WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:08.660 Let me invite you to turn in your Bibles to 2 Corinthians chapter 5 and to the words that we have in verse 21. 00:00:08.660 --> 00:00:14.240 ! That's where we land this evening. 2 Corinthians 5 verse 21. 00:00:17.240 --> 00:00:17.920 ! 00:00:17.920 --> 00:00:28.679 For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin so that in him we might become the righteousness. 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:30.760 Of God. 00:00:34.679 --> 00:00:51.280 There are multiple ways in which your life and my life and our experience in this world overlaps with the experience that Jesus would have had when he walked upon this earth. 00:00:51.719 --> 00:01:00.100 So for instance we could say that Jesus like we do experienced the variety of changes in weather. 00:01:00.760 --> 00:01:04.920 He knew what it was to face a cold biting wind chill. 00:01:05.659 --> 00:01:10.520 He knew what it was to experience the sun beaten down upon him. 00:01:10.519 --> 00:01:13.339 And all the variety of weather types in between. 00:01:13.339 --> 00:01:21.119 Our Lord when he walked on this earth would have experienced the various different weather issues that we would have had. 00:01:21.840 --> 00:01:29.019 In the community that he lived he would have heard the music and he would have seen the various dances of his day. 00:01:29.439 --> 00:01:34.280 He made reference to that with regard to the children in the Gospels. 00:01:34.280 --> 00:01:37.299 He knew what it was to experience travel. 00:01:37.599 --> 00:01:39.239 Living in the north of the country. 00:01:39.780 --> 00:01:45.640 Heading down to Jerusalem for the feast occasions that God in his mercy provided for his people. 00:01:45.719 --> 00:01:48.719 When they could celebrate together God's goodness in the past. 00:01:49.159 --> 00:01:50.700 Jesus knew what it was to travel. 00:01:51.319 --> 00:01:56.200 But of course his travel itinerary was wider than simply the feasts. 00:01:56.200 --> 00:02:01.840 Because Jesus was traveling in two different places to share the message that he had. 00:02:01.920 --> 00:02:05.939 So he experienced travel just as you and I did. 00:02:06.740 --> 00:02:13.140 And the likelihood is as well that Jesus knew what it was to have to work to provide. 00:02:15.719 --> 00:02:19.000 We surmise because of what we know of the customs of that day. 00:02:19.300 --> 00:02:26.080 That it was commonplace that if there was a particular trade that was associated with the head of that house. 00:02:26.199 --> 00:02:29.019 That the family would follow in that trade. 00:02:29.079 --> 00:02:31.879 Especially the elder children within that family. 00:02:32.199 --> 00:02:38.799 So it's highly likely that Jesus followed in the trade of Joseph who was a carpenter. 00:02:38.919 --> 00:02:43.319 So Jesus knew what it was to have to work. 00:02:44.359 --> 00:02:46.859 So if we talk about the weather. 00:02:47.379 --> 00:02:48.780 Or if we talk about music. 00:02:48.899 --> 00:02:49.899 Or if we talk about dancing. 00:02:50.159 --> 00:02:51.699 Or if we talk about travel. 00:02:51.780 --> 00:02:52.579 If we talk about work. 00:02:52.859 --> 00:02:54.339 Well Jesus understood that. 00:02:54.340 --> 00:02:56.140 Jesus met introverts. 00:02:56.140 --> 00:02:57.640 And he met extroverts. 00:02:57.640 --> 00:02:59.560 Just like we meet introverts. 00:02:59.740 --> 00:03:01.740 And we meet extroverts. 00:03:02.219 --> 00:03:04.780 He would have interacted as we know in the gospels. 00:03:04.920 --> 00:03:06.500 With young and with old. 00:03:06.759 --> 00:03:08.520 Just like ourselves. 00:03:09.360 --> 00:03:10.319 On the one hand. 00:03:10.819 --> 00:03:12.740 He would have seen raw. 00:03:13.420 --> 00:03:15.439 Nauseating hypocrisy. 00:03:16.180 --> 00:03:17.759 And he would also have seen. 00:03:18.360 --> 00:03:19.759 Selfless acts. 00:03:20.080 --> 00:03:21.640 Of loving service. 00:03:21.639 --> 00:03:24.739 He would have witnessed these things unfolding. 00:03:25.439 --> 00:03:28.000 Perhaps we don't tend to think of our saviour in this way. 00:03:28.519 --> 00:03:31.059 But it's highly likely that there were certain foods. 00:03:31.519 --> 00:03:33.439 That he preferred over others. 00:03:33.839 --> 00:03:35.019 He had a human frame. 00:03:35.279 --> 00:03:36.019 Like you and I. 00:03:36.419 --> 00:03:39.179 There's nothing to suggest that he wouldn't have had certain foods. 00:03:39.239 --> 00:03:41.599 That he preferred over others. 00:03:42.479 --> 00:03:43.959 That there would have been times. 00:03:44.019 --> 00:03:46.299 That he would have no doubt overheard arguments. 00:03:46.300 --> 00:03:49.300 There would have been other occasions in life. 00:03:49.960 --> 00:03:51.680 When he would have been confronted with. 00:03:51.939 --> 00:03:52.939 Even things like. 00:03:53.620 --> 00:03:55.740 Falling and cutting his knee as a toddler. 00:03:56.680 --> 00:03:58.260 Or facing illness. 00:03:58.960 --> 00:04:00.439 In different parts of his life. 00:04:01.460 --> 00:04:02.900 Now the reason I mention illness. 00:04:03.140 --> 00:04:06.020 Is because illness brings a particular. 00:04:06.800 --> 00:04:08.620 Type of questioning. 00:04:09.180 --> 00:04:10.680 Into our experience. 00:04:11.680 --> 00:04:12.800 When we go through. 00:04:13.500 --> 00:04:14.560 A short illness. 00:04:14.560 --> 00:04:16.519 Or whether we're in a protracted illness. 00:04:16.920 --> 00:04:20.319 One of the things that the enemy of our souls does. 00:04:20.399 --> 00:04:23.280 Is that he begins to sow seeds of doubt. 00:04:23.439 --> 00:04:25.259 With regard to the goodness of God. 00:04:26.100 --> 00:04:28.579 Has God really love and care. 00:04:28.759 --> 00:04:30.639 And is he really committed to us. 00:04:30.980 --> 00:04:32.860 In the way he says he is. 00:04:32.959 --> 00:04:33.879 Because after all. 00:04:34.000 --> 00:04:35.579 We're going through what we're going through. 00:04:35.660 --> 00:04:36.560 Now theologically. 00:04:36.800 --> 00:04:36.899 There's. 00:04:37.199 --> 00:04:39.120 He could drive a bus through the argument there. 00:04:39.199 --> 00:04:40.800 But that's what Satan does. 00:04:40.800 --> 00:04:44.579 And so when it tells us in Hebrews chapter 4 verse 15. 00:04:45.020 --> 00:04:46.579 That Jesus was tempted in every way. 00:04:46.660 --> 00:04:47.560 Like we are tempted. 00:04:48.100 --> 00:04:50.900 And we are tempted to question the goodness of God. 00:04:50.960 --> 00:04:52.199 When we go through difficulties. 00:04:52.759 --> 00:04:55.379 Then the implication would be. 00:04:55.819 --> 00:04:58.360 That at some point Jesus must have experienced. 00:04:58.560 --> 00:05:00.259 Certain insinuations as well. 00:05:00.259 --> 00:05:05.099 Coming from various things like having to navigate illness. 00:05:05.819 --> 00:05:06.219 And so. 00:05:07.019 --> 00:05:07.620 Jesus. 00:05:08.219 --> 00:05:09.019 His experience. 00:05:09.199 --> 00:05:10.219 And our experience. 00:05:10.800 --> 00:05:11.699 The overlap. 00:05:12.779 --> 00:05:14.620 Let's turn back to Joseph for a second. 00:05:15.259 --> 00:05:17.339 We don't have any reference to. 00:05:17.759 --> 00:05:19.000 Mary's husband Joseph. 00:05:19.399 --> 00:05:21.039 After the birth narratives. 00:05:21.680 --> 00:05:23.439 And the assumption is that. 00:05:23.800 --> 00:05:25.319 Joseph had passed away. 00:05:25.699 --> 00:05:27.800 Before Jesus' public ministry. 00:05:28.199 --> 00:05:28.800 Had began. 00:05:28.800 --> 00:05:30.560 And so therefore Jesus. 00:05:31.079 --> 00:05:33.160 Knows what it is to be part of a family. 00:05:33.620 --> 00:05:35.480 That experiences bereavement. 00:05:35.740 --> 00:05:36.980 That then changes. 00:05:37.660 --> 00:05:38.500 The roles. 00:05:38.840 --> 00:05:39.680 Of individuals. 00:05:40.079 --> 00:05:41.139 Within that family. 00:05:41.800 --> 00:05:42.520 With others. 00:05:42.720 --> 00:05:43.699 Therefore having to take. 00:05:44.020 --> 00:05:45.360 Positions of leadership. 00:05:45.860 --> 00:05:46.620 And accountability. 00:05:47.439 --> 00:05:49.139 That he is the first born. 00:05:49.280 --> 00:05:50.019 In that family. 00:05:50.480 --> 00:05:51.500 That he would have had. 00:05:52.180 --> 00:05:52.680 And so. 00:05:52.920 --> 00:05:53.160 When we. 00:05:53.240 --> 00:05:54.860 When we list all these things. 00:05:54.860 --> 00:05:56.379 We can realize. 00:05:56.379 --> 00:05:57.120 Why. 00:05:57.560 --> 00:05:58.800 It tells us in Hebrews. 00:05:58.980 --> 00:05:59.620 That he was. 00:05:59.699 --> 00:06:00.899 He was tempted in every way. 00:06:00.980 --> 00:06:01.779 Like we are. 00:06:02.100 --> 00:06:03.159 But that he was also. 00:06:03.279 --> 00:06:04.079 That he is this. 00:06:04.199 --> 00:06:06.360 He is this sympathetic high priest. 00:06:07.060 --> 00:06:08.839 Because he does understand. 00:06:09.699 --> 00:06:11.259 He understands the challenges. 00:06:11.259 --> 00:06:12.199 That you face. 00:06:12.279 --> 00:06:13.060 That I face. 00:06:13.620 --> 00:06:14.420 Either individually. 00:06:14.560 --> 00:06:15.079 Or corporately. 00:06:15.199 --> 00:06:16.139 He understands. 00:06:16.819 --> 00:06:17.920 And when we come to him. 00:06:17.920 --> 00:06:18.800 As our great high priest. 00:06:18.860 --> 00:06:19.339 In prayer. 00:06:19.860 --> 00:06:20.980 There's that sense of. 00:06:21.219 --> 00:06:21.899 Of sympathy. 00:06:21.899 --> 00:06:22.539 That comes out. 00:06:22.539 --> 00:06:23.219 From the heart. 00:06:23.219 --> 00:06:23.939 Of our saviour. 00:06:24.599 --> 00:06:26.120 Because of what we're going through. 00:06:26.819 --> 00:06:27.599 So there's much. 00:06:28.099 --> 00:06:28.919 Of our existence. 00:06:29.500 --> 00:06:30.459 That overlaps. 00:06:30.879 --> 00:06:31.560 With the existence. 00:06:31.719 --> 00:06:32.779 That our saviour would have had. 00:06:33.479 --> 00:06:34.919 But there's also much. 00:06:34.919 --> 00:06:36.359 Of our existence. 00:06:36.719 --> 00:06:37.579 That does not. 00:06:38.299 --> 00:06:38.799 Overlap. 00:06:39.139 --> 00:06:39.959 With the existence. 00:06:40.159 --> 00:06:40.919 Of our saviour. 00:06:41.819 --> 00:06:43.099 There's certain things. 00:06:43.379 --> 00:06:44.239 That Jesus. 00:06:44.719 --> 00:06:45.579 Had and did. 00:06:45.919 --> 00:06:46.759 That we cannot. 00:06:47.139 --> 00:06:47.539 Really. 00:06:48.079 --> 00:06:48.859 Relate to. 00:06:49.019 --> 00:06:49.879 From the inside. 00:06:49.879 --> 00:06:52.060 So we mentioned some of these. 00:06:52.159 --> 00:06:52.719 Last evening. 00:06:53.040 --> 00:06:53.899 In the sense that. 00:06:53.899 --> 00:06:55.420 We do not have. 00:06:55.899 --> 00:06:57.199 That unique power. 00:06:57.379 --> 00:06:58.620 That only he possessed. 00:06:59.199 --> 00:07:00.259 Therefore it's unique. 00:07:00.779 --> 00:07:01.500 But that power. 00:07:01.680 --> 00:07:03.120 To speak into death. 00:07:03.600 --> 00:07:04.659 And for death. 00:07:04.779 --> 00:07:05.300 To release. 00:07:05.540 --> 00:07:06.180 From its grip. 00:07:06.600 --> 00:07:06.959 Those. 00:07:07.319 --> 00:07:08.060 Who had breathed. 00:07:08.100 --> 00:07:09.079 Their last breath. 00:07:09.560 --> 00:07:10.159 Or power. 00:07:10.279 --> 00:07:11.060 To speak to the. 00:07:11.300 --> 00:07:12.379 Natural elements. 00:07:12.879 --> 00:07:13.860 So that they recognise. 00:07:14.000 --> 00:07:15.100 The voice of their creator. 00:07:15.680 --> 00:07:16.560 And they obey. 00:07:16.719 --> 00:07:17.279 Instantly. 00:07:17.959 --> 00:07:18.699 Or the power. 00:07:18.699 --> 00:07:20.500 To deal with disease. 00:07:20.620 --> 00:07:21.479 And to drive disease. 00:07:21.479 --> 00:07:22.560 Or demonic possession. 00:07:23.159 --> 00:07:23.459 Out. 00:07:23.759 --> 00:07:24.339 The power. 00:07:24.519 --> 00:07:25.560 To declare. 00:07:25.800 --> 00:07:26.560 Someone forgiven. 00:07:26.879 --> 00:07:27.099 We. 00:07:27.360 --> 00:07:29.240 We do not have that power. 00:07:29.319 --> 00:07:30.339 And we can't really. 00:07:30.599 --> 00:07:31.379 Enter into. 00:07:31.560 --> 00:07:32.399 What that power. 00:07:32.819 --> 00:07:34.060 Is actually like. 00:07:34.860 --> 00:07:35.919 We similarly. 00:07:36.099 --> 00:07:36.639 Didn't have. 00:07:37.039 --> 00:07:37.819 The authority. 00:07:37.819 --> 00:07:38.779 That Jesus had. 00:07:39.519 --> 00:07:40.500 When Jesus spoke. 00:07:40.919 --> 00:07:41.839 At the end of. 00:07:41.939 --> 00:07:42.800 Of the Sermon on the Mount. 00:07:42.860 --> 00:07:43.240 Which is. 00:07:43.379 --> 00:07:44.099 A remarkable. 00:07:44.980 --> 00:07:45.500 Explanation. 00:07:45.620 --> 00:07:46.399 Of how Jesus. 00:07:46.399 --> 00:07:47.239 Expects his people. 00:07:47.239 --> 00:07:47.659 To live. 00:07:48.000 --> 00:07:48.779 A kingdom life. 00:07:48.859 --> 00:07:49.899 In a fallen world. 00:07:50.739 --> 00:07:51.199 It says. 00:07:51.299 --> 00:07:51.859 Those who heard him. 00:07:51.899 --> 00:07:52.539 They were amazed. 00:07:53.459 --> 00:07:54.139 Why were they amazed? 00:07:54.179 --> 00:07:55.079 Because of the authority. 00:07:55.079 --> 00:07:55.959 By which he spoke. 00:07:56.459 --> 00:07:57.419 Nobody's ever spoken. 00:07:57.599 --> 00:07:58.159 Like this guy. 00:07:58.799 --> 00:07:59.799 Nobody says that about you. 00:07:59.879 --> 00:08:00.779 Nobody says that about me. 00:08:01.319 --> 00:08:02.239 Nor should they. 00:08:02.879 --> 00:08:04.060 But Jesus had a power. 00:08:04.719 --> 00:08:05.699 And he had an authority. 00:08:05.939 --> 00:08:06.839 And he had a knowledge. 00:08:06.959 --> 00:08:08.500 That we can't really relate to. 00:08:09.039 --> 00:08:09.979 Because when he's. 00:08:10.039 --> 00:08:11.079 Confronted with his enemies. 00:08:11.560 --> 00:08:11.819 And. 00:08:12.019 --> 00:08:12.599 And Jesus. 00:08:12.739 --> 00:08:12.979 Having. 00:08:13.279 --> 00:08:14.099 Having declared. 00:08:14.100 --> 00:08:15.720 The sins of this man. 00:08:15.800 --> 00:08:16.640 Who's dropped down. 00:08:16.720 --> 00:08:17.240 In front of them. 00:08:17.360 --> 00:08:17.700 Forgiven. 00:08:18.040 --> 00:08:18.320 Jesus. 00:08:18.600 --> 00:08:19.939 Reads what's in the minds. 00:08:20.280 --> 00:08:20.939 Of his enemies. 00:08:21.080 --> 00:08:22.180 And he answers their. 00:08:22.379 --> 00:08:22.700 Issues. 00:08:22.760 --> 00:08:23.879 Before they even articulate. 00:08:24.140 --> 00:08:24.820 Their issues. 00:08:25.300 --> 00:08:26.580 And on a number of occasions. 00:08:27.060 --> 00:08:28.100 It's made clear. 00:08:28.220 --> 00:08:29.720 That Jesus had this knowledge. 00:08:30.620 --> 00:08:31.600 That obviously we. 00:08:32.000 --> 00:08:33.300 Do not have. 00:08:34.279 --> 00:08:35.080 And of course. 00:08:35.460 --> 00:08:36.399 We can take this. 00:08:36.519 --> 00:08:37.480 A couple of steps further. 00:08:38.139 --> 00:08:39.300 Because our life. 00:08:39.460 --> 00:08:40.360 And Jesus' life. 00:08:40.940 --> 00:08:42.019 They don't overlap. 00:08:42.019 --> 00:08:43.660 Because Jesus' motives. 00:08:43.659 --> 00:08:46.419 We're perfectly pure. 00:08:48.279 --> 00:08:50.100 And even the good things. 00:08:50.279 --> 00:08:50.939 That we do. 00:08:52.139 --> 00:08:53.759 Are not perfectly pure. 00:08:54.600 --> 00:08:56.459 Because there's that little something. 00:08:56.639 --> 00:08:57.600 In the back of our minds. 00:08:57.719 --> 00:08:58.399 Wondering if. 00:08:58.899 --> 00:09:00.039 Somebody somewhere. 00:09:00.459 --> 00:09:01.480 Is going to recognize. 00:09:02.019 --> 00:09:02.899 What we did. 00:09:04.000 --> 00:09:04.339 Or. 00:09:05.240 --> 00:09:06.539 It's going to be noted. 00:09:06.860 --> 00:09:08.179 In some particular way. 00:09:08.240 --> 00:09:09.019 See our motives. 00:09:09.159 --> 00:09:10.079 Even when we are. 00:09:10.360 --> 00:09:12.240 Engaged in the highest of activities. 00:09:12.240 --> 00:09:13.500 Can be so compromised. 00:09:13.659 --> 00:09:14.399 Not with Jesus. 00:09:15.059 --> 00:09:16.459 His motives were pure. 00:09:16.879 --> 00:09:17.480 And true. 00:09:17.919 --> 00:09:18.279 Why? 00:09:19.059 --> 00:09:20.240 Because he was living. 00:09:20.919 --> 00:09:22.100 A sinless. 00:09:22.620 --> 00:09:22.980 Life. 00:09:23.819 --> 00:09:24.839 And if we think. 00:09:24.939 --> 00:09:25.719 Well it's hard for us. 00:09:25.779 --> 00:09:26.379 To compute. 00:09:26.699 --> 00:09:27.360 His power. 00:09:27.500 --> 00:09:27.639 And his. 00:09:27.719 --> 00:09:28.039 And his. 00:09:28.100 --> 00:09:28.879 And his authority. 00:09:29.079 --> 00:09:29.319 And his. 00:09:29.719 --> 00:09:30.919 And his knowledge. 00:09:31.039 --> 00:09:31.939 And his motives. 00:09:32.939 --> 00:09:33.919 Well it's even harder. 00:09:34.039 --> 00:09:35.100 For us to compute. 00:09:35.779 --> 00:09:37.000 What a sinless. 00:09:37.439 --> 00:09:37.759 Life. 00:09:37.759 --> 00:09:38.819 Jesus lived. 00:09:38.819 --> 00:09:40.059 And yet. 00:09:41.100 --> 00:09:41.580 There is. 00:09:41.980 --> 00:09:42.340 So much. 00:09:42.460 --> 00:09:43.039 To be gained. 00:09:43.419 --> 00:09:43.799 For us. 00:09:44.200 --> 00:09:44.960 By actually. 00:09:45.360 --> 00:09:46.159 Coming out of gear. 00:09:46.819 --> 00:09:47.720 And switching off. 00:09:47.819 --> 00:09:48.319 The ignition. 00:09:48.960 --> 00:09:50.379 And staying in this position. 00:09:50.379 --> 00:09:51.500 Where we think for. 00:09:51.980 --> 00:09:52.679 A few minutes. 00:09:52.679 --> 00:09:53.220 This evening. 00:09:53.319 --> 00:09:54.299 About the unique. 00:09:55.139 --> 00:09:55.620 Sinlessness. 00:09:56.659 --> 00:09:57.860 Of Jesus Christ. 00:09:57.860 --> 00:09:59.560 And how that. 00:09:59.560 --> 00:10:00.139 Impacts. 00:10:00.419 --> 00:10:01.080 Your life. 00:10:01.680 --> 00:10:02.259 And how that. 00:10:02.340 --> 00:10:02.700 Impacts. 00:10:03.060 --> 00:10:03.560 My life. 00:10:04.039 --> 00:10:04.580 And how that. 00:10:04.659 --> 00:10:05.340 Has changed. 00:10:06.060 --> 00:10:06.919 The very world. 00:10:07.500 --> 00:10:08.000 And so therefore. 00:10:08.120 --> 00:10:09.100 That's why we are landing. 00:10:09.340 --> 00:10:09.360 In. 00:10:09.879 --> 00:10:11.940 2 Corinthians 5. 00:10:12.680 --> 00:10:13.620 Because it talks there. 00:10:13.720 --> 00:10:14.019 About the. 00:10:14.279 --> 00:10:14.680 The one. 00:10:15.159 --> 00:10:15.279 He. 00:10:15.480 --> 00:10:16.460 He was made. 00:10:16.620 --> 00:10:17.340 To be sin. 00:10:18.440 --> 00:10:19.060 The one. 00:10:19.220 --> 00:10:20.200 Who knew no sin. 00:10:21.340 --> 00:10:21.740 Let's. 00:10:22.000 --> 00:10:22.440 Ground. 00:10:22.539 --> 00:10:23.080 What we're saying. 00:10:23.200 --> 00:10:23.860 In its context. 00:10:24.340 --> 00:10:25.039 These words. 00:10:25.039 --> 00:10:25.720 Are speaking. 00:10:25.720 --> 00:10:26.340 About a peace. 00:10:26.519 --> 00:10:26.940 Process. 00:10:27.860 --> 00:10:28.680 There are. 00:10:28.840 --> 00:10:29.560 Warring parties. 00:10:30.019 --> 00:10:30.100 The. 00:10:30.200 --> 00:10:30.680 Warring parties. 00:10:30.680 --> 00:10:31.300 Is the. 00:10:31.340 --> 00:10:31.960 Broken. 00:10:32.200 --> 00:10:32.680 Rebellious. 00:10:32.919 --> 00:10:33.300 Sinful. 00:10:33.419 --> 00:10:34.060 Human race. 00:10:34.399 --> 00:10:35.200 And a pure. 00:10:35.379 --> 00:10:36.139 And holy. 00:10:36.500 --> 00:10:36.860 God. 00:10:37.460 --> 00:10:38.399 The reconciliation. 00:10:38.800 --> 00:10:39.120 Process. 00:10:39.560 --> 00:10:39.820 Has. 00:10:39.980 --> 00:10:40.259 At its. 00:10:40.379 --> 00:10:40.899 Crux. 00:10:41.460 --> 00:10:42.039 The work. 00:10:42.159 --> 00:10:43.180 That will be undertaken. 00:10:43.500 --> 00:10:44.440 At the cross. 00:10:44.600 --> 00:10:44.940 Of. 00:10:45.180 --> 00:10:45.620 Calvary. 00:10:46.100 --> 00:10:46.980 That there will be. 00:10:47.180 --> 00:10:47.300 A. 00:10:47.980 --> 00:10:48.379 Transformation. 00:10:48.860 --> 00:10:49.180 In. 00:10:49.519 --> 00:10:49.960 Status. 00:10:50.419 --> 00:10:51.039 From those. 00:10:51.159 --> 00:10:51.460 Who are. 00:10:51.820 --> 00:10:52.620 Who began. 00:10:52.820 --> 00:10:53.480 That peace. 00:10:53.560 --> 00:10:53.960 Process. 00:10:53.960 --> 00:10:54.740 As enemies. 00:10:54.879 --> 00:10:55.340 Of God. 00:10:55.800 --> 00:10:56.220 Will now. 00:10:56.300 --> 00:10:56.560 Become. 00:10:56.680 --> 00:10:57.039 Part of the. 00:10:57.039 --> 00:10:57.419 Family. 00:10:57.419 --> 00:10:58.019 Of God. 00:10:58.399 --> 00:10:59.039 There's going to be. 00:10:59.079 --> 00:10:59.679 A transformation. 00:10:59.679 --> 00:11:00.519 In status. 00:11:00.959 --> 00:11:01.639 Because of this. 00:11:01.639 --> 00:11:02.319 Peace process. 00:11:02.819 --> 00:11:03.159 Which. 00:11:04.000 --> 00:11:04.459 Concentrates. 00:11:04.980 --> 00:11:05.419 Upon. 00:11:05.779 --> 00:11:06.399 The reconciliation. 00:11:06.740 --> 00:11:07.000 Work. 00:11:07.319 --> 00:11:07.719 That Jesus. 00:11:07.879 --> 00:11:08.419 Would secure. 00:11:08.759 --> 00:11:09.360 At the cross. 00:11:09.419 --> 00:11:09.860 Of Calvary. 00:11:09.939 --> 00:11:10.980 So that's what this whole section. 00:11:11.079 --> 00:11:11.719 Is talking about. 00:11:12.279 --> 00:11:12.939 And it's. 00:11:12.939 --> 00:11:13.559 It's talking about. 00:11:13.699 --> 00:11:14.179 How this. 00:11:14.500 --> 00:11:15.179 Peace process. 00:11:15.559 --> 00:11:16.319 Is secured. 00:11:17.379 --> 00:11:17.819 Because. 00:11:18.639 --> 00:11:18.879 Status. 00:11:19.939 --> 00:11:20.379 Change. 00:11:21.099 --> 00:11:21.740 And the first. 00:11:21.939 --> 00:11:22.240 Status. 00:11:22.620 --> 00:11:23.240 That we're going to be. 00:11:23.319 --> 00:11:23.939 Thinking about here. 00:11:23.940 --> 00:11:24.860 As we become. 00:11:25.020 --> 00:11:25.620 New creations. 00:11:26.320 --> 00:11:27.620 Is as we think of. 00:11:27.720 --> 00:11:28.220 The status. 00:11:28.220 --> 00:11:29.580 Of the Lord Jesus Christ. 00:11:29.860 --> 00:11:30.760 He is the one. 00:11:30.900 --> 00:11:31.080 Who. 00:11:31.500 --> 00:11:32.740 For 33 years. 00:11:33.360 --> 00:11:34.120 Had one. 00:11:34.640 --> 00:11:35.020 Status. 00:11:36.080 --> 00:11:36.740 That is. 00:11:37.000 --> 00:11:37.480 Sinless. 00:11:38.420 --> 00:11:39.100 Described here. 00:11:39.180 --> 00:11:39.760 As the one. 00:11:40.100 --> 00:11:40.720 Who knew. 00:11:41.200 --> 00:11:41.380 No. 00:11:41.720 --> 00:11:41.940 Sin. 00:11:42.420 --> 00:11:43.120 He was. 00:11:43.560 --> 00:11:43.840 Holy. 00:11:44.880 --> 00:11:45.220 Without. 00:11:45.800 --> 00:11:46.040 Sin. 00:11:46.780 --> 00:11:47.100 No. 00:11:47.580 --> 00:11:48.060 Wrongdoing. 00:11:48.640 --> 00:11:48.960 No. 00:11:49.280 --> 00:11:49.640 Failing. 00:11:50.320 --> 00:11:50.700 No. 00:11:51.060 --> 00:11:51.480 Flaw. 00:11:51.480 --> 00:11:52.840 Sin. 00:11:52.840 --> 00:11:52.860 Sin. 00:11:52.980 --> 00:11:53.480 Had no. 00:11:53.920 --> 00:11:54.240 Hold. 00:11:54.360 --> 00:11:54.820 On him. 00:11:55.240 --> 00:11:56.120 In any way. 00:11:56.480 --> 00:11:57.240 In that sense. 00:11:58.060 --> 00:11:58.940 There was nothing. 00:11:59.039 --> 00:11:59.800 In his attitudes. 00:12:00.580 --> 00:12:01.519 Or in his motives. 00:12:02.200 --> 00:12:03.080 Or in his words. 00:12:03.180 --> 00:12:03.960 Or in his actions. 00:12:04.720 --> 00:12:05.539 That in any way. 00:12:05.639 --> 00:12:06.519 Could be described. 00:12:06.700 --> 00:12:07.279 As sinful. 00:12:07.360 --> 00:12:08.120 He was in that sense. 00:12:08.180 --> 00:12:08.700 Impeccable. 00:12:09.779 --> 00:12:10.879 That's not to suggest. 00:12:11.039 --> 00:12:11.200 However. 00:12:11.360 --> 00:12:11.519 That. 00:12:12.039 --> 00:12:12.519 That Jesus. 00:12:12.659 --> 00:12:13.539 Didn't experience. 00:12:14.200 --> 00:12:14.680 Temptation. 00:12:15.259 --> 00:12:16.019 He did. 00:12:17.080 --> 00:12:17.340 And. 00:12:17.519 --> 00:12:17.860 Sometimes. 00:12:17.860 --> 00:12:18.779 That temptation. 00:12:18.779 --> 00:12:19.899 Was subtle. 00:12:19.899 --> 00:12:21.120 Sometimes. 00:12:21.120 --> 00:12:22.000 It was violent. 00:12:22.980 --> 00:12:23.459 Sometimes. 00:12:23.679 --> 00:12:24.699 It was momentary. 00:12:25.419 --> 00:12:26.159 On other occasions. 00:12:26.159 --> 00:12:27.059 It lasted for. 00:12:27.319 --> 00:12:27.959 Upwards of. 00:12:28.120 --> 00:12:29.259 Of 40 days. 00:12:30.439 --> 00:12:30.639 He. 00:12:31.059 --> 00:12:31.740 Even though. 00:12:31.919 --> 00:12:32.319 He was. 00:12:32.659 --> 00:12:33.159 Sinless. 00:12:33.919 --> 00:12:34.879 That didn't mean. 00:12:35.000 --> 00:12:36.079 That the temptations. 00:12:36.439 --> 00:12:37.360 In that sense. 00:12:37.699 --> 00:12:38.559 Were not. 00:12:38.879 --> 00:12:39.399 In any way. 00:12:39.699 --> 00:12:40.299 Problematic. 00:12:41.159 --> 00:12:41.399 Well. 00:12:41.459 --> 00:12:41.840 They were. 00:12:42.600 --> 00:12:43.419 He was. 00:12:44.000 --> 00:12:44.519 Tempted. 00:12:44.980 --> 00:12:45.240 In. 00:12:45.240 --> 00:12:46.199 In every way. 00:12:47.220 --> 00:12:47.519 And. 00:12:47.860 --> 00:12:48.000 The. 00:12:48.120 --> 00:12:49.179 The fact that he was able. 00:12:49.179 --> 00:12:49.839 To withstand. 00:12:50.039 --> 00:12:50.479 Temptation. 00:12:50.639 --> 00:12:51.219 Didn't mean. 00:12:51.299 --> 00:12:52.019 That the temptation. 00:12:52.419 --> 00:12:52.799 Actually. 00:12:52.959 --> 00:12:53.759 Became less. 00:12:53.819 --> 00:12:54.639 As time went on. 00:12:55.120 --> 00:12:55.759 But actually. 00:12:56.079 --> 00:12:56.759 The more. 00:12:56.879 --> 00:12:57.459 He withstood. 00:12:57.620 --> 00:12:58.059 Temptation. 00:12:58.459 --> 00:12:59.139 Then the greater. 00:12:59.259 --> 00:12:59.819 The temptations. 00:12:59.819 --> 00:13:00.639 Would actually be. 00:13:01.139 --> 00:13:01.379 I mean. 00:13:01.439 --> 00:13:02.000 Can you imagine. 00:13:02.139 --> 00:13:02.899 Some of what Satan. 00:13:02.899 --> 00:13:03.559 Must have thrown. 00:13:03.719 --> 00:13:04.079 At him. 00:13:04.439 --> 00:13:05.519 When he's on the cross. 00:13:06.259 --> 00:13:06.819 And the. 00:13:06.819 --> 00:13:07.679 The sheer agonies. 00:13:07.679 --> 00:13:08.079 Of what. 00:13:08.379 --> 00:13:08.899 He's going through. 00:13:09.019 --> 00:13:09.419 Physically. 00:13:09.939 --> 00:13:10.839 And he's crying out. 00:13:10.919 --> 00:13:11.500 In the darkness. 00:13:11.679 --> 00:13:12.299 Because that cloud. 00:13:12.359 --> 00:13:12.899 Has descended. 00:13:13.319 --> 00:13:14.159 In his soul. 00:13:14.240 --> 00:13:14.719 As well as. 00:13:14.939 --> 00:13:15.159 Physically. 00:13:15.240 --> 00:13:15.719 With the darkness. 00:13:16.159 --> 00:13:16.859 Because that cloud. 00:13:16.859 --> 00:13:17.299 Has descended. 00:13:17.439 --> 00:13:18.179 And he cannot feel. 00:13:18.179 --> 00:13:18.620 The felt. 00:13:19.079 --> 00:13:19.939 The awareness. 00:13:20.099 --> 00:13:21.039 Of his father there. 00:13:21.319 --> 00:13:22.179 And he's crying out. 00:13:22.219 --> 00:13:22.579 My God. 00:13:22.620 --> 00:13:22.959 My God. 00:13:23.000 --> 00:13:24.159 Why have you forsaken me? 00:13:24.459 --> 00:13:25.079 And Satan's going. 00:13:25.179 --> 00:13:25.539 Exactly. 00:13:26.419 --> 00:13:27.659 He has forsaken you. 00:13:28.159 --> 00:13:29.359 You're nothing to him now. 00:13:30.120 --> 00:13:30.519 Really. 00:13:30.620 --> 00:13:30.779 I mean. 00:13:30.939 --> 00:13:32.319 You don't have to stay on that cross now. 00:13:32.379 --> 00:13:33.239 You're nothing to him now. 00:13:33.319 --> 00:13:33.579 There's nothing. 00:13:33.579 --> 00:13:34.959 There's nothing for you to be gained. 00:13:35.159 --> 00:13:36.620 By staying on that cross. 00:13:36.859 --> 00:13:38.259 He's turned his back on you. 00:13:38.419 --> 00:13:39.199 It's only fair. 00:13:39.279 --> 00:13:40.699 That you turn your back on him. 00:13:41.379 --> 00:13:41.759 Really. 00:13:42.039 --> 00:13:42.419 Enough. 00:13:42.519 --> 00:13:42.719 Enough. 00:13:42.719 --> 00:13:44.599 You've done this for 33 years. 00:13:44.919 --> 00:13:45.919 Come on. 00:13:46.479 --> 00:13:47.719 Come down off that cross. 00:13:50.159 --> 00:13:50.319 You know. 00:13:50.459 --> 00:13:50.620 So. 00:13:50.719 --> 00:13:50.959 So. 00:13:51.079 --> 00:13:51.799 On one direction. 00:13:51.899 --> 00:13:52.539 It comes in that. 00:13:52.659 --> 00:13:53.579 And then the other direction is. 00:13:53.679 --> 00:13:53.819 You know. 00:13:54.179 --> 00:13:54.839 Do you remember. 00:13:54.979 --> 00:13:56.559 I offered you the kingdoms of the world. 00:13:56.620 --> 00:13:57.379 And you said no. 00:13:57.939 --> 00:13:58.919 And now look at you. 00:13:59.579 --> 00:14:00.559 And so you can imagine. 00:14:01.319 --> 00:14:03.219 The variety of insinuation. 00:14:03.559 --> 00:14:04.259 And attack. 00:14:04.519 --> 00:14:05.479 That Satan. 00:14:05.759 --> 00:14:06.059 Would have. 00:14:06.259 --> 00:14:06.740 Would have. 00:14:07.259 --> 00:14:07.779 Thrown. 00:14:08.199 --> 00:14:09.079 At the Savior. 00:14:09.980 --> 00:14:11.299 Throughout his ministry. 00:14:11.699 --> 00:14:12.719 In different ways. 00:14:12.879 --> 00:14:14.099 In different times. 00:14:14.100 --> 00:14:15.480 In different places. 00:14:16.139 --> 00:14:16.379 And yet. 00:14:16.460 --> 00:14:16.820 When we. 00:14:16.899 --> 00:14:18.500 When we drill a little bit deeper. 00:14:18.899 --> 00:14:20.779 Into what the Bible teaches us. 00:14:20.779 --> 00:14:23.340 It tells us that Jesus was free. 00:14:23.740 --> 00:14:25.159 From actual sin. 00:14:25.860 --> 00:14:26.860 That means. 00:14:27.180 --> 00:14:28.920 That there was never an occasion. 00:14:29.680 --> 00:14:30.779 Where Jesus. 00:14:31.500 --> 00:14:32.080 Felt. 00:14:32.840 --> 00:14:33.279 Guilt. 00:14:33.980 --> 00:14:35.600 Over something he said. 00:14:35.659 --> 00:14:35.980 Or did. 00:14:36.060 --> 00:14:36.500 Or thought. 00:14:36.639 --> 00:14:37.500 Or didn't say. 00:14:37.820 --> 00:14:38.240 Didn't do. 00:14:38.300 --> 00:14:39.000 Or didn't think. 00:14:39.779 --> 00:14:40.899 There was never an occasion. 00:14:40.899 --> 00:14:42.120 Where Jesus. 00:14:42.819 --> 00:14:43.439 Had to. 00:14:43.439 --> 00:14:44.299 Repent. 00:14:45.340 --> 00:14:46.120 And to come. 00:14:46.220 --> 00:14:47.000 And ask for. 00:14:47.500 --> 00:14:48.579 Any personal. 00:14:49.259 --> 00:14:49.779 Forgiveness. 00:14:50.539 --> 00:14:51.679 From his father. 00:14:52.199 --> 00:14:52.980 For what he did. 00:14:53.019 --> 00:14:53.600 Or didn't do. 00:14:53.699 --> 00:14:54.620 Either sins of omission. 00:14:54.699 --> 00:14:55.179 Or commission. 00:14:56.319 --> 00:14:57.759 There was never an occasion. 00:14:57.939 --> 00:14:58.860 There was never any. 00:14:59.500 --> 00:14:59.980 Actual. 00:15:00.539 --> 00:15:00.860 Sin. 00:15:01.439 --> 00:15:02.439 That Jesus. 00:15:03.100 --> 00:15:03.500 Committed. 00:15:03.899 --> 00:15:05.039 At any point. 00:15:05.039 --> 00:15:06.039 Sin. 00:15:06.679 --> 00:15:07.519 And there was no. 00:15:07.740 --> 00:15:08.139 Inherited. 00:15:08.559 --> 00:15:08.819 Sin. 00:15:08.980 --> 00:15:09.299 Either. 00:15:10.579 --> 00:15:11.519 Because you and I. 00:15:11.599 --> 00:15:11.779 Sin. 00:15:11.839 --> 00:15:12.579 In two ways. 00:15:12.679 --> 00:15:13.059 We sin. 00:15:13.139 --> 00:15:13.719 By nature. 00:15:13.839 --> 00:15:14.219 And we sin. 00:15:14.299 --> 00:15:15.039 By practice. 00:15:15.860 --> 00:15:16.819 If there was no. 00:15:17.279 --> 00:15:17.719 Practical. 00:15:17.980 --> 00:15:18.240 Sin. 00:15:18.339 --> 00:15:19.299 On the part of the Savior. 00:15:19.439 --> 00:15:19.579 Well. 00:15:19.740 --> 00:15:20.299 Was there any. 00:15:20.579 --> 00:15:21.379 Natural sin. 00:15:21.679 --> 00:15:22.319 That was. 00:15:22.539 --> 00:15:22.899 Somehow. 00:15:23.279 --> 00:15:23.879 Within this. 00:15:24.120 --> 00:15:24.719 The orbit. 00:15:24.719 --> 00:15:25.339 Of our Savior. 00:15:25.459 --> 00:15:25.879 That Satan. 00:15:25.980 --> 00:15:26.360 Could somehow. 00:15:26.879 --> 00:15:27.480 Capitalize on. 00:15:27.699 --> 00:15:28.219 And the answer. 00:15:28.319 --> 00:15:28.819 Is no. 00:15:29.719 --> 00:15:30.120 Because. 00:15:30.379 --> 00:15:30.860 When he was. 00:15:31.079 --> 00:15:31.519 Conceived. 00:15:31.599 --> 00:15:31.919 In the womb. 00:15:31.939 --> 00:15:32.819 Of the Virgin Mary. 00:15:32.819 --> 00:15:33.519 We're told. 00:15:33.740 --> 00:15:34.139 Specifically. 00:15:34.139 --> 00:15:34.879 That the Holy Spirit. 00:15:35.000 --> 00:15:35.819 Overshadowed her. 00:15:36.679 --> 00:15:37.159 Ensuring. 00:15:37.319 --> 00:15:37.720 That there was. 00:15:37.840 --> 00:15:38.279 That there was. 00:15:38.399 --> 00:15:39.340 None of Mary's. 00:15:39.460 --> 00:15:40.299 Original sin. 00:15:42.419 --> 00:15:42.899 Transmitted. 00:15:43.159 --> 00:15:43.720 To Jesus. 00:15:44.819 --> 00:15:45.340 Because. 00:15:45.460 --> 00:15:46.039 There was nothing. 00:15:46.179 --> 00:15:46.539 Within. 00:15:47.000 --> 00:15:47.299 Jesus. 00:15:47.939 --> 00:15:48.539 That was. 00:15:48.799 --> 00:15:49.199 Sinful. 00:15:49.299 --> 00:15:49.819 That Satan. 00:15:49.819 --> 00:15:50.379 Could somehow. 00:15:50.679 --> 00:15:51.139 Exploit. 00:15:52.100 --> 00:15:52.879 And I see this. 00:15:52.939 --> 00:15:53.759 Because there are. 00:15:53.919 --> 00:15:54.860 Within every single. 00:15:54.980 --> 00:15:55.500 One of us. 00:15:55.699 --> 00:15:56.639 Things that Satan. 00:15:56.919 --> 00:15:57.399 Exploits. 00:15:58.319 --> 00:15:59.539 And whether it is. 00:15:59.840 --> 00:16:00.279 Pride. 00:16:00.720 --> 00:16:01.759 Or whether it is. 00:16:02.039 --> 00:16:02.840 Our lust. 00:16:03.100 --> 00:16:03.179 Or. 00:16:03.179 --> 00:16:04.219 Whether it is. 00:16:04.219 --> 00:16:05.759 Our selfishness. 00:16:05.759 --> 00:16:07.239 Or whatever it might be. 00:16:07.620 --> 00:16:08.459 It's in there. 00:16:09.399 --> 00:16:10.039 And it's. 00:16:10.039 --> 00:16:10.899 And it's in there. 00:16:10.959 --> 00:16:11.279 Because. 00:16:11.439 --> 00:16:11.919 We've got. 00:16:12.039 --> 00:16:12.919 Inherited sin. 00:16:13.019 --> 00:16:13.359 It's why. 00:16:13.799 --> 00:16:14.620 It's why we don't sit. 00:16:14.659 --> 00:16:15.519 Our toddlers down. 00:16:15.819 --> 00:16:17.139 And tell little Johnny. 00:16:17.199 --> 00:16:17.559 When he's. 00:16:17.559 --> 00:16:18.500 He's reached the age of two. 00:16:18.559 --> 00:16:18.739 Johnny. 00:16:18.819 --> 00:16:19.059 It's now. 00:16:19.259 --> 00:16:20.299 Time for me to tell you. 00:16:20.519 --> 00:16:21.519 How to lie. 00:16:22.039 --> 00:16:22.959 It's now time for me. 00:16:23.000 --> 00:16:23.879 To explain to you. 00:16:23.919 --> 00:16:24.819 That you really do. 00:16:24.899 --> 00:16:25.979 Need to throw a strop. 00:16:26.319 --> 00:16:27.740 If you don't get your way. 00:16:28.059 --> 00:16:29.059 We don't need to tell. 00:16:29.059 --> 00:16:29.799 A toddler that. 00:16:29.919 --> 00:16:30.179 Do we? 00:16:30.179 --> 00:16:31.739 Because it's already in them. 00:16:32.399 --> 00:16:33.239 But not with Jesus. 00:16:33.919 --> 00:16:35.120 Because there was nothing. 00:16:35.620 --> 00:16:37.279 That Satan could somehow. 00:16:37.959 --> 00:16:38.839 Capitalize on. 00:16:39.339 --> 00:16:40.379 Within the character. 00:16:41.019 --> 00:16:41.859 Of our savior. 00:16:41.860 --> 00:16:44.899 So when Jesus said. 00:16:45.539 --> 00:16:45.620 In. 00:16:46.080 --> 00:16:47.100 In the gospels. 00:16:47.240 --> 00:16:48.379 In John chapter 8. 00:16:48.460 --> 00:16:48.800 Verse. 00:16:49.320 --> 00:16:49.840 46. 00:16:49.940 --> 00:16:50.580 When he's been. 00:16:50.860 --> 00:16:52.560 Assaulted by his enemies again. 00:16:52.639 --> 00:16:52.980 And he says. 00:16:53.279 --> 00:16:54.779 Can any of you prove me. 00:16:55.100 --> 00:16:55.740 Of sin. 00:16:55.800 --> 00:16:56.759 Or convict me. 00:16:56.759 --> 00:16:57.740 Of any sin. 00:17:00.200 --> 00:17:00.680 Silence. 00:17:03.039 --> 00:17:04.120 How his enemies. 00:17:04.339 --> 00:17:05.480 Would have dearly loved. 00:17:05.720 --> 00:17:06.319 To be able to see. 00:17:06.559 --> 00:17:07.000 Well actually. 00:17:07.079 --> 00:17:07.819 Do you remember that day? 00:17:09.079 --> 00:17:09.720 Oh we saw. 00:17:09.839 --> 00:17:11.120 We saw your reaction. 00:17:11.859 --> 00:17:12.899 But there was silence. 00:17:13.539 --> 00:17:14.479 Because his enemies. 00:17:14.859 --> 00:17:15.240 Couldn't. 00:17:15.479 --> 00:17:16.019 Convict him. 00:17:16.119 --> 00:17:16.519 Of sin. 00:17:18.000 --> 00:17:19.479 But more impressively. 00:17:20.519 --> 00:17:21.500 His friends. 00:17:21.599 --> 00:17:21.959 Couldn't. 00:17:22.079 --> 00:17:22.539 Convict him. 00:17:22.539 --> 00:17:23.159 Of any sin. 00:17:24.439 --> 00:17:25.619 More impressively still. 00:17:25.839 --> 00:17:26.639 His family. 00:17:27.199 --> 00:17:27.599 Couldn't. 00:17:27.799 --> 00:17:28.439 Convict him. 00:17:29.059 --> 00:17:29.719 Of any. 00:17:30.219 --> 00:17:30.459 Sin. 00:17:31.500 --> 00:17:32.459 Because the people. 00:17:32.599 --> 00:17:33.159 Who know us. 00:17:33.339 --> 00:17:33.899 The best. 00:17:34.319 --> 00:17:34.879 They see us. 00:17:34.939 --> 00:17:35.899 At our worst. 00:17:36.519 --> 00:17:37.159 And worthy. 00:17:37.299 --> 00:17:38.039 To itemize. 00:17:38.139 --> 00:17:38.639 All the things. 00:17:38.759 --> 00:17:39.299 That they see. 00:17:39.579 --> 00:17:40.159 That other people. 00:17:40.359 --> 00:17:40.740 Don't see. 00:17:41.220 --> 00:17:41.940 Well that list. 00:17:42.000 --> 00:17:42.539 Would be long. 00:17:42.599 --> 00:17:43.140 And it would be very. 00:17:43.339 --> 00:17:43.700 Uncomfortable. 00:17:43.700 --> 00:17:44.279 Wouldn't it? 00:17:44.900 --> 00:17:45.519 But there's. 00:17:45.519 --> 00:17:46.359 No occasion. 00:17:47.039 --> 00:17:47.960 That Mary. 00:17:47.960 --> 00:17:49.039 Is pinpointing. 00:17:49.259 --> 00:17:50.000 Any sin. 00:17:50.579 --> 00:17:51.200 On the part. 00:17:51.240 --> 00:17:51.640 Of Jesus. 00:17:53.339 --> 00:17:53.900 So we think. 00:17:53.940 --> 00:17:54.620 Of Jesus's friends. 00:17:54.700 --> 00:17:55.140 Think of those. 00:17:55.220 --> 00:17:56.240 Who are close to him. 00:17:56.640 --> 00:17:57.220 Let me give you. 00:17:57.220 --> 00:17:57.839 Two examples. 00:17:57.960 --> 00:17:58.220 Let's think. 00:17:58.339 --> 00:17:58.680 First of all. 00:17:58.680 --> 00:17:59.259 Of Peter. 00:18:00.120 --> 00:18:00.599 And of course. 00:18:00.680 --> 00:18:01.180 Peter's there. 00:18:02.180 --> 00:18:03.220 We mentioned it. 00:18:03.240 --> 00:18:03.620 Last evening. 00:18:03.759 --> 00:18:04.900 Front row view. 00:18:04.900 --> 00:18:07.040 For what. 00:18:07.440 --> 00:18:08.560 The miraculous. 00:18:09.380 --> 00:18:09.860 Wonderful. 00:18:09.860 --> 00:18:10.560 Impact. 00:18:10.680 --> 00:18:11.060 That Jesus. 00:18:11.180 --> 00:18:11.700 Was having. 00:18:12.420 --> 00:18:13.920 The words. 00:18:13.920 --> 00:18:14.480 Of God. 00:18:14.600 --> 00:18:15.160 Were flowing. 00:18:15.360 --> 00:18:16.140 From his lips. 00:18:16.920 --> 00:18:17.820 The power. 00:18:17.880 --> 00:18:18.259 Of God. 00:18:18.440 --> 00:18:18.560 Was. 00:18:18.720 --> 00:18:19.880 Was making whole. 00:18:20.000 --> 00:18:20.920 What was broken. 00:18:21.759 --> 00:18:22.120 He. 00:18:22.380 --> 00:18:23.800 He saw Jesus. 00:18:24.440 --> 00:18:25.800 In public. 00:18:26.140 --> 00:18:27.120 And he saw Jesus. 00:18:27.120 --> 00:18:28.160 In private. 00:18:28.940 --> 00:18:30.280 And he saw Jesus. 00:18:30.580 --> 00:18:30.920 Teach. 00:18:30.920 --> 00:18:31.840 And he saw Jesus. 00:18:32.039 --> 00:18:32.519 Correct. 00:18:33.039 --> 00:18:33.880 He was on the end. 00:18:33.920 --> 00:18:34.720 Of Jesus's. 00:18:35.320 --> 00:18:35.800 Rebuke. 00:18:36.160 --> 00:18:36.840 He saw. 00:18:37.080 --> 00:18:38.240 He saw all this. 00:18:38.240 --> 00:18:38.940 With Jesus. 00:18:39.460 --> 00:18:40.440 Over the course. 00:18:40.620 --> 00:18:41.720 Of three years. 00:18:41.800 --> 00:18:42.700 And there was. 00:18:42.920 --> 00:18:43.779 There was nothing. 00:18:43.779 --> 00:18:44.800 To register. 00:18:45.560 --> 00:18:46.300 In Peter. 00:18:46.779 --> 00:18:47.320 That he could. 00:18:47.320 --> 00:18:48.240 Somehow go back. 00:18:48.240 --> 00:18:48.680 And think. 00:18:48.880 --> 00:18:49.120 Well yes. 00:18:49.160 --> 00:18:50.000 There was an afternoon. 00:18:50.140 --> 00:18:50.820 One March. 00:18:51.080 --> 00:18:51.400 When. 00:18:51.660 --> 00:18:52.120 When things. 00:18:52.259 --> 00:18:52.940 Didn't work out. 00:18:52.980 --> 00:18:53.480 The way they should. 00:18:53.560 --> 00:18:54.360 There was nothing. 00:18:54.840 --> 00:18:55.180 There was. 00:18:55.340 --> 00:18:55.960 There was no. 00:18:56.160 --> 00:18:57.000 Opportunity there. 00:18:57.460 --> 00:18:58.700 Where Jesus's words. 00:18:58.820 --> 00:18:59.480 Were more cutting. 00:18:59.620 --> 00:19:00.480 Than there should have been. 00:19:00.920 --> 00:19:01.900 Or whether his. 00:19:01.960 --> 00:19:02.940 His tone was. 00:19:03.220 --> 00:19:03.620 Superior. 00:19:03.880 --> 00:19:04.160 Or whether. 00:19:04.299 --> 00:19:05.079 Whether his attitude. 00:19:05.079 --> 00:19:05.400 Was. 00:19:05.620 --> 00:19:06.660 Was somehow veered. 00:19:06.660 --> 00:19:08.339 Into the self-righteous category. 00:19:08.839 --> 00:19:10.180 There was never an occasion. 00:19:11.140 --> 00:19:12.079 So later on. 00:19:12.160 --> 00:19:12.660 When Peter. 00:19:12.660 --> 00:19:13.839 Writes about Jesus. 00:19:14.140 --> 00:19:15.579 How does he describe him? 00:19:16.180 --> 00:19:17.200 He describes him. 00:19:17.200 --> 00:19:17.900 As a lamb. 00:19:18.339 --> 00:19:19.460 Without spot. 00:19:19.680 --> 00:19:20.640 Or blemish. 00:19:22.120 --> 00:19:23.220 Just nothing. 00:19:24.740 --> 00:19:25.220 Negative. 00:19:25.860 --> 00:19:26.500 About him. 00:19:27.900 --> 00:19:28.920 And even if we sat. 00:19:29.000 --> 00:19:29.460 Peter down. 00:19:29.539 --> 00:19:29.740 And said. 00:19:29.799 --> 00:19:30.059 Well Peter. 00:19:30.059 --> 00:19:31.500 Well how about Jesus's. 00:19:31.599 --> 00:19:32.759 Interaction with Judas. 00:19:33.679 --> 00:19:34.139 Come on. 00:19:34.159 --> 00:19:35.440 You must have picked up something. 00:19:36.039 --> 00:19:37.079 There must have been something. 00:19:37.259 --> 00:19:38.700 In the things that he said. 00:19:38.779 --> 00:19:39.799 Or the way he said them. 00:19:41.039 --> 00:19:42.039 And Peter would turn around. 00:19:42.099 --> 00:19:43.139 Like the rest of the disciples. 00:19:43.379 --> 00:19:43.559 And say. 00:19:43.659 --> 00:19:45.559 There was absolutely nothing. 00:19:46.539 --> 00:19:47.379 At all. 00:19:47.519 --> 00:19:48.299 To indicate. 00:19:49.299 --> 00:19:50.500 That Judas. 00:19:50.619 --> 00:19:51.279 Was going to be treated. 00:19:51.399 --> 00:19:52.039 Any differently. 00:19:52.799 --> 00:19:53.379 By Jesus. 00:19:54.720 --> 00:19:55.119 Peter. 00:19:55.839 --> 00:19:56.720 Front row view. 00:19:56.720 --> 00:19:58.380 He's a lamb. 00:19:58.380 --> 00:19:58.400 He's a lamb. 00:19:58.400 --> 00:19:59.019 Without spot. 00:19:59.019 --> 00:19:59.660 Or blemish. 00:20:00.279 --> 00:20:01.140 Well what about John. 00:20:01.500 --> 00:20:02.380 Well John's perhaps. 00:20:02.380 --> 00:20:03.620 Even closer to Jesus. 00:20:03.620 --> 00:20:04.100 Isn't he? 00:20:04.140 --> 00:20:04.620 The disciple. 00:20:04.740 --> 00:20:05.779 The beloved disciple. 00:20:06.539 --> 00:20:07.940 The one who leaned back on him. 00:20:08.100 --> 00:20:09.100 That final evening. 00:20:09.259 --> 00:20:11.299 That he was with his disciples. 00:20:12.360 --> 00:20:13.759 And John is quite clear. 00:20:13.960 --> 00:20:14.700 In his letters. 00:20:14.700 --> 00:20:16.860 If anyone claims to be without sin. 00:20:16.960 --> 00:20:18.279 Well they're deceiving themselves. 00:20:19.920 --> 00:20:21.500 But he doesn't include Jesus. 00:20:21.500 --> 00:20:22.220 In that category. 00:20:23.000 --> 00:20:25.140 Because when John describes Jesus. 00:20:25.740 --> 00:20:26.940 He describes the one. 00:20:27.059 --> 00:20:28.940 In whom there is no sin. 00:20:29.980 --> 00:20:31.700 There is no defect. 00:20:31.980 --> 00:20:32.900 There is no excess. 00:20:34.160 --> 00:20:35.920 There is nothing there. 00:20:36.340 --> 00:20:38.940 That could ever come into the category of sin. 00:20:39.519 --> 00:20:40.700 So his family. 00:20:40.900 --> 00:20:42.480 Couldn't pinpoint any sin. 00:20:42.799 --> 00:20:43.580 His enemies. 00:20:43.579 --> 00:20:45.079 Couldn't pinpoint any sin. 00:20:45.519 --> 00:20:47.480 His friends who saw him. 00:20:47.939 --> 00:20:49.919 When nobody else was seeing him. 00:20:50.339 --> 00:20:52.099 On the road for that three years. 00:20:52.199 --> 00:20:53.500 They couldn't pinpoint him. 00:20:53.980 --> 00:20:55.119 With any sin. 00:20:56.460 --> 00:20:56.839 And you see. 00:20:56.939 --> 00:20:57.939 That's why we struggle. 00:20:58.039 --> 00:20:58.359 Isn't it? 00:20:58.419 --> 00:20:58.679 Because. 00:20:58.919 --> 00:21:00.299 Because when it comes to. 00:21:00.460 --> 00:21:02.159 To our relationship with God. 00:21:02.299 --> 00:21:02.419 Well. 00:21:02.799 --> 00:21:02.939 Well. 00:21:03.500 --> 00:21:05.359 Our human response is that there is. 00:21:05.720 --> 00:21:08.199 That there's a reluctance to obey God. 00:21:08.399 --> 00:21:09.819 And there's almost a resentment. 00:21:09.819 --> 00:21:12.519 About the claims that God has upon our lives. 00:21:12.519 --> 00:21:14.339 Until we realize that actually. 00:21:14.740 --> 00:21:16.740 Our maker knows exactly what's best for us. 00:21:17.299 --> 00:21:19.339 And submitting humbly. 00:21:19.619 --> 00:21:20.660 And asking for his mercies. 00:21:20.859 --> 00:21:22.319 Is the wisest course of action. 00:21:22.579 --> 00:21:23.339 But by nature. 00:21:23.460 --> 00:21:24.480 We're not at that place. 00:21:25.200 --> 00:21:26.500 There is that. 00:21:26.680 --> 00:21:28.299 That sense of reluctance. 00:21:28.379 --> 00:21:29.379 And that sense of resentment. 00:21:29.819 --> 00:21:31.160 But not with Jesus. 00:21:31.160 --> 00:21:33.000 Because. 00:21:33.540 --> 00:21:33.980 To do. 00:21:34.580 --> 00:21:35.200 Your will. 00:21:36.480 --> 00:21:37.980 As he speaks to his heavenly father. 00:21:38.060 --> 00:21:39.040 I take delight. 00:21:40.440 --> 00:21:42.360 So he has lived this. 00:21:42.680 --> 00:21:43.400 Perfectly. 00:21:43.740 --> 00:21:44.300 Sinless. 00:21:44.519 --> 00:21:45.040 Experience. 00:21:45.340 --> 00:21:46.540 He knew no sin. 00:21:47.920 --> 00:21:49.720 So the obvious question. 00:21:50.900 --> 00:21:52.200 The obvious question. 00:21:53.480 --> 00:21:54.620 Why on earth. 00:21:55.259 --> 00:21:57.060 Does he want to have anything to do with me. 00:21:57.059 --> 00:21:59.599 Or with you. 00:22:02.599 --> 00:22:05.539 He is perfectly sinless. 00:22:06.700 --> 00:22:10.419 So why would he want to have anything to do with me. 00:22:11.079 --> 00:22:12.359 Or to do with you. 00:22:14.839 --> 00:22:17.579 For 33 years he had that status. 00:22:18.559 --> 00:22:20.659 And then that status changed. 00:22:20.660 --> 00:22:22.980 For our sake. 00:22:23.500 --> 00:22:24.420 God made him. 00:22:25.220 --> 00:22:26.000 To be. 00:22:26.840 --> 00:22:27.100 Sin. 00:22:28.380 --> 00:22:29.840 God made him. 00:22:30.500 --> 00:22:31.500 To be sin. 00:22:32.480 --> 00:22:33.540 At Calvary. 00:22:34.660 --> 00:22:35.220 Everything. 00:22:36.220 --> 00:22:36.779 Changed. 00:22:37.759 --> 00:22:38.940 At Calvary. 00:22:39.480 --> 00:22:40.779 On behalf of his people. 00:22:41.620 --> 00:22:43.820 On behalf of his universal. 00:22:44.540 --> 00:22:45.259 Worldwide. 00:22:45.660 --> 00:22:46.040 Church. 00:22:46.460 --> 00:22:47.500 Throughout the ages. 00:22:48.180 --> 00:22:49.340 He is the one. 00:22:49.500 --> 00:22:50.340 Who is taking. 00:22:50.339 --> 00:22:51.539 Our liabilities. 00:22:52.339 --> 00:22:53.459 And our debts. 00:22:53.819 --> 00:22:55.039 And our spiritual dimension. 00:22:55.679 --> 00:22:56.639 To himself. 00:22:57.679 --> 00:22:59.720 And he is going to pay them for us. 00:23:00.679 --> 00:23:01.740 As somebody put it. 00:23:02.119 --> 00:23:03.959 He has placed himself. 00:23:04.559 --> 00:23:06.079 Into that relationship. 00:23:06.299 --> 00:23:07.399 With the law of God. 00:23:07.919 --> 00:23:09.220 In which we. 00:23:09.859 --> 00:23:10.259 Stood. 00:23:11.379 --> 00:23:12.519 He put himself. 00:23:12.679 --> 00:23:13.459 Into that relationship. 00:23:13.599 --> 00:23:14.240 With the law of God. 00:23:14.299 --> 00:23:15.240 Into which we stood. 00:23:15.319 --> 00:23:15.919 And we were. 00:23:16.919 --> 00:23:17.439 Lawbreakers. 00:23:18.319 --> 00:23:18.839 He. 00:23:18.839 --> 00:23:20.679 As a sinless one. 00:23:20.679 --> 00:23:22.519 Is voluntarily. 00:23:22.519 --> 00:23:23.679 Putting himself. 00:23:23.679 --> 00:23:26.319 Into that position. 00:23:26.319 --> 00:23:27.939 Where he is. 00:23:27.939 --> 00:23:29.119 Identifying. 00:23:29.119 --> 00:23:30.659 With sin. 00:23:31.220 --> 00:23:32.559 He is. 00:23:32.559 --> 00:23:33.439 Becoming. 00:23:34.119 --> 00:23:34.959 Sin. 00:23:35.919 --> 00:23:36.919 Taking. 00:23:37.319 --> 00:23:38.220 To himself. 00:23:38.220 --> 00:23:39.779 Everything. 00:23:39.779 --> 00:23:39.779 00:23:39.779 --> 00:23:39.819 Everything. 00:23:39.819 --> 00:23:41.100 That was liable. 00:23:41.100 --> 00:23:42.539 To us. 00:23:42.539 --> 00:23:44.059 For our punishment. 00:23:45.100 --> 00:23:45.740 Because. 00:23:45.740 --> 00:23:47.259 Of our reluctance. 00:23:47.720 --> 00:23:48.539 And our. 00:23:48.600 --> 00:23:49.480 Resentment. 00:23:50.000 --> 00:23:51.299 Of God's word. 00:23:51.420 --> 00:23:52.180 And God's ways. 00:23:52.839 --> 00:23:53.579 And claim upon. 00:23:54.059 --> 00:23:54.819 Our lives. 00:23:55.940 --> 00:23:56.559 Galatians 3. 00:23:56.559 --> 00:23:57.339 Will tell us. 00:23:57.839 --> 00:23:58.460 As we know. 00:23:59.100 --> 00:23:59.460 That. 00:23:59.839 --> 00:24:00.620 He will become. 00:24:01.279 --> 00:24:01.759 Sin. 00:24:01.880 --> 00:24:02.900 Because he becomes sin. 00:24:02.960 --> 00:24:03.519 He becomes. 00:24:03.680 --> 00:24:04.640 A curse. 00:24:04.640 --> 00:24:04.759 Cross. 00:24:05.560 --> 00:24:06.140 And so. 00:24:06.240 --> 00:24:07.220 On that cross. 00:24:07.700 --> 00:24:08.440 He is. 00:24:09.060 --> 00:24:09.420 Cursed. 00:24:10.440 --> 00:24:11.180 He is. 00:24:11.740 --> 00:24:12.259 Banished. 00:24:13.120 --> 00:24:13.840 He is. 00:24:14.160 --> 00:24:14.700 Dealt with. 00:24:14.840 --> 00:24:15.220 As. 00:24:15.800 --> 00:24:16.420 The greatest. 00:24:16.780 --> 00:24:17.140 Sinner. 00:24:18.240 --> 00:24:18.880 And so. 00:24:18.960 --> 00:24:19.180 We have. 00:24:19.280 --> 00:24:19.640 The greatest. 00:24:20.100 --> 00:24:20.420 Contrast. 00:24:21.259 --> 00:24:22.240 That can ever be. 00:24:23.360 --> 00:24:24.200 It's quite something. 00:24:24.320 --> 00:24:24.580 When you see. 00:24:24.660 --> 00:24:25.460 Different contrasts. 00:24:25.460 --> 00:24:25.900 In color. 00:24:26.460 --> 00:24:27.120 And we see. 00:24:27.240 --> 00:24:27.820 Different contrasts. 00:24:27.860 --> 00:24:28.400 In behavior. 00:24:28.759 --> 00:24:29.660 And in results. 00:24:29.800 --> 00:24:30.360 And a whole host. 00:24:30.420 --> 00:24:30.720 Of things. 00:24:30.800 --> 00:24:30.960 In life. 00:24:30.960 --> 00:24:31.779 But actually. 00:24:31.900 --> 00:24:32.200 The greatest. 00:24:32.340 --> 00:24:32.740 Contrast. 00:24:32.840 --> 00:24:33.759 In this world. 00:24:34.559 --> 00:24:35.240 Is Calvary. 00:24:36.440 --> 00:24:37.039 Because. 00:24:37.279 --> 00:24:37.799 You have. 00:24:38.140 --> 00:24:38.779 The sinless. 00:24:40.059 --> 00:24:40.640 Eternal. 00:24:40.640 --> 00:24:41.120 Son. 00:24:42.579 --> 00:24:43.700 Taking to himself. 00:24:43.819 --> 00:24:44.380 Our sin. 00:24:45.160 --> 00:24:46.120 And becoming. 00:24:46.860 --> 00:24:47.279 Soaked. 00:24:48.039 --> 00:24:48.460 In it. 00:24:49.700 --> 00:24:50.299 Drenched. 00:24:51.100 --> 00:24:51.779 By it. 00:24:53.220 --> 00:24:53.819 Absorbed. 00:24:54.519 --> 00:24:55.980 So that when the father. 00:24:56.220 --> 00:24:57.259 Is looking at the son. 00:24:57.799 --> 00:24:58.700 He is seeing. 00:24:59.559 --> 00:24:59.779 Sin. 00:25:00.960 --> 00:25:01.759 Because. 00:25:01.920 --> 00:25:02.480 The sin. 00:25:02.759 --> 00:25:03.340 Of the people. 00:25:03.340 --> 00:25:03.920 Of God. 00:25:04.500 --> 00:25:05.120 Is being. 00:25:05.120 --> 00:25:05.880 Concentrated. 00:25:06.539 --> 00:25:07.519 In one time. 00:25:08.100 --> 00:25:09.079 And one space. 00:25:09.980 --> 00:25:11.000 And one person. 00:25:12.100 --> 00:25:12.720 At Calvary. 00:25:14.240 --> 00:25:14.680 And. 00:25:15.079 --> 00:25:16.079 I may have used this. 00:25:16.220 --> 00:25:17.160 Illustration before. 00:25:17.840 --> 00:25:18.319 Well. 00:25:18.360 --> 00:25:19.200 I know I have in other places. 00:25:19.299 --> 00:25:20.000 I'm not sure about here. 00:25:20.980 --> 00:25:21.980 Maybe some of you. 00:25:22.460 --> 00:25:23.200 In your. 00:25:23.420 --> 00:25:24.100 Younger days. 00:25:24.720 --> 00:25:25.600 On a hot. 00:25:26.019 --> 00:25:26.279 Sunny. 00:25:26.500 --> 00:25:26.779 Summer. 00:25:27.559 --> 00:25:27.900 They were. 00:25:28.120 --> 00:25:28.700 Maybe hotter. 00:25:28.700 --> 00:25:29.200 And sunnier. 00:25:29.299 --> 00:25:29.799 Back in the day. 00:25:29.799 --> 00:25:31.240 But you know. 00:25:31.339 --> 00:25:32.299 That you could do certain things. 00:25:32.399 --> 00:25:33.919 With a magnifying glass. 00:25:34.399 --> 00:25:34.700 Conscious. 00:25:34.759 --> 00:25:35.480 There's young folks in here. 00:25:35.539 --> 00:25:36.599 I don't want to be giving you bad ideas. 00:25:37.059 --> 00:25:38.259 But magnifying glass. 00:25:38.899 --> 00:25:40.139 If it's really strong. 00:25:40.259 --> 00:25:40.740 Sunny day. 00:25:41.399 --> 00:25:42.480 You can take a magnifying glass. 00:25:42.599 --> 00:25:42.960 And you can. 00:25:43.099 --> 00:25:43.879 You can tilt it. 00:25:43.940 --> 00:25:44.619 Towards the sun. 00:25:45.480 --> 00:25:46.659 And if you have a piece of paper. 00:25:47.319 --> 00:25:48.059 You can. 00:25:48.279 --> 00:25:48.759 Make sure. 00:25:48.940 --> 00:25:49.139 That. 00:25:49.500 --> 00:25:49.859 What. 00:25:50.259 --> 00:25:50.399 That. 00:25:50.599 --> 00:25:50.899 What comes through. 00:25:50.980 --> 00:25:51.639 The magnifying glass. 00:25:51.720 --> 00:25:52.559 Lands as a dot. 00:25:53.559 --> 00:25:54.539 On that piece of paper. 00:25:54.539 --> 00:25:57.139 Depending on the strength of the sun. 00:25:57.940 --> 00:25:58.259 That. 00:25:58.379 --> 00:25:59.240 That piece of paper. 00:25:59.460 --> 00:26:00.099 White piece of paper. 00:26:00.220 --> 00:26:01.000 Will turn brown. 00:26:01.799 --> 00:26:02.200 Again. 00:26:02.339 --> 00:26:03.399 Depending on the strength of the sun. 00:26:03.899 --> 00:26:05.180 It'll eventually start. 00:26:05.720 --> 00:26:06.159 Smoking. 00:26:07.000 --> 00:26:07.359 And. 00:26:07.539 --> 00:26:07.819 Fire. 00:26:07.940 --> 00:26:08.599 Can come from it. 00:26:08.659 --> 00:26:08.960 And so. 00:26:09.339 --> 00:26:09.579 You know. 00:26:09.599 --> 00:26:10.180 Over the years. 00:26:10.180 --> 00:26:10.599 There's been. 00:26:10.700 --> 00:26:11.079 There's been. 00:26:11.079 --> 00:26:11.559 Many. 00:26:12.019 --> 00:26:12.579 Heath fires. 00:26:12.579 --> 00:26:13.220 Over the. 00:26:13.379 --> 00:26:13.720 Over the. 00:26:14.279 --> 00:26:14.779 Throughout the country. 00:26:14.859 --> 00:26:16.500 That's been started by broken glass. 00:26:16.720 --> 00:26:18.039 Sun reflecting on it. 00:26:18.379 --> 00:26:18.899 Heating up. 00:26:19.139 --> 00:26:19.619 And then fire. 00:26:19.700 --> 00:26:20.119 But what's. 00:26:20.200 --> 00:26:21.279 What are we actually doing. 00:26:21.279 --> 00:26:22.920 With the magnifying glass. 00:26:23.319 --> 00:26:24.240 And the dot. 00:26:24.339 --> 00:26:24.460 Well. 00:26:24.660 --> 00:26:25.019 You're. 00:26:25.019 --> 00:26:26.500 You're capturing to an extent. 00:26:27.000 --> 00:26:27.879 The vastness. 00:26:28.799 --> 00:26:30.180 Of the power of the sun. 00:26:31.299 --> 00:26:33.220 And it's been concentrated down. 00:26:33.799 --> 00:26:34.980 Onto one spot. 00:26:35.960 --> 00:26:37.440 No analogy works perfectly. 00:26:37.440 --> 00:26:38.420 When we think of Calvary. 00:26:39.240 --> 00:26:40.740 But you have the vastness. 00:26:41.220 --> 00:26:41.960 Of the sin. 00:26:42.379 --> 00:26:43.480 Of the people of God. 00:26:44.740 --> 00:26:45.700 Concentrated down. 00:26:46.119 --> 00:26:47.319 On one spot. 00:26:49.059 --> 00:26:49.899 On one. 00:26:50.559 --> 00:26:51.039 Sinless. 00:26:51.879 --> 00:26:52.460 Perfect. 00:26:53.099 --> 00:26:53.579 Person. 00:26:54.619 --> 00:26:55.680 So that sin. 00:26:56.200 --> 00:26:57.379 Is being dealt with. 00:26:57.680 --> 00:26:58.639 Once and for all. 00:26:59.579 --> 00:27:00.519 Because you see. 00:27:00.879 --> 00:27:01.879 For our salvation. 00:27:03.200 --> 00:27:03.639 Bethlehem. 00:27:03.639 --> 00:27:04.960 And it's good news. 00:27:05.079 --> 00:27:05.859 Of great joy. 00:27:06.579 --> 00:27:07.259 For all people. 00:27:07.460 --> 00:27:08.039 Is not enough. 00:27:09.079 --> 00:27:09.599 You see. 00:27:09.700 --> 00:27:10.519 For our salvation. 00:27:11.059 --> 00:27:11.619 Gethsemane. 00:27:12.099 --> 00:27:12.539 And. 00:27:12.980 --> 00:27:13.339 Your will. 00:27:13.440 --> 00:27:14.139 Not my will. 00:27:14.399 --> 00:27:14.740 Be done. 00:27:14.859 --> 00:27:15.660 Is not enough. 00:27:16.700 --> 00:27:17.539 There needs to be. 00:27:17.599 --> 00:27:18.480 A Passover lamb. 00:27:19.180 --> 00:27:20.220 Who will be slain. 00:27:20.220 --> 00:27:21.519 Who will take away. 00:27:21.519 --> 00:27:22.480 The sin of the world. 00:27:23.039 --> 00:27:23.920 There needs to be. 00:27:23.920 --> 00:27:24.799 A scapegoat. 00:27:25.120 --> 00:27:25.920 Upon whom. 00:27:26.220 --> 00:27:27.220 The sins of the people. 00:27:27.220 --> 00:27:28.079 Will be placed. 00:27:28.079 --> 00:27:29.319 And that scapegoat. 00:27:29.319 --> 00:27:30.120 Is laid out. 00:27:30.120 --> 00:27:31.120 And laid away. 00:27:31.519 --> 00:27:32.920 Into that wilderness. 00:27:32.920 --> 00:27:35.240 He is to become. 00:27:35.240 --> 00:27:35.920 Like us. 00:27:35.920 --> 00:27:38.580 So that we might become. 00:27:39.019 --> 00:27:39.980 Like him. 00:27:41.080 --> 00:27:41.740 And so his. 00:27:41.820 --> 00:27:42.740 State is changed. 00:27:42.860 --> 00:27:43.720 Where he becomes. 00:27:44.100 --> 00:27:44.779 Reckoned. 00:27:45.019 --> 00:27:45.620 And charged. 00:27:45.779 --> 00:27:46.400 And prosecuted. 00:27:46.519 --> 00:27:47.039 And punished. 00:27:47.900 --> 00:27:48.920 For your sin. 00:27:49.320 --> 00:27:50.640 And for my sin. 00:27:51.660 --> 00:27:52.920 But think of it this way. 00:27:52.920 --> 00:27:54.660 It's not simply. 00:27:54.660 --> 00:27:56.480 Your personal sin. 00:27:56.960 --> 00:27:58.140 That the saviour. 00:27:58.460 --> 00:27:58.820 Is. 00:27:59.740 --> 00:27:59.980 Is. 00:28:00.060 --> 00:28:00.980 Is having to. 00:28:01.519 --> 00:28:03.320 Deal with the consequences of. 00:28:04.039 --> 00:28:06.019 It's the person beside you as well. 00:28:06.860 --> 00:28:08.279 And the person beside them. 00:28:08.980 --> 00:28:10.340 And the person in front of you. 00:28:10.380 --> 00:28:11.500 And the person behind you. 00:28:12.420 --> 00:28:14.140 And the people from the previous generations. 00:28:14.840 --> 00:28:15.660 And the people from the. 00:28:15.860 --> 00:28:17.140 On the far side of the. 00:28:17.500 --> 00:28:18.680 Of the earth. 00:28:18.759 --> 00:28:19.100 And different. 00:28:19.180 --> 00:28:19.880 Of different countries. 00:28:19.960 --> 00:28:20.660 And the people through. 00:28:20.660 --> 00:28:22.100 Through the generations of history. 00:28:22.100 --> 00:28:23.320 Past and history to come. 00:28:23.820 --> 00:28:24.040 And so. 00:28:24.340 --> 00:28:25.500 And so it would be. 00:28:25.779 --> 00:28:26.540 And will be. 00:28:26.900 --> 00:28:28.200 Genuinely terrifying. 00:28:28.540 --> 00:28:29.440 For any individual. 00:28:29.759 --> 00:28:30.240 To face. 00:28:30.920 --> 00:28:31.740 The wrath of God. 00:28:31.860 --> 00:28:32.640 For their sin. 00:28:33.600 --> 00:28:34.480 If any of us. 00:28:34.600 --> 00:28:35.940 Die outside of Christ. 00:28:36.060 --> 00:28:37.620 On that final day of judgment. 00:28:37.980 --> 00:28:38.779 We will have to answer. 00:28:39.000 --> 00:28:39.720 For our sin. 00:28:40.700 --> 00:28:41.420 He answered. 00:28:41.740 --> 00:28:42.380 For more. 00:28:42.740 --> 00:28:43.300 Than just. 00:28:43.660 --> 00:28:44.980 One person's sin. 00:28:46.040 --> 00:28:46.680 He answered. 00:28:46.740 --> 00:28:47.660 For the sin of his people. 00:28:48.560 --> 00:28:49.880 So that's why Martin Luther. 00:28:49.880 --> 00:28:50.640 Back at the referendum. 00:28:50.660 --> 00:28:51.920 He described Jesus. 00:28:51.920 --> 00:28:53.200 As the greatest sinner. 00:28:54.840 --> 00:28:56.300 As the greatest thief. 00:28:57.200 --> 00:28:58.700 As the greatest adulterer. 00:28:59.360 --> 00:29:00.540 As the greatest liar. 00:29:00.759 --> 00:29:01.580 That ever was. 00:29:02.259 --> 00:29:03.440 Because the sins. 00:29:04.000 --> 00:29:05.060 Of his people. 00:29:05.720 --> 00:29:06.600 Were being placed. 00:29:06.840 --> 00:29:07.259 Upon him. 00:29:07.800 --> 00:29:09.580 So whatever that springs to mind. 00:29:09.680 --> 00:29:10.480 In your head. 00:29:10.600 --> 00:29:11.080 Whether it is. 00:29:11.340 --> 00:29:12.019 Is lust. 00:29:12.180 --> 00:29:12.920 Or hatred. 00:29:13.240 --> 00:29:14.840 Or impure motives. 00:29:14.960 --> 00:29:15.460 Or pride. 00:29:15.560 --> 00:29:15.980 Or jealousy. 00:29:16.180 --> 00:29:17.400 Or whatever else it might be. 00:29:17.580 --> 00:29:18.460 All of that is. 00:29:18.540 --> 00:29:19.980 Is dripping. 00:29:19.980 --> 00:29:22.500 Of the saviour. 00:29:22.980 --> 00:29:23.880 The spotless. 00:29:24.019 --> 00:29:24.940 Sinless saviour. 00:29:25.460 --> 00:29:26.519 Who's now dripping. 00:29:26.519 --> 00:29:27.519 In our. 00:29:27.519 --> 00:29:27.519 00:29:28.519 --> 00:29:28.960 Sin. 00:29:30.759 --> 00:29:31.960 So that we. 00:29:32.960 --> 00:29:33.700 Might be. 00:29:33.700 --> 00:29:34.700 Able to be. 00:29:34.700 --> 00:29:35.460 Able to be at peace. 00:29:36.460 --> 00:29:37.279 With the God. 00:29:37.340 --> 00:29:37.940 He made us. 00:29:38.700 --> 00:29:39.380 And the God. 00:29:39.440 --> 00:29:40.299 That we had rebelled. 00:29:40.840 --> 00:29:41.620 And rejected. 00:29:42.000 --> 00:29:42.580 And ignored. 00:29:42.700 --> 00:29:43.080 In the world. 00:29:43.140 --> 00:29:43.620 He created. 00:29:44.980 --> 00:29:45.420 And so. 00:29:46.080 --> 00:29:46.840 The status. 00:29:46.960 --> 00:29:47.500 Of our saviour. 00:29:47.620 --> 00:29:48.039 Changed. 00:29:49.140 --> 00:29:49.660 Uniquely. 00:29:49.860 --> 00:29:50.380 Sinless. 00:29:51.680 --> 00:29:52.559 Actually became. 00:29:52.680 --> 00:29:53.080 Uniquely. 00:29:53.080 --> 00:29:53.960 Sin filled. 00:29:54.120 --> 00:29:54.519 Didn't he? 00:29:55.660 --> 00:29:56.860 Upon that cross. 00:29:56.859 --> 00:29:59.079 So that. 00:29:59.079 --> 00:29:59.919 The penalty. 00:29:59.919 --> 00:30:00.639 For your sin. 00:30:00.639 --> 00:30:01.240 And my sin. 00:30:01.899 --> 00:30:03.179 Has been dealt with. 00:30:04.119 --> 00:30:05.359 So with that in mind. 00:30:05.459 --> 00:30:05.639 Therefore. 00:30:05.779 --> 00:30:06.679 What applications. 00:30:06.679 --> 00:30:07.539 Can we take. 00:30:07.740 --> 00:30:07.979 From. 00:30:08.539 --> 00:30:09.519 A passage. 00:30:09.639 --> 00:30:10.259 Like this. 00:30:11.299 --> 00:30:11.919 And there's. 00:30:12.099 --> 00:30:12.319 I think. 00:30:12.439 --> 00:30:12.699 Two. 00:30:13.959 --> 00:30:14.579 The first. 00:30:14.740 --> 00:30:15.199 Is this. 00:30:15.299 --> 00:30:15.500 That. 00:30:15.899 --> 00:30:16.539 Because. 00:30:16.759 --> 00:30:17.639 His status. 00:30:17.919 --> 00:30:18.359 Changed. 00:30:18.939 --> 00:30:19.839 Our status. 00:30:20.219 --> 00:30:20.619 Changed. 00:30:20.619 --> 00:30:23.459 He became like us. 00:30:23.500 --> 00:30:24.539 So that we might become. 00:30:24.739 --> 00:30:25.239 Like him. 00:30:25.779 --> 00:30:26.879 So the passage says. 00:30:27.619 --> 00:30:28.179 For. 00:30:28.339 --> 00:30:29.179 For our sake. 00:30:29.859 --> 00:30:31.019 He was made to be sin. 00:30:31.059 --> 00:30:31.879 Who had no sin. 00:30:32.059 --> 00:30:33.019 So that we might become. 00:30:33.119 --> 00:30:34.079 The righteousness of God. 00:30:34.139 --> 00:30:35.079 This great transaction. 00:30:35.219 --> 00:30:35.819 Takes place. 00:30:36.219 --> 00:30:36.799 Our sin. 00:30:36.919 --> 00:30:37.559 Goes to him. 00:30:37.559 --> 00:30:38.599 His perfection. 00:30:38.759 --> 00:30:39.159 And righteousness. 00:30:39.439 --> 00:30:40.059 Comes to us. 00:30:40.379 --> 00:30:41.159 Our status. 00:30:41.679 --> 00:30:42.619 Has been. 00:30:43.079 --> 00:30:43.599 Changed. 00:30:44.799 --> 00:30:45.279 And. 00:30:45.579 --> 00:30:46.079 If we. 00:30:46.199 --> 00:30:46.719 If we. 00:30:47.500 --> 00:30:48.599 Drill a little deeper. 00:30:48.719 --> 00:30:50.019 As to what that means. 00:30:50.019 --> 00:30:51.099 That means. 00:30:51.220 --> 00:30:51.980 When we come into. 00:30:52.139 --> 00:30:52.960 A living relationship. 00:30:52.960 --> 00:30:54.139 With Jesus Christ. 00:30:54.579 --> 00:30:55.599 Then we are. 00:30:55.720 --> 00:30:56.700 We are justified. 00:30:57.900 --> 00:30:58.859 That we are. 00:30:59.019 --> 00:31:00.180 Being sanctified. 00:31:01.099 --> 00:31:02.200 And there is this. 00:31:02.619 --> 00:31:03.180 Definitive. 00:31:04.160 --> 00:31:04.639 Status. 00:31:05.079 --> 00:31:05.500 Change. 00:31:05.700 --> 00:31:06.460 In our lives. 00:31:07.539 --> 00:31:09.039 Which means. 00:31:10.220 --> 00:31:10.740 That. 00:31:11.220 --> 00:31:12.299 On our most. 00:31:12.740 --> 00:31:13.339 Faithful. 00:31:14.279 --> 00:31:14.799 Days. 00:31:15.519 --> 00:31:16.400 We are. 00:31:16.579 --> 00:31:17.279 As accepted. 00:31:18.119 --> 00:31:19.079 Before our Savior. 00:31:20.019 --> 00:31:20.759 As on. 00:31:20.759 --> 00:31:21.299 On the days. 00:31:21.359 --> 00:31:22.519 That our faithfulness. 00:31:22.639 --> 00:31:23.079 Is really. 00:31:23.379 --> 00:31:24.279 To be questioned. 00:31:25.559 --> 00:31:26.799 Because just as we. 00:31:26.799 --> 00:31:27.500 Did not. 00:31:27.859 --> 00:31:28.779 Secure our salvation. 00:31:28.779 --> 00:31:31.019 We also cannot. 00:31:31.019 --> 00:31:32.460 Scupper our salvation. 00:31:33.579 --> 00:31:34.059 Because. 00:31:34.059 --> 00:31:35.139 If it is based. 00:31:35.139 --> 00:31:36.139 On the person. 00:31:36.299 --> 00:31:36.720 And work. 00:31:36.779 --> 00:31:37.799 Of Jesus Christ. 00:31:38.359 --> 00:31:39.480 He who has begun. 00:31:39.480 --> 00:31:40.099 That work. 00:31:40.720 --> 00:31:41.539 He will continue. 00:31:41.539 --> 00:31:42.160 That work. 00:31:42.500 --> 00:31:43.700 Now that's not a license. 00:31:44.220 --> 00:31:44.920 For just doing. 00:31:45.099 --> 00:31:46.059 What we want. 00:31:46.559 --> 00:31:47.500 That's not a license. 00:31:47.500 --> 00:31:52.700 for somehow thinking we can dilute our daily interaction with our Savior. 00:31:52.880 --> 00:31:57.119 That's not a license to say we don't need to pray and speak to our Lord 00:31:57.119 --> 00:31:59.299 and we don't need to hear what he has to say to us in our word. 00:31:59.599 --> 00:32:01.220 No, it's actually the complete opposite. 00:32:02.279 --> 00:32:03.480 It's the complete opposite. 00:32:03.839 --> 00:32:09.819 Because it is the motivation that we have to live for our Savior 00:32:09.819 --> 00:32:16.259 because our status has been changed and it won't be changed again. 00:32:16.259 --> 00:32:22.900 And so we are safe and we are secure with all of our frailties, 00:32:23.440 --> 00:32:28.500 with all of our ability to let our Savior down, 00:32:28.700 --> 00:32:32.900 all of our sin, past, present and future, absorbed by the Savior, 00:32:33.559 --> 00:32:37.440 dealt with on the cross so that your status is secure. 00:32:38.440 --> 00:32:46.240 So that therefore means for any who have this fear in the back of their mind 00:32:46.240 --> 00:32:50.920 that's preventing you from doing what the Lord's asked you to do 00:32:50.920 --> 00:32:54.299 and remember his death in a particular way, 00:32:54.380 --> 00:32:56.279 by taking bread and taking wine, 00:32:56.839 --> 00:32:59.859 acknowledging yourself, professing yourself to be part of the people of God. 00:33:00.059 --> 00:33:02.900 Anyone who's got that nagging fear at the back of their head, 00:33:02.940 --> 00:33:04.220 but what if I mess up? 00:33:05.500 --> 00:33:08.799 But what if I can't keep it up? 00:33:09.779 --> 00:33:11.119 What if I... 00:33:11.119 --> 00:33:13.059 And there's a whole host of things. 00:33:13.159 --> 00:33:13.740 And guess what? 00:33:13.759 --> 00:33:14.779 You're going to mess up. 00:33:15.879 --> 00:33:20.319 And there's going to be times that you really are not going to be living the way you should be living. 00:33:20.919 --> 00:33:23.519 And there's going to be times, as disappointing as it is, 00:33:23.559 --> 00:33:24.980 that you will let your Savior down. 00:33:25.819 --> 00:33:29.500 But it's not about what you can do. 00:33:29.619 --> 00:33:32.339 It's about what he has done for you. 00:33:32.339 --> 00:33:40.839 And if your status has been changed because you have experienced the wonderful saving power of Jesus, 00:33:41.259 --> 00:33:46.679 then take your place with his people in obedience to his word 00:33:46.679 --> 00:33:53.379 and remember how the sinless one became sin for you. 00:33:53.859 --> 00:33:57.839 So your status has been changed in Christ and it's not going to be changed again. 00:33:58.279 --> 00:33:58.939 Praise God. 00:33:58.940 --> 00:34:03.960 And the second application comes along the lines of the context that we have here. 00:34:04.299 --> 00:34:08.119 In the light of our status being changed, then we are now ambassadors, aren't we? 00:34:08.380 --> 00:34:14.179 You'll have picked up that phrase, that word, in a number of different ways throughout this passage, 00:34:14.340 --> 00:34:16.880 that we're those who are making our appeal. 00:34:17.280 --> 00:34:19.599 We are those who are going out in his name. 00:34:19.960 --> 00:34:22.220 We are ambassadors for Christ in that sense. 00:34:22.679 --> 00:34:24.360 And what does an ambassador do? 00:34:24.360 --> 00:34:31.280 Well, an ambassador is sent by the home nation to a foreign nation, to a different land. 00:34:31.720 --> 00:34:34.019 Sometimes to a people who speak a different language, 00:34:34.460 --> 00:34:36.460 to a people who certainly have a different culture, 00:34:36.900 --> 00:34:39.780 have a different, perhaps, tradition, have a different outlook. 00:34:40.099 --> 00:34:43.860 And they are to be in that foreign land, as it were, 00:34:44.000 --> 00:34:46.120 to represent the interests of the homeland. 00:34:46.119 --> 00:34:50.199 And to make sure that in every opportunity that is given to them, 00:34:50.559 --> 00:34:57.719 that the standards, everything about the homeland that makes it so precious 00:34:57.719 --> 00:35:04.019 is communicated to the people of the land to whom that they are an ambassador in. 00:35:04.779 --> 00:35:05.940 And so that's what we are. 00:35:06.000 --> 00:35:07.199 We are ambassadors, aren't we? 00:35:07.239 --> 00:35:08.359 We're ambassadors for Jesus. 00:35:08.360 --> 00:35:15.320 We're ambassadors for the one who was and had lived that sinless, perfect life 00:35:15.320 --> 00:35:20.960 that alone qualified him to become that sacrificial death on the cross in our place. 00:35:21.180 --> 00:35:22.200 We are his ambassadors. 00:35:23.019 --> 00:35:25.720 And we're living in a world that's got different standards 00:35:25.720 --> 00:35:28.059 and different outlook and a different culture. 00:35:28.720 --> 00:35:31.180 And so we're in this world, but we don't belong to this world 00:35:31.180 --> 00:35:32.680 because we're ambassadors of Christ. 00:35:33.000 --> 00:35:36.780 And we are telling people, we're telling people that there is hope. 00:35:36.780 --> 00:35:38.740 We're telling people there's a peace process. 00:35:39.300 --> 00:35:42.480 We're telling people that everything that they are searching for, 00:35:42.540 --> 00:35:44.180 that they've been seeking for, they've been looking for, 00:35:44.440 --> 00:35:47.660 they're actually only going to find ultimately in Jesus. 00:35:48.080 --> 00:35:50.840 And we're going to tell them that there is an urgency. 00:35:52.560 --> 00:35:56.640 There's an urgency to become part of this peace process 00:35:56.640 --> 00:35:58.540 and to benefit from it. 00:35:59.220 --> 00:36:03.240 Because the urgency is, we don't know what happens tomorrow. 00:36:03.640 --> 00:36:04.980 We don't even know what happens tonight. 00:36:04.980 --> 00:36:09.380 Because the urgency is now, tonight, right now. 00:36:09.820 --> 00:36:11.039 It's the day of salvation. 00:36:11.760 --> 00:36:17.960 And so as ambassadors of Christ, we tell of the wonder and beauty 00:36:17.960 --> 00:36:23.679 of the uniquely sinless Savior who took our sin 00:36:23.679 --> 00:36:26.860 and absorbed it and paid for it 00:36:26.860 --> 00:36:33.700 so that we forevermore will have a status that has been changed by him. 00:36:34.660 --> 00:36:35.079 Amen. 00:36:36.079 --> 00:36:36.800 Let's pray. 00:36:37.200 --> 00:36:43.260 Father, thank you for being able to think for a few moments this evening 00:36:43.260 --> 00:36:46.160 about these great truths. 00:36:46.159 --> 00:36:50.079 we realize that we are on holy ground. 00:36:50.879 --> 00:36:55.519 We realize that we have limitations in our language 00:36:55.519 --> 00:36:59.079 as we try to communicate what our Savior went through. 00:36:59.879 --> 00:37:02.539 If anything was said, Father, that is inaccurate, 00:37:02.799 --> 00:37:04.460 I pray that you would forgive. 00:37:04.460 --> 00:37:09.400 We thank you that you have provided that peace process. 00:37:10.199 --> 00:37:11.820 And we thank you that so many of us 00:37:11.820 --> 00:37:14.720 have been recipients and beneficiaries of it. 00:37:15.260 --> 00:37:17.920 And we pray that we would go in our way delighting this evening 00:37:17.920 --> 00:37:20.720 that we are found in Christ. 00:37:21.159 --> 00:37:21.880 Bless us, we pray. 00:37:22.360 --> 00:37:23.860 We ask this in our Savior's name. 00:37:24.400 --> 00:37:24.860 Amen. 00:37:24.860 --> 00:37:29.599 Well, we're going to conclude by singing in Psalm number 32. 00:37:30.559 --> 00:37:34.420 Singing from the Sing Psalms version of the Psalter, Psalm 32. 00:37:35.380 --> 00:37:38.220 We're going to sing from the beginning, page 38. 00:37:39.200 --> 00:37:41.220 Psalm 32, page 38. 00:37:42.099 --> 00:37:45.700 We're singing from the beginning down to the end of the verse marked 6. 00:37:46.559 --> 00:37:49.760 How blessed the one who has received forgiveness for his sin, 00:37:50.400 --> 00:37:52.460 whose sins are covered from God's face, 00:37:52.460 --> 00:37:55.179 whose debt is cancelled in God's grace. 00:37:55.619 --> 00:37:57.440 There's no deceit in him. 00:37:57.500 --> 00:37:59.159 And so on to verse 6 to the tune Arlington. 00:37:59.440 --> 00:38:01.420 We're going to stand as we praise God. 00:38:01.420 --> 00:38:01.500 Amen. 00:38:05.500 --> 00:38:21.900 Our grace to the one who has received forgiveness for his sin. 00:38:22.460 --> 00:38:31.380 Whose sins are covered from God's grace, 00:38:31.380 --> 00:38:31.380 00:38:31.380 --> 00:38:31.380 00:38:31.380 --> 00:38:40.440 whose death is cancelled in God's grace. 00:38:40.440 --> 00:38:47.619 There's no deceit in him. 00:38:47.619 --> 00:38:57.619 When I kept silent all my bones, 00:38:57.619 --> 00:39:04.619 With no one in dwell or night, 00:39:04.619 --> 00:39:13.619 Beneath your hand I felt entrapped, 00:39:13.619 --> 00:39:22.619 O day and night my strength was sound, 00:39:22.619 --> 00:39:30.619 As in a summer crowd. 00:39:30.619 --> 00:39:47.619 When I laid bare my sin to the guilt that lay within, 00:39:47.619 --> 00:39:57.619 I said, O Lord, I have transgressed, 00:39:57.619 --> 00:40:06.619 And you for me, when I confessed, 00:40:06.619 --> 00:40:14.619 You pardoned all my sin. 00:40:14.619 --> 00:40:24.619 So let the Lord be great too, 00:40:24.619 --> 00:40:31.619 While you are to be found. 00:40:31.619 --> 00:40:41.619 Surely when waves are sweeping past, 00:40:41.619 --> 00:40:50.619 And mighty waters rising past, 00:40:50.619 --> 00:40:58.619 You keep them safe and sound. 00:40:58.619 --> 00:41:01.619 Until the Lord returns, 00:41:01.619 --> 00:41:02.619 Until the Lord returns, 00:41:02.619 --> 00:41:03.619 Or until he calls us home. 00:41:03.619 --> 00:41:05.619 May the Lord bless you and keep you. 00:41:05.619 --> 00:41:07.619 May the Lord make his face to shine on you, 00:41:07.619 --> 00:41:08.619 And be gracious to you. 00:41:08.619 --> 00:41:10.619 May the Lord turn his face towards you, 00:41:10.619 --> 00:41:11.619 And grant you his peace, 00:41:11.619 --> 00:41:13.619 And the people of God said, 00:41:13.619 --> 00:41:14.619 Amen. 00:41:14.619 --> 00:41:15.619 Amen. 00:41:15.619 --> 00:41:15.619