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 Well, good evening to all of you.

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 As we prepare to participate in communion,

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 I wanted us to look at the Last Supper of Jesus

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 as recorded in the Gospel of Luke, Luke chapter 22.

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 However, even though the account is quite long

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 and has many, many sides to it,

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 I wanted us just to look at one verse.

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 That's all, just one verse.

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 And that verse is Jesus' words in Luke 22, 20.

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 It says, in the same way, after the supper,

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 he took the cup saying,

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 this cup is the new covenant in my blood

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 which is poured out for you.

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 This cup is the new covenant in my blood

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 which is poured out for you.

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 These are Jesus' words.

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 So when I read these words,

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 I asked myself,

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 what was going on in Jesus' minds?

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 What ideas were going through him?

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 What was he reflecting on?

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 And I would like to suggest that he was reflecting on several things.

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 So even though this verse looks very short,

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 it turns out to be very loaded simultaneously.

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 Let's take a look at it one by one.

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 The first part is,

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 Jesus says,

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 this cup is the new covenant in my blood.

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 The new covenant in my blood.

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 Notice the words covenant and blood.

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 So where does that idea come from?

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 When Jesus says,

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 my blood of the covenant,

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 or covenant in my blood,

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 what was he thinking about?

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 Well, believe it or not,

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 he was thinking about Exodus 24.

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 So if you have Bibles,

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 turn to Exodus 24.

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 If not,

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 I'll be happy to read it for you.

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 Exodus 24 is the chapter

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 in which God makes a covenant with Israel.

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 and the one who mediates in that covenant

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 happens to be Moses.

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 And then in Exodus,

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 in Exodus 24,

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 in the middle of this ceremony,

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 in the middle of this covenant,

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 look what Moses says.

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 In verse 8,

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 Moses then took the blood,

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 sprinkled it on the people,

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 and said,

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 this is the blood of the covenant

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 that the Lord has made with you.

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 This is the blood of the covenant

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 that the Lord made with you.

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 Jesus is thinking to himself

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 that he, like Moses,

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 is going to make a covenant

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 that God is going to use him

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 to make a covenant with the people.

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 And so he, like Moses,

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 mentions the blood of the covenant.

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 But what was Moses doing?

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 Of course, covenant is a religious term

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 for the secular word of treaty.

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 So a treaty and covenant

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 are the same thing.

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 And you can make treaties between equals

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 when nations make treaties with each other.

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 Or in this case,

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 it is a treaty between unequals

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 when God is making it with people.

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 So what was God wanting to accomplish

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 in this covenant

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 that Moses was officiating at?

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 He wanted to accomplish two things.

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 The first thing,

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 he wanted them to realize

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 that they belong to God,

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 that they are God's special treasure.

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 Now, there's a difference

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 between special and ordinary.

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 Believe it or not,

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 I have a tuxedo,

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 but none of you have ever seen me

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 because I only wear it

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 to special occasions.

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 And the next time I wear it

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 will probably be my funeral,

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 so you can see it then.

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 I also have,

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 but I have worn it before

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 to my daughter's wedding,

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 but that's all.

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 Then I have

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 three-piece suits,

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 and the only time I wear those

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 is when I go to teach class

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 and I'm completely unprepared,

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 and then I hope

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 that my attire will distract

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 them from my lousy lecture.

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 But when I am informal like this,

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 I'm very prepared,

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 so don't worry.

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 No tie, no coat, nothing.

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 So,

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 there are special clothes

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 that you wear on special occasions,

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 wedding dresses,

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 tuxedos,

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 and then there is ordinary,

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 average, normal.

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 And God was saying

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 that he wanted Israel

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 to be the special part,

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 not the ordinary part.

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 And so Israel was going to be special

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 because it was going to be the agent

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 that God was going to use

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 to bring salvation to the world.

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 And so in Exodus 19,

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 4, he says,

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 you are my special treasure,

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 segula,

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 which 1 Peter quotes,

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 by the way,

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 and applies it to us.

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 So God wanted them to be,

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 to realize that they belong to him.

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 Well,

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 all of us belong to several things.

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 I happen to belong to the United States.

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 I wasn't born in this country.

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 I was naturalized.

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 So through naturalization,

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 I became a U.S. citizen.

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 I also belong to Trinity International University

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 because they have hired me to teach there.

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 I belong to Christ the King Church

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 because I agreed to become a member

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 and I was accepted.

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 I belong to the YMCA

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 because I want to see

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 if God can still perform miracles

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 and transform me

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 in spite of,

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 you know what.

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 Well,

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 we all belong to different things.

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 So,

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 they were going to be special,

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 but what were they going to belong to?

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 The statement that is made

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 again and again is,

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 I will be your God

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 and you will be my people.

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 They were going to be his people.

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 And that is repeated,

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 as I said,

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 over 50 times

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 just in the Old Testament.

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 I am God

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 and you are my people.

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 Not,

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 I am God

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 and you are my employees

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 or I am God

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 and you are my factory workers

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 or I am God

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 and you are my choir

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 or I am God

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 and you are my soccer team.

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 It is,

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 I will be your God

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 and you will be my people.

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 So,

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 if he wants them

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 to become his people,

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 how is he going to do it?

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 And it's the thing

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 that he says

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 again and again.

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 You can see it

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 in Exodus 6, 7.

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 You can see,

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 you can see,

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 yes,

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 Exodus 6, 7.

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 You can see it

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 in Exodus 19,

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 4 and 5.

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 What he was going to do

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 was to adopt them.

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 God was going to adopt them.

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 So,

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 they were going to belong to him

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 not by hiring them

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 or coercing them

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 or whatever,

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 but through adopting them.

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 Now,

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 what happens

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 in an adoption?

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 Several things

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 happens.

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 One obvious thing

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 that happens

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 in an adoption

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 is a person

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 who is an outsider

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 becomes an insider.

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 And when that person

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 becomes an insider,

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 usually,

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 maybe the first name

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 is changed.

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 Certainly,

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 in most cases,

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 the last name

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 is changed

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 and one is given

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 a new name.

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 And those who

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 were not belonging

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 now belong.

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 Those who were

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 on the outside

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 now become

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 on the inside.

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 And with that

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 comes, of course,

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 the privileges

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 of being adopted

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 into this family

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 and not that family.

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 Presumably,

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 the love

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 of these parents

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 who adopted

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 the individual.

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 Maybe,

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 perhaps,

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 the wealth

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 of that family

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 is rich

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 or perhaps

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 the prestige,

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 the honor,

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 the name

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 of the family

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 and so on

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 and so forth.

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 And so,

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 God is saying,

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 you belong to me,

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 I am going

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 to adopt you

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 and the way

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 that I am going

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 to adopt you

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 is through

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 this covenant.

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 And, of course,

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 that is very special.

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 Now,

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 this doesn't,

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 this illustration

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 doesn't deal

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 with adoption

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 but it will help

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 make a point.

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 I was a smart student

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 when I was at UCLA

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 and I did very good grades

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 in philosophy.

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 And being an analytic philosopher,

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 I quickly realized,

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 surprise, surprise,

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 it's just as easy

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 to fall in love

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 with a rich girl

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 as it is

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 to fall in love

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 with a poor girl.

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 So, I thought,

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 I'm going to put

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 controls on my heart,

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 none of this

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 middle class stuff,

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 you know,

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 I'm going to check

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 her last name,

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 but regrettably,

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 there was no Rockefeller

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 at UCLA

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 who was single

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 and available.

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 So,

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 I was not

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 married

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 into a rich

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 family.

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 And,

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 not only

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 did I inherit

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 my own debts

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 and student loans,

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 but others.

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 where is Rockefeller

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 to come to the rescue?

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 Where is J.P. Morgan?

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 They obviously

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 didn't send their

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 kids to UCLA.

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 Well,

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 we are being adopted.

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 We may be adopted

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 by a famous name

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 like Bush

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 or Clinton

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 or Lincoln,

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 or we may be adopted

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 by an ordinary family.

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 and based on

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 what we are adopted,

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 we get the privileges

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 and the advantages

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 of being part

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 of that family.

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 Now,

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 I want you to think

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 for a second.

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 Is there anything

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 special

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 about being

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 adopted

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 by God?

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 Is there

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 any advantage

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 that we have

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 over others

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 if we are

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 adopted by God

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 and this other

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 person is not?

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 Is there

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 anything

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 wonderful

00:12:04.120 --> 00:12:05.719
 about

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 being adopted

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 by God

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 or is it just

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 a common

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 ordinary thing?

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 What does

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 being adopted

00:12:13.379 --> 00:12:14.219
 by God

00:12:14.219 --> 00:12:15.599
 make available

00:12:15.599 --> 00:12:16.219
 to us?

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 God wants

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 to adopt us.

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 There is something

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 very interesting

00:12:24.240 --> 00:12:24.659
 that

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 happened

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 between the Old

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 and the New Testaments

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 there is a

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 German scholar

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 by the name

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 of

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 Joachim

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 Jeremias

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 who studied

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 every written

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 prayer

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 that was prayed

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 in the last

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 400 years

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 before Jesus

00:12:45.500 --> 00:12:46.659
 appeared on the scene.

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 Every written

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 prayer

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 in the Talmud,

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 in the commentaries,

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 in the writings,

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 he studied

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 every one of them

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 and he wasn't

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 out to prove

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 a point

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 but he discovered

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 to his great

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 surprise

00:13:01.279 --> 00:13:02.659
 that in the

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 spirit of 400

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 years

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 every prayer

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 that was prayed

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 that is also

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 written,

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 recorded for us

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 addresses God

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 formally

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 and collectively.

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 so it is

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 always

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 our,

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 it is never

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 my

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 and it's

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 always

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 father,

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 it is never

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 dad.

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 So every

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 prayer for 400

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 years,

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 out of great

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 respect for God,

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 the nation,

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 the rabbis,

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 the priests

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 would pray

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 our

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 father

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 rather than

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 my

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 dad.

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 and of course

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 you can see

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 that,

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 that is

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 the beginning

00:13:47.120 --> 00:13:47.519
 of the

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 Lord's prayer,

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 our father

00:13:49.039 --> 00:13:49.639
 who art in

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 heaven.

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 But if you

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 continue to

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 read in

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 John's account

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 of the

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 Last Supper,

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 the Lord

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 says that

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 part of

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 being adopted

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 is that

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 we will be

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 allowed to

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 call God

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 Abba.

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 Not

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 Avinu

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 as all the

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 other prayers

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 but Abba

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 and Abba

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 is Aramaic

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 for dad.

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 Jesus

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 calls the

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 father

00:14:20.039 --> 00:14:21.039
 intimately

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 the same

00:14:22.339 --> 00:14:22.939
 way a

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 child would

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 call.

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 My sons

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 never,

00:14:26.479 --> 00:14:27.239
 never called

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 me Mr.

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 Messuah

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 or Professor

00:14:30.279 --> 00:14:31.019
 Messuah

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 or anything

00:14:31.479 --> 00:14:31.959
 like that.

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 It was

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 dad

00:14:33.219 --> 00:14:34.959
 because there

00:14:34.959 --> 00:14:35.259
 is a

00:14:35.259 --> 00:14:35.859
 relationship

00:14:35.859 --> 00:14:36.639
 between me

00:14:36.639 --> 00:14:37.259
 and them

00:14:37.259 --> 00:14:38.699
 that allowed

00:14:38.699 --> 00:14:39.299
 them to be

00:14:39.299 --> 00:14:39.979
 intimate with

00:14:39.979 --> 00:14:40.459
 me and

00:14:40.459 --> 00:14:40.939
 allowed me

00:14:40.940 --> 00:14:41.240
 to be

00:14:41.240 --> 00:14:41.600
 intimate

00:14:41.600 --> 00:14:42.440
 with them.

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 And

00:14:43.840 --> 00:14:45.500
 Jesus

00:14:45.500 --> 00:14:46.060
 says,

00:14:46.200 --> 00:14:46.460
 you can

00:14:46.460 --> 00:14:46.920
 also read

00:14:46.920 --> 00:14:47.220
 it in

00:14:47.220 --> 00:14:47.840
 Romans 8,

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 the spirit

00:14:48.880 --> 00:14:49.740
 bears witness

00:14:49.740 --> 00:14:50.500
 with our

00:14:50.500 --> 00:14:51.100
 spirit by

00:14:51.100 --> 00:14:51.620
 which we

00:14:51.620 --> 00:14:52.320
 cry out

00:14:52.320 --> 00:14:53.120
 Abba,

00:14:53.320 --> 00:14:53.940
 father,

00:14:54.740 --> 00:14:55.100
 dad.

00:14:56.620 --> 00:14:58.200
 So we

00:14:58.200 --> 00:14:59.020
 are adopted

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 and we

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 are allowed

00:15:00.860 --> 00:15:01.560
 to think

00:15:01.560 --> 00:15:02.260
 of God

00:15:02.260 --> 00:15:03.060
 intimately

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 although of

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 course there

00:15:04.540 --> 00:15:05.020
 is nothing

00:15:05.020 --> 00:15:05.820
 wrong in

00:15:05.820 --> 00:15:06.520
 thinking about

00:15:06.520 --> 00:15:07.540
 God with

00:15:07.540 --> 00:15:08.480
 reverence and

00:15:08.480 --> 00:15:09.200
 awe and

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 exaltation.

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 it's not

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 an either

00:15:11.800 --> 00:15:12.160
 or,

00:15:12.300 --> 00:15:12.759
 it's two

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 different

00:15:13.120 --> 00:15:13.600
 approaches.

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 One we

00:15:14.720 --> 00:15:15.160
 approach him

00:15:15.160 --> 00:15:15.660
 as his

00:15:15.660 --> 00:15:16.120
 subjects,

00:15:16.320 --> 00:15:16.640
 the others

00:15:16.640 --> 00:15:17.100
 we approach

00:15:17.100 --> 00:15:17.440
 him as

00:15:17.440 --> 00:15:17.980
 his children.

00:15:19.240 --> 00:15:21.300
 And the

00:15:21.300 --> 00:15:21.900
 first thing

00:15:21.900 --> 00:15:23.120
 that Jesus

00:15:23.120 --> 00:15:23.780
 is thinking

00:15:23.780 --> 00:15:24.540
 about is

00:15:24.540 --> 00:15:25.680
 just as

00:15:25.680 --> 00:15:26.940
 Moses accomplished

00:15:26.940 --> 00:15:27.480
 that,

00:15:28.259 --> 00:15:28.960
 Jesus is

00:15:28.960 --> 00:15:29.460
 going to

00:15:29.460 --> 00:15:29.879
 accomplish

00:15:29.879 --> 00:15:30.820
 this as

00:15:30.820 --> 00:15:31.140
 well.

00:15:31.980 --> 00:15:32.440
 However,

00:15:32.640 --> 00:15:33.080
 if we go

00:15:33.080 --> 00:15:33.720
 back to

00:15:33.720 --> 00:15:35.000
 Luke 22,

00:15:35.120 --> 00:15:35.580
 20,

00:15:36.040 --> 00:15:36.680
 there is a

00:15:36.680 --> 00:15:37.500
 difference,

00:15:37.820 --> 00:15:38.740
 slight difference

00:15:38.740 --> 00:15:39.379
 between what

00:15:39.379 --> 00:15:40.180
 Moses said

00:15:40.180 --> 00:15:40.960
 and what

00:15:40.960 --> 00:15:42.220
 Jesus said.

00:15:43.560 --> 00:15:44.620
 Moses said,

00:15:45.180 --> 00:15:45.960
 the blood

00:15:45.960 --> 00:15:46.860
 of the

00:15:46.860 --> 00:15:47.139
 covenant.

00:15:47.840 --> 00:15:48.600
 Jesus says,

00:15:49.180 --> 00:15:50.519
 my blood

00:15:50.519 --> 00:15:51.379
 of the

00:15:51.379 --> 00:15:51.680
 covenant.

00:15:53.139 --> 00:15:53.700
 So while

00:15:53.700 --> 00:15:54.700
 in Exodus

00:15:54.700 --> 00:15:55.159
 they were

00:15:55.159 --> 00:15:56.200
 offering animals,

00:15:56.759 --> 00:15:57.379
 Jesus is

00:15:57.379 --> 00:15:58.700
 announcing that

00:15:58.700 --> 00:15:59.500
 he is going

00:15:59.500 --> 00:16:00.200
 to offer

00:16:00.200 --> 00:16:01.019
 his own

00:16:01.019 --> 00:16:01.960
 life.

00:16:02.180 --> 00:16:03.080
 That this

00:16:03.080 --> 00:16:03.700
 covenant that

00:16:03.700 --> 00:16:04.340
 God is going

00:16:04.340 --> 00:16:04.899
 to make is

00:16:04.899 --> 00:16:05.500
 going to cost

00:16:05.500 --> 00:16:06.519
 him his life

00:16:06.519 --> 00:16:07.480
 rather than

00:16:07.480 --> 00:16:07.939
 the life

00:16:07.939 --> 00:16:09.679
 of bulls

00:16:09.679 --> 00:16:10.159
 and goats

00:16:10.159 --> 00:16:11.159
 and sheep.

00:16:12.059 --> 00:16:12.460
 And so

00:16:12.460 --> 00:16:13.059
 the second

00:16:13.059 --> 00:16:13.860
 thing is

00:16:13.860 --> 00:16:14.299
 this.

00:16:14.799 --> 00:16:15.539
 When Jesus

00:16:15.539 --> 00:16:16.279
 is thinking,

00:16:16.779 --> 00:16:17.299
 I am going

00:16:17.299 --> 00:16:18.019
 to accomplish

00:16:18.019 --> 00:16:18.740
 a great

00:16:18.740 --> 00:16:19.299
 act of

00:16:19.299 --> 00:16:19.840
 salvation.

00:16:20.840 --> 00:16:21.319
 I am

00:16:21.319 --> 00:16:22.019
 going to

00:16:22.019 --> 00:16:22.439
 fulfill

00:16:22.439 --> 00:16:22.939
 God's

00:16:22.939 --> 00:16:23.340
 purposes

00:16:23.340 --> 00:16:24.460
 and plans.

00:16:25.079 --> 00:16:26.279
 And it's

00:16:26.279 --> 00:16:26.860
 going to

00:16:26.860 --> 00:16:27.460
 cost me

00:16:27.460 --> 00:16:28.019
 my own

00:16:28.019 --> 00:16:28.480
 life.

00:16:29.159 --> 00:16:29.840
 And I'm

00:16:29.840 --> 00:16:30.259
 a human

00:16:30.259 --> 00:16:30.759
 being.

00:16:31.500 --> 00:16:32.519
 What else

00:16:32.519 --> 00:16:32.879
 is he

00:16:32.879 --> 00:16:33.620
 thinking about?

00:16:34.659 --> 00:16:35.779
 Where else

00:16:35.779 --> 00:16:36.980
 do we

00:16:36.980 --> 00:16:37.539
 have an

00:16:37.539 --> 00:16:38.039
 individual

00:16:38.039 --> 00:16:39.220
 who is

00:16:39.220 --> 00:16:39.839
 willing to

00:16:39.839 --> 00:16:40.519
 give his

00:16:40.519 --> 00:16:42.100
 life to

00:16:42.100 --> 00:16:43.019
 bring salvation

00:16:43.019 --> 00:16:43.439
 to the

00:16:43.439 --> 00:16:45.100
 world in

00:16:45.100 --> 00:16:45.500
 the Old

00:16:45.500 --> 00:16:45.939
 Testament?

00:16:47.199 --> 00:16:48.199
 That is

00:16:48.199 --> 00:16:48.939
 Isaiah

00:16:48.939 --> 00:16:50.179
 53.

00:16:51.019 --> 00:16:51.879
 So Jesus

00:16:51.879 --> 00:16:52.919
 is thinking

00:16:52.919 --> 00:16:54.220
 about

00:16:54.220 --> 00:16:55.059
 Exodus

00:16:55.059 --> 00:16:55.720
 24,

00:16:56.220 --> 00:16:56.839
 but in

00:16:56.839 --> 00:16:57.480
 addition to

00:16:57.480 --> 00:16:58.000
 that he

00:16:58.000 --> 00:16:58.679
 is thinking

00:16:58.679 --> 00:16:59.879
 also of

00:16:59.879 --> 00:17:00.319
 Isaiah

00:17:00.319 --> 00:17:02.360
 53.

00:17:03.000 --> 00:17:03.480
 Take a

00:17:03.480 --> 00:17:04.000
 look at,

00:17:04.319 --> 00:17:04.660
 it's a

00:17:04.660 --> 00:17:04.980
 familiar

00:17:04.980 --> 00:17:05.440
 passage,

00:17:05.779 --> 00:17:06.599
 but if

00:17:06.599 --> 00:17:06.799
 you're

00:17:06.799 --> 00:17:06.980
 in

00:17:06.980 --> 00:17:07.480
 53,

00:17:07.680 --> 00:17:08.039
 look at

00:17:08.039 --> 00:17:08.379
 verses

00:17:08.379 --> 00:17:09.759
 4-7.

00:17:11.759 --> 00:17:12.359
 So

00:17:12.359 --> 00:17:13.059
 Isaiah

00:17:13.059 --> 00:17:13.680
 53,

00:17:14.680 --> 00:17:16.399
 4-7.

00:17:16.399 --> 00:17:16.500
 7.

00:17:25.700 --> 00:17:26.379
 Surely

00:17:26.379 --> 00:17:27.519
 he took

00:17:27.519 --> 00:17:27.779
 our

00:17:27.779 --> 00:17:28.660
 infirmities

00:17:28.660 --> 00:17:29.420
 and carried

00:17:29.420 --> 00:17:30.319
 our sorrows,

00:17:30.920 --> 00:17:31.460
 yet we

00:17:31.460 --> 00:17:32.200
 considered him

00:17:32.200 --> 00:17:32.980
 stricken by

00:17:32.980 --> 00:17:33.420
 God,

00:17:33.420 --> 00:17:34.779
 smitten by

00:17:34.779 --> 00:17:35.360
 him and

00:17:35.360 --> 00:17:36.059
 afflicted,

00:17:36.640 --> 00:17:37.339
 but he

00:17:37.339 --> 00:17:38.279
 was pierced

00:17:38.279 --> 00:17:38.860
 for our

00:17:38.860 --> 00:17:39.779
 transgressions,

00:17:40.259 --> 00:17:40.980
 he was

00:17:40.980 --> 00:17:41.779
 crushed for

00:17:41.779 --> 00:17:42.059
 our

00:17:42.059 --> 00:17:42.759
 iniquities,

00:17:43.259 --> 00:17:43.960
 and the

00:17:43.960 --> 00:17:44.660
 punishment that

00:17:44.660 --> 00:17:45.200
 brought us

00:17:45.200 --> 00:17:46.039
 peace was

00:17:46.039 --> 00:17:46.660
 upon him.

00:17:47.299 --> 00:17:47.839
 By his

00:17:47.839 --> 00:17:48.839
 wounds we

00:17:48.839 --> 00:17:49.440
 are healed.

00:17:50.299 --> 00:17:51.019
 We all,

00:17:51.299 --> 00:17:51.819
 like sheep,

00:17:52.339 --> 00:17:52.860
 have gone

00:17:52.860 --> 00:17:53.440
 astray.

00:17:54.360 --> 00:17:55.039
 Each of us

00:17:55.039 --> 00:17:56.160
 has turned to

00:17:56.160 --> 00:17:56.940
 his own way,

00:17:57.240 --> 00:17:58.200
 and the Lord

00:17:58.200 --> 00:17:58.920
 has laid on

00:17:58.920 --> 00:17:59.860
 him the

00:17:59.859 --> 00:18:00.579
 iniquity of

00:18:00.579 --> 00:18:01.159
 us all.

00:18:03.859 --> 00:18:04.659
 He was

00:18:04.659 --> 00:18:05.579
 oppressed and

00:18:05.579 --> 00:18:06.279
 afflicted,

00:18:06.559 --> 00:18:07.139
 yet he did

00:18:07.139 --> 00:18:07.759
 not open

00:18:07.759 --> 00:18:08.459
 his mouth.

00:18:09.039 --> 00:18:09.539
 He was

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 led like a

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 lamb to

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 the slaughter,

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 lamb to

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 the slaughter.

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 Why lamb?

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 Because he

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 wants us to

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 connect this

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 passage with

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 the Passover,

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 lamb.

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 And it's

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 not only that

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 Isaiah saw

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 it, guess

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 what?

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 John the

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 Baptist saw

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 it.

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 And when

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 John saw

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 Jesus, the

00:18:31.959 --> 00:18:32.439
 first thing

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 he announced,

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 behold the

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 lamb of

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 God who

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 takes away

00:18:35.919 --> 00:18:37.039
 the sin

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 of the

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 world.

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 And it's

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 not just

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 John the

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 Baptist saw

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 it and

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 nobody else

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 in the

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 New Testament.

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 Turn with

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 me to

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 1 Corinthians

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 5-7.

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 That's a

00:18:46.879 --> 00:18:47.579
 very important

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 passage.

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 1 Corinthians

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 5-7.

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 Let me

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 read it

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 for you.

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 1 Corinthians

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 5-7.

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 1 Corinthians

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 5-7.

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 In the

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 middle of

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 this verse,

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 Christ, our

00:19:21.059 --> 00:19:21.819
 Passover

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 lamb, has

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 been sacrificed.

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 sacrificed.

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 And that's

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 as explicit

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 as you can

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 get.

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 Christ, our

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 Passover lamb,

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 has been

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 sacrificed.

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 Jesus understands

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 it.

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 Paul understands

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 it.

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 John the

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 Baptist understands

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 it.

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 Jesus is

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 offering

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 himself to

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 make it

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 possible for

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 us to be

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 adopted, has

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 become our

00:19:47.519 --> 00:19:48.839
 Passover lamb.

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 So, Jesus

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 is thinking of

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 Exodus 24,

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 the blood of

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 the covenant.

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 He is thinking

00:19:57.440 --> 00:19:58.980
 of Isaiah 53,

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 like sheep led

00:20:00.960 --> 00:20:01.500
 to the slaughter,

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 he opened not

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 his mouth.

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 But Jesus is

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 also thinking of

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 one more thing.

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 Please turn to

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 Luke 22,

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 20.

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 In the

00:20:20.480 --> 00:20:21.039
 same way,

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 after the

00:20:21.900 --> 00:20:22.580
 supper, he

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 took the

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 cup saying,

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 this is the

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 new covenant

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 in my blood

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 which is

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 poured out

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 for you.

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 He doesn't

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 say this is

00:20:31.740 --> 00:20:32.279
 the covenant

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 in my blood.

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 He says,

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 this is the

00:20:35.019 --> 00:20:36.220
 new covenant

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 in the blood.

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 So, just as

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 he adds the

00:20:38.500 --> 00:20:39.160
 word my,

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 he also adds

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 the word

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 new.

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 And so,

00:20:42.640 --> 00:20:44.960
 what is he

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 thinking about

00:20:45.759 --> 00:20:47.120
 now when he

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 says new

00:20:48.000 --> 00:20:48.900
 covenant in

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 my blood?

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 He is thinking

00:20:51.360 --> 00:20:52.519
 of Jeremiah

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 chapter 31,

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 31.

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 This is the

00:20:56.500 --> 00:20:57.700
 only passage

00:20:57.700 --> 00:20:59.079
 in all of the

00:20:59.079 --> 00:20:59.720
 Old Testament,

00:21:00.000 --> 00:21:01.079
 in all of the

00:21:01.079 --> 00:21:01.539
 Old Testament,

00:21:02.000 --> 00:21:02.900
 that uses the

00:21:02.900 --> 00:21:04.039
 expression the

00:21:04.039 --> 00:21:05.019
 new covenant.

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 covenant.

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 Nowhere else

00:21:06.639 --> 00:21:07.839
 is that

00:21:07.839 --> 00:21:10.379
 phrase used

00:21:10.379 --> 00:21:10.839
 in the Old

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 Testament other

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 than Jeremiah

00:21:12.339 --> 00:21:13.319
 31, 31.

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 The days are

00:21:14.639 --> 00:21:15.279
 coming, says

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 the Lord, when

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 I will make

00:21:16.819 --> 00:21:17.960
 a new covenant.

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 And Jesus

00:21:19.700 --> 00:21:20.799
 says, this is

00:21:20.799 --> 00:21:22.180
 the new covenant

00:21:22.180 --> 00:21:23.519
 in my blood.

00:21:23.940 --> 00:21:24.639
 So, he is

00:21:24.639 --> 00:21:25.420
 thinking Jeremiah,

00:21:26.059 --> 00:21:26.579
 he is thinking

00:21:26.579 --> 00:21:28.000
 Isaiah, he is

00:21:28.000 --> 00:21:28.960
 thinking Moses.

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 But what is

00:21:30.359 --> 00:21:32.159
 special about

00:21:32.159 --> 00:21:33.039
 the new covenant?

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 It is

00:21:35.159 --> 00:21:36.959
 verse 34.

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 I will

00:21:38.539 --> 00:21:39.519
 forgive their

00:21:39.519 --> 00:21:41.139
 iniquities and

00:21:41.139 --> 00:21:42.240
 remember their

00:21:42.240 --> 00:21:43.459
 sins no more.

00:21:44.740 --> 00:21:46.079
 So, in order

00:21:46.079 --> 00:21:47.799
 for God

00:21:47.799 --> 00:21:48.519
 to adopt

00:21:48.519 --> 00:21:49.419
 us, he

00:21:49.419 --> 00:21:50.259
 must also

00:21:50.259 --> 00:21:51.059
 forgive us.

00:21:51.539 --> 00:21:52.199
 He needs to

00:21:52.199 --> 00:21:52.679
 forgive us

00:21:52.679 --> 00:21:53.659
 first and

00:21:53.659 --> 00:21:54.839
 then adopt

00:21:54.839 --> 00:21:55.159
 us.

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 And what

00:21:57.119 --> 00:21:57.899
 the new covenant

00:21:57.899 --> 00:21:59.500
 emphasizes is the

00:21:59.500 --> 00:22:00.220
 forgiveness of

00:22:00.220 --> 00:22:00.720
 sins.

00:22:03.299 --> 00:22:04.720
 So, we have

00:22:04.720 --> 00:22:05.579
 been adopted

00:22:05.579 --> 00:22:06.819
 by God.

00:22:08.099 --> 00:22:09.059
 And we

00:22:09.059 --> 00:22:10.059
 have the

00:22:10.059 --> 00:22:10.839
 privilege of

00:22:10.839 --> 00:22:11.799
 being intimate

00:22:11.799 --> 00:22:12.619
 with him and

00:22:12.619 --> 00:22:13.259
 call him

00:22:13.259 --> 00:22:15.119
 dad, knowing

00:22:15.119 --> 00:22:17.259
 that our

00:22:17.259 --> 00:22:17.980
 sins are

00:22:17.980 --> 00:22:18.500
 forgiven.

00:22:20.039 --> 00:22:21.059
 And that

00:22:21.059 --> 00:22:22.259
 this covenant

00:22:22.259 --> 00:22:23.640
 has cost him

00:22:23.640 --> 00:22:24.779
 his life.

00:22:25.740 --> 00:22:25.960
 Now,

00:22:27.599 --> 00:22:29.420
 since I

00:22:29.420 --> 00:22:30.100
 making eye

00:22:30.100 --> 00:22:30.800
 contact with

00:22:30.800 --> 00:22:31.759
 Mike, I

00:22:31.759 --> 00:22:32.200
 will use

00:22:32.200 --> 00:22:32.620
 him for

00:22:32.620 --> 00:22:32.779
 an

00:22:32.779 --> 00:22:33.320
 illustration.

00:22:34.820 --> 00:22:35.380
 Suppose

00:22:35.380 --> 00:22:35.840
 someone

00:22:35.840 --> 00:22:36.420
 kidnaps

00:22:36.420 --> 00:22:37.960
 Mike and

00:22:37.960 --> 00:22:38.720
 writes me a

00:22:38.720 --> 00:22:39.140
 letter and

00:22:39.140 --> 00:22:39.539
 says,

00:22:40.779 --> 00:22:41.240
 Samir,

00:22:41.680 --> 00:22:42.680
 we have

00:22:42.680 --> 00:22:43.080
 Mike.

00:22:43.860 --> 00:22:44.560
 If you

00:22:44.560 --> 00:22:44.980
 want him

00:22:44.980 --> 00:22:46.480
 back, you

00:22:46.480 --> 00:22:46.880
 have to

00:22:46.880 --> 00:22:47.420
 pay ransom.

00:22:49.420 --> 00:22:49.700
 And I

00:22:49.700 --> 00:22:50.240
 said, oh,

00:22:50.420 --> 00:22:50.800
 okay.

00:22:51.240 --> 00:22:51.759
 How much

00:22:51.759 --> 00:22:52.019
 do you

00:22:52.019 --> 00:22:52.360
 want?

00:22:53.100 --> 00:22:53.660
 Five

00:22:53.660 --> 00:22:54.200
 dollars.

00:22:56.640 --> 00:22:57.539
 Mike is

00:22:57.539 --> 00:22:58.139
 safe.

00:23:00.339 --> 00:23:00.940
 Let's

00:23:00.940 --> 00:23:01.259
 say he

00:23:01.259 --> 00:23:01.559
 says

00:23:01.559 --> 00:23:02.019
 $10.

00:23:03.639 --> 00:23:04.440
 Mike is

00:23:04.440 --> 00:23:05.220
 still safe.

00:23:06.779 --> 00:23:07.480
 $50.

00:23:10.279 --> 00:23:10.839
 Still

00:23:10.839 --> 00:23:11.379
 safe.

00:23:13.000 --> 00:23:13.700
 $100.

00:23:14.539 --> 00:23:15.220
 I have to

00:23:15.220 --> 00:23:15.720
 think about

00:23:15.720 --> 00:23:16.159
 it, but

00:23:16.159 --> 00:23:17.000
 still safe.

00:23:18.480 --> 00:23:19.339
 $2 million.

00:23:20.339 --> 00:23:21.139
 No way, I

00:23:21.139 --> 00:23:21.500
 don't have

00:23:21.500 --> 00:23:21.960
 that kind of

00:23:21.960 --> 00:23:22.220
 money.

00:23:22.220 --> 00:23:23.799
 how about

00:23:23.799 --> 00:23:24.360
 not just

00:23:24.360 --> 00:23:24.799
 $2 million,

00:23:25.360 --> 00:23:26.460
 but $2

00:23:26.460 --> 00:23:27.660
 million and

00:23:27.660 --> 00:23:28.500
 the life of

00:23:28.500 --> 00:23:29.160
 my grandchildren.

00:23:30.279 --> 00:23:30.980
 No way.

00:23:31.660 --> 00:23:32.039
 I mean, I

00:23:32.039 --> 00:23:32.680
 love Mike and

00:23:32.680 --> 00:23:33.299
 all that, but

00:23:33.299 --> 00:23:34.299
 I am not

00:23:34.299 --> 00:23:35.000
 willing to

00:23:35.000 --> 00:23:35.980
 give the

00:23:35.980 --> 00:23:36.819
 life of my

00:23:36.819 --> 00:23:37.380
 grandchildren

00:23:37.380 --> 00:23:38.500
 for him.

00:23:39.620 --> 00:23:40.480
 My love

00:23:40.480 --> 00:23:41.860
 has limits.

00:23:43.200 --> 00:23:43.640
 So you

00:23:43.640 --> 00:23:44.160
 have to ask

00:23:44.160 --> 00:23:44.779
 yourself, how

00:23:44.779 --> 00:23:45.339
 much do I

00:23:45.339 --> 00:23:45.940
 love somebody?

00:23:46.900 --> 00:23:47.579
 And how

00:23:47.579 --> 00:23:48.160
 much am I

00:23:48.160 --> 00:23:48.559
 willing to

00:23:48.559 --> 00:23:48.779
 go?

00:23:48.779 --> 00:23:53.039
 And we

00:23:53.039 --> 00:23:53.440
 have the

00:23:53.440 --> 00:23:53.879
 answer.

00:23:54.879 --> 00:23:55.399
 John 3.

00:23:55.480 --> 00:23:56.000
 16.

00:23:56.839 --> 00:23:57.539
 God so

00:23:57.539 --> 00:23:58.139
 loved the

00:23:58.139 --> 00:23:58.940
 world that

00:23:58.940 --> 00:23:59.720
 he gave

00:23:59.720 --> 00:24:01.000
 not just

00:24:01.000 --> 00:24:02.039
 $50 or

00:24:02.039 --> 00:24:02.920
 $100 or

00:24:02.920 --> 00:24:03.420
 $2 million.

00:24:04.200 --> 00:24:05.779
 God gave

00:24:05.779 --> 00:24:06.579
 his son

00:24:06.579 --> 00:24:08.879
 to show

00:24:08.879 --> 00:24:09.319
 you how

00:24:09.319 --> 00:24:10.420
 generous he

00:24:10.420 --> 00:24:10.940
 is.

00:24:12.019 --> 00:24:12.639
 That he

00:24:12.639 --> 00:24:13.200
 wants to

00:24:13.200 --> 00:24:13.859
 adopt us

00:24:13.859 --> 00:24:14.980
 so much

00:24:14.980 --> 00:24:16.339
 that he

00:24:16.339 --> 00:24:16.819
 is willing

00:24:16.819 --> 00:24:17.259
 to pay

00:24:17.259 --> 00:24:17.920
 that much.

00:24:18.779 --> 00:24:20.000
 You think

00:24:20.000 --> 00:24:21.680
 Ben would

00:24:21.680 --> 00:24:22.000
 give the

00:24:22.000 --> 00:24:22.339
 life of

00:24:22.339 --> 00:24:22.799
 his son?

00:24:24.039 --> 00:24:24.420
 Not in

00:24:24.420 --> 00:24:25.039
 million years?

00:24:27.980 --> 00:24:28.859
 But God

00:24:28.859 --> 00:24:29.319
 is willing

00:24:29.319 --> 00:24:29.579
 to.

00:24:31.079 --> 00:24:31.879
 That is

00:24:31.879 --> 00:24:32.220
 what we

00:24:32.220 --> 00:24:32.920
 are celebrating

00:24:32.920 --> 00:24:33.680
 this evening.

00:24:34.460 --> 00:24:35.519
 That we

00:24:35.519 --> 00:24:36.539
 are adopted

00:24:36.539 --> 00:24:37.339
 by God.

00:24:38.379 --> 00:24:38.940
 God

00:24:38.940 --> 00:24:39.559
 says, you

00:24:39.559 --> 00:24:40.039
 can call

00:24:40.039 --> 00:24:40.599
 me dad.

00:24:42.000 --> 00:24:42.819
 I love

00:24:42.819 --> 00:24:43.519
 you more

00:24:43.519 --> 00:24:43.839
 than you

00:24:43.839 --> 00:24:44.440
 realize.

00:24:44.440 --> 00:24:45.779
 God

00:24:45.779 --> 00:24:47.580
 and I'll

00:24:47.580 --> 00:24:48.180
 even give

00:24:48.180 --> 00:24:48.600
 the life

00:24:48.600 --> 00:24:49.019
 of my

00:24:49.019 --> 00:24:49.799
 son for

00:24:49.799 --> 00:24:50.019
 you.

00:24:50.700 --> 00:24:51.160
 Not

00:24:51.160 --> 00:24:51.620
 cows,

00:24:51.779 --> 00:24:52.360
 not cattle,

00:24:52.660 --> 00:24:53.539
 but my

00:24:53.539 --> 00:24:53.840
 son.

00:24:54.960 --> 00:24:55.620
 And that

00:24:55.620 --> 00:24:56.019
 is what

00:24:56.019 --> 00:24:56.340
 Jesus

00:24:56.340 --> 00:24:57.400
 initiated.

00:24:57.960 --> 00:24:58.440
 And he

00:24:58.440 --> 00:24:58.960
 wants to

00:24:58.960 --> 00:24:59.799
 establish it

00:24:59.799 --> 00:25:00.180
 as a

00:25:00.180 --> 00:25:00.580
 treaty,

00:25:00.820 --> 00:25:01.259
 as a

00:25:01.259 --> 00:25:01.539
 covenant,

00:25:02.059 --> 00:25:02.900
 so nobody

00:25:02.900 --> 00:25:03.600
 would have

00:25:03.600 --> 00:25:04.380
 any question

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 or doubts

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 as to what

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 he is

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 doing.

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 Amen.