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 Please open your Bibles this morning to the Gospel according to John.

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 We finished John's prologue last week, verses 1-18, so this morning we are officially jumping into the narrative section of this book.

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 And so turn there to John chapter 1, we're going to read this morning from verse 19 through verse 34.

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 John chapter 1, verses 19 through 34.

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 And if you're using the pew Bibles there in front of you, you can find this passage on page 833.

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 We invite you and encourage you to have a Bible open.

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 So we're going to be on John chapter 1, verses 19 through 34 this morning.

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 Please follow with me as I read.

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 And this is the testimony of John.

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 When the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him,

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 Who are you?

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 He confessed and did not deny, but confessed,

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 I am not the Christ.

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 And they asked him,

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 What then? Are you Elijah?

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 He said, I am not.

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 Are you the prophet?

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 And he answered, No.

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 So they said to him,

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 Who are you?

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 We need to give an answer to those who sent us.

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 What do you say about yourself?

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 He said,

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 I am the voice of one crying out in the wilderness.

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 Make straight the way of the Lord,

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 as the prophet Isaiah said.

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 Now they had been sent from the Pharisees.

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 They asked him,

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 Then why are you baptizing,

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 if you are neither the Christ,

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 nor Elijah,

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 nor the prophet?

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 John answered them,

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 I baptize with water,

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 But among you stands one you do not know,

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 even he who comes after me,

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 the strap of whose sandal I am not worthy to untie.

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 These things took place in Bethany,

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 across the Jordan,

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 where John was baptizing.

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 The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him and said,

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 Behold the Lamb of God,

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 who takes away the sin of the world.

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 This is he of whom I said,

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 After me comes a man who ranks before me,

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 because he was before me.

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 I myself did not know him,

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 but for this purpose I came baptizing with water,

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 that he might be revealed to Israel.

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 And John bore witness.

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 I saw the Spirit descend from heaven like a dove,

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 and it remained on him.

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 I myself did not know him,

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 but he who sent me to baptize with water,

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 said to me,

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 He on whom you see the Spirit descend and remain,

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 this is he who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.

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 And I have seen and have borne witness

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 that this is the Son of God.

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 This is God's holy, perfect, true, and inspired word.

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 Let's bow and pray once more.

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 Father, we simply ask again

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 that as we open up your word,

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 that you would do a miracle here.

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 That we wouldn't just hear it as information,

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 but by the power of your Spirit,

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 would it transform us

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 as we hear and receive your word.

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 We pray in Christ's name.

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 Amen.

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 If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery,

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 then John the Baptist has got to be

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 one of the least flattered figures in the Bible.

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 We sing David's songs,

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 and we pray his words from the Psalms.

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 David wrote a large portion of the Old Testament.

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 We simply don't have that same wealth of information

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 from John the Baptist.

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 Just a handful of verses in comparison.

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 Plenty of people want to live in big,

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 fancy houses like Solomon.

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 I don't hear many people wanting to live

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 out in the wilderness like John.

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 People love to talk about Joseph

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 and his coat of many colors.

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 As I look around,

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 I don't see anybody wearing camel's hair

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 like John the Baptist did.

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 And I've heard of plenty of people

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 following the Daniel diet,

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 but I don't know of a single person

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 who has ever followed the John the Baptist diet

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 of locusts and wild honey.

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 That might not be what we want to imitate

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 from the life of John.

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 But despite his lack of press,

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 John the Baptist is one of the most significant figures

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 in human history.

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 In fact, R.C. Sproul,

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 he observes that secular historians

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 from the first century,

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 they wrote more words,

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 they gave more attention to John the Baptist

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 than they did to Jesus himself.

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 He was that unbelievably significant.

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 And no, it's not primarily because of his clothes

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 or his lodging or his diet.

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 It was because of his witness.

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 John the Apostle,

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 he first introduced us to John the Baptist

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 up in verse 6.

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 And here's what we said.

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 You may remember this from several weeks ago.

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 We said that we cannot imitate John's unique position,

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 but we can imitate his posture

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 and his proclamation.

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 I wonder if you remember that.

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 We cannot imitate John's unique position.

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 He was one of a kind,

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 one of one, utterly unique.

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 But we can and we must imitate his posture

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 and his proclamation.

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 If you are a Christian,

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 then you are, like it or not,

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 a witness to the glory of God

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 in the gospel of Jesus Christ.

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 Our passage this morning,

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 as we look to who John the Baptist is,

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 how he acted,

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 what he said,

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 our passage this morning,

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 it gives us two keys to that witness.

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 If you're taking notes,

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 this is going to be our outline this morning.

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 We're going to see two keys

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 for our witness to Christ,

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 our posture

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 and our proclamation.

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 First, what is our posture

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 as witnesses to Christ?

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 Look there to verse 19 with me.

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 It says,

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 and this is the testimony of John.

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 Let's stop there

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 because that might not sound like much,

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 but this was an unbelievably,

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 unbelievably significant moment

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 in God's story of redemption.

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 The Old Testament,

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 it had concluded with Malachi's prophecy

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 and then for 400 years,

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 God was silent.

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 There was no vision.

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 There were no prophecies.

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 There was no prophets.

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 God did not speak.

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 It was utter silence from God

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 for 400 years

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 until a prophet comes out of the wilderness

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 and begins to testify.

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 Apparently, John was causing

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 a little bit of a scene.

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 People from all over were coming to him,

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 listening to his message

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 and as we see in the Gospel of Matthew,

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 he was preaching a message of repentance.

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 Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

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 His message was,

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 turn from your sin.

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 Repent.

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 The king is coming.

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 He's on his way.

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 You had better prepare yourselves.

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 He is near.

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 And as a way of demonstrating that repentance,

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 we see that he was baptizing there in the water.

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 Now, this is not quite the same as our baptism today.

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 We baptize in a hot tub.

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 But not only that,

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 we baptize believers in Christ.

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 We demonstrate externally, visibly,

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 the internal transformation

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 that has happened by the power of the Holy Spirit

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 when God saves someone

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 and they come to faith in Christ.

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 This was not that.

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 John's baptism,

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 this was something called proselyte baptism.

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 Proselyte baptism had arisen

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 during that 400 years

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 between the two testaments.

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 And it was traditionally only for Gentiles

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 who converted to Judaism.

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 And they were considered unclean.

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 And so they needed to be washed.

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 They needed to be cleansed.

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 And actually, the convert would baptize himself.

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 He would wash himself,

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 clean himself up,

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 have to wash away his uncleanliness

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 before joining the Jewish community.

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 But here comes John,

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 out of the wilderness,

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 preaching a message of repentance,

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 not just for the Gentiles,

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 but for the Jews as well.

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 Not just for the Gentiles

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 who didn't know the Lord,

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 but for Israel.

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 He came saying that the kingdom of God is near

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 and they are not ready.

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 They need to repent.

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 And on top of that,

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 people are coming to him

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 and he is the one doing the baptism.

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 He's administering baptism

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 to all of these people.

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 So naturally,

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 the religious leaders were curious.

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 What in the world is this guy doing?

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 Who does he think he is?

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 And that's exactly what they asked him there in verse 19.

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 It says,

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 The Jews sent priests and Levites,

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 some of their religious experts from Jerusalem,

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 to ask him,

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 Who are you?

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 And here's where we begin to see

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 the posture of John.

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 In the strongest terms possible,

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 he confessed and did not deny,

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 but confessed,

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 I am not the Christ.

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 See, he didn't even begin to tell them

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 who he was.

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 He told them who he was not.

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 Don't look at me.

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 Don't worry about me.

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 I'm not him.

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 Look to him.

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 I'm just here to pave the way for him.

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 So they moved on to the next option.

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 Well, what then?

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 Are you Elijah?

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 Elijah the prophet famously did not die.

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 He was taken up to be with the Lord,

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 and so it was believed that Elijah himself

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 physically, literally,

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 would return in the future.

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 And in fact, Malachi,

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 the last prophet of the Old Testament,

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 it concludes with this prophecy

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 that I will send Elijah the prophet

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 before the great and awesome day of the Lord comes.

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 So John here, he says,

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 no, I'm not Elijah,

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 and technically he's correct.

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 No, he's John.

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 He's not Elijah.

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 But Jesus, in Matthew 11,

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 he tells us that John is in fact

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 the fulfillment of this prophecy.

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 He is Elijah who is to come.

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 So they're down to one more option.

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 Are you the prophet?

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 If they had said,

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 are you a prophet?

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 Maybe John would have said,

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 yes, I am,

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 but they didn't say that.

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 They said,

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 are you the prophet?

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 They're referring to the prophecy

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 of Deuteronomy 18.

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 God had told Moses in Deuteronomy 18,

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 I will raise up for them a prophet like you

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 from among their brothers,

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 and I will put my words in his mouth,

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 and he shall speak to them

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 all that I command him.

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 They were looking for this particular prophet to come.

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 And of course,

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 that is a prophecy fulfilled in Christ.

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 So again, John says,

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 no, that's not me.

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 I am not him.

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 So they're finally out of options,

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 and they give John a turn to speak and say,

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 well, then who are you?

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 We need to give an answer to those who sent us.

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 What do you say about yourself?

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 And John tells them,

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 referencing Isaiah 40, verse 3,

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 which we read this morning,

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 I am the voice.

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 Not the word,

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 the voice.

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 Not the word,

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 but a witness.

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 I am the voice of one crying out in the wilderness,

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 make straight the way of the Lord,

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 as the prophet Isaiah had said.

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 See, John knew his role.

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 It was not to attract glory,

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 or fame,

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 or attention to himself.

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 It was to prepare the way of the Lord.

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 His role was to clear the way,

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 to make the path straight.

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 The King is coming.

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 When I was in college,

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 I lived in a house with three other college guys,

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 and if you came to our house,

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 you would notice that it was inhabited

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 by four college guys living there.

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 It was an absolute mess.

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 And every now and then,

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 we would get a message,

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 a warning.

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 The landlord is coming.

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 He's on his way.

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 He will be there soon.

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 How do you think we responded?

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 It was a whirlwind.

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 We hopped up into a whirlwind of cleaning.

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 The dishes were done.

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 Clothes were thrown into the closet.

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 Floors were cleaned.

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 We prepped ourselves for his arrival.

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 Well, John says,

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 in that same way,

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 the King is coming.

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 Don't look at me.

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 I'm just the messenger.

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 Listen to the message.

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 The message is urgent.

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 You need to repent

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 and prepare yourself

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 for the coming of the King.

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 Get your affairs in order.

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 The King is on his way.

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 Now, I'd like to have thought

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 that that would have satisfied me,

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 but they had another question.

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 It was probably the one

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 that bothered them the most.

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 Look what they said.

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 Then why are you baptizing?

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 If you're neither the Christ,

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 nor Elijah,

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 nor the prophet,

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 what are you doing?

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 And John's little addition there

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 in verse 24,

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 I think,

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 says it all.

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 My Bible has it there

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 in parentheses.

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 If you look there,

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 maybe yours does as well.

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 He gives a little aside

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 and says,

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 now they had been sent

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 from the Pharisees.

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 This is the first appearance

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 of the Pharisees

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 in the Gospel of John,

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 but as you know,

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 it will not be the last.

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 This is the beginning

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 of some tension

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 that will build

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 throughout this book

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 and of course will culminate

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 in the death of Christ.

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 The Pharisees were not all bad.

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 I want to give them

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 some credit.

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 I want to be clear about that.

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 Some Pharisees wound up

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 following Jesus.

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 They believed in Him,

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 but many did not.

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 The Pharisees were

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 the religious elite of the day.

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 They held the law of God

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 in high esteem on one hand,

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 but we see that they also

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 tended to hold

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 their own tradition

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 in high esteem as well.

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 And they had a hard time

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 reconciling or understanding

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 or accepting anyone

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 who would go and teach

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 contrary to what they said,

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 to what their tradition was.

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 And again,

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 we should note here

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 that there is no Old Testament

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 command or instruction

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 about baptizing a convert

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 to Judaism.

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 That had developed

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 as tradition,

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 Jewish tradition,

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 in that intertestamental period.

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 Traditions are great,

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 but scripture is better.

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 And sometimes,

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 I think we tend to get

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 that priority lopsided.

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 Traditions are wonderful,

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 but scripture is better.

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 And again,

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 I love how John responds here.

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 Look what he says.

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 He doesn't respond

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 how I might have responded

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 to that.

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 He doesn't even give them

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 a straight answer.

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 He could have said,

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 don't you realize

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 that I am a prophet?

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 Which means

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 that I carry the same weight

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 of authority

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 as all the prophets

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 of the Old Testament.

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 And so,

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 if I come saying

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 that we need to repent

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 and be baptized,

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 that's the word of God

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 telling you,

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 lay aside your tradition

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 and accept this new word

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 from the Lord.

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 You need to be baptized.

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 Come wash yourself.

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 You are unclean.

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 When God says

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 the Messiah is coming

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 and you are not ready,

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 it's time to toss

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 your traditions aside

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 and listen to the voice of God.

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 But he doesn't say that.

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 What does he say?

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 Look there to verse 26.

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 He says,

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 I baptize with water,

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 but among you

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 stands one you do not know.

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 Even he who comes after me,

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 the strap of whose sandal

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 I am not worthy to untie.

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 He again lowers himself

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 and he elevates Christ.

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 That was John's posture.

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 When someone became

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 a disciple of a rabbi,

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 they came under the teaching

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 of a rabbi,

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 they would do all sorts

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 of things for him,

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 almost to the level

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 of being a bondservant.

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 It was much more

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 than just listening

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 and taking notes

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 and following along

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 with their teaching.

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 When someone became

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 a disciple,

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 this was an all-of-life

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 commitment to service,

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 to the mission

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 and the teaching

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 of the rabbi.

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 So they would take care

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 of all sorts

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 of arrangements.

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 They took care

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 of everything from food

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 to lodging

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 to carrying their belongings,

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 all sorts of things.

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 But one thing

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 they did not do

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 was handle

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 the rabbi's shoes.

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 They didn't do that.

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 That one task

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 was reserved

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 for the bondservants,

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 for the lowest

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 of the low.

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 But John says,

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 for this man,

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 go even lower

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 than that.

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 I'm not even

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 worthy to untie

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 the strap

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 of his sandal.

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 Church,

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 I think we could

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 learn something

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 from the posture

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 of John the Baptist.

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 Don't you?

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 If you want

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 to be great,

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 make yourself

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 less than a servant.

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 Go lower.

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 Matthew and Mark,

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 we talked about this

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 in Sunday school.

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 I love when Treg

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 preaches my sermon

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 before I come in here.

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 I really do.

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 It primes the pump.

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 Matthew and Mark,

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 they both tell

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 the story of how

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 James and his brother

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 John,

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 the John,

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 the John who wrote

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 this book,

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 John the Apostle,

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 who were reading

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 this gospel,

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 how they pursued

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 greatness.

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 They came up to Jesus

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 and they asked

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 that it be granted

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 to them

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 to sit one

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 at his right hand,

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 one at his left hand

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 in glory.

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 That's a bold request.

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 They wanted

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 to be great.

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 You know,

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 John just happens

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 to leave that story out

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 of his gospel.

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 You notice that?

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 And it says,

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 when the other ten

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 disciples heard of it,

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 they were angry

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 at them.

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 Not because that was

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 such a foolish request,

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 but because they

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 wanted to be great.

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 They didn't want to be

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 beaten to the punch.

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 And Jesus hears

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 all of this

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 and he says,

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 listen,

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 y'all need to come

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 over here,

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 sit down,

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 I need to tell you

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 something.

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 Listen to me.

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 He says,

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 you know that

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 those who are

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 considered rulers

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 of the Gentiles

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 lord it over them

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 and their great ones

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 exercise authority

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 over them,

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 but it shall not

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 be so among you.

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 But whoever would

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 be great among you

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 must be your servant.

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 And whoever would

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 be first among you

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 must be slave of all.

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 For even the son of man

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 came not to be served,

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 but to serve

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 and to give his life

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 as a ransom for many.

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 See, that's how Jesus

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 viewed greatness.

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 No wonder he says

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 in Matthew chapter 11

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 that among those

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 born of women

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 there has arisen

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 no one greater

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 than John the Baptist.

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 Not David,

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 not Joseph,

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 not Abraham,

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 not Isaac,

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 not Jacob.

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 No one

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 is greater

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 than John the Baptist.

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 Do you want to be great

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 in the kingdom of God?

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 John,

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 lower yourself.

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 Humble

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 yourself.

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 Stop making it

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 about you

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 become

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 a servant.

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 Imitate

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 the posture

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 of John.

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 Take this posture

00:20:52.100 --> 00:20:53.300
 of a humble

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 servant,

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 unworthy

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 even to be

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 a bondservant

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 of Jesus Christ.

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 Could you imagine?

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 what would your life

00:21:01.059 --> 00:21:01.819
 look like

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 if it wasn't

00:21:04.419 --> 00:21:05.480
 all about you,

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 but it was about

00:21:08.399 --> 00:21:08.899
 the glory

00:21:08.899 --> 00:21:09.899
 of Jesus Christ?

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 What would that do

00:21:12.559 --> 00:21:13.679
 for the dynamic

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 of your relationships?

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 If the goal

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 of your relationships

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 was to humble

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 yourself

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 and serve

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 that those

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 other people

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 might know

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 the glory

00:21:23.059 --> 00:21:24.200
 of Christ Jesus,

00:21:24.819 --> 00:21:26.019
 what would that do

00:21:26.019 --> 00:21:26.879
 for your marriage?

00:21:26.880 --> 00:21:29.440
 if you put

00:21:29.440 --> 00:21:30.660
 yourself aside

00:21:30.660 --> 00:21:31.400
 to serve

00:21:31.400 --> 00:21:32.120
 that they might

00:21:32.120 --> 00:21:32.960
 know Christ

00:21:32.960 --> 00:21:33.640
 more,

00:21:33.720 --> 00:21:34.200
 what would it do

00:21:34.200 --> 00:21:35.080
 for this church?

00:21:37.160 --> 00:21:38.300
 What would this church

00:21:38.300 --> 00:21:39.280
 look like?

00:21:39.320 --> 00:21:40.000
 If you can imagine

00:21:40.000 --> 00:21:40.380
 this,

00:21:40.400 --> 00:21:40.800
 if there was

00:21:40.800 --> 00:21:41.980
 no task

00:21:41.980 --> 00:21:42.900
 that was beneath

00:21:42.900 --> 00:21:43.900
 us,

00:21:43.940 --> 00:21:44.820
 if we would

00:21:44.820 --> 00:21:45.780
 jump to serve

00:21:45.780 --> 00:21:46.280
 whether people

00:21:46.280 --> 00:21:47.280
 saw us or not,

00:21:47.360 --> 00:21:47.720
 whether people

00:21:47.720 --> 00:21:48.700
 gave us credit

00:21:48.700 --> 00:21:49.320
 or not,

00:21:49.400 --> 00:21:50.460
 whether the only

00:21:50.460 --> 00:21:51.460
 person who saw

00:21:51.460 --> 00:21:52.380
 what you did

00:21:52.380 --> 00:21:53.180
 was the master

00:21:53.180 --> 00:21:54.320
 himself.

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 And I do

00:21:56.819 --> 00:21:57.359
 want to commend

00:21:57.359 --> 00:21:57.720
 you,

00:21:58.259 --> 00:21:58.779
 Siwe Bay,

00:21:59.299 --> 00:22:00.500
 because there

00:22:00.500 --> 00:22:01.240
 are many

00:22:01.240 --> 00:22:02.419
 humble servants

00:22:02.419 --> 00:22:03.500
 in this church.

00:22:04.179 --> 00:22:04.700
 I think this

00:22:04.700 --> 00:22:05.220
 is one of our

00:22:05.220 --> 00:22:05.679
 strengths.

00:22:06.639 --> 00:22:07.359
 But I want

00:22:07.359 --> 00:22:07.799
 to challenge

00:22:07.799 --> 00:22:08.159
 you.

00:22:09.220 --> 00:22:09.879
 Go lower.

00:22:11.220 --> 00:22:12.039
 We can go

00:22:12.039 --> 00:22:12.399
 lower.

00:22:13.639 --> 00:22:14.379
 The world

00:22:14.379 --> 00:22:15.819
 knows all

00:22:15.819 --> 00:22:16.700
 about climbing

00:22:16.700 --> 00:22:17.279
 the ladder

00:22:17.279 --> 00:22:18.000
 to greatness.

00:22:18.240 --> 00:22:18.679
 What would it

00:22:18.679 --> 00:22:19.599
 look like to

00:22:19.599 --> 00:22:20.220
 bring someone

00:22:20.220 --> 00:22:21.379
 into this place

00:22:21.379 --> 00:22:21.899
 and have them

00:22:21.900 --> 00:22:23.180
 see a family

00:22:23.180 --> 00:22:24.540
 of servants

00:22:24.540 --> 00:22:25.560
 who say,

00:22:25.740 --> 00:22:26.300
 don't look at us.

00:22:26.340 --> 00:22:26.920
 We're nothing.

00:22:27.740 --> 00:22:28.800
 Look to Christ.

00:22:30.780 --> 00:22:31.259
 Church,

00:22:31.360 --> 00:22:32.759
 this humble

00:22:32.759 --> 00:22:34.040
 posture of

00:22:34.040 --> 00:22:35.120
 our lives

00:22:35.120 --> 00:22:35.640
 will give

00:22:35.640 --> 00:22:36.920
 weight to

00:22:36.920 --> 00:22:37.820
 the proclamation

00:22:37.820 --> 00:22:39.259
 of our lips.

00:22:40.480 --> 00:22:41.300
 We need

00:22:41.300 --> 00:22:41.880
 both.

00:22:42.560 --> 00:22:42.820
 I'm going to

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 say that again.

00:22:43.640 --> 00:22:44.280
 The humble

00:22:44.280 --> 00:22:45.220
 posture of

00:22:45.220 --> 00:22:45.940
 our lives

00:22:45.940 --> 00:22:46.480
 will give

00:22:46.480 --> 00:22:48.280
 weight to

00:22:48.280 --> 00:22:49.360
 the proclamation

00:22:49.359 --> 00:22:51.519
 of our lips.

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 That's the

00:22:53.339 --> 00:22:54.479
 second key

00:22:54.479 --> 00:22:54.939
 to our

00:22:54.939 --> 00:22:55.439
 witness

00:22:55.439 --> 00:22:56.479
 to Christ.

00:22:56.619 --> 00:22:57.000
 Our second

00:22:57.000 --> 00:22:57.559
 point this

00:22:57.559 --> 00:22:57.899
 morning.

00:22:58.079 --> 00:22:58.359
 Second,

00:22:58.879 --> 00:22:59.439
 we see

00:22:59.439 --> 00:22:59.839
 our

00:22:59.839 --> 00:23:00.659
 proclamation

00:23:00.659 --> 00:23:02.259
 as witnesses

00:23:02.259 --> 00:23:03.719
 of Christ.

00:23:04.399 --> 00:23:04.679
 Our

00:23:04.679 --> 00:23:05.539
 proclamation.

00:23:07.179 --> 00:23:07.339
 Now,

00:23:07.359 --> 00:23:07.939
 we talk a lot

00:23:07.939 --> 00:23:08.939
 about evangelism.

00:23:09.019 --> 00:23:09.319
 That's one of

00:23:09.319 --> 00:23:10.119
 our three

00:23:10.119 --> 00:23:11.679
 key aspects

00:23:11.679 --> 00:23:12.279
 of our

00:23:12.279 --> 00:23:12.779
 philosophy

00:23:12.779 --> 00:23:13.439
 of ministry.

00:23:13.439 --> 00:23:13.959
 We want

00:23:13.959 --> 00:23:14.679
 to enjoy

00:23:14.679 --> 00:23:15.539
 God.

00:23:15.659 --> 00:23:15.979
 We want

00:23:15.979 --> 00:23:16.659
 to equip

00:23:16.659 --> 00:23:17.379
 the saints

00:23:17.380 --> 00:23:17.780
 and we

00:23:17.780 --> 00:23:18.260
 want to

00:23:18.260 --> 00:23:19.500
 evangelize

00:23:19.500 --> 00:23:20.040
 the lost.

00:23:20.140 --> 00:23:20.380
 That means

00:23:20.380 --> 00:23:21.220
 sharing the

00:23:21.220 --> 00:23:21.700
 gospel.

00:23:21.880 --> 00:23:22.460
 That requires

00:23:22.460 --> 00:23:22.980
 us to

00:23:22.980 --> 00:23:23.440
 proclaim

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 something.

00:23:25.340 --> 00:23:25.760
 But talking

00:23:25.760 --> 00:23:26.120
 with many

00:23:26.120 --> 00:23:26.480
 of you,

00:23:26.580 --> 00:23:26.960
 I know

00:23:26.960 --> 00:23:27.600
 that sometimes

00:23:27.600 --> 00:23:28.040
 you get

00:23:28.040 --> 00:23:28.360
 to that

00:23:28.360 --> 00:23:28.880
 point and

00:23:28.880 --> 00:23:29.460
 you aren't

00:23:29.460 --> 00:23:30.000
 even really

00:23:30.000 --> 00:23:30.840
 sure exactly

00:23:30.840 --> 00:23:31.600
 what to

00:23:31.600 --> 00:23:32.120
 say.

00:23:33.040 --> 00:23:33.440
 I want

00:23:33.440 --> 00:23:33.700
 to let

00:23:33.700 --> 00:23:34.280
 John help

00:23:34.280 --> 00:23:34.660
 us out

00:23:34.660 --> 00:23:35.420
 here this

00:23:35.420 --> 00:23:35.780
 morning.

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 You can

00:23:36.160 --> 00:23:36.400
 remember

00:23:36.400 --> 00:23:36.940
 this with

00:23:36.940 --> 00:23:38.300
 three S's.

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 Three parts

00:23:39.900 --> 00:23:40.540
 to John's

00:23:40.540 --> 00:23:41.080
 proclamation

00:23:41.080 --> 00:23:41.740
 and his

00:23:41.740 --> 00:23:42.180
 testimony

00:23:42.180 --> 00:23:43.120
 here.

00:23:43.260 --> 00:23:44.100
 Three S's.

00:23:45.200 --> 00:23:45.740
 Substitute,

00:23:45.740 --> 00:23:47.259
 Spirit,

00:23:47.259 --> 00:23:47.460
 Spirit,

00:23:48.539 --> 00:23:48.980
 Son.

00:23:50.099 --> 00:23:50.839
 If you

00:23:50.839 --> 00:23:51.180
 want to

00:23:51.180 --> 00:23:51.680
 know who

00:23:51.680 --> 00:23:52.900
 Jesus is,

00:23:53.019 --> 00:23:53.559
 John tells

00:23:53.559 --> 00:23:54.120
 us here that

00:23:54.120 --> 00:23:55.299
 he is the

00:23:55.299 --> 00:23:56.359
 sacrificial

00:23:56.359 --> 00:23:57.200
 substitute,

00:23:58.420 --> 00:23:59.779
 he is the

00:23:59.779 --> 00:24:01.400
 Spirit-filled

00:24:01.400 --> 00:24:02.880
 Spirit-giver,

00:24:03.579 --> 00:24:05.000
 and he is

00:24:05.000 --> 00:24:06.200
 the Son

00:24:06.200 --> 00:24:07.640
 of God.

00:24:09.620 --> 00:24:10.799
 First S.

00:24:11.359 --> 00:24:11.720
 And Jesus

00:24:11.720 --> 00:24:12.319
 is the

00:24:12.319 --> 00:24:13.079
 sacrificial

00:24:13.079 --> 00:24:13.720
 substitute.

00:24:13.920 --> 00:24:14.140
 Look there

00:24:14.140 --> 00:24:14.400
 to verse

00:24:14.400 --> 00:24:14.859
 29.

00:24:15.740 --> 00:24:16.720
 Verse 29.

00:24:18.460 --> 00:24:18.839
 He says,

00:24:18.940 --> 00:24:19.279
 The next

00:24:19.279 --> 00:24:20.099
 day John

00:24:20.099 --> 00:24:20.839
 saw Jesus

00:24:20.839 --> 00:24:21.519
 coming toward

00:24:21.519 --> 00:24:21.980
 him and

00:24:21.980 --> 00:24:22.220
 said,

00:24:22.339 --> 00:24:23.019
 Behold,

00:24:23.140 --> 00:24:23.980
 the Lamb

00:24:23.980 --> 00:24:24.819
 of God

00:24:24.819 --> 00:24:25.799
 who takes

00:24:25.799 --> 00:24:26.420
 away the

00:24:26.420 --> 00:24:26.799
 sin of

00:24:26.799 --> 00:24:27.319
 the world.

00:24:27.960 --> 00:24:28.380
 This is

00:24:28.380 --> 00:24:28.819
 he of whom

00:24:28.819 --> 00:24:29.339
 I said,

00:24:29.420 --> 00:24:30.000
 After me

00:24:30.000 --> 00:24:30.500
 comes a

00:24:30.500 --> 00:24:30.920
 man who

00:24:30.920 --> 00:24:31.660
 ranks before

00:24:31.660 --> 00:24:32.259
 me because

00:24:32.259 --> 00:24:33.120
 he was

00:24:33.120 --> 00:24:34.420
 before me.

00:24:34.700 --> 00:24:35.299
 Behold,

00:24:35.660 --> 00:24:36.599
 the Lamb

00:24:36.599 --> 00:24:37.839
 of God

00:24:37.839 --> 00:24:39.059
 who takes

00:24:39.059 --> 00:24:39.960
 away the

00:24:39.960 --> 00:24:41.099
 sin of

00:24:41.099 --> 00:24:41.660
 the world.

00:24:41.740 --> 00:24:42.059
 What does

00:24:42.059 --> 00:24:42.480
 he mean

00:24:42.480 --> 00:24:42.759
 when he

00:24:42.759 --> 00:24:43.359
 calls Jesus

00:24:43.359 --> 00:24:43.859
 the Lamb

00:24:43.859 --> 00:24:44.359
 of God?

00:24:44.359 --> 00:24:48.219
 John is

00:24:48.219 --> 00:24:50.019
 no doubt

00:24:50.019 --> 00:24:50.639
 as he's

00:24:50.639 --> 00:24:51.319
 done so

00:24:51.319 --> 00:24:52.019
 many times

00:24:52.019 --> 00:24:52.699
 already through

00:24:52.699 --> 00:24:53.159
 this first

00:24:53.159 --> 00:24:53.699
 chapter,

00:24:54.079 --> 00:24:54.539
 time and

00:24:54.539 --> 00:24:54.919
 time and

00:24:54.919 --> 00:24:55.339
 time and

00:24:55.339 --> 00:24:55.919
 time again,

00:24:56.019 --> 00:24:57.339
 he's drawing

00:24:57.339 --> 00:24:58.319
 us back

00:24:58.319 --> 00:24:59.139
 again towards

00:24:59.139 --> 00:24:59.639
 the Old

00:24:59.639 --> 00:25:00.079
 Testament

00:25:00.079 --> 00:25:00.639
 scriptures.

00:25:01.419 --> 00:25:01.899
 And he's

00:25:01.899 --> 00:25:02.379
 showing us

00:25:02.379 --> 00:25:03.339
 how Jesus

00:25:03.339 --> 00:25:03.979
 is the

00:25:03.979 --> 00:25:04.659
 fulfillment

00:25:04.659 --> 00:25:05.839
 of everything

00:25:05.839 --> 00:25:06.339
 the Old

00:25:06.339 --> 00:25:07.019
 Testament was

00:25:07.019 --> 00:25:07.759
 looking forward

00:25:07.759 --> 00:25:08.079
 to.

00:25:08.079 --> 00:25:08.899
 So here

00:25:08.899 --> 00:25:09.699
 calling Jesus

00:25:09.699 --> 00:25:10.379
 the Lamb

00:25:10.379 --> 00:25:11.179
 of God,

00:25:11.180 --> 00:25:12.019
 he's

00:25:12.019 --> 00:25:13.180
 specifically

00:25:13.180 --> 00:25:13.860
 referencing

00:25:13.860 --> 00:25:14.860
 all the

00:25:14.860 --> 00:25:15.560
 Old Testament

00:25:15.560 --> 00:25:16.600
 language that

00:25:16.600 --> 00:25:17.400
 dealt with

00:25:17.400 --> 00:25:18.740
 sacrifice.

00:25:20.100 --> 00:25:20.779
 Abraham

00:25:20.779 --> 00:25:21.640
 brought Isaac

00:25:21.640 --> 00:25:22.160
 up to the

00:25:22.160 --> 00:25:22.600
 mountain,

00:25:23.220 --> 00:25:23.799
 prepared to

00:25:23.799 --> 00:25:24.700
 sacrifice his

00:25:24.700 --> 00:25:25.140
 son in

00:25:25.140 --> 00:25:25.700
 obedience to

00:25:25.700 --> 00:25:26.100
 the Lord,

00:25:26.160 --> 00:25:26.360
 and what

00:25:26.360 --> 00:25:26.720
 happened?

00:25:26.820 --> 00:25:27.299
 The Lord

00:25:27.299 --> 00:25:28.519
 himself provided

00:25:28.519 --> 00:25:30.320
 a sacrifice,

00:25:30.759 --> 00:25:31.279
 a ram,

00:25:32.039 --> 00:25:32.480
 caught in

00:25:32.480 --> 00:25:33.039
 the bush.

00:25:34.060 --> 00:25:34.580
 In Exodus,

00:25:34.820 --> 00:25:35.340
 God told the

00:25:35.340 --> 00:25:36.799
 Israelites in

00:25:36.799 --> 00:25:37.759
 Egypt to put

00:25:37.759 --> 00:25:38.840
 the blood of

00:25:38.840 --> 00:25:39.580
 the Lamb on

00:25:39.580 --> 00:25:40.340
 the doorpost

00:25:40.339 --> 00:25:40.879
 of their

00:25:40.879 --> 00:25:41.299
 home,

00:25:41.419 --> 00:25:41.819
 and those

00:25:41.819 --> 00:25:42.899
 who were

00:25:42.899 --> 00:25:43.699
 covered by

00:25:43.699 --> 00:25:44.259
 the blood

00:25:44.259 --> 00:25:44.859
 of the Lamb

00:25:44.859 --> 00:25:45.819
 were spared.

00:25:46.639 --> 00:25:47.139
 Those who

00:25:47.139 --> 00:25:47.879
 were not

00:25:47.879 --> 00:25:49.059
 suffered the

00:25:49.059 --> 00:25:49.519
 wrath of

00:25:49.519 --> 00:25:49.959
 God.

00:25:51.019 --> 00:25:51.359
 At the

00:25:51.359 --> 00:25:51.959
 Passover,

00:25:52.220 --> 00:25:53.099
 the Lamb

00:25:53.099 --> 00:25:54.179
 without blemish

00:25:54.179 --> 00:25:54.759
 was to be

00:25:54.759 --> 00:25:55.659
 offered to

00:25:55.659 --> 00:25:56.139
 the Lord

00:25:56.139 --> 00:25:56.539
 as a

00:25:56.539 --> 00:25:57.139
 sacrifice.

00:25:57.399 --> 00:25:57.879
 It was a

00:25:57.879 --> 00:25:59.279
 substitute to

00:25:59.279 --> 00:25:59.859
 bear the

00:25:59.859 --> 00:26:00.399
 wrath of

00:26:00.399 --> 00:26:00.939
 God and

00:26:00.939 --> 00:26:01.659
 cover the

00:26:01.659 --> 00:26:02.439
 sins of

00:26:02.439 --> 00:26:02.980
 the people.

00:26:03.139 --> 00:26:03.319
 And of

00:26:03.319 --> 00:26:03.619
 course,

00:26:04.099 --> 00:26:04.519
 we know

00:26:04.519 --> 00:26:04.959
 Isaiah

00:26:04.959 --> 00:26:06.000
 chapter 53,

00:26:06.339 --> 00:26:07.039
 one of the

00:26:07.039 --> 00:26:08.220
 clearest and

00:26:08.220 --> 00:26:09.559
 most beautiful

00:26:09.559 --> 00:26:10.319
 passages,

00:26:10.339 --> 00:26:11.679
 of Scripture

00:26:11.679 --> 00:26:12.699
 pointing us

00:26:12.699 --> 00:26:13.619
 forward towards

00:26:13.619 --> 00:26:14.339
 the sacrifice

00:26:14.339 --> 00:26:15.079
 of Christ,

00:26:15.179 --> 00:26:15.919
 written 700

00:26:15.919 --> 00:26:16.919
 years before

00:26:16.919 --> 00:26:17.759
 Jesus ever

00:26:17.759 --> 00:26:18.539
 stepped foot

00:26:18.539 --> 00:26:19.119
 on the

00:26:19.119 --> 00:26:19.500
 earth.

00:26:20.299 --> 00:26:21.119
 He was

00:26:21.119 --> 00:26:21.659
 oppressed

00:26:21.659 --> 00:26:23.299
 and he was

00:26:23.299 --> 00:26:24.099
 afflicted,

00:26:24.099 --> 00:26:25.379
 yet he opened

00:26:25.379 --> 00:26:26.059
 not his

00:26:26.059 --> 00:26:26.539
 mouth.

00:26:27.299 --> 00:26:27.919
 Like a

00:26:27.919 --> 00:26:28.579
 lamb that

00:26:28.579 --> 00:26:29.699
 is led to

00:26:29.699 --> 00:26:30.339
 the slaughter,

00:26:30.480 --> 00:26:30.819
 and like

00:26:30.819 --> 00:26:32.019
 sheep that

00:26:32.019 --> 00:26:32.679
 before its

00:26:32.679 --> 00:26:33.439
 shearers is

00:26:33.439 --> 00:26:34.240
 silent, so

00:26:34.240 --> 00:26:35.199
 he opened

00:26:35.199 --> 00:26:36.659
 not his

00:26:36.659 --> 00:26:37.079
 mouth.

00:26:37.079 --> 00:26:39.599
 all of

00:26:39.599 --> 00:26:41.059
 this is

00:26:41.059 --> 00:26:42.279
 language of

00:26:42.279 --> 00:26:44.679
 sin and

00:26:44.679 --> 00:26:46.779
 sacrifice and

00:26:46.779 --> 00:26:47.980
 substitution.

00:26:49.980 --> 00:26:51.119
 If you want

00:26:51.119 --> 00:26:51.859
 to understand

00:26:51.859 --> 00:26:52.899
 who Jesus

00:26:52.899 --> 00:26:54.220
 is and what

00:26:54.220 --> 00:26:55.119
 he came to

00:26:55.119 --> 00:26:55.639
 do, we need

00:26:55.639 --> 00:26:56.019
 to remember

00:26:56.019 --> 00:26:56.740
 these three

00:26:56.740 --> 00:26:57.259
 words.

00:26:58.220 --> 00:26:58.699
 In my

00:26:58.699 --> 00:26:59.199
 place.

00:27:00.480 --> 00:27:01.679
 In my

00:27:01.679 --> 00:27:02.079
 place.

00:27:02.679 --> 00:27:02.980
 That's what

00:27:02.980 --> 00:27:04.059
 substitute means,

00:27:04.220 --> 00:27:04.639
 isn't it?

00:27:04.640 --> 00:27:05.300
 There's

00:27:05.300 --> 00:27:05.600
 something

00:27:05.600 --> 00:27:06.600
 happening in

00:27:06.600 --> 00:27:07.840
 my place.

00:27:07.960 --> 00:27:08.860
 Jesus Christ,

00:27:08.940 --> 00:27:09.240
 if we want

00:27:09.240 --> 00:27:09.740
 to understand

00:27:09.740 --> 00:27:10.700
 who he is,

00:27:10.960 --> 00:27:11.560
 what he's

00:27:11.560 --> 00:27:12.360
 done, we

00:27:12.360 --> 00:27:12.780
 need to know

00:27:12.780 --> 00:27:13.620
 he lived

00:27:13.620 --> 00:27:15.620
 perfectly in

00:27:15.620 --> 00:27:16.600
 my place.

00:27:17.960 --> 00:27:18.320
 That he

00:27:18.320 --> 00:27:20.040
 died in

00:27:20.040 --> 00:27:21.420
 my place.

00:27:21.500 --> 00:27:21.780
 That he

00:27:21.780 --> 00:27:22.580
 bore the

00:27:22.580 --> 00:27:23.300
 wrath of

00:27:23.300 --> 00:27:23.980
 God for

00:27:23.980 --> 00:27:25.320
 my sin.

00:27:25.440 --> 00:27:26.340
 In my

00:27:26.340 --> 00:27:26.920
 place.

00:27:27.000 --> 00:27:27.320
 That he

00:27:27.320 --> 00:27:28.200
 rose up

00:27:28.200 --> 00:27:28.759
 from the

00:27:28.759 --> 00:27:29.320
 grave,

00:27:29.640 --> 00:27:30.060
 defeating

00:27:30.060 --> 00:27:30.680
 sin,

00:27:31.040 --> 00:27:31.420
 defeating

00:27:31.420 --> 00:27:32.000
 death,

00:27:32.300 --> 00:27:32.660
 defeating

00:27:32.660 --> 00:27:33.320
 the enemy.

00:27:33.319 --> 00:27:35.099
 in my

00:27:35.099 --> 00:27:36.159
 place.

00:27:36.279 --> 00:27:36.799
 Listen, we

00:27:36.799 --> 00:27:37.339
 cannot

00:27:37.339 --> 00:27:38.759
 understand who

00:27:38.759 --> 00:27:39.740
 Jesus is

00:27:39.740 --> 00:27:40.759
 apart from

00:27:40.759 --> 00:27:41.480
 understanding

00:27:41.480 --> 00:27:42.119
 that it

00:27:42.119 --> 00:27:42.899
 was in

00:27:42.899 --> 00:27:43.819
 my

00:27:43.819 --> 00:27:44.899
 place.

00:27:45.319 --> 00:27:46.079
 As a

00:27:46.079 --> 00:27:46.799
 sacrifice

00:27:46.799 --> 00:27:48.079
 and a

00:27:48.079 --> 00:27:48.679
 substitute.

00:27:50.839 --> 00:27:51.539
 You all

00:27:51.539 --> 00:27:51.839
 know the

00:27:51.839 --> 00:27:52.200
 hymn,

00:27:53.759 --> 00:27:54.099
 What Can

00:27:54.099 --> 00:27:54.439
 Wash

00:27:54.439 --> 00:27:54.980
 Away My

00:27:54.980 --> 00:27:55.299
 Sin?

00:27:58.819 --> 00:27:59.519
 Y'all can

00:27:59.519 --> 00:27:59.799
 do better

00:27:59.799 --> 00:28:00.220
 than that.

00:28:01.439 --> 00:28:02.200
 What can

00:28:02.200 --> 00:28:02.659
 make me

00:28:02.660 --> 00:28:03.440
 whole again

00:28:03.440 --> 00:28:04.060
 is nothing

00:28:04.060 --> 00:28:04.519
 but the

00:28:04.519 --> 00:28:06.080
 blood of

00:28:06.080 --> 00:28:06.440
 Jesus.

00:28:08.060 --> 00:28:08.860
 I read an

00:28:08.860 --> 00:28:09.420
 article this

00:28:09.420 --> 00:28:10.420
 week about

00:28:10.420 --> 00:28:11.060
 the origin

00:28:11.060 --> 00:28:11.820
 of that

00:28:11.820 --> 00:28:12.019
 hymn.

00:28:12.080 --> 00:28:12.259
 That's one

00:28:12.259 --> 00:28:12.440
 of my

00:28:12.440 --> 00:28:12.680
 favorite

00:28:12.680 --> 00:28:13.080
 hymns.

00:28:13.340 --> 00:28:13.640
 Robert

00:28:13.640 --> 00:28:14.200
 Lowry,

00:28:14.320 --> 00:28:14.620
 he wrote

00:28:14.620 --> 00:28:15.080
 that song

00:28:15.080 --> 00:28:16.420
 in 1876.

00:28:16.759 --> 00:28:17.160
 He introduced

00:28:17.160 --> 00:28:18.380
 it at the

00:28:18.380 --> 00:28:19.000
 Ocean Grove

00:28:19.000 --> 00:28:19.820
 Campsite in

00:28:19.820 --> 00:28:20.420
 New Jersey.

00:28:21.160 --> 00:28:21.840
 And revival

00:28:21.840 --> 00:28:22.480
 broke out.

00:28:23.759 --> 00:28:24.380
 The following

00:28:24.380 --> 00:28:25.400
 summer, over

00:28:25.400 --> 00:28:27.300
 710,000 train

00:28:27.300 --> 00:28:28.180
 tickets were

00:28:28.180 --> 00:28:28.620
 sold.

00:28:29.340 --> 00:28:29.880
 Christians from

00:28:29.880 --> 00:28:30.920
 all over were

00:28:30.920 --> 00:28:31.480
 making the

00:28:31.480 --> 00:28:31.920
 journey to

00:28:31.920 --> 00:28:32.620
 Ocean Grove

00:28:32.620 --> 00:28:33.720
 to gather

00:28:33.720 --> 00:28:34.539
 and to

00:28:34.539 --> 00:28:35.519
 worship and

00:28:35.519 --> 00:28:36.039
 to sing

00:28:36.039 --> 00:28:36.680
 about the

00:28:36.680 --> 00:28:37.579
 blood of

00:28:37.579 --> 00:28:39.259
 Jesus that

00:28:39.259 --> 00:28:40.579
 covers their

00:28:40.579 --> 00:28:41.079
 sin.

00:28:41.319 --> 00:28:42.180
 Nothing can

00:28:42.180 --> 00:28:42.839
 for sin

00:28:42.839 --> 00:28:43.539
 atone.

00:28:43.860 --> 00:28:44.480
 Nothing but

00:28:44.480 --> 00:28:45.140
 the blood of

00:28:45.140 --> 00:28:45.480
 Jesus.

00:28:45.880 --> 00:28:46.620
 Not of good

00:28:46.620 --> 00:28:47.180
 that I have

00:28:47.180 --> 00:28:47.500
 done.

00:28:47.640 --> 00:28:48.420
 Nothing but

00:28:48.420 --> 00:28:49.880
 the blood of

00:28:49.880 --> 00:28:50.240
 Jesus.

00:28:50.480 --> 00:28:50.860
 But then I

00:28:50.860 --> 00:28:51.360
 got to the

00:28:51.360 --> 00:28:51.799
 end of the

00:28:51.799 --> 00:28:52.539
 article and I

00:28:52.539 --> 00:28:53.140
 saw something

00:28:53.140 --> 00:28:53.759
 that really

00:28:53.759 --> 00:28:54.380
 bothered me.

00:28:56.160 --> 00:28:57.160
 It said,

00:28:58.160 --> 00:28:59.360
 singing about

00:28:59.359 --> 00:28:59.959
 the blood of

00:28:59.959 --> 00:29:00.959
 Jesus may

00:29:00.959 --> 00:29:01.819
 offend the

00:29:01.819 --> 00:29:02.859
 sensibilities of

00:29:02.859 --> 00:29:03.939
 many 21st

00:29:03.939 --> 00:29:04.719
 century singers

00:29:04.719 --> 00:29:05.679
 and as a

00:29:05.679 --> 00:29:06.479
 result causes

00:29:06.479 --> 00:29:07.019
 them to

00:29:07.019 --> 00:29:08.059
 reject any

00:29:08.059 --> 00:29:08.639
 hymn that

00:29:08.639 --> 00:29:09.799
 mentions blood.

00:29:16.799 --> 00:29:17.759
 I'm sorry

00:29:17.759 --> 00:29:20.199
 if your 21st

00:29:20.199 --> 00:29:21.819
 century sensibilities

00:29:21.819 --> 00:29:22.579
 are offended

00:29:22.579 --> 00:29:25.099
 by talking so

00:29:25.099 --> 00:29:25.599
 much about

00:29:25.599 --> 00:29:26.000
 blood.

00:29:27.679 --> 00:29:28.799
 But God is

00:29:28.799 --> 00:29:29.439
 offended by

00:29:29.439 --> 00:29:29.980
 your sin.

00:29:31.579 --> 00:29:32.240
 And without

00:29:32.240 --> 00:29:33.000
 the shedding of

00:29:33.000 --> 00:29:34.839
 blood, there

00:29:34.839 --> 00:29:36.259
 is no remission

00:29:36.259 --> 00:29:37.619
 for sins.

00:29:39.899 --> 00:29:41.159
 Unless Jesus

00:29:41.159 --> 00:29:42.539
 Christ, the

00:29:42.539 --> 00:29:43.339
 Lamb of God,

00:29:43.399 --> 00:29:44.859
 is slain for

00:29:44.859 --> 00:29:47.419
 you, unless

00:29:47.420 --> 00:29:48.360
 His blood

00:29:48.360 --> 00:29:50.060
 covers you,

00:29:51.320 --> 00:29:52.539
 you will

00:29:52.539 --> 00:29:52.960
 bear the

00:29:52.960 --> 00:29:53.400
 wrath of

00:29:53.400 --> 00:29:54.620
 God for

00:29:54.620 --> 00:29:55.259
 your sin.

00:29:57.460 --> 00:29:57.960
 Wouldn't

00:29:57.960 --> 00:29:58.840
 you like a

00:29:58.840 --> 00:30:00.640
 substitute to

00:30:00.640 --> 00:30:01.880
 step in to

00:30:01.880 --> 00:30:02.480
 your place?

00:30:04.740 --> 00:30:05.600
 John says

00:30:05.600 --> 00:30:06.519
 that is what

00:30:06.519 --> 00:30:08.000
 Christ has

00:30:08.000 --> 00:30:08.400
 done.

00:30:08.539 --> 00:30:09.240
 This is not a

00:30:09.240 --> 00:30:10.160
 side issue of

00:30:10.160 --> 00:30:10.800
 Christianity,

00:30:11.200 --> 00:30:11.539
 church.

00:30:11.620 --> 00:30:12.180
 This is at the

00:30:12.180 --> 00:30:13.800
 very heart of

00:30:13.800 --> 00:30:14.440
 the gospel.

00:30:14.640 --> 00:30:15.100
 We don't need

00:30:15.100 --> 00:30:15.820
 a Christ who's

00:30:15.820 --> 00:30:16.400
 just a good

00:30:16.400 --> 00:30:16.960
 example.

00:30:17.420 --> 00:30:18.640
 We need a

00:30:18.640 --> 00:30:20.320
 Lamb of God

00:30:20.320 --> 00:30:21.519
 who will die

00:30:21.519 --> 00:30:22.700
 in our place

00:30:22.700 --> 00:30:24.279
 and cover us

00:30:24.279 --> 00:30:25.300
 with His

00:30:25.300 --> 00:30:25.759
 blood.

00:30:26.100 --> 00:30:26.620
 Not only

00:30:26.620 --> 00:30:27.019
 that.

00:30:28.720 --> 00:30:29.440
 John says

00:30:29.440 --> 00:30:30.340
 He is also

00:30:30.340 --> 00:30:31.279
 the Spirit

00:30:31.279 --> 00:30:31.920
 filled,

00:30:32.019 --> 00:30:32.660
 Spirit

00:30:32.660 --> 00:30:33.539
 giver.

00:30:34.900 --> 00:30:35.640
 Verse 33

00:30:35.640 --> 00:30:36.519
 tells us that

00:30:36.519 --> 00:30:37.860
 God had

00:30:37.860 --> 00:30:38.660
 revealed to

00:30:38.660 --> 00:30:39.820
 John previously,

00:30:39.820 --> 00:30:40.680
 we don't have

00:30:40.680 --> 00:30:41.779
 that conversation

00:30:41.779 --> 00:30:42.720
 here, but He

00:30:42.720 --> 00:30:43.460
 had revealed to

00:30:43.460 --> 00:30:44.340
 John previously

00:30:44.340 --> 00:30:45.380
 that He on

00:30:45.380 --> 00:30:46.180
 whom you see

00:30:46.180 --> 00:30:46.759
 the Spirit

00:30:46.759 --> 00:30:47.619
 descend and

00:30:47.619 --> 00:30:48.160
 remain.

00:30:49.099 --> 00:30:49.859
 This is He

00:30:49.859 --> 00:30:50.980
 who baptizes

00:30:50.980 --> 00:30:52.079
 with the

00:30:52.079 --> 00:30:52.859
 Holy Spirit.

00:30:54.180 --> 00:30:55.059
 This was how

00:30:55.059 --> 00:30:56.140
 God planned

00:30:56.140 --> 00:30:57.619
 to visibly

00:30:57.619 --> 00:30:58.940
 and powerfully

00:30:58.940 --> 00:31:00.359
 affirm the

00:31:00.359 --> 00:31:01.379
 unique Spirit

00:31:01.379 --> 00:31:02.480
 filled ministry

00:31:02.480 --> 00:31:03.700
 of the Messiah.

00:31:04.759 --> 00:31:05.099
 Again,

00:31:05.240 --> 00:31:05.640
 throughout the

00:31:05.640 --> 00:31:06.259
 Old Testament,

00:31:06.779 --> 00:31:07.420
 the Spirit of

00:31:07.420 --> 00:31:07.900
 God would

00:31:07.900 --> 00:31:08.920
 come on to

00:31:08.920 --> 00:31:09.379
 people,

00:31:09.500 --> 00:31:10.099
 come upon

00:31:10.099 --> 00:31:10.539
 people,

00:31:10.740 --> 00:31:11.400
 empower them

00:31:11.400 --> 00:31:12.500
 for a time,

00:31:12.500 --> 00:31:13.460
 but it

00:31:13.460 --> 00:31:13.799
 did not

00:31:13.799 --> 00:31:14.259
 remain.

00:31:15.220 --> 00:31:15.559
 It would

00:31:15.559 --> 00:31:16.500
 come and

00:31:16.500 --> 00:31:16.720
 it would

00:31:16.720 --> 00:31:17.099
 go,

00:31:17.200 --> 00:31:17.799
 it was in

00:31:17.799 --> 00:31:18.079
 and it

00:31:18.079 --> 00:31:18.619
 was out,

00:31:18.680 --> 00:31:18.960
 it was

00:31:18.960 --> 00:31:19.599
 temporary.

00:31:20.880 --> 00:31:21.519
 But again,

00:31:21.660 --> 00:31:22.779
 because Jesus

00:31:22.779 --> 00:31:24.079
 is who He

00:31:24.079 --> 00:31:24.640
 is,

00:31:24.700 --> 00:31:25.339
 because He

00:31:25.339 --> 00:31:26.339
 is God

00:31:26.339 --> 00:31:26.819
 Himself

00:31:26.819 --> 00:31:27.880
 in the

00:31:27.880 --> 00:31:28.380
 flesh,

00:31:28.539 --> 00:31:29.119
 God the

00:31:29.119 --> 00:31:29.519
 Father,

00:31:29.680 --> 00:31:30.099
 God the

00:31:30.099 --> 00:31:30.640
 Son,

00:31:31.240 --> 00:31:31.680
 God the

00:31:31.680 --> 00:31:32.420
 Holy Spirit,

00:31:32.559 --> 00:31:33.480
 He is one

00:31:33.480 --> 00:31:34.299
 with the

00:31:34.299 --> 00:31:34.680
 Spirit.

00:31:35.960 --> 00:31:36.380
 He is

00:31:36.380 --> 00:31:37.299
 Spirit filled

00:31:37.299 --> 00:31:38.019
 in a way

00:31:38.019 --> 00:31:39.160
 that no one

00:31:39.160 --> 00:31:39.839
 before Him

00:31:39.839 --> 00:31:41.099
 ever was.

00:31:41.099 --> 00:31:42.740
 the Spirit,

00:31:42.819 --> 00:31:43.079
 it doesn't

00:31:43.079 --> 00:31:43.579
 just come

00:31:43.579 --> 00:31:44.059
 and go

00:31:44.059 --> 00:31:44.759
 from Jesus,

00:31:45.059 --> 00:31:46.079
 it descends

00:31:46.079 --> 00:31:46.980
 on Him

00:31:46.980 --> 00:31:47.719
 and it

00:31:47.719 --> 00:31:49.019
 remains.

00:31:49.259 --> 00:31:49.619
 But John

00:31:49.619 --> 00:31:50.559
 says one

00:31:50.559 --> 00:31:51.279
 step further,

00:31:51.419 --> 00:31:51.740
 the Spirit

00:31:51.740 --> 00:31:52.759
 doesn't remain

00:31:52.759 --> 00:31:53.480
 and stay

00:31:53.480 --> 00:31:54.179
 there.

00:31:54.319 --> 00:31:54.839
 John says

00:31:54.839 --> 00:31:55.619
 this Spirit

00:31:55.619 --> 00:31:56.799
 filled Messiah

00:31:56.799 --> 00:31:58.480
 baptizes

00:31:58.480 --> 00:31:59.619
 with the

00:31:59.619 --> 00:32:00.319
 Holy Spirit.

00:32:01.619 --> 00:32:02.980
 He gives

00:32:02.980 --> 00:32:03.559
 the Holy

00:32:03.559 --> 00:32:05.199
 Spirit to

00:32:05.199 --> 00:32:05.879
 all who

00:32:05.879 --> 00:32:06.500
 come to

00:32:06.500 --> 00:32:07.559
 Him in

00:32:07.559 --> 00:32:08.099
 faith.

00:32:09.339 --> 00:32:09.519
 See,

00:32:09.599 --> 00:32:10.000
 John's

00:32:10.000 --> 00:32:10.919
 baptism was

00:32:10.920 --> 00:32:11.600
 temporary,

00:32:12.000 --> 00:32:12.279
 it was

00:32:12.279 --> 00:32:13.080
 external,

00:32:13.759 --> 00:32:14.240
 it was a

00:32:14.240 --> 00:32:14.840
 sign of

00:32:14.840 --> 00:32:15.420
 cleansing and

00:32:15.420 --> 00:32:15.820
 repentance,

00:32:16.000 --> 00:32:16.519
 it washed

00:32:16.519 --> 00:32:17.279
 the body.

00:32:18.320 --> 00:32:18.860
 But the

00:32:18.860 --> 00:32:19.740
 baptism that

00:32:19.740 --> 00:32:20.940
 Jesus gives,

00:32:21.060 --> 00:32:21.600
 John says,

00:32:21.660 --> 00:32:22.320
 to all who

00:32:22.320 --> 00:32:22.920
 know Him

00:32:22.920 --> 00:32:23.840
 in faith,

00:32:24.680 --> 00:32:25.539
 is permanent,

00:32:26.259 --> 00:32:26.980
 internal,

00:32:27.620 --> 00:32:28.240
 total,

00:32:28.680 --> 00:32:29.259
 complete

00:32:29.259 --> 00:32:30.460
 cleansing and

00:32:30.460 --> 00:32:31.960
 renewal by

00:32:31.960 --> 00:32:32.960
 the power of

00:32:32.960 --> 00:32:33.580
 the Holy

00:32:33.580 --> 00:32:34.320
 Spirit.

00:32:35.680 --> 00:32:36.140
 John says,

00:32:36.200 --> 00:32:36.800
 I baptize

00:32:36.800 --> 00:32:37.360
 with water.

00:32:38.640 --> 00:32:39.740
 He baptizes

00:32:39.740 --> 00:32:40.519
 with the

00:32:40.519 --> 00:32:40.859
 Spirit.

00:32:42.240 --> 00:32:42.960
 This is what

00:32:42.960 --> 00:32:43.599
 Ezekiel

00:32:43.599 --> 00:32:44.640
 promised in

00:32:44.640 --> 00:32:45.279
 Ezekiel

00:32:45.279 --> 00:32:46.339
 chapter 36,

00:32:46.579 --> 00:32:46.960
 what we call

00:32:46.960 --> 00:32:47.400
 the new

00:32:47.400 --> 00:32:47.839
 covenant.

00:32:48.059 --> 00:32:48.500
 He says,

00:32:49.039 --> 00:32:49.660
 I will give

00:32:49.660 --> 00:32:50.140
 you a new

00:32:50.140 --> 00:32:51.259
 heart and a

00:32:51.259 --> 00:32:52.259
 new spirit I

00:32:52.259 --> 00:32:52.779
 will put

00:32:52.779 --> 00:32:53.960
 within you.

00:32:54.700 --> 00:32:55.160
 Now I will

00:32:55.160 --> 00:32:55.839
 remove the

00:32:55.839 --> 00:32:56.200
 heart of

00:32:56.200 --> 00:32:56.779
 stone from

00:32:56.779 --> 00:32:57.319
 your flesh

00:32:57.319 --> 00:32:57.799
 and give

00:32:57.799 --> 00:32:58.180
 you a

00:32:58.180 --> 00:32:59.200
 heart of

00:32:59.200 --> 00:32:59.779
 flesh and

00:32:59.779 --> 00:33:00.140
 I will put

00:33:00.140 --> 00:33:00.819
 my spirit

00:33:00.819 --> 00:33:01.500
 within you

00:33:01.500 --> 00:33:02.120
 and cause

00:33:02.120 --> 00:33:02.559
 you to

00:33:02.559 --> 00:33:03.120
 walk in

00:33:03.120 --> 00:33:04.019
 my statutes

00:33:04.019 --> 00:33:05.039
 and to be

00:33:05.039 --> 00:33:05.799
 careful to

00:33:05.799 --> 00:33:07.240
 obey my

00:33:07.240 --> 00:33:07.980
 rules.

00:33:09.539 --> 00:33:10.000
 I have

00:33:10.000 --> 00:33:10.279
 been asked

00:33:10.279 --> 00:33:11.539
 before whether

00:33:11.539 --> 00:33:12.000
 or not I

00:33:12.000 --> 00:33:12.519
 believe in

00:33:12.519 --> 00:33:13.180
 baptism of

00:33:13.180 --> 00:33:13.519
 the Holy

00:33:13.519 --> 00:33:13.859
 Spirit.

00:33:16.460 --> 00:33:17.259
 And I

00:33:17.259 --> 00:33:17.440
 say,

00:33:17.640 --> 00:33:18.259
 absolutely.

00:33:19.640 --> 00:33:20.599
 But then I

00:33:20.599 --> 00:33:20.900
 have to

00:33:20.900 --> 00:33:22.859
 clarify because

00:33:22.859 --> 00:33:23.700
 that doctrine

00:33:23.700 --> 00:33:24.660
 has been so

00:33:24.660 --> 00:33:26.240
 confused and

00:33:26.240 --> 00:33:27.059
 twisted and

00:33:27.059 --> 00:33:28.559
 turned that

00:33:28.559 --> 00:33:29.339
 we have to

00:33:29.339 --> 00:33:30.559
 understand exactly

00:33:30.559 --> 00:33:31.299
 what that

00:33:31.299 --> 00:33:31.819
 means.

00:33:31.940 --> 00:33:32.220
 So let me

00:33:32.220 --> 00:33:32.779
 be clear.

00:33:33.420 --> 00:33:34.299
 Baptism with

00:33:34.299 --> 00:33:34.700
 the Holy

00:33:34.700 --> 00:33:36.140
 Spirit is not

00:33:36.140 --> 00:33:37.360
 for a select

00:33:37.360 --> 00:33:39.220
 few Christians

00:33:39.220 --> 00:33:40.480
 out of all

00:33:40.480 --> 00:33:41.420
 of the church.

00:33:42.340 --> 00:33:43.020
 It's not a

00:33:43.020 --> 00:33:44.960
 second later

00:33:44.960 --> 00:33:46.220
 event sometime

00:33:46.220 --> 00:33:47.400
 after your

00:33:47.400 --> 00:33:48.300
 conversion as

00:33:48.300 --> 00:33:48.700
 if you get

00:33:48.700 --> 00:33:49.380
 some spirit

00:33:49.380 --> 00:33:50.020
 now and then

00:33:50.020 --> 00:33:50.600
 you might level

00:33:50.600 --> 00:33:51.500
 up later as

00:33:51.500 --> 00:33:52.220
 you get holier

00:33:52.220 --> 00:33:52.900
 and more serious

00:33:52.900 --> 00:33:53.700
 in your faith.

00:33:54.420 --> 00:33:55.400
 No, this is

00:33:55.400 --> 00:33:57.340
 for everyone

00:33:57.340 --> 00:33:59.000
 in Christ.

00:34:00.020 --> 00:34:01.440
 Everyone in

00:34:01.440 --> 00:34:02.340
 Christ, everyone

00:34:02.340 --> 00:34:03.600
 who belongs to

00:34:03.600 --> 00:34:04.980
 Christ has the

00:34:04.980 --> 00:34:06.420
 Spirit of God

00:34:06.420 --> 00:34:07.299
 in them

00:34:07.299 --> 00:34:08.800
 in full.

00:34:10.139 --> 00:34:10.800
 Now our

00:34:10.800 --> 00:34:12.440
 experience of

00:34:12.440 --> 00:34:13.000
 that Spirit,

00:34:13.199 --> 00:34:13.960
 our walking

00:34:13.960 --> 00:34:14.780
 with Him,

00:34:14.920 --> 00:34:16.260
 our dependence

00:34:16.260 --> 00:34:17.240
 upon Him can

00:34:17.240 --> 00:34:18.039
 ebb and flow

00:34:18.039 --> 00:34:18.780
 with the

00:34:18.780 --> 00:34:19.480
 trajectory of

00:34:19.480 --> 00:34:20.059
 our life and

00:34:20.059 --> 00:34:20.619
 our dependence

00:34:20.619 --> 00:34:21.400
 upon Him,

00:34:21.500 --> 00:34:22.639
 but it's not a

00:34:22.639 --> 00:34:23.219
 question of

00:34:23.219 --> 00:34:23.639
 whether you

00:34:23.639 --> 00:34:24.219
 have the

00:34:24.219 --> 00:34:24.559
 Spirit.

00:34:25.240 --> 00:34:25.960
 If you are

00:34:25.960 --> 00:34:26.699
 in Christ,

00:34:27.219 --> 00:34:28.320
 you have

00:34:28.320 --> 00:34:29.300
 the Spirit.

00:34:31.599 --> 00:34:32.440
 This is what

00:34:32.440 --> 00:34:33.240
 Paul says in

00:34:33.240 --> 00:34:34.139
 Romans chapter

00:34:34.139 --> 00:34:34.699
 8.

00:34:34.819 --> 00:34:35.179
 If you want

00:34:35.179 --> 00:34:37.879
 to know what

00:34:37.879 --> 00:34:38.920
 a gift you've

00:34:38.920 --> 00:34:39.559
 been given in

00:34:39.559 --> 00:34:40.339
 the Holy Spirit,

00:34:40.460 --> 00:34:40.980
 go home this

00:34:40.980 --> 00:34:41.679
 afternoon and

00:34:41.679 --> 00:34:42.799
 read Romans

00:34:42.799 --> 00:34:43.579
 chapter 8.

00:34:43.659 --> 00:34:44.099
 I can't read

00:34:44.099 --> 00:34:44.539
 it all right

00:34:44.539 --> 00:34:44.940
 this minute,

00:34:45.039 --> 00:34:45.319
 but I'll

00:34:45.319 --> 00:34:46.059
 summarize it

00:34:46.059 --> 00:34:46.859
 for you.

00:34:46.920 --> 00:34:47.259
 This is what

00:34:47.259 --> 00:34:47.739
 he says.

00:34:49.179 --> 00:34:50.000
 You, however,

00:34:50.179 --> 00:34:50.699
 talking to

00:34:50.699 --> 00:34:51.179
 believers,

00:34:51.579 --> 00:34:52.379
 are not in

00:34:52.379 --> 00:34:53.039
 the flesh,

00:34:53.079 --> 00:34:54.019
 but in the

00:34:54.019 --> 00:34:54.420
 Spirit.

00:34:54.639 --> 00:34:55.259
 Two types

00:34:55.259 --> 00:34:55.980
 of people in

00:34:55.980 --> 00:34:56.500
 the world,

00:34:56.920 --> 00:34:57.400
 two types

00:34:57.400 --> 00:34:58.119
 of people in

00:34:58.119 --> 00:34:58.759
 this room.

00:34:58.879 --> 00:34:59.119
 There are

00:34:59.119 --> 00:34:59.879
 flesh people,

00:35:00.319 --> 00:35:00.679
 there are

00:35:00.679 --> 00:35:01.980
 spirit people.

00:35:01.980 --> 00:35:03.059
 He says,

00:35:03.119 --> 00:35:03.619
 you are not

00:35:03.619 --> 00:35:04.219
 in the flesh,

00:35:04.260 --> 00:35:04.880
 but in the

00:35:04.880 --> 00:35:05.219
 Spirit,

00:35:05.480 --> 00:35:06.420
 if in fact

00:35:06.420 --> 00:35:07.000
 the Spirit

00:35:07.000 --> 00:35:07.500
 of God

00:35:07.500 --> 00:35:08.400
 dwells in

00:35:08.400 --> 00:35:08.780
 you.

00:35:09.119 --> 00:35:09.539
 Listen to

00:35:09.539 --> 00:35:09.940
 this.

00:35:10.699 --> 00:35:11.320
 Anyone who

00:35:11.320 --> 00:35:11.800
 does not

00:35:11.800 --> 00:35:12.380
 have the

00:35:12.380 --> 00:35:12.840
 Spirit of

00:35:12.840 --> 00:35:13.599
 Christ does

00:35:13.599 --> 00:35:14.519
 not belong

00:35:14.519 --> 00:35:15.360
 to him.

00:35:16.420 --> 00:35:17.059
 He says,

00:35:17.159 --> 00:35:18.039
 I'm summarizing

00:35:18.039 --> 00:35:18.320
 here,

00:35:18.400 --> 00:35:18.619
 he says,

00:35:18.719 --> 00:35:19.280
 the Spirit,

00:35:19.539 --> 00:35:20.480
 he sets us

00:35:20.480 --> 00:35:21.059
 free from

00:35:21.059 --> 00:35:22.099
 condemnation and

00:35:22.099 --> 00:35:22.420
 guilt.

00:35:22.539 --> 00:35:23.019
 The Spirit

00:35:23.019 --> 00:35:24.340
 wages war

00:35:24.340 --> 00:35:25.199
 against the

00:35:25.199 --> 00:35:25.579
 flesh.

00:35:25.699 --> 00:35:26.219
 The Spirit

00:35:26.219 --> 00:35:27.280
 puts to

00:35:27.280 --> 00:35:27.780
 death the

00:35:27.780 --> 00:35:28.460
 deeds of the

00:35:28.460 --> 00:35:28.800
 body.

00:35:28.880 --> 00:35:29.320
 The Spirit

00:35:29.320 --> 00:35:30.500
 renews our

00:35:30.500 --> 00:35:31.000
 minds.

00:35:31.120 --> 00:35:31.480
 The Spirit

00:35:31.480 --> 00:35:32.539
 leads us in

00:35:32.539 --> 00:35:33.080
 holiness.

00:35:33.340 --> 00:35:33.680
 The Spirit

00:35:33.680 --> 00:35:34.460
 leads us to

00:35:34.460 --> 00:35:35.360
 delight in

00:35:35.360 --> 00:35:35.880
 the Lord.

00:35:36.000 --> 00:35:36.320
 The Spirit

00:35:36.320 --> 00:35:37.280
 bears witness

00:35:37.280 --> 00:35:38.019
 with our

00:35:38.019 --> 00:35:38.740
 spirit that we

00:35:38.740 --> 00:35:39.640
 are sons of

00:35:39.640 --> 00:35:39.960
 God.

00:35:40.060 --> 00:35:40.440
 The Spirit

00:35:40.440 --> 00:35:41.680
 helps us in

00:35:41.680 --> 00:35:42.300
 our weakness.

00:35:42.500 --> 00:35:42.800
 The Spirit

00:35:42.800 --> 00:35:43.680
 prays on our

00:35:43.680 --> 00:35:44.380
 behalf when we

00:35:44.380 --> 00:35:44.940
 don't know how

00:35:44.940 --> 00:35:45.900
 to pray or

00:35:45.900 --> 00:35:46.560
 what to pray.

00:35:46.660 --> 00:35:47.019
 The Spirit

00:35:47.019 --> 00:35:48.280
 himself intercedes

00:35:48.280 --> 00:35:49.300
 for us according

00:35:49.300 --> 00:35:50.280
 to the will of

00:35:50.280 --> 00:35:50.720
 God.

00:35:51.080 --> 00:35:51.460
 The Spirit

00:35:51.460 --> 00:35:52.420
 gifts us for

00:35:52.420 --> 00:35:52.920
 ministry.

00:35:53.380 --> 00:35:53.700
 The Spirit

00:35:53.700 --> 00:35:54.720
 convicts us of

00:35:54.720 --> 00:35:55.180
 sin.

00:35:55.460 --> 00:35:55.820
 The Spirit

00:35:55.820 --> 00:35:56.700
 bears the fruit

00:35:56.700 --> 00:35:57.360
 of godliness

00:35:57.360 --> 00:35:58.280
 in our lives.

00:35:58.280 --> 00:35:58.720
 The Spirit

00:35:58.720 --> 00:36:00.040
 stirs up love

00:36:00.040 --> 00:36:00.720
 for Christ

00:36:00.720 --> 00:36:01.600
 in us.

00:36:03.800 --> 00:36:04.600
 And we

00:36:04.600 --> 00:36:05.040
 think we

00:36:05.040 --> 00:36:05.900
 can live the

00:36:05.900 --> 00:36:06.640
 Christian life

00:36:06.640 --> 00:36:07.240
 according to

00:36:07.240 --> 00:36:07.820
 the flesh.

00:36:10.380 --> 00:36:11.240
 Church, the

00:36:11.240 --> 00:36:12.060
 Christian life

00:36:12.060 --> 00:36:13.060
 is impossible

00:36:13.060 --> 00:36:14.340
 apart from

00:36:14.340 --> 00:36:15.440
 his Spirit.

00:36:17.040 --> 00:36:17.500
 And John

00:36:17.500 --> 00:36:18.160
 says, come

00:36:18.160 --> 00:36:19.040
 to Christ.

00:36:19.960 --> 00:36:20.960
 All I can

00:36:20.960 --> 00:36:21.580
 do is clean

00:36:21.580 --> 00:36:22.280
 you with water,

00:36:22.420 --> 00:36:23.160
 but Christ

00:36:23.160 --> 00:36:24.840
 will baptize

00:36:24.840 --> 00:36:26.160
 you with the

00:36:26.160 --> 00:36:26.940
 Holy Spirit.

00:36:28.280 --> 00:36:29.900
 This Jesus

00:36:29.900 --> 00:36:31.580
 is a

00:36:31.580 --> 00:36:32.640
 substitutionary

00:36:32.640 --> 00:36:33.580
 sacrifice.

00:36:34.560 --> 00:36:35.160
 He is the

00:36:35.160 --> 00:36:36.400
 Spirit-filled

00:36:36.400 --> 00:36:38.060
 Spirit-giver.

00:36:39.260 --> 00:36:39.940
 Who else

00:36:39.940 --> 00:36:40.980
 can he be

00:36:40.980 --> 00:36:42.740
 but the

00:36:42.740 --> 00:36:43.560
 Son of God?

00:36:45.500 --> 00:36:46.019
 This is

00:36:46.019 --> 00:36:47.000
 how John

00:36:47.000 --> 00:36:47.660
 concludes

00:36:47.660 --> 00:36:48.480
 his testimony.

00:36:48.960 --> 00:36:49.280
 Here in

00:36:49.280 --> 00:36:50.200
 verse 34,

00:36:50.560 --> 00:36:51.080
 he says,

00:36:51.079 --> 00:36:52.299
 I have

00:36:52.299 --> 00:36:53.460
 seen and

00:36:53.460 --> 00:36:54.360
 borne witness

00:36:54.360 --> 00:36:55.420
 that this

00:36:55.420 --> 00:36:56.860
 is the

00:36:56.860 --> 00:36:57.440
 Son

00:36:57.440 --> 00:36:58.840
 of God.

00:37:00.900 --> 00:37:01.759
 We're told

00:37:01.759 --> 00:37:02.159
 in Matthew

00:37:02.159 --> 00:37:03.059
 3 that when

00:37:03.059 --> 00:37:03.960
 Jesus was

00:37:03.960 --> 00:37:04.559
 baptized,

00:37:04.559 --> 00:37:05.539
 he went down

00:37:05.539 --> 00:37:06.039
 into the

00:37:06.039 --> 00:37:06.559
 water and

00:37:06.559 --> 00:37:07.400
 as he came

00:37:07.400 --> 00:37:08.299
 up out

00:37:08.299 --> 00:37:08.840
 of the

00:37:08.840 --> 00:37:09.559
 water after

00:37:09.559 --> 00:37:11.179
 400 years

00:37:11.179 --> 00:37:12.219
 of silence,

00:37:12.940 --> 00:37:13.980
 everyone there

00:37:13.980 --> 00:37:14.779
 heard the

00:37:14.779 --> 00:37:15.579
 voice of

00:37:15.579 --> 00:37:15.980
 God.

00:37:17.480 --> 00:37:18.139
 This is one

00:37:18.139 --> 00:37:18.699
 of only three

00:37:18.699 --> 00:37:19.639
 times in the

00:37:19.639 --> 00:37:20.159
 New Testament

00:37:20.159 --> 00:37:20.619
 that God

00:37:20.619 --> 00:37:21.659
 speaks audibly

00:37:21.659 --> 00:37:22.460
 for everybody

00:37:22.460 --> 00:37:23.059
 to hear.

00:37:23.199 --> 00:37:23.539
 It's at the

00:37:23.539 --> 00:37:24.199
 baptism of

00:37:24.199 --> 00:37:24.679
 Christ,

00:37:25.079 --> 00:37:25.980
 this is my

00:37:25.980 --> 00:37:26.920
 beloved Son

00:37:26.920 --> 00:37:27.900
 in whom I

00:37:27.900 --> 00:37:28.319
 am well

00:37:28.319 --> 00:37:28.980
 pleased.

00:37:29.920 --> 00:37:30.319
 It's at his

00:37:30.319 --> 00:37:31.239
 transfiguration

00:37:31.239 --> 00:37:32.079
 of Christ,

00:37:32.259 --> 00:37:33.019
 this is my

00:37:33.019 --> 00:37:33.920
 beloved Son,

00:37:34.079 --> 00:37:35.259
 listen to him.

00:37:36.219 --> 00:37:36.779
 And it's in the

00:37:36.779 --> 00:37:37.719
 final week of

00:37:37.719 --> 00:37:38.019
 Jesus'

00:37:38.500 --> 00:37:39.940
 earthly life,

00:37:40.019 --> 00:37:40.960
 I have glorified

00:37:40.960 --> 00:37:41.819
 your name and

00:37:41.819 --> 00:37:42.879
 I will do it

00:37:42.879 --> 00:37:43.759
 again.

00:37:43.760 --> 00:37:46.100
 What do you

00:37:46.100 --> 00:37:46.860
 think God

00:37:46.860 --> 00:37:47.500
 wants us

00:37:47.500 --> 00:37:48.240
 to hear?

00:37:49.880 --> 00:37:50.760
 All three

00:37:50.760 --> 00:37:51.240
 times,

00:37:51.780 --> 00:37:53.200
 he points

00:37:53.200 --> 00:37:54.400
 our attention

00:37:54.400 --> 00:37:55.620
 to the

00:37:55.620 --> 00:37:57.140
 glory of

00:37:57.140 --> 00:37:58.640
 Jesus as

00:37:58.640 --> 00:37:59.440
 the Christ,

00:38:00.120 --> 00:38:01.240
 the only

00:38:01.240 --> 00:38:02.960
 Son of

00:38:02.960 --> 00:38:03.460
 God.

00:38:03.620 --> 00:38:04.320
 He wants

00:38:04.320 --> 00:38:04.840
 us,

00:38:04.940 --> 00:38:05.420
 he wants

00:38:05.420 --> 00:38:07.020
 you to

00:38:07.020 --> 00:38:07.820
 listen to

00:38:07.820 --> 00:38:08.100
 him,

00:38:08.780 --> 00:38:10.280
 to believe

00:38:10.280 --> 00:38:11.160
 in him,

00:38:11.159 --> 00:38:12.839
 to trust

00:38:12.839 --> 00:38:13.639
 him,

00:38:14.019 --> 00:38:15.359
 to love

00:38:15.359 --> 00:38:16.099
 him,

00:38:16.460 --> 00:38:17.719
 to share

00:38:17.719 --> 00:38:18.420
 him,

00:38:19.139 --> 00:38:20.420
 to behold

00:38:20.420 --> 00:38:21.299
 him.

00:38:22.379 --> 00:38:23.199
 That's

00:38:23.199 --> 00:38:24.219
 exactly what

00:38:24.219 --> 00:38:25.359
 John calls

00:38:25.359 --> 00:38:26.819
 us to do.

00:38:28.899 --> 00:38:30.159
 How do we

00:38:30.159 --> 00:38:31.779
 respond to

00:38:31.779 --> 00:38:32.399
 a man like

00:38:32.399 --> 00:38:32.799
 this?

00:38:34.480 --> 00:38:35.619
 With the

00:38:35.619 --> 00:38:36.359
 eyes of

00:38:36.359 --> 00:38:37.679
 spiritual sight

00:38:37.679 --> 00:38:38.480
 by the power

00:38:38.480 --> 00:38:39.219
 of the Holy

00:38:39.219 --> 00:38:40.179
 Spirit Church,

00:38:40.179 --> 00:38:40.980
 we must

00:38:40.980 --> 00:38:42.159
 behold

00:38:42.159 --> 00:38:42.920
 him.

00:38:44.300 --> 00:38:45.059
 Behold

00:38:45.059 --> 00:38:45.800
 the Lamb

00:38:45.800 --> 00:38:46.480
 of God.

00:38:47.559 --> 00:38:48.159
 Behold

00:38:48.159 --> 00:38:49.199
 the Lamb

00:38:49.199 --> 00:38:49.900
 of God

00:38:49.900 --> 00:38:51.099
 who takes

00:38:51.099 --> 00:38:51.679
 away the

00:38:51.679 --> 00:38:53.000
 sin of

00:38:53.000 --> 00:38:53.500
 the world.

00:38:53.599 --> 00:38:54.420
 But please

00:38:54.420 --> 00:38:55.500
 don't be

00:38:55.500 --> 00:38:56.679
 content to

00:38:56.679 --> 00:38:57.280
 just hear

00:38:57.280 --> 00:38:57.760
 this and

00:38:57.760 --> 00:38:59.159
 understand in

00:38:59.159 --> 00:39:00.059
 your mind

00:39:00.059 --> 00:39:00.960
 who Jesus

00:39:00.960 --> 00:39:01.679
 is.

00:39:02.019 --> 00:39:02.579
 You must

00:39:02.579 --> 00:39:03.800
 behold him

00:39:03.800 --> 00:39:05.139
 by faith

00:39:05.139 --> 00:39:06.059
 in your

00:39:06.059 --> 00:39:06.500
 heart.

00:39:07.780 --> 00:39:08.880
 Apply the

00:39:08.880 --> 00:39:09.800
 gospel to

00:39:09.800 --> 00:39:10.740
 yourself.

00:39:10.980 --> 00:39:11.780
 church.

00:39:12.900 --> 00:39:13.199
 To know

00:39:13.199 --> 00:39:13.639
 that everything

00:39:13.639 --> 00:39:14.280
 he did,

00:39:14.360 --> 00:39:14.760
 he did

00:39:14.760 --> 00:39:15.820
 on your

00:39:15.820 --> 00:39:16.860
 behalf.

00:39:16.960 --> 00:39:17.420
 Know that

00:39:17.420 --> 00:39:18.159
 Christ Jesus

00:39:18.159 --> 00:39:18.699
 came to

00:39:18.699 --> 00:39:19.119
 take away

00:39:19.119 --> 00:39:19.659
 the sin

00:39:19.659 --> 00:39:20.099
 of the

00:39:20.099 --> 00:39:20.420
 world,

00:39:20.539 --> 00:39:21.179
 but trust

00:39:21.179 --> 00:39:22.019
 that Christ

00:39:22.019 --> 00:39:22.559
 came to

00:39:22.559 --> 00:39:23.559
 take my

00:39:23.559 --> 00:39:24.240
 sin.

00:39:25.119 --> 00:39:26.079
 Jesus came

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 to take

00:39:26.639 --> 00:39:27.420
 away the

00:39:27.420 --> 00:39:28.099
 sin of

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 Jonathan

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 love and

00:39:30.679 --> 00:39:46.639
 have been

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 To be forgiven in my place.

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 Know that Christ is the spirit-filled spirit giver.

00:39:53.519 --> 00:39:55.019
 But look to him.

00:39:55.159 --> 00:39:56.059
 Come to him.

00:39:56.179 --> 00:39:57.059
 Behold him.

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 Depend on him daily.

00:39:59.139 --> 00:40:00.379
 Abide in him.

00:40:00.559 --> 00:40:01.719
 Walk in him.

00:40:01.839 --> 00:40:04.920
 Walk in the power of the Holy Spirit at work in you.

00:40:05.239 --> 00:40:05.879
 Sanctifying.

00:40:06.559 --> 00:40:07.159
 Purifying.

00:40:07.719 --> 00:40:08.359
 Convicting.

00:40:08.619 --> 00:40:09.659
 Leading you.

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 Christ in us.

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 The hope of glory.

00:40:12.840 --> 00:40:13.579
 And know.

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 Know that Christ is the beloved son of God.

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 But behold him by faith and rejoice.

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 To all who received him.

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 He gave the right.

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 To become children of God.

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 And by his grace you.

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 Are a son.

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 And a daughter.

00:40:36.579 --> 00:40:37.380
 Of Christ.

00:40:37.700 --> 00:40:39.200
 Son and daughter of God.

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 God.

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 Good news like this.

00:40:43.679 --> 00:40:44.839
 Church should.

00:40:45.559 --> 00:40:46.519
 Humble us.

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 And it should compel us.

00:40:51.199 --> 00:40:53.159
 To lower ourselves.

00:40:53.839 --> 00:40:55.319
 To point to Jesus.

00:40:56.559 --> 00:40:57.859
 To invite others.

00:40:58.500 --> 00:41:00.519
 To come and to behold the glory.

00:41:01.000 --> 00:41:01.659
 Of God.

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 Let's pray.

00:41:03.419 --> 00:41:03.519
 Amen.

00:41:03.519 --> 00:41:03.539
 Amen.

00:41:03.539 --> 00:41:03.559
 Amen.

00:41:09.199 --> 00:41:10.899
 God.

00:41:10.980 --> 00:41:13.099
 We thank you for the good news of the gospel.

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 That Christ came to take away the sin of the world.

00:41:20.819 --> 00:41:21.460
 Lord.

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 We pray that we would trust that to be true for us.

00:41:25.559 --> 00:41:26.159
 Specifically.

00:41:27.199 --> 00:41:30.980
 That the blood of Christ would wash away our sin.

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 And Lord.

00:41:32.619 --> 00:41:34.179
 When we realize that.

00:41:34.299 --> 00:41:35.359
 The gift that we've been given.

00:41:35.500 --> 00:41:37.879
 As we walk according to the spirit.

00:41:37.880 --> 00:41:38.200
 Lord.

00:41:38.280 --> 00:41:39.180
 Make us humble.

00:41:39.360 --> 00:41:40.840
 And make us joyfully.

00:41:41.820 --> 00:41:42.920
 Joyfully missional.

00:41:43.059 --> 00:41:45.680
 As we proclaim the glory of God.

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 To those who've never heard.

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 We pray this in Jesus name.

00:41:50.180 --> 00:41:50.440
 Amen.

00:41:50.440 --> 00:41:50.579
 Amen.

00:41:50.579 --> 00:41:50.640
 Amen.

00:41:50.640 --> 00:41:50.660
 Amen.

00:41:50.880 --> 00:41:52.519
 Amen.

00:41:52.519 --> 00:41:53.579
 Amen.

00:41:53.579 --> 00:41:54.619
 Amen.

00:41:54.619 --> 00:41:54.780
 Amen.

00:41:54.780 --> 00:41:55.640
 Amen.

00:41:55.640 --> 00:41:56.840
 Amen.

00:41:56.840 --> 00:41:57.660
 Amen.

00:41:57.660 --> 00:41:57.820
 Amen.

00:41:57.820 --> 00:41:59.760
 Amen.

00:41:59.760 --> 00:42:00.180
 Amen.

00:42:00.180 --> 00:42:01.780
 Amen.

00:42:01.780 --> 00:42:02.019
 Amen.

00:42:02.019 --> 00:42:02.559
 Amen.

00:42:02.559 --> 00:42:04.079
 Amen.

00:42:04.079 --> 00:42:04.660
 Amen.

00:42:04.660 --> 00:42:06.579
 Amen.

00:42:06.579 --> 00:42:06.920
 Amen.

00:42:06.920 --> 00:42:07.860
 Amen.