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 I have taken a couple week break from preaching and during that time had some opportunity to reflect upon the nature of preaching and what makes for good preaching.

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 Enough for me to be a good orator, I'm not even sure that I am, or to have clever illustrations which I very rarely do.

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 To speak with any level of eloquence, I often find when I try to search for an eloquent word to make a point, I come up blank and fill it in with something random or I invent a word even at times.

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 The true mark of what makes a good preacher is a person who takes the scriptures and exalts Jesus Christ in them.

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 And so we have a text before us today that gives us great opportunity for that.

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 But before I get there, I want to say that the same is true of fathers on Father's Day.

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 The measure of success for us as fathers is not necessarily just in the way that we provide or the way that we protect the home,

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 but the way in which we point our children to Jesus.

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 So dads, let that be the measure today as we celebrate being fathers.

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 Let us, in that process, point our kids to Christ.

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 We'll be reading together today from Mark chapter 8, beginning in verse 22 and reading down through verse 33.

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 And they came to Bethsaida, and some people brought to him a blind man and begged him to touch him.

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 And he took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the village.

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 And when he had spit on his eyes and laid his hands on him, he asked him,

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 Do you see anything?

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 And he looked up and said, I see men, but they look like trees walking.

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 Then Jesus laid his hands on his eyes again, and he opened his eyes.

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 His sight was restored, and he saw everything clearly.

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 And he sent him to his home, saying, Do not even enter the village.

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 And Jesus went on with his disciples to the villages of Caesarea Philippi.

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 And on the way he asked his disciples, Who do people say that I am?

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 And they told him, John the Baptist, and others say Elijah, and others one of the prophets.

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 And he asked them, But who do you say that I am?

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 Peter answered him, You are the Christ.

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 And he strictly charged them to tell no one about him.

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 And he began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things,

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 and be rejected by the elders, and the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed,

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 and after three days rise again.

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 And he said this plainly.

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 And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him.

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 But turning and seeing his disciples, he rebuked Peter and said, Get behind me, Satan,

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 for you are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of man.

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 This is God's word to us.

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 It was written for his glory and for our good.

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 We would all do well to listen to it in order to believe its promises and to obey its commands.

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 Let's pray together.

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 Father, we do thank you this day for the blessing of your word.

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 The very pages we hold in front of us.

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 The English translation of the original language by which you inspired it.

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 And we thank you, Father, for your word incarnate.

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 That is Jesus, the Christ.

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 And I pray, Lord, by your spirit, as we study your word today,

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 you will use it to divide the very marrow of our souls.

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 That you will use it to drive out the dark places of our hearts.

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 That you will further conform us into the image of your Son.

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 We pray this in Christ's name.

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 Amen.

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 So it was fitting, not intentional, but fitting that we took a little break in the preaching through Mark

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 as we've been working through it, verse by verse, story by story, where we did.

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 And I didn't know that I was doing it, but we really took a break at the end of sort of an act one of Mark's gospel account.

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 And we now get into the beginning of what's very commonly understood to be the second act,

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 which is beginning in verse 22.

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 It starts this journey, this kind of this end as he's been transitioning out of his Galilean ministry,

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 where he spent the majority of his time thus far.

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 And he's beginning to work his way toward Jerusalem,

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 up to the passion, to the crucifixion, the resurrection of Christ.

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 And we see this kind of in-between time, which is primarily focused in on the apostles.

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 And we see interchangeably here, disciples and apostles.

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 He's really pouring into and connecting the gospel truths into their lives.

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 He's setting them up for what's going to happen and their ministry beyond that.

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 So he moves.

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 He's been in Galilee, southwest of the Sea of Galilee, functioning there.

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 And we see some movement.

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 He heads north for a little while.

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 We see in our story here, he goes from Bethsaida, which is on the west coast,

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 to up to Caesarea Philippi, which is located about 23 miles north of there,

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 north of the Sea of Galilee, for a bit of a retreat.

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 He's getting away from the Jewish population, from those people who had a misunderstanding of who he is

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 and who he was claiming to be in order to spend time teaching the apostles.

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 Healings now in these next couple of chapters have almost ceased.

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 We see a couple of them as this focus shifts.

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 We see another exorcism in chapter 9.

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 And we see two accounts of the healing of blind men.

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 And this second act is framed by that.

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 First, we see this healing of a man at Bethsaida.

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 And then we see the healing of Bartimaeus at the end of chapter 10.

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 So that kind of sets this up for us and where we are.

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 After we see this proclamation by Peter as a spokesman of the apostles that Jesus is the Christ,

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 he also begins to teach them what his ministry will finally and fully accomplish.

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 And that is his crucifixion and resurrection.

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 And we see three different passion predictions here in this next act.

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 In chapter 8, verse 31.

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 In chapter 9, verse 31.

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 And in chapter 10, verses 33 and 34.

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 And we'll, of course, address one of those incidents today.

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 Because we see in all of the cases that he makes these predictions,

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 the apostles' immediate response as a misunderstanding of the kingdom of God.

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 In fact, it would seem that all of this passage,

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 these three and a half, two and a half chapters,

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 kind of hang on these passion predictions.

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 And so we'll be looking at those in detail in the coming weeks.

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 But here we see, as the central part of our text today,

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 verse 22 through verse 33,

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 we see this incredible proclamation on Peter's part.

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 It seems that the scales are being lifted,

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 that their eyes are being opened as he responds,

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 but who do you say that I am?

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 And Peter responds,

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 you are the Christ.

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 But before we look at that in a little more detail,

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 let's back up just a bit to briefly look through the first act,

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 so to speak, of this book.

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 Many commentators, in a rather over-reductionary kind of way,

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 have said that Mark's gospel account is ultimately a passion account,

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 a story of the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ,

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 with a long introduction.

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 Almost the first half of the book,

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 seven and a half chapters,

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 seems to be just this long introduction.

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 And there's some truth in that,

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 because he really speeds us along through this process.

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 He's really pushing very quickly.

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 Some people have said that Mark is kind of the comic book version

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 of the synoptic gospels as he's pressing us along,

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 but we're going to find that he suddenly slows everything down.

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 We get greater detail,

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 greater account,

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 as Jesus is teaching the apostles,

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 and therefore, teaching us.

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 So we see in these first eight chapters,

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 words often used like immediately,

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 immediately, now, and.

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 If you ever have an English professor,

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 college students,

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 that tells you that you cannot start a sentence with and,

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 show them Mark's gospel.

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 They're everywhere in Mark's gospel.

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 It is totally appropriate to do so.

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 Right?

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 And he starts his gospel account

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 with a one-sentence introduction.

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 Mark 1.1.

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 The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ,

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 the Son of God.

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 And then in verses 2 and 3,

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 he legitimizes John the Baptist's ministry,

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 who he's just about to talk about,

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 as the forebearer of Jesus,

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 with a quotation from Isaiah.

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 And then we are off and running.

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 Right?

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 We don't get the account of Jesus' birth.

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 We're right here at the very,

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 very front of his ministry,

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 as we see him then,

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 later on in chapter 1,

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 coming and being baptized by John.

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 And then we have the record

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 in verse 14 of chapter 1.

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 Jesus came into Galilee,

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 begins his Galilean ministry,

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 proclaiming the gospel of God

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 and saying,

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 the time is fulfilled

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 and the kingdom of God is at hand.

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 Repent and believe in the gospel.

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 And he spends the majority of his time,

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 we see him venture outside of Galilee a bit.

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 He goes to the Decapolis,

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 a largely Gentile region.

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 He goes off to Tyre and Sidon for a while,

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 kind of as a retreat from the ministry

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 he has been doing.

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 He's gathering large crowds.

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 He's teaching far and wide.

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 He's healing.

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 But the great theme that we see

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 as far as mankind's response

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 to the teaching of Jesus Christ

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 is a general rejection.

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 We see some positive response.

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 We see people believing that he can heal.

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 But we see very little discipleship.

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 We see very little of people

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 leaving everything and following him.

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 We see the example of the apostles doing that,

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 leaving behind nets and following him.

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 But they just don't get it.

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 Again and again and again,

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 we can see that they've been given faith to follow,

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 but they don't really fully comprehend

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 who it is that they're following.

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 We see in chapter 3, verse 21,

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 Jesus' family thinks he's a lunatic.

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 In verse 22,

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 the religious elite of the day

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 accused him of operating under Satan's power.

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 This was all by design.

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 In chapter 4,

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 the apostles asked Jesus

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 why it is that he speaks in parables.

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 Verse 11 and 12,

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 he says to them,

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 to you has been given

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 the secret of the kingdom of God,

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 but for those outside,

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 everything is in parables.

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 And then he quotes Isaiah 6, 9, and 10.

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 They may indeed see, but not perceive.

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 It may indeed hear, but not understand.

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 Lest they should turn and be forgiven.

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 And there's this theme

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 running through these first

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 eight and a half chapters

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 of spiritual blindness.

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 People can't see and can't understand,

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 even though he's demonstrating

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 in so many miraculous ways

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 and legitimizing his ministry

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 and his message in so many ways,

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 people cannot see who he is.

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 In fact, up until our text today,

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 the beings who get Jesus most rightly

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 are the demons.

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 They're the ones that Jesus comes

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 and casts out,

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 puts them in pigs,

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 drowns them.

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 Chapter 1, verse 24,

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 we see demons say,

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 call him Jesus of Nazareth,

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 the Holy One of God.

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 Later in chapter 1, verse 34,

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 the account is,

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 and he healed many who were sick

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 with various diseases

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 and cast out many demons,

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 and he would not permit the demons

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 to speak because they knew him.

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 They knew who he was.

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 Chapter 5, verse 7,

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 the great proclamation

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 that Jesus is the Son

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 of the Most High God.

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 It's not made by man.

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 It's made by something spiritual,

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 a demon,

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 an angel of darkness.

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 And so we get this shift here

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 in chapter 8, verse 22,

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 as a teaching time,

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 as a pulling away,

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 as a stepping away time,

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 and it's been introduced to us

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 by these questions

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 that Jesus asks

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 in chapter 8, verse 17,

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 18, and 21.

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 So look at those with me.

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 After some confusion about bread,

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 Jesus has provided abundantly.

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 He's fed huge crowds,

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 5,000 and 4,000,

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 likely more like 25,000 people,

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 16,000 to 20,000 people

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 that are worried about provision.

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 They forgot to bring more than

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 one loaf of bread on a boat.

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 And he says in verse 17,

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 Why are you discussing

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 the fact that you have no bread?

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 Do you not yet perceive

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 or understand?

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 Are your hearts hardened?

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 Having eyes do you not see?

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 And having ears do you not hear?

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 And do you not remember?

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 And then verse 21,

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 Do you not yet understand?

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 They still had yet

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 to fully wrap their minds

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 and therefore their hearts

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 around who it is

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 that Jesus is.

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 And so he steps away

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 as he's beginning his journey

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 towards Jerusalem

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 to begin to teach them more

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 about who he is,

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 to have them come to realize it

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 and therefore serve him

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 with their lives.

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 He states this rather emphatically

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 in chapter 9, verse 30,

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 in the first half of 31.

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 They went on from there

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 and passed through Galilee.

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 And he did not want anyone to know

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 for he was teaching his disciples.

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 They made a secret journey

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 through Galilee

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 towards their destination

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 because this was the task

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 of this second part

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 of the Gospel of Mark.

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 As previously stated,

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 apart from the healing

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 of two blind men

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 and an exorcism in nine,

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 Jesus focuses entirely

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 on the teaching of the apostles.

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 In fact,

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 even these three miracles

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 in this section

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 seem to be aimed

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 at the fact that Jesus

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 is the Lord

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 of physical blindness

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 and therefore spiritual blindness.

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 They seem to be set up

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 in such a way

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 both carried out in reality

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 and recorded for us to observe

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 because we're being taught something

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 as the apostles

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 were being taught something

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 about who Jesus is.

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 So we come to our test.

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 Now I'm going to take it

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 a little bit out of order

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 because I want you to see

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 and fully realize

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 why it is that Jesus responds

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 in the way he does

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 and why it is that Mark

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 was inspired to record it

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 in the way that he did.

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 So let's start very first

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 with Peter's confession

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 beginning in verse 27.

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 Jesus asks the question.

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 He says,

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 Who do people say that I am?

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 And there's much debate

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 about Jesus' humanity

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 and his deity

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 and how those things coexisted,

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 the exact nature of that.

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 Some people presume

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 that Jesus,

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 because he was human

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 but still God,

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 knew things that were going to happen.

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 He could predict things.

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 We see some evidence of this.

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 He can perceive in men's hearts

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 what's going on.

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 So sometimes he answers a question

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 that they haven't even vocalized yet.

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 Maybe this is true.

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 Maybe it's not.

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 Maybe in his humanity

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 he really didn't know

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 and all he did is

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 he submitted himself to the Father.

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 We see accounts of this.

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 We know that all Jesus did

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 was do the things

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 that God told him to do,

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 God the Father,

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 and say the things

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 that God the Father

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 told him to do or to say.

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 Not incredibly important.

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 So Jesus either asks the question

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 knowing what their answer will be

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 or he's just not really sure

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 in his humanity

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 but they're on the edges of the crowd

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 and they're walking around

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 and he wants to know,

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 Who are people saying that I am?

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 But either way,

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 the people had an opinion of him.

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 John the Baptist.

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 Others say Elijah,

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 a great prophet of old,

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 reincarnate.

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 And some say one of the prophets.

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 And these would have been

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 flattering terms.

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 Any of us,

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 if you were to think me,

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 John the Baptist,

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 or Elijah,

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 or one of the prophets

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 risen from the dead,

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 that'd be very flattering to me.

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 But these were mere forerunners

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 of who Jesus is.

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 To think Jesus is one of these things

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 would actually be an insult

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 to who he is.

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 Not a compliment to it.

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 But this was common.

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 Jesus is doing miraculous things.

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 You can't deny that.

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 Something's going on

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 with this man.

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 Right?

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 Not just a couple people

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 here and here,

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 but far and wide.

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 He's doing amazing,

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 amazing things.

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 He's calming storms.

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 He's walking on water.

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 He's feeding multitudes.

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 He's casting out demons.

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 He's proclaiming the forgiveness

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 of sin.

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 Doing incredible things.

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 There must be something special

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 about this man.

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 And many people had many,

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 many opinions

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 about who he was.

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 In fact,

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 it's important for us to know

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 that the name itself,

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 Jesus,

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 was not a particularly special name

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 in this time.

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 Often pronounced in the Hebrew,

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 Yeshua.

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 Sounds a lot like Joshua.

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 Doesn't it?

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 Right?

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 This was a fairly common name

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 in the time.

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 It'd be like,

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 if there was a period of time

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 here at the church

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 where we had four or five Johns.

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 It was really confusing.

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 Who are we talking about

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 when we talk about John?

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 This was Jesus of Nazareth.

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 There's always these qualifiers

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 put on who he is.

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 He was a Galilean.

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 We had to know where it was

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 that this Josh came from.

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 Rightly,

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 we've given him from the Greek

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 a more specific name.

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 Not too many people

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 use the name Jesus.

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 Some cultures do.

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 We've got Jesus's out there.

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 But typically,

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 we've reserved this Jesus name

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 now for him.

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 So,

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 people had a,

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 had just,

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 Josh was going around

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 and he was doing stuff.

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 He was doing miraculous things

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 and they didn't understand.

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 They didn't have

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 the spiritual sight

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 to get that he was

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 the Savior.

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 He was the Messiah.

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 The one that was promised

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 from days of old.

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 In fact,

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 the name Yeshua,

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 Joshua,

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 means Savior

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 or Deliverer.

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 But they come to this,

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 this idea of Messiah,

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 this idea of the Christ.

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 Christ.

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 As a Jewish culture

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 that was very religious

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 in nature,

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 the teaching was far and wide

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 that there would someday

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 be a man that would come

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 and he would take away

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 the sorrows of Israel,

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 that he would reign

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 as a perfect king,

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 that he'd be in the lineage

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 of David,

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 David the greatest king

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 who ever lived,

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 who restored peace

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 and power to Israel,

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 that he would be in that line

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 and he would come

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 and he would do it

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 once again.

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 There was a massive

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 cultural misunderstanding,

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 a lens by which

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 they understood

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 who the Messiah

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 was meant to be.

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 And so when a humble

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 carpenter boy

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 shows up,

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 they couldn't see him

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 for who he really

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 was

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 and is

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 now.

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 In fact,

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 the wide acceptance,

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 and it still is true

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 of many people

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 of Jewish descent,

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 think of the Messiah

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 as someone who's going

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 to come

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 and is going to reign

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 militarily

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 and politically.

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 You remember Roman rule

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 reigned across this region

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 in this day

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 and the Jews were

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 oppressed.

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 They didn't have

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 the same

00:19:24.440 --> 00:19:26.740
 national fervor

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 that they once had,

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 the same status

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 that they had enjoyed

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 in the centuries past.

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 They were oppressed

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 by Roman rule

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 and so they were looking

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 for someone to come

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 and to take over

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 and to rule

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 in the way

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 they wanted him

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 to rule,

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 which is in fact

00:19:41.960 --> 00:19:43.400
 likely the reason

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 that Jesus is

00:19:44.240 --> 00:19:45.180
 constantly pressing

00:19:45.180 --> 00:19:45.880
 secrecy.

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 That he's constantly

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 doing something

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 and then commanding

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 somebody to not

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 talk about it.

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 We see two different

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 occasions of that.

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 The man he heals,

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 the blind man,

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 he tells them

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 not to even enter

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 the village.

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 Don't even go around

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 people because people

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 are going to see you

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 walking around,

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 not blind,

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 and they're going to

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 know that something

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 miraculous happened.

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 And he tells the

00:20:01.960 --> 00:20:03.600
 opposite thing we would

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 think he would tell

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 the apostles.

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 When Jesus says

00:20:05.600 --> 00:20:06.280
 you are the Christ,

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 he goes,

00:20:07.100 --> 00:20:07.640
 shut it.

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 We'll talk about that

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 right now.

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 It's not the time

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 for these things

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 to be revealed.

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 The likely danger

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 was that people

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 would have taken

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 him by force

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 and made him king.

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 And that is not

00:20:20.059 --> 00:20:20.980
 the way he came

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 to serve.

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 He came to die

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 rather than to rule

00:20:23.920 --> 00:20:24.860
 over them

00:20:24.860 --> 00:20:26.279
 in the earthly

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 sense.

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 So there's this

00:20:28.340 --> 00:20:29.860
 massive misunderstanding

00:20:29.860 --> 00:20:30.920
 as they come

00:20:30.920 --> 00:20:32.100
 to this idea

00:20:32.100 --> 00:20:32.779
 of who

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 the Messiah

00:20:33.700 --> 00:20:34.340
 is.

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 So you see

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 a breakthrough,

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 this incredible

00:20:38.519 --> 00:20:39.220
 proclamation

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 on Peter's

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 behalf.

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 Likely it was

00:20:42.400 --> 00:20:43.039
 something that

00:20:43.039 --> 00:20:43.660
 the apostles

00:20:43.660 --> 00:20:44.440
 agreed upon

00:20:44.440 --> 00:20:44.920
 together.

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 He was often

00:20:45.860 --> 00:20:46.500
 the spokesman,

00:20:46.559 --> 00:20:47.059
 the first one

00:20:47.059 --> 00:20:48.160
 to rush in

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 and make

00:20:49.339 --> 00:20:49.980
 the comment.

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 Verse 30,

00:20:51.140 --> 00:20:51.779
 Jesus says,

00:20:51.900 --> 00:20:52.759
 or Mark records,

00:20:52.880 --> 00:20:53.519
 and he strictly

00:20:53.519 --> 00:20:54.259
 charged them

00:20:54.259 --> 00:20:55.120
 to tell no one

00:20:55.120 --> 00:20:56.079
 about him.

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 They were all

00:20:56.799 --> 00:20:57.360
 coming to this

00:20:57.360 --> 00:20:58.160
 realization that

00:20:58.160 --> 00:20:59.360
 he is the

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 Christ,

00:20:59.960 --> 00:21:00.579
 the anointed

00:21:00.579 --> 00:21:02.539
 one of God.

00:21:03.420 --> 00:21:04.180
 But isn't it

00:21:04.180 --> 00:21:05.019
 fascinating that we

00:21:05.019 --> 00:21:06.400
 see that even

00:21:06.400 --> 00:21:07.039
 the apostles,

00:21:07.240 --> 00:21:07.880
 as they make

00:21:07.880 --> 00:21:08.600
 this proclamation,

00:21:09.100 --> 00:21:10.280
 still don't

00:21:10.280 --> 00:21:11.860
 quite get it.

00:21:12.620 --> 00:21:13.480
 They get it,

00:21:13.640 --> 00:21:13.980
 but they don't

00:21:13.980 --> 00:21:14.340
 get it.

00:21:14.580 --> 00:21:15.560
 They're not all

00:21:15.560 --> 00:21:16.240
 the way there yet.

00:21:16.300 --> 00:21:16.620
 They haven't

00:21:16.620 --> 00:21:18.000
 fully come to

00:21:18.000 --> 00:21:19.440
 comprehend who

00:21:19.440 --> 00:21:20.240
 it is that

00:21:20.240 --> 00:21:21.200
 Jesus is.

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 That he has

00:21:21.820 --> 00:21:22.800
 come as a

00:21:22.800 --> 00:21:24.100
 suffering servant

00:21:24.100 --> 00:21:25.400
 who will be

00:21:25.400 --> 00:21:26.000
 a reigning

00:21:26.000 --> 00:21:26.760
 king.

00:21:27.720 --> 00:21:28.440
 So Jesus goes

00:21:28.440 --> 00:21:29.000
 on to teach

00:21:29.000 --> 00:21:29.260
 them.

00:21:29.460 --> 00:21:29.840
 They make this

00:21:29.840 --> 00:21:30.500
 proclamation,

00:21:31.040 --> 00:21:31.660
 and he makes

00:21:31.660 --> 00:21:32.300
 a passion

00:21:32.300 --> 00:21:33.360
 prediction.

00:21:33.660 --> 00:21:34.340
 Verse 31,

00:21:35.020 --> 00:21:35.700
 32,

00:21:36.580 --> 00:21:37.160
 and 33,

00:21:37.260 --> 00:21:37.680
 he begins to

00:21:37.680 --> 00:21:38.039
 teach them

00:21:38.039 --> 00:21:38.279
 that the

00:21:38.279 --> 00:21:38.580
 son of

00:21:38.580 --> 00:21:38.880
 man,

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 that he

00:21:39.400 --> 00:21:39.900
 himself,

00:21:40.000 --> 00:21:40.440
 must suffer

00:21:40.440 --> 00:21:41.220
 many things

00:21:41.220 --> 00:21:41.920
 and be

00:21:41.920 --> 00:21:42.440
 rejected by

00:21:42.440 --> 00:21:42.779
 the elders,

00:21:42.860 --> 00:21:43.120
 the chief

00:21:43.120 --> 00:21:43.360
 priests,

00:21:43.440 --> 00:21:43.820
 the scribes,

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 and be

00:21:44.019 --> 00:21:44.299
 killed,

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 and after

00:21:44.620 --> 00:21:45.299
 three days

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 rise again.

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 And I love

00:21:47.660 --> 00:21:48.039
 this little

00:21:48.039 --> 00:21:48.480
 phrase at the

00:21:48.480 --> 00:21:48.759
 beginning of

00:21:48.759 --> 00:21:49.259
 verse 32,

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 and he said

00:21:49.900 --> 00:21:51.680
 this plainly.

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 Right?

00:21:52.680 --> 00:21:53.640
 No parables at

00:21:53.640 --> 00:21:54.080
 this point.

00:21:54.140 --> 00:21:54.519
 He just said

00:21:54.519 --> 00:21:54.900
 to them

00:21:54.900 --> 00:21:55.860
 straightforward,

00:21:56.220 --> 00:21:56.799
 this is

00:21:56.799 --> 00:21:57.299
 what's going

00:21:57.299 --> 00:21:57.779
 to happen

00:21:57.779 --> 00:21:58.960
 to me.

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 And then the

00:22:00.440 --> 00:22:01.380
 audacity of

00:22:01.380 --> 00:22:01.720
 Peter,

00:22:01.900 --> 00:22:02.580
 who takes him

00:22:02.580 --> 00:22:02.980
 aside,

00:22:03.039 --> 00:22:03.539
 away from the

00:22:03.539 --> 00:22:04.080
 other apostles,

00:22:04.420 --> 00:22:05.340
 and rebukes

00:22:05.340 --> 00:22:05.920
 him.

00:22:05.920 --> 00:22:06.519
 So you have

00:22:06.519 --> 00:22:08.240
 Peter making

00:22:08.240 --> 00:22:08.820
 this proclamation,

00:22:09.300 --> 00:22:09.759
 you are the

00:22:09.759 --> 00:22:10.140
 Christ,

00:22:10.259 --> 00:22:10.600
 you are the

00:22:10.600 --> 00:22:10.980
 Messiah,

00:22:11.120 --> 00:22:11.560
 you are the

00:22:11.560 --> 00:22:12.800
 anointed one

00:22:12.800 --> 00:22:13.580
 of God.

00:22:13.660 --> 00:22:14.060
 We'll get into

00:22:14.060 --> 00:22:14.920
 what that means

00:22:14.920 --> 00:22:16.060
 further in just

00:22:16.060 --> 00:22:16.519
 a moment.

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 And then he

00:22:17.320 --> 00:22:18.420
 tells him in

00:22:18.420 --> 00:22:19.039
 the next moment,

00:22:19.160 --> 00:22:19.640
 but you don't

00:22:19.640 --> 00:22:20.279
 get the way

00:22:20.279 --> 00:22:20.900
 you were meant

00:22:20.900 --> 00:22:21.480
 to come and

00:22:21.480 --> 00:22:21.820
 serve.

00:22:22.200 --> 00:22:22.500
 That's what he

00:22:22.500 --> 00:22:22.980
 says to him.

00:22:24.200 --> 00:22:24.539
 And Jesus'

00:22:24.700 --> 00:22:25.480
 response to him

00:22:25.480 --> 00:22:26.120
 is a rebuke

00:22:26.120 --> 00:22:26.779
 in return.

00:22:27.440 --> 00:22:28.180
 But turning and

00:22:28.180 --> 00:22:28.500
 seeing his

00:22:28.500 --> 00:22:28.860
 disciples,

00:22:29.000 --> 00:22:29.519
 he rebuked

00:22:29.519 --> 00:22:30.560
 Peter and said,

00:22:30.900 --> 00:22:31.880
 get behind me,

00:22:31.920 --> 00:22:32.120
 Satan.

00:22:32.200 --> 00:22:32.519
 Now is he

00:22:32.519 --> 00:22:33.380
 literally calling

00:22:33.380 --> 00:22:34.160
 Peter Satan

00:22:34.160 --> 00:22:34.759
 in this case?

00:22:35.019 --> 00:22:35.380
 No,

00:22:35.560 --> 00:22:36.440
 but Peter's

00:22:36.440 --> 00:22:36.800
 being a

00:22:36.800 --> 00:22:37.480
 mouthpiece for

00:22:37.480 --> 00:22:37.759
 Satan.

00:22:38.600 --> 00:22:40.000
 Satan's work

00:22:40.000 --> 00:22:40.580
 in this day

00:22:40.580 --> 00:22:41.320
 was to thwart

00:22:41.320 --> 00:22:42.259
 at every turn,

00:22:42.360 --> 00:22:43.019
 to do everything

00:22:43.019 --> 00:22:43.620
 he possibly

00:22:43.620 --> 00:22:44.580
 could do to

00:22:44.580 --> 00:22:46.440
 prevent the

00:22:46.440 --> 00:22:47.080
 crucifixion of

00:22:47.080 --> 00:22:47.460
 Christ.

00:22:48.100 --> 00:22:48.880
 He knew that

00:22:48.880 --> 00:22:49.600
 his death

00:22:49.600 --> 00:22:50.300
 sentence was

00:22:50.300 --> 00:22:51.320
 made final

00:22:51.320 --> 00:22:51.779
 when Jesus

00:22:51.779 --> 00:22:52.620
 Christ was

00:22:52.620 --> 00:22:53.540
 crucified and

00:22:53.540 --> 00:22:54.019
 resurrected.

00:22:54.279 --> 00:22:55.180
 And so Peter's

00:22:55.180 --> 00:22:56.120
 serving Satan's

00:22:56.120 --> 00:22:57.200
 purposes at

00:22:57.200 --> 00:22:57.660
 this point,

00:22:58.140 --> 00:22:58.980
 and he

00:22:58.980 --> 00:22:59.680
 elaborates on

00:22:59.680 --> 00:23:00.040
 that by saying,

00:23:00.140 --> 00:23:00.540
 for you are not

00:23:00.540 --> 00:23:01.180
 setting your mind

00:23:01.180 --> 00:23:01.620
 on the things

00:23:01.620 --> 00:23:02.220
 of God,

00:23:02.360 --> 00:23:02.980
 but on the

00:23:02.980 --> 00:23:03.680
 things of man.

00:23:03.680 --> 00:23:04.060
 You have a

00:23:04.060 --> 00:23:04.880
 wrong perspective,

00:23:05.140 --> 00:23:05.759
 a culturally

00:23:05.759 --> 00:23:06.720
 defined perspective

00:23:06.720 --> 00:23:07.860
 of who the

00:23:07.860 --> 00:23:09.420
 Christ is.

00:23:10.820 --> 00:23:11.680
 Are we that

00:23:11.680 --> 00:23:11.920
 way?

00:23:13.299 --> 00:23:14.299
 Do we often

00:23:14.299 --> 00:23:15.700
 have a culturally

00:23:15.700 --> 00:23:16.940
 defined perspective

00:23:16.940 --> 00:23:18.299
 of who Jesus

00:23:18.299 --> 00:23:18.700
 is?

00:23:19.299 --> 00:23:20.160
 I believe that

00:23:20.160 --> 00:23:20.640
 those of us

00:23:20.640 --> 00:23:21.140
 who are in

00:23:21.140 --> 00:23:21.539
 the faith,

00:23:21.680 --> 00:23:22.160
 who have

00:23:22.160 --> 00:23:23.080
 recognized Jesus

00:23:23.080 --> 00:23:23.740
 as the Christ,

00:23:23.840 --> 00:23:24.680
 still are

00:23:24.680 --> 00:23:25.580
 tainted in

00:23:25.580 --> 00:23:26.980
 this way so

00:23:26.980 --> 00:23:27.380
 often.

00:23:28.019 --> 00:23:28.400
 And as we

00:23:28.400 --> 00:23:29.000
 look around at

00:23:29.000 --> 00:23:29.400
 the culture

00:23:29.400 --> 00:23:29.960
 around us,

00:23:29.980 --> 00:23:30.180
 they are

00:23:30.180 --> 00:23:30.799
 constantly at

00:23:30.799 --> 00:23:31.539
 the work of

00:23:31.539 --> 00:23:32.240
 making Jesus

00:23:32.240 --> 00:23:32.900
 into their

00:23:32.900 --> 00:23:33.320
 image,

00:23:33.680 --> 00:23:34.060
 that they

00:23:34.060 --> 00:23:34.519
 might worship

00:23:34.519 --> 00:23:34.940
 him rather

00:23:34.940 --> 00:23:35.420
 than lifting

00:23:35.420 --> 00:23:35.720
 him and

00:23:35.720 --> 00:23:36.279
 exalting him

00:23:36.279 --> 00:23:36.820
 as the

00:23:36.820 --> 00:23:37.240
 risen and

00:23:37.240 --> 00:23:37.460
 reigning

00:23:37.460 --> 00:23:37.860
 king,

00:23:38.120 --> 00:23:38.779
 the Christ,

00:23:39.080 --> 00:23:39.660
 and conforming

00:23:39.660 --> 00:23:40.860
 themselves to

00:23:40.860 --> 00:23:41.960
 him's image.

00:23:43.380 --> 00:23:43.840
 And so here

00:23:43.840 --> 00:23:44.400
 we see this

00:23:44.400 --> 00:23:45.720
 story back up

00:23:45.720 --> 00:23:46.299
 at the beginning

00:23:46.299 --> 00:23:47.100
 of our text,

00:23:47.820 --> 00:23:48.759
 verse 22

00:23:48.759 --> 00:23:49.940
 through 26,

00:23:50.060 --> 00:23:51.060
 this rather

00:23:51.060 --> 00:23:52.900
 odd healing.

00:23:54.039 --> 00:23:54.600
 Did it strike

00:23:54.600 --> 00:23:55.200
 you as strange

00:23:55.200 --> 00:23:55.560
 when we read

00:23:55.560 --> 00:23:55.860
 through it

00:23:55.860 --> 00:23:56.180
 together?

00:23:56.720 --> 00:23:57.140
 You see

00:23:57.140 --> 00:23:57.700
 Jesus doing

00:23:57.700 --> 00:23:59.259
 amazing miracles.

00:23:59.820 --> 00:24:00.180
 People are

00:24:00.180 --> 00:24:01.060
 touching him

00:24:01.060 --> 00:24:01.740
 and being

00:24:01.740 --> 00:24:02.200
 healed.

00:24:02.200 --> 00:24:02.840
 It's said

00:24:02.840 --> 00:24:03.220
 that as he

00:24:03.220 --> 00:24:03.740
 traveled through

00:24:03.740 --> 00:24:04.120
 the land

00:24:04.120 --> 00:24:04.580
 that he was

00:24:04.580 --> 00:24:05.640
 eradicating

00:24:05.640 --> 00:24:06.700
 sickness in

00:24:06.700 --> 00:24:07.140
 the areas

00:24:07.140 --> 00:24:07.420
 that he

00:24:07.420 --> 00:24:08.019
 traveled in.

00:24:08.340 --> 00:24:08.720
 And here

00:24:08.720 --> 00:24:09.200
 he has a

00:24:09.200 --> 00:24:09.640
 man who

00:24:09.640 --> 00:24:10.220
 was blind

00:24:10.220 --> 00:24:10.880
 that he

00:24:10.880 --> 00:24:11.700
 just doesn't

00:24:11.700 --> 00:24:12.660
 seem to

00:24:12.660 --> 00:24:13.220
 have enough

00:24:13.220 --> 00:24:13.720
 power to

00:24:13.720 --> 00:24:14.039
 get it on

00:24:14.039 --> 00:24:14.360
 the first

00:24:14.360 --> 00:24:14.860
 go around.

00:24:15.500 --> 00:24:16.259
 Did he

00:24:16.259 --> 00:24:16.880
 not meter

00:24:16.880 --> 00:24:17.539
 the power

00:24:17.539 --> 00:24:17.880
 right?

00:24:18.039 --> 00:24:18.539
 He gave

00:24:18.539 --> 00:24:18.880
 him power

00:24:18.880 --> 00:24:19.180
 to heal?

00:24:19.259 --> 00:24:19.799
 Not quite

00:24:19.799 --> 00:24:20.039
 enough.

00:24:20.080 --> 00:24:20.220
 And he

00:24:20.220 --> 00:24:20.519
 gave him

00:24:20.519 --> 00:24:21.360
 more power

00:24:21.360 --> 00:24:21.700
 to heal?

00:24:22.039 --> 00:24:22.700
 Or did

00:24:22.700 --> 00:24:23.180
 he do it

00:24:23.180 --> 00:24:23.559
 in this

00:24:23.559 --> 00:24:24.120
 way

00:24:24.120 --> 00:24:25.240
 specifically

00:24:25.240 --> 00:24:26.100
 to teach

00:24:26.100 --> 00:24:26.539
 us

00:24:26.539 --> 00:24:27.120
 something?

00:24:27.200 --> 00:24:27.600
 Of course

00:24:27.600 --> 00:24:28.600
 that's the

00:24:28.600 --> 00:24:29.120
 answer to

00:24:29.120 --> 00:24:29.720
 my rhetorical

00:24:29.720 --> 00:24:30.720
 question.

00:24:31.660 --> 00:24:31.920
 Now note

00:24:31.920 --> 00:24:32.120
 in verse

00:24:32.120 --> 00:24:32.720
 23 we

00:24:32.720 --> 00:24:33.319
 see again

00:24:33.319 --> 00:24:34.360
 Jesus leads

00:24:34.360 --> 00:24:35.900
 outside of

00:24:35.900 --> 00:24:36.360
 the village.

00:24:36.720 --> 00:24:37.579
 He's again

00:24:37.579 --> 00:24:38.240
 going to do

00:24:38.240 --> 00:24:39.079
 something physical

00:24:39.079 --> 00:24:40.660
 so this blind

00:24:40.660 --> 00:24:41.039
 man can

00:24:41.039 --> 00:24:42.180
 understand where

00:24:42.180 --> 00:24:43.059
 the very power

00:24:43.059 --> 00:24:43.740
 for his healing

00:24:43.740 --> 00:24:44.480
 has come from.

00:24:44.579 --> 00:24:44.779
 He does

00:24:44.779 --> 00:24:45.339
 something physical

00:24:45.339 --> 00:24:46.100
 with him and

00:24:46.100 --> 00:24:46.620
 he doesn't want

00:24:46.620 --> 00:24:47.420
 anybody to be

00:24:47.420 --> 00:24:48.720
 confused back

00:24:48.720 --> 00:24:49.420
 in the village

00:24:49.420 --> 00:24:50.799
 about what it

00:24:50.799 --> 00:24:51.620
 is that healed

00:24:51.620 --> 00:24:52.079
 this man.

00:24:52.279 --> 00:24:52.720
 He doesn't want

00:24:52.720 --> 00:24:53.200
 people to think

00:24:53.200 --> 00:24:53.920
 that spitting on

00:24:53.920 --> 00:24:54.960
 eyes is what

00:24:54.960 --> 00:24:56.079
 heals people but

00:24:56.079 --> 00:24:56.900
 that is the power

00:24:56.900 --> 00:24:57.779
 of God that

00:24:57.779 --> 00:24:58.140
 heals people.

00:24:58.220 --> 00:24:58.720
 We talked about

00:24:58.720 --> 00:24:59.440
 this at length

00:24:59.440 --> 00:25:00.759
 earlier when we

00:25:00.759 --> 00:25:01.320
 looked at the

00:25:01.320 --> 00:25:01.920
 healing of the

00:25:01.920 --> 00:25:02.779
 deaf and mute

00:25:02.779 --> 00:25:03.100
 man.

00:25:03.799 --> 00:25:04.640
 So he does

00:25:04.640 --> 00:25:04.820
 this.

00:25:04.920 --> 00:25:05.559
 He goes through

00:25:05.559 --> 00:25:06.259
 this action

00:25:06.259 --> 00:25:08.240
 to say to

00:25:08.240 --> 00:25:08.700
 this man

00:25:08.700 --> 00:25:10.240
 I am Lord

00:25:10.240 --> 00:25:11.059
 over sickness

00:25:11.059 --> 00:25:12.539
 and asks him

00:25:12.539 --> 00:25:13.140
 do you see

00:25:13.140 --> 00:25:13.680
 anything?

00:25:13.960 --> 00:25:14.799
 His response

00:25:14.799 --> 00:25:15.660
 is I see

00:25:15.660 --> 00:25:16.160
 people but

00:25:16.160 --> 00:25:17.059
 they look like

00:25:17.059 --> 00:25:18.519
 trees walking

00:25:18.519 --> 00:25:19.220
 and there's some

00:25:19.220 --> 00:25:20.660
 debate out there

00:25:20.660 --> 00:25:21.039
 if we actually

00:25:21.039 --> 00:25:21.580
 saw trees or

00:25:21.580 --> 00:25:21.880
 if we actually

00:25:21.880 --> 00:25:22.299
 saw people.

00:25:22.400 --> 00:25:22.660
 It doesn't

00:25:22.660 --> 00:25:23.140
 really matter.

00:25:23.820 --> 00:25:24.140
 He just

00:25:24.140 --> 00:25:25.059
 didn't quite

00:25:25.059 --> 00:25:26.299
 see clearly

00:25:26.299 --> 00:25:27.019
 enough.

00:25:27.120 --> 00:25:27.920
 He saw some

00:25:27.920 --> 00:25:29.220
 version of

00:25:29.220 --> 00:25:30.180
 reality but

00:25:30.180 --> 00:25:30.900
 not quite

00:25:30.900 --> 00:25:32.019
 the full

00:25:32.019 --> 00:25:32.880
 reality.

00:25:33.100 --> 00:25:33.480
 And then Jesus

00:25:33.480 --> 00:25:33.980
 lays his hands

00:25:33.980 --> 00:25:34.319
 on his eyes

00:25:34.319 --> 00:25:34.940
 again and

00:25:34.940 --> 00:25:35.220
 he opens

00:25:35.220 --> 00:25:35.400
 his eyes

00:25:35.400 --> 00:25:35.640
 and his

00:25:35.640 --> 00:25:35.940
 sight was

00:25:35.940 --> 00:25:36.480
 restored.

00:25:36.600 --> 00:25:36.740
 And the

00:25:36.740 --> 00:25:37.079
 Greek here

00:25:37.079 --> 00:25:37.819
 means literally

00:25:37.819 --> 00:25:38.519
 put back

00:25:38.519 --> 00:25:39.160
 to new

00:25:39.160 --> 00:25:39.900
 and he saw

00:25:39.900 --> 00:25:40.539
 everything

00:25:40.539 --> 00:25:41.819
 clearly.

00:25:43.059 --> 00:25:43.740
 So what is

00:25:43.740 --> 00:25:44.339
 Jesus trying to

00:25:44.339 --> 00:25:45.019
 teach us as he

00:25:45.019 --> 00:25:46.319
 begins this

00:25:46.319 --> 00:25:47.380
 teaching as he's

00:25:47.380 --> 00:25:47.900
 going through a

00:25:47.900 --> 00:25:49.000
 process of a

00:25:49.000 --> 00:25:49.420
 number of

00:25:49.420 --> 00:25:50.299
 chapters of

00:25:50.299 --> 00:25:50.759
 teaching the

00:25:50.759 --> 00:25:51.480
 apostles something

00:25:51.480 --> 00:25:52.100
 and that thing

00:25:52.100 --> 00:25:52.720
 is that he is

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 the Lord of

00:25:53.319 --> 00:25:54.120
 physical and

00:25:54.120 --> 00:25:54.640
 he's also the

00:25:54.640 --> 00:25:54.880
 Lord of

00:25:54.880 --> 00:25:56.460
 spiritual blindness.

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 That he is

00:25:57.360 --> 00:25:58.480
 unfolding who

00:25:58.480 --> 00:25:59.500
 he is to the

00:25:59.500 --> 00:26:00.500
 apostles in the

00:26:00.500 --> 00:26:02.059
 exact way that

00:26:02.059 --> 00:26:03.079
 he intends to.

00:26:03.420 --> 00:26:03.880
 That these people

00:26:03.880 --> 00:26:04.740
 are coming into a

00:26:04.740 --> 00:26:05.980
 fuller more

00:26:05.980 --> 00:26:07.920
 clear picture of

00:26:07.920 --> 00:26:09.900
 who Jesus is.

00:26:10.059 --> 00:26:10.880
 Isn't that cool?

00:26:12.799 --> 00:26:13.880
 The healing we see

00:26:13.880 --> 00:26:14.920
 at the end of the

00:26:14.920 --> 00:26:16.279
 second act is a

00:26:16.279 --> 00:26:17.140
 full final healing.

00:26:17.220 --> 00:26:18.120
 There's no stages in

00:26:18.120 --> 00:26:18.880
 it at all.

00:26:19.380 --> 00:26:20.340
 So these stories are

00:26:20.340 --> 00:26:21.539
 very cleverly placed

00:26:21.539 --> 00:26:22.420
 in this order

00:26:22.420 --> 00:26:24.160
 under inspiration

00:26:24.160 --> 00:26:25.059
 and I believe acted

00:26:25.059 --> 00:26:26.200
 out in this way

00:26:26.200 --> 00:26:27.759
 to be a teaching

00:26:27.759 --> 00:26:29.519
 tool for the

00:26:29.519 --> 00:26:30.220
 apostles and

00:26:30.220 --> 00:26:32.059
 therefore for us

00:26:32.059 --> 00:26:33.619
 spiritual clarity

00:26:33.619 --> 00:26:35.139
 of sight is a

00:26:35.139 --> 00:26:36.779
 work of the

00:26:36.779 --> 00:26:37.099
 Lord.

00:26:38.359 --> 00:26:39.440
 And as such

00:26:39.440 --> 00:26:40.779
 those who are

00:26:40.779 --> 00:26:41.500
 outside the faith

00:26:41.500 --> 00:26:41.980
 and those who are

00:26:41.980 --> 00:26:42.960
 in should pray

00:26:42.960 --> 00:26:43.519
 that God would

00:26:43.519 --> 00:26:45.059
 give us clear

00:26:45.059 --> 00:26:46.119
 eyes.

00:26:46.839 --> 00:26:47.339
 That we should

00:26:47.339 --> 00:26:48.759
 see properly

00:26:48.759 --> 00:26:50.359
 who Jesus is.

00:26:50.440 --> 00:26:51.000
 We should start

00:26:51.000 --> 00:26:51.919
 our mornings in

00:26:51.919 --> 00:26:52.419
 that way.

00:26:53.139 --> 00:26:53.759
 Lord don't let

00:26:53.759 --> 00:26:54.500
 any cultural

00:26:54.500 --> 00:26:55.119
 misunderstanding

00:26:55.119 --> 00:26:56.599
 work into my

00:26:56.599 --> 00:26:57.519
 mind and my

00:26:57.519 --> 00:26:58.420
 heart about who

00:26:58.420 --> 00:26:58.900
 you are.

00:26:59.279 --> 00:26:59.759
 I want to be a

00:26:59.759 --> 00:27:00.720
 disciple of Jesus

00:27:00.720 --> 00:27:01.279
 Christ.

00:27:01.440 --> 00:27:02.099
 I want to follow

00:27:02.099 --> 00:27:03.200
 him in purity.

00:27:03.319 --> 00:27:03.839
 I want to follow

00:27:03.839 --> 00:27:04.680
 the true Jesus

00:27:04.680 --> 00:27:06.200
 not some different

00:27:06.200 --> 00:27:07.799
 version of him.

00:27:07.940 --> 00:27:08.900
 We have so many

00:27:08.900 --> 00:27:09.839
 different versions

00:27:09.839 --> 00:27:11.579
 of who Jesus is.

00:27:11.960 --> 00:27:13.000
 These are my own

00:27:13.000 --> 00:27:13.420
 titles.

00:27:13.500 --> 00:27:13.740
 These aren't

00:27:13.740 --> 00:27:14.420
 official so please

00:27:14.420 --> 00:27:15.000
 don't think that.

00:27:15.200 --> 00:27:16.140
 We have hippie

00:27:16.140 --> 00:27:16.599
 Jesus.

00:27:17.059 --> 00:27:17.180
 Right?

00:27:17.859 --> 00:27:18.380
 Peace, love,

00:27:18.460 --> 00:27:18.819
 happiness.

00:27:19.000 --> 00:27:19.960
 Everybody get along.

00:27:20.240 --> 00:27:21.440
 Tolerance Jesus.

00:27:21.559 --> 00:27:22.099
 This is not the

00:27:22.099 --> 00:27:23.420
 Jesus of the Bible

00:27:23.420 --> 00:27:23.980
 and it's certainly

00:27:23.980 --> 00:27:25.240
 not the Jesus

00:27:25.240 --> 00:27:25.920
 who reigns on

00:27:25.920 --> 00:27:26.840
 high now.

00:27:27.660 --> 00:27:28.259
 We have slot

00:27:28.259 --> 00:27:28.960
 machine Jesus.

00:27:29.140 --> 00:27:30.600
 If you just hang

00:27:30.600 --> 00:27:31.240
 out with him long

00:27:31.240 --> 00:27:31.779
 enough it's going

00:27:31.779 --> 00:27:32.519
 to pay off big

00:27:32.519 --> 00:27:33.019
 for you.

00:27:33.580 --> 00:27:33.840
 Right?

00:27:33.880 --> 00:27:34.240
 He's going to put

00:27:34.240 --> 00:27:34.900
 the money in your

00:27:34.900 --> 00:27:35.480
 pockets.

00:27:36.539 --> 00:27:36.940
 Heresy.

00:27:38.600 --> 00:27:39.200
 We have the

00:27:39.200 --> 00:27:39.880
 puzzle Jesus.

00:27:40.019 --> 00:27:40.420
 If you get the

00:27:40.420 --> 00:27:41.560
 equation just right

00:27:41.560 --> 00:27:42.600
 salvation is yours.

00:27:42.740 --> 00:27:43.440
 Do it this way.

00:27:43.519 --> 00:27:44.259
 Walk this way.

00:27:44.380 --> 00:27:45.060
 Pray this way.

00:27:45.340 --> 00:27:46.240
 Do this thing.

00:27:46.700 --> 00:27:48.180
 Then salvation or

00:27:48.180 --> 00:27:49.000
 whatever promise

00:27:49.000 --> 00:27:49.539
 people want to

00:27:49.539 --> 00:27:51.000
 attach to that is

00:27:51.000 --> 00:27:51.300
 yours.

00:27:51.299 --> 00:27:52.200
 We need to be so

00:27:52.200 --> 00:27:53.259
 careful that we

00:27:53.259 --> 00:27:53.980
 don't make Jesus

00:27:53.980 --> 00:27:55.299
 in our image.

00:27:55.659 --> 00:27:56.079
 That we don't

00:27:56.079 --> 00:27:56.940
 bring him down

00:27:56.940 --> 00:27:58.940
 on our level.

00:28:00.919 --> 00:28:01.940
 This is why I

00:28:01.940 --> 00:28:02.680
 think it's really

00:28:02.680 --> 00:28:04.319
 important that we

00:28:04.319 --> 00:28:05.220
 speak properly

00:28:05.220 --> 00:28:07.460
 about who Jesus

00:28:07.460 --> 00:28:07.859
 is.

00:28:07.859 --> 00:28:09.039
 Luke 6.45 says

00:28:09.039 --> 00:28:09.799
 the good person

00:28:09.799 --> 00:28:10.859
 out of the good

00:28:10.859 --> 00:28:11.419
 treasure of his

00:28:11.419 --> 00:28:11.980
 heart produces

00:28:11.980 --> 00:28:12.659
 good and the evil

00:28:12.659 --> 00:28:14.639
 person out of his

00:28:14.639 --> 00:28:15.619
 evil treasure produces

00:28:15.619 --> 00:28:15.980
 evil.

00:28:16.579 --> 00:28:17.279
 For out of the

00:28:17.279 --> 00:28:18.980
 abundance of the

00:28:18.980 --> 00:28:20.819
 heart his mouth

00:28:20.819 --> 00:28:21.439
 speaks.

00:28:22.200 --> 00:28:22.899
 The things we

00:28:22.899 --> 00:28:24.079
 say give evidence

00:28:24.079 --> 00:28:25.639
 to what we think.

00:28:27.599 --> 00:28:28.319
 And so have you

00:28:28.319 --> 00:28:30.139
 noticed I have

00:28:30.139 --> 00:28:31.859
 in the past couple

00:28:31.859 --> 00:28:33.200
 of decades the use

00:28:33.200 --> 00:28:34.740
 of the word Christ

00:28:34.740 --> 00:28:35.559
 is declining.

00:28:36.200 --> 00:28:37.099
 Lots of Jesus.

00:28:37.319 --> 00:28:38.240
 Not a lot of Jesus

00:28:38.240 --> 00:28:39.200
 Christ.

00:28:40.139 --> 00:28:41.159
 How we speak of

00:28:41.159 --> 00:28:42.679
 him matters.

00:28:43.359 --> 00:28:44.700
 I think the effort

00:28:44.700 --> 00:28:45.700
 has been to make

00:28:45.700 --> 00:28:46.379
 him more relatable

00:28:46.379 --> 00:28:47.480
 to talk about our

00:28:47.480 --> 00:28:48.220
 buddy Josh.

00:28:48.220 --> 00:28:50.240
 And there is a

00:28:50.240 --> 00:28:51.720
 relatable, personal,

00:28:52.079 --> 00:28:53.079
 we are co-heirs,

00:28:53.380 --> 00:28:54.640
 we are siblings with

00:28:54.640 --> 00:28:55.860
 Jesus, he cares

00:28:55.860 --> 00:28:56.960
 about us, he's a

00:28:56.960 --> 00:28:58.440
 near friend, all

00:28:58.440 --> 00:28:58.960
 these things are

00:28:58.960 --> 00:29:00.160
 wonderful and true,

00:29:00.460 --> 00:29:01.460
 but he is the

00:29:01.460 --> 00:29:01.980
 king.

00:29:02.600 --> 00:29:03.220
 He is Jesus

00:29:03.220 --> 00:29:04.299
 Christ, the

00:29:04.299 --> 00:29:05.120
 anointed one,

00:29:05.200 --> 00:29:06.019
 prophet, priest,

00:29:06.279 --> 00:29:07.019
 and king.

00:29:08.680 --> 00:29:09.400
 The Old

00:29:09.400 --> 00:29:10.900
 Testament almost

00:29:10.900 --> 00:29:13.819
 always refers to

00:29:13.819 --> 00:29:14.360
 him as Jesus

00:29:14.360 --> 00:29:15.860
 Christ or Christ

00:29:15.859 --> 00:29:17.219
 Jesus, it rarely

00:29:17.219 --> 00:29:18.939
 refers to him

00:29:18.939 --> 00:29:20.519
 simply as Jesus.

00:29:20.619 --> 00:29:20.899
 Now I'm not

00:29:20.899 --> 00:29:21.759
 saying we can't.

00:29:22.059 --> 00:29:22.639
 I think I've done

00:29:22.639 --> 00:29:23.179
 it a bunch of

00:29:23.179 --> 00:29:24.219
 times just here in

00:29:24.219 --> 00:29:24.679
 this sermon.

00:29:25.679 --> 00:29:26.639
 But we need to be

00:29:26.639 --> 00:29:27.939
 careful about how

00:29:27.939 --> 00:29:29.119
 it is we speak

00:29:29.119 --> 00:29:30.339
 of our Lord.

00:29:30.500 --> 00:29:32.539
 Jesus is the

00:29:32.539 --> 00:29:32.939
 Christ.

00:29:33.039 --> 00:29:33.699
 We need to get a

00:29:33.699 --> 00:29:35.319
 very clear picture

00:29:35.319 --> 00:29:37.240
 of who he is.

00:29:40.639 --> 00:29:41.459
 Paul prays for the

00:29:41.459 --> 00:29:42.159
 believers at Ephesus.

00:29:42.299 --> 00:29:43.379
 Believers, right?

00:29:43.579 --> 00:29:43.979
 Believers.

00:29:44.159 --> 00:29:44.579
 People who have

00:29:44.579 --> 00:29:45.259
 believed that Jesus

00:29:45.259 --> 00:29:45.819
 is the Christ.

00:29:45.879 --> 00:29:46.299
 This is his

00:29:46.299 --> 00:29:46.920
 prayer for them

00:29:46.920 --> 00:29:48.519
 in Ephesians 1,

00:29:48.579 --> 00:29:49.200
 15-18.

00:29:49.359 --> 00:29:49.539
 He says,

00:29:49.640 --> 00:29:50.180
 For this reason,

00:29:51.019 --> 00:29:51.599
 because I have

00:29:51.599 --> 00:29:52.079
 heard of your

00:29:52.079 --> 00:29:52.579
 faith in the

00:29:52.579 --> 00:29:53.039
 Lord Jesus,

00:29:53.599 --> 00:29:54.259
 and your love

00:29:54.259 --> 00:29:54.720
 to all the

00:29:54.720 --> 00:29:54.900
 saints.

00:29:55.000 --> 00:29:55.619
 These people are

00:29:55.619 --> 00:29:56.099
 regenerate.

00:29:56.140 --> 00:29:56.640
 As far as we

00:29:56.640 --> 00:29:57.019
 can tell,

00:29:57.079 --> 00:29:57.559
 they have placed

00:29:57.559 --> 00:29:58.299
 faith in Jesus

00:29:58.299 --> 00:29:58.740
 Christ.

00:29:58.839 --> 00:29:59.379
 Verse 16,

00:29:59.859 --> 00:30:00.519
 I do not cease

00:30:00.519 --> 00:30:01.059
 to give thanks

00:30:01.059 --> 00:30:01.339
 for you,

00:30:01.420 --> 00:30:01.940
 remembering you

00:30:01.940 --> 00:30:02.500
 in my prayers,

00:30:02.680 --> 00:30:03.559
 that the God

00:30:03.559 --> 00:30:03.980
 of our Lord

00:30:03.980 --> 00:30:04.640
 Jesus Christ,

00:30:04.740 --> 00:30:05.339
 the Father of

00:30:05.339 --> 00:30:05.619
 glory,

00:30:05.960 --> 00:30:06.500
 may give you

00:30:06.500 --> 00:30:07.379
 the spirit of

00:30:07.379 --> 00:30:08.299
 wisdom and

00:30:08.299 --> 00:30:09.039
 of revelation

00:30:09.039 --> 00:30:09.779
 in the knowledge

00:30:09.779 --> 00:30:10.220
 of him,

00:30:10.660 --> 00:30:11.579
 having the eyes

00:30:11.579 --> 00:30:12.220
 of your hearts

00:30:12.220 --> 00:30:12.619
 enlightened,

00:30:12.720 --> 00:30:13.099
 that you may

00:30:13.099 --> 00:30:14.079
 know what is

00:30:14.079 --> 00:30:14.660
 the hope to

00:30:15.259 --> 00:30:15.500
 you,

00:30:15.720 --> 00:30:16.200
 what are the

00:30:16.200 --> 00:30:16.940
 riches of his

00:30:16.940 --> 00:30:18.000
 glorious inheritance

00:30:18.000 --> 00:30:18.799
 in the saints?

00:30:18.819 --> 00:30:19.720
 And he elaborates

00:30:19.720 --> 00:30:20.200
 on what that

00:30:20.200 --> 00:30:20.599
 means.

00:30:20.920 --> 00:30:21.480
 I would encourage

00:30:21.480 --> 00:30:22.000
 you to continue

00:30:22.000 --> 00:30:22.519
 reading that for

00:30:22.519 --> 00:30:23.099
 the sake of time.

00:30:23.200 --> 00:30:23.980
 I stopped it

00:30:23.980 --> 00:30:24.240
 there.

00:30:24.640 --> 00:30:26.400
 But his prayer,

00:30:26.579 --> 00:30:27.579
 Paul's prayer for

00:30:27.579 --> 00:30:28.200
 the church at

00:30:28.200 --> 00:30:28.579
 Ephesus,

00:30:28.879 --> 00:30:29.779
 is that having

00:30:29.779 --> 00:30:30.599
 placed faith in

00:30:30.599 --> 00:30:30.839
 Christ,

00:30:30.920 --> 00:30:31.220
 they will have

00:30:31.220 --> 00:30:32.339
 their eyes and

00:30:32.339 --> 00:30:32.759
 their hearts

00:30:32.759 --> 00:30:33.559
 enlightened.

00:30:34.220 --> 00:30:34.940
 That they will

00:30:34.940 --> 00:30:35.859
 continually see

00:30:35.859 --> 00:30:36.859
 in a more clear

00:30:36.859 --> 00:30:38.039
 way the hope

00:30:38.039 --> 00:30:38.640
 to which we

00:30:38.640 --> 00:30:39.180
 have been called,

00:30:39.519 --> 00:30:39.799
 what are the

00:30:39.799 --> 00:30:40.240
 riches of his

00:30:40.240 --> 00:30:40.960
 glorious inheritance

00:30:40.960 --> 00:30:41.819
 in the saints?

00:30:43.359 --> 00:30:44.160
 The psalmist,

00:30:44.460 --> 00:30:45.140
 Psalm 119,

00:30:45.140 --> 00:30:45.440
 18,

00:30:45.520 --> 00:30:45.680
 says,

00:30:45.840 --> 00:30:47.060
 open my eyes

00:30:47.060 --> 00:30:48.000
 that I may

00:30:48.000 --> 00:30:49.180
 behold wondrous

00:30:49.180 --> 00:30:50.820
 things out of

00:30:50.820 --> 00:30:51.300
 your law.

00:30:54.680 --> 00:30:55.580
 Charles Spurgeon

00:30:55.580 --> 00:30:56.840
 in a sermon

00:30:56.840 --> 00:30:57.560
 on the parallel

00:30:57.560 --> 00:30:58.580
 passage found in

00:30:58.580 --> 00:30:59.140
 Matthew,

00:30:59.240 --> 00:30:59.520
 I believe,

00:30:59.600 --> 00:31:00.300
 chapter 16,

00:31:02.300 --> 00:31:03.400
 said,

00:31:03.500 --> 00:31:03.840
 if you know

00:31:03.840 --> 00:31:05.120
 more of Christ,

00:31:05.460 --> 00:31:06.480
 if you know

00:31:06.480 --> 00:31:07.120
 no more of

00:31:07.120 --> 00:31:07.720
 Christ than

00:31:07.720 --> 00:31:08.100
 the world

00:31:08.100 --> 00:31:08.540
 knows,

00:31:08.860 --> 00:31:09.580
 than the

00:31:09.580 --> 00:31:10.300
 learned know,

00:31:10.700 --> 00:31:11.200
 than the

00:31:11.200 --> 00:31:12.300
 philosophical know,

00:31:12.600 --> 00:31:13.560
 you have not

00:31:13.559 --> 00:31:14.539
 found the

00:31:14.539 --> 00:31:14.899
 blessing.

00:31:15.619 --> 00:31:16.480
 If you know

00:31:16.480 --> 00:31:17.179
 no more of

00:31:17.179 --> 00:31:17.919
 Christ than

00:31:17.919 --> 00:31:18.240
 you have

00:31:18.240 --> 00:31:18.879
 found out

00:31:18.879 --> 00:31:19.679
 for yourselves,

00:31:19.899 --> 00:31:20.440
 even by

00:31:20.440 --> 00:31:20.859
 reading the

00:31:20.859 --> 00:31:21.399
 word of God,

00:31:21.799 --> 00:31:22.659
 unaided by

00:31:22.659 --> 00:31:23.279
 the Father,

00:31:23.519 --> 00:31:24.279
 you are not

00:31:24.279 --> 00:31:24.819
 blessed.

00:31:25.440 --> 00:31:26.200
 If you know

00:31:26.200 --> 00:31:26.799
 no more of

00:31:26.799 --> 00:31:27.319
 Jesus than

00:31:27.319 --> 00:31:27.879
 flesh and

00:31:27.879 --> 00:31:28.200
 blood has

00:31:28.200 --> 00:31:28.659
 revealed to

00:31:28.659 --> 00:31:28.859
 you,

00:31:28.859 --> 00:31:29.779
 it has brought

00:31:29.779 --> 00:31:30.440
 you no more

00:31:30.440 --> 00:31:31.359
 blessing than

00:31:31.359 --> 00:31:32.220
 the conjectures

00:31:32.220 --> 00:31:33.039
 of their age

00:31:33.039 --> 00:31:33.599
 brought to the

00:31:33.599 --> 00:31:34.759
 Pharisees and

00:31:34.759 --> 00:31:35.419
 Sadducees,

00:31:35.599 --> 00:31:36.399
 who remained

00:31:36.399 --> 00:31:37.200
 an adulterous

00:31:37.200 --> 00:31:38.319
 and unbelieving

00:31:38.319 --> 00:31:39.200
 generation.

00:31:39.200 --> 00:31:41.720
 we must have

00:31:41.720 --> 00:31:43.440
 a clear vision

00:31:43.440 --> 00:31:44.299
 of who Jesus

00:31:44.299 --> 00:31:44.740
 is.

00:31:45.539 --> 00:31:46.039
 I hope I'm

00:31:46.039 --> 00:31:46.640
 setting you up

00:31:46.640 --> 00:31:48.059
 to spend time

00:31:48.059 --> 00:31:49.559
 in the rest of

00:31:49.559 --> 00:31:50.580
 the gospel of

00:31:50.580 --> 00:31:50.920
 Mark.

00:31:52.059 --> 00:31:52.620
 Nonetheless,

00:31:53.160 --> 00:31:53.740
 even though we

00:31:53.740 --> 00:31:54.600
 see Peter here

00:31:54.600 --> 00:31:56.319
 says to Jesus,

00:31:56.519 --> 00:31:57.539
 you are the

00:31:57.539 --> 00:31:58.059
 Christ,

00:31:58.340 --> 00:31:59.019
 and then seems

00:31:59.019 --> 00:31:59.779
 to foul it all

00:31:59.779 --> 00:32:00.460
 up in his

00:32:00.460 --> 00:32:01.120
 very next

00:32:01.120 --> 00:32:01.720
 response,

00:32:01.819 --> 00:32:02.580
 it is still

00:32:02.580 --> 00:32:03.860
 an emphatic

00:32:03.860 --> 00:32:04.900
 and beautiful

00:32:04.900 --> 00:32:06.120
 and important

00:32:06.120 --> 00:32:07.019
 confession.

00:32:07.759 --> 00:32:08.440
 It seems that

00:32:08.440 --> 00:32:09.019
 they're beginning

00:32:09.019 --> 00:32:10.019
 to see and

00:32:10.019 --> 00:32:11.000
 beginning to

00:32:11.000 --> 00:32:11.519
 understand.

00:32:12.099 --> 00:32:12.639
 He is saying

00:32:12.639 --> 00:32:13.339
 to Jesus that

00:32:13.339 --> 00:32:14.119
 you are the

00:32:14.119 --> 00:32:14.839
 anointed one.

00:32:14.900 --> 00:32:15.279
 That's what this

00:32:15.279 --> 00:32:16.240
 word literally

00:32:16.240 --> 00:32:16.619
 means.

00:32:16.700 --> 00:32:16.960
 And there were

00:32:16.960 --> 00:32:18.000
 three Old

00:32:18.000 --> 00:32:18.839
 Testament offices

00:32:18.839 --> 00:32:19.700
 that were

00:32:19.700 --> 00:32:20.759
 inaugurated,

00:32:20.859 --> 00:32:21.359
 that were brought

00:32:21.359 --> 00:32:22.720
 into being by

00:32:22.720 --> 00:32:23.379
 an anointing.

00:32:23.559 --> 00:32:24.019
 This culture

00:32:24.019 --> 00:32:24.279
 would have

00:32:24.279 --> 00:32:25.220
 totally understood

00:32:25.220 --> 00:32:26.299
 that title,

00:32:26.379 --> 00:32:26.720
 what it meant

00:32:26.720 --> 00:32:27.639
 to be the

00:32:27.639 --> 00:32:28.639
 Christ, right?

00:32:28.779 --> 00:32:29.599
 The article is

00:32:29.599 --> 00:32:30.359
 there, not a

00:32:30.359 --> 00:32:31.440
 Christ, but the

00:32:31.440 --> 00:32:32.440
 Christ, the

00:32:32.440 --> 00:32:33.440
 anointed ones.

00:32:33.500 --> 00:32:33.900
 And those three

00:32:33.900 --> 00:32:34.619
 offices were the

00:32:34.619 --> 00:32:35.500
 office of prophet,

00:32:36.039 --> 00:32:36.740
 of priest,

00:32:37.240 --> 00:32:38.000
 and of king.

00:32:39.019 --> 00:32:39.740
 In fact, we

00:32:39.740 --> 00:32:40.359
 see Jesus

00:32:40.359 --> 00:32:41.220
 anointed in

00:32:41.220 --> 00:32:42.059
 Mark 1,

00:32:42.339 --> 00:32:43.940
 9-11,

00:32:44.660 --> 00:32:45.240
 a cleansing

00:32:45.240 --> 00:32:45.619
 in the

00:32:45.619 --> 00:32:46.599
 baptism of

00:32:46.599 --> 00:32:47.639
 John, and

00:32:47.639 --> 00:32:48.019
 then the

00:32:48.019 --> 00:32:49.720
 descending of

00:32:49.720 --> 00:32:50.400
 the Spirit of

00:32:50.400 --> 00:32:51.519
 God, not as

00:32:51.519 --> 00:32:52.200
 a dove, but

00:32:52.200 --> 00:32:53.420
 like a dove,

00:32:53.819 --> 00:32:54.220
 and God

00:32:54.220 --> 00:32:55.019
 speaking out of

00:32:55.019 --> 00:32:55.339
 heaven,

00:32:55.619 --> 00:32:56.079
 this is my

00:32:56.079 --> 00:32:56.740
 Son with

00:32:56.740 --> 00:32:58.079
 whom I am

00:32:58.079 --> 00:32:59.799
 well pleased.

00:32:59.900 --> 00:33:00.339
 This was

00:33:00.339 --> 00:33:00.859
 Jesus'

00:33:01.259 --> 00:33:02.700
 anointing to

00:33:02.700 --> 00:33:03.839
 fulfill and to

00:33:03.839 --> 00:33:04.839
 perfectly fulfill

00:33:04.839 --> 00:33:05.819
 these offices

00:33:05.819 --> 00:33:07.000
 forever, those

00:33:07.000 --> 00:33:07.680
 offices of

00:33:07.680 --> 00:33:08.779
 prophet, of

00:33:08.779 --> 00:33:10.019
 priest, and

00:33:10.019 --> 00:33:10.480
 of king.

00:33:11.259 --> 00:33:11.820
 So I don't

00:33:11.820 --> 00:33:12.200
 think that the

00:33:12.200 --> 00:33:12.920
 apostles totally

00:33:12.920 --> 00:33:13.740
 understood the

00:33:13.740 --> 00:33:14.340
 proclamation that

00:33:14.340 --> 00:33:14.779
 they were making.

00:33:14.880 --> 00:33:15.299
 I don't think they

00:33:15.299 --> 00:33:16.100
 were quite there

00:33:16.100 --> 00:33:16.560
 yet when they

00:33:16.560 --> 00:33:17.880
 said, you are

00:33:17.880 --> 00:33:18.779
 the Christ.

00:33:19.019 --> 00:33:19.660
 But we are now

00:33:19.660 --> 00:33:20.980
 on this side of

00:33:20.980 --> 00:33:21.440
 revelation.

00:33:21.700 --> 00:33:22.460
 We now have the

00:33:22.460 --> 00:33:22.779
 scriptures.

00:33:23.039 --> 00:33:24.220
 We can see a

00:33:24.220 --> 00:33:25.299
 more clear picture

00:33:25.299 --> 00:33:26.200
 than they could

00:33:26.200 --> 00:33:27.420
 at the time, and

00:33:27.420 --> 00:33:28.019
 so we should.

00:33:28.660 --> 00:33:29.019
 I hope you're

00:33:29.019 --> 00:33:30.000
 with me on that.

00:33:30.820 --> 00:33:30.900
 Right?

00:33:31.299 --> 00:33:32.920
 Jesus fills the

00:33:32.920 --> 00:33:34.500
 role of prophet,

00:33:34.779 --> 00:33:35.820
 the perfect prophet.

00:33:35.819 --> 00:33:36.579
 It was the job of

00:33:36.579 --> 00:33:37.480
 a prophet in the

00:33:37.480 --> 00:33:38.179
 Old Testament to

00:33:38.179 --> 00:33:39.379
 speak on behalf of

00:33:39.379 --> 00:33:40.779
 God, to warn the

00:33:40.779 --> 00:33:41.639
 people of God of

00:33:41.639 --> 00:33:42.299
 God's coming

00:33:42.299 --> 00:33:43.059
 judgment for their

00:33:43.059 --> 00:33:44.379
 sin if they would

00:33:44.379 --> 00:33:45.740
 not repent.

00:33:47.079 --> 00:33:48.000
 Brought the words of

00:33:48.000 --> 00:33:49.139
 God to the people

00:33:49.139 --> 00:33:50.460
 of God to tell them

00:33:50.460 --> 00:33:51.500
 of the danger of

00:33:51.500 --> 00:33:52.059
 their sins.

00:33:52.200 --> 00:33:52.899
 Stop what you're

00:33:52.899 --> 00:33:53.740
 doing and turn back

00:33:53.740 --> 00:33:54.119
 to God.

00:33:54.319 --> 00:33:54.919
 The Old Testament

00:33:54.919 --> 00:33:56.059
 is riddled with

00:33:56.059 --> 00:33:56.240
 this.

00:33:56.319 --> 00:33:57.599
 So much of it is

00:33:57.599 --> 00:33:58.700
 about calling God's

00:33:58.700 --> 00:34:00.480
 people back together.

00:34:01.439 --> 00:34:02.039
 The writer of

00:34:02.039 --> 00:34:02.899
 Hebrews 1,

00:34:03.079 --> 00:34:03.519
 verse 1,

00:34:03.819 --> 00:34:04.399
 first half of

00:34:04.399 --> 00:34:05.159
 verse 2 says,

00:34:05.160 --> 00:34:05.940
 long ago,

00:34:06.700 --> 00:34:07.860
 at many times

00:34:07.860 --> 00:34:09.220
 and in many ways,

00:34:09.380 --> 00:34:10.300
 God spoke to our

00:34:10.300 --> 00:34:11.519
 fathers by the

00:34:11.519 --> 00:34:11.860
 prophets.

00:34:12.519 --> 00:34:13.500
 But in these last

00:34:13.500 --> 00:34:14.960
 days, He has

00:34:14.960 --> 00:34:16.860
 spoken to us by

00:34:16.860 --> 00:34:17.559
 His Son.

00:34:18.220 --> 00:34:19.860
 Jesus is the

00:34:19.860 --> 00:34:20.960
 prophet of God.

00:34:22.000 --> 00:34:22.900
 John's account,

00:34:23.400 --> 00:34:23.980
 gospel account,

00:34:24.079 --> 00:34:24.940
 John chapter 1,

00:34:25.200 --> 00:34:25.740
 verse 1,

00:34:25.800 --> 00:34:26.220
 and the beginning

00:34:26.220 --> 00:34:27.260
 was the Word,

00:34:27.720 --> 00:34:28.340
 and the Word was

00:34:28.340 --> 00:34:28.920
 with God,

00:34:29.079 --> 00:34:30.340
 and the Word was

00:34:30.340 --> 00:34:30.639
 God.

00:34:30.740 --> 00:34:31.760
 Jesus Himself is the

00:34:31.760 --> 00:34:33.200
 very incarnate Word

00:34:33.199 --> 00:34:34.019
 of God.

00:34:34.079 --> 00:34:34.739
 And then down in

00:34:34.739 --> 00:34:35.559
 verse 14,

00:34:35.939 --> 00:34:36.919
 and the Word became

00:34:36.919 --> 00:34:37.759
 flesh and dwelt

00:34:37.759 --> 00:34:38.299
 among us,

00:34:38.339 --> 00:34:39.039
 and we have seen

00:34:39.039 --> 00:34:39.519
 His glory,

00:34:39.599 --> 00:34:40.139
 glory as of the

00:34:40.139 --> 00:34:40.719
 only Son from the

00:34:40.719 --> 00:34:40.960
 Father,

00:34:41.279 --> 00:34:43.460
 full of grace and

00:34:43.460 --> 00:34:44.079
 truth.

00:34:45.659 --> 00:34:47.899
 Jesus lived and

00:34:47.899 --> 00:34:48.899
 died and rose

00:34:48.899 --> 00:34:50.119
 again and reigns

00:34:50.119 --> 00:34:52.299
 now to speak to

00:34:52.299 --> 00:34:53.379
 us the words of

00:34:53.379 --> 00:34:54.759
 God, to call us

00:34:54.759 --> 00:34:55.779
 back to God.

00:34:57.139 --> 00:34:58.179
 Jesus fills the

00:34:58.179 --> 00:34:59.379
 office of priest.

00:35:00.379 --> 00:35:01.199
 It was the job of

00:35:01.199 --> 00:35:01.619
 the Old Testament

00:35:01.619 --> 00:35:02.319
 priest to make

00:35:02.319 --> 00:35:03.919
 sacrifice on behalf

00:35:03.919 --> 00:35:04.659
 of the people of

00:35:04.659 --> 00:35:05.599
 God, to make

00:35:05.599 --> 00:35:07.199
 atonement for

00:35:07.199 --> 00:35:08.279
 their sins, to

00:35:08.279 --> 00:35:09.619
 stand in the gap

00:35:09.619 --> 00:35:12.099
 between them and

00:35:12.099 --> 00:35:12.539
 God.

00:35:13.679 --> 00:35:14.799
 Hebrews chapter 7,

00:35:15.039 --> 00:35:15.919
 so much of Hebrews

00:35:15.919 --> 00:35:17.699
 is thematically about

00:35:17.699 --> 00:35:19.179
 Jesus being the

00:35:19.179 --> 00:35:20.599
 perfect priest.

00:35:21.460 --> 00:35:22.239
 Hebrews chapter 7

00:35:22.239 --> 00:35:22.739
 beginning in verse

00:35:22.739 --> 00:35:24.159
 23, the former

00:35:24.159 --> 00:35:25.239
 priests were many

00:35:25.239 --> 00:35:26.519
 in number because

00:35:26.519 --> 00:35:27.199
 they were prevented

00:35:27.199 --> 00:35:28.259
 by death from

00:35:28.259 --> 00:35:29.119
 continuing in office.

00:35:29.219 --> 00:35:29.599
 They died.

00:35:29.679 --> 00:35:30.239
 They couldn't do it

00:35:30.239 --> 00:35:30.939
 forever and ever.

00:35:31.199 --> 00:35:33.119
 But he, being

00:35:33.119 --> 00:35:34.099
 Jesus, holds his

00:35:34.099 --> 00:35:35.119
 priesthood permanently

00:35:35.119 --> 00:35:37.059
 because he continues

00:35:37.059 --> 00:35:38.319
 forever.

00:35:39.519 --> 00:35:40.460
 Consequently, he's

00:35:40.460 --> 00:35:41.239
 able to save to

00:35:41.239 --> 00:35:42.219
 the uttermost those

00:35:42.219 --> 00:35:42.879
 who draw near to

00:35:42.879 --> 00:35:43.639
 God through him

00:35:43.639 --> 00:35:45.439
 since he always

00:35:45.439 --> 00:35:47.000
 lives to make

00:35:47.000 --> 00:35:48.019
 intercession for

00:35:48.019 --> 00:35:49.019
 them, to stand

00:35:49.019 --> 00:35:50.779
 between them and

00:35:50.779 --> 00:35:51.079
 God.

00:35:51.139 --> 00:35:52.419
 The wonderful truth

00:35:52.419 --> 00:35:53.899
 that when God

00:35:53.899 --> 00:35:56.279
 sees us, he sees

00:35:56.279 --> 00:35:57.039
 Jesus.

00:35:57.439 --> 00:35:58.219
 Our righteousness

00:35:58.219 --> 00:35:59.219
 righteousness is

00:35:59.219 --> 00:36:00.659
 now given to us

00:36:00.659 --> 00:36:02.179
 because God

00:36:02.179 --> 00:36:03.059
 granted it to us

00:36:03.059 --> 00:36:03.579
 in Christ.

00:36:04.079 --> 00:36:05.159
 For it was indeed

00:36:05.159 --> 00:36:05.659
 fitting that we

00:36:05.659 --> 00:36:06.299
 should have such a

00:36:06.299 --> 00:36:07.159
 high priest, holy,

00:36:07.459 --> 00:36:08.599
 innocent, unstained,

00:36:08.799 --> 00:36:09.739
 separated from sinners,

00:36:09.839 --> 00:36:10.759
 and exalted above the

00:36:10.759 --> 00:36:11.019
 heavens.

00:36:11.399 --> 00:36:12.559
 He has no need like

00:36:12.559 --> 00:36:13.419
 those high priests to

00:36:13.419 --> 00:36:14.579
 offer sacrifices daily,

00:36:14.919 --> 00:36:15.819
 first for his own

00:36:15.819 --> 00:36:16.639
 sins and then for

00:36:16.639 --> 00:36:17.259
 those of the people,

00:36:17.659 --> 00:36:18.739
 since he did this

00:36:18.739 --> 00:36:20.179
 once for all when

00:36:20.179 --> 00:36:21.000
 he offered up

00:36:21.000 --> 00:36:21.959
 himself.

00:36:22.500 --> 00:36:23.399
 So Jesus fulfills

00:36:23.400 --> 00:36:24.539
 this office, the

00:36:24.539 --> 00:36:25.840
 priest, the perfect

00:36:25.840 --> 00:36:26.280
 priest.

00:36:26.480 --> 00:36:27.099
 He's also the

00:36:27.099 --> 00:36:27.940
 sacrifice that was

00:36:27.940 --> 00:36:29.539
 made on our behalf.

00:36:31.720 --> 00:36:33.200
 Jesus fills the

00:36:33.200 --> 00:36:34.300
 office of king.

00:36:35.039 --> 00:36:35.539
 I hope that these

00:36:35.539 --> 00:36:36.340
 are programming into

00:36:36.340 --> 00:36:36.800
 your mind.

00:36:36.980 --> 00:36:37.639
 You say, what offices

00:36:37.639 --> 00:36:38.180
 did Jesus fill?

00:36:38.240 --> 00:36:39.240
 Prophet, priest, and

00:36:39.240 --> 00:36:39.480
 king.

00:36:39.800 --> 00:36:40.539
 It was the job of

00:36:40.539 --> 00:36:41.280
 the king to reign

00:36:41.280 --> 00:36:41.920
 over the people of

00:36:41.920 --> 00:36:43.500
 God, but not the way

00:36:43.500 --> 00:36:44.220
 most of us think.

00:36:44.260 --> 00:36:45.160
 I think most of us

00:36:45.160 --> 00:36:46.440
 growing up and

00:36:46.440 --> 00:36:47.380
 living in a democracy

00:36:47.380 --> 00:36:48.639
 think of kings as

00:36:48.639 --> 00:36:49.579
 dictators.

00:36:50.039 --> 00:36:50.559
 We see lots of

00:36:50.559 --> 00:36:52.139
 unhealthy dictatorships

00:36:52.139 --> 00:36:52.920
 around the world.

00:36:52.920 --> 00:36:53.920
 Someone who comes

00:36:53.920 --> 00:36:56.039
 and lords unjustly

00:36:56.039 --> 00:36:56.900
 over the people.

00:36:57.659 --> 00:36:58.680
 That is not the way

00:36:58.680 --> 00:37:00.200
 God established kings

00:37:00.200 --> 00:37:00.900
 in the Old Testament.

00:37:00.980 --> 00:37:02.019
 That was not their

00:37:02.019 --> 00:37:02.659
 task.

00:37:02.920 --> 00:37:03.400
 They were to reign

00:37:03.400 --> 00:37:03.940
 over the people,

00:37:04.539 --> 00:37:05.139
 but they were to be

00:37:05.139 --> 00:37:06.059
 the people's protector.

00:37:06.920 --> 00:37:07.500
 They were to protect

00:37:07.500 --> 00:37:08.139
 them physically,

00:37:08.500 --> 00:37:09.380
 fortify cities,

00:37:09.519 --> 00:37:10.139
 have armies,

00:37:10.300 --> 00:37:11.680
 protect them from

00:37:11.680 --> 00:37:12.700
 the enemy outside,

00:37:12.860 --> 00:37:13.639
 but they were also

00:37:13.639 --> 00:37:14.579
 meant to protect

00:37:14.579 --> 00:37:15.460
 them spiritually.

00:37:16.380 --> 00:37:17.380
 It was his major

00:37:17.380 --> 00:37:18.820
 task to lead the

00:37:18.820 --> 00:37:19.720
 people of God

00:37:19.720 --> 00:37:21.280
 in the ways of God.

00:37:21.780 --> 00:37:22.619
 There are tale

00:37:22.619 --> 00:37:23.539
 after tale after tale

00:37:23.539 --> 00:37:24.099
 in the Old Testament

00:37:24.099 --> 00:37:25.000
 of kings who failed

00:37:25.000 --> 00:37:26.299
 rather miserably

00:37:26.299 --> 00:37:27.400
 at this task

00:37:27.400 --> 00:37:28.139
 given to them,

00:37:28.199 --> 00:37:30.339
 but Jesus is the

00:37:30.339 --> 00:37:31.900
 perfect king who

00:37:31.900 --> 00:37:33.460
 reigns forever.

00:37:34.699 --> 00:37:35.839
 In an interaction

00:37:35.839 --> 00:37:38.059
 found in John 1,

00:37:38.239 --> 00:37:38.739
 verse 49,

00:37:39.279 --> 00:37:39.659
 a man named

00:37:39.659 --> 00:37:40.779
 Nathaniel answers

00:37:40.779 --> 00:37:41.400
 to Jesus,

00:37:41.579 --> 00:37:43.199
 Rabbi, you are the

00:37:43.199 --> 00:37:43.880
 son of God.

00:37:44.259 --> 00:37:45.819
 You are the king

00:37:45.819 --> 00:37:47.500
 of Israel.

00:37:47.500 --> 00:37:49.599
 So Jesus is the

00:37:49.599 --> 00:37:50.320
 anointed one,

00:37:50.380 --> 00:37:50.820
 the prophet,

00:37:50.940 --> 00:37:51.260
 the priest,

00:37:51.300 --> 00:37:51.719
 and the king.

00:37:51.820 --> 00:37:52.320
 He is the one

00:37:52.320 --> 00:37:52.960
 that the Old Testament

00:37:52.960 --> 00:37:53.559
 has talked about.

00:37:53.820 --> 00:37:54.400
 He is the one

00:37:54.400 --> 00:37:55.059
 that the New Testament

00:37:55.059 --> 00:37:55.900
 continues to unfold

00:37:55.900 --> 00:37:56.860
 the realities of.

00:37:57.199 --> 00:37:58.340
 He is the very

00:37:58.340 --> 00:37:59.199
 central theme

00:37:59.199 --> 00:38:00.139
 of all that we

00:38:00.139 --> 00:38:00.539
 understand.

00:38:00.760 --> 00:38:01.340
 He is the central

00:38:01.340 --> 00:38:01.960
 theme of the

00:38:01.960 --> 00:38:02.320
 universe.

00:38:02.519 --> 00:38:03.000
 All things were

00:38:03.000 --> 00:38:04.300
 created in him

00:38:04.300 --> 00:38:05.119
 and through him

00:38:05.119 --> 00:38:06.260
 and for him.

00:38:06.300 --> 00:38:07.159
 It's an incredible

00:38:07.159 --> 00:38:08.460
 reality that Jesus

00:38:08.460 --> 00:38:10.380
 is the Christ.

00:38:11.019 --> 00:38:11.820
 And at this point,

00:38:11.880 --> 00:38:12.579
 I think rightly,

00:38:12.579 --> 00:38:13.500
 if you're a good

00:38:13.500 --> 00:38:13.860
 listener,

00:38:14.019 --> 00:38:14.739
 you should say,

00:38:15.219 --> 00:38:15.479
 okay,

00:38:16.279 --> 00:38:17.319
 I'm with you.

00:38:17.459 --> 00:38:18.319
 Jesus is the Christ.

00:38:18.399 --> 00:38:19.000
 What does it mean

00:38:19.000 --> 00:38:19.739
 for me?

00:38:20.039 --> 00:38:20.519
 What does it mean

00:38:20.519 --> 00:38:21.219
 for me today?

00:38:21.319 --> 00:38:22.179
 Does it have any real,

00:38:22.319 --> 00:38:23.039
 does it have a reality?

00:38:23.159 --> 00:38:23.959
 Is there an implication,

00:38:24.339 --> 00:38:25.579
 an explicit implication?

00:38:25.859 --> 00:38:26.699
 How should I live

00:38:26.699 --> 00:38:28.259
 in response to that

00:38:28.259 --> 00:38:28.739
 reality?

00:38:30.079 --> 00:38:30.879
 Well, let me say to you,

00:38:30.939 --> 00:38:31.679
 as Christians,

00:38:33.079 --> 00:38:34.539
 our image-bearing

00:38:34.539 --> 00:38:35.699
 capacity has been

00:38:35.699 --> 00:38:36.219
 restored.

00:38:36.939 --> 00:38:37.879
 Our hearts have been

00:38:37.879 --> 00:38:38.419
 made new.

00:38:38.539 --> 00:38:39.179
 The old heart,

00:38:39.179 --> 00:38:39.699
 the one that was

00:38:39.699 --> 00:38:40.699
 spoiled by sin,

00:38:40.959 --> 00:38:41.739
 had been replaced,

00:38:41.979 --> 00:38:42.579
 metaphorically,

00:38:42.719 --> 00:38:43.579
 with a new heart.

00:38:43.659 --> 00:38:44.179
 We have the Spirit

00:38:44.179 --> 00:38:44.659
 of God that

00:38:44.659 --> 00:38:46.279
 now lives within us.

00:38:47.219 --> 00:38:48.359
 We have the ability,

00:38:48.679 --> 00:38:48.960
 once again,

00:38:49.000 --> 00:38:50.139
 to be human.

00:38:50.599 --> 00:38:52.139
 To live as the

00:38:52.139 --> 00:38:53.000
 creation of God

00:38:53.000 --> 00:38:54.579
 was meant to live.

00:38:54.659 --> 00:38:55.319
 To worship Him

00:38:55.319 --> 00:38:56.019
 and to honor Him

00:38:56.019 --> 00:38:57.519
 with all that we do.

00:38:57.779 --> 00:38:58.679
 And in that way,

00:38:58.799 --> 00:38:59.759
 we also,

00:39:00.639 --> 00:39:01.960
 in service to Jesus,

00:39:03.299 --> 00:39:04.599
 play out these types

00:39:04.599 --> 00:39:06.119
 of roles in our living.

00:39:06.500 --> 00:39:06.759
 Jesus,

00:39:06.920 --> 00:39:07.219
 prophet,

00:39:07.440 --> 00:39:07.779
 priest,

00:39:08.199 --> 00:39:08.460
 king.

00:39:08.579 --> 00:39:09.539
 We are Christians.

00:39:09.719 --> 00:39:10.940
 We are little Christ.

00:39:11.139 --> 00:39:12.379
 We do this

00:39:12.379 --> 00:39:13.980
 in a lesser way

00:39:13.980 --> 00:39:14.559
 than our Lord,

00:39:14.639 --> 00:39:15.659
 but we are His ambassadors

00:39:15.659 --> 00:39:16.659
 and so we carry out

00:39:16.659 --> 00:39:17.840
 His will and His work

00:39:17.840 --> 00:39:18.679
 in this world.

00:39:18.760 --> 00:39:19.260
 So as Christians,

00:39:19.659 --> 00:39:21.240
 we have a prophetic role

00:39:21.240 --> 00:39:21.860
 to play.

00:39:22.719 --> 00:39:23.980
 We proclaim the Gospel

00:39:23.980 --> 00:39:24.619
 of truth.

00:39:25.280 --> 00:39:26.480
 It's our major job

00:39:26.480 --> 00:39:27.039
 as believers

00:39:27.039 --> 00:39:28.059
 is to propagate

00:39:28.059 --> 00:39:29.039
 the truth of God

00:39:29.039 --> 00:39:30.280
 far and wide,

00:39:30.360 --> 00:39:31.860
 to call men and women

00:39:31.860 --> 00:39:33.320
 back to God.

00:39:33.420 --> 00:39:34.159
 To tell them

00:39:34.159 --> 00:39:35.260
 of the danger

00:39:35.260 --> 00:39:36.179
 of sin.

00:39:36.940 --> 00:39:37.980
 To say to them,

00:39:38.059 --> 00:39:38.719
 there is an eternal

00:39:38.719 --> 00:39:39.900
 state for you.

00:39:40.900 --> 00:39:41.900
 It will be heaven

00:39:41.900 --> 00:39:42.800
 or it will be hell.

00:39:43.019 --> 00:39:43.980
 It will be punishment

00:39:43.980 --> 00:39:45.280
 or it will be reward.

00:39:45.860 --> 00:39:46.780
 And there is a way

00:39:46.780 --> 00:39:47.539
 and that way

00:39:47.539 --> 00:39:49.420
 is Jesus Christ.

00:39:49.960 --> 00:39:50.920
 2 Corinthians 5,

00:39:51.000 --> 00:39:51.960
 17-18,

00:39:52.360 --> 00:39:52.579
 Therefore,

00:39:52.800 --> 00:39:53.860
 if anyone is in Christ,

00:39:54.000 --> 00:39:55.840
 he is a new creation.

00:39:56.400 --> 00:39:56.700
 New.

00:39:56.820 --> 00:39:57.519
 We're now citizens

00:39:57.519 --> 00:39:58.320
 of God's kingdom.

00:39:58.420 --> 00:39:59.380
 The old has passed away.

00:39:59.760 --> 00:40:00.039
 Behold,

00:40:00.079 --> 00:40:00.639
 the new has come.

00:40:01.200 --> 00:40:02.980
 All this is from God

00:40:02.980 --> 00:40:04.280
 who through Christ

00:40:04.280 --> 00:40:05.980
 reconciled us to Himself

00:40:05.980 --> 00:40:07.019
 and gave us

00:40:07.019 --> 00:40:07.940
 the ministry

00:40:07.940 --> 00:40:09.280
 of reconciliation,

00:40:09.280 --> 00:40:10.640
 bringing about peace.

00:40:11.000 --> 00:40:12.600
 This enmity

00:40:12.600 --> 00:40:13.160
 that exists

00:40:13.160 --> 00:40:13.880
 between mankind

00:40:13.880 --> 00:40:14.980
 and God.

00:40:15.080 --> 00:40:15.760
 It is our job.

00:40:15.840 --> 00:40:16.620
 It is our ministry

00:40:16.620 --> 00:40:17.800
 to bring about peace.

00:40:19.360 --> 00:40:20.940
 We bear the message

00:40:20.940 --> 00:40:21.960
 of Jesus.

00:40:23.140 --> 00:40:24.040
 As His ambassadors,

00:40:24.460 --> 00:40:26.300
 we find in Mark 1, 15,

00:40:26.700 --> 00:40:27.720
 this is our message.

00:40:28.220 --> 00:40:29.220
 This is our message.

00:40:29.300 --> 00:40:30.040
 The very message

00:40:30.040 --> 00:40:30.940
 that Jesus preached.

00:40:31.019 --> 00:40:31.760
 The time is fulfilled

00:40:31.760 --> 00:40:33.300
 and the kingdom of God

00:40:33.300 --> 00:40:34.180
 is at hand.

00:40:34.340 --> 00:40:36.000
 Repent and believe

00:40:36.000 --> 00:40:37.280
 in the gospel.

00:40:37.280 --> 00:40:39.240
 As Christians,

00:40:39.380 --> 00:40:41.420
 we have a priestly role

00:40:41.420 --> 00:40:42.560
 to play.

00:40:44.060 --> 00:40:44.480
 Peter,

00:40:44.640 --> 00:40:45.180
 in 1 Peter,

00:40:45.280 --> 00:40:46.880
 calls us a royal priesthood.

00:40:47.360 --> 00:40:48.660
 Chapter 2, verse 9.

00:40:49.460 --> 00:40:50.460
 The author of Hebrews

00:40:50.460 --> 00:40:51.780
 views us as priests

00:40:51.780 --> 00:40:54.060
 as Hebrews 10, 19-22 states,

00:40:54.660 --> 00:40:55.460
 Therefore, brothers,

00:40:55.960 --> 00:40:57.360
 since we have confidence

00:40:57.360 --> 00:40:58.519
 to enter the holy places

00:40:58.519 --> 00:40:59.300
 by the blood of Jesus,

00:40:59.380 --> 00:40:59.780
 this would have been

00:40:59.780 --> 00:41:00.560
 the place that the priest

00:41:00.560 --> 00:41:01.240
 would have gone into

00:41:01.240 --> 00:41:01.680
 in the temple

00:41:01.680 --> 00:41:02.519
 to make sacrifice

00:41:02.519 --> 00:41:03.720
 on behalf of the people of God,

00:41:03.880 --> 00:41:05.080
 we now have confidence

00:41:05.080 --> 00:41:06.040
 to enter the holy places

00:41:06.039 --> 00:41:07.380
 by the perfect sacrifice

00:41:07.380 --> 00:41:07.940
 of Jesus,

00:41:08.219 --> 00:41:10.059
 by the new and living way

00:41:10.059 --> 00:41:10.860
 that He opened for us

00:41:10.860 --> 00:41:11.480
 through the curtain,

00:41:11.579 --> 00:41:12.000
 that is,

00:41:12.079 --> 00:41:12.759
 through His flesh.

00:41:13.139 --> 00:41:13.860
 And since we have

00:41:13.860 --> 00:41:14.900
 a great priest

00:41:14.900 --> 00:41:15.920
 over the house of God,

00:41:16.320 --> 00:41:17.340
 let us draw near

00:41:17.340 --> 00:41:18.380
 with a true heart

00:41:18.380 --> 00:41:19.519
 and full assurance of faith,

00:41:19.820 --> 00:41:21.340
 with our hearts sprinkled clean

00:41:21.340 --> 00:41:22.300
 from an evil conscience,

00:41:22.480 --> 00:41:23.679
 and our bodies washed

00:41:23.679 --> 00:41:24.719
 with pure water.

00:41:24.759 --> 00:41:26.000
 These were priestly activities

00:41:26.000 --> 00:41:27.059
 that took place,

00:41:27.099 --> 00:41:27.739
 a purifying

00:41:27.739 --> 00:41:29.079
 to enter into the presence of God.

00:41:29.079 --> 00:41:30.219
 We now have been granted

00:41:30.219 --> 00:41:32.259
 that in Jesus.

00:41:32.260 --> 00:41:34.060
 And later in Hebrews,

00:41:34.340 --> 00:41:35.120
 chapter 13,

00:41:35.620 --> 00:41:36.580
 15 and 16,

00:41:37.280 --> 00:41:37.920
 through Him then

00:41:37.920 --> 00:41:39.380
 let us continually offer up

00:41:39.380 --> 00:41:41.760
 a sacrifice of praise to God.

00:41:42.120 --> 00:41:43.500
 That is the fruit of lips

00:41:43.500 --> 00:41:45.020
 that acknowledge His name.

00:41:45.640 --> 00:41:47.160
 Do not neglect to do good

00:41:47.160 --> 00:41:48.100
 and to share what you have

00:41:48.100 --> 00:41:49.740
 for such sacrifices

00:41:49.740 --> 00:41:51.280
 are pleasing to God.

00:41:51.360 --> 00:41:52.880
 So we make sacrifice now

00:41:52.880 --> 00:41:54.240
 in the way in which

00:41:54.240 --> 00:41:55.340
 we praise God.

00:41:55.760 --> 00:41:55.860
 Right?

00:41:56.140 --> 00:41:57.400
 Lips that acknowledge His name

00:41:57.400 --> 00:41:58.920
 and the doing of good

00:41:58.920 --> 00:42:00.480
 and the sharing of what we have

00:42:00.480 --> 00:42:02.160
 for those around us.

00:42:03.060 --> 00:42:03.700
 The Apostle Paul

00:42:03.700 --> 00:42:05.120
 had a priestly duty in mind.

00:42:05.620 --> 00:42:06.820
 In Romans 12, verse 1,

00:42:06.880 --> 00:42:07.080
 he says,

00:42:07.160 --> 00:42:08.000
 I appeal to you, therefore,

00:42:08.180 --> 00:42:08.620
 brothers,

00:42:09.280 --> 00:42:10.540
 by the mercies of God

00:42:10.540 --> 00:42:11.520
 to present your bodies

00:42:11.520 --> 00:42:13.120
 as a living sacrifice.

00:42:13.260 --> 00:42:13.880
 Present yourself

00:42:13.880 --> 00:42:15.200
 as a sacrifice,

00:42:15.820 --> 00:42:16.920
 holy and acceptable to God,

00:42:17.340 --> 00:42:20.280
 which is your spiritual worship.

00:42:21.420 --> 00:42:22.680
 We're to be priests.

00:42:22.680 --> 00:42:25.240
 We're to offer sacrifice to God.

00:42:25.540 --> 00:42:26.680
 And we have, as Christians,

00:42:26.800 --> 00:42:28.280
 a kingly role to play.

00:42:28.940 --> 00:42:29.800
 Jesus has risen

00:42:29.800 --> 00:42:31.360
 and He is reigning.

00:42:32.180 --> 00:42:33.340
 Paul states in Ephesians 2,

00:42:33.420 --> 00:42:34.099
 4-7,

00:42:34.539 --> 00:42:36.519
 that we have been raised with Him.

00:42:37.480 --> 00:42:38.039
 Verse 4,

00:42:38.099 --> 00:42:39.320
 But God, being rich in mercy,

00:42:39.960 --> 00:42:41.019
 because of the great love

00:42:41.019 --> 00:42:42.059
 with which He loved us,

00:42:42.519 --> 00:42:43.800
 even when we were dead

00:42:43.800 --> 00:42:44.700
 in our trespasses,

00:42:45.180 --> 00:42:46.860
 made us alive together with Christ.

00:42:46.940 --> 00:42:47.519
 By grace,

00:42:47.860 --> 00:42:48.780
 you have been saved.

00:42:49.280 --> 00:42:51.000
 And raised us up with Him.

00:42:51.000 --> 00:42:52.320
 This is a present reality.

00:42:52.720 --> 00:42:53.940
 And raised us up with Him

00:42:53.940 --> 00:42:55.480
 and seated us with Him

00:42:55.480 --> 00:42:56.720
 in the heavenly places

00:42:56.720 --> 00:42:57.980
 in Christ Jesus.

00:42:58.619 --> 00:42:59.539
 So that in the coming ages

00:42:59.539 --> 00:43:00.740
 He might show the immeasurable riches

00:43:00.740 --> 00:43:01.500
 of His grace and kindness

00:43:01.500 --> 00:43:03.599
 toward us in Christ Jesus.

00:43:03.760 --> 00:43:04.559
 For His glory,

00:43:04.720 --> 00:43:05.579
 He raised us up

00:43:05.579 --> 00:43:06.740
 and He has seated us with Him

00:43:06.740 --> 00:43:07.760
 in the heavenly places.

00:43:08.159 --> 00:43:10.059
 We reign in a sense

00:43:10.059 --> 00:43:11.920
 along with Jesus.

00:43:12.460 --> 00:43:14.639
 This reality has an abounding

00:43:14.639 --> 00:43:16.079
 future implication for us.

00:43:16.119 --> 00:43:17.679
 A massive, massive,

00:43:17.820 --> 00:43:20.440
 forever future implication for us.

00:43:20.440 --> 00:43:23.659
 But it's also pertinent to today.

00:43:24.740 --> 00:43:28.539
 We have been given power over sin.

00:43:29.059 --> 00:43:30.420
 It does not reign over us,

00:43:30.500 --> 00:43:32.139
 but we reign over it.

00:43:32.240 --> 00:43:33.980
 And the same way the kings of old

00:43:33.980 --> 00:43:35.760
 were meant to protect the people of God,

00:43:35.900 --> 00:43:38.059
 we are to do the same thing.

00:43:38.860 --> 00:43:41.940
 To reign over and purge out sin

00:43:41.940 --> 00:43:43.500
 in the lives of others.

00:43:43.619 --> 00:43:45.280
 Romans 6, chapter 12,

00:43:45.579 --> 00:43:46.099
 excuse me,

00:43:46.400 --> 00:43:47.880
 chapter 6, verses 12-14.

00:43:47.880 --> 00:43:50.760
 Let not sin therefore

00:43:50.760 --> 00:43:52.280
 reign in your mortal body

00:43:52.280 --> 00:43:54.619
 to make you obey its passions.

00:43:54.760 --> 00:43:57.079
 Do not let it reign in you

00:43:57.079 --> 00:43:58.840
 who has the power in that situation.

00:43:59.000 --> 00:43:59.559
 We do.

00:44:00.440 --> 00:44:01.980
 Do not present your members to sin

00:44:01.980 --> 00:44:03.500
 as instruments for unrighteousness,

00:44:03.680 --> 00:44:05.119
 but present yourselves to God

00:44:05.119 --> 00:44:06.059
 as those who have been brought

00:44:06.059 --> 00:44:07.760
 from death to life.

00:44:08.160 --> 00:44:08.340
 Right?

00:44:08.500 --> 00:44:09.760
 Not in degree, but in kind.

00:44:09.880 --> 00:44:10.680
 We once were dead,

00:44:10.740 --> 00:44:11.599
 we are now alive.

00:44:11.920 --> 00:44:13.180
 And your members to God

00:44:13.180 --> 00:44:15.500
 as instruments for righteousness.

00:44:15.500 --> 00:44:19.380
 For sin will have no dominion over you

00:44:19.380 --> 00:44:21.699
 since you are not under law,

00:44:21.940 --> 00:44:23.539
 but under grace.

00:44:24.539 --> 00:44:26.119
 We reign over this.

00:44:26.219 --> 00:44:27.619
 We have been set free from it.

00:44:27.820 --> 00:44:29.579
 And we can now fulfill

00:44:29.579 --> 00:44:31.039
 these priestly,

00:44:31.579 --> 00:44:32.300
 these kingly,

00:44:32.860 --> 00:44:34.480
 and these prophetic roles

00:44:34.480 --> 00:44:35.320
 in the world

00:44:35.320 --> 00:44:39.400
 because Jesus is the Christ.

00:44:40.519 --> 00:44:41.559
 Beloved, we've been given

00:44:41.559 --> 00:44:42.480
 great blessing.

00:44:42.480 --> 00:44:45.639
 These men stood in an interesting place

00:44:45.639 --> 00:44:46.500
 in history.

00:44:46.800 --> 00:44:48.780
 It's a fascinating thing

00:44:48.780 --> 00:44:49.760
 that they were doing here

00:44:49.760 --> 00:44:50.619
 as they were seeing

00:44:50.619 --> 00:44:53.059
 the fulfillment of Old Testament prophecy

00:44:53.059 --> 00:44:54.960
 as all of this misunderstanding

00:44:54.960 --> 00:44:56.500
 was being brought into right light

00:44:56.500 --> 00:44:58.599
 and being brought together for them.

00:44:58.740 --> 00:45:01.679
 But we now have the full revelation of God.

00:45:01.860 --> 00:45:04.019
 We are immensely blessed

00:45:04.019 --> 00:45:05.059
 to have this book.

00:45:05.360 --> 00:45:06.219
 And beyond that,

00:45:06.420 --> 00:45:08.740
 in the century in which we live,

00:45:08.739 --> 00:45:11.079
 we now have resource upon resource

00:45:11.079 --> 00:45:12.599
 upon resource upon resource

00:45:12.599 --> 00:45:14.039
 to help us understand

00:45:14.039 --> 00:45:16.219
 this book more rightly.

00:45:16.659 --> 00:45:17.819
 We have the shoulders

00:45:17.819 --> 00:45:20.479
 of spiritual giants to stand on

00:45:20.479 --> 00:45:21.599
 who have gone before us

00:45:21.599 --> 00:45:23.000
 and have worked and labored

00:45:23.000 --> 00:45:24.199
 through the understanding

00:45:24.199 --> 00:45:25.899
 of these texts.

00:45:26.699 --> 00:45:27.979
 We find in 1 Peter,

00:45:28.099 --> 00:45:29.139
 soon in chapter 9,

00:45:29.199 --> 00:45:29.759
 we're going to see

00:45:29.759 --> 00:45:30.739
 an account of the transfiguration.

00:45:31.779 --> 00:45:32.619
 And Peter talks about

00:45:32.619 --> 00:45:33.779
 getting to be with Jesus

00:45:33.779 --> 00:45:34.399
 on the mountain.

00:45:34.500 --> 00:45:34.979
 And then he says,

00:45:35.219 --> 00:45:37.119
 and we have a more sure thing.

00:45:37.119 --> 00:45:38.079
 And that's the Scriptures.

00:45:39.159 --> 00:45:39.980
 We are blessed.

00:45:40.059 --> 00:45:41.219
 You think it would have been great

00:45:41.219 --> 00:45:42.039
 to walk with Jesus.

00:45:42.159 --> 00:45:43.000
 Wouldn't that have been awesome

00:45:43.000 --> 00:45:44.559
 to get to be with Him?

00:45:44.799 --> 00:45:46.319
 Yes, it most certainly would have been.

00:45:46.460 --> 00:45:47.319
 I would take that,

00:45:47.400 --> 00:45:48.900
 but I would take this over that

00:45:48.900 --> 00:45:50.099
 because He's given me a helper.

00:45:50.199 --> 00:45:51.400
 He's given me the Spirit of God.

00:45:51.639 --> 00:45:52.539
 He's given me the Scriptures

00:45:52.539 --> 00:45:54.059
 that we might have a full

00:45:54.059 --> 00:45:55.799
 and right understanding

00:45:55.799 --> 00:45:56.799
 of who He is.

00:45:58.059 --> 00:45:59.659
 There's eternal consequence

00:45:59.659 --> 00:46:01.679
 to this question.

00:46:02.059 --> 00:46:03.279
 Who is Jesus?

00:46:04.079 --> 00:46:06.099
 Who do you say that I am?

00:46:06.099 --> 00:46:07.400
 All of us will one day

00:46:07.400 --> 00:46:08.519
 stand before Him in judgment

00:46:08.519 --> 00:46:09.799
 and He'll ask that question of us.

00:46:09.900 --> 00:46:11.299
 What are you going to say?

00:46:12.099 --> 00:46:13.980
 And will your life reflect

00:46:13.980 --> 00:46:15.739
 a proper understanding

00:46:15.739 --> 00:46:16.880
 of who He is?

00:46:17.039 --> 00:46:18.420
 Those of us who are found in Christ,

00:46:18.519 --> 00:46:19.639
 we can confidently stand before Him

00:46:19.639 --> 00:46:19.920
 and say,

00:46:20.239 --> 00:46:21.179
 you are the Christ.

00:46:21.360 --> 00:46:22.199
 But I believe there will be

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 reward beyond that

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 for those of us

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 who are faithful to Him,

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 who are disciples

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 in every respect,

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 who didn't just recognize this thing

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 and do this little act

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 and give kind of the paltry leftovers

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 of our life to Jesus,

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 but we followed Him.

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 Everything we had,

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 we left the nets

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 and we went,

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 and we went to the point of death

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 serving our Lord.

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 This question has to ring

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 and resonate in all of our ears.

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 Jesus is the anointed prophet,

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 priest, and king.

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 This is a reality.

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 It's not a subjective thing.

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 It is an objective truth.

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 We should align our minds

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 and our hearts with it.

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 We would do well

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 to worship Him as such.

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 Let us praise God

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 that this has meaning for us.

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 It's not some abstract thing

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 that Jesus lived in this day,

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 worked in this fashion,

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 did what He did,

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 accomplished things for us.

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 For now,

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 it means something today.

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 Our imagery and responsibility

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 as God's creation

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 has been restored.

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 Our lives have beautiful meaning

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 as we live in service

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 to Jesus,

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 the Christ.

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 Let's pray together.

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 Let's pray together.