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 Well, that was good singing.

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 And it's an answer to prayer.

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 How many of you pray ahead of the service?

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! Raise your hand if you do.

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 Pray ahead of the service.

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 Would you raise your hand high so I can kind of see who it is that's praying in advance?

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 Okay.

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 I'm just...

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 You know what I would like?

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 Just do this so I can kind of see what it would be like visually.

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 Everybody raise your hand.

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 Just kind of raise it like this.

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 Go ahead.

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 Get it up.

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 Hey, get your hand up.

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 Okay.

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 That's what it should look like.

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 I mean, those who don't know Jesus, I can expect you to...

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 I understand if you don't pray about the services.

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 But if you know Christ, shouldn't you be begging for him to do a work among us?

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 And all God's people, this is when Baptists should say amen.

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 Okay.

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 I mean, I should be praying.

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 Okay.

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 Okay.

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 Listen, I would plead with you.

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 Don't come to this hour without pleading for God to do a work.

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 It's reasonable.

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 It's understandable.

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 It's appropriate.

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 And so I would ask that if you know Christ, that you never come to a service anywhere

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 without asking God to make your heart ready to hear the word

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 and without asking God to help that earthy vessel that God has placed before you for that hour

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 to be an instrument of the Holy Spirit, to minister the glory of Christ and make him supreme.

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 Now, just as a sidebar, tomorrow morning at 840, I'm going to be preaching for 25 minutes

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 to Madison Christian, and that is 25 minutes.

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 I want you to know it can be done, and not today, but that's tomorrow.

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 But I want you to pray for me, okay?

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 And so next week, if I do remember, and I say how many of you are going to be prayed for the service next week,

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 all of you that know Christ are going to raise your hands and say, I did, because it's a responsibility.

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 I'm going to grow in being consistent in my prayer life for the preaching of the word of God

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 and for the singing of God's people and for the supremacy of Christ

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 when we gather to worship together.

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 And I'll probably ask you, did you pray for me on Monday?

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 Because I have the privilege of preaching to young people,

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 and I will, as you know, I'll probably weave two things together.

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 One is the gospel, and the other is the goodness of Christ's work in the life of the believer.

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 I'm going to use Ephesians chapter 3, verse 14 through 19, one of those favorites for me.

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 We are together this morning to take the Lord's table,

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 and these elements here in front, the bread and the cup,

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 are really here as we understand from Scripture,

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 in particular in 1 Corinthians chapter 11, don't turn there,

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 that these elements are here to remind us of some things.

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 We forget things, don't we?

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 Truthfully, we do.

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 And Scripture makes it very clear that reminders are important.

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 This morning in my personal devotions,

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 I was reading through the account of Joshua crossing the Jordan into the promised land,

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 and God gave instructions that when the people crossed through on dry land,

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 one man from each of the tribes was to pick up a stone and pick that stone up

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 and put it on his shoulder and stagger out and then set it down on the other side.

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 And here's what it says.

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 So that in the future, when your children say to you,

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 what meaneth?

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 That's the King James.

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 Hey, what are these stones doing here?

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 That's kind of the contemporary rendition.

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 Why here?

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 Well, we took those stones out of the River Jordan when God dried it up,

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 stacked all the water up behind it, and we walked over on dry land.

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 That's why these stones are here.

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 We need reminders.

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 And what we are being reminded of this morning

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 is what Christ did to save us.

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 You know, one of the things that is a way of kind of judging whether or not you need the reminder would be this.

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 I'm not going to ask you to turn to your neighbor and say,

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 I love Jesus.

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 But, you know, here's the truth.

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 Your genuine affection and love for Christ

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 are an indicator of just how thankful you are for his salvation.

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 And if you're kind of hearing, you know, well, you know, I'm here.

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 Isn't he glad?

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 The thing is, is do you love him?

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 Does his love govern your life?

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 And one of the purposes of the Lord's table

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 is to kind of encourage our affection for the Lord Jesus.

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 So this morning, what I would like you to do is just quietly, where you sit,

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 just stay to yourself, and you can do it with your eyes open.

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 Just say, according to Psalm 119, verse 18, here's what it says.

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 It says,

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 Open my eyes that I might behold wondrous truths out of your law.

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 Do something for me,

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 that I can see the beauty of your work and grace,

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 and that that would be the thing that overwhelms me

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 in the face of the adversity and the difficulty and the disappointments

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 that I go through.

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 I've got to go to work on Monday,

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 and people there don't always like me.

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 And things are going to break,

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 and things are going to go bad,

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 and life's going to have all these disappointments.

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 And Jesus, this morning, I want to be reminded of how precious you are

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 and how much you love me.

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 I want you to dig in

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 and get a hold of this cold heart

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 and give me an affection for you.

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 And so, with that prayer resonating in your heart,

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 I would ask that you turn in your Bible to Isaiah chapter 53.

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 Isaiah chapter 53 is a passage that,

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 for believers, many of us know,

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 all we like sheep have gone astray.

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 It is a passage that is probably one of the most well-recognized Old Testament texts.

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 In the Jewish community, it is one that is hardly known at all.

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 And that's not really an accident,

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 because it is one of the clearest indicators in the Old Testament of the Messiah

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 and his redemptive work for us.

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 The idea of him dying and being a substitution for our sin

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 is undeniably clear in this passage,

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 and it is a convicting passage.

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 Keep your finger in Isaiah chapter 53.

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 I took you there to begin with,

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 but turn back, if you would, just for a bit.

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 We're just going to go for a second,

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 but go to Acts chapter 8.

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 In Acts chapter 8,

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 we find a very interesting little situation

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 where Philip ends up being taken by the Holy Spirit

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 to minister to a guy who's kind of trudging along in a chariot,

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 and he's reading the book of Isaiah.

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 And guess what chapter he's in?

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 Surprise.

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 Surprise.

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 Chapter 53 of Isaiah.

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 And now, in verse 32, it says,

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 Now the passage of the Scripture that he was reading was this.

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 Like a sheep, he was led to the slaughter,

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 and like a lamb before its shearer is silent,

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 so he opened not his mouth.

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 In his humiliation, justice was denied him.

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 Who can describe his generation?

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 For his life is taken away from the earth.

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 And the eunuch said to Philip,

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 About whom, I ask,

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 does the prophet say this about himself or someone else?

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 And as we look at that passage just for a moment,

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 we understand that here is this Ethiopian eunuch

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 who had traveled to Jerusalem to learn more about Judaism

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 and to kind of grow in his budding faith

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 and in the hope of the Messiah

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 and his desire to have his heart satisfied

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 is met on the road

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 when Philip opens up the Scripture and says,

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 Hey, this is talking about Jesus

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 who came and lived and died

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 and rose again for our sins.

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 And so what I want us to do this morning

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 is kind of ask the Holy Spirit

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 to help us understand what it is

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 that the Spirit of God communicates in Isaiah chapter 53.

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 Let's begin, first of all,

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 with understanding the tragedy of an unjust rejection.

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 As we take up Isaiah 53,

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 we find that the early verses kind of move us to sympathy.

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 Who's believed what he has heard from us

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 and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?

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 For he grew up before him like a young plant

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 and like a root out of dry ground.

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 He had no form or majesty that we should look at him

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 and no beauty that we should desire him.

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 You know, the average picture that most of us have

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 of Jesus is some incredibly handsome kind of rugged dude

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 that, you know, he's just the embodiment of perfection.

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 The way Isaiah describes him is that he was so nondescript

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 that had we been looking in the crowd,

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 we would, ooh, there he is.

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 Remember how Samuel the prophet

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 was kind of challenged by what we see on the outside?

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 I mean, after all, we are drawn to the outside.

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 Isn't that right?

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 Right.

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 And here it says, this is the Holy Spirit kind of giving us,

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 this is better than an artist's rendition

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 because it's the Holy Spirit telling us the truth.

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 It says, hey, we wouldn't have been impressed looking at him.

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 Not only that, but when you read through the scriptures,

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 you find that Jesus in his temperament and character

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 was not this, you know, crowd-pleasing, you know,

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 big stomping dude that, you know,

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 whenever he walked into the room, he's like, ooh, there's Jesus.

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 He was kind of a quiet guy.

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 It says that a guttering wick he would not snuff out

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 and a bruised reed he wouldn't break.

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 He was a gentle and tender guy.

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 And so you probably ask yourself,

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 why in the world would someone that was so nondescript

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 and didn't really go out of his way to offend people,

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 why would he end up being hated and so abused

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 and someone who made people angry and made them disgusted?

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 How does a humble person end up like that?

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 Well, I want you to understand that what the scriptures make very clear

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 when we kind of piece the thing together

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 is that Jesus was rejected because he addressed the world's sin.

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 I want you to think about that just for a minute.

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 Jesus was rejected because he pointed out the world's sin.

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 Let me have you look at a couple passages

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 that just kind of confirm this truth

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 so you get it clearly in your own mind in the scriptures.

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 Turn in your Bible to John 1.

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 John 1.

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 In that introductory portion of the book of John,

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 we find there in verse 10 and 11 that the apostle says this,

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 he was in the world and the world was made through him,

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 yet the world did not know him.

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 I mean, hey, the guy who did it all is in the room

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 and nobody knows he's there.

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 He came into his own, talking about the Jews,

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 and his own people did not receive him.

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 I mean, if anybody should have known who Jesus was,

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 it was the Jews.

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 And why?

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 Because they had received the message of the prophets

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 regarding the coming of the Messiah.

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 If you go back to the very beginning in Genesis,

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 you remember after Adam and Eve sinned,

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 God said there would come someone who would bring redemption.

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 And very interestingly,

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 if you kind of read in between the lines, so to speak,

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 the first child that Adam and Eve had,

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 do you know what Eve was thinking?

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 She was thinking,

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 this is the one.

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 This is the one.

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 This is the one who's going to help us in our mess.

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 And over and over again throughout the generations,

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 the idea and the ambition and the desire

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 of the sincere believer in the Old Testament was,

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 someday God will provide the perfect sacrifice,

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 the Messiah, who will be our Redeemer and our Savior.

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 And so here is Isaiah sharing the truth about Jesus.

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 And when Jesus came, he was rejected by the Jews.

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 And really, when you ask yourself,

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 let me understand that a little bit,

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 or go forward a little bit.

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 You're in John, so stay there just for a second

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 and go to John 3, verse 19.

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 By the way, it doesn't hurt to look at it.

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 Everybody smile at me.

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 I'm talking to you.

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 Do you know why we have Bibles in the pews?

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 How many of you, just put your finger on a Bible in the pew.

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 Go ahead, just touch it.

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 I don't want people touching hands doing this.

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 I mean, let's be good about this.

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 Just touch the Bible in front.

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 The reason we have Bibles in the pews

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 is so you can get a hold of them

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 if for some reason you forgot your own.

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 It's all right.

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 Go ahead and use one of these.

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 In fact, listen to me.

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 If you want to take one home,

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 if you don't know where your Bible is this morning,

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 take it home.

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 Take the one that we have in the pew home.

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 We have more.

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 We'll replace the one you take

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 and we'll be tickled pink that you took.

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 Hey, take a Bible home if you don't have one.

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 You got that?

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 Everybody heard me say that.

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 Well, anyway, let's go back to verse 19.

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 It says, and this is the judgment,

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 the light, that's Jesus' code, right?

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 The light has come into the world

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 and people, what?

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 They love the darkness.

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 They love the darkness.

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 What?

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 I don't mind when people expose other people's sins.

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 In fact, I don't mind helping them do that.

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 But my sins?

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 Here's what it says.

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 It says,

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 they love the darkness rather than the light

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 because their works were evil.

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 How many of you have ever been driving down the road

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 and you hit that place where, you know,

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 the sheriff's department decide to set up

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 one of those little, you know, radar devices

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 that sits on two wheels and what does it say?

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 You know, they always put it,

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 providentially,

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 they always put it, you know,

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 about 100 yards or 100 feet

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 behind a posted speed sign, right?

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 The limit on this road is 35 miles an hour

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 and then right down the road,

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 they have this other thing that's going to blink,

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 blink, blink,

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 and as you zip along,

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 what's it saying?

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 And you're driving 53.

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 And you think,

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 why is that there?

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 I don't need that.

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 Until you see somebody else park just a little further

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 and you think,

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 you know, okay.

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 So here's what it says.

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 It says,

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 they don't like the light

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 because their deeds are evil.

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 And there in the passage in verse 20,

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 it says,

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 for everyone who does wicked things hates the light.

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 Why was Jesus rejected?

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 It's because he turned on the light

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 and exposed the reality of men's hearts

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 and they hated seeing the truth about themselves.

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 When I deal with marital counseling

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 and often when Pastor Saul deals with counseling

00:17:21.460 --> 00:17:23.079
 and Pastor Andrew deals with counseling,

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 one of the things that we end up in the situation

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 is saying to the people who are in our office

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 is you got a problem.

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 Now, they're fully persuaded

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 that the other party who came with them has problems

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 and it's kind of like an epiphany.

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 It's kind of like,

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 what, me?

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 Me?

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 Yeah.

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 In fact,

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 not only do you have a problem,

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 but you're the only one who can fix it.

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 And unless you fix your problem,

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 the problem is probably going to stay

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 about as bad as it is.

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 And here is John telling us

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 that people,

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 when they were brought into

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 face-to-face conviction

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 with the reality of their sin,

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 they didn't like it.

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 And kind of the idea

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 that Jesus is some ancient bearded dude

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 floating around

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 just kind of smack-talking with people

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 is not the Bible story.

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 Do you follow that?

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 I mean, he was right in people's space

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 and he wasn't arrogant or argumentative,

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 but his heart,

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 which communicated

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 the glory of his Father,

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 brought conviction

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 to the heart of every person.

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 He fully revealed

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 God's judgment against sin

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 and man's absolute inability

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 to save himself.

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 And so,

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 when you kind of stop

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 and think about this

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 humble individual

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 who is rejected,

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 understand that really behind it

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 is the second thing

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 we need to find out,

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 and that is that

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 there is a terror in sin.

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 We tend to not think about sin

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 as being all that bad,

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 at least the sins we do.

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 I mean, for a fact,

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 we do them over and over again.

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 Isn't that right?

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 And we have a wonderfully

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 well-developed vocabulary

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 about our sins.

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 Instead of calling them things

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 like blatant, arrogant,

00:19:12.240 --> 00:19:14.080
 stubborn, rebellious acts

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 against the holy God

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 and the creator of this universe,

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 we call our sins

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 by things like,

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 I made a mistake.

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 I mean, everybody does, right?

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 I drop my pencil.

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 I kick my dog.

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 You know,

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 whatever thing.

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 I made a mistake.

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 Or we have a well-developed,

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 I mean, the way I am

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 is because of the people

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 that I live around.

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 If you knew my parents,

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 you would sin too.

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 I mean,

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 you'd have the same problems.

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 Do you follow?

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 Hey, everybody has a reason

00:19:42.280 --> 00:19:43.660
 for being the jerk they are.

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 I was sharing with Connie

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 the other day.

00:19:50.000 --> 00:19:50.960
 Pastor Saul was in there

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 and we were talking

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 a little bit about ministry,

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 and I said that

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 there was a time in my life

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 where I had discipled

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 an individual

00:19:56.859 --> 00:19:59.460
 who was a dentist

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 in one of our

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 state correctional institutions.

00:20:04.119 --> 00:20:04.480
 How many of you

00:20:04.480 --> 00:20:05.339
 understand what I just said?

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 And he worked

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 day in and day out

00:20:10.019 --> 00:20:10.900
 as a dentist

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 dealing with people

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 who had advanced

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 dental difficulties,

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 and he said,

00:20:18.019 --> 00:20:18.139
 you know,

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 one of the interesting things

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 of working in the prison system

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 is that he never ever

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 up to that point

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 had met anybody

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 that deserved to be there.

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 everybody that he ever

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 dealt with

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 had been put into prison

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 unjustly

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 because of other people's

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 behavior or lies

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 or whatever else,

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 and they had never

00:20:36.200 --> 00:20:36.779
 done anything

00:20:36.779 --> 00:20:37.779
 to deserve the treatment

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 they were receiving.

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 And so,

00:20:41.000 --> 00:20:42.519
 one of the things

00:20:42.519 --> 00:20:43.259
 that Isaiah

00:20:43.259 --> 00:20:44.460
 helps us understand

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 is that sin

00:20:45.559 --> 00:20:46.779
 is a pretty ugly thing.

00:20:47.579 --> 00:20:48.619
 It really is.

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 And I want you

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 to get your hands

00:20:51.460 --> 00:20:51.980
 around this

00:20:51.980 --> 00:20:52.859
 by thinking about it

00:20:52.859 --> 00:20:53.579
 in personal terms.

00:20:53.920 --> 00:20:54.700
 When we sin,

00:20:54.700 --> 00:20:56.519
 we attempt

00:20:56.519 --> 00:20:58.340
 to un-God God.

00:21:00.240 --> 00:21:01.759
 Sin is a monstrous

00:21:01.759 --> 00:21:02.420
 offense

00:21:02.420 --> 00:21:04.500
 against the creator

00:21:04.500 --> 00:21:04.980
 and the God

00:21:04.980 --> 00:21:05.620
 of this universe.

00:21:06.000 --> 00:21:06.900
 Every sin

00:21:06.900 --> 00:21:08.559
 that we ever commit

00:21:08.559 --> 00:21:09.779
 shouts things like,

00:21:10.000 --> 00:21:11.100
 you're not in charge.

00:21:12.140 --> 00:21:12.740
 How many of you

00:21:12.740 --> 00:21:13.299
 ever had your kids

00:21:13.299 --> 00:21:13.940
 say that to you

00:21:13.940 --> 00:21:14.460
 at one point?

00:21:16.660 --> 00:21:16.880
 You know,

00:21:16.900 --> 00:21:18.080
 it's like they let you

00:21:18.080 --> 00:21:19.259
 know that you're not in charge.

00:21:19.600 --> 00:21:20.400
 Oh, yes I am.

00:21:20.400 --> 00:21:22.300
 And there's the door

00:21:22.300 --> 00:21:23.160
 if you don't think so.

00:21:23.740 --> 00:21:23.860
 You know,

00:21:24.140 --> 00:21:24.400
 well,

00:21:24.780 --> 00:21:25.440
 people say,

00:21:25.640 --> 00:21:26.620
 you're not in charge

00:21:26.620 --> 00:21:27.860
 or what you think

00:21:27.860 --> 00:21:28.660
 is not important.

00:21:29.720 --> 00:21:30.519
 I'm amazed

00:21:30.519 --> 00:21:31.200
 at how often

00:21:31.200 --> 00:21:32.660
 we don't really realize

00:21:32.660 --> 00:21:33.420
 we're saying that

00:21:33.420 --> 00:21:34.340
 when we say that.

00:21:35.280 --> 00:21:35.759
 Do you understand

00:21:35.759 --> 00:21:36.220
 what I'm saying?

00:21:37.800 --> 00:21:39.080
 Whenever we sin,

00:21:39.280 --> 00:21:40.640
 it's not just an accident,

00:21:40.740 --> 00:21:41.340
 it's a conscious,

00:21:41.519 --> 00:21:42.259
 deliberate choice

00:21:42.259 --> 00:21:43.940
 to do certain things.

00:21:44.820 --> 00:21:46.039
 And you see this

00:21:46.039 --> 00:21:47.660
 in children so clearly.

00:21:49.380 --> 00:21:49.700
 Wally,

00:21:50.320 --> 00:21:52.360
 don't put your finger

00:21:52.360 --> 00:21:53.460
 in the light socket.

00:21:53.740 --> 00:21:53.880
 You know,

00:21:53.900 --> 00:21:54.440
 that's what you say.

00:21:54.640 --> 00:21:56.080
 And Wally goes over there

00:21:56.080 --> 00:21:56.799
 and just to kind of

00:21:56.799 --> 00:21:58.039
 amplify the opportunity,

00:21:58.500 --> 00:22:00.700
 he digs through your drawer

00:22:00.700 --> 00:22:02.080
 and finds a paper clip

00:22:02.080 --> 00:22:03.080
 so he can get in there

00:22:03.080 --> 00:22:03.840
 deep enough.

00:22:05.000 --> 00:22:06.039
 And then he pushes

00:22:06.039 --> 00:22:07.019
 that thing in there

00:22:07.019 --> 00:22:07.900
 and what happens?

00:22:09.080 --> 00:22:10.380
 The law of justice

00:22:10.380 --> 00:22:11.380
 helps him understand

00:22:11.380 --> 00:22:12.120
 that what you said

00:22:12.120 --> 00:22:13.180
 was incredibly brilliant.

00:22:14.440 --> 00:22:15.340
 But you know what?

00:22:15.380 --> 00:22:16.019
 You tell kids,

00:22:16.279 --> 00:22:16.640
 don't do it

00:22:16.640 --> 00:22:17.440
 and what do they think?

00:22:18.320 --> 00:22:18.759
 I mean,

00:22:18.799 --> 00:22:19.340
 you have parents here.

00:22:19.420 --> 00:22:20.000
 You ever had a kid?

00:22:20.580 --> 00:22:21.259
 Don't do this.

00:22:22.220 --> 00:22:22.700
 Watch me.

00:22:24.480 --> 00:22:24.700
 You know?

00:22:25.059 --> 00:22:25.519
 And so,

00:22:25.640 --> 00:22:26.320
 what you think

00:22:26.320 --> 00:22:27.180
 is not that important.

00:22:27.480 --> 00:22:28.279
 You're unkind.

00:22:29.720 --> 00:22:31.220
 You just don't want me

00:22:31.220 --> 00:22:31.900
 to have my way.

00:22:32.660 --> 00:22:33.039
 That's true.

00:22:33.940 --> 00:22:35.059
 You're so controlling.

00:22:36.559 --> 00:22:37.740
 You're just so petty.

00:22:39.259 --> 00:22:39.440
 Well,

00:22:39.460 --> 00:22:40.440
 if I had different parents

00:22:40.440 --> 00:22:41.160
 that loved me more,

00:22:41.240 --> 00:22:42.220
 I would get my way.

00:22:42.220 --> 00:22:42.440
 Yeah,

00:22:42.519 --> 00:22:43.080
 and man,

00:22:43.240 --> 00:22:43.340
 man,

00:22:43.340 --> 00:22:43.480
 man,

00:22:43.480 --> 00:22:43.680
 man.

00:22:43.940 --> 00:22:45.279
 And then you have this little,

00:22:45.380 --> 00:22:46.000
 I hate you.

00:22:47.519 --> 00:22:48.180
 How many of you

00:22:48.180 --> 00:22:49.340
 ever had children

00:22:49.340 --> 00:22:50.320
 say that to you?

00:22:51.039 --> 00:22:51.279
 How many of you

00:22:51.279 --> 00:22:51.799
 have I hate to tell you

00:22:51.799 --> 00:22:52.380
 I've had it?

00:22:53.440 --> 00:22:54.340
 My kids grew up

00:22:54.340 --> 00:22:55.240
 by the grace of God,

00:22:55.960 --> 00:22:57.059
 but I've had a couple

00:22:57.059 --> 00:22:57.620
 of my children

00:22:57.620 --> 00:22:58.600
 say to me on occasion

00:22:58.600 --> 00:22:59.340
 when I would not

00:22:59.340 --> 00:23:00.299
 let them have their way

00:23:00.299 --> 00:23:01.840
 or I was disciplining them

00:23:01.840 --> 00:23:02.539
 for some of their

00:23:02.539 --> 00:23:04.220
 sinful misbehavior,

00:23:04.680 --> 00:23:05.420
 they would,

00:23:05.840 --> 00:23:07.440
 this was kind of

00:23:07.440 --> 00:23:08.420
 early in the stream.

00:23:08.519 --> 00:23:09.080
 They learned

00:23:09.080 --> 00:23:09.860
 as they grew

00:23:09.860 --> 00:23:10.640
 that it wasn't

00:23:10.640 --> 00:23:11.380
 a good thing

00:23:11.380 --> 00:23:12.140
 to say that

00:23:12.140 --> 00:23:15.460
 because what it did

00:23:15.460 --> 00:23:17.480
 was it was a force multiplier.

00:23:17.600 --> 00:23:17.880
 How many of you

00:23:17.880 --> 00:23:18.540
 understand what I mean?

00:23:18.860 --> 00:23:19.720
 Isn't that code,

00:23:20.120 --> 00:23:20.820
 force multiplier?

00:23:22.980 --> 00:23:23.940
 I hate you.

00:23:24.300 --> 00:23:24.680
 Really?

00:23:25.360 --> 00:23:25.640
 Well,

00:23:25.640 --> 00:23:26.400
 I'm going to help you

00:23:26.400 --> 00:23:26.820
 with that.

00:23:28.880 --> 00:23:29.560
 And here's the thing.

00:23:29.940 --> 00:23:30.520
 I don't want us

00:23:30.520 --> 00:23:31.660
 to miss the point.

00:23:32.180 --> 00:23:33.400
 Here is,

00:23:33.400 --> 00:23:34.880
 the fact is

00:23:34.880 --> 00:23:36.280
 our heart hates

00:23:36.280 --> 00:23:37.340
 the justice

00:23:37.340 --> 00:23:38.440
 and the holiness of God

00:23:38.440 --> 00:23:39.380
 and he tells us

00:23:39.380 --> 00:23:39.980
 what's right

00:23:39.980 --> 00:23:40.540
 and what's wrong.

00:23:41.800 --> 00:23:43.280
 I want you to understand

00:23:43.280 --> 00:23:44.100
 that the supreme

00:23:44.100 --> 00:23:45.040
 offense of sin

00:23:45.040 --> 00:23:46.120
 brings the supreme

00:23:46.120 --> 00:23:47.040
 wrath of God.

00:23:48.180 --> 00:23:49.340
 Why is it

00:23:49.340 --> 00:23:50.540
 that

00:23:50.540 --> 00:23:52.259
 somebody else

00:23:52.259 --> 00:23:53.240
 had to die

00:23:53.240 --> 00:23:54.519
 in my place

00:23:54.519 --> 00:23:55.700
 for my sin?

00:23:56.519 --> 00:23:57.080
 Why is that?

00:23:59.040 --> 00:24:00.140
 It's because

00:24:00.140 --> 00:24:01.600
 sin is a

00:24:01.600 --> 00:24:02.300
 supremely

00:24:02.299 --> 00:24:03.519
 offensive thing

00:24:03.519 --> 00:24:05.919
 to a supremely

00:24:05.919 --> 00:24:06.639
 infinitely

00:24:06.639 --> 00:24:07.680
 holy God.

00:24:13.259 --> 00:24:13.700
 So,

00:24:14.019 --> 00:24:15.079
 there you are

00:24:15.079 --> 00:24:17.159
 in McDonald's.

00:24:18.539 --> 00:24:19.299
 You're hungry

00:24:19.299 --> 00:24:21.000
 and a fry drops

00:24:21.000 --> 00:24:21.839
 on the floor.

00:24:23.299 --> 00:24:23.899
 Some of you

00:24:23.899 --> 00:24:24.339
 are going to kick it

00:24:24.339 --> 00:24:24.899
 under the table

00:24:24.899 --> 00:24:25.299
 and pretend

00:24:25.299 --> 00:24:25.980
 that it didn't happen.

00:24:26.039 --> 00:24:26.659
 I'm going to pick it up

00:24:26.659 --> 00:24:27.599
 because I paid for it.

00:24:30.680 --> 00:24:31.440
 I'm sorry.

00:24:31.440 --> 00:24:33.019
 I know you're

00:24:33.019 --> 00:24:33.700
 just going off

00:24:33.700 --> 00:24:34.160
 on that one

00:24:34.160 --> 00:24:34.840
 but I grew up

00:24:34.840 --> 00:24:35.539
 in boarding school

00:24:35.539 --> 00:24:36.100
 in India

00:24:36.100 --> 00:24:37.380
 and let me tell you

00:24:37.380 --> 00:24:37.700
 something.

00:24:38.019 --> 00:24:38.600
 I'm figuring

00:24:38.600 --> 00:24:39.160
 that floor

00:24:39.160 --> 00:24:40.360
 is infinitely cleaner

00:24:40.360 --> 00:24:40.900
 than whatever

00:24:40.900 --> 00:24:41.559
 I was in

00:24:41.559 --> 00:24:42.460
 when I was growing up

00:24:42.460 --> 00:24:42.779
 and it's like

00:24:42.779 --> 00:24:43.820
 I paid for that puppy

00:24:43.820 --> 00:24:44.539
 and I'm having it.

00:24:47.700 --> 00:24:49.039
 I may dust it off

00:24:49.039 --> 00:24:49.840
 just to be careful.

00:24:53.580 --> 00:24:53.980
 But,

00:24:53.980 --> 00:24:57.140
 if I'm at

00:24:57.140 --> 00:24:58.440
 Ruth Chris Steakhouse

00:24:58.440 --> 00:24:59.779
 and I've never

00:24:59.779 --> 00:25:00.180
 been there

00:25:00.180 --> 00:25:00.640
 in case you're

00:25:00.640 --> 00:25:00.940
 wondering

00:25:00.940 --> 00:25:03.160
 but Ruth Chris Steakhouse

00:25:03.160 --> 00:25:03.660
 is where you're

00:25:03.660 --> 00:25:04.140
 supposed to go

00:25:04.140 --> 00:25:04.579
 when you want

00:25:04.579 --> 00:25:05.559
 really good steak

00:25:05.559 --> 00:25:05.759
 and,

00:25:06.019 --> 00:25:06.200
 you know,

00:25:06.440 --> 00:25:06.960
 so you're at

00:25:06.960 --> 00:25:07.900
 Ruth Chris Steakhouse

00:25:07.900 --> 00:25:08.440
 and the potato

00:25:08.440 --> 00:25:09.400
 falls off my plate

00:25:09.400 --> 00:25:10.360
 and falls on the floor

00:25:10.360 --> 00:25:11.140
 I'm saying,

00:25:11.259 --> 00:25:11.319
 hey,

00:25:11.420 --> 00:25:11.920
 take it back.

00:25:14.960 --> 00:25:15.360
 See,

00:25:15.819 --> 00:25:17.720
 the little sins

00:25:17.720 --> 00:25:18.240
 that we think

00:25:18.240 --> 00:25:18.700
 are okay

00:25:18.700 --> 00:25:20.000
 are horribly

00:25:20.000 --> 00:25:20.940
 offensive to God

00:25:20.940 --> 00:25:21.519
 and we don't think

00:25:21.519 --> 00:25:21.799
 that

00:25:21.799 --> 00:25:22.880
 but they are.

00:25:22.880 --> 00:25:26.860
 dealing with

00:25:26.860 --> 00:25:27.440
 an individual

00:25:27.440 --> 00:25:29.420
 who every third

00:25:29.420 --> 00:25:30.080
 or fourth word

00:25:30.080 --> 00:25:30.500
 to me is

00:25:30.500 --> 00:25:31.080
 I'll be honest

00:25:31.080 --> 00:25:31.380
 with you.

00:25:31.440 --> 00:25:31.880
 I've said to him,

00:25:31.940 --> 00:25:32.060
 hey,

00:25:32.820 --> 00:25:33.480
 let me try to

00:25:33.480 --> 00:25:34.020
 understand this.

00:25:34.060 --> 00:25:34.460
 Are you saying

00:25:34.460 --> 00:25:35.100
 you're not honest

00:25:35.100 --> 00:25:35.980
 between those things?

00:25:41.480 --> 00:25:42.380
 Look at Isaiah

00:25:42.380 --> 00:25:43.160
 chapter 53

00:25:43.160 --> 00:25:44.020
 verse 4 and 5

00:25:44.020 --> 00:25:44.600
 would you please?

00:25:46.080 --> 00:25:46.980
 Surely he has

00:25:46.980 --> 00:25:48.640
 borne our griefs

00:25:48.640 --> 00:25:49.320
 and carried

00:25:49.320 --> 00:25:50.200
 our sorrows

00:25:50.200 --> 00:25:51.480
 and we esteemed

00:25:51.480 --> 00:25:52.240
 him stricken,

00:25:52.460 --> 00:25:52.760
 smitten,

00:25:52.880 --> 00:25:53.580
 by God

00:25:53.580 --> 00:25:54.560
 and afflicted.

00:25:54.860 --> 00:25:55.660
 He was wounded

00:25:55.660 --> 00:25:57.360
 for our transgressions.

00:25:57.860 --> 00:25:58.800
 He was crushed

00:25:58.800 --> 00:26:00.660
 for our iniquities

00:26:00.660 --> 00:26:03.020
 and with his stripes

00:26:03.020 --> 00:26:04.700
 we are healed.

00:26:07.860 --> 00:26:09.100
 Those words

00:26:09.100 --> 00:26:11.100
 describe

00:26:11.100 --> 00:26:13.340
 the judgment

00:26:13.340 --> 00:26:15.680
 of a holy God

00:26:15.680 --> 00:26:17.540
 against every sin.

00:26:17.539 --> 00:26:21.920
 and I want to tell you

00:26:21.920 --> 00:26:23.759
 apart from the sense

00:26:23.759 --> 00:26:24.639
 of the terror

00:26:24.639 --> 00:26:26.119
 of God's holy judgment

00:26:26.119 --> 00:26:28.519
 we remain

00:26:28.519 --> 00:26:29.559
 completely indifferent

00:26:29.559 --> 00:26:30.220
 to sin.

00:26:31.079 --> 00:26:32.019
 That's the truth.

00:26:34.319 --> 00:26:35.799
 True gospel preaching

00:26:35.799 --> 00:26:38.220
 declares the holiness

00:26:38.220 --> 00:26:38.879
 of God

00:26:38.879 --> 00:26:40.159
 and the blackness

00:26:40.159 --> 00:26:41.299
 of the human heart.

00:26:42.240 --> 00:26:43.259
 One of the joys

00:26:43.259 --> 00:26:43.859
 that I have

00:26:43.859 --> 00:26:45.019
 in gospel preaching

00:26:45.019 --> 00:26:45.940
 and sharing the gospel

00:26:45.940 --> 00:26:46.640
 with individuals

00:26:46.640 --> 00:26:47.519
 wherever it is

00:26:47.519 --> 00:26:48.240
 whether it's here

00:26:48.240 --> 00:26:49.440
 or in a car

00:26:49.440 --> 00:26:50.000
 with someone

00:26:50.000 --> 00:26:51.460
 or on a work environment

00:26:51.460 --> 00:26:52.160
 wherever it is

00:26:52.160 --> 00:26:52.620
 you know

00:26:52.620 --> 00:26:53.160
 one of the things

00:26:53.160 --> 00:26:54.039
 I like to say

00:26:54.039 --> 00:26:55.019
 is that guess what

00:26:55.019 --> 00:26:56.460
 Jesus stands ready

00:26:56.460 --> 00:26:57.259
 to forgive you

00:26:57.259 --> 00:26:58.400
 for all of your sins

00:26:58.400 --> 00:26:59.740
 and wipe away

00:26:59.740 --> 00:27:00.680
 the debt

00:27:00.680 --> 00:27:01.759
 and the shame

00:27:01.759 --> 00:27:02.820
 of your life

00:27:02.820 --> 00:27:03.920
 instantly.

00:27:03.920 --> 00:27:06.140
 I like

00:27:06.140 --> 00:27:06.900
 and I know

00:27:06.900 --> 00:27:07.860
 that to be true.

00:27:09.860 --> 00:27:10.300
 Yesterday

00:27:10.300 --> 00:27:11.759
 I was driving back

00:27:11.759 --> 00:27:13.240
 from teaching

00:27:13.240 --> 00:27:14.220
 a group of deacons

00:27:14.220 --> 00:27:15.620
 over in Dayton

00:27:15.620 --> 00:27:16.840
 in one of our

00:27:16.840 --> 00:27:17.480
 sister churches

00:27:17.480 --> 00:27:19.700
 and as I was praying

00:27:19.700 --> 00:27:20.340
 and thinking about

00:27:20.340 --> 00:27:20.860
 this morning

00:27:20.860 --> 00:27:22.000
 for some strange reason

00:27:22.000 --> 00:27:23.019
 my little pea brain

00:27:23.019 --> 00:27:23.960
 began to think about

00:27:23.960 --> 00:27:25.860
 some of the wicked things

00:27:25.860 --> 00:27:27.000
 I did as a child

00:27:27.000 --> 00:27:27.940
 and as a young man

00:27:27.940 --> 00:27:31.800
 and I wasn't

00:27:31.800 --> 00:27:32.480
 it wasn't like

00:27:32.480 --> 00:27:32.860
 I thought

00:27:32.860 --> 00:27:33.400
 let me see

00:27:33.400 --> 00:27:33.740
 let me see

00:27:33.740 --> 00:27:34.600
 what kind of bad things

00:27:34.600 --> 00:27:35.019
 did I do

00:27:35.019 --> 00:27:36.220
 I had such a variety

00:27:36.220 --> 00:27:36.560
 that I

00:27:36.560 --> 00:27:38.120
 there's lots of choices

00:27:38.120 --> 00:27:38.900
 and I was just

00:27:38.900 --> 00:27:39.500
 driving along

00:27:39.500 --> 00:27:40.980
 and you know

00:27:40.980 --> 00:27:41.940
 I found myself

00:27:41.940 --> 00:27:42.420
 for a moment

00:27:42.420 --> 00:27:43.160
 just overwhelmed

00:27:43.160 --> 00:27:43.820
 with the shame

00:27:43.820 --> 00:27:44.240
 and guilt

00:27:44.240 --> 00:27:44.960
 for some of the things

00:27:44.960 --> 00:27:45.420
 I had done

00:27:45.420 --> 00:27:50.080
 and then I thought

00:27:50.080 --> 00:27:50.480
 to myself

00:27:50.480 --> 00:27:51.100
 and those things

00:27:51.100 --> 00:27:51.720
 have been forgiven

00:27:51.720 --> 00:27:53.019
 because Jesus died

00:27:53.019 --> 00:27:54.380
 and rose again

00:27:54.380 --> 00:27:55.960
 and he put his blood

00:27:55.960 --> 00:27:56.720
 over top

00:27:56.720 --> 00:27:58.240
 of those offenses

00:27:58.240 --> 00:27:59.840
 and you know me

00:27:59.840 --> 00:28:00.320
 by the way

00:28:00.320 --> 00:28:00.840
 I'm a kind of

00:28:00.840 --> 00:28:01.680
 an emotional guy

00:28:01.680 --> 00:28:02.380
 you figured that one out

00:28:02.380 --> 00:28:02.640
 it's like

00:28:02.640 --> 00:28:04.300
 I was going from tears

00:28:04.300 --> 00:28:06.120
 to joyful tears

00:28:06.120 --> 00:28:06.360
 you know

00:28:06.360 --> 00:28:06.700
 it's like

00:28:06.700 --> 00:28:07.300
 man

00:28:07.300 --> 00:28:09.300
 Jesus has forgiven me

00:28:09.300 --> 00:28:10.660
 and I don't have to have

00:28:10.660 --> 00:28:11.480
 that burden

00:28:11.480 --> 00:28:12.620
 and that debt

00:28:12.620 --> 00:28:13.960
 and that shame

00:28:13.960 --> 00:28:15.100
 and that fear

00:28:15.100 --> 00:28:15.840
 of judgment

00:28:15.840 --> 00:28:17.380
 weighing on my soul

00:28:17.380 --> 00:28:19.259
 and I know for certain

00:28:19.259 --> 00:28:21.759
 that all my sins

00:28:21.759 --> 00:28:22.380
 have been forgiven

00:28:22.380 --> 00:28:23.500
 because of Christ

00:28:23.500 --> 00:28:24.740
 it's gone

00:28:24.740 --> 00:28:26.100
 it's gone

00:28:26.099 --> 00:28:30.179
 Spurgeon wrote

00:28:30.179 --> 00:28:32.359
 something that I posted

00:28:32.359 --> 00:28:32.959
 in the bulletin

00:28:32.959 --> 00:28:33.679
 on Wednesday night

00:28:33.679 --> 00:28:35.139
 and I want to recite it here

00:28:35.139 --> 00:28:37.399
 and I want you to think

00:28:37.399 --> 00:28:37.939
 with me about

00:28:37.939 --> 00:28:39.019
 what he had to say

00:28:39.019 --> 00:28:41.579
 possibly much of the

00:28:41.579 --> 00:28:42.859
 flimsy piety

00:28:42.859 --> 00:28:43.959
 the word piety

00:28:43.959 --> 00:28:44.679
 is talking about

00:28:44.679 --> 00:28:46.439
 sense of concern

00:28:46.439 --> 00:28:47.099
 for godliness

00:28:47.099 --> 00:28:48.879
 possibly much of the

00:28:48.879 --> 00:28:49.819
 flimsy piety

00:28:49.819 --> 00:28:50.579
 of the present day

00:28:50.579 --> 00:28:52.099
 arises from the ease

00:28:52.099 --> 00:28:54.579
 with which men attain

00:28:54.579 --> 00:28:55.759
 to peace and joy

00:28:55.759 --> 00:28:58.159
 in these evangelistic days

00:28:58.159 --> 00:28:58.879
 hey

00:28:58.879 --> 00:28:59.699
 try God

00:28:59.699 --> 00:29:01.939
 too many

00:29:01.939 --> 00:29:02.719
 think lightly

00:29:02.719 --> 00:29:03.480
 of sin

00:29:03.480 --> 00:29:04.879
 therefore

00:29:04.879 --> 00:29:06.559
 think lightly

00:29:06.559 --> 00:29:07.359
 of the Savior

00:29:07.359 --> 00:29:09.819
 he who stood

00:29:09.819 --> 00:29:10.759
 before God

00:29:10.759 --> 00:29:12.859
 and has been

00:29:12.859 --> 00:29:14.119
 convicted and condemned

00:29:14.119 --> 00:29:16.059
 with a rope

00:29:16.059 --> 00:29:17.019
 about his neck

00:29:17.019 --> 00:29:17.859
 is the man

00:29:17.859 --> 00:29:18.539
 to weep

00:29:18.539 --> 00:29:19.179
 for joy

00:29:19.179 --> 00:29:19.719
 when he is

00:29:19.719 --> 00:29:20.439
 pardoned

00:29:20.439 --> 00:29:21.079
 to hate

00:29:21.079 --> 00:29:21.759
 the evil

00:29:21.759 --> 00:29:23.959
 of which he

00:29:23.959 --> 00:29:24.759
 has been forgiven

00:29:24.759 --> 00:29:26.219
 and to live

00:29:26.219 --> 00:29:26.899
 with a desire

00:29:26.899 --> 00:29:27.679
 to honor the

00:29:27.679 --> 00:29:28.179
 Redeemer

00:29:28.179 --> 00:29:30.039
 with whose blood

00:29:30.039 --> 00:29:31.219
 he's been cleansed

00:29:31.219 --> 00:29:33.259
 and so

00:29:33.259 --> 00:29:34.019
 this morning

00:29:34.019 --> 00:29:35.419
 as we

00:29:35.419 --> 00:29:36.279
 look at

00:29:36.279 --> 00:29:37.219
 these elements

00:29:37.219 --> 00:29:39.699
 and I want you

00:29:39.699 --> 00:29:40.199
 to think with me

00:29:40.199 --> 00:29:40.639
 about them

00:29:40.639 --> 00:29:42.319
 we're going

00:29:42.319 --> 00:29:42.819
 to take

00:29:42.819 --> 00:29:43.379
 bread

00:29:43.379 --> 00:29:44.379
 that reminds us

00:29:44.379 --> 00:29:45.119
 that Jesus

00:29:45.119 --> 00:29:46.659
 died

00:29:46.659 --> 00:29:47.319
 to pay

00:29:47.319 --> 00:29:47.819
 the penalty

00:29:47.819 --> 00:29:48.679
 for my sins

00:29:48.679 --> 00:29:49.200
 do you understand

00:29:49.200 --> 00:29:49.740
 that that's what

00:29:49.740 --> 00:29:50.119
 you're taking

00:29:50.119 --> 00:29:50.599
 when you take

00:29:50.599 --> 00:29:51.019
 that bread

00:29:51.019 --> 00:29:51.559
 you're saying

00:29:51.559 --> 00:29:53.099
 Jesus died

00:29:53.099 --> 00:29:54.240
 in my place

00:29:54.240 --> 00:29:55.500
 he satisfied

00:29:55.500 --> 00:29:56.839
 the debt

00:29:56.839 --> 00:29:58.099
 of my sin

00:29:58.099 --> 00:30:00.700
 and if your heart

00:30:00.700 --> 00:30:01.539
 truthfully

00:30:01.539 --> 00:30:02.740
 is not affected

00:30:02.740 --> 00:30:03.500
 with affection

00:30:03.500 --> 00:30:04.079
 for the Lord

00:30:04.079 --> 00:30:04.839
 Jesus Christ

00:30:04.839 --> 00:30:05.700
 at that moment

00:30:05.700 --> 00:30:06.339
 when you think

00:30:06.339 --> 00:30:06.899
 about that

00:30:06.899 --> 00:30:08.059
 I got to tell you

00:30:08.059 --> 00:30:08.639
 there's something

00:30:08.639 --> 00:30:09.700
 that's not right

00:30:09.700 --> 00:30:13.119
 that's

00:30:13.119 --> 00:30:14.179
 something's wrong

00:30:14.179 --> 00:30:16.579
 I'm not telling you

00:30:16.579 --> 00:30:17.279
 you're not saved

00:30:17.279 --> 00:30:18.539
 but here's the

00:30:18.539 --> 00:30:19.440
 purpose of this

00:30:19.440 --> 00:30:19.859
 table

00:30:19.859 --> 00:30:20.759
 it is to

00:30:20.759 --> 00:30:21.539
 refresh

00:30:21.539 --> 00:30:22.980
 and to kindle

00:30:22.980 --> 00:30:24.059
 and to stir

00:30:24.059 --> 00:30:25.299
 our affections

00:30:25.299 --> 00:30:25.879
 for the Lord

00:30:25.879 --> 00:30:26.339
 of glory

00:30:26.339 --> 00:30:27.379
 who has saved

00:30:27.379 --> 00:30:27.740
 us

00:30:27.740 --> 00:30:28.599
 and has died

00:30:28.599 --> 00:30:29.559
 in our place

00:30:29.559 --> 00:30:31.639
 and if you

00:30:31.639 --> 00:30:32.240
 are not

00:30:32.240 --> 00:30:33.019
 affected

00:30:33.019 --> 00:30:34.000
 by the thought

00:30:34.000 --> 00:30:34.259
 of him

00:30:34.259 --> 00:30:35.160
 taking your place

00:30:35.160 --> 00:30:35.899
 you don't think

00:30:35.899 --> 00:30:36.559
 much of where

00:30:36.559 --> 00:30:37.180
 you were

00:30:37.180 --> 00:30:41.460
 and you know

00:30:41.460 --> 00:30:41.899
 what the cup

00:30:41.899 --> 00:30:42.339
 says

00:30:42.339 --> 00:30:44.359
 this is

00:30:44.359 --> 00:30:45.240
 I made a promise

00:30:45.240 --> 00:30:46.839
 it's called

00:30:46.839 --> 00:30:47.139
 the cup

00:30:47.139 --> 00:30:47.500
 of the new

00:30:47.500 --> 00:30:47.799
 covenant

00:30:47.799 --> 00:30:49.720
 and the cup

00:30:49.720 --> 00:30:50.079
 of the new

00:30:50.079 --> 00:30:50.359
 covenant

00:30:50.359 --> 00:30:50.740
 says

00:30:50.740 --> 00:30:51.240
 this whole

00:30:51.240 --> 00:30:51.599
 business

00:30:51.599 --> 00:30:52.279
 of salvation

00:30:52.279 --> 00:30:52.919
 is not

00:30:52.919 --> 00:30:54.079
 Tim's doing

00:30:54.079 --> 00:30:55.339
 or your doing

00:30:55.339 --> 00:30:56.099
 but it is

00:30:56.099 --> 00:30:56.500
 the work

00:30:56.500 --> 00:30:56.959
 of God

00:30:56.959 --> 00:30:58.000
 he has

00:30:58.000 --> 00:30:58.439
 done

00:30:58.439 --> 00:30:59.299
 a work

00:30:59.299 --> 00:31:00.359
 in drawing

00:31:00.359 --> 00:31:00.639
 me

00:31:00.639 --> 00:31:01.459
 first of all

00:31:01.459 --> 00:31:02.399
 to the misery

00:31:02.399 --> 00:31:03.019
 of seeing

00:31:03.019 --> 00:31:03.919
 the blackness

00:31:03.919 --> 00:31:04.619
 of my heart

00:31:04.619 --> 00:31:05.639
 and realizing

00:31:05.639 --> 00:31:06.220
 I cannot

00:31:06.220 --> 00:31:07.220
 save myself

00:31:07.220 --> 00:31:08.339
 and crushing

00:31:08.339 --> 00:31:09.339
 me with the truth

00:31:09.339 --> 00:31:10.099
 I stand

00:31:10.099 --> 00:31:10.439
 condemned

00:31:10.439 --> 00:31:11.079
 before a holy

00:31:11.079 --> 00:31:11.480
 God

00:31:11.480 --> 00:31:13.240
 and then

00:31:13.240 --> 00:31:13.759
 opening up

00:31:13.759 --> 00:31:14.000
 to me

00:31:14.000 --> 00:31:14.439
 the sweetness

00:31:14.439 --> 00:31:15.119
 of the gospel

00:31:15.119 --> 00:31:15.639
 that says

00:31:15.639 --> 00:31:16.619
 and there is

00:31:16.619 --> 00:31:17.619
 complete forgiveness

00:31:17.619 --> 00:31:19.240
 in the blood

00:31:19.240 --> 00:31:19.759
 of Christ

00:31:19.759 --> 00:31:21.199
 I'm going to

00:31:21.199 --> 00:31:21.639
 ask the men

00:31:21.639 --> 00:31:22.000
 to come

00:31:22.000 --> 00:31:22.480
 as we come

00:31:22.480 --> 00:31:23.019
 to this table

00:31:23.019 --> 00:31:23.539
 this morning

00:31:23.539 --> 00:31:29.579
 and let me

00:31:29.579 --> 00:31:30.059
 encourage you

00:31:30.059 --> 00:31:30.359
 to know

00:31:30.359 --> 00:31:30.619
 that

00:31:30.619 --> 00:31:32.259
 as we take

00:31:32.259 --> 00:31:32.839
 these elements

00:31:32.839 --> 00:31:33.399
 this bread

00:31:33.399 --> 00:31:34.119
 and this cup

00:31:34.119 --> 00:31:36.699
 they are

00:31:36.699 --> 00:31:37.539
 things

00:31:37.539 --> 00:31:40.059
 that those

00:31:40.059 --> 00:31:40.420
 who know

00:31:40.420 --> 00:31:40.759
 the Lord

00:31:40.759 --> 00:31:41.659
 Jesus Christ

00:31:41.659 --> 00:31:44.000
 should take

00:31:44.000 --> 00:31:46.920
 and

00:31:46.920 --> 00:31:48.359
 if you would

00:31:48.359 --> 00:31:48.799
 sit just

00:31:48.799 --> 00:31:49.200
 for a moment

00:31:49.200 --> 00:31:49.420
 men

00:31:49.420 --> 00:31:51.119
 I would

00:31:51.119 --> 00:31:51.819
 encourage you

00:31:51.819 --> 00:31:52.539
 to take them

00:31:52.539 --> 00:31:52.920
 with a clear

00:31:52.920 --> 00:31:53.480
 conscience

00:31:53.480 --> 00:31:55.440
 with a sensitivity

00:31:55.440 --> 00:31:56.200
 and the scriptures

00:31:56.200 --> 00:31:57.180
 encourages us

00:31:57.180 --> 00:31:57.779
 to come to this

00:31:57.779 --> 00:31:58.099
 table

00:31:58.099 --> 00:31:59.139
 having

00:31:59.139 --> 00:32:00.460
 asked the Lord

00:32:00.460 --> 00:32:01.039
 to search our

00:32:01.039 --> 00:32:01.339
 hearts

00:32:01.339 --> 00:32:01.940
 to see whether

00:32:01.940 --> 00:32:02.819
 there is any

00:32:02.819 --> 00:32:03.940
 unconfessed sin

00:32:03.940 --> 00:32:04.759
 and let me tell you

00:32:04.759 --> 00:32:05.000
 something

00:32:05.000 --> 00:32:06.059
 one of the things

00:32:06.059 --> 00:32:06.899
 Tim Kenoyer knows

00:32:06.900 --> 00:32:07.540
 is it's fairly

00:32:07.540 --> 00:32:08.220
 easy to let

00:32:08.220 --> 00:32:08.800
 sin kind of

00:32:08.800 --> 00:32:09.600
 glom on

00:32:09.600 --> 00:32:09.820
 you know

00:32:09.820 --> 00:32:10.420
 get attached

00:32:10.420 --> 00:32:11.420
 and it's like

00:32:11.420 --> 00:32:12.280
 I'm okay

00:32:12.280 --> 00:32:12.700
 with that

00:32:12.700 --> 00:32:14.259
 and then my

00:32:14.259 --> 00:32:14.820
 wife will help

00:32:14.820 --> 00:32:15.200
 me know

00:32:15.200 --> 00:32:16.180
 no you're not

00:32:16.180 --> 00:32:17.900
 or the Holy

00:32:17.900 --> 00:32:18.820
 Spirit will say

00:32:18.820 --> 00:32:19.740
 no you're not

00:32:19.740 --> 00:32:21.280
 and so this

00:32:21.280 --> 00:32:21.600
 morning

00:32:21.600 --> 00:32:22.900
 we need to pray

00:32:22.900 --> 00:32:23.340
 and say

00:32:23.340 --> 00:32:24.620
 is there something

00:32:24.620 --> 00:32:25.340
 I need to deal

00:32:25.340 --> 00:32:25.880
 with so that

00:32:25.880 --> 00:32:26.320
 when I take

00:32:26.320 --> 00:32:26.860
 these elements

00:32:26.860 --> 00:32:28.000
 I don't take

00:32:28.000 --> 00:32:28.519
 them in that

00:32:28.519 --> 00:32:29.360
 shameful state

00:32:29.360 --> 00:32:30.200
 of indifference

00:32:30.200 --> 00:32:31.500
 to what

00:32:31.500 --> 00:32:32.280
 offends God

00:32:32.280 --> 00:32:33.980
 let's pray

00:32:33.980 --> 00:32:34.500
 and ask him

00:32:34.500 --> 00:32:34.900
 to give us

00:32:34.900 --> 00:32:35.740
 a clear conscience

00:32:35.740 --> 00:32:39.859
 holy father

00:32:39.859 --> 00:32:40.420
 this morning

00:32:40.420 --> 00:32:40.920
 as we come

00:32:40.920 --> 00:32:41.539
 to this table

00:32:41.539 --> 00:32:42.259
 and we remind

00:32:42.259 --> 00:32:42.940
 ourselves that

00:32:42.940 --> 00:32:43.680
 Jesus died

00:32:43.680 --> 00:32:44.500
 in our place

00:32:44.500 --> 00:32:46.660
 we understand

00:32:46.660 --> 00:32:47.279
 that to take

00:32:47.279 --> 00:32:47.799
 this bread

00:32:47.799 --> 00:32:48.240
 and take

00:32:48.240 --> 00:32:48.839
 this cup

00:32:48.839 --> 00:32:49.539
 is in one

00:32:49.539 --> 00:32:49.779
 way

00:32:49.779 --> 00:32:50.640
 it's really

00:32:50.640 --> 00:32:51.480
 a public

00:32:51.480 --> 00:32:52.220
 affirmation

00:32:52.220 --> 00:32:52.980
 we're saying

00:32:52.980 --> 00:32:53.539
 to other people

00:32:53.539 --> 00:32:54.200
 I know Jesus

00:32:54.200 --> 00:32:54.960
 as my savior

00:32:54.960 --> 00:32:56.120
 and he's real

00:32:56.120 --> 00:32:56.400
 to me

00:32:56.400 --> 00:32:57.160
 and he's important

00:32:57.160 --> 00:32:59.880
 I've been saved

00:32:59.880 --> 00:33:00.380
 by him

00:33:00.380 --> 00:33:01.579
 my life

00:33:01.579 --> 00:33:02.599
 belongs to him

00:33:02.599 --> 00:33:04.899
 and I live

00:33:04.899 --> 00:33:05.859
 my day

00:33:05.859 --> 00:33:06.779
 and draw

00:33:06.779 --> 00:33:07.439
 my breath

00:33:07.439 --> 00:33:09.139
 so that

00:33:09.139 --> 00:33:09.459
 the way

00:33:09.459 --> 00:33:09.959
 I live

00:33:09.959 --> 00:33:10.359
 and the way

00:33:10.359 --> 00:33:10.959
 I talk

00:33:10.959 --> 00:33:11.500
 and the things

00:33:11.500 --> 00:33:11.959
 I think

00:33:11.959 --> 00:33:12.959
 all reflect

00:33:12.959 --> 00:33:14.119
 back favorably

00:33:14.119 --> 00:33:15.139
 on Jesus

00:33:15.139 --> 00:33:18.659
 and holy

00:33:18.659 --> 00:33:18.959
 father

00:33:18.959 --> 00:33:19.539
 this morning

00:33:19.539 --> 00:33:20.799
 if as we

00:33:20.799 --> 00:33:21.279
 prepare our

00:33:21.279 --> 00:33:21.679
 hearts

00:33:21.679 --> 00:33:22.480
 our conscience

00:33:22.480 --> 00:33:23.240
 troubles us

00:33:23.240 --> 00:33:23.519
 and we

00:33:23.519 --> 00:33:24.000
 recognize

00:33:24.000 --> 00:33:25.599
 that that

00:33:25.599 --> 00:33:25.879
 anger

00:33:25.879 --> 00:33:26.259
 that we're

00:33:26.259 --> 00:33:26.919
 quite comfortable

00:33:26.919 --> 00:33:27.579
 with and think

00:33:27.579 --> 00:33:28.379
 is justified

00:33:28.379 --> 00:33:29.679
 is offensive

00:33:29.680 --> 00:33:30.240
 to you

00:33:30.240 --> 00:33:32.259
 or that

00:33:32.259 --> 00:33:32.660
 private

00:33:32.660 --> 00:33:33.120
 struggle

00:33:33.120 --> 00:33:33.720
 with lust

00:33:33.720 --> 00:33:34.240
 that nobody

00:33:34.240 --> 00:33:34.820
 else knows

00:33:34.820 --> 00:33:35.220
 about

00:33:35.220 --> 00:33:37.060
 that bothers

00:33:37.060 --> 00:33:37.420
 you

00:33:37.420 --> 00:33:39.500
 or that

00:33:39.500 --> 00:33:40.320
 covetousness

00:33:40.320 --> 00:33:41.060
 that is never

00:33:41.060 --> 00:33:41.720
 satisfied

00:33:41.720 --> 00:33:42.820
 with things

00:33:42.820 --> 00:33:45.100
 grieves

00:33:45.100 --> 00:33:45.120
!

00:33:45.120 --> 00:33:47.120
 that we

00:33:47.120 --> 00:33:47.580
 would humble

00:33:47.580 --> 00:33:48.279
 ourselves this

00:33:48.279 --> 00:33:49.000
 morning and ask

00:33:49.000 --> 00:33:49.539
 that you would

00:33:49.539 --> 00:33:50.519
 first of all

00:33:50.519 --> 00:33:51.100
 forgive us

00:33:51.100 --> 00:33:51.700
 and then that you

00:33:51.700 --> 00:33:52.039
 would do

00:33:52.039 --> 00:33:52.600
 whatever it

00:33:52.600 --> 00:33:53.080
 takes to

00:33:53.080 --> 00:33:53.480
 cut that

00:33:53.480 --> 00:33:53.759
 out

00:33:53.759 --> 00:33:56.840
 and that's

00:33:56.840 --> 00:33:57.259
 our prayer

00:33:57.259 --> 00:33:59.099
 that this

00:33:59.099 --> 00:33:59.640
 morning would

00:33:59.640 --> 00:34:00.339
 be a time

00:34:00.339 --> 00:34:00.879
 and a place

00:34:00.879 --> 00:34:01.379
 where we

00:34:01.379 --> 00:34:02.420
 as believers

00:34:02.420 --> 00:34:03.819
 rededicate

00:34:03.819 --> 00:34:04.379
 ourselves

00:34:04.379 --> 00:34:05.359
 with thanksgiving

00:34:05.359 --> 00:34:06.000
 to the one

00:34:06.000 --> 00:34:06.920
 who paid the

00:34:06.920 --> 00:34:07.759
 price for our

00:34:07.759 --> 00:34:08.300
 sins

00:34:08.300 --> 00:34:12.119
 and we

00:34:12.119 --> 00:34:12.719
 ask this in

00:34:12.719 --> 00:34:13.460
 Jesus name

00:34:13.460 --> 00:34:14.539
 amen