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 Well, will you turn in your Bible to the passage that we read in Galatians 4 and we're going to read verses 4-6.

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 Now this morning we were thinking about the baptism of Jesus and how what happened at his baptism was actually an act of anointing.

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 Of consecration and of empowering.

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 And it was an act of the triune God.

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 God the Father anointed, God the Son in the person of Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power.

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 And of course if our Gospel and if the work of salvation are the work of God,

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 of course it is rooted absolutely in who and in what God is.

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 So lying behind everything that we have in the Gospel is this great doctrine that our God is one God and our God is three.

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 And that same background is before us in the words of our text.

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 Because in this remarkable passage in which Paul is telling us that if we're in Christ we are the sons of God,

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 then behind that, lying back of that, again, is the work of the triune God.

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 God sent forth his Son.

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 So by implication, the sending God is God the Father and the sent God is God the Son to redeem us.

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 And having redeemed us and adopted us into his family, God the sending Father,

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 now sends, same word in the Greek, his Holy Spirit, who is the Spirit of his Son, into our hearts.

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 So this remarkable phenomenon of how we actually come to experience the salvation that God has won for us in Jesus Christ

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 is again rooted and grounded in the doctrine of the Trinity.

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 Now let's just take a moment to reflect on the context of this epistle in which this remarkable teaching is set.

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 In this letter to the Galatians, Paul is talking about the gospel.

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 And he's encouraging us, as well as his original readers, to defend the one gospel that there is.

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 I mean, we marvel that there is a gospel at all.

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 And the gospel is what God in Christ has done for us and for our salvation.

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 But then, as now, that gospel is open to corruption and to compromise in a thousand different ways.

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 So Paul actually invokes the curse of God on anybody who alters the gospel.

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 The gospel is what Jesus did in his life and death and resurrection and ascension for us and for our salvation.

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 And the moment we add to that gospel, we have compromised it and we have changed it, in Paul's language,

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 into another gospel that is no gospel at all.

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 So if you want to make sure that it's the gospel you're preaching, the good news of God's salvation,

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 you need to make sure, according to this epistle and indeed the whole testimony of the Bible,

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 that you are preaching Jesus only as the Savior of sinners

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 and Jesus' work only as the basis of my acceptance before God.

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 There were teachers in the regions of Galicia who were compromising that by saying,

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 yes, we believe that Jesus lived and we believe that Jesus died and we believe that we need to believe in Jesus.

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 But in addition to that, you must keep all the extraneous requirements of law and ceremony

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 and you must in some way supplement what Jesus did by your own obedience.

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 Well, Paul's great argument here is that an addition to the gospel is actually a subtraction.

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 And the moment you try to supplement Jesus Christ with anything,

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 the moment you bring a plus into it,

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 is the moment you're subtracting and actually denying the gospel of God's grace.

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 And it really doesn't matter what your plus is.

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 If your message is Jesus plus your church attendance,

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 or Jesus plus your religious knowledge,

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 or Jesus plus your theological orthodoxy,

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 or Jesus plus your law-keeping,

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 or Jesus plus your experience,

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 you are actually degrading the gospel of God's redeeming grace.

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 Now, I'm not for a moment decrying or undermining the necessity of experience,

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 or orthodoxy, or church attendance, or law-keeping.

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 But you make sure that you put them all in that proper place,

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 and see them in that proper context,

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 because at last, the whole of the gospel

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 is in the exclusiveness and the sufficiency of the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 So, as he expounds this great theme in Galatians,

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 Paul comes to give us the great motto of his life,

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 and it should be written over the life of every one of us,

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 and over all our churches,

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 God forbid that I should glory,

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 except in the cross of the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 Let that be my gospel.

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 Let it be what Jesus did in his life,

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 in his law-keeping,

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 in his experience,

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 so that in Luther's great words,

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 the gospel is outside of me.

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 It's the very opposite of the world's philosophy.

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 The world will tell you tonight

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 that all your problems are outside of you.

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 They're in the world around you,

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 and the challenges that you're presented with every day.

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 That's where your problems are.

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 And your solution is inside of you.

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 So, all you need to do is tap into your inner resources,

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 and you'll soon find an answer to life's challenges and problems.

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 And the gospel comes and says the very reverse of that.

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 The problems are inside of you,

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 and the solution is outside of you.

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 And it's outside of you,

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 you must look to Jesus,

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 and to Jesus only.

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 And so, when anybody comes to you and says,

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 what must I do to be saved?

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 You answer the way Paul answered.

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 You believe in the Lord Jesus Christ,

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 and you are saved.

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 And faith comes,

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 I think St. Clapper doesn't say somewhere,

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 it is active, but non-contributory.

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 In other words,

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 when I believe,

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 I'm not contributing anything to my salvation.

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 I'm simply coming,

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 and I'm taking what's there.

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 With an empty hand,

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 taking from the riches of Christ,

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 and I'm made all the richer.

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 You go for your shopping into the supermarket,

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 and nowadays,

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 you need to take your shopping bag with you.

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 Because if you're going to take the plastic bag from the shop,

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 you're going to have to pay five pence.

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 At least that's the cost in Scotland.

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 So you spend £100 on your weekly shopping,

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 but you grudge that extra five pence for the carrier bag.

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 So you make sure that you take your shopping bag with you.

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 Your shopping bag doesn't contribute anything to what you've purchased.

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 It doesn't make the food you've bought any sweeter to your taste.

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 It doesn't do anything to what you're going to make of the food.

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 But if you don't have it,

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 you'll struggle to carry what you've bought,

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 and take it home.

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 And faith is a bit like that.

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 It's your empty shopping bag

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 that you take to the marketplace of the gospel,

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 where the bread of life is there for the taking,

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 and you need the shopping bag to take it home.

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 So you come with your faith,

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 and you fill it with Jesus,

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 and with Jesus only,

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 and you carry it with you,

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 and you feed on him everywhere.

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 And I want you to know tonight

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 that the gospel is as simple as that.

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 I want you to go into this world

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 and say to sinners,

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 you are in need of saving.

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 Here is the gospel.

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 You believe in the Lord Jesus Christ,

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 and you will be saved.

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 I need you to know that.

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 But I want you to know

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 that undergirding

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 that simple message of Jesus only

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 is this magnificent,

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 multidimensional work

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 on the part of the Triune God.

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 Because Jesus only

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 is the Jesus sent by the Father.

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 Jesus only is the Jesus

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 who has been commissioned

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 for a specific purpose.

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 Jesus only is the Jesus

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 by whom it is possible

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 for you to have

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 the Holy Spirit in your heart.

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 So I want to explore that tonight

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 as we come to these

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 magnificent words of Paul.

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 And Paul, of course,

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 is operating here

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 in terms of transitions.

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 You know, he's talking about

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 transitions in history.

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 He's talking about a long, long time

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 when the church was under ceremony

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 and under laws

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 and civil requirements

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 that are no longer enforced.

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 Transitions now

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 to the simplicity

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 that there is in Christ.

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 He's also paralleled with that

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 and intertwined with that.

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 He's talking about transitions

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 in experience.

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 He's talking about

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 coming to faith in Christ

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 led by the law,

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 our schoolmaster,

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 schoolmaster,

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 to bring us to Jesus.

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 So there's a point in history

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 when God's way of dealing

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 with the word changes.

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 But there's a point

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 in our experience too

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 when God brings us at last

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 through all of these things

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 simply to close in

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 with the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 So I want to ask

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 three very basic questions tonight.

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 I want to ask,

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 what did God the Father do for me?

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 To give me Jesus only.

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 And then I want to ask,

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 what did God the Son do for me?

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 To give me Jesus only.

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 And then I want to ask,

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 what does God the Holy Spirit do for me?

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 In order to give me Jesus only.

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 And when I ask these questions,

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 I'm conscious all the time

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 of the limitations

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 of our own minds and intellect.

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 Because we're making distinctions

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 where there is no separation.

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 Now if you know anything about theology,

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 you know that

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 that is the fundamental rule

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 in theology.

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 There are some things

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 that must be distinguished

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 from each other

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 but must never be separated

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 from each other.

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 And the persons of the Godhead

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 are where we begin.

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 We must distinguish them.

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 The Father is not the Son.

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 The Son is not the Holy Spirit.

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 The Holy Spirit is not the Father.

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 These persons are to be distinguished

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 but not separated

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 because there is only one God.

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 And the fullness of God

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 is in each person

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 in his own way.

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 So the fullness of God

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 is in the Father.

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 And the fullness of God

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 is in the Son.

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 And the fullness of God

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 is in the Holy Spirit.

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 So I react very strongly

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 against theologians

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 that write about

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 the members of the Trinity

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 as if the Trinity

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 was some kind of club

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 comprised of three members.

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 Because the matter

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 is much deeper than that.

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 So I just prefer

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 the old theology

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 that speaks about

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 three persons

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 in the Godhead.

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 And I speak more

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 than I can possibly

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 ever know.

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 Because I don't understand

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 in order to believe.

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 But I do believe

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 in order to understand.

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 So I come before

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 the triune God

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 of Scripture

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 and I say

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 what does this God

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 do for me

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 in the person

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 of the Father?

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 And my text tells me

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 that God the Father

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 is the sending God.

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 He sent

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 the Son

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 forth.

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 He sent him

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 out.

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 He

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 ex-apostulated him.

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 I'm making up

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 that word.

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 But it really

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 is what the Greek

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 says.

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 His Son

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 is an apostle

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 and he is

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 sent out.

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 So he's

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 the sent

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 Son.

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 Sent forth

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 from God.

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 And the same language

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 of course

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 is used here

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 of the Spirit.

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 Sent forth

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 from God

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 into our hearts.

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 So God the Father

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 for me

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 and for my salvation

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 is the sending

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 God.

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 He sent

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 his Son.

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 When did he

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 send his Son?

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 Well he sent

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 his Son

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 according to my text

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 when the fullness

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 of the time

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 had come.

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 God

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 never does

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 anything

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 that is not

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 at exactly

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 the right time.

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 And

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 Christ

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 came

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 into the Word

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 at exactly

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 the right time.

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 And God

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 had been

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 preparing

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 the ages

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 for that

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 time.

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 That's why

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 I love

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 the way

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 John

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 struck

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 his

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 gospel

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 with all

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 his references

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 to the

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 hour.

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 So you

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 study

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 John's

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 gospel.

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 Look at

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 how often

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 John talks

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 about

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 the hour.

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 He begins

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 his miracle

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 working at

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 Cana in

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 Galilee

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 at the

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 marriage

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 and uses

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 that language

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 his hour

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 my hour

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 has not

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 yet come.

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 My hour

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 has not

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 yet come.

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 My hour

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 has not

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 yet come.

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 And then

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 we hear him

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 praying in

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 chapter 17

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 and saying

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 now

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 the hour

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 has come.

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 And he's

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 conscious

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 all the

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 time

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 that he's

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 moving

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 towards

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 the hour

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 that heaven

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 had set.

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 And in

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 eternity

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 where there

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 are no

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 hours

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 time

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 was invented

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 in the

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 mind of

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 God

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 and an

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 hour

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 was set

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 on the

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 calendar

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 of history

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 and God

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 drew the

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 timeline

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 and every

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 event that

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 would take

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 place on

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 the timeline

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 of history

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 and marked

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 the spot

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 and the

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 very hour

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 at which

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 the sun

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 would be

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 sent forth

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 into the

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 world

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 by the

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 father.

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 And so

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 he comes

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 when the

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 fullness of

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 the time

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 had come.

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 I'd rather

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 like to

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 think of

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 it in

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 terms of

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 the building

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 of a

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 grand

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 theatre.

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 You're

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 about to

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 build an

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 extension to

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 this building.

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 I hope it

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 will be a

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 grand

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 theatre.

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 I hope I'll

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 see it one

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 day.

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 We had a

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 new school

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 built in

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 our district

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 and it

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 was great

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 just walking

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 into the

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 pristine

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 new school

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 the time

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 had come.

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 I mean

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 you looked

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 at the

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 whole

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 building

00:17:28.320 --> 00:17:29.440
 program

00:17:29.440 --> 00:17:30.420
 and process

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 and you

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 thought that

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 it would

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 never come.

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 You'll think

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 that too.

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 You'll think

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 we'll never

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 ever finish

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 this project.

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 But I

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 tell you

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 this,

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 the last

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 day always

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 comes.

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 Whether it's

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 the last

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 day of

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 term or

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 the last

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 day of

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 the year

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 or the

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 last

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 day of

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 the holidays,

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 the last

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 day always

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 comes.

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 And the

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 last day

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 of preparation

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 will come

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 and you'll

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 enter into

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 your grand

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 new theatre.

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 which is

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 only for

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 us

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 Presbyterians

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 a plain

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 meeting

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 house.

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 It's not

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 the church.

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 So God

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 is busy

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 all through

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 the Old

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 Testament

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 building a

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 theatre.

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 He begins

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 in Genesis

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 1,

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 doesn't he?

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 When he

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 makes the

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 world,

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 he's got his

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 plan,

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 he's laying

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 the foundations

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 of the earth

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 life.

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 And it's

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 his grand

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 project.

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 And the

00:18:26.699 --> 00:18:27.699
 triune God

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 is making

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 this word.

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 I mean,

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 who made

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 the word?

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 Well,

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 God made

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 the word.

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 But John

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 tells us

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 that the

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 creation is

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 actually the

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 act of the

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 word,

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 who is God

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 and with

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 God.

00:18:41.939 --> 00:18:42.679
 By him

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 all things

00:18:43.559 --> 00:18:44.019
 were made

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 and without

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 him nothing

00:18:45.139 --> 00:18:45.779
 was made

00:18:45.779 --> 00:18:46.459
 that was

00:18:46.459 --> 00:18:46.819
 made.

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 Because he's

00:18:47.939 --> 00:18:48.960
 the unmade

00:18:48.960 --> 00:18:50.519
 maker of

00:18:50.519 --> 00:18:51.200
 all things.

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 And the

00:18:52.339 --> 00:18:53.279
 triune God

00:18:53.279 --> 00:18:54.339
 is making

00:18:54.339 --> 00:18:55.379
 the world.

00:18:56.539 --> 00:18:57.039
 And as

00:18:57.039 --> 00:18:58.059
 Shakespeare put

00:18:58.059 --> 00:18:58.500
 it all,

00:18:58.619 --> 00:18:59.139
 the world

00:18:59.139 --> 00:19:00.079
 is a stage.

00:19:01.059 --> 00:19:01.720
 And that's

00:19:01.720 --> 00:19:02.259
 what God

00:19:02.259 --> 00:19:02.899
 is making.

00:19:03.519 --> 00:19:04.200
 He's making

00:19:04.200 --> 00:19:05.379
 a stage on

00:19:05.379 --> 00:19:06.119
 which at

00:19:06.119 --> 00:19:06.579
 the last

00:19:06.579 --> 00:19:07.579
 his great

00:19:07.579 --> 00:19:08.579
 drama of

00:19:08.579 --> 00:19:09.159
 redemption

00:19:09.159 --> 00:19:10.279
 is going

00:19:10.279 --> 00:19:10.679
 to be

00:19:10.679 --> 00:19:11.119
 enacted.

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 And

00:19:12.939 --> 00:19:13.659
 suddenly,

00:19:14.220 --> 00:19:15.099
 one day,

00:19:15.519 --> 00:19:16.439
 his design

00:19:16.440 --> 00:19:18.080
 is perfected

00:19:18.080 --> 00:19:19.400
 and the

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 principal

00:19:19.980 --> 00:19:20.680
 actor of

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 the drama

00:19:21.140 --> 00:19:22.440
 walks onto

00:19:22.440 --> 00:19:23.220
 the stage.

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 And it's

00:19:25.180 --> 00:19:25.900
 actually the

00:19:25.900 --> 00:19:26.759
 designer and

00:19:26.759 --> 00:19:27.180
 the builder

00:19:27.180 --> 00:19:28.880
 of the stage.

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 He takes

00:19:30.660 --> 00:19:31.320
 the principal

00:19:31.320 --> 00:19:32.299
 role in

00:19:32.299 --> 00:19:33.360
 this dramatic

00:19:33.360 --> 00:19:34.259
 work of

00:19:34.259 --> 00:19:34.779
 redemption.

00:19:35.820 --> 00:19:36.580
 The triune

00:19:36.580 --> 00:19:37.860
 God in

00:19:37.860 --> 00:19:38.360
 the person

00:19:38.360 --> 00:19:39.000
 of Jesus

00:19:39.000 --> 00:19:40.720
 coming onto

00:19:40.720 --> 00:19:41.600
 the stage

00:19:41.600 --> 00:19:42.539
 to be the

00:19:42.539 --> 00:19:43.620
 great worker

00:19:43.620 --> 00:19:44.480
 of my

00:19:44.480 --> 00:19:45.200
 salvation.

00:19:45.200 --> 00:19:46.640
 and the

00:19:46.640 --> 00:19:47.500
 fullness of

00:19:47.500 --> 00:19:48.120
 the time

00:19:48.120 --> 00:19:49.120
 had come.

00:19:49.759 --> 00:19:50.460
 Everything

00:19:50.460 --> 00:19:50.980
 ready.

00:19:51.420 --> 00:19:52.200
 The stage

00:19:52.200 --> 00:19:52.880
 is set.

00:19:53.360 --> 00:19:53.880
 And now

00:19:53.880 --> 00:19:54.740
 God sends

00:19:54.740 --> 00:19:55.740
 him into

00:19:55.740 --> 00:19:56.600
 this one.

00:19:57.840 --> 00:19:58.740
 That's when

00:19:58.740 --> 00:19:59.120
 he came.

00:20:00.720 --> 00:20:01.080
 And how

00:20:01.080 --> 00:20:01.660
 did he come?

00:20:02.840 --> 00:20:03.240
 Well, he

00:20:03.240 --> 00:20:03.779
 didn't come

00:20:03.779 --> 00:20:04.660
 to a fanfare

00:20:04.660 --> 00:20:05.440
 of trumpets

00:20:05.440 --> 00:20:07.220
 and choirs

00:20:07.220 --> 00:20:08.480
 of waiting

00:20:08.480 --> 00:20:09.319
 angels.

00:20:10.360 --> 00:20:10.700
 I know

00:20:10.700 --> 00:20:11.019
 that we

00:20:11.019 --> 00:20:11.420
 have that

00:20:11.420 --> 00:20:12.059
 idea, you

00:20:12.059 --> 00:20:12.360
 know, in

00:20:12.360 --> 00:20:12.880
 Luke chapter

00:20:12.880 --> 00:20:13.900
 two, that

00:20:13.900 --> 00:20:14.520
 the shepherds

00:20:14.520 --> 00:20:15.040
 were treated

00:20:15.040 --> 00:20:15.600
 to some

00:20:15.600 --> 00:20:16.240
 kind of

00:20:16.240 --> 00:20:17.100
 remarkable

00:20:17.100 --> 00:20:17.540
 choral

00:20:17.540 --> 00:20:18.260
 performance

00:20:18.260 --> 00:20:19.120
 by the

00:20:19.120 --> 00:20:19.820
 angels when

00:20:19.820 --> 00:20:20.900
 Jesus was

00:20:20.900 --> 00:20:21.300
 born.

00:20:22.480 --> 00:20:22.920
 But you

00:20:22.920 --> 00:20:23.400
 get that

00:20:23.400 --> 00:20:23.920
 from your

00:20:23.920 --> 00:20:24.740
 storybooks.

00:20:24.960 --> 00:20:25.500
 That's not

00:20:25.500 --> 00:20:25.900
 what the

00:20:25.900 --> 00:20:26.560
 Bible says.

00:20:28.060 --> 00:20:28.560
 They didn't

00:20:28.560 --> 00:20:29.460
 sing glory to

00:20:29.460 --> 00:20:30.360
 God in

00:20:30.360 --> 00:20:30.840
 the highest

00:20:30.840 --> 00:20:31.460
 because it

00:20:31.460 --> 00:20:31.900
 was some

00:20:31.900 --> 00:20:32.400
 kind of

00:20:32.400 --> 00:20:32.840
 polished

00:20:32.840 --> 00:20:33.820
 performance

00:20:33.820 --> 00:20:34.580
 of the

00:20:34.580 --> 00:20:34.940
 heavenly

00:20:34.940 --> 00:20:35.500
 hallelujah

00:20:35.500 --> 00:20:36.040
 chorus.

00:20:38.040 --> 00:20:38.540
 Who did

00:20:38.540 --> 00:20:38.940
 the singing?

00:20:38.940 --> 00:20:41.640
 the hosts

00:20:41.640 --> 00:20:42.420
 of heaven

00:20:42.420 --> 00:20:43.600
 did the

00:20:43.600 --> 00:20:43.880
 singing.

00:20:45.320 --> 00:20:46.019
 That word

00:20:46.019 --> 00:20:47.680
 hosts is

00:20:47.680 --> 00:20:48.140
 the Old

00:20:48.140 --> 00:20:49.140
 Testament word

00:20:49.140 --> 00:20:50.000
 for armies,

00:20:50.160 --> 00:20:50.559
 not for

00:20:50.559 --> 00:20:51.100
 choirs.

00:20:53.039 --> 00:20:53.539
 It's the

00:20:53.539 --> 00:20:55.059
 anthem of

00:20:55.059 --> 00:20:55.640
 heaven's

00:20:55.640 --> 00:20:58.440
 infantry and

00:20:58.440 --> 00:20:59.320
 of heaven's

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 soldiers.

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 And

00:21:02.620 --> 00:21:03.519
 actually what

00:21:03.519 --> 00:21:03.759
 they're

00:21:03.759 --> 00:21:05.759
 singing is

00:21:05.759 --> 00:21:06.640
 the anthem

00:21:06.640 --> 00:21:07.660
 that is

00:21:07.660 --> 00:21:08.259
 appropriate

00:21:08.259 --> 00:21:09.700
 because their

00:21:09.700 --> 00:21:11.080
 commander-in-chief

00:21:11.080 --> 00:21:12.700
 has actually

00:21:12.700 --> 00:21:14.240
 come into

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 the field

00:21:14.880 --> 00:21:15.660
 of battle

00:21:15.660 --> 00:21:17.060
 where as

00:21:17.060 --> 00:21:17.680
 the captain

00:21:17.680 --> 00:21:18.180
 of our

00:21:18.180 --> 00:21:19.000
 salvation

00:21:19.000 --> 00:21:20.080
 he's going

00:21:20.080 --> 00:21:20.700
 to wage

00:21:20.700 --> 00:21:21.519
 war with

00:21:21.519 --> 00:21:22.019
 the devil

00:21:22.019 --> 00:21:23.060
 to crush

00:21:23.060 --> 00:21:23.880
 him and

00:21:23.880 --> 00:21:24.519
 to defeat

00:21:24.519 --> 00:21:25.300
 him so

00:21:25.300 --> 00:21:25.680
 that we

00:21:25.680 --> 00:21:26.220
 might be

00:21:26.220 --> 00:21:26.700
 saved.

00:21:28.480 --> 00:21:29.580
 Glory to

00:21:29.580 --> 00:21:30.180
 God in

00:21:30.180 --> 00:21:30.900
 the highest.

00:21:31.759 --> 00:21:32.420
 Let's go

00:21:32.420 --> 00:21:33.519
 to Bethlehem.

00:21:34.259 --> 00:21:34.980
 That's where

00:21:34.980 --> 00:21:35.680
 the king

00:21:35.680 --> 00:21:36.620
 is born.

00:21:37.660 --> 00:21:38.420
 And

00:21:38.420 --> 00:21:39.440
 Jesus is

00:21:39.440 --> 00:21:40.060
 born in

00:21:40.060 --> 00:21:40.680
 Bethlehem

00:21:40.680 --> 00:21:41.440
 because David

00:21:41.440 --> 00:21:42.220
 was born in

00:21:42.220 --> 00:21:42.759
 Bethlehem,

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 the great

00:21:43.580 --> 00:21:44.540
 captain of

00:21:44.540 --> 00:21:45.180
 the Lord's

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 hosts.

00:21:45.700 --> 00:21:46.440
 Actually it's

00:21:46.440 --> 00:21:46.900
 the other way

00:21:46.900 --> 00:21:47.140
 around.

00:21:47.240 --> 00:21:47.640
 David is

00:21:47.640 --> 00:21:47.980
 born in

00:21:47.980 --> 00:21:48.220
 Bethlehem

00:21:48.220 --> 00:21:48.800
 because Jesus

00:21:48.800 --> 00:21:49.740
 was born

00:21:49.740 --> 00:21:50.440
 in Bethlehem.

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 But that's

00:21:50.940 --> 00:21:51.420
 for another

00:21:51.420 --> 00:21:51.800
 day.

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 Now on

00:21:53.140 --> 00:21:53.920
 the fields

00:21:53.920 --> 00:21:55.940
 the shepherds

00:21:55.940 --> 00:21:56.779
 hear the

00:21:56.779 --> 00:21:57.940
 not the

00:21:57.940 --> 00:21:58.420
 massed

00:21:58.420 --> 00:21:59.180
 choirs of

00:21:59.180 --> 00:21:59.940
 heaven but

00:21:59.940 --> 00:22:01.779
 the combined

00:22:01.779 --> 00:22:02.840
 armies of

00:22:02.840 --> 00:22:03.400
 heaven and

00:22:03.400 --> 00:22:04.259
 they're standing

00:22:04.259 --> 00:22:05.160
 to attention

00:22:05.160 --> 00:22:06.160
 and they're

00:22:06.160 --> 00:22:07.119
 singing glory

00:22:07.119 --> 00:22:07.819
 to God

00:22:07.819 --> 00:22:08.480
 in the

00:22:08.480 --> 00:22:08.920
 highest.

00:22:10.279 --> 00:22:10.920
 Now there

00:22:10.920 --> 00:22:11.640
 will be peace

00:22:11.640 --> 00:22:12.119
 on earth

00:22:12.119 --> 00:22:13.940
 because the

00:22:13.940 --> 00:22:14.480
 king has

00:22:14.480 --> 00:22:14.900
 come.

00:22:15.859 --> 00:22:16.299
 Who is

00:22:16.299 --> 00:22:17.700
 this king?

00:22:18.019 --> 00:22:18.960
 This king

00:22:18.960 --> 00:22:19.700
 of hosts?

00:22:21.019 --> 00:22:21.640
 It's the

00:22:21.640 --> 00:22:23.000
 Lord mighty

00:22:23.000 --> 00:22:23.879
 in battle

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 and it's a

00:22:25.619 --> 00:22:26.579
 warrior king

00:22:26.579 --> 00:22:27.299
 that appears

00:22:27.299 --> 00:22:28.299
 for us and

00:22:28.299 --> 00:22:28.700
 for our

00:22:28.700 --> 00:22:29.240
 salvation.

00:22:30.119 --> 00:22:30.660
 And he is

00:22:30.660 --> 00:22:32.000
 sent but

00:22:32.000 --> 00:22:32.319
 you would

00:22:32.319 --> 00:22:32.859
 never know

00:22:32.859 --> 00:22:33.679
 him as

00:22:33.679 --> 00:22:34.139
 the warrior

00:22:34.139 --> 00:22:34.879
 king because

00:22:34.879 --> 00:22:35.679
 he is simply

00:22:35.679 --> 00:22:37.439
 born of

00:22:37.439 --> 00:22:38.359
 a woman.

00:22:40.779 --> 00:22:41.659
 And he's

00:22:41.659 --> 00:22:43.480
 there born

00:22:43.480 --> 00:22:44.099
 in some

00:22:44.099 --> 00:22:45.119
 cave somewhere

00:22:45.119 --> 00:22:46.779
 don't sanitize

00:22:46.779 --> 00:22:47.039
 it.

00:22:47.899 --> 00:22:48.679
 He's there

00:22:48.679 --> 00:22:49.179
 in some

00:22:49.179 --> 00:22:50.519
 cave somewhere

00:22:50.519 --> 00:22:52.579
 and Mary

00:22:52.579 --> 00:22:54.319
 gives birth

00:22:54.319 --> 00:22:56.700
 with all

00:22:56.700 --> 00:22:57.779
 the pains

00:22:57.779 --> 00:22:58.960
 that the

00:22:58.960 --> 00:22:59.279
 curse

00:22:59.279 --> 00:22:59.939
 pronounced

00:22:59.940 --> 00:23:01.960
 because

00:23:01.960 --> 00:23:02.840
 this is

00:23:02.840 --> 00:23:03.460
 the

00:23:03.460 --> 00:23:03.980
 defeater

00:23:03.980 --> 00:23:04.420
 and

00:23:04.420 --> 00:23:05.000
 reverser

00:23:05.000 --> 00:23:05.320
 of the

00:23:05.320 --> 00:23:05.660
 curse

00:23:05.660 --> 00:23:06.420
 coming.

00:23:07.620 --> 00:23:08.180
 And he's

00:23:08.180 --> 00:23:09.240
 made under

00:23:09.240 --> 00:23:09.960
 the law

00:23:09.960 --> 00:23:11.519
 there's his

00:23:11.519 --> 00:23:12.380
 subjection

00:23:12.380 --> 00:23:14.000
 and he's

00:23:14.000 --> 00:23:14.440
 come as

00:23:14.440 --> 00:23:15.000
 the obedient

00:23:15.000 --> 00:23:15.620
 one

00:23:15.620 --> 00:23:17.480
 simply saying

00:23:17.480 --> 00:23:18.680
 not my

00:23:18.680 --> 00:23:19.160
 will

00:23:19.160 --> 00:23:20.799
 but your

00:23:20.799 --> 00:23:21.340
 will be

00:23:21.340 --> 00:23:21.640
 done.

00:23:22.660 --> 00:23:23.279
 God

00:23:23.279 --> 00:23:24.180
 sends

00:23:24.180 --> 00:23:24.840
 his son.

00:23:26.080 --> 00:23:26.700
 God the

00:23:26.700 --> 00:23:27.019
 father

00:23:27.019 --> 00:23:28.140
 is also

00:23:28.140 --> 00:23:28.640
 going to

00:23:28.640 --> 00:23:30.700
 send God

00:23:30.700 --> 00:23:31.220
 the Holy

00:23:31.220 --> 00:23:31.780
 Spirit

00:23:31.780 --> 00:23:32.580
 into our

00:23:32.580 --> 00:23:33.000
 hearts.

00:23:35.000 --> 00:23:35.460
 And when

00:23:35.460 --> 00:23:35.759
 does he

00:23:35.759 --> 00:23:36.220
 do that?

00:23:37.380 --> 00:23:38.380
 He does

00:23:38.380 --> 00:23:39.080
 that when

00:23:39.080 --> 00:23:39.560
 the fullness

00:23:39.560 --> 00:23:40.660
 of the

00:23:40.660 --> 00:23:41.020
 time

00:23:41.020 --> 00:23:41.740
 comes.

00:23:43.960 --> 00:23:45.300
 He sends

00:23:45.300 --> 00:23:45.780
 the Spirit

00:23:45.780 --> 00:23:46.380
 into your

00:23:46.380 --> 00:23:47.180
 heart when

00:23:47.180 --> 00:23:47.460
 your

00:23:47.460 --> 00:23:47.980
 own has

00:23:47.980 --> 00:23:48.280
 come.

00:23:50.640 --> 00:23:51.360
 The

00:23:51.360 --> 00:23:51.860
 glorious

00:23:51.860 --> 00:23:52.480
 sovereignty

00:23:52.480 --> 00:23:53.240
 of God

00:23:53.240 --> 00:23:54.180
 in our

00:23:54.180 --> 00:23:54.920
 salvation

00:23:54.920 --> 00:23:56.820
 means that

00:23:56.820 --> 00:23:57.600
 he determines

00:23:57.600 --> 00:23:58.840
 the point

00:23:58.840 --> 00:23:59.759
 of our

00:23:59.759 --> 00:24:00.720
 regeneration.

00:24:02.500 --> 00:24:03.400
 Glory be

00:24:03.400 --> 00:24:03.880
 to him

00:24:03.880 --> 00:24:04.860
 that's on

00:24:04.860 --> 00:24:05.460
 his timeline

00:24:05.460 --> 00:24:05.940
 too.

00:24:07.279 --> 00:24:08.039
 It's on

00:24:08.039 --> 00:24:08.560
 his list

00:24:08.560 --> 00:24:09.120
 of things

00:24:09.120 --> 00:24:09.759
 to do.

00:24:10.740 --> 00:24:11.140
 He's

00:24:11.140 --> 00:24:11.700
 going to

00:24:11.700 --> 00:24:12.640
 bring us

00:24:12.640 --> 00:24:13.320
 into a

00:24:13.320 --> 00:24:13.740
 place

00:24:13.740 --> 00:24:15.140
 where his

00:24:15.140 --> 00:24:15.759
 Spirit will

00:24:15.759 --> 00:24:16.300
 be sent

00:24:16.300 --> 00:24:17.200
 into the

00:24:17.200 --> 00:24:17.840
 hearts of

00:24:17.840 --> 00:24:18.420
 his people

00:24:18.420 --> 00:24:20.480
 and melt

00:24:20.480 --> 00:24:21.240
 these hard

00:24:21.240 --> 00:24:21.640
 hearts

00:24:21.640 --> 00:24:22.780
 so that

00:24:22.780 --> 00:24:23.120
 we will

00:24:23.120 --> 00:24:23.880
 close in

00:24:23.880 --> 00:24:25.020
 with Jesus

00:24:25.020 --> 00:24:25.560
 only.

00:24:26.660 --> 00:24:27.120
 And we

00:24:27.120 --> 00:24:27.520
 will be

00:24:27.520 --> 00:24:28.700
 born not

00:24:28.700 --> 00:24:29.620
 of woman,

00:24:29.800 --> 00:24:30.280
 not of the

00:24:30.280 --> 00:24:30.900
 will of man,

00:24:31.000 --> 00:24:31.400
 not of the

00:24:31.400 --> 00:24:31.880
 will of the

00:24:31.880 --> 00:24:32.259
 flesh,

00:24:32.780 --> 00:24:33.680
 but of God

00:24:33.680 --> 00:24:34.860
 because God

00:24:34.860 --> 00:24:35.340
 the Father

00:24:35.340 --> 00:24:36.460
 does the

00:24:36.460 --> 00:24:36.780
 sending.

00:24:38.500 --> 00:24:39.180
 What does

00:24:39.180 --> 00:24:39.640
 God the

00:24:39.640 --> 00:24:40.280
 Son do

00:24:40.280 --> 00:24:40.720
 for me?

00:24:42.020 --> 00:24:42.380
 Well,

00:24:42.540 --> 00:24:43.460
 he comes.

00:24:43.980 --> 00:24:44.520
 He comes,

00:24:44.620 --> 00:24:45.040
 doesn't he?

00:24:45.040 --> 00:24:45.880
 He simply

00:24:45.880 --> 00:24:46.620
 obeys the

00:24:46.620 --> 00:24:47.020
 commission.

00:24:47.640 --> 00:24:48.880
 He comes

00:24:48.880 --> 00:24:49.520
 into the

00:24:49.520 --> 00:24:51.040
 word and

00:24:51.039 --> 00:24:51.700
 he takes

00:24:51.700 --> 00:24:52.519
 my nature

00:24:52.519 --> 00:24:53.920
 and he

00:24:53.920 --> 00:24:54.519
 is under

00:24:54.519 --> 00:24:55.039
 God's

00:24:55.039 --> 00:24:55.740
 law for

00:24:55.740 --> 00:24:56.720
 me and

00:24:56.720 --> 00:24:57.519
 he does

00:24:57.519 --> 00:24:58.500
 that according

00:24:58.500 --> 00:24:58.940
 to my

00:24:58.940 --> 00:24:59.539
 text for

00:24:59.539 --> 00:25:00.519
 two distinct

00:25:00.519 --> 00:25:01.139
 reasons.

00:25:01.639 --> 00:25:02.399
 Distinct but

00:25:02.399 --> 00:25:03.019
 inseparable.

00:25:04.639 --> 00:25:05.319
 He does

00:25:05.319 --> 00:25:06.000
 it first of

00:25:06.000 --> 00:25:07.200
 all to

00:25:07.200 --> 00:25:08.240
 redeem me

00:25:08.240 --> 00:25:10.279
 because I

00:25:10.279 --> 00:25:10.460
 need

00:25:10.460 --> 00:25:11.019
 redeeming.

00:25:12.639 --> 00:25:13.720
 That word

00:25:13.720 --> 00:25:14.619
 redeem and

00:25:14.619 --> 00:25:15.579
 redemption

00:25:15.579 --> 00:25:17.119
 that are so

00:25:17.119 --> 00:25:17.839
 much part of

00:25:17.839 --> 00:25:18.539
 the vocabulary

00:25:18.539 --> 00:25:19.460
 of an

00:25:19.460 --> 00:25:20.019
 evangelical

00:25:20.019 --> 00:25:21.019
 gospel

00:25:21.019 --> 00:25:22.180
 theology.

00:25:23.259 --> 00:25:23.559
 It's

00:25:23.559 --> 00:25:24.160
 actually a

00:25:24.160 --> 00:25:24.379
 word,

00:25:24.460 --> 00:25:24.720
 as you

00:25:24.720 --> 00:25:24.920
 know,

00:25:25.019 --> 00:25:25.859
 from the

00:25:25.859 --> 00:25:26.740
 word of

00:25:26.740 --> 00:25:27.700
 the marketplace.

00:25:29.440 --> 00:25:30.200
 When you're

00:25:30.200 --> 00:25:30.599
 redeem,

00:25:30.779 --> 00:25:31.099
 you are

00:25:31.099 --> 00:25:31.519
 buying.

00:25:32.980 --> 00:25:33.940
 You have

00:25:33.940 --> 00:25:34.579
 to part

00:25:34.579 --> 00:25:35.259
 with your

00:25:35.259 --> 00:25:35.559
 money.

00:25:35.700 --> 00:25:36.099
 You can't

00:25:36.099 --> 00:25:36.400
 keep it

00:25:36.400 --> 00:25:36.879
 clenched in

00:25:36.879 --> 00:25:37.279
 your fist.

00:25:37.839 --> 00:25:38.299
 You have

00:25:38.299 --> 00:25:38.779
 to part

00:25:38.779 --> 00:25:39.139
 with your

00:25:39.139 --> 00:25:40.379
 money and

00:25:40.379 --> 00:25:41.680
 buy something.

00:25:42.339 --> 00:25:42.720
 I don't

00:25:42.720 --> 00:25:43.119
 know that

00:25:43.119 --> 00:25:44.000
 there is a

00:25:44.000 --> 00:25:44.220
 greater

00:25:44.220 --> 00:25:44.819
 illustration

00:25:44.819 --> 00:25:45.660
 of that

00:25:45.660 --> 00:25:47.299
 than what

00:25:47.299 --> 00:25:48.079
 happens in

00:25:48.079 --> 00:25:48.579
 the book

00:25:48.579 --> 00:25:49.339
 of Hosea.

00:25:50.419 --> 00:25:50.939
 You know

00:25:50.939 --> 00:25:51.679
 the story

00:25:51.679 --> 00:25:52.359
 of Hosea

00:25:52.359 --> 00:25:53.419
 who was

00:25:53.419 --> 00:25:54.259
 commanded to

00:25:54.259 --> 00:25:54.740
 marry a

00:25:54.740 --> 00:25:55.119
 woman who

00:25:55.119 --> 00:25:55.460
 would be

00:25:55.460 --> 00:25:56.119
 unfaithful

00:25:56.119 --> 00:25:56.579
 to him.

00:25:57.659 --> 00:25:58.259
 Remarkable

00:25:58.259 --> 00:25:59.179
 providence.

00:26:00.579 --> 00:26:01.179
 And he

00:26:01.179 --> 00:26:01.819
 had to

00:26:01.819 --> 00:26:02.720
 love her

00:26:02.720 --> 00:26:04.599
 fiercely and

00:26:04.599 --> 00:26:05.659
 vehemently and

00:26:05.659 --> 00:26:07.039
 uncompromisingly.

00:26:07.699 --> 00:26:08.579
 Even to the

00:26:08.579 --> 00:26:09.419
 point where

00:26:09.419 --> 00:26:10.059
 when she had

00:26:10.059 --> 00:26:10.779
 prostituted

00:26:10.779 --> 00:26:11.839
 herself and

00:26:11.839 --> 00:26:12.519
 become a

00:26:12.519 --> 00:26:13.079
 slave,

00:26:13.699 --> 00:26:14.599
 he had to

00:26:14.599 --> 00:26:16.299
 go down

00:26:16.299 --> 00:26:17.000
 to the

00:26:17.000 --> 00:26:17.599
 marketplace

00:26:17.599 --> 00:26:19.099
 where slaves

00:26:19.099 --> 00:26:20.480
 were stripped

00:26:20.480 --> 00:26:21.319
 naked and

00:26:21.319 --> 00:26:22.099
 were put on

00:26:22.099 --> 00:26:22.699
 show and

00:26:22.699 --> 00:26:23.399
 sold to the

00:26:23.399 --> 00:26:24.419
 highest bidder.

00:26:25.000 --> 00:26:25.579
 And Hosea

00:26:25.579 --> 00:26:26.259
 is watching

00:26:26.259 --> 00:26:27.359
 just to buy

00:26:27.359 --> 00:26:28.379
 his wife

00:26:28.379 --> 00:26:29.959
 Gomer from

00:26:29.959 --> 00:26:30.759
 those who

00:26:30.759 --> 00:26:31.459
 were selling

00:26:31.459 --> 00:26:32.339
 her as a

00:26:32.339 --> 00:26:32.839
 slave.

00:26:34.279 --> 00:26:34.639
 And the

00:26:34.639 --> 00:26:35.519
 bidding begins.

00:26:35.799 --> 00:26:36.480
 What will I

00:26:36.480 --> 00:26:36.939
 make for

00:26:36.939 --> 00:26:37.459
 Gomer?

00:26:37.559 --> 00:26:37.839
 Somebody

00:26:37.839 --> 00:26:38.199
 say I'll

00:26:38.199 --> 00:26:38.519
 give you a

00:26:38.519 --> 00:26:38.980
 handful of

00:26:38.980 --> 00:26:39.279
 barley

00:26:39.279 --> 00:26:39.599
 fire.

00:26:41.199 --> 00:26:42.119
 And so

00:26:42.119 --> 00:26:42.579
 the bidding

00:26:42.579 --> 00:26:44.339
 continues until

00:26:44.339 --> 00:26:45.599
 Hosea at

00:26:45.599 --> 00:26:46.480
 last goes as

00:26:46.480 --> 00:26:47.139
 far as he

00:26:47.139 --> 00:26:47.819
 can, gives

00:26:47.819 --> 00:26:49.119
 possibly all

00:26:49.119 --> 00:26:49.480
 that he

00:26:49.480 --> 00:26:50.039
 has.

00:26:50.980 --> 00:26:51.659
 A homer

00:26:51.659 --> 00:26:52.359
 and a

00:26:52.359 --> 00:26:53.519
 leite of

00:26:53.519 --> 00:26:54.259
 barley and

00:26:54.259 --> 00:26:55.179
 measures without

00:26:55.179 --> 00:26:56.019
 them and

00:26:56.019 --> 00:26:57.319
 the auctioneers

00:26:57.319 --> 00:26:58.059
 say sold.

00:26:59.039 --> 00:27:00.159
 Hosea you've

00:27:00.159 --> 00:27:00.599
 bought her.

00:27:02.199 --> 00:27:02.919
 And now that

00:27:02.919 --> 00:27:03.980
 language comes

00:27:03.980 --> 00:27:05.220
 into the

00:27:05.220 --> 00:27:05.919
 New Testament.

00:27:06.699 --> 00:27:07.220
 It's already

00:27:07.220 --> 00:27:07.879
 of course been

00:27:07.879 --> 00:27:08.619
 so much part of

00:27:08.619 --> 00:27:08.919
 the Old

00:27:08.919 --> 00:27:09.720
 Testament's

00:27:09.720 --> 00:27:10.879
 theology but

00:27:10.879 --> 00:27:11.879
 Hosea says I

00:27:11.879 --> 00:27:12.720
 bought her for

00:27:12.720 --> 00:27:13.319
 myself and I

00:27:13.319 --> 00:27:13.759
 said to her

00:27:13.759 --> 00:27:14.200
 now I've

00:27:14.200 --> 00:27:14.720
 bought you,

00:27:14.940 --> 00:27:15.480
 you belong

00:27:15.480 --> 00:27:16.099
 to me.

00:27:16.640 --> 00:27:17.660
 And Christ

00:27:17.660 --> 00:27:19.180
 has come in

00:27:19.180 --> 00:27:20.680
 order to pay

00:27:20.680 --> 00:27:21.599
 the price of

00:27:21.599 --> 00:27:22.579
 my liberation

00:27:22.579 --> 00:27:23.619
 out of

00:27:23.619 --> 00:27:25.200
 slavery and

00:27:25.200 --> 00:27:25.859
 set me

00:27:25.859 --> 00:27:26.180
 free.

00:27:27.539 --> 00:27:28.279
 All that's

00:27:28.279 --> 00:27:29.240
 necessary, he

00:27:29.240 --> 00:27:30.660
 has outbidded

00:27:30.660 --> 00:27:32.140
 everyone my

00:27:32.140 --> 00:27:32.920
 great, here

00:27:32.920 --> 00:27:33.420
 is my

00:27:33.420 --> 00:27:34.240
 redeemer, he

00:27:34.240 --> 00:27:35.440
 has come into

00:27:35.440 --> 00:27:36.119
 this one and

00:27:36.119 --> 00:27:36.799
 has given his

00:27:36.799 --> 00:27:38.339
 very life as

00:27:38.339 --> 00:27:39.240
 the price of

00:27:39.240 --> 00:27:40.000
 my redemption.

00:27:40.319 --> 00:27:40.680
 The son of

00:27:40.680 --> 00:27:42.339
 man came not

00:27:42.339 --> 00:27:43.519
 to be served

00:27:43.519 --> 00:27:44.139
 but to

00:27:44.139 --> 00:27:44.859
 serve and

00:27:44.859 --> 00:27:46.119
 to give his

00:27:46.119 --> 00:27:47.599
 life as

00:27:47.599 --> 00:27:48.419
 a ransom.

00:27:50.919 --> 00:27:51.919
 So now in

00:27:51.919 --> 00:27:52.299
 the great

00:27:52.299 --> 00:27:53.539
 words from

00:27:53.539 --> 00:27:54.119
 the book of

00:27:54.119 --> 00:27:55.799
 Job, God

00:27:55.799 --> 00:27:56.839
 looks at the

00:27:56.839 --> 00:27:57.439
 cross and

00:27:57.439 --> 00:27:58.439
 simply says

00:27:58.439 --> 00:28:00.039
 of his people,

00:28:00.240 --> 00:28:01.220
 deliver them

00:28:01.220 --> 00:28:01.919
 from going

00:28:01.919 --> 00:28:02.859
 down to the

00:28:02.859 --> 00:28:03.139
 pit.

00:28:03.559 --> 00:28:04.019
 I have

00:28:04.019 --> 00:28:05.519
 found a

00:28:05.519 --> 00:28:05.959
 ransom.

00:28:05.960 --> 00:28:08.240
 the price

00:28:08.240 --> 00:28:08.880
 is paid

00:28:08.880 --> 00:28:11.000
 in the

00:28:11.000 --> 00:28:11.400
 finished

00:28:11.400 --> 00:28:11.940
 work of

00:28:11.940 --> 00:28:12.819
 Jesus Christ.

00:28:13.600 --> 00:28:13.900
 It is

00:28:13.900 --> 00:28:15.600
 done, the

00:28:15.600 --> 00:28:16.160
 great

00:28:16.160 --> 00:28:17.299
 transactions

00:28:17.299 --> 00:28:18.360
 done.

00:28:19.400 --> 00:28:19.980
 It is

00:28:19.980 --> 00:28:20.680
 finished.

00:28:22.019 --> 00:28:23.220
 That part

00:28:23.220 --> 00:28:24.059
 of his

00:28:24.059 --> 00:28:25.100
 work that

00:28:25.100 --> 00:28:26.079
 Jesus could

00:28:26.079 --> 00:28:27.519
 only do

00:28:27.519 --> 00:28:28.340
 on earth,

00:28:29.660 --> 00:28:30.319
 he finished

00:28:30.319 --> 00:28:31.200
 on earth.

00:28:31.200 --> 00:28:33.860
 before the

00:28:33.860 --> 00:28:34.500
 eyes of

00:28:34.500 --> 00:28:35.080
 the word,

00:28:35.900 --> 00:28:36.539
 like the

00:28:36.539 --> 00:28:38.180
 priest officiating

00:28:38.180 --> 00:28:39.160
 at the

00:28:39.160 --> 00:28:39.860
 outward

00:28:39.860 --> 00:28:41.000
 altar in

00:28:41.000 --> 00:28:41.660
 the temple

00:28:41.660 --> 00:28:42.259
 courtyard,

00:28:42.720 --> 00:28:43.180
 in the

00:28:43.180 --> 00:28:43.860
 tabernacle,

00:28:44.840 --> 00:28:45.519
 Jesus has

00:28:45.519 --> 00:28:46.600
 officiated at

00:28:46.600 --> 00:28:47.080
 that altar,

00:28:47.259 --> 00:28:47.799
 offered the

00:28:47.799 --> 00:28:48.420
 sacrifice,

00:28:48.640 --> 00:28:49.039
 paid the

00:28:49.039 --> 00:28:49.340
 price,

00:28:49.680 --> 00:28:50.340
 and it is

00:28:50.340 --> 00:28:50.900
 finished.

00:28:52.180 --> 00:28:53.000
 He came

00:28:53.000 --> 00:28:54.400
 to redeem.

00:28:56.140 --> 00:28:57.140
 But if that

00:28:57.140 --> 00:28:58.180
 was all he

00:28:58.180 --> 00:28:58.420
 did,

00:28:58.420 --> 00:29:01.160
 what hope

00:29:01.160 --> 00:29:01.600
 could I

00:29:01.600 --> 00:29:03.039
 have that

00:29:03.039 --> 00:29:03.440
 I was

00:29:03.440 --> 00:29:03.940
 saved?

00:29:05.300 --> 00:29:05.840
 You see,

00:29:05.940 --> 00:29:06.620
 something else

00:29:06.620 --> 00:29:08.200
 happens that

00:29:08.200 --> 00:29:09.019
 is distinct

00:29:09.019 --> 00:29:10.120
 from redemption

00:29:10.120 --> 00:29:11.259
 but inseparable

00:29:11.259 --> 00:29:11.980
 from it.

00:29:13.220 --> 00:29:13.960
 God sent

00:29:13.960 --> 00:29:15.320
 his son to

00:29:15.320 --> 00:29:16.320
 redeem those

00:29:16.320 --> 00:29:16.660
 who were

00:29:16.660 --> 00:29:17.160
 under the

00:29:17.160 --> 00:29:17.820
 law so

00:29:17.820 --> 00:29:18.700
 that we

00:29:18.700 --> 00:29:20.320
 might receive

00:29:20.320 --> 00:29:21.519
 adoption

00:29:21.519 --> 00:29:23.340
 as sons.

00:29:24.900 --> 00:29:25.440
 He had

00:29:25.440 --> 00:29:26.120
 one son

00:29:26.120 --> 00:29:28.000
 and gave

00:29:28.000 --> 00:29:30.039
 him so

00:29:30.039 --> 00:29:30.440
 that he

00:29:30.440 --> 00:29:30.980
 might have

00:29:30.980 --> 00:29:32.259
 many sons

00:29:32.259 --> 00:29:33.599
 through the

00:29:33.599 --> 00:29:34.039
 giving of

00:29:34.039 --> 00:29:34.539
 that one.

00:29:36.160 --> 00:29:36.660
 And so

00:29:36.660 --> 00:29:37.460
 I'm

00:29:37.460 --> 00:29:38.019
 redeemed

00:29:38.019 --> 00:29:39.900
 and bought

00:29:39.900 --> 00:29:40.500
 from my

00:29:40.500 --> 00:29:42.640
 slavery so

00:29:42.640 --> 00:29:43.180
 that through

00:29:43.180 --> 00:29:44.720
 Christ I

00:29:44.720 --> 00:29:45.220
 might be

00:29:45.220 --> 00:29:46.099
 brought into

00:29:46.099 --> 00:29:47.220
 the family

00:29:47.220 --> 00:29:48.920
 of God.

00:29:50.420 --> 00:29:51.119
 That's my

00:29:51.119 --> 00:29:52.079
 ultimate security,

00:29:52.279 --> 00:29:52.660
 isn't it?

00:29:53.839 --> 00:29:54.740
 That having

00:29:54.740 --> 00:29:55.799
 been purchased

00:29:55.799 --> 00:29:56.559
 by him,

00:29:57.240 --> 00:29:58.259
 I will

00:29:58.259 --> 00:29:58.759
 not be

00:29:58.759 --> 00:29:59.919
 lost by

00:29:59.919 --> 00:30:00.220
 him.

00:30:01.240 --> 00:30:01.759
 I love

00:30:01.759 --> 00:30:02.500
 these great

00:30:02.500 --> 00:30:03.279
 words in the

00:30:03.279 --> 00:30:03.899
 drama of

00:30:03.899 --> 00:30:04.399
 the Joseph

00:30:04.399 --> 00:30:05.500
 story in

00:30:05.500 --> 00:30:05.839
 the book

00:30:05.839 --> 00:30:06.419
 of Genesis.

00:30:09.899 --> 00:30:10.740
 Who was

00:30:10.740 --> 00:30:11.139
 the most

00:30:11.139 --> 00:30:11.859
 important of

00:30:11.859 --> 00:30:12.240
 the sons

00:30:12.240 --> 00:30:12.819
 of Jacob?

00:30:13.079 --> 00:30:13.440
 That's a

00:30:13.440 --> 00:30:14.319
 great question.

00:30:16.779 --> 00:30:17.259
 And if you

00:30:17.259 --> 00:30:17.839
 say Joseph,

00:30:18.000 --> 00:30:18.480
 you're wrong.

00:30:18.480 --> 00:30:22.339
 I don't

00:30:22.339 --> 00:30:22.920
 think Joseph

00:30:22.920 --> 00:30:23.360
 was the

00:30:23.360 --> 00:30:24.259
 greatest of

00:30:24.259 --> 00:30:24.640
 the sons

00:30:24.640 --> 00:30:25.180
 of Jacob,

00:30:25.319 --> 00:30:25.740
 not in

00:30:25.740 --> 00:30:26.599
 the redemptive

00:30:26.599 --> 00:30:27.120
 history of

00:30:27.120 --> 00:30:27.579
 the Bible.

00:30:29.180 --> 00:30:30.380
 Because the

00:30:30.380 --> 00:30:31.400
 Messiah was

00:30:31.400 --> 00:30:31.880
 going to

00:30:31.880 --> 00:30:32.880
 come from

00:30:32.880 --> 00:30:34.240
 Judah,

00:30:34.839 --> 00:30:35.680
 not from

00:30:35.680 --> 00:30:36.019
 Joseph.

00:30:37.740 --> 00:30:37.980
 And

00:30:37.980 --> 00:30:38.700
 sometimes I

00:30:38.700 --> 00:30:39.079
 think that

00:30:39.079 --> 00:30:39.480
 the only

00:30:39.480 --> 00:30:40.440
 reason Joseph

00:30:40.440 --> 00:30:41.039
 is where he

00:30:41.039 --> 00:30:41.420
 is in

00:30:41.420 --> 00:30:43.059
 Egypt is

00:30:43.059 --> 00:30:43.640
 just to

00:30:43.640 --> 00:30:44.240
 keep Judah

00:30:44.240 --> 00:30:44.839
 alive.

00:30:46.380 --> 00:30:46.720
 And I

00:30:46.720 --> 00:30:47.000
 think that

00:30:47.000 --> 00:30:47.380
 that's one

00:30:47.380 --> 00:30:47.579
 of the

00:30:47.579 --> 00:30:48.199
 reasons why

00:30:48.199 --> 00:30:48.799
 the sordid

00:30:48.799 --> 00:30:49.480
 stories of

00:30:49.480 --> 00:30:50.039
 Judah are

00:30:50.039 --> 00:30:50.439
 there in

00:30:50.439 --> 00:30:50.699
 the book

00:30:50.699 --> 00:30:51.220
 of Genesis.

00:30:52.480 --> 00:30:53.039
 To remind

00:30:53.039 --> 00:30:53.639
 us that it's

00:30:53.639 --> 00:30:54.319
 not according

00:30:54.319 --> 00:30:54.899
 to our

00:30:54.899 --> 00:30:55.519
 righteousness,

00:30:55.720 --> 00:30:56.179
 because we

00:30:56.179 --> 00:30:56.679
 have none,

00:30:56.899 --> 00:30:57.279
 but the

00:30:57.279 --> 00:30:58.019
 sheer sovereign

00:30:58.019 --> 00:30:58.720
 grace of

00:30:58.720 --> 00:30:59.139
 God that

00:30:59.139 --> 00:30:59.819
 provides us

00:30:59.819 --> 00:31:00.359
 savior even

00:31:00.359 --> 00:31:01.199
 against the

00:31:01.199 --> 00:31:01.899
 backdrop of

00:31:01.899 --> 00:31:02.579
 our sins.

00:31:03.919 --> 00:31:04.460
 Judah is

00:31:04.460 --> 00:31:04.879
 there right

00:31:04.879 --> 00:31:05.099
 at the

00:31:05.099 --> 00:31:05.579
 beginning of

00:31:05.579 --> 00:31:06.079
 the story.

00:31:06.220 --> 00:31:06.679
 Let's not

00:31:06.679 --> 00:31:07.460
 kill Joseph.

00:31:07.679 --> 00:31:08.379
 Let's sell

00:31:08.379 --> 00:31:08.899
 him as a

00:31:08.899 --> 00:31:09.639
 slave, he

00:31:09.639 --> 00:31:10.220
 says, because

00:31:10.220 --> 00:31:10.639
 he's our

00:31:10.639 --> 00:31:11.039
 brother.

00:31:12.139 --> 00:31:12.659
 Can you hear

00:31:12.659 --> 00:31:13.399
 the irony in

00:31:13.399 --> 00:31:13.659
 that?

00:31:15.119 --> 00:31:15.619
 We'll not

00:31:15.619 --> 00:31:16.119
 kill him.

00:31:16.259 --> 00:31:16.639
 He's our

00:31:16.639 --> 00:31:17.279
 brother, so

00:31:17.279 --> 00:31:17.799
 let's just

00:31:17.799 --> 00:31:18.180
 sell him

00:31:18.180 --> 00:31:18.440
 as a

00:31:18.440 --> 00:31:18.680
 slave.

00:31:20.119 --> 00:31:20.399
 But

00:31:20.399 --> 00:31:20.920
 Joseph is

00:31:20.920 --> 00:31:21.279
 spared.

00:31:22.480 --> 00:31:22.799
 And then

00:31:22.799 --> 00:31:23.160
 of course

00:31:23.160 --> 00:31:23.519
 everything

00:31:23.519 --> 00:31:24.139
 happens, and

00:31:24.139 --> 00:31:24.460
 the famine

00:31:24.460 --> 00:31:25.359
 happens, and

00:31:25.359 --> 00:31:26.220
 the brothers

00:31:26.220 --> 00:31:26.579
 have to

00:31:26.579 --> 00:31:27.240
 come down,

00:31:27.619 --> 00:31:28.359
 and Jacob

00:31:28.359 --> 00:31:28.960
 is willing to

00:31:28.960 --> 00:31:29.480
 let them all

00:31:29.480 --> 00:31:29.839
 come down

00:31:29.839 --> 00:31:30.200
 except

00:31:30.200 --> 00:31:30.700
 Benjamin.

00:31:31.000 --> 00:31:31.700
 He's already,

00:31:31.799 --> 00:31:32.339
 as he thinks,

00:31:32.559 --> 00:31:33.359
 lost the

00:31:33.359 --> 00:31:33.759
 son of

00:31:33.759 --> 00:31:34.539
 Rachel that

00:31:34.539 --> 00:31:35.039
 he loved.

00:31:35.299 --> 00:31:35.720
 Joseph is

00:31:35.720 --> 00:31:36.180
 not going to

00:31:36.180 --> 00:31:36.460
 let the

00:31:36.460 --> 00:31:36.859
 other one,

00:31:36.980 --> 00:31:37.299
 Benjamin,

00:31:37.480 --> 00:31:37.680
 go.

00:31:38.200 --> 00:31:38.599
 But Joseph

00:31:38.599 --> 00:31:39.059
 knows what

00:31:39.059 --> 00:31:39.500
 he's doing.

00:31:39.899 --> 00:31:40.559
 Engineers it.

00:31:40.859 --> 00:31:41.359
 Read it if

00:31:41.359 --> 00:31:41.899
 you don't know

00:31:41.899 --> 00:31:42.039
 it.

00:31:42.500 --> 00:31:43.599
 Engineers it so

00:31:43.599 --> 00:31:44.279
 that at last

00:31:44.279 --> 00:31:45.259
 Benjamin has to

00:31:45.259 --> 00:31:45.440
 come.

00:31:45.440 --> 00:31:45.840
 There's no

00:31:45.840 --> 00:31:46.620
 other option.

00:31:46.759 --> 00:31:47.220
 He has to

00:31:47.220 --> 00:31:47.640
 come down.

00:31:47.759 --> 00:31:48.539
 Jacob says,

00:31:48.660 --> 00:31:49.259
 no, no, no,

00:31:49.320 --> 00:31:49.920
 you've already,

00:31:50.120 --> 00:31:51.080
 you've already

00:31:51.080 --> 00:31:52.220
 been, I'm already

00:31:52.220 --> 00:31:52.900
 bereft of

00:31:52.900 --> 00:31:53.140
 everyone.

00:31:53.140 --> 00:31:53.680
 I'm not going

00:31:53.680 --> 00:31:53.920
 to let

00:31:53.920 --> 00:31:54.320
 Benjamin.

00:31:54.480 --> 00:31:55.039
 Judah says,

00:31:55.160 --> 00:31:55.799
 I'll be the

00:31:55.799 --> 00:31:56.259
 pledge of

00:31:56.259 --> 00:31:56.759
 his safety.

00:31:56.880 --> 00:31:57.200
 I'll look

00:31:57.200 --> 00:31:57.660
 after him.

00:31:57.920 --> 00:31:58.580
 My life

00:31:58.580 --> 00:31:59.180
 for his.

00:31:59.559 --> 00:32:00.019
 Let me

00:32:00.019 --> 00:32:00.680
 stand in

00:32:00.680 --> 00:32:01.259
 his place.

00:32:01.960 --> 00:32:02.519
 So off they

00:32:02.519 --> 00:32:03.220
 go down to

00:32:03.220 --> 00:32:03.860
 Egypt with

00:32:03.860 --> 00:32:04.320
 Benjamin.

00:32:05.460 --> 00:32:05.799
 And then

00:32:05.799 --> 00:32:06.200
 there's that

00:32:06.200 --> 00:32:06.860
 whole business

00:32:06.860 --> 00:32:07.779
 of the cup

00:32:07.779 --> 00:32:08.400
 of Joseph

00:32:08.400 --> 00:32:10.059
 found in

00:32:10.059 --> 00:32:10.779
 Benjamin's

00:32:10.779 --> 00:32:11.140
 sack.

00:32:11.140 --> 00:32:12.200
 So Joseph

00:32:12.200 --> 00:32:12.560
 says,

00:32:12.740 --> 00:32:12.900
 okay,

00:32:13.100 --> 00:32:13.600
 I'm going

00:32:13.600 --> 00:32:13.920
 to keep

00:32:13.920 --> 00:32:14.240
 Benjamin

00:32:14.240 --> 00:32:14.500
 here.

00:32:14.600 --> 00:32:14.759
 We can

00:32:14.759 --> 00:32:15.080
 all go

00:32:15.080 --> 00:32:15.580
 back home.

00:32:18.860 --> 00:32:19.560
 Genesis

00:32:19.560 --> 00:32:20.620
 chapter 44,

00:32:21.040 --> 00:32:21.700
 the longest

00:32:21.700 --> 00:32:22.500
 single speech

00:32:22.500 --> 00:32:23.040
 in Genesis,

00:32:23.280 --> 00:32:24.080
 Judah steps

00:32:24.080 --> 00:32:24.560
 forward.

00:32:26.880 --> 00:32:27.440
 Pleased

00:32:27.440 --> 00:32:28.180
 with Joseph

00:32:28.180 --> 00:32:28.840
 for the

00:32:28.840 --> 00:32:29.440
 life of

00:32:29.440 --> 00:32:29.860
 Benjamin.

00:32:30.640 --> 00:32:31.380
 I promised

00:32:31.380 --> 00:32:32.020
 my father

00:32:32.020 --> 00:32:33.300
 I would be

00:32:33.300 --> 00:32:33.920
 a pledge

00:32:33.920 --> 00:32:34.300
 of his

00:32:34.300 --> 00:32:34.700
 safety.

00:32:35.900 --> 00:32:36.580
 Please

00:32:36.580 --> 00:32:37.860
 keep me

00:32:37.859 --> 00:32:39.679
 and let

00:32:39.679 --> 00:32:40.639
 him go.

00:32:43.039 --> 00:32:43.839
 He began

00:32:43.839 --> 00:32:44.879
 selling

00:32:44.879 --> 00:32:46.059
 the son

00:32:46.059 --> 00:32:46.779
 of Rachel

00:32:46.779 --> 00:32:47.679
 as a

00:32:47.679 --> 00:32:48.179
 slave.

00:32:48.559 --> 00:32:49.599
 Now he

00:32:49.599 --> 00:32:50.119
 wants to

00:32:50.119 --> 00:32:51.079
 make himself

00:32:51.079 --> 00:32:52.139
 a slave

00:32:52.139 --> 00:32:53.000
 for the

00:32:53.000 --> 00:32:53.799
 other son

00:32:53.799 --> 00:32:54.519
 of Rachel.

00:32:57.039 --> 00:32:58.259
 How can

00:32:58.259 --> 00:32:58.699
 I go

00:32:58.699 --> 00:32:59.379
 back to

00:32:59.379 --> 00:33:00.379
 my father

00:33:00.379 --> 00:33:02.479
 if the

00:33:02.479 --> 00:33:03.159
 boy is

00:33:03.159 --> 00:33:03.759
 not with

00:33:03.759 --> 00:33:04.099
 me?

00:33:06.219 --> 00:33:07.159
 And I

00:33:07.160 --> 00:33:07.620
 seem to

00:33:07.620 --> 00:33:08.120
 hear in

00:33:08.120 --> 00:33:08.259
 the

00:33:08.259 --> 00:33:08.880
 gospel

00:33:08.880 --> 00:33:09.519
 a

00:33:09.519 --> 00:33:09.960
 greater

00:33:09.960 --> 00:33:10.440
 than

00:33:10.440 --> 00:33:11.040
 Judah

00:33:11.040 --> 00:33:11.960
 saying

00:33:11.960 --> 00:33:12.779
 and doing

00:33:12.779 --> 00:33:13.660
 exactly

00:33:13.660 --> 00:33:14.180
 the same

00:33:14.180 --> 00:33:14.620
 thing.

00:33:15.620 --> 00:33:16.040
 Jesus

00:33:16.040 --> 00:33:17.140
 has come

00:33:17.140 --> 00:33:17.740
 to be

00:33:17.740 --> 00:33:17.940
 the

00:33:17.940 --> 00:33:18.560
 pledge

00:33:18.560 --> 00:33:19.400
 of my

00:33:19.400 --> 00:33:20.160
 salvation

00:33:20.160 --> 00:33:21.240
 and will

00:33:21.240 --> 00:33:22.000
 not go

00:33:22.000 --> 00:33:22.640
 back to

00:33:22.640 --> 00:33:23.580
 his father

00:33:23.580 --> 00:33:24.480
 without

00:33:24.480 --> 00:33:25.060
 me

00:33:25.060 --> 00:33:26.660
 because

00:33:26.660 --> 00:33:27.759
 I am

00:33:27.759 --> 00:33:28.720
 his

00:33:28.720 --> 00:33:29.240
 brother.

00:33:30.640 --> 00:33:31.580
 And he

00:33:31.580 --> 00:33:32.420
 came to

00:33:32.420 --> 00:33:33.259
 be like

00:33:33.259 --> 00:33:33.720
 me,

00:33:33.900 --> 00:33:34.380
 born of

00:33:34.380 --> 00:33:34.880
 a woman

00:33:34.880 --> 00:33:36.400
 who was

00:33:36.400 --> 00:33:36.640
 all

00:33:36.640 --> 00:33:37.200
 together

00:33:37.200 --> 00:33:38.100
 unlike

00:33:38.100 --> 00:33:38.660
 me in

00:33:38.660 --> 00:33:38.960
 his

00:33:38.960 --> 00:33:39.500
 sinless

00:33:39.500 --> 00:33:40.200
 perfection.

00:33:41.580 --> 00:33:42.019
 But he

00:33:42.019 --> 00:33:42.680
 did all

00:33:42.680 --> 00:33:43.140
 of that

00:33:43.140 --> 00:33:43.660
 so that

00:33:43.660 --> 00:33:44.380
 I might

00:33:44.380 --> 00:33:45.019
 receive

00:33:45.019 --> 00:33:46.060
 adoption

00:33:46.060 --> 00:33:47.040
 into his

00:33:47.040 --> 00:33:47.600
 family.

00:33:48.000 --> 00:33:48.380
 And my

00:33:48.380 --> 00:33:48.960
 brother

00:33:48.960 --> 00:33:49.519
 now,

00:33:49.920 --> 00:33:50.300
 Jesus

00:33:50.300 --> 00:33:51.080
 now,

00:33:51.300 --> 00:33:52.140
 stands

00:33:52.140 --> 00:33:52.940
 before

00:33:52.940 --> 00:33:53.700
 God

00:33:53.700 --> 00:33:54.640
 and says

00:33:54.640 --> 00:33:54.920
 I am

00:33:54.920 --> 00:33:55.700
 not coming

00:33:55.700 --> 00:33:56.420
 back to

00:33:56.420 --> 00:33:56.840
 heaven

00:33:56.840 --> 00:33:57.700
 without

00:33:57.700 --> 00:33:58.680
 the children

00:33:58.680 --> 00:33:59.160
 that you

00:33:59.160 --> 00:33:59.820
 gave me.

00:34:00.420 --> 00:34:00.900
 They are

00:34:00.900 --> 00:34:02.140
 yours and

00:34:02.140 --> 00:34:02.880
 you gave

00:34:02.880 --> 00:34:03.320
 them to

00:34:03.320 --> 00:34:03.700
 me.

00:34:03.700 --> 00:34:04.940
 and the

00:34:04.940 --> 00:34:05.660
 words that

00:34:05.660 --> 00:34:06.140
 you gave

00:34:06.140 --> 00:34:06.600
 to me

00:34:06.600 --> 00:34:07.039
 I have

00:34:07.039 --> 00:34:07.600
 given to

00:34:07.600 --> 00:34:08.240
 them and

00:34:08.240 --> 00:34:08.740
 now in

00:34:08.740 --> 00:34:09.179
 the glory

00:34:09.179 --> 00:34:09.619
 of this

00:34:09.619 --> 00:34:09.980
 great

00:34:09.980 --> 00:34:10.760
 work of

00:34:10.760 --> 00:34:11.220
 redemption

00:34:11.220 --> 00:34:12.960
 he makes

00:34:12.960 --> 00:34:13.699
 me his

00:34:13.699 --> 00:34:15.000
 brother and

00:34:15.000 --> 00:34:15.400
 is not

00:34:15.400 --> 00:34:17.780
 ashamed to

00:34:17.780 --> 00:34:18.320
 call me

00:34:18.320 --> 00:34:18.679
 such.

00:34:19.920 --> 00:34:20.320
 And is

00:34:20.320 --> 00:34:21.260
 himself the

00:34:21.260 --> 00:34:22.599
 pledge of

00:34:22.599 --> 00:34:23.740
 my eternal

00:34:23.740 --> 00:34:25.000
 salvation.

00:34:26.199 --> 00:34:26.800
 So that's

00:34:26.800 --> 00:34:27.159
 what the

00:34:27.159 --> 00:34:27.820
 son does

00:34:27.820 --> 00:34:28.280
 for me.

00:34:29.000 --> 00:34:29.720
 He comes

00:34:29.719 --> 00:34:30.779
 to redeem

00:34:30.779 --> 00:34:32.000
 in order

00:34:32.000 --> 00:34:33.019
 that I

00:34:33.019 --> 00:34:34.099
 might receive

00:34:34.099 --> 00:34:35.579
 sonship

00:34:35.579 --> 00:34:36.679
 into the

00:34:36.679 --> 00:34:37.899
 family of

00:34:37.899 --> 00:34:38.319
 God.

00:34:42.119 --> 00:34:42.959
 And that

00:34:42.959 --> 00:34:43.899
 is good.

00:34:44.219 --> 00:34:45.379
 It's good.

00:34:45.480 --> 00:34:46.139
 But how do I

00:34:46.139 --> 00:34:46.619
 know it's

00:34:46.619 --> 00:34:46.919
 true?

00:34:49.779 --> 00:34:50.759
 How could I

00:34:50.759 --> 00:34:51.399
 ever have

00:34:51.399 --> 00:34:52.059
 that assurance

00:34:52.059 --> 00:34:53.439
 that I've

00:34:53.439 --> 00:34:54.019
 been adopted

00:34:54.019 --> 00:34:54.459
 into the

00:34:54.459 --> 00:34:54.939
 family and

00:34:54.939 --> 00:34:55.319
 redeemed

00:34:55.319 --> 00:34:56.259
 by Christ?

00:34:56.459 --> 00:34:56.859
 I'll tell

00:34:56.859 --> 00:34:57.259
 you how.

00:34:57.260 --> 00:34:59.140
 because in

00:34:59.140 --> 00:35:00.060
 this remarkable

00:35:00.060 --> 00:35:00.700
 tie in

00:35:00.700 --> 00:35:01.480
 salvation

00:35:01.480 --> 00:35:02.740
 the

00:35:02.740 --> 00:35:03.940
 completeness

00:35:03.940 --> 00:35:04.820
 comes

00:35:04.820 --> 00:35:06.080
 when God

00:35:06.080 --> 00:35:06.640
 who sent

00:35:06.640 --> 00:35:07.360
 the son

00:35:07.360 --> 00:35:08.720
 now sends

00:35:08.720 --> 00:35:09.580
 the spirit.

00:35:11.400 --> 00:35:11.760
 And where

00:35:11.760 --> 00:35:12.240
 does he send

00:35:12.240 --> 00:35:12.740
 the spirit?

00:35:14.220 --> 00:35:15.240
 He sends

00:35:15.240 --> 00:35:16.000
 the spirit

00:35:16.000 --> 00:35:16.780
 who is the

00:35:16.780 --> 00:35:17.420
 spirit of

00:35:17.420 --> 00:35:18.060
 his son

00:35:18.060 --> 00:35:20.420
 into the

00:35:20.420 --> 00:35:21.200
 hearts of

00:35:21.200 --> 00:35:21.880
 his people.

00:35:23.700 --> 00:35:24.120
 That's

00:35:24.120 --> 00:35:24.440
 why

00:35:24.440 --> 00:35:26.160
 you're

00:35:26.160 --> 00:35:26.700
 described

00:35:26.699 --> 00:35:27.299
 as a

00:35:27.299 --> 00:35:27.480
 new

00:35:27.480 --> 00:35:28.059
 creation.

00:35:29.519 --> 00:35:29.939
 A new

00:35:29.939 --> 00:35:30.419
 theatre

00:35:30.419 --> 00:35:32.259
 for God's

00:35:32.259 --> 00:35:32.819
 glory to

00:35:32.819 --> 00:35:33.559
 be displayed.

00:35:34.759 --> 00:35:35.219
 That old

00:35:35.219 --> 00:35:35.639
 heart of

00:35:35.639 --> 00:35:36.980
 yours on

00:35:36.980 --> 00:35:37.439
 which was

00:35:37.439 --> 00:35:38.319
 transacted

00:35:38.319 --> 00:35:39.359
 and enacted

00:35:39.359 --> 00:35:40.679
 all kinds

00:35:40.679 --> 00:35:41.219
 of sinful

00:35:41.219 --> 00:35:42.779
 business and

00:35:42.779 --> 00:35:43.480
 gave no

00:35:43.480 --> 00:35:44.039
 glory to

00:35:44.039 --> 00:35:44.319
 God.

00:35:44.419 --> 00:35:44.799
 He has

00:35:44.799 --> 00:35:45.739
 now made

00:35:45.739 --> 00:35:46.299
 into a

00:35:46.299 --> 00:35:46.639
 theatre

00:35:46.639 --> 00:35:47.799
 prepared for

00:35:47.799 --> 00:35:48.460
 his own

00:35:48.460 --> 00:35:49.359
 divine

00:35:49.359 --> 00:35:50.519
 drama of

00:35:50.519 --> 00:35:51.000
 redemption.

00:35:51.699 --> 00:35:52.000
 In the

00:35:52.000 --> 00:35:52.699
 theatre of

00:35:52.699 --> 00:35:53.219
 history,

00:35:54.319 --> 00:35:54.539
 he

00:35:54.539 --> 00:35:55.460
 accomplished

00:35:55.460 --> 00:35:56.079
 that

00:35:56.079 --> 00:35:56.420
 great

00:35:56.420 --> 00:35:56.860
 work

00:35:56.860 --> 00:35:58.480
 in the

00:35:58.480 --> 00:35:59.119
 theatre of

00:35:59.119 --> 00:35:59.880
 your heart.

00:36:01.659 --> 00:36:02.119
 He now

00:36:02.119 --> 00:36:03.099
 applies that

00:36:03.099 --> 00:36:04.559
 work and

00:36:04.559 --> 00:36:05.039
 makes it

00:36:05.039 --> 00:36:05.860
 personal to

00:36:05.860 --> 00:36:06.199
 you.

00:36:07.000 --> 00:36:07.420
 So the

00:36:07.420 --> 00:36:08.000
 God who

00:36:08.000 --> 00:36:08.539
 sent his

00:36:08.539 --> 00:36:09.759
 son in

00:36:09.759 --> 00:36:10.360
 history,

00:36:11.099 --> 00:36:11.739
 sends his

00:36:11.739 --> 00:36:12.699
 spirit in

00:36:12.699 --> 00:36:13.179
 history,

00:36:13.940 --> 00:36:14.980
 not two

00:36:14.980 --> 00:36:16.440
 thousand years

00:36:16.440 --> 00:36:17.320
 away from

00:36:17.320 --> 00:36:18.199
 where you are

00:36:18.199 --> 00:36:20.239
 and not

00:36:20.239 --> 00:36:20.980
 thousands of

00:36:20.980 --> 00:36:21.739
 miles away

00:36:21.739 --> 00:36:22.199
 from where

00:36:22.199 --> 00:36:22.579
 you are,

00:36:22.699 --> 00:36:23.339
 but right

00:36:23.339 --> 00:36:24.079
 now where

00:36:24.079 --> 00:36:24.559
 you are

00:36:24.559 --> 00:36:25.299
 sends the

00:36:25.299 --> 00:36:26.480
 spirit into

00:36:26.480 --> 00:36:27.460
 your

00:36:27.460 --> 00:36:28.480
 heart.

00:36:30.619 --> 00:36:31.419
 And how

00:36:31.419 --> 00:36:32.079
 do I know

00:36:32.079 --> 00:36:32.779
 he's there?

00:36:35.399 --> 00:36:36.039
 Because

00:36:36.039 --> 00:36:38.819
 I cry

00:36:38.819 --> 00:36:41.259
 Abba

00:36:41.260 --> 00:36:41.860
 father.

00:36:45.300 --> 00:36:46.080
 And I

00:36:46.080 --> 00:36:46.680
 use the

00:36:46.680 --> 00:36:47.200
 same

00:36:47.200 --> 00:36:48.280
 language of

00:36:48.280 --> 00:36:48.820
 God

00:36:48.820 --> 00:36:50.600
 that the

00:36:50.600 --> 00:36:51.400
 son uses.

00:36:53.740 --> 00:36:54.320
 He

00:36:54.320 --> 00:36:54.800
 calls

00:36:54.800 --> 00:36:55.160
 God

00:36:55.160 --> 00:36:55.620
 father

00:36:55.620 --> 00:36:58.280
 and so

00:36:58.280 --> 00:36:58.800
 now

00:36:58.800 --> 00:37:00.940
 do I.

00:37:02.920 --> 00:37:03.660
 So this

00:37:03.660 --> 00:37:04.000
 is not

00:37:04.000 --> 00:37:04.600
 some kind

00:37:04.600 --> 00:37:04.840
 of

00:37:04.840 --> 00:37:06.260
 hallucination

00:37:06.260 --> 00:37:07.740
 this thing

00:37:07.740 --> 00:37:08.740
 when you

00:37:08.740 --> 00:37:08.920
 say,

00:37:09.000 --> 00:37:09.140
 well,

00:37:09.200 --> 00:37:09.560
 God is

00:37:09.560 --> 00:37:10.060
 my God

00:37:10.060 --> 00:37:10.320
 and I

00:37:10.320 --> 00:37:10.640
 want to

00:37:10.640 --> 00:37:10.980
 pray to

00:37:10.980 --> 00:37:11.180
 him.

00:37:11.260 --> 00:37:11.600
 It's

00:37:11.600 --> 00:37:12.040
 real.

00:37:13.200 --> 00:37:13.660
 There is

00:37:13.660 --> 00:37:14.340
 a real

00:37:14.340 --> 00:37:15.580
 person,

00:37:15.800 --> 00:37:16.780
 a divine

00:37:16.780 --> 00:37:17.520
 person

00:37:17.520 --> 00:37:19.760
 in the

00:37:19.760 --> 00:37:20.620
 hearts of

00:37:20.620 --> 00:37:21.520
 real people,

00:37:21.700 --> 00:37:22.160
 sinful

00:37:22.160 --> 00:37:22.800
 people,

00:37:24.700 --> 00:37:25.840
 and

00:37:25.840 --> 00:37:26.840
 where the

00:37:26.840 --> 00:37:27.820
 spirit is,

00:37:28.140 --> 00:37:28.500
 God

00:37:28.500 --> 00:37:29.300
 is.

00:37:32.380 --> 00:37:33.060
 Christ

00:37:33.060 --> 00:37:33.500
 says,

00:37:33.620 --> 00:37:33.920
 doesn't

00:37:33.920 --> 00:37:34.140
 he,

00:37:34.740 --> 00:37:35.400
 that he

00:37:35.400 --> 00:37:35.900
 will send

00:37:35.900 --> 00:37:36.080
 the

00:37:36.080 --> 00:37:36.580
 comforter,

00:37:37.700 --> 00:37:38.320
 he will

00:37:38.320 --> 00:37:38.920
 dwell with

00:37:38.920 --> 00:37:39.380
 you forever,

00:37:39.500 --> 00:37:39.980
 the spirit

00:37:39.980 --> 00:37:40.480
 of truth,

00:37:40.480 --> 00:37:42.340
 and the

00:37:42.340 --> 00:37:42.619
 spirit

00:37:42.619 --> 00:37:43.139
 comes into

00:37:43.139 --> 00:37:43.639
 the hearts

00:37:43.639 --> 00:37:43.940
 of his

00:37:43.940 --> 00:37:44.240
 people

00:37:44.240 --> 00:37:44.639
 and

00:37:44.639 --> 00:37:45.300
 Christ

00:37:45.300 --> 00:37:45.659
 says,

00:37:46.599 --> 00:37:47.079
 we

00:37:47.079 --> 00:37:47.800
 will

00:37:47.800 --> 00:37:48.340
 come

00:37:48.340 --> 00:37:48.920
 to that

00:37:48.920 --> 00:37:49.380
 person.

00:37:50.780 --> 00:37:51.099
 So where

00:37:51.099 --> 00:37:51.599
 the spirit

00:37:51.599 --> 00:37:52.000
 is,

00:37:52.539 --> 00:37:53.360
 the whole

00:37:53.360 --> 00:37:54.059
 of the

00:37:54.059 --> 00:37:54.740
 Godhead

00:37:54.740 --> 00:37:55.400
 is.

00:37:58.199 --> 00:37:59.079
 And if the

00:37:59.079 --> 00:37:59.719
 spirit is in

00:37:59.719 --> 00:38:00.280
 your heart,

00:38:00.679 --> 00:38:01.340
 the triune

00:38:01.340 --> 00:38:02.000
 God

00:38:02.000 --> 00:38:02.940
 is there.

00:38:02.940 --> 00:38:06.280
 God

00:38:06.280 --> 00:38:07.760
 is faithful

00:38:07.760 --> 00:38:08.740
 who

00:38:08.740 --> 00:38:09.360
 called

00:38:09.360 --> 00:38:10.000
 us

00:38:10.000 --> 00:38:10.860
 into

00:38:10.860 --> 00:38:11.300
 the

00:38:11.300 --> 00:38:11.840
 fellowship

00:38:11.840 --> 00:38:12.659
 of

00:38:12.659 --> 00:38:12.880
 his

00:38:12.880 --> 00:38:13.460
 son.

00:38:15.500 --> 00:38:16.159
 And just

00:38:16.159 --> 00:38:16.679
 as the

00:38:16.679 --> 00:38:17.119
 word

00:38:17.119 --> 00:38:18.260
 was with

00:38:18.260 --> 00:38:18.740
 God in

00:38:18.740 --> 00:38:18.880
 the

00:38:18.880 --> 00:38:19.260
 beginning,

00:38:19.980 --> 00:38:20.980
 so we

00:38:20.980 --> 00:38:21.780
 are with

00:38:21.780 --> 00:38:22.200
 God

00:38:22.200 --> 00:38:23.340
 in Christ

00:38:23.340 --> 00:38:23.900
 Jesus

00:38:23.900 --> 00:38:24.400
 now,

00:38:24.679 --> 00:38:25.179
 and shall

00:38:25.179 --> 00:38:25.860
 be with

00:38:25.860 --> 00:38:26.260
 God

00:38:26.260 --> 00:38:27.059
 forever

00:38:27.059 --> 00:38:28.000
 and

00:38:28.000 --> 00:38:28.759
 ever.

00:38:32.599 --> 00:38:33.380
 But Paul

00:38:33.380 --> 00:38:34.199
 doesn't say

00:38:34.199 --> 00:38:35.579
 when we

00:38:35.579 --> 00:38:35.960
 have the

00:38:35.960 --> 00:38:36.279
 spirit,

00:38:36.440 --> 00:38:37.059
 we say,

00:38:38.119 --> 00:38:38.420
 Abba,

00:38:38.519 --> 00:38:38.779
 Father.

00:38:40.779 --> 00:38:41.420
 What he

00:38:41.420 --> 00:38:42.019
 says is,

00:38:42.759 --> 00:38:43.179
 when we

00:38:43.179 --> 00:38:43.539
 have the

00:38:43.539 --> 00:38:43.860
 spirit,

00:38:44.039 --> 00:38:44.699
 we cry,

00:38:46.639 --> 00:38:46.960
 Abba,

00:38:47.099 --> 00:38:47.400
 Father.

00:38:47.400 --> 00:38:50.220
 in his

00:38:50.220 --> 00:38:50.579
 book on

00:38:50.579 --> 00:38:50.700
 the

00:38:50.700 --> 00:38:50.920
 Holy

00:38:50.920 --> 00:38:51.300
 Spirit,

00:38:51.460 --> 00:38:51.680
 Sinclair

00:38:51.680 --> 00:38:52.079
 Ferguson

00:38:52.079 --> 00:38:52.500
 draws

00:38:52.500 --> 00:38:52.920
 attention

00:38:52.920 --> 00:38:53.280
 to this.

00:38:53.380 --> 00:38:53.579
 It's a

00:38:53.579 --> 00:38:53.920
 book that

00:38:53.920 --> 00:38:55.079
 I commend

00:38:55.079 --> 00:38:55.900
 to everyone.

00:38:56.800 --> 00:38:57.380
 When they

00:38:57.380 --> 00:38:58.280
 ask me,

00:38:58.340 --> 00:38:59.039
 what would I

00:38:59.039 --> 00:38:59.380
 take with

00:38:59.380 --> 00:38:59.720
 me to

00:38:59.720 --> 00:39:00.500
 a desert

00:39:00.500 --> 00:39:00.980
 island?

00:39:01.980 --> 00:39:02.360
 Some

00:39:02.360 --> 00:39:02.760
 people might

00:39:02.760 --> 00:39:03.119
 think I'm

00:39:03.119 --> 00:39:03.619
 there already,

00:39:03.760 --> 00:39:05.960
 but when

00:39:05.960 --> 00:39:07.240
 I go to

00:39:07.240 --> 00:39:07.660
 a desert

00:39:07.660 --> 00:39:07.900
 island,

00:39:08.039 --> 00:39:08.400
 I'm going

00:39:08.400 --> 00:39:08.720
 to take

00:39:08.720 --> 00:39:09.000
 Sinclair

00:39:09.000 --> 00:39:09.320
 Ferguson

00:39:09.320 --> 00:39:09.599
 on the

00:39:09.599 --> 00:39:09.800
 Holy

00:39:09.800 --> 00:39:10.240
 Spirit.

00:39:11.380 --> 00:39:11.700
 If I

00:39:11.700 --> 00:39:12.099
 can't just

00:39:12.099 --> 00:39:12.519
 take Sinclair

00:39:12.519 --> 00:39:12.840
 Ferguson,

00:39:13.039 --> 00:39:13.360
 of course.

00:39:14.460 --> 00:39:15.039
 And he

00:39:15.039 --> 00:39:15.539
 deals with

00:39:15.539 --> 00:39:16.099
 this text,

00:39:16.480 --> 00:39:16.920
 and he

00:39:16.920 --> 00:39:17.260
 says,

00:39:17.400 --> 00:39:17.920
 this is

00:39:17.920 --> 00:39:18.860
 the word

00:39:18.860 --> 00:39:19.800
 of intense

00:39:19.800 --> 00:39:21.700
 emotion that

00:39:21.700 --> 00:39:23.440
 we hear when

00:39:23.440 --> 00:39:25.460
 the boy with

00:39:25.460 --> 00:39:26.579
 the epileptic

00:39:26.579 --> 00:39:28.539
 fits is

00:39:28.539 --> 00:39:29.139
 possessed,

00:39:29.519 --> 00:39:30.019
 and he's

00:39:30.019 --> 00:39:30.780
 screaming.

00:39:31.019 --> 00:39:31.440
 That's the

00:39:31.440 --> 00:39:31.720
 word.

00:39:31.880 --> 00:39:32.180
 He's

00:39:32.180 --> 00:39:32.880
 screaming.

00:39:34.240 --> 00:39:34.900
 It's the

00:39:34.900 --> 00:39:35.639
 word of the

00:39:35.639 --> 00:39:36.380
 shout of

00:39:36.380 --> 00:39:37.220
 Bartimaeus

00:39:37.220 --> 00:39:38.380
 when he

00:39:38.380 --> 00:39:39.539
 shrieks over

00:39:39.539 --> 00:39:40.460
 the crowd to

00:39:40.460 --> 00:39:40.980
 Jesus.

00:39:41.820 --> 00:39:42.420
 It's the

00:39:42.420 --> 00:39:42.960
 word that's

00:39:42.960 --> 00:39:43.420
 used of

00:39:43.420 --> 00:39:44.340
 Christ on

00:39:44.340 --> 00:39:44.860
 the cross.

00:39:44.860 --> 00:39:47.320
 with a

00:39:47.320 --> 00:39:48.700
 loud voice

00:39:48.700 --> 00:39:49.920
 at the

00:39:49.920 --> 00:39:50.579
 very end.

00:39:51.780 --> 00:39:52.579
 He cries

00:39:52.579 --> 00:39:52.960
 out.

00:39:55.200 --> 00:39:55.380
 The

00:39:55.380 --> 00:39:56.180
 atmosphere

00:39:56.180 --> 00:39:57.660
 here,

00:39:58.940 --> 00:39:59.240
 says

00:39:59.240 --> 00:39:59.700
 Ferguson,

00:40:00.120 --> 00:40:00.700
 is not

00:40:00.700 --> 00:40:01.840
 tranquility,

00:40:02.640 --> 00:40:03.539
 but crisis.

00:40:03.539 --> 00:40:06.599
 the usage

00:40:06.599 --> 00:40:07.159
 of this

00:40:07.159 --> 00:40:07.559
 word in

00:40:07.559 --> 00:40:07.719
 the

00:40:07.719 --> 00:40:08.320
 gospels,

00:40:09.079 --> 00:40:10.779
 it's a

00:40:10.779 --> 00:40:11.500
 cry at

00:40:11.500 --> 00:40:12.000
 critical

00:40:12.000 --> 00:40:12.619
 moments.

00:40:14.619 --> 00:40:15.179
 No other

00:40:15.179 --> 00:40:15.559
 hope,

00:40:15.759 --> 00:40:16.179
 no other

00:40:16.179 --> 00:40:16.559
 place.

00:40:16.940 --> 00:40:17.300
 It's the

00:40:17.300 --> 00:40:18.599
 scream of

00:40:18.599 --> 00:40:19.139
 sheer

00:40:19.139 --> 00:40:20.380
 abandonment,

00:40:20.679 --> 00:40:21.159
 and of

00:40:21.159 --> 00:40:23.079
 sheer hope

00:40:23.079 --> 00:40:23.880
 in God

00:40:23.880 --> 00:40:24.400
 alone.

00:40:24.400 --> 00:40:27.900
 God has

00:40:27.900 --> 00:40:28.280
 sent the

00:40:28.280 --> 00:40:28.720
 spirit of

00:40:28.720 --> 00:40:29.160
 his son

00:40:29.160 --> 00:40:30.380
 into my

00:40:30.380 --> 00:40:30.740
 heart,

00:40:30.820 --> 00:40:31.300
 so that I

00:40:31.300 --> 00:40:32.180
 shriek to

00:40:32.180 --> 00:40:32.599
 heaven,

00:40:33.119 --> 00:40:33.559
 and I

00:40:33.559 --> 00:40:33.900
 say,

00:40:34.039 --> 00:40:34.340
 thou

00:40:34.340 --> 00:40:34.720
 must

00:40:34.720 --> 00:40:35.320
 save,

00:40:35.579 --> 00:40:36.320
 and thou

00:40:36.320 --> 00:40:37.180
 alone.

00:40:39.340 --> 00:40:40.139
 It's an

00:40:40.139 --> 00:40:40.940
 amazing use

00:40:40.940 --> 00:40:41.700
 of child

00:40:41.700 --> 00:40:42.099
 language,

00:40:42.200 --> 00:40:42.599
 isn't it?

00:40:42.680 --> 00:40:43.019
 Abba,

00:40:43.119 --> 00:40:43.440
 father.

00:40:44.500 --> 00:40:44.900
 But don't

00:40:44.900 --> 00:40:45.960
 let's think

00:40:45.960 --> 00:40:46.720
 of it merely

00:40:46.720 --> 00:40:47.700
 in terms of

00:40:47.700 --> 00:40:48.800
 intimacy and

00:40:48.800 --> 00:40:49.559
 security.

00:40:49.760 --> 00:40:50.200
 All of these

00:40:50.200 --> 00:40:50.720
 things are in

00:40:50.720 --> 00:40:50.860
 it,

00:40:50.920 --> 00:40:51.340
 certainly.

00:40:52.619 --> 00:40:53.300
 The emphasis

00:40:53.300 --> 00:40:54.000
 is on the

00:40:54.000 --> 00:40:54.719
 relationship

00:40:54.719 --> 00:40:55.900
 that is

00:40:55.900 --> 00:40:56.760
 absolutely

00:40:56.760 --> 00:40:57.579
 fundamental

00:40:57.579 --> 00:40:58.280
 even at the

00:40:58.280 --> 00:40:59.059
 most critical

00:40:59.059 --> 00:41:00.639
 moments of

00:41:00.639 --> 00:41:01.659
 our experience.

00:41:03.320 --> 00:41:03.659
 And when

00:41:03.659 --> 00:41:04.280
 I'm stripped

00:41:04.280 --> 00:41:05.039
 of everything,

00:41:06.480 --> 00:41:07.079
 the spirit

00:41:07.079 --> 00:41:07.980
 enables me

00:41:07.980 --> 00:41:08.559
 to cry,

00:41:08.900 --> 00:41:09.219
 father.

00:41:10.360 --> 00:41:10.739
 And in

00:41:10.739 --> 00:41:11.079
 the valley

00:41:11.079 --> 00:41:11.460
 of the

00:41:11.460 --> 00:41:11.860
 shadow,

00:41:12.820 --> 00:41:13.340
 the spirit

00:41:13.340 --> 00:41:14.239
 enables me

00:41:14.239 --> 00:41:14.960
 to cry,

00:41:15.320 --> 00:41:15.719
 father.

00:41:16.920 --> 00:41:17.679
 In life

00:41:17.679 --> 00:41:18.199
 and in

00:41:18.199 --> 00:41:18.579
 death,

00:41:18.679 --> 00:41:19.199
 the spirit

00:41:19.199 --> 00:41:20.059
 enables me

00:41:20.059 --> 00:41:20.980
 to cry,

00:41:21.320 --> 00:41:21.599
 father,

00:41:21.719 --> 00:41:22.480
 because in

00:41:22.480 --> 00:41:23.719
 Jesus only

00:41:23.719 --> 00:41:24.179
 I have

00:41:24.179 --> 00:41:24.879
 discovered

00:41:24.879 --> 00:41:26.619
 that there

00:41:26.619 --> 00:41:28.239
 is absolutely

00:41:28.239 --> 00:41:30.059
 no refuge

00:41:30.059 --> 00:41:30.739
 for my

00:41:30.739 --> 00:41:31.659
 soul but

00:41:31.659 --> 00:41:32.519
 the refuge

00:41:32.519 --> 00:41:33.319
 that there

00:41:33.319 --> 00:41:34.699
 is in

00:41:34.699 --> 00:41:35.879
 Jesus Christ.

00:41:38.619 --> 00:41:39.439
 So I

00:41:39.439 --> 00:41:39.980
 can sing

00:41:39.980 --> 00:41:40.679
 the chorus

00:41:40.679 --> 00:41:42.319
 other,

00:41:42.319 --> 00:41:42.419
 father,

00:41:42.419 --> 00:41:42.799
 father,

00:41:42.799 --> 00:41:42.879
 father,

00:41:43.119 --> 00:41:44.519
 to the

00:41:44.519 --> 00:41:45.139
 most beautiful

00:41:45.139 --> 00:41:45.639
 melody.

00:41:47.339 --> 00:41:47.719
 I don't

00:41:47.719 --> 00:41:48.159
 think that's

00:41:48.159 --> 00:41:48.539
 what Paul

00:41:48.539 --> 00:41:48.919
 is saying

00:41:48.919 --> 00:41:49.199
 here.

00:41:50.639 --> 00:41:51.079
 I think

00:41:51.079 --> 00:41:51.579
 he's saying

00:41:51.579 --> 00:41:51.980
 that at

00:41:51.980 --> 00:41:52.799
 your lowest

00:41:52.799 --> 00:41:53.359
 depths,

00:41:55.119 --> 00:41:56.179
 even at

00:41:56.179 --> 00:41:56.739
 the point

00:41:56.739 --> 00:41:57.440
 at which

00:41:57.440 --> 00:41:59.059
 you are

00:41:59.059 --> 00:41:59.739
 doubting

00:41:59.739 --> 00:42:00.299
 that you

00:42:00.299 --> 00:42:00.819
 were ever

00:42:00.819 --> 00:42:01.500
 saved,

00:42:03.579 --> 00:42:04.440
 Christ

00:42:04.440 --> 00:42:05.480
 to heaven

00:42:05.480 --> 00:42:07.219
 and you

00:42:07.219 --> 00:42:07.880
 are saying

00:42:07.880 --> 00:42:09.280
 Jesus of

00:42:09.280 --> 00:42:10.000
 Nazareth,

00:42:11.420 --> 00:42:12.539
 son of

00:42:12.539 --> 00:42:13.159
 David,

00:42:13.960 --> 00:42:15.280
 come to

00:42:15.280 --> 00:42:15.460
 me,

00:42:15.579 --> 00:42:16.360
 I need

00:42:16.360 --> 00:42:16.780
 you,

00:42:17.920 --> 00:42:18.360
 and there

00:42:18.360 --> 00:42:18.740
 is no

00:42:18.740 --> 00:42:19.559
 other place

00:42:19.559 --> 00:42:20.099
 for me to

00:42:20.099 --> 00:42:21.920
 go but

00:42:21.920 --> 00:42:22.360
 to your

00:42:22.360 --> 00:42:22.820
 finished

00:42:22.820 --> 00:42:23.300
 work,

00:42:24.619 --> 00:42:25.300
 at

00:42:25.300 --> 00:42:25.940
 Calvary.

00:42:27.460 --> 00:42:28.099
 That's

00:42:28.099 --> 00:42:28.440
 what the

00:42:28.440 --> 00:42:29.059
 spirit does

00:42:29.059 --> 00:42:29.539
 for me,

00:42:30.639 --> 00:42:31.320
 and enables

00:42:31.320 --> 00:42:31.860
 me to look

00:42:31.860 --> 00:42:32.500
 heavenward

00:42:32.500 --> 00:42:34.239
 and to

00:42:34.239 --> 00:42:34.659
 say

00:42:34.659 --> 00:42:36.079
 Abba.

00:42:37.880 --> 00:42:38.639
 So my

00:42:38.639 --> 00:42:38.940
 friends

00:42:38.940 --> 00:42:39.360
 tonight,

00:42:40.519 --> 00:42:42.980
 I need

00:42:42.980 --> 00:42:43.340
 you to

00:42:43.340 --> 00:42:43.679
 know

00:42:43.679 --> 00:42:46.559
 that you

00:42:46.559 --> 00:42:47.139
 don't need

00:42:47.139 --> 00:42:47.539
 to know

00:42:47.539 --> 00:42:47.960
 any of

00:42:47.960 --> 00:42:48.500
 this in

00:42:48.500 --> 00:42:48.940
 order to

00:42:48.940 --> 00:42:49.480
 be saved.

00:42:53.000 --> 00:42:54.139
 I need

00:42:54.139 --> 00:42:54.539
 you to

00:42:54.539 --> 00:42:54.960
 know

00:42:54.960 --> 00:42:55.820
 that you

00:42:55.820 --> 00:42:57.079
 only need

00:42:57.079 --> 00:42:57.880
 to know

00:42:57.880 --> 00:42:58.940
 that Jesus

00:42:58.940 --> 00:43:00.219
 died for

00:43:00.219 --> 00:43:00.599
 sinners,

00:43:01.199 --> 00:43:01.820
 and that

00:43:01.820 --> 00:43:02.340
 you must

00:43:02.340 --> 00:43:02.940
 trust to

00:43:02.940 --> 00:43:03.220
 him.

00:43:03.579 --> 00:43:03.960
 That's

00:43:03.960 --> 00:43:04.320
 what I

00:43:04.320 --> 00:43:04.780
 need you

00:43:04.780 --> 00:43:05.260
 to know.

00:43:08.160 --> 00:43:08.780
 But I

00:43:08.780 --> 00:43:09.100
 want you

00:43:09.100 --> 00:43:09.440
 to see

00:43:09.440 --> 00:43:09.980
 the gospel

00:43:09.980 --> 00:43:10.660
 in color,

00:43:10.860 --> 00:43:11.360
 not just

00:43:11.360 --> 00:43:11.800
 in black

00:43:11.800 --> 00:43:12.340
 and white.

00:43:14.480 --> 00:43:15.100
 And I

00:43:15.100 --> 00:43:15.680
 want you

00:43:15.680 --> 00:43:16.300
 to know

00:43:16.300 --> 00:43:18.120
 that it's

00:43:18.120 --> 00:43:18.800
 the gospel

00:43:18.800 --> 00:43:20.039
 of the

00:43:20.039 --> 00:43:20.660
 three in

00:43:20.660 --> 00:43:21.160
 one.

00:43:22.800 --> 00:43:23.160
 It's

00:43:23.160 --> 00:43:23.820
 the gospel

00:43:23.820 --> 00:43:24.600
 of our

00:43:24.600 --> 00:43:25.380
 glorious

00:43:25.380 --> 00:43:26.160
 God,

00:43:27.600 --> 00:43:27.800
 the

00:43:27.800 --> 00:43:28.280
 sending

00:43:28.280 --> 00:43:28.880
 Father,

00:43:30.519 --> 00:43:30.780
 the

00:43:30.780 --> 00:43:31.180
 coming

00:43:31.179 --> 00:43:31.919
 Son,

00:43:32.480 --> 00:43:33.839
 and the

00:43:33.839 --> 00:43:34.119
 coming

00:43:34.119 --> 00:43:34.739
 Spirit,

00:43:36.419 --> 00:43:37.559
 all so

00:43:37.559 --> 00:43:38.940
 that I

00:43:38.940 --> 00:43:39.779
 can dance

00:43:39.779 --> 00:43:40.500
 with God

00:43:40.500 --> 00:43:41.039
 throughout

00:43:41.039 --> 00:43:41.839
 eternity

00:43:41.839 --> 00:43:44.480
 in the

00:43:44.480 --> 00:43:44.940
 fellowship

00:43:44.940 --> 00:43:47.539
 of the

00:43:47.539 --> 00:43:48.099
 Father and

00:43:48.099 --> 00:43:48.599
 the Son

00:43:48.599 --> 00:43:50.839
 and the

00:43:50.839 --> 00:43:51.539
 Holy Spirit.

00:43:51.539 --> 00:43:51.980
 God

00:43:51.980 --> 00:43:55.420
 and the

00:43:55.420 --> 00:43:56.059
 tiniest

00:43:56.059 --> 00:43:56.579
 glimpse

00:43:56.579 --> 00:43:57.079
 of that,

00:43:58.920 --> 00:43:59.480
 then I

00:43:59.480 --> 00:44:00.179
 cry out

00:44:00.179 --> 00:44:00.779
 all the

00:44:00.779 --> 00:44:01.400
 depth

00:44:01.400 --> 00:44:03.559
 and the

00:44:03.559 --> 00:44:04.199
 length

00:44:04.199 --> 00:44:05.980
 and the

00:44:05.980 --> 00:44:06.579
 breadth

00:44:06.579 --> 00:44:08.300
 and the

00:44:08.300 --> 00:44:08.860
 height

00:44:08.860 --> 00:44:10.099
 of the

00:44:10.099 --> 00:44:10.659
 love of

00:44:10.659 --> 00:44:11.059
 God

00:44:11.059 --> 00:44:12.259
 that

00:44:12.259 --> 00:44:12.940
 passes

00:44:12.940 --> 00:44:14.800
 all

00:44:14.800 --> 00:44:15.440
 knowledge.

00:44:15.440 --> 00:44:17.320
 and I

00:44:17.320 --> 00:44:17.579
 shall

00:44:17.579 --> 00:44:18.280
 stand

00:44:18.280 --> 00:44:19.960
 as I

00:44:19.960 --> 00:44:20.240
 might

00:44:20.240 --> 00:44:20.740
 stand

00:44:20.740 --> 00:44:21.059
 on the

00:44:21.059 --> 00:44:21.400
 west

00:44:21.400 --> 00:44:21.820
 coast

00:44:21.820 --> 00:44:22.039
 of

00:44:22.039 --> 00:44:22.420
 Lewis

00:44:22.420 --> 00:44:23.800
 looking

00:44:23.800 --> 00:44:24.260
 at a

00:44:24.260 --> 00:44:24.940
 Hebridean

00:44:24.940 --> 00:44:25.500
 sunset

00:44:25.500 --> 00:44:27.679
 with no

00:44:27.679 --> 00:44:28.280
 words,

00:44:29.860 --> 00:44:30.659
 just a

00:44:30.659 --> 00:44:30.980
 mouth

00:44:30.980 --> 00:44:31.920
 wide open

00:44:31.920 --> 00:44:33.800
 at the

00:44:33.800 --> 00:44:34.260
 sheer

00:44:34.260 --> 00:44:35.079
 glory

00:44:35.079 --> 00:44:36.179
 of what

00:44:36.179 --> 00:44:36.599
 God

00:44:36.599 --> 00:44:36.920
 has

00:44:36.920 --> 00:44:37.260
 done

00:44:37.260 --> 00:44:39.840
 and for

00:44:39.840 --> 00:44:40.059
 all

00:44:40.059 --> 00:44:40.659
 eternity

00:44:40.659 --> 00:44:42.659
 be lost

00:44:42.659 --> 00:44:43.480
 in wonder

00:44:43.480 --> 00:44:44.820
 and love

00:44:44.820 --> 00:44:46.860
 and praise

00:44:46.860 --> 00:44:48.699
 Jesus

00:44:48.699 --> 00:44:49.260
 only

00:44:49.260 --> 00:44:51.440
 in all

00:44:51.440 --> 00:44:51.719
 the

00:44:51.719 --> 00:44:53.300
 multi-dimensional

00:44:53.300 --> 00:44:54.460
 functionality

00:44:54.460 --> 00:44:55.420
 of the

00:44:55.420 --> 00:44:56.199
 persons of

00:44:56.199 --> 00:44:56.380
 the

00:44:56.380 --> 00:44:56.940
 Godhead

00:44:56.940 --> 00:44:59.820
 in the

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 business

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 of saving

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 may God

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 anchor my

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 soul

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 in that

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 great

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 rock

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 of ages

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 let's

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 pray