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 My name is Ed. I see some new faces, so I'm one of the pastors here at Trinity Cambridge.

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 We're going to continue on in our Matthew series, so if you would open up your Bibles with me.

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! We're in Matthew 24, starting in verse 36, and then we'll read all the way to Matthew 25, verse 13.

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 If you don't have a Bible and would like to use one, feel free to raise your hand. We'd be happy to grant you

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 or give you a Bible for you to use at this time. I'll be reading from the English Standard Version.

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 Again, starting from Matthew 24, verse 36.

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 If you would bow your heads as we come before the Lord in prayer.

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 Heavenly Father,

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 Heavenly Father,

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 who are we

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 but dust

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 here

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 one day and gone tomorrow

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 and yet you care for us. You are mindful of us.

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 So much so that you give us your word.

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 your word that exhorts us,

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 addresses us,

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 wakes us up from our slumber.

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 And we pray that you would do that very thing by the power of your Holy Spirit.

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 The indwelling Holy Spirit would open up our eyes, unlock our ears,

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 so that we would hear how you are addressing us today in your word.

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 That we are to stay awake, to stay ready for you are coming.

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 You're coming soon.

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 So I pray that though my words are weak,

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 your power would manifest in cutting us to the heart

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 and helping us, empowering us to live transformed lives.

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 Lord, please do this for your glory.

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 Help us.

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 In Jesus' name we pray.

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 Amen.

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 If you are able,

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 please rise to honor the reading of God's word.

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 Again, starting from Matthew 24, 36.

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 But concerning that day and hour,

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 no one knows,

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 not even the angels of heaven,

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 nor the Son,

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 but the Father only.

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 For as were the days of Noah,

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 so will be the coming of the Son of Man.

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 For as in those days before the flood,

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 they were eating and drinking,

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 marrying and giving in marriage,

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 until the day when Noah entered the ark.

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 And they were unaware until the flood came

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 and swept them all away.

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 So will be the coming of the Son of Man.

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 Then two men will be in the field.

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 One will be taken and one left.

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 Two women will be grinding at the mill.

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 One will be taken and one left.

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 Therefore, stay awake.

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 For you do not know on what day your Lord is coming.

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 But know this,

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 that if the master of the house had known

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 in what part of the night the thief was coming,

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 he would have stayed awake

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 and would not have let his house be broken into.

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 Therefore, you also must be ready,

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 for the Son of Man is coming at an hour

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 you do not expect.

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 Who then is the faithful and wise servant

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 whom his master has set over his household

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 to give them their food at the proper time?

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 Blessed is that servant whom his master

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 will find so doing when he comes.

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 Truly, I say to you,

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 he will set him over all his possessions.

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 But if that wicked servant says to himself,

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 my master is delayed

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 and begins to beat his fellow servants

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 and eats and drinks with drunkards,

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 the master of that servant will come on a day

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 when he does not expect him.

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 And at an hour he does not know

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 and will cut him in pieces

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 and put him with the hypocrites.

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 In that place there will be weeping

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 and gnashing of teeth.

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 Then the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins

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 who took their lamps

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 and went to meet the bridegroom.

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 Five of them were foolish

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 and five were wise.

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 For when the foolish took their lamps,

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 they took no oil with them,

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 but the wise took flasks of oil

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 with their lamps.

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 As the bridegroom was delayed,

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 they all became drowsy and slept.

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 But at midnight there was a cry,

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 here is the bridegroom,

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 come out to meet him.

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 Then all those virgins rose

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 and trimmed their lamps.

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 And the foolish said to the wise,

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 give us some of your oil

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 for our lamps are going out.

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 But the wise answered saying,

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 since there will be not enough

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 for us and for you,

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 go rather to the dealers

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 and buy for yourselves.

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 And while they were going to buy,

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 the bridegroom came

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 and those who were ready

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 went in with him

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 into the marriage feast.

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 And the door was shut.

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 Afterward, the other virgins came

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 also saying,

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 Lord, Lord, open to us.

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 But he answered,

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 truly I say to you,

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 I do not know you.

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 Watch therefore,

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 for you know neither the day

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 nor the hour.

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 This is God's holy

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 and authoritative word.

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 You may be seated.

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 Have you ever noticed

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 that the substance

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 of your nightmares

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 don't really change,

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 but only merely

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 the circumstances?

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 It's pretty much

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 the same nightmare,

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 but they're distressed

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 in different clothes.

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 I don't have them often,

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 but I've had this

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 recurring nightmare

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 ever since I was little.

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 this recurring dream

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 of being caught

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 unprepared

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 by unexpected circumstances.

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 When I was in high school,

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 I had the nightmare

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 of walking into class

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 only to find out

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 that I have a huge major final

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 that I wasn't prepared for,

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 so I get a big fat F.

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 When I was working

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 my corporate job,

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 it's going into a meeting

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 only to find out

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 that I'm supposed

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 to give a huge presentation

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 in front of the corporate

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 bigwigs, right?

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 The directors

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 and the VPs,

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 so it ends up

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 me getting fired.

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 And I kid you not,

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 my wife and I

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 were in the throes

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 of wedding planning.

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 I had the nightmare

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 of getting married to her.

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 Not that kind of nightmare, right?

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 I wanted to get married to her,

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 but it was a nightmare

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 of going to the wedding,

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 finding out that

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 I don't have anything prepared.

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 Like, where are the flowers?

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 Where's the dress?

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 Where's my own suit?

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 I woke up in a cold sweat

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 that night.

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 But can there be anything

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 more terrifying

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 than to be prepared,

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 unprepared,

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 for the end of the world?

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 It seems like that fear

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 is in our cultural DNA, right?

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 Endless movies and TV shows

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 seem to be just harping

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 on that one same fear.

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 It's in the air.

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 It's in our waters.

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 As I was prepping

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 for this sermon this week,

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 I discovered a surprisingly

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 large subculture

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 of people who are getting ready

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 for the apocalypse.

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 Right?

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 Readiness,

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 apocalypse readiness groups,

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 or preppers,

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 as they call themselves.

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 Right?

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 They have websites,

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 they have Reddit threads,

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 they have even local chapters

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 that meet throughout

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 the United States,

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 which you can go

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 and join today.

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 All for the purpose

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 of helping one another

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 to get ready

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 for the end of the world.

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 They think that maybe

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 the sun will blow up,

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 or there actually will be

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 a zombie apocalypse.

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 But whatever they're preparing for,

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 they're packing out bug-out bags,

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 they're prepping

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 their fallout bunkers,

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 all to get ready

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 for this cataclysmic event.

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 It might sound ridiculous,

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 and certainly in our culture,

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 they're sometimes

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 the butt of our jokes,

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 but ironically,

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 these preppers

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 get something right.

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 They get something right

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 to get ready

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 to the end of the world.

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 Something that we all

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 need to get ready for.

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 The only problem

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 is that they profoundly

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 misunderstand

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 how to get ready for it.

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 What about you?

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 Are you ready

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 for the end of the world?

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 Do you know how

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 to get ready for it?

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 In this passage this morning,

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 Jesus tells us

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 that the end of the world

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 is in fact coming.

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 Why?

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 Because he is coming.

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 And he can return

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 at any point,

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 in 10 minutes,

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 or in 10 millennia.

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 You do realize,

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 I might not actually

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 get to finish this sermon.

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 He is coming,

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 and when he does,

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 he will judge

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 each and every single person,

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 yes,

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 including you,

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 for your readiness.

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 So we need

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 to get ready.

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 So that's the main point

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 of my sermon today.

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 Expect

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 the unexpected return

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 of Christ.

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 And in turn,

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 I'll talk about

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 four points

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 that this passage

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 addresses.

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 First,

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 the hour

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 that is hidden

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 from us,

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 the return

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 that is certain

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 for us,

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 the readiness

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 that is required

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 of us,

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 and finally,

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 the door

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 that is closing

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 on us.

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 By way of reminder,

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 we're in the middle

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 of the Olivet Discourse

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 that started

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 from the disciples'

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 question

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 in chapter 24,

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 verse 3,

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 which reads,

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 tell us,

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 when will these things be,

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 and what will be

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 the sign of your coming

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 and of the end

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 of the age?

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 Last week,

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 Sean preached

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 about how Jesus

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 answers this

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 part one

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 of the question

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 where he addresses

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 the beginning

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 of the end,

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 and this week,

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 Jesus moves on

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 to now part two,

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 the end

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 of the end.

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 And it's signified

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 by a clear transition,

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 these two words

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 right in the beginning

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 of our passage,

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 but concerning,

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 but concerning.

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 Right?

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 Earlier in the

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 book of Matthew,

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 Jesus,

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 and also later,

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 the Apostle Paul,

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 they use this

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 exact same phrase,

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 these exact same words

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 to shift topics.

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 So we have a clear

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 paragraph break here.

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 Jesus is moving on

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 now to address

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 the topic of the

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 end of the age,

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 or to put it

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 in more biblical terms,

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 the day of the Lord.

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 About this day,

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 Prophet Joel

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 proclaims,

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 let all the inhabitants

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 of the land

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 tremble,

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 for the day

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 of the Lord

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 is coming.

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 It is near,

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 a day of darkness

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 and gloom.

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 The day of the Lord

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 is great

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 and very awesome.

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 Who

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 can endure it?

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 So,

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 if this day,

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 the last day

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 of the history

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 of the world

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 as we know it,

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 is fast approaching,

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 it's understandable

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 that the disciples,

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 they ask their

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 respected rabbi,

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 when will this

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 fateful day be?

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 Because if they know

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 the timing,

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 then,

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 of course,

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 we can get ready

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 for it appropriately.

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 And during that time

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 in particular,

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 this topic

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 is a hot button topic.

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 People are talking

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 about it,

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 wrestling with it,

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 giving their ideas,

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 when it could be,

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 with no one being able

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 to give a compelling answer.

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 But surely Jesus,

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 surely Jesus would know.

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 But what Jesus says

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 must have surely

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 shocked his disciples.

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 Concerning the timing

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 of the day

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 and the hour,

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 not a single soul knows.

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 Nor will we ever know,

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 though many have tried.

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 Take Edgar Weisant,

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 who was a former

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 NASA engineer,

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 who wrote a book

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 called 88 Reasons

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 Why the Raptures

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 Will Be in 1988.

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 1988.

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 That book did not age well.

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 Or Harold Camping,

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 who predicted

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 that the return of Christ

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 will be in 2011.

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 His followers

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 were so convinced

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 that this is the day

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 that he's going to return.

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 So they sell

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 all that they have

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 to put up billboards

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 and travel the world

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 and tell everybody

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 that he's returning.

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 Not the wisest

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 financial decision.

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 Even the Jehovah's Witnesses,

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 they've predicted

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 the end of the world

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 four times already.

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 Already in 1914,

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 1918,

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 1925,

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 and 1975.

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 Every generation

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 has had people

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 who think

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 that they've cracked

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 the code.

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 And every single person

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 ends up getting it wrong.

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 Not a single person

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 will know the day.

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 Not even the glorious angels know.

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 Most astonishingly,

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 Jesus openly declares

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 that he doesn't even know.

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 The Son doesn't even know.

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 But only the Father knows.

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 This is the first

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 and only time

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 in all the Gospels

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 where Jesus confesses

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 Jesus confesses

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 ignorance to a question.

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 Let reality sink in

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 this miracle-performing,

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 death-defying,

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 bread-multiplying Messiah,

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 who has answered

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 every single thorny question

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 from the scribes

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 and the Pharisees

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 with astonishing wisdom.

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 He is now confessing ignorance.

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 That must have

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 floored the disciples.

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 Even more so,

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 maybe for us today,

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 who have a clear

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 theological picture

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 of who Jesus is.

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 He's not just

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 the Son of Man,

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 but he is

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 the eternal Son of God.

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 the second person

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 of the Trinity

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 who sustains

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 all of creation

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 by the mere power

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 of his word.

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 How could he be ignorant

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 if he really is

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 the tri-omni-God,

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 the omnipresent,

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 omnipotent,

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 and most relevant

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 to our discussion,

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 omniscient God?

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 Now, this verse

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 has ignited major debate

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 throughout church history

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 with some

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 landing on

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 the heretical belief

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 that Jesus,

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 the Son of God,

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 is actually a lesser God

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 than God the Father.

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 But we need not come

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 to that conclusion.

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 The answer, I think,

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 simply lies in the fact

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 that Jesus was both

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 miraculously

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 and mysteriously

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 fully God

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 and fully human.

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 Not 50% God,

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 not 50% human,

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 not 90-10,

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 but 100% God

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 and 100% human.

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 Later,

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 in Philippians 2,

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 Paul helpfully

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 describes the mystery

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 of the incarnation

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 like this.

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 Though Jesus

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 was in the form

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 of God,

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 he did not account

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 equality with God

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 a thing to be grasped,

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 but emptied himself

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 by taking the form

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 of a servant

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 being born

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 in the likeness

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 of men.

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 consider again

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 that Jesus is

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 the tri-omni God.

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 He really is.

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 But while he is

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 the omnipresent God,

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 at the same time,

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 human Jesus

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 limits himself

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 to one place

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 at one time.

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 While he is

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 the omnipotent God,

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 he really is.

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 At the same time,

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 in his incarnation,

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 human Jesus

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 gets tired,

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 hungry.

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 I think we maybe

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 tend to understand

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 those two

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 a little bit more easily,

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 but I think this verse

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 adds another dimension

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 just to the great

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 condescension of Christ.

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 We mustn't forget

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 that while he is

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 the omniscient God,

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 at the same time

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 in his incarnation,

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 Jesus is still human

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 with human limitations.

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 Jesus increased

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 in wisdom

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 and in stature,

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 as Luke writes

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 in Luke 2.52,

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 and in this particular

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 instance,

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 he doesn't know.

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 He doesn't know

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 the timing

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 of the consummation

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 of the kingdom.

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 Why did he put

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 these things aside?

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 It's because

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 when the eternal

00:17:18.980 --> 00:17:19.720
 word of God

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 became flesh,

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 dwelt among us,

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 he walked among us

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 not as a super-powered

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 demigod,

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 but as a genuine,

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 weak,

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 ignorant man.

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 All so that he can

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 truly sympathize

00:17:35.780 --> 00:17:36.900
 with our weaknesses.

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 Jesus knows

00:17:38.960 --> 00:17:39.740
 what it's like

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 to be tempted,

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 what it's like

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 to be saddened

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 by tragedy and loss,

00:17:45.660 --> 00:17:46.500
 what it's like

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 not knowing the future.

00:17:49.259 --> 00:17:49.880
 Ignorance

00:17:49.880 --> 00:17:51.340
 is essential

00:17:51.340 --> 00:17:52.800
 to the human experience.

00:17:54.280 --> 00:17:55.340
 To be God

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 is to know things.

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 It's to know all things.

00:17:58.960 --> 00:17:59.580
 To be human

00:17:59.580 --> 00:18:01.740
 is to not know things.

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 If Jesus

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 didn't come

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 as fully human,

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 then what

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 meaningful sense

00:18:08.600 --> 00:18:09.140
 would Jesus

00:18:09.140 --> 00:18:10.480
 be our genuine

00:18:10.480 --> 00:18:11.060
 representative,

00:18:11.400 --> 00:18:12.700
 be the new Adam?

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 If his feet

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 never soiled the ground

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 or if eyelids

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 never grew tired

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 or if he never

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 had to say,

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 I don't know.

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 Theologian

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 Donald McLeod,

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 he put it this way,

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 Jesus had learned

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 to obey

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 without knowing

00:18:27.240 --> 00:18:27.960
 all the facts

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 and to believe

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 without being

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 in possession

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 of full information.

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 He had to forego

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 the comfort

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 which omniscience

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 would sometimes

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 have brought.

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 While omniscience

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 was a luxury

00:18:40.620 --> 00:18:41.759
 always within

00:18:41.759 --> 00:18:42.860
 the reach

00:18:42.860 --> 00:18:43.579
 of Jesus,

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 he chose

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 not to grasp

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 at it,

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 to grasp

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 at equality

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 with God

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 in that moment

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 to be

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 our true

00:18:51.440 --> 00:18:52.039
 mediator

00:18:52.039 --> 00:18:52.720
 between God

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 and sinful man.

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 consider then

00:18:55.980 --> 00:18:57.079
 the amazing

00:18:57.079 --> 00:18:57.980
 humility

00:18:57.980 --> 00:18:58.920
 of Jesus

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 that he displays

00:18:59.880 --> 00:19:01.460
 when he declares

00:19:01.460 --> 00:19:02.259
 that he doesn't

00:19:02.259 --> 00:19:02.819
 know something

00:19:02.819 --> 00:19:04.339
 that he could know.

00:19:05.759 --> 00:19:06.960
 Consider then

00:19:06.960 --> 00:19:07.559
 the amazing

00:19:07.559 --> 00:19:08.120
 arrogance

00:19:08.120 --> 00:19:09.160
 and pride

00:19:09.160 --> 00:19:09.819
 of man

00:19:09.819 --> 00:19:10.680
 who declares

00:19:10.680 --> 00:19:11.640
 he knows something

00:19:11.640 --> 00:19:12.359
 that he could

00:19:12.359 --> 00:19:13.480
 never know.

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 We are

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 an information

00:19:17.500 --> 00:19:18.420
 obsessed

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 culture.

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 A million

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 Google hits

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 mere seconds.

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 Now the power

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 of AI

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 at our fingertips.

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 We even gossip

00:19:30.740 --> 00:19:31.800
 because we want

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 to know

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 information.

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 We crave

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 information.

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 All so that

00:19:37.019 --> 00:19:37.560
 we can say

00:19:37.560 --> 00:19:38.240
 we know

00:19:38.240 --> 00:19:38.740
 things,

00:19:38.980 --> 00:19:39.160
 right?

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 We love

00:19:39.900 --> 00:19:40.720
 the power

00:19:40.720 --> 00:19:41.700
 and the security

00:19:41.700 --> 00:19:43.340
 that information

00:19:43.340 --> 00:19:44.180
 gives us.

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 And God

00:19:45.680 --> 00:19:46.360
 certainly has

00:19:46.360 --> 00:19:46.840
 given us

00:19:46.840 --> 00:19:47.360
 the ability

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 to learn

00:19:48.180 --> 00:19:49.759
 and know

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 many things.

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 but there

00:19:52.039 --> 00:19:52.539
 are some

00:19:52.539 --> 00:19:53.019
 things that

00:19:53.019 --> 00:19:53.560
 God will

00:19:53.560 --> 00:19:54.220
 keep us

00:19:54.220 --> 00:19:54.940
 forever in

00:19:54.940 --> 00:19:55.340
 the dark

00:19:55.340 --> 00:19:56.640
 and particularly

00:19:56.640 --> 00:19:57.380
 the timing

00:19:57.380 --> 00:19:58.140
 of his return.

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 Why?

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 To keep us

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 humble

00:20:00.200 --> 00:20:01.600
 and to keep

00:20:01.600 --> 00:20:02.480
 us faithfully

00:20:02.480 --> 00:20:03.060
 waiting for

00:20:03.060 --> 00:20:03.560
 his return.

00:20:05.360 --> 00:20:06.220
 But here's

00:20:06.220 --> 00:20:06.759
 what God

00:20:06.759 --> 00:20:07.400
 has not

00:20:07.400 --> 00:20:08.400
 kept from

00:20:08.400 --> 00:20:08.680
 us.

00:20:09.519 --> 00:20:10.060
 Even while

00:20:10.060 --> 00:20:10.740
 the hour

00:20:10.740 --> 00:20:11.680
 of the return

00:20:11.680 --> 00:20:12.320
 is hidden

00:20:12.320 --> 00:20:12.880
 from us,

00:20:13.420 --> 00:20:14.180
 we do know

00:20:14.180 --> 00:20:15.519
 with certainty

00:20:15.519 --> 00:20:17.779
 that he will

00:20:17.779 --> 00:20:18.420
 in fact

00:20:18.420 --> 00:20:18.840
 return.

00:20:18.839 --> 00:20:19.959
 How do

00:20:19.959 --> 00:20:20.220
 we know

00:20:20.220 --> 00:20:20.500
 this?

00:20:21.159 --> 00:20:21.379
 Jesus

00:20:21.379 --> 00:20:22.059
 then points

00:20:22.059 --> 00:20:22.899
 to Noah.

00:20:24.299 --> 00:20:24.899
 In our

00:20:24.899 --> 00:20:25.439
 passage this

00:20:25.439 --> 00:20:25.699
 morning,

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 have you

00:20:26.139 --> 00:20:26.619
 noticed that

00:20:26.619 --> 00:20:27.059
 all the

00:20:27.059 --> 00:20:27.799
 examples that

00:20:27.799 --> 00:20:28.579
 Jesus gives

00:20:28.579 --> 00:20:29.500
 are merely

00:20:29.500 --> 00:20:30.379
 figurative?

00:20:31.259 --> 00:20:32.099
 All but

00:20:32.099 --> 00:20:32.759
 one.

00:20:34.379 --> 00:20:35.019
 Noah is

00:20:35.019 --> 00:20:35.619
 the one

00:20:35.619 --> 00:20:36.359
 historic

00:20:36.359 --> 00:20:37.220
 example that

00:20:37.220 --> 00:20:38.079
 will prove

00:20:38.079 --> 00:20:38.819
 this day

00:20:38.819 --> 00:20:39.779
 will in fact

00:20:39.779 --> 00:20:40.139
 come.

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 If you're

00:20:41.740 --> 00:20:42.339
 unfamiliar with

00:20:42.339 --> 00:20:42.859
 the story of

00:20:42.859 --> 00:20:43.299
 Noah in

00:20:43.299 --> 00:20:44.259
 Genesis 6,

00:20:44.819 --> 00:20:45.439
 just a few

00:20:45.439 --> 00:20:46.199
 chapters after

00:20:46.199 --> 00:20:47.039
 God creates

00:20:47.039 --> 00:20:47.419
 the world

00:20:47.420 --> 00:20:48.120
 and mankind,

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 his heart

00:20:49.420 --> 00:20:50.620
 breaks because

00:20:50.620 --> 00:20:51.700
 he sees that

00:20:51.700 --> 00:20:52.500
 every intention

00:20:52.500 --> 00:20:53.180
 of the thoughts

00:20:53.180 --> 00:20:53.740
 of man's

00:20:53.740 --> 00:20:54.460
 heart was

00:20:54.460 --> 00:20:55.480
 only evil

00:20:55.480 --> 00:20:56.180
 continually.

00:20:57.380 --> 00:20:58.300
 Just and

00:20:58.300 --> 00:20:59.039
 holy God

00:20:59.039 --> 00:20:59.720
 decides to

00:20:59.720 --> 00:21:00.640
 wipe out

00:21:00.640 --> 00:21:01.539
 all of

00:21:01.539 --> 00:21:02.220
 humanity as

00:21:02.220 --> 00:21:02.660
 a judgment

00:21:02.660 --> 00:21:03.420
 on the

00:21:03.420 --> 00:21:03.700
 earth,

00:21:04.200 --> 00:21:05.140
 but not

00:21:05.140 --> 00:21:06.019
 before commanding

00:21:06.019 --> 00:21:06.980
 righteous Noah

00:21:06.980 --> 00:21:07.539
 to build an

00:21:07.539 --> 00:21:08.560
 enormous ark

00:21:08.560 --> 00:21:09.180
 of wood so

00:21:09.180 --> 00:21:09.580
 that he,

00:21:09.940 --> 00:21:10.420
 his family,

00:21:10.500 --> 00:21:11.060
 and the chosen

00:21:11.060 --> 00:21:11.700
 animals would

00:21:11.700 --> 00:21:12.120
 be able to

00:21:12.120 --> 00:21:12.880
 survive the

00:21:12.880 --> 00:21:13.320
 deluge.

00:21:13.319 --> 00:21:15.639
 this ark

00:21:15.639 --> 00:21:16.419
 that stretched

00:21:16.419 --> 00:21:17.299
 one and a

00:21:17.299 --> 00:21:17.859
 half football

00:21:17.859 --> 00:21:18.899
 fields and

00:21:18.899 --> 00:21:19.679
 was as tall

00:21:19.679 --> 00:21:20.379
 as a four

00:21:20.379 --> 00:21:21.179
 story building,

00:21:21.679 --> 00:21:22.299
 it was this

00:21:22.299 --> 00:21:23.179
 titanic

00:21:23.179 --> 00:21:24.179
 jumbotron,

00:21:24.339 --> 00:21:24.500
 right,

00:21:24.559 --> 00:21:25.299
 displaying for

00:21:25.299 --> 00:21:26.500
 all to see

00:21:26.500 --> 00:21:27.240
 the warnings

00:21:27.240 --> 00:21:28.439
 of the impending

00:21:28.439 --> 00:21:29.480
 judgments of

00:21:29.480 --> 00:21:29.839
 God.

00:21:31.859 --> 00:21:32.559
 But tragically,

00:21:32.700 --> 00:21:33.819
 not a single

00:21:33.819 --> 00:21:35.000
 soul heeded

00:21:35.000 --> 00:21:35.639
 this warning.

00:21:36.779 --> 00:21:37.059
 Instead,

00:21:37.159 --> 00:21:37.859
 they continued

00:21:37.859 --> 00:21:38.419
 to live their

00:21:38.419 --> 00:21:39.179
 lives as they

00:21:39.179 --> 00:21:39.879
 saw fit,

00:21:40.200 --> 00:21:40.579
 eating,

00:21:41.000 --> 00:21:41.439
 drinking,

00:21:41.440 --> 00:21:42.259
 and marrying

00:21:42.259 --> 00:21:43.480
 right until

00:21:43.480 --> 00:21:44.740
 their watery

00:21:44.740 --> 00:21:45.160
 graves.

00:21:47.340 --> 00:21:48.279
 And just as

00:21:48.279 --> 00:21:49.240
 the flood

00:21:49.240 --> 00:21:50.120
 that wiped

00:21:50.120 --> 00:21:50.860
 out humanity

00:21:50.860 --> 00:21:51.840
 is a

00:21:51.840 --> 00:21:52.920
 historical fact,

00:21:52.980 --> 00:21:53.380
 it really

00:21:53.380 --> 00:21:54.200
 did happen,

00:21:55.259 --> 00:21:56.259
 Christ too

00:21:56.259 --> 00:21:57.200
 will in fact

00:21:57.200 --> 00:21:57.840
 return.

00:21:59.680 --> 00:22:00.240
 Yet for

00:22:00.240 --> 00:22:01.000
 all of

00:22:01.000 --> 00:22:01.880
 church history,

00:22:02.740 --> 00:22:03.920
 this unbelieving

00:22:03.920 --> 00:22:04.600
 world has

00:22:04.600 --> 00:22:05.840
 jeered and

00:22:05.840 --> 00:22:06.460
 mocked us,

00:22:06.539 --> 00:22:07.160
 have they not,

00:22:07.720 --> 00:22:08.799
 for our silly

00:22:08.799 --> 00:22:09.900
 and fanatical

00:22:09.900 --> 00:22:10.360
 beliefs.

00:22:11.440 --> 00:22:12.100
 Especially in

00:22:12.100 --> 00:22:12.700
 recent years,

00:22:12.980 --> 00:22:13.180
 right,

00:22:13.279 --> 00:22:13.920
 don't believe

00:22:13.920 --> 00:22:14.160
 me?

00:22:15.019 --> 00:22:15.680
 Then just go

00:22:15.680 --> 00:22:16.180
 to the street,

00:22:16.440 --> 00:22:17.160
 just like the

00:22:17.160 --> 00:22:18.019
 team did in

00:22:18.019 --> 00:22:18.240
 London.

00:22:19.600 --> 00:22:20.180
 Just go to the

00:22:20.180 --> 00:22:20.799
 street and tell

00:22:20.799 --> 00:22:21.480
 them that Jesus

00:22:21.480 --> 00:22:22.000
 is going to

00:22:22.000 --> 00:22:22.720
 return at any

00:22:22.720 --> 00:22:23.039
 point,

00:22:23.140 --> 00:22:23.740
 that the world

00:22:23.740 --> 00:22:24.900
 is coming to

00:22:24.900 --> 00:22:25.240
 an end.

00:22:26.400 --> 00:22:26.880
 You'll see it

00:22:26.880 --> 00:22:27.480
 written right on

00:22:27.480 --> 00:22:27.880
 their face,

00:22:27.960 --> 00:22:28.380
 they're going to

00:22:28.380 --> 00:22:28.820
 think that we're

00:22:28.820 --> 00:22:29.380
 straight up

00:22:29.380 --> 00:22:29.940
 wacko.

00:22:31.340 --> 00:22:32.059
 Maybe you even

00:22:32.059 --> 00:22:33.019
 feel a little bit

00:22:33.019 --> 00:22:34.559
 embarrassed by

00:22:34.559 --> 00:22:35.140
 those beliefs.

00:22:37.080 --> 00:22:38.059
 They'll attack us

00:22:38.059 --> 00:22:38.340
 and say,

00:22:38.420 --> 00:22:38.840
 you guys have

00:22:38.840 --> 00:22:39.460
 been saying that

00:22:39.460 --> 00:22:39.900
 Jesus is

00:22:39.900 --> 00:22:40.519
 returning for

00:22:40.519 --> 00:22:41.840
 2,000 years.

00:22:42.320 --> 00:22:43.220
 Isn't it time,

00:22:43.340 --> 00:22:44.060
 guys, to give

00:22:44.060 --> 00:22:44.460
 it up?

00:22:46.600 --> 00:22:47.259
 But these

00:22:47.259 --> 00:22:47.880
 attacks are

00:22:47.880 --> 00:22:48.860
 nothing new.

00:22:49.040 --> 00:22:49.519
 Even the

00:22:49.519 --> 00:22:50.480
 apostle Peter

00:22:50.480 --> 00:22:51.480
 and his

00:22:51.480 --> 00:22:52.040
 churches had

00:22:52.040 --> 00:22:52.480
 to deal with

00:22:52.480 --> 00:22:52.640
 it.

00:22:53.660 --> 00:22:54.320
 We read in

00:22:54.320 --> 00:22:55.440
 2 Peter 3,

00:22:55.620 --> 00:22:56.340
 they will say,

00:22:56.640 --> 00:22:57.019
 where is the

00:22:57.019 --> 00:22:57.860
 promise of his

00:22:57.860 --> 00:22:58.180
 coming?

00:22:58.980 --> 00:22:59.600
 For ever since

00:22:59.600 --> 00:23:00.360
 the fathers fell

00:23:00.360 --> 00:23:01.060
 asleep, all

00:23:01.060 --> 00:23:01.519
 things are

00:23:01.519 --> 00:23:02.300
 continuing as

00:23:02.300 --> 00:23:02.780
 they were from

00:23:02.780 --> 00:23:03.320
 the beginning

00:23:03.320 --> 00:23:04.220
 of creation.

00:23:05.160 --> 00:23:06.060
 And how does

00:23:06.060 --> 00:23:07.019
 Peter respond?

00:23:07.019 --> 00:23:08.759
 He draws on

00:23:08.759 --> 00:23:09.740
 the same piece

00:23:09.740 --> 00:23:10.359
 of evidence

00:23:10.359 --> 00:23:10.819
 that Jesus

00:23:10.819 --> 00:23:11.099
 does.

00:23:11.180 --> 00:23:11.559
 He points

00:23:11.559 --> 00:23:12.059
 to Noah.

00:23:12.759 --> 00:23:12.980
 For they

00:23:12.980 --> 00:23:13.579
 deliberately

00:23:13.579 --> 00:23:14.460
 overlook this

00:23:14.460 --> 00:23:15.519
 fact that

00:23:15.519 --> 00:23:15.940
 the world

00:23:15.940 --> 00:23:16.339
 that then

00:23:16.339 --> 00:23:17.099
 existed was

00:23:17.099 --> 00:23:18.039
 deluged with

00:23:18.039 --> 00:23:18.639
 water and

00:23:18.639 --> 00:23:19.359
 perished.

00:23:19.879 --> 00:23:20.379
 But by the

00:23:20.379 --> 00:23:21.019
 same word,

00:23:21.180 --> 00:23:21.619
 the heavens

00:23:21.619 --> 00:23:21.879
 and the

00:23:21.879 --> 00:23:22.259
 earth that

00:23:22.259 --> 00:23:22.859
 now existed

00:23:22.859 --> 00:23:23.440
 are stored

00:23:23.440 --> 00:23:23.639
 up,

00:23:23.759 --> 00:23:24.460
 fire being

00:23:24.460 --> 00:23:25.299
 kept until

00:23:25.299 --> 00:23:25.759
 the day of

00:23:25.759 --> 00:23:26.240
 judgment and

00:23:26.240 --> 00:23:26.940
 destruction of

00:23:26.940 --> 00:23:28.019
 the ungodly.

00:23:29.059 --> 00:23:30.379
 Both Jesus

00:23:30.379 --> 00:23:31.119
 and Peter

00:23:31.119 --> 00:23:32.099
 point to the

00:23:32.099 --> 00:23:32.980
 past example

00:23:32.980 --> 00:23:34.180
 of Noah

00:23:34.180 --> 00:23:35.480
 for the

00:23:35.480 --> 00:23:36.660
 future promise,

00:23:36.779 --> 00:23:36.980
 for the

00:23:36.980 --> 00:23:37.740
 assurance that

00:23:37.740 --> 00:23:38.759
 he will in

00:23:38.759 --> 00:23:39.500
 fact come and

00:23:39.500 --> 00:23:40.140
 bring judgment.

00:23:41.500 --> 00:23:42.320
 And when he

00:23:42.320 --> 00:23:43.060
 comes, we don't

00:23:43.060 --> 00:23:44.060
 know when he

00:23:44.060 --> 00:23:44.600
 will come, but

00:23:44.600 --> 00:23:46.080
 we do know how

00:23:46.080 --> 00:23:46.740
 he will come.

00:23:47.480 --> 00:23:48.180
 It will be

00:23:48.180 --> 00:23:49.940
 universal and

00:23:49.940 --> 00:23:50.460
 it will be

00:23:50.460 --> 00:23:51.039
 sudden.

00:23:52.120 --> 00:23:52.960
 Just as the

00:23:52.960 --> 00:23:53.920
 flood came and

00:23:53.920 --> 00:23:55.460
 wiped them all

00:23:55.460 --> 00:23:57.840
 away, when that

00:23:57.840 --> 00:23:58.320
 day of judgment

00:23:58.320 --> 00:23:59.640
 comes, rest

00:23:59.640 --> 00:24:01.560
 assured that not

00:24:01.560 --> 00:24:02.460
 a single soul

00:24:02.460 --> 00:24:03.080
 will miss it.

00:24:03.079 --> 00:24:04.379
 when Jesus

00:24:04.379 --> 00:24:06.179
 personally, bodily

00:24:06.179 --> 00:24:07.519
 returns on the

00:24:07.519 --> 00:24:08.419
 heavenly clouds,

00:24:09.319 --> 00:24:10.199
 every eye will

00:24:10.199 --> 00:24:10.859
 see him, even

00:24:10.859 --> 00:24:11.299
 those who

00:24:11.299 --> 00:24:12.359
 pierced him, and

00:24:12.359 --> 00:24:13.480
 all tribes of

00:24:13.480 --> 00:24:14.359
 the earth will

00:24:14.359 --> 00:24:15.259
 wail on account

00:24:15.259 --> 00:24:15.619
 of him.

00:24:17.119 --> 00:24:17.819
 From the

00:24:17.819 --> 00:24:19.039
 greatest to

00:24:19.039 --> 00:24:19.500
 the least.

00:24:21.279 --> 00:24:21.980
 Even the

00:24:21.980 --> 00:24:22.539
 seemingly

00:24:22.539 --> 00:24:23.899
 inconsequential

00:24:23.899 --> 00:24:25.539
 nameless two

00:24:25.539 --> 00:24:25.919
 men in the

00:24:25.919 --> 00:24:27.519
 field, or the

00:24:27.519 --> 00:24:28.460
 nameless women

00:24:28.460 --> 00:24:29.259
 at the mill in

00:24:29.259 --> 00:24:30.039
 verses 40 to

00:24:30.039 --> 00:24:31.379
 41, they're

00:24:31.379 --> 00:24:31.799
 just doing

00:24:31.799 --> 00:24:32.299
 normal,

00:24:32.299 --> 00:24:33.259
 ordinary,

00:24:33.440 --> 00:24:34.519
 everyday chores.

00:24:35.940 --> 00:24:37.019
 They, too, will

00:24:37.019 --> 00:24:37.619
 be judged.

00:24:38.759 --> 00:24:39.599
 What happens to

00:24:39.599 --> 00:24:40.700
 these two pairs

00:24:40.700 --> 00:24:42.519
 is representative

00:24:42.519 --> 00:24:43.200
 of what will

00:24:43.200 --> 00:24:43.960
 happen to the

00:24:43.960 --> 00:24:44.799
 whole of

00:24:44.799 --> 00:24:45.339
 humanity.

00:24:46.799 --> 00:24:47.339
 On that day,

00:24:47.399 --> 00:24:48.819
 though the two

00:24:48.819 --> 00:24:49.639
 might look

00:24:49.639 --> 00:24:50.819
 exactly the same

00:24:50.819 --> 00:24:51.659
 on the outside,

00:24:51.740 --> 00:24:52.379
 right on paper,

00:24:52.960 --> 00:24:53.700
 they're doing the

00:24:53.700 --> 00:24:54.299
 same work,

00:24:54.819 --> 00:24:55.240
 in the same

00:24:55.240 --> 00:24:56.799
 time, in the

00:24:56.799 --> 00:24:57.399
 same place,

00:24:58.000 --> 00:24:59.960
 the inner reality

00:24:59.960 --> 00:25:00.579
 is that they

00:25:00.579 --> 00:25:01.460
 are worlds

00:25:01.460 --> 00:25:02.019
 apart.

00:25:02.920 --> 00:25:04.000
 For one is

00:25:04.000 --> 00:25:05.240
 a child of

00:25:05.240 --> 00:25:06.039
 God, and

00:25:06.039 --> 00:25:06.640
 one is a

00:25:06.640 --> 00:25:07.259
 child of

00:25:07.259 --> 00:25:07.579
 Satan.

00:25:08.900 --> 00:25:09.640
 When Christ

00:25:09.640 --> 00:25:10.500
 returns, he

00:25:10.500 --> 00:25:11.579
 will reveal the

00:25:11.579 --> 00:25:12.920
 invisible spiritual

00:25:12.920 --> 00:25:14.079
 chasm that

00:25:14.079 --> 00:25:14.840
 lies between

00:25:14.840 --> 00:25:16.360
 them by taking

00:25:16.360 --> 00:25:17.640
 the one and

00:25:17.640 --> 00:25:18.039
 leaving the

00:25:18.039 --> 00:25:18.220
 other.

00:25:20.299 --> 00:25:20.799
 And when

00:25:20.799 --> 00:25:21.920
 Jesus returns,

00:25:22.019 --> 00:25:22.539
 secondly, he

00:25:22.539 --> 00:25:23.980
 will come

00:25:23.980 --> 00:25:24.819
 suddenly.

00:25:26.160 --> 00:25:26.860
 People will be

00:25:26.860 --> 00:25:27.620
 caught in the

00:25:27.619 --> 00:25:28.159
 middle of their

00:25:28.159 --> 00:25:28.759
 work day,

00:25:29.059 --> 00:25:29.599
 working in the

00:25:29.599 --> 00:25:30.419
 field, grinding

00:25:30.419 --> 00:25:31.059
 at the mill,

00:25:31.659 --> 00:25:32.599
 still dressed in

00:25:32.599 --> 00:25:33.199
 their sweaty

00:25:33.199 --> 00:25:33.779
 clothes.

00:25:34.459 --> 00:25:34.919
 They won't have

00:25:34.919 --> 00:25:35.559
 time, we don't

00:25:35.559 --> 00:25:36.139
 have time to go

00:25:36.139 --> 00:25:36.819
 home and get

00:25:36.819 --> 00:25:37.659
 ready for Jesus.

00:25:39.539 --> 00:25:40.079
 And to hammer

00:25:40.079 --> 00:25:40.719
 home that

00:25:40.719 --> 00:25:41.699
 suddenness in

00:25:41.699 --> 00:25:42.500
 which he comes,

00:25:43.319 --> 00:25:43.979
 Jesus goes as

00:25:43.979 --> 00:25:44.519
 far as to

00:25:44.519 --> 00:25:45.779
 compare it to

00:25:45.779 --> 00:25:46.919
 a thief in the

00:25:46.919 --> 00:25:47.159
 night.

00:25:48.699 --> 00:25:49.619
 What is a

00:25:49.619 --> 00:25:50.339
 thief's greatest

00:25:50.339 --> 00:25:50.879
 asset?

00:25:51.759 --> 00:25:52.479
 It's not his

00:25:52.479 --> 00:25:54.279
 strength, maybe

00:25:54.279 --> 00:25:54.739
 it's not even

00:25:54.739 --> 00:25:56.619
 his speed, but

00:25:56.619 --> 00:25:57.259
 it is simply

00:25:57.259 --> 00:25:58.479
 the element of

00:25:58.479 --> 00:25:59.119
 surprise.

00:26:00.559 --> 00:26:01.319
 Thieves come

00:26:01.319 --> 00:26:02.079
 in at the

00:26:02.079 --> 00:26:02.639
 moment you

00:26:02.639 --> 00:26:03.799
 least expect

00:26:03.799 --> 00:26:04.059
 them.

00:26:04.979 --> 00:26:05.319
 And in

00:26:05.319 --> 00:26:05.839
 America, it's

00:26:05.839 --> 00:26:06.479
 more common

00:26:06.479 --> 00:26:07.139
 for thieves to

00:26:07.139 --> 00:26:07.899
 break in and

00:26:07.899 --> 00:26:08.739
 steal during the

00:26:08.739 --> 00:26:09.899
 day than at

00:26:09.899 --> 00:26:10.519
 night because

00:26:10.519 --> 00:26:11.059
 they know that

00:26:11.059 --> 00:26:11.519
 we're all at

00:26:11.519 --> 00:26:11.859
 work.

00:26:13.779 --> 00:26:14.239
 So Jesus

00:26:14.239 --> 00:26:15.119
 compares himself

00:26:15.119 --> 00:26:16.219
 to a thief,

00:26:16.979 --> 00:26:18.299
 obviously not to

00:26:18.299 --> 00:26:19.539
 indict himself as

00:26:19.539 --> 00:26:20.179
 a lawbreaker,

00:26:20.399 --> 00:26:21.959
 but to stress

00:26:21.959 --> 00:26:22.879
 the sudden,

00:26:23.339 --> 00:26:24.559
 surprising manner

00:26:24.559 --> 00:26:25.119
 in which he

00:26:25.119 --> 00:26:25.559
 will come.

00:26:25.559 --> 00:26:26.440
 In fact, he

00:26:26.440 --> 00:26:27.460
 even explicitly

00:26:27.460 --> 00:26:28.879
 says that the

00:26:28.879 --> 00:26:29.599
 thief will come

00:26:29.599 --> 00:26:30.480
 at an hour you

00:26:30.480 --> 00:26:32.240
 do not expect.

00:26:34.539 --> 00:26:35.440
 Therefore, the

00:26:35.440 --> 00:26:36.379
 main exhortation

00:26:36.379 --> 00:26:38.619
 is to stay

00:26:38.619 --> 00:26:40.519
 awake, stay

00:26:40.519 --> 00:26:41.839
 ready at all

00:26:41.839 --> 00:26:43.440
 times, for you

00:26:43.440 --> 00:26:44.359
 never know when

00:26:44.359 --> 00:26:44.819
 the thief will

00:26:44.819 --> 00:26:45.059
 come.

00:26:47.099 --> 00:26:47.879
 During travel,

00:26:48.779 --> 00:26:50.539
 on behalf of a

00:26:50.539 --> 00:26:51.559
 Roman century back

00:26:51.559 --> 00:26:53.119
 then, a soldier,

00:26:53.619 --> 00:26:54.460
 he would keep a

00:26:54.460 --> 00:26:55.380
 certain watch in

00:26:55.380 --> 00:26:55.759
 the middle of

00:26:55.759 --> 00:26:56.220
 the night for a

00:26:56.220 --> 00:26:56.600
 couple of

00:26:56.600 --> 00:26:57.980
 hours while all

00:26:57.980 --> 00:26:58.380
 the other

00:26:58.380 --> 00:26:59.759
 soldiers would

00:26:59.759 --> 00:27:00.559
 sleep, catch

00:27:00.559 --> 00:27:02.559
 up on rest, and

00:27:02.559 --> 00:27:03.259
 he would have to

00:27:03.259 --> 00:27:04.579
 stay awake looking

00:27:04.579 --> 00:27:05.259
 out for bad

00:27:05.259 --> 00:27:05.680
 actors.

00:27:06.960 --> 00:27:08.100
 When his watch

00:27:08.100 --> 00:27:08.920
 was over, then

00:27:08.920 --> 00:27:09.740
 the next would

00:27:09.740 --> 00:27:10.480
 come to take

00:27:10.480 --> 00:27:11.660
 his place, and

00:27:11.660 --> 00:27:12.100
 they would just

00:27:12.100 --> 00:27:12.840
 rinse and repeat.

00:27:14.519 --> 00:27:15.620
 Hear this quote

00:27:15.620 --> 00:27:16.180
 from Charles

00:27:16.180 --> 00:27:16.579
 Spurgeon,

00:27:16.579 --> 00:27:19.279
 brethren, we

00:27:19.279 --> 00:27:20.279
 have succeeded a

00:27:20.279 --> 00:27:21.379
 long line of

00:27:21.379 --> 00:27:21.799
 watchmen.

00:27:22.759 --> 00:27:23.980
 Since the days of

00:27:23.980 --> 00:27:24.859
 our Lord, when he

00:27:24.859 --> 00:27:25.939
 sent out the chosen

00:27:25.939 --> 00:27:26.899
 twelve to stand

00:27:26.899 --> 00:27:28.460
 upon the citadel and

00:27:28.460 --> 00:27:29.339
 tell how the night

00:27:29.339 --> 00:27:31.220
 waxed or waved, how

00:27:31.220 --> 00:27:31.980
 have the watchers

00:27:31.980 --> 00:27:32.740
 come and gone?

00:27:33.460 --> 00:27:34.059
 Our God has

00:27:34.059 --> 00:27:35.039
 changed the watchers,

00:27:35.159 --> 00:27:36.000
 but he has kept

00:27:36.000 --> 00:27:36.939
 the watch.

00:27:37.619 --> 00:27:38.699
 He still sets

00:27:38.699 --> 00:27:39.639
 watchmen on the

00:27:39.639 --> 00:27:40.819
 walls of Zion who

00:27:40.819 --> 00:27:41.839
 must watch for the

00:27:41.839 --> 00:27:42.399
 coming of their

00:27:42.399 --> 00:27:42.899
 master.

00:27:42.900 --> 00:27:47.360
 friends, it's our

00:27:47.360 --> 00:27:48.220
 watch now.

00:27:49.560 --> 00:27:50.560
 It is our

00:27:50.560 --> 00:27:52.560
 generation's turn to

00:27:52.560 --> 00:27:53.500
 watch for the

00:27:53.500 --> 00:27:54.759
 Lord, to stay

00:27:54.759 --> 00:27:56.160
 awake and get

00:27:56.160 --> 00:27:56.440
 ready.

00:27:57.820 --> 00:27:58.800
 So heeding this

00:27:58.800 --> 00:28:01.120
 clarion call, where

00:28:01.120 --> 00:28:02.600
 must our eyes turn

00:28:02.600 --> 00:28:02.920
 then?

00:28:04.320 --> 00:28:04.920
 Upward,

00:28:05.840 --> 00:28:06.320
 heavenward.

00:28:08.080 --> 00:28:09.160
 In no way can we

00:28:09.160 --> 00:28:10.519
 properly watch for

00:28:10.519 --> 00:28:11.140
 the Lord who will

00:28:11.140 --> 00:28:11.880
 come on the

00:28:11.880 --> 00:28:12.880
 heavenly clouds

00:28:12.880 --> 00:28:14.000
 if our eyes are

00:28:14.000 --> 00:28:15.280
 earthbound and

00:28:15.280 --> 00:28:16.180
 downcast?

00:28:17.800 --> 00:28:19.420
 This is a

00:28:19.420 --> 00:28:20.240
 contradiction in

00:28:20.240 --> 00:28:20.480
 terms.

00:28:20.580 --> 00:28:21.020
 It's like looking

00:28:21.020 --> 00:28:22.300
 left and right at

00:28:22.300 --> 00:28:23.160
 the same time.

00:28:24.360 --> 00:28:25.500
 But our eyes are

00:28:25.500 --> 00:28:26.580
 cast earthbound

00:28:26.580 --> 00:28:28.520
 because we so

00:28:28.520 --> 00:28:29.860
 easily get

00:28:29.860 --> 00:28:30.760
 distracted by

00:28:30.760 --> 00:28:31.900
 competing loves

00:28:31.900 --> 00:28:33.260
 and desires here

00:28:33.260 --> 00:28:33.760
 on earth.

00:28:35.240 --> 00:28:35.860
 The lesser

00:28:35.860 --> 00:28:36.780
 things of earth

00:28:36.780 --> 00:28:37.960
 sparkle brighter

00:28:37.960 --> 00:28:39.160
 in our eyes,

00:28:39.180 --> 00:28:39.820
 do they not,

00:28:39.920 --> 00:28:40.680
 than the golden

00:28:40.680 --> 00:28:41.580
 streets of heaven?

00:28:42.880 --> 00:28:43.760
 There's too much

00:28:43.760 --> 00:28:44.460
 in this life that

00:28:44.460 --> 00:28:45.980
 you want to buy,

00:28:46.140 --> 00:28:46.660
 to see,

00:28:46.820 --> 00:28:47.260
 to do,

00:28:47.380 --> 00:28:48.000
 to taste.

00:28:48.960 --> 00:28:49.960
 Too much you want

00:28:49.960 --> 00:28:50.920
 to experience.

00:28:52.760 --> 00:28:54.460
 Hear Jesus' words in

00:28:54.460 --> 00:28:55.760
 Luke's parallel passage,

00:28:55.960 --> 00:28:56.820
 in Luke 17.

00:28:57.260 --> 00:28:58.120
 On that day,

00:28:58.900 --> 00:28:59.980
 let the one who is on

00:28:59.980 --> 00:29:01.060
 the housetop,

00:29:01.420 --> 00:29:02.380
 with his goods in the

00:29:02.380 --> 00:29:02.680
 house,

00:29:02.760 --> 00:29:03.880
 not come down,

00:29:04.040 --> 00:29:04.980
 to take them away.

00:29:05.760 --> 00:29:06.260
 And likewise,

00:29:06.420 --> 00:29:07.120
 let the one who is in

00:29:07.120 --> 00:29:08.420
 the field not turn

00:29:08.420 --> 00:29:08.900
 back.

00:29:08.900 --> 00:29:10.600
 friends,

00:29:10.680 --> 00:29:11.980
 what use are the

00:29:11.980 --> 00:29:12.940
 things that we amass

00:29:12.940 --> 00:29:13.720
 down here,

00:29:13.900 --> 00:29:14.940
 up there?

00:29:16.120 --> 00:29:17.380
 Let your eyes

00:29:17.380 --> 00:29:19.160
 leave the fleeting

00:29:19.160 --> 00:29:20.300
 glories of this

00:29:20.300 --> 00:29:21.480
 earth and turn

00:29:21.480 --> 00:29:21.960
 upward.

00:29:23.740 --> 00:29:25.040
 Or maybe your eyes

00:29:25.040 --> 00:29:26.420
 are earthbound,

00:29:26.519 --> 00:29:26.920
 they're not

00:29:26.920 --> 00:29:27.680
 heavenward,

00:29:27.720 --> 00:29:28.880
 because of our

00:29:28.880 --> 00:29:30.160
 endless earthly

00:29:30.160 --> 00:29:31.220
 worries and

00:29:31.220 --> 00:29:32.220
 anxieties and

00:29:32.220 --> 00:29:32.759
 distractions.

00:29:32.759 --> 00:29:32.960
 distractions.

00:29:34.059 --> 00:29:34.920
 I need to

00:29:34.920 --> 00:29:35.960
 progress in my

00:29:35.960 --> 00:29:36.299
 career,

00:29:36.460 --> 00:29:36.799
 I need to

00:29:36.799 --> 00:29:37.740
 save for a

00:29:37.740 --> 00:29:38.119
 house,

00:29:38.400 --> 00:29:38.759
 I need to

00:29:38.759 --> 00:29:39.299
 get ready for

00:29:39.299 --> 00:29:39.839
 retirement.

00:29:40.799 --> 00:29:41.279
 And are my

00:29:41.279 --> 00:29:41.980
 kids progressing

00:29:41.980 --> 00:29:42.519
 in the way they

00:29:42.519 --> 00:29:42.839
 should?

00:29:44.379 --> 00:29:45.859
 We forget to

00:29:45.859 --> 00:29:46.559
 consider that

00:29:46.559 --> 00:29:47.559
 Jesus can return

00:29:47.559 --> 00:29:49.319
 today because we

00:29:49.319 --> 00:29:50.119
 are so worried

00:29:50.119 --> 00:29:50.779
 about tomorrow.

00:29:54.059 --> 00:29:54.940
 Or maybe our

00:29:54.940 --> 00:29:55.640
 distractions are

00:29:55.640 --> 00:29:56.299
 more subtle than

00:29:56.299 --> 00:29:56.559
 that.

00:29:57.700 --> 00:29:58.819
 We wake up,

00:29:59.319 --> 00:30:00.099
 go to work,

00:30:00.900 --> 00:30:01.519
 come home,

00:30:01.619 --> 00:30:01.980
 sleep,

00:30:01.980 --> 00:30:03.200
 rinse and

00:30:03.200 --> 00:30:03.740
 repeat for

00:30:03.740 --> 00:30:04.720
 40 years.

00:30:06.160 --> 00:30:06.720
 Has that

00:30:06.720 --> 00:30:07.299
 monotony

00:30:07.299 --> 00:30:08.839
 lulled you to

00:30:08.839 --> 00:30:09.120
 sleep?

00:30:10.860 --> 00:30:11.740
 Has the

00:30:11.740 --> 00:30:13.079
 bright blue

00:30:13.079 --> 00:30:13.799
 hue of your

00:30:13.799 --> 00:30:15.180
 phone and

00:30:15.180 --> 00:30:15.799
 the endless

00:30:15.799 --> 00:30:17.980
 swiping lulled

00:30:17.980 --> 00:30:18.759
 you to sleep?

00:30:20.220 --> 00:30:21.200
 Brothers and

00:30:21.200 --> 00:30:21.539
 sisters,

00:30:21.900 --> 00:30:22.700
 wake up.

00:30:23.880 --> 00:30:24.559
 Take your

00:30:24.559 --> 00:30:25.720
 place at the

00:30:25.720 --> 00:30:26.480
 watch post.

00:30:26.980 --> 00:30:27.860
 It is our

00:30:27.860 --> 00:30:28.940
 time, our

00:30:28.940 --> 00:30:29.920
 turn to watch

00:30:29.920 --> 00:30:30.500
 for the Lord

00:30:30.500 --> 00:30:30.759
 now.

00:30:30.759 --> 00:30:32.460
 brothers and

00:30:32.460 --> 00:30:33.140
 sisters, how

00:30:33.140 --> 00:30:34.740
 often do you

00:30:34.740 --> 00:30:35.420
 remember that

00:30:35.420 --> 00:30:36.059
 Christ can

00:30:36.059 --> 00:30:37.379
 literally return

00:30:37.379 --> 00:30:38.119
 at any time?

00:30:39.500 --> 00:30:40.359
 I confess I

00:30:40.359 --> 00:30:41.259
 don't reflect on

00:30:41.259 --> 00:30:41.799
 it nearly

00:30:41.799 --> 00:30:42.379
 enough.

00:30:43.279 --> 00:30:43.900
 When was the

00:30:43.900 --> 00:30:44.619
 last time that

00:30:44.619 --> 00:30:45.500
 you started your

00:30:45.500 --> 00:30:45.759
 day?

00:30:45.879 --> 00:30:47.279
 Not by worrying

00:30:47.279 --> 00:30:48.039
 about your to-do

00:30:48.039 --> 00:30:49.180
 list and what you

00:30:49.180 --> 00:30:49.900
 have to get done,

00:30:50.900 --> 00:30:52.019
 but simply

00:30:52.019 --> 00:30:52.740
 remembering that

00:30:52.740 --> 00:30:54.519
 this day could

00:30:54.519 --> 00:30:55.759
 actually be the

00:30:55.759 --> 00:30:56.220
 day.

00:30:56.900 --> 00:30:57.680
 It could be

00:30:57.680 --> 00:30:58.039
 today.

00:30:59.980 --> 00:31:01.700
 It's possibly

00:31:01.700 --> 00:31:02.220
 one of the

00:31:02.220 --> 00:31:03.460
 most important

00:31:03.460 --> 00:31:04.640
 transformative

00:31:04.640 --> 00:31:05.700
 habits that we

00:31:05.700 --> 00:31:06.880
 cultivate to

00:31:06.880 --> 00:31:07.700
 remember this

00:31:07.700 --> 00:31:09.279
 regularly as we

00:31:09.279 --> 00:31:10.180
 watch and we

00:31:10.180 --> 00:31:10.840
 wait for the

00:31:10.840 --> 00:31:11.519
 Lord to return.

00:31:13.740 --> 00:31:14.920
 But watching for

00:31:14.920 --> 00:31:15.580
 the Lord is not

00:31:15.580 --> 00:31:16.019
 a mere

00:31:16.019 --> 00:31:16.980
 idleness.

00:31:18.320 --> 00:31:19.240
 Jesus' next

00:31:19.240 --> 00:31:19.940
 parable sheds

00:31:19.940 --> 00:31:21.380
 light on what

00:31:21.380 --> 00:31:22.299
 readiness actually

00:31:22.299 --> 00:31:23.539
 looks like when

00:31:23.539 --> 00:31:24.539
 he compares and

00:31:24.539 --> 00:31:25.920
 contrasts two

00:31:25.920 --> 00:31:26.659
 kinds of

00:31:26.659 --> 00:31:26.980
 servants.

00:31:28.299 --> 00:31:28.740
 The first

00:31:28.740 --> 00:31:29.720
 servant is a

00:31:29.720 --> 00:31:30.480
 model example

00:31:30.480 --> 00:31:31.180
 of readiness

00:31:31.180 --> 00:31:32.519
 for the

00:31:32.519 --> 00:31:33.180
 master return.

00:31:34.420 --> 00:31:35.220
 Notice that he

00:31:35.220 --> 00:31:36.359
 doesn't just sit

00:31:36.359 --> 00:31:37.980
 idle, twiddling

00:31:37.980 --> 00:31:38.500
 his thumbs,

00:31:39.220 --> 00:31:39.680
 sitting around

00:31:39.680 --> 00:31:40.639
 the window waiting

00:31:40.639 --> 00:31:41.200
 for the master

00:31:41.200 --> 00:31:41.819
 to return.

00:31:42.980 --> 00:31:43.920
 He doesn't

00:31:43.920 --> 00:31:45.240
 waste his time

00:31:45.240 --> 00:31:46.159
 trying to guess

00:31:46.159 --> 00:31:46.839
 when the master

00:31:46.839 --> 00:31:47.579
 will return,

00:31:48.019 --> 00:31:48.700
 obsessing over

00:31:48.700 --> 00:31:49.759
 biblical numerology,

00:31:49.960 --> 00:31:50.539
 looking at the

00:31:50.539 --> 00:31:51.220
 stars and trying

00:31:51.220 --> 00:31:51.859
 to map out

00:31:51.859 --> 00:31:52.799
 astrology.

00:31:52.799 --> 00:31:54.799
 astrology, when

00:31:54.799 --> 00:31:55.700
 he is bestowed

00:31:55.700 --> 00:31:57.180
 with a task to

00:31:57.180 --> 00:31:58.180
 provide for the

00:31:58.180 --> 00:31:59.379
 household, he

00:31:59.379 --> 00:32:00.559
 simply gets to

00:32:00.559 --> 00:32:00.899
 work.

00:32:02.299 --> 00:32:03.359
 His waiting for

00:32:03.359 --> 00:32:04.240
 the master is

00:32:04.240 --> 00:32:05.180
 expressed in

00:32:05.180 --> 00:32:06.839
 simple, ordinary

00:32:06.839 --> 00:32:07.940
 obedience to the

00:32:07.940 --> 00:32:08.740
 commands that he

00:32:08.740 --> 00:32:09.440
 has received.

00:32:10.240 --> 00:32:11.559
 He is reliable,

00:32:12.319 --> 00:32:12.940
 consistent,

00:32:13.619 --> 00:32:14.079
 trustworthy.

00:32:15.379 --> 00:32:15.960
 So when the

00:32:15.960 --> 00:32:16.579
 master of the

00:32:16.579 --> 00:32:17.579
 house returns, he

00:32:17.579 --> 00:32:19.079
 finds a thriving

00:32:19.079 --> 00:32:20.119
 household put in

00:32:20.119 --> 00:32:21.259
 order, made

00:32:21.259 --> 00:32:22.299
 possible by the

00:32:22.299 --> 00:32:23.399
 diligent work of

00:32:23.399 --> 00:32:23.859
 the servant.

00:32:25.299 --> 00:32:26.180
 As a result, the

00:32:26.180 --> 00:32:27.399
 master then grants

00:32:27.399 --> 00:32:28.259
 the servant a

00:32:28.259 --> 00:32:29.139
 major promotion,

00:32:29.399 --> 00:32:30.180
 sets him over all

00:32:30.180 --> 00:32:30.799
 his possessions.

00:32:31.740 --> 00:32:32.500
 He who is

00:32:32.500 --> 00:32:33.480
 faithful over little

00:32:33.480 --> 00:32:34.180
 will be faithful

00:32:34.180 --> 00:32:34.919
 over much.

00:32:36.619 --> 00:32:37.079
 In direct

00:32:37.079 --> 00:32:38.240
 contrast, Jesus

00:32:38.240 --> 00:32:39.139
 paints the picture

00:32:39.139 --> 00:32:40.159
 of a wicked

00:32:40.159 --> 00:32:41.779
 servant who

00:32:41.779 --> 00:32:43.180
 arrogantly assumes

00:32:43.180 --> 00:32:44.399
 that the master

00:32:44.399 --> 00:32:45.279
 is delayed.

00:32:46.599 --> 00:32:47.879
 You see exactly

00:32:47.879 --> 00:32:48.659
 what kind of man

00:32:48.659 --> 00:32:49.579
 he is, right?

00:32:49.639 --> 00:32:50.539
 For the person

00:32:50.539 --> 00:32:51.240
 you are when

00:32:51.240 --> 00:32:51.759
 nobody is

00:32:51.759 --> 00:32:52.359
 watching is

00:32:52.359 --> 00:32:52.960
 actually the

00:32:52.960 --> 00:32:53.879
 person you

00:32:53.879 --> 00:32:54.180
 are.

00:32:55.720 --> 00:32:57.139
 The man proves

00:32:57.139 --> 00:32:58.099
 his wickedness by

00:32:58.099 --> 00:32:58.899
 then taking this

00:32:58.899 --> 00:33:00.960
 opportunity without

00:33:00.960 --> 00:33:02.740
 supervision to

00:33:02.740 --> 00:33:03.740
 indulge in sin,

00:33:03.879 --> 00:33:04.420
 beating his

00:33:04.420 --> 00:33:05.519
 fellow servants,

00:33:05.759 --> 00:33:06.339
 people who are

00:33:06.339 --> 00:33:07.639
 his peers, his

00:33:07.639 --> 00:33:08.839
 equals, and

00:33:08.839 --> 00:33:09.759
 eating and drinking

00:33:09.759 --> 00:33:10.559
 with drunkards.

00:33:10.559 --> 00:33:13.759
 to this wicked

00:33:13.759 --> 00:33:14.419
 man.

00:33:15.179 --> 00:33:15.980
 The master will

00:33:15.980 --> 00:33:16.859
 come on a day

00:33:16.859 --> 00:33:17.700
 that he does

00:33:17.700 --> 00:33:18.700
 not expect,

00:33:19.220 --> 00:33:19.960
 inflict a

00:33:19.960 --> 00:33:21.679
 terrible punishment.

00:33:23.879 --> 00:33:24.919
 Using graphic

00:33:24.919 --> 00:33:25.879
 language that's

00:33:25.879 --> 00:33:26.960
 meant to shock

00:33:26.960 --> 00:33:27.639
 the sleepy

00:33:27.639 --> 00:33:29.059
 awake, Jesus

00:33:29.059 --> 00:33:29.839
 declares that

00:33:29.839 --> 00:33:30.679
 this wicked

00:33:30.679 --> 00:33:31.859
 servant will be

00:33:31.859 --> 00:33:33.379
 cut in pieces.

00:33:33.380 --> 00:33:36.060
 And as

00:33:36.060 --> 00:33:36.800
 gruesome as

00:33:36.800 --> 00:33:37.540
 that sounds,

00:33:37.660 --> 00:33:38.180
 it's not even

00:33:38.180 --> 00:33:38.640
 the worst

00:33:38.640 --> 00:33:39.080
 part.

00:33:39.880 --> 00:33:40.260
 For this

00:33:40.260 --> 00:33:40.700
 punishment

00:33:40.700 --> 00:33:41.900
 signifies so

00:33:41.900 --> 00:33:42.380
 much more

00:33:42.380 --> 00:33:42.960
 than just a

00:33:42.960 --> 00:33:44.100
 physical death.

00:33:44.940 --> 00:33:45.440
 After he's

00:33:45.440 --> 00:33:45.940
 cut in pieces,

00:33:46.080 --> 00:33:46.840
 he's thrown

00:33:46.840 --> 00:33:47.540
 into the place

00:33:47.540 --> 00:33:47.800
 with the

00:33:47.800 --> 00:33:48.220
 hypocrites,

00:33:48.520 --> 00:33:49.460
 probably the

00:33:49.460 --> 00:33:50.160
 scribes and

00:33:50.160 --> 00:33:50.820
 the Pharisees,

00:33:51.000 --> 00:33:51.460
 as we read

00:33:51.460 --> 00:33:51.840
 this in the

00:33:51.840 --> 00:33:52.380
 context of

00:33:52.380 --> 00:33:52.680
 Matthew,

00:33:53.460 --> 00:33:53.820
 where there

00:33:53.820 --> 00:33:54.940
 is weeping

00:33:54.940 --> 00:33:56.300
 and gnashing

00:33:56.300 --> 00:33:56.960
 of teeth.

00:33:57.840 --> 00:33:58.600
 How can

00:33:58.600 --> 00:33:59.340
 someone weep

00:33:59.340 --> 00:34:00.540
 and gnash

00:34:00.540 --> 00:34:01.040
 their teeth

00:34:01.040 --> 00:34:01.440
 when they've

00:34:01.440 --> 00:34:02.060
 been cut up

00:34:02.060 --> 00:34:02.480
 in pieces?

00:34:02.480 --> 00:34:03.980
 It only

00:34:03.980 --> 00:34:04.539
 makes sense

00:34:04.539 --> 00:34:05.019
 if Jesus

00:34:05.019 --> 00:34:05.460
 is not

00:34:05.460 --> 00:34:06.420
 merely speaking

00:34:06.420 --> 00:34:07.240
 about a

00:34:07.240 --> 00:34:08.360
 physical death,

00:34:08.760 --> 00:34:09.840
 but a

00:34:09.840 --> 00:34:10.300
 greater,

00:34:10.500 --> 00:34:11.800
 more fearsome

00:34:11.800 --> 00:34:12.579
 spiritual

00:34:12.579 --> 00:34:13.240
 death.

00:34:14.300 --> 00:34:14.760
 And we've

00:34:14.760 --> 00:34:15.139
 seen this

00:34:15.139 --> 00:34:15.500
 kind of

00:34:15.500 --> 00:34:16.079
 language in

00:34:16.079 --> 00:34:16.900
 Matthew before

00:34:16.900 --> 00:34:17.420
 that the

00:34:17.420 --> 00:34:18.300
 place of

00:34:18.300 --> 00:34:18.679
 weeping

00:34:18.679 --> 00:34:19.179
 and gnashing

00:34:19.179 --> 00:34:19.740
 of teeth

00:34:19.740 --> 00:34:20.980
 signifies the

00:34:20.980 --> 00:34:21.659
 eternal,

00:34:22.980 --> 00:34:23.820
 unquenchable

00:34:23.820 --> 00:34:24.719
 fire of

00:34:24.719 --> 00:34:24.940
 hell.

00:34:27.019 --> 00:34:27.500
 So by

00:34:27.500 --> 00:34:28.260
 both of

00:34:28.260 --> 00:34:29.179
 the incentive

00:34:29.179 --> 00:34:30.260
 of reward

00:34:30.260 --> 00:34:30.900
 and the

00:34:30.900 --> 00:34:32.219
 spur of

00:34:32.219 --> 00:34:33.039
 punishment,

00:34:34.419 --> 00:34:35.139
 Jesus teaches

00:34:35.139 --> 00:34:35.819
 us how we

00:34:35.819 --> 00:34:36.279
 are to get

00:34:36.279 --> 00:34:36.739
 ready,

00:34:37.000 --> 00:34:37.599
 how we're

00:34:37.599 --> 00:34:38.099
 to get ready

00:34:38.099 --> 00:34:38.419
 for the

00:34:38.419 --> 00:34:38.839
 master's

00:34:38.839 --> 00:34:39.179
 return.

00:34:40.359 --> 00:34:40.759
 And that

00:34:40.759 --> 00:34:41.159
 readiness

00:34:41.159 --> 00:34:41.839
 certainly has

00:34:41.839 --> 00:34:42.539
 nothing to

00:34:42.539 --> 00:34:43.019
 do with

00:34:43.019 --> 00:34:43.899
 irreverent

00:34:43.899 --> 00:34:44.659
 silly myths,

00:34:45.759 --> 00:34:46.279
 neither is

00:34:46.279 --> 00:34:47.139
 it frantic,

00:34:48.179 --> 00:34:49.059
 fanatic acts

00:34:49.059 --> 00:34:49.619
 like so many

00:34:49.619 --> 00:34:50.500
 cults end up

00:34:50.500 --> 00:34:50.799
 taking.

00:34:52.079 --> 00:34:52.639
 On the one

00:34:52.639 --> 00:34:52.819
 hand,

00:34:52.939 --> 00:34:53.119
 it's

00:34:53.119 --> 00:34:54.099
 positively,

00:34:54.739 --> 00:34:55.839
 it's simple,

00:34:56.099 --> 00:34:56.819
 consistent

00:34:56.819 --> 00:34:58.339
 faithfulness to

00:34:58.339 --> 00:34:59.179
 the tasks that

00:34:59.179 --> 00:34:59.839
 God has called

00:34:59.839 --> 00:35:00.159
 you to.

00:35:00.159 --> 00:35:01.980
 going to

00:35:01.980 --> 00:35:02.579
 the office

00:35:02.579 --> 00:35:03.920
 day after

00:35:03.920 --> 00:35:04.179
 day,

00:35:04.299 --> 00:35:04.980
 honoring the

00:35:04.980 --> 00:35:05.359
 Lord by

00:35:05.359 --> 00:35:05.960
 putting your

00:35:05.960 --> 00:35:06.759
 best work,

00:35:07.980 --> 00:35:08.619
 raising your

00:35:08.619 --> 00:35:08.940
 kids,

00:35:09.099 --> 00:35:09.539
 exercising

00:35:09.539 --> 00:35:10.440
 patience and

00:35:10.440 --> 00:35:11.399
 love day

00:35:11.399 --> 00:35:12.199
 after day.

00:35:14.119 --> 00:35:14.539
 And on the

00:35:14.539 --> 00:35:15.119
 other hand,

00:35:15.279 --> 00:35:16.079
 negatively put,

00:35:16.159 --> 00:35:17.059
 it's fleeing

00:35:17.059 --> 00:35:18.679
 from sin and

00:35:18.679 --> 00:35:19.239
 keeping a

00:35:19.239 --> 00:35:20.299
 close watch

00:35:20.299 --> 00:35:21.000
 over your

00:35:21.000 --> 00:35:21.539
 soul,

00:35:22.980 --> 00:35:24.179
 knowing that

00:35:24.179 --> 00:35:24.839
 the heart

00:35:24.839 --> 00:35:25.879
 is desperately

00:35:25.879 --> 00:35:26.379
 sick,

00:35:26.380 --> 00:35:27.680
 and that

00:35:27.680 --> 00:35:28.480
 we are so

00:35:28.480 --> 00:35:29.900
 prone to

00:35:29.900 --> 00:35:30.800
 forget that

00:35:30.800 --> 00:35:31.360
 he is coming.

00:35:31.460 --> 00:35:32.079
 We are so

00:35:32.079 --> 00:35:32.860
 prone to

00:35:32.860 --> 00:35:33.360
 wander.

00:35:34.400 --> 00:35:34.840
 We do

00:35:34.840 --> 00:35:35.460
 well to

00:35:35.460 --> 00:35:35.840
 commit

00:35:35.840 --> 00:35:36.539
 ourselves to

00:35:36.539 --> 00:35:37.380
 prayerful,

00:35:37.760 --> 00:35:38.400
 careful,

00:35:38.579 --> 00:35:39.180
 watchfulness.

00:35:40.240 --> 00:35:41.019
 Here's a

00:35:41.019 --> 00:35:41.820
 helpful definition

00:35:41.820 --> 00:35:42.780
 of watchfulness

00:35:42.780 --> 00:35:44.039
 by Puritan

00:35:44.039 --> 00:35:44.760
 Thomas Brooks.

00:35:45.780 --> 00:35:46.260
 Watchfulness

00:35:46.260 --> 00:35:46.820
 is a

00:35:46.820 --> 00:35:47.780
 continual,

00:35:48.019 --> 00:35:48.480
 careful

00:35:48.480 --> 00:35:49.200
 observing of

00:35:49.200 --> 00:35:49.700
 our ways

00:35:49.700 --> 00:35:50.700
 in all the

00:35:50.700 --> 00:35:51.460
 passages and

00:35:51.460 --> 00:35:52.099
 turnings of

00:35:52.099 --> 00:35:52.539
 our life

00:35:52.539 --> 00:35:53.219
 that we

00:35:53.219 --> 00:35:54.179
 still keep

00:35:54.179 --> 00:35:55.179
 close to

00:35:55.179 --> 00:35:55.719
 the written

00:35:55.719 --> 00:35:56.500
 word of

00:35:56.500 --> 00:35:56.860
 God.

00:35:58.659 --> 00:35:59.480
 In other

00:35:59.480 --> 00:35:59.719
 words,

00:35:59.860 --> 00:36:00.639
 readiness for

00:36:00.639 --> 00:36:01.679
 the end of

00:36:01.679 --> 00:36:02.199
 the world,

00:36:02.300 --> 00:36:03.279
 it looks like

00:36:03.279 --> 00:36:05.099
 godliness and

00:36:05.099 --> 00:36:05.739
 holiness.

00:36:06.960 --> 00:36:07.880
 Peter says so

00:36:07.880 --> 00:36:09.119
 in that same

00:36:09.119 --> 00:36:09.779
 chapter that we've

00:36:09.779 --> 00:36:10.420
 been reading from,

00:36:10.480 --> 00:36:11.940
 from 2 Peter 3.

00:36:13.440 --> 00:36:14.420
 Since all these

00:36:14.420 --> 00:36:15.199
 are thus to be

00:36:15.199 --> 00:36:15.579
 dissolved,

00:36:15.840 --> 00:36:16.679
 what sort of

00:36:16.679 --> 00:36:17.500
 people ought

00:36:17.500 --> 00:36:18.340
 you to be in

00:36:18.340 --> 00:36:18.900
 lives of

00:36:18.900 --> 00:36:20.259
 holiness and

00:36:20.259 --> 00:36:20.840
 godliness,

00:36:21.420 --> 00:36:22.179
 waiting for

00:36:22.179 --> 00:36:22.940
 and hastening

00:36:22.940 --> 00:36:23.859
 for the

00:36:23.859 --> 00:36:24.679
 coming of

00:36:24.679 --> 00:36:25.119
 the day of

00:36:25.119 --> 00:36:25.379
 God.

00:36:27.419 --> 00:36:27.819
 So,

00:36:28.379 --> 00:36:29.000
 watching,

00:36:29.319 --> 00:36:30.319
 watching for

00:36:30.319 --> 00:36:30.879
 the Lord's

00:36:30.879 --> 00:36:31.859
 return and

00:36:31.859 --> 00:36:32.960
 watching your

00:36:32.960 --> 00:36:33.819
 own soul,

00:36:34.000 --> 00:36:34.619
 they're not a

00:36:34.619 --> 00:36:35.239
 contradiction.

00:36:35.859 --> 00:36:36.259
 They're not

00:36:36.259 --> 00:36:37.159
 competing efforts.

00:36:37.839 --> 00:36:38.119
 In fact,

00:36:38.199 --> 00:36:39.259
 we watch for

00:36:39.259 --> 00:36:40.539
 Christ by,

00:36:40.619 --> 00:36:41.679
 by watching

00:36:41.679 --> 00:36:42.399
 our own

00:36:42.399 --> 00:36:42.719
 souls.

00:36:44.559 --> 00:36:45.440
 Here is a

00:36:45.440 --> 00:36:46.259
 simple question.

00:36:47.539 --> 00:36:48.279
 What do you

00:36:48.279 --> 00:36:49.139
 want to be caught

00:36:49.139 --> 00:36:49.960
 doing when the

00:36:49.960 --> 00:36:50.659
 Lord returns?

00:36:52.179 --> 00:36:52.699
 What do you

00:36:52.699 --> 00:36:53.239
 want to be

00:36:53.239 --> 00:36:53.879
 caught doing

00:36:53.879 --> 00:36:54.239
 when the

00:36:54.239 --> 00:36:54.960
 Lord returns?

00:36:56.279 --> 00:36:56.519
 So,

00:36:56.599 --> 00:36:57.259
 do only

00:36:57.259 --> 00:36:58.159
 those things

00:36:58.159 --> 00:36:58.739
 in the right

00:36:58.739 --> 00:36:59.960
 manner that

00:36:59.960 --> 00:37:00.779
 you'd hope to

00:37:00.779 --> 00:37:01.179
 be caught

00:37:01.179 --> 00:37:01.559
 doing,

00:37:02.219 --> 00:37:03.019
 and simply

00:37:03.019 --> 00:37:03.519
 avoid all

00:37:03.519 --> 00:37:04.000
 the rest.

00:37:06.299 --> 00:37:06.579
 So,

00:37:06.639 --> 00:37:07.079
 the servant

00:37:07.079 --> 00:37:07.539
 parable,

00:37:07.940 --> 00:37:09.079
 it shows us

00:37:09.079 --> 00:37:09.579
 what happens

00:37:09.579 --> 00:37:09.960
 when the

00:37:09.960 --> 00:37:10.859
 master arrives

00:37:10.859 --> 00:37:11.539
 sooner than

00:37:11.539 --> 00:37:12.059
 expected.

00:37:12.739 --> 00:37:13.019
 Now,

00:37:13.079 --> 00:37:13.919
 in this last

00:37:13.919 --> 00:37:14.359
 parable,

00:37:14.519 --> 00:37:15.059
 Jesus shows

00:37:15.059 --> 00:37:15.519
 us something

00:37:15.519 --> 00:37:17.039
 equally sobering.

00:37:17.639 --> 00:37:18.039
 Whatever,

00:37:18.440 --> 00:37:19.319
 what happens

00:37:19.320 --> 00:37:19.860
 is when

00:37:19.860 --> 00:37:20.640
 he arrives

00:37:20.640 --> 00:37:21.200
 later,

00:37:21.420 --> 00:37:22.220
 later than

00:37:22.220 --> 00:37:22.660
 expected.

00:37:24.180 --> 00:37:25.000
 This parable

00:37:25.000 --> 00:37:26.000
 focuses on

00:37:26.000 --> 00:37:26.740
 a group of

00:37:26.740 --> 00:37:27.539
 ten virgins

00:37:27.539 --> 00:37:28.160
 during the

00:37:28.160 --> 00:37:28.360
 wedding.

00:37:30.220 --> 00:37:30.559
 It can be

00:37:30.559 --> 00:37:31.120
 hard to place

00:37:31.120 --> 00:37:31.780
 ourselves in

00:37:31.780 --> 00:37:32.360
 this parable

00:37:32.360 --> 00:37:33.460
 because first

00:37:33.460 --> 00:37:34.519
 century Palestinian

00:37:34.519 --> 00:37:34.940
 weddings,

00:37:35.180 --> 00:37:36.240
 they're radically

00:37:36.240 --> 00:37:37.059
 different from

00:37:37.059 --> 00:37:37.559
 our weddings

00:37:37.559 --> 00:37:38.000
 today.

00:37:39.000 --> 00:37:39.780
 The limited

00:37:39.780 --> 00:37:40.460
 info that we

00:37:40.460 --> 00:37:40.860
 have,

00:37:41.360 --> 00:37:42.280
 customarily after

00:37:42.280 --> 00:37:43.160
 the legal

00:37:43.160 --> 00:37:44.660
 nuptials in

00:37:44.659 --> 00:37:45.279
 the bride's

00:37:45.279 --> 00:37:45.539
 home,

00:37:46.139 --> 00:37:46.920
 the bride

00:37:46.920 --> 00:37:47.319
 group would

00:37:47.319 --> 00:37:47.859
 then walk

00:37:47.859 --> 00:37:48.559
 over to

00:37:48.559 --> 00:37:49.099
 the great

00:37:49.099 --> 00:37:49.779
 banquet at

00:37:49.779 --> 00:37:50.639
 his home,

00:37:51.279 --> 00:37:52.079
 accompanied by

00:37:52.079 --> 00:37:53.039
 a group of

00:37:53.039 --> 00:37:53.399
 young,

00:37:53.500 --> 00:37:54.119
 unmarried

00:37:54.119 --> 00:37:55.099
 women who

00:37:55.099 --> 00:37:55.779
 are these

00:37:55.779 --> 00:37:56.480
 virgins in

00:37:56.480 --> 00:37:57.039
 this parable.

00:37:58.339 --> 00:37:58.899
 I think the

00:37:58.899 --> 00:37:59.759
 closest equivalent

00:37:59.759 --> 00:38:00.759
 might be like

00:38:00.759 --> 00:38:01.159
 our weddings

00:38:01.159 --> 00:38:02.239
 today if the

00:38:02.239 --> 00:38:03.299
 wedding ceremony

00:38:03.299 --> 00:38:04.339
 and the wedding

00:38:04.339 --> 00:38:05.460
 reception were in

00:38:05.460 --> 00:38:05.960
 two separate

00:38:05.960 --> 00:38:06.619
 places and you

00:38:06.619 --> 00:38:07.179
 have to travel

00:38:07.179 --> 00:38:07.599
 in between

00:38:07.599 --> 00:38:07.859
 them.

00:38:09.219 --> 00:38:09.920
 But unlike

00:38:09.920 --> 00:38:10.699
 our weddings,

00:38:10.859 --> 00:38:11.739
 there was no

00:38:11.739 --> 00:38:12.899
 set time that

00:38:12.899 --> 00:38:13.379
 things would

00:38:13.379 --> 00:38:13.679
 end.

00:38:14.500 --> 00:38:15.359
 Our time

00:38:15.359 --> 00:38:16.059
 obsessed culture

00:38:16.059 --> 00:38:16.799
 could never

00:38:16.799 --> 00:38:17.339
 deal with

00:38:17.339 --> 00:38:17.659
 this.

00:38:19.419 --> 00:38:19.699
 And that

00:38:19.699 --> 00:38:20.119
 culture back

00:38:20.119 --> 00:38:21.179
 then to the

00:38:21.179 --> 00:38:21.500
 question,

00:38:21.599 --> 00:38:22.159
 how long will

00:38:22.159 --> 00:38:22.460
 it take?

00:38:22.500 --> 00:38:23.159
 The only right

00:38:23.159 --> 00:38:23.659
 answer would

00:38:23.659 --> 00:38:24.819
 be as long

00:38:24.819 --> 00:38:25.519
 as it takes,

00:38:26.039 --> 00:38:26.539
 as long as

00:38:26.539 --> 00:38:27.019
 it needs to.

00:38:28.559 --> 00:38:29.199
 That meant

00:38:29.199 --> 00:38:30.079
 the group of

00:38:30.079 --> 00:38:31.179
 women needed

00:38:31.179 --> 00:38:32.179
 to prepare

00:38:32.179 --> 00:38:32.960
 well.

00:38:33.819 --> 00:38:34.159
 They needed

00:38:34.159 --> 00:38:34.559
 to prepare

00:38:34.559 --> 00:38:35.079
 well for

00:38:35.079 --> 00:38:35.579
 their one

00:38:35.579 --> 00:38:36.399
 and only job

00:38:36.399 --> 00:38:37.199
 to accompany

00:38:37.199 --> 00:38:37.899
 the bridegroom

00:38:37.899 --> 00:38:38.779
 and to light

00:38:38.779 --> 00:38:39.379
 his path

00:38:39.379 --> 00:38:39.659
 home.

00:38:41.099 --> 00:38:41.519
 But out of

00:38:41.519 --> 00:38:42.000
 the ten,

00:38:42.079 --> 00:38:43.000
 only five

00:38:43.000 --> 00:38:43.619
 are wise

00:38:43.619 --> 00:38:44.119
 enough to

00:38:44.119 --> 00:38:44.960
 prepare oil

00:38:44.960 --> 00:38:45.500
 with their

00:38:45.500 --> 00:38:45.900
 lamps,

00:38:46.639 --> 00:38:47.599
 just in

00:38:47.599 --> 00:38:48.000
 case that

00:38:48.000 --> 00:38:48.519
 the bridegroom

00:38:48.519 --> 00:38:49.099
 is delayed.

00:38:50.599 --> 00:38:51.319
 The five

00:38:51.319 --> 00:38:52.380
 foolishly neglect

00:38:52.380 --> 00:38:53.079
 to prepare

00:38:53.079 --> 00:38:54.019
 any oil

00:38:54.019 --> 00:38:54.539
 at all.

00:38:56.039 --> 00:38:57.179
 And of

00:38:57.179 --> 00:38:57.480
 course,

00:38:57.679 --> 00:38:57.920
 lo and

00:38:57.920 --> 00:38:58.279
 behold,

00:38:58.839 --> 00:38:59.420
 the bridegroom

00:38:59.420 --> 00:39:00.179
 is delayed

00:39:00.179 --> 00:39:00.579
 in verse

00:39:00.579 --> 00:39:01.019
 five.

00:39:01.420 --> 00:39:02.259
 He's so

00:39:02.259 --> 00:39:02.940
 delayed that

00:39:02.940 --> 00:39:03.619
 in fact all

00:39:03.619 --> 00:39:04.539
 ten of the

00:39:04.539 --> 00:39:04.859
 virgins

00:39:04.859 --> 00:39:06.079
 fall asleep.

00:39:06.940 --> 00:39:07.239
 It's not

00:39:07.239 --> 00:39:07.619
 just the

00:39:07.619 --> 00:39:08.299
 foolish that

00:39:08.299 --> 00:39:08.599
 sleep,

00:39:08.940 --> 00:39:09.639
 but remarkably

00:39:09.639 --> 00:39:10.319
 the wise

00:39:10.319 --> 00:39:10.719
 too.

00:39:11.480 --> 00:39:11.980
 It's a

00:39:11.980 --> 00:39:12.539
 remarkable

00:39:12.539 --> 00:39:13.299
 contrast

00:39:13.299 --> 00:39:14.000
 given the

00:39:14.000 --> 00:39:14.719
 exhortations

00:39:14.719 --> 00:39:15.199
 earlier in

00:39:15.199 --> 00:39:15.779
 our passage.

00:39:17.219 --> 00:39:17.419
 And the

00:39:17.419 --> 00:39:18.259
 wise sleep

00:39:18.259 --> 00:39:18.779
 too,

00:39:19.279 --> 00:39:19.859
 which goes

00:39:19.859 --> 00:39:20.159
 to show

00:39:20.159 --> 00:39:20.759
 that watching

00:39:20.759 --> 00:39:21.299
 for the

00:39:21.299 --> 00:39:21.559
 Lord,

00:39:21.679 --> 00:39:22.419
 it doesn't

00:39:22.419 --> 00:39:22.919
 mean that

00:39:22.919 --> 00:39:23.699
 we burn

00:39:23.699 --> 00:39:24.099
 ourselves

00:39:24.099 --> 00:39:24.559
 out,

00:39:25.219 --> 00:39:26.480
 running at

00:39:26.480 --> 00:39:27.059
 a complete

00:39:27.059 --> 00:39:27.739
 sprint at

00:39:27.739 --> 00:39:28.519
 all times.

00:39:28.659 --> 00:39:29.000
 We need

00:39:29.000 --> 00:39:29.500
 sleep and

00:39:29.500 --> 00:39:30.359
 rest too.

00:39:31.619 --> 00:39:32.039
 But these

00:39:32.039 --> 00:39:32.659
 are two

00:39:32.659 --> 00:39:33.799
 very different

00:39:33.799 --> 00:39:34.519
 kinds of

00:39:34.519 --> 00:39:34.879
 sleep.

00:39:34.880 --> 00:39:37.140
 for the

00:39:37.140 --> 00:39:37.920
 wise sleep

00:39:37.920 --> 00:39:38.720
 in readiness,

00:39:39.380 --> 00:39:40.400
 in preparation

00:39:40.400 --> 00:39:41.119
 for what's

00:39:41.119 --> 00:39:41.720
 to come,

00:39:42.240 --> 00:39:43.360
 like soldiers

00:39:43.360 --> 00:39:44.079
 sleeping in

00:39:44.079 --> 00:39:44.740
 their battle

00:39:44.740 --> 00:39:45.160
 guard.

00:39:47.340 --> 00:39:47.680
 But in

00:39:47.680 --> 00:39:48.119
 contrast,

00:39:48.440 --> 00:39:49.260
 the sleep

00:39:49.260 --> 00:39:49.619
 of the

00:39:49.619 --> 00:39:50.059
 foolish,

00:39:50.440 --> 00:39:51.140
 it exposes

00:39:51.140 --> 00:39:51.840
 not only

00:39:51.840 --> 00:39:52.059
 their

00:39:52.059 --> 00:39:53.320
 unpreparedness,

00:39:53.519 --> 00:39:54.200
 but their

00:39:54.200 --> 00:39:55.200
 laziness

00:39:55.200 --> 00:39:55.700
 too.

00:39:57.360 --> 00:39:57.760
 Shouldn't

00:39:57.760 --> 00:39:58.460
 these five

00:39:58.460 --> 00:39:58.960
 girls have

00:39:58.960 --> 00:39:59.400
 sacrificed

00:39:59.400 --> 00:40:00.059
 some sleep

00:40:00.059 --> 00:40:00.460
 to get

00:40:00.460 --> 00:40:01.079
 ready to

00:40:01.079 --> 00:40:01.660
 honor the

00:40:01.660 --> 00:40:02.380
 bridegroom?

00:40:02.380 --> 00:40:05.360
 I wonder

00:40:05.360 --> 00:40:05.760
 if

00:40:05.760 --> 00:40:07.480
 procrastination

00:40:07.480 --> 00:40:08.700
 and

00:40:08.700 --> 00:40:09.559
 laziness

00:40:09.559 --> 00:40:10.320
 might be

00:40:10.320 --> 00:40:10.780
 some of

00:40:10.780 --> 00:40:11.119
 the sins

00:40:11.119 --> 00:40:11.519
 that we

00:40:11.519 --> 00:40:12.160
 tolerate

00:40:12.160 --> 00:40:13.099
 most easily.

00:40:14.760 --> 00:40:15.400
 Does

00:40:15.400 --> 00:40:16.019
 laziness

00:40:16.019 --> 00:40:16.800
 sound as

00:40:16.800 --> 00:40:17.480
 bad as

00:40:17.480 --> 00:40:18.320
 unbridled

00:40:18.320 --> 00:40:18.700
 anger

00:40:18.700 --> 00:40:20.160
 or untamed

00:40:20.160 --> 00:40:20.760
 lust?

00:40:22.680 --> 00:40:23.840
 But make

00:40:23.840 --> 00:40:24.680
 no mistake,

00:40:24.900 --> 00:40:25.440
 spiritual

00:40:25.440 --> 00:40:26.700
 procrastination

00:40:26.700 --> 00:40:27.860
 and laziness

00:40:27.860 --> 00:40:28.740
 can lead us

00:40:28.740 --> 00:40:29.480
 to hell

00:40:29.480 --> 00:40:30.420
 just the

00:40:30.420 --> 00:40:30.640
 same.

00:40:32.380 --> 00:40:34.559
 It is

00:40:34.559 --> 00:40:34.780
 my

00:40:34.780 --> 00:40:35.380
 greatest

00:40:35.380 --> 00:40:35.840
 fear

00:40:35.840 --> 00:40:36.400
 that

00:40:36.400 --> 00:40:36.579
 there

00:40:36.579 --> 00:40:36.760
 are

00:40:36.760 --> 00:40:37.160
 some

00:40:37.160 --> 00:40:39.220
 who

00:40:39.220 --> 00:40:39.619
 go to

00:40:39.619 --> 00:40:40.019
 church

00:40:40.019 --> 00:40:41.420
 week

00:40:41.420 --> 00:40:41.800
 after

00:40:41.800 --> 00:40:42.160
 week,

00:40:43.360 --> 00:40:43.720
 maybe

00:40:43.720 --> 00:40:44.019
 even

00:40:44.019 --> 00:40:44.360
 this

00:40:44.360 --> 00:40:44.680
 own

00:40:44.680 --> 00:40:45.079
 church,

00:40:45.559 --> 00:40:45.840
 and

00:40:45.840 --> 00:40:46.760
 you

00:40:46.760 --> 00:40:47.019
 hear

00:40:47.019 --> 00:40:47.200
 the

00:40:47.200 --> 00:40:47.500
 life

00:40:47.500 --> 00:40:47.920
 changing

00:40:47.920 --> 00:40:48.500
 gospel

00:40:48.500 --> 00:40:49.820
 only

00:40:49.820 --> 00:40:50.119
 to

00:40:50.119 --> 00:40:50.660
 delay

00:40:50.660 --> 00:40:52.039
 putting

00:40:52.039 --> 00:40:52.280
 your

00:40:52.280 --> 00:40:52.579
 faith

00:40:52.579 --> 00:40:52.740
 in

00:40:52.740 --> 00:40:52.980
 Jesus

00:40:52.980 --> 00:40:53.539
 Christ,

00:40:53.880 --> 00:40:54.140
 saying,

00:40:54.780 --> 00:40:55.079
 oh,

00:40:55.119 --> 00:40:55.320
 I'll

00:40:55.320 --> 00:40:55.559
 always

00:40:55.559 --> 00:40:55.780
 have

00:40:55.780 --> 00:40:56.099
 later.

00:40:57.160 --> 00:40:57.720
 I need

00:40:57.720 --> 00:40:58.160
 to finish

00:40:58.160 --> 00:40:58.519
 school

00:40:58.519 --> 00:40:58.980
 first.

00:40:59.340 --> 00:40:59.700
 I need

00:40:59.700 --> 00:40:59.880
 to get

00:40:59.880 --> 00:41:00.200
 married

00:41:00.200 --> 00:41:00.660
 first.

00:41:00.659 --> 00:41:02.159
 there's

00:41:02.159 --> 00:41:02.539
 always

00:41:02.539 --> 00:41:02.980
 later.

00:41:04.619 --> 00:41:05.000
 Maybe

00:41:05.000 --> 00:41:05.539
 these

00:41:05.539 --> 00:41:05.899
 five

00:41:05.899 --> 00:41:06.199
 thought

00:41:06.199 --> 00:41:06.420
 the

00:41:06.420 --> 00:41:06.719
 same

00:41:06.719 --> 00:41:07.199
 exact

00:41:07.199 --> 00:41:07.519
 way

00:41:07.519 --> 00:41:07.859
 until

00:41:07.859 --> 00:41:08.659
 later

00:41:08.659 --> 00:41:09.539
 became

00:41:09.539 --> 00:41:10.159
 too

00:41:10.159 --> 00:41:10.659
 late.

00:41:12.039 --> 00:41:12.319
 My

00:41:12.319 --> 00:41:12.899
 friend,

00:41:13.019 --> 00:41:13.420
 if you

00:41:13.420 --> 00:41:13.579
 have

00:41:13.579 --> 00:41:13.879
 not

00:41:13.879 --> 00:41:14.159
 put

00:41:14.159 --> 00:41:14.339
 your

00:41:14.339 --> 00:41:14.699
 faith

00:41:14.699 --> 00:41:14.940
 in

00:41:14.940 --> 00:41:15.219
 Jesus

00:41:15.219 --> 00:41:15.679
 yet,

00:41:15.960 --> 00:41:16.539
 what

00:41:16.539 --> 00:41:16.859
 is

00:41:16.859 --> 00:41:17.119
 your

00:41:17.119 --> 00:41:17.579
 delay?

00:41:18.819 --> 00:41:19.119
 We

00:41:19.119 --> 00:41:19.619
 don't

00:41:19.619 --> 00:41:19.960
 know

00:41:19.960 --> 00:41:20.219
 when

00:41:20.219 --> 00:41:20.619
 Christ

00:41:20.619 --> 00:41:20.859
 will

00:41:20.859 --> 00:41:21.440
 return.

00:41:22.279 --> 00:41:22.619
 I'm

00:41:22.619 --> 00:41:23.019
 sure

00:41:23.019 --> 00:41:23.259
 there

00:41:23.259 --> 00:41:23.399
 are

00:41:23.399 --> 00:41:23.719
 many

00:41:23.719 --> 00:41:24.359
 priorities

00:41:24.359 --> 00:41:24.599
 in

00:41:24.599 --> 00:41:24.719
 your

00:41:24.719 --> 00:41:25.039
 life.

00:41:25.139 --> 00:41:25.259
 There

00:41:25.259 --> 00:41:25.319
 are

00:41:25.319 --> 00:41:25.460
 a

00:41:25.460 --> 00:41:25.619
 lot

00:41:25.619 --> 00:41:25.719
 of

00:41:25.719 --> 00:41:26.119
 important

00:41:26.119 --> 00:41:26.659
 things,

00:41:27.179 --> 00:41:27.420
 but

00:41:27.420 --> 00:41:27.799
 your

00:41:27.799 --> 00:41:28.379
 eternal

00:41:28.379 --> 00:41:28.940
 life,

00:41:29.460 --> 00:41:29.739
 heaven

00:41:29.739 --> 00:41:30.019
 or

00:41:30.019 --> 00:41:30.379
 hell,

00:41:30.659 --> 00:41:31.500
 how

00:41:31.500 --> 00:41:31.719
 could

00:41:31.719 --> 00:41:31.859
 that

00:41:31.859 --> 00:41:32.079
 not

00:41:32.079 --> 00:41:32.339
 reach

00:41:32.339 --> 00:41:32.539
 the

00:41:32.539 --> 00:41:32.920
 top

00:41:32.920 --> 00:41:33.059
 of

00:41:33.059 --> 00:41:33.239
 your

00:41:33.239 --> 00:41:33.639
 list?

00:41:35.039 --> 00:41:35.279
 So

00:41:35.279 --> 00:41:35.539
 take

00:41:35.539 --> 00:41:35.759
 the

00:41:35.759 --> 00:41:36.079
 steps

00:41:36.079 --> 00:41:36.859
 necessary

00:41:36.859 --> 00:41:37.119
 to

00:41:37.119 --> 00:41:37.359
 get

00:41:37.359 --> 00:41:37.739
 ready.

00:41:39.359 --> 00:41:39.859
 Christian,

00:41:40.019 --> 00:41:40.719
 we too

00:41:40.719 --> 00:41:41.019
 are

00:41:41.019 --> 00:41:41.480
 guilty

00:41:41.480 --> 00:41:41.759
 of

00:41:41.759 --> 00:41:42.679
 procrastination,

00:41:42.940 --> 00:41:43.259
 are we

00:41:43.259 --> 00:41:43.440
 not?

00:41:43.500 --> 00:41:43.879
 I am

00:41:43.879 --> 00:41:44.219
 guilty

00:41:44.219 --> 00:41:44.519
 of

00:41:44.519 --> 00:41:45.399
 procrastination.

00:41:46.299 --> 00:41:46.579
 If

00:41:46.579 --> 00:41:46.960
 Christ

00:41:46.960 --> 00:41:47.279
 can

00:41:47.279 --> 00:41:47.719
 return

00:41:47.719 --> 00:41:47.920
 at

00:41:47.920 --> 00:41:48.239
 any

00:41:48.239 --> 00:41:48.699
 point,

00:41:49.199 --> 00:41:49.619
 why

00:41:49.619 --> 00:41:49.920
 have

00:41:49.920 --> 00:41:50.099
 we

00:41:50.099 --> 00:41:50.500
 delayed

00:41:50.500 --> 00:41:50.739
 in

00:41:50.739 --> 00:41:51.139
 sharing

00:41:51.139 --> 00:41:51.379
 the

00:41:51.379 --> 00:41:51.779
 gospel

00:41:51.779 --> 00:41:52.079
 with

00:41:52.079 --> 00:41:52.299
 that

00:41:52.299 --> 00:41:52.859
 co-worker,

00:41:53.159 --> 00:41:53.399
 with

00:41:53.399 --> 00:41:53.619
 that

00:41:53.619 --> 00:41:54.000
 friend,

00:41:54.099 --> 00:41:54.279
 with

00:41:54.279 --> 00:41:54.500
 that

00:41:54.500 --> 00:41:54.879
 family

00:41:54.879 --> 00:41:55.239
 member?

00:41:56.179 --> 00:41:56.379
 Is

00:41:56.379 --> 00:41:56.480
 there

00:41:56.480 --> 00:41:56.739
 someone

00:41:56.739 --> 00:41:57.319
 that's

00:41:57.319 --> 00:41:58.179
 named,

00:41:58.279 --> 00:41:58.420
 that

00:41:58.420 --> 00:41:58.779
 image

00:41:58.779 --> 00:41:59.159
 is coming

00:41:59.159 --> 00:41:59.599
 immediately

00:41:59.599 --> 00:42:00.079
 to mind,

00:42:00.139 --> 00:42:00.360
 that the

00:42:00.360 --> 00:42:00.559
 Holy

00:42:00.559 --> 00:42:00.900
 Spirit

00:42:00.900 --> 00:42:01.099
 is

00:42:01.099 --> 00:42:01.619
 putting

00:42:01.619 --> 00:42:01.860
 on

00:42:01.860 --> 00:42:01.980
 you

00:42:01.980 --> 00:42:02.219
 right

00:42:02.219 --> 00:42:02.539
 now?

00:42:03.940 --> 00:42:04.380
 Delay

00:42:04.380 --> 00:42:04.759
 not

00:42:04.759 --> 00:42:05.079
 your

00:42:05.079 --> 00:42:05.659
 obedience,

00:42:06.259 --> 00:42:06.759
 but take

00:42:06.759 --> 00:42:07.239
 steps

00:42:07.239 --> 00:42:07.819
 to share

00:42:07.819 --> 00:42:08.279
 honestly.

00:42:08.500 --> 00:42:08.619
 Don't

00:42:08.619 --> 00:42:09.860
 be arrogant,

00:42:10.440 --> 00:42:11.159
 don't be rude,

00:42:11.559 --> 00:42:12.239
 don't offend

00:42:12.239 --> 00:42:13.279
 unnecessarily,

00:42:13.440 --> 00:42:14.579
 but be bold

00:42:14.579 --> 00:42:15.219
 and share

00:42:15.219 --> 00:42:15.579
 what's on

00:42:15.579 --> 00:42:16.159
 your heart.

00:42:16.779 --> 00:42:17.059
 And when

00:42:17.059 --> 00:42:17.539
 you do,

00:42:17.920 --> 00:42:18.259
 remember

00:42:18.259 --> 00:42:18.559
 what's

00:42:18.559 --> 00:42:18.920
 actually

00:42:18.920 --> 00:42:19.360
 happening

00:42:19.360 --> 00:42:19.659
 here.

00:42:20.259 --> 00:42:20.699
 I'm so

00:42:20.699 --> 00:42:21.139
 encouraged

00:42:21.139 --> 00:42:21.319
 by,

00:42:21.440 --> 00:42:21.539
 again,

00:42:21.579 --> 00:42:21.900
 the London

00:42:21.900 --> 00:42:22.319
 team.

00:42:22.320 --> 00:42:24.660
 for some

00:42:24.660 --> 00:42:25.000
 reason,

00:42:25.559 --> 00:42:25.920
 lately,

00:42:26.200 --> 00:42:26.780
 we've been

00:42:26.780 --> 00:42:27.200
 getting a

00:42:27.200 --> 00:42:27.600
 good number

00:42:27.600 --> 00:42:28.100
 of sales

00:42:28.100 --> 00:42:28.440
 people

00:42:28.440 --> 00:42:28.940
 coming by

00:42:28.940 --> 00:42:29.100
 our

00:42:29.100 --> 00:42:29.380
 door,

00:42:29.720 --> 00:42:29.900
 right,

00:42:30.000 --> 00:42:30.280
 selling

00:42:30.280 --> 00:42:32.019
 insurance,

00:42:32.460 --> 00:42:33.160
 solar panels,

00:42:33.440 --> 00:42:33.820
 high-speed

00:42:33.820 --> 00:42:34.200
 internet.

00:42:35.780 --> 00:42:36.340
 If I

00:42:36.340 --> 00:42:36.519
 can,

00:42:36.559 --> 00:42:36.820
 I try

00:42:36.820 --> 00:42:37.180
 to talk

00:42:37.180 --> 00:42:37.400
 to them

00:42:37.400 --> 00:42:37.580
 every

00:42:37.580 --> 00:42:37.760
 single

00:42:37.760 --> 00:42:38.059
 time.

00:42:40.180 --> 00:42:40.620
 But,

00:42:40.860 --> 00:42:41.059
 you know,

00:42:41.080 --> 00:42:41.480
 every time

00:42:41.480 --> 00:42:41.840
 they come,

00:42:41.940 --> 00:42:42.519
 they always

00:42:42.519 --> 00:42:43.059
 have this

00:42:43.059 --> 00:42:43.460
 look,

00:42:44.039 --> 00:42:44.300
 I've

00:42:44.300 --> 00:42:44.600
 noticed.

00:42:45.400 --> 00:42:45.640
 It's

00:42:45.640 --> 00:42:45.960
 like this

00:42:45.960 --> 00:42:46.500
 embarrassed,

00:42:47.300 --> 00:42:47.740
 sheepish

00:42:47.740 --> 00:42:48.100
 look,

00:42:48.860 --> 00:42:49.180
 like,

00:42:49.720 --> 00:42:49.960
 hey,

00:42:49.960 --> 00:42:50.579
 I need

00:42:50.579 --> 00:42:50.860
 something

00:42:50.860 --> 00:42:51.380
 from you,

00:42:51.900 --> 00:42:52.519
 but I'm

00:42:52.519 --> 00:42:53.000
 embarrassed,

00:42:53.440 --> 00:42:54.079
 I'm sorry

00:42:54.079 --> 00:42:54.639
 to ask.

00:42:56.139 --> 00:42:56.579
 But how

00:42:56.579 --> 00:42:57.559
 often do

00:42:57.559 --> 00:42:58.119
 we treat

00:42:58.119 --> 00:42:58.760
 sharing the

00:42:58.760 --> 00:42:59.320
 gospel in

00:42:59.320 --> 00:42:59.740
 the same

00:42:59.740 --> 00:43:00.119
 way?

00:43:01.500 --> 00:43:01.780
 Like,

00:43:01.840 --> 00:43:01.960
 we're

00:43:01.960 --> 00:43:02.740
 bothering

00:43:02.740 --> 00:43:03.119
 them,

00:43:04.220 --> 00:43:04.579
 we're

00:43:04.579 --> 00:43:05.360
 nuisancing

00:43:05.360 --> 00:43:05.659
 them,

00:43:05.780 --> 00:43:06.079
 we're

00:43:06.079 --> 00:43:07.039
 taking up

00:43:07.039 --> 00:43:07.760
 their time.

00:43:08.900 --> 00:43:09.300
 When we

00:43:09.300 --> 00:43:09.840
 evangelize,

00:43:09.940 --> 00:43:10.460
 let us not

00:43:10.460 --> 00:43:10.900
 forget,

00:43:11.139 --> 00:43:11.579
 we're not

00:43:11.579 --> 00:43:12.099
 doing them

00:43:12.099 --> 00:43:12.920
 a disservice,

00:43:13.360 --> 00:43:14.000
 we're sharing

00:43:14.000 --> 00:43:14.960
 with them

00:43:14.960 --> 00:43:15.619
 the good

00:43:15.619 --> 00:43:16.079
 news of

00:43:16.079 --> 00:43:16.820
 Jesus Christ,

00:43:16.940 --> 00:43:17.599
 the best

00:43:17.599 --> 00:43:18.480
 news of

00:43:18.480 --> 00:43:19.019
 his love

00:43:19.019 --> 00:43:19.760
 for us.

00:43:20.679 --> 00:43:21.159
 We're

00:43:21.159 --> 00:43:21.599
 getting them

00:43:21.599 --> 00:43:22.300
 ready,

00:43:22.880 --> 00:43:23.220
 we're

00:43:23.220 --> 00:43:23.559
 getting them

00:43:23.559 --> 00:43:23.820
 ready,

00:43:23.880 --> 00:43:24.220
 they need

00:43:24.220 --> 00:43:24.519
 to get

00:43:24.519 --> 00:43:24.800
 ready,

00:43:24.900 --> 00:43:25.579
 so we're

00:43:25.579 --> 00:43:25.980
 getting them

00:43:25.980 --> 00:43:26.519
 ready for

00:43:26.519 --> 00:43:27.039
 the return

00:43:27.039 --> 00:43:27.400
 of the

00:43:27.400 --> 00:43:27.980
 bridegroom.

00:43:29.539 --> 00:43:30.199
 And here

00:43:30.199 --> 00:43:30.740
 he comes,

00:43:31.420 --> 00:43:32.019
 at midnight,

00:43:32.460 --> 00:43:33.119
 later than

00:43:33.119 --> 00:43:33.840
 anyone expected,

00:43:34.480 --> 00:43:34.960
 a voice

00:43:34.960 --> 00:43:35.800
 announces the

00:43:35.800 --> 00:43:36.559
 arrival of

00:43:36.559 --> 00:43:37.220
 the bridegroom.

00:43:37.820 --> 00:43:38.300
 The girls

00:43:38.300 --> 00:43:39.260
 are shocked

00:43:39.260 --> 00:43:40.579
 awake and

00:43:40.579 --> 00:43:41.139
 immediately

00:43:41.139 --> 00:43:41.840
 scrambled to

00:43:41.840 --> 00:43:42.220
 get ready

00:43:42.220 --> 00:43:42.599
 for their

00:43:42.599 --> 00:43:43.179
 one job.

00:43:43.720 --> 00:43:44.240
 They trim

00:43:44.240 --> 00:43:44.900
 the charred

00:43:44.900 --> 00:43:45.380
 ends of

00:43:45.380 --> 00:43:45.920
 their lamps

00:43:45.920 --> 00:43:46.579
 so that the

00:43:46.579 --> 00:43:47.240
 flame can

00:43:47.240 --> 00:43:47.940
 burn clean

00:43:47.940 --> 00:43:48.420
 and bright

00:43:48.420 --> 00:43:48.720
 again.

00:43:48.719 --> 00:43:50.519
 only for

00:43:50.519 --> 00:43:51.219
 the five

00:43:51.219 --> 00:43:52.239
 to realize,

00:43:53.399 --> 00:43:53.959
 oh shoot,

00:43:54.759 --> 00:43:55.319
 their stomachs

00:43:55.319 --> 00:43:55.739
 drop.

00:43:56.699 --> 00:43:57.480
 I'm not

00:43:57.480 --> 00:43:58.179
 ready.

00:43:59.039 --> 00:43:59.739
 I have no

00:43:59.739 --> 00:44:00.159
 oil.

00:44:02.399 --> 00:44:02.739
 And so

00:44:02.739 --> 00:44:03.939
 they run

00:44:03.939 --> 00:44:04.439
 to the

00:44:04.439 --> 00:44:05.339
 other five,

00:44:05.439 --> 00:44:05.839
 the wives,

00:44:05.959 --> 00:44:06.099
 hey,

00:44:06.319 --> 00:44:06.699
 give me

00:44:06.699 --> 00:44:07.039
 some of

00:44:07.039 --> 00:44:07.459
 your oil.

00:44:07.699 --> 00:44:08.039
 I need

00:44:08.039 --> 00:44:08.539
 some oil.

00:44:10.359 --> 00:44:10.639
 And the

00:44:10.639 --> 00:44:11.319
 wives realize,

00:44:11.519 --> 00:44:12.339
 we don't have

00:44:12.339 --> 00:44:13.099
 enough to share.

00:44:13.099 --> 00:44:14.480
 we don't have

00:44:14.480 --> 00:44:14.819
 enough to

00:44:14.819 --> 00:44:15.119
 share.

00:44:16.199 --> 00:44:16.679
 And oil,

00:44:17.099 --> 00:44:17.440
 a lamp

00:44:17.440 --> 00:44:17.940
 without oil,

00:44:18.039 --> 00:44:18.259
 it's like

00:44:18.259 --> 00:44:19.019
 flashlights

00:44:19.019 --> 00:44:19.440
 without

00:44:19.440 --> 00:44:20.019
 batteries.

00:44:21.719 --> 00:44:22.519
 This battery

00:44:22.519 --> 00:44:23.400
 needs two

00:44:23.400 --> 00:44:24.139
 double A's.

00:44:24.819 --> 00:44:25.279
 I only have

00:44:25.279 --> 00:44:25.440
 two.

00:44:25.500 --> 00:44:25.900
 I can't

00:44:25.900 --> 00:44:26.519
 share one.

00:44:26.920 --> 00:44:27.400
 Lest there

00:44:27.400 --> 00:44:27.759
 be no

00:44:27.759 --> 00:44:28.139
 light at

00:44:28.139 --> 00:44:28.380
 all.

00:44:30.420 --> 00:44:31.000
 Lest there

00:44:31.000 --> 00:44:31.420
 be no

00:44:31.420 --> 00:44:31.920
 light for

00:44:31.920 --> 00:44:32.519
 the bridegroom

00:44:32.519 --> 00:44:32.940
 at all,

00:44:33.019 --> 00:44:33.440
 they send

00:44:33.440 --> 00:44:33.880
 the other

00:44:33.880 --> 00:44:34.460
 five to

00:44:34.460 --> 00:44:35.159
 then go

00:44:35.159 --> 00:44:35.699
 buy some

00:44:35.699 --> 00:44:35.940
 more.

00:44:37.179 --> 00:44:37.860
 The five

00:44:37.860 --> 00:44:38.239
 go to

00:44:38.239 --> 00:44:38.539
 buy.

00:44:39.460 --> 00:44:39.739
 And during

00:44:39.739 --> 00:44:40.199
 that time,

00:44:40.299 --> 00:44:40.960
 that exact

00:44:40.960 --> 00:44:41.360
 time,

00:44:41.360 --> 00:44:41.980
 the bridegroom

00:44:41.980 --> 00:44:42.960
 returns.

00:44:43.420 --> 00:44:44.120
 He comes

00:44:44.120 --> 00:44:45.180
 and he

00:44:45.180 --> 00:44:45.780
 enters in

00:44:45.780 --> 00:44:46.240
 the marriage

00:44:46.240 --> 00:44:46.800
 feast with

00:44:46.800 --> 00:44:47.500
 all those

00:44:47.500 --> 00:44:47.840
 who are

00:44:47.840 --> 00:44:48.480
 ready for

00:44:48.480 --> 00:44:48.740
 him.

00:44:50.099 --> 00:44:50.700
 Once the

00:44:50.700 --> 00:44:51.800
 foolish five

00:44:51.800 --> 00:44:52.360
 return,

00:44:52.900 --> 00:44:53.340
 they find

00:44:53.340 --> 00:44:54.320
 out the

00:44:54.320 --> 00:44:55.420
 scariest

00:44:55.420 --> 00:44:56.400
 reality

00:44:56.400 --> 00:44:58.220
 in all

00:44:58.220 --> 00:44:58.640
 of Scripture,

00:44:59.840 --> 00:45:00.700
 that the

00:45:00.700 --> 00:45:01.260
 door has

00:45:01.260 --> 00:45:01.760
 been shut

00:45:01.760 --> 00:45:02.140
 on them,

00:45:03.720 --> 00:45:04.400
 never to

00:45:04.400 --> 00:45:04.880
 be opened

00:45:04.880 --> 00:45:05.360
 again.

00:45:07.079 --> 00:45:07.720
 There is

00:45:07.720 --> 00:45:08.820
 a finality

00:45:08.820 --> 00:45:09.539
 to this

00:45:09.539 --> 00:45:10.120
 conclusion.

00:45:10.119 --> 00:45:11.880
 once the

00:45:11.880 --> 00:45:12.460
 door is

00:45:12.460 --> 00:45:12.900
 shut,

00:45:13.179 --> 00:45:13.599
 it is

00:45:13.599 --> 00:45:14.179
 never to

00:45:14.179 --> 00:45:14.579
 be opened

00:45:14.579 --> 00:45:14.940
 again.

00:45:16.940 --> 00:45:17.699
 Then Jesus

00:45:17.699 --> 00:45:19.599
 echoes what

00:45:19.599 --> 00:45:20.000
 he said on

00:45:20.000 --> 00:45:20.440
 the Sermon on

00:45:20.440 --> 00:45:20.679
 the Mount,

00:45:20.980 --> 00:45:21.639
 chapter 7,

00:45:22.420 --> 00:45:22.960
 declaring the

00:45:22.960 --> 00:45:23.619
 same judgment,

00:45:25.059 --> 00:45:25.480
 I never

00:45:25.480 --> 00:45:25.940
 knew you.

00:45:27.619 --> 00:45:28.000
 Depart

00:45:28.000 --> 00:45:28.339
 from me.

00:45:30.940 --> 00:45:31.699
 So this

00:45:31.699 --> 00:45:33.279
 is the

00:45:33.279 --> 00:45:34.359
 million dollar

00:45:34.359 --> 00:45:35.119
 question.

00:45:36.179 --> 00:45:37.099
 Are you

00:45:37.099 --> 00:45:37.779
 ready?

00:45:37.780 --> 00:45:37.840
 ready?

00:45:39.420 --> 00:45:40.100
 Are you

00:45:40.100 --> 00:45:40.480
 ready?

00:45:42.940 --> 00:45:43.680
 Jesus makes

00:45:43.680 --> 00:45:44.260
 the point in

00:45:44.260 --> 00:45:44.780
 this parable

00:45:44.780 --> 00:45:45.400
 that the

00:45:45.400 --> 00:45:45.840
 readiness

00:45:45.840 --> 00:45:46.620
 isn't

00:45:46.620 --> 00:45:47.540
 transferable.

00:45:48.540 --> 00:45:49.019
 No one

00:45:49.019 --> 00:45:49.400
 can get

00:45:49.400 --> 00:45:50.160
 ready for

00:45:50.160 --> 00:45:50.420
 you.

00:45:50.540 --> 00:45:50.780
 No one

00:45:50.780 --> 00:45:51.519
 can transfer

00:45:51.519 --> 00:45:52.340
 the oil

00:45:52.340 --> 00:45:52.640
 of their

00:45:52.640 --> 00:45:53.480
 lamps onto

00:45:53.480 --> 00:45:53.920
 you.

00:45:54.460 --> 00:45:55.060
 Not the

00:45:55.060 --> 00:45:55.460
 faith of

00:45:55.460 --> 00:45:56.120
 your parents,

00:45:56.860 --> 00:45:57.460
 not your

00:45:57.460 --> 00:45:57.900
 friends,

00:45:58.000 --> 00:45:58.280
 not your

00:45:58.280 --> 00:45:58.640
 pastor,

00:45:58.780 --> 00:45:59.080
 not your

00:45:59.080 --> 00:45:59.560
 husband or

00:45:59.560 --> 00:45:59.900
 wife.

00:46:01.080 --> 00:46:02.000
 Will you

00:46:02.000 --> 00:46:02.880
 hear,

00:46:03.040 --> 00:46:03.660
 well done,

00:46:03.760 --> 00:46:04.120
 good and

00:46:04.120 --> 00:46:04.940
 faithful servant,

00:46:05.060 --> 00:46:05.560
 or will you

00:46:05.560 --> 00:46:05.860
 hear,

00:46:05.860 --> 00:46:07.300
 I never

00:46:07.300 --> 00:46:07.760
 knew you.

00:46:12.760 --> 00:46:13.460
 When I

00:46:13.460 --> 00:46:14.120
 was younger,

00:46:14.620 --> 00:46:16.500
 I honestly

00:46:16.500 --> 00:46:17.880
 was terrified

00:46:17.880 --> 00:46:19.019
 at the

00:46:19.019 --> 00:46:19.480
 thought of

00:46:19.480 --> 00:46:19.740
 Jesus

00:46:19.740 --> 00:46:20.300
 returning.

00:46:22.000 --> 00:46:22.620
 I

00:46:22.620 --> 00:46:24.460
 always

00:46:24.460 --> 00:46:25.099
 thought I

00:46:25.099 --> 00:46:25.680
 needed more

00:46:25.680 --> 00:46:26.160
 time.

00:46:27.620 --> 00:46:28.400
 I needed

00:46:28.400 --> 00:46:29.000
 more time

00:46:29.000 --> 00:46:29.280
 to get

00:46:29.280 --> 00:46:29.519
 ready,

00:46:29.900 --> 00:46:30.940
 to fix

00:46:30.940 --> 00:46:31.480
 myself.

00:46:32.180 --> 00:46:32.760
 I wondered

00:46:32.760 --> 00:46:33.240
 if I was

00:46:33.240 --> 00:46:33.840
 good enough.

00:46:33.840 --> 00:46:35.940
 I

00:46:35.940 --> 00:46:36.380
 thought that

00:46:36.380 --> 00:46:36.760
 if Jesus

00:46:36.760 --> 00:46:37.380
 came back

00:46:37.380 --> 00:46:37.720
 when I

00:46:37.720 --> 00:46:38.000
 was in

00:46:38.000 --> 00:46:38.680
 the middle

00:46:38.680 --> 00:46:39.120
 of a

00:46:39.120 --> 00:46:39.460
 sinful

00:46:39.460 --> 00:46:39.860
 act,

00:46:40.620 --> 00:46:41.519
 then the

00:46:41.519 --> 00:46:42.000
 door would

00:46:42.000 --> 00:46:42.660
 be shut

00:46:42.660 --> 00:46:43.280
 on me.

00:46:46.180 --> 00:46:46.820
 Maybe if

00:46:46.820 --> 00:46:47.120
 I got

00:46:47.120 --> 00:46:47.660
 lucky,

00:46:48.480 --> 00:46:49.600
 if Christ

00:46:49.600 --> 00:46:50.000
 came back

00:46:50.000 --> 00:46:50.240
 when I

00:46:50.240 --> 00:46:50.559
 was in

00:46:50.559 --> 00:46:50.780
 the middle

00:46:50.780 --> 00:46:51.059
 of doing

00:46:51.059 --> 00:46:51.440
 something

00:46:51.440 --> 00:46:51.960
 holy,

00:46:52.120 --> 00:46:52.700
 like

00:46:52.700 --> 00:46:53.660
 worshiping

00:46:53.660 --> 00:46:54.240
 or praying,

00:46:54.380 --> 00:46:54.980
 then I

00:46:54.980 --> 00:46:55.380
 could be

00:46:55.380 --> 00:46:55.880
 entered

00:46:55.880 --> 00:46:56.120
 in.

00:46:56.960 --> 00:46:57.559
 I thought

00:46:57.559 --> 00:46:57.720
 it was

00:46:57.720 --> 00:46:58.280
 like Russian

00:46:58.280 --> 00:46:58.740
 roulette.

00:47:00.120 --> 00:47:00.760
 Maybe I

00:47:00.760 --> 00:47:01.079
 had a

00:47:01.079 --> 00:47:01.420
 shot.

00:47:01.620 --> 00:47:02.019
 Maybe,

00:47:02.140 --> 00:47:02.660
 just maybe,

00:47:02.659 --> 00:47:03.119
 if I

00:47:03.119 --> 00:47:03.399
 got

00:47:03.399 --> 00:47:04.179
 lucky.

00:47:04.500 --> 00:47:04.719
 That's

00:47:04.719 --> 00:47:05.339
 the only

00:47:05.339 --> 00:47:05.719
 thing I

00:47:05.719 --> 00:47:06.219
 could depend

00:47:06.219 --> 00:47:06.699
 on was

00:47:06.699 --> 00:47:07.339
 luck.

00:47:08.819 --> 00:47:09.379
 Do you

00:47:09.379 --> 00:47:10.079
 realize how

00:47:10.079 --> 00:47:11.399
 terrifying it

00:47:11.399 --> 00:47:11.879
 is to live

00:47:11.879 --> 00:47:12.279
 like that?

00:47:13.839 --> 00:47:14.539
 Do you

00:47:14.539 --> 00:47:15.399
 live like

00:47:15.399 --> 00:47:15.719
 that?

00:47:18.019 --> 00:47:18.519
 Because

00:47:18.519 --> 00:47:19.859
 who can

00:47:19.859 --> 00:47:20.480
 truly

00:47:20.480 --> 00:47:21.219
 declare

00:47:21.219 --> 00:47:22.659
 that you're

00:47:22.659 --> 00:47:23.839
 so confident

00:47:23.839 --> 00:47:24.679
 that your

00:47:24.679 --> 00:47:25.299
 lives are so

00:47:25.299 --> 00:47:26.199
 pure and

00:47:26.199 --> 00:47:27.019
 holy and

00:47:27.019 --> 00:47:28.440
 perfect that

00:47:28.440 --> 00:47:28.920
 when Christ

00:47:28.920 --> 00:47:29.379
 returns,

00:47:29.480 --> 00:47:29.659
 he would

00:47:29.659 --> 00:47:30.219
 not catch

00:47:30.219 --> 00:47:30.519
 you in

00:47:30.519 --> 00:47:30.759
 sin?

00:47:30.760 --> 00:47:32.460
 Sins of

00:47:32.460 --> 00:47:32.900
 the mind,

00:47:33.060 --> 00:47:33.400
 sins of

00:47:33.400 --> 00:47:33.820
 the body,

00:47:34.720 --> 00:47:35.520
 sins known

00:47:35.520 --> 00:47:36.040
 and sins

00:47:36.040 --> 00:47:36.600
 unknown,

00:47:36.820 --> 00:47:37.280
 sins of

00:47:37.280 --> 00:47:38.120
 omission and

00:47:38.120 --> 00:47:38.680
 sins of

00:47:38.680 --> 00:47:39.120
 commission,

00:47:39.720 --> 00:47:40.280
 sins great,

00:47:40.440 --> 00:47:41.080
 sins small.

00:47:43.260 --> 00:47:43.960
 Even when

00:47:43.960 --> 00:47:44.420
 we're not

00:47:44.420 --> 00:47:45.180
 sinning,

00:47:45.240 --> 00:47:45.680
 maybe in

00:47:45.680 --> 00:47:46.440
 that particular

00:47:46.440 --> 00:47:47.000
 moment that

00:47:47.000 --> 00:47:47.640
 he returns,

00:47:48.100 --> 00:47:48.380
 friends,

00:47:48.500 --> 00:47:48.860
 who can

00:47:48.860 --> 00:47:49.620
 possibly

00:47:49.620 --> 00:47:50.160
 declare

00:47:50.160 --> 00:47:50.720
 themselves

00:47:50.720 --> 00:47:52.100
 fully ready

00:47:52.100 --> 00:47:52.600
 for the

00:47:52.600 --> 00:47:53.240
 return of

00:47:53.240 --> 00:47:53.680
 Christ?

00:47:55.180 --> 00:47:55.520
 But

00:47:55.520 --> 00:47:57.420
 praise be

00:47:57.420 --> 00:47:58.120
 to God

00:47:58.120 --> 00:47:58.660
 that because

00:47:58.660 --> 00:47:59.220
 of his

00:47:59.220 --> 00:48:00.240
 first coming,

00:48:00.239 --> 00:48:01.539
 all those

00:48:01.539 --> 00:48:01.819
 who have

00:48:01.819 --> 00:48:02.379
 put their

00:48:02.379 --> 00:48:03.079
 faith in

00:48:03.079 --> 00:48:03.799
 Jesus Christ

00:48:03.799 --> 00:48:04.939
 are now

00:48:04.939 --> 00:48:06.519
 ready for

00:48:06.519 --> 00:48:07.019
 the second

00:48:07.019 --> 00:48:07.479
 coming.

00:48:08.059 --> 00:48:08.519
 We just

00:48:08.519 --> 00:48:09.119
 sang of

00:48:09.119 --> 00:48:09.779
 it that

00:48:09.779 --> 00:48:10.439
 praise be

00:48:10.439 --> 00:48:10.799
 to God

00:48:10.799 --> 00:48:11.459
 that our

00:48:11.459 --> 00:48:11.839
 sin,

00:48:12.000 --> 00:48:12.559
 not in

00:48:12.559 --> 00:48:12.959
 part,

00:48:13.079 --> 00:48:13.459
 but the

00:48:13.459 --> 00:48:13.839
 whole,

00:48:14.279 --> 00:48:14.959
 is laid,

00:48:15.139 --> 00:48:15.739
 nailed onto

00:48:15.739 --> 00:48:16.359
 the cross

00:48:16.359 --> 00:48:17.019
 so that we

00:48:17.019 --> 00:48:17.779
 can truly

00:48:17.779 --> 00:48:18.839
 declare from

00:48:18.839 --> 00:48:19.519
 the depths

00:48:19.519 --> 00:48:19.819
 of our

00:48:19.819 --> 00:48:20.239
 heart that

00:48:20.239 --> 00:48:20.819
 it is

00:48:20.819 --> 00:48:21.239
 well.

00:48:21.619 --> 00:48:22.099
 We are

00:48:22.099 --> 00:48:22.539
 ready.

00:48:23.079 --> 00:48:23.399
 We are

00:48:23.399 --> 00:48:24.179
 eager for

00:48:24.179 --> 00:48:24.979
 our master

00:48:24.979 --> 00:48:25.779
 to return.

00:48:27.219 --> 00:48:27.500
 Jesus

00:48:27.500 --> 00:48:28.659
 alone is

00:48:28.659 --> 00:48:29.459
 the solid

00:48:29.460 --> 00:48:30.220
 rock on

00:48:30.220 --> 00:48:30.659
 which we

00:48:30.659 --> 00:48:31.119
 stand.

00:48:31.420 --> 00:48:31.900
 Confidence,

00:48:32.099 --> 00:48:32.300
 we don't

00:48:32.300 --> 00:48:32.800
 have confidence

00:48:32.800 --> 00:48:33.740
 in ourselves.

00:48:33.880 --> 00:48:34.079
 We don't

00:48:34.079 --> 00:48:34.539
 say that we

00:48:34.539 --> 00:48:34.880
 are ready

00:48:34.880 --> 00:48:35.300
 because of

00:48:35.300 --> 00:48:35.840
 ourselves,

00:48:36.199 --> 00:48:37.179
 but because

00:48:37.179 --> 00:48:37.500
 of the

00:48:37.500 --> 00:48:38.380
 finished and

00:48:38.380 --> 00:48:39.619
 perfect work

00:48:39.619 --> 00:48:40.460
 of Christ.

00:48:41.659 --> 00:48:42.639
 Jesus gave

00:48:42.639 --> 00:48:43.019
 himself,

00:48:43.099 --> 00:48:43.679
 as we read

00:48:43.679 --> 00:48:44.000
 in the

00:48:44.000 --> 00:48:45.139
 assurance of

00:48:45.139 --> 00:48:45.380
 pardon,

00:48:45.539 --> 00:48:46.119
 to redeem

00:48:46.119 --> 00:48:46.860
 us from

00:48:46.860 --> 00:48:48.099
 all lawlessness

00:48:48.099 --> 00:48:48.900
 and to

00:48:48.900 --> 00:48:49.720
 purify for

00:48:49.720 --> 00:48:50.260
 himself a

00:48:50.260 --> 00:48:50.820
 people for

00:48:50.820 --> 00:48:51.320
 his own

00:48:51.320 --> 00:48:52.380
 possession at

00:48:52.380 --> 00:48:52.980
 the cross

00:48:52.980 --> 00:48:53.559
 of Calvary.

00:48:54.280 --> 00:48:55.340
 So now we

00:48:55.340 --> 00:48:56.079
 are those who

00:48:56.079 --> 00:48:57.360
 eagerly await,

00:48:57.840 --> 00:48:58.780
 joyfully await,

00:48:58.780 --> 00:49:00.060
 hopefully await

00:49:00.060 --> 00:49:00.760
 for his

00:49:00.760 --> 00:49:01.240
 arrival.

00:49:02.160 --> 00:49:02.880
 No longer

00:49:02.880 --> 00:49:03.280
 do we

00:49:03.280 --> 00:49:04.200
 cower in

00:49:04.200 --> 00:49:05.019
 fear of

00:49:05.019 --> 00:49:05.420
 the day of

00:49:05.420 --> 00:49:05.760
 judgment.

00:49:06.160 --> 00:49:06.420
 Why?

00:49:06.540 --> 00:49:07.000
 Because there

00:49:07.000 --> 00:49:08.280
 is no fear

00:49:08.280 --> 00:49:08.900
 in love.

00:49:09.940 --> 00:49:10.440
 There's no

00:49:10.440 --> 00:49:11.040
 fear in love,

00:49:11.140 --> 00:49:11.700
 but perfect

00:49:11.700 --> 00:49:12.460
 love casts

00:49:12.460 --> 00:49:13.460
 out fear.

00:49:14.940 --> 00:49:15.500
 So all

00:49:15.500 --> 00:49:16.300
 who confess

00:49:16.300 --> 00:49:16.980
 that Jesus

00:49:16.980 --> 00:49:18.040
 is our

00:49:18.040 --> 00:49:18.700
 Lord and

00:49:18.700 --> 00:49:19.080
 Savior,

00:49:19.680 --> 00:49:20.080
 without

00:49:20.080 --> 00:49:21.740
 fallout

00:49:21.740 --> 00:49:22.260
 bunkers,

00:49:22.840 --> 00:49:23.400
 without

00:49:23.400 --> 00:49:24.460
 MREs,

00:49:24.540 --> 00:49:24.820
 without

00:49:24.820 --> 00:49:25.519
 preparing,

00:49:25.920 --> 00:49:26.519
 like these

00:49:26.519 --> 00:49:27.360
 apocalyptic

00:49:27.360 --> 00:49:27.940
 ready groups,

00:49:27.940 --> 00:49:28.940
 we are

00:49:28.940 --> 00:49:29.659
 the ones

00:49:29.659 --> 00:49:30.059
 that are

00:49:30.059 --> 00:49:30.599
 ready for

00:49:30.599 --> 00:49:30.940
 the end

00:49:30.940 --> 00:49:31.159
 of the

00:49:31.159 --> 00:49:31.440
 world.

00:49:32.400 --> 00:49:33.000
 We're

00:49:33.000 --> 00:49:33.619
 ready to

00:49:33.619 --> 00:49:34.720
 stand before

00:49:34.720 --> 00:49:35.420
 the almighty

00:49:35.420 --> 00:49:36.059
 judge on

00:49:36.059 --> 00:49:36.639
 that faithful

00:49:36.639 --> 00:49:36.980
 day.

00:49:37.380 --> 00:49:37.820
 We're

00:49:37.820 --> 00:49:38.260
 ready.

00:49:38.420 --> 00:49:38.679
 We're

00:49:38.679 --> 00:49:39.079
 ready to

00:49:39.079 --> 00:49:39.740
 receive the

00:49:39.740 --> 00:49:40.380
 crown of

00:49:40.380 --> 00:49:40.760
 righteousness

00:49:40.760 --> 00:49:41.539
 that is

00:49:41.539 --> 00:49:42.159
 bestowed for

00:49:42.159 --> 00:49:42.700
 all those

00:49:42.700 --> 00:49:43.480
 who loved

00:49:43.480 --> 00:49:44.400
 his arrival.

00:49:45.860 --> 00:49:47.559
 What good

00:49:47.559 --> 00:49:48.139
 news.

00:49:49.119 --> 00:49:50.659
 Life is

00:49:50.659 --> 00:49:51.800
 so hard,

00:49:52.200 --> 00:49:52.960
 and staying

00:49:52.960 --> 00:49:53.619
 ready at

00:49:53.619 --> 00:49:54.400
 all time

00:49:54.400 --> 00:49:55.280
 is so

00:49:55.280 --> 00:49:56.100
 hard.

00:49:57.300 --> 00:49:58.160
 We fight

00:49:58.160 --> 00:49:58.720
 this battle

00:49:58.720 --> 00:49:59.200
 on many

00:49:59.200 --> 00:49:59.700
 fronts,

00:49:59.860 --> 00:50:00.780
 our sinful

00:50:00.780 --> 00:50:01.380
 flesh,

00:50:01.580 --> 00:50:02.260
 the temptations

00:50:02.260 --> 00:50:02.600
 of this

00:50:02.600 --> 00:50:02.940
 world,

00:50:03.180 --> 00:50:03.620
 and our

00:50:03.620 --> 00:50:04.460
 wily enemy.

00:50:06.019 --> 00:50:07.100
 How prone

00:50:07.100 --> 00:50:07.960
 we are to

00:50:07.960 --> 00:50:09.300
 wander away.

00:50:10.680 --> 00:50:11.400
 But whoever

00:50:11.400 --> 00:50:12.740
 openly declares,

00:50:12.860 --> 00:50:13.580
 if you openly

00:50:13.580 --> 00:50:14.620
 declare today,

00:50:15.240 --> 00:50:15.780
 that you just

00:50:15.780 --> 00:50:16.320
 simply say,

00:50:16.420 --> 00:50:17.220
 Lord, I need

00:50:17.220 --> 00:50:17.800
 your help.

00:50:18.800 --> 00:50:19.820
 I can't do

00:50:19.820 --> 00:50:20.140
 it on my

00:50:20.140 --> 00:50:20.360
 own.

00:50:21.040 --> 00:50:21.360
 That no

00:50:21.360 --> 00:50:21.820
 matter who

00:50:21.820 --> 00:50:22.220
 you are,

00:50:22.340 --> 00:50:22.720
 what you

00:50:22.720 --> 00:50:23.000
 have done,

00:50:23.060 --> 00:50:23.280
 no matter

00:50:23.280 --> 00:50:23.700
 how much

00:50:23.699 --> 00:50:24.259
 time you

00:50:24.259 --> 00:50:25.000
 have wasted,

00:50:26.319 --> 00:50:26.699
 he will

00:50:26.699 --> 00:50:27.859
 never reject

00:50:27.859 --> 00:50:28.159
 you.

00:50:28.899 --> 00:50:29.359
 Never,

00:50:29.480 --> 00:50:30.980
 ever reject

00:50:30.980 --> 00:50:31.559
 you.

00:50:32.719 --> 00:50:33.079
 But you

00:50:33.079 --> 00:50:33.779
 can openly

00:50:33.779 --> 00:50:34.859
 declare this

00:50:34.859 --> 00:50:36.079
 beautiful verse,

00:50:36.259 --> 00:50:37.019
 this ending

00:50:37.019 --> 00:50:37.539
 to Jude,

00:50:38.339 --> 00:50:39.419
 now to him

00:50:39.419 --> 00:50:40.500
 who is able

00:50:40.500 --> 00:50:41.179
 to keep you

00:50:41.179 --> 00:50:41.960
 from stumbling

00:50:41.960 --> 00:50:42.919
 and to present

00:50:42.919 --> 00:50:43.899
 you blameless

00:50:43.899 --> 00:50:44.519
 before the

00:50:44.519 --> 00:50:45.439
 presence of

00:50:45.439 --> 00:50:45.939
 his glory

00:50:45.939 --> 00:50:46.579
 with great

00:50:46.579 --> 00:50:47.079
 joy.

00:50:47.639 --> 00:50:48.179
 To the

00:50:48.179 --> 00:50:48.960
 only God,

00:50:49.039 --> 00:50:49.619
 our Savior,

00:50:49.859 --> 00:50:50.539
 through Jesus

00:50:50.539 --> 00:50:51.039
 Christ,

00:50:51.119 --> 00:50:51.460
 our Lord,

00:50:51.519 --> 00:50:52.419
 be glory

00:50:52.420 --> 00:50:53.420
 and dominion

00:50:53.420 --> 00:50:54.579
 and power

00:50:54.579 --> 00:50:55.240
 and authority

00:50:55.240 --> 00:50:56.659
 for all

00:50:56.659 --> 00:50:57.079
 time,

00:50:57.200 --> 00:50:58.079
 now and

00:50:58.079 --> 00:50:58.780
 forever.

00:51:00.360 --> 00:51:01.039
 So until

00:51:01.039 --> 00:51:02.659
 that day,

00:51:02.740 --> 00:51:03.599
 that glorious

00:51:03.599 --> 00:51:03.920
 day,

00:51:04.000 --> 00:51:05.000
 we labor

00:51:05.000 --> 00:51:05.780
 on in

00:51:05.780 --> 00:51:06.579
 expectancy

00:51:06.579 --> 00:51:07.200
 and in

00:51:07.200 --> 00:51:07.500
 hope,

00:51:08.300 --> 00:51:09.940
 that one

00:51:09.940 --> 00:51:10.599
 day when

00:51:10.599 --> 00:51:11.159
 our faith

00:51:11.159 --> 00:51:11.780
 shall become

00:51:11.780 --> 00:51:12.180
 sight,

00:51:12.680 --> 00:51:13.000
 so we

00:51:13.000 --> 00:51:13.460
 make it,

00:51:13.480 --> 00:51:14.019
 we make it

00:51:14.019 --> 00:51:15.019
 our greatest

00:51:15.019 --> 00:51:15.480
 longing,

00:51:15.619 --> 00:51:16.099
 the prayer

00:51:16.099 --> 00:51:16.639
 of our hearts,

00:51:17.280 --> 00:51:18.200
 simply just

00:51:18.200 --> 00:51:18.700
 to say,

00:51:19.019 --> 00:51:19.260
 Lord,

00:51:20.400 --> 00:51:20.820
 come,

00:51:21.079 --> 00:51:21.500
 Lord Jesus.

00:51:21.500 --> 00:51:24.380
 pray with

00:51:24.380 --> 00:51:24.559
 me.

00:51:26.460 --> 00:51:26.840
 Father,

00:51:26.960 --> 00:51:28.280
 we praise

00:51:28.280 --> 00:51:28.699
 you that

00:51:28.699 --> 00:51:29.019
 again,

00:51:29.159 --> 00:51:29.960
 though we

00:51:29.960 --> 00:51:30.760
 are not

00:51:30.760 --> 00:51:31.500
 ready in

00:51:31.500 --> 00:51:31.739
 and of

00:51:31.739 --> 00:51:32.219
 ourselves,

00:51:32.380 --> 00:51:32.880
 though we

00:51:32.880 --> 00:51:33.360
 have proven

00:51:33.360 --> 00:51:33.980
 ourselves

00:51:33.980 --> 00:51:37.179
 undeserving

00:51:37.179 --> 00:51:38.599
 for the

00:51:38.599 --> 00:51:39.039
 crown of

00:51:39.039 --> 00:51:39.400
 righteousness,

00:51:39.619 --> 00:51:40.380
 we praise

00:51:40.380 --> 00:51:40.579
 you,

00:51:40.639 --> 00:51:41.099
 oh God,

00:51:41.579 --> 00:51:41.980
 that because

00:51:41.980 --> 00:51:42.519
 of your

00:51:42.519 --> 00:51:43.139
 faithfulness,

00:51:43.239 --> 00:51:43.900
 your call,

00:51:44.000 --> 00:51:44.679
 your help,

00:51:45.159 --> 00:51:45.639
 the power

00:51:45.639 --> 00:51:45.880
 of your

00:51:45.880 --> 00:51:46.880
 Holy Spirit

00:51:46.880 --> 00:51:47.199
 that is

00:51:47.199 --> 00:51:48.099
 training us

00:51:48.099 --> 00:51:48.440
 to live

00:51:48.440 --> 00:51:49.099
 lives of

00:51:49.099 --> 00:51:49.519
 holiness

00:51:49.519 --> 00:51:50.300
 and godliness,

00:51:50.300 --> 00:51:52.500
 we look

00:51:52.500 --> 00:51:53.000
 to you

00:51:53.000 --> 00:51:53.320
 and we

00:51:53.320 --> 00:51:53.940
 are eager

00:51:53.940 --> 00:51:54.480
 for your

00:51:54.480 --> 00:51:54.900
 coming,

00:51:55.700 --> 00:51:56.100
 though we

00:51:56.100 --> 00:51:56.920
 are battered

00:51:56.920 --> 00:51:57.720
 and discouraged,

00:51:58.240 --> 00:51:58.600
 though we

00:51:58.600 --> 00:51:59.140
 are weak

00:51:59.140 --> 00:51:59.920
 and tired,

00:52:01.680 --> 00:52:02.420
 empower us

00:52:02.420 --> 00:52:02.720
 today,

00:52:03.980 --> 00:52:04.740
 encourage us

00:52:04.740 --> 00:52:05.100
 today,

00:52:06.420 --> 00:52:07.019
 make us

00:52:07.019 --> 00:52:08.360
 eager and

00:52:08.360 --> 00:52:08.800
 hopeful

00:52:08.800 --> 00:52:09.820
 for your

00:52:09.820 --> 00:52:10.760
 arrival.

00:52:12.080 --> 00:52:12.800
 We long

00:52:12.800 --> 00:52:13.300
 for that

00:52:13.300 --> 00:52:13.900
 one

00:52:13.900 --> 00:52:15.720
 great day,

00:52:16.720 --> 00:52:18.100
 and in

00:52:18.100 --> 00:52:18.500
 Jesus' name

00:52:18.500 --> 00:52:18.820
 we pray,

00:52:18.820 --> 00:52:19.440
 amen.

00:52:19.440 --> 00:52:19.539
 Amen.