WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:11.960 As we come to God's Word this morning, we will be in the book of Mark, chapter 10, verse 46. 00:00:14.120 --> 00:00:17.379 Mark, chapter 10, verse 46. 00:00:17.620 --> 00:00:20.559 We've just finished a series on the Psalms through the summer, 00:00:21.500 --> 00:00:24.100 looking at individual ones, different ones each Sunday. 00:00:24.820 --> 00:00:30.160 And starting next Sunday, Lord willing, we'll be beginning our journey through the pastoral epistles, 00:00:30.300 --> 00:00:33.280 looking at 1 Timothy, 2 Timothy, and Titus, 00:00:34.060 --> 00:00:38.420 and learning what they have, what God has to say through those letters to us. 00:00:39.480 --> 00:00:47.980 But this morning, we're looking at a small moment, seemingly, in the story of Jesus. 00:00:47.980 --> 00:00:50.219 So Mark, chapter 10, verse 46. 00:00:54.100 --> 00:00:58.560 I'm going to read it, and then we'll pray, and then we'll jump in. 00:00:58.560 --> 00:01:01.900 Then they came to Jericho. 00:01:03.380 --> 00:01:07.740 As Jesus and his disciples, together with a large crowd, were leaving the city, 00:01:08.700 --> 00:01:16.079 a blind man, Bartimaeus, which means son of Timaeus, was sitting by the roadside begging. 00:01:17.659 --> 00:01:20.680 When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to shout, 00:01:21.680 --> 00:01:25.780 Jesus, son of David, have mercy on me. 00:01:25.780 --> 00:01:33.659 Many rebuked him and told him to be quiet, but he shouted all the more, 00:01:34.540 --> 00:01:37.000 Son of David, have mercy on me. 00:01:39.320 --> 00:01:41.579 Jesus stopped and said, Call him. 00:01:42.859 --> 00:01:44.560 So they called to the blind man, 00:01:45.840 --> 00:01:49.040 Cheer up, on your feet, he's calling you. 00:01:50.480 --> 00:01:55.379 Throwing his cloak aside, he jumped to his feet and came to Jesus. 00:01:55.780 --> 00:01:59.239 What do you want me to do for you? 00:01:59.439 --> 00:02:00.340 Jesus asked him. 00:02:01.420 --> 00:02:05.920 The blind man said, Rabbi, I want to see. 00:02:08.060 --> 00:02:09.460 Go, said Jesus. 00:02:10.379 --> 00:02:12.000 Your faith has healed you. 00:02:13.460 --> 00:02:19.080 Immediately, he received his sight and followed Jesus along the road. 00:02:19.080 --> 00:02:25.320 Father in heaven, as we look now into your word, 00:02:26.460 --> 00:02:30.240 we pray that your spirit would open our hearts to what you have said. 00:02:30.900 --> 00:02:34.980 Help us to see what you did, to understand it. 00:02:35.740 --> 00:02:38.680 And we pray that our hearts would be changed and touched by it. 00:02:38.680 --> 00:02:44.340 We know that you have not just spoken to the people who originally received this back then, 00:02:44.420 --> 00:02:46.420 but that your word is for us today. 00:02:46.560 --> 00:02:51.560 And so may we see that connection to our own lives and our own story. 00:02:51.680 --> 00:02:52.960 We ask in Jesus' name. 00:02:53.760 --> 00:02:54.000 Amen. 00:02:54.140 --> 00:02:54.540 Amen. 00:02:58.140 --> 00:03:03.580 Now to many of us, this may sound like a cute little story we hear in Sunday school. 00:03:03.580 --> 00:03:09.580 We may struggle to grasp the significance of it, the point. 00:03:09.920 --> 00:03:13.780 We've grown up hearing many of these little miracles of Jesus, 00:03:13.960 --> 00:03:14.980 these things that he did. 00:03:16.400 --> 00:03:21.200 To really grasp this, what it's all about, we need to go back. 00:03:21.280 --> 00:03:25.400 We need to understand the full story of Jesus leading up to this point. 00:03:25.400 --> 00:03:30.360 It was about three years prior to this that Jesus of Nazareth appeared, 00:03:30.879 --> 00:03:35.740 seemingly out of nowhere to the nation, on the bank of the Jordan River. 00:03:37.080 --> 00:03:44.080 And John, the baptizing prophet, he began to point his followers to this man, Jesus. 00:03:45.640 --> 00:03:50.020 John said that this was the one that they'd all been waiting for, 00:03:51.080 --> 00:03:53.780 the one that God had chosen and sent. 00:03:53.780 --> 00:03:57.960 And very quickly, the attention of the whole nation all of a sudden shifted 00:03:57.960 --> 00:04:04.020 from John, the baptizing prophet, to now Jesus, this man from Nazareth. 00:04:04.599 --> 00:04:10.900 And people came from all over the nation to see Jesus, to hear Jesus. 00:04:11.699 --> 00:04:16.279 Some for miracles of healing, others just to hear his teaching. 00:04:18.220 --> 00:04:22.939 His teachings resonated deeply with many as having divine authority, 00:04:22.939 --> 00:04:27.579 God's authority in them, God's wisdom in them. 00:04:29.120 --> 00:04:32.459 Not only that, but of course, Jesus began to do miracles. 00:04:33.399 --> 00:04:34.819 All kinds of things. 00:04:35.860 --> 00:04:36.800 Great signs. 00:04:39.159 --> 00:04:45.199 Countless people were healed of all kinds of sicknesses, illnesses, diseases. 00:04:45.199 --> 00:04:48.959 Evil spirits were being cast out of people. 00:04:50.539 --> 00:04:56.039 On one occasion, the feeding of thousands with a boy's lunch out in the middle of nowhere. 00:04:56.040 --> 00:05:00.340 And other spectacular things. 00:05:00.340 --> 00:05:01.379 Walking on water. 00:05:01.879 --> 00:05:05.160 Even on one occasion, raising a little girl from the dead. 00:05:06.540 --> 00:05:08.600 Jesus took the spotlight of the nation. 00:05:09.160 --> 00:05:13.020 And the question that was rolling around in people's minds, 00:05:14.220 --> 00:05:16.660 who is this man? 00:05:16.660 --> 00:05:21.180 Is he a prophet sent by God? 00:05:22.720 --> 00:05:25.520 Is he the Messiah, the long-awaited Messiah? 00:05:27.520 --> 00:05:34.860 Or is he just a yokel, local, from the north, that's hoodwinking, gullible people? 00:05:34.860 --> 00:05:40.020 These are the discussions that they were having at dinner tables all over the country. 00:05:41.379 --> 00:05:44.160 And as time went on, many of you know the story. 00:05:44.360 --> 00:05:49.800 Jesus began to be loved by some, but hated by others. 00:05:50.840 --> 00:05:53.420 His followers who believed in him loved him. 00:05:53.420 --> 00:05:59.819 But the religious leaders and those who followed them, the religious leaders of the Jews, 00:06:00.020 --> 00:06:01.199 they didn't believe in him. 00:06:01.860 --> 00:06:04.840 And they got madder and madder at Jesus. 00:06:06.319 --> 00:06:09.639 And the tensions just kept rising between Jesus and his opponents. 00:06:10.379 --> 00:06:16.139 Until this moment, Jesus was on his way for the last time south to Jerusalem. 00:06:17.600 --> 00:06:19.300 Where he would be crucified. 00:06:19.300 --> 00:06:30.180 And on his way, Mark tells us that they came to the city of Jericho. 00:06:33.939 --> 00:06:38.439 Something special happened at the city gate of Jericho that Mark never forgot. 00:06:39.120 --> 00:06:41.620 Jesus and his disciples, they were just leaving the city. 00:06:42.300 --> 00:06:45.400 And there was a large crowd together with them. 00:06:45.399 --> 00:06:53.459 And there by the roadside, sitting on the ground, begging, was a blind man. 00:06:54.239 --> 00:06:55.899 A guy named Bartimaeus. 00:06:57.279 --> 00:07:01.120 Now we don't know, but somehow, Bartimaeus had heard about Jesus. 00:07:02.379 --> 00:07:08.659 He'd heard how Jesus had been curing people of all kinds of sicknesses and illnesses, even disabilities. 00:07:08.660 --> 00:07:16.040 And there he sat, Mark tells us, on the roadside, begging. 00:07:17.780 --> 00:07:25.460 I want to invite you right now just to close your eyes and imagine for a moment what it would be like to be blind. 00:07:27.600 --> 00:07:29.460 Unable to see the light of the sun. 00:07:31.460 --> 00:07:34.600 Unable to see the colors of things all around you. 00:07:34.600 --> 00:07:40.080 Unable to see the expressions on people's faces. 00:07:43.160 --> 00:07:47.000 Unable to judge just how far things are away from you. 00:07:49.160 --> 00:07:50.100 Everything's dark. 00:07:51.740 --> 00:07:56.100 You're totally dependent on sound and touch. 00:07:56.100 --> 00:08:01.960 Can you imagine having to go through your entire life like this? 00:08:04.700 --> 00:08:06.060 You can open your eyes now. 00:08:07.140 --> 00:08:10.260 We don't know the details of Bartimaeus' life. 00:08:11.600 --> 00:08:13.760 What put him to the streets to beg. 00:08:14.439 --> 00:08:19.340 But we do know that it was common for people in these days who had disabilities 00:08:19.339 --> 00:08:25.500 to be in poverty and to end up on the side of the road as beggars. 00:08:27.259 --> 00:08:31.479 Can you imagine that this is the way that you've found to put food in your stomach? 00:08:34.360 --> 00:08:38.600 Every day to get up and go to the gate of the city 00:08:38.600 --> 00:08:43.360 and call out to people for their spare change. 00:08:43.360 --> 00:08:51.500 Imagine that you are Bart, sitting there in the darkness of your condition 00:08:51.500 --> 00:08:55.340 and all of a sudden you hear this commotion. 00:08:55.899 --> 00:08:57.019 You hear the sounds. 00:08:57.159 --> 00:08:57.940 You hear the voices. 00:08:58.899 --> 00:08:59.919 You hear the footsteps. 00:09:00.700 --> 00:09:03.440 The murmur of a huge crowd approaching 00:09:03.440 --> 00:09:05.779 and it's getting louder and louder. 00:09:06.800 --> 00:09:08.220 And you wonder, what is this? 00:09:08.279 --> 00:09:08.840 What's happening? 00:09:08.840 --> 00:09:15.700 Well, somebody made it known to Bart that it was Jesus of Nazareth going by. 00:09:17.160 --> 00:09:20.480 And immediately a spark is lit in Bartimaeus 00:09:20.480 --> 00:09:24.080 that probably caught everybody around him off guard. 00:09:25.060 --> 00:09:27.160 Bartimaeus begins to shout. 00:09:28.060 --> 00:09:30.080 He begins to cry out with a loud voice. 00:09:33.720 --> 00:09:37.420 Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me. 00:09:38.840 --> 00:09:45.440 This is a good time to notice Mark's precise language. 00:09:46.200 --> 00:09:47.759 He began to shout. 00:09:49.780 --> 00:09:51.420 Not just that he shouted once, 00:09:51.540 --> 00:09:52.840 but he started to shout it 00:09:52.840 --> 00:09:56.620 and he continued to shout it repeatedly in this moment. 00:09:59.300 --> 00:10:01.920 And Bartimaeus must have been shouting it loudly 00:10:01.920 --> 00:10:03.379 and causing quite a commotion 00:10:03.379 --> 00:10:05.740 because as Mark tells us in verse 48, 00:10:05.740 --> 00:10:10.080 many rebuked him and told him to be quiet. 00:10:11.899 --> 00:10:14.840 Apparently, Bartimaeus was getting on people's nerves. 00:10:16.840 --> 00:10:18.460 He was dominating the moment. 00:10:18.639 --> 00:10:22.120 He was distracting people from what they wanted to be focused on. 00:10:22.180 --> 00:10:25.360 They wanted to be focused on Jesus now moving through the streets, 00:10:25.779 --> 00:10:27.080 walking through their city gates. 00:10:27.080 --> 00:10:31.740 But then this guy here, he's making too much noise. 00:10:32.879 --> 00:10:36.020 And notice who is rebuking Bartimaeus. 00:10:36.540 --> 00:10:39.180 It says many were rebuking him 00:10:39.180 --> 00:10:41.180 and telling him to be quiet. 00:10:41.300 --> 00:10:44.000 So just imagine for a moment that you are Bartimaeus. 00:10:44.200 --> 00:10:45.980 You're sitting there on the side of the road, 00:10:46.120 --> 00:10:47.080 calling out to Jesus. 00:10:47.520 --> 00:10:49.500 And everybody around you, it seems, 00:10:49.500 --> 00:10:51.580 is turning on you. 00:10:53.580 --> 00:10:56.399 They're saying things like, 00:10:57.120 --> 00:10:58.220 man, would you shut up? 00:10:58.419 --> 00:10:59.039 Be quiet. 00:10:59.720 --> 00:11:00.500 I'm trying to hear. 00:11:00.580 --> 00:11:01.320 I'm trying to see. 00:11:01.860 --> 00:11:03.340 You're making too much noise. 00:11:07.440 --> 00:11:10.200 And yet none of this dissuaded Bartimaeus 00:11:10.200 --> 00:11:11.600 from continuing on. 00:11:11.600 --> 00:11:13.940 It says he shouted all the more, 00:11:14.740 --> 00:11:17.759 son of David, have mercy on me. 00:11:19.500 --> 00:11:25.860 I love the persistence and the courage of Bartimaeus. 00:11:26.799 --> 00:11:29.799 There's probably also some desperation there as well. 00:11:30.960 --> 00:11:34.179 All of a sudden, Jesus stops. 00:11:35.600 --> 00:11:38.100 Jesus stopped and said, call him. 00:11:39.539 --> 00:11:41.559 So they called to the blind man, 00:11:41.799 --> 00:11:44.000 cheer up on your feet. 00:11:44.580 --> 00:11:45.519 He's calling you. 00:11:46.039 --> 00:11:48.259 Suddenly the attitude of the people near Bartimaeus 00:11:48.259 --> 00:11:49.659 just changes completely. 00:11:50.460 --> 00:11:51.740 Cheer up on your feet. 00:11:51.799 --> 00:11:52.620 He's calling you. 00:11:54.220 --> 00:11:56.019 Can you imagine how Bartimaeus 00:11:56.019 --> 00:11:57.460 must have felt in this moment? 00:11:58.600 --> 00:12:00.120 Think of how many times 00:12:00.120 --> 00:12:01.480 there on the side of the road 00:12:01.480 --> 00:12:03.000 people had passed him by. 00:12:05.539 --> 00:12:07.340 And now here is the one person 00:12:07.340 --> 00:12:09.240 he wants to see most in the whole world. 00:12:09.240 --> 00:12:11.179 And yes, with all the people here, 00:12:11.240 --> 00:12:12.480 with the whole crowd here, 00:12:12.659 --> 00:12:14.860 he's stopping for me. 00:12:14.860 --> 00:12:17.060 He's calling me. 00:12:21.060 --> 00:12:22.480 Throwing his cloak aside, 00:12:22.899 --> 00:12:25.800 he jumped to his feet and came to Jesus. 00:12:26.200 --> 00:12:27.960 We don't have cloaks like they did 00:12:27.960 --> 00:12:29.700 back in their day and place, 00:12:29.820 --> 00:12:31.000 but usually in the Bible, 00:12:31.180 --> 00:12:32.399 it's that piece of clothing 00:12:32.399 --> 00:12:34.019 that hinders your movement. 00:12:34.940 --> 00:12:36.800 And so you either tuck it in 00:12:36.800 --> 00:12:38.039 or you throw it off. 00:12:38.779 --> 00:12:40.460 And that's what Bart does. 00:12:40.519 --> 00:12:41.659 He throws it to the side, 00:12:41.659 --> 00:12:42.799 he jumps to his feet 00:12:42.799 --> 00:12:44.480 and he goes to Jesus. 00:12:45.620 --> 00:12:46.899 We see his eagerness. 00:12:47.059 --> 00:12:48.719 He's not going to miss this opportunity. 00:12:49.679 --> 00:12:50.799 He gets to Jesus. 00:12:52.620 --> 00:12:54.399 Jesus asks what he wants. 00:13:01.500 --> 00:13:02.480 And he says, 00:13:02.600 --> 00:13:02.860 Rabbi, 00:13:02.860 --> 00:13:05.699 I want to see. 00:13:05.700 --> 00:13:12.000 Beggars usually only ask 00:13:12.000 --> 00:13:13.600 for one thing. 00:13:14.340 --> 00:13:16.280 I don't know what your experience has been. 00:13:16.580 --> 00:13:17.240 Occasionally, 00:13:17.379 --> 00:13:18.440 something else maybe. 00:13:19.520 --> 00:13:20.379 But usually, 00:13:20.620 --> 00:13:21.560 it's one thing. 00:13:22.940 --> 00:13:23.540 Money. 00:13:26.060 --> 00:13:27.820 Bartimaeus asks for something 00:13:27.820 --> 00:13:29.600 far greater. 00:13:31.360 --> 00:13:34.020 Something way bigger than money. 00:13:35.700 --> 00:13:36.960 He asks for something 00:13:36.960 --> 00:13:38.300 that no amount of money 00:13:38.300 --> 00:13:39.220 could ever buy. 00:13:40.600 --> 00:13:42.759 I want to see, 00:13:43.920 --> 00:13:44.860 says Bartimaeus. 00:13:45.460 --> 00:13:47.420 That's what I want you to do for me, 00:13:47.759 --> 00:13:48.060 Jesus. 00:13:50.840 --> 00:13:51.900 And amazingly, 00:13:52.820 --> 00:13:54.160 Jesus gives Bartimaeus 00:13:54.160 --> 00:13:56.960 exactly what he asks for. 00:13:58.540 --> 00:13:59.780 Go, said Jesus. 00:13:59.920 --> 00:14:01.360 Your faith has healed you. 00:14:02.520 --> 00:14:03.040 Immediately, 00:14:03.259 --> 00:14:04.460 he received his sight 00:14:04.460 --> 00:14:06.340 and followed Jesus 00:14:06.340 --> 00:14:07.460 along the road. 00:14:11.200 --> 00:14:11.660 Now, 00:14:11.700 --> 00:14:12.920 I hope that our first response 00:14:12.920 --> 00:14:13.639 to this story 00:14:13.639 --> 00:14:14.360 is awe 00:14:14.360 --> 00:14:16.160 and wonder. 00:14:17.120 --> 00:14:18.100 Awe and wonder 00:14:18.100 --> 00:14:19.620 that Jesus can do this. 00:14:20.320 --> 00:14:21.280 He restored sight 00:14:21.280 --> 00:14:22.560 to a blind person. 00:14:24.540 --> 00:14:24.740 I mean, 00:14:24.780 --> 00:14:26.019 this is no easy thing 00:14:26.019 --> 00:14:29.700 to really appreciate this. 00:14:29.759 --> 00:14:30.900 Some of us might have to 00:14:30.900 --> 00:14:32.160 take another visit 00:14:32.160 --> 00:14:33.240 to the optometrist. 00:14:33.240 --> 00:14:35.399 You know, 00:14:35.500 --> 00:14:36.379 nearsightedness, 00:14:36.519 --> 00:14:37.440 farsightedness, 00:14:38.279 --> 00:14:39.200 astigmatism, 00:14:39.399 --> 00:14:40.180 those kinds of things 00:14:40.180 --> 00:14:40.980 can be corrected 00:14:40.980 --> 00:14:43.000 with a device 00:14:43.000 --> 00:14:43.740 that they give you 00:14:43.740 --> 00:14:44.620 to put over top 00:14:44.620 --> 00:14:45.779 of your nose 00:14:45.779 --> 00:14:47.600 or in your eyeballs. 00:14:50.039 --> 00:14:51.019 Worst problems, 00:14:51.139 --> 00:14:51.779 glaucoma, 00:14:51.980 --> 00:14:52.659 cataracts, 00:14:52.799 --> 00:14:53.500 and certain types 00:14:53.500 --> 00:14:54.519 of retinal detachment 00:14:54.519 --> 00:14:55.279 can sometimes 00:14:55.279 --> 00:14:56.039 be cleared up 00:14:56.039 --> 00:14:57.320 or mended 00:14:57.320 --> 00:14:58.259 with surgery. 00:14:59.200 --> 00:15:00.240 But here's a man 00:15:00.240 --> 00:15:01.340 who had no sight. 00:15:01.340 --> 00:15:03.019 He was blind. 00:15:04.500 --> 00:15:05.920 And Jesus restores 00:15:05.920 --> 00:15:06.740 his sight to him 00:15:06.740 --> 00:15:07.540 in a moment 00:15:07.540 --> 00:15:09.360 with a word. 00:15:11.040 --> 00:15:12.160 This is the power 00:15:12.160 --> 00:15:12.720 of God 00:15:12.720 --> 00:15:14.100 at work 00:15:14.100 --> 00:15:15.100 in this moment. 00:15:16.500 --> 00:15:17.379 So I hope 00:15:17.379 --> 00:15:18.399 that our first response 00:15:18.399 --> 00:15:19.080 is awe 00:15:19.080 --> 00:15:20.600 and wonder. 00:15:22.000 --> 00:15:22.500 Next, 00:15:22.560 --> 00:15:23.100 we've got to ask 00:15:23.100 --> 00:15:23.540 the question, 00:15:23.660 --> 00:15:24.200 what's the meaning 00:15:24.200 --> 00:15:24.960 of this miracle? 00:15:25.860 --> 00:15:27.060 What is this all about? 00:15:27.059 --> 00:15:28.659 If God is at work 00:15:28.659 --> 00:15:29.659 here in this moment, 00:15:30.179 --> 00:15:31.339 what's he doing? 00:15:31.579 --> 00:15:32.339 What does it mean? 00:15:34.079 --> 00:15:35.279 And we're not going 00:15:35.279 --> 00:15:35.779 to look at all 00:15:35.779 --> 00:15:36.379 the passages 00:15:36.379 --> 00:15:37.099 this afternoon. 00:15:37.419 --> 00:15:38.259 We've done that 00:15:38.259 --> 00:15:40.000 over the last couple years 00:15:40.000 --> 00:15:40.739 as we work through 00:15:40.739 --> 00:15:41.779 the Gospel of John. 00:15:42.639 --> 00:15:43.719 But the clear teaching 00:15:43.719 --> 00:15:44.579 of the New Testament 00:15:44.579 --> 00:15:46.399 is that Jesus' miracles 00:15:46.399 --> 00:15:47.739 served as signs. 00:15:49.039 --> 00:15:49.879 They were confirmation 00:15:49.879 --> 00:15:50.799 from God 00:15:50.799 --> 00:15:52.159 that he really was 00:15:52.159 --> 00:15:53.939 who he said he was, 00:15:53.940 --> 00:15:55.600 that he really was 00:15:55.600 --> 00:15:57.180 the one God had chosen. 00:15:57.660 --> 00:15:58.800 And so the miracles 00:15:58.800 --> 00:16:00.120 authenticated him 00:16:00.120 --> 00:16:01.380 to the people. 00:16:02.620 --> 00:16:03.440 Of course, yes, 00:16:03.520 --> 00:16:04.120 they were also 00:16:04.120 --> 00:16:05.200 acts of mercy 00:16:05.200 --> 00:16:06.180 for the benefit 00:16:06.180 --> 00:16:06.760 of the people 00:16:06.760 --> 00:16:08.140 who received those healings. 00:16:08.240 --> 00:16:09.260 No doubt about that. 00:16:11.100 --> 00:16:12.280 But God wasn't going 00:16:12.280 --> 00:16:13.000 to just call them 00:16:13.000 --> 00:16:13.520 to believe 00:16:13.520 --> 00:16:14.340 without giving them 00:16:14.340 --> 00:16:14.960 evidence 00:16:14.960 --> 00:16:16.760 that yes, 00:16:16.860 --> 00:16:17.600 he is the one 00:16:17.600 --> 00:16:18.480 I'm speaking through. 00:16:18.600 --> 00:16:19.940 His words are my words. 00:16:20.480 --> 00:16:21.640 And so that's 00:16:21.640 --> 00:16:22.800 the general meaning 00:16:22.800 --> 00:16:23.760 of the miracles 00:16:23.759 --> 00:16:24.360 of Jesus 00:16:24.360 --> 00:16:25.100 that the Bible 00:16:25.100 --> 00:16:26.120 steers us towards. 00:16:27.399 --> 00:16:28.319 And if we're meant 00:16:28.319 --> 00:16:29.519 to look at this miracle 00:16:29.519 --> 00:16:31.460 in that framework, 00:16:31.860 --> 00:16:33.080 through that lens, 00:16:33.580 --> 00:16:34.720 as a sign 00:16:34.720 --> 00:16:36.179 that points to something 00:16:36.179 --> 00:16:37.340 about Jesus, 00:16:38.019 --> 00:16:38.879 what are we meant 00:16:38.879 --> 00:16:39.460 to see 00:16:39.460 --> 00:16:41.399 or conclude 00:16:41.399 --> 00:16:42.120 about Jesus 00:16:42.120 --> 00:16:43.939 through this? 00:16:45.620 --> 00:16:47.080 I think the significance 00:16:47.080 --> 00:16:49.879 of this entire passage, 00:16:50.019 --> 00:16:51.120 this entire moment, 00:16:51.659 --> 00:16:53.139 is found in the title 00:16:53.139 --> 00:16:55.059 that Bartimaeus gives 00:16:55.059 --> 00:16:55.639 to Jesus. 00:16:56.480 --> 00:16:57.500 Let's look again 00:16:57.500 --> 00:16:58.600 at verse 47. 00:17:00.159 --> 00:17:00.620 Jesus, 00:17:01.100 --> 00:17:02.860 son of David, 00:17:03.659 --> 00:17:05.299 have mercy 00:17:05.299 --> 00:17:06.139 on me. 00:17:08.740 --> 00:17:09.819 So Bartimaeus 00:17:09.819 --> 00:17:10.660 calls Jesus 00:17:10.660 --> 00:17:11.599 the son 00:17:11.599 --> 00:17:12.720 of David. 00:17:14.400 --> 00:17:15.599 And we don't have time 00:17:15.599 --> 00:17:16.079 this morning 00:17:16.079 --> 00:17:18.200 to fully unpack that. 00:17:18.299 --> 00:17:19.039 We could go back 00:17:19.039 --> 00:17:20.039 into the Old Testament 00:17:20.039 --> 00:17:20.779 and look through 00:17:20.779 --> 00:17:21.920 all those passages. 00:17:23.799 --> 00:17:24.659 Hopefully you're 00:17:24.659 --> 00:17:25.339 noticing this, 00:17:25.399 --> 00:17:25.779 those of you 00:17:25.779 --> 00:17:26.240 who are reading 00:17:26.240 --> 00:17:27.019 through the Bible. 00:17:27.539 --> 00:17:28.399 There's a whole 00:17:28.399 --> 00:17:29.460 backstory here. 00:17:29.680 --> 00:17:30.480 There's a covenant 00:17:30.480 --> 00:17:31.579 that God made 00:17:31.579 --> 00:17:32.859 with David 00:17:32.859 --> 00:17:34.720 almost a thousand years 00:17:34.720 --> 00:17:35.720 before all this. 00:17:36.180 --> 00:17:37.339 God sent his prophet 00:17:37.339 --> 00:17:37.920 Samuel 00:17:37.920 --> 00:17:39.740 to anoint David, 00:17:39.839 --> 00:17:40.639 to pour oil 00:17:40.639 --> 00:17:41.700 over David's head, 00:17:41.759 --> 00:17:42.500 which signified 00:17:42.500 --> 00:17:43.339 that he is 00:17:43.339 --> 00:17:44.599 my chosen king 00:17:44.599 --> 00:17:45.740 for my people, 00:17:45.740 --> 00:17:46.240 Israel. 00:17:47.180 --> 00:17:49.299 And God would go on 00:17:49.299 --> 00:17:50.160 to make that special 00:17:50.160 --> 00:17:51.200 covenant with David 00:17:51.200 --> 00:17:52.000 and promise 00:17:52.000 --> 00:17:52.900 that his kingdom 00:17:52.900 --> 00:17:54.339 would endure forever, 00:17:54.559 --> 00:17:55.559 from generation 00:17:55.559 --> 00:17:56.519 to generation, 00:17:57.559 --> 00:17:57.920 forever. 00:17:58.779 --> 00:17:59.940 And then from that time 00:17:59.940 --> 00:18:00.339 on, 00:18:00.380 --> 00:18:01.279 as we keep working 00:18:01.279 --> 00:18:03.000 our way through history, 00:18:03.180 --> 00:18:04.279 God sent prophets 00:18:04.279 --> 00:18:05.620 and he added promises 00:18:05.620 --> 00:18:07.420 to that covenant 00:18:07.420 --> 00:18:08.420 and that promise. 00:18:09.420 --> 00:18:09.940 Prophecies, 00:18:11.000 --> 00:18:11.819 many of them 00:18:11.819 --> 00:18:12.759 expanding upon 00:18:12.759 --> 00:18:13.299 all of that, 00:18:13.359 --> 00:18:13.920 that one day 00:18:13.920 --> 00:18:15.240 God is going to restore 00:18:15.240 --> 00:18:16.440 the kingdom of Israel. 00:18:19.339 --> 00:18:20.960 Even after it had been 00:18:20.960 --> 00:18:22.380 conquered by foreign empires, 00:18:22.500 --> 00:18:23.400 one day he's going 00:18:23.400 --> 00:18:24.620 to restore the kingdom 00:18:24.620 --> 00:18:25.720 to Israel 00:18:25.720 --> 00:18:27.160 and through Israel 00:18:27.160 --> 00:18:28.720 establish the greatest 00:18:28.720 --> 00:18:29.799 kingdom that this world 00:18:29.799 --> 00:18:30.720 has ever known 00:18:30.720 --> 00:18:33.440 and it will be 00:18:33.440 --> 00:18:34.240 the last kingdom 00:18:34.240 --> 00:18:34.779 on earth. 00:18:35.559 --> 00:18:36.440 So great, 00:18:36.599 --> 00:18:37.039 so big, 00:18:37.099 --> 00:18:37.819 that it will fill up 00:18:37.819 --> 00:18:38.539 the whole world. 00:18:39.599 --> 00:18:40.900 And on the throne 00:18:40.900 --> 00:18:41.660 of this kingdom, 00:18:41.900 --> 00:18:42.759 ruling over 00:18:42.759 --> 00:18:43.799 all of the nations 00:18:43.799 --> 00:18:44.460 of the world, 00:18:44.460 --> 00:18:46.059 will be the king 00:18:46.059 --> 00:18:47.380 of God's choosing, 00:18:48.420 --> 00:18:50.000 the anointed one, 00:18:51.259 --> 00:18:52.640 a descendant of David, 00:18:53.579 --> 00:18:55.120 a son of David. 00:18:55.120 --> 00:18:56.180 That was the promise. 00:18:58.319 --> 00:18:59.180 That's what the word 00:18:59.180 --> 00:18:59.940 Messiah means. 00:19:00.039 --> 00:19:01.519 It means anointed one. 00:19:02.980 --> 00:19:04.420 Same with the word Christ. 00:19:04.620 --> 00:19:05.220 And so there was 00:19:05.220 --> 00:19:06.779 great expectation 00:19:06.779 --> 00:19:07.980 and great hope 00:19:07.980 --> 00:19:09.100 when John, 00:19:09.480 --> 00:19:10.900 the baptizing prophet, 00:19:11.079 --> 00:19:11.500 appeared 00:19:11.500 --> 00:19:12.299 and he started 00:19:12.299 --> 00:19:13.119 announcing that 00:19:13.119 --> 00:19:14.240 the Messiah was coming. 00:19:17.039 --> 00:19:18.140 The people were 00:19:18.140 --> 00:19:19.460 eager to see, 00:19:19.660 --> 00:19:20.599 is this the time 00:19:20.599 --> 00:19:21.500 that God will send 00:19:21.500 --> 00:19:22.839 his chosen king 00:19:22.839 --> 00:19:23.539 and establish 00:19:23.539 --> 00:19:24.160 and renew 00:19:24.160 --> 00:19:25.160 this great kingdom 00:19:25.160 --> 00:19:26.640 that he has promised 00:19:26.640 --> 00:19:27.980 for all these generations? 00:19:28.539 --> 00:19:29.859 So this title, 00:19:30.039 --> 00:19:30.680 Son of David, 00:19:30.799 --> 00:19:31.859 it carries with it 00:19:31.859 --> 00:19:34.000 the meaning of Messiah. 00:19:34.000 --> 00:19:38.359 that is king 00:19:38.359 --> 00:19:40.420 chosen by God 00:19:40.420 --> 00:19:42.240 for Israel. 00:19:43.799 --> 00:19:44.819 And this is what 00:19:44.819 --> 00:19:46.099 Bartimaeus calls Jesus. 00:19:47.019 --> 00:19:47.420 Jesus, 00:19:47.799 --> 00:19:49.099 son of David, 00:19:49.599 --> 00:19:51.640 have mercy on me. 00:19:53.640 --> 00:19:54.920 He believed 00:19:54.920 --> 00:19:55.880 Jesus 00:19:55.880 --> 00:19:57.400 was the Messiah. 00:19:57.400 --> 00:20:00.160 And in case 00:20:00.160 --> 00:20:00.759 there's any doubt, 00:20:00.840 --> 00:20:01.460 we can just look 00:20:01.460 --> 00:20:03.000 quickly to a couple 00:20:03.000 --> 00:20:03.620 other places. 00:20:03.800 --> 00:20:04.700 In Matthew's gospel, 00:20:04.840 --> 00:20:05.540 chapter 12, 00:20:05.600 --> 00:20:06.300 verse 23, 00:20:07.040 --> 00:20:08.440 on another occasion, 00:20:08.600 --> 00:20:09.120 all the people 00:20:09.120 --> 00:20:09.940 were astonished 00:20:09.940 --> 00:20:10.580 when they saw 00:20:10.580 --> 00:20:11.980 something of Jesus 00:20:11.980 --> 00:20:12.500 and said, 00:20:12.640 --> 00:20:13.480 could this be 00:20:13.480 --> 00:20:14.720 the son of David? 00:20:15.080 --> 00:20:16.080 So that title, 00:20:16.300 --> 00:20:17.400 it was loaded. 00:20:17.540 --> 00:20:18.060 In their minds, 00:20:18.160 --> 00:20:18.400 it meant, 00:20:18.500 --> 00:20:18.900 could it be 00:20:18.900 --> 00:20:19.740 the promised one, 00:20:19.840 --> 00:20:20.380 the Messiah? 00:20:21.640 --> 00:20:23.040 That was the big question. 00:20:24.740 --> 00:20:25.560 Bartimaeus' answer 00:20:25.560 --> 00:20:26.340 to this question 00:20:26.340 --> 00:20:27.040 was yes. 00:20:27.400 --> 00:20:30.140 He is the son of David. 00:20:30.259 --> 00:20:31.180 That's what he called him. 00:20:31.980 --> 00:20:33.200 If we look ahead 00:20:33.200 --> 00:20:33.720 to Matthew, 00:20:33.900 --> 00:20:34.660 chapter 21, 00:20:34.800 --> 00:20:35.560 verse 15, 00:20:36.060 --> 00:20:38.140 we see that the children 00:20:38.140 --> 00:20:39.640 were there 00:20:39.640 --> 00:20:42.400 shouting in the temple courts, 00:20:42.540 --> 00:20:43.120 Hosanna 00:20:43.120 --> 00:20:44.820 to the son of David. 00:20:45.800 --> 00:20:47.140 And when the chief priests 00:20:47.140 --> 00:20:47.680 and the teachers 00:20:47.680 --> 00:20:48.140 of the law 00:20:48.140 --> 00:20:48.640 heard this, 00:20:48.720 --> 00:20:49.759 they were indignant. 00:20:49.920 --> 00:20:50.820 They hated that 00:20:50.820 --> 00:20:52.060 the children 00:20:52.060 --> 00:20:53.200 would call Jesus that 00:20:53.200 --> 00:20:54.140 because they didn't believe 00:20:54.140 --> 00:20:55.340 Jesus was the Messiah. 00:20:57.400 --> 00:20:59.680 though this is 00:20:59.680 --> 00:21:00.600 the bigger story, 00:21:00.820 --> 00:21:02.060 the context of this miracle 00:21:02.060 --> 00:21:02.840 with Bartimaeus, 00:21:02.880 --> 00:21:03.840 it's not just a lesson 00:21:03.840 --> 00:21:04.420 of faith, 00:21:04.660 --> 00:21:05.620 though it is that, 00:21:06.220 --> 00:21:07.100 but it's about 00:21:07.100 --> 00:21:08.400 who is this Jesus 00:21:08.400 --> 00:21:11.759 and is the faith 00:21:11.759 --> 00:21:14.080 of this man 00:21:14.080 --> 00:21:17.560 who calls out to him 00:21:17.560 --> 00:21:19.740 well-placed. 00:21:19.740 --> 00:21:24.000 And the answer of God 00:21:24.000 --> 00:21:25.000 through the miracle 00:21:25.000 --> 00:21:25.880 that's performed 00:21:25.880 --> 00:21:27.279 is yes, 00:21:27.759 --> 00:21:29.180 he is the king 00:21:29.180 --> 00:21:30.039 of my choosing. 00:21:30.940 --> 00:21:32.579 He is the son of David. 00:21:32.940 --> 00:21:33.579 He is the one 00:21:33.579 --> 00:21:34.279 I've selected 00:21:34.279 --> 00:21:35.819 for my people. 00:21:35.819 --> 00:21:39.159 And when we see this, 00:21:40.019 --> 00:21:41.480 we realize that Bartimaeus, 00:21:41.539 --> 00:21:42.119 even though he was 00:21:42.119 --> 00:21:42.859 an outcast, 00:21:42.980 --> 00:21:44.799 even though he was blind, 00:21:45.439 --> 00:21:47.039 he had something 00:21:47.039 --> 00:21:48.379 truly remarkable 00:21:48.379 --> 00:21:49.079 about him. 00:21:49.519 --> 00:21:51.279 His faith was much deeper, 00:21:52.460 --> 00:21:53.019 much bigger 00:21:53.019 --> 00:21:54.079 than we maybe thought 00:21:54.079 --> 00:21:54.839 at first 00:21:54.839 --> 00:21:55.980 as we read this. 00:21:56.899 --> 00:21:58.079 Not only did he believe 00:21:58.079 --> 00:21:59.099 that Jesus could do 00:21:59.099 --> 00:22:00.439 something truly wonderful, 00:22:00.939 --> 00:22:02.259 giving him sight, 00:22:02.259 --> 00:22:04.079 but he believed 00:22:04.079 --> 00:22:05.200 that Jesus was 00:22:05.200 --> 00:22:06.220 God's Messiah, 00:22:07.099 --> 00:22:08.559 the son of David. 00:22:11.400 --> 00:22:12.440 Which means, 00:22:12.579 --> 00:22:13.220 for Bartimaeus, 00:22:13.259 --> 00:22:14.279 it wasn't just about 00:22:14.279 --> 00:22:15.500 getting his sight back. 00:22:16.900 --> 00:22:18.259 He wanted that. 00:22:20.140 --> 00:22:21.940 Notice how the passage ends 00:22:21.940 --> 00:22:23.019 in verse 52. 00:22:24.579 --> 00:22:25.920 Immediately he received 00:22:25.920 --> 00:22:26.500 his sight 00:22:26.500 --> 00:22:29.000 and followed Jesus 00:22:29.000 --> 00:22:30.079 along the road. 00:22:30.079 --> 00:22:32.599 Think about that. 00:22:32.699 --> 00:22:32.839 I mean, 00:22:32.859 --> 00:22:33.819 he could have got his sight 00:22:33.819 --> 00:22:34.480 and then he could have 00:22:34.480 --> 00:22:35.259 just gone off 00:22:35.259 --> 00:22:35.859 and done whatever 00:22:35.859 --> 00:22:36.759 he wanted to do. 00:22:38.139 --> 00:22:39.059 But it was about 00:22:39.059 --> 00:22:40.199 more than just his sight. 00:22:40.339 --> 00:22:41.279 He saw that Jesus 00:22:41.279 --> 00:22:42.099 was more 00:22:42.099 --> 00:22:44.000 than just a miracle man. 00:22:45.639 --> 00:22:46.819 He saw that Jesus 00:22:46.819 --> 00:22:48.179 was God's Messiah. 00:22:50.500 --> 00:22:51.879 And now what should I do? 00:22:52.319 --> 00:22:53.659 Now that God's king 00:22:53.659 --> 00:22:54.259 has come, 00:22:54.740 --> 00:22:55.960 I will follow him. 00:22:55.960 --> 00:22:59.960 There's so much more 00:22:59.960 --> 00:23:00.940 that we could look at 00:23:00.940 --> 00:23:01.980 and talk about here. 00:23:04.220 --> 00:23:05.140 But I want to just 00:23:05.140 --> 00:23:05.759 bring this home 00:23:05.759 --> 00:23:06.840 and keep it simple 00:23:06.840 --> 00:23:07.460 this morning. 00:23:10.519 --> 00:23:11.400 Do you, 00:23:12.500 --> 00:23:13.539 sitting here today, 00:23:15.120 --> 00:23:16.539 believe that Jesus 00:23:16.539 --> 00:23:20.140 is God's chosen king? 00:23:20.140 --> 00:23:23.940 that one 00:23:23.940 --> 00:23:25.259 who will rule 00:23:25.259 --> 00:23:26.960 over this coming kingdom 00:23:26.960 --> 00:23:27.840 when he returns 00:23:27.840 --> 00:23:30.420 as God has told us 00:23:30.420 --> 00:23:30.960 through his word. 00:23:31.040 --> 00:23:32.080 Do you believe that? 00:23:32.800 --> 00:23:33.920 It's much more 00:23:33.920 --> 00:23:36.100 than an ancient Israel thing. 00:23:36.880 --> 00:23:37.920 The clear message 00:23:37.920 --> 00:23:38.500 of the Bible 00:23:38.500 --> 00:23:39.120 is that Jesus 00:23:39.120 --> 00:23:40.140 is coming back 00:23:40.140 --> 00:23:42.500 and he will rule. 00:23:43.080 --> 00:23:44.040 He will reign 00:23:44.040 --> 00:23:45.480 over all the nations 00:23:45.480 --> 00:23:46.080 of the earth. 00:23:46.079 --> 00:23:49.119 Sometimes we think 00:23:49.119 --> 00:23:49.559 about this 00:23:49.559 --> 00:23:50.699 around Christmas time 00:23:50.699 --> 00:23:52.779 with Isaiah chapter 9. 00:23:52.960 --> 00:23:53.919 His kingdom, 00:23:54.099 --> 00:23:54.659 his governing 00:23:54.659 --> 00:23:55.500 will be characterized 00:23:55.500 --> 00:23:56.599 by righteousness, 00:23:57.699 --> 00:23:59.079 goodness, 00:23:59.879 --> 00:24:00.359 peace, 00:24:01.319 --> 00:24:01.919 justice, 00:24:02.419 --> 00:24:03.740 and love. 00:24:05.259 --> 00:24:06.559 But the clear message 00:24:06.559 --> 00:24:07.439 of the scriptures 00:24:07.439 --> 00:24:08.679 is that only those 00:24:08.679 --> 00:24:09.419 who believe 00:24:09.419 --> 00:24:11.639 that he is 00:24:11.639 --> 00:24:12.279 the Messiah, 00:24:12.539 --> 00:24:13.019 that he is 00:24:13.019 --> 00:24:13.759 the son of David 00:24:13.759 --> 00:24:14.339 will enter 00:24:14.339 --> 00:24:15.399 into this kingdom 00:24:15.400 --> 00:24:17.840 and enjoy it 00:24:17.840 --> 00:24:19.220 as a citizen 00:24:19.220 --> 00:24:21.680 while the rest 00:24:21.680 --> 00:24:22.640 will get 00:24:22.640 --> 00:24:23.680 what we all deserve 00:24:23.680 --> 00:24:25.280 for our sins 00:24:25.280 --> 00:24:26.040 against God. 00:24:28.320 --> 00:24:29.280 Do you see 00:24:29.280 --> 00:24:30.080 what happened here 00:24:30.080 --> 00:24:31.120 with Bartimaeus? 00:24:31.680 --> 00:24:33.019 God confirmed 00:24:33.019 --> 00:24:35.100 with his divine power 00:24:35.100 --> 00:24:35.680 to heal 00:24:35.680 --> 00:24:37.200 that Bartimaeus' 00:24:37.380 --> 00:24:37.920 faith 00:24:37.920 --> 00:24:39.800 was well placed. 00:24:41.540 --> 00:24:42.740 He confirmed 00:24:42.740 --> 00:24:43.340 that yes, 00:24:43.580 --> 00:24:44.580 Jesus really 00:24:44.579 --> 00:24:46.659 was that king, 00:24:47.259 --> 00:24:48.179 the son of David. 00:24:50.059 --> 00:24:51.220 Do you believe 00:24:51.220 --> 00:24:51.500 that? 00:24:53.399 --> 00:24:54.419 Do you believe 00:24:54.419 --> 00:24:54.939 that Jesus 00:24:54.939 --> 00:24:55.960 is the Messiah? 00:24:57.259 --> 00:24:58.539 Will you acknowledge 00:24:58.539 --> 00:24:59.500 that 00:24:59.500 --> 00:25:00.740 as Bartimaeus did? 00:25:04.319 --> 00:25:04.980 Now, 00:25:05.059 --> 00:25:05.559 most of you 00:25:05.559 --> 00:25:06.939 already know that 00:25:06.939 --> 00:25:08.519 and believe that. 00:25:08.519 --> 00:25:10.879 and once 00:25:10.879 --> 00:25:11.440 we've settled 00:25:11.440 --> 00:25:11.859 that, 00:25:12.400 --> 00:25:13.279 then we can 00:25:13.279 --> 00:25:13.980 go on to learn 00:25:13.980 --> 00:25:14.779 from Bartimaeus 00:25:14.779 --> 00:25:15.599 as an example 00:25:15.599 --> 00:25:17.759 of faith. 00:25:19.599 --> 00:25:20.480 What did Jesus 00:25:20.480 --> 00:25:21.599 say to him? 00:25:22.019 --> 00:25:22.500 He said, 00:25:23.799 --> 00:25:24.500 your faith 00:25:24.500 --> 00:25:25.839 has healed you. 00:25:27.920 --> 00:25:28.379 Now, 00:25:28.420 --> 00:25:28.779 we shouldn't 00:25:28.779 --> 00:25:29.359 take that 00:25:29.359 --> 00:25:30.099 as a guarantee 00:25:30.099 --> 00:25:30.660 that if you 00:25:30.660 --> 00:25:31.480 believe in Jesus, 00:25:31.940 --> 00:25:32.500 you're going to get, 00:25:32.639 --> 00:25:33.220 no matter what 00:25:33.220 --> 00:25:33.779 kind of sickness 00:25:33.779 --> 00:25:34.240 it is, 00:25:34.279 --> 00:25:34.700 you'll get it 00:25:34.700 --> 00:25:35.599 healed instantly. 00:25:35.599 --> 00:25:38.339 we can chat 00:25:38.339 --> 00:25:39.719 about that 00:25:39.719 --> 00:25:40.259 afterwards. 00:25:40.419 --> 00:25:40.819 You can come 00:25:40.819 --> 00:25:41.299 talk to me 00:25:41.299 --> 00:25:41.899 afterwards about 00:25:41.899 --> 00:25:42.480 why not 00:25:42.480 --> 00:25:43.059 if that's a 00:25:43.059 --> 00:25:43.839 question that 00:25:43.839 --> 00:25:44.319 you have. 00:25:44.319 --> 00:25:44.619 But 00:25:44.619 --> 00:25:46.559 Bartimaeus' 00:25:46.740 --> 00:25:47.500 faith is 00:25:47.500 --> 00:25:48.179 commended 00:25:48.179 --> 00:25:49.019 by Jesus. 00:25:50.119 --> 00:25:50.759 Your faith 00:25:50.759 --> 00:25:51.500 has healed 00:25:51.500 --> 00:25:51.899 you. 00:25:55.959 --> 00:25:56.919 Which means 00:25:56.919 --> 00:25:58.019 that he's 00:25:58.019 --> 00:25:58.619 an example 00:25:58.619 --> 00:26:00.459 to us 00:26:00.460 --> 00:26:01.740 of what 00:26:01.740 --> 00:26:02.400 any one 00:26:02.400 --> 00:26:02.740 of us 00:26:02.740 --> 00:26:03.259 can do 00:26:03.259 --> 00:26:04.720 with the 00:26:04.720 --> 00:26:05.079 troubles 00:26:05.079 --> 00:26:06.240 that we 00:26:06.240 --> 00:26:06.680 face 00:26:06.680 --> 00:26:07.220 in our 00:26:07.220 --> 00:26:07.620 lives. 00:26:09.940 --> 00:26:10.420 Bartimaeus' 00:26:10.539 --> 00:26:10.799 trouble 00:26:10.799 --> 00:26:11.380 was his 00:26:11.380 --> 00:26:11.880 blindness. 00:26:13.960 --> 00:26:14.480 What's 00:26:14.480 --> 00:26:14.720 yours? 00:26:22.660 --> 00:26:23.259 Is there 00:26:23.259 --> 00:26:23.700 something in 00:26:23.700 --> 00:26:24.039 your life 00:26:24.039 --> 00:26:24.460 that's got 00:26:24.460 --> 00:26:25.100 you desperate? 00:26:25.099 --> 00:26:30.799 something maybe 00:26:30.799 --> 00:26:31.240 that you've 00:26:31.240 --> 00:26:31.759 been struggling 00:26:31.759 --> 00:26:32.179 with, 00:26:32.679 --> 00:26:33.480 maybe even 00:26:33.480 --> 00:26:34.159 for years. 00:26:37.740 --> 00:26:38.519 Maybe it's 00:26:38.519 --> 00:26:39.079 something that 00:26:39.079 --> 00:26:39.599 you've tried 00:26:39.599 --> 00:26:40.179 to fix, 00:26:40.919 --> 00:26:41.539 but that 00:26:41.539 --> 00:26:42.159 you've realized 00:26:42.159 --> 00:26:42.919 money can't 00:26:42.919 --> 00:26:43.399 fix it. 00:26:45.219 --> 00:26:45.980 Or this 00:26:45.980 --> 00:26:46.459 thing that I 00:26:46.459 --> 00:26:47.099 tried to do, 00:26:47.219 --> 00:26:47.779 it didn't 00:26:47.779 --> 00:26:48.119 work. 00:26:49.619 --> 00:26:50.519 I've tried. 00:26:52.099 --> 00:26:52.919 It seems 00:26:52.919 --> 00:26:53.399 like it just 00:26:53.399 --> 00:26:53.899 can't be 00:26:53.899 --> 00:26:54.299 fixed. 00:26:55.099 --> 00:26:57.439 Let me 00:26:57.439 --> 00:26:58.000 ask you, 00:26:59.319 --> 00:27:02.779 have you 00:27:02.779 --> 00:27:03.240 cried out 00:27:03.240 --> 00:27:03.799 to Jesus 00:27:03.799 --> 00:27:05.719 in faith 00:27:05.719 --> 00:27:07.480 for help 00:27:07.480 --> 00:27:10.619 with this 00:27:10.619 --> 00:27:10.919 trouble? 00:27:14.119 --> 00:27:14.779 Some of 00:27:14.779 --> 00:27:15.199 you have, 00:27:15.679 --> 00:27:16.259 and I don't 00:27:16.259 --> 00:27:17.059 want to say 00:27:17.059 --> 00:27:17.619 that if it 00:27:17.619 --> 00:27:18.679 hasn't changed 00:27:18.679 --> 00:27:19.500 yet that it's 00:27:19.500 --> 00:27:20.519 because you 00:27:20.519 --> 00:27:20.919 haven't, 00:27:21.019 --> 00:27:21.839 but some 00:27:21.839 --> 00:27:22.399 of us maybe 00:27:22.399 --> 00:27:22.819 we just 00:27:22.819 --> 00:27:23.459 realize, 00:27:23.699 --> 00:27:24.159 I haven't 00:27:24.160 --> 00:27:24.840 even asked 00:27:24.840 --> 00:27:25.740 God for 00:27:25.740 --> 00:27:27.060 help with 00:27:27.060 --> 00:27:27.380 this. 00:27:27.960 --> 00:27:28.300 Have you 00:27:28.300 --> 00:27:28.720 cried out 00:27:28.720 --> 00:27:29.259 to Jesus 00:27:29.259 --> 00:27:30.700 in faith 00:27:30.700 --> 00:27:31.200 for help 00:27:31.200 --> 00:27:31.680 with whatever 00:27:31.680 --> 00:27:32.180 you're going 00:27:32.180 --> 00:27:32.519 through? 00:27:33.720 --> 00:27:34.700 For mercy? 00:27:36.420 --> 00:27:37.460 For grace? 00:27:39.300 --> 00:27:40.380 For wisdom? 00:27:41.640 --> 00:27:42.800 For strength? 00:27:43.140 --> 00:27:43.820 Whatever it is 00:27:43.820 --> 00:27:44.500 that you need. 00:27:46.000 --> 00:27:46.680 Have you 00:27:46.680 --> 00:27:47.120 asked him? 00:27:47.119 --> 00:27:49.299 Maybe you 00:27:49.299 --> 00:27:49.859 have asked 00:27:49.859 --> 00:27:49.979 him? 00:27:49.979 --> 00:27:50.299 Maybe you 00:27:50.299 --> 00:27:51.699 have asked 00:27:51.699 --> 00:27:54.099 him, but 00:27:54.099 --> 00:27:54.679 you simply 00:27:54.679 --> 00:27:55.479 quit asking. 00:27:58.359 --> 00:27:59.419 But Bartimaeus 00:27:59.419 --> 00:28:00.119 is an example, 00:28:00.279 --> 00:28:00.639 isn't he? 00:28:01.539 --> 00:28:02.359 Of how 00:28:02.359 --> 00:28:03.139 persistent 00:28:03.139 --> 00:28:05.219 real faith 00:28:05.219 --> 00:28:05.819 is. 00:28:09.259 --> 00:28:09.919 When we 00:28:09.919 --> 00:28:10.239 are in 00:28:10.239 --> 00:28:10.579 trouble 00:28:10.579 --> 00:28:12.039 and in 00:28:12.039 --> 00:28:12.459 need of 00:28:12.459 --> 00:28:12.839 what only 00:28:12.839 --> 00:28:13.339 God can 00:28:13.339 --> 00:28:13.859 provide, 00:28:14.379 --> 00:28:14.879 Bartimaeus 00:28:14.880 --> 00:28:15.320 shows us 00:28:15.320 --> 00:28:15.620 how to 00:28:15.620 --> 00:28:16.040 do it. 00:28:17.300 --> 00:28:17.780 Again 00:28:17.780 --> 00:28:18.600 and again 00:28:18.600 --> 00:28:19.320 and again 00:28:19.320 --> 00:28:20.020 he shouted, 00:28:21.580 --> 00:28:22.020 Jesus, 00:28:22.720 --> 00:28:23.240 son of 00:28:23.240 --> 00:28:23.500 David, 00:28:23.600 --> 00:28:24.220 have mercy. 00:28:25.400 --> 00:28:26.000 And the 00:28:26.000 --> 00:28:26.380 good news 00:28:26.380 --> 00:28:27.020 is that 00:28:27.020 --> 00:28:27.340 we see 00:28:27.340 --> 00:28:27.720 from this 00:28:27.720 --> 00:28:28.140 passage, 00:28:28.300 --> 00:28:29.040 Jesus is 00:28:29.040 --> 00:28:29.620 merciful. 00:28:30.560 --> 00:28:31.180 He does 00:28:31.180 --> 00:28:31.580 hear. 00:28:32.700 --> 00:28:33.320 He is a 00:28:33.320 --> 00:28:33.740 God of 00:28:33.740 --> 00:28:34.320 compassion. 00:28:36.220 --> 00:28:36.900 Are you 00:28:36.900 --> 00:28:37.580 calling out 00:28:37.580 --> 00:28:38.140 to Jesus 00:28:38.140 --> 00:28:39.360 about the 00:28:39.360 --> 00:28:39.800 trouble in 00:28:39.800 --> 00:28:40.380 your life 00:28:40.380 --> 00:28:41.620 unashamedly 00:28:41.620 --> 00:28:42.820 and repeatedly 00:28:42.819 --> 00:28:44.720 and with 00:28:44.720 --> 00:28:45.179 all the 00:28:45.179 --> 00:28:45.619 faith in 00:28:45.619 --> 00:28:46.059 your heart. 00:28:48.019 --> 00:28:48.619 Let me 00:28:48.619 --> 00:28:49.159 remind you of 00:28:49.159 --> 00:28:49.740 something Jesus 00:28:49.740 --> 00:28:50.139 said on 00:28:50.139 --> 00:28:50.879 another occasion. 00:28:51.019 --> 00:28:51.339 He said, 00:28:51.859 --> 00:28:52.779 ask and it 00:28:52.779 --> 00:28:53.099 will be 00:28:53.099 --> 00:28:53.579 given to 00:28:53.579 --> 00:28:53.879 you. 00:28:55.240 --> 00:28:56.720 Seek and 00:28:56.720 --> 00:28:56.980 you will 00:28:56.980 --> 00:28:57.359 find. 00:28:58.480 --> 00:28:59.179 Knock and 00:28:59.179 --> 00:28:59.619 the door 00:28:59.619 --> 00:29:00.159 will be 00:29:00.159 --> 00:29:00.779 opened to 00:29:00.779 --> 00:29:01.019 you. 00:29:01.319 --> 00:29:01.419 For 00:29:01.419 --> 00:29:02.220 everyone who 00:29:02.220 --> 00:29:02.659 asks 00:29:02.659 --> 00:29:03.319 receives. 00:29:04.000 --> 00:29:04.500 The one 00:29:04.500 --> 00:29:05.119 who seeks 00:29:05.119 --> 00:29:05.779 finds. 00:29:06.419 --> 00:29:06.740 And to 00:29:06.740 --> 00:29:07.000 the one 00:29:07.000 --> 00:29:07.539 who knocks 00:29:07.539 --> 00:29:07.939 the door 00:29:07.939 --> 00:29:08.259 will be 00:29:08.259 --> 00:29:08.559 opened. 00:29:09.740 --> 00:29:10.240 God is 00:29:10.240 --> 00:29:11.000 not stingy. 00:29:12.819 --> 00:29:14.419 He wants 00:29:14.419 --> 00:29:15.079 to answer. 00:29:16.059 --> 00:29:16.519 He wants 00:29:16.519 --> 00:29:16.879 to meet 00:29:16.879 --> 00:29:17.379 your need. 00:29:21.179 --> 00:29:21.819 Are you 00:29:21.819 --> 00:29:22.299 calling out 00:29:22.299 --> 00:29:22.639 to him? 00:29:24.599 --> 00:29:25.299 Now we 00:29:25.299 --> 00:29:25.839 can't 00:29:25.839 --> 00:29:27.240 manipulate 00:29:27.240 --> 00:29:27.720 God. 00:29:27.819 --> 00:29:28.240 We can't 00:29:28.240 --> 00:29:28.799 twist his 00:29:28.799 --> 00:29:29.119 arm. 00:29:29.899 --> 00:29:30.419 We can't 00:29:30.419 --> 00:29:30.939 force his 00:29:30.939 --> 00:29:31.339 hand. 00:29:33.039 --> 00:29:33.700 But we 00:29:33.700 --> 00:29:34.119 can do 00:29:34.119 --> 00:29:34.579 like this 00:29:34.579 --> 00:29:36.399 poor beggar 00:29:36.399 --> 00:29:36.679 did. 00:29:38.339 --> 00:29:38.980 We can 00:29:38.980 --> 00:29:39.179 be 00:29:39.179 --> 00:29:39.720 persistent 00:29:39.720 --> 00:29:42.240 and we 00:29:42.240 --> 00:29:42.799 can humbly 00:29:42.799 --> 00:29:45.600 beg and 00:29:45.600 --> 00:29:46.039 ask for 00:29:46.039 --> 00:29:46.779 mercy in 00:29:46.779 --> 00:29:47.180 whatever 00:29:47.180 --> 00:29:47.680 trial, 00:29:48.160 --> 00:29:48.380 whatever 00:29:48.380 --> 00:29:48.980 trouble we 00:29:48.980 --> 00:29:49.339 are faced 00:29:49.339 --> 00:29:49.600 with. 00:29:49.900 --> 00:29:50.240 We can 00:29:50.240 --> 00:29:50.680 call out 00:29:50.680 --> 00:29:50.920 to him 00:29:50.920 --> 00:29:52.519 again and 00:29:52.519 --> 00:29:53.319 again and 00:29:53.319 --> 00:29:53.660 again. 00:29:54.940 --> 00:29:55.539 And he 00:29:55.539 --> 00:29:56.160 hears us. 00:29:58.019 --> 00:29:58.720 And so I 00:29:58.720 --> 00:29:58.940 want to 00:29:58.940 --> 00:29:59.339 urge you to 00:29:59.339 --> 00:29:59.720 do that. 00:29:59.799 --> 00:29:59.920 With 00:29:59.920 --> 00:30:00.220 whatever 00:30:00.220 --> 00:30:00.640 troubles 00:30:00.640 --> 00:30:00.860 you're 00:30:00.860 --> 00:30:01.100 going 00:30:01.100 --> 00:30:01.440 through, 00:30:01.700 --> 00:30:02.160 big or 00:30:02.160 --> 00:30:02.559 small, 00:30:03.360 --> 00:30:03.920 bring them 00:30:03.920 --> 00:30:04.400 to Jesus. 00:30:05.019 --> 00:30:05.440 Ask for 00:30:05.440 --> 00:30:05.940 his help. 00:30:05.940 --> 00:30:10.160 if Jesus 00:30:10.160 --> 00:30:10.900 cares for 00:30:10.900 --> 00:30:11.519 the blind 00:30:11.519 --> 00:30:13.559 Bart on 00:30:13.559 --> 00:30:14.240 the roadside, 00:30:14.539 --> 00:30:15.500 we better be 00:30:15.500 --> 00:30:16.259 sure he cares 00:30:16.259 --> 00:30:17.000 for every one 00:30:17.000 --> 00:30:17.440 of us. 00:30:20.880 --> 00:30:21.640 Let's pray. 00:30:29.380 --> 00:30:30.240 Lord Jesus, 00:30:30.400 --> 00:30:30.940 we do this 00:30:30.940 --> 00:30:31.259 now. 00:30:32.080 --> 00:30:32.860 We ask 00:30:32.860 --> 00:30:33.200 for your 00:30:33.200 --> 00:30:33.600 grace. 00:30:33.900 --> 00:30:34.279 We ask 00:30:34.279 --> 00:30:34.640 for your 00:30:34.640 --> 00:30:35.059 help. 00:30:35.940 --> 00:30:38.140 for your 00:30:38.140 --> 00:30:38.759 strength, 00:30:39.059 --> 00:30:39.360 for your 00:30:39.360 --> 00:30:39.820 wisdom, 00:30:40.460 --> 00:30:41.140 for your 00:30:41.140 --> 00:30:41.600 love, 00:30:42.160 --> 00:30:42.660 for your 00:30:42.660 --> 00:30:43.140 touch, 00:30:43.940 --> 00:30:44.660 for your 00:30:44.660 --> 00:30:45.059 healing. 00:30:45.980 --> 00:30:46.779 You know 00:30:46.779 --> 00:30:47.420 the trouble 00:30:47.420 --> 00:30:47.759 in each 00:30:47.759 --> 00:30:48.180 one of our 00:30:48.180 --> 00:30:48.580 lives. 00:30:49.220 --> 00:30:49.920 We bring 00:30:49.920 --> 00:30:50.340 those things 00:30:50.340 --> 00:30:50.680 to you. 00:30:50.759 --> 00:30:51.120 We ask 00:30:51.120 --> 00:30:51.480 for your 00:30:51.480 --> 00:30:51.759 help. 00:30:56.279 --> 00:30:56.900 And we 00:30:56.900 --> 00:30:57.440 trust that 00:30:57.440 --> 00:30:57.920 in your 00:30:57.920 --> 00:30:58.400 time, 00:30:58.840 --> 00:30:59.539 you will 00:30:59.539 --> 00:30:59.980 answer, 00:31:00.120 --> 00:31:00.500 you will 00:31:00.500 --> 00:31:00.980 stop, 00:31:01.240 --> 00:31:01.700 you will 00:31:01.700 --> 00:31:03.059 look upon 00:31:03.059 --> 00:31:03.480 us, 00:31:03.980 --> 00:31:04.640 and you 00:31:04.640 --> 00:31:05.259 will give 00:31:05.259 --> 00:31:05.319 love. 00:31:06.859 --> 00:31:07.559 Your word 00:31:07.559 --> 00:31:08.079 is promised 00:31:08.079 --> 00:31:08.740 that you 00:31:08.740 --> 00:31:11.960 are a 00:31:11.960 --> 00:31:12.579 compassionate 00:31:12.579 --> 00:31:13.359 and gracious 00:31:13.359 --> 00:31:13.839 God, 00:31:13.980 --> 00:31:14.720 slow to 00:31:14.720 --> 00:31:15.039 anger, 00:31:15.299 --> 00:31:15.940 rich in 00:31:15.940 --> 00:31:16.240 love, 00:31:16.400 --> 00:31:16.960 abounding 00:31:16.960 --> 00:31:17.799 in love. 00:31:21.220 --> 00:31:21.920 Help us 00:31:21.920 --> 00:31:22.819 to look 00:31:22.819 --> 00:31:23.220 to you, 00:31:23.359 --> 00:31:23.740 to wait 00:31:23.740 --> 00:31:24.140 on you. 00:31:26.539 --> 00:31:27.200 And we 00:31:27.200 --> 00:31:28.400 pray for 00:31:28.400 --> 00:31:29.519 your power 00:31:29.519 --> 00:31:30.240 to be at 00:31:30.240 --> 00:31:30.759 work in 00:31:30.759 --> 00:31:31.279 us and in 00:31:31.279 --> 00:31:31.759 our lives. 00:31:31.759 --> 00:31:34.019 we ask 00:31:34.019 --> 00:31:34.359 this in 00:31:34.359 --> 00:31:34.579 Jesus' 00:31:34.799 --> 00:31:34.960 name. 00:31:35.960 --> 00:31:36.259 Amen. 00:31:36.259 --> 00:31:36.359 Amen. 00:31:46.359 --> 00:31:47.059 We are 00:31:47.059 --> 00:31:47.240 going to 00:31:47.240 --> 00:31:47.940 now move 00:31:47.940 --> 00:31:49.160 into the 00:31:49.160 --> 00:31:49.480 Lord's 00:31:49.480 --> 00:31:49.819 table. 00:31:51.180 --> 00:31:52.440 And we're 00:31:52.440 --> 00:31:52.660 going to do 00:31:52.660 --> 00:31:52.980 it a little 00:31:52.980 --> 00:31:53.579 bit differently 00:31:53.579 --> 00:31:54.299 today. 00:31:54.299 --> 00:31:59.680 we're going 00:31:59.680 --> 00:32:00.220 to do it 00:32:00.220 --> 00:32:00.759 through song. 00:32:01.440 --> 00:32:01.960 Sometimes we 00:32:01.960 --> 00:32:02.440 have a quiet 00:32:02.440 --> 00:32:02.859 time of 00:32:02.859 --> 00:32:03.220 reflection, 00:32:03.460 --> 00:32:03.759 but we're 00:32:03.759 --> 00:32:03.960 going to 00:32:03.960 --> 00:32:04.279 sing. 00:32:05.879 --> 00:32:06.500 Before we 00:32:06.500 --> 00:32:06.859 do that, 00:32:06.879 --> 00:32:07.119 I just 00:32:07.119 --> 00:32:07.419 want to 00:32:07.419 --> 00:32:07.720 kind of 00:32:07.720 --> 00:32:08.339 explain how 00:32:08.339 --> 00:32:08.579 it will 00:32:08.579 --> 00:32:08.819 go. 00:32:09.980 --> 00:32:10.519 This is 00:32:10.519 --> 00:32:11.000 something that 00:32:11.000 --> 00:32:11.500 we do 00:32:11.500 --> 00:32:12.159 once a 00:32:12.159 --> 00:32:12.399 month. 00:32:13.240 --> 00:32:13.960 We break 00:32:13.960 --> 00:32:15.079 out bread 00:32:15.079 --> 00:32:17.500 and grape 00:32:17.500 --> 00:32:17.859 juice, 00:32:18.220 --> 00:32:19.319 and those 00:32:19.319 --> 00:32:19.740 things are 00:32:19.740 --> 00:32:20.159 symbols. 00:32:20.899 --> 00:32:21.259 We do 00:32:21.259 --> 00:32:21.559 this to 00:32:21.559 --> 00:32:22.039 remember 00:32:22.039 --> 00:32:24.460 Jesus and 00:32:24.460 --> 00:32:25.460 his love 00:32:25.460 --> 00:32:26.079 for us. 00:32:26.319 --> 00:32:26.879 That he 00:32:26.879 --> 00:32:27.480 went from 00:32:27.480 --> 00:32:28.639 Jericho to 00:32:28.639 --> 00:32:30.259 Jerusalem and 00:32:30.259 --> 00:32:30.919 was crucified 00:32:30.919 --> 00:32:32.500 and died in 00:32:32.500 --> 00:32:33.079 order that we 00:32:33.079 --> 00:32:33.740 might be 00:32:33.740 --> 00:32:34.899 forgiven of 00:32:34.899 --> 00:32:35.460 our sins. 00:32:35.839 --> 00:32:36.419 The bread 00:32:36.419 --> 00:32:37.179 represents his 00:32:37.179 --> 00:32:37.700 body, which 00:32:37.700 --> 00:32:38.299 was broken, 00:32:39.059 --> 00:32:40.700 and the 00:32:40.700 --> 00:32:41.559 cup represents 00:32:41.559 --> 00:32:42.240 his blood, 00:32:42.319 --> 00:32:42.759 which was 00:32:42.759 --> 00:32:44.679 shed, so 00:32:44.679 --> 00:32:45.339 that our 00:32:45.339 --> 00:32:45.679 sins would 00:32:45.679 --> 00:32:46.099 be atoned 00:32:46.099 --> 00:32:46.419 for. 00:32:47.859 --> 00:32:48.659 Jesus said 00:32:48.659 --> 00:32:49.259 it represents 00:32:49.259 --> 00:32:49.779 a new 00:32:49.779 --> 00:32:50.579 covenant, a 00:32:50.579 --> 00:32:51.339 new deal, a 00:32:51.339 --> 00:32:51.859 new arrangement 00:32:51.859 --> 00:32:52.539 with God, 00:32:52.839 --> 00:32:54.379 better than 00:32:54.379 --> 00:32:55.179 the old one 00:32:55.179 --> 00:32:55.959 back in the 00:32:55.959 --> 00:32:56.459 days of 00:32:56.459 --> 00:32:57.059 Old Testament 00:32:57.059 --> 00:32:57.559 Israel. 00:32:58.139 --> 00:32:58.720 This is a 00:32:58.720 --> 00:32:59.279 new one, and 00:32:59.279 --> 00:32:59.919 the deal is 00:32:59.919 --> 00:33:00.299 this. 00:33:01.000 --> 00:33:01.819 We come to 00:33:01.819 --> 00:33:02.859 God, we 00:33:02.859 --> 00:33:03.240 come to 00:33:03.240 --> 00:33:03.819 Jesus, and 00:33:03.819 --> 00:33:04.419 we acknowledge 00:33:04.419 --> 00:33:05.359 what we have 00:33:05.359 --> 00:33:06.779 done, our 00:33:06.779 --> 00:33:07.159 sins. 00:33:07.339 --> 00:33:07.959 We acknowledge, 00:33:08.399 --> 00:33:08.939 we confess 00:33:08.939 --> 00:33:10.000 those things, we 00:33:10.000 --> 00:33:10.720 ask for his 00:33:10.720 --> 00:33:11.819 forgiveness, and 00:33:11.819 --> 00:33:12.619 we believe that 00:33:12.619 --> 00:33:15.019 he will take 00:33:15.019 --> 00:33:16.500 care of it and 00:33:16.500 --> 00:33:17.000 forgive us 00:33:17.000 --> 00:33:18.299 completely by 00:33:18.299 --> 00:33:19.259 what Jesus did 00:33:19.259 --> 00:33:20.899 for us, and 00:33:20.900 --> 00:33:21.380 that's it. 00:33:22.340 --> 00:33:23.180 We believe 00:33:23.180 --> 00:33:24.200 that, and we 00:33:24.200 --> 00:33:25.300 receive that as 00:33:25.300 --> 00:33:25.880 a gift of 00:33:25.880 --> 00:33:26.280 grace. 00:33:28.960 --> 00:33:30.100 And that's the 00:33:30.100 --> 00:33:30.620 good news of 00:33:30.620 --> 00:33:31.320 the gospel, that's 00:33:31.320 --> 00:33:31.960 what Jesus has 00:33:31.960 --> 00:33:32.460 done, that's what 00:33:32.460 --> 00:33:33.580 we celebrate every 00:33:33.580 --> 00:33:35.220 time we come to 00:33:35.220 --> 00:33:36.180 the Lord's table. 00:33:36.800 --> 00:33:37.640 And so if you're 00:33:37.640 --> 00:33:38.220 here and you 00:33:38.220 --> 00:33:39.000 believe that, and 00:33:39.000 --> 00:33:39.759 that's something 00:33:39.759 --> 00:33:41.700 that you are 00:33:41.700 --> 00:33:42.880 trusting in, what 00:33:42.880 --> 00:33:43.759 Jesus did for 00:33:43.759 --> 00:33:45.460 you, then please 00:33:45.460 --> 00:33:46.500 partake with us when 00:33:46.500 --> 00:33:47.060 we come to the 00:33:47.060 --> 00:33:47.340 table. 00:33:48.240 --> 00:33:49.100 After we sing this 00:33:49.099 --> 00:33:49.799 next song, the 00:33:49.799 --> 00:33:50.299 elders are going 00:33:50.299 --> 00:33:51.259 to come up, and 00:33:51.259 --> 00:33:51.879 they'll pass out 00:33:51.879 --> 00:33:52.419 the bread and 00:33:52.419 --> 00:33:54.480 the cup, and if 00:33:54.480 --> 00:33:55.079 you're a believer, 00:33:55.980 --> 00:33:57.079 born again, belong 00:33:57.079 --> 00:33:58.559 to Jesus, and have 00:33:58.559 --> 00:33:59.139 surrendered your 00:33:59.139 --> 00:34:00.279 heart to him, then 00:34:00.279 --> 00:34:01.959 please join with us 00:34:01.959 --> 00:34:02.619 in this. 00:34:03.319 --> 00:34:04.939 And I'll ask that 00:34:04.939 --> 00:34:05.799 you just hold on to 00:34:05.799 --> 00:34:06.419 the bread and the 00:34:06.419 --> 00:34:07.639 cup until everybody's 00:34:07.639 --> 00:34:08.839 been served, and 00:34:08.839 --> 00:34:09.460 then once that's 00:34:09.460 --> 00:34:10.279 happened, we'll give 00:34:10.279 --> 00:34:11.759 thanks, and we'll 00:34:11.759 --> 00:34:12.460 eat and we'll drink 00:34:12.460 --> 00:34:13.500 together in 00:34:13.500 --> 00:34:14.159 remembrance of 00:34:14.159 --> 00:34:14.480 Christ. 00:34:14.480 --> 00:34:14.519 Christ. 00:34:15.760 --> 00:34:17.380 So I'll invite the 00:34:17.380 --> 00:34:18.019 worship team to 00:34:18.019 --> 00:34:18.820 come back, and 00:34:18.820 --> 00:34:19.579 we'll sing one more 00:34:19.579 --> 00:34:20.760 song in preparation 00:34:20.760 --> 00:34:21.420 for that. 00:34:21.420 --> 00:34:22.420 Thank you. 00:34:44.480 --> 00:35:14.460 God bless you. 00:35:14.480 --> 00:35:44.460 God bless you. 00:35:44.480 --> 00:36:14.460 God bless you. 00:36:14.480 --> 00:36:44.460 God bless you. 00:36:44.480 --> 00:36:46.480 God bless you. 00:36:46.480 --> 00:37:14.460 God bless you. 00:37:14.480 --> 00:37:16.480 God bless you. 00:37:16.480 --> 00:37:17.480 God bless you. 00:37:17.480 --> 00:37:37.800 God bless you. 00:37:37.800 --> 00:38:07.780 Thank you. 00:38:07.800 --> 00:38:37.780 Thank you. 00:38:37.800 --> 00:39:07.780 Thank you. 00:39:07.800 --> 00:39:37.780 Thank you. 00:39:37.800 --> 00:39:43.380 Thank you for citizenship, which was purchased for us at the cross. 00:39:44.960 --> 00:39:46.039 We love you. 00:39:46.820 --> 00:39:48.120 We praise your holy name. 00:39:48.119 --> 00:39:49.679 Amen. 00:40:18.119 --> 00:40:20.119 Thank you. 00:40:25.159 --> 00:40:29.139 You can put your cups in the little holders that are just in the seats in front of you. 00:40:29.639 --> 00:40:35.839 If you're looking for a place to set it, I'll invite the worship team to come up and we'll close our service with one final song. 00:40:36.300 --> 00:40:36.920 Please stand. 00:40:36.920 --> 00:40:36.980 Thank you. 00:40:36.980 --> 00:40:37.360 Thank you. 00:40:37.360 --> 00:40:39.120 Please stand.