in Isaiah chapter 50, you'll notice, is, this is what he says to people who are murmuring

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 or complaining about him. Verse 1, where's your mother's certificate of divorce? With

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 which I sent her away. God says to the people of Israel, go through the papers, go rifling

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 through the papers, and see if you can find a divorce certificate. You won't, because it's

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 not there. I have not divorced you. I am a covenant keeping God. I have not divorced you. What has

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 happened is you have divorced me. And that is what God is saying. I didn't sell you into

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 slavery. You sold yourself. You've actually got only yourself to blame. Very occasionally

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 you hear of children divorcing their parents. It's bizarre. It's so odd that it makes the

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 press. You can imagine kind of in extreme circumstances where that might be necessary. But it's bizarre.

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 It's unnatural. And yet here is God's people, and they have divorced themselves from God, their

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 loving Heavenly Father, by their rebellion and their sin and their idolatry. They've divorced

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 themselves from their loving Heavenly Father, and they will not listen. They will not hear

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 when he speaks. They will reply to his emails. They won't answer his calls. And when he sends

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 his prophets, they don't want to hear what he says. And you see, that is the explanation for

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 why the world is in the state it is. It's because we have divorced ourselves from the

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 living God. Not only that, we don't listen when he calls us. Like Adam in the garden.

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 Do you remember, immediately after the rebellion in the garden, God comes looking for Adam in

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 the garden and says, where are you? And Adam is hiding. He's run away. And so what is God's

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 answer to the problem? Well, it's not a philosophy, it's not a program. It's a person. And we've

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 seen that person introduced to us in these servant songs. Isaiah doesn't give him a name.

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 He just calls him a servant of the Lord. And for Isaiah, and for Israel, this figure is

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 mysterious. Who is the servant of the Lord if it's not Israel itself? Because the servant's

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 job was to restore Israel. It's not Cyrus, the pagan Persian king, who God will raise up

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 to deliver his people from Babylon. Because all Cyrus can do is return them to the land.

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 But there's something more needed, isn't there? We know that the problem is not just their

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 situation. Their problem is their sin. Their longing for repatriation. But God is looking

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 for repentance. And they want to come back to the land. But their need actually is to come

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 back to the Lord. And who's going to do that? And so Isaiah is shown 700 years before the

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 time. Before Christ. And so in Isaiah, you have a tracing of the one who is the king.

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 Isaiah looks down through the centuries. And he's shown what the servant looks like.

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 So that when the servant comes, you and I will be able to recognise him. And in this song,

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 the servant speaks and he tells us five things about himself. And then in verse 11, God speaks

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 to you and I about the servant. And he calls on us to follow him. So let's see what does

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 the servant say about himself. And I think chapter 50 is really sacred ground. We are taken

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 in Isaiah 50 into the inner consciousness of the Sermon of the Lord. We are given a glimpse

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 of the kind of relationship that exists between the Sovereign Lord God and his servant. Five

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 things. Number one, the servant speaks. The servant speaks. Can you see that in verse 4?

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 The Lord God has given me the tongue of those who are taught. That I may know how to sustain

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 with a word him who is weary. The servant's task is to minister to people. People who are hurting,

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 people who are weighed down with burdens that are too heavy to carry. And he speaks. And

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 he gives them hope and strength to sustain them. He doesn't lecture them. He doesn't

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 belittle them. He doesn't crush them. He doesn't demolish them. Can you see it? Verse 4,

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 The Sovereign Lord has given me an instructed tongue to speak the words that sustain the weary.

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 The servant is supremely concerned with the glory of God. But he is also concerned with your

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 struggles and my struggles. And so Jesus says, come unto me all you who labour and are heavy

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 laden. And I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me for I am humble

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 in heart and you will find rest for yourselves. So the servant this morning knows what you need

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 to hear. And that's why it's so important to be here this morning. That's why it's so important

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 to be under the life-giving ministry of the word of God. That if you're burdened in your

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 Christian life and you are carrying some load, the last thing that you should do is distance

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 yourself from God's people, isn't it? It's very often the very thing that people do when

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 life gets tough, when there's lots of struggles, they stop coming to church. They pull away from

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 God's people. And we're not there as often as we used to be. And we're not listening to the

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 other words. But that is the very last thing that we should do because the servant of the

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 Lord has been given an instructed tongue to speak the very word that you need to hear this

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 morning. And it may be, isn't it, that the very thing that you need to hear in your life

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 this morning, you'll hear this morning. As the Bible is opened. Because what happens on a

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 Sunday morning is that it is not the preacher who is speaking to you. It is God's servant,

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 Jesus, through his ministers, who speaks when they open the Bible and preach the word of God.

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 How important it is to be under the healthy, life-giving preaching of the word of God.

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 I want to say, I want to kind of start a new policy this morning. That very often I get

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 asked, can I meet with you? Can we talk? And very often, those are my people who are

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 hardly ever here. As I want to say for the next little while, partly because I'm so

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 busy, but I want to say, come to church for four weeks, morning and evening, hear the word

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 and then I'm happy to meet with you. And I think that is, I think that is, is actually

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 biblical. Because it's as the word of God is ministered that you will find your problems

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 addressed, and mine. Because the servant of the Lord knows what you need to hear this

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 morning. The servant of the Lord has got a perfect understanding of your heart. He knows

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 what you're thinking, he knows your heartaches and your doubts and your fears. He's got

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 just the right word to sustain you. Now we know that, don't we? We know that from the

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 Gospels. You look at John chapter 3. And Nicodemus, the kind of archbishop of Jerusalem,

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 all the weight of religion comes to see Jesus. What a weight to carry. John chapter 4, you've

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 got the woman at the well. No one wants to know her. She's the woman with no name. She's

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 lived an empty, sordid lifestyle. She's been through broken relationships. And the sermon

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 of the Lord knows exactly which words to speak to her. To the religious teacher. He says,

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 what an ugly, horrible thing religion is. If all you've got is religion, you've not got

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 Christ. And you need to be rescued from that. And so Jesus has got your right words. He says,

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 Nicodemus, you're trying to pull yourself up by your bootstraps. But actually what you

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 need is you need something from outside of you. You need the life of God and the soul of

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 man. To the woman of the world who's so ostracized by her own community, who is lonely and unhappy.

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 Jesus has got just the right words. And so every time you read the Gospels, you find, don't

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 you, that beggars, rich men, tax collectors, the opposite ends of the spectrum, lawyers, criminals,

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 mothers, prostitutes, political zealots, the establishment, the poor. And the Sermon

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 of the Lord has got an instructive tongue. And so he knows the right words to speak into

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 people's lives. Think about it. It's an amazing thing. He's a guy in his early thirties.

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 He's never been trained in psychology. He's not a qualified counselor. And he speaks to

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 everyone, doesn't he? Old and young, married and single. And he invites them all and he

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 says, come, come unto me. Come unto me, all of you who are burden heavy laden. I've got

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 the words that you need to hear. It's remarkable. What did they say when they came here? Do you

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 know what they said? They said, nobody ever spoke like this man. We've got our counselors and

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 our pundits and our preachers and they caught this man and that authority that nobody ever

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 spoke like this man. What did the woman at the well when she went into that Samaritan village

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 in John 4 and she said, come and meet a man who told me everything I ever did. Come and

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 meet a man whose word penetrated my defenses. Isn't that why we invite people to church?

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 Isn't that why we want to happen? Now of course that is true, isn't it, of Jesus in a way

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 that it's not true of anyone else. But if you and I are followers of Jesus, if you and I

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 want to be servants of a servant of the Lord, surely we must learn to talk to people with

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 the same compassion and understanding. People with empty lives and people with broken relationships

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 and people with heavy burdens, they gather to Jesus, but they don't gather to us. That's

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 a great challenge. A group of Christians that can only really have a conversation with another

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 Christian and they don't need them to argue about it. There's that quote, isn't it, by the comedian, isn't it?

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 Why do people who've made a friend in Jesus find it so hard to make a friend with anyone else?

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 And I think there's something in that, isn't there?

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 But they clamour to Jesus. The sovereign Lord has given me an instructed tongue to speak the words that will sustain the weary.

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 Now how do you do that?

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 So notice the second thing. Can we see what the Sermon of the Lord, what he just tries to find himself?

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 He says morning by morning, he awakens me, he awakens my ear to hear as those who are taught.

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 Not only does the Sermon of the Lord have an instructed tongue, he's got a listening ear.

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 And that goes together, isn't it? The servant can speak to others only because he's the greatest God.

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 And that gives us a great insight into the secret life of the Lord Jesus.

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 The private life of the Lord Jesus. According to verse 4, he hasn't gone on the alarm clock to wake him, God wakes him.

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 And every morning he wakes up. He says, what does God want me to do today? What lesson will God teach me today?

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 He is my Lord, I am his willing servant. What are my instructions for today? He's a listening servant.

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 And in verse 4, he's listening as one who wants to be taught.

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 God has hidden. He has hidden these things from the wise and the learned.

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 There are things that you can't learn with your IQ and from a textbook.

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 God has hidden these things from the Pharisees and the scribes, but he reveals them to little children.

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 And morning by morning, the servant wakes up like a little child and he's eager to learn from his father.

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 And every day he keeps that appointment with his sovereign Lord.

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 And so you remember at the start of Mark's Gospel where Jesus is absolute box office and they're clamouring for him.

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 And he's Simon's mother-in-law and the sick are coming banging down the door and he doesn't have a moment to himself.

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 And we're told very early in the morning while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went to a solitary place to pray.

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 And the disciples are looking for him everywhere.

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 And they say when they find him, everyone is looking for you.

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 But Jesus had an appointment to keep to me.

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 With God.

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 And before he speaks to anyone else, he speaks to his father and he listens and he learns from him.

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 And I want you to see that the way that it happened for Jesus is not very different from the way that it happens to us.

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 When he's in the wilderness being tempted and the devil comes to him and tries to get him to do that huge PR stunt, to get on TV.

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 What did Jesus say?

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 Jesus, what did he say? Hang on a minute, I'm having my quiet time.

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 No, what does he say?

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 No, he doesn't. He says, as it is written.

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 And he quotes Deuteronomy 8 verses 6-8.

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 Whether he was reading it that morning, I don't know.

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 But the point is this.

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 Jesus knew Deuteronomy.

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 He was listening to the voice of his father through Deuteronomy.

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 And when he says the Son of Man must go up to Jerusalem and be handed over to the Gentiles and suffer many things.

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 And he must die and he must be raised from the dead.

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 How did he know that?

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 How did Jesus know that?

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 Where did he get it from?

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 Did he kind of just have some kind of theological implant put into his head that he knew this?

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 No, of course not.

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 God speaks to him morning by morning through the word that he's written.

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 And even when the Father speaks to him directly,

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 do you notice that when the Father speaks to the Son directly,

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 at his baptism, at his transfiguration,

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 with a voice from heaven,

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 what does God speak to his Son?

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 He speaks to the Bible.

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 This is my Son,

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 Psalm 2.

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 This is my beloved Son,

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 Abraham and Isaac,

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 who has to be bound to the altar and be sacrificed.

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 This is him in whom I delight,

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 Isaiah 42.

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 Morning by morning,

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 day after day,

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 he searches the scripture as one who wants to be taught.

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 And that's why he can say,

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 I do nothing of my own.

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 I speak what the Father has told me.

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 These words you hear me say,

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 they are not my own,

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 they belong to the Father.

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 The one who has sent me is with me.

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 I always do what pleases him.

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 It's the language of the servant, isn't it?

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 It's the attitude of the servant.

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 The servant speaks,

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 and the servant listens.

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 And that is why he can speak,

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 couldn't he,

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 with such extraordinary power and accuracy.

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 His words were born out of his daily communion with God.

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 With his Father.

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 And he needed that.

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 So let me ask,

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 if the Lord Jesus Christ,

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 the perfect, sinless Son of God,

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 needed the discipline

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 of daily listening to God,

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 how can any of us say,

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 I'm actually just too busy for us?

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 There's no room in my life for that.

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 If the incarnate Word of God

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 cannot talk to others

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 without first listening to the Father,

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 can you?

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 The sermon's job, first of all,

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 is to listen.

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 You cannot speak to people about God

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 unless you're first speaking to God about people.

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 Maybe the apostolic priorities,

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 when they act six,

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 when they learn from Jesus,

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 we will give ourselves first,

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 to prayer,

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 and then to the ministry of the Word.

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 In our circles,

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 we pride ourselves

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 that we are Word-centered.

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 That's what we stand for.

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 And yet, let's be honest,

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 we see very few conversions.

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 And our words don't pierce the defenses.

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 And why is there so, so much preaching in this country

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 that has so little power?

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 Yes, it's accurate.

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 Yes, it's accurate.

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 Yes, it's not powerful.

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 And I wonder,

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 maybe it's because we're not listening.

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 And so again,

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 let me plead with you.

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 Let me plead with you

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 to make the prayer gather

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 at a time when we seek the Lord.

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 And if you're part of this church,

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 you should be there.

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 The sermon speaks,

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 the sermon listens.

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 Certainly the sermon obeys,

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 verse 5.

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 The Lord God has opened my ear

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 and I was not rebellious.

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 I turned not backwards.

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 Do you think he wanted to obey?

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 Do you?

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 Think of him in the wilderness.

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 He's been there six weeks without food.

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 A strong man can just about survive

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 without food for six weeks.

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 But only just.

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 He's crying out to the Father

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 to save his life

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 because he's at the point of death.

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 The devil's whispering in his ear,

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 it doesn't have to be like this, Jesus.

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 You don't have to go through

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 all the pain and the suffering.

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 I can give you what you want.

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 Did God promise you

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 the nations of the earth?

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 Look, here they are.

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 I can give you that.

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 Just bow down and worship me.

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 You don't need to go through

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 all the suffering and the pain.

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 It even cost you all that.

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 Don't you think that was

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 a real temptation for Jesus?

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 Don't you think that everything

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 in his humanity

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 would have wanted that?

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 It is written,

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 get behind me, Satan.

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 You shall worship the Lord God only.

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 It's not just some trite answer

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 from a textbook.

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 It is wrung out of him.

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 Or in the garden of Gethsemane,

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 on the ground,

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 shaking with fear.

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 View him prostrate

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 in the garden.

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 On the ground,

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 you'll make alive.

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 There he is shaking

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 with a black horror,

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 drops of blood.

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 Father,

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 Father, please.

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 Please,

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 I don't want to go through

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 with this.

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 If there is any other way,

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 please.

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 Nevertheless,

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 I've not drawn back.

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 I've not been rebellious.

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 Not my will,

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 but thine be done.

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 The obedience of Christ.

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 I've not drawn back.

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 I've not been rebellious

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 to say that.

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 It's a hymn of saying

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 when we walk with the Lord

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 in the light of his word.

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 In lots of ways,

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 there's a good chorus.

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 But the chorus goes like this.

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 Trust and obey,

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 for there's no other way

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 to be happy in Jesus

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 but to trust and obey.

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 Do you think Jesus

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 was happy in the garden?

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 Was he happy in the garden?

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 People say to me

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 this kind of madness.

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 You always know

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 it's God's will in your life

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 because you get

00:22:52.480 --> 00:22:53.620
 this sense of peace

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 about it.

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 The Bible might say that

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 but actually,

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 I've got a real sense of peace

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 about what I'm doing.

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 It doesn't feel wrong.

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 Do you think Jesus

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 had a sense of peace

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 in the garden,

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 that's how many?

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 Do you think

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 it felt right?

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 The servant speaks,

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 the servant listens,

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 the servant obeys,

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 and the servant suffers.

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 Verse 6.

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 I gave my back

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 to those who strike,

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 my cheeks to those

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 who pull out the ear.

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 I hid not my face

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 from disgrace and spitting.

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 That's where the obedience

00:23:31.880 --> 00:23:33.340
 of the servant led him.

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 It's hinted at in 42 and 49.

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 It's made explicit in 53.

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 But what we see here

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 is that the servant's

00:23:42.700 --> 00:23:43.860
 great task was to suffer

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 for his people.

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 And just notice

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 how he suffers.

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 Do you see the punishment?

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 I offered my back

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 to those who beat me.

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 It isn't just somebody

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 getting a kick in

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 in the street.

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 He's being judicially

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 sentenced and flogged.

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 He's stretched out

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 on a rack

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 like a common criminal.

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 It's a judicial,

00:24:02.960 --> 00:24:03.759
 horrible sentence.

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 He is literally

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 taking a beating.

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 For you.

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 And not only is there

00:24:10.480 --> 00:24:10.859
 punishment,

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 there's torture,

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 isn't there?

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 My cheeks to those

00:24:15.000 --> 00:24:16.099
 who pull out the beard.

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 It's beyond a Jewish,

00:24:19.699 --> 00:24:21.000
 a judicial sentence.

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 It shows the depth

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 of human depravity.

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 that human beings

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 took the most

00:24:27.200 --> 00:24:27.779
 beautiful

00:24:27.779 --> 00:24:29.960
 human life

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 that's ever lived

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 and they smashed it

00:24:32.180 --> 00:24:32.759
 on a cross.

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 And they treat it

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 with such disrespect

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 and there's humiliation

00:24:37.019 --> 00:24:38.180
 at the end of verse 6,

00:24:38.240 --> 00:24:38.519
 isn't it?

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 This is a man

00:24:39.779 --> 00:24:40.740
 who's humiliated.

00:24:41.580 --> 00:24:42.580
 I hid not my face

00:24:42.580 --> 00:24:43.340
 from disgrace

00:24:43.340 --> 00:24:44.180
 and spitting.

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 Has anyone ever

00:24:44.700 --> 00:24:45.759
 spat in your face?

00:24:45.920 --> 00:24:46.860
 It's happened once to me

00:24:46.860 --> 00:24:47.620
 during an open air.

00:24:47.619 --> 00:24:49.579
 It's absolutely

00:24:49.579 --> 00:24:50.239
 humiliating.

00:24:54.839 --> 00:24:56.219
 Can you see the contrast?

00:24:57.819 --> 00:24:58.839
 In chapter 42,

00:24:59.879 --> 00:25:01.259
 God the Father says,

00:25:01.459 --> 00:25:01.759
 look,

00:25:01.939 --> 00:25:02.679
 my servant

00:25:02.679 --> 00:25:03.859
 in whom I delight.

00:25:04.500 --> 00:25:05.019
 Behold,

00:25:05.159 --> 00:25:05.919
 my servant.

00:25:06.159 --> 00:25:07.179
 And the world says,

00:25:07.259 --> 00:25:08.039
 he is a joke.

00:25:08.159 --> 00:25:08.759
 Let's throw him

00:25:08.759 --> 00:25:09.419
 on the slag heap

00:25:09.419 --> 00:25:09.819
 of history.

00:25:10.019 --> 00:25:10.779
 He's an irrelevance.

00:25:12.519 --> 00:25:13.279
 Here he is

00:25:13.279 --> 00:25:14.399
 a convicted criminal.

00:25:14.579 --> 00:25:15.319
 God's servant,

00:25:15.439 --> 00:25:15.939
 the one who will

00:25:15.940 --> 00:25:16.840
 save the world,

00:25:17.460 --> 00:25:17.960
 the one who will

00:25:17.960 --> 00:25:18.680
 save his people

00:25:18.680 --> 00:25:19.400
 from their sins,

00:25:19.519 --> 00:25:20.000
 the one who will

00:25:20.000 --> 00:25:20.620
 restore them

00:25:20.620 --> 00:25:21.620
 into a right relationship

00:25:21.620 --> 00:25:22.140
 with God.

00:25:22.580 --> 00:25:23.259
 Beaten up.

00:25:24.779 --> 00:25:25.500
 Spat upon.

00:25:27.039 --> 00:25:27.880
 Crowds laughing.

00:25:28.019 --> 00:25:28.680
 And he does it

00:25:28.680 --> 00:25:28.960
 willingly.

00:25:29.100 --> 00:25:29.900
 Look at verse 6.

00:25:30.000 --> 00:25:30.360
 You see,

00:25:31.039 --> 00:25:32.360
 I gave my back.

00:25:34.500 --> 00:25:35.279
 This isn't just

00:25:35.279 --> 00:25:36.960
 some innocent bystander

00:25:36.960 --> 00:25:37.860
 who's been forced

00:25:37.860 --> 00:25:38.600
 into the situation

00:25:38.600 --> 00:25:39.539
 against his will.

00:25:40.539 --> 00:25:41.120
 Do you remember

00:25:41.120 --> 00:25:41.940
 John 10?

00:25:42.100 --> 00:25:42.779
 This is why

00:25:42.779 --> 00:25:43.860
 the Father loves me.

00:25:44.220 --> 00:25:45.360
 Because I laid

00:25:45.359 --> 00:25:46.279
 down my life.

00:25:46.479 --> 00:25:47.439
 No one takes it

00:25:47.439 --> 00:25:47.919
 from me.

00:25:48.240 --> 00:25:49.039
 I have the authority

00:25:49.039 --> 00:25:50.179
 to lay it down

00:25:50.179 --> 00:25:51.399
 and take it up again.

00:25:51.740 --> 00:25:52.299
 This is why

00:25:52.299 --> 00:25:52.979
 the Father loves me.

00:25:53.039 --> 00:25:54.179
 I lay down my life.

00:26:00.059 --> 00:26:01.339
 There's no virtue

00:26:01.339 --> 00:26:02.179
 in suffering

00:26:02.179 --> 00:26:03.199
 for suffering's sake.

00:26:04.959 --> 00:26:05.919
 But suffering

00:26:05.919 --> 00:26:07.119
 accepted

00:26:07.119 --> 00:26:08.299
 willingly

00:26:08.299 --> 00:26:09.359
 out of obedience

00:26:09.359 --> 00:26:09.839
 to God

00:26:09.839 --> 00:26:10.539
 is infinitely

00:26:10.539 --> 00:26:11.059
 precious.

00:26:13.279 --> 00:26:13.959
 Paul says,

00:26:14.159 --> 00:26:14.859
 let this mind

00:26:14.859 --> 00:26:15.179
 give you,

00:26:15.379 --> 00:26:16.359
 let this be

00:26:16.359 --> 00:26:17.139
 the model.

00:26:19.139 --> 00:26:19.859
 Let this be

00:26:19.859 --> 00:26:20.839
 the Christian mind.

00:26:20.959 --> 00:26:21.439
 Let him be

00:26:21.439 --> 00:26:22.299
 your role model.

00:26:23.199 --> 00:26:23.839
 That he did not

00:26:23.839 --> 00:26:24.639
 consider equality

00:26:24.639 --> 00:26:25.019
 with God

00:26:25.019 --> 00:26:25.579
 something to be

00:26:25.579 --> 00:26:26.019
 grasped

00:26:26.019 --> 00:26:26.659
 but made himself

00:26:26.659 --> 00:26:27.199
 nothing

00:26:27.199 --> 00:26:27.939
 taking the very

00:26:27.939 --> 00:26:28.859
 nature of a servant.

00:26:29.399 --> 00:26:30.299
 He humbled himself

00:26:30.299 --> 00:26:31.079
 becoming obedient

00:26:31.079 --> 00:26:31.779
 to death,

00:26:31.879 --> 00:26:32.479
 even death

00:26:32.479 --> 00:26:33.119
 on a cross.

00:26:35.939 --> 00:26:36.459
 That's the

00:26:36.459 --> 00:26:37.039
 Christian life.

00:26:37.039 --> 00:26:41.920
 ministers

00:26:41.920 --> 00:26:45.139
 have pity parties.

00:26:46.359 --> 00:26:46.920
 We go to our

00:26:46.920 --> 00:26:47.359
 conferences

00:26:47.359 --> 00:26:49.420
 and you see

00:26:49.420 --> 00:26:50.299
 you want to see

00:26:50.299 --> 00:26:51.339
 how hard my church is.

00:26:51.420 --> 00:26:51.700
 You want to see

00:26:51.700 --> 00:26:52.819
 how hard this is.

00:26:58.519 --> 00:26:59.339
 People can let you

00:26:59.339 --> 00:26:59.759
 down,

00:27:00.359 --> 00:27:00.779
 can't they?

00:27:02.359 --> 00:27:02.879
 You can be

00:27:02.879 --> 00:27:03.339
 disappointed.

00:27:03.460 --> 00:27:04.139
 Your family can

00:27:04.139 --> 00:27:04.460
 suffer.

00:27:04.460 --> 00:27:05.900
 You can be

00:27:05.900 --> 00:27:06.700
 misrepresented

00:27:06.700 --> 00:27:07.539
 as a Christian.

00:27:07.720 --> 00:27:07.880
 You can be

00:27:07.880 --> 00:27:08.500
 humiliated.

00:27:08.579 --> 00:27:08.819
 But what

00:27:08.819 --> 00:27:09.460
 did you expect?

00:27:12.920 --> 00:27:13.440
 Paul says,

00:27:13.500 --> 00:27:13.960
 I want to know

00:27:13.960 --> 00:27:14.660
 him and the

00:27:14.660 --> 00:27:15.140
 power of his

00:27:15.140 --> 00:27:15.620
 resurrection.

00:27:15.779 --> 00:27:15.840
 Well,

00:27:15.880 --> 00:27:16.360
 we can all do

00:27:16.360 --> 00:27:16.920
 without that

00:27:16.920 --> 00:27:17.299
 power.

00:27:17.579 --> 00:27:18.160
 I want to know

00:27:18.160 --> 00:27:18.559
 him and the

00:27:18.559 --> 00:27:19.059
 power of his

00:27:19.059 --> 00:27:19.660
 resurrection.

00:27:20.340 --> 00:27:21.000
 But why?

00:27:22.059 --> 00:27:22.779
 Why does

00:27:22.779 --> 00:27:23.279
 Paul say we

00:27:23.279 --> 00:27:23.579
 should know

00:27:23.579 --> 00:27:24.100
 the power of

00:27:24.100 --> 00:27:24.559
 the resurrection

00:27:24.559 --> 00:27:25.059
 so that we

00:27:25.059 --> 00:27:25.600
 can share in

00:27:25.600 --> 00:27:26.420
 his sufferings

00:27:26.420 --> 00:27:27.360
 and be like

00:27:27.360 --> 00:27:27.660
 him in his

00:27:27.660 --> 00:27:28.039
 death?

00:27:28.039 --> 00:27:30.480
 And that's

00:27:30.480 --> 00:27:31.319
 why we need

00:27:31.319 --> 00:27:31.899
 this supernatural

00:27:31.899 --> 00:27:32.899
 power of God

00:27:32.899 --> 00:27:33.339
 so that we

00:27:33.339 --> 00:27:33.799
 can be like

00:27:33.799 --> 00:27:34.159
 him in his

00:27:34.159 --> 00:27:34.639
 suffering and

00:27:34.639 --> 00:27:35.159
 his death.

00:27:37.579 --> 00:27:38.240
 Jesus said,

00:27:38.279 --> 00:27:38.619
 if you come

00:27:38.619 --> 00:27:39.059
 after me,

00:27:39.139 --> 00:27:39.619
 take up your

00:27:39.619 --> 00:27:42.139
 cross and

00:27:42.139 --> 00:27:42.740
 follow me.

00:27:44.539 --> 00:27:44.980
 The servant

00:27:44.980 --> 00:27:45.399
 speaks,

00:27:45.500 --> 00:27:45.720
 the servant

00:27:45.720 --> 00:27:46.099
 listens,

00:27:46.279 --> 00:27:46.480
 the servant

00:27:46.480 --> 00:27:47.099
 obeys and

00:27:47.099 --> 00:27:47.379
 the servant

00:27:47.379 --> 00:27:47.740
 suffers.

00:27:49.779 --> 00:27:50.379
 He's not

00:27:50.379 --> 00:27:50.899
 just the

00:27:50.899 --> 00:27:51.579
 humble listener

00:27:51.579 --> 00:27:52.579
 and the

00:27:52.579 --> 00:27:53.259
 gentle teacher,

00:27:54.480 --> 00:27:55.379
 but he's

00:27:55.379 --> 00:27:55.779
 also the

00:27:55.779 --> 00:27:56.039
 innocent

00:27:56.039 --> 00:27:56.700
 sufferer.

00:27:58.039 --> 00:28:00.980
 bearing shame

00:28:00.980 --> 00:28:02.980
 and scoffing

00:28:02.980 --> 00:28:03.240
 rude.

00:28:03.319 --> 00:28:03.619
 In my

00:28:03.619 --> 00:28:03.940
 place

00:28:03.940 --> 00:28:04.359
 condemned,

00:28:04.500 --> 00:28:04.859
 he stood.

00:28:07.019 --> 00:28:07.460
 Behold,

00:28:07.539 --> 00:28:07.980
 the man upon

00:28:07.980 --> 00:28:08.480
 a cross,

00:28:08.579 --> 00:28:09.299
 my sin upon

00:28:09.299 --> 00:28:09.759
 his shoulder,

00:28:09.899 --> 00:28:10.240
 ashamed,

00:28:10.700 --> 00:28:11.440
 I hear my

00:28:11.440 --> 00:28:12.159
 mocking verse.

00:28:13.460 --> 00:28:13.839
 The crowd

00:28:13.839 --> 00:28:14.259
 muster

00:28:14.259 --> 00:28:14.759
 scoffers.

00:28:15.720 --> 00:28:16.299
 He speaks,

00:28:16.399 --> 00:28:16.899
 he listens,

00:28:18.299 --> 00:28:18.920
 he obeys,

00:28:20.680 --> 00:28:21.460
 he suffers,

00:28:21.599 --> 00:28:22.079
 he trusts,

00:28:23.440 --> 00:28:23.940
 he trusts.

00:28:24.019 --> 00:28:24.559
 Verse 7.

00:28:26.180 --> 00:28:26.639
 He sees

00:28:26.639 --> 00:28:27.159
 beyond the

00:28:27.159 --> 00:28:27.460
 suffering,

00:28:27.579 --> 00:28:27.819
 doesn't he,

00:28:27.819 --> 00:28:28.480
 in verse 7.

00:28:30.740 --> 00:28:31.079
 And he

00:28:31.079 --> 00:28:31.339
 says,

00:28:31.399 --> 00:28:31.639
 he who

00:28:31.639 --> 00:28:32.159
 vindicated

00:28:32.159 --> 00:28:32.639
 me is

00:28:32.639 --> 00:28:33.000
 near.

00:28:36.259 --> 00:28:36.819
 He is

00:28:36.819 --> 00:28:37.099
 near.

00:28:38.839 --> 00:28:39.279
 Therefore,

00:28:39.399 --> 00:28:39.740
 I've not

00:28:39.740 --> 00:28:39.939
 been

00:28:39.939 --> 00:28:40.439
 disgraced.

00:28:40.700 --> 00:28:41.240
 But the

00:28:41.240 --> 00:28:41.939
 Lord helps

00:28:41.939 --> 00:28:42.179
 me.

00:28:42.839 --> 00:28:43.079
 Therefore,

00:28:43.179 --> 00:28:43.480
 I've not

00:28:43.480 --> 00:28:43.639
 been

00:28:43.639 --> 00:28:44.139
 disgraced.

00:28:44.879 --> 00:28:45.319
 The

00:28:45.319 --> 00:28:45.679
 sovereign

00:28:45.679 --> 00:28:46.299
 Lord will

00:28:46.299 --> 00:28:46.799
 see to it

00:28:46.799 --> 00:28:47.039
 that I

00:28:47.039 --> 00:28:47.379
 am not

00:28:47.379 --> 00:28:48.000
 disgraced.

00:28:50.179 --> 00:28:50.740
 Luke 9

00:28:50.740 --> 00:28:51.139
 tells us

00:28:51.139 --> 00:28:51.480
 what time

00:28:51.480 --> 00:28:51.980
 Jesus was

00:28:51.980 --> 00:28:52.259
 walking

00:28:52.259 --> 00:28:52.559
 towards

00:28:52.559 --> 00:28:52.899
 Jerusalem,

00:28:52.980 --> 00:28:53.379
 he sees

00:28:53.379 --> 00:28:53.819
 the city,

00:28:54.500 --> 00:28:54.859
 and there's

00:28:54.859 --> 00:28:55.139
 a real

00:28:55.139 --> 00:28:55.539
 look of

00:28:55.539 --> 00:28:56.139
 determination

00:28:56.139 --> 00:28:56.460
 in his

00:28:56.460 --> 00:28:56.799
 eyes,

00:28:56.799 --> 00:28:57.159
 and the

00:28:57.159 --> 00:28:57.579
 disciples

00:28:57.579 --> 00:28:57.899
 are

00:28:57.899 --> 00:28:58.460
 astonished.

00:28:58.579 --> 00:28:58.700
 It's

00:28:58.700 --> 00:28:58.940
 as if

00:28:58.940 --> 00:28:59.259
 they think

00:28:59.259 --> 00:28:59.419
 he's

00:28:59.419 --> 00:28:59.599
 really

00:28:59.599 --> 00:28:59.859
 going to

00:28:59.859 --> 00:29:00.220
 do it.

00:29:01.460 --> 00:29:01.759
 He's

00:29:01.759 --> 00:29:02.019
 going to

00:29:02.019 --> 00:29:02.619
 go to

00:29:02.619 --> 00:29:03.019
 Jerusalem.

00:29:03.759 --> 00:29:04.019
 He's

00:29:04.019 --> 00:29:04.200
 going to

00:29:04.200 --> 00:29:04.519
 walk

00:29:04.519 --> 00:29:05.059
 straight into

00:29:05.059 --> 00:29:05.419
 trouble.

00:29:05.879 --> 00:29:06.339
 He knows

00:29:06.339 --> 00:29:06.579
 it.

00:29:07.579 --> 00:29:08.200
 It's not

00:29:08.200 --> 00:29:08.879
 just spin.

00:29:09.019 --> 00:29:09.379
 He knows

00:29:09.379 --> 00:29:09.759
 what's going

00:29:09.759 --> 00:29:10.119
 to happen.

00:29:10.819 --> 00:29:10.980
 Now,

00:29:11.059 --> 00:29:11.399
 why would

00:29:11.399 --> 00:29:11.839
 anyone do

00:29:11.839 --> 00:29:11.980
 that?

00:29:12.059 --> 00:29:12.359
 Why would

00:29:12.359 --> 00:29:13.099
 anyone walk

00:29:13.099 --> 00:29:13.639
 deliberately

00:29:13.639 --> 00:29:13.960
 to their

00:29:13.960 --> 00:29:14.519
 own death?

00:29:14.519 --> 00:29:18.400
 well,

00:29:18.460 --> 00:29:19.119
 because he

00:29:19.119 --> 00:29:19.539
 says,

00:29:19.879 --> 00:29:21.660
 the Lord

00:29:21.660 --> 00:29:22.220
 helps me,

00:29:23.519 --> 00:29:24.279
 therefore I

00:29:24.279 --> 00:29:24.759
 have not

00:29:24.759 --> 00:29:24.980
 been

00:29:24.980 --> 00:29:25.639
 disgraced.

00:29:26.440 --> 00:29:26.980
 Verse 8,

00:29:27.099 --> 00:29:27.559
 he who

00:29:27.559 --> 00:29:28.299
 vindicates

00:29:28.299 --> 00:29:28.799
 me is

00:29:28.799 --> 00:29:29.220
 near.

00:29:30.539 --> 00:29:30.920
 Yes,

00:29:31.079 --> 00:29:31.480
 he will

00:29:31.480 --> 00:29:32.139
 be condemned

00:29:32.139 --> 00:29:32.660
 in the

00:29:32.660 --> 00:29:33.220
 courts of

00:29:33.220 --> 00:29:33.579
 men,

00:29:34.379 --> 00:29:34.900
 but he

00:29:34.900 --> 00:29:35.160
 will be

00:29:35.160 --> 00:29:35.700
 vindicated

00:29:35.700 --> 00:29:36.019
 in the

00:29:36.019 --> 00:29:36.440
 courts of

00:29:36.440 --> 00:29:36.720
 heaven.

00:29:38.879 --> 00:29:39.559
 Who will

00:29:39.559 --> 00:29:40.200
 contend with

00:29:40.200 --> 00:29:40.379
 me?

00:29:40.799 --> 00:29:41.139
 Let us

00:29:41.139 --> 00:29:41.639
 stand here.

00:29:41.839 --> 00:29:42.359
 Who is

00:29:42.359 --> 00:29:43.160
 my adversary?

00:29:43.160 --> 00:29:44.360
 Let him

00:29:44.360 --> 00:29:44.779
 come near

00:29:44.779 --> 00:29:45.060
 to me.

00:29:45.140 --> 00:29:45.500
 Behold,

00:29:46.019 --> 00:29:46.300
 the Lord

00:29:46.300 --> 00:29:46.640
 God

00:29:46.640 --> 00:29:47.060
 helps me.

00:29:47.100 --> 00:29:47.320
 Who will

00:29:47.320 --> 00:29:47.860
 declare me

00:29:47.860 --> 00:29:48.140
 guilty?

00:29:48.519 --> 00:29:48.880
 Behold,

00:29:48.980 --> 00:29:49.400
 all of

00:29:49.400 --> 00:29:49.680
 them will

00:29:49.680 --> 00:29:50.180
 wear out

00:29:50.180 --> 00:29:50.519
 like a

00:29:50.519 --> 00:29:50.840
 garment.

00:29:51.080 --> 00:29:51.540
 The moth

00:29:51.540 --> 00:29:52.400
 will eat

00:29:52.400 --> 00:29:52.640
 them up.

00:29:52.680 --> 00:29:52.940
 It's like

00:29:52.940 --> 00:29:53.640
 when Indiana

00:29:53.640 --> 00:29:54.160
 Jones in

00:29:54.160 --> 00:29:54.460
 the films,

00:29:54.519 --> 00:29:54.860
 he goes

00:29:54.860 --> 00:29:55.240
 into a

00:29:55.240 --> 00:29:55.600
 tomb,

00:29:56.160 --> 00:29:56.460
 and there's

00:29:56.460 --> 00:29:56.700
 a little

00:29:56.700 --> 00:29:57.160
 shroud,

00:29:57.259 --> 00:29:57.420
 and you

00:29:57.420 --> 00:29:58.140
 touch it,

00:29:58.380 --> 00:29:58.600
 and it's

00:29:58.600 --> 00:29:58.880
 like a

00:29:58.880 --> 00:29:59.540
 puff of

00:29:59.540 --> 00:29:59.900
 smoke.

00:30:01.440 --> 00:30:01.759
 Who are

00:30:01.759 --> 00:30:02.480
 those who

00:30:02.480 --> 00:30:02.960
 accuse me?

00:30:03.140 --> 00:30:03.360
 Who are

00:30:03.360 --> 00:30:03.820
 those who

00:30:03.820 --> 00:30:06.040
 sit in

00:30:06.040 --> 00:30:06.580
 his palace

00:30:06.580 --> 00:30:07.340
 like Pilate?

00:30:07.880 --> 00:30:08.279
 Herod,

00:30:08.400 --> 00:30:08.920
 and Rome,

00:30:08.980 --> 00:30:09.220
 what are

00:30:09.220 --> 00:30:09.620
 they like?

00:30:09.700 --> 00:30:10.040
 They are

00:30:10.040 --> 00:30:10.500
 like,

00:30:10.700 --> 00:30:11.140
 verse 9,

00:30:11.140 --> 00:30:11.640
 moth-eaten

00:30:11.640 --> 00:30:12.120
 garments.

00:30:12.220 --> 00:30:12.540
 You blow

00:30:12.540 --> 00:30:12.759
 on them

00:30:12.759 --> 00:30:13.000
 and they

00:30:13.000 --> 00:30:13.360
 disappear.

00:30:15.460 --> 00:30:16.220
 People go

00:30:16.220 --> 00:30:16.740
 to Rome

00:30:16.740 --> 00:30:17.360
 to visit

00:30:17.360 --> 00:30:18.200
 the ruins.

00:30:21.140 --> 00:30:21.620
 People

00:30:21.620 --> 00:30:22.220
 call their

00:30:22.220 --> 00:30:22.800
 dogs

00:30:22.800 --> 00:30:23.420
 Nero,

00:30:24.160 --> 00:30:24.600
 and their

00:30:24.600 --> 00:30:24.980
 sons

00:30:24.980 --> 00:30:25.520
 Paul.

00:30:27.900 --> 00:30:28.340
 Who are

00:30:28.340 --> 00:30:28.740
 those who

00:30:28.740 --> 00:30:29.300
 stand against

00:30:29.300 --> 00:30:29.640
 Jesus?

00:30:29.980 --> 00:30:30.380
 Who is

00:30:30.380 --> 00:30:30.700
 going to

00:30:30.700 --> 00:30:31.140
 accuse him?

00:30:31.200 --> 00:30:31.520
 Who will

00:30:31.520 --> 00:30:32.220
 stand against

00:30:32.220 --> 00:30:32.400
 him?

00:30:32.740 --> 00:30:33.340
 Islam

00:30:33.340 --> 00:30:35.620
 will not

00:30:35.620 --> 00:30:36.560
 stand before

00:30:36.560 --> 00:30:36.860
 him.

00:30:38.460 --> 00:30:39.060
 Buddha

00:30:39.059 --> 00:30:41.339
 bow his

00:30:41.339 --> 00:30:42.200
 chubby knees

00:30:42.200 --> 00:30:42.659
 to you.

00:30:45.139 --> 00:30:45.779
 And every

00:30:45.779 --> 00:30:46.200
 tongue will

00:30:46.200 --> 00:30:46.700
 confess.

00:30:49.159 --> 00:30:49.519
 And so I

00:30:49.519 --> 00:30:49.899
 don't know if

00:30:49.899 --> 00:30:50.159
 you're being

00:30:50.159 --> 00:30:50.779
 slandered or

00:30:50.779 --> 00:30:51.500
 persecuted or

00:30:51.500 --> 00:30:52.179
 written off by

00:30:52.179 --> 00:30:52.960
 society, but

00:30:52.960 --> 00:30:53.419
 you need to

00:30:53.419 --> 00:30:53.819
 know this,

00:30:53.899 --> 00:30:54.519
 all of that

00:30:54.519 --> 00:30:55.500
 will disintegrate

00:30:55.500 --> 00:30:56.240
 like a moth

00:30:56.240 --> 00:30:56.639
 on the day

00:30:56.639 --> 00:30:57.019
 of judgment.

00:30:58.240 --> 00:30:58.940
 And every

00:30:58.940 --> 00:30:59.399
 knee will

00:30:59.399 --> 00:30:59.799
 bow.

00:31:02.659 --> 00:31:03.119
 And so what

00:31:03.119 --> 00:31:03.399
 happened?

00:31:03.500 --> 00:31:03.980
 God reversed

00:31:03.980 --> 00:31:04.440
 the verdict,

00:31:04.539 --> 00:31:04.779
 didn't it?

00:31:04.799 --> 00:31:05.339
 They thought

00:31:05.339 --> 00:31:06.599
 we'll crucify

00:31:06.599 --> 00:31:07.359
 him with

00:31:07.359 --> 00:31:08.039
 wicked hands

00:31:08.039 --> 00:31:08.700
 and crucify

00:31:08.700 --> 00:31:08.960
 him.

00:31:09.059 --> 00:31:09.500
 You thought

00:31:09.500 --> 00:31:09.720
 we're

00:31:09.720 --> 00:31:10.099
 finished

00:31:10.099 --> 00:31:10.399
 with him.

00:31:10.440 --> 00:31:10.599
 We'll

00:31:10.599 --> 00:31:10.960
 remember

00:31:10.960 --> 00:31:11.419
 Jesus of

00:31:11.419 --> 00:31:11.740
 Nazareth

00:31:11.740 --> 00:31:12.099
 in ten

00:31:12.099 --> 00:31:12.259
 years'

00:31:12.339 --> 00:31:12.500
 time.

00:31:12.859 --> 00:31:13.220
 But this

00:31:13.220 --> 00:31:13.659
 same

00:31:13.659 --> 00:31:14.079
 Jesus,

00:31:14.200 --> 00:31:14.500
 the preaching

00:31:14.500 --> 00:31:14.879
 of Acts

00:31:14.879 --> 00:31:15.399
 tells us,

00:31:15.720 --> 00:31:16.319
 you took

00:31:16.319 --> 00:31:17.960
 and crucified

00:31:17.960 --> 00:31:18.399
 God,

00:31:18.500 --> 00:31:18.759
 raised him

00:31:18.759 --> 00:31:19.039
 from the

00:31:19.039 --> 00:31:19.279
 dead,

00:31:20.299 --> 00:31:20.740
 and made

00:31:20.740 --> 00:31:20.960
 him to

00:31:20.960 --> 00:31:21.200
 be the

00:31:21.200 --> 00:31:21.539
 Lord and

00:31:21.539 --> 00:31:21.919
 Christ.

00:31:22.940 --> 00:31:23.220
 And by

00:31:23.220 --> 00:31:23.619
 doing that

00:31:23.619 --> 00:31:24.119
 he served

00:31:24.119 --> 00:31:24.720
 notice that

00:31:24.720 --> 00:31:25.299
 one day,

00:31:25.379 --> 00:31:25.740
 on that

00:31:25.740 --> 00:31:26.859
 final day,

00:31:27.759 --> 00:31:28.240
 every knee

00:31:28.240 --> 00:31:28.559
 will bow

00:31:28.559 --> 00:31:28.859
 to him and

00:31:28.859 --> 00:31:29.259
 every tongue

00:31:29.259 --> 00:31:29.839
 confess that

00:31:29.839 --> 00:31:30.399
 Jesus Christ

00:31:30.399 --> 00:31:30.799
 is Lord.

00:31:33.559 --> 00:31:34.099
 Now look

00:31:34.099 --> 00:31:34.619
 with me again

00:31:34.619 --> 00:31:35.279
 at verses

00:31:35.279 --> 00:31:35.980
 eight and

00:31:35.980 --> 00:31:36.220
 nine.

00:31:36.339 --> 00:31:36.579
 Where have

00:31:36.579 --> 00:31:36.839
 you seen

00:31:36.839 --> 00:31:37.299
 them before?

00:31:37.299 --> 00:31:38.899
 Where have

00:31:38.899 --> 00:31:39.180
 you seen

00:31:39.180 --> 00:31:39.759
 them before?

00:31:40.940 --> 00:31:41.519
 They should

00:31:41.519 --> 00:31:41.879
 ring a

00:31:41.879 --> 00:31:42.119
 bow,

00:31:42.220 --> 00:31:42.419
 shouldn't

00:31:42.419 --> 00:31:42.639
 they?

00:31:47.019 --> 00:31:47.519
 Just look at

00:31:47.519 --> 00:31:47.839
 them again.

00:31:47.940 --> 00:31:48.220
 Who will

00:31:48.220 --> 00:31:48.859
 contend with

00:31:48.859 --> 00:31:49.039
 me?

00:31:49.039 --> 00:31:52.659
 who is my

00:31:52.659 --> 00:31:53.220
 adversary?

00:31:54.740 --> 00:31:55.139
 It's

00:31:55.139 --> 00:31:55.359
 Romans

00:31:55.359 --> 00:31:55.720
 eight.

00:31:56.779 --> 00:31:59.259
 Who will

00:31:59.259 --> 00:31:59.639
 bring any

00:31:59.639 --> 00:32:00.279
 charge against

00:32:00.279 --> 00:32:00.879
 God's elect?

00:32:00.960 --> 00:32:01.399
 If God is

00:32:01.399 --> 00:32:01.980
 for us,

00:32:02.039 --> 00:32:02.579
 who can be

00:32:02.579 --> 00:32:03.339
 against us?

00:32:03.960 --> 00:32:04.420
 In the

00:32:04.420 --> 00:32:05.119
 resurrection of

00:32:05.119 --> 00:32:05.639
 Jesus Christ,

00:32:05.720 --> 00:32:06.539
 not only is he

00:32:06.539 --> 00:32:07.000
 vindicated,

00:32:07.119 --> 00:32:07.700
 but because we

00:32:07.700 --> 00:32:08.619
 are united to

00:32:08.619 --> 00:32:08.940
 Christ,

00:32:09.399 --> 00:32:09.819
 we are

00:32:09.819 --> 00:32:10.440
 vindicated in

00:32:10.440 --> 00:32:10.639
 him.

00:32:11.799 --> 00:32:12.180
 He was

00:32:12.180 --> 00:32:12.759
 delivered for

00:32:12.759 --> 00:32:13.299
 our offenses.

00:32:13.519 --> 00:32:13.960
 He didn't

00:32:13.960 --> 00:32:14.619
 die for any

00:32:14.619 --> 00:32:15.119
 crime he

00:32:15.119 --> 00:32:15.399
 committed.

00:32:17.399 --> 00:32:17.980
 He was

00:32:17.980 --> 00:32:18.420
 delivered for

00:32:18.420 --> 00:32:18.940
 our offenses,

00:32:19.039 --> 00:32:19.460
 and raised

00:32:19.460 --> 00:32:19.759
 for our

00:32:19.759 --> 00:32:20.299
 justification.

00:32:22.460 --> 00:32:22.839
 As we

00:32:22.839 --> 00:32:23.059
 close,

00:32:23.119 --> 00:32:23.259
 there are

00:32:23.259 --> 00:32:23.639
 only two

00:32:23.639 --> 00:32:24.279
 responses you

00:32:24.279 --> 00:32:24.759
 can make to

00:32:24.759 --> 00:32:25.039
 this.

00:32:27.359 --> 00:32:28.059
 Verses 10

00:32:28.059 --> 00:32:28.440
 and 11,

00:32:28.539 --> 00:32:28.920
 you can go

00:32:28.920 --> 00:32:29.639
 the servant's

00:32:29.639 --> 00:32:29.899
 way,

00:32:31.379 --> 00:32:31.799
 and you can

00:32:31.799 --> 00:32:32.500
 follow him,

00:32:33.799 --> 00:32:34.359
 or you can

00:32:34.359 --> 00:32:34.920
 make a path

00:32:34.920 --> 00:32:35.559
 for yourself.

00:32:37.579 --> 00:32:37.819
 Who,

00:32:37.879 --> 00:32:38.319
 verses 10

00:32:38.319 --> 00:32:38.720
 and 11?

00:32:41.019 --> 00:32:41.440
 George

00:32:41.440 --> 00:32:42.299
 VI was

00:32:42.299 --> 00:32:43.339
 the present

00:32:43.339 --> 00:32:43.839
 queen's

00:32:43.839 --> 00:32:44.220
 father.

00:32:45.420 --> 00:32:45.839
 A genuine

00:32:45.839 --> 00:32:46.440
 Christian man,

00:32:46.519 --> 00:32:47.299
 he's the guy

00:32:47.299 --> 00:32:47.500
 from the

00:32:47.500 --> 00:32:47.759
 king's

00:32:47.759 --> 00:32:48.039
 speech.

00:32:49.039 --> 00:32:49.539
 And he

00:32:49.539 --> 00:32:49.759
 made a

00:32:49.759 --> 00:32:50.259
 very famous

00:32:50.259 --> 00:32:50.559
 speech,

00:32:50.619 --> 00:32:50.759
 you may

00:32:50.759 --> 00:32:51.059
 know it,

00:32:51.139 --> 00:32:51.500
 on Christmas

00:32:51.500 --> 00:32:51.740
 day,

00:32:51.799 --> 00:32:52.399
 1939,

00:32:52.680 --> 00:32:53.059
 three months

00:32:53.059 --> 00:32:53.519
 after Britain

00:32:53.519 --> 00:32:54.359
 declared war.

00:32:55.579 --> 00:32:55.940
 And he

00:32:55.940 --> 00:32:56.420
 said this,

00:32:56.420 --> 00:32:58.640
 I believe

00:32:58.640 --> 00:32:59.039
 from my

00:32:59.039 --> 00:32:59.680
 heart that the

00:32:59.680 --> 00:33:00.200
 cause which

00:33:00.200 --> 00:33:00.940
 binds together

00:33:00.940 --> 00:33:01.460
 our people

00:33:01.460 --> 00:33:01.920
 and our

00:33:01.920 --> 00:33:02.539
 gallant and

00:33:02.539 --> 00:33:03.400
 faithful allies

00:33:03.400 --> 00:33:03.840
 is the

00:33:03.840 --> 00:33:04.420
 cause of

00:33:04.420 --> 00:33:04.800
 Christian

00:33:04.800 --> 00:33:05.600
 civilization.

00:33:06.340 --> 00:33:06.940
 On no

00:33:06.940 --> 00:33:07.600
 other basis

00:33:07.600 --> 00:33:08.200
 can a true

00:33:08.200 --> 00:33:09.080
 civilization be

00:33:09.080 --> 00:33:09.380
 built.

00:33:10.380 --> 00:33:10.920
 Let us

00:33:10.920 --> 00:33:11.820
 remember that

00:33:11.820 --> 00:33:12.240
 through the

00:33:12.240 --> 00:33:12.860
 dark times

00:33:12.860 --> 00:33:13.440
 ahead of us,

00:33:13.519 --> 00:33:14.019
 and when we

00:33:14.019 --> 00:33:14.440
 are making

00:33:14.440 --> 00:33:14.980
 the peace

00:33:14.980 --> 00:33:15.340
 for which

00:33:15.340 --> 00:33:15.940
 all men

00:33:15.940 --> 00:33:16.320
 pray.

00:33:17.460 --> 00:33:17.960
 A new

00:33:17.960 --> 00:33:18.680
 year is at

00:33:18.680 --> 00:33:18.960
 hand,

00:33:19.039 --> 00:33:19.420
 we cannot

00:33:19.420 --> 00:33:20.039
 tell what

00:33:20.039 --> 00:33:20.259
 it will

00:33:20.259 --> 00:33:20.660
 bring.

00:33:20.759 --> 00:33:21.039
 If it

00:33:21.039 --> 00:33:21.720
 brings peace,

00:33:22.220 --> 00:33:22.860
 how thankful

00:33:22.860 --> 00:33:23.420
 we should all

00:33:23.420 --> 00:33:23.680
 be.

00:33:23.680 --> 00:33:24.920
 If it

00:33:24.920 --> 00:33:25.240
 brings

00:33:25.240 --> 00:33:25.799
 continued

00:33:25.799 --> 00:33:26.220
 struggle,

00:33:26.360 --> 00:33:26.700
 we shall

00:33:26.700 --> 00:33:27.700
 be undaunted.

00:33:28.700 --> 00:33:29.299
 In the

00:33:29.299 --> 00:33:29.620
 meantime,

00:33:29.900 --> 00:33:30.500
 I feel that

00:33:30.500 --> 00:33:30.779
 we shall

00:33:30.779 --> 00:33:31.380
 all find

00:33:31.380 --> 00:33:31.960
 courage with

00:33:31.960 --> 00:33:33.000
 the words

00:33:33.000 --> 00:33:33.340
 with which

00:33:33.340 --> 00:33:33.960
 I close.

00:33:35.000 --> 00:33:35.920
 I said to

00:33:35.920 --> 00:33:36.259
 the man

00:33:36.259 --> 00:33:36.680
 who stood

00:33:36.680 --> 00:33:36.940
 at the

00:33:36.940 --> 00:33:37.299
 gate of

00:33:37.299 --> 00:33:37.600
 the year,

00:33:37.720 --> 00:33:38.019
 give me

00:33:38.019 --> 00:33:38.600
 a light,

00:33:39.340 --> 00:33:39.720
 that I

00:33:39.720 --> 00:33:40.160
 may tread

00:33:40.160 --> 00:33:40.980
 safely into

00:33:40.980 --> 00:33:41.500
 the unknown.

00:33:42.360 --> 00:33:42.799
 And he

00:33:42.799 --> 00:33:43.180
 replied,

00:33:43.320 --> 00:33:43.740
 go out

00:33:43.740 --> 00:33:44.180
 into the

00:33:44.180 --> 00:33:44.600
 darkness,

00:33:44.759 --> 00:33:45.060
 and put

00:33:45.060 --> 00:33:45.720
 your hand

00:33:45.720 --> 00:33:46.120
 into the

00:33:46.120 --> 00:33:46.580
 hand of

00:33:46.580 --> 00:33:46.960
 God,

00:33:47.580 --> 00:33:47.980
 and that

00:33:47.980 --> 00:33:48.380
 shall be

00:33:48.380 --> 00:33:48.680
 to you

00:33:48.680 --> 00:33:49.180
 better than

00:33:49.180 --> 00:33:49.519
 light,

00:33:50.320 --> 00:33:50.860
 and safer

00:33:50.860 --> 00:33:51.200
 than a

00:33:51.200 --> 00:33:51.440
 known

00:33:51.440 --> 00:33:51.799
 way.

00:33:53.680 --> 00:33:54.340
 Isn't

00:33:54.340 --> 00:33:54.580
 that what

00:33:54.580 --> 00:33:55.080
 Isaiah is

00:33:55.080 --> 00:33:55.360
 saying in

00:33:55.360 --> 00:33:55.840
 verse 10?

00:33:59.880 --> 00:34:00.460
 Isaiah is

00:34:00.460 --> 00:34:00.759
 saying to

00:34:00.759 --> 00:34:01.259
 the exiles,

00:34:01.340 --> 00:34:01.519
 and he

00:34:01.519 --> 00:34:01.880
 says to

00:34:01.880 --> 00:34:02.160
 you and

00:34:02.160 --> 00:34:02.340
 I,

00:34:02.440 --> 00:34:02.799
 put your

00:34:02.799 --> 00:34:03.299
 hand into

00:34:03.299 --> 00:34:03.660
 the hand

00:34:03.660 --> 00:34:04.120
 of God,

00:34:05.799 --> 00:34:06.500
 and it

00:34:06.500 --> 00:34:06.920
 will be

00:34:06.920 --> 00:34:07.340
 to you

00:34:07.340 --> 00:34:07.960
 better than

00:34:07.960 --> 00:34:08.300
 light,

00:34:08.480 --> 00:34:08.940
 safer than

00:34:08.940 --> 00:34:09.320
 a known

00:34:09.320 --> 00:34:09.680
 way.

00:34:11.760 --> 00:34:12.099
 And when

00:34:12.099 --> 00:34:12.420
 you do

00:34:12.420 --> 00:34:12.579
 that,

00:34:12.639 --> 00:34:12.960
 when you

00:34:12.960 --> 00:34:13.760
 repent of

00:34:13.760 --> 00:34:13.980
 your

00:34:13.980 --> 00:34:14.539
 autonomy,

00:34:17.380 --> 00:34:17.820
 and when

00:34:17.820 --> 00:34:18.380
 you say,

00:34:18.539 --> 00:34:18.760
 Lord,

00:34:18.860 --> 00:34:19.500
 I am no

00:34:19.500 --> 00:34:20.019
 longer going

00:34:20.019 --> 00:34:20.460
 to run

00:34:20.460 --> 00:34:20.880
 my life,

00:34:20.980 --> 00:34:21.159
 I'm going

00:34:21.159 --> 00:34:21.519
 to allow

00:34:21.519 --> 00:34:22.000
 you,

00:34:22.380 --> 00:34:22.940
 by your

00:34:22.940 --> 00:34:23.639
 word and

00:34:23.639 --> 00:34:24.099
 spirit to

00:34:24.099 --> 00:34:24.739
 run my

00:34:24.739 --> 00:34:25.219
 life,

00:34:26.420 --> 00:34:27.019
 the lights

00:34:27.019 --> 00:34:27.659
 don't suddenly

00:34:27.659 --> 00:34:28.219
 switch on,

00:34:28.379 --> 00:34:28.639
 do they?

00:34:31.219 --> 00:34:31.759
 And as

00:34:31.759 --> 00:34:32.139
 a Christian,

00:34:32.259 --> 00:34:32.679
 we have to

00:34:32.679 --> 00:34:32.859
 say,

00:34:32.920 --> 00:34:33.219
 a lot of

00:34:33.219 --> 00:34:33.559
 the time,

00:34:33.619 --> 00:34:33.980
 you're still

00:34:33.980 --> 00:34:34.239
 in the

00:34:34.239 --> 00:34:34.599
 dark,

00:34:36.339 --> 00:34:37.139
 and there

00:34:37.139 --> 00:34:37.539
 are still

00:34:37.539 --> 00:34:38.339
 many dark

00:34:38.339 --> 00:34:38.980
 experiences.

00:34:41.359 --> 00:34:41.839
 They were

00:34:41.839 --> 00:34:42.519
 in exile in

00:34:42.519 --> 00:34:42.799
 Babylon,

00:34:42.980 --> 00:34:43.440
 but there is

00:34:43.440 --> 00:34:44.079
 bereavement,

00:34:44.179 --> 00:34:44.480
 and there is

00:34:44.480 --> 00:34:45.139
 despair,

00:34:45.339 --> 00:34:45.659
 and there is

00:34:45.659 --> 00:34:46.199
 depression,

00:34:46.460 --> 00:34:46.859
 and there is

00:34:46.859 --> 00:34:47.639
 loneliness in

00:34:47.639 --> 00:34:48.000
 the Christian

00:34:48.000 --> 00:34:48.420
 life.

00:34:51.500 --> 00:34:52.099
 But this

00:34:52.099 --> 00:34:53.599
 promise to

00:34:53.599 --> 00:34:54.360
 the exiles

00:34:54.360 --> 00:34:56.219
 is a

00:34:56.219 --> 00:34:56.659
 promise for

00:34:56.659 --> 00:34:56.900
 you and

00:34:56.900 --> 00:34:57.179
 I,

00:34:59.259 --> 00:34:59.940
 that as

00:34:59.940 --> 00:35:00.559
 life is

00:35:00.559 --> 00:35:01.059
 difficult,

00:35:02.159 --> 00:35:02.799
 like it

00:35:02.799 --> 00:35:03.159
 was for

00:35:03.159 --> 00:35:03.339
 them,

00:35:03.420 --> 00:35:04.000
 immersed in

00:35:04.000 --> 00:35:04.719
 alien culture,

00:35:04.880 --> 00:35:05.259
 fumbling

00:35:05.259 --> 00:35:05.759
 around the

00:35:05.759 --> 00:35:06.059
 corner,

00:35:06.139 --> 00:35:06.380
 they didn't

00:35:06.380 --> 00:35:06.759
 know what

00:35:06.759 --> 00:35:07.039
 was going

00:35:07.039 --> 00:35:07.299
 to happen

00:35:07.299 --> 00:35:07.679
 next,

00:35:07.719 --> 00:35:07.940
 but if

00:35:07.940 --> 00:35:08.279
 you put

00:35:08.279 --> 00:35:08.960
 your hand

00:35:08.960 --> 00:35:09.719
 into the

00:35:09.719 --> 00:35:10.139
 hand of

00:35:10.139 --> 00:35:10.699
 God,

00:35:11.980 --> 00:35:12.500
 it will

00:35:12.500 --> 00:35:12.920
 be better

00:35:12.920 --> 00:35:13.579
 to you

00:35:13.579 --> 00:35:15.259
 than a

00:35:15.259 --> 00:35:15.940
 known way,

00:35:16.839 --> 00:35:17.759
 better than

00:35:17.759 --> 00:35:18.159
 light.

00:35:18.159 --> 00:35:18.199
 church.

00:35:20.199 --> 00:35:20.699
 And if

00:35:20.699 --> 00:35:21.299
 you've never

00:35:21.299 --> 00:35:21.920
 done that,

00:35:21.980 --> 00:35:22.199
 will you

00:35:22.199 --> 00:35:22.460
 do it

00:35:22.460 --> 00:35:22.899
 this morning?

00:35:24.579 --> 00:35:24.879
 Will you

00:35:24.879 --> 00:35:25.399
 trust in

00:35:25.399 --> 00:35:25.799
 God to

00:35:25.799 --> 00:35:26.239
 follow his

00:35:26.239 --> 00:35:26.440
 sermon?

00:35:26.539 --> 00:35:26.759
 We have

00:35:26.759 --> 00:35:27.159
 the benefit

00:35:27.159 --> 00:35:27.639
 of hindsight.

00:35:28.139 --> 00:35:28.779
 Isaiah saw

00:35:28.779 --> 00:35:29.420
 palely,

00:35:29.500 --> 00:35:29.839
 didn't he?

00:35:30.379 --> 00:35:30.779
 But we

00:35:30.779 --> 00:35:31.139
 see in

00:35:31.139 --> 00:35:31.599
 fulfilment

00:35:31.599 --> 00:35:32.119
 that Jesus

00:35:32.119 --> 00:35:32.719
 is God's

00:35:32.719 --> 00:35:33.000
 servant,

00:35:33.639 --> 00:35:34.219
 who came

00:35:34.219 --> 00:35:34.839
 not to be

00:35:34.839 --> 00:35:35.219
 served,

00:35:35.299 --> 00:35:35.559
 but to

00:35:35.559 --> 00:35:35.960
 serve and

00:35:35.960 --> 00:35:36.259
 give his

00:35:36.259 --> 00:35:36.759
 life as a

00:35:36.759 --> 00:35:37.239
 ransom for

00:35:37.239 --> 00:35:37.399
 many.

00:35:37.460 --> 00:35:37.759
 So won't

00:35:37.759 --> 00:35:38.059
 you put

00:35:38.059 --> 00:35:38.480
 your hand

00:35:38.480 --> 00:35:38.940
 into his?

00:35:40.819 --> 00:35:41.440
 Because there

00:35:41.440 --> 00:35:41.779
 is an

00:35:41.779 --> 00:35:42.619
 alternative if

00:35:42.619 --> 00:35:43.179
 you will not

00:35:43.179 --> 00:35:43.539
 do that.

00:35:43.599 --> 00:35:44.039
 Can you see

00:35:44.039 --> 00:35:44.359
 that in

00:35:44.359 --> 00:35:44.879
 verse 11?

00:35:44.880 --> 00:35:46.260
 that if

00:35:46.260 --> 00:35:46.599
 you won't

00:35:46.599 --> 00:35:47.140
 trust him,

00:35:47.200 --> 00:35:47.500
 the only

00:35:47.500 --> 00:35:47.900
 person you

00:35:47.900 --> 00:35:48.300
 can trust

00:35:48.300 --> 00:35:49.000
 is yourself.

00:35:53.440 --> 00:35:53.880
 That,

00:35:53.960 --> 00:35:54.039
 yeah,

00:35:54.140 --> 00:35:54.660
 feel free,

00:35:55.099 --> 00:35:55.559
 kindle a

00:35:55.559 --> 00:35:55.900
 fire,

00:35:56.559 --> 00:35:57.160
 who equip

00:35:57.160 --> 00:35:57.559
 yourselves

00:35:57.559 --> 00:35:58.000
 with burning

00:35:58.000 --> 00:35:58.360
 torches,

00:35:58.500 --> 00:35:59.059
 walk by the

00:35:59.059 --> 00:35:59.480
 light of your

00:35:59.480 --> 00:35:59.860
 fire and

00:35:59.860 --> 00:36:00.119
 by the

00:36:00.119 --> 00:36:00.460
 torches

00:36:00.460 --> 00:36:00.780
 that you've

00:36:00.780 --> 00:36:01.059
 kindled.

00:36:01.340 --> 00:36:01.800
 This you

00:36:01.800 --> 00:36:02.220
 have from

00:36:02.220 --> 00:36:02.940
 my hand,

00:36:03.640 --> 00:36:03.840
 that you

00:36:03.840 --> 00:36:04.180
 shall lie

00:36:04.180 --> 00:36:04.539
 down in

00:36:04.539 --> 00:36:05.099
 torment.

00:36:08.519 --> 00:36:09.079
 That's the

00:36:09.079 --> 00:36:09.579
 alternative.

00:36:11.760 --> 00:36:12.599
 To live

00:36:12.599 --> 00:36:13.119
 life.

00:36:14.880 --> 00:36:15.260
 By your

00:36:15.260 --> 00:36:15.760
 own way.

00:36:17.240 --> 00:36:17.860
 To light

00:36:17.860 --> 00:36:18.320
 your own

00:36:18.320 --> 00:36:18.760
 torch.

00:36:21.680 --> 00:36:22.460
 To refuse

00:36:22.460 --> 00:36:22.920
 to put your

00:36:22.920 --> 00:36:23.380
 hand in

00:36:23.380 --> 00:36:23.780
 his hand,

00:36:23.840 --> 00:36:24.280
 to say we

00:36:24.280 --> 00:36:24.840
 can't trust

00:36:24.840 --> 00:36:25.340
 the servant.

00:36:25.960 --> 00:36:26.480
 To not

00:36:26.480 --> 00:36:27.019
 trust the

00:36:27.019 --> 00:36:27.340
 one who's

00:36:27.340 --> 00:36:27.619
 got the

00:36:27.619 --> 00:36:28.099
 words to

00:36:28.099 --> 00:36:28.800
 sustain you.

00:36:29.119 --> 00:36:29.619
 The one

00:36:29.619 --> 00:36:30.019
 who laid

00:36:30.019 --> 00:36:30.420
 down his

00:36:30.420 --> 00:36:31.000
 life for

00:36:31.000 --> 00:36:31.200
 you.

00:36:31.519 --> 00:36:31.780
 And you

00:36:31.780 --> 00:36:32.440
 can't trust

00:36:32.440 --> 00:36:33.180
 yourself to

00:36:33.180 --> 00:36:33.460
 him.

00:36:37.019 --> 00:36:37.700
 And so

00:36:37.700 --> 00:36:38.079
 you will

00:36:38.079 --> 00:36:38.440
 lie down

00:36:38.440 --> 00:36:38.840
 in torment.

00:36:40.200 --> 00:36:40.740
 And torment

00:36:40.740 --> 00:36:41.720
 means torment.

00:36:41.719 --> 00:36:44.919
 to light

00:36:44.919 --> 00:36:45.239
 your own

00:36:45.239 --> 00:36:45.459
 torch.

00:36:45.539 --> 00:36:45.659
 There are

00:36:45.659 --> 00:36:46.039
 only two

00:36:46.039 --> 00:36:46.480
 ways to

00:36:46.480 --> 00:36:46.659
 go.

00:36:46.779 --> 00:36:46.839
 And

00:36:46.839 --> 00:36:47.139
 whichever

00:36:47.139 --> 00:36:50.419
 way you

00:36:50.419 --> 00:36:51.099
 choose,

00:36:51.299 --> 00:36:51.719
 God will

00:36:51.719 --> 00:36:52.019
 give you

00:36:52.019 --> 00:36:52.599
 exactly what

00:36:52.599 --> 00:36:52.919
 you ask

00:36:52.919 --> 00:36:53.139
 for.

00:36:54.959 --> 00:36:55.480
 You can

00:36:55.480 --> 00:36:55.959
 either rely

00:36:55.959 --> 00:36:56.359
 on him,

00:36:56.459 --> 00:36:56.699
 and he

00:36:56.699 --> 00:36:57.099
 will take

00:36:57.099 --> 00:36:57.399
 you through

00:36:57.399 --> 00:36:57.879
 the darkness

00:36:57.879 --> 00:36:58.259
 of this

00:36:58.259 --> 00:36:58.980
 life safely,

00:36:59.559 --> 00:37:00.000
 or,

00:37:00.099 --> 00:37:00.480
 verse 10,

00:37:00.519 --> 00:37:00.859
 you choose

00:37:00.859 --> 00:37:01.259
 to ignore

00:37:01.259 --> 00:37:01.819
 him, live

00:37:01.819 --> 00:37:02.119
 by your

00:37:02.119 --> 00:37:02.599
 own light,

00:37:02.699 --> 00:37:02.939
 and he

00:37:02.939 --> 00:37:03.399
 will leave

00:37:03.399 --> 00:37:03.759
 you on

00:37:03.759 --> 00:37:04.139
 your own

00:37:04.139 --> 00:37:04.839
 now and

00:37:04.839 --> 00:37:05.539
 forever and

00:37:05.539 --> 00:37:06.019
 ever and

00:37:06.019 --> 00:37:06.219
 ever.

00:37:07.739 --> 00:37:08.259
 That's what

00:37:08.259 --> 00:37:08.539
 the Bible

00:37:08.539 --> 00:37:09.019
 means by

00:37:09.019 --> 00:37:09.359
 tell.

00:37:09.360 --> 00:37:11.800
 And it

00:37:11.800 --> 00:37:12.340
 is out of

00:37:12.340 --> 00:37:12.760
 darkness,

00:37:12.980 --> 00:37:13.200
 and it

00:37:13.200 --> 00:37:13.700
 is out of

00:37:13.700 --> 00:37:14.140
 torment.

00:37:15.519 --> 00:37:15.960
 And so I

00:37:15.960 --> 00:37:16.480
 plead with you

00:37:16.480 --> 00:37:16.900
 this morning.

00:37:19.640 --> 00:37:20.180
 You will

00:37:20.180 --> 00:37:20.900
 have no one

00:37:20.900 --> 00:37:21.320
 to blame

00:37:21.320 --> 00:37:22.099
 but yourself.

00:37:24.260 --> 00:37:25.019
 We receive

00:37:25.019 --> 00:37:25.340
 from the

00:37:25.340 --> 00:37:25.940
 Lord exactly

00:37:25.940 --> 00:37:26.320
 what we

00:37:26.320 --> 00:37:26.800
 ask for.

00:37:28.579 --> 00:37:29.180
 Trust in

00:37:29.180 --> 00:37:29.480
 him,

00:37:30.920 --> 00:37:31.240
 and you

00:37:31.240 --> 00:37:31.480
 will lie

00:37:31.480 --> 00:37:31.820
 down in

00:37:31.820 --> 00:37:32.140
 safety.

00:37:33.940 --> 00:37:34.480
 Trust in

00:37:34.480 --> 00:37:35.000
 yourself,

00:37:36.579 --> 00:37:37.099
 and you

00:37:37.099 --> 00:37:37.340
 will lie

00:37:37.340 --> 00:37:37.660
 down in

00:37:37.660 --> 00:37:37.920
 torment.

00:37:39.360 --> 00:37:39.720
 Let's

00:37:39.720 --> 00:37:39.960
 pray.

00:37:39.960 --> 00:37:40.340
 Let's

00:37:40.340 --> 00:37:39.980
 pray.

00:37:39.980 --> 00:37:40.340
 Let's

00:37:40.340 --> 00:37:39.980
 pray.