WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:07.839 There are two scripture readings this morning are from the Gospels, and we read first of all 00:00:07.839 --> 00:00:19.219 from Luke's Gospel chapter 5. Luke's Gospel chapter 5, and we read together verses 1 to 11. 00:00:19.219 --> 00:00:34.000 Jesus is ministering in different places. He's wandering about. He has already done a lot of teaching and performed some miracles. 00:00:34.939 --> 00:00:38.539 So Luke chapter 5, verses 1 to 11. 00:00:38.539 --> 00:00:48.799 On one occasion, while the crowd was pressing in on him to hear the word of God, he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret, 00:00:49.460 --> 00:00:57.259 and he saw two boats by the lake, but the fishermen had gone out of them and were washing their nets. 00:00:58.579 --> 00:01:04.460 Getting into one of the boats, which was Simon's, he asked them to put out a little from the land, 00:01:04.460 --> 00:01:08.000 and he sat down and taught the people from the boat. 00:01:08.540 --> 00:01:11.380 And when he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, 00:01:12.200 --> 00:01:16.360 Put out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch. 00:01:17.420 --> 00:01:23.520 And Simon answered, Master, we toiled all night and took nothing, 00:01:24.860 --> 00:01:28.120 but at your word I will let down the nets. 00:01:29.160 --> 00:01:34.120 And when they had done this, they enclosed a large number of fish, 00:01:34.700 --> 00:01:36.200 and their nets were breaking. 00:01:36.200 --> 00:01:41.040 They signaled to their partners in the other boat to come and help them, 00:01:41.540 --> 00:01:45.280 and they came and filled both the boats so that they began to sink. 00:01:46.620 --> 00:01:48.600 But when Simon Peter saw it, 00:01:49.100 --> 00:01:51.500 he fell down at Jesus' knees saying, 00:01:51.500 --> 00:01:55.079 Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord. 00:01:55.840 --> 00:02:00.819 For he and all who were with him were astonished at the catch of fish that they had taken. 00:02:01.799 --> 00:02:07.140 And so also were James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. 00:02:07.879 --> 00:02:09.500 And Jesus said to Simon, 00:02:10.159 --> 00:02:11.620 Do not be afraid. 00:02:12.120 --> 00:02:15.180 From now on you will be catching men. 00:02:15.180 --> 00:02:18.460 And when they had brought their boats to land, 00:02:18.939 --> 00:02:22.620 they left everything and followed him. 00:02:22.620 --> 00:02:31.400 And our second reading is from the Gospel according to Mark, chapter 8. 00:02:32.200 --> 00:02:35.460 And we read from the verse Mark 27. 00:02:35.460 --> 00:02:43.240 Jesus went on with his disciples to the villages of Cederae of Philippi. 00:02:44.180 --> 00:02:46.500 And on the way he asked his disciples, 00:02:47.379 --> 00:02:50.040 Who do people say that I am? 00:02:50.939 --> 00:02:51.960 And they told him, 00:02:52.760 --> 00:02:53.680 John the Baptist. 00:02:54.300 --> 00:02:55.240 And others say, 00:02:55.439 --> 00:02:55.819 Elijah. 00:02:56.200 --> 00:02:56.819 And others, 00:02:57.200 --> 00:02:58.120 one of the prophets. 00:02:58.120 --> 00:03:00.219 And they asked him, 00:03:00.960 --> 00:03:03.140 But who do you say that I am? 00:03:04.379 --> 00:03:05.480 Peter answered him, 00:03:06.300 --> 00:03:07.580 You are the Christ. 00:03:08.340 --> 00:03:13.920 And he strictly charged them to tell no one about him. 00:03:15.759 --> 00:03:16.400 Amen. 00:03:16.780 --> 00:03:19.200 This is the word of God. 00:03:20.360 --> 00:03:23.360 In an address in 1963, 00:03:23.360 --> 00:03:27.500 the then President of the United States, Richard Nixon, said, 00:03:28.120 --> 00:03:31.200 that the greatest event in human history happened 00:03:31.200 --> 00:03:34.120 when man walked upon the moon. 00:03:35.500 --> 00:03:36.960 The astronaut, 00:03:37.460 --> 00:03:38.219 Hale Irwin, 00:03:38.420 --> 00:03:39.560 chose to disagree. 00:03:39.980 --> 00:03:40.840 And he said, 00:03:41.520 --> 00:03:43.860 the greatest event in human history 00:03:43.860 --> 00:03:44.860 happened 00:03:44.860 --> 00:03:47.159 when God in Christ 00:03:47.159 --> 00:03:49.379 walked on the earth. 00:03:50.439 --> 00:03:50.840 And 00:03:50.840 --> 00:03:52.860 we're here this morning 00:03:52.860 --> 00:03:53.599 because 00:03:53.599 --> 00:03:56.060 we agree with Hale Irwin. 00:03:56.060 --> 00:03:58.340 And in recent weeks 00:03:58.340 --> 00:03:59.819 with Christians 00:03:59.819 --> 00:04:01.400 here in Edinburgh 00:04:01.400 --> 00:04:03.219 and across the globe, 00:04:03.800 --> 00:04:05.039 we've been celebrating 00:04:05.039 --> 00:04:06.420 the birth 00:04:06.420 --> 00:04:07.680 of the baby 00:04:07.680 --> 00:04:09.400 in the manger. 00:04:11.080 --> 00:04:11.680 And 00:04:11.680 --> 00:04:14.280 with so many 00:04:14.280 --> 00:04:15.780 different Christians, 00:04:16.019 --> 00:04:17.120 our minister 00:04:17.120 --> 00:04:18.819 has constantly 00:04:18.819 --> 00:04:20.040 been reminding us 00:04:20.040 --> 00:04:21.439 that the birth 00:04:21.439 --> 00:04:22.000 of the baby 00:04:22.000 --> 00:04:22.660 in the manger 00:04:22.660 --> 00:04:23.500 was neither 00:04:23.500 --> 00:04:24.339 the beginning 00:04:24.339 --> 00:04:26.220 nor the end 00:04:26.220 --> 00:04:27.579 of God's 00:04:27.579 --> 00:04:28.819 loving purposes 00:04:28.819 --> 00:04:30.360 for us. 00:04:31.860 --> 00:04:32.860 C.H. Spurgeon, 00:04:33.040 --> 00:04:34.279 the great Baptist preacher, 00:04:34.839 --> 00:04:36.120 said on one occasion, 00:04:36.339 --> 00:04:37.139 Jesus Christ 00:04:37.139 --> 00:04:38.180 is the arm 00:04:38.180 --> 00:04:39.220 and substance 00:04:39.220 --> 00:04:40.379 of the gospel. 00:04:40.959 --> 00:04:42.040 He is in himself 00:04:42.040 --> 00:04:43.120 all theology. 00:04:43.759 --> 00:04:45.040 He is the foundation 00:04:45.040 --> 00:04:47.060 of every 00:04:47.060 --> 00:04:48.480 precious truth. 00:04:49.980 --> 00:04:50.839 Christy Annette, 00:04:50.839 --> 00:04:52.339 it's about 00:04:52.339 --> 00:04:53.799 various 00:04:53.799 --> 00:04:54.639 other things 00:04:54.639 --> 00:04:55.099 as well, 00:04:55.379 --> 00:04:56.619 but essentially 00:04:56.619 --> 00:04:58.119 it is about 00:04:58.119 --> 00:04:58.699 Jesus. 00:04:59.779 --> 00:05:00.619 It's about 00:05:00.619 --> 00:05:01.099 Jesus. 00:05:02.639 --> 00:05:03.379 But who is he? 00:05:04.839 --> 00:05:05.699 He himself 00:05:05.699 --> 00:05:07.079 asked that question 00:05:07.079 --> 00:05:08.479 of the disciples 00:05:08.479 --> 00:05:09.399 when they were 00:05:09.399 --> 00:05:10.739 in Caesarea Philippi. 00:05:11.059 --> 00:05:12.019 Very important 00:05:12.019 --> 00:05:12.539 question 00:05:12.539 --> 00:05:13.079 because 00:05:13.079 --> 00:05:14.159 the scholars 00:05:14.159 --> 00:05:14.919 all tell us 00:05:14.919 --> 00:05:15.239 that 00:05:15.239 --> 00:05:16.759 once there was 00:05:16.759 --> 00:05:17.519 a confession, 00:05:18.079 --> 00:05:18.419 once 00:05:18.420 --> 00:05:19.819 Peter and the 00:05:19.819 --> 00:05:20.240 disciples 00:05:20.240 --> 00:05:20.939 recognized 00:05:20.939 --> 00:05:22.040 that he was 00:05:22.040 --> 00:05:22.640 the Messiah, 00:05:23.020 --> 00:05:23.580 the promised 00:05:23.580 --> 00:05:24.199 deliverer, 00:05:24.300 --> 00:05:24.900 the saviour, 00:05:26.080 --> 00:05:26.780 Jesus made 00:05:26.780 --> 00:05:27.379 his way 00:05:27.379 --> 00:05:28.080 down 00:05:28.080 --> 00:05:29.340 from the very 00:05:29.340 --> 00:05:30.360 north of Galilee 00:05:30.360 --> 00:05:31.120 down through 00:05:31.120 --> 00:05:31.680 Samaria, 00:05:31.960 --> 00:05:32.460 Judea, 00:05:32.660 --> 00:05:33.259 to Jerusalem 00:05:33.259 --> 00:05:34.920 and to the cross. 00:05:35.400 --> 00:05:36.000 He knew 00:05:36.000 --> 00:05:36.600 that he would 00:05:36.600 --> 00:05:37.379 leave witnesses 00:05:37.379 --> 00:05:37.960 there. 00:05:39.580 --> 00:05:40.439 But who was he? 00:05:41.680 --> 00:05:42.560 C.S. Lewis, 00:05:43.160 --> 00:05:43.639 the famous 00:05:43.639 --> 00:05:44.340 Christian 00:05:44.340 --> 00:05:45.139 apologist 00:05:45.139 --> 00:05:45.800 and 00:05:45.800 --> 00:05:46.319 Ulsterman 00:05:46.319 --> 00:05:48.120 once 00:05:48.120 --> 00:05:49.419 asked the 00:05:49.419 --> 00:05:49.959 question, 00:05:50.779 --> 00:05:51.319 what are we 00:05:51.319 --> 00:05:51.879 to make 00:05:51.879 --> 00:05:52.959 of Jesus? 00:05:54.459 --> 00:05:55.439 And he 00:05:55.439 --> 00:05:55.959 goes on to 00:05:55.959 --> 00:05:56.279 say, 00:05:56.459 --> 00:05:56.759 look, 00:05:57.819 --> 00:05:58.419 if Jesus 00:05:58.419 --> 00:05:59.060 of Nazareth, 00:05:59.279 --> 00:05:59.879 a historical 00:05:59.879 --> 00:06:00.399 figure, 00:06:00.639 --> 00:06:01.459 it's not just 00:06:01.459 --> 00:06:02.300 Christians who 00:06:02.300 --> 00:06:02.919 believe that 00:06:02.919 --> 00:06:03.399 this man 00:06:03.399 --> 00:06:04.099 Jesus was 00:06:04.099 --> 00:06:04.459 real. 00:06:05.519 --> 00:06:05.759 And 00:06:05.759 --> 00:06:07.139 both 00:06:07.139 --> 00:06:07.839 Jewish and 00:06:07.839 --> 00:06:08.120 Roman 00:06:08.120 --> 00:06:08.819 historians 00:06:08.819 --> 00:06:09.459 acknowledge 00:06:09.459 --> 00:06:10.219 there was 00:06:10.219 --> 00:06:10.740 such a 00:06:10.740 --> 00:06:10.919 man. 00:06:11.120 --> 00:06:11.459 They don't 00:06:11.459 --> 00:06:11.919 believe he 00:06:11.919 --> 00:06:12.319 was the 00:06:12.319 --> 00:06:12.620 son of 00:06:12.620 --> 00:06:12.959 God. 00:06:13.879 --> 00:06:14.379 But Lewis 00:06:14.379 --> 00:06:14.860 says, 00:06:15.079 --> 00:06:15.300 look, 00:06:16.360 --> 00:06:16.740 if he 00:06:16.740 --> 00:06:17.139 is who 00:06:17.139 --> 00:06:17.480 he says 00:06:17.480 --> 00:06:18.060 he was, 00:06:18.379 --> 00:06:19.060 the son 00:06:19.060 --> 00:06:19.719 of God, 00:06:20.519 --> 00:06:20.800 you know, 00:06:20.860 --> 00:06:21.399 he's able 00:06:21.399 --> 00:06:22.000 to forgive 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00:06:43.360 then we 00:06:43.360 --> 00:06:44.639 can just 00:06:44.639 --> 00:06:45.259 forget all 00:06:45.259 --> 00:06:45.719 about him. 00:06:46.740 --> 00:06:47.060 Now, 00:06:47.379 --> 00:06:48.139 fortunately, 00:06:48.719 --> 00:06:49.120 there are 00:06:49.120 --> 00:06:50.899 four biographies 00:06:50.899 --> 00:06:52.459 written of 00:06:52.459 --> 00:06:53.759 Jesus from 00:06:53.759 --> 00:06:54.560 the time in 00:06:54.560 --> 00:06:55.360 which he 00:06:55.360 --> 00:06:55.980 lived and 00:06:55.980 --> 00:06:56.560 walked on 00:06:56.560 --> 00:06:56.860 earth. 00:06:57.459 --> 00:06:57.819 Matthew, 00:06:58.019 --> 00:06:58.339 Mark, 00:06:58.860 --> 00:06:59.180 Luke and 00:06:59.180 --> 00:06:59.500 John. 00:07:00.680 --> 00:07:01.060 And 00:07:01.060 --> 00:07:02.240 between 00:07:02.240 --> 00:07:02.579 them, 00:07:02.779 --> 00:07:03.699 they answer 00:07:03.699 --> 00:07:04.819 for us 00:07:04.819 --> 00:07:05.699 the three 00:07:05.699 --> 00:07:06.620 big questions 00:07:06.620 --> 00:07:07.819 we all 00:07:07.819 --> 00:07:09.279 need to ask 00:07:09.279 --> 00:07:09.980 about Jesus. 00:07:09.980 --> 00:07:10.560 first of 00:07:10.560 --> 00:07:10.819 all, 00:07:11.439 --> 00:07:12.040 what was 00:07:12.040 --> 00:07:12.680 his life 00:07:12.680 --> 00:07:13.280 like? 00:07:13.960 --> 00:07:14.480 We know 00:07:14.480 --> 00:07:14.920 there was 00:07:14.920 --> 00:07:15.319 such a 00:07:15.319 --> 00:07:15.500 man, 00:07:15.720 --> 00:07:16.060 but what 00:07:16.060 --> 00:07:16.420 was his 00:07:16.420 --> 00:07:16.700 life 00:07:16.700 --> 00:07:17.180 like? 00:07:18.220 --> 00:07:18.660 Then, 00:07:19.420 --> 00:07:19.900 secondly, 00:07:20.040 --> 00:07:20.379 what was 00:07:20.379 --> 00:07:20.800 his life 00:07:20.800 --> 00:07:21.340 for? 00:07:23.160 --> 00:07:23.640 And 00:07:23.640 --> 00:07:24.140 finally, 00:07:24.759 --> 00:07:25.540 what has 00:07:25.540 --> 00:07:26.160 his life 00:07:26.160 --> 00:07:26.540 meant? 00:07:26.620 --> 00:07:26.920 What was 00:07:26.920 --> 00:07:27.400 his life 00:07:27.400 --> 00:07:27.660 like? 00:07:27.759 --> 00:07:27.960 Well, 00:07:28.439 --> 00:07:29.000 it was 00:07:29.000 --> 00:07:29.500 unique. 00:07:30.280 --> 00:07:30.879 It was 00:07:30.879 --> 00:07:31.460 difficult. 00:07:31.720 --> 00:07:32.120 It was 00:07:32.120 --> 00:07:32.680 demanding. 00:07:33.060 --> 00:07:33.460 It was 00:07:33.460 --> 00:07:34.420 incredibly 00:07:34.420 --> 00:07:34.900 full. 00:07:35.759 --> 00:07:36.379 I mean, 00:07:36.439 --> 00:07:36.759 the number 00:07:36.759 --> 00:07:37.279 of things 00:07:37.279 --> 00:07:38.060 that the 00:07:38.060 --> 00:07:38.500 gospel 00:07:38.500 --> 00:07:39.399 writers say 00:07:39.399 --> 00:07:40.039 he did 00:07:40.039 --> 00:07:41.579 and the 00:07:41.579 --> 00:07:42.060 words that 00:07:42.060 --> 00:07:43.019 he spoke, 00:07:43.519 --> 00:07:44.199 but John, 00:07:44.279 --> 00:07:44.759 at the end 00:07:44.759 --> 00:07:45.199 of his 00:07:45.199 --> 00:07:45.639 gospel, 00:07:45.799 --> 00:07:46.179 he said, 00:07:46.239 --> 00:07:46.419 look, 00:07:46.799 --> 00:07:47.239 there are 00:07:47.239 --> 00:07:48.159 many other 00:07:48.159 --> 00:07:48.879 things that 00:07:48.879 --> 00:07:49.699 Jesus did, 00:07:50.179 --> 00:07:50.659 the which, 00:07:50.919 --> 00:07:51.379 if they should 00:07:51.379 --> 00:07:52.179 all be written 00:07:52.179 --> 00:07:52.560 down, 00:07:52.679 --> 00:07:53.179 he said, 00:07:53.579 --> 00:07:54.179 I suppose 00:07:54.179 --> 00:07:54.819 all the 00:07:54.819 --> 00:07:55.259 books in 00:07:55.259 --> 00:07:55.759 the world 00:07:55.759 --> 00:07:57.060 couldn't 00:07:57.060 --> 00:07:57.639 contain 00:07:57.639 --> 00:07:58.419 what is 00:07:58.419 --> 00:07:58.819 written. 00:08:00.199 --> 00:08:00.439 And 00:08:00.439 --> 00:08:01.819 interestingly, 00:08:02.099 --> 00:08:02.739 after the 00:08:02.739 --> 00:08:03.359 stories of 00:08:03.359 --> 00:08:03.959 his birth, 00:08:03.959 --> 00:08:05.459 Jesus is 00:08:05.459 --> 00:08:06.120 only mentioned 00:08:06.120 --> 00:08:07.739 twice before 00:08:07.739 --> 00:08:08.560 he's an 00:08:08.560 --> 00:08:09.719 adult man 00:08:09.719 --> 00:08:10.099 in his 00:08:10.099 --> 00:08:10.560 thirties. 00:08:11.099 --> 00:08:11.680 Once, 00:08:11.859 --> 00:08:12.199 when he's 00:08:12.199 --> 00:08:12.859 forty days 00:08:12.859 --> 00:08:13.279 old, 00:08:13.359 --> 00:08:13.979 he's brought 00:08:13.979 --> 00:08:14.680 to the 00:08:14.680 --> 00:08:15.459 temple in 00:08:15.459 --> 00:08:15.979 Jerusalem, 00:08:16.639 --> 00:08:17.359 according to 00:08:17.359 --> 00:08:17.959 the Jewish 00:08:17.959 --> 00:08:19.019 traditions, 00:08:19.599 --> 00:08:19.979 and then 00:08:19.979 --> 00:08:20.359 when he was 00:08:20.359 --> 00:08:21.120 about twelve, 00:08:21.379 --> 00:08:21.919 he came up 00:08:21.919 --> 00:08:22.259 with his 00:08:22.259 --> 00:08:22.819 parents to 00:08:22.819 --> 00:08:24.060 Jerusalem to 00:08:24.060 --> 00:08:24.759 celebrate the 00:08:24.759 --> 00:08:25.359 feast of the 00:08:25.359 --> 00:08:25.839 Passover. 00:08:26.519 --> 00:08:27.179 But when he 00:08:27.179 --> 00:08:27.979 was about 00:08:27.979 --> 00:08:28.419 thirty, 00:08:29.459 --> 00:08:30.740 he began 00:08:30.740 --> 00:08:31.939 a roving, 00:08:32.460 --> 00:08:33.240 itinerant, 00:08:33.240 --> 00:08:34.120 preaching, 00:08:34.480 --> 00:08:34.960 teaching, 00:08:35.360 --> 00:08:35.700 healing, 00:08:36.120 --> 00:08:36.560 ministry, 00:08:36.799 --> 00:08:37.100 where he 00:08:37.100 --> 00:08:37.919 does miracles 00:08:37.919 --> 00:08:39.580 and he 00:08:39.580 --> 00:08:40.200 speaks, 00:08:40.500 --> 00:08:41.279 you know, 00:08:41.560 --> 00:08:42.220 constantly 00:08:42.220 --> 00:08:43.860 to the 00:08:43.860 --> 00:08:44.200 people. 00:08:45.799 --> 00:08:47.060 And then, 00:08:47.240 --> 00:08:48.039 as now, 00:08:49.039 --> 00:08:49.799 the judgments 00:08:49.799 --> 00:08:50.820 about him 00:08:50.820 --> 00:08:51.460 varied. 00:08:52.720 --> 00:08:53.159 You know, 00:08:53.299 --> 00:08:53.840 there was 00:08:53.840 --> 00:08:54.899 a judgment 00:08:54.899 --> 00:08:57.500 really of 00:08:57.500 --> 00:08:58.200 class. 00:08:59.159 --> 00:08:59.659 The people 00:08:59.659 --> 00:09:00.259 who lived 00:09:00.259 --> 00:09:00.659 in his 00:09:00.659 --> 00:09:01.240 village and 00:09:01.240 --> 00:09:01.680 lived round 00:09:01.679 --> 00:09:02.139 about, 00:09:02.779 --> 00:09:03.819 knew his 00:09:03.819 --> 00:09:04.399 background, 00:09:04.799 --> 00:09:05.239 the family 00:09:05.239 --> 00:09:05.620 he came 00:09:05.620 --> 00:09:05.919 from. 00:09:06.939 --> 00:09:07.399 When he 00:09:07.399 --> 00:09:08.239 went to 00:09:08.239 --> 00:09:08.739 the synagogue 00:09:08.739 --> 00:09:09.539 and opened 00:09:09.539 --> 00:09:10.120 the scriptures 00:09:10.120 --> 00:09:10.679 and began 00:09:10.679 --> 00:09:11.500 to expound 00:09:11.500 --> 00:09:11.679 them, 00:09:11.839 --> 00:09:11.979 they said, 00:09:12.059 --> 00:09:12.919 but isn't 00:09:12.919 --> 00:09:13.299 this the 00:09:13.299 --> 00:09:13.939 carpenter's 00:09:13.939 --> 00:09:14.139 son? 00:09:15.019 --> 00:09:15.219 You know, 00:09:15.279 --> 00:09:15.659 as if a 00:09:15.659 --> 00:09:16.099 man who 00:09:16.099 --> 00:09:16.579 worked with 00:09:16.579 --> 00:09:17.299 his hands 00:09:17.299 --> 00:09:18.559 couldn't 00:09:18.559 --> 00:09:19.099 know about 00:09:19.099 --> 00:09:19.559 God. 00:09:20.379 --> 00:09:20.859 And then 00:09:20.859 --> 00:09:21.199 there was 00:09:21.199 --> 00:09:22.359 the judgment 00:09:22.359 --> 00:09:23.500 of contempt. 00:09:24.319 --> 00:09:25.099 The religious 00:09:25.099 --> 00:09:25.559 leaders, 00:09:25.839 --> 00:09:26.519 the scribes, 00:09:26.620 --> 00:09:27.459 the Pharisees, 00:09:27.599 --> 00:09:27.859 you know, 00:09:28.259 --> 00:09:28.439 oh, 00:09:28.519 --> 00:09:28.939 look at him, 00:09:28.940 --> 00:09:29.840 he's a 00:09:29.840 --> 00:09:30.580 friend of 00:09:30.580 --> 00:09:31.300 publicans 00:09:31.300 --> 00:09:31.900 and sinners. 00:09:33.020 --> 00:09:33.280 You know, 00:09:33.940 --> 00:09:35.640 again, 00:09:35.780 --> 00:09:36.220 because he 00:09:36.220 --> 00:09:37.200 mixed with 00:09:37.200 --> 00:09:37.600 what we 00:09:37.600 --> 00:09:38.020 would call 00:09:38.020 --> 00:09:38.540 ordinary 00:09:38.540 --> 00:09:39.140 people, 00:09:39.980 --> 00:09:40.280 well, 00:09:40.420 --> 00:09:40.840 they weren't 00:09:40.840 --> 00:09:41.380 having any 00:09:41.380 --> 00:09:41.860 of that. 00:09:42.380 --> 00:09:42.920 But of course, 00:09:43.040 --> 00:09:43.440 there was a 00:09:43.440 --> 00:09:43.960 judgment of 00:09:43.960 --> 00:09:44.460 conviction. 00:09:44.660 --> 00:09:44.900 There were 00:09:44.900 --> 00:09:45.360 people who 00:09:45.360 --> 00:09:45.840 believed. 00:09:46.320 --> 00:09:46.920 We read how 00:09:46.920 --> 00:09:47.700 Peter said, 00:09:48.200 --> 00:09:48.720 you are the 00:09:48.720 --> 00:09:49.060 Christ, 00:09:49.200 --> 00:09:49.560 you're the 00:09:49.560 --> 00:09:49.960 Messiah. 00:09:50.780 --> 00:09:51.540 And at the 00:09:51.540 --> 00:09:51.960 cross, 00:09:52.560 --> 00:09:53.080 the Roman 00:09:53.080 --> 00:09:55.020 centurion 00:09:55.020 --> 00:09:55.680 said, 00:09:55.679 --> 00:09:56.279 truly, 00:09:57.039 --> 00:09:57.959 this man 00:09:57.959 --> 00:09:58.979 was the 00:09:58.979 --> 00:09:59.379 Son of 00:09:59.379 --> 00:09:59.739 God. 00:10:00.899 --> 00:10:02.939 But in 00:10:02.939 --> 00:10:03.439 all that he 00:10:03.439 --> 00:10:03.639 did, 00:10:03.719 --> 00:10:03.859 look, 00:10:03.939 --> 00:10:04.359 he was 00:10:04.359 --> 00:10:05.139 misunderstood 00:10:05.139 --> 00:10:06.299 even by 00:10:06.299 --> 00:10:07.039 his own 00:10:07.039 --> 00:10:07.679 family. 00:10:08.899 --> 00:10:09.939 He was 00:10:09.939 --> 00:10:11.120 deserted 00:10:11.120 --> 00:10:11.819 by his 00:10:11.819 --> 00:10:12.319 disciples. 00:10:12.599 --> 00:10:12.859 He was 00:10:12.859 --> 00:10:13.679 denied by 00:10:13.679 --> 00:10:14.559 his friends. 00:10:15.379 --> 00:10:16.979 He knew 00:10:16.979 --> 00:10:17.979 temptations 00:10:17.979 --> 00:10:18.979 almost beyond 00:10:18.979 --> 00:10:19.519 measure. 00:10:20.419 --> 00:10:20.819 You know, 00:10:21.079 --> 00:10:22.419 he knew 00:10:22.419 --> 00:10:23.799 hours of 00:10:23.799 --> 00:10:24.240 loneliness 00:10:24.240 --> 00:10:25.539 and what 00:10:25.539 --> 00:10:26.159 it felt 00:10:26.159 --> 00:10:27.120 like to 00:10:27.120 --> 00:10:28.220 be rejected. 00:10:29.080 --> 00:10:29.580 And yet, 00:10:30.379 --> 00:10:31.299 yet all 00:10:31.299 --> 00:10:32.320 through that, 00:10:33.200 --> 00:10:34.159 his sole 00:10:34.159 --> 00:10:36.200 concern was 00:10:36.200 --> 00:10:36.720 for the 00:10:36.720 --> 00:10:38.120 souls of 00:10:38.120 --> 00:10:39.720 men and 00:10:39.720 --> 00:10:40.039 women. 00:10:41.399 --> 00:10:42.320 He sought 00:10:42.320 --> 00:10:43.180 to warn 00:10:43.180 --> 00:10:44.100 about and 00:10:44.100 --> 00:10:45.919 expose those 00:10:45.919 --> 00:10:47.320 evil things 00:10:47.320 --> 00:10:48.899 that damage 00:10:48.899 --> 00:10:50.399 and destroy 00:10:50.399 --> 00:10:51.700 and mar 00:10:51.700 --> 00:10:52.620 our natures. 00:10:52.620 --> 00:10:52.740 believers. 00:10:53.679 --> 00:10:54.360 He sought 00:10:54.360 --> 00:10:56.100 to expose, 00:10:56.360 --> 00:10:56.700 he was 00:10:56.700 --> 00:10:57.220 courageous 00:10:57.220 --> 00:10:57.919 in doing 00:10:57.919 --> 00:10:58.200 it, 00:10:59.019 --> 00:10:59.539 religious 00:10:59.539 --> 00:11:00.560 sham and 00:11:00.560 --> 00:11:01.320 hypocrisy, 00:11:01.519 --> 00:11:02.340 the false 00:11:02.340 --> 00:11:04.000 religion that 00:11:04.000 --> 00:11:04.840 only leads 00:11:04.840 --> 00:11:05.419 people to 00:11:05.419 --> 00:11:06.000 destruction. 00:11:07.259 --> 00:11:08.299 He was 00:11:08.299 --> 00:11:09.620 always teaching 00:11:09.620 --> 00:11:11.820 that to be 00:11:11.820 --> 00:11:12.580 right with 00:11:12.580 --> 00:11:13.039 God, 00:11:13.840 --> 00:11:14.639 you had to 00:11:14.639 --> 00:11:15.440 live in the 00:11:15.440 --> 00:11:16.100 way God 00:11:16.100 --> 00:11:17.220 taught and 00:11:17.220 --> 00:11:18.019 God sought, 00:11:18.240 --> 00:11:18.759 to live 00:11:18.759 --> 00:11:19.820 righteously, 00:11:19.820 --> 00:11:20.800 to live 00:11:20.800 --> 00:11:21.580 morally. 00:11:22.660 --> 00:11:23.620 And right 00:11:23.620 --> 00:11:24.320 was always 00:11:24.320 --> 00:11:24.980 going to be 00:11:24.980 --> 00:11:25.480 right, 00:11:25.860 --> 00:11:26.379 even if 00:11:26.379 --> 00:11:27.040 nobody did 00:11:27.040 --> 00:11:27.280 it. 00:11:27.680 --> 00:11:28.340 And wrong 00:11:28.340 --> 00:11:28.860 was always 00:11:28.860 --> 00:11:29.440 going to be 00:11:29.440 --> 00:11:29.960 wrong, 00:11:30.360 --> 00:11:30.840 even if 00:11:30.840 --> 00:11:31.240 everybody 00:11:31.240 --> 00:11:31.860 did it. 00:11:32.740 --> 00:11:33.080 You know, 00:11:33.160 --> 00:11:34.060 there was a 00:11:34.060 --> 00:11:35.220 moral dimension 00:11:35.220 --> 00:11:36.040 to life 00:11:36.040 --> 00:11:37.360 that God 00:11:37.360 --> 00:11:38.120 had set in 00:11:38.120 --> 00:11:38.460 place. 00:11:38.860 --> 00:11:39.400 And of course, 00:11:39.460 --> 00:11:40.200 he constantly 00:11:40.200 --> 00:11:41.600 battled against 00:11:41.600 --> 00:11:43.120 Satan in 00:11:43.120 --> 00:11:44.100 all his 00:11:44.100 --> 00:11:44.560 guises. 00:11:44.559 --> 00:11:46.419 But what 00:11:46.419 --> 00:11:47.059 was perhaps 00:11:47.059 --> 00:11:48.279 most impressive 00:11:48.279 --> 00:11:49.019 about this 00:11:49.019 --> 00:11:49.919 man's life 00:11:49.919 --> 00:11:51.019 was the 00:11:51.019 --> 00:11:51.719 manner in 00:11:51.719 --> 00:11:52.339 which he 00:11:52.339 --> 00:11:52.979 conducted 00:11:52.979 --> 00:11:53.519 himself. 00:11:54.039 --> 00:11:54.819 How he 00:11:54.819 --> 00:11:56.139 responded 00:11:56.139 --> 00:11:57.859 to the 00:11:57.859 --> 00:11:59.000 abuse and 00:11:59.000 --> 00:12:01.299 the lies 00:12:01.299 --> 00:12:01.739 that were 00:12:01.739 --> 00:12:02.519 told about 00:12:02.519 --> 00:12:02.859 him. 00:12:03.279 --> 00:12:03.739 You know, 00:12:04.739 --> 00:12:05.419 when he was 00:12:05.419 --> 00:12:06.059 introduced 00:12:06.059 --> 00:12:07.199 and maligned 00:12:07.199 --> 00:12:08.219 and lied 00:12:08.219 --> 00:12:08.599 about, 00:12:09.639 --> 00:12:09.939 you know, 00:12:10.039 --> 00:12:10.819 even at the 00:12:10.819 --> 00:12:11.399 end of his 00:12:11.399 --> 00:12:11.939 life, 00:12:12.559 --> 00:12:12.959 when, 00:12:13.419 --> 00:12:13.739 you know, 00:12:13.740 --> 00:12:14.720 false charges 00:12:14.720 --> 00:12:15.259 were brought 00:12:15.259 --> 00:12:15.919 against him. 00:12:16.299 --> 00:12:16.500 There was 00:12:16.500 --> 00:12:17.980 that terrible, 00:12:18.560 --> 00:12:19.960 you know, 00:12:20.200 --> 00:12:21.639 that terrible 00:12:21.639 --> 00:12:23.100 miscarriage of 00:12:23.100 --> 00:12:24.700 justice when 00:12:24.700 --> 00:12:25.180 he was a 00:12:25.180 --> 00:12:25.820 victim of 00:12:25.820 --> 00:12:26.200 lies. 00:12:26.299 --> 00:12:26.539 And then 00:12:26.539 --> 00:12:26.860 he was, 00:12:27.200 --> 00:12:27.759 you know, 00:12:27.779 --> 00:12:28.080 he was 00:12:28.080 --> 00:12:28.919 demeaned 00:12:28.919 --> 00:12:29.379 and he 00:12:29.379 --> 00:12:30.120 was beaten 00:12:30.120 --> 00:12:31.180 and he 00:12:31.180 --> 00:12:32.019 was crucified. 00:12:33.240 --> 00:12:33.539 There was 00:12:33.539 --> 00:12:34.399 absolutely 00:12:34.399 --> 00:12:35.960 no self 00:12:35.960 --> 00:12:36.259 pity. 00:12:37.259 --> 00:12:38.000 There was 00:12:38.000 --> 00:12:39.320 no self 00:12:39.320 --> 00:12:40.159 defense. 00:12:40.940 --> 00:12:41.220 There was 00:12:41.220 --> 00:12:42.200 no pride. 00:12:42.460 --> 00:12:42.639 There was 00:12:42.639 --> 00:12:43.539 no arrogance. 00:12:43.740 --> 00:12:45.620 there just 00:12:45.620 --> 00:12:46.180 weren't any 00:12:46.180 --> 00:12:47.720 selfish desires 00:12:47.720 --> 00:12:48.320 in his 00:12:48.320 --> 00:12:48.700 life. 00:12:48.820 --> 00:12:50.159 No selfish 00:12:50.159 --> 00:12:51.500 ambition or 00:12:51.500 --> 00:12:52.240 improper 00:12:52.240 --> 00:12:53.419 desires. 00:12:54.659 --> 00:12:56.080 And we 00:12:56.080 --> 00:12:56.680 look in 00:12:56.680 --> 00:12:57.879 vain for 00:12:57.879 --> 00:12:58.580 a stain 00:12:58.580 --> 00:12:59.560 on his 00:12:59.560 --> 00:13:00.180 character. 00:13:01.139 --> 00:13:01.460 You know, 00:13:02.000 --> 00:13:02.779 he didn't 00:13:02.779 --> 00:13:03.740 injure anyone. 00:13:04.680 --> 00:13:05.100 He didn't 00:13:05.100 --> 00:13:05.879 take advantage 00:13:05.879 --> 00:13:06.580 of anyone. 00:13:07.379 --> 00:13:08.019 He didn't 00:13:08.019 --> 00:13:09.200 lie about 00:13:09.200 --> 00:13:09.680 people. 00:13:09.679 --> 00:13:12.359 He didn't 00:13:12.359 --> 00:13:13.299 mistreat 00:13:13.299 --> 00:13:13.839 people. 00:13:14.679 --> 00:13:15.299 He didn't 00:13:15.299 --> 00:13:16.359 commit a 00:13:16.359 --> 00:13:17.199 wrong action. 00:13:18.639 --> 00:13:19.399 In a way, 00:13:19.479 --> 00:13:19.859 it's all 00:13:19.859 --> 00:13:20.599 summed up 00:13:20.599 --> 00:13:21.319 in Mark's 00:13:21.319 --> 00:13:21.779 Gospel 00:13:21.779 --> 00:13:22.839 chapter 7 00:13:22.839 --> 00:13:23.919 where 00:13:23.919 --> 00:13:26.019 one of 00:13:26.019 --> 00:13:26.239 the 00:13:26.239 --> 00:13:28.259 folk 00:13:28.259 --> 00:13:29.000 testifies 00:13:29.000 --> 00:13:29.919 and says, 00:13:30.919 --> 00:13:31.659 you know, 00:13:31.839 --> 00:13:32.199 truly, 00:13:33.079 --> 00:13:33.759 this man, 00:13:34.179 --> 00:13:34.620 he has 00:13:34.620 --> 00:13:35.579 done all 00:13:35.579 --> 00:13:36.699 things well. 00:13:36.700 --> 00:13:38.120 what a 00:13:38.120 --> 00:13:38.580 testimony 00:13:38.580 --> 00:13:40.080 that was. 00:13:41.720 --> 00:13:42.080 So, 00:13:42.480 --> 00:13:42.879 that's what 00:13:42.879 --> 00:13:43.220 his life 00:13:43.220 --> 00:13:43.680 was like. 00:13:43.820 --> 00:13:44.460 But what 00:13:44.460 --> 00:13:44.759 was his 00:13:44.759 --> 00:13:45.540 life for? 00:13:46.640 --> 00:13:46.940 Well, 00:13:47.280 --> 00:13:47.860 two main 00:13:47.860 --> 00:13:49.060 things, 00:13:49.180 --> 00:13:49.440 really. 00:13:50.120 --> 00:13:50.620 He came, 00:13:50.820 --> 00:13:51.640 first of all, 00:13:51.639 --> 00:13:53.100 to show 00:13:53.100 --> 00:13:53.819 people what 00:13:53.819 --> 00:13:54.340 God was 00:13:54.340 --> 00:13:54.799 like. 00:13:55.720 --> 00:13:56.740 And secondly, 00:13:57.299 --> 00:13:58.059 to save 00:13:58.059 --> 00:13:59.220 people from 00:13:59.220 --> 00:14:00.220 the consequences 00:14:00.220 --> 00:14:01.000 of their 00:14:01.000 --> 00:14:01.259 sin. 00:14:01.960 --> 00:14:02.379 He came, 00:14:02.500 --> 00:14:03.100 first of all, 00:14:03.179 --> 00:14:03.600 to show 00:14:03.600 --> 00:14:04.580 people what 00:14:04.580 --> 00:14:05.039 God is 00:14:05.039 --> 00:14:05.439 like. 00:14:06.439 --> 00:14:06.699 You know, 00:14:07.000 --> 00:14:07.480 philosophers 00:14:07.480 --> 00:14:08.580 with their 00:14:08.580 --> 00:14:09.860 inquiring 00:14:09.860 --> 00:14:10.980 intellects, 00:14:10.980 --> 00:14:11.379 and little 00:14:11.379 --> 00:14:12.939 children with 00:14:12.939 --> 00:14:13.500 their innocent 00:14:13.500 --> 00:14:14.620 questions ask, 00:14:15.179 --> 00:14:15.799 what is God 00:14:15.799 --> 00:14:16.039 like? 00:14:16.419 --> 00:14:17.220 We all want 00:14:17.220 --> 00:14:17.679 to know what 00:14:17.679 --> 00:14:18.039 is God 00:14:18.039 --> 00:14:18.319 like. 00:14:18.840 --> 00:14:19.840 And Jesus 00:14:19.840 --> 00:14:20.559 gives a very 00:14:20.559 --> 00:14:21.739 simple answer. 00:14:22.839 --> 00:14:23.179 He says, 00:14:23.259 --> 00:14:24.159 whoever has 00:14:24.159 --> 00:14:24.959 seen me 00:14:24.959 --> 00:14:26.779 has seen 00:14:26.779 --> 00:14:27.579 the Father. 00:14:28.679 --> 00:14:29.059 That's what 00:14:29.059 --> 00:14:29.500 God is like. 00:14:29.839 --> 00:14:30.939 God is 00:14:30.939 --> 00:14:32.779 like Jesus. 00:14:34.000 --> 00:14:34.259 See, 00:14:34.439 --> 00:14:35.059 before his 00:14:35.059 --> 00:14:35.459 coming, 00:14:35.759 --> 00:14:36.599 people knew, 00:14:37.439 --> 00:14:37.939 those who 00:14:37.939 --> 00:14:38.359 believed, 00:14:38.359 --> 00:14:39.500 that God 00:14:39.500 --> 00:14:40.119 was the 00:14:40.119 --> 00:14:40.839 creator of 00:14:40.839 --> 00:14:41.339 the heavens 00:14:41.339 --> 00:14:42.159 and the 00:14:42.159 --> 00:14:42.379 earth. 00:14:43.299 --> 00:14:43.639 He was 00:14:43.639 --> 00:14:44.159 almighty. 00:14:44.819 --> 00:14:45.139 He was 00:14:45.139 --> 00:14:46.219 all-powerful. 00:14:47.219 --> 00:14:48.279 He was 00:14:48.279 --> 00:14:48.779 holy. 00:14:49.859 --> 00:14:50.199 You know, 00:14:50.200 --> 00:14:50.960 he was 00:14:50.960 --> 00:14:51.860 wise. 00:14:52.600 --> 00:14:53.460 He was 00:14:53.460 --> 00:14:54.100 merciful. 00:14:55.100 --> 00:14:56.040 But when 00:14:56.040 --> 00:14:56.960 Jesus came, 00:14:57.980 --> 00:14:58.460 they saw 00:14:58.460 --> 00:14:59.980 him bringing 00:14:59.980 --> 00:15:00.879 little children 00:15:00.879 --> 00:15:02.300 to sit 00:15:02.300 --> 00:15:03.240 around him. 00:15:04.140 --> 00:15:04.379 You know, 00:15:04.400 --> 00:15:04.860 they saw 00:15:04.860 --> 00:15:06.420 him mixing 00:15:06.420 --> 00:15:07.700 with people 00:15:07.700 --> 00:15:08.440 nobody else 00:15:08.440 --> 00:15:08.860 would mix 00:15:08.860 --> 00:15:09.140 with. 00:15:09.340 --> 00:15:09.900 Lepers, 00:15:10.240 --> 00:15:10.740 beggars, 00:15:10.900 --> 00:15:11.840 outcasts. 00:15:12.620 --> 00:15:13.180 They saw 00:15:13.180 --> 00:15:13.500 him, 00:15:13.500 --> 00:15:14.500 they saw 00:15:14.500 --> 00:15:14.900 him, 00:15:14.980 --> 00:15:15.840 you know, 00:15:15.900 --> 00:15:16.700 healing the 00:15:16.700 --> 00:15:17.000 sick, 00:15:17.860 --> 00:15:18.520 lifting up 00:15:18.519 --> 00:15:19.299 the sad, 00:15:19.899 --> 00:15:20.360 spending 00:15:20.360 --> 00:15:21.840 time with 00:15:21.840 --> 00:15:22.840 the fallen, 00:15:23.059 --> 00:15:23.939 the outcasts 00:15:23.939 --> 00:15:24.740 of society. 00:15:26.159 --> 00:15:26.720 Jesus, 00:15:27.199 --> 00:15:27.759 when he 00:15:27.759 --> 00:15:28.259 came, 00:15:29.240 --> 00:15:29.799 showed 00:15:29.799 --> 00:15:31.439 that God 00:15:31.439 --> 00:15:32.159 is loving 00:15:32.159 --> 00:15:34.579 and compassionate 00:15:34.579 --> 00:15:36.779 and personal. 00:15:38.220 --> 00:15:39.039 There's an old 00:15:39.039 --> 00:15:40.000 hymn written 00:15:40.000 --> 00:15:41.059 by a 19th 00:15:41.059 --> 00:15:42.120 century English 00:15:42.120 --> 00:15:42.840 clergyman, 00:15:42.960 --> 00:15:43.519 F.W. 00:15:43.679 --> 00:15:44.019 Faber, 00:15:44.019 --> 00:15:45.419 where he 00:15:45.419 --> 00:15:45.759 says, 00:15:45.860 --> 00:15:46.059 you know, 00:15:46.120 --> 00:15:46.500 there's a 00:15:46.500 --> 00:15:47.399 wideness 00:15:47.399 --> 00:15:48.679 in God's 00:15:48.679 --> 00:15:49.139 mercy, 00:15:49.699 --> 00:15:50.379 like the 00:15:50.379 --> 00:15:51.100 wideness 00:15:51.100 --> 00:15:51.960 of the 00:15:51.960 --> 00:15:52.279 sea. 00:15:52.840 --> 00:15:53.039 And he 00:15:53.039 --> 00:15:53.419 goes on 00:15:53.419 --> 00:15:53.960 to talk 00:15:53.960 --> 00:15:54.819 in the hymn, 00:15:55.319 --> 00:15:55.939 there is 00:15:55.939 --> 00:15:57.019 no place 00:15:57.019 --> 00:15:57.759 where 00:15:57.759 --> 00:15:58.500 earth's 00:15:58.500 --> 00:15:59.039 sorrows 00:15:59.039 --> 00:16:00.340 are more 00:16:00.340 --> 00:16:01.059 felt than 00:16:01.059 --> 00:16:01.439 up in 00:16:01.439 --> 00:16:01.759 heaven. 00:16:02.699 --> 00:16:03.439 There is 00:16:03.439 --> 00:16:04.299 no place 00:16:04.299 --> 00:16:05.259 where 00:16:05.259 --> 00:16:06.000 earth's 00:16:06.000 --> 00:16:06.480 feelings 00:16:06.480 --> 00:16:08.279 have such 00:16:08.279 --> 00:16:09.079 kindly 00:16:09.079 --> 00:16:10.539 judgment 00:16:10.539 --> 00:16:11.539 given. 00:16:11.539 --> 00:16:11.679 heaven. 00:16:13.299 --> 00:16:13.959 Jesus 00:16:13.959 --> 00:16:14.620 came to 00:16:14.620 --> 00:16:15.299 show us 00:16:15.299 --> 00:16:16.039 what God 00:16:16.039 --> 00:16:16.719 is like 00:16:16.719 --> 00:16:17.939 and that's 00:16:17.939 --> 00:16:18.360 what he's 00:16:18.360 --> 00:16:18.719 like. 00:16:19.159 --> 00:16:19.539 And he 00:16:19.539 --> 00:16:20.199 came to 00:16:20.199 --> 00:16:21.179 save people 00:16:21.179 --> 00:16:22.120 from the 00:16:22.120 --> 00:16:22.980 consequences 00:16:22.980 --> 00:16:24.240 of their 00:16:24.240 --> 00:16:24.519 sin. 00:16:24.579 --> 00:16:24.919 On the 00:16:24.919 --> 00:16:25.299 cross, 00:16:25.459 --> 00:16:25.639 Jesus 00:16:25.639 --> 00:16:25.959 said, 00:16:26.159 --> 00:16:26.399 Father, 00:16:27.039 --> 00:16:27.599 I have 00:16:27.599 --> 00:16:28.120 finished 00:16:28.120 --> 00:16:28.699 the work 00:16:28.699 --> 00:16:30.179 you gave 00:16:30.179 --> 00:16:31.179 me to 00:16:31.179 --> 00:16:31.500 do. 00:16:32.419 --> 00:16:33.059 And that 00:16:33.059 --> 00:16:34.399 work was 00:16:34.399 --> 00:16:35.199 a rescue 00:16:35.199 --> 00:16:35.539 work. 00:16:35.719 --> 00:16:36.120 Christianity 00:16:36.120 --> 00:16:36.980 is a 00:16:36.980 --> 00:16:37.599 rescue 00:16:37.599 --> 00:16:38.360 religion. 00:16:39.639 --> 00:16:40.139 You know, 00:16:40.179 --> 00:16:40.419 there's a 00:16:40.419 --> 00:16:41.219 great barrier 00:16:41.220 --> 00:16:42.379 between us 00:16:42.379 --> 00:16:43.420 and God 00:16:43.420 --> 00:16:44.139 that needs 00:16:44.139 --> 00:16:44.460 to be 00:16:44.460 --> 00:16:44.779 broken. 00:16:45.420 --> 00:16:45.779 There's a 00:16:45.779 --> 00:16:46.700 great gulf. 00:16:47.259 --> 00:16:47.639 There's a 00:16:47.639 --> 00:16:48.379 bridge that 00:16:48.379 --> 00:16:49.720 needs to 00:16:49.720 --> 00:16:50.180 be built 00:16:50.180 --> 00:16:50.779 to take 00:16:50.779 --> 00:16:51.660 us back 00:16:51.660 --> 00:16:52.360 to God. 00:16:52.840 --> 00:16:53.600 And Jesus 00:16:53.600 --> 00:16:54.960 came to 00:16:54.960 --> 00:16:55.500 do that. 00:16:56.060 --> 00:16:56.560 The Apostle 00:16:56.560 --> 00:16:57.620 Paul had 00:16:57.620 --> 00:16:58.460 that testimony, 00:16:58.680 --> 00:16:59.019 didn't he? 00:16:59.080 --> 00:16:59.460 He says, 00:16:59.560 --> 00:17:00.080 there's one 00:17:00.080 --> 00:17:00.759 mediator, 00:17:01.720 --> 00:17:02.259 one maker 00:17:02.259 --> 00:17:02.860 of peace 00:17:02.860 --> 00:17:03.600 between God 00:17:03.600 --> 00:17:04.079 and man, 00:17:04.500 --> 00:17:04.940 the man 00:17:04.940 --> 00:17:05.779 Christ Jesus. 00:17:06.620 --> 00:17:07.019 Peter, 00:17:07.600 --> 00:17:07.940 in his 00:17:07.940 --> 00:17:08.600 first letter, 00:17:08.740 --> 00:17:09.140 he says 00:17:09.140 --> 00:17:10.059 pretty much 00:17:10.059 --> 00:17:10.660 the same 00:17:10.660 --> 00:17:11.100 thing. 00:17:11.220 --> 00:17:11.620 He says, 00:17:11.960 --> 00:17:13.000 he died 00:17:13.000 --> 00:17:14.120 the just 00:17:14.120 --> 00:17:15.200 for the 00:17:15.200 --> 00:17:15.860 unjust 00:17:15.860 --> 00:17:16.720 that he 00:17:16.720 --> 00:17:17.420 might bring 00:17:17.420 --> 00:17:18.820 us to 00:17:18.820 --> 00:17:19.340 God. 00:17:20.620 --> 00:17:21.100 And then 00:17:21.100 --> 00:17:21.620 going to 00:17:21.620 --> 00:17:22.240 the cross 00:17:22.240 --> 00:17:23.360 and bearing 00:17:23.360 --> 00:17:24.180 our sins, 00:17:24.400 --> 00:17:25.140 Jesus broke 00:17:25.140 --> 00:17:25.940 that great 00:17:25.940 --> 00:17:26.440 barrier 00:17:26.440 --> 00:17:28.340 between God 00:17:28.340 --> 00:17:28.980 and people. 00:17:29.620 --> 00:17:30.300 He built 00:17:30.300 --> 00:17:30.920 a bridge 00:17:30.920 --> 00:17:32.060 that people 00:17:32.060 --> 00:17:33.000 could get 00:17:33.000 --> 00:17:33.740 back to 00:17:33.740 --> 00:17:34.160 God. 00:17:34.900 --> 00:17:35.640 And down 00:17:35.640 --> 00:17:36.500 through the 00:17:36.500 --> 00:17:36.920 centuries, 00:17:36.920 --> 00:17:38.700 this wonderful 00:17:38.700 --> 00:17:39.360 message 00:17:39.360 --> 00:17:40.820 has 00:17:40.820 --> 00:17:41.759 resonated 00:17:41.759 --> 00:17:43.080 in the 00:17:43.080 --> 00:17:43.660 Christian 00:17:43.660 --> 00:17:44.259 church. 00:17:45.140 --> 00:17:45.460 And as 00:17:45.460 --> 00:17:45.900 one hymn 00:17:45.900 --> 00:17:46.840 writer puts 00:17:46.840 --> 00:17:47.120 it, 00:17:47.660 --> 00:17:48.240 there was 00:17:48.240 --> 00:17:48.720 no other 00:17:48.720 --> 00:17:49.420 good enough 00:17:49.420 --> 00:17:50.240 to pay 00:17:50.240 --> 00:17:50.820 the price 00:17:50.820 --> 00:17:51.320 of sin. 00:17:51.740 --> 00:17:52.660 He only 00:17:52.660 --> 00:17:54.039 could unlock 00:17:54.039 --> 00:17:54.700 the gates 00:17:54.700 --> 00:17:55.200 of heaven 00:17:55.200 --> 00:17:56.400 and let 00:17:56.400 --> 00:17:56.860 us sin. 00:17:57.980 --> 00:17:58.600 So that's 00:17:58.600 --> 00:17:58.840 what his 00:17:58.840 --> 00:17:59.200 life was 00:17:59.200 --> 00:17:59.720 like. 00:18:00.360 --> 00:18:00.940 And that's 00:18:00.940 --> 00:18:01.200 what his 00:18:01.200 --> 00:18:01.539 life was 00:18:01.539 --> 00:18:01.960 for. 00:18:01.960 --> 00:18:03.799 But what 00:18:03.799 --> 00:18:04.180 has his 00:18:04.180 --> 00:18:05.059 life meant? 00:18:06.400 --> 00:18:06.779 Well, 00:18:07.100 --> 00:18:07.579 what does 00:18:07.579 --> 00:18:08.019 the coming 00:18:08.019 --> 00:18:08.559 of this 00:18:08.559 --> 00:18:09.279 unique 00:18:09.279 --> 00:18:10.660 man who 00:18:10.660 --> 00:18:11.079 was also 00:18:11.079 --> 00:18:11.539 God 00:18:11.539 --> 00:18:12.160 mean? 00:18:12.740 --> 00:18:13.340 Who lived 00:18:13.340 --> 00:18:13.640 this 00:18:13.640 --> 00:18:15.019 extraordinarily 00:18:15.019 --> 00:18:16.180 gracious 00:18:16.180 --> 00:18:18.240 and selfless 00:18:18.240 --> 00:18:18.680 life? 00:18:19.299 --> 00:18:20.420 Who claimed 00:18:20.420 --> 00:18:21.000 that he did 00:18:21.000 --> 00:18:21.840 this to show 00:18:21.840 --> 00:18:22.759 us God 00:18:22.759 --> 00:18:23.500 and to 00:18:23.500 --> 00:18:24.440 save us 00:18:24.440 --> 00:18:24.819 from the 00:18:24.819 --> 00:18:25.559 consequences 00:18:25.559 --> 00:18:27.120 of our 00:18:27.120 --> 00:18:27.460 sin? 00:18:28.420 --> 00:18:28.720 Well, 00:18:29.840 --> 00:18:30.240 really, 00:18:30.519 --> 00:18:30.819 it does 00:18:30.819 --> 00:18:31.519 many things, 00:18:31.519 --> 00:18:32.519 but two 00:18:32.519 --> 00:18:32.920 things 00:18:32.920 --> 00:18:33.420 primarily. 00:18:34.220 --> 00:18:34.619 Firstly, 00:18:35.559 --> 00:18:36.920 it transforms 00:18:36.920 --> 00:18:38.799 our human 00:18:38.799 --> 00:18:39.259 nature. 00:18:40.359 --> 00:18:40.799 That's what 00:18:40.799 --> 00:18:41.819 his life 00:18:41.819 --> 00:18:42.220 has done, 00:18:42.720 --> 00:18:43.139 if we 00:18:43.139 --> 00:18:43.779 will allow 00:18:43.779 --> 00:18:43.980 it. 00:18:44.539 --> 00:18:45.319 And secondly, 00:18:46.379 --> 00:18:47.200 it assures 00:18:47.200 --> 00:18:49.079 us of 00:18:49.079 --> 00:18:49.619 the future. 00:18:50.339 --> 00:18:50.779 First of 00:18:50.779 --> 00:18:50.940 all, 00:18:51.059 --> 00:18:52.079 it transforms 00:18:52.079 --> 00:18:53.039 our human 00:18:53.039 --> 00:18:53.240 nature. 00:18:53.440 --> 00:18:53.940 Apparently, 00:18:54.700 --> 00:18:56.099 90% of 00:18:56.099 --> 00:18:56.440 Britain, 00:18:57.379 --> 00:18:58.519 90% of 00:18:58.519 --> 00:18:58.839 people, 00:18:59.079 --> 00:18:59.319 I beg your 00:18:59.319 --> 00:18:59.559 pardon, 00:18:59.779 --> 00:19:00.220 in Britain, 00:19:00.839 --> 00:19:01.039 in the 00:19:01.039 --> 00:19:01.379 UK, 00:19:01.519 --> 00:19:03.420 are unhappy 00:19:03.420 --> 00:19:04.799 with their 00:19:04.799 --> 00:19:05.579 appearance. 00:19:06.339 --> 00:19:06.720 They would 00:19:06.720 --> 00:19:07.160 like to 00:19:07.160 --> 00:19:07.680 change. 00:19:08.579 --> 00:19:08.839 You know, 00:19:09.039 --> 00:19:10.019 so anti-wrinkle 00:19:10.019 --> 00:19:11.660 cream doesn't 00:19:11.660 --> 00:19:12.339 work, by the 00:19:12.339 --> 00:19:13.220 way, let me 00:19:13.220 --> 00:19:13.660 tell you, 00:19:14.240 --> 00:19:15.639 and plastic 00:19:15.639 --> 00:19:16.240 surgery, 00:19:16.519 --> 00:19:17.240 all of that, 00:19:17.559 --> 00:19:17.879 you know, 00:19:17.960 --> 00:19:18.799 to change 00:19:18.799 --> 00:19:19.740 their appearance. 00:19:20.259 --> 00:19:21.740 45 million 00:19:21.740 --> 00:19:22.779 people in 00:19:22.779 --> 00:19:23.480 Britain this 00:19:23.480 --> 00:19:24.720 weekend have 00:19:24.720 --> 00:19:25.460 bought lottery 00:19:25.460 --> 00:19:26.720 tickets in the 00:19:26.720 --> 00:19:27.420 hope of winning 00:19:27.420 --> 00:19:28.240 millions of 00:19:28.240 --> 00:19:28.639 pounds, 00:19:28.640 --> 00:19:28.700 things, 00:19:29.200 --> 00:19:30.520 because that 00:19:30.520 --> 00:19:31.060 will change 00:19:31.060 --> 00:19:31.680 their lives, 00:19:32.020 --> 00:19:32.660 they reckon. 00:19:34.460 --> 00:19:34.700 No. 00:19:35.640 --> 00:19:36.120 We don't 00:19:36.120 --> 00:19:36.660 need our 00:19:36.660 --> 00:19:37.100 appearance, 00:19:37.420 --> 00:19:38.100 well, okay, 00:19:38.220 --> 00:19:38.700 some of us 00:19:38.700 --> 00:19:39.080 need our 00:19:39.080 --> 00:19:39.720 appearances to 00:19:39.720 --> 00:19:39.940 change, 00:19:40.280 --> 00:19:40.900 but most of 00:19:40.900 --> 00:19:42.180 you folk 00:19:42.180 --> 00:19:42.460 don't. 00:19:42.460 --> 00:19:44.799 we don't need 00:19:44.799 --> 00:19:45.480 our appearances 00:19:45.480 --> 00:19:46.340 to change. 00:19:47.019 --> 00:19:47.380 You know, 00:19:47.460 --> 00:19:47.840 we don't need 00:19:47.840 --> 00:19:48.740 more stuff 00:19:48.740 --> 00:19:50.400 that money 00:19:50.400 --> 00:19:50.880 will buy. 00:19:51.700 --> 00:19:52.600 We need 00:19:52.600 --> 00:19:54.059 our hearts 00:19:54.059 --> 00:19:54.980 to change, 00:19:55.980 --> 00:19:56.759 and that's 00:19:56.759 --> 00:19:57.440 what Jesus 00:19:57.440 --> 00:19:58.039 Christ 00:19:58.039 --> 00:19:59.400 has done. 00:20:00.180 --> 00:20:01.160 Human nature, 00:20:01.579 --> 00:20:02.360 our natures, 00:20:03.100 --> 00:20:04.279 are not in 00:20:04.279 --> 00:20:05.480 themselves good. 00:20:06.140 --> 00:20:06.620 We are 00:20:06.620 --> 00:20:07.539 utterly, 00:20:07.740 --> 00:20:08.579 utterly selfish. 00:20:08.579 --> 00:20:08.879 selfish. 00:20:09.599 --> 00:20:10.019 We just 00:20:10.019 --> 00:20:10.419 are, 00:20:11.159 --> 00:20:11.559 you know, 00:20:12.159 --> 00:20:12.980 and our 00:20:12.980 --> 00:20:13.779 nature has 00:20:13.779 --> 00:20:14.599 been warped 00:20:14.599 --> 00:20:15.559 and wasted 00:20:15.559 --> 00:20:16.399 by sin, 00:20:17.199 --> 00:20:18.279 stained and 00:20:18.279 --> 00:20:19.240 solid by 00:20:19.240 --> 00:20:20.059 wrongdoing 00:20:20.059 --> 00:20:21.099 against God, 00:20:21.419 --> 00:20:22.000 and it 00:20:22.000 --> 00:20:22.740 needs to 00:20:22.740 --> 00:20:24.019 be remade. 00:20:25.159 --> 00:20:25.980 And Jesus 00:20:25.980 --> 00:20:27.519 comes and 00:20:27.519 --> 00:20:28.259 does that. 00:20:29.240 --> 00:20:29.960 He says to 00:20:29.960 --> 00:20:30.679 the religious 00:20:30.679 --> 00:20:31.379 leader, 00:20:31.519 --> 00:20:32.259 Nicodemus, 00:20:32.819 --> 00:20:33.500 Nicodemus, 00:20:33.599 --> 00:20:33.779 look, 00:20:34.740 --> 00:20:35.240 you need to 00:20:35.240 --> 00:20:36.000 be born again. 00:20:36.599 --> 00:20:37.059 You need to 00:20:37.059 --> 00:20:37.919 be born from 00:20:37.919 --> 00:20:38.299 above. 00:20:39.559 --> 00:20:40.579 And that 00:20:40.579 --> 00:20:41.259 has become, 00:20:42.159 --> 00:20:43.199 well, 00:20:43.619 --> 00:20:44.339 it's misused 00:20:44.339 --> 00:20:45.240 a lot nowadays, 00:20:45.339 --> 00:20:45.799 isn't it? 00:20:46.099 --> 00:20:46.819 But actually, 00:20:47.419 --> 00:20:48.119 because it's 00:20:48.119 --> 00:20:48.699 the word of 00:20:48.699 --> 00:20:49.039 God, 00:20:49.179 --> 00:20:49.579 and Jesus 00:20:49.579 --> 00:20:50.079 said it, 00:20:50.619 --> 00:20:51.819 it's true. 00:20:53.099 --> 00:20:54.359 And if I 00:20:54.359 --> 00:20:54.599 could, 00:20:55.419 --> 00:20:55.799 if you'll 00:20:55.799 --> 00:20:56.379 excuse a 00:20:56.379 --> 00:20:56.819 personal 00:20:56.819 --> 00:20:57.579 reminisce, 00:20:57.679 --> 00:20:58.220 when I was 00:20:58.220 --> 00:20:58.859 a teenager 00:20:58.859 --> 00:21:00.879 growing up 00:21:00.879 --> 00:21:01.299 on Northern 00:21:01.299 --> 00:21:01.539 Ireland, 00:21:01.699 --> 00:21:02.779 I wasn't a 00:21:02.779 --> 00:21:03.119 Christian. 00:21:03.319 --> 00:21:03.859 I went to 00:21:03.859 --> 00:21:04.319 church on 00:21:04.319 --> 00:21:05.000 Sunday morning. 00:21:05.000 --> 00:21:06.000 It was part 00:21:06.579 --> 00:21:07.099 of the social 00:21:07.099 --> 00:21:07.419 round. 00:21:07.539 --> 00:21:07.960 It's what you 00:21:07.960 --> 00:21:08.259 did. 00:21:08.579 --> 00:21:09.699 But three 00:21:09.699 --> 00:21:10.119 of my 00:21:10.119 --> 00:21:10.659 grandparents 00:21:10.659 --> 00:21:12.359 died within 00:21:12.359 --> 00:21:13.139 about 18 00:21:13.139 --> 00:21:13.679 months of 00:21:13.679 --> 00:21:14.179 each other. 00:21:14.939 --> 00:21:15.279 And three 00:21:15.279 --> 00:21:15.679 different 00:21:15.679 --> 00:21:16.199 ministers 00:21:16.199 --> 00:21:18.019 conducted 00:21:18.019 --> 00:21:18.419 their 00:21:18.419 --> 00:21:18.980 funerals. 00:21:19.519 --> 00:21:20.579 I remember 00:21:20.579 --> 00:21:21.559 virtually nothing 00:21:21.559 --> 00:21:22.159 about them. 00:21:22.519 --> 00:21:23.000 Except, 00:21:24.119 --> 00:21:25.299 when we 00:21:25.299 --> 00:21:26.199 were in 00:21:26.199 --> 00:21:27.039 the cemeteries, 00:21:27.919 --> 00:21:28.419 and the 00:21:28.419 --> 00:21:29.199 coffins were 00:21:29.199 --> 00:21:29.859 being put 00:21:29.859 --> 00:21:30.240 into the 00:21:30.240 --> 00:21:30.639 ground, 00:21:31.460 --> 00:21:32.119 each of the 00:21:32.119 --> 00:21:32.699 ministers 00:21:32.699 --> 00:21:33.500 quoted, 00:21:33.500 --> 00:21:33.960 what I 00:21:33.960 --> 00:21:34.519 now know 00:21:34.519 --> 00:21:35.180 are words 00:21:35.180 --> 00:21:35.700 of Jesus. 00:21:37.039 --> 00:21:37.259 Jesus 00:21:37.259 --> 00:21:37.740 said, 00:21:37.940 --> 00:21:38.359 I am the 00:21:38.359 --> 00:21:38.940 resurrection 00:21:38.940 --> 00:21:39.420 and the 00:21:39.420 --> 00:21:39.720 life. 00:21:40.380 --> 00:21:40.900 Whosoever 00:21:40.900 --> 00:21:41.640 believeth in 00:21:41.640 --> 00:21:41.880 me, 00:21:41.960 --> 00:21:42.279 though he 00:21:42.279 --> 00:21:42.759 were dead, 00:21:42.819 --> 00:21:43.240 yet shall 00:21:43.240 --> 00:21:43.619 he live. 00:21:44.099 --> 00:21:44.839 And whosoever 00:21:44.839 --> 00:21:45.299 lives and 00:21:45.299 --> 00:21:45.779 believes in 00:21:45.779 --> 00:21:46.299 me will 00:21:46.299 --> 00:21:46.920 never die. 00:21:48.200 --> 00:21:48.519 Now, 00:21:49.240 --> 00:21:50.039 if I thought 00:21:50.039 --> 00:21:50.619 about it at 00:21:50.619 --> 00:21:50.939 12, I 00:21:50.939 --> 00:21:51.179 thought that 00:21:51.179 --> 00:21:51.500 was just 00:21:51.500 --> 00:21:52.119 mumbo 00:21:52.119 --> 00:21:52.619 jumbo. 00:21:52.699 --> 00:21:53.019 How can 00:21:53.019 --> 00:21:53.339 you be 00:21:53.339 --> 00:21:53.899 dead, 00:21:54.639 --> 00:21:55.099 but yet 00:21:55.099 --> 00:21:55.659 live, 00:21:56.319 --> 00:21:57.000 and yet 00:21:57.000 --> 00:21:57.699 live and 00:21:57.699 --> 00:21:58.399 never die? 00:21:58.519 --> 00:21:58.799 And there 00:21:58.799 --> 00:21:59.199 they are, 00:21:59.299 --> 00:22:00.319 putting my 00:22:00.319 --> 00:22:00.779 grandparents' 00:22:01.099 --> 00:22:01.639 coffin in 00:22:01.639 --> 00:22:02.159 the ground. 00:22:03.299 --> 00:22:03.699 But of 00:22:03.699 --> 00:22:03.979 course, 00:22:04.339 --> 00:22:04.959 what Jesus 00:22:04.959 --> 00:22:05.799 was talking 00:22:05.799 --> 00:22:07.259 about was 00:22:07.259 --> 00:22:08.759 spiritual life 00:22:08.759 --> 00:22:09.439 and death. 00:22:10.219 --> 00:22:11.219 All of us 00:22:11.219 --> 00:22:12.199 have a 00:22:12.199 --> 00:22:13.059 physical life. 00:22:13.599 --> 00:22:13.759 You know, 00:22:13.839 --> 00:22:14.339 we were all 00:22:14.339 --> 00:22:15.259 born and 00:22:15.259 --> 00:22:16.199 came into the 00:22:16.199 --> 00:22:16.719 world and 00:22:16.719 --> 00:22:17.599 grown up. 00:22:19.439 --> 00:22:20.279 But there's 00:22:20.279 --> 00:22:20.799 also a 00:22:20.799 --> 00:22:21.599 spiritual life, 00:22:21.700 --> 00:22:22.240 the life of 00:22:22.240 --> 00:22:22.839 the soul. 00:22:23.660 --> 00:22:24.180 And by 00:22:24.180 --> 00:22:25.139 nature, we 00:22:25.139 --> 00:22:25.980 are spiritually 00:22:25.980 --> 00:22:26.619 dead. 00:22:27.440 --> 00:22:27.759 You know, 00:22:27.819 --> 00:22:28.240 we're cut 00:22:28.240 --> 00:22:28.759 off from 00:22:28.759 --> 00:22:29.119 God. 00:22:29.940 --> 00:22:31.079 And when 00:22:31.079 --> 00:22:32.299 we come in 00:22:32.299 --> 00:22:33.240 faith and 00:22:33.240 --> 00:22:34.500 repentance to 00:22:34.500 --> 00:22:35.440 Jesus Christ, 00:22:35.579 --> 00:22:36.279 to the cross, 00:22:37.220 --> 00:22:38.079 and accept 00:22:38.079 --> 00:22:39.200 that he took 00:22:39.200 --> 00:22:39.920 the punishment 00:22:39.920 --> 00:22:41.000 that we 00:22:41.000 --> 00:22:41.339 deserve, 00:22:42.619 --> 00:22:43.619 and when we 00:22:43.619 --> 00:22:44.000 put our 00:22:44.000 --> 00:22:44.720 trust in him 00:22:44.720 --> 00:22:45.440 and accept 00:22:45.440 --> 00:22:46.160 his forgiveness, 00:22:46.779 --> 00:22:47.440 we're given 00:22:47.440 --> 00:22:48.139 a new heart, 00:22:48.319 --> 00:22:49.079 a new life. 00:22:49.079 --> 00:22:50.539 it was 00:22:50.539 --> 00:22:51.099 promised. 00:22:51.279 --> 00:22:51.799 Even in the 00:22:51.799 --> 00:22:52.419 Old Testament, 00:22:52.659 --> 00:22:53.359 it was promised 00:22:53.359 --> 00:22:54.559 by God that 00:22:54.559 --> 00:22:54.939 that would 00:22:54.939 --> 00:22:55.279 happen. 00:22:56.159 --> 00:22:56.500 And of 00:22:56.500 --> 00:22:56.759 course, 00:22:57.379 --> 00:22:58.500 it transforms 00:22:58.500 --> 00:22:59.699 people's lives. 00:23:00.559 --> 00:23:01.460 And that 00:23:01.460 --> 00:23:03.000 is what 00:23:03.000 --> 00:23:05.259 it means. 00:23:05.819 --> 00:23:06.819 It means 00:23:06.819 --> 00:23:07.839 the life of 00:23:07.839 --> 00:23:08.679 Jesus means 00:23:08.679 --> 00:23:09.539 transformation 00:23:09.539 --> 00:23:11.179 for those 00:23:11.179 --> 00:23:11.939 who will 00:23:11.939 --> 00:23:12.519 trust in 00:23:12.519 --> 00:23:12.639 him. 00:23:12.960 --> 00:23:13.439 And of 00:23:13.439 --> 00:23:13.619 course, 00:23:13.679 --> 00:23:14.480 he comes 00:23:14.480 --> 00:23:15.079 to 00:23:15.079 --> 00:23:15.880 reshape 00:23:15.880 --> 00:23:16.620 our 00:23:16.620 --> 00:23:17.099 future. 00:23:17.299 --> 00:23:17.559 Because, 00:23:18.420 --> 00:23:19.759 you know, 00:23:19.839 --> 00:23:20.279 we need 00:23:20.279 --> 00:23:20.900 guidance. 00:23:21.360 --> 00:23:21.700 We need 00:23:21.700 --> 00:23:22.400 leading in 00:23:22.400 --> 00:23:22.779 life. 00:23:23.339 --> 00:23:23.839 You know, 00:23:24.000 --> 00:23:24.279 and it's 00:23:24.279 --> 00:23:24.660 not just 00:23:24.660 --> 00:23:25.339 young people. 00:23:25.460 --> 00:23:25.799 We think 00:23:25.799 --> 00:23:26.420 young people, 00:23:26.579 --> 00:23:26.779 oh, 00:23:26.860 --> 00:23:27.279 they need 00:23:27.279 --> 00:23:28.180 career guidance, 00:23:28.460 --> 00:23:28.920 and they need 00:23:28.920 --> 00:23:29.240 this, 00:23:29.299 --> 00:23:29.680 and they need 00:23:29.680 --> 00:23:29.759 that. 00:23:30.019 --> 00:23:30.660 All of us 00:23:30.660 --> 00:23:31.079 need it. 00:23:31.460 --> 00:23:32.099 Older folk 00:23:32.099 --> 00:23:32.700 as well. 00:23:33.759 --> 00:23:34.180 You know, 00:23:34.240 --> 00:23:34.579 there's this 00:23:34.579 --> 00:23:35.079 assumption 00:23:35.079 --> 00:23:36.120 sometimes that 00:23:36.120 --> 00:23:37.339 old people 00:23:37.339 --> 00:23:38.319 are wise. 00:23:38.720 --> 00:23:39.180 Not a bit 00:23:39.180 --> 00:23:39.539 of it. 00:23:40.160 --> 00:23:40.640 You know, 00:23:40.860 --> 00:23:41.279 the Bible 00:23:41.279 --> 00:23:42.019 talks about 00:23:42.019 --> 00:23:42.660 an old 00:23:42.660 --> 00:23:43.299 and foolish 00:23:43.299 --> 00:23:43.759 king. 00:23:44.379 --> 00:23:44.799 And so 00:23:44.799 --> 00:23:45.639 many stories, 00:23:45.879 --> 00:23:46.519 particularly in 00:23:46.519 --> 00:23:46.879 the Old 00:23:46.879 --> 00:23:47.279 Testament, 00:23:47.819 --> 00:23:48.099 are of 00:23:48.099 --> 00:23:49.059 people who 00:23:49.059 --> 00:23:50.339 really lost 00:23:50.339 --> 00:23:50.879 things as 00:23:50.879 --> 00:23:51.259 they got 00:23:51.259 --> 00:23:51.639 older. 00:23:52.279 --> 00:23:52.599 So, 00:23:53.039 --> 00:23:53.639 we need 00:23:53.639 --> 00:23:54.519 God to 00:23:54.519 --> 00:23:55.660 redirect our 00:23:55.660 --> 00:23:56.259 paths, 00:23:56.400 --> 00:23:56.900 to give us 00:23:56.900 --> 00:23:57.819 destiny as 00:23:57.819 --> 00:23:58.299 the children 00:23:58.299 --> 00:23:58.940 of God. 00:23:59.500 --> 00:23:59.839 Because 00:23:59.839 --> 00:24:00.700 without that, 00:24:01.400 --> 00:24:02.799 what is 00:24:02.799 --> 00:24:03.539 life really? 00:24:03.799 --> 00:24:04.619 William Shakespeare 00:24:04.619 --> 00:24:05.400 has a great 00:24:05.400 --> 00:24:06.619 quote in 00:24:06.619 --> 00:24:07.500 Macbeth. 00:24:08.259 --> 00:24:08.440 He says, 00:24:08.619 --> 00:24:09.319 life is a 00:24:09.319 --> 00:24:10.519 tale told 00:24:10.519 --> 00:24:11.400 by an 00:24:11.400 --> 00:24:11.839 idiot 00:24:11.839 --> 00:24:12.740 full of 00:24:12.740 --> 00:24:13.579 sound and 00:24:13.579 --> 00:24:14.019 fury, 00:24:14.679 --> 00:24:15.319 signifying 00:24:15.319 --> 00:24:15.899 nothing. 00:24:16.919 --> 00:24:17.439 Carl Jung, 00:24:17.559 --> 00:24:17.919 one of the 00:24:17.919 --> 00:24:19.240 great psychoanalysts 00:24:19.240 --> 00:24:19.519 of the 00:24:19.519 --> 00:24:20.299 20th century, 00:24:20.659 --> 00:24:21.339 he wrote 00:24:21.339 --> 00:24:22.279 that really 00:24:22.279 --> 00:24:23.480 the central 00:24:23.480 --> 00:24:24.299 neuroses 00:24:24.299 --> 00:24:25.299 of our 00:24:25.299 --> 00:24:26.319 time is 00:24:26.319 --> 00:24:26.939 emptiness. 00:24:28.639 --> 00:24:28.899 You know, 00:24:29.559 --> 00:24:30.179 what's life 00:24:30.179 --> 00:24:30.639 all about? 00:24:30.779 --> 00:24:31.399 What's life 00:24:31.399 --> 00:24:31.779 for? 00:24:31.939 --> 00:24:32.359 They say. 00:24:32.740 --> 00:24:33.139 And of course, 00:24:33.240 --> 00:24:33.659 the Rolling 00:24:33.659 --> 00:24:34.259 Stones, 00:24:34.480 --> 00:24:34.699 with their 00:24:34.699 --> 00:24:35.439 most famous 00:24:35.439 --> 00:24:35.959 song of 00:24:35.959 --> 00:24:36.299 all, 00:24:36.779 --> 00:24:37.059 you know, 00:24:37.179 --> 00:24:37.779 can't get 00:24:37.779 --> 00:24:38.919 no satisfaction 00:24:38.919 --> 00:24:40.119 for getting 00:24:40.119 --> 00:24:40.799 the bad 00:24:40.799 --> 00:24:41.159 grammar 00:24:41.160 --> 00:24:42.980 we know 00:24:42.980 --> 00:24:44.040 what they 00:24:44.040 --> 00:24:44.340 meant. 00:24:45.860 --> 00:24:46.519 If you're 00:24:46.519 --> 00:24:47.220 ever in 00:24:47.220 --> 00:24:47.640 the north 00:24:47.640 --> 00:24:48.100 of Scotland, 00:24:48.220 --> 00:24:48.519 up in the 00:24:48.519 --> 00:24:49.000 Highlands, 00:24:49.180 --> 00:24:49.580 and going 00:24:49.580 --> 00:24:49.840 into 00:24:49.840 --> 00:24:50.519 Inverness, 00:24:50.900 --> 00:24:51.540 if you're 00:24:51.540 --> 00:24:52.120 going in 00:24:52.120 --> 00:24:52.800 on the 00:24:52.800 --> 00:24:53.300 road from 00:24:53.300 --> 00:24:53.740 Nairn 00:24:53.740 --> 00:24:54.220 into 00:24:54.220 --> 00:24:54.980 Inverness 00:24:54.980 --> 00:24:55.500 City, 00:24:56.340 --> 00:24:56.800 there's this 00:24:56.800 --> 00:24:57.900 huge billboard, 00:24:58.220 --> 00:24:58.860 big sign, 00:24:59.279 --> 00:25:00.140 massive letters, 00:25:00.660 --> 00:25:02.100 and it says, 00:25:02.740 --> 00:25:02.960 no, 00:25:03.779 --> 00:25:04.860 your car 00:25:04.860 --> 00:25:05.680 shouldn't be 00:25:05.680 --> 00:25:06.460 making that 00:25:06.460 --> 00:25:07.000 noise. 00:25:07.000 --> 00:25:08.660 and it 00:25:08.660 --> 00:25:09.039 gives the 00:25:09.039 --> 00:25:09.680 address of 00:25:09.680 --> 00:25:11.299 a garage 00:25:11.299 --> 00:25:11.920 down below 00:25:11.920 --> 00:25:12.259 where you 00:25:12.259 --> 00:25:12.619 could go 00:25:12.619 --> 00:25:13.059 and spend 00:25:13.059 --> 00:25:13.519 money and 00:25:13.519 --> 00:25:13.839 get your 00:25:13.839 --> 00:25:14.259 car fixed. 00:25:15.180 --> 00:25:15.700 How many 00:25:15.700 --> 00:25:16.119 of us have 00:25:16.119 --> 00:25:16.480 been in 00:25:16.480 --> 00:25:17.200 that position? 00:25:17.980 --> 00:25:19.019 You know 00:25:19.019 --> 00:25:19.339 there's 00:25:19.339 --> 00:25:20.240 something wrong. 00:25:20.900 --> 00:25:21.059 Yeah, 00:25:21.140 --> 00:25:21.559 your car 00:25:21.559 --> 00:25:21.900 shouldn't 00:25:21.900 --> 00:25:22.480 really be 00:25:22.480 --> 00:25:23.019 making that 00:25:23.019 --> 00:25:23.160 noise. 00:25:23.359 --> 00:25:23.680 You know 00:25:23.680 --> 00:25:24.119 something's 00:25:24.119 --> 00:25:24.240 wrong. 00:25:24.420 --> 00:25:24.720 You're not 00:25:24.720 --> 00:25:25.240 quite sure 00:25:25.240 --> 00:25:25.559 because you're 00:25:25.559 --> 00:25:25.779 not a 00:25:25.779 --> 00:25:26.140 mechanic. 00:25:26.279 --> 00:25:26.420 You don't 00:25:26.420 --> 00:25:26.700 know what 00:25:26.700 --> 00:25:27.119 it is, 00:25:27.259 --> 00:25:27.579 but you 00:25:27.579 --> 00:25:28.180 know something's 00:25:28.180 --> 00:25:28.619 not right. 00:25:29.980 --> 00:25:30.640 Life's like 00:25:30.640 --> 00:25:30.960 that. 00:25:31.680 --> 00:25:32.240 Life's like 00:25:32.240 --> 00:25:32.460 that. 00:25:33.319 --> 00:25:34.400 We know, 00:25:34.500 --> 00:25:35.180 without God 00:25:35.180 --> 00:25:35.660 and without 00:25:35.660 --> 00:25:36.120 Jesus, 00:25:36.320 --> 00:25:37.080 we know 00:25:37.080 --> 00:25:38.259 that 00:25:38.259 --> 00:25:39.100 something 00:25:39.100 --> 00:25:40.279 is not 00:25:40.279 --> 00:25:40.620 right. 00:25:41.340 --> 00:25:41.880 And we 00:25:41.880 --> 00:25:42.420 need Jesus 00:25:42.420 --> 00:25:43.299 to transform 00:25:43.299 --> 00:25:43.920 our life 00:25:43.920 --> 00:25:45.539 and help 00:25:45.539 --> 00:25:46.320 move the 00:25:46.320 --> 00:25:46.840 center of 00:25:46.840 --> 00:25:47.240 gravity 00:25:47.240 --> 00:25:48.480 from self 00:25:48.480 --> 00:25:50.140 to Jesus 00:25:50.140 --> 00:25:51.460 so that 00:25:51.460 --> 00:25:52.320 we serve 00:25:52.320 --> 00:25:52.960 him. 00:25:53.660 --> 00:25:54.360 We serve 00:25:54.360 --> 00:25:55.120 other people. 00:25:55.539 --> 00:25:56.100 We work 00:25:56.100 --> 00:25:56.519 for the 00:25:56.519 --> 00:25:57.340 extension of 00:25:57.340 --> 00:25:57.940 his kingdom. 00:25:59.240 --> 00:25:59.960 And of 00:25:59.960 --> 00:26:00.240 course, 00:26:00.700 --> 00:26:01.060 we have 00:26:01.060 --> 00:26:01.539 hope. 00:26:02.019 --> 00:26:02.299 Don't we? 00:26:02.360 --> 00:26:02.640 We have 00:26:02.640 --> 00:26:04.019 hope of 00:26:04.019 --> 00:26:05.019 eternal life 00:26:05.019 --> 00:26:05.579 with Jesus 00:26:05.579 --> 00:26:06.220 in heaven. 00:26:07.379 --> 00:26:08.440 And the 00:26:08.440 --> 00:26:09.279 other thing, 00:26:10.000 --> 00:26:10.839 on a 00:26:10.839 --> 00:26:11.259 practical 00:26:11.259 --> 00:26:11.660 level, 00:26:11.819 --> 00:26:12.099 you know, 00:26:12.720 --> 00:26:14.400 it's so 00:26:14.400 --> 00:26:15.019 difficult to 00:26:15.019 --> 00:26:15.559 explain to 00:26:15.559 --> 00:26:16.859 people sometimes, 00:26:17.299 --> 00:26:17.900 but Jesus 00:26:17.900 --> 00:26:19.299 takes us to 00:26:19.299 --> 00:26:19.599 where the 00:26:19.599 --> 00:26:20.180 good things 00:26:20.180 --> 00:26:20.519 are. 00:26:21.000 --> 00:26:21.160 You know 00:26:21.160 --> 00:26:21.759 that story 00:26:21.759 --> 00:26:22.319 we read 00:26:22.319 --> 00:26:23.440 from Luke 00:26:23.440 --> 00:26:25.480 where Jesus 00:26:25.480 --> 00:26:26.180 goes to 00:26:26.180 --> 00:26:27.119 Peter and 00:26:27.119 --> 00:26:27.480 they've been 00:26:27.480 --> 00:26:28.059 fishing all 00:26:28.059 --> 00:26:28.339 day and 00:26:28.339 --> 00:26:28.639 they haven't 00:26:28.639 --> 00:26:29.319 caught anything 00:26:29.319 --> 00:26:30.079 and here 00:26:30.079 --> 00:26:30.660 comes this 00:26:30.660 --> 00:26:31.220 carpenter 00:26:31.220 --> 00:26:32.400 and tells 00:26:32.400 --> 00:26:32.980 them to put 00:26:32.980 --> 00:26:33.460 out into 00:26:33.460 --> 00:26:33.940 the deep, 00:26:34.180 --> 00:26:34.480 you know, 00:26:34.480 --> 00:26:35.039 but they 00:26:35.039 --> 00:26:35.339 go and 00:26:35.339 --> 00:26:35.700 do it 00:26:35.700 --> 00:26:36.120 and what 00:26:36.120 --> 00:26:36.339 do they 00:26:36.339 --> 00:26:36.839 discover? 00:26:37.400 --> 00:26:37.860 That he 00:26:37.860 --> 00:26:38.599 has taken 00:26:38.599 --> 00:26:39.559 them to 00:26:39.559 --> 00:26:39.920 where the 00:26:39.920 --> 00:26:40.559 good things 00:26:40.559 --> 00:26:40.839 are. 00:26:41.620 --> 00:26:42.279 And he 00:26:42.279 --> 00:26:42.980 does that 00:26:42.980 --> 00:26:43.880 again and 00:26:43.880 --> 00:26:44.240 again. 00:26:44.740 --> 00:26:45.259 I bet, 00:26:45.900 --> 00:26:46.620 no, I don't 00:26:46.620 --> 00:26:47.299 bet, I'm not a 00:26:47.299 --> 00:26:47.799 betting man, 00:26:48.099 --> 00:26:49.700 but I guarantee 00:26:49.700 --> 00:26:51.980 if I asked 00:26:51.980 --> 00:26:53.099 the Christians 00:26:53.099 --> 00:26:53.880 who, people 00:26:53.880 --> 00:26:54.460 here this 00:26:54.460 --> 00:26:55.299 morning, who've 00:26:55.299 --> 00:26:55.960 been Christians 00:26:55.960 --> 00:26:57.059 for maybe 15 00:26:57.059 --> 00:26:58.000 or 20 years, 00:26:58.579 --> 00:26:59.599 to tell you a 00:26:59.599 --> 00:27:00.240 story when 00:27:00.240 --> 00:27:01.480 Jesus in 00:27:01.480 --> 00:27:02.220 their lives 00:27:02.220 --> 00:27:03.579 led them 00:27:03.579 --> 00:27:04.079 through a 00:27:04.079 --> 00:27:05.299 situation and 00:27:05.299 --> 00:27:05.779 they couldn't 00:27:05.779 --> 00:27:06.640 understand, why 00:27:06.640 --> 00:27:07.259 am I going 00:27:07.259 --> 00:27:07.819 through this? 00:27:08.099 --> 00:27:08.799 Why is God 00:27:08.799 --> 00:27:09.440 allowing this 00:27:09.440 --> 00:27:09.819 to happen? 00:27:10.599 --> 00:27:11.000 But he 00:27:11.000 --> 00:27:11.640 brought them 00:27:11.640 --> 00:27:12.900 to where the 00:27:12.900 --> 00:27:13.519 good things 00:27:13.519 --> 00:27:13.740 are. 00:27:13.839 --> 00:27:14.079 I could 00:27:14.079 --> 00:27:14.599 guarantee 00:27:14.599 --> 00:27:15.900 almost everyone 00:27:15.900 --> 00:27:17.420 would be able 00:27:17.420 --> 00:27:18.839 to do that. 00:27:21.640 --> 00:27:22.420 See this 00:27:22.420 --> 00:27:22.700 pulpit? 00:27:23.700 --> 00:27:24.400 It's a 00:27:24.400 --> 00:27:24.940 replica, 00:27:25.420 --> 00:27:26.259 exact replica, 00:27:26.259 --> 00:27:27.920 of the pulpit 00:27:27.920 --> 00:27:28.920 in Milan 00:27:28.920 --> 00:27:29.819 Cathedral. 00:27:31.220 --> 00:27:32.180 And if you 00:27:32.180 --> 00:27:33.079 were to go to 00:27:33.079 --> 00:27:33.980 Milan Cathedral 00:27:33.980 --> 00:27:34.500 today and 00:27:34.500 --> 00:27:35.839 approaching that 00:27:35.839 --> 00:27:37.779 huge, huge, 00:27:37.839 --> 00:27:38.319 apparently it's 00:27:38.319 --> 00:27:38.700 one of the 00:27:38.700 --> 00:27:39.579 greatest cathedrals 00:27:39.579 --> 00:27:40.220 in Europe, 00:27:41.220 --> 00:27:41.799 there's three 00:27:41.799 --> 00:27:42.839 great doors 00:27:42.839 --> 00:27:44.759 and there are 00:27:44.759 --> 00:27:45.460 arches over 00:27:45.460 --> 00:27:46.299 each door with 00:27:46.299 --> 00:27:47.059 carvings on 00:27:47.059 --> 00:27:47.559 them. 00:27:49.319 --> 00:27:51.259 And over the 00:27:51.259 --> 00:27:52.799 door on the 00:27:52.799 --> 00:27:54.039 left, it 00:27:54.039 --> 00:27:55.019 says, all 00:27:55.019 --> 00:27:56.200 that pleases 00:27:56.200 --> 00:27:57.660 is but for 00:27:57.660 --> 00:27:58.099 a moment. 00:27:59.259 --> 00:28:00.000 And over the 00:28:00.000 --> 00:28:00.480 door on the 00:28:00.480 --> 00:28:01.039 right, it 00:28:01.039 --> 00:28:03.099 says, all 00:28:03.099 --> 00:28:03.680 that troubles 00:28:03.680 --> 00:28:05.119 is but for 00:28:05.119 --> 00:28:05.480 a moment. 00:28:06.160 --> 00:28:06.980 But over the 00:28:06.980 --> 00:28:07.759 big central 00:28:07.759 --> 00:28:08.519 arch, it 00:28:08.519 --> 00:28:09.920 said, that 00:28:09.920 --> 00:28:10.940 only is 00:28:10.940 --> 00:28:11.519 important, 00:28:12.579 --> 00:28:13.960 which is 00:28:13.960 --> 00:28:15.000 eternal. 00:28:16.579 --> 00:28:17.460 Can I ask 00:28:17.460 --> 00:28:17.960 this morning, 00:28:18.819 --> 00:28:19.779 are you 00:28:19.779 --> 00:28:21.359 thinking about 00:28:21.359 --> 00:28:22.119 eternal 00:28:22.119 --> 00:28:22.740 things? 00:28:22.740 --> 00:28:24.500 do you 00:28:24.500 --> 00:28:25.460 think much 00:28:25.460 --> 00:28:26.960 about the 00:28:26.960 --> 00:28:27.720 living God 00:28:27.720 --> 00:28:28.259 who made 00:28:28.259 --> 00:28:28.460 you? 00:28:30.160 --> 00:28:30.660 What are 00:28:30.660 --> 00:28:32.799 you making 00:28:32.799 --> 00:28:34.099 of Jesus 00:28:34.099 --> 00:28:35.539 to use 00:28:35.539 --> 00:28:35.940 C.S. 00:28:36.000 --> 00:28:36.220 Lewis' 00:28:36.460 --> 00:28:37.019 question? 00:28:38.500 --> 00:28:38.859 But of 00:28:38.859 --> 00:28:39.019 course, 00:28:39.120 --> 00:28:39.400 really, 00:28:39.880 --> 00:28:40.940 the only 00:28:40.940 --> 00:28:42.120 question that 00:28:42.120 --> 00:28:42.779 really, 00:28:42.779 --> 00:28:45.000 truly matters 00:28:45.000 --> 00:28:46.720 is the one 00:28:46.720 --> 00:28:47.359 that Jesus 00:28:47.359 --> 00:28:48.400 asked Peter 00:28:48.400 --> 00:28:49.759 and he 00:28:49.759 --> 00:28:50.900 asks each 00:28:50.900 --> 00:28:51.440 of us, 00:28:52.720 --> 00:28:53.519 who do 00:28:53.519 --> 00:28:54.240 you say 00:28:54.240 --> 00:28:55.800 that I 00:28:55.800 --> 00:28:56.100 am? 00:28:57.420 --> 00:28:58.100 Let's 00:28:58.100 --> 00:28:58.380 pray. 00:29:00.860 --> 00:29:01.560 Our 00:29:01.560 --> 00:29:01.800 loving 00:29:01.800 --> 00:29:02.220 Heavenly 00:29:02.220 --> 00:29:02.640 Father, 00:29:03.040 --> 00:29:03.560 we thank 00:29:03.560 --> 00:29:04.080 you that 00:29:04.080 --> 00:29:05.460 your great 00:29:05.460 --> 00:29:06.019 plan of 00:29:06.019 --> 00:29:06.600 salvation 00:29:06.600 --> 00:29:07.820 was to 00:29:07.820 --> 00:29:08.759 bring Jesus 00:29:08.759 --> 00:29:09.600 as a baby 00:29:09.600 --> 00:29:10.259 in a manger 00:29:10.259 --> 00:29:11.980 to live 00:29:11.980 --> 00:29:12.580 and grow 00:29:12.579 --> 00:29:13.720 and then 00:29:13.720 --> 00:29:14.220 die on a 00:29:14.220 --> 00:29:14.899 cross and 00:29:14.899 --> 00:29:15.559 be resurrected 00:29:15.559 --> 00:29:17.359 that we 00:29:17.359 --> 00:29:18.099 sinful 00:29:18.099 --> 00:29:19.079 sons of 00:29:19.079 --> 00:29:19.439 men 00:29:19.439 --> 00:29:21.259 might 00:29:21.259 --> 00:29:22.220 know 00:29:22.220 --> 00:29:23.000 new life, 00:29:24.119 --> 00:29:24.240 know 00:29:24.240 --> 00:29:24.619 eternal 00:29:24.619 --> 00:29:25.099 life 00:29:25.099 --> 00:29:26.159 in our 00:29:26.159 --> 00:29:26.599 souls. 00:29:27.759 --> 00:29:27.980 And so 00:29:27.980 --> 00:29:28.419 we thank 00:29:28.419 --> 00:29:28.879 you again 00:29:28.879 --> 00:29:29.559 for Jesus, 00:29:30.359 --> 00:29:31.039 the wonderful 00:29:31.039 --> 00:29:32.460 example he 00:29:32.460 --> 00:29:33.000 showed us 00:29:33.000 --> 00:29:33.599 in his life 00:29:33.599 --> 00:29:34.099 of how to 00:29:34.099 --> 00:29:34.379 live. 00:29:35.539 --> 00:29:35.919 And in 00:29:35.919 --> 00:29:36.519 his death, 00:29:37.220 --> 00:29:37.980 he was a 00:29:37.980 --> 00:29:38.519 sacrifice 00:29:38.519 --> 00:29:39.879 for our 00:29:39.879 --> 00:29:40.359 sins. 00:29:40.359 --> 00:29:41.539 in his 00:29:41.539 --> 00:29:42.079 resurrection, 00:29:42.299 --> 00:29:42.959 a conqueror, 00:29:43.599 --> 00:29:43.939 in his 00:29:43.939 --> 00:29:44.399 ascension, 00:29:44.500 --> 00:29:44.879 a king, 00:29:45.759 --> 00:29:46.319 and in his 00:29:46.319 --> 00:29:47.319 intercession for 00:29:47.319 --> 00:29:48.019 us day by 00:29:48.019 --> 00:29:49.219 day, a 00:29:49.219 --> 00:29:49.819 great high 00:29:49.819 --> 00:29:50.259 priest. 00:29:51.059 --> 00:29:51.539 Lord, we 00:29:51.539 --> 00:29:52.159 thank you for 00:29:52.159 --> 00:29:53.459 him and 00:29:53.459 --> 00:29:54.299 we pray that 00:29:54.299 --> 00:29:54.719 you would 00:29:54.719 --> 00:29:55.299 give us 00:29:55.299 --> 00:29:56.179 each one the 00:29:56.179 --> 00:29:56.819 grace this 00:29:56.819 --> 00:29:58.740 morning to 00:29:58.740 --> 00:30:00.459 answer that 00:30:00.459 --> 00:30:01.299 Jesus is not 00:30:01.299 --> 00:30:02.000 just a 00:30:02.000 --> 00:30:02.419 saviour, 00:30:03.359 --> 00:30:04.259 but he is 00:30:04.259 --> 00:30:05.119 my saviour. 00:30:06.199 --> 00:30:06.699 In his 00:30:06.699 --> 00:30:07.339 name we pray 00:30:07.339 --> 00:30:07.740 this. 00:30:09.039 --> 00:30:09.399 Amen.