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 Well, good morning.

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 My name's Billy Nye.

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 I lead the high school ministry here,

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 and it's my privilege to open God's Word with you this morning.

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 So who knows what tomorrow is?

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 Anybody been watching the news?

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 Iowa.

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 Iowa caucuses.

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 It's tomorrow, right?

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 That's what I thought.

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 Okay.

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 I know you're all really thrilled about that,

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 and you're like, why is he starting off his sermon talking about the Iowa caucus?

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 We don't want to hear any more about this election.

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 Well, in honor of this very important day,

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 I want to play a little game with you today.

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 I'm sure most of you watch the news.

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 You're probably aware of some of the candidates.

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 You can't be in this society

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 without glimpsing some little snippet here and there of the candidates

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 and the things that are going on.

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 So I'm sure probably some of you already have in your minds

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 an ideal candidate and the opposite ideal candidate.

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 A worst case scenario and a best case scenario.

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 I'm assuming that's probably true.

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 Let's play a little game.

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 Let's pretend just for a moment,

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 just for a moment, a very scary moment,

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 that your worst case scenario candidate gets elected.

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 Yikes!

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 Okay, okay, stop.

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 Stop thinking.

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 Stop pretending.

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 I know that's painful.

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 You're probably thinking,

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 no, don't torment me with that anymore.

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 Okay, so I did that just to communicate some comfort to you.

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 Just in case that worst case scenario happens,

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 they have a maximum of eight years

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 to do whatever damage they're going to do, right?

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 A maximum of eight years.

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 Okay.

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 Unless they decide to change the Constitution.

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 But we're not going to go to those horrible contingencies.

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 Okay.

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 Let's play a better game.

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 Let's pretend that if you're a worst case scenario candidate,

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 get them out of your mind.

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 They're gone.

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 Okay.

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 Let's pretend you're a best case scenario candidate.

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 Even if it's like the most unlikely person,

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 but your best case scenario candidate,

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 they get elected.

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 Yay!

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 Is that exciting or what?

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 That's hope giving.

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 It may not happen, but that's okay.

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 We can pretend for a little bit.

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 Here's the bad news.

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 They only have a maximum of eight years

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 to do whatever good they're going to do, right?

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 And then it's, you know,

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 and then it's up to, you know,

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 whoever comes after them.

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 Okay, let's just keep pretending for just a little bit more.

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 Let's just play a little game just for a little bit more.

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 Let's take that best case scenario candidate that you had

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 and let's stretch it to the extreme.

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 Someone comes to power who is infinitely good,

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 infinitely wise,

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 and infinitely powerful.

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 So this person can do the maximum amount of good,

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 an infinite amount of good,

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 for the longest amount of time,

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 and can do no wrong.

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 Now, even if you had a vote to get him out of power,

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 you wouldn't want to.

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 Because he's so good,

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 and he's so wise,

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 and he's so responsible,

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 he's so capable,

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 man, you wouldn't want to get him out.

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 I've got, you know,

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 some respect for the presidential candidates right now,

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 a couple of them,

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 but, you know, putting that aside,

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 I'd rather have that guy

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 who's infinitely good,

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 infinitely wise,

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 infinitely responsible,

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 infinitely capable,

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 and he's always going to be in power.

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 We don't have to worry about some loser

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 coming after him

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 and wrecking all the bad things he's done.

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 Well, I have good news for you.

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 This guy exists.

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 Let's go to the Gospel of Matthew chapter 4,

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 and we're going to find out about him.

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 Matthew chapter 4,

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 we're going to be in the last half

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 of Matthew chapter 4,

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 verses 12 through 25.

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 While you're going,

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 while you're turning there,

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 let me just tell you some of the names

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 we've heard this guy been called

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 in the book of Matthew so far.

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 He's been called the son of David.

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 David, the mighty king.

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 The hearts of the people were his.

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 He had a sword of power in his fist,

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 and he was good,

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 and he was wise,

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 and this guy is this guy's greater son.

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 He's also called Emmanuel,

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 God with us.

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 His name is Jesus.

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 He's the one who will save his people

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 from their sins.

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 He's called the Christ,

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 the Messiah,

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 God's anointed,

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 picked out,

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 hand-picked leader of his people.

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 He's called the king of the Jews,

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 the king of God's people.

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 He's called God's beloved son.

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 He's so much like God

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 and so resembling of God's perfect character

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 that he's called God's son.

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 John the Baptist called him

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 the one who is mightier than he,

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 and John the Baptist was the last great prophet,

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 the one who spoke God's words,

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 and this guy is mightier than John the Baptist,

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 and so he's going to baptize God's people

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 with the Holy Spirit and with fire.

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 He's going to do a mighty work to God's people,

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 so that's his name,

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 or those are his names.

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 So we're going to be looking at this guy,

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 this powerful figure,

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 and we're going to be looking at his reign,

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 his kingdom,

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 his exercise of power

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 when he gets into office,

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 and this passage is going to help us see

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 that his reign,

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 his rule,

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 his kingdom

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 is the best case scenario

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 we could ever imagine,

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 the best good news

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 that we could ever hear.

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 I want us to find that idea

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 of his kingdom being the good news for us.

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 I want us to find it in the passage real quick,

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 so go to verse 23.

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 I want you to know that I'm not making this up.

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 Look at verse 23,

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 and he, Jesus,

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 went throughout all Galilee,

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 teaching in the synagogues

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 and proclaiming the,

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 say it with me,

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 gospel of the kingdom.

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 So this is the first time we see the phrase

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 gospel of the kingdom

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 in the book of Matthew,

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 and Jesus is saying

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 that the kingdom is gospel,

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 the gospel of the kingdom.

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 The kingdom is good news.

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 That's what gospel means.

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 So there's a good news

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 about this kingdom,

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 but whose kingdom?

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 What kingdom are we talking about?

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 Well, follow back up to verse 17,

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 and we'll see the term kingdom used again,

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 but it's got a little modifier.

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 Let's look at it.

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 Jesus, from that time,

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 began to preach,

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 saying,

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 repent,

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 for the kingdom of,

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 say it with me,

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 heaven is at hand.

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 So heaven is,

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 this is,

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 Jesus is proclaiming the kingdom of heaven,

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 and heaven is God's space.

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 Heaven is where God's rule and reign

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 are totally evident

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 and unquestioned all the time.

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 But this is not heaven.

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 This is earth.

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 This is the world that we live in,

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 and unfortunately,

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 the one who has been delegated authority

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 over this world

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 is not very good.

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 He is Satan.

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 He has been given authority

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 to rule over this world.

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 But all of a sudden,

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 Jesus shows up on the scene here,

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 and he says,

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 behold,

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 the kingdom of heaven

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 is at hand.

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 Repent,

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 the kingdom of heaven

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 is here.

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 So we see that God's rule

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 is invading

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 Satan's jurisdiction.

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 God's reign

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 has come near.

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 That sounds like good news.

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 But how?

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 How has it come near?

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 In what way has it come near?

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 In the person

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 who's speaking these words.

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 In the person of Jesus.

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 This guy,

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 Jesus,

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 who is God

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 with us.

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 God himself

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 drawn near

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 to his rebellious image bearers

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 to reestablish

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 his reign over them

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 and to do good to them

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 for all time.

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 This sounds like

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 a best case scenario to me.

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 This sounds like good news.

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 So what's the gospel

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 of the kingdom?

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 What's the good news

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 about God's reign?

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 The good news

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 is that God's reign

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 has drawn near to us

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 through the personal

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 presence

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 of the king.

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 God's reign

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 has drawn near

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 to us

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 to humans

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 through the personal

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 presence

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 of the king.

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 And this passage

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 is going to paint

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 three pictures

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 of what that

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 personal presence

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 of the king

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 is going to do

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 and why that's good.

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 So let's

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 look at these

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 three pictures

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 that this passage

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 is going to show us

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 about how

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 this

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 rule of God

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 come near to us

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 in the personal presence

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 of the king

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 is going to be good

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 and do good

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 for God's people

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 and how we can respond

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 to that today.

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 Ready?

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 Picture number one.

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 Our king

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 has drawn near

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 to be the great light

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 in our darkness.

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 That's the first picture.

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 Our king has drawn near

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 to be the great light

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 in our darkness.

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 Let's read verses 12

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 through 17.

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 Read with me.

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 Now,

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 when he heard

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 that John had been arrested,

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 he withdrew

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 into Galilee.

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 And leaving Nazareth,

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 he went and lived

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 in Capernaum

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 by the sea

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 in the territory

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 of Zebulun

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 and Naphtali

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 so that

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 what was spoken

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 by the prophet Isaiah

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 might be fulfilled.

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 the land of Zebulun

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 and the land of Naphtali,

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 the way of the sea,

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 beyond the Jordan,

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 Galilee of the Gentiles,

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 the people

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 dwelling in darkness

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 have seen

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 a great light.

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 And for those

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 dwelling in the region

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 in the shadow of death,

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 on them

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 a light

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 has

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 dawned.

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 From that time,

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 Jesus began to preach

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 saying,

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 Repent

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 for the kingdom

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 of heaven

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 is at hand.

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 Literally,

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 has come near.

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 He's in the state

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 of being near.

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 So what's Matthew

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 trying to paint

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 a picture of here?

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 It appears

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 he's just telling us

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 that Jesus made

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 a geographical move

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 from the south

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 of Israel

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 in Judea

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 where he was baptized

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 up to the north

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 of Israel

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 and to Galilee.

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 So what's the big deal?

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 But

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 there's a big deal.

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 There's a very

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 intentional,

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 significant reason

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 that Matthew

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 has

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 given us

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 this

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 detail about

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 Jesus' life

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 and he's going

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 to give us

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 the significance

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 through the lens

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 of a prophecy

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 made 700 years

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 before Jesus

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 was born

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 in Isaiah

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 chapter 9.

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 That sounds

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 very interesting.

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 So,

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 let's

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 go there.

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 hop over

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 to me,

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 with me,

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 to Isaiah

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 chapter 9.

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 I just want you guys

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 to see this

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 in the context.

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 Isaiah chapter 9.

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 Isaiah's kind of

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 right in the middle

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 of your Bible.

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 Isaiah chapter 9.

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 We just read,

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 basically,

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 the first two verses

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 of Isaiah chapter 9

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 in Matthew chapter 4.

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 Matthew's quoting Isaiah.

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 And I just want to read

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 the rest of this passage

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 and I want you to get a feel

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 for what and who

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 Matthew is talking about

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 as he's talking about

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 this light dawning.

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 You have multiplied

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 the nation.

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 I'm starting at verse 3.

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 You have multiplied

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 the nation.

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 You have increased

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 its joy.

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 They rejoice before you

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 as with the joy

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 at the harvest.

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 Man,

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 there's a lot of joy

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 going on.

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 And they are glad

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 when they divide

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 the spoil.

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 For the yoke

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 of his burden

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 and the staff

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 for his shoulder,

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 the rod of his oppressor,

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 you have broken

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 as on the day

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 of Midian.

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 For every boot

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 of the tramping warrior

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 in battle tumult

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 and every garment

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 rolled in blood

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 will be burned

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 as fuel for the fire.

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 No more war.

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 Broken yoke

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 on their backs.

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 For what reason?

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 For to us

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 a child is born.

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 This should sound familiar.

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 To us a son

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 is given

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 and the government

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 shall be upon

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 his shoulder

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 and his name

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 shall be called

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 Wonderful Counselor,

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 Mighty God,

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 Everlasting Father,

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 Prince of Peace

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 and of the increase

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 of his government

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 and of peace

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 there will be no end

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 and on the throne

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 of David

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 and over his kingdom

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 to establish it

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 and uphold it

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 with justice

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 and with righteousness

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 from this time forth

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 and forevermore

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 the zeal

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 of the Lord of hosts

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 will do this.

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 That's what Matthew

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 has in mind

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 as he is quoting

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 Isaiah chapter 9.

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 So Jesus,

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 he's making

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 a very clear connection here.

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 Jesus is that one

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 that Isaiah 9

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 is talking about.

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 The son that was given.

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 The child that was born.

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 The one who is

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 Wonderful Counselor,

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 Mighty God,

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 Prince of Peace.

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 The one who is

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 Everlasting Father.

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 The one who has

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 the government

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 of God's people

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 on his shoulder

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 and he can bear it.

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 The one who is going

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 to sit on the throne

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 of David.

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 I mean it just keeps going.

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 It's the Messiah.

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 It's God's King.

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 The one is finally come

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 and he's about

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 to announce his reign.

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 But the really

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 interesting thing is

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 where is he going

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 to do it?

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 Where is he going

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 to announce God's reign?

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 His reign come

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 to invade Satan's jurisdiction.

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 Is he going to do it

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 in Jerusalem?

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 I mean Jerusalem

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 was the capital city.

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 It was the city of David.

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 That's where David's throne

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 was, his ancestor.

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 So that's where

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 God's presence resides

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 in the temple.

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 That's where the

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 sacrifices are made.

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 That's where God

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 communes with his people.

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 That's where the power

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 and the influences

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 politically.

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 All the important Jews

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 live there.

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 Is he going to do it there?

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 No, he goes to Galilee.

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 Galilee was a little

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 bustling backwater

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 of a region

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 that was far away

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 from the Jewish

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 center of power.

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 Why did he go there?

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 Galilee was quite a

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 melting pot of diversity.

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 It was a Jewish territory.

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 There were Jews

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 living there.

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 It was the ancient

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 territory of the

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 tribes Zebulun

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 and Naphtali

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 according to Isaiah 9.

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 But in the 8th century BC

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 a bunch of crazy

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 Assyrians rode in

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 at God's bidding

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 and they took out

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 the tribes of Zebulun

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 and Naphtali

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 and destroyed their

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 towns and villages

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 and carved off

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 the survivors

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 to Assyria

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 and they went into exile.

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 And in their place

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 came a whole lot

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 of different

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 pagan,

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 non-Jew,

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 not knowing

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 living God

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 people

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 and they came

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 and they settled

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 in that area

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 and eventually

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 some exiles trickled back.

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 Jews coming back

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 and they settled there.

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 So Galilee was just a

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 it was a melting pot.

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 There were Jews there.

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 There were Gentiles there.

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 And in Jesus' time

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 it was

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 it was kind of like

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 St. Louis was

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 150 years ago.

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 St. Louis was the gateway

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 to the west.

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 Everyone driven through

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 St. Louis

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 seen the arch?

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 Okay.

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 It's the gateway

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 to the west.

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 You go to St. Louis

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 and if you want to go

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 to the west

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 you go through St. Louis

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 and that's where you

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 get on the Oregon Trail

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 to go west.

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 Well, Galilee was like that

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 only it was the gateway

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 to the heathen north

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 and the heathen east.

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 And the roads

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 from the Roman Empire

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 ran down through Galilee.

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 And so lots of trade routes

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 were set up

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 that ran to east

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 to the Mediterranean

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 or west

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 to the Mediterranean coast

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 as well as to the riches

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 in the east

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 in the old Persian Empire.

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 And so all these places

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 were surrounded by

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 Galilee was surrounded

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 by heathen people.

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 People who didn't know

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 the living God.

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 People who were

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 living in darkness.

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 There were Jews there too

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 but they were certainly

00:15:54.059 --> 00:15:55.279
 influenced by

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 their Gentile neighbors.

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 So why did he go there?

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 Why did Jesus go to this place?

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 You might be tempted

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 to think that he's acting

00:16:05.120 --> 00:16:05.639
 out of fear

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 because we just read

00:16:06.899 --> 00:16:08.399
 that John had been arrested.

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 But Satan,

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 Jesus has just been

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 staring down Satan

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 in the wilderness.

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 I don't think he's afraid

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 of being arrested.

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 This is Jesus

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 we're talking about.

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 Did you notice the verbs

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 that were used?

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 He withdrew into Galilee.

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 That sounds very intentional.

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 And he went and he lived.

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 Literally he settled down.

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 He took up housekeeping

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 in Capernaum.

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 So there's intention here.

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 But what is that intention?

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 It's because these people

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 were living in darkness.

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 It's because

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 they were dwelling.

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 Literally the word for dwelling

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 means sitting.

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 They were sitting in darkness.

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 For those sitting in the region

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 and the shadow of death

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 a light has dawned.

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 Jesus has come

00:16:57.779 --> 00:16:59.720
 to be the light

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 in the darkness.

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 Where it was most needed

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 Jesus came

00:17:04.519 --> 00:17:06.639
 to dawn the light

00:17:06.639 --> 00:17:07.460
 of the kingdom.

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 And what does he do?

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 He announces his kingdom.

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 Repent

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 for the kingdom of heaven

00:17:15.940 --> 00:17:17.619
 is at hand.

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 Isaiah saw it

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 700 years before

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 Jesus came.

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 The king would come

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 and he would announce

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 and begin his reign

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 of light

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 not in the center

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 of the cultural hub

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 of Jerusalem

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 but in the backwater

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 of Galilee

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 where much light

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 was needed.

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 God's been

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 doing this

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 for the whole

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 of history.

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 Even from the very beginning

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 of the garden

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 when Adam and Eve fell

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 he promised

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 that he would send

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 a snake crusher.

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 He promised

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 that he would send

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 someone to deliver

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 God's people

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 from the darkness.

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 And then

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 he gave a promise

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 to Abraham

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 in Genesis chapter 12

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 where he says

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 all the nations

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 of the earth

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 will be blessed

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 through your family.

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 God set

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 a rescue plan

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 into motion

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 and that was

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 God's mission

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 to save

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 to dawn the light

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 upon those

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 who were in darkness.

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 And now it's happening.

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 Where there was

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 total darkness

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 and no hope

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 the king came

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 and the light

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 was dawned.

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 And the cool thing

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 is they didn't ask

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 for it.

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 They weren't looking

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 for it.

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 It was unanticipated.

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 It was kind of like

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 the shepherds

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 watching their flocks

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 by night.

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 They weren't asking

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 for a bunch of angels

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 to show up

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 and blind them

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 with the glory of heaven

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 and tell them

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 he's here!

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 It was totally

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 by grace

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 that Jesus has come

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 to dawn

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 upon those

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 in darkness.

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 But did you notice

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 that the presence

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 of the king

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 and the announcement

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 of his reign

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 demands action?

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 What does Jesus say?

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 Repent

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 for the kingdom

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 of heaven

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 is at hand.

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 Those dwelling

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 in darkness

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 must respond

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 to the light

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 that has dawned

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 upon them

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 by turning

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 from the darkness

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 and of sin

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 and self-sufficiency

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 and pride

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 and turn

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 toward the light

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 of the king

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 who has drawn

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 near to them

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 to be their light

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 in the darkness.

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 Can I ask you something?

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 Have you seen

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 this light?

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 Have you seen

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 the light?

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 Has this light

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 dawned upon you?

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 If you're a Christian

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 then it has.

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 I want to remind you

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 of the words

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 of a beautiful hymn

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 written by Charles Wesley.

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 Long my imprisoned

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 spirit lay

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 fast bound

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 in sin

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 and nature's night.

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 Thine eye

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 diffused

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 a quickening ray.

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 I woke

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 the dungeon

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 flamed with light.

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 My chains fell off.

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 My heart was free.

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 I rose,

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 went forth

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 and followed thee.

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 Many of you remember

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 what that dungeon

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 was like.

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 I do.

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 You still remember

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 the feeling

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 of being trapped

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 by sin

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 and the way

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 that your enemy

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 was in power

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 over you.

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 You still feel

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 the effects of it.

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 The ache

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 of that.

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 But you have

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 seen the great light

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 and the light

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 has set you free.

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 So what are you

00:20:18.019 --> 00:20:18.440
 to do?

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 Rejoice.

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 Be grateful.

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 This light

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 did not,

00:20:23.160 --> 00:20:23.779
 you did not deserve

00:20:23.779 --> 00:20:24.359
 for this light

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 to dawn upon you.

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 You were in darkness

00:20:27.099 --> 00:20:27.759
 and a light

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 dawned on you.

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 But maybe you

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 don't remember.

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 Maybe you're a Christian

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 but maybe you don't

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 remember what

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 that dungeon

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 was like.

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 Maybe

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 your heart

00:20:38.420 --> 00:20:38.940
 has become

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 hard and desensitized

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 to sin

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 after a while.

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 This happens

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 to me.

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 Happens to all

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 of us.

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 Your eyes

00:20:47.539 --> 00:20:47.940
 have become

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 accustomed to

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 the darkness

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 maybe again.

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 It doesn't seem

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 so bad

00:20:52.000 --> 00:20:54.019
 because your eyes

00:20:54.019 --> 00:20:54.500
 haven't been

00:20:54.500 --> 00:20:55.160
 looking at the

00:20:55.160 --> 00:20:55.779
 great light

00:20:55.779 --> 00:20:57.120
 of the gospel

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 for a while.

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 So brother or sister

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 if that's you

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 can I speak

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 some words

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 of encouragement

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 to you?

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 Stop and ask

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 God to cause

00:21:06.740 --> 00:21:07.180
 a light

00:21:07.180 --> 00:21:07.960
 of the gospel

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 of the glory

00:21:08.740 --> 00:21:09.500
 of Jesus

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 to shine

00:21:10.500 --> 00:21:11.000
 in your heart

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 once again.

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 Ask God

00:21:13.840 --> 00:21:14.840
 to get your eyes

00:21:14.840 --> 00:21:15.840
 on the blinding

00:21:15.840 --> 00:21:17.140
 light of his glory

00:21:17.140 --> 00:21:19.519
 and let your eyes

00:21:19.519 --> 00:21:20.480
 adjust to how

00:21:20.480 --> 00:21:21.340
 beautiful it is

00:21:21.340 --> 00:21:22.500
 so you can see

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 your sin

00:21:23.059 --> 00:21:23.980
 so you can confess

00:21:23.980 --> 00:21:24.420
 your sin

00:21:24.420 --> 00:21:25.420
 repent and turn

00:21:25.420 --> 00:21:26.340
 again to the light.

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 Don't let this world

00:21:27.900 --> 00:21:28.840
 satisfy you

00:21:28.840 --> 00:21:29.940
 with its promises

00:21:29.940 --> 00:21:30.580
 of comfort

00:21:30.580 --> 00:21:31.220
 and convenience

00:21:31.220 --> 00:21:31.980
 and contentment

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 because the king

00:21:32.680 --> 00:21:33.140
 has come

00:21:33.140 --> 00:21:33.860
 to give us

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 life and life

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 abundant

00:21:35.259 --> 00:21:36.660
 that far outweighs

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 anything the world

00:21:37.380 --> 00:21:37.860
 can give.

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 Maybe you're wondering

00:21:40.160 --> 00:21:41.180
 what the big deal is.

00:21:42.220 --> 00:21:43.120
 Maybe you're wondering

00:21:43.120 --> 00:21:44.380
 darkness, light

00:21:44.380 --> 00:21:45.080
 those sound like

00:21:45.080 --> 00:21:45.780
 exclusive

00:21:45.780 --> 00:21:47.540
 polarizing terms

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 I mean come on

00:21:48.220 --> 00:21:49.020
 what's the big deal?

00:21:49.920 --> 00:21:50.820
 Our modern culture

00:21:50.820 --> 00:21:51.560
 we've kind of

00:21:51.560 --> 00:21:52.480
 moved past that

00:21:52.480 --> 00:21:52.780
 right?

00:21:53.360 --> 00:21:53.960
 We don't really

00:21:53.960 --> 00:21:54.840
 like terms

00:21:54.840 --> 00:21:55.700
 like that

00:21:55.700 --> 00:21:56.580
 pure

00:21:56.580 --> 00:21:58.040
 good and evil

00:21:58.040 --> 00:21:59.020
 light and dark

00:21:59.020 --> 00:22:00.380
 but the message

00:22:00.380 --> 00:22:00.820
 of the Bible

00:22:00.820 --> 00:22:01.380
 is clear

00:22:01.380 --> 00:22:02.160
 there is a king

00:22:02.160 --> 00:22:03.540
 and he is good

00:22:03.540 --> 00:22:04.640
 and he is drawn

00:22:04.640 --> 00:22:05.700
 near to be light

00:22:05.700 --> 00:22:06.560
 to those in darkness

00:22:06.560 --> 00:22:07.860
 and so if you are

00:22:07.860 --> 00:22:09.180
 not under his rule

00:22:09.180 --> 00:22:10.680
 can I encourage you

00:22:10.680 --> 00:22:13.140
 you will continue

00:22:13.140 --> 00:22:13.980
 in the darkness

00:22:13.980 --> 00:22:15.420
 living under the shadow

00:22:15.420 --> 00:22:16.240
 of sin and death

00:22:16.240 --> 00:22:17.380
 unless you turn

00:22:17.380 --> 00:22:18.400
 and repent

00:22:18.400 --> 00:22:19.740
 and see the light

00:22:19.740 --> 00:22:20.540
 of the glory

00:22:20.540 --> 00:22:21.120
 of Jesus

00:22:21.120 --> 00:22:21.740
 he has come

00:22:21.740 --> 00:22:22.519
 to give you life

00:22:22.519 --> 00:22:24.119
 so can I ask you

00:22:24.119 --> 00:22:24.779
 to learn a little

00:22:24.779 --> 00:22:25.220
 bit more

00:22:25.220 --> 00:22:26.519
 to ask questions

00:22:26.519 --> 00:22:28.519
 and to put your

00:22:28.519 --> 00:22:29.279
 life under

00:22:29.279 --> 00:22:31.220
 this great light

00:22:31.220 --> 00:22:32.740
 that has shown

00:22:32.740 --> 00:22:33.559
 in your darkness

00:22:33.559 --> 00:22:34.740
 our king

00:22:34.740 --> 00:22:35.819
 has drawn near

00:22:35.819 --> 00:22:37.539
 and his coming

00:22:37.539 --> 00:22:38.680
 was like the rising

00:22:38.680 --> 00:22:39.339
 of the sun

00:22:39.339 --> 00:22:40.980
 to scatter the deepest

00:22:40.980 --> 00:22:41.619
 darkness

00:22:41.619 --> 00:22:45.220
 picture number two

00:22:45.220 --> 00:22:47.740
 our king

00:22:47.740 --> 00:22:48.720
 has drawn near

00:22:48.720 --> 00:22:49.319
 to be our light

00:22:49.319 --> 00:22:50.019
 and our darkness

00:22:50.019 --> 00:22:51.600
 our king now

00:22:51.600 --> 00:22:52.660
 picture number two

00:22:52.660 --> 00:22:54.339
 our king has drawn near

00:22:54.339 --> 00:22:55.640
 to call his own

00:22:55.640 --> 00:22:56.900
 to himself

00:22:56.900 --> 00:22:59.600
 let's read verses 18

00:22:59.600 --> 00:23:00.380
 through 22

00:23:00.380 --> 00:23:01.720
 read with me please

00:23:01.720 --> 00:23:04.740
 while walking by the sea

00:23:04.740 --> 00:23:05.279
 of Galilee

00:23:05.279 --> 00:23:06.500
 he saw two brothers

00:23:06.500 --> 00:23:07.740
 Simon who was called

00:23:07.740 --> 00:23:08.039
 Peter

00:23:08.039 --> 00:23:09.559
 and Andrew his brother

00:23:09.559 --> 00:23:10.980
 casting a net

00:23:10.980 --> 00:23:11.700
 into the sea

00:23:11.700 --> 00:23:12.460
 for they were fishermen

00:23:12.460 --> 00:23:14.340
 and he said to them

00:23:14.340 --> 00:23:15.700
 follow me

00:23:15.700 --> 00:23:17.500
 and I will make you

00:23:17.500 --> 00:23:18.880
 fishers of men

00:23:18.880 --> 00:23:21.019
 immediately they left

00:23:21.019 --> 00:23:21.440
 their nets

00:23:21.440 --> 00:23:22.279
 and they followed him

00:23:22.279 --> 00:23:24.160
 and going on from there

00:23:24.160 --> 00:23:25.360
 he saw two other brothers

00:23:25.360 --> 00:23:26.480
 James the son of Zebedee

00:23:26.480 --> 00:23:27.319
 and John his brother

00:23:27.319 --> 00:23:27.860
 in the boat

00:23:27.860 --> 00:23:28.480
 with Zebedee

00:23:28.480 --> 00:23:29.420
 at their father

00:23:29.420 --> 00:23:30.779
 mending their nets

00:23:30.779 --> 00:23:31.920
 and he called them

00:23:31.920 --> 00:23:32.420
 also

00:23:32.420 --> 00:23:34.660
 immediately they left

00:23:34.660 --> 00:23:35.100
 the boat

00:23:35.100 --> 00:23:36.240
 and their father

00:23:36.240 --> 00:23:38.880
 and followed him

00:23:38.880 --> 00:23:41.440
 a couple things

00:23:41.440 --> 00:23:42.000
 stand out

00:23:42.000 --> 00:23:42.660
 about this

00:23:42.660 --> 00:23:43.460
 little picture

00:23:43.460 --> 00:23:44.160
 we see here

00:23:44.160 --> 00:23:45.600
 first

00:23:45.600 --> 00:23:46.799
 it's interesting

00:23:46.799 --> 00:23:48.019
 Jesus begins small

00:23:48.019 --> 00:23:49.920
 he's just made

00:23:49.920 --> 00:23:50.940
 this huge announcement

00:23:50.940 --> 00:23:52.259
 the kingdom of heaven

00:23:52.259 --> 00:23:53.240
 has drawn near

00:23:53.240 --> 00:23:55.759
 we're kind of expecting

00:23:55.759 --> 00:23:56.120
 this

00:23:56.120 --> 00:23:58.259
 some world changing drama

00:23:58.259 --> 00:23:58.759
 to happen

00:23:58.759 --> 00:23:59.140
 right

00:23:59.140 --> 00:24:01.200
 massive movements

00:24:01.200 --> 00:24:02.200
 put into action

00:24:02.200 --> 00:24:03.860
 but what happens instead

00:24:03.860 --> 00:24:04.720
 Jesus walks along

00:24:04.720 --> 00:24:05.519
 the shore of this lake

00:24:05.519 --> 00:24:06.320
 he sees two fishermen

00:24:06.320 --> 00:24:07.120
 tells them to follow him

00:24:07.120 --> 00:24:07.720
 they leave their stuff

00:24:07.720 --> 00:24:08.220
 and they follow him

00:24:08.220 --> 00:24:08.880
 and this happens again

00:24:08.880 --> 00:24:09.480
 to two other guys

00:24:09.480 --> 00:24:11.279
 that's it

00:24:11.279 --> 00:24:14.099
 not very world changing

00:24:14.099 --> 00:24:16.299
 so far the kingdom

00:24:16.299 --> 00:24:17.319
 isn't doing anything big

00:24:17.319 --> 00:24:18.319
 just four local fishermen

00:24:18.319 --> 00:24:20.980
 that's the cool thing

00:24:20.980 --> 00:24:21.799
 about what Matthew

00:24:21.799 --> 00:24:22.740
 wants us to see

00:24:22.740 --> 00:24:24.139
 about God's rule

00:24:24.139 --> 00:24:25.059
 coming in

00:24:25.059 --> 00:24:25.940
 King Jesus

00:24:25.940 --> 00:24:26.680
 is all about

00:24:26.680 --> 00:24:28.379
 God doesn't work

00:24:28.379 --> 00:24:29.119
 according to our

00:24:29.119 --> 00:24:29.819
 expectations

00:24:29.819 --> 00:24:31.920
 Jesus' kingdom

00:24:31.920 --> 00:24:33.000
 is an upside down

00:24:33.000 --> 00:24:33.339
 kingdom

00:24:33.339 --> 00:24:34.440
 it works

00:24:34.440 --> 00:24:35.339
 against

00:24:35.339 --> 00:24:36.000
 human

00:24:36.000 --> 00:24:37.119
 expectations

00:24:37.119 --> 00:24:38.839
 it starts small

00:24:38.839 --> 00:24:40.200
 it's not flashy

00:24:40.200 --> 00:24:43.160
 God works

00:24:43.160 --> 00:24:43.500
 God works though

00:24:43.500 --> 00:24:44.819
 very powerfully

00:24:44.819 --> 00:24:46.160
 through small

00:24:46.160 --> 00:24:47.460
 faith filled

00:24:47.460 --> 00:24:48.160
 people

00:24:48.160 --> 00:24:50.440
 Jesus is interested

00:24:50.440 --> 00:24:51.100
 in

00:24:51.100 --> 00:24:52.039
 get this

00:24:52.039 --> 00:24:53.279
 Jesus is interested

00:24:53.279 --> 00:24:54.360
 in individuals

00:24:54.360 --> 00:24:57.340
 people like you

00:24:57.340 --> 00:24:57.860
 and me

00:24:57.860 --> 00:25:00.059
 he's got his eye

00:25:00.059 --> 00:25:01.019
 on massive movements

00:25:01.019 --> 00:25:02.120
 but he's interested

00:25:02.120 --> 00:25:03.299
 in individuals

00:25:03.299 --> 00:25:05.779
 he calls his own

00:25:05.779 --> 00:25:06.819
 to himself

00:25:06.819 --> 00:25:07.980
 one by one

00:25:07.980 --> 00:25:10.180
 so do you see

00:25:10.180 --> 00:25:10.839
 that this morning

00:25:10.839 --> 00:25:11.940
 Matthew wants us

00:25:11.940 --> 00:25:12.220
 to see

00:25:12.220 --> 00:25:12.860
 this is the way

00:25:12.860 --> 00:25:13.519
 the individuals

00:25:13.519 --> 00:25:14.339
 get into the

00:25:14.339 --> 00:25:15.059
 kingdom of heaven

00:25:15.059 --> 00:25:16.279
 we are called

00:25:16.279 --> 00:25:17.579
 by the king

00:25:17.579 --> 00:25:18.960
 personally

00:25:18.960 --> 00:25:22.380
 do you ever doubt

00:25:22.380 --> 00:25:23.099
 that Jesus cares

00:25:23.099 --> 00:25:23.559
 about you

00:25:23.559 --> 00:25:26.500
 that you have a place

00:25:26.500 --> 00:25:27.640
 or a role

00:25:27.640 --> 00:25:28.900
 in God's kingdom

00:25:28.900 --> 00:25:31.280
 let this passage

00:25:31.280 --> 00:25:31.820
 assure you

00:25:31.820 --> 00:25:32.300
 of something

00:25:32.300 --> 00:25:34.120
 if you're a kingdom

00:25:34.120 --> 00:25:35.680
 Jesus has called

00:25:35.680 --> 00:25:36.460
 you

00:25:36.460 --> 00:25:38.140
 individually

00:25:38.140 --> 00:25:39.620
 personally

00:25:39.620 --> 00:25:42.140
 he looked at you

00:25:42.140 --> 00:25:42.620
 and he said

00:25:42.620 --> 00:25:43.540
 I want you

00:25:43.540 --> 00:25:44.340
 in my kingdom

00:25:44.340 --> 00:25:45.840
 he didn't send out

00:25:45.840 --> 00:25:46.380
 a massive

00:25:46.380 --> 00:25:46.940
 generic

00:25:46.940 --> 00:25:48.060
 Facebook invitation

00:25:48.060 --> 00:25:49.620
 to everyone

00:25:49.620 --> 00:25:50.380
 in his social

00:25:50.380 --> 00:25:51.160
 media circle

00:25:51.160 --> 00:25:53.019
 no he looked up

00:25:53.019 --> 00:25:53.600
 your address

00:25:53.600 --> 00:25:54.720
 he walked to your

00:25:54.720 --> 00:25:55.000
 house

00:25:55.000 --> 00:25:55.720
 he knocked on the

00:25:55.720 --> 00:25:55.900
 door

00:25:55.900 --> 00:25:56.320
 and he said

00:25:56.320 --> 00:25:56.980
 follow me

00:25:56.980 --> 00:25:59.519
 he came near

00:25:59.519 --> 00:25:59.900
 to you

00:25:59.900 --> 00:26:00.720
 you weren't

00:26:00.720 --> 00:26:01.380
 looking for him

00:26:01.380 --> 00:26:02.339
 and he came

00:26:02.339 --> 00:26:02.700
 near to you

00:26:02.700 --> 00:26:03.240
 in grace

00:26:03.240 --> 00:26:04.480
 Jesus cares

00:26:04.480 --> 00:26:04.880
 about you

00:26:04.880 --> 00:26:06.680
 he calls

00:26:06.680 --> 00:26:07.599
 individuals

00:26:07.599 --> 00:26:10.079
 notice this

00:26:10.079 --> 00:26:10.400
 too

00:26:10.400 --> 00:26:11.700
 did you also

00:26:11.700 --> 00:26:12.059
 notice that

00:26:12.059 --> 00:26:12.759
 there's a cost

00:26:12.759 --> 00:26:14.420
 did you notice

00:26:14.420 --> 00:26:14.799
 that there's a

00:26:14.799 --> 00:26:15.599
 cost to following

00:26:15.599 --> 00:26:16.019
 Jesus

00:26:16.019 --> 00:26:17.519
 these disciples

00:26:17.519 --> 00:26:18.480
 leave their jobs

00:26:18.480 --> 00:26:19.079
 and their families

00:26:19.079 --> 00:26:19.480
 by the way

00:26:19.480 --> 00:26:20.220
 Galilee had a

00:26:20.220 --> 00:26:22.180
 very thriving

00:26:22.180 --> 00:26:23.180
 fishing industry

00:26:23.180 --> 00:26:24.660
 they had good

00:26:24.660 --> 00:26:25.059
 jobs

00:26:25.059 --> 00:26:26.980
 upper middle

00:26:26.980 --> 00:26:27.419
 class

00:26:27.419 --> 00:26:28.240
 they were doing

00:26:28.240 --> 00:26:28.539
 well

00:26:28.539 --> 00:26:29.919
 it's not like

00:26:29.919 --> 00:26:30.259
 they're just

00:26:30.259 --> 00:26:30.559
 you know

00:26:30.559 --> 00:26:31.819
 straggling for

00:26:31.819 --> 00:26:33.139
 the next bite

00:26:33.139 --> 00:26:33.539
 to eat

00:26:33.539 --> 00:26:34.039
 and Jesus

00:26:34.039 --> 00:26:34.619
 comes along

00:26:34.619 --> 00:26:34.940
 and offers

00:26:34.940 --> 00:26:35.220
 them something

00:26:35.220 --> 00:26:35.419
 better

00:26:35.419 --> 00:26:36.039
 it's not it

00:26:36.039 --> 00:26:37.899
 there's a cost

00:26:37.899 --> 00:26:38.220
 here

00:26:38.220 --> 00:26:41.159
 in our culture

00:26:41.159 --> 00:26:41.940
 we value

00:26:41.940 --> 00:26:43.220
 financial independence

00:26:43.220 --> 00:26:43.740
 and security

00:26:43.740 --> 00:26:44.440
 and that's a good

00:26:44.440 --> 00:26:44.859
 thing

00:26:44.859 --> 00:26:46.179
 I'm not saying

00:26:46.179 --> 00:26:46.700
 you should quit

00:26:46.700 --> 00:26:47.059
 your job

00:26:47.059 --> 00:26:47.579
 to follow Jesus

00:26:47.579 --> 00:26:48.019
 and I'm saying

00:26:48.019 --> 00:26:48.299
 that

00:26:48.299 --> 00:26:49.159
 however

00:26:49.159 --> 00:26:50.179
 I'm saying

00:26:50.179 --> 00:26:50.740
 that Jesus

00:26:50.740 --> 00:26:52.259
 demands

00:26:52.259 --> 00:26:53.339
 our whole hearts

00:26:53.339 --> 00:26:54.500
 and our whole lives

00:26:54.500 --> 00:26:56.319
 our jobs

00:26:56.319 --> 00:26:56.839
 are his

00:26:56.839 --> 00:26:57.480
 our families

00:26:57.480 --> 00:26:57.960
 are his

00:26:57.960 --> 00:26:58.839
 our goals

00:26:58.839 --> 00:26:59.259
 are his

00:26:59.259 --> 00:26:59.759
 our money

00:26:59.759 --> 00:27:00.259
 is his

00:27:00.259 --> 00:27:01.099
 our retirement

00:27:01.099 --> 00:27:01.720
 is his

00:27:01.720 --> 00:27:02.660
 our priorities

00:27:02.660 --> 00:27:03.720
 are his

00:27:03.720 --> 00:27:06.099
 so

00:27:06.099 --> 00:27:08.460
 are you withholding

00:27:08.460 --> 00:27:09.400
 something from your king

00:27:09.400 --> 00:27:12.059
 is there something

00:27:12.059 --> 00:27:13.160
 that you know

00:27:13.160 --> 00:27:14.079
 he is requiring

00:27:14.079 --> 00:27:14.740
 of you

00:27:14.740 --> 00:27:15.500
 in obedience

00:27:15.500 --> 00:27:16.400
 and trust

00:27:16.400 --> 00:27:17.279
 but you're saying

00:27:17.279 --> 00:27:18.160
 I'll follow you

00:27:18.160 --> 00:27:18.400
 Jesus

00:27:18.400 --> 00:27:19.000
 I like you

00:27:19.000 --> 00:27:19.539
 but

00:27:19.539 --> 00:27:22.400
 our king

00:27:22.400 --> 00:27:22.920
 demands

00:27:22.920 --> 00:27:23.960
 our lives

00:27:23.960 --> 00:27:25.300
 and he

00:27:25.300 --> 00:27:25.779
 promises

00:27:25.779 --> 00:27:26.259
 us

00:27:26.259 --> 00:27:27.500
 true life

00:27:27.500 --> 00:27:28.840
 whatever he

00:27:28.840 --> 00:27:29.660
 demands of us

00:27:29.660 --> 00:27:30.640
 he will supply

00:27:30.640 --> 00:27:31.460
 to us

00:27:31.460 --> 00:27:32.480
 a hundredfold

00:27:32.480 --> 00:27:33.860
 as we trust him

00:27:33.860 --> 00:27:34.600
 and obey him

00:27:34.600 --> 00:27:35.860
 in this world

00:27:35.860 --> 00:27:36.640
 or the next

00:27:36.640 --> 00:27:38.140
 it's another part

00:27:38.140 --> 00:27:38.500
 of Matthew

00:27:38.500 --> 00:27:41.180
 is he part

00:27:41.180 --> 00:27:41.960
 of your life

00:27:41.960 --> 00:27:43.519
 or is he

00:27:43.519 --> 00:27:44.400
 your life

00:27:44.400 --> 00:27:47.580
 lastly

00:27:47.580 --> 00:27:48.900
 notice

00:27:48.900 --> 00:27:49.800
 something else

00:27:49.799 --> 00:27:50.419
 about this

00:27:50.419 --> 00:27:51.259
 picture

00:27:51.259 --> 00:27:52.839
 he promises

00:27:52.839 --> 00:27:53.480
 to

00:27:53.480 --> 00:27:54.960
 transform

00:27:54.960 --> 00:27:56.039
 the disciples

00:27:56.039 --> 00:27:57.200
 into

00:27:57.200 --> 00:27:58.039
 people

00:27:58.039 --> 00:27:58.440
 fishermen

00:27:58.440 --> 00:28:00.480
 fishers of men

00:28:00.480 --> 00:28:01.159
 not just men

00:28:01.159 --> 00:28:01.919
 men women

00:28:01.919 --> 00:28:02.240
 children

00:28:02.240 --> 00:28:02.960
 people fishermen

00:28:02.960 --> 00:28:03.960
 fishers of people

00:28:03.960 --> 00:28:06.039
 he is the one

00:28:06.039 --> 00:28:07.139
 who transforms us

00:28:07.139 --> 00:28:08.139
 into useful members

00:28:08.139 --> 00:28:08.919
 of his community

00:28:08.919 --> 00:28:10.240
 as we follow him

00:28:10.240 --> 00:28:12.059
 he's not looking

00:28:12.059 --> 00:28:12.680
 for

00:28:12.680 --> 00:28:14.419
 the rock stars

00:28:14.419 --> 00:28:15.259
 of the varsity

00:28:15.259 --> 00:28:16.019
 Christian team

00:28:16.019 --> 00:28:18.400
 he is looking

00:28:18.400 --> 00:28:19.220
 for small

00:28:19.220 --> 00:28:19.720
 faith filled

00:28:19.720 --> 00:28:20.099
 people

00:28:20.099 --> 00:28:20.900
 who will give

00:28:20.900 --> 00:28:21.579
 him their lives

00:28:21.579 --> 00:28:22.420
 and trust him

00:28:22.420 --> 00:28:22.839
 with their whole

00:28:22.839 --> 00:28:23.220
 hearts

00:28:23.220 --> 00:28:24.420
 and he promises

00:28:24.420 --> 00:28:25.559
 to make us

00:28:25.559 --> 00:28:26.779
 into fishers of men

00:28:26.779 --> 00:28:27.420
 do you notice that

00:28:27.420 --> 00:28:28.960
 I will make you

00:28:28.960 --> 00:28:30.660
 fishers of men

00:28:30.660 --> 00:28:32.960
 I don't know about you

00:28:32.960 --> 00:28:33.859
 but I'm really bad

00:28:33.859 --> 00:28:34.579
 at sharing my faith

00:28:34.579 --> 00:28:35.839
 I'll just be honest

00:28:35.839 --> 00:28:37.059
 I don't think I have

00:28:37.059 --> 00:28:38.000
 the gift of evangelism

00:28:38.000 --> 00:28:40.160
 I definitely know

00:28:40.160 --> 00:28:40.759
 people who do

00:28:40.759 --> 00:28:42.400
 but guess what

00:28:42.400 --> 00:28:43.480
 Jesus promises

00:28:43.480 --> 00:28:44.519
 to make me one

00:28:44.519 --> 00:28:45.839
 to make me

00:28:45.839 --> 00:28:46.980
 an evangelist

00:28:46.980 --> 00:28:47.920
 to make me

00:28:47.920 --> 00:28:48.879
 into a fishers of men

00:28:48.879 --> 00:28:49.339
 some are better

00:28:49.339 --> 00:28:49.819
 than others

00:28:49.819 --> 00:28:50.740
 naturally for sure

00:28:50.740 --> 00:28:51.299
 but

00:28:51.299 --> 00:28:53.099
 he has called us

00:28:53.099 --> 00:28:53.960
 all to be fishers

00:28:53.960 --> 00:28:54.359
 of men

00:28:54.359 --> 00:28:57.220
 part of following

00:28:57.220 --> 00:28:58.279
 Jesus is seeing

00:28:58.279 --> 00:28:58.980
 his light

00:28:58.980 --> 00:29:00.379
 having the light

00:29:00.379 --> 00:29:01.339
 dawn upon you

00:29:01.339 --> 00:29:02.299
 and then also

00:29:02.299 --> 00:29:03.160
 seeing that there

00:29:03.160 --> 00:29:04.180
 are some in darkness

00:29:04.180 --> 00:29:05.440
 and they desperately

00:29:05.440 --> 00:29:06.200
 need the light

00:29:06.200 --> 00:29:06.900
 and that's here

00:29:06.900 --> 00:29:07.819
 in this area

00:29:07.819 --> 00:29:08.700
 here in your

00:29:08.700 --> 00:29:09.039
 neighborhood

00:29:09.039 --> 00:29:09.920
 and that's also

00:29:09.920 --> 00:29:11.299
 in China

00:29:11.299 --> 00:29:12.160
 and that's also

00:29:12.160 --> 00:29:13.879
 in the universities

00:29:13.880 --> 00:29:14.800
 of this land

00:29:14.800 --> 00:29:15.380
 that's also

00:29:15.380 --> 00:29:15.980
 in Europe

00:29:15.980 --> 00:29:16.640
 that's also

00:29:16.640 --> 00:29:17.440
 in Africa

00:29:17.440 --> 00:29:18.360
 that's also

00:29:18.360 --> 00:29:19.320
 in the Muslim world

00:29:19.320 --> 00:29:20.620
 all over the place

00:29:20.620 --> 00:29:21.580
 people need to hear

00:29:21.580 --> 00:29:21.940
 the gospel

00:29:21.940 --> 00:29:22.680
 people need to be

00:29:22.680 --> 00:29:23.840
 fished into the kingdom

00:29:23.840 --> 00:29:24.560
 and he promises

00:29:24.560 --> 00:29:25.540
 to make us

00:29:25.540 --> 00:29:26.440
 into fishers

00:29:26.440 --> 00:29:27.180
 of his kingdom

00:29:27.180 --> 00:29:27.880
 and so if that

00:29:27.880 --> 00:29:28.280
 sounds like

00:29:28.280 --> 00:29:29.280
 an incredible task

00:29:29.280 --> 00:29:29.780
 it is

00:29:29.780 --> 00:29:30.800
 but he has promised

00:29:30.800 --> 00:29:31.420
 to do it

00:29:31.420 --> 00:29:34.460
 after service

00:29:34.460 --> 00:29:35.920
 we can have

00:29:35.920 --> 00:29:36.280
 an opportunity

00:29:36.280 --> 00:29:37.080
 to start small

00:29:37.080 --> 00:29:38.400
 we got a ministry

00:29:38.400 --> 00:29:39.040
 fair going on

00:29:39.040 --> 00:29:39.400
 downstairs

00:29:39.400 --> 00:29:40.780
 our mission

00:29:40.780 --> 00:29:41.320
 as a church

00:29:41.320 --> 00:29:42.040
 is to just join

00:29:42.040 --> 00:29:42.900
 Jesus and his mission

00:29:42.900 --> 00:29:43.660
 of fishing people

00:29:43.660 --> 00:29:44.400
 out of the darkness

00:29:44.400 --> 00:29:45.080
 and into the light

00:29:45.080 --> 00:29:46.180
 and so

00:29:46.180 --> 00:29:47.620
 come downstairs

00:29:47.620 --> 00:29:49.340
 after the service

00:29:49.340 --> 00:29:50.060
 and find out

00:29:50.060 --> 00:29:50.720
 where you can

00:29:50.720 --> 00:29:51.680
 meaningfully be a part

00:29:51.680 --> 00:29:52.700
 of our mission

00:29:52.700 --> 00:29:53.800
 which is Jesus' mission

00:29:53.800 --> 00:29:55.019
 to make disciples

00:29:55.019 --> 00:29:55.700
 of all nations

00:29:55.700 --> 00:29:57.920
 picture number three

00:29:57.920 --> 00:29:59.759
 so our king

00:29:59.759 --> 00:30:00.519
 is drawn near

00:30:00.519 --> 00:30:01.200
 to be our light

00:30:01.200 --> 00:30:02.019
 in our darkness

00:30:02.019 --> 00:30:02.600
 he's drawn near

00:30:02.600 --> 00:30:03.400
 to call his own

00:30:03.400 --> 00:30:03.900
 to himself

00:30:03.900 --> 00:30:04.620
 and three

00:30:04.620 --> 00:30:05.100
 our king

00:30:05.100 --> 00:30:05.759
 has drawn near

00:30:05.759 --> 00:30:06.580
 to deliver

00:30:06.580 --> 00:30:08.440
 all people

00:30:08.440 --> 00:30:09.500
 from the power

00:30:09.500 --> 00:30:10.280
 of sin

00:30:10.280 --> 00:30:11.140
 and evil

00:30:11.140 --> 00:30:12.480
 he's drawn near

00:30:12.480 --> 00:30:12.960
 to deliver

00:30:12.960 --> 00:30:13.780
 all people

00:30:13.780 --> 00:30:14.820
 from the power

00:30:14.820 --> 00:30:15.400
 of sin

00:30:15.400 --> 00:30:16.360
 and evil

00:30:16.360 --> 00:30:17.400
 read with me

00:30:17.400 --> 00:30:18.400
 verses 23

00:30:18.400 --> 00:30:19.160
 through 25

00:30:19.160 --> 00:30:21.600
 and he went

00:30:21.600 --> 00:30:22.460
 throughout all

00:30:22.460 --> 00:30:23.120
 Galilee

00:30:23.120 --> 00:30:23.940
 teaching in their

00:30:23.940 --> 00:30:24.520
 synagogues

00:30:24.520 --> 00:30:25.240
 and proclaiming

00:30:25.240 --> 00:30:26.000
 the gospel

00:30:26.000 --> 00:30:27.140
 the good news

00:30:27.140 --> 00:30:28.180
 of the kingdom

00:30:28.180 --> 00:30:29.120
 and healing

00:30:29.120 --> 00:30:30.259
 every disease

00:30:30.259 --> 00:30:31.460
 and every affliction

00:30:31.460 --> 00:30:32.380
 among the people

00:30:32.380 --> 00:30:33.920
 so his fame

00:30:33.920 --> 00:30:34.900
 spread throughout

00:30:34.900 --> 00:30:35.900
 all Syria

00:30:35.900 --> 00:30:36.980
 and they brought

00:30:36.980 --> 00:30:37.340
 to him

00:30:37.340 --> 00:30:38.420
 all the sick

00:30:38.420 --> 00:30:39.420
 those afflicted

00:30:39.420 --> 00:30:40.420
 with various diseases

00:30:40.420 --> 00:30:41.019
 and pains

00:30:41.019 --> 00:30:41.860
 those oppressed

00:30:41.860 --> 00:30:42.460
 by demons

00:30:42.460 --> 00:30:43.300
 epileptics

00:30:43.300 --> 00:30:44.340
 and paralytics

00:30:44.340 --> 00:30:45.259
 and he healed

00:30:45.259 --> 00:30:45.820
 them

00:30:45.820 --> 00:30:48.140
 and great crowds

00:30:48.140 --> 00:30:48.800
 followed him

00:30:48.800 --> 00:30:49.480
 from Galilee

00:30:49.480 --> 00:30:50.820
 and the Decapolis

00:30:50.820 --> 00:30:52.080
 and from Jerusalem

00:30:52.080 --> 00:30:52.920
 and Judea

00:30:52.920 --> 00:30:53.800
 and from beyond

00:30:53.800 --> 00:30:54.240
 the Jordan

00:30:54.240 --> 00:30:56.519
 so this little section

00:30:56.519 --> 00:30:56.860
 right here

00:30:56.860 --> 00:30:57.500
 kind of serves

00:30:57.500 --> 00:30:58.180
 as a summary

00:30:58.180 --> 00:30:58.940
 that Matthew

00:30:58.940 --> 00:30:59.500
 is going to use

00:30:59.500 --> 00:31:00.519
 to springboard us

00:31:00.519 --> 00:31:01.860
 into the next

00:31:01.860 --> 00:31:02.759
 several chapters

00:31:02.759 --> 00:31:03.620
 of his gospel

00:31:03.620 --> 00:31:04.820
 so it's a summary

00:31:04.820 --> 00:31:06.400
 of what Jesus

00:31:06.400 --> 00:31:07.920
 did in Galilee

00:31:07.920 --> 00:31:09.000
 in proclaiming

00:31:09.000 --> 00:31:09.600
 the good news

00:31:09.600 --> 00:31:10.279
 of the kingdom

00:31:10.279 --> 00:31:11.480
 so we're going

00:31:11.480 --> 00:31:11.819
 to see

00:31:11.819 --> 00:31:12.420
 in the weeks

00:31:12.420 --> 00:31:12.700
 and months

00:31:12.700 --> 00:31:13.119
 to come

00:31:13.119 --> 00:31:14.259
 this little summary

00:31:14.259 --> 00:31:15.180
 gets spelled out

00:31:15.180 --> 00:31:15.839
 in greater detail

00:31:15.839 --> 00:31:17.240
 but even in this

00:31:17.240 --> 00:31:17.859
 little teaser

00:31:17.859 --> 00:31:18.940
 there are two big

00:31:18.940 --> 00:31:19.680
 things that stand out

00:31:19.680 --> 00:31:20.180
 I want you guys

00:31:20.180 --> 00:31:20.500
 to see

00:31:20.500 --> 00:31:21.399
 first

00:31:21.399 --> 00:31:22.299
 the king

00:31:22.299 --> 00:31:23.220
 is on the move

00:31:23.220 --> 00:31:24.299
 and he's on the move

00:31:24.299 --> 00:31:25.200
 for all people

00:31:25.200 --> 00:31:26.339
 the king

00:31:26.339 --> 00:31:27.119
 is on the move

00:31:27.119 --> 00:31:28.399
 and he's on the move

00:31:28.399 --> 00:31:29.759
 for all people

00:31:29.759 --> 00:31:31.200
 I absolutely love

00:31:31.200 --> 00:31:32.279
 the Chronicles of Narnia

00:31:32.279 --> 00:31:32.960
 I'm sure I think

00:31:32.960 --> 00:31:33.920
 I've already said that

00:31:33.920 --> 00:31:34.720
 before from the pulpit

00:31:34.720 --> 00:31:36.440
 I love the Chronicles of Narnia

00:31:36.440 --> 00:31:37.660
 and there's this part

00:31:37.660 --> 00:31:40.320
 in the Lion, Witch, and the Wardrobe

00:31:40.320 --> 00:31:44.700
 when the four Pevensey children

00:31:44.700 --> 00:31:46.940
 are in Mr. and Mr. Beaver's house

00:31:46.940 --> 00:31:48.420
 and they hear the name of Aslan

00:31:48.420 --> 00:31:49.120
 for the first time

00:31:49.120 --> 00:31:49.840
 and they have no idea

00:31:49.840 --> 00:31:51.840
 who Mr. and Mrs. Beaver

00:31:51.840 --> 00:31:52.600
 are talking about

00:31:52.600 --> 00:31:54.460
 but they hear them say

00:31:54.460 --> 00:31:55.920
 Aslan is on the move

00:31:55.920 --> 00:31:57.700
 and they don't even know

00:31:57.700 --> 00:31:58.220
 who Aslan is

00:31:58.220 --> 00:31:59.420
 and yet they feel this thrill

00:31:59.420 --> 00:32:00.440
 rise in their hearts

00:32:00.440 --> 00:32:01.700
 Aslan is on the move

00:32:01.700 --> 00:32:03.620
 the king is on the move here

00:32:03.619 --> 00:32:06.579
 did you notice

00:32:06.579 --> 00:32:07.299
 all the alls

00:32:07.299 --> 00:32:07.959
 and the everys

00:32:07.959 --> 00:32:09.959
 he is moving

00:32:09.959 --> 00:32:11.739
 and did you see

00:32:11.739 --> 00:32:13.439
 all the geographical place names

00:32:13.439 --> 00:32:14.659
 Galilee

00:32:14.659 --> 00:32:15.259
 Decapolis

00:32:15.259 --> 00:32:15.679
 Jerusalem

00:32:15.679 --> 00:32:16.159
 Judea

00:32:16.159 --> 00:32:16.899
 beyond the Jordan

00:32:16.899 --> 00:32:17.579
 Syria

00:32:17.579 --> 00:32:19.099
 holy smokes

00:32:19.099 --> 00:32:20.259
 the king is moving

00:32:20.259 --> 00:32:21.279
 and he's moving

00:32:21.279 --> 00:32:22.339
 to all people

00:32:22.339 --> 00:32:23.419
 so he went throughout

00:32:23.419 --> 00:32:24.579
 all Galilee

00:32:24.579 --> 00:32:25.119
 did you notice that

00:32:25.119 --> 00:32:25.719
 verse 23

00:32:25.719 --> 00:32:26.459
 teaching

00:32:26.459 --> 00:32:26.939
 preaching

00:32:26.939 --> 00:32:27.439
 and healing

00:32:27.439 --> 00:32:28.500
 tons of people

00:32:28.500 --> 00:32:29.599
 every disease

00:32:29.599 --> 00:32:30.719
 and every affliction

00:32:30.719 --> 00:32:31.619
 among the people

00:32:31.619 --> 00:32:33.339
 that means

00:32:33.339 --> 00:32:34.739
 everything that was

00:32:34.739 --> 00:32:35.439
 brought to him

00:32:35.439 --> 00:32:36.379
 he dealt with it

00:32:36.379 --> 00:32:38.679
 everything he encountered

00:32:38.679 --> 00:32:39.559
 he dealt with it

00:32:39.559 --> 00:32:40.939
 but his activity

00:32:40.939 --> 00:32:42.199
 in all of Galilee

00:32:42.199 --> 00:32:43.479
 also made his fame

00:32:43.479 --> 00:32:45.019
 spread to all of Syria

00:32:45.019 --> 00:32:46.259
 verse 24

00:32:46.259 --> 00:32:47.039
 by the way

00:32:47.039 --> 00:32:47.759
 Syria is just

00:32:47.759 --> 00:32:48.379
 probably just

00:32:48.379 --> 00:32:49.599
 the Roman province

00:32:49.599 --> 00:32:50.779
 that included

00:32:50.779 --> 00:32:51.859
 all of Palestine

00:32:51.859 --> 00:32:52.879
 and the surrounding area

00:32:52.879 --> 00:32:53.459
 so this is

00:32:53.459 --> 00:32:54.119
 Jews

00:32:54.119 --> 00:32:54.679
 Gentiles

00:32:54.679 --> 00:32:55.199
 everybody

00:32:55.199 --> 00:32:57.419
 so it's a big area

00:32:57.419 --> 00:32:58.719
 and so his fame

00:32:58.719 --> 00:32:59.339
 is spread

00:32:59.339 --> 00:33:00.719
 from his operation

00:33:00.719 --> 00:33:01.259
 in Galilee

00:33:01.259 --> 00:33:03.039
 it's gone out

00:33:03.039 --> 00:33:05.119
 and then

00:33:05.119 --> 00:33:06.059
 we see

00:33:06.059 --> 00:33:07.400
 great crowds

00:33:07.400 --> 00:33:08.299
 are following him

00:33:08.299 --> 00:33:09.339
 from Galilee

00:33:09.339 --> 00:33:10.440
 Decapolis

00:33:10.440 --> 00:33:11.519
 Galilee's in the north

00:33:11.519 --> 00:33:13.240
 Decapolis is in the

00:33:13.240 --> 00:33:13.900
 southeast

00:33:13.900 --> 00:33:15.900
 on the eastern side

00:33:15.900 --> 00:33:16.420
 of the

00:33:16.420 --> 00:33:18.180
 Sea of Galilee

00:33:18.180 --> 00:33:19.440
 Jerusalem and Judea

00:33:19.440 --> 00:33:20.500
 all the way in the south

00:33:20.500 --> 00:33:21.299
 you have to come over

00:33:21.299 --> 00:33:21.920
 lots of mountains

00:33:21.920 --> 00:33:22.799
 to get up to Galilee

00:33:22.799 --> 00:33:24.440
 from Jerusalem and Judea

00:33:24.440 --> 00:33:25.700
 and then beyond the Jordan

00:33:25.700 --> 00:33:26.660
 which is probably

00:33:26.660 --> 00:33:27.960
 the area to the southeast

00:33:27.960 --> 00:33:29.099
 south of the Decapolis

00:33:29.099 --> 00:33:29.859
 and so

00:33:29.859 --> 00:33:30.980
 oh and the west

00:33:30.980 --> 00:33:31.500
 is not mentioned

00:33:31.500 --> 00:33:31.959
 because that's the

00:33:31.959 --> 00:33:32.659
 Mediterranean Sea

00:33:32.659 --> 00:33:33.559
 there's nobody there

00:33:33.559 --> 00:33:35.579
 so basically

00:33:35.579 --> 00:33:36.240
 they're everywhere

00:33:36.240 --> 00:33:37.119
 where there are people

00:33:37.119 --> 00:33:37.619
 around

00:33:37.619 --> 00:33:38.679
 and they were coming

00:33:38.679 --> 00:33:39.139
 to Jesus

00:33:39.139 --> 00:33:40.059
 and the blessings

00:33:40.059 --> 00:33:41.000
 of God's rule

00:33:41.000 --> 00:33:41.599
 and his reign

00:33:41.599 --> 00:33:42.579
 were coming to them

00:33:42.579 --> 00:33:43.699
 through him

00:33:43.699 --> 00:33:46.299
 he's on the move

00:33:46.299 --> 00:33:46.959
 secondly

00:33:46.959 --> 00:33:47.879
 notice this

00:33:47.879 --> 00:33:49.039
 the good news

00:33:49.039 --> 00:33:50.139
 of the king's nearness

00:33:50.139 --> 00:33:51.419
 to all these people

00:33:51.419 --> 00:33:52.339
 came in the form

00:33:52.339 --> 00:33:53.219
 of deliverance

00:33:53.219 --> 00:33:54.319
 from the effects

00:33:54.319 --> 00:33:54.579
 of

00:33:54.579 --> 00:33:56.019
 and the consequences

00:33:56.019 --> 00:33:56.720
 of sin

00:33:56.720 --> 00:33:57.939
 and evil

00:33:57.939 --> 00:34:00.639
 Jesus' healings

00:34:00.639 --> 00:34:01.939
 were like little sparks

00:34:01.939 --> 00:34:02.839
 of light

00:34:02.839 --> 00:34:03.679
 in the darkness

00:34:03.679 --> 00:34:05.220
 that signaled

00:34:05.220 --> 00:34:06.220
 the breaking in

00:34:06.220 --> 00:34:07.659
 of God's good rule

00:34:07.659 --> 00:34:08.679
 to undo

00:34:08.679 --> 00:34:09.739
 and heal

00:34:09.739 --> 00:34:10.759
 the brokenness

00:34:10.759 --> 00:34:11.539
 of our world

00:34:11.539 --> 00:34:13.039
 they were signs

00:34:13.039 --> 00:34:14.539
 of his kingly credentials

00:34:14.539 --> 00:34:15.299
 that yes

00:34:15.299 --> 00:34:16.440
 he is the king

00:34:16.440 --> 00:34:17.619
 spreading God's kingdom

00:34:17.619 --> 00:34:19.259
 to the kingdom

00:34:19.259 --> 00:34:19.900
 of darkness

00:34:19.900 --> 00:34:21.779
 by healing

00:34:21.779 --> 00:34:23.259
 all and every kind

00:34:23.260 --> 00:34:24.200
 of ugly effect

00:34:24.200 --> 00:34:25.180
 of the fall of man

00:34:25.180 --> 00:34:25.800
 that he encountered

00:34:25.800 --> 00:34:26.900
 he was exercising

00:34:26.900 --> 00:34:28.260
 the kingly authority

00:34:28.260 --> 00:34:29.020
 to extend

00:34:29.020 --> 00:34:29.940
 the blessings

00:34:29.940 --> 00:34:31.040
 of his rule

00:34:31.040 --> 00:34:32.080
 mastering

00:34:32.080 --> 00:34:33.340
 every illness

00:34:33.340 --> 00:34:34.300
 and disease

00:34:34.300 --> 00:34:34.820
 among them

00:34:34.820 --> 00:34:36.100
 simply by his presence

00:34:36.100 --> 00:34:37.740
 simply by his word

00:34:37.740 --> 00:34:39.160
 simply by his touch

00:34:39.160 --> 00:34:40.040
 if you read

00:34:40.040 --> 00:34:40.880
 through the healings

00:34:40.880 --> 00:34:41.640
 of Jesus

00:34:41.640 --> 00:34:42.660
 throughout the gospels

00:34:42.660 --> 00:34:43.720
 all he does

00:34:43.720 --> 00:34:44.040
 is just

00:34:44.040 --> 00:34:45.080
 touch

00:34:45.080 --> 00:34:46.300
 or heal people

00:34:46.300 --> 00:34:47.160
 but with a word

00:34:47.160 --> 00:34:47.980
 that's all he does

00:34:47.980 --> 00:34:48.820
 he speaks a word

00:34:48.820 --> 00:34:49.700
 or he touches them

00:34:49.700 --> 00:34:50.160
 or he

00:34:50.160 --> 00:34:51.540
 make a little mud

00:34:51.540 --> 00:34:52.160
 thingamajig

00:34:52.160 --> 00:34:53.240
 and put it on their eyes

00:34:53.239 --> 00:34:54.659
 it's just simple

00:34:54.659 --> 00:34:55.059
 it's not

00:34:55.059 --> 00:34:56.459
 there were ancient

00:34:56.459 --> 00:34:57.019
 healers

00:34:57.019 --> 00:34:58.039
 in this time

00:34:58.039 --> 00:34:58.899
 who just made

00:34:58.899 --> 00:35:00.479
 elaborate healing

00:35:00.479 --> 00:35:01.239
 methods

00:35:01.239 --> 00:35:01.899
 and they kind of

00:35:01.899 --> 00:35:02.479
 wrote books

00:35:02.479 --> 00:35:03.799
 of how to heal

00:35:03.799 --> 00:35:05.719
 by mixing this potion

00:35:05.719 --> 00:35:06.039
 and that

00:35:06.039 --> 00:35:07.399
 Jesus says

00:35:07.399 --> 00:35:08.239
 it's gone

00:35:08.239 --> 00:35:08.899
 done

00:35:08.899 --> 00:35:10.879
 that's his authority

00:35:10.879 --> 00:35:12.119
 and so it's a little

00:35:12.119 --> 00:35:13.039
 spark of light

00:35:13.039 --> 00:35:14.159
 in the darkness

00:35:14.159 --> 00:35:16.219
 physical ailments

00:35:16.219 --> 00:35:17.639
 even paralysis

00:35:17.639 --> 00:35:18.979
 total disability

00:35:18.979 --> 00:35:21.459
 you're paralyzed

00:35:21.460 --> 00:35:23.820
 this was considered

00:35:23.820 --> 00:35:24.380
 incurable

00:35:24.380 --> 00:35:24.900
 by the way

00:35:24.900 --> 00:35:25.360
 by all those

00:35:25.360 --> 00:35:26.159
 ancient healers

00:35:26.159 --> 00:35:28.019
 they were subject

00:35:28.019 --> 00:35:28.420
 to him

00:35:28.420 --> 00:35:29.099
 with a word

00:35:29.099 --> 00:35:31.860
 mental disabilities

00:35:31.860 --> 00:35:32.599
 like epilepsy

00:35:32.599 --> 00:35:33.300
 were mastered

00:35:33.300 --> 00:35:33.880
 by him

00:35:33.880 --> 00:35:34.720
 with a word

00:35:34.720 --> 00:35:36.480
 spiritual torment

00:35:36.480 --> 00:35:37.079
 through demonic

00:35:37.079 --> 00:35:37.579
 influence

00:35:37.579 --> 00:35:38.280
 was abruptly

00:35:38.280 --> 00:35:38.840
 ended

00:35:38.840 --> 00:35:40.039
 by a word

00:35:40.039 --> 00:35:41.039
 from the son of God

00:35:41.039 --> 00:35:43.460
 I'm really grateful

00:35:43.460 --> 00:35:44.280
 for modern medicine

00:35:44.280 --> 00:35:44.960
 I think it's

00:35:44.960 --> 00:35:46.039
 a wonderful thing

00:35:46.039 --> 00:35:47.340
 it's God's blessing

00:35:47.340 --> 00:35:48.220
 on the age

00:35:48.220 --> 00:35:48.800
 we live in

00:35:48.800 --> 00:35:51.420
 but it can't

00:35:51.420 --> 00:35:51.960
 hold a candle

00:35:51.960 --> 00:35:52.500
 to this kind

00:35:52.500 --> 00:35:52.980
 of authority

00:35:52.980 --> 00:35:56.280
 our king

00:35:56.280 --> 00:35:57.120
 simply mastered

00:35:57.120 --> 00:35:57.980
 every form

00:35:57.980 --> 00:35:58.460
 of illness

00:35:58.460 --> 00:35:59.420
 just by virtue

00:35:59.420 --> 00:36:00.260
 of his authority

00:36:00.260 --> 00:36:01.660
 of his person

00:36:01.660 --> 00:36:03.400
 and it shouldn't

00:36:03.400 --> 00:36:03.960
 surprise us

00:36:03.960 --> 00:36:04.460
 he's the king

00:36:04.460 --> 00:36:04.900
 of life

00:36:04.900 --> 00:36:06.820
 he's the light

00:36:06.820 --> 00:36:07.440
 in the darkness

00:36:07.440 --> 00:36:09.140
 but even more

00:36:09.140 --> 00:36:09.720
 than that

00:36:09.720 --> 00:36:11.019
 Jesus' healings

00:36:11.019 --> 00:36:11.840
 they were signs

00:36:11.840 --> 00:36:12.600
 of his authority

00:36:12.600 --> 00:36:14.180
 signs of God's rule

00:36:14.180 --> 00:36:15.080
 breaking into this

00:36:15.080 --> 00:36:15.740
 kingdom of darkness

00:36:15.740 --> 00:36:16.880
 but even more than that

00:36:16.880 --> 00:36:17.500
 they were pointing

00:36:17.500 --> 00:36:19.059
 forward to what

00:36:19.059 --> 00:36:19.699
 Jesus was going

00:36:19.699 --> 00:36:20.199
 to do

00:36:20.199 --> 00:36:23.059
 that Isaiah 53

00:36:23.059 --> 00:36:24.059
 had announced

00:36:24.059 --> 00:36:24.719
 beforehand

00:36:24.719 --> 00:36:26.800
 that we were

00:36:26.800 --> 00:36:28.300
 he was crushed

00:36:28.300 --> 00:36:29.239
 for our iniquities

00:36:29.239 --> 00:36:30.619
 he was pierced

00:36:30.619 --> 00:36:32.059
 for our transgressions

00:36:32.059 --> 00:36:33.780
 the chastisement

00:36:33.780 --> 00:36:34.500
 that brought us

00:36:34.500 --> 00:36:35.320
 peace was upon him

00:36:35.320 --> 00:36:36.480
 by his wounds

00:36:36.480 --> 00:36:38.840
 we were healed

00:36:38.840 --> 00:36:40.619
 and so all this

00:36:40.619 --> 00:36:41.380
 is pointing forward

00:36:41.380 --> 00:36:42.300
 to all of his healings

00:36:42.300 --> 00:36:42.980
 are pointing forward

00:36:42.980 --> 00:36:43.960
 to the way

00:36:43.960 --> 00:36:45.079
 that he would heal

00:36:45.079 --> 00:36:46.299
 the entire

00:36:46.299 --> 00:36:48.699
 broken world

00:36:48.699 --> 00:36:50.440
 and every lost

00:36:50.440 --> 00:36:51.299
 human soul

00:36:51.299 --> 00:36:52.400
 that comes to him

00:36:52.400 --> 00:36:54.019
 by taking on

00:36:54.019 --> 00:36:54.739
 all the darkness

00:36:54.739 --> 00:36:55.639
 into himself

00:36:55.639 --> 00:36:56.759
 and beating it

00:36:56.759 --> 00:36:57.559
 on the cross

00:36:57.559 --> 00:36:58.880
 and the empty tomb

00:36:58.880 --> 00:37:01.819
 he came to deliver

00:37:01.819 --> 00:37:02.779
 all people

00:37:02.779 --> 00:37:03.679
 from the effects

00:37:03.679 --> 00:37:04.380
 and the power

00:37:04.380 --> 00:37:05.860
 of sin and evil

00:37:05.860 --> 00:37:06.480
 the darkness

00:37:06.480 --> 00:37:08.239
 no longer has dominion

00:37:08.239 --> 00:37:09.539
 still has a presence

00:37:09.539 --> 00:37:11.099
 we still live

00:37:11.099 --> 00:37:11.679
 in this world

00:37:11.679 --> 00:37:14.159
 that is affected

00:37:14.159 --> 00:37:15.199
 by sin and evil

00:37:15.199 --> 00:37:16.099
 we all feel it

00:37:16.099 --> 00:37:17.359
 we all feel those

00:37:17.359 --> 00:37:18.319
 creaks and groans

00:37:18.319 --> 00:37:20.039
 of our own bodies

00:37:20.039 --> 00:37:20.859
 and of creation

00:37:20.859 --> 00:37:22.359
 we're under the weight

00:37:22.359 --> 00:37:23.599
 of the curse of sin

00:37:23.599 --> 00:37:24.239
 and death

00:37:24.239 --> 00:37:25.599
 we feel sickness

00:37:25.599 --> 00:37:26.179
 and disease

00:37:26.179 --> 00:37:26.859
 and suffering

00:37:26.859 --> 00:37:27.299
 but

00:37:27.299 --> 00:37:28.899
 now

00:37:28.899 --> 00:37:30.039
 and forever

00:37:30.039 --> 00:37:30.960
 our king

00:37:30.960 --> 00:37:31.879
 has showed

00:37:31.879 --> 00:37:32.639
 that he is

00:37:32.639 --> 00:37:33.879
 authoritative

00:37:33.879 --> 00:37:34.839
 over

00:37:34.839 --> 00:37:36.159
 all of that

00:37:36.159 --> 00:37:38.519
 and one day

00:37:38.519 --> 00:37:40.179
 he's going to come

00:37:40.179 --> 00:37:41.279
 he's going to put

00:37:41.279 --> 00:37:42.059
 an end

00:37:42.059 --> 00:37:43.339
 to all of that

00:37:43.339 --> 00:37:45.519
 listen to Revelation 21

00:37:45.519 --> 00:37:49.639
 I heard a loud voice

00:37:49.639 --> 00:37:50.279
 from the throne

00:37:50.279 --> 00:37:50.799
 saying

00:37:50.799 --> 00:37:52.219
 behold the dwelling place

00:37:52.219 --> 00:37:52.719
 of God

00:37:52.719 --> 00:37:54.199
 is with man

00:37:54.199 --> 00:37:55.919
 God is with man

00:37:55.919 --> 00:37:56.940
 God

00:37:56.940 --> 00:37:58.039
 with us

00:37:58.039 --> 00:38:00.659
 he will dwell

00:38:00.659 --> 00:38:01.319
 with them

00:38:01.319 --> 00:38:02.059
 and they will be

00:38:02.059 --> 00:38:02.919
 his people

00:38:02.919 --> 00:38:03.960
 God himself

00:38:03.960 --> 00:38:04.960
 will be with them

00:38:04.960 --> 00:38:05.379
 as they're

00:38:05.379 --> 00:38:05.759
 did you hear

00:38:05.759 --> 00:38:06.440
 how many withs

00:38:06.440 --> 00:38:06.859
 there were

00:38:06.859 --> 00:38:08.299
 with us

00:38:08.300 --> 00:38:08.920
 Emmanuel

00:38:08.920 --> 00:38:10.360
 God is with us

00:38:10.360 --> 00:38:11.300
 now and forever

00:38:11.300 --> 00:38:12.160
 and forever

00:38:12.160 --> 00:38:13.539
 he will wipe away

00:38:13.539 --> 00:38:14.580
 every tear

00:38:14.580 --> 00:38:15.440
 from their eyes

00:38:15.440 --> 00:38:16.100
 death

00:38:16.100 --> 00:38:16.880
 will be

00:38:16.880 --> 00:38:17.780
 no more

00:38:17.780 --> 00:38:18.800
 and neither

00:38:18.800 --> 00:38:19.280
 shall there be

00:38:19.280 --> 00:38:19.620
 mourning

00:38:19.620 --> 00:38:20.280
 nor crying

00:38:20.280 --> 00:38:20.840
 nor pain

00:38:20.840 --> 00:38:21.240
 anymore

00:38:21.240 --> 00:38:21.840
 for the former

00:38:21.840 --> 00:38:22.320
 things have

00:38:22.320 --> 00:38:22.960
 passed away

00:38:22.960 --> 00:38:23.920
 because Christ

00:38:23.920 --> 00:38:24.440
 has taken it

00:38:24.440 --> 00:38:25.300
 all into himself

00:38:25.300 --> 00:38:26.380
 at the cross

00:38:26.380 --> 00:38:28.940
 so on this side

00:38:28.940 --> 00:38:29.860
 of Revelation 21

00:38:29.860 --> 00:38:30.780
 we still feel it

00:38:30.780 --> 00:38:32.180
 but we also know

00:38:32.180 --> 00:38:32.800
 that our king

00:38:32.800 --> 00:38:33.980
 has power over it

00:38:33.980 --> 00:38:36.679
 are you feeling

00:38:36.679 --> 00:38:37.260
 the effects

00:38:37.260 --> 00:38:38.019
 and the power

00:38:38.019 --> 00:38:38.920
 of sin

00:38:38.920 --> 00:38:39.619
 and evil

00:38:39.619 --> 00:38:40.119
 at work

00:38:40.119 --> 00:38:40.960
 in your own life

00:38:40.960 --> 00:38:41.820
 or in the lives

00:38:41.820 --> 00:38:42.340
 of those

00:38:42.340 --> 00:38:43.139
 that you are

00:38:43.139 --> 00:38:43.639
 close to

00:38:43.639 --> 00:38:45.500
 there is nothing

00:38:45.500 --> 00:38:46.500
 outside the authority

00:38:46.500 --> 00:38:47.179
 of King Jesus

00:38:47.179 --> 00:38:48.219
 there is no chain

00:38:48.219 --> 00:38:48.719
 of sin

00:38:48.719 --> 00:38:50.199
 no spiritual oppression

00:38:50.199 --> 00:38:51.539
 no work of the enemy

00:38:51.539 --> 00:38:52.599
 that he cannot break

00:38:52.599 --> 00:38:53.780
 or turn on its head

00:38:53.780 --> 00:38:55.679
 go to him in prayer

00:38:55.679 --> 00:38:57.760
 the elders will be here

00:38:57.760 --> 00:38:58.179
 in front

00:38:58.179 --> 00:38:58.900
 at the end of the service

00:38:58.900 --> 00:38:59.760
 if you want to come

00:38:59.760 --> 00:39:00.179
 and pray

00:39:00.179 --> 00:39:03.380
 Christ the King Church

00:39:03.380 --> 00:39:04.200
 your king is drawn

00:39:04.200 --> 00:39:04.880
 near to you

00:39:04.880 --> 00:39:06.440
 his rule

00:39:06.440 --> 00:39:07.119
 and his reign

00:39:07.119 --> 00:39:07.880
 are near

00:39:07.880 --> 00:39:09.780
 to you

00:39:09.780 --> 00:39:12.519
 this is good news

00:39:12.519 --> 00:39:14.340
 and it is good news

00:39:14.340 --> 00:39:15.180
 to all people

00:39:15.180 --> 00:39:16.740
 and all kinds

00:39:16.740 --> 00:39:17.280
 of people

00:39:17.280 --> 00:39:17.900
 Jew

00:39:17.900 --> 00:39:18.760
 Gentile

00:39:18.760 --> 00:39:20.119
 Chinese

00:39:20.119 --> 00:39:21.920
 and American

00:39:21.920 --> 00:39:23.559
 to us

00:39:23.559 --> 00:39:24.220
 to the people

00:39:24.220 --> 00:39:24.800
 in your neighborhoods

00:39:24.800 --> 00:39:25.360
 to the people

00:39:25.360 --> 00:39:25.900
 you work with

00:39:25.900 --> 00:39:26.340
 the people

00:39:26.340 --> 00:39:27.000
 of all nations

00:39:27.000 --> 00:39:28.380
 he is the light

00:39:28.380 --> 00:39:28.920
 in our darkness

00:39:28.920 --> 00:39:30.240
 he calls us

00:39:30.240 --> 00:39:30.980
 as his own

00:39:30.980 --> 00:39:32.400
 he delivers us

00:39:32.400 --> 00:39:33.579
 and all people

00:39:33.579 --> 00:39:34.599
 from the darkness

00:39:34.599 --> 00:39:35.220
 of sin

00:39:35.220 --> 00:39:36.139
 and death

00:39:36.139 --> 00:39:36.960
 and Satan

00:39:36.960 --> 00:39:38.320
 so repent

00:39:38.320 --> 00:39:39.300
 if you need to repent

00:39:39.300 --> 00:39:40.519
 for the kingdom

00:39:40.519 --> 00:39:40.920
 of heaven

00:39:40.920 --> 00:39:42.059
 is drawn near to you

00:39:42.059 --> 00:39:43.180
 give to him

00:39:43.180 --> 00:39:44.200
 what he asks of you

00:39:44.200 --> 00:39:44.880
 in grace

00:39:44.880 --> 00:39:46.079
 and know that he is

00:39:46.079 --> 00:39:46.760
 calling you

00:39:46.760 --> 00:39:47.740
 to be his own

00:39:47.740 --> 00:39:48.940
 and trust that he will

00:39:48.940 --> 00:39:49.800
 make you into a fisher

00:39:49.800 --> 00:39:50.280
 of men

00:39:50.280 --> 00:39:52.079
 and rejoice

00:39:52.079 --> 00:39:53.320
 in his reign

00:39:53.320 --> 00:39:54.280
 of great light

00:39:54.280 --> 00:39:55.900
 let's pray

00:39:55.900 --> 00:40:04.240
 father we thank you

00:40:04.240 --> 00:40:05.079
 that you did not

00:40:05.079 --> 00:40:05.579
 have to

00:40:05.579 --> 00:40:06.900
 but you drew

00:40:06.900 --> 00:40:07.820
 near to us

00:40:07.820 --> 00:40:09.380
 to say

00:40:09.380 --> 00:40:11.220
 that the kingdom

00:40:11.220 --> 00:40:11.639
 of heaven

00:40:11.639 --> 00:40:12.119
 is near

00:40:12.119 --> 00:40:14.639
 god the kingdom

00:40:14.639 --> 00:40:14.980
 of heaven

00:40:14.980 --> 00:40:15.619
 is still near

00:40:15.619 --> 00:40:16.240
 to us

00:40:16.240 --> 00:40:17.740
 because you

00:40:17.740 --> 00:40:18.460
 are with us

00:40:18.460 --> 00:40:19.000
 and you've promised

00:40:19.000 --> 00:40:19.559
 to be with us

00:40:19.559 --> 00:40:20.099
 to the very end

00:40:20.099 --> 00:40:20.579
 of the age

00:40:20.579 --> 00:40:22.139
 and you've given

00:40:22.139 --> 00:40:22.619
 us jobs

00:40:22.619 --> 00:40:23.039
 to do

00:40:23.039 --> 00:40:25.019
 to be the light

00:40:25.019 --> 00:40:25.539
 and the darkness

00:40:25.539 --> 00:40:27.179
 in your place

00:40:27.179 --> 00:40:28.599
 ambassadors

00:40:28.599 --> 00:40:29.440
 of the light

00:40:29.440 --> 00:40:30.880
 I pray god

00:40:30.880 --> 00:40:31.400
 that you would help us

00:40:31.400 --> 00:40:31.880
 to do that

00:40:31.880 --> 00:40:32.460
 I pray that you would

00:40:32.460 --> 00:40:32.900
 equip us

00:40:32.900 --> 00:40:34.179
 as we go to the ministry

00:40:34.179 --> 00:40:35.400
 fair to do that well

00:40:35.400 --> 00:40:37.559
 God would you strengthen

00:40:37.559 --> 00:40:38.460
 us as a church

00:40:38.460 --> 00:40:41.420
 to be on your mission

00:40:41.420 --> 00:40:43.019
 to be trusting

00:40:43.019 --> 00:40:44.239
 in the light

00:40:44.239 --> 00:40:45.059
 that is dawned

00:40:45.059 --> 00:40:46.259
 and to be spreading

00:40:46.259 --> 00:40:47.420
 that light

00:40:47.420 --> 00:40:49.199
 God I pray

00:40:49.199 --> 00:40:49.739
 that you would

00:40:49.739 --> 00:40:51.400
 cause the light

00:40:51.400 --> 00:40:52.340
 to dawn on

00:40:52.340 --> 00:40:53.579
 all those

00:40:53.579 --> 00:40:54.640
 within the hearing

00:40:54.640 --> 00:40:56.019
 of this word

00:40:56.019 --> 00:40:58.059
 cause that light

00:40:58.059 --> 00:40:58.460
 to dawn

00:40:58.460 --> 00:40:59.079
 in power

00:40:59.079 --> 00:41:00.480
 would you bring

00:41:00.480 --> 00:41:00.900
 repentance

00:41:00.900 --> 00:41:01.660
 where it is needed

00:41:01.660 --> 00:41:03.559
 we ask this God

00:41:03.559 --> 00:41:04.160
 in Christ's name

00:41:04.160 --> 00:41:04.620
 Amen