WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:07.360 Last week we saw Jesus and his not so triumphal entry into Jerusalem. 00:00:07.360 --> 00:00:15.800 And this morning we're going to see Jesus enter the temple with kind of mixed response. 00:00:16.940 --> 00:00:20.280 So if you would open up your Bibles to Matthew chapter 21. 00:00:21.039 --> 00:00:23.440 I'm going to read through verses 12 through 17. 00:00:23.440 --> 00:00:30.220 And as we're reading remember that Jesus wants your heart when it comes to worshiping him. 00:00:30.500 --> 00:00:31.060 All of it. 00:00:32.179 --> 00:00:34.179 And when we think about our church as a whole. 00:00:34.840 --> 00:00:35.640 All of our hearts. 00:00:36.460 --> 00:00:37.920 In our worship of his great name. 00:00:39.460 --> 00:00:45.120 And Jesus entered the temple and drove out all who sold and bought in the temple. 00:00:45.320 --> 00:00:47.820 And he overturned the tables of the money changers. 00:00:47.920 --> 00:00:51.219 And the seats of those who sold pigeons or doves. 00:00:51.219 --> 00:00:56.000 He said to them it is written my house shall be called a house of prayer. 00:00:56.640 --> 00:00:58.799 But you make it a den of robbers. 00:01:00.200 --> 00:01:03.179 And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple. 00:01:03.640 --> 00:01:04.920 And he healed them. 00:01:05.799 --> 00:01:09.879 But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that he did. 00:01:10.200 --> 00:01:12.340 And the children crying out in the temple. 00:01:12.680 --> 00:01:14.140 Hosanna to the son of David. 00:01:15.060 --> 00:01:16.920 The chief priests and the scribes. 00:01:17.060 --> 00:01:17.960 They were indignant. 00:01:17.959 --> 00:01:20.599 And they said to Jesus. 00:01:20.859 --> 00:01:23.139 Do you hear what these are saying? 00:01:24.559 --> 00:01:25.919 And Jesus said to them. 00:01:26.839 --> 00:01:27.319 Yes. 00:01:28.859 --> 00:01:33.519 Have you never read out of the mouth of infants and nursing babes you have prepared praise? 00:01:35.019 --> 00:01:40.539 And leaving them he went out of the city to Bethany and lodged there. 00:01:40.540 --> 00:01:43.900 This morning I'm just going to walk us through this passage. 00:01:44.200 --> 00:01:46.980 We're going to see Jesus in the temple. 00:01:47.340 --> 00:01:49.840 And then we're going to see Jesus drive out some insiders. 00:01:50.120 --> 00:01:52.440 And then Jesus is going to welcome in some outsiders. 00:01:52.780 --> 00:01:57.060 And then Jesus is going to be recognized and be praised by a bunch of kids. 00:01:57.219 --> 00:02:02.420 And then Jesus is going to be criticized by a bunch of blind religious leaders. 00:02:02.420 --> 00:02:07.280 And then Jesus is going to wrap it up by saying their praise vindicates me. 00:02:09.520 --> 00:02:11.840 So let's look at Jesus entering the temple. 00:02:12.680 --> 00:02:16.099 The first five words of verse 12. 00:02:16.219 --> 00:02:17.620 And Jesus entered the temple. 00:02:17.719 --> 00:02:18.780 Now you might be thinking. 00:02:19.120 --> 00:02:20.120 Come on Salvati. 00:02:20.199 --> 00:02:21.360 Let's get to the action. 00:02:22.219 --> 00:02:24.460 Let's get to Jesus throwing some tables around. 00:02:24.460 --> 00:02:31.159 Well if we did that we would miss something of incredible significance. 00:02:32.300 --> 00:02:34.680 Jesus entered the temple. 00:02:36.500 --> 00:02:40.780 The temple is going to be an important backdrop in the remaining chapters of Matthew. 00:02:42.100 --> 00:02:49.520 But what I want to remind you of is that the Bible is a story of God dwelling with his people. 00:02:50.640 --> 00:02:52.120 Remember back in the Garden of Eden. 00:02:52.120 --> 00:02:55.700 God was present with his first people Adam and Eve. 00:02:57.140 --> 00:02:59.120 They hung out in the cool of the day together. 00:03:00.319 --> 00:03:02.140 Fast forward to the tabernacle. 00:03:03.159 --> 00:03:07.620 God's people Israel have been released sent out of Egypt. 00:03:07.900 --> 00:03:10.500 And God dwells in the midst of his people. 00:03:12.040 --> 00:03:16.759 And he has them construct for him a really elaborate tent called a tabernacle. 00:03:16.759 --> 00:03:21.639 And as God's people Israel were moving into the promised land. 00:03:21.780 --> 00:03:23.519 God would be with them in their midst. 00:03:23.939 --> 00:03:28.219 And he would come and descend in a cloud in this temple. 00:03:28.399 --> 00:03:29.519 And Moses would meet with him. 00:03:29.699 --> 00:03:31.039 God present with his people. 00:03:32.439 --> 00:03:34.239 Fast forward to Solomon. 00:03:34.560 --> 00:03:39.159 And the building of the first temple in Jerusalem in the promised land. 00:03:39.159 --> 00:03:42.979 Solomon builds this glorious temple. 00:03:42.979 --> 00:03:46.300 And we read how after the temple is dedicated. 00:03:46.539 --> 00:03:52.719 God in a cloud of his presence descends and occupies the temple. 00:03:53.019 --> 00:03:54.500 God present with his people. 00:03:55.780 --> 00:03:58.120 And what we read in Ezra. 00:03:58.500 --> 00:04:00.979 There's this awful thing that happens in 586. 00:04:01.639 --> 00:04:02.859 The Babylonians come in. 00:04:02.919 --> 00:04:05.460 They totally destroy the temple. 00:04:05.460 --> 00:04:09.740 But in Ezra, God rebuilds the temple. 00:04:10.120 --> 00:04:11.480 And it's the second temple. 00:04:11.620 --> 00:04:13.280 The temple of Zerubbabel. 00:04:14.980 --> 00:04:21.800 And it's this temple that Herod the Great decides to do a serious overhaul on. 00:04:21.860 --> 00:04:24.360 And expand and make amazing. 00:04:24.579 --> 00:04:28.180 And it's that temple that Jesus walks into that we're reading about right now. 00:04:32.759 --> 00:04:34.720 God has always dwelt with his people. 00:04:35.459 --> 00:04:36.459 God has always dwelt with his people. 00:04:36.459 --> 00:04:39.979 If you flip back to Matthew chapter 1. 00:04:42.479 --> 00:04:45.799 Verses 22 and 23. 00:04:47.539 --> 00:04:49.319 Talking about the birth of Jesus. 00:04:50.519 --> 00:04:52.620 Typically we hear this around Christmas time. 00:04:54.339 --> 00:04:57.939 All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet. 00:04:59.120 --> 00:05:01.599 Behold the virgin shall conceive and bear a son. 00:05:01.599 --> 00:05:04.779 And they should call his name Emmanuel. 00:05:05.459 --> 00:05:08.899 Which means God with us. 00:05:09.479 --> 00:05:10.339 Whose name is that? 00:05:11.439 --> 00:05:12.079 Jesus. 00:05:13.719 --> 00:05:15.519 He is God with us. 00:05:16.639 --> 00:05:19.219 He is God incarnate. 00:05:21.099 --> 00:05:22.620 Do you remember John chapter 1? 00:05:23.579 --> 00:05:24.759 Talking about Jesus. 00:05:24.879 --> 00:05:25.740 He's the word. 00:05:26.279 --> 00:05:28.759 And he dwelt among us. 00:05:29.120 --> 00:05:31.419 He tabernacled among us. 00:05:31.420 --> 00:05:39.140 So the significance of what happens in these first five words of Matthew 21 verse 12 is this. 00:05:40.020 --> 00:05:43.680 God incarnate is entering the temple. 00:05:44.759 --> 00:05:47.220 He's occupying the temple. 00:05:48.100 --> 00:05:53.600 He's walking into the place that Jews of that day said there's where God's presence is. 00:05:53.600 --> 00:05:53.720 Jesus. 00:05:54.160 --> 00:05:55.280 And Jesus. 00:05:55.660 --> 00:05:56.740 God incarnate. 00:05:57.140 --> 00:05:58.060 Walks in. 00:06:03.379 --> 00:06:05.439 Now the question comes up. 00:06:06.100 --> 00:06:07.220 What's he going to do? 00:06:09.020 --> 00:06:11.640 And what we see him do when he walks in. 00:06:12.160 --> 00:06:15.140 Is that he's going to drive out the insiders. 00:06:15.139 --> 00:06:20.120 And so look at again verses 12 and 13. 00:06:20.699 --> 00:06:21.539 Let's look at 12. 00:06:21.539 --> 00:06:23.659 And Jesus entered the temple. 00:06:24.039 --> 00:06:26.360 God incarnate coming into his house. 00:06:26.879 --> 00:06:29.599 And he drove out all who sold and bought in the temple. 00:06:30.019 --> 00:06:32.240 And he overturned the tables of the money changers. 00:06:32.319 --> 00:06:35.300 And the seats of those who sold pigeons. 00:06:35.300 --> 00:06:39.800 I mean typically we don't like to think of Jesus this way. 00:06:39.960 --> 00:06:42.199 We think of Jesus as the prince of peace. 00:06:42.280 --> 00:06:43.259 And who holds babies. 00:06:43.400 --> 00:06:45.319 And carries little lambs over his shoulders. 00:06:45.639 --> 00:06:47.259 But right now what we're seeing is Jesus. 00:06:47.480 --> 00:06:48.699 Jesus is intense. 00:06:49.300 --> 00:06:51.379 He walks into the temple. 00:06:51.639 --> 00:06:53.340 And things get intense. 00:06:53.879 --> 00:06:55.720 He drives out people. 00:06:56.019 --> 00:06:58.139 He overturns furniture. 00:06:58.939 --> 00:06:59.960 He's being aggressive. 00:07:00.439 --> 00:07:01.560 Why is he so spicy? 00:07:03.040 --> 00:07:04.379 Why is he so worked up? 00:07:04.379 --> 00:07:04.480 Why is he so quiet? 00:07:06.100 --> 00:07:07.819 Well it has to do with the people. 00:07:08.339 --> 00:07:09.579 That are in the temple. 00:07:10.379 --> 00:07:12.399 So let's look at who these people are. 00:07:13.100 --> 00:07:15.060 These are people who are selling and buying. 00:07:15.439 --> 00:07:17.300 These are people who are exchanging money. 00:07:17.620 --> 00:07:19.740 These are people who are selling pigeons or doves. 00:07:20.040 --> 00:07:21.180 Who are these people? 00:07:21.540 --> 00:07:22.719 And what are they doing there? 00:07:24.300 --> 00:07:27.379 Well I want to remind you that Jesus has entered into Jerusalem. 00:07:27.579 --> 00:07:29.480 The week leading up to Passover. 00:07:29.659 --> 00:07:31.439 Which is a great feast in Jerusalem. 00:07:31.439 --> 00:07:33.199 So Jerusalem the city. 00:07:33.199 --> 00:07:35.879 Is filling up with people. 00:07:35.879 --> 00:07:38.420 In order to celebrate Passover. 00:07:38.599 --> 00:07:39.180 To observe it. 00:07:39.300 --> 00:07:41.180 It's a big holy festival. 00:07:42.639 --> 00:07:46.000 And so you have all these people coming into this city. 00:07:46.000 --> 00:07:47.480 From all over the place. 00:07:47.860 --> 00:07:49.360 To quote unquote worship. 00:07:52.639 --> 00:07:56.379 And part of their worship is going to be sacrifice. 00:07:56.379 --> 00:08:01.740 So the offering of a Passover lamb. 00:08:02.100 --> 00:08:04.060 Now if we all were living in Capernaum. 00:08:04.399 --> 00:08:09.180 And we're saying we're going to make this multi-mile trip down to Jerusalem to observe Passover. 00:08:09.500 --> 00:08:11.659 And we're like thinking what do we bring with us? 00:08:11.839 --> 00:08:15.339 And we're like should we bring our Passover lamb? 00:08:15.740 --> 00:08:17.040 And I'm going to tell you you know what? 00:08:17.480 --> 00:08:19.100 We've got multiple days ahead of us. 00:08:19.199 --> 00:08:21.319 We can buy one in Jerusalem. 00:08:21.659 --> 00:08:23.199 Just leave the lamb here. 00:08:23.199 --> 00:08:24.139 We'll pick one up there. 00:08:25.879 --> 00:08:28.979 Or let's say we're from Sidon. 00:08:28.979 --> 00:08:33.559 And we're using Roman money in order to kind of make our living. 00:08:33.759 --> 00:08:35.240 And kind of buy our stuff. 00:08:35.379 --> 00:08:39.519 If we were to go to Jerusalem and give a money offering in the temple. 00:08:39.519 --> 00:08:45.759 We would need to convert our Roman money into the currency of the temple. 00:08:45.939 --> 00:08:48.639 Which was Tyrian money from Tyre. 00:08:48.740 --> 00:08:52.399 Because it was such a solid currency of the day. 00:08:52.899 --> 00:08:54.639 And so we would need to exchange our money. 00:08:54.799 --> 00:08:55.500 There was a real need. 00:08:56.379 --> 00:08:59.659 If we were poor people coming down into Jerusalem. 00:09:00.279 --> 00:09:05.779 The animal that we could afford to sacrifice is a dove. 00:09:06.620 --> 00:09:08.139 Those are the dove salesmen there. 00:09:08.139 --> 00:09:15.259 So these people who are inside the temple. 00:09:15.819 --> 00:09:18.679 They are selling animals. 00:09:19.019 --> 00:09:20.100 They're exchanging money. 00:09:20.480 --> 00:09:26.819 They're facilitating the quote unquote worship of Passover week. 00:09:26.820 --> 00:09:35.500 I'm not sure if you all have been down to the harbor market on Saturday mornings. 00:09:36.920 --> 00:09:38.100 I love going down there. 00:09:38.640 --> 00:09:42.600 Part of the way I love going down there is it's a lot of hustle and bustle. 00:09:42.680 --> 00:09:43.220 I like that. 00:09:43.940 --> 00:09:45.280 So there's a lot going on. 00:09:46.140 --> 00:09:49.300 And so imagine Jesus walking into the temple. 00:09:49.299 --> 00:09:53.139 And he essentially walks into a harbor market. 00:09:56.019 --> 00:09:58.379 So what's going on here is this. 00:09:58.919 --> 00:10:02.839 Passover afforded a business opportunity. 00:10:02.840 --> 00:10:09.399 And the outer courts of the temple were thrown open for business. 00:10:09.399 --> 00:10:16.379 And so of course there's the opportunity for exploiting people. 00:10:16.939 --> 00:10:22.519 But the real problem is where all this business is taking place. 00:10:23.079 --> 00:10:24.980 It's taking place in the temple. 00:10:24.980 --> 00:10:28.080 Now you may be asking yourself. 00:10:28.180 --> 00:10:30.139 Well what's wrong with conducting business in the temple? 00:10:32.220 --> 00:10:33.460 Well look at verse 13. 00:10:36.580 --> 00:10:38.860 Jesus is driving these people out. 00:10:38.960 --> 00:10:40.480 And as he's driving them out. 00:10:40.580 --> 00:10:42.100 He says it is written. 00:10:42.519 --> 00:10:46.500 My house shall be called a house of prayer. 00:10:46.500 --> 00:10:48.919 But you make it a den of robbers. 00:10:50.259 --> 00:10:51.779 See these folks. 00:10:52.279 --> 00:10:54.720 They had repurposed the temple. 00:10:55.139 --> 00:10:58.120 In order to line their pockets. 00:10:58.799 --> 00:11:01.159 They weren't there to facilitate worship. 00:11:01.639 --> 00:11:05.399 They were facilitating their monthly income. 00:11:07.740 --> 00:11:09.720 Now before the internet. 00:11:11.139 --> 00:11:13.120 When it comes to a retail business. 00:11:13.399 --> 00:11:14.539 It's all about location. 00:11:14.539 --> 00:11:18.819 So these entrepreneurs. 00:11:19.360 --> 00:11:20.980 In the outer courts of the temple. 00:11:21.559 --> 00:11:22.480 They're just thinking. 00:11:22.659 --> 00:11:24.339 Hey if we can get into the temple. 00:11:24.599 --> 00:11:26.299 And sell our goats and our doves. 00:11:26.360 --> 00:11:27.199 And exchange some money. 00:11:27.279 --> 00:11:28.159 In order to make some money. 00:11:28.219 --> 00:11:29.579 Because they would charge on that. 00:11:30.240 --> 00:11:30.899 I mean. 00:11:31.719 --> 00:11:33.360 It's one stop shopping. 00:11:34.659 --> 00:11:35.779 It's so convenient. 00:11:39.480 --> 00:11:41.679 And so what Jesus sees happening here. 00:11:41.679 --> 00:11:45.919 Is the profaning of God's place. 00:11:47.500 --> 00:11:49.299 The temple being used for something. 00:11:49.379 --> 00:11:50.899 It was never intended to be used for. 00:11:51.939 --> 00:11:56.120 It's not meant to be used for the acquisition of wealth. 00:11:56.779 --> 00:11:57.639 It's used. 00:11:57.759 --> 00:12:00.659 It's there for the giving of praise to God. 00:12:00.659 --> 00:12:03.699 So Jesus kicks out these people. 00:12:03.699 --> 00:12:05.139 Because they're profaning the temple. 00:12:05.259 --> 00:12:06.819 They've repurposed it. 00:12:07.379 --> 00:12:09.259 For income production. 00:12:09.480 --> 00:12:10.679 Not praise production. 00:12:11.740 --> 00:12:13.419 So imagine with me. 00:12:13.519 --> 00:12:14.559 We're all Gentiles. 00:12:14.699 --> 00:12:16.039 We're coming down from Sidon. 00:12:16.339 --> 00:12:16.740 We're like. 00:12:16.879 --> 00:12:17.819 We're convinced. 00:12:18.159 --> 00:12:19.699 Yahweh is the one true God. 00:12:19.939 --> 00:12:21.500 Let's go down and worship him. 00:12:21.600 --> 00:12:22.919 Passover week in Jerusalem. 00:12:23.500 --> 00:12:24.559 We're cool. 00:12:24.740 --> 00:12:25.759 Going into the temple. 00:12:25.980 --> 00:12:27.759 We'll go into the courts of the Gentiles. 00:12:27.759 --> 00:12:29.240 We can't go any further than that. 00:12:29.500 --> 00:12:30.659 We're okay with that. 00:12:30.759 --> 00:12:33.679 Because we're just happy to acknowledge that Yahweh is the one true God. 00:12:33.840 --> 00:12:35.980 So we all walk in together. 00:12:36.200 --> 00:12:38.000 We walk through the outer courts. 00:12:38.000 --> 00:12:40.899 With all this hustle and bustle of business going on. 00:12:41.019 --> 00:12:43.179 We walk into the court of the Gentiles. 00:12:43.340 --> 00:12:44.240 And all along. 00:12:44.379 --> 00:12:44.960 All the way down. 00:12:45.019 --> 00:12:45.240 We're like. 00:12:45.340 --> 00:12:46.819 I can't wait to sing. 00:12:47.179 --> 00:12:47.980 To speak. 00:12:48.480 --> 00:12:49.500 Psalm 8. 00:12:49.720 --> 00:12:50.899 To God. 00:12:51.120 --> 00:12:52.220 In his temple. 00:12:52.519 --> 00:12:54.100 As someone from Sidon. 00:12:54.100 --> 00:12:54.600 I can't wait. 00:12:54.600 --> 00:12:57.399 So we get into the court of the Gentiles. 00:12:57.560 --> 00:12:58.600 And I set up shop. 00:12:58.680 --> 00:12:59.019 And I'm like. 00:12:59.100 --> 00:13:01.220 I am ready to give praise. 00:13:01.360 --> 00:13:02.759 To the God of the Bible. 00:13:03.120 --> 00:13:05.680 And I'm going to let Psalm 8 rip. 00:13:05.980 --> 00:13:06.320 And so. 00:13:06.480 --> 00:13:07.460 As I feel. 00:13:07.560 --> 00:13:09.100 From my innermost man. 00:13:09.340 --> 00:13:10.980 All this praise coming up. 00:13:11.120 --> 00:13:13.060 And I'm going to rip out of Psalm. 00:13:13.560 --> 00:13:13.899 Meh. 00:13:16.420 --> 00:13:16.980 Meh. 00:13:16.980 --> 00:13:17.120 Meh. 00:13:17.120 --> 00:13:17.360 Meh. 00:13:17.360 --> 00:13:17.440 Meh. 00:13:23.759 --> 00:13:25.279 My praise is distracted. 00:13:29.039 --> 00:13:31.360 There was another kind of worship going on in the temple. 00:13:31.860 --> 00:13:33.060 It's not the worship of God. 00:13:35.440 --> 00:13:36.460 Jesus sees it. 00:13:37.799 --> 00:13:42.120 And out of his jealousy and zeal for God's worship. 00:13:42.120 --> 00:13:46.919 He drives these people out. 00:13:47.340 --> 00:13:48.299 They're the insiders. 00:13:48.539 --> 00:13:50.620 They're supposed to be facilitating worship. 00:13:50.899 --> 00:13:53.039 But they're not facilitating the worship of God. 00:13:55.879 --> 00:13:57.620 They've been profaning the temple. 00:13:58.379 --> 00:13:59.899 It's not what it's meant for. 00:14:00.700 --> 00:14:02.320 So Jesus drives them out. 00:14:04.519 --> 00:14:05.519 That reference. 00:14:07.299 --> 00:14:08.240 Where Jesus says. 00:14:08.379 --> 00:14:08.659 It's written. 00:14:08.779 --> 00:14:10.419 My house shall be called a house of prayer. 00:14:10.419 --> 00:14:12.579 It's taken from Isaiah 56. 00:14:13.219 --> 00:14:14.259 And in Isaiah 56. 00:14:14.759 --> 00:14:15.819 God is telling. 00:14:16.019 --> 00:14:17.139 About a future time. 00:14:17.259 --> 00:14:18.299 When he will gather. 00:14:19.240 --> 00:14:19.879 Foreigners. 00:14:20.240 --> 00:14:22.159 And outcasts of Israel. 00:14:22.959 --> 00:14:23.519 Outsiders. 00:14:23.959 --> 00:14:26.139 And he's going to bring them into his temple. 00:14:26.539 --> 00:14:28.620 And they are going to be made joyful. 00:14:29.120 --> 00:14:30.639 In the praise of God. 00:14:34.099 --> 00:14:35.480 There's going to come a time. 00:14:35.639 --> 00:14:37.019 When they will offer. 00:14:37.019 --> 00:14:38.019 Make offerings. 00:14:38.319 --> 00:14:39.679 And God will accept them. 00:14:39.679 --> 00:14:41.179 From these outsiders. 00:14:41.479 --> 00:14:42.919 Because their hearts are right. 00:14:45.579 --> 00:14:46.899 And so when Jesus says. 00:14:47.059 --> 00:14:48.899 For my house shall be called a house of prayer. 00:14:49.019 --> 00:14:49.979 For all peoples. 00:14:51.219 --> 00:14:52.459 For all peoples. 00:14:53.319 --> 00:14:55.379 When he sees these insiders. 00:14:56.419 --> 00:14:57.399 Distracting people. 00:14:57.559 --> 00:14:58.759 From the true worship of God. 00:14:59.239 --> 00:14:59.500 He. 00:14:59.899 --> 00:15:00.500 God incarnate. 00:15:00.579 --> 00:15:01.139 Walks in. 00:15:01.239 --> 00:15:01.639 And he says. 00:15:01.719 --> 00:15:02.259 You're out. 00:15:02.759 --> 00:15:03.919 No temple for you. 00:15:05.120 --> 00:15:05.839 You're out. 00:15:05.839 --> 00:15:05.879 You're out. 00:15:05.879 --> 00:15:05.980 God. 00:15:13.519 --> 00:15:14.700 So the irony is. 00:15:14.799 --> 00:15:15.320 That these people. 00:15:15.460 --> 00:15:16.220 Who are supposed to be. 00:15:16.519 --> 00:15:17.439 Facilitating worship. 00:15:18.500 --> 00:15:19.919 Were actually distracting. 00:15:20.159 --> 00:15:21.139 From the true worship of God. 00:15:23.600 --> 00:15:25.299 So this is a side of Jesus. 00:15:26.460 --> 00:15:27.460 That we may not. 00:15:27.700 --> 00:15:28.539 Be used to seeing. 00:15:30.340 --> 00:15:31.799 Jesus being forceful. 00:15:31.799 --> 00:15:34.159 Jesus being angry. 00:15:35.039 --> 00:15:37.159 There seems to be a hostility here. 00:15:38.579 --> 00:15:40.579 He's throwing tables and chairs around. 00:15:41.699 --> 00:15:42.219 You could say. 00:15:42.299 --> 00:15:43.319 He's kind of being pushy. 00:15:43.399 --> 00:15:45.639 He's driving people out. 00:15:46.139 --> 00:15:46.759 Of the temple. 00:15:48.559 --> 00:15:49.819 And we got to ask the question. 00:15:49.979 --> 00:15:50.259 Why? 00:15:51.659 --> 00:15:53.199 And the answer to that question is. 00:15:53.579 --> 00:15:55.439 Jesus is jealous. 00:15:55.639 --> 00:15:57.259 For God to be truly. 00:15:57.259 --> 00:15:59.100 And fully worshiped. 00:15:59.100 --> 00:16:00.259 He's protective. 00:16:00.259 --> 00:16:01.639 Of the glory. 00:16:02.179 --> 00:16:02.879 And honor. 00:16:03.340 --> 00:16:03.879 And praise. 00:16:04.080 --> 00:16:04.740 And majesty. 00:16:04.740 --> 00:16:05.679 Due to God. 00:16:05.840 --> 00:16:06.840 And God. 00:16:07.139 --> 00:16:07.740 Alone. 00:16:08.139 --> 00:16:09.139 These business people. 00:16:09.279 --> 00:16:09.879 Were profaning. 00:16:10.080 --> 00:16:11.659 The holy purpose of the temple. 00:16:11.939 --> 00:16:13.120 And when God incarnate. 00:16:13.179 --> 00:16:13.639 Walks in. 00:16:13.679 --> 00:16:14.659 And sees what is happening. 00:16:14.980 --> 00:16:16.720 He drives them out. 00:16:17.620 --> 00:16:18.679 It's not going to happen here. 00:16:20.340 --> 00:16:22.500 He drives out the insiders. 00:16:23.240 --> 00:16:24.379 So here's what this means. 00:16:24.439 --> 00:16:25.039 For us today. 00:16:25.039 --> 00:16:27.799 There's no longer a temple. 00:16:28.740 --> 00:16:30.719 The temple that Jesus stood in. 00:16:30.959 --> 00:16:32.139 Was raised. 00:16:32.579 --> 00:16:33.799 In AD 70. 00:16:34.159 --> 00:16:35.459 It's no longer there. 00:16:36.500 --> 00:16:37.839 But what we learn about. 00:16:37.980 --> 00:16:38.279 Is that. 00:16:38.740 --> 00:16:39.639 After Jesus death. 00:16:39.699 --> 00:16:40.459 And resurrection. 00:16:41.319 --> 00:16:41.639 Jesus. 00:16:41.939 --> 00:16:42.699 Has established. 00:16:42.879 --> 00:16:43.519 A new temple. 00:16:44.240 --> 00:16:45.240 And this new temple. 00:16:45.399 --> 00:16:46.919 Is not made out of bricks and mortar. 00:16:47.219 --> 00:16:48.539 As first Peter would say. 00:16:48.719 --> 00:16:49.480 This new temple. 00:16:49.559 --> 00:16:50.959 Is made out of living stones. 00:16:53.059 --> 00:16:54.219 God's people. 00:16:55.039 --> 00:16:56.599 Are the new temple. 00:16:57.019 --> 00:16:57.799 Of God. 00:16:58.719 --> 00:16:59.279 We. 00:16:59.919 --> 00:17:01.599 Are the temple of God. 00:17:02.480 --> 00:17:02.919 Indwelt. 00:17:02.919 --> 00:17:04.619 By the Holy Spirit. 00:17:06.740 --> 00:17:08.039 It's a better temple. 00:17:09.700 --> 00:17:10.980 And here's what this means. 00:17:11.079 --> 00:17:11.839 For us now. 00:17:12.839 --> 00:17:14.779 Jesus is just as jealous. 00:17:15.119 --> 00:17:16.559 For the worship of God. 00:17:16.819 --> 00:17:17.980 In this temple. 00:17:18.200 --> 00:17:18.920 As he was. 00:17:19.240 --> 00:17:19.940 In that temple. 00:17:19.940 --> 00:17:19.980 God. 00:17:20.740 --> 00:17:22.299 He wants us. 00:17:22.620 --> 00:17:23.080 To be. 00:17:23.420 --> 00:17:23.860 Wholly. 00:17:24.160 --> 00:17:24.640 Focused. 00:17:24.860 --> 00:17:25.700 On the worship. 00:17:25.960 --> 00:17:26.779 Of our God. 00:17:26.840 --> 00:17:27.960 When we gather together. 00:17:29.420 --> 00:17:30.660 He's jealous. 00:17:30.660 --> 00:17:31.519 For that. 00:17:32.100 --> 00:17:32.500 He's. 00:17:33.500 --> 00:17:34.059 Lovingly. 00:17:34.180 --> 00:17:35.220 And passionately. 00:17:35.620 --> 00:17:36.019 Committed. 00:17:36.019 --> 00:17:36.940 To us. 00:17:37.120 --> 00:17:38.120 As a people. 00:17:38.600 --> 00:17:39.400 Worshiping God. 00:17:39.539 --> 00:17:40.100 Together. 00:17:40.500 --> 00:17:40.799 Truly. 00:17:40.960 --> 00:17:41.299 And fully. 00:17:41.299 --> 00:17:48.399 So here's what this means. 00:17:49.639 --> 00:17:50.139 Our. 00:17:50.599 --> 00:17:51.119 Risen. 00:17:51.559 --> 00:17:51.980 King. 00:17:52.379 --> 00:17:53.440 Is more than willing. 00:17:53.859 --> 00:17:55.419 To drive out. 00:17:55.740 --> 00:17:56.740 Any kind of. 00:17:57.419 --> 00:17:57.940 Desires. 00:17:58.460 --> 00:17:59.079 That would. 00:17:59.339 --> 00:17:59.659 Kind of. 00:18:00.039 --> 00:18:00.700 Lead to the. 00:18:01.279 --> 00:18:02.099 False worship. 00:18:02.099 --> 00:18:03.480 Of things that are not God. 00:18:03.720 --> 00:18:05.680 He wants to purify us. 00:18:06.399 --> 00:18:08.039 He wants to cleanse us. 00:18:09.079 --> 00:18:10.539 And you know what the result will be? 00:18:10.539 --> 00:18:10.980 Unity. 00:18:13.440 --> 00:18:14.159 Unity. 00:18:14.740 --> 00:18:15.279 In fullness. 00:18:15.659 --> 00:18:16.519 Of joy. 00:18:17.240 --> 00:18:18.420 In the worship of God. 00:18:18.500 --> 00:18:18.819 Together. 00:18:19.819 --> 00:18:21.079 We welcome it. 00:18:22.039 --> 00:18:22.920 It's a good. 00:18:23.019 --> 00:18:23.559 Holy work. 00:18:26.740 --> 00:18:28.480 So what we see happening in. 00:18:28.920 --> 00:18:29.779 These two verses. 00:18:29.980 --> 00:18:30.940 That God incarnate. 00:18:31.220 --> 00:18:31.680 Enters. 00:18:31.899 --> 00:18:32.920 Into the temple. 00:18:34.579 --> 00:18:36.079 And he purifies it. 00:18:36.079 --> 00:18:40.460 His first act. 00:18:40.460 --> 00:18:41.960 Is to drive out the insiders. 00:18:42.859 --> 00:18:44.279 But his next act. 00:18:44.879 --> 00:18:47.220 Is to welcome in the outsiders. 00:18:47.419 --> 00:18:48.339 Look at verse 14. 00:18:50.339 --> 00:18:52.220 After sending these folks out. 00:18:52.539 --> 00:18:53.119 Jesus says. 00:18:53.220 --> 00:18:54.419 In the blind and the lame. 00:18:54.539 --> 00:18:55.059 Or we read. 00:18:55.139 --> 00:18:56.099 In the blind and the lame. 00:18:56.279 --> 00:18:57.679 Came to him in the temple. 00:18:58.819 --> 00:19:00.019 And he healed him. 00:19:00.099 --> 00:19:02.179 Remember the Isaiah 56 reference. 00:19:02.180 --> 00:19:03.539 Foreigners. 00:19:05.120 --> 00:19:05.680 Foreigners. 00:19:06.740 --> 00:19:07.259 Outcasts. 00:19:07.259 --> 00:19:08.180 Of Israel. 00:19:08.420 --> 00:19:09.920 Are going to be brought. 00:19:10.100 --> 00:19:11.120 Into the temple. 00:19:11.519 --> 00:19:13.200 And made joyful. 00:19:13.200 --> 00:19:14.820 In the worship of God. 00:19:15.620 --> 00:19:16.560 Do you know who that is. 00:19:16.560 --> 00:19:17.279 In this passage. 00:19:17.920 --> 00:19:19.420 It's the blind and the lame. 00:19:20.560 --> 00:19:21.460 Jesus has. 00:19:21.840 --> 00:19:22.720 Pushed out the. 00:19:23.519 --> 00:19:23.920 Insiders. 00:19:24.360 --> 00:19:25.519 And now is welcoming. 00:19:25.519 --> 00:19:27.120 In the outsiders. 00:19:27.119 --> 00:19:34.459 These blind and lame people. 00:19:34.559 --> 00:19:35.419 Come to Jesus. 00:19:36.519 --> 00:19:37.879 God incarnate. 00:19:38.199 --> 00:19:38.779 Emmanuel. 00:19:39.299 --> 00:19:40.159 In the temple. 00:19:42.059 --> 00:19:43.139 And Jesus. 00:19:43.359 --> 00:19:44.099 In his mercy. 00:19:44.319 --> 00:19:45.179 In his grace. 00:19:46.139 --> 00:19:47.459 He heals them. 00:19:48.500 --> 00:19:49.759 He gives them sight. 00:19:49.899 --> 00:19:50.979 He makes them whole. 00:19:51.979 --> 00:19:52.959 What we see. 00:19:53.500 --> 00:19:54.019 Later. 00:19:54.639 --> 00:19:55.719 In verse 15. 00:19:55.720 --> 00:19:56.860 But when the chief priests. 00:19:56.940 --> 00:19:57.519 And scribes. 00:19:57.519 --> 00:19:58.960 Saw the wonderful things. 00:19:58.960 --> 00:19:59.680 That he did. 00:19:59.860 --> 00:20:01.000 If you were there. 00:20:01.140 --> 00:20:02.799 Seeing what Jesus was doing. 00:20:03.160 --> 00:20:04.519 You would most likely say. 00:20:04.680 --> 00:20:05.680 That is amazing. 00:20:06.839 --> 00:20:08.240 That is so wonderful. 00:20:09.019 --> 00:20:10.039 Look who he's healing. 00:20:10.620 --> 00:20:11.819 Look who he's changing. 00:20:15.460 --> 00:20:17.819 He's welcoming in the outcasts. 00:20:17.960 --> 00:20:19.220 These would be the people. 00:20:19.220 --> 00:20:20.400 On the fringes. 00:20:21.180 --> 00:20:22.579 These who would be the people. 00:20:22.799 --> 00:20:23.680 Who good Jews. 00:20:23.799 --> 00:20:24.400 Of that day. 00:20:24.500 --> 00:20:25.240 The religious folk. 00:20:25.240 --> 00:20:26.640 Would just walk by. 00:20:27.440 --> 00:20:28.359 And Jesus is saying. 00:20:28.440 --> 00:20:28.799 No, no, no. 00:20:28.859 --> 00:20:29.059 You. 00:20:29.279 --> 00:20:29.480 You. 00:20:29.599 --> 00:20:30.680 You come to me. 00:20:31.200 --> 00:20:32.160 You're welcome. 00:20:32.720 --> 00:20:33.200 Here. 00:20:33.440 --> 00:20:34.660 In this place. 00:20:34.940 --> 00:20:36.019 In my presence. 00:20:37.759 --> 00:20:39.640 You are the true worshipers. 00:20:40.299 --> 00:20:41.599 You who are humble of heart. 00:20:42.660 --> 00:20:44.019 Seeking healing for me. 00:20:45.099 --> 00:20:46.400 Come into my presence. 00:20:48.579 --> 00:20:50.380 God welcomes the outsider. 00:20:50.380 --> 00:20:51.380 And we're all outsiders. 00:20:51.380 --> 00:20:52.900 And we're all outsiders. 00:20:53.940 --> 00:20:55.120 Our sin. 00:20:55.520 --> 00:20:56.660 Casts us out. 00:20:56.660 --> 00:20:58.460 Of the holy presence of God. 00:20:58.620 --> 00:21:00.040 But God in his grace. 00:21:00.100 --> 00:21:00.820 Through Jesus. 00:21:00.820 --> 00:21:02.180 Brings us in. 00:21:02.180 --> 00:21:03.600 And he brings us in. 00:21:03.860 --> 00:21:04.380 Together. 00:21:06.760 --> 00:21:07.700 So God. 00:21:07.760 --> 00:21:08.960 We see happening here. 00:21:09.040 --> 00:21:10.000 As God welcomes. 00:21:10.000 --> 00:21:11.400 Into his presence. 00:21:12.100 --> 00:21:14.180 Those who humbly recognize. 00:21:14.180 --> 00:21:16.060 their need. 00:21:18.460 --> 00:21:19.960 Now this is the Jesus 00:21:19.960 --> 00:21:21.700 whom all of our hearts rise to. 00:21:22.100 --> 00:21:23.880 This is the Jesus who welcomes 00:21:23.880 --> 00:21:26.060 in, into his presence 00:21:26.060 --> 00:21:27.299 the bruised, 00:21:27.840 --> 00:21:30.019 the broken, and the overbaked. 00:21:31.019 --> 00:21:32.080 The strung 00:21:32.080 --> 00:21:33.940 out. The I don't 00:21:33.940 --> 00:21:36.039 think I can get through the rest of this day, folks. 00:21:37.640 --> 00:21:37.960 Now, 00:21:39.460 --> 00:21:39.840 you see, 00:21:39.920 --> 00:21:40.440 the temple, 00:21:41.440 --> 00:21:42.320 the temple, 00:21:42.319 --> 00:21:44.000 the temple, 00:21:44.159 --> 00:21:46.359 where God is, Jesus, 00:21:47.599 --> 00:21:48.639 he's not saying 00:21:48.639 --> 00:21:50.619 you've got to clean up your life before you come to 00:21:50.619 --> 00:21:52.460 him. He's saying you come to me 00:21:52.460 --> 00:21:53.339 as you are. 00:21:54.379 --> 00:21:55.679 I welcome you. 00:21:57.460 --> 00:21:58.720 Now maybe this morning 00:21:58.720 --> 00:22:00.519 you've come into this building and you're 00:22:00.519 --> 00:22:01.839 feeling like an outcast. 00:22:03.099 --> 00:22:04.799 Maybe you have it in your mind 00:22:04.799 --> 00:22:06.659 it's kind of this lurking thing in the 00:22:06.659 --> 00:22:07.639 back of your skull 00:22:07.639 --> 00:22:10.480 that Jesus would never 00:22:10.480 --> 00:22:12.460 welcome you into his presence 00:22:12.460 --> 00:22:14.380 because something you've done 00:22:14.380 --> 00:22:15.079 in the past 00:22:15.079 --> 00:22:16.799 or something done to you 00:22:16.799 --> 00:22:17.400 in the past. 00:22:17.599 --> 00:22:18.339 And you're like thinking, 00:22:18.599 --> 00:22:18.620 oh, 00:22:18.779 --> 00:22:20.819 I'm sure he would be nice 00:22:20.819 --> 00:22:21.180 to me, 00:22:21.279 --> 00:22:22.420 but he wouldn't really 00:22:22.420 --> 00:22:23.519 welcome me in. 00:22:24.660 --> 00:22:26.019 Maybe you think of yourself 00:22:26.019 --> 00:22:27.480 as too damaged, 00:22:28.120 --> 00:22:29.259 too far gone. 00:22:29.819 --> 00:22:30.860 Maybe you think of yourself 00:22:30.860 --> 00:22:32.039 as too broken 00:22:32.039 --> 00:22:32.900 to be fixed. 00:22:33.380 --> 00:22:34.019 Maybe you think 00:22:34.019 --> 00:22:34.960 that you're too 00:22:34.960 --> 00:22:36.039 lame to be helped. 00:22:36.440 --> 00:22:37.539 Maybe you have this deep 00:22:37.539 --> 00:22:39.019 and ongoing sense 00:22:39.019 --> 00:22:40.359 that as I heard 00:22:40.359 --> 00:22:41.339 one man quote 00:22:41.339 --> 00:22:42.440 this past week 00:22:42.440 --> 00:22:43.599 that God 00:22:43.599 --> 00:22:45.019 has this ongoing 00:22:45.019 --> 00:22:46.859 mild disgust 00:22:46.859 --> 00:22:47.379 for me. 00:22:47.799 --> 00:22:48.480 Maybe that's you. 00:22:49.180 --> 00:22:49.920 Maybe you feel like 00:22:49.920 --> 00:22:50.859 you're the outcast. 00:22:51.480 --> 00:22:52.779 Maybe you have this 00:22:52.779 --> 00:22:53.599 kind of hidden 00:22:53.599 --> 00:22:54.980 lameness of soul. 00:22:55.440 --> 00:22:56.460 Maybe you have had this 00:22:56.460 --> 00:22:57.759 insatiable addiction 00:22:57.759 --> 00:22:59.079 and you have burned 00:22:59.079 --> 00:22:59.839 so many bridges 00:22:59.839 --> 00:23:00.519 in your life. 00:23:01.440 --> 00:23:02.799 You're just so ashamed. 00:23:03.359 --> 00:23:03.619 You're like, 00:23:03.680 --> 00:23:04.359 Jesus would never 00:23:04.359 --> 00:23:05.099 welcome me in. 00:23:05.099 --> 00:23:08.039 You think that if Jesus 00:23:08.039 --> 00:23:09.699 laid his eyes on you, 00:23:10.019 --> 00:23:10.699 you would see 00:23:10.699 --> 00:23:11.259 in his eyes 00:23:11.259 --> 00:23:12.419 this kindling 00:23:12.419 --> 00:23:14.039 of rage to you 00:23:14.039 --> 00:23:16.139 for what you have done 00:23:16.139 --> 00:23:16.619 and the mess 00:23:16.619 --> 00:23:17.339 that you've made 00:23:17.339 --> 00:23:18.559 and he would take you 00:23:18.559 --> 00:23:19.259 by the collar 00:23:19.259 --> 00:23:20.219 and throw you out 00:23:20.219 --> 00:23:20.959 of his presence. 00:23:23.059 --> 00:23:23.919 Maybe that's what 00:23:23.919 --> 00:23:24.379 you're thinking. 00:23:27.219 --> 00:23:28.419 Oh, I've got good news 00:23:28.419 --> 00:23:28.839 for you. 00:23:31.899 --> 00:23:33.779 Jesus is not that way 00:23:33.779 --> 00:23:34.539 towards those 00:23:34.539 --> 00:23:35.200 who are humble. 00:23:36.480 --> 00:23:38.259 Jesus is not that way 00:23:38.259 --> 00:23:38.899 towards people 00:23:38.899 --> 00:23:39.660 who come to him 00:23:39.660 --> 00:23:40.339 looking for healing. 00:23:40.660 --> 00:23:42.460 There's not one record 00:23:42.460 --> 00:23:43.359 of someone 00:23:43.359 --> 00:23:44.440 in our Bibles 00:23:44.440 --> 00:23:45.779 of coming to Jesus 00:23:45.779 --> 00:23:47.039 who was humble, 00:23:47.279 --> 00:23:47.859 honest need, 00:23:48.200 --> 00:23:48.879 looking for help 00:23:48.879 --> 00:23:49.879 and Jesus says, 00:23:50.220 --> 00:23:51.000 oh, I've got to get 00:23:51.000 --> 00:23:51.440 to Starbucks. 00:23:51.619 --> 00:23:51.940 I'm sorry. 00:23:52.000 --> 00:23:53.019 I can't help you right now. 00:23:54.720 --> 00:23:55.599 Not once. 00:23:55.599 --> 00:24:03.619 What I love about this verse 00:24:03.619 --> 00:24:07.759 is that these blind 00:24:07.759 --> 00:24:08.299 and the lame 00:24:08.299 --> 00:24:09.379 who came to Jesus 00:24:09.379 --> 00:24:11.319 were not told. 00:24:12.500 --> 00:24:13.619 How did the blind folk 00:24:13.619 --> 00:24:14.439 find their way in? 00:24:14.579 --> 00:24:16.000 Did they grope their way 00:24:16.000 --> 00:24:17.259 up through the colonnade 00:24:17.259 --> 00:24:17.799 and stairs 00:24:17.799 --> 00:24:19.319 into the outer courts 00:24:19.319 --> 00:24:20.059 and find Jesus? 00:24:20.459 --> 00:24:21.059 Were they led 00:24:21.059 --> 00:24:22.199 by the hand to Jesus? 00:24:22.399 --> 00:24:23.219 We're not told. 00:24:23.399 --> 00:24:24.099 Here's what we know. 00:24:24.099 --> 00:24:25.699 They walked in blind. 00:24:26.039 --> 00:24:27.480 They walked out seeing 00:24:27.480 --> 00:24:29.619 because they encountered Jesus. 00:24:31.259 --> 00:24:32.199 And the lame, 00:24:32.980 --> 00:24:33.559 we're not told 00:24:33.559 --> 00:24:34.299 what kind of lame. 00:24:35.079 --> 00:24:35.459 Did they have 00:24:35.459 --> 00:24:36.480 some kind of palsy? 00:24:36.699 --> 00:24:37.679 Were they able to walk? 00:24:37.819 --> 00:24:38.639 Were they carried in? 00:24:38.719 --> 00:24:39.539 We're not told. 00:24:39.939 --> 00:24:41.119 But we do know 00:24:41.119 --> 00:24:42.279 when they encountered Jesus 00:24:42.279 --> 00:24:42.959 and they were healed, 00:24:43.439 --> 00:24:45.519 they strided out 00:24:45.519 --> 00:24:46.759 of the temple, 00:24:47.039 --> 00:24:47.639 made whole. 00:24:49.779 --> 00:24:50.639 That's what Jesus 00:24:50.639 --> 00:24:51.679 is able to do then. 00:24:51.819 --> 00:24:52.519 That's what he's able 00:24:52.519 --> 00:24:53.199 to do now. 00:24:53.200 --> 00:24:54.500 And here's what Jesus 00:24:54.500 --> 00:24:56.559 does for sinners today. 00:24:57.160 --> 00:24:57.440 You see, 00:24:57.539 --> 00:24:58.340 within four days 00:24:58.340 --> 00:24:59.640 of Jesus saying this, 00:24:59.779 --> 00:25:00.799 standing in the temple, 00:25:01.480 --> 00:25:03.120 he would be hanging 00:25:03.120 --> 00:25:04.559 on a Roman cross 00:25:04.559 --> 00:25:06.100 outside the walls 00:25:06.100 --> 00:25:06.759 of Jerusalem. 00:25:08.539 --> 00:25:10.200 The incarnate king 00:25:10.200 --> 00:25:11.059 now standing 00:25:11.059 --> 00:25:11.740 in the temple 00:25:11.740 --> 00:25:12.860 who welcomes 00:25:12.860 --> 00:25:13.200 outsiders 00:25:13.799 --> 00:25:15.240 and heals them, 00:25:15.700 --> 00:25:17.340 he will be cast 00:25:17.340 --> 00:25:18.180 out 00:25:18.180 --> 00:25:19.980 as a sinner. 00:25:19.980 --> 00:25:23.579 all in order 00:25:23.579 --> 00:25:24.539 to bring sinners 00:25:24.539 --> 00:25:25.980 into a deep 00:25:25.980 --> 00:25:26.759 and abiding 00:25:26.759 --> 00:25:27.339 and vital 00:25:27.339 --> 00:25:28.000 relationship 00:25:28.000 --> 00:25:29.019 with the one true God. 00:25:32.860 --> 00:25:34.440 He was crucified 00:25:34.440 --> 00:25:36.099 outside the gate. 00:25:38.819 --> 00:25:40.180 But he's alive. 00:25:42.180 --> 00:25:43.660 He's alive today 00:25:43.660 --> 00:25:44.620 and he's alive 00:25:44.620 --> 00:25:45.680 and he's as full 00:25:45.680 --> 00:25:46.460 of mercy 00:25:46.460 --> 00:25:47.400 and grace 00:25:47.400 --> 00:25:49.280 as he was 00:25:49.280 --> 00:25:50.259 in the temple 00:25:50.259 --> 00:25:52.380 millennia ago 00:25:52.380 --> 00:25:54.360 and he welcomes 00:25:54.360 --> 00:25:55.580 all and any 00:25:55.580 --> 00:25:56.380 that would come 00:25:56.380 --> 00:25:56.940 to him. 00:25:57.360 --> 00:25:58.380 He's alive 00:25:58.380 --> 00:25:59.200 and he's full 00:25:59.200 --> 00:25:59.800 of mercy 00:25:59.800 --> 00:26:01.100 and he welcomes 00:26:01.100 --> 00:26:02.259 you into his presence. 00:26:05.860 --> 00:26:06.880 He welcomes 00:26:06.880 --> 00:26:07.759 in the outsiders 00:26:07.759 --> 00:26:08.580 and we're all 00:26:08.580 --> 00:26:09.160 outsiders. 00:26:09.160 --> 00:26:13.100 So we've seen 00:26:13.100 --> 00:26:13.880 Jesus drive out 00:26:13.880 --> 00:26:14.519 the insiders 00:26:14.519 --> 00:26:15.040 and welcome 00:26:15.040 --> 00:26:16.300 in the outsiders 00:26:16.300 --> 00:26:17.700 and now verse 15 00:26:17.700 --> 00:26:19.360 Matthew points us 00:26:19.360 --> 00:26:20.519 to two other groups 00:26:20.519 --> 00:26:21.220 of people 00:26:21.220 --> 00:26:21.900 who were there. 00:26:24.080 --> 00:26:24.860 And if there's 00:26:24.860 --> 00:26:25.540 a contrast 00:26:25.540 --> 00:26:27.080 between the insiders 00:26:27.080 --> 00:26:28.080 being driven out 00:26:28.080 --> 00:26:29.100 and the outsiders 00:26:29.100 --> 00:26:29.880 being welcomed in 00:26:29.880 --> 00:26:31.040 there's another contrast 00:26:31.040 --> 00:26:31.920 between these 00:26:31.920 --> 00:26:32.779 two groups 00:26:32.779 --> 00:26:33.340 of people. 00:26:34.440 --> 00:26:35.400 Read with me. 00:26:35.400 --> 00:26:39.160 Verse 15 00:26:39.160 --> 00:26:40.620 But when the chief 00:26:40.620 --> 00:26:41.920 priests and the scribes 00:26:41.920 --> 00:26:42.560 saw the wonderful 00:26:42.560 --> 00:26:43.560 things that he did 00:26:43.560 --> 00:26:44.940 and the children 00:26:44.940 --> 00:26:45.680 crying out 00:26:45.680 --> 00:26:46.220 in the temple 00:26:46.220 --> 00:26:47.140 Hosanna to the 00:26:47.140 --> 00:26:47.740 son of David. 00:26:48.200 --> 00:26:48.800 Do you see that? 00:26:49.300 --> 00:26:49.860 There were children 00:26:49.860 --> 00:26:50.180 there. 00:26:50.900 --> 00:26:51.300 There were children 00:26:51.300 --> 00:26:51.860 in the temple. 00:26:53.220 --> 00:26:53.740 There were children 00:26:53.740 --> 00:26:54.720 in these outer courts 00:26:54.720 --> 00:26:55.600 and they're seeing 00:26:55.600 --> 00:26:56.660 everything that's going on. 00:26:57.480 --> 00:26:58.680 And their response 00:26:58.680 --> 00:26:59.600 to these wonderful 00:26:59.600 --> 00:27:01.120 things is what? 00:27:02.560 --> 00:27:03.080 Praise. 00:27:03.079 --> 00:27:08.159 Praise to Jesus 00:27:08.159 --> 00:27:11.259 in the temple. 00:27:15.259 --> 00:27:16.220 They were not 00:27:16.220 --> 00:27:17.079 indifferent to Jesus. 00:27:18.079 --> 00:27:18.899 They were crying 00:27:18.899 --> 00:27:19.500 out to him 00:27:19.500 --> 00:27:20.859 Hosanna 00:27:20.859 --> 00:27:23.799 to the son of David. 00:27:24.799 --> 00:27:26.279 It's a messianic 00:27:26.279 --> 00:27:27.339 title reference. 00:27:28.579 --> 00:27:29.379 They're saying 00:27:29.379 --> 00:27:30.359 praise to you 00:27:30.359 --> 00:27:31.339 Messiah King. 00:27:31.339 --> 00:27:32.539 We see what's 00:27:32.539 --> 00:27:33.139 going on. 00:27:33.359 --> 00:27:34.339 We recognize you. 00:27:34.919 --> 00:27:35.599 Praise to you. 00:27:36.299 --> 00:27:37.639 This is the same thing 00:27:37.639 --> 00:27:39.099 that the crowds 00:27:39.099 --> 00:27:40.579 were proclaiming 00:27:40.579 --> 00:27:41.000 to Jesus. 00:27:41.139 --> 00:27:42.279 Those Galilean crowds 00:27:42.279 --> 00:27:42.899 that had followed 00:27:42.899 --> 00:27:43.539 Jesus down 00:27:43.539 --> 00:27:44.339 as he's entering 00:27:44.339 --> 00:27:45.259 into Jerusalem. 00:27:45.919 --> 00:27:46.699 They're singing 00:27:46.699 --> 00:27:47.740 Hosanna to the 00:27:47.740 --> 00:27:48.259 highest. 00:27:48.679 --> 00:27:49.459 Hosanna to the 00:27:49.459 --> 00:27:50.639 son of David. 00:27:51.519 --> 00:27:52.779 These boys 00:27:52.779 --> 00:27:53.939 who are in the 00:27:53.939 --> 00:27:54.279 temple 00:27:54.279 --> 00:27:55.259 have picked up 00:27:55.259 --> 00:27:56.199 that same thing. 00:27:56.679 --> 00:27:57.539 It's what the two 00:27:57.539 --> 00:27:58.399 blind men said 00:27:58.399 --> 00:27:58.959 in Bethany. 00:27:59.859 --> 00:28:00.740 Son of David 00:28:00.740 --> 00:28:01.759 have mercy on us. 00:28:03.319 --> 00:28:04.339 This is the king 00:28:04.339 --> 00:28:06.220 and he's being 00:28:06.220 --> 00:28:07.759 recognized by kids. 00:28:11.259 --> 00:28:12.120 From our study 00:28:12.120 --> 00:28:12.559 of Matthew 00:28:12.559 --> 00:28:13.160 we know that 00:28:13.160 --> 00:28:13.980 children were often 00:28:13.980 --> 00:28:14.779 looked down upon. 00:28:14.900 --> 00:28:15.480 I mean in Matthew 00:28:15.480 --> 00:28:16.480 19 the disciples 00:28:16.480 --> 00:28:16.920 were like 00:28:16.920 --> 00:28:18.299 parents don't bring 00:28:18.299 --> 00:28:18.940 your children to 00:28:18.940 --> 00:28:19.240 Jesus. 00:28:19.359 --> 00:28:19.839 He doesn't have 00:28:19.839 --> 00:28:20.460 time for them. 00:28:21.120 --> 00:28:21.660 And Jesus is like 00:28:21.660 --> 00:28:22.099 what are you guys 00:28:22.099 --> 00:28:22.620 talking about? 00:28:22.680 --> 00:28:23.180 Bring them to me 00:28:23.180 --> 00:28:23.980 and he blesses them. 00:28:25.819 --> 00:28:26.759 Jesus in Matthew 00:28:26.759 --> 00:28:28.140 18 sets a child 00:28:28.140 --> 00:28:29.079 before his disciples 00:28:29.079 --> 00:28:30.279 and says whoever 00:28:30.279 --> 00:28:31.119 humbles himself 00:28:31.119 --> 00:28:31.899 like this child 00:28:31.899 --> 00:28:32.579 is the greatest 00:28:32.579 --> 00:28:33.119 in the kingdom 00:28:33.119 --> 00:28:33.599 of heaven. 00:28:33.599 --> 00:28:34.720 So when we read 00:28:34.720 --> 00:28:35.220 these children 00:28:35.220 --> 00:28:36.599 in the temple 00:28:36.599 --> 00:28:37.659 who are worshiping 00:28:37.659 --> 00:28:39.039 Jesus after they 00:28:39.039 --> 00:28:40.139 see him welcoming 00:28:40.139 --> 00:28:40.939 in the outsiders 00:28:40.939 --> 00:28:41.679 and healing him 00:28:41.679 --> 00:28:43.399 man not only did it 00:28:43.399 --> 00:28:43.799 happen 00:28:43.799 --> 00:28:45.480 it's an example 00:28:45.480 --> 00:28:46.179 for us. 00:28:48.059 --> 00:28:49.500 We respond 00:28:49.500 --> 00:28:50.339 in praise 00:28:50.339 --> 00:28:51.519 when we become 00:28:51.519 --> 00:28:52.899 aware that God 00:28:52.899 --> 00:28:53.339 has healed 00:28:53.339 --> 00:28:54.399 another outsider. 00:28:54.400 --> 00:29:02.280 these children 00:29:02.280 --> 00:29:03.080 model for us 00:29:03.080 --> 00:29:04.000 the praise 00:29:04.000 --> 00:29:04.600 to be given 00:29:04.600 --> 00:29:05.220 to Jesus 00:29:05.220 --> 00:29:07.120 when he 00:29:07.120 --> 00:29:08.120 shows his mercy 00:29:08.120 --> 00:29:08.720 and grace 00:29:08.720 --> 00:29:09.800 to another one 00:29:09.800 --> 00:29:10.200 who doesn't 00:29:10.200 --> 00:29:10.780 deserve it. 00:29:12.700 --> 00:29:13.480 I mean we're 00:29:13.480 --> 00:29:14.280 all outsiders 00:29:14.280 --> 00:29:15.759 to whom the 00:29:15.759 --> 00:29:16.480 risen Christ 00:29:16.480 --> 00:29:17.400 has shown mercy 00:29:17.400 --> 00:29:19.060 and grace 00:29:19.060 --> 00:29:20.220 and when we 00:29:20.220 --> 00:29:21.140 see it happen 00:29:21.140 --> 00:29:23.200 our response 00:29:23.200 --> 00:29:24.220 says Hosanna 00:29:24.220 --> 00:29:25.660 to the son 00:29:25.660 --> 00:29:26.319 of David 00:29:26.319 --> 00:29:29.200 God be praised. 00:29:32.799 --> 00:29:33.660 But there's not 00:29:33.660 --> 00:29:34.200 just praise 00:29:34.200 --> 00:29:34.840 going on. 00:29:36.420 --> 00:29:37.360 Matthew points 00:29:37.360 --> 00:29:37.920 to another 00:29:37.920 --> 00:29:39.220 contrasting group 00:29:39.220 --> 00:29:39.720 of men 00:29:39.720 --> 00:29:40.680 not children 00:29:40.680 --> 00:29:41.380 but men 00:29:41.380 --> 00:29:42.120 who are 00:29:42.120 --> 00:29:43.200 at the temple 00:29:43.200 --> 00:29:43.920 and who have 00:29:43.920 --> 00:29:44.620 observed all 00:29:44.620 --> 00:29:44.980 that's been 00:29:44.980 --> 00:29:45.580 going on. 00:29:46.480 --> 00:29:47.100 But when the 00:29:47.100 --> 00:29:47.819 chief priests 00:29:47.819 --> 00:29:48.600 and scribes 00:29:48.600 --> 00:29:49.340 saw the wonderful 00:29:49.340 --> 00:29:50.140 things that he did 00:29:50.140 --> 00:29:50.660 the healing 00:29:50.660 --> 00:29:51.580 of these outsiders 00:29:51.579 --> 00:29:53.000 and when these 00:29:53.000 --> 00:29:53.819 chief priests 00:29:53.819 --> 00:29:54.679 saw the children 00:29:54.679 --> 00:29:55.359 crying out 00:29:55.359 --> 00:29:55.839 in the temple 00:29:55.839 --> 00:29:56.619 Hosanna to the 00:29:56.619 --> 00:29:57.419 son of David 00:29:57.419 --> 00:29:58.179 when they heard 00:29:58.179 --> 00:29:59.539 that they were 00:29:59.539 --> 00:30:00.519 indignant. 00:30:01.460 --> 00:30:02.539 They were ticked 00:30:02.539 --> 00:30:02.839 off. 00:30:03.579 --> 00:30:04.460 They were angry. 00:30:08.460 --> 00:30:09.319 These were the 00:30:09.319 --> 00:30:09.939 religious leaders 00:30:09.939 --> 00:30:10.639 of Israel 00:30:10.639 --> 00:30:11.419 in Jerusalem. 00:30:11.599 --> 00:30:12.259 These are the guys 00:30:12.259 --> 00:30:12.659 that would have 00:30:12.659 --> 00:30:13.859 had the offices 00:30:13.859 --> 00:30:14.519 in the temple. 00:30:15.359 --> 00:30:16.139 These are the ones 00:30:16.139 --> 00:30:17.199 that would have 00:30:17.199 --> 00:30:18.379 given the initial 00:30:18.379 --> 00:30:20.299 okay for these 00:30:20.299 --> 00:30:21.379 people to come 00:30:21.379 --> 00:30:22.139 in to the 00:30:22.139 --> 00:30:22.919 outer courts 00:30:22.919 --> 00:30:23.579 and start 00:30:23.579 --> 00:30:24.460 selling stuff. 00:30:25.319 --> 00:30:25.960 We don't know 00:30:25.960 --> 00:30:26.279 if there was 00:30:26.279 --> 00:30:26.879 a stall fee 00:30:26.879 --> 00:30:29.259 but they would 00:30:29.259 --> 00:30:29.899 have okayed it. 00:30:32.879 --> 00:30:33.879 These are the guys 00:30:33.879 --> 00:30:34.339 who would have 00:30:34.339 --> 00:30:35.119 made it difficult 00:30:35.119 --> 00:30:35.859 for the blind 00:30:35.859 --> 00:30:36.259 and the lame 00:30:36.259 --> 00:30:37.079 to even enter 00:30:37.079 --> 00:30:37.559 the temple. 00:30:38.680 --> 00:30:39.839 These are the guys 00:30:39.839 --> 00:30:40.839 who were supposed 00:30:40.839 --> 00:30:42.119 to be shepherding 00:30:42.119 --> 00:30:42.980 God's people 00:30:42.980 --> 00:30:45.299 and in walks 00:30:45.299 --> 00:30:46.319 the incarnate king 00:30:46.319 --> 00:30:47.259 into the temple 00:30:47.259 --> 00:30:48.859 and they're mad 00:30:48.859 --> 00:30:50.779 because kids 00:30:50.779 --> 00:30:51.859 are saying 00:30:51.859 --> 00:30:53.159 he's the Messiah. 00:30:59.019 --> 00:30:59.939 What they should 00:30:59.939 --> 00:31:00.399 have been doing 00:31:00.399 --> 00:31:01.740 is joining in praise 00:31:01.740 --> 00:31:03.299 and what they end 00:31:03.299 --> 00:31:03.859 up doing 00:31:03.859 --> 00:31:05.699 is criticizing. 00:31:08.519 --> 00:31:09.379 You see 00:31:09.379 --> 00:31:10.839 of this story 00:31:10.839 --> 00:31:13.240 these men 00:31:13.240 --> 00:31:14.559 are the ones 00:31:14.559 --> 00:31:15.459 who are the most 00:31:15.459 --> 00:31:16.339 blind of all. 00:31:16.339 --> 00:31:18.459 they don't 00:31:18.459 --> 00:31:19.299 recognize 00:31:19.299 --> 00:31:20.679 who's in their 00:31:20.679 --> 00:31:21.000 midst 00:31:21.000 --> 00:31:23.740 and they're 00:31:23.740 --> 00:31:24.379 so angry 00:31:24.379 --> 00:31:25.059 because these 00:31:25.059 --> 00:31:25.559 children 00:31:25.559 --> 00:31:27.759 are calling 00:31:27.759 --> 00:31:28.899 Jesus the Messiah. 00:31:32.699 --> 00:31:33.599 They say to 00:31:33.599 --> 00:31:34.339 Jesus in verse 00:31:34.339 --> 00:31:34.879 16 00:31:34.879 --> 00:31:37.740 do you not 00:31:37.740 --> 00:31:38.119 hear what 00:31:38.119 --> 00:31:38.519 these guys 00:31:38.519 --> 00:31:38.939 are saying? 00:31:40.939 --> 00:31:41.720 It's not a 00:31:41.720 --> 00:31:42.099 question. 00:31:43.619 --> 00:31:44.379 They're telling 00:31:44.379 --> 00:31:44.879 him to shut 00:31:44.879 --> 00:31:45.299 them up. 00:31:46.339 --> 00:31:49.339 These children 00:31:49.339 --> 00:31:49.859 are praising 00:31:49.859 --> 00:31:50.379 you Jesus 00:31:50.379 --> 00:31:50.899 they're calling 00:31:50.899 --> 00:31:51.539 you the Messiah 00:31:51.539 --> 00:31:51.899 would you 00:31:51.899 --> 00:31:52.599 please shut 00:31:52.599 --> 00:31:53.059 them up? 00:31:54.220 --> 00:31:54.859 They shouldn't 00:31:54.859 --> 00:31:55.259 be doing 00:31:55.259 --> 00:31:55.599 this. 00:31:55.980 --> 00:31:56.299 Do you hear 00:31:56.299 --> 00:31:56.579 what they're 00:31:56.579 --> 00:31:56.899 saying? 00:32:02.240 --> 00:32:02.919 So we have 00:32:02.919 --> 00:32:03.480 this contrast 00:32:03.480 --> 00:32:04.179 between these 00:32:04.179 --> 00:32:04.959 children praising 00:32:04.959 --> 00:32:06.359 Jesus and 00:32:06.359 --> 00:32:07.000 these chief 00:32:07.000 --> 00:32:07.799 priests and 00:32:07.799 --> 00:32:08.759 scribes who 00:32:08.759 --> 00:32:09.480 are trying to 00:32:09.480 --> 00:32:10.199 shut up the 00:32:10.199 --> 00:32:11.039 praise of Jesus 00:32:11.039 --> 00:32:12.619 to hinder the 00:32:12.619 --> 00:32:13.399 praise of Jesus. 00:32:13.400 --> 00:32:17.680 now look at 00:32:17.680 --> 00:32:19.800 verse 16 00:32:19.800 --> 00:32:20.259 and Jesus 00:32:20.259 --> 00:32:20.960 response. 00:32:21.420 --> 00:32:21.840 They say do 00:32:21.840 --> 00:32:22.200 you hear what 00:32:22.200 --> 00:32:23.580 these these are 00:32:23.580 --> 00:32:24.160 saying and 00:32:24.160 --> 00:32:24.940 Jesus says to 00:32:24.940 --> 00:32:26.860 them oh yeah 00:32:26.860 --> 00:32:27.519 I hear it. 00:32:28.240 --> 00:32:28.660 Yes. 00:32:28.960 --> 00:32:29.680 Yes I hear it. 00:32:30.120 --> 00:32:31.120 I hear it loud 00:32:31.120 --> 00:32:31.480 and clear. 00:32:32.320 --> 00:32:32.620 Yes. 00:32:33.400 --> 00:32:33.860 And then he 00:32:33.860 --> 00:32:34.420 says to them 00:32:34.420 --> 00:32:35.060 have you not 00:32:35.060 --> 00:32:36.840 heard out of 00:32:36.840 --> 00:32:37.440 the mouths of 00:32:37.440 --> 00:32:38.100 infants and 00:32:38.100 --> 00:32:38.980 nursing babes 00:32:38.980 --> 00:32:39.819 you have 00:32:39.819 --> 00:32:41.500 prepared praise. 00:32:42.980 --> 00:32:43.740 Jesus is 00:32:43.740 --> 00:32:44.480 quoting Psalm 00:32:44.480 --> 00:32:45.140 8 too. 00:32:45.279 --> 00:32:46.059 It's it's the 00:32:46.059 --> 00:32:46.660 psalm that we 00:32:46.660 --> 00:32:47.200 started the 00:32:47.200 --> 00:32:47.799 service with. 00:32:47.880 --> 00:32:48.640 It's it's that 00:32:48.640 --> 00:32:49.640 psalm that in 00:32:49.640 --> 00:32:50.279 verse 1 and 00:32:50.279 --> 00:32:51.059 verse 9 the 00:32:51.059 --> 00:32:51.940 first verse and 00:32:51.940 --> 00:32:52.579 the last verse 00:32:52.579 --> 00:32:54.039 it's oh Lord 00:32:54.039 --> 00:32:54.700 our Lord how 00:32:54.700 --> 00:32:55.539 majestic is your 00:32:55.539 --> 00:32:56.079 name in all the 00:32:56.079 --> 00:32:56.259 earth. 00:32:56.599 --> 00:32:57.360 It's a psalm of 00:32:57.360 --> 00:32:58.460 praise to God 00:32:58.460 --> 00:33:00.000 and and Jesus is 00:33:00.000 --> 00:33:01.099 using it very 00:33:01.099 --> 00:33:02.319 specifically. 00:33:02.980 --> 00:33:03.700 He's saying these 00:33:03.700 --> 00:33:04.640 children who are 00:33:04.640 --> 00:33:06.360 praising me they're 00:33:06.360 --> 00:33:07.019 the fulfillment of 00:33:07.019 --> 00:33:07.200 that. 00:33:07.200 --> 00:33:08.440 They should be 00:33:08.440 --> 00:33:08.759 praising. 00:33:09.940 --> 00:33:11.080 And and he's 00:33:11.080 --> 00:33:12.340 also saying they're 00:33:12.340 --> 00:33:13.259 praising me. 00:33:13.960 --> 00:33:15.360 He's claiming to 00:33:15.360 --> 00:33:16.299 be the God of 00:33:16.299 --> 00:33:17.120 Psalm 8 too. 00:33:18.240 --> 00:33:19.319 He's he's saying 00:33:19.319 --> 00:33:20.519 their praise of 00:33:20.519 --> 00:33:21.700 me is right. 00:33:23.039 --> 00:33:23.559 But you know 00:33:23.559 --> 00:33:24.259 what I also 00:33:24.259 --> 00:33:25.680 saying Psalm 8 00:33:25.680 --> 00:33:30.000 2 is it's it's a 00:33:30.000 --> 00:33:31.019 way in which Jesus 00:33:31.019 --> 00:33:31.940 is vindicated. 00:33:32.980 --> 00:33:34.519 In Psalm 8 2 we 00:33:34.519 --> 00:33:35.220 read this. 00:33:35.220 --> 00:33:40.860 Let me find it. 00:33:45.680 --> 00:33:46.700 We read this. 00:33:47.259 --> 00:33:47.799 Out of the mouth 00:33:47.799 --> 00:33:48.440 of infants and 00:33:48.440 --> 00:33:49.339 nursing babes you 00:33:49.339 --> 00:33:49.799 have prepared 00:33:49.799 --> 00:33:51.360 praise and what 00:33:51.360 --> 00:33:53.400 follows is in the 00:33:53.400 --> 00:33:54.160 presence of your 00:33:54.160 --> 00:33:54.480 enemies. 00:33:56.200 --> 00:33:57.400 So what's going on 00:33:57.400 --> 00:33:58.100 here is this. 00:33:58.500 --> 00:34:00.120 Jesus in the face 00:34:00.120 --> 00:34:01.200 of his enemies the 00:34:01.200 --> 00:34:02.079 chief scribes and 00:34:02.079 --> 00:34:03.140 the chief priests and 00:34:03.140 --> 00:34:04.340 the scribes he's 00:34:04.340 --> 00:34:05.380 being praised by 00:34:05.380 --> 00:34:06.280 these kids in the 00:34:06.280 --> 00:34:07.320 temple and what 00:34:07.320 --> 00:34:08.360 Jesus is saying is 00:34:08.360 --> 00:34:09.160 oh yeah this is 00:34:09.160 --> 00:34:09.599 fulfillment. 00:34:10.820 --> 00:34:11.900 These children are 00:34:11.900 --> 00:34:12.920 vindicating me and 00:34:12.920 --> 00:34:14.440 who I am and me 00:34:14.440 --> 00:34:15.660 being God incarnate in 00:34:15.660 --> 00:34:16.599 the temple right now 00:34:16.599 --> 00:34:18.200 opening up to 00:34:18.200 --> 00:34:20.119 outsiders vindicated. 00:34:20.119 --> 00:34:28.059 the question is why 00:34:28.059 --> 00:34:28.980 aren't the chief 00:34:28.980 --> 00:34:30.359 priests and scribes 00:34:30.359 --> 00:34:32.059 praising Jesus along 00:34:32.059 --> 00:34:33.940 with these kids and 00:34:33.940 --> 00:34:34.639 the answer to that 00:34:34.639 --> 00:34:36.339 question is their 00:34:36.339 --> 00:34:37.159 hearts were hard. 00:34:38.599 --> 00:34:39.519 They were hardened. 00:34:39.639 --> 00:34:40.480 They did not believe 00:34:40.480 --> 00:34:41.440 him to be the Christ. 00:34:41.619 --> 00:34:42.880 They were blinded by 00:34:42.880 --> 00:34:43.579 their own sinful 00:34:43.579 --> 00:34:44.039 pride. 00:34:44.179 --> 00:34:45.699 They don't have eyes 00:34:45.699 --> 00:34:47.139 to see or to hear and 00:34:47.139 --> 00:34:48.400 this is what Jesus was 00:34:48.400 --> 00:34:49.759 getting at in Luke 19. 00:34:49.760 --> 00:34:50.720 He's coming into the 00:34:50.720 --> 00:34:52.080 city and he says he 00:34:52.080 --> 00:34:53.800 weeps and he says you 00:34:53.800 --> 00:34:55.260 haven't recognized the 00:34:55.260 --> 00:34:56.380 day of your visitation. 00:34:56.880 --> 00:34:57.820 They don't recognize 00:34:57.820 --> 00:34:58.040 him. 00:34:58.960 --> 00:34:59.740 They don't recognize 00:34:59.740 --> 00:34:59.960 him. 00:35:01.180 --> 00:35:02.680 So in verse 17 after 00:35:02.680 --> 00:35:03.920 quoting Psalm 8 Jesus 00:35:03.920 --> 00:35:05.680 leaves the temple and 00:35:05.680 --> 00:35:06.700 he lodges in Bethany 00:35:06.700 --> 00:35:08.200 most likely with his 00:35:08.200 --> 00:35:09.520 friends Mary, Martha, 00:35:09.640 --> 00:35:10.220 and Lazarus. 00:35:10.219 --> 00:35:16.099 this passage we've seen 00:35:16.099 --> 00:35:18.339 God incarnate walk into 00:35:18.339 --> 00:35:20.119 the temple and when he 00:35:20.119 --> 00:35:21.819 walks in he drives out 00:35:21.819 --> 00:35:23.480 the insiders and then 00:35:23.480 --> 00:35:24.559 he welcomes in the 00:35:24.559 --> 00:35:25.839 outsiders and then he 00:35:25.839 --> 00:35:27.119 receives the praise of 00:35:27.119 --> 00:35:28.239 kids and then he 00:35:28.239 --> 00:35:29.319 receives the criticism 00:35:29.319 --> 00:35:31.500 of these religious 00:35:31.500 --> 00:35:32.799 leaders and he says 00:35:32.799 --> 00:35:34.899 hey these kids praise 00:35:34.899 --> 00:35:35.799 vindicate me. 00:35:35.959 --> 00:35:37.539 I'm God in the flesh in 00:35:37.539 --> 00:35:38.480 the temple right now. 00:35:40.320 --> 00:35:42.619 This passage is all 00:35:42.619 --> 00:35:43.239 about Jesus. 00:35:43.980 --> 00:35:45.860 This passage is all 00:35:45.860 --> 00:35:47.599 about Jesus who is God 00:35:47.599 --> 00:35:49.300 incarnate in his temple 00:35:49.300 --> 00:35:51.559 and how to respond to 00:35:51.559 --> 00:35:51.779 him. 00:35:56.500 --> 00:35:58.099 And this morning I want 00:35:58.099 --> 00:36:00.800 to remind you and point 00:36:00.800 --> 00:36:02.159 you to three things of 00:36:02.159 --> 00:36:02.739 how we're going to 00:36:02.739 --> 00:36:03.639 respond to this. 00:36:03.639 --> 00:36:07.179 the first is this. 00:36:08.759 --> 00:36:09.900 We're all outsiders. 00:36:11.339 --> 00:36:12.859 We're all outsiders in 00:36:12.859 --> 00:36:14.039 need of God's grace to 00:36:14.039 --> 00:36:15.779 be brought us into a 00:36:15.779 --> 00:36:16.920 vital relationship with 00:36:16.920 --> 00:36:17.219 God. 00:36:17.900 --> 00:36:19.119 So regardless of the 00:36:19.119 --> 00:36:20.000 neighborhood you live in, 00:36:20.559 --> 00:36:21.440 regardless if you're a 00:36:21.440 --> 00:36:22.239 guy or a gal, 00:36:22.739 --> 00:36:23.739 regardless of your skin 00:36:23.739 --> 00:36:25.119 color or your education 00:36:25.119 --> 00:36:27.199 level or your annual 00:36:27.199 --> 00:36:29.179 income or your employment 00:36:29.179 --> 00:36:30.859 status, regardless of it 00:36:30.859 --> 00:36:32.259 all, we're all outsiders 00:36:32.260 --> 00:36:33.760 because of our sin and 00:36:33.760 --> 00:36:34.880 we need to be brought in 00:36:34.880 --> 00:36:36.040 by God's grace through 00:36:36.040 --> 00:36:36.520 Jesus. 00:36:37.540 --> 00:36:38.720 We're all outsiders. 00:36:40.320 --> 00:36:41.400 By his grace. 00:36:42.200 --> 00:36:43.500 And when he brings us 00:36:43.500 --> 00:36:45.760 into a living relationship 00:36:45.760 --> 00:36:48.080 with him, he builds us 00:36:48.080 --> 00:36:49.460 into his living temple, 00:36:49.580 --> 00:36:50.120 the church. 00:36:52.460 --> 00:36:53.560 So the first thing that 00:36:53.560 --> 00:36:54.620 we need to remember is 00:36:54.620 --> 00:36:56.980 we're all outsiders in 00:36:56.980 --> 00:36:57.880 need of God's grace. 00:36:59.960 --> 00:37:01.220 The second is this. 00:37:02.260 --> 00:37:05.340 Jesus takes his rightful 00:37:05.340 --> 00:37:05.920 place. 00:37:08.320 --> 00:37:10.180 It was right for Jesus 00:37:10.180 --> 00:37:12.060 to stand in the temple 00:37:12.060 --> 00:37:14.000 and be praised by 00:37:14.000 --> 00:37:14.480 children. 00:37:15.280 --> 00:37:16.380 It was right. 00:37:18.540 --> 00:37:19.960 Today, do you recognize 00:37:19.960 --> 00:37:21.420 the rightful place Jesus 00:37:21.420 --> 00:37:23.260 has not only in your life 00:37:23.260 --> 00:37:24.460 but in our church? 00:37:26.200 --> 00:37:27.620 He's the incarnate risen 00:37:27.620 --> 00:37:28.040 king. 00:37:28.039 --> 00:37:30.119 And he's not going to 00:37:30.119 --> 00:37:31.940 tolerate in us 00:37:31.940 --> 00:37:33.800 any profaning of the 00:37:33.800 --> 00:37:35.000 worship due his name. 00:37:36.779 --> 00:37:38.539 And so he's going to do 00:37:38.539 --> 00:37:40.179 and continue to do a good, 00:37:40.420 --> 00:37:42.719 holy, gracious work in us 00:37:42.719 --> 00:37:44.699 to unite us together 00:37:44.699 --> 00:37:46.219 in the praise of his 00:37:46.219 --> 00:37:46.980 great name. 00:37:47.340 --> 00:37:48.920 It's his rightful place. 00:37:50.920 --> 00:37:52.219 So in light of that, I want 00:37:52.219 --> 00:37:53.320 to ask you to do something 00:37:53.320 --> 00:37:53.840 this week. 00:37:55.440 --> 00:37:57.019 I want to ask you to 00:37:57.019 --> 00:38:00.100 go before the Lord 00:38:00.100 --> 00:38:01.160 with this question. 00:38:04.380 --> 00:38:06.480 Would you ask the risen 00:38:06.480 --> 00:38:08.420 Christ to purify your 00:38:08.420 --> 00:38:10.680 heart so that he may 00:38:10.680 --> 00:38:12.039 have the rightful place 00:38:12.039 --> 00:38:13.760 not only in your heart 00:38:13.760 --> 00:38:16.059 but in our church? 00:38:17.440 --> 00:38:18.880 That he would take 00:38:18.880 --> 00:38:19.980 front and center. 00:38:20.320 --> 00:38:21.700 That he would be the one 00:38:21.699 --> 00:38:22.839 in whom all of our praise 00:38:22.839 --> 00:38:23.439 is directed. 00:38:23.919 --> 00:38:25.679 Would you join me 00:38:25.679 --> 00:38:26.539 this week 00:38:26.539 --> 00:38:27.939 in asking God 00:38:27.939 --> 00:38:28.859 to do a work 00:38:28.859 --> 00:38:30.219 in which he purifies 00:38:30.219 --> 00:38:30.839 your heart 00:38:30.839 --> 00:38:32.559 to worship him? 00:38:35.259 --> 00:38:35.779 Jesus 00:38:35.779 --> 00:38:38.239 takes his rightful place. 00:38:40.919 --> 00:38:42.159 The third and last 00:38:42.159 --> 00:38:44.579 point of application 00:38:44.579 --> 00:38:46.639 has to do with what 00:38:46.639 --> 00:38:47.639 happens here on a Sunday 00:38:47.639 --> 00:38:49.000 morning when we sing 00:38:49.000 --> 00:38:49.359 together. 00:38:49.360 --> 00:38:51.740 very specific. 00:38:55.620 --> 00:38:57.180 We're not to hinder 00:38:57.180 --> 00:38:58.840 each other's praise 00:38:58.840 --> 00:38:59.760 of Jesus. 00:39:01.019 --> 00:39:02.039 We're not to hinder 00:39:02.039 --> 00:39:03.019 each other's praise. 00:39:05.900 --> 00:39:06.960 Those children who 00:39:06.960 --> 00:39:07.880 cried out Hosanna 00:39:07.880 --> 00:39:08.920 to the son of David, 00:39:09.079 --> 00:39:09.960 they were right. 00:39:11.000 --> 00:39:12.019 And when the chief 00:39:12.019 --> 00:39:13.200 priest told Jesus 00:39:13.200 --> 00:39:14.039 to essentially shut 00:39:14.039 --> 00:39:15.200 him up, Jesus says, 00:39:15.539 --> 00:39:15.960 no. 00:39:16.960 --> 00:39:17.640 Doesn't hinder 00:39:17.640 --> 00:39:18.300 their praise. 00:39:18.300 --> 00:39:20.480 it was right for them 00:39:20.480 --> 00:39:21.200 to praise him. 00:39:22.280 --> 00:39:23.560 So let's apply this 00:39:23.560 --> 00:39:25.060 to when we sing 00:39:25.060 --> 00:39:25.920 together in this room 00:39:25.920 --> 00:39:26.740 on a Sunday morning. 00:39:27.820 --> 00:39:28.820 What's got to be going 00:39:28.820 --> 00:39:29.560 on in your heart 00:39:29.560 --> 00:39:31.380 when we sing together? 00:39:33.519 --> 00:39:34.860 When we're standing up 00:39:34.860 --> 00:39:36.680 and someone next to you 00:39:36.680 --> 00:39:38.380 raises their hands 00:39:38.380 --> 00:39:39.060 to worship 00:39:39.060 --> 00:39:41.019 and this is new to you, 00:39:41.680 --> 00:39:42.720 don't be distracted 00:39:42.720 --> 00:39:43.320 by that. 00:39:43.940 --> 00:39:45.000 Don't feel threatened 00:39:45.000 --> 00:39:45.620 by that. 00:39:45.619 --> 00:39:47.859 rejoice in that. 00:39:49.159 --> 00:39:50.299 Give this person 00:39:50.299 --> 00:39:50.759 the benefit 00:39:50.759 --> 00:39:51.579 of any doubt 00:39:51.579 --> 00:39:52.679 that they are 00:39:52.679 --> 00:39:54.299 worshiping Jesus 00:39:54.299 --> 00:39:55.319 at that moment. 00:39:56.319 --> 00:39:56.679 And so, 00:39:56.819 --> 00:39:58.139 when you realize that, 00:39:58.859 --> 00:39:59.759 you can return 00:39:59.759 --> 00:40:00.819 to your rejoicing 00:40:00.819 --> 00:40:01.279 of Jesus. 00:40:02.339 --> 00:40:03.159 So if someone's 00:40:03.159 --> 00:40:03.859 raising their hand 00:40:03.859 --> 00:40:04.519 next to you, 00:40:05.359 --> 00:40:05.819 rejoice. 00:40:05.819 --> 00:40:06.139 Rejoice. 00:40:08.619 --> 00:40:09.500 Or let's say 00:40:09.500 --> 00:40:10.799 that someone next to you 00:40:10.799 --> 00:40:11.960 were singing 00:40:11.960 --> 00:40:12.900 a song 00:40:12.900 --> 00:40:13.559 and they begin 00:40:13.559 --> 00:40:14.480 to weep 00:40:14.480 --> 00:40:15.700 and that weeping 00:40:15.700 --> 00:40:16.820 goes from a quiet 00:40:16.820 --> 00:40:17.599 weeping 00:40:17.599 --> 00:40:19.079 into a loud 00:40:19.079 --> 00:40:19.860 weeping 00:40:19.860 --> 00:40:21.280 and you find yourself 00:40:21.280 --> 00:40:22.220 a little distracted, 00:40:22.579 --> 00:40:23.300 you find yourself 00:40:23.300 --> 00:40:24.180 a little uncomfortable 00:40:24.180 --> 00:40:25.180 with the degree 00:40:25.180 --> 00:40:25.860 of emotion 00:40:25.860 --> 00:40:26.880 and you're like, 00:40:27.039 --> 00:40:27.400 okay, 00:40:27.519 --> 00:40:28.360 what's going on? 00:40:28.760 --> 00:40:29.680 Maybe someone 00:40:29.680 --> 00:40:30.160 should show 00:40:30.160 --> 00:40:31.220 this person out! 00:40:31.219 --> 00:40:35.539 We're not going 00:40:35.539 --> 00:40:36.039 to do that. 00:40:37.719 --> 00:40:38.639 When someone 00:40:38.639 --> 00:40:39.639 is weeping 00:40:39.639 --> 00:40:40.899 or wailing 00:40:40.899 --> 00:40:41.980 because they're 00:40:41.980 --> 00:40:42.879 coming to the presence 00:40:42.879 --> 00:40:43.419 of God 00:40:43.419 --> 00:40:44.179 and they're remembering 00:40:44.179 --> 00:40:45.119 they're an outsider 00:40:45.119 --> 00:40:45.899 and He's welcomed 00:40:45.899 --> 00:40:46.539 them in, 00:40:47.459 --> 00:40:48.419 we rejoice. 00:40:50.639 --> 00:40:51.439 We say, 00:40:51.599 --> 00:40:52.019 oh God, 00:40:52.159 --> 00:40:52.699 thank you 00:40:52.699 --> 00:40:53.480 for ministering 00:40:53.480 --> 00:40:54.079 to my brother 00:40:54.079 --> 00:40:54.819 and my sister 00:40:54.819 --> 00:40:56.399 and I'm an outsider 00:40:56.399 --> 00:40:56.859 too! 00:40:58.539 --> 00:40:59.619 We rejoice. 00:40:59.619 --> 00:40:59.859 We rejoice. 00:40:59.860 --> 00:41:02.000 So if this were 00:41:02.000 --> 00:41:02.480 to happen, 00:41:02.620 --> 00:41:03.599 don't be distracted. 00:41:04.519 --> 00:41:05.220 Don't feel 00:41:05.220 --> 00:41:06.300 threatened by that. 00:41:06.840 --> 00:41:07.700 It may be new 00:41:07.700 --> 00:41:08.220 to you. 00:41:08.660 --> 00:41:09.360 That's okay. 00:41:10.380 --> 00:41:11.039 Let's give them 00:41:11.039 --> 00:41:11.460 the benefit 00:41:11.460 --> 00:41:12.039 of the doubt 00:41:12.039 --> 00:41:13.300 and say, 00:41:13.380 --> 00:41:14.099 God is meeting 00:41:14.099 --> 00:41:14.480 them 00:41:14.480 --> 00:41:16.140 and we rejoice 00:41:16.140 --> 00:41:16.519 together. 00:41:16.640 --> 00:41:17.400 Let's not hinder 00:41:17.400 --> 00:41:18.280 each other's praise. 00:41:21.079 --> 00:41:21.599 Finally, 00:41:21.820 --> 00:41:23.320 if we're singing 00:41:23.320 --> 00:41:23.760 and someone 00:41:23.760 --> 00:41:24.260 kind of goes 00:41:24.260 --> 00:41:24.820 off script 00:41:24.820 --> 00:41:26.019 and we're singing 00:41:26.019 --> 00:41:26.539 rejoice, 00:41:26.860 --> 00:41:27.260 rejoice 00:41:27.260 --> 00:41:28.340 and someone 00:41:28.340 --> 00:41:28.579 goes, 00:41:28.720 --> 00:41:28.900 oh, 00:41:29.140 --> 00:41:29.660 hallelujah, 00:41:29.860 --> 00:41:31.740 praise be to 00:41:31.740 --> 00:41:32.140 God. 00:41:33.360 --> 00:41:34.000 Thank you, 00:41:34.079 --> 00:41:34.420 Lord. 00:41:38.120 --> 00:41:38.740 We're not 00:41:38.740 --> 00:41:39.320 going to cross 00:41:39.320 --> 00:41:39.800 the hands 00:41:39.800 --> 00:41:40.440 of our heart 00:41:40.440 --> 00:41:41.079 and say, 00:41:41.180 --> 00:41:41.700 what's going 00:41:41.700 --> 00:41:42.059 on? 00:41:43.140 --> 00:41:43.680 We're going 00:41:43.680 --> 00:41:44.260 to rejoice 00:41:44.260 --> 00:41:44.820 with them. 00:41:45.400 --> 00:41:45.940 We're going 00:41:45.940 --> 00:41:46.519 to celebrate 00:41:46.519 --> 00:41:47.120 with them. 00:41:48.079 --> 00:41:48.599 We're going 00:41:48.599 --> 00:41:49.160 to trust 00:41:49.160 --> 00:41:49.519 that, 00:41:50.059 --> 00:41:50.280 yes, 00:41:50.360 --> 00:41:51.059 they too 00:41:51.059 --> 00:41:51.620 are being 00:41:51.620 --> 00:41:52.099 ministered 00:41:52.099 --> 00:41:52.559 to by God 00:41:52.559 --> 00:41:53.180 and they're 00:41:53.180 --> 00:41:54.160 giving voice 00:41:54.160 --> 00:41:55.059 to praise 00:41:55.059 --> 00:41:55.860 in their hearts 00:41:55.860 --> 00:41:57.840 and we 00:41:57.840 --> 00:41:58.260 rejoice 00:41:58.260 --> 00:41:58.720 with them. 00:42:01.039 --> 00:42:01.640 What we're 00:42:01.640 --> 00:42:02.400 not to do 00:42:02.400 --> 00:42:03.120 is to do 00:42:03.120 --> 00:42:03.599 what the chief 00:42:03.599 --> 00:42:03.980 priests 00:42:03.980 --> 00:42:04.740 and the scribes 00:42:04.740 --> 00:42:05.800 do and try 00:42:05.800 --> 00:42:06.820 to squelch 00:42:06.820 --> 00:42:07.740 the true 00:42:07.740 --> 00:42:08.440 and right 00:42:08.440 --> 00:42:09.000 worship 00:42:09.000 --> 00:42:10.220 of Jesus. 00:42:10.740 --> 00:42:11.519 We're not 00:42:11.519 --> 00:42:11.820 going to do 00:42:11.820 --> 00:42:12.079 that. 00:42:15.740 --> 00:42:16.519 So whether 00:42:16.519 --> 00:42:16.980 it's raising 00:42:16.980 --> 00:42:17.480 hands, 00:42:17.620 --> 00:42:18.019 whether it's 00:42:18.019 --> 00:42:18.500 weeping, 00:42:18.900 --> 00:42:19.559 whether it's 00:42:19.559 --> 00:42:20.200 spontaneous 00:42:20.200 --> 00:42:21.099 words of 00:42:21.099 --> 00:42:21.640 praise, 00:42:21.639 --> 00:42:24.279 we join 00:42:24.279 --> 00:42:24.599 in. 00:42:25.799 --> 00:42:26.940 We rejoice 00:42:26.940 --> 00:42:27.920 in that. 00:42:31.259 --> 00:42:32.000 So what 00:42:32.000 --> 00:42:32.359 must be 00:42:32.359 --> 00:42:32.699 going on 00:42:32.699 --> 00:42:32.859 in your 00:42:32.859 --> 00:42:33.179 heart 00:42:33.179 --> 00:42:34.219 so that 00:42:34.219 --> 00:42:34.460 you can 00:42:34.460 --> 00:42:34.900 rejoice 00:42:34.900 --> 00:42:35.400 with those 00:42:35.400 --> 00:42:36.039 who rejoice 00:42:36.039 --> 00:42:36.839 even when 00:42:36.839 --> 00:42:37.500 their rejoicing 00:42:37.500 --> 00:42:37.960 makes you 00:42:37.960 --> 00:42:38.400 uncomfortable? 00:42:38.960 --> 00:42:39.420 What must 00:42:39.420 --> 00:42:39.819 be going 00:42:39.819 --> 00:42:40.119 on? 00:42:41.359 --> 00:42:41.879 Remember 00:42:41.879 --> 00:42:42.379 who they're 00:42:42.379 --> 00:42:42.799 praising. 00:42:44.579 --> 00:42:45.259 It's the 00:42:45.259 --> 00:42:45.940 incarnate God 00:42:45.940 --> 00:42:46.379 that walked 00:42:46.379 --> 00:42:46.980 in the temple 00:42:46.980 --> 00:42:47.679 and now 00:42:47.679 --> 00:42:48.279 is reigning 00:42:48.279 --> 00:42:48.859 on high. 00:42:50.400 --> 00:42:51.559 And remember 00:42:51.559 --> 00:42:53.599 you too 00:42:53.599 --> 00:42:54.059 were an 00:42:54.059 --> 00:42:54.619 outsider 00:42:54.619 --> 00:42:56.719 and you 00:42:56.719 --> 00:42:57.599 too 00:42:57.599 --> 00:42:59.960 have 00:42:59.960 --> 00:43:00.480 experienced 00:43:00.480 --> 00:43:01.219 a wonderful 00:43:01.219 --> 00:43:01.739 thing 00:43:01.739 --> 00:43:04.039 from Jesus. 00:43:05.320 --> 00:43:06.239 You too 00:43:06.239 --> 00:43:07.539 were shown 00:43:07.539 --> 00:43:08.420 great grace. 00:43:10.779 --> 00:43:11.980 In conclusion 00:43:11.980 --> 00:43:12.440 I just want 00:43:12.440 --> 00:43:12.759 to remind 00:43:12.759 --> 00:43:13.000 you of 00:43:13.000 --> 00:43:13.320 this. 00:43:15.159 --> 00:43:15.639 There's 00:43:15.639 --> 00:43:15.820 going to 00:43:15.820 --> 00:43:16.119 come a 00:43:16.119 --> 00:43:16.960 day when 00:43:16.960 --> 00:43:17.579 God gathers 00:43:17.579 --> 00:43:18.199 all of his 00:43:18.199 --> 00:43:18.699 people from 00:43:18.699 --> 00:43:19.360 every tribe, 00:43:19.480 --> 00:43:19.639 tongue, 00:43:19.699 --> 00:43:20.099 and nation 00:43:20.099 --> 00:43:20.880 and we 00:43:20.880 --> 00:43:21.239 gather 00:43:21.239 --> 00:43:22.099 around him. 00:43:22.519 --> 00:43:22.759 And what 00:43:22.759 --> 00:43:23.519 Revelation 00:43:23.519 --> 00:43:24.519 21 says 00:43:24.519 --> 00:43:25.079 when the 00:43:25.079 --> 00:43:25.239 new 00:43:25.239 --> 00:43:25.599 Jerusalem 00:43:25.599 --> 00:43:26.099 comes 00:43:26.099 --> 00:43:26.439 down 00:43:26.439 --> 00:43:27.000 there's 00:43:27.000 --> 00:43:27.259 no 00:43:27.259 --> 00:43:27.599 more 00:43:27.599 --> 00:43:28.039 temple. 00:43:28.439 --> 00:43:28.579 Do you 00:43:28.579 --> 00:43:29.039 know why? 00:43:29.939 --> 00:43:30.500 God 00:43:30.500 --> 00:43:30.959 and the 00:43:30.959 --> 00:43:31.299 lamb 00:43:31.299 --> 00:43:31.779 are the 00:43:31.779 --> 00:43:32.159 temple. 00:43:33.159 --> 00:43:33.439 And we're 00:43:33.439 --> 00:43:33.559 going to 00:43:33.559 --> 00:43:33.879 give him 00:43:33.879 --> 00:43:34.439 praise 00:43:34.439 --> 00:43:35.179 and glory 00:43:35.179 --> 00:43:36.000 together. 00:43:36.359 --> 00:43:36.839 And there's 00:43:36.839 --> 00:43:37.119 going to be 00:43:37.119 --> 00:43:37.519 a lot of 00:43:37.519 --> 00:43:37.699 different 00:43:37.699 --> 00:43:38.559 people and 00:43:38.559 --> 00:43:38.719 there's 00:43:38.719 --> 00:43:38.879 going to 00:43:38.879 --> 00:43:39.399 be a lot 00:43:39.399 --> 00:43:39.819 of different 00:43:39.819 --> 00:43:40.459 things going 00:43:40.459 --> 00:43:40.879 on. 00:43:41.939 --> 00:43:42.639 But he 00:43:42.639 --> 00:43:43.199 receives 00:43:43.199 --> 00:43:43.679 it all. 00:43:45.179 --> 00:43:45.899 Because he 00:43:45.899 --> 00:43:46.359 alone is 00:43:46.359 --> 00:43:46.699 worthy. 00:43:46.699 --> 00:43:49.819 he's 00:43:49.819 --> 00:43:49.939 our 00:43:49.939 --> 00:43:50.179 great 00:43:50.179 --> 00:43:50.500 God. 00:43:51.500 --> 00:43:52.019 Let's 00:43:52.019 --> 00:43:52.279 pray. 00:43:56.199 --> 00:43:56.739 Lord 00:43:56.739 --> 00:43:57.019 Jesus, 00:43:57.159 --> 00:43:57.419 we do 00:43:57.419 --> 00:43:57.779 thank you 00:43:57.779 --> 00:43:58.339 so much 00:43:58.339 --> 00:44:00.559 for this 00:44:00.559 --> 00:44:01.179 passage in 00:44:01.179 --> 00:44:01.639 our Bibles 00:44:01.639 --> 00:44:02.059 where we 00:44:02.059 --> 00:44:02.519 see you 00:44:02.519 --> 00:44:02.779 doing 00:44:02.779 --> 00:44:03.099 something 00:44:03.099 --> 00:44:03.439 that is 00:44:03.439 --> 00:44:03.859 striking. 00:44:05.519 --> 00:44:06.039 You're 00:44:06.039 --> 00:44:06.480 wonderful. 00:44:07.279 --> 00:44:07.779 You're 00:44:07.779 --> 00:44:08.359 amazing and 00:44:08.359 --> 00:44:08.500 you're 00:44:08.500 --> 00:44:08.879 glorious. 00:44:10.879 --> 00:44:11.379 Lord 00:44:11.379 --> 00:44:11.719 Jesus, 00:44:11.879 --> 00:44:12.139 would you 00:44:12.139 --> 00:44:12.619 form in 00:44:12.619 --> 00:44:12.939 us your 00:44:12.939 --> 00:44:13.419 people, 00:44:13.699 --> 00:44:14.199 a people 00:44:14.199 --> 00:44:15.219 united in 00:44:15.219 --> 00:44:16.599 true and 00:44:16.599 --> 00:44:17.960 full praise 00:44:17.960 --> 00:44:19.259 of you and 00:44:19.259 --> 00:44:20.339 we welcome 00:44:20.339 --> 00:44:22.039 rejoicing of 00:44:22.039 --> 00:44:22.579 your name. 00:44:24.279 --> 00:44:24.879 Lord, 00:44:24.960 --> 00:44:25.379 would you 00:44:25.379 --> 00:44:27.139 grow us, 00:44:28.599 --> 00:44:29.319 mature us 00:44:29.319 --> 00:44:29.759 and unite 00:44:29.759 --> 00:44:30.159 us. 00:44:31.439 --> 00:44:32.299 Above all, 00:44:32.419 --> 00:44:32.819 Lord Jesus, 00:44:33.619 --> 00:44:34.799 we want 00:44:34.799 --> 00:44:35.199 your name 00:44:35.199 --> 00:44:35.659 exalted. 00:44:37.960 --> 00:44:38.519 Hosanna 00:44:38.519 --> 00:44:40.439 to the 00:44:40.439 --> 00:44:40.699 Son of 00:44:40.699 --> 00:44:41.000 David. 00:44:42.460 --> 00:44:42.599 It's 00:44:42.599 --> 00:44:42.859 your name 00:44:42.859 --> 00:44:43.319 we pray. 00:44:43.320 --> 00:44:44.480 Amen.