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 Good morning. My name is Matthew Capone and I'm the pastor here at Cheyenne Mountain Presbyterian Church.

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 And it's my joy to bring God's word to you today.

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 A special welcome if you are new or visiting with us. We're glad that you're here.

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 And we're glad that you're here not because we're trying to fill seats,

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 but because we're following Jesus together as one community.

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 And as we follow Jesus together, we become convinced that there's no one so good.

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 They don't need God's grace and no one so bad that they can't have it,

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 which is why we come back week after week to hear what God has to say to us in his word.

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 We're continuing this morning our series in the book of Romans that we started just last week.

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 And you'll remember that the book of Romans is a letter.

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 It's a letter written by the Apostle Paul in the 50s AD.

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 And the book of Romans is called Romans for a very simple reason,

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 which is that it is written to the churches that exist in the city of Rome.

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 It is about fundamentally the gospel, the good news of Jesus' death and resurrection.

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 And Paul's hope is that those who receive this letter,

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 the original recipients primarily and us secondarily,

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 would be established in the gospel.

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 In fact, he makes this explicit in verse 11, which we will get to before too long.

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 Now, there are many applications that we'll see throughout this book,

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 and all of them ultimately are going to come back to the gospel.

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 There will be many spokes that will center over and over back to the hub,

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 which is the good news of Jesus' death and resurrection.

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 In those applications, Paul has this special focus on the mission and the unity of the church.

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 As I told you last week, as you see that we are moving very slowly, fear not.

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 We will, in fact, speed up.

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 But as we're here at the introduction, it is, in fact, hard to go fast

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 because Paul lays out so many different things in these first seven verses.

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 He gives us some of the primary themes of the book.

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 Last week, we looked at verse 1, and we saw primarily two things.

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 First, that Christians live for the Lord,

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 that it is our first and our only safe commitment.

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 And that's because the Lord is the only one who loves us more than we love ourselves.

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 He's the only one who fully knows what's best for us.

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 We also saw that all of us are called to be set apart for the work that God has given for us,

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 that there are things He's chosen for us from before the foundation of the world,

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 and He's prepared us for those things.

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 And we're going to move forward this morning in verses 2 through 4,

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 and we're going to see outlined for us part of the hope of the gospel.

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 And so it's with that that I invite you to turn with me to God's Word,

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 and you can turn in your Bible, you can turn on your phone,

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 you can turn in your worship guide.

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 No matter where you turn, remember that this is God's Word.

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 God tells us that His Word is more precious than gold, even the finest gold,

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 and it's sweeter than honey, even honey that comes straight from the honeycomb.

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 And so that's why we read now Romans 1, starting at verse 1.

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 Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God,

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 which he promised beforehand through his prophets in the holy scriptures,

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 concerning his Son, who was descended from David according to the flesh,

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 and was declared to be the Son of God in power,

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 according to the Spirit of holiness,

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 by his resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord.

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 I invite you to pray with me as we come to this portion of God's Word.

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 Our Father in heaven, we do thank you and praise you

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 that we don't live in a world where we're at the mercy of the latest man or woman

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 with money or power or influence,

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 but instead your Son and our Savior, our Lord Jesus, is the King of this world.

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 We ask that you would show us him and his glory again this morning,

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 and that you would grow our love, our affection, our joy,

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 our reverence and awe for him, our obedience to him.

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 And we ask these things in the mighty name of Jesus Christ. Amen.

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 And we're picking up this week in verse 2 of chapter 1,

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 and I read verse 1 for you simply for context.

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 As we begin verse 2, we're told something right away,

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 which he promised beforehand.

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 So there is something that we're meant to be looking for here,

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 a promise that was made a long time ago.

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 And to find out what that promise is,

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 we simply have to look back to what we saw last week in verse 1.

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 The promise that was made beforehand is the gospel of God.

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 So we see that as we look back to verse 1.

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 As we look forward to verse 3,

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 we then understand more what the gospel is about.

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 It is concerning his Son.

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 Jumping back to verse 2, where did he promise this?

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 Well, he promised it through his prophets in the Holy Scriptures.

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 And so as we return to Paul's introduction in this letter,

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 one of his longest introductions in all of the letters that he writes to the churches,

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 he begins here with this very simple point.

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 Jesus fulfills the promises of the Old Testament.

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 Jesus comes and makes true everything that we were told would happen

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 in the 39 books that come before the New Testament.

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 Now, you might think to yourself,

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 man, that's pretty neat.

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 Also, why in the world should I care?

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 Jesus is here, right?

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 He has come.

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 Why does it matter whether he has or has not

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 fulfilled some sort of promise that has come beforehand?

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 In fact, many people think just that.

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 They think the Old Testament, that's irrelevant.

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 There are pastors and teachers around today

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 who will tell you that very thing.

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 You know, we just mostly need to focus,

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 maybe we exclusively need to focus on the New Testament.

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 We don't need to worry about what's come before.

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 Paul here seems to have a very different opinion.

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 For him, it appears to be extremely important.

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 And the answer to that question, why does it matter,

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 is something we've already read.

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 Now, Britt read for us Genesis chapter 3,

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 which sets out the tension and the problem

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 that the rest of the scriptures seek to answer.

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 Remember what we read in Genesis chapter 3?

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 There's this curse that comes on the world

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 because of Adam and Eve's disobedience

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 to what God has commanded them.

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 And we see a variety of curses.

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 Verse 16 of Genesis 3,

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 the woman is going to experience pain in childbirth

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 and disunity in marriage.

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 Verse 17, the man is going to experience futility in his work.

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 Of course, there's a sense in which, right,

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 these cross over.

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 Women also experience futility in their work.

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 Fathers will also experience pain in raising children.

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 And so this is the point at which paradise is broken.

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 The perfect fellowship that humanity experienced with God

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 has come to an end.

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 There's disunity rather than unity.

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 There's disconnection rather than connection.

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 Thankfully, though, that's not the only thing we saw in Genesis chapter 3.

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 If you go back before the curse is given to the woman and the man,

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 there's a curse put on the snake in verse 15.

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 God addresses the serpent and says this,

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 I will put enmity between you and the woman

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 and between your offspring and her offspring.

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 He shall bruise your head and you shall bruise his heel.

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 In other words,

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 evil has been introduced into the experience of humanity,

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 but, and that's not the end of the story.

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 There is one coming who will crush the head of the serpent.

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 There will come a time when the curse will be reversed.

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 A moment will arrive when Adam and Eve

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 and their sons and daughters

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 no longer suffer the consequences of sin.

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 So why does it matter

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 that Jesus fulfills the promises of the Old Testament?

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 It matters

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 because he is the one who fulfills

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 the promise of Genesis chapter 3,

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 that the serpent's head will be crushed.

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 that we will finally be able to return to Eden.

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 Whether you're familiar with the Old Testament or not,

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 whether you care about the prophets who wrote it or not,

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 if you are a human and you live in this world

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 and you are honest with yourself,

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 you long to return to Eden.

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 You long for the curse to be undone.

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 You long for the serpent's head to be crushed.

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 And you feel it not just in moments

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 when we read passages from the Bible together.

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 You feel it when you have that longing

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 to experience only connection

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 and never disunity with others.

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 You feel it

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 when you look for healing

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 spiritually or emotionally or physically.

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 you feel that longing

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 when you look in the mirror.

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 And you wish that you could only feel good

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 about yourself and your body.

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 You feel it as you experience the grief and loss

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 that comes as your body ages

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 and your powers fade and wane.

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 And you feel it as you long for the evil

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 in your own heart

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 to be wiped out once and for all.

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 And that longing that you feel

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 is a longing that's been felt

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 ever since Genesis chapter 3.

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 And Paul here comes to say,

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 Jesus is the one

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 that makes the promise come true.

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 Jesus is the one

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 who makes it possible

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 to return to Eden.

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 In his book,

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 Mere Christianity,

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 C.S. Lewis says this,

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 If I find in myself a desire

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 which no experience

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 in this world can satisfy,

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 the most probable explanation

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 is that I was made

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 for another world.

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 And if you're honest,

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 you can feel that you were made

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 for another world.

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 You may try to hide it

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 with consumption

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 and busyness

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 and pleasure.

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 And at the end of the day,

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 it's still there.

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 And so here again,

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 remember I told you,

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 when it comes to the book of Romans,

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 we're going to have many spokes

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 and those spokes

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 will always come back

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 to the hub of the gospel.

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 And here,

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 right at the very beginning,

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 verse 2,

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 we're back to the hub again.

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 Jesus is the one

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 who resolves

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 the tension of humanity.

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 Jesus is the one

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 who allows

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 God's people

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 to return to Eden.

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 Jesus is the one

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 who makes that longing

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 not simply a longing,

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 but something real

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 and full

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 and complete.

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 There's a theologian

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 named Bill Wilder

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 who describes the story

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 of the Old Testament

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 this way.

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 He says,

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 it is a story

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 in which God's people

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 have to leave

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 God's presence

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 in God's land.

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 They're cast out of Eden,

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 right?

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 And so the question

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 that is attempted

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 to be answered

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 throughout the rest

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 of the Bible

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 is simply this,

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 how will God's people

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 return to God's land

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 in God's presence?

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 How is it

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 that God's people,

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 his family,

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 will experience

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 Eden

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 once again?

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 The answer

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 is Jesus.

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 because he is the one

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 who fulfills

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 what was promised

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 beforehand

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 through his prophets

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 in the Holy Scriptures.

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 He is the one

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 who makes all things right.

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 He's the one

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 who comes to crush

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 the head of the serpent.

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 He's the one

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 who brings God's people

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 back to God's land

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 in God's presence.

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 You'll remember

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 last week

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 I told you

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 that as we look

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 at these first

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 seven verses

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 we're going to see

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 some of the major themes

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 of the book of Romans

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 outlined for us

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 and we're going to do

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 that once again.

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 One of the major themes

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 that Paul has already

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 hit on for us here

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 is this,

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 that God is a God

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 who keeps

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 his promises.

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 You'll want to remember

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 that when we get

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 to Romans chapter 9

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 and 11,

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 you know,

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 in 20 or 30 years.

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 Because Paul's hope

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 there is to remind us,

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 look,

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 no matter what you see,

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 no matter what's happened,

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 God has kept

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 his promise.

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 What he said

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 in Genesis chapter 3

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 verse 15

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 will and has

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 come to pass.

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 Now the other theme

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 that we're going to see

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 throughout the book

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 that's highlighted here

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 is this,

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 that there is one story

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 from beginning to end.

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 The Old Testament

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 and the New Testament

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 are two halves

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 of the same book.

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 We'll see that even more

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 when we get to Romans

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 chapter 4.

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 I also told you last week

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 that Romans is referred to

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 as the fifth gospel.

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 That is what Paul teaches here,

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 Jesus taught first.

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 And we don't have to go

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 to just one place,

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 we can go to two places.

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 We have the famous passage

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 in Luke chapter 24

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 when Jesus,

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 after his resurrection,

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 is walking with two men

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 who are walking

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 on this road to Emmaus

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 and he explains to them

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 that the Old Testament

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 is about him.

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 In John chapter 5,

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 Jesus is arguing

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 with the Jews

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 and he reminds them

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 of this,

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 if you believed Moses,

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 you would believe me

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 for he wrote of me.

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 Who wrote the book

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 of Genesis?

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 Moses.

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 What was Moses

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 writing of

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 in Genesis chapter 3, 15?

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 He was writing

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 of Jesus,

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 the one who would crush

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 the head

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 of the serpent.

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 C.S. Lewis

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 in that same section

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 of Mere Christianity

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 goes on to tell us this,

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 I must keep alive

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 in myself

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 the desire

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 for my true country

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 which I shall not find

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 till after death.

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 I must never let it

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 get snowed under

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 or turned aside.

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 I must make it

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 the main object

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 of life

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 to press on

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 to that other country

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 and to help others

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 to do the same.

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 Christian,

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 you must make it

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 the main object

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 of your life

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 to press on

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 to that other country

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 and to help

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 others

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 to do

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 the same.

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 Jesus is the one

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 who fulfills

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 what is promised

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 beforehand

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 through his prophets

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 in the holy scriptures.

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 Paul goes on

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 to tell us

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 even more

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 in verse 3.

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 We find out

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 that Jesus

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 is not simply

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 the one who's promised.

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 This is concerning

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 his son

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 who is descended

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 from David

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 according to the flesh.

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 Now the word flesh

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 in the New Testament

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 can mean a variety

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 of things.

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 We want to be clear

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 about what it means

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 in this context.

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 Here, flesh

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 is simply saying

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 Jesus was actually

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 a human.

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 So going back

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 to our confession

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 of faith

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 earlier in this service,

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 remember we said

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 Jesus is 100% God

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 and 100% man.

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 And that's what

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 Paul is saying here.

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 According to

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 his humanity,

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 Jesus was descended

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 from David.

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 Of course,

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 he's not descended

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 from David

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 according to

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 his divine nature

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 because he

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 preexisted David.

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 No, it's according

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 to his human nature.

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 This gives us

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 another piece

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 of Old Testament

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 fulfillment.

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 It's not just

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 the promises

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 and the prophets

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 beforehand

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 when it comes

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 to Genesis chapter 3.

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 It's the promises

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 we see throughout

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 the Old Testament.

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 And one of the most

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 important promises

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 comes in 2 Samuel 7.

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 God comes to David

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 and he says to him,

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 look,

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 you're the king now

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 and guess what?

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 An even greater

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 king will come

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 from your line.

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 The ultimate

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 and final king

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 is going to come

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 from the line

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 of David.

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 Now,

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 you might

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 be wondering

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 how exactly

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 this is going

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 to happen.

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 We'll get to that

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 in a minute.

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 But remember

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 just that quote

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 from Gregory of Nazianzus,

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 what was not assumed

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 cannot be healed.

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 Jesus assumed

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 full humanity

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 so he could save

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 us as humans.

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 We're going to get

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 to even more of that

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 in Romans chapter 5.

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 So in verse 3,

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 we're told

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 that he's descended

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 from David

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 according to the flesh.

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 And then in verse 4,

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 we find out

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 he's declared

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 to be the son of God

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 in power

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 according to the spirit

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 of holiness

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 by his resurrection

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 from the dead.

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 Jesus Christ,

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 our Lord.

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 Some people

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 have misunderstood

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 or twisted

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 this verse

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 to say

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 that Jesus

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 was at some point

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 actually not divine.

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 He was only a man.

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 And then later,

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 you know,

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 God looked on him

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 and said,

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 you know what?

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 I think Jesus

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 is such a great guy.

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 And so I'm going

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 to declare him

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 to be the son of God.

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 And so it's important

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 that we understand

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 clearly

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 what's being said here.

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 The word is declared.

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 The word is not

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 to make

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 or to become.

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 Okay?

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 It is not that Jesus

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 was not the son of God

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 at some point

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 and then was declared

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 to be at another point.

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 No,

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 what he's telling us

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 is that the resurrection

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 clarifies

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 and certifies for us

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 what was already true.

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 That if there was

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 any doubt

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 about Jesus' identity,

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 there should be

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 no doubt

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 no more

00:20:02.660 --> 00:20:03.420
 as we look

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 and see him

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 as the resurrected

00:20:05.720 --> 00:20:06.539
 son of man

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 sitting at the right hand

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 of God,

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 the Father Almighty.

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 That he was

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 the son of God

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 and is now declared

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 by his resurrection

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 with greater clarity

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 than ever before.

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 A man named

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 John T. Rhodes

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 does a fantastic job

00:20:24.839 --> 00:20:26.000
 illustrating this

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 with this quote

00:20:26.920 --> 00:20:27.779
 on page seven

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 of your worship guide.

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 as Elizabeth II

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 became queen

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 on the death

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 of her father

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 in February 1952,

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 but wasn't crowned

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 until June

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 the following year,

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 Christ was king

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 from his incarnation,

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 but took his throne

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 at the resurrection.

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 Okay?

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 He was declared

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 to be

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 the son of God

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 with power.

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 The resurrection

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 is the coronation,

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 it's the announcement,

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 it's the certification

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 of what was already

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 true

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 about Christ.

00:21:06.679 --> 00:21:07.019
 Now,

00:21:07.059 --> 00:21:07.679
 you might be wondering,

00:21:07.819 --> 00:21:07.980
 okay,

00:21:08.079 --> 00:21:08.299
 wait,

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 if Christ was king

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 from his incarnation,

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 what about before

00:21:11.440 --> 00:21:12.099
 his incarnation?

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 Well,

00:21:13.619 --> 00:21:14.240
 he's king

00:21:14.240 --> 00:21:15.240
 from his incarnation

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 according to his

00:21:16.240 --> 00:21:16.980
 human nature

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 in the sense

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 that he fulfills

00:21:18.839 --> 00:21:19.399
 the promise

00:21:19.399 --> 00:21:20.700
 of 2 Samuel 7,

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 but of course

00:21:22.659 --> 00:21:23.960
 he's the son

00:21:23.960 --> 00:21:24.639
 of God

00:21:24.639 --> 00:21:25.879
 for all

00:21:25.879 --> 00:21:26.819
 eternity.

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 Eternity past,

00:21:28.059 --> 00:21:29.819
 eternity future.

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 And so it's not

00:21:31.480 --> 00:21:31.919
 that Jesus

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 becomes God,

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 he was always God,

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 it's that there

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 is now

00:21:36.980 --> 00:21:38.539
 a new phase

00:21:38.539 --> 00:21:39.220
 in the history

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 of redemption.

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 There's a new

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 chapter

00:21:42.179 --> 00:21:43.279
 in the story

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 of God's

00:21:44.440 --> 00:21:44.899
 redemption

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 of his people.

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 There is

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 something different,

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 it's not something

00:21:50.240 --> 00:21:51.399
 different in Jesus'

00:21:51.700 --> 00:21:52.139
 nature

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 or his character,

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 there is,

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 however,

00:21:55.200 --> 00:21:56.119
 something different

00:21:56.119 --> 00:21:57.719
 in his glory.

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 And you'll see

00:21:58.739 --> 00:21:59.679
 this on page

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 eight of your

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 worship guide.

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 Didn't Jesus

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 always have

00:22:03.319 --> 00:22:04.339
 supreme authority?

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 As God,

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 yes.

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 But considered

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 as a man,

00:22:08.799 --> 00:22:09.539
 the resurrection

00:22:09.539 --> 00:22:10.479
 ushers in

00:22:10.479 --> 00:22:11.479
 a new degree

00:22:11.479 --> 00:22:12.099
 of glory

00:22:12.099 --> 00:22:13.819
 even for Jesus.

00:22:14.919 --> 00:22:15.739
 Jesus rises

00:22:15.739 --> 00:22:16.599
 from the grave,

00:22:17.139 --> 00:22:17.719
 changed,

00:22:18.279 --> 00:22:18.939
 glorified,

00:22:19.319 --> 00:22:20.439
 with a more

00:22:20.439 --> 00:22:21.339
 majestic body

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 than before.

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 And I'll bring

00:22:24.219 --> 00:22:24.659
 this down

00:22:24.659 --> 00:22:25.019
 to earth

00:22:25.019 --> 00:22:25.500
 for you.

00:22:27.099 --> 00:22:27.559
 Before

00:22:27.559 --> 00:22:27.980
 Jesus'

00:22:28.199 --> 00:22:28.659
 resurrection,

00:22:29.079 --> 00:22:30.099
 it was possible

00:22:30.099 --> 00:22:30.699
 for Jesus

00:22:30.699 --> 00:22:31.240
 to get a

00:22:31.240 --> 00:22:31.500
 cold.

00:22:35.899 --> 00:22:36.339
 Before

00:22:36.339 --> 00:22:36.659
 Jesus'

00:22:36.839 --> 00:22:37.199
 resurrection,

00:22:37.379 --> 00:22:37.639
 there might

00:22:37.639 --> 00:22:37.859
 have been

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 times when

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 in his

00:22:38.619 --> 00:22:39.159
 human nature,

00:22:39.299 --> 00:22:39.579
 he would

00:22:39.579 --> 00:22:40.019
 have done

00:22:40.019 --> 00:22:40.639
 really well

00:22:40.639 --> 00:22:40.959
 to get

00:22:40.959 --> 00:22:41.740
 some antibiotics.

00:22:44.099 --> 00:22:44.539
 After

00:22:44.539 --> 00:22:44.980
 Jesus'

00:22:45.240 --> 00:22:45.759
 resurrection,

00:22:46.179 --> 00:22:46.759
 there were

00:22:46.759 --> 00:22:47.419
 no more

00:22:47.419 --> 00:22:47.959
 colds.

00:22:49.519 --> 00:22:50.539
 Jesus has

00:22:50.539 --> 00:22:51.759
 a perfected

00:22:51.759 --> 00:22:52.799
 and resurrection

00:22:52.799 --> 00:22:53.460
 body.

00:22:54.519 --> 00:22:55.399
 Jesus has

00:22:55.399 --> 00:22:56.639
 a glory

00:22:56.639 --> 00:22:58.159
 according to

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 his human

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 body that

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 he never

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 had before.

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 And he is

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 now,

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 we're told,

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 in verse

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 four,

00:23:06.379 --> 00:23:06.779
 the Son

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 of God

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 in power.

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 There's a

00:23:10.659 --> 00:23:11.599
 new expression

00:23:11.599 --> 00:23:12.960
 of Jesus'

00:23:13.139 --> 00:23:13.399
 power.

00:23:14.059 --> 00:23:14.579
 There's

00:23:14.579 --> 00:23:15.579
 something true

00:23:15.579 --> 00:23:16.599
 about the way

00:23:16.599 --> 00:23:17.379
 he expresses

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 his power.

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 There's

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 something of

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 its intensity

00:23:20.420 --> 00:23:22.380
 that was

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 not

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 realized

00:23:24.759 --> 00:23:26.100
 before that.

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 We're told

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 in verse

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 four,

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 this new

00:23:28.940 --> 00:23:29.519
 power is

00:23:29.519 --> 00:23:30.180
 according to

00:23:30.180 --> 00:23:30.660
 the spirit

00:23:30.660 --> 00:23:31.180
 of holiness,

00:23:31.320 --> 00:23:31.740
 which is a

00:23:31.740 --> 00:23:32.340
 reference here

00:23:32.340 --> 00:23:33.340
 to the Holy

00:23:33.340 --> 00:23:33.740
 Spirit.

00:23:35.200 --> 00:23:35.660
 And so we

00:23:35.660 --> 00:23:36.259
 can remember

00:23:36.259 --> 00:23:36.700
 Jesus'

00:23:36.920 --> 00:23:37.539
 teaching in

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 John chapter

00:23:38.160 --> 00:23:38.620
 14.

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 He says

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 this,

00:23:40.200 --> 00:23:40.880
 I will

00:23:40.880 --> 00:23:41.460
 ask the

00:23:41.460 --> 00:23:41.800
 Father,

00:23:42.519 --> 00:23:42.980
 and he

00:23:42.980 --> 00:23:43.680
 will give

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 you another

00:23:44.200 --> 00:23:45.360
 helper to

00:23:45.360 --> 00:23:45.860
 be with

00:23:45.860 --> 00:23:46.820
 you forever.

00:23:48.100 --> 00:23:48.880
 Jesus is

00:23:48.880 --> 00:23:49.300
 telling his

00:23:49.300 --> 00:23:49.700
 disciples,

00:23:49.700 --> 00:23:50.059
 look,

00:23:50.580 --> 00:23:50.920
 there's

00:23:50.920 --> 00:23:51.120
 going to

00:23:51.120 --> 00:23:51.360
 be

00:23:51.360 --> 00:23:51.660
 something

00:23:51.660 --> 00:23:52.059
 in the

00:23:52.059 --> 00:23:52.440
 future

00:23:52.440 --> 00:23:52.860
 that I'm

00:23:52.860 --> 00:23:53.039
 going to

00:23:53.039 --> 00:23:53.680
 ask for

00:23:53.680 --> 00:23:54.080
 and give

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 to you.

00:23:54.759 --> 00:23:55.559
 You don't

00:23:55.559 --> 00:23:56.140
 have the

00:23:56.140 --> 00:23:56.759
 Holy Spirit

00:23:56.759 --> 00:23:57.220
 in the way

00:23:57.220 --> 00:23:57.559
 that you

00:23:57.559 --> 00:23:58.140
 will have

00:23:58.140 --> 00:23:58.319
 it.

00:23:58.880 --> 00:23:59.400
 You will

00:23:59.400 --> 00:24:00.220
 receive it

00:24:00.220 --> 00:24:01.360
 after my

00:24:01.360 --> 00:24:01.920
 resurrection

00:24:01.920 --> 00:24:02.460
 and my

00:24:02.460 --> 00:24:02.940
 ascension.

00:24:03.460 --> 00:24:03.759
 And then

00:24:03.759 --> 00:24:04.160
 what do we

00:24:04.160 --> 00:24:04.620
 see in the

00:24:04.620 --> 00:24:05.000
 history of

00:24:05.000 --> 00:24:05.460
 the church?

00:24:06.039 --> 00:24:06.720
 Acts chapter

00:24:06.720 --> 00:24:07.140
 two,

00:24:07.319 --> 00:24:07.819
 Peter is

00:24:07.819 --> 00:24:08.519
 preaching this

00:24:08.519 --> 00:24:08.900
 sermon.

00:24:09.420 --> 00:24:09.880
 Pentecost

00:24:09.880 --> 00:24:10.539
 happens where

00:24:10.539 --> 00:24:10.980
 there's this

00:24:10.980 --> 00:24:11.779
 great pouring

00:24:11.779 --> 00:24:12.299
 out of the

00:24:12.299 --> 00:24:13.019
 Holy Spirit,

00:24:13.460 --> 00:24:13.940
 a pouring

00:24:13.940 --> 00:24:14.680
 out such as

00:24:14.680 --> 00:24:15.360
 has never

00:24:15.360 --> 00:24:16.100
 been seen

00:24:16.100 --> 00:24:16.640
 in the history

00:24:16.640 --> 00:24:17.200
 of God's

00:24:17.200 --> 00:24:17.580
 people.

00:24:17.580 --> 00:24:18.540
 And Peter

00:24:18.540 --> 00:24:19.460
 says this,

00:24:20.240 --> 00:24:21.060
 speaking about

00:24:21.060 --> 00:24:21.540
 Jesus,

00:24:22.220 --> 00:24:23.080
 being therefore

00:24:23.080 --> 00:24:24.020
 exalted at the

00:24:24.020 --> 00:24:24.720
 right hand of

00:24:24.720 --> 00:24:26.300
 God and having

00:24:26.300 --> 00:24:27.160
 received from the

00:24:27.160 --> 00:24:27.759
 Father the

00:24:27.759 --> 00:24:28.759
 promise of the

00:24:28.759 --> 00:24:29.460
 Holy Spirit,

00:24:30.120 --> 00:24:31.000
 he has poured

00:24:31.000 --> 00:24:31.980
 out this that

00:24:31.980 --> 00:24:33.060
 you yourselves

00:24:33.060 --> 00:24:34.160
 are seeing

00:24:34.160 --> 00:24:35.440
 and hearing.

00:24:35.440 --> 00:24:38.700
 Jesus,

00:24:39.539 --> 00:24:40.700
 in his

00:24:40.700 --> 00:24:41.559
 resurrection

00:24:41.559 --> 00:24:42.820
 and his

00:24:42.820 --> 00:24:43.740
 ascension,

00:24:45.039 --> 00:24:46.080
 pours out

00:24:46.080 --> 00:24:47.299
 on his

00:24:47.299 --> 00:24:47.960
 people

00:24:47.960 --> 00:24:49.779
 even greater

00:24:49.779 --> 00:24:50.779
 gifts and

00:24:50.779 --> 00:24:51.820
 power than

00:24:51.820 --> 00:24:53.360
 ever before.

00:24:54.740 --> 00:24:56.000
 It is

00:24:56.000 --> 00:24:56.460
 better

00:24:56.460 --> 00:24:58.259
 for you

00:24:58.259 --> 00:24:59.500
 to be a

00:24:59.500 --> 00:25:00.500
 Christian now

00:25:00.500 --> 00:25:02.000
 after Jesus'

00:25:02.259 --> 00:25:02.779
 resurrection

00:25:02.779 --> 00:25:03.960
 and ascension

00:25:03.960 --> 00:25:05.680
 than it was

00:25:05.680 --> 00:25:06.180
 to be

00:25:06.180 --> 00:25:06.660
 Abraham.

00:25:08.340 --> 00:25:08.980
 It is

00:25:08.980 --> 00:25:10.319
 more and

00:25:10.319 --> 00:25:10.799
 greater,

00:25:11.700 --> 00:25:12.660
 you experience

00:25:12.660 --> 00:25:13.220
 a greater

00:25:13.220 --> 00:25:14.019
 presence of

00:25:14.019 --> 00:25:14.360
 the Holy

00:25:14.360 --> 00:25:16.340
 Spirit than

00:25:16.340 --> 00:25:17.380
 Moses and

00:25:17.380 --> 00:25:17.819
 the people

00:25:17.819 --> 00:25:18.180
 who were

00:25:18.180 --> 00:25:18.640
 with him.

00:25:19.519 --> 00:25:19.980
 Why?

00:25:23.980 --> 00:25:24.840
 Because he

00:25:24.840 --> 00:25:25.279
 was declared

00:25:25.279 --> 00:25:25.700
 to be the

00:25:25.700 --> 00:25:26.360
 Son of God

00:25:26.360 --> 00:25:27.380
 in power

00:25:27.380 --> 00:25:28.620
 according to

00:25:28.620 --> 00:25:29.220
 the Spirit

00:25:29.220 --> 00:25:29.880
 of holiness

00:25:29.880 --> 00:25:30.840
 by his

00:25:30.840 --> 00:25:31.420
 resurrection

00:25:31.420 --> 00:25:32.380
 from the

00:25:32.380 --> 00:25:32.680
 dead.

00:25:33.960 --> 00:25:35.240
 Paul is

00:25:35.240 --> 00:25:35.799
 telling us,

00:25:35.880 --> 00:25:36.539
 teaching us,

00:25:36.680 --> 00:25:37.640
 reminding us

00:25:37.640 --> 00:25:39.860
 that Jesus'

00:25:40.200 --> 00:25:40.740
 resurrection

00:25:40.740 --> 00:25:41.440
 and his

00:25:41.440 --> 00:25:42.240
 ascension to

00:25:42.240 --> 00:25:42.759
 the right

00:25:42.759 --> 00:25:43.420
 hand of

00:25:43.420 --> 00:25:43.960
 God the

00:25:43.960 --> 00:25:44.360
 Father

00:25:44.360 --> 00:25:45.720
 means more

00:25:45.720 --> 00:25:46.779
 blessings and

00:25:46.779 --> 00:25:47.720
 power for

00:25:47.720 --> 00:25:48.480
 his people

00:25:48.480 --> 00:25:49.539
 than ever

00:25:49.539 --> 00:25:50.340
 before.

00:25:51.720 --> 00:25:52.480
 In other

00:25:52.480 --> 00:25:52.819
 words,

00:25:52.920 --> 00:25:53.579
 the resurrection

00:25:53.579 --> 00:25:54.440
 proved

00:25:54.440 --> 00:25:55.039
 something

00:25:55.039 --> 00:25:57.500
 and the

00:25:57.500 --> 00:25:58.200
 resurrection

00:25:58.200 --> 00:25:59.259
 did

00:25:59.259 --> 00:26:00.000
 something.

00:26:00.000 --> 00:26:02.539
 Pentecost

00:26:02.539 --> 00:26:04.039
 would not

00:26:04.039 --> 00:26:04.799
 and could

00:26:04.799 --> 00:26:05.680
 not happen

00:26:05.680 --> 00:26:06.960
 until Jesus

00:26:06.960 --> 00:26:07.720
 was sitting

00:26:07.720 --> 00:26:08.180
 at the

00:26:08.180 --> 00:26:08.960
 right hand

00:26:08.960 --> 00:26:09.500
 of God

00:26:09.500 --> 00:26:10.079
 the Father

00:26:10.079 --> 00:26:10.680
 Almighty

00:26:10.680 --> 00:26:11.700
 fulfilling

00:26:11.700 --> 00:26:12.720
 his promise

00:26:12.720 --> 00:26:13.200
 to his

00:26:13.200 --> 00:26:13.720
 disciples

00:26:13.720 --> 00:26:14.640
 to send

00:26:14.640 --> 00:26:15.319
 the Holy

00:26:15.319 --> 00:26:15.839
 Spirit

00:26:15.839 --> 00:26:16.839
 in full

00:26:16.839 --> 00:26:17.599
 measure

00:26:17.599 --> 00:26:18.319
 upon his

00:26:18.319 --> 00:26:18.839
 people

00:26:18.839 --> 00:26:19.519
 and on

00:26:19.519 --> 00:26:20.000
 the church.

00:26:20.000 --> 00:26:22.380
 It is

00:26:22.380 --> 00:26:23.119
 good news

00:26:23.119 --> 00:26:23.960
 for us

00:26:23.960 --> 00:26:25.460
 that he

00:26:25.460 --> 00:26:26.299
 has been

00:26:26.299 --> 00:26:27.400
 raised from

00:26:27.400 --> 00:26:27.900
 the dead

00:26:27.900 --> 00:26:28.980
 in power

00:26:28.980 --> 00:26:30.000
 according to

00:26:30.000 --> 00:26:30.539
 the Spirit

00:26:30.539 --> 00:26:31.619
 of holiness.

00:26:35.140 --> 00:26:36.200
 Now I'll ask you

00:26:36.200 --> 00:26:36.880
 the same question

00:26:36.880 --> 00:26:37.319
 I asked you

00:26:37.319 --> 00:26:38.259
 about prophecies

00:26:38.259 --> 00:26:38.920
 from the Old

00:26:38.920 --> 00:26:39.579
 Testament being

00:26:39.579 --> 00:26:40.039
 fulfilled.

00:26:40.799 --> 00:26:41.720
 Why do you

00:26:41.720 --> 00:26:41.920
 care?

00:26:43.519 --> 00:26:44.480
 We cared

00:26:44.480 --> 00:26:44.859
 about Old

00:26:44.859 --> 00:26:45.740
 Testament prophecies

00:26:45.740 --> 00:26:46.460
 being fulfilled

00:26:46.460 --> 00:26:47.380
 because it means

00:26:47.380 --> 00:26:48.039
 the return

00:26:48.039 --> 00:26:48.759
 to Eden

00:26:48.759 --> 00:26:49.619
 the resolving

00:26:49.619 --> 00:26:50.279
 of what was

00:26:50.279 --> 00:26:50.700
 broken

00:26:50.700 --> 00:26:51.299
 in the

00:26:51.299 --> 00:26:51.599
 garden

00:26:51.599 --> 00:26:53.740
 and we

00:26:53.740 --> 00:26:54.299
 care that

00:26:54.299 --> 00:26:54.940
 Jesus was

00:26:54.940 --> 00:26:55.480
 raised from

00:26:55.480 --> 00:26:55.899
 the dead

00:26:55.899 --> 00:26:56.680
 in power

00:26:56.680 --> 00:26:57.279
 according to

00:26:57.279 --> 00:26:57.839
 the Spirit

00:26:57.839 --> 00:26:58.639
 of holiness

00:26:58.639 --> 00:27:00.180
 because it

00:27:00.180 --> 00:27:00.859
 means his

00:27:00.859 --> 00:27:01.539
 gifts to

00:27:01.539 --> 00:27:02.279
 his people

00:27:02.279 --> 00:27:03.460
 are greater

00:27:03.460 --> 00:27:04.279
 than the

00:27:04.279 --> 00:27:04.720
 past.

00:27:05.920 --> 00:27:06.639
 John D. Rhodes

00:27:06.639 --> 00:27:07.299
 goes on to

00:27:07.299 --> 00:27:08.019
 tell us this

00:27:08.019 --> 00:27:09.779
 Jesus has won

00:27:09.779 --> 00:27:10.839
 every blessing

00:27:10.839 --> 00:27:11.539
 for us

00:27:11.539 --> 00:27:12.879
 now he will

00:27:12.879 --> 00:27:13.500
 make sure

00:27:13.500 --> 00:27:14.259
 those blessings

00:27:14.259 --> 00:27:14.879
 are poured

00:27:14.879 --> 00:27:15.879
 out from

00:27:15.879 --> 00:27:16.399
 on high.

00:27:16.400 --> 00:27:18.220
 it is as

00:27:18.220 --> 00:27:19.120
 if at

00:27:19.120 --> 00:27:19.940
 the atonement

00:27:19.940 --> 00:27:21.360
 Christ won

00:27:21.360 --> 00:27:21.860
 the right

00:27:21.860 --> 00:27:22.380
 to a

00:27:22.380 --> 00:27:23.780
 treasure chest

00:27:23.780 --> 00:27:25.080
 of jewels

00:27:25.080 --> 00:27:29.400
 kept by

00:27:29.400 --> 00:27:29.860
 the Father.

00:27:30.780 --> 00:27:31.400
 The Father

00:27:31.400 --> 00:27:32.480
 then joyfully

00:27:32.480 --> 00:27:33.380
 gives these

00:27:33.380 --> 00:27:34.360
 jewels to

00:27:34.360 --> 00:27:35.120
 Christ's

00:27:35.120 --> 00:27:36.840
 people as

00:27:36.840 --> 00:27:37.880
 and when

00:27:37.880 --> 00:27:38.720
 he is

00:27:38.720 --> 00:27:39.360
 asked.

00:27:41.220 --> 00:27:41.660
 Jesus'

00:27:42.140 --> 00:27:42.900
 gifts to

00:27:42.900 --> 00:27:43.620
 you and

00:27:43.620 --> 00:27:43.980
 to his

00:27:43.980 --> 00:27:45.060
 church are

00:27:45.059 --> 00:27:46.339
 greater than

00:27:46.339 --> 00:27:47.819
 ever before

00:27:47.819 --> 00:27:50.599
 because of

00:27:50.599 --> 00:27:51.240
 the resurrection

00:27:51.240 --> 00:27:51.899
 from the

00:27:51.899 --> 00:27:52.159
 dead

00:27:52.159 --> 00:27:54.299
 in power

00:27:54.299 --> 00:27:55.179
 by the

00:27:55.179 --> 00:27:55.519
 Spirit

00:27:55.519 --> 00:27:56.539
 of holiness.

00:27:58.460 --> 00:27:59.139
 That's our

00:27:59.139 --> 00:27:59.579
 hope when we

00:27:59.579 --> 00:27:59.859
 have our

00:27:59.859 --> 00:28:00.440
 confession of

00:28:00.440 --> 00:28:00.679
 sin.

00:28:01.659 --> 00:28:02.299
 That Jesus

00:28:02.299 --> 00:28:03.079
 who is risen

00:28:03.079 --> 00:28:03.919
 and is with

00:28:03.919 --> 00:28:04.339
 God the

00:28:04.339 --> 00:28:05.059
 Father Almighty

00:28:05.059 --> 00:28:06.460
 intercedes for

00:28:06.460 --> 00:28:06.759
 us.

00:28:07.679 --> 00:28:08.179
 We're going to

00:28:08.179 --> 00:28:08.599
 go on to

00:28:08.599 --> 00:28:09.039
 hear in

00:28:09.039 --> 00:28:09.619
 Romans chapter

00:28:09.619 --> 00:28:10.240
 8 that in

00:28:10.240 --> 00:28:10.619
 fact he

00:28:10.619 --> 00:28:11.500
 intercedes for

00:28:11.500 --> 00:28:11.919
 us with

00:28:11.919 --> 00:28:12.980
 groanings too

00:28:12.980 --> 00:28:14.179
 deep for

00:28:14.180 --> 00:28:14.560
 words.

00:28:16.299 --> 00:28:16.680
 It's our

00:28:16.680 --> 00:28:17.539
 hope and

00:28:17.539 --> 00:28:18.039
 our confidence

00:28:18.039 --> 00:28:18.440
 that he

00:28:18.440 --> 00:28:19.320
 represents us

00:28:19.320 --> 00:28:19.799
 before the

00:28:19.799 --> 00:28:20.100
 Father.

00:28:21.500 --> 00:28:22.779
 We pray in

00:28:22.779 --> 00:28:23.539
 Jesus' name

00:28:23.539 --> 00:28:24.400
 with greater

00:28:24.400 --> 00:28:26.180
 access than

00:28:26.180 --> 00:28:26.779
 the saints

00:28:26.779 --> 00:28:27.960
 of the Old

00:28:27.960 --> 00:28:28.360
 Testament.

00:28:30.560 --> 00:28:31.120
 Another

00:28:31.120 --> 00:28:31.700
 theologian,

00:28:31.759 --> 00:28:32.259
 Herman Boving,

00:28:32.320 --> 00:28:33.000
 reminds us that

00:28:33.000 --> 00:28:33.460
 the resurrection

00:28:33.460 --> 00:28:34.160
 is the

00:28:34.160 --> 00:28:34.740
 declaration,

00:28:34.920 --> 00:28:35.100
 it's the

00:28:35.100 --> 00:28:35.960
 reminder to

00:28:35.960 --> 00:28:36.620
 us that our

00:28:36.620 --> 00:28:37.440
 sins are in

00:28:37.440 --> 00:28:38.200
 fact forgiven.

00:28:39.420 --> 00:28:40.400
 If we ever

00:28:40.400 --> 00:28:41.259
 had any doubt,

00:28:41.340 --> 00:28:41.720
 we need to

00:28:41.720 --> 00:28:42.320
 remember that

00:28:42.320 --> 00:28:43.000
 Jesus has been

00:28:43.000 --> 00:28:43.799
 declared the

00:28:43.799 --> 00:28:44.960
 Son of

00:28:44.960 --> 00:28:45.259
 God.

00:28:46.339 --> 00:28:47.059
 Even more

00:28:47.059 --> 00:28:47.420
 than that,

00:28:47.440 --> 00:28:48.019
 he reminds us

00:28:48.019 --> 00:28:48.720
 there's various

00:28:48.720 --> 00:28:49.480
 places throughout

00:28:49.480 --> 00:28:50.099
 Paul's letters

00:28:50.099 --> 00:28:50.720
 where he tells

00:28:50.720 --> 00:28:51.140
 us, look,

00:28:51.519 --> 00:28:52.819
 evil forces and

00:28:52.819 --> 00:28:54.019
 powers are more

00:28:54.019 --> 00:28:55.240
 restrained than

00:28:55.240 --> 00:28:56.160
 they ever have

00:28:56.160 --> 00:28:56.500
 been.

00:28:57.900 --> 00:28:58.839
 Because Jesus

00:28:58.839 --> 00:28:59.640
 has put,

00:28:59.759 --> 00:29:00.180
 God the

00:29:00.180 --> 00:29:00.900
 Father has put

00:29:00.900 --> 00:29:01.480
 all of those

00:29:01.480 --> 00:29:02.960
 things under

00:29:02.960 --> 00:29:04.299
 Jesus' feet.

00:29:06.539 --> 00:29:07.039
 And so we're

00:29:07.039 --> 00:29:08.460
 reminded definitively

00:29:08.460 --> 00:29:09.140
 there's been this

00:29:09.140 --> 00:29:10.359
 power that's

00:29:10.359 --> 00:29:11.359
 exercised over

00:29:11.359 --> 00:29:12.219
 evil and its

00:29:12.219 --> 00:29:12.659
 forces.

00:29:12.659 --> 00:29:14.240
 It no longer

00:29:14.240 --> 00:29:15.740
 rules and

00:29:15.740 --> 00:29:16.479
 reigns.

00:29:17.859 --> 00:29:19.679
 Jesus is the

00:29:19.679 --> 00:29:21.319
 king of the

00:29:21.319 --> 00:29:21.679
 world.

00:29:23.639 --> 00:29:24.959
 He was declared

00:29:24.959 --> 00:29:25.500
 to be the

00:29:25.500 --> 00:29:26.179
 Son of God

00:29:26.179 --> 00:29:27.059
 in power

00:29:27.059 --> 00:29:28.139
 according to

00:29:28.139 --> 00:29:29.000
 the spirit of

00:29:29.000 --> 00:29:30.479
 holiness by the

00:29:30.479 --> 00:29:31.779
 resurrection from

00:29:31.779 --> 00:29:32.139
 the dead.

00:29:35.079 --> 00:29:36.179
 As the fifth

00:29:36.179 --> 00:29:36.619
 gospel,

00:29:37.639 --> 00:29:38.919
 Jesus teaches

00:29:38.920 --> 00:29:39.759
 us the same

00:29:39.759 --> 00:29:40.200
 things.

00:29:41.120 --> 00:29:41.800
 Remember in

00:29:41.800 --> 00:29:42.300
 John chapter

00:29:42.300 --> 00:29:43.320
 17, he has

00:29:43.320 --> 00:29:43.740
 his high

00:29:43.740 --> 00:29:44.539
 priestly prayer

00:29:44.539 --> 00:29:45.480
 and he asks

00:29:45.480 --> 00:29:45.900
 for many

00:29:45.900 --> 00:29:46.720
 things including

00:29:46.720 --> 00:29:47.580
 the unity of

00:29:47.580 --> 00:29:48.100
 his people.

00:29:48.720 --> 00:29:49.480
 He also asks

00:29:49.480 --> 00:29:50.240
 for glory.

00:29:51.720 --> 00:29:52.039
 He says,

00:29:52.279 --> 00:29:52.580
 and now

00:29:52.580 --> 00:29:53.700
 Father glorify

00:29:53.700 --> 00:29:54.580
 me in your

00:29:54.580 --> 00:29:55.480
 own presence

00:29:55.480 --> 00:29:56.440
 with the glory

00:29:56.440 --> 00:29:57.140
 that I had

00:29:57.140 --> 00:29:57.720
 with you

00:29:57.720 --> 00:29:59.580
 before the

00:29:59.580 --> 00:30:01.240
 world existed.

00:30:03.019 --> 00:30:03.480
 Man, that

00:30:03.480 --> 00:30:03.880
 sounds an

00:30:03.880 --> 00:30:04.820
 awful lot like

00:30:04.820 --> 00:30:06.080
 declared to be

00:30:06.080 --> 00:30:07.019
 the Son of

00:30:07.019 --> 00:30:08.379
 God in power.

00:30:11.220 --> 00:30:12.119
 And then as

00:30:12.119 --> 00:30:12.720
 Jesus gives

00:30:12.720 --> 00:30:13.220
 some of his

00:30:13.220 --> 00:30:14.339
 final words to

00:30:14.339 --> 00:30:15.200
 his disciples,

00:30:16.059 --> 00:30:16.920
 as he leaves

00:30:16.920 --> 00:30:17.680
 them, Matthew

00:30:17.680 --> 00:30:18.839
 chapter 28, he

00:30:18.839 --> 00:30:19.660
 tells them this,

00:30:20.500 --> 00:30:21.920
 all authority

00:30:21.920 --> 00:30:23.379
 in heaven and

00:30:23.379 --> 00:30:25.240
 on earth has

00:30:25.240 --> 00:30:26.700
 been given to

00:30:26.700 --> 00:30:26.960
 me.

00:30:28.319 --> 00:30:30.019
 Man, that

00:30:30.019 --> 00:30:30.559
 sounds a whole

00:30:30.559 --> 00:30:31.139
 lot like

00:30:31.139 --> 00:30:32.359
 declared to be

00:30:32.359 --> 00:30:33.680
 the Son of

00:30:33.680 --> 00:30:35.039
 God in power.

00:30:37.019 --> 00:30:37.879
 And how does

00:30:37.879 --> 00:30:38.379
 he end that

00:30:38.379 --> 00:30:38.980
 sentence in

00:30:38.980 --> 00:30:39.559
 Matthew chapter

00:30:39.559 --> 00:30:40.119
 28?

00:30:40.720 --> 00:30:41.579
 He says this,

00:30:42.420 --> 00:30:43.460
 and behold, I

00:30:43.460 --> 00:30:44.000
 am with you

00:30:44.000 --> 00:30:45.519
 always to the

00:30:45.519 --> 00:30:46.879
 end of the

00:30:46.879 --> 00:30:47.220
 age.

00:30:49.200 --> 00:30:50.059
 That's why we

00:30:50.059 --> 00:30:50.660
 follow him.

00:30:51.299 --> 00:30:52.180
 That's why we

00:30:52.180 --> 00:30:52.759
 obey him.

00:30:53.599 --> 00:30:54.480
 That's why we

00:30:54.480 --> 00:30:54.980
 hope in him.

00:30:56.160 --> 00:30:56.900
 That's why we

00:30:56.900 --> 00:30:57.639
 can sing together,

00:30:58.279 --> 00:30:58.839
 Jesus the

00:30:58.839 --> 00:31:00.019
 Savior reigns,

00:31:00.059 --> 00:31:00.960
 the God of

00:31:00.960 --> 00:31:01.960
 truth and

00:31:01.960 --> 00:31:02.339
 love.

00:31:02.960 --> 00:31:03.720
 When he had

00:31:03.720 --> 00:31:04.500
 purged our

00:31:04.500 --> 00:31:05.980
 stains, he

00:31:05.980 --> 00:31:06.940
 took his

00:31:06.940 --> 00:31:08.259
 seat above.

00:31:09.200 --> 00:31:09.799
 His kingdom

00:31:09.799 --> 00:31:10.620
 cannot fail.

00:31:11.279 --> 00:31:12.099
 He rules

00:31:12.099 --> 00:31:12.860
 o'er earth

00:31:12.860 --> 00:31:13.559
 and heaven.

00:31:14.440 --> 00:31:15.299
 The keys

00:31:15.299 --> 00:31:16.000
 of death

00:31:16.000 --> 00:31:16.799
 and hell

00:31:16.799 --> 00:31:18.279
 are to

00:31:18.279 --> 00:31:19.400
 our Jesus

00:31:19.400 --> 00:31:20.440
 given.

00:31:21.960 --> 00:31:22.819
 Let's pray.

00:31:24.620 --> 00:31:25.539
 Our Father

00:31:25.539 --> 00:31:26.079
 in heaven, we

00:31:26.079 --> 00:31:27.039
 do thank you

00:31:27.039 --> 00:31:27.819
 and praise you

00:31:27.819 --> 00:31:28.460
 that Jesus is

00:31:28.460 --> 00:31:28.880
 the King of

00:31:28.880 --> 00:31:29.240
 the earth,

00:31:29.640 --> 00:31:30.900
 that he rules

00:31:30.900 --> 00:31:32.140
 and he reigns

00:31:32.140 --> 00:31:33.180
 with a power

00:31:33.180 --> 00:31:33.920
 that the Old

00:31:33.920 --> 00:31:34.680
 Testament saints

00:31:34.680 --> 00:31:35.140
 could only

00:31:35.140 --> 00:31:36.680
 imagine, and

00:31:36.680 --> 00:31:37.480
 that he takes

00:31:37.480 --> 00:31:38.420
 the treasures

00:31:38.420 --> 00:31:39.259
 that you have

00:31:39.259 --> 00:31:39.880
 given him and

00:31:39.880 --> 00:31:41.140
 he casts them

00:31:41.140 --> 00:31:41.640
 out on his

00:31:41.640 --> 00:31:42.740
 people with

00:31:42.740 --> 00:31:43.520
 great blessing

00:31:43.520 --> 00:31:44.620
 and power.

00:31:45.140 --> 00:31:45.640
 We ask that

00:31:45.640 --> 00:31:46.140
 you would remind

00:31:46.140 --> 00:31:46.660
 us of that

00:31:46.660 --> 00:31:47.759
 hope and that

00:31:47.759 --> 00:31:48.420
 we would hold

00:31:48.420 --> 00:31:49.759
 on to it more

00:31:49.759 --> 00:31:50.259
 and more,

00:31:51.000 --> 00:31:51.880
 knowing even

00:31:51.880 --> 00:31:52.480
 more than that,

00:31:52.540 --> 00:31:53.080
 that it's Jesus

00:31:53.080 --> 00:31:53.960
 who holds on

00:31:53.960 --> 00:31:54.580
 to us.

00:31:55.040 --> 00:31:55.720
 We ask all

00:31:55.720 --> 00:31:56.400
 these things in

00:31:56.400 --> 00:31:56.840
 his mighty

00:31:56.840 --> 00:31:57.180
 name.

00:31:57.460 --> 00:31:57.680
 Amen.

00:31:57.680 --> 00:31:57.820
 Amen.

00:31:57.820 --> 00:31:57.860
 Amen.

00:31:57.860 --> 00:31:57.900
 Amen.

00:31:57.900 --> 00:31:57.920
 Amen.

00:31:57.920 --> 00:31:57.940
 Amen.

00:31:57.940 --> 00:31:57.960
 Amen.

00:31:57.960 --> 00:31:57.980
 Amen.

00:31:57.980 --> 00:31:58.020
 Amen.

00:31:58.020 --> 00:31:58.040
 Amen.

00:31:58.040 --> 00:31:58.480
 Amen.

00:31:58.480 --> 00:31:59.900
 Amen.

00:31:59.900 --> 00:31:59.920
 Amen.

00:31:59.920 --> 00:31:59.980
 Amen.

00:31:59.980 --> 00:32:00.000
 Amen.

00:32:00.000 --> 00:32:01.920
 Amen.

00:32:01.920 --> 00:32:01.980
 Amen.

00:32:01.980 --> 00:32:02.000
 Amen.

00:32:02.000 --> 00:32:02.080
 Amen.

00:32:02.080 --> 00:32:02.480
 Amen.

00:32:02.480 --> 00:32:03.980
 Amen.

00:32:03.980 --> 00:32:04.000
 Amen.