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 Let's go to Matthew's Gospel, Chapter 4.

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 Well, we're going to read Matthew, Chapter 4, up to verse 22.

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 Let's hear God's Word to us today.

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 Verse 1, then, Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted or tested

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 by the devil. After fasting for 40 days and 40 nights, he was hungry. The tempter came to him

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 and said, If you're the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread. And Jesus answered,

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 It is written, Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.

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 Then the devil took him to the holy city and set him on the highest point of the temple.

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 If you're the Son of God, he said, throw yourself down, for it is written, He will command his

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 angels concerning you and they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike

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 your foot against a stone. Jesus answered him, It is also written, Do not put the Lord your

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 God to the test. Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms

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 of the world in their splendour. All this I will give you, he said, if you will bow down and worship me.

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 Jesus said to him, Away from me, Satan, for it is written, Worship the Lord your God and serve him only.

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 Then the devil left him, and angels came and attended him.

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 When Jesus heard that John had been put in prison, he withdrew to Galilee.

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 Leaving Nazareth, he went and lived in Capernaum, which was by the lake in the area of Zebulun and

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 Naphtali, to fulfil what was said through the prophet Isaiah. Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali, the way of the sea beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles.

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 The people living in darkness have seen a great light. On those living in the land of the shadow of death, a light has dawned.

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 From that time on, Jesus began to preach, Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.

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 As Jesus was walking beside the sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew.

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 They were casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen.

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 Come, follow me, Jesus said, and I will send you out to fish for people.

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 At once they left their nets and followed him.

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 Going on from there, he saw two other brothers, James, son of Zebedee, and his brother John.

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 They were in a boat with their father Zebedee, preparing their nets.

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 Jesus called them.

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 And immediately they left the boat and their father and followed him.

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 We're going to pray.

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 I wonder if someone, I'm not sure who, would mind getting me just a glass of water.

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 That would be helpful. Thanks very much.

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 Thank you, Claire. Thanks.

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 Let's pray.

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 Let's pray.

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 Let's pray.

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 Encourage us and build us up.

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 And so we pray for ourselves, for the children, for our Sunday school teachers,

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 that we would know your word working in us, guiding us to your light.

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 In Jesus' name. Amen.

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 Thank you, Claire.

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 Thank you very much.

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 Thank you.

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 Thank you, Claire.

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 Well, we are in a battle.

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 We're in a conflict.

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 A war.

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 It's a battle of two kingdoms.

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 There's the kingdom of heaven, and there is the kingdom of Satan.

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 One is a kingdom of light against a kingdom of darkness.

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 But tragically, the story of humanity is all about how we have fallen for Satan's lives.

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 Instead of enjoying God's kingdom, we have become enslaved in Satan's kingdom.

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 Instead of living under God's good rule, we have followed Satan's rule.

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 We have chosen the darkness rather than the light.

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 And the problem is, we can't free ourselves.

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 Well, in Matthew chapter 4, we're going to see how God's promised king, Jesus, fights this battle for us.

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 Three things we're going to see.

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 First, that Jesus confronts the devil for us and wins.

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 Second, Jesus enters into the darkness to free us.

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 And then third, Jesus, our commander, our warrior king, comes to us and calls us to follow him.

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 So, let's take these in turn.

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 First, as we think about this battle, Jesus confronts the devil for us and wins.

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 Look at verse 1 with me of chapter 4.

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 Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil or Satan.

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 This isn't a chance encounter, is it?

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 It's intentional and it's planned.

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 You see what it says in verse 1?

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 The Spirit leads the Son of God into a confrontation with the devil.

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 Now, that shouldn't surprise us because this has been God's plan all along.

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 God had promised a Son who would come and defeat the devil for us.

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 You see, this battle has been raging since the beginning of time.

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 It began way back in the Garden of Eden when the devil came and tempted the first man and woman to sin.

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 And instead of saying no to sin, they believed the lie.

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 And immediately they were plunged into a darkness and faced the penalty of death.

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 And this has been the objective of Satan throughout history.

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 He is leading the whole world astray.

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 His desire is to lure and deceive, to tempt and destroy.

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 And yet from the outset of this battle, God promised to raise up a son.

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 Genesis reminds us of this.

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 In Genesis 3 verse 15.

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 God said to Satan, after he had deceived and led the man and woman astray,

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 God said to him,

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 I will put enmity between you and the woman and between your offspring and hers.

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 He, that is one of her offspring, a son, will crush your head and you will strike his heel.

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 A promise that one would come, a son from the woman who would crush the enemy for us,

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 freeing us from the darkness that we might enter into the kingdom of heaven.

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 God's word was true.

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 And a son came.

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 But, that son failed.

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 Have a look at verse 1 with me again back in Matthew.

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 Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tested or tempted by the devil.

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 After fasting for 40 days and 40 nights, he was hungry.

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 Does that ring any bells with you to an event back in the Old Testament?

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 It should remind us of God's son, Israel.

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 Because God had promised to raise up a son who would follow and who would go his way and not Satan's way.

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 And remember how Israel were slaves in Egypt under the brutal reign of Pharaoh.

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 And God had come and said to them,

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 Israel is my firstborn son.

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 Let my son go that he might worship me.

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 And so God's son, Israel, were released.

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 They were to go with God to worship him.

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 And on their release, they entered the wilderness for 40 years,

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 where they went through a time of tempting, a time of testing.

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 But it was a test.

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 They failed.

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 They grumbled and they complained.

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 They turned their back on God and longed to be back in Egypt again.

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 They were deceived by the lies of Satan.

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 God's son, Israel, failed to be the people God called them to be.

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 Instead of triumphing and being victorious,

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 they were losing the battle.

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 And that's been the problem throughout the history of humanity.

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 Faced with a choice of walking with God or living as our own God,

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 we choose self over God all of the time.

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 We've been born into sin,

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 trapped and enslaved,

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 and we can't free ourselves.

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 In a sense, we are all failed sons.

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 But true to God's word,

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 God promised a faithful son, didn't he?

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 And that faithful son did come.

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 Just as Israel went into the wilderness to be tested for 40 years,

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 so Jesus comes and he is sent into the wilderness for 40 days.

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 And he goes through a time of testing.

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 But unlike Israel, the unfaithful son,

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 Jesus is the true and faithful son.

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 Verse 3,

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 The tempter came to him and said,

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 If you are the son of God,

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 tell these stones to become bread.

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 And Jesus answered,

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 It is written,

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 Man shall not live by bread alone,

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 but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.

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 Three times the devil tempts,

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 and each time the son remains steadfast,

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 loyal and faithful

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 as he enters into the battle,

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 the confrontation.

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 Have a look at verse 10.

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 And as the tempting came,

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 Jesus said to him,

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 Verse 10,

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 Away from me, Satan,

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 for it is written,

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 Worship the Lord your God

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 and serve him only.

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 You see,

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 You and I go through times of testing all the time.

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 And yet we seem to fail that test so often.

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 We worship self.

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 We serve my desires and my wants.

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 But there is one who stands strong.

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 And he passes the test.

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 And he worships God.

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 He never fails.

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 For Jesus is the faithful son.

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 Satan can't deceive him

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 or trip him up or trick him.

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 Satan cannot lead him astray,

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 no matter what he throws to him.

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 Here, Jesus,

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 have the kingdoms of the world

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 as if Satan could offer it to him.

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 Already Satan had tried to destroy Jesus,

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 didn't he?

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 Remember when the birth of Jesus was announced?

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 King Herod was furious.

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 He ordered that all the boys

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 in Bethlehem age 2 and under

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 would be slaughtered.

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 Yes, Herod would be responsible.

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 But who's standing behind these evil acts?

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 Only the desire of Satan

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 to destroy God's king.

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 But God's promise of a faithful son

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 will not be broken.

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 God's plan never fails.

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 That means this faithful son

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 can come and help you and me.

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 Because we need somebody

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 who will come in and stand for us

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 and go where we cannot go.

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 Because Jesus comes as our representative.

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 He passes the test on our behalf.

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 He doesn't fail.

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 He confronts the devil for us

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 and he wins.

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 Jesus is the perfect son

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 who is fully equipped and qualified

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 to go into the battle for us.

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 And that's exactly what Jesus does.

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 So first, Jesus confronts the devil

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 and he wins.

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 Second, he means he can now

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 enter into the darkness

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 to set us free.

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 The battle lines have been drawn.

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 The kingdom of heaven has come

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 through the kingdom of his son

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 and he confronts head on

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 the kingdom of Satan.

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 And the battle is truly fierce.

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 Look at verse 12.

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 When Jesus heard that John

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 had been put in prison,

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 he withdrew to Galilee.

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 Remember, we looked at John last week.

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 He was the one, the forerunner,

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 announcing the coming of Jesus.

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 And what's happened to John?

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 Well, he's now imprisoned.

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 Satan is again at work

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 trying to disrupt the ways of God.

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 Verse 13.

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 Hearing this news,

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 Jesus left Nazareth

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 and went and lived in Capernaum,

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 which was by the lake

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 in the area of Zebulun and Naphtali.

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 So he'd gone from Jerusalem

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 following the river Jordan north

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 up to the lake of Galilee.

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 Once again,

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 Jesus' movement is intentional.

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 He's not just escaping.

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 There's a plan and a purpose behind it.

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 For look what verse 14 says.

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 He goes to Zebulun and Naphtali.

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 Why?

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 To fulfill what was said

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 through the prophet Isaiah.

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 You see, Jesus is on a mission

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 to set us free.

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 Jesus is going to a people

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 who are living in darkness.

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 Look at verse 15, the quote.

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 This is what we learn about the people.

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 Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali.

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 The way of the sea beyond the Jordan.

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 Galilee of the Gentiles.

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 The people are living in darkness.

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 Darkness is the Bible's way

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 of talking about the presence of evil

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 and our hearts of sin.

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 And the world has seen

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 some very, very dark days.

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 This weekend we commemorate

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 the Holocaust

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 when up to 8 million human beings,

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 people just like us,

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 were brutally exterminated.

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 What a terrible darkness it was.

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 Today our nation

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 commemorates Bloody Sunday

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 which led to decades

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 of violence and hatred

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 and mindless death

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 of over 3,000 people

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 on our island.

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 What a terrible darkness

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 we have experienced

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 in our land.

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 And we too,

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 each one of us,

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 if we were to put a microphone

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 in front of us all,

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 we all have our own stories

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 of darkness, don't we?

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 Of troubled days

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 and hard times.

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 Things that have come

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 into our life.

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 But we too

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 are not innocent.

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 Because we too

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 have added to the darkness

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 by our cross words,

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 our selfish actions

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 and our unloving thoughts.

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 Isaiah's description

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 is right.

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 We live with a shadow

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 over us.

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 Look at verse 16.

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 These people, he says,

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 are living in the land

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 of the shadow

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 of death.

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 The darkness

00:18:20.099 --> 00:18:21.000
 of this world

00:18:21.000 --> 00:18:22.440
 has only one end.

00:18:23.399 --> 00:18:24.019
 And that is

00:18:24.019 --> 00:18:24.960
 death itself.

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 This is the kingdom

00:18:27.619 --> 00:18:28.279
 of Satan.

00:18:29.319 --> 00:18:29.879
 Darkness

00:18:29.879 --> 00:18:30.839
 and death

00:18:30.839 --> 00:18:31.879
 prevails.

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 This is what

00:18:33.739 --> 00:18:34.779
 we experience

00:18:34.779 --> 00:18:35.699
 in our life.

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 And sadly,

00:18:36.899 --> 00:18:37.699
 this is what we

00:18:37.699 --> 00:18:39.419
 inflict on each other.

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 But yet,

00:18:41.719 --> 00:18:42.859
 this is the world

00:18:42.859 --> 00:18:44.819
 that God himself

00:18:44.819 --> 00:18:45.719
 steps into.

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 He's not immune

00:18:47.039 --> 00:18:47.500
 to it.

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 He comes in the person

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 of his son.

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 Look back at verse

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 13.

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 Leaving Nazareth,

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 he went

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 and lived

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 in Capernaum.

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 He went

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 to a people

00:19:01.700 --> 00:19:02.619
 of darkness

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 and he lived

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 amongst them.

00:19:05.339 --> 00:19:06.099
 He entered

00:19:06.099 --> 00:19:07.159
 into the darkness.

00:19:07.619 --> 00:19:08.159
 He entered

00:19:08.159 --> 00:19:09.319
 into your world

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 and my world.

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 He understands.

00:19:12.099 --> 00:19:12.899
 He knows.

00:19:14.359 --> 00:19:16.019
 Because he encountered

00:19:16.019 --> 00:19:16.740
 darkness.

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 But he enters it

00:19:20.339 --> 00:19:22.279
 because he comes

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 to bring

00:19:22.939 --> 00:19:24.240
 light.

00:19:26.000 --> 00:19:26.879
 People are

00:19:26.879 --> 00:19:27.519
 in darkness.

00:19:29.039 --> 00:19:30.159
 But the light

00:19:30.159 --> 00:19:31.339
 has come.

00:19:31.879 --> 00:19:32.500
 Look at verse

00:19:32.500 --> 00:19:33.099
 16.

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 The people

00:19:34.220 --> 00:19:35.419
 living in darkness

00:19:35.419 --> 00:19:36.019
 have seen

00:19:36.019 --> 00:19:37.299
 a great light

00:19:37.299 --> 00:19:38.639
 on those living

00:19:38.639 --> 00:19:39.339
 in the land

00:19:39.339 --> 00:19:40.039
 of the shadow

00:19:40.039 --> 00:19:40.559
 of death.

00:19:40.919 --> 00:19:41.399
 A light

00:19:41.399 --> 00:19:42.240
 has dawned.

00:19:43.519 --> 00:19:44.399
 Every morning

00:19:44.399 --> 00:19:45.079
 at this time

00:19:45.079 --> 00:19:45.459
 of year,

00:19:45.539 --> 00:19:45.980
 if you're up

00:19:45.980 --> 00:19:46.599
 early enough,

00:19:46.679 --> 00:19:47.119
 that is,

00:19:47.119 --> 00:19:48.439
 you will

00:19:48.439 --> 00:19:48.839
 awaken

00:19:48.839 --> 00:19:50.319
 in the darkness.

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 But slowly

00:19:53.099 --> 00:19:54.279
 as the sun

00:19:54.279 --> 00:19:55.519
 begins to rise,

00:19:56.239 --> 00:19:57.519
 so that darkness

00:19:57.519 --> 00:19:59.319
 is dispelled.

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 Light has come.

00:20:02.459 --> 00:20:02.719
 Well,

00:20:02.759 --> 00:20:03.459
 that's exactly

00:20:03.459 --> 00:20:04.139
 what Jesus

00:20:04.139 --> 00:20:04.959
 has come to do.

00:20:05.339 --> 00:20:06.259
 He is the light

00:20:06.259 --> 00:20:06.779
 who comes

00:20:06.779 --> 00:20:07.859
 breaking through

00:20:07.859 --> 00:20:08.799
 into the darkness

00:20:08.799 --> 00:20:09.619
 for us.

00:20:10.559 --> 00:20:11.119
 And to understand

00:20:11.859 --> 00:20:12.959
 why we need

00:20:12.959 --> 00:20:13.459
 the light

00:20:13.459 --> 00:20:14.099
 of Jesus,

00:20:14.099 --> 00:20:16.179
 we need

00:20:16.179 --> 00:20:16.779
 to go back

00:20:16.779 --> 00:20:17.579
 to Isaiah

00:20:17.579 --> 00:20:19.439
 chapter 9

00:20:19.439 --> 00:20:20.719
 where this

00:20:20.719 --> 00:20:21.219
 quote

00:20:21.219 --> 00:20:22.240
 comes from.

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 So if you

00:20:23.639 --> 00:20:24.059
 go back

00:20:24.059 --> 00:20:24.779
 in your Bibles

00:20:24.779 --> 00:20:25.619
 to Isaiah

00:20:25.619 --> 00:20:26.559
 chapter 9

00:20:26.559 --> 00:20:30.459
 and we'll

00:20:30.459 --> 00:20:31.079
 see a little

00:20:31.079 --> 00:20:31.799
 bit clearer

00:20:31.799 --> 00:20:32.399
 why

00:20:32.399 --> 00:20:34.000
 the light

00:20:34.000 --> 00:20:35.019
 had to come.

00:20:40.919 --> 00:20:41.740
 Because we

00:20:41.740 --> 00:20:42.219
 live in a

00:20:42.219 --> 00:20:42.719
 world of

00:20:42.719 --> 00:20:43.359
 darkness

00:20:43.359 --> 00:20:43.439
 darkness,

00:20:44.339 --> 00:20:45.019
 we live

00:20:45.019 --> 00:20:45.379
 with the

00:20:45.379 --> 00:20:45.740
 shadow

00:20:45.740 --> 00:20:46.559
 of death

00:20:46.559 --> 00:20:48.579
 and we

00:20:48.579 --> 00:20:49.159
 look for a

00:20:49.159 --> 00:20:49.619
 way out

00:20:49.619 --> 00:20:50.039
 of it,

00:20:50.719 --> 00:20:51.579
 a way to

00:20:51.579 --> 00:20:52.099
 get through

00:20:52.099 --> 00:20:52.459
 it.

00:20:54.019 --> 00:20:54.679
 And here

00:20:54.679 --> 00:20:55.479
 in Isaiah

00:20:55.479 --> 00:20:55.859
 9,

00:20:56.039 --> 00:20:56.479
 or really

00:20:56.479 --> 00:20:57.079
 it's at the

00:20:57.079 --> 00:20:57.699
 very end

00:20:57.699 --> 00:20:58.199
 of chapter

00:20:58.199 --> 00:20:58.519
 8,

00:20:58.619 --> 00:20:58.959
 the last

00:20:58.959 --> 00:20:59.439
 couple of

00:20:59.439 --> 00:20:59.799
 verses,

00:21:01.259 --> 00:21:01.659
 we're

00:21:01.659 --> 00:21:02.379
 introduced

00:21:02.379 --> 00:21:02.819
 to,

00:21:03.339 --> 00:21:03.519
 well,

00:21:03.599 --> 00:21:04.199
 as Isaiah

00:21:04.199 --> 00:21:05.059
 describes them,

00:21:05.119 --> 00:21:05.519
 a people

00:21:05.519 --> 00:21:06.359
 who've ignored

00:21:06.359 --> 00:21:07.359
 God's word

00:21:07.359 --> 00:21:08.979
 and sought

00:21:08.979 --> 00:21:10.359
 their own

00:21:10.359 --> 00:21:11.199
 solution to

00:21:11.199 --> 00:21:11.799
 the darkness.

00:21:11.799 --> 00:21:12.000
 darkness.

00:21:13.119 --> 00:21:13.779
 And this

00:21:13.779 --> 00:21:14.099
 is what

00:21:14.099 --> 00:21:14.779
 they find.

00:21:15.480 --> 00:21:16.019
 Look at the

00:21:16.019 --> 00:21:16.539
 very end

00:21:16.539 --> 00:21:16.960
 of verse

00:21:16.960 --> 00:21:17.639
 21.

00:21:18.440 --> 00:21:18.859
 Looking

00:21:18.859 --> 00:21:19.359
 upwards,

00:21:20.159 --> 00:21:20.740
 they will

00:21:20.740 --> 00:21:21.399
 curse their

00:21:21.399 --> 00:21:21.859
 king and

00:21:21.859 --> 00:21:22.440
 their God,

00:21:22.819 --> 00:21:23.460
 shaking their

00:21:23.460 --> 00:21:24.740
 fists angrily

00:21:24.740 --> 00:21:25.480
 at God for

00:21:25.480 --> 00:21:26.220
 all that there

00:21:26.220 --> 00:21:26.480
 is.

00:21:26.980 --> 00:21:27.639
 And then

00:21:27.639 --> 00:21:28.819
 they will

00:21:28.819 --> 00:21:29.799
 look towards

00:21:29.799 --> 00:21:30.480
 the earth

00:21:30.480 --> 00:21:32.419
 and see

00:21:32.419 --> 00:21:33.599
 only distress

00:21:33.599 --> 00:21:34.519
 and darkness

00:21:34.519 --> 00:21:36.240
 and fearful

00:21:36.240 --> 00:21:36.779
 gloom,

00:21:36.779 --> 00:21:38.180
 and they

00:21:38.180 --> 00:21:38.519
 will be

00:21:38.519 --> 00:21:39.000
 thrust

00:21:39.000 --> 00:21:40.399
 into utter

00:21:40.399 --> 00:21:41.099
 darkness.

00:21:42.259 --> 00:21:42.700
 Isn't that

00:21:42.700 --> 00:21:43.000
 what we

00:21:43.000 --> 00:21:43.220
 do?

00:21:43.319 --> 00:21:44.119
 We look

00:21:44.119 --> 00:21:44.920
 to ourselves

00:21:44.920 --> 00:21:45.500
 and to

00:21:45.500 --> 00:21:46.200
 other people

00:21:46.200 --> 00:21:47.480
 to lift

00:21:47.480 --> 00:21:48.319
 the darkness

00:21:48.319 --> 00:21:48.819
 and to

00:21:48.819 --> 00:21:49.639
 remove the

00:21:49.639 --> 00:21:50.220
 shadow of

00:21:50.220 --> 00:21:50.460
 death,

00:21:50.839 --> 00:21:51.980
 but as we

00:21:51.980 --> 00:21:52.440
 look to

00:21:52.440 --> 00:21:52.799
 others,

00:21:52.899 --> 00:21:53.220
 what do

00:21:53.220 --> 00:21:53.799
 we find?

00:21:55.220 --> 00:21:55.519
 Well,

00:21:55.559 --> 00:21:56.059
 just more

00:21:56.059 --> 00:21:56.879
 distress and

00:21:56.879 --> 00:21:57.279
 darkness.

00:21:58.079 --> 00:21:58.500
 We look

00:21:58.500 --> 00:21:58.899
 to other

00:21:58.899 --> 00:21:59.420
 people and

00:21:59.420 --> 00:21:59.740
 what do

00:21:59.740 --> 00:22:00.180
 we get?

00:22:01.059 --> 00:22:02.139
 More fear

00:22:02.140 --> 00:22:03.020
 and gloom.

00:22:04.620 --> 00:22:05.540
 Rather than

00:22:05.540 --> 00:22:06.160
 fix our

00:22:06.160 --> 00:22:06.700
 lives and

00:22:06.700 --> 00:22:07.200
 our world,

00:22:07.560 --> 00:22:08.100
 we only

00:22:08.100 --> 00:22:08.780
 make things

00:22:08.780 --> 00:22:09.280
 worse.

00:22:10.240 --> 00:22:11.220
 That's why

00:22:11.220 --> 00:22:12.160
 we need

00:22:12.160 --> 00:22:12.759
 the light.

00:22:13.280 --> 00:22:13.900
 That's why

00:22:13.900 --> 00:22:14.360
 we need

00:22:14.360 --> 00:22:14.740
 Jesus.

00:22:15.220 --> 00:22:15.500
 Look at

00:22:15.500 --> 00:22:16.100
 chapter 9

00:22:16.100 --> 00:22:16.660
 verse 1.

00:22:17.100 --> 00:22:17.440
 Nevertheless,

00:22:17.900 --> 00:22:18.360
 there will

00:22:18.360 --> 00:22:19.500
 be no

00:22:19.500 --> 00:22:20.520
 more glooms

00:22:20.520 --> 00:22:21.140
 for those

00:22:21.140 --> 00:22:21.500
 who are

00:22:21.500 --> 00:22:22.100
 in distress.

00:22:23.160 --> 00:22:23.840
 Verse 2.

00:22:24.180 --> 00:22:24.540
 For the

00:22:24.540 --> 00:22:25.440
 people walking

00:22:25.440 --> 00:22:26.180
 in darkness

00:22:26.180 --> 00:22:26.720
 have seen

00:22:26.720 --> 00:22:27.120
 a great

00:22:27.120 --> 00:22:27.500
 light.

00:22:27.759 --> 00:22:28.380
 On those

00:22:28.380 --> 00:22:28.880
 living in

00:22:28.880 --> 00:22:29.320
 the land

00:22:29.320 --> 00:22:29.800
 of deep

00:22:29.800 --> 00:22:30.300
 darkness,

00:22:30.800 --> 00:22:31.420
 a light

00:22:31.420 --> 00:22:32.019
 has

00:22:32.019 --> 00:22:32.820
 dawned.

00:22:33.880 --> 00:22:34.240
 Jesus

00:22:34.240 --> 00:22:34.940
 has come.

00:22:35.340 --> 00:22:35.640
 Matthew

00:22:35.640 --> 00:22:36.500
 identifies

00:22:36.500 --> 00:22:36.960
 that who

00:22:36.960 --> 00:22:37.440
 Isaiah

00:22:37.440 --> 00:22:38.060
 is speaking

00:22:38.060 --> 00:22:38.680
 about is

00:22:38.680 --> 00:22:39.200
 Jesus,

00:22:39.400 --> 00:22:39.940
 the one

00:22:39.940 --> 00:22:40.560
 who comes

00:22:40.560 --> 00:22:41.140
 into the

00:22:41.140 --> 00:22:41.580
 darkness

00:22:41.580 --> 00:22:42.960
 of our

00:22:42.960 --> 00:22:43.539
 hearts

00:22:43.539 --> 00:22:45.300
 to destroy

00:22:45.300 --> 00:22:46.000
 the shadow

00:22:46.000 --> 00:22:46.720
 of death.

00:22:48.140 --> 00:22:48.460
 You see,

00:22:48.560 --> 00:22:49.720
 Jesus enters

00:22:49.720 --> 00:22:50.460
 the darkness

00:22:50.460 --> 00:22:52.539
 to set us

00:22:52.539 --> 00:22:52.880
 free.

00:22:54.100 --> 00:22:54.660
 And how

00:22:54.660 --> 00:22:55.000
 does he

00:22:55.000 --> 00:22:55.680
 do that?

00:22:56.800 --> 00:22:57.259
 Well,

00:22:57.360 --> 00:22:58.019
 he wins

00:22:58.019 --> 00:22:58.800
 the battle

00:22:58.800 --> 00:23:00.460
 for us.

00:23:00.460 --> 00:23:01.720
 He wins

00:23:01.720 --> 00:23:02.319
 the battle

00:23:02.319 --> 00:23:03.059
 for us.

00:23:03.340 --> 00:23:03.840
 Look down

00:23:03.840 --> 00:23:04.620
 at verse 5,

00:23:04.740 --> 00:23:05.140
 Isaiah

00:23:05.140 --> 00:23:05.900
 chapter 9

00:23:05.900 --> 00:23:06.720
 verse 5.

00:23:08.980 --> 00:23:09.660
 Isaiah

00:23:09.660 --> 00:23:10.039
 here

00:23:10.039 --> 00:23:10.740
 pictures a

00:23:10.740 --> 00:23:11.100
 battle

00:23:11.100 --> 00:23:11.559
 scene,

00:23:12.240 --> 00:23:13.420
 but it's

00:23:13.420 --> 00:23:14.039
 a battle

00:23:14.039 --> 00:23:15.440
 that has

00:23:15.440 --> 00:23:16.140
 been won.

00:23:16.900 --> 00:23:17.680
 Verse 5.

00:23:18.480 --> 00:23:19.039
 Every

00:23:19.039 --> 00:23:19.880
 warrior's

00:23:19.880 --> 00:23:20.220
 boot

00:23:20.220 --> 00:23:20.860
 used in

00:23:20.860 --> 00:23:21.240
 battle

00:23:21.240 --> 00:23:22.960
 and every

00:23:22.960 --> 00:23:23.539
 garment

00:23:23.539 --> 00:23:24.160
 that has

00:23:24.160 --> 00:23:24.700
 been rolled

00:23:24.700 --> 00:23:25.360
 in blood

00:23:25.360 --> 00:23:27.059
 will be

00:23:27.059 --> 00:23:27.920
 destined for

00:23:27.920 --> 00:23:28.420
 burning,

00:23:28.420 --> 00:23:29.820
 will be

00:23:29.820 --> 00:23:30.360
 fuelled

00:23:30.360 --> 00:23:30.740
 for the

00:23:30.740 --> 00:23:31.140
 fire.

00:23:32.620 --> 00:23:33.180
 The

00:23:33.180 --> 00:23:33.720
 garments

00:23:33.720 --> 00:23:34.400
 of war,

00:23:34.800 --> 00:23:35.060
 the

00:23:35.060 --> 00:23:35.560
 uniform

00:23:35.560 --> 00:23:36.240
 of the

00:23:36.240 --> 00:23:36.759
 soldier

00:23:36.759 --> 00:23:37.940
 has now

00:23:37.940 --> 00:23:38.779
 been taken

00:23:38.779 --> 00:23:39.360
 off,

00:23:40.460 --> 00:23:41.259
 stained in

00:23:41.259 --> 00:23:41.600
 blood.

00:23:41.740 --> 00:23:42.240
 The battle

00:23:42.240 --> 00:23:43.000
 was fierce.

00:23:43.880 --> 00:23:44.440
 It's been

00:23:44.440 --> 00:23:45.180
 ripped off

00:23:45.180 --> 00:23:45.720
 and now it

00:23:45.720 --> 00:23:46.560
 is burned

00:23:46.560 --> 00:23:48.380
 up because

00:23:48.380 --> 00:23:49.000
 they are no

00:23:49.000 --> 00:23:49.720
 longer needed.

00:23:50.720 --> 00:23:51.440
 The battle

00:23:51.440 --> 00:23:52.460
 has been

00:23:52.460 --> 00:23:53.120
 won.

00:23:53.119 --> 00:23:55.119
 we don't

00:23:55.119 --> 00:23:55.659
 need to

00:23:55.659 --> 00:23:56.479
 fight the

00:23:56.479 --> 00:23:56.879
 battle

00:23:56.879 --> 00:23:58.359
 because

00:23:58.359 --> 00:23:59.199
 Jesus has

00:23:59.199 --> 00:24:00.619
 come to

00:24:00.619 --> 00:24:01.019
 do the

00:24:01.019 --> 00:24:01.619
 battle for

00:24:01.619 --> 00:24:02.099
 us.

00:24:03.519 --> 00:24:04.000
 And that

00:24:04.000 --> 00:24:04.619
 battle was

00:24:04.619 --> 00:24:05.099
 ultimately

00:24:05.099 --> 00:24:05.779
 fought and

00:24:05.779 --> 00:24:06.259
 won for

00:24:06.259 --> 00:24:07.239
 us at

00:24:07.239 --> 00:24:07.879
 the cross

00:24:07.879 --> 00:24:08.559
 and it

00:24:08.559 --> 00:24:08.939
 was a

00:24:08.939 --> 00:24:09.339
 bloody

00:24:09.339 --> 00:24:10.379
 battle.

00:24:11.259 --> 00:24:11.799
 For as

00:24:11.799 --> 00:24:12.579
 Jesus took

00:24:12.579 --> 00:24:13.279
 my sin

00:24:13.279 --> 00:24:13.739
 and your

00:24:13.739 --> 00:24:14.039
 sin,

00:24:14.339 --> 00:24:14.739
 we are

00:24:14.739 --> 00:24:15.819
 told that

00:24:15.819 --> 00:24:16.500
 darkness

00:24:16.500 --> 00:24:17.459
 came over

00:24:17.459 --> 00:24:18.319
 the whole

00:24:18.319 --> 00:24:19.379
 land,

00:24:20.679 --> 00:24:21.559
 symbolic of

00:24:21.559 --> 00:24:22.679
 the ways

00:24:22.679 --> 00:24:23.339
 and deeds

00:24:23.339 --> 00:24:24.039
 of Satan.

00:24:25.579 --> 00:24:26.559
 Jesus was

00:24:26.559 --> 00:24:27.559
 thrust into

00:24:27.559 --> 00:24:28.740
 utter darkness,

00:24:29.759 --> 00:24:30.419
 suffering the

00:24:30.419 --> 00:24:31.240
 darkness of

00:24:31.240 --> 00:24:32.139
 hell for

00:24:32.139 --> 00:24:32.539
 you and

00:24:32.539 --> 00:24:33.039
 for me.

00:24:33.879 --> 00:24:34.399
 But yet

00:24:34.399 --> 00:24:35.200
 three days

00:24:35.200 --> 00:24:35.639
 later,

00:24:36.000 --> 00:24:36.700
 that warrior

00:24:36.700 --> 00:24:37.319
 who went

00:24:37.319 --> 00:24:37.980
 into battle

00:24:37.980 --> 00:24:39.000
 would rise

00:24:39.000 --> 00:24:39.619
 again from

00:24:39.619 --> 00:24:40.179
 the grave,

00:24:40.559 --> 00:24:41.259
 destroying

00:24:41.259 --> 00:24:41.960
 the shadow

00:24:41.960 --> 00:24:42.460
 of death

00:24:42.460 --> 00:24:43.119
 that is over

00:24:43.119 --> 00:24:43.359
 us,

00:24:43.619 --> 00:24:44.559
 his resurrection

00:24:44.559 --> 00:24:45.579
 confirming

00:24:45.579 --> 00:24:46.819
 that this

00:24:46.819 --> 00:24:47.899
 battle has

00:24:47.899 --> 00:24:48.599
 been won

00:24:48.599 --> 00:24:49.539
 once and

00:24:49.539 --> 00:24:50.039
 for all.

00:24:51.559 --> 00:24:53.119
 the apostle

00:24:53.119 --> 00:24:53.779
 Paul would

00:24:53.779 --> 00:24:54.339
 put it like

00:24:54.339 --> 00:24:54.659
 this,

00:24:54.720 --> 00:24:55.279
 you can read

00:24:55.279 --> 00:24:55.940
 on screen.

00:24:57.259 --> 00:24:58.200
 For he,

00:24:58.339 --> 00:24:58.940
 that is the

00:24:58.940 --> 00:24:59.259
 Son,

00:24:59.919 --> 00:25:00.819
 has rescued

00:25:00.819 --> 00:25:01.460
 us from

00:25:01.460 --> 00:25:02.240
 the dominion

00:25:02.240 --> 00:25:02.899
 of darkness

00:25:02.899 --> 00:25:04.399
 and brought

00:25:04.399 --> 00:25:04.919
 us into

00:25:04.919 --> 00:25:05.599
 the kingdom

00:25:05.599 --> 00:25:06.700
 of the

00:25:06.700 --> 00:25:07.299
 Son he

00:25:07.299 --> 00:25:07.899
 loves,

00:25:08.460 --> 00:25:09.240
 in whom

00:25:09.240 --> 00:25:09.700
 we have

00:25:09.700 --> 00:25:10.319
 redemption,

00:25:11.399 --> 00:25:12.159
 the forgiveness

00:25:12.159 --> 00:25:13.879
 of all

00:25:13.879 --> 00:25:14.720
 our sins.

00:25:15.639 --> 00:25:16.419
 He takes

00:25:16.419 --> 00:25:16.819
 us from

00:25:16.819 --> 00:25:17.379
 darkness

00:25:17.379 --> 00:25:19.139
 and brings

00:25:19.139 --> 00:25:19.659
 us into

00:25:19.659 --> 00:25:20.119
 light.

00:25:20.119 --> 00:25:21.779
 a place

00:25:21.779 --> 00:25:22.399
 of fear

00:25:22.399 --> 00:25:23.099
 and gloom

00:25:23.099 --> 00:25:23.819
 and distress

00:25:23.819 --> 00:25:25.799
 to a

00:25:25.799 --> 00:25:26.339
 kingdom of

00:25:26.339 --> 00:25:26.799
 love

00:25:26.799 --> 00:25:28.079
 and beauty

00:25:28.079 --> 00:25:29.459
 where we

00:25:29.459 --> 00:25:30.059
 are forgiven

00:25:30.059 --> 00:25:31.099
 and treasured

00:25:31.099 --> 00:25:32.299
 and made

00:25:32.299 --> 00:25:32.979
 his children.

00:25:34.039 --> 00:25:34.679
 That's

00:25:34.679 --> 00:25:35.639
 what Jesus

00:25:35.639 --> 00:25:36.239
 has done.

00:25:37.099 --> 00:25:37.439
 He has

00:25:37.439 --> 00:25:38.559
 faced the

00:25:38.559 --> 00:25:39.259
 devil for

00:25:39.259 --> 00:25:39.599
 us and

00:25:39.599 --> 00:25:40.119
 he wins,

00:25:40.419 --> 00:25:41.519
 fully equipped

00:25:41.519 --> 00:25:42.659
 and able

00:25:42.659 --> 00:25:43.399
 and qualified.

00:25:43.679 --> 00:25:44.159
 He enters

00:25:44.159 --> 00:25:44.719
 the battle

00:25:44.720 --> 00:25:46.519
 and he

00:25:46.519 --> 00:25:47.240
 does war

00:25:47.240 --> 00:25:48.039
 on our

00:25:48.039 --> 00:25:48.559
 behalf

00:25:48.559 --> 00:25:50.039
 so that

00:25:50.039 --> 00:25:50.579
 we can

00:25:50.579 --> 00:25:51.339
 enter his

00:25:51.339 --> 00:25:51.720
 kingdom.

00:25:53.400 --> 00:25:54.299
 So how

00:25:54.299 --> 00:25:54.980
 do we

00:25:54.980 --> 00:25:56.180
 experience

00:25:56.180 --> 00:25:57.079
 this kingdom

00:25:57.079 --> 00:25:57.740
 of light?

00:25:58.740 --> 00:25:59.279
 How do

00:25:59.279 --> 00:25:59.819
 we get

00:25:59.819 --> 00:26:00.940
 to enter?

00:26:02.319 --> 00:26:02.620
 Well,

00:26:03.620 --> 00:26:04.700
 third,

00:26:06.700 --> 00:26:07.279
 Jesus,

00:26:07.559 --> 00:26:08.079
 if you like,

00:26:08.160 --> 00:26:08.839
 the warrior

00:26:08.839 --> 00:26:09.380
 king,

00:26:10.539 --> 00:26:11.700
 the victorious

00:26:11.700 --> 00:26:12.480
 champion,

00:26:13.640 --> 00:26:14.380
 now comes

00:26:14.380 --> 00:26:15.000
 to us

00:26:15.000 --> 00:26:15.960
 and says,

00:26:16.400 --> 00:26:16.980
 follow me

00:26:16.980 --> 00:26:18.000
 as your

00:26:18.000 --> 00:26:18.680
 captain.

00:26:19.580 --> 00:26:20.500
 Follow me

00:26:20.500 --> 00:26:21.480
 as your

00:26:21.480 --> 00:26:21.920
 captain.

00:26:22.700 --> 00:26:23.620
 Because if we

00:26:23.620 --> 00:26:24.220
 are to know

00:26:24.220 --> 00:26:24.779
 and enjoy

00:26:24.779 --> 00:26:25.580
 the freedom

00:26:25.580 --> 00:26:26.519
 that he has

00:26:26.519 --> 00:26:27.140
 come to give

00:26:27.140 --> 00:26:27.480
 us,

00:26:27.880 --> 00:26:28.720
 then we need

00:26:28.720 --> 00:26:29.980
 to follow

00:26:29.980 --> 00:26:30.340
 him.

00:26:31.180 --> 00:26:31.720
 Let's go

00:26:31.720 --> 00:26:32.960
 back to

00:26:32.960 --> 00:26:33.759
 Matthew 4.

00:26:34.600 --> 00:26:35.319
 Back to

00:26:35.319 --> 00:26:36.039
 Matthew 4.

00:26:36.039 --> 00:26:36.100
 Matthew 4.

00:26:36.100 --> 00:26:36.160
 Matthew 4.

00:26:36.160 --> 00:26:36.220
 Matthew 4.

00:26:36.220 --> 00:26:38.160
 Matthew 4.

00:26:38.160 --> 00:26:40.160
 Matthew 4.

00:26:40.160 --> 00:26:41.680
 Matthew 4.

00:26:41.700 --> 00:26:42.700
 Matthew 5.

00:26:43.860 --> 00:26:44.680
 Because as

00:26:44.680 --> 00:26:45.420
 Jesus came

00:26:45.420 --> 00:26:45.940
 to live

00:26:45.940 --> 00:26:46.220
 in the

00:26:46.220 --> 00:26:46.680
 darkness,

00:26:47.539 --> 00:26:48.620
 he comes

00:26:48.620 --> 00:26:49.100
 to call

00:26:49.100 --> 00:26:49.720
 people to

00:26:49.720 --> 00:26:50.360
 follow him.

00:26:51.120 --> 00:26:51.600
 Look at

00:26:51.600 --> 00:26:52.460
 verse 19.

00:26:54.059 --> 00:26:54.680
 As Jesus

00:26:54.680 --> 00:26:55.279
 was walking

00:26:55.279 --> 00:26:55.740
 by the

00:26:55.740 --> 00:26:56.000
 lake,

00:26:56.100 --> 00:26:56.620
 he sees

00:26:56.620 --> 00:26:57.259
 two sets

00:26:57.259 --> 00:26:57.840
 of brothers.

00:26:58.480 --> 00:26:59.180
 Verse 19,

00:26:59.299 --> 00:26:59.660
 he says,

00:26:59.759 --> 00:27:00.000
 come,

00:27:00.220 --> 00:27:00.779
 follow me.

00:27:01.720 --> 00:27:02.200
 And at

00:27:02.200 --> 00:27:02.740
 once they

00:27:02.740 --> 00:27:03.240
 left their

00:27:03.240 --> 00:27:03.920
 nets and

00:27:03.920 --> 00:27:04.920
 followed him.

00:27:05.920 --> 00:27:06.319
 A little

00:27:06.319 --> 00:27:06.840
 later he

00:27:06.840 --> 00:27:07.279
 met two

00:27:07.279 --> 00:27:07.940
 more brothers

00:27:07.940 --> 00:27:08.460
 and Jesus

00:27:08.460 --> 00:27:08.980
 called to

00:27:08.980 --> 00:27:09.259
 them,

00:27:09.600 --> 00:27:09.860
 saying,

00:27:10.039 --> 00:27:10.539
 follow me,

00:27:10.600 --> 00:27:11.420
 and immediately

00:27:11.420 --> 00:27:13.680
 they followed

00:27:13.680 --> 00:27:14.000
 him.

00:27:15.880 --> 00:27:16.279
 You see,

00:27:16.400 --> 00:27:16.720
 following

00:27:16.720 --> 00:27:18.680
 Jesus is

00:27:18.680 --> 00:27:19.360
 nothing less

00:27:19.360 --> 00:27:19.900
 than a

00:27:19.900 --> 00:27:20.340
 radical

00:27:20.340 --> 00:27:21.140
 transformation

00:27:21.140 --> 00:27:21.779
 of our

00:27:21.779 --> 00:27:22.480
 whole life

00:27:22.480 --> 00:27:23.180
 and thinking,

00:27:23.680 --> 00:27:23.840
 our

00:27:23.840 --> 00:27:24.480
 perspective.

00:27:26.080 --> 00:27:26.680
 And the

00:27:26.680 --> 00:27:27.259
 question that

00:27:27.259 --> 00:27:27.800
 is before

00:27:27.800 --> 00:27:28.060
 us,

00:27:28.100 --> 00:27:28.400
 are we

00:27:28.400 --> 00:27:28.920
 going to

00:27:28.920 --> 00:27:30.120
 follow the

00:27:30.120 --> 00:27:30.759
 triumphant

00:27:30.759 --> 00:27:31.160
 king?

00:27:32.080 --> 00:27:32.759
 Are we

00:27:32.759 --> 00:27:33.140
 going to

00:27:33.140 --> 00:27:33.800
 be loyal

00:27:33.800 --> 00:27:34.480
 to our

00:27:34.480 --> 00:27:35.100
 commander

00:27:35.100 --> 00:27:35.820
 and captain?

00:27:37.480 --> 00:27:37.980
 For

00:27:37.980 --> 00:27:38.640
 Jesus comes

00:27:38.640 --> 00:27:39.019
 to us

00:27:39.019 --> 00:27:39.379
 and says,

00:27:39.500 --> 00:27:40.139
 if you

00:27:40.139 --> 00:27:40.579
 want to

00:27:40.579 --> 00:27:41.220
 experience

00:27:41.220 --> 00:27:41.639
 this

00:27:41.639 --> 00:27:42.000
 kingdom,

00:27:43.000 --> 00:27:43.680
 then you

00:27:43.680 --> 00:27:44.079
 must

00:27:44.079 --> 00:27:45.240
 follow me.

00:27:45.839 --> 00:27:46.339
 You must

00:27:46.339 --> 00:27:46.720
 follow.

00:27:47.879 --> 00:27:48.519
 Look back

00:27:48.519 --> 00:27:48.900
 in verse

00:27:48.900 --> 00:27:49.500
 17.

00:27:50.900 --> 00:27:51.599
 From that

00:27:51.599 --> 00:27:52.240
 time on,

00:27:52.319 --> 00:27:52.539
 Jesus

00:27:52.539 --> 00:27:53.240
 began to

00:27:53.240 --> 00:27:53.619
 preach,

00:27:54.079 --> 00:27:54.500
 repent,

00:27:54.960 --> 00:27:55.460
 for the

00:27:55.460 --> 00:27:55.980
 kingdom of

00:27:55.980 --> 00:27:56.420
 heaven has

00:27:56.420 --> 00:27:56.940
 come near.

00:27:57.599 --> 00:27:58.180
 The call

00:27:58.180 --> 00:27:58.779
 to follow

00:27:58.779 --> 00:27:59.539
 is essentially

00:27:59.539 --> 00:28:00.000
 a call

00:28:00.000 --> 00:28:00.639
 to repent.

00:28:00.980 --> 00:28:01.480
 It's saying,

00:28:01.839 --> 00:28:02.160
 will you

00:28:02.160 --> 00:28:02.920
 turn from

00:28:02.920 --> 00:28:03.440
 yourself?

00:28:04.619 --> 00:28:05.039
 Will you

00:28:05.039 --> 00:28:05.639
 put down

00:28:05.639 --> 00:28:06.900
 the weapons

00:28:06.900 --> 00:28:07.500
 that you

00:28:07.500 --> 00:28:08.440
 fight against

00:28:08.440 --> 00:28:09.000
 God and

00:28:09.000 --> 00:28:09.700
 your desire

00:28:09.700 --> 00:28:10.100
 to be

00:28:10.100 --> 00:28:10.580
 Lord and

00:28:10.580 --> 00:28:11.060
 King over

00:28:11.060 --> 00:28:11.600
 your life?

00:28:11.880 --> 00:28:12.259
 Will you

00:28:12.259 --> 00:28:12.880
 lay down

00:28:12.880 --> 00:28:13.519
 your weapons

00:28:13.519 --> 00:28:14.400
 and will

00:28:14.400 --> 00:28:14.920
 you turn

00:28:14.920 --> 00:28:15.600
 and trust

00:28:15.600 --> 00:28:16.820
 in the

00:28:16.820 --> 00:28:17.320
 Saviour,

00:28:18.240 --> 00:28:18.660
 the one

00:28:18.660 --> 00:28:19.080
 who has

00:28:19.080 --> 00:28:20.320
 won for

00:28:20.320 --> 00:28:20.680
 you?

00:28:22.120 --> 00:28:22.620
 Will you

00:28:22.620 --> 00:28:23.360
 trust him

00:28:23.360 --> 00:28:24.700
 who entered

00:28:24.700 --> 00:28:25.340
 the darkness

00:28:25.340 --> 00:28:26.740
 and has

00:28:26.740 --> 00:28:27.200
 given you

00:28:27.200 --> 00:28:27.580
 life?

00:28:29.019 --> 00:28:29.400
 You see,

00:28:29.480 --> 00:28:29.900
 to follow

00:28:29.900 --> 00:28:30.860
 Jesus is a

00:28:30.860 --> 00:28:31.519
 commitment to

00:28:31.519 --> 00:28:31.780
 say,

00:28:32.519 --> 00:28:33.000
 I am no

00:28:33.000 --> 00:28:33.660
 longer going

00:28:33.660 --> 00:28:34.420
 to trust in

00:28:34.420 --> 00:28:34.980
 my own

00:28:34.980 --> 00:28:35.860
 resources or

00:28:35.860 --> 00:28:36.519
 willpower.

00:28:36.900 --> 00:28:38.000
 I see

00:28:38.000 --> 00:28:38.880
 my weakness

00:28:38.880 --> 00:28:40.160
 and the

00:28:40.160 --> 00:28:40.740
 only one I

00:28:40.740 --> 00:28:41.240
 can follow

00:28:41.240 --> 00:28:41.700
 is the

00:28:41.700 --> 00:28:43.080
 strength of

00:28:43.080 --> 00:28:43.860
 my warrior,

00:28:44.420 --> 00:28:44.800
 the Lord

00:28:44.800 --> 00:28:45.780
 Jesus Christ,

00:28:46.320 --> 00:28:47.280
 who gives

00:28:47.280 --> 00:28:48.040
 us grace

00:28:48.040 --> 00:28:49.080
 and mercy

00:28:49.080 --> 00:28:50.160
 in every

00:28:50.160 --> 00:28:50.980
 test and

00:28:50.980 --> 00:28:51.600
 trial we

00:28:51.600 --> 00:28:52.040
 come up

00:28:52.040 --> 00:28:52.480
 against.

00:28:53.759 --> 00:28:54.400
 There is

00:28:54.400 --> 00:28:55.060
 nothing so

00:28:55.060 --> 00:28:55.800
 big or so

00:28:55.800 --> 00:28:56.700
 great that

00:28:56.700 --> 00:28:57.200
 he cannot

00:28:57.200 --> 00:28:58.060
 supply the

00:28:58.060 --> 00:28:58.660
 grace that

00:28:58.660 --> 00:28:59.280
 we need

00:28:59.280 --> 00:29:00.400
 in our

00:29:00.400 --> 00:29:01.000
 times of

00:29:01.000 --> 00:29:01.660
 trial and

00:29:01.660 --> 00:29:02.220
 temptation.

00:29:03.640 --> 00:29:04.080
 And when

00:29:04.080 --> 00:29:04.759
 we fail,

00:29:04.759 --> 00:29:07.000
 he gives

00:29:07.000 --> 00:29:07.720
 us forgiveness.

00:29:09.339 --> 00:29:09.839
 Will you

00:29:09.839 --> 00:29:11.440
 follow this

00:29:11.440 --> 00:29:12.019
 captain?

00:29:13.279 --> 00:29:13.680
 Will you

00:29:13.680 --> 00:29:14.220
 walk with

00:29:14.220 --> 00:29:14.440
 him?

00:29:15.980 --> 00:29:16.519
 It's a

00:29:16.519 --> 00:29:17.740
 life of

00:29:17.740 --> 00:29:18.379
 continuous

00:29:18.379 --> 00:29:19.059
 repentance

00:29:19.059 --> 00:29:19.920
 and faith

00:29:19.920 --> 00:29:21.339
 as we

00:29:21.339 --> 00:29:21.900
 trust in

00:29:21.900 --> 00:29:22.099
 our

00:29:22.099 --> 00:29:22.799
 redeemer who

00:29:22.799 --> 00:29:23.279
 takes us

00:29:23.279 --> 00:29:23.960
 from darkness

00:29:23.960 --> 00:29:24.819
 into light.

00:29:24.819 --> 00:29:26.819
 life of

00:29:26.819 --> 00:29:26.980
 God.

00:29:26.980 --> 00:29:27.240
 But not

00:29:27.240 --> 00:29:27.919
 only that,

00:29:29.259 --> 00:29:30.099
 our warrior

00:29:30.099 --> 00:29:31.179
 king calls

00:29:31.179 --> 00:29:32.539
 us to a

00:29:32.539 --> 00:29:33.279
 new purpose.

00:29:34.139 --> 00:29:34.519
 He gives

00:29:34.519 --> 00:29:35.179
 us a

00:29:35.179 --> 00:29:35.720
 brand new

00:29:35.720 --> 00:29:36.119
 mission.

00:29:37.740 --> 00:29:38.399
 Jesus is

00:29:38.399 --> 00:29:39.259
 come,

00:29:39.379 --> 00:29:39.819
 hasn't he,

00:29:39.819 --> 00:29:40.500
 to rescue

00:29:40.500 --> 00:29:41.299
 people from

00:29:41.299 --> 00:29:41.759
 the kingdom

00:29:41.759 --> 00:29:42.299
 of Satan.

00:29:42.679 --> 00:29:43.099
 He's come

00:29:43.099 --> 00:29:44.119
 to free us

00:29:44.119 --> 00:29:44.819
 from the

00:29:44.819 --> 00:29:45.339
 kingdom of

00:29:45.339 --> 00:29:45.759
 darkness,

00:29:45.899 --> 00:29:46.399
 to bring us

00:29:46.399 --> 00:29:46.839
 into the

00:29:46.839 --> 00:29:47.379
 kingdom of

00:29:47.379 --> 00:29:47.679
 light.

00:29:47.680 --> 00:29:48.519
 And now

00:29:48.519 --> 00:29:49.220
 that mission

00:29:49.220 --> 00:29:49.860
 is ours,

00:29:50.060 --> 00:29:50.880
 not to

00:29:50.880 --> 00:29:51.759
 fight the

00:29:51.759 --> 00:29:52.320
 battle because

00:29:52.320 --> 00:29:53.120
 that's already

00:29:53.120 --> 00:29:53.460
 won,

00:29:53.759 --> 00:29:54.320
 but to go

00:29:54.320 --> 00:29:54.880
 with new

00:29:54.880 --> 00:29:55.560
 weapons of

00:29:55.560 --> 00:29:55.900
 war,

00:29:56.799 --> 00:29:57.360
 the weapon

00:29:57.360 --> 00:29:57.840
 of the

00:29:57.840 --> 00:29:58.400
 gospel,

00:29:59.140 --> 00:29:59.640
 the good

00:29:59.640 --> 00:30:00.200
 news of

00:30:00.200 --> 00:30:00.620
 the Lord

00:30:00.620 --> 00:30:01.600
 Jesus Christ.

00:30:02.440 --> 00:30:02.960
 Look what it

00:30:02.960 --> 00:30:03.420
 says in

00:30:03.420 --> 00:30:04.279
 verse 19.

00:30:04.940 --> 00:30:05.580
 Jesus says

00:30:05.580 --> 00:30:06.100
 to these

00:30:06.100 --> 00:30:06.799
 fishermen,

00:30:07.279 --> 00:30:07.940
 come follow

00:30:07.940 --> 00:30:08.240
 me,

00:30:08.340 --> 00:30:08.940
 Jesus said,

00:30:09.240 --> 00:30:09.820
 and I will

00:30:09.820 --> 00:30:10.380
 send you

00:30:10.380 --> 00:30:10.940
 out to

00:30:10.940 --> 00:30:12.380
 fish for

00:30:12.380 --> 00:30:12.840
 people.

00:30:12.839 --> 00:30:15.639
 our mission

00:30:15.639 --> 00:30:16.480
 is now to

00:30:16.480 --> 00:30:17.500
 go empowered

00:30:17.500 --> 00:30:18.139
 and equipped

00:30:18.139 --> 00:30:18.899
 with the

00:30:18.899 --> 00:30:19.399
 good news

00:30:19.399 --> 00:30:19.939
 of Jesus,

00:30:20.220 --> 00:30:20.879
 not to

00:30:20.879 --> 00:30:21.819
 convince people

00:30:21.819 --> 00:30:22.519
 because that's

00:30:22.519 --> 00:30:23.019
 what God

00:30:23.019 --> 00:30:23.459
 will do,

00:30:23.839 --> 00:30:24.319
 but to

00:30:24.319 --> 00:30:25.299
 call people,

00:30:26.159 --> 00:30:26.740
 to point

00:30:26.740 --> 00:30:27.119
 them to

00:30:27.119 --> 00:30:27.740
 Jesus and

00:30:27.740 --> 00:30:28.000
 say,

00:30:28.359 --> 00:30:28.859
 look at

00:30:28.859 --> 00:30:29.259
 him,

00:30:30.199 --> 00:30:30.579
 the one

00:30:30.579 --> 00:30:30.939
 who can

00:30:30.939 --> 00:30:31.439
 take you

00:30:31.439 --> 00:30:32.159
 from distress

00:30:32.159 --> 00:30:33.000
 and darkness,

00:30:33.419 --> 00:30:33.740
 one who

00:30:33.740 --> 00:30:34.179
 can bring

00:30:34.179 --> 00:30:34.619
 you into

00:30:34.619 --> 00:30:35.359
 light and

00:30:35.359 --> 00:30:36.000
 beauty and

00:30:36.000 --> 00:30:36.500
 forgiveness.

00:30:38.039 --> 00:30:38.480
 He will

00:30:38.480 --> 00:30:39.099
 do it for

00:30:39.099 --> 00:30:39.419
 you.

00:30:39.420 --> 00:30:43.019
 As one

00:30:43.019 --> 00:30:43.360
 writer

00:30:43.360 --> 00:30:43.920
 commented,

00:30:44.840 --> 00:30:45.620
 we are not

00:30:45.620 --> 00:30:46.120
 here to

00:30:46.120 --> 00:30:46.700
 gaze at

00:30:46.700 --> 00:30:47.440
 the aquarium

00:30:47.440 --> 00:30:48.300
 in comfort.

00:30:49.240 --> 00:30:50.080
 We are to

00:30:50.080 --> 00:30:50.519
 go into

00:30:50.519 --> 00:30:50.980
 the rough

00:30:50.980 --> 00:30:51.460
 sea of

00:30:51.460 --> 00:30:52.039
 this world

00:30:52.039 --> 00:30:52.420
 and do

00:30:52.420 --> 00:30:52.840
 the work

00:30:52.840 --> 00:30:53.140
 of a

00:30:53.140 --> 00:30:53.519
 fisherman.

00:30:57.039 --> 00:30:57.560
 I'm

00:30:57.560 --> 00:30:58.019
 challenged

00:30:58.019 --> 00:30:58.500
 by that.

00:30:58.660 --> 00:30:58.960
 Maybe

00:30:58.960 --> 00:31:00.740
 we're too

00:31:00.740 --> 00:31:01.600
 busy gazing

00:31:01.600 --> 00:31:02.039
 at the

00:31:02.039 --> 00:31:02.620
 aquarium,

00:31:03.900 --> 00:31:05.900
 looking at

00:31:05.900 --> 00:31:06.480
 one another.

00:31:08.180 --> 00:31:08.840
 We're to

00:31:08.839 --> 00:31:09.299
 go into

00:31:09.299 --> 00:31:09.740
 the rough

00:31:09.740 --> 00:31:10.379
 seas of

00:31:10.379 --> 00:31:10.939
 this world

00:31:10.939 --> 00:31:11.399
 and to

00:31:11.399 --> 00:31:11.720
 do the

00:31:11.720 --> 00:31:12.119
 work of

00:31:12.119 --> 00:31:12.619
 a fisherman.

00:31:13.519 --> 00:31:13.899
 This is

00:31:13.899 --> 00:31:14.439
 our purpose.

00:31:15.099 --> 00:31:15.519
 This is

00:31:15.519 --> 00:31:16.359
 our new

00:31:16.359 --> 00:31:16.779
 goal.

00:31:17.279 --> 00:31:17.639
 This is

00:31:17.639 --> 00:31:18.359
 our aim

00:31:18.359 --> 00:31:18.779
 in life.

00:31:18.919 --> 00:31:19.259
 This is

00:31:19.259 --> 00:31:20.439
 the mission

00:31:20.439 --> 00:31:21.159
 that the

00:31:21.159 --> 00:31:22.359
 risen Lord

00:31:22.359 --> 00:31:22.819
 Jesus,

00:31:23.019 --> 00:31:23.859
 the victorious

00:31:23.859 --> 00:31:24.399
 captain,

00:31:24.539 --> 00:31:24.899
 has given

00:31:24.899 --> 00:31:25.379
 us.

00:31:26.699 --> 00:31:27.199
 Go and

00:31:27.199 --> 00:31:27.459
 make

00:31:27.459 --> 00:31:28.279
 disciples of

00:31:28.279 --> 00:31:28.939
 all nations

00:31:28.939 --> 00:31:29.899
 is how

00:31:29.899 --> 00:31:30.279
 Matthew

00:31:30.279 --> 00:31:31.099
 finishes his

00:31:31.099 --> 00:31:31.480
 gospel,

00:31:31.839 --> 00:31:32.679
 because that

00:31:32.679 --> 00:31:33.679
 is the

00:31:33.679 --> 00:31:34.139
 purpose.

00:31:35.839 --> 00:31:36.619
 So when

00:31:36.619 --> 00:31:37.139
 we waken

00:31:37.139 --> 00:31:37.679
 up each

00:31:37.679 --> 00:31:38.179
 morning,

00:31:38.839 --> 00:31:40.059
 remind

00:31:40.059 --> 00:31:40.639
 yourself,

00:31:41.379 --> 00:31:42.439
 who are

00:31:42.439 --> 00:31:42.699
 you?

00:31:44.199 --> 00:31:44.539
 Maybe

00:31:44.539 --> 00:31:44.980
 you think,

00:31:45.099 --> 00:31:45.459
 oh, I'm

00:31:45.459 --> 00:31:46.019
 a teacher,

00:31:46.179 --> 00:31:47.019
 I'm going

00:31:47.019 --> 00:31:47.399
 off to

00:31:47.399 --> 00:31:48.159
 school today,

00:31:48.559 --> 00:31:49.359
 I'm a

00:31:49.359 --> 00:31:49.639
 mother,

00:31:49.819 --> 00:31:50.319
 I'm looking

00:31:50.319 --> 00:31:50.959
 after my

00:31:50.959 --> 00:31:51.659
 kids today,

00:31:52.519 --> 00:31:54.259
 I'm a

00:31:54.259 --> 00:31:54.619
 worker,

00:31:54.799 --> 00:31:55.220
 I'm going

00:31:55.220 --> 00:31:55.519
 to be

00:31:55.519 --> 00:31:56.480
 online today.

00:31:58.579 --> 00:31:59.139
 Whoever

00:31:59.139 --> 00:31:59.799
 we are,

00:32:00.220 --> 00:32:00.679
 you wake

00:32:00.679 --> 00:32:00.959
 up and

00:32:00.959 --> 00:32:01.419
 you remind

00:32:01.419 --> 00:32:01.819
 yourself,

00:32:01.959 --> 00:32:02.099
 well,

00:32:02.179 --> 00:32:02.579
 remind

00:32:02.579 --> 00:32:03.119
 ourselves

00:32:03.119 --> 00:32:03.519
 this,

00:32:04.119 --> 00:32:04.659
 I need

00:32:04.659 --> 00:32:04.980
 to do

00:32:04.980 --> 00:32:05.259
 it.

00:32:05.740 --> 00:32:06.079
 Johnny,

00:32:06.579 --> 00:32:07.319
 you're a

00:32:07.319 --> 00:32:07.679
 fisherman.

00:32:08.839 --> 00:32:09.500
 You've

00:32:09.500 --> 00:32:09.659
 been

00:32:09.659 --> 00:32:10.039
 called

00:32:10.039 --> 00:32:10.759
 by God

00:32:10.759 --> 00:32:12.299
 to go

00:32:12.299 --> 00:32:12.939
 and present

00:32:12.939 --> 00:32:13.459
 the good

00:32:13.459 --> 00:32:14.079
 news to

00:32:14.079 --> 00:32:14.519
 people,

00:32:15.639 --> 00:32:16.879
 the gospel,

00:32:17.379 --> 00:32:17.939
 the power

00:32:17.939 --> 00:32:18.579
 that brings

00:32:18.579 --> 00:32:19.199
 people from

00:32:19.199 --> 00:32:19.659
 the kingdom

00:32:19.659 --> 00:32:20.299
 of darkness

00:32:20.299 --> 00:32:20.959
 to a kingdom

00:32:20.959 --> 00:32:21.619
 of light.

00:32:23.199 --> 00:32:24.159
 So mums,

00:32:24.259 --> 00:32:24.720
 when you

00:32:24.720 --> 00:32:26.019
 wake up,

00:32:26.399 --> 00:32:26.819
 you're not

00:32:26.819 --> 00:32:27.619
 just a taxi

00:32:27.619 --> 00:32:28.439
 driver for

00:32:28.439 --> 00:32:29.039
 your children,

00:32:29.599 --> 00:32:30.740
 you're calling

00:32:30.740 --> 00:32:31.339
 your children

00:32:31.339 --> 00:32:32.159
 to the kingdom.

00:32:32.160 --> 00:32:32.259
 kingdom.

00:32:34.380 --> 00:32:35.000
 When you

00:32:35.000 --> 00:32:35.620
 spend time

00:32:35.620 --> 00:32:35.960
 with your

00:32:35.960 --> 00:32:36.400
 family,

00:32:37.940 --> 00:32:38.279
 yes,

00:32:38.360 --> 00:32:38.740
 you're there

00:32:38.740 --> 00:32:39.420
 to provide

00:32:39.420 --> 00:32:39.840
 and to

00:32:39.840 --> 00:32:40.160
 care,

00:32:41.019 --> 00:32:41.600
 but you're

00:32:41.600 --> 00:32:42.100
 to raise

00:32:42.100 --> 00:32:42.680
 a family

00:32:42.680 --> 00:32:43.680
 for the

00:32:43.680 --> 00:32:44.000
 kingdom.

00:32:45.060 --> 00:32:45.720
 When you

00:32:45.720 --> 00:32:46.400
 socialize

00:32:46.400 --> 00:32:46.779
 with your

00:32:46.779 --> 00:32:47.320
 friends,

00:32:48.460 --> 00:32:48.740
 yes,

00:32:48.820 --> 00:32:49.200
 we have

00:32:49.200 --> 00:32:49.720
 a laugh,

00:32:50.060 --> 00:32:50.300
 yes,

00:32:50.340 --> 00:32:50.700
 it's to

00:32:50.700 --> 00:32:51.060
 be good

00:32:51.060 --> 00:32:51.420
 fun,

00:32:52.500 --> 00:32:53.240
 but we

00:32:53.240 --> 00:32:53.860
 are calling

00:32:53.860 --> 00:32:54.660
 them to

00:32:54.660 --> 00:32:55.140
 a kingdom.

00:32:56.640 --> 00:32:57.200
 And when

00:32:57.200 --> 00:32:57.720
 you go to

00:32:57.720 --> 00:32:58.080
 work,

00:32:58.900 --> 00:32:59.160
 yes,

00:32:59.220 --> 00:32:59.560
 you want

00:32:59.560 --> 00:33:00.019
 to get a

00:33:00.019 --> 00:33:00.620
 salary to

00:33:00.620 --> 00:33:01.240
 pay off all

00:33:01.240 --> 00:33:01.700
 your bills,

00:33:01.700 --> 00:33:02.279
 yes,

00:33:02.360 --> 00:33:02.700
 you want

00:33:02.700 --> 00:33:03.220
 to perhaps

00:33:03.220 --> 00:33:03.660
 go up

00:33:03.660 --> 00:33:04.180
 the career

00:33:04.180 --> 00:33:04.559
 ladder,

00:33:05.580 --> 00:33:05.920
 but you

00:33:05.920 --> 00:33:06.440
 are there,

00:33:07.059 --> 00:33:07.440
 God has

00:33:07.440 --> 00:33:08.059
 placed you

00:33:08.059 --> 00:33:09.920
 there to

00:33:09.920 --> 00:33:10.299
 bring the

00:33:10.299 --> 00:33:10.720
 light of

00:33:10.720 --> 00:33:11.240
 his kingdom

00:33:11.240 --> 00:33:12.740
 through every

00:33:12.740 --> 00:33:13.319
 act of

00:33:13.319 --> 00:33:14.340
 service by

00:33:14.340 --> 00:33:14.860
 listening

00:33:14.860 --> 00:33:15.700
 attentively

00:33:15.700 --> 00:33:16.440
 and

00:33:16.440 --> 00:33:17.480
 sensitively,

00:33:18.180 --> 00:33:18.819
 praying for

00:33:18.819 --> 00:33:19.259
 those who

00:33:19.259 --> 00:33:19.700
 will meet,

00:33:20.080 --> 00:33:20.539
 giving a

00:33:20.539 --> 00:33:21.140
 reason for

00:33:21.140 --> 00:33:21.539
 the hope

00:33:21.539 --> 00:33:22.100
 we have,

00:33:23.100 --> 00:33:23.440
 calling

00:33:23.440 --> 00:33:25.019
 people to

00:33:25.019 --> 00:33:25.519
 the kingdom.

00:33:29.460 --> 00:33:30.180
 Are we

00:33:30.180 --> 00:33:30.680
 going to be

00:33:30.680 --> 00:33:31.039
 loyal?

00:33:31.700 --> 00:33:33.140
 to this

00:33:33.140 --> 00:33:34.039
 kingdom

00:33:34.039 --> 00:33:34.720
 work that

00:33:34.720 --> 00:33:34.960
 we have

00:33:34.960 --> 00:33:35.440
 been called

00:33:35.440 --> 00:33:35.700
 to?

00:33:37.000 --> 00:33:37.519
 Did you

00:33:37.519 --> 00:33:38.059
 notice the

00:33:38.059 --> 00:33:38.779
 response of

00:33:38.779 --> 00:33:39.299
 the brothers?

00:33:41.299 --> 00:33:41.600
 Do you

00:33:41.600 --> 00:33:41.840
 see what

00:33:41.840 --> 00:33:42.259
 they said

00:33:42.259 --> 00:33:42.620
 at verse

00:33:42.620 --> 00:33:43.080
 20?

00:33:44.000 --> 00:33:44.360
 At

00:33:44.360 --> 00:33:45.160
 once,

00:33:46.279 --> 00:33:47.000
 they left

00:33:47.000 --> 00:33:47.460
 their nets

00:33:47.460 --> 00:33:48.019
 and followed

00:33:48.019 --> 00:33:48.340
 him.

00:33:49.819 --> 00:33:50.700
 Verse 22,

00:33:51.160 --> 00:33:51.940
 immediately

00:33:51.940 --> 00:33:53.660
 they left

00:33:53.660 --> 00:33:54.240
 their boat

00:33:54.240 --> 00:33:54.640
 and their

00:33:54.640 --> 00:33:55.279
 father and

00:33:55.279 --> 00:33:55.660
 followed

00:33:55.660 --> 00:33:55.940
 him.

00:33:55.940 --> 00:33:56.940
 this is

00:33:56.940 --> 00:33:58.779
 a matter

00:33:58.779 --> 00:33:59.299
 of life

00:33:59.299 --> 00:33:59.980
 and death.

00:34:01.380 --> 00:34:02.140
 This is

00:34:02.140 --> 00:34:02.660
 serious.

00:34:02.940 --> 00:34:03.299
 It's the

00:34:03.299 --> 00:34:03.799
 kingdom of

00:34:03.799 --> 00:34:04.279
 darkness

00:34:04.279 --> 00:34:04.980
 versus the

00:34:04.980 --> 00:34:05.460
 kingdom of

00:34:05.460 --> 00:34:05.900
 light.

00:34:06.680 --> 00:34:07.320
 The kingdom

00:34:07.320 --> 00:34:08.380
 of Satan

00:34:08.380 --> 00:34:08.980
 which ends

00:34:08.980 --> 00:34:09.639
 in destruction

00:34:09.639 --> 00:34:10.139
 or the

00:34:10.139 --> 00:34:10.659
 kingdom of

00:34:10.659 --> 00:34:11.079
 heaven

00:34:11.079 --> 00:34:12.760
 which is

00:34:12.760 --> 00:34:13.559
 life eternal.

00:34:13.559 --> 00:34:14.900
 God

00:34:14.900 --> 00:34:16.119
 you see

00:34:16.119 --> 00:34:16.679
 when Jesus

00:34:16.679 --> 00:34:17.639
 calls us

00:34:17.639 --> 00:34:19.079
 and he is

00:34:19.079 --> 00:34:19.679
 calling us

00:34:19.679 --> 00:34:20.119
 today

00:34:20.119 --> 00:34:22.619
 he's calling

00:34:22.619 --> 00:34:23.199
 us to

00:34:23.199 --> 00:34:24.000
 leave work.

00:34:24.519 --> 00:34:25.380
 They left

00:34:25.380 --> 00:34:26.059
 their nets.

00:34:26.619 --> 00:34:27.420
 He's calling

00:34:27.420 --> 00:34:28.139
 us to leave

00:34:28.139 --> 00:34:28.699
 family.

00:34:28.900 --> 00:34:29.360
 They left

00:34:29.360 --> 00:34:31.000
 their father

00:34:31.000 --> 00:34:32.340
 and they

00:34:32.340 --> 00:34:33.099
 followed him.

00:34:34.980 --> 00:34:35.239
 Now

00:34:35.239 --> 00:34:38.479
 does Jesus

00:34:38.479 --> 00:34:39.239
 really mean

00:34:39.239 --> 00:34:39.819
 for me to

00:34:39.819 --> 00:34:40.379
 leave work

00:34:40.379 --> 00:34:40.979
 and not to

00:34:40.979 --> 00:34:41.519
 go to work

00:34:41.519 --> 00:34:42.159
 tomorrow and

00:34:42.159 --> 00:34:42.699
 move out of

00:34:42.699 --> 00:34:43.279
 my house and

00:34:43.279 --> 00:34:43.679
 leave my

00:34:43.679 --> 00:34:44.099
 family?

00:34:45.259 --> 00:34:45.859
 Now if we

00:34:45.859 --> 00:34:46.519
 read on through

00:34:46.519 --> 00:34:47.039
 Matthew's

00:34:47.039 --> 00:34:47.579
 gospel we

00:34:47.579 --> 00:34:48.239
 discover that

00:34:48.239 --> 00:34:48.639
 they did

00:34:48.639 --> 00:34:49.559
 continue fishing

00:34:49.559 --> 00:34:50.419
 and they

00:34:50.419 --> 00:34:51.039
 did spend

00:34:51.039 --> 00:34:51.559
 time with

00:34:51.559 --> 00:34:52.119
 their family.

00:34:52.799 --> 00:34:53.239
 So what

00:34:53.239 --> 00:34:53.599
 does it

00:34:53.599 --> 00:34:53.839
 mean?

00:34:55.099 --> 00:34:55.439
 Well it

00:34:55.439 --> 00:34:56.399
 means holding

00:34:56.399 --> 00:34:58.539
 loosely our

00:34:58.539 --> 00:34:59.179
 work and our

00:34:59.179 --> 00:35:00.359
 family and

00:35:00.359 --> 00:35:01.039
 grasping

00:35:01.039 --> 00:35:02.959
 tightly the

00:35:02.959 --> 00:35:03.919
 priorities of

00:35:03.919 --> 00:35:04.279
 Jesus.

00:35:05.239 --> 00:35:06.500
 You see I

00:35:06.500 --> 00:35:06.979
 think it's

00:35:06.979 --> 00:35:07.579
 fair to say

00:35:07.579 --> 00:35:07.979
 isn't it?

00:35:08.379 --> 00:35:09.079
 Aren't work

00:35:09.079 --> 00:35:09.879
 and family the

00:35:09.879 --> 00:35:10.359
 things that

00:35:10.359 --> 00:35:11.259
 dominate our

00:35:11.259 --> 00:35:12.199
 minds most of

00:35:12.199 --> 00:35:12.419
 all?

00:35:12.679 --> 00:35:13.039
 Aren't we

00:35:13.039 --> 00:35:13.699
 thinking about

00:35:13.699 --> 00:35:14.319
 our families

00:35:14.319 --> 00:35:14.879
 the most?

00:35:15.819 --> 00:35:16.179
 Don't we

00:35:16.179 --> 00:35:16.679
 think about

00:35:16.679 --> 00:35:17.359
 work the

00:35:17.359 --> 00:35:17.639
 most?

00:35:17.899 --> 00:35:18.219
 Don't we

00:35:18.219 --> 00:35:18.959
 talk about

00:35:18.959 --> 00:35:19.539
 these things

00:35:19.539 --> 00:35:20.059
 the most?

00:35:21.279 --> 00:35:21.879
 It's what we

00:35:21.879 --> 00:35:22.379
 build our

00:35:22.379 --> 00:35:23.079
 lives around.

00:35:23.899 --> 00:35:24.459
 But rather

00:35:24.459 --> 00:35:25.359
 than hold on

00:35:25.359 --> 00:35:26.099
 to work for

00:35:26.099 --> 00:35:27.059
 our security

00:35:27.059 --> 00:35:29.119
 he's saying

00:35:29.119 --> 00:35:29.799
 hold on to

00:35:29.799 --> 00:35:30.119
 me.

00:35:30.339 --> 00:35:30.919
 Hold on to

00:35:30.919 --> 00:35:31.299
 Jesus.

00:35:32.839 --> 00:35:33.719
 Instead of

00:35:33.719 --> 00:35:34.599
 clinging on to

00:35:34.599 --> 00:35:35.219
 family for

00:35:35.219 --> 00:35:36.119
 comfort and

00:35:36.119 --> 00:35:36.639
 for all our

00:35:36.639 --> 00:35:38.239
 needs cling

00:35:38.239 --> 00:35:39.199
 to Jesus.

00:35:40.319 --> 00:35:40.879
 Why?

00:35:41.759 --> 00:35:42.719
 Well because we

00:35:42.719 --> 00:35:43.439
 can lose our

00:35:43.439 --> 00:35:44.419
 work at any

00:35:44.419 --> 00:35:44.939
 stage.

00:35:45.259 --> 00:35:45.959
 Your job can

00:35:45.959 --> 00:35:46.759
 be taken from

00:35:46.759 --> 00:35:47.519
 you just like

00:35:47.519 --> 00:35:47.919
 that.

00:35:48.799 --> 00:35:49.899
 We can lose

00:35:49.899 --> 00:35:50.519
 our family,

00:35:50.899 --> 00:35:51.759
 any members of

00:35:51.759 --> 00:35:52.239
 our family,

00:35:52.599 --> 00:35:54.000
 myself, any of

00:35:54.000 --> 00:35:54.759
 us could die at

00:35:54.759 --> 00:35:55.419
 any moment.

00:35:57.339 --> 00:35:58.139
 None of it

00:35:58.139 --> 00:35:58.839
 lasts.

00:36:00.119 --> 00:36:01.099
 But we can

00:36:01.099 --> 00:36:02.480
 never ever

00:36:02.480 --> 00:36:04.740
 lose Jesus.

00:36:06.119 --> 00:36:07.000
 Nothing can

00:36:07.000 --> 00:36:07.800
 separate us

00:36:07.800 --> 00:36:08.240
 from him.

00:36:08.480 --> 00:36:09.260
 Not even the

00:36:09.260 --> 00:36:09.719
 darkness,

00:36:10.159 --> 00:36:11.320
 not even death.

00:36:12.280 --> 00:36:13.099
 The kingdom of

00:36:13.099 --> 00:36:13.880
 this world will

00:36:13.880 --> 00:36:14.880
 be blown away

00:36:14.880 --> 00:36:16.000
 but the kingdom

00:36:16.000 --> 00:36:16.679
 of heaven

00:36:16.679 --> 00:36:19.159
 will last

00:36:19.159 --> 00:36:19.579
 forever.

00:36:19.579 --> 00:36:19.719
 Forever.

00:36:19.719 --> 00:36:23.579
 Jesus has

00:36:23.579 --> 00:36:24.439
 confronted the

00:36:24.439 --> 00:36:25.159
 devil for you

00:36:25.159 --> 00:36:25.599
 and for me

00:36:25.599 --> 00:36:26.099
 and he has

00:36:26.099 --> 00:36:26.459
 won.

00:36:27.459 --> 00:36:28.099
 He's entered

00:36:28.099 --> 00:36:28.859
 the darkness

00:36:28.859 --> 00:36:29.339
 and he's

00:36:29.339 --> 00:36:29.839
 fought the

00:36:29.839 --> 00:36:30.419
 battle for

00:36:30.419 --> 00:36:30.859
 us.

00:36:32.039 --> 00:36:32.859
 And now he

00:36:32.859 --> 00:36:33.699
 calls us,

00:36:35.039 --> 00:36:35.699
 follow me,

00:36:36.980 --> 00:36:37.619
 follow me

00:36:37.619 --> 00:36:38.039
 in this

00:36:38.039 --> 00:36:38.899
 kingdom work.

00:36:40.399 --> 00:36:40.919
 Join the

00:36:40.919 --> 00:36:41.379
 fight.

00:36:42.559 --> 00:36:43.179
 Pick up the

00:36:43.179 --> 00:36:44.539
 weapon of the

00:36:44.539 --> 00:36:45.399
 good news of

00:36:45.400 --> 00:36:46.300
 Jesus Christ

00:36:46.300 --> 00:36:48.320
 and go

00:36:48.320 --> 00:36:49.840
 wherever you

00:36:49.840 --> 00:36:50.440
 are scattered.

00:36:51.880 --> 00:36:52.680
 Your loyalty

00:36:52.680 --> 00:36:53.880
 to me

00:36:53.880 --> 00:36:55.720
 and I will

00:36:55.720 --> 00:36:56.380
 be with you.

00:36:57.599 --> 00:36:58.400
 Let's pray.

00:36:58.400 --> 00:36:58.480
 Amen.

00:36:59.039 --> 00:36:59.400
 Amen.

00:36:59.400 --> 00:37:00.400
 Amen.

00:37:00.400 --> 00:37:01.400
 Amen.

00:37:01.400 --> 00:37:02.400
 Amen.

00:37:02.400 --> 00:37:03.400
 Amen.

00:37:03.400 --> 00:37:04.400
 Amen.

00:37:04.400 --> 00:37:05.400
 Amen.

00:37:05.400 --> 00:37:06.400
 Amen.

00:37:06.400 --> 00:37:07.400
 Amen.

00:37:07.400 --> 00:37:08.400
 Amen.

00:37:08.400 --> 00:37:09.400
 Amen.

00:37:09.400 --> 00:37:10.400
 Amen.

00:37:10.400 --> 00:37:11.400
 Amen.

00:37:11.400 --> 00:37:12.400
 Amen.

00:37:12.400 --> 00:37:13.400
 Amen.

00:37:13.400 --> 00:37:14.400
 Amen.

00:37:14.400 --> 00:37:15.380
 Amen.

00:37:15.380 --> 00:37:17.380
 Amen.

00:37:17.380 --> 00:37:18.340
 Father,

00:37:18.519 --> 00:37:19.500
 once again,

00:37:20.619 --> 00:37:23.059
 your word

00:37:23.059 --> 00:37:23.680
 presents

00:37:23.680 --> 00:37:24.760
 before us

00:37:24.760 --> 00:37:27.619
 your amazing

00:37:27.619 --> 00:37:28.340
 son,

00:37:29.420 --> 00:37:29.720
 our

00:37:29.720 --> 00:37:30.140
 savior,

00:37:31.579 --> 00:37:32.660
 who has

00:37:32.660 --> 00:37:33.119
 won

00:37:33.119 --> 00:37:33.900
 salvation

00:37:33.900 --> 00:37:34.720
 for us,

00:37:35.500 --> 00:37:38.059
 who has

00:37:38.059 --> 00:37:38.640
 brought us

00:37:38.640 --> 00:37:39.019
 from a

00:37:39.019 --> 00:37:39.519
 kingdom of

00:37:39.519 --> 00:37:39.980
 darkness

00:37:39.980 --> 00:37:41.820
 into the

00:37:41.820 --> 00:37:42.420
 kingdom of

00:37:42.420 --> 00:37:42.940
 the son

00:37:42.940 --> 00:37:43.820
 he loves

00:37:43.820 --> 00:37:45.220
 and

00:37:45.219 --> 00:37:47.119
 how we are treasured and loved

00:37:47.119 --> 00:37:48.439
 and cared for by you.

00:37:49.639 --> 00:37:51.299
 Thank you for life today.

00:37:52.739 --> 00:37:55.399
 Thank you for an eternal kingdom to come.

00:37:56.879 --> 00:37:57.699
 And we pray

00:37:57.699 --> 00:38:00.519
 that in light of all of this

00:38:00.519 --> 00:38:03.000
 we will follow you.

00:38:04.219 --> 00:38:06.539
 Father, would you impress upon us

00:38:06.539 --> 00:38:08.779
 the areas of our life

00:38:08.779 --> 00:38:11.219
 that we so tightly hold on to

00:38:11.219 --> 00:38:14.139
 that we would let it go

00:38:14.139 --> 00:38:16.859
 and grasp firmly

00:38:16.859 --> 00:38:19.619
 the priorities of your kingdom.

00:38:21.079 --> 00:38:23.339
 Go with us as you have promised.

00:38:24.659 --> 00:38:25.440
 Use us

00:38:25.440 --> 00:38:27.400
 to bring our children,

00:38:28.259 --> 00:38:28.960
 our family,

00:38:29.839 --> 00:38:31.299
 those within our community,

00:38:31.480 --> 00:38:32.659
 those we'll meet tomorrow.

00:38:33.900 --> 00:38:34.859
 Use us

00:38:34.859 --> 00:38:37.719
 to bring them and point them

00:38:37.719 --> 00:38:39.960
 to the kingdom of light.

00:38:41.400 --> 00:38:43.619
 Help us, we pray in Jesus' name.

00:38:44.739 --> 00:38:45.199
 Amen.

00:38:53.679 --> 00:38:54.619
 We're going to sing

00:38:54.619 --> 00:38:54.719
 the church.

00:38:57.299 --> 00:38:57.659
 We're going to sing