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 Mark chapter 11 verses 1 to 11. It's very, very familiar, isn't it? The famous ride of Jesus into Jerusalem on a donkey. Two things I want to say right from the off. Two things immediately. Number one, I want to say this is a lonely ride. It's a lonely ride. And I think that's often overlooked.

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 But I want to show you that although Jesus had a great crowd around him, great crowds thronging him, nobody was really with him. He was really on his own.

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 I wonder if you know that. Sometimes when I talk to people who are going through a really difficult circumstance, and I know that I myself, I can't identify with them.

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 What I find myself thinking and saying to them is, there is no one who will understand what you're going through except the Lord Jesus Christ. And not only will he understand, but he is able to help you.

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 And the second thing I notice as I've read these verses about this walk into Jerusalem on that Palm Sunday is everything's upside down. Everything you think is impressive is actually not impressive.

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 All the things that you think are not impressive are actually very impressive.

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 I read this week that two art students last year went to a modern art show in Aberdeen.

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 And they took with them a pineapple, and they left the pineapple on an empty stand at the art show.

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 They were delighted to find that a couple of days later, when they went back to the show, that the pineapple had been given its own glass case, and had been made part of the art show.

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 That's the world we live in, isn't it? That's the world you live in.

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 Things that are completely stupid become serious, and some things that are serious become stupid.

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 And so look at Mark 11, and let's look at it under two headings.

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 First, a lonely ride and a loving word. First of all, a lonely ride.

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 Chapter 11, verse 1.

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 And we're on the road to Jerusalem. That's where he's going.

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 And Jerusalem is the point where Jesus wants to get to. That's the aim of his mission.

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 He came into this world to save sinners.

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 And to die on the cross.

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 He goes to the city, because that is where he'll be crucified.

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 Look at just chapter 10, and verse 33, just the chapter before.

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 He says to his disciples,

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 See, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man, that's the way he refers to himself,

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 will be delivered over the chief priests and the scribes,

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 and they will condemn him to death, and deliver him over to the Gentiles.

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 They'll mock him, spit on him, and flog him, and kill him.

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 After three days he will rise.

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 And even though the way that Jesus rides into Jerusalem,

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 with this great crowd around him, singing and shouting,

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 he is riding to his death.

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 And it should have registered, shouldn't it, to the disciples?

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 But it doesn't register at all.

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 They might have said, he's about to ride in on a donkey.

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 And it says in the first book of the Bible, in Genesis,

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 that someone of the tribe of Judah,

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 and Jesus is from the tribe of Judah,

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 and they would eventually link donkey and death together,

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 from that passage, but they don't get it.

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 They might have gone to maybe the last,

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 nearly the last book of the Old Testament, Zechariah,

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 where he says this,

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 Rejoice, your king comes to you,

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 humble riding on a donkey.

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 But they've obviously not been reading their Old Testament.

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 And they don't remember,

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 and they don't register,

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 and they don't get what Jesus is doing.

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 And even though we need the word of God

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 to understand the events that took place,

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 no one obviously remembers the word of God in this context.

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 In the previous story,

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 that brilliant story about Bartimaeus in Mark 10,

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 blind Bartimaeus,

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 this blind beggar puts one and one together,

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 and he makes two.

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 He's been begging,

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 and suddenly he hears that a king is coming.

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 A king who is the son of David.

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 And he recognises that Jesus is acting like the son of David.

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 He is the son of David.

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 He puts one and one together,

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 and he makes two,

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 and he calls out,

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 and he cries and relies upon Jesus,

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 and is healed.

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 But nobody here puts one and one together.

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 Now as we think about this Palm Sunday passage,

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 you and I,

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 many of us have been to church nearly all our lives,

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 and we've got Palm Sunday services,

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 flashbacks,

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 and memories.

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 Do you remember when you were in Sunday school,

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 and you made palm branches,

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 and you waved palm branches?

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 I remember that as a boy.

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 It was a day,

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 wasn't it,

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 of celebration in church life,

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 where everybody got very excited about Jesus.

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 There seemed to be lots of faith in Jesus.

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 Lots of recognising him as king.

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 And really strangely,

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 a week later,

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 the crowd all turned against him,

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 and started a call for his crucifixion.

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 That's the way I remember it.

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 Maybe it wasn't exactly like that.

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 Be like the crowd on Palm Sunday.

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 I want to say to you,

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 as I've read it this week,

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 I want to say to you that

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 what is going on at the start of Mark 11

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 is not faith at all.

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 There's no faith in it.

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 And actually the message this morning

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 is don't be like the crowd.

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 And I think I can prove that to you.

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 I think I can prove to you

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 because all four Gospels record

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 the coming of Jesus into Jerusalem

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 on a donkey.

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 Matthew, Mark, Luke and John,

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 all talk about it.

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 So it's a big event.

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 This is what Matthew says

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 in Matthew 21.

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 He finishes with this verdict

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 from the crowd.

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 They say Jesus is a prophet.

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 And I'm absolutely sure

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 that they've completely missed the point.

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 They don't say

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 he is the king.

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 They don't say he is the Messiah.

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 They say he's just a prophet.

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 Luke in his Gospel in chapter 19

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 finishes with this verdict.

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 Jesus wept.

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 He wept and he said to the people,

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 if only you had known

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 what makes for peace.

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 Yet you did not recognise

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 God's coming to you.

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 John's Gospel,

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 chapter 12,

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 the final sentence there,

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 the disciples did not

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 understand what Jesus was doing.

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 And in Mark's Gospel,

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 you might have noticed

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 that he records a number of things

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 that they said,

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 that none of the things

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 that the crowd says

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 really connect to Jesus.

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 So I want to ask you

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 to look with me

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 at why this is such a lonely ride.

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 And it's important to think

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 that it is a lonely ride.

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 Because Jesus is doing a mission

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 on his own

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 that no one else can do.

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 As we look at verses 9 and 10,

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 I think it may be

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 that some of you think,

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 oh it was so clever

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 of our minister

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 to show us these things

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 that we'd never seen.

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 And without him,

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 where would we be

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 without our great guide

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 and guru minister?

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 I want you to know,

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 perhaps none of you

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 will say that.

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 There's always hope there, isn't there?

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 But I want to say to you,

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 I am not saying anything

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 this morning.

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 I think you couldn't have

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 figured out for yourself

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 by carefully reading the text

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 and looking at

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 the Old Testament references.

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 The problem is,

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 when we come to a familiar story

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 with this,

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 we don't carefully read the text.

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 It's all that.

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 So first of all,

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 chapter 11, verse 9.

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 Hosanna.

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 Hosanna.

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 Blessed is he who comes

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 in the name of the Lord.

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 Blessed is the coming kingdom

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 of our father David.

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 Hosanna in the highest.

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 What does the word Hosanna mean?

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 It means save.

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 Save.

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 It's the sort of thing

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 that actually,

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 the people often cried out

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 when they gathered together

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 or marched into Jerusalem.

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 It's a very general word

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 calling on God

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 to save us.

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 Save us.

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 Save us from what?

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 It doesn't say

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 save us from our sins.

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 It could be just

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 save us from our oppressors.

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 It is general.

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 Oh God,

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 save us

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 from our problems.

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 There's nothing specific

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 being said about Jesus

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 in verse 9.

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 Hosanna.

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 Blessed is he who comes

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 in the name of the Lord.

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 And we think,

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 don't we,

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 ah,

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 that's obviously

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 talking about Jesus.

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 They're recognising

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 he is the son of David.

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 But if you go back

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 to the Psalms,

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 Psalm 118 verse 26,

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 it's not talking about Jesus.

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 It's talking about the pilgrim.

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 It's talking about

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 the people of God

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 who go to Jerusalem.

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 Blessed is the person

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 who goes to Jerusalem.

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 Blessed is the person

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 who goes to Jerusalem

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 and ends up in the temple.

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 It's not specifically

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 about Jesus at all.

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 And then verse 10.

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 Blessed is the coming kingdom.

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 Well again,

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 that's just standard language.

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 Looking forward

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 to better days

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 without the Romans,

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 without the oppressors.

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 There's no direct link

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 to Jesus at all.

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 And the final sentence

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 in chapter 11 verse 10.

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 Hosanna in the highest.

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 Save us.

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 Save us.

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 It's vague.

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 It's general.

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 It's not related

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 specifically to Jesus.

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 It's pretty empty.

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 And so you need to see

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 that each of the Gospels

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 in its own way

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 is telling us

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 that Jesus

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 is on a very,

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 very lonely ride.

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 This Palm Sunday,

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 the crowds

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 don't understand him.

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 Not even the disciples

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 understood him.

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 They're just having

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 a standard Passover celebration.

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 There's no grasp

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 that Jesus

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 is the king

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 at all.

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 Shocking.

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 But do you think

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 it's possible

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 people could be

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 so in the dark?

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 Do you think

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 it would be possible

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 for people

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 to be in a crowd

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 saying

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 orthodox things

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 and singing

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 things that are

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 orthodox

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 but completely

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 missing

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 the point

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 of Jesus

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 and the person

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 of Jesus?

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 Do you think

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 it might be possible

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 for that to happen?

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 Sadly it is.

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 Think about the

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 funerals

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 that take place.

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 This funeral in the church

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 can be a very,

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 very sad funeral

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 and everybody

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 in the building

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 is faced

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 with the sad

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 departure

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 and this great

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 sadness

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 and suddenly

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 a hymn is sung

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 and they sing

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 and the song

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 and the Bible

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 reading explains

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 that Jesus

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 lived and died

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 and rose

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 and somebody

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 will speak

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 and preach

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 that Jesus

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 lived and died

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 and rose

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 and somebody

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 will read the Bible

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 again

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 that Jesus

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 lived and died

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 and rose

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 and then you go

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 to the wake

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 afterwards

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 and you discover

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 that everyone

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 is standing around

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 and basically

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 saying

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 it's all in the past

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 there's no future

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 all but hope

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 is there

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 we each drink

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 and be merry

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 for tomorrow

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 we die

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 but they've got

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 no idea

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 who Jesus is

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 even though

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 they've been

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 singing and saying

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 and listening

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 nothing has gone in

00:11:53.319 --> 00:11:55.919
 I heard recently

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 of a nurse

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 who went to a funeral

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 of a hundred year old woman

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 and the words

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 of John 14

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 6 were read

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 I am the way

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 the truth

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 and the life

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 no one comes

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 to the Father

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 but through me

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 and as the woman

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 heard that

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 she said

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 that is Jesus

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 she put her faith

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 in him

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 and she walked

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 out of that funeral

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 believing in the Lord

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 Jesus Christ

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 but I tell you

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 about that

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 because it is

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 so so rare

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 in fact

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 I can't

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 think of another

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 funeral

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 where I

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 have heard

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 of that

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 happening

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 think about

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 Christmas

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 people pile

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 into Christmas

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 services

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 don't they

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 still

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 and they

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 hear amazing

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 readings

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 they hear

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 that he's

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 the King

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 of Kings

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 that he's

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 the Messiah

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 he's the

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 Saviour

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 that he is

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 the one

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 who gives

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 second birth

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 and we discover

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 who he is

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 and what he's

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 come to do

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 and we sing

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 about him

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 and we listen

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 to him

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 but nothing

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 goes in

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 think about

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 a normal

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 church service

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 where people

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 sing hymns

00:13:01.060 --> 00:13:02.500
 they hear

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 the reading

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 and they say

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 the creed

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 and they hear

00:13:06.600 --> 00:13:07.040
 preaching

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 nothing

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 goes

00:13:09.440 --> 00:13:10.060
 in

00:13:10.060 --> 00:13:11.440
 it's possible

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 it's possible

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 to be like

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 the crowds

00:13:14.860 --> 00:13:15.680
 on Palm Sunday

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 to be listening

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 and singing

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 and not getting

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 it

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 and if we

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 look very

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 carefully

00:13:21.399 --> 00:13:21.980
 at Palm Sunday

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 I think we

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 are meant

00:13:22.779 --> 00:13:23.039
 to see

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 that Jesus

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 is alone

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 he is alone

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 and we're not

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 meant to despair

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 of that point

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 because

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 because he

00:13:32.580 --> 00:13:33.419
 is alone

00:13:33.419 --> 00:13:34.860
 he alone

00:13:34.860 --> 00:13:35.399
 is the answer

00:13:35.399 --> 00:13:36.100
 to our problem

00:13:36.100 --> 00:13:38.360
 he is the answer

00:13:38.360 --> 00:13:39.179
 to unbelief

00:13:39.179 --> 00:13:39.960
 and he is the answer

00:13:39.960 --> 00:13:40.639
 to our sin

00:13:40.639 --> 00:13:41.639
 and to our lostness

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 and by the time

00:13:43.159 --> 00:13:44.159
 he gets to Jerusalem

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 and to the cross

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 and he does his work

00:13:46.679 --> 00:13:48.120
 the curtain of the

00:13:48.120 --> 00:13:48.940
 temple is torn

00:13:48.940 --> 00:13:49.320
 in two

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 and people

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 start to pour in

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 one more clue

00:13:55.320 --> 00:13:55.860
 in Mark 11

00:13:55.860 --> 00:13:56.500
 that this crowd

00:13:56.500 --> 00:13:57.279
 is not appreciating

00:13:57.279 --> 00:13:58.000
 who Jesus is

00:13:58.000 --> 00:13:58.779
 here in verse 11

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 when he actually

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 gets to the temple

00:14:00.259 --> 00:14:01.639
 that's the meeting

00:14:01.639 --> 00:14:02.600
 place where people

00:14:02.600 --> 00:14:03.560
 meet with God

00:14:03.560 --> 00:14:05.679
 Mark doesn't tell us

00:14:05.679 --> 00:14:06.340
 anything does he

00:14:06.340 --> 00:14:09.000
 there's no red

00:14:09.000 --> 00:14:10.100
 carpet laid out

00:14:10.100 --> 00:14:10.399
 for him

00:14:10.399 --> 00:14:12.840
 there's no people

00:14:12.840 --> 00:14:14.200
 looking for him

00:14:14.200 --> 00:14:16.080
 no one is

00:14:16.080 --> 00:14:17.180
 talking to him

00:14:17.180 --> 00:14:19.340
 he walks in

00:14:19.340 --> 00:14:21.780
 he looks around

00:14:21.780 --> 00:14:24.200
 and in Mark's

00:14:24.200 --> 00:14:24.520
 gospel

00:14:24.520 --> 00:14:25.759
 that little phrase

00:14:25.759 --> 00:14:26.540
 looks around

00:14:26.540 --> 00:14:27.280
 is always

00:14:27.280 --> 00:14:27.980
 ominous

00:14:27.980 --> 00:14:30.000
 it is always

00:14:30.000 --> 00:14:30.700
 ominous

00:14:30.700 --> 00:14:32.660
 whenever he looks

00:14:32.660 --> 00:14:32.980
 around

00:14:32.980 --> 00:14:33.640
 he is looking

00:14:33.640 --> 00:14:34.960
 for life

00:14:34.960 --> 00:14:35.560
 he is looking

00:14:35.560 --> 00:14:35.900
 for faith

00:14:35.900 --> 00:14:36.320
 you see it

00:14:36.320 --> 00:14:36.820
 with the victory

00:14:36.820 --> 00:14:37.700
 in the next passage

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 and then how

00:14:40.060 --> 00:14:40.580
 many does he

00:14:40.580 --> 00:14:41.120
 have when he

00:14:41.120 --> 00:14:41.900
 leaves with

00:14:41.900 --> 00:14:42.460
 12

00:14:42.460 --> 00:14:42.960
 doesn't he

00:14:42.960 --> 00:14:44.060
 verse 11

00:14:44.060 --> 00:14:47.860
 no big crowds

00:14:47.860 --> 00:14:50.320
 it is perhaps

00:14:50.320 --> 00:14:50.640
 isn't it

00:14:50.640 --> 00:14:51.320
 the loneliest

00:14:51.320 --> 00:14:51.960
 ride in the

00:14:51.960 --> 00:14:52.420
 universe

00:14:52.420 --> 00:14:56.420
 and I want to

00:14:56.420 --> 00:14:56.900
 say this to you

00:14:56.900 --> 00:14:57.560
 because loneliness

00:14:57.560 --> 00:14:58.360
 is such a big

00:14:58.360 --> 00:14:58.700
 issue

00:14:58.700 --> 00:15:01.759
 I don't mean

00:15:01.759 --> 00:15:02.360
 being alone

00:15:02.360 --> 00:15:04.140
 I absolutely

00:15:04.140 --> 00:15:04.940
 love sometimes

00:15:04.940 --> 00:15:05.460
 to be alone

00:15:05.460 --> 00:15:08.320
 but to be lonely

00:15:08.320 --> 00:15:08.740
 is a very

00:15:08.740 --> 00:15:09.259
 different thing

00:15:09.259 --> 00:15:10.480
 isn't it

00:15:10.480 --> 00:15:12.580
 to be lonely

00:15:12.580 --> 00:15:13.000
 is where you

00:15:13.000 --> 00:15:13.480
 feel nobody

00:15:13.480 --> 00:15:13.920
 is really

00:15:13.920 --> 00:15:15.020
 connecting with

00:15:15.020 --> 00:15:15.900
 you or caring

00:15:15.900 --> 00:15:16.560
 for you

00:15:16.560 --> 00:15:18.620
 and there's no

00:15:18.620 --> 00:15:19.320
 guarantee for you

00:15:19.320 --> 00:15:19.820
 that if things

00:15:19.820 --> 00:15:20.660
 get worse

00:15:20.660 --> 00:15:21.140
 that there's

00:15:21.140 --> 00:15:21.480
 going to be

00:15:21.480 --> 00:15:22.060
 somebody there

00:15:22.060 --> 00:15:22.480
 for you

00:15:22.480 --> 00:15:24.940
 it's a terrible

00:15:24.940 --> 00:15:25.820
 terrible feeling

00:15:25.820 --> 00:15:28.660
 and especially

00:15:28.660 --> 00:15:29.220
 if you've lost

00:15:29.220 --> 00:15:29.860
 a loved one

00:15:29.860 --> 00:15:30.440
 and you just

00:15:30.440 --> 00:15:31.060
 have a slight

00:15:31.060 --> 00:15:31.879
 panic that you

00:15:31.879 --> 00:15:32.460
 might be left

00:15:32.460 --> 00:15:33.800
 alone and adrift

00:15:33.800 --> 00:15:36.020
 loneliness is a

00:15:36.020 --> 00:15:37.240
 very big thing

00:15:37.240 --> 00:15:39.520
 and in a city

00:15:39.520 --> 00:15:40.300
 like ours

00:15:40.300 --> 00:15:41.400
 loneliness is an

00:15:41.400 --> 00:15:42.220
 enormous problem

00:15:42.220 --> 00:15:42.940
 and there's a lot

00:15:42.940 --> 00:15:43.440
 of loneliness

00:15:43.440 --> 00:15:44.400
 out there

00:15:44.400 --> 00:15:45.760
 and in here

00:15:45.760 --> 00:15:49.440
 it's not surprising

00:15:49.440 --> 00:15:49.720
 is it

00:15:49.720 --> 00:15:50.480
 in a world

00:15:50.480 --> 00:15:51.100
 where people are

00:15:51.100 --> 00:15:51.680
 told there is

00:15:51.680 --> 00:15:52.900
 no loving father

00:15:52.900 --> 00:15:53.640
 there's no loving

00:15:53.640 --> 00:15:54.500
 father that exists

00:15:54.500 --> 00:15:55.120
 whatsoever

00:15:55.120 --> 00:15:56.600
 it's just you

00:15:56.600 --> 00:15:57.340
 in an empty

00:15:57.340 --> 00:15:57.960
 universe

00:15:57.960 --> 00:15:58.560
 no wonder

00:15:58.560 --> 00:15:59.100
 there's a great

00:15:59.100 --> 00:15:59.840
 deal of despair

00:15:59.840 --> 00:16:02.679
 but God has

00:16:02.679 --> 00:16:03.080
 two answers

00:16:03.080 --> 00:16:03.560
 to loneliness

00:16:03.560 --> 00:16:04.240
 and one

00:16:04.240 --> 00:16:05.720
 is his son

00:16:05.720 --> 00:16:08.340
 one is his son

00:16:08.340 --> 00:16:08.940
 who is able

00:16:08.940 --> 00:16:09.560
 to bring you

00:16:09.560 --> 00:16:10.360
 immediately

00:16:10.360 --> 00:16:11.179
 to a heavenly

00:16:11.179 --> 00:16:11.659
 father

00:16:11.659 --> 00:16:13.820
 so that you

00:16:13.820 --> 00:16:14.860
 return to him

00:16:14.860 --> 00:16:16.000
 and he runs

00:16:16.000 --> 00:16:16.740
 down the road

00:16:16.740 --> 00:16:17.419
 to meet you

00:16:17.419 --> 00:16:18.100
 and to embrace

00:16:18.100 --> 00:16:18.460
 you

00:16:18.460 --> 00:16:20.480
 and the other

00:16:20.480 --> 00:16:21.720
 partial answer

00:16:21.720 --> 00:16:22.980
 to loneliness

00:16:22.980 --> 00:16:23.940
 is God's

00:16:23.940 --> 00:16:24.379
 family

00:16:24.379 --> 00:16:26.059
 the church

00:16:26.059 --> 00:16:27.919
 and although

00:16:27.919 --> 00:16:28.659
 God's family

00:16:28.659 --> 00:16:29.299
 is made up

00:16:29.299 --> 00:16:30.439
 of very

00:16:30.439 --> 00:16:31.299
 sinful people

00:16:31.299 --> 00:16:31.939
 like me

00:16:31.939 --> 00:16:32.720
 and like you

00:16:32.720 --> 00:16:34.500
 and very

00:16:34.500 --> 00:16:35.379
 imperfect people

00:16:35.379 --> 00:16:36.139
 it is one of

00:16:36.139 --> 00:16:36.559
 the ways

00:16:36.559 --> 00:16:37.240
 in which God

00:16:37.240 --> 00:16:37.939
 builds

00:16:37.939 --> 00:16:39.159
 the bridges

00:16:39.159 --> 00:16:39.879
 of relationships

00:16:39.879 --> 00:16:40.539
 in this world

00:16:40.539 --> 00:16:43.340
 as we begin

00:16:43.340 --> 00:16:43.759
 to show

00:16:43.759 --> 00:16:44.299
 kindness

00:16:44.299 --> 00:16:45.139
 and care

00:16:45.139 --> 00:16:45.740
 for one another

00:16:45.740 --> 00:16:46.379
 and we never

00:16:46.379 --> 00:16:47.080
 do it perfectly

00:16:47.080 --> 00:16:49.179
 but we do it

00:16:49.179 --> 00:16:49.740
 profitably

00:16:49.740 --> 00:16:51.240
 that's the

00:16:51.240 --> 00:16:51.759
 lonely ride

00:16:51.759 --> 00:16:52.200
 secondly

00:16:52.200 --> 00:16:52.960
 the loving

00:16:52.960 --> 00:16:53.460
 word

00:16:53.460 --> 00:16:56.120
 first few

00:16:56.120 --> 00:16:56.460
 verses

00:16:56.460 --> 00:16:56.960
 I don't know

00:16:56.960 --> 00:16:57.399
 about Mark 11

00:16:57.399 --> 00:16:58.360
 but you find

00:16:58.360 --> 00:16:58.980
 yourself scratching

00:16:58.980 --> 00:16:59.440
 your head

00:16:59.440 --> 00:16:59.759
 don't you

00:16:59.759 --> 00:17:00.039
 at them

00:17:00.039 --> 00:17:01.379
 and say

00:17:01.379 --> 00:17:01.980
 what is this

00:17:01.980 --> 00:17:02.600
 here for

00:17:02.600 --> 00:17:04.480
 why are you

00:17:04.480 --> 00:17:05.079
 being told

00:17:05.079 --> 00:17:05.500
 about this

00:17:05.500 --> 00:17:06.319
 about a donkey

00:17:06.319 --> 00:17:07.720
 that's tied up

00:17:07.720 --> 00:17:08.079
 and you're going

00:17:08.079 --> 00:17:08.799
 to untie it

00:17:08.799 --> 00:17:09.799
 and somebody's

00:17:09.799 --> 00:17:10.220
 going to ask

00:17:10.220 --> 00:17:10.819
 you why are you

00:17:10.819 --> 00:17:11.539
 untying it

00:17:11.539 --> 00:17:13.519
 and if they do

00:17:13.519 --> 00:17:13.980
 ask you

00:17:13.980 --> 00:17:14.460
 you will say

00:17:14.460 --> 00:17:15.680
 I'm untying it

00:17:15.680 --> 00:17:16.279
 because of this

00:17:16.279 --> 00:17:16.920
 what is that

00:17:16.920 --> 00:17:17.480
 all about

00:17:17.480 --> 00:17:19.779
 why has

00:17:19.779 --> 00:17:21.480
 Mark put this

00:17:21.480 --> 00:17:22.220
 in the gospel

00:17:22.220 --> 00:17:26.099
 I don't get it

00:17:26.099 --> 00:17:28.019
 but here's the

00:17:28.019 --> 00:17:28.519
 answer I take

00:17:28.519 --> 00:17:30.539
 Jesus is giving

00:17:30.539 --> 00:17:31.240
 his disciples

00:17:31.240 --> 00:17:31.740
 isn't he

00:17:31.740 --> 00:17:32.700
 in these really

00:17:32.700 --> 00:17:33.940
 detailed instructions

00:17:33.940 --> 00:17:34.779
 and then

00:17:34.779 --> 00:17:36.039
 relaying the

00:17:36.039 --> 00:17:36.799
 detailed instructions

00:17:36.799 --> 00:17:37.379
 when they actually

00:17:37.379 --> 00:17:37.759
 have them

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 what is Jesus

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 doing

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 he is

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 giving his

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 disciples

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 you and I

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 a reminder

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 that he can

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 be trusted

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 and that his

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 words can be

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 trusted

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 and the reason

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 I say this

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 is if you look

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 at what he says

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 he says to his

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 two disciples

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 in verse 2

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 remember they've

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 forgotten the

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 Old Testament

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 haven't they

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 they don't know

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 what they should

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 know

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 they don't know

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 what's happening

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 they're not

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 thinking but he

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 wants to help

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 them

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 so he says

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 in verse 2

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 go into the

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 village in front

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 of you and

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 immediately as you

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 enter it you

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 will find a

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 coat a donkey

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 tied on which

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 no one has

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 ever sat

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 untie it

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 and bring it

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 and if anyone

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 says to you

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 why are you

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 doing this

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 say the

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 Lord is

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 in need of

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 it and

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 we'll send

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 it back

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 here

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 immediately

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 they went

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 away and

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 found a

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 coat tied

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 at a

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 door outside

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 in the

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 street and

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 they untied

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 it

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 some of

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 those standing

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 there said

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 to them

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 what are you

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 doing

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 untying the

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 coat and

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 they told

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 them what

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 Jesus had

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 said and

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 they let

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 them go

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 the implication

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 is this

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 isn't it

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 Jesus knows

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 what's in

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 the future

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 he knows

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 what is in

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 front and

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 around the

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 corner

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 and this

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 is a

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 prediction

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 about the

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 future that

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 is going to

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 be proved

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 to be true

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 and it's

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 going to

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 prove to be

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 true in a

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 matter of

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 minutes

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 most of the

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 promises in the

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 bible you've

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 got to wait a

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 long time for

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 haven't you

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 hundreds of

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 years for

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 but this

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 promise is

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 going to be

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 fulfilled in

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 minutes

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 and therefore

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 the disciples

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 would have

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 said to

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 themselves

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 he is

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 amazing

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 as they

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 untied that

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 donkey and

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 someone comes

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 and says

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 exact words

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 that Jesus

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 says

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 what would

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 you say

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 to somebody

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 that says

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 I'm going

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 to ride a

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 donkey

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 that's never

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 been ridden

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 your reaction

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 is well don't

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 attempt to

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 ride it

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 it's going

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 to be a

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 disaster

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 but Jesus

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 is lord of

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 all and so

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 this is no

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 problem

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 so they turn

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 up they start

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 to untie the

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 donkey and

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 people say

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 why are you

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 untying the

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 donkey and

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 they say

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 dot dot dot

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 and the

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 owners of

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 the donkey

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 say it's

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 all yours

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 it's all

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 yours

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 so in other

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 ways nobody

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 in the scene

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 is listening

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 to the word

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 of God but

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 the donkey

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 owners are

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 listening to

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 the word of

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 God

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 and when

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 they hear

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 Jesus needs

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 it they say

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 it's all

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 yours

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 they cooperate

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 and the

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 fourth thing

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 in verse

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 three is

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 Jesus gives

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 them the

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 key as to

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 who he

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 is

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 do you

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 see what

00:20:04.779 --> 00:20:05.240
 he says

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 he says

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 the Lord

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 has need

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 of it

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 the Lord

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 needs it

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 the Lord

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 needs it

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 and if you're

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 familiar with

00:20:15.960 --> 00:20:16.440
 the gospels

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 you will know

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 that Jesus

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 did not throw

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 the word

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 Lord

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 around about

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 himself

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 that's not

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 how he

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 usually described

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 himself

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 in fact he

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 rarely described

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 himself in

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 that way

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 most of the

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 time he

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 called himself

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 the son of

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 man

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 the son of

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 man is one

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 of those

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 phrases like

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 Bruce Wayne

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 or like

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 Clark Kent

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 it means a

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 lot doesn't

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 it if you're

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 in the

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 know

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 but it

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 doesn't mean

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 anything

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 if you're

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 not in

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 the know

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 and son of

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 man was a

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 veiled way

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 of saying

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 I am

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 significant

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 but I'm

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 not making

00:20:50.619 --> 00:20:50.859
 it too

00:20:50.859 --> 00:20:51.259
 obvious

00:20:51.259 --> 00:20:53.599
 but here he

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 says the

00:20:54.039 --> 00:20:54.759
 Lord needs

00:20:54.759 --> 00:20:55.259
 it and the

00:20:55.259 --> 00:20:56.000
 word Lord

00:20:56.000 --> 00:20:56.519
 is the word

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 used to

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 describe God

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 and so

00:20:59.339 --> 00:20:59.859
 finally he

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 speaks to

00:21:00.219 --> 00:21:00.539
 these two

00:21:00.539 --> 00:21:01.519
 disciples and

00:21:01.519 --> 00:21:02.039
 he tells them

00:21:02.039 --> 00:21:02.539
 go into the

00:21:02.539 --> 00:21:03.119
 city tell the

00:21:03.119 --> 00:21:03.799
 owners that God

00:21:03.799 --> 00:21:04.199
 needs the

00:21:04.199 --> 00:21:04.519
 donkey

00:21:04.519 --> 00:21:06.859
 Jesus needs

00:21:06.859 --> 00:21:07.339
 the donkey

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 and so these

00:21:09.639 --> 00:21:10.139
 owners of the

00:21:10.139 --> 00:21:10.660
 donkey get

00:21:10.660 --> 00:21:11.240
 the point

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 but I wonder

00:21:12.319 --> 00:21:12.680
 if the

00:21:12.680 --> 00:21:13.319
 disciples got

00:21:13.319 --> 00:21:13.720
 the point

00:21:13.720 --> 00:21:15.559
 I don't think

00:21:15.559 --> 00:21:15.859
 they did

00:21:15.859 --> 00:21:16.180
 did they

00:21:16.180 --> 00:21:18.720
 Jesus tells

00:21:18.720 --> 00:21:19.099
 us

00:21:19.099 --> 00:21:20.480
 John tells

00:21:20.480 --> 00:21:21.059
 us that

00:21:21.059 --> 00:21:22.079
 even as they

00:21:22.079 --> 00:21:22.879
 marched in

00:21:22.879 --> 00:21:23.460
 with Jesus

00:21:23.460 --> 00:21:24.299
 on the donkey

00:21:24.299 --> 00:21:25.019
 they hadn't

00:21:25.019 --> 00:21:25.579
 listened to the

00:21:25.579 --> 00:21:26.099
 Old Testament

00:21:26.099 --> 00:21:27.220
 and they

00:21:27.220 --> 00:21:27.900
 weren't listening

00:21:27.900 --> 00:21:28.359
 to Jesus

00:21:28.359 --> 00:21:29.119
 and they did

00:21:29.119 --> 00:21:30.079
 not get it

00:21:30.079 --> 00:21:32.099
 that Jesus

00:21:32.099 --> 00:21:32.579
 was on a

00:21:32.579 --> 00:21:33.299
 lonely ride

00:21:33.299 --> 00:21:33.940
 even though he

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 had given

00:21:34.200 --> 00:21:34.500
 them a

00:21:34.500 --> 00:21:35.140
 loving word

00:21:35.140 --> 00:21:38.920
 now this

00:21:38.920 --> 00:21:39.539
 instruction is

00:21:39.539 --> 00:21:40.180
 to cause the

00:21:40.180 --> 00:21:40.619
 disciples

00:21:40.619 --> 00:21:41.480
 you and I

00:21:41.480 --> 00:21:41.900
 to say

00:21:41.900 --> 00:21:42.480
 something like

00:21:42.480 --> 00:21:42.740
 this

00:21:42.740 --> 00:21:43.480
 Jesus Christ

00:21:43.480 --> 00:21:44.039
 he knows

00:21:44.039 --> 00:21:44.400
 what's in

00:21:44.400 --> 00:21:44.799
 front of us

00:21:44.799 --> 00:21:45.220
 this week

00:21:45.220 --> 00:21:47.740
 and he is

00:21:47.740 --> 00:21:48.140
 in charge

00:21:48.140 --> 00:21:48.380
 of the

00:21:48.380 --> 00:21:48.680
 future

00:21:48.680 --> 00:21:49.519
 and Jesus

00:21:49.519 --> 00:21:50.180
 controls

00:21:50.180 --> 00:21:51.339
 the uncontrollable

00:21:51.339 --> 00:21:53.539
 his words

00:21:53.539 --> 00:21:54.059
 are to be

00:21:54.059 --> 00:21:54.559
 listened to

00:21:54.559 --> 00:21:55.480
 and they are

00:21:55.480 --> 00:21:56.019
 to be trusted

00:21:56.019 --> 00:21:56.480
 and they are

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 to be obeyed

00:21:57.140 --> 00:21:57.740
 and he

00:21:57.740 --> 00:21:58.819
 describes himself

00:21:58.819 --> 00:21:59.359
 as the

00:21:59.359 --> 00:21:59.779
 Lord

00:21:59.779 --> 00:22:01.379
 and so

00:22:01.379 --> 00:22:02.220
 you and I

00:22:02.220 --> 00:22:02.740
 have a decision

00:22:02.740 --> 00:22:03.139
 to make

00:22:03.139 --> 00:22:03.639
 this morning

00:22:03.639 --> 00:22:07.839
 what will

00:22:07.839 --> 00:22:08.399
 we

00:22:08.399 --> 00:22:09.059
 and our

00:22:09.059 --> 00:22:09.539
 family

00:22:09.539 --> 00:22:10.000
 if we

00:22:10.000 --> 00:22:10.539
 have them

00:22:10.539 --> 00:22:12.359
 do about

00:22:12.359 --> 00:22:13.119
 Jesus Christ

00:22:13.119 --> 00:22:15.720
 and if you

00:22:15.720 --> 00:22:16.259
 say well he's

00:22:16.259 --> 00:22:17.000
 just a prophet

00:22:17.000 --> 00:22:17.500
 you've missed

00:22:17.500 --> 00:22:17.920
 the point

00:22:17.920 --> 00:22:20.180
 and if you

00:22:20.180 --> 00:22:20.660
 say he's a

00:22:20.660 --> 00:22:21.279
 good man

00:22:21.279 --> 00:22:22.740
 and a

00:22:22.740 --> 00:22:23.539
 religious leader

00:22:23.539 --> 00:22:25.039
 you missed

00:22:25.039 --> 00:22:25.480
 the point

00:22:25.480 --> 00:22:27.860
 or will

00:22:27.860 --> 00:22:28.220
 you say

00:22:28.220 --> 00:22:28.740
 he is

00:22:28.740 --> 00:22:29.460
 the Lord

00:22:29.460 --> 00:22:31.579
 he is

00:22:31.579 --> 00:22:32.180
 God

00:22:32.180 --> 00:22:36.779
 and me

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 and I

00:22:38.299 --> 00:22:38.740
 and my

00:22:38.740 --> 00:22:39.160
 family

00:22:39.160 --> 00:22:39.839
 are only

00:22:39.839 --> 00:22:40.319
 going to be

00:22:40.319 --> 00:22:40.980
 safe and

00:22:40.980 --> 00:22:41.319
 sound

00:22:41.319 --> 00:22:41.920
 and wise

00:22:41.920 --> 00:22:42.400
 and well

00:22:42.400 --> 00:22:43.200
 living under

00:22:43.200 --> 00:22:44.000
 the lordship

00:22:44.000 --> 00:22:44.759
 and control

00:22:44.759 --> 00:22:45.259
 of Jesus

00:22:45.259 --> 00:22:45.680
 Christ

00:22:45.680 --> 00:22:47.779
 and that

00:22:47.779 --> 00:22:48.000
 is the

00:22:48.000 --> 00:22:48.420
 decision

00:22:48.420 --> 00:22:52.860
 I read a

00:22:52.860 --> 00:22:53.120
 book called

00:22:53.120 --> 00:22:53.620
 The Strange

00:22:53.620 --> 00:22:54.000
 Death of

00:22:54.000 --> 00:22:54.160
 Hero

00:22:54.160 --> 00:22:57.120
 by

00:22:57.120 --> 00:22:57.840
 Douglas

00:22:57.840 --> 00:22:58.400
 Murray

00:22:58.400 --> 00:22:58.700
 he's not

00:22:58.700 --> 00:22:59.040
 a Christian

00:22:59.040 --> 00:23:00.019
 and he

00:23:00.019 --> 00:23:00.480
 says Europe

00:23:00.480 --> 00:23:01.000
 is dying

00:23:01.000 --> 00:23:03.019
 because of

00:23:03.019 --> 00:23:03.680
 two processes

00:23:03.680 --> 00:23:05.100
 one is that

00:23:05.100 --> 00:23:05.860
 the whole world

00:23:05.860 --> 00:23:06.240
 is moving

00:23:06.240 --> 00:23:06.640
 around

00:23:06.640 --> 00:23:07.560
 and moving

00:23:07.560 --> 00:23:08.140
 in everywhere

00:23:08.140 --> 00:23:08.740
 so that the

00:23:08.740 --> 00:23:09.259
 views of

00:23:09.259 --> 00:23:09.920
 everywhere

00:23:09.920 --> 00:23:11.019
 have arrived

00:23:11.019 --> 00:23:12.360
 and at the

00:23:12.360 --> 00:23:13.000
 same time

00:23:13.000 --> 00:23:13.620
 Europe has

00:23:13.620 --> 00:23:14.279
 thrown away

00:23:14.279 --> 00:23:14.940
 its beliefs

00:23:14.940 --> 00:23:15.620
 and its

00:23:15.620 --> 00:23:16.120
 values

00:23:16.120 --> 00:23:16.560
 and he

00:23:16.560 --> 00:23:17.160
 specifically

00:23:17.160 --> 00:23:17.640
 mentions

00:23:17.640 --> 00:23:17.900
 Europe

00:23:17.900 --> 00:23:18.500
 throwing away

00:23:18.500 --> 00:23:18.980
 its Christian

00:23:18.980 --> 00:23:19.580
 heritage

00:23:19.580 --> 00:23:21.540
 Douglas

00:23:21.540 --> 00:23:21.759
 Murray

00:23:21.759 --> 00:23:22.080
 is not

00:23:22.080 --> 00:23:22.420
 a Christian

00:23:22.420 --> 00:23:22.840
 by any

00:23:22.840 --> 00:23:23.140
 stretch of

00:23:23.140 --> 00:23:23.220
 the

00:23:23.220 --> 00:23:23.660
 imagination

00:23:23.660 --> 00:23:24.820
 and it's

00:23:24.820 --> 00:23:25.080
 not a

00:23:25.080 --> 00:23:25.240
 really

00:23:25.240 --> 00:23:25.860
 revolutionary

00:23:25.860 --> 00:23:27.160
 view of

00:23:27.160 --> 00:23:27.400
 Europe

00:23:27.400 --> 00:23:28.060
 but it

00:23:28.060 --> 00:23:28.560
 is simple

00:23:28.560 --> 00:23:29.259
 a lot

00:23:29.259 --> 00:23:29.720
 of views

00:23:29.720 --> 00:23:30.259
 have moved

00:23:30.259 --> 00:23:30.820
 in all

00:23:30.820 --> 00:23:31.080
 over the

00:23:31.080 --> 00:23:31.400
 place

00:23:31.400 --> 00:23:32.740
 and the

00:23:32.740 --> 00:23:33.380
 foundational

00:23:33.380 --> 00:23:33.779
 issue

00:23:33.779 --> 00:23:34.080
 has been

00:23:34.080 --> 00:23:34.620
 removed

00:23:34.620 --> 00:23:36.180
 and he

00:23:36.180 --> 00:23:36.620
 says that

00:23:36.620 --> 00:23:36.960
 is why

00:23:36.960 --> 00:23:37.259
 Europe

00:23:37.259 --> 00:23:37.600
 is in

00:23:37.600 --> 00:23:38.160
 no place

00:23:38.160 --> 00:23:39.019
 to charter

00:23:39.019 --> 00:23:39.840
 a course

00:23:39.840 --> 00:23:40.160
 for the

00:23:40.160 --> 00:23:40.560
 future

00:23:40.560 --> 00:23:41.080
 that's why

00:23:41.080 --> 00:23:41.320
 it doesn't

00:23:41.320 --> 00:23:41.480
 know what

00:23:41.480 --> 00:23:41.900
 it's doing

00:23:41.900 --> 00:23:44.720
 so that

00:23:44.720 --> 00:23:44.980
 when it

00:23:44.980 --> 00:23:45.340
 goes to

00:23:45.340 --> 00:23:45.620
 make a

00:23:45.620 --> 00:23:46.019
 contribution

00:23:46.019 --> 00:23:46.640
 to Iraq

00:23:46.640 --> 00:23:47.019
 or Libya

00:23:47.019 --> 00:23:47.360
 it's got

00:23:47.360 --> 00:23:47.940
 no concept

00:23:47.940 --> 00:23:48.240
 of the

00:23:48.240 --> 00:23:48.480
 right

00:23:48.480 --> 00:23:48.960
 way

00:23:48.960 --> 00:23:50.860
 and so

00:23:50.860 --> 00:23:51.200
 how can

00:23:51.200 --> 00:23:51.340
 it

00:23:51.340 --> 00:23:51.600
 charter

00:23:51.600 --> 00:23:52.100
 a course

00:23:52.100 --> 00:23:52.600
 for other

00:23:52.600 --> 00:23:53.240
 countries

00:23:53.240 --> 00:23:54.019
 it's trying

00:23:54.019 --> 00:23:54.559
 to influence

00:23:54.559 --> 00:23:55.000
 let alone

00:23:55.000 --> 00:23:55.539
 itself

00:23:55.539 --> 00:23:58.440
 and what

00:23:58.440 --> 00:23:58.660
 the book

00:23:58.660 --> 00:23:59.079
 shows is

00:23:59.079 --> 00:23:59.539
 a fascinating

00:23:59.539 --> 00:23:59.799
 book

00:23:59.799 --> 00:24:00.140
 is the

00:24:00.140 --> 00:24:00.759
 emptiness

00:24:00.759 --> 00:24:01.240
 of the

00:24:01.240 --> 00:24:01.559
 world's

00:24:01.559 --> 00:24:02.100
 ideas

00:24:02.100 --> 00:24:04.380
 and we

00:24:04.380 --> 00:24:04.680
 see that

00:24:04.680 --> 00:24:05.000
 clearly

00:24:05.000 --> 00:24:05.279
 don't we

00:24:05.279 --> 00:24:05.579
 in Mark

00:24:05.579 --> 00:24:05.920
 11

00:24:05.920 --> 00:24:06.440
 so clearly

00:24:06.440 --> 00:24:07.039
 the words

00:24:07.039 --> 00:24:07.600
 of men

00:24:07.600 --> 00:24:08.100
 here

00:24:08.100 --> 00:24:08.920
 in Mark

00:24:08.920 --> 00:24:09.120
 11

00:24:09.120 --> 00:24:09.480
 they are

00:24:09.480 --> 00:24:09.920
 really

00:24:09.920 --> 00:24:10.420
 really

00:24:10.420 --> 00:24:11.079
 empty

00:24:11.079 --> 00:24:13.640
 they're

00:24:13.640 --> 00:24:14.600
 slogans

00:24:14.600 --> 00:24:15.299
 that are

00:24:15.299 --> 00:24:15.779
 being thrown

00:24:15.779 --> 00:24:16.120
 out

00:24:16.119 --> 00:24:16.899
 pious

00:24:16.899 --> 00:24:17.899
 slogans

00:24:17.899 --> 00:24:25.539
 but you

00:24:25.539 --> 00:24:25.799
 see this

00:24:25.799 --> 00:24:26.299
 contrast

00:24:26.299 --> 00:24:26.799
 don't you

00:24:26.799 --> 00:24:27.799
 the words

00:24:27.799 --> 00:24:28.159
 of men

00:24:28.159 --> 00:24:28.839
 so empty

00:24:28.839 --> 00:24:29.659
 so futile

00:24:29.659 --> 00:24:30.019
 and yet

00:24:30.019 --> 00:24:30.459
 the words

00:24:30.459 --> 00:24:31.099
 of Jesus

00:24:31.099 --> 00:24:31.879
 so powerful

00:24:31.879 --> 00:24:32.599
 so true

00:24:32.599 --> 00:24:33.519
 so safe

00:24:33.519 --> 00:24:34.379
 so foundational

00:24:34.379 --> 00:24:38.439
 we listen

00:24:38.439 --> 00:24:39.219
 to thousands

00:24:39.219 --> 00:24:39.899
 of words

00:24:39.899 --> 00:24:40.459
 each day

00:24:40.459 --> 00:24:42.619
 most of

00:24:42.619 --> 00:24:42.899
 which are

00:24:42.899 --> 00:24:43.459
 completely

00:24:43.459 --> 00:24:43.919
 useless

00:24:43.920 --> 00:24:46.160
 in a

00:24:46.160 --> 00:24:46.519
 week's

00:24:46.519 --> 00:24:46.779
 time

00:24:46.779 --> 00:24:47.060
 just

00:24:47.060 --> 00:24:47.300
 think

00:24:47.300 --> 00:24:47.400
 of

00:24:47.400 --> 00:24:47.580
 all

00:24:47.580 --> 00:24:47.700
 the

00:24:47.700 --> 00:24:47.900
 things

00:24:47.900 --> 00:24:48.039
 that

00:24:48.039 --> 00:24:48.100
 are

00:24:48.100 --> 00:24:48.240
 being

00:24:48.240 --> 00:24:48.539
 said

00:24:48.539 --> 00:24:48.840
 today

00:24:48.840 --> 00:24:48.980
 that

00:24:48.980 --> 00:24:49.060
 would

00:24:49.060 --> 00:24:49.220
 be a

00:24:49.220 --> 00:24:49.460
 complete

00:24:49.460 --> 00:24:49.740
 waste

00:24:49.740 --> 00:24:49.880
 of

00:24:49.880 --> 00:24:50.140
 space

00:24:50.140 --> 00:24:50.539
 this time

00:24:50.539 --> 00:24:50.740
 next

00:24:50.740 --> 00:24:51.000
 week

00:24:51.000 --> 00:24:53.360
 and the

00:24:53.360 --> 00:24:53.620
 words

00:24:53.620 --> 00:24:53.779
 of

00:24:53.779 --> 00:24:54.100
 Jesus

00:24:54.100 --> 00:24:54.860
 are

00:24:54.860 --> 00:24:55.360
 utterly

00:24:55.360 --> 00:24:55.880
 utterly

00:24:55.880 --> 00:24:56.420
 utterly

00:24:56.420 --> 00:24:57.060
 necessary

00:24:57.060 --> 00:24:58.920
 next

00:24:58.920 --> 00:24:59.180
 week

00:24:59.180 --> 00:24:59.480
 and the

00:24:59.480 --> 00:24:59.600
 week

00:24:59.600 --> 00:24:59.900
 after

00:24:59.900 --> 00:25:00.140
 and the

00:25:00.140 --> 00:25:00.240
 week

00:25:00.240 --> 00:25:00.480
 after

00:25:00.480 --> 00:25:00.759
 that

00:25:00.759 --> 00:25:02.500
 and the

00:25:02.500 --> 00:25:02.820
 deeds

00:25:02.820 --> 00:25:03.180
 of men

00:25:03.180 --> 00:25:03.600
 are so

00:25:03.600 --> 00:25:04.279
 empty

00:25:04.279 --> 00:25:05.460
 all these

00:25:05.460 --> 00:25:06.019
 religious

00:25:06.019 --> 00:25:06.580
 actions

00:25:06.580 --> 00:25:07.180
 all these

00:25:07.180 --> 00:25:07.960
 waving of

00:25:07.960 --> 00:25:08.420
 branches

00:25:08.420 --> 00:25:09.180
 throwing of

00:25:09.180 --> 00:25:09.620
 cloaks

00:25:09.620 --> 00:25:10.320
 but there's

00:25:10.320 --> 00:25:11.320
 no clue

00:25:11.320 --> 00:25:11.940
 as to who

00:25:11.940 --> 00:25:12.300
 Jesus

00:25:12.300 --> 00:25:13.620
 really is

00:25:13.619 --> 00:25:17.479
 but when

00:25:17.479 --> 00:25:17.679
 you are

00:25:17.679 --> 00:25:18.039
 lit up

00:25:18.039 --> 00:25:18.299
 by the

00:25:18.299 --> 00:25:18.539
 person

00:25:18.539 --> 00:25:18.679
 of

00:25:18.679 --> 00:25:18.919
 Jesus

00:25:18.919 --> 00:25:19.279
 suddenly

00:25:19.279 --> 00:25:19.639
 everything

00:25:19.639 --> 00:25:19.959
 begins

00:25:19.959 --> 00:25:20.219
 to make

00:25:20.219 --> 00:25:20.599
 sense

00:25:20.599 --> 00:25:24.000
 you

00:25:24.000 --> 00:25:24.359
 understand

00:25:24.359 --> 00:25:24.659
 that your

00:25:24.659 --> 00:25:25.099
 future is

00:25:25.099 --> 00:25:25.279
 under

00:25:25.279 --> 00:25:25.819
 control

00:25:25.819 --> 00:25:27.899
 that you

00:25:27.899 --> 00:25:28.039
 have

00:25:28.039 --> 00:25:28.419
 promises

00:25:28.419 --> 00:25:29.059
 to stand

00:25:29.059 --> 00:25:29.359
 on

00:25:29.359 --> 00:25:31.299
 and his

00:25:31.299 --> 00:25:32.019
 deeds

00:25:32.019 --> 00:25:32.500
 make

00:25:32.500 --> 00:25:33.019
 your

00:25:33.019 --> 00:25:33.500
 deeds

00:25:33.500 --> 00:25:34.219
 worthwhile

00:25:34.219 --> 00:25:37.139
 and so

00:25:37.139 --> 00:25:37.419
 Jesus

00:25:37.419 --> 00:25:38.079
 is on a

00:25:38.079 --> 00:25:39.000
 very lonely

00:25:39.000 --> 00:25:39.599
 road

00:25:39.599 --> 00:25:40.639
 but he's

00:25:40.639 --> 00:25:41.239
 on a lonely

00:25:41.239 --> 00:25:42.079
 road for a

00:25:42.079 --> 00:25:42.500
 reason

00:25:42.500 --> 00:25:45.359
 he is the

00:25:45.359 --> 00:25:45.799
 only one who

00:25:45.799 --> 00:25:46.200
 understands

00:25:46.200 --> 00:25:46.660
 his mission

00:25:46.660 --> 00:25:48.339
 he is the

00:25:48.339 --> 00:25:48.720
 only one who

00:25:48.720 --> 00:25:49.079
 can do

00:25:49.079 --> 00:25:49.579
 his mission

00:25:49.579 --> 00:25:51.819
 and within

00:25:51.819 --> 00:25:52.559
 five days

00:25:52.559 --> 00:25:53.039
 he is going

00:25:53.039 --> 00:25:53.259
 to be

00:25:53.259 --> 00:25:53.880
 completely

00:25:53.880 --> 00:25:54.579
 alone

00:25:54.579 --> 00:25:56.920
 and he

00:25:56.920 --> 00:25:57.440
 will cry

00:25:57.440 --> 00:25:57.859
 on good

00:25:57.859 --> 00:25:58.259
 friday

00:25:58.259 --> 00:25:58.980
 my god

00:25:58.980 --> 00:25:59.759
 my god

00:25:59.759 --> 00:26:00.359
 why have

00:26:00.359 --> 00:26:00.640
 you

00:26:00.640 --> 00:26:01.559
 forsaken

00:26:01.559 --> 00:26:02.299
 me

00:26:02.299 --> 00:26:04.180
 forsaken

00:26:04.180 --> 00:26:05.980
 why

00:26:05.980 --> 00:26:08.259
 because he

00:26:08.259 --> 00:26:09.160
 will experience

00:26:09.160 --> 00:26:10.279
 the darkness

00:26:10.279 --> 00:26:11.539
 that our

00:26:11.539 --> 00:26:12.180
 sin

00:26:12.180 --> 00:26:13.720
 deserves

00:26:13.720 --> 00:26:15.420
 in order

00:26:15.420 --> 00:26:16.039
 to give us

00:26:16.039 --> 00:26:16.720
 freely

00:26:16.720 --> 00:26:17.759
 the salvation

00:26:17.759 --> 00:26:18.480
 that he

00:26:18.480 --> 00:26:19.079
 deserves

00:26:19.079 --> 00:26:22.860
 and so I

00:26:22.860 --> 00:26:23.299
 need to ask

00:26:23.299 --> 00:26:23.519
 you

00:26:23.519 --> 00:26:24.039
 whether you

00:26:24.039 --> 00:26:24.460
 and I

00:26:24.460 --> 00:26:25.720
 are a little

00:26:25.720 --> 00:26:26.019
 bit like

00:26:26.019 --> 00:26:26.599
 the crowds

00:26:26.599 --> 00:26:29.640
 we come

00:26:29.640 --> 00:26:30.059
 and we sing

00:26:30.059 --> 00:26:30.799
 our songs

00:26:30.799 --> 00:26:32.519
 and we

00:26:32.519 --> 00:26:32.859
 have a bit

00:26:32.859 --> 00:26:33.419
 of a listen

00:26:33.419 --> 00:26:35.500
 but no

00:26:35.500 --> 00:26:35.980
 change

00:26:35.980 --> 00:26:38.879
 or whether

00:26:38.879 --> 00:26:39.579
 you're really

00:26:39.579 --> 00:26:40.279
 hearing the

00:26:40.279 --> 00:26:40.859
 words

00:26:40.859 --> 00:26:43.859
 of God

00:26:43.859 --> 00:26:44.599
 that Jesus

00:26:44.599 --> 00:26:45.619
 is their

00:26:45.619 --> 00:26:46.139
 king

00:26:46.139 --> 00:26:48.079
 and their

00:26:48.079 --> 00:26:48.700
 saviour

00:26:48.700 --> 00:26:49.419
 and Jesus

00:26:49.419 --> 00:26:50.639
 is the key

00:26:50.639 --> 00:26:51.159
 to your

00:26:51.159 --> 00:26:51.799
 future

00:26:51.799 --> 00:26:53.180
 and lord

00:26:53.180 --> 00:26:53.480
 of your

00:26:53.480 --> 00:26:53.839
 life

00:26:53.839 --> 00:26:54.299
 and you

00:26:54.299 --> 00:26:54.940
 need to

00:26:54.940 --> 00:26:55.659
 surrender

00:26:55.659 --> 00:26:56.480
 to him

00:26:56.480 --> 00:26:57.639
 and have

00:26:57.639 --> 00:26:58.200
 him as

00:26:58.200 --> 00:26:58.839
 your lord

00:26:58.839 --> 00:27:04.740
 let me

00:27:04.740 --> 00:27:05.019
 tell you

00:27:05.019 --> 00:27:05.399
 what Jesus

00:27:05.399 --> 00:27:05.959
 Christ is

00:27:05.959 --> 00:27:06.179
 like

00:27:06.179 --> 00:27:06.699
 he goes

00:27:06.699 --> 00:27:07.099
 on a

00:27:07.099 --> 00:27:07.419
 lonely

00:27:07.419 --> 00:27:07.899
 road

00:27:07.899 --> 00:27:08.559
 right to

00:27:08.559 --> 00:27:09.099
 the end

00:27:09.099 --> 00:27:10.919
 to make

00:27:10.919 --> 00:27:11.480
 sure that

00:27:11.480 --> 00:27:11.859
 you have

00:27:11.859 --> 00:27:12.339
 a certain

00:27:12.339 --> 00:27:12.819
 future

00:27:12.819 --> 00:27:15.679
 he is

00:27:15.679 --> 00:27:16.679
 forsaken

00:27:16.679 --> 00:27:18.559
 by God

00:27:18.559 --> 00:27:19.039
 so that

00:27:19.039 --> 00:27:19.859
 you need

00:27:19.859 --> 00:27:20.699
 never be

00:27:20.699 --> 00:27:21.439
 forsaken

00:27:21.439 --> 00:27:23.519
 and he

00:27:23.519 --> 00:27:23.839
 gives a

00:27:23.839 --> 00:27:24.299
 loving word

00:27:24.299 --> 00:27:24.879
 to you

00:27:24.879 --> 00:27:26.659
 and he

00:27:26.659 --> 00:27:27.199
 promises to

00:27:27.199 --> 00:27:27.539
 make sure

00:27:27.539 --> 00:27:27.899
 that you

00:27:27.899 --> 00:27:28.199
 can have

00:27:28.199 --> 00:27:28.699
 a certain

00:27:28.700 --> 00:27:29.279
 present

00:27:29.279 --> 00:27:30.600
 right now

00:27:30.600 --> 00:27:32.880
 let's

00:27:32.880 --> 00:27:33.080
 pray