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 Jesus is in the temple teaching.

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 Matthew 22, 15 through to the end of the chapter.

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 Then the Pharisees went and plotted how to entangle him in his talk.

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 And they sent their disciples to him along with the Herodians saying,

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 Teacher, we know that you are true and teach the way of God truthfully.

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 And you do not care about anyone's opinion.

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 For you are not swayed by appearances.

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 Tell us then what you think.

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 Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar or not?

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 But Jesus, aware of their malice, said,

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 Why put me to the test, you hypocrites?

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 Show me the coin for the tax.

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 And they brought him a denarius.

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 And Jesus said to them,

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 Whose likeness and inscription is this?

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 They said, Caesar's.

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 Then he said to them,

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 Therefore render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's,

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 and to God the things that are God's.

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 When they heard it, they marveled,

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 and they left him and went away.

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 The same day, Sadducees came to him,

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 who say that there is no resurrection.

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 And they asked him a question, saying,

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 Teacher, Moses said,

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 If a man dies having no children,

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 his brother must marry the widow

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 and raise up children for his brother.

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 Now there were seven brothers among us.

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 The first married and died,

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 and having no children,

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 left his wife to his brother.

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 So too the second and the third down to the seventh.

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 After them all the woman died.

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 In the resurrection, therefore, of the seven,

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 whose wife will she be?

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 For they all had her.

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 But Jesus answered them,

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 You are wrong,

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 because you know neither the scriptures

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 nor the power of God.

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 For in the resurrection,

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 they neither marry nor are given in marriage,

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 but are like angels in heaven.

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 And as for the resurrection of the dead,

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 have you not read what is said to you by God?

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 I am the God of Abraham,

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 and the God of Isaac,

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 and the God of Jacob.

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 He is not God of the dead,

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 but of the living.

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 And when the crowds heard it,

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 they were astonished at his teaching.

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 But when the Pharisees heard

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 that he had silenced the Sadducees,

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 they gathered together.

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 And one of them, a lawyer,

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 asked him a question to test him.

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 Teacher, which is the great commandment,

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 in the law?

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 And he said to him,

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 You shall love the Lord your God

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 with all your heart,

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 and with all your soul,

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 and with all your mind.

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 This is the great and first commandment.

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 And a second is like it.

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 You shall love your neighbour as yourself.

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 On these two commandments

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 depends all the law and the prophets.

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 Now while the Pharisees were gathered together,

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 Jesus asked them a question.

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 saying,

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 What do you think about the Christ?

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 Whose son is he?

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 They said to him,

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 The son of David.

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 He said to them,

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 How is it then that David,

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 in the spirit,

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 calls him Lord?

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 Saying,

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 The Lord said to my Lord,

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 Sit at my right hand

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 until I put your enemies under your feet.

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 If then David calls him Lord,

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 how is he his son?

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 And no one was able to answer him a word,

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 nor from that day did anyone dare

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 to ask him any more questions.

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 Good morning,

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 dear church.

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 Welcome again to anyone visiting.

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 My name's Sam,

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 and we'll be spending some time

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 thinking about God's word

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 for the next half an hour or so.

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 And also welcome to anyone

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 who's returning after time away,

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 Jacob and Annabelle

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 and David and Alison.

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 Welcome back.

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 How about we pray now

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 and ask God for help.

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 Psalm 27.

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 The Lord is my light and salvation.

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 The Lord is the stronghold of my life.

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 Our Father,

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 we ask this morning

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 that we would not just come away

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 with more knowledge,

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 but come away having met your son

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 in these pages.

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 Now that's what we need

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 and that's what we ask in his name.

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 Amen.

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 A teacher of a Grace Kids class

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 asked their young kids,

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 what's brown furry

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 with a bushy tail

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 that makes good socks?

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 A child raises their hand and says,

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 I think the answer you want is Jesus.

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 But it sounds like a possum to me.

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 We half laugh and roll our eyes

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 because often it's the right answer.

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 The kids may not understand why,

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 but they picked up

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 that if you say Jesus,

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 you're really wrong.

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 But as we get older

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 and turn into primary school kids,

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 teenagers,

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 adults,

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 do we get past this answer?

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 Does this answer become too basic,

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 too simplistic,

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 too naive to deal with

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 all of our grown-up needs?

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 Our needs.

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 Most of us this morning

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 come with questions

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 we want answered,

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 our problems and needs

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 we'd like solved,

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 niggles that are defining

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 and disturbing us.

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 It might be work situations,

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 uncertain work,

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 not enough,

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 too much,

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 difficult relationships,

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 marital problems,

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 problems,

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 whether to get married,

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 when to get married,

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 raising kids,

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 feeling stagnant

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 and wanting to grow

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 as a Christian.

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 All good questions.

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 And taking a guess,

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 most of us think

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 that answers

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 to lots of these questions

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 can be found

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 in the Bible,

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 in the book

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 we're reading this morning.

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 So what questions

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 will we ask

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 of this book?

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 And is it possible

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 that we could miss

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 big,

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 life-giving answers

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 by starting

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 with lesser questions?

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 The most surprising thing

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 I've found

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 in thinking about

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 this passage

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 for the last few weeks

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 is the bad guys

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 get their answers

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 from the same place

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 we do.

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 So this morning

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 the question is

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 not where we

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 get our answers from,

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 that's a legit one,

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 but what question

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 to ask?

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 The bad guys

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 were students

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 of scripture

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 like us

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 this morning

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 but not asking

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 the best question.

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 They passed up

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 the invitation

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 to the feast,

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 failed,

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 even refused,

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 remained silent,

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 to ask the question

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 that would bring life.

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 What should we ask

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 of this book?

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 Up to the setting

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 in your bulletin,

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 verse 15,

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 have your Bibles open.

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 It's the Tuesday

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 before Good Friday

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 in the temple courts

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 of Jerusalem.

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 Jesus has just spoken

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 three parables

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 of the Jewish leaders.

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 in the first,

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 they are the son

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 who says one thing

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 and does another.

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 In the second,

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 tenants of a vineyard

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 who kill the owner's

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 servants

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 and eventually

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 the owner's son.

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 In the third,

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 those in the first

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 round of invites,

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 the privileged,

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 but who ignore

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 or kill the messenger.

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 And so verse 15

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 reads,

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 Then the Pharisees

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 went and plotted

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 how to entangle him

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 in his words.

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 The set of three questions

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 that follows

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 is not just

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 what happens next,

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 it is what the Jewish

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 leaders do

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 in response,

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 which is to trap

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 Jesus

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 or attempt

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 to trap Jesus

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 in his words.

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 Thinking back

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 a few years ago

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 to the 2022

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 federal election,

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 Scott Morrison

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 was asked

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 if he knew

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 the price of bread

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 and a rat test,

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 I think.

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 Not how to grow

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 the economy

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 or how to ensure

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 the country is defended,

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 but the price

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 of a loaf of bread.

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 And the question

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 wasn't neutral,

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 was it?

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 It didn't come

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 from an open-minded

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 journalist

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 humbly seeking

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 the best leader.

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 They'd already decided.

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 So the question

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 was a trap,

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 a gotcha.

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 Gotcha questions

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 miss the point

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 though,

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 don't they?

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 These three

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 gotcha questions

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 from Jewish teachers

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 missed something too.

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 What's missed

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 is the question

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 Jesus asks

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 at the very end.

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 So what should we

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 ask of this book?

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 Have you ever been

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 in the hot seat

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 recently

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 facing a loaded question?

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 Can you stay cool

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 and treat the person

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 with dignity

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 and still

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 get your point across?

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 This week

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 we've been

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 reminded

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 sadly

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 how the world

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 reacts to disagreement

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 on charged topics

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 and even

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 capital T truth.

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 Well,

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 unlike us

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 who flounder

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 and the world

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 that tears itself apart,

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 Jesus' answers

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 show perfect command,

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 direct

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 but never losing

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 his cool

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 sharper than glass

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 but not abrasive,

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 wisdom from

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 outside this world,

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 in his answers

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 giving much more

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 than is deserved

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 and never arguing

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 for the sake of a win

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 or his reputation

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 before others.

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 His answers

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 hit at the question

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 not asked,

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 his identity,

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 who he is.

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 so for us

00:11:25.659 --> 00:11:26.319
 this morning

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 I hope

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 we simply

00:11:27.379 --> 00:11:28.259
 can meet him

00:11:28.259 --> 00:11:29.220
 in these pages

00:11:29.220 --> 00:11:31.319
 and then you can decide

00:11:31.319 --> 00:11:32.139
 what you think of him.

00:11:33.139 --> 00:11:34.299
 Do you trust him?

00:11:36.199 --> 00:11:37.100
 Do you dare

00:11:37.100 --> 00:11:37.899
 to follow him?

00:11:38.759 --> 00:11:39.699
 And for those

00:11:39.699 --> 00:11:40.679
 who know him already,

00:11:41.679 --> 00:11:42.939
 can we trust him

00:11:42.939 --> 00:11:43.659
 and live for him

00:11:43.659 --> 00:11:44.580
 into another week?

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 So verse 16,

00:11:48.040 --> 00:11:48.940
 getting into the

00:11:48.940 --> 00:11:49.879
 passage now,

00:11:50.360 --> 00:11:51.020
 the first

00:11:51.020 --> 00:11:51.920
 gotcha attempt.

00:11:53.300 --> 00:11:54.180
 So verse 16,

00:11:54.259 --> 00:11:54.879
 the Pharisees

00:11:54.879 --> 00:11:55.400
 team up

00:11:55.400 --> 00:11:56.320
 with the Herodians,

00:11:57.060 --> 00:11:57.840
 Jewish supporters

00:11:57.840 --> 00:11:58.420
 of Herod,

00:11:58.940 --> 00:11:59.639
 usually not

00:11:59.639 --> 00:12:00.400
 the best friends

00:12:00.400 --> 00:12:02.420
 and the Pharisees

00:12:02.420 --> 00:12:03.240
 begin by sending

00:12:03.240 --> 00:12:04.120
 in their disciple

00:12:04.120 --> 00:12:05.500
 to do their

00:12:05.500 --> 00:12:06.100
 dirty work.

00:12:07.220 --> 00:12:08.020
 Skipping ahead

00:12:08.020 --> 00:12:09.180
 to verse 17,

00:12:09.520 --> 00:12:10.300
 the gotcha question,

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 it reads,

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 is it lawful

00:12:12.720 --> 00:12:13.600
 to pay taxes

00:12:13.600 --> 00:12:14.160
 to Caesar?

00:12:15.940 --> 00:12:16.720
 But at the time

00:12:16.720 --> 00:12:17.700
 in Judea,

00:12:17.860 --> 00:12:18.639
 every person,

00:12:18.920 --> 00:12:19.480
 Jew included,

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 paid a tax

00:12:20.759 --> 00:12:21.320
 to Caesar.

00:12:23.519 --> 00:12:24.600
 Paying tax

00:12:24.600 --> 00:12:25.879
 to a foreign ruler

00:12:25.879 --> 00:12:26.879
 in their own

00:12:26.879 --> 00:12:27.420
 backyard

00:12:27.420 --> 00:12:28.420
 was a sore point.

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 Was it lawful

00:12:31.139 --> 00:12:31.399
 meant

00:12:31.399 --> 00:12:32.879
 what do the

00:12:32.879 --> 00:12:33.879
 scriptures say?

00:12:34.580 --> 00:12:35.360
 What does God

00:12:35.360 --> 00:12:35.860
 expect?

00:12:37.379 --> 00:12:38.080
 Can we be

00:12:38.080 --> 00:12:38.920
 loyal servants

00:12:38.920 --> 00:12:39.420
 to God

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 and pay taxes?

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 In many ways,

00:12:42.720 --> 00:12:43.639
 and in other

00:12:43.639 --> 00:12:44.480
 circumstances,

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 it was a genuine

00:12:45.620 --> 00:12:46.100
 dilemma

00:12:46.100 --> 00:12:47.420
 for the Jew.

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 Yet,

00:12:49.399 --> 00:12:50.399
 beneath the surface

00:12:50.399 --> 00:12:51.860
 was a trap

00:12:51.860 --> 00:12:53.000
 designed to expose

00:12:53.000 --> 00:12:54.100
 Jesus as either

00:12:54.100 --> 00:12:54.580
 a traitor

00:12:54.580 --> 00:12:55.920
 or a rebel.

00:12:57.180 --> 00:12:58.100
 Verse 18

00:12:58.100 --> 00:12:59.279
 shows their intent

00:12:59.279 --> 00:13:00.399
 was malicious,

00:13:01.700 --> 00:13:02.019
 deadly.

00:13:03.860 --> 00:13:04.420
 Anyway,

00:13:04.639 --> 00:13:05.580
 Jesus evades

00:13:05.580 --> 00:13:06.060
 the trap

00:13:06.060 --> 00:13:07.100
 and answers

00:13:07.100 --> 00:13:07.620
 the dilemma.

00:13:09.040 --> 00:13:09.940
 In verse 18,

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 Jesus says,

00:13:11.639 --> 00:13:12.460
 you hypocrites,

00:13:13.059 --> 00:13:13.779
 why put me

00:13:13.779 --> 00:13:14.439
 to the test?

00:13:16.240 --> 00:13:17.120
 Show me the

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 coin for the

00:13:18.080 --> 00:13:18.419
 tax.

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 And just like

00:13:20.179 --> 00:13:20.439
 that,

00:13:20.939 --> 00:13:21.779
 they brought him

00:13:21.779 --> 00:13:22.759
 a denarius.

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 It seems

00:13:25.759 --> 00:13:26.879
 finding a

00:13:26.879 --> 00:13:27.360
 denarius

00:13:27.360 --> 00:13:28.399
 in the temple

00:13:28.399 --> 00:13:29.740
 is easy.

00:13:31.159 --> 00:13:31.720
 Remember,

00:13:31.879 --> 00:13:32.059
 too,

00:13:32.819 --> 00:13:33.919
 the day before,

00:13:34.059 --> 00:13:34.620
 Jesus has

00:13:34.620 --> 00:13:35.340
 already found

00:13:35.340 --> 00:13:35.879
 the temple

00:13:35.879 --> 00:13:36.659
 overrun

00:13:36.659 --> 00:13:37.839
 with Marcus.

00:13:38.939 --> 00:13:39.939
 The question

00:13:39.939 --> 00:13:41.019
 has a

00:13:41.019 --> 00:13:41.559
 veneer

00:13:41.559 --> 00:13:42.299
 of integrity,

00:13:43.059 --> 00:13:43.339
 but it

00:13:43.339 --> 00:13:43.740
 seems

00:13:43.740 --> 00:13:45.000
 behind the

00:13:45.000 --> 00:13:45.279
 scenes,

00:13:45.399 --> 00:13:45.759
 the Jewish

00:13:45.759 --> 00:13:46.439
 leaders have

00:13:46.439 --> 00:13:47.019
 no problem

00:13:47.019 --> 00:13:47.519
 with the

00:13:47.519 --> 00:13:48.259
 temple using

00:13:48.259 --> 00:13:49.399
 and even

00:13:49.399 --> 00:13:49.959
 benefiting

00:13:49.959 --> 00:13:51.059
 from Roman

00:13:51.059 --> 00:13:51.459
 coin.

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 So,

00:13:53.259 --> 00:13:53.519
 Jesus'

00:13:53.699 --> 00:13:54.459
 answer in

00:13:54.459 --> 00:13:55.199
 verse 21,

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 render to

00:13:56.659 --> 00:13:57.539
 Caesar the

00:13:57.539 --> 00:13:58.259
 things that are

00:13:58.259 --> 00:13:59.639
 Caesar's and

00:13:59.639 --> 00:14:00.120
 to God the

00:14:00.120 --> 00:14:00.600
 things that are

00:14:00.600 --> 00:14:01.039
 God's.

00:14:01.539 --> 00:14:01.879
 Meaning,

00:14:02.039 --> 00:14:02.819
 if you use

00:14:02.819 --> 00:14:03.480
 and benefit

00:14:03.480 --> 00:14:04.620
 from Rome's

00:14:04.620 --> 00:14:05.060
 currency,

00:14:05.560 --> 00:14:06.120
 pay for it.

00:14:09.360 --> 00:14:09.960
 We

00:14:09.960 --> 00:14:11.539
 probably don't

00:14:11.539 --> 00:14:12.259
 feel the full

00:14:12.259 --> 00:14:13.139
 weight of this

00:14:13.139 --> 00:14:13.560
 answer,

00:14:14.159 --> 00:14:14.960
 and that's

00:14:14.960 --> 00:14:15.440
 because we

00:14:15.440 --> 00:14:16.220
 don't feel the

00:14:16.220 --> 00:14:17.039
 split loyalty

00:14:17.039 --> 00:14:17.980
 between God

00:14:17.980 --> 00:14:18.620
 and government

00:14:18.620 --> 00:14:19.700
 that was felt

00:14:19.700 --> 00:14:21.180
 by our

00:14:21.180 --> 00:14:21.519
 Jews.

00:14:23.000 --> 00:14:23.899
 There are

00:14:23.899 --> 00:14:24.440
 exceptions

00:14:24.440 --> 00:14:26.200
 for us

00:14:26.200 --> 00:14:27.600
 where governments

00:14:27.600 --> 00:14:28.279
 play God,

00:14:29.060 --> 00:14:29.560
 deciding,

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 for example,

00:14:30.320 --> 00:14:30.820
 when life

00:14:30.820 --> 00:14:31.379
 begins and

00:14:31.379 --> 00:14:31.659
 ends,

00:14:32.139 --> 00:14:32.800
 but by and

00:14:32.800 --> 00:14:33.100
 large,

00:14:33.100 --> 00:14:33.360
 our

00:14:33.360 --> 00:14:33.899
 experience

00:14:33.899 --> 00:14:35.240
 is that

00:14:35.240 --> 00:14:35.639
 government

00:14:35.639 --> 00:14:36.159
 is not

00:14:36.159 --> 00:14:36.500
 God.

00:14:37.100 --> 00:14:37.700
 It's a

00:14:37.700 --> 00:14:38.259
 servant of

00:14:38.259 --> 00:14:38.519
 God.

00:14:40.100 --> 00:14:40.920
 But this

00:14:40.920 --> 00:14:41.960
 separation is

00:14:41.960 --> 00:14:42.700
 a historical

00:14:42.700 --> 00:14:43.519
 abnormality.

00:14:45.399 --> 00:14:46.300
 The Jews

00:14:46.300 --> 00:14:47.000
 had kings

00:14:47.000 --> 00:14:47.680
 and a ruling

00:14:47.680 --> 00:14:48.200
 class who

00:14:48.200 --> 00:14:48.580
 were supposed

00:14:48.580 --> 00:14:49.019
 to lead

00:14:49.019 --> 00:14:49.440
 the people

00:14:49.440 --> 00:14:49.980
 in religion.

00:14:50.759 --> 00:14:51.320
 Rome had

00:14:51.320 --> 00:14:52.040
 Caesars who

00:14:52.040 --> 00:14:52.600
 called themselves

00:14:52.600 --> 00:14:53.000
 gods.

00:14:54.500 --> 00:14:55.000
 What we

00:14:55.000 --> 00:14:55.600
 take as

00:14:55.600 --> 00:14:56.300
 normal today

00:14:56.300 --> 00:14:56.820
 isn't

00:14:56.820 --> 00:14:57.220
 normal.

00:14:59.580 --> 00:15:00.440
 An elder

00:15:00.440 --> 00:15:01.759
 put me on

00:15:01.759 --> 00:15:02.180
 to Jordan

00:15:02.179 --> 00:15:02.599
 Peterson

00:15:02.599 --> 00:15:03.259
 commenting

00:15:03.259 --> 00:15:03.839
 on Jesus'

00:15:04.019 --> 00:15:04.319
 answer,

00:15:05.179 --> 00:15:05.719
 in which

00:15:05.719 --> 00:15:06.239
 he says

00:15:06.239 --> 00:15:06.519
 it's

00:15:06.519 --> 00:15:06.959
 miraculous.

00:15:08.219 --> 00:15:08.659
 Himself,

00:15:09.219 --> 00:15:09.639
 not a

00:15:09.639 --> 00:15:10.339
 believer in

00:15:10.339 --> 00:15:10.819
 miracles,

00:15:11.219 --> 00:15:12.479
 because he

00:15:12.479 --> 00:15:13.399
 sees wisdom

00:15:13.399 --> 00:15:14.059
 in Jesus'

00:15:14.059 --> 00:15:15.699
 answer that's

00:15:15.699 --> 00:15:17.059
 historically out

00:15:17.059 --> 00:15:17.839
 of this world.

00:15:18.879 --> 00:15:19.739
 Who is this

00:15:19.739 --> 00:15:20.139
 person?

00:15:20.139 --> 00:15:26.980
 under the

00:15:26.980 --> 00:15:27.279
 surface,

00:15:27.419 --> 00:15:27.980
 there's also

00:15:27.980 --> 00:15:29.319
 a deeper

00:15:29.319 --> 00:15:29.779
 biblical

00:15:29.779 --> 00:15:30.519
 reason for

00:15:30.519 --> 00:15:30.779
 Jesus'

00:15:30.939 --> 00:15:31.220
 answer.

00:15:34.500 --> 00:15:35.059
 Remember

00:15:35.059 --> 00:15:36.419
 Genesis 12,

00:15:36.899 --> 00:15:38.159
 God establishes

00:15:38.159 --> 00:15:39.019
 a nation and

00:15:39.019 --> 00:15:39.679
 later a kingdom

00:15:39.679 --> 00:15:40.620
 from Abraham's

00:15:40.620 --> 00:15:41.039
 descendants.

00:15:42.779 --> 00:15:43.539
 The whole

00:15:43.539 --> 00:15:44.399
 reason for this

00:15:44.399 --> 00:15:44.779
 nation,

00:15:44.919 --> 00:15:45.039
 though,

00:15:45.100 --> 00:15:45.639
 was to give

00:15:45.639 --> 00:15:46.240
 birth to the

00:15:46.240 --> 00:15:46.679
 Christ.

00:15:46.679 --> 00:15:46.759
 Christ.

00:15:47.359 --> 00:15:48.319
 The Christ

00:15:48.319 --> 00:15:48.879
 had come,

00:15:49.519 --> 00:15:49.819
 and so there

00:15:49.819 --> 00:15:50.639
 was no need

00:15:50.639 --> 00:15:52.139
 to shore up

00:15:52.139 --> 00:15:52.579
 Judea,

00:15:52.719 --> 00:15:53.539
 to return to

00:15:53.539 --> 00:15:54.399
 the days of

00:15:54.399 --> 00:15:55.699
 David's kingdom.

00:15:58.000 --> 00:15:58.819
 There's probably

00:15:58.819 --> 00:15:59.620
 much more we

00:15:59.620 --> 00:16:00.939
 could say about

00:16:00.939 --> 00:16:01.699
 this question,

00:16:01.919 --> 00:16:02.479
 but we'll move

00:16:02.479 --> 00:16:02.939
 on to the

00:16:02.939 --> 00:16:04.120
 second gotcha

00:16:04.120 --> 00:16:05.579
 attempt from

00:16:05.579 --> 00:16:06.339
 verse 23.

00:16:06.519 --> 00:16:06.779
 Gotcha

00:16:06.779 --> 00:16:07.339
 attempt 2.

00:16:08.859 --> 00:16:09.739
 Verse 23,

00:16:10.079 --> 00:16:10.599
 that same

00:16:10.599 --> 00:16:10.879
 day.

00:16:11.959 --> 00:16:12.479
 This time,

00:16:12.559 --> 00:16:12.899
 it's the

00:16:12.899 --> 00:16:13.379
 Sadducees'

00:16:13.379 --> 00:16:13.699
 turn,

00:16:14.359 --> 00:16:15.019
 who denied

00:16:15.019 --> 00:16:15.620
 the resurrection.

00:16:16.679 --> 00:16:17.779
 And to

00:16:17.779 --> 00:16:18.339
 understand

00:16:18.339 --> 00:16:18.899
 their question,

00:16:19.120 --> 00:16:19.659
 we do need

00:16:19.659 --> 00:16:20.319
 to take in

00:16:20.319 --> 00:16:21.339
 verse 24.

00:16:22.919 --> 00:16:23.159
 In the

00:16:23.159 --> 00:16:23.839
 Mosaic law,

00:16:24.659 --> 00:16:25.339
 there was a

00:16:25.339 --> 00:16:26.039
 provision for

00:16:26.039 --> 00:16:26.759
 when a man

00:16:26.759 --> 00:16:27.179
 died,

00:16:27.699 --> 00:16:28.359
 leaving no

00:16:28.359 --> 00:16:28.719
 children.

00:16:30.079 --> 00:16:30.379
 It was

00:16:30.379 --> 00:16:31.159
 possible for

00:16:31.159 --> 00:16:31.539
 the dead

00:16:31.539 --> 00:16:32.139
 man's

00:16:32.139 --> 00:16:33.039
 brother,

00:16:33.279 --> 00:16:33.739
 presumably

00:16:33.739 --> 00:16:34.479
 unmarried,

00:16:35.159 --> 00:16:35.679
 to marry

00:16:35.679 --> 00:16:36.219
 the widow,

00:16:36.919 --> 00:16:37.519
 have kids,

00:16:37.879 --> 00:16:38.539
 and carry on

00:16:38.539 --> 00:16:38.939
 the family

00:16:38.939 --> 00:16:39.319
 name.

00:16:40.879 --> 00:16:41.659
 Strange to

00:16:41.659 --> 00:16:43.019
 us, but I

00:16:43.019 --> 00:16:43.579
 think it was

00:16:43.579 --> 00:16:44.519
 sort of a

00:16:44.519 --> 00:16:45.199
 kind provision

00:16:45.199 --> 00:16:45.979
 in those

00:16:45.979 --> 00:16:46.599
 days, given

00:16:46.600 --> 00:16:47.220
 the importance

00:16:47.220 --> 00:16:47.800
 of

00:16:47.800 --> 00:16:48.240
 offspring.

00:16:49.399 --> 00:16:50.120
 The gotcha

00:16:50.120 --> 00:16:50.519
 question,

00:16:50.639 --> 00:16:50.800
 though,

00:16:51.519 --> 00:16:52.379
 verse 24

00:16:52.379 --> 00:16:52.940
 to 28,

00:16:53.019 --> 00:16:53.440
 let's read

00:16:53.440 --> 00:16:53.659
 it.

00:16:57.040 --> 00:16:57.600
 Teacher,

00:16:58.019 --> 00:16:58.779
 Moses said,

00:16:59.320 --> 00:17:01.019
 if a man

00:17:01.019 --> 00:17:01.740
 dies having

00:17:01.740 --> 00:17:02.340
 no children,

00:17:02.899 --> 00:17:03.360
 his brother

00:17:03.360 --> 00:17:03.940
 must marry

00:17:03.940 --> 00:17:04.319
 the widow

00:17:04.319 --> 00:17:05.039
 and raise

00:17:05.039 --> 00:17:05.599
 up offspring

00:17:05.599 --> 00:17:06.059
 for his

00:17:06.059 --> 00:17:06.299
 brother.

00:17:07.680 --> 00:17:08.240
 Now,

00:17:08.440 --> 00:17:08.860
 there were

00:17:08.860 --> 00:17:09.599
 seven brothers

00:17:09.599 --> 00:17:10.240
 among us,

00:17:10.480 --> 00:17:10.920
 the first

00:17:10.920 --> 00:17:11.400
 married and

00:17:11.400 --> 00:17:11.720
 died,

00:17:12.259 --> 00:17:13.180
 and having

00:17:13.180 --> 00:17:13.839
 no offspring,

00:17:14.200 --> 00:17:14.599
 left his

00:17:14.599 --> 00:17:15.140
 wife to

00:17:15.140 --> 00:17:15.559
 his brother.

00:17:15.559 --> 00:17:15.599
 father,

00:17:16.480 --> 00:17:17.059
 so too

00:17:17.059 --> 00:17:17.679
 the second

00:17:17.679 --> 00:17:18.740
 and third

00:17:18.740 --> 00:17:19.500
 down to

00:17:19.500 --> 00:17:20.039
 the seventh.

00:17:21.179 --> 00:17:21.759
 After them

00:17:21.759 --> 00:17:22.079
 all, the

00:17:22.079 --> 00:17:22.679
 woman died.

00:17:23.679 --> 00:17:24.079
 In the

00:17:24.079 --> 00:17:24.519
 resurrection,

00:17:24.819 --> 00:17:25.079
 therefore,

00:17:25.299 --> 00:17:25.819
 of the

00:17:25.819 --> 00:17:26.099
 seven,

00:17:26.220 --> 00:17:26.839
 whose wife

00:17:26.839 --> 00:17:27.339
 shall she

00:17:27.339 --> 00:17:27.639
 be?

00:17:30.339 --> 00:17:31.119
 So which

00:17:31.119 --> 00:17:31.579
 will it be,

00:17:31.639 --> 00:17:31.919
 Jesus?

00:17:32.799 --> 00:17:33.899
 Seven potential

00:17:33.899 --> 00:17:34.700
 husbands in

00:17:34.700 --> 00:17:34.919
 heaven,

00:17:35.519 --> 00:17:36.319
 and all of

00:17:36.319 --> 00:17:36.759
 them brothers?

00:17:38.839 --> 00:17:39.659
 Or some

00:17:39.659 --> 00:17:40.279
 other way to

00:17:40.279 --> 00:17:41.000
 decide which

00:17:41.000 --> 00:17:42.059
 one is the

00:17:42.059 --> 00:17:42.379
 husband?

00:17:42.380 --> 00:17:42.480
 man,

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 or perhaps

00:17:43.600 --> 00:17:44.220
 this dilemma

00:17:44.220 --> 00:17:44.920
 shows that

00:17:44.920 --> 00:17:45.600
 this

00:17:45.600 --> 00:17:46.280
 resurrection,

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 life after

00:17:47.540 --> 00:17:48.060
 death thing

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 isn't a

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 thing at

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 all.

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 Which one,

00:17:52.220 --> 00:17:52.460
 Jesus?

00:17:53.140 --> 00:17:53.520
 Got you

00:17:53.520 --> 00:17:53.820
 there.

00:17:58.260 --> 00:17:58.940
 It's a

00:17:58.940 --> 00:17:59.920
 highly improbable

00:17:59.920 --> 00:18:00.540
 situation,

00:18:00.680 --> 00:18:01.020
 isn't it?

00:18:01.940 --> 00:18:02.680
 I think

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 they're quite

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 proud of the

00:18:03.840 --> 00:18:04.520
 way they've

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 structured their

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 question.

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 But it all

00:18:07.980 --> 00:18:08.500
 shows the

00:18:08.500 --> 00:18:09.260
 intent to

00:18:09.260 --> 00:18:09.880
 trip Jesus

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 up.

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 And Jesus

00:18:11.500 --> 00:18:12.140
 shows there

00:18:12.140 --> 00:18:12.440
 are two

00:18:12.440 --> 00:18:12.920
 problems.

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 Verse 29,

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 they don't

00:18:16.240 --> 00:18:16.740
 know the

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 scriptures,

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 nor God's

00:18:18.360 --> 00:18:18.660
 power.

00:18:20.740 --> 00:18:21.640
 They don't

00:18:21.640 --> 00:18:21.980
 know the

00:18:21.980 --> 00:18:22.380
 power of

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 God,

00:18:23.300 --> 00:18:23.840
 because

00:18:23.840 --> 00:18:25.380
 verse 30,

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 in the

00:18:27.240 --> 00:18:27.720
 resurrection,

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 that is,

00:18:29.140 --> 00:18:29.820
 in the new

00:18:29.820 --> 00:18:30.680
 state of

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 existence,

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 a resurrection

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 brings,

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 is a

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 complete

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 upgrade.

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 And in

00:18:37.700 --> 00:18:38.460
 this upgrade,

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 Jesus says

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 there will

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 be no

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 office of

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 births,

00:18:42.440 --> 00:18:42.839
 deaths,

00:18:42.960 --> 00:18:43.619
 or marriages.

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 No

00:18:46.220 --> 00:18:46.700
 marriage,

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 because there

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 will be no

00:18:48.079 --> 00:18:48.779
 births,

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 and no

00:18:49.879 --> 00:18:50.460
 births,

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 because there

00:18:51.059 --> 00:18:51.500
 will be no

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 death.

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 The Sadducees

00:18:54.299 --> 00:18:55.279
 don't appreciate

00:18:55.279 --> 00:18:56.000
 the power of

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 God.

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 As an

00:19:00.799 --> 00:19:01.619
 aside to

00:19:01.619 --> 00:19:02.099
 the married

00:19:02.099 --> 00:19:03.319
 among us,

00:19:04.299 --> 00:19:04.940
 Jesus does

00:19:04.940 --> 00:19:05.519
 not say

00:19:05.519 --> 00:19:06.279
 relationship

00:19:06.279 --> 00:19:06.819
 will end.

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 Paul

00:19:09.839 --> 00:19:11.299
 rejoices,

00:19:11.500 --> 00:19:11.659
 the

00:19:11.659 --> 00:19:12.279
 apostle Paul

00:19:12.279 --> 00:19:13.159
 rejoices over

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 the thought

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 that he

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 will stand

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 shoulder to

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 shoulder in

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 heaven with

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 those he

00:19:17.220 --> 00:19:17.659
 has toiled

00:19:17.659 --> 00:19:18.000
 over,

00:19:18.539 --> 00:19:19.639
 spent countless

00:19:19.639 --> 00:19:20.619
 hours pouring

00:19:20.619 --> 00:19:22.759
 hours into

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 in this life.

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 Why not to a

00:19:25.939 --> 00:19:26.799
 similar joy for

00:19:26.799 --> 00:19:27.639
 spouses who have

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 helped each

00:19:28.079 --> 00:19:28.980
 other get

00:19:28.980 --> 00:19:29.240
 there?

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 The second

00:19:33.279 --> 00:19:34.160
 problem in

00:19:34.160 --> 00:19:34.680
 their question

00:19:34.680 --> 00:19:35.259
 is they

00:19:35.259 --> 00:19:35.779
 don't know

00:19:35.779 --> 00:19:36.259
 the scriptures.

00:19:36.700 --> 00:19:37.359
 Verse 32.

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 Let's read it

00:19:39.500 --> 00:19:39.779
 again.

00:19:41.000 --> 00:19:41.599
 Verse 32.

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 I am the

00:19:43.319 --> 00:19:44.120
 God of

00:19:44.120 --> 00:19:45.799
 Abraham and

00:19:45.799 --> 00:19:46.700
 the God of

00:19:46.700 --> 00:19:47.599
 Isaac and

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 the God of

00:19:48.140 --> 00:19:48.460
 Jacob.

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 He is not

00:19:50.500 --> 00:19:50.980
 the God of

00:19:50.980 --> 00:19:51.380
 the dead,

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 but of the

00:19:52.640 --> 00:19:52.859
 living.

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 I suspect

00:19:57.199 --> 00:19:59.119
 without Jesus'

00:19:59.319 --> 00:19:59.919
 interpretation,

00:20:00.240 --> 00:20:02.059
 we may read

00:20:02.059 --> 00:20:03.299
 this verse

00:20:03.299 --> 00:20:04.439
 quite a few

00:20:04.439 --> 00:20:05.079
 times and not

00:20:05.079 --> 00:20:05.479
 reach the

00:20:05.479 --> 00:20:06.299
 conclusion Jesus

00:20:06.299 --> 00:20:06.699
 does.

00:20:11.500 --> 00:20:12.519
 Jesus shows

00:20:12.519 --> 00:20:12.719
 us,

00:20:12.799 --> 00:20:12.939
 though,

00:20:13.759 --> 00:20:14.559
 that Abraham,

00:20:15.119 --> 00:20:15.839
 Isaac and

00:20:15.839 --> 00:20:16.639
 Jacob's earthly

00:20:16.639 --> 00:20:17.859
 life may have

00:20:17.859 --> 00:20:18.459
 finished many

00:20:18.459 --> 00:20:19.079
 years ago,

00:20:19.719 --> 00:20:20.859
 but God's

00:20:20.859 --> 00:20:21.979
 relationship with

00:20:21.980 --> 00:20:23.160
 them holds

00:20:23.160 --> 00:20:23.519
 good.

00:20:24.500 --> 00:20:25.200
 I am,

00:20:26.000 --> 00:20:27.400
 not I

00:20:27.400 --> 00:20:27.819
 was.

00:20:29.019 --> 00:20:31.079
 I am the

00:20:31.079 --> 00:20:31.720
 God of

00:20:31.720 --> 00:20:32.240
 Abraham.

00:20:33.500 --> 00:20:34.380
 One of the

00:20:34.380 --> 00:20:35.059
 elders pointed

00:20:35.059 --> 00:20:35.640
 out to me

00:20:35.640 --> 00:20:36.140
 another

00:20:36.140 --> 00:20:37.099
 significant word

00:20:37.099 --> 00:20:37.700
 and that's

00:20:37.700 --> 00:20:38.039
 of.

00:20:39.740 --> 00:20:40.880
 He is the

00:20:40.880 --> 00:20:41.799
 God of

00:20:41.799 --> 00:20:42.700
 Abraham.

00:20:43.839 --> 00:20:44.240
 Abraham

00:20:44.240 --> 00:20:45.420
 still is

00:20:45.420 --> 00:20:46.120
 God's,

00:20:46.500 --> 00:20:47.000
 even though

00:20:47.000 --> 00:20:47.660
 his earthly

00:20:47.660 --> 00:20:48.279
 life is

00:20:48.279 --> 00:20:48.680
 finished.

00:20:49.940 --> 00:20:51.059
 He belongs

00:20:51.059 --> 00:20:51.759
 to God.

00:20:51.980 --> 00:20:53.019
 And this

00:20:53.019 --> 00:20:54.079
 God plays

00:20:54.079 --> 00:20:54.680
 for keeps.

00:20:57.380 --> 00:20:58.180
 The

00:20:58.180 --> 00:20:58.720
 relationship

00:20:58.720 --> 00:20:59.740
 we have

00:20:59.740 --> 00:21:00.240
 with God

00:21:00.240 --> 00:21:01.240
 will last

00:21:01.240 --> 00:21:02.440
 as long

00:21:02.440 --> 00:21:02.960
 as he

00:21:02.960 --> 00:21:03.299
 does.

00:21:03.940 --> 00:21:04.220
 Death

00:21:04.220 --> 00:21:04.900
 is no

00:21:04.900 --> 00:21:05.539
 full stop.

00:21:08.700 --> 00:21:09.500
 Such

00:21:09.500 --> 00:21:10.480
 clarity

00:21:10.480 --> 00:21:11.200
 in so

00:21:11.200 --> 00:21:12.140
 few words.

00:21:12.339 --> 00:21:12.599
 I think

00:21:12.599 --> 00:21:13.120
 that's another

00:21:13.120 --> 00:21:14.259
 surprising thing

00:21:14.259 --> 00:21:14.700
 is that

00:21:14.700 --> 00:21:17.019
 Jesus really

00:21:17.019 --> 00:21:17.880
 uses very

00:21:17.880 --> 00:21:18.680
 few words

00:21:18.680 --> 00:21:20.779
 words to

00:21:20.779 --> 00:21:21.360
 get his

00:21:21.360 --> 00:21:22.519
 point across.

00:21:24.400 --> 00:21:25.160
 So few

00:21:25.160 --> 00:21:25.640
 words that

00:21:25.640 --> 00:21:26.019
 we can

00:21:26.019 --> 00:21:26.759
 only aspire

00:21:26.759 --> 00:21:27.060
 to.

00:21:28.440 --> 00:21:29.120
 And what

00:21:29.120 --> 00:21:29.640
 about the

00:21:29.640 --> 00:21:30.320
 grace and

00:21:30.320 --> 00:21:31.360
 goodness of

00:21:31.360 --> 00:21:32.000
 his answers,

00:21:33.120 --> 00:21:33.820
 giving far

00:21:33.820 --> 00:21:34.380
 more than

00:21:34.380 --> 00:21:35.140
 these hostile

00:21:35.140 --> 00:21:35.720
 questions

00:21:35.720 --> 00:21:36.320
 deserve?

00:21:36.319 --> 00:21:39.839
 God

00:21:39.839 --> 00:21:40.279
 your attempt

00:21:40.279 --> 00:21:40.639
 three.

00:21:43.899 --> 00:21:44.419
 In

00:21:44.419 --> 00:21:44.779
 verse

00:21:44.779 --> 00:21:45.559
 33,

00:21:45.679 --> 00:21:45.799
 the

00:21:45.799 --> 00:21:46.159
 crowd's

00:21:46.159 --> 00:21:46.720
 astonished,

00:21:47.059 --> 00:21:47.379
 and we

00:21:47.379 --> 00:21:47.939
 learn in

00:21:47.939 --> 00:21:48.819
 verse 34,

00:21:49.319 --> 00:21:49.599
 Jesus'

00:21:49.819 --> 00:21:50.379
 answer had

00:21:50.379 --> 00:21:51.159
 silenced the

00:21:51.159 --> 00:21:51.779
 Sadducees.

00:21:52.480 --> 00:21:53.119
 So word

00:21:53.119 --> 00:21:53.759
 gets back to

00:21:53.759 --> 00:21:54.519
 the Pharisees,

00:21:54.980 --> 00:21:55.559
 they gather

00:21:55.559 --> 00:21:56.579
 and send

00:21:56.579 --> 00:21:57.439
 in an

00:21:57.439 --> 00:21:58.119
 expert in

00:21:58.119 --> 00:21:58.460
 the law

00:21:58.460 --> 00:21:59.059
 for one

00:21:59.059 --> 00:21:59.859
 last

00:21:59.859 --> 00:22:00.619
 go.

00:22:01.980 --> 00:22:02.619
 Verse

00:22:02.619 --> 00:22:03.679
 36 reads,

00:22:04.779 --> 00:22:05.079
 Teacher,

00:22:05.619 --> 00:22:06.279
 which is

00:22:06.279 --> 00:22:06.739
 the greatest

00:22:06.739 --> 00:22:07.379
 commandment

00:22:07.379 --> 00:22:07.719
 in the

00:22:07.719 --> 00:22:07.959
 law?

00:22:09.899 --> 00:22:10.399
 Perhaps

00:22:10.399 --> 00:22:11.239
 the tests

00:22:11.239 --> 00:22:12.179
 lay in

00:22:12.179 --> 00:22:13.159
 choosing one

00:22:13.159 --> 00:22:13.879
 commandment

00:22:13.879 --> 00:22:15.559
 and downplaying

00:22:15.559 --> 00:22:15.939
 others,

00:22:16.059 --> 00:22:16.579
 leaving a

00:22:16.579 --> 00:22:17.119
 soft spot

00:22:17.119 --> 00:22:18.119
 exposed to

00:22:18.119 --> 00:22:18.519
 attack.

00:22:20.199 --> 00:22:21.439
 Jesus answers

00:22:21.439 --> 00:22:22.039
 from verse

00:22:22.039 --> 00:22:22.639
 37,

00:22:23.739 --> 00:22:24.039
 and he

00:22:24.039 --> 00:22:24.919
 said to

00:22:24.919 --> 00:22:25.199
 him,

00:22:25.859 --> 00:22:26.279
 You shall

00:22:26.279 --> 00:22:27.339
 love the

00:22:27.339 --> 00:22:27.899
 Lord your

00:22:27.899 --> 00:22:28.479
 God with

00:22:28.479 --> 00:22:29.679
 all your

00:22:29.679 --> 00:22:30.579
 heart and

00:22:30.579 --> 00:22:32.039
 all your

00:22:32.039 --> 00:22:32.539
 soul,

00:22:32.619 --> 00:22:33.000
 and with

00:22:33.000 --> 00:22:34.519
 all your

00:22:34.519 --> 00:22:34.979
 mind.

00:22:38.579 --> 00:22:39.239
 Isn't

00:22:39.239 --> 00:22:39.819
 that the

00:22:39.819 --> 00:22:40.919
 case for

00:22:40.919 --> 00:22:41.439
 us too?

00:22:45.619 --> 00:22:46.479
 Things are

00:22:46.479 --> 00:22:47.219
 rarely at

00:22:47.219 --> 00:22:48.000
 peace in

00:22:48.000 --> 00:22:48.500
 our own

00:22:48.500 --> 00:22:49.199
 relationships

00:22:49.199 --> 00:22:50.299
 if we have

00:22:50.299 --> 00:22:51.119
 not grasped

00:22:51.119 --> 00:22:53.119
 how worthy

00:22:53.119 --> 00:22:53.939
 God is of

00:22:53.939 --> 00:22:54.559
 our love and

00:22:54.559 --> 00:22:55.439
 devotion simply

00:22:55.439 --> 00:22:56.299
 for who he

00:22:56.299 --> 00:22:56.659
 is.

00:22:59.519 --> 00:23:00.559
 In a book,

00:23:01.139 --> 00:23:01.839
 Marriage Matters,

00:23:01.899 --> 00:23:02.379
 Beth and I

00:23:02.380 --> 00:23:02.800
 have dipped

00:23:02.800 --> 00:23:03.480
 into and

00:23:03.480 --> 00:23:04.020
 previously

00:23:04.020 --> 00:23:04.540
 with our

00:23:04.540 --> 00:23:05.060
 small group

00:23:05.060 --> 00:23:05.560
 many years

00:23:05.560 --> 00:23:07.100
 ago, the

00:23:07.100 --> 00:23:07.880
 author says

00:23:07.880 --> 00:23:08.720
 marriage

00:23:08.720 --> 00:23:09.480
 problems or

00:23:09.480 --> 00:23:10.600
 any relationship

00:23:10.600 --> 00:23:11.400
 problem is

00:23:11.400 --> 00:23:12.500
 firstly a

00:23:12.500 --> 00:23:13.060
 God problem.

00:23:14.220 --> 00:23:15.060
 He recalls a

00:23:15.060 --> 00:23:15.960
 time when he

00:23:15.960 --> 00:23:16.920
 lashed out at

00:23:16.920 --> 00:23:17.380
 his wife

00:23:17.380 --> 00:23:17.900
 verbally,

00:23:18.740 --> 00:23:19.460
 because,

00:23:20.460 --> 00:23:21.040
 this is the

00:23:21.040 --> 00:23:21.300
 author,

00:23:21.800 --> 00:23:22.900
 because she

00:23:22.900 --> 00:23:23.540
 was late to

00:23:23.540 --> 00:23:24.020
 pick up the

00:23:24.020 --> 00:23:24.320
 kids,

00:23:25.220 --> 00:23:25.700
 because she

00:23:25.700 --> 00:23:26.180
 was out with

00:23:26.180 --> 00:23:26.860
 friends and

00:23:26.860 --> 00:23:27.300
 so there was

00:23:27.299 --> 00:23:27.879
 some sort

00:23:27.879 --> 00:23:28.940
 of miscommunication.

00:23:30.099 --> 00:23:31.259
 This then

00:23:31.259 --> 00:23:31.960
 limited his

00:23:31.960 --> 00:23:32.740
 Bible study

00:23:32.740 --> 00:23:33.379
 prep time,

00:23:33.899 --> 00:23:35.119
 and so he

00:23:35.119 --> 00:23:35.779
 became angry,

00:23:36.279 --> 00:23:36.839
 and he

00:23:36.839 --> 00:23:37.599
 reflects on the

00:23:37.599 --> 00:23:38.220
 incident and

00:23:38.220 --> 00:23:38.460
 says,

00:23:38.559 --> 00:23:38.899
 what I was

00:23:38.899 --> 00:23:39.599
 really loving

00:23:39.599 --> 00:23:40.579
 in that time

00:23:40.579 --> 00:23:41.720
 was the

00:23:41.720 --> 00:23:42.359
 approval of

00:23:42.359 --> 00:23:42.879
 my Bible

00:23:42.879 --> 00:23:43.500
 study group.

00:23:44.619 --> 00:23:45.680
 And so he

00:23:45.680 --> 00:23:46.339
 concludes that

00:23:46.339 --> 00:23:47.220
 all our

00:23:47.220 --> 00:23:48.759
 problems are

00:23:48.759 --> 00:23:49.639
 worship problems

00:23:49.639 --> 00:23:50.359
 or what we

00:23:50.359 --> 00:23:50.659
 love,

00:23:51.339 --> 00:23:52.759
 the first and

00:23:52.759 --> 00:23:53.259
 the greatest.

00:23:55.559 --> 00:23:56.339
 And this

00:23:56.339 --> 00:23:57.180
 then leads

00:23:57.180 --> 00:23:57.599
 into a

00:23:57.599 --> 00:23:58.140
 two-for-one

00:23:58.140 --> 00:23:58.440
 deal,

00:23:59.440 --> 00:23:59.980
 not just

00:23:59.980 --> 00:24:00.859
 one commandment

00:24:00.859 --> 00:24:01.400
 but two.

00:24:02.119 --> 00:24:02.859
 Verse 39,

00:24:03.059 --> 00:24:03.359
 you shall

00:24:03.359 --> 00:24:04.279
 love your

00:24:04.279 --> 00:24:05.019
 neighbor as

00:24:05.019 --> 00:24:05.480
 yourself.

00:24:07.440 --> 00:24:08.039
 So taken

00:24:08.039 --> 00:24:09.079
 together,

00:24:10.539 --> 00:24:11.500
 without love

00:24:11.500 --> 00:24:12.039
 for God

00:24:12.039 --> 00:24:12.720
 and neighbor,

00:24:14.339 --> 00:24:15.319
 every other

00:24:15.319 --> 00:24:16.079
 act of

00:24:16.079 --> 00:24:16.980
 obedience is

00:24:16.980 --> 00:24:17.960
 not obedience.

00:24:17.960 --> 00:24:26.120
 verse 40

00:24:26.120 --> 00:24:26.960
 says,

00:24:27.160 --> 00:24:27.559
 on these

00:24:27.559 --> 00:24:28.380
 two commandments

00:24:28.380 --> 00:24:29.880
 depend all

00:24:29.880 --> 00:24:30.720
 the law

00:24:30.720 --> 00:24:31.180
 and the

00:24:31.180 --> 00:24:31.539
 prophets.

00:24:33.740 --> 00:24:34.819
 The answer

00:24:34.819 --> 00:24:35.680
 brings into

00:24:35.680 --> 00:24:36.680
 focus what's

00:24:36.680 --> 00:24:37.480
 lacking in

00:24:37.480 --> 00:24:38.160
 their own

00:24:38.160 --> 00:24:39.019
 observance of

00:24:39.019 --> 00:24:39.840
 the law and

00:24:39.840 --> 00:24:40.319
 in each of

00:24:40.319 --> 00:24:40.680
 us.

00:24:43.100 --> 00:24:44.019
 Who can

00:24:44.019 --> 00:24:44.680
 follow this

00:24:44.680 --> 00:24:44.980
 law?

00:24:46.059 --> 00:24:46.799
 Who has

00:24:46.799 --> 00:24:47.680
 clean hands

00:24:47.680 --> 00:24:48.000
 and a

00:24:48.000 --> 00:24:48.180
 pure

00:24:48.180 --> 00:24:48.680
 heart?

00:24:49.900 --> 00:24:51.140
 All the

00:24:51.140 --> 00:24:51.519
 mind,

00:24:51.680 --> 00:24:52.120
 all the

00:24:52.120 --> 00:24:52.440
 heart,

00:24:52.600 --> 00:24:53.039
 all the

00:24:53.039 --> 00:24:53.340
 soul.

00:24:54.420 --> 00:24:55.240
 Psalm 27,

00:24:56.440 --> 00:24:57.240
 not us

00:24:57.240 --> 00:24:58.240
 but the

00:24:58.240 --> 00:24:58.799
 Lord of

00:24:58.799 --> 00:24:59.200
 glory.

00:25:02.680 --> 00:25:03.500
 All their

00:25:03.500 --> 00:25:04.220
 study of

00:25:04.220 --> 00:25:04.539
 scripture,

00:25:05.600 --> 00:25:06.380
 the Pharisees

00:25:06.380 --> 00:25:06.779
 that is,

00:25:07.120 --> 00:25:07.680
 their time

00:25:07.680 --> 00:25:08.220
 and efforts

00:25:08.220 --> 00:25:08.920
 pouring over

00:25:08.920 --> 00:25:09.460
 the words

00:25:09.460 --> 00:25:09.900
 did not

00:25:09.900 --> 00:25:10.519
 yield this

00:25:10.519 --> 00:25:11.600
 love or

00:25:11.600 --> 00:25:11.940
 rightly

00:25:11.940 --> 00:25:12.460
 convict

00:25:12.460 --> 00:25:14.039
 them that

00:25:14.039 --> 00:25:14.980
 like us

00:25:14.980 --> 00:25:15.480
 they need

00:25:15.480 --> 00:25:16.279
 heart surgery.

00:25:17.680 --> 00:25:18.200
 the constant

00:25:18.200 --> 00:25:18.840
 reminder of

00:25:18.840 --> 00:25:19.140
 the Old

00:25:19.140 --> 00:25:19.880
 Testament was

00:25:19.880 --> 00:25:20.960
 circumcise your

00:25:20.960 --> 00:25:21.420
 hearts.

00:25:22.460 --> 00:25:23.080
 You need a

00:25:23.080 --> 00:25:23.460
 new one.

00:25:24.480 --> 00:25:24.900
 So the

00:25:24.900 --> 00:25:25.500
 solution for

00:25:25.500 --> 00:25:26.140
 the Pharisees

00:25:26.140 --> 00:25:26.759
 is the same

00:25:26.759 --> 00:25:27.259
 for us.

00:25:27.980 --> 00:25:28.519
 Come to

00:25:28.519 --> 00:25:28.940
 Jesus.

00:25:29.380 --> 00:25:29.820
 He gives

00:25:29.820 --> 00:25:30.220
 you his

00:25:30.220 --> 00:25:30.700
 perfect

00:25:30.700 --> 00:25:31.259
 obedience

00:25:31.259 --> 00:25:32.600
 and a

00:25:32.600 --> 00:25:33.100
 new heart

00:25:33.100 --> 00:25:33.500
 as a

00:25:33.500 --> 00:25:33.740
 gift.

00:25:36.539 --> 00:25:37.060
 The

00:25:37.060 --> 00:25:37.539
 question

00:25:37.539 --> 00:25:38.120
 Jesus

00:25:38.120 --> 00:25:38.680
 asks,

00:25:40.279 --> 00:25:41.140
 verse 41,

00:25:41.140 --> 00:25:43.020
 Now while

00:25:43.020 --> 00:25:43.660
 the Pharisees

00:25:43.660 --> 00:25:44.140
 were gathered

00:25:44.140 --> 00:25:44.580
 together,

00:25:44.800 --> 00:25:45.520
 Jesus asked

00:25:45.520 --> 00:25:45.820
 them a

00:25:45.820 --> 00:25:46.140
 question,

00:25:46.280 --> 00:25:46.540
 saying,

00:25:47.500 --> 00:25:47.800
 what do

00:25:47.800 --> 00:25:48.140
 you think

00:25:48.140 --> 00:25:48.520
 about the

00:25:48.520 --> 00:25:48.880
 Christ?

00:25:49.420 --> 00:25:49.680
 Whose

00:25:49.680 --> 00:25:50.180
 son is

00:25:50.180 --> 00:25:50.360
 he?

00:25:52.780 --> 00:25:53.259
 As

00:25:53.259 --> 00:25:54.020
 teachers of

00:25:54.020 --> 00:25:54.320
 scripture,

00:25:55.040 --> 00:25:55.920
 what should

00:25:55.920 --> 00:25:56.240
 have been

00:25:56.240 --> 00:25:57.280
 foremost in

00:25:57.280 --> 00:25:57.900
 their minds?

00:25:58.820 --> 00:25:59.380
 As

00:25:59.380 --> 00:26:00.060
 students of

00:26:00.060 --> 00:26:00.620
 scripture this

00:26:00.620 --> 00:26:00.940
 morning,

00:26:01.040 --> 00:26:01.320
 what should

00:26:01.320 --> 00:26:01.980
 be foremost

00:26:01.980 --> 00:26:02.580
 in our

00:26:02.580 --> 00:26:02.980
 minds?

00:26:04.300 --> 00:26:04.740
 Well,

00:26:05.380 --> 00:26:06.300
 Jesus has

00:26:06.300 --> 00:26:06.660
 to tell

00:26:06.660 --> 00:26:08.060
 them and

00:26:08.060 --> 00:26:08.720
 maybe he

00:26:08.720 --> 00:26:09.140
 has to

00:26:09.140 --> 00:26:09.720
 remind us

00:26:09.720 --> 00:26:10.320
 too this

00:26:10.319 --> 00:26:10.639
 morning.

00:26:11.579 --> 00:26:11.839
 Whose

00:26:11.839 --> 00:26:13.059
 son is

00:26:13.059 --> 00:26:13.220
 the

00:26:13.220 --> 00:26:13.619
 Christ?

00:26:15.960 --> 00:26:16.480
 Occasionally,

00:26:16.579 --> 00:26:16.839
 instead of

00:26:16.839 --> 00:26:17.319
 using the

00:26:17.319 --> 00:26:17.919
 word Christ,

00:26:18.039 --> 00:26:18.259
 I'm going

00:26:18.259 --> 00:26:18.619
 to use

00:26:18.619 --> 00:26:20.279
 the phrase

00:26:20.279 --> 00:26:20.700
 God's

00:26:20.700 --> 00:26:20.919
 forever

00:26:20.919 --> 00:26:21.240
 king.

00:26:22.839 --> 00:26:23.899
 Verse 42,

00:26:25.000 --> 00:26:25.579
 they answer,

00:26:26.339 --> 00:26:26.759
 the son

00:26:26.759 --> 00:26:27.259
 of David.

00:26:29.179 --> 00:26:29.740
 And 2

00:26:29.740 --> 00:26:31.000
 Samuel 7

00:26:31.000 --> 00:26:32.500
 does promise

00:26:32.500 --> 00:26:33.439
 that God's

00:26:33.439 --> 00:26:34.099
 forever king

00:26:34.099 --> 00:26:35.299
 would come

00:26:35.299 --> 00:26:35.879
 from David.

00:26:36.720 --> 00:26:37.419
 So their

00:26:37.419 --> 00:26:37.980
 answer is

00:26:37.980 --> 00:26:38.439
 correct.

00:26:40.319 --> 00:26:41.799
 But not

00:26:41.799 --> 00:26:42.299
 complete.

00:26:43.299 --> 00:26:44.099
 Because go

00:26:44.099 --> 00:26:44.539
 down to

00:26:44.539 --> 00:26:45.899
 verse 45,

00:26:47.059 --> 00:26:47.639
 it's the

00:26:47.639 --> 00:26:48.119
 last thing

00:26:48.119 --> 00:26:48.839
 Jesus says,

00:26:49.559 --> 00:26:50.439
 and Jesus

00:26:50.439 --> 00:26:51.319
 is still

00:26:51.319 --> 00:26:52.059
 pressing the

00:26:52.059 --> 00:26:52.439
 question.

00:26:57.579 --> 00:26:58.299
 Yes,

00:26:58.379 --> 00:26:58.740
 he's the

00:26:58.740 --> 00:26:59.059
 son of

00:26:59.059 --> 00:26:59.379
 David,

00:26:59.559 --> 00:26:59.980
 but he's

00:26:59.980 --> 00:27:00.579
 more than

00:27:00.579 --> 00:27:00.879
 that.

00:27:02.159 --> 00:27:03.099
 And Jesus

00:27:03.099 --> 00:27:04.460
 answers for

00:27:04.460 --> 00:27:05.019
 them by

00:27:05.019 --> 00:27:05.519
 going to

00:27:05.519 --> 00:27:06.439
 Psalm 110,

00:27:07.439 --> 00:27:08.000
 a psalm

00:27:08.000 --> 00:27:08.679
 written by

00:27:08.680 --> 00:27:09.500
 David himself

00:27:09.500 --> 00:27:10.320
 about God's

00:27:10.320 --> 00:27:10.860
 forever king.

00:27:11.980 --> 00:27:12.320
 And the

00:27:12.320 --> 00:27:12.799
 quotation

00:27:12.799 --> 00:27:14.400
 shows three

00:27:14.400 --> 00:27:15.440
 things about

00:27:15.440 --> 00:27:15.920
 the forever

00:27:15.920 --> 00:27:16.259
 king.

00:27:16.940 --> 00:27:17.620
 He's lord,

00:27:17.840 --> 00:27:18.400
 he sits,

00:27:18.600 --> 00:27:18.920
 and he's

00:27:18.920 --> 00:27:19.180
 one.

00:27:20.000 --> 00:27:20.740
 All three

00:27:20.740 --> 00:27:21.900
 suggest he's

00:27:21.900 --> 00:27:23.279
 greater than

00:27:23.279 --> 00:27:24.060
 just David's

00:27:24.060 --> 00:27:24.640
 human son.

00:27:25.100 --> 00:27:25.860
 With the

00:27:25.860 --> 00:27:26.620
 implication that

00:27:26.620 --> 00:27:27.100
 if David

00:27:27.100 --> 00:27:28.060
 recognised this,

00:27:28.160 --> 00:27:28.560
 then you

00:27:28.560 --> 00:27:28.880
 too,

00:27:30.240 --> 00:27:30.860
 you teachers

00:27:30.860 --> 00:27:31.620
 of the

00:27:31.620 --> 00:27:31.880
 law,

00:27:32.080 --> 00:27:32.660
 should recognise

00:27:32.660 --> 00:27:33.160
 this as

00:27:33.160 --> 00:27:33.380
 well.

00:27:34.980 --> 00:27:35.820
 The first

00:27:35.820 --> 00:27:36.060
 one,

00:27:36.160 --> 00:27:36.600
 he's lord.

00:27:36.599 --> 00:27:38.779
 His answer

00:27:38.779 --> 00:27:39.579
 starts with

00:27:39.579 --> 00:27:40.079
 a question

00:27:40.079 --> 00:27:40.740
 in verse

00:27:40.740 --> 00:27:41.539
 43.

00:27:42.639 --> 00:27:43.059
 How is

00:27:43.059 --> 00:27:43.500
 it then

00:27:43.500 --> 00:27:44.279
 that David

00:27:44.279 --> 00:27:44.799
 in the

00:27:44.799 --> 00:27:45.119
 spirit

00:27:45.119 --> 00:27:46.219
 calls him

00:27:46.219 --> 00:27:46.539
 lord?

00:27:48.799 --> 00:27:49.519
 Dads

00:27:49.519 --> 00:27:50.699
 call their

00:27:50.699 --> 00:27:51.399
 sons by

00:27:51.399 --> 00:27:52.059
 all sorts

00:27:52.059 --> 00:27:52.719
 of nicknames,

00:27:53.619 --> 00:27:54.019
 buddy,

00:27:54.879 --> 00:27:55.319
 mate,

00:27:56.399 --> 00:27:56.779
 champ,

00:27:57.419 --> 00:27:57.719
 junior,

00:27:57.939 --> 00:27:58.139
 pup,

00:27:58.299 --> 00:27:58.759
 scoundrel,

00:27:59.039 --> 00:27:59.319
 mischief

00:27:59.319 --> 00:27:59.639
 maker,

00:28:00.359 --> 00:28:00.579
 oi,

00:28:00.759 --> 00:28:01.000
 you.

00:28:01.000 --> 00:28:04.200
 but lord?

00:28:05.400 --> 00:28:06.000
 Any

00:28:06.000 --> 00:28:06.920
 dads dare

00:28:06.920 --> 00:28:07.180
 to do

00:28:07.180 --> 00:28:07.359
 that

00:28:07.359 --> 00:28:07.619
 here?

00:28:10.119 --> 00:28:10.779
 Whose

00:28:10.779 --> 00:28:11.200
 son

00:28:11.200 --> 00:28:12.119
 is

00:28:12.119 --> 00:28:12.599
 David's

00:28:12.599 --> 00:28:12.880
 lord?

00:28:14.460 --> 00:28:14.700
 Well,

00:28:14.779 --> 00:28:15.180
 the word

00:28:15.180 --> 00:28:16.119
 lord is

00:28:16.119 --> 00:28:16.880
 most often

00:28:16.880 --> 00:28:17.599
 used of

00:28:17.599 --> 00:28:17.920
 god.

00:28:19.500 --> 00:28:20.059
 Here's

00:28:20.059 --> 00:28:20.660
 one example

00:28:20.660 --> 00:28:20.980
 from

00:28:20.980 --> 00:28:21.380
 psalm

00:28:21.380 --> 00:28:21.640
 8.

00:28:22.460 --> 00:28:22.799
 O

00:28:22.799 --> 00:28:23.460
 yahweh,

00:28:24.160 --> 00:28:24.559
 our

00:28:24.559 --> 00:28:25.119
 lord,

00:28:25.859 --> 00:28:26.119
 how

00:28:26.119 --> 00:28:26.539
 majestic

00:28:26.539 --> 00:28:27.140
 is your

00:28:27.140 --> 00:28:27.759
 name in

00:28:27.759 --> 00:28:28.119
 all the

00:28:28.119 --> 00:28:28.420
 earth.

00:28:28.420 --> 00:28:30.340
 Yahweh,

00:28:30.620 --> 00:28:30.980
 God,

00:28:31.220 --> 00:28:31.580
 Lord,

00:28:31.820 --> 00:28:32.539
 all divine

00:28:32.539 --> 00:28:33.019
 names.

00:28:34.519 --> 00:28:35.000
 Let's

00:28:35.000 --> 00:28:35.259
 keep

00:28:35.259 --> 00:28:35.560
 reading

00:28:35.560 --> 00:28:37.420
 in verse

00:28:37.420 --> 00:28:37.900
 44.

00:28:38.660 --> 00:28:39.019
 It's

00:28:39.019 --> 00:28:39.420
 about to

00:28:39.420 --> 00:28:39.620
 get

00:28:39.620 --> 00:28:40.420
 wonderfully

00:28:40.420 --> 00:28:40.860
 weird.

00:28:42.340 --> 00:28:42.720
 David

00:28:42.720 --> 00:28:43.740
 overhears

00:28:43.740 --> 00:28:44.480
 a conversation

00:28:44.480 --> 00:28:45.800
 in which

00:28:45.800 --> 00:28:46.460
 Yahweh,

00:28:47.100 --> 00:28:47.800
 that's the

00:28:47.800 --> 00:28:48.519
 first lord

00:28:48.519 --> 00:28:49.019
 mentioned,

00:28:50.220 --> 00:28:50.740
 speaks

00:28:50.740 --> 00:28:51.880
 to David's

00:28:51.880 --> 00:28:52.140
 lord.

00:28:54.160 --> 00:28:54.420
 The

00:28:54.420 --> 00:28:54.820
 lord,

00:28:55.900 --> 00:28:56.320
 Yahweh,

00:28:56.640 --> 00:28:56.960
 said to

00:28:56.960 --> 00:28:57.500
 my lord,

00:28:57.759 --> 00:28:58.160
 David's

00:28:58.160 --> 00:28:58.360
 lord.

00:28:58.420 --> 00:28:59.160
 Two

00:28:59.160 --> 00:28:59.600
 divine

00:28:59.600 --> 00:29:00.160
 persons

00:29:00.160 --> 00:29:00.759
 talking.

00:29:02.539 --> 00:29:03.180
 What does

00:29:03.180 --> 00:29:04.100
 Yahweh say

00:29:04.100 --> 00:29:04.720
 to David's

00:29:04.720 --> 00:29:04.980
 lord?

00:29:06.360 --> 00:29:07.080
 He

00:29:07.080 --> 00:29:07.539
 sits.

00:29:08.960 --> 00:29:09.460
 He

00:29:09.460 --> 00:29:10.019
 tells him

00:29:10.019 --> 00:29:10.519
 to sit.

00:29:12.600 --> 00:29:13.160
 That

00:29:13.160 --> 00:29:13.480
 probably

00:29:13.480 --> 00:29:13.860
 doesn't

00:29:13.860 --> 00:29:14.600
 strike you

00:29:14.600 --> 00:29:15.120
 as,

00:29:15.539 --> 00:29:15.960
 it probably

00:29:15.960 --> 00:29:16.460
 strikes you

00:29:16.460 --> 00:29:16.920
 as something

00:29:16.920 --> 00:29:17.360
 fairly

00:29:17.360 --> 00:29:17.900
 normal,

00:29:19.320 --> 00:29:19.759
 something

00:29:19.759 --> 00:29:20.500
 my wife

00:29:20.500 --> 00:29:20.880
 has told

00:29:20.880 --> 00:29:21.180
 me that

00:29:21.180 --> 00:29:21.340
 I'm

00:29:21.340 --> 00:29:21.560
 doing

00:29:21.560 --> 00:29:22.039
 too much

00:29:22.039 --> 00:29:22.740
 of at

00:29:22.740 --> 00:29:22.860
 the

00:29:22.860 --> 00:29:23.140
 moment.

00:29:24.420 --> 00:29:25.100
 But

00:29:25.100 --> 00:29:25.440
 take

00:29:25.440 --> 00:29:25.779
 note

00:29:25.779 --> 00:29:26.660
 of where

00:29:26.660 --> 00:29:27.480
 he's

00:29:27.480 --> 00:29:27.700
 sitting.

00:29:27.700 --> 00:29:28.620
 It

00:29:28.620 --> 00:29:28.880
 makes

00:29:28.880 --> 00:29:29.259
 all the

00:29:29.259 --> 00:29:29.680
 difference.

00:29:31.100 --> 00:29:31.380
 Sit

00:29:31.380 --> 00:29:32.860
 at my

00:29:32.860 --> 00:29:33.559
 right

00:29:33.559 --> 00:29:34.080
 hand.

00:29:35.420 --> 00:29:35.799
 Sitting

00:29:35.799 --> 00:29:36.700
 next to

00:29:36.700 --> 00:29:37.240
 Yahweh

00:29:37.240 --> 00:29:38.640
 in heaven.

00:29:39.640 --> 00:29:40.380
 Who does

00:29:40.380 --> 00:29:40.700
 that?

00:29:42.700 --> 00:29:43.460
 For a

00:29:43.460 --> 00:29:43.940
 comparison,

00:29:44.640 --> 00:29:45.259
 remember how

00:29:45.259 --> 00:29:46.240
 careful the

00:29:46.240 --> 00:29:46.759
 high priest

00:29:46.759 --> 00:29:47.279
 had to be

00:29:47.279 --> 00:29:47.759
 going into

00:29:47.759 --> 00:29:48.220
 the temple

00:29:48.220 --> 00:29:49.360
 once per

00:29:49.360 --> 00:29:49.700
 year,

00:29:50.200 --> 00:29:50.759
 one for

00:29:50.759 --> 00:29:51.019
 many.

00:29:52.019 --> 00:29:52.519
 He would

00:29:52.519 --> 00:29:53.160
 symbolically

00:29:53.160 --> 00:29:53.759
 take the

00:29:53.759 --> 00:29:54.120
 people

00:29:54.120 --> 00:29:55.759
 into God's

00:29:55.759 --> 00:29:56.100
 presence

00:29:56.100 --> 00:29:56.720
 at high

00:29:56.720 --> 00:29:57.259
 risk to

00:29:57.259 --> 00:29:57.680
 himself,

00:29:58.019 --> 00:29:58.540
 but only

00:29:58.540 --> 00:29:58.900
 in a

00:29:58.900 --> 00:30:00.140
 limited way

00:30:00.140 --> 00:30:00.840
 due to

00:30:00.840 --> 00:30:01.300
 their sin.

00:30:02.900 --> 00:30:03.600
 In the

00:30:03.600 --> 00:30:04.220
 real deal,

00:30:04.400 --> 00:30:04.800
 not just

00:30:04.800 --> 00:30:05.320
 the earthly

00:30:05.320 --> 00:30:05.700
 copy,

00:30:06.120 --> 00:30:06.620
 in heaven,

00:30:07.660 --> 00:30:08.140
 not just

00:30:08.140 --> 00:30:08.759
 where God's

00:30:08.759 --> 00:30:09.400
 presence was

00:30:09.400 --> 00:30:09.740
 modelled,

00:30:09.860 --> 00:30:10.300
 but where

00:30:10.300 --> 00:30:10.680
 God

00:30:10.680 --> 00:30:11.200
 dwelled,

00:30:11.980 --> 00:30:12.880
 verse 44,

00:30:14.240 --> 00:30:14.860
 this was a

00:30:14.860 --> 00:30:15.820
 hold-on-to-your-seat

00:30:15.820 --> 00:30:16.580
 moment for me,

00:30:17.080 --> 00:30:18.160
 Yahweh says

00:30:18.160 --> 00:30:19.060
 to David's

00:30:19.060 --> 00:30:19.400
 Lord,

00:30:19.900 --> 00:30:20.320
 sit

00:30:20.319 --> 00:30:21.399
 down.

00:30:23.399 --> 00:30:24.179
 And I'll

00:30:24.179 --> 00:30:24.519
 add from

00:30:24.519 --> 00:30:24.960
 Hebrews,

00:30:25.519 --> 00:30:26.039
 stay

00:30:26.039 --> 00:30:26.779
 forever.

00:30:29.319 --> 00:30:30.240
 Not just

00:30:30.240 --> 00:30:31.119
 David's son

00:30:31.119 --> 00:30:31.859
 or descendant,

00:30:31.919 --> 00:30:32.179
 is he?

00:30:35.519 --> 00:30:36.559
 The last

00:30:36.559 --> 00:30:37.740
 little point

00:30:37.740 --> 00:30:38.220
 is he's

00:30:38.220 --> 00:30:38.500
 won.

00:30:40.220 --> 00:30:40.939
 King David

00:30:40.939 --> 00:30:42.419
 provided rest

00:30:42.419 --> 00:30:43.599
 from Israel's

00:30:43.599 --> 00:30:44.279
 enemies for

00:30:44.279 --> 00:30:44.740
 a time.

00:30:45.899 --> 00:30:46.460
 Even then,

00:30:46.539 --> 00:30:46.980
 as great as

00:30:46.980 --> 00:30:47.439
 it was,

00:30:47.939 --> 00:30:48.519
 it wasn't

00:30:48.519 --> 00:30:49.339
 the real,

00:30:49.539 --> 00:30:50.059
 more ancient

00:30:50.059 --> 00:30:50.480
 enemy,

00:30:50.740 --> 00:30:51.339
 sin and

00:30:51.339 --> 00:30:51.659
 death.

00:30:53.359 --> 00:30:54.379
 King David's

00:30:54.379 --> 00:30:54.940
 Lord has

00:30:54.940 --> 00:30:55.299
 won,

00:30:56.179 --> 00:30:56.759
 and even

00:30:56.759 --> 00:30:57.919
 sin and

00:30:57.919 --> 00:30:58.559
 death will

00:30:58.559 --> 00:30:59.980
 be his

00:30:59.980 --> 00:31:01.659
 foot cushion

00:31:01.659 --> 00:31:03.519
 or footstool.

00:31:06.419 --> 00:31:07.500
 All three,

00:31:07.919 --> 00:31:08.619
 taken together,

00:31:09.019 --> 00:31:09.639
 show the

00:31:09.639 --> 00:31:10.220
 great King

00:31:10.220 --> 00:31:11.039
 David looked

00:31:11.039 --> 00:31:11.579
 forward to

00:31:11.579 --> 00:31:11.940
 God's

00:31:11.940 --> 00:31:12.559
 forever king,

00:31:12.919 --> 00:31:13.480
 who turned

00:31:13.480 --> 00:31:14.079
 out to be

00:31:14.079 --> 00:31:14.539
 God the

00:31:14.539 --> 00:31:14.779
 Son.

00:31:15.799 --> 00:31:16.399
 And Jesus

00:31:16.399 --> 00:31:16.980
 shows the

00:31:16.980 --> 00:31:17.539
 Pharisees

00:31:17.539 --> 00:31:19.379
 should follow

00:31:19.380 --> 00:31:20.320
 David's

00:31:20.320 --> 00:31:20.600
 lead.

00:31:22.760 --> 00:31:23.520
 In verse

00:31:23.520 --> 00:31:24.100
 46,

00:31:24.500 --> 00:31:24.960
 the last

00:31:24.960 --> 00:31:25.400
 verse,

00:31:26.220 --> 00:31:26.740
 they dare

00:31:26.740 --> 00:31:27.500
 not ask

00:31:27.500 --> 00:31:27.980
 more

00:31:27.980 --> 00:31:28.660
 questions.

00:31:29.800 --> 00:31:30.480
 Silence,

00:31:32.060 --> 00:31:33.020
 as Emma

00:31:33.020 --> 00:31:34.000
 pointed out

00:31:34.000 --> 00:31:34.320
 in the

00:31:34.320 --> 00:31:34.500
 kids'

00:31:34.600 --> 00:31:34.840
 talk.

00:31:36.180 --> 00:31:36.520
 And if

00:31:36.520 --> 00:31:37.360
 you're new

00:31:37.360 --> 00:31:37.920
 to all this

00:31:37.920 --> 00:31:38.400
 this morning,

00:31:38.800 --> 00:31:39.340
 you're visiting,

00:31:40.340 --> 00:31:41.380
 you might not

00:31:41.380 --> 00:31:41.860
 know what

00:31:41.860 --> 00:31:42.460
 questions to

00:31:42.460 --> 00:31:43.140
 ask or even

00:31:43.140 --> 00:31:43.500
 where to

00:31:43.500 --> 00:31:43.820
 start.

00:31:43.819 --> 00:31:45.079
 don't stop

00:31:45.079 --> 00:31:45.480
 asking

00:31:45.480 --> 00:31:46.139
 questions.

00:31:47.200 --> 00:31:48.059
 We've seen

00:31:48.059 --> 00:31:48.720
 how patient

00:31:48.720 --> 00:31:49.639
 and gracious

00:31:49.639 --> 00:31:50.599
 Jesus is in

00:31:50.599 --> 00:31:51.139
 his answers.

00:31:52.960 --> 00:31:54.019
 The question

00:31:54.019 --> 00:31:56.259
 though is

00:31:56.259 --> 00:31:56.839
 sort of left

00:31:56.839 --> 00:31:57.159
 hanging.

00:31:59.079 --> 00:31:59.379
 Jesus'

00:31:59.700 --> 00:32:00.639
 last words

00:32:00.639 --> 00:32:01.000
 to them

00:32:01.000 --> 00:32:01.859
 is a

00:32:01.859 --> 00:32:02.259
 question.

00:32:03.519 --> 00:32:03.879
 Whose

00:32:03.879 --> 00:32:04.220
 son?

00:32:06.759 --> 00:32:07.720
 We do

00:32:07.720 --> 00:32:08.240
 have a

00:32:08.240 --> 00:32:10.019
 fairly good

00:32:10.019 --> 00:32:10.980
 idea of

00:32:10.980 --> 00:32:11.859
 what it is

00:32:11.859 --> 00:32:12.419
 Jesus is

00:32:12.419 --> 00:32:12.719
 alluding

00:32:12.719 --> 00:32:13.039
 to,

00:32:14.159 --> 00:32:15.119
 but we

00:32:15.119 --> 00:32:15.359
 don't have

00:32:15.359 --> 00:32:15.579
 to go

00:32:15.579 --> 00:32:16.219
 too far

00:32:16.219 --> 00:32:16.899
 into

00:32:16.899 --> 00:32:17.240
 Matthew

00:32:17.240 --> 00:32:17.959
 to find

00:32:17.959 --> 00:32:18.240
 an

00:32:18.240 --> 00:32:18.619
 explicit

00:32:18.619 --> 00:32:19.079
 answer.

00:32:20.579 --> 00:32:20.979
 Flick

00:32:20.979 --> 00:32:21.639
 back to

00:32:21.639 --> 00:32:22.559
 Matthew 3,

00:32:24.500 --> 00:32:25.759
 Matthew

00:32:25.759 --> 00:32:26.439
 chapter 3,

00:32:26.519 --> 00:32:27.119
 verse 16

00:32:27.119 --> 00:32:27.740
 and 17.

00:32:27.740 --> 00:32:41.759
 And when

00:32:41.759 --> 00:32:42.460
 Jesus was

00:32:42.460 --> 00:32:42.859
 baptized,

00:32:43.299 --> 00:32:43.700
 immediately

00:32:43.700 --> 00:32:44.519
 he went

00:32:44.519 --> 00:32:44.940
 up from

00:32:44.940 --> 00:32:45.359
 the water

00:32:45.359 --> 00:32:46.160
 and behold,

00:32:46.900 --> 00:32:47.500
 the heavens

00:32:47.500 --> 00:32:48.079
 were opened

00:32:48.079 --> 00:32:48.539
 to him

00:32:48.539 --> 00:32:49.579
 and he

00:32:49.579 --> 00:32:50.099
 saw the

00:32:50.099 --> 00:32:50.819
 spirit of

00:32:50.819 --> 00:32:51.099
 God

00:32:51.099 --> 00:32:51.579
 descending

00:32:51.579 --> 00:32:52.059
 like a

00:32:52.059 --> 00:32:52.319
 dove

00:32:52.319 --> 00:32:52.960
 and coming

00:32:52.960 --> 00:32:53.339
 to rest

00:32:53.339 --> 00:32:53.700
 on him.

00:32:53.980 --> 00:32:54.579
 And behold,

00:32:55.000 --> 00:32:55.519
 a voice

00:32:55.519 --> 00:32:56.059
 from heaven

00:32:56.059 --> 00:32:56.460
 said,

00:32:56.460 --> 00:32:57.279
 this is

00:32:57.279 --> 00:32:57.980
 my beloved

00:32:57.980 --> 00:32:59.100
 son with

00:32:59.100 --> 00:32:59.680
 whom I'm

00:32:59.680 --> 00:33:00.340
 well pleased.

00:33:01.960 --> 00:33:02.519
 Whose

00:33:02.519 --> 00:33:03.140
 son is

00:33:03.140 --> 00:33:03.700
 the Christ?

00:33:04.579 --> 00:33:05.140
 He's the

00:33:05.140 --> 00:33:05.559
 divine

00:33:05.559 --> 00:33:06.759
 son who

00:33:06.759 --> 00:33:07.279
 personally

00:33:07.279 --> 00:33:07.799
 joined

00:33:07.799 --> 00:33:09.120
 himself to

00:33:09.120 --> 00:33:10.019
 human flesh,

00:33:10.279 --> 00:33:10.920
 God and

00:33:10.920 --> 00:33:11.579
 man in

00:33:11.579 --> 00:33:12.059
 the same

00:33:12.059 --> 00:33:12.559
 person.

00:33:13.360 --> 00:33:14.319
 The same

00:33:14.319 --> 00:33:15.340
 person through

00:33:15.340 --> 00:33:15.880
 whom the

00:33:15.880 --> 00:33:16.579
 universe was

00:33:16.579 --> 00:33:17.299
 made is

00:33:17.299 --> 00:33:17.900
 the one

00:33:17.900 --> 00:33:19.120
 giving the

00:33:19.120 --> 00:33:19.920
 answers and

00:33:19.920 --> 00:33:20.720
 asking the

00:33:20.720 --> 00:33:21.960
 question we

00:33:21.960 --> 00:33:22.579
 too should

00:33:22.579 --> 00:33:23.019
 ask.

00:33:23.019 --> 00:33:25.799
 God

00:33:25.799 --> 00:33:26.379
 let's

00:33:26.379 --> 00:33:27.839
 pause for

00:33:27.839 --> 00:33:28.119
 a bit

00:33:28.119 --> 00:33:29.359
 before we

00:33:29.359 --> 00:33:30.139
 go into

00:33:30.139 --> 00:33:31.900
 some more

00:33:31.900 --> 00:33:32.559
 application.

00:33:34.299 --> 00:33:34.839
 What's

00:33:34.839 --> 00:33:35.519
 been your

00:33:35.519 --> 00:33:35.920
 take on

00:33:35.920 --> 00:33:36.599
 the Pharisees?

00:33:38.339 --> 00:33:38.900
 We've

00:33:38.900 --> 00:33:39.779
 been looking

00:33:39.779 --> 00:33:40.059
 at the

00:33:40.059 --> 00:33:40.680
 Pharisees for

00:33:40.680 --> 00:33:41.039
 the last

00:33:41.039 --> 00:33:41.519
 few weeks

00:33:41.519 --> 00:33:42.000
 and Jesus'

00:33:42.180 --> 00:33:42.559
 interaction

00:33:42.559 --> 00:33:43.039
 with them.

00:33:44.359 --> 00:33:44.879
 In

00:33:44.879 --> 00:33:45.259
 stories,

00:33:45.379 --> 00:33:45.700
 it's good

00:33:45.700 --> 00:33:46.139
 to have a

00:33:46.139 --> 00:33:46.359
 villain,

00:33:46.639 --> 00:33:47.039
 isn't it?

00:33:48.200 --> 00:33:49.099
 Someone to

00:33:49.099 --> 00:33:49.660
 point the

00:33:49.660 --> 00:33:49.940
 finger,

00:33:49.940 --> 00:33:52.400
 someone to

00:33:52.400 --> 00:33:52.980
 create a

00:33:52.980 --> 00:33:53.340
 bit of

00:33:53.340 --> 00:33:54.160
 comfortable

00:33:54.160 --> 00:33:54.799
 distance

00:33:54.799 --> 00:33:56.240
 for us.

00:33:57.640 --> 00:33:58.279
 Matthew

00:33:58.279 --> 00:33:59.360
 16,

00:33:59.519 --> 00:33:59.900
 6,

00:34:01.160 --> 00:34:02.240
 Jesus says

00:34:02.240 --> 00:34:02.700
 to his

00:34:02.700 --> 00:34:03.299
 disciples,

00:34:04.559 --> 00:34:05.400
 beware of

00:34:05.400 --> 00:34:05.900
 the leaven

00:34:05.900 --> 00:34:06.680
 of the

00:34:06.680 --> 00:34:07.279
 Pharisees.

00:34:08.280 --> 00:34:09.159
 We're his

00:34:09.159 --> 00:34:09.980
 disciples too,

00:34:10.760 --> 00:34:11.500
 so I take it

00:34:11.500 --> 00:34:12.200
 on notice from

00:34:12.200 --> 00:34:13.519
 Jesus that

00:34:13.519 --> 00:34:14.119
 we should be

00:34:14.119 --> 00:34:14.960
 wary of the

00:34:14.960 --> 00:34:15.579
 leaven of

00:34:15.579 --> 00:34:16.300
 the Pharisees.

00:34:16.440 --> 00:34:16.860
 If not a

00:34:16.860 --> 00:34:17.480
 problem today,

00:34:17.599 --> 00:34:18.880
 then maybe in

00:34:18.880 --> 00:34:19.280
 the future.

00:34:19.940 --> 00:34:22.280
 Leaven or

00:34:22.280 --> 00:34:23.139
 yeast, as the

00:34:23.139 --> 00:34:23.800
 bread makers

00:34:23.800 --> 00:34:24.380
 among us

00:34:24.380 --> 00:34:25.099
 know, has a

00:34:25.099 --> 00:34:25.720
 transforming

00:34:25.720 --> 00:34:27.740
 effect, but

00:34:27.740 --> 00:34:28.340
 it happens

00:34:28.340 --> 00:34:29.380
 imperceptibly,

00:34:30.519 --> 00:34:31.340
 sometimes without

00:34:31.340 --> 00:34:32.159
 us realising,

00:34:33.059 --> 00:34:33.780
 hence Jesus'

00:34:33.940 --> 00:34:34.179
 warning.

00:34:35.599 --> 00:34:36.079
 Lots of

00:34:36.079 --> 00:34:36.820
 ways we can

00:34:36.820 --> 00:34:37.440
 be leavened,

00:34:37.679 --> 00:34:38.639
 but what have

00:34:38.639 --> 00:34:39.159
 we seen in

00:34:39.159 --> 00:34:39.720
 this passage?

00:34:41.340 --> 00:34:41.679
 Well, I

00:34:41.679 --> 00:34:42.380
 think in

00:34:42.380 --> 00:34:43.079
 each question

00:34:43.079 --> 00:34:44.039
 that is asked

00:34:44.039 --> 00:34:44.700
 by the

00:34:44.700 --> 00:34:45.320
 Pharisees,

00:34:47.059 --> 00:34:47.900
 and the

00:34:47.900 --> 00:34:49.079
 question Jesus

00:34:49.079 --> 00:34:49.679
 asks,

00:34:49.940 --> 00:34:51.220
 Scripture is

00:34:51.220 --> 00:34:51.720
 the starting

00:34:51.720 --> 00:34:52.059
 point.

00:34:52.900 --> 00:34:53.300
 The bad

00:34:53.300 --> 00:34:54.019
 guys, although

00:34:54.019 --> 00:34:55.059
 they made a

00:34:55.059 --> 00:34:55.579
 few additions

00:34:55.579 --> 00:34:56.119
 and omissions,

00:34:56.740 --> 00:34:57.139
 share with

00:34:57.139 --> 00:34:57.900
 us where we

00:34:57.900 --> 00:34:58.179
 get our

00:34:58.179 --> 00:34:58.840
 answers from.

00:34:59.960 --> 00:35:00.780
 So where

00:35:00.780 --> 00:35:01.280
 did things

00:35:01.280 --> 00:35:01.800
 go wrong?

00:35:03.240 --> 00:35:04.039
 Jesus in

00:35:04.039 --> 00:35:05.019
 John 5,

00:35:05.639 --> 00:35:06.639
 speaking of

00:35:06.639 --> 00:35:07.220
 the Pharisees,

00:35:07.320 --> 00:35:07.599
 says,

00:35:08.099 --> 00:35:08.900
 you search the

00:35:08.900 --> 00:35:09.679
 Scriptures because

00:35:09.679 --> 00:35:10.679
 you think that in

00:35:10.679 --> 00:35:11.380
 them you have

00:35:11.380 --> 00:35:12.599
 eternal life.

00:35:12.599 --> 00:35:14.699
 they were

00:35:14.699 --> 00:35:15.119
 teachers,

00:35:15.559 --> 00:35:16.099
 students,

00:35:16.420 --> 00:35:17.159
 scribes of the

00:35:17.159 --> 00:35:17.739
 Old Testament,

00:35:18.480 --> 00:35:19.179
 those who

00:35:19.179 --> 00:35:20.440
 Romans 2 took

00:35:20.440 --> 00:35:21.799
 pride in being

00:35:21.799 --> 00:35:22.460
 a guide to

00:35:22.460 --> 00:35:23.039
 the blind,

00:35:23.759 --> 00:35:24.900
 a light to

00:35:24.900 --> 00:35:25.420
 those in

00:35:25.420 --> 00:35:25.940
 darkness,

00:35:26.839 --> 00:35:27.519
 a teacher of

00:35:27.519 --> 00:35:27.940
 children,

00:35:28.739 --> 00:35:29.839
 but did not

00:35:29.839 --> 00:35:30.880
 teach themselves.

00:35:31.839 --> 00:35:32.339
 Grace kids

00:35:32.339 --> 00:35:32.819
 teachers,

00:35:33.000 --> 00:35:33.739
 ministry leaders,

00:35:33.920 --> 00:35:34.440
 small group

00:35:34.440 --> 00:35:34.819
 leaders,

00:35:35.059 --> 00:35:35.539
 people who

00:35:35.539 --> 00:35:36.259
 preach even.

00:35:36.260 --> 00:35:40.800
 John 5,

00:35:41.060 --> 00:35:42.200
 39,

00:35:42.460 --> 00:35:43.080
 continues,

00:35:43.880 --> 00:35:44.480
 it is

00:35:44.480 --> 00:35:44.840
 they,

00:35:45.780 --> 00:35:46.560
 this book,

00:35:47.680 --> 00:35:48.280
 the Bible,

00:35:48.540 --> 00:35:49.000
 that bear

00:35:49.000 --> 00:35:49.740
 witness about

00:35:49.740 --> 00:35:50.060
 me,

00:35:51.120 --> 00:35:51.880
 yet you

00:35:51.880 --> 00:35:52.680
 refuse to

00:35:52.680 --> 00:35:53.280
 come to me

00:35:53.280 --> 00:35:53.860
 for life.

00:35:55.840 --> 00:35:56.700
 We can

00:35:56.700 --> 00:35:57.560
 get answers

00:35:57.560 --> 00:35:58.360
 from the

00:35:58.360 --> 00:35:59.100
 right place,

00:35:59.660 --> 00:36:00.260
 but not

00:36:00.260 --> 00:36:01.080
 go to

00:36:01.080 --> 00:36:01.660
 whom the

00:36:01.660 --> 00:36:01.980
 Scriptures

00:36:01.980 --> 00:36:02.480
 point.

00:36:02.480 --> 00:36:06.139
 Jesus,

00:36:06.340 --> 00:36:06.659
 the Son

00:36:06.659 --> 00:36:07.039
 of God,

00:36:07.119 --> 00:36:07.500
 this is

00:36:07.500 --> 00:36:08.519
 the last

00:36:08.519 --> 00:36:09.139
 heading in

00:36:09.139 --> 00:36:09.280
 your

00:36:09.280 --> 00:36:09.719
 outlines.

00:36:11.579 --> 00:36:12.079
 I'm

00:36:12.079 --> 00:36:12.960
 partway

00:36:12.960 --> 00:36:13.199
 through

00:36:13.199 --> 00:36:13.900
 reading a

00:36:13.900 --> 00:36:14.559
 book by

00:36:14.559 --> 00:36:15.420
 Dan Hames,

00:36:15.599 --> 00:36:16.099
 it's not a

00:36:16.099 --> 00:36:17.199
 household name,

00:36:18.219 --> 00:36:19.420
 and the

00:36:19.420 --> 00:36:20.079
 book is a

00:36:20.079 --> 00:36:21.079
 biography of a

00:36:21.079 --> 00:36:22.320
 5th century

00:36:22.320 --> 00:36:22.840
 Christian,

00:36:23.559 --> 00:36:24.099
 Cyril of

00:36:24.099 --> 00:36:24.699
 Alexandria,

00:36:25.900 --> 00:36:26.760
 but in the

00:36:26.760 --> 00:36:26.960
 book,

00:36:27.199 --> 00:36:28.219
 Dan weaves

00:36:28.219 --> 00:36:29.280
 in his own

00:36:29.280 --> 00:36:30.119
 story into

00:36:30.119 --> 00:36:30.740
 the debates

00:36:30.740 --> 00:36:31.480
 of the

00:36:31.480 --> 00:36:31.820
 time.

00:36:31.820 --> 00:36:32.780
 Centered

00:36:32.780 --> 00:36:33.059
 on,

00:36:33.559 --> 00:36:34.120
 who is

00:36:34.120 --> 00:36:34.519
 Jesus,

00:36:35.360 --> 00:36:36.100
 and whose

00:36:36.100 --> 00:36:36.480
 son is

00:36:36.480 --> 00:36:36.620
 he?

00:36:37.019 --> 00:36:37.539
 The same

00:36:37.539 --> 00:36:38.260
 questions we've

00:36:38.260 --> 00:36:38.600
 been looking

00:36:38.600 --> 00:36:38.920
 at this

00:36:38.920 --> 00:36:39.200
 morning.

00:36:40.300 --> 00:36:40.840
 Was he

00:36:40.840 --> 00:36:41.420
 just a

00:36:41.420 --> 00:36:43.660
 man invisibly

00:36:43.660 --> 00:36:44.480
 assisted by

00:36:44.480 --> 00:36:44.860
 God,

00:36:45.000 --> 00:36:45.680
 so God

00:36:45.680 --> 00:36:46.120
 wouldn't have

00:36:46.120 --> 00:36:46.539
 to get his

00:36:46.539 --> 00:36:47.180
 hands dirty,

00:36:47.500 --> 00:36:48.420
 or God

00:36:48.420 --> 00:36:49.539
 himself joined

00:36:49.539 --> 00:36:50.180
 to human

00:36:50.180 --> 00:36:50.620
 flesh?

00:36:51.940 --> 00:36:52.539
 And Dan

00:36:52.539 --> 00:36:53.280
 relates his

00:36:53.280 --> 00:36:53.800
 coming of

00:36:53.800 --> 00:36:54.300
 age to

00:36:54.300 --> 00:36:54.880
 having this

00:36:54.880 --> 00:36:55.760
 question answered.

00:36:57.240 --> 00:36:57.840
 Growing

00:36:57.840 --> 00:36:58.500
 up, Dan

00:36:58.500 --> 00:36:59.220
 thought Jesus

00:36:59.220 --> 00:36:59.960
 was something

00:36:59.960 --> 00:37:00.660
 of what God

00:37:00.660 --> 00:37:01.140
 is like.

00:37:01.820 --> 00:37:02.380
 He

00:37:02.380 --> 00:37:03.340
 wondered if

00:37:03.340 --> 00:37:03.780
 there was a

00:37:03.780 --> 00:37:04.400
 different God

00:37:04.400 --> 00:37:05.000
 behind the

00:37:05.000 --> 00:37:05.480
 one he

00:37:05.480 --> 00:37:05.940
 saw in

00:37:05.940 --> 00:37:06.800
 Jesus.

00:37:08.080 --> 00:37:08.880
 In youth

00:37:08.880 --> 00:37:09.460
 group years,

00:37:09.539 --> 00:37:10.120
 he saw the

00:37:10.120 --> 00:37:10.880
 experience of

00:37:10.880 --> 00:37:11.519
 other youth

00:37:11.519 --> 00:37:12.080
 and thought

00:37:12.080 --> 00:37:13.140
 he was

00:37:13.140 --> 00:37:13.420
 missing

00:37:13.420 --> 00:37:13.920
 something,

00:37:14.080 --> 00:37:14.360
 some

00:37:14.360 --> 00:37:15.039
 ecstatic

00:37:15.039 --> 00:37:16.059
 experience

00:37:16.059 --> 00:37:17.720
 that he

00:37:17.720 --> 00:37:18.340
 didn't have.

00:37:19.200 --> 00:37:19.620
 At

00:37:19.620 --> 00:37:20.240
 university,

00:37:20.480 --> 00:37:21.039
 he told a

00:37:21.039 --> 00:37:21.300
 friend,

00:37:21.500 --> 00:37:22.000
 I believe

00:37:22.000 --> 00:37:22.500
 in God,

00:37:22.600 --> 00:37:22.900
 but I

00:37:22.900 --> 00:37:23.340
 don't know

00:37:23.340 --> 00:37:23.900
 how Jesus

00:37:23.900 --> 00:37:24.460
 fits in.

00:37:24.460 --> 00:37:25.880
 God

00:37:25.880 --> 00:37:26.460
 is

00:37:26.460 --> 00:37:27.039
 God,

00:37:27.039 --> 00:37:27.440
 he

00:37:27.440 --> 00:37:28.019
 did not

00:37:28.019 --> 00:37:28.519
 know

00:37:28.519 --> 00:37:29.699
 the truth

00:37:29.699 --> 00:37:29.920
 that

00:37:29.920 --> 00:37:30.360
 Matthew

00:37:30.360 --> 00:37:30.760
 in his

00:37:30.760 --> 00:37:31.079
 gospel

00:37:31.079 --> 00:37:31.460
 points

00:37:31.460 --> 00:37:31.720
 to,

00:37:32.380 --> 00:37:33.019
 the truth

00:37:33.019 --> 00:37:33.619
 Cyril

00:37:33.619 --> 00:37:34.079
 defended

00:37:34.079 --> 00:37:34.740
 is this,

00:37:35.539 --> 00:37:36.199
 the man

00:37:36.199 --> 00:37:36.860
 Jesus,

00:37:37.320 --> 00:37:37.699
 who we've

00:37:37.699 --> 00:37:38.240
 thought about

00:37:38.240 --> 00:37:38.880
 this morning,

00:37:39.480 --> 00:37:40.240
 is the

00:37:40.240 --> 00:37:41.159
 same person

00:37:41.159 --> 00:37:41.900
 as God

00:37:41.900 --> 00:37:42.420
 the Son.

00:37:43.860 --> 00:37:44.920
 And as I

00:37:44.920 --> 00:37:45.220
 close,

00:37:45.340 --> 00:37:45.860
 I'll finish

00:37:45.860 --> 00:37:46.659
 with a Dan

00:37:46.659 --> 00:37:47.780
 thought bubble

00:37:47.780 --> 00:37:49.780
 to take

00:37:49.780 --> 00:37:50.060
 away.

00:37:51.920 --> 00:37:52.980
 If Jesus

00:37:52.980 --> 00:37:53.620
 is God

00:37:53.620 --> 00:37:54.060
 the Son,

00:37:54.900 --> 00:37:55.460
 then what

00:37:55.460 --> 00:37:56.060
 we see

00:37:56.060 --> 00:37:56.860
 in Jesus

00:37:56.860 --> 00:37:57.640
 is what

00:37:57.640 --> 00:37:58.480
 God is

00:37:58.480 --> 00:37:58.880
 like.

00:38:00.040 --> 00:38:00.720
 Which

00:38:00.720 --> 00:38:01.200
 means

00:38:01.200 --> 00:38:02.200
 Jesus

00:38:02.200 --> 00:38:03.360
 is bigger

00:38:03.360 --> 00:38:04.380
 than we

00:38:04.380 --> 00:38:04.700
 think.

00:38:05.920 --> 00:38:06.460
 Fullness

00:38:06.460 --> 00:38:07.260
 of God

00:38:07.260 --> 00:38:07.780
 dwells

00:38:07.780 --> 00:38:08.160
 bodily,

00:38:08.400 --> 00:38:08.840
 Colossians

00:38:08.840 --> 00:38:09.440
 2.9.

00:38:11.580 --> 00:38:12.340
 Wisdom

00:38:12.340 --> 00:38:12.880
 that

00:38:12.880 --> 00:38:13.400
 pierces,

00:38:13.560 --> 00:38:14.560
 using just

00:38:14.560 --> 00:38:15.060
 a few

00:38:15.060 --> 00:38:15.600
 words.

00:38:16.840 --> 00:38:17.600
 Words

00:38:17.599 --> 00:38:17.860
 that

00:38:17.860 --> 00:38:18.239
 heal,

00:38:19.019 --> 00:38:19.259
 bring

00:38:19.259 --> 00:38:19.699
 life,

00:38:20.019 --> 00:38:20.119
 and

00:38:20.119 --> 00:38:20.460
 forgive

00:38:20.460 --> 00:38:20.839
 sin.

00:38:22.199 --> 00:38:22.619
 Dan

00:38:22.619 --> 00:38:23.319
 says he's

00:38:23.319 --> 00:38:24.000
 even so

00:38:24.000 --> 00:38:24.400
 big,

00:38:25.219 --> 00:38:25.799
 he sets

00:38:25.799 --> 00:38:26.500
 the questions

00:38:26.500 --> 00:38:26.960
 we should

00:38:26.960 --> 00:38:27.400
 ask.

00:38:30.440 --> 00:38:31.159
 While

00:38:31.159 --> 00:38:31.739
 it's a

00:38:31.739 --> 00:38:31.980
 Sunday

00:38:31.980 --> 00:38:32.319
 school

00:38:32.319 --> 00:38:32.679
 answer,

00:38:33.319 --> 00:38:33.839
 it's not

00:38:33.839 --> 00:38:34.519
 the ABC.

00:38:35.719 --> 00:38:36.299
 He's

00:38:36.299 --> 00:38:37.319
 the Alpha

00:38:37.319 --> 00:38:38.039
 and Omega,

00:38:38.719 --> 00:38:39.559
 the first

00:38:39.559 --> 00:38:40.139
 and last,

00:38:40.239 --> 00:38:40.699
 the beginning

00:38:40.699 --> 00:38:41.400
 and end.

00:38:42.259 --> 00:38:42.759
 Are you

00:38:42.759 --> 00:38:43.259
 asking

00:38:43.259 --> 00:38:44.179
 the question

00:38:44.179 --> 00:38:44.880
 he set?

00:38:44.880 --> 00:38:48.380
 Dan's

00:38:48.380 --> 00:38:48.599
 thought

00:38:48.599 --> 00:38:48.940
 bubble

00:38:48.940 --> 00:38:49.740
 doesn't

00:38:49.740 --> 00:38:50.019
 stop

00:38:50.019 --> 00:38:50.300
 there.

00:38:51.660 --> 00:38:51.900
 He

00:38:51.900 --> 00:38:52.360
 says

00:38:52.360 --> 00:38:53.500
 that

00:38:53.500 --> 00:38:54.420
 he's

00:38:54.420 --> 00:38:54.740
 good.

00:38:55.740 --> 00:38:56.099
 He

00:38:56.099 --> 00:38:56.480
 gives

00:38:56.480 --> 00:38:56.860
 more

00:38:56.860 --> 00:38:57.099
 than

00:38:57.099 --> 00:38:57.340
 these

00:38:57.340 --> 00:38:57.820
 questions

00:38:57.820 --> 00:38:58.340
 deserve,

00:38:58.460 --> 00:38:58.680
 doesn't

00:38:58.680 --> 00:38:58.860
 he?

00:38:59.440 --> 00:38:59.740
 And

00:38:59.740 --> 00:38:59.880
 he

00:38:59.880 --> 00:39:00.180
 gives

00:39:00.180 --> 00:39:00.640
 us

00:39:00.640 --> 00:39:01.539
 more

00:39:01.539 --> 00:39:01.760
 than

00:39:01.760 --> 00:39:02.000
 we

00:39:02.000 --> 00:39:02.400
 deserve.

00:39:03.039 --> 00:39:03.420
 He's

00:39:03.420 --> 00:39:03.680
 good.

00:39:05.059 --> 00:39:05.599
 What

00:39:05.599 --> 00:39:05.780
 do you

00:39:05.780 --> 00:39:05.980
 think

00:39:05.980 --> 00:39:06.200
 about

00:39:06.200 --> 00:39:06.360
 him?

00:39:07.360 --> 00:39:07.920
 Do

00:39:07.920 --> 00:39:08.019
 you

00:39:08.019 --> 00:39:08.320
 trust

00:39:08.320 --> 00:39:08.539
 him?

00:39:10.220 --> 00:39:10.800
 Do you

00:39:10.800 --> 00:39:11.059
 dare

00:39:11.059 --> 00:39:11.420
 follow

00:39:11.420 --> 00:39:11.740
 him?

00:39:11.739 --> 00:39:13.359
 and

00:39:13.359 --> 00:39:13.519
 if

00:39:13.519 --> 00:39:13.619
 you

00:39:13.619 --> 00:39:13.799
 know

00:39:13.799 --> 00:39:14.119
 him,

00:39:14.659 --> 00:39:14.879
 will

00:39:14.879 --> 00:39:15.000
 you

00:39:15.000 --> 00:39:15.319
 follow

00:39:15.319 --> 00:39:15.659
 him

00:39:15.659 --> 00:39:16.219
 into

00:39:16.219 --> 00:39:16.519
 another

00:39:16.519 --> 00:39:16.859
 week?

00:39:41.739 --> 00:39:46.859
 Thanks,

00:39:46.939 --> 00:39:47.199
 Sam.

00:39:47.479 --> 00:39:47.979
 I'll

00:39:47.979 --> 00:39:48.219
 invite

00:39:48.219 --> 00:39:48.379
 the

00:39:48.379 --> 00:39:49.099
 musicians

00:39:49.099 --> 00:39:49.419
 up

00:39:49.419 --> 00:39:49.779
 again.

00:39:51.339 --> 00:39:51.859
 We'll

00:39:51.859 --> 00:39:52.099
 sing

00:39:52.099 --> 00:39:52.379
 another

00:39:52.379 --> 00:39:52.719
 song

00:39:52.719 --> 00:39:53.039
 now.

00:39:54.679 --> 00:39:55.199
 Yeah,

00:39:55.299 --> 00:39:55.500
 just

00:39:55.500 --> 00:39:56.199
 reflecting

00:39:56.199 --> 00:39:56.399
 on

00:39:56.399 --> 00:39:56.619
 something

00:39:56.619 --> 00:39:56.939
 Sam

00:39:56.939 --> 00:39:57.299
 said,

00:39:57.459 --> 00:39:58.179
 it's

00:39:58.179 --> 00:39:58.459
 easy

00:39:58.459 --> 00:39:58.679
 for

00:39:58.679 --> 00:39:58.939
 many

00:39:58.939 --> 00:40:00.139
 people

00:40:00.139 --> 00:40:00.399
 and

00:40:00.399 --> 00:40:00.839
 maybe

00:40:00.839 --> 00:40:01.079
 we

00:40:01.079 --> 00:40:01.259
 can

00:40:01.259 --> 00:40:01.419
 be

00:40:01.419 --> 00:40:01.659
 tempted

00:40:01.659 --> 00:40:01.959
 to

00:40:01.959 --> 00:40:02.239
 get

00:40:02.239 --> 00:40:02.379
 the

00:40:02.379 --> 00:40:02.679
 answers

00:40:02.679 --> 00:40:02.919
 from

00:40:02.919 --> 00:40:03.059
 the

00:40:03.059 --> 00:40:03.259
 right

00:40:03.259 --> 00:40:03.719
 place

00:40:03.719 --> 00:40:04.439
 but

00:40:04.439 --> 00:40:04.619
 not

00:40:04.619 --> 00:40:04.879
 go

00:40:04.879 --> 00:40:05.000
 to

00:40:05.000 --> 00:40:05.139
 the

00:40:05.139 --> 00:40:05.459
 person

00:40:05.459 --> 00:40:05.659
 who

00:40:05.659 --> 00:40:05.859
 it's

00:40:05.859 --> 00:40:06.019
 all

00:40:06.019 --> 00:40:06.379
 about.

00:40:06.719 --> 00:40:06.919
 So

00:40:06.919 --> 00:40:07.699
 I

00:40:07.699 --> 00:40:07.719
 pray

00:40:07.719 --> 00:40:07.859
 we

00:40:07.859 --> 00:40:08.019
 live

00:40:08.019 --> 00:40:08.219
 out

00:40:08.219 --> 00:40:08.439
 our

00:40:08.439 --> 00:40:08.679
 week

00:40:08.679 --> 00:40:08.919
 looking

00:40:08.919 --> 00:40:09.259
 to

00:40:09.259 --> 00:40:10.359
 Jesus

00:40:10.359 --> 00:40:10.739
 and

00:40:10.739 --> 00:40:11.079
 remembering

00:40:11.079 --> 00:40:11.339
 who

00:40:11.339 --> 00:40:11.519
 he

00:40:11.519 --> 00:40:11.679
 is

00:40:11.679 --> 00:40:11.859
 every

00:40:11.859 --> 00:40:12.119
 day.

00:40:12.879 --> 00:40:13.339
 Now

00:40:13.339 --> 00:40:13.599
 is

00:40:13.599 --> 00:40:13.799
 the

00:40:13.799 --> 00:40:14.199
 time

00:40:14.199 --> 00:40:14.859
 for

00:40:14.859 --> 00:40:15.480
 kids

00:40:15.480 --> 00:40:16.460
 that

00:40:16.460 --> 00:40:16.559
 are

00:40:16.559 --> 00:40:16.779
 older

00:40:16.779 --> 00:40:16.899
 in

00:40:16.899 --> 00:40:17.059
 year

00:40:17.059 --> 00:40:17.259
 three

00:40:17.259 --> 00:40:17.419
 to

00:40:17.419 --> 00:40:17.659
 six

00:40:17.659 --> 00:40:17.819
 to

00:40:17.819 --> 00:40:17.960
 go

00:40:17.960 --> 00:40:18.139
 out

00:40:18.139 --> 00:40:18.539
 to

00:40:18.539 --> 00:40:18.799
 the

00:40:18.799 --> 00:40:19.079
 older

00:40:19.079 --> 00:40:19.359
 Grace

00:40:19.359 --> 00:40:19.619
 Kids

00:40:19.619 --> 00:40:19.940
 Club.

00:40:20.919 --> 00:40:21.079
 Yeah,

00:40:21.139 --> 00:40:21.359
 and we'll

00:40:21.359 --> 00:40:21.819
 sing our

00:40:21.819 --> 00:40:22.500
 next song

00:40:22.500 --> 00:40:22.799
 together.

00:40:22.799 --> 00:40:22.799


00:40:22.799 --> 00:40:22.799


00:40:22.799 --> 00:40:22.879
 together.

00:40:22.879 --> 00:40:22.799
 Let's

00:40:22.799 --> 00:40:22.799


00:40:22.799 --> 00:40:22.879
 together.

00:40:22.879 --> 00:40:22.799
 Let's

00:40:22.799 --> 00:40:22.799


00:40:22.799 --> 00:40:22.879
 together.

00:40:22.879 --> 00:40:22.799
 Let's

00:40:22.799 --> 00:40:22.799


00:40:22.799 --> 00:40:22.879
 together.

00:40:22.879 --> 00:40:36.799
 I

00:40:36.799 --> 00:40:36.799


00:40:36.799 --> 00:40:39.219
 the

00:40:39.219 --> 00:40:39.960
 Saviour

00:40:39.960 --> 00:40:41.119
 say

00:40:41.119 --> 00:40:41.739
!

00:40:41.739 --> 00:40:42.239
 Thy

00:40:42.239 --> 00:40:42.239


00:40:42.239 --> 00:40:43.639
 strength

00:40:43.639 --> 00:40:44.380
 indeed

00:40:44.380 --> 00:40:44.839
 is

00:40:44.839 --> 00:40:45.839
 small

00:40:45.839 --> 00:40:46.940
 child

00:40:46.940 --> 00:40:47.339
 of

00:40:47.339 --> 00:40:48.659
 weakness

00:40:48.659 --> 00:40:49.380
 watch

00:40:49.380 --> 00:40:49.739
 and

00:40:49.739 --> 00:40:50.599
 pray

00:40:50.599 --> 00:40:51.839
 find

00:40:51.839 --> 00:40:52.239
 in

00:40:52.239 --> 00:40:53.239
 me

00:40:53.239 --> 00:40:53.900
 thine

00:40:53.900 --> 00:40:54.380
 all

00:40:54.380 --> 00:40:55.480
 ignore

00:40:55.480 --> 00:40:58.279
 Jesus

00:40:58.279 --> 00:40:59.159
 paid

00:40:59.159 --> 00:40:59.599
 it

00:40:59.599 --> 00:41:01.319
 all

00:41:01.319 --> 00:41:03.000
 all

00:41:03.000 --> 00:41:03.380
 to

00:41:03.380 --> 00:41:03.880
 him

00:41:03.880 --> 00:41:04.279
 I

00:41:04.279 --> 00:41:05.000
 owe

00:41:05.000 --> 00:41:05.619
!

00:41:05.619 --> 00:41:07.099
 Sin

00:41:07.099 --> 00:41:08.179
 had

00:41:08.179 --> 00:41:08.619
 left

00:41:08.619 --> 00:41:09.019
 the

00:41:09.019 --> 00:41:09.599
 crimson

00:41:09.599 --> 00:41:10.440
 stain

00:41:10.440 --> 00:41:11.380
 he

00:41:11.380 --> 00:41:12.860
 washed

00:41:12.860 --> 00:41:13.320
 it

00:41:13.320 --> 00:41:13.840
 white

00:41:13.840 --> 00:41:14.179
 as

00:41:14.179 --> 00:41:14.820
 snow

00:41:14.820 --> 00:41:14.820


00:41:14.820 --> 00:41:15.440
!

00:41:15.440 --> 00:41:20.039
 Lord,

00:41:20.039 --> 00:41:21.920
 now

00:41:21.920 --> 00:41:22.640
 indeed

00:41:22.640 --> 00:41:24.140
 I

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 Jesus made it all, all to him I owe.

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 Sin had left a crimson stain, he washed it white as snow.

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 He washed it white as snow.

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 I've got the great blessing of praying for us all this morning.

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 Can I encourage you as I'm praying, pray along.

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 We sing in worship together and prayer is another form of worship to our God and an acknowledgement of him.

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 So pray along with me.

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 Heavenly Father, you are our great God.

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 You're greater than all things.

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 You are the creator of all things.

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 Lord, we pray that your spirit might fill us with your love so that we might love you with our hearts, souls and minds.

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 And love our neighbours.

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 Lord, let us turn to Jesus in all things.

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 We bring before you today those that are doing your work out in the world.

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 For Matt and Grace, Lincoln and Leah, Henry and Marie, we lift up their names to you.

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 And we pray for strength, encouragement, safety and wisdom for them in their mission.

00:45:07.299 --> 00:45:14.379
 We also lift up John and Kath Hollier as they serve on the mercy ships, Lord, over the next few months.

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 That that will be a time of great blessing for those that they serve, but for them as well.

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 Lord, more locally, we pray for the ministry opportunities we have here.

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 We thank you for the recharge conference yesterday.

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 We pray that that was a time in which the men here could be encouraged and filled with your spirit and strengthened to go out this week and into the future.

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 And we pray for the women's retreat coming up, that that will be a time of great encouragement for our women.

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 And for the Taste and See series, Lord, that that might be an opportunity for those that don't know you to come here.

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 And we pray that you might be bringing those who don't know you along to that event and that you might be softening their hearts to hear your word.

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 Lord, we thank you again for the wonderful gift of life as well.

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 We pray for Lauren, for Sarah and Emma in their pregnancies.

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 We pray for health and safety and protection over them over the next few months.

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 And we also bring before you Sarah and Dylan.

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 And we pray that we pray for wisdom as they prepare for marriage together, Lord.

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 We pray that you'll fill their hearts with love so that this time and into their marriage it might be a time in which they're able to reflect the love that you showed us.

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 And for those that are sick or caring for those that are sick, we lift them up for prayer in you as well, Lord.

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 We pray for Jodie as she supports her parents.

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 And for Elizabeth and Jane, Lord, as they're trying to provide support and prayer over sick family members.

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 Lord, we lift up them to you and we pray for healing.

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 And Lord, we also pray for those that can't be with us today, those that are sick at home, but also for those in nursing homes.

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 For Arthur, for Diane, Jeff and Margaret.

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 Lord, I pray that even though they're not with us and even though others are not with us, that they can be with us in spirit.

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 And that you can be still encouraging and growing and strengthening their faith as well.

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 And for Chris and Jane, Jess, sorry.

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 Lord, we pray that as they prepare for their move up to Tauri, Lord, that you can be helping them to settle in.

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 And that they'll find a place of worship up there where they can glorify and honour you and serve you in the community.

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 Lord, we thank you for all things.

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 We thank you that you are our great saviour and the perfecter and the finisher of our faith.

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 Amen.

00:47:53.980 --> 00:48:01.199
 Thanks, Lockie.

00:48:01.579 --> 00:48:03.039
 We'll do a few announcements now.

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 So if you've got your bulletins there, grab them out.

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 We'll go through a few things.

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 A little bit of wonderful family news.

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 Firstly, yeah, congratulations to Sarah and Dylan on becoming engaged.

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 That's wonderful news, guys.

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 Put your hands up.

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 Where are you?

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 Can't see.

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 There they are.

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 Yeah, they didn't want to be embarrassed, but I'm going to do it anyway.

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 Congratulations, guys.

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 And also, wonderful news.

00:48:30.240 --> 00:48:32.420
 Dave and Emma are expecting a third bub.

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 So congratulations, guys.

00:48:39.040 --> 00:48:40.700
 Okay, so that's some of the big news lately.

00:48:41.300 --> 00:48:51.020
 As Lockie was praying about, we've got the upcoming Taste NC, which is a four-week series about exploring Christianity for blokes.

00:48:51.019 --> 00:48:54.360
 It's not just another excuse to get together and eat meat.

00:48:54.360 --> 00:48:56.900
 It's not just another excuse to get together and eat meat, although that will happen.

00:48:56.900 --> 00:49:00.079
 But we do have some flyers.

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 So beautiful flyers with a bit of purple on them.

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 But yeah, feel free to grab some.

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 If you're a bloke and you've got someone you want to invite along, you think they're interested in knowing more about Jesus, yeah, we'd love to have them along.

00:49:13.099 --> 00:49:17.739
 And there's a couple of guys already coming, so yeah, why not have a few more?

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 Yeah, it is starting Tuesday, the 23rd of September, and it's on at 6.30, starting at 6.30 across the four nights.

00:49:26.039 --> 00:49:34.900
 There's quite a few things in the bulletin, including people who are sick, to keep in prayer, missionaries.

00:49:35.159 --> 00:49:44.579
 But just to draw your attention to two other things, just remember John and Catherine are on the mercy ships, serving on one at the moment.

00:49:44.579 --> 00:49:51.079
 So yeah, keep them in prayer as they committed to serving the Lord in that way.

00:49:51.880 --> 00:49:55.559
 And also, may not be in here, but the Han family are going back to the US.

00:49:55.759 --> 00:50:00.360
 So Kevin's here, but the kids in Katy are already on the plane, probably right now, Kevin.

00:50:00.719 --> 00:50:04.480
 And Kevin's heading off next week, so keep them in prayer as they head over for a couple of weeks.

00:50:05.639 --> 00:50:06.860
 I'm going to invite Emma up.

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 She just wants to talk to a women's event coming up.

00:50:14.579 --> 00:50:19.880
 Yeah, so very exciting.

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 We've got our women's retreat next weekend.

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 We've got almost 30 ladies staying overnight and more than 10 coming for the day as well.

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 So it's going to be a great day and great two days.

00:50:31.340 --> 00:50:32.980
 And yeah, just a couple of reminders.

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 So if you are able, we're going to have morning tea when we arrive, and we'd just love it if people could bring some slices or fruit or whatever to share.

00:50:43.199 --> 00:50:45.279
 We'll be bringing some stuff as well.

00:50:45.799 --> 00:50:47.879
 And also, you do need to bring your own bedding.

00:50:48.219 --> 00:50:53.159
 So yeah, sheets or sleeping bag or whatever, as well as pillow, pillowcase.

00:50:54.179 --> 00:50:54.399
 Cool.

00:50:54.619 --> 00:50:55.460
 We're looking forward to it.

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 See you next weekend.

00:51:02.339 --> 00:51:04.119
 Okay, I'll invite the musos up.

00:51:04.199 --> 00:51:06.259
 We're going to sing one final song in a moment.

00:51:06.260 --> 00:51:12.160
 Sorry, Emma has been up and down all day today.

00:51:12.260 --> 00:51:12.900
 You've done amazing.

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 He hasn't had a rest.

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 So a couple of things.

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 We are going to have a morning tea after the service.

00:51:24.640 --> 00:51:28.560
 There's lots of leftovers from the men's conference yesterday.

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 So get stuck in.

00:51:31.460 --> 00:51:32.320
 They've got to go.

00:51:32.320 --> 00:51:37.180
 So if they don't go, I'm just going to have to get my kids onto it, and they'll clean it out.

00:51:37.280 --> 00:51:38.980
 But there'll be a few others there too.

00:51:39.180 --> 00:51:41.760
 So yeah, that'll be just over here, I think, in a moment.

00:51:42.340 --> 00:51:46.080
 And I just want to finish with some words from Jude, and then we'll sing together.

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 Now to him who is able to keep you from stumbling and present you blameless

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 before the presence of this glory with great joy,

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 to the only God our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord,

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 be glory, majesty, dominion and authority before all time and now and forever.

00:52:05.139 --> 00:52:06.159
 Amen.

00:52:06.159 --> 00:52:25.559
 I cannot tell why he whom angels worship

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 Should set his love upon the sons of men

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 For why as shepherd he should seek the wanderers

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 To bring them back they know not how or when

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 But this I know that he was born of Mary

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 When Bethlehem's manger was his only home

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 And that he lived at Nazareth and Laban

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 And so the Savior, Savior of the world is come

00:53:21.780 --> 00:53:31.060
 I cannot tell how silently he suffered

00:53:31.060 --> 00:53:40.160
 As with his speed he graced this place of tears

00:53:40.159 --> 00:53:47.420
 For how his heart upon the cross was broken

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 The crown of pain to three and thirty years

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 But this I know he is a broken hearted

00:54:05.079 --> 00:54:12.159
 And stays of sin and calms out looking feet

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 And lifts the burden from the heavy laden

00:54:21.579 --> 00:54:30.400
 For yet the Savior, Savior of the world is here

00:54:30.400 --> 00:54:38.340
 I cannot tell how he will win the nations

00:54:38.340 --> 00:54:45.579
 How he will claim his earthly heritage

00:54:45.579 --> 00:54:54.799
 How satisfied the needs and aspirations

00:54:54.799 --> 00:55:03.579
 Of east and west, of sin and of faith

00:55:03.579 --> 00:55:11.599
 But this I know, all flesh shall see his glory

00:55:11.599 --> 00:55:19.679
 And he shall reap the harvest he has sown

00:55:19.679 --> 00:55:28.579
 And some glad day his sun shall shine in splendor

00:55:28.579 --> 00:55:38.340
 When he the Savior, Savior of the world is known

00:55:38.340 --> 00:55:46.099
 I cannot tell how all the lands shall worship

00:55:46.099 --> 00:55:53.579
 When at his bidding every storm is still

00:55:53.579 --> 00:56:02.860
 For who can save how great the jubilation

00:56:02.860 --> 00:56:11.579
 When all the hearts of men with love are filled

00:56:11.579 --> 00:56:20.579
 But this I know, the skies will thrill with rapture

00:56:20.579 --> 00:56:29.440
 And myriad, myriad human voices sing

00:56:29.440 --> 00:56:37.579
 And earth to heaven, and earth to earth will answer

00:56:37.579 --> 00:56:47.579
 At last the Savior, Savior of the world is King

00:56:47.579 --> 00:56:59.159
 Just one final thing

00:56:59.159 --> 00:57:03.599
 Thank you for celebrating that we're expecting a baby

00:57:03.599 --> 00:57:05.679
 Sorry

00:57:05.679 --> 00:57:10.400
 It's a sad day as well

00:57:10.400 --> 00:57:11.679
 Because man

00:57:11.679 --> 00:57:13.259
 Sorry

00:57:13.260 --> 00:57:22.260
 Man, this is anniversary of Nara today

00:57:22.260 --> 00:57:30.420
 So yeah, we weep with you

00:57:30.420 --> 00:57:32.800
 I think that song was fitting

00:57:32.800 --> 00:57:36.600
 We cannot tell how he's going to make all things right

00:57:36.599 --> 00:57:41.019
 And just knowing who he is as the Son of God

00:57:41.019 --> 00:57:46.599
 Hopefully you feel some comfort and hope in that

00:57:46.599 --> 00:57:49.539
 Well, why don't we continue fellowship

00:57:49.539 --> 00:57:51.199
 In the good and the bad

00:57:51.199 --> 00:57:53.360
 Whatever's going on in life over at Morning Tea

00:57:53.360 --> 00:57:54.339
 Thanks

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